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Bev Finch and the Saliani Band will play at the Shady Rest this Saturday.

Could be last chance to hear group

Bev Finch and the Saliani Band play at the Shady Rest on April 18

Bev Finch and the Saliani Band will play at the Shady Rest this Saturday.

Island variety comes to Nanoose

April 18 event will include stand-up comedy, magic, music and a 50/50 at the Nanoose Place Community Centre

Jim Brown, left, and Sharon Klassen are two of many volunteer organizers who have kept the Country Opera running both in Coombs and Errington over the years. The monthly event is celebrating its 40th year this Friday.

Coombs Country Opera celebrates 40 years of music making

Anniversary night on Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Hall on the Coombs Rodeo Grounds

Jim Brown, left, and Sharon Klassen are two of many volunteer organizers who have kept the Country Opera running both in Coombs and Errington over the years. The monthly event is celebrating its 40th year this Friday.
Singer-songwriter Scott Shea will promote the launch of his first solo album, Let it Storm, with a performance at the McMillan Arts Centre this Friday.

Scott Shea does his own thing

Singer-songwriter brings his album launch tour to the McMillan Arts Centre April 17 at 7 p.m.

Singer-songwriter Scott Shea will promote the launch of his first solo album, Let it Storm, with a performance at the McMillan Arts Centre this Friday.
From left, Scott Murray, Maureen O’Hearn, Janet Dol, Gerry Fraser and Michelle Hesketh rehearse their roles in The Full Treatment. This latest production from ECHO Players will be onstage at the Village Theatre April 9-26.

Farce-style comedy fills stage with energy

ECHO Players production The Full Treatment onstage at Village Theatre in Qualicum Beach April 9-26

From left, Scott Murray, Maureen O’Hearn, Janet Dol, Gerry Fraser and Michelle Hesketh rehearse their roles in The Full Treatment. This latest production from ECHO Players will be onstage at the Village Theatre April 9-26.
Rosemary Lindsay will relinquish her post as choral director of A Cappella Plus at the end of the season. Her last show with the choir in Parksville will be a relaxed cabaret-style performance at the Beach Club Resort on April 12.

A Cappella Plus chamber choir goes cabaret

Concert on Sunday, April 12 at the Beach Club Resort; additional show on April 19 at Deep Bay Marine Field Station

Rosemary Lindsay will relinquish her post as choral director of A Cappella Plus at the end of the season. Her last show with the choir in Parksville will be a relaxed cabaret-style performance at the Beach Club Resort on April 12.

Choral director enjoys her year with ‘wonderful group’

Village Voices annual spring concerts April 19 in Parksville and April 26 in Qualicum Beach

Bluesman Guy Davis will bring his old-time sounding style of acoustic blues to the Errington Hall on April 12.

Delta blues that get deep into your body

Guy Davis to play acoustic blues at Errington Hall April 12 at 8 p.m.

Bluesman Guy Davis will bring his old-time sounding style of acoustic blues to the Errington Hall on April 12.
Local actor and playwright Caleb Williamson will take the lead role in a biopic play he wrote about the English Romantic poet John Keats.

Local talent brings famous poet to life

Play took eight years to research, write and rehearse

Local actor and playwright Caleb Williamson will take the lead role in a biopic play he wrote about the English Romantic poet John Keats.
Annie Lou, who moved to Vancouver Island three years ago from the Yukon, will play a solo show at the Qualicum Acoustic Cafe this Friday.

Annie Lou takes time to play solo again

Singer-songwriter recently nominated for music award

Annie Lou, who moved to Vancouver Island three years ago from the Yukon, will play a solo show at the Qualicum Acoustic Cafe this Friday.
Wicked Grin, the 2014 Maple Blues Award winner of Best New Artist/Group of the Year, will play at the Rod & Gun on April 4. The quartet will be paired down to the trio pictured here: (from left) Murray Kinsley, Leigh-Anne Stanton and Liam Melville. Harp player Rod Williams (not pictured) will not be able to make the show.

Wicked Grin rockets into the spotlight

Band, who won the 2014 Maple Blues Award for New Artist/Group of the Year, will play at the Rod & Gun on April 4

Wicked Grin, the 2014 Maple Blues Award winner of Best New Artist/Group of the Year, will play at the Rod & Gun on April 4. The quartet will be paired down to the trio pictured here: (from left) Murray Kinsley, Leigh-Anne Stanton and Liam Melville. Harp player Rod Williams (not pictured) will not be able to make the show.
Young Vancouverite Alyssa Baker will bring her version of indie folk-influenced pop to Smoke ’n Water Restaurant in Nanoose Bay on April 17.

Teen creates ‘indie quirky pop’

Young singer-songwriter will play original music at Smoke 'n' Water in Nanoose on April 17

Young Vancouverite Alyssa Baker will bring her version of indie folk-influenced pop to Smoke ’n Water Restaurant in Nanoose Bay on April 17.
Fay St. Marie holds the sketch she drew of Fogo Island in Newfoundland and Labrador. The painting that resulted from the drawing hangs behind her.

Painter moves on from babushka series

Fay St. Marie shows landscapes that blend realistic and abstract elements at the Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply

Fay St. Marie holds the sketch she drew of Fogo Island in Newfoundland and Labrador. The painting that resulted from the drawing hangs behind her.
Photographer Richard Motchman, left, and painter Barry Herring get into the spirit of their joint show Fragments and Masks, which opened at TOSH on March 18. Another group show, put on by Victoria-based group The Imagists, hangs in the adjoining gallery. Both shows will run until April 10.

Seven artists from Victoria fill TOSH galleries

Two joint shows running March 18-April 10 feature paintings, photography and sculpture

Photographer Richard Motchman, left, and painter Barry Herring get into the spirit of their joint show Fragments and Masks, which opened at TOSH on March 18. Another group show, put on by Victoria-based group The Imagists, hangs in the adjoining gallery. Both shows will run until April 10.
Talitha Hoorn is one of the latest students in School District 69 to take advantage of Head Start. The dual-credit program allowed Hoorn to graduate from KSS and the one-year culinary diploma at VIU at the same time.

THURSDAY SPOTLIGHT: Parksville Qualicum Beach students getting a head start during high school

Program allows students to graduate from college and high school at the same time

Talitha Hoorn is one of the latest students in School District 69 to take advantage of Head Start. The dual-credit program allowed Hoorn to graduate from KSS and the one-year culinary diploma at VIU at the same time.

Bassoonist will launch season

Isaac Bull to play first Parksville Recital Series of 2015 at MAC on March 29

Photographer Debra Kuzbik took many of the images in her show North of L.A., South of the Bay with her iPhone. She’s been using the lightweight technology more and more these days as opposed to packing around her chunky DSLR camera.

iPhoneography making some strides

Debra Kuzbik displays traditional and iPhone photography at Arts' Cafe until April 10

Photographer Debra Kuzbik took many of the images in her show North of L.A., South of the Bay with her iPhone. She’s been using the lightweight technology more and more these days as opposed to packing around her chunky DSLR camera.
Al Greenwood will bring back the classic clean humour of Red Skelton in his tribute show, Reflections of Red, on April 4 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Br. #49 - Mt. Arrowsmith.

Tribute to Red Skelton coming to Parksville

On April 4, see the show that's billed as clean, simple, respectful comedy made specifically for seniors

Al Greenwood will bring back the classic clean humour of Red Skelton in his tribute show, Reflections of Red, on April 4 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Br. #49 - Mt. Arrowsmith.
From left, Scott Murray, Maureen O’Hearn, Janet Dol, Gerry Fraser and Michelle Hesketh rehearse a scene from The Full Treatment. This latest production from ECHO Players will be onstage April 9-26.

Farcical tale set in a London penthouse

ECHO Players' latest production The Full Treatment runs April 9-26

From left, Scott Murray, Maureen O’Hearn, Janet Dol, Gerry Fraser and Michelle Hesketh rehearse a scene from The Full Treatment. This latest production from ECHO Players will be onstage April 9-26.
Zane Patten has had to think of other ways to let people know his house painting business is looking for customers.

Rules here force a different marketing strategy

College Pro Painters franchise owner Zane Patten cannot solicit company door-to-door in Parksville

Zane Patten has had to think of other ways to let people know his house painting business is looking for customers.