Local Arts

Carmen Ruiz y Laza's 'CARPe diem' is broadcast on three different TV channels, including Canadian-wide VisionTV.

Fourteen full-scale performances of the Nutcracker ballet marked the 12th anniversary of the holiday dance tradition on the Sunshine Coast, as two unique productions packed audiences into venues in Sechelt and Gibsons last weekend.

An online book club newly launched by B.C.’s human rights commissioner has selected an alumna of the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts as its first author recommendation.

The international champions of women’s acapella barbershop singing, the Lions Gate Sweet Adelines Chorus, performed a final victory lap at the Sweet Adelines International Competition in Kansas City, Missouri this fall.

Concerts held Dec. 19 and 20 at Roberts Creek Legion

The fully-realized musical rendition of The Brave Little Tailor will run over four performances on Jan. 17, 18, and 19. Tickets are now available for purchase online at driftwoodplayers.net. 

My Fabulous Trip featuring works by Hermione Green is at GPAG to Dec. 22

A group of knitters and crocheters that meets weekly at the Gibsons Public Library has contributed 162 handmade items to the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society. The donation, made on Dec.

Family reunion at heart of festival dance party

A network of first responders joined over a hundred performing artists on Nov. 30 to raise $29,364 for one of the Sunshine Coast’s longest-lived charity drives, the Elves Club.