Local Arts

The room is buzzing as Erika Babins wraps up a musical theatre performance for 30 youth at Coquitlam's Place des Arts.

A lexandria Maillot has plenty on her plate these days. Not only is the Port Coquitlam resident a Top 20 finalist in the Peak Performance Project - an annual radio challenge by 100.

Johnny Gallant, Second Storey and Babe Gurr will perform in Port Coquitlam this weekend as part of the city's summer music series.

It's a week before showtime and Theatrix artistic director Deb Solberg is without a male character and two dogs for her musical Legally Blonde.

The theme of "drawing" continues in the Tri-Cities this summer with another display highlighting the medium, opening next week. Threesome: Drawings - by Yukman Lai, Harold Ma and Arthur Shu-Ren Cheng - will run from July 19 to Aug.

Gabriel Pietrzak doesn't look like your average Catholic high school product. The 17-year-old recent graduate of Archbishop Carney secondary has stretched piercings in both ear lobes, a tattoo on his arm and a ring on below his lip.

Take a peak at private Tri-City gardens, view original art and hear live music Sunday during the first annual Art in the Garden Tour. Organized by the Port Moody Arts Centre Society, the self-guided tour runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Port Coquitlam's summer music series continues this weekend with shows by Tri-City acts Doug Rolling and Sister Says as well as Hilary Grist, the winner of last year's Peak Performance Project prize.

Two Tri-City young "triple threats" will perform in Tony award-winning plays - set a century ago - at Stanley Park's Malkin Bowl this summer as part of Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS).

Every week for 35 years, Coquitlam's Suite E Life Drawing Group has been putting graphite pencil or charcoal to paper as it interprets unclothed professional models.