Local Arts

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.

The monthly Artesia coffeehouse is this Friday (Feb. 22) at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

If you haven't heard much from Sweet Cascadia lately, it's because they've been hard to find over the last year or so.

A recently published collection of poetry from black Canadians, the first of its kind in Canada, had its start on the Sunshine Coast.

Imagine the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey without the booming timpani and building fanfares - the music (Also Sprach Zarathustra by Strauss) makes the opening sequence come to life.

The Harbour Arts, a new painting class in Gibsons, wraps up its winter workshop series this weekend with an already fully committed course titled Unleashed with Paint.

The Coast Recital Society (CRS) presents cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Noreen Polera at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt this Saturday, Feb. 9 at 2:30, with a pre-concert chat at 1:30 p.m.

When an ensemble from the Royal Canadian Navy's Naden Band march on stage at the Heritage Playhouse this Sunday, Feb. 10, in a concert presented by the Sunshine Coast Music Society (SCMS), the audience won't be hearing military airs.

Four pre-professional dancers from the Coast Academy of Dance (CAD) were the stars of the show last Sunday, Feb. 3, at a performance at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.

The exhibition that opens at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery this weekend is titled Figures on the Coast.