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An upcoming exhibit at the Hope Arts Gallery will showcase creative pieces inspired by assigned playing cards

A free Arts in the Park event will be held to mark the milestone at Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park on July 23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The annual festival on Harrison Lake runs July 9-17

Hexuberance Hexaphone, Victoria’s six-member a capella vocal ensemble, is coming to Hope on July 1st at 7 p.m. “This group is thought of as Canada’s only professional vocal sextet and they were chosen to premiere BC 150 Project: Five Songs for British Columbia,” said Darla Dickinson, supervisor of Christ Church Anglican & National Historic Site.

The Young Street Vocal Band is coming to Hope. The group will be performing on June 26 at 7 p.m. at the Hope United Church on the corner of Queen Street and 3rd Avenue.

Singer brings Love & Other Stuff to festival

When ArtsBC announced its Community Arts Champions for 2011, nobody was more surprised than Diane Ferguson. The award was only given out to three people – for their contributions to the development and promotion of the arts in their communities – and Ferguson was one of the winners. “Actually, I was quite shocked,” she said.