It's a Wonderful Life in Fernwood
Zuzu's Petals in our own neighbourhood.
Karolyn Grimes, the original Zuzu in the 1946 classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life" at Collective Works Gallery in Victoria June 20, 2009.
Details about Karolyn's appearance
http://www.zuzu.net/appearances/index.html is her webpage.
June 20, 2009 -- Karolyn met people and signed books at the Collective Works Gallery from 11am-1pm. (1131 Gladstone Ave, Victoria BC). Some signed copies are still available, and have been kindly donated as fundraisers for the gallery.
The first part of Karolyn's visit to Fernwood took place at the Belfry, on June 19, 2009. It was an absolute delight to meet her and hear her stories.
We thank the folks at the Belfry for their tremendous support of this event as well as Roberta Martell who shared her wisdom regarding sustainable communities (like the movie's Bedford Falls and also like our very own Fernwood!
Note that "It's a Wonderful Life in Fernwood" was Sponsored by the Collective Works Gallery in Fernwood (1311 Gladstone Ave, Victoria, B.C.), whose exhibition with the same title (which includes a group exhibition of work by gallery members as well as a furniture exhibition "A Chair Affair" from the Camosun College Fine Furniture program) Runs till July 2, 2009.
No man [or woman] is a failure who has friends.
Karolyn Grimes and Chris Brunell in Fernwood on June 19, 2009.
Recent publicity (Vic News) about the "Zuzu" event:
http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/entertainment/Lifes_beautiful_secrets_for_Zuzu.html
Times Colonist article
http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/still+wonderful+life/1700492/story.html
The A-channel did an interview on Friday (June 19)
Karolyn, who portrayed Zuzu in 1946 in "It's a Wonderful Life", accepted our invitation to Fernwood to share her story and it was truly a Wonderful weekend in Fernwood.
Since Karolyn's childhood role in the classic movie, she has lived the meaning of the quote "No man is a failure who has friends."
Friendship is clearly important in our community of Fernwood. It keeps us lingering in the square, or in the lovely little places where we can eat and drink in this neighbourhood. It keeps groups of artists and actors working together to provide cultural experiences for the community.
We believe that Fernwood is a lot like Bedford Falls, the beautiful, caring, grounded community in "It's a Wonderful Life". A community where friendship overcomes problems. That's why we invited Karolyn to come here and speak to us about her life and the values of the movie.
"No man is a failure who has friends," is one of the many memorable quotes from a movie that we know is a favourite to many in our community of Fernwood: Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
http://www.zuzu.net/ Is Karolyn's own website.
Here is one of Zuzu's quotes:
We believe that appreciating the beauty of small things (and big things) is part of what makes our great community so special.
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Zuzu's Petals
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Here is Lindsay Beale's "It's a Wonderful Life in Fernwood"
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Here's the link to the Twitter account for "Fernwoodlife"
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Please contact Deryk Houston 250 884-6828 (dhouston@coastnet.com) for information about the Collective Works Gallery - an artist-owned cooperative place of art.
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