Local Arts

Dominik Kalita’s ‘This Must Be The Place’ on display to Feb. 28.

At the first community cedar weaving workshop at Sechelt’s Red Cedar Woman studio held since last summer, fibre artist Jessica Silvey and her daughters Ali and Bella Casey, offered instruction on the creation of miniature woven hearts using strips of red cedar

The Coast Recital Society will welcome the COULOIR duo to the Raven’s Cry Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 16 for a program that explores the rich expressive range of music for cello and harp.

An exhibition of mixed-media works by one of the Sunshine Coast’s most active art instructors will culminate mid-month at the Gibsons Public Market. For painter Sheri Peters, the vision for such a collection of ethereal portrayals doesn’t come into focus until the canvases themselves are completed. 

A province-wide celebration of British Columbia heritage this month will commemorate historical leisure activities. Heritage Week, a project of the non-profit advocacy organization Heritage BC, takes place annually in mid-February.

An upcoming theatrical reading in Gibsons presented as part of the long-running Off the Page performance series will pay tribute to its founder: musician, screenwriter and playwright David King.

Despite prodigious snowfall and perilous roads, renowned Canadian virtuosos Timothy Chooi (violin) and Jane Coop (piano) performed for a packed Raven’s Cry Theatre and online viewers on Sunday, Feb. 2.

The couple behind one of Sechelt’s most nourishing cultural hotspots is hanging up the soup ladle after eight years, but their appetite for thriving community remains as strong as ever. On Jan.

Performances of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat take place at Chatelech Secondary School on Feb. 28, March 1, 7 and 8 (at 7 p.m.) and March 2 and 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets ($20) are now available from Sew Easy in Sechelt and the One Flower One Leaf gallery in Gibsons. 

Music and visuals converge in Vertical Human // Horizontal World