16 -- Friday, October 31, 1997 — North Shore News

Bernadctte’s Galleries: Brent Heighton, weil
known B.C. watercolorist will be signing books
Nov. 1, 2-4 p.m. Information: 980-7216.
Centennial Theatre: Len Grinke, photography.
To Nov. 15.

Dundarave Cafe: Celebration of Arr, the
watercolors of Sharon. L. Mason opens Nov. 5
with a reception from 4:30-6 p.m.

Ferry Building Gallery: Recent Works.
Elizabeth Smily. To Nov. 16. Gallery hours: 11
a.m, to 5 p.m., closed Mondays.

North Vancouver City Hall: Painting Under
Glass. Michele Mardesic pants on the underside
of a plate of glass. To Dec. 18. Presented by
the North Vancouver Community Arts
Council. Business hours.

North Vancouver District Halt: Douglas Rac. Oil
paintings “thar make the heart feel good.” Fabric
Folk Artist. Judith A. Rac’s old world santas and
fabric folk art angels. Reception Nov. 6, 6:30-8:30
p.m. To Nov. 27. Both exhibits presented by the
North Vancouver Community Arts Council.
Business hours.

North Vancouver Museutn and Archives:
Arrivals and Departures: Railways in North
Vancouver. Acchival photographs and

artifacts dealing with N.V.’s railway his-

cory from 1914. Weds. to Sun. noan to

5 p.m. Free. Information: 987-5618.

PGE Railway Station: Mary

Lafreniere. Photographs focusing on

the restoration of St. Paul’s Church.

Noon to 4 p.m., Weds. to 5un. Foot of
Lonsdale. To Nov. 24.

Presentation House Gallery: Track

Records: Trains and Contemporary

Photography. To Dec. 14. Gallery hours:

Weds. to Sun. noon to 5 p.m.,

Thursdays to 9 p.m. Phone: 986-1351.
Seymour Art Gallery: No Exit.

Vancouver Island artists Lance Olsen

(paintings and prints) and David

Toresdah! (sculptures). To November

2. Life is Art. Paintings and etchings by
Charles van Sandwyck. Opens Nov. 6 at

THE Modern Baroque Opera Company opened their season at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre last. Be
Tuesday with Gluck’s comic opera Le Cinesi. The wonderful cast includes North Shore mezzo-soprano
Céleste Riendeau (left) as Lisinga and Richard Theiss as Silango, the “fop of the op”. v

Santa Workshop. Nov. 1,9 a.m. to 4

p.m. $125. Call 925-7270 to register.
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to

5 p.m.

Studio open house: Monica and Barry
Shelton with Robert Held. Nov. 1 and 2,

12-5 p.m. 3540 Marine Drive, W.V.
Charles H. Scott Gallery: The
Drawings of B. C. Binning. The pco-
ple and seaside life of West Vancouver
in the carly °40s. To Nov. 30.
Sinclair Centre: Colin Righton. N.V.
artist’s solo show. Nov. 3-8, 9 a.m. to
5 p.m.m daily.

Vancouver Art Gallery: Gordor
Sinith: The Act of Painting. 100 works
representing the career oft West
Vancouver's distinctive artist.

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6:30 p.m. To Dec. 7. The gallery is calling for artists
submissions for its annual Discovery Exhibition: A
Singular Face. Call 924-1378 for details. Gallery
hours: noon to 4 p.m. (closed Mondays).

Silk Purse Arts Centre: Art in the Family. A collec-
tion of art created by Lorne Topham and family. To
Nov. 2. Artist’s Four. Signature works from Jane
Clark, Liz Leigh, Rene Mitchell and Jan Neal.
Opening reception: Nov. 4, 6-9:30 p.m. To Nov. 16.
Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m., closed Mondays.
West Vancouver Memorial Library Gallery Along
the Garden Path. Bold and exciting watercolors by
Claire Stewart. To Nov. 2.

West Vancouver Museum and Archives: Victorian

Deep Cove Shaw Theatre: Rehearsal for Murder.
Avery good murder mystery from Deep Cove
Stage. To November 1 (Weds. to Sat.) at 8 p.m.
$10/8. Information: 929-3200.

Hendry Hall: Everything in the Garden. Edward
Albee’s black comedy from North Vancouver
Community Players. To November 1 (Weds. to Sat.) at
8 p.m. $12/10. Reservations: 983-2633.

Presentation House Arts Centre: I'll Be Back Before
Midnight. A murder mystery from Presentation House

This Week: new & noteworthy

@ BIG YELLOW TAXI

performs tomorrow night, 8

p.m., at West Vancouver's

Savary Island Pie Co., 1533

Marine Drive. They’ve just

released their second CD A

Far Fetched Fairy Tale. Watch

for an interview with lead

singer Jeanne Tolmie in these

pages next week.

@ TRINH T. MINH-HA

screens her first dramatic fea-

ture A Tale of Love tomorrow

night, 7 p.m., at the Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe. St,
Vancouver. The award-winning Vietnamese-born filmmaker is
world renowned for her documentary work including Surname
Viet Given Name Nam (1989) and Shoot for the Contents
(1992). The latter work won an award at Sundance for cine-
matography and will also be shown on Saturday at 9:30 p.m.
On Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. the Cinematheque will host
documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee who will present his fat-
est work Six O’Clack News, McElwee always puts an autobio-
graphical spin on his “historical essays” — one of his earlier
works Sherman’s March mainly consisted of a sexual rour of the
deep south as he visited old girlfriends on his tour of civil war
battlegrounds. A very original filmmaker.

@ ELEKTRA WOMEN’S CHOIR

A program of womeii composers is featured in solo, chamber
and choral settings at Ryerson United Church on Saturday, Nov.
1 at 8 p.m. Proceeds to the Women’s Information and Sate
House. The following evening at 8 p.m. Vancouver East
Cultural Centre (1895 Venables) Vancouver New Music and
Early Music Vancouver present: Voices Early, Voices New with
guest conductor Paul Hillier in performance with Musica Intima

¢@ CINDERELLA
The Wonderful World of Disney presents Whitney Houston's
new production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. Teen
star Brandy stars in the title rele with Houston playing the fry
godmother. Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, and Jason
Alexander also star in the qwo-hour testure presentation which
airs Sunday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. on CBC (channel 3) and ABC
(channel 31). The same evening at 9 p.m. Newsworld’s (chan-
nel 23) The Passionate Eye screens The Celluloid Closet, a docu-
iuentary that researches the history of homosexuality in
Hollywood films. For more TV highlights see page 46.
@ TANYA DONNELLY
Former member of Throwing Muses, the Breeders and Belly
performs songs from her new CD Lavesungs for Underdogs at the
Starfish Room (1055 Homer St.), Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 10
p.m. Matador recording artists Helium play the Starfish
Thursday, Nov. 6 with Cornershop opening. The same night
BB’s daughter Shirley King takes her Chicago blues show to the
Yale Hotel (1360 Granville at Drake). She’s performed with
such legends as Otis Clay, Tyrone Davis and Denise Lasalle.
@ THE CAPILANO REVIEW
North Vancouver publication celebrates its 25th year with a spe-
cial issue devoted to bill bissett. See page 22 for details.
@ THE OVERCOAT
The Vancouver Playhouse’s world premiere of The Overcoat is
world class, according to News’ theatre critic Martin Millerchip.
See page 40 for his review, The play created by Morris Panych,
Ken McDonald and Wendy Gorling is based on the story by
Gogol and runs at the Playhouse until Nov. 15.
@ LE CINESI
The Modern Baroque Opera Company performs Gluck's 1754
comic opera at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre until Nov. 8
at 8 p.m. For more information and tickets contact 254-9578
— Jolin Goodman

Productions. To November 1 (Weds. to Sat.) at.8 p.m:
$12/9. Reservations: 990-3474. The All Night Strat. A -&
musical celebration of the 1930s and °40s from Uncle
Randy productions opens’ Nov. 7. Information: 980-7950...

St. David’s United Church: 40 Years Ago. A comedy: .§

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