Local Arts

CoroVoce, the school district's honour choir, is teaming up with Coastal Sound Children's Choir to present a new work by Canadian composer Laura Hawley

Terri Tatchell, known for her screenwriting for District 9, will be in town promoting her latest project - a children's book about a misunderstood lemur

ON NOW To Sunday, Feb. 23 Vulnerability, a new exhibition featuring the abstract realism drawing of Alisha Sian, at The Gallery at Queen’s Park in Centennial Lodge. Gallery open Wednesdays 1 to 8 p.m., and Thursdays through Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.

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Alchemy Theatre presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) starting March 4 at the Havana Theatre

Hollywood is rife with films covering the topic of war, especially World War I and II. With the likes of Saving Private Ryan, All Quiet On The Western Front and Hacksaw Ridge, 1917 had a lot to live up to.

Burnaby Central Secondary students are staging a classic fairytale with a dark twist. The school theatre company’s spring show is The Ash Girl , onstage March 4 to 6.

A Grammy Award winner and a classic American folk-rocker are the headliners for this year’s expanded Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival. The festival has just announced its summer lineup, plus a new format for this year’s show at Deer Lake Park.

A Burnaby pianist will be in the spotlight when the Vancouver Academy of Music pays tribute to Beethoven in March.

If you’re an opera fan in Burnaby, this one's for you. If you haven’t booked your tickets already, snag them now for Burnaby Lyric Opera’s mainstage production of 2020, Madama Butterfly .