Queer Potluck creates space for chosen family this Easter

This Easter Sunday, Queer Centre Comox Valley is inviting people of all ages to gather with chosen family for a Queer Potluck at The Foundry in Courtenay.

Heather WatsonApril 17, 2025Comox Valley, community, Courtenay, queer, LGBTQ, 2SLQBTQIA+, Easter, chosen family, Queer Centre, Foundry, queer community

Award winning Poetry Walk returns to Courtenay with a new interactive twist

National poetry month has sprung to a start in the Comox Valley, with the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association and Artful : The Poets joining together once again.

Heather WatsonApril 11, 2025Comox Valley, community, Downtown Courtenay, Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association, Artful : The Poets, Artful : The Gallery, Diana Kolpak, Poetry Walk, poetry, Arts and Culture

Winners of inaugural Bop City Records Community Music Fund are ready to rock

The 2025 Bop City Records Community Music Fund has been granted to two winners, local punk rock band Mean Bikini and local musician and guitar teacher Sebastian Robles.

Heather WatsonApril 9, 2025Comox Valley, music, community, grant, fund, local music, community music fund, punk, punk rock, guitarist, new music, Mean Bikini, Outhouse Records, Sebastian Robles

Record store gives back with community music fund

Kip and Karen, spouses and co-owners of Bop City Records in Courtenay, are launching a brand new community music fund to support the local music scene.

Heather WatsonMarch 21, 2025Comox Valley, music, community, grant, fund, local music, community music fund

Leading-edge early education program landing at Airport Elementary

A brand-new early education program, or Primary Learning Community, is coming to Airport Elementary next Fall for kids in kindergarten through grade 3.