Local Arts

Partially clad dancers with shaved heads and white body make-up? It's a contemporary form that started in Japan and is now being carried on - and fused with western movements - by the Vancouver-based Kokoro Dance.

New banners will go up to adorn Port Coquitlam's streets following a community-wide contest that saw nearly 90 entries.

A Coquitlam jazz artist has one thing to say to anyone who thinks she's too old to release her first CD: "Too damn bad.

Tri-City theatre-goers could be forgiven for doing a double-take when they passed Terry Fox secondary this month and last.

The last time Van Django was in Coquitlam, the acoustic string quartet was paired with the Quiring Chamber Players for a New Year's Eve show at the Evergreen Cultural Centre.

An art and photography teacher at Port Coquitlam's Riverside secondary will have a new exhibit up in Port Moody.

Dance, music and poetry - as well as hopeful testimonial - are on the bill for a women's intergenerational event in Coquitlam. Soli Deo Gloria Ballet will present Who You Say I Am on Sunday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m.

Julia MacLean sits on a bench during a lunch hour outside her school, Moody middle. She's happy to answer questions about Annie, in which she was chosen to play the lead role for the Royal City Musical Theatre's 25th year.

Painter Denise Maxwell started her artist residency at Port Coquitlam's Leigh Square Community Arts Village today (Tuesday). Maxwell is the third artist to take on the city gig, following Adrian Walker and Bernadine Fox's three-month long stints.

There will be four hands on one piano for the closing of this season's Musical Mornings series in Coquitlam.