Usa Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye has flown off Legacy Liquor Store’s shelves since the outlet received 20 new cases on Monday. Crowned whisky sales on the ryes BEN BENGTSON photo WHISKY winners Crown Royal Northern Harvest Ty Canadian award-winning whisky hard to come by for Vancouver consumers we By BEN BENGTSON Canadian whisky was named the best in the world, though one may have to scramble to ind a bottle in Vancouver. Crown Royal’s Northern Harvest Rye vanished from shelves on Friday after it won World Whisky of the Year in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2016, an annual publication that analyzes roughly 4,600 whiskies globally. Crown Royal’s victo- ry marks the first time a Canadian whisky has won the award. Margaret Herd, product consultant at a Signature B.C. Liquor Store, said the public started buying the whisky in droves when the win was announced. “It was like hotcakes around here, everybody wanted it,” she said. “About every third phone call to the store is about someone inquiring whether we have that whisky.” Price might be one of the reasons the product has been snatched up so fast - and why it may be hard to find a bottle in the coming weeks. “Everybody wanted to try it because it’s only $30—you can’t go wrong,” Herd said. Pikesville Straight Herd said that demand for Northern Harvest Rye, made by Crown Royal in Gimli, Man., is higher than the supply. “There are 50 cases available and 325 cases wanted,” she said. “We don’t have enough to cover the need.” Dylan Palmer, general manager of Legacy Liquor Store, managed to place an order of Northern Harvest Rye right before demand peaked. “We got 20 cases in this morning,” said Palmer. “We just put in the order as soon as the word came out.” Palmer said those who managed to place an order early are lucky. “There won’t be another shipment that comes in till at least mid-Decem- ber,” he said. At the time of publication, Legacy Li- quor Store had sold half of their 20 cases in less than four hours. Darren Pierce, operations manager at Shebeen Whiskey House in Down- town Vancouver, said growing interest in Canadian whisky could increase with Crown Royal’s win. “People are going to taste other whiskies - other ryes, other Canadian ryes — to compare them and then see what could come next,” he said. Rye Midleton Dair Ghaelach 2 3 4 William Larue a] Weller Bourbon (Bottled 2014) Suntory Yamazaki Mizunara (Bottled 2014) Source: blog.thewhiskyexchange.com Artists unknown to buyers at show Anonymous Art Show re- veals names of artists only after purchase of pieces By KATHRYN WU n anonymous art show is an op- Presi for enthusiasts to add ew pieces and names to their col- lection. The North Vancouver Community Arts Council (NVCAC) is holding its eleventh Anonymous Art Show. Artists can submit up to three pieces to be sold at $100 each. Half the proceeds go to the artist, and the other half will assist NVCAC in funding art programmes. Stefanie Wysota is the exhibition co- ordinator at NVCAC. In an email, Wysota stated that 378 artists have sub- mitted works this year with their ages ranging from six to 75-years old. The anonymity of the pieces adds excite- ment to the exhibition. “There is a lot of buzz around who the artists are and it is exciting to pur- chase work and either find out it is from an established artist or to discov- er a new favourite. We always hear people in the gallery trying to guess who the artists of the pieces are,” Wysota said. Sharka Leigh owns an art studio in North Vancouver and has participated in the show since 2009. For Leigh, ano- nymity promotes the artist’s work. “Being anonymous makes you buy for the art and not the artist’s name,” Leigh said. Leigh noted the growing popularity of the exhibition and encourages young artists to submit pieces. “T think it’s a wonderful venue to try. You can tell by their numbers ... it seems to be getting known more and more,” Leigh said. Helen Winter is an artist from Mos- cow and participated in the 2012 and 2013 shows. Winter says the Anony- mous Art Show is a good event for art- ists because there are no entry fees for artwork submission. “T think it’s a fantastic opportunity because for most of the shows where you're going to participate, you need to pay,” Winter said. The Anonymous Art Show is taking place from Nov. 20 to Dec. 19 at the CityScape Community Art Space in North Vancouver. 66 We always hear peo- ple trying to guess who the artists of the pieces are STEFANIE WYSOTA NVCAC EXHIBITION COORDINATOR Sharka Leigh, a contributor to the show, often submits paintings of cows. This piece is called Chloe, and has already been ] sold. SHARKA LEIGH submitted photo Play comes in both English and Francais Theatre will run both John and Beatrice and Jean & Béatrice—the same play, but in different languages By JAKE COSTELLO culture to English-speaking audi- ences, who might otherwise miss out, with separate runs in English and in French. Vortex Théatre’s production of Car- ole Fréchette’s play John and Beatrice opens in English Wednesday at the Dusty Flower Shop, a small theatre in an artist-only residence building near Main Street. After four nights the mar- quee will switch to Jean & Béatrice. Same play, same actors, but in French. French director Marie Farsi said she is hoping to bring the perspective of francophone theatre to Vancouver. “It’s really important for us that the English community feels included and has access to what we do,” she said. Farsi said that while local theatre companies such as Théatre la Seiziéme offer French language shows, Vortex Théatre is bringing an independent as- pect that is well suited to the neigh- Aj play is bringing Quebecois bourhood. Emilie Leclerc, who is both co-pro- ducing the play and starring as Bea- trice, said she has wanted to take on the character ever since first reading the play over five years ago. The show was last produced in Van- couver in 2009, but this is the first time it’s been billed in both languages. “Tt was important to do it bilingually, just to be able to reach out to the Eng- lish population who might not be able to come see the show in French, and we wanted them to discover Carol Fréchette’s world,” said Leclerc. Stefano Giulianetti, who is playing John, said that he was drawn to the play for the opportunity to perform in two languages, but working with two scripts has brought challenges. According to Giulianetti, the nuanc- es of the French language offer a depth to characters that isn’t obvious in the translated script. At the beginning this resulted in differences in character be- tween John and Jean. “At the start of the show I really liked the French Jean better, but inevitably I feel like ’'ve made the English one the same as the French one using different words,” he said. The play runs in English from Nov. 25-29, and in French from, Dec. 2-5.