Local Arts

Who: Barry Morash What: Art For the Thoughtful Person Opening Party Where: Newport Gallery, Squamish When: Friday, Aug. 1, from 7 to 9 p.m. Imagine going to work every day 18,000 feet underground.

Who: Means to an End, Dead Sure and Hills Have Eyes What: Punk Nite Where: Boot Pub When: Sunday, Aug.

Who: Jerry Legar Where: Zeuski’s Taverna When: Tuesday and Wednesday nights all summer You’d think it would be the $4.

A world famous tenor sings for the Brackendale Eagle Centre Who: Siegfried Jerusalem What: An Evening of Art and Song Where: Brackendale Theatre and Art Gallery When: Saturday, Aug. 2 It’s amazing who you find living in the Sea to Sky corridor.

Last week we ran a story about the latest news with the Whistler Film Festival, to be held Dec. 4 to 7. Within the story we said the Whistler Film Festival was working with the Toronto International Film Festival's selection committee.

Forget Cannes. Whistler is where it’s at now that the third annual Whistler Film Festival has raised the curtain for film submissions.

By: Dana Michell What: Weetama Festival Where: Rebagliati Park When: Aug. 8-17 If the only Whistler you know involves powder, pedals and pubs, then it is your spiritual duty to attend this year’s Weetama festival.

What: Urban Landscapes Who: Pete Brennan, Megan Salcak and Jeff Pearlman Where: Viseye Gallery When: all month If you’re feeling stuck in the bubble that is Whistler, you may need to take a trip to the city or perhaps even overseas.

I rushed up the stairs to the second floor of Uli’s Flipside to see men and women seated in pairs. Smiling, laughing and engaging in civilized conversation.

What: 3rd Annual Pemberton Country Jamboree Where: Pemberton Stables When: Friday to Sunday, July 25-27 If your idea of country music is Shania Twain and Garth Brooks, you might need to wind back the clock a few more years and see where the country t