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The Vancouver Sun, Thursday, June 19, 1997 C3 THAT'S ON THIS 0 Piano playing at the Cultch Junko Onishi is on a lot of musicians' dance cards. She is a Japanese-born jazz pianist with great technique. On 6 15 ishi leads a trio at the Vancouver East V3 Cultural Centre, Sunday, 8 p.m. Tickets, $20, atTicketMaster. Vancouver Sun arts and entertainment critics and editors present their picks of things to do and places to go to enjoy a memorable weekend Saturday Friday To dag Sundoi MUSIC Lounge lizards too young to have experienced the music of Henry Mancini can relive the days of wine and roses through the Oranj Symphonette.

The San Francisco quintet includes bassistcellist Matt Brubeck, son of jazz pianist Dave Brubeck At Richard's on Richards, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. TicketMaster. MUSIC We like to avoid adjectives like "incomparable," but in the case of jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, the word fits. No one plays the way he does.

His band includes energetic drummer Dennis Chambers, saxophonist Gary Thomas and bassist Matthew Garrison, son of the great bassist Jimmy Garrison. At the Vogue. Tickets, $32, atTicketMaster. ART How artwork is selected for public spaces in the city's new public art program is the focus of a new exhibition at the Charles H. Scott Gallery at Emily Carr Institute of Art Design.

Called the Ghost in the Machine: Unrealized Public ArtProjects in Vancouver, the exhibit focuses on 10 projects by 10 artists who had gone through the selection Opera, Hollywood style process but were not commissioned. The gallery is open Monday to Friday from 12 to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the college on Granville Island.

The show continues until Aug. 31. MUSIC Brit-pop stars, Blur, make their annual visit to Vancouver tonight. Never ones to buckle underpressure, Blur has consistently put out more live than they can muster on a disc. Their latest, self-tided, album is a notable exception.

Watch Damon Albarn and company uncork it live at the Rage, Plaza of Nations (750 Pacific Blvd.) Guests, That Dog. Tickets are $29.75 plus service charges through TicketMaster, 280-4444. TELEVISION Showcase's run of intriguing British crime thrillers hits its stride with tonight's debut of Thief Takers, a 17-episode series about London's infamous Flying Squad, which investigates armed robberies and is equipped with the latest weapons and technology. The action masks a dark, morally ambiguous tale about Chinese triads, armored car thieves, Greek drug runners and suave casino scam artists. 9 p.m., Showcase SPECIAL St Andrew's-Wesley Church, 1012 Nelson, is holding its first worship service to honor the earth and "humankind's role in protecting the environment," and invites participants to bring their pets to the service at 7 p.m.

Animals of all sizes and kinds should be brought on leash, rein or in cages. The service will be lead by Reverend Shelagh Mary MacKinnon and will include readings and music by the Jubilate! Chamber Choir dedicated to the earth and a blessing of the animals alive and who have passed away. Admission is by dontation. Works by Pablo Picasso, Anne Meredith Barry, Andy Warhol, Norval Morrisseau, Tony Onley, Robert Bate-man and others will be on auction today at 1 p.m. at the Westin Bayshore, 1601 West Georgia.

More than 400 vacation packages, furniture, antiques, jewellery, special event packages and entertainment will also be auctioned in a benefit for the Canadian Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Society. Admission is free and viewing is available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information call The All's Well Mixture will combust tonight at the Cafe Deux Soleil, 2096 Commercial, with a variety of guests including spoken word artistpunk rocker Joe Keithley, Peter Trower, Jamie Reid, Jay Hamburger and Robert Priest Tickets are $5 in advance, $8 at the door. Call 431-5451 for more information.

BMG recording artists, Treble Charger, play songs from their newest release, Maybe It's Me, tonight at the Starfish Room, 1055 Homer St. Legendary house mixer and hip-hop's seminal force, Grandmaster Flash, will play Vancouver for a special one-night show at Grace-land. This is a rare opportunity to catch the Grandmaster before the release of his next record. Tickets are $18 and available through Hush, Bassix, Odyssey and Fwuh. Call Graceland for more information, 688-2648.

Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss' witty and tuneful satire on turn-of-the-century Viennese high society, gets a summer production at Vancouver Academy of Music. Here they've updated the setting to Hollywood, 1930 and the production stars Michael Walker as Gabriel fon Eisenstein and Sonja Nicolai as Rosalinde, his wife. It runs Thursday to Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m at the Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island. Tickets are $18 ($14, students and seniors).

For more information and tickets, call 734-2301. Currently one of Vancouver's big buzz acts, Veal celebrate the release of their debut disc, Hot Loser, tonight and Saturday at the Railway Club, 579 Dun-smuir. Cover at the door. Guests, Transister Sound and Lighting Co. Today is the early bird deadline for getting your Vancouver Folk Music Festival tickets.

Save today, pay tomorrow: tickets are still $75 for a weekend pass, but come Sunday, the price will jump to $90 in advance, $95 at the gate. Youth passes (13- If you want to get down to live music, the Toronto band shade plays some pretty mean funk at the Purple Onion. With core members Paul Brundtland on vocals, Paul Antonio on drums and vocals and Don Nevison on guitar and vocals. Music after 9 p.m., $5 cover charge. Australia's Spiderbait have been local stars since their appearance at MusicWest over a year ago.

Masters of the bent and bizarre they explode genre borders with fuzzy fusion. Hear the madness firsthand tonight at the Starfish Room, 1055 Homer, with guests JP5 and Jack Tripper. Tickets at the door, 682- Salon art show 18 yrs.) remain $53. Call the folk fest at 876-6777, Ticket-Master, 280-4444, or visit Highlife or Black Swan Records. TELEVISON Bush and friends come to GM Place Artist Victor Bonderoff holds a salon show of his works on Saturday from 4 p.m.

to midnight at 2754 West Third Ave. Left is a detail from the work entitled School Picture Day. For more information call 738-0066. Atom Egoyan's award-winning 1994 film Exotica reflects on the lives of the patrons of a strip club with subde and occasionally unerring insight. The regulars include a grief-stricken man (Vancouver actor Bruce Greenwood), who develops an unhealthy obsession for a stripper (Mia Kirshn-er), along with the usual assortment of misfits and sad losers.

A fine, thought-pro A The marquee rock show of the week happens Thursday at GM Place when Gavin Rossdale (third from right) and his band, Bush, headline a triple bill that includes raunch queens, Veruca Salt, and fresh from the alternative lost and found, the Scandinavian band, Souls. Tickets are $41 through TicketMaster, 280-4444. If you just want to 4171. Mollies Revenge return from their cross-country road trip for a show at the Gate. Special guests are Vancouver's one and only DSK.

Tickets are $10 at the door. Call 688-GATE for complete details. FILM The Korean Film Festival continues at the Pacific Cinematheque withAiada, the story of a mute peasant and her unhappy marriages and My Mother and the Lodger. The double-bill starts at 7:30 p.m. and runs tonight and Saturday.

For infora-mation call voking film. 9 p.m., CBC SPECIAL MUSIC Most people know trombonist Steve Turre as that cool dude with the beard who plays in the Saturday Night Live house band. An adept musician, composer and arranger, Turre also has pioneered the use of conches and shells for jazz improvisation. He'll play both instruments with his Shell Choir at the Vogue, 8 p.m. Tickets, $25, through TicketMaster The West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine holds its annual book sale today and Sunday from 8:30 a.m.

to 4 p.m. with "thousands and thousands of books." Books for all family members are available as well as CDs, videos and puzzles. Everything is priced from a quarter to $1. For information call sneak a peak at that rascal Rossdale, you can do so Thursday at the Future Shop CD store at 1368 Broadway. Rossdale will sign autographs around 3:30 p.m.

Souls, a band managed by Ross-dale's own company, will also be in attendance. Tills meeh Mie Clubs jr 4h day. Otis RushMichael SchauHighway61, Wednesday. Conjun-to Craped es Jake Janke Quartet, June 26. Rossini's Pasta Palazzo 1525 Yew.

The Betty Loo Taylor EnsembleThe Linton Garner All-Stars, Friday to June 29. Saturday afternoon jazz jam with Roy Reynolds-Denny dark Quartet. Sunday brunch with Kenny Wayne. TheRoxy 932 Granville. Surreal McCoy's, Sundays to Tuesdays.

Dr. Strangelove, Wednesdays to Satur 7. hi ill nn.il i.n.1 ddg 1 Arts Club Backstage Lounge Granville Island. MoTunk Collective, Friday and Saturday. Bunco and the Single Malt Quartet, Wednesday.

Avalon Hotel 1025 Marine, North Vancouver. Mark Hasselbach Quintet, 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., Thursdays. BaBalu 654 Nelson. DJ mix, Fridays and Saturdays. Brian Evans, Mondays.

Smokin' Section, Tuesdays to Thursdays. The Blue Note 2340 West Fourth. Alma Libre, Thursdays. The du Maurier Jazz Festival presents: Bruno Hubert Trio, Friday. Soul Crib, Saturday.

Flamenco Alcala, Sunday. Jennifer Scott Trio, Monday. Brad Turner Quartet, Tuesday. Chris Gestrin Quartet, Wednesday. Alma Libre, June 26.

Brickyard 315 Carrall. Meeker, tonight. CrankshaftTed and Mothertrucker, Saturday. Byron's Grill Parkhill Hotel, 1160 Davie. Jose Badaraco, Fridays to Sundays.

Cafe Deux Solells 2096 Commercial. Saul Berson Trio, 9 tonight. Cafe Paradlso 1 1986 224th Maple Ridge. The Scott Robertson Trio, Saturday. CasbahJazzbah 175 West Pender.

Kenny Colman and the Miles Black Quartet play every Thursday to Saturday. Christine Duncan Trio, Sunday. Brad Turner Quartet, Monday. Chuck Israels Trio, Tuesday. Ian Mc-Dougall Quartet, Wednesday.

Oliver Gannon Quartet, June 26. Cascades Lounge Pan Pacific Hotel, 300 999 Canada Place. Cathy St. Germaine Duo, to Saturday. Sunday brunch with Alma Libre.

Barbara Leah Meyer, Monday to Wednesday. Cathy St. Germaine Duo, June 26 to 28. Chameleon 801 West Georgia. The du Maurier Jazz Festival presents: Slick, Friday.

Bob Muhaney Quintet, Saturday. Airtight, Sunday. Rumba Calzada, Monday. Shazzam, Tuesday. Club Paradise 27 Church, New Westminster.

Orquesta B.C. Salsa, every Saturday. Fred's Tavern 1000 Granville at Nelson. DJ mix, Mondays to Saturdays. Georgia Bar and Grill 801 West Georgia.

Gail Bowen Quartet, Saturday. Chris McLeod Trio with Jane Leroux, Tuesday. Bob Mahaney Trio with Karin Plato, Wednesday. Darryt Jahnke with Christine Duncan, June 26. Hippo's Quality Inn Airport.

725 S.E. Marine. Paradise Cafe, Friday and Saturday. Hot Jazz 2120 Main. Denny Clark Quintet, Friday.

Jack Fulton and pals, Tuesday. Jericho Folk Club At the Jericho Sailing Centre, 1300 Discovery. Open stage hosted by Miclynbar with songs of the sea and Celtic fiddle runes, every Thursday. Latin Quarter 1305 Commercial. Various artists, Thursdays.

Peter Allen and Monte Jones, Friday and Saturday. Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Sundays. Benedict Patrick's open stage: all styles, songwriters welcome, Mondays. Geraldo Alcala, Tuesdays. Alma Libre, Wednesdays, Legends on 2nd 137 East Second North Vancouver.

Louise Coumoyer and Steve Clements, Fridays and Saturdays. The Living Room Bistro 2958 West Fourth. Chris Tarry Trio, Tuesdays. Lobby Bar900 West Hotel Vnncouver, 900 West Georgia. Patsy Goto duo, Tuesdays to Saturdays.

The Moose Pub Grill 14974- 104th Surrey. Blues Jam hosted by Ernest Lee and Cotton Traffic, 5 to 10 p.m., Sundays. Mylcs of Beans 7010 Kingsway. Trespass hosts Country Music, Tuesdays, The Niagara 435 West Pender. Darkest of the HillsideThickets, Friday.

Minority, Saturday. Nightingale Lounge Ramada Inn, 898 West Broadway. John Nolan Trio, 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays. O'Doul's 1300 Robson.

The du Maurier Jazz Festival presents: Kerri Lee McDowell Quartet, Friday. Bruno Hubert Trio, Saturday. Inside Outside Jazz Infusion Trio, Sunday. Kevin ElaschuckDave say Quartet, Monday. Jaret Burrows Quartet, Tuesday.

Brad Turner Trio, Wednesday. Alan Matheson Quartet, June 26. Office Pub and Grill 21525 DewdneyTrunk, Maple Ridge. Blues jam with the Shakers, 7:30 to 11 :30 p.m. Sundays.

Orchid Lounge Sheraton Guildford, 104 Ave. and 152nd Surrey. John Nolan Trio, 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays. The Pic Pub 620 West Pender.

Three Sixty, Friday. The Blue Meanies, Saturday. The Mighty Fishermen, Monday. The Deadcats, Wednesday. Portside Lounge Seven Seas Restaurant, Foot of Lonsdale.

Girls With Guitars, Thursdays through June. Paul Hyde, Saturday. The Purple Onion 15 Water. In the club: Bughouse FiveShade, tonight. DJs Henry and Mirage, Friday.

DJ Boy Scouts, Saturdays. DJ Andy Bollocks, Tuesday. DJ Tio Roly, Wednesday. Junk, June 26. In the lounge: the du Maurier Jazz Festival presents Marriott Jazz Quintet, Friday and Saturday.

The Workshop, Sunday. Zoulful, Monday. The Max Murphy Trio, Tuesday. Rumba Calzada, Wednesday. G.I.

Blues, June 26. The Rage 750 Pacific Blvd. S. Blur, tonight. Railway dub 579 Dunsmuir.

Vealguests, tonight and Friday. Alpha Diallo Yaya, Saturday. Grrrls With Guitars, Monday. The EmptysThe Stellar Jays, Wednesday. Slack, June 26, Richard's 1 1036 Richards.

DJ Trech and Havok, Thursdays. The du Maurier Jazz Festival presents: Oranj Symphonette, Friday. Aphrodisiacs, Saturday. Znny MashRobin Holcomb, Sunday. Luther Allison, Monday.

Kilgore Trouv'Mo Funk Collective, Tues- ORANJ SYMPHONETTE: at Richard's on Richards, Friday Talking Stick days. The Royal 1025 Granville. Graham Ord Jazz Trio, with guest vocalists, 5:30 p.m. Thursdays. Starbucks 2531 East Hastings.

Michael Guild Duo, 5 p.m. Friday. Starbucks 199 Water. Jared Burrows Duo, 2 p.m. June 26.

Starbucks 1500 West 2nd. Thibault Award Duo, 2 p.m., Saturday. Starfish Room 1055 Homer. Kevin KaneUnderwater Sunshine Green Eyed Jealousy, tonight. Spiderbait JP5, Jack Tripper, Friday, Treble Chat gerTt ansister Co.Cool Blue Halo, Saturday.

Royal Farm UltraSugar Rush, Wednesday. Studio 16 1545 West 7th. The du Maurier Jazz Festival presents: Kate Hammett-Vaughan Quartet, 221 Carrall. Swank Hara, Friday. Shuck, Saturday.

Vancouver Press Club 2215 Granville. Touch and GosGaze, Friday. Jet Set, Saturday. The Web Cafe 390 West Hastings. The du Maurier Jazz Festival presents: Karen GravesCeltic Works, Friday.

Gail BowenRogcr Baird and MuseArt, Satui day. Walter Zuber ArmstrongRoger BairdTony Wilson Septet, Sunday. Rene Doruyter Bruce Freedman Quartet, Monday. Celso M.ichadoMichael BlsioJim Kno-die and Friends, Tuesday, Jennifer ScottHugh Fraser Quintet, Wednesday. Christine Duncan Macedonian Mazl-tov, June 26.

The Yale 1300 Granville. Al Foreman, tonight. The du Maurier Jazz Festival presents: Mark Hummel, Friday and Saturday. Tony Robertson's Sunday five star blues jam: Adam Rohrlick, Mike Weaver, Dave Kilncr, Lisa Lambert. King Ernest, Monday and Tuesday.

Big Dave and the Ultrasonics, Wednesday and June 26..