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TPerj-ovimine) j \ r ì s X K e . a t r e C A P U A N O C O L L E G E Cap Jazz Series Barry Elmes Quintet Featuring "A" Band A multiple award-winning drummer leads a group of Canada's jazz greats! November 2, 2001 Tickets: S22 adult, $16 student/senior Cap Theatre Series The Heidi Chronicles By Wendy Wasserstein An Exit 22 production Wendy Wasserstein's poignant, award-winning drama November 15-17, 22-24, November 20, 2001 < g ) 12 p.m. 2 0 0 1 Cap Folk V Roots Series Martyn Joseph and Annie Gallup An outstanding double bill featuring two very talented songwriters with contrasting styles November 3, 2001 Tickets: $18 adult, S15 student/senior Tickets: S i 5 adult, $10 student/senior The Nearness of You Come and share the magic! November 20, 2001 Tickets: $22 adult, $16 student/senior Holiday Special Event Winter Harp A magical, candlelit journey into the heart of winter December 13, 2001 Tickets: $18 adult, 5 l 5 student/senior James Keelaghan and Jez Lowe A night of folk music at its finest! November 18, 2001 Tickets: $22 adult, $16 student /senior iJS If 1 Ranee Lee with guitarist Richard Ring Featuring "A" Band and NiteCap An evening with a Canadian jazz vocalist dival December 7, 2001 Tickets: $25 adult, $20 student/senior C m C 3 Capilano College All shows @ 8 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated) Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver Box Office: 604.990.7810 HOTET-- call for free season brochure www.capcollege.bc.ca/theatre involved in Girl Guides. Proceeds will go to support a group of Lions Area (North Shore, Sunshine Coast, and Sea-to-Sky Highway) girls who plan to go to Mexico in 2002. Look for snowman shaped wooden baskets, homemade dog biscuits, Tupperware and Girl Guide cookies. Women from the St Stephen's congregation in West Vancouver come together once a year to chop and stir the aromatic ingredients of the spicy mincemeat on sale at their fair, December 1,10:30 - 1:30 pm. Christmas cakes will be offered for the second year in a row. For centrepieces and wreaths, the greenery stall is the place to go. Entertainment will be provided by Celesta Women's Choir of West Vancouver. The crafts are courtesy the Ten Thousand Villagers organization. The items come from Mexico, Singapore and other places where the money from the sales is later directed. For classy artistic items, visit the displays at public galleries. This year, instead of the annual Cornucopia of crafts, Seymour Art Gallery is holding an art show for children. Start With Art will be open on November 23, 6-9 pm, and continue November 24-25,12-4 pm. The idea is to In recent years a number of rec centres have become craft fair venues. start kids on an exploration of art. Pieces will be on sale for under $100. An annual display and sale of work by North Shore artists is the Great Stuff event at the Ferry Building Gallery in West Vancouver, December 4-16. Penny McDonald's handmade books were on display there last year. Recreation Centres have become craft fair venues in recent years. Parkgate Recreation Centre will open its doors to crafters and shoppers on November 3,10-4, and on the following weekend, November 11, Lonsdale Recreation Centre becomes the venue, 10-4 pm. Check out the booth of catrelated items as well as the hand-knitted sweaters and woodwork. Free childcare is available and the kids from the Lonsdale Youth Lounge are running the concession again. The fair at North Shore Neighbourhood House, Saturday, November 24,12-4 pm, is another juried event that boasts door prizes, entertainment, a concession and a Victorian Tea Room. After its success last year, Delbrook Recreation Centre will once again be offering a four-day event, split over two weekends: November 17-18 and December 8-9. Local schools also put on Christmas sales. The annual affair at Brooksbank Elementary is slated for December 6. The Children's Fair, November 24 at the Vancouver Waldorf School, boasts storytelling, music and many other activities that make it very popular with a younger crowd that is still enchanted with the magic of Christmas. What with the gross commercialism of the Christmas season, it's easy to become cynical and start to dread shopping chores. If you're suffering from a certain Scrooginess about now, a trip to a craft fair is the perfect antidote. November | December 15