Local Arts

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.

Burnaby actors will be taking to the stage in the story of Joan of Arc, onstage at Douglas College. The Douglas College theatre and stagecraft departments are staging Jehanne of the Witches, running Nov. 12 to 19 at the Laura C.

The Phoenix Chamber choir took audiences on a musical pilgrimage to open its 2011/12 season on the weekend. The national-award-winning choir, based in Burnaby, opened its season with Path of the Pilgrim on Nov. 5 and 6.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. At least it will be at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts this weekend, when the Burnaby Arts Council hosts its 40th Christmas craft show. The show is on at the Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., from Nov.

Local artists and artisans are in the spotlight for one of Vancouver's favourite Christmas traditions. The Circle Craft Christmas Market, which has been running since 1973, is on at the Vancouver Convention Centre West from Nov. 9 to 13.

The next screening in the DOXA Documentary Film Festival series at Shadbolt Centre is on this week. The Shadbolt Centre is presenting the Vancouver premiere of Jon Foy's Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles.

Two local choirs are joining forces to offer up a concert in honour of Remembrance Day. New Westminster's Amabilis Singers are teaming up with the Vancouver Orpheus Male Choir for Remembering -, set for Saturday, Nov. 12. The 8 p.m.