The Harbour Gallery, opposite the Performance Centre in Madeira Park, will be open this Saturday, May 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to coincide with the May Day Festivities. Come and see the new artwork that the member artists have created during the winter months. Contact June at 604-883-2807 or Nefri at 604-885-4366 for details.
Brave Mike
Junco Jan invites anyone interested in participating in Brave Mike 5, exactly five timed minutes in front of a mike, this Friday night, May 16, in Gibsons. You can read from work, sing, recite a poem, list off your loves, do back-flips, you name it. Fun for all, and designed to fit in after the Gibsons Public Market opens on Friday afternoon — so will go from 6 to about 9 p.m. Find your way up the back stairs on the hotel side to the top floor of Gibsons Cinema.
Contact Janice Williams at 604-885-8041 or [email protected] for more details.
Creek festival
The Roberts Creek Arts Festival is this weekend May 16 to 18 at eight venues in the Creek. See www.robertscreekartsfestival.com for a map and full schedule of events. A shuttle service is offered between venues.
Live poet
Russell Thornton will read this Saturday, May 17, at Persephone Brewing Company, hosted by the Live Poets Society. Doors open at 6 and reading is at 6:30 p.m.
Stories
The Sunshine Toastmasters invite you to their second annual Storytelling Event. If you love to tell stories or you love to hear others tell stories, come to the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre on Tuesday, May 20, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Tandy show
Artist Nadina Tandy of Gibsons is getting ready to show her work in Edmonton’s Bugera Matheson Gallery opening May 23. She is showing with two other artists who represent the title of the show: Heart, Soul, Mind. Tandy represents the mind since the gallery owner described Tandy’s work as thought-provoking, conceptual and abstract.
Great Black North
Frontenac House publishers is thrilled to announce that The Great Black North is a finalist in three categories of the 2014 Alberta Book Publishing Awards: the Scholarly and Academic Book Award, the Education Book Award and the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award. The 2013 book was co-edited by Gibsons writer and editor, Valerie Mason-John. Coast poets Adelene da soul poet and Jean Pierre Makosso are featured. Winners will be announced at the Alberta Book Awards Gala on June 6. See http://blackcanadianpoetry.com for information about the 90-plus contributors.
House concert
On May 24 at 7:30 p.m., National Jazz Awards Guitarist of the Year Bill Coon will perform with bassist/saxophonist Jon Bentley and local guitarist Steve Giltrow in Gibsons. Tickets are $20 and seating is limited to about 35 people. To reserve your seat, prepayment is necessary. Contact Steve at [email protected] or 604-886-7551 for details.
Benefit concert
As a benefit for the local food bank, the Reflections Ladies Ensemble hosts the Springtime Serenade next Saturday, May 24, at 7 p.m. at the Living Faith Lutheran Church in Davis Bay. Special guests are Definitely Diva, Reg and Lynne, Edmund Arceo and two of Paula Seward’s piano students who received honours at the Music Festival. Tickets are $15 at Swish in Gibsons, Sechelt Visitors Centre, EarthFair in Madeira Park, or at the door. Call Ann 604-886-4768 for details.
Andrea Superstein
Andrea Superstein sings jazz like she was born in the ‘40s. Hear her sultry sounds at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 25, at the School of Music in Madeira Park. Think Sarah Vaughan meets Betty Boop meets your favourite martini. Superstein was the runaway hit of the 2012 Pender Harbour Jazz Festival, enchanting the 300-plus audience members with a repertoire that spanned almost a century: from old-time 1920s juke joints, to ‘50s doo wop, to contemporary pop tunes. Tickets are $25 available at Harbour Insurance, John Henry’s Marina, Sechelt Visitor Info Centre and Gaia’s Fair Trade.
Tuesday deadline
Let me know of your arts events at [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692. My deadline is Tuesday at 5 for the following Friday’s paper. Art Beat covers events one week to one day ahead only.
