Local Arts

A Vancouver band is launching its new album with a release party in New Westminster. China Syndrome is releasing Hide in Plain Sight with a performance at the Heritage Grill on Sunday, Nov. 18.

Music lovers, be sure to catch some of the upcoming concerts at Douglas College. The college has a series of performances coming up at its Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre (at the New West campus at 700 Royal Ave.). On Saturday, Nov.

SAVE THE DATE: Dec. 7 and 8 AMABILIS SINGERS WHAT’S HAPPENING? Amabilis Singers present Hope, Peace, Love at Christmas, a Christmas concert for all ages. WHERE AND WHEN? It’s at New Westminster Christian Reformed Church, 8255 13 th Ave.

If you caught last week’s episode of The Big Bang Theory, you probably didn’t realize the B.C. local in the background.

Art lovers are invited to get a first-hand look at the art making process this weekend. The Gallery at Queen’s Park is holding the next session in its Inter/action Artist Learning Series on Sunday, Nov. 18 from 3 to 4 p.m.

Public art: icon or eyesore? That’s the question that will be up for debate at the next Urban Challenges Forum presented by Douglas College, Simon Fraser University and the City of New Westminster.

Writers sharing work from their favourite writers. That’s what the Royal City Literary Arts Society’s In Their Words: A Royal City Reading Series is all about – and you’re invited to join in the fun. It’s back again on Thursday, Nov.

Perfect is the enemy of the good, as the saying goes – and the Royal City Literary Arts Society is working to give local writers some help overcoming perfectionism. The society is holding a writing workshop this Saturday, Nov. 17 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.

The performance that started it all is back at Way Off-Broadway Wednesdays tonight. Devon More is bringing Berlin Waltz back to the stage at the Heritage Grill backroom at 7 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, Nov. 14).

And, just in time for the holidays, Pillsbury has released a Buddy the Elf ready-to-bake cookie