Local Arts

In 1973 Minoru, Bodo Sumimoto, came to Canada as a Master of the Shakuatchi bamboo pipe to introduce Canadians to this classical Japanese music.

This Saturday, Feb. 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. you are invited to join Jan DeGrass and Gayle Neilson for an evening of book readings and musical entertainment at Swish in Lower Gibsons, 287 Gower Point Rd.

Gibsons actor Mac Dodge, last seen performing in Driftwood Players' production of Mending Fences, has a new role as the wily politician Odysseus in Hecuba.

This is the last weekend to catch about 80 Sunshine Coast artists on a diverse exhibition at the annual Friends of the Gallery (FOG) show at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

Delhi 2 Dublin, with their highly charged energy, returns to the Creek. The Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society is excitedto announce Delhi 2 Dublin is coming to the Roberts Creek Hall on Saturday, Feb.

There's a fine balance between anger and despair in the poetry collection of Sechelt's Jancis M. Andrews, titled The Ballad of Mrs. Smith (Hedgerow Press). The reader follows Mrs.

Friday, Jan. 25 will be the first Artesia coffeehouse of the yearand a specialevening of all female vocalists debuting on the Artesia stage, complete with the grand piano.

Don Watson, a stone carver from Gibsons, continues to make his mark in the art world beyond the Sunshine Coast.

Roberts Creek has once again sprouted another group of local musicians in the form of Robotic Horse Mechanical Sun. Their sound is groovy, fuzz folk, laid back, styly-retro roots-oriented, original material.

At the Christmas concert, The Winter's Heart, of the Coast Phoenix Singers on Dec. 15, choir director Michael Grice made a bold announcement - this would be their last concert.