The Mix Kamloops Volume 1 Issue 4

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KAMLOOPS
 OCT. 13, 2016 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4

WHERE WE’VE BEEN

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Photo by Earthwalk Photography Brewloops Block Party.

Photo by Earthwalk Photography Trevor Zechel gives a talk about the business of brewing.

Photo by Juli Harland Taking a much needed brownie break at The Art We Are.

Photo by Earthwalk Photography Bryce Herman dukes it up at Cask Night.

Photo by Juli Harland Kelly Wright chats it up during the At Mission Dolores CD release party.

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Where You’ve Been Photo by RDC Photographer Stefanie Travers Reflections of the horse gallery opening.

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“It’s about fuckin’ time.”

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Where we’re going Marian Hartley & Muriel Keller Fairy Godmothers

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Greetings, readers, and welcome to Issue Number Four!

These last couple of weeks have been a torrent of activity, and, at times, have been overwhelming.

I can’t thank the stellar team here at The Mix enough for all the hard work and dedication they give. It not only helps to celebrate the awesome creative community here in Kamloops, but they, quite literally, keep me sane some days.

And others they help me to get a little insane. And that’s good, too.

This week you’ll find us up at the Interior Wellness Festival and Conference, where we will

be hanging out right in front of the stage we are sponsoring! The festival, itself, is free to check out (the conference is a paid event).

We’d love to meet you! We’ll be on hand for all your questions, comments, offers of candy and whiskey, and stellar bear hugs.

Come on up and visit for a spell.

While you’re at it, check out all the fantastic vendors, individuals, and performances that will be happening all weekend long at the IWF at Sahali Center Mall.

There are some exciting things coming up the pipeline.

With Halloween just around the

corner, we are going to take a peek into the history of Samhain and All Hallows Eve. We’ll be chit chatting with the fine folks at Kamloops Makerspace. And we’re going to take a peek at the ballroom dance scene (who knew?). There is always so much going on here in this great city.

It is a joy and a privilege to be able to share in all this creative energy.

As always, let us know if you’ve got something on the go!

We want to celebrate YOU! We’re all in this together, my friends.

Let’s keep the energies flowing.

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COMMUNITY

Common Initiatives spreading uncommon beauty

BY JULI HARLAND When you think about recycling, generally, thoughts go to bottles, paper, and electronics. And while those are all vital in the realm of recycling, one local bunch is taking it one step further. And they’re doing it with flowers.

Common Initiatives, spearheaded by Jesse Faubert and Anna Langford, aims to reduce the waste that occurs at weddings and special events and spreading a little joy while they’re at it. Right now their main focus is on the copious amounts of flowers and floral arrangements that are always present at such gala events.

“After the event, be it that night or the following morning,” says Jesse, “we pick up the flowers, bring them back to the studio, we break them down, typically, into much smaller bedside table bouquets using vases that have been donated. We’ve also

purchased some to get the project off the ground. From there we have community connections with outreach programs and locations like the hospice, women’s shelter …”

The project started when Jesse, who DJs well over 150 events each year, would witness the incredible amount of waste at the end of a night.

“When 1:00 or 2:00 am rolls around and I’m done my DJ gig,” he says, “I see just garbage bags full of flowers people toss out. And a lot of the time they try to give away as many as they can, but the appreciation level isn’t as huge as it is if it is passed on to someone who doesn’t have family or hasn’t been visited in awhile.”

“People are investing huge amounts of money into these bouquets,” adds Anna. “The least we can do is try to lengthen the life of their investment, or pay forward that investment.”

And the response that their initiative has been getting is heartwarming.

“Flowers naturally cheer people up,” says Jesse. “Just the thought that goes into it. We deal with a lot of incredibly beautiful bouquets because of the types of events that we do.”

Jesse and Anna have been building relationships with various user groups around Kamloops, to help spread a bit of positivity into life situations that can be, at times, hard to deal with.

They tell stories that people have shared with them after receiving their bouquets; about the notion that there is still something beautiful, something good, in their piece of the world. Thanks to the beauty of a bloom.

And it doesn’t end there. At the end of the week the pair collects the wilting flowers and brings them to compost. A full and complete

circle in the life of the flowers.

All of this at no cost. To anyone.

Modelled after a similar program in New York, which charges upwards of $750 to start, Common Initiatives is keeping the almighty dollar out of the equation, instead opting for fundraisers and donations to keep the spirit (and the flowers) alive and well.

If you don’t have a game plan for your wedding flowers, or event arrangements, and you want to see them have a far more spectacular life than a trash bin somewhere, you need to give these guys a call.

The lives that may be touched can make a world of difference.

What if you don’t have flowers, but you want to help?

Volunteer!

“We’re always looking for reliable people on every end.

At the end of the night is usually the toughest time to find people. Maybe you end a shift at 1:00 am and you want to pick up flowers.

Or you want to help repurpose the big bouquets. Sundays are usually the hot day,” says Jesse. They also need help with deliveries.

Can’t volunteer, have no flowers, and still want to help?

Common Initiatives are always on the lookout for small mason jar type vases, large restaurant style ice cream buckets for flower transport, floral arrangement supplies, snips, and, of course, cash. Oh, and a large walk-in refrigerator wouldn’t hurt, either.

And of course if you are, or you know someone, who is getting married, spread the word — and a little happiness while you’re at it.

You can reach Common Initiatives via email at initiatives@ commonsound.ca or check out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ commoninitiatives

Padlock co-creator Miranda Dean and Padlock tenant Stephen Boyd at one of the gallery’s recent music events.

ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You should consider getting into self improvement endeavors. Don't lend or borrow money or belongings.

Try to deal with the problems of those less fortunate; however, don't allow them to make unreasonable demands. Put your thoughts on paper.

TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Don't lament to a friend about any grievance regarding your mate, or it may be hard to rectify your relationship. You will have the stamina and the know how to raise your earning power. You will have additional discipline that will aid you in your objectives. You should include children in your activities.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Your temper could be short if someone criticizes your efforts. Self-deception about relationships is a problem. Be careful not to take on other people's problems. You may find yourself in a financial bind. You could be tempted to overspend on unnecessary items.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) You will be tempted to shop till you drop. Stomach problems could prevail if you haven't been watching your diet. Your magnetic, outgoing personality will capture hearts.

Lowered vitality could affect your work.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You will have the discipline and fortitude to accomplish what you want this month. Be sure you get accurate information. You may want to clear the air where older relatives are concerned. People trying to entice you to join in will be less than trustworthy.

HOROSCOPE

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Make plans to meet again in the near future. Large organizations may try to talk you out of your hardearned cash. There will be hidden matters that you may find disturbing. Think about taking the time to complete unfinished domestic chores.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Your attitude is changing rapidly and your plate is overloaded. You will find the excitement gratifying. You are best to avoid joint ventures, and whatever you do, don't lend to friends or relatives. Try to be a bit more understanding or you may end up spending the evening alone.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Time is money and you must be ready to take action in order to reach your highest potential. New hair, new outfit, new you. If you can put some work into home improvements, you should. Your high energy will enable you to enlist the help of those in a position to back you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Don't give your heart too readily. Upheavals may occupy your day. Pleasure trips will be favorable and bring about romance. It's a good time to make changes to your living quarters that will give you more space.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Arguments with children or friends may leave you steaming. Be sure that the person you're drawn to is not already involved. Travel is evident, but be cautious while in transit. Take some time to change your house around.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) You will meet exciting new people through interest groups or functions that you attend with your children. You will enjoy physical activities more than you think.

Business trips might prove unproductive. Don't reveal anything about your personal life to those who may use such information against you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Minor accidents could occur if you don't take precautions. Trouble could be brewing at home. Your self confidence will attract members of the opposite sex If they don't like the plan, suggest that they contribute a little.

A gallery you can bank on

BY JULI HARLAND Photo by Juli Harland Tucked in behind Blenz Coffee Shop, on Victoria Street, in what used to be a bank oh-so-many years ago, is a growing artist collaborative gallery and space called Padlock Studios.

Created and run by local artist Robin Hodgson and partner Miranda Dean, Padlock has evolved from a single artist workspace, to a hub of artistic activity in a growing community.

“My partner’s been working out of it as his own working studio for two years,” says Miranda. “We’ve just started advertising it as a gallery and did our first show in February. We’ve done three or four shows since then.”

Within those shows seventeen artists have showcased their art within the past year. And the applications keep coming in, for not just shows, but to share their collective space.

“We have six private artist studios available for rent,” says Miranda. “There are only two available right now, they fluctuate.

We have one guy who’s been here since we have started this space.

We have a wide disciplinary group that’s been through here.”

They’ve had textile artists who did artisan clothing, a painter who does a lot of pencil work, sculpture artists, musicians, there’s a painter coming in, Robin is a painter as well. The plan is to inspire and provoke new creative thought.

“That’s the groove that we’re going for,” says Miranda, “is to have a group who wants to challenge each other and share new ideas and collaborate on projects.

That’s what my partner envisioned when he started here. He left the university and they have all kinds of great studios up there that they

can utilize and then you get out and get stuck in whatever room you have in your house.”

But when artists gather, the creative juices can get flowing.

The art they favour has a more layman’s edge to it. “We’re more of a melting pot between the conceptual art that the KAG holds and more accessible art,” Miranda explains. “So something that’s appealing to someone without a big art education, but that can be appreciated by someone who does come that more artistic background.”

The next official showing will be up mid-November, but Padlock has plans for all kinds of endeavors along the way.

Coming up on October 14 is Creative Culture, a new music component being added to the event roster. Three bands will be playing in the artist space, giving a chance for local musicians to get out and do what they do best, while encouraging a new audience to gather in an artistic environment that they may not wander into otherwise. Creative Culture hopes to run monthly, and is spearheaded by one of the Padlock tenants, Stephen Boyd.

There are also painting classes coming, run by another tenant, on Saturdays. And plans are in the works for upcoming artist workshops, such as how to write artist statements, and the like.

The Creative Culture evening will mark the end of the current Relationshapes show. The new show opening in November, revolves around LGBTQ acceptance and issues.

For information on how you can get involved, contact Mirada or Robin at: padlockstudios. squarespace.com or check them out on Facebook at: www.facebook. com/PadlockStudios.

VISUAL ARTS

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Improv troupe provides therapy in theatrics

BY TODD SULLIVAN AND JULI HARLAND Do you know The Freudian Slips? They’re Kamloops’ very own improv troupe, and after spending a few years entertaining local audiences with their impressive stage skills and comic timing, they’re starting to branch out into something that might bring more than just smiles to people.

“It’s our Therapeutic Theatrics courses,” explains co-director of The Freudian Slips, Jessica Buchanan.

The program is designed for children on the autism spectrum, and while it’s already been running in Kamloops through Western Canada Theatre, it’s only recently become a project for The Freudian Slips and Chimera Theatre.

“This wonderful woman named Lori Seely came to us,” Jessica explains. “I work for Western Canada Theatre, actually, and I met Lori that way. And so I helped teach a class with Terri Runnalls who’s the education and outreach coordinator there, and we taught a class kind of like Therapeutic Theatrics for young boys with Autism.

“And they’re kind of continuing that on, and Lori’s been really kind in giving it to Chimera Theatre.”

The Freudian Slips have been associated with Chimera Theatre since they began, as a project that evolved out of a similar improv troupe at Thompson Rivers University that Jessica started with fellow student Brittany McCarthy.

“We actually started working at McDonalds together, and then we started going to school together. It was quite beautiful.”

After graduating, the two wanted to continue pursuing the work that they had enjoyed so much, and brought the project to Chimera Theatre.

“They’ve been wonderful supporters,” Jessica says.

The troupe is currently home to eight performers with new faces appearing periodically — they just finished their most recent round of auditions. “You just can’t be in, you have to impress us first,” Jessica explains.

“Most of the people are from TRU and around there, but some of them we didn’t know. For instance, the first time we did our troupe, there were four people that we had no idea, and they just showed up. One of the guys is still in the troupe, he’s been with us since the beginning. And this year we had a new person join us as well, and they heard about the auditions and they showed up.”

And Jessica thinks that getting on stage can be a therapy for just about anyone.

“A lot of people come and audition, and they even say after they leave, they learn something, either about themselves, or they learn to be more confident on stage, or different ways to approach being on stage.

Which I think is extremely beneficial.”

Their regular improv shows take to the stage once a month and feature

a variety of themes. While dates can bounce around a bit — Jessica says, “We try to find a day where there’s not much going on in town,” — the next show is on October 15 with a Supernatural theme.

“We encourage people,” she says, “if you want to dress up like spooky, or like the characters from the TV show Supernatural, because that would be funny.”

Shows take place at The Stage House with tickets available at the door.

As for what the future might hold for this improv group, Jessica has a few ideas. “Hopefully we just get bigger and bigger.

“It’d be really great to be able to go to Vancouver and places like that. Like Loose Moose in Calgary would be great. So other improv training grounds would be ideal.”

Whatever is in store The Freudian Slips, improv remains a labour of love, as it’s been since the start.

“We just really fell in love with it and wanted more.” Jessica says.

“We were like, we need to make something else that we can do when we’re not in school.”

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THEATRE

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So here we are, trying to ignore what is going on south of the border, in a presidential election that can only be generously referred to as a shit show. If you’re like me, you’re a little tired of all the madness, and I’d love to be able to make this a “safe space” that’s free from election talk, but I’m not sure I can make that promise.

How about a safe-ish?

Would safe-ish be acceptable?

I’m not going to spend any time talking about the debate, because I already live-tweeted my thoughts on it (thanks to anyone who dropped by and hung out!), but I will say that if Donald Trump loses the election, I might suggest a new reality show for the Trumpster: Donald Debates.

Because I don’t know about you, but I find watching his debate performances weirdly hypnotizing.

Not in a way where I feel like I’m learning anything, mind you, because very little of what comes out of his mouth has any connection with what is going on in observable reality. But that’s what makes it so enticing.

It’s like What craziness will he say next? How will his opponent respond?

They’ll have to respond. Even though what he said is not even remotely true, they’re going to have to waste time responding to it because he just said

THE HANGOVER

POP CULTURE

On bad movies and ugly politics

By Todd Sullivan guru@ themixkamloops.com

it, and there will be people who believe it. This is crazy! More popcorn please!

I’m telling you, this thing would be a ratings giant. NBC – Call me!

Moving on to news that fills me with joy and excitement instead of existential dread, last week brought news of a new film featuring Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero. Now, if you recognize those names, you’ll probably understand why this exciting. If you don’t, well, I’m about to explain it to you.

Tommy Wiseau is the writer, director, producer, and star of what is considered by many to be the worst film ever made, a movie called, The Room. Sestero was his co-star.

So what is The Room? The film is awkwardly directed with an inept script, weak performances all around, a mindboggling love triangle, and an accent from Wiseau that is often

Actor, producer, director, and writer, Tommy Wiseau, the man behind ‘The Room’. impenetrable. All of these things added up to create a terrible film which managed to transcend itself and become a cult favourite, thanks in part to regular midnight screenings.

If you’ve seen this movie, you know how wonderfully terrible it is. If you haven’t, you really should take the time to give it a watch. It’s really something that has to be experienced.

But The Room is not a new movie.

In fact, it’s 15 years old, and both Wiseau and Sestero have had questionable levels of success since then.

Wiseau has popped up in weird places (including a bizarre video-game review Youtube channel) while Sestero has written and published The Disaster Artist, a book on his experience making The Room which is currently being made into a film

by James Franco.

And now the exciting part is that Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero will be sharing the screen yet again in a film called Best F[r]iends.

Supposedly the film is based on a road trip that the two of them once took, and if the trailer is any

indication, it was one messed up road trip.

The film seems to be about an undertaker (Wiseau) who is maybe stealing faces from the dead. And also there’s something about gold?

Sestero, meanwhile, is befriended by the undertaker, and crazy hijinks ensue, including a scene with a stereotypical blonde who refers to herself as a gold digger (har har).

I know this film might not appeal to everyone, but I have a soft spot in my heart for films that are so terrible that they turn around and become wonderful again.

Highlights of this sort

of filmmaking include the aforementioned The Room, Troll 2, and Birdemic: Shock and Terror, all of which really need to be experienced.

And that’s it for my hangover this week, but there may be some exciting hangover news to come in the next issue of The Mix Kamloops. Or maybe not. You’ll have to wait and see! Stay safe and drink responsibly, everybody, and if you want to share your own hangover with me, you can email me at guru@ themixkamloops.ca or engage me on Twitter at twitter.com/lewzr

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Silhouette of Seduction

BY SUSAN WOLF She is a silhouette of seduction The way her lips caress her latte.

Lower lip gently pressed to the rim The slightest lapping of luxury with tongue tip Perfect placement of the upper lip As all sync to kiss the cup and draw its contents inward Oh, to be that paper cup Her hot hands clasped around me Mysterious mistress on the street She leads and I follow Humbled in her shadow Pheromones creating quivers of want and wanting in my loins Resist, restrain the rising That ripe pear Would be so fine to fondle Ten feet between us erased in my mind Mounted like a fiery mare Fingers tangled in a black mane Fingers that feel their way into every crevasse Meandering over peaks and valleys Wandering curly forests until the rain comes Images of lips locked onto lingam Phallic fantasies and fallacies Yawning yoni opening wide To take her captive deep inside Nibbling nipples Nobel niblets between my teeth Hardened to the dance upon my tongue Soft and strong Rhythmic song pulses and gyrates to higher vibrations As the serpent uncoils Shivering up our spines With a blink she turns a corner and abandons my vision I’m thrown hard, aghast against a brick wall A reality without her and a world dark and grey Brightened only by her lingering scent that haunts my nostrils

LITERATURE

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LITERATURE

Diving into selfpublishing with mermen

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Eight years ago, in 2008, Danielle Mathieson Pederson was walking through her living room when she remembered something she used to tell herself as a child taking swimming lessons.

“The tank underneath the diving boards was a little deep and a little scary. So to make it less scary I imagined a mermaid lived at the bottom.”

The thought stuck with her, and she knew it had to become a book.

Her first. And over the course of the next several years, she worked to make that thought become a reality.

“It took me a long time to write the first draft,” says Danielle. “It’s the first time I’ve finished that long of a project. And I had my son in the middle, which slowed down the process a little bit.”

It may have slowed her down, but it sure didn’t stop her. Four years later, she finished the first round of what would be a detailed process to get her story, Lasera - Book 1: The Mer Archives to the public.

“I finished the first draft in 2012, and started reaching out to writers in residences and going to writers groups, and really reaching out to more of the writing community. I really improved the draft that way. I went through nine or ten more drafts before I started looking for an agent or a publisher,” Danielle says.

“I wasn’t getting any interest.

I’d have people say: ‘Oh, I like the premise, but I just can’t suspend belief,’ or, ‘Mermaids aren’t my thing.’

But I had so many people in my own circle that knew about the story, because I’d been writing it for so long, and I’m the kind of person where I love talking about my characters and getting excited about certain things in the book. I had so much interest in my own circle, and I had just discovered Kickstarter, I decided to do this, I was going to try Kickstarter.”

And it’s a very good thing she did.

“The first time I got $1500,” she says. “And the second time the people pledged $1500 in the first day, so that helped kick it up a notch.

I was able to raise over $6000 on Kickstarter. I used those funds to hire two professional editors from here in Canada, and a cover designer, and get them printed in Vancouver, and start up my own company doing it, which I love.”

Getting away from the traditional “Little Mermaid” style story, with a female protagonist with a penchant for change, Danielle decided to make her heroine female, human, and quite happy with being so. What the girl finds, however, is that the waters hold more than she ever imagined. .

“The story, itself,” says Danielle, “is about a girl named Valerie. She lives here in Kamloops. She’s a competitive diver. She’s at the pool recreationally one day and goes in for a dive and there’s an accident and she begins to drown. And she is rescued

by a merman who is trapped it he pool.

“She thinks she’s going a little bit crazy, though, because she comes back to the pool she’s the only one who can see him.”

Accepting her charge, Valerie begins a quest to save the merman, trapped in the waters by the captives holding him there through mystical ways that come to life in the pages.

“I take a lot of inspiration from JK Rowling and Harry Potter,” says Danielle. “And how well plotted her books were and how she had things in book one that became significant in books five, six,and seven. And so, especially with where my book starts — with a merman in a pool — I have to know exactly why he is there.

I wanted to have foreshadowing, I wanted to have connections throughout the whole series, but still have it where there is still a climax and a resolution with each book.”

Originally planned as a four book series, The Mer Archives are now planned as a six book saga, with a collection of complimentary short stories. A large undertaking, and one that Danielle is looking forward to tackling.

Though the time invested from concept to completion was longer and more arduous than she had planned, Danielle is taking her learned experience to use as a tool to make the process work for her. And in the meantime, Book 1 is a great Young Adult read.

Published in June of last year, Danielle has found great success at this summer’s Artisan Market, as well as being carried by a number of bookstores around the province, including the local Chapters in Kamloops. It’s also available on all of the e-reader platforms.

Book Two is scheduled for release in the summer of 2017, with short stories to be released over the winter.

To keep up on this young local author, check out her Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/ DanielleMPederson

Kamloops Writers Festival returns Nov. 4 to 6 Got a book idea?

Looking for guidance on your poetry, non-fiction, or fiction? Sign up for the Kamloops Writers Festival.

After taking a year off after becoming their own entity, away from the Kamloops Arts Council, the Kamloops Writers Festival is back with a splash on November 4 through 6.

Now formed as the Kamloops Society for the Written Arts, president Lindsey Curry says of the coming festival: “It’s getting to make contacts within the writing world, having an opportunity to learn about how to write better and how to engage readers and how to make your story or your poem or your play or whatever you’re writing compelling.”

Long touted as an opportunity for learning, networking, and professional development, the three day event aims to give readers and writers of all ages, genres, and experience, a look into the life of writing.

This year’s readings and workshop facilitators include: Richard Wagamese: Not only one of Canada’s foremost Native authors and storytellers but one of its finest writers period.

Described by Giller Prize winning author Joseph Boyden as “a national treasure” he has been a professional writer since 1979 as a newspaper columnist and reporter, radio and television broadcaster and producer, documentary producer, and the author of thirteen titles from major Canadian publishers.

As a published author he won the inaugural Burt Award for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Literature in 2013, the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature for his 2011 memoir One Story, One Song, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction for his third novel Dream Wheels in 2007 and the Alberta Writers Guild Best Novel Award for his debut novel, Keeper’n Me, in 1994.

Richard was the 2015 recipient of the Writers’

Trust Matt Cohen Prize: In Celebration of a Writing Life, the 2013 recipient of the Canada Council on the Arts’ Molson Prize in the Arts and the 2012 recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media & Communications.

Michael V. Smith: is an award-winning writer, comedian, filmmaker, performance artist and occasional clown teaching creative writing in the interdisciplinary program of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC Okanagan. Smith’s first novel, Cumberland (Cormorant Books, 2002), was nominated for the Amazon/ Books in Canada First Novel Award. In past years, Smith won the inaugural Dayne Ogilvie Award, a Western Magazine Gold Award for Fiction, a number of short film prizes, and was nominated for the Journey Prize. His recent memoir, My Body Is Yours, was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award. ​His videos have played around the world, in cities such as Milan, Dublin, Turin, London, New York, Toronto, Paris, Geneva, Berlin, Glasgow, Lisbon, Beirut, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Buenos Aires, SF, LA and Bombay. Smith is an MFA grad from UBC’s Creative Writing program.

Ashley Little: Ashley received a BFA in Creative Writing and Film Studies from The University of

Victoria and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

Her first novel, PRICK: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist (Tightrope Books, 2011) was a finalist for the ReLit award and optioned for film. The New Normal (Orca, 2013) won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize.

Ashley’s third novel, Anatomy of a Girl Gang (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013), won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, was a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award, longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and has been optioned for television. Her fourth novel, Niagara Motel, is forthcoming from Arsenal Pulp Press in Fall 2016. Ashley lives in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.

Elizabeth Bachinsky: Elizabeth is the author of five collections of poetry: Curio, Home of Sudden Service, God of Missed Connections, I Don’t Feel So Good, and The Hottest Summer in Recorded History.

Her poetry has been adapted for stage and screen and has been nominated for awards including the Governor General’s Award for Poetry. She lives in New Westminster. ​A frequent lecturer and instructor of creative writing, she has taught at UBC, UBCO, The Summer Literary Seminars, the Sage Hill Writing Experience and other schools, and is now permanent faculty in the department of

Language, Literature and Performing Arts at Douglas College.

She has been a literary editor for a decade, first at PRISM international and then at EVENT magazine, and she was trained in letterpress printing by Jan and Crispin Elsted at Barbarian Press.

Her next project is a chapbook of poems for Greenboathouse Press.

Ami McKay: Her

debut novel, The Birth House, was a #1 bestseller in Canada, winner of three CBA Libris Awards, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a finalist for Canada Reads and a book-club favourite around the world. Her second novel, The Virgin Cure, also a national bestseller and a Best Book pick across numerous lists, was inspired by the life of her great-great grandmother, Dr. Sarah Fonda Mackintosh, a female physician in nineteenth-century New York. Her new novel The Witches of New York will be published in October, 2016. Born and raised in Indiana, McKay now lives in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia.

Friday night’s In Conversation With panel discussion with our authors will take place at the Old Courthouse, 7 Seymour Street West, in Kamloops. Doors will open at 7 pm and the Conversation will begin at 7:30 pm.

Saturday’s workshops and readings

will take place at the Old Courthouse at various times. Sunday’s readings, which are free to the public, will take place at the Kamloops Library at various times.

See website for details at www.kamloops writersfestival.com Tickets can be purchased at www.kamloops writersfestival.com.

Full festival passes are $105 ($90 for students), and all events can also be purchased a la carte, so that participants can choose which events they would like to attend.

The Kamloops Writers Festival is co-produced by the Kamloops Society for the Written Arts and the Kamloops Arts Council.

Sponsors include the TNRD Library System, the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, SFU The Writers Studio, The Mix: Kamloops, and Chapters. Support from Kamloops Office Systems and the Interior Authors Group is also gratefully acknowledged.

COMING SOON Open gallery dedicated to new and upcoming artists of a variety of genres and mediums.

Accepting submissions

NEEK G A L L E R Y

970 Victoria Street (in the Unique Mirrors and The Mix Kamloops building) Call Juli at 250-682-0260 or Mike at 250-299-2619

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Psychedelic CD release party for At Mission Dolores

BY JULI HARLAND Photos by Juli Harland “I think that’s what modern music is,” says At Mission Dolores frontman, JP Lancaster. “Everything has been done, so now in order to be modern I think you need to take different elements from different eras and combine it together.”

And that’s just what psychedelic pop band AMD did on their recent CD release party, held at Padlock Studios on October 8.

A hip young crowd meandered through the current show at the gallery space as music set a chill mood. Band members wandered through the masses, chatting here and there with the folks who had come to hear the funky sounds of the fresh new band.

AMD wouldn’t be playing live that night, however. What did happen allowed the band to mingle and visit while the audience got to delight in not only the sweet sounds of the new album, played in its entirety, but to a very stellar video display showcasing video clips and photo blasts that brought the music to visual reality.

“It was wanting to do something different,” says JP. “I really want people to hear the vision that I had as a whole. As it was recorded. I find that if we play as a band, depending on the venue, it’s too loud or things get missed, or the biggest thing is finding a venue where the vocals actually come through. I wanted to do an event where we play the record, hear it as it was intended.” And the visual effects were spot on.

At Mission Dolores was born through JP’s desire to have a musical outlet that didn’t involve ringing ears and high decibels. Inspired by the highly produced sound of 70’s popular music, he began recording multilayered demos, working out every instrumental part by himself. When it came to the realization that in order to take his show live, he’d have to gather musicians together, he started his hunt for the perfect bunch. And he found them. The album released at their CD party was the result of a small handful of rehearsals and a whole lot of talent.

“That was the cool part for me, what we have on the record is us as

a band with two or three rehearsals under our belt. So it really captures that essence of music when you first create something,” says JP. “I would like to imagine our sound as Fleetwood Mac songs played by Pink Floyd.

“There will never be another Jimi Hendrix. There will never be another Neil young. there will never be another Beatles. But if you take elements from all three of them, you can do something that’s cool and different that hasn’t been done. That’s kind of the way I look at it.”

The name, At Mission Dolores is inspired by a San Francisco park: Mission Dolores. “My wife Maggie, who plays keys in the band,” says JP, “she and I went on a trip there a couple of years ago, and it was just a really cool vibe. But it made me think. San Francisco is this really cool, neat place, lots of beauty. But then there is always this ugly side to cities, where there is a lot of poverty, a lot of violence, and so we kind of saw both sides of those. So this album is really a reflection on that lifestyle.”

JP also spent a lot of time in Vancouver, another city that inspired him in a quest for the beauty/ugly side balance. “There is really this ugly side of our society that exists. So that’s kind of what this is. The songs have this really 70s yacht, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, big polished sounds.

But some of the themes are kind of sinister. It’s that juxtaposition.”

The CD release party was a smashing success. The crowd was buzzing with great feedback, and the attention to detail in the visual aspects was very well done.

But the CD isn’t the only new release in JP’s world. “Maggie and I are having a kid in three weeks,” he boasts. “We wanted to do this and create a buzz. We also have a four song EP that is also recorded. Just a big output of material. Then in a few months something new.”

We wish them all the very best. In music, and new parenthood.

Want to check out their sound?

Head on over to atmissiondolores. bandcamp.com or check them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ atmissiondolores

Do you ever listen to an album because the cover art looks cool, and you’ve found you’ve discovered a cool new artist you’ve never heard of? (I’m having flashbacks of CD stores in the 90s here.)

So I was browsing the new releases on Spotify and there’s this one that looks like 70s acid trip art with a hand and lots of eyeballs. It says “Something Wrong Here Rezz Mau5trap.” Well that all sounds promising; Mau5trap obviously being Deadmau5’ production label.

So I’m listening to this groovy dark electronica while I try and figure out who this person is.

Turns out she’s a 21 year old producer from Niagra Falls, Ontario who’s caught the ear of the likes of Skrillex and Diplo. This in turn landed her on the big festival circuit including Tomorrowland and SXSW. Something Wrong Here is her new EP. It’s pretty wicked. You should check it out.

If you want something a little lighter and more avant garde than dark EDM, try Mr. Oizo’s brand new album, All Wet. It’s a step forward from the very breakish, chaotic, minimalist, noisy, French house that we’re used to hearing from him. The chaotic, noisy breaks are still there, but on All Wet they’re helped along by some interesting and appropriate collaborators like Peaches, Skrillex, and Siriusmo, to name a few.

The single with Charli XCX feels like too much pop to fit well on a Mr. Oizo album, and it’s interesting to note that the pop extravaganza that is in the music video is quite different than the bootybouncing trap mix that landed on

TONE SOUP

Choosing books (or albums) by their covers

By Jamie Horsley tonesoup@ themixkamloops.com

the album, while neither one claims to be any sort of a remix. This is easily the most accessible album in his discography and is a worthy stepping stone into the surrealist world of the music and film (Rubber, Wrong Cops, Reality) of Mr. Oizo, A.K.A. Quentin Dupuiex.

Too chaotic? Not hardly. Let’s get violent!

Rather than open this album with a kick straight to the teeth like repeatedly screaming, “I want to want to be dead with my friends!” or, “Blow your fucking brains out!”

Every Time I Die has decided to open Low Teens with a punch in the gut that sounds like some dissonant chords and the heartfelt, screaming declaration that, “Though it may haunt us and break our hearts, death cannot tear us apart.”

That’s the first real clue that something’s a little different here. Keith Buckley admits that, “Every Time I Die and the lyrics particularly have always been very tongue-in-cheek and metaphoric and playful, but they’ve never been honest, because that would require me to feel something ... But this was very front and center for me.

It helped me to write some of the most honest lyrics I’ve ever done.”

But does any of this really affect the quality of the album? No. Not at all. The only thing I find is that I’m not really smirking or chuckling at the lyrics like I would at ‘Holy Book of Dilemma’ or ‘We’rewolf.’ But all the anger and angst is present, and the southerngroove flavored metalcoreness is as driving and as in-your-face as it ever was. I’ve been looking forward to this album for a while and I’m in no way disappointed with it. Definitely one not to miss for all the ETID fans out there.

Stepping down into the not-asheavyweightas-you’d-expect category, we have Opeth’s Sorceress, which is a step further into their progressive rock direction. Given the track listing, you might think it’s some sort of

concept album.

But the sounds of the songs are so all over the map from one to the next that at times it feels like a bit of a rollercoaster. Maybe that’s the idea.

Overall, not a bad album. I just get the feeling they’re trying to cram too many different ideas into one thing.

Delving further into mediocrity, we have Greenday.

They’re back with their first studio album since that strange trilogy they did four years ago.

It’s getting pretty good reviews.

Metacritic gives it a Metascore of 75/100 based on 20 professional reviews, with Kerrang raving about it at full marks, and 8.5/10 User score based on 45 user ratings.

I guess I’m just not feeling it. Nothing on Revolution Radio stands out and makes you go,

“Yeah!” The songs on this album just sound kinda like 12 Greenday songs you might have already heard somewhere, maybe. I think the problem I really have with it is that it sounds more like the last half of their discography rather than the first half, and I guess there’s nothing necessarily wrong with that.

Different folks, different nostalgia.

Give it a listen. Tell me what you think.

The most refreshing sound

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of the month goes to Regina Spektor.

I quite enjoy her voice and singing style; her slight accent and the way she switches gears mid song as if it were some mashup of indie-pop and progressive piano rock. Remember Us To Life evokes many tragic characters with haunting stories like in ‘Sellers of Flowers’ and ‘Grand Hotel.’ This chilling album is just in time for the cold season.

Coming soon, I’m looking forward to a new album from Beck, hopefully something from the Orb, and Trent Reznor has said of the new Nine Inch Nails album, “2016 is not over yet.”

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NIGHTLIFE:

October 15, 5:00 pm: Oktoberfest! Come and enjoy authentic German dining by Chef Romeo and his team, pretzels from The Crazy and the German Bakery and Oktoberfest beer from Red Collar Brewing Company. The

evening will include opening cocktails, beer tasting, commemorative beer stein, photo booth, fundraising games, silent and live auctions, dancing and much more. Location: The Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Center on 1250 Rogers Way. Tickets $85 per

History is alive!

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person. For tickets and information: kamloopsoktoberfest@ gmail.com OR www. sunpeaksracers.ca/ oktoberfest Wear your Dirndl & Lederhosen!

October 15, 7:00 midnight: Art in the Dark! The first one was such a hit, we brought it back ~ don’t miss out on the 2nd annual Art in the Dark!

This engaging 19+ evening of interactive arts activities and performances will not disappoint.... blacklight, bodypainting, live music and dance performances and much more! Ticket price gets you a full night of activities + performances... bring cash for cocktails, wine, beer from Red Collar, food + silent auction. Located at Lansdowne Village this year. All proceeds support the KAC’s yearround community arts programming. Tickets and info at www. kamloopsarts.ca October 17, 7:00 - 9:00 pm: PHP Beer Conference at Red Collar Brewing, 355 Lansdowne- The Philosophy, History, and Politics Undergraduate Conference is celebrating 10 years with our annual Beer Conference fundraiser.

Come learn about the philosophy, history and politics of beer while drinking and merrymaking with fellow students and PHP faculty. Tickets are $20 and include 2 glasses of beer, 2 slices of pizza, and a salad and are available from any committee member. We hope to see you there!

Get tickets by contacting the TRU Philosophy, History and Politics Conference Facebook

1960s GOGO DANCE! Join Miss Coco and dance holes in your soles to the best music from the 1960s Mondays 7:15 - 8:15pm

Teen Class at Akimbo Dance Studio akimbodancestudios.ca

Mondays 8:15 - 9:15pm

Adult Class at Akimbo Dance Studio akimbodancestudios.ca

Wednesdays 8:00 - 9:00pm

13 and up at Let’s Move Studio akimbodancestudios.ca

page or directly through a committee member.

This event is known to sell out quickly!

October 20, 8:00 pm: Lip Sync Battle 2.0 at the Blue Grotto!! Each group participating will be performing 1 song. The entry fee will be $20 per act, cover charge on the night of the show will be $5..

Each act will pick a charity of their choice that they will play for.

All money collected for entry fees and cover charge that night will go to the winner’s charity of choice. ($850 was the amount donated from the last show!!)

On top of winning money for your selected charity, there will be additional prizes for 1st place as well as 2nd and 3rd. Email kathy@ thebluegrotto or teri@ thebuegrotto to reserve your spot. The first 10 to confirm will receive an email with all the details needed to get this Battle started.

October 21, 8:00 pm: Fresh is Best Comedy at the Dirty Jersey.

Fresh Is Best COMEDY SHOW takes October by storm.. a comedy storm in the form of Casey Corbin.Casey has been headlining throughout North America for many years, has shared the stage with Mike McDonald, Russell Peters, Harland Williams and many more. Casey’s credits include Just For Laughs, Halifax Comedy Festival, Comedy Network, MTV, SiriusXM, MuchMusic, CBC Radio and many more October 22, 7:30 10:00 pm: Ladies Night at CJs! Canada’s hottest exotic male entertainers - the Men of Body Heat

travel across Canada to put on the ultimate Ladies’ Night show.

The guys go hard for you Saturday, October 22nd so you and your friends can get some action at Cactus Jacks Nightclub. Each sexy performer embodies a different female fantasy and brings your wildest dreams to reality. You won’t be able to contain your enthusiasm for their choreographed dance routines and seductive moves. This interactive show is sure to be a blow out with games, prizes and playful humour. Tickets: $15 Early Bird in advance online (General Admission), $20 General Admission-First Release, $30 VIP in advance online (8 tables,4 seats per table,32 total seats available), $30 at the door on the night of the event

MUSIC

October 14, 7:00 - 11:00 pm: Crate of Culture! rate of Culture is a music event featuring local Kamloops talent!

Come checkout our premiere night of the series featuring:The Decoys; Lost in the Woods; James D. Bryan & The Buoyz! With the ‘Relationshape’ fine art exhibit as the backdrop!

Join us for a drink, and an awesome sensory experience for your eyes and ears! ****all ages, cash bar**** At Padlock Studios, 175 2nd Ave, behind Blenz on Victoria.

October 14, 8:00 pm: Demps presents Sightlines! Jawbreaking Pop Punk that will make you feel things.

Their new LP “North” is super good and you should bring some extra cash to pick it up! Same

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drummer as Dead Soft/ Weed. https://sightlines. bandcamp.com/ Openers: OUTPATIENT -New band, bummer riffs. A softer version of Butcher,and WORMHOLE - Local space goth. 5$ at the door. Bands at 8:30 Inclusive Space, Total Pop Punk Gigger! at Zack’s Coffee, 377 Victoria Street October 18, 9:00 pm: Secret Society presents Doug Crawford! - Live at the Dirty Jersey, music

by Doug Crawford; Knucklehead (Tyrone aka T from Trailer Park Boys); Secret Society; Rude Dowg; and Bioson.

More performers will be announced soon!

Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

October 26, 8:00 pm: Five Alarm Funk at the Blue Grotto! Hot, sweaty dance floors with feet stomping and everybody moving. Grooves for days. Monster horns and shredding psych-rock guitars. Oh, and giant killer robots. Let’s not forget about those.These are among the elements that make up the Five Alarm Funk experience.

The Vancouver-based band is nine men strong and over a decade deep into a career that has seen it release five acclaimed albums and burn up stages across the country on four national tours. And this vehicle isn’t about to slow down. In fact, Five Alarm Funk is just picking up steam.

THEATRE

October 14, 6:30 - 8:30 pm: October Potluck and Play Reading with Kamloops Players. A LEFTOVERS potluck, and the reading of multiple one act

plays to consider for the Kamloops Players One Act Festival in February.

Please bring a “leftover” from your thanksgiving dinner! If you don’t have leftovers, any dish will do. We spend an evening eating, reading, and socializing!

WHO: Members and Non-Members are welcome to come - the perfect opportunity to meet some of the Players! This event is FREE (but please bring a potluck item if you can!). At Stagehouse Theatre 422 Tranquille Road October 15, 8:00 10:00 pm: Freudian Slips. WHAT: An improvised comedy night of fun and laughter! HOW: Tickets are $15 and can be purchased with cash at the door. WHERE: The Stage House Theatre (422 Tranquille Road) WHEN: October 15th, 2016, Doors and bar open at 7:30, show starts at 8:00PM! HOSTED BY: Andrew G. Cooper FEATURING: Jessica Buchanan, Evie Byrne, Jeff Daniels, Allandra Gardner, Maddison Hartloff, Peter Navratil.

Our first show of the season is Supernatural themed! Whether that means wearing leather jackets and plaid, or dressing up as your favourite Ninja Turtle.

Either way join us for frighteningly hilarious time!

VISUAL ARTS

October 14, 6:00 - 9:00 pm: Chromesthesia/ Meloporia - Join P.A.T. the Portable Art Trailer at Barnacle Records on select Fridays to listen to records and make prints, drawings and zines. All materials are provided and no experience is necessary. At Barnacle Records, 290 3rd Ave, Kamloops.

FILM

October 20, 9:00 pm - 12:00 am: Fake Flesh Film Fest Closed Door Session 3 - 19+ licensed event at Pizza Pi, 314 Victoria Street. Lead up to fake flesh film fest.

3 hours of movies and beer.

Will be limited to 30 people only. This event is currently free, but if interest becomes too large, $10 tickets will become available, first come first serve to, to guarantee a seat

October 26, 7:00 10:00 pm: Films for Change: “Maker”. We are excited to sponsor, in partnership with Kamloops Makerspace, “Maker”, a documentary that looks into the current Maker Movement - a new wave of do-it-yourself and do-it-together culture - and its impact on society, culture and economy. “Maker” delves deep into this ecosystem of design and manufacturing in the Internet era. The film explores the ideas, tools, and personalities that are driving the Maker Movement – and returns with a timely snapshot of one of the transforming influences of the current age. Location: TRU Clocktower Alumni Theatre. This event is open to all residents of Kamloops. Admission is by donation, with proceeds going to the local community group hosting the film.

The movie will be followed by a facilitated discussion.

DANCE

October 14: Kamloops Burlesque Presents - Workshops with Veronica Vex. Veronica is a talented instructor from the Vancouver Burlesque Centre where she teaches Blues Seduction, Glam Rock, and Reggaeton! Glam Rock - 11:00am - 12:00pm (1hr): Learn to move and grind your hips and whip your hair around like an 80’s metal vixen in this fun choreography based progressive.

Learn to channel your inner glam ROCK STAR

putting intention behind your movements and expression through the eyes and face. All levels welcome. Blues Seduction 12:00pm 1:00pm (1hr): Connect with your inner vixen as you grind to the vibes of low down dirty blues and sweet soul seduction. Learn to communicate with the whole body - adding the eyes, hands and all the subtle movements of the feminine burlesque form. Hosted at Let’s Move Dance Studio 831 Victoria Street. Cost is $25 for one workshop, or get both for $40!

To confirm your spot, please send an email to misscococream@gmail. com or send a PM on FaceBook https://www. facebook.com/misscoco. creme

WELLNESS

October 14 - 16: Interior Wellness Festival and Conference at Sahali Center Mall.

A gathering of likeminded people joined to discover the secrets to a healthy, happy, inspired life! Entry is free to the general marketplace.

Conference classes are ticketed events.

For more information please check out www. interiorwellness.com

school district to help with this and need community support to get this done! You can help by joining us for steak dinner and a silent auction on October 16th!

We’ll have a 50/50 draw and some other fun stuff too! Invite your friends!

Let’s sell this event out and make sure our kids don’t miss a year due to the move!!

October 17, 5:30 - 7:30 pm: Death Cafe - Part of a global movement, this marks the first of a monthly series of Death Cafe events in Kamloops, at The Art We Are at 246 Victoria Street.. Facilitated group conversation on death and dying aim to reduce the taboo and stigma about talking about death. Respectful, no cost, no agenda, no counseling. All welcome.

October 21 - 23, 7:00 pm: Nights of Fright at Sunset Valley Farm, 3275 Tranquille Road.

Witness the fate of those who dared to bargain with THE CHAINSAW MASSACRE!!! But Be Warned: within This HAUNTED MAZE lurk the creatures born of pure evil, who only exist

to torment and torture those who are lost in the DARKNESS! Cost $10/person-- Cash Only.

Come in your costumes and join in on the fun!!

October 23, 6;00 9:00 pm: Paint and Pint - The Paint and Pint is a night of creativity with Kappa Beta Gamma Sorority at Red Collars Brewing. Red Collar will have a wonderful selection of beers on tap and wine options. We will have an instructor and all the materials will be supplied. The event is painted designs on interesting mediums, this one being rocks; or you can bring your own

interesting and creative canvas. Tickets are $15 and all proceeds go toward the sorority and their community events.

No Experience Needed.

Great for a creative night with friends. All Ages October 25, 6:00 8:00 pm: Drink and Draw at Denny’s 570 Columbia. Join us at Denny’s on the last Tuesday of every month to contribute to largescale collaborative drawings, play surrealist drawing games and feast on Denny’s delicious treats. Kids eat free! No experience is necessary.

All supplies are provided.

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COMMUNITY

October 16, 5:00 pm: Kamloops School of the Arts Pub Night Fundraiser at Duffy’s Neighborhood Pub! We need new team jerseys for our students now that we have a new name, logo and colours!

It will be over $4000 for enough to outfit all our teams! We are receiving no money from the

October 20 - Lip Sync Battle 3.0 $5 cover at the door. Each act will be playing for their charity of choice. Last show raised $850 for the chosen charity! Entries are limited. Email kathy@thebluegrotto.ca or teri@thebluegrotto.ca for info October 26 - Five Alarm Funk: Hot, sweaty dance oors with feet stomping and every body moving. Grooves for days. Monster horns and shredding psych-rock guitars. Oh, and giant killer robots. Let’s not forget about those. Tickets are $15 November 3 - The Princess of Punk, Bif Naked!

An explosive performer, a legendary storyteller, and an emotive spoken word poet, Bif will be performing songs acoustically, combined with readings from her newly released memoirs: “I, Bicus”, as she showcases her “Songs and Stories Tour “ to The World. Bif Naked promises that her shows will feature an unforgettable evening of racy storytelling combined with a collection of her favorite songs. Tickets are $25 ALSO COMING UP: Hank Stallion Oct. 14 & 15 Jimmy Leguilloux Band Oct. 21 & 22 | The Young’Uns Oct. 28 & 29 Voted one of the top 50 Live Small Venues in Canada, The Grotto is open Thursday through Saturday nights 8 pm to 2 am. Come see why we're the best.

All tickets available at ticketor.com, thebluegrotto.ca, or at www.facebook.com/thebluegrotto

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Interior Wellness

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