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Art Beat: Sechelt writer wins Lieutenant Governor’s prize

Art Beat: Sechelt writer wins Lieutenant Governor’s prize

Congratulation to Wilson Creek’s Catherine Clement, who has been awarded the B.C.
Vocalist deals with medical double-whammy

Vocalist deals with medical double-whammy

The past year has been a challenge for most of us, but for Sunshine Coast-based singer-songwriter Michael Friedman and his wife Marilynne, it’s been a bit more daunting.
Writers’ fest good to go with B.C. restart

Writers’ fest good to go with B.C. restart

The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (SCFWA) is back, thanks to B.C.’s gradual recovery from the COVID pandemic, and to contingency planning by the festival’s organizers.
Art Beat: Celebrating the Salish Sea and beyond

Art Beat: Celebrating the Salish Sea and beyond

World Oceans Day on Tuesday, June 8 is being marked locally in a few different ways this week and next. 
‘Heal:’ Eight songs by women, for everyone

‘Heal:’ Eight songs by women, for everyone

Sunshine Coast composer and record producer Lin Gardiner didn’t mean to make an all-women album, that’s just how things happened.
Fibre arts centre weaves a new path

Fibre arts centre weaves a new path

FibreWorks Studio and Gallery is still the unique artisan hub that it has been since it opened 15 years ago, situated in a unique complex of yurt buildings just a couple of kilometres up the highway from Madeira Park village.
Art Beat: Linda Williams honoured for arts volunteering

Art Beat: Linda Williams honoured for arts volunteering

One of the Sunshine Coast’s most devoted and masterful arts volunteers has been recognized by the provincial government for her work. Premier John Horgan and B.C.
New guidebook hits the trails

New guidebook hits the trails

Sunshine Coast destination hikes included in Stephen Hui’s latest publication
SONG CIRCLE RESURFACES

SONG CIRCLE RESURFACES

After an eight-month hiatus due to the pandemic, the longstanding and informal song-circle known as the Duttons has come back to lower Gibsons on Wednesday evenings, weather permitting.
Gibsons writer spins saga of love and loss in exotic locale

Gibsons writer spins saga of love and loss in exotic locale

The newly published novel, The Unsuitable Bride , by Gibsons author Pamela McGarry, begins just before the outbreak of the Second World War and brings us in decades-long leaps close to the present day.