Learn how to play the ukulele at a free tutorial during Coquitlam’s Canada Day celebrations.
Members of the Cutie Circle will be giving mini lessons from noon to 6 p.m. at their booth set up along Trevor Wingrove Way on July 1.
Meanwhile, the Coquitlam-based volunteer group will host a workshop on July 9 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre with ukulele jazz masters Zanuck Lindsey and Kimo Hussey, whose CD was nominated for the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts 2016 Ukulele Album of the Year.
The pair will play a concert at Evergreen on July 10 from 7 to 9 p.m., with proceeds supporting their travel costs from Hawaii. For tickets to the workshop or show, call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
BLACKBERRY ART
A co-op of Tri-City artists will show their work next month at the Port Moody Public Library.
The Blackberry Artists Society, a group that has a gift shop in the Port Moody Arts Centre, will display a range of media. Visit blackberrygiftshop.ca.
OH LA LA
Port Moody actor Allison Fligg will appear in a burlesque musical that opens next week in Vancouver.
SHINE , which includes 18 original songs by Cass King and John Woods of The Wet Spots, will run at the Wise Hall (1882 Adanac St.) from July 6 to 16.
Visit shinethemusical.com for tickets.
A graduate of Gleneagle secondary, Fligg has appeared in various regional stages including Theatre Under the Stars. In 2012, she appeared in the “neoburlesque” production Lost Girls of Neverland.
