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SUMMARY:M/other Zine Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Come for two hours of creativity\, and connection to generate a contribution to a local zine honoring the often invisible work of m/others and the concept of caregiving (See event photo for detailed project description).\n\n– All materials will be supplied. \n– There will be child-minding onsite and a \n– Snacks\, pizza and drinks will be provided! \n\n***If you can’t attend the workshop\, you can still contribute by sendingfiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, interviews\, recipes\, letters\, book/website/blog reviews\, comic strips\, rants\, day dreams\, random lists\, collage\, art\, drawings\, art work and writing of any kind to: butchanko@hotmail.com\nby September 15th\, 2025
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/m-other-zine-workshop/
LOCATION:Comox Valley Lifelong Learning Centre\, 1507A McPhee Ave\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 3A6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Classes / Courses,Community Event
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SUMMARY:Intercultural Weaving Project @ 4 two 5 Studio
DESCRIPTION:An artistic space where local artists gather weekly to creatively weave visual and narrative threads\, exploring and expressing intercultural stories through textiles and mixed media in a spirit of collaboration and shared learning. \nWhere & When\n\nVenue: 4 two 5 Studio\, Courtenay\nFrequency: Weekly open studio sessions\, drop‑in style\nDuration: Mondays and Saturdays\, August 25th – October 4th\, 1-3pm\n\n Why join in?\n\nExperiment collaboratively in a supportive\, low-pressure environment\nShare and learn from diverse materials\, techniques\, and cultural stories\nPartner with CV/Arts\, whose mission emphasizes equity\, inclusivity\, accessibility\, and community engaged artistic practice\n\nWhat’s provided\n\nAll weaving materials tools will be supplied. There is no need to bring materials unless they are specific to your project\nOptional: bring a memory\, poem\, personal story\, or cultural theme you’d like to visually\n\nWho’s welcome\n\nArtists of all experience levels and cultural backgrounds.\nWhether you’re into textiles\, visual arts\, craft\, story-based media\, or if you’re simply curious and creatively inclined\, you belong here.\n\n How to sign up\n\nPlease email: ameet@ameetart.com. Include:\n\n\nA brief description of your artistic practice and interest in the project.\nWhich weekly sessions you can attend and any accessibility accommodations you may require.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/intercultural-weaving-project-4-two-5-studio/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Classes / Courses,Community Event
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SUMMARY:Intercultural Weaving Project @ 4 two 5 Studio
DESCRIPTION:An artistic space where local artists gather weekly to creatively weave visual and narrative threads\, exploring and expressing intercultural stories through textiles and mixed media in a spirit of collaboration and shared learning. \nWhere & When\n\nVenue: 4 two 5 Studio\, Courtenay\nFrequency: Weekly open studio sessions\, drop‑in style\nDuration: Mondays and Saturdays\, August 25th – October 4th\, 1-3pm\n\n Why join in?\n\nExperiment collaboratively in a supportive\, low-pressure environment\nShare and learn from diverse materials\, techniques\, and cultural stories\nPartner with CV/Arts\, whose mission emphasizes equity\, inclusivity\, accessibility\, and community engaged artistic practice\n\nWhat’s provided\n\nAll weaving materials tools will be supplied. There is no need to bring materials unless they are specific to your project\nOptional: bring a memory\, poem\, personal story\, or cultural theme you’d like to visually\n\nWho’s welcome\n\nArtists of all experience levels and cultural backgrounds.\nWhether you’re into textiles\, visual arts\, craft\, story-based media\, or if you’re simply curious and creatively inclined\, you belong here.\n\n How to sign up\n\nPlease email: ameet@ameetart.com. Include:\n\n\nA brief description of your artistic practice and interest in the project.\nWhich weekly sessions you can attend and any accessibility accommodations you may require.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/intercultural-weaving-project-4-two-5-studio-2/
LOCATION:4 Two 5 Studio\, Courtenay\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Classes / Courses,Community Event
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SUMMARY:Dead Soft w/ Electric Brains w/ KCAR
DESCRIPTION:CVGBs presents:A triple of bill of summer cool\n\nfrom Vancouver/Gabriola Island\, Arts & Crafts Recording ArtistsDEAD SOFT\n\nfrom Powell River\, featuring member of Ladyhawk/Baptists/HaggathaELECTRIC BRAINS\n\nFrom Vancouver\, featuring member of Pink Mountaintops/Radio BerlinKCAR\n\nLicensed\, all ages welcome.\n* Monthly Roller Disco night at the CVCC will be in happening at the same time! Come see some great music\, and skate your face off!\n\nDEAD SOFTEmerging from British Columbia’s indie underground in the early 2010s\, Dead Soft is a grunge-punk band known for their fuzzed-out\, intense rock sound infused with melodic sensibility and introspective lyrics. Nathaniel Epp (vocals\, guitar) and Keeley Rochon (bass\, vocals) hail from the small northern town of Prince Rupert\, where their early musical influences included ’90s indie rock and artists like Elliott Smith and the Replacements. After moving south to Victoria\, they officially formed Dead Soft in 2011 before relocating to Vancouver. The band released a self-titled debut album in 2014 and built a reputation through relentless touring and a series of acclaimed EPs.\nIn 2018\, Dead Soft signed with the prominent Toronto label Arts + Crafts\, releasing the New Emotion EP and their widely visible second LP\, Big Blue (2019)\, which showcased a heavier fuzz-pop sound and themes of personal transformation. Recently\, the band wrapped up recording their third full-length album and are preparing for its upcoming release\, promising to deliver another powerful chapter in their evolving grunge-punk journey.https://www.instagram.com/deadsofties/https://www.facebook.com/deadsofties/https://deadsoft.bandcamp.com/https://www.youtube.com/@DeadSoftMusichttps://www.arts-crafts.ca/artists/dead-soft.htmlhttps://www.westerlyrecords.com/dead-soft\n\nELECTRIC BRAINSPower pop\, punk rock and roll from qathet BC! Anyone fortunate enough to catch the sold out Dead Bob show last year at the Waverly will recall the rawkus punk rock celebration that was the opening act Electric Brains (then called the Kicks) who worked the room into a frenzy. Electric Brains count among their members a certain Sean Hawryluk\, a crucial member of both Kelowna/Vancouver’s legendary Ladyhawk\, and then hardcore metal pathcutters Baptists.https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YHbb1RXqz1WvSsAhWQzET…https://www.instagram.com/electric__brains/\n\nKCARKCAR is Fiona\, Jenni and Lyndsay from Vancouver! KCAR play catchy\, art punky tunes\, they’re all tuff moms who enjoy long walks on the beach\, romantic dinners for three and ripping dinks!KCAR have played and toured in many bands over the years\, including Hard Drugs\, Radio Berlin\, Pink Mountaintops and Le Petit Mort.Find KCAR’s albums THREE and UP TOP on Bandcamp and streaming services.https://kcar.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/kcarband/
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/dead-soft-w-electric-brains-w-kcar/
LOCATION:Comox Valley Curling Centre\, 4835 Headquarters Road\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9J1P2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Concert
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250918T210000
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SUMMARY:Familiar Monsters of the Flood - Author reading Tia McLennan
DESCRIPTION:Tia McLennan’s (she/her) poetry has appeared in various Canadian literary journals including Riddle Fence\, Vallum\, Arc\, CV2\, Room\, and Prairie Fire. In 2022\, she won the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for her unpublished poetry manuscript. She holds an interdisciplinary MFA in creative writing and visual art from UBC Okanagan\, and a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Originally from so-called Vancouver Island\, B.C.\, (territory of the K’ómoks people)\, she now gratefully resides in kalpilin (Pender Harbour)\, B.C. with her partner\, their 5-year-old son and their very large gray and white gentleman cat named Basho. \nThe poems in Familiar Monsters of the Flood speak to each other through an invisible connective tissue that weaves together dream space\, loss\, childhood memory\, motherhood\, the domestic-gothic\, medical-speak\, and life’s inevitable bureaucracies. These poems share an uneasiness and a foreboding. In these pages it becomes impossible to distinguish between the grief in losing a father\, in losing multiple pregnancies\, and in losing the planet as we know it to our own destruction. Throughout the deluge of loss\, Tia McLennan’s stunning debut collection of poetry is grounded in wonder\, the surreal\, and the hope gleaned from those peculiar moments that can stop us in our tracks and\, for a moment\, make us fully present. \n“Tia McLennan’s poems are poised at the quick of existence\, acutely haunted by both memory and dream\, at once familiar and monstrous. The effect is an embodied wisdom-in-progress: startling\, revelatory and essential reading.” \n—DON MCKAY\, author of Lurch \n“Tia McLennan’s Familiar Monsters of the Flood is a visceral and wondrous collection that explores the fragility of existence. A spider caught and released. A heartbeat on an ultrasound. Micro-plastics choking the ocean. This is the poetry of the quotidian and the profound\, exquisitely noticed and precisely rendered. McLennan’s words are a balm.” \n—SHARON BALA\, author of The Boat People \n“These poems are by turns tender\, surreal\, disorienting\, quietly devastating\, and shot through with a ferocious wonder. They inhabit the shimmering logic of dreams and grief\, reaching simultaneously towards the death of a father\, the birth of an infant\, and six miscarriages between. This writing challenges what we know of boundaries between the dead and living\, mythical and medical\, personal and ecological\, between fetal cells and a birthing parent’s body. Visceral individual losses are held in the larger container of destabilizing ecological grief—pipeline hearings\, polar vortexes\, heat domes\, shellfish cooked alive in healing oceans\, sun the colour of salmon roe\, smoke-filled air. A series of spare found poems\, taken from the text of medical records\, creates a recurring chorus of cumulative loss. This stunning first collection ‘monsters the familiar\,’ and offers a path for being present with the world in times of great grief and wonder.” \n—ANNA SWANSON\, author of The Nights Also
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/familiar-monsters-of-the-flood-author-reading-tia-mclennan/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250929T120000
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SUMMARY:Siobhán Humston Open Studio & Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Come by the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park on Monday\, September 29th for a complimentary cup of coffee and creative conversation amidst artist Siobhán Humston’s latest works-in-progress. Her completed works will be exhibited at the University of Victoria in October. \nHumston is the inaugural Artist in Resident between UVIC and the JRSP. \n  \nDoors at 12pm\, Talk and Presentation starts at 12:30pm. All Welcome. \nAddress: 2750 Shingle Spit Road Hornby Island\, BC\, Canada\, V0R1Z0 \n*Please park in the lot and walk up to the Barn.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/siobhan-humston-open-studio-artist-talk/
LOCATION:The Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park\, 2750 Shingle Spit Road\, Hornby Island\, BC\, V0R1Z0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Artful : The Poets
DESCRIPTION:Join host Dan Kirk on October 6th with our feature poet Lorraine Martinuik. Feature poet followed by open mic\, sign up at the door (5 mins each spot). \nLorraine Martinuik’s poetry and experimental prose has appeared in literary journals such as Island\, The Capilano Review\, The Normal School and Truck\, as well as several anthologies such as Kitchen Talk and Drift (edited by Ed Varney and Dan Kirk). In 1989\, she was awarded a Canada Council grant\, for an experimental fiction project that dealt in part with narrative structure. \nMartinuik was born in northern Alberta; she grew up in B.C.’s Peace River district\, and later in the Fraser Valley. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design\, a B.A. in English from the University of British Columbia\, and an MFA in poetry from the University of New Orleans. Her MFA thesis\, The Language of Trees was awarded the Cassin Prize for Poetry. \nShe has been based on Denman Island since 1980\, when she bought a piece of raw land and built the studio cottage where she now lives and works.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-poets-8/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Spirits of the Forest ~ Stumps and Stitches
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Sue Muirhead at the artist reception to celebrate the opening of her exhibition. \nSue Muirhead is a lover of deep connection\, the wild\, windy world\, and passionate\, soulful creating of all kinds. Sue began an exploration into a variety of art forms in the early 2000’s. She found great pleasure in putting colour and form on paper. Over time\, ‘process art’—art without an investment in the outcome—has become one of her most enlivening ways of expressing and processing her thoughts and feelings. Sue expresses creatively for the joy and the full bodied aliveness she feels when she engages her creative spirit.\n\nOver the last year she has shifted mediums and now has become a ‘process stitcher’ where she stitches for the sheer pleasure of expressing. Sue is calling this show ‘Spirits of the Forest – Stumps and Stitches”. Sue shares\, “When I walk in the woods\, my soul\, the essence of me\, connects deeply to what surrounds me.” Stumps fascinate her\, pull her in\, capture her attention.\n\nWhen in the forest and amongst the trees and stumps she often feels the presence of spirits. Most cultures in the world\, at some time in their history to present day\, have honoured\, feared\, and/or held in high esteem the many spirits of the forest and believe that they exist. Forest spirits are often thought of as protectors\, keepers or guardians of the woodlands.\n\nSue thinks of stumps as teachers – often cut down\, taken out\, they sit benevolently in the forest\, in clear cuts\, sometimes looking bedraggled or barren; forever changed from what they once were. Given time\, however\, new life begins to form and they can become a haven for new growth\, incomprehensible beauty. They teach that it is possible to be cut down in life by circumstances beyond our control\, and over time there is the possibility of innovative beauty and renewed life.\n\nFor this show\, Sue and her brother\, Patrick Hill\, went out into the forests around where they live and took over 200 pictures of stumps. Sue then took up what she now calls “Process Stitching” (an approach borrowed from Process Painting)\, where she stitched with no investment in a predetermined outcome \, emphasizing exploration\, experimentation and self expression. She called on the stitches to make visible\, to\nembody as much as possible the spirits of the forest. When stitching\, Sue states she “feels the fabric and thread as living beings\, alive.” Embroiderer Christi Johnson (2021) offers\, “The creative process is not simply about what is being made; it is an entirely mystical process that teaches us how to move between the internal world of the soul and the physical world outside….Embroidery offers an opportunity to return to the natural order. Stitching by hand slows down the body and\, over time slows down the mind.”\n\nThe essence of Spirits of the Forest – Stumps and Stitches is a full engagement of Sue’s creative energy and love. When engaged with her creative spirit and the wild world that surrounds her she shares\, “I feel the wind\, I feel the moonlight\, I feel the spirits in the forest…and my hands stitch and stitch and stitch…”
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/spirits-of-the-forest-stumps-and-stitches/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:The 5th Annual Comox Valley Record Show
DESCRIPTION:Vinyl lovers\, collectors\, and music enthusiasts\, mark your calendars! The 5th Annual Comox Valley Record Show is set to groove its way back into town on Sunday\, October 26\, 2025\, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Comox Valley Curling Centre\, located at 4835 Headquarters Road\, Courtenay. \nThis beloved event brings together dealers from across Vancouver Island and the Mainland\, offering thousands of records spanning every genre imaginable—from classic rock and jazz to punk\, soul\, and beyond. But it’s not just vinyl: attendees will also find posters\, books\, CDs\, tapes\, and other music memorabilia to explore. \nWhat to Expect: \nA spacious venue filled with vibrant energy and rare finds \nFood and drinks available on-site\, including \nElevator access and plenty of free parking \nFriendly vendors and fellow music fans ready to share stories and swap treasures \nTips for Attendees: \nPrefer a quieter browsing experience? Arrive later in the day (2 to 4 PM) \nBring cash—while vendors increasingly accept digital payments\, vinyl culture still loves the old-school paper vibe. \nCome prepared to dig deep—hidden gems await! \nWhether you’re a seasoned collector or just starting your vinyl journey\, the Comox Valley Record Show is a can’t-miss celebration of music\, nostalgia\, and community. As the organizers say\, “It’s like Christmas—it comes but once a year!” \nAdmission is still only $2 and kids under 12 are free. Lots of parking and the kitchen and Extra End Lounge will be open\, not to mention curling to watch alongside the record show.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/the/
LOCATION:Comox Valley Curling Centre\, 4835 Headquarters Road\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9J1P2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251103T210000
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SUMMARY:Artful : The Poets
DESCRIPTION:Join host Natalie Nickerson on November 3rd with our feature poet Toni Dunne. Feature poet followed by open mic\, sign up at the door (5 mins each spot). \nToni Dunne is an earthen creatrix\, eco-sensualist\, social butterfly\, silly goose. Her poetry is inspired by paradox\, the stretchy\, crunchy\, achy beautiful journey of the human condition. She weaves her observations of the mundane with the miraculous and makes room for many truths. \nBorn of her love for the garden\, forest\, river\, mountain and sea\, her poetry emphasizes and explores relationship with the natural world.  A long time yogini and embodied mindfulness practitioner\, Toni infuses her craft with a certain quality of attention and attends to her life\, garden and writing as an ongoing practice of noticing and being with. \nHer most beloved muse is the clawfoot tub in the yard. \nWhen she’s not writing poetry or in the bath\, Toni can be found playing with her 10 year old son and ragdoll cat. She works as a teacher\, group facilitator\, somatic therapist and gardener in the Comox Valley\, a place she has called home for over 20 years. \nPlease join Toni as she midwives you through the seasons of cycles of the Pacific Northwest\, seduces you into the luscious world of petal\, stamen\, bloom and decay. \nCome enliven your senses and remember the magic you are embedded in.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-poets-9/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251107T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading at Artful : The Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Artful : The Gallery welcomes Damian John for an evening of poetry. \n\n\nPoets Kelly Madden and Kristina Campbell will start the evening off\, and Damian John will be the featured artist.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-gallery-welcomes-poet-damian-john/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251113T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading and Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:On Nov 13\, Arleen Paré and Wendy Donawa are hosting a poetry reading as they launch their recently published poetry collections Encrypted (published by Caitlin Press) and The Time of Falling Apart (Harbour Publishing) respectively. \nArleen Paré is a Victoria writer with ten collections of poetry\, one chapbook and one co-edited anthology. She’s been short-listed for the Dorothy Livesay BC Award\, and has won the Victoria Butler Book Prize\, a CBC Bookie Prize\, the bpnichol Chapbook Award\, the American Golden Crown Award for Lesbian Poetry\, twice\, and a Governor Generals’ Award for Poetry. She lives with her wife\, Chris Fox\, in Victoria on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people.\n\n\n\nWendy Donawa was raised in Victoria\, but spent 36 years of her adult life in Barbados\, where she raised her family\, studied at the university of the West Indies\, taught at the college and was for a decade\, a curator at the Barbados Museum.\nNow retired from the academic life\, she lives gratefully on the traditional unceded territories of the Lekwungen-speaking Songees and Esquimalt nations\, in Victoria.\n\nHere\, her heart and mind have turned to poetry\, and she is grateful for the gifted and generous teachings Patrick Lane\, Lorna Crozier\, and many others. Her poems appear in numerous chapbooks\, anthologies and poetry magazines. Her first book\, Thin Air of the Knowable\, was long-listed for the Raymond Souster and a finalist for the Gerald Lambert Award. Her second book\, Our Bodies’ Unanswered Questions\, was one of the 2021 Frontenac quartet. The Time of Falling Apart is her third collection.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/poetry-reading-and-book-launch/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251129T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20251118T170615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T170615Z
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SUMMARY:Improbable Objects Artist Reception
DESCRIPTION:Five pillars of the Comox Valley Art scene are collaborating to bring their varied artistic endeavours to Artful : The Gallery with the exhibition “Improbable Objects”. Collaborating for inspiration has always been a productive creative strategy\, and this exhibition reflects the varied sensibilities of the artists: Ed Varney\, Marci Katz\, Martha Jablonski-Jones\, Jeff Hartbower and Bill Friesen. \n\nThe absurdity and illogical scenes of Surrealism and Dadaism led the to the overall theme for this exhibition. From there\, each artist followed their own creative path into the dreamlike imagery. The broad variety of artistic expression utilized by this group of artists includes printmaking\, collage\, painting\, sculpture\, drawings\, paintings and contributes to the unexpected juxtapositions created by their artworks. The result is a playful exhibition of contrasts with bizarre and uncanny combinations to stimulate the unconscious; the ultimate source of creative freedom.\n\n“Improbable Objects” runs at Artful : The Gallery November 26 thru December 20. Join us for the Artist Reception\, Saturday\, November 29th\, 7-9 pm. Regular gallery hours are Weds to Sat\, 12-5pm. The gallery is located at 526C Cumberland Rd\, in Courtenay.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/improbable-objects-artist-reception/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20251118T171221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T171221Z
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SUMMARY:Artful : The Poets featuring Pam Stewart
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nJoin host Steven J. Thompson as he welcomes our feature poet Pam Stewart from Victoria\, BC. Pam Stewart writes about change and self-acceptance\, the beauty and the not so.  She’s a performer\, facilitator and event producer.  A former Victoria slam champion\, she got her start in spoken word before publishing a book of personal essays\, I Really Thought It Would Be Easier Than This\, in 2019.  She represented Victoria at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word four times\, twice at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam\, was once a frequent contributor to Elephant Journal\, and was the first and only Riot Grrrls Poet in Residence.  To see her perform live is to feel it. \nStewart’s feature spot will be followed by an open mic. Sign up at the door for the open mic\, 5 minutes max per poet\, $10 or pwyc.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-poets-featuring-pam-stewart/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251213T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251213T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20251114T183559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T183559Z
UID:10000788-1765621800-1765625400@comoxvalleyarts.com
SUMMARY:Solstice Singalong
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the magic of the season with a joyful community singalong! Join Teacher Zoë for a cozy 45-minute Music Together® session filled with songs\, movement\, and musical play to welcome wintertime. Whether you’re a returning family or new to our classes\, this is a chance to reconnect\, make music together\, and share in the warmth of community as we head into the new year. \nThese singalongs are also a sneak peek of what’s to come—Music Together® classes are returning in January at our new central location in Downtown Courtenay!  \nEach singalong event will be geared towards families with children 0-7\, but older children are welcome too. \n👉 Register by emailing thesqueakywheelcreative@gmail.com
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/solstice-singalong/
LOCATION:St. Georges United Church\, 505 6th Street\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 1M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Squeaky Wheel Creative":MAILTO:thesqueakywheelcreative@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251220T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251220T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20251114T184129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T184129Z
UID:10000789-1766226600-1766230200@comoxvalleyarts.com
SUMMARY:Solstice Singalong
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the magic of the season with a joyful community singalong! Join Teacher Zoë for a cozy 45-minute Music Together® session filled with songs\, movement\, and musical play to welcome wintertime. Whether you’re a returning family or new to our classes\, this is a chance to reconnect\, make music together\, and share in the warmth of community as we head into the new year. \nThese singalongs are also a sneak peek of what’s to come—Music Together® classes are returning in January at our new central location in Downtown Courtenay! \nEach singalong event will be geared towards families with children 0-7\, but older children are welcome too. \n👉 Register by emailing thesqueakywheelcreative@gmail.com
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/solstice-singalong-2/
LOCATION:St. Georges United Church\, 505 6th Street\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 1M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Squeaky Wheel Creative":MAILTO:thesqueakywheelcreative@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260202T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260119T080021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T080021Z
UID:10000813-1770058800-1770066000@comoxvalleyarts.com
SUMMARY:Artful : The Poets
DESCRIPTION:Join host Steven J. Thompson as he welcomes our feature poet Jeremy Loveday. Jeremy’s feature spot will be followed by an open mic. Sign up at the door for the open mic\, 5 minutes max per poet\, $10 or pwyc. \nJeremy Loveday is a poet\, arts educator\, and community builder from Victoria\, BC\, on the territory of the lәk’wәŋәn People. He founded and served as the longtime artistic director of the Victorious Voices youth poetry festival. Jeremy’s dynamic performances earned him the title of Victoria Poetry Slam Grand Champion three times. In 2020\, he was honoured with the Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Memorial Award. His work has been published in reputable platforms such as Huffington Post\, CV2\, Funicular Magazine\, National Observer\, CBC\, Claudia\, and Best Canadian Poetry 2023. \nLoveday’s performance to celebrate his Book Release: \nMaybe the Starling\, the debut full-length collection from award-winning poet and dynamic spoken word performer Jeremy Loveday\, invites us to explore the intersections of crisis and care\, grief and joy—a testament to poetry’s power to ignite change and nurture the human spirit. \nIn a world marked by inequity and climate crisis\, Maybe the Starling is a poetic response to uncertainty\, confronting urgent questions while offering both salve and spark. Rooted in a deep love for the land and an abiding wonder for nature’s abundance\, these poems illuminate the ways we belong to each other and the world around us. \nFrom mosh pits and Elvis impersonators to the quiet patience of growing food\, these poems refuse to turn away from contradiction—they embrace it. Maybe the Starling offers both comfort and challenge\, reminding us that poetry is a powerful call to wonder\, to witness\, and to action.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-poets-10/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260213T223000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260206T055416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T055416Z
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SUMMARY:Friday I'm in Love! A Tribute to The Cure & other New Wave/Goth Favs
DESCRIPTION:12 Vancouver Island original musical acts each playing 12 minute sets of their interpretations of songs by The Cure and other New Wave/Goth/Dark wave/post-punk icons from that amazing 80s musical era. \nIncluding: Amy Muloin & the Alley Flowers\, Avro\, Bath Slut\, Night Mirrors\, Pink Plagues\, Pranatricks\, Rudeboy\, Short Circuit\, Soft Top\, Sonder\, Trip Sitters\, & Valley Edge Choir. \nPlus drag performances by Kara Nedge and Rat King! \nCVGBs returns with their third fundraiser tribute show. After sold out events honouring and re-imagining the music of first Nirvana in 2023\, then David Bowie in 2024\, this coming Friday the 13th of February takes a bit of a detour with the music of the Cure\, mixed with the anthems of other New Wave/Goth/Dark wave/post-punk icons from that amazing 80s musical era. The concept is the same: A dozen radically different Vancouver Island original acts will do twelve-minute sets with the intent to play songs they love\, but not necessarily as you might expect them to sound. These are not straight cover versions! The musical acts are all donating 100% of their performance funds towards Foundry Comox Valley\, a safe space where youth can get free\, confidential help and support\, without judgement. https://foundrybc.ca/centre/comox-valley/
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/friday-im-in-love-a-tribute-to-the-cure-other-new-wave-goth-favs/
LOCATION:Comox Valley Curling Centre\, 4835 Headquarters Road\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9J1P2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Concert
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ORGANIZER;CN="CVGBs":MAILTO:keith@scratchrecords.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260221T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260221T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260204T234748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T234748Z
UID:10000822-1771671600-1771678800@comoxvalleyarts.com
SUMMARY:Stir the Pot at The Courtenay and District Museum
DESCRIPTION:The 2026 BC Heritage Week Theme\, Stir the Pot\, is an open invitation to celebrate food as a form of heritage that is both personal and widely shared. \nThat means it is time to get your soup recipes ready! The Courtenay Museum is hosting a drop-in recipe sharing table on Saturday\, February 21 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. \nBring an easy-to-read copy of your favourite French onion or grandma’s minestrone\, and the museum will make photocopies for everyone to share and take home. \nIf you’re unavailable but would still like to contribute\, feel free to submit your soup recipes before hand to info@courtenaymuseum.ca and staff will include your printouts. The museum will also be supplying a few complimentary recipes from the archival collection. \nThe Courtenay and District Museum is located at 207 4th Street in downtown Courtenay. \nFMI: 250-334-0686 ext 2.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/stir-the-pot-at-the-courtenay-and-district-museum/
LOCATION:the Courtenay and District Museum\, 207 4th St\, Courtenay\, BC\, COURTENAY\, BC\, V9N 1G7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260226T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260128T174316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T175342Z
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SUMMARY:Maureen F. Fitzgerald PHD Book Launch for "Wake the F Up"
DESCRIPTION:Join Author Maureen Fitzgerald PhD as she launches her latest publication\, “Wake the F Up – the Essential Guide to Spiritual Awakening and Freedom”. The evening will include a presentation from the author\, opportunity to purchase her book and a reception to follow. \n\nEvery mystic has said the same thing: We can only end suffering and be truly happy if we wake up. But how do we do this?\n\nIn her engaging presentation\, Maureen will describe her five-step process to awakening from an egoic-state of consciousness to awake awareness. You will learn how to use your life difficulties for opportunities to realize your True Self and:\n\n transcend the limits of your egoic mind;\n loosen the limiting beliefs in your shadow; and\n unlock the freedom and peace that is already within you.\n\nFitzgerald combines Western psychology and Eastern philosophy while referring to the words of the mystics including Eckhart Tolle\, Byron Katie\, Michael Singer\, Loch Kelly\, Adyashanti and Osho.\n\nCome and learn how to raise your consciousness and move from a place of darkness and ignorance to a time of abundance and freedom.\n\nAs Eckhart Tolle says: “Your main purpose is to awaken. It is as simple as that. You share that purpose with every other person on this planet – because it is the purpose of humanity.”
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/maureen-f-fitzgerald-phd/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260128T174940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T174954Z
UID:10000821-1772218800-1772226000@comoxvalleyarts.com
SUMMARY:Carys Owen "Love Letter to a Bee" Poetry Reading and Book Launch with musical guests Circle Complex
DESCRIPTION:Carys Owen is a poet\, educator\, community builder and nature-lover who respectfully lives on the unceded territory of the K’omoks people. Her office is on the beach\, by the river\, in the forest\, near a mountain. \nFor several years she has been sharing her poems at readings\, community events and in her first poetry collection – Into the Ordinary. In 2023\, Carys helped to create the Downtown Courtenay Poetry Walk. This public art project is now in its fourth year. It pairs poets with businesses resulting in a display of poetry on store front windows during National Poetry Month (April). \nCarys’s poetry has been read at conferences and meetings to illustrate the life of various organizations\, for example the BC Teacher’s Reading Conference\, Lush Valley Food Action Society and CV Rotary Club. She is also very proud to have performed her poetry at Pride in the Park in Courtenay\, BC. Carys is a founding member of ‘Artful : The Poets’ who meet once a month to share their poetry at ‘Artful : The Gallery’\, Courtenay BC. She also helps to organize ‘Wordsmiths’\, a group of poets\, writers and singers in Cumberland\, BC. \nHer new collection of poetry – ‘Love Letter to a Bee’- explores the beauties of the natural world alongside the importance of caring for our environment.She is mindful of creating poems that celebrate the wonders of the natural world with the aim of encouraging connection and hope.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/carys-owen-love-letter-to-a-bee-poetry-reading-and-book-launch-with-musical-guests-circle-complex/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260302T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260217T002353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T002353Z
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SUMMARY:Artful : The Poets Featuring Landon Norris
DESCRIPTION:Artful : The Poets welcomes Landon Norris as feature poet\, with host Diana Kolpak\, on March 2\, 7-9pm. \nLandon Arora Norris is a visual artist\, actor\, and poet\, bringing an abundance of energy and colour to the stage\, with vibrant brush strokes and line-work\, wordplay\, quirky subject matter\, and eye-catching composition\, leaving the ear a myriad of details to explore and become lost in. Landon mixes her personal experiences\, interests in games and pop culture\, along with her affinity for literary exploration and play.\n\nLandon earned a BFA in Drawing & Painting from OCAD University\, while working steadily as a professional on-screen and voice actor. Her engagement in the artistic world quickly segued into music and poetry\, latching onto linguistic intricacies\, like anagrams\, palindromes\, and spoonerisms. She enjoys the carefree exploration involved in abstraction\, and cartooning\, while having a deep-rooted understanding of realism\, light and shadow. With this amalgamation of artistic expression\, Landon crosses the lines between free-spirited childlike poetry and highly technical lyricism and flow.\n\nLandon drove out from Toronto to Courtenay four years ago and planted roots on the island rather quickly\, enjoying the pace of life\, and the immediate connection to nature and the breathtaking outdoors this country is rich with. When she’s not glued to her creation station\, playing games of the board or video variety\, or out partaking in community events\, you’re likely to catch Landon slinging ice cream at Blue Spruce during the weekdays.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-poets-featuring-landon-norris/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260307T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260226T012757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T211244Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading and Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join host Kelly Madden at Artful : The Gallery for the poetry reading and book launch of Ed Varney and Dan Kirk. Guest poet Kristina Campbell will also join the reading for an entertaining trio of Comox Valley Poets.\n\nEd Varney was inspired to become a poet during his second year of University and has followed that idea over the past 60 years. Along the way he has learned printing technologies\, publishing strategies\, book binding skills\, graphics and fine arts\, arranged exhibitions\, edited anthologies\, founded small poetry magazines and published over 20 books and chapbooks of his own poetry. Varney reports that poetry continues to engage him and new poems emerge on sheets of paper in his studio. Varney’s latest chapbook is ‘Crossroads’\, published by the Poem Factory. It follows the path that thought takes as it expresses itself in words and how those words morph into poetry.\n\nDan Kirk has spent extended periods of time over the past 20 years reading American poets William Stafford\, Robert Bly and Emily Dickenson\, Spanish poets Antonio Machado and Juan Ramon Jimenez\, Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer and Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge. They have informed and inspired Kirk’s writing in an ongoing conversation where he has responded to\, argued with and extended their words and ideas and brought them into his world. This volume ’Still Talking’ represents a distillation of his ongoing dialogue with these poets and others who evoke a response. Kirk founded and ran the Red Tree Poetry Series and co-produced the first two Cascadia Poetry Festivals in Cumberland\, B.C. with Adelia MacWilliam and Ed Varney. Reading in locations around Vancouver Island and Kelowna\, Daniel has enjoyed the varied audiences for poetry in these communities.\n\n\nKristina Campbell is an artist and therapist who has lived in the Comox Valley since 2017. In 2020\, Campbell established Artful : The Gallery to provide a home base for her multi-media art practice which includes painting\, poetry and experimental film. Campbell has reached back through her Danish ancestry to bring the Nordic gods to her mythopoetic sensibility as an artist. Campbell’s style is an expression of her belief that using mythological imagery can inspire and lead to the creation of new narratives. Campbell’s fascination with mythology\, symbols\, memory and dream imagery is a unifying theme throughout her work.\n\n\nKelly Madden is a Vancouver Island poet whose writing is raw\, unflinching\, and deeply rooted in place. She speaks for the overlooked: those lost to the overdose crisis\, those unhoused\, and the ecosystems we continue to erase.  Her work has appeared in numerous publications supported by the League of Canadian Poets\, Reckoning\, SAPPzine\, Island Writer’s Magazine\, CV2\, The Poet\, Drift\, Drunk Monkeys and elsewhere. She is currently working on her second collection of poetry.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/poetry-reading-and-book-launch-2/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260321T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260321T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260303T230523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T214323Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Fling and Easter Magic 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Courtenay Museum invites you to their annual “Spring Fling and Easter Magic” event on Saturday\, March 21st\, from 11 am to 2 pm. Admission is by donation. \nThis will be a fun-filled\, action-packed three-hour event. \nThe ever-popular petting zoo provided by Barnyard Party Animals gives folks a chance to meet ducks\, geese\, bunnies\, chicks\, guinea pigs\, and hedgehogs. \nWe have invited a special guest this year\, “Magician Donald Dunphy\,” who will be performing amazing magic shows. Audience participation is a must. There will be two magic shows\, one at 11:45 and the other at 12:45. Each show will be different. \nYou will have the opportunity to visit with volunteers and a rescue bird from MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre\, where you can learn about their amazing wildlife rescues. \nA couple of games are planned for the Fling\, including a scavenger hunt and guess how many treats contest. People can also enter to win door prizes. Don’t forget to bring your craft skills to make a cute Easter craft to take home with you. \nThe Elasmosaur mascot will be making an appearance for photo opportunities and handing out delicious chocolate treats.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/spring-fling-and-easter-magic-2026/
LOCATION:the Courtenay and District Museum\, 207 4th St\, Courtenay\, BC\, COURTENAY\, BC\, V9N 1G7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260410T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260410T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T194743
CREATED:20260311T213602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T213602Z
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SUMMARY:Triskaidecadarn! ookoolaydeez postponed to April 10th
DESCRIPTION:Well….it seems the Ookoolaydeez should have been scared of Friday the 13th!\n\nTara has lost her voice because of laryngitis. We have been crossing our fingers she would be recovered for the originally scheduled March 13th concert\, but\, sadly\, it’s not to be.\n\nWe are crestfallen that we won’t be able to entertain you this Friday\, BUT **we have rescheduled the concert to Friday\, April 10th at 7:30 p.m. at Artful : The Gallery.**\n\nIf you can attend on the new date\, yay!\nIf you are unable to attend\, I will refund you via e-transfer.\nPlease let me know which option works for you. Email: ookoolaydeez@gmail.com\n\nThanks for your understanding\, and sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.\n  \nThe ookoolaydeez are on a mission to light up the world with joy using irresistibly singable tunes\, playful wit and exuberant whimsy. \nSongbirds Tara Hope and Diana Kolpak serve up a spicy buffet of original songs and poems that take you on an unexpected\, hilarious\, profound\, wild and juicy journey.  Among the tasty offerings are: snappy blues\, dark lullabies\, Shakespearean rap\, sweet bluegrass and flirty musings about housework. Harmonies are sophisticated. Instruments include a motley assemblage of ukuleles\, a washboard\, a toilet plunger\, a toy glockenspiel and baby tap shoes…just to name a few. \nThe ookoolaydeez made their debut at the 2025 Woodstove Festival in November\, followed by house concerts and an appearance at the Art is Love is Resistance fundraiser in Cumberland. \nDiana studied classical piano and has decades of experience as a theatre performer and director. Tara studied ukulele and guitar and is a prize-winning wearable art creator/performer. Both are poets and published authors. They started writing songs together in the autumn of 2024. \nIn addition to performing as the ookoolaydeez\, Tara and Diana also sing as part of The Happy Gang\, an ensemble of six fiddlers\, four vocalists\, a percussionist\, a guitarist and a bass player\, who play monthly concerts at several of the Comox Valley’s long term care facilities.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/triskaidecadarn-ookoolaydeez-postponed-to-april-10th/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Concert
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SUMMARY:Courtenay Little Theatre Presents: “The Children” by Lucy Kirkwood
DESCRIPTION:What do we owe the next generation? \nCourtenay Little Theatre presents The Children by Lucy Kirkwood at the Sid Williams Theatre\, April 15–19. \nPart mystery\, part comedy\, and part eco-thriller\, The Children is witty\, gripping\, and deeply relevant. Retired nuclear engineers Hazel and Robin are living in a cottage on the coast of England after a disaster at the nearby power station. When their former colleague Rose arrives unexpectedly\, an evening of food\, drink\, and memories takes a surprising turn. \nAs old secrets surface\, the three must confront questions of responsibility\, sacrifice\, aging\, and what they will leave behind. \nDirected by Catherine Hannon and featuring Simon Easterman\, Erin Malin\, and Ruthie Tilston.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/courtenay-little-theatre-presents-the-children-by-lucy-kirkwood/
LOCATION:Sid Williams Theatre\, 442 Cliffe Avenue\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2J2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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