Sierra Quadra is honoured to present a reading of The Ridge by its Quadra author, Robert Bringhurst, at the Quadra Community Centre, Saturday, October 21st, 7:30 pm, doors open at 7:00 pm.
The Ridge is not only an epic historical and environmental portrait of Heriot Ridge on Quadra Island, but this profoundly poetic reading is also a major literary event with one of the foremost writers and thinkers who is presently being published.
Continue reading The Ridge: A World-Premier Public Reading
Sierra Quadra is bringing Robert Bringhurst’s poem ‘The Ridge‘ to the Quadra Community Centre, at 7:30 PM on Saturday October 21st.
In an interview with Cortes Currents, Ray Grigg said he believes this is the 80 minute long poem’s world premiere.
It is also the first of four performances Sierra Quadra is putting on this year. They also have two films lined up. On Dec 16, 2023, they will be showing ‘Once You Know’ and on Feb 3, 2024, ‘Keepers of the Land.’ A fourth event is still being planned.
Continue reading First of 4 cultural events from Sierra Quadra: World Premiere of the RidgeThe city of Campbell River intends to remove the Campbell River Art Gallery’s (CRAG) tax exemption, and will not allow the gallery to make a presentation at the October 12 council meeting where the final decision will be made.
At the September 28 meeting, Councillor Ron Kerr moved to have the CRAG’s exemption and that of the Vancouver Island Mental Health Society removed because of their ‘bad behaviour.’
Continue reading Campbell River Art Gallery may be muzzled, but community speaks outEditor’s note: Campbell City Council did remove the tax exemptions, but is currently in discussion with the art gallery.
At their September 28 Council meeting, the city of Campbell River took the first steps towards removing the tax exemptions from the Campbell River Art Gallery (CRAG) and Vancouver Island Mental Health. Councillor Ron Kerr made the motions, which were approved, with only Councillor Tanille Johnston voting in opposition. City staff informed council this was a change of direction which affected the budget and there would need to be a second meeting before the exemptions can be removed. This has been scheduled for October 12.
Continue reading Campbell River to remove tax exemptions from Art Gallery and Mental HealthPart 2 of a 2 part interview, click here for part 1.
Her singing career appeared to be a thing of the past, when Kim Paulley came to Cortes Island in 1992. The release of ‘Straight From The Heart’ had been promising, but she turned to Classical music. While there had been ‘fantastic’ moments between 1985-90, there was also the toil of auditions (and sometimes not getting the part). Her career was on hold when a friend recommended the retreats at Hollyhock, where George Sirk was a naturalist guide.
Continue reading Kim Paulley (part 2): George Sirk, Cortes Island and the rebirth of her career
