Local Arts

Two SFU students are in the running for this year's Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize.

Fans of Italian music and comedy should mark Friday, Oct. 12 on their calendars. That’s the night of the Italian Comedy Festival at Michael J. Fox Theatre.

Japanese music and theatre are taking centre stage at Michael J. Fox Theatre this month. On Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m., audiences can get an up-close look at the Takarazuka Revue in a special show presented by World of Dreams.

An artistic response to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is evolving at the SFU Gallery on Burnaby Mountain. Charlene Vickers’ new installation, Speaking with Hands and Territories, is underway at the gallery until Dec. 6.

A Burnaby artist uses mixed media quilting to explore humanity’s interaction with crows.

ON NOW To Saturday, Sept. 8 Landlocked? and Flotsam, a double exhibit of work by Tiki Mulvihill, at the Amelia Douglas Gallery, fourth floor north at Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave. Opening reception Saturday, Aug. 11 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Got a young artist in the house? Don’t just sign her up for an art class – go to a family session and make art together. The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is once again offering a series of family art programs for the 2018/19 season.

Lovers of live music, don’t miss out on the new season of drop-in fun at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. The centre’s monthly Jazz Jams are returning this fall, led once again by Cory Weeds of the Coastal Jazz Society.

Theatre lovers will once again be able to enjoy Arts Club productions right here at home. Three Arts Club on Tour productions are set to make a return to Shadbolt Centre for the Arts for the 2018/19 season.

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is getting ready to launch a year of female power. The Shadbolt’s 2018/19 season is dedicated to female artists – starting with the opening Live at the ’Bolt event with Elektra Women’s Choir on Friday, Sept. 21.