Local Arts

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Open Mic night Sundays at Crystal Lounge More songs… The Crystal Lounge is hosting an open mic night every Sunday, start time is 9:30 p.m. Now in its third week, musicians have been turning up for the weekly jam session.

Awards recognize excellence for provincial operators As part of a move to award excellence in Aboriginal tourism, the first annual B.C. Aboriginal Awards will be held in Whistler on Aug. 12.

Potter Laura Wee Lay Laq offers workshop in August Smooth, cool clay oozing through your fingers.

The Kaleidoscope Festival, organized by the unusually named events company Xzyzx productions of Vancouver, is a three-day outdoor camping and music festival event in Bralorne Aug. 2-4.

Oz band Fruit plays GLC on Aug. 2 Who: Fruit Where: GLC When: Aug. 2 "Passionate, honest and intelligent pop music. Radio are you listening?" asks the Canberra Times newspaper of Australia.

New styles make framing an art of its own Thinking of getting framed? Picture framing, like any other design industry, has its own lines, textures and style.

Who: Fargo What: Canadian National Barbecue Championships Where: Dusty’s When: Aug. 3-4 Bluegrass and barbecue are coming to Dusty’s.

Seikido school offers new form of mind-body rhythms What: Breakdancing lessons & club Where: Whistler Seikido Martial Arts Dojo, Function Junction When: Sundays, 6 p.m. Get your pop and lock and up rock ready, breakdancing is back in town.

I Bleed Black debuts… Whistler filmmaker Jamie Houssian’s documentary, I Bleed Black, was screened for a full house last Friday at Millennium Place.