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Art teacher: Chris Kirkland Favourite art: impressionist landscapes Favourite artist: Claude Monet and Robert Bateman Her teacher writes: Jordan is a wonderful artist - simply put! She has a fantastic sense of colour balance and wonderful technique.

WELCOME spring into your home with these blue beauties for the Easter weekend. These little eggs are very easy to assemble, they are a great activity for the kids to get involved in on Easter Day.

ABOUT 20 years ago I received a phone call. A friend of mine was attending a conference sponsored by the Boys and Girls Clubs and he said to me, "You have to come and hear the speaker this afternoon.

NORTH Vancouver's fifth annual Ideal Home Show is back and bigger than ever with more exhibits for prospective home renovators to browse than previous years. Held inside the Harry Jerome Ice Arena on 123 East 23rd St.

A colleague asked me to weigh in on the difference between eReaders and tablets. She's considering buying one or the other, but is confused by the similarities between the two. Tablets like the Google Nexus 7 or iPad mini are my own preference.

. Welcome, Baby by Barbara Reid (Scholastic, Toronto) $10 . Zoe's Year by Barbara Reid (Scholastic, Toronto) $10 . Good Night, I Love You by Caroline Jayne Church (Scholastic, N.Y.

NEW highrises seem to be popping up everywhere these days and many of those developments include public amenities but none of those new projects include community gardens as requirement of the development permit.

TO me, Easter symbolizes new beginnings and the start of spring. It's the perfect time to get together with family members (particularly ones you may not see often) for a celebration of the new season and of being together.

I'M always intrigued by the notion of the tasting menu, the idea of going to a restaurant and letting them do all the work for you. It's not that I can't abide choosing, but I love putting myself in someone else's hands.

NOTICES Piano Recital: Raphael Sudan will perform the works of Chopin, Bach, Beethoven and Liszt Monday, April 1, 2: 30-3: 15 p.m. at Cedar Springs Retirement Residence, 3633 Mount Seymour Parkway, North Vancouver. Free. RSVP by March 28.