The 707 Collective invites you to their Community Mapping Day. It’s on Saturday, August 15th from 12:30 to 6 pm at the Women’s Institute Hall.
This is for people of all ages. Bring your stories about the park, and share your 707 memories, photos, and favourite places. Here are more details about the event:
The Gabriola Island Ratepayers Association is hosting a public meeting on Tuesday, July 21st at 7pm. It’s at 7pm at the Women’s Institute Hall.
Topics for this meeting are island water resources and related current activities, and RDN and Islands Trust bylaws. Representatives from the Islands Trust and the Regional District of Nanaimo will be at [...]
This workshop will take place on Saturday, September 19th from 1 to 5 pm at the Gabriola Commons. Register now if you’re planning to attend, as there are only 20 spaces available. Here are all the details about the workshop, the presenter, and how to register:
You’re invited to a haiku presentation on Sunday, July 26th at 10 am. It’s at the Gabriola Commons. Here are all the details from the Poetry Gabriola Society’s announcement:
Here you’ll find information about six events that are part of ArtStart 2009, presented by the Gabriola Arts Council and the Dancing Man Festival. ArtStart includes workshops on hip-hop beat making, song writing, swing dance, dance for kids, hip-hop for youth, and burlesque for women.
Interested? Head over to the coffee bar at Artworks to sign [...]
Want to learn about re-using your grey water? Come to the Agi Hall (465 South Road) on Tuesday, August 11th at 6:30 pm.
This interactive workshop (With Ron Hartman, Hartman Land Design Inc) will showcase a grey water re-use system and an innovative outdoor garden system. Reducing your water consumption can be easy!
This event is hosted [...]
This year’s Concert on the Green will be on August 6th at the Gabriola Golf and Country Club.
Gates open at 4 pm. At 5:15 pm the concert starts with music from Gabriola’s Ssvelt. At 6 pm the feature act begins: Bobby Bruce’s
Champagne Sparkles will perform at the Roxy on Sunday, July 26th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are 15.00 at Artworks.
Here’s a bit about Champagne Sparkles from the Cheesecake Burlesque Review:
Champagne Sparkles is cheeky and cute, she’s the extra glittery girl-next-door. She doesn’t take herself too seriously and has a ridiculous amount of fun on stage. Her [...]
Lloyd Arntzen and Tom Arntzen will play at the Surf Lodge on Saturday, July 25th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are 15.00 and are available at Artworks.
DraycottRoad.com has samples of Lloyd’s singing and a .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) ‘artist bio’ document that includes information about Lloyd and Tom. These musicians have their own websites, too: LloydArntzen.com and [...]
Sweatshop Union will play on Gabriola on Saturday, July 25th at 5pm; they’ll be at the Descanso Bay Park Outdoor Stage. Tickets are 18.00 in advance, and are available at Artworks. Tickets at the gate are 20.00.
Music samples are available on the Sweatshop Union website and on their MySpace page.
Gabriola’s ever-more-famous Kerplunks will be playing at the Descanso Bay Park Outdoor Stage on Saturday, July 25th. Their concert starts at 1:30 pm. Tickets are 5.00 per child, or 15.00 per family. (Get your tickets at Artworks.)
By now everybody on Gabriola knows that the Kerplunks are award-winning children’s entertainers. See the Kerplunks website or the [...]
If rockabilly and roots music is your kind of thing, don’t miss Cousin Harley. They’ll be at the Gabriola Community Hall on July 24th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are 18.00 at Artworks.
There’s lots of Cousin Harley on Youtube, waiting to tempt you towards those tickets.
Come Paint Your Community at the Gabriola Commons, Saturday, August 1st between 12 and 2:00. We will be making the first annual Commons Community Quilt. Quilt squares and paints and brushes, or fabric crayons, will be provided, with many willing artists around to assist you.
All the hundreds of squares will then be sewn together by [...]
On Thursday, July 23rd, The Message will play at the Surf Lodge. Tickets are 15.00 and are available at Artworks.
The group’s website explains that The Message explores the good vibes that Horace Silvers music evokes. We are going to celebrate, re-invent, and re-energize the brilliant musical legacy of Horace Silver.
Danny Schmidt will play at the Roxy on Thursday, July 23rd at 8pm. Here’s a bio blurb from Danny’s website:
Winner of the prestigious Kerrville New Folk award in 2007, Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt writes with a lyrical complexity and a style drawing comparisons to Townes Van Zandt and Leonard Cohen, leading Sing Out Magazine [...]
On Wednesday, July 22nd, Corbin Keep will play at the Gabriola Theatre Centre. (1475 Peterson Road) He’ll be performing with dancers Imogen Whyte, Chris Wright and Holly Bright. The concert starts at 7 pm.
If you’d like a preview, listen to samples of Corbin’s music or watch videos of Corbin playing at his website.
Tickets for this [...]
On Tuesday, July 21st, The Roxy will show The Legend of 1900. Showtime is at 7pm. Here’s the trailer:
Gabriolans for Environmental Awareness invite you to The Dangerous Truth about Wireless Technologies. This presentation will be at the Roxy on Monday, July 20th, and will feature Magda Havas, Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University.
To reserve seating, contact Teresa at 247-7444. Suggested donation: 5.00.
This week’s Saturday matinée at the Roxy will be X-Men 2. It starts at noon on Saturday, July 18th.
The circus is coming to Gabriola, and volunteers are needed to help with circus events on Monday, July 20th and Tuesday, July 21st. It will be fun with lots of opportunity to enjoy amazing teamwork. To sign up, contact Janice Harris of the Gabriola Commons Volunteer Team: 250-247-7562 or primeexec@shaw.ca.
Here we have details about [...]
You’re invited to a potluck picnic at the Gabriola Commons at 6 pm on Monday, July 20th. This is your chance to meet and mingle with circus performers from The New Old Time Chautauqua, while enjoying fine food and conversation.
Chautauquans and local musicians who are invited to bring their instruments will be on hand to [...]
Gabriola’s Palette People will be at the Rollo Centre this weekend (Saturday, July 18th and Sunday July 19th) for their summer art show. Show hours are 10 am to 4pm.
(The Palette People website is somewhat out of date, but gives an idea of the sort of work group members produce.)
On Monday, July 20th there will be a free circus show for seniors at the Rollo Centre. Showtime is 1 pm.
Performers are from the The New Old Time Chautauqua, who will be leading many circus events on July 21st, too.
The Circus is coming to The Gabriola Commons! On Tuesday, July 21st there will be a full day of circus events featuring The New Old Time Chautauqua. Most events are free; see schedule and event descriptions below. Tickets for the evening’s Big Show are $15 for adults, and $10 for children, seniors and challenged adults. [...]
Kikeyambe will be offering two workshops on Sunday, August 2nd at the Agi Hall:
West African Drumming Workshop — Sunday August 2nd: 12pm – 1:15pm
West African Dance Workshop — Sunday August 2nd: 1:30pm -2:45pm
The cost is $18 for one workshop, or $30 for both. To register or for more information, contact Esther [...]