AROUND TOWN, the North Shore News’ entertainment listing, is the place to louk for live iheatre, concerts, galleries, dance events, and pub and club performances. Running every Friday, Arcund Town lists North Shore and Lower Mainland entertainment happenings. Arts Club, Granville Island: Black and Gold Revue. Up tempo compilation of black music and dance. Mon.-Fri. at 8:30 p.m., Sats. at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., Weds. mats. at 5:30 p.m. VTC/CBO or 687-1644. Arts Club Revue Theatre: Angry Housewives. Second year for this comic musical. Mon. to Fri. at 8:30 p.m., Sats. at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., Weds. mats. at 5:30 p.m. VTC/CBO or 687- 1644, Arts Club, Seymour Street: Sex Tips For Modern Girls. Musical search for the perfect relationship. Mon.-Fri. at 8:30 p.m. Sats. at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., Weds. mats, at 5:30 p.m. (2 for 1). VTC/CBO or 687-1644, Vancouver Playhouse: Run for your Wife. British farce at its best. To Aug. 28. 280-3311. Back Alley Theatre: Theatresports and improvisational comedy, Runs Wed. to Sat. Info: 680-7013. White Rock Summer Theatre: Inspec- tor Sly’s Second-to-Last Case. World premiere of local playwright Kico Gonzalez-Risso’s new farce. : Miss Balmoral of the Bayview. Good production of this gentle Ontario com- edy. : Waiting For Godot. All perfs. close Sept. 3. Call 538-9422 for final week’s schedule. Q.E. Theatre: Cats. To Sept. 10 at & p.m. (Mon.-Sat.) Weds. and Sat. mats. at 2 p.m. 280-4444 Fall peek From page 22 Political Anecdotes (Oxford Books) — by J.T. McLeod; amusing and sometimes alarming anecdotes featuring our own dear (and not so dear) political figures, past and present. * Dark Kingdom, Brian Mulroney and the Transformation of Canada (Random House) — by Norman Snider; ‘‘...a searing look at the style, quality and nature of Mulroney’s leadership...” * Contrenepeurs (MacMillan) — by Diane Francis; ‘‘...a fascinating and frightening look at the world of boiler rooms, stock-market ma- nipulations and money Iaunder- ing...’? with more than a few passages dedicated to our own Vancouver Stock Exchange. * On Trial (MacMillan) — by Jack Batten; the fifth book of court- room drama-in-real-life from one of Canada’s best-known lawyers. * Wolves (Douglas & McIntyre} — by Candace Savage; the latest work by the author of Wild Mammals of Western Canada and The Wonders of Canadian Birds. * A Life In The Country (Douglas & Mcintyre) — by Bruce Hutchin- son; the private life of Canada’s favorite newsman. . * O Canadaw! (McClelland & Stewart) —~ by Gregory Clark; a Gregory Clark omnibus, with 120 of Clark’s funniest stories selected from the more than 11,000 such tales that have flowed from this prolific writer’s pen(s). * The Arctic Graif, The Quest For The North West Passage and The North Pole, 1818 - 1909 (Mc- Clelland & Stewart) —- by Pierre Berton. And there is much, much more in this category alone; this may well be one of the most Canadian of publishing seasons in recent memory with political analyses, satires, biographies and fiction from just about all of the top names in Canadian writing. During the next few months, BOOKS NOW will bring North Shore News readers some of the best modern titles available throughout the world with several hundred new works scheduled for review. North Shore Lonsdale Quay Matket: Three Quarter Horse. Country, Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. MARTIN MILLERCHIP listings coordinator Blackcomb: Vancouver Symphony Or- chestra in concert in an Alpine mead- ow. Tix $25 including lift. Sept. 3, 2-4 p.m. Info: 684-9100. Cleveland Dam Park: Metropolitan Pops Band. Aug. 28, 2-3 p.m. Elsewhere Science World: Dance with the Dinos. Party fundraiser featuring Jazzmanian Devils. Aug. 26. $20 includes food. In- fo: 687-8414. Coliseum: The Pointer Sisters, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. :Dirty Dancing Tour, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. :Croshy, Sills and Nash, Sept. 1 at 8 p.m, All tix. include PNE admission. 280- 4444 Elsewhere Granville {stand Courtyard: Anna Wyman Dance Company. Free 30 minute dance shows. To Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Firehall Theatre: White Breakfast presented by Kinesis Dance, choreography by Paras Terezakis. Aug. 31-Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. Info: 689-0926. 23 - Friday, August 26, 1988 - North Shore News North Shore Presentation House: Making Space. Suzanne Lacy, Susan McEachern, Frances Robson, Honor Rogers deal with issues of concern to women. To Sept. 18. Weds.-Sun., 12-5 p.m. Thurs, 12-9 p.m. 986-1351. W.V. Memorial Library: Alan Reynolds. A selection of watercolors by this W.V. artist on the subject of a visit to China. Harrison Galleries: Ronald Jackson, Jose Trinidad, Daniel Izzard, Marke Simmons, Kiff Holland, George Bates, Park Royal South. Sharli Gallery: Elaine Brewer-White, ceramic artist. 53 Lonsdale. North Shore Museum and Acchives: The Refreshing Pause: Early Soft Drink Promotions. Trays to calendars, bottles to posters. To Aug. 31. Weds.-Sun., 1-4 p.m. Free. 209 W. 4th. N.V. District Hall: John Gosling/Dave Gosse. Photography. To Aug. 30. OVER $10,000 IN PRIZES 1 Sharp Electronics 110 watt stereo system. 6 Sharp Electronics Compact Disc Players. 1,000 Special ‘Ron Cabana Rocks’’ cassettes of popular rock hits. * :Ursule Medley. Masks/caricatures, 335 W. Queens. N.Y. City Hall: Elizabeth Griffiths and Keith Bassam. lack and white photography. 141 W. 14th. N.¥. Courthouse: Ross Munro. Watercolors. To Sept. 28. 200 E. 23. Station Museum: Old tins, unusual ar- tifacts, fire and sports equipment. Sundays only 1:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Mahon Park, 16th and Jones. Cleveland Dam Park: West Van Sketch Club, Aug. 28, 11-4 p.m. North Shore: Coach House Inn: Stages: Dan Hare, To Aug. 27. Coach House Inn: Hearthside: Lyndia Scott. To Aug. 27, Rusty Gull: Jam Session every Sat. aft. with Silverlode. Troller Pub: Belairs, Aug. 26-27. :Lance Harrison Dixie Land Jazz Band, Sat. afts. from 3 to 6 p.m. 6422 Bay Street, Horseshoe Bay.