Local Arts

Last year's Arts Club Theatre hit Boeing-Boeing will make a landing in Coquitlam next week for several sold-out shows.

Rocks, gems, fossils and First Nations artifacts collected in and around Port Moody will be on show this weekend as part of the city's 100th birthday celebrations.

An original painting by a famous Canadian artist will hang on the walls at Port Coquitlam's Terry Fox Library.

A Coquitlam comic will offer a treat on Halloween with the release of his new CD. Ed Hill, a Pinetree secondary graduate, will have the album, titled Canasian , out on iTunes on Oct. 31. It was recorded at Live Comedy Club in Taipei, Taiwan.

It's a provincial Pro-D Day next Friday and that means parents need to keep their kids busy. Luckily, three Tri-City arts centres have sessions available - and with a Halloween twist. On Friday, Oct.

Belcarra's long-serving mayor loves his community and has been entranced with its history for years, so much so that Ralph Drew thought one day, someone should write a book. So he did.

A Port Moody actor can be seen in a new T.V. show geared for young adults. Nick Purcha will appear as one of the leads in Spooksville, which was filmed this year in Duncan.

F or the opening of the new fine arts wing at Port Coquitlam's Archbishop Carney regional secondary last month, the school put on a show to remember.

Coquitlam's Stage 43 Theatrical Society opens its season tomorrow (Thursday) with a rather morbid - but comedic - production at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way).

Get into the Halloween spirit on Thursday as the city of Port Coquitlam features the flick Paranorman. The animated movie screening - plus a pumpkin painting and skeleton scavenger hunt - will run Oct. 17 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.