In the Community

The Bowen Island Garden Club is proud to present Gary Lewis as speaker for our February meeting. Gary is owner of Phoenix Perennials in Richmond and February, without a doubt, is his busiest month.

Ruta Yawney's face takes on a serene expression when she holds the Ukrainian bandura in her arms. She gracefully plucks the strings and music begins to flow. This instrument is her anchor, she says, and it has been in her life for 35 years.

Over the past two years, the Bowen Island Fibre Arts Guild has been working on 20 small (12"by 12") squares that have been painstakingly sewn together in windowbox frames to form a queen-size quilt.

The Xenia Creative Development Centre is one of Bowen's hidden treasures. Tucked behind Killarney Lake and surrounded by Crown land, this 38-acre-property is a nature sanctuary founded by Angelyn Toth.

On January 25, Burns Night is celebrated in many parts of the world by Scots and fans of Robert Burns, who was born on that day in 1759.

If one of your New Year's resolutions is to be good to yourself, then Nia is for you. In a Nia class, you move your body to simple routines based on movement forms from the martial arts, dance arts, and healing arts.

It is part of Bowen in Transition's mandate to foster a resilient and vibrant community that is ready for a post peak-oil future and is involved in averting climate change through positive, grassroots local action.

As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC) is planning to publish an anthology of literary works that reflect local island life.

The Yoga Loft is aptly named. It's a gorgeous space surrounded by windows on three sides that offer glimpses of treetops. Inside, the room seems spacious and spare, projecting a natural calm.

With the cold, damp depths of January upon us, and the CBC's Canada Reads 2013 "battle of the books" coming up in February, there is perhaps no better time to find Bowen Island readers cozied up with a book.