Local Arts

Young and adult dancers are invited to audition this month at an open casting call in Coquitlam.

XMAS AT PMAC The upcoming festive season will be in full swing tomorrow (Thursday) at the Port Moody Arts Centre when it opens two exhibits. More than 50 original artworks will be available for bidding until Dec. 19 as part of One of a Kind .

Canadian children's entertainer and Juno award-winner Fred Penner will be in Coquitlam on Sunday for two shows: an afternoon family concert with Paul O'Neill and an evening all-ages performance with Emilie Mover, this year's Juno winner for Children'

The working title for Coquitlam author David E. Burnell's book was Shades of Blue .

The 20th anniversary of Port Coquitlam's Art Focus Art Association will see 20 artists displaying 85 pieces for the group's show and sale next weekend.

A Port Moody secondary graduate has launched her new fashion brand and debuted her second collection.

Can you sit through 30 hours of continuous improv? A Port Coquitlam comedy troupe is offering the challenge to Tri-City residents this month. Second Storey Theatre will host 30 improv sets - lasting 50 minutes each - from Friday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m.

Children's entertainer and comedian Norman Foote tends to shy away from preaching to his audience. So when his young son suggested his new CD and its title track be called Always Be Yourself, Foote was hesitant at first.

A Coquitlam actor will star this month in the Capilano University production of Pride and Prejudice . Grace Cullingworth, a Gleneagle secondary graduate, will play Elizabeth Bennet in the show that opens Nov.

When Louise Smith was a teen, she saw an artist working with silks, threads and fabrics to create a lovely piece. The British native was intrigued and tucked the image in the back of her mind to do at a later date.