Local Arts

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.

Students from the Donna Fishwick Piano Ensemble have earned their way to the Carnegie Hall stage. The students won the opportunity after auditions for the Crescendo International Piano Competition held in December in Vancouver.

Music lovers, here's a wonderful one coming up for you. The next offering in the Music at Queens concert series is on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Ongoing to Sunday, February 9 Freud's Last Session, starring Richard Newman and Damon Calderwood, at Galbraith House, 131 Eighth St., New Westminster, 8 p.m. shows, with 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 8 and 9, www.brownpapertickets.com. Info: www.

Adam Guettel is coming! Chances are you read that and had one of two reactions: You're either saying, "Adam who?" or you're giddy with excitement.

Tuesday, January 28 High Stakes: Creating Suspenseful Stories, a free workshop led by author Colleen Cross, writer of the Katerina Carter fraud thriller series, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth Ave.

Sayer Roberts earns Outstanding Performance honours for his work in RCMT's Oklahoma!

Writers, sharpen your pencils or boot up your laptops - it's time for the Royal City Literary Arts Society's Write On! contest. The 2014 contest is welcoming submissions now, and it closes on March 15.

Show at the Columbia marks 50 years since the Beatles took the Ed Sullivan Show by storm