Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 18, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Leisure Magazine Winnipeg free february 1967 music arts 13 one Man goes on display be of Canadas Best and most outspoken artists is staging a Oneman show at the yellow door Harold towns draw Ings and water colors will be at the 291 Kennedy until March the retrospective 1953 is an honest indication of a sincere artist at his prints Are and his drawings sometimes humorous always concise Are delicate and sensitive and his water colors an interesting and searching of the prints in the Central overproducing Plant is the most this Green and Blue epic is a Clear statement of towns feelings toward his fellow Man and an excellent example of the Stone Cut method he a rather passive is done in the same superimposed offset Ting the ambiguity of some of the prints is a poignant work accentuated with forceful shafts of in one of the Little alcoves off the Central one finds an impressive collection of 10 pen and Ink of the the most striking is seated an evasive figure shrouded by a woman seated on heroic statue of her dead is about As True As pointed sarcasm can in All the town finds expression in his Art which has had him called the Durer of our the full face of Young greek is extremely eloquent As Well As the mixture of techniques it took to produce it makes it very although he makes no pretence at being captive with slain Ama Zon is a passionate expression of the artists to his fellow human two of the drawings in the passageway end of the go for baroque Highway and Eto bucket reveal towns compulsion for the mood created in the smaller sections of the gallery carries through to the main two of the most interesting works Are the covers done for Leonard Cohens Beautiful created in Black and they Are outstanding examples of the artists perception of All facets of Art and the interaction of the arts my an excellent source of is done by a newly developed roller print of All the Fine self portrait and signature arc the most self portrait shows a Man with a furrowed Strong features and Dyna sensitive eyes All of which Are widely associated with Harold signature Dis closes the artist at his it is uncluttered and to the this town display was brought to Winnipeg through the Courtesy of the Mazelow gallery of Royal Winnipeg Ballet scholarship students Brian Pruden and Kathy Wylie rehearse for Dominion drama festival entry the theatre croup to employ masks in festival entry the the Dominion drama festival entry from actors Fea Tures a unique theatrical do vice the designed by Ted boast vivid colors and portray a vast number of the cast and be Hindt Hestenes staff of actors showcase Are busily moulding them from stylistic and rehearsing the play for its premiere on 22 to 26 at the theatre across the Street the written by United College English let Mirer Sharon Lee involves identity person sonar and a pro found questioning of lifes miss Richmond recently i rented the Canadian premiere if Jean genes the Blacks an was invited to represent Western Canada this presentation at a theatre con Ference in actors showcase is particularly pleased with their the play is a director and actors Lour be Force interpret inc conventional behaviour out of and essentially Conn hied with Young English Flo plays the female Kirk Northcott is cast in the top male and Judy Valerie Deni Tony Pydee and Jack Mclymont also major the cast involves about 35 most of the Princi pals have been associated with Winnipeg Bette known theatrical including Rainbow stage and venture the Fiir actors show Case the rope was warmly welcomed in the Dominion drama festival is scheduled March 21 to 25 at the disc could have better title Peter Crossley hard on the heels of Menuhin recent Success with string music by and Tippitt also on Angel comes this disc rather Union Vinoly labelled twentieth Century classics for a better title would have been string music by twentieth Century none of the works delightful though they really show the composers in their Best nor can any of the pieces be called Bartok divertimento lacks the cohesion of his Best notably the masterful music for strings and but its lightweight and tuneful Quality makes it an attractive piece and a Good introduction to the composers records e1o in d Bart Tili v 4 duh Orvn Flani fruit no Angel 26335 Stravinsky concerto in d is immediately likeable and a Good example of his Neo classic some of inc More awkward at least on is surprisingly effective in this the h i n d e m i t h although written for provide plenty of incident and Opportunity for professional they Are played with vitality and like the other works recorded serve As a suitable introduction to the composers there is some haziness Between the Solo and Tutti in the but performers Are of a very High Jeffrey Anderson pennies from heaven Finger Art Henshaw is trying to turn pennies from heaven into a Finan Cial downpour for the less its his Centennial project and a Way of repaying a debt to Henshaw has been an enter Tainer for 20 years 14 of them in Winnipeg from the lowest beverage room to the dub a year heart attack sidetracked the people who administer the heart fund were Marvel Henshaw Henshaw will be forever grateful to Agnes Forsythe who grouped Many entertainer friends for a Benefit night at the Norwood repayment when Henshaw returned to Nork Early in he planned a Way to repay the people who bad shown him so much three times a night he sings pennies from heaven and patrons put coins in a the Money goes to in addition to the heart others who have benefited from pennies Are the muscular dystrophy the Christmas cheer and the Kinsman school for retarded in the first six weeks of the Henshaw collected More than Henshaw will give anything else he collects to the heart fund and the humane Henshaw is currently working the Gordon hotel last week he played at the this week Hes playing the Curtis and next week he at the Assiniboine Art works with pianist Alex with whom be Fca been playing for several and drummer Peter both Are englishmen which makes it an Al English Art was bom in Newcastle and began his entertainment career in English pubs and the British living wage when he came to he went to work with the Craf fire department but the heart attack eliminated that line of he now relies entirely on he has opened quite a few hotels in Winnipeg among them the Yale and Henshaw is in the process of trying to organize room we want these people to get a living wage from we Are not sure yet How Organiza Tion should be accomplished it May or May not include Union we have been in touch with the musicians association and they have Beer most the biggest problem is to convince the musicians that it is to their once we get the message 1 think All entertainers will get in few Crockett ;