The Artesia Coffee House returns on Friday, April 7, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt with another eclectic night of music in a concert setting, complete with tables for hot cider, coffee, tea and treats for purchase in the kitchen. Doors open at 6:45 with the show starting at 7:30 p.m.
The first set will feature a reading from writer, editor and coach Heather Conn, whose new memoir is titled No Letter in Your Pocket.
The group Wildflowers, which started sprouting during COVID, will bring their own fusion of folk, blues and jazz to a selection of cover songs. The Wildflowers are Antonia Robertson (guitar, mandoline, vocals), Vicki Beeman (guitar, vocals), Bruce McMorland (bass); Janet McMorland (ukulele, vocals) and Dave Taylor (drums).
A local group of women, Sokole, will sing a cappella songs from the Balkans. These are usually sung outdoors by women of smaller villages. Singers include Lorraine Caple, Lynda Carlson, Joyce Chong, Lynn MacKay, Katherine Muller, Heather Powell, and Linda Williams.
Closing the evening is the jazz duo of Karen Graves (sax, flute, vocals) and Budge Schachte on guitar.
Tickets are $15 at the door or on artesiaapril3.eventbrite.ca.
Filmmakers picture the future
An extraordinary amalgam of filmmaking talent gathered last weekend for a panel that explored the intersectionality of art, creativity, and healing.
reGEN media, an Indigenous-owned, female-led inclusive innovation agency, sponsored The Story of Us, which took place at the Gibsons Public Market with a group of 20 participants.
Conversations were led by four accomplished panelists and moderated by Charlene SanJenko.
Panelist Naomi McDougall Jones is an award-winning storyteller and certified death doula.
Catherine Eaton is an actor, film director, and a self-described investigator of genius and empathy. Sami Bass is a Black and Indigenous filmmaker, healer, and activist. Ecko Aleck, who was born into the Nlaka’pamux Nation and raised with the shíshálh Nation, is a multimedia performing artist working through spoken word, rap and singing.
“If there has ever been a time when the world has more desperately needed stories to heal us forward, I am unaware of it,” said McDougall Jones. “Stories are the single most powerful lever to shift the world if they are being told by those looking to heal and lead us.”
reGEN media has established the Turtle Island Creative Impact Coalition to connect filmmakers, storytellers, and creators in exploration of new forms of expression across Turtle Island (also called North America).
“The division between storytelling and healing is a colonial construct, and we’re understanding this more clearly every day,” said Bass. “We’re seeing a shift in people reclaiming their own stories through their personal healing, and watching that ripple into the collective. I’m hoping we can empower everyone to do the same.”
True-crime intrigue from Romania
The Sunshine Coast Film Society has announced it will present Collective, the highest-ranked documentary of 2019, and a fast-paced detective story.
This Romanian film showcases the work of a dedicated team of investigative journalists as they attempt to unravel a vast health-care fraud in Romania. Following a catastrophic fire in the crowded rock nightclub “Colectiv”, killing 27 people and injuring 180, victims with non-life-threatening wounds begin to die.
Collective (rated 18+, in Romanian and English, with English subtitles) screens at Gibsons Heritage Playhouse on Monday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. and at the Ravens Cry Theatre in Sechelt on Saturday, April 8 at 2 p.m.
The box office opens half an hour before screenings at both theatres. Membership is required to attend SCFS screenings. Memberships and tickets can be purchased with cash at the door at both theatres and on-line in advance at www.scfs.ca.
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