Local Arts

North African rebel rockers Tinariwen played in Vancouver in 2010 (see their North Shore News interview by CLICKING HERE) but last year the Canadian government denied them travel visas and the band had to cancel their scheduled gig at the Vancouver I

Born and Raised, the fifth studio album from John Mayer, is a 13-track exploration of Americana roots music.

West Vancouver composer writes for voice the 'ultimate instrument'

Persian singer performing at Kay Meek on Sunday night

HONG KONG: It is 7 a.m. and from my hotel window high above Victoria Harbor a cruise ship is returning with a load of weary gamblers who, presumably, have been up all night trying to beat the floating bank.

- Landscape Photography by Tim Fitzharris, Firefly Books, 192 pages, $24.95. Nature photographer Tim Fitzharris has spent a great deal of his life outdoors.

- Snow White and the Huntsman. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth and Sam Claflin.

- 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.