Local Arts

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.

A Canadian band from the 1970s and 80s will rock Port Moody's Inlet Theatre this Saturday to raise money for the upcoming Golden Spike Days Festival.

Maria Marcinek may take days - or even weeks - looking over nature pictures she and her husband snapped while hiking around the Tri-Cities or other Metro Vancouver parks, and making sketches from them.

Coquitlam's James Khoo believes everybody could use some 'Love, Peace and Harmony' in a world persistently being torn up emotionally by political strife, war rage and natural disasters. An he has an idea how to achieve it: Sing.

Tri-City artists featured in the upcoming ArtsConnect ArtWalk will have some of their pieces on display at the Port Moody Public Library this month.

Even as a toddler, Jessica Arthur knew what she wanted. And her sister was the first to see her younger sibling's determination: at 18 months old, Arthur was glued to the television set when the Irish dancers in Riverdance performed.

Six shorts filmed last month as part of a movie challenge will be screened on Saturday at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver.

EXHIBITS Evergreen Cultural Centre: Mappa by Bettina Matzkuhn, April 1 to June 3. Leigh Square Community Arts Village: Metamorphosis by Chris Dobranski, David New Small, Roger Bryant, Danny Jay and Warren Walker, April 14 to May 15.

Dan Tilsley's eyes light up as he studies a rehearsal for Jesus Christ Superstar at Terry Fox secondary, where he's been the drama coach at the Port Coquitlam high school for the last seven years.