Local Arts

Art lovers, be sure to keep this one on your radar for January. Deer Lake Gallery is currently closed for the holiday season (Dec. 20 to Jan. 7), but it’s kicking off the new year with a pop-up exhibition called Something for Everyone.

ON NOW To Sunday, Dec. 22 Touch of Winter, an exhibition by New West Artists at the Plaskett Gallery, Massey Theatre. Gallery is at 735 Eighth Ave., open 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, by appointment or during productions at the theatre. Info: www.

Her songs and her voice have the music world abuzz, and you can hear her on the stage in Burnaby in the new year. Begonia is set to perform on Friday, Jan. 31 as part of the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts’ new Deer Lake After Dark music series.

If you love photography, don’t miss your chance to check out some of the best work in Burnaby over the past year. The Burnaby Photographic society is holding its 24 th annual showcase on Saturday, Jan. 25, 7 p.m.

Dear artists of Burnaby: It’s getting harder and harder, it seems, to cling to the spirit of Christmas.

Amanda Testini, the young Burnaby actress who plays the part of Lydia, the headstrong and giddy Bennet sister in the Arts Club’s highly successful Christmas offering of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley , is just as energetic and determined as her

Royal City Musical Theatre is bringing the classic Gershwin musical to the stage at Massey Theatre April 9 to 25

ON NOW To Saturday, Dec. 14 Collaborative Alchemy, an exhibition of work by Pierre Leichner, Phyllis Schwartz and Edward Peck, at Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave. Info: www.douglascollege.ca/artsevents . To Sunday, Dec.

Pacific Northwest recipes, history of Vancouver nightclubs, West End stories crack this year’s best books list

ON NOW To Saturday, Dec. 7 Paints n’ Bloom Art Show and Sale, featuring work by Audrey Bakewell and Wendy Mould in support of the Alzheimer Society of B.C., at GardenWorks at Mandeville, 4746 Marine Dr., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. To Sunday, Dec.