Local Arts

Backstage Youth Performers Society hosts A Night of Stars at Massey Theatre Feb. 22

ON NOW: To Sunday, February 16 Out of a Dream, a Rodgers and Hammerstein revue presented by New Westminster's own Patrick Street Productions, at the York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr., Vancouver. Tickets from $19.

Katherine Freund-Hainsworth is delving into history through art. Freund-Hainsworth is the featured artist at the New Westminster Public Library's reference gallery this month, with an art exhibition inspired by B.C. Heritage Week.

Reporter Julie MacLellan continues her three-part look at New Westminster's theatre scene

Musical theatre lovers still have a few more chances to experience the magic of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Patrick Street Productions' Out of a Dream, a Rodgers and Hammerstein revue, is onstage at the York Theatre on Commercial Drive until Feb. 16.

Affordability + quality = value. It's a pretty simple equation, really. And all four local theatre groups who talked to The Record about the state of local theatre agreed that equation is key to success in a competitive entertainment market.

* Vagabond Players: Officially formed in 1937, the Vagabond Players grew out of the Unity Club at St. Aidan's Church. The community theatre group stages five-play seasons each year at the Bernie Legge Theatre - its headquarters in Queen's Park.

Reporter Julie MacLellan takes a closer look at the state of local theatre in the first of a three-part series

Reporter Julie MacLellan takes a closer look at how local theatre groups are surviving - and thriving - in a challenging economic climate, in a special three-part series starting today

Think poetry is all daffodils and clouds and sparkling waves? Think again. Anyone wanting to dive deeply into the world of poetry is invited to take part in a new study group, The Poetry Wars.