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ISSUE 105, VOL 5, NUM 9, MAY 6 - 20, 2010 E-mail: inbox@thescope.ca Online: www.thescope.ca Listings: listings@thescope.ca Mail: The Scope PO Box 1044, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5M3 Phone: 709-726-8466 Ad sales: 709-693-5028 Fax: 709-726-7682

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Garbage nets and you On May 1, the garbage nets and blankets came out of their winter hiding spots and back onto curbside garbage across the city of St. John’s, as per the much-talked-about citywide bylaw. Here’s how some of the folks at thescope.ca reacted... Comment by seems arbitrary: Can someone explain why we have to cover our garbage with fishing nets? Comment by Corey: Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, gulls and crows can still pick at it through the net and drag it out. The only real answer is garbage boxes in front of every house! And, of course, recycling and reducing the amount of stuff bring thrown out to begin with. Comment by Frank: So it can appear that all houses on the street have junk outside after the garbage

gets picked up. Comment by kevin: That car chase scene in Doyle would have been funnier if all of garbage bags they knocked over had nets and snoopy blankets on them. Comment by Alan: I thought it was to keep the bears and wild baloneys away. Comment by unclerodsknife: Garbage Net Bingo: Go ahead of the garbage truck and move garbage nets from piles of garbage to other objects (motorcycles, children, fire hydrants). If one of the workers goes for it, 1 point. If they pick it up, 2 points. If they throw it in the truck, 3 points. Point values are doubled if the item is valued at more than $1000. An alternate way of playing is to create a Bingo card with specific items to track down. Comment by Elling: It’s a game where everyone wins!

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YOURCITY NOTES FROM ST. JOHN'S CITY HALL assessment which would study location. the impact of the proposed While amending the municipal development on the area in relation plan and development regulations to views, wind, and light, among for an entire block is better than other things. site-specific amendments like the The old Arcade site had a city is infamous for, Tom Hann proposal last summer which was points out that it is a “piecemeal” rejected for several reasons, way to address development including height, a lack of regulations in St. John’s. Hann parking, and a modern also stated that, as voted on ’s Follow Andrew ’s design which would in 2008, he wants the review hn Jo . St of og live-bl gs tin not fit the heritage of our regulations and the ee m cil city coun character the city is St. John’s Municipal Plan every Monday a trying to promote. The to wait until the completion at thescope.c company, Compusult of the province’s NorthLtd., is now meeting with East Avalon Regional Plan, council and hopes to find a which they must comply with. middle ground which will allow for The problem with this is that the the proposal to go ahead at the five provinces regional plan is probably stories. If the proposed changes to another year from being completed regulations go ahead, the height (maybe two) and development in St. would be allowed, with a setback John’s will not wait. above the fourth story. The bigger Allowing what seems to be two issue for Compusult will be finding popular developments to go ahead more space for parking, which is probably a good idea, but still council seems to be firm on since leaves us reacting to developments the adoption of the new Downtown as they come in. What this city Parking Study, and the removal of needs is a more proactive approach the parking exempt area. of open discussion on the future Both of these developments of our city between the public, would include retail space on developers, and council. At least street-level, and what would be they are looking two proposals into considered “Class A” office space the future now, but we still have a occupying the rest of the buildings. big question mark at the other end “Class A” office space is an invented of Water street. category of perceived need, and has no official categorization from any Comment online at regulatory body. It basically means thescope.ca/yourcity really nice offices with modern amenities and features in a good

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I myself am not a smoker, and don’t care to much for it, mostly just becasue of the taste of it. I think if it was more enjoyable I would actually be one, sadly. So I like to try to sympathize with smokers, but then again... Most smokers do nothing to help improve the image of what frustrated anti-smoking activists in the first place. For example, if you’re going to smoke at a major bus service area where there are kids standing around in the cold, do not go ahead and smoke inside the glass shelter area. Bite the bullet and step outside. I mean, how inconsiderate can you be? — Anonymous

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Many people see the block on Water Street between Bishop’s Cove and Steer’s Cove as a black eye in what is supposed to be the historic area downtown. This block contains the old Woolworths building, and old Arcade site, but hopefully not for long, as council is looking to turn this shiner of a block into a shining example of a rejuvenated downtown. On May third, council voted to send some proposed amendments of the municipal plan and development regulations to the Heritage Advisory committee for recommendations. The proposed changes would remove the entire block from heritage areas two and three, and designate them as ANDREW HARVEY “bonus sites” andrew@thescope.ca for additional height (up to ten stories.) A proposal has been submitted for the old Woolworth’s building for eleven stories, but includes significant amounts of parking. The increased parking came at the request of council, who saw the development and location as ideal for increasing public parking in a downtown which is desperate for new parking (or fewer cars… Guess which one is more likely?) This proposal is now awaiting the completion of a land-use

OPEN AUDITIONS A Torbay Museum Theatre Production SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1-4pm Torbay Town Hall, 1288 Torbay Road Actors and stage crew are invited to audition for the play “1762: The Taking of Torbay”. Inspired by the liberation of Newfoundland by the British, this play will be produced in Torbay during the summer of 2010. 10 male roles (various ages) and 2 female roles (one early to mid-20’s & one mid-50’s) are available. No monologue preparation is necessary as material will be provided to read cold. For further information please contact: Heritage, Culture and Arts Coordinator, csmall@town.torbay.nf.ca, 709-437-6532 ext. 253

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Kaia Jackson-Perez, Holly Jackson, and Ritche Perez. Photo by Kevin Coffey.

The lore and lure of the suburbs

by Kerri Breen

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tlantic Canada’s fastest-growing community” isn’t hyperbole. Like a real-life SimCity, the population of the town of Paradise has increased by about 280 per cent between 1981 and 2006. Between 2001 and 2006 alone, it swelled over 30 per cent. Paradise is the most dramatic example of a major trend—all communities around St. John’s have grown at a breakneck speed. So much so that, combined, St. John’s suburbs have a population nearly as high as the capital city. But while surrounding municipalities have grown, St. John’s proper has about the same number of people it had back in the early 80s. The allure of the suburbs is

considerable: Bigger lots, newer homes, newer schools, ocean views, and more privacy. Up until recently, cheaper house prices could have been on that list of perks, but these days it depends on where you look. Homes in Paradise, for example, have become more expensive on average than those in the city. Shelter is just one expense. While it doesn’t compare to a big city commute, the drive into town really does add up. And in areas where housing costs haven’t exceeded those in St. John’s, high transportation costs are cancelling out the savings. FROM BEAUMONT STREET TO BAULINE LINE EXTENSION Ritche Perez and his family took the plunge. A 36-year-old dad, husband, and musician who works in St. John’s, Perez bought a 3000-square foot house on Bauline Line Extension in late 2008. He says he sacrificed the excitement and convenience of downtown life for a bigger place to

raise his daughter, Kaia, in peace. “Our previous neighbours were stealing my pressure washer, shovels, and trying to sell us stolen meat and cheese, stolen paper towels, jeans, and Axe spray,” he says. Overall, with the crisp well water and the half-acre of land, he likes the new digs and the different mode of living. “It takes time to get used to hermit life,” he says. “But it’s peaceful. I can now go out in my backyard and chop wood in my ripped underwear.” “I find I can focus on family rather than the social nightlife that I was accustomed to when I played in bands and went to bars every weekend.” He has even had the space to build a recording studio in his basement—“and no one complains,” he says. Remax realtor Stephen Winters says it’s often second-time homebuyers—mostly families— who are most likely to leave St. John’s for suburbia. For the househunters he’s helped, the privacy of a nice home on a cul-de-sac or in a wooded area is important. “Families that are moving in want the privacy and want a piece of land, a bigger piece of land than your standard city size lot,” Winters says. But that privacy, as well as the other perks of living outside the city, comes at an increasing cost. “Price-wise, say to build something outside St. John’s, you’re at least on par, if not slightly over,” Winters says. “In my seven years, in the beginning it was always cheaper to go outside St. John’s.” But times are changing. With a burgeoning housing market, overall the cost of buying a home has skyrocketed—surging more than 20 per cent in the last year alone. Combined with limited vacancy, the rental market has followed suit. House prices are climbing in areas like Paradise more quickly than they are in St. John’s, Winters says, as the houses people are building there are larger. “I would probably say stats for outside St. John’s would have jumped a little faster than, say, houses in St. John’s.” In the case of Paradise, it started when government bridged the gap between suburbia and St. John’s. Housing costs rose to the occasion with a new road. “The Outer Ring Road was certainly a big help,” Winters says. “You can get from the East End of St. John’s to the turnoff in Paradise in about six, seven minutes.” After the first section of the Outer Ring Road, from Donovan’s Industrial Park to Allandale Road, opened in 1998, average home value in Paradise surpassed that of St. John’s for the first time, according to the 2001 census. The 2006 census suggests the average homeowner in Paradise paid nine per cent more in shelter costs than the St. John’s average. “The physical distance hasn’t changed but the perception in

Why do you live where you live? Streeters by Martin Connelly

Mary Preston of St. John’s

Ernest Boone of Mt. Pearl “I love the quality of life. Yes, the quality of life, and a reasonable tax regime!”

Adrian Maclean of St. John’s “I like the center of the city. There’s access to a lot of things, y’know? I’m not far from the grocery store. I guess I’m gregarious, but I like people, and the harbor. “

Paola Vincent of St. John’s “I work downtown, so that’s a plus. All my jobs have been downtown, so I don’t need a car or anything.”

Nick Ryan of the Southern Shore “I’m here to go shopping, but I like it where I am. It’s nice coming in, but I prefer living in the country, ‘round the bay.”

Susan Sherk of St. Philip’s “I’m a pond girl! I live on a pond, and it only takes me seven minutes to get to work—but the pond is the important part. I always say that you can either live right downtown or out in the country. I used to live on Gower Street, but now I’m out on my pond.”

people’s minds is that it’s not that far anymore,” Winters says. The city has sprawled too over the years, meaning that people in the suburbs can have shorter commutes than those who live in some parts of the city. “Kenmount Road now has Kenmount Terrace, which is

basically bordering on Elizabeth Park, which is Paradise,” Winters notes.

“There’s a lot of things to do in town. It’s just more convenient.”

DRIVING NOT A GOOD BARGAIN “Hate” is a word Perez uses to describe his 20-minute commute to work as an A/V and graphics guy CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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local business news by martin connelly dump when they put in brand new bathrooms, she says, but what can you do? Opens at 4pm, seven days a week.

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The yellow door at Scanlan’s. Photo by Martin Connelly.

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Curious George and the Bar with the Yellow Door Old patrons of the Victory Tavern or The Spur, at 164 Water Street, will be astounded by Scanlan’s, a bar reborn. “The reno took nine months, which I like to point out is also the gestation period of a human child,” says Diane Weston, formerly of Bar None, who owns Scanlan’s with her husband, Keith McInnis. McInnis did all the renovations himself, and the outcome is a beautiful space with clean, modern lines and exposed brick. The wood is dark, the leather is red, and the beer is plentiful. Scanlan’s is trying to be a little bit of everything. “We don’t want to be labeled,” says Weston. “We wanted to make it a space where everyone can feel comfortable.” To that end, they offer good scotch, cheap wine by the bottle, and lots of India beer. With 80’s nights on Thursdays—$25 bar tab to the bestdressed boogier!—and live music on the weekends, Weston thinks the bar is off to a good start. “We’ve turned a sow’s ear into a silk purse.” A little bit of history may have gone to the

It won’t be open ‘til sometime in the fall, but folks are pretty excited about Raymonds, a collaboration between Jeremy Charles and Jeremy Bonia, the former head chef and house manager, respectively, at Atlantica. The duo are in the process of refurbishing the first floor of the old TI Murphy Center at 95 Water Street. The menu will be market cuisine-driven, which is to say, determined by what local producers and purveyors can offer. “We’re hoping for the same sort of success as Atlantica,” says Bonia, “But bringing everything to town, and doing it for ourselves.” It’ll be fine dining, but it won’t be stuffy. “You need a shirt and shoes,” says Charles, “But that’s it.” The main floor will have a 50-person dining room, a lounge, and a smaller private function room. Prices will be comparable with other Water Street restaurants, and the view of The Narrows is breathtaking. The building is protected by the Newfoundland and Labrador

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Fresh on Water The old Byron’s location will soon be home to the second Subway franchise on Water Street. With an anticipated June 1st opening, the new location, at 188 Water Street, is primarily catering to downtown business lunches, and will feature Wi-Fi, leather chairs, and TV news. The old Subway—notable as the first Subway franchise in Canada—isn’t going anywhere. Sherri Butler of S.S. Subway Ltd. said the company has been looking for a new downtown location for a couple of years, and moved into the present space about a month ago. Plus, revelers at Liquid can look forward to 24-hour service.

new restaurant

Sheraton’s Swanky Shivery Spot Bivver is a Newfoundland English verb, meaning “to shiver and shake,” especially with cold, but it’s now also a lounge on the main floor of the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, at

Jeremy Charles and Jeremy Bonia in the soon-to-be restaurant, Raymonds. Photo by Martin Connelly.

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Heritage Association, but far from being hard to deal with, Charles says the association was happy that someone was going to restore the long dormant building. “Plus, we’re happy to be on the east end,” says Charles. “Parking is easier, and I think business for everyone is really picking up.”

115 Cavendish Square. They’ve been open about a month, and it’s a really cool space. (Get it?) Apparently the only circular bar in St. John’s, the lounge is divided in two concentric rings, with the bar separated from the dining area by an open wooden bird cage which is supposed to create a modicum of privacy. There’s a full restaurant, and clientele is split about 50-50 between guests and locals. Don’t expect pub grub: the kitchen has put a strong emphasis on presentation and balanced portions, but they say you won’t leave hungry. A lobster and wine dinner special is $24. Comment online at

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THE LORE AND THE LURE OF THE SUBURBS (FROM PAGE 5) with Professional Development and Conferencing Services, a division of Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine. According to the latest census, he isn’t the only one making the daily trip. Nearly all adults in Torbay, Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove and Conception Bay South, Flatrock and Paradise work in another municipality within the same region. At 25 per cent, the highest number of people who live and work in the same municipality can be found in Mount Pearl. Almost all of those living in neighbouring municipalities drive or are driven to work, as public transit is unavailable, except in Mount Pearl. Statistics Canada says it is more than 90 per cent— compared to more than 80 per cent in St. John’s. The financial cost of commuting is substantial. Perez spends about $40 a week on gas, compared to $20 every two weeks when he lived downtown, when he also used to bike and walk to work. In response, he bought a motorcycle, which burns about $5 a week in gas, though he can only ride it when the weather cooperates. He paid under $200,000 for his three-bedroom home. He figures with the commute, his cost of living is about equal to that of when he lived in the city. Though he appreciates the quiet, its loneliness is exacerbated by the economics of rural living, and he suspects friends don’t like to visit because of gas prices. He says he would move back to St. John’s if the right property came along. “[I’m] not bashing living in St. John’s. I would move back in an instant if the house was right. But my preference is privacy and size.” FROM FLATROCK TO GOSLING STREET Liam Kavanagh, a 24-year-old business student at Memorial, has witnessed something of a transformation of scenic Flatrock. He had lived in the town for all of his life—until he moved to the centre of St. John’s a few years ago. “My dad is from Flatrock, my mom’s a townie. When they got married they built a house out there because my dad had a lot of land,” he explains. When he was younger, and living with his parents, Flatrock was more of a rural town than a suburb. There weren’t as many commuters from St. John’s who lived in the community. “There were a handful of fishermen, no more than a hundred I’d say, who moved to Alberta a few years after fishing was really no longer an option,” he says. “Now, that kind of area is being gentrified, they’re doing up the houses and people from town are buying them. They’re building a couple of subdivisions and it looks like

Average house sale price

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$218,063

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$225,728

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$240,470

Paradise

$268,980 they’re planning on building more.” He laughs when asked if anyone who lives in Flatrock works in the town these days. “Just the guy who runs the corner store, I would say,” he says. Before Memorial, he attended St. Bonaventure’s College in St. John’s. The commute to town was 25-minutes, on average. “It can be 15 minutes in the summer, or it can be 45 minutes in winter,” Kavanagh says. He moved to St. John’s, renting an apartment, a couple of years ago for a variety of reasons. Everyone he knows lives in St. John’s, he explains, and money definitely factored into the decision as well. “It was just more convenient not to commute twice a day.” He says it was fine for his parents, but he wasn’t able to afford it as a student. Living a zippy five minutes from MUN has changed a lot for him. “When I lived at home, I’d fill up my tank, and it would last me four, maybe five days. Filling up my tank in town and driving around, probably lasted about two weeks.” His scenic hometown has its perks as well. He was reminded of Flatrock’s rural charm while housesitting for his parents recently. “I noticed it’s a lot quieter at night going to sleep. Where I live now, constantly through the night and through the day I hear ambulances—I guess because it’s close to the hospital—and police sirens going on at all times. “Out there, it’s just animal noises once in a while, which is kind of nice.”

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CHRIS HENESSEY (7pm); Con & Arthur O’Brien (10pm), Shamrock City Pub DAMAIN FOLLETT, Green Sleeves Pub MIKE HANRAHAN, Irish Session, Bridie Molloy’s OLD SCHOOL SUNDAY, Turkey Joe’s SONG SESSION, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

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THURSDAY

MAY 6

CARL PETERS & BOB TAYLOR (7pm), Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub CRAIG YOUNG (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar DAVE PANTING, Erin’s Pub DES GAMBIN, 7pm, West Side Charlie’sKenmount Rd DJ BIG FRANK, Konfusion DJ MARK POWER, 11pm, Martini Bar DJ NU ROCK, The Breezeway DOWNSTAIRS MIX UP RETURNS: Be Alright, Monsterbator, Local Tough, CBTGs FERGUS O’BYRNE (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub ICEBREAKER (hardcore), Weak Link (hardcore), Polina (punk), $5, 11pm, Distortion JAZZ CONCERT (Wreckhouse Jazz & Blues CD donation) 7pm, AC Hunter Library JERRY STAMP, Susan Wyse, no cover, Bull & Barrel STIXX & STONES, The Dock THE EARLY SHOW: Ian Foster, Terry Penney, 9pm, no cover, Rose & Thistle THIRSTY THURSDAYS: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s UNLISTED, Green Sleeves Pub

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DJ BIG FRANK, Konfusion FIRST OFFENCE, Kill Popoff, Patrick Swayze & The Dirty Dancers, Frankenstone, $5, The Levee FRED SWEENEY, no cover, Station Lounge JOHNNY REID, George Canyon, Mile One Centre KELLY ANN EVANS, 10pm, Martini Bar LAZY RICH (UK electro), Kid Cue, Dr Drake, DJ Trip, Greystar,10pm, $10adv, Loft 709 LOVEMOTOR (EP release), The Pam Parson Band, Baytown Connection (beach rock), $5, Junctions PATRICK MOLLOY (Who Will Listen CD release), Jerry Stamp, Joe Belly, Rolling Fog Review, 10pm, $10, The Ship RED CARPET AFFAIR: Jay Mayne, Miracle, DJ Trigger, Rock House RHYTHMSONG: Lady Cove Women’s Choir with percussionists Bill Brennan, Rob Power & Beverly Johnston, 8pm, $15/$20, Cochrane Street United Church ROB COOK (4:30pm);Fergus O’Byrne (8pm); The Irish Descendants (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub RON HYNES BAND (folk/country) 10:30pm, Fat Cat Blues Bar SEXUAL SATURDAY: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s THE CONNEXIONS (60’s garage rock) 10:30pm, $5, CBTGs VJ ERIC, DJ Fabian, 11pm, $5/$7 after 1:30pm, Zone 216

MAY 10 ANTHONY MACDONALD & RONNIE POWER, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub DAMIAN FOLLETT, Green Sleeves Pub LARRY FOLEY & PATRICK MORAN, 9:30pm, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

TUESDAY

MAY 11 CARL PETERS & DAVE WHITE, Turkey Joe’s LARRY FOLEY & ROB COOK, 12am, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub CONNEMARA, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub DAMIAN FOLLETT, Green Sleeves Pub DT, Mast & Friends, CBTGs HOT TUESDAY: Dave Walsh (acoustic), Amy Fisher, Brent Pretty, 9:30pm, The Levee SHAWN BERESFORD (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar THE GAMBIN BROTHERS (acoustic duo) no cover, 10pm, Martini Bar

WEDNESDAY

MAY 12

ANDREW PIKE (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar BLACKIE O’LEARY (7pm); The Navigators (10pm), Shamrock City Pub

MAY 7 BARCODE (classic rock) Darnell’s Pub BE ALRIGHT (math rock), Juicer (rock), Colonel Craze & The Hunch (rock), Rose & Thistle BIDINIBAND (feat. Dave Bidini of The Rheostatics), Pathological Lovers (rock), 10:30pm, The Ship CHRIS HENNESSEY (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), The Irish Descendants (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub D’ARCY BRODERICK & RON KELLY (5pm); Barry Kenny & Glen Harvey (8pm), Shamrock City Pub DAMIAN FOLLETT, Carl Peters & Dave White, Green Sleeves Pub DANA PARSONS PROJECT (9:30pm); DJ OTG (1am), Dusk Ultralounge DANIKA DROVER, Whalen’s Pub DAVID LANGMEAD (unplugged) 10:30pm, no cover, Trinity Pub DJ AJ, no cover, 11am, Zone 216 DJ SINA, Konfusion FILTHY FRIDAYS: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s IDLERS (tour send off), The New Zazou (ska), $10, Rock House JOHNNY REID, George Canyon, Mile One Centre KELLY ANN EVANS, 10pm, Martini Bar LIMRICK, 9:30pm, no cover, Players Cue MOPEY MUMBLE-MOUSE (sweetzophrenic postpunk cabaret), Surrogate Activity (power violence with glasses), Blackened Lungs (cigarettes are yummy), Danny Keating (st john’s original gangsta), 10:30pm, $5, The Levee RON HYNES BAND (folk/country) 10:30pm, Fat Cat Blues Bar SCIENTISTS OF SOUND: Recreating Daft Punk’s Homework live, Kid Cue, Dr Drake, 10pm, $10/$15, Junctions

MONDAY

CHRIS HENNESSEY (7pm); Con O’Brien & Duncan Cameron (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub DAVE WHITE, 10pm, Turkey Joe’s DEAN LICKYER (acoustic) 10pm, Whalen’s Pub EPIC WEDNESDAYS: Adam Baxter, 10pm, $5, Distortion THE ENGLISH BEAT, CANCELED FOLK NIGHT: Jenny Gear & Sandy Morris, 9pm, $5, The Ship KRONIK, Green Sleeves Pub SPRING CONCERT: Coastal Sounds-CSB Community Choir, 8pm, $13/$15, DF Cook Recital Hall STIXX & STONES, 10pm, no cover, Martini Bar VIC LEWIS JAM, CBTGs

THURSDAY

MAY 13 A NIGHT FOR NADINE (benefit) Jerry Stamp, Adam Baxter, Ian Foster, Andrew O’Brien, 10:30pm, Bull & Barrel CARL PETERS & BOB TAYLOR (7pm), Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub CRAIG YOUNG (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar DAVE PANTING, Erin’s Pub DEAN LICKYER (acoustic) 10pm, Whalen’s Pub DES GAMBIN, 7pm, West Side Charlie’sKenmount Rd DJ BIG FRANK, Konfusion DJ MARK POWER, 11pm, Martini Bar DJ NU ROCK, The Breezeway DOWNSTAIRS MIX UP, Hosted by Steve Abbott, CBTGs FERGUS O’BYRNE (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub GORE PUPPY (The Breakdown CD release), Night Men, Polina (punk), $5, Distortion JERRY STAMP, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel STIXX & STONES, The Dock THE EARLY SHOW: Ian Foster, 9pm, no cover, Rose & Thistle THIRSTY THURSDAYS: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s UNLISTED, Green Sleeves Pub

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MAY 14 AT SHIPS END (Live DVD filming) 10pm, $10, Rock House ATLANTIC STRING QUARTET: Music by Evangelista, Bartok & Shostakovich, 8pm, $15/$17.50, Cook Recital Hall BEST KIND, 9:30pm, no cover, Players Cue BUMP, 10pm, Martini Bar CHRIS HENNESSEY (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), Greeley’s Reel (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub D’ARCY BRODERICK & RON KELLY (5pm); Barry Kenny & Glen Harvey (8pm), Shamrock City Pub DAMIAN FOLLETT; CHRIS RYAN & CHAD MURPHY, Green Sleeves Pub DEAN LICKYER, The Republic DJ FABIAN, no cover, 11am, Zone 216 DJ SINA, Konfusion FILTHY FRIDAYS: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s GHETTOCHILD (Halifax hip hop) Distortion JOE BELLY (country), Cold River Choir (alt folk rock), Snake Eye, 10:30pm, $7, The Levee MARK BRAGG & THE BUTCHERS (indie rock) CBTGs METALFEST: Rusted Dawn, Kill the Shepard, Frankenstone, Dawn Awakening, Weapon, $10, Junctions THE MCCAINES, Whalen’s Pub THE MUDFLOWERS (rock), The Subtitles (pop), Quiet Elephant (rock), 10:30pm, $5, Fat Cat Blues Bar

SATURDAY

MAY 15

BUMP, 10pm, Martini Bar CATEGORY VI (metal show), Wizards of Kaos (doom metal), Aphelia, Weapon (rock), Rusted Dawn (New Brunswick), 10pm, $7, Distortion CHRIS RYAN, Chad Murphy, Green Sleeves Pub DAVE PANTING (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm), Shamrock City Pub DJ BIG FRANK, Konfusion LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL (709 Derby Girls fundraiser) The Raycocks, Dead of Winter, Release the Hounds, Rocket Rocket Ship, Patrick Swayze & The Dirty Dancers, 11pm, The Levee RA THE RUGGED MAN (NYC hip hop), DJ Crafty, Live N’ Direct, Filthy Gentlemen, Antics, Lee Fitz, Rock House ROB COOK (4:30pm);Fergus O’Byrne (8pm); Greeley’s Reel (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub SAY FIRE, The Hot Faucets, The Wolves, CBTGs SEXUAL SATURDAY: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s THIRD STRIKE, Whalen’s Pub VJ ERIC, DJ Fabian, 11pm, $5/$7 after 1:30pm, Zone 216

MUSIC VENUE

DIRECTORY ARTS & CULTURE CENTRE, Prince Philip Dr, 729-3900 THE ATTIC, 2 George St, 579-9632 BAR NONE, 164 Water St, 579-2110 BELLA VISTA, 26 Torbay Rd, 753-2352 BIANCA’S BAR, 171 Water St 726-9016 BIG BEN’S, 55 Rowan St, 753-8212 BLACK DOG PUB, 318 Water St, 726-6015 BULL & BARRELL, Holdsworth Court, 579-7077 BULL & FINCH, Torbay Rd, 738-7007 THE BREEZEWAY, MUN Campus, 737-4743 BRIDIE MOLLOY’S, 5 George St, 576-5990 CBTG’S, Holdsworth Court, 722-2284 CHRISTINE’S PLACE, 210 Lemarchant Rd, 722-6400 CLB ARMOURY, 82 Harvey Rd 722-1737 CLUB ONE, George St, 753-7822

CROW’S NEST (Officer’s Club), 88 Water St (by War Memorial), 753-6927 CORNER STONE SPORTS BAR, 16 Queen St, 754-4263 DARNELL’S PUB, 1570 Topsail Rd 782-2440 DF COOK RECITAL HALL, Memorial University 737-4700 DISTORTION, Holdsworth Court, 738-8833 THE DOCK, 17 George St, 726-0353 DUSK ULTRA LOUNGE, George St Erin’s Pub, 186 Water St, 722-1916 FAT CAT BLUES BAR, George St 739-5554 GEORGE STREET BEER MARKET, George St, 753-7822 GEORGETOWN PUB, 7546151 GREEN SLEEVES PUB, 14 George St, 579-1070 THE GRAPEVINE, Water St, 754-8463 GRUMPY STUMP, Torbay Rd, 753-2337 HOLY HEART THEATRE, 55 Bonaventure Ave, 579-4424 JUNCTIONS, 208 Water St, 579-2557 KARAOKE KOPS PARTY BAR, 10 George St, 726-8202 KELLY’S PUB, 25 George St, 753-5300 KRUGER’S BAR, Kelligrews THE LAST DROP, 193 Water St, 726-3767 THE LEVEE, Holdsworth Court LIQUID NIGHT CLUB, 186B Water St, 754-5455 LOFT 709, 371 Duckworth St 351-2183 LOTTIE’S PLACE, 3 George St, 754-3020 LOWER PATH GRILL & BAR, 312 Water St 579-1717 LSPU HALL, 3 Victoria St, 753-4531 MAJESTIC THEATRE, 390 Duckworth St MARG’S PLACE, Kelligrews Martini Bar (Above Peddler’s On George) 739-9180 MASONIC TEMPLE, 6 Cathedral St, 579-3023 MICKEY QUINN’S, 120 New Gower St, 739-6404 MILE ONE CENTRE, 50 New Gower St, 576-7657 MUN MUSIC, 737-4455 MRS LIDDY’S, Torbay 437-6005 THE OLD MILL, 271 Brookfield Rd, 368-1334 O’REILLY’S IRISH PUB, 15 George St, 722-3735 PEDDLER’S ON GEORGE, George St, 739-9180 PETER EASTON PUB, Cookstown Road PETRO-CANADA HALL, Memorial University PLAYERS CUE, 50 Commonwealth Ave-Mt Pearl 368-2500 REPUBLIC, Duckworth St, 753-1012 THE ROCKHOUSE, George St, 579-6832 ROSE & THISTLE, 208 Water St, 579-6662 SHAMROCK CITY PUB, 340 Water St, 758-5483 SHIP PUB, 265 Duckworth St, 753-3870 SPIN, 2 George St SHARKY’S PUB, Manuels 834-5636 SHOOTERZ ROADHOUSE, 986 Conception Bay Highway 744-1900 THE SPROUT, 364 Duckworth St, 579-5485 SS MEIGLE LOUNGE, Seal Cove 744-1212 ST. JOHN’S CONVENTION CENTER, New Gower St 576-7657 STANLEY’S PUB, 26 Torbay Rd, 754-0930 STATION LOUNGE, 7 Hutchings 722-8576 St STAR OF THE SEA, Henry St, 753-8222 STETSON LOUNGE, 260 Water St, 753-8138 SUNDANCE, George St, 753-7822 TOL’S TIME-OUT LOUNGE, 74 Old Placentia Rd 745-8657 TOPSAIL BREEZE TAVERN, Topsail 781-0010 TRAPPER JOHN’S PUB, 2 George St, 579-9630 TRINITY PUB, George St, 579-5558 TRIP IN LOUNGE, Kelligrews 834-4002 VICTORY TAVERN, 164 Water St, 738-2100 THE WELL, 14 George St - 2nd level Green Sleeves Whalen’s Pub, 32 George St 722-4900 WHISKEY ON GEORGE, 15 George St, 579-9475 YELLOWBELLY BREWERY, 288 Water St 757-3784 ZONE 216, 216 Water St, 754-2492. Do you host live music or DJs? Joining our directory is free. E-mail listings@thescope.ca

DAMIAN FOLLETT, Green Sleeves Pub DT, Mast & Friends, CBTGs SHAWN BERESFORD (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar THE GAMBIN BROTHERS (acoustic duo) no cover, 10pm, Martini Bar

WEDNESDAY

MAY 19

BLACKIE O’LEARY (7pm); The Navigators (10pm), Shamrock City Pub CHRIS HENNESSEY (7pm); Con O’Brien & Duncan Cameron (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub T S CHRIS KIRBY (solo acoustic) no O M E H T FIND -DATE cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar O UP-T GS DAVE WHITE, 10pm, Turkey Joe’s AFTERGLOW SPRING CONIN LIST AT CERT: Contemporary choral & a EPIC WEDNESDAYS: Adam Baxter, LINE a N O cappella, 7:30pm, $10, Petro Can 10pm, $5, Distortion cope.c s e th Hall-MUN Music FOLK NIGHT: Jeff Dyer, Bill Brennan & CHRIS HENESSEY (7pm); Con & Glen Collins, 9pm, $5, The Ship Arthur O’Brien (10pm), Shamrock City KRONIK, Green Sleeves Pub Pub STIXX & STONES, 10pm, no cover, Martini Bar DAMIAN FOLLETT, Green Sleeves Pub VIC LEWIS JAM, CBTGs MIKE HANRAHAN, Irish Session, Bridie Molloy’s OLD SCHOOL SUNDAY, Turkey Joe’s SONG SESSION, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

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MONDAY

MAY 17 ANTHONY MACDONALD & RONNIE POWER, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub DAMIAN FOLLETT, Green Sleeves Pub LARRY FOLEY & PATRICK MORAN, 9:30pm, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

TUESDAY

MAY 18 CARL PETERS & DAVE WHITE, Turkey Joe’s COOL TUESDAY: Summer launch with Dave Walsh (acoustic), Grant Kingston, Selina Boland, 9:30pm, $2, The Levee LARRY FOLEY & ROB COOK, 12am, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub CONNEMARA, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub

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THURSDAY

MAY 20 CARL PETERS & BOB TAYLOR (7pm), Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub CRAIG YOUNG (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar DAVE PANTING, Erin’s Pub DES GAMBIN, 7pm, West Side Charlie’sKenmount Rd DJ BIG FRANK, Konfusion DJ MARK POWER, 11pm, Martini Bar DJ NU ROCK, The Breezeway DOWNSTAIRS MIX UP, Hosted by Steve Abbott, CBTGs FERGUS O’BYRNE (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub JERRY STAMP, Gen Gerrior, no cover, Bull & Barrel NIGHT MUSIC (Sound Symposium) with anchor

band King Pierson’s Bridge. Improvisers welcome, 9:30pm, $4, The Ship STIXX & STONES, The Dock THE EARLY SHOW: Ian Foster, Cody Westman, 9pm, no cover, Rose & Thistle THIRSTY THURSDAYS: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s UNLISTED, Green Sleeves Pub

ALLAGES SATURDAY MAY 8 AT 2:30PM Andrew O’Reilly Memorial Show: Skiringsal, The Sketch, I was a Skywalker, Endometrium, Ceremonial Death, $5/by donation, Distortion SATURDAY MAY 15 AT 3PM MetalFest: Jefford, Dawn Awakening, Weapon, Cataypses, $10, Junctions

OPENMIC/JAM TUESDAYS: Dave Carroll & Rob Moran at O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (10pm) WEDNESDAYS: Chris Ryan & Ronnie Power at Shamrock City Pub (9:30pm) THURSDAYS: The Levee (9pm) SUNDAYS: Shawn Beresford at Fat Cat Blues Bar; Young Musicians at Shamrock City Pub (2pm); Young Performers at O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (3pm)

KARAOKE WEDNESDAY: Karaoke Kops Party Bar THURSDAY: Karaoke Kops Party Bar; West Side Charlie’s-Torbay Rd FRIDAY: Karaoke Kops Party Bar SATURDAY: Karaoke Kops Party Bar; Murf at Darnell’s Pub

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HOT TICKETS Some of our picks of the fortnight for May 6 - 20, 2010 Written by Sarah Smellie MUSIC ENVIRONMENT

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Who knew? Not only does the Composting Council of Canada exist, but they’re promoting International Composting Awareness Week from May 2-8. The THU MAY 6 MMSB and MUN Division of Lifelong Learning are digging in with a series of free workshops, including a free Composting How-to Class on Sunday, May 6th, from 1pm to 3pm. Call 737-7979 to pre-register.

Okay, look. I’ve got a dorky celebrity crush on Dave Bidini and I tend to get all bobble-headed about it. Hell, I once gidFRI dily told him all about MAY 7 how I knew what a rheostat was. So you’ll have to forgive the lack of a kicky intro for this one. Dave Bidini writes honest, hilarious non-fiction about hockey and life as a Canadian rock ‘n roll star, and he was a founding member of the late, heart-wrenchingly great Rheostatics. He’s got a new band on the go, The Bidniband, and they’re playing at The Ship on Friday, May 7th, for a measly $15.

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DAFT FUNK Aaron Collier and Craig Mercer of the Jimmy Swift Band are doing Homework. And of course that’s the Daft Punk, extra-humongous, “best dance album of the nineties,” album sort of Homework, not the long division-ey stuff. The two guys call themselves the Scientists of Sound, and had been making electronic music together for almost a decade when they got the idea to FRI perform the entire album, MAY 7 from start to finish, live. Live! Like, using real drums and bass and guitars to make all those bleepy noises. They’ve only got one little laptop looping stuff back to them. You can read about the whole crazy project here www.tinyurl.com/27fw7sl, then go see it for yourself on Friday, May 7th, at Junctions. Tickets are 10$ in advance, available at Ballistic, or 15$ at the door.

BOOK LAUNCH

‘ISLAND MAID’ Inspired by the 1992 cod moratorium, photographer Sheilagh O’Leary and writer and artist Rhonda Pelley hit the road for two summers, interviewing and photographing women from all over the island. They’ve now assembled the pictures and stories of these women’s lives, and the tale of a road trip across an island in upheaval, into their new book Island Maid - Voices of Outport Women, published by Breakwater Books. The book launch takes place at Bianca’s, TUE MAY 18 on Tuesday, May 18th, from 7pm to 9pm.

DESIGN/SHOPPING

PRINTERS’ MARKET We  good design, and so does Living Planet. Hence their new monthly Living SAT Planet Printers’ Market, MAY 8 the second of which is taking place on Saturday, May 8th from 12-4pm in the Living Planet Print Studio at 20 Barne’s Road. Local print artists are invited to set up a table and showcase their brilliance, and there will be a guest screen printer making new shirts, and possibly a zine or two. This edition’s guest printer will be A1C Gallery’s Michael Young.

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OIL LOVE IT The word “oil” connotes a lot of things in this province: money, hope, destruction, peril, change. For most of us, including (probably) the government officials and 7 economists who regularly MAY TO enforce those connotaAUG 15 tions, the real meaning—the substance itself and the process that yields it—gets lost. Bringing it all back into focus is Oil, the latest collection of leading Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s signature large-scale photographs. The photographs not only depict the lives and landscapes altered by its extraction, but they reveal the rarely-seen process of its manufacture. Oil also explores the

seemingly inevitable, and apparently easily forgettable, end of oil. How fitting that the Canadian premiere is here, at The Rooms. Oil runs from May 7th to August 15th, in the Level 3 Gallery. Opening reception Friday, May 14th at 7:30pm, artist talk on Sunday, May 16th at 2pm.

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Merry Man Alan Doyle is in Atlanta when we speak, touring with Great Big Sea to promote their next album, Safe Upon the Shore, but for the past while, the singer-songwriter turned actor traded in his band of musicians for a legendary band of merry men. This month he’ll be appearing as merry man minstrel Allan A’Dayle in the Ridley Scott re-imagining of Robin Hood, alongside Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.

How has the switch from performing in front of thousands of screaming people to performing in front of the camera lens been? Film teaches you something about stillness. When you sing on a stage for a living, you’re rewarded for being gregarious. But with a film, you’re rewarded for being internal.

The Alan Doyle—Allan A’Dayle connection.

Were you very familiar with the legend of Robin Hood when you took the part? I was probably a bit more aware of the longstanding legend than most people in our generation. I come from a folk music background, I’m aware of the old folk ballads and tales that gave us the first legends

of Robin Hood, some of which are a thousand years old. Whereas most people born after 1950 really have this cartoon iconic image of Robin Hood that’s cemented by television and film. I’ve heard you talking about that idea of getting farther and farther

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portunity to get to play one of these iconic guys, I didn’t want to play someone else’s version of him. You’ve done the modern minstrel in your everyday life, and now you’re playing a medieval minstrel. Were there any perks in going medieval? Definitely less gear. That’s it, one lute, the whole show. Just think, in 1190 AD, if you had one lute, you have 5000 times more gear than anyone else did. There might be a stick or something around, much less a guitar. With a lute, I was practically the Internet.

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away from that cartoony portrayal. What’s the appeal of getting to the truth behind the legend? If somebody told a story about Robin Hood in 1200 AD, and someone else told another story about him in 1600 AD, they weren’t the same story. But if someone turns on, say, Oliver Stone’s JFK in 1995 and then again in 2005, it’s the exact same movie. Because we’re about a hundred years or so into television and film, people are coming to realize for the first time that we’ve kind of solidified interesting characters in people’s imaginations. I think that’s what happened with Robin Hood, and what we’re trying to do with our movie is provide, for the first time in film history, an honest to God possible explanation of how a guy like Robin Hood could have started. What are some actual historical events he could have been involved in that might have lead to the legend as we know it today? How could this man have been created?

constipated Rorshach voice for dream demon/ child killer Freddy Krueger. (Avalon Mall) ALICE IN WONDERLAND: Yes, Lewis Carroll’s book is adapted yet again. This one’s directed by Tim Burton, so expect lots of spindly trees and an “ooh, ahh” choral soundtrack courtesy of Danny Elfman. (Avalon Mall) CLASH OF THE TITANS: Greek gods, a Norwegian monster (the Kraken), an Australian monster (actor/plank of wood, Sam Worthington) and Djinns (for some reason) all show up for an epic showdown. Release the 3-D! (Avalon Mall) DATE NIGHT: Steve Carrell and Tina Fey are a bored couple who inadvertently become the target of the mob while trying to dine at a shmancy bistro. Hijinks and major league contrivances ensue. (Avalon Mall) DEATH AT A FUNERAL: When their patriarch dies, a family scrambles to his funeral. Directed by Neil LaBute, so expect the grace and deft comic touch of someone who directed Lakeview Terrace and The Wicker Man remake. (Avalon Mall) FURRY VENGEANCE: Brendan Fraser makes it publicly known that he hates furries. Inex-

Well, that’s certainly a more honest idea of Robin Hood than, say, Errol Flynn swooping in with his pointed green hat. Did you watch any of those other films when you were preparing for the role? No. In my gut, I didn’t want my Allan to be like anyone else’s. I wanted Allan A’Dayle to be like the guy in my mind. It’s such a unique op-

plicably, instead of being attacked by dudes in Marmoset costumes, Fraser fights troublesome woodland creatures. (Mt Pearl) GUNLESS: When a fearsome outlaw of the Old West wanders into a small, podunk town in Canada, noble stereotypes about our hatred of guns and weaponry mend his wounded heart. (Mt Pearl) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: A viking named Hiccup domesticates a dragon to the disbelief of his fellow Norsemen. Remember, this is a Dreamworks cartoon, so expect celebrity voices and Smashmouth on the soundtrack. (Avalon Mall) IRON MAN 2: The Man in the Iron Mask, as adapted by Marvel a few years ago, proved surprisingly popular, so here’s the sequel. Nothing says an unadulterated summer thrill ride quite like a weapons mogul blowing up his detractors! (Avalon Mall & Mt Pearl) KICK ASS: When a young CHUD decides to be a masked crime-fighter, he inadvertently inspires a handful of others to don capes and cowls, including a pre-teen girl and everyone’s favourite eccentric skull collector, Nicholas Cage. (Mt Pearl) OCEANS: This film analyses the sub-aquatic world in full glory. Described as a hybrid between a documentary and a thriller, y’know, kinda like Psi Factor. Dan Aykroyd is unlikely to appear, however. (Avalon Mall)

So you’ve obviously touring with Great Big Sea now. What’s next for you guys? Great Big Sea’s new record comes out in early July. It’s called Safe Upon the Shore. It’s the next little stop in the Great Sea journey, and I can’t wait for people to hear it. Well, that’s very exciting. Yes, it is. It’s a big year for Alan Doyle, isn’t it?

THE BACK UP PLAN: J-Lo’s long-awaited followup to Bordertown has finally hit theatres! In this film, “Bennifer times one minus one” plays a woman who falls in love after getting artificially inseminated. (Avalon Mall) THE BOUNTY HUNTER: When a bounty hunter (Gerard Butler) is ordered to rub out his exwife (Jennifer Aniston), he decides to save her instead. Despite this, both still nag and bicker down wacky-plot lane. (Mt Pearl) THE LOSERS: When a CIA team is betrayed and left for dead, the unlikely survivors band together to extract bullet-strewn revenge. Imagine Predator without the alien and you more or less have it. (Avalon Mall) THE LAST SONG: If you’re a rebellious teen with musical talents, would you “protect a sea turtle nest to get closer to some dude”. If so, this is the film for you. Also, you’re weird. (Avalon Mall)

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s my fingers hit the keys, the sun is out, there are green things growing in my yard, and it well and truly looks like spring might be here. It’s the time of year when a food-lover’s mind turns to farmers’ markets and vacant-lot foraging, but there’s still a whole lot of waiting to do. For the next month or so it’s more of the same old dry goods, imported produce and, if you’re very lucky, berries you smartly stashed in the freezer last year. But you know what’s just as good now as it was when I made it last year? Chutney, that’s what. There’s a bit of a chutney glut at my house, since I have, in the past, tended to make great huge batches of it and then failed to give it away as intended. I also have a very hard time saying no to chutney from other people’s kitchens, since everyone’s chutney recipe is different. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it an obsession, but it certainly is an accumulation. Now, you have probably encountered chutney in one of two contexts: as an ANDREAE accompaniCALLANAN ment to Indian dreae@thescope.ca cooking, or as a condiment to go alongside cheeses and meats. The chutneys you encounter with Indian food vary widely, from syrupy tamarind sauce to chunky spiced vegetable relishes. Some are made from cool, mouthrefreshing ingredients like mint, while others are quite zippy indeed. The chutneys you might find on a cheese plate are a little different. They’re generally made of fruit, with lots of sugar and vinegar, and tend to be rather thick. They’re usually chunky, and commercial ones are often quite sticky – think Major Grey’s mango chutney. Strictly speaking, sauces like ketchup and HP Sauce could be considered chutneys, since the have all the classic chutney ingredients: fruit, sugar, vinegar, and a collection of spices.

ow did an Indian condiment make its way onto the cheese and meat plates of the English-speaking world? It’s all part of the legacy of England’s colonial presence in India in the 18th and 19th centuries; the British there became rather accustomed to certain aspects of Indian cuisine, and they brought the parts they liked home with them. The English interpretation of Indian foodstuffs is fascinating, actually. Who could have known that the exotic spices of the Indian sub-continent would end up in a gravy to be sopped up by thick-cut chips as ballast against so many nights of drunken English revelry? And speaking of revelry, did you know that the gin and tonic is another relic of the British East India Company? Tonic water really is a tonic, in the medicinal sense, and it was consumed to help ward off malaria. Gin was added to make the stuff more palatable and to take the bitter edge off the tonic’s quinine

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• Dollop it by spoonfuls atop slices of sharp cheese on grainy crackers, and eat as an

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• Put it on a burger, be it a proper burger-burger, a veggie burger, a turkey burger,

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flavour. But I digress. Gin will make you do that. Chutney, though, deserves your attention, because it’s one of the tastiest and most intriguing of preserves. It’s also a great place to start preserving, if you’d like to try your hand at it but don’t quite know where to start. It’s not as finicky as jams or jellies, which rely on pectin to thicken and set. Englishstyle chutneys are thickened by slow cooking, and the balance of sugar and vinegar is extra assurance against them spoiling. The only hard part is the heller lot of chopping you have to do: onions, mostly, possibly bell peppers, and then whatever fruit you’re using. But it’s kind of pleasant and meditative, if you’re into that kind of thing. You can find chutney recipes using just about any fruit as a base. Dried fruits like dates, apricots, and raisins are delicious. If you want to use fresh fruit, you can use much of what looks good at the store (so long as it’s fairly sturdy, not, say, a kiwi), or wait a few weeks until you can get your hands on some local rhubarb,

and try the recipe at www.tinyurl. com/3acpsu4. In fact, you would do well to put away a small batch of chutney for each wave of sturdy fruit that comes along between now and the fall: peach chutney at the height of summer’s heat, pear and ginger chutney as summer winds down, apple and date chutney with currents as fall hits and the leaves turn, green tomato chutney at the same time. Or you could leave it to the more experienced chutneymakers and buy a few jars. President’s Choice makes a good peach chutney if you’re in a hurry, but if you’re willing to wait for the farmers’ market to get on the go, you may well cross paths with local King of Chutney Jordan Young, peddling his Coaker’s Hat Chutneys there. Craft fairs and church sales are good chutney-spotting zones, too, and it’s well worth it to reward intrepid local chutney-merchants for their hours of chopping and stirring, don’t you think? Comment online at

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Among the ancient Anglo-Saxons, the month of May was called “Thrimilce.” The word referred to the fact that cows were so productive at this time of year that they could be milked three times a day. I thought of that as I studied your current astrological data, Taurus. During this year’s Thrimilce, you are almost impossibly fertile and abundant and creative. My advice is to give generously, but not to the point of exhaustion: the equivalent of three times a day, but not four. Happy birthday to Mark Neary and Kevin Roddy.

In accordance with the astrological omens, I encourage you to seek out a concentrated period of sweet oblivion. Not a numb, narcotized limbo. Not a mournful unconsciousness that’s motivated by a depressive urge to give up. No, Gemini: The mental blankness that you cultivate should be generated by a quest to rejuvenate yourself, and it must have qualities of deliciousness and delight. You not only have a need to rest and recharge in a lush nowhere -- you also have the right to do so. Happy birthday to Rodney Wall, “my monkey Maren” and to “Mr. Wright (Dave)”.

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A while back, I gave my readers this homework: “Tell a story about the time a divine intervention reached down and altered your course in one tricky, manic swoop.” A woman named Kelly testified as follows: “At first I was disturbed to find I couldn’t identify the last time Spirit descended into my midst with a forceful intervention. But finally I realized why: I have been working to make my whole life be guided by the Spirit of my Higher Power, as a deep undercurrent. That way I don’t need bolts of lightening to fix my course.” This is a useful lesson, Cancerian. It’s an excellent time for you to follow Kelly’s lead. Ask yourself how you could cultivate a deep, abiding undercurrent of the good influence you want to have guide you, thereby making lightning bolts of divine intervention unnecessary.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21)

Are you in a trance or a rut or a jam? If so, excuse yourself. It’s break time! You need spaciousness. You need slack. You need to wander off and do something different from what you have been doing. If there’s any behavior you indulge in with manic intensity, drop it for a while. If you’ve been caught up in a vortex of excruciating sincerity or torturous politeness, shake it off and be more authentic. Of all the good reasons you have for relaxing your death-grip, here’s one of the best: Life can’t bring you the sublime gift it has for you until you interrupt your pursuit of a mediocre gift.

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The state of Texas is a Capricorn, having become part of the United States on December 29, 1845. At that time, it was granted the right to divide itself LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22) into five separate states at some fuThe exact height of Mt. Why is this a perfect ture date. So far it hasn’t chosen to Everest has proved challenging moment? Write to do so, and I would advise it to conTruthrooster@gmail.com. to determine. Even using modern tinue that policy. I extend the same scientific methods, different teams of counsel to all of my Capricorn readers. surveyors have come up with varying From an astrological perspective, this is measurements. The problem is not simply not a favorable time for you to break yourself with the calculations themselves. The world’s up into sub-sections. On the contrary: I suggest you tallest peak is definitely evolving. Shifts in the sow unity and solidarity among your various parts. earth’s tectonic plates work to raise it up and

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move it northeastward. But there’s also evidence that the melting of its glaciers due to climate change is causing it to shrink. A member of one mountain climbing expedition said, “If Everest is bobbing up and down, we must hope to catch it on a low day.” I bring this to your attention, Leo, in order to offer you a metaphor for the coming weeks. Your version of Mt. Everest is shriveling. Get ready to ascend.

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Have you been lusting after spiritual traditions other than your own? Have you been fantasizing about cheating on the deity you’ve always been faithful to, and seeking a taboo liaison with a strange and exciting god from another part of reality? If so, Virgo, that’s a good sign. I suspect you could use a few adjustments to your familiar relationship with the Divine Wow. After all, you have gone through a lot of changes since the last time you hammered out your definitive theories about the meaning of life. What made good sense for you back then can’t be completely true for you any more. So feel free to let your mind wander in the direction of holy experiments.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22)

When a girl is born, her ovaries already contain all the eggs she will ever have. What this means, of course, is that a part of you was in your grandmother’s womb as well as in your mother’s. Now would be an excellent time to celebrate that primal fact. Your connection with your mother’s mother is especially important these days. I suggest you meditate on what gifts and liabilities you received from her (genetic and otherwise), and how you might be able to make better use of the gifts even as you take steps to outwit the liabilities.

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Who is the person most unlike you in the world? I suggest you study that person for tips on how to improve your life. What are the healthy experiences you are least attracted to? You might want to meditate on exactly why they’re so unappealing, and use that information to update your ideas about yourself. What are the places on the earth that you long ago decided you would never visit? I invite you to fantasize being in those places and enjoying yourself. Can you guess why I’m calling this Opposite Week, Scorpio?

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I’m all for recycling, composting, and carpooling. Anything you and I can do to reduce our carbon footprint is brilliant. But I also agree with author Chris Hedges, who says, “The reason the ecosystem is dying is not because we still have a dryer in our basement. It is because corporations look at everything, from human beings to the natural environment, as exploitable commodities. It is because consumption is the engine of corporate profits.” So beyond our efforts to save the earth by adjusting our own individual habits, we’ve got to revise the way corporations work. Now let’s apply this way of thinking to the specific personal dilemma you’re facing right now: It’s important for you to change yourself, yes -- and I’m glad you’re taking responsibility for your role in the complications -- but you will also have to transform the system you’re part of.

Every year Americans fork over six times as much money on buying lottery tickets as they do on going to the movies, according to the documentary film Lucky. Yet many people who actually buck the improbable odds regard their “luck” as a curse. “Winning the lottery is like throwing Miracle-Gro on all your character defects,” said one person. Let this serve as a cautionary tale for you in the coming months, Pisces. To get ready for the good things that are headed your way, you should work to purify any darkness that’s lurking in your unconscious.

Hip hop music definitely needs to include more tuba playing. I think that’s what’s missing from it. Likewise, the sport of skateboarding would benefit from having more dogs and monkeys that can master its complexities; the state of journalism could be improved by including more babies as reporters; and you Aries folks would significantly upgrade your life by learning how to play the game of cricket. (If you believe everything I just said, you’ll be equally gullible when a little voice in your head tries to convince you to seek out things you don’t really need or adopt behavior that doesn’t suit you.)

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assume that if folks prefer Pepsis to no-name sodas, audiences would rather see a remake than anything as cold and unfamiliar as an original film. This is why 2007’s Death At A Funeral was remade this year. The remake is one of the best movies Neil LaBute has directed, which means, of course, that it’s only mostly terrible. Both films are nearly-identical warts and all: each have a groan-

inducing ending and at least three characters too many, but only the remake has Tracy Morgan’s distinct brand of comedy kryptonite. I’m not opposed to remakes, but a good one is like covering a song: it has to deviate from the original. For example, John Carpenter’s The Thing had a script that was closer to the novella the original was based on that worked beautifully with the director’s style. While the original

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SPOKEN &WRITTEN BOOK LAUNCH: Cupids by Paul Butler, Chapters (Thu May 13 from 7pm-9pm) BOOK LAUNCH: For the Love of Learning is launching an anthology of art and writing by NL youth. Hosted by Agnes Walsh, free, LSPU Hall3 Victoria St (Fri May 7 from 6pm-8pm) BOOK LAUNCH: Island Maid: Voices of Outport Women by Rhonda Pelley & Sheilagh O’Leary, Bianca’s-171 Water St (Tue May 18 from 7pm9pm) NEWFOUNDLAND AUTHOR READING SERIES: With Catherine Safer author of Bishop’s Road, free, AC Hunter Adult Library (Wed May 19 at 7pm ) READINGS: By Bruneau Family Children’s/ Young Adult Literature Award finalists Tom Dawe, Andy Jones & Janet Russell, AC Hunter Childrens’ Library-Arts & Culture Centre (Wed May 12 at 3:30pm) READINGS: By Downhome Fiction Award finalists Jessica Grant, Kenneth J Harvey & Lisa Moore, Downhome Shoppe-303 Water St (Thu

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SAVAGELOVE BY DAN SAVAGE SEX AND LOVE AND SEX AND LOVE I am a 28-year-old, post-op transsexual woman. I met a great 31-year-old guy. We have been dating for a year, and he recently told me that he didn’t think he was sure he was in love with me. He said that he didn’t know if he could give me any sort of commitment, that he is afraid of what his peers would think if they knew my medical past. I can’t say that I’m sure I’m in love with him either, but I do know that we thoroughly enjoy each other’s company and miss each other immensely when we are not together. However, he asked to take a step back and reevaluate the relationship. I transitioned in my late teenage years. I blend in very well, and few people know that I am trans. I am like any other woman in that I want a husband and children, and he says he wants a wife and kids. I asked him a few days ago if he could give me an answer as to whether I should move on or if he wanted me to wait. He couldn’t give me an answer. I have my own life. I am a full-time student training to become a nurse. I made time for him because he became important to me, but am I beating a dead horse here? Transitions And Crossroads You enjoy spending time together, you miss each other when you’re apart, you want similar things (commitment, kids)—that sure sounds like love to me. And if it’s not quite love, TAC, it’s close enough to round up to love. A (longish) aside: The way many people in long-term relationships talk about their relationships—the way I sometimes talk about mine—can do a real disservice to the single and/or dating. The further the early stages of an LTR recede into the past, the likelier the coupled are to blithely toss off bullshit like “Oh, I knew the minute I met DAN SAVAGE him/her that he/ mail@savagelove.net she was the one. I was sure.” In reality, of course, we didn’t know, we weren’t sure, we had doubts, insecurities, issues, etc. Truth is, no one in a successful LTR knew for sure that it was true and lasting love until it lasted. And after the passage of time proves that we bet on the right person, we stuff those early doubts, insecurities, and issues down the ol’ memory hole and start telling people how “sure” we were right from the start. (For the record: There are lots of smug married people out there yammering on about how “sure” they were right from the start who have divorce proceedings in their futures.) Anyway: There are too many smugly

coupled-up people out there paying our partners—and ourselves—the false compliment of a backdated certainty. And that would be fine if single people within earshot weren’t forced to listen to our smug bullshit, some of whom go home thinking, “Well, this person I’m seeing—this person I enjoy spending time with, this person I miss terribly when we’re apart—she must not be ‘the one’ because… I’m not sure.” Back to you, TAC: I’m glad you have a life and goals, TAC, because that will make it easier to do what you must. Go and tell this guy that there are no sure things, but that you’re as confident as a person can be that you two are a match. (But he’s not your only potential match—just as no one is really “sure,” no one is “the one,” only one of many potential possible ones.) Then tell him you’re not going to wait forever while he “reevaluates” and stresses out about things that neither of you can control. And finish by telling him to give you a call when he’s ready to make at least a mini-commitment: going steady, on a track toward engagement and ultimately marriage and (adopted) children. Then—and this is the most important part—go back to living your life, TAC, go back to school and career goals. Move on without waiting for him to tell you to move on. Don’t call him, don’t e-mail him, don’t text him. Don’t pass up other dating opportunities in the hopes that he’ll get his shit together. If you’re still single if and when he calls, great. See him again. If not, well, it’s his loss.

upset to find out about what this guy did to her friend. I want to do the right thing here, but it’s not obvious what that is. Help! Video Is Defining Ethical Obligations What your friend did to your girlfriend’s friend is vile, VIDEO, potentially illegal, and—most importantly—not a very nice way to treat someone who was kind enough to fuck his brains out. You do have to do something, VIDEO, but your options aren’t limited to either beating him nearly to death with a baseball bat or beating him all the way to death with a baseball bat. It’s possible to confront someone in a friendly-ish way, employing a tone that at once communicates your affections for him even as you chide him for doing something that undermined those affections. “Dude, I heard about that little video,” you say to him, perhaps over a drink. “And I was glad to hear you deleted it—you did delete it, right?—because that’s a shitty thing to do and you’re not a shitty guy. It’s also an illegal thing to do, and people have gotten busted for doing that kind of shit. Be careful, man, you could really fuck up your life.” If you can tamp down your righteous fury long enough to put it to him that way, VIDEO, and you will have reinforced what should be communitywide/specieswide social norms— no dirty pictures or videos without the consent of all involved—without nuking your professional relationship with the guy. Good luck.

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I’m a twentysomething freelancer, and I have a barter relationship with a facility that lets me work there for free. I’ve become friends with the guys who run the facility. Recently, one of my girlfriend’s best friends had sex with one of these guys a few times. I recently found out that one time, postcoitus, he secretly filmed my girlfriend’s friend naked using his iPhone. He’s shown the video to a few mutual friends but didn’t tell me or show me. I think this is some super-vile shit, and I’m horrified that someone I considered a friend would be such an asshole. I’d like to tell him how I feel about this, but at the same time, I can’t afford for my relationship with him to sour. I’ve heard that he deleted the video, so maybe what my girlfriend’s friend doesn’t know can’t hurt her. One potentially pertinent piece of information is that my girlfriend’s first sex partner secretly filmed her and showed it to everyone in her high school, and it scarred her. I think she would be SUPER

My roommate and I were wondering why the “tech savvy” youth who work on your podcast are “at risk.” He says your podcast is a community-service program for at-risk kids; I say that they’re at risk working for a sex columnist. Which is it? We would call, but we live in Canada. Canadian Fans There are no phones in Canada? One or two TSARY are on work-release programs or doing community service, CF, but it’s the 90 minutes they spend with me every week that represents their primary risk. It’s not that I would put the moves on any of them—I’m a stickler about personal hygiene—it’s just that they come in for rather more advice, most of it unsolicited, than the average Savage Lovecast listener. Find the Savage Lovecast (Dan’s weekly podcast) every Tuesday at www.thestranger. com/savage.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS LECTURES & FORUMS DAYTIME MUSIC KIDS & TEENS MEETINGS & CLASSES

COMMUNITY 5KM PHYSIOTHERAPY FUN RUN: Celebrate National Physiotherapy Month and raise money for physiotherapy research, $15, Wedgewood Park Rec Centre (Sun May 9 at 9:30pm) DAFFODIL PLACE DREAM: Leanne Kean, Kilkenny Krew, Siochana, Baymen4life DJ. 3 course dinner, dance & silent auction, $40, Holiday Inn (Fri May 14 at 6:30pm) GALA DINNER & SILENT AUCTION, $30/$40, Topsail United Church (Sat May 8 at 7pm) HERITAGE FAIR: Projects of students Grade 4-8 focusing on the Newfoundland Railway & Coastal Boat Service, $4/$5/$6, Railway Coastal Museum-495 Water St W 724-5929 (Sat May 15 & Sun May 16 from 2pm-5pm) JIGG’S DINNER, $12, Trinity United Church 8343558 (Sat May 15 at 6:30pm) LIVING PLANET PRINTERS MARKET: A monthly meeting place for print artists to display and sell their works. Features guest screenprinter, support & training, 20 Barnes Rd (Sat May 8 from 12pm-4pm) VICTORIAN MOTHER’S DAY TEA, $10, Cochrane Street United Church (Sat May 8 at 4pm) WORLD BELLYDANCE DAY (Marguerite’s Place benefit) Belly dance, fitness, and craft workshops all day, by donation, Wild Lily Dance Centre-156 Duckworth St (Sat May 8)

LECTURES &FORUMS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES & THE RIGHT TO HEALTH: With Marcia Anderson, Lecture Theatre A-Health Sciences Centre (Fri May 7 at 12pm) LECTURE ON BIODIVERSITY, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Wed May 19 at 7pm) MISTAKEN POINT: Research, protection and world heritage with Richard Thomas, Gov NLParks & Natural Areas, Johnson Geo Centre-175 Signal Hill Rd 737-7880 (Tue May 18 at 7:30pm) SPEAKING OF ENGINEERING LECTURE: Major James Fera will talk about reconstruction and development in the Kandahar Province: Enabling communities to stabilize Afghanistan, MUN Angus Bruneau Engineering Lecture Theatre (Thu May 13 at 7:30pm) WESSEX SOCIETY LECTURE: Presentation by The Wooden Boat Museum headquartered at Winterton, Trinity Bay. Of particular interest is the construction, display and interpretation of John Guy’s ship, Indeavour, Hampton HallMarine Institute (Wed May 12 at 8pm) WORDS IN EDGEWISE (MUN Philosophy & Eastern Edge Gallery) Speaker’s series that features wide-ranging and exciting topics from art to philosophy, pay-what-you-can, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882 (Thu May 20 at 7pm)

DAYTIME MUSIC AUNTIE CRAE’S BAND, free-no purchase necessary, Auntie Crae’s (Tuesdays at 12pm) CHORAL EVENSONG, free-will offering, Anglican Cathedral (Sundays at 6:30pm) THE GREAT CASAVANT ORGAN: David Drinkell plays varied programs of sacred and secular works, free, Anglican Cathedral (Wednesdays at 1:15pm)

KIDS &TEENS PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOLERS: Stories, rhymes & activities, free but please register 7372621, Michael Donovan Library-Topsail Rd (Wed & Thu mornings) (Ends June) MAY FLOWERS: Discover how plants and animals work together in nature. A game, story & craft, The Fluvarium-5 Nagle’s Pl 754-3474

(Saturdays & Sundays at 1:30pm) (Ends May 30) YOUNG MUSICIANS, Open mic at Shamrock City Pub (Sundays at 2pm) YOUNG PERFORMERS: Open mic with Denielle Hann, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (Sundays at 3pm)

MEETINGS &CLASSES

IELLE HANN, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (Sundays at 3pm) FREE CLASSES CLUBS GROUPS AVALON WESLEYAN CHURCH: Weekly meet up in a casual atmosphere with coffee & contemporary music, free, Rabbittown Theatre-106 Freshwater Rd 576-6937 (Sundays at 10am) BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT GROUP (La Leche League) The topic of discussion will be Advantages of Breastfeeding, babies welcome, free, Sobey’s-Torbay Rd 437-5097 (Mon May 10 at 7pm) CAPITAL TOASTMASTERS: Improve selfconfidence and overall leadership abilities for career and life, free, MUN Inco Centre-2014 687-1031 CAREGIVER CONVERSATIONS: A Support Group for Unpaid Caregivers, Seniors Resource Centre-Torbay Rd 726-2370 (Every third Monday) CHANNAL: A peer support group for people with mental illness. We focus on recovery, 120 LeMarchant Rd 753-7710 (Tuesdays at 7pm & Wednesdays at 2pm) COMIC ARTIST BREAKDOWN: Drop in comicmaking welcoming individuals with all levels of cartooning experience, young and old, free, Anna Templeton Centre-278 Duckworth St 7397623 (Fri May 7 from 7pm-9pm) FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING: Free workshops in art, writing, theatre, journalism, yoga and Aikido for anyone aged 15-35, Gower St United Church-basement 722-8848 (Weekdays from 12pm-6pm) FREE HOT LUNCH: Mondays and Fridays feature a vegetarian meal. Tuesdays and Thursdays offer soup and fresh bread. Young adults aged 15-35 can come to Gower St United Church basement-99 Queen’s Rd (2pm) GERIATRIC LECTURE: Best Practices and Models of Geriatric Interprofessional Education and Teamwork: Implications For NL with Phillip Clark (University of Rhode Island), free, School of Nursing- Lecture Theatre E Rm 2956 (Fri May 14 at 12pm) GREEN DRINKS: An informal get together for those who work, volunteer or have an interest in environment & conservation related issues, 7pm-9pm, no cover, The Ship (Last Wednesday of month) HOW-TO COMPOSTING (MUN Lifelong Learning & MMSB) Learn to use garden refuse, yard waste and organic materials as a valuable soil additive to improve plant health, make fertile soil, retain water in dry periods and decrease soil erosion, free but must register 737-7979 (Sun May 16 from 1pm-3pm) JOB FAIR: Connecting entry level employees with potential employers, MUN Gushue Hall (Wed May 19 from 10am-3pm) KNIT WITS: Drop in knitting social with help to get you started, free, Anna Templeton Centre-278 Duckworth St (Last Sunday of month from 7pm-9pm) LE CAFÉ FRANÇAIS: Qui se réunit toutes les semaines est un lieu où francophones et amoureux du français peuvent se rencontrer et faire un brin de causette, Atlantic Place-entre Starbucks et Cora’s (le dimanche à 15h) NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP: For those who know or have known a feeling of desperation due to the addiction problem of someone close to them. Weekly meetings in St John’s area. For more info call 726-6191 NEWFOUNDLAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: Monthly meet up, St David’s Church HallElizabeth Av (First Tuesday of month at 8pm) OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Help is available and it’s free, no strings attached. Weekly meetings in St John’s area. You are welcome, just as you are. For information call 738-1742 SENIORS BRIDGING CULTURES: Tea, guest speakers & conversation, Seniors Resource Centre 737-2333 (Thursdays at 2pm) SENIORS FRIENDSHIP CLUB, Seniors Resource Centre 737-2333 (Fridays at 2pm)

SHAMBHALA MEDITATION GROUP: Meditation helps us appreciate ourselves, others, and our world, free, Billy Rahl Fieldhouse-rear Elizabeth Towers 576-4727 (Wednesdays 7:30pm & Sundays 10am) SPRING GARDENING Q&A: Bring along your gardening questions for our staff to answer, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 7378590 (Fri May 7 from 12pm-1pm) ST JOHN’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING: Refer to Council Agenda at www.stjohns.ca (posted Friday afternoon), Public welcome, City HallCouncil Chambers, 4th fl (Mondays at 4:30pm) SUPER TRIVIA NIGHT, Bitter’s Pub (Thursdays from 8pm-11pm) THE POTTLE CENTRE: A social & recreation centre for consumers of mental health services. New members welcome, 323 Hamilton Ave 753-2143 THE ROOMS: Free admission, 9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Wednesdays 6pm-9pm) TRIVIA NIGHT, Rose & Thistle (Tuesdays) WALK ON WATER: Get fit, meet people & learn the history of downtown, everyone welcome, free, Auntie Crae’s (Saturdays at 10am, rain or shine) WOMEN’S ACCORDION CIRCLE: An informal environment for women of all ages to perform, experiment & share stories about making music, Arts & Culture Centre-2nd Fl, Old Gallery 7462399 (Mondays at 7:30pm)

NEW LOCATION in St. John’s East End on May 10, 2010 Dr. Yajing Song Ph.D., CM. Registered Acupuncturist Certified Cosmetic Acupuncturist Certified Chinese Massage Therapist Certified Chinese Clinical Herbalist Practicing in St. John’s, NL since 1994

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