Local Arts

I first heard a story from Wax Boats, the debut collection of Gibsons' writer Sarah Roberts, read aloud many years ago during a writing workshop conducted by local author Andreas Schroeder.

Fifteen young artists will be presented with prizes shortly after 1 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 28. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and view the exhibition in the Doris Crowston Gallery of the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

The unofficial start to winter activities, the Banff Mountain Film Festival came rolling into town on Friday, Nov. 20, much to the enjoyment of local outdoor enthusiasts.

It was a family affair. The most recent performer in the Coast Recital Society's (CRS) stellar season was world renowned baritone Russell Braun from Toronto with his professional accompanist and wife Carolyn Maule on piano.

Powerful, glorious, elegant, soft-grained, spine-tingling these are but a few of the epithets that have been used to describe Canadian baritone Russell Braun, who makes his Coast Recital Society (CRS) debut Sunday, Nov. 22, at 2:30 p.m.

OK, so socks are a practical Christ-mas present, but books are truly the best gift of all. Here are some new publications by local authors that would make perfect gifts.

Expect a stellar lineup of performers on stage when Winter Harp comes to Gibsons on Friday, Nov. 27, at 3 p.m. at the Heritage Playhouse.

Although it opens with a song and a dance, The Playground, put on by a group of Canada World Youth (CWY) students, is an intense play.

A blaze of pink, a strident aquamarine, wildly clashing purples and reds: the artistic journey of Paula O'Brien is strewn with colour.

The Rakish Angles, four Coast musicians, charmed a crowd at last September's Pender Harbour Jazz Festival with their entirely instrumental compositions and some gypsy jazz.