Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase and sell your books, or your poetry? We have just the opportunity for you! Or perhaps you are a society that is active in the literary arts – let people know what you are about! As part of Lit Fest New West, we will have an all …
This exciting poetry event is part of Lit Fest New West. A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work but at a Dead Poet’s Slam poets read a Dead Poet’s poetry and sometimes dressed in costume to resemble the Dead Poet. Performances are judged by five randomly selected members …
Invading New Westminster will be all the BC Arts Councils, artists and arts organizations! Yes, we are hosting this year’s Arts BC’s annual conference, “Arts Build Connections“, at the beautiful “Inn at the Quay”. This conference is open to everyone including ArtsBC members, artists, arts administrators, educators and community leaders. For more information about the program …
The City will be applying to the Department of Canadian Heritage for designation as a Cultural Capital of Canada for 2014. Deadline for the application is June 30, 2012. A successful bid could mean up to $1,000,000 in funding for arts and cultural groups. Can you imagine what we could do with that kind of …
Walk, cycle, ride, skytrain to Lit Fest ‘s awsome range of literary events! Dead Poets Slam: When: Thursday April 12 @ 7:30pm Where: Heritage Grill Cost: $5.00 @ the door A Night of Mystery: When: Friday April 13 @ 6:30pm to 8:30pm Where: New West Public Library What: Mystery Writers Speak Cost: FREE Inspired by Words: …
Here are some interesting examples of art inspired by words, quite literally. http://designm.ag/inspiration/text-art/
Inspired by Words Exhibition, April 3rd to 28th – A mixed-media exhibition by artists, of all ages. Everyone is getting inspired and into the act! So… The Arts Council Gallery will be displaying art works which, having been inspired by WORDS, will lift the spirits of the viewers by the humour, beauty, the unusual …
Did you know that many award winning writers and poets reside in New West? Think Annabel Lyons, JJ Lee, Candice James to name but a few. This and many emerging talent make us a creative hub of the written word. Come and join the celebration and meet many a bard. Lit Fest will: showcase the …
Just when you think you understand it, Facebook changes the look and feel of their site – and they did it again! We believe the new timeline look has potential though to make interaction easier which will be good for the Arts in New Westminster. Please have a look at our new Facebook presence http://www.facebook.com/ArtsCouncilOfNewWestminster
May 28 Starring Michelle Williams as the blond bombshell, this is as mercurial a film as its subject Marilyn Monroe, was a star. Whatever the flaws, nothing else much matters since Williams is Marilyn, and Marilyn had a way of outshining everything around her. It is magnetic to watch the actress move seamlessly between the …
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