Local Arts

More than 100 people gathered on New Year’s Day under rain-thick clouds at Mission Point beach to participate in the Lighting of the Memories ceremony organized by the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society.

'I’m really interested in human psychological responses to climate change...and holding up the mirror. We find it easy to envision the end of the world and starting again rather than envisioning the long, hard work of sustaining something': Playwright Jordan Hall

The Sunshine Coast Film Society will pick up its season with two screenings of the 2023 science fiction film Jules.

'The show was based on my own experience as a young Jewish Canadian who grew up in two worlds, East Germany and Canada, during the Cold War,' says Michael Friedman, who played the concert of his lifetime back in October.

An oft-heard refrain at arts events on the Sunshine Coast is 'There’s so much going on, and usually at the same time.'

Following the Coast’s profuse choral and instrumental offerings of early December, the MOTET chamber choir plans two concerts at the midpoint of the traditional Christmas festival.

Performers from the Pine ‘N’ Sandy drag troupe cemented their reputation as standard-bearers for glamour and goodwill during the group’s two-act holiday revue on Dec. 16.

A collaborative project is about to integrate cultural hubs in Sechelt’s downtown, thanks to an infusion of $50,000 from a regional economic development organization.

Gracelyn Mailey, as the Snow Queen, takes flight at centre stage in the Waldorf Ballet production of The Nutcracker.

‘Sometimes doing major things and sometimes minor things, but we’ve always been singing'