Local Arts

SAVE THE DATE: Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2 WHAT FOR? Culture Days is a nationwide celebration of the arts and culture, with events and festivities set for Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2. WHO RUNS IT? Everyone.

Young Burnaby performers are taking centre stage in a new musical opening at the Vancouver Fringe Festival this week. Awkward Stage Productions is staging Carry On: A Musical at the Firehall Arts Centre from Sept. 8 to 18.

ON NOW To Saturday, September 3 Ron Simmer’s infinity room, A Night Walk in Falling Snow, is open at the Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave., until Sept. 3 – extended again by popular demand. Info: www.burnabyartscouncil.org .

A play that delves into a piece of forgotten Vancouver history is in the lineup for this year’s Vancouver Fringe Festival – and it stars a Burnaby resident.

ON NOW To Sunday, Aug. 28 Joe Fafard: Retailles, at Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave., admission by donation (suggested donation $5). With special programs including an artist talk June 25 at 2 p.m.; Kidz Club Art Night on June 30 at 6:30 p.m.

Whether you’re a theatre lover, a dance aficionado or a live music junkie, there’s something for you at the Shadbolt Centre this season.

It’s never too late to discover your inner artist. Burnaby’s parks, recreation and cultural services department is reaching out to seniors with a host of artistic offerings this fall.

Deer Lake Gallery is getting set to host a new exhibition. Diffusion, a group exhibition featuring the work of Carolyn Kramer, Corey Jennifer Hardeman and Sean O’Flynn, opens Saturday, Sept. 10 and runs until Saturday, Oct. 1.

ON NOW To Sunday, Aug. 21 The Living Archive, a new exhibition at the New Westminster Museum and Archives, Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St., with some works featured at Samson V (880 Quayside Dr.) and Irving House (302 Royal Ave.

Art lovers, have you stopped in to Deer Lake Gallery for the summer exhibition yet? Between Land and Sky, which features work by many members of the Vancouver Sketch Club, is running until Sept. 3.