Parents can sign up their kids — or themselves — for art, music and dance classes at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts in the next academic year.
Online registration for September to June sessions begins Sunday, June 11 at 12:01 a.m. while phone and in-person registration launches at 9 a.m.
Among the new classes being offered at the Maillardville arts hub include:
• Piano Chamber Music Ensemble (by audition) with teacher Barry Tan;
• visual arts for kids and teens (Action Figure Sculpting, Hello Art!, Teen ‘Zine and Book Art, and Inkle Weaving);
• and visual arts for adults (Fine Arts; Painting the Landscape; Zen Drawing; Fibre Arts: Tapestry Weaving; Basketry: Wall Basket; and Ceramic Arts: Get Centred - Focus on Wheel Throwing).
Meanwhile, youth and teens wanting to be part of the new Coquitlam Youth Theatre Company can apply for an audition on May 28.
Call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.
MINI FEST
Port Moody’s Inlet Theatre will be the scene for a mini-festival of plays next month.
Students in the Theatrix Youtheatre Society will show “classics in a contemporary format” on June 1, said artistic director Deborah Solberg.
The Next Treasure Island, a collaboration between Solberg and children’s musician Mr. I, runs at 7 p.m. while the Banting Middle Players present Peter Pan (directed by Lauren Hillman) at 8 p.m.
The last show, The Lorax, is from the Maillard Middle Players at 9 p.m. It is directed by Erinn Gleeson.
Tickets at $10 are available at the door an hour before the curtain rises or via theatrixyoutheatre.com.
