Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce

Spring Break Art and Drama Camp: Around the World
2022-03-21 10:00 - 14:30 (America/Vancouver) | 444 Parkhill terrace, 444 Parkhill Terrace, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Date and Time: March 21st-24th, 10:00AM-2:30PM
Location: 444 Parkhill Terrace, Ladysmith BC
In this four-day kids’ art and drama camp for students aged 6 to 12 years, participants will gain an appreciation
Additional Information: In this four-day kids’ art and drama camp for students aged 6 to 12 years, participants will gain an appreciation for other cultures and sample fine crafts from different countries. In the mornings, Maggie Wouterloot, fine arts instructor and educator of over 20 years, will journey with students to Iran, Ukraine, and India. They will learn about and make their own versions of Persian rugs, Ukranian Easter eggs, and Mehndi art. Then, in the afternoons, participants will get out their passports and expand their horizons through drama games and story telling with teacher Michaela Awale.
Each participant is asked to wear a mask at all times indoors and to bring their own lunch, water bottle, and clothes that they can move freely in and get a little paint and glue on.

https://www.ladysmitharts.ca/event-details/around-the-world-spring-break-camp

Rev Up Your Creativity
2022-03-30 11:00 - 16:00 | BC
Could you use a happy boost of creative energy? This six-week course will encourage you to take a little creative escape and get in the flow. Freedom to explore, make mistakes and have fun will be common themes in this class. Topics will include: exploring creativity through exercises and dialogue; tools to facilitate creativity and activities to express creativity; what blocks us, and understanding of your own creative process.
We are following current COVID-19 regulations: Masks are mandatory inside the building, and we will be checking for proof of full vaccination for participants born in 2009 or earlier.
Class activities will include collage, painting loosely with acrylics, drawing, doodling and more. Sound fun? Then hop on the bus to Creative-land and register. All art abilities and medias welcome.
Your Instructor, Joanne Barwise, is a life-long learner, professional educator, mixed media maker and artist. She
likes the self-imposed title, “creatologist” and enjoys the challenge that different materials present in the making process.
Supply List
Please make do with the supplies you already have. You don’t have to invest in new art materials, other than a sketchbook. Suggested materials to bring include the following:
Hardcover sketchbook, blank/no lines (approx. size 9” X 12”), your preference (coil or bound)
Small notebook (your preference)
Camera phone
Old magazines/picture books (anything with photographs) for collage exercises
Scissors, glue stick
Brayer
Coloured pencils, markers
General acrylic painting supplies.

Shop the hop
2022-04-02 - 2022-04-18 | 1st Avenue, Ladysmith , BC, Canada

Rotary Document Shredding Fundraiser
2022-04-02 11:00 - 14:00 | Ladysmith Secondary School, 710 6th Avenue , Ladysmith , BC, Canada

Pop-up event on April 5 celebrates Storybook Walk relaunch
2022-04-05 | BC
The Town of Ladysmith and Ladysmith Resources Centre Association are excited to announce the relaunch of the Storybook Walk at Kinsmen Park – a community-supported project promoting literacy and movement in the great outdoors.
The Storybook Walk recently celebrated its one-year anniversary since the unveiling of the first book on Family Day weekend 2021.
In celebration of this ongoing partnership and the goal of inspiring young readers, a pop-up event is being organized on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at the park by the LRCA – Adventures in Early Literacy program and the Town, with support from Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF) as well as PacificCARE.
The Storybook Walk kick-off theme is ‘pen pals’ and Dear Dragon by Josh Funk was selected as the perfect book for all to read as they wander, imagine and interact with nature.
Further promoting the kick-off theme, PacificCARE is generously donating 100 letter-writing kits for the April 5 event for people to take home – but what’s a special handwritten note without someone to send it to?
Each kit will include a name of a senior in our community who might wish to receive a letter. You can lift up someone’s spirits, kindle a passion for writing and maybe even make a new friend.
The Town and LRCA are continuing to plan and organize an ongoing series of pop-up events at Kinsmen Park for the duration of the year. Each pop-up will complement the Storybook Walk theme and focus on bringing together community to promote physical literacy and reading.
The Storybook Walk is an initiative of the LRCA’s Adventures in Early Literacy program. New for 2022, books will be selected bi-monthly and installed on Tuesdays. Join the Ladysmith Storybook Walk Facebook Group to learn about upcoming books, contests, special events and more!
For the latest news and updates, visit the Town’s website at www.ladysmith.ca, as well as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
You can also receive up-to-date information in your email inbox by subscribing to the Town’s newsletter.

Ladysmith Chamber AGM
2022-04-12 16:30 - 18:00 | Ladysmith Maritime Society, 610 Oyster Bay Drive, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
You are invited to attend the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce 2022 AGM!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Join fellow Chamber Members, Directors and Staff as we celebrate the accomplishments and efforts contributing to the successes of the past year, and share plans for the future. There will be appetizers catered by In The Beantime Cafe, a cash bar and best of all, we will be meeting in person! Chamber members must be a Member in good standing for voting privileges.
Guest Speaker:
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron, M.P., Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith
DATE: APRIL 12, 2022
TIME: 4:30PM-6:00PM
LOCATION: Ladysmith Maritime Society Welcome Centre
COST: $30+GST Per Person for Chamber Members | Non Members $35+GST Per Person
Register below by Friday April 8th.

Spring Clean Up Week
2022-04-19 - 2022-04-25 | BC

Ladysmith & District Historical Society / Historically Speaking Series
2022-04-19 19:00 - 20:00 | BC
TUESDAY, April 19, 2022, 7 pm
The Ladysmith & District Historical Society is proud to present as part of their Historically Speaking series, the authors of Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines, Dr. Luschiim Arvid Charlie and Nancy J. Turner for a free presentation via Zoom.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87500062348
Meeting ID: 875 0006 2348
Dr. Luschiim Arvid Charlie was born in Quamichan, one of the Cowichan Villages, in 1942 and has lived in the Duncan, BC, area all of his life. From the age of three, he began learning about plants and their various uses from the Elders in his family. Since then, he has made it a personal priority to gather knowledge about the natural environment. In 2007, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters degree at Malaspina University-College in recognition of his extensive contributions to the teaching of Coast Salish culture and traditions in a wide range of contexts, as well as his commitment to the protection of the environment and preservation of the Hul’q’umi’num’ language.
Nancy Turner is internationally known for her work in ethnobotany, the study of plants and cultures. She is a distinguished professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria and a research associate with the Royal British Columbia Museum. She has authored, co-authored, or edited many publications in the areas of ethnobotany, traditional ecological knowledge, and sustainable resource use in Canada and British Columbia, including more than 20 books.

Ladysmith Little Theatre Presents: The Ladies of the Camellias
2022-04-21 - 2022-05-08 | BC
by Lillian Groag
Directed by Charles Harman
April 21 – May 8

Thurs / Friday / Saturday Showtimes: 7:30pm
Sunday Showtimes: 2pm

“A juicy Tour de Farce on theatre, theatrical people and the conflicts between art and politics.”

In 1897, two different actresses, Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse, were both to perform The Lady of the Camellia in Paris in the same week and at the same theater. Alexandre Dumas, fils, the French author who wrote the play, has particular complaints about both of their performances. Their respective co-stars, Gustave-Hippolite Worms and Flavio Ando, are caught in the actresses’ melodrama and competition. However, a Russian anarchist named Ivan decides to take the two actresses hostage and threatens to blow up the theater if two of his comrades are not released from prison.

WARNING: Coarse language
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Playwrights Horizons first produced THE LADIES OF THE CAMELLIAS Off-Broadway in 1982.

Ladysmith Spring Art Tour
2022-04-22 10:00 - 17:00 | BC
It’s never to early to start planning for the Ladysmith Spring Art Tour! Brochures are now available online: https://www.ladysmitharts.ca/spring-art-tour — printed copies are coming soon.

RYAN MCMAHON IN CONCERT
2022-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Aggie Hall
Ryan McMahon In Concert
April 22, 2022 at 7pm
Aggie Hall, 1110 1st Ave, Ladysmith, BC
Canadian recording artist Ryan McMahon performs April 22 at 7pm at Aggie Hall. Tickets are $25 at www.ladysmitharts.ca
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.ladysmitharts.ca, by phone 250-245-1252 or in-person at 444 Parkhill Terrace, Ladysmith. We are following current COVID 19 protocols for this event.

Ladysmith Sportsmen's Club Watershed and Area Debris Clean-Up
2022-04-23 | BC

We Stand With Ukraine Fundraiser
2022-04-23 | BC
CrossFit Ladysmith in partnership with the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association (LDBA) is raising funds to support those affected by the conflict in Ukraine.

We wanted to do something that we knew would directly benefit people in Ukraine. So we reached out to another Crossfit Gym in the Ukraine and asked how we could help. CrossFit Banda is located in Kyiv and is currently serving as a missile defense shelter and they need money to buy food and supplies to support the people using the shelter.

On Saturday April 23rd starting at 9:00am CrossFit Ladysmith is pledging to complete 1 Burpee for every Dollar raised. All proceeds will be sent directly to CrossFit Banda to support their efforts. Funds will be dispersed by the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association. Cash, Cheques and E-Transfers will all be accepted.

Every little bit helps, so if you can please help us in our effort to support our Friends in Ukraine.

Etransfer: ldbasonia@gmail.com (please put a memo stating it is for Ukraine Fundraiser)

Cheques made out to: Ladysmith Downtown Business Association

*Cash & Cheques can be dropped off at CrossFit Ladysmith Tuesday April 19 – Friday April 22 from 6:00am – 1:00pm or 4:00pm – 6:30pm or day of the event.

Ladysmith Rotary Celebrates Earth Day +1
2022-04-23 11:00 - 14:00 | Transfer Beach

Glass on the Grass
2022-05-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Transfer Beach
“Glass on the Grass”
Corvette Show ‘n Shine
Sunday, May 1st, 2022
Corvette Lovers and Owners
The Victoria Corvette Club presents their Annual
Show ‘n Shine at Transfer Beach Blvd. in Ladysmith, Vancouver Island,
on Sunday May 1st, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The show is for Corvette’s only and there will be no entrance fee, but a donation
from all entrants will be greatly appreciated and will go to a local charity.
For more information, please contact Bob Lynch 250-213-8587
or Paul Koetsier 250-920-8299

Cowichan Emergencey Preparedness Expo
2022-05-01 10:00 - 15:00 | BC
Come join us at The Cowichan Emergency Preparedness Expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Cowichan Exhibition Park!

Learn about making a family emergency plan, fire safety and preparedness at this fun, free, family event!

Cowichan Search and Rescue, St. John’s Ambulance, Cowichan Tribes, BC Wildfire Service along with FireSmart in Cowichan, CVRD Emergency Management, local Fire Dept.’s and many others will be sharing their knowledge and experience with the community!

Handmade Fine Craft Show @ the Ladysmith Art Gallery
2022-05-06 11:00 - 2022-05-30 16:00 | Ladysmith Art Gallery, 32 High Street, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1A4, Canada
View the works of find crafters and artisans from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands in this Find Craft Show.
Show runs May 6-30 from 11-7 Monday to Saturday

Ladysmith Yacht Club SAILPAST 2022
2022-05-07 01:00 - 16:00 | Transfer Beach

Mother's Day Tea
2022-05-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Fraternal Order of Eagles #2101, 921 !st Avenue, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1A3, Canada
Mother’s Day tea is back on May 7th from 12-2 p.m. at the Eagle’s Hall, Ladysmith. Come out and show your support. All funds raised are donated to Muscular Dystrophy. **Must show proof of vaccination for entry**

Fine Craft Show Opening Reception 2022 @ the Ladysmith Art Gallery
2022-05-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Ladysmith Art Gallery, 32 High Street, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1A4, Canada
Click Here to Register

WorkBC / Chamber Job Fair
2022-05-11 10:00 - 13:00 | BC

Cowichan Sport and Recreation Fair
2022-05-14 | BC
CVRD Sports Tourism and Cowichan Sportsplex are excited to announce our First Annual Sport and Recreation Day! Local sports clubs and organizations will be on hand at this interactive and fun for all ages day at the Sportsplex, providing lots of hands (or feet!) on activities! Come try an activity you’ve been curious about. Talk with sport pros. There will also be large scale demonstrations of sports (think equestrian, cycling, archery, disc golf etc) in centre field. Sport celebrities and media personalities will be on hand. Lots more details to come!

Date
May 14, 2022

Time
All Day

Location
Cowichan Sportsplex
Duncan, BC

Cost
Free to the public

RCL Branch 171 Dance
2022-05-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Royal Canadian Legion Branch 171, 621 1st Avenue, Ladysmith, BC, V9G1A2 , Canada

Glen Foster In Concert
2022-05-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Ladysmith Waterfront Art Gallery, 610 Oyster Bay Drive, Ladysmith , BC, Canada
Glen Foster is a “do-it-all-myself” kind of guy. He is an accomplished singer songwriter, music producer, entertainer, multi-instrumentalist and president of his own companies Rescue Records, and Parent Publishing and Productions.
He has been performing professionally for more than 40 years and has released 9 original albums featuring his own compositions, many of which include self-produced music videos. In 2021 The Spirit Of Christmas C

D and a live album entitled Feelin’ Alive! were both released internationally and are available on all major distribution platforms.
Foster is no stranger to large crowds and the rigors of touring. He was front man of his own band called Falcon, signed with Quality Records in the 80s, and lead guitarist for several years with WEA’s Ray Materick of ‘Linda Put The Coffee On’ fame.
Foster was a professional music teacher for over 20 years. He has studied rock, jazz, Chet Atkins finger style, Hawaiian, and classical guitar, having been awarded two silver medals from the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Ladysmith Blood Donation Event
2022-06-01 12:00 - 18:30 | Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle, 1149 4th Avenue, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1A3, Canada
Please help us fill all appointments during this time of immediate need. We are back in Ladysmith at the Bethel Church on Wednesday, June 1 from 12noon to 6:45pm.
Appointments only at this time — book yours online at blood.ca, by downloading the GiveBlood app or by calling 1-888-2DONATE (1-888-236-6283). Thank you for keeping Canada’s Lifeline going!

Website:
https://www.blood.ca/en

Link to Facebook event posting:
https://fb.me/e/1Bmlk6BrO
My contact details are:
Patricia Willms
patricia.willms@blood.ca
Cell: 250-661-8216

Ladysmith Art Gallery presents: ABSTRACT
2022-06-04 11:00 - 16:00 | Ladysmith Art Gallery, 32 High Street, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1A4, Canada

Clanna Morna In Concert
2022-06-11 07:00 - 21:00 | Aggie Hall
Jun 11, 7:00 p.m.
Aggie Hall, 1110 1st Ave, Ladysmith, BC V9G, Canada

About the Event

Hailing from the stolen territories of the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ nations (Victoria, BC in Canada), Clanna Morna brings their take on the Celtic Traditional genre to the west coast. Their sound is rooted in the traditional Irish, Scottish and English music that many love, and features carefully crafted arrangements, rhythmic spirited energy and captivating storytelling. Comprised of an ensemble of multi-instrumentalists, their excellent musicianship and attention to detail create a unique sound. Members of Clanna Morna have been arranging and performing traditional Celtic and original music for over a decade in other projects, sharing their melodic arrangements and stories both internationally and locally.

Marine Garage Sale & BBQ
2022-06-11 10:00 - 14:00 | BC

Historically Speaking Series: Free talk on local shipwreck
2022-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 | BC
Free talk on local shipwreck: Thurs, June 16, 7 pm
Historically Speaking Series presents via ZOOM The Robert Kerr: from global trader to coastal collier presented by David Hill-Turner this Thursday, June 16, 2022, 7pm. Free.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87500062348
Meeting ID: 875 0006 2348
Since 1911, the remains of the Robert Kerr have rested on a reef just north of Thetis Island’s Pilkey Point. Launched in 1866, she roamed the world’s oceans. Damaged while being towed to Burrard Inlet, she achieved fame as “the ship that saved Vancouver” during the 1886 fire that destroyed much of the new city. This is a story of a ship associated with people and events that helped shape Canada in the 19th century. David has worked with museums, marine industry, government and universities preparing and presenting a variety of interpretative programs about maritime history. For many years, he worked in national parks and historic sites, and he recently retired as the Nanaimo Museum’s curator. He is a past president of the Underwater Archaeological Society of BC and the current president of the Nanaimo Historical Society.

LMS Jazz on the Dock
2022-06-16 19:00 - 21:00 | BC
