Local Arts

Fifty artists, three-dimensional works on display this year What: Artrageous Where: The Underground at Whistler Conference Centre When: July 6, 7 p.m. The arts in Whistler are celebrated Saturday evening at the annual Artrageous event.

Following on the success of the one-night Vagina Monologues presentation earlier this year, MY Place is bringing Vancouver’s Full Figure Theatre Company to Whistler for a July 27 performance of Way Too Blonde.

Detroit legend Alberta Adams in town for GLC show Who: Alberta Adams When: July 1 Where: GLC She’s the undisputed Detroit Queen of Blues, and she makes her second Whistler appearance this week.

Tribute band plays the Shack for Canada Day Who: Totally Hip Where: The Shack When: July 1, 9 p.m. Canadians are still nuts about the Hip. The Tragically Hip, that is, who are on a summer tour promoting their new CD In Violet Light .

June 28-July 4 Whistler Daily Street Entertainment, June 28 to July 4 For the families, kids, or the kid in you, Whistler street entertainment is now offered daily through the week, a presentation of Tourism Whistler.

Local theatre troupes give Shakespeare’s Hamlet a facelift What: The Little Theatre’s Production of Hamlet Where: Eagle Eye Theatre, June 28 & 29 Where: Millennium Place, July 4, 5 & 6 When: Doors at 7:30 p.m.; performances at 8 p.

Twenty-seven members of the Whistler Children’s Choir, director Alison Hunter, and four adults headed for Ottawa June 27.

Fifty artists, three-dimensional works on display this year Whistler’s Artrageous event is growing up.

What: Canada Day Parade and Activities When: July 1, 2 p.m. Where: Whistler Village This year’s Canada Day parade has some new twists, a new direction, and a renewed emphasis on fun and participation.

It’s not too late to get Out There. An ongoing exhibition from a trio of photographers – Ellen Aitkin, Nelly Levesque, and Jon Faulknor – opened on June 13 at BBK’s Pub in the Upper Village.