Local Arts

When it comes to playing at Coquitlam's Town Centre Park on Canada Day - just before the pyrotechnics go off - the Fab Fourever will have just the thing to keep the crowd in a party mode.

What's happened with Indelible since we last spoke with them two years ago? "We've been touring Canada, done a few music videos, won some small awards," says Port Moody's J Thorn, one-half of the duo that includes his brother, Illucid.

Musician David Blair has mentored Port Moody and Heritage Woods secondary students for the past year as part of the SONG (Songwriters Of a New Generation) program.

Can't fly to Scotland this summer to see the Grade 1 SFU Pipe Band (SFUPB) try to clinch gold again at the World Pipe Band Championships? Not to worry.

A registered federal charity running Port Coquitlam's Terry Fox Theatre has bowed out of its operating agreement.

Glen Pine Pavilion will transform into the Caribbean on Friday. And you're welcome to wear flowered shirts or tropical attire and join Phase III Steel Band as it performs calypso and reggae hits at the Coquitlam seniors' centre.

Don't be fooled when you see Port Coquitlam's mayor at the first annual Magic Festival on Sunday. Greg Moore will not only cut the ribbon for the inaugural event at Leigh Square Community Arts Village, he'll also saw a woman in half.

Auditions will be held next Wednesday for an intensive summer camp run by Coquitlam's Theatrix Youtheatre. The Fame Jr.

It will be a theatre free-for-all at this week's 1-act festival in Coquitlam.

Vancouver artist Natalie Purschwitz will open her exhibit on Saturday at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre that looks at trends, collecting, textiles and the imbedded history in objects.