& Culture Douglas College Theatre wife when his show is can- Concerts call 604.280.4444 Events . - ' celled. The Haunting of Hill Langley Playhouse, to Nov. yay Graham Misc. Student Showcase House 15 Canadian progressive- Recital North Vancouver Tickets $12/ 10, for more trance DJ, with local guests ‘The War On Terror: Noon at New West pres- Community Players pres- information call Kyle Nordman and WFB. __ Bodies, Spaces, and ents student recital. ent Shirley Jackson’s mys- 604.534.7469 Sonar, Oct. 31 Cities Performing Arts Theatre, tery-thriller about four ‘ Tickets at Boomtown, UBC professor Derek New West Campus, Oct. seekers spending the sum- Galleries Zulu, and Bassix, for more Gregory traces the history 30, 1 2:30pm mer at a reputedly haunted information visit of American and British mansion. Catarina occupations in Self-esteem and Personal Theatre at Hendry Hall, to Video installation by Afghanistan, Palestine, and Presence Nov. 8 Jocelyn Robert. Live She Cries Iraq. Women know their posi- tive self on the inside; now let us learn to show it on the outside. Women’s Centre, David Lam Campus. Fridays only 10am-12pm. Budget and Money Matters Learn a practical hands-on approach to you and your money. Calculate and apply a personal budget. Learn about the hidden cost of credit and credit traps. New West Campus, Nov. 4, 12:30pm. David Lam Campus, Nov. 6, 12:30pm. Tickets $14/12, for more information call 604.983.2633 Unity (1918) Touchstone Theatre pres- ents Kevin Kert’s . Governor General’s Award-winning play inter- weaving the end of the First World War and the Spanish flu epidemic. Vancouver East Cultural Centre, to Nov. 8 Tickets at Ticketmaster, 604.280.3311 The Matka King The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Anosh Grunt Gallery, to Nov. 8 For more information call 604.875.9516 Gnarled Beauty Paintings and mixed-media installations by Barry Wayne. Sugar and Sugar, to Nov. 8 For more information call 604.609.9939 Asylum: A Long Last Look at Woodlands Photos of the Woodlands School for the mentally handicapped by Michael de Coutrcy. New Westminster Public Library, to Nov. 22 For more information call ntre A, to Nov. 30 1 more information call 683.8326 Blue Scream recording artists play an all-ages Halloween show, with guests Randomblind. Royale Hall, Oct. 31 Tickets at Cabbages and Kinx, for more informa- tion call 604.985.2831 The Famous Players Local party band performs at a Halloween bash, with ptizes for best costumes. Commodore Ballroom, Oct/31 Tickets at Ticketmaster, 604.280.4444 Claude Leveillee The Coup de Coeur Francophone Festival pres- ts a solo performance by UBC Robson Square, Nov. 5, 12pm Free admission, for infor- mation call 604.822.5812 The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power A free movie screening featuring interviews with Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, and Naomi Klein. This documentary by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott reveals the power of the corporation in today’s world. For those of you who missed the Vancouver International Film Festival, here’s your second chance. Vancouver Public Library, This Week In History... Amanda Aikman Culture Editor November 2, 1963: After complaining to no avail that the go-go dancers surrounding him were too distracting, Dion walks off stage during a live taping of a performance for the British television show Ready, Steady, Go. Those damn _ us? go-go dancers, will they never learn? Being a rock star is serious business, go gyrate somewhere else. October 31, 1970: Former Mamas and the Papas singer Michelle Phillips marries Dennis Hopper. They divorce eight days later. Excuse me; I’m tearing up here a bit. There’s just some- thing so tragic and shocking about the break up of an eight-day marriage between two drug-riddled Hollywood celebrities. I mean, if they can’t make it work, what hope can there possibly be for the rest of November 3, 1995: Hootie and the Blowfish reach an out-of-court settle- ment with Bob Dylan for the group’s unauthorized use of Dylan's lyrics in their song “Only Want To Be With You.” Unfortunately the jury is still out on why they suck so badly. http://www.otherpress.ca y Page 11