Some of the Sunshine Coast’s most celebrated musicians join forces for a fundraiser to benefit the Daniel Kingsbury Music for Youth Endowment. On Saturday, Oct. 10, the community is invited to a concert at the Roberts Creek Hall presented by rockers Mindil Beach and hip hop favourites Wilderness Crew – and a special guest appearance by the Coast’s reggae ambassador, Randeesh. A silent auction sends all profits to the endowment.
In 2005, Kingsbury and his high school classmates established the endowment through the writing, recording and sale of a double-disc of original songs. The interest from the investment provides annual scholarships for local youth to take music lessons, ultimately empowering them to write and record their own material.
The members of Mindil Beach (Rod Campbell, Cameron Ainslie, Matt Posnikoff and Patrick Codere) want to celebrate and acknowledge the positive impact of Daniel’s community spirit. Brett Mjanes said, “Daniel was like family to Wilderness Crew. Some of our best memories on stage were with Daniel standing right there next to us, guitar in hand. We will be thinking of him on Saturday and look forward to a very special evening.”
Mindil Beach is currently touring The Sweet Tea EP, while taking part as one of the top 12 bands selected for the highly acclaimed Peak Performance Project.
Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $20 from Weekends at Franklin (Molly’s Seaside Market), MELOmania and Lucy’s Clothing. Get tickets in advance, as they will sell out.
This weekend
The Scrabble Tournament is on this Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Gibsons Library. Practise your qua and your za and preregister at 604-886-2130. Or contact Heather at [email protected]
Coast Confidential features stories and songs from the Arbutus Sounds Chorus this Saturday, Oct. 3 with two shows, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at St. Bart’s Church in Gibsons. Admission is by donation.
Fin talks fish
Fin Anthony tells a good fishy tale. He will be speaking on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. at Chatelech Secondary in a free talk arranged by Elder U, the Clifford Smith Memorial Lecture. Expect wit, humour and fishing tips.
Playback
Playback, the band, brings back classic rock hits at the Gibsons Legion at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3. Members are $5 and guests with members, $10.
Met season
Verdi’s Il Trovatore opens The Met: Live in HD season of opera performances by satellite at the Raven’s Cry Theatre this Saturday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. Soprano Anna Netrebko performs Leonora, the Verdi heroine. It runs three hours long. Reserve at ravenscrytheatre.com or call 604-885-4597.
Creekers launch EEK!
Roberts Creek Community Asso-ciation launched EEK! The Creek, a three-part Halloween festival that includes a zombie walk, a grave decorating contest and an online story writing contest all revolving around this sleepy hollow community.
“The most innovative element is the story writing contest,” suggests organizer Ian Thomas. “Essentially, Roberts Creek and guests are writing three Halloween stories, one chapter at time. The prelude is written and the rest is to be written chapter by chapter, week by week, by the community until Oct. 31.”
Judges will pick one story in each of three age groups. Then participants submit their offering for the next chapter until the final chapter is due on Oct. 29. Prizes will be awarded on Oct. 31 at the grave decorating awards. For more, see www.RobertsCreekCommunity.ca or call Ian at 604-644-3833.
FibreWorks
FibreWorks Studio and Gallery has been showing Mended, an exhibition by 25 members of the Surface Design Association of BC/Yukon that opened Aug. 29 during a power failure. Seventy visitors enjoyed the exhibition by the natural light of the yurt domes. The Mended exhibition continues to this Sunday, Oct. 4 at FibreWorks near Madeira Park. See: www.fibreworksgallery.com or call 604-883-2380.
Baby’s back
Garden Bay Pub in Pender Harbour features Baby Harry Callaway at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4 for some Southern rock and soul and funky fun. Call 604-883-2674 for details.
Green Films
The Green Film series presents How to Change the World on Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons. In 1971 a group of friends sailed into a nuclear test zone in one of the first of the Greenpeace protests. The film is a raw portrait of the original members of the most influential environmental activist movement in history. Admission is by donation at the door. See greenfilms.ca for more.
Writing history
Author Heather Conn is giving a two-hour live/virtual course, Writing History: Passions, Pitfalls, and the Process, through the Vancouver School of Writing. It starts Monday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. If you can’t tune in on that date, the course will be available for sale afterwards as an audio and PowerPoint presentation. To register online, see http://vancouverschoolofwriting.com. Questions? Call 604-886-6520 or see www.heatherconn.com
Roche show
David Roche of Roberts Creek will take part in a live taping of CBC Radio’s Life Game. He will be interviewed by Brian Anderson about significant incidents in his life, and his stories are immediately performed by actors. That’s on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. at the CBC Studio 700, 700 Hamilton St. (at Georgia), in Vancouver. Admission is free but you must reserve at www.eventbrite.ca. Roche would love to see the home crowd in the audience.
Art Crawl
Many of the artist participants in this year’s Art Crawl met at Strait Coffee last week to network and prepare for the mammoth annual event Oct. 16 to 18. This year there are 125 venues from Langdale to Earls Cove taking part. More about this cultural experience later.
New deadline for submissions
Send your notice of arts events by Tuesday at noon for Friday’s newspaper to [email protected] or call 604-886-4692. Art Beat covers events one day to one week ahead.
