Tag Archives: Arts
Oceanside groups land nearly $70K from successful Parksville Beach Fest
PARKSVILLE - Philanthropic organizations in the Oceanside region are being handsomely rewarded for the generosity over the summer. Twenty-five not-for-profit groups who volunteered as greeters at the ...
Oct 25, 2019 Organizers of the Parksville Beach Festival were all smiles when presenting the biggest donation cheque in the events history. (Parksville Beach Festival Society/Facebook)
Free dance class helping those with developmental challenges
NANAIMO - A new dance class wants to give everyone the chance to break out their best moves. The Adaptive Dance class, run by Serra Stewart at Vibrant Studios, is specifically catered to those with de...
Sep 22, 2019 Serra Stewart leading the Adaptive Dance program on Monday, Sept. 16. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
City seeking new provocative outdoor public art
NANAIMO - There is an upcoming changing of the guard among the temporary public art pieces scattered through Nanaimo. The City is once again putting out the call for submissions of temporary art from ...
Sep 06, 2019 Maggie Wouterloot's piece Forest Cloak in Maffeo Sutton Park captivated people during the 2018 temporary public art season. (submitted/Maggie Wouterloot)
VIU graphic design student among world's best at global competition
NANAIMO - A Vancouver Island University student returned home after representing Canada at a world vocational skills championship in Kazan, Russia.Joe Thoong placed fifth in the graphic design categor...
Sep 01, 2019 VIU's Joe Thoong in 'laser mode' at WorldSkills in Kazan, Russia, where he placed fifth out of 35 competitors in the graphic design category. (WorldSkills)
125th annual VIEX to take over Nanaimo's Beban Park
NANAIMO - One of the oldest agricultural fairs in western Canada is celebrating its 125th year.The Vancouver Island Exhibition (VIEX) at Beban Park will see a range of rides, entertainment, food truck...
Aug 22, 2019 25,000 people are expected to attend the 125th annual Vancouver Island Exhibition at Beban park in Nanaimo. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
More than 100K view stunning sand sculptures at Parksville Beach
PARKSVILLE - For a fifth straight year more than 100,000 people viewed the world-renowned sand sculptures at the popular Parksville Beach Festival.Cheryl Dill, festival society president, said the lar...
Aug 19, 2019 Peter Vogelaar's entry titled Beneath the Waves. Vogelaar won the people's choice award in the solo division of the 2019 Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition as part of the Parksville Beach Festival. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo Lions Club looks to reinvigorate pavilion in Maffeo Sutton Park
NANAIMO - A major landmark in downtown Nanaimo is set for a facelift. The City of Nanaimo has issued a request for proposals for a mural on the bottom skirting of the Nanaimo Lions Pavilion in Maffeo ...
Jul 19, 2019 The Nanaimo Lions Club and City of Nanaimo hope to bring a bright new look to the landmark pavilion in Maffeo Sutton Park. (Waymarking)
Nanaimo musicians make serious noise for Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra
NANAIMO - The jazz album Kind of Blue is considered one of the most important records of the 20th century. Now two musicians, one raised in Nanaimo and one recently moved here, are putting their own s...
Jun 22, 2019 Christine Jensen and Andrew Homzy have essentially switched places across Canada and now both have major compositions for the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra. (submitted)
'It's a huge event:' Legendary Parksville street market returns
PARKSVILLE - One of the largest street markets on Vancouver Island just got bigger.The 16th season of the famed Summer by the Sea Street Market begins Tuesday, June 11 at 6 p.m. It will run every Tues...
Jun 10, 2019 It's not uncommon for more than 3,000 people to check out the Summer by the Sea Street Market on a sunny summer evening. (Submitted photo)
Two taken to hospital after suspicious fire shakes Parksville
PARKSVILLE - A blaze and possible explosion has sent two people inside a Parksville cabin to hospital. The fire broke out at the River Green Resort on Hwy. 19A near the Orange Bridge around 9:30 p.m. ...
Jun 07, 2019 A blaze fully consumed a cabin at Parksville's River Green Resort Thursday night. Two people inside were taken to hospital. (submitted)