Local Arts

So how’s your writing going? If you were thinking about submitting work to the Royal City Literary Arts Society’s Write On! contest, consider this your gentle nag.

Way Off-Broadway Wednesday is celebrating International Women’s Day with two weeks of women’s work.

Poets, here’s your chance to turn your thoughts into words – and your words into books. The Royal City Literary Arts Society is offering a workshop on Saturday, March 23 called Fit to Print and Fold: a Chapbook Workshop.

ON NOW To Saturday, March 2 Rabbit Hole, presented by the Vagabond Players at Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen’s Park, with Thursday to Saturday shows at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets $17 regular or $15 for seniors and youth. See www.

Westminster House is bringing two top Canadian musicians to the stage for a concert in celebration of recovery. Recovery Blues Live at the Metro is on International Women’s Day – Friday, March 8 – at 7 p.m.

Here’s for the lit lovers out there. The next In Their Words reading series event is happening Thursday, March 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 411A at the Anvil Centre.

Lovers of short stories, don’t miss the next Tellers of Short Tales night. The Royal City Literary Arts Society runs the monthly series at Anvil Centre, and the next session is set for Thursday, March 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 417.

Film fans and aficionados of the Great American Songbook, this one’s for you. A New Westminster film scholar is offering up a special presentation at the Vancity Theatre on Sunday, March 17, I Got Rhythm: The Great American Songbook on Film.

After a recent column on how to make a burrito bowl, a few readers asked if I could offer a recipe for a poke bowl. It sounded like a tasty, on-trend idea, so here it is.

Choral singers and choral music lovers have a concert treat in store. The legendary Swingles are coming to Vancouver, thanks to the efforts of the B.C.