Local Arts

The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Canada's premier baroque ensemble, headlines 2008/09 Coast Recital Society (CRS) season.

Craig Trilosky is a 12-year-old with a mom who embarrasses him, a teacher who wants him to do extra math and an irritating class clown for a friend. In short, he's pretty much like every other kid his age.

Pipers and spinners, actors and musicians - about 16 local arts groups turned out last Saturday to the Seaside Centre to show and tell to the public in an open house organized by the Sechelt's Arts, Culture and Heritage Advisory Committee.

Come check out an exciting pairing of bands Saturday, May 10, at the Gumboot Restaurant. Local stringband The Rakish Angles will share the night with The Frazey Ford Band.

It was a painting with a "wow" factor, entitled simply Egmont, by local artist Kim Lafave that inspired a new group show opening May 10 at the Westwind Gallery in Gibsons.

Deb Proby, manager of the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt, is about to host the last opera in the second season of high definition (HD) performances transmitted by satellite from The Metropolitan Opera at the Lincoln Center.

Sheila Munro, the Powell River writer who also happens to be the daughter of world-renowned short story writer Alice Munro, will be in Sechelt for a reading on May 3. Sheila's writing career has featured a concentration on parent-child relationships.

The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts (SCFPA) opened this week with nearly 400 entrants, youth and adults, who will demonstrate their musical abilities to impartial adjudicators during a three-week period.

Caravan World Rhythms presents what promises to be a fantastic concert experience on Saturday at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt. Bill Bourne and Eivør Pálsdóttir perform April 19 at 8 p.m. at the theatre.

Book publisher Howard White was awarded Canada's highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada, on Friday, April 11.