Local Arts

It's shaping up to be another busy weekend in the Royal City - and a perfect time to support local businesses and community groups.

Four local bands will be playing their hearts out next Friday night for a chance to open for Hey Ocean! The bands are taking to the stage at the Massey Theatre on Friday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. as part of the Momentum Youth Arts Festival.

Local youth take part in video-making workshop for United Way's Care to Change competition

Say the words "Steel Magnolias," and most people will conjure up visions of a girls'-night-in weeper starring Julia Roberts and Dolly Parton.

If you have a portfolio full of short stories that you're itching to dust off, why not make it this week? This Wednesday, Oct. 23, is the Royal City Literary Arts Society's short story open mike night, 7 to 9 p.m.

There's still time left to catch the Vagabond Players' season-opening production. The comedy-thriller Let's Murder Marsha is onstage at the Bernie Legge Theatre until Oct. 26.

Ongoing to Saturday, October 26 Let's Murder Marsha, a comedy-thriller opening the Vagabond Players' new season, Thursdays to Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., at Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen's Park, New Westminster.

It's the Thanksgiving long weekend - and a perfect time to get out and enjoy and appreciate all that we have in the Royal City.

It seems obvious that dance is good for a child's growing body. But what about its effect on the growing brain? Ask Marcia Jones about that, and you'll find she's passionate on the subject.

New Westminster families are finding a wealth of reasons to sign up for music and dance classes for the two-and-under crowd