Blue Frog Studio
Uptown recording and performance venue Blue Frog Studio is continuing its schedule of intimate concerts with high quality performers in the fall.
Confirmed at this point is a concert by Mae Moore (Oct. 8), a one-time White Rock resident before she scored nine top-40 hits in the ’90s; plus the fiery rumba flamenco, latin jazz and rock guitar duo of John Gilliat and Benjamin Woods (Oct. 14).
Tickets are available at the studio website www.bluefrogstudios.ca or by calling 604-542-3055.
Accomplice
White Rock Players Club presents Rupert Holmes’ witty comedy-mystery-thriller Accomplice, directed by David Lloyd Austin, Oct. 12 to 29 at Coast Capital Playhouse, 1536 Johnston Rd.
Featuring Ben Odberg, Lori Tych, Ben Cross and Sunny Stump, the complex puzzler starts as a traditional English thriller of the Christie school – but soon transcends the form surprisingly, as layer upon layer of mystery and motivation are revealed.
Performances are 8 p.m. Wedenesday through Saturday, with a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee on Oct. 23.
For tickets, call 604-536-7535, or visit www.whiterockplayers.ca
Children’s opera
Peninsula Productions will present Vancouver Opera’s children’s version of the opera Hansel and Gretel, Oct. 15, 11 a.m. at White Rock’s First United Church.
The family-friendly 45-minute-long adaptation of Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera, based on the well-loved folk tale, is performed in English by four singers and piano accompanist.
Perfect for young audiences (kindergarten to Grade 7) the show is full of lively tunes, fast paced fun, comical characters and a few surprises.
Tickets ($15), are available from the Surrey Arts Centre box office, 604-501-5566, Tapestry Music, or the church (15385 Semiahmoo Ave.).
Borealis strings
Tickets are on sale now for the first Peninsula Productions presentation of a new evening series at First United Church in White Rock.
Internationally-renowned, classical ensemble the Borealis String Quartet, will perform Friday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.
Fresh from a series of concerts in Russia, the young Vancouver-based musicians promise an evening of skill, artistry and dynamic stage presence for music lovers. For more information on the quartet, visit www.borealisstringquartet.com
Tickets ($25 plus any fees) are available through Surrey Arts Centre box office, 604-501-5566, at Tapestry Music, 1335 Johnson Rd., at Semiahmoo Arts office, 1550 Foster St. or at First United Church.
Outside The Box
An interwoven series of events and displays throughout the Peninsula, Outside The Box (until Oct. 21) highlights the many possibilities of fibre and textile art and illustrate how practitioners are pushing the boundaries “outside the box” – including everything from knitting and felting demonstrations to performance art.
A main Outside The Box display – An Exploration of Fibre – is at White Rock Community Centre throughout the celebration.
Other components include FiberFusion, a six-by-nine-foot collaborative mural by some 30 members of the Virtuosi Infraganti Collective currently on display at White Rock Museum and Archives, informative wall texts to accompany the displays by the Women, Art and Society class at Langara College, a ‘Fibrarium’ and an exhibition of large art quilts by the Crescent Quilters and the ‘Piece Arch’ Quilters at the White Rock Library.
For more information, and a complete schedule of events, visit www.outsidetheboxwhiterock.com
Small Ritual
Doing its part to present different music locally is the not-for-profit Small Ritual Coffee Society on Johnston Road (just up from Five Corners).
In addition to Sunday night concerts with such emerging local groups as Their There, The Star Captains and Behind Sapphire, music booker Rory Hislop has added a Monday night jazz showcase, including some of Vancouver’s best up and coming talents in the idiom, which is currently experiencing a revival of interest.
Among artists who have graced – or will grace this series – are guitarist Tristan Paxton, bassist James Meger, drummer Omar Amlani and trumpeter Steve An.
Both evenings (usually running 5-9 p.m.) offer a rewarding opportunity for local fans to catch up on the music scene of tomorrow in an agreeably intimate, art-friendly venue.
For more information, call 778-294-1237.
Music Together
Registration is currently underway for the internationally-recognized Music Together program for children from newborn to kindergarten age, plus their parents or guardians.
The event is being brought to White Rock and Surrey by singer, songwriter and voice coach Heidi McCurdy of Harmony Expressive Arts.
Fall classes are offered on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Elgin Hall (in partrnership with the City of Surrey) and Saturday mornings at the White Rock Library.
For details and registrations, visit www.harmonyexpressivearts.com or call 604-538-7154.
Literary events
Semiahmoo Arts’ ongoing Zero – 360 series at Pelican Rouge Coffee House, Central Plaza – in which local authors can read from their literary work (to a maximum of six minutes each) – continues the second Thursday of each month (including Oct. 13 and Nov. 10).
Reader sign-up begins at 7:05 p.m. for each of the evenings.
