Local Arts

A girls’ guide to taking it all off What: The Inaugural Amateur Boot Ballet Where: The Boot Pub When: Saturday, Jan.

What: Open Mic Jam Night Who: Hosted by Phil Richard and friends Where: Dusty’s When: every Monday night from 9 p.m.

Who: Del, the Funky Homosapien Where: Garfinkel’s When: Monday, Jan.

Fat and fabulous What: Absolutely Fabulous ‘Fat’ Who: Bushwoman Productions Where: MY Place When: Jan.

Who: Sailesh the Hypnotist Where: The Boot Pub When: Saturday, Jan. 18 Look deep into this page, very deeply. You’re getting sleepy aren’t you. Listen to yourself breathe, block out everything around you and relax.

Local artist Jean Lee and friends have decided it’s time to go against the norm of "safe" landscape paintings.

Adrenaline and adventure junkies, it’s time to get your head out of those snow flake-filled clouds and back into the school room.

Rush Home Road Little Brown & Co., 2002 (387 pages) Reviewed by J.G.

Who: Barney Bentall and Babe Gurr Where: The Brackendale Art Gallery When: Saturday, Jan. 11 There’s more than just eagles to spot at the seventh annual Brackendale Winter Eagles Festival.

Has the commercialism of Christmas got you down? Perhaps a night immersing yourself in a less materialistic culture is what you need.