144-~-WNorth Shore News — Frid Buckland Southerst Gallery: ; Featuring new works by Rita Monace and Brian Romer. Intormation: 922-1915. Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists: mini show and sale at Travel Time International, 2405 Marine Dr., West: Vancouver, 922- 3474. August 4 to September 30, Dundarave Cafe Gallery: Three Points of View, Ushibit of warer- colour, acrvlic and paper mosaic by Helen Edgell, Barbara Splatt and Sumy Stringer. To Sept. 2. Ferry Building Gallery: Ou the Rocks August 22 to September 10, Thather Cairns, Ceramics and Dorothy Foster, mixed media paint- ings. Artists” talk at 1] an, on Tuesday, August 22 trom 6-8 p.m. North Shore Arts Commission: Information: 980-3311. Located at 148 E. 2nd St. North Van. North Vancouver Community Arts Council: call for pwo- dimensional artists tor our juried Art Rental Collection. Interested artists are invited to submit up to seven pieces of work for a flat jurying fee of $10. Info call Jacquie Morgan, 988-6844. North Vancouver District Hall: Paintings by Judisch Fanning and glass artist and jeweler Joy Jubenville. To August 24. Works by painter, Heather McAlpine and clay artist, Melinda Siraight. August 24-Sept. 21, Exhibits are a program of the N.V. Community Arts Council and open Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m.-+:30 p.m. North Vancouver Museum and Archives: North Vanconver Experience. A community history exhibit celebrating the social and industrial growth that led to the development of the urban and rural communities, Your Story, Our Story, Their Story. Exhibit explores the contributions of individ- uals who have enriched North Vancouver's multi-cultural history. Information: 987-5618. Muscum: open Tue-Sun noon to 5 p.m. Outer Space Gallery: Gallery hours: Wed-Fri, 7-10 p.m., Sat, 2-10 p.m. and Sun, 2-6 p.m. Information: 990-3474. Located at Presentation House Theatre. Park Royal South: A-R-T By The Sea features the works of wo North Vancouver artists Lise Brayham, watercolours, and Ellen Blackstone, oils. Information, 921-1840. PGE Railway Station: A Change of Place: North Vancouver Neighbourhoods. & look at how the Jandscapes and streetscapes of North Vancouver have changed in the last 90 years. Ongoing. Station open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., daily. Located at the fcot of Lonsdale. Information: 987- 5618. Presentation House Gallery: North Vancouver Community Arts Council holds Art Rental event, Monday September 11, noon co 8 p.m, Choose from a selection of new and exciting art work to brighten your home. Morc than 200 original works, starting as low as $5 a month. Info call 988-6844. Ron Andrew recCentre: Exhibit of hand drums carved by Dean Rati, August 20 to Seprember 24. Seymour Art Gallery: Design for Living: It’s All Susall Sinff. 100 galiery members “do their creative thing” with 2 5"x7” oak frame. To August 27. Information: 924-1378. Silken Moments: Watercolours on silk. Jeanie Tang. August 28 to Sept 25, Opening reception Tuesday September 5, 7 to 9pm. Silk Purse Gallery: Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Tue-Sun. Information: See Calendar Page 16 “THE CAP THEATRE SERIES THE ARTS CLUB THEATRE PRESENTS Neil Siznon’s classic THE ODD COUPLE The ever-popular FOREVER PLAID A brand new comedy UNDER THE INFLUENCE CAP THEATRE PRESENTS A special family treat YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN A heartfelt drama : CRIMES OF THE HEART All shows are at the :. Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre 2055 Purceil Way, North Vancouver Series Subscriptions are on sale now from $40 ” Flexible options For more information and to receive your free season brochure, call $90-7810 @ Cabarci, Aug. 22 to 27 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Layne Christensen News Reporter lchristensen@nsnews.com THE 1972 film version of Broadway hit musi- cal Cabaret made icons of Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Kate Shindle dons leather and lace for the Minelli role of racy nightclub singer Sally Bowles in the national touring production of Cabaret, which opens at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Tuesday. But since opening the tour in Denver last month, the New York- based actress has steered clear of any comparisons with her famous predecessor. “The easiest way to deal with the spectre of another actor is to pretend it didn’t exist,” said the 23-year-old actress, on the phone from Costa Mesa, California, where the show played last week. “I’m not playing Liza Minnelli. I’m playing Sally Bowles. And it helps that I never saw the movie before I got the audition. Just like watching any other actor, if you spend too much time watching their performance, you will naturally start to remember their reflections and gestures and you'll naturally start to copy what the other actors are doing. That’s not terribly honest acting, because it needs to come from the text and from your emotional interpretation of where the character is, not from a set of technical elements that added up to a performance from somebody else.” Playwright Joe Mastcroff wrote the original musical, based on the true-life observations of American author Christopher Isherwood who wrote The Berlin Stories about his experiences in the German city between 1929 and 1932. Bob Fosse directed the film version. Sam Mendes, director of Oscar-winner American Beauty, resurrected the musical in °93 for the London stage and is behind the current touring production. Shindle left Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde, where she understud- ied the role of Lucy, to join Cabaret, a musical she loves. photo Neal Preston KATE Shindie Is Bertin nightclub singer Sally Bowles in the musical revival of Cabaret, directed by Sam Mendes of American Beauty fame. She says Sally Bowles is the right role for the moment but will likel' move on when her six-month contract is up. “I’m at a tenuous enough career point that I can’t afford to be on the road for a year. I want to take the momentum that I’ve got and move it zo the next level,” says the New Jersey native who took a year away from theatre studies at Illinois’ Northwestern University to compete in the 1998 Miss America pageant. Shindle took the crown, fulfilled her pageant duties and returned to finish her degree. The actress hopes to shake off the mantle of Miss America and break into tilm. She’s shopping for an L.A. agent. But for now, her life is Cabaret. “I'm loving it. It’s a gorgeously written show,” says Shincle. “(’m very wary of being the Miss America who appears to have something to prove. I don’t want to be portrayed as running around trying to prove that I’m not Miss America anymore.” Cabaret plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Aug. 22 to 27. 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