Meet new people while discovering the beauty of a local wooded parkland at New Year, New Beginnings, a guided adult hike at Thetis Lake Regional Park on Saturday.
Burn off some of those holiday treats on a hike around the lake, accompanied by a CRD Regional Parks naturalist, who will point out features and inhabitants of the park, located in View Royal.
Thetis Lake is just one of 34 regional parks and trails managed by CRD Regional Parks on southern 91原创 Island and the Gulf Islands.
The parks encompass more than 13,000 hectares of accessible natural areas that provide outdoor recreation and an important connection with the natural world.
The event is free to join but pre-registration is required as space is limited. The program is suitable for adults 18 years and older.
The event 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Thetis Lake Regional Park. Please bring a lunch and water and wear sturdy footwear.
Try to arrive 10 minutes before the start of the program. Please leave pets at home. For more information, or to register, go to .
Strings will play for Syrian refugees
A group of Syrian refugees will help other refugees start their life in Victoria by performing at Heart Strings, an afternoon of music on string instruments, Sunday in the MacLaurin Building at the University of Victoria.
Presented by Victoria Helping Hands, the concert features musician Sari Alesh with his band and three members of the Orontes Guitar Quartet.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward helping a newly sponsored single mother and her family of six 鈥� as well as paying for the services of the performers.
Sponsors include the University of Victoria School of Music, Enviro and Crease Harman LLP.
Tickets are $20 to $100. Doors open at 2, with the concert running 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (MacLaurin Building 鈥� B wing). Tickets at eventbrite.ca.
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Gallery offers drop-in exhibits
Get an artistic start to the new year with admission-by-donation, drop-in tours and memorable exhibitions, Saturday to Tuesday at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
The gallery kicks off the new year with admission by donation on two days. You can check out the gallery鈥檚 current exhibitions by donation 5 to 9 p.m. tonight and all day (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) on Tuesday.
On Saturday, interact with exhibition facilitators at Explore: Tender Works. In this tour, assistant curator Regan Shrumm will facilitate a meditative letter-writing session that will encourage the use of all the senses.
All material is supplied 鈥� just bring your sense of play.
The drop-in tour runs 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Explore: To Talk to Others responds to the minutes of a meeting in August 1977 between then prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and five Yukon First Nations leaders regarding the then-approved Mackenzie Pipeline.
The document illustrates the dichotomy of two opposing
cultures and ways of understanding economic, social and cultural development of the land and its inhabitants.
This drop-in tour runs 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
On Tuesday, join exhibition facilitator Hilary Potosnak as she takes visitors to investigate any of the current exhibitions at the Open Doors to Art program.
The event runs 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Meet in the gallery鈥檚 lobby. This program is in conjunction with admission by donation days.
All events take place at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St. For more information, go to .
Exhibition explores Victoria modernism
Take a walk down memory lane and learn about the language of architecture at Modern City: The Legacy of Architectural
Modernism in Victoria, an exhibition at Wentworth Villa 鈥� Architectural Heritage Museum.
The exhibition, on now until April 25, explores the architectural vocabulary of Modernism, which made its way around the world following the Second World War.
This exhibition looks to the work of architectural practitioners as they expressed the global relationships cultivated by our city.
Learn more about the architects who envisioned a future of shared urban spaces, functional places of work and thoughtfully designed homes, businesses, civic centres and shopping areas of Victoria.
Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for students and free for children 12 and under. The exhibition can be viewed 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays at Wentworth Villa 鈥� Architectural Heritage Museum, 1156 Fort St. For information, go to .
