The Hyack Festival Association is on the hunt for volunteers and performers for some of its upcoming festivals.
"We are looking for volunteers for the Hyack Festival - in particular, the Hyack International Parade and Uptown Live on Saturday, May 25," said Douglas Smith, the association's executive director. "We are also doing a call for performers from the local community to perform on stage. If we can identify any emerging local acts that are decent enough, we would be happy to showcase them on stage."
Bands already lined up to play at Uptown Live include The Shilohs, The Belle Game and Bend Sinister featuring Moxon, who appeared last year.
"We definitely need to find a way to resonate with younger people in our community," Smith said in an email to The Record. "The volunteers we recruited for Uptown Live last year were fantastic. They were provided with free food and beverages and got a souvenir Uptown Live T-shirt. I make it a priority to make sure we take good care of our volunteers and make it a really positive experience for them."
Anyone who is interested in volunteer or performance opportunities at Hyack's upcoming events can call 604-522-6894, visit www.hyack.bc.ca or email [email protected].
MUSEUM EXHIBIT
Spring Break could be the perfect time to take a stroll down to the New Westminster Museum and check out its latest exhibit.
The stories of newspapers, businesses, labours of love and personalities are recounted in an exhibit about local printing - Hot off the Press: Printing in New Westminster. The exhibit runs until Sunday, April 28 and admission is by donation.
Highlights include printing presses, typefaces, an addressograph for printing envelopes, and printed materials such as a local cookbook, a 1940 propaganda flyer and the Columbian newspapers promotional record, Music to Make Money By.
The exhibit also features loans from community partners. Local collector Jason Vanderhill provided a number of works by the late Jim Rimmer, a Canadian designer and letterpress icon who lived on 11th Street.
"It's wonderful to see my grandfather's art on display in the city where he lived and worked," said his granddaughter Beth Barker, in a press release.
The New Westminster Museum and Archives is located at 302 Royal Ave., behind Irving House.
