Local Arts

There will be four hands on one piano for the closing of this season's Musical Mornings series in Coquitlam.

It may have the smallest population of the three cities. But Port Moody has the biggest concentration of visual and performing artists in the Tri-Cities, whether they be working as professionals or amateurs.

Good childhood memories of growing up on a farm in Swan Lake, Man., have stayed with painter Ronald G. Straight.

Teens who like to perform in public can audition this month to be part of a musical theatre company in Coquitlam.

Creative adults looking to put some spring in their step in the new season can sign up for art classes and workshops at Coquitlam's Place des Arts.

A Port Coquitlam exhibition showcasing more than 50 works by 18 female artists ends March 31.

Moody middle will hit the rewind button next month to mark 15 years of musical theatre at the Port Moody school. Staff and students want to celebrate Moody's theatrical past by reliving its productions since 1999 - 11 titles in all.

Missed a chance to see the Ted speakers live in Vancouver? The Coquitlam and Port Moody public libraries are webstreaming the conference every day until Friday at the City Centre and Poirier branches in Coquitlam, and in the Inlet Theatre at Port Moo

A School District 43 teacher will kick it up in a campy musical next month in Coquitlam. Port Coquitlam resident Damon Calderwood portrays Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes while well-known actor/singer Gordon Roberts is his sidekick, Dr.

The first group show at the Port Moody Arts Centre for the city's largest art organization will open on Thursday. But the celebration will have a sad note as one of the exhibiting members from the Port Moody Arts Association recently passed away.