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This week, in addition to our normal arts and culture listings, we are also bringing you two news stories in The Hub.
Normally we would have published them in our Nanaimo This Week newsletter, which is now sent out on Tuesdays, but we felt that they couldn’t wait.
The first is a report on the local Palestine solidarity movement while the second is an expanded report from our newsletter earlier this week on expenses by city councillors.
We won’t be publishing a regular newsletter on Tuesday as that is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and I will be in Duncan covering the Every Child Matters march there while our Cowichan Valley reporter, Eric, takes some well-deserved time off. Instead, we will be sending out a special newsletter early next week featuring related reporting and local events.
Thank you for reading,
Mick Sweetman
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Palestine solidarity in Nanaimo continues as UN commission declares genocide in Gaza
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Nanaimo councillor sponsors emergency UBCM resolution calling on B.C. to take action against Israel and support Palestinian resettlement.
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How much are Nanaimo councillors spending?
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Council expense report shows fewer councillors attending national conferences this year.
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Choreographed by Mélanie Demers and brought to life on stage by Angélique Willkie, Confession Publique will leave you breathless.
"This confession... confronts us with the fascinating abysses of devouring and vulnerability. It is the uncompromising affirmation of a female body that no longer has to apologize for aging, for experiencing pleasure, for suffering, or even for being a disturbance. The dance is anything but decorative: it is an expiation, a living archaeology. CONFESSION PUBLIQUE is not to be watched, it is to be received, in a shudder of both trespass and gratitude. A score of paradoxes, where brutality coexists with an almost maternal tenderness."
– THE ARTCHEMISTS - Peter Loquen
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Thursday, Sept. 25, 9 p.m.: Catch Fake Jass, a monthly night of experimental music, noise, free jazz/rock and beyond, with Orange Quasar, Zig Zag Wanderers and Drown The Pavement at The Vault Cafe. Tickets cost $10.
Thursday, Sept. 25, 9:30 p.m.: Manne Tavares will play an acoustic concert fusing Brazilian soul and Caribbean music at The Nanaimo Bar. Tickets cost $10.
Saturday, Sept 27, 8 p.m.: AK 747s, Dead Rights and Bad People will play an all-ages punk show at The Globe Live Studio. Tickets cost $20.
Saturday, Sept 27, 9 p.m.: Nanaimo's premier monthly drag night They Them Theirs will perform a Pokémon-themed show at The Vault Cafe. Tickets cost $20.
Sunday, Sept. 28, 3 p.m.: The James Vickers Band will headline a celebration for Greywolf at the Sunday Blues Jam at The Queen’s. Tickets cost $10 or are free for blues jammers.
Sunday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m.: Comedian Chris Gordon will be joined by Andrew Mack and Deanna Wood at The Sweet Spot Lounge. Tickets cost $25.
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Thursday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m.: Local artist Elizabeth Shefrin will exhibit her original illustrations in marking pen, cut paper and embroidery at the opening of her show at the Gabriola Island Library.
Thursday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m.: Join Germaine Koh for a DIY making workshop on Thursday night as she turns the Nanaimo Art Gallery into an experimental arena where visitors are welcome to jump, throw, dance, run and touch — all actions that are usually frowned upon in art museums. The theme for this week is ”all wheels.”
Friday, Sept. 26, noon: Take a lunchtime tour of the Nanaimo Art Gallery’s current exhibition, League Nanaimo. Tickets cost $5 or are free for members.
Friday, Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m.: The documentary Reel Injun will be screened as part of the Unsettling the Lens series at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. Admission is free and advance registration is recommended.
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m.: Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story will be screened at Vancouver Island University, Building 200, Room 203 by the VIU Muslim Women’s Club and For Palestine Vancouver Island. Admission is free.
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Saturday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: NanGo Grannies will hold a Giant Fabric Sale at the Nanaimo Curling Rink as a fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.
Sunday, Sept. 28, Noon to 8 p.m.: The Strait Curbside Food Truck Finale is in Maffeo Sutton Park.
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 6 a.m and 5:30 p.m.: Zen Revolution Yoga and Spin Studio will be holding two free spin classes to help raise funds for the Indian Residential School Survivor Society. Admission is by donation.
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m: For the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the City of Nanaimo will offer free events at Oliver Woods Community Centre, the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre in Nanaimo hosts speakers and a light meal on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at 477 Tenth St.
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