1111-F-A __R_T_ _A __L_E_ _R_T_I MAIN STREET .~!!~. .~2~. ,£!:~~l. .~!~!!. ~!~!l!!!!~E!:.,. byA.nne DeGrace themes ranged from Phantom of the Opera by John ,7"'1'7 . 0 It's been days since the Snively's dental office, to Celestial Fish by Shannon National Exhibition Centre's Murphy and Ross Steed. Custom creative fundraising event Elec- Irie Chairs, and my cheeks still Monies raised from the event are still being tallied, but estimates run around the $4,000 mark. Screen printing hurt from laughing. Auctioned Let's hope this becomes an annual thing... next year Fast • In-house Service . were fifteen wild and wonderful could we expect, say, Titillating Toasters? Mad Hat• Minimum Order: chairs created for the event by area artists. Aue- ters? Doors to the Soul? ONLY 12 ITEMS tioneering was Bill Next up at the Richardson, well NEC, beginning Sep- Perfect for Teams, known to us CBC tember 24, is The Companies, loyalists and whose Wonder of Wood, an Special Events new book Queen of exluoition examining #102, 402 Baker St., Nelson all the DustbaJ/s is the science and 3s2-n12 due to hit the beauty of wood from shelves this fall. the Manitoba It was a fun and Museum of Man and funny night. The Nature. NEC Electric Chair Committee de- Opening Septem- finitely chose the ber 23 at 7:00 p.m. right person for the at Rosy's Cappuc- job, as Richardson cino Bar is Frank harangued, cajoled, Baranyai's First An- coaxed, inveigled nual Art Show and and wheedled the Hot Sauce Festi- two hundred-odd val(!) innocent arts sup- "My art is meant porters, who mean- to make people while split their smile," says Frank, sides laughing as whose show includes they tearfully bid the tantalizing one hundred · no, chicken series two hundred - wait Bill Richardson auctions off another chair Kootenay Kluckers. four hundred and For the opening, be fifty dollars for a sure to bring your own variation of hot sauce single ( though amazing) chair. (Frank's favourite food). Rosy's providing the chips. The chairs were just great. Chairs by Ruth Parish, Maggie Tchir, Gordon Seward, and Steve Schmidt were among the highest dollar fetchers, and Continued on page 8 No TE sl Civic ....... Highlights the Blues •,•··•·•······•··-•······-:-:-:-·-·.·.·.·.·.·.;;-.········;':'•"•"•"•"•"• -~---·······················-·.·········-·.·-·-·-·-·.·.·-·.·-·.·.·.·.·.·.·-·.·.·-·-·-·-·.·.·-·-·-·-·~-----·-·.·-·-----·- by Steve Thornton to break into a mailbox. Yesterday, Bonnie was tied Well, it turned out all right, once they found out up at the police station, so Phil she works at the Conk, and poor Phil has to put up the janitor tried to find a re- with a receptionist who won't take his misogynist placement for her at the Club comments, and definitely doesn't want a massage. Conquistador. Kind _of ticked He has a date with Dawna for this Friday, however. i;;;,;;;====~ me off, that. You may see them at the Civic Rote~ where Harp- "Phil, she's not going to jail," I said. "She'll be dog Brown and The Bloodhounds are playing Friday back tomorrow." But Phil doens't like Bonnie - and Saturday. This band plays everything from deep she's too smart, he says - so he invited Evelyn and blues to funk, and they're very good - I wish we Dawna over to ---,,--_,,,===-...,... could get them at the Conk, but the KC>C>TENAY CO-OP apply for her job as receptionist. 2'£,o has a better "Look," I said to • dance floor any- Dawna, "you don't way. Mark Brown want to work is Harpdog, and around Phil any- he plays "razor way. On top of sharp harmonica" everything else, he's a misogynist." according to his press release. He Reeional Oreanic . Dawna gave me a is "an articulate APPLE CROPS blank look, but Evelyn's ears gentleman of the blues," and easily Now Arrivine!! perked up. worth the $4 'Wow" she said cover charge. gazing a Phil. love a good mas- "i ...,-~L.li• You could pay more for a lot less 10%OFF sage!" Over Phil's at other bars. MACINTOSH objections, I in- sisted that we wait Speaking of other bars, the Case & Bulk Prices for Bonnie. Royal Inn has an ( Active Member SPecialJ The problem act worth check- was, we didn't Harpdog Brown and the Bloodhounds at the Civic ing out: Off the Watch for know how much Wall plays trouble she was in. Earlier, she had rushed out to buy country and folk this week at the Royal, and on Sun• KOOTEN~Y~PP£ECIOER a card for her great-aunt Edna, who was down with days at the Royal there's now a jam from 6:00 to Startine October emphysema from smoking for 50 years. Hurriedly, 10:00 p.m. organiz.ed by Bill Woikin, so bring your she had picked one out, mailed it, and then realized guitar. she'd left her purse inside by the card racks. Back in- Rosy's doesn't have any music lined up for a We welcome non -members' side she discovered to her horror that right next to little while, but stay tuned. And for something the "Get well" cards was a stack of "Farewell" cards completely different, try soprano V. Millicent Scar- To become a member, jusf inqui,e af fhe Member Service Boofh. and she had sent one that said, "Goodbye to Some~ Jett with pianist Alison Minkus on Tuesday, Septem· one Special" to her seriously ill aunt. "She'll probably ber 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the CIC chapel. □ 9:30- 6:00 Monday to Saturday, Fridays 'til 9:00 die when she reads this!" she said, and ran outside, AddftSS your comments, suggestions and questions 1o MUSIC, 295 Baker Street, Nelson, 354 - 4077 where she was arrested a few minutes later for trying