Local Arts

Sick skating on the Beagle’s big screen If you’ve liked Emerica’s skate shoe advertisements in the magazines, you’ll like this film. No-nonsense, straight-up skateboarding.

Pump the iron, hit the tanning studio and book in for that back, crack and sack wax. Altitude Eleven, Whistler's annual gay ski and snowboard week is here.

Check out the lives of the people around us on the Life network next Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. Whistler Stories is an interwoven story in 13 parts revealing the ambitions, dreams, fears, passions and heartache of some select and brave locals.

What: Tango Paradiso Where: MY Place When: Friday, Feb. 14 Want to snuggle into that lusty object on your arm? Spend a night with Tango Paradiso, taking you back to those sultry days in the bordellos and bars of Argentina.

What: Out Of Bounds Film Festival Where: Village 8 Cinemas When: Feb.

What: About Face art exhibit Who: Glen McMillan and Toya Harris Where: Millennium Place When: Feb. 11-28 Opening: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 6 to 9 p.m. They say when something bad happens to you, something good will happen too.

Who: Inland Knights Where: Tommy Africa’s When: Sunday, Feb. 9 Oh, the beautiful English countryside – filled with rolling green pastures, thatched roof cottages, fields of fresh flowers and thumping techno house music all night long.

Who: Edwin & the Pressure Where: Merlin’s When: Sunday, Feb. 2 It’s a jungle out there in the dark and dense world of mainstream music.

Who: TJ Dawe What: The Slip-Knot Where: MY Place When: Friday, Feb. 7 Whistler, despite its glitzy and glamorous exterior, is probably the perfect place to put on a play about jobs from hell.

Who: Robert Walter’s 20 th Congress Where: The Boot Pub When: Sunday & Monday, Feb. 2 & 3 Rummaging through mom and dad’s record collection as a kid ended, for most of us, in a stack of scratches and a potential grounding.