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Art Beat: Suncoast Phoenix Choir marking Remembrance Day with Mozart's 'Requiem'

Art Beat: Suncoast Phoenix Choir marking Remembrance Day with Mozart's 'Requiem'

Also, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin at the Raven's Cry, folk legend Roy Forbes plays in Pender and film society presents 'I'm Your Man'
Canadian tour of internationally acclaimed jazz duo ends at High Beam Dreams tomorrow

Canadian tour of internationally acclaimed jazz duo ends at High Beam Dreams tomorrow

Dutch jazz musicians Ineke Vandoorn and Marc van Vugt make one last stop in their concert tour of Canada, Friday at High Beam Dreams in Gibsons.
Marion Crook's latest culture-rich mystery tangles with cutting-edge ills

Marion Crook's latest culture-rich mystery tangles with cutting-edge ills

Emma Dakin’s Shadows in Sussex launched on Oct. 21 with a fully-subscribed reading at the Gibsons Public Library. Emma Dakin is the pen name of Marion McKinnon Crook, who last year won the Lieutenant-Governor’s Community History Award for her memoir of nursing in B.C.’s Cariboo-Chilcotin, Always Pack a Candle. 
Thirty years of Sunshine Coast dance remembered

Thirty years of Sunshine Coast dance remembered

A wave of memories danced onto stage at the Raven’s Cry Theatre Oct. 28 in a show that blended live performance with video interviews of Coast talents whose lives changed through dance.
Playful photo talks promote delicate adventuring

Playful photo talks promote delicate adventuring

William Jans’ travel show, A Man, A Plan, Japan! to debut
Art Beat: Piratical venture to be long-lived – auditions on for Pirates of Penzance

Art Beat: Piratical venture to be long-lived – auditions on for Pirates of Penzance

Also, film society presents Writing with Fire and the Met Opera broadcasts return to Raven's Cry.
Photos: Samhain parade closes out the Sechelt Arts Festival

Photos: Samhain parade closes out the Sechelt Arts Festival

The Samhain Parade and Carnival in downtown Sechelt marked the climax of the Sechelt Arts Festival on Oct. 31.
Horse Farming for Love: Ashleigh Tuhkala is passionate about horses, the outdoors, and thanks to a reality TV show, her best friend

Horse Farming for Love: Ashleigh Tuhkala is passionate about horses, the outdoors, and thanks to a reality TV show, her best friend

To a Canada-wide audience, Ashleigh—recently featured on CTV’s new reality show Farming for Love—is a “bubbly, fun-loving horse trainer with a passion for animals and the outdoors.” Locally, she’s far more than this network’s e-talk description.
Sunshine Coast artists unite to tour stories and dance in Congo

Sunshine Coast artists unite to tour stories and dance in Congo

An African author and performer who made the Sunshine Coast his home two decades ago has recruited a local tap dancer to spark creativity across the Republic of Congo.
Sunshine Coast Art Crawl the picture of vitality

Sunshine Coast Art Crawl the picture of vitality

'It brings you to tears when you see what these people are saying,' says Linda Williams