Local Arts

Galleries, shops and restaurants in Lower Gibsons are all taking part in Art Stroll in the Landing from Aug. 9 to 12. Pick up your helpful brochureand enjoy your visit. The Art Stroll reception is on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Power of Paint is an apt title for the powerful show forthcoming in Sechelt Aug. 17 to 19 from a group calling themselves Eleven Equal Artists. Each artist has a wealth of professional experience and has shown his or her work in galleries.

What is it about garlic, the pungent bulb that makes people build an entire festival around it? The third annual Garlic and Music Festival, a family fun, community harvest event with a terrific line-up of music, is brought to you by the Pender Harbou

Prolific artist Gigi Hoeller will be showing her paintings created in three completely different styles at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt this Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 4 and 5) along with Pender Harbour woodturner Plumb Bob.

Explore the creative side of the community of Gibsons Landing fromAug. 9 to 12 at the Gibsons Landing Art Stroll.

An accomplished guitarist, a mythical forest spirit and an artist painting on stage - all are to be found at the entertainment event known as MusicFest Vancouver.

Organizers of the Green Films series are rolling out the green carpet in honour of a recently made documentary, For the Love of Gospel Rock.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is pleased to present a group exhibition of artists from the Sunshine Coast, Obsessions, which will be shown in the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt, at Trail Avenue and Medusa Street

Independent film director Matthew Campbell is back in his home territory - Gibsons - to make the first episode in a futuristic, fast-paced web series, Citizen. "I describe it as Jason Bourne meets 1984," Campbell said.

Lifestyle Ad, the recently released single from singer and songwriter Jess Hart, is more than a little ukulele number. It's a sign of things to come.