Local Arts

Though the audience size was smaller than expected, the organizers of the first Canadian Heritage Film Festival held last weekend in Gibsons say they are more than satisfied with the four-day run of vintage movies.

Russell Thornton will give a poetry reading on Friday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

Canadian playwright Peter Colley's I'll Be Back Before Midnight has been described as the most popular stage play in Canadian history.

There is a pocket of groove reverberating out of Vancouver's east side. Anything goes, from punk to funk, live to sample, structure to stream.

Local artist Kat Kosiancic hopes her documentary Be My Junkie Shadow will change perceptions, challenge stereotypes and debunk myths about women living on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside when it shows at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse Saturday, Feb.

The Vlach Quartet Prague, called a string quartet of world proportion and reputation, is about to take the Sunshine Coast by musical storm. Performing at the Raven's Cry Theatre, at 2:30 p.m.

The 75-year-old Egmont Community Hall, a vital part of that area's history, needed a new foundation. That's when editors and food fans Beverly Saunders and Kathy Gray stepped in with a plan.

Perhaps Gibsons' artist Josefa Fritz Barham has turned a corner. She literally has a new perspective in her recent paintings.

When the Sunshine Coast Film Society's (SCFS) Canadian Heritage Film Festival launches on Feb. 18 at the Heritage Playhouse, it's going to be difficult to decide whether the opening night or the closing night gala will be the most exciting.

A special Valentine's Day dinner and dance is being held at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt, hosted by the Pacific Blades Speed Skating Club, on Sunday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m.