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Artist’s Aside: Kathy Guthrie’s Calligraphy

>> Jillian Player

Throughout her artistic life, Kathy Guthrie’s art has transformed over the years, but the one constant has been calligraphy. She started taking art seriously as a young person, experimenting with pastels, before studying graphic design at Sheridan College in Ontario, where she is originally from. After college, Kathy started to take a keen […]

By |March 31st, 2015|Artist's Aside, Village Vibe|0 Comments

No More “Good Enough”… Greatness Beckons

>> Marcell Hanson

No matter our walk in life, each one of us at any given point in our life wants for more or less of something.

We may feel we need more clarity, more energy, more time, more rest, more money; or perhaps less stress, less pain, less problems, less struggles. Have we accepted these as wants […]

By |March 31st, 2015|Village Vibe|0 Comments

Trends in Tending

>> Margaret Hantiuk

Looking back over 10 years of my Garden Gleanings column for the Village Vibe, I am thinking of the ways that gardening is trending here in Fernwood (and all over):

Going organic: We realize that every backyard that goes organic and stops using pesticides and herbicides mean less poisons going into the air, soil, […]

By |March 31st, 2015|Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Artist’s Aside: Trace Nelson & Peter Sandmark

›› Jillian Player

The dynamic art duo of Trace Nelson and Peter Sandmark have so much going on that I can only scratch the surface of their achievements in this short article. Not only are they the force behind the rockabilly band Slim Sandy – who will have you dancing in the isles – but they […]

By |February 9th, 2015|Artist's Aside, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Editorial: Ten years of “Our Principles and Values”

›› Lee Herrin

This coming spring marks ten years since Fernwood NRG’s Board of Directors sat down to confront the brutal fact that the heart of our neighbourhood, the Fernwood village, was unhealthy—and that, more importantly, neither the government nor the private sector had the means or the tools to fix the problem.

On the one hand, […]

By |February 7th, 2015|News, Village Vibe|0 Comments

Commons Corner: CommuniTEA!

›› Josh Wagler

We are well into winter now but at the Commons it feels like spring is just around the corner. Winter is a time of darkness, and this darkness can often bring great challenges. Over the years, one thing has become very clear to me. The answer is tea! It doesn’t matter what the […]

By |February 6th, 2015|Garden Gleanings, Village Vibe|0 Comments

5th Annual VintAgeous Vintage Fair – Feb. 27 & 28, 2015

›› Sarah Rempel

For 5 years running, the VintAgeous ­Vintage Fair has been held at the ­Fernwood Community Centre each February. A ­thrilling sale featuring 35 stalls of vintage clothing, accessories, housewares, records, décor, and much more! There will be items from the turn of the last century all the way to the early 1990s. Whether […]

By |February 4th, 2015|Events, Village Vibe|0 Comments