Local Arts

There was a certain feistiness to the 23rd annual Festival of the Written Arts. It kicked off on Aug.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council presents two new exhibits at the Arts Centre Gallery. Personal Projects is a selection of works from various long-term photography projects by Coast photographer Alan Sirulnikoff.

Harry Manx will provide the entertainment at the Rockwood Pavilion on Saturday, Aug. 27. You will be swaddled in warm and comforting music and walk away smiling. Everyone who was at the last Rockwood concert knows what a magical experience awaits.

Have you ever wondered what those guys waving their clubs at the sand trap or the water hazard are really talking about? How to improve their putt? Or how to improve their lives? The Foursome, now playing nightly and at matinees at the Stanley Theatr

Alexander Tselyakov, artistic director of the freshly minted Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival, loves the Sunshine Coast.

The sixth annual Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival Aug. 17 to 21 celebrates the elements: earth, wind, fire and water.

As I followed a group of young women into the Heritage Playhouse last Friday night, I recognized most of them as dance students.

It's a good thing for the Coast that Roberts Creek artist Eric Allen Montgomery has a restless nature. His primary work, what he terms his day job, is to produce custom made corporate work in sandblasted glass.

The third of four concerts in the Sounds for Summer concert series is set for tomorrow (Aug. 6) at 8 p.m. at the Living Faith Lutheran Church in Davis Bay. Wendy Humphreys is the featured performer.

As you drive up or down Hwy. 101 on your way to the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt to see the new invitational show of local artists, give a thought to what this journey means to you as a resident.