SUMMER IN THE CITY 2013
A FESTIVAL OF ARTS, CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT
Bring on the heat with Port Coquitlam’s Summer in the City Arts Festival, a celebration of community arts and entertainment! Watch sizzling stage performances and popular Hollywood films. Buy farm fresh food and say hello to your local neighbours, farmers and artisans. Bring your family and friends for fun, summer experiences each week at the Farmers Market, Village Vibe Performing Arts Series, Music in the Park, and Cinema Under the Stars – all free events taking place at Leigh Square and local parks. There’s something for everyone to enjoy throughout June to August and beyond.
For more info on summer activities check this website or call 604.927.8400.
*Note: Performers for outdoor concerts and films are subject to change.
VILLAGE VIBE PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
Village Vibe takes place on a covered outdoor stage at Leigh Square every Saturday afternoon from July - August and features emerging dancers and musicians. This program is free for the community to attend as a way to enhance the arts/cultural life of the city and provides opportunities for local artists to gain exposure and experience in front of a live audience. Performers are selected through an open call for submissions every fall and juried by a community selection committee. All ages welcome. Program runs rain or shine. FREE.
Leigh Square
Sat Jul 6 – Aug 31 2-4pm
*Performance line up subject to change without notice. Check latest updates on this website, facebook or call 604.927.8400 for more info.
July 6
Move to the Beat! 2-4pm
Dancers set the stage on fire with electrifying performances featuring hip hop, flamenco, bellydance, latin, jazz and more! Kick off the summer with afternoon entertainment that delights the whole family.
Featured dancers:
- Mellado Dance Elite
- Karen Flamenco
- Coastal Edge Dance
- Yasmine
- Shimmy for the Soul
- Origami Rythmics
- Caydance Studios
Dancing in the Square – FREE LESSONS! 6:30-8:30pm
As part of the City’s centennial celebrations organized by the Spirit Committee and Friends of Leigh Square Society, join professional dancers from Arthur Murray Dance Studio for free lessons in Merengue, Swing and Rumba! What better way to celebrate the hundred years than dancing through the decades with live themed performances and open floor dancing! Bring a friend, dress from your favourite era and join in the fun! Prizes for best dressed and best dancing.
July 13
Douglas Fraser’s skills as a musicologist delight audiences with stories of the evolution of jazz from 1840 to 1940. Today, when not leading The Genuine Jug Band, his solo performance on tenor guitar and banjo thrills and intrigues audiences in clubs, conventions, concerts and theatres.
The Honeyflowers is the original music duo of Betty Berda and Shelley Stevens. They have been inspired from country/blues/roots artists such as Gillian Welch, Kasey Chambers and Patty Griffin as well as Hendrix, Clapton, Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams. http://myspace.com/honeyflowersbc.
July 20
Johnny Gallant is a crooning singer/song writer who explores music through the inspirations of legends such as Dean Martin, Nat King Cole and Elvis Presley. http://www.johnnygallant.com.
Nice Verdes are an acoustic duo playing sunny and uplifting original and world music. They have been playing together for 9 years and have toured western Canada, Australia and New Zealand. http://www.niceverdes.wix.com/music.
July 27
Studio Cloud 30 presents a showcase of their up and coming new talent. Founded by R&B/Soul Recording Artist Warren Dean Flandez, this Vancouver-based music studio is a development hub for new artists, providing comprehensive vocal coaching, music lessons and a diverse range of styles. http://studiocloud30.com/
Aug 3
Mikhalva is an acoustic duo with a passion for performing music that makes people smile. Contemporary music classes and college-level music technology courses have equipped this duo with theory and performance to produce a sound that is pleasant to all audiences.
Ivan Dimitrov is a well-known professional guitarist who plays Flamenco, Latin-American, classical and jazz. Don’t miss this afternoon full of latin beats and passionate music! http://www.modernguitarvancouver.com/
Aug 10
Etienne Siew is a soloist who enjoys playing from many different genres of blues, classic rock, reggae and pop. Although he has played guitar for the past 12 years, in the last 3 years he has discovered a passion for singing and song writing.
Three Chord Renaissance
A little bit of rhythm, a whole lotta rhyme. This alternative pop-rock ensemble produces tunes comprised of alternative grooves, interesting hooks and a little bit of quirky to keep the listeners talking. www.yaylaproductions.com.
Aug 17
Family Festival Day @ Leigh Square Featuring Bobs & Lolo – FREE!
1-4pm
Celebrate Port Coquitlam’s Centennial Homecoming Weekend with a Family Festival Day at Leigh Square that features live entertainment, theatre, magicians, arts and crafts, face painting and more! Headlined by Bobs & Lolo with a reputation for their upbeat music and original lyrics, these popular children’s entertainers will entice young audiences with their live, interactive performance you won’t want to miss! Second Storey Theatre brings you their improv talent on stage with hilarious skits and roving puppets. Try out what’s up and coming for the fall at Leigh Square featuring art demos, mini craft studio and program info. for kids and adults. Get inspired with a creative afternoon for the whole family!
Schedule
1-1:30pm Bobs & Lolo (Set 1)
1:30-2pm Second Storey Theatre Improv/Storytelling
2-3pm Check out art demos, arts & crafts, roving entertainment, face painting!
3pm-3:30pm Bobs & Lolo (Set 2)
3:30-4pm Meet & Greet with Bobs & Lolo
Aug 24
The Floorboards are an exciting young trio featuring Celtic fiddlers Jesse Kazemir and Gabriel Dubreuil with jazz pianist Vincent Lamontagne. Their repertoire blends Classical, Celtic and Jazz influences.
Trunk Drive Band is a local 5 piece group of talented musicians who share a common passion for the blues, funk, rock and R&B music.
Aug 31
Crossroads Showcase features an eclectic mix of artists from the popular Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse nights. Come see your favourite artists perform on stage and preview the music line up for fall.
Tommy Alto is an indie rock/alternative pop artist whose sound is described as “The Smiths meets Tokyo Police Club”. His latest album “I’m Coming Home” has been spinning nationally and internationally on both college and commercial radio. http://www.tommyalto.com.
MUSIC IN THE PARK
In Lions Park every Sunday at 2 pm throughout July & August, Music in the Park features the finest professional musicians from across Metro Vancouver playing a variety of genres including jazz, pop, rock, blues, folk, world fusion, and contemporary. Performers are selected through an open call for submissions every fall and juried by a community selection committee. All ages welcome. FREE.
Lions Park
Sun Jul 7-Aug 25 2-4pm
*Performance line up subject to change without notice. Check latest updates on this website, facebook or call 604.927.8400 for more info.
Note: In the event of rain, venue location will be changed to Leigh Square.
July 7
Jill Newman Blues Band
Vancouver based electric guitarist, Jill Newman plays the guitar in a way that few women do. She’s been described as a fierce guitarist, able to squeeze out a raw, emotional sound, but with the technical skills to play a smoking lead solo. Jill Newman and her cast of stellar players deliver a potent cocktail of Chicago style blues. Think Freddie King meets Bonnie Raitt and add a splash of Bonamassa. http://www.reverbnation.com/jillnewmanband
July 14
Hilary Grist is an indie art-pop/torch-folk songstress with a performance style that incorporates elements of jazz, folk, pop and classical. Her captivating, cinematic songs have been featured on 6 national and international TV shows and have won her a notable fan following in Japan and South Korea where she toured in 2012. http://hilarygrist.com/
July 21
Bend Sinister is a progressive indie rock band formed in 2001 in Kelowna. This quartet has since made a mark in the North American indie scene, playing gigs this year from Seattle to Austin and Montreal to Vancouver. http://bendsinisterband.com/
July 28
Illiteratty is an original folk band playing songs in a rich four-part harmony. Their repertoire embraces a broad spectrum of genres (folk, jazz, celtic, rockabilly, baroque and more) bonded by a common sense of unusual subjects, often quirky humour and always intelligence. http://www.illiteratty.com/
Aug 4
The Wheat in the Barley offers Canadian roots music with a major make-over. Crack songwriting, brilliant and warped arrangements and stunning instrumental solos unite under the banner of a savvy eclecticism that's always been the band's guiding light. The Wheat in the Barley pulls together a lot of great influences into one package: Celtic, Slavic, French Canadian, Yiddish, Cajun and more. http://www.wheatinthebarley.com/
Aug 11
The Belle Game is an orchestral dark pop band consisting of members Adam Nanji, Andrea Lo, Alex Andrew, Katrina Jones, and Rob Chursinoff. Over the last two years, the band has been quietly gathering acclaim, playing coveted opening slots for international sensation Gotye and Polaris Music Prize winners Karkwa. Described by The Georgia Straight as “…a mix of pastoral pop and percussion-bombed art rock.” http://thebellegame.com/
Aug 18
Christa Couture’s new album, The Living Record has made best of the year lists at CBC Music, The Georgia Straight and Radio Regent. Her new album is inspired by personal tragedy, yet features bright, beautifully-orchestrated indie folk songs with sweet vocals reminiscent of artists like Regina Spektor and Jane Siberry and a palette of styles - fuzzy guitar, bluegrass-style pickin’, soulful cello, quirky chorus-like vocal arrangements and a touch of cabaret. The Straight’s Alex Varty describes Couture as “criminally underrated.” You won’t want to miss her! http://www.christacouture.com/
Aug 25
Zaac Pick
Zaac’s brand of rootsy folk-pop earned acclaim after the release of his first solo EP, Fierce Wind in 2009. The album’s six elegantly layered tracks gained him a reputation for compelling lyrics and singable melodies. Zaac spent much of 2011 on stages across western Canada, while breaking ground in Toronto with a top spot during Canadian Music Week, and in the US with two shows during SXSW in Austin, TX. In 2012, his new EP was nominated for a West Coast Music Award for Best Solo Roots Recording, the title track added into regular rotation on CBC 3, and the accompanying video on MuchMusic. http://www.zaacpick.com/
CINEMA UNDER THE STARS
For an unforgettable Friday night experience, start your weekend off with an outdoor movie night this summer! Our 26ft tall enormous silver screen will be traveling around the city parks so pack a picnic, bring a blanket and round up some friends or bring the whole family out to Cinema Under the Stars! Sponsored in part by: G&F Financial Group.
Every 2nd Friday Jul-Aug
Jul 12 9pm Sun Valley Hotel Transylvania
Jul 26 9pm Sun Valley Wreck It Ralph
Aug 9 8:30pm Gates Park The Amazing Spiderman (2012)
Aug 23 8:30pm Gates Park Skyfall (Bond, 2012)
In the event of rain, film will be moved to the following Friday. Films subject to change so check on website or call 604.927.8400 for confirmation. Please note that some films are not appropriate for small children. Status updates will be noted on Leigh Square’s facebook page.
PORT COQUITLAM FARMERS MARKET
Official Opening: Thursday, June 6
The Port Coquitlam Farmers Market will be back again for its 5th year at Leigh Square! The annual Farmers Market takes place every Thursday afternoon from 3-7pm until September 26. The Farmers Market is about people who love fresh food and enjoy festive gatherings with music, entertainment, cooking demos and more. It helps the community to create healthy food networks with local farmers and a place for the community to connect and gather. There are children’s crafts at every market, special theme days and lots of vegetable and fruit vendors in season.
Dates: Every Thursday from 3-7pm, Jun 6 – Sep 26
June 6 - Official Opening & Celebration Cake – 3-7pm
Location: Leigh Square Community Arts Village (off of Shaughnessy Street, beside City Hall)
For more information and vendor applications please visit www.haneyfarmersmarket.org
FARMERS MARKET HIGHLIGHTS:
SUMMER ART CAMPS
Leigh Square offers week long art camps for children every summer – a unique mix of the arts, recreation and memorable experiences! Children explore their creative side while experimenting with various visual and performing arts. All camps include a mix of play, games, walks to the park and beyond, along with fun art activities. Please bring snacks and a lunch.
Register: www.experienceit.ca or call 604.927.PLAY (7529).
AWESOME ART CAMPS (4-6 yrs)
MAKE SOME NOISE! (4-6 YRS)
Get ready to clap your hands and stomp your feet as we discover the rhythm to your beat! Using body parts and instruments we will ignite our imaginations to the endless possibilities of music. Experiment with triangles, step bells and tambourines, splatter paint to music and make your very own instruments!
Leigh Square
109603 M,T,W,Th,F Jul 8-12 9:30-11:30a $60
UNDER THE SEA (4-6 YRS)
Dive in and explore the underwater world with us as we bring jellyfish, whales, seahorses, and sea turtles to life through watercolors, oil pastels and print-making. Make a splash with your imagination and see what happens when we experiment with clay, bubbles, salt and shaving cream to create artwork!
Leigh Square
109604 M,T,W,Th,F Jul 22-26 9:30-11:30a $60
LET’S GET MESSY (4-6 YRS)
Stop worrying about perfection and release your inner artist! Put on your messy clothes and get ready to burst out and explore the beauty of abstraction through textures, techniques, colors and mediums. Let’s see what happens when we let the paint explode, pour, blow and even splatter with rubber bands. We will be attacking our art work with various tools including spray bottles, string, and even cling-wrap!
Leigh Square
109605 M,T,W,Th,F Jul 22-26 1-3p $60
COME ALIVE AT NIGHT (4-6 YRS)
When the rest of us go to sleep at night a whole other world of life awakens! With our creativity using paint and pastels, we will explore the dark where owls fly, tigers sneak, snakes slither and monsters thump. See what happens when you splatter colors, mix oil and water, mold clay and try scratchboard techniques. Let’s also ignite our imaginations to colors that glow through the night with inspiration from abstract artists including Van Gogh, Pollock, Picasso and Klee.
Leigh Square
109606 T,W,Th,F Aug 6-Aug 9 9:30-11:30a $48
ART ERUPTION (4-6 YRS)
Let’s create our own exploding volcanoes, big mountains, electrifying lightning bolts and giant waves. The strength of nature will come through our art work and inspire our minds to greater creativity. Not only will we use this creativity to experiment with clay and paint, but we will also explore resist techniques, foil embossing, splattering, scratch paper and more!
Leigh Square
109607 M,T,W,Th,F Aug 19-23 9:30-11:30a $60
ART ON THE WILD SIDE (4-6 YRS)
It’s a jungle out there, so let’s get wild about art as we explore the rainforest and safari using watercolors and acrylics, foil embossing, oil and chalk pastels and clay. While experimenting with these tools you will create your own roaring king of the jungle, crawling lizards, big stomping elephants, bright feathered birds, swinging monkeys, tall giraffes, striped zebras and giant trees!
Leigh Square
109608 M,T,W,Th,F Aug 26-30 9:30-11:30a $60
AWESOME ART CAMPS (7-11 yrs)
OUT OF THIS WORLD (7-11 YRS)
Indulge in the summer heat and create the artistic world that exists within your creative thoughts. Blow your mind as we experience how science and art go hand-in-hand, using natural elements and inspiration from them to create your artwork. We will be conducting artistic experiments, so let’s see what happens when we use the heat of the sun and melting ice, test the gravitational pull, create rainbow slime, marbleize with oil and water, emboss aluminum foil and make our art literally move and dance using sound systems!
Leigh Square
109616 T,W,Th,F Jul 2-5 9:30am-4:30p $120
MUSICAL THEATRE STARS: LION KING (7-11 YRS)
Travel to Africa this summer and hear the young lions roar! Leigh Square is teaming up with Theatrix to perform the exciting and everlasting play of Lion King. Explore character, design sets, create your costumes and come play in the world of theatre. On the last day of class, children will perform in front of an audience.
Leigh Square
109617 M,T,W,Th,F Jul 15-19 9:30am-4:30p $150
CREATIVE TRAVELERS (7-11 YRS)
Hop on board as we travel through countries that bring art to life! Our first stop is Japan, where we use watercolors and our wild imaginations to paint cherry blossom trees and giant waves that come to life. Our journey will then take us through Africa, Hawaii, Mexico and Greece to uncover how their styles and techniques developed by using print-making, wax batik, bark, scratch paper and even recyclable materials. Then on to the Middle East where we see art expressed through patterns and designs. Guest artist Ren Shieh will teach us how to create our very own traditional Chinese pottery!
Leigh Square
109618 M,T,W,Th,F Jul 29-Aug 2 9:30-4:30p $150
HEROES & VILLAINS: FRINGE STYLE CARTOON THEATRE (8-11 yrs)
Jump off the page and come to life as your favourite hero or villain character in this week long fringe style of physical theatre! Fly over skyscrapers and battle alien invaders or build a time machine and save the world! With over the top masks, visual storytelling and live action, you will have a blast experimenting with improvisation, playwriting, acting and Italian styled Commedia dell’arte performance techniques similar to that of theatre company WONDERHEADS, with their Fringe Festival shows GRIM & FISCHER and LOON. Campers will present a final performance to an audience on the last day.
Leigh Square
109619 M,T,W,Th,F Aug 12-Aug 16 9:30am-4:30p $150
AWESOME ART CAMPS FOR TEENS (11-14 yrs)
Inspire your inner artist this summer with Leigh Square’s half day camps for teens! Learn about visual art techniques in a supportive, creative environment. Classes take place both indoors and outdoors giving teens a chance to explore the city’s public art, urban landscape and natural environment along with indoor studio time. Includes all art supplies such as sketch books, drawing and painting materials.
OPTICAL CREATIONS (11-14 YRS)
Whirl into the art of optical illusions as we learn to trick the mind through the use of light, value, shadows and color. We will make optical tornadoes explode from the page, create tessellations that form into an artistic puzzle, layer papers upon papers until it seems as though we can crawl into the art and collaborate to form an optical mural. Not only that, but we will incorporate intricacy with abstraction as we create 3D shapes!
Leigh Square
109623 M,T,W,Th,F Jul 8-12 1-4p $75
ART WITHOUT BOUNDARIES (11-14 YRS)
Make a change in your own world and speak up about problems in society through your own creations. Enter the limitless world of expression through art as we discover artists who made a change in the world including Picasso, O’Keefe, Banksy and Keith Haring. Experiment how to put a twist on the style of graffiti, pop art, portraits, collages, stencils, scratchboard, and even get hands on with sculpture!
Leigh Square
109624 M,T,W,Th,F Aug 19-23 1-4p $75
TUESDAY DROP IN ADVENTURES AT LEIGH SQUARE
Can’t commit to a week of summer camp? Why not come on out for one day! Try out different art mediums and activities on select Tuesdays during the summer.
Tue 9:30-11:30a (4-6 yrs) $14/day
9:30-4:30p (7-11 yrs) $32/day
1:00-4:00p (11-14 yrs) $17/day
4-6 yrs
109609 Jul 9: Make Some Noise!
109610 Jul 23: Under the Sea
109611 Aug 6: Come Alive at Night
109612 Aug 20: Art Eruption
109613 Aug 27: Art on the Wild Side
7-11 yrs
109620 Jul 2: Out of this World
109621 Jul 30: Creative Travelers
11-14 yrs
109625 Jul 9: Optical Creations
109626 Aug 20: Art Without Boundaries
DROP IN PROGRAMS
Artist open studio – Drop in sessions
Facilitated by Friends of Leigh Square and open to Leigh Square members, these drop-in sessions for emerging to mid career artists working in a variety of media offer a chance to meet, interact and share ideas while working on any project. No need to pre-register. Afternoons dedicated to drawing and painting portraits from clothed live models. Just come with your latest project and have a good time creating with others!
Tue 10-1pm Leigh Square
FREE to watch but participants need to be a member (see website for application or visit Leigh Square)
OFF THE GRID
Experience the creation of “Instant Sonic Art.” Musicians perform compositions and freely improvised pieces with an emphasis on listening and reacting spontaneously to other players and the overall sound that is produced. New musicians and listeners are welcome to drop in! Info: 604-789-3456. http://www.myspace.com/otgensemble
Every 2nd Tue 7-9pm Leigh Square
FREE
PORT COQUITLAM HERITAGE & CULTURAL SOCIETY
July 1 Visit our booth at Castle Park as we celebrate Canada Day
July 4, 6pm Northside Heritage Walk starts at Kinsmen’s Hall
Aug 8, 10am Downtown Heritage and Garden Walk
Aug 17-18 Join us at Heritage at Leigh Square during car show weekend and learn how the evolution of the automobile was important to Port Coquitlam’s growth as a community.
Do not forget to drop in and bring your visitors to Heritage at Leigh Square this summer. Volunteers are on site Monday to Friday 10-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 12-3pm. We will be closed July 1 and August 5.
Port Coquitlam Farmers Market
Official Opening: Thursday, June 6, 2013
The Farmers Market will be back again for its 5th year at Leigh Square! The annual Farmers Market takes place every Thursday afternoon from 3-7pm until September 26. The Farmers Market is about people who love fresh food and enjoy festive gatherings with music, entertainment, cooking demos and more. It helps the community to create healthy food networks with local farmers.
Dates: Every Thursday from 3 - 7 p.m., June 6 to September 26, 2013
June 6 - Official Opening & Celebration Cake – 3-7pm
Children’s crafts at every market and lots of vegetable and fruit vendors in season
Location: Leigh Square Community Arts Village (off of Shaughnessy Street, beside City Hall)
For more information: www.haneyfarmersmarket.org
Vendors and non-profit groups welcome. Applications here at www.haneyfarmersmarket.org/index.php/vendors.html.
