Local Arts

Hong Kong playright Paul Poon brings layered love story to Gateway Pacific Theatre in Richmond

The last performance of the Music at the Cannery series on Aug. 29 in Steveston will feature one of Canada’s most prominent blues musicians, Harpdog Brown.

Two musicians vying for this year’s PNE Star Showdown crown are both guitarists, semifinalists and residents of Richmond. But the similarities end there.

A month-long celebration of summertime with free games, music, fitness classes and more is taking place on the Richmond Olympic Oval’s waterfront plaza. Called “Summer PlayDays,” the event continues right up until Aug.

A cross between the traditional photo booth and the modern “selfie,” a franchise is making its way to Richmond for the first time.

Chance meeting in record store leads to multi-instrumentalist Hasselbach coming to town

A cultural revolution in regional theatre is going to be played out on the stage during the Gateway Pacific Theatre Festival, Aug. 15-24.

A cultural revolution in regional theatre is going to be played out on the stage during the Gateway Pacific Theatre Festival, Aug. 15-24.

It’s not too late to join Richmond Public Library’s Summer Reading Club! Stop by any branch of the library to receive a cool reading booklet, collect weekly stickers, and enter to win great prizes. You might even be featured in the Richmond News .

As part of the Richmond Public Library's Summer Reading Club each year, children are encouraged to tell people what they think of the books they are reading by writing book reviews, and each week several reviews are chosen to be published in the Rich