Local Arts

Amabilis Singers, VSO offer concerts in Burnaby

A new exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery is exploring sculptural and structural works on and in paper. Volumes: Works in Paper runs Nov. 29 to Jan. 19 at the gallery. An opening reception is set for Thursday, Nov. 28 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Here's a lovely way to think about Earth, courtesy of a press release that crossed my desk this week: "Our planet is a small rock covered in a thin film of water and air, just close enough to an average star to support intelligent life.

Thursday, November 21 New Animal, a new contemporary dance work presented by the 605 Collective at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 8 p.m., $32 regular or $27 students/senior in advance; otherwise $35/$30, tickets.shadboltcentre.com or 604-205-3000.

Young dancers from Burnaby will be sharing the stage with top dancers when Alberta Ballet's Nutcracker returns to Vancouver.

Arts Club Theatre production runs until Jan. 5

A teenage singer-songwriter from Burnaby is launching her new EP with a release show on Nov. 29. Megan Twist was profiled in the Burnaby NOW in August, shortly after she finished a gig entertaining on VIA Rail across the country.

The temperature is dipping and flurries are expected this weekend, so Burnaby residents are turning to indoor activities to keep warm.

Opera lovers, don't miss the next Opera for a Sunday afternoon concert at the Shadbolt. Burnaby Lyric Opera is continuing with its Sunday afternoon concert series on Nov. 24 at 3 p.m.

A retrospective exhibition of a Burnaby sculptor's work is underway at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. The exhibition of Keith Rice-Jones' work, Working the Edge: A (Mostly) Ceramic Journey, presents a 37-year survey of Rice-Jones' work in ceramics.