i 1 Itma Beiki - EdMr "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it iiappened."- D r , Seuss an Y o u I m a g i n e ? In s o m e s h a p e o r f o r m . Arts Alive has endured a n d persevered for n i n e t e e n years. This is n o small feat for a small c o m m u n i t y - b a s e d arts m a g a z i n e . A c t u a l l y , it's m o n u m e n t a l . In fact, I ' d say it w a s d o w n r i g h t h e r o i c , a n d it h a p p e n e d because o f the m a n y heroes w h o c o n t i n u a l l y s t e p p e d u p o v e r t h e y e a r s , m a k i n g sure t h a t decision-makers were a w a r e o f the value o f p r o m o t i n g a n d s u p p o r t i n g the arts a n d artists o f the N o r t h S h o r e . I w i s h I c o u l d list a l l o f y o u h e r o e s e a c h b y n a m e , b u t I trust that y o u k n o w w h o y o u are: A r t s C o m m i s s i o n staff, A r t s C o m m i s s i o n e r s , A r t C o u n c i l staff, l o n g - t i m e a d v e r t i s e r s , w r i t e r s a n d c o u n t l e s s i n d i v i d u a l s - please s t a n d u p a n d t a k e a b o w , y o u s h o u l d be p r o u d . Y o u leave b e h i n d a n a r c h i v a l legacy w h i c h d o c u m e n t s the N o r t h Shore's r i c h a n d ever e v o l v i n g art a n d c u l t u r e scene. I ' m p r o u d t o o , t o have been a p a r t o f this legacy. I w a s totally t a k e n a b a c k w h e n I realized that I have been C e d i t o r o f t h i s m a g a z i n e f o r e i g h t y e a r s . It's t r u e , t i m e r e a l l y d o e s f l y w h e n y o u ' r e h a v i n g f u n . I ' v e been the p r o v e r b i a l k i d i n t h e c a n d y s t o r e , p r i v i l e g e d t o meet c r e a t i v e , i n s p i r i n g p e o p l e w h o are passionate a b o u t w h a t they d o . If I h a v e o n e r e g r e t i n p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r this last issue, o t h e r t h a n it b e i n g t h e l a s t i s s u e , it is t h a t I c o u l d n ' t s p o t l i g h t i n d i v i d u a l artists. H o w c o u l d I choose? So this issue is g e a r e d m o r e t o w a r d s c u l t u r a l venues. H o w e v e r , I m u s t a d m i t , t h a t i f t h e r e is o n e s i n g u l a r a c h i e v e m e n t I ' m p r o u d o f , I s m i l e w i d e , k n o w i n g that w e g a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r p e o p l e t o meet a n d l e a r n a b o u t artists w i t h i n the c o m m u n i t y , w h e t h e r they were f a m o u s , s t r u g g l i n g , g e t t i n g b y , o r c r e a t i n g just because it is w h o they are. A n d I k n o w w e m a d e a difference i n t h e i r lives. T h e y c e r t a i n l y m a d e a difference i n m i n e . H o w a p p r o p r i a t e , t h a t w h i l e r e f l e c t i n g o n the past, it is a l s o t i m e t o w e l c o m e the N e w Year. Arts Alive m a y be g o n e , b u t l o o k f o r l o c a l arts n e w s at w w w . a r t s - a l i v e . c a , a n d k e e p y o u r e y e o u t f o r a r e i n c a r n a t i o n , h o p e f u l l y it w i l l emerge i n s o m e f o r m i n the future. Happy New Year! PS. A heartfelt thank you to Catherine M a c D o n a l d and Peggy Stortz w h o went above a n d beyond o n o u r grand finale. visit o u r t o t e m s . . . and over 80 shops and services including Sears and Wal-mart Capuano Mall capilanomall.com 935 Marine Drive, North Vancouver 2 January|February