Local Arts

They're celebrating the beauty of Burnaby. The Burnaby Artists' Guild is presenting an art exhibition and sale at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, March 27 to 29.

If you are a music lover, and particularly of opera, you're really missing a treat if you haven't been taking in the Burnaby Lyric Opera productions at the Shadbolt.

ON NOW To Saturday, February 21 Go Back for Murder, a Vagabond Players production of the Agatha Christie classic, onstage at the Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen's Park, with shows Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

It's been a tradition in Vancouver's film scene for 16 years - and a Burnaby producer was part of the mayhem for this year's Crazy 8s competition. The Crazy 8s filmmaking challenge is designed to help emerging filmmakers produce a short film.

Want to try your hand at one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world? Everyone is invited to stop by the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Saturday to take part in Chinese brush painting.

Drawing is more than just the preparatory act for painting. The Burnaby Arts Council is celebrating the art of drawing in its next exhibition, Drawn: Exploring the Line.

Want to hear from some emerging stars in the classical music world? Then stop by the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Feb. 21 for a Royal Conservatory of Music scholarship recital.

The Burnaby Art Gallery is reaching out into the community with two new exhibitions at Burnaby Public Library branches. At the McGill library branch (4595 Albert St.), visitors can check out Alan Wood: Selections from the Ranch Series.

ON NOW To Saturday, February 21 Go Back for Murder, a Vagabond Players production of the Agatha Christie classic, onstage at the Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen's Park, with shows Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

It takes a certain kind of voice to be hailed as the next Michael Bublé, but it doesn’t hurt when you get to perform with the man himself.