Local Arts

On Saturday, Port Moody's Judith M. Atkinson opens a solo show at the Art Gallery at Evergreen titled The Return of the Goddess, which pays tribute to the figure and reimagines Athena leading the way in modern times as a warrior for female empowerment.

Beatboxer Martin O. pairs up with magician Travis Bernhardt for a variety show at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre.

Place des Arts opens the annual show Positively Petite on Friday night.

Award-winning nature photographer Anthony Bucci is the guest presenter on Saturday at Photomotion 2018 in Port Moody.

Artist and writer Melanie Cossey, who recently moved from Port Moody, will be back in the Tri-Cities on Saturday to sign copies of her new publication. Cossey’s gothic horror novel, A Peculiar Curiosity, came out last month under Fitzroy Books.

Port Coquitlam mezzo-soprano Melissa Ratcliff is cast in a new production by Opera Mariposa.

For Bombay Black — an award-winning play that’ll be mounted in Coquitlam this week as part of the South Asian Diwali celebrations — director Rohit Chokhani wants viewers to “see” life the same way as his blind protagonist.

A retrospective by Ornella Maruccio-Belhomme of Coquitlam will open Thursday in Port Coquitlam.

The 26th annual fundraiser at Terry Fox secondary supports the music department extra-curricular programs.

An entrepreneur and philanthropist who has given to Place des Arts in the past is again challenging Tri-City residents to match his fundraising.