Local Arts

IF you could measure such a thing, it seems likely that Seattle has a higher ratio of lights, Santas and cheer per square foot than most cities do. This is a town that loves to get its tinsel on.

ON television and in movie theatres, the Holiday Season is a time filled with classic Christmas specials, romantic comedies and other heartwarming family fare. For the action-loving gentleman, it can be a dark, dark time.

Alysa Lechner Top 10 Albums 1. Danny Brown XXX (Fools Gold) 2. Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop) 3. Kurt Vile Smoke Ring For My Halo (Matador) 4. Mr. Muthaf___in eXquire Lost in Translation (Mishka) 5. The Black Lips Arabia Mountain (Vice) 6.

THERE'S nary a petticoat nor a pretty face to be found on this guy-centric list of the top 10 films of 2011, whose only females include an emotionally damaged cult escapee and an underage assassin.

The Bride Wore Black. France, 1968. Director: Françis Truffaut Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Michel Lonsdale. New 35mm print screening at Pacific Cinémathèque with Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend Dec.

- Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. New documentary film directed by Dmitry Vasyukov, produced and narrated by Werner Herzog. Screening at Vancity Theatre Dec. 9-15.

Goh Ballet invite Marian and Don Adair to perform in the Christmas classic

The thing about local Whistler kids is that they are quintessentially Whistler in miniature form.

Here's how it happens: the helicopter pulls away from the ridge, wrapping you in an envelope of swirling crystals. As the cloud dissipates and sound drifts off into the atmosphere like a wind dying in the tree-tops, a weight is lifted from your life.