You’re invited on a musical journey with VanDeca.
The a cappella ensemble is offering up a concert on Saturday, June 10 at the Anvil Centre Theatre.
Our Journeys is the final concert in the group’s 2016/17 season.
“Our singers have carefully selected some of the finest music that portrays the many paths we take as individuals, as singers, and as members of our community,” the group explains in a write-up about the concert.
VanDeca’s singers include Rachel Buttress, Elyse Kantonen, Ainsley Reid, Katie Ekkert Horst, Sara Jellicoe, Jaime Vargas, James Whitlock, Nick Andrew Sommer, Troy Martell, Grant Kowalewski and Marco Del Rio.
The Anvil Centre Theatre is on the third floor at 777 Columbia St. Tickets are $19, or $15 for students. You can buy through www.ticketsnw.ca or 604-521-5050.
For more about the choir, check out www.vandecachoir.com.
UPTOWN UNPLUGGED
Music lovers, you’re in for an extra treat while you’re wandering uptown.
The Arts Council of New Westminster’s Uptown Unplugged series is back, offering live performances from noon to 2 p.m. at uptown locations on Saturdays and Sundays.
The series kicks off with Bruce Andrews at Westminster Centre on June 3 and Ashley Pater at Royal City Centre on June 4.
Keep your eyes on the arts council’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ArtsCouncilNW, for the performer announcements each weekend.
SKETCH COMEDY
In need of some laughter in your life? Check out The Return of the Sketchmates, a night of comedy at the Douglas College Studio Theatre.
The night features professional writers and actors in an evening of sketch comedy. Featured performers include Catherine Falkner, Lenard Stanga, Eden Philp, Dwight Anglehart, Jordan Samek, Morgan Emsley and Connor Dennis.
Shows are on Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17, at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through www.eventbrite.ca (search for The Return of the Sketchmates).
The studio theatre is at Douglas College’s New West campus, 700 Royal Ave. (enter on the Royal Avenue side).
OFF TO THE CIRCUS
Love the circus? You can check out the talents of the Vancouver Circus School’s Ring Masters performance group in a show at the Anvil Centre Theatre.
So Perfectly Hectic is onstage Saturday, June 17 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
A write-up about the performance bills it as “a show where self-limitations have no place.”
“Observe as they are taken to the brinks of absurdity by a ridiculous enabler, who compels them to express their heightened consciousness through physical acts of circus and the like. Delight in a show experience that is unbound by convention,” the write-up says.
The Anvil Centre Theatre is on the third floor at 777 Columbia St. Tickets for the show are available at www.ticketsnw.ca or 604-521-5050.
For those who haven’t already experienced it, Vancouver Circus School is on the second floor at River Market, 810 Quayside Dr. It offers a variety of drop-in and registered programs for kids and adults alike. Check out www.vancouvercircusschool.ca for details.
FOR THE KIDS
Get kids interested in literature starting right now.
The Royal City Literary Arts Society is holding another edition of its Children’s Chronicles series on Saturday, June 24 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Author Gary Pryke will lead the session, which combines storytime, writing and discussion for kids aged eight to 12. It’s taking place in the Island Room at Queensborough Community Centre, 920 Ewen Ave. It’s free, but sign up ahead. Check out www.rclas.com or email [email protected] for details.
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