Local Arts

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.

- Dead Last by James W. Hall Minotaur Books, 326 pages, $29.99. A struggling television series is paid a terrifying compliment when a string of murders mimics the plot.

Charlie Winston - Running Still (Real World Records) Rating: 8 (out of 10) On this follow-up to his successful second album, Hobo, Charlie Winston has produced an outstanding 12song collection.

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o'er the plains. And the mountains in reply, Echoing their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo.

- Jill Barber, part of the Electric Evenings series, at North Vancouver's Centennial Theatre, Friday, Dec. 2 at 7: 30 p.m. Tickets: $30/$27, visit www. centennialtheatre.com. 2011 has been kind to acclaimed singer/songwriter Jill Barber.

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