Local Arts

Port Coquitlam actors Lalainia Lindbjerg and Chy star in Steel Magnolias, a play by Boone Dog Productions that opens on Valentines Day.

The Coquitlam high school hosts a lecture series Jan. 23.

A dozen competitors are lined up for first annual event at a Coquitlam café.

Time and Process is the second solo show for Janna Kumi. It opens in Port Coquitlam on Jan. 23.

1917. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman. Rating: 10 (out of 10) The War to End All Wars, The Great War, The First Modern War.

Hill to tape two sets at UBC’s Chan Centre on March 28.

Blackthorn returns to Place des Arts, SFU pipes at Plaza Hotel

Writer, critic and teacher Norman Ravvin (The Girl Who Stole Everything) appears at the Burquest Jewish Community Association in Coquitlam on Feb. 9.

As Stage 43 members readied for their new season last summer, they polled future directors about what dream plays they had yet to tackle.

Just Mercy . Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. Rating: 7 (out of 10) America executes the sixth highest number of people in the world, right behind China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.