Local Arts

When you follow the yellow brick road to the Waterfront Theatre this month, watch out for Burnaby's Meghan Anderssen. She's be the one with the broom trying to get the red shoes from Dorothy.

A cheeky Christmas satire is coming to the stage at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. The Ruby Slippers Theatre production of Hotel Bethlehem, directed by Diane Brown, is onstage at the Shadbolt Centre Dec. 14 to 18.

Does anything say Christmas better than the sound of children singing? The British Columbia Boys Choir is bringing holiday cheer to local audiences with a concert at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. It's set for Friday, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.

Nothing says Christmas like the sound of a choir singing. Local choral music fans have several offerings to choose from in Burnaby and New Westminster in looking for music to celebrate the season. Among them: ? Saturday, Nov.

Six young local dancers will be part of the Christmas magic when Alberta Ballet brings its Nutcracker production to Vancouver. The Nutcracker is onstage at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from Dec.

They're dreaming of a White Christmas - together, onstage. The Burnaby husband-and-wife team of Jeffrey Victor and Kristie Marsden is in the spotlight for the Arts Club Theatre production of White Christmas.

Interested in the art of photography? You may want to stop by the Burnaby Arts Council's Deer Lake Gallery for its current exhibition, Perspective. The exhibition is underway at the gallery until Sunday, Dec. 4.

The Burnaby Art Gallery is reaching out into the community with two new exhibitions at local libraries. The Burnaby Public Library's Bob Prittie branch, at Metrotown, plays host to Christina Bernadette Gray's series Vancouver A-Frames.

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

Ah, love poetry. There's nothing quite like it - especially when it's exceptionally bad. The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is looking for your most embarrassing love poetry as part of a Bad Love event that's happening in the new year.