Local Arts

A Port Coquitlam native has been nominated for a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for outstanding actor in a lead role.

In last year's flick A Late Quartet, the character portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman is the second violinist in a world-renowned string foursome who is tired of playing second fiddle.

Forty-one students part of Port Coquitlam's Broadway Bound Performing Arts Studio will be in the spring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam).

Sip some of B.C.'s best vino on Saturday to help pour in cash for the Port Moody Arts Centre Society.

Auditions will be held next month for teens wanting to be part of a new theatre company in Coquitlam. Young thespians aged 13 to 17 can try out on Sunday, June 9, for the Place des Arts troupe that launches in September and meets twice a week.

LydiaQuerengesser, 13, has a been a songbird since she was a child. But, three years ago, her Coquitlam vocal coach - soprano Maria Cristina Fantini - suggested she switch genres from contemporary to classical.

In support of Culture Days and the advanced planning running up to the Culture Days weekend this fall, the Evergreen Cultural Centre is opening its doors to the public and hosting afree information session on Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m.

Last November's winner of the Best of BC song contest for The Shore 104.3 FM will headline a fundraiser on Friday for the 37th annual Golden Spike Days.

A White Rock artist is hosting an online auction supporting an initiative to pair shoes with people in need.

Apageantry of traditional, modern and even recycled-material outfitswill be displayed next week as students in Riverside secondary's multicultural leadership class host a fashion show to tie in with Port Coquitlam's 100th year.