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The Strathcona Wilderness Institute (SWI) is hosting the 2023 Backcountry Film Festival presented by Winter Wildlands Alliance, Friday, Feb. 24, at the Stan Hagen Theatre in Courtenay.

The Pearl Ellis Gallery is pleased to announce a series of four drawing classes on Sundays in March. Classes will run from 2-4 p.m. at the gallery at 1729A Comox Ave. in Comox.

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Nina Wedberg Thulin, a multi-disciplinary artist from Sweden, will provide an artist talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 for the opening of her site installation, The Source Project, at the Comox Valley Art Gallery.

Do you remember summer camp?

Come celebrate International Francophonie Month on Saturday, March 4 at Courtenay鈥檚 Old Church Theatre with a wonderful young group from Montreal called Rosier.

The Comox Valley Art Gallery will be open on Family Day, Monday, Feb. 20, when people of all ages are invited to participate in an open studio of hands-on art-making activities.

Veteran arctic adventurer John Dunn - aided by teammate and Comox resident Graeme Magor - will share stories, images and video from their pioneering 60-day, 900-kilometre skiing expedition on remote Axel Heiberg Island in Canada鈥檚 High Arctic.

Shelley Marinus has written a book that lets people know that living with a disability is not hard, that diverse abilities are not always visible, and that most individuals with disabilities are happy.

The initial roll-out of musical acts for Vancouver Island MusicFest has been announced, and it鈥檚 as diverse as fans of the festival have come to expect.