Local Arts

Bushwick. Directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Millott. Starring Dave Bautista and Brittany Snow.

Authors aim to pass on tradition and knowledge

Artist Nicola Morgan works a painting for her show In the Water, on now at the Ferry Building Gallery in Ambleside until Sept. 10.

Branch Refinement artists Bonnie Jordan, Fae Logie, and Tiki Mulvihill present an evening of drawing and collage called Creative Escape on Thursday, Aug. 31, 6-8 p.m. at Cityscape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave.

Janet Gigliotti doesn’t play the Judy Garland we want to remember, she embodies the troubled side of the actress in her elusive search for happiness at the end of the rainbow.

Adam Curry, head carpenter with Elia Kirby Productions, discusses reno details with Giselle Clarke-Trenanian of Presentation House Theatre. Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver is undergoing an extensive renovation.

STEP. Directed by Amanda Lipitz. Rating: 8 (out of 10) The documentary film STEP opens following protests in Baltimore over Freddie Gray’s death in 2015; the fact that it’s opening following a death due to KKK violence is bitter timing.

Jane Stanton in Top Comic competition

U.K. singer now settled in Deep Cove, working on second album

Annabelle: Creation. Directed by David Sandberg. Starring Talitha Bateman, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. Rating: 6 (out of 10) I should preface this review by saying that it takes a lot to scare me, where dolls are concerned.