The legendary Cougar Annie (see www.boatbasin.org) will be brought to life on Friday, January 29th at the Gabriola Coffeehouse (see event time, place, price) as Katrina Kadoski brings her original songs, stories and pictures of the person and place to us. As caretaker at Cougar Annie’s Garden, in its spectacular setting of coastal rainforest in [...]
Come learn about ecosystem mapping for Gabriola with Kate Emmings from the Islands Trust. This event will take place on Sunday, November 29th, from 11:00 am to 3pm at the Gabriola Agricultural Hall, 465 South Road. You’ll have a chance to view, interact with, and provide feedback on your island’s draft ecosystem maps. Here are [...]
KC Kelly and Sandra Profitt will perform at the Gabriola Coffeehouse (at the Agi Hall) on Friday, August 28th. KC Kelly has been described as bluesman with a delta feel…a consummate songwriter and instrumentalist Here’s more from the event announcement:
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 [...]
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 by [...]
Jennifer Louise Taylor will perform at the Gabariola Coffeehouse this Friday, June 26th. Here’s a bit about Jennifer from her website: Jennifer has been surrounded by music from an early age. She was born in Victoria, British Columbia but raised by folk-dancing parents in Kenya, Iran and Malaysia. Jennifer learned early on that we are [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]