MUSIC
What: The New Groovement
Where: Online
When: June 3-6
Tickets: $10 from 250-721-8480 or through
Why: Victoria funk-soul dynamos The New Groovement will give their first public performance in over a year with a livestream from the stage at the University of Victoria鈥檚 Farquhar Auditorium on Thursday. The online concert (which is available until midnight on June 6) will feature new music from the 11-piece ensemble, which hunkered down in tghe studio during the pandemic and has a new album at the ready. The band is a powerful force on stage, so a dance party is liable to erupt with viewers watching at home.
THEATRE
What: Taking Shakespeare
Where:
When: June 8-13
Tickets: $25 from 250-385-6815 or
Why: The Belfry Theatre will be streaming a filmed reading of John Murrell鈥檚 Taking Shakespeare next week in place of its planned production of Jan Wood and James Fagan Tait鈥檚 Same Old Same Old, which has been postponed due to safety concerns around COVID-19. Same Old Same Old will now air online at some point in the fall; the reading of Taking Shakespeare, filmed in 91原创, will take its spot on the Belfry calendar, with Michael Shamata directing leads Patti Allan and Austin Eckert. The two-hander about a fledgling relationship between a professor and her troubled student is normally too good for pinch-hit duty, so prepare to be pleasantly impressed with this last-minute replacement.
MUSEUM
What: Accessibility in the GLAM Sector
Where:
When: June 3, 7 p.m.
Admission: Free
Why: The topic of accessibility in galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) is being discussed during the virtual panel hosted by the Royal B.C. Museum, which has been timed to coincide with National AccessAbility Week. The museum is looking for feedback from community members and accessibility professionals regarding physical, digital and cultural accessibility, and how GLAM institutions can become more accessible going forward. Victoria-bred, author/speaker Tara Moss, Canucks Autism Network coordinator Taylor Sands, and Caileigh Swann of Community Living Victoria are on the panel, which is being offered free of charge. To join the Zoom webinar, participants music register in advance.
