Local -- Now Playing

Hamilton Urban Theatre, Jackson Square Rooftop Stage, Twelfth Night, July 18, 19, 8 p.m. Free. 905-540-9862

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, presented by The Essential Players, at Westside Concert Theatre. Through July 31. $15 adult, $10 student-child. 905-777-9777, westsidelive.com

McMaster Summer Drama Festival. Patrick Marber's play Closer, July 18, 20, 22, 24, 8 p.m.; July 19 and 26, 2 p.m. Six Women With Brain Death, July 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 8 p.m.; July 20 at 2 p.m. Hamilton Theatre Inc., 140 MacNab St. N. Fair Verona, July 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 7 p.m.; July 19, 1 p.m. Three Tall Women by Edward Albee, July 18, 19, 22, 24, 7 p.m.; July 20 and 26, 1 p.m. Faculty Hollow on McMaster University campus. 1280 Main St. W. Tickets at the door or Compass Information Centre, McMaster University Student Centre

Local -- Opening Soon

3Style. Musical revue of Broadway and pop hits. Chantal Barrow, Janet Raymond and Erin Bree Pierce. Aug. 6 and 7, Marshall Memorial Church hall, Ancaster. 905-537-9776

Hamilton Fringe Festival. Aug. 15 to 24. Twenty-one plays from the outer edge. Downtown Arts Centre, 28 Rebecca St. For schedule, hamiltonfringe.ca

Out of Town -- Now Playing

Little Shop of Horrors. Stage West Dinner Theatre, 5400 Dixie Rd., Mississauga. Through August. 1-800-263-0684

Shaw Festival. The Stepmother, Wonderful Town, An Inspector Calls, Getting Married, The Little Foxes, The President, A Little Night Music and After The Dance have opened. Others are in preview in Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429

Mending Fences. Norm Foster's bittersweet comedy about a father and son coming to terms. Lighthouse Festival Theatre, Main Street, Port Dover. Features the playwright. Directed by Chris McHarge. To July 26. 1-888-779-7703, ext. 226

Stratford Shakespeare Festival. The Music Man, The Trojan Women, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Hughie and Krapp's Last Tape, There Reigns Love and All's Well That Ends Well have opened. Others in preview. 1-800-567-1600

Evil Dead: The Musical. To Aug. 2. Hilarious spoof of horror-film genre. Diesel Playhouse, 56 Blue Jays Way, Toronto. 1-877-971-5656

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical. Drayton Festival Theatre, 33 Wellington St. S., Drayton. To Aug. 9, 8 p.m. Matinees 2 p.m. 1-888-449-4463

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Canadian premiere. To Aug. 9, Huron Country Playhouse, shows most days at 2 and 8 p.m., Grand Bend. 1-888-449-4463

We Will Rock You. Musical by Ben Elton celebrating the songs of Queen returns for a summer run. Panasonic Theatre. 651 Yonge St. Starts July 16. 1-416-872-1212

The Dream In High Park. CanStage presents Shakespeare in urban hip-hop version of romantic play. Pay-what-you-can. Suggested $20. High Park at Bloor Street West, Toronto.

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

* For the Love of Scotland

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

* Art gallery bus tours and excursions, first and second Friday each month: Aug. 1 and 8. $15. Book early. 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

* AGH film series screens Cats of Mirikitani, followed by a talk with author Kerri Sakamoto, 7 p.m., July 10, AGH. $7, members $5

* The Collectors Series: Joe Ng, 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

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

* Clarissa Schmidt Inglis: Affective Icons. To Aug. 19. Artist's tour and talk, 7 p.m. Aug. 19

* Laurie Rolland: Homage. To Aug. 10.

* Judy Lowry 2008 Courtyard installation. To Sept. 28.

* East Coast Ceramists, To Sept. 7

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

* Watercolours by Sylvia Simpson

* Woodturnings by Peter Reisiger

Dorland-Haight Gallery, 92 King St. W., Dundas. 905-628-0800

* Artist Tom Dietrich, to July 13, also The Tiger Group present artist Sarah Joncas

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

* Meet You At The Driving Park -- a history and celebration of the treasured town meeting place

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

* Hamilton Film Week, third annual Naked Vision film fest, in August.

* Media Monday, Aug. 18, Acclamation Bar & Grill, 191 James St. N.

* Factory Works Screening Series, second Friday each month during the Art Crawl. Doors 7 p.m.

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 Museum, 6 Murray St., Grimsby, 905-945-5292, museum@town.grimsby.on.ca, town.grimsby.on.ca

* Memories of My Mother: hand-hooked art created by rug hookers from across Canada. To Sept. 26

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

* Conrad Furey and Richard Cook. To Aug. 3

* Grimsby Trees by David Hind, featuring portraits created from reclaimed metal of Grimsby's most majestic trees, showing in Rotary Clubs of Grimsby Sculpture Garden, to September. Opening reception, 7 p.m., July 18

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

* Artists create floating sculptures and gardens on the wetlands of Cootes Paradise. To Aug. 5

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

* Visual Arts Student Exhibition. To September

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

* Artway: Auxiliary Artwork

* Artway on Two: A Touch of Passion by Rose Finnigan

James North Studio, 328 James St. N. 905-527-4358, showandtellgallery.ca

* Jim Chambers

* Colleen O'Reilly-Lafferty

Loose Canon Gallery, 905-515-4346, loosecanongallery.com

* Dave Irvine: featuring reclaimed discarded vinyl records. To July 26

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

* Susan Detwiler: Feral. To Aug. 30

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

* The French School. To Dec. 13

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

* Heather Pate -- oil paintings

* Member exhibition: 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. To Sept. 30

Picture Perfect Gallery, 369 King St. W., Dundas. 905-627-3196, junelynch@picturepcakeart.com

* Watercolours and oils by Ivor and June Lynch

Royal Botanical Gardens, rbg.ca

* Earth art exhibition, featuring one-of-a-kind environmental art installations throughout cultivated gardens and natural lands using natural materials and plants. July 18 to Oct. 13

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

* Rome Matikonyte, Tadek Sobierajski, Yolanda Varga Davis and Sunrise members. To Aug. 3

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

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

* Short Pants, Long Life: Sculpture by Brian Kelly. To Aug. 2

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