Culture Section Editor: Kerry Evans the other press April 2, 2003 submit_to_culture@yahoo.ca What’s On Around Town This Week Kerry Evans, Culture Editor & Amanda Aikman, Assistant Culture Editor Douglas College Events Noon at New West presents Scholarship Winners’ Concert April 3rd, 12:30p.m. Performing Arts Theatre The Amelia Douglas Gallery presents Works by Kerry Smith Opening reception Thursday April 3rd, 4:00-8:00p.m. April 3rd—May 27th For gallery times, call 604-527-5465 The Douglas College Music Department presents An Evening of Jazz Dues Band, Night Band, and Vocal Jazz April 7th, 8:00p.m. Performing Arts Theatre Tickets at the door Theatre Be Scene©2003 Emerging and established artists are given the rare opportunity to receive professional insight and guidance from theatre and film industry professionals. Top Vancouver casting agents, talent agents and artistic directors provide personal pointers and feedback. Prizes! April 4th—Gth Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova, Vancouver To register call 604-689-0926 Zadie’s Shoes Critically acclaimed contemporary comedy of love and chance by Canadian playwright, Adam Pettle. April 3rd—May 3rd Granville Island Stage, 1585 Johnston Street Les Liasions Dangereuses Powerful, attractive and bored French people manipu- late each other in this Fran Gebhard directed play, based on the 1792 novel by Choderlos de Laclos. April 4th-27th Jericho Arts Centre Tickets $10-$15, at the door The Beginners A Boca del Lupo production April 3rd—13th Performance Works, Granville Island Call 604-257-0366 for ticket information Gallery Expect Delays A series of off-site projects organized by Artspeak Gallery and taking place in locations throughout the city of Vancouver in April and May. Featured artists include: Diane Borsato, Colleen Brown, Rachel Echenberg, John Marriott, Norma, Christy Thompson and Sarah White. Curated by Kathleen Ritter. For more information and directions to projects, visit Don Weir: new paintings & the art of collage April 3rd—27th Reception April 4th, 6—-9p.m. Studio Blue, Unit 202- 1540 West 2nd Avenue AIBC Architecture Centre Gallery presents: “World Class: International Projects by BC Architects” Runs until April 25th AIBC Architecture Centre Gallery For more information call 604-683-8588 Musical Seamus Blake/Brad Turner Quartet ‘Two of the finest unite for an evening of musical enter- tainment April 4th, 8:00p.m. Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre For ticket information call 604-990-7810 Shubhendra Rao and Saskia Rao-De Haas With Akram Khan tabla Weaving European and Indian folk into the texture of the Indian idiom. April 4th, 8:00p.m. Western Front, 303 E. 8th Avenue, Vancouver Call 604-876-9343 for ticket information Concerts Bright Eyes & Arab Strap If you missed them last time, here’s your chance to get your Emo on with Conor and company. April 4th, doors at 8:00p.m. Commodore Ballroom Tickets available at Zulu & Scratch The legendary Mike Watt (the Minutemen, fIREHOSE) returns to Vancouver with The Secondmen. April 5th Piccadilly Pub, Vancouver Call 604-682-3221 for ticket information. Buju Banton With guests Wayne Wonder and Dub Freque April 5th, doors at 8:00p.m. Commodore Ballroom Tickets available at Zulu, Scratch, Highlife & Noize Film Blinding Light!! Cinema presents Other Cinema’s Experiments in Terror, a collection of recent works by experimental filmmakers along with rarely screened trailers, clips and other celluloid strangeness from the best and worst of cinematic horror. April 4th—Gth, 8p.m. Blinding Light!! Cinema, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver Premiere of Nicholas Philibert’s Etre et Avoir (To Be and to Have), winner of the 2002 European Film Award for best documentary. A profoundly humanist observation of a one-room schoolhouse in Northern France, Philibert’s film has deservedly earned its posi- tion as highest grossing French documentary of all time. April 4th—10th, 7:30 and 9:30p.m, Sunday matinee 5:15p.m. Ridge Theatre, 1331 Arbutus Street, Vancouver Misc. Margaret Cho An evening of laughter, insight and fun! April 5th, 7:30p.m. and 10:30p.m. Vogue Theatre Tickets on sale now through Ticketmaster Tariq Ali Author, journalist and activist, Tariq Ali, speaks on war and world politics after Iraq. An editor of New Left Review, and author of more than a dozen books on history and politics, as well as five novels, his latest book is The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihad, and Modernity. April 8, 7:30p.m. St Andrews-Wesley Church, 1012 Nelson at Burrard, Street, Vancouver. Tickets: Sliding scale $5 to $20