Local Arts

Art lovers, be sure to check out the new exhibition at the Gallery at Queen’s Park. The gallery is hosting Debra McKenzie’s Playing With Nature, running May 3 to 21 at the gallery in Centennial Lodge.

A New Westminster artist is exploring the many faces of evil in a new exhibition in Vancouver. David A. Haughton’s work is on display in Bad Guys II: Explorations of the Face of Evil, running May 11 to 24 at the Visual Space Gallery.

The fringe theatre fun continues with Way Off-Broadway Wednesdays at the Heritage Grill. A new show by Ryan Gunther is taking to the stage for two shows in May – Leash Your Potential: The Practical Guide to Corporate Survival.

The New Media Gallery is hosting a unique performance this weekend.

To Friday, April 21 fire/water, an exhibition of ceramics by Laura Wee Lay Laq and paintings and sculpture by Marcus Bowcott, at Amelia Douglas Gallery, fourth floor north at Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave., New West.

A new exhibition at the Plaskett Gallery was inspired by the colours of pencil crayons. David Pacholko’s new work, The Laurentien Collection, is on display at the gallery from May 1 to 31.

A band of musicians from the Lower Mainland and the Island are coming together to bring an iconic rock album to life. Bringing Down the Wall, described as “an immersive audiovisual experience,” is on at the Columbia Theatre on Saturday, April 29.

Indie and electronic record labels are descending upon New West on Saturday for a day of live music, beer, food and crate digging. The spring edition of Analog: Pop-Up Vinyl Shop is coming on Saturday, April 22 to 52 Sixth St.

Van Dop Gallery is marking Earth Day with an artist talk on Saturday, April 22.

The New Westminster New Media Gallery is inviting everyone in for some thought-provoking conversation. The gallery is hosting another discussion in its Fresh Talk series on Saturday, April 22 from 2 to 4 p.m.