Local Arts

Jarimba will be featured at a music and dance party that comes to the Roberts Creek Hall on Saturday, Oct. 23.

George Bowering, Canada's first poet laureate, will read in Sechelt on Oct. 30.

The plans are elaborate and full of fun details. Coast artists are getting ready: painting their studios, displaying their work, planning to stick close to home this weekend, Oct. 23 and 24.

Filmmaker Erik Paulsson will host the Coast premiere of his latest documentary, The Edge of the World: BC's Early Years, this Sunday in Gibsons.

In the play A Bed Full of Foreigners, the French hotel is not in tip top condition: the radiator clunks, the clock is slow, and Karak the porter likes to sip a beer on the job, much to the dismay of manager Heinz.

Local potters have crafted bowls for your lunch when you participate in Empty Bowls, a benefit for the Sunshine Coast Food Bank, this Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Roberts Creek Hall.

Internationally renowned Acadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc and Robert Kortgaard, one of Canada's favourite collaborative pianists, open the new season of concerts from the Pender Harbour Music Society on Sunday, Oct. 24.

Poet and teacher Susan Telfer presented an unusual sight last week as she strolled the halls of Chatelech Secondary School and the Sunshine Coast Alternative School carrying her sign marked Random Acts of Poetry and a basket of copies of her book, Ho

Three Coast authors, who know and respect one another, hosted a triple book launch at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre last Saturday to a full house.

Pender Harbour artists want to remind the public about their open house this weekend Oct. 8 to 10.