C18 I E-LIST I THE PROVINCE
Gamblers Anonymous
Offering help if gambling is a
problem in your life, or the life
of a friend or loved one. • Free
hotline: 604-878-6835
Path Finder Youth Centre
Mentorship programs provide
youths with the tools to
become self-sufficient and
independent. Pre-employment
and training programs • 13521
102nd Ave., Surrey • 778-8988785
Parents Without Partners
An organization devoted to
the interest and welfare of
single parents and their
children. •Coquitlam

Community Centre, 630 Poirier
St. • Orientation meetings for
new members on the second
Thursday of each month at
7:30 p.m. •604-945-2407
Drug and Alcohol
Counselling Programs
Certified PICS counselor
provides counseling to
individuals, families and adult
children of various addicts in
English, Punjabi or Hindi.
Nominal fee charged. • 604596-7722
Homebound Women's
Project
Offers ESL classes, literacy and
life skills to newcomers to

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005
Canada. • Ongoing • Free. 604596-7980
Coast Foundation Volunteer
Call
Volunteer opportunities
available with Coast —
working within the community
to promote recovery of
persons with mental illness. •
604-675-2313
The Transition Program
Join a three-week career
exploration program
sponsored by Human
Resources and Skills
Development Canada •
Program runs monthly • Free •
604-434-1177

Transitions Program
Three-week career exploration
program for the unemployed.
• Runs monthly • 604-4341177
Big Brothers of Greater
Vancouver
Be a friend to a child and
spend a few hours a week
hanging out with boys and
girls aged 7-16. •604-8762447, ext. 224 or
www.bigbrothers.vancouver.c
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Youth Crime Prevention
Program Now Recruiting
The PICS Surrey Youth
Connection is looking for

dynamic youth 15-30 to obtain
crime-prevention training and
employment readiness skills. •
To apply contact Dharminder,
604-596-7722
Developmental Disabilities
Association
Free pickup service for used
clothing and household items.
• 604-273-4332 or 1-800-6541331
Griefworks B.C.
Weekly grief support groups
for adults struggling with the
loss of a loved one. •B.C.
Children's Hospital •To
register, please call 604-8752741

PICS Crime Prevention
Volunteering
Train to become a volunteer to
provide bullying prevention
and anti-drinking- and-driving
presentations in Surrey public
schools. • Information 604596-7980

Coqtuitlam • 604-664-1636
Tea and a Story with
Michael Massie
Solo exhibit by Inuit
silversmith and sculptor
Michael Massie. • Spirit
Wrestler Gallery, 8 Water St. •
Until Nov. 7 •604-669-8813

Acquisitions, until Dec. 31;
Dempsey Bob:The Art Goes
Back to the Stories, until Dec.
31 • 6393 Marine Dr. • 604822-5087, www.moa.ubc.ca
Brewer's Gold: A History of
the Hop Picking Industry in
B.C.
Langley Centennial Museum,
9135 King St. •Until Dec. 23 •
604-888-3922,
www.langleymuseum.org
Ripley's Believe it or Not!
Roadshow
Travelling roadshow features
everything from shrunken
heads to prehistoric elephants
... believe it or not! • Surrey
Museum, 17710 56A Ave. •
Until Dec. 23 •604-592-6956
North Vancouver Museum
Current exhibits: North
Vancouver's Notable Athletes,
until January; Safewater:
Lifeblood of a Metropolis, until
January; the North Vancouver
Gallery, ongoing. • 209 W. 4th
St. • For information: 604-9875618

Parent Support Circle
Are you the parent you want to
be? The Parent Support Circle
is a self-help group of parents
who talk and learn about
normal child development and
effective parenting. • Mount
Pleasant Family Centre • Every
Thursday, 7-9 p.m. • 604-6691616

EXHIBITS
Faith and Reason
Solo show by Richard
Wlodarczak's new, large
abstract paintings. • Art Works
Gallery, 225 Smithe St. •Until
Saturday •604-688-3301
Living Systems
Judith Currelly's oil paintings
on wood panel. • Diane Farris
Gallery, 1590 W. 7th Ave. •
Until Saturday •604-737-2629
The Colours of Nature
Recent works by Lone Tratt
and linocuts, woodcuts,
monoprints by 30 resident
artists. • Dundarave Print
Workshop and Gallery,
Granville Island • Until Sunday
The Poetics of West Coast
Modernism in West
Vancouver - Exhibitions on
Architecture
18 significant residences and
public buildings designed by
West Coast architects, focusing
on design in relation to the
coast landscape. • Gallery at
the Library, until Oct. 31; Ferry
Building Gallery, until Nov. 12;
Silk Purse Gallery, until Sunday
• Info: 604-925-7290
Pedestrian - Emily Carr
Student Exhibition
Featuring photography,
paintings and sculptures by
10emerging artists. •
Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr
Institute of Art and Design,
Granville Island • Until Monday
The Passionate Brush - XIV
Annual Exhibit of the
Chinese Canadian
Federation of Artists in
Vancouver
80-member exhibit includes
art-work in a variety of media
including watercolour, oil
painting, acrylic, ink and
colour, seals and Chinese
calligraphy. • Roundhouse
Community Centre • Until
Wednesday •604-713-1800
Contemporary Art Gallery
Three solo exhibits by Ceal
Floyer (Berlin), Daniel Olson
(Montreal) and Micah Lexier
(New York). • 555 Nelson St. •

Until Oct. 30 •604-681-2700
Dowries Point and So
Departed (Again)
Multi-projection installations
by Vancouver artist Judy
Radul. • Presentation House
Gallery, 333 Chesterfield Ave.,
North Van • Until Oct. 30 •
604-986-1351
The Emperor's New Clothes
Joanna Staniszkis exploration
of natural fibre focuses on the
silk cocoon as a source of life,
energy and magic. • Elliott
Louis Gallery, 1540 W. 2nd Ave.
• Until Oct. 30
Gallery Gachet
Current exhibits:Tarot:Truth
Beyond Understanding —
artwork by Bruce Ray and
Diane Wood. Out of the Box —
curated by mental health
group Mind's Eye. • 88 E.
Cordova St. •Until Oct. 30 •
604-687-2468
New Works
By contemporary emerging
and established
photographers. • Exposure
Gallery, 851 Beatty St. •Until
Oct. 30 •604-688-9501
Prior Editions: 10 Years of
Canadian Printmaking
Features works from the City of
Burnaby permanent art
collection, Prior Editions
Studio Limited and several
private collections. • Burnaby
Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake
Ave. •Until Oct. 30 •604-2057332
She Breaks Down
Exhibit of embroidered figures
by Eleanor Hannan.^
Crafthouse Gallery, Granville
Island •Until Oct. 30 •
www.cabc.net
Space and Light: The
Prairie Landscape
Etchings and collages by Janet
Lowry. • Malaspina
Printmakers Gallery, Granville
Island • Until Oct. 30 • 604688-1724
Lynn Chadwick:
Retrospective
A leading figure of

Yue Min Jun
Solo presentation of silkscreen
prints. • Art Beatus, 108-808
Nelson St.•Until Nov.8• 604688-2633, www.artbeatus.com
Playing in White Rock
A history of sports and
recreation featuring artifacts,
images and stories. • White
Rock Museum, 14970 Marine
Dr.•Until Nov. 13•604-5412222
Urbanities
Rejeanne Lizotte's series of
paintings showing urban
structures inspired by 9/11. •
Francophone Cultural Centre,
1551 W.7th Ave.•Until Nov.
14 •64-736-9806
The Day That I Walked
Away From the Society
That I Had Known
Judy Radul and Geoffrey
Farmer in collaboration. •
Artspeak, 233 Carrall St. •
Opening reception tomorrow,
8 p.m. Exhibit runs until Nov.
26 •604-688-0051
Sitting Figures is part of the Lynn Chadwick Retrospective
at the Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, which opens today.
contemporary British
sculpture, this exhibit features
15 small to monumental works
spanning four decades (19581990).•Buschlen Mowatt
Gallery, 1445 W. Georgia St. •
Opens today and runs through
October •604-682-1234
YVR to JFK
New works by Andrew
McDermott. • Harrison
Galleries, 2932 Granville St. •
Until Oct. 31 •604-732-5217
Uprooted: A Journey of
Japanese Canadian Fishing
Families
Gulf of Georgia Cannery
National Historic Site • 12138

Fourth Ave., Richmond • Until
Oct. 31 •604-664-9009
North Shore Moves: Paddles
to Fuel Cells
Exhibit examines
transportation by land and sea:
canoe, ship, ferry, bike, bus and
train. • West Vancouver
Museum and Archives, 680
17th St., West Van •Until Nov.
5 •604-925-7295
Place des Arts Centre
Current exhibits: Sue Cowan,
Loreena Lee — multimedia.
Greater Vancouver Weavers'
and Spinners'Guild: 70th
Birthday Exhibition • Until Nov.
64 1120 Brunette Ave.,

First Son: Portraits by CD.
Hoy
Collection of black and white
portraits by on of Canada's first
Chinese-Canadian
photographers, Chow Dong
Hoy. • Evergreen Cultural
Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way,
Coquitlam • Until Nov. 27
Surrey Seen
Four exhibits on the theme of
Surrey: Surrey Scenes,
REMIXX.sur.RE, One River
(running), Surrey_cine. •
Surrey Art Gallery, 88th Ave. at
King George Hwy. • Opening
celebration, Sunday, 2-5 p.m.
Exhibit runs until Dec. 18
Museum of Anthropology
Current exhibits: VUEguide
Multimedia Tour; New

Vancouver Maritime
Museum
On the Waterfront: Forgotten
Images, Remembered Stories;
Treasures from the Maritime
Museum's Archives; RCMP
Arctic Schooner St. Roch. •
1905 Ogden Ave. •604-2578300, www. Vancouver
maritimemuseum.com

Coming
JackDarcus
Spring at Jericho Park and
recent paintings — works in
egg tempera. • Omega Gallery,
4290 Dunbar St. • Opening
reception, Oct. 27,6-8:30 p.m.
Exhibit runs until Nov. 19 •
604-732-6778
Etsuko Inoue Art Exhibition
Japanese water colour
paintings. •Steeps Tea
Lounge, 895 W. Broadway •
Opening reception Nov. 4,7-9
p.m. Exhibit runs until Jan. 31 •
604-266-0048