The record, 8 mai 1987, Supplément 1

ownships week r Friday, May 8 m ¦ - OlOgl Be.aiott 2—TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987 Whimsical tale takes Toronto film-maker to Cannes By Ina Warren The Canadian Press “Having done really well in kindergarten, you’re now invited to lecture at university.” That’s how Toronto film-maker Patricia Rozema describes the selection of her intimate, low-budget first feature film, I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, for the influential Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.The festival, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, opens today.And Rozema will be there along with actress Sheila McCarthy, star of the quirky little $350,000 movie shot on 16-mm film.The other Canadian film being shown at the Fortnight — where Denys Arcand’s The Decline of the American Empire first tasted success last year — is Jean-Claude Lauzon’s Un Zoo la nuit.On the surface, J’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing is a whimsical tale told with disarming directness by Polly, a hapless secretary with a private passion for photography.DEVELOPS CRUSH The shy, awkward woman has just been hired by an art gallery curator (Quebec actress Paule Baillargeon).Polly develops a worshipful crush on her elegant new boss, who is given to describing the art passing through her gallery as “work coming from half lives, half lived.” Polly ends up sending her own photographs to the gallery under a pseudonym, but hears the curator pompously dismiss them as trite.Because of the rejection, Polly is able to see the curator’s true face and regains her artistic vision.Although some viewers might be disturbed by Polly’s surprising streak of vindictiveness, Rozema describes Mermaids as a warm-spirited film that pokes fun at authority.“In a way it’s my story,” the 28-year-old film-maker said in a telephone interview.“It’s me overthrowing my authorities.For instance, I was seriously anti-religious for a while.” Indeed, Cannes, the flashy Riviera film bash, is a long way from Rozema’s strict Dutch Calvinist roots in southern Ontario.Rozema said that when she was a child, her parents wouldn’t allow her to watch movies or television.She didn’t see her first film — William Friedkin’s religious horror film, The Exorcist— until she was 16.BLEW ME AWAY’ “Given my religious upbringing, Here are the week’s Top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books as compiled by Maclean's magazine.Bracketed figures indicate position the previous week.FICTION 1 (1) Windmills of the Gods — Sheldon 2 (3) Fine Things — Steel 3 (2) The Eyes of the Dragon — King 4 (7) Destiny — Beauman 5(4) The Radiant Way — Drabble 6 (5) Whirlwind — Clavell 7 (6) Shan — Van Lustbader 8 (8) The Panic of '89 — Erdman 9 (10) The Ladies of Missalonghi — McCullough 10 (-) Winter Hawk — Thomas NON-FICTION 1 (1) Close Pursuit— Stroud 2 (2) His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra — Kelley 3 (3) Controlling Interest: Who Owns Canada?— Francis 4 (4) Boone — Pickens 5 (5) The “I” of the Hurricane — McNeil 6 (6) The Fitzgeralds and the Ken-nedys — Goodwin 7 (7) Vimy — Berton 8 (8) Echoes in the Darkness — Wambaugh 9 (-) More Advice from the Back Doctor — Hall 10 (9) Hot Money — Naylor ooiffure _ £Jlit du Temps €lle et £ui ¦ 5 7vW — Juwii’xeillc it blew me away.I had absolutely no resistance and I had nightmares for a long time.” As a student at Michigan’s Calvin College, she began to attend foreign film screenings and came to appreciate “why people get so excited about movies.” After college, she joined CBC’s The Journal in its early, heady days and worked on all kinds of stories — from Abby Hoffman to Cruise missiles.Although she loved the work, it somehow failed to satisfy her.“It’sahustle.You end up writing the stories around the gaps in your knowledge and you’re doing so many, you can’t really focus on one thing long enough.“You always have people irritated because their lives are being pared down into little TV clips.” So, she took a five-week night course in film-making at Toronto’s Ryerson Institute, and wrote her first film script.She also made her first film, Passion: A Letter.The half-hour drama, shot on 16-mm film, featured actress Linda Griffiths in an on-screen monologue about the conflict between her passion for excellence and her passion for her lover.It won a Silver Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival.WEARS MANY HATS For Mermaids, Rozema acted as writer, director, editor and coproducer.She admits she likes to have a lot of control, but adds: “I don’t know anyone who will work for as little money as I will, and I don’t know anybody who knows my mind as well as I do.” The budget came from Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Film Develop- ment Corp., the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council.The National Film Board pitched in with technical facilities.The really remarkable thing, comments Rozema, “is that at no point did anyone interfere — it was absolute freedom.” “It’s the kind of freedom you only get when you’re very small or very large.I’m not lured by large budgets and I don’t think my films will ever have tremendous mass appeal.” Rozema and Alexandra Raffe, the co-producer of Mermaids, have set up Vos Productions in Toronto to produce what they call “intelligent, alternative films.” Says Rozema: “Vos is my mother’s maiden name and it’s Dutch for fox; I guess you could say we’re doing Twentieth Centu-ry-Vos productions.” Ultraviolet light needed to see tags Top 10 books Although I have covered tagging to some degree, I don’t think I have done an explanation of the various types.In the past, there are three things that I have stressed on a somewhat regular basis.One was not to be in any hurry to rid yourselves of your duplicate stamps.Two, one stamp does not necessarily complete a series and three, the aquisition of an ultraviolet light is a necessity in collecting Canadian Stamps.This article should help in bringing these facts to life.On January 13, 1962, the Canadian post office introduced automatic cancelling equipment in the Winnipeg area.In order for this equipment to work, phosphorescent bands had to be applied to the vertical edges of stamps.The stamps used were the 1954-1962 Queen Elizabeth II Wilding portrait definitive issue.Winnipeg being the experimental city meant that it was only natural for the bands to become known as Winnipeg tagging.The first commemorative stamp to have phosphor bands applied was the 1967 one hundredth Anniversary of Confederation issue.Prior to this the experiment was kept to definitive and Christmas stamps.Phosphor bars were inked on the stamps by running rollers down the center of the perforations.A stamp listed as a Winnipeg two bar has in effect a bar on each edge measuring 3mm.Those listed as Winnipeg centre bar.have a 3mm bar running through the centre of the stamp only.Some stamps will be listed as Winnipeg one bar.In Stamp corner By Peter McCarthy this case, the bar may appear on either edge.This is due to the fact that tagging was applied through every second vertical perforation only.Figures 1, 2 and 3 illustrate normal Winnipeg tagging.These tags or bars are only properly seen under an ultraviolet light and, appear white.When the light is turned off, an after glow remains for a few seconds.Not wanting to get into paper types at this point, it should be mentioned though, that Winnipeg tags will show up differently according to the degree of fluorescence in the paper.In 1971, Ottawa or General tagging was introduced.Unlike the phosphorescent, this was fluores- cent tagging.The first of the fluorescent tagging is known as OP-4.This particular tagging migrated onto anything and everything it touched.The backs of stamps, album pages, and booklet covers.Because of this migration, stamps seen under the light will have an appearance of a Winnipeg tag.The distinguishing factor is that there is no after glow when the light is extinguished.Later in 1972, the OP-4 was replaced by an OP-2 tagging with a 3mm bar.Later still, the bar was widened by 1mm.By 1973, all stamps were general tagged with the OP-2, 4mm bar.This particular tagging when seen un der the light has a yellow appea ranee and will not migrate.When we talk about a three or four millimetre bar, this is the width of the full bar running down the centre of the perforations.When separated, each stamp actually has a half bar on each edge.All Canadian stamps are now tagged on all four edges.In so far as general tagged stamps are concerned, any devia tion from the two vertical edge or four edge application of tags is considered a variety.Fig.I - Winnipeg 2 bar.Fig.2 - Winnipeg centre bar.f5t $00-4410 Fig.3 - Winnipeg I bar (note how each stamp when separated has one bar).Fig.4 Fig.5 edges.Generally tagged, four After two-and-a-half-year battle, TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY.MAY 8.1987—3 Conseil de la culture settles into historic building By Laurel Sherrer SHERBROOKE — More than two years of lobbying for the privilege of buying and restoring a part of the historical Paton complex have finally paid off for the Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie.Two years ago the building at the comer of King St.W.and Belvedere was a shabby brick shell without windows, its walls liberally adorned with graffiti.Now it houses an attractive restaurant in its upper floor, and the spanking new offices of the Conseil in the basement.“It really makes a difference for the staff, to come to new offices that are modern, clean and bright,” said council president Louise Davis at a recent open house.But that wasn’t the main goal of the long battle to purchase the property, says Davis.The main goal was to preserve a part of the region’s architectural heritage that was threatened with demolition.The building is one of five at Belvedere and King Street W.in Sherbrooke that started out in 1866 as a spinning mill owned by Andrew Paton.At the turn of the century the A.Paton Manufacturing Company was recognized as the largest producer of wool in Canada, with an output worth three-quarters of a million dollars per year.In 1897 the Paton company employed 170 men, 72 women and 426 adolescents ranging from 12 to 18 years of age.OUTFITTED FORCES During the Second World War 95 per cent of the factory’s production was military uniforms.The company not only kept the Canadian army in uniforms, but also outfitted a large part of the Commonwealth forces.By 1950, the company employed 650 workers.But only a few years later the import of foreign products began to take its toll on the domestic textile industry.In 1974 the Paton company’s employees FIRST AID TIP BURNS AND SCALDS The size, location and depth determine how serious a burn is and whether the person's life is in danger.Burns on infants and the elderly are always serious.• Immerse the burn area in cold water to relieve pain • Cover the burn with dry, sterile dressing (no ointments) and bandage lightly • Monitor breathing when the burns are around the face • Transport to medical aid.numbered only 300.In 1978 the firm was forced to move from the Paton complex to more modest quarters on Woodward Street.By 1983 the company had disappeared from the city.The three buildings of the Paton property that are along King St.were sold to the Société d’habitation du Québec in 1978, which has since turned the two larger buildings into condominiums and low-rent apartments for the elderly.The Conseil de la culture first expressed its desire to purchase the smallest building in 1984, and for awhile the prospects didn’t look so good.WAS ENTHUSIASTIC While the Société d’habitation was at first enthusiastic about the council’s offer, it later objected to the council’s intention to rent part of the building to a commercial establishment (Tony’s restaurant).“They wanted financial guarantees, so that it wouldn’t be a white elephant,” said Davis.“And then the government didn’t want us to rent to an organization other than one that’s cultural.” Eventually the problem was worked out, and rental income from Tony’s was considered permissible because it will only help defray the council’s own costs; it won’t permit any profit.The council bought the building for $241,000.Tony’s restaurant and the council each have about 6,600 square feet of space.“Now I think everyone is happy,” says Davis.Davis says the council’s offices aren’t any larger or more accessible than the old ones on Wellington Street.But they have enabled the council to preserve a historic site, which was the main goal of the project.?J U f * Conseil de la culture president Louise Davis and director-general Marielle iMforce are pleased with the council’s new offices in the Paton complex, but they’re even happier to have saved a historic building from demolition.My life's been destroyed by a blind date and the critics think it's hilarious! .A farce that already WEEK! $2.50 qualifies as a screen classic!’ -Rex Reed, AT THE MOVIES KIM BASINGER BRUCE WILLIS C»M A1A CAPITOL 565 0111 59 KING est Sherbrooke c i » m i m-y .¦ ¦¦y’ wbw ATM STAR RELEASE rnrwiteMMBiK < 7 & 9 EVERY NIGHT The council was lucky, says Davis, to find the basic framework of the building still in such good condition, after several winters left open to the elements.Comfortably settled into the new offices since March 26, the three full-time workers and two others working on a contract basis should now be able to concentrate more on improving the council’s services to the cultural community of the Townships, says Davis.limrrTTTTIMIMTM '•mwfR CINEMAS CARREFOUR DE L ESTRIE 3050, bout.Portland, Sherbrooke 565-0366 11111 M 11111.ES w; ¦' /I _ .•• “‘UN MEN’ EXCELS.FlNYANDEmiE.”4 5WBAU inrcwttn i»»d m mi ml RMI TINMEN nnK_.~,.ara!fiRi HNmfi M W NWiMi IMr ¦ MUM! ¦¦¦¦bktaklfl Night: 7:05 - 9:15, Sat.and Sun,: 12:30 - 2:40 - 4:50 -7:05 - 9:15.11 I I I I I I I 11 I ITT.Night: 7:00 - 9:00.Sat, and Sun.: 12:15 - 2:15 - 4:15 -7:00 - 9:00 llllllllllllllllllll THE FATE OF THE FUTURE LIES HIDDEN IN THE PAST, SOMEWHERE ON EARTH.1986.CINEMA © Night: 7:15 - 9:35.Sat.and Sun.: 12:05 - 2:25 -4:45 - 7:15 ¦ 9:35 miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTn St John Ambulant* RECORD PERRY BEATON 4—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY.MAY 8, 1987 Art and Ecology: Artists take a variety of viewpoints By Laurel Sherrer SHERBROOKE — Working in the Peruvian deserts, artist Bill Vazan began to notice the tire tracks in the sand.Were the zig-zag patterns not reminiscent of aspects of the artwork of various ancient civilizations?he Gregory Keith’s ‘Banshee’ attributes certain human characteristics to a tree-like figure.On the Shores of Lake Massawippi at North Hatley, Que.The Finest Food and attentive service in an enchanting atmosphere.Lunch: 12 -14:00 Dinner: 18 - 21:30 An exciting Brunch buffet is served every Sunday (11:30 - 14:00).Reservations are appreciated.Only 15 minutes from Sherbrooke Tel.: (819) 842-2421 Keaiurrd ia L "Coanlr) lant 4 Back Road»" J ^^XJaMi^aaalr^lanwifAa^kaj^^ John Francis’s machine-animal figures provoke questions, as usual.He has entitled this one ‘Post Crispy Critter’.T—' ' iii'; thought.Why not make them part of his own art?That’s exactly what he’s done in his most recent work of art, completed this week in Sherbrooke’s own Jacques Cartier Park.The work consists of a circle, 48 feet in diameter, carved into the grassy turf in six-inch deep trenches, and criss-crossed with a series of zig-zag lines that look very much like the tire track of a gigantic vehicle.S Vazan is a land artist; instead of 3 painting on canvas or fashioning v figures out of clay, he rearranges £ boulders and carves into the ” earth’s surface to create his ar- S twork.His latest work in Jacques Car-tier Park was done as part of an exhibition called Evènement art et écologie, organized by the Regroupement des Artistes des Cantons de l’Est (RACE).FILL WITH FLOWERS The work is temporary, intended to be in the park only until the end of the month when the Art and Ecology show ends.That’s unless the city can be convinced to leave it there, perhaps filling the trenches with white crushed stone or flowers.Even for RACE, known for presenting art shows that are experimental and quite out of the ordinary at the Horace gallery, Vazan’s work is startling and different.But for Vazan, what he’s doing harks back to ancient eras at the same time as it attempts to take a leap forward.“This is somehow related to some earlier things that were done in southern England 2000 years ago,” he said.Ancient Celtic people used the same kind of turf-removal technique to create images of mammoth proportions carved into the ground that are still clearly defined today.Two of the most famous are the Uffington horse and the Cerne Abbas giant.Because these images were associated with Pagan religions, the advent of Christianity in these parts of the world meant many of them were destroyed.In recent years there has been a revival of land art, but there still isn’t much of it being done, Vazan said during a break from his shovelling early this week.He sees it as “another expression of the postmodernist revival of respect for ancient ways of working.” Unlike modernist art, the landdrawing he does makes direct reference to what people can understand, he says.SHAMAN’S READINGS Vazan has done seven pieces of land art in Peru, and in Canada is perhaps best known for a work completed in Chicoutimi in 1980, comprised of 330 granite boulders rearranged to form the configuration of a shaman’s readings of a successful caribou hunt.The work is 270 by 230 feet in area and seven feet high.Vazan is one of two guest artists from outside the region taking part in the Art and Ecology exhibition.The show, going on both at the Horace Gallery and the Jacques Car-tier pavillion (formerly the Théâtre de l’Atelier), also includes the work of some 30 artists from the Eastern Townships.The artists were given fairly free rein with the general theme area, says Horace gallery co-ordinator Sylvie Bernier.Some have chosen to do works that glorify natural beauty, while others have made more political statements about pollution and nuclear war.“There’s a clear denunciatory side to many of the works, while it’s more subtle in others,” said Bernier.In some the statement being made is more about the beauty of being in harmony with nature.The event is by far the largest endeavor of the gallery for the year, she said, and there’s more involved than just the art show There’s also a performance of Richard Martel’s play, Tchernobyl and a debate on art and ecology.The play is at 7:30 p.m.at the Jacques Cartier pavillion and is followed at 8 p.m.by the debate.The debate features University of Sherbrooke geography professor Romain Paquette, philosopher Jacques Dufresne, and art critic Guy Durand, and will be coordinated by history professor Jean-Pierre Kesteman.The Art and Ecology event goes on from May 8 until the 31.On the cover: Yvon Proulx, one of the 30 Townships artists taking part in the Horace Gallery’s Art and Ecology exhibition.Bill Vazan uses the earth itself as his canvas, creating humankind, are a sign of how human activity makes gigantic tire tracks that, like the footprints of early its mark on the environment.?hi ;% h WmM sifcit» ‘Ê&m Cop procedural novel spiced TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987—5 with outrageous scams BEACH ruroftim ptrw ^ovtxor cops, nir mo».'t> a su sstA» iKKjo—BVTtir rrcko or Of- tmcm:.‘fVriKnmMt mt>r.' —The Ti;»K5 BooK BOB LEUCI Ac moKO! ijftvu s oiscirtes Odessa Beach by Bob Leuci (SIGNET): $4.95.277 pp.Retired New York City policeman Bob Leuci, in addition to being the author of Doyle’s Disciples was also the subject of the movie and book Prince of the City, which was based on an episode of his police career.Odessa Beach is the latest novel from the cop-turned-writer in the Joseph Wambaugh tradition, and it combines America’s fascination with things Russian and with organized crime in a novel packed with local color, accurate dialects and scams that are outrageous enough to have been quite likely real.The opening of the novel is set in Moscow, where we meet Nikolai Zoracoff, a black marketeer who suddenly finds the action too hot for him in the Soviet capitol.With the help of his cop buddy he and his wife make their way to New York City where Niki begins a new life of crime, cheek by jowl with the Italian immigrants to the city who have about one hundred years of experience on him.Niki finds his way into the inner sanctum of some of the Big Apple’s “families”, when Paul Malatesta attempts to learn what Niki knows about a move against his family originating in the Old Country.With Niki’s restaurant called Moscow Nights as his headquarters, the Russian and his underlings, such as a cowboy hatted thug named Yuri, find themselves locked into a blood battle with mob figures such as Vinny “Ba Ba" Esposito, Frankie Musca, and an ironically named killer dwarf known as Carl Marx Syracusa.While the Russians versus the “native" Italians warfare is going down, an undercover cop named Alex Simon fights his own private little battle with the smooth agents of the F.B.I.who are crawling all over the Brooklyn streets trying to get a handle on Simon’s case.In spy thriller fashion, Simon has managed to befriend and “turn” the 290 pound “Ba Ba” Esposito, and uses him as an informant about the slippery moves of the mafia figures.Kaleidoscope Du mr'UABn I S’MkIEV By RICHARD LONEY As Odessa Beach unfolds all of these characters are kept spinning along at breakneck speed by author Leuci, as he creates a cop procedural novel with just enough touches of international intrigue and American paranoia about Russians to keep it quite interesting.Lie Down With Lions by Ken Fol-lett (SIGNET): $5.95, 373 pp.Updating the approach to his best-selling novels such as The Man From SJt.Petersburg, The Key To Rebecca, and Eye Of The Needle, British author Ken Follett tears a few pages out of yesterday’s newspapers for a book about the Russian involvement in Afghanistan.This story of a romantic triangle rivals ms oi or rw needu his sheer suspe nse WASHING I ON POST AUTHÔROE THE WAN IHO.W SE PETERSBURG begins in Paris, as Jane, a beautiful, independent Englishwoman falls in love with two men: Ellis, a mysterious American and Jean-Pierre, a French medical doctor.Jane is involved with a group of radicals and when it is learned that Ellis is a terrorist-buster working for the C.I.A., she is disillusioned about their affair, and decides to journey to Afghanistan to aid Jean-Pierre in his administering to the wounds and diseases of the rebel forces hiding in the hills from Russian assault troops.Pollett adds much detail about the tribal customs of the Afghans and the fierceness of these rough mountain people, and it is into this alien community that Jane brings the birth of her daughter Chantal.Soon she discovers that her second choice as a lover, the doctor Jean-Pierre has really deceived her as well.He is secretly tipping off the KGB’s intelligence agents about the whereabouts and manpower strengths of the rebels, leading to their continuing series of setbacks.Just as Jane has found that her second man is not what he seemed, Ellis returns to the scene.He has been sent by the C.I.A.to bring about some kind of accord between the savagely independent mountain rebels, hoping to entice them to be led by one of the most powerful of the village war-lords.With this consolidation of power and a mutual cooperation between the rebel leaders, it is hoped by the C.I.A.that the Russian dominance over the Afghans will be lessened.As the political and military aspect of the novel begins to work toward a climax, so too does Follett’s romantic triangle reach a dangerous pitch of intensity.His novel contains a better than average love story with startling decisions taken by the three principals, loads of local color about the Afghans bolstered by a short bibliography attesting to Follett’s homework having been done, and as a bonus, some of the international espionage scenarios that readers familiar with Ken Follett will recognize.Lie Down With Lions keeps the reader engaged on several levels of interest, making this Follett’s most ambitious novel to date.RECORD REVIEW Patty Smyth NEVER ENOUGH (COLUMBIA) When your mother is a manager of night spots and legendary rock performers such as Link Wray & His Ray Men (“Rumble”) and your 1983 debut remains the best-selling extended play record in CBS history, you can hardly be dubbed a newcomer to the rock business.Patty Smyth’s entry into rock was marked by that release of the EP that contained the hits “Goodbye To You" and “Love’s Got A Line On You”, and in passing it may be noted that the Keyboard player in her band Scandal just happened to be one Canadian Paul Schaffer, who departed to take on the musical directorship of the “Late Nite With David Letterman” show.All that is behind her, but Patty Smyth’s solo album builds on her early experience as it shows her using rock talents such as the Hooters’ Eric Bazilian on guitars and Rob Hyman on Keyboards for strong songs such as the title track and a big Laura Branigan-style number titled “Call To Heaven”.Smyth and co-producers Rick Chertoff and William Wittman make some sensible song choices for her album, particularly a Tom Waits song, “Downtown Train" and a Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly tune, “The River Cried" which showcase her very strong, melodic voice.Ballads are mixed in with rockers such as “Isn’t It Enough” or “Sue Lee”, which has a funky guitar solo that cuts loose on the bridge.On the strength of her fine voice, though, it would appear that Patty Smyth could get away with singing the entries in a phone book and still put lots of zip into it.And the fact 'national bf.ntm.eler that she has one of the most popular names in that phone directory just happens to be a timely coincidence in today’s rock scene, what with The Smiths, The Smithereens, and Patti Smith adding their names to that of Patty Smyth to really confuse the issue.But there’s absolutely no confusion about the strength of this powerful female vocalist’s credentials for singing rock, and the fact that she looks like a very young Pat Benetar with a street waif’s per- When daddy Max loses his job in a Willy Loman type of sub-plot, his downward glide into depression is exacerbated by the discovery that he is suffering from diabetes and may lose his legs to life-saving surgery.The result is not quite a tragicomedy, but the serious aspect of the film’s plot saves it from being a lightweight comedy romp.Gleason and Saint are quite impressive as the aging parents, and director Garry Marshall manages to keep feet features should not hurt Patty Smyth either.VIDEO SCREENINGS NOTHING IN COMMON (HBO-CANNON-VIDEO) Any movie featuring young actor Tom Hanks (SPLASH!) and veteran comedian Jackie Gleason is bound to get a lot of looks just on curiosity alone.The investment of time in NOTHING IN COMMON will fortunately not be wasted at all, thanks to competent performances from the two male leads.Tom Hanks plays the creative head of a Chicago advertising firm vying for a large account, namely Colonial Airlines.He’s a hippy-dippy, cruising, glib, almost-Bill Murray type of character in the beginning of the movie, with girls galore and the world on a string.Only one small problem — Hank’s character David Basner is just about to learn that his dad Max (Gleason) and his mom, Lorraine (Eva Marie Saint are separating in a rather acrimo nious manner.What results is somewhat of a broken-backed movie, which a little past the halfway point shifts from a light-hearted, flippant comedy into a much more serious film.Hanks’s parents go through a late mid-life crisis, with his mom not knowing how to handle a kiss on a date, and his dad becoming a dependent, slovenly bachelor who doesn’t know how to cook or even buy food.the Great One from indulging in too many of his bits of stage business and comedy touches that would undermine the serious tone that the ending of the film brings off.The critics slammed this movie for not really knowing whether it was a comedy or a domestic tragedy, but it seems that NOTHING IN COMMON plays those two elements against each other with an ’ uncommon dexterity last seen in something like TERMS OF ENDEARMENT.(VIDEO AVAILABLE AT LE CLUB VIDEO, QUEEN STREET, LENNOXVIL-LE; AND AT TREIZIEME AVENUE, SHERBROOKE.) Cm* HEAT EXHAUSTION FIRST AID TIP A ( Sk, Heat exhaustion is a shock-like condition caused by exposure, especially in the elderly and persons in poor physical condition • Move out of the heat: place at rest • Loosen tight clothing • Keep head low; raise feet and legs slightly • For cramps, give a glass of slightly salted, cool water to drink (add % teaspoon of salt).Repeat no more than once • Watch breathing • Get medical aid.Qy St John Ambulance 6-TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987 Former Bishop’s student has two major roles at Stratford By Rod Currie CP Entertainment Editor STRATFORD, Ont.(CP)— Lucy Peacock figures she may have decided to be an actress when she was eight years old.That’s when her younger sister got a role in the opera Madame Butterfly, playing the little blond American boy at the heart of the Japanese-American tragedy.There was no part for Lucy.“I think I swore then that I wanted to be up there on the stage.” The route that brought Peacock to two important roles in this year’s 35th anniversary season of the Stratford Festival began when she was accepted into the National Theatre School in Montreal, where her father, David, was once the director.Peacock had previously studied drama at both Champlain College and Bishop’sUniversityinLennox-ville.Her family lives near Man-sonville.WAS OPHELIA Following her studies at the National Theatre School, Peacock spent two seasons with the Stratford festival’s Young Company before she joined ‘‘the grown-ups” last year, playing Ophelia in Hamlet and in Rosencrantz and Guil- Lucy Peacock.Tries out lines on the dog.denstern Are Dead, and a minor role in Henry VIII.But this season, which begins June 1, it’s the real stuff.Peacock is cast opposite the boss, festival artistic director John Neville, in Intimate Admiration, and she’ll have the title role of Nora in Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen.She’ll also play the smaller part of Cassandra in Shakespeare’s Troi-lus and Cressida.Intimate Admiration, a new Canadian play by Richard Epp which has had only a couple of workshop performances in Calgary, is about the short but joyful marriage between the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov and his young actress wife Olga Knipper, often the leading lady in his plays.Peacock admits to being a bit nervous playing opposite Neville — “it took some time learning how to relax” — but “he’s a great actor and now we’re having a great time.” USED LETTERS Chekhov, whose classic The Cherry Orchard is also in the Stratford lineup this season, was only married to Olga for three years, Peacock says.Much of that time she was on the Moscow stage while he, due to failing health, retired to the country to write.They often had a long-distance relationship through letters, on which the play is based, but “we have worked with Richard (Epp) and director John Wood to find a more intimate style.” Instead of just splitting the stage down the middle, to suggest the separation, they’ve made it so that the two characters speak directly to each other.“It’s a great little play, about two people who love each other very much and each had a great sense of humor.” LIFE A LIE In Nora, Bergman has stripped Ibsen’s famous drama, about a Entertainment shorts MONTREAL (CP) — The Thracian Horsemen have arrived.A collection of gold and silver artifacts, insured for about $30 million US and dating back from the ancient kingdom of Thrace, was flown in from Bulgaria this week for a summer-long exhibition at the Palais de Civilisation.The exhibit, which runs from May 30-Oct.4, is called Gold of the Thracian Horsemen because the art was found mainly in the graves of noblemen who measured their riches in herds and horses.Among the 1,000 pieces, dating from 6000 BC to 300 AD, is the treasure of Valcitran, which is the “largest gold treasure in the world,” said Alexander Minchev, curator of the Bulgarian national museum in Sofia.Organizers say the exhibit marks the first time that the bust of Pegasus — the mythical winged horse — will be shown to the North American public.It weighs 425 grams and is made of 22-karat gold.JOLIETTE, Que (CP) — London’s celebrated Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, under the direction of its founder, Neville Mariner, will perform here July 16 as part of the Lanaudiere summer festival of music.The festival, which begins June 25 and ends Aug.23, will also feature concerts by Welsh soprano Gwyneth Jones (Aug.23), Spanish pianist Alicia De Larrocha (Aug.10), German baritone Hermann Prey (July 5), English guitarist Christopher Barkening (July 30) and American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (Aug.14).The Montreal Symphony Orchestra under director Charles Dutoit will also perform, along with pianist Louis Lortie, in a program that will include two Ravel piano concertos (July 13).19th-century woman’s assertion of independence, down to just five basic characters.The heroine, once cherished by her father, now is the doll-wife of Torvald Helmer who continues the special treatment.Then suddenly she realizes her life has been a lie and she is what others want her to be.Although she is not an active feminist, Peacock says the play, set in the late 1800s, is “extremely modern and terrifyingly pertinent to what I read in the lifestyle pages of the newspapers” about where the feminist movement is going.“We still today have to fight against things that have been bred into us for generations,” she says.“I know,” she adds with a great burst of laughter, “I’m newly married myself and very much aware of all this.” She and actor Christopher Thomas, who is concentrating on film-making and writing, have bought an old farmhouse about a half-hour drive from Stratford and are renovating it.Peacock loves the peace and quiet of the place, a spot where she can rehearse her lines “and try them out on the dog.” Ladd teams up with Lakeview for his second solo show in Knowlton By Laurel Sherrer KNOWLTON — The recently restored Lakeview Inn is one of Knowlton’s cultural treasures.So is artist Gordon Ladd.The two are getting together starting this weekend for a show that will put both the artist’s landscapes and the inn on display for the public.Ladd, a native of Bondville, has lived in Knowlton for the past 10 years.This year he marks his 20th year of painting, with his second solo exhibition in the town of Knowlton.Local residents are pretty familiar with Ladd’s work: Oil paintings depicting landscapes, mostly of the Townships.But each time he has an exhibition there are some changes, he says.The difference he sees in his most recent work is that the areas of light and dark are more strikingly defined.But that’s not all.In this exhibition Ladd is presenting his first acrylic works, and one painting done with a knife instead of with brushes.Ladd started doing work with acrylic paint when he and his wife Phyllis went on a trip to Florida and he decided to make it a working vacation.Because oil paint takes so long to dry, it wasn’t practical to do oil paintings while travelling.So Ladd discovered acrylic, and intends to make much more use of this faster-drying paint in the future.“I plan to start working outside and work outside with oils takes too long to dry and so you get lots of bugs,” he said.Until now, Ladd has usually worked with photographs as a guide, but he feels his work might improve if he works outside on the site.“I feel that it’s something that I don’t do enough of and maybe it’ll have an effect on the paintings,” he said.“I want to make changes all the time,” he said.Working with acrylic doesn’t make all that much difference to the finished painting, said Ladd.However, the artist has to work with a lighter hand or else the result is lines and colors that are too distinct.Ladd will be displaying 36 of his recent paintings at the Lakeview, in a large room that he finds an interesting space for art exhibitions.“I think the room itself is flattering,” he says.It’s a room with a stage that will be used for Lake Brome Theatre productions in the summer.Ladd had to bring in some panels and special lighting for his show.Normand Parker, manager of the Lakeview, says there will likely be art exhibitions at the inn on a regular basis, in keeping with the historical character of the inn.The room was often used for community projects when it was the Lake-view House, and art shows are one way of reviving that tradition.While putting on shows here and there around the Townships, in Montreal and beyond, Ladd is sporadically working at paintings of old mills destined for a book he and local historian Bernard Epps hope to publish.For this Ladd has to do extensive research to find out what the old mills in the area looked like before they fell into ruin, as is often the case.,5 Because he plans to do more work outdoors in the series, Gordon Ladd has been experimenting with future, particularly when working on an old mills acrylic paints. Entertainment shorts LOS ANGELES (AP) — Television and Broadway actress Cathryn Damon, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of a straight and loyal wife in contrast to the zany characters on the TV spoof Soap, has died of cancer.Damon, 56, who died Monday in hospital, was seen on television in the Matlock, Mike Hammer and Murder, She Wrote series.Earlier she had been the next-door neighbor on Webster and was featured in a TV movie, Not in Front of the Children.But she was best known to millions of fans as Mary Campbell, wife of Burt Campbell, the working-class counterparts to the wealthy and pompous Chester and Jessica Tate in the freewheeling nighttime satire of daytime soap operas.ïYr,E,n.—r KlUA Y, MAY K, 1987_____7 Piggery starts fund-raising with fashion show NORTH HATLEY (LS) — The Piggery Theatre in North Hatley starts a series of special fundraising events for the 1987 season next Thursday with a fashion show featuring woollens from the Shetland Shop.The show, organized by Sigrid and Marlis Wehr along with the staff of the Shetland shop, will feature exclusive clothing from such lines as Aquascutum, Aljean, Geiger, Henry White, Parkhurst and Henry Hourihan.Shetland Shop manager Imo-gene Browning will emcee the show, which will feature nine local women modelling six outfits each.“Our clothes appeal to every age group because they’re classics,” says Browning.“Ten years from now they still won’t show their age.” It’s not a choreographed show, she says, but it still gives women the chance to see the clothing being worn, rather than on the clothes hanger.“I think fashion shows appeal to every age group,” she says.“Women love clothes and things look so much nicer on than just hanging on the rack." Furthermore, the models chosen are not willowy teen-agers, says Browing, which means those attending will have a more realistic view of what the fashions could look like on them.“I don’t like to go to a fashion show and see something that only my beautiful daughter can wear,” she says.The Piggery had a fashion show a few years ago, and it proved to be a success, says Sigrid Wehr.This time they hope to sell 100 tickets for $12 each.Other fund-raising events planned for the summer include a Jugs tell of early Quebec potters Certain questions are often answered by historical societies who put their findings into a pool to be shared and/or exchanged.In the photograph that accompanies this article, there is a jug on which is written the words, Gillespie and Soule, dating between 1852 and 1854, and also a jar of tub with the inscription E.L.Farrar, Iberville.Diver Daniel Quirion, one of the founders of the Lake Massawippi Historical Society found the jug at the bottom of Lake Massawippi and the jar was found in Lake Memphremagog by Jacques Boisvert.Both objects bear different names but were made by the same firm.Stoneware was more solid than baked clay, less expen- Bubbles By JACQUES BOISVERT of the Société d’Histoire du Lac Memphrémagog Inc.sive than porcelain and most importantly was a lot easier to make, once certain conditions were met (from Deux Siècles de céramiques dans la Vallée du Richelieu by Helen Lambert).St.John, Quebec, was a customs duty port on the Richelieu River.In 1840, it was a rapidly growing prosperous city.Moses Farrar (born in Canada) and his father-in-law Isaac Newton Soule chose this place to start their bu- PHOTO/RENAUD THOMAS Jacques Boisvert holding a Farrar jar, circa 1880, in his right hand and a very rare Gillespie & Soule manufactured in the 1850s in his left.siness which was without a doubt the first stoneware factory in Canada.They had acquired their craft from Vermont's skillful potters.The geographical site was of great importance, since in order to manufacture the stoneware, our dealers had to import the refractory clay from New Jersey by steamboat.They settled in St.John near the warm and the train station and began to produce glazed earthenware.The products were easily recognized.They were grey, decorated with blue.In 1852, Farrar and Soule broke up and Soule’s son took over the business bringing in a new associate by the name of Gillespie, a St.John resident.They operated the business until 1854.Later on they sold it to another Farrar.It stayed in the family until 1926, more precisely until six weeks before George Henry Farrar’s death, who sold the business.“Considered at the time Canada’s Staffordshire, St.John’s area was for 90 years the shelter of these ingenious potters,” (from La Poterie au Québec - une histoire de famille).Michel Ste-Marie’s Guide des Antiquités Québécoises volume 2 (April, 1981) mentions that Gilles-pie and Soule’s jug (1852-1854) is worth between $300 and $350.Charles Farrar, curator of the Sherbrooke Seminary Museum, who is a direct descendant of the pottery founder, told me in 1970 that the discovered jar was worth $150 to $200.He added : “Might be worth more because of its oval shape.Every piece was hand made.” Finding these lovely old things brings us much joy.They became more precious as we realize that they are part of the indispensable instruments which illustrate our past so well and make us reminisce.house and garden tour and special children's theatre events.The show starts at 8 p.m.at the .Hovey Manor.For reservations, call the Piggery at (819) 842-2191 or Sigrid Wehr at 842-2108./ f Model Joy r lelds tries on a striking red and white outfit in preparation for the Piggery's fund-raising fashion show.Everyone who loves horse-bock riding and the western style! Leather belts and buckles for: Truckers, bikers, and fashionable people Boots — Shirts Hats and accessories for men, women, and children LARGE SELECTION OF INDIAN MOCCASSINS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Western style boots Storting at $7500 AND MUCH MORE.Friendly and personalized service 315 MAIN ST.WEST MAGOG • 843-9407 SSSSSSIKSiiSfijiSSiSSSSSS 8-TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987 WHAT’S ON Music Looking for something nice to do for your mother this weekend?Don’t gasp like that—you did remember that it's mother’s day Sunday, didn’t you?Well here’s one idea.There’s a real nice concert planned for Sunday afternoon in Stanstead that your mom’s sure to love.It’s the piano-guitar duo Ailyn Harris and Peter Mendieta and they’ll be playing classical favorites along with some of their own delightful compositions at the Stanstead South United Church in Rock Island starting at 4 p.m.If you’d like to reserve your tickets, you can call (819) 876-5682 or 876-5415.Another possibility, for treating your mother or just for your own enjoyment, is a concert tonight at the United Church in Newport, Vt.This one features soprano Sarah Hoblyn accompanied by Tom Gordon on the piano.As many of you know, Gordon is head of the music department at Bistjop’s ®nibtrsitj>, while Hoblyn is a voice instructor at the aforesaid illustrious institution.The two have an exciting program planned, including music by Purcell, Brahms, Ri-dout, Copland, Britten, Mozart, Puccini and Gershwin.They will also perform the modem American composer Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs.The church is at 12—3rd St.and there will be a free-will offering.Those who reside in and around Sherbrooke may choose to take in the Saturday night concert of the Heritage Choir instead, or in addition (why not?) to the above two.I listened in on part of a rehearsal this week and had a hard time tearing myself away.They’re more a popular music group, singing the kind of songs that you just might find yourself irresistably singing along to — if you’re up on the recent French music.All you need to know, and more, about this concert, is in the article on the following page.Also happening right in downtown Sherbrooke this weekend is an organ recital at Plymouth-Trinity United Church this Sunday.Maryse Simard is the musician — a young woman who was awarded top honors in the Biskop’s Wmbtrsit»» music department this year in the form of the M.Georgina Mills Scholarship.Simard will be performing works by Bach, Mendelssohn.Vieme and Messiaen starting at 3 p.m.Would you look at this — there’s yet another major musical attraction happening in Sherbrooke this weekend.The Sherbrooke Youth Symphony Orchestra, featuring the best young musicians the city has to offer, presents its third concert of the season this Sunday at 8 p.m.at the Salle Maurice O’Bready.Their program includes music by Bach, Ailyn Harris and Peter Mendieta have a concert planned for Mother’s Day.See Music column.m m By Laurel Sherrer Reed, Haydn, Copland and Brahms.You can get tickets for this at the box office.Now, to get on to the regular weekend haunts and what they’ve got to offer this weekend: A new band from Pennsylvania comes to Jimmy’s in Derby Line this weekend.They’re called Shock Zone and they’ll be playing at Jimmy’s tonight and Saturday night.Saturdays throughout May you’ll find Gale Mansell and Réal Adams playing their music at the Bar Salon Chartier-ville.The Bar Salon Bishopton, in the meantime, has “The Country Gentleman” himself, Tom Wheeler, playing Saturday and Sunday this week.Saturday night at the Domaine RSVP in Sawyerville, the music is by Rod Bray and the Countrymen who’ll be playing from 9:30 to 1:30.The Danville Legion has music by Weekend Express this Saturday night from 9 to 1.A Mother’s Day dance is planned for Saturday night at the Salle Jean-Paul in Bury.Ramblin Fever (still known, by some, as Bigfoot) brings down the tunes for this event.A duo that goes by the name of Chapter Two plays Tuesdays through Saturdays at the Auberge des Gouverneurs in Sherbrooke throughout the month of May.If you haven’t heard of this duo before, you’ll probably know the musicians: Mike Goodsell and Michael Goudreau.Dance music is their specialty.Coming up May 16 at the Richmond-Melbourne Golf Club is the official opening do, which will include a “Vegas” (this is new to me, but golfers supposedly know what it’s about) and a dance in the evening with disco music provided by Kent Trippear.Nothin’s happening musically at the F.L.Hideaway in Lennoxville this week, but Calvin tells me there’s something big planned for next weekend.D.J.’s Bar, formerly the Bar Salon Burrough’s Falls, has country music by Debbie Drummond tonight and Saturday night, while at the nearby Shady Crest (in Ayer’s Cliff) Claude Charron provides the music Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until the end of June.Also in Ayer’s Cliff, the Good Ole Boys provide the musical entertainment at the Cliff House Fridays and Saturdays.Lyndon Sheldon is musical guest at the Bretagne Bar Salon in Waterville this month, and you’ll find him there Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m.to 2 a.m.and Sundays from 4 to 9 p.m.The Con-cords are once again at the Maples in Stanstead, playing tonight and Saturday night starting around 9:30.The country-western group called The Bootleg Band plays once again this Saturday at the Bar Salon Chez Ralph in Mansonville.The Old Mill in Stanbridge East has live music just about all week long, it seems.Wednesday nights its Larry Dillon, Thursdays it’s Wayne Durrell.Fridays and Saturdays it’s Jet Black and Sunday Wayne Durrell returns.Theatre Gilbert and Sullivan fans in the region should be happy these days.Last weekend they had an opportunity to see lolanthe energetically performed by the Montreal West Operatic Society and now the Lennoxville Players are offering Yeomen of the Guard at Centennial Theatre.The players did a non-musical last year called The Accidental Angel, but they’ve now returned to their more habitual genre, the musical, and with set and costumes by Helen Austin, musical direction by Morris Austin and a host of local amateur actors directed by Jeremy Dutton, this pro- duction promises an evening of great entertainment.Tickets are $5 for yer average person, $3 for students and seniors and you can get them at G.L.Beaulieu, The Treasure Chest or the Centennial Theatre box office.There are also special rates for groups of 15 or over, and these can be arranged by calling George Beaulieu at (819) 569-1069 or Brian Montgomery at 569-6930.Showtime is 8 p.m.tonight and Saturday.Speaking of Centennial Theatre, there’s nothing much happening there in terms of their regular schedule, but for those who can look far enough ahead to know they’ll be around for the 1987-’88 season, the theatre is offering a special early subscription deal.If you contact the theatre before June 1 you’ll get guaranteed seats and save 40 per cent — yes, that’s a big 40 per cent! The season, so far, has enlisted such performers as pianist Marc-André Hamelin, the Chilingirian Quartet of London, and the I Musici de Montreal ensemble.Give the box office a call at (819) 563-4966 to check out this deal.The Théâtre de la Poursuite is offering a new play this month called Coeur de Maîtresse at the Pigeonnier Theatre.It’s described in the troupe’s press release as a play that’s full of hope, nostalgia and poetic imagery.It’s about a woman in her 40s who’s in love with a married man, and thus should “address anyone who has ever tasted of the forbidden fruit”, says the release.The play is being performed Wednesday through Saturday nights at 8:30.Ah, Sweet Mystery, a farce by John Kirkpatrick, makes good-natured fun of the ever-increasing number of people who devour murder stories, particularly those who read them in serial form and await the last instalment with baited breath.Sally and Sam, a comedy by Jack Frakes, por trays the romance of two teenagers, using humor to express their thoughts, hopes, fears and rebellion as they proceed through a normal day.These two plays are being performed by the Theatre Arts Group at Stanstead College starting at 8 p.m.this Saturday.Tickets are on sale at the door of Pierce Hall at $2.50 for adults and $1 for students.This is not theatre, but it’s a show — a fashion show to be exact.The Piggery Theatre’s first fund-raising event of the year will feature fashions from the Shetland Shop in North Hatley, and it takes place next Thursday at the Hovey Manor.You’ll find more about this if you flip back to page 7.Exhibitions/Events You’ve still got time to see the exhibition of photographs by Dr.Robert Paulette at the Homestead Gallery.His show, The World About You.features some familiar local scenes, among other things.The show goes on until tomorrow.Until June 8 you can find out what treasure local art collectors have in their homes.That’s because, for the next month, their cherished artwork won’t be in their homes ; it’ll be on display at the Sherbrooke Fine Arts Museum in an exhibition called Le musée de nos maisons.Three engravers are showing their work at the Beaulne Museum in Coaticook throughout this month.Jennine Bour-ret, Raymonde Côté and Pauline Hébert are the names of these artists.Well-known Knowlton artist Gordon Ladd displays his oil paintings and his first acrylics ever at the newly renovated Lakeview Inn starting tomorrow.He talks a bit about what he’s been doing lately in an article on page 6.One thing I neglected to mention in that article is that the show goes on until May 18, and it’s open from noon to 9 p.m.daily.Throughout the month of May, the oils and watercolors of Pailag Khudaverdian are displayed at the newly renovated Arts Sutton Gallery, now located in the old Ave Maria School in Sutton.Khudaverdian works on medium-large canvasses in a semi-abstract style to achieve strong emotive results in which “the horse is a metaphor of the human condition”, according to the gallery’s press release.The gallery is open 11 a.m.to 5 p.m.on weekends only.The artists of the Galerie l'Art Français of Montreal are showing their work in Sherbrooke from now until May 29.Just stop by the Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke-Est during banking hours to check this one out.Art and ecology — how do the two relate?About 30 Townships artists take a stab at that one in an exhibition going on right now at the Horace Gallery in Sherbrooke.I talked to some of the artists involved and tried to say something coherant about it in an article on page 4.Budding artists at the North Hatley Primary School show us what they can do in an exhibition starting tomorrow at the North Hatley Library.The pupils from grade one to six use a variety of subject matter, material and tools to expound upon the theme of award-winning children’s literature. TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987—9 WHAT’S ON New at the University of Sherbrooke’s Cultural Centre this week are black and white photographs by Bruce Barr displayed in the foyer of the Salle Maurice O’Bready, work by the graduating arts plastiques and commercial art classes at the College de Sherbrooke in the main hall, and recent work by Hélène Lord, Aline Martineau and Karen Trask in the art gallery.Events of the coming week include a meeting of the Canadian Club of the Yamaska Valley Monday at2p.m.at which noted gemologist Allain Dassaud will talk about jewellery.The meeting will take place at Peres des Trinitaires in Granby.For any further information, you can call (514) 372-7558 or 372-7513.Movies All, yes every one, of the Cinémas du Carrefour's movies this week are in English.There’s Burglar, starring Whoopi Goldberg as a thief who has to steal back some jewellery for a celebrity dentist.That one plays at 7 and 9 nightly and Saturday and Sunday at 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 7 and 9.Then there’s Tin Men, starring Richard Dreyfus, Danny DeVito and Barbara Hershey.It’s supposed to be a comedy, but it’s getting lots of flack for not being all that funny.This one plays at 7:05 and 9:15 nightly and at 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:05 and 9:15 on the weekend.There’s also Star Trek IV, which, unlike most sequels, is rather good.It has the crew of the Enterprise returning to earth to save the whales, believe it or not.Star Trek IV is showing at 7:15 and 9:35 every night and Saturdays and Sundays at 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:15 and 9:35.Blind Date, starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger, continues this week at the Capitol, playing at 7 and 9 p.m.nightly.In Cowansville, the Cinema Princess has Black Widow at 7:15.This stars Debra Winger and Theresa Russell and is supposed to be a great thriller.This is followed at 9:15 by Project X in which Matthew Broderick is an air force recruit assigned to a mysterious project involving chimpanzees.Merrill’s, in Newport, Vt., has Malone, starring Burt Reynolds; Extreme Prejudice with Nick Nolle and My Demon Lover.If you want to know the times for these, you’ll have to contact the theatre at (802)334-6830.The Galerie TArt Français of Montreal de Sherbrooke-Est for the month of May.See Exhibitions! brings some of the work of its artists to the Caisse Populaire Events column.ifr':'Tninii