Originally published August 29, 2019
Her first performance was as a little girl at Linnaea School on Cortes Island. She was 21, when she produced her first CD. Since then, she has become one of the area’s better known artists. She is living on Mayne Island now, but her mother, Naomi Hayter, still lives on Cortes Island. That is where Sachika Kosky talked about, “the things I cherish.”
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Four days until Lovefest, at Linnaea Farm on Saturday August 12.
Rex Weyler has a couple of updates:
“One thing that’s new is Amber from Klahoose is going to sing us a couple of songs early on in the show.”
“The other thing, that I just heard from our community action bus driver. is that people can actually flag the bus down anywhere on the route between Manson’s Hall, Gorge Hall, and Squirrel Cove Store during the day. If you go out on the road in front of your house or whatever, or walk along the road, you can flag down the bus.”
Continue reading Last Minute Updates from Lovefest
The Cortes Island Museum is offering a full slate of special events this month
They start at 1 PM this Saturday, Aug 5, with Jewellery Identification. People are being invited to bring their own pieces.
“I’ve got a small collection and I’m going to at least bring some things that I have that I think are interesting. We can go over the different types of materials, a little bit of the process of manufacturing and also go over the gems that are commonly found within pieces. We even talk about the time periods that the pieces have come from, as their stylistic choices in manufacturing basically,” explained Events Coordinator, Alex Woywitka.
Continue reading Special Events this month at the Cortes Island Museum & Wild Cortes
Rex Weyler, one of the principle organizers, emailed Cortes Currents a list of the15 acts performing at this year’s Lovefest. A number of local favourites are in the line-up.
The festival will be opened by the Klahoose First Nation and Brenda Hanson is among the performers.
Singer/songwriters Jemma Hicken, Jessie Roy and Sachika will be onstage. So will Scotty & Shelly, and the innovative professional multi-instrumentalist Michael Keith.
Continue reading The Line-up for Lovefest 2023 on Cortes Island
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Cortes Islanders smiling, singing, and snacking outside the Gorge Harbour clapboard community hall might have been gathered for a spring picnic — if it weren’t for the sizable collection of anti-logging protest signs pitched across the lawn.
Any collective cheer quickly dissipated and anger bubbled up in the crowd on Tuesday afternoon when Mosaic Forest Management representatives began to outline draft plans for logging operations on the small B.C. island over the next three years
Continue reading On Cortes Island, it’s all songs and warm vibes until the logging begins
