Local Arts

It's been quite a learning curve for Katie Everson, these past five months. Not only is it her first year teaching, it's also her first time directing a school play.

During the run of Becky's New Car last spring, Deborah Williams was leaving the Granville Island Stage lobby and found herself consoling a young woman who had just seen the comedy. She was in tears.

Kids aged three to eight can watch the magic of puppetry in Port Moody Thursday. The North Shore Theatre for Children presents Sleeping Beauty at 10:30 a.m. at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.

Coquitlam's Place des Arts has, for the second time, extended its timeline for exhibit proposals for next year.

Kids can follow Nuna and her discovery of nature in Red Sky Performance's The Great Mountain at the Evergreen Cultural Centre on Sunday. The Jan.

When Chad Brownlee was 19 and on a hockey scholarship at Minnesota State University, he dabbled with writing country songs. Nothing serious, just a few lyrics and melodies, here and there, on a notepad.

Sarah Massah's video about Grade 12 Gleneagle secondary student Paolo Lopez, who has been accepted to the London College of Fashion in England, can now be seen on The Tri-City News' website: www.tricitynews.com.

They call him Mr. Fazioli. Not Paolo. Mister. Or Signore. He has earned the title. After all, his exclusive grand pianos aren't cheap: The most expensive are about the price of a one-bedroom condo in Coquitlam, in case you're wondering. Mr.

ArtsConnect last week unveiled its list of presenters for PeckaKucha Volume II in Coquitlam next month.

Want to be on television? Young solo singers have until Friday to enter into Variety's Got Talent in Coquitlam. The winner of the Feb. 4 competition will appear on the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon, held on Feb.