AROUND TOWN

Ron
MacDonald. Gardening for

Benner and Mike

and Sculpture, lecture and dis-
cussion on the art of Donatello.

Designs, April 20, 9:30. a.m-12
p.m. $25. Garden Design with
Flowers and Foliage, informa-

Wednesday, April 17, 1996 -- North Shore News — 415

NEWS het Chty Goodmen
ARTIST RON Benner crouches beside one of his works presently on display at Presentation House as part of his A// That
Has Vatue exhibition. In addition to the pieces in the North Vancouver gallary, the artist has, as part of the exhibition, erect-
ed a billbcard on the lawn of Presentation House and installed photo murals at Lonsdale Quay and a Save On Foods stere.

Van's

tion includes works by West
Madeleine Chisholm
(Neat Things Studio), to June

Reservation and info: 986-1351. |
Hendry Hall Theatre: 7he
Stillborn Lover, set in Ottawa in

Compiled by Ann Hamitton

. Around Town is a free service pro-
..Wided for nos-profit snd community

- \arts groups. Please fax a press’
release for your entcrtainment event
+ to. 985-2204, The News tries to ensure
~. items appear in the paper at least

: once before the event takes place, but
space constraints may limit the num-
‘ber of submissions printed. .For

guaranteed publication contact clas-.
sified (986-6222) or display advertis-

“Ing (980-0511).

- Presentation House Arts

Centre: to May. 12, All That’

. ~ Has Value, an exhibition focus-
*. ing on food by Ron Benner.
:,Ongoing to May. 12, Wed.-Sat.,

“68 p.m. All. That Has Value, -

"-\'Billboard and —_ Indigenous
‘. Garden, collaboration by artists

Butterflies, workshop by Mike
MacDonald, pre-register by
calling 986-1351, $10, 2-5 p.m.,
‘April 20, Gallery hours: Wed.-
Sun. 12-5 p.m., Thur. 12-9 p.m.
West Vancouver Meraorial
Library: Memories, watercolor
works by artist Jocelyn Wade,
to April 28. Simple Pleasures,
Special Moments, watercolors

’ by artist Linda Bell, to April 28.

Info: 925-7400.

West Vancouver Museum and
Archives: West Van Callects
zuns to Aug. 18. Gallery hours:

' Tue.-Fri.. 12 to 4:30 p.m.

Archives hours: Wed/Thur., 12
04:30pm.

Ferry - Building Gallery:
Winter hours are 1) am..to 5

p.m. daily, closed Mondays.

Free admission. Info: 925-7290.
Silk Purse Aris Centre:
Articulate Lectures: Emotion

Michelangelo, Bernini. and
Rodin, with artist and art histori-
an Justin Newell, April 23, 7-
9:30 p.m., $13.33. Pre-register:
925-7270. Art Box Gift Shop
offers specialty gifts and hand-
made crafts. Call Carolyn
Thorpe at 987-7585 for an
appointment. Galfery hours:
Tuesday to Friday {1 am.-5
p.m., Saturday and Sunday 12-5
p.m. Music and Muffins con-
certs every third Thursday of the
month, 10-11 am. 925-7292.

Seymour Art Gallery: A
Rooted Passion, botanical
watercolors depicting flora from
around the world by artist Mary
Camber Miles, continues to
April 28. Ikebana demonstra-
tion and hands-on workshop
with Kazu Takahashi and
Barbara James of Adachi Sumi
School of Japanese Floral

tive talk, by Ayuku Inouei, land-
scape designer and master gar-
denes. April 21, 2-3 p.m.
Dykhof Nurseries of North
Vancouver demonstrates how to
make Hanging Baskets, Patio
Pots and Planters work, April
27, {6 a.m.-12 p.m., registration

- limited to 12 people, calt 924-

1378. History of Gardens, hilar-
ious talk by landscape architect
and master gardener Elizabeth
Bradbury, April 27, 2-3 p.m.

The End Cafe: . Paul Williams

- Works on Canvas runs to April

29. Open 4 p.m.-1 am daily.
North Vancouver Museum
and Archives: Tools, Trades and
Technological Change, exhibi-
tion, to Sept. 1. Wednesday-
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Canadian Craft Museum:
Basketry and Macrame, exhibi-

16, Mon.-Sat.. 10 am.-5 p.m;
Sun. & holidays 12-5 p.m.
Closed Tue. until May. -

Presentation House Theatre:
Othello, classic tragedy of
obsessive love, suspicion and
revenge, to April 27. Curtain
7:30 p.m. Reservations:. 986-
1351. Festival of Plays, present-
ed by Theatre BC North Shore
Zone, April 29-May 4: Othello,
April 29; Judgement, April 30;
The Stillborn Lover, May 1; Les
Liaisons Dangereuses, May 2; 1
Had a Job I Liked, Once, May 3;
Leaving Home, May 4. All per-
formances, 8 p.m., tickets cost
$60 & $50 week-long play pass,

or $12 & $10 per performance..

1973, tale of mystery, diplomacy
and love, runs to April 20. Info:
983-2633. |

Centennial Theatre Centre:
The Fairy Doll, a short, lively
ballet from tum-of-the-century
Russia performed by Vancouver . °
Goh Ballet, “May 11, 7:30 p.m.
Info: 984-4484. .

‘Deep Cove Shaw Theatre:
Mister Roberts, heart- felt come- .

dy ‘exploring the intense bore-

_dom faced by the crew, of. an

American naval cargo ship sta-
tioned in the Pacific near the end °
of the Second World War, Wed.-
Sat, 8. p.m., , May:.15-June 1."
Tickets: 929-9456. : :

Studio 16: Big Shoes to Filiy: |.

comedy, written by’ actor/direc-

.tor/playwright David ‘Mackay,

Sce more page 16

ri ‘TO THE average.
« Canadian, surf
music may just
: only be the catchy
theme to Hawaii 5-
0.

Or perhaps that

_ twangy litde jingle play-

- ing during the upcom-
ing events calendar on
U-TV. But to a local
surf band called The
Lunar Marmots, surf
music is a whole lot
more.

’ This band is going
to be the biggest thing since synthetic
sprayable cheese (though nothing
about this band is synthetic or
cheesy}. In ny eyes, only raw musi-
‘cal genius,

All three players stir up your
insides with their “faster than most”
surf tunes. Their music really makes
me realize the painful oppression surf
music has been forced into by taste-
less television commercials. But
unlike TV commercials, these
rodents aren’t trying to sel] you
something.

The Lunar Marmots consist of

guitarist Comet
(Curtis Delgado)
age 428 light years,
Atom (Adarn
Jinks), age 4 lunar
phases playing
drums, and, Xenon
X-4 (Morgan
Koren) a measly 8
nillion on bass.
So after picking a
rather unusual spot
4 have an inter-
view with the band
(a row boat on very
8 cold water) I was
about to start my
interview when I noticed the very
nice matching shirts that they were
wearing.
Jen: “Where did you guys get
your shirts?”
Xenon: “We accosted a local
bowling team, vaporized them, and
ate their brains.”

Jen: “ Where do you come from?”

Comet: “fhe pan handle of Ursa
Minor (the Little Dipper).”

Atom: “I was born in a building.”

Xenon: “The distant constellation
of East Van.”

Jen: “Where have you plaved’?"

Alt: The Hungry Eye, (The newly
vaporized) Tree House Lounge,
Samoos, and Moe’s Tavern.

Jen: “Where would you like to
play?”

Group: They would like to hold
an all surf festival near Cygnus X-1.

Jen: “Who are your influences?"

All: “Optimus Prime, The Green
Goblin, and Secret Agent Q.”

Jen: “Do you guys surf?”

All: Gi course not!

Jen: “What are your future
plans?”

Comet: “Try to set up a space
colony on the rings of Saturn.”

Xenon: “To vaporize all Churches
Chicken outlets.”

Jen: “Where did you come up
with the name for the band?”

Comet: “We were struck by a fly-
ing rat wearing tin foil.”

Jen: “Where will you play your
last show?”

Xenon: “We wil! always exist in
one way or another whether it be in
the form of globules or lizards.”

What do The Lunar Marmots
have in store for us all? Canadian
Cabinet, World domination,
Intergalactic Dictatorship? I guess we
will all have to just wait and see.

RIDE THE WILD SURF... The Lunar Marmots (above) are, in the
opinion of Youth Views’ contributor Jennifer Ramey, ready to
conquer the world with their unique brand of surf music. (And
yes, those are bowling shirts they're wearing).

The Lunar Marmots will be play-
ing at Edison Electric at 916
Cornmercia] in Vancouver on April
25 fora surf movie extravaganza.
They will also be playing at The
Mighty Niagara opening for the Surf
Dusters at their CD release party in
late April. They will also be playing

at the grand (reJopening of The Joint,

Lonsdale at First Street in North Van.

So if you want to hear a cresting
surf band in their Nebula stage,
search out these crazy rodents.
They ll blow your mind. *

Jennifer Ramey is a Carson
Graham Grade 12 student enrolled in
Video Production 2 at Leo Marshall
Curricula Centre. °

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