Local Arts

Weekend listings for Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody for April 1 to 3, 2022.

Do you love bears? Hey, Mister Bear!, written by Jim Peacock and featuring illustrations by Dawn Mattson, recalls how a community came together to save a black bear. It also features reporter Diane Strandberg in a starring role — as herself!

“I don’t believe in the Games surviving; I believe in them thriving," says Mike Chisholm, the executive director of ScotFestBC, which has its event on June 17 and 18, 2022, in Coquitlam.

Michaela Slinger will be at Laketown Showdown for Canada Day, but not before headlining her first show in southern California.

Here's the latest addition to the list of sizable public art installations in Metro Vancouver.

From April 5 to 9, Josephine will be at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) for four performances at 8 p.m.

Next week, as part of the 33rd annual Festival du Bois at Mackin Park, Le Diable a Cinq (translation: The Devil at Five) marks its first performance at the Coquitlam gathering.

Weekend listings for Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody for March 25 to 27, 2022.

On April 2, the Tri-City Wordsmiths hosts author Christina Myers for a talk called “Getting to the Finish Line: Strategies for Writing a First Draft.”

Coquitlam Chorale's Justin Maller said the spring show “is about coming back to normalcy and being connected again. It’s been an emotional time.”