Local Arts

Catch an improv comedy show and help feed hungry families at the same time by checking out Table 23 Comedy's annual show Under the Christmas Tree.

We'd like to think that Christmas is a time of joy and family harmony, but let's be real - the holidays aren't always what they're cracked up to be.

If you don't yet know of Canadian classical jazz singer Jill Barber, you will. Actually, you MUST.

S ometimes, third place can be a pretty good spot to land. Especially if it means winning $50,000 in the Performance Project, a prestigious professional development program sponsored by 100.5 FM The Peak.

More than 50 young performers from around Metro Vancouver will be lacing up their dance shoes for Alice In A Winter Wonderland , which runs at Port Coquitlam's Terry Fox Theatre this and next month.

Get a head start on your holiday shopping at the Leigh Square Community Arts Village's fourth annual Winter Artisans Fair. The fair features a wide variety of affordable, quality art, fine crafts and edibles.

Expect to hear the sounds of Romantic composers this Saturday at a Port Coquitlam concert to benefit the BC Children's Hospital and people with disabilities in need of financial aid.

Members of the Pacific Digital Photography Club will be hosting their annual Photomotion show at the Port Moody Inlet Theatre Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2 and 7 p.m.

Catch a night of great theatre entertainment when School District 43 puts on its annual one-act play festival, MetFest, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 at Heritage Woods secondary school.

Il Voce, the new kids in the "classical crossover" genre, are making their Coquitlam debut at the Evergreen Cultural Centre Nov. 26 at 8 p.m.