Local Arts

A Port Moody performing arts society is offering "bite-sized plays" during its annual festival this week.

High school students wishing to get a jump start in their arts career might consider a course being offered jointly by the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and School District 43.

Expressive Art is a summer drop-in group for elementary school age kids in the Tri-Cities.

Tong Guan, Christian Arias-Carrasco, Brad Deans and Brittany Howey are in Gleneagle secondary's Graphic Arts 11/12 class that created a public art project at the Coquitlam school, called We Are YOUth.

An award-winning movie about the friendship between an Orthodox Jew and a Muslim will be shown by the Port Moody Film Society on Friday. The flick, called Arranged (USA comedy/drama), will run on June 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Two Tri-City high school students have been given chances of a lifetime to advance their music careers.

If it hadn't been for a bit of prodding by their loved ones, it's likely both Lindsay Watson and Angela Gooliaff wouldn't be back to creating - never mind showing their work at Coquitlam's Place des Arts this month.

Tong Guan, Christian Arias-Carrasco, Brad Deans and Brittany Howey are in Gleneagle secondary's Graphic Arts 11/12 class that created a public art project at the Coquitlam school, called We Are YOUth.

Forty students at Port Moody Arts Centre will display their work this month in a new exhibit that starts Thursday. The opening reception on June 9 will run from 6 to 8 p.m. at the facility located at 2425 St. Johns St.

Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre is now selling subscriptions for its 2011/'12 season, of which the line-up was unveiled last month.