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Resilience and Agility with Martha McCabe

Event Date(s): 
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Time: 
11:45am - 12:30pm

Martha McCabe is a 2 time Olympic swimmer and has been a mentor and role model for fellow Canadians for over a decade. Martha recovered from the disappointment of falling short of qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and came back as a force to be reckoned with in London 2012 and again in Rio 2016 where she was the Canadian Olympic Swim Team Captain. She will be speaking about her life experience as an athlete and how the traits and practice of agility and resilience have impacted her decisions and her life.

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Fernie Senior Citizens Society & Drop In Center, Fernie Pride Society, Fernie BC

What it Means to be Two Spirit & Transgender with Smokii Sumac

Event Date(s): 
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Time: 
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Join Smokii Sumac (Ktunaxa) in discussion on what it means to be two-spirit and transgender, including history and conversations of 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion. A poet and PhD Candidate in Indigenous Studies at Trent University, Smokii's work centers on the question: how do we come home? As an Indigenous adoptee, intergenerational residential school survivor, and two-spirit person, Smokii's lived experiences are deeply embedded into his art and research.

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Fernie Senior Citizens Society & Drop In Center, Fernie Pride Society, Fernie BC

Rainbow Classrooms with Jesse Halton

Event Date(s): 
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Time: 
3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Fernie Senior Citizens Society & Drop In Center, Fernie Pride Society, Fernie BC

Queer Makers Pop-Up Market

Event Date(s): 
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Time: 
12:30pm - 1:30pm

Come on over on your lunch hour, and head to the back room of the Fernie Seniors Centre to check out the Queer Makers Pop Up Market. Come show your support for queer artisans! 

All are welcome to attend and shop! Vendors list coming soon.

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Fernie Senior Citizens Society & Drop In Center, Fernie Pride Society, Fernie BC

Bookish Brunch with Ivan Coyote

Event Date(s): 
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Time: 
10:00am - 12:30pm

Ivan Coyote is a writer and storyteller. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, they are the author of thirteen books, the creator of four films, six stage shows, and three albums that combine storytelling with music. Coyote’s books have won the ReLit Award, been named a Stonewall Honour Book, been longlisted for Canada Reads, and been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize for non-fiction, and the Governor General's Award for non-fiction twice.

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Fernie Senior Citizens Society & Drop In Center, Fernie Pride Society, Fernie BC

Queereoke with the Queen of Karaoke

Event Date(s): 
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Time: 
7:30pm

A night of singing, performing, all out dancing and fancy moves hosted by the Queen of Queereoke, Tyrel Hawke!

Buy TICKETS now to reserve your spot. Get them online here: https://linktr.ee/ferniepride

Tickets also available at the door.

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Fernie Legion, Fernie Pride Society, Fernie BC, Live Music

Love Makes a Family

Posted: 
Feb 07, 2023

What is love? (Besides a banger 90s hit.) It comes in so many different forms, shapes, and colours that you can put in what you like, take from it what you will, interpret and feel it depending on time of the day or where you are in your journey through life.

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Fernie Pride Society, community, love, art, arts, Culture

Drag Paint & Sip

Event Date(s): 
Friday, September 23, 2022
Time: 
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Join The Fernie Arts Station in the theatre for a fun Pride themed mug painting workshop with Jess Bozoky and visiting Drag Queens Freida Whales & Sophonda Dick as part of Fernie Pride Festival!

Their Pottery studio manager has hand thrown mug bodies that have been bisque fired and are ready to decorate! All mugs will be functional and safe for use after their final firing. They will have a wide array of different colors for decorating and painting illustrations, landscapes stencils and textures on to your mug. 

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The Arts Station, arts, Culture, Fernie BC, Fernie Pride Society, Elk Valley Pride Festival

Ride with Pride Decoration Station

Event Date(s): 
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Time: 
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Who is ready to Ride With Pride? Stop by the Arts Station on Wednesday, September 21 at 4pm with your bike to decorate your ride for the Pride Bike Parade! All supplies will be provided to rainbow your ride!

Visit the Arts Station website for more information. 

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The Arts Station, arts, Culture, Fernie BC, Fernie Pride Society, Elk Valley Pride Festival

Born This Way Parent/Caregiver Group

Event Date(s): 
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Time: 
7:00pm

Born This Way, is the Fernie Pride Society's new parent/grandparent/caregiver group will be meeting on the second Tuesday of the month at 7pm.

Please drop-in to 561 4th Avenue (Fernie, Christ Church Anglican) for a casual and supportive gathering for parents and caregivers of 2SLGBTQ+ youth in the Elk Valley.

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Fernie Pride Society, community