Local Arts

Who: Jets Overhead Where: Garfinkel’s When: Sunday, May 25 It’s quite normal for a band that’s been together a long time to disintegrate and go their separate ways.

Who: Mike V and the Rats Where: X-Games Main Stage, base of Whistler When: Saturday, May 17 at 4 p.m. One of the biggest names in Whistler for the Global X-Games wants to hit us between the eyes in more ways than one.

What: 2 nd Annual Rotary Talent Show Where: MY Place When: Saturday, May 24, 7 p.m. In the spirit of American and Canadian Idol, if you’ve got a special talent, Rotary wants you.

Who: Operatic Where: X-Games Global Concert Series Where: Base of Whistler gondola When: Friday, May 16 at 4 p.m.

What: Getting The Most Out Of Your Music Career Efforts Where: MY Place When: Saturday, May 24 Whether you sing in the shower or on a stage, the next step to a career in music can be a scary thought.

Who: Charlie Musselwhite Band & Jim Byrnes Where: Buffalo Bill’s When: Sunday, May 18 The Mississippi River stretches for more than 2,000 miles.

Who: The Freestylers What: Vinyl Lab Opening Party Where: Garfinkel’s When: Tuesday, May 20 Do you ever look at your CD or vinyl collection and can’t think for the life of you what you want to hear? Try being producers Aston Harvey and Matt

Who: Closure What: Freeze Magazine X-Games Superpipe After Party Where: Garfinkel’s When: Sunday, May 18 When Vancouver rocker Brian Howe’s first successful band, DDT, split up right after finally snaring a record deal, the singer-songwrite

Harp hero blows into Whistler Who: Charlie Musselwhite Where: Buffalo Bill’s When: Sunday, May 18 Here’s a night out for all you pickers, honkers and big-time blues fans. Harmonica wizard Charlie Musselwhite is coming to town.

Who: Cold Snap Where: Boot Pub When: Thursday, May 15 With winter well and truly on the way out, so are some of the winter season’s best house bands.