Creek Daze takes place in Roberts Creek on Saturday with the Higgledy Piggledy parade starting at 11 a.m., music and activities at the pier all day and a dance at night with the band Workshop.
The Fibre Arts Festival in Gibsons holds its reception tonight (Aug. 21) at Elphinstone Secondary School and presents art displays and an artisan market on Saturday in the Landing. See www.gibsonslandingfibrearts.com for more.
In Pender Harbour the Chamber Music Festival winds up Sunday afternoon. For tickets, see www.penderharbourmusic.ca.
GPAG
Ways of Seeing, the current show at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, (GPAG) runs until Sept. 7. Participating artists are Dièdra Goodwin, Katherine Johnston, Margery Lam-bert, Marilyn Marshall, Monica Dealtry Robb, and Brian Romer.
The artists will be painting en plein air (weather permitting) around the Gibsons wharf on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. At about 1, they will re-convene at GPAG to display and discuss their work.
Also at the GPAG, in the smaller Harbour View Room, are Jone Pane's bronze sculptures in an exhibition entitled Finding Human. It continues to Aug. 31. Gallery hours are Thursdays to Mondays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Midsummer music
Join musical organizers Verna Chan and Peter Beauchamp for a special midsummer evening of music at Beauchamp's in Molly's Lane Market in Gibsons this Saturday, Aug. 22. If the evening is nice, it'll be an outdoor event with Pancho & Sal - romantic songs with intoxicating Latin rhythms. If it rains, you'll be cozying up in Beauchamp's. Music starts at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation.
Double bill
Tonight (Aug. 21) the Wild Bistro presents a double bill with three top local recording artists: Gibsons musician Lowry Olafson plus Susann Richter with Paul Steenhuis performing 8 p.m. for a suggested donation of $10.
Haints return
The Haints Old Time Stringband CD release concert takes place on Friday, Aug. 28.
The Haints play traditional old time fiddle and banjo tunes (mostly from Kentucky, West Virginia and Mississippi), vocals, duets with stringband accompaniment, silver dagger ballads and more. They have a penchant for tunes old, quirky and twisted as well as great archaic songs that have almost been forgotten. Featuring Vancouver Islanders Jason Romero and Pharis Romero, along with Erynn Marshall, who returns to the Sunshine Coast with fiddle in hand after moving to Galax, Virginia, earlier this year.
The concert is at St. Bart's Church at 8 p.m. Doors at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15 general/$12 students and seniors, available at the door only. Treats and savouries at intermission. CDs will be available.
Jazz night
On Thursday, Aug. 27, the Jordao PhotoGraphic Studio Gallery hosts jazz favourites J.J. Wagler, John Rule and Paul Steenhuis for a Night of Jazz Standards with a Digital Twist. This is a fundraiser for the maintenance of the gallery and for the continued support of musicians and artists who showcase there. You must be 19 and over to attend. Doors are at 8 p.m. and $10 tickets are available at MELOmania in Roberts Creek. The gallery is at 626 Shaw Rd., Gibsons, behind PetroCanada. Phone 604-740-2380 for more.
Invitational show
At the Doris Crowston Gallery in the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt, the summer invitational show continues until Aug. 30. The show combines the work of the Harbour Artists and the St. John's United Artists. Phone 604-885-5412 for gallery hours.
Art kudos
Pender Harbour artist Helen Broadfoot is a finalist in the 2009 Art Kudos international exhibition, a fifth annual online juried competition. The award selections were made by Scott Canty, senior curator for the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and Director of Exhibitions at the Palos Verdes Art Centre. This year 132 artists representing 15 countries were accepted into the show and Broadfoot is thrilled to be among them with her oil painting, Greenfields, a fox glimpsed in the morning mists. See more at www.artkudos.com.
Kallisto Trio
The Kallisto Trio, in its first Coast concert, brought the audience to its feet on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 15.
Fabiana Katz, Karen Mang and Edette Gagne combined their knowledge, talent and skills to give a concert described as "breathtaking." One audience member remarked, "I should have telephoned 10 of my friends about this concert."
Kallisto's beautiful a cappella performance had something for everyone, with music from all genres, including classical, jazz, African, pop, world music and gospel. Gagne, who also leads the Coast Symphony Orchestra, thanked the audience for its enthusiasm and promised another concert soon.
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