Upcoming Events
artConnect Summer Workshops
Pine Needle Workshops
Saturday & Sunday,
August 16 & 17, 10am-1pm
The Pine Needle Workshops with Jacki Bruce are back by popular demand. The beginners workshop in June was so popular, that we had to have an encore … and add an advanced session!
Learn step-by-step techniques, harvesting tips and design insights with Jacki who’s been a weaver for the last 8 years. Build yourself a beautiful basket in a calm, meditative setting at The Harrison Memorial and learn this amazing skill. Relax, get into the zone and take home a beautiful basket of your own making.
Registration:
$60.00 per session or $100.00 for both.
Supplies are included.
For more information: Call Zora @ 250-777-1856
or email esartconnect@gmail.com
artConnect Summer Outdoor Concert Series
Misery Mountain Boys
Friday Aug 29, 6:30-8:30 pm
Come join us for a special outdoor concert evening of toe-tapping 1930’s speakeasy tunes with the Misery Mountain Boys on the lawn of the Harrison Memorial.
Harkening back to a simpler time, the MMB’s create a soundscape infused with tongue in cheek wit, playfulness, and nostalgia. The band’s performance delivers as both classic and fresh, offering a generous variety of sweaty jazz numbers, velvety love songs, and swingin’ jump-blues.
With the release of the Misery Mountain Boys fourth album, Somebody Stole My Peaches (2025), this feisty and focused group continues to establish itself as a top drawer example of a retro-cool roots group. Fuelled by a big bouquet of sounds, some of the group’s musical touchstones have been in the wind for a century, while others are of a homemade variety that have enabled these artists to create a recognizable spin on classic feels.
Bring your dancing shoes and prepare to cut a mean rug!
Type of Events we host:
- Musical events including classical and modern through recitals, concerts, coffee houses, and workshops
- Literary Arts performances including poetry readings and book introductions and signings
- Art openings and instruction workshops of various media for adults and youth
- Hosting contemplative practises such as, but not limited to, meditation, yoga, healing arts, and mind-body energy disciplines.
- Hosting lectures on topics of special interest such as local history, health and spiritual teachings
Interested in performing or volunteering fill out a form on the Get Connected page or reach out to esartconnect@gmail.com
