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EXHIBIT Building a University Art Collection: 50 Years When: Aug. 29 to Nov.

The Victoria College of Art is hosting an exhibition by members of the Oak Bay Art Club at 625 Bank St., Aug. 24-31. Opening Aug. 24, 4 p.m. vca.ca Birds of Uncommon Feather with Katherine Farris and Louise Oborne at 966 Byng St.

Experience real country fun for the whole family Saturday at the 103rd Cobble Hill Fair. This old-fashioned country fair and exhibition features agricultural displays, livestock and family entertainment.

Grammy-winning rapper and TV actor LL Cool J fought a burglar in the kitchen of his Los Angeles house early Wednesday and held him there until officers arrived to take the man into custody, police said. The 58-year-old prowler, caught at about 1 a.m.

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The family of Top Gun director Tony Scott told medical examiners the British-born filmmaker did not have brain cancer or any serious illness when he jumped to his death from a bridge, a county coroner official said.

Aw-shucks rocker plans to retire in Garden City when he hits 65

Newcombe Singers Choir seeks new members for this non-auditioned community chorus. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings, 7: 30 pm in St. Mary's Church, on Elgin Street in Oak Bay, starting Sept. 4. Details at newcombesingers.

MOVIES What: Ruby Sparks Where: Cineplex Odeon When: Check ads for showtimes Rating: 5 Why: Creative sparks fly and expectations are delightfullly dashed in this wonderfully offbeat romantic fable from Little Miss Sunshine's Jonathan Dayton and Valer