Local Arts

Music on the Rock at Willow Farm returns this Sunday, July 17 at 3 p.m. with Caffe della Gamba, Renaissance and Baroque music performed by the viola da gamba consort featuring Sarah Tippett and Genevieve MacKay.

In 2004, the acrobatic French couple of Delphine Lechifflart and Franck Rabilier embarked on a lifelong dream.

The Ceramics on the Edge 3 show opened at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt on June 29.

To the sound of smashing glass, Sunshine Coast poet Joe Denham has broken into a new genre.

The Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) welcomes Coast artist Megan Dulcie Dill and her new show entitled New Work/Salmon Cycles from July 14 to Aug. 15. You can meet the artist at the opening reception this Saturday, July 16, from 2 to 4 p.m.

June 29 and 30 at Sechelt's St. Hilda's were a glorious prelude to Canada's 144th birthday. Michael Ingham, Anglican diocesan bishop of New Westminster, was here June 29 for the organ dedication as St. Hilda's celebrates its 75th anniversary.

Music in the Landing swings into the weekend tonight (Friday) in the Gazebo at the end of the wharf in Gibsonsfrom 7 to 8 p.m. with Anagram, the jazz duo of Anna Lumiere, keyboard,and Graham Ord, sax/flute with special guest John Rule on drums.

The Sunshine Coast Dance Society once again has offered a $500 scholarship to a local dancer wanting to further her studies in dance.

Comedy is always a big part of the Showcase of Performing Arts (SOPA), the annual fundraising fest of music, theatre and film at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.

The Sunshine Coast will host two very fascinating and far-travelled artists for two weeks later this month. The Rock'N Art Gallery in Gibsons will host carvers Patrick Sephani and Passmore Mupindiko from July 15 to 31.