Local Arts

Ghosts, goblins, witches, warlocks mark Saturday, Oct. 29, on your calendar for the third annual Halloween Howl presented by the Pender Harbour Blues Society.

Opera season opens this Saturday, Oct. 15, with Donizetti's Anna Bolena from the NY Metropolitan Opera, live in HD by satellite, at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt. Anna Netrebko stars as the ill-fated queen. The show starts at 9:55 a.m.

Because of the generosity of the event sponsorIndustrial - Alliance Pacific and local sponsorJohn McKenzie, everyone attending the Oct.

Oct. 21 to 23 will bring a full weekend of arts and entertainment to the Coast.

Next weekend, studios and galleries from Mellon Glass near Langdale to Rare Earth Pottery at Lund beyond Powell River will open their doors to hundreds of visitors in the second annual Art Crawl, Oct. 21 to 23.

Family and friends have organized a dance and silent auction to raise funds to help Shannon and Cory Hergott with their expenses through a difficult time.

Put 100 people together in a theatre for a day and provoke them with inspiring speakers, and it's likely that 100 creative new ideas will spring forth and be shared. That's the premise behind TEDxSechelt held at the Chatelech Theatre last Saturday.

St. Hilda's Anglican Church presents Art in the Narthex, an exhibition of the contemplative art of local artist Paul Gibson. The exhibition will run from Sunday, Oct. 9, to Nov. 10 in the Narthex of the Church.

The award-winning Lafayette String Quartet opens the new season for Pender Harbour Music Society on Sunday, Oct. 16.

Canadian poet and novelist Steven Heighton will give the second of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council's fall readings next Saturday.