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a r t s I N o r t h Shore Celtic Ensemble: Music That Stirs the Soul ..^ ft ' N o v e m b e r I December 2002 / & $ ^ fi£ Arts Alive and is published by the of i ! - Arts Culture Commission jffl North Vanouver | holiday gifts Bring Your Gift Giving List! Fairs One-of-a-kind items offered at local Craft The Arts and Culture Commission of North Vanouver (ACCNV) is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for the w h o l e North Shore community through the arts thriving both as an industry and as a recreation. The Arts and Culture Commission of North Vanouver is jointly funded by the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver. It is a n arms-length body created to serve as an advisory dealing with board to municipal government local cultural 7 What Do You Give the A r t i s t in Your Life? issues and servicing the arts/cultural needs of the community. Please visit our website for more info: www.northvanarts.com Arts Alive M a g a z i n e : 355 Lonsdale Ave., N o r t h Vancouver, V 7 M 2G3 Phone: 6 0 4 . 9 8 4 . 9 5 3 7 Fax: 6 0 4 . 9 8 0 . 3 5 6 5 Email: artsalive@telus.net A r t s and Culture C o m m i s s i o n of N o r t h Vanouver: 604.980.3559 e - m a i l : nsarts@telus.net Editor: Nona Beiks Copy Editor: Leslie Ann W o o t t o n Contributing Writers: Maureen Curtis, Ruth Griffiths, Cindy Hughes, Bill Jeffries, Jacquie Morgan, Morgan Palmer, Al Price, Jodi Smith, Leesa Strimblcki, Peggy Stortz Advertising Joy Cowie 604.980.3559 Design & Production: Raakhi Patel Printing: Contact Printing & Mailing Ltd. E d i t o r i a l d e a d l i n e : N o v e m b e r 15 A d v e r t i s i n g S C a l e n d a r d e a d l i n e : December 10 f o r t h e January/February 2 0 0 3 issue. Story ideas a n d letters t o the e d i t o r are welcome. Representative: 8 Meet The N o r t h Shore's Third Largest Publisher! 16 Tommy Takes Uncle Randy Productions Back t o its Rock Musical Roots 10 A r t That Makes Tracks Snowboards are giving artists a new avenue for expression 18 A Christmas Carol Capilano College's Theatre Department presents Diekens holiday classic 12 Your guide t o the Arts on t h e N o r t h Shore and beyond 19 June Bartlett has a Passion For " M a k i n g Things." She builds miniature homes, scale models I art matters 20 Emerging Artists Get Helping Hand This year's winners of the Judy Dennis Emerging Artists Training Fund Award 20 Calling All Artists W i t h An Interest In Public A r t ! 21 Seycove Drama Association Seeks Help With Vortex Theatre Seating 14 Photo Exhibition Reveals the Power of Absence An exhibition of new works, titled Displacement and Encounter: Projects and Utopias opens at Presentation House Gallery 22 Telling Stories In Their Own Voices The Aboriginal Film &TV Production Training Program at Capilano College is in its fourth year 15 Learning Through the Arts Cover i m a g e : Dean Snowboard Art: photo Thompson An Exciting New Program in North Vancouver Schools 1 N o v e m b e r | D e c e m b e r 3