Life

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have a niece who participated in one of those "touch the car continuously the longest" contests, where you win a car. She won after almost three days. About a year later, she was diagnosed with Graves' disease.

When Cirque du Soleil first mounted Quidam in 1996, it did something no previous Cirque show had done: It set the show in the grind of daily life.

Enjoy the last two Summer in the Square Lunchtime Concerts today and Friday at Centennial Square.

What: Burnt at the Steak Where: Langham Court Theatre When: Aug. 30 to Sept.

Late Show with David Letterman sidekick Paul Shaffer will host this year's Canada's Walk of Fame awards Sept. 22 in Toronto. The 62-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont., was an honouree back in 2006.

The outdoor stage at Ship Point on the Inner Harbour is the site of the 18th annual Vancouver Island Blues Bash. We have two pairs of tickets to the following performances in this week's Go Giveaway: - David Gogo Band, Saturday at 7: 30 p.m.

Actor and filmmaker Sarah Polley says her own family secret inspired her new documentary, Stories We Tell. The doc, which debuted today at the Venice Film Festival, probes the secrets behind a family of storytellers.

The FX channel says it has ordered 90 more episodes of the Charlie Sheen sitcom Anger Management.

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.

This is the final weekend to view a collection of 60 photographic portraits of Queen Elizabeth at the Royla B.C. Museum in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee.