Local Arts

Hot Latin jazz at its best, Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada will move even the stillest of feet with their wicked rhythms and sexy beat. A huge hit of the 2009 Pender Harbour Jazz Festival, the group returns tomorrow night (April 16) with an 8 p.m.

How lucky Sunshine Coast audiences are! The Coast Recital Society brought world-famous tenor Richard Margison to the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt March 17.

Come hootenanny this Saturday at the Arts Building and the S.C. Museum in Gibsons from 5 to 8 p.m.

The classic story of Romeo and Juliet will get a new twist when Caravan World Rhythms presents the Karen Flamenco Dance Company in Romeo and Juliet on Saturday, April 9, at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt.

When The Source Dance Company brings its polished show, Flashback, to the Raven's Cry Theatre on April 16 you will see some of the most accomplished dancers in Canada.

Two original rock bands, one from Vancouver and one from the Coast, will be featured at the Halfmoon Bay fire department fundraiser this Saturday, March 26, at 9 p.m. at the Sechelt Legion Hall. Krome (www.krome.

The Coast Recital Society presents critically-acclaimed Canadian tenor Richard Margison and pianist Kinza Tyrrell in recital on Sunday afternoon, March 27, at 2:30 p.m. at the Raven's cry Theatre in Sechelt.

It all started with Kera McHugh, formerly of the Wild Bistro in Gibsons, and Amy Sharp, from the Manzanita Café in Powell River, laughing together over a comical rockabilly song during a late night Internet chat session.

The annual Chatelech Showcase on Thursday, March 31, will offer up a sampling of the Sechelt high school students' best: visitors can view artworks and films, munch cooking samples from the foods classes, see fashion designs, and hear music, dance an

The tunes may be old, but the mood was new. Generations intermingled at the fifth annual Festival of Wind Music last weekend at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, presented by the Sunshine Coast Music Society and B.C. Ferries.