Roberts Creek Daze is this Saturday, Aug. 20. Show up at the community hall at 10:30 a.m. if you want to be part of the Higgledy Piggledy Parade, starting at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome. Yoga, karate, music, art, food and games take place throughout the afternoon. See Facebook: Creek Daze 2016 (event) for the schedule or email [email protected] for more.
Beckmyer and Cattanach
Since Holly Beckmyer’s love of unusual, contemporary classical music began with her mother’s influence of Arvo Part and Bela Bartok, it is fitting that mother, Heather Cattanach, and daughter should perform this iconic song cycle together on Aug. 25. Pierrot Lunaire is a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg, a setting of 21 poems, originally written in French by Albert Giraud, set in this cycle in German. Pierrot is usually performed with a quintet, but in this case, Cattanach has the harrowing role of playing the piano reduction of the whole score. Holly, the vocalist, performs in “Sprechstimme” style, or “speech-singing.” Pierrot touches on themes of the misunderstood artist, unrequited love and longing, and is coloured with dark, slapstick humour, hope and sentimentality, and childlike creativity, with a heavy dose of nightmarish violence and fright. Holly has been studying the role with her voice teacher, Robyn Driedger-Klassen. See Pierrot Lunaire on Thursday, Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 7), at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Gibsons.
Music
Gibsons’ Music in the Landing is back tonight at 7 p.m. in the Gazebo at the end of the Gibsons wharf with Keia Papa Kaua, a Coast dance troupe performing traditional Hawaiian hula, and stories led by Dhyana Bartkow. Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pioneer Square, the Sunshine Coast Brass Quintet led by John Frederickson on trumpet will entertain. Special guest is Neal Andrews, a local musician entering into his final year of a PhD in trumpet performance at Boston University. He joins Danielle Stephens, French horn, Bill Wishlow, trombone, and Michael Stephenson, tuba. On Saturday, 7 to 8:45 p.m., bring out those lawn chairs, picnic blankets and dancing sandals to enjoy the energetic, genre-hopping tunes of Brothers in Farms. Sunday under the Winegarden bus stop, across from the Sunday Market from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Knotty Dotters marimba band plays the joyous tunes of Zimbabwe on hand-crafted instruments. The Dotters include Beth Gleason, Catherine Pedretti, Jeanne Robinson, Katherine Muller, Loreen Dawson, Naomi Fleschhut and Linda Williams. More information is on facebook.com/music.landing
Sechelt Music
Sechelt Summer Music Series continues this Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. Bring the family and a picnic blanket on Aug. 20 to hear John Tenbear Thompson and Astral Motion. It’s free at the Sechelt Library (5797 Cowrie St.).
Closing weekend
The Edge of the Forest – a juried textile exhibition by Canadian members of the Surface Design Association – is going into its last weekend at Fibreworks Gallery in Madeira Park. It offers 53 works by as many artists with unique applications and interpretations. The next show Aug. 27 to Oct. 9 is Quilt/Not Quilt by Jane Dunnewold. See www.fibreworksgallery.com or phone 604-883-2380 for a listing of shows, workshops and artists in residence.
Forst pottery
Join Pat Forst at her studio in Gibsons for her favourite pottery workshop Aug. 22 to 26, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Suitable for beginner and intermediate students, this course will include learning how to throw a cylinder and make bowls, including handles, lids and spouts. Those wishing to try a teapot will have all the skills by the end of this class. Come early and stay late to practise what you have learned during class. The fee is $350 plus materials (about $20 to $25).To register: Pat Forst 604-840-0304 or [email protected]
GPAG show
Shorelines and Skylines, an exhibition by Anna May Bennett, holds an opening reception on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. Anna May Bennett, a Powell River artist in oils, writes: “Growing up on the East coast of Scotland, I knew as a child I would never live far from the sea. As a teen, my English professor stated in one report that I would ‘stare into the middle distance’ and these poetic and thought provoking words have inspired the theme of my current works. My paintings explore the magnificent West Coast landscape: the greatness of height, the weight of the depths and the interest of things in between and underfoot.” Exhibition runs from Aug. 25 to Sept. 18 at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, open Thursday to Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more: Michael Aze at 604-886-0531.
Echo Nebraska
The band Echo Nebraska from Vancouver is on tour and in Sechelt at Blue Ocean Bar and Grill on Aug. 27 with a $4 cover and music at 7 p.m. and in Gibsons at the Persephone Brewery on Aug. 28 with no cover and music at 2 p.m. The five-member group launched in late 2014, releasing a music video for their song Hey, Allison. Their debut EP, Send the Ships, came out in 2015. Since then, CBC Music has put the video on their list of best new music videos and they have received very favourable EP and live reviews.
Unwind
Learn how to weave tapestry on lap loom in an introductory Tapestry Weaving 101 workshop on Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. It includes a solid understanding of the process of warping up and weaving with multiple techniques like shape building and colour blending and other related topics. Students will leave with a good start on a sampler wall-hanging in colours of their choosing from a range of naturally dyed yarns made by Janna at Unwind Knit and Fibre Lounge in Roberts Creek. Phone 604-886-1418 to register or see www.unwindknitandfibre.ca
Swing dance
They are still swing dancing at Davis Bay Hall on Fridays, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Lots of people are having fun and good exercise together. Just show up, singles or partners.
Noon deadline
Send your notice of arts events by Tuesday at noon for Friday’s newspaper to [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692. Please include a contact person’s phone number or email in your notice.
