Local Arts

At Susan Telfer's book launch two weeks ago, her son Oliver Telfer played a terrific fiddle along with music teacher Tom Kellough.

Two Coast film-makers will be screening their films at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) that runs from now to Oct. 16.

Maria Muldaur brings her Garden of Joy Jug Band to the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt on Monday night, Oct. 5. Doors open at 7:30, show is at 8 p.m.

Described as a captivating singer, Barb Elyett is a contemporaryChristian recording artist, speaker, award-winning songwriter andfour time Maja Music Award nominee that is making a name for herselfin Canadian Christian music. On Friday, Oct.

Barry Wainwright has been making art since the age of 17. He's now 74, lives in Sechelt and will open a show of his work, And So to Dream Again, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre on Sept. 30.

Though a few of Saturday's clouds sprinkled rain, the 13th annual Pender Harbour Jazz Festival still attracted a big audience to many outdoor events. The popular choice seemed to be mellow jazz classics, the smooth music of years gone by.

The Green Team of Gibsons United Church believes that one person can make a difference. On Oct. 2 and 3 they will hold their second annual Environmental Film Festival showing films that focus on thinking globally and acting locally.

The fourth annual New Moon Festival,a celebration of Asian arts and culture, will be held Saturday,Sept. 26 from 1 p.m. to dusk at Dougall Park in Gibsons.

Music by Haydn, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the composers on the program when the Tantalus String Quartet perform at Willow Farm, Sunday afternoon Sept. 20 at 2:30 p.m.

Design is what compels jewellery artisan Véron-ique Williams - plus a restless, artistic nature that always wants to create something new.