Local Arts

Photomotion 2012, adigital slide and sound event, will run on Saturday, Nov. 17 at Port Moody's Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.), with two shows happening from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Guest photographer Chris Harris will also display his work.

Sip the finest from B.C. vineyards at the Best of BC Wines Uncorked at the Port Moody city hall galleria on Saturday. The event runs Nov. 3 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and tickets at $45 include samples of vino, light appetizers and live music.

C oquitlam's Jennifer Gillis was the youngest and only West Coast contestant in the Top 10 on CBC-TV's Over the Rainbow , a live national competition that wraps up on Monday.

Hundreds of French-immersion students from Panorama Heights and Nestor elementaries joined their counterparts at Glen last Friday for a lively show by Charlotte Diamond and her Hug Bug Band.

A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design will have a solo show opening on Thursday in Port Coquitlam.

Tuk Caldwell, a retired art teacher from Terry Fox secondary in Port Coquitlam, will have four original framed pieces as well as number of smaller, unframed works at this weekend's 45th annual Port Moody Art Association show - the largest art club sa

The artistic director of an Indian dance troupe based in Canada will spend a day at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre to teach her craft.

A Port Moody resident has directed a documentary about a family dealing with crystal meth addition. Eva Wunderman's Aftermeth: A Family Story will be broadcast on the Knowledge Network (cable 5) on Nov. 6 at 9 p.m.

Learn how to dance with professionals from SQx Danza at Coquitlam's Place des Arts next weekend. Participants at the workshop, which runs Nov.

Jennifer Shaw believes strongly about how the arts can play a role in classroom learning, no matter what subject or grade level. The University of B.C.