Local Arts

The countdown is on for the 14th annual Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, with just under four months to go till the gates open. This year's festival is set for Saturday, Aug. 10 from 1 to 10 p.m. at Deer Lake Park.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2 Jazz for a Knight, presented by St. Thomas More Collegiate high school - a jazz benefit concert in honour of STM student Jomar Manrique at 7: 30 p.m. at Michael J. Fox Theatre, 7373 Macpherson Ave.

Ishwar L. Maisuria leads a double life. By day, the Burnaby resident is a hairdresser at Harmony Hairworks on Sixth Street, and at night, he brings films to life. But these two creative careers are far from being in conflict with each other.

UNTIL SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Ghost River Theatre presents One, an adaptation of the Orpheus myth, at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., March 27 to 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets $37 for adults, $27 for seniors and students.

A new business in Burnaby Heights has been broken into within two weeks of opening. The owners of Chez Christophe Chocolaterie Patisserie, which opened on March 12, came to the store this morning to find they had been broken into overnight.

UNTIL SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Ghost River Theatre presents One, an adaptation of the Orpheus myth, at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., March 27 to 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets $37 for adults, $27 for seniors and students. Info, visit www.

Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, will be transformed into a First Nations saga by the Vancouver Opera Company, and two long-time Burnaby musicians will be lending their talents to the music.

Theatre for Living presents maladjusted, with performances by six mental health patients and caregivers

Peter Wenzek, music teacher at Burnaby North Secondary School, just can't get enough of conducting. The seasoned high school teacher stepped into a second role as music director of the Royal City Alumni Band at the beginning of November last year.

Nothing says spring is right around the corner like an announcement for a live outdoor music event.