Local Arts

What is "community spirit"? Look around the walls at Port Coquitlam's Gathering Place and members of Art Focus give a pretty good interpretation through acrylics, oils, mixed media and photographs.

Brontë Wagar spent hundreds of hours practicing for the Royal Conservatory of Music's ARCT exam, and it paid off with one of the best marks in the country.

While travelling on transit across New York City, where she lives, you may find Laila Biali tapping her feet, perhaps a little zoned out.

About 30 artists and 17 volunteers chosen to paint this year's banners for three Port Moody streets will start their work at the city hall this weekend.

Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre is marking the new year - and its 15th anniversary - with a festival. And it will focus its celebrations this Sunday on teens, that is, very, very creative high school students in the Tri-Cities.

A Coquitlam high school is presenting an evening of fine arts tomorrow (Thursday). Students at Dr. Charles Best secondary are putting on "Best Perspective, A Night of the Arts," starting at 7 p.m.

The Steve Kaldestad Quartet jazz band will perform classic selections from the Great American Songbook on Saturday to kick off the faculty concert series at Coquitlam's Place des Arts.

A well-known concert pianist from Mexico who is currently an artist-in-residence at Kwantlen Polytechnic University will be performing in Port Moody on Sunday.

Terry Fox secondary's Rock School teacher will be performing with his Mud Dog bandmate at a Coquitlam pub next week. Steve Sainas and Christopher Allen will play their Delta Blues tunes at Roo's Pub (2962 Christmas Way) on Wednesday, Jan.

It was just by chance that Sharmaine and Luvena Kwong found out about the contest.