Seva Canada invites you to this slide show, which celebrates 27 years of restoring sight and preventing blindness. Presenters are Heather Wardle and Susan Erdmann. The guest speaker will be Dr. Martin Spencer, ophthalmologist and Seva Canada board member.
The show is at the Agi Hall on Friday, May 8th at 7:30 pm. (Doors open at [...]
The Gabriola Commons Spring Fair will be on Saturday, May 2nd, from 11 am to 2 pm.
This event sounds perfect for Gabriola gardeners and would-be gardeners: there’ll be a seed swap, and tips from local gardeners. Maybe you’ll go have a peek at the community garden allotments.
You’ll also have a chance to learn about [...]
Thinking about the provincial election? The Ratepayers’ Association is sponsoring an all candidates meeting on Saturday May 2nd at 1:30. It will be at the Gabriola Community Hall.
Days of Heaven will show at the Roxy on Thursday, April 23rd at 7 pm. Here’s the trailer:
And here are a couple of comments about the film from the Days of Heaven page at the New York Times:
Days of Heaven” was made in 1978, and the cliche “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore” applies [...]
Trinitude will perform at the Gabriola Coffeehouse (at the Agi Hall) on Friday, April 24th. They’re the feature, so they’ll be on at 9pm.
The Trintude website has sound clips and more information, including this from their about page:
Merisa Donoghue and Les Tibbo (a.k.a. The Dirty Flannel Dawg) have been performing acoustic folk oriented music together [...]
Learn how you can protect Gabriola from invasive plants. Gabriola Land and Trails Trust (GALTT) invites you to meet at
We’ve got a 707 acre community park in the middle of Gabriola, managed by the Regional District of Nanaimo. Now the RDN wants Gabriola residents to consider what the park should be called, and to design a management plan for the park.
On Saturday April 25th and Sunday April 26th, you’ll have an opportunity to contribute [...]
On Tuesday April 21st, the movie at the Roxy will be Cadillac Records. Showtime is 7 pm. Here’s the Cadillac Records trailer at Youtube.
Thinking about the upcoming (May 12th) provincial election? Here’s your chance to meet the NDP and Liberal candidates.
Meet Rob Hutchins, Liberal
Rob Hutchins is the Liberal candidate. If you’d like to meet him, attend the BBQ steak dinner at the Gabriola Golf Course on Wednesday, April 22nd at 5pm. Tickets are 30.00 and are available at [...]
Dancestreams is Vancouver Island’s premier youth dance company. They’re performing on Gabriola on April 26th at 1 pm, at the Haven’s Phoenix Auditorium. Tickets are 10.00, and are available at Artworks, or at the door.
The Dancestreams website explains:
Dancestreams is a pre-professional youth dance company dedicated to fostering excellence in talented Vancouver Island dancers. By providing [...]
Here’s your invitation from the instructor:
Do you like cartoons? Do you wonder how they are made? Would you like to make your own some day? If you said yes then you should come to my Drawing for Animation classes, starting after school on Tuesday April 21st at the elementary school. (Ages 8 and up.)
We’ll watch [...]
To Be or Not to Be will play at the Roxy on Tuesday, April 14th at 7pm.
This classic is highly regarded. One description of the film at amazon.ca says:
Just as Roberto Benigni found himself on the receiving end of some finger-wagging for making a comedy set during the Holocaust, so the great Ernst Lubitsch [...]
Marley and Me will show at the Roxy on April 11th at noon. The story is based on this book. The movie’s official site, MareleyAndMeMovie.com, has a fun trailer.
Degnen House Concerts presents Fish and Bird. They’ll be here on Tuedsay, April 14th for an 8pm concert. Tickets are 10.00; call 247-9932 to reserve.
The Fish and Bird website’s about page says:
Fish & Bird are Taylor Ashton and Adam Iredale-Gray, though not necessarily in that order. These tunesmiths hail from the west coast of Canada [...]
Gabriola Rescue of Wildlife Society will be showing beautiful films at the Roxy on Earth Day, Wednesday April 22nd.
2-4pm showing two Planet Earth Films
7-9pm showing Rainwolves and a Planet Earth film.
Please join us for this free event.
Eleven Gabriola artists will exhibit their work at the Rollo Centre on Saturday April 11th, from 10 am to 4 pm.
The artists are: Erika Hammond, Cora Klardie, Judith Madsen, Jean McLaren, Maxine McRae, Julie Olson, Hilda Pattern, Valerie Walsh, Bob Weenk, Bud West, and Marianne Wunderli.
Tone Bent will be at the Roxy on Saturday April 18th at 7:30. Doors open at 7. Tickets are 10.00 in advance (where? Artworks, I guess) or 15.00 at the door.
On their website’s who and what page, this is how Tone Bent introduces themselves:
Bill Horvitz and Robin Eschner double up on guitars and vocals, trading [...]
Steve Brockley and Charlotte Coleman will be at the Roxy on Friday, April 17th. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are 15.00 at Artworks.
For more about these artists, see their respective MySpace pages:
Steve Brockley
Charlotte Coleman
The Gabriola Museum opens for the season on Saturday, April 4th. Stop by between 10 am and 4pm to see the museum, and to meet Gabriola’s talented basket weavers, The Basket Cases. The Basket Cases will give a basket-weaving demonstration, and will be selling their one-of-a-kind baskets.
And did somebody say Easter Basket? Yes, you’ve got [...]