Local Arts

The opening of a new $61-million secondary in Coquitlam is prompting School District 43 to push the rental of the school’s 253-seat professional theatre and two others it manages.

Adults can spend a Friday night next month by going to art camp.

A new centre at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver now has its walls painted with colourful murals to help its young patients heal.

You can forgive Kiyomi Asano for feeling a bit emotional this week.

Painted red hearts, feathers, paper fans, beads and scenes from fantasy stories adorn 16 pairs of ballerina pointe shoes this month at a Port Moody dance studio.

The best of Grade 12 art from School District 43 will be exhibited in a gallery show at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam, until Feb. 18.

Pastel artist and illustrator Kira Sokolovskaia will lead a free public demo in Port Coquitlam later this month.

Youth aged six to 14 can be part of the next Theatrix’s spring touring show.

Non-profit groups and artists organizing a cultural project, festival, event or program in Port Coquitlam are invited to a free grant-writing workshop next Saturday.

The next meeting of the cultural roundtable is Jan. 18.