Local Arts

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.

Fibreworks Studio and Gallery near Madeira Park opens their fifth season of exhibitions and workshops this Friday (April 6) with a show, Positive Fall-Out, new work by Wendy Browne, a mixed media, collage and fibre artist.

Expect to see some gorgeous evening gowns at graduation this year if the recent Chatelech Secondary School fundraising Fashion Show presented on March 29 is anything to go by.

It was a long time coming - and much hard work - but four members of the Halfmoon Bay Writers' Workshop were proud to present their collection of stories, Halfmoon Rising, at a book launch March 27 in Wilson Creek.

Now in their 16th year of performing, Pearl Django continues to be one of North America's most respected and busiest hot club style groups. They'll bring their show to the Pender Harbour School of Music on April 14 at 8 p.m.