Local Arts

ON NOW To Saturday, March 29 Floriography, the silent language of flowers - an exhibition of work by Grazyna Wolski, at the Arts Council of New Westminster gallery, Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, www.artscouncilnewwest.org, 604-525-3244.

The work of a pioneering Canadian filmmaker is at the heart of a new exhibition at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. The centre opens its Jesse Nishihata - Visual Storyteller exhibition on April 1, and it runs until May 4.

Two Vancouver-based artists are in the spotlight in new exhibitions at Burnaby Public Library branches. The Burnaby Art Gallery is opening two new off-site exhibitions, one at the Metrotown library branch and the other at the McGill library branch.

Acclaimed East Coast performer hits the Shadbolt stage on April 25

Burnaby girls take the stage as orphans in Royal City Musical Theatre's Annie

Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera onstage at Metro Theatre April 5 to May 3

New Burnaby Arts Council exhibition opens March 29

Writers, it's time to pick up those pens - or start up those laptops, as the case may be. The Burnaby Writers' Society has announced its 47th annual writing contest. The contest invites everyone to write one page on this year's theme: wood.

ON NOW To Saturday, March 22 Life in Colour, an exhibition of work by Claire Sower and Jim Keayes, at the Burnaby Arts Council's Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave, 2 to 4 p.m. Info: [email protected], www.burnabyartscouncil.org.

Burnaby weekend events from March 21 to 23