Local Arts

A small ballet company in B.C. that was on shaky financial ground two years ago will wrap up its latest season with a spring tour that includes a stop in Coquitlam.

If there were one role that Coquitlam actor Lisa Pope MacDonald can relate to the most, the mom-of-two would choose "Nancy.

Pianist Sarah Hagen is really excited about her next season of Musical Mornings, a series of intimate classical music concerts that launched in the fall of 2012 in Coquitlam.

If you're riding the rails into Vancouver on Saturday afternoon, keep your ears open for live song at the SkyTrain stations.

It may be called the Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir but its singers' backgrounds are not limited to the British country. In fact, the 100-plus vocalists either come directly - or have ancestors - from nations around the world.

It's not unusual for Melody A. Johnson to discover current and past pageant winners at her show Miss Caledonia.

A picture of pelicans snapped by a Port Moody photographer while she was on honeymoon in Aruba has captured her international recognition. Karla Knowles finished 10th in her category (Personal Work) in the Shoot and Share 2015 Photo Contest.

Tri-City kids can expect to be bombarded with colours, movement and images when they enter The Studio, at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre on Sunday.

Brad Tones wasn't expecting this kind of success until the second year. Last April, when he helped to launch PLAY - or Professional Live Arts For Youth - the organization hoped to roll out its programs over time. A year later, there are wait lists.

For Peter Stainton, not playing the lead character in My Fair Lady is something he'll enjoy this time around. The Port Coquitlam actor and retired SD43 teacher has portrayed the phonetics professor Henry Higgins in the past.