Local Arts

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.

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.