Local Arts

If you ask concert producer Robert Benaroya what type of music he likes, chances are he won't answer Beethoven or even classic rock. He's more likely to talk to you about Turkish sufi music, devotional Indian love songs or Zimbabwean rhythms.

The Sunshine Coast Film Society is excited to announce that the next two films in their dynamic and inspiring spring series will be screened in Sechelt at the Sunshine Coast Arts Center.

The Coast Academy of Dance in Sechelt recently performed a Dance Exhibition at the Raven's Cry Theatre showcasing the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, ballet, modern theatre, tap syllabi and examination classes.

Joe Stanton sauntered onto the Heritage Playhouse stage, looking as though he was about to strum a few tunes for family and friends in his own living room.

Opening at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt on March 10 is a two-artist exhibition. Joanne Marks of Sechelt will exhibit her photographic works, and Halfmoon Bay resident Belinda Grames will display her digital images.

World-acclaimed Canadian pianist Michael Kim celebrated his return to Sechelt's Raven's Cry Theatre, Sunday, Feb. 22, after an absence of five years.

On March 6 and 7, the Roberts Malcolm Alumni (RMA) Pipe Band, one of six pipe bands comprising the Simon Fraser University family of bands, will be visiting Sechelt for two days of intensive practice in preparation for the 2004 competitive season.

The next CCA Coffee house at the Cellar, garden level of the Rockwood in Sechelt, is March 5 and will include well-known local piano player Ken Dalgleish with jazz vocalist Jacquie Allen, singer/songwriter/poet Tone Indbryn and guitarist/songwriter/s

Rudy Wiebe is returning to the Sunshine Coast for a reading on March 12. Wiebe is a favourite of Coast audiences as well as one of Canada's most distinguished writers.

Entertainer Joëlle Rabu was once a waitress in the family restaurant where she sang to late-night customers. Her proud brother changed all that.