Local Arts

Walking on Heads, a novel by the late Dania Matiation, was presented at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt Feb.

Gibsons' Axel Loitz, 16, received a gold medal at an awards ceremony in Vancouver Sunday afternoon, March 3, from the Royal Conservatory for scoring the top mark in B.C. on the Grade 5 and Grade 6 guitar examinations.

Gibsons artist Manon Staiger is a self confessed media junkie. Her morning starts with a wake up call from radio news and her breakfast comes with a newspaper, which she reads from cover to cover.

The Sunshine Coast Labour Council invites you to the International Women's Day celebration at Roberts Creek Hall this Friday, March 8.

Author, teacher and consultant Pamela Proctor presents a panel discussion about Personalized Learning this Saturday, March 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Arts Building, 464 South Fletcher Rd. in Gibsons (next to the library).

Nineteen music students with their instruments are gathered at St. Hilda's Church on a sunny Saturday - eight of the Coast's own Youth Orchestra and 11 visitors from Washington - and they are playing the same three notes over and over.

Archie Fisher, Scotland's foremost troubadour and a legend of the Scottish folk world, is returning to Pender Harbour on Sunday, March 10, for a 2 p.m. concert at the School of Music in Madeira Park.

They've been friends for years, they play music together, and now they're going on a low budget, cross Canada tour together, all packed into a recently acquired RV.

A 26-year-old international mezzo soprano with the professional polish of a much older singer will be giving a one-time only concert in Gibsons next Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m.

What's a starfish to do when he's ripped from his watery home and dropped in the tickly grass? Scott the starfish gets by with a little help from his friends, Harley the dog and Catastrophe the cat, in a delightful children's book, Scott the Starfish