Local Arts

Two little girls from Uganda on stage at Gibsons Christian Life Assembly on Thursday night, Feb. 2, captured the audience's attention as they told how hard life had been before they came to live at Watoto.

The boss at work or the volunteer co-ordinator at your organization has a great project for you. They want all the staff or volunteers to gather with Gibsons musician Lowry Olafson one day and sing together while working on writing a theme song.

A large litter of hedgehogs was sold at the Christmas concerts of the Coast Symphony Orchestra and more will be available at their next concerts this weekend. The concerts are Saturday at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall at 2 p.m.

Pender Harbour Music Society presents Linda Lee Thomas and Jonathan Goldman in their next concert series event on Sunday, Feb. 12 at the School of Music in Madeira Park.

The Coast Recital Society (CRS) invites Sunshine Coast classical music students to submit applications for the annual CRS scholarships. CRS scholarships are open to local music students 25 years or younger.

Randy and Mr. Lahey's West Coast Oddity comes to the Sunshine Coast next week with a series of comedy shows from Gibsons to Powell River.

Sally Williams still remembers the awe she felt watching David Harris and Moscow Art Theatre's renowned Basyra Hunter direct fellow students in a scene from Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at Ryerson Theatre School in 1972.

David Roche and Lowry Olafson have a great evening planned, Songs and Stories from the General Area of the Heart, guaranteed to open your heart and tickle your funny bone.

The Green Film Series has announced their spring line-up of films, hosted by Gibsons Green Team and Sustainable Coast Magazine in collaboration with the Sunshine Coast Film Society at Gibsons Heritage Playhouse.

Watoto, a holistic care program, initiated to serve the dire needs of Africa and her people, is thrilled to present a brand new tour entitled Beautiful Africa: A New Generation, an evening of vibrant, original African music, dance routines and life-t