Page 12, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, Decomber 27, 1995 Durham Free-Net mfo.session upcoming An information 'session about Durham Free-Net will be held at Henry Street High Sehool, room 307, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7 te 8:30 p.m. There will be discussion of Durham's community-based computer resource facility, how te use it to get access to, area and national information databases, and how to send Internet mail anywhere in the world. The session is being presented by the Whitby Public Library and Durham Free-Net, and registration begins Jan. 10 at the library, in person (after Jan. 10, by telephone). There will be acceas te the Free-Net at the library early in 1996. Public access terminaIs will b. installed in the children's and adult fiction department and the reference department. The Rossland and Brooklin branches will aIse have Free-Net terminals. At the McLaughlin Calgary artist's 'truth mant' The Robert McLaughlin Gallery wilî hold an exhibition of works by an internationally-acclaimed artist whose mission in life has been "te say the truth ofthings in flowing paint." 0f the same era as the Group of Seven, Janet Mitchell stands among the first generation of Calgary-based artista respensible for introducing contemporary art ideas te Calgary in the 1940s. Born in 1912, Mitchell grew up in Calgary's northwest district of Sunnyside. As a young woman she worked as a chambermaid for the. Lake Louise, Banff Springs and Paîliser hôtels. Beginning to paint early in life, she foünd that the truth of things îay hidden, flot "neat and tidy" in the front streets of Calgary, but in the unkept, unguarded, unknown back alleyways of the city,. Mitchell trained herself in, automatie drawing - a technique in which artists paint without conscious involvement, training themselves te paint fromn the subconscious. She also used self- hypnosis. j Her work combines the subtleties of abstraction, interest in local landscape, expressienism and primitivism with a childlike passion for colour. Inspired by Van Gogh, Chagal and Klee, she has nonetheless evolved a style of her own.. The exhibition, which begins PUB & RESTAURANT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEKEND - 9pm to iam with STEVE RAEBURN- I 4F 44 f ir 4FI£v SIDown East Style with Live Band Tickets $30.00 per person Jan. il and continues until March 3, was curated and circulated by the Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary. At he baurtï~iy TAES FOR TOTS, STORYilR The popular Tales for Tots and Storytime programs will begin again in January at the Whitby Public Library. Tales for Tots, for those aged two and three, is being held in Tuesday and Wednesday morning sessions, starting Jan. 23; Storytime, on Wednesdays afternoons, for those aged four and five, begins Jan. 24. Rqffistration 18 in person only on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at the library. After that date (if spaces are left), registration is by telephone only. CRES AND CAPERS Codes and crime-solving will be the subject of Crimes and Capers, for those'aged eight te 12, at the Whitby Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 4. Registration is by telephone (668-6531). THE bMITEN The classic folktale, The Mitten, will be narrated on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2:15 te 3 p.m., at the Whitby Public Library, for those aged five te seven. Registration is by telephone (668-6531). Whitby School of 1Music 666-8780 ,of Whitby) Santa gave you a piano, keyboard, guitar, violin, saxophone, flute, 40 clarinet or trumpet! d4% Ca/I us and Iearn to play it. 103 Dundas St. W., e Whitby Eleanor Gummer, Director \M\I M 11(1 IA(L. tR(-V.RMT -2 rokSuh,.i JEFF KELLAR tends to Dan Kapp (seated) in the electric chair while Steve Darling and Nicole Landry frolic in the background in a scene from Durham Shoestring Performers' first major musical, Assassins. ft wilIl be presented Jan. 19-21 and 25-27 at the Arts Resource Centre in Oshawa. The $8 tickets are available at Walter's Music Centre and Information Oshawa. Calil Carolyn Wilson at 725-9256 for more information. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press IF owant oik, at' you1 busiess Ifyouwant te stop,I Jthat's ours. Cail Alcoholics Anoyos aâ102 B ookings begin for the 'ki ds puppet. troupe Bookings are underway for Kids "'on the Block, a troupe of life-sized I puppets that present entertaining/educational skcits about social issues. Performances are approimately 40 minutes long, including a question-and-answer peïiod. The eveming troupe presents on Wednesdays, and has openings for niid-January until June 12. The evening troupe's- topics include diabetes, divorce and cerebral palsy. The day troupe will be available from February until June 12 and will present on Wednesday afternoona te local schools. Their topics include childhood leukemia, fire safety and learning disabilities. For more information on bookinig a visit, caîl Suzanne at 436-0925.. NÃEW YEAR'S EVE DANCEM A New Year's Eve dance will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Brock Street North, Whitby. Cost is $40 per couple, wbich includes hot and cold buffet, party favours, door prizes and spot dances. For more information, cal Martin Turpin at 666-1071 or Alex Burke at 668-063. NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE The VWtby Lions Club will.hold a New Year's Eve dance. at Heydenshore Pavilion. Cost is $30 per person and* includes refreshments, hot and cold plate, door prizes. For tickets, caîl 668- 8265 or 723-6890. the hdifer & lte kalit' IUtLd. Pub & Restaurant 101 Mary St. W., Whitby I430-7200 ENTERTAINMENT Fri., Dec. 29th & New Year's Eve 9 pm Io 1 arn ANDREW HEATHCOTE SUNDAY NUGNT JAM WiIl resumne Jan. 7th with Andreiv Heathcote E.P.L.SOCCER Wednesday, Dec. 27th - m MAN. UTD. s. NEWCAýSTLE $5 Cover Monday, Jan. 1lst - 3 pmn TO1TENHAM vs. MAN. UT $5 Cover New Year's Eve Tickets $24.95 and $29.95 plus tax Incudes 3 course meal, champagne at midnite and party favours. 3000 Garden St., Whitby (Loblaws Plaza) BANQUET FACILITIES -~ L.L.B.O. e WE DELI VER CALL FOR RESERVATIONS e 666-2626 a