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Sunshine Coast songwriting poet weaves distinct love languages

Sunshine Coast songwriting poet weaves distinct love languages

Gibsons' Catherine McNeil releases a new book, Emily & Elspeth, and a new album, The Me In We
Art Beat: First bear sighting of season

Art Beat: First bear sighting of season

Also, Sunshine Coast Film Society screening Hive, One Flower One Leaf celebrates six years and Literary Reading Series winds down its season with Wakeland detective novels' author Sam Wiebe.
Student choreographers in limelight at dance showcase

Student choreographers in limelight at dance showcase

Youth dominate sneak peak performance
Emotion-rich landscapes work with nature’s grain at the Kube

Emotion-rich landscapes work with nature’s grain at the Kube

'People worship icons, and that’s how I felt about my painting. I worship the process. Also, what the wood does is disrupt ideas. I have an idea and it interrupts it. As human beings, we have all kinds of conjectures and whatnot, and wood is a little reminder of reality': Stefanie Denz's exhibition on at the Kube until March 31
Black History Month painter eyes beholder at Gibsons Public Art Gallery

Black History Month painter eyes beholder at Gibsons Public Art Gallery

'I want people to look within,' said Teri Ejere. 'Sometimes we get angry at things that we shouldn’t get angry at because we don’t understand the perception of the other person. At the same time, sometimes we don’t get angry at things we should get angry at because we’re so used to them.'
Preparations under way for annual youth SHOUT OUT! exhibition

Preparations under way for annual youth SHOUT OUT! exhibition

The exhibition opens with a public reception on Saturday, March 11 from noon to 2 p.m. 
Art Beat: Coast Recital Society wraps season with a 'virtuosic barnburner'

Art Beat: Coast Recital Society wraps season with a 'virtuosic barnburner'

Also, the Off the Page series wraps up with 'Any Luck?' from Gibsons playwright Peter Hill.
Women and girls weave a path to healing

Women and girls weave a path to healing

'We’ve woven things, we’ve painted things, we’ve made things that we’ve eaten, cried some more and laughed some more. It’s been this amazing place of connection for women and children, a safe space that promotes healthy opportunities and love': Weaving a Gathering Place workshops conclude
Society celebrates 100 Writers in 100 Years on the Sunshine Coast

Society celebrates 100 Writers in 100 Years on the Sunshine Coast

The group’s initiative ultimately produced a list of more than 100 local writers — many of national and international prominence — whose careers span the 20th and 21st centuries. 
This First World War love story unearths hidden history

This First World War love story unearths hidden history

The Porcelain Moon, from the Sunshine Coast's Janie Chang, reveals a little-known chapter of the Chinese diaspora in wartime France.