Local Arts

Band from Kitimat is on road to stardom WHO: Glasshead WHERE: The Boot Pub WHEN: Sunday, March 18 From small towns and smaller pubs in northern B.C.

WHO: Bullfrog WHERE: Garfinkel’s WHEN: Wednesday, March 21 There’s a movement afoot on the live music scene, and while it’s not new, it’s finally coming into the spotlight: live bands featuring a DJ, or is it vice versa? It doesn&

WHO: Town Pants WHERE: GLC and Longhorn WHEN: St. Patrick’s Day, Apres and Evening If you didn’t manage to get a ticket to the already sold out Spirit of the West St.

After a hiatus Spirit of the West musicians set their sites on Everest WHO: Spirit of the West WHERE: Dusty’s WHEN: March 17 Arranging an interview with members of Spirit of the West, I had to follow all the proper avenues, first speaking with a

Monday, March 19 On the Mic Who : Hounds of Buskerville Where : The Boot The Hounds are back to play the ska and reggae tunes off their new CD Neighbourhood .

WHO: Chloe, Ned and Steve WHERE: Black’s Pub WHEN: Every Sunday Whistler’s flourishing musical community just got a little bigger.

WHO: Mike Svob, opening reception WHERE: adele campbell Fine Art Gallery WHEN: Saturday, March 10 The adele-campbell Fine Art Gallery plays host this week to artist Mike Svob and his exhibit Colour Passages.

WHO: The String Cheese Incident WHERE: Whistler Conference Centre WHEN: March 17 & 18 "Are you getting any snow up there?" Ah, spoken like a true ski bum.

WHO: SNFU WHERE: The Boot Pub WHEN: Sunday, March 11 It’s New Punk Night with a classic flavour. Legends of Canadian punk metal, SNFU, make they’re return to the resort this week.

Review by Shari Burnett Follow your mates from down under to music shops April 3rd. It's been a while coming, but Powderfinger's latest CD, Odyssey Number Five , finally has a Canadian release date.