DSdanse Youth Dance Company performs The Majestic Project at the Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, on Friday, April 14 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 15 at 2 p.m. The first half is a dance performance and the second half is a 25-minute message in dance and multi-media about the beauty of our front yard, the ocean, and the need to protect it.
Artistic director Dominique Hutchinson writes that: “The Majestic Project is the project I am the most proud of in my 24 years of working with kids on the Coast: sixteen young women, ages 10 to 18, choreographing, reflecting and using dance as a self-expression in order to create a message of awareness. We understand the importance of this ocean and all its inhabitants: whales, dolphins, seals, herons, salmon, eagles … My vision as the director was to create an empowering message, so we can talk about it openly without having the feeling we are politicizing our children.”
Tickets are at Laedeli Gifts in Gibsons and online at share-there.com, or call 604-886-0020.
Art Beat on a diet
We have such a vibrant array of arts events on the Sunshine Coast that I must squeeze and liposuction to fit everything into the Art Beat column each week. Please continue to send me your announcements but note that they will run in the newspaper one day to one week ahead only. My deadline is Tuesday at noon for Friday’s paper. Email [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692.
Easter eggs
• Bring your family to the public market in Gibsons on Sunday, April 16 at 10:45 a.m. for an inaugural egg hunt. Merchants will hide 240 eggs, some with coupons for free goodies.
• The Sunshine Coast Lions Club’s annual Easter Egg Hunt starts at noon on Sunday, April 16 at Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, Sechelt. It’s for 12 years old and under with staggered start times for three age categories.
• The Pender Harbour Lions Club also hosts an egg hunt at noon at Lions Park, 13776 S.C. Highway, on Sunday, April 16. The Pancake Breakfast and Egg Hunt takes place rain or shine and goes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• On Saturday, April 15 at 12:30 p.m., families are invited to join MLA Nicholas Simons at the Kinsmen Hall at Dougall Park, 516 Gower Point Road, Gibsons, for a free ‘Pick Nick’ picnic with food, music and fun. Enjoy a hot dog BBQ, starting at noon. For the little kids (ages four and under) there will be an egg hunt at 12:30 p.m.
Kube
At The Kube Studios, 689A Gibsons Way, Jill Pilon is leading two classes in April and May, exploring and recreating inspired versions of Andy Warhol and David Hockney’s art styles. Phone Christa Joe at 604-740-2527 or see www.thekubestudios.com for more.
Love at Second Sight
Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture is proud to present a screening of the short film Love at Second Sight on Saturday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at Pal Studio Theatre, 581 Cardero Street (8th floor), Vancouver. Facially different David Roche and Marlena Blavin from the Sunshine Coast share their stories with a spellbound middle-school audience. See: www.loveatsecondsight.org. This is an educational film that transforms attitudes about appearance and encourages students to accept themselves and others.
Pender music
The Bergmann Duo performs on Easter Sunday, April 16 at 2 p.m. at the Pender Harbour School of Music in Madeira Park. Four hands, one keyboard – played with exquisite musicality and style by Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann. Partners in music and in life, the Bergmanns have been a duo for more than 20 years. Tickets are $25, at www.penderharbourmusic.ca, Harbour Insurance in Madeira Park or Sechelt Visitor Centre.
Fungi talk
Tuesday Talks continue at the Sechelt Library on April 18. All Things Fungi is the topic. Find out the role of mushrooms in our forest with Stephen Murphy from Murphy’s Forest Tours.
Brave Mike
Junco Jan’s Brave Mike 5 returns as Brave Mike 7 on Wednesday, April 19, at her home on the top floor of the Gibsons Cinema. There are two extra minutes now to read from the work of self or others, or to sing, rant, pray, dance, entrance – at no charge to you. Come up the back stairs on the hotel side. Park on the Home Hardware side, and bring your own refreshments and moxie.
Atanarjuat
Residents of the Sunshine Coast are invited to a free showing of the Canadian classic film, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, offered by Sunshine Coast Film Society, in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. To be screened simultaneously at 7 p.m. on April 19 at Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons and the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt (where there will also be a 2 p.m. matinée). Winner of 26 international awards, Atanarjuat was filmed in the Canadian Arctic and directed by Inuit filmmakers. Soundtrack is in Inuktitut with English subtitles and is an adaptation of an ancient Inuit legend, a powerful drama. See www.scfs.ca for more info.
Poetry workshop
On Thursday, April 20 at 1:30 p.m. join Find the Poet in You, a poetry workshop with Jeanne Sommerfield, therapeutic recreation practitioner, at the Sechelt Library. Register by phoning 604-885-3260 or emailing [email protected]
Ed Hill
Artist Ed Hill writes: “Many years ago I had the opportunity to meet one of America’s foremost photo journalists. Lester Picker and I have since become friends … Some time ago he asked me to participate in writing an e-book with him on the subject of artistic composition. It’s included in his website as one of his many books and tutorials. His idea was to teach about composition from the perspective of both a painter and a photographer. I found the exercise most interesting in that both of our disciplines are so similar. Our ‘tools’ are different. It was an honour to be invited to work with Lester and I think the book we produced has value for both artists and photographers.”
To see the book, go to www.lesterpickerphoto.com/shop and look for Artistic Composition.
