Usher in the new year with some poetry at the next Burnaby Writers’ Society Spoken Ink night.
The next reading night is set for Thursday, Jan. 14 at Wings Pub and Grill.
The night features poets Sheila Rosen and Chelsea Comeau.
Rosen is a Burnaby poet whose book Silence, The Breaking of It, explores childhood among the interned Japanese in small-town B.C., young love and loss, and “a vision of the larger world that is both spiritual and deeply human,” as a press release puts it.
Comeau is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in Quills and CV2. She won the BUST magazine poetry contest in 2011 and, in 2014, attended Writing With Style at the Banff Centre with Lorna Crozier. In 2015 she won the Canadian prize in the Leaf Press Overleaf chapbook contest.
Their readings begin at 8 p.m.
Wings Pub and Grill is at 6879 Kingsway (on the northwest side of Kingsway at Griffiths Drive). For more information about the reading series, see www.burnabywritersnews.blogspot.com or email [email protected].
Remember Heathers?
A Burnaby performer is featured in a production of Heathers the Musical, opening this weekend at the York Theatre in Vancouver.
The musical, based on the 1988 cult film, is being brought to the stage by the Gently With a Chainsaw Artists’ Collective.
David C. Jones is directing a cast that includes Burnaby’s own Colin Sheen, who appears alongside Hal Wesley Rogers as as one of the brutish and dumb football bullies.
The musical stars Christina Quintana as Veronica Sawyer, the misfit who gets in with the wrong crowd, along with Synthia Yusuf, Devon Busswood and Nhi Do as the trio of terrorizing Heathers, and Kamyar Pazandeh as J.D.
The adults are played by Lori Watt, Ken Overbey and Nelson Wong.
The show runs Jan. 6 to 17 at the York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr., with previews for $15 on Jan. 6 and 7. Opening night is Friday, Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m, and evening shows are on Jan 9 and Jan. 12 to 16. Matinees are at 2 p.m. on Jan. 9, 10, 16 and 17.
Check out www.thecultch.com for information.
Haggis, anyone?
Maybe it’s because of my surname, but I for one appreciate any email with the subject line “Swirling kilts, steaming haggis, pipers piping, drummers drumming.”
Discover your inner Scotsman (or woman) at the upcoming SFU Robbie Burns Dinner.
The SFU Pipe Band, six-time world pipe band champions, will be performing at the fundraiser in support of the Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Bands. The pipe band organization offers a range of instruction to youth, from beginners on up, and the group offers one of the most extensive youth programs for piping and drumming in the world.
Attendees can expect music, entertainment, fun and, of course, food (yes, haggis is in fact food).
Along with celebrating all things Scottish, you can hear from the pipe band – which, this past year, earned a fifth-place finish on the world stage.
The event is taking place on Saturday, Jan. 23 at the Executive Plaza Hotel, 405 North Rd. in Coquitlam, and tickets are $80.
Check out www.sfupb.com for details and ticket information. You can also call Leslie Techy at 604-786-5384 or email [email protected].
Called to the light
Calling all artists: The Burnaby Arts Council is looking for artists to take part in a group exhibition on the theme of light.
Two- and three-dimensional works are welcome for the Luminescence: Works Exploring Light exhibition, which is set to run from March 19 to April 14 at the Deer Lake Gallery.
Works can be for either indoor or outdoor display and include all types of two- and three-dimensional work, including photography, sculpture, installation works and more in all mediums. The arts council is also looking for artists who can provide light-related workshops (for instance, lantern-making).
The submission deadline is Jan. 29.
Check out www.burnabyartscouncil.org for the details and submission guidelines, orpick up an application form at the gallery at 6584 Deer Lake Ave.
Photo buffs, check it out
Photography buffs, mark your calendars now so you don’t miss out on the Burnaby Photographic Society’s 20th annual showcase.
The audio-visual show and print exhibition is coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.
The group promises an evening of slide shows set to music that will “sweep you off to exotic places and cultures, and bring you up close to wildlife, fine art and visual surprises.”
An accompanying print display runs in the Shadbolt Centre lobby all week, starting Jan. 31.
Check out www.burnabyphotographicsociety.com for more information. For tickets ($18), contact Chris Ostenstad: [email protected] or 604-351-9499.
Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, [email protected].
