Local Arts

Mermaids are real – and you can find the photographic proof on the walls of the Arts Council of New Westminster Gallery. Mermaids Are Real: A Photo Exhibit starts on Tuesday, June 23, with an official opening reception on Sunday, June 28.

ON NOW To Sunday, June 21 Scott Massey: Unstable Ground, presented as part of the Capture Photography Festival at Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave. Info: 604-297-4422 or www.burnabyartgallery.ca .

Homecoming gala set for Sunday evening features a who's who of past Massey performers

New Westminster's Colleen Winton is featured in Classic Chic's production of the David Mamet hit

Interactive theatre production brings audience along for the ride at Lafflines

New Westminster youth will be part of the fun when the Fraser Up Your Watershed! Tour comes to the city on June 11.

ON NOW To Sunday, June 7 People With Cameras, a Burnaby Art Gallery off-site exhibition featuring photos from the City of Burnaby Archives, at the Bob Prittie (Metrotown) branch of Burnaby Public Library at 6100 Willingdon Ave. Info: www.

If you can’t hear Only the Lonely or Oh, Pretty Woman without singing along, then this is an evening for you. The Lonely – a tribute to Roy Orbison is appearing on Saturday, June 13 at the Anvil Centre theatre.

Award-winning poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar and renowned composer John Oliver, both of New West, will debut their new collaborative CD, Flight 182 Meditations, on June 3 at the Shiloh Sixth Avenue United Church.

For his new exhibit at the Montague & Studio Gallery, Jeff Wilson has painted all kinds of animals: working animals, wild animals and even domestic ones.