Local Arts

Is nautical nonsense something you wish? Here you go Children under 15, their parents and assorted hipsters of all ages will be very familiar to this man of the sponge. For all others here's a quick rundown.

Christmas spirit is spreading through the wooden walls of the Brackendale Art Gallery on Monday (Nov. 29).

Mastering the Stawamus Chief is the challenge in one of the films at the Whistler Film Festival. A film called Vertically Challenged will be screened at the festival. It's about a quadriplegic man named Brad Zdanivsky.

Although After the Sunset has a lot of good elements going for it, the audience is still left in the dark about the motivations behind the characters.

A little bit of over-the-top humour and tacky costumes can go a long way and the students performing American Beauty at the Eagle Eye Theatre this week used both. The costumes were pulled out of the worst of the 80s.

The Sea to Sky Hotel is alive with the sound of frantic last-minute rehearsal. But the end result will be one of the biggest dramatic undertakings in Squamish history.

The Incredibles is an incredible feat of creativity. The movie follows in the Pixar tradition of A Bug's Life and Finding Nemo, using computer animation to create a convincing, but not quite real world.

It's far easier to trash a film then to praise it. With Ray there's no easy way out: - it's all gold. The curtain opens and we're in 1951, Ray's 21 and heading for Seattle to play a lounge club.

The Festival of Canadian Arts, featuring local performers and Canadian content, returns for the 12th year with two very different events. Presented by Howe Sound Performing Arts Association, Youth in Performance opens the Festival on Thursday, Nov.

Art, music, dance and weird hair are sweeping through Squamish again. The third Art and Soul fundraiser is Nov. 6 at Totem Hall. The event is to raise money for the Squamish skate park.