Local Arts

The Afiara String Quartet makes its Coast Recital Society debut Sunday afternoon, Feb. 13, at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt. The concert begins at 2:30 with a pre-concert chat at 1:30 p.m.

Award-winning Afropop sextet H'sao from Chad, via Montreal, returns to the Sunshine Coast after an over-long, five-year absence. Drawing from gospel, traditional African music and their Chadian roots, H'sao display clear soul, pop and R&B influences.

Adelene da soul poet talks as if she's sitting across from you at your kitchen table. You listen. Soon you realize she's slid into a poem, and you're still listening. She's engaged with her audience, speaking her truths.

The Goldmoss Gallery, 2840 Lower Rd. in Roberts Creek, invites you to an exciting mid-winter art show, Autonomy of Love, featuring new paintings. Opening reception is this Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Indie rock rules - or, to put it another way - independent 21st century original rock music written by local songwriters and performed on Saturday night in a venue other than a garage is alive on the Sunshine Coast. I know because I've been there.

Kick-off your Valentine's Day plans a little early this year by kicking up some fun with Dr. Fun and the Painkillers. Dr.

The B.C. Culture Days Task Force is pleased to announce that it has engaged the Alliance for Arts and Culture, through the Society to Bridge Arts and Community, to co-ordinate the 2011 B.C. Culture Days.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is pleased to announce Alternate Light, an exhibition of work by Kristjana Gunnars. After years of commuting between the Sunshine Coast and Edmonton, Gunnars was able to make the Coast her permanent home.

An exhibition of work, Cheering the Goddess, ceramics by Katie Janyk, opens this week with an artist's reception on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery. In the Harbour View Room, until Feb.

A successful fibre arts festival that put Gibsons on the map for fabric artists everywhere will not continue in 2011. At the annual general meeting of the Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival (GLFAF) Society Jan.