Local Arts

The Arts Council of New Westminster is reaching out to help performing arts students at Douglas College . The arts council recently donated $8,000 to the college, bringing its Arts Council Scholarship up to $36,000.

Young talents eager to step into the spotlight as orphans in Royal City Musical Theatre's Annie, April 10 to 26

ON NOW To Saturday, March 29 Floriography, the silent language of flowers - an exhibition of work by Grazyna Wolski, at the Arts Council of New Westminster gallery, Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, www.artscouncilnewwest.org, 604-525-3244.

A New Westminster author found inspiration for his new novel in the lives of his parents.

We're continuing with our new feature, Fill in the Blanks. It's designed to spotlight interesting folks from the city's arts and entertainment community.

A Royal City poet has been shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Renée Sarojini Saklikar' s book children of air India: un/authorized exhibits and interjections , was shortlisted for the prize as part of the recently announced 2014 B.C.

We're continuing with our new feature, Fill in the Blanks. It's designed to spotlight interesting folks from the city's arts and entertainment community.

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: [email protected], www.burnabyartscouncil.org.

Douglas College launches Pearls 33 anthology Friday

New profile series shines a spotlight on people from the arts and entertainment community