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Published on Thursday, 17 August 2017 16:15
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Dear Friends of SJS,

Eventide / CFUV: Finale of Eventide Music Seriesthursday august 17th

Make sure you hit up the finale of the Eventide Music Series, presented to you by CFUV 101.9 FM in Centennial Square on August 17th.

Check out https://eventidevictoria.com/ for more information on the music series.

♡ lié ♡
Three piece dark punk band from Vancouver, BC. Their rad witch punk is going to headline the finale of our Eventide... Music Series 2017, July 6th - August 17th, and CFUV is hyped.

♧ Blessed ♧
Blessed is a post punk band based on uncompromising work ethic, a commitment to democratic involvement between members, striving never to repeat itself. Comprised of members from the Fraser Valley, the off-to-the-side Vancouver suburb the group resides in, Drew Riekman, Jake Holmes, Reuben Houweling, and Mitchell Trainor came together to create something they had been looking for in their previous projects.
https://blessedband.bandcamp.com/

♢ Ruby Karinto ♢
Ruby Karinto are two women, two men, bass, drums, blips-bleeps-oscillations, with female vocals in Japanese and English. They make some of the best post punk/no wave/art rock around. Don't miss these local legends.
https://rubykarinto.bandcamp.com/releases

♡ This Way North ♡
This Way North is a guitar/drums, alt-pop two piece band. Both from Melbourne Australia, the duo met at a music festival all the way on the other side of the globe, right here in British Columbia, Canada, in fact. Their distinct music style features innovative forms of music-making, dreamy guitar riffs, prominent drums, and intelligent lyrics. CFUV is stoked to have them all the way from Australia as part of the Eventide music series.
https://thiswaynorthmusic.bandcamp.com/
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Plant Medicine with Della Rice Sylvester

saturday/sunday
  • 19 August - 20 August19 August at 10:00 to 20 August at 16:00
  • pinShow mapSkutz Falls Rd, Cowichan Valley, BC V0R, Canada

Join us for an intimate weekend of learnig plant medicine and making medicines with Cowichan healer, Della Rice Sylvester.
Della (Rice) Sylvester is a First Nations' Medicine woman and healer, cultural keeper, singer, ethnobotonist, & workshop trainer of the Cowichan peoples on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. At an early age, Della was trained on ethical uses and practices with plant relations from her aunties and grandmothers.
Engaged deeply in traditional way of knowing, Della has vast knowledge of Pacific Northwest plants and their medicinal uses and is familiar with plant identification, stories associated with each, cultural protocols, how to make salves/medicine.
Della is a dynamic presenter and infuses both Indigenous knowledge systems with western knowledge systems.

The $250 workshop cost includes: camping sites right beside the cowichan river; healthy farm to table meals; plant teachings; and medicine making supplies. There will be opportunities to engage in traditional ways of working with the plants of the northwest coast. This will be a learning and healing weekend.

Contact: rebeccachristofferson@gmail.com
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The Circle: Building A Network of Support

august 20th

Come gather to talk about building a network of support in Victoria.

The idea is to trade support services and get the support you need. Could be caregiving services for a kid, food cooking/meal sharing, or someone to bring you medicine when you're sick. Let's talk and see what's possible!
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The 2017 Solar Eclipse in Victoria - 8 great viewing spots

monday august 21st 8 great spots to view from:

#1 - Mt. Tolmie - get close to the sun
#2 - Mt. Doug - get even closer to the sun
#3 - Cattle Point in Oak Bay - get close to cattle
#4 - Clover Point - watch from the safety of your car
#5 - Esquimalt Lagoon - watch from the safety of your car at a lagoon
#6 - Tulista Park in Sidney - watch from the safety of Sidney
#7 - Witty's Lagoon - we just like saying "lagoon"
#8 - Ogden Point Breakwater - watch from the safety of a breakwater

Info and video simulation: http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/canada/victoria?iso=20170821

Solar Eclipse 2017

Public · Hosted by UVIC Observatory

Hello Everyone!

We hosting a special public open house at the UVic Observatory (5th floor, Bob Wright building, UVic) on Monday, August 21, 2017 to view the solar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible at 90% coverage from Victoria. The eclipse begins at 9:08am, reaches maximum coverage at 10:20 and will end at 11:38.

We will have eclipse glasses for the public to use and share, as well as special solar telescopes which will project an image of the Sun on a small white screen (attached to the telescope) to clearly show the eclipse. Looking at the Sun directly, even during maximum coverage, is damaging to your eyes. We request the public to leave the eclipse glasses behind after use.​

The event is free and no pre-registration is necessary. The observatory will be open for the duration, and you are welcome to come and go as you wish.

Please contact the Physics & Astronomy main office (250 721 7700) if you need any further information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



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