Local Arts

'Particularly in a storytelling environment that is verbal, not written, when someone tells about someone who has passed, and really steps into their grief, I feel like that person is called into the room and they are present in the room.'

Mythic Blade Sword Academy is offering weekly classes for all ages

'For me, playing the didjeridu is a meditation. It’s a journey in which you can detach yourself from habitual reasoning and mental activity.'

Also, Vivaldi Gloria endeavour seeking vocalists, Sechelt coffee house series returns and authors and students connect for Family Literacy Week 

Gabriela Hirt's Storied Bodies and Robin Ripley and Ilze Bebris's collaborative A Conversation on at GPAG until Feb. 5.

The Tetrahedron Outdoor Club has moved the Sunshine Coast’s biggest one-night cultural event to a new time of year, uniting skiers and cinephiles alike for the annual Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Doors open at Elphinstone Secondary at 5:45 p.m. on Feb. 3; films begin at 7 p.m. 

When Ohio-born objector to the Vietnam War Jon Van Arsdell landed in Garden Bay in 1970, he was greeted by a sign proclaiming "No Longhairs." Van Arsdell’s autobiography 'No Longhairs: The Odyssey of a Vietnam Draft Dodger' shows that countercultural expatriates were hard-working contributors to the interdependent idyll of the Sunshine Coast, writes Michael Gurney.

Also, Daniel Kingsbury Music for Youth Endowment Grant is open, an extensive slate of local authors will read at the Persephone Book Club Launch Reading on Jan. 22 and Peanut Butter Jam raised $2,140

Marlene Lowden and Teryl Mullock collaborate in Process in Parallel. Abstracts. is on at The Kube until Jan. 30.

Rick Scott, a former Pender Harbour resident, has composed and performed music for more than 50 years, releasing 19 albums and touring to 11 countries. In 2019, Scott was inducted to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame. He'll be performing in Roberts Creek Jan. 27.