Local Arts

B.C. musician Roy Forbes said he's excited to be performing at the Brackendale Art Gallery again. "It is kind of like tradition."He and gallery owner Thor Froslev go back to 1976 when Forbes first played there, said Froslev.

"Every region of B.C. matters," says author Jean Barman discussing her new coffee table book, British Columbia: Spirit of the People. "Every region has played a critical role at some point in making us the place we are today.

With just one week to go before the big event, here's a taste of the talent in store for visitors of ArtWalk, the self-guided tour of Squamish Valley artists' studios and galleries happening Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20 and 21.

This Sunday (Sept.

It's time to brush up on your arpeggios and trills. The 2009 Wild at Art Festival has announced its Local Colour Song Contest, and organizers are looking for the one local vocal act that will take home the top prize of $1,000.

Carving stone into art necessitates a willingness to embrace solitude.

Britannia Beach will be swarming with artists in the act of creating with this weekend's Copper and Fire event at the B.C. Museum of Mining.On Sunday (Aug.

The rockslide that has closed the Sea to Sky Highway south of Squamish has unfortunately derailed two arts and cultural events set for the long weekend.The inaugural Water Woman Festival was scheduled to take place starting today (Aug.

Cultures collided for better and for worse at Squamish Mountain Festival presentations by Micah Dash and Majka Burhardt at the Eagle Eye Theatre on Saturday (July 19).

When 40,000 people roll into Pemberton this weekend for a massive three-day music festival, a few local performers will get their own taste of the limelight on the Barn Dance stage.