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Tickets now on sale for school jazz dinner

Gleneagle secondary music students are getting ready for the Coquitlam high school's sixth annual jazz dinner next month. The gala includes an Italian meal by chefs Frank Abbinante and Roberto Arciaga and students in their culinary program.

Karate coach has arts chops

Kimberly Blackstock likes when kids exercise their bodies - and minds. A third-degree black belt in karate, the Port Moody resident has taught the martial art to children for the city of Burnaby for years.

Dancer lobbies for public studios at Moody middle

A Tri-City middle school that will have an arts focus starting in September will unveil its early plans with the public tonight.

Seniors' theatre in Port Moody

A theatre group for seniors that launched last fall at the Port Moody Arts Centre will re-start its classes this month. Gaye Lepage and Cathie Young of Expect Theatre will lead the sessions beginning on Jan.

Stars align for Tri-City theatre club

When Stage 43 put on Dearly Departed last fall, board members of the Coquitlam theatre group hoped the title of the play wasn't a premonition for their society.

Figurative group 'rebels' against modern art

An artist collective aimed at keeping the subject of the human form alive as a muse will launch its Phantoms exhibit in Port Coquitlam on Thursday.

Fox students crank it up

Grade 10 and 11 students Sam Stouten (vocals/shaker), Gianfranco Nicolato (keyboard), Jack Thomas (drums), Jonathan Antepyan (guitar/vocals) and Kyle King (bass) of Anderson Council will play Rock the Fox on Jan.

Dior anyone?

If you ask Vancouver fashion historian Ivan Sayers for his view on the threads typically worn today, he will likely give you a blunt answer. "I try not to think about it," he states.

From film to paint

Two years ago, when work in the film industry scaled back in Vancouver, Lions Bay costume cutter Druh Ireland started painting full time in her home studio.

Whiskey, haggis to toast the Scottish bard

A lively Celtic band will once again pay homage to the Scottish poet Robbie Burns at an annual celebration dinner and concert at Coquitlam's Place des Arts next week.