TODAY
Raven Baroque, 10 musicians in costume play Baroque hits at St. Ann's Chapel, 835 Humboldt St., 7:30-9 p.m. Free. For more information, go online to ravenbaroque.org.
Bach Cantata Evening with the Victoria Baroque Players at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25/$15. Go to vcm.bc.ca.
Capital Regional District Parks programs: Snake Day. A drop-in event for all ages at Elk-Beaver Lake Regional Park. CRD Regional Parks and Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, with the University of Victoria, present this slithery event. Meet at Beaver Lake Nature Centre, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Live video chat with Canadian astronaut Maj. Jeremy Hansen, 1 p.m. at Nanaimo Museum as part of the exhibit To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA. Go to nanaimomuseum.ca.
Nagasaki -- Hiroshima Remembered, 7:30 p.m. at Esquimalt Gorge Park off Tillicum Road, just south of Gore Waterway, with decorations of origami cranes and lanterns and offers of words of peace.
Tour Canada's oldest surviving synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El, 1461 Blanshard St., every Tuesday and Thursday to Aug. 30, on the hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: $5. Tel. 250-382-0615.
Bastion Square Public Market, Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. to Sept. 29.
Tel. 250-885-1387.
Ship Point Night Market, Thursday-Saturday, 7-10:30 p.m. at Ship Point Pier, Inner Harbour to Sept. 17. Go to victoriaharbour.org.
Sidney Summer Market, Thursdays to Aug. 30, 5:30-8:30 p.m. along Beacon Avenue. Go to
sidneybusiness.com.
FRIDAY
Henry IV -- Part I, presented by KeepItSimple Theatre Productions at Metro Studio Theatre, 1411 Quadra St., Tuesday through Sunday to Aug. 18., 7 p.m. Tickets: $17.50 ticketrocket.org.
Urbanite at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St., Friday, 8 p.m., with music by DJ Longshanks with tours of exhibits by Curator Mary Jo Hughes. Tickets: $11.$15. Tel. 250-384-4171 or urbanite.evenbrite.com.
Tango Festival, Friday through Sunday. Events Friday: Duo Tangabrazo: Tango-Jazz and Tango with a dash of Latin at Hermann's Jazz Club, 8 p.m. Tickets; $15 advance/$18 door; passion4tango.com. Free concert in Centennial Square, noon-1 p.m.
Big Mama! The Willie Mae Thornton Story at Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., to Aug. 19, Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., matinée Saturday at 4 p.m, Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets: $25 to $40. Tel. 250-385-6815 or tickets.belfry.bc.ca.
Little Shop of Horrors, presented by the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, tonight at 8, Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets: $24.50 and up. Tel. 250-386-6121.
Tenth annual Victoria Shakespeare Festival at Camosun College, Lansdowne Campus, bring lawns chair or blanket, 7:30 p.m. As You Like It (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and Much Ado About Nothing (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) to Aug. 18. Tickets: $10/$16/$22/$26/ $32 at TicketRocket.org.
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