Local Arts

Author Ben Nuttall-Smith will lead a writing workshop for aspiring scribes at the Port Moody Public Library this week. Nuttall-Smith will conduct the session on Saturday, Feb. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m.

A Coquitlam high school theatre will be transformed into a speakeasy - complete with flappers and mobsters - next Friday to raise money for its spring musical.

Pianist Sarah Hagen will continue her Musical Mornings series at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre next month. She will be joined on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m.

A cabaret-style comedy show is coming to Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre. Roman Danylo is back at the arts venue on Feb. 9 with his Ultimate Comedy Show, starring himself, Paul Bae, Titmouse, Mirage and Urban Improv.

What is Red Chamber? You can find out this Sunday when the fast and furious string ensemble makes its Coquitlam debut at Evergreen Cultural Centre's Studio Theatre.

Parents of children in kindergarten to Grade 12 can sign up their kids for spring break camps next week at Place des Arts.

Meet Henry and Alice Lane. When playwright Michele Riml first introduced them at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2002, the couple was trying to rev up its 25-year marriage in a swanky hotel room.

This will be a relatively quiet year for Pigeon Park, the Tri-City band made up of Centennial and Heritage Woods secondary graduates.

An alternative, funk and ska band whose members are Port Moody secondary students has made the top 10 in a magazine competition. Last week, ADOB was shortlisted for Youthink's BC's Best Teen Band Contest by three judges.

Mieko Graham-Carty is a self-professed bird lover who has a fascination for Celtic mythology.