Local Arts

A New Westminster church is inviting people to stop by for new regular live music evenings. St. Aidan’s Presbyterian Church, at 1320 Seventh Ave.

Theatre fans, take note. Douglas College students have two upcoming productions that you’ll want to make time for. First up is Antigone, onstage from Friday, March 9 to Friday, March 16 in the Studio Theatre (Room N4140).

Figure painting with Chinese-style ink is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at the Amelia Douglas Gallery. The gallery at Douglas College is presenting Etherealize, ink wash figures by Alex Wang (Wang Zhihao), from March 1 to April 21.

An upcoming exhibition at the Gallery at Queen’s Park is exploring the housing affordability crisis through art.

A homegrown talent will be front and centre when the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra takes to the stage next weekend for a concert of favourite Italian opera music. The concert is set for Sunday, March 4 at 2 p.m. at the Massey Theatre.

It’s a lesson in how (not) to navigate the mental health care system – in comedy form. Anjelene Mittelholtz is bringing her show, Sanity Rules, to the stage for the Way Off-Broadway Wednesdays series at the Heritage Grill on Feb. 28.

A hoop dancer from New Westminster is part of the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival opening next week. The 11 th annual festival runs Feb. 27 to March 4 in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

How can you, as a writer, use your memories to connect with readers? The Royal City Literary Arts Society is hosting workshop by writer Sonja Larsen, author of the award-winning memoir Red Star Tattoo: My Life as a Girl Revolutionary.

Film fans, you may want to check this one out. New West resident David Aboussafy is at the helm of the Vancouver Badass Film Festival, running Feb. 23 to 25 at the Rio Theatre on Broadway.

ON NOW To Saturday, Feb. 17 Legally Blonde, the hit musical brought to the stage by Align Entertainment at Michael J. Fox Theatre, 7373 MacPherson Ave. Info: www.alignentertainment.ca . To Saturday, Feb.