Personal Myths, an exhibition by Duncan Chrystal, and In the Sticks, an exhibition by Larry Popowich, opens with a reception on Saturday, May 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Gibsons Public Art Gallery.
Chrystal writes: “I have always wanted to create images that tell stories. I discovered my primary creative voice through my work on a series of creations that some early reviewers called Soul Paintings. As I painted, faces and figures emerged and were then freed. The results have been described as ethereal, otherworldly and haunting.” Chrystal will be at the Gallery to meet and greet visitors on two Saturdays, May 13 and 20, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Popowich writes: “I started by wrapping and binding the detritus of the built environment as it was found merged with the seashore. I started to feel that the dis-usables of my life, the objects and parts of objects that are not useful and not quite garbage, found a place in these armatures of accumulation.”
Show runs May 4 to 28 and the gallery is open Thursday to Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For further information, phone Michael Aze at 604-886-0531.
Surface Design show
The latest show at FibreWorks Gallery in Madeira Park holds an opening reception on Saturday, May 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. Loose Threads from the Sunshine Coast Surface Design Association includes: Marie Barry, Nell Burns, Lesley Campbell, Connie Chapman, Penny Connell, Dorothy Cross, Pat Crucil, Lois MacArthur, Anne Gregory, Jennifer Love, Sharon Roye, Yvonne Stowell, Maureen Sugrue and Patt Wilson. Artists-in-residence are planned during this period; contact FibreWorks for a detailed schedule. FibreWorks Studio & Gallery is at 12887 Sunshine Coast Hwy., Madeira Park. Phone 604-883-2380 or see www.fibreworksgallery.com
Coopers Green concert
This Friday, May 5, Russell deCarle in concert with Steve Briggs is sold out. This founding member of Prairie Oyster performs with guests Stanton Paradis, opening at 7:30 p.m. at Coopers Green Hall, Halfmoon Bay.
Music in the Harbour
John Littlejohn, violin, Anthony Cheung, viola, and Alex Cheung, cello, are three classically trained musicians who bill themselves as a beat-boxing string trio called Infinitus. Their exciting mix of classical repertoire melded with hip hop and jazz puts them in an entirely new and welcome musical category that rings true for audiences of all ages. Concert is on Sunday, May 7 at 2 p.m. at the Pender Harbour School of Music. Tickets for $25 are available at penderharbourmusic.ca, Harbour Insurance in Madeira Park, or the Sechelt Visitor Centre.
Spring Fair
It’s the Langdale Spring Fair on Saturday, May 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring the family to enjoy carnival games, horsey hops, archery, mini golf, bouncy castle, raffles, silent auction and a BBQ at Langdale Elementary School. Free admission.
Costume fundraiser
Want to look like a roller girl? Roller Derby Dress Up Costume fundraiser is at the Roberts Creek Legion on Saturday, May 6, starting at 9 p.m. Hear DJ Cronneloctopus, The Funkdealer and MC RatPastor. Admission is $7 members, $14 guests. The community partner who will benefit from this event is the Sunshine Coast Community Service Society (Thyme Second Stage Housing and Yew Transition House).
Two artists
Catch S.C. Arts Council’s new exhibition by Colin Righton, Point of View, and Carole Millar, Transfigured Shape, at the Doris Crowston Gallery in the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, opening May 10 and running to June 4. Righton’s “most recent paintings, predominantly colourful and dynamic acrylics, reflect inner as well as outer travels.” Point of View embraces the tension between order and chaos and the dynamic place where these powers engage. Millar works in oils creating abstract and often representational work. Her oils start from an emotional intent that reveals its own story as her painting progresses.
The opening reception is being held Saturday, May 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre. On Saturday, May 20 at 1 p.m., there will be an opportunity to meet the artists at the Doris Crowston Gallery. For more, see www.sunshinecoastartscouncil.com
Halfmoon fundraiser
The Halfmoon Bay Branch of Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary’s next big fundraiser is the Fabulous Ladies Bridge Luncheon on Thursday, May 11 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Sunshine Coast Botanical Gardens. A table costs $120 and tickets can be purchased from Beth Lamb at 604-740-4820. Included along with hands of bridge and a scrumptious lunch are door prizes and a silent auction.
Craft call
A call is going out for juried entries for craft artisans at the First Annual Holiday Market Faire at the Gibsons Public Market. The Faire is not until December but the deadline for applications is May 9. See www.facebook.com/HolidayMarketFaire or www.gibsonspublicmarket.com for more.
Office Hours
Coming soon to a venue near you: the latest Driftwood Players production, Office Hours, a comedy by Norm Foster. It opens Friday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Roberts Creek Hall, then it travels around the Coast. Watch Coast Reporter for details.
Keep me posted
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