Local Arts

IN a club just off Granville Street the band is dishing out the kind of gritty, nasty, rock 'n' roll that can mortify a mother at 40 paces.

FOUR Hugs a Day, that's the minimum, four hugs a day. At least three generations, probably at one time or another, have either sung the song to their child or had it sung to them as children.

THEY begin the night as Fleetwood Mac, but at any moment, they have the capability to transform into Abba.

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Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life (Director: Werner Herzog Germany/Canada 2011) Screening at Vancity Theatre March 16 and 17. Rating: 8 (out of 10) Werner Herzog has spent his entire career contextualizing chaos.

Even in a place like Whistler, you occasionally need to take a day off from hitting the hill. Maybe someone in your family doesn't feel like ripping up the powder today, or perhaps you're a little sore from yesterday's foray on the runs.

When the kids complain that there is nothing to do this spring break, why not take the family up the Sea to Sky for a few days of non-stop family fun in Whistler? Snow School packages are available for children of all ages and ability levels.

Q and A Diana Panton - Diana Panton, Capilano University NSCU Centre for the Performing Arts, Saturday, March 10, 8 p.m. Tickets $30/$27.

Footloose, is a sexed-up remake of the toe-tappin 1984 film that made Kevin Bacon a reluctant star.