Local Arts

The Sunshine Coast’s two major public art galleries, closed since mid-March, have cautiously re-opened this week as the pandemic scare and B.C. health regulations on public gatherings start to ease.

The concerts at the Heritage Playhouse, featuring just a few of the many fine musicians on the Sunshine Coast, continue for the next two Saturdays. On May 23 at 7:15 p.m.

Canadian playwright John Lazarus decades ago found comedy in the tragic story of The Tower of Babel, history’s ultimate vanity project.

Sticking to pandemic-mandated rules, only a few technicians were in the audience for a performance by singer-songwriter Michael Friedman on May 9 at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.

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The Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons has sat unused for two months, but the lights will be up again on Saturday, May 9 for a concert by celebrated local singer-guitarist Michael Friedman. But you can’t buy tickets for this show.

Into The Studio

Fundraiser

The production of the play The Vagina Monologues in Gibsons in March not only excelled with moving and hilarious performances, it also exceeded its charitable-donation goal by more than 40 per cent.

Halfmoon Bay writer Lorna Goodison has officially been presented the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, which she received from Queen Elizabeth at a March 5 ceremony at Buckingham Palace.