November 1 Noon at New West Student Composers Concert Doug Smith, director 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre Events Calendar All events take place at the New Westminster Campus unless otherwise noted. November 1 - December 14 The Amelia Douglas Gallery presents works by Richard Michalski Opening reception November 1, 4-8pm November 9 - 17 Brighton Beach Memoirs Studio Theatre Tickets: 604-527-5488 November 3 Literature Alive presents Sue Wheeler, poet 11am, Room 3343 November 15 Noon at New West Organ Recital Queens Ave. United Church, 529 Queens Ave., New Westminster 12:30pm November 16 - 24 A Christmas Carol Performing Arts Theatre Tickets: 604-527-5488 November 29 Noon at New West Student Showcase Recital 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre November 22 Noon at New West Student Showcase Recital 12:30pm, Performing Arts Theatre College theatrical productions promise to delight and entertain \ hy Humbug! Miserable Scrooge (lan Harmon, front) disapproves of the family happiness at the Cratchit household (Graham Myers, centre and Patti Berukoff, left) in the new Theatre Department production of A Christmas Carol. Douglas College’s Theatre and Stagecraft departments present two classics as we head for the holidays, offering Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. “Brighton Beach Memoirs is the highly biased account of a few critical moments in the life of the Jerome family in 1937, as told by 15-year-old Eugene Jerome,” says director Kelly-Ruth Mercier. “Much of the comedy comes from his limited perspective when it comes to some really heavy life issues, all interpreted through Eugene's on Nov 13 at 8pm, a matinee and talkback performance on Nov 14 at 2pm and a two-for-one matinee on Nov 17 at 2pm. Set almost 100 years earlier than Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Christmas Carol tells the. story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold-hearted miser redeemed by three ghosts who unveil his past, present and future. “T’ve never been an advocate of live theatre trying to compete with the movies, so the place for the theatre is to find creative solutions,” says guest Director Robin Nichol. “This play really has a lot of demands, what with the time travel and ghosts appearing, but that require a lot of money, however, so in theatre you have to be creative.” Keeping things creative is the job of Set DesignerRoss Nichol, Stagecraft instructor and Robin’s husband. “The main challenge of A Christmas Carol was to reduce the overall size of the set,” says Ross. “ The show has about 24 scene changes. If these only took a half-minute each that would equal almost the length of an intermission. We've chosen to keep things very minimal with an emphasis on projections to help set locations.” A Christmas Carol runs Nov 16 to 24 in the Performing Arts Theatre. Performances take place at 8 pm, with matinees Nov 19 at lpm and Nov 24 at 2pm. The Nov Writing for children not kids’ stuff Children deserve good literature. That's the core belief behind Introduction to Writing Children’s Literature, a new writing course offered by the Creative Writing Department this Winter. “People think that writing for children is easy,” says instructor and award-winning children’s author Ellen Schwartz. “While it’s no harder than writing for adults, it’s certainly not any easier. You still have to accomplish everything that you do in an adult book — tell a good story, have good characters, write well — but you have to do it ina shorter format and get into a child’s point of view. The most important thing to remember when writing for children is to have respect for the reader. Don’t talk down to them just because they are children.” Introduction to Writing Children’s Literature introduces students to writing for children and young adults. It covers writing both fiction and non-fiction, and explains how to choose themes and genres that appeal to a variety of age groups. “Another misconception is that books for children are sweet and end happily every after, which isn’t the case any more,” she says. “Children’s books tackle every issue that adult books do, but sensitively and in a way that doesn’t frighten kids or get into gratuitous violence.” hormone-riddled mind.” Brighton Beach Memoirs runs Nov 9-17 in the Studio Theatre. Performances take place Nov 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 at 8 pm, with a two-for-one talkback performance Briefly Mastering schoolwork Kim Longmuir of the David Lam Campus Learning Centre graduated October 4 from Simon Fraser University with a Masters in Education (Administration/ Leadership). Congratulations Kim! Tragedy inspires song Shony Bar-Elan of Systems and Computing is a database programmer with a creative side. Shony says “I just finished my new song called September 11 dedicated to all the people affected by the unimaginable tragedy. I am very honored to say that the song is being received very well at the largest on- line music provider mp3.com and is already climbing nicely on their charts.” Listen to Shony’s song at www.mp3.com/ shony. Library News Shelley Waldie of the New Westminster Campus Library gave birth to 10 pound son Liam on October 4. Congratulations! Robin Ripley of the New Westminster Campus Library gets inspiration for her artwork from her job. Her new work, which is on display through the Surrey Art Gallery's Art Among Our Shelves touring exhibition is called Spine. See Robin's work at www.city.surrey.be/ ParksRecCulture/artgallery or attend the exhibition 20 performance isa talk-back performance. Tickets for either show are $12/general admission and $5/students and seniors. For more information and reservations call the box office at 604-527-5488. which runs to June, 2002. High Performance Coach Sports Science and Coaching instructor Tim Frick was honoured for his outstanding contribution to coaching and athlete development last month when he won the 3M Coaching Canada Award in the High Performance Sport category. Frick has been coaching wheelchair sports for the past 36 years, with the past 11 as coach of the national women’s wheelchair basketball team. He led the team to victory at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney as well as the 1992 and 1996 Paralympic Games. Congratulations Tim! A Class Act Dont miss out on the College Foundation’s annual Wine Fest, A Class Act, Thur Nov 15, 7- 9:30pm at the Executive Plaza Hotel, 405 North Road, Coquitlam. The evening includes a sampling of food and wine from around the world, live and silent auctions and music. Tickets: $40/person. Proceeds go to student aid. Call 604-527-5876. Green Team notice Recycle your bottles and cans: Recycling bins for bottles and cans are now available at the New West Campus. Look for the new blue bins beside the pop machines on the second floor near the cafeteria, and on the 3“ level. Introduction to Writing Children’s Literature runs Tuesday evenings from 7-10pm beginning January 8. Registration for the Winter semester starts November 6; call 604-527-5465 or 604-527-5289 for more information. Support your contract colleages October 28 to November 3 is Fair Employment Week at post-secondary institutions across North America. Support your local contract workers! For more information, contact Cyndy Reimer, your representative on the CIEA Status of Non-Regular Faculty Commitee, at 604-527-5175. Instructor published ESL Instructor Kate Yoshitomi has recently had her second book published. The book, entitled Communicating Effectively: Tools and Strategies for ESL Learners was co-written with Barbara Forster-Rickard, an ESL instructor at Vancouver Community College (VCC). The book has an accompanying video that was produced at VCC. Kate’s first book, Employment Search Modules for ESL Learners, was published in 1998. Marilyn's a winner Congratulations to Marilyn Lewthwaite of Health Sciences, September's 60/ 40 Employee Lottery Winner. Marilyn takes home $818.40 and student aid increases by $545.60. Staff moves Sandy Struthers is the new Accounting/Budget Analyst in Finance, replacing Val Lynch who resigned. INside Douglas College is published by the Communications & Marketing Office the first Tuesday of each month. Submissions and story ideas are welcome; deadline is 10 working days before publication. Send text-only files to INside editor, CMO, Room 4700, New Westminster Campus; email to winterst@douglas.bc.ca; or call 527-5325. Printed by the Douglas College Printshop.