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Art Beat

An exciting season of concerts is offered by the Pender Harbour Music Society at the music school in Madeira Park. First on the list is the Cloverpoint Drifters on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. It’s bluegrass music from a group that has been together for more than two decades. Then on Oct. 22, popular children’s entertainer Charlotte Diamond and her son Matt (the Double Diamonds) will offer two concerts at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Charlotte Diamond was named to the Order of Canada this year in recognition of her extraordinary contribution to the lives of two generations of Canadian children. Her songs are enjoyed by both children and adults. Tickets for the Pender Harbour series are available at penderharbourmusic.ca and in person at Harbour Insurance in Madeira Park, or the Sechelt Visitor Centre. 

Fall Fair

This Saturday and Sunday, it’s the 16th annual Gibsons Fall Fair with over 40 local artisans showing jewelry, tasty foods, woodworking, clothes and more. Look for the Hospital Auxiliary bake sale and raffles plus door prizes and the Lions Club concession booth. Bring the kids, bring the company. Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days with free admission at Quality Garden & Pet, 325 Pratt Road, Gibsons. Call Darren 604-989-0947 for more.

Green Films

The Green Film Series presents the latest film by Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change. Fox travels the world investigating community response to climate change. The film will be shown on Monday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Gibsons at the Heritage Playhouse and Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Sechelt at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre. Having exposed the risks posed by natural gas drilling (fracking) in the documentaries Gasland and Gasland Part II, Fox was struck by a sobering thought: “We could beat the fossil-fuel industry, but we still might lose everything we love to climate change.” Travelling to 12 countries on six continents, Fox finds reasons for hope by showing how people around the world are taking action to protect their communities. Admission is by donation at the door (suggested $10). For more information, see greenfilms.ca. Green Film Series events are meant to foster the role of film as a catalyst for dialogue, networking and action, encouraging community engagement on environmental and sustainability issues. The series is produced by the Rhizome Up! Media Society.

Sacred Sound

Sacred Sound in Sacred Space extends an open invitation to keep the song circle in the forest going on Sundays at 1:30 p.m. for the next few weeks. Similar to last week’s Radiant Heart Song Circle with Julie Blue, singers will meet at the power lines on B&K Road (Largo Road) at 1 p.m. and then carpool. They will gather amongst the moss and the trees to sing and raise voices to honour the forest. The repertoire will be varied and co-created, and will be a sing-along gathering using voice and acoustic instruments. All are welcome. Dates are Oct. 9 and 16. Please contact Jill Shatford or Karen Stein or Mark Trevis for more information.

Art lecture series

The fall 2016 lecture series at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery from artist Kristjana Gunnars on Abstract Painting in Canada has begun. The talks will cover abstract painting in Canada from its beginnings in the early years of the 20th century to today. The next few talks, every Tuesday evening in October, will be: Oct. 11: Montreal Automatism and Oct. 18: Toronto Abstraction. They begin at 7 p.m. at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Dr. The cost is $15 per talk, $12 for members of the gallery, or $60 for the whole series, $50 for members. To reserve, call the gallery at 604-886-0531, open daily Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rolland work

Davis Bay potter Laurie Rolland’s ceramic work will be featured in an exhibition titled Iteration at the Gallery of BC Ceramics on Granville Island, Vancouver. The show is on now and runs until Oct. 29. The work is all hand built and will include pieces for the wall as well as vessel forms.

Journalist to read

Ian Brown will read from his work on Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre (corner of Trail and Medusa) at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7:30 p.m.). Admission is by donation. Brown is a Canadian journalist (feature reporter at the Globe and Mail), CBC Radio host, author and winner of several national magazine and newspaper awards. The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Disabled Son (2009, Random House) won the 2010 RBC Taylor Prize.  His newest book is Sixty: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? A Diary of My Sixty-First Year (2015, Random House Canada). It was a finalist for the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize and has just been short-listed for the 2016 Hilary Weston Writer’s Trust Prize. He will share his books and his personal perspective on aging (a subject close to many of our hearts).

Ben’s book

Rutherford Press is very pleased to announce the second edition of Ben Nuttall-Smith’s Flying with White Eagle: Pioneer Homesteader and Bush Pilot – Ayliffe “Pat” Carey 1903-1999. Nuttall-Smith, a former Coast resident, is the author of several works including his historical novel, Blood, Feathers and Holy Men. For more details, see www.bennuttall-smith.ca/flying-with-white-eagle.html

Noon deadline

Send your notice of arts events by Tuesday at noon for Friday’s newspaper to jandegrass@dccnet.com or phone 604-886-4692. Please include a contact person’s phone number or email in your notice.