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April 2021
Sechelt Farmers’ Market
to Sept 25. Currently limited to food onlyvendors from all over the Sechelt Peninsula sell the finest merchandise the Sunshine Coast has to offer. Physical distancing and sanitizing practices in effect. Come out and support your local makers, bakers and growers!
Find out more »Nia with Jan on Zoom
Tue, Thu & Sat. Classes that you can enjoy from the safety and comfort of your own home. NEW! You can now get 24 hour access to any class I teach ‘live’ on Zoom! Not only can you do it at home, you can dance your way to feeling better any time you want. I’m thrilled to be able to offer this for your convenience. The fee is $10 CAD for a single class and $40 CAD for 5 classes. The…
Find out more »PR – Up Town Winter Market
Saturdays to April 17. Find fresh, seasonal produce, baking and prepared foods along with hand crafted items from local artisans. Rain or shine.
Find out more »Nia fitness classes outside
Nia ~ Love how you feel! Nia is a movement practice that fuses dance, martial arts and yoga while expressing your individuality. Every class is a joyful journey that positively affects the way you feel, look, and approach life. Nia classes are led to soul-stirring music in more than 45 countries. To meet the current requirements of Covid social distancing, Dhyana's classes are now being taught outside, rain or shine, to an enthusiastic following at the gazebo in Dougall Park,…
Find out more »Virtual Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Shíshálh & Early Pioneer History of Gibson’s – Tour (On-line)
Join Dale Peterson and Candace Campo, on a combined virtual history tour. Dale is a local historian who grew up in the town of Gibson’s land Candace is an Anthropologist, School teacher who is a Shíshálh member, married into Sḵwx̱wú7mesh community. The tour will include the oral history, marine technology, and the way of life of the Shíshálh and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, two sister tribes who have intermarried and collaborated for millennia via the Potlatch way of life. Register here or…
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Martin W. Smith & Nadine Sallinen
to May 30. Nadine finds peace and enjoyment from drawings and painting and being able to explore the use of different mediums and techniques. Her current medium of choice is soft pastels. Martin likes the similarities between painting and instrumental music and I hope to evoke feelings that cannot be described in spoken language.
Find out more »Repair Cafe
Free, while you wait, repair to domestic devices from around the home by some neat people. For more information, call the library at 604-885-3260 or email info@sechelt.bclibrary.ca.
Find out more »Madeira Market
Saturdays to Sept 4. Vendors, plants, crafts, pet supplies and more. (Tables/space $10. Book at 604.989.0851) Proceeds to Pender Harbour Community Club.
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Three, Two, One – Create
The exhibit, “Three, Two, One – Create” is a play on words, but has a larger meaning for this show. There are three artists (Don Zeghers, Krista Zeghers and Coreen Zerr) using two artistic mediums (photography and fibre art) in one exhibit to depict the creative process. Each of the pieces in “Three, Two, One – Create” involves a collaboration between the artists.
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Renske Werner ‘ Layered Stillness’
to April 30. These paintings tell the story of the ways I enjoy stillness: with a nourishing snack and a warm beverage prepared with care and served in beautiful ceramic bowls and cups.
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Shannon Pawliw | Microscapes (mixed media)
Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) presents Microscapes by Shannon Pawliw, a mixed-media exhibition opening Thursday, April 08. This timely series of works portrays a colourful, fantastical and imagined world where one can fly, float, or soar through a diminutive landscape filled with microbes, bacteria, viruses, cells, and atoms. At once, playful, scientific, serious and mysterious, the engaging collection of painted works is presented alongside fabric and fibre microbial garlands and microbiome sculptures.
Find out more »Art Exhibition: Diversity in Clay
Mar 19 - April 18th. Join us for an exhibition of new work by Sunshine Coast artists working in ceramics and clay. Featuring new work from: Liz de Beer, Pat Forst, Pia Sillem, Jack Ploesser, Mike Allegretti, Elaine Futterman, Tim Niebergall, Bev Niebergall, Ray Niebergall
Find out more »PR – Art Exhibition: Lumen – Lighting for Strange Times
Mar 5 - Apr 10. Thur-Fri-Sat 5-9pm; Sun noon-5pm. The light is returning. Featuring Theo Angell, Don Bowes, Carsten Huber, Robert Mackle, Feather Mills, David Molyneaux.
Find out more »PR – Townsite Jazz Free Livestream Concert
Join us to commemorate the dates of TJF 2021 – the festival that never got to be. (Don't worry, though. We're coming back next year: April 7-9, 2022, bigger and better than ever!) Presenting 'The Jesse Peters Music' If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Jesse has performed in Powell River before. This time, however, he’ll be coming to us solo via livestream from his garage in Southern Alberta, spinning a magical blend of powerful vocals, incisive rhymes and piano…
Find out more »Literary Reading Series: Tenille Campbell
The SCAC is pleased to have poet Tenille Campbell share online readings from "#IndianLovePoems" Tenille K Campbell is a Dene/Métis author and photographer from English River First Nation, SK. She completed her MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and is enrolled in her PhD at the University of Saskatchewan. Register for the reading on zoom here.
Find out more »Sunshine Coast April Fool’s Run
Half-Marathon & Relay. Run or walk the route any day/time from April 1-30, 2021. Get all the details here.
Find out more »PR – Community Arts and Culture Grant Intake
Grant guidelines are available year round on our website or by email. https://www.powellriverartscouncil.ca/grant-guidelines Please email the artscouncilpr@gmail.com for the link to the application form. Spring Intake - Applications may be submitted between the 1st and the 15th of April. Spring Intake Deadline is April 15, at 5pm. Fall Intake - Applications may be submitted between the 1st and the 15th of September. Fall Intake Deadline is September 15, at 5pm.
Find out more »Opportunity: Application for Gibson’s Farmers’ Market
At Persephone - Vendor application is available here. Any questions contact Brenna by email here.
Find out more »Opportunity: Call to Artists
Deadline Apr 30. Open call for submissions at Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG). The exhibition submission process for GPAG has been extended with a new deadline of April 30, 2021. Artists working in all mediums are invited to submit proposals for the 2022 calendar year. Visit gpag.ca/submissions for further information, including GPAG exhibition policy, submission guidelines and form.
Find out more »Opportunity: What the Plus (+) 2021: CALL FOR LGBTQ2S+ ARTISTS – Powell River and region
Deadline April 15, 2021. This is a call for INTEREST for local coastal LGBTQ2+ artists to participate in the 2021 What the Plus + Exhibition in Powell River, BC. This year's theme is "Creative Self-Portrait" Free to submit your interest at www.whattheplus.wordpress.com - Seeking 6-10 or so dedicated artists working in any medium to present up to 3 works each in July/August 2021 in Powell River, BC. see details on site and email whattheplusart@gmail.com
Find out more »Opportunity: NFB Filmaker Assistant Program Call for Applicants
Deadline April 15. The program is meant to financially support emerging filmmakers throughout the region as they begin their careers in the industry as creators. In effect, FAP is a program with the singular purpose of helping to create, encourage and inspire the next generation of storytellers in British Columbia and Yukon. In addition to this support, the FAP also provides an ideal avenue for emerging filmmakers to develop a profile and relationship with the NFB. Click here for all the…
Find out more »Opportunity: Bursary Applications for CFUW Sunshine Coast
Deadline May 1, 2021. To be eligible* for a Bursary CFUW-SC you must be: • A woman 21 years of age or older • A resident of the Sunshine Coast for at least 1 year • Pursuing post-secondary education at a government recognized educational institution or through an accredited on-line course • Able to provide proof of course registration for the upcoming year (2021/2022) Application available here.
Find out more »Online Live: Local Musicians – Mar 29 – Apr 3
Check out some of the Coast’s musicians sharing their music online … Click on the name for the link – Mallory Johnson & Twin Kennedy - vocals, guitar, video - 'Wise Woman' (PR) Joe Stanton - guitar, vocals - Thursday Night Live Clef Seeley: Loopy Show - OP-1+RC505 Loop Artist Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos - Melody 3 on the Shungite Utaguchi Matt Richards - guitar, vocals - "End of the World" - original Deanna Knight - vocals, piano - "A Little…
Find out more »PR – Powell River Farmers’ Market
Now open year round! Sunday Indoors until spring (April 18). Please wear a mask.
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