New works by five artists, live music, wine and sumptuous goodies all gathered together in a recently renovated 2,400-square-foot space.
How does a high school English teacher become a millionaire before he’s 40?
Ron Pogue’s photographs capture the beauty in unexpected places
The sound was familiar yet fresh and innovative.
The first time Cori Sandler touched clay, it felt better than anything she’d ever experienced.
With a couple of hats and a few props Sid Williams could transform himself into 10 characters in 10 minutes.
To the casual passer-by, the large structure at the edge of the road looks like a picturesque barn.
Every author struggles from time to time.
The big wild card is the weather.
“It’s either a huge challenge or a huge bonus,” says Marg Selkirk. “We’ve had wind, rain and blazing hot sun, but most of the time it’s really pleasant.”
“Myshree’s needle painting is absolutely incredible,” Corinne James, executive director of The Old Schoolhouse Gallery, said in a March interview with the Parksville-Qualicum Beach News.
It’s known as the musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. It’s about living life to do what you love.
Everyone has a dream.
For many, it’s to write the Great Canadian Novel. Or a best-selling collection of short stories or poems. Or an award-winning nonfiction book.
A skillful blend of fact and fiction, In the Embrace of the Alligator, fictions from Cuba is part travelogue and part documentary on the absurdity of life.
Everyone knows the Comox Valley has the highest number of artists — in all genres — per capita in B.C., perhaps even Canada.
Life has been a series of right turns — in more ways than one — for Corwin Fox.
In his teens, an opportunity to attend an arts high school saved him from a life of petty crime. A decade later, meeting the love of his life catapulted him from the freewheeling lifestyle of a musician hitchhiking across the continent to being a dad and a full-time student.
Kymme Patrick, 49, is an award-winning actress, playwright, director and drama instructor. She never expected to be a cancer patient.
“With just a few ingredients, lovingly handled, beaten, stirred, whipped and cooked into a mouth-watering treat our elders have given us the knowledge to carry on,” writes Vivian Cruise in the introduction to Season Upon Season.
Imagine a dreamscape smudging the lines between reality and longing.
Sometimes what we remember isn’t real.
Capt. James Gaudin is levelheaded, ambitious and has a knack for navigating stormy seas.
