peas GG NEWS photo Neil Lucente SHIRLEY LEUNG (back row, left to right), 11, Anita Yeung, 14, Krista Bergstrom, 10, Zoe Chan, 12, Buffie Steuart, 13, Matthew Barre (front, left to right), 9, Laura Dobell, &, Katharine Chan, 7, and Julia Schermbrucker, 8, were cash prize winners in Ward Music's poster contest for the B.C. Music Teachers’ Association musical showcase °93. The event, biiled as a ‘‘monster con- cert,’ takes place this Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, at Park Roya! Shopping Centre. About 250 students will demonstrate their skill on piano, voice and violin. From page 20 Pops Band, Hugo Guzman Trio, Soul Survivors, Vancouver Morris Men, Ancient Cultures and Quick Step. May 16 until 4 p.m. Deep Cove Shaw Theatre: Den- ny Clark and his Quartet. Popular jazz vocalist performs May 16 at 4 p.m. Info: 929-9456, Park Royal Shopping Centre: B.C. Teachers Association presents its annual musical showcase featuring performances by over 250 music students, May 15: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; May 16: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Queens Cross Neighbourhood Pub: The Rhymatics. May 16 at 8 p.m. Deep Cove Cultural Centre: Heritage slide show. The Deep Cove Heritage Association ex- plores the history of Deep Cove using historic photos and slides. Next presentation is June 13 at 2 p.m.: Travelling the Arm. Admis- . sion by donation. Info: 929-5744. Vancouver Museum: Art Nouveau lecture series. May 19: The New Art: Jewellery, Silver and Other Crafts with Shirley Bury; May 26: Art Nouveau Glass and the Art Market with David Brown; June 6: Art Nouveau Architecture: the Arts and Crafts Style in Van- couver with Harold Kalman (at 1 p.m. only). All lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. Info: 280-2801. Bh sil NEWS phote Cindy Goodman NORTH VANCOUVER sculptor Ross Ireland's colorful 3-D arches were recently unveiled at recCentre Delbrook. Ireland’s work has been described as whimsical, energetic and functional. The ar- ches began as a simple exercise to introduce color and depth to the centre's corridors but grew into a lively concept that, ap- parently, surprised even Ireland. ; North Shore Sitk Purse: Bare Naked Bananas. Patty Lynes, Lisa Strecko and Ute Stein make their premiere in their multi-media show. To May 23. Kerrisdale Cameras, West Van- cover: North Shore Photographic Society presents an exhibit by its members. To May 24. Seymour Art Gallery: Road Prints, by master printmaker Peter Braune. A cyclist’s view of the road. To June 6. Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri. from 12 to 4 p.m.; Thursdays to 9 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 1-4 p.m, Ferry Building: Out of my Mind. Sculptures and monotypes by Peter Kiss. May 18-30. North Vancouver City Hall foyer: Bold, brilliant watercolors by North Vancouver artist Gerhilde Stulken. To May 19. Photographer Art Sewell. May 20- June 16. Opening reception, May 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Harrington Gallery: Various works by gallery artists: Bott, Bates, Izzard, Holland, Trinidad, Collin and jackson. 2022 Park . Royal South Mall. VQA spotlights B.C. winemakers IF YOU'RE eyeing this space for a wine to pick up on the way home, you're out of luck, but if you get your skates on, as they say, you can probably make it down to the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Har- bourview Room, for the first an- nual VQA Wine Festival tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. The $15 ticket gives you an en- tree to sample the premium wines from 18 B.C. wineries and nibble top-flight munchies whip- ped up by chefs from Vancouver, : the Island and the Gulf Islands. Leave the calorie-counter at: home; run an extra klick in the morning. The VQA (Vintners Quality Al- liance} is the Canadian ‘‘ap- pelation,”’ patterned on Euro- pean denominations like the French Appellation Controlee and Italian DOC, aimed at ensur- ing quality to the consumer, While it’s not as hair-splittingly specific as its overseas models yet, members of the local designating body, the British Columbia Wine Institute, have made a commitment to produce world-class wines. . Try the pinot blancs, a variety that seems to offer a real chance of producing serious dry whites hereabouts, and if there’s any of the emerging “ice wines’ on the go, dive in and don’t be afraid to swallow. The smaller scale of this event, compared with other wine festi- vals, means you can try more ~ wines (variety-wise) and still keep ‘our tastebuds and critical : aculties intact, so experiment and take a reading on the state of the revolution in B.C. wine- making. — by John Moore Squabbles by Marshall Karp, directed by Paul Kloegman. An Actors’ Company production at the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre to May 22. Reservations: 929 9456. O LIVE is to argue. To argue is to live.” Abe Dreyfuss hay driven a New York cab for 50 years which goes a long way towards explaining his conviction that arguments are goad for stress and telieve tension. “As proof of this idiosyncratically Jewish point of view, Abe points out that he fought with his wife for 48 years until he decided to be nice to her. After two weeks she dropped down dead. But now Abe has a heart condi- tion, although he won't admit it unless he needs to guilt-trip his family, and has come to stay with his daughter, Alice, and son-in- law, Jerry, in Connecticut. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, lots of space. Except that (he Puerto Rican handyman practically lives in one bathroom, Abe's daughter discovers she is pregnant and tAildred burns her house down. Oh, yes. Mildred.is Jerry's mother, who attacked Abe with a cake slice at Jerry and Alice’s wedding and is (guess what?) also. single. ‘ So, in a setup that is only slightly smaller than the Empire State . Building, guess who's coming to dinner for the next seven or eight months? lf Squabbles’ plot twists resem- ble the Brooklyn Bridge in style — old, familiar and fairly obvious — Martin Millerchip . _— THEATRE REVIEW so does the humor. And it works surprisingly well. Under Kloegman’s even-handed direction, Don MacKay’s Abe and Mary Blondal’s Mildred don’t ex- actly strike sparks off of each : other, but they do create genuine’ . moments of pain, happiness, pa- | thos and laughter in their voyage — to a mutual understanding. . ~~... Jim Hebb and Shelley Adam-. Paat as Jerry and Alice provide natural anchors for the old folks’ » « antics by underplaying unselfishly. | Beth are excellent... 9. 00) And the cameo roles of han- dyman and poverness get a boost .- irom the doleful John Abbot and a . very starchy Anne Marsh. - The set looks good, although | can still see the wallpaper every” time | close my eyes, but the lack of off-stage space at the Shaw: Theatre continues to create exit and entrance dilemmas that are. . quite distracting: This is. a solid show with a warm heart and if your great aunt is stilf “doing it," or at least remembers it, take her along. She'll be pleas-— ed to confirm that life does not end at 65. Carson caf responds . to Homemaker’s poli From page 23 in which ever-effervescent News social columnist Joy Metcalfe ap- pears as Cleopatra in the evening's main entertainment event? Talk about the full-meal deal. Funds raised from the various dining events go to the Vancouver Opera. Prices vary for each venue and dining seats usually fill quickly, so immediate booking action is recommended. Return to the Carson Graham secondary schoo! cafeteria, 2145 Jones Ave., North Van- couver, 987-9341 File this under high schvol con- fidential: An adventure in which the Table Hopping staff venture to the cafe- teria rendered notorious in an ar- ticle in the March issue of Home- maker's magazine that assessed the quality of Carson Graham caf- eteria food and rendered even more notorious in this space in April after a mention of the Homemaker’s article. For those who have not previously tuned into the soap opera, Homemaker's listed Carson Graham as having the worst high school cafeteria in B.C. after six undercover dieticians spread out across the country to sample the food served in Canadian high school cafeterias. Carson, according to the Homemaker's article, served too few fresh and nutritious food items and too many nutritional time bombs like french fries. Carson folk were under- : standably upset by the assessment. They point out that Homemak- er’s sampled only 10 high school cafeterias in B.C. and that Carson - Graham, unlike most B.C. high schools, whose cafeterias are ser- viced by professional catering firms, has all its cafeteria items . produced on the premises by stu- dents in the school's career preparation chef training program. | Also; the food produced is not.’ nearly as bad as the magazine ar-., ticle led readers to believe. ‘ Headed by instructor Dieter Bauer, the cafeteria kitchen works from a master menu of approxi- mately 200 different items, ranging from Caesar Salad through to Breast of Chicken Maryland and Curried Leg of Lamb. The kitchen also bakes its own bread (32 loaves per day), pies and pastries, oe Cafeteria pricing is Frankie’s diner circa 1970: entrees range from $2 to $3 and just about everything else is $1.50 or less. A sampled Canadian Beef Pot - Pie ($2.75) carne with a side of boiled Parsley Potatoes and mixed boiled carrots and cauliflower. It was loaded with chunks of beef and pear! onions. ; Of course, this is not restaurant haute cuisine, as a sampled slab of cafeteria-baked blueberry pie at- tested, but it is solid cafeteria fare. Carson vice-principal Len Slade told the Table Hopping team that, while he and the rest of the school staff took exception to the Homemaker’s assessment, the school’s menu is currently being re-evaluated because of the criti- cisms raised in the magazine’s az- ticle. : Who says the dining beat is not controversial?