Music lovers rejoice, the Summer Sunday Concert Series is back at Civic Square.
The series runs every Sunday from now until Aug. 27 (except Aug. 6) and is completely free. The concerts get underway at 6 p.m. and usually feature two performances, wrapping up around 8 p.m.
This Sunday, catch Iranian instrumental trio Diba from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Diba is a Vancouver ensemble featuring Mohammadreza (Aref) Bolandnazar, Anoushirvan Ghadimi, Hossein Meimani, Mohammad Seyyedi, and Peyman Rouhandeh. Expect to hear the sounds of sitars and a tombak during this concert.
From 7 to 7:45 p.m., catch folk-chamber pop group Ruffled Feathers. The Vancouver-based group is no stranger to the Civic Square stage, having appeared last year, and this summer they’re playing ahead of the release of the second album Hand-Me-Down Centuries, coming July 28.
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Indian summer in Burnaby
It’s an experience not many people take part in, but it’s one the Indian Summer Festival wants to share with the community.
Celebrated sitarist MohamedAssaniwill perform Morning Ragas at the Ismaili Centre Burnaby on Saturday, July 15 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Indian music dictates that ragas, meaning modes or melodies, must be played at specific times of the day and night to capture the “height of its melodic beauty,” according to a press release.
“Since most concerts take place in the evening, audiences rarely have a chance to listen to morning ragas, thus missing out on a huge repertoire of outstanding compositions,” noted the release.
Tickets are $35 for adults ($40 at the door) and $20 for kids ($25 at the door) between five and 12, and they include the concert and a breakfast. Kids under five get in free.
The Ismaili Centre Burnaby is at 4010 Canada Way. For info and to buy tickets, go to www.indiansummerfest.ca/event/morning-raga.
DiverCity on now
Missed the second annual Park’s Edge Paint Off held at last weekend’s Summer Arts Festival? Never fear, you can check out the artists’ works at DiverCity, a new exhibition on now until Aug. 5 at the Deer Lake Art Gallery.
DiverCity celebrates ethnicity, gender, age, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, education and religion, and features work by Farhad Amini, Flavia Chan, Alyx Essers, Honeytta Eyvany,Cas Fernandez, Jeremy Henrickson, Kristina Kosolova, Sonia Mocnik, Biranna Nilsson and Juan Vargo.
This Saturday, July 15, stop by the gallery at 2 p.m. for an artist talk and demonstration led by Henrickson.
“Working with an array of mixed-media methods, Henrickson’s work awakens emotion and expression from the subject by utilizing intense colours and vibrant passages. His pieces emphasize modernity, light and energy,” read a release. “Acrylics, inks and found paper are layered throughout to reveal the inner life of a subject, while heavier opaques sheath surface to the forms. This combination is meant to model the harmony between the outer veneer and the inner life below.”
The artist’s talk and gallery admission are free.
Deer Lake Gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave. For more information, call 604-298-7322, email [email protected] or go to www.burnabyartscouncil.org. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
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