Local Arts

Sounds like a concept made in heaven - Ruby Lake heaven, that is. Three days to appreciate music while dancing around a 500-year-old fir tree in the middle of a new outdoor amphitheatre.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is pleased to present Bird on a Wire, mixed media bird sculptures by Coast artist Cynthia Lyman, and Masks: Subconscious Realities, the creations of Parksville artist Bill Friesen.

Spanish teacher Marlene Samper has a long-term goal. She wants to share the culture of Spanish speaking countries, to bring the nature and art of various Latin American countries to the Coast for others to enjoy.

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.