The Swedish tabloid Expressen
gave $16,000 each to five leading
stock analysts and a six-year-old
one-eyed chimpanzee called Ola.
The specialists made their picks
and, reported Expressen’s Mats
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classrooms: Little House on the
Prairie, for way it depicts
American Indians; Tom Sawyer,
for ‘terms that belittle people of
color."’; Of Mice and Men, for
profanity; Sleeping Beauty, for
violence ‘and. being frightening;
Where’s. Waido?, for depicting a
woman’s bare breast; The Color
Purple, for profanity and sex-
ually explicit language; and
Dracula, for promoting
Satanism.

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Maggie Mason, a . committee
member and theatre representative
on the board.

This distrust has prompted
Mason, _ Strachan and Dorothy
Jenkins of Theatre West Van to
take matters inte their own hands.

On. Saturday, (Sept.25) at Pres-
entation House Cultural Society’s
annual general meeting, they plan
to present a full slate of can-
didates to run for election in the
hope cof getting betrer theatre

‘representation on the board.

One common complaint levelled

against the board has been its lack -

of interest in the theatre. Critics
have likewise accused Presentation
House staff of having no theatre
experience and — even worse —
they say the very person running
the venue — at present Love —
has flatly stated she doesn’t care
about community theatre. -

But Love, who has built Pres-
entation House gallery into an in-
ternationally-acclaimed photo
gallery, denied the charge.

“7 can’t
comes from,’’ she said. “I have
never, not even in my sleep, said ]
don’t care about the theatre.”’

- Strachan, however,. says the
result of this neglect has. been an
inhospitable environment .that has
driven away regular theatre users.

“North Vancouver Community
Players refused to use it for six or

seven years because of the way.

they were treated.

“The Actor’s Company, Deep
Cove .Stage — everyone’s.. just
abandoned it. There’s a backlog
of resentment, so they’ve got to
work twice as hard to

Carolanne Fenz of Eighth

imagine where that

create a.

’ more enabling environment.” ; people.

Avenue Theatre Company: said
that while she admires what Love’
has done for the. gallery, she
believes it has been at the expense.
of the theatre.

Presentation House is currently.
carrying a debt of about $88,000;
most of which has been’ incurred
by tne theatre.

The gallery, on the other hand,”
is virtually debt-free. :

Ideas abound over who should
operate the theatre (i heatre groups
say it should. be its users) and
what kind of theatre it should be~-’
(many believe the entire arts centre -

‘should be run as it was originally —

intended — as a visual and per-.
forming community arts centre).
Whoever runs the combination
theatre-gallery, however, faces. at-
‘least two major problems: one is

“how to balance an internationally -

recognized gallery with. the very.
different needs of an open com-

- munity theatre space. It’s some-

what akin to juggling a:
watermelon with a golf ball.

-The other comes down to inter-.
pretations of “serving . the com-
munity.” Does it mean’ only.”
presenting the very best
therefore exluding Iccal talent or.
being less discriminating and'”
therefore suffering inconsistent...
quality?

-Said Love: ‘‘I think the whole
issue of serving the community —:
that curious phrase — is so vague. :
To my mind, there’s a lot of dif-

ferent ways you can: serve. the’ .

community in a meaningful way.

“Because we don’t show a lot
of North. Shore artists doesn’t |
mean’ we're not serving the com. -
munity, *

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centre should be all ‘things to all
But I know there’ is
resistance to that idea.”

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” THURSDAY, SEPT. 23

After-school sports program for kids
aged 11-12. yrs. 3:45-5:45 p.m, ree-
Centre Andrews. Ongoing to Dec, 2.
Info: 987-PLAY,.

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“Give Me A Break.’ Chiid-care’ pro-
gram for kids aged 2-3 yrs. 9-11 a.m.,
recCentre Magnussen. Info: 987-7529,
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“IF You Can Doodle You Can Draw.’
Drawing program for school-age kids.
3:30-4:30 p.m., recCentre Lynn
Valley. Info: 987-7529.

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“Fairytales & Crafts.” Program fer

“Sunshine Bunch.”

kids aged 5-8 yrs. 3:30 p.m. N, Vv. City
Library, 121° W. 14th Sta N.V.
Preregister: 980-4424. :
ONGOING EVENTS:.. 2
CAYAC North Shore for Catholic”
teens. 7 p.m. every Thurs. at. Holy.
Trinity Church Halli. Info: 980-4450, © ~

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Co-ed program aimed -at developing
fitness,. self-discipline,.. confidence &.
self-defence.. Info: N.S. YMCA 926-
5541 or 986-0388.

To Oct. N. Van Youth Band is

holding auditions for new members.

For appointment, call Roy Smith al
929-3637, Info: 980-1934.

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; ONGOING EVENTS: —
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Hl a.m. and 2 p.m.° at North
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