From paze 24 work takes a tortured look inside the lives of a blue-collar irish- American family living in the Bronx. Held over: Nov. 19-21 and Nov. 24-28 at 8 p.m. All Tuesdays are 2/}. Res.: 668-3312. Beirut. Fend Players in coopesa- tion with Spy Proructions presents Alan Browne's riveting story of love in the plague years. Nov. 26-Dec. 19. Tickets: $10/8. Res.: 688-3312. Waterfront Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Mavor Moore’s musical tars Bernard Cuffling as Ebenezer Scrooge. Opens Nov. 28. Thurs- Sat at 8 p.m. with 2 p.in. Sat, mat- inees. Res.: 685-6217 or 280-4444. Back Alley Theatre: After two seasons of playing to sold-out au- diences, TheatreSports is mounting a sequel to Star Trick: Star Trick, the Next improvisation. Tickets: 688-7013. James Cowan Theatre: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Drearnacoat. North Van's First Im- pressions Theatre mounts Andrew Lloyd Webber's colorful, upbeat musical. Dec. 16-23. Tickets: $12/10. Res.: 291-6864. Studio 58: Christopher Durang’s off-the-wall comedy, The Marriage of Bette and Boo. Opens Nev. 20 at 8 p.m. Runs until Dec. 6. Tick- ets: 324-5227. Firehall Theatre: The Number 14. Touchstone Theatre and Axis Mime present a daring comic adventure, in which Vancouver's ’ mest accomplished physical actors create an outrageous theatrical experience. To Dec. 6. Res.: 689- 0926... - North Shore - Ferry Building: Guitarist Paul Schmidt, Nov. 22 at.2 p.m. Silk Purse: A light and humorous performance by Saskatchewan light opera singer Celeste Riendeau. Nov. 26 at 10 a.m. Crafthouse show celebrates four. seasoris in giass From page 23 are no rules with glass — that’s what | like about it. “Because my stuff is getting tore complex i'm never bored with it. If it does get boring, you Mt. Seymour United Church: Phantom of the Opera Revisited. Nov. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. Lon Chaney's original 1925 silent film accompanied by organist Edward Norman. Res.: 929-2006. The Pro Nova String Ensemble. Dec. 6. Program includes wark by Haydn, Verrall, Teleman and Dvorak, Centennial Theatre: Hansel & Gretel. A child's introduction to opera with members of the Van- couver Opera’s Touring Ensemble. Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $7. Phone 984-4484, North Shore ferry Building Galiery: Lil Chrzan. The Politics of Gender. Oil paintings and warks on paper. To Nov, 29. Silk Purse: Group Art Show. Select Six. Acrylic, watercolors, fabric, pottery, sculpture, silkscreen. To Nov. 23. Paintings by Pat Porter. Nov. 24- Dec. 6, Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tues.-Sat. West Vancouver Memorial Library: Lucy Collings. Out and About with Watercolor and Oil. Loose, painterly style captures the atmosphere and impressions of nature. To Nov. 30. Seymour Art Gailery: Bill Featherston. A Tribute to Roger Caron. First exhibition of the painter's work in eight years. Nov. 20-Dec. 19. Mark Mazeppa’s Creative Workshops. Children and adults invited to create 3-D arts and crafts this fail. info.: 929-5744 or 987- 5283. A Cornucopia of Creative Gifts. Original handcrafted treasures created by local artisans. Nov. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m, to 5 p.m. Fundraiser for the gallery. Presentation House Gallery: Mo- tion and Document/ Sequence & Time. Eadweard Muybridge and Contemporary American Photography. Show juxtaposes Muybridge’s pioneering 19th cen- UBS - Invite BILL FEATHERSTONE sits In front of one of his tributes to imprisoned writer Reger Caron. Exhibit pays tribute to author “MY ASSOCIATION with Roger Caron began in the ‘70s while he was still. in prison. He was finishing 26 years of torture which had begun in his eariy teens. “Upon his reiease (from jail) and the publication of Go-boy!, _the incredible story that won him the Governor General's Award for literature, we met in Squamish and have since become good friends.” So writes North Shore painter Bill Featherston of writer Roger Caron, the Ontario writer who penai system from 1954-78 for a series of bank robberies. The 54-year-old author's award-winning autobiographical work, Go-boy!: Memoirs of a Life Behind Bars, published in 1978, has often been described as one of the best prison books of this century. Gn Friday, Featherstone opens a tribute to the award-winning author at the Seymour Art Galiery, in what will be the local painter’s first exhibit in eight years. In 1980 Featherstone did a small portrait of Caron and major work and several studies of the writer, who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease. That work.” will be on display at the Seymour. Art Gailery until Dec. 19.. - “These paintings are about.a. man | admire and have the greatest respect for,’’. Featherstone. ns Caron has written several works of fiction and. non-fiction, - including Jojo, Greenkeeper. and Bingo!: Prison Riots av Kingston |- Penitentiary. This summer, Featherstone. learned. that Caron was. back: in: prison charged with eight bank ays}. was incarcerated in the Canadian decided this year to complete a_ robberies. a, | tury photographic studies of animal and human movement with a broad array of modern and contemporary American photography. To Dec. 13. North Vancouver City Hall Gailery: Following their successful The Port to your calligraphy exhibit last season, the North Shore “lettering artists’ will exhibit their new work from Nov. 19 to Dec. 16. The public is invited to attend the opening, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. — All Public Places shows sponsored by the Notth Van couver Community Arts Caun- . cil. ceo wo. Queensdale Gallery: Water-: ~ colorist Frank Townsley and new jewelry designs by Xenonbia and ~~ Craig Wright. To Nov. 22. cTAL-INTEREST The Vancouver Port Corporation - Friendly, informal talks Great colour slides ‘can change within your medium. You don’t have to go out and dig ditches.” Over the years Ruskin’s palette has changed, but-he has retained the basic platter and bow! shapes. - His current show at the Craf- thouse on Granville Island cele- brates the four seasons it: a swir! of soft purples, blues, pinks, greens, Oranges and deep reds. (It closes Nav. 30.) Because light and shadow is everything, he insists on being in contro! of that aspect of presenta- tion for every exhibit. “Color eats light, so it’s impor- tant to do it right,” says Ruskin, who refers to himself as a “light junkie.” “There’s nothing sadder than to see glass in a gallery sitting in the dark with fingerprints on it.” At one time Ruskin used to paint and sculpt but was lured to glass because of its brilliant colors. “It’s like freezing colored light,’ he likes to say. Painting didn’t suit a perfec- tionist, anyway, because he found he could never finish anything. “1 like glass because | have io finish it,” he says. And if the final product isn’t to his liking, he can always climb up to his rooftop and smash it to smithereens. . Volunteer speakers— _ -all ‘Port Pecple’— each with a different area of expertise Topics include: - , * Todays Port —an overview Port Development «. * Security, Traffic & Pollution Control ¢ The Port & Canadian Trade ° The Port & Your Community... and more whats going on behind all those tugs & terminals — ships & cargoes, in the Port of Vancouver? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIND OUT. Ever wonder an aS ‘i nh < | For information, or to book a speaker, please call: Vancouver Port Corporation, 666-3226 We look forward to meeting you!