Local Arts

If you visit Mackin House - one of the oldest homes in Coquitlam built during the Fraser Mills hey days - take a gander at the floor in grandma's room.

Port Coquitlam's Martin Sollanych - pictured with his acrylic work, Maui Afternoon - will be among the two dozen artists exhibiting original paintings, drawings, photos, mixed media and embroidery at Art Focus' spring art show and sale, happening thi

Nancy Golabiewski, Joan Royle and Anne Scott play nannies while Bill Biletski and Sylvia Spain portray the bad guy and the boy in Every Little Crook and Nanny, the spring offering by Coquitlam's Dogwood Drama Club. The comedy runs May 5 at 1:30 p.m.

A collective of adult artists living with mental health challenges will showcase some of their pieces in a Port Coquitlam exhibit that opens tomorrow.

Rachael Norman has trained extensively in musical theatre, having started with Coquitlam's Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts.

Artists have until next Friday to have their work included in a new Port Coquitlam exhibit that describes what it's like to ride - and wait for - public transit in Metro Vancouver.

The artwork of musician Darrell Shibley is on the walls at the Port Moody Public Library this month.

Farside Theatre is roaring out with a 1929-set musical Wednesday until Saturday to benefit the Higher Ground Food Bank in Coquitlam.

Ask James Kemp to sum up his year-long residency at the Port Moody Arts Centre and the ceramic sculptor will likely say - without flinching - that his work has improved "by 20,000 times.

The time crunch was the biggest challenge.