Local Arts

Space is still available for youth and teens wanting to hone their improv skills this summer. Port Coquitlam's Second Storey Theatre (201-2550 Shaughnessy St.) is running its weeklong camps for young people, ages nine to 16.

Rock 'n roll, country, folk, children's and multicultural music will be among the genres heard at Sunday's Canada Day party at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam.

I t was Hammy and the Kids that inspired Port Moody native Craig Northey to write his new show A Good Weird Story.

Fighting for Ithaca doesn't have anything against Carly Rae Jepsen, the Mission singer-songwriter whose single Call Me Maybe recently shot to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Get the calendar out and circle the dates for Port Coquitlam's popular Cinema Under The Stars this summer. The city will show free outdoor movies every second Friday during July and August on a 26-foot silver screen, as part of its annual program.

Sharpen your pencils for a life drawing workshop at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre next month. The art facility is offering the session on Thursday, July 19 from 6 to p.m.

Two students from Coquitlam's Lindbjerg Academy of the Performing Arts were among nine "triple threats" from B.C. to win the first round of auditions for the CBC Over the Rainbow reality series.

Coquitlam's Place des Arts has a course open this summer for teens wanting to make masks. The Mask Creation and Exploration class is part of the facility's Summer Fun! art camps program, open to youth ages 12 to 14.

An indie band headed up by Tri-City rocker Rocky Milino Jr. was recently named the fan choice winner in this year's 99.3 The Fox Seeds contest.

Seven dancers studying at Port Coquitlam's Encore Dance Academy will be practicing their technique at top ballet schools this summer.