Local Arts

Want to help promote the arts in Burnaby? Burnaby Arts Council is looking for volunteer gallery attendants to help out at Deer Lake Gallery. Volunteers are needed to be available for four hours at a time. See www.burnabyartscouncil.

One of B.C.’s favourite choral ensembles is bringing its Christmas show back to Burnaby this season. The Juno-nominated musica intima is set to perform its Christmas Story concert in North Burnaby on Saturday, Dec. 8, with a 2 p.m.

Burnaby's Shanté Van Horlick stars in a contemporary reimagining of Cosi fan tutte, onstage Nov. 30 to Dec. 8

SAVE THE DATE: Dec. 7 and 8 AMABILIS SINGERS WHAT’S HAPPENING? Amabilis Singers present Hope, Peace, Love at Christmas, a Christmas concert for all ages. WHERE AND WHEN? It’s at New Westminster Christian Reformed Church, 8255 13 th Ave.

ON NOW Month of November Janet Anderson has an art exhibition at Burnaby Neighbourhood House North House, 4908 Hastings St., open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Info: [email protected] or 604-294-5444. To Friday, Nov.

If you caught last week’s episode of The Big Bang Theory, you probably didn’t realize the B.C. local in the background.

Burnaby Lyric Opera is getting ready to share some festive cheer. The opera company’s annual Christmas concert fundraiser is happening Sunday, Nov. 25 at 3 p.m. at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

Forte Theatre Society is back onstage for Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum. The Burnaby theatre company is presenting The Shoemaker and the Elves , a retelling of the classic Grimm’s fairytale, from Nov. 24 to Dec. 16 at Brookfield Hall.

Inspired by her daughter Taylor May, Ladner’s Diane Chubb is getting set to launch her first children’s book.

Rena Harrop, a 90-year-old Richmond resident, has been making her signature shortbread for 70 years.