Local Arts

When the lights came on, one photographer shone brighter than the rest: Blake Jorgenson. The seven-year Whistler local captured the top spot at this year’s Pro Photographer Search.

Monday, April 23 LIVE AND LOVING IT Who : Funk If I Know Where : The Boot Make the trip north of the village for what is bound to be a funking hot gig! Who : Leanne and Kyla Where : Dubh Linn Gate These local lasses bring down the house with fast-pac

Friday, April 20 ON STAGE Who : Dilated Peoples, Beat Junkies, MC Supernatural Where : WSSF Mainstage When : 3 p.m. It’s some of the best rap and hip hop North America has to offer.

Millennium Place opening date set back to May 14 Completion of Maurice Young Millennium Place has again been pushed back by several weeks, forcing the cancellation of the finale to the Whistler Community Art Council’s Showcase 2001.

WHO: Dilated Peoples WHERE: WSSF Mainstage WHEN: Friday, April 20 3 p.m. I seriously wondered what I would have in common with this rap group from California and what we would talk about.

WHO: Keller Williams WHERE: GLC, Monday, April16 WHERE: WSSF Mainstage, Tuesday, April 17, 3 p.m. A Man and His Machine: not a headline that you’d think would pack the house.

Peter is a busy little cottontail. He’s hip-hopping down several Whistler trails this Easter Sunday. His first stop is to the north in Pemberton at North Arm Farm.

Sea to Sky Entertainment of Squamish has announced that it will be producing its second feature film, called Treasure Mountain. It is a story about two young girls in pursuits of a pirate’s lost treasure in the mountains.

WHO: Staggered Crossing WHERE: WSSF Mainstage WHEN: Wednesday, April 18 Toronto’s Staggered Crossing is one of Warner’s latest investments, a five-man band turning out edgy, radio-friendly rock reminiscent of Counting Crowes and Tabitha

Whistler author contemplates the burden of choice in his first novel When someone hands you a book, the usual question is "what’s it about?" Most often the usual response is a rambling summation of the plot, the characters, and, where