Local Arts

The Chatelech Secondary School concert band, directed by Carolyn Mitchell, greeted a huge turnout of parents and friends to the annual Chatelech Showcase of the Arts on Tuesday night.

Several children at Kinnikinnick Elementary School became recording artists last week with their single hit Any Kind of Pie.

Get ready to dance next Saturday in Roberts Creek. Caravan World Rhythms and Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society present a Zimbabwean dance party with ZimbaMoto and special Guest DJ Yum Yum on March 14 at 9 p.m. at the hall.

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.