Local Arts

After a successful debut last year and with the support of the District of Sechelt and Sunshine Coast Credit Union, the FortisBC-sponsored Fresh Air Cinema inflates its big screen once again at Sechelt’s Hackett Park. On Friday, Sept.

Sunshine Coast author Marion Quednau has a rule about short stories: they should not merely be about something that happens; whatever happens must also trigger a change in character.

The Squamish Nation’s singing, drumming and dancing Ocean Canoe Family got a whole lot bigger for a while on Sunday, Sept. 5 as hundreds of people flocked to Winegarden Park in Gibsons for an event organized by Music in The Landing.

Sunshine Coast singer-songwriters Simon Paradis (left) and Joe Stanton have performed together for a long time, but haven’t sung as a duo publicly for a few years, largely due to the pandemic shutdown.

The word “burlesque,” for some, might bring to mind raunchy, old-timey dance shows where exploited women would strip down to almost nothing in dank theatres full of ogling men.

The ongoing summer festival that is Music in The Landing, sponsored by the Town of Gibsons, has arranged a special Indigenous cultural event for the afternoon of Sunday, Sept.

Music in The Landing is ending its season with two extra shows, extending its Saturday-only schedule into Sunday for this long weekend at Winegarden Park in Gibsons.

The Sunshine Coast play-reading series Off the Page will be back at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons to perform before in-house audiences for a fifth season, starting Sunday, Sept. 12.

There are just a few more weeks left to the summer feast of live, outdoor music on the Coast, so hear it while you still can. On Friday, Aug.

Artists on the Sunshine Coast have stepped up once again to collaborate with the Sechelt Hospital Foundation on one of its major fundraising efforts, Art of Healing.