Local Arts

Resort turns into mountain bike mecca in the summer

Squamish Valley music fest hit all the right notes

Travel Route 66 by Jim Hinckley, Voyageur Press, 240 pages, $23.99. It has been a long time since it's been used as the cross-country route it was built for but Route 66 is still a destination highway.

Local band proud of their longevity and accessibility

Galleries Artemis Gallery 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 778-233-9805 artemisgallery.ca Bellevue Gallery 2475 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver. Gallery Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Giver. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush.

LANDMARK CINEM AS 6 ES PLANADE 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver 604-983-2762 Step Up: All In (PG) - Fri-Thur 9:25 p.m. The Hundred-Foot Journey (G) - Fri-Thur 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:50 p.m. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) - Fri-Thur 1, 3:30, 6:40 p.m.

Two years of planning put into organization of stellar event

Historian Sheryl Salloum says writer's happiest times were spent in North Vancouver

Electronica duo return to bossa nova for inspiration on latest tracks