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22 economist sun stoufmhe tribune ttiursday oct 28 1999 ark entertainment artful creations citizen hong kong screened in markham staff photomike barrett david kibuuka discusses his work and influences with sarah clarke a visitor to the artists show at the frederick horsman varley art gallery in unionville sunday kibuuka was born in uganda and began selling his work at the age of 11 since coming to north america the artist has worked in a toronto animation studio and studied video arid computer graphics at the ontario college of art his art has also been featured on unicef greeting cards and used by such charitable groups as the united way and the united negro college fund kibuuka will return to markham in february for black history month 1 twenty years after leaving her home land ruby yang returned to hong kong armed with a background in film and the candid insights of hong kongers yang has produced citizen hong kong a documentary exploring the 1997 handover to china yangs own views are supplemented with the material supplied by five peo ple who videotaped their experiences over a year the final work is a portrayal of hong kong and its citizens in their postcolonial city citizen hong kong is yangs first fea ture documentary and it has been- screened at a number of international film festivals and will be shown in markham next week yang began her editing career on wayne wangs dim sum eat a bowl of tea and the joy luck club most recent ly she was associate producer and edi- tor for xiu xiw the girl sent down which won seven taiwan golden horse awards including best picture all that jazz m oct 29th and sat oct 30th sat oct 30fli- jnoci5m tony prior andthe i costume party ijtbest prizes ws karaoke 1 i e your nfl headquarters m visit our website fathersmarkhamcom caufordetiik corner of hwy 7 and mccowan ri since 1984 there will be two screenings of citizen hong kong on nov 4 at 630 and 830 pm at markham theatre tickets are 10 or 50 for vip admission call 4752494 yang along with producer lambert yam is scheduled to attend the gala and share her reflections on the making of the film proceeds from the screenings will benefit the ontario chinese cultural heritage fund used to encourage stu dents to learn about chinese culture and heritage through an exchange pro gram between canadian universities and hong kong university arts york info session grade 8 students interested in audi tioning for the arts intensive program at unionville high school are invited to an open house at markham theatre on nov 4 at 7 pm this is a general information session about the arts program for artistically talented students interested in dance drama music or visual arts complimentary tickets must be reserved by calling the box office at 305- 7469 for more information call the school at 4792787 ext 261 tammy trent in concert musician tammy trent will be in concert saturday night in markham trent on a tour across canada per forms at the markham missionary church her downtoearth style is said to encourage faith and foster hope s3 a wellknown christian musiciari- some of her hits include you have my heart run to the cross ssid love and devotion 1 tickets for her concerj are 5 in advance and 7 at the dpprshowtime is 730 pm and the markham missionary church is located at 5438 major mackenzie dr artistic heights staffiwrostevesomeimie markham district high school music teachers ross jull mark caswell dawn caswell arid bill thomas celebrate the schools recently earned recog nition in the jazz report magazine the schools jazz program won the magazines award for best secondary school jazz program of the year msostumesj hi party vlai music by stsxsm appetizers foil dinner dessert per couple call to reserve early 1 s m restaurant llbo banquet hall win j caribbean trip for two 2 lots of prizes mwwm wptea way 24ij pasta festival all you can eat pastas breads salads desserts friday october 2999 saturday october 3099 m erjwardst stouffville call 905 6426524 staff ph0t0sj0erd w1tteveen conductor ephraim cheung raises his baton at a rehearsal of the markham symphony orchestra friday the final practice before the orchestra played its inaugural concert at markham theatre that evening the audience was treated to a slate of famous overtures and dances iriclud- ihg a solo performance of tchaikovskys violin concetto by aramie kirirof mafkhanfi