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Whitby Free Press, 19 Jan 1994, p. 13

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Whltby Free Pres, Wednesday, January 19, 1994, Page 13 W-ine -tasting planned by Station Gallery An evenng cf wine tasting wtll be offered'by The Station Gallery ti Whitby on Saturday night, Jan. 29. w'Grapes cf Winter's Wrath' hosted by Barb and Joe Novaf and Belinda and Jeif SolIy, wïll Include a selection of fine wines, hors d'oeuvres and desserts. Cost ta $26 per peyson. Cal the gallery for more information. 'Civilizations' senies upeonmg DIRECTOR Carolyn Wilson works with Jeif Kellar (left) and Whitby resident Ken Bond on a scene fram Durham Shoestring Performers' production of 'Fool For Love.' Ranked among award-winning playwright Sam Shepard's best work, Fool For Love will be Presented It was at different turnes and ti different watys but both -Caroly Wilson and k.i Bond cf tMhe Durham Shoestring Performers admit they were "hooked" by Sami Shepard's 'Fool for Love,' the upoeming Shoesting produc- tion. Wilson recalîes seing the one- act play in Toronto in the mid- eihties. I said when I grow up, ]Pm ging te, do that play, says Wison, director cf the Shoe- string version cf the intense draina that she feels is "often not fun te watch, but it's compel- 9 T'oo1 for Love,' two levers, pEa1ed b Susan Lowery and Ken nd are reunited after a iengthy separatien. The play takes place in a sleazy motel rooni, with two other characters, 0 ayed by Jeff Keilar and Ron Windling. Wilson says the play is a "gem cf piaywrightîng,» but is meant te be seen, net read -- it's almost Shakespearean in that regard.» And Shepard's depiction of Jan. 28, 29 and Feb. 3-5 at 'the Arts Resource Centre in Oshawa. Tickets are available at Walters Music Centre or Informa- tion Oshawa. Cali 725-9256 for more infor- mation. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press "four very, very reai people» represents a ustretch for ail four cf the actors.» Bond agrees, noting his role as Eddie, a rodeo cowboy, «presen- ted itsel as a real chailenge." MLter working in the Shoe- string Performers' season open- ing 'Seven Stories in November, he read the Shepard phly only last year and, struck by the ahnost «dyafunctional" nature of the Eddie role, decided to audi- tion for the part. He notes that the love relation- ship between Eddie and May is a «controversial one," and that the întýnsity of the drapia is broken onl by momnents e_ emic relief and he -shift in plo~. "People who are'interested in draina will go away thinking about this production,» says Bond, a Winnipeg, Man. native who moved te Whitby 10 years Th& Whitby Inn àRestaurant & S orts Bar Dining Room Specials Thursday, Frkly & Satrday Full Rack of Ribs $11.95 Prime Rib $9.95 SPORTS BAR SPECIAL MAordy b Thuscay 4pm-clos jug (60z disc boer $12, (-Buyo-neentréatregularprkce i 1 equlor Iessrvalue)I 1 Not b e mbnd wth ary othsp«dIW. 1 The video series 'Givilizattons' will b. held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa in February.. 'Iraq:. The Cradie of Civiliza- tion' will be shown Feb. 1, 2 p.m.; 'Central America: The Burden of TMme' is on Feb. 8, 2 p.m.; 'The Choral festival is upcominig The Royal Canadian Colleg!a cf Organists (Oshawa and District Centre) will present the eighth annual Choral Festival on Sunday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., at Coliege Park Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1164 King St. E., Oshawa. Admission is free. Ail are weicome te attend the progm cf hynins, organ and choral music. Reco>rd show o>n Suinday The l6th Whi tby Record Show will be held at Heydenshore Pavilion on Sunday, Jan. 23, il a.m. te 4 p.m. There wili be new and old tapes, CDs, posters, videos, 459 and 78s. Admission is $3. For more informatton cali Alex is 728-5369. Barbarian Wéet on Feb. 15, 2 p.m. Admission ta fre.. Answers to Whitby Trivia from page 1l 1. Whitby's Merryweather steam t ire orngine was used 10 cook hot dogs at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1930. After that date il dlsappeared, perhaps being used for scrap in World War Il. 2. The Venerable A N. Bethune, Archdeacon of Toronto, laid the cornerstone for Ail Saints' Anglican Church. 3. Athough the County Home plot was established at Groveside Cemnetery in the 1 930s, no markers were put on the graves until 1958. 4. John Robarts, Premier of Ontario, opened Whitby General Hospital as the Dr. J. 0. Ruddy General Hospital on May 14, 1970. - Shoestringers hooked by Shepard pla-y

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