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“modern prints.” To Jan. 17,
Annual Dis COVEry
Exinbition: The End. Final call
for submissions. Original work
completed after Jan. 1998.
Entry information: 924-1378.
Gallery hours: Tues.-Sun.
noon-4 pam.

Silk Purse Aris Centre: From
Sea Ta Sky. Oils and water-
colours reflecting Pieter
Molenaar’s lite in Holland and
Canada. Jan. 12-24, noon to 5
p.m.

‘West Vancouver Memorial
Library: Hula and Oder
Moments. Multi media work
by Dale Warke. Jan. 4-Feb. 7.
West Vancouver Museum
and Archives: Museum closed
to Jan. 17. Exhibit hours:
Tuesday co Saturday, noon to
4:30 p.m, archives open Tues.
and Weds. only. Iniormation:
925-7270.

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Capilano College
Performing Arts Theatre:
Tiwo Ships Passing. A romantic
comedy starring Jackson
Davies and Gillian Barber. Jan.
19, 20 only. $20/15 Box
office 990-7810.

North Shore Unitarian
Church: The Authentic
Woman. Patricia Mason’s play
based on the life of Emily Carr
feature’s Jennifer Riach and
original songs by Peggy
Stortz. Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
$8. Tickets: 926-1621, 922-
5339.

Arts Club Theatre: Wang
Dang Doodle, a new musical
comedy, opens Jan. 13. Box
office: 687-1644 (patience
required).

Firehall Arts Centre: Chile
Con Carne. A one-woman
show that takes a funny look
at how a Chilean girl copes
with “fitting in” in Canada,
Jan. 14-23. Call 689-0926 for
exact times and reservations.
Pacific Theatre: .4 Night at
the Improv. Improvisational
fund raiser. Jan. 15, 16, 22,
23. Box office: 731-5518.
Queen Elizabeth Theatre:
Lord of the Dance. Celtic dance
spectacular with John Carey.
Jan. 11-26 at 8 p.m. anda
Jan. 16 matinee at 2:30 p.m.
Box office: 280-4444.

St. Andrew's Wesley
Church: Tony 0? Tina’s
Wedding. Comic participatory
Italian wedding. Tues.-Sat. at
6:15 p.m. Tickets stare at $60
including “reception” meal at
Chardonnays Restaurant.
Group discounts. 280-3311.
Stanley Theatre: Tivo Ships
Passing, A romantic comedy

starring Jackson Davies and Gillian Barter. To

Jan. 16.

Photo David Cooper

Dee Daniels (le:-; performs with Tom Pickett and Katey Wright in the musi-
cal comedy Wang Dang Doodle, which opens Wednesday at the Arts Club.

Danieis makes debut
as acior at Aris Club

@ Wang Dang Doodle by Leslie Milidiner,
conceived by Denis Simpson, Jan. 13 to
Feb. 6 (with previews Jan. 8-12) ac the
Arts Club Theatre Granville Island
Stage.

Layne Christensen

News aeporter
layne@nsnews.com

DEE Daniels has been hitting the
boards as a singer for the better
part of her life. But her appearance
next week in Wang Dang Doodle
will mark her debu: in an acting
role.

The musical comedy, which opens Jan.
13 at the Arts Club Theatre’s Granville
Island Stage is billed as a jump-jiving new
Harlem musical set at a rent party in the
Dirty Thirties.

Daniels is cast in the dual roles of Minnie
(a Josephine Baker-style diva) and God.

Playing a diva is not much of a stretch
for the singer who’s pertormed at jazz testi-
vals around the world and shared the stage
with jazz greats Lionel Hampton, Hank
Jones and Herb Ellis. But God?

Daniels says her cast mates aren't about
to let her get too deeply immersed in her

Saturday, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Black Bear Neigh

Perpetrators play jazz in the lounge every

bourhood Pub: Tivin — X,
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Howe Sound Inn: Jam sessions Thursday

role. “They keep telling me: don’t let this
God thing go to your head now,” says the
singer, with a throaty laugh.

Raised in Oakland, California, she sang
her first solo with the church choir at nine.
She's been a staple of the Pacific Northwest
jazz scene since the °70s. Since last year,
she’s lived in Sunshine Falls on Indian Arm,
just a 12-minute drive from Deep Cove and
“a great place to come home co” when not
on tour:

Daniels wraps her impressive four-octave
vocal range around a number of solos in the
show, including one gospel-inspired num-
ber, You Gotta Do Right, she penned for her
scene as Ged. As the diva Minnie, she’s
required to display some fancy footwork —
and that’s where the challenge lies, she says.

“People assume that just because you
sing and you move around on stage a bit
that it’s no problem for you to do some
serious dance steps here,” says Daniels,
who’s polishing her moves in the final week
of rehearsals.

Arts Club publicist Lin Bennett says
there’s no need for Daniels to worry about
her theatrical debut. “She's got great pres-
ence,” says Bennett, and she’s not just talk-
ing about Daniels’ stature (an imposing six-
feet tall). “She can get down and shake it.”

Tickets for Wang Dang Doodle can be
reserved at 687-1644.

concerts » Pp

Centennial Theatre: Vancouver Svinphony with
Clyde Mitchell conducting and Nicolo .
Eugelmi, viola play Strauss, Smetana, Telemann
and Weber. Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Altan. The
Rogue Folk Club presents Ireland’s top tradi-
tional band. $20/17/10. Tickets to both
shows: 984-4484 noon-4 p.m. Monday
through Saturday.

West Vancouver United Church: Ax Evening
of Gospel Song. Leora Cashe, Joseph Chappel,
Marcus Mosely and Will Sanders with Jay Krebs
on piano. Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. $15/10.
Information: 926-3690, 925-1017.

Vancouver East Cultural Centre: Shari Ulrich
in concert with Bill Runge, Michael Creber and
Linda Kidder. Jan. 22, 23 at 8 p.m. $20/17.
Tickets: 280-3311.

clubs 3h

Avalon Hotel: Mark Hasselbach and the Jazz

evenings at 8 p.m. with Rick Rogoza.

Jack Lonsdale’s Pub: Live music Tuesday,
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Info: 986-
7333.

Lynnwood Pub: Live music Thursday to
Sunday from 9:30 p.m. No cover.
Maplewood Pub: Live music featuring
Silverload every Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. Into:
924-1834.

Marmalade Cafe: Red Nickers Jasz Band.
Every second and last Sunday of the month,
630-9 p.m.

evenis PN

32 Books Co.: Raf Mair signs his new beok
Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. 140 E. 14, NV.

~— Compiled by Martin Millerchip
E-mail (martin@nsnews.com) or fax a press
release for your entertainment event to 985-
2104. Deadline for Friday inclusion is the previ-
ous Monday. .

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> Pacific Profiles — Monday on Knowledge ch.5
> Nothing Sacred — Wednesday on AGE ch.l7

FRIDAY

B MOVIE eke & Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico 1993)
(BRAVO Channel 28, 6 p.m.) Based on the novel by Laura
Esquivel about a young wontan who transfers her thwarted
passions into cooking. Directed by Alfonso Arau with Limi
Cavazos and Marco Leonardi.

SATURDAY

MOVIE %x%% The Blood of a Poet (France 1930)
(BRAVO Channel 28, 3:30 p.m.) Jean Cocteau’s first film
was commissioned by Charles de Noailles who also financed
the Bunuel/Dali surrealist manitesto L’Age d’Or.

@ FOOTBALL (Fox Channel 35, 9:35 a.m.) San Francisco at
Atlanta.

@ FOOTBALL (CBS Channel 33, 1:03 p.m.) Miami at
Denver.

@ MOVIE ex &x& Ugetsu Monogatori (Japan 1953)
(Knowledge Network Channel 5, 10 pam.) Two peasants in
l6th-century Japan leave their families in search of fortune, One
of the masterworks of world cinema. Directed by Kenji
Mizoguchi.

SUNDAY
@ FOOTBALL (CBS Channel 33, 9:35 a.m.) Jacksonville at

New York Jets.

M@ FOOTBALL (Fox Channel 35, 1:05 p.m.) Arizona at
Minnesota.

MONDAY

@ DOCUMENTARY #*%% Hearts of Darkness: A filmmak-
er’s Apocalypse (1991) (History Channel 44, 6 p.m., repeated at
9 p.m.) Francis Ford Coppola's wife Eleanor documents the
making of the 1979 Vietnam epic Apocaivpse Now.

@ PACIFIC PROFILES Red Robinson and Umeeda Switlo
(Knowledge Network Channel 5, 6 p.m.) The lives of tvo
prominent North Shore cesidents are featured this week.

TUESDAY

BR MOVIE k&k Nothing Sacred (1937) (A&E Channel 17, 1
a.m. Tues. night/Wed. morn) Screwball classic written by Ben
Hecht with additional dialogue from Dorothy Parker. Carole
Lombard stars as Hazel Flagg, a Vermont “innocent”, who fakes
radiacion poisoning in order to get a free trip to New York City.
Shot in Technicolor for Sciznick/International.

WEDNESDAY
@ Tix New Music (MuchMusic Channel 39, 6 and $ p.m.)
Interview with Beck plus segment on Japanese DJ Tekemura.

@ Da Vinci's Inquest (CBC Channel 3, 9 p.m.) A serial killer’s
case is reopened atter new evidence is discovered. Nicholas
Campbell stars, -

Total Recall 2070 (BCTV Channel 11, 10 p.m.) Advance
word is excellent on this new futuristic series shor in Loronto.
West Vancouver's Michael Thoma is part of the writing team.

THURSDAY

M MOVIE #%%& Smoke (1995) (Showcase Channel 24, 10
p.m.) Wayne Wang directs an ensemble cast in this tale about a
Brooklyn smoke shop. Harvey Keitel, Ashley Judd and William
Hurt are featured. Wang kept the cameras rolling and made a
second mostly-improvised sequel at the same time. That film,
Blue in the Face kx, will follow at 12:30 a.m. This second
work includes cameo performances from Madonna, Michael J.
Fox, Mira Sorvino and Roseanne among others. :
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