Local Arts

GALLERIES Artemis Gallery: 104C4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 12: 30-5 p.m. Info: 604-929-4354 or artemisinthecove@gmail.com. Artists for Kids Gallery: 810 West 21st St., North Vancouver.

Maggie Mooney, author of Are You Ready? provides us with five practical and helpful steps to prepare for an earthquake. 1.

Its not easy to pin down Tinariwen. Like Toronto's Broken Social Scene, the North African band is a moveable feast of musical talent.

NV musician performing 40th anniversary gigs

Latin American fest showcases latest projects

- Reunion by Pascal Girard Drawn & Quarterly, 156 pages, $20.95 The anxiety of peer criticism is heightened as time goes by so the invitation to a 10-year high school anniversary is cause for fullblown panic.

The National Ballet of Canada returns to Vancouver with three performances in celebration of its 60th anniversary at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Sept. 23-25 presented as part of the Ballet BC 2011-12 season.

THE line stretches more than 50 metres - half a block by our measurements. Parisians, not always the most patient, wait for up to 30 minutes for what some consider to be the finest croissants in the city.

EMPIRE ESPLANADE 6 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver 604-983-2762 Our Idiot Brother (PG) - Fri, Mon-Thur 4: 10, 7: 10, 9: 30; Sat-Sun 1: 30, 4: 10, 7: 10, 9: 30 Midnight in Paris (G) - Fri-Thur 9: 20 p.m.

Musician draws on wide range of influences