Local Arts

A 17-year-old musician will perform an oboe solo as part of the Young At Heart classical music concert at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre on Saturday.

They've been working with teachers on their craft all year. Now, it's time for their work to shine on the walls and in display cases at two Tri-City art galleries.

An information session will be held this month for artists wanting a grant to take part in this year's Culture Days activities. The event will be held on June 20 at 7 p.m.

It came down to time.

A few artistic students from - or representing - the Tri-Cities scored well at last month's Performing Arts of BC festival.

Artist Jane Appleby will teach a painting workshop this month at Coquitlam's Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave.). Outdoor acrylics for adult painters runs Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

As hundreds of young people in - and from - the Tri-Cities get ready for graduation, many of them are getting news from the colleges, universities and employers they have so anxiously been waiting to hear back from.

Some 200 students with Port Moody's Caufield School of Dance will this week perform numbers inspired by "Shakespeare to Sinatra and Sesame Street to Super Mario Brothers," studio owner Cori Caulfield said.

Riverside secondary students Paola Cervantes and her sister, Sandra, are among the 95 students of Evelia Espinosa who will show their artwork as part of the sixth annual Children's Art Festival next month at Port Moody city hall.

Pieces by the Blackberry Artists' Society will be on the walls of the Port Moody Public Library in June.