NEWS photo Teny Peiera

EXHIBITION COORDINATOR Astrid Fox and Derek Simons, executive director of the North Vancouver

Community Arts Council, display

works by Anneko Bagney and Michae! Graham, just two of over 100. §

submissions to Visual Edge 96, an exhibition of works by emerging artists at Pier ‘86 unti! Saturday.

Pier ‘96 displays works |

of local up-and-comers

: BURIED ‘AMONGST the hidden treasure at
Pier 96 this week ate works of-art by emerging
artists from the North Shore.-

By. Layne’ Christensen
Community Reporter

More than 100 works of art are on display at the
. Lower Lonsdale flea market as part of Visual Edge "96,
an annual arts event open to artists of the North Shore,
~ Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound and Bowen Island. Ten
pieces will be'selected for display at the B.C. Festival of
the Arts as part of the Images and Objects x XIV show in
Penticton i in May.

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Well-known North Shore artists who have participat-
ed in past Visual Edge exhibitions include painter
Michael Tickner und glass artist Robert Studer.

Many of the works by this year’s roster of up-and- . |

coming artists are for sale and al! are priced from $100
to $3,000, according to Derek Simons, executive direc-
tor of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council,
the host of the show.

Visual Edge '96 is at Pier ‘96 flea market, 116 East
Esplanade, Wednesday aiid Thursday, Feb. 13 and 14,
and Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17 and 18, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. From Feb. 22 to March 3 close to 40 works will be
displayed in store windows along Lower Lonsdale, as
part of the B.C. Winter Games’ festivities.

For more information, phone 988-6844.

- Pricey provincial ‘premiums’

‘SUMAC: RIDGE PINOT:

PRIVATE .
$13.95

- BLANC:
RESERVE °
"“@BO)..-
. There’s no denying ‘this is
_-excellent pinot blanc. Less aus-
_ tere-than some, with. lots. of
‘ Founded ‘fruit that hints at nec-
. tarine and ripe pear.

I usually drink white wines just
cool, rather than ice cold, because it

“1994;

‘John Moore

WINE SPOTS

wines in. that range have . excise J
~ duties, freight costs: and even the’

exchange On stronger currencies built
‘into the price you pay. In their own

“home and native lands”, these wines
go for half what they cost here.

A. few years back, when
Mondavi'’s Woodbridge cabernet was
selling for just under $10 Cdn per
750mi here, I was drinking it in

’ California for just under US$3.
(Even factoring in the exchange, I
was still well ahead.)

exposes ‘sharp edges you don’t feel
when your tongue is frozen. No
problems here; just full flavor with a
nicely lingering backwash.

What I do have a problem with is
the price of this and some other “pre-

_mium” style wines from B.C. wine-

makers who appear to have decided
that since $15 to $20 is the ‘going
rate’ for a slightly up-market wine
from Australia or California, that’s
what they can charge. Imported

ice

9215/5

if British Columbia’s winemakers
want. to create the kind of loyal
domestic market their competitors
enjoy, they’ve got to give the home-
town crowd not only good wine, but
good value for the money.

At Regular Prices!
GOLOENEVE

(14 Years) 7:00 pm. Ends Thurs.

” (Restricted} 9:30pm. Ends Thurs.
OTHELLO

{Mature} 7:10pm, Ends Thurs,

GRUMPIER O13 MEN

(Mature) 7:15 & 9:30pm. Ends Thurs,

At Premier Prices!
FOUR ROOME

(14 years) 9:25pm. Ends Thurs.
BABE

(General) Matinees Sat. & Sun 2:10pm ff for

299-9000

Starting Friday Caprice Park Royal
will be brining capre of the best
movies of the year of which several
have been nominated for Acadamy
Awards. Look. for’show times Friday
the Postman (iL Postino),
Braveheart & Restoration.

Join us for our
i7™ ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Greater Vancouver Operatic Society I
presents Loesser and Burrows’ :

- hilarious Broadway musical -

HOW TO SUCCEED I
IN BUSINESS

| without really trying | |

Best Musical
Tony Award in ‘62

February 15-18 and 23, 24
North Van Centennial Theatre
984-4484

Sunday Matinee on Feb. 18th

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