The Comox Valley Art Gallery presents the award-winning film The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet鈥檚 Struggle For Freedom.

Leading the pack of nominees, Comox Valley's own Helen Austin and Emily Spiller are two of the many musicians vying for an award at the Vancouver Island Music Awards (VIMA) gala, which for the first time, will take place in their hometown.

Hey Ocean fans, mark your calendars.

A skillful blend of fact and fiction, In the Embrace of the Alligator, fictions from Cuba is part travelogue and part documentary on the absurdity of life.

The Potters Place presents Sue Taylor as feature artist for the month of June.

Josh Hansen has an art show June 11 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Serious coffee in Courtenay.

Emily Spiller has been described as 鈥渢he next Adele, the new Duffy, a mix of Zap Mama and Feist meets Amy Winehouse.鈥�

Local artist Brian scott will exhibit his new paintings at his Black Creek studio/gallery from his new winter studio in Phoenix, Ariz. Scott is excited about these new paintings of the desert environment, the desert being the opposite of the rainforest, which is primarily cold colours 鈥� whereas the desert is hot colour.

Join North Island College (NIC)鈥檚 Professional Photography students this Friday at the Courtenay and District Museum for the opening of the program鈥檚 14th showing of student work.

Once again the Mex Pub and the Pacific Disturbance band are getting together to help out a friend.