Local Arts

MUSIC, DANCE The Polonez Tri-City Polish Association will kick it up in Port Coquitlam this weekend for its 10th annual culture and heritage days.

She called her grandparents first. Jessie Cox knew they adored Prince Edward Island and Lucy Laud Montgomery’s 1908 novel, Anne of Green Gables.

Music, visual art and leadership students at a Port Coquitlam high school will talk tales from around the world at a multicultural storytelling festival on Thursday. Riverside secondary hosts its second annual fest at 7 p.m.

A new artistic initiative that’s designed to put a smile to the faces of Port Moody residents and visitors is now in full swing.

Lauded fashion historian Ivan Sayers will be Port Coquitlam this weekend as part of a show that will benefit PoCo Heritage, Terry Fox Theatre and the BC Cancer Society. His “Unmentionables” fashion display runs on May 23 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Ken Abbey of Stars of Boulevard, a CFOX Seeds-winning band that opened for Deep Purple in Vancouver and Victoria. Spencer Hargreaves and Noah Jordan of Redrick Sultan.

Granville Island artist Alice Parmalee Rich doesn't know the painter she's been paired with for the Port Coquitlam exhibit that opens Saturday.

The Comic Strippers will return "home" to the Evergreen Cultural Centre this week, a venue they say has always been a good fit for their improv show.

A Coquitlam actor, writer, director and producer is on the shortlist for Theatre BC's playwright competition. Yvette Dudley-Newman was named a finalist in the one-act category for her piece, The F Words.

It was only a small jump. But its impact could have had a potentially career-devastating outcome for Coquitlam ballerina Erin McNeill.