Local Arts

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.

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 Another resident, usually withdrawn, recites and records a love poem he wrote for his wife years ago.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.