Local Arts

A fter more than a quarter of a century as a children's entertainer, Charlotte Diamond takes pleasure in the unexpected. Last week, while performing in Stockton, Calif.

Talented kids and adults can try out for Tri-Cities' Got Talent, a contest that will run during the annual Golden Spike Days festivities in Port Moody this and next month.

Lynn Kenneth Pecknold's new exhibit, which opens tomorrow (Thursday) in the Leonore Peyton Salon at Coquitlam's Place des Arts, will be an homage of sorts.

The Port Moody Arts Centre Society is looking for up to five new board members for the coming year.

Port Moody's Rebel Haunt theatre company will host a benefit show outside the PoMo Arts Centre (PMAC) next week. The troupe will be outside the facility (2425 St. John's St.) at 7:30 p.m.

James Kemp is the new ceramic artist-in-residence at PMAC.

An art exhibit featuring the work of people with mental health issues will be featured for one-night only, on Thursday, at Coquitlam's Douglas College campus.

Students from the Young Actors Project will show their short films and stage plays at Port Moody's Inlet Theatre on Saturday. The flicks include The Detention, a sitcom, and Deadly Vision, a high school thriller.

The Coastal Sound Youth Choir, under the direction of Carrie Tennant, won a choral section at the BC Performing Arts in Nanaimo this week.

Artwork from students of Sally's Art Studio is up this month at the Port Moody Public Library. PoMo artist Salomeh "Sally" Honarmand opened her Heritage Mountain facility last year and teaches classes to all ages and levels.