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THE SCOPE | st. john’s arts and entertainment magazine | NOVEMBER 2010 | Volume 6, Number 5 | Issue 112 | www.thescope.ca

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from free bus fare and free wi-fi to moving the capital to the west coast and building a big ol' theme park on bell island — some food for thought on our future

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YOU SAW YOU One of the weirdest things about life in a city is the ability to plunk yourself down and watch people living life. Right there in front of you, people are falling in love, breaking up, doing things they are obligated to do, and doing things they shouldn't. It's like reality TV, but without as many ads for Levitra.

Last month The Scope ran a feature called "I Saw You", a collection of short missed connections and observations. We also launched a new section on our website, t­ hescope.ca/­ isawyou, where people could submit their own. Here are some from last month.

I saw you, local celebrity, not wiping off the machines at the gym after you use them.

Gross. Seen on Oct 25 around Avalon Mall I saw you at The Zone a few months back. We talked, we got together, and agreed not to let this become a thing. I don’t think that I can stop it from doing so anymore. Seen on Oct 25 I saw you and served you at Sobeys today. I started fumbling when I saw that you were in my lineup. You’re the most beautiful man I have ever seen in my life and I’ve had a crush on you for months. I’m sorry that I blushed— I couldn’t help it. When you smiled after I asked if you wanted your receipt, I could have melted into a puddle of goo. God, I wish you bought more than just a Coke Zero. Seen on Oct 24 around Cowan Heights I saw you with tears in your eyes and a heavy heart. We bought you shots, we made you laugh. Then I saw your hand in my purse. But I don’t want my forty dollars back. Seen on Oct 24 around George Street I saw you, Rob. Seen on Oct 22 around MUN I saw you, large woman with dark hair and pinkish sweatpants, at Walmart. You quickly made a sharp turn into one of the aisles, lifted up your right hip and ripped a huge one. I had to run past you into another aisle so I could burst into laughter. Seen on Oct 22 around Avalon Mall

Cover photo by Darrell Edwards (lowercasestudio.com) Thanks to everyone who braved a freezing cold Sunday to be a part of this cover!

I saw you standing at the bus stop across the road from my work. It was raining and your hair was plastered to your face. Everyone else

at the bus stop had an umbrella. Seen on Oct 21 around Downtown East I saw you in front of me in a gym class tonight. You stopped abruptly during squats to give stink-eye to the person next to you. A few seconds later I smelled the reason. I don’t know who you thought you were kidding—we all know it was you. Seen on Oct 21 around Cowan Heights I saw you, scruffy guy, throwing your mini kayak and paddles on the shore of QV. It was raining and cold. You trotted back to your SUV and ripped your shirt off to reveal a heavily tattooed torso. You seemed to impress some older ladies walking by. Seen on Oct 18 I saw you when you nearly got run over on Waterford Bridge Road by a big moving van. I also saw you do a very elaborate dance while giving him both middle fingers after he had passed. Then I saw you blush and stick your hands in your pockets when you saw that I was watching. Seen on Oct 14 I saw you in Bannerman park all summer and watched you go from hiding beer cans to drinking out of the whiskey bottle. Seen on Oct 12 I saw you stealing my rake. Seen on Oct 7 around Mundy Pond I saw you at the bar pretending not to notice me because your girlfriend was there. When she looked away you squeezed my hand. Seen on Oct 6 around Downtown East I saw you three years ago from across the floor. I loved you then. Now it’s three years later, some 5000+ kilometres apart, and I still love you. If only you’d ask me to come back. Seen on Oct 5 I saw you, little hurt pigeon on the side-walk, and when I came back from the store with a fresh bun you were still there, paralysed in the same spot, so I tossed you little pieces of bread and hope you ate them. Seen on Oct 2 around Pennywell Look online at thescope.ca/isawyou

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liquor act revised to include 'get out' time

Go the hell home, already.

So goes the message of new provincial liquor licensing regulations, effective November 1st, that say bar patrons must mosey on out within 60 minutes of Last Call.

Before the changes, patrons could overstay their welcome for as long they pleased, much to the chagrin of exhausted bartenders and bar owners everywhere.

Well, maybe not everywhere.

Zoie Duffett is the owner of Liquid, an after hours club at 186 Water Street, that opens at 1am and stays open until the wee hours of the morning. According to the new liquor regulations, they’d have to boot everyone out by 4am.

But liquor regulations only apply to those who hold a liquor license, so, according to Duffett, Liquid is going to drop theirs.

“We will no longer be Liquid on Water serving alcohol,” she confirms. “We like to encourage people to come down and just dance. We’re not really a drinking a bar. And from 3am onwards, we weren't serving alcohol anyways.”

“Not that it works in our favour, mind you,” she continues. “Before 3am, people do like to come in and have a few drinks. And

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Drink n' friend Screw you, random people in this tiny town who think because we’ve had a beer on the deck together or worked together five years ago you have some say in what I do or what’s best for me in my life. I don’t need your input into my relationship, believe me. The only crap in my life and relationship right now stems from how you all think you’re somehow a part of that and have some sort of ownership in it.

I have never before in my life seen so many people I hardly know have so much to say about what I do in my personal life. You hardly know me. You hardly know my boyfriend. What the f%#@ is this? Days of Our Lives Drunk 2.0? F%#@ you all. Get a life.

we have Mardis Gras, private parties and so on that will be affected. If there was a way to change it, obviously we would. But we’ll still be able to operate a business, and we’re fortunate for that.” SARAH SMELLIE

videos tO queer youth: IT GETS BETTER

In response to the most recent rash of LGTBQ suicides, Seattle-based writer and editor Dave Savage, whom you may recall from the column Savage Love that used to grace our back pages, started the It Gets Better Project. Members and affiliates of the LGTBQ community record a video message to kids struggling with bullying, their sexuality, their identity, and life in general, to let them know that it gets better, if only they’d just allow themselves to live through the tough years.

The videos are uploaded to the itgetsbetterproject YouTube channel, to be watched by anyone and everyone who otherwise has nobody reaching out to them.

Perhaps not too surprisingly, the response has been enormous. In October, the itgetsbetterproject channel was YouTube’s Most Subscribed-To channel, with over one and a half million views and eighteen thousand subscribers by mid-month.

Nathan Downey, former editor of The Muse, uploaded his own video on October 7th.

“I’m not really comfortable on camera, but it’s one of those things where I felt like I couldn’t stay silent,” he says. “It’s shocking and ridiculous that this is still happening in 2010.”

In his video, he describes being shoved into lockers in his Calgary high school and the self-hatred that arose from trying to hide the parts of himself which brought on the attacks.

He also describes how everything changed for the better as he got older, and his world got bigger.

“I guess there are only so many points that you can get across in a short video,” he says, “but I really wanted to get across the point that it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Most queer people I know are more interesting than most straight people I know. Civilized culture actually has a whole different perspective on queer culture—pop culture is constantly ripping off queer culture. It’s not something to be ashamed of.”

“When I was 14 or 15,” he says, “I would have loved to have had something like this.”

SARAH SMELLIE

—Pissed off

newfoundland police no longer need a reason to stop drivers

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weeding it out NL marijuana busts the local media reported this fall

Recent changes to the Newfoundland and Labrador Highway Traffic Act allow police to arbitrarily pull over vehicles. Previously, police had to have articulable cause, like, say, a broken headlight or a half-open trunk full of drained liquor bottles.

So what remaining civil rights do you have

Date reported

marijuana seized

Location of Bust

anything else found?

September 1

1

springdale

weapons, a few plants

september 10

16

ferry terminal at port aux basques

september 10

176

corner brook

september 10

90 plants

pasadena

september 15

16

st. george's bay

september 29

1,023

St. John's: trail's end & topsail road

september 29

48

ferry to natuashish

booze (>50 bottles)

september 30

529

logy bay

18 oz. hash

september 30

496

st. john's

october 5

106

kilbride

october 13

123

marysvale

october 13

1,870

roaches line

$12,000 cash

october 14

35

conception harbour

3 oz. cocaine

october 14

280

portugal cove

"an amount of cash"

october 19

"a small amount"

St. John's: polina & topsail road

brass knuckles & shotgun

october 19

1

pasadena

TOTAL:

4,720 oz.

3.5 oz. cocaine, 48 pills, $475 & two scales

(in ounces)

if you’re pulled over?

According to criminal lawyer Bob Simmonds, not many.

“They have the right to stop you arbitrarily, if they wish to,” says Simmonds. “It’s not a case of whether you should cooperate. The law now requires you under the highway traffic act to stop.”

If you’re the driver, says Simmonds, they can ask for your license and registration. If you’re a passenger in a car that’s been pulled over, he says they’re allowed to ask you for identification.

“Once they stop you, they can look into your car,” he says. They can’t do a full-out search immediately, though. By law, they need justification for that.

“If, supposedly, they see something that’s illegal, they can take further steps,” he explains. “They can search under the Liquor Control Act, for instance. To search a home, they need a search warrant, but in the case of a car, it’s not nearly as clear.”

“There’s really not very much a driver can do,” he adds. “Cooperate with the police, and take very good notes as quickly as you can after the stop if you are supposedly charged with anything.”

SARAH SMELLIE

A Moose collision class action lawsuit?

So it turns out you can’t sue a moose. What kind of bull is that?

Heavyweight accident and injury lawyer Ches Crosbie is suggesting one way to write the wrongs of the biggest bullies on the road.

He’s recently questioned the potential for a class action lawsuit for victims of moosevehicle accidents, claiming that because the government of Newfoundland brought the animals here in 1912, it would be guilty of negligence if the hazard was foreseeable back then. He then says there also may be a good argument for “public nuisance.”

In a post on his website, Crosbie himself calls it a “risky case.”

At least, he states, the government should improve disability and rehab benefits for those injured. KERRI BREEN

Please note that, effective 1 November, the Peak Performance chiropractic clinic at 12 Gleneyre Street will be located at 25 Allandale Rd. under the new name of Chiropractic Centres of NL. The new phone number is 726-4343.

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THREE Guys with mOUstaches Movember is a moustache growing charity event that raises funds and awareness for men’s health every November. For a detailed account of what’s involved in having a hairy upper lip, we spoke with three mustachioed men (L-R): Craig Cutler, Jeff Foran, and Jed Baker.

Tell me about your own personal history with the moustache.

Jeff Foran: I think I come by my moustache honestly. My dad had a moustache. He shaved his off so I kinda felt the tradition should stay alive. The first reason why I really grew it out with any real attention was that I was going to France. I thought, “If I’m going to France I have to at least look French a bit.” It bought me a bit of respect.

Craig Cutler: My story is a little bit different in that I worked out of a tattoo shop for many years and was just trying to come up with ways to look stupid. I was able to get some really big curls for a long time. When I was younger it wouldn’t grow very full, but as you get older the hair keeps growing, and in some places where you really don’t want it to. I’ve had one now for most of the past 12 years.

Jed Baker: I’ve only had this for two weeks. It’s my first serious moustache. I had a moustache in college for two different theatre shows but they were shaved off on closing night.

Do you have any fears associated with having a moustache?

JB: My fear is that I’m going to get into a fight with somebody and they’re gonna grab the tip and just yank it right off.

CC: It really hurts. But they need to get a hold of it first.

JF: When mine was at it’s longest, people would grab a hold of it or just touch it. It’s kind of disgusting to have someone touch your moustache, especially when you’re in a bar. So beware.

CC: Do you ever get people who threaten to shave off your moustache while you’re sleeping? I’ve had that happen.

JF: I’ve had nightmares about my moustache. In the dream I wake up and it’s gone. I go into a panic in the dream because I don’t look the same. Everyone thinks I’m 12.

What are the rules of Movember?

JB: You get people to sponsor your moustache growing. [ca.movember.com] You start clean-shaven on November 1st and you have to shave everything but the moustache every day. You cannot cheat by not shaving your beard. You have to have a very clear moustache coming in for the 30 days.

CC: I’m not going to shave my moustache for that.

JF: No. I would sooner stand as a beacon of inspiration.

Is there a certain comedic element to the moustache?

JB: Yes. It’s a statement. Hipsters have really grabbed on to the moustache among other things. It’s like they’re mining the past ironically to look cool today.

CC:Until it gets popular.

JF: Yes, but I don’t appreciate it when people think that I wear a moustache ironically.

I don’t. I wear it because I like it. I feel dignified in it. It makes me feel masculine. And I don’t think there are a lot of things in today’s fashion culture which are made for men to feel, not uber manly, but masculine. Facial hair of this genre helps someone to feel that way. If they’re having trouble defining themselves as a masculine person then a moustache is something that stands out.

Do you ever give a nod to the stranger with a moustache?

CC: For sure. I’ve walked down the street and said to another man, “That’s a handsome moustache.”

JF: Yeah. Those are four words that you would never hear otherwise. Unless you were a person with a moustache, I imagine you would feel uncomfortable approaching a stranger and saying that.

Men and their moustaches (l-r): Craig Cutler (with “The Walrus”), Jeff Foran (with “The Spaniard”), and Jed Baker (with “The Handlebar”). taken at The Family Barber Shop.

Interview and photo by Ryan Davis

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Ballistic moving

This month Ballistic Skate & Snow, is moving down the street to the former August & Lotta storefront located at 181 Water Street.

“Our new space will allow us to better serve our customer by having more space for clothing while keeping it all on one floor,” says business manager Jonathan Loder. “The renovation brings downtown a new store unlike any other.”

Ballistic at 181 Water Meanwhile, August & Lotta, which specialises in brands like Nougat, Nine West and FCUK, is moving into a space above the Duke of Duckworth.

No word yet on what’s happening to the former Ballistic shop, but For Rent signs are up on the building. BRYHANNA GREENOUGH food

Taylor-made dinner

Taylor’s Market now offers their own readymade meals. The well-known Foxtrap-based business is making what in-house chef Nancy Taylor calls “classic Newfoundland dishes” which include fish cakes, cod au gratin, flipper pie, seafood chowder, fish and brewis, and crispy calamari. They will use local ingredients and be free of preservatives.

The family-run business has evolved over the years by four generations of Taylors.

Nancy Taylor explains that her great grandparents began the Taylor legacy as doorto-door butchers. Nancy’s parents, Reg and Ruth, made the Taylor name famous for their fresh seafood business. RYAN DAVIS Restaurants

Bye Sally bye

Late night nacho destination Mustang Sally’s (Located above Whalen’s Pub off George Street) is closed for good.

On a five-week trial basis, however, a new restaurant called the Basic Burger Joint has opened up at the same location.

“We will be serving various kinds of delicious homemade burgers and fries,” owner Curt Whalen wrote in an e-mail.

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Atlantic Blue feeling blue

The City of St. John’s implemented their curbside recycling program this week, starting on October 18th. Excellent!

But how will this affect Atlantic Blue Recycling?

They’re a company that has been collecting recyclables, for a fee, from customers in the St. John’s area for years now.

Owner and operator Ken Dodge wants to let people know they’re not down for the count.

“I go that extra step and customers appreciate that,” says Dodge. They accept more recyclables than the curbside program, including glass bottles, glass jars, and #4 plastics, like plastic bags, and plastic packaging.

Even still, they’re taking a hit. According to Dodge, Atlantic Blue serves over 1000 customers in the greater St. John’s area, 90 per cent of whom are residential. Since the program started, Dodge says they have already lost 10 per cent of their customers, and they’re having to adapt to changing times.

For people who want to use the city program and still want to recycle the items they don’t accept, Atlantic Blue is now offering a pickup service for a small fee—$5 for once-amonth pick up.

“I’m not worried too much,” he says, but adds that he will have to wait and see what the future holds.

You can find out more information about them at www.atlanticbluerecycling.com RYAN DAVIS

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Former Prescott Convenience to turn Yellowbelly

We can all use more good beer, and Yellowbelly Brewery is known for serving good beer.

Things are going so well, in fact, that they’re expanding their services up and over into the old Prescott Street Convenience building.

“We’re going to call it The Hop Shop,” chuckles Yellowbelly’s owner, Craig Flynn. “It’s going to be a combination between a convenience store and a SHOPS brewer’s retail. We’ll be selling our own beer out of there, Hooked up goes The former Prescott Convenience and accepting our bottles, and offline we’ll also sell convenience store products and, Duckworth Street internet and gaming cafe eventually, some products that we’ll do out of Hooked Up has shut down as of November 1. our restaurant, like pizza doughs and breads “After three years of providing St. John's and gourmet sandwiches.” with good times we close the doors and say, All the beer will be brewed at the ‘Thanks for playing,’ owner Ross Barney said.

Yellowbelly Brewery and then transported to Barney’s other business, Barcade, is still the store, where it will be bottled on site. open. If you’re hearing of it for the first time “We’ve been toying around with the idea of now, it’s exactly what it sounds like: A place having a second location where we could sell to drink and play video games. It’s located our beer for a while,” says Flynn. “This came above CBTG’s at Holdsworth Court downup, and we figured it was a great fit.” SS town, and they do private parties. KERRI BREEN

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Life and debt

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November 5

Canada has one of the highest debts to assets ratios in the world, a situation which, according to some economists, may drive the Canadian economy into a US subprime mortgage-grade financial poopstorm. In an attempt to address these issues and foster a bit more understanding about what your household debt may mean for your family, The Harris Centre and Action Canada have organized a public forum, called Debt Crunch, at The Fluvarium from 9:30am-11:30am. Speakers include MUN economist Wade Lock, Fraser Institute economist Neil Mohindra, and the panel will be moderated by Mary Lou Finlay, whom you probably know from CBC Radio’s As It Happens. For more information see www.debtcrunch.ca.

Every Wednesday Is Mr. And Mrs. Wednesday

Miriam Toews. photo by Carol Loewen

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Bahamas (The musician) November 11 & 12

He charmed St. John's back in March when he performed his laid back, swayin’ palm tree blues during Juno week madness, and now he’s back for a two night stand. Self-taught, Afie Jurvanen, aka Bahamas, has been the guitarist for the likes of Feist. She even has an ear-shredding guitar solo on his much applauded debut album, Pink Strat. You should go see him. Advance tickets are available at Fred’s, The Ship, Folly and O’Briens for $15. At the door, at The Ship at 9pm, they’re going to be $20.

nov 19 & 20 Iron Giant nov 27 Crowface

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5 Very Short Plays in the Sand November 17-21

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Author Miriam Toews

Every so often, around this time of year, newfoundland.artist.x — aka the Lois Brown — commissions five playwrights to write one short play each, all centred around an object or prop. Two years ago, we got Five Short Plays in a Tub, in which Aiden Flynn memorably lost his mind as King Lear. Though the plays are very short, they’re typically brilliant, and you’d be doing yourself a favour if you called 739-8220 to reserve yourself a ticket at Rabbittown Theatre.

November 5

Nomi Nickel is a Sweet Cap-smoking, Lou Reed-listening Manitoban Mennonite looking to piece together the reason why her mother and sister packed up and left her and her God-abiding father behind in their closed-off, tourist trap town. She says things like, “That was before I took boys and drugs into my heart,” and gives Holden Caulfield a run for his money in literature’s Best Dysfunctional Teenager race. She was created by author Miriam Toews, and is the star of Toews’ brilliant novel, A Complicated Kindness, which won a Governor General’s Award.

Though Nomi can’t be here, Miriam Toews can, and will be, at The Ship beginning at 8pm, as part of the Writer’s Alliance’s Come From Away Reading Series. burnination

Guy Fawkes Night November 5th

According to the lore and illustrations, Guy Fawkes was a hunching, creeping, caped and mustachioed little man who enjoyed conspiring to kill King James I of England and VI of Scotland in order to sit the Catholics back in the throne. His fellow conspirators put him in charge of the gunpower, with which they’d planned blow up the House of Lords. They failed, but every November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, or Bonfire Night, is celebrated by gathering around a flaming fire with your preferably Catholic loved ones. If you’re looking for a big community bonfire, head on over to www.festivalonfire.ca, where MUN Intangible Cultural Heritage division has posted a roster of them.

Rock House The

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The Beach B’ys November 6th

The Beach B’ys are so good, they’re charging a ten dollar cover and nobody will complain. Playing, obviously, Beach Boys songs, they pack bars full of gaping-mouthed onlookers, clutching fistfuls of their hair in gleeful disbelief.

No kidding! They’ll have fun, fun, fun at The Rock House, with Mick Davis, todaaaaaay. Show starts at 10pm.

FRIDAY nov 13th

KING NANCY THe Beach B'Ys. Photo by Mark Bennett

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Some of our i deas: Make public transit free

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Our city is going through some big changes. It's time to be thinking big.

Compiled and edited by Sarah Smellie, Andrew Harvey, Kerri Breen, Bryhanna Greenough and Elling Lien. Thought balloon photo by Darrell Edwards. Collages by Elling Lien.

Metrobus has its problems - but would you ride more if it were free?

A recent Toronto Star online feature makes the argument that free public transit “Might be worth consideration for smaller communities that are struggling to grow transit ridership.” Cough.

Though the number of Metrobus riders has pretty much stabilized in the last 10 years, it has declined considerably from its former glory. Metrobus’ ridership peaked in 1985.

Back then, there were almost a million more riders per year than there are now. A million.

And when you consider how much municipal governments are already funding Metrobus rides, offering free service is not really too much of a stretch.

Your $2.25 (or $1.75) covers a little more than half the costs. For every hour Metrobus was on the road in 2008, it cost about $84.

Revenues, however, were about $50.

What it would take for this to actually happen? A lot. Those holding the purse strings aren’t going to spring for it unless they have evidence that offering free rides will increase ridership. And the results of the summer of 2009’s downtown Buddy Bus experiment were not exactly encouraging.

Plus, they would need the money to do it, and the St. John’s Transportation Commission recently shelled out millions for a new bus depot.

Convert Bell Island into a theme park Kerri Breen. Bryhanna Greenough and Elling Lien New Brunswick has Crystal Palace, Nova Scotia has Upper Clements Parks and Newfoundland has... a travelling fair that serves its purpose well enough.

But! What about a theme park with a roller coaster? A historical reenactment village, with salty Newfoundland pirates? Yar, tourists would be all over that like bright red paint on a row house. And it would have other benefits too. Upper Clements Parks, in Nova Scotia, for example, employs about 200 people and generates about $6 million in economic activity locally. It is run by a volunteer nonprofit called group called the Hanse Society.

But, of course, ours would be for profit.

But where would we build it? We can’t think of a better location than Bell Island.

First of all, it’s enchanted. Second of all, they already have some of the infrastructure you would need: spooky mine shafts, mine carts, ice cream and fish and chips.

Sure, there are people living there now, but they could be relocated, and with minimal effort, a splash of paint and a little bit of imagination, we could convert the island,

in its entirety, into a passable Disney World knock-off.

The ferry ride would only add to the experience. Can’t you already imagine the pirate costumes and sea shanties blaring through the sound system? I know we can imagine The Flanders with tattered sails and a gang plank, and the Beaumont Hamel with a crow’s nest and chests overflowing with plastic doubloons.

Sure, most people would see this as a slap in the face of history and good taste, but think of the local economy! Think of the children!

Now, to think of a mascot...

What it would take for this to actually happen? Canada’s Wonderland took nine years and $121 million to establish, and that was in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. This year, Six Flags emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after ditching a billion dollars of debt. But there have been ACOA grants for crazier things. We say give ‘er.

Start a cityfunded community development position Andrew Harvey We already have some great community groups here in St. John's like the Georgestown Neighbourhood Association, and the brandspanking-new Outer Battery Neighbourhood Association, but imagine how many we could have if they had a little support to get themselves off the ground, and running effectively. The more you talk to your neighbours, the more you can work with them to identify and address mutual concerns. It might be something like deciding on a day to get the whole street out to sweep up the garbage you all complain about, or it may be putting together a letter to send to your ward councillor to make them aware of a parking issue which has been bugging everyone for a while.

The city of Toronto has five Community Development Officers, each responsible for a section of the city. Their role is to provide in-kind support for individuals and groups looking to build strong communities. They can assist with community planning. They can help organizations start, plan, and get their finances in order, and can point them in the right direction for programs.

What will it take to make this happen? About $50k and a desk in city hall. With a budget of over $200 million, anyone who is looking hard enough can find the money to fund a position like that. More important is having a council who is serious about community development, and willing to recognize that citizen engagement is worth it.

The City of Toronto's Community Development web page: bit.ly/aULnuO

Start a CFA Fostering Program position Sarah Smellie For some, these can be lonely shores to land on. It’s a bit alienating to have your hometown culture yanked out from under you and replaced with that of some homogeneous, sometimes hostile, place called “Away.”

And then there’s all that boiled meat to get accustomed to.

So why not make the transition smoother for everyone? Let’s set up CFAs of all origin with welcoming Newfoundland families who’ll have them over for dinner and feed them through isolating times, like Sundays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, when they miss their families and friends back home in Away.

What it would actually take for this to happen: Maybe not much.

Yvonne Collett is the former coordinator of the Christmas Holiday Hosting Event, organized through MUN’s International Student Advising Office.

“We recruit families who are interested in hosting an international student, usually for a Christmas or holiday dinner,” she explains.

“We get lots of students participating. For many, this is their first opportunity to go into a Canadian home.”

She doesn’t have much trouble recruiting families, either, saying that they’ve never had too few families, and many of them now approach her, instead of the other way around.

Coordinating the program, she says, isn’t all

that much work. “The more people involved, the longer it’d take to organize,” she says.

“But on a city-wide level, I think it’s do-able.

Definitely.”

Find yourself some funding and call yourself Coordinator, and you could soon have one of the best jobs in town.

Make citysupported community gardens Andrew Harvey The City of St. John's has supported the creation of several small community gardens, but with the rising interest and action on food-security here on this island of ours, many people would like to see the City get their hands dirty to help support community gardens, literally. In 2006, Vancouver City Council unanimously supported a motion

by Councillor Peter Ladner to challenge the residents of Vancouver to create 2010 new community garden plots by January 1st, 2010. Residents responded in force, not only meeting the goal, but exceeding it, creating 2029 new community garden plots.

This amazing feat was completed through a series of brilliantly simple programs such as the Sharing Backyard program, which is essentially a complex google map identifying individuals who have space in their backyard they are willing to share, and those who need space to garden in. Another fantastic initiative used was the Grow a Row, Share a Row, based off an initiative by the Canadian Association of Food Banks.

What it will take to make this happen?

Council needs to identify food security as a priority, and issue a challenge similar to that

of Vancouver. The real beauty of a challenge like this, and the means Vancouver used to achieve it, is that it requires little or no money to do. Fire up a Google Map and figure out how to put the right dots on it, and we are off to the races. This could even be rolled into the $80k city website redesign... Hmmm...

You can find details about the Vancouver project at bit.ly/atrRSU.

Offer free city-wide Wi-Fi Kerri Breen St. John’s and free public Wi-Fi — think it’s just a pipe, or tube, dream? Well, it's happened before.

In 2004, the City of Fredericton launched Fred-eZone, a free city-wide Wi-Fi for visitors, residents and businesses. There are over 120

access points around the city, and according to Tony von Richter, who went to university in Fredericton, it’s decent.

“I can't say how fast download speeds are or anything like that, but for basic web functionality it seemed to work fine,” von Richter said. He added that there are some dead areas.

Montreal, Toronto, Moncton, Regina, Saskatoon and several other cities have some form of municipal wireless service.

What it will take to make this happen? The bad news first: If Fredericton is any example, it will take a long time. According to a white paper on the topic, it took four years to “form a non-dominate carrier company, construct the fiber optic network, deploy the point to multi-point wireless network, and finally, to deploy over 120 Cisco Wi-Fi access points in the field.” (Glaven).

The good news is that it had been done using existing budgeted dollars by reinvesting the city’s telecom savings back into the network and by accepting commercial subscribers on the network. The private sector also kicked in over $250,000.

St. John’s would have to think of a better name than “Fred-eZone” though.

Some of Your i deas: Move the provincial capital to the West Coast Liam Herringshaw Professor, MUN Dept. of Earth Sciences It took me a while to notice, but Newfoundland faces the wrong way.

St. John's harbour looks east, to Europe, to Britain, to the colonial powers, the fishermen and the settlers. No one returns its gaze.

Influx comes from the airport or the TransCanada Highway.

Out west, behind Newfoundland's back, Canada carries on regardless. With a new capital city on the Gulf of St Lawrence, St. John's could return to its life as a harbour town - the jelly bean houses and Signal Hill bringing in the tourists, and the choppers and trawlers shipping out the petroleum workers.

Its tedious western sprawl would be wiped happily off the face of the Earth.

A capital in western Newfoundland would connect the province to its country. Rather than a 600 kilometer drive from Port-auxBasques to the Avalon, people could be off the ferry and into the city in no time. The other Atlantic provinces would suddenly be an island-hop away.

There would be no need for the preposterous food miles required to shift groceries all the way across the island, no

need for the trans-Canada highway to be potholed into oblivion by a steady stream of juggernauts.

Memorial University could switch its campuses around, making Wilfred Grenfell College the main focus of attention and leaving St John's as the satellite centre. For marine biology, geology, geography and other earth and life sciences, the west coast is far more suited to study than the barren, boggy terrain of the Avalon.

Then there's the weather. The west coast gets warmer, drier summers and reliably snowy winters. The skiing around Marble Mountain could be a genuine centre of snow sports.

Build a St. John's Solarium Leslie Vryenhoek Writer and communications consultant The St. John’s Solarium—Imagine: it’s midMay, the 26th straight day of drizzle and fog after a long, dismal winter. You can’t bear to turn on the television or answer the phone and find out how the rest of the country is soaking up the warm spring sun, so you toss some summer duds in a bag, grab the sunscreen and head out. No, you’re not going to the airport—you’re just spending yet another day (after all, you have an annual pass) in the world’s only indoor tropical CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 island, an underground mecca (change rooms on the second floor let you leave your boots behind!) with high-above sunlamps to offer a Vitamin D dose and take the edge off your pasty. Real tropical plants, constantly refreshed air (heated, of course, geothermally), a wave pool for the kids, street vendors, outdoor cafes… At night, the sun goes down, the moon and stars come out and local musicians take the stage at the patio bars.

God I wish somebody would build it. Sure, it would take massive private/ public investment, but imagine the tourism potential—and the mental health rewards.

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Santa Claus is coming to Downtown! the annual downtown st. john’s christmas parade is set for sunday november 28th at 1:00 pm (December 5th in the event of inclement weather).

Join Santa and his cast of colourful clowns and characters, lively marching bands, enthusiastic cheerleaders, synchronized dance groups, and beautiful floats as they make their way through the streets of the oldest City in North America!

Help us help the Community Food Sharing Association by bringing a non-perishable food item or loonies and twoonies to the Downtown Christmas Parade. Both will be collected by Newfoundland Power employees along the Parade route.

Kids, be sure to bring your letters to Santa as Canada Post employees will be on hand to collect them and send them to the North Pole!!

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To make public transit attractive to St. John’s residents, we should build a BRT (bus rapid transit) system that would form the core of a redesigned Metrobus. Specific arterial transit routes should be identified and their roadways upgraded to enable the features of a rapid transit network. Like similar systems in Halifax and Saskatoon, these routes would include transit-priority traffic signals, bus stations with improved shelters at major destinations, access to park-and-ride facilities, less stops than traditional bus routes, and frequent continuous service that would allow users to use the rapid bus system without the need to consult a schedule (service intervals of ten minutes or less). Less frequent neighbourhood routes could connect to the BRT system at major stations – perhaps using smaller vehicles. The BRT busway could feature extended service hours and could even be designed to allow for the possibility to upgrade to light rail as the city grows.

Part of the BRT network could be built along the Columbus Drive-Prince Philip parkway to link St. John’s east to west, serving the Village and Avalon Malls, the Health Sciences complex, Memorial University, Confederation Building, and the College of the North Atlantic along the way. Bus stations (at intersections with transit-priority traffic lights) would need to be added to the parkway to allow buses to quickly merge in and out of traffic. Major thoroughfares into the downtown would also need to be upgraded with bus-only lanes where required. The new system, if implemented properly, could make a major difference to traffic and parking problems in the city core.

Need a lift to the Parade? Ride the Santa Shuttle The elves at the Downtown St. John’s are already busy preparing for Santa’s arrival and its now time to think about your float in this year’s event. The deadline for entries is October 29th. Be sure to check out the Christmas Parade Corporate Challenge, an exciting new addition to this year’s Parade!

Volunteer opportunities are also available! You could participate in the Parade as a clown or character; costumes are provided and are on a first-come-first-serve basis, and kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Parade Marshal positions are also available, but you must be at least 18 years of age.

For more information about the Downtown Christmas Parade, the Corporate Challenge, to volunteer, or to get your application visit http://www.downtownstjohns.com or call the Parade Hotline at SANTA-HI (726-8244)

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nd while we're on the subject: Citizen's organization Happy City are having a public brainstorming meeting about the future of the city, and they're inviting everyone to attend. "Your City, Your Ideas" is going ahead on October 30th from 10am to 1pm at the Foran Room in City Hall (Doors open at 9:30). For more information, visit their website at www. happycity.ca

FOoD NERD

The Edible City

Dr. Roberts speak at the recent ACORN-NL (that’s Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network – Newfoundland & Labrador) conference on sustainable farming, and he told lovely tales of other cities using land that otherwise just sits there—big church lawns, schoolyards, park spaces, neglected industrial lots—to create urban oases, little farms Andreae Callanan's big idea. in the big city.

On the policy end, we need bout this time a year ago, I was to learn from people like asked to come in as a guest on Dr. Roberts. One thing that CBC Radio Noon Crosstalk to frustrates me about the urban discuss local foods. I was high as food-growing movement is just a kite on dreams of local produce, how much red tape and foolishand the callers from the farthest reaches of ness we have to go through in the province just fueled my fancy. For the order to do something as instincmost rural of callers, eating local food wasn’t tive and culturally appropriate a movement or a political statement. It was as grow a few cabbages. The just eating. These callers had their rows of constant work of organizations potatoes and carrots in the back yard, their like FEASt (Food Education Acbottled moose and rabbit in the pantry, their tion -— St. John’s) and the efforts blueberries and partridgeberries in the freezof their allies in City Hall are ers. amazing, and I admire the hell out Now, I know that Radio Noon callers don’t of these people. But I wish we didn’t need to necessarily represent the province as a whole, spend so much energy trying to get a space to but, heck, they’re out there, and for every grow things when we could just be... growing person who called in to talk about the pleathings. sures of backyard rhubarb, there were plenty You know what else Dr. of other people nodding Roberts said in the ACORNin agreement while gazing session? That in counout over their own rhubarb I wish we didn’t need NL tries like Russia and Cuba, patches. to spend so much up to half of all produce But that’s around the bay, where people own their energy trying to get a consumed is grown in urban yards, many no bigger than homes and have access to space to grow things an average-sized classroom. land that’s been worked when we could just Now, Russia and Cuba have for generations. Where the produce in the stores is often be... growing things. their own problems, but I’m willing to bet two things. even crappier than it is here First, the produce they grow in town. And where the on balconies and in window culture of throwing a few boxes is probably much tastier than what seeds in the ground in the spring hasn’t yet we ship in, and second, they’re not going to been entirely lost. starve if the Port of Montreal workers go on By now you probably know that I’m a bit strike. They grow what they eat, and they rely of a garden geek. And that I love St. John’s on themselves to keep their soup pots filled. like mad. And that I like my food sources to Just like we used to, and just like some Newbe within arms’ reach. So you’re unlikely to foundlanders still do. be surprised that my big ideas are all about So while we learn from people like Dr. Robmaking this city a more edible place. One erts, we have to learn, too, from the people where sad-looking, water-guzzling lawns are in our own province who have been growing transformed into lush kitchen gardens, humtheir own veggies in their backyards all these ming with bees and butterflies. One where years. If there’s one thing I’ve found in my neglected lots become meeting places for garrecent years of obsessive garden research (and den enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds. of wretched backyard garden failures), it’s One where the people who don’t have the that Newfoundland is like no other place in space to garden can rent their own plots, and Canada in terms of our weather, our soil, and where those who don’t have the time or the the tricks we need to get those factors to work inclination can buy or barter fresh neighbourtogether to yield a plate of peas. Not to sound hood fruit and veggies from those who want dire, but most of those rural backyard farmers nothing more than to spend eight months of I spoke to on the radio that time were getting the year up to their wrists in wormy soil. up in years, and if we don’t learn everything That’s not so crazy, is it? they have to teach us now, we might not have I mean, Toronto’s doing it. Yup, big ol’ the chance later. It only takes a couple genurban Toronto. Seriously. Ask Dr. Wayne erations to forget everything you ever knew Roberts, Toronto-based food policy and food about a local tradition, and that includes security expert. He’s been working toward gardening. a greener city for years, trying to convince As a small city just a few generations municipal powers of the value of community removed from farming culture, we’re well space where people can grow a few veg, poised to make this rocky port town into an either side-by-side in allotments, or commuedible one. Here’s what I would do if I had my nally, in a garden where the space and the way. harvest are shared. I had the chance to hear

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I would encourage rural-urban exchanges to teach city kids like me how to work with our unique climatic challenges.

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We could identify and reclaim mature fruit trees on public and commercial land. There are apple and cherry trees stuck here and there all over St. John’s, and hardly anybody uses them. If these trees were cared for, they could yield decent amounts of fruit which could be distributed to people who need them.

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We could start blabbing about “secret” picking spots. Those of us who are urban foragers tend to get a little (okay, a lot) protective of our favourite spots for berries, crabapples, and other tasty freebies, but keeping these places under our hats doesn’t help feed hungry people. We could identify these spots and encourage people to collect and preserve the raspberries, chuckley pears, rosehips, and other fruit there. Rosehip jelly might not seem like a useful commodity, but you’ve got to put something on toast, right?

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Homeowners who have space to grow food but no interest in actually doing it could add their properties to a yardshare list.

Eager gardeners could do the work, and the harvest could be split between the yard owner and the gardener.

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I know that land is insanely valuable in St. John’s right now, so I don’t expect the city to hand over vacant lots for community gardens. But office towers, government buildings, churches, and schools have loads of space that could be put to better use. Maybe the city could offer incentives to institutions who hand over their lawns or courtyards or rooftops for community gardens or allotments. Maybe? You think? Come on!

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MUN CINEMA SERIES november 4

get low

(USA, Germany, Poland 2009) 100 min.

Directed by Aaron Schneider with Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, et al.

november 11

restrepo

(USA 2010) 93 min.

Directed by Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger

november 18

I Am Love (Lo sono l'amore) (Italy 2009) 120 min.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino with Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, et al.

november 25

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (USA 2010) 84 min.

Directed by Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg

THURSDAYS, 7PM Empire Studio 12 Avalon Mall www.mun.ca/film

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Friday OCT 29

(rock), Jane Doe, Distortion

Bev Greeley (6pm); Damian Moores (9pm), no cover, Station Lounge Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), The Acoustic Punters (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub Clothes Make the Man (Toronto rock), Sheavy, Roundelay, Another North, $7/$5 with costume, Distortion Costume Contest, The Grapevine

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D’arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny & Glen Harvey (8pm), Kilkenny Krew, Shamrock City Pub Damian Follett (6:30pm); Des Gambin & Steve Oakley (10:30pm), Green Sleeves Pub DJ Fabian, no cover, 11am, Zone 216

Halloween All Ages Show: The Killing (Misfits covers), Endometrium (Gwar covers), Stand Your Ground (Blink 182), Surrogate Activity (Jawbreaker), Clocked In (Descendents), Jon Wk (Andrew Wk), Dawn Awakening (Iron Maiden), 3pm, $5, Headquarters

DJ Sina, Konfusion

Halloween Dress Up Show: Be Alright (math rock), Monsterbator (rock), Mopey Mumble Mouse (art rock), CBTGs

Filthy Fridays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s

Halloween Party: DJ Bacon Reid, MUN Bittters Pub

DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs

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Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar

Sons of Erin, 8pm, $25, Holy Heart Auditorium

Kelly Ann Evans Band, 11pm, Martini Bar

Tarahan, 10:30pm, Bridie Molloys

Mardi Gras, The Novaks (7:30pm); Big Sugar (9:15pm), $15/$20, George St

That Time of The Month: Halloween edition, Zone 216

Rocket Rocketship, The Wolves, Overlay, The Worst Kind, 9:30pm, The Levee

The Killing (Misfits covers), Cause & Effect, Over the Top, 10pm, $5 with costume / $7, Headquarters

Sean Hoyles, Trinity Pub Sherman Downey & The Ambiguous Case (bluegrass), Pathological Lovers (rock), The Ship

The Insiders, Club One

Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin’s Pub

Saturday OCT 30 A1C Halloween Party: DJ Benjy, Pookas, DJ Piccalo, 10pm, $10, A1C GalleryBairds Cv Rd Blair Harvey & The Dregs (CD release), Kujo, The Ship Bonavista Chain Locker (greasy klezmer rock) 11pm, CBTGs Clothes Make The Man (Toronto rock), Catcher

Des Gambin & Steve Oakley, Green Sleeves Pub DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ Conor Cutz, Evolve DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs Hallowe’en Party: The Instigators, 9:30pm12:30am, $10/BYOB, CLB Armoury-Upstairs Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm), Kilkenny Krew, Shamrock City Pub Janeil Lynch, Trinity Pub

Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell’s Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Kelly Ann Evans Band, 11pm, Martini Bar Mardi Gras: Hollywood Rose (Guns 'N Roses tribute at 7:30pm); Elevation (U2 tribute at 9:15pm); $15/$20, George St Rob Cook (4:30pm);Fergus O’Byrne (8pm); The Acoustic Punters (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe’s

Fat Cat Blues Bar Smoke Stack Lightening, Rose & Thistle Pub Springheel Jack Halloween Costume Party, $5/$7, Station Lounge Truth Laced Lie (alt rock), Roundelay (psychedelic rock), Queen's Maid (rock), $7, The Levee Twilight Zone: Halloween costume parade & best drag contest with VJ Eric & DJ Fabian, Zone 216

Friday NOV 5 Actors & Architects (Toronto progressive rock), Baby Jane, The Pathological Lovers (rock), Rock House Another North (alt rock), The Red Planes(alt rock), Dave Walsh, $5, Fat Cat Blues Bar Blair Harvey & The Dregs (country) Rose & Thistle Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), The Masterless Men (11:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub D'arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm), Shamrock City Pub David Langmead, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub DJ Fabian, no cover, 11am, Zone 216 DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs DJ Sina, Konfusion

Blair Harvey & The Dregs (country) Bull & Barrel Brad Jefford Trio (jazz) 9:30pm, $7, Rose & Thistle Pub DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs Green Keys Tour: Original piano (classical & popular)

by Frank Horvat. Featuring "Earth Hour" - a 1-hour piano piece inspired by, and performed in the dark, 7:30pm, free, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm), Shamrock City Pub Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell's Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Rob Cook (4:30pm);Fergus O'Byrne (8pm); The Masterless Men (11:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's Signal Hill, Club One Steve Green, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub The Beach B'ys (10-piece Beach Boys tribute), The Skinny Jims (50s & 60s rock), 10pm, $10/$15, Rock House Tino Borges & The Incident, 11pm, Brimstone Public House VJ Eric, DJ Fabian, 11pm, $5/$7 after 1:30pm, Zone 216

Filthy Fridays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass: Quintessential Vocal Ensemble & friends, 8pm, $15/$20, Anglican Cathedral 579-4424 Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Mark Bragg & The Butchers (indie rock) The Ship Signal Hill, Club One The Phobics (rock), Fallen Abbey, The Living Daylights (acoustic rock), 10pm, The Levee Traces Dance Band (Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser), 9pm, $10, Capital Hotel-Kenmount Rd Tino Borges & The Incident, 11pm, Brimstone Public House Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin's Pub Veneers (Demo release), Monsterbator (rock), Swords (epic metal), Be Alright (math rock), 11pm, $5, Headquarters

Saturday NOV 6 Actors & Architects (Toronto progressive rock), Roundelay (psychedelic rock), The Pre-Raphaelites (pop), 10pm, $7, The Levee An die Musik (MUN Music) An Evening of Schubert Poetic with Patrick Cashin (piano), 8pm, $10/$15, DF Cook Recital Hall Andreu Wrice & Friends,

Friday NOV 12 Bahamas (Toronto folk rock) 9pm, The Ship Bic & The Ballpoints, Club One Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), A Chara (11:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub D'arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm), Shamrock City Pub DJ Fabian, no cover, 11am, Zone 216 DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs DJ Sina, Konfusion Filthy Fridays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's Greg King, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub Jofo, DJ Exodus (NYC), 10pm, Evolve Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Lovemotor (rock) 10pm, The Levee Shake, Rattle & Roll (MUN Music) The Scruncheons percussion ensemble & Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Flute & Percussion Ensemble, with Donna Spurvey, 8pm, $10/$15, DF Cook Recital Hall Shawn Beresford & The Solution (CD release) Fat Cat Blues Bar Stixx & Stones, Dusk

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Ultralounge Subsistance (Montreal hardcore) 10pm, $6, CBTGs The Bishops, 11pm, Brimstone Public House Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin's Pub

Chopin at 200 (MUN Music) Timothy Steeves & Maureen Volk celebrate Chopin’s birthday, 8pm, $10/$15, DF Cook Recital Hall Danika Drover, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub

All Ages Show: Subsistance (Montreal hardcore) $6, Headquarters Bic & The Ballpoints, Club One

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Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar King Nancy (rock), Andrew O'Brien & The Searchers, Rock House

DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs

Rob Cook (4:30pm);Fergus O'Byrne (8pm); A Chara (11:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub

Endometrium (metal) 10pm, The Levee

Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's

Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm), Shamrock City Pub

Shawn Beresford & The Solution (CD release) Fat Cat Blues Bar

DJ Big Frank, Konfusion

Saturday OCT 13

Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell's Pub

Japan Batteries (rock), Sean Panting Band (rock),

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Stixx & Stones, Dusk Ultralounge

Subsistance (Montreal hardcore) $6, Headquarters The Bishops, 11pm, Brimstone Public House VJ Eric, DJ Fabian, 11pm, $5/$7 after 1:30pm, Zone 216

Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm), Shamrock City Pub DJ Fabian, no cover, 11am, Zone 216 DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs DJ Sina, Konfusion

Friday NOV 19 Blue Eyed Blonde, Club One Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8pm), Tarahan (11:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub D'arcy Broderick & Ron

House

Recital Hall

Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar

DJ Big Frank, Konfusion

The Dana Parsons Project, Dusk Ultralounge The Monday Nights (folk rock) Fat Cat Blues Bar Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin's Pub

Duncan Cameron, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub Evry7th (CD release) 9:30pm, The Republic Filthy Fridays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's Iron Giant (New Brunswick metal) Distortion Jane's Party (Toronto rock), $5, Brimstone Public

Saturday NOV 20 Blue Eyed Blonde, Club One Brass: The Next Generation: MUN Brass Ensemble, 8pm, $10/$15, DF Cook

DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm), Shamrock City Pub Jane's Party (Toronto rock), $5, Brimstone Public House Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell's Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Repartee (rock), Pathological Lovers (rock), Rock House Rob Cook (4:30pm);Fergus

O'Byrne (8pm); Tarahan (11:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's Singing for Supper (Community Food Sharing Benefit) An evening of Christmas music - both traditional and non-traditional. Featuring One More Girl, Pear & Tom Jackson, 7pm, $20/Nonperishable food donations accepted, Cochrane Street United Church 579-4424 Steve Davis, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub The Dana Parsons Project, Dusk Ultralounge The Instigators, Fat Cat

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Customer-submitted reviews for St. John’s and metro.

bamboo garden

Coffee Matters

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Reviewed by Sam

252 Duckworth Street, 726-7802

It was bound to happen. Tea Zone fairly recently shut down, unable to find success with their rather unique business model—that of literally never being open. In its place is now the reincarnation of Bamboo Garden, a down-to-earth Chinese restaurant.

Had supper there one night with a friend… and then returned the next day for take-out lunch. And then a few evenings later, take-out supper. How quickly one becomes a regular to small restaurant staff!

The owner is pleasant, the service attentive, and the food is excellent. They serve the range of westernized Chinese dishes (wonton soup, egg rolls, ginger beef, etc), but also a nice variety of more traditional noodle and other foods. Nothing overly fancy, but I find it delicious, and very, very generously proportioned, like Chinese food should be! I keep coming back for the price–$6 and $6.80 combos and lunch specials, and mains ALL (maybe give or take a few?) under $10. How can you not be satisfied? I know I’ll be back!

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1 Military Rd, 753-6980

I’ve been here about a dozen or so times, and I’ve always had a great experience. Granted, I haven’t ordered anything off their lunch menu, but if you want to go somewhere and grab a coffee and maybe a dessert, it’s great. I tend to get espresso based drinks, or loose tea, and they’ve always been great.

I also love the big windows. You don’t feel nearly as crowded here as you do in many other of the coffee places downtown.

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Burger king 520 Topsail Rd

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The BK veggie is great. Also is worth mentioning for fellow vegetarians: the gravy is veggie friendly! I love being able to indulge in a guilt free greasy poutine craving.

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weekend music Blues Bar VJ Eric, DJ Fabian, 11pm, $5/$7 after 1:30pm, Zone 216

Friday NOV 26 709, Club One At Ships End (folk) The Ship Breakdown, Dusk Ultralounge Chris Hennessey (5pm);

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Bill Kelly (8pm), Greeley's Reel (11:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub D'arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8pm), Shamrock City Pub Darrell Cooper Trio, Fat Cat Blues Bar DJ Fabian, no cover, 11am, Zone 216 DJ Nu Rock, Martini Bardownstairs DJ Sina, Konfusion Filthy Fridays: DJ JayCee,

Turkey Joe's Jane Doe, The Crooks (alt rock), Roundelay (psychedelic rock), 10pm, The Levee Janeil Lynch, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Lazy Rich, Evolve Military Road, 11pm, Brimstone Public House Nudity, Juicer, Monsterbator, Bar None Siochana (roots / celtic) 10:30pm, $5, Bridie Molloy's Traditional Music Session, 8:30pm, Erin's Pub

Hugh Scott (5pm); Bob Taylor, Carl Peters & Pat Moran (8pm), Shamrock City Pub

Cochrane Street United Church 725- 4758

Saturday NOV 27 26 Years in the Making (MUN Music) Presenting Coco Leung in Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat, 8pm, $10/$15, DF Cook Recital Hall 709, Club One Breakdown, Dusk Ultralounge Celtic Christmas: Featuring Lady Cove Women's Choir & Newman Sound Men's Choir, 8pm, $18/$24,

Crowface, Distortion DJ Big Frank, Konfusion

Karaoke, Hosted by Murf, Darnell's Pub

DJ Yellow, Martini Bardownstairs Hammingwell (CD release) The Ship

Karaoke, Karaoke Kops Party Bar Military Road, 11pm,

Brimstone Public House One Day In February (punk) 10pm, The Levee Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O'Byrne (8pm); Greeley's Reel (11:30pm), O'Reilly's Irish Pub Rob Cook, 10:30pm, Trinity Pub

Sexual Saturdays: DJ JayCee, Turkey Joe's Siochana (roots / celtic) 10:30pm, $5, Bridie Molloy's 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 LOUNGE, 171 Water St 726-9016 BIG BEN'S, 55 Rowan St, 753-8212 THE BREEZEWAY, MUN Campus, 737-4743 BRIDIE MOLLOY'S, 5 George St, 576-5990 BRIMSTONE PUBLIC HOUSE, 17 George, 726-0353 St BULL & BARREL, Holdsworth Court, 579-7077 BULL & FINCH, Torbay Rd, 738-7007 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 CLUB V, George St CROW'S NEST, 88 Water St (by War Memorial), 753-6927 CORNER

MuSICNL AWARD WINNERS 2010

STONE SPORTS BAR, 16 Queen St, 754-4263 DARNELL'S PUB, 1570 Topsail Rd 782-2440 DF COOK RECITAL HALL, Memorial University 737-

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GEORGETOWN PUB, 754-6151 GREEN SLEEVES PUB, 14 George St, 579-1070 THE GRAPEVINE, Water St, 754-8463 GRUMPY STUMP, Torbay

4700 DISTORTION, Holdsworth Court, 738-8833/685-1503 DUSK ULTRA LOUNGE, George St ERIN'S PUB, 186 Water St, 722-1916 FAT CAT BLUES BAR, George St 739-5554 FERRY LAST STOP CAFE, 2 Loop Dr-Portugal CV 895-3082 GEORGE STREET BEER MARKET, George St, 753-7822

Rd, 753-2337 HEADQUARTERS, 208 Water St, 579-2557 HOLY HEART THEATRE, 55 Bonaventure Ave, 579-4424 KARAOKE KOPS PARTY BAR,

MusicNL 2010 Award Winners Album of the Year – Amelia Curran – Hunter, Hunter Male Artist – Sherman Downey Female Artist – Amelia Curran Group of the Year – Matt Hornell & the Diamond Minds Molson Pop/Rock Artist/ Group – Matt Hornell & the Diamond Minds Instrumental Group/Artist – Duane Andrews & Dwayne Cote Country Artist/ Group – Joe Belly SOCAN Songwriter of the Year – Amelia Curran – “The Mistress” Alternative Artist/Group – Pathological Lovers Folk/Roots Artist/Group – Amelia Curran Gospel Artist/Group – Jerry Stamp Entertainer of the Year – Matt Hornell & the Diamond Minds Rising Star New Artist/ Group – Matt Hornell & the Diamond Minds Side Musician Award – Sandy Morris

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, George St 351-2183 LOTTIE'S PLACE, 3 George St, 754-3020 LOWER PATH BAR, 312 Water St 579-1717 LSPU HALL, 3 Victoria St, 753-4531 MAJESTIC THEATRE, 390 Duckworth St MARG'S PLACE, Kelligrews MARTINI BAR, George St 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 PUB, George St, 739-9180 ON THE ROCKS, 371 Duckworth 351-2183 PETER EASTON PUB, Cookstown Road PETRO-CANADA HALL, Memorial University PLAYERS CUE, 50 Commonwealth Ave-Mt Pearl 368-2500 THE PUMPHOUSE, 371 Duckworth St 351-2183 REPUBLIC, Duckworth St, 753-1012 ROCK HOUSE, George St, 579-6832 ROSE & THISTLE, 208 Water St, 579-6662 SCANLAN'S, 164 Water st 738-0677 SHAMROCK CITY PUB, 340 Water St, 758-5483 SHIP PUB, 265 Duckworth St, 753-3870 SPIN, 2 George St SHARKEY'S PUB, Manuels 834-5636 THE SPROUT, 364 Duckworth St, 579-5485 SS MEIGLE LOUNGE, Seal Cove 744-1212 ST JOHN'S CONVENTION CENTRE, 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

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BREEZE TAVERN, Topsail 781-0010 TRAPPER JOHN'S PUB, 2 George St, 579-9630 TRINITY PUB, George St, 579-5558 TRIP IN LOUNGE, Kelligrews

Music Educator – Fergus O’Byrne Outstanding Company – Fred’s Records Volunteer Of The Year – Michael Worthman Media Person – Tom Power

834-4002 THE WELL, 14 George St WHALEN'S PUB, 32 George St 722-4900 WHISKY ON GEORGE, 15 George St, 579-9475 YELLOWBELLY BREWERY, 288 Water St 757-3784 ZONE 216 216, 216 Water St, 754-2492 Do you host live music or DJs? Joining our directory is free. E-mail listings@thescope.ca

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Theatre 5 Very Short Plays in the Sand (newfoundland. artist.x) Featuring new short plays by Robert Chafe, Kenneth J Harvey, Lois Brown, Emily Bridger & Sherry White, Rabbittown Theatre-106 Freshwater Rd 739-8220 (Wed Nov 17 Sun Nov 21 at 8pm) ABBA: Gotta Get the Scoop!

(Spirit of Newfoundland) An offbeat musical review that takes you behind the melodies and tells the untold story of ABBA in true Spirit of Newfoundland style. Staring Shelley Neville, Peter Halley, Darrin Martin and Sabrina Roberts, $59.50+ (dinner & show), Masonic Temple-6 Cathedral St 579-3023 (Fri Nov 12 & 19 / Sat Nov 13 & 20 at 7pm) Beaten, And Broken Hearted: Laura Huckle reads from her short monologue play that depicts the lives of three characters, $5, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Sun Nov 7 at 2pm) Dufflebag Theatre: Pro-

vincial School Tour, $8, Arts & Culture Centre 729-3900 (Mon Nov 22 at 9:30am & 1pm) Momentum: The audience travels on a bus as a story unfolds across the city in this workshop production

by Robert Chafe, with writing from Anne Chislette, Joel Hynes, Ed Riche & Agnes Walsh, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Thu Nov 25 - Sat Nov 27 at 8pm & 10pm) The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein) By director Tolson Barrington, choral director Susan Quinn, orchestral director Grant Etchegary & choreographer Pamela Pittman-Rogers. Starring Margaret Hitchens, Richard Donnan, Imelda Winsor, Jillian Ryan & Amanda Dawe, $22.50/$26.50, Arts & Culture Centre 729-3900 (Tue Nov 9 - Sat Nov 13 at 7:30pm) Trudeau Stories (RCA Theatre) In 1985, while she was a student at the National Theatre School in Montreal, Brooke Johnson became friends with Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Through reminiscences, journal entries and correspondence, Brooke brings to life the story of a remarkable

friendship. Written & performed by Brooke Johnson, $20/$30, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Mon Nov 22 (PWYC) - Sun Nov 28 at 8pm)

Dance & Performance Latin Tuesdays: Dance to a mixture of Latin rhythms, 8pm, no cover, Bella Vista Opportunity Frocks Fashion Show: New creations from Melanie Jacqueline Designs & Swervy Garmentry plus Life in Colour accessories & Funky zee tees, Humprhey's Restaurant-177 New Gower St (Sun Nov 7 from 8pm11pm) Riders: What would have happened if the Boleyn Siblings were living in 2010? This is a contemporary dance show, based on the socio-political journey of three power hungry siblings. Choreographed by Vic Wells-Smith; Featuring music by The Doors, Kings of Leon, Damien Rice & We Were Promised Jetpacks, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Fri Nov 5 at 8pm) Tango On The Edge: A social gathering to dance Argentine Tango, $5, RCA Club-10 Bennett Ave (Thursdays at 8:30pm)

Spoken & Written Book Launch: A Spoonful of Sugar by Ed Smith, Chaptyers (Thu Nov 18 at 7pm)

AT THE RIM OF THE CAROL-SINGING SEA December 4 & 5, 2010 7:30 pm Cochrane Street United Church

shallaway presents its annual Christmas Concert featuring 200 young voices from our province singing Christmas music new and old. You’ll also be treated to a special Christmas reading. Don’t miss out on this spectacular holiday tradition!

Tickets are available at the SHALLAWAY office by calling (709) 738-6792 $30 Adult, $25 student/senior. For more information visit http://www.shallaway.ca

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Literary Reading: Jane Urquart talks about, reads from and signs copies of Sancutary Line, The Ship (Sun Nov 21 at 7pm) Reading: Manitoba's Miriam Toews introduced

by Michael Crummey; Québec's Robert Lalonde invited by Lisa Moore, free, The Ship (Sun Nov 14)

Comedy Aaron Berg: Stand up comedy, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Thu Nov 4 - Sat Nov 6 at 7:30pm (dinner) / 9:30pm (show)) Comedy Nite, Trinity Pub (Thu Nov 4 & 18 at 8:30pm) Glen Foster: Stand up comedy, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Thu Nov 11- Sat Nov 13 at 7:30pm (dinner) / 9:30pm (show)) Mike Wilmot: Stand up comedy, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Thu Nov 18 - Sat Nov 20 at 7:30pm (dinner) / 9:30pm (show)) Tim Rabnet: Stand up comedy, Yuk Yuk's-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Thu Nov 25 - Sat Nov 27 at 7:30pm (dinner) / 9:30pm (show))

Book Launch: Sick Joke: Cancer, Japan and Back Again - A Memoir by Glenn Deir, The Ship (Tue Nov 2

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The Sound of Music St. John’s ~ November 9–13, 2010 ~ 7:30 pm

Book Reading & Signing: Jack and the Manger: A Christmas Jack tale by Andy Jones with illustration by Darka Erdelji, free and all ages welcome, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Tue Nov 16 from 6pm-8pm)

Book Launch: Freddy’s Hockey Hero by Susan Chalker Browne, ColesAvalon Mall (Sat Nov 6 from 2pm-4pm)

The Quidi Vidi Rennies River Development Foundation and the Stokers Group of the St. John’s Rotary in cooperation with The St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre present Rodgers and Hammerstein's

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Death Looks Like a Pontiac

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Review by Mark Callanan

n acquaintance of mine, a poet and critic of some note (or of as much note as is accorded to anyone in Canada who spends their time either writing poems or picking them apart) maintains that poetry should be written as if it is in competition with every distraction the twenty-first century has to offer. And it’s true. It has to compete with Wii and the latest incarnation of American or Canadian or Lithuanian Idol, with the demands of family and with the annoyingly insistent demands of BlackBerry. It has to duke it out with YouTube and Facebook and, yes, even Scrabble—the wooden tile kind.

As such, it has to be as arresting as the latest Hollywood blockbuster, minus overpriced concessions.

Richard Greene’s third collection of poems, Boxing the Compass, is up to that challenge. Along with novelist Kathleen Winter and playwright Robert Chafe, Greene is one of three Newfoundland writers to have been nominated for this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards. (Though, sadly, Greene is perhaps better known—if at all—for having edited Graham Greene: A Life in Letters than for writing poetry.)

Because it includes work composed over the past twenty years, some of which was previously published Boxing the Compass in one or other of his Richard Greene first two collections, Véhicule Press, 2009 Boxing the Compass 102 pages; $16 reads like a Selected

Poems—it’s varied in its tone and approach and has the feel of something spanning many years of work. As indicated in an epigraph to the title poem, the book takes its name from a nautical expression. To “box the compass” is “Not only to repeat the names of the thirty-two points in order and backwards, but also to be able to answer any and all questions respecting its division.”

Several of the poems here have a nautical, or at least maritime, theme. “Whaler” celebrates a great-grandfather “whaler out of Nantucket” (with a wink to Robert Lowell), who, having fallen from a roof near the end of his life, “lingered days to tell / his last stories.” The poem “The White Fleet” reflects on the Portuguese sailors who once populated St. John’s harbour, and would, in act of charity, “pour out their twenty pints / to save some

stranger bleeding at St. Claire’s [sic].” The latter poem mourns not only the disappearance of the White Fleet, but also the pillaging of cod stocks by modern fishing methods.

“Something ended,” Greene writes; “thirty years of dragnets / harrowed the seabed to a kind of hell.”

Greene’s poetry is at its most vital, though, when it fixes on the present tense. “At the College” makes a microcosm of a college campus, the student body standing in for wider humanity. “Here, among these fierce and sentimental students,” Greene writes, “I stand on the edge of a world not my own, / snatching small goods from the large irrelevance // of what we do, making the old sorrows known / to children bearing their first calamities, / teaching solitude to the newly alone.” “Beside the Funeral Home” displays the wonderful Six Feet Under-ish “any broken heart / costs twelve grand and death looks like a Pontiac, / chrome-detailed and rust-proofed in every part.”

The book’s greatest accomplishment is the long (a full thirty-two pages) narrative poem “Over the Border,” in which the narrator, a character that seems a close facsimile of its author, travels across the United States by trains and buses in order to access the university-housed papers of Graham Greene.

His journey is as much spiritual as it is physical, taking him through bus stations spiked with violent potential (where “each adolescent shout / contains a naked threat of knife or gun”) and archive reading rooms.

Along the way, he’s privy to the private lives of Americans, engaging as he does in talk with fellow travellers (there’s something about the camaraderie of travel that makes one more likely to open up to strangers). In the final section of the poem, he arrives at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington where, nearby, a family of ducks moves beyond all human concerns, “casually insisting on what comes next.” It’s a highly symbolic moment, those ducks going steadily about their duck lives, oblivious to human history. You can almost imagine it on the big screen.

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Detail of "The Night Gathering" by Ed Pien

Ed Pien's Delightful Haven

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell

d Pien has a permanent scar on the tip of his index finger. After discovering the traditional Chinese way of cutting paper several years go, he creates grand 3D realms and environments with an X-Acto knife. Welcome to Haven of Delight, Pien's hauntingly beautiful exhibit on display at The Rooms Provincial Gallery.

“I cut vertically,” says Pien. “Even though I have an image to work with while cutting, I am still doing a lot of improvisation in order to feel that there is a continued sense of exploration and negotiation with making the paper-cut.”

Haven of Delight exhibit features an out of this world installation; it's an all encompassing paper maze of celestial celebration. Haven of Delight is a universe in itself. Viewers are welcomed into the tranquility of the grandscale sanctuary where imagination, myth and spirits come to life.

Pien's ethereal paper cut-outs begin as a photograph, images of trees and human figures. He combines the two digital photographs and manipulates it until the visual aligns with his mind's eye.

“I am interested in exploring realms where language is inadequate to explain away mysteries and wonders,” he says.

On the night of Haven of Delight's opening Pien wandered around with a small keychain flashlight, asking patrons to hold it up at eyelevel. The small light showcased an en-

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tirely different interpretation, Haven of Delight became lucid, a dream within a dream. Pien is fascinated with the unconscious, a realm when reality gives way and our minds are free to roam wild and our hearts purest.

“My attempt is to create tensions within the work while removing binaries,” says Pien. “It is my hope that as a result, the work would succeeded in allowing multiple interpretations to take place.”

The Toronto-based contemporary visual artist is a mythmaker. For over 25 years Pien has toyed with contrasts, good and evil, demons and humans. He creates his own visual language of tales and myth. Haven of Delight wanders through a storybook of the fantastical, featuring a cast of characters: birds, bats, human figures that morph into animals and intrigue. In The Safety Of The Trees is a misty walk through the woods, with its purple sky and soft silhouettes. Pien uses art to negotiate the gap between his imagination and the world.

“It's an excuse to be curious, to take risks and be fearless without concern of failure.”

Ed Pien's Haven of Delight is on at The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery until November 28.

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GALLERIES Openings A is For Art: For our 26th anniversary fundraiser, 26 past exhibiting artists have created artworks inspired by a letter of the alphabet.

26 tickets will be sold, then drawn, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 7391882 (Opening reception Nov 6 at from 3pm-5pm) Annual Christmas Show: A rotating exhibit of works by most of our artists, Leyton Gallery-Clift’s-Baird’s Cove 722-7177 (Opening reception Sat Nov 13 from 3pm-5pm) Garden & Nature Art Exhibition: Featuring photography and illustration of natural things, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590 (Opens Fri Nov 5) Harbours & Outports: Each piece by Veselina Tomova is a unique work in mixed media, an adventure, an ephemeral step in the lifelong quest for creative expression, Red Ochre Gallery-96 Duckworth St 7266422 (Opening reception Fri Nov 5 from 5pm-8pm)

Continuing Exhibitions Art Exhibit: Art by the 4th year SWGC grads of 2010, First Space Gallery-QEII Library Coastal Women in Pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador: Documents women’s experiences in outport communities prior to 1949 by interweaving archival photographs and documents, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Elena Popova: Still Vortices: Considering the nature of life as an ever-changing process, Popova’s art marks temporary registrations of the physical and spiritual world in a state of flux, The

Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Here to Stay: Cupids 1610…: Explore the early decades of English colonization in the region using rare original documents and archaeological artifacts that tell the story of Cupids and its settlers, The Rooms Inner Works: Selections from the People’s Collection: From the permanent collection work by artists such as Anne Meredith Barry, Peter Bell, David Blackwood, Christopher Pratt, Mary Pratt, Helen Parsons Shepherd, Reginald Shepherd, Gerald Squires and Don Wright, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Reception Thu Nov 4 at 7pm) Metis Carver: Ancient Stories in Stone and Bone – ongoing exhibit by Albert Biles, Wild Things-124 Water St New Works: By Gerald Squires, Esther Squires, George Horan, Julia Pickard, Sharon Puddester, Gerald Squires Gallery-52 Prescott St 722-2207

Last Chance Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadside Project: For hundreds of years, letterpress printers have created broadsides to let the world know about the events of our time, commemorating these moments with handcrafted words and images pressed into paper. Featuring 130 letterpress poster artworks commemorating the March 5, 2007 bombing of Baghdad’s al-Mutanabbi Street, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Ends Nov 27) Black & White: A 20-year retrospective of linocut prints by Christine Koch that features iconic images of the environments where the artist has lived, worked, hiked or traveled, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 (Ends Nov 21) Haven of Delight: Installations, drawings and

paper cutouts by Canadian contemporary artist Ed Pien which feature an immersive, phantasmagorical world of myths and wooded landscapes, peopled with strange characters including birds, bats and half-human–half-animal figures, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Ends Nov 28)

Water Street: Stories and memories shared by people who live here. At each location there is a sign with a telephone number and a unique 3-digit code.

Madonna (1895-1902): Embodying one of Edvard Munch’s most mysterious and troubling motifs; a powerful mix of sensuality, foreboding and anxiety, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Ends Nov 28)

MUN Botanical Garden: Trails, gift shop & tearoom, 306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590

Making Pattern from the Everyday: Hooked mats by the Rug Hooking Guild feature designs transforming the everyday, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 (Ends Nov 21)

MUSEUMS A Tour de Fort: Interpretive panels tell the story of Fort Townsend, the 18th century symbol of England’s domination over the fishery, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Admiralty House Museum: 1915 navy wireless station now communications museum, 23 Old Placentia Rd-Mt Pearl 748-1124 Boyle’s Historical Walking Tours, Call 364-6845 for more info Connections: This Place and Its Early Peoples: Polar bears on tundra, carnivorous plants in a bog, seabirds, sea mammals, sea life plus the people who made their lives here, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Johnson Geo Centre & Park: See Signal Hill’s 550 million year old geology & specimens of NF rocks, minerals & botanical park, 175 Signal Hill Rd 737-7880

Natural Legacies: Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador: This exhibition features a replica of Banks' voyage diary and some of the specimens collected on his 1766 trip, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Railway Coastal Museum: St. John’s Dockyard exhibit of model ship hulls, shipbuilding, dockyard history plus the story of Newfoundland's railway boat service & 1940's train diorama, 495 Water St W 724-5929 Signal Hill National Historic Site: Military & communications history, meet Signalman, watch film, interactive exhibits, Visitor Centre 772-5367 The Fluvarium: A panoramic water view under the surface of Nagle's Hill Brook. Spot fish, insects & plants in natural habitat plus interactive exhibits, 5 Nagle's Place 754-3474

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EVENTS Craft Council Christmas Craft Fair: Fine crafts made from across the province and country.

Featuring 50+ exhibitors, free/donations accepted for CBC Turkey Drive, Arts & Culture Centre (Thu Nov 11 - Sun Nov 14 / Thu Nov 18 - Sun Nov 21) Downtown Christmas Parade: Route begins at Fort William Building and ends at Railway Coastal Museum. Non-perishable food and money collected in aid of Community Food Sharing Association. Kids, be sure to bring your letters to Santa, Canada Post will collect them at the Parade.

Need a lift to the Parade, ride the Santa Shuttle www. downtownstjons.com (Sun Nov 28 at 1pm / Dec 5 rain date) Kids Eat Smart Foundation Gala: An Evening in Sheraton Forest: Guests enjoy a three course medieval feast, silent auctions & prizes with Alan Doyle, $125, Sheraton Hotel 722-1996 (Fri Nov 12 at 6:30pm) Stirring up the Pudding: Pudding making 19th century style (with samples while they last), craft demonstrations and seasonal music, free/donation of non-perishable food item, Commissariat House-Kings Bridge Rd 729-6730 (Sat Nov 20 & Sun 21 from 11am-3pm) Veterans National Day of Protest: Provincial Capital Rally to show support for our nation’s veterans, 11am, National War Memorial (Sat Nov 6 at 11am) Yard Sale (Women's Group fundraiser) 63 Guy St 722-1524 (Sat Oct 30 from 10am-3pm)

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YMCA Peace Week Breakfast: Recognizing peace makers in their communities & volunteer thank you, Holiday Inn-180 Portugal Cove Rd (Fri Nov 26 from 7:30am-8:30am)

LECTURES & FORUMS 17th Century Fashion: What were people wearing on the streets and fish flakes of Cupids in those early days? Curator Maureen Power is here to show and tell, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Thu Nov 18 at 2:30pm) Adventures with the Yellow Submarine: Exploring Deep-Sea Coral Habitats in Newfoundland with Dr Evan Edinger (MUN Geography), Johnson Geo Centre-175 Signal Hill Rd 737-7880 (Tue Nov 16 from 7:30pm-8:30pm) An Evening with Philip Riteman: Philip Riteman

lectures on his experiences an Auschwitz survivor, DF Cook Recital Hall 864-2313 (Tue Nov 9 at 7pm) Contemporary Canadian Architecture: Join Raymond Moriyama, designer of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, as he presents and discusses his work, St John's City Hall-Foran/Greene Rm (Thu Nov 25 at 7pm) Coyotes, Caribou & Other Critters (Coffee & Culture) Yolanda Wiersma (MUN Biology) will share what she’s been discovering about how these species interact, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Thu Nov 4 at 2:30pm) Dare to be Deep Tour: Celebrating ocean conservation and protection fueled by the establishment of a National Protected Marine Area in Gwaii Haanas, BC. Talks from marine scientists, conservationists and Haida representatives plus performance by Four Winds Traditional Drum Dance group, 7pm, Hampton Hall-Marine Institute Ridge Rd (Mon Nov 8 at 6:30pm) Debt Crunch: The looming crisis for Canadian households: A public forum moderated by Mary Lou Finlay, former host of CBC Radio’s As It Happens, The Fluvarium-5 Nagle's Pl www.debtcrunch.ca (Fri Nov 5 from 9:30am11:30am) Fire, Culture & Festival: A public talk on world fire traditions with Dale Jarvis, Ebrahim Monajemi (Iranian fire traditions), Meena Acharya (Indian traditions Diwali & Holi), while Phillip Hiscock (NL bonfire night), free, Signal Hill Interpretation Centre Annex (Thu Nov 4 at 8pm) Folklore Lunchtime Seminar Series: Dr Janice Tulk presents Singing Hard: Aesthetics, Sound Production & Vernacular Notions of Vocal Hygiene and Health in Powwow Music, MUN Education Bldg-4036 (Tue Nov 2 at 12.30pm) Folklore Lunchtime Seminar Series: Ginny Fugarino presents insights from her ongoing research on legends and other forms of folklore that develop in the wake of hurricanes, MUN Education Bldg-4036 (Tue Nov 16 at 12.30pm) Folklore Lunchtime Seminar Series: Nic Hartmann presents Don't Laugh at Kim Il-Sung: Personal Experience & Untellability in Guy Delisle's 'Pyongyang' (a graphic novel memoir of living in North Korea), MUN Education Bldg-4036 (Tue Nov 30 at 12.30pm) Historical Archaeology at Cupids: Archaeologist William Gilbert speaks of discoveries and historical research that has given us a greater understanding of

this site and its role in settling NF and eastern North America, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Wed Nov 17 at 7pm) Lunch at the Hall: Workshop production discussion of Momentum, a play that travels by bus.

Written by Robert Chafe, Anne Chislett, Joel Thomas Hynes, Ed Riche & Agnes Walsh. Bring your brown bag lunch, free, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Wed Nov 10 at 1pm) Music Media & Culture Lecture Series: Dr Rob Bowman (York) presents The Determining Role of Performance in the Articulation of Meaning: The Case Study of 'Try a Little Tenderness, Arts & Culture Centre-MMaP Gallery (Mon Nov 8 at 7:30pm) Natural History of the Wolf: Packs of wolves once roamed Newfoundland. What caused this distinctive subspecies to go extinct is just one of the topics John Maunder will explore as he looks at this animal and the people it interacted with, free, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Wed Nov 3 at 7pm)

Andy Jones, Andrew Loman, and Crystal Parsons.

Admission by donation, 72 Harbour Dr 739-1882 (Thu Nov 10 at 8pm)

KIDS & TEENS Book Reading & Signing: Jack and the Manger: A Christmas Jack tale by Andy Jones with illustration by Darka Erdelji, free and all ages welcome, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Tue Nov 16 from 6pm-8pm) Family Fun: Animal Tracks & Signs in Winter, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Sun Nov 7 from 2pm-4pm) Family Fun: Marble Tournament: Kids in Cupids in the 1600s would have played it for fun, now you can, too, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Sun Nov 21 from 2pm-4pm) Fish Nests: Discover how a trout builds a nest to lay her eggs with outdoor component, game, story and craft, The Fluvarium-5 Nagle's Pl 754-3474 (Sats & Suns in Nov at 1:30pm)

Our Imagined Communities (MUN Women's Studies) Some Fictional Representations of the Academy by Women Writers in Canada by Dr. Wendy Robbins, MUN Science-4087 (Wed Nov 12 at 1pm)

Genealogical Fun: Kids can construct a simple family tree, a family album, or even a family crest to include in their very own time capsule, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Sun Nov 14 from 2pm4pm)

Public Lectures in Philosophy: A Short History Of Nature (On the Brink of Eco-Apocalypse) Dr Sean McGrath speaks about ethics and ecology, with discussion to follow, free, The Ship (Tue Nov 30 from 8:30pm-10pm)

Toddler Program: Aspects of Animals, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Tue Nov 2 at 10:30pm)

The Blue Castle: Jillian Gould (MUN Folklore) talks about how elderly women integrate their many selves: religious and secular, past and present, communal and individual, to create a sense of 'home' where they live, even if that home is an institution, free, The Ship (Tue Nov 9 at 8pm) Too Stupid to Leave (MUN Women's Studies) Gender, Violence and Street Kid Vernacular Gender Theory with John Bodner, Sally Davis Seminar Rm-SN4087 (Mon Nov 29 at 12pm) Wessex Society Lecture: Writer/archivist Bert Riggs will present a lecture titled Wessex Members of the Newfoundland Regiment 1914-18, Hampton HallMarine Institute (Wed Nov 10 at 8pm) Words in Edgewise: Dramatic reading of Talking To Terrorists, a work of documentary theatre

by Robin Soans, directed

by Joan Sullivan. Readers include Neil Butler, MaryLynn Bernard, Kim Drake, Jake Fisher, Ashwin Gupta,

Young Musicians, Open mic at Shamrock City Pub (Sundays at 2pm)

MEETINGS & CLASSES

Clubs, Groups, Free Classes & Workshops 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 The Art of Breastfeeding and Avoiding Common Difficulties, babies welcome, free, Sobey's-Torbay Rd 437-5097 (Mon Nov 8 at 7pm) Budgeting Workshop: Make your list and check your budget twice. Join one of CCSAC’s Credit Counsellors for budgeting & holiday spending tips, free, AC Hunter Public Library 737-3950 (Tue Nov 2 at 7pm) Capital Toastmasters:

Improve self-confidence 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 comic-making welcoming individuals with all levels of cartooning experience, young and old, free, Anna Templeton Centre-278 Duckworth St 739-7623 (Fri Nov 5 from 7pm-9pm) Craft & Rummage Sale (McSheffrey Outreach House fundraiser) MacMorran Community Centre Gym 722-1168 (Sat Nov 6 from 10am-3pm) Critical Mass: A mass bike ride around downtown to assert cyclists' right to the roads and spread cycling awareness. Meet at 6pm at Colonial Building (Fri Nov 26 at 6pm) DanceNL AGM: The prov-

ince's first sectoral dance association, Arts & Culture Centre www.dancenl.ca (Thu Nov 4 at 7pm) Family Garden Program (FEASt) Parents come with their children and work on the garden, and learn about growing organic vegetables, #5 Mount Scio Rd www.feastnl.ca (Sundays at 1pm) Food Security Network AGM: Learn about what FSN has been up to this past year, become a member, and get involved in planning for 2010-201, Gower St United Church 237-4026 (Thu Nov 18 from 2pm5:30pm) For the Love of Learning: Free workshops in art, writing, film, theatre, journalism and yoga for anyone aged 15-35, Gower St United Church-basement 722-8848 (Weekdays from 12pm-6pm) Free Garden Tours (St John’s Safer Soil) Learn about safe city gardening, how to test soil for lead, landscaping and other tips to prevent lead exposure, using plants to clean the soil, and more. Contact 738-7542 (Through fall 2010) 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) French Friday: Welcome everyone, Franklin Hotel 726-4900 (Every Friday) 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) 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) 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 Hall-Elizabeth Av (First Tuesday of month at 8pm) NL Horticulture Society: Where gardeners meet and grow together, St David's Church Hall-Elizabeth Ave

(Tue Nov 2 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 Psoriatic Arthritis & Ankylosing Spondylitis (Arthritis Society) Public forum with Dr Proton Rahman (Rheumatologist), free but must register, Eastern Health-Cordage Pl 5798190 (Wed Nov 3 at 7pm) 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) Seniors Resource Centre Open House: Former board, staff, volunteers and interested public are invited to celebrate 20th anniversary, 280 Torbay Rd-Suite W100 737-2333 (Wed Nov 17 from 3pm6pm) 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) 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)

St John’s Farmers’ Market: Fresh local produce, international foods, arts & crafts, coffee, photography, waffles, sweet snacks, kids events and buskers, Lion’s Club Chalet-Bonaventure Ave (Every Saturday from 9am-2pm) (END NOV)

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Thyroid Cancer Info: For survivors, family members & friends, Eastern Health Admin Offices-306 Waterford Bridge Rd (Sat Nov 27 from 10:30am-12pm) Trivia Night (Rose & Thistle at Tuesdays); (Lower Path on Wednesdays at 9pm); (Bitters on Thursdays at 8pm) 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 746-2399 (Mondays at 7:30pm) Send press releases to listings@thescope.ca

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How to make movies This October at thescope.ca/wha we had our readers ask our special guest experts ­Jordan Canning and Roger Maunder any questions they had about filmmaking.

Jordan is a director, writer and producer. In 2008, her short film Bedroom screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was awarded Best Atlantic Short at the Atlantic Film Festival. She is currently adapting Jessica Grant's novel, Come, Thou Tortoise for the screen. Roger Maunder is founder of the Nickel Film Festival, and works as the First-Time Filmmaker Mentor at NIFCO (Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Cooperative.)

Here are some of the questions and answers.

How does someone get employed in a film or television production’s various departments, such as lighting, costuming, the art department, etc? — ANONYMOUS Roger Maunder: My first suggestion is to volunteer on as many films as you can. This way, you get to see how the whole process really works and you can focus on the various departments seeing which one fits you best. The more you volunteer to get your foot in the door, the more people you will meet, experience you will gain and the more opportunities that will arise.

One program where you can get your feet wet is NIFCO’s First Time Filmmaker Program. We are always looking for volunteers to help filmmakers make their first film. Hopefully, once you have proven yourself as a dependable and reliable crewmember, you will eventually start getting paid work from these filmmakers as they go on to make films with budgets.

I suggest to all aspiring filmmakers that they should do everything that they can do in every department from holding boom, lighting, art department, etc. It’s only by assuming these roles that you learn the effective use of each department and this will benefit you immensely when you make your own film.

Once a short film is made in Newfoundland what is the next step for promoting it and screening it? —ANONYMOUS Jordan Canning: There are lots of different avenues for a short once it’s completed, and it all really depends on what your goals are for the film. The normal route is: 1. Apply to festivals, A-list (ones that require premiere-status) and then B-list.

2. Sell the film to a broadcaster so that it can air on TV (CBC, Movieola, Bravo, etc.)

This can be done directly by you, or through a distribution company like Ouat Media or the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. If you choose to go through one of these companies, they will essentially shop your film around for you, make the sales, and take a cut.

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3. Eventually find an online home for the film, once all your broadcast obligations have been met.

Now, this is the normal route, but not always appropriate for your film.

If your goal is to have as many people as possible see your film, and you don’t care about selling it to a broadcaster down the road, then maybe you want to skip right to putting it up online and doing a real push to make it go viral. Use it as a way to generate interest and buzz. You can reach a much bigger audience over the internet than by screening at a film festival.

The problem with putting a film online is that it will disqualify it from certain festivals (which I just think is silly), and will also probably kill your chances of selling it to a broadcaster, since they won’t want to pay for something when it’s already been available for free online.

But, more and more, people are making films that are suited for the web and not so much for festivals.

There are so many great sites for showcasing shorts online that might not thescope.ca/wha be destined to do the big film festival slog.

In my experience though, any chance to watch your film with a real live audience is an exciting, humbling and eye-opening experience, and I would recommend at least submitting your film to a few festivals.

To answer your question about local festivals, besides the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (which will accept films so long as there is a women in one of the three creative roles of Writer, Director or Producer), there is the Nickel Independent Film Festival (www.nickelfestival.com) which is over the summer, and the Frosty Film Festival in Mount Pearl in the winter.

Hope that helps!

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Other questions asked online: Where can I rent good gear in town? bit.ly/bE0JuM Is it more effective to shoot in black & white? bit.ly/alIxxo When directing a short film that requires scenes in bars what is the best way to go about actually shooting in a bar? bit.ly/8Xu47v Many thanks to Roger and Jordan!

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Are the benefits of suburban life worth the disadvantages?

he last couple of months I’ve been looking for an apartment to rent in St. John’s, and I found there’s really very little for rent in the city. So I started to consider the available options which include either renting a condo downtown for upwards of 2000 dollars a month (?!), or living in a basement apartment somewhere far away from work and getting a car. Neither of these seemed very appealing to me, and I bet there are a lot of people in a similar situation. In fact I know there are, just from the amount of ‘apartment wanted’ ads in local media like Kijiji. To the chagrin of would-be downtown renters, it looks like the place to live in St. John’s right now is the suburbs.

The suburbs are no longer housing-only areas, where inhabitants commute to and from the downtown core every day. They are transforming to become small, self-contained satellite cities on the edge of a larger city.

There’s a school, a salon, a family-friendly restaurant, a sports bar, and maybe even the office building in which you work. In theory, you TARYN never really have to SHEPPARD taryn@thescope.ca leave your neighbourhood. Many suburbs around St. John's are starting to look like this, or already do. And it’s attractive for many people who find living downtown just too noisy, congested, crime-ridden, and expensive in comparison.

On the other hand, we all know the negative effects of suburban sprawl. The obliteration of our forests, property tax hikes for everyone, and generic architecture. The American Journal of Public Health and the American Journal of Health Promotion, have both stated that there is a significant connection between sprawl, obesity, and hypertension.

But my biggest beef is that there’s nowhere to go, besides the Costco parking lot, to be around people in a public space. There’s no place to hang out that isn’t centered around buying stuff.

One might say a suburban lifestyle is more individualistic, if you compare it to living in an apartment building where many of the domestic services are shared. Things like laundry, garbage collection and recycling, parking,

heat and hot water, a gym. I once lived in a building that had three parking spaces reserved for a car-share service, which was outrageously convenient and economical. The services become part of a ‘public life,’ and you become a part of public life. The sacrifice you make is the abundance of privacy and space.

Why should we worry about this now? Our city is growing—and needs to be growing in a more thoughtful manner. Last year our population grew by 0.5 per cent, the largest increase since 1983. And by the end of 2010, another increase of 0.5 per cent is expected, translating into several thousand people migrating to Newfoundland. New housing ‘starts’ are expected to increase 1.5 per cent, to 3102 houses, and almost two thirds of these new houses are located in St. John’s. At the same time, rental vacancy rates in St. John’s are at an historic low of 0.9 per cent, and there is little or no development of new rental spaces.

Limiting subdivision development might not be a bad idea. It would help preserve the natural areas we still have on the Avalon, and I believe it would be in our collective social and economic best interests. While some Canadian municipalities have successfully adopted ‘urban growth boundaries’ to limit the sprawl, there would naturally be debate about how much of a role our governments should have in determining whether we choose to live a communal lifestyle in the core of the city, or in an unattached house in the quiet suburbs.

The bigger question, perhaps, is how can we stop developers from making irresponsible subdivisions? How can we ensure new developments reflect Newfoundland culture through architecture? And, as a city, how much do we prioritize public space, places where you can go to be with people? Flattening a forest to make a clean slate for a subdivision is easy. The alternative—working on already developed areas—requires designers, planners, impact studies, a lot of time and a lot of careful consideration.

But it might just be worth it.

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By Adam Clarke

Sometimes you can't help but feel like the media is out to get you. In a world where Martin Lawrence in a fat suit is enough to hang several films on (including the upcoming Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son), it's understandable to think that entertainment is designed to make us feel bad.

Some have even take this literally. Yes, rumours have frequently circulated about films that are morally repugnant or causing the deaths of innocents. Danny Boyle's upcoming 127 Hours is reported to contain a scene so graphic it's already caused fire and brimstone to fall from the sky, allowed dogs and cats to live together and brought about mass hysteria. In that order.

Are these urban legends of cinema even remotely truthful? Let's start with a few of the basics...

Urban legend number 1

Murder Videos Can Be Rented From Your Local Video Store

As a teenager, I was disappointed that I couldn't rent a snuff film from local video stores by knocking three times and whispering "fidelio" to the man at the counter. That's because there's no such thing as a snuff film.

Though many films featuring real deaths exist, a true snuff film—made for the express purpose of distribution and financial exploitation—doesn't exist. There were, however, at least three films that purported to be snuff.

Most infamously, a 1976 film that was given a new ending and retitled Snuff. Snuff had duped eager protesters into believing that 90 minutes of real death onscreen with the memorable tagline "filmed in South America...where life is cheap." While Snuff was filmed in Argentina for very little money, no one died in the original footage or the final, unrelated murder sequence which was shot years after the original film was shot.

have caused miscarriages among viewers.

Many pieces on the film still mention this without citation. Even noted film scholar Mark Kermode references it without question in his book on The Exorcist for the British Film Institute.

The source of this pseudo-fact comes from a 1973 New York Times article by Judy Klemesrud. Klemesrud interviewed an anonymous security guard at a movie theatre who offered this gruesome piece of trivia. There are no other witnesses, no reports of this incident from any other paper in New York and no one tried to sue Warner Bros for releasing a film that was Pure Evil.

So, the most infamous fact about the film was most likely invented to pad out an otherwise unremarkable piece of fluff about lineups to see The Exorcist. An unconfirmed report from an anonymous source with no eyewitnesses was enough to get in the Times back then. I wish I had been alive to send them a story about Bigfoot stealing my garbage.

Urban legend number 4

Urban legend number 2

The Crow is a snuff film. You're Paying To See Brandon Lee Die. Now what did I just tell you? While Brandon Lee's death did occur during a scene where his character is murdered, we don't actually see the footage in question. Those who remember the facts surrounding Lee's accidental demise will remember that he died due to a prop gun that had been mistakenly loaded with a functional bullet. This occured during a scene where Lee's character is murdered before being resurrected as an avenger who looks like Robert Smith. Lee was supposed to walk in with groceries and get shot, but the footage was removed based on matters of good taste.

Urban legend number 3

Satan Kills... On screen!

If someone so much as stubs a toe on the set of any movie about Satan, the IQ of an entertainment reporter drops about 80 points and a story is cooked up about devils plaguing a film set. Nevermind that accidents occur on film sets every day, there's pablum to write!

The most infamous incidents centered around The Exorcist, which was rumoured to

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A Halloween Sequel Pushed A Man To Kill

Actually, this one is almost true. A double homicide dubbed "the Halloween II murders" by the media. Most responded to the lazy 1981 sequel to John Carpenter's Halloween with yawns, blank stares or breezy indifference.

Whereas Richard Boyer not only remembered Halloween II, he used it as a legal defence!

Boyer, who had murdered an elderly Florida couple in 1982, had claimed he was compelled to do so after a drug-induced flashback to Halloween II. Early in that film, the masked killer escapes patrol cars and his gun-wielding psychiatrist (b-movie king Donald Pleasence) and enters the house of a bickering, sexagenarian couple. He steals a knife right under their noses and leaves without harming them. Presumably, Boyer's guilty verdict was the result of someone watching Halloween II and noting the lack of similarities. The system works!

Go back in time! You can still find all of October's Blogoween entries—all 31 of them—online at thescope.ca/blogoween.

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exhibition of one-minute video shorts that tell a story; create a portrait; animate a new world.

Featuring works from artists of all ages, experiences and genres, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Thursday Nov 4 at 7pm Get Low (MUN Cinema) Recluse Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) approaches a slick funeral director (Bill Murray) to concoct Bush's funeral while he's still alive.

The townfolk's interests are naturally piqued. Directed

by Aaron Schneider (USA 2010)

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Tuesday Nov 9 at 7pm Pontypool: (Global Cinema Series) From the director of Highway 61 and Hard Core Logo comes this inventive tale of a washedup radio personality who breaks the story of an unusual disease gripping Pontypool, Ontario. Directed by Bruce McDonald (CAN 2008). Facilitator: Chris Lockett (English)

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www.empiretheatres.com Burlesque: Wide-eyed innocent (Christina Aguilera, star of the “Dirty” music video) realizes her dream of dancing in a gentleman's club thanks to a vivacious burlesque dancer (played by 90 year old robot, Cher).

(Nov 24)

Thursday Nov 11 at 7pm Restrepo (MUN Cinema) To document the ongoing battle in the Middle East, two filmmakers filmed soldiers on location in Korangal Valley, Afghanistan for 15 months. Not exactly a feel-good picture. Directed by Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger (USA 2010)

Due Date: Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr star in this latest offering from frathouse comedymaking computer Todd Phillips. Downey's tries to make his son's birth, while Galifianakis plays the exact same character from The Hangover. (Nov 5)

Tue Nov 16 at 7pm Paragraph 175: Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi government arrested approximately 100,000 men for the "crime" of homosexuality. This is their story.

Holocaust educator Carson Phillips will introduce the film and lead discussion, free, Inco Innovation Ctr Rm 200, Parking in lots 15 & 15b

Faster: Some movies are so basic that the words in their plot synopses don't even need to be in order.

Take this Dwayne Johnson vehicle, for example: gang family murdered Rock revenge. Y'see? (Nov 24) Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Lo and behold, Harry Potter, a wizard with the power and beauty of a majestic cannon, faces against the deadly sorcerer, Voldemort.

Magical deeds are afoot, dear readers. Magical deeds of darkness. (Nov 19)

Thursday Nov 18 at 7pm I Am Love (MUN Cinema) Emma (Tilda Swinton) is a passionate Russian woman who has married into an aristocratic family in Milan.

Soon, she realizes she is not at home in her family's bourgeois world. Directed

by Luca Guadagnino (ITA 2009)

Love & Other Drugs: Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a sleazy pharmaceutical rep who falls for Anne Hathaway.

Will the whip of love tame his vicious Type-A personality and beastial go-getter attitude? I tell you maybe!

(Nov 24)

Tuesday Nov 23 at 7pm Bloody Sunday: (Global Cinema Series) From the director of Green Zone and the Bourne sequels comes this look at the infamous Irish civil rights protests in 1972. Directed by Paul Greengrass (UK 2002).

Facilitator: Robin Whitaker (Anthropology)

Made in Dagenham: Comedy-drama about Rita O'Grady and her role in the 1968 Ford sewing machinist strike that lead to the Equal Pay Act 1970. Kinda hard to make a joke about that. (Nov 19)

Thursday Nov 25 at 7pm Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (MUN Cinema) An in-depth and critically-acclaimed look at the storied personal and professional life of stand-up comedian, Rabbit Test director and tireless red carpet presence, Joan Rivers. Directed

by Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg (USA 2010)

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Tangled: Rapunzel reluctantly teams up with narcissistic rogue Flynn only to find that she's fallen in love with him. Based on an unfilmed Lethal Weapon script. Okay, that's not true.

(Nov 24) The Company Men: Ben Affleck is downsized after years of corporate toadying, but, in a twist unforeseen

by Cthulhu, Jesus Christ or even Miss Cleo, discovers that his family is what's re-

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Megamind: Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Brad Pitt lend their voices to this cartoon about an underachieving supervillain. No, not the one with Steve Carrell and the orphans. That was Despicable Me. (Nov 5)

ally important. (Nov 5) The Next Three Days: Paul Haggis, creator of “Walker, Texas Ranger”, tweaks the “Death Wish” formula when a gentle professor turns to violence when his wife's imprisoned. Who's playing the husband? Russell Crowe? Perfect casting.

(Nov 19) Unstoppable: Denzel Washington and Chris Pine have to stop a runaway train that's never coming back. Can they prevent it from hitting schoolchildren, livestock, the President and/or the Captain Eo ride?

I tell you maybe! (Nov 12) Capsule descriptions by Adam Clarke.

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free will astrology by rob brezsny

for november 2010

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SCORPIO (Oct 23 - Nov 21)

have to be pretty persistent. Fortun-

Fujian, there used to be people who be-

out their location. In parts of Europe

imperfect self. Halloween costume

ately, to improve your odds and raise

lieved they could communicate directly

their taste is so highly prized that they

suggestion: hermit, anarchist, keeper of

own personal doorman or doorwoman

your chances of success, all you have to

with the dead. If they slept on the grave

can sell for up to $6,000 per pound. In

a gorgeous diary, do-it-yourself brain

-- someone who would accompany

do is purify your intentions. So please

of the person they wished to reach,

my opinion, the truffle should be your

surgeon.

you everywhere you go and help you

check in with your deep self and make

their dreams during the night might

metaphor of the month this November. I

gain entrance through the portals you

sure that your gift or idea or product

lead to a meeting with the spirit of the

expect that you will be in the hunt for an

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departed. I propose that you consider

ugly but delectable treasure, or a homely

something similar, Aries. Why? Because

but valuable resource, or some kind of

none of Britain's three political parties

according to my reading of the astro-

lovable monster.

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got a majority. For a while, the country

You could really use your

encounter. In my vision of what you require, this assistant would go further.

He or she would find secret camouflaged doors for you, and do the equivalent of

or service has impeccable integrity.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18) Sunlight may smell spicy or

logical omens, you would benefit from

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

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VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22) In last May's national election,

had no leader. Eventually, the rightwing

uttering Ali Baba's magic words "Open

musky to you these days. The wind might

communing with your ancestors. If you

Sesame!" He or she would even create

have a flavor like chocolate liqueur or

can't actually spend the night near their

doors for you, allowing you to penetrate

a ripe peach. The hum of the earth as

final resting place, find another way to

try easier. Don't turn your focus into a

making Conservative David Cameron

obstacles -- going into carpenter mode

it turns may sound like a symphony

contact them in dreams. Put their photos

white-hot beam of piercing intensity;

the Prime Minister. Some people had

and fashioning a passageway for you

you heard once in a dream. Your body?

under your pillow, maybe, or hold one

relax your focus into a soft-eyed

mixed feelings about the deal. "I said it

right on the spot. If you can't find anyone

Electric. Your soul? Sinewy. In other

was like a cross between a bulldog and

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words, Aquarius magic is afoot. The

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enjoyment of playing around with the possibilities. Don't tense your sphincter,

chihuahua," London's mayor announced,

marshal your warrior ferocity, and stir up

"but what I meant is it will have a fantas-

your righteous anger at how life refuses

tic hybrid vigor." I suspect that a certain

Museum of Modern Art, performance

to conform to your specifications; rather,

merger you have in the works, Virgo,

artist Marina Abramovic stared into the

send waves of tenderness through your

could yield similar feelings.

eyes of a succession of different stran-

body, open your heart to the experiment

to fulfill this role for you, do it yourself.

hills are alive with future memories

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21)

Is the highest form of courage embodied in a soldier fighting during a war? Irish

that taste delicious. Your feet will touch

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sacred ground far more than usual.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

of their beloved objects as you sleep.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20) In an exhibition at New York's

Don't try harder, Cancerian;

Democrats formed a weird coalition,

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LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22)

gers for 700 hours. Actresses Marisa

of blending your energy with life's

Tomei and Isabella Rossellini were

unpredictable flow, and marvel at the

of one's deep self is equally daring. By

Anger threw a masquerade party called

among those who received her visual

surprising revelations and invitations

wild animal park became way too tame

my astrological reckoning, that will be

"Come as Your Madness." One of the

probes, as well as 1,400 less famous

that are constantly flowing your way.

invited guests was the Piscean writer

folks. I think it would be fun for you to

the days ahead. Your most illuminating

Anais Nin. She appeared as the ancient

do a variation on her ritual, Taurus. In

and productive adventures will be the

fertility goddess Astarte, but with an

your case, you wouldn't do it to show off

wrestling matches you have with the

unexpected wrinkle: She wore a bird-

or to prove an artistic point, but rather

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for their own good. Maybe they'd hung

the location of your greatest heroism in

world," said writer Aldous Huxley. "But

zookeeper put live chickens into their

convulsive, beautiful darkness you find

cage over her head. This Halloween I

to get closer to the allies with whom

I have found that the only thing one

habitats, hoping they would pounce and

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urge you to be inspired by Nin's decision

you'd like to develop a deeper bond.

can be sure of changing is oneself." I

devour, but instead they retreated as if

to portray her madness as a goddess, but

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suggest you adopt that as your operative

unnerved. Tigers scared of chickens?!

hypothesis, Leo. Maybe next month

Since then the zoo officials have been

it'll make sense for you to shower your

taking measures to boost the big cats'

loved ones with advice, and maybe

bravado. I bring this to your attention,

fungi known as truffles? They are

you'll eventually get re-inspired to save

Libra, because I'm worried you might

bulbous, warty clumps. Because they

humanity from its foolish ways. But for

be headed in the tigers' direction.

grow underground near trees, specially

now your assignment is to fix, refine,

Undomesticate thyself!

trained pigs and dogs are needed to sniff

and recalibrate your own beautifully

so. He said that entering into the abyss

inside yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) The average spammer sends

out 12,414,000 emails before snagging the money of just one gullible dupe.

You're not going to have to be quite that prolific in order to get the word out about what you have to offer, but you'll

In the middle of the last cen-

reject Nin's decision to cage the head of her mad goddess. Find a way to embody the best and most beautiful part

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of your craziness, and let it roam free.

ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19) In the Chinese province of

Are you up for some deep eye gazing?

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20) Have you ever seen the edible

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LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22) "I wanted to change the

Happy birthday to Philippa Jones, Laura Churchill, Geoff Shinkle, Brad Hodder, Christine Hennebury, Benjamin Rigby, RN Wagner, Bryhanna Greenough, Jacob Rolfe, Beni Malone, and Aaron Mckim.

Conservatives and the leftwing Liberal

tury, avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth

poet William Butler Yeats didn't think

Birthdays this month

Five white tigers at a Chinese

around humans too long or their lifestyle was too cushy. Whatever the reason, one of their essential instincts atrophied. A

Send birthday info to birthday@thescope.ca

Homework

Meditate on death not as the end of physical life, but as a metaphor for shedding what's outworn. In that light, what's the best death you've ever experienced?

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