Local Arts

"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.

New $23,000 grant speeds up photo digitization project What: Whistler Museum Fund-raiser Where: Dubh Linn Gate, featuring the Bowen Boys When: Thursday, June 20 They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but what are 400,000 pictures worth? A

Annual art fund-raiser includes mixed media, live auction What: ARTrageous When: July 6, 7 p.m.

Seattle’s L’il Puddin’ offers up organic-folk acoustic notes Who: L’il Puddin’ Where: Boot Pub When: June 17 organic, adj. Without the use of artificial fertilizers pudding: any sweet food made with sugar, eggs; a dessert.

WSSF’s short film winner lands distribution deal The butt doesn’t stop here.

Mimosa, Chin, swing lessons part of the musical calendar You can never have enough jazz. And that’s what’s on offer in the three-day Jazz and Blues Festival, which starts today (June 14).

While last weekend’s sunny weather brought out bikers, hikers and even windsurfers, a small group of enthusiasts on the shore of Alta Lake were engaged in an entirely different outdoor pursuit: painting.

Weekend workshop Aug.