Local Arts

Dance Works Academy showcased their senior students on Saturday evening, June 19, in Curtain Call before a full house at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons. It was a recital that brimmed with joy in the art of dance.

The ninth annual Showcase of the Performing Arts (SOPA) kicks off on July 2 at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons with a two-week showcase of local talent. Passionate and vivacious singer-songwriter Skye Wallace opens SOPA with a 7 p.m.

The longest day of the year, June 21, also marked Canada's National Aboriginal Day and the appropriate time for the Egmont Heritage Centre (EHC) to celebrate their second annual Aboriginal Art Show.

Laura Kemshall, Linda Kemshall and Catherine Nicholls, the founders of thr3fold: The Journal of Creative Vision, will open their new North American exhibition and launch of Volume 5 of thr3fold on Monday, June 21, from 2 to 4 p.m.

On June 5 at the Writers' Union Conference in Ottawa, Gibsons' author Sarah Roberts became the recipient of the $10,000 Danuta Gleed Literary Award for her first collection of short stories, Wax Boats (Caitlin Press), judged the best first English-la

The 15th annual Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival got off to an early start a week prior with a few well-attended events at local restaurants. But Saturday's big day did not see the expected crowds turn out to Dougall Park.

To Dance, With Love was the title of this year's recital from the Coast Academy of Dance (CAD) and it captured perfectly the quality of emotion found in this fast-paced performance.

Elphinstone Secondary School students had a chance to show off their art and drama Thursday night, June 3 during its annual Elphi Fine Arts Night.

The blues is about life - stories celebrating the good and conquering the bad - handed down from one generation to the next.

The annual Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival is fast approaching, and yes it looks like another fabulous year.