Local Arts

Nothing says Christmas like the sound of voices raised in song. Fans of choral music have plenty of offerings in New Westminster this holiday season.

Choral music lovers will want to head down to Douglas College this Friday night. On Friday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m., the Douglas College Chorale and the Douglas College Choral Society will hold a concert at the college's Laura C.

I love Christmas, I really do. I just don't like how early it seems to arrive. However, the Van Dop Gallery seems to be going out of its way to make the holiday season worthwhile, so I'll happily write about it anyway.

Thursday, November 21 New Animal, a new contemporary dance work presented by the 605 Collective at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 8 p.m., $32 regular or $27 students/senior in advance; otherwise $35/$30, tickets.shadboltcentre.com or 604-205-3000.

Young dancers from New Westminster will be sharing the stage with top dancers when Alberta Ballet's Nutcracker returns to Vancouver.

Patrick Street Productions goes both classic and contemporary for its 2014 season

Arts Club Theatre production onstage at the Stanley until Jan. 5

City Stage New West turns to crowd-source funding for professional cast recording of Stump City Stories

Ah, Christmas ... the season of stockings and snowflakes - and corpses? Mystery authors Elizabeth Elwood and Colleen Cross are holding a special Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe reading event at Renaissance Books on Sunday, Nov. 24.

Flowers, art and fashion combine in a new art exhibition uptown. The Garden Gals Sketch Group is holding an original art exhibition, Glory in the Garden, a La Fashionista, 706 Sixth St. It's opening on Friday, Nov. 15, with a gala from 6 to 8 p.m.