Local Arts

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Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper. Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne.

Blackbird Theatre presents a new adaptation of Molière's Don Juan at The Cultch Dec. 28 to Jan. 26. To purchase tickets visit thecultch.com or call 604-251-1363. IN one corner, a seductive and freethinking libertine. In the other corner, God.

Vancouver Calling: A Tribute to Joe Strummer and The Clash, Electric Owl (928 Main Street, Vancouver), Sunday, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets $25 in advance (tickets.capilanou.ca/TheatreManager/1/ login&event=0)/$27 at door, cash only.

At a recent girls night I attended, the conversation turned (as it inevitably does, fellas) to the topic of who would you be most likely to leave your spouse for? The answer wasnt Denzel Washington, with his ability to fly planes upside down, or Chan

100 Ideas That Changed Photography by Mary Warner Marien Laurence King Publishers, 216 pages, $34.95. The evolution of photography is not just about technological advancements in equipment.

The Toronto International Film Festival established Canadas Top Ten Film List in 2001. Pacific Cinémathèque will screen this years Top 10 films and Top 10 shorts Jan. 18-20, 25-26 and Feb. 1-4, 2013. For more information go to thecinematheque.

West Vancouver's Mystique Films behind Made for TV Xmas project

John Goodman Top 10 Films 1. Berberian Sound Studio (U.K. 2012, Director Peter Strickland) 2. A Man Vanishes (Japan 1967/2012 DVD, Director Shohei Imamura) 3. Chasing Ice (U.S. 2012, Director Jeff Orlowski) 4.

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