Local Arts

A Burnaby theatre director is celebrating huge successes at the recent Community Theatre Coalition Awards. The awards, presented Sept.

When is a doodle more than just a doodle? A new off-site exhibition by Burnaby Art Gallery offers up an examination of the art of the doodle.

A Burnaby playwright’s new work takes to the stage next month as the season opening production for the Vagabond Players. Body and Soul, by Elizabeth Elwood, runs from Oct. 6 to 29 at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park, New Westminster.

ON NOW To Saturday, September 24 Favourite Things, an exhibition of artists from the New West Artists group, at Gabor Gasztonyi Studio Gallery, 730 12 th St., New Westminster, open Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Info: www.

Two artists with connections to Emily Carr University are featured in an upcoming exhibition at Deer Lake Gallery.

A Burnaby author is getting a little musical help from a high-profile guest to launch her new novel.

Some Burnaby authors will be featured when Word Vancouver hits the streets Sept. 21 to 25. The annual literary festival runs at a variety of locations around Vancouver, culminating in a Sunday full of activities around Library Square.

Its first incarnation attracted record-breaking crowds to the Deer Lake Gallery in March – can the sequel do the same? The Burnaby Arts Council is calling for submissions for Luminescence 2, a planned group exhibition of works exploring light.