The Festival of Strings takes place tonight (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. (Paul Pinsonnault Trio plus other classical guitar musicians), Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. (Rakish Angles, Joel Fafard) and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. (Grace Notes String Quartet) at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons, courtesy of the Sunshine Coast Music Society. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students, available at Laedeli in Gibsons, and Strait Music in Sechelt.
Rockcalypse
Sunshine Coast Punk Rockcalypse goes live at the Lighthouse Pub in Sechelt, on Saturday. Move to the music of local indie rock band Sinmobile with friends from Vancouver, Car 87 and Aging Youth Gang. No cover charge.
GPAG show
Artist Amelia Epp's show runs at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) from now until March 12. She transforms recycled and found materials to create sculptures, prints, collages, drawings, paintings and mixed-media works for her Remnants and Sampler series. See what can be created from used teabags and stitching. For more information check out www.gibsonspublicartgallery.ca.
Documentary
Inside Job, a documentary from director Charles Ferguson and narrated by Matt Damon was the winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It is considered the most comprehensive, objective and damning investigative documentary to tackle the 2008 global financial meltdown.Producer/director Ferguson, who holds a PhD in political science and is a former business consultant, conducts on-camera interviews with principal players.
Calm and unfailingly polite, although often incredulous at what he is hearing, Ferguson skewers lobbyists, government apologists, and academic "hired guns" in his search for what actually lay behind the financial catastrophe.
The SC Film Society brings the film to the Gibsons' Heritage Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27. Doors open at 7. Members: $5, single event tickets are $8. See www.scfs.ca for more.
Stories and stand-up
Creative in the Creek presents Stories and Standup and Songs, Oh My, an utterly amusing evening with Johanna Renee and David Roche at the Gumboot Restaurant in Roberts Creek, on Thursday, March 1 at 8 p.m. Come early for dinner or best seats. Admission is by donation. See www.davidroche.com or phone 604-740-0465 for more.
Old time fiddler
No stranger to the Sunshine Coast, fiddler Erynn Marshall and songwriter Carl Jones will bring their own brand of southern old-time song-duets and fiddle/banjo/mando tunes from Galax, Virginia to Gibsons on Friday, March 2.
Jones was once part of the Rising Fawn ensemble and has recorded two CDs with Alabama fiddler James Bryan including a new 2012 release entitled, Cricket's Lullaby.
Marshall is a Canadian fiddler who wandered into the Appalachian Mountains to visit older fiddlers and never made it back out. She lives in Virginia where old-time music has deep roots and continues to thrive, and she has played for more than 30 years, recorded several CDs, published a book on WV fiddle/song traditions and won numerous awards for her fiddling.
The concert is at St Bartholomew's Church in Gibsons at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students/ seniors. Children 12 and under free. Fore more details email [email protected].
Copper Sky
Copper Sky Gallery and Cafe in Madeira Park is hosting a Sunday music jam - an every Sunday event from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Performers and audience are welcome to just drop in.
Tar and cement
Local artist and photographer Junco Jan's photo exhibit, Tar and Cement, a playful tip of the hat to maligned materials, can be seen at the 8 X 8 Gallery (formerly the Teeny Tiny Gallery) in the Arts Building located on South Fletcher in Gibsons from now until April 1.
Ceramics show
Potters - it's time to prepare your work for the fourth annual juried Ceramics on the Edge show at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. The show is not until July, but the submission deadline is April 18. As ceramic artists know, it takes many weeks of lead-time to make a new creation, whether decorative or functional. For submission guidelines see www.ceramicsonedge.com.
Tuesday deadline
Send notice of your arts events to [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692 by Tuesday at 5 p.m. for Friday's newspaper. Let me know who, what, where, when, why and ticket info briefly. Because of the volume of submissions, Art Beat covers events one day to one week ahead only.
