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The Serial Doodler

Posted: 
Sep 06, 2020

“Michael, put down your pencil and pay attention!” was a phrase commonly directed at me in elementary school. Being an obedient kid I would lay my pencil down and, my mind untethered, would quickly drift off into another realm. Stopping doodling was like letting go of the string of a balloon—the balloon being my ability to focus on the moment. 

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arts, Culture, drawing, Fernie BC

Gabriela Escobar Ari

Posted: 
Sep 04, 2020

I have been practicing photography for around twelve years, and I wanted to redirect my ‘visual culture’ to the context I am in, but it is not always easy to change focus.

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Gabriela Escobar Ari, photography, Fernie BC

Joni Laberge

Posted: 
Aug 21, 2020

This spring I was testing a distance art program for my day job in teen recreation. I found a set of watercolours I’d kept in a box since I went to Kootenay School of the Arts in Nelson in 2002.

I went to KSA to pursue my dream of being a writer. As an afterthought I picked Mixed Media as my second studio. In one short year, KSA lost its funding and both the Mixed Media and Writing programs ended.

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arts, Culture, art, Fernie BC

A Simple Rebirth

Posted: 
Aug 21, 2020

Let’s not forget that the things we make are tools to connect us to ourselves and to our community. When we start looking at the tool as an end point, we start losing the human part. 

Vogue Theatre Re-Opens in Fernie, BC

Posted: 
Jul 23, 2020

The Vogue Theatre Djonlich family, as featured in Kootenay Business Magazine, August 2018.

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The Vogue Theatre, Fernie Movies, Fernie Community, COVID-19

The Gentleman

Posted: 
Jul 21, 2020

Ritchie’s most recent cinematic offering is The Gentlemen, which takes Ritchie back to his roots. It is a film about a mob war between two London gangsters, a marijuana dealer played by Matthew McConaughey and a heroin dealer played by Henry Golding.

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Films, movies, Movie Reviews, Fernie BC, The Gentleman

Dave Richards

Posted: 
Jul 17, 2020

Dave Richards loves to work with his hands to create things. He also really enjoy learning how something is done and challenging himself to see if he can do it. So, he experiments with different materials and techniques as a hobby. 

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arts, Culture, homemade, Crafts, Fernie BC, Dave Richards

Building a Mystery

Posted: 
Jul 15, 2020

Last year I bought my first real camera; a lightly-used digital SLR. For years I had heard terms like ‘exposure’ and the ever-mysterious ‘f-stop,’ but they remained abstract concepts—the secret language used by photographers to work their magic.

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art, Culture, Clawhammer, Michael Hepher, photography

Wifi Calling

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Jul 12, 2020

While most of us haven’t been travelling much lately, many of us have occasion to be out of our normal calling area and need to make calls. Normally, not a big deal, but what if you have to make a bunch of long-distance calls?

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technology, Fernie BC, phones, internet, telephone

Michael Bull

Posted: 
Jul 08, 2020

This May, as we watched people take to the streets around the world to protest racism and police brutality, our little mountain town may have felt… quiet. But the reality is, the energy and rage was mounting. An impressive number of businesses and residents took part in #blackouttuesday, stepping away from social media, augmenting the stories and voices of those who need to be heard, showing they want to be an ally and part of the solution.

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community, Fernie BC