Local Arts

The Burnaby Art Gallery is giving people a chance to learn more about its current exhibition, Volumes: Works in Paper.

It all began because Grayson Smith had written a story for his niece and wanted to turn it into a gift.

Tuesday, December 17 Spoken Ink, featuring author P.W. Bridgman and open mike session, 8 p.m. at La Fontana Caffe, 101-3701 Hastings St., Burnaby, www.burnabywritersnews.blogspot.com or [email protected]. Wednesday, Dec.

A retired Burnaby schoolteacher is spending his holidays entertaining Lower Mainland families. Tony Bordignon is onstage in this year's Metro Theatre holiday pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk .

Once upon a very long time ago, if you'd asked the 18-year-old me why I was heading off to journalism school, I'd undoubtedly have had a few answers. I want to write, I'd have said.

Four local dancers stood on the podium for Canada at the recent International Dance Organization world championships in Poland. The dancers from Burnaby's Douglas Ballet Academy were in Mikolajki, Poland from Dec.

Book columnist Annie Boulanger offers her picks for Christmas

Teens, get those cameras snapping. The Burnaby Public Library is once again holding its Snapshot: Teen Photography Contest . It opened Dec. 1, and entries are being accepted until Jan. 31. The theme of this year's contest is Colour Your World.

Wednesday, December 11 Short story open mike, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Heritage Grill, 447 Columbia St., New Westminster, hosted by Royal City Literary Arts Society, giving emerging and established writers a place to share their short fiction. Info: www.

Take a break from the holiday bustle and enjoy a literary respite with the Burnaby Writers' Society. The society is hosting its next Spoken Ink night on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at La Fontana Caffe. This month's reading night features author P.W.