Burnaby Mountain will be turned into a fun, freaky place this Saturday, Oct. 27 from noon to 3: 30 p.m.
The popular Science Spooktacular is back with a "mad scientist" costume theme this year, offering a free afternoon of science activities for kids in kindergarten through Grade 6 and their families.
Staff, faculty and students at Simon Fraser University in the departments of biology, biomedical physiology and kinesiology, chemistry and physics, along with staff from the university's radiation safety office, will engage visitors in spooky science experiments.
The Phantom Physics and Cryptic Chemistry shows, both at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., will be held in the south concourse of the academic quadrangle, just outside the Shrum Science Centre lecture hall B9200.
There will also be ongoing activities and hands-on workshops during the event.
For more information, email [email protected].
JESSE PETERS PLAYS THE SHADBOLT CENTRE
There's nothing like a little jazz in the fall, is there?
No need to go far to find any either, as the Shadbolt Centre for Performing Arts is hosting a real crowd-pleaser on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Jesse Peters has been firing up the Canadian music scene since 1998.
While still in high school, he garnered rave reviews as a singer and songwriter from distinguished jazz artists Ingrid Jensen and Diana Krall.
By the age of 21, his group, The Peter Drury Trio, had released two critically acclaimed recordings, and he has been featured in Canadian Living, in the Toronto Star, on TVOntario's Studio Two and in two CBC Canada Live broadcasts.
The latest album, Face Time, is a tribute to his jazz and soul influences, and he and his trio will perform some songs from this album and a slew of other originals and classics from the past decade.
The show is at 8 p.m. at the Shadbolt, 6450 Deer Lake Ave.
For tickets or more information, call the box office at 604-205-3000 or visit www.shadboltcentre.com.
LITERARY PORTRAITS AT THE LIBRARY
Literature and photography are artfully blended in a new book being showcased Nov. 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the McGill branch of the Burnaby library.
Photographer Barry Peterson will discuss his book, 111 West Coast Literary Portraits, which features rare portraits of writers who have lived in B.C., along with excerpts of their writing.
Peterson and Blaise Enright began photographing writers in 1998, travelling the West Coast and Gulf Islands for five years, seeking the famous and infamous.
They shot more than 60 black and white portraits of each writer in his or her personal space, resulting in intimate portraits of B.C.'s best and most honoured, as well as emerging literary talent.
Writers in the book include Arthur Black, Anne Cameron, Lorna Crozier, W.P. Kinsella, Joy Kogawa, Evelyn Lau, Alice Munro, Bill Richardson, Jane Rule, Doris Shadbolt, Phyllis Webb, Max Wyman, and others.
The event is free but space is limited.
To register, visit www. bpl.bc.ca/events, call 604299-8955, or register in person at the library, at 4595 Albert Street.
The Burnaby Art Gallery will also exhibit 20 portraits from this book at the McGill Library until Nov. 7, and a second set of 20 portraits until Dec. 3.
Have an arts or entertain-ent item? Send it to reporter Marelle Reid at mreid@ burnabynow.com, or by fax to 604-444-3460.
