Local Arts

Last November's winner of the Best of BC song contest for The Shore 104.3 FM will headline a fundraiser on Friday for the 37th annual Golden Spike Days.

A White Rock artist is hosting an online auction supporting an initiative to pair shoes with people in need.

Apageantry of traditional, modern and even recycled-material outfitswill be displayed next week as students in Riverside secondary's multicultural leadership class host a fashion show to tie in with Port Coquitlam's 100th year.

About six years ago, while he was caring for his dying mother at Crossroads hospice in Port Moody, Gregory Elgstrand had somewhat of a revelation.

Four years ago, Cause4Drama was the opening band for the inaugural Rock for a Cure that raised money for the Michael Cuccione Foundation, a Coquitlam-based charity that supports childhood cancer research. Now, Rocky Milino Jr.

Actors Isabel Mendenhall and Yvonne Arnason will appear in a murder-mystery dinner show next week at Coquitlam's Pasta Polo.

A world-famous composer, music arranger, symphonic conductor and teacher who now calls Port Moody home will be honoured at a gala concert on Friday.

Otto Kamensek is the new ceramics artist-in-residence at the Port Moody Arts Centre. Kamensek replaces James Kemp, who ended his term last month with an exhibit called Morphology , which is currently on show in the PMAC 3D Gallery.

Acrylic and watercolour painter Alex Fong will show off his skill at the next public meeting of Port Coquitlam's Art Focus Artists' Association. The workshop will happen on Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. in The Outlet (2253 Leigh Sq., behind city hall).

Around this time last year, Coquitlam's Jennifer Gillis was auditioning to be part of a new CBC-TV reality competition called Over the Rainbow with the aim to be cast as Dorothy in an upcoming stage musical by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.