Hip-hop artist Jahlil Dulay from Burnaby Mountain Secondary came out on top at the Burnaby's Got Talent show April 23.
The show attracted more than 300 people out to the Michael J. Fox Theatre to watch 16 of the most talent student acts from Burnaby's eight public high schools - all chosen after winning their own schools' talent shows.
Runners-up were vocalist Harrison Park from Byrne Creek Secondary, dancer Joshua Fernandez from Alpha Secondary and guitarist Mark Virginillo from Cariboo Hill Secondary.
Besides being a showcase of student talent, the event was also a fundraiser for the Burnaby Children's Fund - raising a whopping $3,600 through ticket sales, door raffle, silent auction and concession.
The money will help provide food, clothing and medical aid to local families in need.
The event was organized by the district student advisory council.
"To think that all our efforts amounted to such an amazing contribution to the community is just an astounding thought," said Thalia Lang, a Grade 12 student from Burnaby North who serves as this year's council president, in a press release. "I am immensely proud of (the council) for their dedication to this year's fundraiser, and I cannot express the gratitude I feel to work alongside such a driven group of students."
Guest judges for the occasion were concert pianist Tami Rizzo, actor Deni Delory and Rogers Arena events manager Patrick Urekar.
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Are you a sculptor?
The Burnaby Arts Council has issued a call for submissions for an upcoming sculpture show, Bring It Together: With Sculpture.
The exhibition is set to run Aug. 16 to Sept. 6.
Submission applications will be accepted until May 30.
Bring it Together is a juried group exhibition that will be held in the arts council's Deer Lake Gallery.
"We are looking for 3-D work that will be installed in the gallery or on the Burnaby Arts Council grounds. We are excited to see submissions of sculptural work, installation work, and all 3-D objects that you class as sculpture," the arts council website says. "We are excited to populate the grounds with outdoor sculpture, as well as fill the gallery with provocative works that can be installed on plinths, on the floor and from our wire hanging system."
It's open to all artists and all forms of 3-D work.
To apply, check out all the details at www.burnabyartscouncil.org.
You can also call the arts council at 604-298-7322 or email [email protected].
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A member of the Burnaby Writers' Society is launching her latest novel on Mother's Day weekend.
Eileen Kernaghan is holding a launch event on Saturday, May 10 at 1:30 p.m. at the Arts Council of New Westminster gallery.
Kernaghan will be on hand to sign copies of the novel, her ninth historical novel. The youth adult historical fantasy, Sophie, in Shadow, is set in India in 1914, under the Raj.
"Sixteen-year-old Sophie Pritchard, orphaned two years earlier by the sinking of the SS Titanic, is about to begin a new life in the unfamiliar world of British India," a blurb about the book says. "For Sophie, still devastated by her parents' death, India proves a dangerously unsettling environment. Are her terrifying experiences in Kali's temple and the Park Street cemetery hallucinations, or has she somehow been drawn back through the centuries as a witness to dark places in Calcutta's past?"
It's being published by Thistledown Press.
All are welcome, so feel free to stop by, or email [email protected] for more details.
Check out www.eileenkernaghan.ca for more on her work.
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Want to lend a hand to a good artistic cause?
The Burnaby Arts Council has launched an online crowd-source funding campaign to help out its Burnaby Summer Theatre program.
The program has been going on for more than 30 years.
Each summer, the arts council employs four or five students from Simon Fraser University, who create, produce, perform and tour with a piece of contemporary theatre - to venues that include seniors' centres, community centres, public parks, Burnaby Village Museum, B.C. Children's Hospital and Canuck Place.
The arts council pays the performers' wages, but the board is looking for some additional funding to cover the expense of a van rental and fuel to transport the performers and their props to various venues.
"With a small financial donation toward this innovative community arts program, together we can ensure that this fabulous event is on the road and headed towards a successful performance season," a write-up says.
You can become a gold, silver or bronze supporter with donations of $100, $50 or $25 respectively. You can find the program and all the details at www.gofundme.com/Summer-Theatre-Transport.
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