Local Arts

When days grow short and fall rains begin, Sunshine Coasters gather to sing. There are 12 public choirs meeting weekly from Pender Harbour to Gibsons. Sue Milne, director, lower Sunshine Coast, B.C.

Fifty gruesome zombies took to the street in Gibsons last Saturday, Oct. 26, faces gaunt, clothes tattered.

The Sunshine Coast's newest theatre company, iSaW, is producing their own adaptation of Euripides anti-war play, Trojan Women.

Yee haw! Take out your western duds for a great evening of music with two country bands. Coast favourites Bits of String and The Country Boys get together for an old-time barn dance at Roberts Creek Hall on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m.

The splendid early-music ensemble Cappella Artemisia makes their Coast Recital Society (CRS) debut this Sunday, Oct. 28, at 2:30 p.m. at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt, with a pre-concert chat at 1:30.

The Pender Harbour Rotary Club's art auction is an annual favourite, with hundreds of pieces to bid on - paintings, limited edition prints, sculptures, pottery, carvings, jewelry, antiques, native art and more.

The Sunshine Coast branch of the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers Association put on a workshop for 42 Coast students, parents and music teachers on Oct. 14 with guest clinician Paul Coates.

Artist Tyler Gentry has created a symbolic painting of Roberts Creek that's gaining attention for its magic and mystery. The painting is like a story, Gentry told Coast Reporter.

The Art Crawl has become a sophisticated and sumptuous feast for the senses, opening doors to an amazing variety of arts and artists on the Sunshine Coast. For a sample, I visited four artists working in four disciplines, living in four communities.

It's Art Crawl time again on the Sunshine Coast, and the number, diversity of disciplines and styles showcased in the 101 galleries and studios opening their doors (and properties) is as impressive as the organization of this huge event by the Coast