By Louis Belcourt, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
An anonymous donor has donated around $250,000 to create a one time, experimental grant program that gives directly to the Cortes community.
Continue reading Anonymous donor gives 250k for Cortes residents in need
On Friday August 25th, Basil performed the ninth concert in the Friday Market Live Music Series. An island singer-songwriter, their music was beautiful and heartfelt. Manda Aufochs Gillespie hosted the concert live on Folk U Radio.
The series was sponsored by the Cortes Island Community Foundation.
Continue reading Folk U: Basil at Friday Live Music
Four of Cortes Island’s women songwriters, and one man, got together for an afternoon of sharing stories and songs on August 6.
More than fifty people gathered under the big top in the Village Commons, in Mansons Landing, to listen to Denise Wolda, Josie Simpson, Juli Nelson, Brenda and DJ Hanson.
Continue reading Songwriters of Cortes: A sharing of songs and experiencesRichard Andrews compared his first month as Project Manager of the Village Commons, in downtown Mansons Landing, to the years he was the Executive Director of a non profit in Vancouver.
“There’s a lot of planning going on right now. We’re in phase one of our build. We have the welcome pole to make, and a big pavilion. The funnest work is going to be making a playground. The vending zone and the playground are mysterious right now. I have an idea of what they might be. I have an idea of what people want because we have a lot of documentation from the Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA) about the community process they went through to determine what was to be done with this property,” he said.
Continue reading Richard Andrews First Month as Project Manager of the Village Commons
Cortes Island’s own Jemma Hicken just released her first major album, ‘Get it Together.’ Cortes Currents interviewed her shortly before that.
“I love performing and I love playing music by myself too, but it does feel special to come back to Cortes and be able to perform on Cortes because it’s really where it started for me,” she said.
Continue reading Jemma Hicken releases her first major album: ‘Get It Together’
