Local Arts

There’s a new addition to the EXPOSURE family at the World Ski and Snowboard Festival this year — A Seminar Series, to be held on April 15 and 16.

The Whistler Arts Council is once again offering young local artists the chance to pursue their creative dreams with a little financial assistance.

If witnessing death-defying snowboard tricks and ski turns all day on the hill isn’t enough to quench your crazy-antic cravings during the Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival, then perhaps a batch of action movies on the side will help.

The inaugural 24 hour play project, organized by local playwright Michele Bush, looks set to become a semi-regular fixture on the Whistler stage scene.

Who: WDC What: WSSF Where: DKNY Jeans Outdoor Concert Series When: Friday, April 11 There’s rock and then there’s "Roocckk!" and the rather large devoted Whistler fan base behind local four-piece icon, WDC, would categorize their

After-dark options for those who don’t want a drink are still slim pickings in this party town, but a spate of monthly events known as We Are Whistler Late Night are rapidly starting to change all that.

What: Backcountry Touring Who: Tyler Garnham, Alain Denis, Kalli Stone Where: Viseye Photo Gallery When: daily until April 16 Three photographers with several things in common have hung their best work on the walls of BBK’s pub, for the Viseye G

Fanspique, where the fans get to field the questions This town is full of Swollen Members fans, not surprising really, they’ve boarded and played here enough times over their long and lustrous career.

Who: Malvern Swing Band and Jazz Choir What: Whistler Public Library Fundraiser Where: Nicklaus North Golf Course When: Friday, April 18 Get into the swing of Spring with a jazz extravaganza performed by the touring Malvern Swing Band and Jazz Choir.

Armed with a new album in stores April 8 Who: I Mother Earth What: DKNY Jeans Outdoor Concert Series Where: WSSF When: Friday, April 11 I’ve been sitting on a secret all week and as a reporter, let me tell you, that’s a very hard thing to d