Local Arts

A B.C.-born musician who headlined last year’s season of the Coast Recital Society earned the top prize last weekend in one of the world’s top piano competitions.

A dazzlingly original harvest ritual provided an entrée to autumn on Sept. 21, as the Sechelt Arts Festival took another step in its ongoing transformation.

The Sunshine Coast Film Society will screen the award-winning Canadian film Brother at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30 at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse and 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3 at the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt.  

The Sunshine Coast’s first Roper Romp took place last week, part of a growing trend since 2013 in cities across the U.S. and Canada.

Grant Lawrence and Howard White take to the Sechelt stage for tales and songs on Sept. 28

189 venues will open their doors Oct. 18 to 20 for the annual Art Crawl

'No' by Deirdre Hofer remains on display at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt until Oct. 5. 

If you turn off the Sunshine Coast Highway near Middlepoint and wind your way down a driveway into the forest, past a garden patch, over a bridge and past a rustic cottage, you will find a designer home, nestled in trees but with a gorgeous south-west view to the ocean and the Vancouver Island mountains far beyond. It’s the dream home of Koen Drugmand and the late Din Ruttelynck, both European-trained architects and both with a love of the natural wildness of the Coast.

Supporters of the Driftwood Theatre School apparated outside the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt last week to promote a new season of acting classes offered by the non-profit organization.

Watch party returns to scene of crime: Murder in a Small Town is filmed and set on the Sunshine Coast