Local Arts

- Shelter From The Storm, written by Peter Boychuk and produced by Touchstone Theatre in Association with Playwrights Theatre Centre and the Firehall Arts Centre, June 1-9 at the Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova St., Vancouver.

- Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe by Charlotte Gill. Greystone Books, Sept. 2011, 264 pages. CHARLOTTE Gill wants you to taste the dirt.

- Cadence Weapon - Hope in Dirt City (Upper Class Recordings) Rating: 7 (out of 10) Cadence Weapon lives up to his name on Hope in Dirt City.

WEST Vancouver is hosting a major communitywide celebration tomorrow on Centennial Community Day with a full-day of events taking place from Horseshoe Bay to Ambleside Park.

THE crab was literally fighting for its life. Its spindly legs wrapped vehemently around the first mate's hand, the desperate crustacean's claws were also unmoving, clamped painfully on his fingers.

John Irving introduces his new novel, In One Person, at Cap U

MEMORIAL Day south of the border is the traditional start of summer, as far as blockbusters go. Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin get plenty of screen time, with several features each, but aliens are the true stars of the summer.

L'Illusion Theatre des Marionettes performing shows in English and French

- Saint Etienne - Words and Music by Saint Etienne (Heavenly Records) Rating: 8 (out of 10) Saint Etienne, the conceptual U.K. pop trio featuring Sarah Cracknell on vocals, return after a sevenyear absence with songs about getting older.

ONE up-and-coming Vancouver musician is getting ready for the biggest shows of her career to kick off the summer. Kaylee Johnston will be performing at the PNE's 2012 Summer Playland Festival on July 6 and 8.