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Community Arts Council Events Warming Up Winter

Concerts and more to take in, fun for all ages!

By Venta Rutkauskas

 

Creative Communities are Thriving Communities

Bringing you accessible arts and culture events, Community Arts Council continues to find ways to colour our community beautiful. One of our workshop events features Terri Smith, an artist and grower who started her company “something Magical’ in recent years.

After a strange two years, our work at the Council seems to be picking up! We’re stoked to carry on contributing to the ‘Colourful Cariboo Culture’ and making up for the winter weather with some fun activities.

Audio Affairs Concert Series

First up, Dream Heavy is joined by Cole Patenaude and the Screech Owls at The Limelight Theatre, Saturday February 18th at 7:30 pm. This is an ALL AGES show, so come and celebrate over the Family Day long weekend with us. Dream Heavy, formerly known as Samson's Delilah, from Dunster and Quesnel B.C., is a soul filled epic World Folk Metal band. They are heavy on the world sound with grooves of reggae, celtic, latin/flamenco and metal stylings.  If you’re looking to get a groove on, this is the show for you!

This past summer as Dream Heavy, they headlined the Kispiox Music Festival, Midsummer's Festival , Robson Valley Music Festival (which some of the band founded!) and most recently the Woodstove Festival.  They have a brand new EP recorded and engineered at Capsule Studios in Vancouver with Aurora Jane engineering and producing! Slated for release in Summer 2023. It’ll be great to get a preview!

Cole Patenaude and The Screech Owls are just so dang good! If you love blues, rock and all the good juju that comes from some soulful players and singers, you will not want to miss their set at the start of the show. The band features Cole on guitar, Kevin Easthope on the drums, Connor Dolighan on bass, and ALex Tranq rounding out the squad on guitar.

Tickets for the show are being sold at The Open Book (just how cool are they selling all the good shows in town?). Adult tickets are $20 in advance of the show, $25 at the door. For kids aged 8 to 15, tickets are $10, while kids 7 and under are free to attend. Even freebies need tickets, so visit Open Book to make sure you get yours.

Terri Smith brings ‘Something Magical’ to Williams Lake

Coming up at the Central Cariboo Arts Centre, on Saturday February 25th, 11 am to 4 pm, with break for lunch. This needle felting instructional workshop will guide participants to craft their own moth creation. The workshop requires pre-registration and is subsidized by BC Arts Council Resilience Funds to make our events accessible. The fee is $25 and can be paid in advance. Email williamslakearts@gmail.com to register and set up payment. Moth style and colour will be chosen in advance.

Terri Smith was know to many of us through the Farmers Markets, providing beautiful foods and spinning tales about her incredible relationship with Amadeus the goat. The last few years ave seen her ignite a creative career, making and selling her wares around the region.

Terri has a diploma in Studio Art from Capilano College, and has been needle felting for more than a decade. She lives on a small farm near Quesnel where she is now happily self-employed as a full-time artist/instructor and purveyor of wool, felting supplies and other bits of magic and art through her business, Something Magical. She has been teaching felting workshops around BC for over five years now and loves to share this fun and satisfying craft with all who want to learn!

This workshop will begin by teaching the basics of needle-felting a shape, and once students have built confidence in their felting ability, will move into elements of design, colour and definition. With Terri’s guidance as well as her written/illustrated instructions to follow along with, students can create a realistic or imaginary moth in a range of colours. Students get to keep all their supplies to take home and will also be able to take home some extra wool if they would like to continue felting.

“Moths have captured our imagination for as long as there have been humans on this planet.”

Terri Smith

Danny Bell and His Disappointments Return!

Audio Affairs is our ongoing concert series

Our longtime friend and all-around cool human Danny Bell is on tour once more, toting that beloved accordion and a few good friends. He’ll be stopping in Williams Lake on Thursday, March 9th at Fox Mountain Brewery, thanks to a new partnership with Dave Reedman and his wonderful staff.

Danny Bell and His Disappointments play accordion-led folk/country/punk tunes with infections charm.  Based in British Columbia on unceded Lhedli T'enneh territory, Danny’s music is regional. It’s steeped in his affection for his home in the hinterland, a blue collar town, the stink of the pulp mill, and everyday life in Northern BC. Bell's songs toe the line between tragedy and comedy.

We’re big fans and can’t wait to see you all at the brew pub for this one. Tickets will be available soon at Fox Mountain Brewery and The Open Book.

So much gratitude to The BC Arts Council and Province of BC for their support of the arts through the last three years. Due to this phenomenal support, we’re still here, working our tails off to bring you more creative programming than ever.

Support local! Help us keep it going by buying your tickets early, folks.

 

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