Local Arts

Poetry in the Park is winding up for the season this Wednesday. The Wednesday night summer reading series is on at the Queen's Park bandshell one final time this week, Aug. 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Ask someone in the know where to find one of the world’s talked-about festivals for Indian classical music and dance, and you might be surprised by their answer. New Westminster.

CCMA Award-winner Dean Brody is bringing his Dirt Road Stories acoustic tour to the Massey Theatre in November

This story was updated Sept. 4 with additional information about The Shape of Things. A family drama featuring grieving parents. A “subatomic pop opera” featuring a hipster band and quantum physics student.

ON NOW Month of August Anna Tsybulnyk has an art exhibition at Burnaby Neighbourhood House North House, with work inspired by classical art, Ukrainian fairy tales and Canadian landscapes, 4908 Hastings St.

Artist Suzanne Laird wants to shift perspective from a place of pain and hurt to one of healing. Laird’s work is on display in Shift, a new exhibition at The Gallery at Queen’s Park, running from Wednesday, Sept. 5 to Sunday, Sept. 30.

It’s the kind of magic that happens once in a blue moon. New Westminster residents are invited to experience a performance of circus, dance and magic at Blue Moon, running Thursday, Aug. 30 at the Metro in New Westminster.

ON NOW Month of August Anna Tsybulnyk has an art exhibition at Burnaby Neighbourhood House North House, with work inspired by classical art, Ukrainian fairy tales and Canadian landscapes, 4908 Hastings St.

Two female-singer songwriters are in the spotlight this weekend for the Arts Council of New Westminster’s Uptown Unplugged series. On Saturday, between noon and 2 p.m., music-lovers can stop by Westminster Centre (555 Sixth St.