Local Arts

Loveable children's entertainer Fred Penner is coming to Pender Harbour for two family-friendly concerts next Saturday, Nov. 23. Penner will play the Pender Harbour School of Music in Madeira Park at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Themonthly Artesia coffeehouse presented by Coast Cultural Alliancehas been moved to a new date this month because of all the craft fair activity at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre. It's being held this Saturday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7.

Back by popular demand are Delhi 2 Dublinas they return to the Creek with their energetic mashup of Bhangra, Celtic, Dub, Reggae, electronica with non-stop global rhythms.

In June 2003, those interested in forming a public art gallery in Gibsons met to discuss their vision. "It could become as important to the town as the library," artist Mudito Drope is reported to have said.

Lucky by Gibsons author Kathy Para is a gritty, unflinching novel that follows the blood-soaked path of a photojournalist, Anika, in a Middle Eastern war zone. Anika is all spit and vinegar.

Sunshine Coast author Kathryn Para launches her blistering debut novel at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery this Saturday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m.

Coast TV's music show Out Loud is hosting a free concert at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse this Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Out Loud, now in its second season, showcases local musical acts late night on Coast TV.

The musings of three veterans in a home for the elderly in France in 1959 does not sound like ripe material for a comedy. Heroes, a play translated and adapted by Tom Stoppard, is not rip-roaring funny, but it offers humour with pathos.

Karie Garnier has a very strange story to tell.

The Pender Harbour Blues Society is thrilled to host its fifth annual Halloween Howl dance and costume extravaganza this Saturday, Oct. 26. Great non-stop dance music courtesy of the ever popular Dr.