Local Arts

Looking for a little pre-Halloween fun for the small person in your household? The Burnaby Public Library can help. Get into the spirit of the season with a Friday afternoon movie screening at the McGill branch (4595 Albert St.

Fabulist Theatre is staging the classic story in the format of a live radio play, onstage Oct. 25 to 27 - and two Burnaby actors are part of the Halloween fun

So, you’ve decided to take the plunge and try your hand at National Novel Writing Month this November? There’s a support group for that.

ON NOW To Sunday, Oct. 20 Angela Nagy: Behind Closed Eyes, a Burnaby Art Gallery off-site exhibition at the Metrotown branch of Burnaby Public Library, 6100 Willingdon Ave. Info: www.burnabyartgallery.ca . To Monday, Oct.

You can enjoy the work of another local artist at Burnaby Neighbourhood House next month. Paintings by Janet Anderson will be on display at the North House location during the month of November.

Joel de la Fuente stars in Hold These Truths about Japanese internment resister Gordon Hirabayashi

Burnaby dancer-choreographer Cristina Bucci is onstage with OURO Collective in the biennial event, running Nov. 20 to 24 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

Everyone’s a singer. Yes, even you. The Gentlemen of Fortune Barbershop Chorus is inviting all men to join in a new program of free singing lessons. Male singers can take part in the six-week program on Tuesday nights from Oct. 22 to Nov. 26.

Love words? Be sure to turn out for the next Spoken Ink night at Deer Lake Gallery. The Burnaby Writers’ Society hosts the reading nights on the third Tuesday of each month, and the next one is coming up Oct. 15 at 8 p.m.

But do read this subhead so you know that Burnaby artisans are part of this year's Circle Craft Christmas Market, coming Nov. 7 to 11