Local Arts

August 8 Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne (iTunes release of Jay-Z and Kanye Wests new group, CD release is Aug. 12). August 9 Sly Stone Im Back! Family & Friends; Maria Taylor Overlook; Gold Leaves The Ornament.

GALLERIES Argyle Avenue: 1400-1600 Block, West Vancouver. Artemis Gallery: 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 12: 305 p.m. Info: 604-929-4354 or [email protected]. Artists for Kids Gallery: 810 West 21st St.

North Vancouver dancer taking elimination from show in stride

Sarah McLachlan with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, MusicFest Vancouver's gala opening concert, tonight at 8 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre. Tickets: $200/$125/$110/$90. For more information on the festival visit www.musicfestvancouver.ca.

- Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator (Sony Masterworks) Rating: 9 (out of 10) Revelator is a revelation from a newly formed band with an old school way of doing things.

Dances for a Small Stage. August 10, 11 and 12. The Legion on the Drive, 2205 Commercial Drive (at East 6th Ave). Doors: 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m. Tickets: $20. Cash at the door. 19+ Admitted.

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings bring it all home

Cowboys & Aliens. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde.

If Vancouver had a cooler, hipper older brother, Id like to think it would be San Francisco. Nothing against our lovely city, but San Fran has seriously got it going on.