Entertainment

ARTS AROUND: First Nations artist Cecil Dawson featured at Alberni art gallery

Community Arts Council holds member appreciation weekend at Rollin Art Centre

• Dec 5, 2018

Actor-comedian Kevin Hart will host 2019 Oscars

Hart will host the 2019 Academy Awards, fulfilling a lifelong dream for the actor-comedian.

• by The Canadian Press
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Port Alberni artists Gordon Dick, Troy Rata collaborate on carving

‘Sky Dancers’, in red cedar, heads to new home in New York

• by Susie Quinn

B.C. Fortnite gamer donates $164,000 in winnings to SPCA

Kelowna online gamer Kristin Valnicek placed third at the Fortnite Pro Am Charity Tournament in L.A.

• by Jen Zielinski
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‘Everyone has a story to tell,’ says Qualicum storyteller

Marva K. Blackmore delivered a memoir-writing workshop in Port Alberni

• by Susie Quinn

From rusted to restored, new docu-series puts Shuswap on display

Classic car restoration show Rust Valley Restorers, based in Tappen, B.C., premieres Dec. 6

• by Jodi Brak

Songwriter Ryan McMahon returns to Char’s Landing

McMahon of Lion Bear Fox will be performing solo

• Nov 28, 2018

Margaret Atwood to write sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Publisher McClelland and Stewart says it will publish ‘The Testaments’ on Sept. 10, 2019

• by The Canadian Press
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ARTS AROUND: Transport yourself back in time at McLean Mill

Christmas market opens this weekend

• Nov 28, 2018

Dressing Alberni exhibit offers a new way to see historic textiles

Exhibit runs until February 16

• by Elena Rardon

Disney releases first look at ‘The Lion King’

Disney has released the first teaser trailer for its much anticipated live-action retelling of The Lion King.

• by Carmen Weld
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ARTS AROUND: Mistletoe Market kicks off in December

McLean Mill, Rollin Art Centre decked out for the holidays

• Nov 22, 2018

Former B.C. crime reporter pens debut children’s book

Thom Barker channels his giant dog’s phobias into theme exploring critical thinking

• by Quinn Bender

Jazz musician joins Char’s Landing

Saxophonist Ryan Oliver will also be holding a workshop at Alberni District Secondary School

• Nov 21, 2018

Jason Aldean, Old Dominion to headline Merritt’s Rockin’ River concerts next summer

Four-day music festival at Coldwater River from Aug. 1 to 4

• by Tom Zillich

B.C.’s Esi Edugyan wins $100K Giller prize for Washington Black

Edugyan won her first Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2011 for Half-Blood Blues

• by Christine van Reeuwyk
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11th annual Magic Cottage kicks off this weekend in Port Alberni

Cottage will be open over two weekends in November

• Nov 17, 2018

VIDEO: Stan Lee leaves posthumous message for his fans

Marvel Comics’ co-creator died on Monday at the age of 95

• by The Canadian Press
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