Wednesday, February 16, 1994 The Castlegar Sun Crossley works exhibited at Grand Forks Art Gallery lcable or hands and foct from discomfort, layers that for the artist seom infinitely vari- In this Scasvnal Diary, there is little cvi- able and stimulating, dence of the major diff % het the A are very scasyas. Some of the works may have the strongly present in his paintings and draw- feet of winter, or of spring; there are ings, Crossicy isn't interested in making antist Alf Crossley. obvious “snowy or bot, humid landscay any sort of literal replication. He uses the “Ea plain ait” is 2 most appropriate term =— Instead, Crossley searches out incredible vizual clues ax triggers to express his joy at when onc thinks of Alf Crossley and his colours, textures, paticrns and shapes that being there. Paiming, Most of the time Crossicy paints —_ asture constantly offers in all seasons, Crossley will be prescat for the opening outdoors in all seasons of the year and some- The paintings form a diary which reflects reception on Friday, February 18 at 7:30 times in weather that most people hate even his cxpericace with the land that confront. p.m.. In the Bast Gallery, new sclections getting 10 and from their cars. him. tt is all at once joyful, sensual, cxotic, from the gallery's An Rental Program may 3 Notice Is hereby given that @ Public Hearing A litle cover may keep the rain or snow = nuti-faceted and visually complex. be sven. will be held on: ‘away. but does little to keep the paint mal- The landscape offers special forms and Both exhibitions continuc to March.19. DATE: Tusadey March 1, 1994 é TIME: 6:00 p.m. PLACE: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1402 COLUMBIA AVENUE Your family hair ¢ care centre and Gift Shop ith ‘The Grand Forks An Gallery is pleased 10 Submitted presemt an exhibition of oil paintings by, Running through to March Time: 103 minutes 20 at the West Kootenay Overall: B- National Exhibition Centre Violence: B Gallery are Paces of Feminism, black and white portraits and the written words of women active in the Canadian women's movement, and Bones and Bone Country, watercolour explo- rations by Grand Forks artist Kathleen Senay. Sexual Content: B Language: B- Another sports come-from-behind story, Rookie of the Year is about Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas), a young boy who can't find his way out of right field, yet through a freak (and unbelievable) medical mishap, is able to throw a baseball faster a pannel spits tobacco. After returning a ball from the bleachers directly to home plate at a Chicago Cubs game, the last place Cubs figure that they have found their boy to pull them out of the basement. . Sure, the movie has been done a hundred times before with many different twists and tums and types of sports, but every now aah thicken asod to pol oat the plot and dust it off for the current crop of young dreamers that would love to be in Henry Rowengart ner’s shoes. And in that capacity, this film does a better than aver age job, even if it is totally unbelievable. Sad to say though, that this baseball diamond still has its fair Share of flaws. Henry's mom is dating a guy who has put himself in the position of being Henry's manager, and when the relationship strikes out, so does Mom with a left hook that puts her man out the door aid rolling down the stairs. However, Henry and Mom think this is great, and a violent dispute is look upon lightly Of course, no sports movies is complete without a locker room scene with some sexual innuendo, and although there is no nudity, we get to see Henry compare his anatomy with those around him. ‘Then there is the clown of the team. This guy is supposedly a trainer, yet is so stupid you wonder who came up with this charac- ter, Again, rather than work on a quality script with humor, it's easi- er to add a clown into the act. Movies are like baseball. They both have a lot of averages, and this film adds one more average to the pile. For six years Pamela Harris researched and photographed the a ian women's movement. The resulting exhibition, Faces of Feminism, gives an empowering view of the diversity and vitality VALLEY VIDEO Between Dairy Queen & Subway Locally owned and operated _ 365-3777 oer Russeti Wat Kinwer Justice ts COMING TAHT ONE i (Poet stat I NOT CON aeameeane a erat emma ‘SMARTER AND TOUGHER BUT JUST AS MUCH FUN Ret D of Canadian feminism. Faces of Feminism pairs each portrait with text by the woman portrayed, offering us the faces and voices of active women across the country. Few are household names. Rather, we meet the single mother from Antigonish who came out of her shell to help found a women's association, the women of West- lock, Alberta who work to main- risis line, the wheat farmer on her own while the bank regis- ters her as a “farmerette”. Of various ages, races, inter- ests and life-styles, they represent the many women working to expand the ways we can live in the world and remind us of the power we all have to act and to make a difference. Faces of Feminism has been touring the country since 1991. The exhibition consists of 58 pieces 20” x 24", each combi From the exhibit Faces of Feminism, volunteers at the Northern Lights Resource Centre and Crisi Line in Westlock, Alberta, struggle to maintain the service. Centre and at independent book stores in the West Kootenay. Recipient of a Canada Council travel grant, Pamela Harris will fly from Toronto to Castlegar to be the guest of honor at an Inter- national Women’s Week event at the NEC Gallery called Living Portraits: a celebration of the lives of Kootenay feminists. Living Portraits will take place March 6, from 12-4:30 p.m. and will include a slide talk by Pamela Harris called The Making of Faces of Feminism, and a mixed program of enter- tion of a black and white photo- graph and printed text. Faces of feminism has also been p and ions that honor the lives of active local women. Cc ing Harris's con- as a book by Second Story Press. Copies of the book are avail- able at the National Exhibition tribution to her story is Kathleen Senay’s watercolour exploration of bones, evidence of the history | EGBY ae Scio Rossland Light Opera Players presents the PAJAMA GAME Stanley Humphries