Local Arts

ON NOW To Sunday, December 14 Stealing Christmas, a holiday play by Forte Theatre Society, part of Heritage Christmas celebrations at the Burnaby Village Museum, in Brookfield Hall, runs Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30, 4 and 6:30 p.m. Info: www.

Kevin Takahide Lee is a man on a mission. He's working hard to build bridges between cultures - and between generations - and he's using music to do it. Lee directs the Newcomers' Choir, now in its second year in Burnaby.

If you're a guy who has a passion for singing, whether that's in the shower or in the car, then Chor Leoni wants to hear from you.

Four musicians who make up Van Django - a string swing jazz quartet - are bringing their Christmas variety show to the Michael J. Fox Theatre Dec. 18.

Physical comedy. Verbal wit. Energy. These are the three ingredients a Vancouver-based theatre company has mixed into its upcoming play of Befana's Star, being presented at the Shadbolt Centre.

Literature lovers, you have one more chance to catch Spoken Ink this year. The Burnaby Writers' Society's monthly reading series continues on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at La Fontana Caffe, 101-3701 Hastings St. in the Heights.

Burnaby residents can bask in the sounds of the season next weekend. The New Westminster-based Amabilis Singers are joining forces with the Shaughnessy Heights United Church Sanctuary Choir for O Nata Lux, a concert of Christmas music.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is making sure that everyone gets into the Christmas spirit. The orchestra is once again touring the Lower Mainland with its Traditional Christmas concert - and it's coming to Burnaby for two shows at the Michael J.

ON NOW To December 7 Ben Frey, a Burnaby Art Gallery outreach exhibition at the Bob Prittie (Metrotown) branch of Burnaby Public Library, 6100 Willingdon Ave. Info: www.burnabyartgallery.ca.

Imagine getting together with 11 musical friends, sitting around a single piano and playing Eine Kleine Nachtmusik with each of you only responsible for a few of the keys.