Culture Days

Fresh faced and stylishly retro-chique, Beauty Shop Dolls are a vintage vocal trio that have been entertaining a wide variety of audiences across the Lower Mainland since 2014. Performing classics from the roaring 1920s Great Gatsby era, the swinging 1940s dance halls, and boppin’ 1950s radio hits, these dolls know how to woo any crowd into an old fashioned love affair.

The perfect blend of lush vocals, gorgeous retro costumes, and classic dance choreography, Beauty Shop Dolls leave anyone with a sweet tooth for musical delight well satisfied. Whether you desire a classy and captivating show, front and center, or could use some gorgeous female vocals setting the mood, Beauty Shop Dolls will do it in style.

Tickets - $20

North Delta Centre for the Arts

7:30pm

Entertain and be entertained. Share the stage with a variety of singers, musicians, poets, actors and dancers in this intergenerational monthly evening. Performing not your thing? Then sit back and enjoy the show!  Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 7:30pm. Light refreshments served.

North Delta Centre for the Arts

$5 admission for both performers and audience

7:30pm

In partnership with Delta Literary Arts Society, inkwelltold is a bi-monthly reading-in-conversation series. Each evening will feature two readers and a Q&A session. Open to all ages.

North Delta Centre for the Arts

7pm

Come and celebrate the newly opened Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre! The Open House will feature artist talks, gallery tours, partner booths, food trucks, live music and heritage games in our outdoor orchard.

Free

Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre

11am-3pm

Take the scenic route around some of Delta's most iconic sites and learn about their storied history through one of our Heritage Scavenger Hunts. Drive with your team to the locations indicated on our adventure map. Like the "Amazing Race", your team will be given either a Detour or Roadblock style activity to complete at each location. Complete the activity and you'll receive your next clue. Come join us and experience Delta's diverse history and beautiful local landscapes!

Register for Free

11am-4pm

Discover Delta through a guided Heritage Walk around downtown Ladner, led by a knowledgeable Delta Heritage Society member. Learn all about local heritage monuments, nature and the diverse communities of Delta. The walk starts and ends at 4953 Chisholm Street, Lander. Participants are encouraged to visit the Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre after for tea and snacks.

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1-2pm

Join us at Harris Barn - 4140 Arthur Dr, Delta, BC V4K 1C7, for some Heritage Baking! Using a heritage recipe from the Delta Archives and apples from the Discovery Centre Heritage Orchard, bake a delicious treat that you can bring home!

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Harris Barn

1-3pm

Join us for an evening of haunted melodies and country soaked Americana rock n' roll with TrailerHawk!

North Delta Centre for the Arts

7:30pm

Learn some tips, tricks, and skills for a variety of different art styles from the talented artists at the Watershed Artworks Society.

Guest instructor Eileen Fong from the Watershed Artworks Society teaches you the basics of Chinese Brush Painting, including basic materials and techniques.

Guest instructor Rita Chaplinsky from the Watershed Artworks Society teaches you the basics of acrylic painting with an emphasis on colour blending.

Guest instructor Wendy Meades from the Watershed Artworks Society teaches you the basics of watercolour painting, including basic materials and techniques.

Episode 1 - Water Art Tour

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society provides an introduction along with a tour of Water Art.

Episode 2 - Watercolour Paint

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society provides an introduction to watercolour paint.

Episode 3 - Watercolour Paper

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society provides an introduction to water colour paper.

Episode 4 - Brushes

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society provides an introduction to watercolour brushes.

Episode 5 - Ancillary Items

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society discusses helpful ancillary items.

Episode 6 - Gallery System

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society discusses the gallery space as it currently exists in Canada.

Episode 7 - Purchasing Art

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society provides an introduction to purchasing art.

Episode 8 - How to Sell Art

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society discusses selling art.

Episode 9 - Sketching Horizons

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society demonstrates how to sketch horizons.

Episode 10 - Composition & Balance

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society discusses composition and balance.

Episode 11 - Revelstoke Demonstration 

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society provides a demonstration.

Episode 12 - Painting Trees

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society demonstrates how to paint trees.

Episode 13 - Trees & Leaves

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society demonstrates how to paint leaves on trees.

Episode 14 - Seascapes

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society provides a demonstration on seascapes.

Episode 15 - Other Tips & Tricks

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society provides a demonstration of utilizing wax paper with razors and pigma pens.

Episode 16 - Making Rocks

Errol Brimacombe from the Watershed Artworks Society demonstrates how to make rocks.

Play a role in brightening up the community and showing passer-bys that Delta Rocks! Using rocks of various sizes and some paints, you can introduce a little colour into gardens and dirt-patches. This fun and easy, family-friendly activity is big on creativity and little on mess.

Pottery Handbuilding Part 1

Sue from the Delta Potter's Club teaches us how to make heart ornaments and bowls out of clay! 

Pottery Handbuilding Supply List.
 

Pottery Handbuilding Part 2

Sue from the Delta Potter's Association continues to walk you through another installment of our Pottery Handbuilding series!

Pottery Handbuilding Part 3

Sue from the Delta Potter's Association continues to walk you through another installment of our Pottery Handbuilding series, focusing on bowls and ornaments!

Gerry Suzuki tells the story of his father's fishing boat compass and growing up along the Fraser River. 

Delta Treasures is a storytelling series from Delta Museum dedicated to artifacts from Delta's colourful past and the stories told by the people connected to them. For this episode, Lil Jones reminisces about her experience working for the local grocer.

For this episode, some Delta residents reminisce over a simple piece of their collective childhood: a milk bottle.

John and Ken provide insight of the daily life of a fisherman. 

Glen reflects upon his life as a fisherman. 

In this video, Glen discusses fishing over the course of generations.

In this video, John and Ken discuss the family life of a fisherman.

In this video, Ken discusses the early days in the life of a fisherman.

In this video, John discusses learning the trade.

In this video, the group discusses the history of fishing in Delta.

In this video, the group discusses the fishing season in Delta.

Barbara Baydala is a poet, grandmother, and amateur historian living in Ladner and finding inspiration in her topsy-turvey relationships with the people and places she loves. Her work has appeared in Geist, CV2, and online.

Valerie Fletcher Adolph has published both fiction and non-fiction in a variety of media, from newspaper columns to peer-reviewed academic articles. Her short fiction has been included in multiple anthologies in Canada and the US. Currently, she is working on the third book of a trilogy, taking a light-hearted look at characters emerging from the difficulties of WW2 in England.

Raoul Fernandes lives and writes in Vancouver. His first collection of poems, Transmitter and Receiver (Nightwood Editions, 2015) won the Dorothy Livesay Award and the Debut-litzer Award for Poetry in 2016 and was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry. He has been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry in English.