Local Arts

Actor, activist, dancer and DJ Who: DJ Zak Santiago What: Whistler Jazz and Blues Festival Where: Garfinkel’s When: Friday, June 13 If you haven’t heard of Vancouver’s own Zak Santiago, you soon will. He’s destined for big things.

Who: Crash What: Whistler Jazz and Blues Festival Where: Brewhouse Pub When: Friday, June 13 You know jazz is making a comeback in the charts when a shy, pixie-faced chanteuse named Norah Jones wins Best Pop Vocal Album at the coveted Grammy Awards.

What: Cero, World Wide Collaboration Where: Garfinkel’s When: Monday, June 2 There’s a new event that’s been floating around town for a while called Cero.

Who: Still Smokin’ Where: Pemberton Hotel When: Saturday, June 7 It's not every day you get a ski run named after your band but Whistler-Pemberton classic rockers Still Smokin' have achieved the dream.

Newport Gallery wants to be the new heart of art It really does ring true sometimes that everything old is new again.

What: Balding For Dollars fundraiser Who: Leanne Lamour Where: Uli’s Creekside When: Friday, June 6 Do you know how much your hair is worth? If you’re folky, rootsy singer-songwriter Leanne Lamour, with waist length locks, it’s on the

Who: Hoja Where: MY Place When: Saturday, May 31 If you think a capella is four guys standing on stage with barber shop hats, you’re sorely mistaken.

What: Grease Where: MY Place When: Thursday to Saturday, June 5-7 It’s hard to believe the graduation day of Danny, the T-Birds, sweet Sandy and the Pink Ladies was more than 30 years ago on Broadway in Chicago, and yet the story is still as coo

Who: Hoja Where: My Place When: Saturday, May 31 It’s incredible to think all the sounds coming from the four guys who make up the a capella boy band Hoja are created using only their voices.

Three Whistler organizations will receive $60,000 in donations from the newly formed, non-profit, American Friends of Whistler.