Local Arts

Tri-City thespian Richard Dixon has a new play out - penned especially for Coquitlam's Dogwood Drama Club. The retired drama teacher at Gleneagle secondary is also directing his play with music, titled Solstice Queen, which runs Nov. 30 at 1:30 p.m.

T. Nile is taking a break from her busy touring schedule to promote her latest album, Tingle and Spark, that came out in August.

Years ago, when a friend noticed Paul Gauthier's competitive spirit in sports, he recommended Gauthier try his hand at boccia. From then on, "I never turned back," the New Westminster resident said.

Trent Arterberry travels around with a lot of kids' stories in his head. And, sometimes when he doesn't use them for a while, the 40-year actor from Sooke has to return to the rehearsal studio to run through his lines for it to stay fresh.

A one-man show about an out-of-work actor during Shakespearean times will be performed by Christopher Hunt this week. Starting Thursday, Hunt will portray 25 characters in the production What That I Was.. .

With the holiday shopping season now in full swing, the Blackberry Artists Society is launching its 18th annual Christmas Marketplace next Thursday. The opening reception for Winter Treasures, held at the Port Moody Arts Centre, runs from 6 to 8 p.m.

Coquitlam oil painter Leanne Christie is one of hundreds of artists taking part in the Eastside Cultural Crawl, which starts next Thursday in Vancouver.

Katie Stewart and a few "young and bright artists" working on an upcoming edition for SAD Magazine piled into a van recently and tried to capture what it was like to live in the suburbs.

One of the best acoustic and slide guitar players in the world will appear in Coquitlam on Thursday with a well-known Canadian musician.

They say that time heals all wounds. Port Moody filmmaker Eva Wunderman was a witness to that 10 years ago when she reunited a few American and Japanese soldiers from the Second World War.