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ON STAGE What: Kaleidoscope Theatre presents The Giver When: Saturday Feb. 23 and Sunday Feb. 24, 2 p.m.

IN CONCERT What: Let the Love In featuring Fox Glove, Mike Edel and Kirsten Ludwig, among others When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. Where: Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. Tickets: $25 ($15 for children under 12) from ticketfly.

What: National Geographic Live: Into the Arctic Kingdom Where: Royal Theatre When: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Tickets: $32.50-$44.50 from rmts.bc.

In October, the Emily Carr String Quartet launched its season with a program that honoured the centenary of the end of the First World War and comprised very diverse pieces composed during the war years.

OPENING Arctic (Cineplex Odeon Victoria) A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.

HIP HOP What: Shad with Liinks Where: Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates St. When: Saturday Feb. 23, 8 p.m. Tickets: $20 at Lyle鈥檚 Place or online at ticketweb.

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Need a bracing tonic to counteract Victoria鈥檚 recent snow dump? Pacific Opera Victoria鈥檚 La traviata might be just the prescription. Verdi鈥檚 most popular opera has been reinvented as an opulent 1920s romp.

It took a telephoto camera lens and leaning awkwardly over the side of a boat, but the resulting image of a loon and chick has carved Richmond-based photographer Jess Findlay a place among the best in the world.

Don鈥檛 worry, McFerrin鈥檚 here Tickets are becoming scarce for Bobby McFerrin鈥檚 exclusive appearance at The Port Theatre tonight (Feb. 15), the only Vancouver Island date by the Don鈥檛 Worry Be Happy singer on his current tour of North America.