Local Arts

You may not have heard of him recently, but Sechelt's John Lyle has written hundreds of songs and recorded 10 CDs over the years, including his first two recordings on vinyl.

Poetry, music and art, all in one new venue - it's the kind of collaboration that attracts artists of all types. Writer and poet Jane Covernton has organized a Poetry Festival this Sunday, March 30, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Next Thursday, April 3, the Reel Youth Film Festival (RYFF), in partnership with Disappearing Gallery, will provide a stage for young filmmakers to show their stuff to a local audience.

Nikki Weber presents The Now Generation this Sunday, March 30, at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.

The Pender Harbour Music Society is presenting a dynamic musical duo next Sunday, March 30, at 3 p.m. at the School of Music.

The Colorifics, an eclectic group performing styles from Bohemian cabaret to jazz and pop, come to the Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club this Saturday, March 22, in a production presented by the Golf Club and Underpants Productions.

Acclaimed pianist Sara Davis Buechner returns to the Coast Recital Society (CRS) this Sunday afternoon March 23. The show starts at 2:30 p.m.

It's been a long time coming, but vocalist Verna Chan is happy to present her first album, Restless, that she will launch this Saturday, March 22, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. Why the title? Chan is a restless person, in a sense.

The Singing Bowl is a first novel from the prolific pen of Garden Bay author Roy Dimond. When Humanics first published the novel last year in the U.S.

Vancouver novelist Aislinn Hunter will read in Sechelt next Friday, March 21 and has promised we will be the first audience to hear a preview of her unpublished novel, The World Before Us.