Christmas week already! That certainly flew by.
Before we all hunker down for the holidays, I have a few last-minute little tidbits for you arts lovers out there.
First off, if you’re still stuck for stocking stuffer ideas, Renee Bucciarelli sent along this idea.
Renee, whom you may know as the artistic director of City Stage New West, is suggesting that New West folks may want to buy a professional cast recording CD of Stump City Stories – the original musical commissioned by City Stage New West and composed by George Ryan.
The CD is available at Brick & Mortar Living, 42 and 52 Sixth St., for $19.99 – and the best part is, proceeds go back to supporting City Stage New West, a registered charitable professional arts organization.
And good news for you last-minute shoppers: Brick & Mortar is open all week, with late night openings Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday until 8 p.m., and then Christmas Eve day until 6 p.m. – so you`ve still got plenty of time to buy one before Christmas.
The art of Scaries
Two generations connected over fear and monsters – and the result is a new art show at the New Westminster Museum.
The museum`s Secret Gallery is hosting the Making Scaries exhibition until Jan. 3.
The exhibition is a joint effort between kids and seniors, who came together to talk about the meaning of “scary.” Kids sketched up their monsters and gave them names, and the senior guides helped the kids turn their Scaries into stuffed characters.
The Secret Gallery, if you haven’t visited yet, is a special space set up to showcase the result of various children’s art programs at the Anvil Centre. It’s a temporary, pop-up exhibition space behind the sliding doors in the New Westminster Museum.
You can pop in before Jan. 3 to check out the exhibition. Don’t forget, the New Media Gallery at Anvil is hosting The Scary – the exhibition that inspired this cross-generational program - until Jan. 3 as well.
Check out www.newmediagallery.ca.
Vaudeville helps a new generation
They’re keeping an old art form alive and raising money to help the next generation.
The Vaudevillians, a group that bills itself as “B.C.’s No. 1 seniors entertainment troupe,” recently presented a cheque for $3,431 to Douglas College to help performing arts students.
The group supports bursaries for young people in the performing arts, including The Society for the Preservation of Vaudeville Bursary in honour of Jim Trimble.
It raises money through performances – with an annual concert at the Surrey Arts Centre – and other fundraising, and its bursary fund stands at nearly $100,000.
Check out more about the troupe at www.thevaudevillians.com.
New show at gallery
And one last tidbit for the holidays: The Plaskett Gallery at Massey Theatre is getting ready to host a new exhibition.
Out and About, featuring the work of artist Enda Bardell, will be on show at the gallery from Jan. 5 to 31.
The exhibition features watercolours that were painted outdoors on location or that drew inspiration from locations around the Lower Mainland and the Sea to Sky Highway.
“I revel in the colours and patterns I see, from sky to forest to raging rivers and ponds in all seasons,” writes Bardell in an artist’s statement. “There is such an abundance of landscape subject matter in the area of which I live, compelling me to capture what time permits.”
Plaskett Gallery is at Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave. It’s open 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, as well as by appointment.
See www.masseytheatre.com for more.
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