The third annual Duttons farewell tour plays at the Roberts Creek Hall this Saturday, May 11.
Come out and enjoy the music of The Billy Hillpicker Band, Bits of String, The Country Boys and, of course, the Duttons. Your ticket also gets you a chance at some great raffle prizes. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at two locations: Gibsons Building Supplies and Unwind Knit Shoppe, or at the door on Saturday. Doors at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8.
Comedy show
Raise the Woof comedy show is a fundraiser for A Helping Paw and Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitation - raffle, snacks, desserts and comedy at the Roberts Creek Hall tonight (Friday) for $30. Call 604-886-7640 for more details.
Quilt show
The Festival of Quilts and Quilting Arts runs this Friday, May 10, to Sunday, May 12, with hours of opening from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 at the Gibsons Area Community Centre. For more information see www.scquiltersguild.com.
Guzek opening
Artist Greta Guzek will be holding a show of new work, Tide Line, at Westwind Gallery (upstairs at 292 Gower Point Rd. in Gibsons) starting this Saturday, May 11, with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. All are invited.
See www.westwindgallery.net for more details.
Bluff Hollow
Bluff Hollow Art Works is holding an open house this Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at their indoor/outdoor galleries in Garden Bay.
Ann and Rick Harmer each create unique art forms: Ann uses local mushrooms to dye fibre, which she turns into handspun yarns. With mushroom colours, silk scarves become vibrant wearable art. Rick creates lightweight concrete wall and garden art, displayed on a natural rock bluff.
See what the concretist and the mushroomist have been up to at 5027 Bear Bay Rd. - directions at bluffhollow.ca or phone 604-883-3678. (Because of Bluff Hollow's unique topography, the property is not wheelchair accessible.)
Poetry
The Gibsons Live Poets Society presents B.C. poet Miranda Pearson this Saturday, May 11, at 7 p.m. in the Gibsons Public Art Gallery. This is the last reading in the spring series.
Pearson's poetry has been published widely in literary journals and anthologies, including the recent Forcefield, Women Poets of British Columbia. Her first collection, Prime, was published in 2001.
The Aviary (2006, Ooli-chan Books) was awarded the Alfred G. Bailey prize. Her latest book, Harbour (Oolichan) was short-listed for the 2010 BC Book Prize for poetry. This reading is sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union and is free to the public.
Harbour win
The Coast's Harbour Publishing has been awarded the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction prize at this year's B.C. Book Prizes announced at the gala on May 4, for an account of the NDP's Dave Barrett years, The Art of the Impossible, written by Geoff Meggs and Rod Mickleburgh.
Source show
The Source Dance Com-pany put on a riveting, high-energy dance performance last weekend at the Raven's Cry Theatre. This troupe of professional dancers from Vancouver featured a few memorable pieces that involved tap, ballet, hip hop and contemporary. Source alumna Sammie Broomhall was excellent and the four pre-professional dancers studying at the Coast Academy of Dance held up well to any comparison with the more experienced dancers. Sorry, no photo is available -their action was so high speed and crisp that it couldn't be captured on camera.
Submissions
The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is now accepting submissions for the exhibition year February 2014 to February 2015. Exhibitions are held in the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. Individual artists or groups representing all mediums are welcome to submit proposals by June 30. View the submission brochure submission form and detailed information form on their website at www.scartscouncil.com.
Tuesday deadline
Let me know about your arts event by 5 p.m. Tuesday for Friday's paper. Email [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692. Keep it brief, please. Art Beat covers events one week ahead only.
