Local Arts

Top guitarists from around the world will once again be appearing on the Massey Theatre stage. International Guitar Night is returning to New Westminster for a new performance on Saturday, Jan. 28.

ON NOW To Saturday, Jan. 7 H.E. Bergman and Season’s Greetings, two exhibitions at Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave., featuring the engravings of Bergman and seasonal greeting cards and other art.

Every year at this time, I get out my files and browse back through the year that’s coming to an end.

Books are Christmas presents that keep on giving. One you enjoy will be picked up and read again, or passed on to family or friends for their pleasure.

ON NOW To Sunday, December 18 Forever Plaid, presented by the Vagabond Players at Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen’s Park, with shows at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $20, or $18 for seniors and youth. Purchase at www.

It’s a holiday favourite in New Westminster, and it’s returning to the Massey Theatre stage on Monday. Royal City Youth Ballet is bringing its annual Nutcracker production to the stage on Dec. 19 for shows at 2 and 7 p.m.

ON NOW To Friday, December 9 Fire Ball, an exhibition of work presented by Inclusion B.C. Foundation, featuring the work of artists with intellectual disabilities, running at the Anvil Centre Community Art Space, 777 Columbia St., New Westminster.

Art can heal, and art can unite. That’s the philosophy behind the next exhibition at the Community Art Space at Anvil Centre, Unity of Spirits.

Crooner Tony Barton takes to the stage for a big band Christmas show in New West