Local Arts

A Port Moody artist says he's "clearing house" for the Evergreen Line. David Bizzo is selling about 100 artworks - original paintings, giclees and prints, about half of which he created - over the long weekend at his studio in the old Andres Winery.

Artisans, crafters, makers and needle workers can apply to sell their wares in Port Coquitlam's fifth annual juried winter fair, which runs Dec. 1 and Dec. 2.

Four Tri-City residents will be performing in the Vancouver International Fringe Festival next month. Coquitlam's Dave Secunda will present In the Time of the Dream Warrior with his daughter, Joylyn.

A Coquitlam musician with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band has returned home from Scottish competitions with three piping awards for his solo work.

Music, comedy and a teen dance are on the bill for next month's 15th annual Port Moody Festival of the Arts, running Sept. 20 to 30. Singers Cole Armour, 13, and Téa will be featured at the festival gala on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Three major art centres in the Tri-Cities have joined forces to commission work on a common theme.

Port Coquitlam's Autumn Thespians - including, from left to right, Gayle Redfern, Bill Redfern and Pat Bader - will feature a comedy written by Phyllis Mohr at the BC Seniors' Games this week in Burnaby.

For DragonDiva Operatic Theatre's fifth anniversary production o f The Old Maid and the Thief - the first radio opera commissioned by NBC in 1939 - the cast and crew were each given a part to transcribe.

A Shakespearean actor known for her New York theatre workshops for kids will bring her talent to the Tri-Cities this fall.

The miniature multimedia piece Yuliya Yaremenko clutches is a symbol for her life so far. Titled My Journey as an Artist, the work was a school project assigned by her art teacher, Judi Gardnner, at Port Moody secondary.