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CALENDAR, Feb. 2 and 3: Boomers Rock ’n’ Roll; Victoria Chinese New Year Gala

TODAY Boomers Rock ’n’ Roll from 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, 7:30 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275. The 2013 Victoria Chinese New Year Gala, with music, dance, songs, comedy and drama.

TODAY

Boomers Rock ’n’ Roll from 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, 7:30 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275.

The 2013 Victoria Chinese New Year Gala, with music, dance, songs, comedy and drama. Tonight at 7 at the University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets at tickets.uvic.ca or tel. 250-721-8480.

Live Looping Solo Artist Emily Spiller Island Tour 2013, 8 p.m. at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Tel. 250-388-9166; hermannsjazz.com.

Voices in Song, performance with Ingrid Attrot and Nancy Argenta and singers from the Victoria Conservatory of Music, 7:30 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 3787 Cedar Hill Rd. Tel. 250-477-6222.

2013 Victoria Wedding Walk: Brides, grooms and their wedding parties can experience wedding-like scenarios around the city, today and Sunday; details at victoriaweddingcollective.com.

Boom Booms at Canoe Brewpub, 450 Swift St., 9 p.m.; canoebrewpub.com.

B.C. Black Heritage Day with speaker John Adams, 1-5 p.m. at James Bay New Horizons, 234 Menzies St.; bcblackhistory.ca.

Art Gallery Curator’s Tour: Back to the Land, 2-3 p.m. at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St. For more information, go to aggv.ca.

Ceilidh Dance with music by the Elastic Ceilidh Band, presented by Vancouver Island Scottish Dance Society, 7:30-10:30 p.m. at Dance Victoria, 2750 Quadra St. Tel. 250-598-0207.

Naughty and Nice Valentine’s Art Exhibition opening reception with Island Illustrators, 7-9 p.m. at the Martin Batchelor Gallery, 712 Cormorant St. For more information, go to islandillustrators.org.

SUNDAY

A Harmonious Celebration: Chinese New Year, Victoria Conservatory of Music students and faculty plus members of the Chinese performing arts present traditional lion dance, Chinese costume fashion show, dancing and music; 2:30 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave.; vcm.bc.ca.

Northern Reflections by Via Choralis Chamber Choir, 3 p.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, 10030 Third St., Sidney. Details at viachoralis.ca.

The Peninsula Young Performers present their showcase of solo and small group dances at the Charlie White Theatre, Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tel. 250-656-0275 or marywinspearcentre.ca.

Speaking in Tongues at the Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., to Feb. 24, Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinee Saturday at 4 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., Wednesday at 1 p.m. Tickets at tickets.belfry.bc.ca or tel. 250-385-6815.

Raincoast Voices: Where's Gesualdo by Victoria’s new vocal octet, 7:30 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 3787 Cedar Hill Rd.; mscobie@shaw.ca.

What’s That Evergreen, a guided walk at Matheson Lake Regional Park with CRD Regional Parks’ naturalist. Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m., meet in parking lot at the end of Matheson Lake Road. For eight years and up. CRD Parks programs, tel. 250-478-3344 or visit crd.bc.ca/parks.

The Moonshiners at Swans Pub, 506 Pandora Ave. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Tel. 250-361-3310.

Electric Timber Co at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 8 p.m. Tel. 250-953-9993; vicpubco.ca.

Juan de Fuca Pathfinders five/10 kilometre walk, meet at Juan deFuca Recreation Centre, 1767 Island Highway. Registration at 9:30 a.m., for 10 a.m. walk. Tel. 250-361-4583.