Entertainment

The film has already racked up a global gross of $280 million

A Keating Elementary student has booked her first feature film role. Six-year old Cassidy Slingsby is in The Christmas Calendar, about a big-city lawyer played by Laura Bell Bundy who takes over her late grandmother’s struggling bakery while being wooed by a secret admirer with an advent calendar.

Canadian superstar Jann Arden will bring her quick wit and passion for music to the Royal Theatre as she joins the Victoria Symphony for an evening of holiday music.

Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre comes to UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium Dec. 9

Kath Stroman has done work for the Nanaimo Airport, Chemainus Theatre and dozens of local businesses

He may not be polite but he doesn’t mince his words, and that’s what audiences love about comedian Jim Jefferies

Tickets on sale now for three summer festivals

By Kyle Wells

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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