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Nanaimo Launch Photos – Art for Oil-Free Coast

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

We rocked the end of the Mayan calendar last night in Nanaimo with the spectacular traveling art show Art for an Oil Free Coast, organized by the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. More than 200 people turned out for the Nanaimo opening … Continue reading →

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Nanaimo Show Hours – Art for Oil-Free Coast

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

The spectacular traveling exhibit of Art for an Oil-Free Coast will be on display in Nanaimo December 21, 2012 – January 5, 2013 at the downtown location of the Nanaimo Art Gallery. Location: 150 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC. Everyone is … Continue reading →

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Art for an Oil-Free Coast – Nanaimo Launch

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

UPDATE: The opening night event at the Shaw Auditorium and the Nanaimo Art Gallery on December 20 is now SOLD OUT. Please come visit the exhibition  between Dec. 21-Jan. 5 at the Nanaimo Art Gallery downtown. The Gallery’s extended hours … Continue reading →

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Tar Sands or Oil Sands? Deconstructing Language

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

The Alberta tar sands, and the colossus of bitumen extraction underway there, have been called the dirtiest project on earth. Yet tar sands opponents are often flayed for using ‘incorrect’ terminology (which demonstrates the complete indefensibility of this industry, if … Continue reading →

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Poets for an Oil-Free Coast

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

Join me Friday, September 21, 2012 at Planet Earth Poetry in Victoria for the launch of Poems for an Oil-Free Coast – a fantastic chapbook from Red Tower Bookworks. The event begins at 7:30 pm at Moka House, 1633 Hillside … Continue reading →

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Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Free public screening in Nanaimo of the award-winning, Canadian-made documentary Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez, produced and directed by Robert Cornellier. Sunday, June 3rd, 3:00 pm at Vancouver Island University – Bldg 200, Rm 203. Film screening … Continue reading →

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Death of Earth

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

There are flood and drouth Over the eyes and in the mouth, Dead water and dead sand Contending for the upper hand. The parched eviscerate soil Gapes at the vanity of toil, Laughs without mirth.          This is the death … Continue reading →

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