Local Arts

Incendies may have lost the Oscar last week but the critically acclaimed movie will be in the spotlight to launch the 11th annual Port Moody Canadian Film Festival tomorrow (Thursday).

The penultimate show for the 12th annual Sunday coffee concerts in Port Coquitlam is a Spanish dance interpretation of a Shakespearean tragedy.

When May Ling Kwok designs a recital program for Place des Arts, where the Victoria pianist has played half a dozen times, she has two aims: to please the audience and to educate young musicians at the Coquitlam facility.

Tri-City students in Grades 6 to 8 can learn the prose of William Shakespeare over the School District 43 two-week spring break this month.

Kerry Davidson's two previous theatrical roles with the Arts Club Theatre Company were fixed in 19th century England and 20th century France. Currently, she's the main actor in anytime B.C.

Brittany Bento is an angry wife. Well, her character is at least. The vain and insecure Cassie Cooper suspects her husband, Glenn, is cheating on her and she's hopping mad.

An exhibition featuring the entries for this year's Wearable Art Awards will open tomorrow (Thursday) at the Port Moody Arts Centre. The show runs at the facility, located at 2425 St. John's St.

Leigh Square Society needs volunteer board members. The deadline to apply is March 11, with the next annual general meeting happening o March 28 at 7 p.m. Applicants need to have a professional background in skills like marketing.

• Until March 21: Coquitlam District Music Festival competition, Hyde Creek community church (2145 Nova Scotia Ave., Port Coquitlam). Visit www.cdmffestival.ca. • March 3 to 5: Copacabana, 7 p.m., Riverside secondary school (2215 Reeve St.

"Hilarious laughter, number one." That's Damonde Tschritter's response about what the audience can expect from The Best of the West in which he's appearing with fellow comedians Paul Myrehaug and Toby Hargrave.