Local Arts

A 19-year-old magician from Port Coquitlam last month pulled out a gold medal for his award-winning tricks. Alex Seaman clinched the hardware from the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians and the Canadian Association of Magicians.

Ah, to spend a day - or even an hour - in Aaron Campbell's head.Now that would be a brightly animated show. The Port Moody resident and recent graduate of Gleneagle secondary school in Coquitlam has a lot going on up in his noggin for a 17 year old.

An internationally acclaimed mezzo soprano who grew up in Coquitlam will take the stage this week for a new "song drama.

Two ballerinas who train at Coquitlam's danceLab Studios have twirled back home after a month in Toronto, where they studied with the National Ballet School (NBS) of Canada.

ART EXHIBITS Evergreen Cultural Centre: Robert Young: Lacunarian Picturing, a retrospective from 1977 to the present (oil, watercolour gouache, egg tempera and acrylic) until Sept. 3.

When Nancy Weng was four, her mother signed her up for private dance classes in her native Taiwan. The pre-schooler started with ballet, then moved to modern, Chinese traditional and jazz dance. Later, she would take hip hop and reggae.

Coquitlam's Place des Arts recently enlisted a new teacher for its theatre arts department.

Sharpen your pencils, Tri-City teens: A new art contest promoting pop culture and positive messaging is underway this week in Port Coquitlam.

Young actors wanting to dig deep into their acting skills this fall can learn from an actor with Hollywood credits. Tim Perez, who has worked on Off-Broadway shows, ER and NYPD Blue , will lead a 32-week course in Coquitlam for kids aged eight to 17.

Where Art Meets Nature is the theme for the third annual Art in the Park at Coquitlam's Minnekhada regional park this weekend. About 30 artists will show and sell their wares during the festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.