The Universal Gospel Choir is helping to send Douglas College students to work in Africa.
The choir will be onstage at Douglas College on Friday, Dec. 9 to help raise money for the college's Uganda Project.
The Uganda Project gives students a chance to travel abroad and learn, while contributing to a variety of relief agencies in their own field of study.
The fundraiser is happening in the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre at the New Westminster campus, 700 Royal Ave.
There will be refreshments and a silent auction from 6: 30 to 7: 30 p.m. and a concert from 7: 30 to 9: 15 p.m.
Tickets are $18 for students or $25 for the general public.
You can buy online at tickets.masseytheatre.com or call the Massey box office at 604-521-5050.
FROM YOUR HEART
Have you always had a hankering to write?
This is your chance. Write From the Heart drop-in sessions are ongoing at the Waves coffee shop on Columbia Street on Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon.
The sessions are led by Ruth Kozak, who has been teaching writing classes since 1994 - including travel writing, novel writing, creative writing and memoir writing.
Ruth edits and publishes a travel 'zine, www. travelthruhistory.com, and you can find out more about her on her blog at http: //wynnbexton. blogspot.com.
It's $5 per drop-in session, and Waves is at 715 Columbia (at Begbie Street). For details, contact Ruth at 604-254-9711 or [email protected], or Franci Louann at 60452227613 or [email protected].
MASSEY MAGIC
There's no shortage of entertainment in the city over the next few weeks, thanks to Massey Theatre.
The theatre has a number of fun events coming up over the next while.
On Friday, Dec. 2, Fresh Groove Productions is bringing its Winter Groove 2011 to the stage for a 6: 30 p.m. performance. The show showcases the talents of young dancers, aged six to 21, in hip hop, street and break dancing.
Tickets are $21, or $18 for students and seniors.
On Sunday, Dec. 4, the ever-popular Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir and Winter Harp team up for a Christmas concert at 2: 30 p.m.
Tickets are $26, $29 and $34.
Then, on Friday, Dec. 9, it's the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra and Richmond Academy of Dance in their 12th annual Christmas dance concert - featuring, of course, music from The Nutcracker, among other selections.
That's at 7: 30 p.m., and admission is by donation.
On Sunday, Dec. 18, you can enjoy the Royal City Youth Ballet production of The Nutcracker, running at 1 and 4: 30 p.m.
Tickets are $24 for children or seniors, or $29 for adults.
Massey Theatre is at 735 Eighth Ave. For all the details on these and other events, check out www. masseytheatre.com. You can also call the box office at 604-521-5050.
And keep watching for more details on what's happening at the Massey!
VIVO SINGS
It's the most wonderful time of the year - and that means children singing.
Vivo Children's Choir is presenting its annual Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. at Holy Trinity Cathedral. Tickets can be purchased at the door - $10 regular, $8 for seniors and students, free for children under 12.
For more about the choir, check out www. vivochildrenschoir.ca or call 604-916-5321.
CAROLS AND BELLS
Get ready for the popular Carols and Bells concert at Queens Avenue United Church.
The annual Christmas favourite returns on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m.
It includes five handbell choirs from Burnaby, Chilliwack and New Westminster, as well as a carol sing-along with the audience.
Tickets are $20 regular, $15 for seniors and students or $10 for children. You can buy at the church office, 529 Queens Ave., or call 604-522-1606.
Also at Queens Avenue United Church, you can enjoy the church's handbell choirs at two morning services. The new youth handbell choir, Genesis, will ring on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 10: 15 a.m., before the morning service, and the adult handbell choir, the Memorial Bell Rings, will ring at 10: 15 a.m. on Dec. 11.
Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@royalcityrecord. com. You can also follow her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan, or check out her blog at www. royalcityrecord.com.
