Local Arts

Christmas shopping already? Coquitlam's Place des Arts opened its annual Christmas Boutique on Monday - a week ahead of schedule for customers to take a peek and purchase the hottest handmade items in town.

The Quebec-based Sursaut Dance Company will be on Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre stage on Sunday for a matinee performance of At Nightfall, a story about a man's journey to another world.

Richard Tetrault is a very gifted artist, first and foremost. But perhaps the biggest difference between him and many others is often the expansive size of his creative canvas.

Film and animation students at Port Moody's Heritage Woods secondary returned from California this past weekend with golden smiles.

Tracy Boshard wasn't quite sure what she was getting into when she opened The Conversation in Port Moody a year ago.

After the 2006 snow storm that damaged 3,000 trees in Stanley Park, Vancouver artist Alison Keenan decided to document the devastation and capture how people behaved to - and around - it.

Clink. The sound of chiming glasses will likely be one heard very often this weekend during the Best of BC Wines Uncorked, a semi-annual wine-tasting benefitting the Port Moody Arts Centre.

Still life, portraits and Mother Earth in her glory will be among the subjects shown this weekend at the 44th annual Port Moody Art Association sale - one of the most highly anticipated events of the year for Tri-City artists and collectors.

Don't let the name scare you.

Photographer Pamela Raymond will exhibit her work among the books at Port Moody Public Library this month. The Newfoundland native moved to B.C. a decade ago and has worked in the cosmetology and computer software industries.