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                                                                                                                     A Waldorf Inspired
                                                                                                                    Program for Children
                     Gordon Mackie at                                                                                               FALL                                          Burgersand Steaks
                     Nelson Museum, and Artwalk(s)                                                                          PROGRAMS:                                         EnglishFish and Chips

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                                                                 his hand                             at new things,• Kindergarten - Preschool
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                           t's good to see another show with more imaginative works in the future.
                     I     by long-time Kootenay resi-          "I guess in_the back of my ~d I'm always~
                         dent Gordon Mackie now ex- 'what am I gomg to do next? Probably the next bme
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                         hibiting paintings at 'the Nel- around it willbe entirely ~erent again," he ~d.              care           ·· ···•         "v.
                         son Museum. Formerly in- prolong~d
structor at the original KSA, DTUC, and Selkirk
                                                                           car woes with my (otherWise)_ lovely
                                                               old valiant have prevented me from seemg the
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College, and with years of work in the commerc_ial Salmo Stroll, Salmo's artwalk .. I'll get there yet,
art field Mackie has taken that accrued expertise          but artlovers should make their way there soon,           2428 Ymir Road, Nelson
and tedbnical skill and                                    because the lineu 's great. There are twelve               352-2263 or 352-5584
turned it to the canvas.                                                                 venues and thirteen ar-      Natural Education for the
The result is a careful                                                                  tists showing this sum-             natural child
methodical and very sue~                                                                 mer, including oil paint-
cessful study of method,                                                                 ings by Sally Peebles,
light and colour.                                                                        wonderful fantasy steel
     "A lot of the thingsI do                                                            sc~pture . by Andrew                                      Fresh Baked Goods
are first-time efforts simply                                                            Ramey, quilts by Doreen                                   Organically Grown Grains
                                                                                                                                         ~ t.
because I didn't do those
things when I was doing
commercial work," he said.
                                                                                         Flemming and Aimee
                                                                                         Stensrud, and water-
                                                                                         colours by Barb Myers.
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''They're done simply be-                                                                These comple1!l~~t the
cause I'm interested in
seeing if I can do them."
                                                                                         year-round exhibition of
                                                                                         stone m~rals. o~ several
                                                                                                                                                              THIS WEEK!
     When           discussing
paintings such as the im-                      ,    .    . .                        .
                                                                                         of Salmo s bwldmgs.. .
                                                                                         N~lson's Artwalk IS m          APPLE
pressionistic rendering of CanadaDay 92, oll painting by Gordon Mackie
the streetcar and people at
Lakeside Park, Canada Day '92, it was the people,
                                                                                              its final show. Some
                                                                                         best bets for this mc_,~th
                                                           are, at Gallery of the Kootenays, truly exqms1te
                                                                                                                        BLUEBERRY                                           $ 4 28
and the quality of light on the scene that caught his jewellery design by Max "the jeweller" Frobe, and
eye, to see "if I could get that light." In 1st Hole, 9th Jacqui Reed's swim!Ilers, torsos ~hat appear em-
                                                                                                                        STRUDEL                 Reg.1.50 SALE           +GST       ~
Green it was the light on the trees he wished to cap- mersed as they swtm across plinths, are really



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ture. He added golfers for interest within the com- remarkable_. ~oollee .McDonnell has so1!le f~e
position. Often, Mackie alters a scene through care- flower studies m acrylic, a _departure [or _thisart~st,
ful overpainting to make it work compositionally.          and Diane . Heinz_e contmu_es to mtngue with



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     Two paintings that particularly struck me for moody acrylic and mk figurative works.


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their skill, as fine watercolours as I've seen anywhere, yz-ootenay School of the Arts now has its '93f94
are two harbour scenes taken from Port Hardy.              .a.calendar out, and some courses are already
While Mackie enjoys this illustrative approach, he beginning to fill up. Check this column next week for
also likes to take quite different directions, as shown a run-down, but in the meantime drop in to the office
in the collage work in the show. Not one to allow on the third floor of city hali or call 352-8258.
himself to become bored with a style or subject, Comments? Drop them off or mall them 1o The Express, 554              295 Baker Street, Nelson 352-227 4
                                                         Ward SL,Nelson B.C.VlL 1S9.



               Mus                     I c_A_L __                          N_o_T_E_s_l
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                       by Heather Hutchinson               rounded by the beautifull mountains and pure clean
                              It's Rock and Twang air and skies. Should be a blast!
                       week-end in Rossland. Twenty            Well here's a familiar face and sound. AlphaYay.t
                       bands, 2 stages, 2 great days of Diallo and Bating, his five piece band, play Highlife
                       music, dancing and fun in the and Traditional African music at the Silverton Gallery
                       sun on Red Mountain.                on Sunday August 22, starting at 7:30p.m. Some of you
                           As of this writing, the line- may remember him as the lead guitar player with
                       up for Stage 2 includes Glenn Fatala the last time the group came through.
 Knowles, No Excuse, Open                                                             He formed his back-up
                                                                                                                              KOO                             ENAY

                                                                                                                             CO-OP
 Jamming session, Planetary                                                      band , Bating in 1992 and since
 Refugees, Pierre Beau, Dennis                                                   has performed successfully in
 Gunn and a lot more of No Ex-                                                   Vancouver area clubs, concerts,
 cuse. But I bet you a guitar                                                    and festivals. The multi-in-
 pick or a drum stick there's                                                    strwnentalist is known for his
 going to be more than a few                                                    tight guitar playing. He com-
 surprises.                                                                     bines the Manding and Foulah
      Bring your instruments and                                                guitar style with contemporary
your drums! Saturday and Sun-                                                   jazz sounds. Bating also benefits
 day have an open drumming                                                      by Alpha's strong balafon and                Logona Cosmetics .... 15°/o off
 circle during the 4:30-6:00din-                                                Djembe playing. As lead
 ner break.                                                                     vocalist, he sings in Sous Sous,             Books ...................        15% off
      One last time here is the                                                 Malinke, Foulah, French and
line up for the Main Stage Satur-
day and Sunday. There will be
                                                                                some English. Should be some
                                                                                fun dance. I've heard a demo
                                                                                                                             Westsoy Soymilk
programsavailable at the gate.                                                  tape and it sounds great!                    1 Litre - Reg. 2.99 ....... SPECIAL $2.19
Music gets underway at 10:45on                                                       Cosmic Dust blows into
Saturday with From Earth fol- Canada'scountry sweetheart
lowed by 1ne Nerv, Colleen Ec- Patricia Conroy.in concert Sunday
                                                                                the Subpub on Friday night                   Celestial             Seasonings               Teas
                                                                               with their own unique blend of
cleston, Feeding Llke Butterfljes, night at Rock & Twang.
8750, the Open Drumming
                                                                               jazz funk and fusion, starting_at             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPECIAL    2Qo/oOff
                                                                               9 p.m. Members of the band m-
Circle and Dinner, Roots Round-up and Spirit of the clude Jim Templeton, Gary Edighoffer, Clipper
West                                                      Anderson, Myles Kennedy and Scott Reusser, who
                                                                                                                             Lifestream                Kettle Chips
      Sunday starts at 10:45with Ross Steed, followed you may remember from their appearances in town                        Reg. 2.09 .............             SPECIAL           $1.49
by No Excuse, TerryB.Moore and The Dirty Fenders, before or from their appearance at the Kaslo Jazz
Buffalo Taxi, Second Nature, Open Drumming and Festiv~ a couple of weekends back. Remember-                                             Specials in effect August 5-31, 1993
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dinner, Patricia Conroy and the Skydiggers.               members and guests only.
      Sets run anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour                                                                                  Specialpric•areloractivemembersonly.
                                                               Other events in the area this weekend: Friday
and a half. Stage 2 has short sets that are meant to fill night, Hair of the Dawg out at Chillers Pub, the
in the time, most musically, while the Main Stage un- Moonhogs play the Civic Hotel in Nelson all
dergoes set up for the next group. All in all con- weekend long and the Beat Oven plays                                                     e w comenon-mem                  ers
tinuous music all the day long.                           Rockingham's in Rossland on Friday. It looks like a          9:30-6:00 Monday to Saturday, Fridays'tll 9:00
      Music Music Music, camping, dancing, singing busy weekend coming up-you'ld better take your
and playing all at the base of Red Mountain sur- vitamins. Have fun!
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