Local Arts

A collaboration of four accomplished musicians, The Drumheads are lifelong disciples of the art of rhythm. With their music firmly rooted in the tradition of West Africa, their rhythms are as exotic as their instruments.

The Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival started as a one-day festival on a Saturday afternoon in Dougall Park in Gibsons Landing in 1995.

Poetry, jazz, music, fiction - it's all happening at the Gibsons Library on June 4.

Halfmoon Bay author Andrew Scott has a light touch with the facts.

He crouches on stage like a lion. He whirls through the air like a bird. A folk tale character from Africa, Anansi the Spider, appeared on a Gibsons stage last weekend in the shape of the talented performer and storyteller, Jean-Pierre Makosso.

Roberts Creek artist Kim LaFave is best known for his illustration of children's books. He's a successful commercial artist and illustrator who has been honoured with numerous awards for his picture book drawings of whimsical figures.

Last year, Feso's infectious Afrobeat music and dance from Zimbabwe mesmerized and uplifted the audience at The Club.

Come and enjoy the Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra's spring concert, featuring the programs of four conductors: Joe Hatherill, Lyle Carter, Michelle Bruce and Heather Beckmyer. The concert is set for Sunday, May 29, at 2 p.m.

It's obvious that creative partners Maggie Blue O'Hara and Hoi Chiu are very much in love. They met in Vancouver scarcely a year ago when Maggie, who now lives in Gibsons, was involved in a dance performance.

The Coast String Fiddlers travelled to Kelowna to play the closing concert of the Kelowna Community Concert Series April 25.