Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 – Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
Saturday 9a-5p Sunday 10a-4:30p
A two day lifestyle show for and about women. Over 90 booths with information, products and services of interest to Women. Gifts, financial information, health information, gifts, business opportunities, cosmetics, fitness, fashion and jewelery, seminars and much much more!
Organizers Lloyd & Swan MacIlquham announce the upcoming date for their 6th annual Nanaimo Scottish/Chinese tradition, “Robbie Burns & Chinese New Year Celebration”. The event will take place on Saturday, February 2, 2013, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Bowen Park Auditorium in Nanaimo.
Net proceeds go to the Nanaimo Art Gallery.
The event will jointly celebrate the Scottish poet Robert Burns’ 254th birthday and the Chinese Year 4710, also known as “Year of the Snake”.
Guests will be entertained with Scottish Highland dancing by Brigadoon Dance Academy, with Piper Bill Poppy, a pipe and drum band, Chinese Gu Zheng by Selena Yu, as well as Chinese folk dancing by Shu Zeng & The Flowers of Nanaimo and the Chinese lion dance and lion sword dance by Shifu Jackie Li.
Tickets are only available in advance and cost $20 per person, or $10 for children 6-11.
Tickets are available from Swan and Lloyd MacIlquham by calling 250-729-9948 or contact them by email, xnh@cicblog.com, or from the Nanaimo Art Gallery at 150 Commercial Street, Nanaimo.
New year’s resolutions are as reliable as the turning of the calendar pages to a new year. The question is how easy are they to sustain? Inns and B&Bs come to the rescue to help you fulfill your 2013 resolutions and make it as easy as a rhyme to take better care of yourself in the upcoming year.
Did your resolution for the new year resemble one of these? Here are some solutions for your resolution rescue.
Treat her like a queen in 2013
She’s the love of your life, but how often do you tell her that? More importantly, how often do you treat her like the queen she is? This year, give her the treat of a better way to stay. Book a B&B getaway each quarter. Return to some of your favorites or try a new one. Better yet, if you’ve never experienced an inn or B&B, make this the year you do. She’ll feel like a queen and your resolution to pay closer attention to both her welfare and yours will be accomplished in some memorable travel.
Break the routine in 2013
If your resolution was to spice life up a bit, we’ve got the answer for you. No cookie cutter, always-the-same-look lobbies at inns and B&Bs. Each one offers a unique experience, with plenty of welcoming hospitality and everything from modern to traditional and local/sustainable to high cuisine. Take a cooking class, try a couples massage, eat a good breakfast, get a good night’s sleep for once; all of these experiences will help you break out of the routine in 2013.
Try new cuisine in 2013
Dieting not only tops the list for the most popular resolutions, it also tops the list for the most broken one too. Make 2013 the year you commit to trying new cuisine. Start with a good breakfast, which you’ll find with a focus on locally sourced and homemade healthiness at inns and B&Bs throughout the country. And while breakfast is the second half of the B&B’s name, good food doesn’t stop there. You’ll find complimentary snacks, or afternoon teas and stocked guest pantries at the majority of inns and B&Bs throughout the country.
In January 2012, the Canadian Junior Hockey League announced a new regional playoff format for its four western provinces. The British Columbia Hockey League, Alberta Junior Hockey League, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and Manitoba Junior Hockey League will participate in a five-team tournament and award the first-ever Western Canada Cup beginning in 2013.
The 2013 Crescent Point Energy Western Canada Cup will be held from April 26 – May 5, 2013 at the Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo, BC. The inaugural event will be hosted by the Nanaimo Clippers and the BCHL.
Living on Vancouver Island, where rain, sun, wind and sea have such presence and diversity, you feel and need to make wine that is crisp and defined – a reflection of the particular conditions that exist nowhere else…
Approximately 80 vineyards grow grapes for over 40 wineries on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. To explore the Wine Islands as vintners call the fantastic area … consult the website www.wineislands.ca
While visiting the many wineries, stay at Long Lake Waterfront B&B for relaxing comfort in private suites on Long Lake In Nanaimo BC.
Welcome to Cedar and Yellowpoint Artisans Christmas self guided tour. Four Days of fun, food and Artisan talent. November 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th 2012. You are invited to visit studios, shops, galleries and farms to get you inspired for Christmas giving.
While enjoying the tour, stay at the Long Lake Waterfront B&B where you can receive a 2 night minimum booking for 10% less than the winter rate. Ask for the Artisans’s tour special.
TheatreOne presents the 20th Annual Bite of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island’s granddaddy of Food Fairs. “The Bite” is TheatreOne’s biggest fundraiser of the year and has become Nanaimo’s unofficial “good bye to summer” event, heralding the return of a new, full season of arts, entertainment and culinary delights.
At this year’s Bite of Nanaimo, fifty cents from each ticket will be donated to the Loaves and Fishes food bank. For a sell out event of 900 people, that’s $450 for out local food bank!
Imagine sampling the fare of our region’s fine dining establishments in one evening, all under one roof. The Bite draws up to 900 people annually, making it the perfect promotional tool to showcase your culinary excellence and reach new customers.
During the event guests vote for their favourites in the following categories: Best Appetizer, Best Meat Dish, Best Seafood Dish, Best Vegetarian Dish, Best Dessert, Best Refreshment, Best Booth Design, Best Hospitality & Best Use of Local Ingredients. Winners receive trophies and are recognized in a post-event press release. Everyone receive plaques commemorating their involvement.
This year’s theme is “Picture Yourself At the Fair – From Pioneer Days To Modern Ways”.
The Fair originally started over 100 years ago and continues now as an annual event to advance the education of agriculture and showcase local farmers and 4-H clubs, bringing agricultural awareness to our community. As farming changes and land becomes more urban, we need to keep our farms alive, to provide top quality products and to encourage the education of the past, present and future of all areas of agriculture. Although some professionals show at Fairs, it is the children that most impress the fairgoers. Bright eyed children and animals are a winning combination. We take a step back to celebrate the simple, but important things in life.
Our country Fair is more than just entertainment. The one value we truly exhibit is Family. At our Fair, everyone of every age can participate. From displaying jams, jellies and livestock to showing heirloom quilts, artwork, pumpkins, prize flowers, home grown zucchini, fresh baked cookies and pies. Many painstaking but loving hours, go into every item and animal on display, with the hopes of encouraging others to learn different crafts and skills and to especially excite beginners to try new things that can enhance their life skills and self-sufficiency. Our Fair is a place to come with family and friends, a place to have fun and honour accomplishments. Our entry fees are kept very low, as is the prize money. The intent has never been to make the winners rich by having or making the best, the biggest or the most expensive entry, but to enjoy the variety of talents and efforts put forth by our neighbours and to honour accomplishments.
Our Fair is presented each year by a core group of hard working volunteers, who donate many hundreds of hours to carefully organize this annual 3 day event. Many community minded corporate sponsors lend or donate countless services, too numerous to mention. The Fair would like to thank all of these supporters in the community for their efforts, be it financial, material, hard work, time or effort. With your kind generosity, we are excited to welcome you back this year.
We wish all exhibitors the best luck with your entries and extend an invitation to everyone to come to our Fair, view the many animals, exhibits and shows, to relax and just have fun!
Watch for details about the 2012 show at: http://www.viex.ca
Come enjoy musical entertainment in the great outdoors. Wide variety of musical talent. From kids entertainer, Shelley Bean and the Duckety Muds; Vocal Ensemble, Panache!; Guitarist, Buckman Coe; Celtic flavour, Trinitude; Latin rhythms, Rio Samaya; Indie/folk music with West My Friend; Medieval Rock, The Knights of Camelot and Latin/European Jazz with TerraZetto. Bring a friend, bring the whole family. Mafeo Sutton Park Nanaimo.
Thursday, July 19th, 2012 - Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
Nanaimo harbor was the scene of a bathtub race extravaganza at the first race in 1967 Canadas’ 100 birthday and its’ Centennial year.. As the City of Nanaimo’s “Centennial Event” that year, close to 200 tubbers (in every type of craft imaginable) entered the fun competition and amazingly, 47 completed the 36 mile course to Vancouver’s Fisherman’s Cove across the straits of Georgia.
Now the “Great RACE” finishes at Departure Bay in Nanaimo covering a very grueling course that leaves Nanaimo harbor circles Entrance Island and then up to and around Winchelsea Island and then back to Departure Bay in Nanaimo. In the early days it was indeed a challenge to just get past the starting line in the choppy confusion caused by an extra 785 small and large observation and escort boat in Nanaimo harbor.
From the confusion of a first time bathtub race 46 years ago, the Nanaimo to Nanaimo “Great” INTERNATIONAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BATHTUB RACE & 4 day Nanaimo Marine Festival has evolved. Where once a select band of tubbers were the highlight they now share the spotlight with many other land and water events which are interesting and often spectacular to watch.
Join us in Nanaimo, and take in the World’s Cleanest Sport, Bathtub Racing and the 46th running of the “Great” INTERNATIONAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BATHTUB RACE & Nanaimo Marine Festival and another bonus most of the events and activities are FREE. information courtesy of harbourliving.ca
The 2013 Crescent Point Energy Western Canada Cup will be held from April 26 – May 5, 2013 at the Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo, BC. The inaugural event will be hosted by the Nanaimo Clippers and the BCHL.
