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11 Music 17 Movies 21 Community Events 19 On Stage 16 Visual Arts and Museums 22 Classifieds

8 Feature 6 Storefront 7 Nooks & Crannies 15 Food Nerd 17 On Screen 16 Music Reviews 20 100% Local Comics 20 Free Will Astrology 22 Savage Love 18 DIY 4 City 4 Your City 16 On Display 5 Hot Tickets

Mail: The Scope PO Box 1044, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5M3 Phone: 709-726-8466 Ad sales: 709-693-5028 Fax: 709-726-7682 Publisher/Listings Editor/Distro Manager: Bryhanna Greenough (publisher@thescope. ca) Editor: Elling Lien (editor@thescope.ca) Advertising Diva: Lesley Marie Reade (sales@thescope.ca) Distribution team: Barry Ross, Phil Coates, Rachel Jean Harding, Bryhanna Greenough and Elling Lien Bottom Line Editor: Adam Clarke (adam@thescope.ca) Contributors: Adam Clarke, David Keating, Patrick Canning, Andrew Harvey, Angus Woodman, Shawn Hayward, Sydney Blackmore, Jill Pasquet, Bryhanna Greenough, Andreae Prozesky, Bryan Melanson, Andrew Power, Jennifer Barrett, Andrew Wickens, Ray Denty, Ricky King, and Tara Fleming.

Also contributing: Dan Savage and Rob Brezsny.

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here now... Last two hip hop shows I’ve been at had over 100 people, with much rising talent. Nobody’s dissapointed with show turnouts anymore. Shit’s bangin’.

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Our piece on veteran local rapper John Young/Johnny Hardcore’s angry diss track “No Vaseline 2010” stirred up some conversation on our site this fortnight.

“The hip hop scene here is stale,” said Young in the interview.

Lo-fi: John is the man when it

comes to local rap. It sucks that a guy with real talent is overlooked while Donnie Dunphy and other Weird Al-style emcees get exposure.

RIZZY: Scene’s definitely not stale

hotbox: The history of hip hop

battle tracks goes back three decades. So has claiming to be the king of the city; rappers have traditionally been territorial. In hip hop, local or mainstream, very few respect the architects. Hockey fans young and old look up to Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, etc, but the hip hop fans generally dismiss the innovators as washed-up old timers.

It’s a rap problem specifically because today’s hip hop music is so current, immediate, and disposable.

There are a lot of shots fired in different directions on this song. It will be interesting to see if anyone responds back. As long as it’s kept on wax (or digital mp3) I say bring it

on.

The One Russtafari: I feel like us old school cats were paving the road leading to a cliff!

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FEASt for thought

O’Keefe drops the A-bomb

November has been a milestone for Food Education Action St. John’s (FEASt), the St. John’s sustainable food collective. It turned two years old this month, and its founder announced Nov. 3 she’s leaving the organization.

Shawn Hayward spoke to FEASt members about how far the organization has come and where it’s going.

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mily House wants to grow fresh, healthy vegetables in Pippy Park.

Better yet, she’d like you to grow them. House is passionate about food, which is why she began to volunteer with FEASt when it formed in 2007. As a FEASt member, she’s been working to start a community garden in the park, one of FEASt’s many projects meant to increase the amount of organic, locally-grown food.

Modern mass food production uses chemical pesticides, artificial fertilizer, and genetic modification to grow plants and raise livestock as quickly and cheaply as possible.

Organic farming uses natural methods to limit the amount of chemicals that end up on food.

Agriculture is scarce in Newfoundland and Labrador compared to amount of land this province occupies. Trucking food from the mainland increases its cost, reduces its freshness, and contributes to climate change by creating carbon emissions.

FEASt’s goal is to encourage more Newfoundlanders to grow food themselves, and to do so without harmful chemicals.

In two years of existence FEASt has started the Get Growing Neighbourhoods project, which creates community gardens in the St. John’s area. FEASt members have helped found the St. John’s Farmer’s Market, and through workshops and school presentations FEASt aims to educate the public on the

importance of organic food.

Moving on

House says she and the other members of FEASt will have to take up new responsibilities now that Krista Koch, the organization’s founder, has left the group.

“Now that she’s stepping back, I think we’ll see a more defined core group at our meetings,” she says. “[They’ll be] taking on all of the things that need to be done, the email list and communication between smaller organizations.

Instead of one person taking it on, a whole bunch of people are going to be meeting to make sure those things get done.”

FEASt has no official director, but House says Koch was an important figure in the group, taking on a lot of responsibility for managing FEASt initiatives, such as the Pippy Park project. Koch couldn’t be reached for comment, but House says she stepped down so others could take leading roles.

“She was the central person,” says House. “If I was doing something I would communicate it to her. I think she has a good way of helping organizations like this become sustainable. She doesn’t want it to rest on the shoulders of one person.”

House says she doesn’t think Koch’s departure will negatively affect FEASt’s ability to carry on.

“I don’t think things will collapse in her absence,” she says. “The people in FEASt have the same ability to work on these issues and inspire people. You won’t see a lot

of change from the outside, but everyone in FEASt is going to miss her, because she’s very magical, very inspiring.”

FEASt’s founders envisaged an organization without a hierarchy.

Lesley Hewitt has been a member for a year, and says the departure of Koch will make FEASt what it was intended to be.

“That will become more of a direction,” says Hewitt. “People will have to take more initiative.”

Hewitt says FEASt will start to focus on many smaller projects now instead of a few large ones. They’re looking into starting a gardening program for inmates at the women’s prison in Clarenville, for example.

Just as importantly, according to Hewitt, FEASt will continue to hold workshops for anyone who wants to know more about growing food.

“We’ve been part of the movement to get people more engaged in the food that they eat,” she says. “It’s gotten more people thinking about it. It’s created a way for people to get more involved.”

Like most volunteer organizations, FEASt’s activity is limited by the number of people willing to help. House says she was impressed by the turnout at the last meeting, but new volunteers are always welcome.

“When it’s an issue people are passionate about, they’re okay devoting their own time,” she says.

“Although it is voluntary, you do get a lot of positive benefits back. You meet your community, and you get experience doing whatever it is you love doing.”

House says FEASt is thinking of hiring employees to provide services like compost collection.

She added that a paid executive

director would also be an advantage.

“It would be nice to have the ability to pay people,” she says.

“We’re not there yet. We’re still so new.”

One of FEASt’s most ambitious plans is getting the City of St. John’s to adopt a sustainable food resolution, a document that would reduce bureaucratic obstacles to producing food in the city.

FEASt members are also drafting a document for institutions like hospitals and schools, encouraging them to adopt policies that strive for sustainability.

“It’s a huge hurtle,” says House.

“You start with the policy and then get as many interested stakeholders are possible. It’s a big one but it’s really important.”

House is now one of three original members of FEASt who are still involved in its operations.

An organization is the sum of its members, and as older members leave and new ones join, FEASt’s organizational structure will change with it.

FEASt will grow and thrive, according to House, as long as its members’ passion for sustainable food remains the same.

“The most important thing is that you’re motivated by the issue, and you’re interested in helping this grassroots organization,” she says. “[You want to] increase access to local food and knowledge of the importance of having land set aside for agriculture. That’s most important attribute you bring.”

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Amalgamation and regional cooperation has been on the backburner of provincial and municipal politics for some time now, but at the November 16th St. John’s city council meeting, mayor Dennis O’Keefe and the gang turned up the heat. Council unanimously voted to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a toll booth on the currently under-construction extension of the Team Gushue highway—a road which would stretch from Kenmount Road to the Goulds. O’Keefe went as far as to say the toll would be for non-St. John’s residents.

This all has come from Mount Pearl’s refusal to share the maintenance costs on the new extension. But their decision isn’t much of a surprise, considering Mount Pearl also refused to share the cost of the construction of the highway in the first place.

Over the last few months, letters have been flying between O’Keefe and Mount Pearl mayor Randy Simms, with O’Keefe asking Simms to recognize the benefit Andrew Harvey to Mount andrew@thescope.ca Pearl in the highway, and to pay 25 per cent of the maintenance costs for the highway.

He cited a study which estimated 35 to 50 per cent of traffic on the new highway would come from Mount Pearl residents. But despite any traffic relief Mount Pearl might experience from the extension, no part of the highway extension is actually in Mount Pearl.

Simms has maintained all along that the highway is provincial jurisdiction, and they want no part in it.

“Establishing the precedent whereby municipal governments accept responsibility for provincial obligations is not one that we can justifiably entertain,” mayor Simms wrote in one of his letters.

In order to get funding to construct the highway extension, St. John’s agreed to take ownership of the highway. This leaves city council—and St. John’s taxpayers— responsible for the maintenance of the highway. And it’s expected to run $712,000 a year.

Councilor Gerry Colbert may have said it best, though, when he said “from the get-go, the road should have been cost-shared” adding that, “They won. They got a road for nothing.”

My hope is that coming out of this David versus Goliath inter-city tiff, municipalities of the North-East Avalon and across the province learn not to take ownership of things they don’t want full responsibility over. Play nice.

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Early solo shows by Brian Borcherdt & Julie Fader begin at 9pm. Later, a DJ set

by Borcherdt & Graham Walsh of notorious Holy Fuck fame—a band the feds listed as a reason for dissolving the PromArt fund. (Huh?) Dancing will be had at The Ship. $10.

‘Socialist hip hop artist’ MC Mohammad Ali will float in from Toronto to team up with local singersongwriters RN Wagner and Patrick Molloy to speak out about high tuition at The Breezeway.

Show starts at 9pm, 5 bucks.

Actor Brad Hodder hits the Rock House stage in full trans rock goddess regalia in this latest rock musical by C2C Theatre Co. Matt Hornell & The Diamond Minds back it all up tonight. 19+ shows at 8:30pm & 11:30pm.

Holy Fuck DJ set

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The Black Auks is anchor band, and you, dear reader, are free to be the improvisers in this 80th edition of Sound Symposium’s regular improvised music night. (Also, Wallace & Craig celebrate 35 years of sonic weirdness together!) The Ship.

The aggressive melodic hard core group from Ontario returns! This show will sell out quick, since their last appearance was “crazy”. CLB Armoury, all ages, doors open at 3pm

A sweet and lively mix of Hamilton prog rock and Calgary folk on tonight at The Ship.

The House of Wooden Santas

NIFCO First Time Filmmaker Screening

Hear Kevin Major read this much loved work while taking in the wooden Santa display. Christmas craft demos, pudding making, plus music by Anglican Cathedral Choir and Celtic Fiddlers. Commissariat House, 1:30 PM.

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Santa Claus Parade

See the man in the red suit (and plenty of other characters) at The annual Downtown Christmas Parade (1pm).

Short works from NIFCO’s First Time Filmmakers Program. Titles include “My Stupid Mouth,” “The Jesus Lawyer,” “Grave Dancer,” and “The Man Cam.” Starts at 8pm at the Masonic Temple. $5

How to fix a flat tire

This free bike workshop will be hosted by the Bikeshare folks, and is open to everyone. Stop by MUN’s Engineering building, Rm 1015 at 6pm.

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Fresh Fish Award

Fun, food, writerly friends, readings and announcement of the 2009 Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers at The Ship at 8pm. Free admission. (We hear a certain Food Nerd is a nominee...)

A Christmas ‘Time’ With Andy Jones, Greg Walsh and folk group The Once (after cleaning up at the MusicNL awards.) Starts at 7:30pm at Gower St United Church. Prices are $12-$15 and kids under 10 free.

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Protest the Hero

Wax Mannequin & Rae Spoon

monday, november 30 The cycling film Veer, a documentary about Portland’s vibrant and multifaceted bike culture, will be screened to help officially launch MUN Bikeshare’s repair shop. The evening will start in the Engineering Theatre, EN-2006, at 7pm.

Admission by donation ($5 recommended). More info at munbikeshare.­ wordpress.com

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storefront local business news pet food

Eat Your Vegetables, Kitties Vegan cat food is now available at Food For Thought, thanks to local animal activist Matthew Finerati. A vegan himself, Finerati decided to seek out meat-free feed for his kitties.

“I never knew this was possible, as cats are carnivores by nature,” he says. “I learned about it more and found that there are several brands of vegan cat foods.”

Cats require certain nutrients and vitamins usually only found in meat, but brands such as Ami Cat have been fortified with amino acids and other essential vitamins and nutrients essential to cats, says Finerati. To know whether a certain vegan product is safe for your pet, it should be labelled as AAFCO (American Association of Feed Control Officials) approved.

Ami Cat is available at Food For Thought located at 376 Duckworth Street, 738-3544.

—Sydney Blackmore

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Walter George ended his 16-year tenure with the Atlantic Lottery Corporation as a VLT programmer to take a gamble on his own custom furniture-making business, Georgecraft Woodworks. Since then, George has been chipping away at the custom furniture market, creating pieces for the home, office and cabin.

“It’s custom-work so I’ve been doing a little bit of everything,” says George.

Flip through the photo catalogue and you’ll find reproduction bed frames, headboards, bedside tables, wardrobes, and spirit and wine cabinets. George once crafted a Queen Anne-inspired cabinet for a client’s ties and belts which would not have existed in that era.

“The alternative meant him not having what he was looking for. It was a neat little piece of furniture,” he says. Smaller wares such as cutting boards, wine bottle stoppers and serving spoons and forks can be found at Craft Council’s Devon House.

Custom pieces may have a turn around time of days, weeks or months, depending on the size. Prices range from $800-$1500. To request a consultation or to view his portfolio contact walter.george@ nf.sympatico.ca. —SB

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Craft Seeker This year’s Fine Art & Design Fair experienced a few changes, most notably, a move back to the original Arts & Culture Centre venue. Exhibitors showed their wares for five or 10-day stretches, and admission for fair-goers was dropped completely. Here’s what caught my eye at this year’s fair:

Wood Nigel Drover of Unique Woodturning can spend a year working on a single natural edge bowl that look like the inside of a tree trunk, rings and all. “I like to see how thin I can get it,” he says. “If I can get it translucent then I think I’ve done a pretty good job.” Price: $20-$200 Contact: 722-0967

Glass From far away, Urve Manuel’s Pâte de verre look like bits of sculpted sugar. But when the light catches it, you start to second-guess your senses. “Pâte de verre means glass paste,” says Manuel. “You can see each individual granular texture.”

Her website A Stones Throw Glass boasts ornaments, plates and window panels of flora and wildlife inspired by Gillams, NL. Price: $20-$120 Contact: www. astonesthrowglass.ca

Wool Woolen and knitted treasures appear to have not lost their charm (or warmth) on us islanders. Molly Made Fibre Art Studio from Woody Point sells do-it-

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yourself knitted hat kits, complete with needles, pattern, hand-dyed wool and instructions for $20 a bag. Erin Ryan, an Anna Templeton Centre student, makes sheepware chic with her wool over wire necklace line, Urban Regalia. Meanwhile, a tight-knit group of ladies from Pool’s Cove Crafts design all sorts of traditional knitwear from three-finger mittens to Christmas stockings. And Willow Designs’ Trine Schioldan fuses wool with silk to produce art, fashion and handy home items like pot holders, pincushins and coasters. Price: $5-$100+ Contact: Molly Made Fibre Art Studio at www.mollymade. ca / Anna Templeton Centre at 739-7623 / Pool’s Cove Crafts at 709-665-4151 / Willow Designs at 726-7704

Bone and Stone Whale bone and moose ivory are the materials of choice for the indigenousinspired pendants and earrings Albert Biles creates for Wild Things on Water Street. “It’s geared towards the Labrador culture and that’s where my ancestors were from,” says Biles.

Looking for a new hobby? Worry stone kits by sculptor Nathaniel Noel allow you to sculpt away your worries and create a soapstone pendant for $8.

Similarly, archaeologist and flintknapper Tim Rast of Elfshot Gallery sells his own arrowhead-making kits using glass bottles found around the house.

Price: $8-$50 Contacts: Wild Things at 722-3123 / Nathaniel Noel at 709-744-3384 /Elfshot Gallery at www.elfshotgallery. com —SB

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eople travelling over frozen lakes and rivers will be a little safer this winter, thanks to a new vehicle.

In May Exxon-Mobil donated a hovercraft to the St. John’s Regional Fire Department, a vehicle fire fighters use to help people stranded in the water. It isn’t the province’s first hovercraft; a search and rescue team on the west coast already owns one.

It’s the first dedicated to the St. John’s area and the only one owned by a fire department in our province.

“It gives us the mobility to get the rescuer and the victim safely to shore,” says Derek Chafe, superintendant of St. John’s Regional Fire Department.

The hovercraft has already been used in at least a couple rescues. Before it arrived, fire fighters had to crawl onto the ice to get to someone, putting themselves at risk. The hovercraft gives them a safe platform to use, and one that can motor to the scene at up to 80 kilometres per hour on smooth ice.

“It’s a very vital piece of equipment for the safety of the rescuer and victim,” says Chafe. “It speeds our response.

We’re able to get deployed and to the victim much faster than we could in the past.”

Hovercrafts work by taking in air and funnelling it downwards to provide a cushion of air over which it hovers.

It moves forward with the help of a large fan in the back, making it really interesting to pilot.

“The best comparison our operators put it to is flying a helicopter,” says Chafe. “You’re basically flying four to six inches off the ground. You have to operate it similar to a helicopter because of the cross winds, and those sorts of things affect your performance.”

The hovercraft measures approximately 12 feet by six feet, carries three people, and has a 60 horse power engine. It’s able to cross any relatively flat surface such as ice, snow, water, or sand.

At the time of writing, the hovercraft was visible to passers by through the glass doors.

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it. I started the group a while ago, and it was only me and five of my friends. We were thinking to ourselves it just wasn’t going to happen.

Then word just started spreading. I’d get more excited. Five more people joining... Five more people! Now it’s

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I can’t wait to show off the war wounds!

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close to 200 and still growing fast.

Yeah, of course, once we watched the movie it got people pumped.

Everyone wanted to come up with their derby names after that. That’s a fun part.

An unusual selection...

Fresh Evergreens

The real acid test is how many people will follow through with it.

At the last meeting we had about 24 or 25 of us that are going to skate.

So that’s enough for a few teams to start. It’s actually really big for a league starting off. A lot of the girls want to be a part of it somehow, but some of the girls can’t really skate, or getting injured would mess with their livelihood. A lot of people want to help out with other aspects.

Team-wise I think we’re going to have at least four teams.

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There’s a scene in Whip It where a bunch of the girls are showing off their bruises. Doesn’t that scare you?

I can’t wait to show off the war wounds!

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It’s a bout waiting to happen: Roller derby in St. John’s.

Terri Jane Maxwell has been dying to try the contact sport for almost a year now. Finally, now that a Hollywood movie has whipped up public attention for the sport, she and a group of likeminded girls are getting ready to roll out a league for the city.

All they need are skates, a rink, helmets, outfits, alter-egos, some skating practice...

Well, they do have quite a ways to go. But they’ve got momentum and the power of a good idea behind them.

For those of you who are interested in watching—consider this your first notice.

For those of you who are interested in participating—now’s your chance to get in on the ground floor.

Elling Lien spoke with Terri Jane Maxwell about the glitz, the gore, and the glory of roller derby.

Photos by Ryan Davis.

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o you’re in full preparation mode. When did you first have the idea to start up a local roller derby league?

A year ago, the Toronto band Cougar Party were in town, and when I was checking out their MySpace page I noticed the derby groups in their friends list. So I started talking to my friends about how I wanted to start a derby group here in town.

Nothing really came of it at the time, but then eventually I needed something to keep myself busy. So I started putting a lot more effort into it.

What’s your previous exposure to derby? As far as I know they haven’t really happened here.

Not a whole lot, honestly. Most of us are going to be learning it together.

I saw it on TV when I was a kid, whenever it was, so I saw it then.

And after we started the group we found out that movie [Whip It, directed by Drew Barrymore] was coming out, so we went to see that of course. And there are some documentaries out there.

Was watching the movie one of the main reasons for the interest now?

There’ve been ups and downs with

is there gasoline there? for my truck?

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or, like, bagels?

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So is that part of the appeal?

The violence of it?

Yes and no. We want to do the whole tough thing, but a lot of us just don’t want to get hurt. We were talking about lots of padding—padding the walls for practice even. Lots of padding!

You could wear pillows!

Yes, I think the first few practices will be like, “let’s learn how to fall today.”

Aside from that, what’s the appeal of derby?

Actually, the whole girl aspect of it too—not to sound too 1990s ‘girl power’ or anything, but I find it gets harder after high school for girls to interact with other girls. There are fewer places to hang out. This is an opportunity for a bunch of girls to get together—and we’re allowed to be catty if we want.

The costumes and personas are also a huge part. We’re all just looking forward to getting our names and picking our teams and going for it.

Even if we’re going to be on opposite teams, we’re all going to be learning and helping each other.

It’s interesting because burlesque seemed to pop up in St. John’s a couple of years ago, and in the beginning it was just two or three passionate people who started collecting others

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forward to, hearing more from him about that.

So your derby name “Cemetery Jane”. How did you come up with that?

I didn’t actually come up with it, my

This is an opportunity for a bunch of girls to get together—and we’re allowed to be catty if we want.

ex came up with it. [laugh] It’s something I’ve had for years now. He was coming up with punk handles for everyone. He had several names for me, but that’s the name that stuck. I’ve been using it off and on for stupid things.

But it seemed like an appropriate derby name.

around this powerful idea...

Then all of a sudden there was a lot of people who were doing it. Am I wrong or is there similarity here?

No, you’re not wrong. A lot of the girls who are into burlesque have been talking to us, and we said it’d be funny— they’d be covered in bruises! I don’t know how that would go over.

One of the other girls helping organize this, Micheala Penney, has her tattoos done by Alicia Simms Young at Troublebound, and she got Alicia to join the group. Alicia is involved with the burlesque scene here, and she was really excited.

Eventually more burlesque girls signed on.

I think, again, the dressing up thing is probably part of it...

Will any guys be allowed?

My friend actually asked that same question. “I can totally skate,” he said.

“No, it’s just girls, Aaron.”

So it is girls only. Exclusively.

Well the teams are girls only, but we’re not rejecting the guys. The guys can help out and be refs and announcers and stuff. [laugh]

We want to do the whole tough thing, but a lot of us just don’t want to get hurt. We were talking about lots of padding—padding the walls for practice even. Lots of padding!

What’s you time line?

Right now we’re waiting to hear back from gyms we’re going to be

renting to finalize the dates. We’re looking for the first practice to be on December 1st. We’re hoping it won’t take us that long to figure out who can do what. We’ve been doing it slow just to make sure we’re doing it right and that it’ll be lasting.

We’re trying to follow the rules of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. We’re taking our time.

About four or five months from now we’re hoping to have a solid foundation for teams and then start looking to have public events around town, which a lot of us are gearing up for.

We really want to do it now, but we have to put in a lot of work.

I know Flat Track Association has mentoring programs where you can call someone in for help. That’s for some of the more established groups.

Dave Munro, also of Troublebound, he’s from Ontario and he has connections in the derby world up there. One of his friends is willing to come down and help us out.

That’s something we’re looking

What are the other names people have been tossing around for themselves?

One of the girls is going to be Helen Rage, like Helen Page, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Onya Knees. I can’t think of all of them now, but there are a bunch. And a lot of good ones.

How easy is gear to come by?

We’re talking to sports places to get them to bring in derby gear. One of the places was Maverick but where they were by Pasta Plus which burned down, they’ve been busy with relocating, so we’re waiting for him to get back to us. A lot of us have been ordering online.

You have to know what you’re looking for, and it can get pricey, but we’ve found a group that can give you everything you’re looking for for a little over two hundred dollars.

And then your outfit is your own.

Exactly. That will probably be the least expensive part.

Have you guys been thinking about that much?

Not so much. The outfits are more of a team thing. We’re just trying to organize the league. Once we’re

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broken down into teams, whatever those people want to do, they do.

One of the girls who skated in Victoria said they did it with live music, alcohol... It was a big party really.

Uh oh! You’re going to be competing with Legend City Wrestling league in town.

I know! But who would you rather see? A bunch of half dressed, greased up men or...

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From The Rooms Provincial Archives 9 Bonaventure Avenue

The edge of history

“This is a Beothuk vocabulary list, compiled by Reverend John Leigh between 1819 to 1820 and learned from Mary March (Demasduit). We have the original here at The Rooms Provincial Archives, and it’s about 17 pages...

It’s really fascinating to see the actual document. These are Demasduit’s words, and so it gives the document a certain kind of authenticity. Although it was compiled by Reverend Leigh, it was one of the last Beothuk who actually gave him the information, and these are her words.

Written on the front is ‘A vocabulary of the native red Indian’s language, Newfoundland, from Mary March, a female red Indian who was caught by Mr. John Peyton on the 5th of March, 1819 and presented to the Society ... propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts...’”

— Melanie Tucker, Director of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division

By Elling Lien If the world was an elementary school class, archivists might not always be picked first for dodge ball or be voted class president, but they would definitely kick ass at show and tell.

Since November was recently named Archives Month by the provincial government, and, well, archives are cool anyway, we thought we’d call up a few people at local archives and ask them to talk about their favourite artifacts. Here is some of what they had to show.

To see more detailed reproductions of the images here, go to www.thescope.ca/culture

(Note: The originals are restricted for conservation reasons, but reproductions are available.)

From the City of St. John’s Archives 495 Water Street “This is a letter written November 30th 1894 by D.W. Prowse [author of the much-revered A History of Newfoundland] to St. John’s city council. He’s complaining about a number of matters. First of all, back then council used to collect “night soil” barrels outside people’s homes, and he was complaining that goats and roaming dogs keep knocking them over at night and leaving a mess. In the letter he even draws a better design for the barrels so they won’t get knocked over as easily.

He’s also complaining about the goats eating his flowers. My favourite quote is right at the end... “I would require a gattling gun and a park of artillery to guard an unfenced flower bed here.”

Apparently there was a problem with roaming goats in St. John’s, and the idea of them causing havoc in the streets is really funny to me.”

— Helen Miller, Archivist

The “B” page from a list of Beothuk vocabulary.

Victor Campbell, centre, and two members of his research expidition

after their rescue.

ns From the Memorial University Library’s Archives and Special Collectio L1006 on Level 1 of the Queen Elizabeth II Library

Letter to St. John’s city council from D.W. Prowse

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Pole? When Scott set out for the South “Ever heard of Victor Campbell? Robert Scott? Expedition to the South on: there was Scott and his five or six expediti that of part were that people of groups Pole in 1912, there were two the leadership of a British Naval under group second a men and they were to go to the Pole, and then there was to do research. Scott, as we Party n Norther the called was what take to was He ll.

Officer named Victor Campbe know, perished on his way to the Pole. t reach the rendezvous point because Victor’s group completed their work, but missed the ship back. It couldn’ carved out of the ice. They soon ran cave a in c Antarcti of pack ice. So they ended up spending the winter in the they could forage [seal and penwhat was on lived they what so worth], weeks [six had out of the provisions they guin]. years later, ‘how did you survive?’ And he Every single one of them survived, and one of them was asked many ’ die. to said, ‘because I was so afraid of Victor Campbell I was afraid called Black Duck Brook, and spent the In the 1920s, Victor Campbell settled out near Stephenville in a place ll’s book collection and papers to Campbe Victor both rest of his life in Newfoundland. He had one son, who gave were eventually published in which diaries— the have also We aphs. photogr the of some Memorial, and these are a book entitled The Wicked Mate ” — Bert Riggs, Archivist

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Adam Baxter Threesome, The Black Mask Brigade, Repartee, Dawson Forsey Band, 10:30pm, $5, Rock House

All Request, Lottie’s Bic & The Ballpoints, Club One Blackie O’Leary (5:30pm); Rob Cook (10pm), Kelly’s Pub

Bob Macdonald, 6pm-10pm, The Republic

Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8:15pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Colin Harris, 9:30pm-12:30am, Lower Path Bar

D’arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny & Glen Harvey (8pm); Kilkenny Krew (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

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Dirty Ransom (rock), The Need, Say Fire, 10pm, $5, The Levee DJ Mikey B, DJ Steve Murray, DJ Electro, $5 till 1:30am, Liquid Night Club

DJ OTG, 1am, Dusk Ultralounge DJ Sina, Konfusion Dough Low Rock (Toronto hip hop) $5, Loft 709

Filthy Fridays: DJ Lex, Turkey Joe’s Funktastic Fridays, 12am-5am, $5 (no cover before 1am), Spin

Generation Lost, The Dock Hold High Tuition Hostage: Socialist hip hop & songwriters MC Mohammad Ali (Toronto hip hop), RN Wagner (acoustic hip hop), Patrick Molloy (singer-songwriter), 9pm, $5, The Breezway

Ian Foster (singer-songwriter), Andrew O’Brien, Steve Fifield (NS), Albert Lionais (NS), 10:3-0pm, $5, Rose & Thisle Lone Riders, Tol’s Time Out Lounge Mike Duguay (Peterborough alt pop-solo set), Ilia Nicoll, $5, CBTGs

Mike Hanrahan & Ron Kelly, Erin’s Pub Paul O’Toole, Whalen’s Pub Ryan Penny Memorial (Music scholarship fundraiser) Junctions

Steve Green, Carolann Fowler, Trapper John’s Pub

That Time Of The Month: Naughty November, 11pm, Zone 216

The Dardanelles (folk), Al Tuck (Halifax folk), Chris Kirby (blues), 10:30pm, The Ship

Wonderful Grand Band, 8pm, Arts & Culture Centre

YYT (rock cover band), 10:30pm, no cover, Dar-

$7/$12, DF Cook Recital Hall

DJ OTG, 1am, Dusk Ultralounge Downtempo: Bjork birthday celebration with DJ Leo van Ulden, $8/$10, Bianca’s Lounge

SUNDAY, NOV 22 Acoustic A Go Go, 10pm, no cover, Distortion

Icebreaker, Breakaway, Dead of Winter,

Blackie O’Leary (5:30pm); Fred Jorgenson

Patrick Swayze & The Dirty Dancers, You’re A Nation!, 10pm, The Levee

(9:30pm), Kelly’s Pub

Chris Henessey (7pm); Con & Arthur O’Brien

Jeff Lewis, Lottie’s Place Jerry Stamp (singer-songwriter), Steve Fifield

(10pm), Shamrock City Pub

Des Gambin, Green Sleeves Pub Irish Session: Graham Wells & Billy Sutton,

(NS singer-songwriter), Albert Lionais (NS singersongwriter), no cover, Bull & Barrel

Mike Hanrahan (8:30pm), Bridie Molloy’s

Jolly Roger (rock), Mercy, The Sexton (pop), Smiley Ralph (alt), 10pm, Junctions

Mike Duguay (Peterborough alt pop) $5,

Fiesta de Latina: Salsa Roca, Christina Penney (flamenco), DJ Yelow, 8pm, $10, Martini Bar

CBTGs

Retro Sunday: DJ Lex, Turkey Joe’s Song Session: Allan Byrne (7pm), Best Kind

Generation Lost, The Dock Hedwig & The Angry Inch: C2C Theatre

(10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

rock musical featuring Matt Hornell & The Diamond Minds, 11:30pm, Rock House

The Racket, George Street Beer Market

Lone Riders, Tol’s Time Out Lounge Mike Duguay (Peterborough alt pop), The

MONDAY, NOV 23

Hunter Gatherers, $5, The Ship

Anthony MacDonald & Ronnie Power, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub Damian Follett, Green Sleeves Pub Dave White, 9:30pm, MexiCali Rosa’s DJ Diamond, no cover, Loft 709 Larry Foley & Patrick Moran, 9pm,

Mike Hanrahan & Ron Kelly, Erin’s Pub Punk N’ Hardcore Party: Teenage Terrorists, 10pm, The Levee

Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O’Byrne (8pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Rob Cook, 10pm, Kelly’s Pub Rozalind MacPhail (two solo sets), 10pm,

O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Manic Mondays, Turkey Joe’s

$5, Rose & Thistle Pub

Scott Conway, Whalen’s Pub Seamless Saturday: DJ Mike The Tailor,

TUESDAY, NOV 24

11pm-5am, $5 (no cover before 1am), Spin

Carl Peters & Dave White, Turkey Joe’s Chris Hennessey (5pm); Open Mic (10pm);

Sexual Saturdays: DJ Jaycee, Turkey Joe’s Shiest (They Call Me CD release), Politic Live (Edmonton hip hop), Lee Fitz, Antics, DJ Crafty, Dj Dough Low Rock (Toronto hip hop), 10pm, $10, Loft 709

Singing for Supper: Tom Jackson’s annual fundraising Christmas concert tour of 18 cities arrives in St John’s, 7pm, $15, Cochrane St United Church

Steve Davis Duo, Trapper John’s Pub The Dardanelles (folk), Al Tuck (Halifax

SATURDAY, NOV 21

folk), Chris Kirby (blues), 10:30pm, The Ship

Krew (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

1:30pm, Zone 216

1:30am, Liquid Night Club

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Bic & The Ballpoints, Club One Bob Taylor & Carl Peters (8pm); Kilkenny

VJ Eric & DJ Slayer, 11pm, $5/$7 after

DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ Mikey B, DJ Steve Murray, DJ Electro, $5 till

Rob Cook & Larry Foley (12am), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Connemara, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub Damian Follett & Gary Gambin, Green Sleeves Pub

Danielle Tobin, Andrew Mast & Friends, CBTGs

Debut Atlantic (MUN Music) Violist Sharon Wei & pianist Angela Park bring the fruits of their ten-year collaboration to the stage, 8pm, $15/$18, DF Cook Recital Hall

The Regulators, Green Sleeves Pub Transfigured Night (MUN Music) Arnold

Hip Hop Tuesday: Paddy Greene, no cover,

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Kean, 11pm, $5, Rose & Thistle

WEDNESDAY, NOV 25 Blackie O’Leary (6:30pm); The Navigators (10pm), Shamrock City Pub

DJ Mark Power, no cover, Loft 709 Epic Wednesdays: Adam Baxter, Robbie MacDonald, Joey “Big Rig” Bennett, Sam Murphy, Grant Kingston, 10pm, $5, Distortion

Folk Night: Newfoundland Dance Night, 9pm, $5, The Ship

Jamgrass: With Boobie Browne, CBTGs Jason Lacour, Trapper John’s Pub Kronik, Green Sleeves Pub Matt Byrne (7pm); The Bishops (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Scott Goudie (acoustic blues) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Songwriter Showcase: Hosted by John Feltham, 9:30pm, no cover, The Levee

Tarahan, George Street Beer Market Wacky Wednesdays: Dave White, 10pm, Turkey Joe’s

Wild Wednesdays: DJ Fox, Junctions

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Adam Baxter, 9pm, $5, The Levee Carl Peters & Bob Taylor (7pm), Middle Tickle (10:30pm), Shamrock City Pub

Classic Rock Thursday: Terry Mack, Jace Hardcack, no cover, Loft 709

Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Dave Panting, Erin’s Pub DJ Sina, Konfusion Fergus O’Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Fred Jorgenson & Arthur O’Brien, Kelly’s Pub

Jason LaCour, Whalen’s Pub Jerry Stamp, Adam Baxter, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel

MacLovin, Dusk Ultra Lounge Music from the Great White (MUN Music) MUN Wind Ensemble performs music

by Canadian composers Healey Willan, Derek Healey, Chan Ka Nin, Scott Godin & Jess Blenis, 8pm, $7/$12, DF Cook Recital Hall

Night Music (Sound Symposium) w/ anchor band The Black Auks: Wallace & Craig’s 35th Anniversary. Improvisers welcome, 9:30pm, $4, The Ship Rob Cook, Justin Fancy, Rob Roy Pub Serena Ryder, 8pm, $30/$35, Delta Ballroom 579-4424

Stixx & Stones, The Dock The Insiders (acoustic) 10:30pm, Martini Bar Tropical Thursdays: DJ Chamba, Turkey Joe’s

Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub

FRIDAY, NOV 27 All Request, Lottie’s Andrew Ledrew & Kalem Mahoney, Whalen’s Pub

Blackie O’Leary (5:30pm); Rob Cook (10pm), Kelly’s Pub

Bob Macdonald, 6pm-10pm, The Republic Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8:15pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Colin Harris, 9:30pm-12:30am, Lower Path Bar

D’arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny & Glen Harvey (8pm); Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Damian Follett (6:30pm), Greg Bolger & Chris Marshall (10:30pm), Green Sleeves Pub

Darrell Cooper (6:30pm), Overlay (rock), Queens Maid (rock), The Reluctant Showmen (rock), Chico Conners, 10pm, $6, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Dave Reardon, 5pm-9pm, no cover, Station

Photo illustration by Patrick Canning

from friday, november 6

Flood make waves Sorry for the awful pun.

Last Friday I got to check out for the first time a pretty new band in town, Floods. I’d been very curious about them since I came across their MySpace page about a year ago and downloaded their four-song, self titled EP. It was quite a lovely, delicate and lushly recorded package of moody instrumentals. The band is offering it as a free download from here—www.drop.io/floodsep­—so you can listen to it yourself.

Being a big fan of the local instrumental rock scene (see Narrows, Surgeon, Be Alright and The Kremlin for examples) I was excited to see a new and interesting instro act pop out of nowhere with some high quality recordings already in the bag. Unfortunately, ever since I came across their EP, their live appearances became as rare as a shot for swine flu, and I hadn’t been able to see them live until last week.

The verdict? While some aspects of their performance were a little rough around the edges, the guys put on a solid show that was delivered in half understated and contemplative doses, and half in epic, overdriven bombast.

— Patrick Canning

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Lounge

DJ Mikey B, DJ Steve Murray, DJ Electro, $5 till 1:30am, Liquid Night Club

Zone 216

Floods (post rock), Swords (post metal), Local

Filthy Gentlemen (hip hop), Antics, DJ Dough Low Rock (Toronto hip hop), 11pm, $7, Rock House

Funktastic Fridays, 12am-5am, $5 (no cover before 1am), Spin

Hello Nurse!: Nursing Mixer with DJ Mayehem, 9pm, Loft 709

Mark Bragg & The Butchers (indie rock), Wax Mannequin (Hamilton prog rock), Rae

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Miss Conduct, Club One NL’s Next Top Drag King: Cycle 2, 11pm,

DJ OTG, 1am, Dusk Ultralounge DJ Sina, Konfusion Filthy Fridays: DJ Lex, Turkey Joe’s Tough (noise rock/post punk), 11pm, $6, The Levee

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Spoon (Calgary folk), The Ship

Rhythmicru (Toronto hip hop collective), The Sidekicks, Trapper John’s Pub Sons of Erin, Erin’s Pub The New Zazou (ska) $6, CBTGs Under the Influence (MUN Music) Music by composers working “under the influence” of their cultural heritages with roots in Spain, Iran & India, 8pm, $7/$12, DF Cook Recital Hall

SATURDAY, NOV 28 Blend (Bridge The Divide benefit) DJ Nu Rock (mash ups & mixes from all genres), 10pm, $5, Loft 709

Bob Taylor & Carl Peters (8pm); Middle Tickle (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Boogie for Bowels (Crohn’s & colitis fundraiser) Chris Kirby & The Marquee (blues), The Repartee (rock), Rock House Chris Ryan, Chad Murphy & Paul Turner, Green Sleeves Pub

THURSDAY, DEC 3

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Adam Baxter, 9pm, $5, The Levee Carl Peters & Bob Taylor (7pm), Middle Tickle (10:30pm), Shamrock City Pub

Classic Rock Thursday: Terry Mack, Jace

Anchorage Coffee House, 106 Water St, 726-0388 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 Big Ben’s, 55 Rowan St, 753-8212 Black Dog Pub, 318 Water St, 7266015 Bull & Barrel, Holdsworth Court, 579-7077 Bull & Finch, Torbay Rd, 738-7007 The Breezeway, MUN Campus, 737-4743 Bridie Molloy’s, 5 George St, 576-5990 Brownings Pub, Hotel Mount Pearl, 364-7725 CBTG’s, Holdsworth Court, 722-2284 Christine’s Place, 210 Lemarchant Rd, 722-6400 Club One, George St, 753-7822 Crow’s Nest (Officer’s Club), 88 Water St (by War Memorial), 753-6927 D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University 737-4700 Corner Stone Sports Bar, 16 Queen St, 754-4263 Darnell’s Pub, 1570 Topsail Rd 782-2440 Distortion, Holdsworth Court, 738-8833 The Dock, 17 George St, 726-0353 Dusk ULTRA LOUNGE, George St Erin’s Pub, 186 Water St, 722-1916 Fat Cat Blues Bar, George St 7395554 George Street Beer Market, George St, 753-7822 Georgetown Pub, 754-6151 Green sleeves PUB, 14 George St, 579-1070 The Grapevine, Water St, 754-8463 Grumpy Stump, Torbay Rd, 753-2337 Holy Heart Theatre, 55 Bonaventure Ave, 579-4424 Junctions, 208 Water St, 579-2557 Karaoke Kops Party Bar, 10 George St, 726-8202 Kelly’s Pub, 25 George St, 753-5300 Konfusion, George St, 753-4884 Kruger’s Bar, 986 Conception Bay Hwy, Kelligrews The Last Drop, 193 Water St, 726-3767 THE LEVEE, Holdsworth Court Liquid NIGHT CLUB, 186B Water St, 754-5455 Loft 709, 371 Duckworth St 351-2183 Lottie’s Place, 3 George St, 754-3020 Lower Path Grill & Bar, 312 Water St 579-1717 LSPU HAll, 3 Victoria St, 753-4531 Majestic Theatre, 390 Duckworth St Marg’s Place, Kelligrews Martini Bar (Above Peddler’s On George) 739-9180 Masonic Temple, 6 Cathedral St, 579-3023 Mickey Quinn’s, 120 New Gower St, 739-6404 Mile One Centre, 50 New Gower St, 576-7657 MUN MUSIC, 737-4455 Mrs Liddy’s, Torbay 437-6005 The Old Mill, 271 Brookfield Rd, 368-1334 O’Reilly’s Irish Pub, 15 George St, 722-3735 Peddler’s On George, George St, 739-9180 Peter Easton Pub, Cookstown Road Petro-Canada Hall, Memorial University Players Cue, 50 Commonwealth Ave-Mt Pearl 3682500 Republic, Duckworth St, 753-1012 Rob Roy Pub, George St, 739-6270 THE Rockhouse, George St, 579-6832 rose & Thistle, 208 Water St, 579-6662 Shamrock City Pub, 340 Water St, 758-5483 Ship Pub, 265 Duckworth St, 753-3870 Spin, 2 George St Sharky’s Pub, Manuels 834-5636 The Sprout, 364 Duckworth St, 579-5485 SS Meigle Lounge, Seal Cove 744-1212 Stanley’s Pub, 26 Torbay Rd, 754-0930 Station Lounge, 7 Hutchings St Steller Club, Henry St, 753-8222 Stetson Lounge, 260 Water St, 753-8138 Sundance, George St, 753-7822 Tol's Time-Out Lounge, 74 Old Placentia Rd 745-8657 Topsail Breeze Tavern, Topsail 781-0010 Trapper John’s PUB, 2 George St, 579-9630 Trinity Pub, George St, 579-5558 Trip in Lounge, Kelligrews 834-4002 victory tavern, 164 Water St, 738-2100 The Well, 14 George St - 2nd level Green Sleeves Whalen’s Pub, 32 George St 722-4900 Whiskey On George, 15 George St, 5799475 Zone 216, 216 Water St, 754-2492 Do you host live music or DJs? Joining our directory is free. E-mail: listings@thescope.ca

Dodgeband (alt) 10pm, The Levee DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ Mikey B, DJ Steve Murray, DJ Electro, $5 till 1:30am, Liquid Night Club

DJ OTG, 1am, Dusk Ultralounge First Offence (punk), De-Mons (punk), Release The Hounds, The Dead of Winter, The Crooks, 10pm, $5, Distortion

Fred Eaglesmith (Ontario country) The Ship Jeff Lewis, Lottie’s Place MacLovin, Whalen’s Pub Miss Conduct, Club One Physical Grafitti: Led Zeppelin tribute, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Puddle of Mudd (Molson win-to-get-in), Kujo, Mile One Centre

Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O’Byrne (8pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Rob Cook, Trapper John’s Pub Seamless Saturday: DJ Mike The Tailor, 11pm-5am, $5 (no cover before 1am), Spin

Sexual Saturdays: DJ Jaycee, Turkey Joe’s Sons of Erin, Erin’s Pub The Ramblers (Irish with a twist), 10:30pm, no cover, West Side Charlies-Mt Pearl

VJ Eric & DJ Slayer, 11pm, $5/$7 after 1:30pm, Zone 216

Wax Mannequin (Hamilton prog rock), Rae Spoon (Calgary folk), The Ship

WinterSong: Uplifting celebration of music featuring Lady Cove Women’s Choir, Newman Sound Men’s Choir & MUN Brass Ensemble, 8pm, $15/$20, Cochrane Street United Church

SUNDAY, NOV 29

MONDAY, NOV 30 Anthony MacDonald & Ronnie Power, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub Damian Follett, Green Sleeves Pub Dave White, 9:30pm, MexiCali Rosa’s DJ Diamond, no cover, Loft 709 Larry Foley & Patrick Moran, 9pm, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Manic Mondays, Turkey Joe’s

TUESDAY, DEC 1 Andrew Pike (solo acoustic) 9:30pm-1am, no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Carl Peters & Dave White, Turkey Joe’s Chris Hennessey (5pm); Open Mic (10pm); Rob Cook & Larry Foley (12am), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Connemara, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub Damian Follett & Gary Gambin, Green Sleeves Pub

Danielle Tobin, Andrew Mast & Friends, CBTGs

Hip Hop Tuesday: Paddy Greene, no cover, Loft 709

Tuesdays with Whitty, 10pm, no cover, The Levee

WEDNESDAY, DEC 2 Blackie O’Leary (6:30pm); The Navigators (10pm), Shamrock City Pub

DJ Mark Power, no cover, Loft 709 DJ SKP: Classic hits dance party, no cover before 11pm, Last Drop Lounge

Acoustic A Go Go, 10pm, no cover, Distortion

Blackie O’Leary (5:30pm); Fred Jorgenson (9:30pm), Kelly’s Pub

Chris Henessey (7pm); Con & Arthur O’Brien (10pm), Shamrock City Pub

Epic Wednesdays: Adam Baxter, Robbie MacDonald, Liam Peacock, Kenny Clarke, Dave Whitty, 10pm, $5, Distortion

Folk Night: Sherry Ryan, 9pm, $5, The Ship Jamgrass: With Boobie Browne, CBTGs Kronik, Green Sleeves Pub Matt Byrne (7pm); The Bishops (10:30pm),

Des Gambin, Green Sleeves Pub Fred Eaglesmith (Ontario country) The Ship Irish Session: Graham Wells & Billy Sutton,

O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Mike Hanrahan (8:30pm), Bridie Molloy’s

Feltham, 9:30pm, no cover, The Levee

Old Fashioned Christmas Concert (Saint Luke’s Homes benefit) 7:30pm, $17.50, Arts & Culture Centre

Retro Sunday: DJ Lex, Turkey Joe’s Song Session: Allan Byrne (7pm), Best Kind (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

The Racket, George Street Beer Market

Songwriter Showcase: Hosted by John Tarahan, George Street Beer Market The Once (and for all) Christmas ‘Time’: With

Hardcack, no cover, Loft 709

Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Dave Panting, Erin’s Pub Des Gambin, Whalen’s Pub Fergus O’Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Fred Jorgenson & Arthur O’Brien, Kelly’s Pub

Jerry Stamp, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel MacLovin, Dusk Ultra Lounge Our Divas Do Broadway: Produced by Terri Andrews and Sheilagh Guy Murphy, 8pm, $51.54/$64.50, Holy Heart Theatre

Rob Cook, Justin Fancy, Rob Roy Pub Stixx & Stones, The Dock The Insiders (acoustic) 10:30pm, Martini Bar Tropical Thursdays: DJ Chamba, Turkey Joe’s

Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub

allages Saturday Nov 21 at 3pm Hip Hop For Hunger: Shiest, Politic Live (Edmonton hip hop), Katie Brace, Perception, DJ Crafty, Young Blood, DJ Nu Rock, $10/$8 with non-perishable food item, Loft 709

Friday Nov 27 at 3pm Protest the Hero (Ontario metal), Weapon (rock), At Both Ends (punk), Over the Top (punk), $20/$25, CLB Armoury

open mic/jam Mondays: Grumpy Stump Tuesdays: Gary Foley & Rob Moran at O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (10pm); Tim Dodge at The Levee (9pm)

Wednesdays: Chris Ryan & Ronnie Power at Shamrock City Pub (9:30pm); Rose & Thistle; The Breezeway

Thursdays: Chico Connors at The Levee (9pm); Open Decks at Liquid Night Club; Rock House; Steven Green at Whiskey on George; Vance Clarke at West Side Charlie’s-Kenmount Rd Saturdays: Old Country, Bluegrass, NF, Irish & Gospel at All Saints Parish Hall-CBS (2nd Saturday of month at 8pm) Sundays: Country Music Café at St Augustine’s Church Hall-Westerland Rd (8pm); Natalie Noseworthy at Hava Java (8pm); Shawn Beresford at Fat Cat Blues Bar; Young Musicians at Shamrock City Pub (2pm); Young Performers at O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (3pm)

karaoke Tuesdays: Grumpy Stump; Mike Keating at Station Lounge (5pm) Wednesdays: Grumpy Stump; Karoke Kops Party Bar (10pm); Stanley’s Pub (10pm); Tol’s Time Out Lounge (9pm)

Thursdays: Klaim to Fame at Karoke Kops Party Bar (10pm); Tol’s Time Out Lounge (9pm); West Side Charlies-Torbay Rd Fridays: Brownings Pub-Hotel Mount Pearl at 9:30pm; Karoke Kops Party Bar (10pm); Stanley’s Pub (10pm); Tol’s Time Out Lounge (7pm); West Side Charlies-Paradise

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Saturdays: Brownings Pub-Hotel Mount Pearl at 9:30pm; Murph at Darnell’s Pub; Karoke Kops Party Bar (10pm); Murph at Darnell’s Pub; Stanley’s Pub(10pm); Tol’s Time Out Lounge (6pm) Sundays: Grumpy Stump; Tol’s Time Out Lounge (6pm)

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Andy Jones & Greg Walsh, 7:30pm, $12/$15/kids under 10 free, Gower St United Church 691-4751

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Wacky Wednesdays: Dave White, 10pm, Turkey Joe’s

Wednesday Night Flush: With host Derm Kean, 11pm, $5, Rose & Thistle

Wild Wednesdays: DJ Fox, Junctions

Murray Premises • 739-8444 www.grandtime.ca Open Tuesday to Saturday

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Best best best fishcakes ever.

Crispy on the outside, creamy deliciousness on the inside.

Delicious.

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Afghan Restaurant 375A Duckworth Street, 754-2230

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The decor is unassuming, the traditional Afghani music is grand, but at the end of the day, we go to restaurants to eat, and here there is no disappointment. The portions are large, the food is exquisite, and the Afghani woman who runs the place cooks everything herself, and is extremely friendly as well. Decor be damned, this place is highly recommended.

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The Bird’s Nest 16 Stavanger Drive, 739-5188

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I wouldn’t send someone there for a cozy romantic date. However, after (or during) a long day shopping at Stavanger Drive—if you have any money left—it’s a place to go for a reasonably priced, good quality meal, where you can get in and out in fairly quickly.

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Clancy’s Restaurant 106 Airport Road, 753-3500

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Awesome breakfast! We drive there from downtown for breakfast from time to time, it’s just so good. Good vegetarian options too, unlike most affordable places here.

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 (based on 1 review) The Casbah 2 Cathedral, 738-5293

 Reviewed by Susan

I love this place. The pork tenderloin with maple glaze and caramelized onions is deadly, as is the roasted red pepper soup. The service has always been good, but it’s not a place for a quick meal, it’s for a long, delicious, relaxed meal! If you want in and out in under an hour go to Swiss Chalet.

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first you take the peanuts and you crunch them, you crunch them

Y

ou know what’s good?

Peanut butter. Well, anything with peanuts, really.

Most of us know this, but it hadn’t occurred to me just how good peanuts are until I received, honest to goodness, an e-mail from a national peanut marketing group with some good-time holiday peanut recipes, suited to these tough economic times. Now, I’m not in the employ Andreae of said group, Callanan but I do like dreae@thescope.ca peanuts, and their buttery, buttery sandwich-spread incarnation, and I’m going to declare it to you all.

When I was in elementary school, I ate a peanut butter and jam sandwich on whole wheat bread for my school lunch every day. Every day.

My daughter’s school is peanut-free, so I can’t send the same predictably delicious lunch with her, and as a result we really don’t have peanut butter around all that often.

Or bread, for that matter (I’m still working on finding a gluten-free bread recipe that the child will eat).

If my dedication to peanut butter has waned in the age of the school lunchroom peanut ban, I wonder how many other peanut butter lovers are passing through the sandwich-spread aisle and foregoing that most luscious and mouth-sticktogethery of toast accoutrements?

Of course there’s the allergy issue.

The latest stats suggest that about 4 per cent of us have food allergies of some sort. That may not seem like a lot, but it means that you probably know at least a couple people who have to steer clear of the Cracker Jack. And that every school has its allergic contingent. If you’re a parent of non-allergic kids, you’ve probably had your moments of being overly hard on the parents of kids with food allergies, who are perceived as being the force behind the lowly peanut’s troubles (and your lunchtime dilemmas). But you’ve got to cut the parents some slack. I like to think I’m a pretty level-headed person, but still and all if I were convinced by my doctor that my child might stop breathing if the youngster across the table ate a handful of Reese’s Pieces, I might behave in a, shall we say, hyperprotective fashion. Breathing is pretty important, even for children.

The truly annoying thing about the media exuberance over deathly peanut allergies is that the hoopla undermines the difficulties that the small but significant number of food-allergic folks experience. If people pipe up about their allergies these days, they’re as likely to get a response of, “Oh, you’re one of those, are you?” as anything else. But people with food allergies, believe it or not, aren’t actually out to make your life complicated.

They just want to be sure that the sandwich they ordered isn’t going to land them in Emergency. Is that

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There are a bazillion different recipes for peanut sauce out there, but this is the one I survived on for about three years. Now that I have youngsters, I cut the chili paste way down, but you can bump it up as much as you like.

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(makes about 1 1/4 cups) 1/2 onion 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated 3/4 cup natural peanut butter (as in “no salt, no sugar”)

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3 tablespoons tamari (or soy sauce) 1 tablespoon honey 2 teaspoons rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar 1/2 teaspoon chili paste (sambal olek), or more to taste 1/4 to 1/2 cup boiling water, as needed to reach desired consistency

Mince your onion very, very finely. If you have a food processor, now is the time to use

it.

Put onion and ginger in a large bowl and add peanut butter. Smush it all together with

a rubber spatula.

Smush in tamari and honey, then stir in vinegar and chili paste.

Add water, a bit at a time, until an appropriately saucy consistency is reached.

This is great over a stir-fry, but don’t pour it directly into the hot pan—the honey will

caramelize and give it a weird taste. If you want to use the sauce as a dip for salad rolls, add a little more water. Or you can toss it with cooked noodles and serve it with some more chopped peanuts or toasted sesame seeds on top. If you have sauce left over, it will last in the fridge for up to a week.

entirely unreasonable?

So it is with this qualification that I call upon the peanut lovers of the world: express your peanutly passion, yes, and express it exuberantly.

But don’t send peanut-containing lunches to your kids’ school (you’re not being revolutionary, you’re putting other people’s kids in danger—stop it), don’t bring peanuts to a potluck unless you know it’s okay, and if you’re having people over for dinner, ask them whether they have any food sensitivities. They’ll be happy you asked, and you’ll be happy to make a dinner that everyone can enjoy.

And if you’re among the 96 per cent of people who can eat anything you like, including peanuts, with abandon, then you might want to

put this peanut sauce recipe into regular rotation at your house. It’s awfully delicious, full of protein, easy to make, pretty cheap, and is just as good hot as it is cold. I usually throw it on noodles, but it’s just as good over rice, with chunks of grilled chicken or tempeh (if you can get your hands on it), and the odd vegetable wouldn’t go astray in there, either. This recipe got me through my college years, and I’m happy to rediscover it now. Thanks for the note, peanut-marketing people! I’ll buy extra peanut butter now, for those who can’t.

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ondisplay

jon bon jovi slays your disengagement

pick me apart?

The Disengagement Masters in Escapism (Make Records)

Slayer World Painted Blood (American Recordings)

Bon Jovi The Circle (Island)

You ignore the West Coast long enough and al loc eventually they try to sneak some awesome albums by you without you noticing. This sophomore release from Stephenville native band The Disengagement is a tasty slab of guitar-driven rock with a distinct 90’s indie throwback edge to it. The album is busy and the sounds are densely layered with great inventive guitar lines and rambunctious drum work throughout. The songs are full and rich, but are thankfully left natural and unpolished with a just-right level of murk present to ease your head into a pillow of guitar fuzz. If I had to be a boring music reviewer and compare them to other bands, I’d say they’re kinda reminiscent of a poppier-sounding Built to Spill with some Washing Machine-era Sonic Youth thrown in for good measure. A thoroughly enjoyable hard plastic disc from out of left field.

— Patrick canning

What’s wrong with prepositions?

Why couldn’t they call the album “World Painted in Blood”? All their other album titles make sense grammatically. But I digress. Slayer, if they didn’t invent the genre of thrash metal, they certainly perfected it 23 years ago with 1986’s Reign in Blood and their fans have pretty much looked disapprovingly at everything else they’ve put out since. Slayer’s signature sound and quality haven’t really changed at all in the nine albums since Reign and when your catalogue is that consistent, or, in other words, totally interchangeable, fans will always value the first album they got into above the others. Pretty much every Slayer fan starts out with Reign in Blood. So is World Painted Blood heavy? Hell yes! It’s fuckin’ Slayer! Is it identical to every other album they’ve put out? Hell yes! It’s fuckin’ Slayer!

— Patrick canning

Jon Bon Jovi is here to help you, America! The grand, aging carapace keeps his hand on his heart (which is swaddled in the American flag) as he rides into town on the back of a majestic unicorn, soaring through the sky on clouds formed from a pure gossamer nebula of cheese.

Jon Bon Jovi woke up from his giant platinum bed in the sky and through the power of his magic douche goggles, he saw that America was in trouble. Instantly he knew that only his ridiculous over-produced power balladry could save the day for all the soccer moms out there in desperate need of his ridiculous, grandiloquent, throat-ripping choruses. With anthems like “Work for the Working Man”, “We Weren’t Born to Follow” and “Brokenpromiseland” he clearly is, at heart, a true working class hero and definitely not a vapid, ultraprocessed, piece of auditory vomit with a thousand dollar hairdo and a cadre of image consultants.

— Patrick canning

An exhibition to encourage photography and illustration of natural things, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590

Jane Bruton, Diana Dabinett, Susan Furneaux, Heather Reeves & Rachel Ryan share stories about the impact of migration, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 (End Nov 20)

ples: 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

by Hilary Rice & landscapes by Lucy Bause, Red Ochre Gallery-96 Duckworth St 726-6422

Never Far Inland: The Paintings and Prints of Tom Hammick, Christina Parker (Ends Nov 30)

Discovering Bartlett: An Archival Explo-

Jean Claude Roy: New Paintings, Emma

Reigning Cats and Dogs: Fun-loving clay

Butler Gallery-111 George St W 739-7111

works by Vicky Northey & Pauline Stockwood inspired by the age-old antagonism between canines and felines, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 (Ends Nov 20)

on display galleries • museums

Introducing Two Artists: Textile works

New Works: New mixed media paintings & original prints, Christine Koch Studio-177 Water Street, by appt 576-0841

Of A Surface: In this exhibition of new work

galleries OPENING Hark What’s the Noise?: In celebration of the long-standing tradition of Mummering, this exhibition involves a diverse group of local artists, Heritage Art Gallery-309 Water St, 2nd Fl 739-7994 (Opening reception on Sun Nov 22 from 2pm-4pm) MUN Alumni Art Exhibit & Sale: Pieces of art will include stained glass, sketches, water colours & oil paintings, Inco Innovation Centre (Sat Nov 21 from 1pm-5pm)

ONGOING Aurora: Dance of Spirits: New works by gallery artists, Red Ochre Gallery-96 Duckworth St 726-6422 Brigus: True As The Compass: Join us for an exhibition of local artwork celebrating beautiful Brigus, Heritage Art Gallery-309 Water St, 2nd Fl 739-7994

Cities: John Hartman: Known for large-scale expressionistic landscape paintings animated with the imagery of local historic events and personal narratives, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Downtown Charcoals: Peter Lewis’ city-scape charcoals capture the colourful spirit of St John’s in black & white, Peter Lewis Gallery-5 Church Hill 722-6009

Garden & Nature Art Exhibition:

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the members of Pick-Me-Up Artists’ Collective explore surface and texture, A1C Gallery-8 Clift’sBaird’s Cove 237-0427

Resolved Component: An exhibition by the Class of 2009, Visual Arts Department, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, curated by Charlotte Morgan, First Space Gallery-QEII Library The Big and Small Christmas Show:

Time After Timeline: Mem-

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

Across the Polar Sea: With Robert

New works by several local artists, Leyton Gallery-Clift’s-Baird’s Cove 722-7177

The Labrador Gallery: Work by resident artisan Albert Biles in soapstone, antler, whale bone, baleen & ivory, Wild Things-124 Water St

museums E Peary on the North Pole Expedition: Explore the story of the 1908-09 trek as told through hand-tinted lantern slides and the words of his assistant Donald B MacMillan, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

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bers exhibition celebrates 25 years of artist-run culture featuring a visual time-line of uncovered treasures, found ephemera, collected stories, and full administrative history, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882

LAST CHANCE Abandoned Window Series: Hand painted habotai silk scarves based on photographs of old abandoned windows in derelict structures, Sweet Relic-Signal Hill (Ends Nov 20)

Maurice Cullen and His Circle: Nearly

Admiralty House Museum: 1915 navy wireless station now communications museum, 23 Old Placentia Rd-Mt Pearl 748-1124

Archival Mysteries: Where Is It? Featuring unidentified photos from the archives which remain a mystery in terms of their geographical location within NL, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Boyle’s Historical Walking Tour: Starts at the Sheraton Hotel & finishes at War Memorial 75 minutes later. Must reserve 364-6845 (Tuesdays & Fridays at 9:50am)

Collecting Birds: A Beak Behind the Scenes: Use bird specimens to learn lots of fascinating facts about the diversity of our feathered friends, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

forty oil paintings on loan from the National Gallery. Works by Maurice Cullen, alongside his contemporaries James Wilson Maurice and William Brymner as well as Robert Pilot and AY Jackson, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Ends Nov 22)

World of North: As he explored the north, the captain collected plants, animals, geological specimens and everyday objects of the Inuit, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Migrations: Contemporary textiles by Kelly

Connections: This Place and Its Early Peo-

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Collecting the Arctic: Bob Bartlett’s

Photo by Danielle Reardon

Better together One group of young artists is finding strength in numbers.

By David Keating

J

ust two months since its official launch, The Pick-Me-Up Artists’ Collective—consisting primarily of recent art school graduates—is boasting thousands of online hits and plenty of interest from the public.

And while their first exhibition took place in a makeshift space, their latest exhibition, “Of a Surface” is being hosted at the A1C Gallery.

“We’re actually very surprised that people were so ready to accept us,” says founding member Hillary Winter. “I don’t think there have been a lot of people in the last five or ten years coming out of school

ration: Marking the 100th anniversary of the 1909 expedition to the North Pole, this exhibition of archival records relates to the life and career of Captain Bartlett, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Encountering Grenfell: A Life and Legacy: Providing medical care, education & skills in craft, agriculture & animal husbandry Wilfred Grenfell sought to improve conditions in NF, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 [here]say: 26 signs on light poles, each featuring an audio story about that particular spot.

Stand on the sidewalk, use your cellphone to dial the number on the sign, and hear the voices, Water St Ice Age Mammals: See creatures that became extinct the last time the climate changed, 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 MUN Botanical Garden: Trails, gift shop & tearoom, 306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590

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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and trying to do this right away.

Usually people will go off and work on their Masters or go, or do Education and then get back into art later, but the majority of us are fresh out of school and ready to go.”

Winter says that while so much attention so soon is a pleasant surprise, the group’s objective of selfpromotion has been at the forefront since the beginning, just one year ago.

“In the initial stages of development the web site was our main priority,” says Hillary. “It can be accessed by so many different people in so many different age groups and social classes.”

In contrast with the group’s interest in social media and online communication, the theme chosen by the collective for “Of A Surface,” their first themed show, is texture.

“Maybe technology has such a huge impact in our lives that we have to counter that by making work that is very physically grounded,” says Winter. “It is people getting in there and getting messy—which is so different than typing on your computer.”

For Winter, the goal of the PickMe-Up group includes a broad definition of media and forms.

“A lot of us—there are 18 members right now—the majority of us graduated from Grenfell, so we all have similar ideas around accepting all different types of art forms. We don’t want to be strictly traditional art. We have collaborated with dancers and we’d love to be working with music and theatre—all of which we’ve talked to other organizations about getting involved in. ...Visual art is so often seen as a picture on the wall. Dancing is just as visual as a painting, so is theatreso are all these different forms.”

Pick-Me-Up continues to pick up members, with new applicants coming forward all the time.

Powered by their online presence, the group is not restricted to only accepting new artists living in St. John’s.

Says Winter, “We’re always taking in new people. We want people to fit under our little umbrella of trying to promote ourselves and taking our art seriously.”

‘Of A Surface’ runs at A1C Gallery until December 12th. For membership information and upcoming events, visit The Pick-Me-Up Artists’ Collective online at pickmeupart. com

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movies

where movies come to die

What’s in The Box? nothing! absolutely nothing!

M

any years ago, my friend Tim Lehnerer and I were discussing Twilight Zone episodes, not unlike Al Brooks and Dan Aykroyd in the opening of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Tim asked me if I had ever seen the 80s Twilight Zone episode “Button, Button,” based on the short story of the same name. When I told him I hadn’t, he was struck with malicious glee.

“What do you mean, you’ve never heard of ‘Button, Button’?”

“Button, Button” is the story of a couple who are approached by what looks like a travelling salesman. But,

wait! This isn’t your ordinary travelling salesman interrupting your life with his unmistakeable stench of bourbon and regret! No, this sinister figure has nothing to sell, he simply presents the couple with a small box.

The deal is simple: if they push the button on top of the box, someone the couple doesn’t know will die. In exchange, they’ll receive a lump sum of money. The salesman then leaves, giving them 24 hours to decide.

Naturally, the couple pushes the button. When the salesman returns, he gives them a briefcase full of cash and takes the box. Confronted with a million questions, the salesman

ominously replies that the couple needn’t worry, he’s giving the box to someone they don’t even know.

See? That’s an awesome oddball story with a perfect ending. Unfortunately, no one else knows how to tell it.

When I saw the actual episode, the story was weighed down with bad acting and dialogue. Then I read the original story, which was also a let-down.

Now comes Richard Kelly, writer-director of Donnie Darko and Southland Tales, to offer his take on “Buton, Button” with The Box. Kelly writes the same kind of story he always does: he creates a mystery that can only be solved by timetravel, mysticism and not making any sense.

The first half-hour of The Box follows my earlier description to the letter, but things take a turn for the horrific and surreal when the couple (played her by Cameron Diaz and James Marsden) begin to tail the “salesman” (played by Frank Langella). It turns out Langella is possessed by aliens after being hit by lightning! But the aliens are benevolent—and possibly representations of a Christian God—and are merely testing us. Or something.

Skip this film. If you want to experience this story done right, have someone describe it to you by a roaring campfire some night. That’s the only way it works.

Adam Clarke tion that actually manages to be creepier than the book.

Fantastic Dahl movies they're fear and loathing for the under-12 set

W

es Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic The Fantastic Mr. Fox is slated to hit theatres November 25th.

If you’re a grown-up Dahl fan, congratulations! You’re obviously a great person with a childhood full of slightly morbid memories. Find someone else who loved Dahl as a kid and you’ve likely found a new drinking companion.

Part of Roald Dahl’s brilliance is that his work is completely inappropriate for most children. His tales understood what children feared most, creating a world filled with menacing, irrational grownups, caustic wit and refreshing honesty.

He admitted the simple unfairness of being a child, and confirmed that, yup, the world was just as terrifying as you suspected.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox is the eighth film adaptation made from Dahl’s books, but the screen hasn’t always treated his works so kindly.

If you’re up for reliving your childhood in anticipation, here are four other Dahl book-turned-films, and how close they came to what made Dahl... well, so fantastic.

The Witches (1990) Dahl’s witches are sinister creatures, holding annual conventions where they plot to rid the world of children. Recently orphaned Luke is determined to stop them. Unflinchingly sinister, this is the rare adapta-

apocalypse movie after filming three times already with ID4, Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow. (Avalon Mall)

A Christmas Carol: You know what? The time is ripe for another take on Dicken’s Ebenezer Scrooge. Y’know, a funny one. Wait, the Muppets already did that? Hmm, good luck, CGI Jim Carrey.

(Avalon Mall)

Thursday Nov 19 at 7pm Flow: Documentary by Irena Salina on Water Issues, what some what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century. Presentation by Bill Hynd from Oxfam Canada, MUN University Centre-The Loft

Astro Boy: Brave, gentle and wise robo-

Thursday Nov 19 at 7pm In The Loop (MUN Cinema) Armando Iannucci, the great TV writer behind The Day Today and I’m Alan Partridge, turns his attention to the current socio-political regime in this satire. And it’s hilarious. Directed by Armando Iannucci (UK 2009) Empire Theatres-Avalon Mall

hero now stars in his own film. Be sure to tell Geronimo the computer about any mistakes he makes during the film and compare your answers with friends. (Mt Pearl)

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs: The classic children’s book is adapted into a feature-length, 3-D cartoon. With the creators of Clone High writing and Bruce Campbell in a prominent role, what more do you need? (Mt Pearl)

Couples Retreat: Therapy sessions aren’t

Thursday Nov 19 at 7:15pm Chronicles of the Seventh Day: In Part

optional at this tropical island resort. Beautiful couples abound. (Avalon Mall & Mt Pearl)

3 of 5 the battle over the seventh-day Sabbath in medieval times is examined, MUN Engineering-2006, Parking in Lots 16/16A

Tuesday Nov 24 at 8pm NIFCO First Time Filmmaker Program Screening $5, Masonic Temple 753-6121 Tuesday Nov 24 at 7pm Persepolis (Global Cinema) Based on the highly-regarded comic by Marjane Satrapi, this animated film gives an account of the war between Iran and Iraq, as seen through the eyes of young Satrapi. Also, Iggy Pop makes a cameo.

Weird. Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parronaud(FRA 2007) $8, Inco Innovation Center auditorium

Fantastic Mr Fox: Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson delivers his first animated film, which combines the wit of Roald Dahl with the stop-motion animation style of The Wind And The Willows. (Avalon Mall) Law Abiding Citizen: Gerard Butler stars in this latest cinematic exercise of Republican fantasy! An everyman “takes the system down” after a couple of murderers go free. Not even Charles Bronson could do that! (Avalon Mall) Michael Jackson: This Is It: Tired of being force-fed Michael Jackson coverage in the news?

No? Well, here’s some rehearsal footage of a man you had all but forgotten last year. That is it. (Mt Pearl)

Wednesday Nov 25 at 7pm Moving Images Collection-Films from the Archives: Come Paint and Photograph Us: Showcasing beautiful NL landscapes, narrated by Christopher Pratt. The Seabirds of Newfoundland (or A Visit to Green Island): Oliver M Vardy discusses the various types of seabirds nesting on Green Island located just 20 miles south of St John’s, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

New Moon: When sparkly vampire Edward vanishes to join the vampire equivalent of Scientology, Bella becomes a reckless adrenaline junkie. Loosely based on Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction. (Avalon Mall & Mt Pearl) Ninja Assassin: Ninjas! Ninjas kill everybody!

With imposingly long swords and terrifying flying stars! That’s the movie! Not to be confused with the popular Craigslist personal ad “Lonely Ninja Assassin Seeks Same”. (Avalon Mall)

Old Dogs: Robin Williams, John Travolta and the unholy ghost of Bernie Mac join forces for this shockingly original story: A dad experiences slapstick hijinks caused by his children. You’re welcome. (Avalon Mall)

Thursday Nov 26 at 7pm Three Monkeys (MUN Cinema) Monkeys are always great, just like MVP and the monkey’s paw. Waitaminiute!Also, this is about a family breaking down, not simian hilarity. OH NO! Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (TUR 2008) Empire Theatres-Avalon Mall

Paranormal Activity: In this Hi-Def mockumentary in the Blair Witch mold, strange things begin happening to a young couple when they move into a new house. They’re a new generation of Lutzes! (Avalon Mall)

Monday Nov 30 at 7pm Veer (Bikeshare) Explores America’s fast-

Pirate Radio: In this Britcom, originally titled

growing bicycle culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social groups they belong to. Followed by snacks & tours of bike repair shop, $5, MUN Engineering 2006

Matilda (1996) Matilda is so clever, she’s developed psychic powers. Unfortunately she still has to contend with idiotic parents, an evil headmistress and the fact that, you know, she’s only six. Surprisingly faithful, the film doesn’t sugarcoat Matilda’s corrosively neglectful parents or the downright illegal conduct of Headmistress Trunchbull. Sure, it’s got a happy ending, but how many kid films portray child abandonment as a plus?

December 3 at 7pm Food Inc (MUN Cinema) Documentaries about

James and the Giant Peach (1996) This adaptation glosses over much of the book’s surreal loneliness in favour of animated antics and insipid music numbers. As a result, this film is safe for children of all ages, something that should never be uttered about a Roald Dahl movie.

2012: John Cusack is afraid of a blue screen!

our food have the nasty habit of putting the fear in you? Get ready to hate your life, because this film will make you fear everything. Even soy beans.

The Boat That Rocked, a pirate ship in ‘66 begins broadcast rock music. Hijinks ensue. (Mt Pearl)

Planet 51: In this latest computer animated film with a large roster of celebrity voices, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is an astronaut who lands on a suburbanite alien civilization. Do they smell what The Rock is cooking? (Avalon Mall) The Blind Side: Sandra Bullock is headlining yet another movie! That’s three this year!

Anyhoo, this time she’s delivering an Oscar-bait performance as the mother who inspired her football-playing son to succeed. (Avalon Mall)

The Box: A couple is offered a large sum of cash if they push a button. The catch is, when they push the button, someone dies. Hopefully, the explanation for the button won’t be aliens.

(Mt Pearl)

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The Men Who Stare at Goats: Washedup reporter stumbles onto the story of a lifetime: the U.S. military has employed a band of psychics to use their powers to end all war. Or they’re full of it. (Mt Pearl)

Avalon Mall’s Empire Studio 12 722-5775 Mount Pearl Shopping Centre Empire Cinemas 364-8527

Director Roland Emmerich has filmed yet another

Where the Wild Things Are: Boy befriends wild, roaming, yet cuddly monsters.

If you’re looking for a family film without fart noises and people hit in the nuts, this is the one to see. (Mt Pearl)

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Dahl took over this screenplay, and it shows: the wicked humour of the book remains untouched, and is particularly trailblazing in the suggestion that you know what, some kids are just brats, and those bratty kids should be punished. Albeit in delicious ways. Rent this instead of the hit-or-miss 2005 Johnny Depp version.

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raising honey bees

By Jill Pasquet Illustration by Tara Fleming

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W

hen I was a kid, my grandfather, who lived in rural Nova Scotia, kept bees. We were used to seeing bees flying through the fields, settling on the back deck, and hanging around the yard. The sweet, warm smell of honey permeated the house from the back room where my grandfather extracted it from the combs. There was a great sound of industrious buzzing when we pressed our ears against a hive.

And my grandparents had fantastic gardens.

Now, long after my grandparents have sold their hobby farm and moved to the city, I have become the proud keeper of my first hive of bees.

I live just outside of St. John’s where my bees have access to fields of wildflowers and a nearby pond.

I’m not sure if there are any bylaws regulating beekeeping, but the neighbours who know don’t mind and the neighbours who don’t haven’t noticed the little hive tucked in a protected corner of my backyard.

Let’s be clear: I haven’t quite earned the title of beekeeper yet. The bees still have much more to teach me than I know to do for them.

Starting out

I began to find out about bees by contacting local beekeepers. Aubrey at Paradise Farms/Bee Natural and the folks at the Newfoundland Bee Company have been immensely helpful and welcoming, and their enthusiasm has been catchy.

One of the first things I learned was honey made in Newfoundland is unusually pure, since the kinds of parasites that commonly affect them are nonexistent here. Plus, the instances of disease are very low.

In fact, Newfoundland is one of the few places where you don’t have to automatically treat your bees with pesticides and chemicals— which inevitably ends up in the honeycomb and honey.

My beekeeping year began last winter when I ordered a starter colony, or “nucleus”, of bees. The “nuc”, as it’s called, consists of a few frames of bees and larvae, including her majesty the queen, one or two frames of honey and pollen (food for the bees), and a spare frame for

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them to build honeycomb onto.

I picked the bees up in a speciallymade travel box and installed them into my own “super”, or hive body, which I had mail-ordered and put together myself beforehand.

Yes, installing the bees was nervewracking, since I was pretty much just letting a few thousand bees loose in my neighbourhood.

Miraculously, though, they clung to the frames as I transferred them to their new home. The few stragglers followed their sisters into the super.

Ouch factor

Ever since getting past my initial intimidation about getting stung, keeping the bees has been pretty easy.

These supers are the building blocks of a beehive, and as my colony of bees grows, I will add more supers for honey and more bees. My bees spent their summer building honeycomb on the empty frames in the super and gradually filling the comb with nectar, honey, pollen, eggs, and larvae at various stages of development.

I opened up the hive every few weeks to peek at them and help them with basic maintenance of the hive.

It’s been pretty amazing to watch my relatively few bees blossoming into a healthy colony— buzzing with activity and literally dripping with honey.

Honey is harvested at the end of the summer and into fall and one healthy colony can produce 75 to 100 pounds of surplus honey.

Because my bees are not a wellestablished colony yet, I left this summers’ honey in the hive for them to feed on over the winter, where they’ll clump together in the middle of the hive, huddling and “shivering” their little wings to keep warm together until the spring.

Getting to know and learn more about the bees has been really rewarding. They’re pretty low-maintenance, really, but it’s a true pleasure to see them soaring through my backyard and hovering around their small hive. I’ve gotten to introduce a beneficial natural element into my environment and also to reconnect with the excitement and wonder that my beekeeping grandfather shared with me.

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on stage theatre • dance & burlesque spoken & written • comedy

theatre 7 Stories (Bumbershoot Productions) By Morris Panych. Directed by Brad Hodder, $7, Reid Theatre-Mun Arts & Admin (Nov 25-Nov 28 at 8pm)

Adventures in Winterland (PushPin Productions) Help Crissy discover where the sun really goes when it disappears during winter time in this children’s show is based on the traditions and myths surrounding the celebrations of the Winter Solstice. With musical accompaniment, $10/$15, Gower Street United Church 765-9860 (Sat Nov 21 & Sun Nov 22 at 2pm)

Christmas Luncheons (Spirit of Newfoundland) Featuring Peter Halley, Shelley Neville, George Morgan, Frank Fusari & Bill Brennan, Masonic Temple-9 Cathedral St (Throughout December) Hedwig & The Angry Inch (C2C Theatre) Rock musical featuring Brad Hodder & Janet Cull plus a collection of local musicians as backup band The Angry Inch, $10, Rock House-George St (With Kujo Thu Nov 19 at 8:30pm / Matt Hornell & The Diamond Minds Sat Nov 21 at 8:30pm & 11:30pm)

Miracle on George Street (Spirit of Newfoundland) A Newfoundland adaptation of Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (dinner & show), Masonic Temple-9 Cathedral St (Opens Nov 26)

Murmel, Murmel, Mortimer, Munsch (C2C Theatre) Six stories from Robert Munsch’s beloved books. Take to the skies in Angela’s Airplane, get noisy with Mortimer, and make a mess for The Boy in the Drawer. Music, dancing and hide & seek with Willow Kean, Katie Butler, Mark Power, Jenn Furlong & live music by Chris Driedzic, $5/$10, Basement Theatre-Arts & Culture Centre 729-3900 (Wed Nov 25 & Thu Nov 26 at 10am & 1pm; Fri Dec 26-Sun Dec 29 at 4pm & 7pm; Wed

Dec 2 & Thu Dec 3 at 10am & 1pm)

Our Divas Do Broadway: Produced

by Terri Andrews and Sheilagh Guy Murphy, $51.54/$64.50, Holy Heart Theatre 579-4424 (Thu Dec 3-Sun Dec 6 at 8pm)

Stucco In The 80’s (Spirit of Newfoundland) Big Hair, Big Shoulder Pads & Big Hits: A musical comedy review from the time when Madonna, Tina Turner & Dirty Dancing were all the rage.

Featuring Sheila Williams, Dana Parsons & Steve Power, $57.50+ (meal & show), Masonic Temple-6 Cathedral St 579-3023 (Thu Nov 19-Sat Nov 21)

Tina Chaulk signs A Few Kinds of Wrong (Sat Nov 21 from 3pm-5pm at Coles-Avalon Mall / Sun Nov 29 from 1pm-3pm at Costco)

Book Signing (Breakwater Books) Author Trudy Morgan-Cole signs By the Rivers of Brooklyn, Costco (Sun Nov 22 from 1pm-3pm)

Book Signing (Flanker Press) Shirley Murphy signs Allan Square, Costco (Thu Nov 19 at 2pm at Downhome Shoppe / Thu Nov 19 at 7pm at Costco / Fri Nov 20 at 2pm at Coles-Avalon Mall / Sat Nov 21 at 3pm at Chapters / Sun Nov 22 at 1pm at Coles-Village Mall)

Book Tour: With Jeremy Tankard, Canadian

performance &dance Holiday Fashion Show (Kirby House benefit) Featuring clothing by Structure Wardrobe & Styling, Swervy, Lotis Clothing & Twisted Metal Designs plus live music, admission by donation, Churchill Square (Fri Nov 27 from 7pm-9pm)

Salsa, Tango & Latin Dance, $5, Bella Vista (Tuesdays at 7pm) Skirt Full of Milonga: Free Argentine tango class at 7:30pm; Dance at 8pm, $10, beginners welcome, MUN University Centre-The Landing 753-6105 (Every 4th Saturday)

Tango On The Edge: A social gathering to dance Argentine Tango, 8:30pm-10:30pm, $5, RCA Club-10 Bennett Ave (Thursdays)

children’s author & illustrator, 11pm, Children’s Library-Arts & Culture Centre (Fri Nov 20 at 11am)

Christmas at The Ship (Writers’ Alliance NL) Fun, food, writerly friends & announcement of the 2009 Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers, free, The Ship (Mon Nov 30 at 8pm) NL Publishers Holiday Book Fair: Author readings, signings, refreshments, prize giveaways, Chapters (Sat Nov 21 from 12pm5:30pm) Poetry Reading: Featuring Catherine Owen & George Murray, The Ship (Tue Dec 1 at 7:30pm)

Reading & Signing (Flanker Press) Fish For Dinner: Tales of Newfoundland and Labrador by Paul O’Neill with illustratrion by Tara Fleming, Chapters (Wed Nov 25 from 7pm-9pm)

comedy Coors Light New Talent Night,

spoken& written

$5+/$7+/$11+, Yuk Yuk’s-193 Kenmount Rd 7269857 (Wednesdays at 8pm)

On the Sunny Side: Stand up comedy, $2, The Levee-Holdsworth Crt (Sundays at 8pm)

Book Launch (Oberon Press) What We’re Made Of by Nova Scotia author Ryan Turner, music by Sherry Ryan, The Ship (Mon Nov 23 at 8pm) Book Signing (Breakwater Books) Authors Frank Gogos & Morgan MacDonald sign Known Unto God (Fri Nov 20 from 7pm-9pm at Coles-Avalon Mall / Sat Nov 28 from 1pm-3pm at Costco)

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Book Signing (Breakwater Books) Author

Chad Pelley signs Away from Everywhere (Sat Nov 21 from 1pm-3pm at Coles-Avalon Mall / Tue Nov 24 from 6pm-8pm at Costco)

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rob brezsny CLEARS SAGITTARIUS FOR TAKE-OFF  Sagittarius (Nov 22 – December 21) Have you resolved every last detail of your unfinished business? Have you tied up the loose ends, flushed out the lingering delusions, and said your final goodbyes to the old ways and old days? “Yes,” you say? You’re absolutely positive? Well then, it is with a deep sense of pleasure and relief that I hereby unbound you and unleash you. You are officially cleared for take-off into the wild blue yonder or the fizzy red vortex or the swirling green amazement, whichever you prefer. Happy birthday to Sara Tilley, Sharleen Simmons, Sharona Clarke, Duane Andrews and Joanne Fennelly.

 Capricorn (December 22 – January 19) “There is a saying that when the student is ready, the teacher appears,” writes Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book Women Who Run with the Wolves. But the magic of that formula may not unfold with smooth simplicity, she says: “The teacher comes when the soul, not the ego, is ready. The teacher comes when the soul calls, and thank goodness -- for the ego is never fully ready.” I’d love it if the information I just provided encouraged you to feel right at home with the jarring yet nurturing lessons that are on the way.

werebears and only children by Jennifer Barrett

 Aquarius (January 20 – February 18) In the ancient Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, the nature of the psyche was portrayed differently from the way it is today. It was understood that people received information directly from the gods -- not as vague feelings or abstract guesswork, but rather in the form of actual voices. In other words, divine beings spoke directly to human beings. These days that’s regarded as crazy; witness the incredulous reactions that most smart people had when George W. Bush said God personally told him to invade Iraq. With that as subtext, I’m going to prophesy that a deity will soon have a message for you. Be careful, though. An imposter may also slip you tips that you’d best ignore. How to tell the difference? The real thing won’t make you feel inflated or urge you to cause harm.

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 Leo (July 23 – August 22)

In the coming week, keep a lookout for invisible snakes, pretend ghosts, and illusory dragons. Be prepared to gaze upon gruff displays that are no threat to you and hints of fermenting chaos that will never materialize. In other words, Pisces, your subconscious mind may be prone to conjuring up imaginary problems that have little basis in reality. I exhort you to fling them aside like a superhero brushing off toy monsters.

 Aries (March 21 – April 19)

 Virgo (August 23 – September 22)

of the darkness unleashed a stark fertility. He was free to think thoughts that were harder to invoke during the bright hours when hordes of wide-awake people were pouring their chattering thoughts out into the soup. Dinh’s habits changed as he aged, though, in part because he got married and chose to keep more regular hours. But his early imprint has stayed alive inside him. “Now I can write at any time of the day,” he says, “because I always carry the night inside of me.” In accordance with your astrological omens, Taurus, I’m making that your prescription for the coming week: Carry the night inside you during the day.

 Libra (September 23 – October 22)

 Gemini (May 21 – June 20)

“There’s nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly,” said philosopher Buckminster Fuller. I encourage you to make that your personal motto in the coming weeks, Scorpio. From what I can tell, you are capable of generating a transformation that will look impossible to casual observers. You have the power to change something that everyone said would never change.

Mark, a friend of mine who lives in New Jersey, sent an overnight package via UPS to Jerry, a friend of his who lives 30 miles away in Pennsylvania. The delivery arrived on time, so Mark was happy with the service. But in checking the tracking information online, he discovered a curious thing: His package was loaded onto three different airplanes, passed through five different UPS offices, and eventually traveled over a thousand miles in order to arrive at Jerry’s house. I expect

Horoscopes

Strictly speaking -- going purely by the astrological omens -- I conclude that you would generate amazing cosmic luck if you translated the Beatles’ song “Norwegian Wood” into Punjabi, wore shoes made of 18th-century velvet, or tried out for a Turkish volleyball team. I doubt you’ll get it together to pull off those exotic feats, however, so I’ll also provide some second-best suggestions.

You won’t receive quite as much cosmic assistance from doing them, but you’ll still benefit considerably. Here are the back-ups: Begin planning where and when you’ll take a sacred vacation in 2010; meditate on who among your current allies is most likely to help you expand your world in the next 12 months; decide which of your four major goals is the least crucial to pursue; and do something dramatic to take yourself less seriously.

An article in the Online Noetics Network pro“A chief event of life is the day in which we filed the work of Robert Muller, who served have encountered a mind that startled us,” as Assistant Secretary-General of the United wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. My wish for you, Nations. It said that Muller is “one of the best Aries, is that you will have many such days in informed human beings on the planet,” with the coming weeks. In fact, I hope that you will an “encyclopedic grasp of the facts concerning be blessed over and over again with the hairthe state of the world.” And yet raising thrill of having your imagMuller doesn’t keep up with the ination pricked, causing it to halfnews as it’s reported in the media. blossom, half-explode. To get the Homework Instead, he simply talks to people, most out of the fantastic possibilMake a guess about either in person as he travels, or ities, set aside any tendency you what you will be most on the phone, or through written might have to be a know-it-all, proud of 15 years correspondence. These interactions and instead open up your heart’s from today. Testify at mind and your mind’s heart as FreeWillAstrology.com. provide him with all the understanding he needs. I recommend wide and deep as they will go. that you try Muller’s approach for a while, Virgo. Assume that you  Taurus (April 20 – May 20) can get all the information you really need In the beginning of his career, poet Linh Dinh by gathering first-hand reports from people loved to stay up late and write, sometimes about what’s actually happening in their lives. riding a creative surge till dawn. The power

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 Cancer (June 21 – July 22)

The most popular hobby in my home country of America -- even more popular than owning guns and pressing lawsuits -- is cultivating fears. From agonizing about being lonely to ramping up paranoia about pandemic illnesses to worrying about the collapse of the economy, my fellow citizens love to fret.

Outside the U.S., angst accumulation ranks almost as high on the list of pastimes. Luckily, you Leos are less likely to wallow than most of the other signs -- especially these days.

That’s why I hope you’ll take a leadership role in the coming weeks, when many people will be dipping even deeper than usual into the fetid trough of scaremongering. Please help dispel this trend! Be your most radiant and courageous self -- even bigger and brighter than usual.

 Pisces (February 19 – March 20)

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there’ll be a comparable scenario in your world, Gemini: A wish will be fulfilled by a very circuitous route.

I think it’s high time to mess with the tried and true formulas. In order to do the most good for the most people, and to regenerate a wounded and weak part of yourself, you simply must create some cracks in the way things have always been done. You must push beyond your overly safe limits. But wait! Before you plunge ahead, make sure you understand this: If you want to break the rules properly, you’ve got to study them and analyze them and learn them inside out.

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events community events • lectures & forums • daytime music • kids & teens • meetings & classes

community events CLB Sunday Market: Flea market & craft fair, CLB Armoury-Harvey Rd (Sundays from 10am-4pm)

Cookies For Creatures: Heavenly Creatures’ Bake Sale, MUN University Centre (Thu Nov 19 from 10am-2pm)

Craft Council Open House: Celebrate the season with food, live music, ornament making & family fun, free, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 (Sat Nov 28 from 1pm-5pm)

Christmas Fair & Soup Luncheon: Flea market, crafts, bake & preserves stall, books, $0.50/$7soup, Cochrane Street United Church (Sat Nov 28 from 11:30am-2pm) Downtown Christmas Parade: Bring along non-perishable food item as well as letters to Santa (Sun Nov 29 at 1pm)

Jingle Bell Walk & Run (Arthritis Society) Participants are given Jingle Bells to wear as they complete the walk/run, Royal Canadian Legion 579-8190 (Sun Nov 22 at 9:30am) Monte Carlo Gala (Charity fundraiser) An evening of casino, auction & camaraderie hosted

by MUN medical students, Sheraton Hotel 7776690 (Fri Nov 20)

Peace Week Breakfast (YMCA World Peace Week) Holiday Inn (Fri Nov 27 from 7:30am8:30am) Pre-Christmas Event: 19th century pudding making, ‘Green’ decoration & craft demos, seasonal music by Anglican Cathedral Choir & Celtic Fiddlers. On Sunday Kevin Major reads The House of Wooden Santas plus display, admission is non-perishable food item, Commissariat House (Sat Nov 21 & Sun Nov 22 from 11am-3pm)

St Francis Xavier Event: Get together for alumni & friends, free but please bring donation for food bank, Arribas above Quintana’s-Churchill Square 726-2126 (Thu Dec 3 at 5:30pm)

St John’s Farmers’ Market: Support our local economy & celebrate community spirit, Lion’s Chalet-Newtown Rd (Saturdays from 9am-2pm)

lectures& forums Music Anthropology Seminar: Would you be a reel now, or a jig?” Playing tunes in St. John’s, Newfoundland with Samantha Breslin, MUN Queen’s College 4028 (Thu Nov 19 at 5pm)

Arctic Sovereignty: Cmdr Grant speaks on Canada’s role of the Canadian Navy in Arctic Sovereignty & Security, Hampton Hall, Marine Institute-155 Ridge Rd (Wed Nov 25 at 7pm)

Arctic Sovereignty: Canadian Navy and CF Role in Arctic Sovereignty with Cmdr Grant, Free but must register 737-8405, Spencer Hall-4th floor boardroom (Wed Nov 25 at 12pm) Artist Talk: Join writer/artist Christopher Pratt in conversation with Joan Sullivan, Managing Editor of The Quarterly, Emma Butler Gallery-111 George St West (Thu Nov 19 at 7pm) Atlantic Islands: Perspectives about the sea and sea life: Newfoundland and the Azores with Dr Alison Neilson, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 722-3123 (Thu Nov 19 at 8pm)

Chronicles of the Seventh Day: Part 4 of 5 examines an era of religious upheaval, from the spiritual revolution in late 15th century to the protestant reformation of the 16th and 17th century, MUN Engineering-2006, Parking in Lots 16/16A (Thu Nov 26 at 7:15pm) Chronicles of the Seventh Day: Part 5 of 5 blends history and current events to conclude the chronicles of the seventh-day Sabbath, MUN Engineering-2006, Parking in Lots 16/16A (Thu Dec 3 at 7:15pm)

MUN Botanical Garden: AGM & presentation by research horticulturist Todd Boland on Plant Atlantic breeding program, 306 Mount Scio Rd (Thu Nov 26 at 7pm)

Peter Pope: Vernacular Capitalism and the Maritime Cultural Landscape of Newfoundland’s Petit Nord, MUN Maritime History Archive HH1014 (Thu Nov 26 at 1pm)

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)

Political Science Speakers’ Series: The

Belvedere Neighbourhood Assoc: General meeting with discussion on Neighbourhood Watch Program, HUB Merrymeeting Rd 726-2126 (Wed Nov 25 at 7pm)

Role of Private Members’ Business: Exploring the reasons why MPs participate with Kelly Blidook, MUN Science 2033 (Fri Nov 20 at 2:30pm)

Bike Repair: Everyone welcome to use workshop, MUN Engineering 1015-E (Wednesdays 5pm-9pm)

Simpson and Locke: Thoughts on the Econ-

BikeShare Repair Shop Launch: Screen-

omy-Canada & NL with Jeffrey Simpson (Globe & Mail) Wade Locke (MUN Economics), free but must register, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries-White Hills Rd 772-8833 (Wed Nov 25 from 9am-12pm)

Bike Workshop (Bikeshare) How to fix a flat

The Art of Being Human (Shambhala Meditation) Discover your true nature as a genuine & compassionate human being with Kay Crinean, free, 576-4727 (Sat Nov 28 at 11am)

Bike Workshop (Bikeshare) Winter Cycling Basics, free & open to all, MUN Engineering 1015E (Sat Nov 21 from 1pm-2pm)

as works by Amner, Farrant, Praetorius, Byrd, Rachmaninoff & Drinkell, Anglican Cathedral (Sun Nov 29 at 11am)

An Afternoon of Baroque Splendour: Arias, songs, duets & organ pieces with Meghan Herder (IRE), Duncan Brickenden & Robin Williams, $10/$15, Cochrane St Church (Sun Nov 22 at 3pm)

Auntie Crae’s Band, free-no purchase necessary, Auntie Crae’s (Tuesdays at 12pm)

The Great Casavant Organ: David Drinkell plays varied programs of sacred and secular works, free, Anglican Cathedral (Wednesdays at 1:15pm)

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confidence and overall leadership abilities for career and life, free, MUN Inco Building-2014 687-1031 (Fri Dec 1)

Advent Procession of Lessons & Carols: The Great Advent Antiphons as well

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)

tire, free & open to all, MUN Engineering 1015-E (Wed Nov 25 from 6pm-7pm)

Capital Toastmasters: Improve self-

daytime music

Caregiver Conversations: A Support Group for Unpaid Caregivers, Community Room, Sobeys-Merrymeeting Rd 726-2370 (Every third Monday)

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Christmas Craftmaking: Have yourself a crafty little Christmas and create an organza butterfly. Suitable for adults, free but must register, AC Hunter Library 737-3950 (Wed Nov 25 at 7pm & Tue Dec 1 at 7pm)

Comic Jam: Get together with local comic artists to create, share, conspire & discuss. Bring your own drawing materials, 7pm, free, Hava Java (Last Monday of month) Crohn’s & Colitis Symposium: Education symposium with keynote speaker Marilyn Finkelstein, Sheraton Hotel 579-3700 (Sat Nov 28) Flower Garden Tour: Take a leisurely stroll through the flower gardens & see what’s in bloom this week, Suitable for families, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590 (Sundays at 12pm)

For the Love of Learning: Free classes

kids& teens

in art, writing, film, theatre, journalism, yoga & Aikido, open to all youth aged 15-35, Gower St United Church 722-8848 (Weekdays from 12pm-6pm)

A Fish’s Tail: It’s spawning season. Discover the changes a little fish must go through as we take journey through the lifecycle of a trout, The Fluvarium-5 Nagle’s Pl 754-3474 (Saturdays & Sundays) Children’s Cinema: Chasseurs de Drangons (FRA 2008) Free, Centre des Grands-Vents-65 Ridge Rd 726-4900 (Saturday Nov 21 at 10am)

Create Scenes of Arctic Life in Felt: Kids can explore the north with Admiral Perry, Captain Bob Bartlett & Dr Grenfell, and make wall hangings filled with the sights and scenes, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Sun Nov 22 from 2pm-4pm)

ing of bicycle movie Veer followed by snacks & tours of bike repair shop, $5, MUN Engineering 2006 (Mon Nov 30 at 7pm)

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the history of downtown, everyone welcome, free, Auntie Crae’s (Saturdays at 10am, rain or shine)

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) Hurling: Training ongoing, Contact Cabot_Hill_Hurling_Club@yahoo.ca for details (Saturdays)

Le Café Français Hebdo: Un lieu où les francophones et francophiles peuvent socialiser en français. L’anglais est interdit, Atlantic Place, près de Starbucks (tous les dimanche à 16h)

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Merry Christmas Playdate : Max & Ruby, Miss Spider & special appearance by Santa, $29.50, Arts & Culture Centre 729-3900 (Wed Nov 25 at 4pm)

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Murmel, Murmel, Mortimer, Munsch (C2C Theatre) Six stories from Robert Munsch’s beloved books. Take to the skies in Angela’s Airplane, get noisy with Mortimer, and make a mess for The Boy in the Drawer. Music, dancing and hide & seek with Willow Kean, Katie Butler, Mark Power, Jenn Furlong & live music by Chris Driedzic, $5/$10, Basement Theatre-Arts & Culture Centre 729-3900 (Wed Nov 25 & Thu Nov 26 at 10am & 1pm; Fri Dec 26-Sun Dec 29 at 4pm & 7pm; Wed Dec 2 & Thu Dec 3 at 10am & 1pm)

National Child Day Celebrations: Join the City of St John’s & community partners to celebrate a week of free activities especially for children, 576-8499 (Until Nov 22) Winter Woods Walk: With Christmas crafts family program, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590 (Sun Nov 22 from 10am-3pm)

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

Young Performers: Open mic with Denielle Hann, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (Sundays at 3pm)

meetings& classes

clubs • groups • free classes & workshops Assoc of Cultural Industries: AGM, Masonic Temple (Sat Nov 21)

Assoc of Cultural Industries: Social event, Masonic Temple (Fri Nov 20 at 7pm)

Mall Walkers Club, Avalon Mall, 737-2333 (Thursdays at 8:45am)

Men’s Darts, Darnell’s Pub 7822440 (Thursdays)

Overeaters Anonymous: Weekly meetings in St John’s area, call 738-1742 for more info

Paper Trails Writing Group: Explore new perspectives of writing and story telling. Open to all, free, Dynamis Health Centre-95 Torbay Rd (Tuesdays at 7:30pm) Seniors Bridging Cultures: Tea, guest speakers & conversation, Seniors Resource Centre 737-2333 (Thursdays at 2pm)

Seniors Friendship Club, Seniors Resource Centre 737-2333 (Fridays at 2pm) Shambhala Meditation Group: Meditation helps us appreciate ourselves, others, and our world, free, Billy Rahl Fieldhouse-rear Elizabeth Towers 576-4727 (Wednesdays 7:30pm & Sundays 10am)

St John’s City Council Meeting: Refer to Council Agenda at www.stjohns.ca (posted Friday afternoon), Public welcome, City Hall-Council Chambers, 4th fl (Mondays at 4:30pm)

Stream Assessment Workshop: Presented by Atlantic Coastal Action Program, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society & Department of Fisheries and Oceans. People can choose which watershed they wish to help us protect, free, all ages welcome, must register at 726-5800, The Fluvarium (Thu Nov 19) Sunday Morning Nature Hike: Explore barrens, boreal forest, or bog as you hike one of our nature trails with education staff, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590 (Sundays at 10am)

Super Trivia Night, Bitter’s Pub (Thursdays from 8pm-11pm)

The Pottle Centre: A social & recreation centre for consumers of mental health services.

New members welcome, 323 Hamilton Ave 753-2143 The Rooms: Free admission, 9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Wednesdays 6pm-9pm) Trivia Night, Rose & Thistle (Tuesdays) Walk on Water: Get fit, meet people & learn

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Classes urday, November 28, 10am to 1pm. Writing from Life/Writing from Your Experience. With Maura Hanrahan. Suite 304, 155 Water St., St. John’s, www.writingworkshops.ca, email info@writingworkshops.ca, phone (709) 753-7740

Creative Writing Workshop: NonFiction. Thursday evenings from 7 - 9:30, January to April. If you are interested, please send a sample (5-10 pages in any genre(s)) to rfinley@mun.ca , or c/o the Department of English, Memorial University, St. John’s, A1C 5S7, by December 11th 2009.

Musicians town looking for guitar, accordion, piano & percussion to form alt/country/folk group.

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Bulletin Board DONATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS HAMPERS. For the Love of Learning is seeking donations of food, gifts & giftcards for young adults, aged 15-35, facing social and economic hardships. For more info please visit www.FTLOL.org, 722-8848 or peterhynes@ fortheloveoflearning.org.

LBGTQ Community Forum. Planned Parenthood - NL Sexual Health Centre is hosting a Community Forum to talk about the LBGTQ Youth Group and other services. Open to public. Monday November 23, 2009, 6:30-8:30pm.

The Lantern, 35 Barnes Road. For info. call 579-1009 or 699-0509.

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situation a few times now, and again last

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fling and she knows I’m married and she’s •••

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around on her. Good time to make a full

is interested, take things very, very slowly

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disclosure! But when I told her my situation,

and keep your husband fully informed. But

discussion today that he prefers to wear

that was the end of our flirtation.

even if I could relieve you of your stress and

women’s clothes. He said he had worn

Any idea why women find the idea of

anxiety with a few words, NOCLUE, I wouldn’t.

women’s clothes at a previous workplace,

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cheating with me okay, but once they find out

You should be anxious and stressed out;

and no one had been offended. I suggested

I have a free go of things, they walk?

it’s appropriate to be anxious and stressed

he talk to HR to protect his job before coming

out. Your nervousness is prompting you

to work dressed in women’s clothing. Good

to take things slowly and to be careful and

advice or should I just mind my own business?

Place a classified in the print edition:

This woman didn’t find the idea of cheating

conscientious about your husband’s feelings. If

One coworker suggested that he work up to

with you “okay,” NFW, she wanted to fuck

this works out—for you, for your coworker, for

it, while another said he should just do it and

you because you’re married and presumably

your husband—it will be in large part thanks to

let the chips fall where they may. The question

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boyish/feminine

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work as a woman. He said in a lunchroom

as a woman came up. I’m not 100 percent •••

When she thought you were

comfortable sharing the ladies’ room with him. Though I am certain most of the men

utterly irresistible, that you would break your

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marriage vows and risk everything to get into

competitor who happens to be gay. In her fits

her pants. Sleeping with her with your wife’s

of anger, she keeps calling him a faggot. I hate

permission? Meh, where’s the ego boost in

it. The thing is, I am not gay. And if anyone in

that?

our office is, they are in the closet. She has

should use the women’s room. If he identifies

used the word in front of other coworkers

as male, he should use the men’s room.

and even our boss, and no one seems to be

And seeing as he’s using the men’s room

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bothered.

now—despite his wearing makeup and being

am a 40-ish married straight woman

I am torn about what I should do. I am

openly gay—I don’t see how the addition of

living in New York. I have been happily

black, and if she was using the word “nigger,”

a dress should change things for his male

married in a monogamous relationship

I would call her on it and raise issue with our

coworkers. And from the way you describe

for 11 years. My husband and I met when

HR department. Can I file a complaint on

that lunchroom conversation, SKIRT, it sounds

we were in our early 20s. After listening to all

behalf of a group I do not belong to? If she

like your effeminate new coworker has at least

of the Savage Lovecasts together, we started

found out I complained, she would see it as

some support at work—but yes, he should

to talk about the idea of “some degree of

a threat to her own job, which could lead to

have a talk with HR.

openness,” as you put it.

a decidedly hostile workplace. But if it was

In the past year, I have had a crush on a

a racial slur, I would not let that deter me. I

find yourself in the same restroom with your

coworker. My husband is okay with me having

want to do the right thing. How would you

newest coworker, SKIRT, unless you routinely

something on the side with this coworker. This

handle the situation?

offer to zip up your coworkers or wipe their

to be with her,

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NFW, that meant

mail@savagelove.net you found her so attractive, so

•••

am in a strange situation. I work in

won’t be comfortable sharing the men’s room

the corporate sector in marketing and

with him either.

sales. It is a high-stress, fast-paced

Do you have any suggestions on how to

job, and everyone has a short fuse. I

handle situations where I might find myself in

have a coworker who is losing business to a

Not My Problem?

coworker is single (last I heard) and 17 years

the same restroom as my newest coworker?

She Knows It’s Really Trivial If your coworker identifies as female, she

As for “handl[ing] situations” where you

asses for them, I don’t see how his presence— or his attire or the particular brand of genitalia

younger (yikes!), and he knows I am married.

We had a great working relationship while we

If someone at my office were tossing the

were assigned to a project together, but now

word “nigger” around, NMP, I would lodge a

he’s in another department. My question is,

complaint. I would resent the assumption on

how to go from here? After having a few good

my coworker’s part that since I’m white she

talks with my husband, I am excited about this

can use racist speech in my presence, because,

idea and terrified. I’m having a private lunch

hey, all us white people are racist POS, right?

tucked into his panties—really impacts you at all.

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The Annual Downtown Christmas Parade is set for Sunday, November 29th (December 6th in the event of inclement weather). The Parade begins at 1pm and follows the same route as previous years. Bring along a non-perishable food item or spare change in aid of the Community Food Sharing Association. Kids...don’t forget to bring your letters to Santa! Need a lift to the Parade...? Ride the Santa Shuttle.

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