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Film reviews: At Whistler Film Festival, eco-warriors and women in film

Fairy Creek and Resident Orca follow impassioned fights, while NiiMisSak: Sisters In Film celebrates Indigenous impacts onscreen

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithDecember 4, 2024Whistler Film Festival, Whistler, Jules Koostachin

Hunting Matthew Nichols and Kryptic among B.C. contingent as Whistler Film Festival unveils Canadian entries

They’ll be competing in juried Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature at event December 4 to 8

SCREEN, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 28, 2024Whistler Film Festival, Whistler, Canadian film

Experience the beauty of fall in Whistler with engaging events and an unparalleled vibe

From hiking and biking, to film and food festivals, to exquisite dining opportunities, the options are endless during a fall getaway up the Sea to Sky Highway

CULTURAL TOURISMStir VancouverAugust 26, 2024Partner Content, Tourism Whistler, Whistler, Whistler food

Ocie Elliott finds ideal setting for intimate harmonies at Whistler Concert Series, August 23

Duo that often draws on B.C. landscapes for inspiration brings chill summer vibe to free outdoor show

MUSICJanet SmithAugust 20, 2024Ocie Elliott, Whistler Concert Series, Whistler, Summer 2024

Astrocolor brings “AstroJazz” to the Whistler Summer Concert Series, August 8

The B.C. band blends jazz with psychedelic and electronic music to create a sound they describe as “meditative and interplanetary”

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonAugust 2, 2024Whistler, Whistler Summer Concert Series, Astrocolor

High art and fine dining as Whistler’s Audain Art Museum hosts 2024 Artist Dinner Series, July 12 and 26 and August 9 and 23

Guests get an exclusive tour of Tom Thomson: North Star exhibition followed by an al fresco dinner on-site by Fairmont Chateau Whistler

ART & DESIGN, CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJuly 5, 2024Audain Art Museum, dining, Whistler

Epic Tom Thomson exhibition comes to Whistler's Audain Art Museum

The largest retrospective of the iconic Canadian artist’s works to date features 133 paintings

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 28, 2024Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Curtis Collins, To, Homepage feature

Walk off the Earth kicks off Whistler Summer Concert Series, July 1

The Juno-winning indie-pop band from Burlington, Ontario has amassed millions of YouTube and TikTok views

MUSICGail JohnsonJune 26, 2024Whistler, Whistler Summer Concert Series

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

A full day of free programming ranges from storytelling to film to a fashion show

Glossy fruit and ghostly dresses, as Gathie Falk: Revelations looks back on art that uplifts the ordinary

In vivid retrospective at Audain Art Museum, themes of mortality hover beneath the visual splendour

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithDecember 7, 2023Audain Art Museum, Gathie Falk, Whistler, Homepage feature

Dianne Whelan's 500 Days in the Wild captures her epic trek along 24,000-kilometre Trans Canada Trail

B.C. filmmaker-photographer braved snow, bears, rapids, and other challenges in six-year journey, in Whistler Film Festival premiere

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 29, 2023Whistler Film Festival, Whistler

At Whistler Film Festival, Bruce Sweeney's new She Talks to Strangers is a morally muddy gift to Gabrielle Rose and Camille Sullivan

Vancouver director’s longtime collaborators make the most of their mother-and-daughter roles—amid kidnapped dogs, sex as currency, and a Kitsilano real-estate caper

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 23, 2023Bruce Sweeney, Whistler, Whistler Film Festival, Homepage feature

B.C. filmmakers take the spotlight as Whistler International Film Festival unveils first batch of titles

Live event November 29 to December 3 features three locally directed world premieres, including Bruce Sweeney’s She Talks to Strangers

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithOctober 4, 2023Whistler Film Festival, WFF2023, Whistler

Whistler's Audain Art Museum hosts epic exhibition by Japanese visual artist Manabu Ikeda

Flowers from the Wreckage is the first solo exhibition in North America by the artist who draws meticulously detailed large-scale works in pen and paper

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 23, 2023Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

Whistler's Audain Art Museum announces summertime Audain Artist Dinner Series

Visual artist Manabu Ikeda and chef Koji Chiba offer a summery taste and tour of Japanese art

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 6, 2023food, Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Summer 2023

Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre's Spo7ez Winter Feast is a culinary and cultural journey, March 24

The experience includes a museum tour and intro to the photographic exhibition Unceded

Audain Art Museum presents vast print exhibition of Dutch masters in The Collectors' Cosmos, to May 15

Opening January 28, The Meakins-McClaran Print Collection features more than 170 rarely seen works from the 16th and 17th centuries

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 26, 2023Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Curtis Collins, Dutch, prints

Audain Art Museum chills out with SNOWGA + SOUND, January 13

Whistler arts venue hosts a yoga class and soundbath in support of Protect Our Winters Canada

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 9, 2023Audain Art Museum, Whistler

Whistler food: A world of flavours sits next to the slopes

Goan, Thai, and Alpine culinary experiences are 2023 highlights

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 4, 2023Whistler, Whistler food, culinary, restaurants, Thai food

New photo exhibition at Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre captures Indigenous peoples' enduring presence

UNCEDED: S7ULH TEMÍXW / TI TMICWKÁLHA / OUR LAND—A Photographic Journey into Belonging reflects the Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation’s connection to the land

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonDecember 20, 2022Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Indigenous, Whistler, Homepage feature