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Lively City: Photography, drawing and Cantonese opera

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is getting in on the fun of the Capture Photography Festival. The 2017 edition of the festival runs at locations around the Lower Mainland from April 1 to 28.
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You can work on your life drawing skills in upcoming programs at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is getting in on the fun of the Capture Photography Festival.

The 2017 edition of the festival runs at locations around the Lower Mainland from April 1 to 28.

At the Shadbolt Centre, you can check out an exhibition called Silver and Light: Tintype Photography, featuring the work of Phillip Chin. Chin’s passion is the revival of an 1850s photographic process called “wet plate collodion photography” (or tintype photography). It’s on from April 8 to May 8.

On Sunday, April 30, the Shadbolt Centre will also play host to The Art of Photography: Lecture and Tintype Demonstration. The event will feature a lecture by Henri Robideau, My 50th Year in Photography. Chin will also demonstrate how his photographic process works.

It runs from 1 to 3 p.m., and it’s free. Registration is needed – sign up at www.burnaby.ca/webreg, course number 437299.

 

CANTONESE OPERA ONSTAGE

Vancouver Cantonese Opera is back at the Michael J. Fox Theatre.

The opera company is bringing its next production, Romance of the Phoenix Chamber, to the theatre on Saturday, April 1 at 7 p.m.

The plot, as befitting of opera, includes lovers about to be parted, a case of mistaken identity, a woman disguised as a man and a long series of complicated lies – all resolved, of course, with a happily-ever-after ending.

Tickets are $40, $50 and $60. Email vancanopera@gmail.com or call 604-764-8181.

 

ART FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

Here’s one for the young artists in the house. The Burnaby Art Gallery is offering an Adventures in Printmaking course on Saturdays, running from April 22 to May 13.

There are sessions for four- to six-year-olds (from 10 to 11 a.m. or from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), and for six- to nine-year-olds, from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Kids can explore the world of relief printing, stamping, collographs and more.

Check out www.burnabyartgallery.ca or call 604-297-4422 for details.

 

OPERA AT SHADBOLT

Opera fans, mark it on your calendars: Burnaby Lyric Opera is returning for a Sunday afternoon concert on April 30.

The concert series, featuring the talent of emerging professional and semi-professional opera singers in B.C., presents highlights from various operas and runs four times a season at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. Concerts are at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $15, and you can buy through 604-205-3000.

 

FIGURE DRAWING

So you’ve moved beyond stick figures, but you just can’t figure out how to draw the human form? Or maybe you just want to polish up your skills?

The Shadbolt Centre offers some courses for those interested in life drawing.

Drawing the Face and Figure is an eight-session course (number 432754), led by Betty Woo, that runs Thursdays from 2 to 5 p.m. starting April 13. A model is included for four of the sessions, as participants learn to distinguish individual faces and pay attention to proportion, shading and shadow construction.

The Shadbolt also holds a non-instructional life drawing program (course number 430018), running for eight sessions on Wednesday nights starting April 19. A live, undraped model is on hand, and easels, drawing boards and clips are provided. Bring your own painting or drawing supplies to take part. You can register for all eight sessions, or drop in as space permits.

You can sign up for both courses at www.burnaby.ca/webreg, using the course numbers above.

 

CATCH THE DRAMA

So just what happens when you sign up for a drama or singing course at Shadbolt Centre? You take to the stage to show off your talents, that’s what.

There are a couple of free nights of entertainment coming up at the Shadbolt, courtesy of students in the centre’s programs.

On Friday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m., you can drop in to see Murder at the Farnsworth Manor, an original play presented by the musical theatre ensemble revue. On Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m., the Shadbolt Theatre Ensemble and Shadbolt Singers are offering up an original play called Uncle Satan’s Funeral.

Both are free. See www.shadboltcentre.com for details.

 

Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnabynow.com, or find her on Twitter @juliemaclellan.