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Tri-City News Wednesday, March 19, 2014, A21
Ted talks webstreamed at Coq., PoMo libraries Missed a chance to see the Ted speakers live in Vancouver? The Coquitlam and Port Moody public libraries are webstreaming the conference every day until Friday at the City Centre and Poirier branches in Coquitlam, and in the Inlet Theatre at Port Moody city hall (100 Newport Dr.). Among the speakers on Thursday and Friday are: writer David Epstein, plasma physicist Michel Laberge, gun law activists Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly, and novelist Isabel Allende. Visit conferences.ted.com/TED2014/ program/guide.php for the line-up.
MOTOWN MUSIC
The Sojourners, Jane and Claire Mortifee, Shari Ulrich, and Matt Rose and Matt Layzel from Coquitlam’s The Matinee will be among the performers taking part in a fundraiser next month for The Shooting Stars Foundation. The Motown Meltdown on April 5 at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam (2088 United Blvd.) follows next Saturday’s event at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Proceeds benefit people with HIV and AIDS. Visit shootingstarsfoundation.org. Call Ticketmaster at 1-855-9855000 or go to ticketmaster.ca.
ART TALK
Hear from the eclectic Char Hoyt at Art Focus Art Association’s monthly meeting in Port Coquitlam.
Top, Marbles Anyone; above, Summer Light; and left, Still Life Flowers and Fruit. The paintings will be on show at the Port Moody Arts Centre, starting tomorrow. COURTESY OF PMAC
First group show at arts centre for PMAA New show will include three pieces from the late artist Dumitru Barliga By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The first group show at the Port Moody Arts Centre for the city’s largest art organization will open tomorrow (Thursday). But the celebration will have a sad note as one of the exhibiting members from the Port Moody Arts Association recently passed away. PMAC gallery co-ordinator Janice Cotter said the family of Dumitru Barliga this week dropped off three pieces for the display; they will be hung in memory of his masterful skill, she said. The Romanian native was well known for his watercolour depictions of the region. His website shows landscapes of Port Moody including
Shoreline Park, forest trails, Clarke Street, Rocky Point Park and the station museum. There are also scenes of the Barnet Marine Park, Belcarra Park, Stanley Park, White Rock and Whistler. Barliga was a supporting member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a member of the PoMo Art Association. For the PMAA show, his work will be up among the 66 paintings in oil, watercolour and acrylic from 30 artists — many of whom are members of other Tri-City art organizations such as the Suite E Life Drawing Group, Passionate Outdoor Painters and Art Focus Artists’ Association. Titled Artist’s Choice, the display was juried by Sue Cowan, a faculty member at Place des Arts in Coquitlam. • The opening reception for Artist’s Choice is Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Port Moody Arts Centre (2425 St. John’s St.). Admission is free and refreshments will be served. The show runs until April 10. jwarren@tricitynews.com
Want to win money? Get writing B.C. scribes can weave an original tale for the Burnaby Writers’ Society’s 47th annual writing contest. Entrants have until May 31 to write a page of prose or poetry on the theme of “wood.” The work can be in any form or genre as long as it is complete on one page.
Prizes of $200, $100 and $50 will be awarded for the best submissions. And the winners will be invited to take part in a public reading this fall. The entry fee is $5 per submission or $10 for three pages. Visit burnabywritersnews. blogspot.com for more information or contest guidelines.
ADAM SMITH
The Sojourners will appear at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam next month. The Vancouver artist will talk on Wednesday about her large-scale paintings, drawings, wearable art and stage props. The March 26 event starts at 7 p.m. in The Outlet in the Leigh Square Community Arts Centre (behind PoCo city hall).
JAZZY
The jazz band at Coquitlam’s Gleneagle secondary will perform at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Fest this summer. Music director Ed Trovato said the high school was picked last week to play gigs on June 21 and 22. Meanwhile, last month’s jazz dinner gala that featured the jazz band and vocal choirs brought in more than $6,000 for the school’s music and culinary departments, Trovato said.