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Dance Theatre of Harlem will be in Victoria this weekend for a pair of mixed repertoire performances, which will be among Virginia Johnson’s last prior to her departure July 1.

Our Arts reporter's top picks for the week ahead: Quinn Bachand's Brishen hits town; The Secret of Friendship documentary airs; July Talk opens its tour.

Burton Cummings will kick off his Island tour at Campbell River’s Tidemark Theatre on May 25. The trek hits the Royal Theatre on May 28, followed by a stop at Nanaimo’s Port Theatre on May 29.

Melancholy has long been a central creative conceit in music — and our relationship with sad songs is the backbone of These Are The Songs That I Sing When I’m Sad, which opens March 21 at The Belfry Theatre.

Ship Point, the Victoria Curling Club, and the Upstairs Cabaret are among the participating venues for the Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, running June 21-25.

Luis Alfaro’s Mojada is based on Euripedes’ Medea, in which the title character wreaks revenge on her unfaithful husband in a spectacularly bloodthirsty fashion.

In the early ’90s , She Stole My Beer was known in Victoria for its three-night runs at the former Harpo’s Cabaret — bookings that would almost assuredly be sold out, no matter how many times they played the market.

Portugal the Man, Shaggy, Third Eye Blind, Aqua and others are set to perform June 30-July 2 at Laketown Shakedown at Lake Cowichan.

Historic & Post-War Canadian Art exhibit features the work of iconic Canadian artists such as Emily Carr, Ted Harrison and E.J. Hughes

Arts writer Mike Devlin picks his upcoming favourites: Amadeus at the Royal theatre; Phibes at Capital Ballroom, and Naked Radio at Chemainus Theatre