Local Arts

Acrylic paintings, pottery, video, fabric, even hand-blown glass, along with a student-written drama were all featured at Elphi's Fine Arts Night on June 9. The work of the many skilled teens proved rich in variety and talent.

Home Before Dark is a recently published teen adventure novel by local author Jo Hammond. It is a swift, tightly-written read designed for 12 year olds and up, and adults will find it entirely enjoyable, too.

This year's fast-paced dance extravaganza, The Tribute, from students and teachers of Coast Academy of Dance, gave four full-house performances at the Raven's Cry Theatre last weekend.

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.