Iain W. Reeve, A&E Editor

elcome to your new A&E \ \ ) section and your new A&E editor, dear readers.

First off, let’s all give a small golf clap and some suggestive looks to our gorgeous, outgoing interim ruler, and great editor, Ms. Amanda Aikman. I will try to fill her shoes, and then try in vain to walk in them.

There are going to be some changes around here, and I am happy to be bringing them to you in my own idiom. One change is going to be this little corner, which I have aptly called “The Idiot Box,’ which will be devot- ed to brief musings about the state of

the arts in their many forms. Before getting to this week’s Idiot Box topic, I would like to invite all of you to do something crazy and send in some submissions. You can tell us about your favourite CD (new or old), a movie you saw that sucked so badly you vomited your popcorn on the lady in front of you, or anything else. Heck, you could even show how much smarter you are than the editor by countering something I post on here. The possibilities are endless.

So send your submissions to me at aeditor@gmail.com and ll be happy to fill up this section with your good-

ness.

And now, on to this week’s Idiot Box episode. As I’m pressed for space due to the previous ramblings, I have just two words for you: Family Guy!

Yes, that’s right. Everyone’s, or at least my, favourite animated family returns to Fox on May 1, along with creator Seth McFarlane’s new show American Dad. Massive DVD. sales caused Fox to bite the bullet and return my favourite comedy ever. ’'m reconnecting my cable to commemo- rate the occasion! Family Guy party at my place.

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Iain W. Reeve, A&E Editor

CAMPUS EVENTS

Community Music School presents Douglas College Choral Society

April 9, Sat, 8pm, Queens Avenue United Church Alison Nixon, director

Mozart Requiem, Dvorak Stabat Mater

Admission: $15 ($12 students/seniors)

The Amelia Douglas Gallery presents Barbada Boldt, paintings and Judy Burke, ceramics

April 21—May 26, Opening reception April 21, 4—7:30pm For Gallery times, call 604.527.5465

THEATRE

Last Train to Nibroc

There’s a war on, but love is the most threatening thing of all. Pacific Theatre proudly presents Last Train to Nibroc, a romance by Arlene Hutton. On a cross-coun- try train bound for Kentucky, a young woman finds her idealism derailed by a disillusioned soldier. May, fresh out of Bible college, intends to become a missionary. Raleigh, on the other hand, is thrilled to be riding a train with the corpses of two of his alcoholic idols, Nathaniel West and F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose coffins are in the baggage car. Love blooms slowly in their 1940’s world of county fairs, long summer evenings, and personal trau- mas. This blissfully sweet Appalachian romance paints a wise and revealing portrait of bright-faced sincerity and stifled desire. At Pacific Theatre until April 16. For infor- mation, call 604.731.5518.

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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)

One Night Castle Productions and Presentation House Theatre present Anne-Marie MacDonald’s play about a woman writing her thesis on an obscure document she believes will prove that William Shakespeare had pre- pated different endings for two of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet and Othello.'To April 9, Tues.-Sat. at 8pm (mats. Sat. at 2pm), Presentation House Theatre (333 Chesterfield Ave., North Van.). Tickets $12-16. For information, call 604.990.3474.

Columbo: Prescription Murder

The play that started it all. Columbo—the rumpled detective—debuted in this excellent whodunit long before he came to the TV screen. A psychiatrist goes on holiday with his wife, but while sitting in their airplane on the tarmac waiting to take off, they fight and the wife goes back home without her husband, leaving him to carry on alone with his holiday. When he returns to his apartment two weeks later, he finds his wife dead and the case already under investigation by homicide detective Columbo. A classic game of cat and mouse ensues as Columbo stalks and finally nets the killer. April 6-30. The Burr Theatre. For information, call 604.523.2877.

CONCERTS

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Rockers from L.A. (“Dead Disco”), with local guests Elizabeth. April 7, 9:15pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tickets $18.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604.280.4444. Tickets also at Zulu and Scratch Records.

Hot Hot Heat

Victoria rockers play tunes from new CD, Ezvator, with guests the Futureheads and Louis XIV. April 9, 9pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville); and April 11, 8pm, Croatian Cultural Centre (all ages). Tickets $22.50/19.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604.280.4444. Tickets also at Zulu and

Scratch Records.

Blue Rodeo

Roots-tockers from Toronto (Diamond Mine), featuring singet-guitarists Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, with guests Matt Mays and Hl Torpedo. April 12-13, 7:30pm,

Orpheum Theatre (Seymour and Smithe). Tickets $45.50/35.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Ticketmaster, 604.280.4444.

lain’s Pick Of The Week

April 6/2005