Paula Wild

THE UCHUCK YEARS, graced by a painting by the Comox Valley's Bill Maximick, is making itself right at home on the Vancouver Sun BC Bestseller list. 

‘Last man standing’ tells his tales

A couple of weeks ago I escaped my day-to-day life to cruise from Gold River to Friendly Cove aboard the Uchuck III.

THE UCHUCK YEARS, graced by a painting by the Comox Valley's Bill Maximick, is making itself right at home on the Vancouver Sun BC Bestseller list. 
POTTER MARY FOX of Ladysmith will be the featured guest artist at the Filberg Festival in Comox from Aug. 3 to 6., showing examples of her work such as the vase at left.

Featured Filberg artist to display functional, decorative work

At age 13, Mary Fox began potting purely by chance.

POTTER MARY FOX of Ladysmith will be the featured guest artist at the Filberg Festival in Comox from Aug. 3 to 6., showing examples of her work such as the vase at left.
SINGER SUE MEDLEY is back on Vancouver Island, exploring her roots in the Comox Valley. At left, she performs with Time Well Wasted.

Medley back on the Island

Sue Medley has toured with Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp, and received a slew of music awards along the way.

SINGER SUE MEDLEY is back on Vancouver Island, exploring her roots in the Comox Valley. At left, she performs with Time Well Wasted.
AWAY WITH THE Fairies is the newest book by Comox Valley singer-author Mary Murphy (below).

Author Murphy a real expert about subject of Irish Fairies

AWAY WITH THE Fairies is the newest book by Comox Valley singer-author Mary Murphy

AWAY WITH THE Fairies is the newest book by Comox Valley singer-author Mary Murphy (below).
IT'S LION TIME again at Keystone Market on Sundays at Simms Millennium Park in Courtenay.

Market offers artist talent every Sunday

From now until Sept. 30, Keystone Market will take place every Sunday at Simms Millennium Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

IT'S LION TIME again at Keystone Market on Sundays at Simms Millennium Park in Courtenay.
ARTIST CORRE ALICE opens a new exhibit Saturday at her Cumberland gallery.

Alice at core of cultural scene up in Cumberland

Cumberland, once a thriving coal town, has transformed with the times to become an innovative cultural centre.

ARTIST CORRE ALICE opens a new exhibit Saturday at her Cumberland gallery.
AUTHOR SUSAN KETCHEN and Lollipop enjoy one of Ketchen's previous books.

Valley author Ketchen to launch new book

Comox Valley author, Susan Ketchen, will launch her new book at the Muir Gallery this evening at 7 p.m.

AUTHOR SUSAN KETCHEN and Lollipop enjoy one of Ketchen's previous books.
HELEN AUSTIN DIVIDES her time between Courtenay and Los Angeles.

Versatile Austin balances family and career

Award-winning singer/songwriter Helen Austin is living two lives.

HELEN AUSTIN DIVIDES her time between Courtenay and Los Angeles.
COMOX VALLEY MUSICIAN Shane Philip is nominated for a Vancouver Island Music Award, as he uses his multi-instrument performance to showcase his  creativity.

Self-taught Philips’s success is simplicity

One of Shane Philip’s earliest memories is of his dad smacking his hands for using the kitchen table as a percussion instrument.

COMOX VALLEY MUSICIAN Shane Philip is nominated for a Vancouver Island Music Award, as he uses his multi-instrument performance to showcase his  creativity.
BRIAN BUCKRELL PAINTED Herring Run. He and wife Cathy are moving back to Ontario after 11 years in the Comox Valley.

Buckrell’s drawn by grandchildren back to Ontario

Becoming an award-winning artist wasn’t part of Brian Buckrell’s life plan.

BRIAN BUCKRELL PAINTED Herring Run. He and wife Cathy are moving back to Ontario after 11 years in the Comox Valley.

Ride the improv flow with Sinistrio

Sinistrio works best when band members are interacting and playing off each other, in other words, riding the improv flow.

THE WIND WEEPS is a novel by Comox Valley writer and copy editor Anneli Purchase. She says its characters are composites drawn from various visitors to the West Coast whom she's observed over the years.

Comox Valley author created book with love and adventure

Andrea travels to a remote community on the B.C. coast looking for love and adventure.

THE WIND WEEPS is a novel by Comox Valley writer and copy editor Anneli Purchase. She says its characters are composites drawn from various visitors to the West Coast whom she's observed over the years.
CARLOS DEL JUNCO and the Blues Mongrels will electrify an audience at the Sid Williams Theatre on March 11.

Carlos coming with his Mongrels, wicked harmonica

In January, Carlos del Junco received the 2011 Maple Blues Award for Harmonica Player of the Year. Again.

CARLOS DEL JUNCO and the Blues Mongrels will electrify an audience at the Sid Williams Theatre on March 11.
RAINBOW YOUTH THEATRE had a big cast for Anne of Green Gables, just one of the many presentations at the Sid Williams Theatre.

Theatre ‘cultural star of downtown Courtenay’

Today, the Sid is one of the busiest community theatres in B.C.

RAINBOW YOUTH THEATRE had a big cast for Anne of Green Gables, just one of the many presentations at the Sid Williams Theatre.

Films reflect social conditions at festival

The 21st World Community Film Festival takes place at the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay and adjacent venues

IF YOU’VE BEEN in any local theatrical production in the past two decades, chances are you’ve been photographed by Terry Penney. The above example is from the Courtenay Little Theatre production of Nunsense.

Penney’s photos a theatrical keepsake

If you’re interested in community theatre, you probably recognize the name.

IF YOU’VE BEEN in any local theatrical production in the past two decades, chances are you’ve been photographed by Terry Penney. The above example is from the Courtenay Little Theatre production of Nunsense.
“There is nothing as beautiful as what watercolour can do for you if you let it,” says artist Judi Pedder

Pedder a master of watercolour on Masa

“There is nothing as beautiful as what watercolour can do for you if you let it,” says artist Judi Pedder

“There is nothing as beautiful as what watercolour can do for you if you let it,” says artist Judi Pedder
SINGER JOANNA FINCH is trying simplify her life, partially by disposing of a lot of 'stuff' she's collected.

Finch longing to escape – and live the simple life

Joanna Finch is singing the Happy Hobo Blues as she revs up for a year — or perhaps longer — of transition.

SINGER JOANNA FINCH is trying simplify her life, partially by disposing of a lot of 'stuff' she's collected.
LANI ALTON is a member of the Comox Valley H'artists.

The hearts of eight female artists beating as one

Not long ago eight women sat around a kitchen table discussing what was important in life.

LANI ALTON is a member of the Comox Valley H'artists.
Larry Pierce of Hornby Island shares his secrets of fixing things.

Hornby Island farmer, winemaker shares secrets of fixing things

It wasn’t until I got married that I discovered fixing things wasn’t genetically hardwired into every male.

Larry Pierce of Hornby Island shares his secrets of fixing things.