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Complete News, Entertainment, and Sports listings for the Whistler area, including classifieds. 67 132 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/come-to-wac-agm-and-enjoy-some-cake/Content?oid=2301391 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/come-to-wac-agm-and-enjoy-some-cake/Content?oid=2301391 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2301392/c051/arts_arts3-1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Stephen Smysnuik The Whistler Arts Council will hold its annual general meeting on Wednesday, May 30. Yes, there will be cake.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/come-to-wac-agm-and-enjoy-some-cake/Content?oid=2301391">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301391&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/come-to-wac-agm-and-enjoy-some-cake/Content?oid=2301391&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301391&id=comments 0 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/power-politics-and-farrragut-north/Content?oid=2301393 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/power-politics-and-farrragut-north/Content?oid=2301393 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2301394/b808/arts_arts1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Blank Slate Theatre stages award-winning play at Millennium Place by Stephen Smysnuik Farragut North is a play about power. It's a play about politics and ambition and what people will do, or not do, to get to the head of the pack.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/power-politics-and-farrragut-north/Content?oid=2301393">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301393&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/power-politics-and-farrragut-north/Content?oid=2301393&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301393&id=comments 0 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whistler-answer-gets-the-digital-treatment/Content?oid=2301395 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whistler-answer-gets-the-digital-treatment/Content?oid=2301395 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2301396/13ef/arts_arts2.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Will be featured on WHistler Museum Website by Stephen Smysnuik Relief will soon be coming for those nostalgic for the heady days of 1970s Whistler. The Whistler Museum and Archives Society will digitize the entire collection of the satirical Whistler Answer for inclusion on its website.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whistler-answer-gets-the-digital-treatment/Content?oid=2301395">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301395&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whistler-answer-gets-the-digital-treatment/Content?oid=2301395&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301395&id=comments 0 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/trekking-along-tantalus-pass/Content?oid=2301387 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/trekking-along-tantalus-pass/Content?oid=2301387 <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2301388/6cec/arts_music1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Squamish folk rockers play Pemberton Hotel Friday Take it from the name, folks: Tantalus Pass might just be the quintessential Squamish band. The members knew from the outset that their sound captured the town's mountain vibe, with a rustic folk rock combined with an electrified bluegrass.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/trekking-along-tantalus-pass/Content?oid=2301387">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301387&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Music http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/trekking-along-tantalus-pass/Content?oid=2301387&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301387&id=comments 0 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/god-bless-bobcat-goldthwait/Content?oid=2301389 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/god-bless-bobcat-goldthwait/Content?oid=2301389 Feet Banks <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2301390/6321/arts_film1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Feet Banks Maybe it's because crackheads broke into my truck last night (and stole nothing) or maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety, but if you ask me there is a large percentage of today's society who could use a stern talking to. And by "talking to" I mean a bullet to the head.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/god-bless-bobcat-goldthwait/Content?oid=2301389">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301389&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Film http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/god-bless-bobcat-goldthwait/Content?oid=2301389&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2301389&id=comments 0 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/chili-thom-wins-his-first-art-awardever/Content?oid=2299843 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/chili-thom-wins-his-first-art-awardever/Content?oid=2299843 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2299844/544d/arts_arts2.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Chili Thom wins his first art award...EVER by Stephen Smysnuik Whistler's former, Squamish's current visual arts superstar Chili Thom is now officially Canada's favourite landscape artist...according to Canadian artists. Thom won the Federation of Canadian Artists "Best in Show" award in the landscape category for his painting "The Green Giant."… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/chili-thom-wins-his-first-art-awardever/Content?oid=2299843">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299843&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/chili-thom-wins-his-first-art-awardever/Content?oid=2299843&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299843&id=comments 0 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/summer-explodes-with-a-vengeance/Content?oid=2299845 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/summer-explodes-with-a-vengeance/Content?oid=2299845 Feet Banks <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2299846/1fd5/arts_film1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Feet Banks Despite the fresh snow in the alpine or whatever the Gregorian calendar says, it's officially summer — or at least Summer Blockbuster Season. Marvel's The Avengers opens this week and as soon as the first two-hour-plus movie with a budget over $200 million hits screens then you know the Hollywood studios are going for it — less brains, more brawn, let's make some frickin' money!… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/summer-explodes-with-a-vengeance/Content?oid=2299845">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299845&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Film http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/summer-explodes-with-a-vengeance/Content?oid=2299845&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299845&id=comments 0 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/slugging-it-out-on-the-road/Content?oid=2299848 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/slugging-it-out-on-the-road/Content?oid=2299848 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2299849/fb48/arts_music2.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> James Struthers Plays Mallard Lounge Saturday by Stephen Smysnuik The prairies are totally underrated. The skies are huge.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/slugging-it-out-on-the-road/Content?oid=2299848">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299848&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Music http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/slugging-it-out-on-the-road/Content?oid=2299848&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299848&id=comments 0 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/sea-to-sky-festival-guide-2012/Content?oid=2299828 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/sea-to-sky-festival-guide-2012/Content?oid=2299828 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2299829/e582/arts_music1_teaser.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Stephen Smysnuik Well here you have it — a complete (we really, hope) list of summer music festival's in this here region. We have some rock, we have some roll, we have some cerebral jazz and some heady electronica.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/sea-to-sky-festival-guide-2012/Content?oid=2299828">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299828&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Music http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/sea-to-sky-festival-guide-2012/Content?oid=2299828&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299828&id=comments 0 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/free-whistler-presents-concerts-to-return-this-summer/Content?oid=2299841 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/free-whistler-presents-concerts-to-return-this-summer/Content?oid=2299841 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2299842/0b9e/arts_arts1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> FE&A Oversight Committee reveals plans for summer programming by Stephen Smysnuik Yes, the free concerts are returning. Members of the Festivals, Events & Animation Oversight Committee revealed the details of the $2.68 million FE&A program to council on Tuesday evening (May 1), which will include a mix of new programming and the return of previous festivals, as well as four free concerts under the Whistler Presents banner to fill gaps in the summer programming.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/free-whistler-presents-concerts-to-return-this-summer/Content?oid=2299841">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299841&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/free-whistler-presents-concerts-to-return-this-summer/Content?oid=2299841&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2299841&id=comments 2 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/dufflebag-theatre-returns-with-the-three-musketeers/Content?oid=2298313 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/dufflebag-theatre-returns-with-the-three-musketeers/Content?oid=2298313 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2298314/0f1a/arts_arts2.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Classic tale brought to life with audience actors at Millennium Place by Stephen Smysnuik Surprise of the week: Canadians are unfamiliar with The Three Musketeers. Yes, everyone knows Alexandre Dumas's classic novel coined the phrase, "All for one and one for all."… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/dufflebag-theatre-returns-with-the-three-musketeers/Content?oid=2298313">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298313&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/dufflebag-theatre-returns-with-the-three-musketeers/Content?oid=2298313&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298313&id=comments 0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/new-york-new-york-in-squamish/Content?oid=2298305 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/new-york-new-york-in-squamish/Content?oid=2298305 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2298306/63ed/arts_music2.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Film and stage actor Heather Feeney performs one-woman cabaret show at the BAG tonight by Stephen Smysnuik Heather Feeney is bringing a little New York to Squamish. The Squamish-based film and stage actress and mother of two has been absent from the stage for five years — whisked away, as it were, by motherhood — and is now returning, with Love, Laugh, Cry and the Music of Your Life, a two-night, 18-song, one-woman musical theatre cabaret this Saturday and Sunday.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/new-york-new-york-in-squamish/Content?oid=2298305">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298305&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Music http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/new-york-new-york-in-squamish/Content?oid=2298305&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298305&id=comments 0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-rising-stars-of-snow-film-and-clothing-too/Content?oid=2298315 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-rising-stars-of-snow-film-and-clothing-too/Content?oid=2298315 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2298316/ded1/arts_arts1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> <b><i>Intersection</i></b> winners Voleurz are more than just a brand by Stephen Smysnuik When Voleurz won its second Intersection in a row, the Whistler Conference Centre erupted in a torrent of hollers from the crowd. The Vancouver-based company, already renowned in Whistler for its multi-sport snow films, had secured a title as undefeated champions of the TWSSF's latest, and some are already saying greatest, event — Intersection, an action-sport film-making competition that seems designed specifically for Voleurz.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-rising-stars-of-snow-film-and-clothing-too/Content?oid=2298315">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298315&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-rising-stars-of-snow-film-and-clothing-too/Content?oid=2298315&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298315&id=comments 0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-jezabels-a-rising/Content?oid=2298307 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-jezabels-a-rising/Content?oid=2298307 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2298308/1fd5/arts_music1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Australian Music Prize indie-rockers hit Longhorn Saloon on Monday by Stephen Smysnuik The Jezabels aren't trying to change the world but if it happens, well, they won't complain. The moody Sydney-based indie rockers have cemented a reputation as rising stars down under, with a best-selling debut album and an Australia Music Prize under their belts.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-jezabels-a-rising/Content?oid=2298307">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298307&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Music http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-jezabels-a-rising/Content?oid=2298307&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298307&id=comments 0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/long-wrong-and-safe/Content?oid=2298309 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/long-wrong-and-safe/Content?oid=2298309 Feet Banks <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2298310/ad76/arts_film1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Feet Banks Who remembers last week's 72-Hour Filmmaker Showdown People's Choice Award Winner RUSH with the kickass choreographed ski ballet dance number at the end? It rules right?… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/long-wrong-and-safe/Content?oid=2298309">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298309&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Film http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/long-wrong-and-safe/Content?oid=2298309&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298309&id=comments 0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/arts-news-jazz-festival-faces-cancellation/Content?oid=2298311 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/arts-news-jazz-festival-faces-cancellation/Content?oid=2298311 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2298312/6eec/arts_arts3.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Stephen Smysnuik The fate of Jazz on the Mountain at Whistler (JOMAW) is currently in limbo. Festival organizer Arnold Schwisberg, who is still waiting on a $150,000 Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) contribution from the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), has been unable to secure Kool & the Gang, who were slated to play a free show as part of the festival.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/arts-news-jazz-festival-faces-cancellation/Content?oid=2298311">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298311&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/arts-news-jazz-festival-faces-cancellation/Content?oid=2298311&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2298311&id=comments 0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-trip-starting-from-square-one/Content?oid=2297489 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-trip-starting-from-square-one/Content?oid=2297489 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2297490/5875/arts_music2.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Australian alt-pop trio play Pemberton Hotel Friday by Stephen Smysnuik The eternal bane of Australian acts: no matter how popular they become down under, is that in the U.S. they're just another name. And so the Sydney alt-pop trio The Trip have decided to set their sights on the world's largest market.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-trip-starting-from-square-one/Content?oid=2297489">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297489&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Music http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/the-trip-starting-from-square-one/Content?oid=2297489&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297489&id=comments 0 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/jazz-festival-wont-return-to-whistler-without-municipal-support/Content?oid=2297443 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/jazz-festival-wont-return-to-whistler-without-municipal-support/Content?oid=2297443 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2297445/877e/arts_arts1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> JOMAW founder Arne Schwisberg asks for $150,000 in RMI funds by Stephen Smysnuik Jazz on the Mountain at Whistler (JOMAW) will not return for 2012 unless the municipality steps up with money and conceptual help. The festival's founder and producer Arnold Schwisberg is asking for increased engagement from Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) staff, as well as $150,000 in Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) funds to help alleviate the festival's $500,000-plus deficit — a deficit that Schwisberg contends is the result of the RMOW's mismanagement of the jazz festival brand.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/jazz-festival-wont-return-to-whistler-without-municipal-support/Content?oid=2297443">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297443&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/jazz-festival-wont-return-to-whistler-without-municipal-support/Content?oid=2297443&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297443&id=comments 0 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/romance-week-vs-festival-fun/Content?oid=2297446 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/romance-week-vs-festival-fun/Content?oid=2297446 Feet Banks <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2297447/ca6c/arts_film1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Feet Banks It's sappy romance week at the Whistler Village 8 and the Garibaldi 5 in Squamish as the latest big-screen adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks book drops this Friday. Sparks is the author of such bodice-ripping-novels I've never read as The Notebook, The Last Song, Nights in Rodanthe and Dear John and Hollywood studios love that his stories come with a built-in literary audience.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/romance-week-vs-festival-fun/Content?oid=2297446">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297446&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Film http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/romance-week-vs-festival-fun/Content?oid=2297446&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297446&id=comments 0 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whats-happening-this-week/Content?oid=2297451 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whats-happening-this-week/Content?oid=2297451 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2297452/5f8e/arts_arts2-1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> A guide to TWSSF's final weekend by Stephen Smysnuik We're in the final stretch of what may be the final TWSSF ever. So what's in store, you ask?… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whats-happening-this-week/Content?oid=2297451">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297451&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whats-happening-this-week/Content?oid=2297451&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297451&id=comments 0 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/these-bands-will-play-for-free-this-week/Content?oid=2297478 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/these-bands-will-play-for-free-this-week/Content?oid=2297478 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2297501/e9b1/arts_music1-1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> Skier's plaza gets ready to rock every afternoon by Stephen Smysnuik Eric Solomon Thursday April 19, 2:30 pm Daytime dance parties are wildly underrated.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/these-bands-will-play-for-free-this-week/Content?oid=2297478">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297478&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Music http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/these-bands-will-play-for-free-this-week/Content?oid=2297478&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2297478&id=comments 0 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/ignoring-the-boundaries-for-intersection/Content?oid=2296476 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/ignoring-the-boundaries-for-intersection/Content?oid=2296476 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2296477/903e/arts_arts2.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> <b>Six film-making teams compete for $15,000</b> by Stephen Smysnuik Intersection is a perfect marriage of the festival's sports and arts components. This year, each team has seven days to complete a film and are gunning for the $15,000 top prize, which will be awarded at the gala on Wednesday night.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/ignoring-the-boundaries-for-intersection/Content?oid=2296476">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2296476&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/ignoring-the-boundaries-for-intersection/Content?oid=2296476&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2296476&id=comments 0 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/you-may-now-enter-the-multiverse/Content?oid=2296478 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/you-may-now-enter-the-multiverse/Content?oid=2296478 Stephen Smysnuik <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2296479/7ebc/arts_arts4.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Stephen Smysnuik If you've ever had a childhood, chances are you spent a little time contemplating what alternate realities might look like. A child's imagination is boundless, unyielding and completely indiscriminate in where it will fly.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/you-may-now-enter-the-multiverse/Content?oid=2296478">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2296478&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/you-may-now-enter-the-multiverse/Content?oid=2296478&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2296478&id=comments 0 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/and-what-else-is-going-on/Content?oid=2296480 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/and-what-else-is-going-on/Content?oid=2296480 <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2296481/d8f7/arts_arts3.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> A round-up of everything else we had too little time to cover State of the Art Truth be told, we're not completely sure what this event has ever had to do with skiing or snowboarding but it's a rad event anyway: a seven-day art exhibit for the discerning eye, featuring contemporary talent from across the globe.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/and-what-else-is-going-on/Content?oid=2296480">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2296480&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Arts http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/and-what-else-is-going-on/Content?oid=2296480&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2296480&id=comments 0 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/you-numbskulls/Content?oid=2296482 http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/you-numbskulls/Content?oid=2296482 Feet Banks <img src="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/imager/b/toc/2296483/71f6/arts_film1.jpg" width="75" height="47" /> by Feet Banks I'm not sure what's opening locally this week but the good news is that The Three Stooges movie that drops on Friday is written and directed by the Farrelly Brothers. The Farrellys, as pointed out last week, are pretty much the founding fathers of contemporary cinematic comedy thanks to Dumb and Dumber and especially 1998's There's Something About Mary — the movie that somehow okayed semen as a bankable source of laughs and opened the floodgates for American Pie, Old School and Judd Apatow's camp.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/you-numbskulls/Content?oid=2296482">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2296482&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> A&E/Film http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/you-numbskulls/Content?oid=2296482&show=comments#readerComments http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/Rss.xml?oid=2296482&id=comments 0 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:00:00 -0700 Pique