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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
…yes, Culture! (Groan… that’s why I need more cultural exposure). Tomorrow and Sunday are ‘Sechelt Culture Days‘ and the District of Sechelt’s Arts, Culture & Heritage Advisory Committee is putting on a cultural extravaganza to share the unique culture of the isthmus of Sechelt. Saturday’s event is a FREE Writers Workshop with The Coast Reporter [...]
This weekend dozens of Volkswagen Westfalias, Buses, Weekenders, Rialtas, and VW Camper Fans will make their way to the Cross Road Grill RV Park in Pender Harbour (13518 Highway 101) for ‘Buses at the Crossroads 1st Annual Camp Out’. Taking advantage of smaller ferry lineups and shoulder season travel, these v-dubbers are coming up at [...]
That’s right! Tomorrow is your chance to get out on the water for some standup paddleboard demos, beginner and advanced paddle stroke clinics… and you can even enter a short or long course race and test your mettle against other Sunshine Coast paddleboard enthusiasts. Demos are $5, and race entry fees are $15. All funds [...]
If you’re doing the bumper-to-bumper thing today getting into or leaving Sechelt and getting bottlenecked by double construction at Teredo and managed to get over to the Sechelt Elementary Grounds you were no likely astounded by the mushrooming of a tent colony on the school fields. Not to worry – it’s just the BC Bike [...]
So why is Gibsons called ‘Gibsons’ when George and Charlotte were ‘Gibson’? These and other thorny questions continue to puzzle me when I ponder the early non-aboriginal days of the Sunshine Coast. (Have we finally learned not to call white folks the first settlers? I hope so.) Given the 126 years of history, dating back [...]
For full race results, please visit AprilFoolsRun.com Okay, so I’m not a runner. I’ll admit I have thought of it from time to time, but then common sense takes hold again and years later, I remain a distant admirer of distance runners. Gaspingly distant. One of my colleagues in web design on the Sunshine Coast, [...]
by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell SNOW>>> Yes, we’re still waiting for the *real snow* of winter to arrive! But fear not, lovers of the stuff that gets down the back of your neck & the best face wash in the Western hemisphere… only 10-45 minutes away (depends on departure point) is tons of fresh, luscious snow [...]