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Movie buffs have a chance to help pick the lineup of short documentaries for the 19th annual Victoria Film Festival in February at a special View and Vote event that's running for the next few weeks.

Artists pay homage to avant-garde composer

As was the case a few weeks ago, an uncommonly busy and varied lineup of concerts looms this weekend, and indeed throughout November, as local groups wrap up their fall seasons before the annual glut of holiday music begins with the turn of December.

DANCE Be dazzled Saturday as the city's South Asian community celebrates Diwali - the festival of lights - one of the most important celebrations of the year for practicing Hindus.

FRIDAY NOV 9 AUTHOR Planet Earth Poetry: Isa Milman and John Barton at Moka House, 1633 Hillside Ave., 7: 30 p.m. Cost: $3; planetearthpoetry victoriabc.blogspot.ca/ DANCE Lessons Argentine Tango. Beginners workshop at 8 p.m.

Kristen Stewart's new home features tropical landscaping and a spa

It's awfully hard to get excited about a food called "nutritional yeast flakes." It sounds like something you either need a prescription to get, or a prescription to get rid of. Even worse, it resembles yellow flaked fish food.

A splash of red wine adds colour and rich taste to this glorious, cheese-topped onion concoction

There are specific crises that trigger panic attacks in our kitchen. We panic when we run out of wine, for example. I personally go into meltdown if we're getting low on garlic. A shortage of butter will send us both into swoons of despair.

Dear Helen: How can I save my geranium plants for setting out again in the garden next spring? K.M. Dear K.M.: I'm guessing you have zonal geraniums (Pelargonium hortorum), the most popular for summer display in garden beds and containers.