Gabriola’s own Kerplunks invite you to the CD release party for their new album, Walk On. It’s on Sunday, June 14, from 1pm to 3pm at the Gabriola Island Community Hall.
Tickets are 5.00 each, or 15.00 for a family. Kids under 2 are free! Get your tickets at Gabriola Artworks or at the door.
June 7th is Oceans Day at Descanso Bay Regional Park. The Regional District of Nanaimo says Join us in a celebration of our beautiful Pacific Ocean and enjoy a playful afternoon of learning about the marine environment. Lemonade and snacks on sale.
The afternoon’s events include guided tide pool walks, games for kids, mural painting, marine [...]
Here’s one for your summer calendar: Silva Bay Kayak Adventures offers Kayaking and Yoga every Monday morning throughout the summer, starting on June 22nd. Each session is 3 hours long, and the drop-in fee is 20.00. Beginners are welcome. No experience is necessary, as trained and certified kayaking guides provide paddling lessons.
Silva Bay Kayak Adventures [...]
On Sunday, May 24th, Leah and Friends will play at Raspberry’s from 2 to 4pm.
Leah Hokanson is a fantastically talented pianist, so we know this will be good. Roger (of Raspberry’s) invites you to stop by and enjoy the music.
While you’re at it, have slice of pizza and maybe a Fat Cat beer. There [...]
Island of Peace Yoga, Village Liquor Store, and the Surf Lodge are working together to bring you four Yoga and Wine Tasting evenings: Friday May 22nd, Friday June 5th, Friday May 29th, and Friday, June 12th.
Participants begin the evening with yoga, then taste the evening’s wines. They purchase their wine selections at the Village Liquor [...]
The Gathering Place is hosting a family dinner and dance on Saturday May 30th. This event is a fundraiser to help Gathering Place youth buy African drums.
Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm. (Menu: Mexican chili and rice with iced tea or lemonade.)
Music starts at 7:30. A youth band called Nutter Butter will open, and [...]
The Gabriola Health Care Society and the Gabriola Health Care Foundation are having their annual general meetings at the Roxy on Tuesday, June 4th, at 7pm. All Gabriolans are invited to attend.
Agendas include: director nominations, special resolutions, proposed constitution, and proposed by-laws. Read all about these on the AGMs page of the Gabriola Health Care [...]
The Gabriola Library presents The Trail of 1858: British Columbia’s Gold Rush Past. It’s at the Roxy at 7pm on June 5th. Here’s the library describes this event:
Join CBC Almanac’s host Mark Forsythe and co-author Greg Dickson for BC’s greatest story: The Trail of 1858, and the tales of CBC listeners whose roots [...]
The Gabriola Womens’ Institute is having their annual plant sale this Saturday, May 23rd; they say there’ll be a great selection of plants, books, and crafts. It’s at the Women’s Institute Hall from 10 am until 12:30 pm.
People for a Healthy Community invites you to Make a bowl for hunger on Saturday, May 30th.
Drop in Saturday May 30th, 9 am to 3pm
Sunstone Pottery, 520 Argyle Lane
On Saturday May 30th between 9 am and 3pm, our community is invited to Sunstone Pottery, to make a bowl for hunger in support of PHC’s Emergency [...]
You’re invited to Mindy Joseph’s Artitst’s Reception at the Gabriola Professional Centre on Friday, June 5th. It’s from 7 to 9 pm.
Mindy’s art will be exhibited at the Gabriola Professional Centre Gallery unil June 24th. (The Professional Centre is at 590 North Road, and is open Monday to Saturday, 8:30 to 4:40pm.)
You’re invited to the Roxy on May 28th at 7:30 pm to see the World Premiere of Money as Debt II: Promises Unleashed. Tickets are 5.00, and reservations are recommended (247-8353). This is Paul Grignon’s work — a sequel to his acclaimed animated video Money As Debt.
Paul offers a seven minute preview of the [...]
Adrian Nicholas’ Fractal Fest will be at the Roxy on Saturday May 23rd at 7pm. Tickets are 5.00.
Adrian’s Youtube Channel, FractalGod, summarizes his work as
Original Musical Psychedelic Optical Art, created to stimulate and scintillate the mind, body and soul.
The site has 23 videos for you to watch.
The Gabriola Lions are organizing Gabriola’s Walk for Dog Guides. The walk starts at Twin Beaches on Sunday May 31st at 1 pm.
The Purina Walk for Dog Guides site explains:
Join other dedicated Dog Guide supporters across Canada and participate in the largest fundraising event of its kind, the Purina Walk for Dog Guides. There is [...]
Lulu Performing Arts presents Inside Out, featuring pianist Leah Hokanson. This concert will be on Saturday, June 6th, at 7:30 pm. Location: Phoenix Auditorium, The Haven.
This performance will include works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Alexander Sciabin, Claude Debussy, Bix Beiderbecko, Toru Takemitsu, Frederic Rzewski, and Hildegard Westerkamp.
The audience will also hear the world [...]
Island of Peace Yoga invites you to an evening of spiritual cinema. This one’s on Monday, May 25th at 7pm, at the Roxy. The film is Enlightenment Guaranteed, and here’s the film summary from Island of Peace:
Silva Bay Kayak Adventures is offering summer day-camps for kids and teens. Choose either Sea Kayaking Camp, or Sailing & Rowing Camp (offered in cooperation with Gabriola Adventure Sailing & Barefoot Wooden Boats). Or opt for both! The main focus of these camps is to teach safe travel in the marine environment, natural history, [...]
Kouscous will play at the Gabriola Coffeehouse on Friday, May 29th. Doors open at 6:30, open stage starts at 7pm, and Kouskous plays at 9pm. Admission is 5.00. This event is at the Agi Hall.
Kouscous’ Myspace page describes their music:
Mediterranean guitar stylings and vocal inflections combined with spicy and exotic Middle-Eastern rythms. Original interpretations of [...]
Sue Medley will perform at the Roxy on Saturday, May 30th at 7:30. (Doors open at 7pm.) Tickets are 15.00 at Artworks.
Here’s a bit about Sue from her website at suemedley.ca.
Sue has performed at the Juno Awards, Madison Square Garden, and the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. She played [...]
The Gabriola Farmers Market opens for the season on Saturday, May 16th; the market is at the Agi Hall, and is open from 10am to 12 noon every Saturday during from now until October.
There’ll be farm-fresh veggies, yummy things to eat, and things made by Gabriola artists and craftspeople.
Annie Lou will play at the Roxy on May 29th. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30pm. Tickets are 15.00 at Artworks.
Annie Lou’s Myspace page has music samples and information about the band:
When Yukon songwriters Kim Barlow and Anne Louise Genest discovered a shared joy in the string band sounds and story [...]
From the Daily News: New regional park will open on Gabriola Island.
The Regional District of Nanaimo will officially open its newest regional park during a ceremony May 22 on Gabriola Island.
A 45.7-hectare parcel of wetlands and forest, formerly owned by Clyde Coats, will open to the public as Coats Marsh Regional Park.he ceremony begins at [...]
Gabriolans for Environmental Awareness presents two short films at the Roxy on Thursday, May 21st. Doors open at 6:45.pm. (Suggested donation of 2.00 to cover Roxy rental.)
One of the films is Public Exposure: DNA, Democracy and the Wireless Revolution. Gabriolans for Environmental Awareness say this about the film:
Tillers Folly will perform at the Gabriola Community Hall on Sunday, May 31st. Their music is described as roots music from pacific Canada; see their website for more details, and for music samples. This concert features the Myles Black Trio (Myles Black, Portia Boehm and Connor Moher) in the opening act.
This event is a fund-raiser [...]
The Roxy is showing The Magic Christian on May 26th at 7 pm. Here’s how Amazon.ca summarizes the film:
This 1969 British comedy looks today like a bridge between then-contemporaneous but overlapping styles of comedy, from Terry Southern satire to Goon Show silliness to Monty Python surrealism. Peter Sellers stars as the world’s wealthiest man, who [...]