Local Arts

Tribute band plays the Shack for Canada Day Who: Totally Hip Where: The Shack When: July 1, 9 p.m. Canadians are still nuts about the Hip. The Tragically Hip, that is, who are on a summer tour promoting their new CD In Violet Light .

June 28-July 4 Whistler Daily Street Entertainment, June 28 to July 4 For the families, kids, or the kid in you, Whistler street entertainment is now offered daily through the week, a presentation of Tourism Whistler.

Local theatre troupes give Shakespeare’s Hamlet a facelift What: The Little Theatre’s Production of Hamlet Where: Eagle Eye Theatre, June 28 & 29 Where: Millennium Place, July 4, 5 & 6 When: Doors at 7:30 p.m.; performances at 8 p.

Twenty-seven members of the Whistler Children’s Choir, director Alison Hunter, and four adults headed for Ottawa June 27.

Fifty artists, three-dimensional works on display this year Whistler’s Artrageous event is growing up.

What: Canada Day Parade and Activities When: July 1, 2 p.m. Where: Whistler Village This year’s Canada Day parade has some new twists, a new direction, and a renewed emphasis on fun and participation.

It’s not too late to get Out There. An ongoing exhibition from a trio of photographers – Ellen Aitkin, Nelly Levesque, and Jon Faulknor – opened on June 13 at BBK’s Pub in the Upper Village.

"I consider myself an eclectic player, and I play something for everyone," says DJ Erin Pimm, a top Whistler spinner also known as DJ Spinderella . Last Friday night, Pimm held a CD-release party for her new album Passion .

Band refuses to comply with formula for commercial success Who: Beluga Where: Boot Pub When: July 1 You can sing along to that "O, Canada" track.

West Kootenay Regional Arts Council’s director changes mountain range The Whistler Community Arts Council announced this week the appointment of a full-time executive director.