What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than basking in the colours of spring?
Everyone is invited to attend the opening reception for Floriography: The silent language of flowers, an exhibition of work by Grazyna Wolski.
The exhibition is on now at the Arts Council of New Westminster gallery and runs until March 29.
The opening reception is set for Sunday, March 9 from 2 to 4 p.m., and all are welcome.
The gallery is in Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park.
Check out www.artscouncilnewwest.org or call 604-525-3244 for more information.
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And yet another one for the poetry crowd ...
The Royal City Literary Arts Society's new poetry study group, The Poetry Wars, has its second meeting on March 15 at the Heritage Grill.
The group, led by Carol Shillibeer, meets from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the back room at the restaurant, 447 Columbia St.
Group members read poems, reviews, texts and commentary and discuss what they've read at a once-a-month study group meeting.
The ultimate goal? To become better poets.
But be aware: the group warns that it's not for the faint of heart.
"The group is free of monetary expectation, but investment can also be in mental anguish and sweat. Expect both of those last two," says a press release.
Anyone with questions can email Carol at [email protected]. If you don't have questions, you're welcome to just show up at the group meeting.
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A new writing workshop is exploring ways to help writers find the "more" within themselves.
Jonina Kirton is leading a workshop at the New Westminster Public Library on Tuesday, March 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The workshop is sponsored by the Royal City Literary Arts Society in partnership with the library.
The workshop, page as bone - ink as blood, explores the idea of memory - as it resides in the mind, or as it exists on a cellular or ancestral level.
"As writers, we often seek to access memory. At times, we circle the same topic or theme over and over," a press release says. "Somehow we know there is more, but we do not know how to get to it."
Kirton will show how, through simple breathing techniques and group writing exercises, writers can find that way in.
Pre-register by emailing [email protected]. The library is at 716 Sixth Ave.
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Are you a fan of Sherlock Holmes?
You can catch a pair of local theatre talents onstage in a musical farce based on the Sherlock Holmes Stories.
Damon Calderwood and Gordon Roberts appear as Holmes and Watson in Holmes and Watson Save the Empire, presented by ACE Productions and First Impressions Theatre.
It's onstage at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam April 1 to 5.
Calderwood and Roberts are, of course, familiar to fans of New West's theatre scene - Calderwood is a familiar face with City Stage New West, who just appeared in their recent Freud's Last Session, and Roberts was one of the founders who helped to build the Royal City Musical Theatre Company.
Holmes and Watson Save the Empire is onstage at 8 p.m. nightly, with a 4 p.m. matinee on Saturday, April 5.
Tickets are $39 regular, $30 for seniors and $15 for students. Call 604-927-6555 for tickets, or check out www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca to buy online.
You can find out more about the production at aceproductions.ca.
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