Local Arts

Eli Bennett earns award for Best Musical Score against his own dad, acclaimed Canadian film composer Daryl Bennett

Promethean Theatre presents the George Bernard Shaw classic at Cariboo Hill Secondary School starting June 18

Love books? Love movies? The Burnaby Public Library is giving you a chance to enjoy both with a series of book-inspired film screenings this summer.

Hard to believe it’s coming up to the end of the theatre season at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts already – but never fear, the arts centre is marking the occasion in style. Live at the ’Bolt is onstage on Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23 at 8 p.

Symphony lovers, save the date: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is coming back to Deer Lake Park for its Symphony in the Park concert on Sunday, July 8.

New York-based Canadian artist shows more than 80 of his contemporary drawings of comic-inspired characters, starting June 14

To Wednesday, May 30 Escape From the City, watercolours on paper, canvas and cotton by Donna Polos, at the Plaskett Gallery, Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave., New Westminster. Gallery open Tuesdays to Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m.

Weekly afternoon concert and StreetEat series returns to the Town Square starting Wednesday, June 13

Artists called to take part in this year's event, coming up July 7 as part of the Deer Lake Summer Arts Festival

Some Burnaby talents are in the running for the 2018 Jessie Richardson Awards. Nominees for the awards, which recognize the best in Vancouver theatre, were announced at a party on Sunday, May 27 at the BMO Theatre Centre in Vancouver.