Music lovers, don’t miss out on the next evening in the Music at Queens concert series.
The West Coast Symphony is coming to town next weekend for a Saturday night concert at Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Ave.
Principal guest conductor Yariv Aloni leads the orchestra, along with guest violinist Nancy DiNovo, in performing the Korngold Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4.
The concert is set for Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is by donation, and you can park at city hall (just half a block down the hill). See www.queensavenue.org for all the details about the concert series.
CELEBRATING POETRY
Poetry, anyone? The League of Canadian Poets and the Canada Council are presenting a specila National Poetry Month event at New Westminster Public Library on Thursday, April 28.
The evening, MC’d by Coun. Chuck Puchmayr, will include presentations by the city’s poet laureate, Candice James, and internationally known poet Andrew Parkin.
The event is set to run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and it will also include an open mike.
ARTS STRATEGY UNDERWAY
Love the arts? Don't forget the next meeting of the New Westminster Cultural Roundtable and the launch of the city’s new arts strategy.
The meeting is set for Thursday, April 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Anvil Centre, in the theatre.
The Arts Council of New Westminster is spearheading the cultural roundtable in partnership with the City of New Westminster and the Alliance for Arts and Culture, with a mission to help bring together people with an interest in the arts and help to integrate the arts into the city’s daily life.
Attendees can hear a presentation about the city’s new arts strategy and take part in some visioning around it. There will also be a networking reception and a tour of the New Media Gallery and Community Art Space to end the night.
See www.artscouncilnewwest.org/new-westminster-cultural-roundtable to sign up.
TO MARKET, TO MARKET
Here’s one for the authors out there: Royal City Farmers Market is looking for authors to take part in a LitFest New West-themed market on Thursday, May 12.
Authors will be provided with a tent, table and chair for their vending space, free of charge, and authors can bring books to sell. They’ll be encouraged to read from their work and can also get a time slot on the music stage.
The market is looking for certain categories of work: food and beverage, genre (e.g. mystery, humour, fantasy), memoir and history, poetry, spirituality, travel and children’s literature.
Want to know more? Check out www.rcfm.ca for the full list of what’s expected, and be sure to apply by May 1. Email [email protected] to apply.
CELEBRATE MOM
What better way to celebrate mom than with a concert and cake?
If you missed it in last week’s roundup of our top Mother’s Day picks for New West, then here’s another reminder about the wonderful Mother’s Day event being offered by VanDeca choral ensemble and Music Box music studio.
They’re teaming up to offer Concert and Cake: A High Tea Family Affair at 1:30 p.m. on Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 8) at La Perla Ballroom at River Market.
The concert will include high tea provided by Orlando’s Catering and a concert by VanDeca and the teachers and students of Music Box. There will also be door prizes, a silent auction and family portraits.
Tickets are $15 regular, $10 for kids aged six to 12, and free for children five and under. Money raised will go towards music programming and to New Westminster Family Place.
Check out www.rivermarket.ca for all the details, or call Music Box at 604-553-1176.
ARTS TO GO
Get your family’s hands on art with the next ArtsToGo workshop presented by the Arts Council of New Westminster.
The next in the free workshop series is taking place on Sunday, May 8 from noon to 3 p.m. at Royal City Centre. Kids and families can get their hands on collage art with artist Sarah Davidson.
You don’t need to sign up – just drop in. Parent participation is required.
Check out www.artscouncilnewwest.org/artstogo for the details on the workshop series.
Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment suggestions to Julie, [email protected], or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.
