4 Chtertainment Artists to protest pipeline Robert Bateman, Carol Evans and Roy Nenry Vickers are all featured in Oil-Free Coast, an art exhibit on Granville Island By KEVIN HAMPSON rt for an Oil-Free Coast opens to- Ae on Granville Island, featuring works by local artists who jour- neyed to BC’s Great Bear Rainforest. Artists include Robert Bateman, Carol Evans and Roy Henry Vickers and many Aboriginal artists who live in the region. The show opposes Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal and aims to raise awareness of the importance of protecting the coastal ecosystem, according to r4 ¢ Mark Hobson, ewant the local artist who conceived to 9 et the the project. word out “We want to get the to as many word out to as people as many people ° as possible to possible stop the pipe- to stop the line,” Hobson . . said. pipeline The _art- Mark Hobson, work is the local artist fruit of a fifty- artist expedi- tion to the area of the BC coast that is between Prince Rupert and northern Vancouver Island. This is basically the area that would be affected by an oil spill if Kitimat becomes a major port for oil tanker ships, Hobson said. The artists aim to raise awareness of the region’s natural beauty and eco- logical diversity. Funding for the project comes from the Raincoast Conservation Founda- tion, which focuses its research and activism on the middle of the B.C. coast. Raincoast has been outspoken in its criticism of the proposed Enbridge pipeline. It took about $100,000 to cover the expedition alone, Hobson said. The show runs at Performance Works on Granville Island from Nov. 27 until Dec. 2. ALEX BRANDON photo Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform during the Wrecking Ball tour at the Wells Fargo Center Wednesday, March 28, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Boss and band were scheduled to play Rogers Arena on Monday night. Springsteen rocks Rogers Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour was scheduled to make its Vancouver stop in front of a sold out Rogers Arena on Monday night By BRANDON KOSTINUK ruce and the E Street Band were slated to roll through Vancouver last night for their final Canadi- an stop. Springsteen and the E Street Band were due to play to a sold-out Vancou- ver crowd at Rogers Arena in the last leg of their 2012 Wrecking Ball World Tour. “This tour is a reflection of Springs- teen’s version of Americana and how he wishes it to be, but unfortunately is not,” said Tom O’Leary, a member of Thunder Road Live, a local Bruce Springsteen cover band. The Wrecking Ball tour is based on Springsteen’s 17th studio album re- leased in March. The album debuted at No. 1in 16 different countries including the U.S. and U.K and is Springsteen’s tenth No. 1 album in the U.S. Springsteen’s third single from the album, Death to my Hometown, is rem- iniscent of his 1984 single, My Home- town, said O’Leary. Roughly 28 years later, Death to my Hometown sounds off on a similar eco- nomic message as Springsteen’s Born in the USA single, but with more re- solve as the song title suggests, said O’Leary. Death to my Hometown has been played at every Wrecking Ball show as of June 11, 2012, and Vancou- ver was no different. The E Street Band that accompanied Springsteen didn’t miss a beat despite the absence of long-time saxophonist Clarence Clemons who died of a stroke in June, last year. Clemons’ nephew, Jake Clemons, stepped in as the band’s new saxophon- ist along with Ed Manion, an American saxophonist who played with Springs- teen and the E Street Band at Super Bowl XLII. Other veteran E Street members Max Weinberg, Steven Van Zandt and Patti Scialfa were also in-house. The Wrecking Ball tour concludes Dec. 12 in New York City at Madison Square Garden, which is now being la- beled as a concert for Sandy relief. Artists Jon Bon Jovi, Paul McCart- ney and Alicia Keys are slated to per- form along with the Boss, and other prominent musicians, to benefit the Robin Hood Relief Fund’s Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. 66 This tour is a reflection of Spring- steen’s version of Americana and how he wishes it to be, Tom O'Leary, front man to Thunder Road Live Kid Gloves, local story captivates audiences FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE photo Scott Bellis and Colleen Wheeler during a performance of Kid Gloves at the Firehall Arts Centre Kid Gloves, which plays the Firehall Arts Centre, is about Vancouver’s first women police officers By JULES KNOX ver history that is rich with rele- vant issues despite being based on a police beat that is more than 100 years old. The show offers a fictionalized ac- count of Vancouver’s first female police officers based on the scarce informa- tion that is available about their back- grounds. The Downtown Eastside is rife with colourful characters. While the police force is dominated by a misogy- nistic culture, these two issues inter- twine to spin the tale of constables Lur- ancy Harris and Minnie Miller. Because present-day Vancouver is K: Gloves offers a slice of Vancou- still reeling from the case of the miss- ing women and the RCMP is under in- vestigation for sexual harassment, the subject matter seems rather timely and relevant to today’s audience. “We're still dealing with how sex trade workers lack value within society a hundred years later,” says actress Deborah Williams. Director Donna Spencer says that one of the biggest challenges of the piece is shifting from the keystone cop silent era into realistic scenes that needed to be portrayed naturalistically. “There’s a bit of a clash of styles,” she says. “I don’t think it affected the storytelling, but from a production-di- rection perspective it was quite frus- trating.” Although the show does lose mo- mentum in a Charlie Chaplin inspired number that quickly fizzles, the talent and experience of the cast is easily ap- parent. Deborah Williams delivers a flawless and entertaining performance in a double role as a gruff, mentally un- balanced woman and as a primped and proper upper-class socialite. Kid Gloves is only showing until Dec. 1. It’s at the Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova) at 8 p.m. from Tuesday to Friday and at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday. Ticket prices vary between $25 and $32. KID GLOVES What you need to know MM Plays at the Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova. HE Kid Gloves runs until December 1. MM Shows start at 8 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday and 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday. Source: Firehall Arts Centre