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AT THE DEER LAKE GALLERYFrom April 26 to May 25 Group Exhibition of Diverse Artwork |
 Vagabond Players presents Here on the Flight Path by Norm Foster May 22 to June 14th, 2008 Thursday to Saturday - 8:00 p.m. Sunday matinees - 2:00 p.m. The Bernie Legge Theatre, Queens Park, New Westminster For info & tickets: 604-521-0412 National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre Spring Food & Plant Bazaar Saturday, May 31, 11am to 3pm Hosted by the National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre Auxiliary Committee, this fund raising event will feature a broad selection of indoor and outdoor plants and bedding plants just in time for Spring planting. Also featured will be a huge selection of Japanese style items and miscellaneous products for sale. Also, a varied selection of our always popular and delicious Japanese foods will be available. Proceeds will go toward maintaining the new Community Kitchen as well as assisting the Nikkei Centre with its many projects and programs. For more information please call Nikkei Place, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby 604-777-7000 www.NikkeiPlace.org The Japanese Canadian National Museum THE NEW CANADIAN Newspaper, March 28-April 19, 2008. The Sakura Tree to May 30. Paintings by Karen Brownlee created to illustrate the children’s book, The Sakura Tree, written by Carolyn McTighe. The story follows three “picture brides” who immigrated to Canada in the early 20th century. Karen’s watercolours present elements of Japanese Canadian life c. 1880-1920 until 1940 in the Lower Mainland. May 23, 7 p.m. Artist talk by Karen Brownlee May 24, 2 p.m. reception RSVP to nogiwara@nikkeiplace.org Museum hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11a.m.-5p.m. at 6688 Southoaks Cres, Burnaby (Kingsway at Sperling). For more information, call 604-777-7000 or visit www.jcnm.ca. Royal City Concert Band Musical Theatre Overtures & Songs. Directed by Earl Hobson with special guest G. Francis Ellenton, singing ballads from Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, and Oklahoma. Thurs. May 15 at 7:30pm, James Cowan Theatre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. For tickets call the Box Office at 604.205.3000 |
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Community & Other Events
Burnaby Celebrates BC 150 May 25-29 Sponsored by the Burnaby Arts Council 
The Burnaby Art Gallery Presents
Current Exhibition: Arts Alive 2008 Vibrant and thought provoking artwork by secondary students from across School District #41 represents the diversity of talent and creativity coming from Burnaby’s young artists. Students in grades 8-12 submitted work for consideration, from which a selection of drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture and digital media are on exhibit. The show features 124 works of art, of which several are collaborative group projects with a total of 134 students exhibiting their art. Participating secondary schools: Alpha, Burnaby Central, Burnaby Mountain, Burnaby North, Burnaby South, Byrne Creek, Cariboo Hill, and Moscrop. Upcoming Exhibitions: Inuit Dolls of the Kivalliq Our Changing Landscape: Perspectives and Interpretations of British Columbia (Series II) AHA: Artists Helping Artists Cooperative
The Burnaby Rhododendron & Gardens Society (BRAGS)
The Burnaby Rhododendron and Gardens Society (BRAGS), with sponsorship by the City of Burnaby, is once again hosting Burnaby’s Beautiful Garden Tour on Sunday, July 20 10 a.m.-4 p.m., rain or shine. This is a self-guided tour of seven unique, private gardens located throughout the City of Burnaby. Tickets can be purchased for $10 at Burnaby City Hall and most community centres. Each ticket includes a map and a brief description of the gardens. Master gardeners will be in attendance at each location, along with the owners and volunteer hosts. They will be glad to answer questions and identify plants of interest. BRAGS is a non-profit society and proceeds from this fundraiser assist a variey of garden projects and organizatins throughout Burnaby. For more information, visit their website at www.brags.ca, email info@brags.ca, or call Jackie 604-420-0275. BRAGS also hosts monthly meetings at 7:00 p.m., first Wednesday, Discovery Room, at the museum.
Burnaby Writers Society
The Burnaby Writers Society's 2008 writing contest, open to all BC residents, is on the theme of "Green". Prizes of $200, $100 and $50, as well as honourable mentions, will be awarded for the best one-page submissions of either prose or poetry, interpreting the "green" theme any way you wish. Work can be in any form or genre, as long as it is complete on one page. The entry fee is $5 per entry or $10 for three entries. Deadline for entries is May 31, 2008. Result will be announced, and winners will be invited to participate in a public reading, in fall 2008. For more information, go to www.bws.bc.ca or send a stamped self-addressed envelope to Contest Committee, 225 Townsend Place, New Westminster, BC V3L 1L4. Burnaby Writers' Society's next Workshop meeting will be Thursday, May 8th, 7:30 p.m. in studio 209 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. For info email info@bws.bc.ca or visit www.bws.bc.ca. The BWS next ReVisions Open Mic Reading will be Wednesday, May 21 at 8 p.m., Myles of Beans Coffee House, #1-7010 Kingsway, South Burnaby. For more information, contact Sheila at 604-522-7272 or email rfearless@shaw.ca. For both BWS events, admission is free and drop-in visitors are welcome. |
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