Local Arts

Five creative, playful and talented artists are planning a unique exhibition of exceptional art for the Canada Day long weekend.

Exuberant expressions of identity and community are at the heart of a new mixed media exhibition at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery.

The youth company of Gibsons Dance Centre appears four more times from June 9 to 11, with the studio’s adult show taking place at 8 p.m. on June 11. Details and ticket information are available at gibsonsdance.com. 

The annual Rogue Arts Festival, which first organized its multidisciplinary arts event in 2016, has announced a kaleidoscopic lineup of compelling performers who will appear at the upcoming three-day celebration of music and visual art. 

Workboats for the World: The Robert Allan Story chronicles the Vancouver naval architecture firm’s route to global influence.  

Waldorf Ballet known for lavish, perennial productions of The Nutcracker and Alice in Wonderland, is tackling Aladdin for the first time as its end-of-season performance on June 17 and 18. 

At a meeting of the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors on May 28, the group’s members launched a countdown to the group’s second-annual Art and Words Festival. The event, scheduled to take place from Aug. 10 to 13

Local authors are also among the participants named in the newly unveiled 2023 lineup.

At its spring concert of May 28, the Coast Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of José Ceron-Ortega, earned a standing ovation for a two-hour program that culminated in an ebullient performance of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.

The Bowen author's foray into book writing began with a challenge - translating Old Norse Icelandic poems more than 1,000 years old