Local Arts

We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. This week, we have a very important civic election, two chances to get pictures taken with pets and Santa and two fundraising events.

Musical theatre fans, do you have plans for tonight or Saturday? This weekend is your last chance to catch The Wizard of Oz at Michael J. Fox Theatre.

A Burnaby music teacher is featured in an upcoming evening of poetry and music. Random Convergences, an evening of poetry and music, is set for Monday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. as part of the 27th annual Jewish Book Festival.

Local performers are taking to the stage in a traditional holiday pantomime.

Kanae Akatsuka has travelled around the globe in pursuit of her love of dance. This fall, she landed in Burnaby to take a step towards her goal of a professional ballet career: dancing with the new Coastal City Ballet company.

Musical theatre fans, don't miss out. This week is your last chance to catch The Wizard of Oz at Michael J. Fox Theatre.

The work of a renowned B.C. painter is in the spotlight at Burnaby Art Gallery. A sweeping retrospective of work by Takao Tanabe opens at the gallery on Friday, Nov. 25 and runs until Jan. 22.

Humour, pathos and absurdity combine as Noam Gagnon takes to the stage at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. The choreographer and performer is onstage at the Shadbolt Nov.

A Burnaby artist is helping the Van Dop Gallery to usher in the Christmas season. The New Westminster art gallery is presenting its Spirit of the Season 2011 open house, featuring the Art of Gift Giving exhibition.

Humour, pathos and absurdity combine as Noam Gagnon takes to the stage at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. The choreographer and performer is onstage at the Shadbolt Nov.