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Time to send in your dog’s CV

Get your tails a-waggin! It's time to nominate your best friend for Dog of the Year. The 19th annual Dog Days of Summer is Sunday, August 7 on the Union Steamship Marina lawn.

Said the Whale wins America

When Said the Whale's Ben Worcester introduced the song "BC Orienteering" on Bowen, he joked that he had created the song about the island.

Out of the attic - into the gallery

The B.I. Arts Council will mount a unique exhibition at the gallery this September.

Buzz of creativity at Write on Bowen

Write on Bowen 2011 was a great success! On opening night, locals and festival-goers from the mainland enjoyed two compelling readings from Giller prize-nominated authors Timothy Taylor and Annabel Lyon.

On living in a hospice

I feel more like a prince in protective arrest Than a foreign insurger after a bloody protest Each day I am pampered with care and good food! And all that is done to me makes me feel good At night I am tucked down under pre-heated cover When dirty an

Strange Snow: A review

Sunday evening I took in Strange Snow, by Stephen Metcalfe, the third of the four plays that make up the Into The West Theatre Fest produced by Straydog Theatre Company of New York. Wow.

Rakish Angles to perform at house concert

Bowen Island is in for another musical treat on Saturday, July 16, when the Rakish Angles perform a house concert at the home of Susan Munro and Bob Doucet, 1223 Miller Road.

Popular contests return to Bowfest

For this year's Bowfest, there is much planned for both the Waterfront Stage and the Harvest Stage.

Join a poetic tour of Provence this September

The registration deadline for The Poetry of Province travel seminar is approaching. Join Bowen Island poet, Heather Haley and anthropologist, chef and Chevalier de Vin Mark Haskell in France from September 22 to 28 at the height of the wine harvest.

Masterworks show abilities of today’s youth

On a recent Friday, Cates Hill Chapel was filled to capacity for a presentation on the production and distribution of music. It is not unusual on Bowen Island to get a good crowd for community events but this occasion was different.