Local Arts

The final performance of the season for the Pender Harbour Music Society will feature Christie Reside and Terence Dawson this Sunday at 2 p.m.

Two film-makers from Sechelt are off to explore the heavens in search of Earth's twin - a planet capable of supporting life.

The SC Arts Council's spring reading series wraps up Saturday with a reading by Calgary writer, Suzette Mayr, whose stunning 2011 novel,Monoceros, aroused wide comment and praise.

The Artesia Coffeehouse is tonight (Friday) at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt at 8, with doors opening at 7 p.m.

If you believe in community is the slogan and driving force behind a new organization that sees poverty in our own neighbourhood and wants to do something about it.

Jazz and blues artist Colleen Savage has been active in the Vancouver jazz scene for 30 years. Many Gibsons music fans will remember the Mother of Pearl band's performances at Gibsons jazz festivals.

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.