Port Moody artist David Carey narrows his lens on what night readers might have in their hands for his new exhibit that opens Wednesday in PoMo.
Adopt a Bookworm runs until Feb. 28 at Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St.), with a reception on Saturday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Viewers can also enter to win an exhibited image — all 20 of which will be given away at the end of the show.
IRISH WORLDS
Six dancers with the Coquitlam-based Penk O’Donnell School of Irish Dance are off to Scotland this spring for an international competition.
The dancers — three of whom live in Coquitlam: Leila Jung, Hannah Pruner and Megan Findlay — will appear at the 2016 World Irish Dance Championships; other school dancers have also qualified for the North American Nationals, being held in Orlando in July, said Melissa Slack, president of the Eire Pacific Society.
ART DEMO
Watercolour artist Yuki Goldman will give a demo at Port Coquitlam’s Leigh Square next week.
Goldman is appearing at The Outlet on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. as part of the outreach program by the Art Focus Artists Association. The demonstrations are free and open to the public.
FILM FINALS
A Port Moody secondary grad is part of six winning teams picked for the Crazy8s filmmaking competition.
Joel Ashton McCarthy is the director and writer for I Love You So Much It’s Killing Them, a piece written by Mike Doaga and produced by Nach Dudsdeemaytha and Marena Dix. The narrative tells the story of a fictional serial killer who pines for love.
The Crazy8 finalists for the 17th annual contest were announced last week and selected out of 179 original short-film submissions.
The other five shortlisted candidates are: A Family of Ghosts (director/writer Shannon Kohli, producer Rob Meekison); Grocery Store Action Movie (director Matthew Campbell, writers Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson, producers Jameson Parker, David Kaye and Ryan Silva); Iteration 1 (director/writer Jesse Lupini, writer Lucas Kavanagh, producers Arshia Navabi and Mert Sari); Meet Cute (director/writer Patrick Currie, writer Brendee Green, producer Michele Picard); Trying (director/writer Shauna Johannesen, producer Lulu Pan).Starting Feb. 12, the teams will have eight days to shoot, edit and post their films.
A screening fundraiser for the contest will be held Jan. 28 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver. To donate via its Indiegogo campaign, visit http://igg.me/at/crazy8s2016/x/6071525.
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