Local Arts

Coquitlam's Elie Savoie started acting in his younger years in the 1950s and, at age 14, directed his first play.

Theatrix Youtheatre Society, which is marking its 20th season, is holding auditions on May 7 for its summer production. Disney's Camp Rock will be staged from July 21 to 23. To register a spot, visit theatrixyoutheatre.com.

The winner of the 2011 Kwi Am Choi Scholarship - named after a Coquitlam artist who died in a hiking accident on Grouse Mountain five years ago - will feature her oil paintings at Port Moody Art Centre (PMAC) this and next month.

Registration starts May 1 for Place des Arts' popular Summer Fun! art camps. Parents can sign up their kids for visual art, music, dance, drama and literary art classes for part - or all -- of the five-week block, July 4 to Aug. 5.

A new sketch comedy that pokes fun at fairytales and nursery rhymes will be presented this and next month in Port Coquitlam.

A total of 55 Tri-City artists showed their work this past weekend during the 12th annual ArtWalk in Port Moody.

Samantha Sadler of Coquitlam's danceLAB recently competed in the Surrey Dance Festival. Sadler has been accepted to the summer intensive classes at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. The festival ends tomorrow.

Glen Pine Live presents Twice Shy on April 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Twice Shy will deliver the spirit of the 1950s and '60s.

Ren Shieh remembers the moment his life turned to pottery. He was working at Henderson Centre in Coquitlam when he happened to pass by Clay Junghong Kim's ceramic pieces.

Canadian folk and roots singer/songwriter James Keelaghan will entertain at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre this Sunday. The Winnipeg-based performer will play at 8 p.m.