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IN CONCERT What: The Tannahill Weavers Where: First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1205 Pandora Ave. When: Saturday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:45) Tickets: $30 at Lyle鈥檚 Place (770 Yates St.), Nicholas Randall (2180 Oak Bay Ave.

What: Victoria Baroque Players: Grand Orchestral Suites When/where: Friday, 7:30 p.m., Church of St. John the Divine (1611 Quadra St.). Tickets: $30, seniors $25, students and children $5. Call 250-486-6121; online at rmts.bc.

EXHIBIT What: Atwood Illustrated Where: Winchester Galleries, 2260 Oak Bay Ave. When: Sept. 26 through Oct. 8 Note: Margaret Atwood will join artists Ken Steacy, Renee Nault and Johnnie Christmas for a reception Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

ON STAGE What: Ron James Where: McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Sq. When: Saturday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $60 from the Royal McPherson box office, by phone at 250-386-6121, or online from rmts.bc.

OPENING Abominable (Capitol 6, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, Landmark Cinemas University Heights, SilverCity) Three friends try to reunite a young Yeti with his family in the Himalayas in this animated adventure.

Victoria Symphony music director Christian Kluxen has signed a contract extension with the organization that will take him through the symphony鈥檚 2022-2023 season. Kluxen was born in Copenhagen and maintains residence in Denmark鈥檚 capital.

There鈥檚 a list of veteran British Columbian visual artists that is being poured over by a five-person committee for the Audain Prize for Visual Art.

A drama about a nuclear meltdown may sound grim. Certainly Lucy Kirkwood鈥檚 2016 play The Children is stern enough stuff, despite the dark humour leavening the journey.

A bursary at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, providing financial assistance to students in need, has passed the $1-million mark in funding.

Five writers were named Wednesday to the shortlist for the 2019 CBC Nonfiction Prize, including Jenny Boychuk of Victoria.