Local Arts

Producer has finger on pulse of Vancouver's indie music scene

Tsleil-Waututh Nation's History, Culture and Aboriginal Interests in Eastern Burrard Inlet prepared by Jesse Morin for Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Gowlings) on behalf of Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

Singer/songwriter performing on Bowen Island with her band

The best of the cinematic bunch from the past year

Musicians combining Western and Persian forms in concert at Kay Meek

1. Under Major Domino Minor by Patrick DeWitt House of Anansi, 339 pages, $32. Love and loss battle for control in this brilliant new book from the author of The Sisters Brothers.

Arts Club and Bard on the Beach join forces at BMO Theatre Centre

John Goodman Top 10 Albums 1. Björk -Vulnicura (One Little Indian) 2. Courtney Barnett -Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop Music) 3. Bully -Feels Like (Columbia) 4. Julia Holter -Have You In My Wilderness (Domino) 5.

It sounded like the perfect bed and breakfast in the perfect little French village ... until I heard the sound of the not-so-perfect non-stop barking dogs. Looking for hotels online can be a great way to find a good place to stay.

Unfaithful Music Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello, Blue Rider Press, 674 pages, $36