Local Arts

Up-and-coming singer/songwriter Melanie Eng is an unabashed superfan of Richmond World Festival headliner

Seven, circular hooked-rug textile pieces, mounted inside City Centre Community Centre, is said to symbolize the various steps Richmond citizens have taken towards helping create a diverse community.

Richmond’s father-and-son duo – Mayberry and Monk – will be performing at the Concerts in the Park series on Wednesday evening at Garden City Park. Anthony Morris and his 13-year-old son, Luca, will bring a mix of blues, rock and R&B to the stage.

If you’re hopping on the Canada Line at Aberdeen or Lansdowne stations, take a look at the new works of art on display at the No. 3 Road Art Columns.

Cynthia Wei, the “little but fierce” Grade 11 McMath student, is one of 18 actors cast to perform in the Carousel Theatre for Young People’s Teen Shakespeare Program’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

McMath Secondary School alumna and singer, Becca Wade, is next in line to perform at the Concerts in the Park series Wednesday evening. Wade, who was once a carrier for the Richmond News, began her music career at the Richmond Youth Honour Choir.

We are the Robots is at the Vancouver Art Gallery until late October

MooLu? Annabull? Moonica? These are just some of the names being suggested as the Richmond Museum seeks the public’s help in naming the star of a future exhibition.

Disney’s new live-action movie, Kim Possible, was spotted filming at McMath Secondary School last week.

Canadian and international music icons Lights and Magic! will headline the 4 th annual Richmond World Festival on Labour Day weekend.