Local Arts

A troupe of young dancers from Burnaby were on stage and in the spotlight at Disneyland Resorts recently.

We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. We've moved publication to our Friday editions. For this week's feature, we have two free community fairs and a worthy cause to donate to.

Yes, I'm back . As you may already know, I'm spending the summer in the editor's office. But today I'm making a brief visit back to my own desk as my colleague Christina Myers takes the editor's desk for an issue.

The ancients said the harp was a mystical instrument, and with the biggest harp festival in the world coming to Vancouver right around the corner, there will be a lot of magic in one place.

Elvis is in the building. To be correct, several of them will be in the building and all in honour of the original "king" himself. On Tuesday, Aug. 16, impersonators from around B.C.

Sometimes, dance explores culture, or history. Sometimes it explores fairy tales, or love stories. And sometimes, it explores current events, politics and even crime. Former Ballet B.C.

Urban planning provides inspiration for artistic exploration in a new exhibition at Deer Lake Gallery. A new exhibition by Juan Contreras, ... And We Call It Home, opens this week at the Burnaby Arts Council's gallery.

Art lovers, be sure to pay a call to the Burnaby Art Gallery this weekend. The gallery is holding the last of its summer lecture series tours on Sunday, July 24 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Elvis is in the building. To be correct, several of them will be in the building - and all in honour of the original "king" himself. On Tuesday, Aug. 16, impersonators from around B.C.

A former student from neighbouring New Westminster will be having a musical homecoming at a Burnaby church this month. Anna Pidgorna, a composer currently studying at the University of Calgary, graduated from NWSS in 2003.