Local Arts

The next film in the Green Film Series, Queen of the Sun: What Are theBees Telling Us, will be shown on Monday, March 5, at the GibsonsHeritage Playhouse at 7:30 p.m.

If you're not a family member or friend of one of the musicians, you may not know that local youth fiddle group Bad to the Bow completed the recording of their first CD last week.

The Festival of Strings takes place tonight (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. (Paul Pinsonnault Trio plus other classical guitar musicians), Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. (Rakish Angles, Joel Fafard) and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.

You've got to like an author that begins a book of family history with a note to his relatives explaining that he is writing his own memory of events - and he welcomes the flak he will get from them.

Funny and upbeat, with just a pinch of sass, the Good Lovelies' textbook three-part harmonies, constant instrument swapping and witty on-stage banter have enlivened the folk music landscape since they joined forces in 2006 for their first show at Tor

The Vancouver Chamber Choir, under the direction of conductor Jon Washburn, proved themselves champions of diversity by offering an eclectic concert at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt last Sunday as part of the Coast Recital Society (CRS) series.

The Gibsons Public Art Gallery teams up with WaterCan (watercan.com), an organization that helps access clean water for all, during the forthcoming "Shout Out!, the young people's art show" that opens March 15.

The Vancouver Chamber Choir, one of Canada's finest choral ensembles, performs for the Coast Recital Society (CRS) this Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt. The concert begins at 2:30 p.m. with a pre-concert chat at 1:30 p.m.

It was right around the moment that Mr. Lahey (John Dunsworth) straddled an unsuspecting member of the audience on the stage floor and slurped a (fake) shot of liquor from his belly button that it dawned on me - Mr. Lahey has a drinking problem.

The Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society is excitedto announce the return of one of Canada's most buzzed-about bands, Delhi 2 Dublin, coming to the Roberts Creek Hall, Feb. 25.