eT ts & Entertainment August 2004 What's On Around Town Kali Thurber A &E Editor Theatre Bard On The Beach Repertory productions of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (to Sept 26) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (to Sept 25), Vanier Park. For tickets and information call 604.739.0559 Naked Improv Note: No actual nudity, just an hour of raw, stripped down improv performed by Vancouver’s top comedy per- formers. Following each per- formance of Improv Co-op’s Swordplay, will be an additional free hour of improv at its finest! Swordplay is on stage at the Playwrights Theatre Centre, Granville Island (Aug 11-28 Wednesday to Saturday at 8pm). For information call 604.257.0399 or visit _ The Cold Reading Series Actors are cast on the spot and they perform scripts live in front 4 of an audience. Thursdays at 8pm, the Anza Club, by dona- tion. For information visit “a The Number 14 Fast-paced, satirical look at a day in the life of a downtown bus. (to Aug 28) Arts Club Granville Island stage. For information call 604.280.3311 Galleries Art Against Prisoners Art done by prisoners and activists, (Aug 5-7) at Interurban: Gallery and Community Art Space. For information call 604.633.2665 The Secret Garden Paintings by Marilyn S. Mylrea and Gregg Simpson, water sculptures by Georgina Lohan, (to Aug 22) at Marilyn S. Mylrea Studio Art Gallery. For information call 604.736.2450 The Quick and the Dead Works by AA Bronson, founding member of Toronto artistic col- lective General Idea, (to Aug Kali Thurber | submit_to_culture@yahoo.ca 22) at Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Andy Warhol Prints and drawings from the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, (to Sept 6) at The Vancouver Art Gallery. For information call 604.662.4719 Concerts The High Dials Rainbow Quartz recording artists from Montreal (formerly the Datsons), with guests Novillero from Winnipeg, Aug 5, Media Club. For information call 604.608.2871 Ever Been To Sea, Billy? The Nerve magazine and Terminal City present a rock n’ roll boat cruise, featuring per- formances by the Black Halos, John Ford, and Spréadeagle, with DJ My!Gay!Husband! (Aug 8, 2-7pm) on board Auditions for Student Punk-Rock Band_High Salary Kali Thurber A & E Editor 18 | OtherPress Welcome to my world, you lovely readers. This is your brand new Arts & Entertainment Editor speaking, coming achya from the hot-as-hell depths of Douglas College—better known as The Other Press office. You may remember me from the Opinions section of this same paper, of which I was the editor for the last highly opinionated year, or perhaps from a certain lederhosen outfit worn at last year’s pub night hosted by (you guessed it) The Other Press. This year, instead of filling your minds with my garble, I'll be telling you what and what not to listen to, which events are worth your pre- time, the best-of-the-best movies to watch while avoiding cious homework, and tons more. It’s going to be an absolute blast, I promise. At least for me, you wouldn’t even believe all the free stuff I’m going to get. Concert tickets, movie passes, and invitations to gallery exhibits— the entertainment world is mine to have. But wait, you could have some fun too. Besides enjoying my con- stant collection of previews, reviews, and suggestions, you could come on down and join in the hilarity. Abitibi. For information call 604.734.1611 Under The Volcano Annual activist festival of music and art includes DJ stage, words and rhythms stage, community info fair, artisans market and food fair, (Aug 8, 12pm) at Cates Park. For information call 604.255.0163 or visit David Byrne Leader of the Talking Heads performs with the six-piece Tosca Strings band from Texas, (Aug 10, 8pm) at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts. For tickets call 604.280.4444 They Might Be Giants American alt-rock duo perform tunes form latest CD, The Spine, (Aug 12, 9pm) at Richard’s on Richards. For tickets call 604.280.4444 Feel free as a bag in a windstorm to submit your take on any artsy- fartsy event you attend, and if you treat me real nice and give me candy T’ll even see what I can do to hook you up with some of those free passes I was boasting about. So any- way, be sure to indulge in the newly renovated section, and I hope to feel your love (in beautifully-worded fan mail) soon. Oh yeah, there is no such thing as a highly paid stu- dent punk-rock band—but it sure is going to be a hoot messing with your heads from this section of the paper.