NORTH SHORE NEWS ENTERTAINMENT & STYLE GUIDE

ONE year ago,
nearly to the day,
on the dancefloor
of the Blue Bay
Club in Puerto
Vallarta, Bernie
Malach met Irina
Gazibar.

The gentle evening
sen breeze cooled our
disco feverish bodirs as
we stoud in the presence
of creation on the post-
inidnight deck of a
seaside disco as tt emp-
tied the multiplicity of
international dancers
into the night;

The charismatic
corporate lawyer from
North Vanceuver
shared his poetry with
the redheaded econo-
mist from Bucharest,
Romania.

We drew deeply on
our nicotine sticks as
the starfloaded sky
twinkled in our ears
and in our hearts, side
by side, falling in love
without knowing it,
until later;

There was an
immediate attraction
between the two self-
described “passionate
Aquarians” who
expressed their cre-
ative sides: Bernie as a
stone carver and poet;
Inna as an amateur
actress.

Later, when we shared the ymbolic signifi-
cance of sighting shooting stars... Two of then ...
brief moments apart;

The pair talked until the early morning
light.

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soileries

Buckland Southerst Gallery: New works by Alan Welie and
Andrea Padovani. information: 922-1915.

Dundarave Cafe: Paintings by Dawne Garrett. To Jan. 31.
Ferry Building Gallery: Millennium Masterpieces. Exhibition of
children’s and youth art from West Vancouver schools. To Jan.
23. Gallery Hours: from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Tue-Sun. Information:
925-7266.

North Vancouver District Hall: Julia Manderson and Elizabeth
Harris Nichols. To Jan. 20. Artist reception for Julia Manderson,
Jan. 13, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Exhibits are a program of the N.V.
Community Arts Council and open Mon-Fni, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m.

North Vancouver Museum and Archives: A community histo-
ry exhibir featuring displays on the North Shore’s tirst non-

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January 8 to 17°

Stirring a feeling of closeness as our bodies
fused in warmth in the sandy beach hammock
next to the seaside disco;

At noon the next day, an airplane carried
[rina away from her new lover.

The harsh brilliance of the rooftop searcls lights

led by poetry

NEWS photo illustration Cindy Goodman and Norisa Anderson

BERNIE Malach, a North Van lawyer, sculptor and poet, and Irina Gazibar, a Romanian economist and actress; present
Passions, an hour-long poetry, music and dance production Jan. 16 at Presentation House.

ry interlude;

indigenous community. Lions Gate Bridge. A photographic dis-
play that looks back 60 years, Shipyard Snapshots: Cover to Cover.
An exhibit of the illustrated covers of the Wallace Shipbuilder.
Information: 987-5618. Museum open Tue-Sun nvon to 5 pan.
Presentation House Gallery: The Legendary Lee Miller
Photographs, 1929-196-4. This is the only Canadian venue on the
international tour. Jan. 8-Feb. 20. Jan 15, 2 p.m., lecture and
book signing by Antony Penrose author of a biography of Lee
Miller. Galtery Hours: Wed-Sun, noon-5 p.m. and ‘Yhu, 12-9
p.m. Information: 986-1351.

Ron Andrew recCentre: North Vancouver potter, Yisi-Souk
Kaario, exhibits her latest mugs, bowls, casseroles, plaques and
ceramics for the home. To Jan. 16.

Seymour Art Gallery: Annual members show of the Malaspina
Prinemakers Society. Selected works in lithography, monotype,
etching, intaglio, wood engraving, collographs, mixed media and
digitalization. To Jan. 13. Hours: Tue-Sun, noon to + p.m.
Information: 924-1378.

West Vancouver Memorial Library: Millennium Masterpicces.

of the security patrol breached aur romantic stav-

1 smiled and waved them off as vou trembled
with reminiscent fear uf border patrois near an
East European seashore, many years ago;

The passion berween poet and muse hes

been kept alive
through a long-dis-
tance romance of
what Bernie calls “the
classical variety.”

T held you in me
arms more rightly with
prayer that ney love
would reacis into your
heart with comfort,
soft and tender, onc
Aquarian Earth

gel, for another,
Spirits falling in

In April and in
August, Bernice flew
to Romania to be
with Irina. For a
month now, Irina has
been in Vancouver
with Bernie.

Soft kisses on vaur
neck, the kisses of an
Earth Angel, with lips
gently resting on your
ens, breathing wnspo-
ken words of love, I
kissed vour hair and
inhaled your beautiful
Spirit as we cuddled
closer in the hammock
by the sea;

At7 p.m. on
Sunday, Jan. 16 at
Presentation House
Theatre, Irina will
give a theatrical pre-
sentation of Bernie's
poems set to music
and dance. The pub-
lic is invited to
attend. .

Twin Spirits 3
falling in love, you and se; by the sea, the
Mexican sea;

Admission is by donation, with proceeds to
benefit the Foundation for Homeless Children
and Animals in Bucharest, Romania.

-— Layne Christensen

An exhibition in all mediums of artwork from youth in grades K-
11 attending a West Vancouver school. ‘To Jan. 23. Information:
925-7400.

Centennial Theatre: Grease. The entire cast and crew of this
50°s-style musical production are North Shore residents. Jan. 12-
14 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 15 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. $16/$13. Box
office: 984-4484, .
Presentation House: The Clutch. Jan. 7-22 at 8 p.m. Box office:
990-3473. i
Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre: Alan Matheson
Nonet: Birth af the Cool and Beyond. A program celebrating a half

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