Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 25, 1990 B9

The best from the stacks

by Harriet Flaagesund

Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery Juvenile fiction published by McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Life at 60 Gay Street in Toronto is anything but gay for 11-year-old Victoria Jane Stuart. She lives there with her sweet,

sad mother and sharp-tongued grandmother.

Her grandmother rules their lives completely. Jane’s life is hopelessly dreary. It seems as though she will never be allowed to

think for herself,

Then a mysterious letter arrives one day, and Jane’s life is turned upside down, The father she always believed to be dead is alive! .

He wants Jane to spend the-summer with him in far-away | Prince Edward Island. But she doesn’t want to go when she learns she may have been the reason for her parents break-up.

But her father is not about to be thwarted, so Jane resigns herself to a lonely summer away from her mother. But she’s in for a big surprise when she finally meets her father for the first time!

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s stories are timeless. They are as fresh today as when they first appeared in print. Her first novel, published in 1908, was Anne of Green Gables.

Plain Noodles by Betty Waterton Juvenile fiction published by Groundwood

Captain Figg and his wife live in a lighthouse. Mrs. Figg is very lonely because her babies have grown up. They’re now the Famous Flying Figgs, of the circus. .

One day while down on the beach, Mrs. Figg discovers a boat full of babies! Three-year-old Rosie is the gang leader of this band of wandering bambinos.

Before she knows it, Mrs. Figg is too busy to be lonely. She has babies from the very top of the lighthouse all the way down to the bottom! .

This is a delightful Easy Book. Rosie and her gang are un- . forgettable!

_~ See You In Second Grade by Miriam Cohen. Juvenile fiction published by Greenwillow Books

It’s the end-of-the-year beach picnic for First Graders.Paul, Danny, Jim, Géorge and Anna Maria. Now they’re ready to move on to Second Grade. But being old enough for Second Grade is kind of scary.

They'd all much rather stay in First Grade with their teacher.

‘Bit she explains that it’s good to go into Second Grade because

they are now ready to learn new things.

Dead Poets Society

Starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke. Produced by Steven Haft and Paul Junger Witt.

Directed by Peter Weir. Rating:

PG. Running Time: 128 min- ules,

Robin Williams is John Keating, a rebellious but cons- cientious English teacher at his alma mater, a strict boys’ boarding school.

It is 1959. The school ad- ministrators are not about to break with long-standing tradi- tions. What worked for the founding fathers’ will work for them. Individual thinking is not encouraged.

But John Keating believes dusty traditions should be relegated to the back shelf of the closet. His teaching methods reflect his unorthodox views. Views like having the students rip the introduction out of their poetry book (why accept someone else’s interpre- tation?) to having them stand

Credit due

In a review of Angry Housewives, the Arts Club Theatre production staged in Terrace April 11, we failed to give credit to the Terrace Little Theatre for being. the co-sponsor that helped make: - the local performance possible.

Our thanks and apologies to the TLT crew.

R.E.M. Lee Theatre — . @ May 20 — Miss Terrace crowning night.

‘Terrace Art Gallery —

Northern Motor Inn, George’s Pub — @ Silver Spurs.

The Terrace inn — @ Gigi’s — “The Manila Boys” ®@® Augie’s — “Stage Hogs”.

Royal Canadian Legion, Sranch 13 — @ April 27 and 28 — “The Mothballs”. @ May 4 and 5 — “Rocky Tops”.

Kitimat Mount Elizabeth Theatre —

Day’”’.

Prince Rupert Performing Arts Centre —

guest mime artist Robert Ziegler.

Inn of the West —

| Northwest Arts and Entertainment Calendar

@ Until April 26 — Vikki MacKay and Joanne Thomson with “Sisters — . Images of the North”; multi-media; oil, water, acrylic, pencil. @ April 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Spring Arts & Crafts Show.

@ April 25 and 26 — “Apple Pie”, “Take Five” and “A Typically Atypical - @ May 3, 7 p.m. — Bridal Fair, fashion show and boutiques. —

@ May 5, 8 p.m. — Kitimat Community Band Concert. @ May 10 — Green Thumb Theatre presents “Land of Trash”.

@ April 26 to 28, 7:30 p.m. — Skeena Zone Drama Festival, regional live theatre competition. Two entries from Terrace Little Theatre on April 27. @ April 30, 7 p.m. — “In the Beginning”, Spectrum Dance Theatre and

® May 3 to 5 — B.C. annual Jazz Dance Competition.

@ April 25 — Secretaries’ Luncheon in Fanny's Lounge.

on top of his desk to get a dif- ferent view of the world around them.

The students soon come to revere Keating. They revive the Dead Poets Society, a secret group in which members read poetry to one another. But the DPS is strictly forbidden by the administration; getting caught could mean expulsion.

This is an excellent movie! There is a suicide scene near the end of the film that might. not be suitable for young children.

Cookie

Starring Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd. Produced by Laurence Mark. Directed by Susan Seidelman. Rating: R. Running time: 94 minutes.

Cookie (Emily Lloyd) is mobster Dino Capisco’s (Peter Falk) daughter. Dino has spent the last ten or fifteen years in prison for some very nasty union business.

Cookie, much to her father’s

Dining Room.

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by Robert Q. Smith | General Manager

SUPER SUNDAYS

AT THE TERRACE INN

We now offer a Buffet Brunch on Sundays between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Enjoy hot and cold entrees from our 24’ buffet table. It’s Terrace’s best buffet and available every

Sunday. Adults are $10.95; Seniors $7.95 and children $5.95. (Under 5 are Free.) Also we have a Sunday Evening Buffet at the same price between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Super Sun- days for great food at the new Terrace Inn.

KERMODEI DINING ROOM

Our bright new dining room is now open from 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Whether its breakfast, lunch or dinner you’ll en- joy the attractive surroundings and fine food of the Kermodei

BED & BREAKFAST

Our room rates now include a Full Breakfast in the Dining Room. The Terrace Inn daily rates are from $49 per room and now offer, in addition to room and breakfast, a complimen- tary pass to the Terrace Aquatic Centre plus a Bonus Coupon Book packed with valuable discount vouchers for Terrace stores, shops and attractions. Recommend the Terrace Inn to

“‘AFTER 5’? WIND DOWN >

Our cozy lounge is the ideal place to unwind after a busy day. Piano stylings by Glen Fossum and complimentary hot hors d’oeuvres. Join us Monday to Friday from 5:00 p.m. to

c. 4551 Greig Avenue, Terrace, B.C. Phone: 635-6630 Fax: 635-2788 TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-8156

dismay, is a chip off the old block. Girls are supposed to be made of sugar and spice, not pickling vinegar and epsom salts.

Dear old dad has finally been paroled. He swears to Lenore (Dianne Wiest), his mistress and Cookie’s mother, that he’s going straight. But first he has some unfinished business to clear up with Carmine Tarran- tino.

Tarrantino owes Dino a lot of money which he’d rather not pay back. He’d like nothing better than to see Dino back in prison.

The FBI would be happy to comply. A couple of agents are following Dino around, just waiting for him to goof up his parole.

Cookie comes up with an in- genious scheme to recover Dino’s money... and get the FBI off his back. It’s so simple it might even work!

This is a good movie. Cookie has more brass than the navy!