Local Arts

Two Grade 1 pipe bands - both of which have strong ties to the Tri-Cities - will be in Scotland next week to prepare for the world championships that start on Aug. 15.

Subscription tickets for next season's Stage 43 productions are now on sale.

Back in March, the Passionate Outdoor Painters group - better known as POP - was invited to capture a scene that will soon be history.

Ihave to pinch myself that I'm talking to Zakiya Hooker, daughter of John Lee Hooker - yes, the John Lee Hooker, the American music pioneer who forged a new style of urban electric blues.

A Port Coquitlam dancer who is part of the senior professional program at the Goh Ballet has clinched gold in Europe.

Help children enroll in arts camps at the Port Moody Arts Centre by picking up a paint brush - and by raising a glass of wine - at Paint It Forward.

Douglas Sparkes was the bass trombonist with the Hamilton Philharmonic and the National Arts Centre Orchestra - and had been tapped to play with the Canadian Brass - when he got a call that changed his life.

The R&B AllStars got the crowd up and dancing last Sunday at the PCT Performance Stage at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody.

A new sculpture in front of Port Moody city hall toots the arrival of the first intercontinental train to the city more than 100 years ago.

Gerry Thompson has painted her life. And, judging by the artwork displayed on the walls of her Port Coquitlam home, Thompson has lived a most glorious life - filled with adventure, beauty and love.