Local Arts

Running from now until March 29, the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre presents two exhibitions: Bridging Worlds by Gibsons artist Simon Haiduk and Moments of Bliss by Vancouver artist Christopher Marrapese.

Gibsons Elementary School teacher Audrey Owen keeps a low profile on the Coast. She teaches kids and edits manuscripts for adults, but on the world-wide web, Owen's presence is far reaching.

The author of Fierce, a collection of smart and passionate short stories, is anything but.

Draw a 200 kilometre-wide band on the map from Berlin to Moscow and you will capture the incubation region for most of the world's great pianists, certainly those of the 20th century.

Popular gardening speaker and instructor Mike Nassichuk will give a workshop entitled tips for success in your vegetable garden on Saturday, March 7. The workshop runs from 10 a.m. to noon at Frank West Hall in Gibsons.

A giant among Canadian pianists, Robert Silverman promises to captivate the audience at his Coast Recital Society concert at 2:30 p.m., Sunday at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt.

Students of classical music wishing to enrich their education are invited to apply to the Coast Recital Society's (CRS) 2009 scholarship program. Deadline for applications is Feb. 27.

According to producers Chelsea Sleep and Dominique Hutchinson, the title of their show, H2O, stands for Homage 2 Oliver, a tribute performance of musicians and dancers held at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons last weekend.

Two polished Coast ensembles, some hot tunes and a demonstration of the versatility of the clarinet marked the opening concert of the Festival of Wind Music held at the Heritage Playhouse last weekend.

The spring reading series of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council continues on Friday, Feb. 20, at 8 p.m.