Local Arts

You still have a couple more chances to catch great music by the river before the summer’s up. The Arts Council of New Westminster’s Music by the River series is continuing at River Market on weekend afternoons.

If you’re looking for a hot spot to play Pokémon GO in New Westminster, River Market appears to be the place. Millions have downloaded the Pokémon GO app and are collecting critters from a virtual world that overlaps with our reality.

Hoping to catch an aca-awesome performance at this year’s Uptown Live? Well, look no further.

Local indie rock outfit Little India are set to debut new music at this month's festival

Shadows and Dreams production of A Midsummer Night's Dream opens July 16

From papier-mâché to painting on aluminum, the newest exhibition at the Plaskett Gallery is an exploration of a wide range of techniques. Materialization, featuring work by Mila Karavai, is on at the gallery from July 5 to Aug. 6.

You still have time to experience the mayhem that is The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare (Abridged).

ON NOW To Thursday, June 30 A Journey: Drawing Through Grief, featuring work by Karen P. Nguyen, at the Plaskett Gallery at Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m., or by appointment, 604-517-5900 or www.masseytheatre.

If you see Howard Dai and Tiger Xu around the Queen’s Park bandshell, hauling rugs, cushions and board games onstage, don’t worry. They haven’t decided to move in.