Local Arts

UPDATE: Limunescence V has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's everything you need to know about Luminescence V. Put it on your calendar now, because it's bound to be popular.

As a photographer, Grant Withers is always looking for ways to push the boundaries of his medium.

UPDATE: Luminescence V has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For many artists and art lovers in Burnaby, it’s become a rite of spring.

The 14th annual festival celebrates the diversity of burlesque as it returns to the Vancouver Playhouse for showcases April 3 and 4

A Burnaby ceramic artist channels the pain of living with chronic illness into art with Shards, Bone Deep, at the Amelia Douglas Gallery until April 18. Otto Kamensek has had arthritis for more than 45 years and has undergone multiple surgeries.

NOTE: This event has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. The cherry blossoms are coming - and you can help herald their arrival in traditional Japanese fashion.

ON NOW To Friday, March 6 The Ash Girl, a Burnaby Central Secondary School production, 7 p.m. in the Burnaby Central Theatre, 6011 Deer Lake Parkway, a dark take on the classic Cinderella story, suitable for ages eight and up.

The Burnaby Artists Guild is celebrating spring. The guild’s spring exhibition and sale, Art in Bloom, is coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts from April 3 to 5. The show is open Friday, April 3 from 7 to 10 p.m.

A Governor General’s Literary Award-winning author is coming to Burnaby. David Alexander Robertson is visiting the Burnaby Public Library’s McGill branch (4595 Albert St.) on Wednesday, April 1, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Is there a talented young performer in your house? Applications are open again for the noted Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! Summer program, which is getting set for its 26 th season at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver.