Local Arts

NV actor Alan Marriott staging improv musical at Granville Island

North Vancouver Community Players present Bluff, a dark comedy, Sept. 7-8, 12-15, and 19-22, at the Theatre at Hendry Hall in North Vancouver. Tickets: $18/$16. Info: www.northvanplayers.ca or 604-983-2633.

- Battleship. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Liam Neeson and Rihanna.

IF you think living in the suburbs is all about wearing "mom" jeans, driving a minivan and becoming obsessed with lawn care, think again, says Sarah Daniels. Daniels co-hosts Urban Suburban, an HGTV show that pits condos against splitlevels.

AT a time when artists were outlaws, her grandparents were both. Anastasia Hendry is currently exhibiting an eclectic collection of her artwork at the Silk Purse on Argyle Avenue in West Vancouver as part of Art of the Peoples of the Salish Sea.

GALLERIES BrushStrokes Gallery: Lonsdale Quay, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. Hours: Sunday, 11: 30 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday, 11: 30 a.m.-6: 30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 11: 30 a.m.-7 p.m. Info: www.nsartists.ca.

- Lawless. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain and Guy Pearce.

BOOK REVIEW - Andy Warhol Drawings, Chronicle Books, 79 pages, $19.95. BEFORE he was the darling of the New York art scene, Andy Warhol was a successful commercial illustrator.

- Hit And Run, directed by Dax Shepard and David Palmer. Starring Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Bradley Cooper and Tom Arnold.

WHEN your parents are eaten by a lion or hit by a train or eaten by a lion who, for some unknown reason, had purchased a ticket and was riding that train, your only salvation rests in becoming the greatest German punk band the world has ever seen.