Local Arts

'Alcoholism was a piece of cake compared to smartphoneism'

A pod of more than 80 artful orcas now on display at the Gibsons Public Market sends a clear message: when it comes to the killer whales at the heart of the market's seven-year-old fundraising initiative, nothing is black and white.

A retrospective gala in Sechelt on May 11 provided the opening fanfare in a two-part celebration of the Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra Association’s 30th anniversary season.

During a multidisciplinary highlights concert last weekend, the longest-running annual arts event on the southern Sunshine Coast concluded its entrée into a second half-century.

When approaching the Rockwater resort in Secret Cove for a dinner reservation at its Tubird restaurant—not yet a year since a major facelift under new ownership—a peculiar kind of transition takes place.

Marney-Rose Edge's 'The Quiet of the Nest is Where Dreams Come True' and Marie Price's 'On the Face of It' continue at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery until May 25.

Festival luminaries to probe language transformation: Here's who is confirmed so far for the mainstay literary festival on the Sunshine Coast

‘It allows people to be right inside the artwork and interact with artists in a slightly different way’

Also, two members of the Sunshine Coast’s resident Pine ‘N’ Sandy drag ensemble compete in the inaugural King-Dom drag competition in Vancouver

As one of the busiest cultural hubs in Gibsons approaches a century of service, a gathering of visionaries last Sunday celebrated the silver anniversary of its latest transformation.