Local Arts

A Burnaby-based dance group will be part of an international festival of First Nations dance next week.

After her professor pans her doctoral thesis on Shakespeare, a student finds herself transported into the Bard's world, where she inadvertently sends his stories in hilarious new directions - and finds her true self along the way.

First it was a sellout concert at the Orpheum in 2011 - not to mention six Grammy nominations and two wins, including Best New Artist.

The DOXA Documentary Film Festival is bringing an award-winning documentary to Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. The festival's Motion Picture Film Series continues at the Shadbolt on Monday, March 12, with a 7 p.m. screening in the Studio Theatre.

Burnaby Lyric Opera is bringing a beloved classic to life this week. The opera company is staging Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Feb. 23 and 25.

Vancouver Youth Symphony concert features concerto competition winners

Chances are that last time you boarded a bus, you weren't thinking about its artistic potential. But while others may consider buses only a mundane form of transportation, Cindy Buckshon considers them inspiration for art.

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts was alive with the sounds of music on Sunday, as the Clef Society of Burnaby presented its monthly concert.

Burnaby musicians will be in the spotlight for a special memorial tribute concert. The Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra is presenting Eternal Light on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 7: 30 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver.

What happens when an unlikely collection of strangers sign up for a small-town Adult Creative Drama class? That's the premise of Circle Mirror Transformation, an Arts Club Theatre show that's on tour starting this weekend, with a stop at the Shadbolt