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HAVE YOU ever wondered how
dyed eggs and bunny rabbits
came to symbolize Easter?

. Kasey
| Wilson

Long before Jesus was born eggs
were the symbol! of eternal life in
ancient Hindu and Egyptian cultures.
The Romans were fond of pointing out:
Omne vivum ex ovo (“all life comes
from an egg”). .

Early Christians grafted the symbol-
ism of eggs as life on to the ceiebration
of Easter, dying the earliest eggs red to
Bo - symbolize Christ’s blood and Jater,
~~ green and bitter herbs traditionally eaten on Maundy Thursday.

=, Then, in 1920, Edward 1 of England opened up a rainbow of col-
ors by ordering 450 eggs (that’s 37% dozen) dyed in assorted colors
that were subsequently covered with gold leaf.

The rabbit, a lovable-looking rodent that deesn’t lay eggs, appar-

. See Edible page 20

THE RABBIT.was drafted as Easter egg bearer since the
ti mammals are notoriously fertile and seem to symbol-
/tzel fe by ‘annually producing half a dozen litters.

NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

THE WEST Vancouver Adult Pops Band will perform at Dundarave
Pier Friday, April 5, when the West Vancouver Yacht Club's Straits "96
race kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Among the band’s 40 members are (left to
right) Marian Rennie, Barrie Gillmore, Chuck Rennie, Kyle Gardiner
and Lynne Gardiner, who practise Thursday evenings at Irwin Park
Schoo!. New members are always welcome. Phone 926-1919.

Presentation House

Arts Centre: April

6-May 12, Alf that ‘ 4g.
Has Value, an exhibi- a
tion focusing on food by Ron Benner. Artist’s talk, 7

p.m. April 11. All That Has Value, Billboard and |

Indigenous Garden, collaboration by artists Ron
Benner and Mike MacDonald, April il-May 12;
‘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: Me:mories,
watercolor works by artist Jocelyn Wade. to April 28;
Simple Pleasures, Special Moments, watercolors by
artist Linda Bell, to April 28. Info: 925-7400. ;
West Vancouver Museum 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.

Centennial Theatre Centre lobby exhibition:
Gaiads, Sylvans and Celestines, paintings by
Marguerite, to April 15, Mon.-Fri., 12-4 p.m. Info: 947-
2739,

Ferry Building Gallery. High Fibre Diet: A Feast of.

Textile Art, 30 astists display techniques such as weav-
ing, knitting, sewing, hand-made paper, surface design,

and basketry, to April 14. Winter hours are [1 a.m. to 5

p.m, daily, closed Mondays. Free admission. Info: 925-
720. *:

Silk Purse Arts Centre: The Evolution of the
Landscape: Davinci to the Group of Seven, presenta-
tion by Justin Newell, April 9, 7-9:30 p.m. Info: 925-
7290. Art Box Gift Shop offers speciaity gifts and
hand-made crafts. Call Carolyn Thorpe at 987-7585 for
an appointment. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday 11
a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 12-5 p.m. Music and
Muffins concerts every third Thursday of the month.
19-11 a.m. Info: 925-7292.

Seymour Art Gallery: April 3, 7-9 p.m.. A Rooted
Passion, opening reception for artist Mary Comber
Miles, all welcome to meet this botanical watercolorist.
Also: Maplewood Elementary School Watercolors
Exhibition, grade 6 students art exhibition is on display
in the Deep Cove Cultural Centre lobby.

‘The End Cafe: Paul Williams Works on Canvas runs to
April: 29. Open 4 p.m.-1 a.m daily.

North Vancouver Museum and Archives: A Future

‘Wednesday, April 3, 1996 — North Shore News - 13

Defined, the story of confederation of Canada is told
against the tapestry of life in the 1800s, to April 14., ;
Tools, Trades and Technological Change, exhibition, to’

Sept. |. Hours are. Wednesday to Sunday, noon to 5° -

p.m. Talk and Walk North Shore History. Mondays,”
April 8 & 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m, Tickets are $2,:
call 987-5618. : i .
Canadian Craft Museum: Basketry and Macrame,
exhibition includes works by West Van's: Madeleine:
Chisholm (Neat Things Studio). April 6-June 16, Mon.-".
Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. & holidays [2-5 p.m. Closed.”
Tue. until May. Lo, _ .

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