Local Arts

Burnaby residents are invited out to the second PechaKucha night at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. The city is hosting PechaKucha Burnaby Vol. 2 on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.

Cecily Nicholson is staking her place among the best poets in Canada.

ON NOW Month of October Gamma Garage 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.

What was I talking about? Where did I put that thing? Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg is mining the missing files of memory for her next solo show at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

And four other reasons Vancouver is awesome this week

The work of one of Korea’s best-known poets will be shared with local audiences at a unique literary event in Burnaby. The 2018 Canada Korea Literary Festival is coming on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Jeremy Benjamin is helping to feed the world through the power of music. The singer-songwriter is in Burnaby for a charity concert Oct. 5 as part of a cross-Canada tour that’s raising money for worthy causes both locally and internationally.

A Burnaby performer is stepping into the spotlight for the Vancouver International Improv Festival. Ese Atawo will be part of the fun when the 20 th annual festival runs from Oct. 9 to 13 on Granville Island.

SAVE THE DATE: Nov. 2 to 17 A CHRISTMAS STORY WHAT’S UP? Align Entertainment presents the hilarious holiday classic A Christmas Story: The Musical .

A short that spotlights the Still Creek neighbourhood is on as part of the Close Quarters program at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival