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Libraries N.V. DISTRICT LIBRARY 984-0286 Lynn Valley Branch, June 13, 7 - 9 p.m. "Hiking our Hills: where to go, what to wear, what to take." Steve Joyce of the Vancouver Natural History Scoiety explains with slides how to have a safe and rewarding summer exploring the local mountains. No charge. Capilano Branch, 3045 Highland Blvd.: June 15, 7:30 p.m. -- slide/travel show "Afghanistan and odier far away places" held by Frank Ashdown. Programs for adults will not be featured in July and August. All Disdict Library branches offer a summer reading club called "Time Travellers" to all children who can read. Sign up during the last week of June. Details at registration time. N.V. CITY LIBRARY 980-4424 Plenty of entertainment for the children. Sat. June 24, 2 p.m.: Kick-off for die summer reading club. Well know folk singer L \ N JOHNSTONE will entertain. Lots of free handouts for club members. All children who have finished Grade 1 up to Grade 7 can participate. Please register before June 24 (in person or phone N.V. City Library 980^24) Programs include: BILL BAKER from the North Shore Museum will carry you back in time. NICOLA MORGAN, author of "Pride of Lions" will talk about die making of a book and show her original paintings. Astronomy in your back yard: a look into the past, present and future. Popular story teller MELANIE RAY. Potlatch - dien and now. Off die waU: M K E ABSOLOM wUl entertain with his squeezebox and funny patter. WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY features various exhibitions. During June, recent paintings and watercolours - mixed diemes - by JUDY TAGGERT. During July, coloured photographs of seascapes, locally and abroad by ERSKINE BLACKBURN. 926-3291 Rosalind, for information. NORTH NEW ARRIVAL IN T H E NVCAC LIBRARY "die Crafts in die PostModem Economy . . . the pattem which sells the things" by Harry Hillman Clhard-and. Head of Research and Evaluation, THE CANADA COUNCIL. Our library of information on the arts is available for the public to use. SHORE Galleries BERNADETTE'S GALLERY, 103 -1200 Lonsdale, N.V. 980-7216 will feature limited edition prints by Canadian artists during the summer. DEEP COVE GALLERY, 4361 GaUant, 929-4035 continues to exhibit original works and limited edition prints, many by local artists. QUEENSDALE GALLERY, 129 W. Esplanade, 986-3222 features many Canadian artists. Wood carvings, glassworks, pottery and wall pieces are on display. SEYMOUR ART GALLERY, 1204 Caledonia 929-7981. To June 10, Nordi Shore artist ALISTAIR BELL will be featured. Opening on June 14 and continuing to July 21, Mixed media paintings by RICHARD McDIARMID. SHARLI GALLERIES, 53 Lonsdale, 985-1731 will feature glassworks by Gallery artist JOSEF MOLNAR for die mondi of June. In July, oils by JOY ZIMM E L L L O N G , acrylics by JOEL KINGSTON and watercolours by CHARLES SVOB and BETSY SYMONS will be on display. In August, an exhibition of watercolours by Vancouver Heitage Award winner JO SCOTT B. from her series "old comer grocery stores" as well as paintings by DAWN GARRETT. DOWNSTAIRS GALLERY #260 1425 Marine, W . V . 926-3525 features limited edition, hand-printed and coloured etchings by BARB WOOD. HARRISON GALLERIES, 926-2615 continue to feature well-know North Shore artists in dieir Park Royal Soudi location, widi oUs by DANIEL IZZARD and GEORGE BATES and watercolours by MARC SIMMONS. HUMBERSTON EDWARDS FINE ART, 1360 Marine, W.V. 922-7934 is showing works by regular gallery artists. N.S. MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES at 209 West 4di St., N.V. is open Wed. to Sun. 1 - 4 p.m. FREE. MUSEUM ALPHABET uses many items from die Museum's own collection and wUl have people guessing as to origins and uses as they follow through the A's and B's to the Z's. This show will continue to the middle of August. In die Birk's Room Gallery T H E STEEL-STRING S Y M P H O N Y , a collection of 20 Vintage Guitars, each unique in history can be seen until die end of July. And coming in August, T H E PUPPETRY OF JOHN FERGUSON - a display of marionettes and puppets. The ARCHIVES has a collection of over 7000 historic photographs, mainly of North Vancouver and its early residents, transportation, homes and other buildings. These photos are stored in a vault in die Old City Hall (now Presentation House) at 333 Chesterfield in N.V. There are also early City of North Vancouver records and other reference materials available to researchers and visitors. The research room on the ground floor of the Old City Hall was once the bull pen for the jail. Archives hours are Monday, Thursday and Friday, 10 to 12:30, 1:30 to 4:30. For further information call June Thompson, Archivist at 987-5618. 10