Local Arts

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 Album launch, Burnaby singer Joanna Chapman-Smith launching her new album, Love Me Deeply, at St. James Hall in Vancouver, 3214 West 10th Ave. Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.

Dare to Dance? A flash mob campaign is recruiting enthusiastic participants from around the Lower Mainland, including Burnaby, to learn a dance routine and perform it this spring.

Award-winning Burnaby dancers compete in international Salsa festival

Pull on your MC Hammer pants, audience members who dress up for Fame production may win prizes

If it's the fourth Tuesday of the month, then there must be poetry in the air. The Spoken INK poetry reading series - hosted by the Burnaby Writers' Society at La Fontana Caffé, 101-3701 East Hastings St.

It's the end of an era for local punk rock fans. Burnaby's Joe Keithley, front man of the legendary punk band DOA, has announced the band will play its final show on Friday, Jan. 18 at The Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver.

From biology labs to being Cinderella's Prince Charming, then to piracy on the high seas may seem like a big jump in careers, but it just suits young tenor Kwangmin Brian Lee, who's enjoying his role in the Vancover Opera's production of Gilbert and

FRIDAY, NOV. 30 Book launch, local white-collar crime writer Colleen Cross will share from her latest novel, Game Theory, at the Heritage Grill from 6 to 10 p.m. Info, www.ColleenCross. com. SATURDAY, DEC.