Local Arts

When Tori Lockwood moved to Port Coquitlam this year, she wanted to get a foot in the local arts community.

For her Coquitlam show next week, pianist Sarah Hagen will be taking a seat with the crowd at the Evergreen Cultural Centre.

As part of The Tri-City News' ongoing coverage of the municipal election - and on the heels of Coquitlam's $100,000 arts, culture and heritage strategic plan launch - we asked mayoralty candidates in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody (aka The

A skater will be return to her home province to perform in Disney On Ice in Vancouver. Audrey Wong, a former member of the Coquitlam Figure Skating Club, will appear in the kids' spectacular Let's Party from Nov. 26 to 30 at the Pacific Coliseum.

There's the story about the woman who died at 25. Another about an expectant mother who fled into the woods after her husband threatened to kill her and their unborn child.

Port Moody's own Mr. World Canada 2012/'13 will be taking part in the Miss World pageant 2014.

Familiar tunes from Canada's classical music catalogue will be trumpeted for the opening season of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (PSWE).

A television, film and stage actor acclaimed across the country for her role as Shirley Valentine will perform in Port Coquitlam next month.

Marjorie Turnbull has been artist her entire life. As a child growing up in the Prairies, she primarily drew flowers in pastel for her mother's friends.

South Asian images by two immigrant artists will be combined in a new exhibit at the Port Moody Public Library next month.