Local Arts

Starting on Nov. 27, Dionne Paul of the Sechelt First Nation will exhibit her art in the 2012 Art en Capital-Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'Eau, at the spectacular Grand Palais in Paris, France.

The fall list from Harbour Publishing in Pender Harbour has something for everyone to put under the Christmas tree, and the small publishing house continues to thrive in an industry experiencing hard times.

The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2013, making it the longest running festival on the Coast.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is once again calling for original work created by artists, ages five to 18, to exhibit in the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

A symbolic new art piece now hangs prominently at Capilano University, to welcome First Nations students and acknowledge the school's placement within the traditional territory of the Sechelt people.

The third annual Sunshine Coast Crawl was a resounding success, leaving organizers and participants astonished and happy with the numbers of crawlers, sales, and commissions. Even though it rained most of the weekend (Oct.

Just in time for Remembrance Day, the Pender Harbour Choir is putting on a new and remarkable concert - Till We Meet Again - to honour the fallen of several wars.

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.