Deep Cove Shaw Theatre:
Rumplestiltskin, a Christmas pan-
tomime, runs Dec, 21-23, 28-36, Jan
4-7 at 8 p.m. Mats, Dec. 17, 4 p.m:
Dec. 18, 26, 2 p.m. Half-price pre-
view: Dec, 15, Tickets: $10, adults:
$8, students and seniors. Info: 929-
3200.

Hendry Hail: Balmoral begins
production Jan. 27. Tickets: $4,
adults; $2, 11 . and — under,
Reservations: 983-2633.

Presentation House Theatre:
Theatre West. Van and Maggie
.Mason's’ Youth Theatre Company
present: the: traditional story of
Mother Goose until Jan. 11. This
_' show is suitable for pre-schoolers to
seniors and is an audience interac-

. tive presentation. Tickets are $5 with .

shows at 7 p.m. weekdays, 2 and 6

.p.am:. Saturdays and Sundays. . For.

information call 988-4372.
' Vancouver: Playnouse:
* Charley's Aunt, Brandon Thomas’
100-year-old romantic comedy, runs
to. Dec: .26.. Tickets through
Ticketmaster at 280-3311. ;

Arts’ Club Theatre: Bruno
‘Gerussi and the gang are going to
make you an offer to laugh you can’t
refuse, - vin’ Breaking Legs, -Tom

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PROCEEDS FROM the sale of
North. Shore harpist Rita
Costanzi’s Pastorales de Noel,
will help offset costs of the
Vancouver Waldorf School's
new building. To order the
Christmas CD, $19, phone
985-7435.

Dulack’s killer comedy. The show
runs until Jan. 14, Also The Year in
Review features North Vancouver's
Kevin Crofton and . Vancouver's
Mark Leiren-Young in a satirically
comical look at social and political
issues in Canada. Runs until Jan. 7.
Tickets: 687-1644.

North Vancouver Museum and
Archives: Homefront: Shipbuilding
and. the North | Vancouver

Community, 1939-"45 examines
wartime shipbuilding on the North
Shore. To Dec, 31. The Ambitious
City traces the history of the devel-
opment of North Vancouver from the

surly days of logging through to the
shipbuilding industry of recent
years, Ongoing. Museum closed
Dec. 24-26. Info: 987-5618.

West Vancouver Museum and
Archives: Closed for maintenance
to Jan. 9, Info: 926-9254,

West Vancouver Ferry
Building: Closed for the holidays.
Reopens Jan. 10. Info: 925-3605,

Presentation House Guallery:
Next opening reception Jan. 7, 3
p.m. Info: 986-1351.

Seymour Art Gallery: Alistair
Bell's prints, . woodcuts, wood
engravings and dry-point etchings
on display to Jan. 8. Closed Dec. 24,
25, and 31. Info: 924-1378.

North Vancouver District Hall:
Paintings by Irene Otterbine exhibit
runs until Dec, 31. Viewing hours
are 8:30 a.m.-4:40 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
For more information call 988-6844,

North Vancouver City Hall:
Still Lifes An Exhibition of Works by
Leonard Brett rans until Jan. 18.
Viewing hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Mon.-Fri. Info: 988-6844.

Art Works Gallery: Visual artist
Sharon Quirke exhibits Cosmas, a
collection of works depicting North

Video classics top their remakes

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Edmund Gwenn plays a man who
claims to be the real Santa Claus and
by ‘accident becomes the department

‘store Santa for Macy’s.-His sincerity «

: and goodwill: manage to touch even
the frostiest of hearts — chat of Doris
(Maureen’ O'Hara), :a divorcée who
‘has ¥ taught «her. young daughter
“(Natalie Wood) that it's best never to
£ ‘dream because dreams always result
in disappointment.
There... are'’-plot. differences
 between’the original and the remake,
but the earlier movie is distinguished

+, by its humor, post-war innocence and

less-cynical spirit,
“1 A Christmas Story: This modem
: classic (released in 1983) is directed
by Bob Clark and based on a story by
Jean shephers It is one of the few

truly hilarious looks at the season.
Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) is a
schoolboy living in an
Indiana town during the
1940s; events are seen
from his entirely self-
centred . perspective. : As
the holidays approach,
his fantasy is to somehow.
persuade - his. parents,
Santa or anyone at all to.
give him: a_ particularly
resplendent’ B-B gun.
- Naturally, the adults all.
. Teply that he'll put his
eye out.
Raiphie’s adventures
with the town bully, a
department-store Saint
Nick, his grumpy Dad, his pathetic lit-
tle brother and: the ‘classmate who

_ decides to apply his tongue to a frozen

he snowflake moray eel, cookie cutter sea star
_ dl. and snowy white beluga whales invite you to
come to the Vancouver Aquarium for holiday fun.
: * Delight in the twinkle and glow of our
~” Festive Fantasy Lights.
ma Enjoy holiday craft fun for the whole family

Dec. 17 - Jan. 2.

“¥K Visit the electric eel Christmas tree -

a 15 year tradition.

Ask for your “Sandy Claws” checklist :
and search for his friends throughout
the Aquarium, then enter to win our
“Sandy Claws” contest. |

flagpole are brilliantly portrayed.

It’s a Wonderful Life: The.1946
Frank Capra film /t's A
Wonderful Life is one of

the all-time greats when

December rolls around.
Jimmy Stewart plays
a good man driven to the
brink of suicide by a
series of apparent -fail-

ures. An angel appears -
and lets him take a look -

at what might have hap-
pened to the people in
‘his sphere if he had
never been born. It’s as
sentimental and phony
as a scene by Norman
Rockwell; there’s no

denying t that. But every family should’

sit down with this movie at least one
holiday season.

SING- AS “LONG

_ JOEY HANLON

Dec, 26 - 31, Jan. 2
ll am. & 1 p.m. daily

Aquarium

IN STANLEY PARK

+f ORGANS

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WEST VAN resident Lorraine Johnstone displays her winning
entry in the District of West Vancouver's Christmas Card design
compstition. Johnstone's handywork also graces the wall sur-

rounding her residence’s pool. .

Shore gardenscapes in acrylic on
canvas. To Dec. 24.

Jack Lonsdale’s: Pub: ‘West
Coast rocker Lance Reegan Diehl
performs an acoustic Christmas con-

Brand New

cert tonight at 9. Info: 986-7333.

Queen’s Cross: Hi-Fi will play
the Cross’ New Year's Eve party. For
ticket information call 980-7715.

First Street Studios: Jazz shows
Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. Info: 984-
ARTS.

Cafe Deux Soleil: Alternative
jazz sessions Sunday evenings. Info:
254-5016. .

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