Local Arts

What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than basking in the colours of spring? Everyone is invited to attend the opening reception for Floriography: The silent language of flowers, an exhibition of work by Grazyna Wolski.

Reading series offers featured poets, open mike sessions

ON NOW To Saturday, March 22 Life in Colour, an exhibition of work by Claire Sower and Jim Keayes, at the Burnaby Arts Council's Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave, 2 to 4 p.m. Info: info@burnabyartscouncil.org, www.burnabyartscouncil.org.

Royal City Musical Theatre works to cast a canine co-star for April production of Annie

Poetry abounds in New Westminster this month. The Poetic Justice reading series is continuing on Sunday afternoons in March, running from 3 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. The sessions include readings by featured poets, as well as open mike sessions.

ON NOW: To Friday, February 28 Heritage Afloat, part of the Marking History Through Art Series, an exhibiton of work by Katherine Freund-Hainsworth, in the reference department at the New Westminster Public Library.

Amabilis Singers offer Of Heaven and Earth on March 8

Sandy's his name, if you please - and your dog could be starring as him in the upcoming Royal City Musical Theatre production of Annie. The theatre company is holding auditions on Saturday, March 1 to find a dog to play Sandy in the musical.

The Big Easy is coming to the Royal City. The Heritage Grill is starting New Orleans-style jazz brunches on Sundays, featuring the sounds of the RazzMaJazz trio and special guests. The Sunday jazz brunches will start March 2, running noon to 4 p.m.

Arts council's Last Mondays at the Movies continues on Feb. 24