Local Arts

Giving a psychic reading to a Sunday morning audience at the cinema may seem like an unusual way to launch a book. But then Gibsons' Natasha Rosewood is not your usual author.

Popular storyteller Ivan Coyote returns to the Coast on Saturday, Nov. 7, for a day of reading and workshops.

It's hard to imagine a cast and crew more excited by a play. Driftwood Players brings a contemporary production, The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey, to the Heritage Playhouse opening Nov.

In an evening of lyrical prose and contemporary poetry, three authors launched their latest works in Sechelt last Oct. 10.

Last seen on Halloween 2008, it is rumoured that Arturo Toscanini (1867-1967) will once again conduct the Coast Symphony Orchestra Association's Halloween Concert. This concert, a week before Halloween, will really get people in the Halloween spirit.

As Sunshine Coast Idol organizer Peter Beauchamp said last week to Idol host Chelsea Crawford as he handed her the microphone, "It's all yours, Chelsea. Here we go again." Idol 2 officially got underway Oct.

Despite the rain, a small crowd gathered outside Sechelt's municipal building last Saturday to unveil two new artworks commissioned especially for the Civic Square garden.

Artist Vivian Chamberlin of Gibsons couldn't imagine a life without painting. She's 86 - she doesn't mind you knowing her age - and she's still learning and growing in her art.

Fans of Gibsons' own Canadian Idol finalist, Sarah Loverock, will be happy to hear that she's launching a new single, The Dreamer, at Video Etc. in Sunnycrest Mall this Saturday, Oct. 17.

Javier Perianes, an exceptional young Spanish pianist with a growing international reputation, makes his Sunshine Coast debut with the Coast Recital Society Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, at 2:30 p.m. at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt.