Local Arts

A wind ensemble will stretch Valentine's into this week with a concert dedicated to all things French. The Coquitlam-based Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble will host a show titled Vive La France on Saturday at 8 p.m.

Place des Arts' faculty concert series will continue on Saturday with violinist and teacher Karina Slupski performing the works of three Russian Romantic masters.

Hundreds of young musicians, vocalists and actors will be in Port Coquitlam over the next month as the 61st annual Coquitlam District Music Festival (CDMF) gets underway this week.

A Coquitlam theatrical society is calling for male actors for its spring show. Stage 43 will be producing Woman in Mind by Alan Ackbourne and directed by Dale Kelly from April 25 to May 4 at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre.

The fairytale of Cinderella will be brought to life at Port Coquitlam's Terry Fox Theatre this week. The Douglas Ballet Academy will present the show on Friday at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Imagine the street you're walking or driving down in Port Coquitlam 100 years ago. Stuart Ward can.

Children's entertainer Norman Foote isn't slowing down anytime soon. Between September and December of last year, the Juno-award winner criss-crossed North America to perform 31 dates between Virginia Beach and Victoria, B.C.

Sway your honey away to Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre this weekend for the fifth annual Salsa and Latin Valentine's Dance Night. Hosted by the Hot Salsa Dance Zone, the event on Saturday starts at 7:30 p.m. with dance classes.

Starting Feb. 20, you can make your mark - or rather, stitch - on Port Moody's centennial. That's when the public is invited to check out the wall hanging for the city's 100th year and do a few stitches, too.

There will be at least 68 garments paraded down the catwalk at this weekend's 10th Wearable Art Awards at Port Moody city hall. But, depending on customs, one or two more may trickle across the border by the time the performances happen.