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Jazz bassist performs tracks from new album on tour with her trio

Skyfall. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Javier Bardem. Rating: 9 (out of 10) TO celebrate his 50th anniversary, Bond had to be big.

Q&A with Mark Haskell Smith

River cruising is on a roll, no doubt about that, with armadas of elongated vessels like big bateaux mouches chugging up and down the Rhine, Danube and indeed the Yangtze. "Haven't seen an iceberg yet," one passenger told me.

Ian Wallace: At the Intersection of Painting and Photography. Vancouver Art Gallery. Until Feb. 24, 2013. For more information visit vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/ exhibit_ian_wallace.html. "THIS is really Vancouver art.

SOME of my best vacation photos were taken on a camera with manual settings. These days, holiday picture-taking consists of a quick aim of the iPhone and a hurried post to Instagram.

Kieran Strange, Steamworks, 375 Water St., Vancouver, Saturday, Nov. 24. For more info visit kieranstrange.com. AS a teenager she'd always wanted to be in a band.

NORTH Vancouver artist Geoff Ross has some of his art work for sale in this year's Circle Craft Christmas Market which takes place Nov. 7 to 11 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West.

Performing at Centennial Theatre on Sunday night

Flight. Directed by Robert Zemekis. Starring Denzel Washington.