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STRAIGHT TALK

Finance Minister Bill Morneau included more than $460 million in the federal budget to fund transit in B.C. over three years, but that will not come close to covering the $4-billion projected cost of a Broadway subway and three light-rail lines in Surrey.

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Yoga instructor Joelle Lazar teaches parents how to use mindfulness to foster better relationships with their autistic children. > BY AMANDA SIEBERT

FOOD

Gin has become Vancouver’s go-to mixer, with more than a dozen local distilleries producing the spirit for the thirsty throngs. > BY LUCY L AU

THE BOTTLE

Biodynamics, bubbles, and lower alcohol are among the wine world’s trends, as seen at Germany’s recent ProWein trade show. > BY KURTIS KOLT

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The Vancouver Chamber Choir goes on a spiritual journey with a shimmering, cosmic work by R. Murray Schafer. > BY ALE X ANDER VART Y

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The calibre of local talent at the fifth annual Seasons Festival is proof that Vancouver’s electronic-music scene is thriving. > BY MICHAEL MANN

MOVIES

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Arts Events Movies Music

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straight talk FEDERAL TRANSIT FUNDS COMING TO REGION

B.C. is getting more than $460 million out of the $3.4 billion that the federal government will spend on public transit over three years. The national budget unveiled today includes a new public-transit infrastructure fund to support various projects like “new light rail transit lines in Greater Vancouver and Ottawa”. Based on ridership, Metro Vancouver expects that its share over three years will be $370 million. Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs said that this is welcome news for the Lower Mainland, even though the budget did not mention SkyTrain by name. Mayors in the region previously crafted a 10-year transportation plan, which involves $7.5 billion in capital spending on projects that include three light-rail lines in Surrey and a Broadway subway line in Vancouver. “We’re very confident they’re funding the plan, and not taking particular projects,” Meggs told the Straight by phone when asked about the budget’s specific reference to light rail. “The plan is proposing SkyTrain to Arbutus [in Vancouver], and the light-rail option to Surrey.” Meggs said that mayors in Metro Vancouver will meet Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi on Thursday (March 24) to sort out details. “There’s work to do right away,” he said. The three Surrey lines have been estimated to cost $2.1 billion; a Broadway subway going from VCC– Clark Station to Arbutus Street is anticipated to clock in at nearly $2 billion. In a plebiscite last year, Lower Mainland residents voted against paying part of the cost of these projects through a hike in the provincial sales tax. If everything went as quickly as possible, Meggs said, it would take at least a couple of years to complete final design work for the Broadway subway line before it is ready to go for procurement. > CARLITO PABLO

DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE BUDGETS UNDER FIRE

Since 2003, the Drug Users Resource Centre (DURC) has operated as a low-barrier drop-in centre for Downtown Eastside residents who face extreme marginalization for mental-health and addiction issues. The

The feds will fork over $460 million to B.C. for transit funding. PoYang photo. building at East Cordova and Dunlevy run by the Portland Hotel Society sees roughly 1,000 clients a day. But that’s about to end or, at the very least, may undergo major changes. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has eliminated the centre’s annual operating budget of $650,000. Portland Hotel Society interim executive director Eamonn O’Laocha confirmed the news to the Straight. “We have been informed by VCH that they will be discontinuing funding for DURC,” he said. In a separate interview, VCH spokesperson Gavin Wilson refused to say whether or not the DURC would continue to operate. Instead, he drew attention to a request for proposals (RFP) that VCH initiated last October for a new drop-in centre for mental-health and addiction services in the Downtown Eastside. “That RFP process is still under way,” he said. “It is a very confidential process.” Asked if the new facility will replace the DURC or stand as an additional service provider, Wilson replied, “That would depend on who the successful proponent is and what their proposal was.” Asked a second time, Wilson said, “This is to consolidate services.” The RFP describes an operation very similar to what the DURC offers today. It even suggests the new drop-in centre could be located “in the DTES on a street quieter than Main or Hastings and near Oppenheimer Park”. O’Laocha said the Portland Hotel Society did submit a proposal in response to the RFP. He declined to comment further. The DURC’s director, Kailin See, similarly said she could not answer questions.

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Dean Wilson is a long-time advocate for drug-users who volunteers at the DURC. He told the Straight he interpreted the RFP as designed to see the DURC replaced. “They took exactly what we have done for the last 10 years and then put it out to RFP so anybody can bid for more money,” Wilson said. “But there should be two. This stuff that we do down here, I don’t think they’ll be prepared at their new centre to deal with.” > TRAVIS LUPICK

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VANCITY CANDIDATES AWAIT VOTE

Thirteen candidates are vying for three seats on the board of the Vancouver City Savings Credit Union. These include incumbent board members Bob Williams and Virginia Weiler. Board member Allen Garr is stepping down at the end of his term this year. Williams and Weiler are two of the five candidates that the board has recommended for election. The three others are Niki Sharma, a former Vancouver park board commissioner; Rita Parikh, ex-chair of the board of outdoor-equipment retailer MEC; and Dara Parker, outgoing executive director of the LGBT resource centre Qmunity. Sharma says that her values align closely with Vancity. “I believe in protecting the environment, and that’s one of the most important issues that we face today,” Sharma told the Straight by phone. Vancity is a $19.8-billion financial institution, with over half a million members in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Squamish, Victoria, and Alert Bay. Parikh told the Straight by phone that her extensive governance experience in local and national organizations would help the board “understand what’s happening at the biggest-picture level, and try and apply that to the services that Vancity offers, [and] to the direction it’s going”. Voting starts Tuesday (March 29). > CARLITO PABLO

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SETTING IT STRAIGHT

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Gin drinks are all the rage, like Juniper’s East Van Bramble, a mix of Odd Society Spirits’ Wallflower gin, cassis, and lemon.

attractive, complementary garnishes such as mint leaves and vibrant slices of blood orange. Other cocktails like the East Van Bramble, a sharp mix of Odd Society Spirits’ Wallflower gin, cassis, and lemon, present beautifully balanced aromas that highlight the herbaceous spirit’s subtleties. For Joshua Groom, mixologist at the Quebec-based Ungava Gin, the growing varieties of gin on offer are related to the liquor’s inventive potential and the number of people who are trying their hand at distilling. He adds that, unlike whisky or rum, gin

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Long Table and Odd Society Spirits, many of which produce gin. This number almost doubles when the area is expanded to the entirety of B.C., where more and more distilleries are emerging across the Okanagan’s wine country and beyond. Some wineries have even taken up distilling, such as Okanagan Crush Pad, which recently crafted a special gin for Vij’s in celebration of the restaurant’s relocation to Cambie Street. Named Vij’s Bolly Water, the savoury London Dry–style gin features a blend of 12 different botanicals,

including fennel, which lends the spirit a licoricelike quality that pairs well with Indian-inspired fare. And though Okanagan Crush Pad won’t be giving up its winemaking duties anytime soon, gin has become more than a hobby for the B.C. winery. “I’ve had to purchase new equipment to cope with the demand,” says Matt Dumayne, Okanagan Crush Pad’s chief winemaker and distiller, on the line from Summerland. “We distill five days a week. It’s turned into a completely separate business for us.” In fact, Dumayne reveals that Okanagan Crush Pad will be unveiling its second gin, produced under the company’s Narrative label, at B.C. Distilled’s main tasting event, taking place this Saturday (March 26) at the Croatian Cultural Centre (3250 Commercial Drive). The Narrative gin, a stimulating spirit packed with notes of citrus and organic fruits, will be one of 36 gins spotlighted at the third annual craft and microdistillery fete. In total, a record-breaking lineup of 27 B.C. distilleries will be on-site with samples of various small-batch, handcrafted liquors. But with all the buzz surrounding gin, there remains one question: does the spirit have staying power or is it simply another fleeting trend in the endless cycle of bartending and mixed drinks? “Gin is here to stay, it’s not going anywhere,” states Groom. “If anything, I think it’s going to get more and more exciting.” Dumayne agrees. “Once you find something that people like, we get more options,” he says, “and we have more choices for delicious drinks.” -

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FIRST BEER BREWED

It was the Strathcona Pale Ale extract/specialty grain recipe from Dan’s Homebrewing. I remember using homegrown hops from my front yard in East Van. The beer tasted great (at least to me) and that’s all it took to get hooked.

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My name is Rod Hughes, and I’m the head brewer at R&B Brewing Co.

CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT

Successfully passing the Institute of Brewing and Distilling’s diploma brewing exams was probably the most challenging achievement of my brewing career so far. I’m also proud to be welcomed at R&B as their head brewer, and proud to be a part of a really great brewing team here. This position is new to me, and a welcome challenge.

YOUR DAD’S FAVOURITE BEER

My dad always had Molson Export in the fridge; then he moved to Labatt Wildcat, and then to Coors Light. When I started working at Steamworks I introduced him to our Kölsch. So I can say that my dad always appreciated a light and drinkable beer. FIRST GO-TO BRAND

I’ve never really been a one-brand guy but when I moved to Waterloo, Ontario, to go to university I regularly drank Waterloo Dark from Brick Brewery, Wellington’s [Arkell] Best Bitter, or Steam Whistle pilsner. LIFE-CHANGING BEER

When I moved out to Vancouver I started drinking Central City’s Red Racer IPA and Driftwood’s Fat Tug. Those beers blew my mind at the time and I decided I wanted to make hoppy beer.

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Ken Grossman. He’s a brewer (and a legend) that understands the importance of beer quality. He was ahead of his time when he started Sierra Nevada and his brewery continues to set new standards for quality, consistency, creativR&B Brewing Co.’s head brewer, Rod Hughes, dreams of taking a road trip through the U.S. to ity, and environmental efficiency. These are key visit friends he made while attending a California brewing program. Amanda Siebert photo. areas that will set the field apart in the future DREAM DESTINATION like Sierra Nevada, Deschutes, Russian River, for craft brewers, in my opinion. I met a ton of amazing people down in Davis, Lagunitas, North Coast, Rubicon, Pizza Port, California, last year while I attended a brew- Longwood, RaR, Dust Bowl, Abita, and Big This is a condensed version of Straight to the ing program there. A lot of those folks are now Wood, to name a few. I’d love to take a road Pint. Go to Straight.com for the full article and a working at some really amazing breweries trip through the U.S. to visit some great friends bonus video feature.

Buzzing world wine trends

’ve just returned home from Germany, where I’d been invited to attend ProWein, now the biggest wine trade show in the world. How big? We’re talking over 6,000 exhibitors from 57 countries spread throughout nine massive convention halls. There were more than 50,000 people in attendance over a three-day period. For the most part, it’s walkaround-tasting-style like any wine festival, but there are also plenty of opportunities for one-on-one appointments, along with various forums and seminars, plus self-serve regional or thematic tasting stations. Those three days, along with energy, stamina, and the arches of one’s feet, become things of the past before you know it, so while it’s impossible to cohesively tackle the whole event, I made sure to scratch the surface of most major areas, and take note of what kept people buzzing. Here’s a small handful of observations that rose to the surface.

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BIODYNAMICS AND BEYOND generations. Expect red berry fruit, There were more than a few areas leather, and fresh mint on the nose, and events devoted to natural wines, then brambly currants, sun-dried those made with minimal interven- tomato, cherries, and good gravtion and without the aid of chem- elly notes from their crisp limestone icals in the vineyard or winery, soils on the palate. along with those focused on organic wines and those farmed according MYTH-BUSTING AUSTRALIA Slowto biodynamic practices. All of these ly but surely, the demand for Australaspects of the show were wildly ian wine is rallying. This comes after popular, and it certainly wasn’t just a glut of industrial, boozy, ultrasweet plonk swept the with aging hipworld years back, pies or millennial only for its market hipsters looking share to eventuto be the cool Kurtis Kolt ally come crashkids. All walks of life and positions in the trade, ing down hard. The resurgence we’re including global importers look- seeing now, which proved popular at ing to beef up their portfolios, were ProWein, centres around well-made flocking to these parts of the show, wines, expressive of regional terroir, where producers were more likely that even offer a little spring in their to discuss the quality and validity step. Think Clare Valley Rieslings, of their wines, rather than simply delicate Pinot Noirs from the Yarra winemaking methods. It’s fine and Valley, sparkling from Tasmania, and dandy to take these more honest ap- elegant, Rhône-inspired blends from proaches to wine, but if what’s in the McLaren Vale. Also, let’s stop thinkglass ain’t that great, then the meth- ing of the country as New World. od of getting there quickly becomes When the phylloxera epidemic decimoot at best, or a scapegoat at worst. mated European vineyards in the Far from fringe movements, many late 1800s—resulting in vines being wines falling into these categor- replanted, grafted onto pest-resistant ies were some of the most exciting rootstock—vine cuttings from France I had at the fair. Of particular note and Spain had already found themwas Château L’Escart 2013 Cuvée selves happily and healthily snug in Eden (Bordeaux, France; $30.15, Australian soils, many of them still available at Granville Liquor Store, going strong today. Want to drink 2658 Granville Street), a biodynam- Shiraz made from some of the oldest ic Merlot-driven blend rounded out vines on Earth? Pick up a bottle of by Cabernet Sauvignon and Mal- Turkey Flat Vineyards 2012 Shiraz bec, farmed and crafted by the Lau- (Barossa Valley, Australia; $45.99, rent family, who have been making B.C. Liquor Stores), made from wine in Entre-Deux-Mers for seven vines established in 1847.

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Regardless of country, grape variety, or technique used to get there, it seems there’s an insatiable global demand for wine with bubbles. Sure, Champagne never goes out of style, everyone loves Spanish cava, and Italian prosecco continues to be wildly popular, but there were also plenty clamouring for British, Chilean, Californian, and German sparkling, and so on. Seriously, who could say no to Germany’s charming, citrus- and apple-laden Dr. Loosen Sparkling Riesling ($15.99, B.C. Liquor Stores), with its kiss of sweetness and overall affability?

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40th anniversary, The Love Love That Moves the Universe is scored for 20 That Moves the Universe voices and 20 instrumentalists—and in this prowon appropriately univer- duction the singers and players will also be desal acclaim when it was ployed in an unusual manner. premiered in 2010, and “It’s like a 40-part motet, because each performWashburn did not want er has a separate part,” Washburn notes. “And what to wait too long to bring it we do is that it’s a big semicircle around the perback. Its appeal, he adds, imeter of the stage, alternating singers and playlies partly in the fact that ers. I think that’s because of his concept of Dante’s while it is cosmic in tone circles of heaven and circles of hell. There are all of The Vancouver Chamber Choir takes a sonic and spiritual and scope, it’s not nearly these gestures that go around the stage like a circle. journey with a shimmering piece by R. Murray Schafer as out-there as some of In fact, I’d love to do a full circle around the audiSchafer’s earlier work. ence. I think that would be fascinating—but you When surgery calls, song takes second “The text is Dante, from the Paradiso—towards can’t do that in the Orpheum, so instead we’ll do place—and that’s why the Vancouver Chamber the end of that book—and there are places in the the big semicircle. It’s quite stunning in terms of Choir’s upcoming Good Friday concert, The Love music where Schafer really falls into an Italian sound, and it’s so different visually as well.” BY ALEX ANDER VAR T Y That Moves the Universe, isn’t going to be quite sound,” Washburn explains. “It’s almost like he’s The work, Washburn adds, is a sonic as well as as loving as first intended. Soprano Mary Wil- channelling [17th-century composer Claudio] a spiritual journey. “It starts in a kind of stasis of son’s illness forced a program shift: instead of Monteverdi or something, and there are some sounds,” he says. “There is this C that is repeated the American soprano singing George Frederick exceedingly beautiful spots. The harmonies just over and over again every two measures, and there Handel’s Laudate pueri Dominum, a luminous ode have that sort of Monteverdian flavour to them, are these wonderful arpeggios that are built out of to Creation, the VCC will tackle the more purely and it’s fascinating how he makes that work with- that C, and the music just sits there like the coschoral Dixit Dominus, from the same composer. in the more experimental context of the mos. And then he moves into the main text. I The new addition is all about divine wrath, rest of the music. But this is a mature guess the direction the piece takes is, like not divine love, but concertgoers need not worry piece, and his mature style is much most choral pieces, determined by the Check out… about being unnecessarily hectored. According to less experimental than it used to be.” STRAIGHT.COM text, but he goes through some wonthe choir’s long-serving leader, Jon Washburn, the Although Schafer has had a long derful textural sounds, and then he Visit our website musical content has not changed radically. association with the VCC—“His work breaks into these little bits of four-part for morning-after “I’ve always tried to program not on a religious is really the most important repertoire reviews and local harmony that have that Monteverdian arts news basis, but on a musical basis,” he says, in a tele- that we do,” Washburn says—this parcast. And when it gets to the end there phone interview from his Mount Pleasant home. ticular composition emerged without are three soloists in different parts of the In this instance, Dixit Dominus and Johann much external input. “I asked him to write half-circle who do this ethereal high soprano Sebastian Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude will serve to an- the piece, and he said, ‘Oh, yeah, sure. I’ll do that,’ ” thing which is accompanied by three bells, or crochor the piece that gives the program its title, Can- the VCC conductor and artistic director says with a tales. It’s just a magic, shimmering sound that he adian composer R. Murray Schafer’s otherworldly laugh. “And then I talked to him a couple of months achieves—and it just leaves you absolutely elated, The Love That Moves the Universe. “Whenever I do later, and said, ‘Oh, and I want to talk to you about it’s so gentle and beautiful.” something contemporary I like to add something the parameters for the piece.’ And he said, ‘Oh, yes. A better way of honouring the real rites of spring, more classic, for that side of our audience,” Wash- l’ll send you the first draft. It’s just done.’ This was, whether Christian or cosmic, is hard to imagine. burn notes. “That seems to usually work really well.” like, a year before the deadline, so I guess he just The Vancouver Chamber Choir presents The Love It could be argued, however, that the Schafer piece had an inspiration and wrote it right away.” is well on its way to becoming a classic in its own Schafer did apparently include the choir’s 40th- That Moves the Universe at the Orpheum on Friday right. Commissioned to mark the chamber choir’s anniversary celebrations in his calculations. The (March 25).

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Editor’s choice MEMORABLE MEAL Bullying, family, and sexual identity are among the themes of Late Company, a Touchstone Theatre production that’s getting a well-deserved remount after making its debut in 2014. Jordan Tannahill’s script takes place at a meal whose hosts are the parents of a young gay man who has committed suicide; the guests are the boy who tormented him, and the young bully’s parents. Tannahill has wrought theatrical alchemy, emerging with a gripping story of mourning, confession, and forgiveness. Late Company runs at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre from Tuesday to Saturday (March 29 to April 2), and at the Cultch’s Vancity Culture Lab from April 5 to 9.

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ONEGIN (At the BMO Theatre Centre to April 10) Love is explored in over-the-top harmony.

A NIGHTWALK IN FALLING SNOW (At the Deer Lake Gallery to April

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Celebration, disaster, and Beyoncé meet in a world premiere. March 27) Projects by young students depict local landscapes.

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has her hands full this week, hosting Anthony Davis’s solo piano concert on Thursday (March 24) and the 2016 Vancouver Improvised Music Meeting on Friday and Saturday (March 25 and 26). Otherwise, she’d skip down to the Emerald (555 Gore Avenue) for Dances for a Small Stage’s new Salon Series. “Dancing and eating in whatever order aids your digestion!” she says, adding that tabla master Tarun Nayar is likely to “dish up some tasty grooves”. Dances for a Small Stage presents its Salon Series at the Emerald on Thursday and Friday (March 24 and 25).

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When Davis comes to Vancouver this week, it’s to help celebrate a smaller but considerably cheerier historic occasion: the release of a local artist-run centre’s second archival LP, past piano present: Live at Western Front 1985–2015. Davis’s “Behind the Rock”, from a 1985 solo performance, is the oldest piece on the album and its opener, setting the tone with an array of sounds that don’t seem to have dated a day. We might hear them differently, though. Then, the low rumble that runs through much of the piece was probably heard as a nod to the cosmic jazz of pianists Alice Coltrane and McCoy Tyner; now it seems to draw equally on the symphonic colorations of Gustav Mahler and Igor Stravinsky. The world, it seems, has opened up to the visionary synthesis of classical and improvisational forms that Davis has been exploring all his life. “I think of the piano as an orchestra, or something that kind of reflects an orchestra,” the UC San Diego prof explains. “And ‘Behind the Rock’ is kind of an example of that: the idea of using the different registers of the instrument; not confining myself to chords in the middle register of the instrument and treble piano lines. Since then I’ve sort of liberated myself into really playing with both hands—playing a duet between the right hand and the left hand. Then I think about contrasting textures, or sometimes pitting tonalities against each other—things that can create tension and at the same time a kind of resolution, too.” Davis’s evolution has progressed to the point where he’s planning to issue a new solo-piano CD, his first nonoperatic release in more than two decades, this fall. It will mark a welcome return for a musician whose personal vision is as compelling as the more public statements he’ll soon make in FIVE. -

n chamber operas such as X, about the African-American revolutionary Malcolm X, and Lear on the 2nd Floor, which updates William Shakespeare’s King Lear in the context of today’s Alzheimer’s epidemic, Anthony Davis has shown a knack for coming up with themes that address the past while dealing directly with the present. But with his new work, FIVE, which premieres in Newark, New Jersey, in November, he’s going to miss the mark by a scant seven days. It’s not that FIVE—based on the story of the Central Park Five, a quintet of young African-American men falsely accused and convicted of rape and assault after a 1989 attack on a white jogger—will be any less relevant a week after the U.S. presidential election. The racism that runs through much of American society will, sadly, ensure its currency for years to come. But one of Davis and librettist Richard Wesley’s main protagonists might well be in the dustbin of history by the time FIVE debuts. If, that is, we’re lucky. “I hope it’s not president-elect Trump who’s going to be portrayed in the opera,” says Davis, on the line from his home in San Diego, California. The connection, he goes on to explain, is that the Republican demagogue started his political career on the backs of the Central Park Five, spouting his racist fear-mongering in all the major New York City newspapers. “I wrote an aria for Donald Trump, because he was really involved in it, sort of condemning these five young men who were 15 and 16 years old, and calling for the death penalty,” Davis explains. “And now some of the themes of his campaign are the same: ‘othering’ people, and thinking of them as thugs, street thugs.… At the time, it was basically a cultural assault on what they perceived as the hip-hop generation. It was the time of Public Enemy and Tone Loc and all that stuff, so it’s something Anthony Davis plays the Western Front on Thursday (March 24). I refer to in the music, too.”

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around you in an authentic way,” she explains. “What is healing? What is mental health? It comes down to knowing yourself and finding the love for yourself and not just looking for the ultimate partner but really finding it within your own heart.” Whoa, man, indeed. If that sounds like psychologyspeak, it is. That’s because Lane is a psychotherapist who created the ensemble in 2001 after studying dance theatre and European circus in the Netherlands. Helping to underline the idea of accepting and embracing all parts of oneself is the presence of genderf luid male characters (two of the dancers are men), which has been a tradition in the ensemble from the get-go. After all, Lane says, her troupe is rich with San Fran f lavour, which of course has always had a healthy dose of queer cultural inf luences. Besides, as she points out, empowerment is about being able to face the hidden parts of yourself and come out chuckling—which is all the more palatable when your therapist is a clown. (As all good Canadians should know, the troupe’s name uses the French word for “crazy”.) “Power is not just force, it’s also looking at your shadow,” she says. “Power is also being able to laugh at conventions and find your own meaning. Power is also community and love and going through a struggle and finding that connection with yourself.” -

eneath the cartoonish costumes, circus-style tomfoolery, eclectic soundtrack, and high-energy dance numbers, there’s a deep meaning to be understood in Fou Fou Ha!’s new show. In all honesty, it’s therapy— dressed up as outrageous and enthralling eye candy. Maya Lane, director of the U.S. troupe of entertainers, says that audiences often walk into Whoa-Man! A Musical! expecting a fun and frivolous show but leave with tears in their eyes. “We’re talking about alchemy, we’re talking about the transformation of the self,” she says on the line from San Francisco, where the company is based. In Fou Fou Ha!’s fourth production, the multifaceted show is made up of musical numbers (with music that ranges from hip-hop, electronica, and club beats to Broadway show tunes and original accordion music), sketch comedy, and more. Lane says the performers take the audience on an “emotional journey” through the lives of four women and the issues they deal with. “We are taking a lot of social and cultural conventions like online dating, and women trying to find their ultimate selves through infomercials and life coaching, and women in the workplace—a lot of the common themes that women grapple with, but we really poke fun of them in a sketch-comedy sort of way.” Yet the underlying thrust of Whoa-Man!, Lane says, is finding self-acceptance. “The culmination of the show is Fou Fou Ha! performs Whoa-Man! really about finding love within your- A Musical! at the Rio Theatre on Friself and connecting with the people day and Saturday (March 25 and 26).

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The Out Vigil sings with passion and humour TH E AT RE THE OUT VIGIL By Julie McIsaac. Directed by Sabrina Evertt. A Twenty Something Theatre production, presented by the Firehall Arts Centre. At the Firehall Arts Centre on Thursday, March 17. Continues until March 26

The Out Vigil is nostalgic, and

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ductive sometimes, I’m not sure how helpful it is. Julie McIsaac’s new play engages some of the disruption in present-day Newfoundland. The fishery has collapsed and traditional gender roles are in trouble. Danny, who comes from a fishing family, feels useless because he doesn’t know how to make money anymore. And Danny’s love interest, Lizzie, is all messed up because she has failed at women’s work, which is, apparently, to perform magic. Without giving too much away, let’s just say that she doesn’t follow all of her superstitions and guilt ensues. Frustrated with his lack of prospects, Danny heads to Alaska, where he tries to get work on a crab boat skippered by a guy called Cal. Lizzie chases after him. Structurally, the big problem with The Out Vigil is that it doesn’t start until the end of Act 1. The play wastes far too much time in a repetitive exchange in which Cal puts Danny through weird hoops in an extended job interview. And the other major movement of the first act is devoted to a death, but we’ve never met the dead guy, so who cares about him? Finally, at the end of the act, there’s a crisis in Danny and Lizzie’s relationship, and the story gains traction. Fortunately, Act 2 is a massive improvement over Act 1, as Danny, Lizzie, and Cal wrangle over whether or not Danny will risk his life by going to sea on Cal’s crab boat. The improved

Alison Jenkins, Stephanie Izsak, and Christina Cuglietta star in Julie McIsaac’s nostalgic The Out Vigil. Emily Cooper photo.

structure showcases the strength of McIsaac’s writing, which can be lyrical, as in Danny’s description of a stormy sky, and bluntly funny: “It’s good bein’ scared,” Lizzie says. “It stops you from being frickin’ stupid.” The physical production is persuasive, mostly because of director Sabrina Evertt’s use of on-stage musicians. Everybody in the cast plays instruments and sings, but two musicians, Christina Cuglietta on fiddle and Alison Jenkins on accordion, become the human equivalent of lighting, setting the mood as they move among the performers, making not just music but also the sounds of seagulls and wind. Matthew MacDonald-Bain is charming—often cluelessly so—as Danny. And even when she has to pull tears out of nowhere in Act 1, Stephanie Izsak makes an impressively passionate, funny, and credible Lizzie.

Izsak sings compellingly in the evening’s candle-lit final tableau. Still, I felt uncomfortable with the return to order that is, apparently, being celebrated in that moment—with men gambling their lives and women casting spells.

> COLIN THOMAS

THE CROWD By George F. Walker. Directed by Patrick McDonald. A Studio 58 production, in association with Green Thumb Theatre. At Studio 58 on Saturday, March 19. Continues until April 3

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subject of poverty in his new script, The Crowd—and he does almost nothing interesting with it. As soon as Danny and a heavily pregnant Tina get married, Danny gets hauled off to the cop shop.

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Apparently, some robberies that he helped to plan turned ugly and, unbeknownst to him, people got hurt. But then the police release Danny because they want him to figure out who the real gang leaders are. The focus here is fuzzy: Danny’s ragtag band of associates was never really a gang, but some heavier muscle has been moving in on their operations. Walker takes too long to set this up. The opening of the play consists of short, fragmented scenes that fail to gain traction, plus an extended—and largely pointless—sequence in which a trio of young women prepares to sing karaoke at Danny and Tina’s wedding reception. The script also contains one of the worst conventions ever: Delores, one of the cops, goes undercover as a clown and crashes the already fading postnuptial party. Professional actor Leslie Jones, who is playing Delores in this student

production, gets some spin out of her clown lines, which is more than they deserve. Delores’s disguise is a flatly unfunny comic device. Walker’s laboured point is that Danny, Tina, and their friends are trapped by their poverty. As Tina tells her pal Jill in a preachy scene, “It’s that no one ever gave Ricky, Sonny, and the rest of them an option. And probably no one ever will.” Walker’s stance is that most of the poor are doomed, but a diligent few will pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Where’s the deeper analysis? Probably out back with the specificity. Walker presents “the poor” as a largely undifferentiated group characterized by their lack of insight and agency—which feels awfully condescending. All of this makes it kind of amazing that, under Patrick McDonald’s direction, many of the student actors in this production do excellent work. Camille Legg, who was a stellar Romeo in Studio 58’s Romeo + Juliet, shines once again. Playing Tina, she brings an enviable combination of stillness and depth: she’s not showing off, she’s just transparent. And Nathan Kay does a terrific job with Danny, inhabiting the character’s sweet befuddlement with winning sincerity. As Sonny, one of the petty criminals, Conor Stinson O’Gorman hits the style bang on, melding honesty with stupidity. Gregory Radzimowski enjoys similar success as Sonny’s pal Willie. And playing the goofy Ricky, Scott McGowan reaps the comic rewards of being completely relaxed on-stage. Clearly, the exercise of putting on this show has huge benefits for the student actors. And it’s a big deal that Studio 58 is premiering the work of a major Canadian playwright; Walker counts Suburban Motel among his many successes. This time out, though, his script tanks.

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might otherwise have slipped over into heady abstraction. Dance this complex and layered is rare; it’s a shame bad writing had to intrude.

PROGRAM 2 Choreographed by Medhi Walerski. A Ballet BC presentation. At the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday, March 17. No remaining performances

If your drains are clogged, call a plumber. That nagging pain in the general vicinity of your liver? Consult a physician, because Dr. Google’s only going to take you so far. Don’t let a veterinarian fly your jumbo jet. But anyone can write, right? Billions of bloggers can’t be wrong. Alas, French choreographer Medhi Walerski has fallen into this popular delusion, nearly spoiling his otherwise impressive Natus with a self-written text of bizarrely lead-footed banality. It’s a baffling choice: having wisely outsourced the music to professionals such as percussion virtuoso Rob Knopper, the Kodō taiko troupe, and early-music specialists the Taverner Consort and Players, why would Walerski insist on doing a job for which he’s so manifestly ill-suited? As delivered by the alternately saturnine and wide-eyed dancer Peter Smida, the choreographer’s rant was a farrago of adolescent wordplay— baroque, broke: yeah, we get it—and stoner musings about sturgeons and birthdays and cake. Was there no poet who could have been commissioned to give Walerski’s thoughts better form? Balletomanes can give thanks, at least, that Walerski did not wrest the controls of the lighting desk from James Proudfoot. The local theatreand-dance legend’s contributions are among the chief pleasures of Natus: at times, he creates vignettes in black and gold that suggest the hieratic splendour of some ancient Egyptian court; elsewhere, he builds standalone rooms from nothing but light. These intimate spaces often host

> ALEXANDER VARTY

VITAL FEW

A Company 605 production. Presented by the Vancouver International Dance Festival. At the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre on Friday, March 18. No remaining performances

Wow. Just… Wow. Or maybe we should make that a slightly qualified wow, because, truth be told, Vital Few went on a good 15 minutes more than was strictly necessary. Perhaps that reflects how it was made: collectively, by Company 605 dancers Laura Avery, Hayden Fong, Josh Martin, Renee Sigouin, Jessica Wilkie, and Sophia Wolfe, under artistic directors Josh Martin and Lisa Gelley. Perhaps democracy trumped concision, and everyone needed their spotlight. But never mind: a good threequarters of this hour-plus show was riveting—physically, sonically, and visually. By now, local dance audiences know Company 605 for its visceral embrace of hybrid forms, as displayed in productions that have encompassed ballet, contact improv, hip-hop, and jazz dance styles along with elements of gymnastics and martial arts. Speed and precision have been the troupe’s hallmarks, and those are still present in Vital Few, which often seems uncanny in the way its six dancers move with the unforced synchronization of flocking birds. But a new tenderness appears to be creeping in, as evinced by the opening sequence, in which the dancers, one by one, came together to create a single spherical organism, with a female head, male arms,

Choreographer Medhi Walerski’s Program 2 included Prelude, in which dancers Scott Fowler and Rachel Meyer portrayed lovers. Michael Slobodian photo.

duets, and in both Natus, here receiving its world premiere, and in 2014’s Prelude, Walerski shows that however clunky his wordplay might be, he has a graceful understanding of interpersonal dynamics. Playing lovers, Rachel Meyer and Scott Fowler take full advantage of the choreographer’s more balletic side during their long turn at centre stage during Prelude, conjuring up an amour of believable tenderness and sharing. Fowler is equally convincing during the work’s solo coda, in which he appears to wander through a fog of loss. In contrast, the duets in Natus are less personalized, the dancers anonymous agents engaged in quick, stylized encounters. Both approaches have value. Walerski’s greatest accomplishments, however, came during Natus’s ensemble scenes. For this work, which he describes in his program notes as a celebration “of the irrevocable beauty

of our existence”, he appears to have made a close study of ritual, from coronation ceremonies to funeral rites. And yet he’s not immune to the call of the absurd: in one passage, which was simultaneously magical and ridiculous, the corps flanked a crowned and regal Smida, dropping slowly into a shuffling crouch as they passed him before peeling off and repeating the manoeuvre. The dancers looked like urgent fish, and Smida looked as if he was being propelled forward on an infinite wave—until he began to step with the exaggerated gestures of the young Max in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, whose spiky headgear costume designer Nancy Bryant has quite possibly borrowed. The corps also made good use of body percussion and costumes with jingling bells sewn into their shoulders, bringing a lively, Africaninfluenced physicality into work that

and a dozen unruly legs. Some of the performers approached this freakish entity in a preemptory manner—but once entwined, their thrusting gestures turned to caresses and a palpable mood of unity was created on-stage. That mood rarely dissipated, whether the performers were enacting complex routines or reacting to each other in a seemingly improvised manner. In fact, one of the pleasures of watching this show was trying to determine what was scored and what was not. I suspect the work emerged from improvisation and game-playing and was then quite rigorously formalized, but quite a few stretches retained a feeling of inthe-moment spontaneity—especially when the dancers riffed off drummer Art Blakey’s joyously extroverted version of Thelonious Monk’s “Well, You Needn’t”. The music throughout was impeccable, whether it was a scratchy 78-rpm recording of Enrico Caruso singing Georges Bizet, a foggy Loscil soundscape, or Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood making avant-garde hay with a driving Gary Glitter beat. And the lighting was, arguably, even better, with Robert Sondergaard bouncing spots off the Mylar-covered floor to create painterly washes of colour behind the stage. (That said, one of the show’s strongest images was delivered when the lighting changed to a flat photo-studio white and the dancers froze in place, as if caught forever in a website-worthy colour snap.) Things did flag toward the end: certain gestures came back unnecessarily, and it wasn’t clear why the dancers needed to peel and crumple the Mylar—it seemed a gratuitous interruption of the flow. Give Vital Few a careful shave, however, and its 65 minutes of excellence could easily turn into a 50-minute masterpiece. > ALEXANDER VARTY

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seven 10-minute plays by local playwrights Anton Lipovetsky, Sean Harris Oliver, Lauren Jackson, Pippa Johnstone, James Gordon King, Mack Gordon, Julie Casselman, and Tia-Glenn Cooke. Mar 24-26, 8 pm, Studio 1398 (1398 Cartwright, Granville Island). Tix $15, info www.speak easytheatre.ca/.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT Sitcomstyle one-act comedic play tells the story of a man who moves in with another man after a bad breakup. Mar 24–Apr 3, 8 pm, The Dusty Flowershop (2050 Scotia). Tix $10, info www.facebook.com/ events/581890485297127/. THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR United Players presents Nikolai Gogol’s classic comedy about a small Russian town that’s thrown into chaos by the arrival of an incognito inspector. Mar 25–Apr 17, 8-10 pm,

Jericho Arts Centre (1675 Discovery). Tix $18-22, info www.unitedplayers.com/. COMIC POTENTIAL Alan Ackybourn’s sci-fi comedy takes aim at daytime TV soap operas. Mar 26–Apr 16, 8 pm, Metro Theatre (1370 SW Marine). Tix $24/21, info www.metrotheatre.com/. OBLIQUE STRATEGIES Risky Nights presents a live-theatre event that explores the lives of the millennial generation as they come of age in a world of uncertainty. Mar 28–Apr 3, 8:15 pm, Studio 58 (Langara College, 100 W. 49th). Admission by donation, info www.studio58.ca/. SAL CAPONE: THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF Urban Ink Productions presents Omari Newton’s story about a young hip-hop group that gets caught up in the aftermath of a violent police shooting. Mar 29–Apr 2, Presentation House Theatre (333 Chesterfield Ave., North Van). Tix $15-28, info www.phtheatre.org/show/ sal-capone-the-lamentable-tragedy-of/. MAMMA MIA! Stage musical tells a story of love, laughter, and friendship through ABBA hits like “Dancing Queen” and “Take a Chance on Me”. Mar 29–Apr 3, Queen Elizabeth Theatre (650 Hamilton). Tix from $35 (plus service charges and fees), info www.Mamma-Mia.com/.

TWELFTH NIGHT Trinity Western University’s School of the Arts, Media + Culture presents Shakespeare’s popular comedy. Mar 29–Apr 9, SAMC Theatre (Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Rd., Langley). Info www.twu.ca/academics/ samc/theatre/productions/current-show/.

DOOST (FRIEND) An ensemble of artists and adherents of the Nimatullahi Sufi order explore the universal essence of the mystic poetry of Rumi, Hafez, and Nurbakhsh. To Mar 26, 8-9:30 pm, The Cultch (1895 Venables). Tix from $20, info www.thecultch.com/.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT Tomo Suru presents a play that attempts to understand the beating death of young gay man Matthew Shepard. Mar 29–Apr 3, 7:30-10 pm, Studio 1398 (1398 Cartwright, Granville Island). Tix $10-35, info www.tomosuruplayers.com/.

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2ONGOING RECLAIMING HOPE Theatre for Living presents an interactive-theatre piece starring David Diamond. To Apr 2, 7:30 pm, various Metro Vancouver venues. Info 604-871-0508, www.theatreforliving. com/present_work/reclaiming_hope/ reclaiming_hope_index.html. LITTLE MISS GLITZ Musical parody of child-beauty pageants tells the story of a young girl who discovers that the cutthroat world of pageants takes no prisoners. To Mar 26, 8-10 pm, PAL Theatre (8th floor, 581 Cardero). Tix $25, info www.littlemissglitz.ca/. THE OUT VIGIL Twenty Something Theatre presents the world premiere of Julie McIsaac’s play about a Newfoundlander who arrives in Alaska desperate for a job. To Mar 26, Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova). Tix $23-33, info www.firehallartscentre.ca/. CABARET Exit 22 Company presents director Stephen Atkins’s tale of love in terrible times, set against Berlin’s decadent cabaret scene and the rise of the Nazi party. To Mar 26, BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts (2055 Purcell Way). Tix $22/15/10, info tickets. capilanou.ca/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/ tmEvent911.html.

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2JUST ANNOUNCED COMPANHIA URBANA DE DANÇA DanceHouse presents a high-energy fusion of hip-hop, samba, capoeira, and contemporary dance in boldly imaginative choreography by Brazilian choreographer Sonia Destri Lie. Apr 1-2, 8 pm, Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton). Tix from $35, info www.dancehouse.ca/. GOING HOME STAR: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION The Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents the story of Annie, a young, urban First Nations woman adrift in a contemporary life of youthful excess. Apr 7-9, Queen Elizabeth Theatre (650 Hamilton). Tix from $29 (plus service charges and fees) at www.ticketmaster.ca/.

2THIS WEEK SHAMANIC TRANCE DANCE Teresa Campbell and guest drummers hold space for all to explore movement as medicine, sound as a fire starter, and shapeshifting as a tool for thriving. Mar 26, 8-10:30 pm, Semperviva Yoga (1985 W. Broadway). Tix $35, info www.semperviva. com/event/shamanic-trance-dance-withteresa-campbell-5/.

MUSIC 2THIS WEEK DROP-IN ROCK CHOIR Sing classic and contemporary rock, pop, and indie songs with a nontraditional choir. Mar 24, 7:30-9 pm, Presentation House Theatre (333 Chesterfield Ave., North Van). Tix $10, info www.impromptumusic.ca/. OUT FOR LUNCH CONCERTS Violinist Peter Lang, cellist James Hill, and pianist William Bruneau perform works by Joseph Suk and Smetana. Mar 25, 12:10-1 pm, Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby). Concert included in gallery admission/ membership, info www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/. THE LOVE THAT MOVES THE UNIVERSE: BACH, HANDEL & SCHAFER The Vancouver Chamber Choir presents R. Murray Schafer’s The Love That Moves the Universe, with additional material by Bach and Handel. Mar 25, 8 pm, Orpheum Theatre (601 Smithe). Tix $10-55, info www.vancouverchamber choir.com/.

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GODFATHER LIVE Calling all devoted fans of The Godfather: before you pop that well-loved disc into your DVD player or power up your Netflix for another repeat viewing, consider experiencing the crime-drama masterpiece alongside a live concert. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is presenting a digitally remastered version of the film on the big screen this Wednesday (March 30) at the Orpheum Theatre, during which musicians will perform Nino Rota’s theatrical soundtrack live on-stage. Think delicate woodwinds, sweeping strings, and thumping trumpets, all playing in melancholic harmony as Michael Corleone is thrust into the Mafia world of New York City. It’s The Godfather like you’ve never seen it before—and an offer we bet you can’t refuse. THE CROWD Studio 58 presents the world premiere of Canadian playwright George F. Walker’s newest work. Directed by Patrick McDonald. To Apr 3, Studio 58 (Langara College, 100 W. 49th). Tix $20-25, info www.studio58.ca/. ONEGIN The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille’s new musical, based on the poem by Pushkin and the opera by Tchaikovsky. To Apr 10, Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre (162 W. 1st). Tix from $25, info 604-687-1644, www.artsclub.com/. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Evan Frayne directs Mary Zimmerman’s play about a woman who delays her looming execution by telling stories to her murderous husband. To Apr 2, 7:30 pm, Frederic Wood Theatre (6354 Crescent Rd., UBC). Tix $24.50/16.50/11.50, info www.theatre. film.bc.ca/. THE LARAMIE PROJECT The Departments of Theatre and Stagecraft & Event Technology at Douglas College present Moisés Kaufman’s story about the 1998 death of gay university student Matthew Shepard. Directed by Deborah Neville. To Mar 24, Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre (Douglas College. 700 Royal Ave., New West). Tix $10-20, info www.douglascollege.ca/about-douglas/ groups-and-organizations/theatre/. RETURN TO GRACE Over 30 singers, dancers, and musicians pay tribute to Elvis Presley. To Mar 27, Queen Elizabeth Theatre (650 Hamilton). Tix from $35 (plus service charges and fees) at www.ticket master.ca/, info www.returntograce.ca/.

CAP U AT THE SILK PURSE The West Vancouver Community Arts Council presents music by Natasha D’Agostino Quintet. Mar 26, Silk Purse Arts Centre (1570 Argyle Ave., West Van). Tix $20/15, info www.silkpurse.ca/. MUSICAL MORNINGS IN THE GALLERY Music by Novo Ensemble (Mar 29) and Orchid Ensemble (Apr 19). Mar 29; Apr 19, 9:30-11:30 am, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art (2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver). Tix $10/7, info www3.gordon smithgallery.ca/Gallery/programs/musical mornings/Pages/default.aspx. WEDNESDAY NOON HOURS Ensemble Vivant plays works by Bach, Piazzolla, Coghlan, Widor, Guarnieri, and Romero. Mar 30, 12-1 pm, Roy Barnett Recital Hall (6361 Memorial Rd., UBC). Tix $5 at the door, cash only, info www.music.ubc.ca/ wednesday.noon.hours/.

COMEDY 2ONGOING THE COMEDY MIX 1015 Burrard, Century Plaza Hotel & Spa, 604-684-5050, www. thecomedymix.com/. Comedy club with 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 and 10:30 pm. Cover $8 Tue, $10 Wed, $15 Thu, $18 Fri, $20 Sat. 2CHARLIE DEMERS Mar 24-26 2JULIAN MCCULLOUGH Mar 31-Apr 1 2DARCY MICHAEL Apr 7-9 2JERRY ROCHA Apr 14-16 2SEAN PATTON Apr 21-23 2PETE ZEDLACHER Apr 28-30 YUK YUK’S COMEDY CLUB 2837 Cambie, 604-696-9857, www.yukyuks. com/vancouver. Comedy club with Top Talent Tue at 8 pm, amateur night Wed at 8 pm, and professional headliners Thu-Fri at 8 pm and Sat at 7 and 9:30 pm. Cover Tue $10, Wed $7, Thu $10, and Fri-Sat $20. 2AARON BERG Mar 24-26 2ALEX SPARLING Mar 24-26 2SEAN TWEEDLEY Mar 31- Apr 2 2EDDIE DELLA SIEPE Mar 31-Apr 2 2SUNEE DHALIWAL Mar 31-Apr 2. LAFFLINES COMEDY CLUB 530 Columbia St., New Westminster, 604-525-2262, www.laff lines.com/. 2KRIS SHAW Apr 1-2. VANCOUVER THEATRESPORTS LEAGUE Some of the world’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). Mar 23-30, The Improv Centre (1502 Duranleau, Granville Island). Tix $8-22, info www.vtsl.com/.

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SPIRITUAL TRIP Eleven years after leaving Vancouver’s Neworld Theatre in the hands of codirector Marcus Youssef, founder Camyar Chai is back with a mesmerizing study of empathy, celebration, and spirituality in Doost (Friend). Presented by the Cultch, Chai’s comeback piece is an amalgam of poetry, fable, dance, and music that explores the murky lines between the secular and the spiritual and the harmful narratives that place Eastern practices in the realm of “them”. Among Neworld performers will be members of the Vancouver Sufi Centre and Canadian Memorial Church, who will take the stage at the Cultch’s Historic Theatre (1895 Venables Street) until Saturday (March 26).

IMPROV X WRESTLING AKA POP-UP COMEDY SLAM The Fictionals present a night of wrestling-themed improv comedy, featuring Ravenous Randy Myers and Christopher Cassidy from ECCW. Mar 29, 8-9:30 pm, Café Deux Soleils (2096 Commercial). Tix $7/5, info www.thefictionals.com/.

LITERARY EVENTS 2THIS WEEK YOUTH POETRY SLAM FINALS Competing poets include Everett Montinola, Martina Dansereu, Santiago Urena, Nicola Durrant, Angelica Poversky, Vienna Claire Jeffery, Andrew Warner, and Emma Field. Mar 28, 8 pm, WISE Hall (1882 Adanac). Tix $12/8, info www.vanslam.ca/. AUTHORS IN OUR COMMUNITY— HIROSHIMA: MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR Join Sachi Rummel as she shares her touching story about the effects the Hiroshima bombing has had on her life. Mar 30, 7-8:30 pm, West Vancouver Memorial Library (1950 Marine Dr., West Van). Free admission, info www.westvanlibrary.ca/.

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LADIES AGAINST HUMANITY Local female comics bring Cards Against Humanity to life. Includes guests from Vancouver TheatreSports League, Instant Theatre, and Phantom Signal. Mar 23, 8-10:30 pm, Rio Theatre (1660 E. Broadway). Tix $12/10, info www.thefictionals.com/.

ANDREW WEDMAN: BASS PIANO INSTALLATION Musician and piano technician Andrew Wedman transforms an upright piano into a bass piano for pianists to explore. To Apr 2, 7 pm, Western Front (303 E. 8th). Free admission, info www.front. bc.ca/events/88-tuned-bongos-cont/.

CHARLIE DEMERS Local activist, author, and comedian performs with Mark Nesbitt and Levi McCachen. Mar 24-26, The Comedy MIX (1015 Burrard). Tix $20/18/15, info www.thecomedymix.com/.

OPEN STUDIOS + STAGE EXTRAVAGANZA Highlights include artisanal food and drink, pop-up performances, live art, and three stages of musical programming. Mar 24, 4 pm, Beaumont Studios (316 W. 5th). Free admission, info www.thebeaumont.org/.

AARON BERG New York City-based standup comedian, with guest Alex Sparling. Mar 24, 8 pm; Mar 25, 8 pm; Mar 26, 7 pm; Mar 26, 9:30 pm, Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club (2837 Cambie). Tix $20/10, info www.yukyuks.com/.

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nightlife is better elsewhere, Vancouver is punching well above its weight class with respect to the electronic-music talent it’s producing. Sleepy Tom recently collaborated with Diplo and opened for Madonna. You can watch artists from the labelcollective Mood Hut streaming to a global network of fans from their dingy Chinatown studio on the Internet’s go-to destination for underground dance music, Boiler Room. Vanic is poised to play Coachella and then release an album on a major. Ekali was sampled on Drake’s last album and appears to be thoroughly destroying SoundCloud and Hype Machine with each successive release. And earlier this month Bob Moses did an Essential Mix for Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1, a first for an act from this city. Though based in New York, the duo played tracks by locals Harrison Brome, Lnrdcroy, and Pender Street Steppers as a shout-out to their hometown on dance music’s biggest and most esteemed stage. When was the last time you heard about a band from Vancouver accomplishing anything close to that? Aside from a lot of hemming and hawing,

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this happen meant bringing together acts and curators from disparate, subterranean scenes that might not want to align themselves with the biggest promoter The Seasons Electronic Music Festival showcases of EDM in the city. local artists who are stepping onto the world stage If you want to get an the quickest answer you’ll likely get to that ques- idea of what he was potentially up against: about a year ago the Straight contacted Mood Hut, prodution is “No one cares about bands anymore.” This brings us to the fifth annual incarnation cers of celestial, hazy-sounding house beats widely of the Seasons Festival put on by Blueprint. The regarded as the “Vancouver sound”. These guys five-day event is bringing together all the different are so detail-oriented about their parties that they electronic sounds that you’ll hear in the stadiums, sometimes craft custom scents for them. They’re nightclubs, and warehouses of Vancouver, with a also endearingly cagey. An informal coffee date was healthy dose of hip-hop thrown into the mix as well. politely requested, and shot down in under an hour. Last year the citywide bash drew 20,000 people, Then one of them tweeted “Don’t talk to that reporand this year it’s expanding and boasts more than ter.” Shortly thereafter, Boiler Room host Bradley 60 artists at over 30 shows across eight venues. The Zero, who releases their tracks on his label, stopped main card is a two-nighter at the Pacific Coliseum responding to our emails. But the scene as a whole is facing bigger problems headlined by ODESZA and Porter Robinson, who than the potential loss of precious underground cred. will both be performing their own music live. “Everyone in this community, big and small, is “They’re more ‘indie cross-over electronic acts’ than EDM acts. They straddle the line. What they having trouble because of the currency exchange. It’s reflect is people’s evolving taste,” Blueprint’s Matt a huge, huge issue,” Owchar says. “People ultimately Owchar says of the headliners. “There’s no ques- realized we’re all in this together. We’re going to have tion that [EDM] is disposable music and that it to explore these different paths of collaboration. If not, how are we going to sustain the growth in this city?” has reached its shelf life.” While laptop bro-ducers pulverizing you with bass drops may be on the way out, dance music, SOME OF SEASONS’ showcases will be taking of course, remains unprecedentedly popular, place in nonclub settings. There’s Open Studios, despite entering year umpteen of detractors which will be programmed by Pacific Rhythm’s Derek Duncan, and Celebs Underground, the tenpredicting its demise. “Some people are in it for the party and the ex- tative name of a new, 4,000-square-foot space in perience,” Owchar says over drinks at Six Acres in the basement of Celebrities, which will be chrisGastown. “I’ll see those people every week for a year tened and curated by Hybridity’s Malcolm Levy. “One thing Hybridity always likes to do in our straight, then all the sudden they’ve up and vanished and you never hear from them again. On the events is do them at new and unused spaces,” Levy flip side of that, you have people come to the events says via Skype from Los Angeles. “It’s important and then you see their tastes slowly start to evolve.” to the art form and the movement that we’re a part If you fall into the latter category or aren’t up for of. One of the most important things, I think, is partying with the great unwashed in a hockey arena, creating new, neutral, positive spaces. Clubs come there are numerous events happening around town with rules and regulations and histories. Spaces that shine a light on Vancouver talent. It’s what has that are undiscovered allow for a completely new context and way of taking it in.” Owchar most excited about Seasons this year. Levy would know. In addition to being behind “In my opinion, it’s unprecedented how much talent there is right now. It’s insane,” he exclaims. “Our Hybridity and the kaleidoscopic image and video philosophy is we want to take the vast audience we app Generate, which has over 400,000 downhave access to and be like, ‘Hey, check out this other loads, he has introduced this city to hundreds of electronic-music artists since he launched stuff that’s happening in our own back yard.’ ” In addition to Ekali getting a slot at the main event, the New Forms Festival nearly 20 years ago. Unthis includes showcases for labels like Hybridity, Mon- doubtedly, New Forms, which took 2015 off, inster Cat, Nordic Trax, and Pacific Rhythm. Making all spired a lot of the music coming out of the city

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DeCroo and Carolyn Mark did some serious touring together a few years back, but they had a bit of a falling-out—probably something to do with DeCroo’s decision to fire his entire band with two weeks of dates left to play. The celebrated Vancouver poetsinger and the celebratory Victoria alt-country queen have long since patched things up, though, and they’ll be playing together on Saturday (March 26) at Backspace (1318 Grant Street). Members of DeCroo’s current band, the Wise Blood, needn’t worry about their future employment; DeCroo is feeling much better now. -

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today. Fortunately, a new iteration of the festival is returning later this year, along with ongoing programming. As with Hybridity, a through line for New Forms is it has always held many of its events in previously unused spaces. “Nontraditional spaces help create that warehouse vibe, feeling, [and] aesthetic that has really underlined underground music, whether it’s punk, indie, or electronic. Underground music in general comes from that want, that interest, that feeling of having these spaces where people perform, where you can celebrate that art form in a multitude of ways. They create a context where there is a fresh slate, so to speak,” he says. For Levy, Hybridity is less about being a “monolithic, monetizing beast” and more about collaborating and “putting out really good music and enjoying it”. Its showcase reflects that community-minded mandate and includes a selection of its roster and friends. Free to attend if you RSVP on the festival website, this three-night warehouse party will feature multimedia installations as well as visuals made with Generate. Music highlights, many of which will be live-streamed on YouTube, include performances by acts tapped for releases later this year, such as house and techno producer Sergio Levels and electronic folk act Speaker Face. There’ll also be DJ sets from Levy, who’s an accomplished artist in his own right; LorneB, who helps with A&R at the label; and Humans, who are hot off a 2016 Juno nomination for best electronic album, a first for the label and the group. “I’ve been saying this for a number of years now, but I think now it’s more true than ever before. Vancouver definitely has a very distinct sound and a reputation that’s only continuing to burgeon at this time,” Levy notes. The events taking place at Celebs Underground and across town at Open Studios are happening under the city’s newly created licence that sanctions late-night parties in alternative spaces. This licence is a result of a 15-year conversation with the city that Levy was at the forefront of. “It’s legitimizing what’s already been legitimized, but now in a way that’s legitimate,” he quips. “The thing that I’ve always tried to do through my own work and through organizations such as New Forms is really help lead the discourse on the importance of those spaces and the understanding of the respect for culture that happens in them.” Open Studios has long been a petri dish for

Peppers, and LCD Soundsystem have been announced as the headliners for Lollapalooza 2016. Apparently, it’s the “bands you didn’t know were still together” edition.

BOWIE BOULEVARD The local council in David

Bowie’s old London borough of Lambeth is considering naming a street after the late singer. Here’s hoping someone decides to rededicate the street leading to Buckingham Palace as Queen Bitch Road.

SORRY, KIM On the streets of Sydney, Australia, artist

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Fresh and local HEAVY DAYS DEPARTMENT OF DRONE The Bandcamp page of experimental noise rockers Heavy Days describes Department of Drone as “An ongoing collection of individual drone tracks by Heavy Days members. The drone pile expands into singularity. Forever.” Full marks for the single most excellent description of a local release we’ve read so far this year. And an equally good grade for the music itself, which does what it says on the label. So far, most of the pieces are by Dan Brittain, whose creepy-beautiful “Broken Hammer” somehow evokes cellos and vocal choirs without actually featuring either of those things, and whose “Underneath Weather” closes things on an oddly uplifting note. -

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underground music in Vancouver. This trend continues during Seasons, when it’ll play host to three nights of underground acts, including an evening showcasing acts from Pacific Rhythm; Sadar Bahar, an OG house DJ from Chicago; and a live performance by RAMZi, a producer of electronic soundscapes that sound like they were crafted in a forest on an alien planet. “I feel like it’s an extension of theatre. With software I feel like I can create a world,” RAMZi, born Phoebé Guillemot, confirms via Skype while in Los Angeles on tour. “There’s RAMZi’s world, then there’s the aliens and zombies who are invading the land. “This tension in my music that oscillates between light and darkness can also be translated through those three main forces on a battlefield,” she explains. “For me, this is not just an allegory, the danger is real.” RAMZi moved to Vancouver from Montreal a year ago, a reverse of the long-standing tradition of our city hemorrhaging creatives in the other direction. She credits Mood Hut, who played a track of hers on Boiler Room, and the New Forms Festival, which she’d heard good things about from friends, with piquing her interest in the city. But when she got here, she was surprised to find that the community was as small as it is. It’s something you hear frequently from touring acts. To outsiders, the city’s dance-music scene has a larger-than-life reputation. “Oh yeah, I had that feeling. It’s funny,” she recalls. “It’s really interesting, the distortion. It’s still a really small scene and I’m glad that it’s not full of tourists. “Maybe I shouldn’t talk about it,” she says with a laugh. “I don’t want people moving to Vancouver because of the scene. I need to keep it secret.” She has no plans to leave Vancouver anytime soon. RAMZi’s debut LP comes out this summer on Total Stasis and she intends to release music by her friends on her own imprint, Pygmy Animals. “I think people are trying to push forward the limits of electronic music and I’m hopeful to see more results in the coming year. I like to think that Vancouver is more about a community than a scene. But we do need more spaces to give a place to experimentations besides the club-music scene that tends to push out live acts for the profit of DJ sets,” she says. CREATING A BETTER live experience is something that’s important to David Pimentel as well. Better known as Pomo, a nod to his hometown of Port Moody, he’ll be debuting a set with a full band for Seasons at Fortune Sound Club. “I love DJing, but my passion isn’t to become a great DJ,” the young producer says at Milano Espresso Lounge in Gastown. “I love dance music, but I love playing instruments and I feel the audience gets something out of watching a live set. I wanted to put together a dope band and showcase what I’m really into: great musicians and great grooves.”

Since graduating from the Nimbus School of Recording and Media, Pomo has found fortuitous happenstance a recurring theme in his fledgling career. He didn’t spend countless years slogging it out in a van and playing to empty bars across the country. Instead, while living in Montreal, he sent a demo of his second-ever dance track to Kaytranda, a shit-hot DJ– producer from Quebec. “Without asking, he put it in his mix. He named it ‘So Fine’—that wasn’t even the name. And it just started to take off on its own,” he recalls. “It was funny. I thought it wasn’t done yet.” The soulful track then caught the attention of his Los Angeles–based label HW&W, which swiftly signed him, as well as Disclosure, the U.K. duo who made everyone remember deep house existed for the first time in a decade and introduced Sam Smith to the world. After that, Pomo spent two months opening for Disclosure in the States and Europe in front of crowds of up to 6,000. “Playing to that number of people every night was a big learning thing for me. When you’re used to playing smaller clubs, you feel the audience really close to you and you hear them. Out there, you feel kind of naked. You’re alone on a big stage and everyone is so far away,” he says. Earlier this year, Pomo produced the standout track “Am I Wrong” on Anderson .Paak’s latest album (the two connected over Twitter), and also received a Juno nomination for best electronic album (this was a total surprise, as he had no idea his label submitted his album). So it’s a good thing he got the jitters from playing in front of large crowds out of the way. Given that the big-room sound is shifting from bangerz to acts like Pomo, who’s to say he won’t be a main-stage festival headliner in the near future? After all, the attention Pomo and others mentioned in this article are attracting is approaching what acts that are higher on the bill receive. In addition to regular coverage on popular dance-music-centric sites like Dancing Astronaut, Resident Advisor, and Your EDM, it’s not uncommon to read about Vancouverites on the likes of Billboard, Pitchfork, and Spin. On Spin’s 2015 year-end listicle of the top 40 dance tracks, four were by locals (Sleepy Tom, DJ Fett Burger & Jayda G, Cyril Hahn, and Pender Street Steppers) and a fifth was by a New York act released by Vancouver-based label 1080p. You look at that and their play counts, social-media followers, and busy touring schedules, and it’s hard not to think that a lot of these artists are a bigger deal as soon as they hop a flight and land in another city. But with support from festivals like Seasons and the increased legitimization of the spaces where the music lives and breathes, it appears that the world-class talents out of Vancouver won’t be in the shadows in their hometown for much longer. The Seasons Electronic Music Festival continues until Sunday (March 27), with a two-day main event at the Pacific Coliseum on Friday (March 25) and Saturday (March 26).

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Porches’ Maine finds beauty in uncertainty When Aaron Maine looks back

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adored Pool, he remembers being in a state of crazy flux, that being a side effect of leaving Pleasantville for the bustling metropolis of New York City. Critics have lauded the new fulllength as a dark, reflective, and therapeutic exercise in DIY electro-pop. And that was pretty much what the man who performs under the moniker Porches was going for when he finally found himself saying goodbye to the idyllic New York state town of Pleasantville. “It was a really transitional phase in my life,” Maine says, on the line from his apartment in Manhattan. “I was moving to the city, leaving the house that I grew up in, at the late age of 23. I had decided to live with a girlfriend. I could be wrong, but I think we were only dating for seven or eight months before we moved in together. So that was a thing that was happening, and there was also trying to figure out how to survive down here. I dunno—it was just about having to make a lot of stuff work. And I also knew that I wanted to make something really special.” Pool is hardly the sound sculptor’s first foray into recording, with Maine having started making dark folkrock records under the name Aaron Maine and the Reilly Brothers. “I feel like I’ve always heard stuff on the radio, new songs, and been really envious,” he says. “No matter what the genre, I’d end up going ‘I wish I was making music like that.’ This was the first time that I really tried to make something that I would want to listen to if I wasn’t myself making the music. I realized I don’t want to hear another grungy rock thing, so I really committed to making something different.” Porches would start out as a collaboration with his girlfriend Greta Simone Kline, the project’s earlier recordings sounding like chilledout music for summer weekends in the country. These days Kline, who’s the daughter of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates, is busier with her own band Frankie Cosmos. Maine, meanwhile, seems to have undergone something of a sea change in what’s influencing him as a musician, something he says you can hear when Pool is stacked up against past Porches outings like Slow Dance in the Cosmos. “The early Porches stuff, the first two EPs were straight-up electronicdrum keyboard beats, which kind of marked my interest in making something in a live-band style. Then

Porches’ Aaron Maine (left) can finally grow a mustache, but it’ll take more than that to impress Lina Allemano (right).

I scrapped those songs, and did Slow Dance, which didn’t really commit to either style. I like how it turned out, but I feel like you could tell I was still trying to figure things out. When it was time to do this, I was pretty set on trying to make something coherent and cohesive.” For all the disembodied synths and flat-line vocals, there are times when Pool sounds like New York. Consider the round-midnight sax in “Shaver”. Or the cool-jazz bass line—complete with the sound of fingers scraping strings—that powers “Underwater”. Such little details add an analogue warmth to Pool, something that Maine admits was intentional. “I don’t think that anyone wants their music to sound mechanized,” he says. “It’s funny—I guess I was trying my hardest to make something that was really polished. When it’s your first time producing something, you get really excited about things sounding pro. Like, ‘Whoa, it’s crazy that I can make something that sounds like it could be on the radio.’ But I tried not to get carried away with that. Instead, it was important to have brush strokes where it felt really human.” And that humanity surfaces most on the lyrical side of things. There are times when one wonders what in the hell was going on in Maine’s private life. To judge by lines like “I know I need you/You

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know that we’re through/I drive by your house at night,” one might assume there were endless dark days of crushing angst. That’s not totally accurate, however. Even when he’s feeling down, he suggests, he’s likelier to think there’s always hope than accept that everything is pointless. “People latched on to the idea early on that Porches is sad music,” Maine notes. “But I think if you listen a bit closer, or don’t go into it assuming that it’s going to be a sad record, you’ll come out of it feeling good, or at least hopeful or positive. It touches on some darker moments, and the uncertainty of life, but I think there’s a real beauty in that. I’ve never felt like I was writing sad songs, or making sad records. It’s felt so good making records that, in a way, what I was doing was working to get some dark things out of my system. It felt victorious.” Like, perhaps, getting out of a small town, and making a new, creatively fulfilling life in Manhattan. “When you listen to some of the older material, it sounds really whiny and angst-y,” Maine says. “I didn’t want to do that this time, because that’s really not the point that I wanted to get across.”

Trumpeter Allemano is having fun making noise Lina Allemano has spent years

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pet sound beautiful—and now she’s working even harder to unlearn all she knows. That, at least, is the impression many listeners will get from her band Titanium Riot’s 2014 debut, Kiss the Brain. On it, the Toronto-based musician sounds less like the lyrical, Miles Davis– and Kenny Wheeler–influenced player of yore, and more like a hissing steam pipe, a crazed street-corner orator, or some kind of maniacal crow. Allemano has discovered noise, and she’s having fun—up to a point. “It’s pretty fantastic, but the trumpet is a beast,” she concedes, in a telephone interview from her home. “So many hours have to go into it every day. It’s crazy. That’s the other thing I’m finding about learning this extendedtechnique stuff: it’s kind of counterintuitive or something, maybe, but for me it takes much more work on the instrument than playing whatever you want to call ‘legit’ technique. Which is crazy, because I end up making noise, and then it takes me hours of practising so I can do it consistently!” > MIKE USINGER Allemano credits the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts CounPorches plays the Cobalt on Saturday cil with sparking her new direction, (March 26). or at least for funding her studies

with Germany’s Axel Dörner, one of Europe’s most accomplished improvising trumpet players. Exposure to Berlin’s bustling avant-garde scene has played its part, too. “In Berlin, the scenes are pretty specific,” she reports. “If you’re an improviser, you play improvised music, and you don’t really play melodies as such. And then if you play anything that has some kind of melody, or even jazz references, then it’s jazz. I have the two things going on; that’s really my forte. But when I’m in Europe I do a lot of improvising—the sound-based or noise-based stuff, or whatever you want to call it—and I really got into that way of hearing music.” At home in Toronto, Allemano applies her European training in a variety of groups, including the aforementioned Titanium Riot and a duo with guitarist turned noisemaker Justin Haynes. “The stuff that’s been happening is just kind of blowing my mind,” she reports. “With some of the sounds I’ve been working with, and these homemade mutes that I’ve been developing, it’s kind of hard to tell that it’s a trumpet. It sounds more like some kind of distorted electronic thing, which I find really exciting.” For Allemano’s upcoming Vancouver concerts, she won’t be joined by any like-minded Torontonians. Instead, she’ll team up with an assortment of freethinking locals (plus Seattle pianist and composer Robin Holcomb) for the annual Vancouver Improvised Music Meeting, curated by drummer Dylan van der Schyff. The three-day event culminates in a one-timeonly performance by the Lina Allemano Project, featuring drummer Ben Brown, guitarist Cole Schmidt, bassist James Meger, cellist Peggy Lee, pianist Lisa Cay Miller, and electronics wizard Lee Hutzulak. “Some of it is going to come together at the last minute,” Allemano allows. “But I have three pieces that I’m going to bring out to these guys, and we’ll see. If they don’t like them, then we won’t play them. We’ll just see how it goes, because I want to be flexible and make sure that we all feel happy about creating music together. “Still,” she adds, “with this instrumentation, and these players, it could be like, ‘Wow! This is really amazing.’ I can’t wait.” > ALEXANDER VARTY

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LOCARNO Local Latin band performs a mix of Mexican, folk, Cuban, and soul music. Mar 26, 8 pm, WISE Hall (1882 Adanac). Tix $20, info www.locarnomusic.com/.

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GREGORY PORTER Grammy Awardwinning vocalist performs with the Bruno Hubert Trio as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Jul 2, 8 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville). Tix $80/69 at www.coastaljazz.ticketfly.com/. PICKWICK The Georgia Straight presents garage/R&B band from Seattle. Jul 8, doors 8 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Tix on sale Mar 25, 10 am, $15 (plus service charge) at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife, Neptoon Records, and www. ticketfly.com/, info www.rickshawtheatre. com/765/pickwick-w-guests/. FOALS British indie-rock band tours in support of latest album What Went Down. Aug 7, doors 7 pm, show 8:30 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix on sale Mar 24, 10 am, $39.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/. 54-40 Canadian alt-rock group (“Ocean Pearl”, “I Go Blind”), led by Neil Osborne. Oct 8, doors 7 pm, show 8:30 pm, Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville). Tix on sale Mar 24, 10 am, $39.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/.

2THIS WEEK GREENSKY BLUEGRASS American indie-bluegrass band tours in support of latest release If Sorrows Swim. Mar 24, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Tix $20 (plus service charges and fees) at Red Cat, Highlife Records, and www.ticketweb.ca/. A GREAT BIG WORLD New York City poprock duo tours in support of latest studio release When the Morning Comes. Mar 24, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Rio Theatre (1660 E. Broadway). Tix $27.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/. POMO Canadian multi-instrumentalist, with guests Tennyson, Masego, and James Deen. Mar 24, Fortune Sound Club (147 E. Pender). Tix $18.50, info www.fortunesoundclub.com/.

MOTHERS Experimental band from Athens, Georgia, tours in support of debut full-length album. Mar 27, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, Media Club (695 Cambie). Tix $13.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/. RACHEL PLATTEN American pop singersongwriter performs on her Wildfire Tour, with guests Eric Hutchinson and Hunter Hunted. Mar 28, doors 6:30 pm, show 7:30 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville). Tix $25 (plus service charges and fees) at www. livenation.com/. WEEDEATER North Carolina stoner-metal band, with guests Author, Punisher, Today Is the Day, Lord Dying, and Bog. Mar 28, 7 pm, Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings). Tix $25, info www.rickshawtheatre.com/. ALESSIA CARA Canadian R&B singersongwriter performs on her Know-It-All Tour. Mar 29, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville). Tix $24.50 (plus service charges and fees) at www. livenation.com/.

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THE LEGENDARY DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND Toronto jazz powerhouse performs with Steve Hill as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Jun 27, 8 pm, Vogue Theatre (918 Granville). Tix $63/52 at www.coastaljazz.ticketfly.com/.

SARAH NEUFELD Canadian indie violist, composer, and member of Arcade Fire tours in support of second full-length album The Ridge, with guest Eartheater. Mar 26, Fox Cabaret (2321 Main). Tix $16 (plus service charges and fees) at Red Cat Records and www.ticketfly.com/, info www.mrgconcerts.com/.

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MOVIES REVIEWS EYE IN THE SKY Starring Helen Mirren. Rated PG. For showtimes, please see page 32

Eye in the Sky provides an intimate look at

2 the moral minefield that accompanies the

employment of drone warfare. It’s not the first movie to do so. (Last year’s Good Kill has a striking number of similarities.) But thanks to a deeply committed cast—led by Helen Mirren as a British colonel who specializes in hunting down terrorists—this one is well worth your time. Mirren portrays Col. Katherine Powell. She’s been in pursuit of a band of terrorists based in Kenya for several years. Thanks to dedicated field agents like Jama Farah (Barkhad Abdi of Captain Phillips) and constant surveillance of drones supplied by the American military, she discovers that the terrorists are planning a suicide bombing of a public market in Nairobi.

Cranking up the pressure

In Eye in the Sky, Helen Mirren plays Col. Katherine Powell, who discovers that the Kenyan terrorists she’s been hunting down for years are planning a suicide bombing.

swing—more a 1930s dance revival right now—when fans often called it cool jazz or California-style, even if that highly arranged approach was pioneered by the easterner Miles Eye in the Sky looks at emotional tumult of drone warfare; Davis (who comes across as a Windex-prone clan returns in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 heavy here). What follows is an intense look at the choices inThe nicely shot tale jumps between the early ’50s volved in modern armchair warfare. It’s possible to and the late ’60s, with zero acknowledgment of rock bomb the terrorist headquarters remotely from a mil- music’s jazz-killing ascendancy. Hawke stays foitary base in Las Vegas, doubtless saving many lives as cused, but his Baker stays in a vacuum, with no hint a result. However, the action will also create collateral of colleagues like Dave Brubeck, Art Pepper, and esdamage, killing market vendors and their patrons. pecially Gerry Mulligan, with whom he led several Director Gavin Hood builds the tension slowly, bands. This fictionalized take offers the intriguing letting it rise to an almost excruciating level. He conceit of reducing all his romantic interests to one, provides a close look at a loving local family, in- played safely by the U.K.’s Carmen Ejogo, sporting cluding a nine-year-old girl (Aisha Takow) who an endless supply of cute outfits (remarkable for sells bread at the market. As the urgency of the someone living in a VW van) and a wavering accent. situation escalates, it becomes clear that passing Budreau doesn’t really take his stylized (and no the buck politically is winning out over the harsh doubt underbudgeted) approach far enough into demands of military expediency. dreamland, relying instead on repetitive biopic cliSoon everyone is feeling the psychological bur- chés. He also asks Hawke to supply the subtext misden of having to make a choice, from Lt.-Gen. sing from his blunt script, and his lead delivers, even Frank Benson (the late Alan Rickman, in one of on the vocal front. Much like the upcoming Hank his final performances) to drone pilot Steve Watts Williams flick, I Saw the Light, this Born identity can (Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad). By the time only click with a curiously narrow audience: know we reach the inevitable climax, we’ve been put too much about the protagonist and his world, and through a gut-wrenching emotional war. It turns you’ll be pissed at the baffling inaccuracy and misout to be as exhausting as it is illuminating. sing context; know too little and you just get lost. > JOHN LEKICH

> KEN EISNER

BORN TO BE BLUE

THE LOBSTER

Starring Ethan Hawke. Rated 14A. For showtimes, please see page 32

Starring Colin Farrell. Rated 14A. For showtimes, please see page 32

Ethan Hawke doesn’t exactly resemble

What animal would you like to be? That

pet player who became an unlikely matinee idol in the 1950s, thanks to his James Dean looks and his unexpected singing skills. But in Born to Be Blue he fully conveys the fragile apartness that marked Baker’s art and persona. Canadian writer-director Robert Budreau enjoys the jazz-club atmosphere of the postwar era and pays surface attention to the Tupac/Notorious B.I.G.–type rivalry (sans violence) between the largely black hard-bop players in New York and the more studio-based musicians, mostly white, in Los Angeles. But there’s no attempt to convey the intense cross-breeding within and between the two movements. The script repeatedly refers to West Coast

The Lobster, a social satire targeting the politics of romance. In the English-language debut for Greek writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, who made the similarly inscrutable Alps and Dogtooth, a near future is emotionally colder than our present—but not that much weirder, considering. Colin Farrell gained 40 pounds to play David, a meekly mustachioed architect whose long-time wife has just left him. Singletons are not allowed in this Staid New World, so he checks in to a special resort designed to couple-ize everyone in sight. Guests have 45 days to find a bona fide partner. Straight or gay is okay (with the latter unseen), but bisexual options have been cancelled “for organ-

BLEAK STREET Director Arturo Ripstein’s awesomely strange flick will screen on Sunday (March 27) as part of the Vancity Theatre’s killer Mexico Noir series. Presented with the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Mexico Noir gathers together six sweaty tales of degradation, largely from that country’s midcentury golden era of film. Another entry, playing Friday (March 25) and next Sunday (April 3), 1979’s Call Me Mike, concerns a delusional narcotics cop who thinks he’s a Mickey Spillane character battling an international Communist plot. How can you possibly miss that? Find more info at www.viff.org/. -

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FOLLOWING THE NINTH A documentary by Kerry Candaele. Rating unavailable. For showtimes, please see page 32

2 tral European classical and romantic forms had theirs in Ludwig van Beethoven, who transformed everything that came before into a kind of fervent futurism that still sounds fresh today. It’s no stretch to say that the biggest B (apologies to Bach and Brahms) has long been associated with revolutionary movements. His Symphony No. 3, now known as the Eroica, was famously dedicated to Napoleon, until the French emperor went all Trumpalistic and old Ludwig hastily scratched out the dedication. Six symphonies later, the Ninth would be the by-then-deaf composer’s ultimate statement on universal brotherhood. It’s been an aspirational soundtrack to democratic upheavals ever since. Vancouver-born, California-raised filmmaker Kerry Candaele previously produced docs on retail and wartime profiteering, plus the short that inspired A League see next page

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JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES The Cinematheque’s celebration of the late Chantal Akerman continues with four screenings of the 1975 film that established her reputation Wednesday to Friday (March 23 to 25) and Monday (March 28).

THE 39 STEPS/THE THIRD MAN From its 16mm library, the Cinematheque pairs one of Alfred Hitchcock’s very best with the film that made Orson Welles synonymous with cuckoo clocks, zithers, and inky black doorways, on Sunday (March 27).

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Sexy Jesus (Ted Neeley) and even sexier Judas (Carl Anderson) quarrel melodiously while sultry Mary Magdalene (Yvonne Elliman) looks on in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1973 rock opera, at the Rio Theatre on Sunday (March 27).

Mexico noir

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2 young Chet Baker, the introspective trum- 2 standard-issue question is taken literally in

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izational impracticality”. Rule-breakers receive ritualized punishment, and everyone helps hunt residents who have outstayed their welcome. (They’re released into a nearby forest, caught, and turned into various creatures, as discussed above.) David’s choice is the titular crustacean, partially because he’s “good at water sports”. No deep thinker, he makes mechanical conversation with two dim bulbs, amusingly played by Ben Whishaw and John C. Reilly, and goes for the chilliest woman around (Angeliki Papoulia). An unseen narrator advises us that this will be disastrous. The first of the film’s two hours, shot entirely in Ireland, is tinged by David Lynch creepiness and the structural whimsicality of After Life director Hirokazu Kore-eda. Lobster cracks in the second half, though, after David flees the hotel and joins a band of loners led by a fierce young woman (France’s Léa Seydoux) with her own set of awful rules. Of course, he’s forbidden from touching the beautiful escapee (Rachel Weisz) who brings out his inner huntsman. This soggy setting can’t compete with the odd hotel as a venue for examining society’s—or the director’s—obsession with pairing people off. And despite many deft and darkly comic moments, the movie ends up wandering too long in the woods.

Coalmine meet canary

APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD Derived from the work of legendary French comic-book artist Jacques Tardi, this highly praised animated feature is set in a 1940s Paris that stalled at the industrial revolution and never lost Napoleon. As the titular April, whose missing parents—both scientists—might hold the key to a better world, Marion Cotillard leads a cast that includes the great Jean Rochefort. It screens as part of Festival DiverCiné at the Cinematheque on Saturday (March 26). -

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Nia Vardalos plays pragmatic Toula in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 .

Following the Ninth

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of Their Own. For his feature-directing debut, he packs a lot into his 80 minutes, slightly longer than the work and appropriately divided into four movements. It’s bookended by Billy Bragg’s audacious revamp of the Friedrich Schiller poem anchoring the uplifting work. Although some segment connections are tenuous, there are rewarding visits to China, Chile, and Germany, where we hear from witnesses involved in the Tiananmen Square uprising, resistance to Gen. Pinochet’s Kissingersponsored torture state, and the fall of the Berlin Wall, respectively—all of which involved public playing of the Ninth, and especially its “Ode to Joy” section and boisterous finale. A separate journey to Japan reveals an almost religious devotion to the piece, with annual December performances sometimes including choruses of 5,000 people or more. The film rarely lets you contemplate the music without competition from strong images, and another five or so minutes could have offered background to the work itself. But like Beethoven’s, this Ninth leaves you wanting more. > KEN EISNER

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Starring Nia Vardalos. Rated PG. For showtimes, please see page 32

f you know William Claxton’s hazy, black-and-white photos of jazz icon Chet Baker or the swooning Bruce Weber doc Let’s Get Lost, Robert Budreau’s Born to Be Blue recaptures that mood. In the new film, opening here Friday (March 25), Ethan Hawke tackles the trumpeter’s curious mix of insecurity and bravado—something that probably marks most people who succeed in the performing arts. “That’s certainly something I know a little bit about,” the veteran actor says, calling from a media stop in Toronto. “And it’s definitely true for Chet.” The film holds off on showing the instrumentalist’s unusual singing chops—a plaintive, vibratoless whisper with melancholy reticence. Hawke worked with trumpeter Kevin Turcotte to develop his body language and horn-miming skills, but the singing was strictly his own. “At the beginning,” Hawke con-

“Robert’s not trying to do a biopic that’s overly concerned with who, where, and what year. It’s more like Variations on the Myth of Chet Baker. Like, [Italian producer] Dino De Laurentiis really did approach him about starring in a movie of his own life. Chet never did that, but we were riffing on what would have happened if he did.” The movie also hints at some of the beat-era concerns with race, class, and the commodification of art. Hawke put a lot of prep time into his role, maybe even more than was needed. “I would have liked to have three years to prepare for it,” he says. “With the logistics of filmmaking, you never know when and if something will come together. I would have wanted to really play my own horn parts,” he adds with a laugh, “although my trumpet teacher said I would need about eight years for that. “Honestly, I think actors just use this kind of thing as an excuse to go down another rabbit hole. I just inundated

myself with this music and made it part of my life, which is really not work for me. But, you know, I was actually supposed to play Chet in a movie by Richard Linklater about 15 years ago. Rick always thought that if you’re going to make a theatrical version of Chet Baker’s life, it should be more like “Pull My Daisy”, Robert Frank’s funky collaboration with Jack Kerouac. Man, there have been so many almost movies!” The 45-year-old’s actual collaboration with fellow Texan Linklater is less funky than it is enduring, with him having worked on Boyhood and the long-running Before Sunrise trilogy over roughly the same period. Currently, he’s more into a western time-travel mode, having joined John Travolta for an 1890s revenge drama called In a Valley of Violence. “And I shot another one, with Denzel Washington in a remake of The Magnificent Seven. But I’ll keep changing it up. I’m like a cat, man: I’m just trying to land on my feet!” -

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Though not my fave semi-in-

2 die movie of 2002 (that would

be Bubba Ho-Tep, in which Bruce Campbell plays an elderly Elvis saving a retirement home from a mummy), My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a pleasant slice-of-life romance that somehow became a massive hit, spawning a television series and a plethora of Big Fat cinema wannabes. I could relate to the mixture of mortification and pride that comes with being an assimilated Other, and without once consciously yearning for more of writer-star Nia Vardalos’s mundane observational humour in the last 14 years, I did tell a guy at hockey the other day that he could fix his sprain with Windex. So it is a movie that left a cultural mark. I was not entirely reluctant to catch up with the Portokalos clan, a sprawling and brawling immigrant family led by Windex-obsessed patriarch Gus (Michael Constantine), who is the plot engine this time thanks to his discovery that his 50year marriage to Maria (Lainie Kazan) was never legal. The elders are forced to reconsider their lives, leading to some surprisingly bitter reflections before the matter is solved by Toula (Vardalos), the most pragmatic member of the family. Meanwhile, her daughter with still-hunky Ian (John Corbett) yearns to break away and go to college, which feels like abandonment. The insecurity and neurosis are never allowed to be drama, thanks to relentless music telling us that this is cheerful quirkiness and, less vexingly, through random interruptions. The vast family allows for a wide range of self-contained bits, including the peerless Andrea Martin dispensing wisdom and comic timing. Like a real family reunion, it is a somewhat exhausting experience, but good enough to make me watch Big Fat Greek Funeral or something.

tinues, “the audience is still watching and judging the character. If we led with him singing, you might just think: ‘Well, that’s not a very good Chet Baker impression!’ In my research, I realized that a lot of work went into sounding as effortless as his singing did. His breath was incredible. He never seems to breathe, and it creates a kind of hypnotic effect. “As a great jazz critic once said: ‘It’s not singing; it’s the memory of someone singing.’ Chet was actually ridiculed for that, but those records still sell. He could be amazingly expressionless, and I believe that allowed people to project powerful feelings onto what was actually quite simple.” Serious jazzheads might be thrown off by the film’s odd chronology and insistence on balladry at the expense of up-tempo energy. But Hawke says the Canadian director’s film, mostly shot in Quebec (and also starring Callum Keith Rennie and Carmen Ejogo), is not going for a documentary vibe.

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BORN TO BE BLUE Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, and Callum Keith Rennie star in That Beautiful Somewhere writer-director Robert Budreau’s drama about jazz legend Chet Baker’s musical comeback in the late ‘60s. Rated 14A. 97 mins. Vancity Theatre

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NEW THIS WEEK BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Amy Adams star in Man of Steel director Zack Snyder’s action flick that sees Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman team up to defeat villain Lex Luthor. Rated PG. 153 mins. Cineplex Cinemas Langley, Cineplex Cinemas Marine Gateway and VIP, Cineplex Fifth Avenue Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Meadowtown Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Strawberry Hill, Cineplex Park Theatre, Dunbar Theatre,

EYE IN THE SKY Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, and Alan Rickman star in Ender’s Game director Gavin Hood’s drama about a military officer serving in Kenya who sees her antiterrorist mission escalate. Rated PG. 102 mins. Cineplex Cinemas Langley, Cineplex Fifth Avenue Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford and SilverCity Coquitlam & VIP Cinemas FOLLOWING THE NINTH: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BEETHOVEN’S FINAL SYMPHONY Writer-director Kerry Candaele’s documentary explores the impact of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on people’s lives around the world. 78 mins. Vancity Theatre KNIGHT OF CUPS Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Natalie Portman star in writer-director Terrence Malick’s drama about a writer who undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with

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THE LOBSTER Jacqueline Abrahams, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, and Colin Farrell star in Alps writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos’s drama about a man who must find a romantic partner in 45 days or be turned into a beast. Rated 14A. 118 mins. Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Nia Vardalos stars in What to Expect When You’re Expecting director Kirk Jones’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding sequel. Rated PG. 94 mins. Cineplex Cinemas Langley, Cineplex Cinemas Marine Gateway and VIP, Cineplex Fifth Avenue Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Meadowtown Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford, Cineplex Odeon Strawberry Hill, Galaxy Cinemas Chilliwack, Hollywood Cinemas Rialto, Landmark Cinemas 10 New Westminster, Landmark Cinemas 12 Guildford Surrey, SilverCity Coquitlam & VIP Cinemas, SilverCity Metropolis Cinemas, SilverCity Mission and SilverCity Riverport Cinemas

REPERTORY CINEMAS Times are current as of Friday, March 25

ONLY YESTERDAY Isao Takahata’s 1991 animated feature tells the story of a young woman who escapes the city and takes stock of her life while visiting relatives in the countryside. To Mar 26, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Info www.viff.org/theatre/. FESTIVAL DIVERCINE The Embassy of France in Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage, in partnership with the Cinematheque, presents a series of acclaimed French-language features from Africa, Europe, and Canada that showcase the creative and cultural diversity of the French-speaking world. To Mar 26, The Cinematheque (200 - 1131 Howe Street). Info www.thecinematheque.ca/.

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RENOIR: REVERED AND REVILED Exhibitions on Screen presents a screening of the film that uncovers a rarely told story that places Renoir as a critical link between the old and the new. Mar 24, 7-9 pm, Cineplex Odeon International Village (88 W. Pender). Free admission, info www. notable.ca/special-event-your-chance-tosee-renoir-in-canada-on-march-24/.

THE CINEMATHEQUE 1131 Howe St., Vancouver, 604-688-3456, www. thecinematheque.ca 2APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD Sat 4:00 2CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR Thu 6:30 2HOPE Sat 6:30 2I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE: THE CINEMA OF CHANTAL AKERMAN Mon 4:30; Wed 6:30 2JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 COMMERCE QUAY, 1080 BRUSSELS Fri 7:00; Mon 6:00 2NO HOME MOVIE Wed 6:30; Thu 8:50 2THE 39 STEPS Sun 6:30 2THE THIRD MAN Sun 8:15

MEXICO NOIR SERIES Screenings of Night Falls, Call Me Mike, The Kneeling Goddess, The Other One, The Devil’s Money, and Bleak Street. Mar 25-31, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Info www. viff.org/theatre/.

VANCITY THEATRE 1181 Seymour St., V604683-3456, www.viff.org/theatre 2BLEAK STREET Sun 6:30; Thu 8:30 2BORN TO BE BLUE Fri 6:15; Sat-Sun, Tue 8:30; Mon 8:20; Wed 2:30; Thu 6:30 2CALL ME MIKE Fri 10:30 2ERBARME DICH -- MATTHäUS PASSION STORIES Fri 2:00 2FOLLOWING THE NINTH: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BEETHOVEN’S FINAL SYMPHONY Fri 4:00; Sun 3:00; Mon 6:30; Thu 4:30 2NIGHT FALLS Fri 8:45 2ONLY YESTERDAY Sat 2:15 2THE DEVIL’S MONEY Sun 4:45; Wed 4:20 2THE KNEELING GODDESS Sat 4:30; Tue 6:30 2THE OTHER ONE Sat 6:30; Mon 4:40

CLASSICS FROM OUR COLLECTION The Cinematheque presents The 39 Steps and The Third Man on 16mm prints from the organization’s film archive. Mar 27, The Cinematheque (200 - 1131 Howe Street). Info www.thecinematheque.ca/.

ERBARME DICH: MATTHÄUS PASSION STORIES Ramón Gieling’s documentary explores how Bach’s beautiful St. Matthew’s Passion has influenced musicians and artists. Mar 25, 2 pm, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Info www.viff.org/theatre/.

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HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Director Charles Wilkinson’s documentary tells the story of a group of remarkable characters living on Haida Gwaii. Mar 28, 3:45 pm, Rio Theatre (1660 E. Broadway). Info www.riotheatre.ca/.

THE IMAGE BEFORE US: A HISTORY OF FILM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, TAKE 2 Celebrate the innovative, iconoclastic, often astonishing cinematic heritage of British Columbia with this weekly series. Curated by Harry Killas. To May 2, The Cinematheque (200 - 1131 Howe Street). Info www.thecinematheque.ca/.

PSYCHO-PASS MOVIE 2015 Japanese anime film is set in a future that sees the police use extensive surveillance and biological monitoring to gauge the likelihood that individuals will commit a crime. Mar 28, 6:30 pm, Rio Theatre (1660 E. Broadway). Tix $12/10, info www.riotheatre.ca/.

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CINEPLEX CINEMAS MARINE GATEWAY AND VIP 452 South West Marine Drive, Vancouver, 604-630-0414, www.cineplex.com 210 CLOVERFIELD LANE Fri-Tue 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40; Wed-Thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:25 2BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE FriTue 2:40, 3:00, 6:15, 9:50; Wed-Thu 2:00, 2:30, 6:00, 9:30 2DEADPOOL Fri-Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 2THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT Fri-Tue 1:35, 2:00, 4:30, 5:15, 7:30, 8:15, 10:25; Wed-Thu 1:35, 4:30, 5:00, 7:25, 8:00, 10:20 2MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Fri-Tue 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10; Wed-Thu 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 2ZOOTOPIA Fri-Tue 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30; Wed-Thu 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 CINEPLEX FIFTH AVENUE CINEMAS 2110 Burrard St., Vancouver, 604-734-7469, www.cineplex.com 210 CLOVERFIELD LANE Fri-Thu 1:45, 4:25, 7:15, 9:45 2BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Fri-Thu 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:20 2DEADPOOL Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30; Thu 1:30, 4:15, 9:45 2EYE IN THE SKY Fri-Thu 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:30 2MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Fri-Thu 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15 CINEPLEX ODEON INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE CINEMAS 88 W. Pender, Vancouver, 604-806-0799, www.cineplex. com 2HOP Sat 11:00 2KNIGHT OF CUPS Fri-Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55 2THE LADY IN THE VAN Fri-Mon 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50; Tue-Thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 2THE LITTLE PRINCE Fri-Tue, Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:45; Wed 1:10, 4:00 2THE LOBSTER Fri-Mon 1:45, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25; Tue-Thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 2LONDON HAS FALLEN Fri-Mon 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10; Tue-Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 2MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN FriMon 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20; Tue, Thu 1:35, 4:25, 7:00, 9:40; Wed 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:10 2MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Fri, Sun-Mon 12:15, 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5:05, 6:40, 7:35, 9:10, 10:05; Sat 11:15, 12:15, 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5:05, 6:40, 7:35, 9:10, 10:05; Tue-Thu 1:40, 2:25, 4:10, 5:05, 6:40, 7:35, 9:10, 10:05 2PSYCHO-PASS: THE MOVIE Sun 12:55 2THE REVENANT Fri-Tue, Thu 9:25; Wed 9:45 2STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Fri-Thu 4:05 2WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Fri-Sat, Tue 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; Sun 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; Mon, Wed-Thu 2:00, 4:40, 10:00 2ZOOTOPIA Fri, Sun-Mon 1:20, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35; Sat 11:10, 1:20, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35; Tue-Thu 1:05, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15 DUNBAR THEATRE 4555 Dunbar St. at 30 Ave., Vancouver, 604-222-2991, https:// www.facebook.com/DunbarTheatre 2BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Mon 12:15, 3:30, 7:00, 10:10 RIO THEATRE 1660 E. Broadway, Vancouver, 604-878-3456, www.riotheatre. ca 2AKIRA Mon 8:50 2THE BARKLEY MARATHONS: THE RACE THAT EATS ITS YOUNG Tue 7:30 2HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Mon 3:45 2JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Sun 4:15 2MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN Sun 9:15 2PSYCHO-PASS: THE MOVIE Mon 6:30 2REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM Sat 1:00 2SPOTLIGHT Sun 1:15 2TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME Fri 11:30 2WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Sun 7:00

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CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s film about a clairvoyant and a volunteer who investigate a mysterious and possibly supernatural sleeping sickness. Mar 31–Apr 3, The Cinematheque (200 - 1131 Howe Street). Info www.thecinematheque.ca/.

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savage love I’m a 24-year-old male,

married three years, monogamous. My wife and I are religious and were both virgins when we got married. I’m sexually frustrated with two things. (1) How can I get her to give me oral sex? (She has never given and I have never received oral sex. I regularly give her oral sex.) She is afraid to try it, saying she’s not ready yet. About every six months, I bring it up and it leads to a fight. She is a germophobe, but I think she believes fellatio is done only in porn. (I used to look at porn, which nearly ended our then-dating relationship.) (2) I feel like I’m always giving and never receiving any type of affection: massages, kisses, caresses, you name it. It’s like having sex with a sex doll— no reciprocation. How do I broaden our sex life without making her feel like we’re in a porno? > SEXUALLY FRUSTRATED

If you don’t already have children— you don’t mention kids—please don’t have any, SF, at least not with your first wife. You’re a religious person, SF, a lifestyle choice I don’t fully understand. But you’re also a sexual person, and that I do understand. And if you want a lifelong, sexually exclusive, and sexually fulfilling relationship, then you must prioritize sexual compatibility during your search for the second Mrs. SF. Because your next marriage is likelier to survive for the long haul if you’re partnered with someone who is attracted to you physically and is aroused—roughly speaking—by the

same sex acts, positions, and fantasies you are. In other words: don’t marry someone and hope she likes sucking your dick. You tried that and it didn’t work. Find someone who likes sucking your dick and marry her.

> BY DAN SAVAGE

Fan from Sweden here!

Question: my fetish has no name. It is a “worshipping” fetish, for want of a better term, where I am the one being worshipped. Not by one man, but all men of the Earth. The worshipping itself, while sexual, is not bound to my body parts. It would be great to I’m a straight woman in my have this named. > LACK OF VOCABULARY early 30s, and I just don’t like receivENERVATES MY EXPERIENCES ing oral sex. I love giving blowjobs and can orgasm from PIV sex, but I seem to be one of the few women A year ago, I would’ve diagnosed who don’t enjoy guys going down you with “caligulaphilia”, LOVEME, on me. I’m not uncomfortable with after the Roman emperor Caligula, it, but it doesn’t get me off. I also get who considered himself a living god, wet easily, so it’s not like I need it as and -philia, the go-to suffi x meaning foreplay. As I’ve gotten older, and the “abnormal appetite or liking for”. But guys I sleep with have gotten older, it these days, I’d say you were suffering seems like most want to spend a great from a bad case of “trumpophilia”. deal of time down there. I’ve tried being up-front about not liking it in I’m a 24-year-old female general, but guys either get offended who met my 26-year-old boyfriend or double down and do it more be- five months ago through Fetlife. We cause they assume I’ve never been do not share the same fetish, but we with a guy who “could do it right”. have other overlapping interests and he is lovely, smart, and funny. He has Any ideas on how to handle this? > NEEDS ORAL PREFERENCE a diaper and incontinence fetish. Not EXPLAINER my jam, but I’m GGG. The issue: he has the most one-dimensional sexualThe observation you make regarding ity I have ever seen. He can get off only older straight guys—older straight in the missionary position, with a diaguys are more enthusiastic about go- per under us, and with incontinence ing down on women—is something dirty talk. Even with all of the above, I’ve heard from other female friends. it’s difficult to get him to orgasm. And They couldn’t get guys to go down it’s only very recently that we’ve been on them in their 20s, and they can’t able to have penetrative sex—since he get guys in their 30s and 40s to stop was used to getting off with his hand going down on them. (SF, above, is and a diaper—always with diapers clearly an outlier.) The obvious solu- under us and with lots and lots and tion to your dilemma, NOPE: only lots of pee talk. But there’s only so long fuck guys in their 20s. I can talk about losing control and

peeing myself before I lose interest in the activities at hand. I do not mind getting him off this way sometimes, but this does absolutely nada for me and it’s the only way he gets off. He’s otherwise an amazing person, but I’m getting frustrated. We’ve talked about how my needs aren’t being met, and he claims he’s done standard vanilla before and managed to satisfy his partners. I’ve yet to experience it myself, however, and I’d really like to be able to enjoy some vanilla sex—let alone my kinks!—with him! > PLEASE, I’M SEXUALLY SADDENED

Your lovely, smart boyfriend is a lousy, selfish lay, PISS, and you two aren’t sexually compatible. DTMFA.

I am a 26-year-old guy and I have an overwhelming foot fetish. I cannot help but think about the male foot every hour of every day. I often find myself pushing boundaries with attractive male friends and acquaintances to satisfy my urges, which has caused me a lot of stress and anxiety. I’m obsessed with the idea of offering some of my friends and acquaintances foot massages, but I just don’t know how to bring up the subject, given my mixed experiences. A lot of people think of foot rubs as intimate and believe they should be restricted to romantic relationships. While I’ve been lucky on very random occasions, I’ve had some fuckups. I asked a gay friend whether he would like a foot massage, but he declined—and while he was polite about it in the initial exchange, he

has since ignored me. I asked a straight guy, and he considered it but never followed through, and I feel weird about asking him again. I told another straight guy who was shocked that I would ever ask him such a thing, but he still talks to me and makes light of the incident. Whereas another guy unfriended me on Facebook after I messaged him and told him I liked his feet. What should I do? Is there a proper way to ask to rub someone’s feet? It’s not like I’m asking to suck on people’s toes. > CRAZED ABOUT LADS’ FEET

You remind me of those straight guys who send unsolicited dick pics to women they barely know. They don’t do it because it never works—they do it because it works on rare/random occasions. But you have to ask yourself if those rare/random instances when an attractive male friend allowed you to perv on his feet—the handful of times you’ve gotten a yes—are worth the sacrificing of all the friendships you’ve lost. Foot rubs are a form of intimacy, particularly when performed by foot fetishists, and you’ve gotta stop pestering your hot friends about their feet. There are tons of other foot fetishists out there—most male, loads gay, tons online. Go find some fellow foot pervs and swap rubs with them. On the Savage Lovecast, Debby Herbenick on anxiety-induced orgasms: savagelovecast.com. Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net. Follow Dan on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ fakedansavage/.

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Scaan to conffesss

I like to build really ugly sandcastles and then just wait around. Call me a weirdo, but it’s nice when someone comes along and has the good sense to smash them. It’s what they’re there for!

What the...

My favorite time of day is crawling into bed and snuggling into soft fluffy sheets. Just awesomness. :) Night all.

I’m pretty sure my roommate is a vampire... He never sleeps. When I wake up at night to go to the bathroom even if I’m super quiet he is awake staring out into the hall. It scares the shit out of me. I know it’s ridiculous to think something like that but I am NOT joking. Legit gives me the chills and I’m actually thinking about moving. I also feel like he can read my thoughts. I’ll think something smart ass in my head if I don’t agree with him (which is very often) and he will stare right through my soul. One day he actually said, “pardon?”. I DID NOT say it out loud, I said get the fuck over yourself. He knew I knew that I wasn’t nuts too he was just messing with my mind. For my sake I hope I’m actually some 52 year old man in a Looney bin but I need to gtfo here soon.

Choices

Silverspoon

If I have to choose between Adele or a Fan to listen to I choose a fan. Same goes for Prince. This Easter, I Hope to sweet Jesus that they Never do a duet.

Suits

We have an awesome baby girl, home we own (not a house but who can own one here?), decent jobs, travel when we can and good health.... But my significant other is misrable and complains how their life sucks anb blah blah blah. I get really frustrated and know how bad people really have it elsewhere in this world. Am i wrong to say shut the fuck up and stop your whining?

It seems like I need a Hazmat suit to go out to lunch with my perfume adoring girlfriend; lunch on thursday and I can’t get that scent out of my hair despite using vinegar and three kinds of soap.

A recognizable lack

In a city where it’s completely brutal to date...

there really aren’t enough confessions written by women secretly in love with me. In fact, there don’t appear to be any confessions written for me despite that I check for them every day. i’d like to think i’m confession worthy. :(

Th Georgia The G i St Straight i htt C Confessions, f i an outlet for submitting revelations about your private lives—or for the voyeurs among us who want to read what other people have disclosed.

Sooo good

Finding you has been a total gem. I was having a rough streak for a while there. I am going to feed you and hoard you to myself now.

Flagman

Every time I see a For Sale sign in front of a house, I know it’s going to be torn down because those are the only people who can afford to buy it.

My confession is that I am flagging the shit out of rental postings that piss me off on Craigslist. Fuck you and your $4000/month penthouse 2 bedroom furnished suite. Go use a property management company service and leave CL to regular non-trillionaire people.

I’d rather

The beauty of age

live with drug addicts with issues and smokers than morally righteous people who suggest how I can improve to meet their standards while they put me down.

is that I don’t have a lot of extra fucks to give but I also don’t have a lot of hate either as hate has created a burnt out life and I’ve had enough festering in it.

Sigh

Staying Single For myself personally, dating is just wasted effort at this point in life. I’d rather focus on my career and improving myself. What’s another 10, 20, 30 years of bachelorhood? I imagine I’ll just become a crazy cat man that lives in a mansion filled with cat tubes running all over the place.

Don’t you laugh too? When you sneeze, but fart at the same time, by accident?....AT WORK?!? gahhhhHHH! 38 THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT MARCH 24 – 31 / 2016

Thank you to the man who complimented me this morning before I went into work. It put a smile on my face and made me feel good inside. I’ve been feeling self conscious lately so I really appreciate your kind words. Tomorrow I will do the same for someone else , I will compliment them and hopefully that makes their day too :)

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straight stars March 24 to 30, 2016

he workweek may finish early but the energy of the recent lunar eclipse is on a time extension through Good Friday and beyond. The general effect is to ensure that people cut to the chase more quickly. That supplies fresh fuel to passion, adventure, motivation, and/or cause. Thursday can be an especially busy and eventful day but Mercury/ Mars keeps it rolling well. Saturn in Sagittarius begins its yearly retrograde cycle early on Good Friday. While the idea of a planet’s retrograde cycle tends to elicit a sense of “oh, no, other shoe about to drop”, know that this is a natural condition for all planets and often a very useful one. Saturn is a shaping and crystalizing influence. For the two-and-a-half years that it tours Sagittarius, its priority is to work on the beliefs that are governing our reality and our future. What is truth? What is necessary? Is there no other or better option? Saturn, the planet of control, rules authority. Limits are not in its natural habitat while it’s touring Sagittarius, the sign of growth, faith, optimism, and opportunity. When unleashed and unhinged, Saturn in Sagittarius has a propensity toward skewed beliefs, distorted justifications, and fanaticism. When working effectively, Saturn in Sagittarius is highly principled and holds to higher standards. On the heels of this week’s lunar eclipse in Libra, the scales, Saturn retrograde aims to

> BY ROSE MARCUS

pull us back from the edge so that we most part, the coming weekend and can find our middle ground again. week ahead should be all good and Saturday’s Sun/Mars and Tuesday’s smooth going. Mercury/Saturn get it moving in the CANCER right direction. Happy Easter, enjoy June 21–July 22 the weekend! Thursday could be a ARIES double-duty day. Friday morning March 20–April 20 could be something of a push, but You should find yourself once past Venus/Saturn, the weekon a faster spring-forward through end is yours to own. Looking to sway, the end of the month. Saturn’s about- sell, or woo? Saturday, you’ll hit your face on Friday can remove a ceiling snake-charmer best. Whether it’s or shift a mindset. It clears the way creating a better impression, making for a more honest conversation— up for lost time, cutting a better deal, with yourself or another. Mars is or making a better dent, you’ll get good for an energy, activity, or cre- farther and go faster. ative boost. It’s a good weekend for LEO travel, play, visits, news, and scoutJuly 22–August 23 ing missions. Whether it’s a converTAURUS sation, social fun, or a spending April 20–May 21 spree, spontaneity picks Thursday’s Not in the mood to work? winners. Friday’s a switch-it-up or Neither is anyone else. On a getaway clear-it-out-of-the-way day. Saturday or parked right where you are, the through Tuesday are nicely primed; long weekend hits it right. Saturn’s make the most of your time. You’ll switch to retrograde prompts a deep- find energy, good ideas, conversaer questioning, a change of opinion, tion, and opportunity on a ready tap. mind, or plan. It’s a natural progres- Back to it Wednesday/Thursday will sion. Once you get yourself sorted also prove productive and be mainly out, it’s time to act. Tuesday through smooth going. Thursday you can accomplish easily VIRGO and well.

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May 21–June 21

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August 23–September 23

Saturn’s switch to retrograde can help you resolve an inner conflict or move past a problematic circumstance, or hold you up. You can find a better ability to reason it out, speak up, and get a better handle on what’s necessary. Saturday, it clicks together for you very

well. Tuesday through Thursday also keeps you/it moving right along.

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LIBRA

September 23–October 23

This week’s lunar eclipse in Libra has been good for a fresh infusion of energy and can-do. Perhaps it’s also launched a spending spree. Look to Saturn retrograde to help you better budget and manage your time. While Friday morning could get you off to a hard, late, or non start, the rest of Easter weekend through Tuesday hits it just right.

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October 23–November 22

Friday/Saturday, have it your way. The moon in Scorpio puts you in the driver’s seat. It also makes you smooth and savvy, and a charismatic attention-getter. The start of Saturn retrograde could prompt you to explore a new goal or line of thinking. The new week gets you off to a great start. Tuesday, discuss, gather more info. Wednesday/Thursday gives you more to work with.

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December 21–January 20

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Whether you celebrate Easter or not, you’ll put the long weekend to very good use. Saturday/ Sunday, duty may call, but it’s still all good. The start of Saturn retrograde helps you to move past a block or knot. Monday runs smooth but Tuesday provides even better opportunity and insight. Wednesday/ Thursday is for working it out. February 18–March 20

Coinciding with the start of Saturn retrograde, the long weekend is ideal for getting away from the pressure, the work, or the serious stuff. Saturday’s moon in Scorpio makes for a great day to travel, play, and enjoy it your way. Monday/Tuesday you’re on the go again. Wednesday/Thursday brings something new to consider or to work through. -

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 21, 2016 WHERE: Renegade Studios Me: Black toque, green eyes w/large glasses. We were both walking up to the entry door and you swept in and held the door open for me with a captivating smile and spellbinding eyes... I just wanted to let you know your chivalry turned me on immediately. Tell me how I can return the favour!

BLUETS AT PULPFICTION

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 20, 2016 WHERE: Pulpfiction on Main

CUTE WITH A COFFEE

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 20, 2016 WHERE: Starbucks

We were waiting in line at Starbucks, you order a white mocha. It looked like you just finished yoga. I tried to catch your attention, but you were looking at your phone. I smiled at you at the sugar station. I would love to see your dazzling smile again. Coffee’s on me ;)

WAS IT REALLY A SIGN?

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 19, 2016 WHERE: Granville Station

I admired your blue hair. You recommended Maggie Nelson’s poetry. Now I’m blue that I didn’t ask you out for a coffee. Shall we?

We locked eyes and smiled at each other as we past ways in the empty station. You licked your fingers saying mmmmm as you walked by so I had to take a second look. Girl, you are some fine looking candy!

ATTRACTIVE BRUNETTE

YOUNG FATHERS

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I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 19, 2016 WHERE: Fortune

We met at the dental conference towards the end of day on Friday and discussed your past work in sales and your recent job as a waitress. I gave you my business cards, but someone from your team came to ask you to return to the booth before I had a chance to ask for your contact details. I would like to continue our conversation.

You: tall blonde with glasses. Me: short haired beardo. We stood next to each other, made eye contact, and smiled. At one point during the set we held hands. Never made that kind of connection before, hopefully we can meet for coffee ?

CHEF AT DOOLINS ST. PADDY’S DAY

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 16, 2016 WHERE: The Eatery on Broadway

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 17, 2016 WHERE: Doolins

You pretended to be Irish but turns out you are part Dutch and a half dozen other nationalities. I thought there was a connection but didn’t get your number and your group was gone when I got back. Would like to take you out some time and see if there’s more.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 14, 2016 WHERE: Yaletown Starbucks We met at a coffee shop in Yaletown. It felt like we had an immediate connection. U were funny and tall with an irresistible boyish charm. Me; wise, mature and curious to know more. What happened to you?! We chatted a few times but now you seem cold and distant. Is everything ok? I hope I didn’t come on too strong but when I see something I want, I throw caution to the wind. Call me ;)

EATERY EATER

We made eye contact as I was leaving. I made a show of how my white shoes were glowing under the black light. I saw you were looking at me through the window as I was walking away; I should have gone back and asked for your number. Nice baseball tee, maybe we can play some hardball this summer

You: reading your book (I’d buy you an iPad... just sayin’) on the grass at English Bay. What caught my eye: your little red speedo, your cute yummy ass and your “mind-your-own-businessattitude”. Me: walking my dogs back and forth just to take a closer look at you. I’m pretty sure you noticed me. Will I see you this summer? You don't look local, but I think I have seen you around the village. Will you need someone to rub tanning lotion on your back? That could be me.

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 14, 2016 WHERE: Commercial Broadway

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 11, 2016 WHERE: Downtown Public Library

Walking down the sidewalk, I accidentally drifted into your personal space and you said I smelled good. Like a dumbass I replied that I needed a shower. You wished me good day and we parted ways. I should have looked you in the eye and smiled and told you I was available for future sniff tests. D’oh.

I sat across from you, you were reading a book. I think you noticed me noticing you. Then you got off at Broadway. I’ve never done this - but I’d like to see you again.

DAN THE MCD MAN

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This is a long shot, but here goes... I saw you as I was walking out of the Public Library. You asked me for directions to Gastown. Like a nervous idiot, I lost all sense of direction, and couldn’t answer your question. I told you to go into the building and ask a store owner instead. I’m so sorry. I should have googled mapped the directions for you. I later realized that I was actually walking towards Gastown - wish I could have shared that walk with you.

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: FEBRUARY 25, 2016 WHERE: The Boxcar Shared some food on a whim this wild Thursday and then had some ciderswhere did you go?

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 17, 2016 WHERE: Karma Teachers We practiced next to each other at last week’s Thursday 6:30 class, flirted, and then made a plan to do the same class again next week... Wish I had seen you today! Let’s try again? And maybe beers after? Been thinking about you all week :)

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HUSKY & CUTE I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: JULY 18, 2015 WHERE: English Bay

YOU ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS TO GASTOWN

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VINYASA CUTIE I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 18, 2016 WHERE: Dental Conference

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BUTTER CHICKEN ON THE #41

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I moved into the Exchange 6 months ago and I see u in the elevator from time to time. You: Asian, kind face, and a cute mole above your mouth, u drive a dark BMW. Me: very shy, petite Asian girl, fit, loves your suits, doesn’t have the guts to ask u out. You said hi to me once and I was speechless. I know I’m shooting for the stars here but the odd chance that someone as cute as you isn’t taken, I would luv to take you out for coffee :) I’m hoping you’ll see this and consider breaking the ice next time we see one another.

MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES CHARMER

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 11, 2016 WHERE: Davie Street by Pomme Winnie, sadly the rain must have found you on Davie Street and drove you away, before I could wander back to talk with you...Uganda, Zimbabwe, MSF and Geoffrey Oryema. I wonder what else we could talk about? Was a pleasure meeting you :)... M.

MATCHSTICK- CURLY BLONDE HAIR WITH B&W STRIPES

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 13, 2016 WHERE: Georgia St. Matchstick You: curly blonde hair, black & white striped top, faded blue jeans with just a slight flair. With someone but if I had to guess I’d say not your man. Just something about the way you carried yourself...

DENTAL HYGIENIST IN THE ELEVATOR

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I met you in the Elevator. We spoke for a bit - you have the most captivating eyes I have ever seen. Would love to talk to you again.

EMPLOYEE AT INDIGO SPIRIT ON GRANVILLE

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 11, 2016 WHERE: Indigo Spirit, Granville St. You were shifting shelves and when I picked up a book (A Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch), you mentioned how cool the cover was to me. We then proceeded to talk about George R.R. Martin, Terry Pratchett, Patrick Rothfuss, and the book Dinosaur Lords (and laughed about whether or not the dinosaurs could talk). I was wearing a deep blue coat. I wouldn’t normally post one of these, but you’re cool and I’m shy and would love to talk books, have coffee with you, and be friends.

CAR 87 @ SMILIN BUDDHA

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 5, 2016 WHERE: You Were Working the Door You: beautiful blonde hunk of man meat!!! You are always so nice to my girlfriends and I when we come to SBC. Your long hair drives me wild. I was the girl in the little black dress. You liked the tattoo on my neck and noticed my hazel eyes. Drinks?

HEART STOPPING AT HEARTWOOD CAFE

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 10, 2016 WHERE: Heartwood Cafe I saw you at Heartwood Cafe while I was waiting for an event to start. You were handsome in casual attire and surprisingly, runners. I thought it was charming. You were also with a large group of people. Me: dark hair and dark grey dress. Shy, searching look. Doodling at a table across from where you were sitting. We made eye contact once but I was too shy to hold it or to make more. I wish I had said hello. I want to know what could have happened.

THE IMPERIAL, LAST NIGHT

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 11, 2016 WHERE: The Imperial, Vancouver I got kicked in the head, by the crowd last night at the we are the city concert at the Imperial in Vancouver. You spoke to me, kept asking me what I thought of the concert in the coat check line.. You were tall, compared to me anyways, with curly hair and stunning eyes :)

PAULA AT IMPERIAL AUTO, BURNABY

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 11, 2016 WHERE: Imperial Auto, Burnaby Recalling our conversation...wondering if events you recounted happened in some other phase of your life. Something tells me this might be so, but it felt awkward to ask outright there in the waiting room. Lunch or coffee sometime? -Eric

EXCHANGE OF SMILES IN THE RAIN

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 11, 2016 WHERE: Park Royal, Outside Starbucks A friend and I were leaving the park royal Starbucks into the rain.. You were in your black Benz, waiting at the light. You and I made eye contact; I was intrigued. Me; leather tights, tall suede black boots, an oversize grey knit sweater and long light brown hair. You; handsome, good smile. After my friend and I ran across the street in the rain, I looked back -- you and I locked eyes again. You smiled and I giggled with a smile. Such an unfortunate missed connection.

GAS STATION ON 12TH AND CLARK

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 10, 2016 WHERE: Clark and 12th You were filling up your coffee mug. Wouldn’t mind seeing you again

AIRPORT

I SAW A: I AM A: WHEN: MARCH 8, 2016 WHERE: Airport Paris - Amsterdam Schiphol Airplane Flight from Paris to Schiphol March 8. Seems kind of stupid but first time I had love at first sight. You: Asian girl wearing jogging pants, me someone else... If you are her just pop in and say hello I’m fine even if its just sharing a few words. Probably useless to post this but what the hell you never know...

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