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Local Arts

Scholarship Showcase sure to impress

A very special 10th annual Chatelech Scholarship Showcase is planned for Thursday, May 18, at 7 p.m. at the Chatelech Secondary Theatre.

Local screenwriter nominated

When the Canadian film and television industry Leo Awards unfold this weekend in Vancouver, a Sunshine Coast screenwriter, Jilena Cori, will attend the glamorous ceremony.

Elphi wows Whistler

On May 5, the Elphinstone Secondary School senior band performed at the Whistler Music Festival, receiving great accolades from the adjudicators there. The festival featured bands, choirs and jazz bands from schools in B.C.

Free performance at Raven's Cry

Naomi's Road is an opera written specially for Vancouver Opera in the schools. It is taken from Naomi's Road, the book for young readers by Joy Kogawa.

Pirates capture Chat musical

Help! Pirates have hijacked this year's musical production from the students of Chatelech Secondary and will be appearing nightly on the Chat theatre stage from May 11 to 13.

Reel youth, real feelings

The Reel Youth Film Festival, on tour to communities in B.C. including Sechelt and Gibsons, offers a rare glimpse into the unknown - the minds of teenagers. Apparently, it can be a scary place full of bullies and bulimia.

Red hot and cool blues

They're hot, they're new (their first show was in 2004), and they've already been nominated for Best Band by the prestigious Washington Blues Society's Best of the Blues Awards.

Little clowns tell big tales

Roll up! They're coming soon - it's Clowns for one night only at St. John's United Church in Davis Bay on Tuesday, May 16.

Exhibitions open at Arts Centre

The S.C. Arts Council presents multi-media artist Solveigh Bremer Harrison with her exhibition entitled Estuary. Concurrently, Saanichton photographer Ger Cawdell exhibits Salmon Corpses.

Bi-polar princess performs

It takes a certain kind of courage to introduce yourself to a stranger by saying, "Hi, I'm Victoria Maxwell. I was diagnosed with rapid cycling, mixed-state bi-polar disorder with mild temporal lobe epilepsy.