Local Arts

In 1973 Pender Harbour musician Les Fowler led the earliest incarnation of the Pender Harbour Community Choir.

Coming to Sechelt, Wood Dreams and Lightning and the 'insanely unexpected beauty' of three virtuosos: Michael Waters' acoustic chill guitar, Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos, playing the profound flute style of the centuries-old Shakuhatchi tradition and Allannah

After a brilliant academic career in music in which professor Lois Choksy wrote six non-fiction texts, she retired and turned her imagination to another genre, fiction.

The Young People's Art Show, Elementary Schools, is a must see in the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. Almost 500 pieces of art hung with 1,556 tacks took six volunteers 10 hours to put on the gallery walls.

The third annual Duttons farewell tour plays at the Roberts Creek Hall this Saturday, May 11. Come out and enjoy the music of The Billy Hillpicker Band, Bits of String, The Country Boys and, of course, the Duttons.

The first inkling that the Aboriginal Storytelling Festival on May 2 might be special was in the introductory remarks by educator Kerry Mahlman. "Storytelling - it's a gift; it's precious," she said to the audience at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall.

They like to do things differently in the Creek. Any art event such as the second annual Roberts Creek Arts Festival (RCAF) to be held on the May 17 to 19 long weekend can't be ordinary.

They can be seen - the glazed eyes of the undead - peering from the forests around Sechelt, searching for a fresh face to chew. The CNN newscasts warn of zombies in the area.

Driftwood Players invites artists of all disciplines (actors, dancers, poets, writers, musicians and visual artists) to bring their work at any stage of its progress for a jam on Thursday, May 16, at Chaster House.

Two greats of the guitar world - and two wonderful people - together on one stage. Daniel Bolshoy and Celso Machado will perform for the Pender Music Society audience on Sunday, May 12, at 2 p.m. at the School of Music in Madeira Park.