Wake up your senses in Coquitlam's Centennial Rose Garden this month when the Armi Grano Jazz Trio will perform.
The ensemble - made up of Grano on vocals, Ron Johnston on keyboard and Dave Guiney on double bass - will play among the sweet-smelling flowers on July 30 at 7 p.m. outside Dogwood Pavilion (624 Poirier St.).
Tickets at $12 for pavilion pass holders or $17 for non-pass holders can be bought by calling 604-927-4386 or visiting Dogwood. Refreshments will be served at intermission.
WRITE ON
Surrey writer, editor and educator Sylvia Taylor is the guest speaker at the next Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting in Port Coquitlam.
The author of The Real Genius Is In The Rewrite, Taylor will offer a workshop to scribes on self-editing and read from her historical memoir The Fisher Queen, published by Heritage House in 2012.
Participants are asked to bring a short draft piece of writing to the free event, which takes place on Saturday, Aug. 2 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Terry Fox Library (2470 Mary Hill Rd.).
Refreshments will be served afterward. For more information on the Wordsmiths, call 604-475-2875 or email [email protected].
FALL CLASSES
Registration is now open at Coquitlam's Place des Arts for the next academic year for students wanting to learn visual art, dance and theatre.
And the Maillardville arts hub has a number of new classes including, for adults, group guitar, group singing, contemporary dance and Dance for Fun classes and, for kids and teens, Acro for Dancers and advanced contemporary dance lessons.
Call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.
