The 2018 film The Radicals follows four snowboarders and surfers who become eco-activists and supporters of Indigenous rights. “Together they journey across the British Columbia coast, weaving a story of learning, inspiration and resistance [as] each community teaches the athletes to understand what it means to be a true radical.” Presented by the Green Film Series, at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons on Sunday, March 31 at 2 p.m. Tickets $10 plus service fee from www.share-there.com.
The future of food?
Eating bugs is nothing new, except to most of us. But with nine billion people soon to be inhabiting this planet, and with green food sources increasingly needed, the sound of crickets might become a call to dinner. Gibsons Public Market’s Hoovie Movie night this month features the 2015 Danish documentary (produced in English), Bugs. Following the film will be a talk by Dylan Jones, founder of Coast Protein, and you can guess one of the ingredients of his company’s food products. Sunday March 31; doors at 6 p.m., film and talk at 6:30 p.m. Kids $5, adults $12, $10 for members and online through HoovieMovie’s website.
Artesia Coffee House
The Sunshine Coast Arts Centre’s Doris Crowston Gallery in Sechelt becomes an intimate musical venue once again, this month featuring Hoards of Ords – Graham, Bela and Noah Ord, Anna Lumiere and Baeden Shendebraye; vocal group Hot Java with Joan Vernon, Joy Germaine, Jan Gillis, Patrice Pollack and Jane Metcalfe; comedian Aaron Malkin; plus a musical drama by the Transatlantics with Steve Schwabl and the ubiquitous Anna Lumiere. Friday March 29, at Trail Avenue and Medusa Street. $10 at the door.
Partners in music and life
Calgary-born violinist Kai Gleusteen and his wife, French pianist Catherine Ordronneau, have played together since 1999 to international acclaim. They return this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, March 30 and 31, to the Pender Harbour Music Society to present two concerts, the Strauss Sonata in E-flat Major and Brahms Sonata No. 3, as well as a little-known gem by Ernst von Dohnányi. Performances will be at 2 p.m. both days. Tickets are $25, available at Harbour Insurance, Madeira Park; Strait Music, Sechelt; or directly from the music society online at penderharbourmusic.ca.
Live from New York
It’s Saturday morning. At 9 a.m., and for the following five hours, the Metropolitan Opera presents Richard Wagner’s Die Walkure (The Valkyrie), the second of the four music dramas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen. The is the opera that features the stirring and iconic musical passage, Ride of the Valkyries. Soprano Christine Goerke stars as the warrior goddess Brünnhilde; the mortal twins Siegmund and Sieglinde are sung by Stuart Skelton and Eva-Maria Westbroek. March 30 at Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt. Tickets $24; $20 for seniors and students.
Fibre Art
There will be an opening reception for local fibre artist Janna Maria Vallee’s new solo show Listening, at FibreWorks on Saturday, March 30, from 2 to 4 p.m. at 12887 Sunshine Coast Hwy. in Madeira Park. The show runs until May 12.
Salty stories
The theme of the next live-mic event at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery is Sea Tales: A Celebration of All Things Oceanic. From 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, you can hear five-minute “anecdotes, poems, excerpts from books, information-disclosing, and musical offerings” on “kayaking, ferry tales, ocean voyages, swimming, encounters with sea life, concerns, you name it,” says producer Janice Williams. All viewpoints and all ages invited.
Risqué, not risky
The Comic Strippers – a faux male-stripper and real improv comedy show – returns to Sechelt next Friday, April 5. Do they really go Full Monty? Apparently not. “Semi-undressed and completely unscripted, The Comic Strippers take off their shirts and take on your suggestions to create a whole new genre of comedy,” say the producers.
Suitable for all genders, but not all ages. Tickets are $39, or $34 each for groups of six or more. 1-800-838-3006 or online at brownpapertickets, com. Show is at 7:30 p.m. at Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt.
More than books
Gibsons Public Library puts on many free, informative and entertaining events all year long. And it needs a new state-of-the-art presentation system. The goal is to reach $6,500 by May 31; so far, the library has raised more than $1,800. The new system will include a high-resolution projector, a portable projector screen, 10-inch compact speakers, a wireless microphone system, and a multimedia laptop. Donations are gratefully accepted at the library, or online at canadahelps.org.
Submissions
If you have an event you’d like considered for Art Beat, please let us know by 11 a.m. Tuesday at [email protected]. Space is limited.
