Local Arts

If you're looking for a fun outdoor event filled with artistic inspiration and the chance to purchase local artwork in every medium, check out the Acre of Art set for Sept. 4 and 5 on the Roberts Creek Elementary School grounds.

Author Yvonne Mearns Klan's recent book, The Old Red Shirt from New Star Books, is one of the most interesting collections of heritage ephemera for many a year. As an amateur historian, Klan has combed the archives of B.C.

Montreal beckons to a young Gibsons woman this weekend. Lauren Grant is winging her way to the Quebec city to present her winning short film at the Montreal Film Festival.

Celebrate the dog days of summer with the Wheat in the Barley, Saturday, Aug. 28, at Roberts Creek Hall. Doors open at 7:30, and the music fires up at 8 p.m. sharp with special guests, the talented local new grass group Chore Buster Ranch.

The 22nd annual Festival of the Written Arts opened on Aug. 12 in Sechelt with one of its most ambitious opening night programs ever.

A fund-raising concert from Mark and Friends for the Heritage Playhouse Concert Grand Fund is fast becoming an annual summer tradition in Gibsons. This year, the special event will be held on Sunday, Aug. 29, at 2:30 p.m.

Erenora Puketapu-Hetet is a Maori weaver who is very down to earth, has a wry sense of humour and lives to weave.

Two Chatelech Secondary School graduates are dancing their way into an exciting career move.

The last show that performer Jean-Pierre Makosso appeared in on the Coast was the singing, storytelling M'bassu where he had hundreds of children laughing at the first sight of his lively face and infectious grin.

Nancy Cottingham Powell, co-ordinator of the inaugural Sechelt Family Arts Festival held last weekend, is happy with the results. After a year of planning and plotting, the fun-filled two days went off without a hitch. "I'm very pleased.