Local Arts

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.

Coast youth who want to advance their love of music are invited to apply for a new funding opportunity.

Arrowhead presents a hip hop fundraiser tonight (Friday) at Roberts Creek Hall at 8:30 p.m. featuring The Ground Breakers from Vancouver who perform the Boom Bap sound.

Cogent introductions, and repositioning for vocal effect helped. Above all, scintillating singing made Sunday, Nov. 1, at Sechelt's Raven's Cry Theatre a most memorable afternoon.