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Arts Building opens its doors

Art Beat

Members of the Arts Building (464 S. Fletcher, Gibsons) are hosting an open house on Saturday, Sept. 30 from noon to 4 p.m. to showcase the many events coming up in their fall season. There are workshops in printing with natural dyes, learning to knit, ukulele group for adults and weekly activities for pre-schoolers and home-schooled kids. Admission to the open house is free. See www.artsbuilding.org for more.

Mad Park music

On Friday, Sept. 29 the Bistro Autumn Showcase Series hosts Djembe Mama with Debra Shields and her partner Trevor Boulle – easy listening classics and songs we all love to sing to, with a sprinkling of love songs.

Once again the Smoking Crowns crew will warm your hearts with more of their old favourites at the Mad Park Bistro, in Madeira Park (right by the old boat). No cover charge. Music runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. with dinner from 5 p.m.

On Trails

This Friday, Sept. 29, Robert Moor talks about his book On Trails: An Exploration at the Hangar Climbing Lounge, 5824 Sechelt Inlet Road. And a short film about the Appalachian Trail will be shown, starting at 8 p.m. Admission is free, and all are welcome.

Ghost warning

Author Kara Stanley will be launching her new novel, Ghost Warning, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (Trail and Medusa in Sechelt) at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30. Meet the author and have her sign your book.

Book and art

Pat Ridgway writes that she will be holding a book launch and art show/sale at Blackbird Studios, 205 Pratt Road, Gibsons, on Sunday, Oct. 1 from 1 to 5 p.m. Ian Ridgway’s book, A Carpenter’s Tale, is now published and available. They have already sold nearly 100 copies and want to celebrate the launch as well as offer copies to friends on the Sunshine Coast. Pat will also be showing new paintings and having a sale of prints and cards. Guests are welcome to experience the late summer gardens and studio. Refreshments will be available.

Films of interest

The Sunshine Coast Film Society (SCFS) offers the Sechelt screening of the French/German film Frantz, set in Germany after WWI. It’s at the Raven’s Cry Theatre at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30. Admission is $5 for members or $9 for a single event member.

In Gibsons at the Heritage Playhouse on Monday, Oct. 2 the Film Society presents an Iranian/French film, The Salesman, a psychological and moral drama about how one man’s anger drives him to the brink. See www.scfs.ca for details.

Tall tales

On Saturday, Sept. 30 audience is welcome to the Coastal Toastmasters speech competition. Four local Toastmasters clubs will compete in the Area Tall Tales and Table Topics (impromptu speaking) speech categories and the first and second place winners will move on to the division level in North Vancouver. Expect some good stories and audience participation while judges determine the results. Contest runs from 6 to 8 p.m. with admission by donation at the Davis Bay Community Hall.

Legion music

• Last Saturday at Gibsons Legion #109, the dance floor was crowded with fans of Playback. This week the Song Butchers deliver in their own style at Gibsons Legion on Saturday, Sept. 30 starting at 8 p.m. Members $5, guests $10.

• Baby Harry’s Electric Soul returns to the Roberts Creek Legion #219 (3064 Lower Road) on Sept. 30 from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Spun Spectra and Methinks

From Thursday, Oct. 5 to Sunday, Oct. 29 the Gibsons Public Art Gallery presents Spun Spectra, an exhibition by Nicolas Teichrob, and Methinks I Should Know You, an exhibition by Jennifer Love. The opening reception is on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Teichrob writes: “Spun Spectra is a series of cedar-framed images sharing the interplay between light and spiderwebs, all photographed on the Sunshine Coast. The natural optical phenomena of the rainbow spectra produced through refraction and diffraction of light by spider webs, whose woven structures consist of many different types of strands and strand coatings, are stunningly beautiful. They yield magnificent palettes in the visible light spectrum that vary from one web to another and even strand to strand.”

Love writes: “In the early summer of 2015, an American artist who I have long admired, Judith James, died from the complications of Alzheimer’s. The day I heard this news, I started on remember yes, a textile painting that was intended to honour her and her struggle with this cruel disease. This led to a body of work titled Methinks I Should Know You (taken from Shakespeare’s King Lear), a meditation on issues of memory and selfhood, illness and recovery and sometimes, the restorative power of nature. My intention with this series is to honour the struggle to retain a sense of self in the face of debilitating illness, whatever form that may take.”

The Gallery is open Thursday to Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For further information, call Michael Aze at 604-886-0531.

Calling Judy

Is your name Judy, Jude, Judi, Judith or any other variation of this name? Then get ready for a fun-filled evening. The 25th Sunshine Coast Judy Day Dinner is coming up and it’s the “Judilee” year. If you are interested in attending the dinner, send an email to judydaysunshinecoast@gmail.com to find out the date and location.

Keep me posted

Please continue to send me your arts announcements, but note they will run one day to one week ahead only. Deadline is Tuesday at noon for next Friday’s paper. Email jandegrass@dccnet.com or phone 604-886-4692.