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Pop-up art to enliven downtown square during Sechelt's Festival of Lights

Pop-up art to enliven downtown square during Sechelt's Festival of Lights

Amplify Space public art project is coming to Sechelt
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Local dancers sell cookies and rake in dough

Local dancers sell cookies and rake in dough

The annual Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign in cooperation with the Sunshine Coast Youth Dance Association this month broke all previous sales records in support of community dance.
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Threads of power run through woven art at Gibsons Public Art Gallery exhibit

Threads of power run through woven art at Gibsons Public Art Gallery exhibit

Intersecting themes of freedom and authority are spliced into intricate paper tapestries in a new exhibition by Istanbul-born artist Damla Tamer in her first solo show on the Sunshine Coast.
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Sunshine Coast Art Crawl continues rebound, draws world-wide interest

Sunshine Coast Art Crawl continues rebound, draws world-wide interest

The numbers are in for the Sunshine Coast’s 2022 Art Crawl, and organizers are calling this year’s colourful cultural pilgrimage an unqualified success. Combined with 2021 proceeds, a total of $1,030,000 was earned by artists over two years through their participation in the event. 
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Art Beat: A place for faith in climate crisis

Art Beat: A place for faith in climate crisis

The Green Forum series sponsored by St. Hilda’s Anglican Church will feature presenter Seth Klein, author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, on Nov. 25 at 7 p.m.
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Seasoned folk artist Kristina Olsen savours small audiences & is stopping by Gibsons

Seasoned folk artist Kristina Olsen savours small audiences & is stopping by Gibsons

World-traveling folk musician Kristina Olsen performs live and via Zoom from the Gibsons and District Public Library at 2 p.m. on Nov. 26.
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The Sunshine Coast's Nutcrackers announce their performances

The Sunshine Coast's Nutcrackers announce their performances

The Waldorf Ballet Nutcracker runs Dec. 9 to 11 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Raven’s Cry Theatre. Tickets are available at waldorfballet.com. The Sunshine Coast Youth Dance Association version starts at 7 p.m. on Dec. 14 through 19, with 2 p.m. matinee performances on Dec. 17, 18 and 19. Tickets are on sale at sunshinecoastnutcracker.com. 
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National comedy tour 'They're going places' makes a stop in Gibsons

National comedy tour 'They're going places' makes a stop in Gibsons

They’re Going Places features prolific comedians Abbas Wahab, Moe Ismail, and Jesse Singh. The threesome began their tour on Nov. 4 in St John’s, Newfoundland and plan to visit more than a dozen Canadian cities over the next three months. 
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Coast Art Beat: Choral evensong and consort of viols in Gibsons Nov. 20

Coast Art Beat: Choral evensong and consort of viols in Gibsons Nov. 20

For the first time on the Coast, voices will be accompanied by a consort of viols for the service. These six-stringed, fretted instruments were widespread during the Renaissance period but faded when their intimate sound was overshadowed by the growing violin family.
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Art Beat: Film society showing Sound of Metal and geneology club is unknotting ties that bind

Art Beat: Film society showing Sound of Metal and geneology club is unknotting ties that bind

The Sunshine Coast Genealogy Club is encouraging the public to dig up its own roots during an upcoming open house at the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives on Nov. 19.
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