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E d i t o r : llona Beiks C o p y Editor: Publisher: judy Phillips North Shore Arts Commission Writers: Moxine Adam, Contributing Carole Hadgley, Maureen Curtis, Greg Hathaway, Karen Love, Laura MocMaster, Brigitte Petersen, Olga Ruskin, Sophia Sorensen, Peggy Stortz, Leesa Strimbicki. Layout: Printing: Sage Design Contact Printing & Mailing Ltd. ARTS Contents ART 4 PROGRAMS thespians C r e a t i v e Escapes f o r S u m m e r t i m e K i d s Programs for young artists, dancers and CREATIVE SPACE 4 Blackberry Studio: Functional A r t for F o o d VISUAL ARTS cultures A r t s A l i v e 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 free of charge. Funding: Arts Alive gratefully acknowledges City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver. 7 Hauntingly Dreamings: Australian Aboriginal A r t continued financial assistance from the Arts Alive Phone: e-mail: (604) Magazine: 984-9537 984-3563 148 East 2nd St, North Vancouver, V7L IC3 Fax: (604) beautiful works from one of the Earth's oldest 8 Industrial O b j e c t s o f Ritual aalive@wimsey.com 980-3559 Combining the spiritual with the industrial 9 at the Seymour Art Gallery North Shore Arts Commission: M y s t e r i o u s C r e a t u r e s : T r u t h o r Fiction? of bizarre genetic mishaps e-mail: nsarts@istar.ca Editorial deadline: May 24 Advertising & Calendar deadline:June 9 for the JulylAugust 2000 issue. Story ideas and letters to the editor are welcome. Presentation House Gallery presents documentation 10 A r t + M u s i c + G a r d e n s = A r t in t h e G a r d e n S p r i n g T o u r 2000 CALENDAR 12 Y o u r guide t o A r t s o n t h e N o r t h S h o r e a n d b e y o n d MILLENNIUM EVENTS Canada Day 14 A M i l l e n i u m C e l e b r a t i o n ! Parades, live music, a bon fire and fireworks make for one-in-a-millennium 16 V i s i o n s of the N o r t h S h o r e Print artists interpret LITERARY 12 heritage ARTS in love with writing sites 18 M i c h e l e C a r t e r : A l l She's C r a c k e d U p t o Be Local writer falls head-over-heels THEATRE 19 M u r d e r o n the M e n u Indulge in a delightful "whodunit" mystery & dinner at the same time MUSIC 20 W r i t i n g Songs f r o m the H e a r t M e e t the winners of the North Shore Song Search 21 Late B l o o m e r Grace fedi Cover Photos by Mary Ann image: Anderson A new CD by Christie COMMUNITY 22 23 Public A r t o r A r t in Public Places? D e v e l o p i n g a R e g i o n a l C u l t u r a l Strategy