A diverse and resilient world needs diverse storytellers. Writing often becomes the privileged act of someone who can afford the time to work on a craft... who has time to think, and, as Virgina Woolf famously said, a room of their own and enough income to not be burdened by the hassle of making rent. … Continue reading Whistler Writing Society offers 2 scholarships to attend Writer in Residence program

The words woven into the installation read "the land and people are one." Congratulations Sydney. Last month her piece was featured at the Talking Stick Festival. via Ts'zil MtCurrie. The visual arts exhibition of the Talking Stick Festival 2019, “TRADITION (tə syəθ): Reality, Allegory, Dimension”, immediately invokes a sense of curiosity. It activates, questions, and … Continue reading Lil’wat7ul student, Sydney Pickering, exhibits her art at Talking Stick Festival

The Village of Pemberton's Downtown Enhancement Project kicks off March 26, 2019. The Downtown Enhancement Open House, held on Tuesday, March 26th, 5pm-7pm in Room D at the Pemberton & District Community Centre, will have the details of the schedule and impacts. Funded by the Federal Gas Tax Fund in the amount of $5.3 million, the … Continue reading Downtown enhancement to get underway in Pemberton, Open House March 26 has the details

Sometimes, (and especially since I started talking to the trees), I have wondered how to make my greetings to the natural world more meaningful. I sense I need to approach more slowly. Slow myself down. But I have also suspected that if I could sing a greeting, in Ucwalmicwts, the language of this land since … Continue reading Sing the water song – an invitation

via Traced Elements, the website dedicated to unearthing Pemberton's food culture and encouraging people to roll up their sleeves and get their hands in the earth. What better way to start than trying to grow some seed starts? Mike Roger shares his expertise and encouragement with these tips and tricks. by Mike Roger With the … Continue reading Mike Roger’s 20 tips for starting seeds

Have you seen the new street banners in Village of Pemberton?! Love seeing local artists showcased. Previous banner art has featured Vanessa Stark ART, and Karen Love Art. Love adding Levi Nelson to the landscape, and this line-up. Love that this community literally has so many gloriously talented people inviting us to see what is … Continue reading Levi Nelson gives a rolling tour of Pemberton’s new street banners

First Nations Healing Through Smudging: Cleansing Mind, Body & Spirit Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre is honoured to host Clara John of Lil’wat Nation in leading an informative session about First Nations healing and cleansing processes. Free for all to attend, participants are encouraged to come in with open minds in order to receive emotional or … Continue reading Lil’watul elder Clara John to share smudging and healing wisdom at SLCC, March 27

Life goals: grow a forest garden. Who's with me?   Instead of neat rows of monoculture, forest gardens combine fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables together in one seemingly wild setting. This type of agroforestrymimics natural ecosystems and uses the space available in a sustainable way. UK-based Martin Crawford is one … Continue reading Diversity is resilience

Tanina Williams has been teaching and sharing the Lil'wat culture with students throughout the Sea to Sky Corridor - from Pemberton to Whistler - for years. She was instrumental in creating the Blanket Ceremony at Signal Hill in 2016. A participant in the  Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Líl̓wat Stl’atl ímc Business Start-up Program (SLSBSP) program, Tanina's business idea, to offer … Continue reading Tanina Williams offers wellness workshop tomorrow at SLCC, 11am – 3pm, as fundraiser

The US celebrates Poetry Month in April, and the poster a student designed for this year was so spectacular I had to share it. Wrong month, wrong country... but is there such a thing, as a wrong time to incite people towards poetry...?!?