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Oak Bay Village will be alive with culture tonight for the ninth annual Art on the Avenue Gallery Walk and Ottavio Tasting Evening. Shops and galleries throughout Oak Bay Village will open their doors between 6 and 8 p.m.

Here's your chance to meet Ollie the Pug in person. On Saturday, Times Colonist arts writer Adrian Chamberlain will be signing his new book, Adventures with Ollie.

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Record of the Year: "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys; "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Kelly Clarkson; "We Are Young," Fun.

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss St.) Drop-in tours, Saturday and Sunday, first Tuesday of month at 2 p.m. Emily Carr: On the Edge of Nowhere, to 2013; Capturing the Inner Essence: Chinese and Japanese portrait artists, to Jan. 7.

A giant faux boulder dominates the cavernous space inside suburban Albany's newest climbing gym, a whale of a rock with twenty somethings often clinging to its undersides, straining to mount the five-metre-high lip through subtle balanced moves and b

PREVIEW Bat Boy the Musical When: Friday through Sunday (7: 30 p.m. shows on Dec. 7, 8 and 2 p.m. matinees on Dec. 8, 9) Where: Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra St. Tickets: $24, $20, $15 (ticketrocket.

Kinky sex has been admitted to Harvard. America's oldest university has formally recognized Harvard College Munch, a group promoting discussions and safe practices of kinky and alternative sex.