Local Arts

Parents looking to sign up their kids in creative camps this summer can check out workshops run out of Coquitlam's Place des Arts. A number of spots are still open for young people in courses in July and August.

Artist Douglas Charles takes much of his inspiration from nature so it's appropriate to visit him at his Coquitlam home studio when the weather is warm and the poppies are in bloom.

A society that teaches young people about opera will present a classic Greek tale in Port Coquitlam next week. The Young People's Opera Society (YPOS) of B.C.

If ever there were a stage show that matched - if not, fared better - than the movie version, it would the Arts Club Theatre Company's production of Hairspray.

A Port Moody performing arts society is offering "bite-sized plays" during its annual festival this week.

High school students wishing to get a jump start in their arts career might consider a course being offered jointly by the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and School District 43.

Expressive Art is a summer drop-in group for elementary school age kids in the Tri-Cities.

Tong Guan, Christian Arias-Carrasco, Brad Deans and Brittany Howey are in Gleneagle secondary's Graphic Arts 11/12 class that created a public art project at the Coquitlam school, called We Are YOUth.

An award-winning movie about the friendship between an Orthodox Jew and a Muslim will be shown by the Port Moody Film Society on Friday. The flick, called Arranged (USA comedy/drama), will run on June 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Two Tri-City high school students have been given chances of a lifetime to advance their music careers.