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Some discouraging math will be presented at a January 9 community meeting about low-income housing in the Downtown Eastside. According to Jean Swanson, a volunteer with the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP), the number of homeless people in Vancouver is expected to spike in 2016. She explained that last year, the city’s annual count of homeless people found 836 living in the Downtown Eastside (about half of the city’s total of 1,746), and that the neighbourhood faces new pressures this year. Swanson said those numbers could grow by 300 in 2016 because that’s how many single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotel units the city calculates Vancouver loses each year to renovations that result in rent hikes that price lower-income earners out of the market. On top of that, Swanson continued, there are concerns that some 157 people living at the Quality Inn at 1335 Howe Street could soon be out on the street. That group consists of people who were previously living in a protest camp in Oppenheimer Park through much of 2014. “We are going to have a mountain of homelessness,� Swanson concluded. “And no level of government is doing anything about it.� She said the January 9 event— which will begin at 2 p.m. at the Carnegie Community Centre at Main and East Hastings streets—is therefore planned as a strategy meeting for the year ahead. Vision Vancouver councillor Kerry Jang took issue with CCAP’s numbers. He maintained that tenants at the Quality Inn face no threat of eviction. (Tobin Postma, a city spokesperson, clarified that the government’s building lease ends in November. “We are working hard this year on finding appropriate alternative housing options for everyone that is currently housed there,� he said.) Where activists are justified in raising alarm, Jang continued, is where so-called renovictions are
pricing low-income people out of SROs. “That is a problem,� he said. > TRAVIS LUPICK
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Disquiet over racial representation in Vancouver’s theatre scene has bubbled to the surface again. This time it involves The Motherfucker With the Hat, which runs January 16 to 30 at the Firehall Arts Centre. The five-person play has three Latino characters, of which only one—neither of the two romantic leads—is portrayed by a Latino actor. A letter cowritten by Chilean-born actor and writer Carmen Aguirre noted that had the non-Latino actor first cast as the third Latino character not quit, no Latino actor would have been featured. Moreover, the letter claimed that “no Latino actors were considered for any of these roles when the play was originally cast.� This is disputed by the Firehall Arts Centre, which is producing the play, and the Haberdashery Theatre Company. Haberdashery company actor Lori Triolo told the Straight by phone that there was “an extensive search for Latino actors�. Firehall artistic producer Donna Spencer said in a phone interview that she is meeting on Thursday (January 7) with interested parties to talk about how to “improve things so these things don’t happen again, or if they happen again, people understand why�. Aguirre told the Straight by phone that this is happening within a “much larger context� regarding “fair representation when it comes to race� on stages in Canada and abroad. She cited last summer’s open letter by several people, including herself, about the lack of diversity on the boards and juries of the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards Society. “There are very, very, very few, if any, roles for Latino actors, especially when it’s lead roles,� Aguirre said. “So when there is an opportunity such as this one for three really great Latino roles, all we ask is that we be seen at the onset of the audition process.� Aguirre and Latin-community members are holding a public discussion on fair representation on the stage on Monday (January 11) at 7 p.m. at Progress Lab 1422 (1422 William Street). > CARLITO PABLO
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The annual culinary fest goes international, thanks in part to (left to right) Bauhaus’s Stefan Hartmann, West’s Quang Dang (Brandon Hart photo), Ancora’s Ricardo Valverde, and Aussie Mark Best (Tim Bauer photo).
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he’s excited about workLatin American flavours will get the spotlight ing side by side with a chef at another World Chef Exchange dinner hosted he admires. at Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio, which “It’s cool doing these specializes in Pacific Northwest cuisine with types of events because Japanese and Peruvian flair. On January 20, Aneach guest chef shows a cora executive chef Ricardo Valverde, who hails different angle in dining from Lima, will join forces with Nacho and Ponand cuisine and food; it’s cho Cadena, the father-and-son duo behind La so much fun,” says Dang, Leche, an acclaimed restaurant in Puerto Vallarta a former national-level known for its contemporary fare, which is influDine Out Vancouver expands its borders this year, bringing in field-hockey player who enced by France as much as Mexico. masters from around the globe to work with our city’s best himself fell into cooking “Vancouver has a strong connection to Mexico, after considering a career and this event will be very unique because it’s the When the 4.7-or-so-magnitude earth- in engineering. “West will turn into a different first time we’ll have a Peruvian and Mexican chef quake struck at 11:39 p.m. on December 29, restaurant for the night, with different styles and working together here,” Valverde says on the line BY GAIL JOHN SON Quang Dang had just returned to his Kitsilano smells. It’ll be fun to see what he [Best] can do from Ancora, on the False Creek seawall. “We’re home from West restaurant, where he’s execu- with ingredients from our region. It will open up from different countries, but our way of thinking tive chef. When the shaking started, his eyes were a world of different flavours.” is very similar. I’ve talked to Poncho on the phone drawn to his bookshelves, which hold hundreds of Consider some of the items Best and Dang have a couple of times, and we’ve had a lot of fun; we cookbooks. Every single one was quivering. planned for the January 17 dinner ($185 including throw jokes at each other. I’ve told him he needs “I thought my cookbooks were going to topple wine pairings, tax, and gratuities). Dang will offer to bring me a nice bottle of tequila. over,” Dang says in an interview at the elegant marinated scallop and albacore tuna with “We’re coming up with the menu togethSouth Granville dining establishment. One of his fresh local wasabi and watercress; quiller, and even our bar manager [Matt favourites in that collection is Marque: A Culin- back sea perch à la plancha; and braised Cooke] is going to play around with the Check out… ary Adventure by Sydney, Australia’s Mark Best, pork cheek with sherry and celeriac, STRAIGHT.COM drinks, using tequila and pisco,” he who’s considered a leading kitchen talent world- among other dishes. Meanwhile, adds, referring to the amber-coloured Visit our website wide. Best was an electrician in his home coun- Best—who’s become something of a Peruvian grape brandy. “I can see for related content try’s gold mines before he accidentally discovered celebrity on Instagram with his gorsomething really, really amazing hapand to comment on this story a passion for cooking in his mid-20s while helping geous food photos and who used to empening. I’d like to be at this dinner!” out at a friend’s restaurant in a pinch. He trained ploy West’s current pastry chef, Rhonda Former chef de cuisine at Blue Water in Paris before going on to open Marque, which Viani—plans to whip up numbers such as Cafe, Valverde—who’s worked at Diva at has earned scores of awards; today he’s viewed as fermented shiitake and geoduck in a mushroom the Met, among other places—says that although a symbol of new Australian cuisine. broth; rabbit with sea urchin, cashews, and sea- specific items were still being finalized at press Best will be joining Dang at West when he weed; and lacquered squab with beetroot oil. Best’s time, the Cadenas are looking way back for incomes to town for Tourism Vancouver’s Dine Out dishes will be paired with B.C. wines, while Dang’s spiration for the Dine Out dinner, as far back as Vancouver Festival, the two collaborating on an get matched with Australian vintages. Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest. eight-course dinner inspired by their respective “Dine Out is often perceived as a cheap way to For his contributions to the multicourse menu corners of the map. It’s one of five World Chef Ex- eat out, but the point of Dine Out is to showcase ($185), Valverde will likely include his spin on a changes that will see the 14th annual fest stretch more restaurants and make it more of a festival traditional starter called causa, which will consist its boundaries this year, with other guest appear- of cuisines,” Dang says. “I like how it has evolved of purple Peruvian potatoes, avocado mousse, and ances by culinary masters from New York, Los over the years. It’s refreshing to have guest chefs. scallop ceviche atop a piece of uni, which is the edAngeles, Puerto Vallarta, and Copenhagen. It’s nice for them to travel, and it’s good for the [lo- ible part of a sea urchin; diners may also see someThe series is a terrific opportunity for local food cal] cooks too, to offer them another learning ex- thing akin to a lamb chop with black-Peruvian-mint lovers to get a taste of cooking styles from abroad perience and the chance to see what other chefs are chimichurri alongside Moroccan-spiced quinoa see page 15 without having to buy a plane ticket. Dang says doing. It adds to their work and their experience.”
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Meal ticket CHATTING CHEFS One of Vancouver’s most prominent food bloggers—Follow Me Foodie’s Mijune Pak—is hosting a Dine Out Vancouver event on January 19 at the Edgewater Casino (750 Pacific Boulevard) bringing together food, drinks, and six Vancouver chefs. Guests will start with a B.C. VQA wine and canapé reception at 6:30 p.m. featuring food from a range of Vancouver restaurants before listening to the chefs speak about what influences and inspires them. Basically, it’ll be a chance for you to learn a thing or two from topnotch chefs. Tickets cost $50 and can be purchased at www.dineoutvancouver.com/. -
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TEA GASTRONOMY EXPERIENCE (January 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30 at the Urban Tea Merchant) A chef and a tea sommelier show how the gourmet brew and fine food can pair up.
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FILM FEAST: THE SEARCH FOR GENERAL TSO (January 19 to 22 at the Blue Moon Theatre in the Shangri-La Hotel) A movie about Chinese food and then a dinner inspired by it.
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DINNER AT THE BIRDCAGE (January 21 at Guilt & Co.) Live drag cabaret meets cocktails and a mouthwatering grazing menu.
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MAMIE’S LOW COUNTRY PIG ROAST (January 26 at Mamie Taylor’s) Cheddar biscuits, Kentucky whisky, and whole roasted suckling pig.
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LET’S GET BAKED & BUZZED TOUR (January 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, and 31, starting at the East Georgia location of Matchstick Coffee) An adventure in sugary treats and coffee? Uh, we’re in.
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DINE OUT ALE Tourism Vancouver has teamed up with Big Rock Urban Brewery to create a special beer in celebration of this year’s Dine Out Vancouver Festival. Malt-forward and featuring notes of plum and chocolate, Dine Out Vancouver Festival Ale is an easy-drinking English brown ale that pairs beautifully with a wide array of cuisines. Sip a sleeve ($4) or a pint ($6) at the brewery (310 West 4th Avenue) from January 15 to 31. -
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ET CETERA 2THIS WEEK VIDLASER DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Roundhouse Productions presents a new immersive video and RGB laser format every Friday and Saturday night. To Feb 7, 8:15-11:30 pm, BCIT Burnaby Campus (3700 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby). Tix $11, info www.roundhouseshows.com/. FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Stroll through the holiday-themed lighting displays. Jan 8-10, 15-17, VanDusen Botanical Garden (5251 Oak). Tix $4.25-8/members free, info vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/ festival-of-lights.aspx.
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VANCOUVER COMICON Comic-book convention featuring local artists Jeremy Sawatsky and Sabrina Symington. Jan 10, 11 am–5 pm, Heritage Hall (3102 Main). Tix $4/kids under 14 free, info www.van couvercomiccon.com/. MORE NERDLESQUE FROM KITTY NIGHTS Evening of nerdlesque by Baby Lestrange, Burgundy Brixx, Dezi Desire, and Kitty Glitter. Jan 10, 9 pm, Biltmore Cabaret (2755 Prince Edward). Tix $10, info www.kittynights.com/vancouver.html. GASTOWN CABARET: SWEET TWENTYSIXTEEN April O’Peel, Sweet Munish, and Sparkle Plenty present a variety show featuring Scarlet Lux, Vixen Von Flex, DJ K-Tel, and Yuki the Funkyukalator. Jan 12, 8 pm, Guilt & Co. (1 Alexander). Tix $10, info www.gastowncabaret.com/.
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2THIS WEEK KIDS AT GORDON SMITH Kids can explore the exhibitions and use discovery tables. Jan 9, 12-5 pm, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art (2121 Lonsdale). Free, info www3.gordonsmithgallery.ca/.
SPORTS 2THIS WEEK CANUCKS VS. PANTHERS The Vancouver Canucks take on the Florida Panthers in National Hockey League action. Jan 11, 7 pm, Rogers Arena (800 Griffiths Way). Tix $59.25-210.25 (plus service charges and fees) at www.ticketmaster.ca/.
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2UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS CANADA VS. MEXICO FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER The Canadian national men’s soccer team takes on Mexico in the fourth round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Mar 25, 7 pm, B.C. Place Stadium (777 Pacific). Tix at www.canadasoccer.com/.
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OUT OF TOWN 2THIS WEEK MADE IN WHISTLER HOLIDAY ARTISAN MARKET Escape from the cold and explore jewellery, pottery, fine art, unique fashions, and artisanal foods. To Apr 2, 12-6 pm, Westin Resort and Spa. Free, info www. artswhistler.com/event/made-in-whistler/.
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tabbouleh as well as eggplant baked with house-made lemony ricotta. The World Chef Exchange will also feature David Hawksworth welcoming Los Angeles chef Sang Yoon, owner of Father’s Office and the upscale Lukshon; David Gunawan pairing up with Denmark’s Rasmus Leck Fischer for a dinner at Royal Dinette; and Daniel Burns, chef at Brooklyn’s Luksus, teaming up with Wildebeest’s Pekka Tavela. Also turning his attention globally for inspiration during Dine Out is Bauhaus executive chef Stefan Hartmann, who’ll pay tribute to two chefs whose restaurants have each earned three Michelin stars—the highest rating. Hartmann, whose eponymous Berlin restaurant acquired a Michelin star before he moved to Vancouver, is dedicating three nights each to two unique six-course dinners ($95), one honouring Marco Pierre White (January 20 to 22) and the other celebrating Juan Amador (January 28 to 30). Once known as the enfant terrible of the food world, White is the youngest chef to earn three Michelin stars, at London’s Restaurant Marco Pierre White. He trained Gordon Ramsay, among many other celebrated kitchen talents, and is considered a culinary god among chefs worldwide. “He almost single-handedly made becoming a professional cook, once an anonymous and lowly profession, something the best and brightest (and frequently the most malcontent) now aspire to,” Dwight Garner wrote in a 2015 New York Times article about White Heat 25, an updated edition of the chain-smoking, wild-haired chef’s first cookbook, 1990’s White Heat. “I wanted to do a tribute to some of the most inspiring chefs of all time,” Hartmann says in a phone call from the Gastown restaurant. “I was 18 when that cookbook [White Heat] came out, and everyone was like, ‘Oh my god. That’s how I want to be.’ At that time, he was like a rock ’n’ roll star—here was this longhaired guy getting three stars. His is one of the best cookbooks ever, not just because of the recipes but because of him.” Hartmann met Amador—a German native born to Spanish immi-
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Ten new entries to check out at Dine Out Vancouver This year’s Dine Out Vancouver Festival welcomes more than 40 new restaurant participants—many are recent additions to the city’s bustling culinary scene. Here are 10 buzzworthy picks that are bound to fill up fast.
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SAI WOO (158 East Pender Street, $40) Chinese and Jamaican influences come together in an imaginative menu of vegetarian laksa, lemongrass chicken, and baklava paired with pistachio mousse. SUPERMARINE (1685 Yew Street, $30) From squid-ink spaghetti to
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hen you’re picking the brain of an accomplished mixologist like Lauren Mote, it’s difficult not to delve into the topic of preferred watering holes. After all, few people know where to find a knockout cocktail better than the makers of said cocktails themselves. “Definitely sit at the bar at L’Abattoir with Thor and Katie,” Mote says in a phone interview, referring to the Gastown restaurant’s newly minted bar manager, Thor Paulson, and lead bartender Katie Ingram. “It’s a great space, and their food is outstanding.” Mote rattles off other favourites: she loves visiting Grant Sceney at the Fairmont Pacific Rim, David Wolowidnyk at CinCin Restaurant and Bar, and Amber Bruce at the Keefer Bar. Oh, and she absolutely adores Arthur Wynn at the Mackenzie Room. Not a single cocktail is mentioned. This is but one part of what Mote does best. Bar manager at Uva Wine and Cocktail Bar, co-owner of local artisanal bitters company Bittered Sling, and Diageo World Class Canada’s 2015 bartender of the year, the veteran mixologist finds value beyond the glass in the relationships she’s developed with thirsty imbibers and industry peers alike. In fact, that’s what drove her to pursue a career in bartending in the first place. “I’ve always been very passionate about food and beverage, but at the time that I was interested in cooking, I couldn’t really see an opportunity to engage with consumers and guests,” Mote recalls. Unsurprisingly, Mote committed herself to the beverage route in 2007, after making the move from her native Toronto to Vancouver. She quickly landed a position as bar manager at the wildly popular Lumière, where she established an award-winning cocktail program alongside culinary visionaries Rob Feenie and Dale MacKay. While she started her career in Toronto, Mote was inspired by the
Veteran mixologist Lauren Mote is the bar manager of Uva Wine and Cocktail Bar and co-owner of artisanal bitters company Bittered Sling.
opportunities available in Vancouver’s younger industry, and it wasn’t long before she found herself engrossed in research in an effort to increase her knowledge behind the bar. “I saw an urban centre which has no gear other than fifth gear,” she says of the city. “So, I just worked around the clock, looking for more training, certifications, and experience.” By 2011, she had crafted cocktail programs for three more Vancouver hot spots, each more imaginative than the last. Most notably, her use of locally sourced ingredients and house-made modifiers at the Refinery—think worldwide spirits combined with peach bitters, habanero-infused Lillet, or hibiscus vermouth—helped illuminate innovative trends in mixology that continue to be reflected in the city’s alcoholic offerings. “It was very special, considering where the landscape was for cocktail culture in Canada at the time,” she notes. This month, Mote will further cement her position in Vancouver’s food and beverage scene when
she conducts a series of five Cocktail Masterclasses at Uva Wine and Cocktail Bar, as part of the Dine Out Vancouver Festival (which runs January 15 to 31). Each three-hour session will include a workshop led by the experienced bartender on a particular topic—cognac, agave and maguey, grapes, bitters, or single malts—plus guided tastings and a selection of small, spirits-inspired dishes from Cibo Trattoria’s executive chef, Faizal Kassam. The seminars will begin with a casual cocktail reception, where you just might hear about a few more must-visit spots from Mote herself— though there seems to be a clear trend among her most frequented haunts. “I’m drawn to people that are great hospitality ambassadors,” she says, “people that just have a sheer love and passion for the industry and what they’re doing.” For more details and to purchase tickets for the Cocktail Masterclasses, see www.dineoutvancouver.com/ events/. -
A wine wish list for 2016
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ere we are at the beginning of the new year pass due to the ubiquity of the country’s Malbecs and the and, at press time, my resolutions are still in- like; I couldn’t help but notice that shortly after Wildetact. They’re all the usual fodder, really: being beest wine director Justin Everett visited Argentina better with money, nutrition, exercise, and so recently, a 100-percent Sémillon from Mendel Wines on. When it comes to looking at the year ahead in wine, popped up on his list. An uncommon wine in our marthough, I notice that I’ve strayed from resolutions and have ket for sure, it gave me the opportunity to try a Mendoza veered toward a wish list. With that in mind, here’s what take on the grape, my maiden voyage with such a style. I’d like to see around these parts over Let’s champion the further evolution the next 12 months. of B.C. wine. As mentioned in my last Let’s see more wine bars. I think of column, with the rollout of B.C. wine how rich our craft-beer scene has bein grocery stores in 2015, a certain Kurtis Kolt come over the last half-decade; there’s amount of internal industry politics a wide variety of places around town where one can sidle and strife made its way into the public realm. Let’s not up to a flight of three or four craft-beer pours of vari- let that overshadow the positive strides made in our loous styles, venturing into a brave new world of unique cal wine industry. A B.C. Wine Appellation Task Group ales, lagers, sours, or saisons from home or abroad. was created to re-examine industry policy and logistics, I look at places like Gastown’s Alibi Room and Commer- and after many months of hard work and diligence, it decial Drive’s St. Augustine’s hosting a thriving beer cul- livered a final report detailing the direction we should be ture, with menus specially built to lift the beer to greater heading in. A big part of this involves carving the Okaheights. There are fantastic wine-by-the-glass programs nagan into North, Central, and South appellations so in many Vancouver restaurants, but what I’d like to see consumers can discern whether that Pinot Noir is more is more places fully centred on wine: smaller pours as likely to be bright and lively, since it hails from the cooler an option, flights, and small bites to play around with. lake country of the North, or if it’ll lean toward a more I’m not talking $16 starters, but an array of one- or two- fruit-driven, richer style coming out of the deserts of the bite options. Casual drop-in places, too. I look at joints South. Other motions presented include streamlining the like Toronto’s Bar Raval, where the room is tiny but gor- auditing process so wineries can spend less time tangled geous and there are only a handful of seats so most people in red tape and more time amongst the vines. I’m looking have to lean or stand, and the boisterous, social energy forward to seeing these recommendations put into action. and atmosphere are second to none. Where possible, let’s We need to support our private wine stores. Also mengeek out a little more. New York’s Terroir Tribeca recently tioned last issue was the competitive disadvantage they featured a 10-glass (!) flight of Beaujolais, a splash from have compared to government liquor stores due to not every single official cru, so guests could have a blast navi- being able to sell to restaurants, not being permitted to gating through and seeing what makes each one unique. sell beer, and so on. These stores have been the backbone Simply put, I’d love to see more play with wine in restau- of Vancouver’s wine culture by offering elevated selecrant or bar settings. tion and service, along with many selections not offered Come to think of it, let’s travel more! Really, don’t we elsewhere. Let’s ensure we show these stores the love they all get inspired by travel? Whether they’ve visited cities deserve, so they can keep doing what they do best. to catch up on their wine scenes or toured wine country, I’d like more of us to engage with politicians. Tired I absolutely love chatting with local restaurant owners of paying some of the highest wine prices in the world? and sommeliers after they’ve been on a trip somewhere, Me too! Think restaurants should receive wholesale disespecially when their inspiration comes to fruition with counts like they do almost everywhere else on the planet new entries in their wine programs. We often think we and not pay shelf price for wine? Me too! Let’s keep in have a handle on certain wine regions of the world, but mind that the provincial-government politicians who even a short visit to those regions can be a game-changer. enforce these policies are only a tweet, an email, or Case in point: many local sommeliers give Argentina a a phone call away. -
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High-school comedies BY JANET SM IT H
have seldom matched the black humour of Heathers, the 1988 cult fi lm that operated as a wicked tale of revenge against ruling cliques while wading into shockingly dark issues. Bullying, date rape, suicide: they’re topics that resonate, if possible, even more today than they did when Winona Ryder and Christian Slater were still emerging stars. And they’re topics that the young Vancouver cast of the new Heathers: The Musical has been wrestling with all week in a downtown studio. The stage version retains the movie’s switchbladesharp social commentary, and the trick has been finding the right deadpan tone amid the singing, dancing, and ’80s costumes. “It’s not a parody,” director David C. Jones stresses, referring to his treatment of an era that’s reflected in everything from the live band’s synthimbued soundtrack to the prepster outfits worn by the Heathers (an iron-fisted clique of three girls named Heather). Jones is taking a break with actor Synthia Yusuf, who plays one of the Heathers, and choreographer Ken Overbey, who also plays several adult roles in the piece. “Sometimes you have to step back and say, ‘It’s too big.’ It should be more like heightened reality. “Two jocks sing a song called ‘Blue’ about date rape,” Jones adds. “It would be very easy to make them cute, but date rape is not cute—you should have a sense of danger.” The choreography, as a result, moves into the creepy and disturbing. It takes an equal amount of danger to stage the scene where the lead character, Veronica (played in this show by Christine Quintana), semiaccidentally gives the cruel Heather Chandler a drink of drain cleaner. “The choreographer worked with her about what poison would do if it went through to all of your organs,” Jones explains.
Going back to high-school hell Heathers: The the 1980s cult
Devon Busswood, Synthia Yusuf, and Nhi Do bring to life the cruel ruling clique in Heathers: The Musical, a show whose themes are more timely than ever.
up,” Jones agrees. ambiguous,” she says. “People are so quick to label But this specific pro- you. People assume I’m half Indian and I’m not. duction is fighting the It’s a challenge to fight through that.” Musical resurrects the jet-black humour of idea of those kinds of As a black artist, Overbey says that his skin colfilm, this time with a racially diverse cast “boxes” on an even big- our has come into play in auditions over the years. ger level. Director Jones “In musicals, every once in a while they would “My death is quite horrific—it’s very dark,” agrees has purposely hired an ethnically diverse cast, say, ‘You make us think different about the role.’ Yusuf, who adds that at rehearsal people laughed with over half of its players coming from non- But I wouldn’t get the part.” He adds he’s hopeful uncomfortably during the scene, even though, tech- Caucasian backgrounds to reflect the makeup of things might be changing for a new generation. nically, she’s not doing anything funny. Vancouver. The result? The group of stage stuThe same progress might also be being made on This is the first Canadian production of the music- dents might actually look like a real high school the issue of high-school bullying that’s addressed al by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, which in this city. so bitingly in Heathers: The Musical, he says. “I has received rave reviews off-Broadway and in L.A. “Older generations only notice the preswork on musicals at high schools, and there It’s being staged here by …Gently With a Chainsaw ence of colour on-stage, but the youngare programs there built in for bullying, Artists’ Collective, a name that excerpts the favourite er generations notice an absence of and there’s Pink Shirt Day.…So there’s Check out… saying of the foul-mouthed lead Heather. Filled with colour,” Jones says, explaining he STRAIGHT.COM already been some evolution.” cheeky numbers like “Freeze Your Brain” (about how became acutely aware of the issue But Yusuf adds: “It’s still an issue, Visit our website Slurpees can help numb the pain of your life) and while serving on Canadian Actors’ even if schools are more proactive.” for morning-after “My Dead Gay Son”, it retells the story of Veronica, Equity when it studied how casting It’s a problem that Heathers: The reviews and local arts news who takes on the jocks and the Heathers with a very reflects racial diversity—or, more to Musical, in its own twisted way, tries damaged misfit named J.D. Their dangerous pranks the point, doesn’t—in 2015. to resolve by the end—admittedly, after take on a murderous life of their own. “I think you have to see colour when quite a bit of murder and mayhem. As Yusuf points out, the story is about “the need you’re casting,” he says, adding he hunted YuThe world may have changed a bit since Heato put people in a box”—to label them. It has chor- suf down for the role after seeing her in shows thers, the movie, came out in 1988, but clearly there eographer Overbey recalling the strict cliques of his last year, and had a solid, talented group of 181 is a lot left to tackle. And arguably, worldly-wise own high-school years. “I remembered back in high people apply for Heathers. “It also comes from young people and their jaded, Heathers-loving school I was a jock and there was no way I would do just being a gay male and being aware of fairness parents have developed even more of an appetite theatre,” he says, admitting he used to peek in at the and right and wrong.” for its brand of riotously inappropriate, jet-black other students’ stage rehearsals. “They were putting Yusuf says her ethnicity has definitely affected comedy. on Grease and I couldn’t cross that line.” her ability to find work. “As a young female pretty “There was no way as a gay teenager I could fresh out of school it’s pretty challenging: there Heathers: The Musical is at the York Theatre from do theatre in high school or I would be beaten are not a lot of roles for someone who’s ethnically Thursday (January 7) to January 17.
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Editor’s choice HOME SHOW Just cool to look at but also raising pressing questions about how our city is developing, Kevin Lanthier’s dreamlike digital-composite photos of fabricated local housing feature in The Special. You’ll see images of Vancouver’s most infamous house style (see an excerpt from Lanthier’s Vancouver Specials, above), as well as his imagined streetscapes of “East Van Relics” (decaying heritage homes from the ’hood) or certain well-known West Side fairy-tale structures all placed together in an idyllic row. Curated by Pennylane Shen, the show is less about the real look of our residential areas than a nostalgically crafted concept of them. The Special runs at Hot Art Wet City from Thursday (January 7) to January 30.
Five events you just can’t miss this week
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AS HEARD ON TV (At the Orpheum on January 8 and 9) The VSO plays your favourite themes from Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, and more.
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THE RIVALS (At the Cultch until January 23) This critically lauded comedy of manners still has teeth.
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ERICA SIGURDSON (At the Comedy MIX from January 7 to 9) One of Vancouver’s finest female comics brings the laughs.
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(IN)VISIBLE (At the Museum of Anthropology until April 3) Escape into this otherworldly exhibition of Taiwanese art installations.
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DANCE ALLSORTS: WAREHAUS DANCE COLLECTIVE (At the Roundhouse on January 17) A chance to check out some of the city’s hottest new dancers.
Guest pick
CHELSEA HOTEL: THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN Our arts insider this week is Stash Bylicki, a member of Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, which will be at the VanMan Male Choral Summit March 12. “Leonard Cohen has a special place in my heart. I love his art for what it is—hauntingly poetic, immeasurably deep, reflective, and transfixing—but we [Chor Leoni Men’s Choir] have an interesting connection to Cohen. Last year we were given permission to commission a piece of music set to three of his texts. After living through his poetry in countless rehearsals and a CD recording session, I’m drawn to anything and everything he touches or influences. So, my musical pick for this week is this tribute to this Canadian legend. Six performers, 17 instruments, and the music of Leonard Cohen. What’s not to love?” Chelsea Hotel is at the Firehall Arts Centre until January 9
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Take a stroll down memory lane! Conductor Steven Reineke takes you on a laugh-filled and nostalgic tour of some of the most iconic of all TV themes, including shows like Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Masterpiece Theatre, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, the Brady Bunch, the Judy Garland Show, and more. Celebrate the extraordinary music from these unforgettable television shows, As Heard on TV! VSO POPS SERIES SPONSOR
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teven Wright is one of the best and most original standup comics in American history, but he and Canada go way back. When he was 10, his family was visiting friends in northern Maine and they took a day trip into Quebec. “We got these T-shirts that had a Canadian flag on it and it said ‘Quebec’,” the laconic Boston comic says over the phone from his home in L.A. “It was like we had gone to another land. “As a child, when I learned how to talk, the first thing I said to my family was I was very angry that we weren’t living in Vancouver,” he adds. “I was two at the time.” It gets less surreal from there. His best friend in college was a Canadian. When Wright was a young local comic in Massachusetts, he visited Toronto with him and performed at an open mike at the original Yuk Yuk’s there, marking the first time he played outside of his state. The next time would be on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show, which would catapult him onto the national stage. Since that appearance in 1982, Wright has gone on to become one of the most recognizable voices in comedy and perform to sold-out theatres all over the U.S. But it’s in Canada that he shot his last two specials, one for HBO and one for Comedy Central. Why Canada? We laugh more, apparently. “I just did another interview with someone for a show in the Philadelphia area and she was asking me, ‘Do the audiences in Philadelphia react any different?’ ” he recalls. “I said, ‘No, it’s not different; it’s the same in the entire United States.’ I know there are cultural differences, but television has made the United States into one little town.…But I said, ‘I do notice differences in countries,’ and one of the examples I gave was that Canadian audiences laugh a little bit more. And I noticed that a long time ago, when I first started playing there, and I don’t know why.” Maybe we appreciate timeless, dry, low-energy, intellectually silly humour more than our southern neighbours. Because that sums up Wright. His Grammy-nominated album I Have a Pony holds up as well today as it did in 1985. Same with his Grammy-nominated album I Still Have a Pony, from 2008. Wright eschews any pop-cultural references in his act. You won’t hear names of actors, politicians, or issues of the day.
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“I’m just talking about everyday stuff,” he says. “Everyone knows about lint in Seattle and Miami and that’s what I’m talking about—lint. My next show is 85 minutes on lint, by the way.” That’s a joke. (We’re pretty sure, at least.) “Everything I talk about is not connected to time. I’ll say ‘tape’: ‘I put the cassette tape in the car.’ I still say that even though people don’t have cassette tapes. Sometimes I rebel against time. I’ll say fucking cassette tapes because I want it to be cassette tapes!” he says, getting mock worked up. Then he laughs. “Imagine if I was walking through the mall saying that out loud? No one even with me. ‘I’ll say cassette tapes! I will not be trapped by time!’ ‘Sir, can you please leave the mall?’ ” After 37 years on the road, Wright says he still loves what he does. Maybe not the road so much (when asked how he spends his days, he says, “Sit in a dark room and just think about third grade. I still can’t figure that year out”), but everything else. “I love to think and I love to write. And being in front of an audience is an intense thing. It never gets old. I feel lucky. It’s like fooling around. Writing is like fooling around. It’s kidding. Everyone likes to kid around.” Steven Wright appears at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver on Saturday (January 9).
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he Western Front Society will soon have ownership of its space, ending any uncertainty about the organization’s future. The nonprofit art society is a longterm tenant of a historic Mount Pleasant building whose owners offer low-cost rehearsal, exhibition, and office space to artists. Through an agreement with the City of Vancouver, the Western Front Society will receive funds from a community-amenity contribution (CAC) from the developers of the RIZE—The Independent at Main tower, which is currently under construction at Main and Broadway. City hall requires developers to contribute either building space or cash to a community fund held by the city when they increase property density. Caitlin Jones, director of the Western Front Society, explained that with the $1.5-million CAC gift it can purchase the space, thanks to “the generous owners of this building [who] are willing to sell to us on the lowest side of [the] market”. The purchase means that the location will be secured for use by future artists, said Jones, and the society is grateful it can buy out the private owners as they enter their retirement. “These are owners who have, out of their total dedication to cultural life in this city, been renting to the Western Front Society and to EDAM Dance [which has a studio in the building]… for crazy-low rates and they’ve never made any money off this building at all,” Jones said at the Front. However, accepting money from a developer of a new tower in the neighbourhood wasn’t a snap decision. “I guess it’s deeply ironic that we are securing our own stability through a mechanism that is making
so many others unstable,” Jones said. To explore the issue of housing and space affordability in Vancouver, this past fall the society held a conference and exhibition called Urgent Imagination. The project proposed creative alternatives to Vancouver’s “developer-driven architecture and urban planning” (according to its artistic statement), and will continue with another chapter later this year. Vancouver interdisciplinary artist Jen Weih participated in the conference as a member of the Other Sights for Artists’ Projects collective. Weih is critical of the city’s CAC model, but is glad the Western Front Society is accepting the money. “I don’t think it’s problematic that they’re getting the opportunity to stay in that neighbourhood, because they are a valuable community resource,” she told the Straight by phone. Weih said that many artists are leaving Vancouver because they can’t afford to live here. However, she noted that it’s important to recognize that other low-income people are also facing the same challenge. One of the current owners, Hank Bull, has been involved with the Western Front since 1973. The multimedia artist, who also founded Centre A, lives in a small suite on the top floor, and described his existence as “hand-to-mouth”. Bull said at the venue that his share from selling the building won’t be enough for him to buy a condo in Vancouver, and his plans are uncertain. But he said he’s ready for a change. With regard to the city’s plan to give CAC money to the Western Front Society, Bull said, “The city is to be congratulated because they looked at the situation and they could see that it would be difficult in the future for arts groups, not to mention artists, to continue to live in Mount Pleasant.” -
Well-realized Rivals retains relevant bite T HEAT RE THE RIVALS By Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Directed by Johnna Wright. A Blackbird Theatre Company production. At the Cultch’s Historic Theatre on Wednesday, December 30. Continues until January 23
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but its concerns are still relevant— and very entertaining. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s first play revolves around Lydia Languish, a wealthy young heiress. Her aunt, Mrs. Malaprop, arranges with Sir Anthony Absolute to marry her to his son, Jack, but Lydia has ideas of her own: she is in love with a lowly ensign, Beverly, and plans to elope with him, thereby forfeiting her inheritance and ensuring that her husband loves her for something other than her money. Disguises and another suitor, the jolly Bob Acres, complicate the romance further. Meanwhile, Jack’s friend Faulkland wrestles with doubts about the love of his fiancée, Julia, and Mrs. Malaprop carries on a romantic correspondence with a visiting American, Lucius O’Trigger. Plot complications drive plenty of the comedy in The Rivals, but its deliciously idiosyncratic characters and generous lashings of verbal wit are what make it a classic, and those features are successfully showcased in this production. Emma Slipp and Martin Happer bring a winning confidence to the roles of Lydia and Jack, and Kirk Smith is an affable Bob Acres. John Emmet Tracy’s performance as Faulkland is exquisitely detailed: his whole body writhes with the agony of his overthinking, in counterpoint
to Luisa Jojic’s steadfastness and generosity as Julia, the play’s most sincere character. Jenny WaskoPaterson is both dotty and canny as the servant characters, while Scott Bellis is a swaggering O’Trigger. Gabrielle Rose makes the play’s most famous character, Mrs. Malaprop, vivid and colourful as she slaloms through the precarious terrain of verbal expression, describing Jack as “the very pineapple of politeness” or invoking discretion with “Female punctuation forbids me to say more.” Duncan Fraser’s understatement as the truculent and misogynistic Sir Anthony is an effective counterpoint. When Fraser lets loose, though, it’s comic gold: as Sir Anthony enumerates Lydia’s virtues to his son, his paroxysms of rapture threaten to send him to the hospital. Director Johnna Wright underscores the hypocrisy or two-sidedness that thrums beneath the surface of almost every interaction; characters frequently address the audience directly, making us complicit in their charades. It’s a credit to both director and cast that Sheridan’s language feels contemporary, and the story is always clear. But the pacing lags a bit in the first act, and Sheila White’s lavish Edwardian costumes are the exception to the spareness—sometimes verging on lifelessness—that characterizes much of the design, including Alan Brodie’s lighting and Bruce Ruddell’s music. David Roberts’s cream-coloured set is handsome, but the projection panel at the back feels both anachronistic and underutilized. Still, it’s a treat to see a classic so well realized. This production’s successes are more than even Mrs. Malaprop could reprehend. > KATHLEEN OLIVER
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ar ts/ timeout THEATRE 2OPENINGS HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL David C. Jones directs a musical about a teenage misfit who discovers that she’s capable of more than she thinks. Based on the 1988 film. Jan 6-17, York Theatre (639 Commercial). Tix $15-40, info www. thecultch.com/. IN A BLUE MOON Play tells the tender love story that unfolds between three
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people as they begin to thread together a new understanding of family. Jan 11-12, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby). Tix $29-44, info www. shadboltcentre.com/.
DIRTY DANCING Broadway Across Canada presents the stage adaptation of the 1987 film about two people from different worlds who come together during one summer. Jan 12-17, Queen Elizabeth Theatre (650 Hamilton). Info www.broad wayacrosscanada.ca/.
2ONGOING PETER AND THE STARCATCHER The Arts Club Theatre Company presents director Rick Elice’s adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s Peter Pan prequel. Music by Wayne Barker. To
Jan 10, Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre (162 W.1st). Tix from $29, info 604-687-1644, www.artsclub.com/.
CHELSEA HOTEL: THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN Six performers play 17 different instruments in a rollicking tribute to Canadian author, poet, and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. To Jan 9, Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova). Tix from $23, info www.firehallartscentre.ca/. THE RIVALS Blackbird Theatre presents Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s tale of mistaken identity and overwrought romance. Directed by Johnna Wright. To Jan 23, The Cultch (1895 Venables). Tix from $27, info www.blackbirdtheatre.ca/.
DANCE 2JUST ANNOUNCED DANCE ALLSORTS: WAREHAUS DANCE COLLECTIVE Vancouver dance troupe performs debut work VITA, the premiere of second work Doe, and new work For the Time Being. Jan 17, 2 pm, Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (183 Roundhouse Mews). Tix $5-15, info www.newworks. ca/2015/09/january-17-2016-dance-allsortswarehaus-dance-collective/.
2THIS WEEK THIS THIN PLACE Sarah Robinson and Kezia Rosen present a contemporarydance piece inspired by Sandy Glum’s cancer blog. Jan 8, Beaumont Studios (316 W. 5th). Tix $10, info www.facebook. com/events/143706865993582/.
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MUSIC 2JUST ANNOUNCED TCHAIKOVSKY AND THE MERMAID Conductor John Storgårds leads violinist Augustin Hadelich and the VSO in a performance of Glenn Buhr’s ...this is the murmur of yearning, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, and Zemlinsky’s The Mermaid Symphonic Fantasy After Hans Christian Andersen. Jan 16, 18, 8 pm, Orpheum Theatre (601 Smithe). Info 604-876-3434, www.vancou versymphony.ca/.
ROMAN RABINOVICH Israeli pianist performs music by Haydn, Schumann, Webern, Beethoven, and Smetana. Presented by the Vancouver Recital Society. Jan 17, 3 pm, Vancouver Playhouse Recital Hall (601 Cambie). Tix from $25, info www.vanrecital. com/concert/roman-rabinovich/.
2THIS WEEK AS SEEN ON TV Steven Reineke conducts vocalist Christina Bianco and the VSO in a tour of some of the most iconic TV themes, including those of Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Masterpiece Theatre, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Brady Bunch, and The Judy Garland Show. Jan 8-9, 8 pm, Orpheum Theatre (601 Smithe). Info 604876-3434, www.vancouversymphony.ca/. DROP IN ROCK CHOIR: EAST VAN Sing classic and contemporary rock, pop, and indie songs with a nontraditional choir. Jan 12, 7-9 pm, WISE Hall (1882 Adanac). Free admission, info www.impromptumusic.ca/.
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can do that. But appearances are important—a smile on a girl’s face, as well as the kind of energy that women bring. I think it’s aesthetic.” Not everyone is keen to market their gender. Major EDM events on the West Coast encourage patrons to leave their clothes at home, and the same Vancouver’s underground dance culture is still is expected of performers. A favourite in the Pacific Northa boys’ club, but women are rewriting the rules west’s underground electronic Taken a look at the DJ booth lately? Vancou- scene, Andrea Graham—DJ, producer, and cover is seeing a rapid rise in the number of women founder of the alternative Bass Coast festival—is BY KATE WI LSON at the turntables. Gaining traction in the city’s critical of these expectations. Graham, who perdance scene, local female artists are on the up. forms under the deliberately demure alias “the LiBut it’s tough being a woman in a man’s world. brarian”, favours a bookish image that’s a counterThe stereotype of the scantily clad seductress rages: point to the sexualized flashiness of other artists. Vancouver’s club nights are ruled by alcohol and “Most festivals are really drawing on the mainavailability, and no skirt is too short. Boxed into a stream Top 40 market,” says Graham, on the phone corner by the scene’s masculine customs, the city’s from her studio. “In that sense, I feel there might be female DJs have often faced a difficult choice: take pressure on female DJs to dress sexily.” the easy sexualized route to mainstream success or The Librarian is not alone in describing how remain underground. Even then, the decision isn’t Vancouver’s larger events are dominated by sexist always black-and-white. stereotypes. Jen Pearson is a local DJ who sits at the Local agency GirlOnWax has a roster of per- edge of conventional electronic music, spinning formers who have been endorsed by high-end what she describes as “dark, dense, and syncopated clients like the Vancouver Canucks and Jennifer techno” as alter ego Nancy Dru. Pearson’s outAniston. Well aware that EDM isn’t always about spokenness against male-oriented club culture is sweaty warehouses and illegal spaces, owner well-known in Vancouver’s alternative circles. DJ Leanne casts her artists as fashion-forward, “If you want to play the big gigs, you’re definoutgoing, and well-presented. On the line from itely going to encounter a lot of sexism,” she sugHawaii, the long-time local dance music player is gests, speaking from her Vancouver home. “You get clear about her marketing strategies. “Feminin- people who don’t understand why you’re there, or ity 100-percent helps in booking shows, and it’s people that watch you even more closely to see if you something we embrace,” she says enthusiastically. mess up—and if you do, they’ll make a big deal of it. “When it comes down to corporate events, all the If a man dropped the ball, no one would comment.” companies are hiring female DJs.” With her vehement determination not to “sex An accomplished entertainer herself, DJ Leanne it up” (“That’s never, ever going to happen,” she has a shrewd grasp of the commercial market. says) Pearson refuses to alter her casual image. “I guess there’s something about having an at“I remember about a year ago I played at Vantractive, fashionable woman playing the turn- couver’s Gorg-O-Mish, and the promotional imtables,” she notes with a laugh. “We don’t want to agery was actually really offensive,” she declares. “It present ourselves as sex objects at all. Playboy DJs was an all-female lineup that night, and it was just
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MUSIC Let’s talk about G N’ R REBOOT Guns N’ Roses has not only re-formed with original frenemies Axl Rose and Slash, it’s announced that it’ll headline this year’s Coachella. Here’s hoping that guy with the video camera from the St. Louis show in ’91 doesn’t make his way to the front row.
You gotta see VANCE JOY You know you’re onto something when you get Taylor Swift’s seal of approval. Tay-Tay covered Vance Joy’s song “Riptide” for BBC Radio 1 a while back (over 10 million views on YouTube), and she asked the Australian singer-songwriter to open her most recent North American tour. The last time Joy—known to his folks as James Keogh—was in town, he played B.C. Place. On Tuesday and Wednesday (January 12 and 13), he’ll play the relatively intimate confines of the Orpheum Theatre; all the better to hear him sing his version of Swift’s “I Know Places”. -
a bunch of girls’ bodies without any heads. I had to ask them to change it. I was not having tits and ass on my flyer.” For female DJs, refusing to sexualize their act has, in the past, often meant remaining in obscurity. But there are rumblings of change. As local performers find success on a global stage, more of Vancouver’s artists are emerging straight out of the city’s underground. A petri dish of vibrant eccentricity, Lotusland’s alternative dance culture challenges the ethos of dressing up for anyone’s titillation—and this mentality is beginning to filter upward. “Vancouver’s underground music is thriving, especially for women,” the Librarian effuses. “There’s so many local artists that are now getting international recognition.” Think of the city’s premier exports, like Miss Innocent, Betti Forde, and Queensyze. “That’s because they’ve had years of developing their craft in our underground scene,” the Librarian continues. “There are lots of crews that have been building their own little niche and supporting Vancouver’s performers—including female DJs—along the way.” Pearson is equally enthusiastic about the changes happening in the city, pointing to the growing success of Vancouver’s all-female underground collectives. “Some people are just sick of the scene being controlled by men. And some people are so sick of it that they’re actually starting to do something about it. It all seems to have hit critical mass in the last year. Groups like Expanding Universe are asking why only about 10 percent of DJs in Vancouver are female. It’s changing the way we see female artists in the bigger clubs.” The city’s booming EDM scene is rewriting conventions from the bottom up. As more women burst into the limelight with their unique images and styles, mainstream expectations for female performers are beginning to loosen. Vancouver’s underground female DJs have cranked the bass, and the glass ceiling is starting to vibrate. “The opportunity is there,” the Librarian says confidently. “We just have to take it.” -
SOMEWHERE OVER THE… Before succumbing to brain cancer on December 28, Lemmy Kilmister was a semi-regular at the Sunset Strip’s Rainbow Bar & Grill. The room will hold a 12-hour memorial for Motörhead’s iconic frontman on Saturday (January 9). Speed soaked in Jack Daniel’s will be the daily special. MOST EXCELLENT Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn has been named an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. His new bestie Elizabeth II must feel Albarn wasn’t dissing her with “The Good, the Bad & the Queen”. O SUPERDOG On January 4, Laurie Anderson performed a concert for canine fans, with music played at frequencies beyond human hearing. No word on if it included songs from Joni Mitchell’s classic available-through-SCTV LP For Dogs Only. -
Fresh and local OLD MAN CANYON DELIRIUM When the Georgia Straight last interviewed Jett Pace, at the end of 2014, the Vancouver artist hinted that big changes were coming in the way he approaches songwriting. Where his debut disc, Phantoms & Friends, slotted neatly into the amorphous genre known as new folk, Pace—who performs with a band as Old Man Canyon—noted that he was becoming obsessed with vintage synths. How fitting, then, that Delirium starts like the soundtrack to a shimmering tangerine dream with the gorgeously soaring “Learn to Forget” and then glides across the finish line nine songs later with the space-cowboy pop of “Sugar City”. We’d be inclined to suggest that heaven sounds like this, but only if it includes the galaxy’s coolest music store, with an entire floor devoted to nothing but rare vintage synths. JANUARY 7 – 14 / 2016 THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT 25
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featuring artists from all over North America. Jan 14-16, 8 pm, Waterfront Theatre (1412 Cartwright St., Granville Island). Tix $12-20, info www.vancouversketchfest.com/.
THE MASSACRE The Vancouver TheatreSports League presents an improv festival featuring local groups as well as international teams from India and the U.S. Jan 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Feb 14, The Improv Centre (1502 Duranleau, Granville Island). Tix $10-22, info www.vtsl.com/show/the-massacre/. DAVID CROSS American standup comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist performs on his Making America Great Again! tour. Presented as part of JFL NorthWest. Feb 2, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville). Tix on sale Jan 8, 10 am, $45 (plus service charges and fees) at www.davidcrosstour2016.com/.
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RETRO STEPS Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make you long for those faraway, innocent days before twerking. Travel back to the Catskills of 1963 with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Babyâ&#x20AC;? and Johnny when Dirty Dancing twirls and grinds its way back to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre stage from Tuesday to next Sunday (January 12 to 17). Penned by the screenwriter behind the hit Jennifer Greyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Patrick Swayze flick of 1987, the theatre version stays true to the tale while adding lots more dancingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;dirty and otherwise.
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VANCOUVER THEATRESPORTS LEAGUE Some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most daring and innovative improv. Improv After Dark (every Fri and Sat, 11:15 pm); Off Leash (every Wed and Thu, 9:15 pm); Rookie Night (every Sun, 7:30 pm); TheatreSports (every Wed, Thu, Fri, and Sat, 7:30 pm; every Fri and Sat, 9:30 pm). Jan 6-13, The Improv Centre (1502 Duranleau, Granville Island). Tix $8-22, info www.vtsl.com/.
JFL NORTHWEST The inaugural edition of this comedy festival presents performances by headlining talent Trevor Noah, Wanda Sykes, Lewis Black, Miranda Sings, Jeremy Hotz, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Ron Funches, Todd Barry, Kyle Kinane, Hasan Minhaj, Nick Thune, This Is That Live, Hari Kondabolu, and the Nasty Show With Bobby Slayton, Big Jay Oakerson, and Kurt Metzger.. Feb 18-27, various Vancouver venues. Tix at www.jflnorthwest.com/.
2THIS WEEK ERICA SIGURDSON Vancouver-based standup comedian performs a solo show. Jan 7-9, The Comedy MIX (1015 Burrard, Century Plaza Hotel & Spa). Tix $20/18/15, info www.thecomedymix.com/. STEVEN WRIGHT Dour American comic performs a standup comedy show. Jan 9, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam). Tix $59.50/49.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.ticketmaster.ca/, info www. hardrockcasinovancouver.com/.
pro-am night Tue at 8:30 pm, showcase Wed at 8:30 pm, and featured headliners Thu at 8:30 pm and Fri-Sat at 8 & 10:30 pm. Cover $8 Tue, $10 Wed, $15 Thu, $18 Fri, $20 Sat. 2ERICA SIGURDSON Jan 7-9 2ILIZA SCHLESINGER Jan 14-16 2BRYAN CALLEN Jan 21-23 2DEBRA DIGIOVANNI Jan 28-30
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LITERARY EVENTS 2THIS WEEK SFU WRITERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STUDIO 15TH ANNIVERSARY: CATHIE BORRIE Author Cathie Borrie discusses her novel The Long Hello and illustrates the challenges of writing memoir in a lyrical form and the organizational hurdles inherent in a work that moves back and forth in time. Jan 9, 1-2 pm; Jan 15, 6-7:30 pm, Alma VanDusen Room (Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia). Free admission, info www.vpl.ca/.
LAUGH LADY Think of her as your funny BFF. Standup comedian Erica Sigurdson has a casual, down-to-earth delivery that seems like sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just talking to you at the bar or the coffee shop instead of from the stageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;except for the fact youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably laughing till you cry watching her. Her witty everyday observations are on tap Thursday through Saturday (January 7 to 9) at the Comedy MIX, where the local star and Debaters regular holds court as the headliner.
DEAD POETS READING SERIES Event will feature poetry readings by readers who will also talk about their poetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and work. Jan 10, 3-4:30 pm, Alice MacKay Room (Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia). Free, info www.vpl.ca/. AN EVENING OF STORYTELLING Hear stories told by Angel Strange, April Martin-Ko, Burcu Ozdemir, Clint Wilson, Jim Murray, Johnny Scoop, JP Lorence, Lara Walker, Ronica Prasad, and Sonya Littlejohn. Jan 12, 8-10 pm, Cottage Bistro (4470 Main). Tix $5, info www.facebook. com/VancouverStorySlam/.
ET CETERA 2JUST ANNOUNCED TALKING STICK FESTIVAL City-wide celebration of First Nations performance and art features dance, concerts, slam poetry, a visual-arts exhibition, theatre, workshops, artist talks, and panel discussions. Feb 18-28, Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (183 Roundhouse Mews). Info www.talkingstickfest.ca/.
2THIS WEEK ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TALK: ROBERT DAVIDSON Haida artist Robert Davidson talks about his artistic practice that draws on traditional and contemporary Haida forms and iconography. Jan 9, 3 pm, Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby). Info vanartgallery.bc.ca/ events_and_programs/lectures_talks.html. THE DREAM SONG OF OLAF Ă&#x2026;STESON Vancouver speech artist Patricia Smith and pianist Alison Roberts will present the Vancouver premiere of The Dream Song of Olaf Ă&#x2026;steson. Jan 9, 7:30 pm, Kay Meek Centre (1700 Mathers Ave., West Van). Tix $20/15/students free, info www.kaymeek centre.com/.
2UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS 16TH ANNUAL CHUTZPAH! FESTIVAL Dance, theatre, comedy, and music highlight this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival with performances and workshops by international, Canadian, and local artists. Feb 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Mar 13, Norman Rothstein Theatre (950 W. 41st). The event also runs at Biltmore Cabaret, Jewish Community Centre, Fox Cabaret, and Frankieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Kitchen. Tix $21-36, info www.chutzpahfestival.com/.
GALLERIES VANCOUVER ART GALLERY 750 Hornby, 604-662-4719, www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/. 2NEXT: A SERIES OF ARTIST PROJECTS FROM THE PACIFIC RIM (Vancouver-based artist Christos Dikeakos considers the economic and cultural values involved in transactions of Northwest Coast art) to Jan 31 2THE GUND COLLECTION: CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL ART FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST (exhibition features a group of historical and contemporary First Nations artwork from the Northwest Coast, drawn from
the Collection of George Gund III) to Jan 31 2THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE NEW VANCOUVER ART GALLERY (explore the conceptual design for the new Vancouver Art Gallery, created by Herzog & de Meuron) to Jan 24 2EMBRACING CANADA: LANDSCAPES FROM KRIEGHOFF TO THE GROUP OF SEVEN (exhibition surveys the history of artistic engagement with the Canadian landscape from c. 1840 to 1940, a period that produced many Canadian artists) to Jan 24 2SHOOTING THE SUN/SPLITTING THE PIE (selection of work by Jerry Pethick) to Jan 10 2LEE BUL (survey exhibition of recent works by Korean artist Lee Bul) to Jan 10
MUSEUMS MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY 6393 NW Marine Dr., UBC, 604-822-5087, www.moa.ubc.ca/. 2(IN)VISIBLE: THE SPIRITUAL WORLD OF TAIWAN THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ART (works by seven contemporary Taiwanese artists who explore the coexistence of modernity and tradition while showcasing the significance of the spiritual world of Taiwan) to Apr 3 MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER 1100 Chestnut, 604-736-4431, www.museumofvancouver. ca/. 2YOUR FUTURE HOME: CREATING THE NEW VANCOUVER (major exhibition engages visitors with the bold visual language and lingo of real-estate advertising as it presents the visions of talented Vancouver designers about how we might design the cityscapes of the future) Jan 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 15, 10 am
OUT OF TOWN 2THIS WEEK ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, has bewitched the great Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire. When Antony quarrels with his fellow leaders, his infatuation with Cleopatra threatens to split the empire in half. Jan 13, 6:30-8:30 pm, various Whistler venues. Tix $14/12, info www.artswhistler.com/.
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eeting up with the the cold that’s fogged up Vancouver. Straight at the JJ Bean “I actually did a tour across the counon Commercial Drive, try and back where I just did house guitarist and vocalist shows, like living-room shows, that Steven Beddall finds himself on famil- were all chill and intimate, which I iar ground. He worked at the Bean for liked, but I think I got that out of my several years, after teenage boredom system. When I came back and did a sent him on a three-day Greyhound couple shows with the Funk Hunters, trip from his hometown of Ottawa I realized that I missed the moveto the comparatively exotic Vancou- ment that music creates when there’s ver back in 2003. His barista training a live band and it’s really exciting. I turned him into a coffee snob for a love getting people dancing, it’s super while, but he has since become more fun. Working with Nick and Duncan liberal, open to really helped that, whipped-crea m inspired me to mochas or even create something Bon’s diner cofmore exciting.” Alan Ranta fee—and the music The live Woodof Wooden Horsemen has followed en Horsemen show has been picka similar trajectory. ing up steam ever since the organWooden Horsemen began as a izers of the Tiny Lights Festival solo singer-songwriter project, but took a chance on the band in 2013, you might not guess that to hear its which led to a big run of festival new six-track release, Sentient. The gigs. Those opportunities encoursongs remain embedded in the folk aged Beddall to ramp up the live and blues that coloured the band’s energy into a spectacle, fine-tuning 2013 debut album, Wooden Horse- the dramatic details of the stage men. But they also exude an open- production and making the set list mindedness, making full use of flow like a fine Costa Rican blend. the now eight-piece studio outfit’s The response has been encourability to play fun and danceable aging, especially when people are horn music. drunk and having a good time at Beddall’s personal influences have the end of the night. not evolved much since the project “I love watching people flail and began, though. One of his favourites get crazy,” Beddall says. “It always is still J.J. Cale, whose breezy Amer- makes me laugh. I actively watch icana vibe was something Wooden people’s dance moves from the stage, Horsemen’s downtempo debut and if someone does a good job, I’ll aimed to tap into. But Beddall has congratulate them sometimes. I wish since decided to embrace his taste I could dance more when I’m playfor the likes of Afrobeat shaman ing, but I’m usually in a concentraFela Kuti, Benin’s Orchestre Poly tion mode with playing guitar and Rythmo de Cotonou, and ’60s soul singing, so I can’t get too crazy onstar James Brown. stage. But I love the flailers.” Despite the wide stylistic differWhen Wooden Horsemen reence, Sentient has the same producer leased its debut, Beddall declared as Wooden Horsemen, namely Mark that it wouldn’t take two years to Lawrence of Big in Japan Record- make another record, but then life ings. Lawrence almost exclusively happened. Lawrence became severeworks with singer-songwriters, his ly concussed, which forced him to studio being chiefly designed to re- take a long time off from the studio. cord someone with a guitar, but he They had been haphazardly workhelped to smooth the transition by ing on a new release whenever time embracing the challenge of record- allowed, but after the concussion, ing brass. He’s a great listener, too, there would be no new Horsemen and provides honest feedback, both recordings for about a year. attributes that Beddall values in After his long recuperation, Lawa producer. rence and the gang scrapped the earNick Middleton and Duncan ly recordings altogether. They took Smith of the Funk Hunters also two weeks off, and produced Sentient helped the push to the dance floor. in a barnburner marathon. The reBeddall has added his guitar styl- sult captures Wooden Horsemen in ings to various live Funk Hunters the moment, a band still grasping for sets over the years, working on riffs its own identity, and there is a proand lyrics with the soulful electronic found vulnerability in that. Where it duo. That collaboration has had began is not where it is now, and the a profound effect on his own music. journey continues. “I was doing these solo shows that were very tame,” Beddall recalls, be- Wooden Horsemen play a Sentient tween sips of black drip. He’s wearing release party at the Biltmore Cabaret a leather jacket and tuque to fend off next Thursday (January 14).
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GET TOGETHER Fourth annual event features music by trance artist Armin Van Buuren, along with Sander Van Doorn, Will Sparks, Sunnery James Ryan Marciano, and Union DJ’s. Feb 13, 7 pm, Pacific Coliseum (Hastings Park, 100 N. Renfrew). Tix $88.50-108.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.ticketleader.ca/. INDIGO GIRLS American folk-rock duo tours in support of sixth studio album One Lost Day. Feb 26, doors 7 pm, show 8:30 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix on sale Jan 8, 10 am, $40 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.
CONCERTS < 2THIS WEEK CLUBS & VENUES < MISS QUINCY & THE SHOWDOWN OUT OF TOWN < Local blues-rock outfit performs with Cobra
CONCERTS 2JUST ANNOUNCED LYDIA HOL Vancouver folk singer-songwriter performs with guest Jasper Sloan Yip. Presented by the Rogue Folk Club. Jan 23, 8 pm, St. James Hall (3214 W. 10th). Tix $20/16, info www.roguefolk.bc.ca/ concerts/ev16012320/. LE VENT DU NORD The Rogue Folk Club presents Québécois folk group touring in support of eighth album Têtu. Jan 27, 8 pm, St. James Hall (3214 W. 10th). Tix $32/28, info www.roguefolk.bc.ca/ concerts/ev16012720/. JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS The Rogue Folk Club presents Canadian folkbluegrass outfit. Jan 30, 8 pm, St. James Hall (3214 W. 10th). Tix $24/20, info www.rogue folk.bc.ca/concerts/ev16013020/. PROPAGANDHI Winnipeg punk band. Feb 5-6, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Feb 5 show SOLD OUT. Tix for Feb 6 show $22.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Red Cat, Zulu Records, and www.ticketweb.ca/. OLD MAN LUEDECKE The Rogue Folk Club presents Canadian folk artist touring in support of latest album Domestic Eccentric. Feb 5, 8 pm, St. James Hall (3214 W. 10th). Tix $24/20, info www.roguefolk. bc.ca/concerts/ev16020520/. CELSO MACHADO Brazilian guitarist, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. Feb 6, 7-9 pm, Pyatt Hall (843 Seymour). Tix $35/25/20, info www.van couverguitar.org/. THE DAVID SINCLAIR AND KEITH BENNETT DUO Canadian guitarist and harmonica player perform jazz, blues, folk, and roots music. Feb 6, 8 pm, Presentation
Ramone and Savvie. Jan 7, 8 pm, Cobalt (917 Main). Tix $10, info www.facebook. com/events/978874652185857/.
DEVOTCHKA Denver multi-instrumental rock ensemble. Jan 8, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Biltmore Cabaret (2755 Prince Edward). Tix $25 (plus service charges and fees) at Red Cat, Highlife Records, and www.ticketweb.ca/. IAMNOBODI DJ-remixer takes inspiration from jazz, house, hip-hop, and electronica. Jan 8, Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender). Info www.fortunesoundclub.com/. SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE—A PARTY FOR PARKINSON’S A benefit concert for Parkinson Society British Columbia features music by Star Captains, David Morin, Tonye Aganaba, Dutch Robinson, Emily Chambers, and Camaro 67. Jan 8, 8 pm, The Imperial (319 Main). Tix $125/25, info bit.ly/shakeconcert.
2UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS THE BROS. LANDRETH Winnipeg folkroots band tours in support of Juno Award–winning album Let It Lie. Jan 15, 8 pm, Massey Theatre (735 8th Ave., New West). Tix $35/25, info www.ticketsnw.ca/. BLACK SABBATH British heavy-metal legends, featuring vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, and bassist Geezer Butler, perform on their final tour, with guests Rival Sons. Feb 3, 7:30 pm, Rogers Arena (800 Griffiths Way). Tix from $49.50 to $150 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.
BOOKER T. JONES The Victoria BC Ska Society presents American R&B multi-instrumentalist touring in support of latest release Sound the Alarm, with Jesse Roper and Vancouver R&B/funk ensemble Mud Funk, featuring Tonye POWER QUINTET New York City jazz group composed of trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, Aganaba. Feb 13, 7:30 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville). Tix $49.50 (plus service vibraphone player Steve Nelson, pianist charges and fees) at Highlife, Red Cat, Danny Grissett, bassist Peter Washington, Beat Street Records, and www.ticketfly. and drummer Bill Stewart. Presented by com/, info victoriaskafest.ca/. Coastal Jazz. Jan 8-9, 8 pm, Frankie’s (765 Beatty). Tix $62, info www.coastaljazz.ca/. MONSTER TRUCK As part of the Straight JD MCPHERSON Oklahoma rock-and-roll Series, Canadian rock band tours in support of upcoming album Sittin’ Heavy, singer-songwriter and guitarist tours in with guests the Temperance Movement. support of latest release Let the Good Feb 25, doors 8 pm, show 9:30 pm, Times Roll, with guests Honeyhoney. Jan Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix 11, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, Biltmore $29.50 (plus service charges and fees) at Cabaret (2755 Prince Edward). Tix $13 www.livenation.com/. (plus service charges and fees) at Zulu, Highlife Records, and www.ticketweb.ca/. SEASONS 2016 Electronic-music fesVANCE JOY Australian indie-pop singertival features performances by Peter songwriter performs on his Fire and the Robinson, Knife Party, Matzo, Mija, and Flood North American Tour, with guests Ekali (Fri) and Odesza, Duke Dumont, Reuben and the Dark. Jan 12-13, doors 7 ThomasJack, SNBRN, and Gryffin (Sat). pm, show 8 pm, Orpheum Theatre (601 Mar 25-26, 7 pm–3 am, Pacific Coliseum Smithe). Tix $39.50/29.50 (plus service char(Hastings Park, 100 N. Renfrew). Tix at www.ticketleader.ca/. ges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.
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ELLIE GOULDING British pop sensation performs on her Delirium World Tour. Apr 1, doors 6 pm, show 7 pm, Rogers Arena (800 Griffiths Way). Tix $62.25/47.25/32.25 (plus service charges and fees) at www. livenation.com/.
ALEXANDER GASTOWN 91 Powell, 778379-0407. Gastown club, lounge, and live music venue featuring weekly club nights and various concerts.
MARIANAS TRENCH Vancouver poprock band tours in support of latest studio release Astoria with guests Walk Off the Earth. Apr 8, doors 6 pm, show 7 pm, Pacific Coliseum (Hastings Park, 100 N. Renfrew). Tix $65/49.50/35 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.
ASTORIA PUB 769 E. Hastings, 604-2543636. Dudette Sun, Live Fast! Mon, Their Satanic Majesties Request DJs Tue; local and touring bands and DJs Thu-Sat. 2THE DARK EIGHTIES: OMD TRIBUTE Jan 8 2THE EAST VAN NINETIES PARTY Jan 9
IRON MAIDEN English heavy-metal legends tour in support of latest release The Book of Souls, with guests the Raven Age. Apr 10, doors 7 pm, show 7:50 pm, Rogers Arena (800 Griffiths Way). Tix $97.50/69.50/45.50/29.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.
AT THE WALDORF 1489 E. Hastings, 604253-7141. Three separate rooms, including Tiki Room, Tabu, and the Hideaway. Cherryoke Wed, Tank Gyal & guests Thu; live music & dance party Fri; Thomas Maxey & Kalibo Sat. Tiki Bar open 6 pm Wed-Sat. 2TALAMASCA Jan 15
RIHANNA Barbados-born R&B singersongwriter performs on her Anti World Tour, with guest Travis Scott. Apr 23, doors 6:30 pm, show 7:30 pm, Rogers Arena (800 Griffiths Way). Tix $151/100.50/60.50/30.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www. livenation.com/.
BACKSTAGE LOUNGE Arts Club Theatre, 1585 Johnston, Granville Island, 604-6871354. Vancouver’s only live-music venue on the water, with music nightly. Live band karaoke hosted by Sami Ghawi and Reuben Avery Tue at 9:30 pm. BELMONT BAR 1006 Granville, 604-6054340. Fresh and local fare, craft beer and wine on tap, and live entertainment nightly. Open daily at 5 pm.
JOE SATRIANI Bay Area guitar wizard performs tunes from latest album Shockwave Supernova. Apr 24, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam). Tix $64.50/54.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.ticketmaster.ca/.
BILTMORE CABARET 2755 Prince Edward, 604-676-0541. 2DEVOTCHKA Jan 8 2MORE NERDLESQUE FROM KITTY NIGHTS Jan 10 2JD MCPHERSON Jan 11 2KITTY NIGHTS BURLESQUE—8TH ANNIVERSARY BASH Jan 17 2TRIBAL SEEDS Jan 22 2WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT Jan 24 2FREAK HEAT WAVES Jan 27 2CHAPEL SOUND TAKEOVER Jan 29 2THE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR Jan 30 2BOTTOMS UP Jan 31 2DANCE
THE 1975 British rock band tours in support of upcoming sophomore album I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it, with guests the Japanese House. Apr 27, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Thunderbird Arena (6066 Thunderbird Blvd., UBC). Tix $49.50/45/35 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.
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The Georgia Straight Confessions, an outlet for submitting revelations about your private lives—or for the voyeurs among us who want to read what other people have disclosed.
Scan to confess Solitude I confess that although I am happy being alone there are still nights I wish I had someone to wrap their arms around me.
2015 is Dead to ME! That year was a dangling goat sac of a year... and I am happy to be rid of it. C’mon 2016, seduce me hard!
Why Him? The unfairness of it is driving me insane - he is an intelligent, caring, kind and considerate with so much to offer to humanity and riddled with cancer and there are miserable people, myself included, who are perfectly healthy with little to offer. He suffers so much and it is not right or fair.
my greatest joys in life... Are eating, going out for coffee and lovely hot showers. I like the idea of being adventurous and creative but I end up getting drunk and binge-watching netflix instead. Maybe it’s just a stage? How do I foster a more fulfilling life? Maybe it’s because I’m unemployed.
Lemmy Reading about the life Lemmy lived makes me realize what a boring day to day existence I have. Sure he was a drunk and kind of gross, but he lived how he wanted with no regrets. I certainly cannot say the same.
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OUT OF TOWN 2UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS SALMON ARM ROOTS & BLUES FESTIVAL Confirmed performers for the 2016 festival include Whitehorse, Great Lake Swimmers, Amy Helm, and Brothers Landreth. Aug 19-21, Salmon Arm Fair Grounds (Salmon Arm, B.C.). Tix and info www.rootsandblues.ca/. BUMBERSHOOT Seattle’s 46th annual music and arts festival features live music, comedy, theatre, film, visual arts, and children’s programming. Sep 2-4, Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.). Weekend passes at www.bumbershoot.com/.
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MOVIES REVIEWS THE REVENANT Starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Rated 14A. For showtimes, please see page 32
An inadequate script is superbly executed in
2 The Revenant, turning half a movie’s worth
of material into an exhausting, if occasionally transcendent, trek that congratulates the viewer for having survived its icy blasts of testosterone. Based in part on the exploits of Hugh Glass— or at least on several books about him—the twoand-a-half-hour film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Glass, a Scots-American trapper in the early 19th century. (He was called Zach Bass when Richard Harris played the same character in 1971’s Man in the Wilderness.) Slogging through the chilly Rockies, our guy is scouting for a fur-swapping outfit loosely held together by a quasi-officer played by Domhnall Gleeson. Glass has an almostgrown son (Forrest Goodluck) by an absent native woman, and something about this, or his basic authority, triggers the bitter resentment of fellow hunting party member John Fitzgerald, played by Tom Hardy, with an accent so thick-tongued I still have no idea what he said about anything. Far from the main party, Glass is suddenly mauled by a bear in the most stomach-churning scene of the season, and Fitzgerald wants to leave him behind. The much younger Jim Bridger (Will Poulter) is somehow convinced to go along
A voice in the wilderness
In The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio depicts Scots-American trapper Glass, who must fend for himself in the wild after being abandoned by his party after a bear attack.
which ended suddenly in 1975. And despite notable complications rising from casting, concept, and strucThe Revenant tells a harrowing tale of 19th-century survival; ture, the film works remarkably well. Pasolini depicts the last day of a filmmaker’s troubled life Pasolini’s calling card, and with that, although he later claims not to have its chief weirdness, is having Willem Dafoe as the understood Fitzgerald, and we believe him. The great Italian director, whose challenges to Italy’s gravely wounded scout then suffers one depreda- then-powerful Catholic establishment led to rution after another in his quest to return to civil- mours of assassination that remain unconfirmed. ization, and of course to wreak revenge on the Ferrara’s take simply finds the middle-aged maestro cruising Roman side streets for rough trade at dudes who deserted him. In real life, Glass never saw Fitzgerald again, the end of a tough day of storyboarding and hasand Bridger went on to become a famous explorer. sling interviewers. But lest you suspect this is a But director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, having sur- narrow, claustrophobic setup, be assured that the vived his bout of urban satire with Birdman, isn’t film is, if anything, too wide-ranging in its concontent to let nature inflict its wintry drama on cerns and techniques. Dafoe tosses off a few lines in Italian to kick our hero’s body. Sure, Leonardo’s character has to cut open a horse and crawl inside it to survive things off and then mostly sticks to English, a snowstorm, but he also needs multiple foes of thus obliging the international cast to haltingly the human kind. That’s a shame, because the speak his language. But there are also f lashback real drama here is in the landscapes captured by sequences in Italian and snippets from Salò, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki—mostly in his final and most (justifiably) controversial B.C., then Argentina, when we ran out of snow. film—Pasolini felt that offending people was The movie labours hard to capture the humbling part of his revolutionary duty—plus depictions spirituality of The Tree of Life and other Ter- of what he envisioned as his next effort. These rence Malick films, but its sometimes astounding semimystical satires feature the elderly Ninetto Davoli, Pasolini’s onetime partner and muse, beauty remains surprisingly shallow. > KEN EISNER himself played in other scenes by Riccardo Scamarcio (of Burnt and The Best of Youth). PASOLINI Elsewhere, frequent Pasolini star Adriana Asti plays the director’s doting mamma, and PorStarring Willem Dafoe. In Italian and English, tugal’s Maria de Medeiros enlivens the tale as with English subtitles. Rating unavailable. For Laura Betti, who f litted between art movies and showtimes, please see page 32 exploitation f licks in the ’70s. Never known for his subtlety, Italian-AmerHope you’re keeping track of all this, and ican director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, ready to catch references to contemporary films Body Snatchers) here takes on another transgres- by Federico Fellini (like Amarcord) and Bersive autore. He restricts himself to the last 24 nardo Bertolucci (especially The Conformist) in hours of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s trouble-prone life, this fascinatingly ambivalent love letter to the
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THE DINNER If you missed this film adaptation of Herman Koch’s unsettling Dutch bestseller at the 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival, the Italian Film Festival, running from Friday to next Thursday (January 8 to 14) at the Vancity Theatre, offers another chance to catch it. Also on view are the complex biopic Pasolini and opening film Latin Lover, both reviewed above. Pier Paolo Pasolini’s own Arabian Nights (1974), meanwhile, is just one of the classics included in the program. For full festival details, visit www.viff.org/. -
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POINT BREAK Starring Édgar Ramírez. Rated PG. For showtimes, please see page 32
This reboot of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 cops-
2 ’n’-surfers caper has been jazzed up for the
globalist age. The “Ex-Presidents” of the original film have evolved from bank-robbing beach bums into a gang of extreme-sports junkies whose much grander criminal activities are appended to the “Ozaki 8”, a worldwide set of near-impossible physical challenges designed to bring nirvana to high-fivin’, Lycra-sealed alpha males. The gang is infiltrated by rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, a retired dirt-bike berserker fluent in the language of Yo-Brah. To be fair: the motocross, parachute, BASE– jumping, and rock-climbing sequences in Point Break—vertiginously lensed by director Ericson Core, doubling as his own cinematographer— are absolutely worth the price of admission, especially if you get yourself baked to the bejeezus belt before entering the theatre. Less charming is everything else, particularly the way Zen warrior Bodhi and his gang are made into murderous psychopaths in order to prop up the film’s skanky politics. They’re showering the slums of Mumbai with stolen diamonds and liberating millions in U.S. currency from a hijacked cargo plane over rural Mexico. Utah is trying to protect corporate wealth. Whose side are you on? The casting doesn’t help. Aussie soap-opera graduate Luke Bracey lacks the gravitas of Point Break’s original Johnny Utah, Keanu Reeves. (I can’t believe I actually wrote that.) In a role see next page
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SHADOW OF A DOUBT The Vancity Theatre concludes its Hitchcock series with one of the best. Joseph Cotten is sinister Uncle Charlie in a film described by Hitch himself as his personal favourite. Screening Thursday (January 7).
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THE WINDING STREAM: THE CARTERS, THE CASHES AND THE COURSE OF COUNTRY MUSIC Your last chance to catch this vital doc about the source (one of them, anyway) of American roots music. Screening Thursday (January 7) at the Vancity Theatre.
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GOLDEN GLOBES The thing that isn’t the Oscars gets a free live broadcast at the Rio Theatre, on Sunday (January 10). Trivia and costume contests might be complicated by a hundred or so patrons inadvertently looking like Amy Schumer in Trainwreck.
Festival forever
decadent years of Italy’s best cinema—and an ode to the struggles of creativity itself.
Make Shum noise
NINTH FLOOR Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival opens Friday (January 8) at the Cinematheque with Mina Shum’s fine documentary about the Sir George Williams University “riot”, which occurred in Montreal in 1969 after a number of Caribbean students cited their prof for racism. Forty-six years later, Shum dredges up explosive firsthand information, none of it particularly favouring the authorities, all of it still relevant. The local filmmaker will present Ninth Floor followed by a Q&A moderated by fellow director Sturla Gunnarsson. For the full festival lineup, visit Straight.com. -
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previously taken by Patrick Swayze, Édgar Ramírez fares better and less prettily as Bodhi. Teresa Palmer is briefly on hand to make a triangle out of these two men, but deep down they think girls are where cooties come from, let’s be honest.
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LATIN LOVER Starring Virna Lisi. In Italian and Spanish, with English subtitles. Rating unavailable. For showtimes, please see page 32
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ARABIAN NIGHTS: VOLUME 3 - THE ENCHANTED ONE Miguel Gomes’s film sees Scheherezade explore a seaside landscape in which she encounters a wind genie and a daft suitor. To Jan 7, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix $11/9 (plus membership fee), info www.viff.org/theatre/. THE WINDING STREAM: THE CARTERS, THE CASHES AND THE COURSE OF COUNTRY MUSIC Filmmaker Beth Harrington’s documentary examines the roots of country music within the context of the Carters and the Cashes. To Jan 7, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix $11/9 (plus membership fee), info www.viff.org/ theatre/. ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL The annual event features a combination of contemporary Italian cinema and a celebration of Italy’s movie heritage. This year’s films include Latin Lover, I Vitelloni, Conversation Piece, An Italian Name, Pasolini, Pasolini’s Arabian Nights, The Mercenary, The Dinner, Vino Dentro, The Conformist, Love and Anarchy, Draquila: Italy Trembles, Wondrous Boccaccio, Partly Cloudy With Sunny Spells, and Leopardi. Jan 8-14, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix $11-30, info www.iffest.ca/. GUANTANAMO’S CHILD-OMAR KHADR DOCUMENTARY Screening of the documentary about the man who was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay for over a decade. Jan 10, 8:30 pm, The Cinematheque (200 - 1131 Howe Street). Tix $11/9, info www.whitepinepictures. com/guantanamos-child/. GREAT DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL Screenings of digital-format films, including Beverly Hills Cop, Big Trouble in Little China, Dirty Harry, From Dusk Till Dawn, Ghostbusters, Inception, Labyrinth, Looper, Mad Max: The Road Warrior, Mad Max: Fury Road, Runaway Train, Serenity, Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: Into Darkness, The Dark Crystal, The Thing, and True Romance. Feb 5-11, Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver (900 Burrard). The event also runs at Cineplex Cinemas Langley. Tix $6.99, info www.cineplex.com/digitalfilmfest/. AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Screening of the kids movie about a young boy who chronicles his misadventures and schemes in his diary. Jan 8, 3:30-5 pm, Vancouver Public Library Renfrew Branch (2969 E. 22nd). Free admission, info www.vpl.ca/. MUSIK KLUB 3: PHASE INDUCTION EDITION Musik Klub presents an hour-long program of live performances and rare promo videos from TV-music programs broadcast between 1965 and 1995. Jan 8,
7 pm, UNIT/PITT Projects (236 E. Pender). Free admission, info www.helenpittgallery. org/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/ musik-klub-3-phase-induction-edition/.
GOLDEN GLOBES 2016 Watch a live broadcast of the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Ricky Gervais. Jan 10, 5 pm, Rio Theatre (1660 E. Broadway). Free admission, info www. riotheatre.ca/.
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savage love I’m a 45-year-old straight male. Politically and socially, I consider myself an ardent feminist. There is nothing I enjoy more than giving a woman an orgasm or two. I’m very GGG and will cheerfully do whatever it takes. Fingers, tongue, cock, vibrator—I’m in. If it takes a long time, so much the better. I’m okay with all of that. Now and again, though, I really like a quickie, a good old-fashioned “Wham, bam, thank you, ma’am!” The only ladies I’ve found willing to engage in those cock-centric acts are sex workers. I’m okay with that, too. But the last time I paid for it, with a woman I had patronized before, I was just about to slip my cock in doggy-style when her phone rang. It was in reach, and she picked it up! I hesitated, but she didn’t pull away, and in fact pushed back a bit while she answered. I figured this was what I came for, so I proceeded. Her cavalier attitude toward being fucked from behind while having a trivial phone conversation wound up being a huge turn-on for me. By the time she finished her 20-second call, I was finished as well. I hadn’t come that quickly since I was a teen. She laughed that she should take calls more often. What kind of beast am I that I really enjoyed such utter indifference? Does this reveal some dark secret deep in my psyche? How can that mesh with my otherwise feminist views? > PREMATURE EJACULATION NEEDS SOME INTROSPECTIVE VIEW EXAMINED
First, PENSIVE, “enjoys giving women orgasms” sets the bar for “ardent feminist” just a bit low. So here’s
hoping your feminism involves more than penetrating a willing partner with your fingers, tongue, cock, and whatever vibrators happen to be lying around. Because if your feminism doesn’t include support for pro-choice policies and candidates, regular donations to Planned Parenthood, backing equal pay for equal work, speaking up when other men say shitty/rapey/dehumanizing things about women (particularly when there isn’t a woman in the room whose pussy you want to lick until you come, because feminism!)—and more—then you’re not a feminist, ardent or otherwise. Moving on… Why did it turn you on when the sex worker took a call during your session? Because it did. Turn-ons are subjective and mysterious. People who are curious about their turn-ons have to start with “this turns me on” and work backward from there. And to figure out why a particular fabric/adornment/attitude/scenario arouses us, we use the only tools available to us—guesswork and self-serving rationalizations—to invent a back story that makes some sort of logical sense, and then we apply it to something (kinks, turnons, orgasms) that really defies logic. So, PENSIVE, if I were to hazard some guesswork on your behalf, I’d probably go with this: being treated with passive contempt by someone that you are supposed to be wielding power over (the woman you’re fucking, a sex worker you’ve hired)—being subtly humiliated and mildly degraded by that woman—taps a vein of eroticized self-hatred that makes you come quickly and come hard.
> BY DAN SAVAGE And while that’s wonderful for top of that, I’m a terrible actor. So think it works as well for four-way you, PENSIVE, it isn’t proof you’re a let’s make you come first or let’s try swaps, group sex, BDSM play parto come at the same time, okay?” ties, et cetera, because it obviously feminist. rhymes with/riffs on threesome. But I’m a 29-year-old gay trans man. On My wife and I are bisexual— it’s an excellent term to describe the female hormones, I took a long time to we’re a man and a woman—and situation you and the wife are in. come and usually wouldn’t come at all. we’ve been tiptoeing right up to the To describe the sex you’ll have I always enjoyed sex; I just wasn’t fo- edge of organizing a threesome or in the wake of your first successful cused on coming. My partners would swap through 3nder. But we haven’t threesome, I would propose the term or wouldn’t, depending on their pref- gone through with it yet—too many postsome. erences. Since starting testosterone a flakes and fakes. But we have no comfew years ago, I now come quickly and plaints—just contemplating a three- I thought your advice to SCRAPE, easily. (Sometimes too quickly and some has put amazing energy back the guy whose penis was suffering due easily.) My problem is that after I come, into our sex life. Is there a name for to his girlfriend’s shaved-but-stubbly like most men, I’m done with sex. And the explosive sex you have with your labia, was spot-on—except in regards the stronger the orgasm, the truer this long-time partner when you’re antici- to waxing. As both a former profesis. A while ago, after a really fun time, I pating a group scene or threesome? If sional waxer and a woman with very woke to find that I’d accidentally fallen not, can we suggest the neologism coarse pubic hair, I hope you don’t mind if I correct you: waxed hair does asleep and left my long-time hookup presome? Rhymes with threesome! > MARRIED WITH ANTICIPATED not grow back as prickly as shaved buddy to fend for himself. Other times, HIGH JINKS hair. The hair follicle tapers from its I’m just tired and/or turned off. I defroot. When shaved, it is cut straight initely don’t want anyone inside me (it hurts), and while I’ve tried mustering The phenomenon you describe— across at its thickest point. The hair, enthusiasm for blowjobs, hand jobs, the insanely hot sex a couple has as it grows, continues to grow from et cetera, my attempts come across as before a threesome or other sexual there. When waxed, the hair is repretty tepid. So in the context of both adventure—has been noted by sex moved at its root, and a new hair will ongoing relationships of various sorts researchers and couples counsel- grow intact, with the softer taper. I and hookups, what’s the etiquette? lors. Margie Nichols, a psycholo- cannot shave without extreme disI’ve found myself just avoiding things gist and sex therapist, told the New comfort during regrowth (like neethat’ll push me to come, because I York Times she frequently urges the dles in my undies!). SCRAPE’s girldon’t want to be rude. And since I’ve nonkinky couples she sees to emu- friend’s postwax stubble may still be always enjoyed sex without orgasms, late kinky couples. “Kinky couples too uncomfortable for him, but it will this doesn’t bother me mostly. But plan sex,” Nichols told Amy Sohn, doubtless be an improvement. Honestly, I’d be amazed if she’s not curonce in a while, I would like to come. “and simmer for days in advance.” Many couples in the planning rently in more pain than he is! How can I do this and still take care of > SMOOTH MOVES stages of a threesome do a lot more the other guy? > NOT GOOD AT SEXY than simmer: like you and the wife, ABBREVIATIONS MWAHJ, they fi nd themselves hav- Thanks for sharing, SM. ing hot twosomes in anticipation of Use your words, NGASA: “If it’s not the impending (and hopefully hot) Listen to Dan’s podcast every week a problem, I’d rather come after you threesome. I think presome is a won- at savagelovecast.com/ . Email: do—my refractory period kicks in derful term to describe that kind of mail@savagelove.net . Follow Dan hard when I come and, like other sex—I’m officially endorsing your on Twitter at www.twitter.com/fake men, I briefly lose interest in sex. On proposed neologism—but I don’t dansavage/.
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 29, 2015 WHERE: Fortune Sound Club
BEARDED MAN, #19 BUS, 1:30AM
You: a v beautiful tall man with a kinky bleach blonde ponytail dancing on stage @ hot chip. Me: a shy lady on the same stage wearing a shirt with boobs painted on it. Was too lame to talk to you but thought that we maybe shared some shy vibe glances - let’s boogie (round 2)?
I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 30, 2015 WHERE: #19 Bus
ANGEL EYES HAD MY BACK!
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 9, 2015 WHERE: Brassneck Brewery Tasting Room I was having an argument with an arrogant man re. the exploitation of local emerging artists for personal gain. You were sitting next to us reading and while you didn’t say anything, your eyes were enough. Thank you for looking up when you did. Every time I thought I was going crazy (“Maybe he’s right, and I’m not understanding something...”) I would see you roll your eyes in his direction, and knew to keep pushing back. You reminded me that I wasn’t just standing up for myself in that situation, but that I was also standing up for other artists and writers. I just want to thank you here, and apologize for disrupting your reading.
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You got on at the same stop as me, Abbott and West Hastings. I got off at 16th and Fraser, before you. I think you were slightly tipsy. You had a beard, and had on a jeans jacket, and a bandana around your neck. We made eye contact briefly and I almost said something when you were standing next to me at the front of the bus, and kicked myself when I got off for not saying anything. I really liked you.
BEARDY GUY BY PRODUCTION WAY STATION
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 28, 2015 WHERE: Production Way University SkyTrain You walked by me smoking outside the Macs in Production Way station, Dec 28th around 12:30. You: beardy guy, wearing shorts with a few leg tattoos. I was wearing a leather jacket and ripped black pants. You walked by and smiled for only a second but I keep thinking about it and thought I would try my luck... this seems weird and lame now :/
HOT PLUMBER
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 22, 2015 WHERE: Apartment Building on Broughton Street You knocked on my door early Tuesday morning and asked me to run the water in my kitchen sink so you could check for leaking pipes. I couldn’t help but notice you were a tall, young, blond (I think?) guy with a gorgeous face. You can come over and tap my pipes any time ;) Hope I see you again.
BAD DAY UNTIL WE GOT ON THE 14 UBC
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 27, 2015 WHERE: 014 Bus, Granville Station I was having a pretty crummy day until this point. I know I should be grateful to have worked all night into the morning last night, and again tonight, but I guess I just wanted to stay home. If I didn’t put one foot in front of the next I wouldn’t have seen you! We were both about to get on the 014 UBC bus at Granville station same timesies but I smiled and motioned for you to go ahead. You smiled back and it lasted all of half a second, but it felt like we did some kind of handshake with our eyes that lasted much longer. I can’t explain why or how it made me feel like a million bucks, but it did, and instantly I forgot why coming to work was such a bummer. You had short black hair, cute black glasses, a grey scarf and dark blue pants. I had the grey sweater, earbuds, and tired look in my eyes standing at the back door. But I’d be remiss if I didn’t say I didn’t check you out a couple times before I got off the bus. What are the chances of you being single AND reading this?
INDIGO BOOKS. ENNEAGRAM AND MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING.
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 22, 2015 WHERE: Indigo Bookstore - Granville I was looking for an enneagram book. You were holding Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning”. You were friendly and warm and helped me by printing out the book slip. Tea and a visit to Banyan Books sometime?
BLONDE ON THE SKY TRAIN TO YVR AIRPORT
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 25, 2015 WHERE: On SkyTrain (Canada Line) from Granville to YVR We got on the train from Granville City Centre at the same time. few people, you caught my eye, you were gorgeous, blonde. I passed my stop followed the train to the terminal YVR station with you. After getting down I asked you for 2 minutes talk very stupidly, you said you are in a bit rush, more stupidly I stopped there but not chase you. I’d really love to meet you and grab a coffee.
PERSIAN IRANIAN IN BLACK MERCEDES-BENZ, PARK ROYAL MALL NORTH PARKING LOT
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 23, 2015 WHERE: Park Royal Mall (North) Parking Lot, Adjacent Marine Drive Bus Shelters I was standing in the parking lot holding a bouquet of red Poinsettia Flowers, and you drove up to me and flirtatiously and coyly smiled and asked “are those for me?” At first I did not respond as I was day dreaming and said “I did not hear you “ You repeated again “are those for me “. You are a gorgeous Iranian lady in the drivers seat, wavy long hair, passenger seat occupied by another female. I was wearing a black leather short bomber jacket and am 6 feet tall, slim fit build, wavy brown hair. You caught me off guard and I was tongue tied and hence erroneously replied “they are for my mother”. But I should have given you the flowers actually there is an ironic story to the flowers, they were not for my mother, allow me to explain and extrapolate, at our next meeting. I would luv to meet with you again and bring you your own flowers. You drove off very slowly and smiled and said verbatim “Enjoy”, I was kicking myself thinking, why did I not give you my biz card or get your phone number or better yet forfeit the flowers to you, meet again? On the seawall in West Van perhaps? Please contact me, as perhaps lightning does strike twice??
TUESDAY TRAIN TO TOWN FROM SURREY
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 22, 2015 WHERE: SkyTrain Your smile was naturally non stop chatting with friends and then you sat behind me when your boots tap my heal, oh the boots black with red inset, sexy heel matched your Asian look. Me myself and I wearing a Canuck hat covered by black hood. I pulled a smoke out as I departed for China Town, just for the moment thinking about you in the New Year. Sum Dim!
CHAPTERS STARBUCKS BROADWAY/GRANVILLE
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 28, 2015 WHERE: Chapters I was having one hell of a day at work, and I managed to dip into Starbucks to get a cup of coffee. I was waiting in line, and you were in front of me and said that the guy in front of you just bought your coffee, and that you would like to buy mine! I just wanted to say that you totally made my day. Thank you so much, my day got way better after that. You rock! And I dig your toque.
KIRIN RESTAURANT
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 27, 2015 WHERE: Kirin Restaurant on Alberni St You were enjoying your dinner with someone, and I with my group... but I couldn’t stop glancing your way. You looked fantastic and I wish I could have joined you. When I left, we made eye contact for a few seconds, I nodded and whispered hello.
B-LINE KARMA
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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: DECEMBER 21, 2015 WHERE: 99 BLine Broadway to Arbutus You helped an elderly woman get on the bus at the hospital Monday evening, pretty awesome. Major karma for the holidays. Atta boy, maybe we’ll run into each other on a slower bus next time.
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straight stars January 7 to 13, 2016
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ight out of the 2016 starting gate, Mercury in Aquarius in a confrontational alignment with Mars has stirred up terrorism and international politics, raising the surprise, shock, and violence quotient. Last Tuesday, the duo hit peak, just one hour before Mercury turned retrograde. The added contributions of floodgate Venus/Neptune and cement-it sun/ Pluto have put the motivation, the reality, and the urgency into starker push-comes-to-shove focus. Thursday puts a new key in the ignition. The sun hits a shift-gear aspect with Uranus, while the moon sees it as a well-timed opportunity. By evening, Jupiter in Virgo begins its annual retrograde. Removing the window dressing, Jupiter retrograde strips it down to the specific person, place, or thing that requires added attention. Jupiter stays busy on the work-it-out program through September, reaching a transitional peak or goal post on May 9. On Friday, Mercury retrograde backs into Capricorn. It will finish retrograde in this sign on January 25. Can’t meet the deadline? Has the timing or your timing been off the mark? Have you felt spent, held up, backed up against the wall, lacking, incapable, or left without workable options? As the retrograde begins, the brakes come off. If you’ve procrastinated, or denied or avoided facing reality, your time has run out. Mercury retrograde is a trickster influence. While snafus are typical of the cycle, Sunday begins a great upswing
week. Setting people, communication tracks, and social and moneymaking opportunities in motion, Tuesday’s Venus/Uranus, Wednesday’s sun/Jupiter, and next Thursday’s Mercury/ sun and Mercury/Jupiter provide a great run of gifting stars.
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ARIES
March 20–April 20
Just when you feel you’re finally on a good move-along, Mercury and Jupiter hit reverse. Despite an initial setback, both transits will help you to get a better grip. Friday is for setting the record straight, for reinforcing the rules or your resolve. Watch for results, news, a milestone, or a conclusion. Monday through next Thursday is especially lucrative and/or opportune.
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TAURUS
April 20–May 21
Thursday/Friday puts you on a major switch track regarding thinking, finances, a relationship, or a circumstance. If you hit a full stop, it isn’t for long. Saturday’s revitalizing new moon takes the brakes off. Monday through Thursday, you’re in luck. Watch for fresh options and conversations. It’s a great week for creative enterprise, travel, studies, and socializing. Things can go surprisingly well.
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GEMINI
May 21–June 21
If you haven’t pushed yourself to do so already, Mercury and Jupiter retrograde will force you to curb unnecessary spending and get more organized. Despite this advice, Monday through Thursday you can
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easily spend more. These smooth-go days are also good for moneymaking or refinancing; for sweet-talking the powers that be or bending the rules; for creativity and romance.
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CANCER
June 21–July 22
Thursday/Friday delivers a time-has-come threshold. Perhaps there’s a sendoff, a goodbye, or a special occasion to mark. Something timely can be the “it” or “fi x-it” ticket that sets you onto a faster, more successful move-along. Tuesday/Wednesday, great gains can be made. If it comes to you effortlessly and naturally, buy it or take it on. Use these days to sway or woo.
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LEO
July 22–August 23
Thursday/Friday, something uncovered or uncharted may cost you extra time, effort, expense, or disappointment, but better now than later. See it as good timing—it sets you up for downthe-road benefit. Sunday through next Thursday, you’ll hit an excellent creative flow. Your social, sales, and communication skills are at peak. A profitable and great social or play week lies ahead.
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VIRGO
August 23–September 23
Have you been out of commission lately or felt that things have mushroomed beyond your ability to control? If so, you should feel Mercury’s dip back into Capricorn and Jupiter’s turn to retrograde as pluses. Both help you to get a better handle
on yourself, your health, and what’s win, or gain more. High expectations most pressing. Communications and can deliver quite nicely. results improve in the week ahead, CAPRICORN especially Tuesday/Wednesday.
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LIBRA
September 23–October 23
Is your inner voice nagging you? Thursday/Friday, take extra time for soul searching, healing, or exploring more options. As of Friday, when Mercury retrograde dips back into Capricorn, you’ll naturally work your way to a conclusion or finish line. A home move or renovation project can put you under added pressure, but Sunday through Thursday is optimal for seek, find, and accomplish.
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SCORPIO
October 23–November 22
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December 21–January 20
Mercury’s return to Capricorn on Friday calls for a second look, a rethink, or an overhaul. The test of time is your ally; put it to work. Thursday/Friday, plans, minds, or commitments can change. Let the moment dictate the play. Saturday’s new moon pushes the Refresh button in some significant way. Tuesday/ Wednesday delivers big and best.
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AQUARIUS
January 20–February 18
Thursday/Friday can be a sendoff, sign-off, or take-flight time. After only one week of a fresh refuel in Aquarius, Mercury now steps back. The retrograde is an opportunity to refortify, replenish, and gain a better handle before you get too far ahead of yourself. You won’t need long! Sunday through Thursday, your swing is near perfect.
While Mars, recently into Scorpio, pumps you full of fresh fuel, Jupiter and Mercury have just launched into reverse. How does that translate for you? Both transits help you to target, pinpoint, edit, or negotiate with greater efficiency and exPISCES pertise. A review, revisit, revision, or February 18–March 20 even a complete overhaul is an intelliFriday could mark a special gent and well-timed thing to do. Tuesanniversary, a milestone, or an imday/Wednesday, the stars gift you. portant finish line. You may gain bank approval or take some other official SAGITTARIUS November 22–December 21 step. Your reputation precedes you— Friday can spark new ap- someone could speak highly of you. preciation, wisdom, or insight about A meeting with a mentor or advisor is a higher truth. Perhaps you’ll gain well timed. Regarding money, travel, attention or a result you weren’t ex- creative endeavour, romance, or play, pecting. If you come to a stop, it’s Tuesday/Wednesday is especially oponly momentary. As of Saturday, portune, perhaps even lucky. the stars plug you into a fresh outlet. Over the next week, you’ll write, talk, Book a reading with Rose Marcus at explore, create, travel, spend, earn, www.rosemarcus.com/astrolink/.
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