TODAY
Lunchtime Concerts in the Square at Centennial Square, noon-1 p.m. For more information, go online to victoria.ca/cityvibe.
Today: Terry Brennan.
Brentwood Bay's Music In The Park, at Pioneer Park, West Saanich and Clark roads, Wednesdays to Aug. 15, 6: 30-8: 30 p.m. Tonight: Ridley Bent and Chris Dunn; brentwoodbay.info.
Little Shop of Horrors, presented by the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, tonight through Sunday at the McPherson Playhouse, Tuesday to Saturday at 8 p.m. with matin脙漏es Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets: $24.50 and up. Tel. 250-386-6121.
Big Mama! The Willie Mae Thornton Story at the Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., to Aug. 19. Tuesday to Saturday at 8 p.m., matin脙漏e Saturday at 4 p.m, Sunday at 2 p.m. and Wednesday at 1 p.m. Tickets: $25 to $40. Tel. 250-385-6815 or tickets.belfry.bc.ca.
Red Art Gallery, 2033 Oak Bay Ave. The Mystery Show, a fundraiser in which the artist is not known until after the artwork is purchased. To Saturday. Lottery-style draw Saturday, 1 p.m; redartgallery.ca.
Centre of the Universe, 5071 West Saanich Rd. Tuesday-Saturday, 3: 30-11: 15 p.m. (last admission 10 p.m.). Cost: $7-$12/$31 family ($5-$9/$23 family before 6 p.m.) 250-363-8262 or nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cu.
CFB Esquimalt. Free guided tour to Aug. 24. Bus tours: Museum Square Naden, weekdays, 11 a.m.; Walking tours: Main gate of HMCS Dockyard (end of Esquimalt Road.)
THURSDAY
Raven Baroque, 10 musicians in costume play Baroque hits at St. Ann's Chapel, 835 Humboldt St., 7: 30-9 p.m. Free. Go to ravenbaroque.org.
Bach Cantata Evening with the Victoria Baroque Players at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 7: 30 p.m. Tickets: $25/$15. vcm.bc.ca.
Capital Regional District Parks programs: Snake Day. A drop-in event for all ages at Elk-Beaver Lake Regional Park. CRD Regional Parks and Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, with the University of Victoria, present this slithery event. Meet at Beaver Lake Nature Centre, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Live video chat with 91原创 astronaut Maj. Jeremy Hansen, 1 p.m. at Nanaimo Museum as part of the exhibit To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA; nanaimomuseum.ca.
Nagasaki - Hiroshima Remembered, 7: 30 p.m. at Esquimalt Gorge Park off Tillicum Road, just south of Gore Waterway. Decorate origami cranes and lanterns and offer words of peace.
Tour Canada's oldest surviving synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El, 1461 Blanshard St., every Tuesday and Thursday to Aug. 30, every hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: $5. Tel. 250-382-0615.
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