Local Arts

"You can't rush inspiration," thought dancer and choreographer Dominique Hutchinson just before a series of coincidental events led her to a new feature piece for the latest dance production of DSDanse, opening on April 23.

There is something inside all of us that wants to belong, to feel we are a part of something greater than our individual selves.

Black Cat Productions presents the documentary film The Fourth World War, the latest from award-winning filmmakers from Big Noise Films. The screening takes place Tuesday, April 12, at Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Stunning, charismatic, compelling - these are just a few words to describe the performances of singer/ songwriter Jana Keeley, who is about to release her debut album.

It's too darn bad that the Peninsula Players and Pebbles Restaurant dinner dramas don't run for a longer time period.

I am standing inside a camera. It is not the latest digital wonder; in fact, it's very low tech.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council concurrently presents two exhibitions honouring the late Kasia Jabloska, an artist who lived in Garden Bay. A Free Spirit is a selection of Jabloska's art in a variety of media.

In the musical, Blast from the Past, five kids from today's world get off at the wrong stop and wander into another time zone.

Roberts Creek jeweller and metalsmith Erin Dolman has recently won a top honour in a province-wide competition. Dolman was one of five artists from across B.C. who will be recognized at a gala ceremony April 12 as a winner of the inaugural B.C.

This year's Festival of the Performing Arts grand finale concert last Saturday opened with the latest generation, the young Music Makers' pennywhistlers, piping two tunes and closed with the adult Pender Harbour Choir.