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Neuromancer, Gen x-· authors at ArtSpring

Two writers who could be con­sidered the literary equivalent of "rock superstars" will highlight an authors' evening at ArtSpring on Saturday.

In an even t hosted by Celia Duthie of Vancouver's Duthie Books fame, William Gibson and Douglas Coupland will read from their new works and talk about the future - or the present when it used to be viewed as "the future" in literature of the past.

It should be an intense, enter­taining and intellectual evening.

"How much of the apocalyptic, predictive literature has come to pass?" is the kind of question that will kick off discussion, says Duthie.

One of the most celebrated of those works is Gibson's first sci­ence fiction novel called Neuromancer, which was pub­lished in 1984.

From Neuromancer, terms such as "cyberspace" emerged to join modern vocabulary and the whole "cyberpunk" literary genre was born.

Neuromancer was the first of the Sprawl trilogy, which also included Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive.

The short story collection called Burning Chrome, novels Virtual Light, Idoru and All Tomorrow's Parties (the latest) are his other major works .

His writing has also inspired movies such as The Matrix and Johnny Mnemonic.

Gibson is known for being out­spoken· about technological issues facing society today, including pervasive video surveillance.

Just as impactful but with more of a social rather than technologi­cal bent was Coupland's Generation X, which hit the streets with a flash in 1991. Like Gibson, Coupland was responsible for injecting new words into the English language, including "McJob," "microserf" and, of course, "Generation X."

Coupland "really has his finger on the pulse" of current society, says Duthie.

Some of Coupland's other eight novels are Shampoo Planet, Girlfriend in a Coma, Polaroids from the Dead and the recently published Miss Wyoming.

Both authors live in Vancouver, although their words and reputa­tions are known worldwide. Coupland's novels have been translated into more than 20 lan­guages.

For the July 8 event, questions and comments will be taken from the audience, hopefully fuelling a dynamic group discussion.

It begins at 8 p.m. Tickets for the show are $16

and available through ArtSpring (537-2102).

D&D excerpts at M&M · Highlights from the popular Dances and Delights show will be fea­

tured at Music and Munch next Wednesday. Put together by the Anglican group's Liturgy and Arts Society, the

shorter version of the June presentation will range from the dancers' serene and gracious Pavan, to Elizabeth song presented by vocalists Betty Rothwell and Alan Robertson. They will be accompanied by Barry Valentine and Thomas Evdokimoff.

The July 12 lunch time presentation is described as focussing on musi­cian and dance excerpts from the show while being a cameo in itself.

Music and Munch begins at 12:10 p.m., followed by lunch for $4.75.

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SHOW CATS: Stuart and Marjorie Soloff were among those who took in the Alliance of Salt Spring Artists' Summer Show which opened at ArtSpring last weekend. Every kind of media, material and manner of creature- including fun­loving cats - is part of the colourful exhibit of work by alliance mem­bers. An official opening event takes place Friday night from 6 to 8 p.m.

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NON-STOP NOTES: It was hard for people to tear themselves away from the fine tunes coming from the Tree-House Cafe on Saturday during the bluegrass-Celtic festi­val. At top from left, Graeme Maltby, Jordy Sharp, Randy Miller and Buck MacDonald played bluegrass late into the chilly -evening, while Jaime Rokeby-Thomas and Derek Duffy offered the Celtic side of the day's mll~~c~J th_~m~.

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·.Festival of Arts lines· up hot acts By ANASTACIA WILDE Driftwood Staff

The ArtSpring theatre continues to kick up dust with the much­anticipated Festival of the Arts performances from July 14 to July 23, presented by the Gulf Islands Driftwood.

Following the opening weekend bash beginning July 14 with head­liners The Mighty PoPo, Simon Mulligan and Ac'he Brasil, the Monday night, July 17 show brings us Musafir- a 13-member troupe of Rajasthani gypsies don­ning gigantic turbans and even bigger mustaches.

Shining after their fourth con­secutive sell-out international tour, Musafir masters a magical blend of dance, acrobatics and contor­tionism. According to festival organizer Dino Asproloupos, the dynamic gypsy band is guaranteed

to stir the pot and satisfy the sens­es.

Tuesday, July 18 marks the fifth performance in the 15th Annual Salt Spring Festival of the Arts and features new wave Celtic music by Tiller's Folly. With a B.C. Country Music Association nomination for 1999 Group of the Year tucked under its belt, the five-member band is sweeping the country with a contemporary west coast Celtic sound.

Tiller's Folly accentuates British Columbia's unique cultural heritage through colourful songs and stories about Canada's Pacific Coast. The group's critically acclaimed debut album, The View from Here, brings B.C.'s flamboyant history to life by exploring its rich and glorious past with the cutting edge of contempo­rary Celtic music.

Mid-week at ArtSpring

explodes with Tango Paradise, an array of four Canadian musicians who capture the passion of a musi­cal genre that emerged from the bordellos and bars of Argentina.

"Their dramatic and spellbind­ing repertoire ranges from faithful renditions of tango classics by the likes of Astor Piazzola to their own original compositions and unique arrangements," said Asproloupos.

Offering a dash of freshness to the authentic and intimate style of tango, the combination of world­class musicians and the choreogra­phy of tango dancer Carlos Loyola and his partner Geraldine Desmaris make for an dynamite evening.

Prices for all performances of the Festival of the Arts are $18 and tickets are available at the ArtSpring box office.

The best in baskets on display When work by Salt Spring's basketry guild mem­

bers shows up in an exhibition, it always turns heads and spawns streams of verbal awe.

Until July 13 at ArtCraft, people can see what the fuss is about with a showcase of the latest traditional and contemporary work by 12 guild members.

"Indigenous" materials such as red cedar, barks, roots, willow, kelp and lake rush are used liberally in

the exhibit, along with "imported" materials such as dyed reed, paper rush, seagrass and coconut palm fibres.

Wood is also featured in the basket makers' work. Complementing the basketry display are paintings

of foreshore creatures by Penny Prior. ArtCraft is open daily in Mahon Hall from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. on Fridays.

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Cowichan kids theatre sprouts a beanstalk tale

Visions of Jack and the Beanstalk will never be the same after the Cowichan Theatre Kids Troupe visits Salt Spring this week.

Goof, Boof, Doof and the Beanstalk billed as a hilarious, suspense­ful and highly original version of the traditional tale will be performed by 20 kids aged six through 12. -

The one-hour show, which includes music and dance, takes place in the parking lot of Ganges Village Market on Sunday, July 9 at 1 p.m.

Two days later, July II, the troupe will do it again on Pender on the grounds of St. Peter s Anglican Church.

Admission is by donation: Goof, Boof, Doof and the Beanstalk was written, directed and pro­

duced by troupe leader Paul Belanger. The group s older children, aged I3-I4, are handling make-up, backstage and set work.

As press material explains, the troupe originated from a program offered by Belanger at the Cowichan Community Centre in the fall of I998.

Then, after creation of Goof, Boof, Doof and the Beans talk a year ago, the group really took off, with a non-profit society being formed to sup­port the youngsters and to foster a greater cultural awareness in the youth of our community. - · /

Emphasis is placed upon treating all with respect and integrity, and giving the children the opportunity to work with all generations.

Some 1 ,400 people came to the troupe s Christmas production of Scrooge, which one review said deserved an Oscar.

The group also received two awards for its Wizard of Oz show at the Theatre B.C. Island Zone 2000 competition in May.

Sanchez and friends perform at gallery show

Strains of classical guitar will be woven among the archways and flowers bordering the Jill Louise Campbell Gallery Friday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. , thanks to musi­cian Alvaro Sanchez and friends .

On July 7 Sanchez will be per­forming solo, playing guitar and singing Spanish songs.

On July 14 John Graham and Pierre Boies will join him. The three form a trio called Ma Non Troppo, which roughly translates as a musical notation to play with restraint.

The Jill Louise Campbell Gallery is now open for its sum­mer hours , which are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and I 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

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WALKING PROMOTION­AL MATERIAL: Susheela and Ramesh Meyers took to the the streets this weekend dressed in old-fashioned garb as they promote a new sum­mer-long show taking place at the Harbour House. Friends and Neighbours stars the Newman family (and many friends and neighbours) in a comical, historical look at Salt Spring. The show runs evenings Thursday to Saturday and Tuesday to Sunday at lunch time.

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The three bring different cultural backgrounds to their skill with classical guitar. Sanchez is origi­nally from Argentina, Boies is from Quebec and Graham is from the west coast of B.C. Later this summer Sanchez hopes to add tango music to the repertoire.

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· Tickets are $1 0 plus the regular dinner menu. Or see Friends and Neighbours during "Lunchbox theatre" - Friday·Sunday,-.July 7-9, and. Tuesday, July 11. Lunch is at 12:30 and the show at 1 p.m. Tickets are $16 including lunch. ~

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• Salt Spring Genealogy Group holds it regular monthly meeting for enthusiasts of all levels and ages. At Salt Spring Seniors Services, Wednesday, July 5, 7 p.m. By donation.

activities • Ruckle Park history slides are shown at the

Ruckle Park barn on Wednesday, July 5 and 12 and thereafter on Wednesdays through the sum­mer at 7:30 p.m.

• Community Meditation - United Church upper hall, Thursday, July 6, 11:15 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

• MapFest 2000 - An extravaganza of maps of Salt Spring, celebrating our home place through maps and art. Activities for kids of all ages. Presented by the Satt Spring Conservancy at All Sa,ints By-- ~

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• Green Conscience Fund office official opening -potluck and . event to open the officEt collecting funds for Save Salt Spring costs beyond land acquisition. At 136 Lower Ganges Road, Saturday, July 8, 2 p.m.

• Guided Labyrinth Walk in the United Church meadow on Hereford Avenue. Walk the newly refurbished interfaith labyrinth. A facilitator will be present. Sunday, July 9, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

for families • Harry Potter Pajama Party - Salt Spring Books

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fourth book at the same til England. Then on Saturday there's a costume contest, c contests, treasure hunts, bu hats and wands, prizes and h

. • Harry Potter festivities a include a Sorting Hat, Bert Beans and thunderbolt tattool the first 15 purchasers of Goblet of Fire. Saturday, Jul

• MapFest 2000 - Saturda~ see "activities; above.

• Cowichan Kids' Theatre Tro Ganges Village Market par July 9, 1 p.m.

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final two classes on Thursday, July 6 and Saturday, July 8, 9:30 a.m. Drop, in $8. Info: Leslie DeAthe, 537-0884.

cinema • Dinosaur - Disney starts the summer movie sea­

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Upcoming reunion sparks fond memories

YOUNG POET: Laura Temmel reads her own poetry at a Core Inn event that cele­brated Canada Day on Saturday evening. PhotobyDerricklundy

By ANASTACIA WILDE Driftwood Staff

No one wants to play hooky from this day at school.

Scanning the memory banks and reminisc­ing over the good old days will boost the fun at Beaver Point School's first-ever reunion, slated for July 15.

Both the Beaver Point Hall and the Little Red Schoolhous(! should be buzzing with excitement as alumni pour in from all over B.C. for the event.

The reunion is open to all former pupils of the Beaver Point School and organizers are gearing up for more than 50 participants.

Average age of the now grown-up, ex-ele­mentary school children is well over 60 years, with the oldest woman being 89-year­old Lotus Ruckle and the youngest of the bunch Bernice Sam, 55. · With the flurry of folks anticipated for the

reunion, the only thing that could make the "old-timers" no-shows is a physical limita­tion.

"Deteriorating health may inhibit many of the pupils from showing," said organizer Gwen Ruckle. "I will stagger there," she enthused.

Former student and reun ion organizer Barb Lyngard speaks with warmth about her years at the Beaver Point School.

A pupil from 1941 to 1948, Lyngard fond­ly recalls the atmosphere of her childhood stomping grounds.

"There were never more than two students in any of my grades," she said. "We played all sorts of games at lunch and they certainly didn't pressure us to become adults . There weren't any cliques because there weren't enough of us. We were all friends ."

By the late 1800s, the tiny south-end school - today called The Little Red Schoolhouse - served the entire Beaver Pojnt District which, according to Lotus Ruckle, traverses the island from the end of Beaver Point Road through Fulford ~nd up Fulford-Ganges Road "about halfway to town."

Attendance was variable in those days, with 18 students touted as a big year while 10 students was more the average, Lyngard said. She remembers when her parents pulled her out of Beaver Point School and placed her in the much larger Consolidated School - now Salt Spring Elementary.

"It was quite a shock to come up to Ganges (from the south end). Ganges was more sophisticated and it wasn't as much fun because you couldn't be a child any­more,'? she explained. ·

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Trage donated 40 acres for the school grounds and surrounding parkland.

For 66 years the tiny school saw a succes­sion of students who, although small in number, comprise a substantial number of Salt Spring's elderly population today.

During six and a half decades, the school served approximately 1,500 children.

"When he called the registry, Mr. Monk never called us by our Christian names but assigned us numbers,'' said Lotus Ruckle. It was thus that Lotus remembers that she was number 22 out of the 25 children to attend the class of 1921.

Since closing its doors as an elementary school in 1951, the Beaver Point School has been preserved and nurtured by many loving hands in the community.

Former student Don Fraser saw the school land designated a Class C park, the Lions Club slapped on new shingles, the Heritage and Conservation branch contributed money toward structural fortification and architect Jonathan Yardley volunteers his expertise regularly,

The reunion will kjck off with a potluck lunch at Beaver Point Hall and then move to the Little Red Schoolhouse for discussions. Former pupils are encouraged to share old­time memories and swap stories of the gold­en days.

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All hands on the MapFest deck For people who thought maps

existed only on paper, MapFest 2000 has come to change the land­scape of their perception.

More than simply pieces of paper, maps marry facts and magic, explains Nora Layard of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy. They give us excit­ing ways of understanding our home places.

Coming this weekend, MapFest 2000 at All Saints By-the-Sea will be a visual feast of maps of our area, while launching the Islands in the Salish Sea Mapping Project on Salt Spring.

Layard says the project will, over the next six months, invite islanders to tell the story of Salt Spring at the tum of the millenni­um in maps. Through neigh­bourhood mapping and by researching cultural and f!ccl;:;g!cai themes, prDje:ct pariicipants will create a visual story of the island.

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Artists are being invited to cre­ate new works that illustrate this story and, ultimately, a full-colour atlas will be published with maps from 16 islands in the Salish Sea, an area that .goes north from Salt.

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Everyone is invited to come to MapFest on July 8-9 and map their own area. No previous training is required.

Maps on display at All Saints can be used as a basis of inforrna­ti"on about people s land and its past uses. Personal knowledge can be added to individual maps and the project team will be on hand to help people do this in creative and fun ways.

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At I p.m., Chuck Hamilton from Salt Springs Search and Rescue team will introduce people to topo­graphical maps and compasses . Later in the afternoon, local coast guard staff will discuss how charts make Gulf Islands waters safer for boaters.

Sunday afternoon will feature demonstrations of computer map­ping with Jacky Booth (I :30 to 3 p.m.), as well as the following videos: Mapping with Teeth at I :30 p.m. and the Brooks Point Children s Mapping Project at 2:30 p.m.

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B8 "' WEDNESDAY. JULY 5, 2000 PEOPLE & COMMUNITY

A peek into Salt Spring's future Artist Dee Harrison drank the

cup of tea for the reading I did on upcoming Salt Spring events for the month of July and beyond.

Dee, like myself, has lived two years on the island after visiting it for 16 years from her former home in Vancouver. She has two grown children in their 20s who still live there.

As seen in the tea leaves, here are

money) is what he is after. His neighbours smell a rat and give him a hard time.

• A new spiritual group is set­tling on Salt Spring. The leader is a striking woman who favours dressing in purple. She is an amating leader in her late 30s or early 40s. The island will more and more often attract visitors as

rainy. • A group of older people will

need to move to a new location. Try to remember that change is good.

• Teenagers come up with real­ly innovative ideas. Listen to them.

the highlights: IN THE LE A' JCC • There is no get- l"\ V .CO

Dee asked about organic grow­ers. I saw that they will have a good, steady market. They should remember to walk before they run . Steady wins the race. In order to avoid burnout, new lead­ers need to step forw-ard. ting away from the

Texada land issue. WITH TANYA LESTER

It jumped out at me (the leaf representing it was falling over the cup's rim). Someone is or will shortly be "held up for ran­som;' Symbolically.

Violence, however, is not going to work. There will be a break­through in land acquisition soon. I see three parcels of land being sold to islanders or others with strong environmental principles. One will tum into an environmen­tally-friendly forestry project. Another will be for organic farm­ing. No surprise here but the third parcel will be used to care for children and perhaps for seniors as well. It seems a care-giving project will develop there.

• In an island park, there will be something developing around a waterfall.

• Someone puts a stake in the land. This person is a sort of mod­ern-day prospector. Gold (l.ots of

a place of spiritual retreats. This will create a change in tourism and rival the old way of doing business on the island.

• Five or six spirituaVreligious island leaders will come together to pray and meditate on a prob­lem that affects the whole island.

• I see a river running. It is about a new enterprise associated with water and probably with adventure.

• A group of people associated with UFOs visit the island. They fit right in with many residents.

• Someone starts designing retro-motor bikes. They are brightly painted in floral designs, etc.

• A new kind of vegetable, per­haps a tomato type, is developed on the island.

• About half of July will be sunny. The ·Other half will be

She asked about the food coop­erative as well. I saw it going well. Again, the idea is not to do too much at once.

The benefits of organizing the artistic community was some­thing else Dee wondered about. I saw organization would help them in the area of marketing, especially off-island where they can get higher prices for their work. They do not need any more creative ideas. Their cup runneth over with . them already. They do need more women leaders.

Dee asked about island retaii- 1

ers. I saw they can benefit more by organizing special days (e.g. 15 per cent off days) in which they all participate. A day like this could be filled with music and poetry events as well.

For Dee herself, I saw key involvement in a bigger-than-ever art project. Happy creativity, everyone. May spirit be with you.

Reading club crafts magic treehouse Young readers are invited to travel through time

with the Magic Treehouse books series during Mary Hawkins Library's summer reading club.

wind-up visit to a real treehouse are components of the club.

Dinosaurs Before Dark and building the magic tree­house will be done during the first session. A free program for children aged six through 10, it

runs for six consecutive Tuesdays in the library's junior department beginning July 11 from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Kids can either sign up for the whole program or drop in for any sessions.

Visitors to the island are also welcome to partici­pate. A Travel Through Time website is at <www.bcpl.gov.bc.ca/src>.

Pyramids for reading records, book talks on Mary Pope Osbourne's popular Magic Treehouse series, storytelling, folk tales, activities and a For more information, call the library at 537-4666.

BRIDGE TRICKS

Results of games played at the Gulf Islands Duplicate Bridge Club during the last two weeks saw Blanche Poborsa and her teammates place first on both June 19 and 12.

On the 19th she played with Jo Anderson, and they were followed by Ian Thomas and Conhor Vane­Hunt, with Terry Wilkinson and Jim Burford in third place.

On June 12, Glenda Kaiser and Poborsa were first, Irene Hawksworth and Yvonne Sollitt came in second, and there was a tie for third place between Ima and Wim Krayenhoff, and Thomas and Vane-Hunt.

Way back on June 5, Vane-Hunt and Thomas came in fir st, fol­lowed by the Krayenhoffs, with Lois Johnson and Bill Buckler in third.

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