Local Arts

SAVE THE DATE: March 17 Luminescence III WHAT’S UP? Burnaby Arts Council presents the third edition of Luminescence, its show welcoming the spring equinox.

ON NOW To Saturday, Feb. 17 Legally Blonde, the hit musical brought to the stage by Align Entertainment at Michael J. Fox Theatre, 7373 MacPherson Ave., with preview Feb. 2 and opening night Feb. 3.

Teenage musicians from Burnaby had a chance to show their stuff on the Roxy stage last weekend. The Quinn Pickering Band was one of the chosen competitors in the Nimbus School of Recording Battle of the Bands.

SPOTLIGHT ON: Kids and Arts WHAT’S UP? The City of Burnaby has a variety of program offerings for artistically inclined and creative kids of all ages.

Deer Lake Gallery is featuring a new exhibition starting this week. Constructed Abstraction, featuring work by Mark Bowen, Jay Lyonns and Monique Motut-Firth, is on at the gallery from Thursday, Feb. 8 to Saturday, March 10.

The Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre is being transformed into a Japanese rock garden – made entirely of sugar.

Local talent will be front and centre when Carousel Theatre brings its production of a children’s classic to life in March. The Velveteen Rabbit is onstage at the Waterfront Theatre March 3 to 25.

The Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival has announced its headliner for 2018.

A Burnaby artist’s fantasy landscapes are on display at Burnaby Neighbourhood House’s North House this month. Landscapes of My Heart, by Ursula Sakemink-Roos, is on display at North House from Friday, Feb. 2 to Wednesday, Feb. 28.