Local Arts

A senior resident of a care home makes music when she simply touches an iPad programmed with a musical application. Another resident, usually withdrawn, recites and records a love poem he wrote for his wife years ago.

The Gibsons Live Poets Society hosts its inaugural Gibsons Poetry Night this Friday at 7 p.m. at Wheatberries Bakery/Bistro, 818 Gibsons Way.

The gala concert that marked the last day of the Coast School of Celtic Music drew a full house and a high-energy buzz to Rockwood Pavilion in Sechelt on Friday, July 13.

Members of the State House Girls High School Choir of Kenya sang and danced before an enthusiastic and full house at Gibsons United Church Monday night. But it was a concert that almost didn't happen.

A ballet dancer leads a disciplined life, and Denise OBrian of Roberts Creek grew up training hard, spending summers at dance school and later at the Royal Ballet School in London.

The juror of Ceramics on the Edge 4, Mary Fox, braved the show's opening reception to give her constructive comments publicly on work from 11 potters now on display at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre's Doris Crowston Gallery.

Artist Motoko's new work will be on display and available for sale from July 15 to 29, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.(closed Mondays) with an opening reception on Sunday, July 15, from 2 to 5 p.m. at her studio at 4590 Sinclair Bay Rd. in Garden Bay.

After a year's break, the 12th annual Coast School of Celtic Music returns to Roberts Creek July 9 to 13. "We took a year off to think about what we were doing and what needed changing," said Ann Law, founder and a current director.

Local residents Kocassale Dioubate and Sasha Belle, founders of Kunda African Culture Music and Dance, will be returning to the Heritage Playhouse by popular demand this Saturday, July 7, to present The Joy of Africa - Celebrating Culture Through Mus

Lies, infidelity and a homeless guy who hears strange messages in the radio waves - it doesn't sound like good material for a comedy, unless it's in the hands of the iconic comedian and playwright Woody Allen, whose neurotic look at life has been mak