Local Arts

Canadian film fans, you'll definitely want to set aside Monday, Oct. 27. That's the next screening in the Last Mondays at the Movies series - and it's one I'm looking forward to. That's our chance to catch Don McKellar's The Grand Seduction .

We are continuing with our Fill in the Blanks series, which introduces Record readers to a variety of interesting folks from the arts and entertainment scene.

Intrigued by the New Media Gallery at Anvil Centre? Drop in this weekend for an artist's talk. Denis Beaubois, an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist from Australia, will be at the gallery on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 2 to 3 p.m. for a presentation.

ON NOW To October 4 Discerning Nature, an exhibition by artist in residence Janet Wang at the Burnaby Arts Council's Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave. Info: www.burnabyartscouncil.org.

And so a fantastic season of music begins ... The West Coast Symphony is performing its season-opening concert this weekend as part of the Music at Queens concert series. It's on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m.

ON NOW To September 27 21 Elements: Relation, Perception and Meaning, an exhibition of work by Lam Wong in the Arts Council of New Westminster Gallery at Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park. Gallery open Tuesday to Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m., www.

The arts world said farewell to a Canadian legend this past week. Joseph Plaskett, the New Westminster-born artist who gave his name to the Plaskett Gallery at Massey Theatre, died in England on Sept. 21 at the age of 96.

For Carla Evans, the iconic Wait For Me Daddy photograph has always resonated in a personal way. The Second World War photograph, taken by Province newspaper photographer Claude P.

Wait for Me, Daddy is inspiring art of all kinds in New Westminster.

ON NOW To September 27 21 Elements: Relation, Perception and Meaning, an exhibition of work by Lam Wong in the Arts Council of New Westminster Gallery at Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park. Gallery open Tuesday to Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m., www.