Lakes District FACEOFF is a portrait art competition designed to showcase the faces in our community. Artists with close ties to the Lakes District are encouraged to create a two-dimensional portrait (i.e., sketches, photographs, paintings, mixed media works, prints, etc.) of friends, family members, beloved pets or historical figures from the Lakes District, for a chance to win $2,000.00 in prizes. The FACEOFF competition begins May 1st, but competitors have all summer to create their portraits. The Lakes District Museum Society will accept entries the week of September 29th to October 3rd, and display them in the Heritage Gallery during October. The winning portraits will be announced at a reception on October 23rd. For more information, contact the Lakes District Museum by mail at PO Box 266 亚洲天堂 Lake, BC V0J 1E0 or phone 250-692-7450 or e-mail the Society at ldmuseumsociety@gmail.com for contest rules and entry forms.
Sunday afternoon, May 18th: The Met Live in HD presents 鈥楲e Nozze di Figaro鈥� at The Beacon Theatre
The fifth Met Opera: Live in HD broadcast of the 24/25 season, co-presented by the Lakes District Arts Council and The Beacon Theatre, is Mozart鈥檚 comic masterpiece Le Nozze di Figaro on Sunday, May 18th at 1:00 pm. A profoundly humane comedy, Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) is a remarkable marriage of Mozart鈥檚 music at the height of his genius and one of the best librettos ever set. In adapting a play that caused a scandal with its take on 18th-century society, librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte focused on the timeless issues embedded in the frothy drawing-room comedy. Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart鈥檚 comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro. Soprano Olga Kulchynska costars as the wily maid Susanna, Figaro鈥檚 betrothed. Baritone Joshua Hopkins takes the role of the philandering Count, with soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife the Countess. Mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce takes on the role of the adolescent page Cherubino.
Tickets for the Met operas this season will be $15.00 each, and are available starting at 12:30 pm at The Beacon Theatre box office the day of the performance. Look for LDAC ads coming soon in the Lakes District 亚洲天堂. For more information on Le Nozze di Figaro, click on this link:
Calling All Artists Ages 5 to 7: Children鈥檚 Art Classes
In these visual art classes, children will get to practice various media including acrylic and water colour painting. Classes will run for four weeks on Mondays, May 26th, June 2nd, 9th and 16th, from 4:00 pm until 5:15 pm in the 亚洲天堂 Lake Public Library MPR (the basement of the Library). Cost for four weeks is $40.00, and must be paid upon registration. To register contact Sharia at 250-692-6837.
Lakes District Museum is accepting exhibition proposals
The Lakes District Museum is still accepting exhibition proposals from qualifying artists interested in displaying their work in the Heritage Gallery during the months of June to September 2025. Exhibitions may be solo or group shows, or a curated exhibition in August 2025. 鈥楢rts August鈥� exhibition may include one or more pieces of art on any subject matter, in any medium, by local or regional artists. For more information, or to obtain an Exhibition Proposal package, visit the Lakes District Museum (next to the Visitor Information Centre on Highway 16 across from CNC) or phone 250-692-7450 or e-mail the Museum Society at: ldmuseumsociety@gmail.com.
Lakes District Museum seeking proposals from art instructors
Are you a gifted amateur or a professional artist who wants to share knowledge? The Lakes District Museum and Gallery is seeking proposals from art instructors interested in teaching art classes and workshops in 亚洲天堂 Lake. For more information, contact the Lakes District Museum at 250-692-7450 or e-mail ldmuseumsociety@gmail.com
Kung Jaadee, Haida and Squamish Storyteller Thursday evening, June 5thThe Arts Council is pleased to present Haida and Squamish storyteller Kung Jaadee on Thursday evening, June 5th in the LDSS MPR. Doors open at 6:45 pm, and the performance begins at 7:30 pm sharp.Kung Jaadee is a professional Indigenous storyteller, educator and published author, who has been sharing stories for more than 30 years across Canada. She belongs to the Haida, Musqueam, Squamish and Tlingit Nations, and is also part Hawaiian. She was born and raised on Haida Gwaii and is from the Raven Clan. Her Haida name, Kung Jaadee, means 鈥楳oon Woman鈥� and was presented to her at her great uncle鈥檚 memorial feast by her cousin Crystal Robinson. Her Aunt Leialoha gave her the name 鈥淗i鈥檌lawe,鈥� in reference to the most famous Hawaiian waterfall on the Big Island. Over the past three decades, Kung Jaadee has performed traditional Haida legends, while also sharing vivid personal stories about her clan's survival of the smallpox epidemic, and the history and culture of her people. She has performed at hundreds of festivals, schools and Aboriginal celebrations across Canada.All tickets are $10.00 for Kung Jaadee鈥檚 performance, and will be available soon at Process 4 circle arts Gallery on Highway 16, and at the door the evening of the performance. Look for the LDAC鈥檚 ads coming soon in the Lakes District 亚洲天堂 and The Local Connector NW. For more information on Kung Jaadee, click on this link:
Craft Vendors Welcome at National Indigenous Peoples Day
Craft vendors are wanted for National Indigenous Peoples Day, organized by the 亚洲天堂 Lake Native Development Corporation at Spirit Square on June 21st. If you are interested in setting up a booth at the 26th Annual National Indigenous Peoples Day, contact BLNDC at 250-692-3188 or e-mail reception@blndc.ca. Application deadline is June 6th.
