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Landing Music

Music in the Landing swings into the weekend tonight (Friday) in the Gazebo at the end of the wharf in Gibsonsfrom 7 to 8 p.m. with Anagram, the jazz duo of Anna Lumiere, keyboard,and Graham Ord, sax/flute with special guest John Rule on drums.

Music in the Landing swings into the weekend tonight (Friday) in the Gazebo at the end of the wharf in Gibsonsfrom 7 to 8 p.m. with Anagram, the jazz duo of Anna Lumiere, keyboard,and Graham Ord, sax/flute with special guest John Rule on drums.

Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pioneer Square, BOAB, a four-piece rock/ska/hip hop group,will wake up your morning.

The afternoon features two shows between 1:30and 3:30 p.m. at the Winegarden bus shelter - watch local actors perform classic tales with a modern twistas Story Theatre takes the stage.

Saturday evening from 7 to 8:45 p.m., bring your lawn chairs, blankets, friends and family to Winegarden Parkand enjoy Bits of Stringas Mark Lebbell, guitar/vocals,and Kaia Nielsen, acoustic bass/vocals,are joined by Ken Dalgleish, keyboard,and Graham Walker, drums,on their Canadicana non-traditional roots and fun music.

On Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., another jazz duo - Karen Graves, vocals/sax/flute, and Blair Lewis, guitar - whowowed crowdsat Gibsons JazzWeek, return toSundial Stage next to the Gibsons Sunday Market in Holland Park.

All shows are free with donations gratefully accepted.

Artist opening

José Ventura will be presenting some of his new work completed since moving from Vancouver to Gibsons at an exhibition at the Blackberry Shop in Gibsons Landing. The opening is on Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served and the artist will be in attendance. Ventura expresses himself by painting on canvas, ceramics, stained glass, wood and metal figurines. All mediums will be represented in the show. Born in El Salvador, he graduated from art school and worked as a model maker in the National Museum of Anthropology in San Salvador while pursuing his painting. After studying, living and exhibiting in Mexico, he emigrated to Canada in 1982, settled in Vancouver, working as a designer and also exploring different techniques in glass. For more on the artist, see www.joseventura.net.

Movie Night

This Thursday, July 14, all are invited to come to Brothers Park in Gibsons for an outdoor movie event to benefit KidSport Sunshine Coast. Activities start at 7:30 p.m. and the movie starts at dusk, approximately 9:45 p.m. Admission is free.

Glass show

Coast glass artisans Wayne Harjula and Miyuki Shinkai are part of Heat: Expressions in Glass put on by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council, opening today (July 8). They will be exhibiting some of their finest glass works/installations at the CityScape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave. in North Vancouver. The show runs until Aug. 6.

Goldmoss

The most recent show at the Goldmoss Gallery, 2840 Lower Rd. in Roberts Creek, features eight artists on the theme of infinity. Lee Grant-Roberts shows a terrific collaboration with weaver Susan Gordon in the piece Night Swimming. Jennifer Seymour features a cityscape, while Heather Gatz shows a personally significant piece, a depiction of a wheelchair. Other artists on show are Nadina Tandy, Bon Roberts, Una Bachinski and Donna Balma. The show runs all summer; hours of opening are Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. See www.goldmoss.com for more.

Painter at 101

The artist for the month of July at 101 Office Supply in Sechelt is Sechelt painter Mary Pifer.

A painter since childhood, she has developed a unique realist style that at the same time engages the imagination. In 1980 she joined four fellow artists to form Creekhouse Gallery on Granville Island. In 1996 when Pifer retired from the Gallery, she received the Business and Arts Award for outstanding contribution to the arts in Vancouver. The show at 101 features a large number of canvasses and is both a retrospective and a testament to the artist's mastery of watercolours, oils and acrylics.

Baking secrets

If you'd love to create gourmet baked goods, try the Sweet Chef, April Qureshi's workshop. She offers expert advice to create decadent Belgian chocolate mousse, tarte au citron (lemon tart) in short crust pastry,gluten-free almond dacquoise and garnishes and decorations for your desserts. Join the Sweet Chef on Saturday, July 16, at a workshop from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at a private residence on Davis Bay and get advice, professional baking tips and recipes. For more info, see www.thesweetchef.com.

Women of Pender

The awards just keep on coming for the Women of Pender Harbour: Their Voices, Their History.

The book, created by the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, has received second place in the B.C. Genealogical Society's Family History Book Awards for 2010. The society is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with the new book award to encourage family history research and writing in and about B.C. Books chosen must be written by a B.C. author or relate to B.C. family history.

The book also received a BC Historical Federation book prize at the federation's annual meeting May 7 in Powell River.

Deadline Tuesday

Send items for Art Beat (include who, what, where, when, why and ticket info as briefly as possible) to me via e-mail (jandegrass@dccnet.com) or phone (604-886-4692) only. No Facebook messages, please. My deadline is Tuesday before 5 p.m. for Friday's newspaper.