Local Arts

Burnaby resident Joel Ashton McCarthy autobiographical take on unexpected parenthood wins $10,000 for production of pilot episode

A North Burnaby elementary school teacher is bringing Broadway to The Heights with his youth musical theatre society, Moving Mirror Productions.

Impressive homegrown talent plays a starring role in this year’s B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame list of inductees. Burnaby natives Michael J.

They’re turning 40, and they’re throwing themselves a party. Er, a concert. The Confederation Senior Choir is holding a concert on Wednesday, May 25 at Confederation seniors’ centre, starting at 7 p.m.

Love curling up with a good mystery? Then this one is most definitely for you. The McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library is presenting Crime Time Trio on Monday, June 13 from 7 to 8 p.m.

ON NOW To Sunday, May 29 HighPower: Unfolding Beauty from Destruction, solo exhibition by local artist Kathleen Forsythe, Gallery at Queen’s Park. Gallery is open 1 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Thursdays to Sundays.

A Burnaby native is front and centre as the Koerner Quartet closes out its 2015/16 season. The Vancouver-based quartet is holding its final concert on Sunday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Koerner Recital Hall at the Vancouver Academy of Music.

The art of ink is in the spotlight at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. The centre, at 6688 Southoaks Cres., is holding a preview exhibition leading up to its eighth annual BLOOM art auction on May 28.

Art lovers, be sure to stop in to the Burnaby Art Gallery to check out Michiko Suzuki’ s Hope Chests exhibition.

The curtain has come down on Royal City Musical Theatre’s recent production of Fiddler on the Roo f, but the memories live on for a local businesswoman and a city councillor who made surprise appearances in the show. Susan Cartwright-Coates and Coun.