Local Arts

After 10 years and 20 wildly popular dinner theatre productions, Peninsula Players is about due for a shake up. Change is not a bad thing, according to president John Robertson, who has been involved with amateur theatre most of his life.

"We're making crazy art," said Sandy Buck of Deer Crossing the Art Farm, from a sunny corner of Shirley Macey Park near Gibsons last Saturday.

The Showcase of the Performing Arts (SOPA) that opened on July 2 continues this weekend in the air-conditioned Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons. In this ninth annual presentation, there have been many magic moments and a few yet to come.

Nine writers based in Roberts Creek will participate in an evening of readings on Saturday. The event, organized by writer Jane Covernton, is called Think Globally, Read Locally.

Ten years is a good time to take stock.

To celebrate publication of the book Women of Pender Harbour, Rose-Ellen Nichols, a daughter of the Harbour, returned to her home in recital on Sunday, June 27.

Take it a step further. At least one potter at the second annual Ceramics on the Edge show has heard this message.

Bharata Natyam is a classical Indian dance recital entitled In Praise of the Divine Feminine with Jayalakshmi Eshwar of New Delhi, India, and presented by Shakti Dance and the New Moon Festival Society on Sunday, July 11, at 3 p.m. at St.

Fans of David Lindley and Harry Manx will be thrilled to know the two are sharing the stage at Rockwood Pavilion in Sechelt on Tuesday, July 13. It will be a night to remember.

Every two years choirs from all over the world converge on Powell River for a five-day choral festival filled with concerts, singing, competitions, seminars and social events.