Entertainment

The Bastion Square area will be home to a multi-faceted event Thursday with neighbourhood revitalization as its focus.

Organizers of the Victoria Film Festival are saluting James Bond by returning to one of the spy franchise’s most celebrated entries for a swanky affair on Friday.

The first première at IMAX Victoria in more than 18 months is set for this weekend, which comes at an opportune time for fans who are making the seasonal switch and turning to indoor activity for their entertainment.

MUSIC What: Michael Kaeshammer Where: The Port Theatre, 125 Front St., Nanaimo When: Friday, Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35 ($15 for students) from the Port Theatre box office (250-754-8550) or online from porttheatre.

Brent Hodge didn’t need an elevator pitch with a TV executive in order to secure financing and distribution for his latest documentary, Pharma Bro. This is the type of film that sells itself.

Nanaimo bluesman David Gogo went from a relatively busy September to an outta-site October, one that will see him play 11 shows in 16 days.

JP Saxe waited years for his debut album to arrive, which it eventually did — squarely in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.

Victoria Book Prize winners were announced Sunday during a Victoria Festival of Authors gala, with writers Briony Penn and Leslie Gentile each receiving $5,000 for their efforts.

Greater Victoria takes centre stage tonight as Maid — a locally-shot 10-episode series with considerable star power behind it — comes to Netflix after nine months of shooting on Vancouver Island.

The life of groundbreaking photographer Hannah Maynard, who lived in Victoria from 1862 until her death in 1918, has been the subject of dramatic interpretation over the years, including a hit play from Victoria playwright Janet Munsil.