Local Arts

The City of Richmond is calling on the community to select two street banner designs for next year. The annual street banner contest generated more than 400 entries and now the public can vote until Oct.

Until Jan. 26 On the Move: Richmond's Transportation Legacy This exhibit explores, through photographs and artefacts from the Museum's collection and on loan from the community, how changing modes of transportation have shaped this city.

I've been pitting my wits against those of the raccoon lately. For some time I suspected my only advantage was that I knew the etymology of pit and wit and the raccoon didn't.

Stay in the moment, stay focused and bring earplugs, if necessary. Taking a page out of a younger artist's book wouldn't hurt.

The Thompson Community Centre Art Committee wants people to get creative as registration for its Second Annual Community Art Challenge opens next Monday, Sept. 16.

If you had been strolling the sunny sidewalks of Steveston on Sunday, Sept. 8, you may have overheard music drifting up from beside the community centre.

FRIDAY The final Music at the Cannery show happens this Friday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m., featuring Sibel Thrasher, Steveston's own Soul Diva. The show is at Gulf of Georgia Cannery, 12138 Fourth Ave. For more information, call 604-664-9009.

You have to dig deep into our English language to find the roots of the word business. It sprouted from the Anglo-Saxon "bisignis," formed from the word "bisig," meaning busy.

The Richmond Public Library is having a party to celebrate the end of another great Summer Reading Club. The party is at the Brighouse branch, 7700 Minoru Gate, on Sunday Aug. 25. The talent show starts at 2 p.m. and the parade at 2:45 p.m.

The Richmond Museum has organized an Interurban Tram History Bus Trip this Saturday, Aug. 24 from 1 to 4:45 p.m., in conjunction with its newest exhibit, On the Move: Richmond's Transportation Legacy. The trip is for all ages, but space is limited.