What good is sitting alone in your room? Head to the cabaret.
That would be Cabaret, of course - the Pipedream Theatre Project Society's production that's currently onstage at Performance Works on Granville Island.
Nancy von Euw of Burnaby is featured in the musical as Fräulein Schneider, who runs a boarding house in Berlin during the Weimar Republic days just before the Nazis come to power.
Tickets are $25 and $35, available through www.vancouvertix.com or by calling 604-629-VTIX.
It runs through April 19, with 8 p.m. evening shows, plus 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday, April 12; Sunday, April 13 and Saturday, April 19.
For more, search for Pipedream Theatre Project Society on Facebook.
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Are you a teen who loves writing? The Burnaby Public Library is hosting YA Write!, its newly renamed annual writing contest for young adults.
Teens can enter an original short story for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate for Metropolis at Metrotown.
Works will be judged by librarians, and one winner will be selected in each category: younger teens (grades 8 and 9) and older teens (grades 10 to 12).
Winning work will also be featured on the BPL Teens webpage.
This year's theme is a photo prompt of a bridge - you can see the photo and all the details at tinyurl.com/BPLteen-writing.
Entrants must have a valid Burnaby Public Library card, and each entrant is allowed to enter two stories at maximum.
The contest is open until April 30 at 9 p.m.
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Love poetry?
Burnaby poet Diane Tucker is launching her fourth book, Bonsai Love, with a special event at the Cottage Bistro in Vancouver.
Bonsai Love is described as a collection of poems about "the sensual delicacy of love." (See a lovely trailer for the book here.)
"Her eloquent poems move us through the evolving stages of a single relationship, from beginning to bittersweet end," says the release from Harbour Publishing. "Carefully pruned, intricate in design and sensitive to intrusion, these poems combine to organically reveal an intricate love story."
Tucket is also the author of the poetry book God on His Haunches, which was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the poetry collection The Bright Scarves of Hours, the novel His Sweet Favour and the play Here Breaks the Heart: the Loves of Christina Rossetti.
Her poems have been published in Canada and internationally in more than 60 journals.
The Vancouver launch of Bonsai Love is free to attend, and everyone is welcome. Tucker will be joined by singer-songwriter Rodney DeCroo for the event, which starts at 7 p.m.
For more details, call Cottage Bistro at 604-876-6138, email [email protected] or see the website at www.harbourpublishing.com.
Cottage Bistro is at 4470 Main St.
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The Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre is offering up its sixth annual art auction in May.
This year's Bloom Art Auction will showcase traditional Japanese folk art in the form of daruma - tumbling dolls that are popular talismans of good luck in Japan.
Visitors will have the chance to bid on beautifully creative daruma, with proceeds to support the exhibits, program and events at the Nikkei Centre.
A silent auction and party is coming up Saturday, May 24 - it's set to start at 7 p.m., and it will be hosted by the CBC's Margaret Gallagher.
Watch for more as it approaches, but be sure to save the date!
Check out centre.nikkeiplace.org/daruma-art/ for more.
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