Local Arts

- The Hunger Games. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson.

At the World's Edge: Curt Lang's Vancouver 1937-1998 by Claudia Cornwall (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2011).

IN the future, everyone on television will have ridiculous hair. Also, the slaughter of teenagers and children will serve as state sanctioned entertainment. That's the premise of The Hunger Games, opening today.

- The Ting Tings - Sounds from Nowheresville (Columbia Records) Rating: 8 (out of 10) ON their second album, British duo The Ting Tings explore a variety of genres while still clinging to their pop sensibilities.

- Stef Lang tour kick-off, with special guests, including Hilary Grist, Colin Bullock and Brock Zanrosso, Sunday, April 1 at Joe's Apartment, 919 Granville St., Vancouver. Doors: 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m.

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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