Local Arts

Folks like Gubby, the fisherman, are the salt of the earth. Yeah, he's a bit crusty, and prefers to go out on his fishing boat, the Flounder, with only his cat, Puss, for company. His wife, Millie, worries that he doesn't eat enough fresh vegetables.

Local author and playwright Robert MacDonald suffered a period of time in hospital wrapped in depression, an unwanted sidekick to his Parkinson's disease. But this introspective time proved to be fertile.

The high-energy Celtic-world band The Paperboys return to the Sunshine Coast on Saturday night at the Roberts Creek Hall.

Archie Fisher is coming to Pender Harbour on Sunday, Nov. 14, for a 3 p.m. concert at the School of Music.

The ninth annual Pender Harbour Rotary Art Auction at the Garden Bay Pub this Saturday is by far the single largest fundraiser for this small club.

The third annual Halloween Happy Cat Haven benefit dance is at the Gibsons Legion Hall on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with the classic rock music of The Ranters, cash prizes for costumes, raffles and more.

The sweet voice of soprano Suzie LeBlanc and the collaborative piano artistry of Robert Kortgaard launched this season's Pender Harbour Music Society concert series in Madeira Park last Sunday to its usual high standard.

"You are on the threshold of a wonderful magical dream, but it is a dream not without bitterness," says the narrator in a play to open Tuesday, Nov. 2, and to be performed by a cast of Canada World Youth (CWY) visitors.

Sunshine Coast Arts Council is happy to announce that Ourselves & Others, a portrait exhibit by the Life and Limn painting group, opens in the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre on Nov. 3.

The inaugural Art Crawl Oct. 23 and 24 was officially pronounced a success by the Coast Cultural Alliance. Visitors travelled between 74 artist studios, Langdale to Powell River, browsing and shopping for local art and crafts.