Frox Page 15 Wedding. Comic participato- ry Ivalian wedding. Tickets include an Italian four-course meal. Group discounts. Ongoing, Thu-Sat, 6:15 p.m. Ticketmaster: 280-4444. Firelall Arts Centre: Stoned Soul Picnic. A journey through the '60s and °70s with the music of Laura Nyro. To August 19 (Tue- Sat), at 8 p.m. $20/5816. Tickets: 689-0926. Malkin Bowl: Theatre Under The Stars. Grease and South Pacific play in reperto- iy. 8 p.m. Tickets: 687-0174. ' Stanley Theatre: Hotel Porter, Cole Portez’s songs, dancing, show tunes and romance. To Sept. 2 (Tue- Sat), at 8 p.m., matinees on Wednesdays and Sundays at 2 and Saturdays at 4 p.m. Vanier Park: Bard on the. Beach presents The Tempest aand Henry IV, Part One run- ning in repertory on the Mainstage. To Sept. 30 (Tue- Sun). $15-S24. All's Well. That Ends Well on the “~ Dougtas Campbell Studio -* Stage. To Sept. 3. $12.50- $21. Box office: 739-0559. 2 ‘concerts: ‘Ambleside Landing: Concerts By The Sea. Bring -: your: family, beach chair.and a picnic ‘and enjoy the music of -Holly Burke, August 6 at 6 .mi: Free, donations gratefiul- ¥ accepted. Concerts will be cancelled due to inclement : weather. Information: Nicole at 925-7269. ; Cates Hill Chapel (Bowen “Island): Festival of Vocal ~ invites s himself t0 L.A., where Charlie lives. He ‘ hangs outside Charlie's office; he shows up at : Charlie ‘and Carlyn’s (Beth Colt) home at bed- he phones the house and hangs t up repeat: edly. ‘Buck enlists the help of Beverly (Lupe. . Ontiveros); manager of a children’s theatre, . “to put ona one-night play. Hank and Frank . tic love story” cording to ‘Beverly; Buck thinks it’s a fairy lé. It’s a thinly disguised autobiographical ccount of Chuck: and B Buck’s life before the © icked witch (Charlie’s fiancee) ruins every- is a “homoerotic pear to be the victim here, | bit not all is as'it seems. When Chuck and : Chuck became a success story and at 5:30 p.m. Information: 947-0090. Cates Park: Cares Park Concert Series. Free family concert every Saturday, tirce local bands play trom 5:30- 8:30 p.m. August 5: Too Much Talk, Lauren Warr and Prydwen. Information: 929- 2683. Edgemont Village: Evenings’ in Edgemont. Enjoy the Latin jive and swing music of Gypsalero, August 4, 7-9 p.m. Free, donations grateful- ly accepted. Concerts may be cancelled in the event of rain. Information: 990-3841. Lonsdale Quay: Celtic Weekend. Sweet ballads from Tiller’s Folly and Blackthorne. August 6-7, 2-4 Eynn Valley Mall: Live in Lynn Valley. Listen to the jazz music of Mother of ~ Pearl. August 4, 7-9 p.m. Free, donations gratefully accepted. Concerts may be cancelled in the event of rain. Information: 990-3841. North Shore Alliance Church: An Evening of Classical Music. Internationally-known pianist Ardeshir Rohani from Iran performs music of. Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Chopin and others. August 11, 7:30 p.m. Admission by donation, minimum $10 (no children under 8 years). . Tickets: Kathie Curtis, 925- 1251. . Panorama Park: Concerts in the Cove. Enjoy the lively blues sounds of the _Bluesberries. August 4, 7-9 p.m. Free, donations grateful- - ly accepted. Concerts may be .. cancelled in the event of rain. Information: 990-3341. : Silk Purse: The 3 Divas pre- “Arts. Sundays u to August 26 if senta Program of popular Chuck and & Buck touchingly creepy opera and musical theatre favourites. August 5, at 5 p.m. Admission by donation. Information 925-7292. clubs Si. Cosy Cove: Open mie sight. Thursdays § p.m.-midnight. Information: 929-2683. Gold Bond Books and The Music Gallery: Live music every Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. August 5: Bill Clint; August 6: Colleen Munii. Free. Information:922-4694. Pemberton Station: Live bands Friday and Saturday evening. Cal Batchelor, August 4-5. Information: 984-3558. Rusty Gull: Allison Crowe, alternative pop-rock music. August 4-5, 9 p.m.-midnight. Information: 988-5585. Ambleside Area: Harmony Arts Festival. Performing and visual arts events and exhibi- tions. Gallery shows, con- certs, street performers and a kids day. August 4-13. Information: 925-7198 or . Artist Tree Studios: Moodyville Theatre presents Storytellers, an entertaining evening of the ancient art of storyteli ing. Every Saturday, - .m. Tickets are $7 at loor. Limited seating call S54 4088 to reserve, Coho Festival: Visual Arts Exhibition, Call for artists to submit artwork depicting salmon/salmon-related activi- ties for display during Buck withdrew into himself. But both are touching, sus; creepy. The c prisoners of the past. The success & the film is due to its excel- - lent scripting, generating a story that is - nseful and at times downright cter of Buck is its greatest asset: steeped in pathos but sprinkled with -, subtlety, Buck is part simpleton, part predator. * He has the mind of a chiid, but we flinch each time Buck is around children. Shot on digital vies 20, Chuck and Buck has a retro Super-8 quality to it, providing an inti- macy and surveill? ace-style intrusiveness that adds nicely to th. suspense. An excellent zollaborative effort from Mike - White, onetime, writer for Dawson’s Creek, ue od ides for y our in-town visitors or rouof town vi visit. ¢ their unique original art with. your friends & relatives. | ‘Native Art makes a wonderful ~ “Gift or souvenir... a special and director Miguel Arteta (Star Maps) that may make yor. _ long-lost friend home for dinner. ink twice al ut inviting that September. Photographs and paintings accepted. Application forms at the West and North Vancouver Chambers of Commerce and community centres. Submission deadline is August 21. Information: 926-6956. Deep Cove Music: Drinn Circle. Pepe Danze will lead the circle every Sunday at Quarry Rock. $15. Drum rentals available. Information: 929-2683 or 924-687]. Scymour Art Gallery: DisCOVEry 2001: A Space Odyssey. Call for artists to submit one piece of their work for this annual exhibi- tion. Entry fee is $14. To obtain an entry form contact Carol at 924-1378 or . Gateway Theatre: Youth Balict Federation of Japan. North Shore residents Emily Stonnell, Katherine Somody, Allison Birt, Yoshikuni Kikuta and Ken Guan perform a mixed repertoire in classical ballet, contemporary and jazz. August 12, 7:30 p.m. Information: 872-4014. Kitsilano Showboat: Variety programs run through to August 18, Monday, Wednesday and Friday start- ing at 7:30 p.m., weather permitting. Information: 733-7297. —— Compiled by Sharon Cocomile E-mail (scocomile@ns news.com) or fax a press release for your entertainment event to 985-2104. Deadline for Friday inclusion is the pre- vious Monday. The News ties to ensure items appear in the paper at least once before the event takes place, but space constraints may limit the num- - ber of submissions printed. Friday, August 4, 2000 — North Shore News-21 _ Spaceman Lee pliching charity Bob Mackin Sports Reporter bnackin@asnews.com YOU know it’s the dog days of summer when these guys come to town. A group of ex-baseball greats (and almost-greats) is on its eighth annual barn- storming tour through Canada. Next stop — is Vancouver on Saturday night for a charity game at Nat Bailey Stadium. Headlining the Allstars Baseball team is Bill “Spaceman” Lee, the man who once said he'd “bring back natural grass and nickel Ex-Expo Bill “Spaceman” . Lee in town Saturday with barnstorming team. beer” because baseball is the “belly-button of our society.” “Straighten out baseball and you straighten out the rest of the world.” Nickel beer is long gone, but there is hope to rid Earth of Astroturf. Lee, a southpaw, spent 10 years with the Boston Red Sox and four with the Montreal Expos. His 119-90 career record ~ won’t earn him a spot in the Hall of Fame, but he did pitch in the 1975 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds and was an American League all-star in 1973. It wasn’t Lee’s pitching that made him a legend. It was his lifestyie. You might call him a hippie: He was into yoga, health . food, Eastern philosophy and a certain green w weed that one won't find growing in any law-abiding b: : Lee was released by the Expos in 1982 and wrote his auto: ~ - : biography in 1984, The Wrong Stuff: He makes his home these |. days on a farm in Vermont, but can’t stay away from the . park. ~ mound. He’s 2 regular at fantasy camps, in amateur leagues and: old-timers tours.rle recently pitched on a barnstorming tour of Cuba and was honoured last month by the Baseball Reliquary, a California alternative hall of fame that commemorates ase~ ball’s unsung heroes and eccentrics. Lee qualifies for the latter. Lee, Bert Campaneris, Willie Wilson, Danny Cox, John . Tudor and other ex-big leaguers will face the Vancouver City Police Basebal! Team at 6 p.m. Saturday. to: benefit the * Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. Tickets are $13 and available by phone. (1-800-563- 304) or at the Nat t Bailey Stadium box office. ee | | July 7 Jazzmanian — (Lively Swing) *- | July 14 Auntie Kate. (Rhythm. & Blues) . | July 21 Blackthom - (Celtic) : py 28. Sugar Mountain wey (Country I Aug 11 Tillers koiny. . _ Westcoast Celtic) “Family Entertainment Presented by the City & =.” information: . ~ Park Events Line 990-3841 Oistrict of North Vancouver _ BUY DIRECT FROM THE ARTISTS & SAVE eT, : Concer be cnc: in the event of rin ° :