Out of Town -- Now Playing

Canadian Explosion. Stage West Dinner Theatre production celebrating Canadian music. 5400 Dixie Rd., Mississauga. To July 8. 1-800-263-0684

Shaw Festival. The Stepmother, Wonderful Town, An Inspector Calls, Getting Married and The Little Foxes have opened. Other shows are in preview at three venues in Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429.

Fire. An ambitious production by Lighthouse Festival Theatre, Main Street, Port Dover. Sex, piano and rock 'n' roll. Features Jerry Franken. Through July. 1-888-779-7703

Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance! Burlington's Footnotes musical extravaganza, Oakville Centre, 130 Navy St., Oakville, June 25, 2 p.m. 1-888-849-7784

Stratford Shakespeare Festival. The Music Man, The Trojan Women, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, Cabaret and Romeo and Juliet have opened. Other shows are in preview. 1-800-567-1600

Evil Dead: The Musical. To July 5. Hilarious spoof of horror film genre. Diesel Playhouse, 56 Blue Jays Way, Toronto. 1-416-971-5656

Breaking Legs. A comedy by Tom Dulak featuring Tim Denis. Lakeside Players Port Mansion Theatre, Port Dalhousie. To July 15. portmansion.com

The Drawer Boy. Award-winning comedy by Michael Healey. Directed by Adam Furfaro. Drayton Festival Theatre, 33 Wellington St. S., Drayton. To June 28, 8 p.m. Matinees at 2 p.m. 1-888-449-4463.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Alex Mustakas directs this musical comedy about shysters swindling the rich and stupid. Canadian premiere. Until July 12, 2 and 8 p.m., St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, 40 Benjamin Rd. E., Waterloo. 1-888-449-4463

Anne More Originals, 531 Limerick Rd., Burlington. annemore.com

* For the Love of Scotland

Art Bus, 905-524-0606, 905-481-3218, barbaramilne@cogeco.ca

* Art gallery bus tours and excursions, first and second Friday each month: July 4 and 11. $15. Book early to reserve a seat. Meet 6:30 p.m. at The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. Apres-tour gathering at The Pearl.

Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King St. W. 905-527-6610, artgalleryofhamilton.com

The gallery is open Canada Day holiday weekend, June 28 to July 1 , noon to 5 p.m.

* AGH film series presents Odd Obsession, 7 p.m., June 25, at the AGH. Members $5, students-seniors $6, general admission $7

* The Collectors Series: Joe Ng. To Aug. 24

* The Collectors Series: Luke Chan. To Aug. 24

* The Japonisme of Edgar Degas and James Tissot. To Sept. 1

* From Geisha to Diva: The Kimonos of Ichimaru. To Sept. 1

* Contemporary Art from Japan. To Sept. 7

* Masters of the Ukiyo-e. To Sept. 28

* Atelier: Tor Lukasik-Foss. To Sept. 7

Arts Hamilton, 279 King St. E., artshamilton.ca, 905-481-3218

* Translation by Yvonne Felix, works expressing vision loss. To June 27

Biddle Gallery, 162 Queen St., Dunnville. 905-701-6897

* William Biddle originals

Blue Angel Gallery, 243 James St. N.

* Bryce Kanbara -- 15 Riparian drawings in pencil and ink

Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd., 905-632-7796, burlingtonartcentre.on.ca

* Burlington Handweavers and Spinners annual juried exhibition. To July 6

* Laurie Rolland: Homage. To Aug. 10. Reception, 2 to 4 p.m., July 13

* Judy Lowry 2008 Courtyard installation. To Sept. 28. Reception, 2 to 4 p.m., July 13

* East Coast Ceramists, June 28 to Sept. 7. Reception, 2 to 4 p.m., July 13

Carnegie Gallery, 10 King St. W., Dundas. carnegiegallery.org, 905-627-4265

* New Maiolica: Pottery by Iris McDermott. To July 27

* Flow: Photography by Janusz Wrobel. To July 27

Conrad Furey Gallery, 433 Maple Ave. at King Street East. conradfurey.com

* Featuring works by the late Conrad Furey

Creative Works, 992 King St. W. 905-667-0818, creative-works.ca

* New watercolours by Sylvia Simpson

* Woodturnings in Carolinian hardwoods by Peter Reisiger

Dundas Museum and Archives, 139 Park St. W., Dundas. 905-627-7412, dundasmuseum.ca

* A Thousand Words: A History of Photography in Dundas -- featuring historic cameras. To June 30

Edinburgh Square Heritage & Cultural Centre, 80 Caithness St., Caledonia. 905-765-3134

* Haldimand County's 12th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. To July 4

The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre, 126 James St. N. 905-577-9191

* Call for proposals to showcase on the Art Crawl on Aug. 8 during Hamilton Film Week. Deadline 5 p.m., July 1

The Freeway, 333 King St. E., frwy.ca

* Exhibition of Quantum Doodling by Paul Dickens

Gallery 69, 69 King St. W., Dundas. 905-628-1517

* Pieter Bakker: Watamula

Grimsby Public Art Gallery, 18 Carnegie Lane. 905-945-3246, town.grimsby.on.ca

* White Picket Sound Fence -- Duncan McDonald. In June

* Conrad Furey and Richard Cook: A Story of Art and Friendship. To Aug. 3

Hamilton Artists Inc., 161 James St. N. 905-529-3355

* Emerging Artists Expose, June 28 to July 9, opening reception, 7 to 10 p.m., June 28

* Urban Moorings Project: Artists Susan Detwiler, Noel Harding and David Acheson, Tor Lukasik-Foss and Steve Mazza create floating sculptures and gardens on the wetlands of Cootes Paradise. To Aug. 5. Artist panel discussion, 6 to 8 p.m., June 26, McMaster Museum of Art

Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts Gallery, 126 James St. S. 905-528-4020, hcarts.ca

* Visual Arts Student Exhibition. To September

James North Studio, 328 James St. N. 905-527-4358, jamesnorthstudio.com

* Fine contemporary craft and photo-based art by local artists

Jordan Art Gallery, 3845 Main St., Jordan Village. 905-562-6680

* Suzi Dwors' Paper Kimonos and Collage, mixed media paper collages and paper kimonos. To June 30

Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 1230 North Shore Blvd., Burlington. 905-632-3730

* Artway: Auxiliary Artwork

* Artway on Two: Auxiliary Artwork

Loose Canon Gallery, 150 James St. N. 905-515-4346, loosecanongallery.com

* On Coffee -- Pleuntje Jellema. To June 28

McMaster Museum of Art, 1280 Main St. W. 905-525-9140

* Susan Detwiler: Feral. June 26 to Aug. 30. Panel discussion on Eco Art, 6 to 8 p.m., June 26

* Matisse: Jazz: 20 original pochoirs (stencil) prints from 1947. To Sept. 6

* The French School -- Bernard, Bonnard, Braque, Degas, Derain, Dufy, Friesz, Gaugin, Marquet, Matisse, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Rouault and Le Sidaner. To Dec. 13

Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, 247 Ricardo St., Niagara-on-the-Lake. 905-468-5455

* Heather Pate -- oil paintings of landscapes, seascapes and portraits of children

* Member exhibition: To July 12, and July 27 to Sept. 6

Paper Box Studios, 468 Cumberland Ave.

* Grace Loney, Sabrina Armani Photography, Karma Photography, Ron Eady, Fresh Studios, Vibewrangler, Studio DVM, Lumacraft Photography and Colin Lochhead

Parks Canada Discovery Centre

* CCGS Amundsen Expedition: A Witness to Climate Change photo exhibit, featuring a series of photos and interpretive panels documenting the year-long expedition to the Arctic Ocean. To Sept. 30

The Pearl Company Gallery, 16 Steven St. at King William. 905-524-0606, info@thepearlcompany.ca

* Art Gala and Sale -- unique salon and showcase for exciting, local artists and artisans, 7 p.m. to midnight, June 28. Open house show and sale, 1 to 4 p.m., June 29

The Print Studio, 173 James St. N. 905-524-5084, theprintstudio.ca

* Textures in My Crib: Monotypes, relief prints and serigraphs by young artists confirming contemporary art's relevance to the texture of a neighbourhood. To July 5

Rozzario's Artistic Metals, 241 James St. N. 905-865-0611

* Featuring local up-and-coming artists of Hamilton. Works of wrought-iron metals, stained-glass pieces, sculptures, paintings and drawings. To June 30

Sunrise Gallery, 765 Beach Blvd. 905-549-5888, sunrisegallery.ca

* Surreal Life -- Andrew Ostapenko, Bernard Gendron, April Mansilla, Tadek Sobierajski. To June 29

Textures Gallery, 236 Locke St. S. 905-523-0636

* Intense City: Handcrafted, abstract and industrial-flavoured pieces. To June 30

Studio Gallery, 335 Barton St. E. 905-528-8873

* Works by the Tiger Group

Tiger Group Studio Gallery, 335 Barton St. E. 905-528-8873

* Rick Cook, Robin Laffier, Bill Powell, Eric Ranveau and John Stirling

Transit Gallery, 230 Locke St. S. 905-522-1299, transitgallery.ca

* Gerald Gladstone, Retrospective: Paintings, drawings, sculptures. To July 13

Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, 51 Stuart St. wahc-museum.ca, 905-522-3003

* Red Flags Red Skin -- Aboriginal Working Stories, drawings by Tania Willard for the comic format stories, Red Flags Red Skin, published 2002-2005. To Labour Day

you me gallery, 330 James St. N. 905-523-7754, youmegallery.ca

* Six paintings by Paul Ropel-Morski. Until July 6

Send Getting Out submissions by 1 p.m. the Friday before Wednesday publication to citylife@thespec.com.

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