Local Arts

The Source Dance Company - 21 high energy performers from Vancouver - took the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse stage by storm last Sunday.

Singing will greet filmgoers as they arrive at the Heritage Playhouse on Tuesday, May 5, and it will continue into the theatre, inviting the audience to participate.

The two-year-old Coast Life magazine picked up two awards, a silver and a bronze, at the recent provincial newspaper awards where it was judged on both content and design.

The PK3 Jazz Trio featuring Sechelt's Kristian Braathen on drums, returns to the Coast on Saturday night. PK3 was last seen on the Coast at last year's Pender Harbour Jazz Festival where they put on a fantastic show.

A cult legend of the Canadian folk scene, singer/songwriter Penny Lang earned a devoted fan following for her distinctive readings of folk, blues, country and gospel standards. Lang plays Pender Harbour Saturday night at 8 p.m.

There once were two girls who liked to write. They entered a contest in spite, Of winter-time blues about homeless men and strange foods And are going to writer's camp with great delight.

Sometimes You Win is a winner. It's been a long time coming, this latest CD from Joe Stanton and the Precious Littles.

Spontaneous, playful and off the wall - these attributes all describe Coco Love Alcorn. Her concerts engage the audience with that eye to eye contact, which makes everyone feel she's singing just for them.

Allison Crowe returns to Gibsons on April 10.

The People's Water by environmentalists Daniel Bouman and Andrew Scott is a well-written book that speaks to the social anthropologist in all of us.