Local Arts

The Very Best of Yuk Yuk's comes to Gibsons Heritage Playhouse next Friday, July 12 at 8 p.m. Three of Canada's top comedians will perform: Sam Easton (Toronto), Toby Hargrave (Edmonton) and Damonde Tschritter (Vancouver).

Following his inspiring appearances last year, pianist Peter Arnstein is returning to the Coast the weekend of July 20 for two fundraising concerts.

Jean Pierre Makosso of Gibsons is a born story-teller. "Life is made to be told," he said. "Any moment is a chapter in your life." He is also a performer, acting in dramas and at festivals for adults and children.

Many Coast artists became acquainted with Jane Richardson when she ran the now closed Leighdon Studio Gallery on West 3rd in Vancouver. "We had only B.C. artists at the gallery," Richardson said.

Since their last visit to the Sunshine Coast, Mindil Beach Markets have released a critically acclaimed new album (It Might Take Long), toured it across Canada twice, and appeared on multiple morning news shows across the country, including CTV's Can

Linzy Arnott, who was to co-presentan exhibition at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) with Kez Sherwood, has taken ill and Nadina Tandy, a well-known Gibsons artist, has graciouslyagreed topartner with Sherwood on the next show.

When traditional story-telling meets iPad technology the results are outstanding, especially when they come from the creative minds of Matthew Talbot-Kelly and Jacqueline O. Rogers of Gibsons.

Danceworks Academy showed off its senior dancers in the presentation Pop Culture on June 14 with a prolific show featuring an amazing 32 dance numbers. Seven of the students were graduating.

A few years ago at the Rockwood Pavilion in Sechelt, Harry Manx was tuning up the Mohan Veena when a stray cat wandered in from back stage. As the cat sauntered across the stage, the chuckles from the audience made Manx look up from his task.

The first performance at the 18th annual Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival last weekend was a dance number by a creative local group, members of the SC Dance Society.