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Peace and art at PechaKucha Volume 10

A Port Coquitlam painter wants to send a message - that peace is possible, even in a society that's been "hijacked" by the war economy - at the upcoming PechaKucha event.

Royal City Musical Theatre heads west to Oklahoma!

The Royal City Musical Theatre celebrates the 70th anniversary of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! with an extravagant production featuring a cast of over 44 members performing dazzling dance numbers and backed by a full orchestr

Leigh Square calling all artists for 2014 shows

Visual artists and emerging curators are being asked to submit their exhibition proposals to the Leigh Square Community Arts Village for shows in 2014-15.

Oil painter showing works at PMPL next month

Artist Leesa Hanna displays a series of paintings in a variety of media at the Port Moody Public Library next month.

Kerplunks are a big hit with the kid crowd

Bobs and Lolo. Charlotte Diamond. Raffi. Norman Foote. Will Stroet.

Swing legend closes Port Coquitlam Coffee Concert series

Big band leader Dal Richards - better known as the "King of Swing" - will wrap up the city of Port Coquitlam's 14th annual Sunday Coffee Concert series with a matinee show at Terry Fox Theatre on March 24.

Editor leaps from TV for animated flick

When Scott Winlaw started on his first animated feature film, his daughter was two years old. Then, he was living in Anmore and was known on the Tri-CIties' arts scene for launching the 48-hour film contest, the Quick Flick Challenge.

Mr. Foxworthy recounts classic at Coq. Legion

Mr. Foxworthy will be spinning a classic tale for Tri-City children at Coquitlam's Royal Canadian Legion Hall this weekend.

Sculpting teacher at PdA shows in the Big Apple

A Port Moody artist and sculpting teacher at Coquitlam's Place des Arts has her work on show this month in New York City.

Coupey tongue is découpé

Artist Pierre Coupey, the founding editor of The Capilano Review and co-founder of The Georgia Straight , sat down with The Tri-City News this week to talk about his upcoming exhibit Cutting Out the Tongue: Selected Work 1976-2012 that opens on Satur