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John Gormley

The Gormley Papers: I’m Right & You Know It The Gormley Papers: I’m Right & You Know is my second book. Based on my columns in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix and The Regina Leader-Post for the past dozen years, the book spans the turn of the new millennium, in all its complexity. I have dedicated this book to my radio listeners John Gormley and to my family.

My first book was the Canadian bestseller Left Out: Saskatchewan’s NDP and the Relentless Pursuit of

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Mediocrity — fair to say it was a very political book. The new book is one that celebrates you — encouraging you to question the events shaping our society and to cherish the relationships in your life.

Having spent my childhood in rural Saskatchewan, many of my perspectives were informed by my parents — immigrants to Canada — who felt it was important to value good books, good music and good citizenship. It mattered to them, and it matters to me, that we take seriously the right to vote, freedom of speech and the ability to give back to your community … and, of course, the Saskatchewan Roughriders! The book also amplifies Saskatchewan’s transition into

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a place where a more confident, positive attitude has taken hold — no one loses when we think better of our opportunities and ourselves.

As a talk-show host, I’ve been on life’s observation deck witnessing people and their concerns — pain, injustice, triumph and joy. Looking, for a brief period, into the varied lives of many people there isn’t much I haven’t written about.

The Gormley Papers explores what it feels like to experience being a victim of crime, to deal with depression or to leave the comfort of your life to run for political office.

It questions some popular beliefs, affirms others and looks at the role of media in our lives. The book also challenges you to play a vital part

in our democracy and to grow old with grace.

Have we become too politically correct? Have we become a society of protesters? How influenced are we by media? Is cyber vigilantism the new court of law?

I hope you enjoy my book. You won’t be surprised that I’m opinionated or that I rant on occasion.

The book shares some personal experiences, some rants and some humour. Would I dare to give you advice on how to live your life? Yes. Am I right? You bet. And you know it.

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READ MY BOOK — 2 The Gormley Papers: I’m Right & You Know It IN THE CITY — 4 A moment in time: Photographer Michelle Berg’s best shot of the week ON THE COVER — 6 A writer by nature, Candace Savage cultivates her love of the prairies into a literary landscape GARDENING — 11 Columnist Erl Svendsen’s top five fragrant plants for your 2014 garden SPACES — 12 Beauty and light fill a creative co-working space in downtown Saskatoon ON THE SCENE — 14 At the Dutch Growers and Saskatoon Fashion and Design Festival’s Choc’laCure Fashion Show Spring 2014

ASK ELLIE — 16 Stepmom sick of playing chauffeur CROSSWORD/SUDOKO — 18 OUTSIDE THE LINES — 20 Artist Stephanie McKay’s weekly colouring page creation WINE WORLD — 21 Return to simpler wine times with a bottle of Brotherhood Merlot EVENTS — 22 What you need to know to plan your week SHARP EATS — 26 The future of urban agriculture and sustainable food production

Models walk the runway in looks from Dutch Growers’ spring collection at the Choc’laCure Fashion Show on April 16. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

Bridges Cover Photo by Michelle Berg Bridges is published by The StarPhoenix – a division of Postmedia Network Inc. – at 204 Fifth Avenue North, Saskatoon, Sask., S7K 2P1.

Rob McLaughlin is editor-in-chief; Heather Persson managing editor; Jenn Sharp associate editor.

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Richa and Jaya Kayale construct special baskets to celebrate spring at the Mendel Art Gallery as part of their “Something on Sundays” art making for children inspired by the season. Bridges photo by Michelle Berg

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People who love the prairies are its last best hope — Candace Savage

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Writer digs into her prairie roots for inspiration

By Ashley Martin “Jo! Jo! Where are you?” cried Meg at the foot of the garret stairs.

“Here!” answered a husky voice from above, and, running up, Meg found her sister eating apples and crying over the Heir of Redclyffe, wrapped up in a comforter on an old three-legged sofa by the sunny window. This was Jo’s favourite refuge; and here she loved to retire with half a dozen russets and a nice book, to enjoy the quiet and the society of a pet rat who lived nearby and didn’t mind her a particle. — Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, 1868 Candace Savage’s relationship with words began with bedtime stories.

For a half hour or more each night, Edna Sherk read to her three daughters, the eldest of whom became a wordsmith as she inhaled children’s classics.

Little Women was her favourite, the story of four daughters, one a writer with a pet rat.

“Who knows how influential that was?” said Savage.

In a childhood spent shuffling across the Alberta prairie, she became acquainted with her future subject matter: Of her 28 books, 20 are about nature and six are set in the Prairies.

The beauty of the landscape captivated her; she continues to explore it with a gaggle of pets and her partner of 22 years, Keith Bell.

“When you’re in a place that doesn’t shout at you, like a mountain shouts at you, then there’s room for thoughts and feelings to sort of echo around and amplify.”

■ ■ ■ ■ But it wasn’t until I tried to leave that I knew I had somehow become a deep-down, died-in-the-wool prairie person. This land was flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone. Nearly as I can tell, it was my mother’s doing …

— Prairie: A Natural History, 2004

Saskatoon non-fiction writer, passionate prairie person and nature advocate Candace Savage at her home with some of her published works. qc photo by Michelle Berg

Savage was born Dec. 2, 1949 in Grande Prairie, Alta., very nearly in a pickup truck, to teacher parents, Edna Humphrey and Harry Sherk.

As their eldest child, Savage reaped the benefits of years of bedtime stories, the rhythm of the words seeping into her imagination every night into her preteen years.

Marilyn was three years her junior, and Eileen six.

Moving 14 times in her first 14 years of life as her father’s job dotted them across Alberta, one thing Savage could count on was the monthly

children’s book the family received in the mail through Junior Deluxe Editions. With chancy public libraries in her hometowns, “Those books were a real treasure for us.”

They filled a shelf in the Sherk home.

In spite of moving so much, or perhaps because of it, the region became her home.

She’s a self-described “prairie person.” Her roots are here, since her ancestors came to Alberta in the early 1900s from Missouri and Ontario.

She lived a spell in the Northwest

Territories, but her prairie home sense called her back.

“Mothers are very important people and I think some of this I inherited from her, that sense of connection,” said Savage.

■ ■ ■ ■ “Writing books is my way of getting an education.” — A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape, 2012 When she finished high school in

1967, Savage moved to Edmonton to pursue an honours English degree at the University of Alberta. There, she met her future husband, Arthur Savage, a physics graduate. His work brought them to Saskatoon.

She started graduate school herself, in history and biology, several times, but never stuck it out.

“I think I’d gone through school sort of assuming if you got enough education, you could become an honorary man,” said Savage. “I came to realize that that wasn’t the case.”

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Whether or not it was Thoreau’s influence, she decided university was not the best place for her anyway. “I didn’t want to wait ’til I was retired to do what I wanted to do.”

She wanted to be a writer, but she wasn’t sure how to go about it. A fear of criticism kept her from creative writing classes.

But one thing led to another when she received a grant to write articles about women in history for Saskatchewan weekly newspapers. Then she became a freelance editor at Western Producer Prairie Books, which “demystified” the writing process for her, and charted the course for the rest of her career.

There, she worked with editor Rob Sanders, whom she remembers as a “distant, dishevelled presence” during her university days. When Sanders moved to Douglas & McIntyre in Vancouver, Savage gained a new publisher. Now Sanders’ Greystone Books is her editorial home.

“She’s just a wonderful, wonderful writer,” said Sanders, with a “phenomenal drive to not be satisfied until she knows that she knows.

“It is a highlight of my career, the opportunity to work with Candace for so long.”

■ ■ ■ ■ Nellie’s literary education was no sooner underway than she started to dream of writing. She would be a novelist, she decided … But fiction took too long to write ... — Our Nell: A Scrapbook Biography of Nellie L. McClung, 1979 Savage’s first story was written as a sevenyear-old in Brownies. She thinks it was probably about fairies, though she doesn’t quite recall; it was published in the Dawson City newspaper.

Now, non-fiction is “far enough away from home for me.”

“I understand that people who are writing fiction are writing about the real world … But I’m more interested in trying to explore things at a closer distance without the intermediary of making things up,” said Savage. “I’ve written a lot about other species and other times and so you’re always still creating.”

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gested they were coming there to retire, which was “quite comforting because it meant that somebody thought he knew what we were doing by buying that house,” said Savage.

That’s not their plan — they love Saskatoon. It’s big enough, but not so big it’s uncomfortable, said Savage, whose daughter Diana and twoyear-old granddaughter Asha also live here.

But they try to visit Eastend at least monthly. The excitement of the place draws them back: the river and its wildlife, the variety of birds, the fossils encased in rock, the beauty of the grasslands.

She exercises her imagination writing about history and natural science. Specifically, she’s written more than two dozen volumes running the gamut: wolves, witches and wizards; cowgirls and cats; birds and beauty queens.

Her first solo book, a biography of suffragette Nellie McClung, was published in 1979. The same year marked the birth of her daughter Diana.

Two years later, Savage’s husband died of necrotizing fasciitis, flesheating disease. He was 32.

“He went from being healthy to being dead in just the space of a few days. It was pretty devastating,” said Savage. “(Diana) saved my life just by being there.”

She returned to Edmonton to be closer to family, then to Yellowknife, and ultimately back to Saskatoon in 1990.

■ ■ ■ ■ The wide open spaces of the Great Plains are a landscape of hope. Here is an ecosystem that has experienced the full onslaught of modernization in one brief historical instant and that, though battered and torn, still inspires us with its splendour. This is a country filled with light. — Prairie: A Natural History, 2004

■ ■ ■ ■ But no matter what subject I’m addressing, my goal has always been the same: to write accurately and with feeling about real things, organisms, people and events, and to honour the magic of language. — Curious By Nature, 2005 Savage’s love of the natural world predisposed her to more than half of her titles.

“If you were relatively comfortable reading scientific literature, and then able to translate some of those discoveries into (a) more humane kind of language, it was something I was able to do. But it certainly started out as pure pleasure and delight,” said Savage.

“She’s made natural history fun,” said Sanders. “To present it in a way that non-specialists can understand it and really, really enjoy it and find themselves becoming curious.”

Savage lives in the company of two chirping budgies, three dogs and an authorally named cat. It’s always been this way.

As a child, her nickname was Spider Candy. Every recess she’d hunt for arachnids and cart them home in a Velveeta cheese box.

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A Geography of Blood won the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize in 2012, Canada’s most lucrative prize for works of non-fiction. QC photo by Michelle Berg

they’re children,” said Savage. “The fascination didn’t dim.”

She had some pets growing up; her daughter had exponentially more, among them an iguana, a snake and a rabbit — though “I think she was just cover for me.”

It was in that setting that Savage first met Bell. She answered his personal ad in the StarPhoenix: “Friendly, attractive professional man, early 40s, seeks sincere, intelligent woman to enjoy adventures, travel, the arts …”

Their first meeting was at her house. “Amidst the salamanders and the mice and the turtles and the hairy dog, we had a big talk,” said

Savage.

“He was a keeper from the very beginning.”

In 22 years together, their adventures have included trips to Argentina and Tanzania, but it’s a town in southwest Saskatchewan that has held the most appeal.

Since first visiting Eastend 20 years ago, then again in 2000 in research for her book Prairie: A Natural History, Savage has been captivated by the place — the latter time due to their old van breaking down thrice on the way out of town.

She found Eastend was a “simulacrum” of all the prairie towns she’d lived in as a child, and of her

mother’s childhood home near Hanna, which “had always existed in my imagination.”

“I think I felt at home but I also knew this was in its own way a spectacular place and an exotic place even though it pretends just to be a bunch of cow pastures,” said Savage.

This dramatic “nowheresville” inspired her latest book, A Geography of Blood, which in 2012 won Canada’s most lucrative non-fiction literary prize, the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize.

It also inspired Savage and Bell to buy a house in Eastend about 12 years ago; the real-estate agent sug-

In her years on the prairie, Savage has realized the natural landscape is in “terrible jeopardy.”

“You can’t study the grasslands without ... starting to feel a lot of grief and concern,” she said. She tries to stay engaged and involved in conservation efforts to prevent further loss.

“People who love the prairies are its last best hope, and I really believe that, that we need to act on our love,” said Savage. “At the very least we can make things less worse than they would have been.”

She was a Nature Conservancy of Canada board member for five years and is a founding member of Wild About Saskatoon, a collective that tries to raise awareness of urban nature.

“We need to remember that we’re all natural and that we’re all still a little wild,” said Savage, even in cities. “We still breathe the air, drink the water, eat plants and animals.”

To that end, Wild About Saskatoon hosts the NatureCity Festival, being held May 25-31 around Saskatoon, of which Savage is the co-ordinator.

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Candace Savage’s relationship with words began with bedtime stories. Little Women was one of her favourites.

Her cat Louisa May Alcat is named after Little Women author Louisa May Alcott.

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■ ■ ■ ■ Consider the miles flown, the lives spent, the prodigious efforts of these insects. And remember, too, that flowers are notoriously fickle. — Bees: Nature’s Little Wonders, 2008 Savage’s next literary project, which she is reluctant to discuss, may be a sequel to the last one, or so she hopes.

It was a great success, “a little distracting and bewildering,” winning a $60,000 prize (which is still sitting in her bank account, by the way) and being listed in the Globe and Mail’s Top 100 books of 2012.

“I found it incredibly moving and painful at the same time,” Hilary Weston juror Charlotte Gill told the National Post. “It was really striking from the very first read.”

“The writing she brought to that book,” said Sanders, “was just brilliant. It was a whole new level for her. I was really excited to see that happen.”

Over the years, Savage’s books have been published around the world (including across Europe, in Australia and the U.S.) and have sold well, said Sanders, but she has been rather overlooked in parts of Canada.

A Geography of Blood shocked those who have discounted her all these years, said Sanders.

“There was still always this kind of grudging acceptance of her east of Manitoba as a serious writer,” said Sanders. “If they’d been watching ... they would have been very much aware of that incredible bright light on the prairies.”

A Geography of Blood took almost eight years to write, or rather, not write — “that’s

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“Somebody wise once said you have to read a library to write a book,” said Savage.

For pleasure, though, here are some of her recent reads: ■ The New Yorker, which she reads every week.

■ Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ■ Bring Up the Bodies — Hilary Mantel ■ The Road is How — Trevor Herriot ■ Flying Time — Suzanne North ■ National Dreams: Myth, Memory and Canadian History — Daniel Francis ■ Frontier Farewell: The 1870s and the End of the Old West — Garrett Wilson (re-reading for the third time) ■ Louis Riel and the Making of Modern Canada — Jennifer Reid ■ La Petite Poule d’Eau — Gabrielle Roy ■ The Trouble With Beauty — Bruce Rice ■ Camp Outlook — Brenda Baker

part of the process too. You don’t want to procrastinate endlessly, but not writing can be part of the process.”

Savage doesn’t believe in writer’s block; it’s just a matter of figuring out what you want to say, which can be helped by a bit of extra scribbling, or a walk, or alternate distraction.

(She’s played the accordion in the Saskatoon Fiddle Orchestra since 2004. She learned as a child; being such an itinerant family, “We couldn’t carry around a piano I guess.” She also started horseback riding at age 50, part of her research for her book Cowgirls.)

There are many days when things don’t come easily; she likens writing to digging for gravel.

“Some days you take pit runs, whatever happens to come out in the scoop, and then other days you’re just getting this beautiful white sand trickling through your mind.”

Over the years Savage has gotten better at hearing possibilities, which helps her create that beautiful prose. “I listen to the way that the words are falling.”

Not without revision, of course; it’s why she writes on computer: Paper edits would quickly become unreadable.

Savage counts herself lucky to be a writer in Saskatchewan.

“There are many, many fine writers in this province who are routinely producing wonderful books. So that’s a great privilege to have a circle of friends and acquaintances that include so many brilliant people.

“None of us can do these things by ourselves,” said Savage. “Without that community, you wouldn’t be making anything.” amartin@leaderpost.com

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The top-five fragrant plants for your garden

By Erl Svendsen Warning: A garden is not a scent-free environment. At least it doesn’t have to be. There are many plants that can fill a small yard to a whole neighbourhood with their fragrance. Some emit drifts of perfume during the day, while others are at their headiest in the evening.

And of course, they are only fragrant when in bloom.

With careful planning and selection, you can have a fragrant garden throughout the summer. One thing to keep in mind, fragrance is in the nose of the beholder. While some may swoon over the smell of a lilac, others may find the same scent malodorous.

Here are my top five fragrant plants to try this year.

This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@yahoo.com).

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Flowers: Golden yellow, throughout season Size: 0.9 x 0.76 m (h x w)

‘Coral’ Preston lilac. Photo courtesy of Wouter Hagens

Littleleaf linden. photo courtesy of Tatiana Gerus

Lilac (Syringa prestoniea) Coral

Littleleaf linden

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‘Northern Carillon’ lily. Photo courtesy of Thorkild Poulsen

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Size: Up to 1.5 m tall

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Beauty and light fill a creative co-working space

By Jenn Sharp Agora Creative Workspace was created with beauty in mind. An abundance of windows provide ample light that sweeps throughout the building. The building it’s housed in is one of Saskatoon’s original heritage spots, and future plans are to restore the brick façade to what it looked like in 1909. In keeping with modernity, the decor within Agora is simple and beautiful — it’s the tenants that will bring the colour to this space.

WHO? Tasos Kangles and Tricia SteeleKangles WHAT? Agora Creative Workspace WHERE? 219 A 21st St. in downtown Saskatoon WHEN? Built in 1909, the building was originally the J.F. Cairns Department Store. Back then, the building had an Lshape and the entrance was on Second Avenue. It’s since had many tenants over the years, from a hairdressing school to mixed retail space. Tasos bought the building, along with Taverna Italian Kitchen in 2009.

Three phases are planned. The first, a total renovation of the space was finished in June. The next phase is recreating the 1909 façade of the building.

The old stucco will be removed to reveal the original brick, which is hopefully in good condition. Next comes a rooftop patio, herb garden and green space for the tenants to enjoy their lunch (they get 25 per cent off at Taverna), or to host a party.

WHY? “I’m an artist and was originally going to use it as my studio but it’s so big,” says Tasos. “Then I thought, ‘I’m not that good of a painter, it’s not like I need all this space.’” He kept a small space for his studio and his wife Tricia Steele-Kangles, a hairstylist, moved her salon into the building. Eventually they decided to renovate the whole space.

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The name Agora comes from ancient Greece.

It was a meeting place in a market area where everyone from philosophers to athletes would gather to share ideas.

“We wanted a name (that fit) with downtown Saskatoon. We’re in the centre of Saskatoon, we’re in the financial district, the entertainment district, the shopping district.

We’re in an area where people want to congregate — it’s kind of like an agora. We wanted to attract like-minded tenants.”

Thus far, Agora has welcomed a beauty spa, photographer, hairdressing salon, a venture capitalist and an eyelash studio as tenants.

HOW? It used to be one, large open area, with a lot of sinks and plumbing for a hairdressing school that occupied the space.

They refurbished it to include character suites along with larger spaces perfect for offices, an art gallery or a yoga studio. Tricia designed a beautiful open area in the front that’s flanked by glass walls and windows providing a view out to the street below.

“I wanted to catch all the light and make sure I had the light going through the rest of the space. People told me ‘no, glass is too expensive,’ but I said ‘I need the light coming through.’ It would have been so dark otherwise,” she says.

A collaborative work bar and kitchen welcomes visitors. Since it’s still in the early stages, the tenants will decide how the open space is furnished. A large work table would suit more business-minded tenants, or an eclectic lounge area might be better for artistic tenants.

“We want people to enjoy the space together and have a community feel to it,” says Tasos.

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Stepmother tired of being the kids’ taxi service Q. I’ve been with my husband for seven years. He has three daughters with whom I’ve been involved since they were young. I love them.

Their mother’s been very difficult to get along with, for both my husband and myself, but I’ve taken that in stride.

However, lately I’ve felt conflicted about my involvement in these nowteenage girls’ lives. They no longer rely much on me as a parental figure and I’m OK with that.

They usually stay with us one day weekly and every weekend. Their mother will only drive them over or get them, occasionally. Our relationship with her has gone downhill in recent years.

Their father drinks (not excessively) every night, so refuses to drive after a drink (I agree).

This has left the pickup and dropoff responsibility to me. If I don’t do it, their mother refuses to allow them to come over.

Now one child wants to spend both weekend nights out with her friends

bad guy.

I feel so used, abused, and hurt by everyone involved.

Their mother lives not that far away. She also has a husband who’s only picked up the kids twice over the years.

Am I right in expecting the parents to take some responsibility? I don’t want to alienate the kids.

Fed Up and Confused A. These children have been lucky to have you in their lives, for your caring and your generosity of heart and effort.

Their parents have been playing out a selfish power struggle for years, without concerns for its impact on the children because they’ve had you to pick up the shortfall.

Your husband has made his drinking more important than his children — it suggests his daily “not excessive” intake may still be defined as alcoholism. At the least, it’s stubborn and manipulative.

Pathetically, these parents are wasting precious time. Teens will

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— which means more driving.

I even drive her friends around because their parents can’t or won’t. If I say no because I’m tired, not well, or just want a break, I’m made to feel guilty by the kids and my husband, too.

During a recent huge argument, I told my husband he and/or his ex should take over driving the kids around.

Now the kids don’t come over unless I get them, my husband’s upset because he doesn’t get to see them as much, the ex is upset because she’s stuck with them more often, the poor kids are caught in the middle, and are miserable. Yet I’m seen as the

soon not want to switch houses at all, or will drive themselves where they please. There’s only a window of a few years to stay connected.

Talk to the kids and explain that you love them and want to see them, but sometimes can’t do the driving, when others can. Say that you’ll do it at other times, but you’re not just a taxi service. If you go get them, they need to spend some time with you and their father in return.

Tell your husband that, through choosing drinking, he’s wasting time with them, feeding the power struggle with his ex, using you, and it’s affecting all of those relationships. Don’t be afraid to speak up, he needs you.

Your feelings are valid. You can’t accept being treated this way. Once you stand up for yourself, you’ll mind the driving less and also not feel guilty when you can’t do it. A real taxi-service can also be used.

Q. I feel that large birthday parties for kids, where parents’ friends

and distant family are invited and expected to give gifts, are over the top.

Do I always have to attend, and give a gift?

We only invite immediate family for our children’s birthdays, and we give our kids a small gift.

I recently attended two children’s parties. At one, the parent photographed the child with each present and the child was instructed to hug the giver.

I gave a small cash token in a homemade card, and wasn’t thanked.

At another party, with 40 people in a hall, the child opened tons of presents atop a table. I gave a beautiful homemade card, and no money.

I wasn’t invited again. Your suggestions?

The Party Grinch A. You’re entitled to your principles, as others are to their choices. Don’t attend unhappily and critically. Instead, send a homemade card and sincere good wishes to the child and family.

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Back then, grapes were picked around 24 brix. Brix is a measure of the sugar content of the grapes and thus the ripeness. This was the key to port and other dessert wines — there was always enough residual sugar left. These days, Helen Turley and company, aided by the massively improved weather forecasting brought to us courtesy of the computer revolution, pick their grapes as ripe as possible, 26 brix and up, (often to 28 brix for “fine” Californian wine.)

In the 1990s such wine could not even be completely fermented as the yeasts gave out at that level. This was the key to making port and other dessert wines — the amount of sugar left unconverted to alcohol in the wine. But then yeast breeding took off and the next thing you know “dry” table wine, wine that before the last five years had by definition less than five grams residual sugar, (often zero grams) suddenly had anywhere from eight to 15 grams of sugar.

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Wed . , Ap r il 23 Who Made Who Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. The Motorleague w/ Me the Guts Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave. Thurs ., A pr il 24 Earnest Ernie’s Pan Fried Blues Crackers Restaurant & Lounge, 1-227 Pinehouse Dr. Jazz Jam: The David Fong Trio The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. Quinzee Town w/ Brass Buttons and DJ Beej Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave. Flat Black Plastic: Charly Hustle and The Gaff Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. Fri., Ap r il 25 Johnny Clegg Broadway Theatre, 715 Broadway Ave. Seven Strait Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. Piano Friday: Brett Balon Roots Series: Shane Philips w/ Jim McLean The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. Dan McConnell Army & Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N. The Standards Trio McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E. Leon Ochs

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Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 103 Fairmont Ct. Footloose Toon Town Tavern, 1630 Fairlight Dr. The Rebellion Louis’ Pub, 93 Campus Dr. Indigo Joseph w/ The Archers and The Northern Lights Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave. Lady Hawke w/ Shotgun Jimmie Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. Marty Grambo Piggy’s Pub & Grill, 1403 Idylwyld Dr. N. Crestwood w/ Eli for Short Underground Cafe, 430 20th St. W. The Band Wonderland Béily’s Ultralounge, 2404 Eighth St. E. Fresh from the Forest: Stickybuds and Freddy J Sutherland Hall, 1112 Central Ave. S a t . , Ap r i l 2 6 Seven Strait Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave. Jazz Diva Series: The Eliana Cuevas Quartet The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N. Dan McConnell Army and Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N. Les Barrington Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St. Saskatoon Rhythmaires Downtown Legion, 606 Spadina Cres. W.

Rainbow Danceland by David Thauberger is on display at the Mendel Art Gallery. Submitted photo Wayne Bargen McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.

Les Barrington Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St.

Fern w/ Wolfen Rabbits, Booji Bomb and New Born Vangelis Tavern, 801 Broadway Ave.

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Welcome to Dillaville Tour: Bizarre Ride (Fatlip & Slimkid3 of Pharcyde) and Slum Village Amigos Cantina, 632 10th St. E. Marty Grambo Piggy’s Pub & Grill, 1403 Idylwyld Dr. N. S u n., A pril 27 Roots Series: The Good Lovelies The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N.

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Mendel Art Gallery Until June 27 at 950 Spadina Cres. E. David Thauberger:

Road Trips and Other Diversions and School Art, art by 200 students in Saskatoon schools. RBC Artists by Artists Mentorship Program, Mary Longman and Joi T. Arcand: Through That Which is Scene, until June 15. Registration is underway for Summer Art Camps for kids ages six to 12, running July 7 to Aug. 22.

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Gordon Snelgrove Gallery April 23, 12 p.m., at 191 Murray Building, U of S. Artist talk by David Armstrong. Artist talk

by Jill Ho-You April 24, 12 p.m.

Trinity, new drawings by Stacie Huculak, runs until April 25. Reception April 25, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Green Ark Collected Home Until April 25 at 212 20th St.

W. Andie Nicole: T’works of Art. SCYAP Gallery Until April 25 at 253 Third Ave. S. Misappropriation Function

by ReARTcycle. Recycled art made by the local art collective. Sequence by Jane Reväe McWhirter runs April 28 to May 23. Two series of works exploring different media.

Reception May 17, 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Le Relais April 25, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; April 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and April 27, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at 103-308 Fourth Ave. N. Paintings by the group Six and a Half. Artists include Ivor Jones, Bill and Barb Nelson, Les and Dianna Sneesby, Madhu Kumar, and Rod and Denyse Simair.

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EVENTS St. Thomas More Gallery Until April 25 at 1437 College Dr. Collaboration, ninth annual USCAD. An instructors’ and certificate students’ exhibition.

Station Arts Centre, Rosthern Until April 26 at 701 Railway Ave. in Rosthern. Obsolete Spaces by Wendy Weseen.

Ancenstral Ground by Ray Keighley, April 29 to May 31.

Reception May 22, 7 p.m.

Prairie Star Gallery Until April 27 at 1136 Eighth St. E. Spring! Works by Anne McElroy, Bris Flanagan, David Shkolny, Edward Epp, Eve Kotyk, Garry Berteig, Kim Ennis, Valerie Senyk and Yulbin Moon.

Charity Art Auction May 2, 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, 191 Murray Building, U of S. Hosted by SWITCH (Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health).

A fundraiser to support the student-lead clinic based out of Westside Community Clinic. With wine and hors d’oeuvres. Works by local artists, students, and organizations will be available for viewing April 28 to May 2.

Biggar Museum & Gallery Until April 29 at 105 Third Ave. W. in Biggar. A Wing and a Prayer by Diane Larouche Ellard.

The Spring Collection Until April 30 on the eighth floor of the Delta Bessborough. Presented by Kehrig Fine Art. Bronze sculpture and modern contemporary art by Raphaël Gyllenbjörn, Michael Anthony, Tom Schultz, William Prettie and Tim Johnson.

The Stall Gallery Until April 30 at Collective Coffee, 220 20th St. W.

Forest Landscapes by Kathy Bradshaw. New abstracts by Jan Corcoran runs until May 25 at City Perks, 801 Seventh Ave. N. Parkridge Centre Through April at 110 Gropper Cres. Art in the Centre: works by the Saskatoon Quilt Guild.

The Gallery at Frances Morrison Library Until May 1 at the library. The Cat that Slept on a Tortoise Shell by Patrick Bulas. Reception April 2, 7 p.m.

The Gallery/Art Placement Until May 8 at 228 Third Ave. S. City Seen. An exhibition of cityscapes focusing on the relationship of art to architecture and the built environment.

Darrell Bell Gallery Until May 10 at 405-105 21st St. E. Paintings and Prints by David Thauberger. Coincides with the beginning of a touring retrospective of Thauberger’s work.

Affinity Gallery Until 31 at 813 Broadway Ave. Aboriginal Artists. Works from Aboriginal and Métis communities in Saskatchewan. Coincides with the Aboriginal Artists’ Symposium, in Saskatoon May 23-24. Reception May 24, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Calories Bakery & Restaurant Until May 24 at 721 Broadway Ave. Pedal Power, new works by Cindy HergottPellerin.

Centre East Galleries Until May 25 at The Centre.

Vesna Festival display in the Royal Gallery, Children’s Festival display in the Jade Gallery, photos by Spell It Photo Art in the Amber Gallery, quilt display by the Mennonite Central Committee in

the Sienna Gallery, photos by Imagery in the Crimson Gallery, art display by Bedford Road Collegiate students in the Mendel ART for LIFE program in the Lavender Gallery, a display by the Saskatoon Public School in the Magenta and Indigo Galleries.

Handmade House Showcase Until May 31 at 710 Broadway Ave. Trophy Teapots by potter Jeffrey Taylor.

Diefenbaker Canada Centre Until June 8 at 101 Diefenbaker Pl. A Queen and Her Country. This exhibit commemorates the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II from a uniquely Canadian perspective.

Ukrainian Museum of Canada Until June 21 at 910 Spadina Cres. E. Moved by the Spirit: Artistic Interpretations on the Life of Jesus. A multimedia exhibition featuring the works of 12 artists.

Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery Until June 24 at 601 Main St., Humboldt. A Local Perspective, paintings and sculptures by Toni Ambrose and Sandy Christensen.

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Parent and Tot Yoga Wednesdays at the Farmers’ Market at 10 a.m. Led

by Dianna Stampe and her grandson. For parents with children ages 16 months to three-and-a-half years old.

Admission is free with a suggested donation to Vinyasa Yoga for Youth. Bring a mat and snacks.

Mom and Baby Wednesday mornings until June 4, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Legends Centre in Warman. Learn, share and

connect with other moms and babies in your community. Learn from local experts about a variety of topics for modern moms. Visit www. mommyconnections.ca/ saskatoon.

Stars and Strollers Wednesdays, 1 p.m., at Centre Cinemas in The Centre. Choice of two movies each week. A baby-friendly environments with lowered volume, dimmed lighting, a changing table and stroller parking in select theatres.

4Cats Spring Camps April 23, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at 4Cats Saskatoon, 50-2105 Eighth St. E. Drawing and watercolour art camps for kids ages six to 10. Visit www.4cats.com.

LLLC Saskatoon Daytime Series Meeting April 23, 12:30 p.m., at Mothers’ Centre at Station 20 West, 201-1120 20 St. W. All women interested in breastfeeding are welcome. They meet the third Wednesday of the month, January to April.

Call 306-655-4805, email lllcsaskatoon@gmail.com.

Newborn Knowledge: Breastfeeding Class April 23, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Pregnancy and Parenting Health Centre, 248 Third Ave. S. Taught by lactation educators and mothers, Martha Neovard and Fred Berry. Learn how to get off to a good start with breastfeeding in the first few weeks. Partners and other support people are encouraged to attend.

Fun Factory Indoor Playground Daily at 1633C Quebec Ave. A giant indoor playground for young children. Adults and children under one year are free. There is a separate

fenced in area for children under two.

Children’s Play Centre Daily at Lawson Heights Mall.

A fun, safe, environment for preschool children to play.

Please note this is an unsupervised play area, and adults must stay with and supervise children at all times.

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Market Mall Children’s Play Centre Daily just off the food court at Market Mall. This play area is free and has different level slides. Children must wear socks in the play area.

Scooters Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., October to May, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1636 Acadia Dr. Parent supervised playgroup for kids ages one to six. Indoor play equipment, games, colouring, dress-up, coffee/tea for parents. Registration on arrival.

Call 477-1234. presents

Breastfeeding Cafe Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Westwinds Primary Health Centre, 3311 Fairlight Dr. A drop-in support group for breastfeeding women.

Sessions will be facilitated by a lactation consultant with a brief educational presentation, and time for interaction with the other mothers.

Movies for Mommies Thursdays, 1 p.m., at Rainbow Cinemas in The Centre.

An infant-friendly environment with reduced sound, change tables, bottle warming and stroller parking.

Canlan Hockey Camps Various camps until April 24, and July 2 to Aug. 29. For kids ages seven to 12. Players must wear full hockey equipment. Visit www.icesports. com/jemini/hockey-camps. aspx, call 306-955-3606.

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EVENTS Shop ‘n Stroll Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., meet in front of Customer Service at The Mall at Lawson Heights. Classes consist of power-walking, body-sculpting moves using exercise tubing and a socializing for parents and babies.

Preregister at www.runnersandbootiesfitness.com. No classes on stat holidays.

inspired by Waldorf philosophies. Programming is aimed at children ages two to five, but all ages are welcome.

Coffee Time for Mom Fridays, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, 11-705 Central Ave. Moms enjoy a free cup of coffee while children play in the playroom.

Stay and Play Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., September through April, at Louise St. Community Church. For children up to age five. Semi-structured, crafts, snacks, story time, toys, activities. Email stayandplaysaskatoon@gmail.com or visit the Facebook page.

Baby Talk at SPL Fridays, 10:30 a.m., at Alice Turner Branch; Mondays, 10:30 a.m. at Carlyle King Branch and JS Wood Branch; and Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m., at Cliff Wright Branch. Half-hour singing and rhymes, then mingle with other parents.

Easter Bunny Count Until April 25 at Beaver Creek Conservation Area. Search and count camouflaged snowshoe hares at the creek.

Enter to win a Folkmanis puppet. Call 306-374-2474.

Funky Artsmiths Kids Camp Until April 25, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Funky Artsmiths Studio. For ages eight to 11.

Discover elements of art, use many media types and sources, explore new techniques and application, learn art history, and keep a daily sketchbook. With a field trip to the Mendel Art Gallery. Visit funkyartsmiths.blogspot.ca, email funkyartsmiths@gmail. com.

Craft and Story Time Saturdays, 3 p.m., at Indigo Books, 3322 Eighth St. E. in the kids’ section.

Used Children’s Clothing Sale April 26, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at

Preschool Story Time Tuesdays and Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., at McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E. For children ages three to five in the Circle of Trees. Call 306955-1477.

CFL players like Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Scott McHenry will help young football players learn skills at the The Don Narcisse All-Star Football Camp for KidSport. The annual camp takes place at the SaskTel Soccer Centre on Saturday. File Photo by Gord Waldner Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Gently used clothing for children at reasonable prices. All proceeds support Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Rainforest Ecology Camp for Kids Until April 25 at the U of S. For kids ages eight to 11. Learn about rainforest ecosystems and wildlife. With daily hikes.

To register call 306-966-5539.

Trading Cards, make and trade your own mini postcard artist trading cards.

Kinsmen Day at the Museum April 27 at the Children’s Discovery Museum in Market Mall. The fourth Sunday of each month in 2014, admission is free. Courtesy of the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon.

Don Narcisse All-Star Football Camp April 26 at the SaskTel Soccer Centre. 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. for kids ages seven to 12; 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for kids ages 13-18. Learn football from CFL players. This is a non-contact camp. Players require athletic gear and cleats. Tickets at picatic.com.

Postnatal Yoga Mondays, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., at Pregnancy and Parenting Health Centre, 248 Third Ave. S. Beginner to intermediate yoga designed to help with postpartum recovery. Baby friendly class with a certified yoga teacher. Suitable for four weeks to two years postpartum. Register at www. msjpriestley.wix.com/pureenergy. No class on stat holidays.

Something on Sundays Sundays, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Mendel Art Gallery, 950 Spadina Cres. E. Free family fun for ages four to 12, accompanied by an adult. Artmaking activities led by gallery artists. Supplies are provided.

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Prenatal Yoga Mondays, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Pregnancy and Parenting Health Centre, 248 Third Ave. S. Taught by a doula and certified yoga teacher. Informative and safe for any stage in pregnancy. Call 306-2510443 or email msjpriestley@

gmail.com. No class on stat holidays.

Drop-In Playground Mondays to Fridays through May, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Henk Ruys Soccer Centre, 219 Primrose Dr. An indoor public playground with ride-on toys, sporting equipment, toys and books for children up to age six. Food and drinks are welcome, but the building is peanut-free.

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo Playroom Mondays to Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and late night Thursdays, at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, 11-705 Central Ave. With a vet area, kitchen and shopping centre, puppet theatre, stage and crafts. To book groups, or to check for availability, call 306-3844791 or email bbbprincess@ sasktel.net.

Playgroup Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Grace-Westminster United Church. Hosted by Prairie Hearts Learning Community, a group of families

Dancing for Birth Tuesdays, April 29 to June 3, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Pregnancy and Parenting Health Centre, 248 third Ave. S. A sixweek course. Dance classes to put an expecting mother more at ease with her body and mentally and physically ready to embrace the birth experience. To register visit www. birthrhythms.ca.

Naturally Yours Tuesdays until June 17, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at Pregnancy and Parenting Health Centre, 248 Third Ave. S. A comprehensive childbirth education series, preparing parents for the birth of a child.

To register visit www.birthrhythms.ca.

Saskatoon Public Library Programs Ongoing daily programs for children and families. Find the calendar at saskatoonlibrary. ca/node/1016.

BRICKS 4 KIDZ® Saskatoon Regular after-school programs, preschool classes and camps for kids of all ages at various locations in

Saskatoon. An atmosphere for students to build unique creations, play games, and have fun using LEGO® bricks.

Visit www.bricks4kidz.com or call 306-979-2749.

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Age-Friendly Saskatoon April 23, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., at Saskatoon Community Clinic Mel Langer Building, 424 First Ave. N. Enter through back alley door. With Candace Skrapek, speaking about the Saskatoon Council on Aging’s Age-Friendly Saskatoon Initiative and other activities. For information call 306-664-4243.

Speech Reading and Information for the Hard of Hearing April 23, May 14, 28, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, 3-511 First Ave. N. Hosted by the Hard of Hearing Association. For information call 306-249-1357.

Elvis Elvis Elvis: An American Trilogy April 23, 7:30 p.m., at TCU Place. Three Elvis impersonators pay tribute to three different eras of the King’s career. Featuring the legendary Memphis Beats Rock ’n’ Roll Band with the Uptown Hornz and TCB Singers. Tickets at tcutickets.ca.

Argentine Tango Weekend April 24-27 at Free Flow Dance Centre, 224 25th St. W. With Roxana and Fabian Belmonte.

Workshops and private lessons for all levels. With a Milonga and show April 27, 7 p.m. Register at www.tangodeoro.com, tangodeoro@hotmail.com.

Spring Concert April 27, 2 p.m., at the German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright Ave. Presented by the Volksliederchor Concordia. Directed

by Christa Ortlegg. Coffee and cake after the concert.

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Ninth Annual SEN Environmental Film Festival April 24-27 at Roxy Theatre and Frances Morrison Library. Presented by the Saskatchewan Eco Network (SEN). Films, workshops and presentations on the theme, Fuel the Change. Films on cycling, renewable energy, waste reduction, urban and organic agriculture. Visit www. econet.ca.

ing Desert Beats, Saskatoon Salsa, Argentine Tango, Free Flow Dance Theatre, Hula Hooping, Saskatoon Lindy Hop and Flamenco.

Art Beyond the Event Horizon April 30, 7 p.m., at the Mendel Art Gallery. A free public lecture by art theorist Stephen Wright. The event launches Museums 3.0, a series that will inform the artistic direction for Remai Modern, Art Gallery of Saskatchewan, now under construction.

26th Annual SSO Book and Music Sale April 24 to May 1 at Saskatoon Symphony Community Centre, and at Paved Arts. An annual fundraiser for the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.

Visit sale.wgpotter.com or call 306-665-6414.

Saskatchewan Paddling Symposium April 25, 11 a.m., at TCU Place.

Guest speakers Paul Mason, James Raffan and Ric Driedger. With a tradeshow, sessions, supper and live entertainment. Tickets at 877-511-2726, ric.crco@sasktel.net.

The Man Show April 25, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.; April 26, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and April 27, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Prairieland Park. A consumer and trade show for men. Featuring the ultimate man shed.

Visit www.manshow.ca.

Steak Night Fundraiser April 25, 5:30 p.m., at Downtown Legion, 606 Spadina Cres. W. Tickets at 306-2447575.

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ecumenism? Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Nettie Wiebe.

Register at 306-653-1633, admin@pcecumenism.ca.

Payment at the door.

Co-operative Consumption and the Rise of the Sharing Economy April 25, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Station 20 West. Share your experiences, learn about new models and explore opportunities to develop and support a sharing economy in Saskatchewan. Tickets at picatic.com.

Rosebud Burlesque Super Glam Costume (and more) Sale April 26, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Free Flow Dance Centre, 224 25th St. W. New and gently used clothing, burlesque costumes, shoes and accessories for sale. Featuring Back Then & Again Jewellery, Abandoned Warehouse Crafts, Infinite Boudoir, Positive Passions and Penny Lane.

Build Your Skills with Andy April 25, 6:30 p.m., at Wet Paint Pottery, 5-3110 Eighth St. E. A brush strokes class for adults. To register call 306373-3219.

Sweep Into Spring: Back Alley Clean-Up April 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., beside Ecole Victoria School.

A one-day free garbage collection site for Nutana residents to clean up their back lanes.

Free coffee and hot dogs from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Must bring proof of residence.

Springtime Handmade Market April 25, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and April 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, 535 Eighth St. E. Hosted by Flock

Spring PEC Workshop April 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Queen’s House of Retreats.

Care of the earth, care of the church: What does the environment have to do with

Fourth Annual Don Narcisse All-Star Event April 26, 6 p.m., at Hilton Garden Inn, 90 22nd St. E. A gala fundraiser presented by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Featuring keynote speaker Kory Sheets. With Levi Steinhauer, Macho Harris, Paul Waldo, Belton Johnson, Matt Dominguez, Scott Schultz, Ben Heenan, Scott McHenry and Dan Rashovich. Tickets at jculbert@onpurpose.ca, 306-652-1487, picatic.com.

Supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatoon and Saskatoon Minor Football.

concert. With a luncheon to follow the performance. Tickets at the door.

Watoto Children’s Choir April 26, 7 p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church, 323 Fourth Ave. S. The choir will perform.

Watoto is a holistic care program that was initiated as a response to the overwhelming number of orphaned and vulnerable children and women in Uganda. Visit www. watotomarket.com.

James Nagar Baul April 27, 5 p.m., at St. Joseph High School, 115 Nelson Rd. Hosted by Saskatoon Bangladeshi Association. The leading singer from Bangladesh performs in Saskatoon.

Tickets at 306-203-6038, 306-203-0808.

Quartango April 26, 7:30 p.m., at TCU Place. Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra’s Conexus Pop Series. Featuring Montreal quartet Quartango, and Argentine tango dancers Roxana and Fabian. With pianist Stéphane Aubin, Jonathon Goldman on bandoneon, René Gosselin on double bass, and violinist Antoine Bareil, and guest conductor Richard Carnegie.

Tickets at tcutickets.ca.

Saskatoon Choral Society April 27, 2:30 p.m., at GraceWestminster United Church, 505 10th St. E. Their spring

Wings for Life World Run May 4, 4 a.m., at Prairieland Park. Runners around the world with set off at the same time. Instead of a finish line, runners must outrun a catcher car for as long as possible.

Registration deadline is April 27. Register at www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com. Proceeds go to Wings for Life, supporting international spinal cord research.

International Dance Day Celebration April 29, 7 p.m., at Free Flow Dance Centre, 224 25th St. W. Presented by Free Flow Dance Theatre Company. Hosted

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Leading Ladies April 23 to May 11 at Persephone Theatre. A door-slamming, quick-changing comedy complete with young men chasing love and money while wearing dresses. Tickets at persephonetheatre.org, 306348-7727.

Ik Onkar April 25-27 at Studio 914, 914 20th St. W. Presented by La Troupe du Jour. Three young people meet on the roof of their school and exchange their views on life and the human condition, friendship, love, violence, hope and disillusionment. Tickets at 306667-1221, latroupedujour.ca.

Operation Big Rock April 25 to May 11 at Dancing Sky Theatre in Meacham.

A love story … about a giant rock: the 370 ton mistasiniy rock of the Qu’appelle Valley.

In the face of the valley being flooded to manage drought in the late 1950’s, Operation Big Rock explores one anthropologist’s spiritual journey as he risks his career and his family to fight for the rock. Tickets at 306-376-4445.

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A manifesto for the new food movement

By Jenn Sharp “The best we can do is to leave (the land) more fertile than we found it.”

These words came from Canada’s inspirational urban farmer Michael Ableman. Ableman has transformed areas of Vancouver’s downtown Eastside, notorious for poverty, crime, drug use and sex trade workers, into an urban farming oasis.

He was in Saskatchewan recently to give a keynote speech at the Grow Saskatoon Workshop. The workshop, which was presented by the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre, explored creative, community-based food systems and how to help build healthy communities.

Ableman’s Sole Food Street Farms began in a half-acre parking lot beside the Astoria Hotel on East Hastings Street five years ago.

It’s grown to four different community garden sites that produce 20 tons of artisanal quality food per year that any chef would be proud to serve (and chefs in 30 Vancouver restaurants do just that). The produce is also for sale in six farmers’ markets.

Ableman said the gardens have personalized the food production system for people: “Because it’s in your city and because you can see it.”

The gardens also provide meaningful work to people with addictions and/or mental health issues.

“We’re not trying to save anyone or get anyone off drugs but if the results (of working in the garden) are positive, so be it,” Ableman told the crowd of about 100 people at Grow Saskatoon.

The amount of drug paraphernalia thrown from the Astoria into the garden requires workers to wear gloves and spend an hour a day picking up the trash. Yet, they persist.

“We have people employed with us now for five years that had not been employed for five months,” Ableman said proudly.

Sole Food Street Farms uses highdensity plantings to maximize the

The Saskatoon Food Bank’s Garden Patch is a great example of community-driven urban agriculture. Located in a city-owned vacant lot on Third Avenue North, the garden produces thousands of pounds of food every year. Submitted photos

production in these small growing plots. For example, spinach and radish are planted using pinpoint seeders. When the spinach finishes its growing cycle, the radish begins.

About 4,000 strawberry plants grow vertically in towers, alongside 20-foot tall tomato plant towers.

While it’s easy to romanticize urban agriculture, the reality is much different. It hasn’t been an easy road for Sole Food. Urban soil is often contaminated. Access to land and acquiring long-term tenure is difficult.

Theft and vandalism are daily concerns. Finding people with agriculture experience is tough. There’s also the challenge of educating a public about the real costs of cheap food.

“In the U.S. and Canada, we have the cheapest food of anywhere in the world,” said Ableman. “You pay for it long after you leave. You pay for it

with your health… (and with) the environmental/lost soil cost.

“How do you address that there’s a high cost to cheap food and invite people to pay more?”

He said pleasure is a greater motivator than guilt. The doom and gloom environmental messages of the last 30 years have left most feeling helpless, not motivated.

Ableman’s considerable knowledge can be applied anywhere. Saskatoon and Regina are on a good path toward sustainable food production.

Both have numerous community gardens, many of which are located in the core neighbourhoods. Both have indoor farmers’ markets, along with numerous outdoor spots in the summer. Many chefs highlight locallyproduced food on their menus, showing customers it’s possible to do the same at home.

Michael Ableman founded Sole Food Street Farms in Vancouver. Submitted photo

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Families cook a variety of nutritious meals together. Everyone enjoys the meal together at the end of the class. There is also reading, writing and math support for children.

Up to five families can participate in each session.

Our Prairie cities don’t have the same population density challenges other cities face. Both are surrounded by large areas of farm land.

Ableman said it would take a few energetic and enterprising people to start a profitable operation on 10- to 50-acre plots, providing food at retail prices to markets and restaurants, while optimizing the space.

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“We need to train people how to do this and show them they can make a living at it too.”

Future steps are outlined below in a moving manifesto for our food future with which Ableman ended his keynote address.

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MICHAEL ABLEMAN’S NEW FOOD MOVEMENT MANIFESTO: ■ Every municipality should establish working farms that demonstrate the economic potential of small farms. Most people are now so removed from this type of work that they need to see it.

■ Reduce what comes into communities from elsewhere and reduce what leaves (i.e.: food) ■ A portable rock grinder purchased by a municipality and taken to farms can help supply minerals and phosphorous to the soil.

■ Get over our phobia of human waste. Stop spending millions flushing it away and polluting the water. Start composting it instead.

■ Farmers’ markets should be required in every city and seen as equally important to public health as swimming pools.

■ Every new building permit must contain an element relating to food production (rooftop gardens).

■ Phase out all lawns.

■ Use school kitchens for canning, freezing and dehydrating workshops.

■ Focus on farming, cooking, mechanics and carpentry in schools, and not just on math, science and English.

■ Every land purchase should require the owner to attend a stewardship and restoration training course. This will move land away from being a commodity.

■ There’s a crisis of participation — so few people know how to farm. Chefs receive mythical rock n’ roll status. Farmers need it now. Make friends with a farmer. You’re going to need them.

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