Local Arts

New CD release schedule for Tuesday, May 15

- Irène Jacob and Francis Jacob - Je sais nager (Sunnyside Records) Rating: 6 (out of 10) Following in the grand tradition of Claudine Longet, Carla Bruni, Emmanuelle Seigner and other French celebrities who think they can sing, actress Irène Jacob (

The West Coast Book Prize Society announced the names of the winners of the 28th annual BC Book Prizes on May 12: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers) Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize Chuck Davis, The

Former head found it hard to make changes

EMPIRE ESPLANADE 6 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver 604-983-2762 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (G) -Fri, Mon-Thur 7: 15; Sat-Sun 12: 45, 4: 10, 7: 15 p.m.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Directed by John Madden. Starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Penelope Winton. Rating: 7 (out of 10) In Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama, villagers have a practical way of dealing with old age.

- Cold Specks opening for Great Lake Swimmers at the Commodore Ballroom, Friday, May 11. LISTEN to Cold Specks' debut album when you're feeling kind of blue. When you feel like the world doesn't understand you. When you just want to be alone.

Vitaly Beckman performing two shows at Presentation House

On Neck of the Woods Silversun Pickups chose to work with producer Jacknife Lee in his Topanga studio.

An Evening with John Irving, Capilano University, Friday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m.