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Notes From JDF
Parts 1-5. An account of surfing in the Juan de Fuca (JDF) region on south Vancouver Island. No beaches are named in this book. With photos and contributions from Rivermouth Mike, James Murray, Danny Amato, and Bob Kemp, there is a special focus on the na
Margo Cooper presents: BRAIN DANCE: Going off the Ploughed Track
Overview: The original meaning of delirium was “going off the ploughed track”, a Roman medical term for madness. Brain Dance explores Cooper’s mental and emotional responses to an emergency surgery and period of recovery.
Stolen Organ Family Band - ALBUM REVIEW
The Stolen Organ Family Band Horse Treats (Indie) It pays to have an open mind in this business of writing about music and putting it to press, especi...
Spirit of Place - Isle of Iona
Catherine Fraser has visited Iona four times between 2009-2015. “There is a special energy I experience on Iona,” she says, “The air is different, other worldly and timeless, renewing and replenishing my creativity.”
Memorial Arena left a capital legacy
Despite a shaky start and a history of missteps, the Barn on Blanshard had plenty of good times - See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/memorial-arena-left-a-capital-legacy-1.9377#sthash.DfPdmRdo.dpuf
Victoria educator Jerry Bryant was ‘giant musical force,’ taught at Esquimalt High
Jerry Bryant, a blues musician who had a knack for opening doors into the world of music for generations of local students, has died at age 98. The singer and jazz pianist, who was born in Kansas City on April Fool’s Day in 1923, died Aug. 19.
Diana Dean: New Works
Diana Dean’s home-studio perches on a wooded hilltop near the northern shore of Salt Spring Island. Since 1982, the artist has painted her large-scale dramatic compositions in this space. Looking around, it seems natural that the artist’s landscapes s
Philip Mix at Fortune Gallery Oct 3-29, 2023
In Handwritten, Philip Mix shares his latest series of paintings and returns to the figural work that first launched his career. http://www.artopenings.ca/philip-mix.html
Arts group challenges community to get creative
Reports on Challenge Crisis with Creativity community art project created by Gage Gallery to help people during Covid 19
MONUMENTAL, Celebrating 35 Years ​​May 24-26, 2019
Fired Up! Ceramic Artists: Contemporary Works in Clay presents ​MONUMENTAL, Celebrating 35 Years ​​May 24-26, 2019 The 35th annual show and sale at Metchosin Community Hall, 4401 William Head Road. Opening Gala May 24, 6:00–9pm. Continues May
Illuminations: Songs Towards the Light
Review of Ensemble Laude's Winter concert, 2014.
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES: SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS RETURN
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings release new record, "Give the People What They Want". The release date was scheduled for the passed summer, but was pushed later due to the diagnoses of Sharon Jones's Stage II pancreatic cancer. After undergoing treatment,

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