How the heck do you say ‘PechaKucha’, first of all? I had the hardest time remembering the pronunciation, until I found this great little video: Now that you know how to say it, what does it mean? PechaKucha – Japanese for chitchat - was started in 2003 in Tokyo by a group of designers and architects [...]
Do you come home with a camera full of images that look okay on the display or device screen only to find out a bare 10% make the cut? Gary Friedman of the Friedman Archives High-impact Photography Seminars is coming to Gibsons for the June 29/30 weekend for a 2-day course that will take every [...]
What a cool festival – and I’ve barely heard about it. So, in the spirit of sharing, I give you the Roberts Creek Arts Festival, coming up in just one week, ‘set in ten unique and diverse studio locations set in old growth forests’. There’s a nifty map: It’s a great visual to the diversity [...]
When I first moved to the Sunshine Coast 26 years ago as a production assistant in one of the community newspapers (while my roommate worked as a reporter for the other – our shared domicile was a thorn in the side of both bombastic publishers at the time) I can remember meeting up with all [...]
April 27 & 28 saw approximately 250 riders hit the trails in Roberts Creek for the SunCoaster Mountain Bike Race and Mach Chicken downhill. Suncoaster Race Results | Mach Chicken Race Results Map courtesy of http://sunshinecoaster.net/ I was not surprised to see Magnus Manson take the 15-16 yr old male age category – Magnus is a [...]
It makes total sense that Earth Day celebrations happen in Roberts Creek every year, doesn’t it? The Gumboot Nation is known for its earthy charms – the Gumboot Cafe & Restaurant, Gumboot Garden, organic sorbets, health food store, plant sales, Elphinstone Rock & Gem’s delightful attic of crystals and stones, MELOmania music store, Inside Passage [...]
My breath may be fogging in the mornings, precipitation may be swinging from light mist to torrential downpour, and I’ve still got the gumboots and sweaters in the hall closet, but my favorite trees in Sechelt tell me that true spring – and even summer – is coming. These exuberant superhero trees, ornamental chestnuts (I [...]
On April 27th at Millenium Park in Pender Harbour (Madeira Park turnoff from Hwy. 101), a whole lot of crazy comes together for the 6th Annual April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge. What’s that? That’s when teams of up to 4 people spend three hours building a boat from materials provided by the event organizers… and [...]
Tuwanek is an interesting sub-community on the Coast. Lumped in with Sechelt, Tuwanek is out at the very end of Sechelt Inlet Road on the east side of the inlet. The 10km moseying road winds past forest, parks, the Sandy Hook enclave, Tillicum Bay, Lambs Bay and the turnoffs for the Mt. Richardson/Tetrahedron Plateau recreational [...]
To celebrate the redesign of Bigpacific.com we’re inviting everyone to check out the new site, find these fish: There are 10 of them scattered throughout the site, placed on specific pages. Find all ten pages where a creature appears, fill out the form below and you are entered into the contest! DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: MARCH [...]
PechaKucha (pronounced p’cha k’cha) Night is a global phenomenon happening in over 600 communities around the world. Gibsons is one of the smallest communities currently participating.
Ever had a great idea for a social enterprise but haven’t known how to get started or funded? Five lucky bursary recipients will get the chance of a lifetime through Ignite, billed by organizer Fuse Community Work Hub as “a pilot program for social enterprise innovation on the Coast.” In partnership with Community Futures Sunshine [...]
On January 15th, Gibsons Mayor and Council proclaimed February 2013 as Black History Month.
Our innovative friends at Townsite Brewing continue to expand on their ideas of what makes an awesome brew brand, with the first ever Brewmaster Invitational Dinner, set for Saturday January 19 at 7:30 pm in Powell River. Townsite Brewing has invited a few of their favorite brewmasters to bring their craft beers for a private [...]
My favorite moments on the Sunshine Coast from 2012 in pictures… Happy New Year!