Arts

Chilliwack Heritage Park management is telling people that the flyer asking for vendors for the “Spring Fling” is a scam and no such event is being held at the facility in May 2023. (Facebook illustration)

Chilliwack Heritage Park warning about fake event being advertised on social media

Scam flyer tells vendors to email for an application form then follow-up email asks for money

 

A journalist films uncovered ruins on Siniyah Island in Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 20, 2023. Archaeologists said Monday they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of the northern sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE

Archaeologists said Monday they have found the oldest pearling town in the…

 

There are heaps of classes to choose from during the Chilliwack Cultural Centre’s Spring Break Art Camps. (Submitted by the Chilliwack Cultural Centre)

Many ways for kids to get creative with spring break art camps in Chilliwack

Chilliwack Cultural Centre offering wide variety of art classes for kids 5 to 15

 

Debbie Coté, owner of Aunt Debbie’s Knit and Stitch, is closing up shop after 22 years. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack yarn shop owner says goodbye to close-knit customers as she closes store after 22 years

‘This is where you come to have amazing friends,’ says Debbie Coté of Aunt Debbie’s Knit and Stitch

Debbie Coté, owner of Aunt Debbie’s Knit and Stitch, is closing up shop after 22 years. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
FILE - This aerial photo shows the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. A Santa Fe district attorney is prepared to announce whether to press charges in the fatal 2021 film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said a decision will be announced Thursday morning, Jan. 19, 2022, in a statement and on social media platforms. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Slain cinematographer’s Ukrainian relatives sue Alec Baldwin

Ukrainian relatives of a slain cinematographer are seeking damages in her death…

  • Feb 10, 2023
FILE - This aerial photo shows the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. A Santa Fe district attorney is prepared to announce whether to press charges in the fatal 2021 film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said a decision will be announced Thursday morning, Jan. 19, 2022, in a statement and on social media platforms. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
From left, Janet Skulsky, Sandra Lounsbury and Lyn Robinson show off the two quilts that will be raffled off at the Chilliwack PieceMakers Quilt Guild’s 2022 Piecemaking in the Valley show. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

4 years of lovingly handmade quilts to be on display at Piecemaking in the Valley show in Chilliwack

Quilt show by Chilliwack’s PieceMakers guild one of first in Lower Mainland since pandemic

From left, Janet Skulsky, Sandra Lounsbury and Lyn Robinson show off the two quilts that will be raffled off at the Chilliwack PieceMakers Quilt Guild’s 2022 Piecemaking in the Valley show. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
There are 40 pieces of art that have been created and donated by Fraser Valley artists, including this piece by Marie Bellanger, that will be auctioned through the UFV Wildlife Protection Club. Proceeds go to the Fraser Valley Conservancy. (Marie Bellanger art)

UFV art auction to support local wildlife going live

UFV Wildlife Protection Club raising funds to support Fraser Valley Conservancy

There are 40 pieces of art that have been created and donated by Fraser Valley artists, including this piece by Marie Bellanger, that will be auctioned through the UFV Wildlife Protection Club. Proceeds go to the Fraser Valley Conservancy. (Marie Bellanger art)
The Chilliwack Cultural Centre has a bunch of art classes for the fall of 2022. (Chilliwack Cultural Centre)

Costume creating, Stó:lō drum making, painting pet portraits part of fall art classes in Chilliwack

Heaps of kids’ art classes are also coming to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre this fall

The Chilliwack Cultural Centre has a bunch of art classes for the fall of 2022. (Chilliwack Cultural Centre)
Dragonfly Arts and Crafts in Cottonwood Centre is having an artist meet-and-greet event on Saturday, March 26 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Facebook)

Chilliwack store with locally made art hosts meet-and-greet event

Dragonfly Arts and Crafts in Cottonwood Centre invites folks to meet artists

Dragonfly Arts and Crafts in Cottonwood Centre is having an artist meet-and-greet event on Saturday, March 26 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Facebook)
William Shakespeare’s First Folio, published in 1623, acquired by UBC Library. (UBC handout photo)

UBC Library gifted Shakespeare’s 1623 First Folio

The first folio, published in 1623, features 36 of 38 known Shakespeare plays

William Shakespeare’s First Folio, published in 1623, acquired by UBC Library. (UBC handout photo)
Reg Wilford (right) executive director with the Ch’illiwack Community Arts Council and local artist Lucas Simpson inside Dragonfly Arts and Crafts, a retail store inside Cottonwood Centre featuring products made by local artists and artisans. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Store with locally made arts and crafts opens at Cottonwood Centre in Chilliwack

Ch’illiwack Community Arts Council partners with mall to open Dragonfly Arts and Crafts

Reg Wilford (right) executive director with the Ch’illiwack Community Arts Council and local artist Lucas Simpson inside Dragonfly Arts and Crafts, a retail store inside Cottonwood Centre featuring products made by local artists and artisans. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
The Chilliwack Cultural Centre is looking for clothed and nude models for its Live Model Drawing Open Studio sessions. (Submitted)

Clothed, nude models needed for live model drawing sessions at Chilliwack Cultural Centre

Variety of male and female models with different body shapes and ages wanted

The Chilliwack Cultural Centre is looking for clothed and nude models for its Live Model Drawing Open Studio sessions. (Submitted)
Luke Eddie Stripp, seen with with some of his paintings at his just-opened art gallery in Langley City in (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

From goaltender to successful artist; how B.C.’s Luke Eddie Stripp did it

An on-ice injury turned out to be life-changing

Luke Eddie Stripp, seen with with some of his paintings at his just-opened art gallery in Langley City in (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Compared to last year, Sharon Dueck (left) and Lee-Ann Hendrickson of All About Expos invested quadruple the time and effort as a result of the province’s ever-changing COVID-19 regulations, trying to bring the Christmas Gifts Pop-Up Mall to Chilliwack Heritage Park. After Dr. Bonnie Henry’s most recent announcement on Nov. 19, they were forced to cancel the in-person event and move it online. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Pop-up mall in Chilliwack forced to cancel due to new regulations, moves online

Organizers went ‘above and beyond’ to bring mom-and-pop vendors to Chilliwack, then plans changed again

Compared to last year, Sharon Dueck (left) and Lee-Ann Hendrickson of All About Expos invested quadruple the time and effort as a result of the province’s ever-changing COVID-19 regulations, trying to bring the Christmas Gifts Pop-Up Mall to Chilliwack Heritage Park. After Dr. Bonnie Henry’s most recent announcement on Nov. 19, they were forced to cancel the in-person event and move it online. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Customers shop of items during the Yarrow Christmas Market on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Fair-trade Christmas market pops up in Yarrow

Yarrow Christmas Market by Ten Thousand Villages is in Chilliwack for two weekends

Customers shop of items during the Yarrow Christmas Market on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
The theatre at Imagine High was once the theatre for a bustling theatre program for the University of the Fraser Valley. Students will once again fill the space as the Chilliwack School District has taken over the space for their new arts and tech high school, opening in 2021. (Submitted photo)

Collaboration a big part of Chilliwack’s newest high school

Imagine High will eventually be home to 700 students and registration is almost open

The theatre at Imagine High was once the theatre for a bustling theatre program for the University of the Fraser Valley. Students will once again fill the space as the Chilliwack School District has taken over the space for their new arts and tech high school, opening in 2021. (Submitted photo)
This year’s Monsoon Festival will still feature workshops but from the comfort of participants’ homes as the festival turns digital for 2020. (South Asian Arts Society)

Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts turns digital for fifth anniversary

The festival celebrates South Asian artists and performers

This year’s Monsoon Festival will still feature workshops but from the comfort of participants’ homes as the festival turns digital for 2020. (South Asian Arts Society)
Home Depot’s Debbie Walker (left) shows Josephine Charlie (right) and Ruby Ord of UFV some of the kids workshop kits on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 as store manager Aaron Hale looks on. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)

Donated workshop kits help keep Chilliwack kids busy during pandemic

Home Depot donated more than 100 kids workshop kits to UFV’s Community Craft Time project

Home Depot’s Debbie Walker (left) shows Josephine Charlie (right) and Ruby Ord of UFV some of the kids workshop kits on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 as store manager Aaron Hale looks on. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)
UFV employees Ruby Ord (right) and Jerri-Lynne Cameron assemble rock-painting kits for children and their families at the Chilliwack campus on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)

UFV employees hand out arts-and-craft kits to Chilliwack families during COVID-19 pandemic

The kits feature painting messages of support on rocks, making thank-you cards for essential workers

UFV employees Ruby Ord (right) and Jerri-Lynne Cameron assemble rock-painting kits for children and their families at the Chilliwack campus on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)
Three concerts in two weeks at Bozzini’s Upstairs Lounge in Chilliwack

Three concerts in two weeks at Bozzini’s Upstairs Lounge in Chilliwack

Jon Brooks and Lynne Hanson are up first, followed by WiL and then Dan Bern for February concerts

  • Jan 22, 2020
Three concerts in two weeks at Bozzini’s Upstairs Lounge in Chilliwack