To the seasons of life
The gathering of fans and friends for the late Philip Oppenheim was complete with a benediction of style and sorts by his son David at the take down of his show on Sunday.
Charm Present.
Flutes were played and reminiscing of times and treasure moved and tested by the personality of ” Opie”.
RIP Opie, charm them on the other side for us all.
The June show is being presented by the senior art class at Merritt secondary School and is open now with gallery regular hours applied up until the start of the summer artisan show On the 27th of June. The gallery is on the corner of Voght and Nicola in Merritt BC, Canada.
The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council is having it’s AGM on November 8th at the next door Kekuli Café. Start time is seven pm.
Mira Nair born.
The building at 1840 Nicola avenue in Merritt is circa 1913.
Before the internet brought Merritt its access center the old court house had the government agent, probations, mining recorder and county court services.
The 1840 location had county court services under a magistrate. Frank Dodding from the pioneer Lower Nicola Family held court in the upper chambers of the building for many years . Frank also ran the local Purity Feed outlet .
The building had a front balcony on the second floor where last post was sounded on November 11th yearly.
The 1840 location is currently used by the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council as the OLDe Court House Gallery.
Fort Selkirk Yukon destroyed by Hostiles.
The local arts council is presenting the Juno award winning group Le Vent du Nord in their concert series March 14th athe Merritt Civic center, Come to the Cabaret.
General admission is 22 dollars, seniors students 17 dollars.
Show time is 7:30 tables can be reserved for groups of 8.
Today in history: March 4th 1917
Jeannette Rankin becomes the first female member of the US congress
Shirley Reynolds , Jean Kieglerl ,and Wendy Eecout are calling themselves Prism as a group for a month-long showing at the Old Court House Gallery. The handle is an anachronism for “painting really inspires something magical” The group has ambitions to be noticed provincially and as members of the Valley Visual Artists, the show endorsed by the Nicola Valley Arts Council, which is a member of the provincial arts council umbrella.That is a good ambition and they have the background to do it. (one is a retired arts teacher). Their style runs from impressionism to realism and some abstraction.
The show reception is at 4:00 PM today and the gallery is open and maned with a curator Fridays and Saturdays 10 am to 4 PM
Today in History, March 4, 2002
Canada bans human cloning.
Hey Merit what do you say?
Kevin Griffiths
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