Local Arts

- Anonymous. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Rafe Spall and Sebastian Armesto. Rating: 6 (out of 10) His parents were illiterate, and, more notably, so were his twin children.

North Shore News: When did you meet Alim Qasimov? David Harrington: I think it was about 1995 or '96 in London. His singing just blew me away.

- Dead Inside: Do Not Enter: Notes from the Zombie Apocaplypse. A Lost Zombies Book Chronicle Books, 176 pages, $22.95. The Zombie Apocalypse has turned the world upside down.

VERNONIA, OREGON, WAS FRIENDLY FROM THE START. Outside the Bridge Street Mini Mart, a woman took an immediate fancy to my son's shoes. "Man, I love those shoes," she said at least three times.

- Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road (Everso Records) Rating: 8 (out of 10) Having gone through the corporate centres of Nashville and L.A. making music according to other's specifications, Shelby Lynne knows a thing or two about the business side.

Battlefield Band, part of the Cap Global Roots Series, Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. at the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University. Tickets: $30/$27, visit www.capilanou.ca/nscucentre.

GALLERIES Bellevue Gallery: 2475 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5: 30 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and outside gallery hours by appointment. Info: www.bellevuegallery.ca.

- Exit 22 production of 7 Stories written by Morris Panych, directed by Dawn Moore. Oct. 21 and Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinee on Oct. 22. CAPILANO University's Exit 22 theatre company opens their season this week with 7 Stories.

Selena Gomez and the Scene, Rogers Arena, Friday, Oct. 14.

- Paranormal Activity 3. Directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. Starring Katie Featherston and Sprague Grayden.