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A L I V E Contents: Editor: Gloria Loree Publisher: North Shore Arts Commission Designers: Dante Comoglio & Polly Wilson Marketing Coordinator: Blair Dewan Printing: Gastown Printers Ltd Distribution: Irwin Oostindie WORKSHOPS singing when you're tonally challenged and totally petrified...6 Arts Alive is published six times yearly by the North Shore Arts Commission, and is distributed to Arts Council members and the North Shore and Vancouver communities. Circulation is 6,000. MUSIC Arts Alive: 148 East 2nd St, NorthVancouver, V7L IC3. Phone: 984-9537. Fax: 984-3563 e-mail: aalive@wimsey.com Editorial and Advertising deadlines: August 1st for the SeptlOct. issue October 1st for the Nov.lDec. issue Submissions and letters to the editor are welcome. VISUAL ARTS COVER PHOTO struggle and sacrifice at H o w l i n g in the D a r k n e s s . . . 16 CALENDAR your summer guide to arts on the north shore... 11 OPINION cyberspace doubter, is this heresy? 10 who's afraid o f the w o r l d w i d e w e b - M u s i c W e s t ' 9 5 . . . 8 five years o f stirrin' up lava at U n d e r the V o l c a n o . . . 7 FESTIVALS the B C A r t s C o u n c i l , is this an i m p r o v e m e n t ? . . . 4 POLITICS Ache Bras// performing at the 1994 Under the Volcano Festival in Cates park. Photo:Willie Cackette SUMMER CAMP student artists spend the summer with D a v i d B l a c k w o o d . . . 2 2 SPACE FOR RANT A r e n ' t we a l l artists i n our o w n w a y ? . . . 2 3 And The Winner Is... There is a w i n n e r i n o u r midst. A musician? A sculptor? A n actor? A painter? A writer? A dancer? A film-maker? Suggestions? O n e o f the N o r t h S h o r e ' s m a n y o u t s t a n d i n g , i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y r e n o w n e d a r t i s t s w i l l b e h o n o u r e d at h o m e i n O c t o b e r . A n d w e w a n t y o u to t e l l u s w h o . T h e F o u n d a t i o n f o r t h e A r t s o n t h e N o r t h S h o r e i n v i t e s y o u r n o m i n a t i o n s f o r its first FANS Award to b e p r e s e n t e d at the FANS Night Premiere, O c t o b e r 3, 1995. T h e F o u n d a t i o n is a n a r m o f the N o r t h S h o r e A r t s C o m m i s s i o n . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n , o r n o m i n a t i o n f o r m s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t the N o r t h S h o r e A r t s C o m m i s s i o n at 984-3559 o r fax u s at 984-3563. D e a d l i n e f o r n o m i n a t i o n s i s J u l y 14 ARIS COMMISSION