by Gillian Crowley – Magical, entertaining and participatory are all words that describe the Fifth Annual Salish Sea Festival held this year in late August. Smiles and wide-eyed amazement from all ages added to an evening filled with music and hundreds of LED-lit lanterns on Sidney’s waterfront. Organized by Artistic Director Jennifer Witvliet and the […]
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by Gillian Crowley – Kathryn Amisson’s journey as an artist is a story of natural talent buoyed by self-confidence and sheer gutsiness. Mainly self-taught, Kathryn says: “Today I marvel at where I started and where I’ve ended up.” This Brentwood Bay artist’s impressionist paintings of coastal scenes, luminous clouds and prairie landscapes can now be
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The Rotary Club of Sidney by the Sea will mark historic progress toward a polio-free world on October 23 starting at 6:30 p.m. with a Polio Plus Light Up to be illuminated on the new Sidney Community Safety Building at 2245 Oakville Avenue. The event is among thousands to be held by Rotary Clubs around
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by Janice Henshaw – When you think of modern office design, do you think of smart acoustics, living walls of green plants, control over your own level of lighting and heating, hammocks for hanging out, used gondolas for meeting rooms? Or do you think of people fixated on their computer screens in rooms with no
by Wendy White, Trudi Jones Interior Design – Art is defined as the expression of creative skill and imagination in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, appreciated for beauty or for the emotional power evoked from it. In the home, generally considered our “haven,” it’s especially important to consider how works of art,
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