Art lovers, take note - a new exhibition has just opened at the Amelia Douglas Gallery.
Dappled features paintings by Richard Alm, and it's on at the gallery until Feb. 17.
The Amelia Douglas Gallery is at Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave., on the fourth floor north - next to the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre.
It's open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7: 30 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and closed Sunday. Admission is free.
For more information, call 604-527-5723 or see www.douglascollege.ca.
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Film buffs, save Jan. 30 - that's the date for the first Last Mondays at the Movies for the new year.
The Arts Council of New Westminster and the Massey Theatre present the film series at the Massey on the last Monday of each month, bringing Canadian, independent and foreign films to the screen.
This month's offering is Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris - a romantic comedy about a family that goes to Paris because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married and who have experiences that change their lives.
It stars Owen Wilson,
Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen and Adrian Brody.
And, as always, tickets are only $9. Call 6045215050, buy through www. masseytheatre.com or buy at the door.
Showtime is 7: 30 p.m.
LITERARY HONOUR
New Westminster's own JJ Lee has earned another honour for his book The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son and a Suit.
Lee is among the finalists for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary NonFiction, announced on Jan. 10.
The prize is awarded to the author "whose book best combines a superb command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception," according to the prize website.
He's among five chosen authors from an original list of 115, which was whit-tled down to a long-list of 11 in December.
The Measure of a Man, published by McClelland & Stewart, goes up against four other offerings for the prize that will be announced on March 5: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest, by Wade Davis; Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe, by Charlotte Gill; Afflictions and Departures: Essays, by Madeline Sonik; and The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery, by Andrew Westoll.
The winner will receive $25,000 and the runners-up $2,000 apiece.
For more about the prize, check out www. thecharlestaylorprize.ca.
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