Local Arts

ON NOW To Saturday, Sept. 29 Portraits of Ninstints, featuring the paintings of Bob Gunning, at Plaskett Gallery, Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave. Open 1 to 5 p.m.

How do we change our brains? And if we can, how far can we go? am a delves into identity, self-knowledge and neuroplasticity in a performance at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Oct. 3 through 6.

Folk-rock singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright will kick off the Shadbolt Centre’s live music series for 2018/19. Wainwright will be on hand on Thursday, Sept. 27 for an 8 p.m. performance.

Dark comedy screens at Vancouver International Film Festival

A critically acclaimed Arts Club production from the spring of 2017 is returning to the stage for the Arts Club on Tour season this fall.

Word nerds and lit lovers will be gathering next week for the annual Word Vancouver festival – and Burnaby talent is part of the fun.

A Burnaby poet will have his work travel around the Lower Mainland this coming year, thanks to Poetry in Transit. Aidan Chafe of Burnaby has been chosen as one of the 2018/19 poets for Poetry in Transit.

If you weren’t done with Fringe, never fear – the festival has officially closed, but Pick of the Fringe continues this week.

Do you have an interesting story to tell? The City of Burnaby is looking for presenters for its next PechaKucha Night. PechaKucha Night Burnaby Volume 2 is coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

A group of artist neighbours from Burnaby North have their work on display at Burnaby Neighbourhood House next month. The Neighbourhood House north location, at 4908 Hastings St.