The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is wrapping up its 2016/17 season with a big band finale.
Composer-clarinetist James Danderfer is featured in the season-ending Live at the ’Bolt night on Thursday, June 22 at 8 p.m. Danderfer is at the helm of Hummingbird Brigade, featuring 16 of Canada’s finest jazz musicians in a contemporary take on the New Orleans brass band tradition.
With Derry Byrne and Chris Davis on trumpet, Rod Murray and Slaps Mynett on trombone, Chops Grande, Colin Maskell and Chad Makela on sax, Chris Gestrin on organ, and Joe Poole and Paul Bray on percussion, the band mixes soul, funk and jazz in a performance that pays tribute to the 1930s lounges and cabarets of New Orleans and Chicago.
Tickets are $18. See tickets.shadboltcentre.com or call 604-205-3000.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
The arts council’s June newsletter details some of the group’s needs. Among the positions being sought are a volunteer coordinator and a gallery coordinator, along with someone to create the arts council’s newsletter.
“Volunteers are an integral part of the success of the outstanding work of the Burnaby Arts Council,” the newsletter says. “In the last couple years, we have dramatically increased the capacity and effectiveness of the organizations and all of our exhibitions, events and projects.”
Interested? You can find out an application form at www.tinyurl.com/DeerLakeGallVolunteers, or call 604-298-7322.
WRITING CONTEST
The Burnaby Writers’ Society is serving up murder with a culinary twist for its annual writing contest.
The society’s writing contest is now open, with submissions due by July 31. The theme? The above-mentioned murder, with a culinary twist.
“Draw on your rage at being trapped by cable companies into watching hours of cooking competitions. Pull out a favourite activity involving food – anything goes – baking bread, making soups, exploring ethnic foods, you name it. Just be sure to kill someone off,” a contest write-up explains.
Got you thinking? Then start writing – there are prizes of $200, $100 and $50 available, plus a newsletter subscription and membership for an honourable mention. All genres of writing are welcome. Entry fee is $10 for one entry, or $25 for three entries. Mail entries, along with a cheque, to Burnaby Writers’ Society, 6584 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, V5G 3T7.
See www.burnabywritersnews.blogspot.ca for all the details.
MANGA CAMP
Here’s one for the young artist in your home.
The Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre is offering a Manga Summer Day Camp for kids aged nine to 12. It’s set to run Monday to Friday, July 10 to July 14 at 6688 Southoaks Cres. Sessions run 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Manga, for the uninitiated, is a popular genre of illustration in the world of comics, originating in Japan. The camp offers a week of Japanese culture and arts with a special focus on Manga. Kids will enjoy workshops by a variety of Vancouver-area artists sharing their knowledge of illustration, storytelling and design.
Instruction is in English, and registration is limited to 20 kids, so be sure to sign up early.
For details, check out centre.nikkeiplace.org/summer-day-camp/.
