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Funding to help Sunshine Coast groups make history

Funding to help Sunshine Coast groups make history

Inventory of Gibsons heritage sites, written arts project among Heritage BC grants
Linda Williams: Renaissance Woman

Linda Williams: Renaissance Woman

Just try to keep up with the Coast arts maven and her many projects and events
Art Beat: Midsummer music comes in for a Landing – live music on the Coast this weekend

Art Beat: Midsummer music comes in for a Landing – live music on the Coast this weekend

Gibsons, Sechelt and Roberts Creek are rocking while the Landing Artists gear up for a show at the Botanical Gardens.
Young artists with big voices hit the Gibsons stage with Broadway classics this weekend

Young artists with big voices hit the Gibsons stage with Broadway classics this weekend

Mystical Musicals runs in two shows on July 28 and 29. Tickets for performances at the Heritage Playhouse and a July 29 livestream broadcast are available at synergyatplay.ca.
Artful kin draw on Hopkins Landing heritage at GPAG

Artful kin draw on Hopkins Landing heritage at GPAG

Deep Connections: Daughter, Father, Hopkins Landing opened on July 12, featuring mixed media works by Burnaby-based artist Tannis Hopkins and her father, Don Hopkins. Don, who died in 2012, was a grandson of Hopkins Landing founders George Henderson Hopkins and Isa (Ward) Hopkins.
Shelter guests at St. Hilda's restore sacred maze

Shelter guests at St. Hilda's restore sacred maze

An unexpected collaboration sees volunteers revitalizing St. Hilda’s outdoor labyrinth
From video games to real-life battles: Meet the duo promoting medieval combat (with foam swords)

From video games to real-life battles: Meet the duo promoting medieval combat (with foam swords)

The Sunshine Coast's Jesse O’Leary and Gabriel Ditmars launched the Live Action Medieval Battle Society and are leading pint-sized military campaigns in Gibsons and Sechelt parks
Art Beat: Juno, Genie Award Winners among Gibsons SoulShine Garden Concert Series lineup

Art Beat: Juno, Genie Award Winners among Gibsons SoulShine Garden Concert Series lineup

Also, here's what's playing in community music series this weekend
Coast clayworkers fired up second annual Pottery Prowl

Coast clayworkers fired up second annual Pottery Prowl

The second annual Pottery Prowl last weekend saw scores of visitors engulfing local artists' studios with ceramic enthusiasm
Gibsons gallery honours past, sketches its future: GPAG celebrates 20 years

Gibsons gallery honours past, sketches its future: GPAG celebrates 20 years

Gibsons Public Art Gallery's 20th anniversary was marked by 10 continuous days of public workshops.