Entertainment

Secrets. If you dig deep enough, every family has them. Events, topics or people that aren’t talked about or acknowledged. Sometimes the secrets are buried so deep they simply disappear. And sometimes they’re revealed in surprising ways.

Mattina Music (Italian for Morning Music) returns for a spectacular second season to the Comox Valley.

The Comox Valley Camera Club is holding its annual photographic showcase from Sept. 16 to Oct. 1 at the Muir Gallery in Courtenay. The public is welcome to attend the grand opening, which will take place Sept. 16 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Dooker, a fixture in the Victoria music scene since the late '80s is playing at the Flying Canoe West Coast Pub this Saturday.

Since entering the standup scene in the summer of 2000, Erica Sigurdson has been unstoppable and will be the headliner for this month's Comedy Night at the Avalanche Bar and Grill.

You're invited to join North Island College professional photography instructor Paul Bailey and Langara College photo program teacher Jim Balderston on a custom-designed photography experience in Cuba.

For fans of Roxanne Potvin, the Juno Award-nominated Montreal based singer-songwriter, two years might seem like an unbearably long time between albums, but just one spin through the songs on Play will be more than enough to convince them that it’s been worth the wait.

After last Thursday’s season opener when Jeff Drummond played some incredible modern jazz in a George Benson vein, this week the Georgia Straight Jazz Society brings you an evening of smooth, easy-going oldies.

This Friday from 7 p.m., the Comox Valley Art Gallery opens three new exhibits — A Releasing Breath, Always and Forever and The Significant Dream Project, which explore life, dreams, religion, breath and death.

Art and wine — both are subjective, evoke emotion and tend to be very personal.