Local Arts

Burnaby authors part of expanded three-day festival in Vancouver this weekend

Burnaby audiences will soon have a chance to enjoy the Arts Club Theatre's popular production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.

The Burnaby Art Gallery is reaching out to help artists with professional development.

Two paintings are up for grabs with proceeds going to local animal group

Bookworms of the world, unite. The librarians at the McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library are offering up a Fall Into Books session on Thursday, Sept. 22.

There is creativity inherent in the art of dance, regardless of when and where it happens. But confine that dance to a small space - a 10- by 13-foot space, to be exact - and you will stretch your creativity in entirely new directions.

Burnaby writers will be in the spotlight when an expanded Word on the Street festival hits downtown Vancouver this weekend. The festival is taking place over three days this year, Sept. 23 to 25.

Lovers of the written word will have a chance to hear from some of the top writers in the recent Burnaby Writers' Society annual contest. The society's next Spoken Ink night, set for Tuesday, Sept.

Neighbourhood stories and photographs from Vancouver's historic Powell Street are the focus of a new book. Monogatari: Tales of Powell Street is now available at the National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre in Burnaby.

I'd heard many good things about G-Be Izakaya, which opened earlier this year at the Grand Villa Casino, but I didn't understand the name. Everything came together once I opened the menu and read about this old Japanese legend.