Local Arts

Amy Bishop is a major singing and guitar talent from Calgary whose powerful voice got her into the finals on the CTV talent competition, The Launch. High Beam Dreams in Gibsons is bringing Bishop for a show on Saturday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m.

Filmmaker Liz Marshall had more than one purpose in mind three years ago when she set out to make the documentary Midian Farm.

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is excited to welcome back shíshálh Nation weaver Jess Silvey for two cedar basket weaving workshops on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10 and 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Inside Passage School of Fine Cabinetmaking

The fifth annual Pender Harbour Days is set to kick off – although “launch” might be a more appropriate word to mark the start of the boat-oriented, three-day event.

On Friday Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on select days for the following five weeks, the public is invited to carve a notch into the Reconciliation Totem Pole being created by shíshálh Master Carver ?antuni Tony Paul.

A Roberts Creek writer who spent 18 months tending to her dying spouse has written about the emotional rollercoaster of the care-giving experience in a just-published anthology.

Passing Through: Mountain Paintings and Poems

There appear to be many more would-be stand-up comedians on the Sunshine Coast than there are places for them to perform.

• The Lower Mainland’s Shaun Rawlins and Powell River singer-songwriter Tyler Bartfai cite blues, folk and pop influences ranging from City and Color to Bob Dylan.