The Artesia Coffeehouse is tonight (Friday) at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt at 8, with doors opening at 7 p.m.
This monthit features Denise Olson and her twin daughters, Angie and Mira Sheppard,vocals/violin/guitar anda tasteofIndia, to open theevening, followed bysinger/songwriter Keely Halward.
The second set includes eclectic fiddle and guitar from Mick Bryant and Michelle Brucewiththe Coast's own Lowry Olafson, a well-travelled musician with numerous CDs and even more musical workshops to his credit.
It will be another great evening of live music to enjoy with friends and families while tasting delicious treats by Trish, the current art show in the gallery anda slide show of local musicians. Tickets are $10 at the door. See more details at www.suncoastarts.com.
Writers' Café
Caitlin Hicks hosts a special edition of the Writers' Café with the theme of family, tonight, Friday, at the Arts Building at 464 South Fletcher in Gibsons. Entry is by donation. Doors open at 7 with readings by local writers beginning at 7:30 p.m. See www.artsbuilding.org for more. While you are there, take time to peek into the little 8 x 8 gallery to see the latest blown glass exhibit by Miyuki Shinkai.
New York show
An exciting exhibition at the Agora Gallery in New York, Altered States of Reality: an Exhibition of Analog and Digital Photography, will feature the artwork ofSunshine Coast artistHeather Diane Rule (Adams). It is scheduled to run from April 24 through May 15. See more at www.agora-gallery.com.
Source dances
The Source Dance Company returns to the Coast in Reporting Live, a presentation by the Sunshine Coast Dance Society at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt, on Saturday with shows at 2 and 7 p.m.
For the fourth year in a row, audiences can enjoy the high energy and urban beat of the Vancouver-based dance company, and it will include excerpts from the company's full-length production News Worthy, premiering in Vancouver this June/July.
Tickets are (2 p.m.) $15 adults, $10 students, and (7 p.m.) $18 adults, $12 students. See more at www.sunshinecoastdance.com.
Musical evening
What will $10 get you? How about an evening of music with The Rakish Angles, Bits of String, The Billy Hillpicker Band, Bad to the Bow and Duttons, with all proceeds going to charities and local clubs.
That's on Saturday at the Roberts Creek Hall. Doors at 7, show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are at GBS, MELOmania and Gaia's Fair Trade.
Barn Cats
Join Graham Walker, Kaia Neilsen and Wayne Harjula for a Barn Cats concert of lively lyrics and swingin' good music suitable for the silly socks set, plus a special guest puppeteer, Sandy Buck, on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Arts Building.
Tickets are at Giggle & Bloom and Woods Showcase for$6. The Barn Cats sing again at the Arts Centre in Sechelt on Sunday, May 6, at 4 p.m.
Stories in Sound
The Suncoast Concert Band holds its spring performances of Stories in Sound on Saturday, April 28, in Sechelt at 7 p.m. (at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall) and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Gibsons (at the Heritage Playhouse).
Vaudeville a winner
They kicked high, they told jokes that made the crowd groan, they flounced in fabulous costumes and sang nostalgic songs. Clearly, they loved it. The three performances of the Funtastics' Tribute to Vaudeville played to warm audiences at the Sechelt Seniors' Centre recently.
The cast was twice as big as the previous year and many of them had never been on stage in their lives. Others, like Gloria Fyles and Ed White, showed their stage experience. Special applause went to Tony Fraser with his show business style -also to Barb Christie posing as the former vaudeville queen, Vesta Tilley. Greig Soohen kept the acts rolling and Miss Berni G kept the beat humming, along with the drum roll specialist, Al Burns. The Sunday show was sold out, practically assuring that the Funtastics will rise again next year.
Chico y Rita
A Sunshine Coast Film Society special event on Monday, April 30, features a live performance by Anna Lumiere. The film is Chico y Rita (Cuba, 2011) in Spanish with English subtitles. Set in Havana, Paris, and New York during the late 1940s, this irresistible meld of music and stunning animation tells the bittersweet tale of Chico, a gifted jazz pianist, who is smitten with Rita, a sometime sex worker and vocalist. Their passionate affair and partnership is endangered when a smooth-talking Yankee impresario tells Rita he can take her to showbiz glory in New York - without Chico.
That's at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons. Blackfish Pub is the sponsor and those who dine there before the film will get 15 per cent off by showing your membership.
12 Angry People
Chatelech student Julian Figueroa is currently acting and directing an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men, called Twelve Angry People, to be performed on Thursday and Friday, May 3 and 4, at Chatelech Secondary School at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the school office or at lunch time during school hours.
Phantom sequel
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, the continuation of The Phantom of the Opera, will screen again at the Raven's Cry Theatre, Sechelt, on Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. Those who saw it last Saturday will be admitted for free - just answer a "skill-testing" question. Adult/senior tickets are $18 and student (six to 17) are $12. Call the theatre at 604-885-4597 to have yours reserved.
Tuesday deadline
Send notice of your arts events to [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692 by Tuesday at 5 p.m. for Friday's newspaper. Let me know who, what, where, when, why and ticket info briefly. Because of the volume of submissions, Art Beat covers events one day to one week ahead only.
