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Ferry Building Gallery:
Sprauq Fever Ve paintings of
Walter Giesbrecht, ill McRae
and Daphne McLean. Gallery
hours: Elam, to 3 pam,
closed Mondays.

Intormation: 925-7266.

The Gallery in Artisan
Square, Bowen Island:
Transition/lransformation.
Photographs and mixed

media by Carol Fanes.
Reception March 14.

pom. March 12 Apel

Sun, noon pon.

The Manifest Gallery:
Latuicapes and Over Lofty
Theis. Roo Des Cotes
watercolours and maved
media. To March 25. Mon
Fri, 9am. to noon, WL both
at Alarine, NV.

North Shore Arts
Commission: Liauinagraply.
The abstract images and holo-
graphic patterns of Sidnes
Kocib, March 8-26,

North Vancouver District
Hall: Karen Radu’s acrvlics
and Wilbur Grant's Nauve
wood carvings. To March 25,

DANIEL Robichaud’s Tightrope is one of the films
featured at Spike & Mike's Classic Festivai of
Animation opening tonight at the Ridge Theatre.

THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS
> Ridge animation festival through April 4
‘> Children of Heaven — Fifth Ave. Cinemas
> Vancouver Opera's La Traviata — starts Saturday

B Spike & Mike’s Classic
Festival of Animation at the
Ridge Theatre (3131
Arbutus) until April 4.

Award-winning animated
shorts from around the world
are featured in this annual
touring festival. Ridge dates
are Fridays (March 12, 19, 26
and April 2) at 7:30 and 9:30
p.m.; Saturdays (March 13,
20, 27 and April 3) at 7:30
and 9:30 p.m.; Sundays
(March 14, 21, 28 and April 4
at 2, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.).

@ Children of Heaven opens
today at Fifth Ave. Cinemas,
Director Majid Majidi’s

enchanting work has been
nominated for an Academy
Award in the best foreign film
category. Using nonprotes-
sional actors he achieves a spir-
irua! authenticity reminiscent
of French director Robert
Bresson. See review page 30.

at the Queen E. Theatre:
March 13, 16, 18, 20 and
22. Tickets: 280-3311.

See page 20 fora profile of
mezzo-soprano Marie Anne
Kowan. News critic Ben
P’Andrea will review the pro-
duction next Friday.

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Palubits are a programy of the

NW. Community Arts
Council and open Mon-Fri.
Sabaim. 430 pum.

North Vancouver Museum
and Archives: Jowour Le
Came Seaspan und its
Predecessors, 1888-1988. Uhe
story of Seaspan highhgehting
Stories of deep sea towing,
and salvaue and the develop
ment ey the seifdumpiag
barge. Prince Gearae
Eventually. Len Norris car-
toons, To March [4. Early
Sports, Phovographs and text
trace the carly deveiopment
of soccer, baseball and
lacrosse. To March 28,
Shipyard Sua pshats: Cover to
Corer. The colourtul covers
ofthe Wallace Shipbuilder,
Burrard Dry Dock’s employ:
ce publication. March 17-
June 16. Tatas Abov — Spring
Break Program tor children

69 vears runs March 15-19.
Information: 987-5618.
Museum open Tues.-Sun.
noon to 5 p.m,

PGE Railway Station:
Shipyard Snapshots: Cover ta
Corer. The colourtui covers
ofthe Wallace Shipbuilder,
Burrard Dry Dock’s employ-
ce publication during the
Second World War. To March
1+. North Vancouver Corners.
A photographie display of
North Vancouver meeting
places, vesterday and today.
March 17-May 16. Weds.-
Sun. noon to 4 p.m. Foot of
Lonsdale,

Presentation House
Gallery: Dark Odveey. The
work of photojournalist

Philip Jones Griffiths, known
tor his coverage ofthe
Vietnam War. Feb. 27-April
Lt, Weds.-Sun., 12-5 p.m.
Thursday ro 9 p.m.
Admission: pay what vou can.
Ron Andrews RecCentre:
Tudor Serban, March 7-April
20.

Seymour Art Gallery: from
the GIGANTIC ta the minia-
ture: Gulliver remembered.
Giant and Lilliputian seulp-
tural installations by Virginia
Abbott, iize Bebris, Jennifer

See more page 27

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