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Calling all artists

›› CarrolAnn Smedley

The 2021 Fernwood Art Stroll will be held on June 12 & 13, 2021 in our Fernwood community.

If you are interested in opening your yard, or studio for showing, or selling your work, or if you are a performance-based individual or group, we would love to hear from you.

To join, visit ­fernwoodartstroll.­ca/membership. The […]

By |February 3rd, 2021|Artist's Aside, Buzz, Events|0 Comments

Local Area Planning – Fernwood, North Park, Quadra Hillside

Until the end of January, the City of Victoria is hosting an online conversation and open house to present ideas and options that will guide growth and change in your community over the next 10 to 20 years, so we hope you’ll visit https://engage.victoria.ca to participate!
 

Here’s a little more of what they shared: Do you […]

By |January 11th, 2021|Buzz|0 Comments

The Gift of Good Food’s impact on our community

Fernwood-based fundraiser supports families with fresh food for a year

›› Melissa Faye Reid

One of the biggest reasons I wanted to work with ­Fernwood NRG is because of Gift of Good Food annual holiday fundraiser. The aim of the fundraiser is to raise funds to ­support local families within the Greater ­Victoria community access fresh produce […]

By |December 1st, 2020|Buzz, Events, Village Vibe|0 Comments

New mural celebrates local ecology

›› Laura Benoit

If you’ve strolled down Gladstone Avenue by Fernwood Road recently, you may have noticed something new sprawled across the brick wall next to ­Studio 1313. This mural from self-taught Victoria-based artist Collin Elder was ­completed at the end of September.

Elder, who studied wildlife biology, made the transition to art after working in ecological […]

By |December 1st, 2020|Buzz, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Moving forward

›› Mark Dusseault, the Belfry Theatre

Like many, the Belfry has had to adapt to our unusual circumstances and ­reimagine our work going forward. Since March of this year we have run through several options and schedules while trying to maintain our presence.

Throughout the fall we have ­presented weekly online events including our ­perennially popular storytelling […]

By |December 1st, 2020|Buzz, Events, Village Vibe|0 Comments

All-Candidates Debate and Municipal By-Election

›› Alieda Blandford

All-Candidates Debate – December 1st, 2020

The Fernwood Community ­Association, together with North Park, Burnside Gorge, Downtown, Vic West, Oaklands, South Jubilee, and Hillside Quadra, are ­collaborating to host an All-Candidates Debate ahead of the Victoria By-Election. The debate will take place on Tuesday, December 1st, at 7:00pm via Zoom and Facebook Live. Find […]

By |December 1st, 2020|Buzz, Events, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Freedom is alive

›› Kevin Yee-Chan, Fernwood Yoga Den

And it’s right here, in your heartbeat and your community.

With words like restriction, quarantine, mandatory, and closure becoming part of our everyday vocabulary, it’s no wonder that many are feeling a tightening of fear or anxiety: a contraction.

Initially, it’s easy to perceive this contraction as a force that binds us… […]

By |December 1st, 2020|Buzz, Village Vibe|0 Comments