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MUSIC:

How Saskatoon is taking a cue from Regina’s all ages music scene P. 13

ON THE SCENE

Hollywood glamour encouraged at the RSO’s Oscar showcase P. 14

WINE WORLD

A luscious Portuguese pick at a price you can afford P. 15

WHEN LABELS DON’T STICK A TRUE ORIGINAL, MEGAN LANE PLAYS TO HER STRENGTHS P. 5

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IN THE CITY #

F E B R U A R Y 2 8 , 2 0 1 5 — 1 : 3 2 P. M .

The science of teamwork

Bethany Gadd smiles during a team-building exercise during the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) League challenge held at the University of Regina. QC PHOTO BY MICHAEL BELL

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O N T H E C O V E R P. 5

Saskatchewan blues artist Megan Lane found her passion for music at an early age and hasn’t slowed down since. QC PHOTO BY MICHELLE BERG

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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

IN THE CITY — 2 A moment in time: Photographer Michael Bell’s shot that defines the week GARDENING — 4 It’s time to get ready for spring

CROSSWORD/SUDOKU — 11 OUTSIDE THE LINES — 12 A weekly colouring creation for kids of all ages by artist Stephanie McKay

ON THE COVER — 5 A true original, Megan Lane plays to her strengths

MUSIC — 13 Saskatoon takes a cue from Regina’s thriving all ages music scene

EVENTS — 8 What you need to know to plan your week Send listings to: qc@leaderpost.com

ON THE SCENE — 14 Hollywood glamour was encouraged at the RSO’s Oscars showcase

READ MY BOOK — 9 Author Joan Olson’s Prairie Intiation: A War Bride Story

WINE WORLD — 15 A luscious Portuguese pick at a price you can afford

Robbie Hynes started Take Something and Run at Beaumont Film & Record so youth would have an all ages concert series to showcase their talent in Saskatoon. He’s hoping the all ages music scene takes off in that city like the way it has in Regina. QC PHOTO BY MICHELLE BERG

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GARDENING #

G A R D E N P R E PA R AT I O N

It’s time to get ready for spring

By Erl Svendsen My brother takes perverse pleasure in letting me know when his daffodils are blooming. For him, that was nearly three weeks ago, not surprising given that he lives in Sidney on south Vancouver Island. And while his spring is well under way, ours is still at least a month away.

But that doesn’t mean you should continue to hibernate on the couch just dreaming of spring. There are a few things you can do to prepare yourself and reduce the mad dash that is spring on the Prairies.

If you’re overwintering tender bulbs or roots, like dahlia, begonia or gladiolus, you should check them for signs of decay — remove mouldy or rotten ones immediately. If they’ve started putting out leaves or branches, pot them up, water them slightly, put them in bright light but keep the temperature low to keep growth slow and to promote stocky stems.

Take inventory of your tools. Clean off soil and rust. Repair or replace ones with broken or missing parts. Buy yourself that crack-weeder or any other tool you’ve been eyeing for a while.

Take apart pruners and shears (usually just a bolt or two) to sharpen blades with a wet or dry stone. Shovels and hoes can be sharpened with a few strokes from an axe file.

Greenhouses will have a seemingly unending selection of bedding plants this spring. Even so, their offerings are still only a fraction of what’s available from seed catalogues. For those that like to start their own seeds and/or want to try something new or different, now’s the time to plant slow-to-start varieties like peppers, pansies, petunias, snapdragons, cardoons and artichokes. A heating mat underneath your seed trays will help them get off to a faster, healthier start.

Now is also the time to give your houseplants a checkup. With brighter and longer days, growth should be speeding up. Pinch back leggy or spindly branches, increase fertilizer back up to the full rate, and check for pests like spider mites, aphids, mealy bugs or fungus gnats.

Turn your pots a quarter turn once a week to promote even, straight growth.

Take advantage of the late-winter mild temperatures: go outside and do some tree and shrub maintenance. Use those newly sharpened pruners to remove dead, damaged and diseased branches; also remove crossing/rubbing branches, suckers and water sprouts. And remember that branch that threatened to poke

No matter the time of year, good pruning starts with sharp tools and proper removal techniques. Don’t leave the stumps, and cut just in front of the branch collar — that slight area of swelling where the branch attaches to the trunk. PHOTO COURTESY JOSEPH O’BRIEN, USDA FOREST SERVICE

you in the eye as you were mowing the lawn last year? Remove that one, too. If you have overgrown shrubs, remove a third of the branches, concentrating on the oldest, thickest branches.

If you do this every year, you will end up with a better-behaved and groomed shrub over time.

Start spring indoors early this year by forcing branches of spring flowering trees or shrubs into bloom. Another chance to use your nice sharp pruners: take several 45 to 60 cm cuttings. Do not smash the ends to open up the branches, as is often recommended. It does nothing to improve water uptake but more like-

ly impairs it.

Forsythia and pussy willows are the usual candidates for forcing, but give ornamental crabapple, any of the cherries (Nanking, prinsepia, chokecherry, mayday), muckle plum or any other spring flowering tree or shrub a try.

Year-round and winter resident birds, like black-capped chickadees and redpoles, that have got used to a handout will appreciate a constant supply of fresh seed in the feeder (so go fill it up). My brother-in-law upped his birdwatching game with the addition of a motion sensitive camera to record who’s visiting his

bird feeder when he’s away at work.

Tired of the seemingly unending prairie winter? Consider travelling with Saskatchewan garden author Sara Williams as she leads a customized, small group garden tour to Morocco, March 16 to April 1. Call 1-888-778-2378 or email ruth@ worldwideecotours.com for information.

This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@yahoo.com). Check out our bulletin board or calendar for upcoming garden information sessions.

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I don’t do well with limits.

— Megan Lane

S A S K AT C H E WA N B L U E S A R T I S T

No limits for Megan Lane

The new album from blues artist Megan Lane, shown here at the Capitol Music Club in Saskatoon, displays the guitar virtuosity that made her famous. QC PHOTO BY MICHELLE BERG

By Sean Trembath Megan Lane has been challenging boundaries since before she was a teenager. So far it’s working great.

The Saskatoon blues player was rocking an open stage before she was high school age. As a blues guitarist, she’s a woman in a male-dominated position.

Even when they’re her own boundaries, she

pushes through; sitting down to write her latest album, the plan was to get back to her roots with a straight-up blues record. It didn’t turn out that way.

“I don’t do well with limits. Saying I was writing a blues record was limits. When I find those, I tend to push against them,” Lane says.

The resulting album, Sounding the Animal, isn’t a complete departure. She still displays the guitar virtuosity that made her reputation. But

instead of straight blues it’s an exercise in riff rock and hard hitting jams you can stomp your feet to.

“You make plans not to carry out those exact plans. It’s just to get you started,” she says.

It seems to have paid off. The first single, Someday We Will Leave This Town, has seen radio play across Canada and earned her an award for Best Rock Song from RightOutTV. The video was well received, and there’s another on the way.

Since the album’s August release, Lane has been hard at work, as always. The tour has taken her near and far but this month she’s taken time to stay in her hometown. She’ll show off her latest stuff at the Capitol this Friday, then it’s back to work, with South by Southwest and a European tour on the calendar.

It’s a busy schedule, and music doesn’t pay what it used to.

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It’s ridiculously hard to do this for a living. You gotta really want to do it.

— Lane

Megan Lane and her pocket beagle Abigail. Lane started touring as a teen and made a reputation early on as a musician with talent beyond her years. QC PHOTO BY MICHELLE BERG

Unlike most, Lane was lucky enough to find her passion early and has managed to ride it out.

“It’s ridiculously hard to do this for a living. You gotta really want to do it,” she says.

Lane is one of a collection of Saskatoon rockers who cut their teeth on the blues jams at Bud’s on Broadway. She was 10 or 11 the first time she went.

“I was just a geeky kid who was really into playing guitar,” she says.

A friend’s mom brought them out.

She was amazed there was a place people could get up and just jam.

“It inspired me to go home and work on my chops, and then head down there and get the courage to jump up and play,” she says.

Her parents helped as well. They were friends with the parents of Kyle Riabko, who would go on to star on Broadway.

“So they set up kind of a play date and we hung out and jammed at Kyle’s place,” Lane says.

Once she got the courage to get up on stage, she made a quick impression, and was soon playing with other locals. She started touring in her teens, building a name as someone with chops beyond her years.

Eventually, she dropped out of high school to pursue music full time. More than 10 years later, she’s still at it.

“It’s a totally messy, weird industry and we’re just doing our best,” she says. “Everything is constantly changing and evolving, so you just

roll with it.”

During an early tour in Ontario, Lane made an impression on longtime Canadian rocker Hawksley Workman.

“My manager at the time was also from Saskatchewan, and she said there was this kind of astonishing young blues guitar player,” Workman says.

They talked on the phone about working together. It took more than a decade, but the collaboration finally came together.

“That’s what happens in music.

You’ll have an idea one day, and sometime it takes 10 years to put it together,” he says.

The process of writing with another artist was daunting for Lane.

“I originally was petrified to co-

write, because it’s a really intimate thing you’re doing,” she says.

Workman says he didn’t feel her nerves at all. She came to his studio and he showed her his idea of what he thought her record could sound like.

“It was almost a bit like being able to look into the future, and go here’s what we want the record to kind of feel like, and let’s write into that feeling,” he says.

That meant focusing on her biggest strength.

“Megan is such a phenomenal guitar player. I didn’t want it to have to adhere to singer-songwriter standards,” he says.

“I wanted her to sort of feel she could have a songwriting voice as a virtuous guitar player. She could

build songs around riffs, and not shy away from putting the guitar in the middle of what she’s doing.”

Workman isn’t the only other artist to help out on the album. Someday We Will Leave This Town was done with Calgary’s Rae Spoon.

“I thought it was really fun to write with Megan. She’s super excited about music. There wasn’t really a moment where we were stuck,” Spoon says.

The song draws on themes of teenage alienation, derived from Lane and Spoon’s experiences as queer youth growing up on the prairies, although that wasn’t their original intention.

“I was, like, it would be cool if she had a big, anthemic pop song. That’s all I was thinking,” Spoon says.

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Megan is such a phenomenal guitar player. I didn’t want it to have to adhere to singer-songwriter standards.

— Workman

Similar to how the rest of the album’s sound morphed from blues to rock, that song went in directions they didn’t anticipate.

“We were like, let’s not write a ‘gay’ song, but we’re both just so gay, it ended up super-queer anyway,” Lane says, laughing.

“Once that started to happen, we just went with it.

I’ve had a lot of people say it’s got a good underdog vibe.”

The song’s video also embraces alternative cultures.

During a month-long residency at a bar in Toronto, Lane started seeing more and more furries, a subculture devoted to dressing in exaggerated animal costumes. She thought it was fun, and says it’s an example of how members of alternative scenes naturally find each other.

“It’s like playing a gig in Winnipeg. You play a couple nights at a blues bar. The first night one lesbian is there, and the next night there’s 10. It was just kind of that,” she says.

She invited some of the furries to be in her video, and even donned some fur and fake fangs herself.

Her next video, for the song Cabin in the Woods, was produced by Dayna Danger, a queer activist and visual artist. Lane is very excited about it, largely because of how fun the shoot was.

“We just set up the lights, had our list of shots, had everything ready to go, then just cracked into the whiskey and just sort of went for it,” she says.

Although she doesn’t shy away from talking about her sexuality, Lane doesn’t feel her art focuses on it the same way as someone like Danger’s.

“I’m just a musician that’s queer, and that’s fine.

Whatever, right?” she says.

As for acceptance, she has seen some improvement in the atmosphere that inspired Someday We Will Leave This Town, but says there’s a way to go.

“I think it’s changing, but I think it’s ridiculously, tortoise-slow compared to big cities. But it’s the prairies, you know? Things can get a bit frozen in time here,” she says.

Lane herself is anything but frozen, with a packed schedule for the year. She’s working on an album of Sounding the Animal b-sides, featuring many of the tracks — including the more traditional bluesy ones — that didn’t make the first record.

There will be lots of travel, including the South by Southwest gig, something she has wanted to do for a long time. Come summer, Lane will play as many festivals as she can. The change of sound on her latest album has opened some new doors for her.

“Right now, riff rock and guitar music is kind of in, so younger audiences are into it,” she says.

From there, it’s off to Austria, Germany and Switzerland, more new experiences. In the music business, her latest successes are just another rung on the ladder.

“There’s just opportunities arising as we push the record, so the plan is to just keep rocking,” she says. strembath@thestarphoenix.com twitter.com/strembath

Megan Lane (left) and Theresa Sokyrka (right) sing at a dress rehearsal for the Saskatchewan Centennial Gala in 2005 at the former Credit Union Centre. QC FILE PHOTO BY GREG PENDER

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EVENTS #

What you need to know to plan your week.

Send events to QC@leaderpost.com

This exhibition creates a space for intercultural dialogue and storytelling, encouraging sharing, empathy, and deeper understanding of what it means for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to co-reside in these territories.

Until April 19. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St.

MUSIC

Wedn esd ay, M arch 4 Wednesday Night Folk: Buffalo Narrows Bushwakker, 2206 Dewdney The Alley Dawgs Leopold’s, 2330 Albert St.

Tricia Middleton: Joy is just melancholy with a really strong sense of purpose An immersive installation

by Montreal-based artist Tricia Middleton. An uneasy marriage of materials and process, Middleton’s practice incorporates castoffs and debris from consumer culture, organic elements, byproducts from studio production, and utilitarian building and craft supplies.

Until April 22. Dunlop Art Gallery – Sherwood Village Branch, 6121 Rochdale Blvd.

Until Red McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Thursd ay, M arch 5 Live music Fat Badger, 1852 Scarth St. Queen City Rocks The Wolf battle of the bands The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave. One Bad Son, The Wild McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Stephanie Thomson The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E. Friday, M arch 6 Open jam 6-11 p.m. Eastview Community Centre, 615 6th Ave. Wicked Grin Broadway’s Lounge, 1307 Broadway Ave. Weekly Drum Circle Instruments provided 7:30-9 p.m., The Living Spirit Centre, 3018 Doan Dr. The Mickey Gilley Show Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr. Stephanie Thomson The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E. Sean Burns Band McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Friends of Foes, Samantha Savage O’Hanlon’s, 1947 Scarth St. Saturd ay, M arch 7 Open Acoustic Jam 3:30-8 p.m. Broadway’s Lounge, 1307 Broadway Ave. Smokebreak Broadway’s Lounge, 1307 Broadway Ave. Dan Mangan and Black-

Celebrate the Beatles during Let It Be at the Conexus Arts Centre on Sunday.

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smith, Hayden Darke Hall, 2155 College Ave. Sean Burns Band McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Stephanie Thomson The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E. S u n day, M a rc h 8 Open jam Every Sunday 3-8 p.m.

Mojo Club, 639 Victoria Ave. Willows 6:30 p.m. Le Bistro, Carrefour des plaines, 3850 Hillsdale St. Let It Be A celebration of the music of The Beatles. 7 p.m., Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Dr. M o n day, M a rc h 9 8’s Enuff Bushwakker, 2206 Dewdney Tu esday, M a rc h 1 0 Karaoke

McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Benighted, Bookabee, Oracles of Oppression The Club at the Exchange 2431 Eighth Ave.

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VISUAL ART

Undergrowth: Brendan Schick Intricate organic patterns influenced by nature’s creatures delicately rendered in graphite.

Until March 21. Slate Fine Art Gallery, 2078 Halifax St. Landscape and Sky, People and Place: Contemporary Canadian Fine Art The Artists of Scott Nicholson Fine Arts Until March 22. Government House, 4697 Dewdney Ave. Intimate Details in Textures A collection of 18 framed prints on archival watercolour photographic paper. Through the camera lens, the artists have probed and explored

textural elements in the everyday world to allure, entice, tease, excite and compel us to see beyond that which is in front of us and to experience a powerful visual impression and examine more deeply the notion of sensuality.

Until March 31. Artful Dodger, 1631 11th Ave. Material Girls Works by 24 female artists of different ages, from a variety of disciplines and cultural backgrounds.

Until April 5. Dunlop Central Gallery, 2311-12th Ave. Persons of Interest Is this moment public or private? Recorded or unrecorded? Intimate or anonymous?

More than ever, how we see ourselves is inseparable from how we are being seen. Art by Vancouver artist Ken Lum. Until April 5. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Moving Forward, Never Forgetting

Landscape and Sky: Contemporary Canadian Fine Art The Artists of Scott Nicholson Fine Arts Until April 30. Regina Centre Crossing, 1621 Albert St. --Art Gallery of Regina Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre 2420 Elphinstone St. Open Monday to Thursday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday to Sunday 1-5 p.m.

Assiniboia Gallery 2266 Smith St. Open Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Mata Gallery (Formerly Mysteria) 106– 2300 Broad St. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Neutral Ground #203-1856 Scarth St. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Nouveau Gallery 2146 Albert St. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Oakland Gift and Fine Arts Oil and ink paintings by Chinese artists Lingtao Jiang and Huaiyi Tian.

2312 Smith St. Open Monday

to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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COMEDY

Jim Jefferies March 7, 8 p.m.

Conexus Arts Centre 200 Lakeshore Dr. The Laugh Shop Live standup every Saturday night, 9:30 p.m.

Ramada Hotel, 1818 Victoria Ave.

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DANCING

Salsa dancing March 4, 8-11 p.m.

Cathedral Village Freehouse, 2062 Albert St. Dancelicious kickoff dance March 6, 8 p.m.

Austrian Club, 320 Maxwell Cr. Minus One Club Dance Featuring Prairie Pride.

March 6, 8 p.m.-midnight Regina Senior Citizens Centre, 2134 Winnipeg St. Friday Night Dancing Hosted by Adult Social Dance Group. $5 per couple includes tea and coffee.

Every Friday, 8-10 p.m.

St Mary’s Anglican Church, 3337 15th Ave. Dancelicious March 7-8. To register visit dancelicious.ca Turvey Centre, 6 Armour Rd. Retro Dance Party Every Sunday McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave.

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PERFORMANCE

Playwright Reading — Tara Beagan March 4, 8 p.m.

U of R Education Auditorium The Drowning Girls March 4-22 Globe Theatre, 1801 Scarth St. Rael’s Journey Until March 7 Globe Theatre, 1801 Scarth St. Blueprint Series March 8 New Dance Horizons, 2207 Harvey St. MORE EVENTS ON PAGE 10

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LOCA L AUT H O RS: Writers tell us what makes their book worth reading

JOAN OLSON

Prairie Initiation: A War Bride Story Like many other war brides from the Second World War, I left behind family, friends and country, travelling by boat to Canada. Fortunately, my husband — a former army officer — came with me to his family farm in Saskatchewan. But, with a background in the performing arts and office work, I was totally unprepared for what lay ahead of me. I was also a second wife. As an Anglican, I believed in a loving God. Imagine stepping through the looking-glass into a household devoid of pictures and books. On the walls hang religious texts stressing man’s duty to God, but not a word about God’s compassion to man.

The local pastor then compounds the blow with his fire and brimstone

sermon and dire warnings of hell. After this bleak introduction to this strange, humourless world, you cope as best you can with its arbitrary rules.

I soon perceived that not everyone in the family and the community welcomed my presence.

This resentment and discord created much turmoil, not only be- Joan Olson tween my husband and myself, but within me, threatening my health. I began to miss my dad’s humorous comments and the family singsongs around the piano. Luckily, there was some respite with

good friends in the neighbourhood with whom we shared occasional outings.

Eventually, I was called back to England as my mother was terminally ill.

After the funeral came a time for both grieving and contemplation as I tried to make sense of my Canadian ordeal, for it raised many questions about my future. Prairie Initiation is the ultimate result of my experience, and I hope it will help others facing similar challenges.

In 2001, Prairie Initiation won a

John V. Hicks Award presented by the Saskatchewan Writers Guild and sponsored by Weyerheauser.

This book, dedicated to all war brides, should appeal not only to them, but to others interested in Canadian history.

Over the years I have made many changes in my life. I meditate, practise yoga and swim regularly. I live in Regina with my son, and enjoy visits with my daughter and two granddaughters in Australia.

Prairie Initiation is available for $19.95 at Benchmark Press, the Saskatchewan Publishers Group, the SaskMade Marketplace in Saskatoon, McNally Robinson in Saskatoon and online (Amazon.ca and Play.google.com).

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EVENTS

What you need to know to plan your week.

Send events to QC@leaderpost.com

Talking Fresh 13 Getting Lucky: Writing and Luck.

Two-day writers’ festival.

Writers and artists explore luck (or lack thereof) and the influence it has on writing careers and aspects of writing.

Free admission.

March 6: 4-6 p.m. panel discussion; 6-7:30 p.m. reception; 7:30 p.m. readings March 7, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

9:40-10:30 a.m.: Tara Beagan “Wound a Knee: Swimming Against the Current in the Mainstream” 10:40-11:30 a.m.: Michael Helm “Luck, Fate, and the Fiction of Character” 1:30-2:20 p.m.: Christian Bök “Writing Beyond the Lyric —— (A Workshop for Poets)” 2:30-3:20 p.m.: Angie Abdou “Get Lucky: Creating an Audience for Your Work” 3:30 p.m.: Launch of Connie Gault’s new book A Beauty University of Regina Research and Innovation Building, Room 119

Tuesday to Sunday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Vagina Monologues March 8, 6:30 p.m.-midnight The Exchange, 2431 8th Ave.

Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame 2205 Victoria Ave. Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

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F O R FA M I L I E S

Stars and Strollers Wednesday, 1 p.m.

Cineplex Odeon Southland Mall, 3025 Gordon Rd. Bake A Difference Combat bullying through baking; spread kindness with a cookie.

Wednesday, 5-7 p.m.

Sweet Ambrosia Bakeshoppe, 230 Winnipeg St. N. Drop-in crafts and gym Free event for youth aged 5-18. Thursday, 4-6 p.m.

Eastview Community Centre, 615 6th Ave. Drop In Indoor Playground Friday, 9-11:45 a.m.

South Leisure Centre, 170 Sunset Dr. Build and Grow Clinics Build a special feature project.

For children age 5 and up.

Saturday, 10 a.m.

Lowes, 4555 Gordon Rd. Mom and Tot Bored Meetings Hosted by Kate Murray, 306-

Regina Firefighters Museum 1205 Ross Ave. Tours by appointment (306777-7714).

Regina Floral Conservatory 1450B 4th Ave. Open daily, 1-4:30 p.m.

Royal Saskatchewan Museum 2445 Albert St. Open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

Saskatchewan Military Museum 1600 Elphinstone St. Open Monday and Thursday, 7-9 p.m., or by appointment (306-347-9349).

Saskatchewan Science Centre 2903 Powerhouse Dr. Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday and holidays, noon-6 p.m.

Closed Mondays.

Author Angie Abdou features at Talking Fresh at the University of Regina this weekend.

216-2511.

Friday, 10-11:30 a.m. Early Learning Family Centre, Scott Collegiate, 3350 7th Ave. Michaels Kids Club Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon 2088 Prince of Wales Dr. Family Favourites films Enjoy a favourite film for just $2.50.

Saturday, 11 a.m. Galaxy Cinemas, 420 McCarthy Blvd. N. Family activities Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre, 2903 Powerhouse Dr. Family Studio Sundays Sunday, 2-4 p.m.

MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Science Time for Tots Interactive workshop aimed at early learners.

Tuesday, 9:30-10 a.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre, 2903 Powerhouse Dr.

Parent and Preschooler Jungle Gym Monday, 9:30-11 a.m.

Al Ritchie Family Wellness Centre, 445 14th Ave. Drop-in crafts and gym Free event for youth aged 5-18. Tuesday, 4-6 p.m.

Eastview Community Centre, 615 6th Ave.

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MUSEUMS

Alex Youck School Museum 1600 Fourth Ave. Tours by appointment only (306-523-3000).

Civic Museum of Regina 1375 Broad St. Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday noon-4 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.

RCMP Heritage Centre 5907 Dewdney Ave. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

Government House Museum & Heritage Property 4607 Dewdney Ave.

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OTHER HAPPENINGS

RCMP Sergeant Major’s Parade Weekdays, 12:45 p.m.

RCMP Depot Division, 5600 11th Ave. Monthly ALES Meeting Presentation topics include Off Flavours and European Lagers. New members welcome.

March 4, 8 p.m.

Bushwakker basement clubroom, 2206 Dewdney International Women’s Day lunch With guest speaker Sara Londono-Sulkin. $15. PATHS fundraiser.

March 5, 12:10-12:50 p.m.

St. Paul’s Cathedral Hall, 1861 McIntyre St. Public lecture Public Engagement, Social media and Health Policy: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges in the Stem Cell Sector, presented by Amy

Zarzeczny.

March 5, 1-2:30 p.m.

University of Regina, 2 Research Dr. room 210 Open session life drawing Nude model. Bring your own drawing materials. $12 drop-in fee.

Thursday, 7-10 p.m.

Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton St. Nash Memorial Lecture Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues, presented

by Sister Helen Prejean. Book signing to follow.

March 5, 7:30 p.m.

U of R Education Auditorium Ukrainian Supper Fundraiser for Casey Foundation for Autism Support. For tickets ($20), call 306-5301832.

March 6, 5 and 7 p.m. seating.

Peg’s Kitchen, 1653 Park St. Spring Craft and Trade Show March 7 Conexus Arts Centre 200 Lakeshore Dr. Astonished fundraiser Wings on our Wheels Astonished in Flight! An evening of entertainment, fundraising activities, cocktails and appetizers. Fundraiser for the Big Sky Centre for Learning and Being Astonished. $75.

March 7, 6:30-11 p.m.

St. Martin’s Parish Hall, 4720 Castle Rd. Lantern festival Buffet supper, cultural performances and a silent auction.

Advance tickets ($30) available at 306-780-3619. Hosted

by Chinese Language School of Regina and the City East Language School.

March 8. Italian Club, 2148 Connaught St. Regina Sexual Assault Centre 40th anniversary breakfast Featuring guest speakers Tracey Porteous (Ending Violence Association of B.C.) and Jamie Taras (B.C. Lions Be More Than A Bystander Campaign). For tickets, $20, call 306-522-2777.

March 9, 8 a.m.

Ramada Hotel, 1818 Victoria Ave.

Dessert Bridge Fundraiser for Save the Children Canada. $8. Register at 306-545-6693.

March 9, 1:30 p.m.

Broadway United Church Hall, 105 Broadway Ave. Film screening/discussion African Grandmothers Tribunal: Seeking justice at the front lines of the AIDS crisis.

Hosted by Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers.

March 9, 7-9 p.m. U of R Campion College Auditorium Living Heritage: Growing Our Cultural Heritage This event will showcase Saskatchewan’s living heritage, including: dance, music and poetry; keynote address by Dr. Richard MacKinnon on “Living Heritage Stories from the East, Lessons for the West”; panel discussion on “Where Does It Get Real?”; presentations addressing the question “Why hasn’t Canada signed on to the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage?” and “museums without walls.”

Free admission.

March 10, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

U of R Riddell Centre ShuBox Theatre ChewsDay Challenge Drop-in gathering of board game enthusiasts.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.-midnight.

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March 5-7. U of R Riddell Centre Shubox Theatre The Competition Documentary A raw account of how some of the best architects in the world like Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry or Zaha Hadid, struggle to beat the competition for the National Museum of Art in Andorra. This is the first competition to be documented, producing an unclassifiable piece of art that may be an intense thriller, an ethnographic report as well as a cult movie around the icons of the contemporary architecture.

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From Nothing, Something Documentary Profiles creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines and finds common methods, habits, mindsets and neuroses that help bring breakthrough ideas into being. Tim Cawley’s feature directorial debut is a thoughtful, intimate, often funny look at the creative process — straight from the brains of some of our culture’s most accomplished and inspiring talents.

Duke of Burgundy Drama Day after day, Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen) and Evelyn (Chiara D’Anna) act out a simple yet provocative ritual that ends with Evelyn’s punishment and pleasure. As Cynthia yearns for a more conventional relationship, Evelyn’s obsession with erotic spells quickly becomes an addiction that may push the relationship to a breaking point.

Regina Public Library Theatre 2311 12th Ave.; 306-777-6104 --Island of Lemurs: Madagascar Documentary Join scientist Patricia Wright on her lifelong mission to help endangered lemurs survive in the modern world. Narrated

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D-Day 3D: Normandy 1944 Documentary On June 6, 1944, the largest Allied operation of the Second World War began in Normandy, France. This film

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provides a new, penetrating look at this moment in history, blending multiple cinematic techniques including animation, CGI, and liveaction images.

Journey to the South Pacific Documentary Narrated by Cate Blanchett, this is a breathtaking adventure to the lush tropical islands of remote West Papua, where life flourishes above and below the sea.

Join Jawi, a young island boy, as he takes us on a journey of discovery to this magical place where we encounter whale sharks, sea turtles, manta rays, and other iconic creatures of the sea.

Interstellar Sci-Fi A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. Directed

by Christopher Nolan.

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Chappie Action The story of Chappie — the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself — which will change the way the world looks at robots and humans forever.

The Coup Drama An American family living in Southeast Asia gets caught in the middle of a violent revolution and must flee to safety while being hunted by a murderous rebel leader.

Starring Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Comedy Now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy — posing a predicament for fresh arrivals — Sonny (Dev Patel) has his eye on a promising property for expansion.

Unfinished Business Comedy A small-business owner (Vince Vaughn) and his two employees (Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco) travel to Germany to close the most important deal of their lives.

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Hynes gives young musicians a chance to shine

By Sean Trembath Robbie Hynes is giving young bands and fans in Saskatoon a chance to take part in the city’s thriving music scene.

At 18, Hynes started Take Something and Run, a monthly concert series dedicated to all-ages shows.

“I started doing it mainly because I felt I kind of missed out when I was younger,” he says.

Five months later, the brand is starting to take off. More and more people are showing up to the shows at Beaumont Records. People will talk to him about Take Something and Run, not knowing it’s his baby.

“It’s still kind of frightening to me that it’s something people recognize now,” Hynes says.

A musician himself, he knows the frustration of not having a lot of opportunities to gig.

“If you’re like 15, and you’re in a band, what are going to do? Even if you’re the best musician out there,

you have to wait four years before you can play a ‘real’ show,” he says.

The hope is that by giving young people a stage, he’ll foster growth of a scene among their demographic, and show them that being a musician is viable, even before you can buy a legal beer.

“I hope that this blossoms, and encourages more young people to play in bands.”

March is the first month Hynes is planning a show outside Beaumont.

This month’s Take Something and Run is set for Underground Records.

As time goes on, and the scene blossoms, his long-term goal is a permanent all ages spot.

Regina is far ahead in that respect.

At The Cultural Exchange, which has been in its Eighth Avenue location for more than 20 years, every show is all ages. It’s in the mandate.

“I think it makes a huge difference.

It really helps a young artist emerge, and gives them the opportunity to grow their audience and their art,” Zandra Kaszas, the Exchange’s inter-

im executive director and venue manager, says.

Kaszas has been working at the venue for 15 years. She has literally watched young members of the arts scene grow up.

“It’s so bizarre to me now when I see young adults walk through the door and I think, ‘I remember this kid when he was 14,’ ” she says.

The venue has acted as a starting point for many Regina musicians.

Members of Rah Rah and Library Voices started playing there as youth in various earlier projects. Into Eternity, which now tours internationally, played some of their early shows there.

“There’s tons of success stories,” Kaszas says.

Exchange shows are still licensed, which means the “all ages” label is accurate. Fans old and young pack in, fostering connections between different generations.

“I think it’s important to the arts community to be able to really mentor some of these young artists,” she

Robbie Hynes runs Take Something and Run, a monthly all-ages concert series.

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says.

Back in Saskatoon Hynes says The Exchange is a good example of what he would like to see someday. For now, the early success of the Beaumont shows

is a good sign of things to come.

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By James Romanow Probably the most luscious wines in the world are hot weather wines from places like the Californian interior, Portugal and Spain.

I have problems with a lot of Californian wines, finding them rather artificially constructed and very hard to drink more than one glass. Somehow the indigenous grapes of the Iberian Peninsula — there are about 400 varietals, so don’t expect to recognize many of them — seem better suited to the voluptuous profile they produce.

The Douro valley is an astonishing place to visit. It’s really a canyon with slopes so steep, stony and hot that it is hard to imagine even attempting to grow grapes there. The vines are baked all day long, but at night a cool wind blows off the high plateau and flows into the valley chilling it. If you’ve ever been out in a dessert at night you’ll be familiar with the effect. These places cool fast.

The result is pretty close to perfect growing conditions for some grapes. The vines need to be hardy and willing to work to grow their roots up to a hundred meters into the soil to find water. But such vines live through drought and storm, producing grapes and wine when more pampered vines, dependent on irrigation, fail.

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