Local Arts

When Edwin and Nancy Cahill make their 10th trip to Kitale, Kenya to visit Mercy Home in September 2011, they will be getting help from a musical ensemble who will play a concert to benefit the children of Mercy Home.

This Saturday, July 30, Rock'n Art Gallery is hosting a live carving and charity event featuring two master carvers from Zimbabwe, Patrick Sephani and Passmore Mupindiko. The event starts at 10 a.m. at Rock'n Art Gallery, 127 Clark Rd. in Gibsons.

Lisa (Hobbs) Birnie graces the Sunshine Coast Arts Council's spring series of author readings on Saturday, May 7 at 8 p.m. in the Doris Crowston Gallery of the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

Blood Feathers and Holy Men, a story of 10th century America, is a dramatic, richly detailed adventure story by former Coast resident Ben Nuttall-Smith who launched his new novel (published by Libros Libertad) at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre earlie

Author Maggie de Vries introduced young writers to the world of writing at Gibsons Elementary School last week.

Vaudeville is in her blood. Susie Francis is a seventh generation performer of the old-fashioned art of singing and comedy known as vaudeville that she learned from her father, Fran Dowie.

This Saturday, April 23, will be a night of world rhythms and dance-worthy vibes when Beats Without Borders Goes Coastal at the Roberts Creek Community Hall.

A unique celebration of Vladimir Mayakovsky's life and poetry is in store when Revolution is presented at the Roberts Creek Hall on April 30.

Despite its hundreds of participants and its reputation as the longest running festival on the Coast, the SC Festival of the Performing Arts (SCFPA) is still not very well known by the general public.

Did you know there is an average of 613 seeds in a pomegranate? Serendipitously, 6-1-3 is also the Ottawa area code.