It's Happening on Fogo Island: July 24 to Oct 21, 2015A

It's Happening on Fogo Island!

2015 Events

Artists Talks at the Fogo Island Inn are just one of many events happening on Fogo Island!

July 24^th: “Celebration on Main Street”, featuring The Brimstone Head Players presentation of “The Ferry” at the former United Church Cultural Gallery, 8pm; $10.  Local dining experiences all day, but especially from 4:30-7:30pm at Beaches Bar & Grill, Kwang Tung and Mudder’s Place; Fogo

July 26^th: Come fly a kite!  2pm, Marconi Wireless Interpretation Centre, Fogo

             Bring your own kite or purchase one for $3 (limited quantities); Weather permitting

July 27^th: Storytelling on the Slipway, 3pm, Tilting

July 29^th: Kitchen Party, 8:30pm, Brimstone Head Lion’s Club, Fogo

            Admission: $5, lunch served, bar open

July 29^th: Guided walking tour to Lion’s Den, 11am, beginning at the Marconi site, Fogo

            Cost: $20, includes traditional Newfie ‘boil-up’: bologna and beans cooked over an open fire, with tea/water.

July 29^th-August 1^st: Change Islands Garden Party, Change Islands
  http://www.changeislands.ca/page04.htm

July 30^th: Local Talent and Open Mic Night, 7pm, all ages.  $5 adults, $2 children 

   Iceberg Arena, Fogo Island Central

July 31^st: Kitchen Party, 3pm, Brett House Museum, Joe Batt’s Arm.

Aug 1^st-2^nd: Etheridge's Point Sea Side Fest, Joe Batt's Arm

Aug 2^nd: Old School House summer class, “1888 style”, 2pm, Old School House Museum, Fogo

August 5^th: ‘Toutons and Tea Time’, 9:30am-1:30pm, Iceberg Arena, Fogo Island Central

                        Cost: $8 for a meal

August 5^th: Guided walking tour to Lion’s Den, 11am, beginning at the Marconi site, Fogo

            Cost: $20, includes traditional Newfie ‘boil-up’: bologna and beans cooked over an open fire, with tea/water.

August 5^th: Fogo Island Arts, Artist Talk Series: Flaka Haliti, 6:30-7:30pm, Fogo Island Inn

August 6^th: Kitchen Party, 3pm, the Slipway, Tilting

August 12^th: Come fly a kite!  2pm, Marconi Wireless Interpretation Centre, Fogo

             Bring your own kite or purchase one for $3 (limited quantities); Weather permitting

August 13^th: Kitchen Party, 3pm, the Lane House, Tilting

Aug 14^th-16^th: Brimstone Head Folk Festival, Fogo
  http://brimstoneheadfestival.com/

August 19^th: Fogo Island Arts, Artist Talk Series: Goran Petrovic, 6:30-7:30pm, Fogo Island Inn

August 20^th: Kitchen Party, 3pm, Brett House Museum, Joe Batt’s Arm

August 27^th: Kitchen Party, 3pm, The Dwyer premises, Tilting

Sept 2^nd: Fogo Island Arts, Artist Talk Series: Michele di Menna, 6:30-7:30pm, Fogo Island Inn

Sept 16^th: Fogo Island Arts, Artist Talk Series: Boy Vereecken, 6:30-7:30pm, Fogo Island Inn

September 17^th-22^nd:  Féile Tilting 2015
  http://www.communityoftilting.com/

September 26^th: Wiseman Brothers concert, Iceberg Arena, Fogo Island Central

October 7^th: Fogo Island Arts, Artist Talk Series: Nico Ihlien, 6:30-7:30pm, Fogo Island Inn

October 10-11^th: Fogo Island Partridgeberry Harvest Festival, Iceberg Arena, Fogo Island Central

October 21^st: Fogo Island Arts, Artist Talk Series: Nadia Belerique, 6:30-7:30pm, Fogo Island Inn

Mistakes Happen; A Poem!

We hope you can overlook

any errors you might find

It just can't be avoided

when one is pushed for time

We hope the content will override

anything you find

that's not correct in a paragraph

or in a single line

It's easy to be a critic

even easier to grumble

but we think errors work quite well

as a way to keep us humble

So here's our first edition

of what we hope will be

an avenue of treasured stories

shared between you and we!

Carol Penton threw this little gem together when we had a bit of space to fill.

Wonderful words of wisdom. We did our best and we're proud of it!

Cheers

The Flamers!

Flamin' Labour pains!

The background almost looks like a photo shop it's so perfect

Oh it's a wonderful day.   We're expecting Flames!  That photo on the left is not from today though the temperatures recently might fool some.  The sun is shining(it actually is, this ain't fiction) and the Flame is lit!  We're hoping it'll warm the cockles of your heart and that you don't use it to light the July fires!

Just off my printer is a draft copy of the 32 page publication that we're not quite sure is a newspaper or a magazine or a book ( since we have no advertising in it).

The Flame in PDF-spectacular!

It is what it is, a uniquely Carol Penton/Carolyn Parsons Chaffey collaboration. A true two-island community collaboration as well.

We have so many ideas for future Flame stories and other projects we can't even talk to each other without going completely off task. So Carol dug a hole and went into hibernation to layout things while I tried to be on call for her in case she couldn't find stuff like photos or encountered a glitch all the while creating the blog and paypal account and such. She did good. Now she wants me to learn layout so I will, because learning keeps the brain working and mine needs a bit of a nudge.

But the exciting part for me is that I have it in my hot little hands--a FLAME.  It is the same file that has gone to the printer though not exactly what will come out the other side once the job is started. The printers say they can turn this around fairly quickly. I'm still hesitant to name the date for fear of the jinx but the car is gassed up and I'm ready to head to Gander to pick it up the MINUTE I'm told to go.

 I've gone through the copy and I have to say, you're going to be doing some reading, It's jam-packed with stories that flow, one on to the other, so that I expect for many it will be a "can't put down 'til it's done," sort of thing. Also, I discovered that Kim Collins is cutting hair on Fogo Island, she is my last hair dresser and only GOOD hairdresser EVER.   The thing is that I have a head full of curls that seem to baffle every hair dresser I ever encountered and have left many a chair looking like a brunette Q-tip such that I'd rather have a root canal than a hair cut!

Look for these faces at your door carrying The Flame!

So excited they are dancing for joy!

OK enough about my hair being in its permanent pony tail for several years, let's talk Flame. We hope you like it as much as we liked creating it. We've engaged two young people to sell these door to door for us. They are Miss Sophia Chaffey and Miss Martina Chaffey.  It truly is about who ya know uh? Hehe.  We have locations that have agreed to sell them also and we'll make every effort to make sure all who want to read the stories can. You'll also be happy to know pdf & epub versions will be available and mailed subscriptions can be arranged as well.  Prices forthcoming on that soon!  Have a Flamin' good day everybody no matter what the weather! ~The Flamin' Flamers!

Igniting the Flame!

Stages on Fogo Island

Long liners on Change Islands

 The Flame will be ignited soon! The files are off to the printer and if all goes as planned Friday, July 24 we'll have them in our hot little hands! When we decided to do this together our mission was to tell the stories of the island to the people who love the island. What is wonderful about this project is that we agree that we're going to focus on the good things happening and that there are so many good things happening!  We look forward to sharing our work of the past few months with you!

The old and the new side by side exemplifies the way of the islands!