24 - Friday, January 29, 1988 ~ North Shore News

gsaround town

AROUND TOWN,

Stage Eireann. Runs Jan. 27-30
and Feb. 3-6 at R p.m.

St. James Auditorium: The Great
Wall of China. Political farce by
Max Frisch, United) Players

by Martin Millerchip

the North Shore News’ new cntertain-

ment listing is the place to look for live theatre, concerts,
galleries, dance events, and pub and club performances.

Running every Friday, Around Town will list North
Shore and Lower Mainland entertainment happenings.

North Shore

Presentation House: Philadelphia,
Here I Come. Irish comedy from
FTS Company. 2-for-! preview
Jan. 26. Runs Jan. 27-Feb, 13. In-
fo: 986-1351.

Lynn Valley United Church:
Uniquely Yours. Dramatic musical
by SO-LA-MI singers. Feb. 5 at
7:30 p.m. Info and tix: 988-0066.
Centennial: Theatre: Come Blow
Your Horn. A Neil Simon comedy
from Act 1 Scene I. January 29,
30, 31 at 8 p.m. 984-4484.

Elsewhere:

Arts Club Granville Island: Stepp-
ing Out. Comedy at a tap dance
class. Opens Sat., Jan. 23 at 8:30
p.m. Runs Mon.-Fri. at 8 p.m.,
Sat. at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Arts Club Revue Theatre: Angry

“James Cowan Theatre:

Housewives. Musical comedy.
Runs Mon.-Fri. at 8:30 p.m., Sat.
at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Arts Club Seymour Street: Simple

Folk. Music of the 60s. Runs
Mon.-Fri. at 8:30 p.m., Sat. at
6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Vancouver Playhouse: B-Movic,
The Play. Hollywood's subversion
of culture. Runs Mon.-Sat. at 8
p.m., Sat. matinee at 2:30 p.m.
Held over to Feb.13.

Vancouver East Cultural Centre:
The Rez Sisters. Bingo and
mythology for 7 native women.
Selling out! Last 3 shows. Fri. &
Sat. at 8 p.m. Sat. mat. 4 p.m.
Res: 280-4444,

Firehall Theatre: Escape Enter-
tainment, The Canadian B-movie.
Runs Tues. to Sat. to Feb. 6, al 8

p.m

Back Alley Theatre: Theatresports
and improvisational comedy. Runs
Wed. to Sat. Info: 680-7013.

Is Life
Worth Living? Irish comedy from

directed by Dermott Hennelly.
Jan.29,30, Feb. 4-6 & 11-13 at 8&
p.m, 3214 W. 10,

Vancouver East Cultural Centre:
Marie Chouinard. Winner of
Canada's top dance prize in 1987
presents ‘‘L’Apres-midi d'un
faune.’’ Feb. 3-5 at 8:30 p.m.

North Shore:

Presentation House: Athletes:
Photographs 1860-1986. An_ in-
triguing and exciting exhibition.
Runs Wed.-Sun., noon to 5 p.m.
Thurs., noon to 9 p.m.

North Shore Museum and Ar-
chives: Lapidary, Gibson Room.
Historical View, Birk’s Room.
Runs Wed.-Sun., 1-4 p.m. Free
admission.

Station Museum: Old tins, unusual
artifacts, fire and sports cquip-
ment. Sundays only 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Not-so-famous athletes focus
of photo exhibit

A PHOTO of former Chinese
leader Mao Tse-tung playing
table tennis is one of 73 photos
of athletes being displayed at
: :Presentation House Gallery to
Feb. 28.
. . Athletes: Photographs 1860-
’ 1986 features photos of famous
and not-so-famous_ athletes
from baseball player Babe Ruth
‘and boxing champion Mike

Tyson to anonymous runners,

boxers and bowlers striving to
be the best in their sports.
’ “One of the interesting things

about this exhibition is that it’s .

not a narrow tight interpreta-
: tion of athletes,’’ said gallery
‘dicector Karen Love.

“There is a really broad
“cross-section of images,’* Love
~ explained.

“.. Scheduled to tie in with the

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RESTAURANT

1373 Marine Drive,
West Vancouver

926-4913

Winter Olympics in Calgary
next month, the show offers
viewers a glimpse at sport from
as far back as the 1860s with
images that were originally used
on the many postcards so popu-
lar during that time.

“It humanizes sport,’? Love
said of the Athletes exhibit.

Also during the length of the
show, local residents are invited
to submit their favorite sports
snapshot for inclusion in the
Sporting Diversions show.

New snapshots will be
displayed at the beginning of
each week, so the display will
change each week. Photos will

MAO TSE-TUNG at
the ping-pong table is
the subject of one
of the sport
photographs
featured at
Presentation
House’s

Athletes:
Photographs
1860-1986,

be returned on request, said
Love.

For more information: on

Athletes or Sporting Diversions,
cal] 986-1351.

We are back at work!

Come see us for lunch
and dinner
Open Sunday February 14
Valentine’s Day

Free. Mahon Park, 16th = and
Jones.
N.Y.
exhibition by
students.
N.Y.) City) Halk June Pender.
Paintings of the B.C, coastline,
North Vancouver Courthouse:
Peter Botz - 25 mixed media. 200
FE. 23rd St.

Seymour Art Gallery: /0 artists of
the Lower Mainland. Runs
Mon.-Fri. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and Wed. evening from 7 to 9.
1204 Caledonia Ave., N.V.

W.Y. Memorial Library: Georgia
Youngs. Florals, wildlife works
and portraits. Unity Bainbridge.
“Works From Life and Nature.”
To end of Feb.

Harrison Galleries: Jose Salvador.

Park Royal South.

Mixed media
secondary

District Hatt:
senior

Elsewhere:
Burnaby Art
Buriak, paintings.
6344 Gilpin. Mon.-Fri.
Sat./Sun. noon to 5.
Vancouver Art Gallery: British
Watercolors from the {8th and
19th century. 1987 Whitney Bien-
nial Video Exhibition. 15
established American artists. To
Feb. t4.

Museum of Anthropology: Sewing
Dissent: Patterns of Resistance in
Chile. Folk art opposing the
Pinochet regime. Runs Wed.-Sun.,
Il a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues. U1] a.m. to
9p.m.

Surrey Art Gallery: Wearable Art,
children’s paintings and three
dimensional works. A par-
ticipatory fashion show for under
12s celebrates the opening on San.
31. Info: 596-7461.

Gallery: Myros
To Feb. 28.
10-5,

Elsewhere:
Q.E. Theatre: The Cunning Little
Vixen. Vancouver Opera gets a

premiere. In English, Jan. 30, Feb.
2,4,6a18 p.m.
Orpheum: Jon Kimura Parker and
the National Arts Centre Or-
chestra. Jan.29 & 30 at 8 p.m.
Vancouver Art Gallery: Pacific 1,
, 3. Free lunchtime concert pres-
crue by Ramkoff Concert Socie-
ty. Bloch, Ravel, Debussy. Feb. $
at noon.
Robson Square Media Centre:
Capercaillie, Celtic jigs and reels
from Scutland. Feb. 6 at 8:30. In-
fo: 280-4444,

North Shore:

Presentation House: Folk Club
meets the first and third Monday
at 8 p.m.

Cosch House Inu: Stages: Darby
Mills with Piain Jane. Feb. 46.
Hearthside Lounge: Lydia Scott.
Feb 3-6.

Troiier Pub: Live bands every
Thurs-Sat. 6422 Bay, Horseshoc
Bay

Elsewhere: .
Hotel Vancouver: Broadway
Babies, Jan.29 & 30 in the Roof
Top Restaurant.

86 Street Music Hall: Prism,
Jan.29 & 30. $8 from VTC/CBO.
Hogan's Alley: Lorg John Baldry
Feb. 4-6 at & p.m. and 10 p.m.
$15. 730 Main.

Town Pump: Tupelo Chain Sex,
Jazz/rock/bizarre. Feb. 5-6. 66
Water Street.

Around Town is the weekly
entertainment listing of the North
Shore News published every .Fri-
day. Submissions — addressed to
Around Town at 1139 Lonsdale
Ave., North Vancouver, V7M 2H4
— should be received at least one
week in advance of the publication
date for inclusion in the listings
column.

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