Local Arts

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.

Artists are preparing for a bi-annual swarm of visitors to Pender Harbour during this year's Art Wave, April 22 to 24. The Easter weekend will open the season and the participating artists are preparing in their various ways.

Tutti is the title of two special performances of the Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra with the Suncoast Concert Band (directed by François Koh) and guests A Cappella Strait and Choralations Choir.

Angus Stuart's tour of Testament of A Naked Man: Good News According to Mark will make a timely stop at St. Hilda's By the Sea Anglican Church at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 18 just in time for Easter.

Coast to Coast, an earthquake and tsunami relief fundraiser for Japan will be held at Roberts Creek community hall from noon to 4 p.m. this Sunday, April 10.

DsDanse is a troupe of youthful dancers with enough energy to power upthe house lights during their performances. See for yourself on April 15 and 16 when DsDanse performs at the Heritage Playhouse in a show called Connexions.

Paul Clancy is sitting on a bench in front of four, flat-screen TVs at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) on the first day of his show, Point/ Counterpoint, doing what we all like to do occasionally - staring at moving images.