Local Arts

When your husband comes home from a long day at work, have dinner prepared for him and always greet him at the door with a steaming plate of.... It's up to the audience to shout out the answers in Rock. Paper. Scissors.

To close Place des Arts' faculty concert series this season, musical theatre teacher Shawna Parry will be bringing along a few friends - who won't be recognizable.

Mark Turpin wanted to play his opposite. Last September, when the Royal City Musical Theatre issued a call for actors for its upcoming production of Oklahoma! , the 27-year-old Coquitlam resident auditioned for Jud Fry.

As a child, Shari Pratt had no sense of permanency. Often, her parents would pick up their things, move the family to a new town and remake their life.

Indie-rock and choral classics will be on the program as the Coquitlam-based Coastal Sound Youth Choir performs at Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral next week.

While Heritage Woods secondary student Nathan Satore takes to the stage in the Royal City for Oklahoma! , his older brother will also have a show out at the same time in Vancouver.

By Jenn Chic Black Press Motown has influenced almost every singer out there - as the line-up for this year's Motown Madness illustrates. Some 25 Canadian performesr will gather Saturday at Coquitlam's Red Robinson Show Theatre (2080 United Blvd.

Former TV personality Norm Grohman emceed two Fashion Through The Decades shows last week as part of Port Coquitlam's 100th birthday celebrations.

A wood artist and former technology specialist at Telus is the new executive director of the Port Moody Arts Centre. Last week, Bruce Campbell started his job at the St. John's Street facility to replace Jane Matthews, who resigned in February.

Travis Anderson's The Coming Storm will be featured in a new student art exhibit opening on Thursday at the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library.