The first Artesia Coffee House of the year presented by Coast Cultural Alliance will be held this Friday, Jan. 26 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. The evening will open with a Nikki Weber-supported father and daughter duo, Colin and Gracelyn Mailey, accompanied by guitarist Sacha Fassaert, who will perform some of his own tunes. Next up, David Jones will bring us favourite songs from around the world on vocals and guitar. After the break, Linda King, author of many poetry collections, will read. New to Artesia are musicians Heidi and Bud Kurz of Double Treble performing on guitar, harp and flutes. Tickets are $10 at the door; it opens at 7 p.m. with show time at 8 p.m. Come early and enjoy a slideshow of past performers and treats by Trish, and view the current exhibition in the gallery. Artesia will be presented the last Friday of the month through to May. See more at [email protected]
Winter Blues Fundraiser
All are welcome to a Winter Blues performance with The Steve Hinton Blues Band at a Food Bank fundraiser this Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. at Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons. Bring a non-perishable food bank item or a pair of warm socks. Wear blue and be eligible to win prizes.
Kestra at the Market
This Saturday, Jan. 27, Kestra Quartet plays almost entirely original music from bebop to bossa, swing and blues at the Gibsons Public Market. Come for 7 p.m. cocktails at the bistro and stay for 7:30 p.m. music. Tickets are $20 from One Flower One Petal Gallery in Gibsons, Strait Music in Sechelt and The Medicine Shoppe in Wilson Creek. See gibsonspublicmarket.com/happenings for more about Steve Giltrow and the gang.
Knight of the Double Bill
The Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society presents a double bill in a Salon Series with musicians Deanna Knight and Simon Kendall plus Chris Ronald on Sunday, Jan. 28 in Gibsons. Doors and refreshments start at 7 p.m.; music with Knight and Kendall at 8 p.m. and Ronald at 9 p.m. Tickets are available by reservation and e-transfer to [email protected]. You will receive the concert location upon reservation.
Harold and Lillian
The SC Film Society presents Harold and Lillian, a U.S. documentary/bio from director Daniel Raim. This poignant, humorous and enlightening love story is about the significant and largely uncredited contributions of storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his researcher wife, Lillian, to 60 years of the most beloved films of Hollywood’s Golden Age. It screens on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2:30 p.m. at the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt. Doors open at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for SCFS members; $9 for guests.
Rakish Angles
The Rakish Angles perform on Jan. 27 at the Gumboot Café in Roberts Creek. Enjoy an evening of newgrass, Latin, gypsy-jazz and old-time music with local favourites Sara Fitzpatrick, Boyd Norman, Dan Richter and Simon Hocking. Admission is $15 at the door.
This Weekend
• The Lonesome Ace Stringband rides into the Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, on Sunday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are at the door.
• Patricia Hetherington launches her new book, Under the Covers, at St. Bart’s Church in Gibsons at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27. Tickets are $20 and include a copy of the book.
Play Reading
Theatre fans have been enjoying a monthly series of plays read by local actors without costumes, scenery or stage management. The Dec. 16 play, Casting the Angel, animated a script by Grantham’s author Mary Burns and drew a modest crowd to the Heritage Playhouse to watch and give comments. The play reading series Off the Page continues in January and will be moving to the Coastal Room on the third floor of the Gibsons Public Market. This one is a comedy, The Doug MacDougals, by David King. The actors will be Boyd Norman, Wanda Nowicki, Dave Hurtubise, Janet Hodgkinson, Mac Dodge and Pat Dorval. It’s on Sunday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. Admission is by donation.
Arts Building
Writers can sign up for a Jan. 31 Writers Open Mic Night from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Arts Building on South Fletcher in Gibsons. This monthly free event is open to all levels, all genres and even works in progress. Each writer will have five minutes to share their latest work, listen to others and get to know and network with other writers on the Coast. It’s free. If you would like to read, email [email protected] to reserve your spot.
Vietnam Friendship Village
Carol Stewart writes that she has been involved with the Vietnam Friendship Village for the past 12 years and will be attending the International Committee meetings in March as the representative of the Canadian Committee. You can learn more about this project on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. at the Gibsons Public Library, when Stewart will present a film describing the founding of the Village, followed by a brief slide show of more recent photos. The film is produced by Michelle Mason, documentary film instructor at Capilano University. Library events are free and cannot be fundraisers. However, since Stewart has committed to raise funds to revitalize the medicinal herb garden, which is used for treatment by the traditional medicine doctor, she has set up an account at the Credit Union (account #3855, Vietnam Friendship Village) if you wish to contribute to this project.
Pass Poem
John Pass, the Pender Harbour poet, has had one of his poems chosen as a finalist in Terrain’s (Terrain: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments) annual literary competition. “Terrain is one of my favourite on-line mags,” Pass writes, “and in my opinion one of the best environmental/literary journals (along with Orion and Dark Mountain) in the world.” You can read the poem, “A Cheering Stain,” at www.terrain.org/2018/poetry/john-pass. Pass is the winner of the Governor General’s Award for Poetry (2006) and The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (2012).
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