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REFRESHED.

2010-03-26T22:31:00.000-07:00

Our featured local artist, Scott MacDougall of Pemberton, has refreshed his work adorned on our walls. Come check out the new larger scale pieces!

Happy Powtrails...

2010-03-02T13:05:00.000-08:00

http://lib-tech.com/2010/03/02/happy-powtrails/

New Artwork by local painter Scott MacDougall

2010-02-19T22:34:00.000-08:00

location scouting

2010-01-26T11:54:00.000-08:00

Well, its been a very white 2010 here in backwoods BC. We have been spending some time scouting locations for the future mobile coffee cart. We think we have some good spots located, access is a bit tricky though...

Wondering what to give for Christmas?

2009-12-14T23:11:00.000-08:00

We have a great selection of gifts available for your coffee loving friends and family! Support Local.

*We now have gift cards! Perfect stocking stuffer...
*We carry a variety of Planetary Designs mugs, these are the best quality stainless mugs you will find anywhere. They keep your bevy hot all day, really!

*Also check the new double-walled ceramic mug with silicone lid, super cool.
*As well, we have press-pot mugs. Make your coffee on the go, they even have a stash compartment for your "coffee" underneath.
* And 3 sizes of double-walled stainless French Presses to check. These will outlast any Bodum and keep your coffee hot to boot.
* We also have a cool selection of MCCC Flex fit ball caps, both mesh back and fitted. Handmade bags and hats by Shannon Ellis Designs. And amazing hand thrown ceramic by local Meg Gallup..
* And don't forget the best gift of all....COFFEE!! mmmcoffee.
Wishing everyone a great Holiday season!!

Rad Boob Club Ski Calendar AVAILABLE NOW!

2009-12-07T23:40:00.000-08:00

GET YOURS TODAY!!!

In Golden, British Columbia, there is a group of girls called the Rad Boob Club. Reacting to the exclusivity of the unofficial Rad Dude Club, these ladies can be found out skiing the best lines in B.C. Recently, this group of skier chicks created the Rad Boob Ski Calendar to raise funds for the Rethink Breast Cancer Foundation. Available for $20 here at MCCC or online, the 12-month photo gallery features athletes such as Ingrid Backstrom, Grete Eliassen, and Lynsey Dyer. And sorry fellas, but there’s no nudity—just ski action and lifestyle shots.

Whistler based freelance writer, skier, and calendar designer, Holly Walker felt privileged to be a part of the project. “I had a stroke last winter, which provided me with a lot of free time on my hands,” Walker says. “I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my time, than to get back into graphic design and help the girls out.”

This winter the girls of the calendar will be touring to different ski resorts to sell their product and pass out information on breast cancer awareness. Check out the website [radboob.com] and find more information on Rethink Breast Cancer awareness foundation [rethinkbreastcancer.com].

Here is a list of all the girls featured in the calendar:

Cover: Martha Burley

January: Laura Ogden (PEMBERTON!)

February: Tessa Treadway (PEMBERTON!)

March: Karolina Ekman

April: Lynsey Dyer

May: Grete Eliassen

June: Izzy Lynch

July: Ingrid Backstrom

August: Janina Kuzma

September: Marie-Claude Larivee

October: Sarah Frood

November: Kirsten Lyle

December: Holly Walker

2011: Leah Evans, Susan Medville (PEMBERTON!), Amy McDermid

(text provided by skinet.com)

Come support breast cancer research and get yourself a beautifully designed calendar featuring many local Pemberton Ladies ripping!

Mount Currie Coffee Company is on Facebook.

2009-11-15T20:37:00.001-08:00

Become a fan of ours on facebook, you won't be disappointed...

CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR FB PAGE.

Featured Artist: Betsy Barnum

2009-10-08T10:27:00.000-07:00

MCCC is pleased to announce that Betsy Barnum has her work up through the Fall.

Betsy is a Seattle based artist, who creates artwork that is not only captivating but also deeply layered and full of life. Her current series contains scenes of flight, growth and portraiture that is subtly infused with pattern and soft tones.

Artist Statement:
I use my works on paper to describe my life, expressing my thoughts and emotions about a specific moment or circumstance through my relationships with those I am close to. I build up thin layers of paint, ink and pencil to conceal and reveal images the way emotions and behavior are unconsciously layered to hide or signal something to others. The gesture and composition of the figures in my work are very important, as they are the first indicators of the work's meaning.

I use recurring objects from piece to piece as symbols or metaphors for people and ideas. For example, I often use a typewriter to represent myself, or birds as metaphors for fear and emotion. I use paper as my surface because of its flexibility, smoothness, and capacity for erasure. Like a palimpsest, it shows the progression and history of layers of marks. Like skin it wrinkles and fights back when worked on, asserting its personality into the painting or drawing. Like journal pages, my work is an ongoing narrative, each piece chronologically linked to the others. Each gesture, color, layer, and object is significant, and each work interacts with the others to establish meaning through a repetition of these elements.

Betsy Barnum has an M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute and is an artist, designer and maker of things. You can't help but love her. Come by and see her work for yourself!
We're open 6:30-6PM Daily!

BEST OF PEMBERTON 2009 - MCCC is Best Latté!!!

2009-10-08T10:06:00.000-07:00

Thank You Pemberton, for voting us Best Latté in
Pique News Magazine's Best of Pemberton 2009!

Featured Artist: Liks

2009-06-11T18:39:00.000-07:00

Hailing from The Land Down under...

Liks grew up riding the Melbourne train system "The Met", through the late 80's and early 90's. Seeing the works of such artists as Merda, Duel, Ransom, Zane Bug, Tame and Puzle, Liks quickly became consumed with graffiti, creating an obsession which remains to this day.

One of the first canvases Liks ever worked on was his parents’ shed in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia, when he was a teenager. Believe it or not, his parents didn’t yell or punish him for releasing his cans of spray paint — they encouraged him to express himself and bought him his first book on graffiti - "Spray Can Art".

When he was 19 years old, Liks moved to the beautiful mountain resort of Whistler. He only intended to stay for one season, but his love for the mountains kept him longer. Although embracing the laid-back mountain lifestyle, his passion for street art is undeniable. Combined creativity and strong work ethic have resulted in various successful projects with local businesses, and clients abroad.

When Liks isn't painting or sketching, he is probably snowboarding if there is fresh powder on the hills, or chilling with his girlfriend and dog Moe on the couch. Through the encouragement of friends and family, his passion for graffiti has snowballed over the years. Liks is happiest when he is painting, engrossing himself in graffiti on a daily basis. In the future he hopes to continue to grow and brighten our dull, boring walls everywhere- giving people something to look at and enjoy.

Visit his website: www.liks1.com to see more of his work!

Featured Artist: Erik Otto

2009-04-01T07:45:00.000-07:00

This Spring we are fortunate enough to feature the artwork of Erik Otto: an artist, graphic designer, and art director born and raised in the South Bay Area. He is a graduate from San Jose State University, where he studied Illustration and Animation. After graduation, Otto moved to San Francisco, to be a part of the fast paced art and design environment a bigger city provides. He has since worked with companies such as Urban Outfitters, Old Navy, Jansport, Wells Fargo, and HBO and recently was awarded the Jury Prize at Cut & Paste’s Digital Design Tournament for 2007.

Otto’s personal artwork is exhibited in galleries nationally and is represented by Shooting Gallery in San Francisco.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I consider myself a process artist and it is often during the act of scavenging for materials that I meditate and develop the concepts for the work I am about to create. I often leave the initial stages of my work open and uncertain while intuitively working out a resolution that will decide its final outcome based on the suggestive qualities of the medium and materials at hand.
Through my artwork and installations, I am narrating an autobiographical story that depicts the struggle to connect my awakened state to the desires found within. Pulling from what builds me as well as what tries to destroy me, my goal is that through my work, I may find peace in creating and questioning my own existence. In a world that seems to have fallen apathetic in wanting to make a difference, my hope is that my artwork is an honest reminder of the importance of dreams and the necessity of living a life of significance.

We love Erik, and know you will too!
Come by to see his creations hanging from April through May.
More information can be seen at www.erikotto.com or check out the art on threads at www.newleafclothing.com or www.blog.newleafclothing.com!

Featured Artist: Chris Ankeny

2008-12-17T09:30:00.000-08:00

We at Mount Currie Coffee Company are proud to have the photography of Chris Ankeny on our walls. Before his role at MCCC as owner/operator, Chris spent a majority of time in the mountains as a professional photographer. The snowy images are little windows to a culture we love and embrace, mountain life. We are able to live vicariously through Chris' lens and fly over huge Alaskan peaks as well as shread the spines found in the surrounding peaks right here in Pemberton. Enjoy!

ARTIST BIO:
The first time Chris stepped foot in the Pemberton Valley it happened to be atop Mount Currie. A very lucky situation had presented itself and he found himself filling an empty chopper seat headed for Currie. That was more than 10 years ago... ever since that day he made it a personal goal to relocate to this dreamy valley. After being here a few years now, he has found that the quality of Pemberton life to be unmatched, from the relaxed pace to the endless expanse of mountains, there is a lifetime of adventure to uncover here.

As long as he can remember, Chris’ life has revolved around the thrill of skiing and snowboarding. It is the beauty found in the mountains and the endless exploration for the next zone that keeps every season just as exciting as the last. The natural beauty of the mountains, the tranquility and labor of ascending them, and the thrill of the descent is what Chris tries to capture and transmit to the viewer of his photographs. The mountains have provided so much fulfillment in his life that it feels like a personal responsibility to try and share these experiences with others.

Support the Arts

2008-11-24T14:56:00.000-08:00

Come join the fun and celebrate the culture of Pemberton.
Music, Art, Dance Experience
At the Community Centre this Saturday.
November 29, 2008
8PM - 12PM

Click here for more details.

Coffee Drinkin' Season is here.

2008-10-09T22:13:00.000-07:00

Nothing like frigid mornings and crisp days to keep the crave of a good coffee alive.

We have some stellar new coffee's on tap. 49th Parallel came out with a signature blend that is off the charts if you like an honest blended medium roast that you can drink all day long. Come and give it a try as we have it on tap every day now. It's aptly named 123 Longitude.

Also a couple of new Single Origins: Mexico Nayarita and Guatemala Oriente Tzampetey, both quite lively and bright and worth a taste for the nectar connoisseur.

Enjoy.

SOUP'S BACK Y'ALL!

2008-09-23T11:41:00.000-07:00

Fall is Here, Mt. Currie is dusted with a Beautiful Coating of Snow, Days are Chilly and now our delicious homemade soups are back! Yay!

Come in and warm up with a bowl of tasty delight!

They are hearty and always made in-house with the freshest ingredients. Hope to see you soon!

Best Latté

2008-09-12T16:32:00.000-07:00

We were voted "Best Latté" in the Pique News Magazine's 'Best of Pemberton' for 2008. We came in second for "Best Local Hangout", "Best Place for People Watching" and "Best New Business (by default, apparently we can't win two years in a row). We were voted third for "Best Place to Witness a Pack of Stroller Joggers"

Thanks so much to everyone who voted and to all our locals for all of your continual support!

Congrats to the Helmers, Sturdy's and Miller's for being our favorite farmers too!

Featured Artist: Jarrod Eastman

2008-09-04T10:24:00.000-07:00

Mount Currie Coffee Company is proud to introduce Pemberton to jROD aRT.

Jarrod is an amazing artist based out of Bozeman, Montana who's wonderful sketches give us a glimpse of his amazing creative energy & talent. His refreshing characters are interesting, fun & full of flavour. Each piece allows us to have an understanding of his imagination and love of art. They're impossible not to love.

Come by and have a peek.

Show will be up through October.

Artist Statement:
I feel a great connectedness to the energy that embodies creativity. It is through this energy that my work pervades a sense of possibility and imagination. The dialogue that takes place between the artist and the canvas is as important as the interaction between the canvas and its viewer. This is how art is able to permeate our culture. It is a crucial step in the constant ebb and flow of creative energy. This step is of great importance to our souls and peace of mind.

I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona surrounded by the desert. I had a childhood that was inundated with graphics from skateboards, rock bands and an explosive pop culture. I was fortunate to travel from an early age and have a great appreciation for "otherness" and cultural diversity. Other early influences included the nascent pop surrealism movement and the art of Maurice Sendak, Ralph Steadman, Joe Sorren, Derek Hess and Robert Williams; to name a few. My work has been shaped and reshaped by various subcultures ranging from skateboarding, punk, jazz, hip-hop music, and spoken word, to a lifestyle centered in the mountains.

In the early 90's influenced by friends and artists, I began the journey of a self taught artist. In my earlier portfolios, I experimented with psychedelic and tattoo art. Fifteen years later I paint full time, communicating my imagination through images. My most creative moments are infused with motion, music and color. My art has become more than a passage of time. For me it has become time itself. It is my passion. You can vieew my website at www.jRODaRT.com and contact me at info@jrodart.com.

Best of Pemberton

2008-08-11T11:24:00.000-07:00

The annual "Best of Pemberton" awards are up for grabs and we would be stoked if you would vote for us. Here is the link to the Pique website. You have to fill in 30 catagories to qualify..
Vote for us and we will love you forever!

www.piquenewsmagazine.com

(go to extra's and click Best of Pemberton)

Thanks for all the support in our first year!

Welcome Pemberton Festival Goers!

2008-07-09T16:19:00.000-07:00

Welcome all Workers, Music Lovers and Happy Campers!

Are you addicted to coffee?
Fret not.
Come by and have some of the World's
BEST coffee right here in Pemberton.

On your way to or from the music, stop by and visit our shop.
Or try an ice cold Epic Mocha Frappé!

We also have home made salads, baked goods, sweet treats, sammies, clean bathrooms, internet use with a puchase and air conditioning!

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Remember the event by taking Mount Currie with you!
Shop owner and photographer, Chris Ankeny will have panoramic posters of the magnificent peak in all its glory, available for sale at the shop.
Get yours today!

Happy Canada Day 2008!

2008-06-30T22:50:00.000-07:00

Happy Canada Day!

Congratulations on the Grand Opening of the new COMMUNITY CENTRE right next door!
Way to go, making your dreams a reality! The entire building is amazing and such a luxury to have in our village. We already love our new neighbors. Cheers!

Come get relief from the heat with an Epic Mocha Frappé or Mixed Berry Smoothie!
They're Delicious.

Or, try one of our new ventilated, FlexFit Hats on for size.
Summer is Here!!!

To celebrate Canada Day, we're having a sale on all our logo shirts and hoodies!
Enjoy your holiday!

Vanessa Stark Livens up the Shop

2008-06-26T11:02:00.000-07:00

We are proud to be exhibiting the vibrant artwork of our friend Vanessa Stark at the cafe this summer. Vanessa lives the Pemberton lifestyle to the fullest, she is talented in seemingly everything she puts her mind to. Solid in all disciplines of shred and a mean cook to boot! We are stoked to be graced by Vanessa's good energy through her artwork. Come and check it.

Mt. Queen Bess Mission

2008-05-03T23:21:00.000-07:00

Jack Hannan & Jon Johnston are en route to climb and ski Mt. Queen Bess up north. They are well equipped with some fresh French Roast and tasty Papua New Guinea for some extra lift. Check these shots of the masterpiece, amazing photos by John Scurlock. Good luck boys!

Supporting our Troops

2008-04-03T15:31:00.000-07:00

Our local boys are off to AK (the upper one), in search of good times and amazing lines. Follow along on their journey here: www.cheetahfactoryracing.com

Featured Artist: Betsy Barnum

2008-03-11T10:20:00.000-07:00

Betsy Barnum has an M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute and is an artist, designer and maker of things. Her collage is featured at Mount Currie Coffee Company for the months of March and April 2008. Betsy lives in Edmond, Oklahoma and loves traveling and going places she's never been. "I have lots of goals and projects I'm working on, and mostly I just want to live my life and create things that mean something to me."

Betsy's work features many layers and dimensions leaving you with a piece of her personality and beautiful worldy outlook...

"I use my works on paper to describe my life, expressing my thoughts and emotions about a specific moment or circumstance through my relationships with those I am close to. I build up thin layers of paint, ink and pencil to conceal and reveal images the way emotions and behavior are unconsciously layered to hide or signal something to others. The gesture and composition of the figures in my work are very important, as they are the first indicators of the work's meaning. I use recurring objects from piece to piece as symbols or metaphors for people and ideas. For example, I often use a typewriter to represent myself, or birds as metaphors for fear and emotion. I use paper as my surface because of its flexibility, smoothness, and capacity for erasure. Like a palimpsest, it shows the progression and history of layers of marks. Like skin it wrinkles and fights back when worked on, asserting its personality into the painting or drawing. Like journal pages, my work is an ongoing narrative, each piece chronologically linked to the others. Each gesture, color, layer, and object is significant, and each work interacts with the others to establish meaning through a repetition of these elements."

More of her work can be seen on her website: REVERIE STUDIO
or you can also EMAIL HER HERE
She's crafty as well.. (imagine that.) Her, one of a kind, work along with her twin sister Dana's are available at the LIME STORE.