Expect festival events to sell out fast Regine Detorges and Alberto Ruy Sanchez. Now you wish you'd paid attention in French From pane 27 ture a strong French component this year. Le Salon, organized in co-operation with the Alliance Francaise, will offer readings and dis- cussions with Quehee authors Jean-Pierre Davidts, Yves Beauchemin, and Micheline Lachance and French writers Muriel Bloch and Paule Constant. A high point of Le Salon will be EROS (Wed. Oct. 21, at the Granville Isand Brewery’s elegant salon), an exploration ofthe erotic in the works of Paule Constant, 12, don’t you? Ever-popular events, The Great Canadian Spelling Bee, (Sat, Oct.24 10-1130 a.m), The Poetry Bash, (Sat. Oct, 24. $:30-10:30 pan.) and The Literary Cabaret (Fri, Oct, 23, 8:30- 10:30 p.m.) will all be held at the Performance Works venue and always sell out tast, so call 280-3311 for tickets. Full schedules of events can be had at most bookstores or call O8 1-G330. Teaching courses at Capilano College From page V4 He thought of attending art school but changed his mind when he realized that mauy of the artists he respect- ed had little or no formal training. Instead, he studied biology and geology at imermediate level carvers. Two other courses, Wildlife Mustration and Watertow! Dlustration, ran in September and carly October and will be offered again this spring. The courses are designed tor the beginner to intermedi- ate level artist. Class size is limited to 12. Obsessive attention to detail is neta prerequivite characteristic, one supposes. Bur it helps. Carleton University and grad Tae oa '" ONEWEEK F : uated with honours. “HT certainly don’t plan to be a starving artist. I have interesis in more areas than just sculpting,” says Whiting, who enlisted family support to start his own publishing com- pany when he was 20. 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