Local Arts

A Burnaby actor is onstage in Ensemble Theatre Company’s seventh annual Summer Repertory Festival. The festival is onstage July 10 to Aug. 16 at the Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St. in Vancouver.

UPDATE: Broadway icon Bernadette Peters is now stepping in for Queen Latifah. Read more here. VSO fans in Burnaby are in for a double treat this weekend – and it’s all free.

Shaista Kaba Fatehali is releasing her new book, Back Home, with a special event at Fortius Sport and Health on July 8

Have you always had a hankering to try making art but just didn’t know where to begin? This one’s for you.

The city is hosting an information session in July for artists and property owners interested in its mural program

The Burnaby Public Library is paying tribute to Pride with its Friday flicks all summer long. The Friday night movies are shown at the Tommy Douglas branch, 7311 Kingsway, every Friday evening. Screenings are all free, and no registration is needed.

Art pairs well with wine – especially when you’re enjoying the surroundings of the gracious Ceperley mansion at Deer Lake. Burnaby Art Gallery is hosting another night in its Printmaking and Pinot series, for artists aged 19 and up.

His work has been described as “jazz music carved into wood,” and you can check it out at Deer Lake Gallery. The gallery is hosting a new outdoor exhibition, Masks from my Mind, featuring the work of Peter Lattey.

ON NOW Month of June Cabins/Raven Sun, new art exhibition featuring paintings by local artist Darleyne Jeff and Kathy Wood, at Burnaby Neighbourhood House north location, 4908 Hastings St., open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE: July 5 and 6 Summer Arts Festival WHAT’S HAPPENING? Deer Lake Gallery is once again hosting the Summer Arts Festival, with a Friday night market on July 5 from 6 to 9:30 p.m., and festivities all day Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.