Word on the street is there's a poetry event bringing the community together - and you're invited.
World Poetry Night Out New Westminster is celebrating its third anniversary tonight (Oct. 24) at 6: 30 p.m. at the New Westminster Public Library.
New Westminster chief Rhonda Larrabee will give a First Nations welcome, and everyone is invited to attend this free event hosted by Ariadne Sawyer and Heidi Mueller.
Featured artists will include New Westminster poet laureate Candice James, World Poetry New Westminster Youth Ambassador Danielle Jones, Bernice Lever and WP Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tony Antonias.
Groups from the poetry community will also be in attendance, including Poetic Justice and the Renaissance Writers Group.
Everyone is welcome to drop by, hear some poetry and enjoy some cake at 716 Sixth Ave.
The theme of the open mike segment is building bridges with poetry.
For more information, call 604-526-4729.
DRAWING COMES TO LIFE
It may be raining in the Royal City, but what better excuse to explore the city's culture scene and mingle with some artsy folk indoors?
Members of the Heritage Life Drawing Society are proud to present their latest works, on display at the River Market this fall.
The public is invited to an opening reception for the group's exhibition on Friday, Oct. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Network Hub, on the upper level of the River Market, 810 Quayside Drive.
The exhibition will be open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Dec. 7.
The drawing society meets every Sunday evening to draw for three hours with a professional model.
What began in 2007 in the back room of the Heritage Grill on Columbia Street has become a dedicated art collective, which explores the "unending challenge of portraying the human body."
For more information about the drawing society, visit www.heritagelife drawing.com.
ON STAGE AT DOUGLAS COLLEGE
If theatre is your thing, there's a new production going up next month by the Douglas College theatre and stagecraft and event technology departments that promises suspense and intrigue.
J.B. Priestley's Dangerous Corner follows a group of wealthy, connected friends who come together for a party in the early 1930s.
A single remark by the hostess leads to tragedy after it sparks a revelation of painful secrets around a suicide, embezzlement and betrayal - in which all the guests are involved.
But near the end of the play, time moves back to the beginning of the evening.
The remark is not made, and the "dangerous corner" is avoided.
Director Thrasso Petras said he decided to set the play in its original time period because the things the characters reveal - matters of sexuality, for instance - would not be shocking in modern society.
"Others have tried to make it contemporary, but it doesn't really work," he noted in a press release.
"There is something about the 1930s, where people tried to hide things about themselves much more consciously. There were very specific consequences surrounding how people chose to live their lives."
Intriguing indeed.
Dangerous Corner runs Nov. 2 to10 at the Studio Theatre, Douglas College, 4100-700 Royal Ave. Tickets range from $8 to $12 and are available through the Massey Theatre box office, at 604521-5050, or www.massey theatre.com.
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