Local Arts

Joe Stanton sauntered onto the Heritage Playhouse stage, looking as though he was about to strum a few tunes for family and friends in his own living room.

Opening at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt on March 10 is a two-artist exhibition. Joanne Marks of Sechelt will exhibit her photographic works, and Halfmoon Bay resident Belinda Grames will display her digital images.

World-acclaimed Canadian pianist Michael Kim celebrated his return to Sechelt's Raven's Cry Theatre, Sunday, Feb. 22, after an absence of five years.

On March 6 and 7, the Roberts Malcolm Alumni (RMA) Pipe Band, one of six pipe bands comprising the Simon Fraser University family of bands, will be visiting Sechelt for two days of intensive practice in preparation for the 2004 competitive season.

The next CCA Coffee house at the Cellar, garden level of the Rockwood in Sechelt, is March 5 and will include well-known local piano player Ken Dalgleish with jazz vocalist Jacquie Allen, singer/songwriter/poet Tone Indbryn and guitarist/songwriter/s

Rudy Wiebe is returning to the Sunshine Coast for a reading on March 12. Wiebe is a favourite of Coast audiences as well as one of Canada's most distinguished writers.

Entertainer Joëlle Rabu was once a waitress in the family restaurant where she sang to late-night customers. Her proud brother changed all that.

It's time to coax the sun out of hibernation with some blistering blues from B.C.'s own David Gogo. Gogo will be at the Roberts Creek Hall on Saturday, Feb.

Do not miss the upcoming exhibitions at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. For two weeks, Feb 11 to Feb. 22, the artwork of elementary school students will be displayed in the Young Peoples Own Show.

After spending five years living and painting in Pender Harbour, David Burns moved to downtown Vancouver in 2000.