Local Arts

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” That’s the opening line of George Orwell’s 1984.

Authors PJ Reece and Patricia Hetherington faced off before a full house of about 30 participants in an interactive public talk called Fact and Fiction: A Literary Duel at the Gibsons Library Sept. 19.

Halfmoon Bay photographic artist Elaine Hunter is attracting both international attention and renewed recognition here at home, with a show at Gibsons Public Art Gallery next year and at the Earth Art exhibit at the Sechelt Arts Festival next month.

Garden Bay resident Krystin Clark didn’t set out to write a book; she simply set out on a curious experiment dubbed The Grateful Jar Project. The premise was simple.

An array of stunning pieces of local glass artwork is to be found at Gibsons Public Art Gallery for the next few weeks.

The Coast Recital Society’s stellar 2018-19 concert season begins this Sunday, Sept. 23 at the Raven’s Cry Theatre. The concert begins at 2:30 p.m. with a pre-concert chat at 1:30 hosted by CRS artistic director Frances Wainwright.

Will it be music or comedy for you on Saturday night (Sept. 22)? Mandolinist Andrew Collins is a five-time Juno winner and has picked up seven Canadian Folk Music Awards.

It takes a community to keep a great arts venue alive and kicking. The building that is now the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons turns 90 next year and, understandably, it had been getting a little ragged around the edges.

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Kathleen Hovey