The 17th Annual Pender Harbour Jazz Festival features our broadest range of generations of performers ever. Dal Richards, who is a young 95, will lead his Orchestra on Saturday at the Jazzapalooza, and the 20-something youngsters of Jackie Treehorn will funk it up at the Grasshopper. Every age in between will be onstage, once again [...]
Far from being just another festival, Synchronicity is a bold experiment in community building that gives us all a glimpse into our future today. Synchronicity is that moment in time when everything just feels connected. And while this feeling can be difficult to capture, the Synchronicity Festival is doing just that. We take the Sunshine [...]
Like some people (around one billion of them as of the latest official count), I use Facebook to connect with family and friends from all over the world. Unlike most Facebook users, however, I do not check my Facebook page everyday as I don’t feel the need to know my friends’ thoughts, likes and dislikes, [...]
[custom_frame_left][/custom_frame_left] The twentieth anniversary of any arts organization in our day and age is cause to celebrate, and this May the Coast Symphony Orchestra (CSO) plans to celebrate in style with the homecoming of Mark Andrews and Beth Currie-Buono as soloists with the orchestra in a gala matinee concert followed by a reception. The impetus [...]
Jennifer refers to this work as “Botanical musings through explorations of surface design on fabric.” The inspiration for Cuttings comes from the botanical world, both the wild, untamed world of the BC forest and the cultivated yet equally fantastic realm of her neighbours’ exotic garden. Jennifer’s medium is fabric, which she dyes in complex and [...]
The Pender Harbour Blues Society is very excited to be presenting the 10th Annual Blues Festival (June 7—9). Slated to be a reunion celebration, this year’s event will see the return of some of the fabulous musicians who have graced past festivals. Performances by legendary bluesman Jim Byrnes, 2013 Maple Blues Award winners Steve Kozak [...]
Life is a journey, both internal and external. As a child, I was fascinated with nature and was constantly exploring unknown neighbourhoods, forests, and river ways. Then as a teen unable to make sense of life’s tumults I immersed myself in the visual arts through painting and drawing. At the age of 18, I was [...]
It is no secret that the Sunshine Coast has some of the best vacation and adventure destinations in British Columbia. It came as no surprise, therefore, when the Sunshine Coast’s Rockwater Resort was named as one of the world’s top twelve Dream Destinations by the Teldon Media Group, and the only one from North America, [...]
[custom_frame_left][/custom_frame_left] Catching the Langdale ferry had never been very entertaining until I recently stumbled across a wonderfully talented group of young fiddlers. As was usual at any other sailing, people went about their business of grabbing a coffee and a bite, reading the paper, or catching up on work, except shortly after departure, I noticed [...]
After 17 years, the Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival (June 14—16) is moving its Saturday main stage to Gower Point Road in the Seaside Village. The businesses in the Landing are thrilled and will celebrate with special Jazz Supporter surprises and street specials. There will be a special stage for kids with the Legion of Flying [...]