The Mix Kamloops Volume 1 Issue 5

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Cory Evans, Blaine Alexandre, and our own Juli Harland had a great time acting as judges at the Blue Grotto’s Lip Sync Battle 3.0

Miss Morrigan gets set up for Halloween this weekend!

Tammy Morrison of Tribal Fusion Bellydance with Tammy shows off her stuff at the recent Interior Wellness Festival and Conference

Local Drum Circle group sets the beat on The Mix sponsored stage at the Interior Wellness Festival and Conference.

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Crazy clowns are hitting the streets, even crazier billionaires running for president, and soon the streets will be lined with superheroes. And that hardly scratches the surface of the craziness that has been going on these past couple of weeks.

It’s been very eventful, and there’s still so much to do. That’s one thing I’m finding out, here in Kamloops.

There is a never ending treasure trove of events, gatherings, exhibitions, and live music events. It’s hard to keep up. But we’re trying.

In this past couple of weeks we attended the Interior Wellness Festival and Conference where we

sponsored the stage. What a fantastic vibe! Elizabeth Beeds of the Interior Wellness Magazine did a fantastic job putting together the event.

From there we ran down to the absolutely spectacular Art in the Dark fundraiser. Holy shamoley, I can’t even begin to describe how festive and fun the whole night was. From being spray painted, to the constant stream of fantastic performers, to the frenzy of the art battle, pottery wheel, art table, spinning wheel, karaoke for the chance to win drinks and prizes … and it was all glow in the dark.

Kathy Sinclair and her awesome team deserve huge kudos for that night.

I also had the chance to be a judge at the recent Lip Sync Battle 3.0 at the Blue Grotto. The winner of the event took home the prize by a landslide. If you haven’t seen the Kamloops Burlesque team perform, you’re missing out.

Coming up we’re going to track down those elusive Makerspace folk!

We’re chatting with the local SCA group. And we’ll be digging into the subject of death with the new Death Cafe organizers.

Thank you for joining us on our journeys! Keep us posted about your own events and happenings. We’re all in this together. j.harland@themixkamloops.com

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Burlesque team raises money for women’s shelter

BY JULI HARLAND The Kamloops Burlesque girls are gearing up for their annual fundraiser.

This year their charity of choice is the Y Women’s Shelter.

Already, they’ve raised $650 with a winning performance at the recent Lip Sync Contest at the Blue Grotto, and they are hoping to, at the very least, double that with their November Pajama Party show, on November 10, 8:00 pm, at the Blue Grotto.

The KB team has given back to the community with annual fundraisers each year since conception close to six years ago. This will be the second year that they are giving their support to the Y Women’s Shelter.

“We wanted to raise money for things that affect us more deeply.

Being an organization that’s run by women, and produced by women, and where the majority of the acts put on stage are for women, we really wanted to support our women in the community,” says Kamloops Burlesque producer Coco LaCreme.

The Y Women’s Shelter is a 23-bed residence (shelter) offering 24 hour access for abused women and their children.

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in the community who are abused or at risk of abuse.

“We are huge feminists,” says Coco.

“We want to support women’s rights. We want women to feel safe and supported in our community.

We want to empower women to be their best selves. And we want to ensure that if they’re in a space that is less than ideal, they have the support and structure in place where they can get the help and support that they need.”

The November fundraiser shows started, the first year, with the popular ‘Movember’ movement.

“We did that partly because mustaches are hilarious,” says Coco. “But it’s also about raising funds for cancer research.

Specifically prostate cancer. And while we really love our men, our focus is on women and women’s health, and women’s well being, and so after a couple of years with Movember we thought we’d switch to something more all encompassing.”

The next couple of years the team raised funds for the BC based organization ‘Fuck Cancer’, a company focused on education for early detection for all cancers.

But the team wanted to hit a little closer to home.

“One of the things that we find at Kamloops Burlesque is that we attract and grow strong women.

We have a collection of women and men — a lot of our male performers, and stage crew, and musicians, are huge supporters of women and women’s issues — who try to make it out and be supportive of women in our community,” says Coco. “To take what we have to give and help to make things better as much as we can. We did the Take Back the Night march. We are huge supporters of the

movement to keep all women safe.”

The monies raised will be from the proceeds from the door, games, a 50/50 draw, and merchandise sold at the event.

Oh, and did we mention it’s a pajama party?

“I’m really looking forward to just hanging out in my onesie,” Coco laughs.

“Everyone can come in their jammies. It will be amazing. We want it to seem like a slumber party, so some of the games will be reminiscent of the traditional slumber party.”

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Haug and Graham How will be making a special appearance for the fundraiser show. The pair are working on a music collaboration, which they will perform live alongside the KB team.

It’s a statutory holiday the next day, even, so there’s no excuse to not come out and support the local Y Women’s Shelter while in your jammies and having drinks with friends while you watch our local KB team strut their stuff.

For more information keep up with the Kamloops Burlesque team at www.facebook.com/ kamloopsburlesque.

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BY JULI HARLAND Ever looked at stunning original art pieces and thought to yourself, “That would look damn fine on my wall, if it weren’t for the price tag”?

Looking for a way to get involved with your community, meet new friends, put in some hours, and get something awesome in return?

Introducing: Timeraiser.

“Timeraiser is a part volunteer fair, part silent art auction, and part night on the town. Throughout the evening, participants meet with different non-profits in the room and match their skills to the organization’s’ needs.

Once they have made their matches, they are eligible to bid on artwork,” says local organizer September Kuromi.

“The big twist is rather than bid money, they bid volunteer hours on works of art they are interested

in. The winning bidders then have 12 months to complete their volunteer pledge before bringing the artwork home as a reminder of their goodwill.”

Timeraiser is a National organization geared at supporting artists, matching local organizations with quality volunteers, all while making unique art accessible to the general populace.

“The actual first Timeraiser was started in Toronto in 2004,” says September. “I found out about it in 2011 and held the first Kamloops Timeraiser in 2012. Yes it is annual — this will be the fifth annual. We have raised over 5600 volunteer hours and invested over $25K into the careers of local artists.”

It’s a great way to to learn about not only the local artists that have their work on display for auction, but it allows people to connect with local organizations

who thrive with the enthusiasm of volunteers who connect on a personal level with the organizations at hand.

So how does one bid using their volunteer time?

September explains: “If you are winning bidder on a painting, say you bid 80 hours for example, you have a year to do 80 hours of volunteering before you can take your painting home.

Half of those hours need to be done with a Timeraiser agency, the rest can be done with any volunteer organization.

“If you don’t bid on, or win, a painting, it is still a great way to learn about the different volunteer opportunities in Kamloops. If you indicate your interest for any of the agencies we facilitate and email an introduction to help get you started.

There is no financial or time commitment expected at the event.

Just come out and

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learn about the great work agencies do in Kamloops, check out amazing artwork from local artists, listen to live music, and have a good time. This is not a fundraiser — your ticket price, some cash for a couple of drinks, and an open mind is all that is required.”

Kelly Spencer will be entertaining the crowds, and a cash bar is on site, so make sure you hit the bank

machine before you head on over.

The art, itself, is purchased from local artist with corporate sponsorship. Most of it is purchased at the Art Exposed show hosted by the Kamloops Arts Council.

September has a small committee of artists and representatives from sponsor companies that, then, select the artwork.

Tickets for the event are available online through Eventbrite https:// www.eventbrite. ca/e/2016-kamloopstimeraisertickets-28032047609.

Tickets are also available at the door.

For more information on the Timeraiser event, check them out on Facebook at https://www. facebook.com/events/ 304205083263605

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Conjuring up the Halloweens past

BY JULI HARLAND Halloween is a time to stock up on candy, dress up like your favourite character, monster, or creep from the deep, knock on doors, and gather inhuman amounts of candy from strangers before heading home and passing out in a diabetic coma in the middle of the living room floor covered in the aftermath of Mars bar wrappers and lollipop sticks.

But it wasn’t always so.

How we celebrate Halloween, as a nation, today comes from an evolution of handed down traditions from old pagan Celtic Samhain celebrations, mixed in with some early Christian ritual for good measure.

Samhain, a festival rooted in pre-Christian Celtic times, marked the end of harvest season and was held on or about October 31 / November 1. It was also the time when

the lines between this world and the other world were thinnest, and spirits and faeries were particularly active and able to come into our world.

The souls of the dead were also said to be able to return home and needed to be appeased. Thus rituals and conjurings were the norm, both to call to ancestors and the gods, and to placate the spirits that did come through to our side.

Mumming and guising were part of the Samhain rituals, back in early Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Folks would go from house to house dressed as faeries and souls of the dead, singing songs or telling stories in exchange for food or offerings. The costumes were said to confuse the spirits, or ward them away, keeping the wearer safe from trickery and harm. The givers of the food and trinkets could feel good that they had appeased

the spirits and could expect good luck and fortune with help from the now happy otherworld.

The actual name of Halloween comes from Catholic influence, and the festival of All Hallow’s Eve. It is said that it was Pope Gregory IV, back in the mid 800s, who set the date for All Hallow’s Eve and All Hallow’s Day to fall on October 31 and November 1, to coincide with the pagan Celtic Samhain.

It was a time to pray for the recently departed, and for those caught in purgatory. Christian minister Prince Sorie Conteh wrote in Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa: Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue: “It was traditionally believed that the souls of the departed wandered the earth until All Saints’ Day, and All Hallows’ Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance

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on their enemies before moving to the next world. In order to avoid being recognized by any soul that might be seeking such vengeance, people would don masks or costumes to disguise their identities.”

Many religious doctrines believed (and still believe) that there was no way for the good souls that had passed to come back to their earthly homes, and so any spirits were threatening and obviously evil. Thus ritual blessings and offerings were done to protect the good people and shoo away the demons.

Even our poor jack-o-lanterns have a conflicted history.

While the Celtics would hollow out turnips and rutabaga to create lanterns of gnarled faces of the dead, the early Christians hollowed out the same to create ‘soul lights’ to guide the dead and keep them from bothering anyone along the way.

As has happened with many of our handed down traditions and holidays, the lines between the two became blurry and with a modernizing world many of the religious aspects have fallen away.

These days our little ones dress up as not only faeries and the undead, but Captain America and Batman, Unicorns, and the Dread Pirate Robert.

But it took a long time to get here. In fact, the earliest known use in print of the term “trick or treat” appears in 1927, in the Blackie Herald of Alberta, Canada.

The offerings we give now are not sweet home baked soul cakes, as were given back in the day, or prayers for the dead.

Our little ones pack up on bags of candy and sweets until their arms can’t carry anymore.

Our thoughts are not of those who have gone, but on how to get the decorations up on the house and

how many boxes of Nestle bars we need to buy to appease the masses of princesses and ghouls that will come knocking on the door. Our rituals lay in shopping and costuming.

Helped along by the advent of film, blockbuster scary

movies, and savvy media, Halloween has taken over the ritual and the doctrines of the old Samhain, mummers, faeries, passing souls, and All Hallow’s Eve, and left us with candy and plastic costumes.

Maybe we’re not so progressive after all.

The Danse Macabre (written in 1874) WORDS BY HENRI CAZALIS UNDER THE PSEUDONYM JEAN LAHOR ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ L’ILLUSION. IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Zig, zig, zig, Death in cadence, Striking a tomb with his heel, Death at midnight plays a dance-tune, Zig, zig, zag, on his violin.

The winter wind blows, and the night is dark; Moans are heard in the linden trees.

White skeletons pass through the gloom, Running and leaping in their shrouds.

Zig, zig, zig, each one is frisking, You can hear the cracking of the bones of the dancers.

A lustful couple sits on the moss So as to taste long lost delights.

Zig zig, zig, Death continues The unending scraping on his instrument.

A veil has fallen! The dancer is naked.

Her partner grasps her amorously.

The lady, it’s said, is a marchioness or baroness And her green gallant, a poor cartwright.

Horror! Look how she gives herself to him, Like the rustic was a baron.

Zig, zig, zig. What a saraband!

They all hold hands and dance in circles.

Zig, zig, zag. You can see in the crowd The king dancing among the peasants.

But hist! All of a sudden, they leave the dance, They push forward, they fly; the cock has crowed.

Oh what a beautiful night for the poor world!

Long live death and equality!

BY TODD SULLIVAN Fans of the gory, the grotesque, and the downright horrifying have a perfect destination this coming weekend as Kamloops’ own Fake Flesh Film Festival opens its doors Halloween.

The festival is, as the name and date might imply, dedicated to short, independent horror films with a particular focus on local filmmakers.

Darryl John is the man behind the festival, which has been running now for five years. He says, “The festival is a venue for local filmmakers to show their work, specializing in horror, with practical effects being the real star.”

Darryl is a filmmaker himself, and founded the festival after showing one of his films at another BC festival. “I started five years ago after making a short film for a Whistler film festival, and immediately thought that Kamloops could use a show like that.

And I didn’t want to drive to Whistler every year when there is still no snow.”

The festival started out hosting local films almost exclusively, but over the years it’s grown significantly.

Darryl says he received 2083 films

from 86 countries this year. “I have a few from Vancouver, including a filmmaker that has had her movie in every festival we’ve done so far.

“And,” he says, “we have a movie with Roddy Piper in it!”

But the focus is always on local films first.

“Local is what we aim for,” Darryl says, “and will always show local films over anything else. I like the idea of local filmmakers in Kamloops having projects to work on as well as getting people with no experience making films in the area as well.

There are three local films on the roster for this year, and while Darryl hasn’t actually received any of them yet, he’s not worried.

“I give local films extra time to finish editing, sometimes not getting these films until 30 minutes before show time, so they can make it the best they can. Most of the other movies, the cut off is back on the 15th.”

Obviously it’s too late to submit anything for this year’s festival, but Darryl wants to emphasize that his focus remains on local films, and he encourages local want-to-be filmmakers to take a crack at making their own

films, regardless of their experience.

“You don’t need a big crew or fancy equipment to make a good b-grade horror film. Hell, you don’t need good actors. Just make your own movie.

It probably won’t be as good as other movies. Well, who cares, you’ve made a movie, and you are now a filmmaker. And I’d like to say that the fake flesh film fest will show that movie to your friends.

“Local filmmakers telling me about seeing their movie on the big screen, showing their movies with their friends and family watching, and their reactions, make it all worthwhile.”

If you’re in the mood for a few hours of low budget, gory, horror flicks (and I know I am) the films will be shown on October 30 at Pizza Pi at 314 Victoria Street.

There are 27 films on the list with showtimes at 2pm, 5pm, and 8pm.

There are no tickets this year, with seats available to those over the age of 19 on a first come first serve basis.

Entry is by cash donation and there will be a full bar and a limited menu.

For more information on the Fake Flesh Film Festival you find their Facebook page https:// www.facebook.com/ FakeFleshFilmFest

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There were two fairly major pop culture events that were on my radar this last week. One of them was a television broadcast focused on a near-apocalyptic world situation that had many people who watched cringing in horror and disgust.

The other one was the premiere of The Walking Dead.

That first one, in case it wasn’t clear, was the third and final debate of the 2016 American presidential election, also known as, Thank All The Gods Above Us That This Is Finally Over.

Now I’ll be honest, I watched all three of the debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton – some would say that makes me a glutton for punishment, and those people are probably right – and I’d be willing to say that Trump’s performance in this last debate was definitely his best.

In fact the first 30 minutes or so actually bordered on civil and respectful, as the candidates attempted to actually focus on issues.

And yes, when bordering on civil and respectful can be considered a positive in your election debate, it does mean the bar has been lowered pretty drastically.

But by all accounts however good his performance might have been, Trump sealed his fate when, in the midst of the debate, he refused to acknowledge that he would accept the outcome of the election in November, instead saying, “I will look at it at the time.”

He further said, “What I’m saying is that I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense.”

These words are almost certainly a result of Trump’s continued claims of fraud in the election system, even with little to no evidence to support those

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claims. At one point, Mr. Trump joked that he would accept the results of the election if he were to win, but you have to wonder just how much of that was in fact the truth.

It’s easy to cry foul and fraud when you lose, but that’s not how it works. It’s not realistic to say, “Well, I guess now that I’ve won, all the stuff I said about the election being rigged was wrong. My bad.”

Thankfully it seems unlikely that he’ll need to say anything of the sort, given that most predictions show that Trump’s road to the necessary electoral votes will prove a difficult, if not impossible, task.

The numbers showing at http://projects. fivethirtyeight. com/2016-electionforecast/ (which are the ones I’ve been following for entirely arbitrary reasons) show him, as of this writing, with a 14.6% chance of winning, based on how the different states and districts are currently polling.

Let’s just say I’m pretty relieved to see that.

The other thing I’m kind of relieved about this week is the return of The Walking Dead, thus ending our other long, collective nightmare: Wondering who the hell Negan killed during last season’s finale.

Don’t worry, if you haven’t watched the episode yet I’m not

going to spoil it for you. I’m actually not even that interested in talking about who died, as much as I’m interested in talking about whether or not the episode lived up to the promise of the cliff-hanging finale.

And the answer, in my opinion, is that it didn’t, really.

This was an episode that was an ending, and not a beginning.

It was an episode that brought to a climax the entirety of the previous season, and ended it with an overall sense, both for viewers and for the characters, of where do we go from here? It is an episode that they should have ended the previous season with, instead of saving it for the start of this season.

Only showrunner Scott Gimple knows for sure what his reasons were for saving the episode, but whatever those reasons were, I’d argue it was the wrong choice. I’m still a fan of the show, but I’m becoming less and less inclined to allow it’s narrative to dick me around, as it has in the past. I already abandoned the spinoff series Fear The Walking Dead this year, though that was in all regards a subpar show compared to the original. As for whether I’ll be sticking it out for the longer term on The Walking Dead, well …

I will look at it at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense.

Hey, if you enjoy reading these thoughts on popular culture, I wanted to let you know that we’re working hard behind the scenes to get a Hangover podcast up and running.

We were supposed to have our first episode live and ready to go as of this writing, but things happened, as they do.

Until then, you can contact me at guru@ themixkamloops. com or follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/ lewzr

Killer clowns are out on the town

BY JULI HARLAND It seems 2016 is becoming the year that people with coulrophobia have been dreading for years. The year of the killer … clowns?

Social media has been blowing up over reports of creepy clown sightings all over Canada and the United States, recently reaching as far as the UK and Germany.

Some say it’s all media hype, others say it’s a social media fad, there are even those who whisper that it’s likely all a brilliant media scheme to promote the new film adaptation of Stephen King’s It, due out next fall.

Which, by the way, if that’s what it is, someone needs to give his marketing team a gold star for thinking outside the box.

What it has become, however, is a cause for concern.

Recently social media talk of violence and a chosen day reminiscent of The Purge, has raised the alarm bells for Canadian schools.

A recent Parent Advisory sent home here in Kamloops by BC’s Safer Schools Together president, Theresa Campbell, reads: “As you have been made aware throughout media and social media we have had a number of ‘Clown’ specific threats.

These threats are typically referencing kidnapping or targeting schools with threats of violence.

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“All school districts, many independent schools, and band schools in BC have, through the ERASE Bullying Strategy, received training in assessing and responding to threat related behaviour. The majority of these threats are appearing throughout social media platforms primarily through Instagram and Snapchat accounts.

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Actual physical altercations, in all instances, have been rare at best. According to Prince George RCMP, two teenagers in Prince George were arrested for posting a photo of three people dressed in clown suits carrying firearms on Instagram titled PrinceGeorgeClowns, with the caption: “Every school in PG about to get hit”. The photo has since been taken down.

Around the same time there were reports of teenagers dressing as clowns and jumping out from the bushes to scare younger kids in Langley. Langley RCMP investigated and no charges were laid in that case.

RCMP Cpl. Holly Largy said of the incident: “No one was injured and I don’t think there was any intent to harm anyone.”

The RCMP believed it was a prank gone awry, and stated that the situation would become serious if someone were to get hurt during one of these ‘clowning’ pranks.

It all started when reports of clowns trying to lure kids into the woods in South Carolina was picked up by The Associated Press. The AP reported that after the initial sighting on August

29, several more children came forward with stories of being worried about creepy clowns.

And while there hasn’t been any reported acts of violence from the clown phenomena to date, there has been at least one riot in response.

According to the Center Daily Times, State College, PA, over 500 Penn State students gathered together to go ‘hunting clowns’. Thankfully, the majority of clown reports in the area have been unfounded, and no clowns were harmed during the incident.

But they could have been.

And for all of the stories of creepy killer clowns out there, there are a million more of them that are about children’s birthday parties, and magic tricks, and com munity gatherings, and face painting, and our v ery own Uncle Chris the Clown, here in Kamloops, who can be found at all the community events not reigning even the smallest bit of terror.

So be aware. Talk to your children and friends about not dressing up like anything and acting like a giant jerk.

But leave the clown hunting where it belongs. In Left 4Dead 2. Because seriously, those clowns are freaky as hell.

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Sharing the joys of throwing pots

BY JULI HARLAND The Thompson Valley Pottery Guild has been active in the Kamloops area for coming on close to 50 years now — 48 to be exact.

The group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Parkview Recreation Center across from McDonald Park on the North Shore of Kamloops.

“Mostly the locals come, but it does draw people in from out of down. We get together and have people to do demonstrations or have someone come in and talk about pottery,” says TVPG vice president and Sorrento Stoneware co-owner Sheryl Willson.

“Essentially it serves the greater Kamloops area,” adds Mark Hemmingson, President of the TVPG and Sheryl’s business and life partner.

“We’re in Sorrento, but we come in because it’s worth the trip. There’s a really

good community of potters here. There’s a lot of people who pot.

They’re not all full time in it. Lately what we’ve been doing is just making ourselves more available to people who are just getting their fingers into it.”

Currently there are about 35 active members in the TVPG. Ranging from brand new hobbyist hopeful to seasoned pros.

“We have a whole mix of people in there,” says Sheryl.

“Professional potters, part time hobbyists, new potters just coming in who don’t have their own equipment, coming in from the Heritage House, and some of the retired potters come in, too. So there’s a nice mix of people there.

“If you’ve got questions, or have problems, or can’t figure something out, that’s a great benefit.”

“For instance,” says Mark, “in our next session one of our potters is doing a

demonstration on how to apply clay in a very textural way. Which is a novel thing that you’d only learn if you

came to something like this.”

The guild aims to support and encourage one another through ongoing learning, a targeted library available to members, and the simple creative energy that gathering with like minded creative individuals will give.

Mark and Sheryl have been a part of the local guild for more than a decade. They moved to the region from Vancouver.

“We were the typical artists,” says Mark, “wanting to get out of town and set up in a quieter environment. We were able to afford a house in Sorrento, full studio and everything.

Sheryl was working in ceramics, and various forms of pottery, and I was working in stained glass. This was twelve years ago.”

Sheryl started her creative career in graphic design, which didn’t fit her quite right. After dabbling in a number of creative careers, she decided to go back to school and take her fine arts degree.

It was there that she re-discovered her love for clay.

“I had done it as a

kid — even throwing on the wheel. And really loved it, but it just never dawned on me that I could do it for a living. So it took me a long time to come back to it. It was my early 30s when I got back into it, and I just fell in love,” she says.

“There’s a real beauty in [functional pottery]. To find a way to make something that’s beautiful but still functions, and feels really good.

You are marrying the aesthetic qualities of making something beautiful with the necessity of needing something to put your coffee in. It’s so accessible. I think that’s what I fell in love with in pottery. I love how tangible, and how inviting, a piece of pottery is to pick up and use.”

One of the other cool things that happens with the TVPG is the Annual Guild Sale, which is being held on November 5. This year marks the 37th Annual Sale for the TVPG. “We have 16 vendors,” says Mark. “and for the last 15 years or so we’ve been holding it at Desert

Gardens. It’s not only our members, but we have invited other potters from the area as well. So they’ll fill out the show And we have a few other artisans as well. It’s a nice mix.”

“Because we get together for workshops and stuff, it’s not often that we get to get out and sell our work together.

And it’s kind of fun to see what people come up with. Over the course of winter and spring, everyone is in their studios experimenting and trying new things, so you’ll often see results in the fall sale of all the things we’ve been experimenting with.”

“It’s a really nice atmosphere,” Sheryl adds. “It’s really nice for customers to come and talk to the potters about how it was made.”

For more information on the TVPG, or to find out more about the coming sale, check out their website at tvpg.ca. There you can get more information about the Potters Guild, how to get involved, see members’ work, and stay on top of events and sales.

The Beautiful Ones

BY TASHJA JANZEN Are you family?

The “yes� and the crooked smile we offer is our golden ticket for the mystery train, Which leaves the station at precisely 10 past whenever.

We barrel down the tunnels, catching our breath, holding on for dear life.

We would rather jump the track than jump back in the closet.

High tea & lady fingers were not served in the dining car as we once dreamt.

We did however survive, to celebrate with the rainbow people.

We stood proud and swore our unspoken oath to each other.

Even though the war was not of our declaration.

But we did not all make it home, did we?

Angry thoughts and deeds, trying to hammer heart shaped people into square holes.

Screams upon screams, the only way to get the darkness out.

How many will be alone still in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit?

How many will try to pull back the hands of the clock in the station?

Worry not dear ones, you will not have died in vain.

We will march, wave our flag, and hold our banners high!

They will know your souls stand with us still, fighting for love.

We hear your names. We remember your faces.

For you are the beautiful ones.

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BY MARK DAVIS Kamloops: A beautiful city, surrounded by rivers, lakes and mountains. I loved growing up here, our citizens are always willing to give you a smile, a nod, and wish you well for the rest of the day. Our city covers a wide expanse of land, and sometimes that limits us in what we know about the communities that have risen and grown here.

I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Todd Paquin, an archaeologist who studied at the University of Saskatoon, and who has become one of the lead instructors at a group based here in town by the name of Dance With Me Kamloops. Todd moved into Kamloops with his family and since then has offered his teaching skills and dance experience to our community through organizations like Dance With Me Kamloops, the Kamloops YMCA, as well as with groups such as The Miss Kamloops Ambassador and at events like the TRU Gala.

We chatted for awhile and I got some insight into this pocket of our community. The DWMK group has gotten together almost every Thursday from September until April and offers a lesson as well as a social dance each night. These lessons and dances are for those interested in learning to dance, be it as singles, a couple, new dancers or experienced.

The structure put into place at these social dances has been developed to encourage and emphasize an equal amount of interaction between all participants. The DWMK organizers are aiming for an environment in which women are empowered and feel comfortable asking a partner to dance, as well as ways of declining dances in a polite way.

Although Kamloops has a relatively small ballroom dance community, the levels of experience range greatly from brand new to heavily experienced dancers. Those more experienced members are always willing to get up and dance with the new members and teach them, always trying to mitigate the levels of exclusion that new people sometimes feel, especially if they are not being shown around by a member of the group. That makes this activity an excellent way to meet new people in a ready made social environment, an opportunity to develop friendships,

get exercise, as well as have an extraordinary time.

No one ever perfects dancing, it is a process of continually adapting and playing with the creative process.

Dance becomes very individualistic and personal to each person, although you learn the same steps, each person uses them in different and creative ways.

Personally, I have found this activity to be fun, available, and a very affordable experience that can spring you into an activity that has been around for recorded history.

Speaking with Todd, he expressed that in his experience, when he has instructed classes in the past, usually one partner drags the other out to the classes, and that if they stick with the lessons, both begin to enjoy to dance.

His personal recommendation for those trying any of these group dances or lessons is to stick with the lessons for three to six sessions, depending on their length, and participate in the social dance setting.

For the people who feel like they can’t dance, or cannot learn, the willingness to stand up and try for a couple of lessons and social dances is all that is asked. You may never reach a professional or a competitive level, but the confidence and relationships that can be built through this experience is invaluable to other aspects of your life.

It has been a long term hope for the DWMK and more recently the TRUSU Swing Dance Club to grow and connect more people. As a not-for-profit organization, they hope to someday have access to a more reasonable location while keeping their affordability low so that anyone has access to this wonderful experience offered here in Kamloops.

This is definitely a good starting place for people who like music, like to move to music, but don’t know if they want a completely structured lesson. Being interconnected with other dance groups in Kamloops such as the TRUSU Swing Dance Club, The City Of Kamloops, as well as individual instructors, the DWMK group will assist each person in learning the styles of dance that they would like to learn so that they can continue to grow and enjoy a new pastime.

I know that both myself and Todd, along with the rest of this amazing community, look forward to seeing you on the dance floor with a smile from ear to ear.

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TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Try to deal with the problems of those less fortunate; however, don't allow them to make unreasonable demands. You can make extra cash by moonlighting. It is time to clear your decks. You are best to work behind the scenes on projects that require detail or precision.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You may find that you can be the recipient of valuable information if you're willing to be a good listener. Risky financial ventures will result in unrecoverable losses.

Concentrate on home improvement. Small details will make a difference. It might be time for you to take a quantum leap from one career to another.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) You will be quite excitable this week.

You need some rest. Partners may try to argue with you; however, you must stand your ground. Your unique contribution to the organization will enhance your reputation.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Your high energy and discipline will enable you to complete any seemingly insurmountable tasks. Make changes that will heighten your appeal. Time to deal with institutional environments, government agencies, and matters of a private nature this week. You may want to make drastic changes concerning your personal partner.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Arguments could prevail. Don't use emotional blackmail on someone you love. Arguments may flare up in your home. Take time to do some writing, whether it's correspondence, poetry, or keeping a journal.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Entertain in your home and make aesthetic enhancements that will please those who reside with you.

You will not be able to contain your emotions this week. Don't be too quick to respond to a plea for help. Your mate may not be too sure about your intentions.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Your boss won't be too thrilled if you leave things unfinished. You may find yourself changing crowds.

Losses are likely if you get involved with uncertain individuals. You will meet exciting new people through interest groups or functions that you attend with your children.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) You can make money if you put your savings into conservative investments. Opportunities to get ahead are evident. Your main concern will be to spend as little as possible of your own cash in the process. Don't be too eager to give a piece of your mind or even your opinion this week.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) You will be popular with acquaintances; however, loved ones could feel left out and insecure.

Your high energy will help you through this rather hectic day. Losses are likely if you aren't careful where you leave your valuables. Try to make arrangements with close friends or relatives to spend a few days away.

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Empty promises are evident. Make your intentions perfectly clear and find out exactly what is expected of you. Try to put your money away for a rainy day.

It’s late October, the holidays are getting closer together as the days get shorter and colder. As we feel the seasonal Doppler effect of stress begin to compress against us, I’m going to forego reviewing the angry, violent music this week in favour of some more uplifting, relaxing, ambient, even hypnotic music.

That’s right, in this issue you won’t catch me gushing about the pummeling brutality that is Meshugga’s new, sinister noise machine, The Violent Sleep of Reason. Nope.

Let’s talk about something less hostile. How about something more relevant to our current social situation? Like the new Moby album.

On the release day of his new album, Moby shared a poignant video by animator, Steve Cutts, for the single ‘Are You Lost In The World Like Me?’ The video depicts a single character as he stumbles through a society completely engrossed in their phones, oblivious to their surroundings, as their selfie filters make their slum-like lives appear glorious and perfect.

The album, titled These Systems Are Failing Us, is released under the name Moby and The Void Pacific Choir, and in the context of his more

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recent works, the name conjures ideas of deep, ethereal ambience. But those assumptions are fully misleading.

These songs are aggressive, energetic, and desperate for change in society.

In a video on his YouTube channel called ‘These Systems Are Failing Manifesto,’ he explains, “These systems were supposed to serve us, but instead they’re killing us / we’re still acting as our ancestors acted / grasping for food, destroying nature, killing animals, killing each other, maintaining systems that haven’t worked in a long time.”

If you were on board with his 1996 album Animal Rights, you’re gonna love These Systems Are Failing Us. Well, if after a couple spins of that you’re left feeling anxious and depressed for the world, you can

dance your cares away to the debut album from Zeds Dead.

Yep, you read that right. The Torontobased electronic duo has been around since 2009, only ever releasing singles and EPs and touring extensively, showing up at festivals locally and internationally.

Their most notable releases have been on Mad Decent labels, propelling their career forward enough that they now have begun their own record label (and music festival), DeadBeat, which they have used to finally publish an actual debut album called Northern Lights.

The album is full of a variety of featured artists that pull the sound in all different directions; like the soulful vocals of Twin Shadow on the opening track, ‘Stardust,’ or the quite nearly piano

rock sound on ‘Too Young’ featuring Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) and Pusha T, the murder-rap of Jadakiss and Styles P on ‘DNA,’ all the way down to the pop stylings of fellow Torontonian, Dragonette, on “Neck And Neck.”

I’m still a fan of the solo Zeds Dead sound that can be heard on three of the fifteen tracks here. It’s comforting to know that these Canadian dudes are stepping up in the world, and not going away anytime soon.

Keep up the good work, guys!

Still not relaxing enough? The ambient sounds not included in the new Moby album are more than made

up for by The Orb’s latest release, COW / Chill Out World.

The Orb have always produced downtempo ambient house, but usually it’s fairly groovy, slightly danceable, with a spacey sort of psychedelic edge to it. COW is pretty much just ambient, and it’s as earthly as it is spacey.

You can hear natural sounds of crickets, birds, and even busy street noise that main man, Alex Patterson, recorded on his iPhone while on tour around the world. This little technological trick allowed them to follow spontaneous inspiration while out on the road and led to a minimal recording time of six months for the whole album.

COW / Chill Out World is less groovy than I had hoped but still a very worthy addition to 25 years of incredible music.

But fear not, for all groove is not lost.

In fact I’ve recently discovered the most amazing, hypnotic, organic sound that I’ll bet you a dollar you haven’t heard of. Goat claim to hail from the small, remote village of Korpilombolo, in

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“deepest, darkest Sweden,” which, legend has it, was cursed after a history of voodoo was ended by the Christian church.

The villagers are open to and enjoy musical sounds from all over the world.

Apparently the band is simply the current generation’s incarnation of the village’s traditional local band that goes by the name Goat.

Requiem is Goat’s fourth release, and they say it’s their folk album.

Now, I only discovered these guys for myself a couple weeks ago but I don’t really hear a lot of deviation in sound between previous albums and this one. They have a very worldly sound to them, like eastern, old-world music fused with tribal drums and the psychedelia of western rock ‘n roll.

The discovery of this album, this band, and their previous releases are making me very happy lately. I highly recommend these guys.

Follow /tonesoup on Facebook for lots of other musical bits that I don’t have space to mention here!

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NIGHTLIFE

October 28, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am: ALL AGES AUXILARY GLOW at the AUXHAUS. Opening Night performers: Gleneagle, and Maki.

For the duration of Luminocity, the Rotary Bandshell will be transformed into Auxiliary Glow, a reserve of lights and visuals by Dion and Ryland Fortie.

The Bandshell will feature two weekends of live musical performances of local and touring bands, DJs and dance parties, as well as programming throughout the week. Bar and food is provided by Red Beard and a special Luminocity Afterglow beer is featured by Red Collar. ALL EVENTS ARE ALL AGES October 29: Duchess on Tranquille presents Halloween Costume Party! Madh8tr will be here to rock the dance floor with his unique ‘Glitch’ sounds and Top40 mashups; this Halloween is sure to be a trip!

October 29, 8:00 pm - 1:00 am: Duffy’s Halloween Ball at Duffy’s Pub. Join us for dinner and drinks and at 8 PM we clear some room for some socializing and dancing. Hosted by DJ Dave from Tony’s DJ services. No Cover.

Door prizes and prize for best costume.

October 29, 9:00 pm - 1:00 am: Scareoke at Pogue Mahone Irish Alehouse. Zombie Apocalypse Skary-oke!

Think walking dead, but singing. It’s gonna

be a gooder. Everyone is a good singer on this night. Get your ZOMBIE on...or off…

No cover October 29, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am: CJ’s Halloween Party! You don’t want to miss this Halloween 2016’s biggest and baddest party Kamloops has to offer. Join us and take this Halloween to the next level. DJ Virtue will be spinning the best music to keep the party going until 2AM!! Tickets are $10 - get tickets from TRU Cheerleaders, online at cjskamloops.ca, or at Life.Ink.Tattoo!

October 29, 9:00 - 11:30 pm: Comedy Night at Frick and Frack. Come out for a night of laughs and the Frick and Frack Taphouse. Costume Optional! Pre-sale tickets: $10; Door: $10.

Tickets sold at the Frick and Frack November 4, 7:00 11:00 pm: Timeraiser 2016 at The Rex. The Timeraiser is part volunteer fair, part silent art auction and part night on the town. Throughout the evening, meet with different agencies and match your skills to their needs.

Once you have made your matches, you are eligible to bid on artwork. The big twist is rather than bid money, you bid volunteer hours. To purchase tickets online: www. kamloopstimeraiesr.ca.

On Facebook be part of the discussion and see the artwork:facebook. com/TimeraiserYKA November 4th, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am:

Photo by Boni Braem Selections from the Arts and Sciences competition at the recent Shire of Ramsgaard sponsored SCA Freeze Off event.

Luminosity Auxiliary Glow: Deep Blue Feature: Music by: Downtown Solutions; NAP; You’re Me; Unknown Mobile November 7, 6:00 - 900 pm: Chefs in the City - Rotary Club of Kamloops.

For tickets online, go to http://chefs2016. brownpapertickets. com/ Top local chefs, vintners and brewers come together in one event to showcase their gastronomic delights. Learn how to pair food and wine, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and desserts as you mingle with professional chefs, restaurant owners and friends. The evening features great jazz music, raffles, a silent auction and social grazing. All funds raised at this event stay in our local community to support child hunger and other kid focus programs.

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Come and get medieval The Shire of Ramsgaard welcomes you to get involved in medieval study, craft, and full contact armored ghting. Weekly practices, seasonal tournaments, and fantastic friendships await you. facebook.com/groups/shireoframsgaard

October 28, 7:30 pm - 1:00 am: 2nd Annual Autumnstock! All ages, drug + alcohol free event. Costumes are more than appropriate, in fact they are encouraged!

We will have prizes for most creative, and the spookiest costumes.

Artists: Malik; Emily O’Laney; Chatterbox; Check Your Pul5e; Tiny Humans; Cartoon Network. Location: The Space, 145B Briar Avenue, Kamloops, BC. Tickets: $5 in advance $10 at the Door. Online (Will Call Only): www. electriclove.dance/ tickets-1/ October 29, 7:00 9:00 pm: Bob Westfall, Moonlight Poet at The Art We Are. $5 at the door October 29, 8:00 pm - 2:00 am: YOUNG’UNS at The Blue Grotto. The rumours are true..

The Young’Uns will be here for Halloween Weekend, and YES Tim and Brad will be playing together again. It’s going to be one spooktacular weekend with one of our most popular bands EVER!! Cash prize for best costume as well as a door prize of 2 tickets to our SOLD OUT November 3 show with Bif Naked! Tickets are $5 and will remain the same at the door, get yours in advance.

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November 3, 7:00 - 10:00 pm: Emily Millard celebrates the release of her new album By Heron & By Season with a special concert in collaboration with instrumental band Aerialists and TRUSU Chamber Chorus.

Location: St. Andrews on the Square. Tickets at: www.emilymillard. ca November 3, 8:00 pm - 2:00 am: Bif Naked at the Blue Grotto! International Recording Artist and Author, The inimitable Bif Naked, has just released her long- anticipated memoirs on Harper Collins, titled, “I, Bificus”.Bif will be performing songs acoustically, combined with readings from her book, as she showcases her “Songs and Stories Tour “ to The World.

November 5, 7:00 - 9:00 pm: Woodley @ The Art We Are. Woodley will be performing songs from her two studio recordings: her eponymous EP and debut fulllength album to be recorded in early September. She’ll also be performing original selections not yet released, along with her unique composition of various covers. Cover $5 at the door.

November 8,

8:00 - 11:00 pm: The Trews at CJ’s. Beloved Canadian rockers THE TREWS are set to bring their incredible thirteen year history to life with the TIME CAPSULE tour this November and they will be stopping at CJ’s with special guests BLEEKER! Tickets are available online at ticketweb.ca

VISUAL ARTS

November 3, 6:00 - 9:00 pm: Arbour Aboriginal Art Collective Youth Workshops at Kamloops Art Gallery.

12+, FREE. Arbour Collective provides opportunities for youth and adults to create art, learn new creative methods and exhibit or perform in the Kamloops area. By supporting work that confronts and challenges stereotypes, hidden histories and stolen voices, the Arbour Collective seeks to inspire and empower through creativity.

Youth and adults of all nationalities are invited to drop in to participate.

No experience is necessary; all materials are provided.

November 9, 6:00 - 8:00 pm: Drink and Draw at Red Collar.

All ages, free! Join us at Red Collar Brewing Co. on the second Wednesday of every month to contribute to largescale collaborative drawings, play surrealist drawing

games and enjoy some of Kamloops’ best local beer.

No experience is necessary. All supplies are provided. Minors are welcome with an accompanying parent or guardian.

November 10, 5:00 - 6:00 pm: Art History Happy Hour at Kamloops Art Gallery: History of Street Fashion. Learn something new while enjoying your afterwork drink. Every month will offer a new topic on diverse aspects of art history presented by local artists, educators and researchers. A cash bar will be available. 19+, FREE.

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

October 27, 6:30 - 9:30 pm: Making a Living in Arts: Music. Hosted by the Kamloops Arts Council at 7 Seymour Street. Success means different things to different people, but most musicians dream of a day where the music they make is performed in front of crowds.

Panelists include Jamesby, Naomi Cloutier, Van Damsel and Caitlin Goulet.

Members and nonmembers are invited to this upcoming panel discussion workshop hosted at the Kamloops Arts Council Lansdowne Village space. Doors open at 6:30pm for a mix and mingle, panel discussion begins at 7pm sharp. Free for Kamloops Arts Council Members | $5 for non-members.

Register online kamloopsarts.ca November 4 - 6: Kamloops Writers

Festival! Our annual event for readers and writers! Full festival passes available, or buy tickets to individual events!

Friday - 7:00 pm - “In Conversation With” panel discussion with Richard Wagamese, Michael V. Smith, Ashley Little, and Elizabeth Bachinsky at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre.

Saturday morning and afternoon - Readings and workshops at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre.

Saturday - 7:30 pm - Reading by Ami McKay at Common Grounds in the Campus Activity Centre, TRU. Sunday afternoon - free readings by Ashley Little and Elizabeth Bachinsky at the Kamloops Library, downtown branch. For full event information and tickets go to: www.kamloops writersfestival.com November 5 - 6: Be Inspired! Women’s Entrepreneur Conference at Kamloops Convention Center. Encouraging networking and professional development opportunities amongst women entrepreneurs through information sharing, mentoring, presentations and panels! Join us & Be Inspired! Registration: Student/Senior - $200; Regular $400. Cost includes lunch Saturday and Sunday plus dinner on Saturday and entertainment.

Eventbrite: Be Inspired Women’s Entrepreneur Conference. For complere agenda, visit www. beinspiredevents.ca

COMMUNITY

October 27, 6:00 8:30 pm: 11th Annual Pumpkin s of Light Festival by Open Door Group’s Gardengate Horticulture Program at 915 Southill Street, Kamloops. Join us in the garden for a fun and free event where you’ll wander down a spooky path illuminated by hundreds of Jack O’Lanterns carved by the Kamloops community. Free Admission. Family and kid friendly!

Refreshments are limited so come early!

October 28/29: Sakred Skin Presents their Fifth Annual Haunted House. It is that time of year again!

This year is going to be BIGGER and scarier then ever! We shut down the shop to turn our bright white shop into a dark and scary maze for the Kamloops Food Bank! Join us this year for the most epic one yet! It is the LAST ONE AT 320 VICTORIA STREET. Adults 7:00 - 10:00 pm. Kid friend version is on the Saturday from 1pm-3pm!

October 29, 2:00 4:00 pm: Kamloops Zombiewalk 2106!

Starting at the parking lot behind The Grind coffee shop - come on out in your best Zombie gear and join in on the fun. The Rules of Zombie Walk: 1) You must look and act like a zombie the whole walk. 2) Don’t ruin the live meat in the the cars - that is, don’t cause car accidents by walking in front of vehicles or ignoring traffic lights. 3) Don’t smear blood or wipe your rotting, undead hands on store windows.

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October 31, 3:00 5:00 pm: Treat Street 2016! Stop by your favorite North Shore Businesses along our Treat Street Route!

This Hallowe’en on the Kamloops North Shore, businesses are signing up, and want you to stop by and Trick-or-Treat with them! We are creating a safe route for families on the North Shore! There will be an interactive map, and list of businesses participating on our website, Facebook and Event page! Keep up to date by telling us

you are coming! http:// www.nsbia.com/treatstreet October 28 - 30: Boo at the Zoo, at the Kamloops Wildlife Park! 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm (Last admission at 8:30 pm). Bring the whole family out to enjoy: Uncle Chris the Clown performing his spooktacular magic show! Exciting Animal Encounters!

Children’s Story Time in the Witch’s Corner. Spooky Spider Scavenger Hunt.

Colouring Contest.

Costume Contest! all ages. Get lost in the Haunted Maze!

Wildlife Express Miniature Train - $1/ person (cash only).

Annual Pass-Holders receive 50% off the Park admission rate!

For more information visit www.bcwildlife. org October 28-30: Dr Padova’s Corn Maze and Haunted House at Tranquille Farm Fresh.

Dress up in your finest costume...See if you can make it through the Corn Maze and it’s inhabitants in the dark...the trail will eventually lead you to Dr. Padova’s Haunted House. Need we say more.

• Local artwork is selected and purchased for auction • Non-prot agencies gather at the Timeraiser Event • Participants bid volunteer hours on works of art they are interested in • The winning bidders complete their volunteer pledge over a year • Bidders bring their artwork home!

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