This summer, Bard on the Beach presents Shakespeare’s classics with some new twists on old favourites. From June 4 to September 26, The Comedy of Errors will transport audiences into the world of science fiction with its Steampunk re-imagining.
ProgFest III, the latest concert fundraiser presented by the Community Music School (CMS) at Douglas College, will celebrate the songs of 1970s progressive rock music with tribute bands Earthbound and the Undoing on June 27.
The Cloudscape Comics Society brings together the comic community through published works by new and veteran artists and writers, meetings that are open to the public, and events that connect comic creators with their fans. On May 22, the society will host a launch party for their eighth graphic novel anthology, Mega Fauna, at Cloudscape Comics HQ in Vancouver’s Memorial South Park.
New Westminster’s Workingsilver retail store and teaching studio is a silversmith’s paradise, with supplies and classes available for various projects and expertise. On May 2 and 3, store owner Kathy Brandon presented the studio’s first semi-annual jewellery show and sale featuring pieces created by her, nine of her students, and three of her staff and instructors.
The Amelia Douglas Gallery at Douglas College has featured many amazing art exhibits from BC artists, but is now looking for something even more local.
Icons: Sacred and Profane is the latest collection of mixed media artwork to fill the Amelia Douglas Gallery, arriving April 16. Mixing animals with cultural, religious, and biological imagery, artists Elizabeth Carefoot and Deborah Putman explore the connection that people have with animals in their works for the exhibit.
When Sharon Crandall started Two Monkeys Productions in January, she founded the company on the ideal that everyone involved in a Two Monkeys theatre production would have an opportunity to explore their talents and share their opinions.
Every year, talented creative writing students take to the podium in the Studio Theatre at Douglas College to read their works from the latest Pearls anthology.
When Sun Belt, an interdisciplinary arts group, set out to make their debut album, they ended up with more than a collection of catchy tracks. The result was an instrumental and lyric digital album, Cabalcor, accompanied by a mixed-genre book, Cabalcor: An Extracted History.
Anne Shirley, the title character in Anne of Green Gables, may seem old-fashioned, but add a computer, cell phone, and other modern day conveniences and she’s just like any other teenager.
