Local Arts

Port Coquitlam's street banners will be for sale at The Outlet in Leigh Square on Saturdays this summer.

The annual Caribbean Days Festival runs on July 27 and 28 at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam.

North Vancouver-raised jazz musician Laila Biali returns to Coquitlam this month with a show for the Evergreen Cultural Centre's Summer Cocktail Concerts series.

The participants of the fourth Emerging Creators Incubator will host a pop-up showcase on Thursday, July 25 at 6 p.m. at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam.

“Pottery-making is on many seniors’ bucket lists," said Ysabella Choung, PoMoArts' ceramics manager.

The free makeup tutorial by Jerriana, a former Ms. Gay Vancouver, is part of the second annual Coquitlam Pride Festival.

Pooja Parsan, who is originally from Mauritius, joined Société francophone de Maillardville last fall after taking part in Festival du Bois and community projects.

Coquitlam Public Library's new brand, which will launch this month, is an orange and green circle with a salmon head at the top and a river at its base.

The arts provide a social benefit to the community that’s often overlooked and undervalued “and we need the finances to do it," said Deanna Kayne, executive director of PoMoArts.

Dana Mizuguchi, who recently graduated from School District 43’s Inquiry Hub, has partnered with United Way BC to create The Debate Café.