3 a g It’s mine! ACTORS Keely Wallace, Julie Jacabs and Sharon Baker tussle over an airhorn in a scene fram upcoming Terrace Little Theatre season-opener, A Hote! on Marvin Gardens. The play, directed by Dlana Braathen, draws humorous paratiels between a competitive game of Monopoly and fife. Night falls hard on Cuban exile By JENNIFER LANG SOME PEOPLE, it could be argued, will be unhappy mo matter what circum- stances they find them- selves in. That’s the lingering im- pression left by #efore Night Falls, the next movie on yiew at the Pa- cific Cinematheque’s Tra- velling Picture Show. Reinaldo Arenas, was a , poet, novelist, and hamo- sexual, For these three facts, he was persecuted and jailed under Fidel Ca- stro’s regime. Arenas came to the United States in 1980, when Castro exiled con- victs and-other so-called’: undesirables, coming. to-a tragic ‘end in New York City a decade later. Arenas, who joined the revolution as a teenager, was later reviled by the re- gime he and other Cubans helped put into power. The movie is based on Arenas’ own memoirs, and his words form the narra- tion, . The actor playing him, Javier Bardman, gives a powerful performance. Look for cameos by Johnny Depp and Sean’ Penn. The movie is directed by Julian Schnabel, who is SCENE fram When Night Falls. also a painter. Schnabel’s 1996 film, Basquiat, looked at the ill- ~ fated story of a graffiti art- ist named “Jean-Michel Basquiat who quickly rase to fame after he was dis- covered by Andy Warhol. _ Before Night Falls Pays at the Tillicum Twin Theatres Nov. 12 at 7:15 p.m. The Travelling Picture show is sponsored by. the Terrace and District Multi- cultural Association. It runs every other Mon- day until Dec. 10. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 7, 2001 - B3 * Author reading FANS OF locally-inspited fiction are in luck. Friday night, Smithers- based author Sheila Peters will be reading from her new collection of short stories set in the north- west, Tending the Remnant Damage. Peters, an English in- Structor at Northwest Com- munity College, reads at ihe Terrace Art Gallery at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9, Her debut has earned Theatre critical praise for her ma- turity as a skilled writer and storytetler. BC Bookworld described the labyrinthian stories in Tending the Remnant Dam- age as “amazing” for their complexity and technical prowess. Connections Magazine, meanwhile, says Peters “an utterly accomplished storyteller working at the limits of what fiction can do,” group hosts auditions, aids local writer FORMER federal NDP hopeful and current Skeena River Players president Larry Guno is writing a play about the residential school experience. Guno is still at the early Stages, but playwright Yvette Nolan, who held a play creation workshop here earlier this fall, called: his efforts a “very exciting project with enormous po- tential.” Guno will be collabora- r ting on a first draft with Nolan, and Skeena River Players artistic director Marianne Brorup Weston. Once complete, Guno’s play could help fill a void, “No one has written the residential school play yet,” Nolan points out. “There is a serious lack of First Nations plays out there. Residential schools for aboriginal children opera- ted in Canada until the 1980s, leaving a legacy of despair and pain for many of those who were forced to attend them. It’s serious subject mat- ter, but “don’t expect a dark or tragic play,” cau- - tions Brorup-Weston, who formed the fledgling first nations theatre company last year. “The intent is to tell the story of a riot. which took place at a_ residential school ~ and parts of it are very, very y Bann sin he CHRISTMAS store” ; Door Prizes ® Food Tasting Now is the time for Christmas : B Shopping! ser ibwons et hw 2 A ys Ee a BP ahi eM at et eretar sity 3 2 ee TOYOTA EXPERIENCE The part you can't replace She says she hasn't been this worked up about a theatre project in a long time. Guno’s first draft won't be ready for about another 18 months, Meanwhile, Skeena River Players is well into what's shaping up to be an exciting first year. Following the success of last spring’s The Rez Sis- ters, by celebrated Cana- dian playwright Tomson, Highway, Skeena River . Players is mounting a pro- duction of Drew Hayden Taylor's Someday. This humorous and satir- ical work iooks at a mid- dle-aged mom whose child was apprehended and sent to a white home, Thirty-five years and a lottery win later, she vows to track down her daughter through the help of a delec- tive, Auditions take place al 7 pm. Nov. 13 and [4 at the First Nations Education Centre at Clarence Michiel School (rear entrance). There are three parts for women and one role for a man, No experience is neces. . sary. Acting lessons are in- cluded. “Just bring your talented selves and check it out,” ‘Tf Brorup Weston says. you have the ability and commitment, we'll do the rest.” Terrace Salmonid Enhancement Society ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday, Nov, 13" a: 7:30 pm. Coast Inn Of The West West Banquet Room O Dave and Arlene Peters @) They have worked in Columbia, Brazil and Mexico, aad have hwo married children, ave loving in Prince George, ard one in Mexico. In Columbia, Dave and Arlene spertt cighi years working with te Paez and Guambiauo tribes. From there they moued to Columbia's capttal city, Bogota, where they were invalved in church planting. In 1987 they were moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and in 1997 to Mexico City. You can hear them speak on Sunday November 13, ef 1030 om at Terrace Alliance Church, 4923 Agar Ave. ‘@) a |" GAUTION Some coarse lan 4718A Lazelle Ave Nothing. keeps your Toyota performing at its best like the expertise of a trained Toyota technician. So visit your local Toyota BC Dealer for regular maintenance. It’s always a great time to take advantage of Toyota everyday value pricing.