CALENDAR, March 9 and 10: Great Big Sea; comedian Tom Green

Karen Calland / Times Colonist
March 8, 2013

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

Great Big Sea with guests, 7:30 p.m. at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. Tickets at selectyourtickets.com or tel. 250-220-7777

Victoria Symphony Signature Series presents Elgar Cello Concerto, Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday, 2:30 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.

Early Music Society of the Islands presents Ensemble Caprice: Inspired by the Gypsies. Friday, lecture at 7:15 p.m., performance, 8 p.m. at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.

Comedian Tom Green, 7 p.m. at Club 9ONE9, 919 Douglas St. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records, ticketzone.com or rmts.bc.ca.

Colours of the Symphony, presented by the Civic Orchestra of Victoria, 2 p.m. at Alix Goolden Performance Hall. Tel. 250-477-8868.

Shanna Dance Quartet, 8 p.m. at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Tel. 250-472-0999; hermannsjazz.com

Games Without Frontiers: The Social Power of Video Games. Part of IdeaFest. Noon-6 p.m. at the University of Victoria. David Strong Building, Room C103. Details at gameswithoutfrontiers.uvic.ca

Vic Y Volkssport Club five- and 10-kilometre walks. Meet at Strawberry Vale Hall, 11 High St. at Burnside Ave. Registration 9:30 a.m. for 10 a.m. walk. Tel. 250-385-5439.

Victoria Stamp and Postcard Show, Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Comfort Hotel, 3020 Blanshard St.; docdon@shaw.ca

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

Digging Roots, in concert with Art Napoleon, 8 p.m. at the University of Victoria, University Centre Farquhar Auditorium, 8 p.m. Tickets at auditorium.uvic.ca or tel. 250-721-8480.

Martha Wainwright with AroarA, 8 p.m. at St. Ann’s Auditorium, 835 Humboldt St. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records or tickeweb.ca

Linden Singers: Sanctus! music from the Mass with guest Anne Grimm, soprano, 2:30 p.m. at St. Aidan’s United Church, 3703 Saint Aidan’s St.; lindensingers.ca

Telling Tales, Walking Trails, a guided walk for all ages with a Capital Regional Parks’ naturalist at Devonian Regional Park. Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m., meet at the kiosk in the parking lot off William Head Road. Capital Regional District Parks programs, tel. 250-478-3344 or crd.bc.ca/parks

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