Entertainment

Share in a journey of self-discovery with poet Kamal Parmar as she reads from her new poetry book Fleeting Shadows.

An en pointe knife fight and audience participation aren’t what most people expect at a ballet performance. But Ballet Victoria isn’t your ordinary dance troupe. Under the guidance of artistic director Paul Destrooper, the company is reinventing the ancient art form.

The harmonious merging of food and music is happening this Sunday in Comox at Becky’s Bakery with singers Dallas Warren and Joanna Finch.

This is the story of the travelling plant, Audrey II, the plant with a voracious appetite for human hemoglobin, centrepiece of all productions of the Alan Menken and Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors.

Get ready for a great fun evening at this week’s Thursday Night Jazz at the Elks Club. The 11-piece Cure-All Dance Band performs, complete with deadpan jokes, under the direction of Brent Hart, focusing on original 1920s and early ‘30s arrangements from Tin Pan Alley.

Three local artists will exhibit their work together for the first time, beginning today at the Peal Ellis Gallery in Comox. People, Places and Stories features artwork by Marilyn Timms, Brian Buckrell and Carey Anderson

The term legendary is thrown around, but the man performing this Sunday at the Sid Williams Theatre qualifies for that adjective.

Barbershop-style singing was first introduced into the Valley in 1991 when a mixed chorus was founded under the directorship of Bill Branch.

Back from four months in his home country of Guinea, West Africa, Kocassale Dioubate and his partner Sasha Belle Hunt will stop in the Comox Valley to present three workshops for African music and rhythm enthusiasts.

Three local artists will exhibit their work together for the first time, beginning Wednesday, March 9 at the Peal Ellis Gallery in Comox. People, Places and Stories features artwork by Marilyn Timms, Brian Buckrell and Carey Anderson.