Local Arts

The Whistler Film Festival and Whistler Filmmaker Forum are just 15 weeks away — and counting — and organizers are still accepting submissions for a number of awards and events.

Local black bear researcher uses years of observation and photography to educate others

After receiving accolades following the release of their last movie, Seven Sunny Days, here in Whistler last fall, Matchstick Productions is coming back to town to release their latest ski film.

A broken ankle forced Lianne Gulka, a long-time Whistler resident, to “explore her creative side.” Now, she is a piano teacher, landscape photographer and acrylic artist who has studied under artists like Lori Goldberg, Robert Genn and Alan Wylie.

Name: DJ Tone a.k.a. Solartone of Solartribe Collective aka Anthony Catton Hometown: Huntsville, Ontario. Home is where the heart and head lay. For the last 12 years it has been in Whistler and Mexico. Pique: What brought you to Whistler? A.C.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

CCMA nominated new talent, Jason Blaine, set to perform alongside Trooper and The Roadhammers at second annual festiva

Artists take initiative; organize shows to get underground artwork into public eye

veritable Legoland for one last weekend of summer fun. The Whistler Museum is hosting its annual Lego building competition on Saturday, Aug. 30 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.

The Vicious Circle is also debuting the Whistler Select Writing Awards, featuring three categories that recognize the best published journalism from the past year featuring Whistler, the best telling of an untold local story, and the best undiscovere