Local Arts

The Arts Council will launch its fall season of literary readings on Sept. 25 with distinguished Mani-toba author David Arnason.

If you want to be one of the hosting artists during the first Sunshine Coast Art Crawl, Oct. 23 to 24, sign up today (Friday, Sept. 10) to meet the deadline.

Driftwood Players is excited to announce the official opening of the Driftwood Theatre School, with acting classes for youths aged 11 to 19 beginning next week.

Playwright and performer Caitlin Hicks is announcing a new series of fall performance workshops in improvisation. Two workshops, one for adults and one for young people 13 to 17, will culminate in a community performance.

The 14th annual Pender Harbour Jazz Festival, Sept. 17 to 19, promises another exciting line up, according to the organization's artistic director Carole Rubin. "It's like making soup or paella," said Rubin.

In 1996, the arts scene in the Gibsons area was a mere shadow of today's vibrant activity. Yet the Coast had become home to hundreds of artists and artisans, and their presence attracted tourists, as local businesses were discovering.

Imagine keeping up a correspondence that lasts more than 50 years. It's a certain kind of love - a connection between two people that begins with simple notes exchanged in class and runs throughout their adult lives, lasting beyond death.

A weekend of music once again rippled across Pender Harbour as the sixth annual Chamber Music Festival opened last Friday (Aug. 20) under the artistic direction of Alexander Tselyakov.

Three days, seven art galleries - all in Gibsons Landing - with the opening reception of this year's Art Stroll on Aug. 18 at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) - all fantastic.

Delhi 2 Dublin returns to the Sunshine Coast, on Friday night, Sept. 3 at 8:30 p.m.