Local Arts

The Coast's 39th annual Festival of the Performing Arts closed last Sunday with the highly anticipated Festival Highlights Concert that featured 19 acts by youthful musicians and dancers.

It's taken a lot of drive from youthful musicians and their director, support from the community, and the sale of hundreds of hand-crafted, woolly hedgehog toys.

The SunCoast Concert Band will introduce some music that will be new to the audience at its spring concert Stories in Song next weekend.

Tonight, (Friday) Jordao Studios in association with VOICE presents a special double bill concert featuring Electrolyte and Siadic. Both bands push the envelope for live music entertainment. Doors open at 8 with the show at 9 p.m.

The Green Film Series will be showing their final film for this season Revenge of the Electric Car" on two nights this Monday, April 23 and Tuesday, April 24.

Story Theatre is gearing up to produce a new line-up of exciting stories for children and familiesat summer festivals on the Sunshine Coast - from the Chil-dren's Festival in Dougall Park to Canada Day at Hackett Park to the Half-moon Bay Country Fai

The Lighthouse Pub will be rocking with local hard rock band Sinmobile this Saturday night April 14 as the band launches its new CD. Music starts at 9:30 p.m.

Edmonton writer Marina Endicott will read from her work Friday, April 20, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

She has been described as having warmth in her mezzo-soprano voice. Rebecca Fox is 25 years old and has been charming audiences since the age of six when she gave her first performance at a seniors' home.

Roberts Creek artist Gordon Halloran, known worldwide for his public art paintings in ice (www. paintingsbelowzero.com) has been invited to create an installation of floating paintings, Lotus in Motion, at an exhibit in the Tuileries Garden in Paris.