Two Tri-City scribes are featured at an international crime writers festival in Vancouver this weekend.
Kristi Charish (Owl & The Japanese Circus) and Sam Wiebe (Last of the Independents) will appear at the inaugural CUFFED fest, which runs Friday to Sunday on Granville Island.
Port Coquitlam's Charish is on the panel examining new female voices in crime while Wiebe, a Coquitlam teacher and the winner of the 2012 Unhanged Arthur Award, is on the panel for Vancouver Noir.
Visit CUFFEDFestival.com.
PERSIAN WOMEN
Performers from the Hafez Literature Club will celebrate women at the Port Moody Arts Centre Friday.
Learn about Persian dance, music, songs and poetry — presented in English and Farsi — to coincide with International Women's Day March 8.
The event also coincides with the Simorgh, Between Sky and Earth exhibit, a display by female Persian artists running at PMAC until March 17.
For tickets at $10/$5 to the March 11 show, visit pomoarts.ca.
COQUITLAM 125
Emerging and professional actors can learn about improv, character development, voice, movement and breath in a new acting series starting Sunday.
The series, which continues April 10, May 15 and June 12, is part of the city of Coquitlam's 125th celebrations.
The Artists Rendering Tales Collective Inc. is sharing its knowledge for the historical character workshops, which will allow thespians to take part in the city's anniversary events to help it tell past stories.
As well, the group will lead a literary workshop on April 17, where writers can explore story structure, research and interviewing; participants can then publish their words online through blogs.
To register, visit coquitlam125.ca/volunteer or email artiststcinc@gmail.com.
