The Suncoast Concert Band, a member of the Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra, presents a Mother’s Day Spring Concert at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 14 at the Sechelt Nation Hall.
Hear a range of favourites to recently composed Canadian music: all conducted by Tak Maeda highlighting his first season as director of the Concert Band. Tickets are: $20 adult, $5 for 12 years and under, available at Strait Music (Sechelt), Laedeli Gifts & Cards (Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons) or contact Val Anderson at 604-885-6756.
Coffee House
The Coffee House in Madeira Park is this Friday, May 12, at the Pender Harbour School of Music. It features Robin Atchison and Giles Nelson with original songs with guitar and harmonica, also Reflections, a women’s vocal ensemble, and Paula Seward, singer/pianist. Doors open at 7 p.m.; music at 7:30 p.m. Snacks and refreshments will be available. Tickets at the door.
Go Rogue
Come out to the Coast Rogue Arts Society’s second annual fundraiser, Going Rogue 2, to support its annual outdoor, three-day, arts festival. Get ready for a night of non-stop good times featuring one of Rogue Fest’s 2016 favourite bands, Warless, and local spinner DJ little d. It’s also a place for you to get your art on with the return of the Flag Shade Project. Warless is a furiously fun, musical hybrid dance-a-thon that beams positivity through intimate West Coast stories rooted in funky, Graceland beats and old-time guitar licks. Dance on Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Roberts Creek Community Hall, 1309 Roberts Creek. Tickets are online at share-there.com
Family dance
On Mother’s Day Sunday, May 14 the Roberts Creek Community Association presents live music and munchies fundraiser in support of Slow Sundays in the Creek. Four bands for your entertainment: Martini Madness/ Champagne Cowboys, Bits of String, BUGS, the ukulele group and Graham Walker and friends with songs for kids. Also included is an art project – a fun afternoon for all ages at the Hall. Admission is by donation at the door. It runs from 2 to 4:30 p.m. See RCCA home page for more information www.robertscreekcommunity.ca
Family Art Time
The Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) invites you to join art instructor Miyuki Shinkai for some creative family time for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Try out stations for painting, origami, sewing or mixed media. All materials, tea and cookies are included and all ages are welcome. Event is on Saturday, May 13 (moms) and Saturday, June 17 (dads) from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $20 per family, per session ($15 for GPAG members). Drop in, but payment in advance is recommended. Contact the gallery to register: 604-886-0531 or email [email protected].
Alaria’s Fiddle
The Valley Youth Fiddlers from Smithers begin their B.C. tour in May and will be on the Coast on Monday, May 15 in Sechelt at Chatelech Secondary School. This group of fiddlers with their accompanists (101 in all) will present Alaria’s Fiddle – A Musical Journey across the oceans. A terrible storm catches the fishing fleet, and Alaria’s mother tries to rescue a foundered vessel. Alaria climbs to the top of the lighthouse to play the fleet back home, but the storm is too strong. Is Alaria’s mother lost at sea? Can Alaria guide the storm-ravaged ships to safety? Written by Patrick Williston, Alaria’s Fiddle is brought to life by a music score composed and arranged specifically for the production and performed by the Valley Youth Fiddlers, an ensemble ranging in age from six to 60. The tale is majestically animated by artist Facundo Gastiazoro.
It will be performed at the Chatelech Theatre, Sechelt, on Monday, May 15. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children, students and seniors, at the door. The Coast String Fiddlers are the opening act. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Laedeli in Gibsons, MELOmania in Roberts Creek, Strait Music and Visitor Centre in Sechelt.
Driftwood School
Calling all class clowns and jokesters! Tickle some funny bones with Driftwood Theatre School’s Intro to Comedy and Improv with Zaffi Green. Classes are for 6 to 9 years, 9 to 12, and teens, starting Wednesday, May 17. And thespians can learn how an actor approaches a role while building on the theatrical skills of mime, improvisation, movement and characterization with Discover Drama (9 to 12 years) with Sandi McGinnis. Classes start Tuesday, May 16. Classes are held at St. Bart’s Church Hall in Gibsons. Contact 604-886-0143 or [email protected]. More info at www.driftwoodtheatreschool.ca/dts.htm.
Creative evening
Creative in the Creek is on Thursday, May 18 with show time at 7:30 p.m. at the Gumboot Café, Roberts Creek. It’s hosted by David Roche and Siobhan Brown and admission is by donation at the door. The show features songs by Eliya doing his debut at Creative in the Creek, singing and guitar by Ray Fulber and Funny by David Roche. All from your creative friends and neighbours in the Creek (and near about).
Gardens
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism is offered in The Gallery Art Series, a film in HD at the Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt on Sunday, May 14 at 2 p.m. Taking its lead from French artists like Renoir and Cezanne, the American impressionist movement followed its own path, which over a 30-year period, reveals as much about America as a nation as it does about its art. Travelling to studios, gardens and famous locations throughout the U.S., U.K. and France, this mesmerizing film is a feast for the eyes. Runtime is 90 min. Phone 604-885-4597 for more details.
Arts Building
Two workshops are coming to the Arts Build-ing, 464 S. Fletcher in Gibsons. On May 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., sign up for Introduction to Landscapes: From Sketch to Finished Work. Spend a day with the expressive Canadian painter Rick Capella, and learn to capture the landscapes that surround you. Some experience is helpful. For information about what to bring see artsbuilding.org/events.
On May 19 and 20 from 2:30 to 6 p.m., attend Natural Dye Workshop: Plant + Process, also called Live Ta Dye. Learn about natural dyes, harvesting and preparing dye plants to make beautiful colours on various textiles. Visiting artist Amber Friedman believes intentional design begins with the land. See artsbuilding.org/events or email [email protected].
Children’s book author
The Festival of the Written Arts will host a workshop for aspiring writers of books for children with Margriet Ruurs on Wednesday, May 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. John’s United Church in Davis Bay. Ruurs is an award-winning author of books for children who will be on the Coast visiting schools with her latest book, Stepping Stones. She will touch on picture books, non-fiction writing, poetry and magazine submissions as well as books. She will also talk about how illustrators add to your story and what is expected of you once your story is published. The fee for this workshop is $40 and registration/payment in advance is required. Pay by phone with a credit card by calling 604-885-9631 or pay in person, but call ahead first, to the Festival office, 5511 Shorncliffe Ave. in Sechelt.
Spring Landing
The Sunshine Coast Artists Co-operative invites you to attend A Spring Landing, their three-day, pop-up show at the Gibsons Public Market building, Friday through Sunday, May 19 to 22. Come see new works from your favourite artists, new artists, at a new location.
Hawaiian dinner
The Gibsons Seniors Society is having a Hawaiian-themed dinner catered by the Lions and featuring the Keia Papa Kaua dancers at Harmony Hall, Gibsons. It’s not until Friday, May 26 but buy your tickets by May 15 to reserve a place. Harmony Hall doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner is at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $25 from Val at 604-886-7902.
Keep me posted
Please continue to send me your arts announcements but note that they will run in the newspaper one day to one week ahead only. My deadline is Tuesday at noon for next Friday’s paper. Email [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692.
