Local Arts

Fallen Stars, Strange Breed, Virago Nation and the Van Vogue Jam are among the headliners at this year's three stages.

If you thought physics was dry, New Media Gallery’s Indivisible show in New Westminster might change your opinion. A group of four artists have turned cosmic particles and radio waves into interesting artwork. Here's how differently a scientist and an art expert saw it.

Drag queens Karmella Barr and Beardney Spears will read out from books that explore social issues in a child-friendly way at New Westminster Public Library’s storytime event on Aug. 11.

Artist Jason Wright will teach the basic techniques to turn New Westminster’s landmark waterbody into an artwork, at Arts Council's Sketching Series.

A crushed Red Bull can, a crumpled Starbucks bag, and Coca Cola bottle lids — things usually considered garbage are the main subjects of artist Jeongmin Ahn’s oil paintings, priced at over $2,000 each. Check them out at The Gallery at Queen's Park in New Westminster.

In Dooja Ghar (the second house), Vancouver-Burnaby-based playwrights explore the themes of love, family, and betrayal as they retell the tragic Punjabi folktake, Mirza Sahiban.

At New West's Poetry in the Park, you can see how the spoken word artists turn their deepest emotions around loss, anger, grief and acceptance into skillfully constructed poems — and also share one of yours.

About 26 direct descendants of Captain William Irving, who built Irving House over 150 years ago, gathered for the 60th wedding anniversary of his great-great-grandchild Grant Irving Briggs and his wife. The Record joined the celebrations.

Garden Gals have been creating nature-inspired paintings and art installations in New Westminster for 18 years now. For their new show, they challenged themselves to do something new: make visually-striking art with old and discarded objects.

Chloe Chen is fascinated with criminal law and launched a summer book drive to stock prison library shelves for incarcerated Canadians.