Local Arts

The Arts Council of New Westminster is looking for arts and cultural groups to take part in an inaugural winter cultural celebration. The Anvil Centre Winter Arts Program is set to run from Dec. 18 to 29.

ON NOW Month of October Gamma Garage has an art exhibition at Burnaby Neighbourhood House North House, 4908 Hastings St., open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Love poetry? Want to get into the spirit of Halloween? Janet “Lady Raven” Kvammen will host this year’s edition of the Poets Wanted: Dead or Alive event on Sunday, Oct. 28 in the backroom at the Heritage Grill, 447 Columbia St.

The Royal City Literary Arts Society is calling all fans of short fiction.

Writers are invited to check out Using Tarot in Your Writing, a workshop led by Isabella Mori. The Royal City Literary Arts Society is hosting the event on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St., Room 413A.

An epic Canadian chronicle is getting new life from Way Off-Broadway Wednesdays. The fringe performance series, which runs Wednesdays in the back room at the Heritage Grill, is taking on Susanna Moodie’s Roughing it in the Bush .

Art lovers, be sure to stop by the Network Hub to check out the latest from New West Artists. The artists’ group has a Celebrating the River exhibition underway until Oct. 24. It features river-related work by Julia M.

For a performer that loves improv and Halloween, nothing could be more fun than Fright Nights at the PNE. A New Westminster actor is among the creepy costumed characters bringing this year’s annual Halloween extravaganza to life.

New West audiences have a unique chance to be part of a brand-new play in progress. Way Off-Broadway Wednesdays is presenting a new feature, Script Tease – an interactive workshop of a never-before-heard script. On Wednesday, Oct.

ON NOW Month of October Gamma Garage has an art exhibition at Burnaby Neighbourhood House North House, 4908 Hastings St., open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.