ARTS EVENTS
Compiled by Ann Hamilton

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GALLERIES 7

Presentation House Arts
Centre: to May 12, All Thaz
Has Value, an exhibition
focusing on food by Ron
Benner. Ongoing to May 12,
Wed.-Sat., 6-8 p.m. All That
Has Value, Billboard and
Indigenous Garden, colabora-
tion by artists Ron
Benner and Mike MacDonald.
Gardening for Butterflies,

workshop by Mike
MacDonald, pre-register by
calling 986-1351, $10, 2-5
p.m., April 20. Gallery hours:
Wed.-Sun, 12-5 p.m.. Thurs.
12-9 p.m.

West Vancouver Memorial
Library: Memories, watercol-
or works by artist Jocelyn
Wade, to April 28. Simple
Pleasures, Special Moments,
watercolors by artist. Linda
Bell. to April 28. 925-7400.
West Vancouver Museuin
and Archives: West) Van
Collects runs to Aug. 18.
Gallery hours: Tue.-Fri., 12 to
4:30 p.m. Archives hours:
Wed./Thurs., 12 to 4:30 p.m.
Ferry Building Gallery: West
Vancouver Juried Grad Show,
multi-media artwork created
by Sentinel secondary, West
Vancouver secondary and
Collingwood schools, to April
28. A Colorful Life, acrylic
abstract paintings of N.S. artist
Colin Righton. April 30-May
12. Winter hours are 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily, closed Mondays.

NEWS photo Mike Waitetie:d

RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY students (left to right}
Kimberly Hannula, Jimmy Salusbury and Alison Kirk-
Owen are winners of a GVRD contest to produces art-
_work that promotes “non-poiluting modes of trans-
portation.” Their prize: in-line skates.

CHESA CHANGEOVER

Free admission. 925-7290.
Deep Cove Cultural Centre:
Patterns in Aluminum and
Gold, by artists Ruth Scheuing
and Lynne Greene, May 1-26;
Aerslics on Canvas, by painter
Margaret Witzsche, May 1-
June 23. Info: 924-1378.
Bau-XI: The Body, N.S, artist
Stuart Slind, to May 9. 733-
7011.

Silk Purse Arts Centre: Art
Box Gift Shop offers specialty
gifts and handmade crafts. Call
Carolyn Thorpe at 987-7585
for an appointment. Gallery
hours: Tuesday to Friday 11
am.-5 p.m., Saturday and
Sunday 12-5 p.m. Music and
Muffins concerts every third
Thursday of the month, [0-1]
a.m. 925-7292.

Seymour Art Gallery: A
Rooted Passion, botanical

. watercolors depicting flora

from around the world by artist
Mary Comber Miles. contin-
ues to April 28. Dykhof
Nurseries of North Vancouver
demonstrates how to make
Hanging Baskets, Patio Pots
and Planters work, April 27,
10 am.-12 p.m., registration

limited to 12 people,.call 924-

1378. History of Gardens,
hilarious talk by landscape
architect and master gardener
Elizabeth Bradbury, April 27,

‘2-3 p.m.
The End Cafe: Paul Williams

Works on Canvas runs to April
29. Open 4 p.m.-1 a.m.

North Vancouver Museum
aad Archives: Tools, Trades
and Technological Change,
exhibition, to Sept. 1. Hours

‘are Wednesday to Sunday,

noon to 5 p.m.

Canadian Craft Museum:
Basketry and Macrame, exhi-
bition includes works by West
Van's Madeleine Chisholm
(Neat Things Studio), to June
16, Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Sun. & holidays 12-5 p.m.
Closed Tue. until May.

NEWS photo “ike Wakefield

. After 18 years at the helm of Chesa, Jurgen and

Manuela Schuite bid fond farewell from their West Vancouver restaurant.

DOUGLAS MILLAR, a student of the Vancouver Academy of Music and soloist
with West Vancouver United Church Choir, sings 10 a.m. tomorrow, April 25, at the
Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave. in West Vancouver. Miliar wil perform
works by Beethoven and Purcell, operatic arias and Canadian folk songs.

Deep Cove Shaw Theatre:
The Passions of Emily Carr, by
N.S. writer Patricia Mason,
staring Jennifer Riach. 8 p.m.,
May 3; 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.. May
4, tickets $10. For tickets call
922-9507. Mister Roberts,
heart-felt comedy exploring
the intense boredom faced by
the crew of an American naval

The Schul

cargo ship stationed in the
Pacific near the end of the
Second World War, Wed.-Sat.,
8 pm... May 1S-June 1.
Tickets: 929-9456, Also:
North Shore Talent Search,
begins April 28, open to
youngsters 13-21, categories

include voice, dance, instru-

mental and variety acts.

Information and registration:

922-6069."
Metra:
Horse,

Three Men On A
American comedy,

‘27. Info:

with N.V. performer, Warde
Ashlie, 8 p.m., ‘runs to. April
266-7191.

Massey Theatre: Brigadoon,
musical with lead perfor-
mances by Maggie
Brockington of West Van and
North. Van-raised © Tom
Aysnizen, runs to May 4, 8 p.m.
522-4306. - . . :
Centennial Theatre: Atten-
tion. Deficit Hyperactivity

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tes say

cheers to Chesa

IN THE spirit of
spring, a Table
Hopping timeout has
been called to allow for
a romantic interlude.
With a touch of pathos,
perhaps. Some regret.
A few tears; a few
laughs. In short, anoth-
er slice of life in the
restaurant food chain.

Chesa Restaurant, 1734
Marine Dr., West
Vancouver, 922-2411.

The following is a tale of
true romance in which the
original bright Mame has

flickered and finally been
extinguished.

The 18-year affair involv-
ing the Chesa restaurant and
the Schultes, Jurgen and
Manuela, has lamentably
gone the way of many other
great love affuirs.

On the rocks.

How could this be? Two
dedicated restaurateurs and a
fine West Vancouver restau-
rant. Surely a winning com-
bination for all involved.

But...

“It bas been too long for
as,” Manuela says. “ILis lime
to give it to the young ones.”

Indeed. The restaurant
trade is a game for the

table
hopping
young. The faint of heart
need not apply.

So, earfier this month, the
Schultes sold Chesa to Jill

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