Section Editor: Kerry fuans the other press february 12, 2003 [email protected] What's on Hround Town This Week Hmanda Hikman Hssistant Culture Editor

Gallery good surreal performance poem? Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Granville Latino/Reggae Valentine's Dance Contemporary Ritual Series: Living the Island Featuring performances by National Ultimate Sacraments and Chakras Visit for more information. Force and Soca. Linda Montano Royal Canadian Legion, Surrey Come and spend Valentine's Day with one of the The Write to Laugh February 15th most celebrated Grande Dames of performance The Vancouver International Writers Festival pres- Call604-377-1466 for more information. art, Linda Montano. ents a panel discussion on humour writing, with Western Front Artist-Run Centre, Vancouver authors Will Ferguson, Lee Henderson, Aislinn Misc. February 14th, 8p.m. Hunter, and Mariko Tamaki. Performance Works, Granville Island The Sniffy the Rat Bus Tour Kevin Schmidt: small waves, cold water February 15th, 3p.m. Radix Theatre pays tribute to Rick Gibson, the After spending two years travelling to Tofino, Call604-257-0366 for more information. Vancouver artist who in 1990 promised to pub- Schmidt created these watercolours exploring the licly crush a rat named SniffY between two canvas- insular world of surfing culture. Musical lined concrete blocks. Access Artist-Run Centre, Vancouver Vancouver Public Library, 350 West February 1st-March 1st February 15th and 23rd, 2p.m. Merge recording artists, featuring former Archers Call604-257-0366 for more information. Jack Jeffrey: Recent Work of Loaf frontman , hit the Pic in Acclaimed artist and Emily Carr instructor, Jack support of their new album, Red Devil Dawn. Gordie Howe Jeffrey, exhibits at ARTSPEAK. Featuring the new Piccadilly Pub, Vancouver How much would you pay to meet Gordie Howe? video work, "Boundary Road" recording the February 13th If you said $50.00, get on down to the Vancouver dividing line between the cities of Vancouver and Tickets $16 and available at Zulu, Scratch, Giants game and cough it up. The money goes to Burnaby. Highlife and Noize! Records. the Alzheimer Society of BC, and you get an auto- ARTSPEAK, Vancouver graphed photo. February 1st-March 7th Ben Kweller Pacific Coliseum Twenty-year-old singer-songwriter from Brooklyn February 18th Theatre plays solo show. Bring the kids; it's all ages. Tickets through Ticketmaster. Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver Time After Time: The Chet Baker Project February 13th Conrad Anker A re-creation of the jazz icon's exquisite music and Tickets through Ticketmaster American mountaineer introduces a double bill of self-destructive personal life. the lmax films Everest and Shackleton's Antarctic Vancouver East Cultural Centre Young & Sexy/Pleasure Suit Adventure. Get the most mountain-movie for February 11th-15th The Railway Club presents a super-sensual and your buck with the bonus slideshow of Anker's Call604-280-3311 for more information. romantic evening of pleasure pop starring the own adventures. vividly pretty Young & Sexy and the post-apopa- Science World, Vancouver Par for the Corpse lyptic Pleasure Suit. February 16th, ?p.m. The Langley Players Drama Club presentation of The Railway Club, Vancouver Jack Shirley's comedic murder mystery. February 14th Langley Playhouse February 6th-March 1st A Happy Vallance Time Call604-534-7469 for more information. This year choo-choo-choose local jazz vocalist Stevie Vallance to be your Valentine. He will be Literary Events performing romantic standards and original songs, with partial proceeds going to Place of Grace in support of women in Vancouver's Downtown David Bateman Eastside. Bateman presents his surreal performance poem The Cellar, Vancouver "Come Sit on My Face of the Earth" as part of the February 14th On Edge Reading and Performance Series. Come Call604-738-1959 for more information. on, when was the last time you got out to see a

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