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For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be in a rock band. The closest I came was in grade six, when some classmates and I performed Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” in full air-band mode. We never hit the big time, but I was hooked. Music got me—it really got me. But nothing was as intoxicating as the discovery of rock and roll in my parents’ basement. It felt forbidden. The record player sitting on thick blue shag carpet with a crate of records beside it— Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, whatever I wanted. What I didn’t even know I wanted. All right there with a touch of the needle.
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I have kept myself surrounded by music, a personal soundtrack playing in the background of all of the important and not-so-important moments in my life. Back then it was the radio blaring nonstop from my bedroom, my dad playing the guitar, or my sister and I duking it out for whose turn it was to sit on the piano bench. In high school I played in the concert band (lugging an awkwardly weighted French horn case home on the school bus—it had its own seat!), orchestra, and stage band. Recently I bought my own turntable and rediscovered the music trapped in vinyl—that familiar crackle and warmth, the song lyrics still embedded deep in my psyche, coming to the surface just seconds before the music reaches my ears.
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As pie-in-the-sky as my rock-band dreams might be, for many in the city, it isn’t a fantasy at all— it’s a full-blown, absolutely solid reality. Thunder Bay has an impressively talented array of performers who are living and breathing music. In this issue, we share some of the rock, pop, alternative, metal, groove and hip hop acts on the scene. Tiffany Jarva takes us on a music road trip, and Gord Ellis tells us his music story. And now that we’re smack-dab in the middle of summer, you know we had to get Tara George out sailing on that big old lake out there. Jeannie Dubois is zipping about on her Vespa and we’re all screaming for ice cream, but what kind? Amy Jones settles the score. And of course, there’s so much more. Like Mick Jagger says, time is on my side (for a few days, anyway!) so I’m going to put on a record and have a dance party in my living room. Because music really does make everything better. And I like it, yes I do. ~RS
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Contents
FEATURES
■ 30 The Weber Brothers ■ 22 boy Roland ■ 32 Winnipeg Rock and Roll ■ 23 Local Art in a Global Context Road Trip ■ 23 Baggage Building Arts Centre THE ARTS
■ 6 CoverStory: 18 Bands ■ 10 TBay DJs ■ 11 Music from the Big House ■ 11 Kevin Sidlar’s TBay Bandwiki CITYSCENE ■ 12 Q&A with Rodney Brown ■ 24 Catch the Vespa Buzz ■ 13 Coleman Hell ■ 24 Once a Teacher ■ 25 Tara Tries Out... Sailing FOOD
■ 14 Outside Patios ■ 14 Gazpacho ■ 19 Hard & Soft Ice Cream ■ 21 Ted’s Kitchen ■ 21 Prosecco with Canapés
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■ 27 Henry Rollins review ■ 28 Dala Girls ■ 28 Fred Eaglesmith ■ 29 Burnin’ to the Sky ■ 30 Kim Churchill ■ 30 Five Alarm Funk
ARCHITECTURE
■ 36 Slate River Backyard Health
■ 37 You Are What You Drink ■ 37 Get Beach Smart! FILM&THEATRE
■ 38 The Zombies Have Arrived ■ 38 The Little Movie That Could
LIVING GREEN
■ 42 EcoSuperior question of the month
■ 42 Sprouting Plants, Budding Communities
LIVE FROM THE ROCK FOLK FESTIVAL INSERT 15
■ 20 Drink of the Month ■ 34 Off the Wall Reviews ■ 43 ZYGOTE bop ■ 44 July EVENTS ■ 45 The Wall ■ 46 The Eye
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Tedeschi Trucks Band
Marina Park July 7
The Tedeschi Trucks Band is the hottest blues band in North America, and their summer touring schedule is testament to their musical prowess. Although vocalist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks are accomplished musicians in their own right, they have only released two albums together: Revelator (2011) and Everybody’s Talkin’ (2012). Revelator won a Grammy for best blues album, and their new release is a double live album. Their music is a fusion of the couple’s individual styles, blending Tedeschi’s supple vocals with Trucks’ prodigious slide-blues licks. Trucks was ranked 16th on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 greatest guitarists in 2011—no doubt he learned a few things playing with the Allman Brothers Band as a teenager. For more information goto thewalleye.ca/topfive
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The Detroit Cobras & Chains of Love Crocks July 11
Chains of Love is a six-piece band from Vancouver, lead by the powerful and sultry vocals of Nathalia Pizarro. Their March 2012 release, Strange Grey Days, was highly anticipated and since their sound has been compared to The Detroit Cobras, it seems natural that the two bands tour North America together. The Cobras have earned their stripes as a garage rock cover band known for knock-out performances that are guaranteed to pack the dance floor. Their sound is a seamless blend of retro rock, R&B and soul. Lead singer Rachel Nagy puts her own spin on classic songs, like “Cha Cha Twist,” originally recorded in the 60s, and makes them sound like originals. Both bands are throwbacks to Motown girl groups, and fans can expect upbeat, catchy tunes—get out your gogo boots! Tickets are $12.
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Lake Superior Day Marina Park July 15
How lucky are we to live at the headwaters of the Great Lakes, on the largest freshwater lake in the world? Many of us take the awesome beauty, infinite value, and immensity of the lake for granted, and Lake Superior Day gives us time to pause for reflection. Hosted by EcoSuperior and the Lake Superior Binational Forum, this year’s event runs from 4 pm–9 pm and offers free admission and litter-free fun for the whole family. We recommend the Superior fish dinner ($5 gets you a Lake Superior whitefish sandwich, potato salad and cake—buy your tickets in advance from EcoSuperior), the Science North Cool Science Caravan and live music featuring Mood Indigo, Olivia Korkola and more.
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July 27–29 Various Locations
Be Finn for a weekend at FinnThunder—a celebration of all things Finnish. The weekend includes music, dance, lectures, food, a marketplace, sporting events, and more. This year, Thunder Bay will be attempting to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people simultaneously participating in a nordic walk at Boulevard Lake. The current record is 1026, set in Lidingöloppet, Sweden in 2006 (we can beat that!). Poles will be available for sale and rent at the walk. If you’re not up for nordic walking, check out the mountain bike race, or wife-carrying competition, but don’t miss the food and entertainment!
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Thunder Bay Art Gallery: Garden Tour July 29 Various Locations
The Garden Tour is one of the Art Gallery’s major annual fundraisers—all money raised supports their many community-based programs, including the storing, protecting and exhibiting its 1500+ piece permanent collection, art classes for children and adults, artist talks and workshops, events, and world class exhibitions. Seven local gardens are on the tour this year, offering a variety of sizes and styles. The tour is self-guided, so people can travel between gardens at their own leisure, taking in additional pleasures provided by artists and musicians at selected locations. There are also loonie raffles, and Master Gardeners on hand at each location to give advice and answer questions (like “Why are my perennials annuals?”). Tickets are $20 for non-members and $15 for members, and are available at the Art Gallery, Vaillant Florists, and Landale Gardens. The Walleye
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Storm Carroll
Survey Says... The number eighteen is significant for several reasons. It’s the atomic number of argon, the number of players on an Aussie Rules football team, and the number of chapters in James Joyce’s Ulysses. It is also the number of bands we chose for our cover story. How on earth, you ask, could we possibly choose eighteen from the vast crop of talented performers? It’s pretty simple, really. We took their names and put them through our Walleyemusic-o-meter and... oh, you don’t believe us? Nah, didn’t think so. To be honest, it wasn’t easy. And we promise that we’ll be doing this again, so please tell us who you think should be included next time. If it makes you feel better, you can even send us an all-caps email. For now, though, have a look at our totally scientific, completely left-brained, definitelynot-decided-on-by-abunch-of-monkeys list of the eighteen TBay rock, pop, alternative, metal, groove, and hip hop bands you need to know. -RS
The Married Singlemen
Advina
Point North
STYLE: Rock/reggae/blues/ska
STYLE: Post-rock
STYLE: Progressive rock/experimental
WHO’S IN IT?:
Andrew McKelvey - lead vocals/guitar Nathan Forte - bass/vocals Corey Bolton - lead guitar/vocals Harley Curley - drums/percussion
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?:
Five years
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “I Want You” by The Beatles BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Punch in the Mouth” WHAT’S NEW?:
Heading into the recording studio this month to record a full-length album to be released later this year or early 2013.
YOUR MOTTO: “Keep the music honest and true. No matter the event, when we’re on stage, we kick the crowd in the face with our tunes.” CONTACT INFO:
facebook.com/the married singlemen army marriedsinglemen@gmail.com
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WHO’S IN IT?:
Alex Robillard - vocals Keenan Kosolowski - guitar Tim Stephenson - guitar Nic Macdonald - bass Dylan Maxwell - drums
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?:
WHO’S IN IT?:
Dylan Maxwell - drums Aaron Gee - guitar Michael Armenti - vocals Shawn Hartviksen - synth + percussion Will Tremblay - bass
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?:
Two years
Under a year
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “The Widow” by As Cities Burn
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “Spiders” by System of a Down
BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Through Troubled Times (Safety Found Us)”
BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Genesis”
WHAT’S NEW?:
WHAT’S NEW?:
Debut album, Fortune Teller, released May 3; playing “The Boys Of Summer” Show at Black Pirates Pub July 11.
YOUR MOTTO: “Never pay full price for a late pizza.” CONTACT INFO:
advinacanada@gmail.com facebook.com/advinaband
We will be playing the Flood Relief Benefit at Crocks on June 29, and Music For The Masses on September 21.
YOUR MOTTO: “Point your eyes north, and stay the course.” CONTACT INFO:
facebook.com/pointnorththunderbay
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Shannon Lepere
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Sleep Clinic STYLE : Hip Hop WHO’S IN IT?: Miss Flow (Samantha Ibey Leach) Nevamind (Chad Miles) Ayough (Jesse Leach) Bajmahaj (Stephan Dacey)
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?:
Don’t You(,) Mean People?
The Auditor General
Jean-Paul De Roover
Noise Redemption
STYLE: Acoustic post-rock
STYLE: Dream-pop/indie-rock/
STYLE: Post-pop
STYLE: Today’s metal
WHO’S IN IT?:
WHO’S IN IT?:
Jean-Paul De Roover
WHO’S IN IT?: Mack Davis Alex Cummins Taylor Price
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: Eight months
Six years
BEST SONG YOU COVER:
BEST SONG YOU COVER:
“Chameleon” by Herbie Hancock
We don’t cover any songs; all of our music is original. We make our own beats and write our own lyrics for every song we do.
BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “One Use Blue Lagoon”
BEST SONG YOU WROTE:
WHAT’S NEW?
“Do Ya Job”
We’re in the process of making our first EP to be released this summer, we’ve got a bunch of new material we’re working on, our next show is July 12 at the Black Pirates Pub, and we’re planning to release a single with a music video entitled “You’re In This.”
WHAT’S NEW?:
We have a new song called “Room For Da Goons.” Currently working on having an album pressed.
YOUR MOTTO: “It’s more than a hip hop thing, it’s a family thing!”
YOUR MOTTO:
CONTACT INFO:
“Say what you mean.”
facebook.com/#!/pages/ Sleep-Clinic/32349540631
CONTACT INFO:
camo-angel@hotmail.com
facebook.com/ dontyoumeanpeople
DYMPband@gmail.com
folk-doom/catchy-as-hell
BEST SONG YOU COVER:
Mrac Viherkoski Kris Woods Ryan Redemption Chris Critter Antilla Jessica Hochins Alex Cummins
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?:
“Idioteque” (a Capella) by Radiohead
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?:
Four years
BEST SONG YOU WROTE:
Five years
BEST SONG YOU COVER:
“Man With No Hands”
BEST SONG YOU COVER:
“Linoleum” by NOFX
WHAT’S NEW?:
Well... we’ve never tried a cover before. Maybe some day in the future we will cover some System of a Down, Sublime or Queen. Hmm… I sense a terribly great medley.
WHO’S IN IT: Josh Hogan Justin Sillman Jamie Smith Sean Skillen
BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Eggs on Leggs” WHAT’S NEW?: The Auditor General will be performing at Live from the Rock Folk Fest in Red Rock, and playing Summer in the Parks at the Marina on August 15. They will be recording the follow up to their 2009 debut Club Anthems for the Slightly Disenfranchised this fall.
YOUR MOTTO: “Semper fudge.” CONTACT INFO: facebook.com/theauditorgeneral
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: Five years
July 19, 2012 - Black Pirates Pub w/Wax Mannequin August 10, 2012 - Red Rock Folk Festival August/September 2012 - Eastern Canada Tour October 2012 - Western Canada / Western US Tour
YOUR MOTTO: “Aim for the window, don’t settle for doors.” CONTACT INFO: me@jeanpaulderoover.com jeanpaulderoover.com
BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Re-incarnation Through Pregnancy.” WHAT’S NEW?: We’ve just finished going through a member change— a new drummer and new singer and what not. We are ready to blast our fans with new material. Some old songs are still in there. Hope to see you come out fer some as we thrashing & trashing! Yah!
YOUR MOTTO: “Ruining your music for you!” CONTACT INFO: exitstudiomusic.ca/ NoiseRedemption The Walleye
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Tall Poppy Syndrome
Vega
Down Converter
Bottom Rockers
Juliann Robbins
STYLE: Motown, folk, pop,
STYLE : Pop-rock/alternative
STYLE: Stoner rock
STYLE : Punk Rock
STYLE: Country rock
WHO’S IN IT?:
WHO’S IN IT?:
WHO’S IN IT?
Mike McLaughlin
Juliann Robbins (vocals, guitar)
rock, rockabilly, alternative, etc.
WHO’S IN IT?: Nancy McNabb - vocals Scott Freeborn - guitar John King - bass Harley Curley - drums Ian Grant - keys Paula DiGiuseppe, Spencer Hari, Nadine Ciotucha -
WHO’S IN IT?: Jessica Hochins - vocals Shawn Hartviksen - guitar Dustin Saarinen - guitar Rob Hibberd - bass Jimmy Wiggins - drums
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: Four years
backup vocals
BEST SONG YOU COVER:
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?:
“Bad Romance” by Lady GaGa
One year
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “River Deep, Mountain High” by Ike & Tina Turner
BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “The Deviant” WHAT’S NEW?:
Black Pirates Pub on July 8 and the Dragonboat Festival on June 20.
We’ve been recording our still-untitled debut album over the last two years, hoping for a release before 2013. Recorded with Dave Angell at Dining Room Studios (drums with Rob Nickerson). We also just celebrated our 4th year as a band together.
YOUR MOTTO:
YOUR MOTTO:
“If it doesn’t feel good to play, we ain’t playin’ it.”
“Breakin’ hearts on the dance floor.”
CONTACT INFO:
CONTACT INFO:
youtube.com/gill13013
VegaAudio@Gmail.com
facebook.com/pages/Tall-PoppySyndrome/86667637573?ref=ts
Wiggins@TBshows.com
BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “The Fall” WHAT’S NEW?:
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Brent Foley - drums Len Wallis - bass Darren Foley - vocals/guitar
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: Since 2010
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “Southern Fried Metal” (Motorhead meets Allman Brothers) BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Laiki aka Animal Rights” WHAT’S NEW?:
We have begun pre-production on our next recording. The new songs have a lot more going on as far as concept and sonically they sound much more complex and heavier than our debut CD in 2010. Upcoming shows are Music for the Masses and the Rock Truck CD release show.
YOUR MOTTO: “After the dream dies music just becomes a way of life.” CONTACT INFO: facebook.com/pages/DownConverter/217786481601580 myspace.com/downconverter
- drums/vocals
Sam Stone - guitars/vocals Andrew Benson - guitars/vocals Benny Bloodlust - bass/vocals
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: Seven years
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “Wolf Like Me” by TV On The Radio BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Brand New Blues/Those Rotten Bastards” WHAT’S NEW?: We’re in the process of writing and demo-ing out a ton of new songs in a lot of different genres. Aug 3 is our 7 year anniversary show at Black Pirates Pub. We also play Canada Day at the Black Pirate’s Pub
YOUR MOTTO: “Nobody likes the Bottom Rockers like the Bottom Rockers like the Bottom Rockers.” CONTACT INFO: bottomrockershert@ hotmail.com bottomrockers305. bandcamp.com
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: Solo for just over a year
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “Ice Cream” by Sarah McLachlan BEST SONG YOU’VE WRITTEN: “Fire” and “Nothing at all” WHAT’S NEW: I’m currently working on a new album, called Movin’ on Down, soon to come out in 2013 that I’m really excited about.
YOUR MOTTO: “Music is a doorway into one’s soul. Each song is a story waiting to be heard—it can make you cry with a heartfelt ballad, take you to to foreign shores, mystical places, or just rock your socks off.” CONTACT INFO juliannrobbins13@gmail.com reverbnation.com/artist/complete_profile/1268542#!/ juliannrobbins
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Bay City Sound Collective STYLE: Fusion WHO’S IN IT?: Kyle Shushack - guitar Dan Tremblay - percussion Jon Kivinen - bass Marcel Gautier - drums Jenn Bryan - violin Derek Grizans - didgeridoo
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: About two years.
Sara Kanutski
THE Groove
The Other Colour
STYLE: Pop
STYLE: Funk
STYLE: Rock
WHO’S IN IT?:
WHO’S IN IT?:
MEMBERS:
Joe Petch - keys, hammond,
Stephen Gray - Singer/
Mikey Trevisanutto - trombone,
Timo Pehkonen - Lead Guitar Taylor Perrault - Rhythm
Sara Kanutski - vocals/guitar Ron Kanutski - guitar/percus-
sion
Natasha Fisher - back-
up vocals/guitar
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?:
Just over a year
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “Cry” by The Veronicas
BEST SONG YOU COVER: We always get a kick out of covering “Da Funk” by Daft Punk.
BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “I’m in Love With You”
BEST SONG YOU WROTE:
We have new songs churning out weekly, a performance upcoming at the Finnfest 2012, and are off to the studio for the purpose of demos and hopefully put album number one together. Looking for some new band members with serious potential and dedication.
We enjoy all of our original material.
WHAT’S NEW?:
The band has gone through many different shapes since it started. We have been playing as a trio with Jon, Marcel, and Kyle for the last few months. We will be starting the original quartet line-up back up when Dan returns to Thunder Bay in July.
YOUR MOTTO: “Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny.” CONTACT INFO:
facebook.com/pages/ Bay-City-SoundCollective/166441046730010
WHAT’S NEW:
YOUR MOTTO: “Never give up on something you truly love!” CONTACT INFO:
facebook.com/#!/pages/SaraKanutski/188453597878838 reverbnation.com/#!/ sarakanutski
trumpet, and vocals
vocals
Mike Kennedy - saxophone Darren Desa - percussion James Otto - drums Chris Dorota - bass Dan Witt - guitar
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: Since January 2012
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “Superwhat?” by Lyle Workman (Super Bad soundtrack) BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Atlas’ Revenge” (Mikey Trevisanutto) WHATS NEW:
Opening for Five Alarm Funk July 2. Also, closing out the show at Crocks, July 7 for the Blueswalk.
YOUR MOTTO: When it’s time to party we will always party hard! CONTACT INFO:
thegroove.funk@gmail.com reverbnation.com/thegroovefunk facebook.com/TBayTHEGroove
Ocean City Defender STYLE:
Synthpop/shoegaze/electronic
WHO’S IN IT?:
Songwriter/Acoustic Guitar
Kenneth Preston Merkley
Guitar
One Year
AJ Astle - Bass Guitar James Agostino - Drums
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: Since November 2008
BEST SONG YOU COVER: “I Believe In a Thing Called Love” BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “Sleep With Me/More Than A Feeling Again” WHATS NEW:
We moved to Toronto in 2011 and we are releasing our second EP on July 12 at Black Pirates Pub: $7 door, 7:30pm, all ages.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND?: BEST SONG YOU COVER: “The Ghost In You” by The Psychedelic Furs BEST SONG YOU WROTE: “The Young Person’s Guide to Modern Fashion & Etiquette” WHAT’S NEW:
I just returned from played the NXNE festival in Toronto, and have started working on my next record.
YOUR MOTTO: “Have a good time, all the time.” - Viv Savage CONTACT INFO:
facebook.com/oceancitydefender
YOUR MOTTO: “We love to communicate on a mass level and can only hope that are fan base keeps growing so we can reach more and more people. We are confident it will.” CONTACT INFO:
othercolour@gmail.com facebook.com/theothercolour
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Keeping the Party Going, and the Music Alive By Melissa Gaudette
Energizing the city and revitalizing the scene with dubstep, mash-ups, sampling, effects, and individual style, DJs make the party happen. The Sugar Shakedown, TBay’s Next Big DJ, Open Decks, and What’s Cookin’ are burgeoning highlights of Thunder Bay’s dynamic music scene. With each event attracting a solid turnout, the dance floor becomes livelier and more energetic from the flowing tracks. DJs are pivotal for the success of the event; they read the crowd and continually feed from the crowd’s energy. We speak to some of Thunder Bay’s finest DJs and discover what it takes to be a true mix master. FabulousDave (Dave Ivany): “When I find an amazing track, I need to get it to as many people as I can.” A talented and natural performer, FabulousDave started in 2006 as part
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of his work with LU Radio. He brings a mixture of classics together with sounds that are up-and-coming, but because his heart is in disco, he mostly samples and creates that sound. “I’ve been toiling away at some disco edits, in the style of apple scruffs or scratchandsniff that leave the original track largely intact but add an element to make them work better in a dance setting. Especially with What’s Cookin’ going now, I’m working on mixing between mp3 and original vinyl and finding ways to manipulate the sounds to make something special,” he says. To see FabulousDave, check out What’s Cookin’ every month at The Sovereign Room.. DJ Luv (Chris Roy): “If it doesn’t make me want to dance, I don’t want to play it.” DJ Luv has been performing for 19 years, and brings a diverse musical background which is reflected in his distinct mixing. “My first gig was a bowling banquet, and I was playing cassettes! Having to use cassettes at first taught me the importance of preparation, and how to build a set,” he says. DJ Luv’s set now
integrates sampling and effects during a live performance rather than creating mash-ups, he says, because it could sacrifice sound quality; instead, DJ Luv uses Bootieblog for mash-up resources. “A lot of what I play at a Shakedown has been released during the previous month or two, so it’s music that has never been played in TBay before.” To hear DJ Luv listen to “Digging Through The Rubble” on LU Radio Thursdays from 4–6 pm. Miss Temperance (Linzee Martin): “I love to give that gift of dance—it is pure joy to me.” Miss Temperance has been DJing for four years and and she loves sampling and uses CDJs and Serato to create her smooth sound. “My preferred style always changing, but right now I’d have to say [it’s] Booty Bass, Tech House/Funk, & Minimal,” she says. As part of the Sugar Shakedown crew, Miss Temperance explains the collaboration process: “We also utilize our other musical influences from our radio shows and those different styles affect what we choose to play in our shows,” she says.
“We have brought in (courtesy of JAFOSDC) the art of mixing visuals. It adds another layer to what we are trying to do. We are all supportive of each other in the scene, and it has helped it grow.” Tony Dekker (Brian Hamilton): “The overall goal is to rock the show.” For Tony Dekker, technology has opened the doors for aspiring DJs, and he incorporates the new sounds into his sets. His inspiration is a mix of different cultures and contemporary sounds. His characterised style is sampling pop a cappellas with dark music to create a harmonized blend of distinct sound. “My musical flavour seems to evolve with the seasons,” he says. “I have friends who produce a lot and then travel the world playing their music. I often like to trust them as to what is the sound of the day. Anyone coming to a Tony Dekker show these days can expect mostly heavy, bass-thumpin’ electro. It’s what I’m liking these days. And it can really shake a room.” Keep your ear to the ground for upcoming shows for both Miss Temperance and Tony Dekker.
Darren McChristie
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Music From the Big House By Hubert O’Hearn “My name is Rita Chiarelli and I sing the blues.” Those are the first words spoken by the narrator and star of the remarkable 2010 documentary Music From the Big House, shot live on location in Louisiana State Maximum Security Prison (aka Angola Prison) deep in Bayou country. Chiarelli first went to Louisiana
to hear the source of the blues, and then discovered that there was remarkable new music being created. No one knows the sad defiance that defines the blues better than prison inmates—as Chiarelli notes, musicians as legendary as Freddy Fender, Odea Mathews, and Lead Belly served time in this same penitentiary. The bulk of the documentary, shot in a richly textured black and white by cinematographer Steve Cosens under the direction of Bruce McDonald, is Chiarelli rehearsing and presenting a concert at Angola Prison accompanied by a band composed of inmates—convicted murderers, armed robbers, rapists, and so forth. The thought is inescapable while listening to the interview segments with these largely jocular, soft-spoken men: what happened? What made
Kevin Sidlar’s Thunder Bay Bandwiki Our Musical Geneology
Darren McChristie
By Nancy Ewachow
On any given night, at any particular musical venue, you might find a certain congenial patron taking it all in, and in all likelihood, he’d be the nicest guy in the bar, and the most knowledgeable—on any subject. Meet Kevin Sidlar, musician, computer coder, possible polymath, and true gentleman. We’ve met to talk about one of his passions, Thunder Bay Bandwiki, a fascinating website where you can go to discover that one of our local police officers was once in a punk band, that the city has produced a revolutionary composer of music concrete (Hugh Lecain), and who Paul Shaffer played with locally. Sidlar started this web community around 2003, after trying to remember the
musicians become murderers? For the most part, the question goes unanswered, for the sociological emphasis is more on music than mayhem, which is probably the correct choice. If one believes at all in rehabilitation, the focus is best kept on the present and future, not the past. As for the music itself, it is driven by Chiarelli’s raw, bold voice thundering out a selection of both standards and new songs. Currently in the midst of a 70-show, 60-city tour featuring the songs from Music From the Big House, Chiarelli has joined a special class of musicians that includes Johnny Cash (Live at San Quentin) and Alan Lomax in taking the time to record the thoughts of and provide entertainment to those who society prefers to forget.
musical genealogy of a circle of musicians playing in various bands. After making lists purely for his own notes, he showed them to a friend, who added to them, and today this snowball is still rolling. Thunder Bay Bandwiki is a website that anyone can enter information on, creating a database that is cross-linked, at first with Kevin’s own coding, and now with semantic media wiki programming. It is easy to edit, and when differences of memory or opinion occur, they can be mediated. There are over 200 users, and he hopes that more people will contribute and help maintain the site. Sidlar is fascinated by people who have the memory of the depth of the city’s musical community, learning for example that Don Grashey’s record label, a mainstay of the 60s and 70s studio era of music production, cut a psychedelic record in Thunder Bay six months ahead of the curve of popular culture. He is always on the lookout at yard sales for local albums, also hopes to fill in gaps—for instance, he knows that the site is as of yet lacking in the area of classical music,
although he has been compiling notes. The Thunder Bay Historical Museum’s show on the history of local music in 2010 used some of the website’s information, and through that exhibit Sidlar was inspired to search more sources and attempt a more scientific approach to memory preservation, realizing that some musical institutions, like the Fort William Male Chorus, have been around a very long time. Other facts just make for very fun conversation, like browsing around the site to find the grossest, most imaginative, or pompous band name ever concocted. The website includes visual materials and links to audio materials, and is also linked to another local source for music news, tbshows.com. If you have been part of the musical scene, it’s a good place to set the record straight, and there is no one better to moderate this discussion than the gentlemanly Kevin. Check out Thunder Bay Bandwiki for yourself at bandwiki.ca.
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We will be hosting A variety of
Great Classes for Kids & Adults This summer at the newly renovated
Baggage Building Arts Centre
Shannon Lepere
Located at Prince Arthur’s Landing Come Check it out!
Q&A with Rodney Brown
Q: You’re always the first one to raise your hand when a good cause needs help at a fundraising concert. Where does that caring gene come from?
Singer, Songwriter, Social Optimist By Hubert O’Hearn
Shannon Lepere
Rodney Brown and I recently sat down in different rooms to discuss his long career as one of Thunder Bay’s most distinguished and socially conscious musicians. Q: Rodney, you’re playing the Blues Festival with The Derailers and some people say, “He’s a folk artist, not a Blues man!” Defend yourself, sir. A: I’ve always included blues songs in my repertoire—some Delta and Chicago and some of that down-home country gospel blues and hillbilly blues. True, I’m not a bluesman but I’ve managed to scrape out a living playing music all these years by having all kinds of songs in my pocket. It’s all music and all good! One of the very first songs I learned on the guitar was “House of the Rising Sun.” Folk and blues share the same roots. I’m really happy to be playing the Blues Festival but yeah, it’s easier for me to be called a folk singer because of what I do. Mostly now I’m a singer-songwriter.
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A: Not sure where the “caring” gene comes from! I always felt we lived in a “crazy mixed up world” [Little Walter Song] and I think the best way that I can help fix it is to offer up some songs when they’re needed. I have so many friends that give their time to worthy causes and this is the best way I can help. Songs are a powerful thing and can mobilize and unify, sometimes offering a strong emotional release. I love being part of that. Q: Is there a most memorable concert in your career? A: There’s been a few memorable shows, but the one that comes to mind right now is my opening set for Ladysmith Black Mambazo at the TBCA. It was my first time playing at the Auditorium, and I was blown away by the great acoustics and the 1500 people listening to every note and word I sang. It was an awesome night hanging out backstage with the group. They had just recorded with Paul Simon and there was so much excitement having an African group of this stature in TBay.
Q: If you knew the next song you played would be your last, what would it be? A: My last song would be “The Harder They Come” by Jimmy Cliff. It works for me on different levels. It’s always good to leave them dancing, with optimism that someday there will be retribution for all the injustices in the world. Rodney Brown will be holding a self-produced CD launch concert on October 18, 2012 at the TBCA, with Arthur Post and the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Visit tbca.com for details.
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Coleman Hell From Hometown to Hogtown By Melanie Thompson
If you live in Thunder Bay, chances are you will recognize Coleman Hell as one half of the local rap duo, Burnz N Hell. They are best known for their homage to the city in their YouTube video, “My Hometown” (2010). The video, directed by Matt Popowich, sampled pop singer Adele’s song “Hometown Glory,” and incorporated relatable lyrics and images of a gritty, true-to-life version of the city. “It gave Thunder Bay a needed boost of pride,” says Hell. “It wasn’t really glorifying anything. It was a pretty real depiction of Thunder Bay.” Hell has since made the move to Toronto to pursue his solo career, putting Burnz N Hell on hiatus. Currently available on YouTube and iTunes is Hell’s original song, “Glow,” which he describes as “electro-pop.” Though the song still incorporates rap, it’s a definite departure from his Burnz N Hell sound. “When I decided to take a break from what me and Jordan (“Burnz”) were doing, that gave me the opportunity to explore different genres of music,” says Hell. His next project, a concept album, is set to be released sometime this summer and showcases his love of various genres, from pop and folk sounds to hip hop and
rock and roll , though still rooted in rap. “The whole concept of the project is like you’re flipping through a radio, clicking into different genres,” he says.
Hell is currently working hard to hone his live performances for his upcoming Toronto area shows, and has plans to shoot music videos this summer. He hopes to soon come back to Thunder Bay to perform his new music. “I think now I’ve come far enough that I don’t really want to go back,” says Hell of his budding career. “I’m going to keep doing what I love and hopefully I see huge success. But I’m going to keep doing it regardless.”
Hell’s love and appreciation for all types of music began in his childhood, when he became interested in the music his mother listened to, like blues and Motown. In high school, Hell recalls buying himself Casio keyboards from thrift stores in order to teach himself to play music, and soon began writing his own songs. “I always sang, so eventually I was brave enough to sing in front of people, and I started rapping.” Hell remembers. “Then I met Jordan and it kind of snowballed from there.”
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Gazpacho: Soup or Salad? By Tanya Gouthro
Chris Merkley
Homemade soup is generally reserved for the cooler months, when comfort food is craved the most. Because of this, I’ve had a difficult time warming up to the idea of a cold soup. Soup is meant to be served steaming hot, snuggled up next to ovenfresh tea biscuits or hearth bread. I truly had to appreciate the history of gazpacho in order to feel compelled to make some.
Take it Outside! By Rebekah Skochinski
Food just tastes better outdoors. Maybe it hearkens back to our cave man days when we foraged for berries, hunted game, and then hunkered down over an open fire, because that desire to be outside to enjoy a meal is unmistakably strong, especially in the heart of summer. Sure, we have to deal with pesky things like mosquitoes and flies, and evenings that can be a bit on the chilly side, and a season that sometimes feels like it only lasts five minutes, but it just means that the rewards for our efforts are that much sweeter. It doesn’t even have to be fancy. Take your sandwich to the picnic table at lunchtime and catch a few afternoon rays, or slip outside for a glass of wine after work to the front steps. Of course, you could opt for the double whammy: dining al fresco at one of our many local haunts. Because as good as food tastes with the sun shining on your face or a gentle breeze tickling your toes, it always goes down best when someone else makes it for you.
For Cajun in the country: Beaux Daddy’s, 1575 Highway 61
Downtown rooftop balcony:
Gargoyles, 11 Cumberland Street South
Get your Greek on: Naxos,
610 Arthur Street West
A totally groovy space: The Bean Fiend, 194 Algoma Street South
Sit fireside: Five Forks, 1072 Oliver Road A taste of Italy: DeLucas, 55 Cumberland Street South Patio season: The Growing
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This soup has a past! With origins in Greek, Moorish, and Arabic tradition, the meaning of the word gazpacho is up for some debate. In one language it refers to the collection box in old churches where donations of all kinds, including bread, were made. In another, it is said to mean pieces of soaked bread. In another, salad. It is said that the Roman legions carried bread, garlic, salt, olive oil, and vinegar along the roads of the Empire, each soldier making his own mixture to taste. There are rumours of Christopher Columbus loading up barrels with the mixture prior to his first voyage. With the addition of the tomato from the Andes, gazpacho was born. Although there are many variations, the classic gazpacho now very popular in Spain and Portugal is made with a combination of red and green peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes (originally brought back from the Americas by Christopher Columbus), bread, olive oil, vinegar, salt, and garlic. Vegetables are chopped raw and mixed in a large bowl with a small quantity of water. Some of the vegetables are then puréed and the two mixtures are blended together and garnished with other fresh vegetables or bread. Chill well, and the result is a refreshing soup. Or salad. It is both. Wherever we should choose to file it in our recipe box, gazpacho is very well suited to our steadily warmer summer days and deserves to be served with a nicely chilled glass of Vinho Verde. Cheers!
Live From the Rock Folk Festival the 10th Annual
Alex Sinclair Big Dave McLean Bill Houston Carruthers’ Brothers Dala Danny Johnson David Buley David Newland Fred Eaglesmith Heather Blush and the Uppercuts Ian Tamblyn Jack de Keyzer Jean Paul de Roover
Jory Nash Ken Hamm Kim Churchill Manitoba Hal Mark Reeves Norm Sponchia 8 Oh My Darling Olivia Korkola Rick Charbonneau Rita Chiarelli Rodney Brown The Auditor General Tracy K Vance Gilbert Wendell & Wheat The Walleye
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Performers During last year’s festival, visitors were invited to vote for their favourite artists from the past nine years. Our amazing artistic director, Liz HarveyFoulds, worked the phones and send countless emails to bring back as many favourites as she could. We’re very confident that you will enjoy this year’s lineup. All of the artists playing this year’s festival have made the trek to Red Rock at least one other time over the past nine years. Here’s a little trivia: Bill Houston, Danny Johnson, Fred Eaglesmith, Ken Hamm, Manitoba Hal, Mark Reeves, Norm Sponchia, Rick Charbonneau, Rita Chiarelli, Rodney Brown and Tracy K were all part of the lineup of the first Live From the Rock Folk Festival in 2003. Manitoba Hal and Rodney Brown have each played the festival five time between 2003 and 2001. Visiting Red Rock to play four times over the history of the festival include Bill Houston, the Carruthers Brothers, Ian Tamblyn and Rita Chiarelli. To learn more about each artist, visit our website at livefromtherock.com and click on the performers link. Due to travel scheduling, several artists are not available the entire weekend. Please make note of when the following artists will be performing: Fred Eaglesmith - Saturday and Sunday Jack de Keyzer - Friday and Saturday morning Kim Churchill - Friday and Saturday Rita Chiarelli - Friday and Saturday To help us celebrate our 10th anniversary, choir director David Buley will be holding rehearsals over the course of the weekend for those who want to join the Live From the Rock Folk Choir! Beginning on Friday, David will help the choir prepare with vocal exercises and practice signing beautiful harmonies. After a few “training” sessions with David, a Laurentian University music professor, the choir will entertain on the main stage on Sunday afternoon. This is just another example of the “community” that is created each and every year!
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More than Music
Festival Café
Although the music is the heart of the festival, we are excited to offer other activities that you may want to experience throughout the weekend. This list may grow, so keep checking the website for updates.
Voyageur Canoe
Take to the lake in a 16-passenger voyageur canoe. After making the trek from Rossport, the canoe will be staying for the weekend thanks to the generous support of Parks Canada.
Children’s Activities
Have fun with face painting and crafts! Activities for children will be available in the area next to the Family Tent. Children will also be able to take part in the children’s parade on Saturday afternoon – costumes and instruments will be provided but everyone is invited to bring their own if they choose. The parade will include some of the weekend’s performers who will lead the group up to the main stage.
Let us cook for you! Get a home cooked breakfast from 7:30-11:30am. All the fixings will be available at the Fish and Game Club.
Music and More Tent
Treat yourself to a CD from one of our many performers. You can buy festival swag – bring a Live From the Rock T-shirt home and show off to all your friends!
Marketplace
Our Marketplace will be located on the main field – you won’t miss it! Check out handicrafts and other miscellaneous wares.
Festival Pub
The Pub, including a patio, is open to those 19 and older with photo identification and is located in the Fish and Game Club.
Passes
Yoga
Advance weekend passes are on sale until July 31.
Adult Crafts
Ticket Sale Locations: Colosimo’s Music – Thunder Bay 176 Algoma Street South (near Bay Street) 807-344-4021 OR 1-888-344-4021 Buy tickets over the phone with a credit card. Buy tickets in person with a credit card, debit card, cash or cheque. Pick up tickets at Colosimo’s by July 31 or at the main gate on festival weekend.
Greet the day with yoga. Nancy Hall, from Sanctuary Yoga, will be offering sessions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Create a one-of-a-kind piece of art. By pounding flowers you will release the natural pigments and dye the fabric. Frame the finished piece or use it in a sewing or quilting project. There will be a small fee of $5 to cover costs.
Food Booths
Festival passes only are also for sale in Red Rock at the QuickMart and in Nipigon at Rexall Drug Store.
Enjoy tasty treats from a variety of local vendors. Early Bird Tickets (May 1 to July 31)
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$20 per person available at main gate only - Children 12 & under FREE
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Food
The Hard and the Soft of It
Confessions of a Soft Ice Cream Convert By Amy Jones
When I was a kid, chocolate might as well have been the only flavour of ice cream in the whole world. Furthermore, it had to be hard as a rock, doubled-scooped, and perched on one of those flat-bottomed, Styrofoam-esque cones with the cross-hatching on the inside, wrapped with a tiny napkin that disintegrated at the first hint of moisture. That was the only ice cream worth laying down my hard-earned allowance for. That was true love. Or so I thought. Flash forward to a sultry summer evening at TJ’s Ice Cream Shoppe on Arthur Street, where my quest for a hard chocolate cone is in danger of becoming thwarted by the presence of a sign hanging above the door boasting “24 Flavours of Soft Serve.” Seduced by the hypnotic whir of the ice cream machine, I decide to try coconut, and I’m handed a cone crowned with a perfect peak of cascading white waves. I take a lick, and everything after that goes kind of blurry. My feelings for hard chocolate ice cream, I realize, were simply puppy love. With one taste of this coconut soft serve, I have met my true ice cream soul mate.
Hard or soft? The Walleye staff and contributors weigh in on this exceptionally controversial subject. “Hard ice cream all the way. Soft serve is always a race to eat before it melts all over your hands, and there’s no chunks of cookie in it.” - Logan Wright, sales and marketing manager
“I like my ice-cream the same way I like my coffee—straight up, with no frills. So good old fashioned hard scoops of vanilla are my favourite. Of course, there is an exception to every rule, and when May comes along, I am, and will always be, a sucker for Merla Mae’s vanilla soft served in a cup.” - Tiffany Jarva, senior editor
“Hard ice cream always—for endless varieties of flavours; and because soft ice cream has no hold on nuts, berries, or chunks of chocolate which are often the best part of the ice cream eating experience.” - Amy Vervoort, writer/photographer
“Neither! Gelato is my go-to. With the creaminess of hard ice cream, but denser, and with more flavour than soft, I’d say it’s the best of both ice cream worlds. And you don’t have to jet to Italy for it either: Club Cappuccino in the Brentwood Mall offers it by the scoop.” -Rebekah Skochinski, editor
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Sipping on something with bubbles in it is particularly satisfying, especially during the sticky days of summer. Superior Seltzers, made locally by Amy Boyer, are featured at madeFRESH in an array of flavour options. With less than half the sugar of a traditional soda (no crashing on the couch afterwards) and sans caffeine, they’re practically guilt-free. We like the refreshing combination of watermelon and mint, with a sweetness and depth from the vanilla bean making it oh so easy to slurp our way to the bottom. If the mojito had a much younger sister, this would be it.
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A Big Up for Ted’s Kitchen Story and Photos By Julian Holenstein
Word of mouth is often the best way to find many of the “hidden” culinary treasures of Thunder Bay. It was on the recommendation of a friend that I first visited Ted’s Kitchen on May St, where I was initially greeted by the huge, welcoming grin of Ted himself. Ted is one of the most affable, charismatic, and hardworking restaurateurs I have encountered. He is truly a man with a mission—to serve the best home-cooked Jamaican food in the City. Ted is originally from St. Mary’s, Jamaica, where he worked in the tourism industry before immigrating to Canada in 1995. He opened his south side restaurant in Nov. 2009, and this remains the headquarters for all cooking—it truly is “Ted’s Kitchen,” with everything made fresh on site. More recently Ted opened a second location at 207 Park Avenue (next to the Casino) which is open late nights—perfect for after a show. Ted’s approach is simple—the business is based solely on quick take-out. In less than two minutes, I was out the door with a very full platter that included a foundation of peas (beans) and rice, smothered in a mound of spicy jerked chicken and pork. The portions are very generous and as one might expect for Jamaican fare, the food is very spicy and very flavourful. If you like things a little less hot, try the mild Jamaican beef patties or the curried chicken, both which have slightly less bite than other menu items. The food is simple, delicious, and fast, all having been prepared by Ted earlier in the day. Next time, take a pass on your typical fast food chain or roadhouse restaurant and go straight to see Ted— he will fix you up with food that has real tropical island flavour! Visit one of Ted’s Kitchen’s two locations (319 May St and 207 Park Ave), call 474-3149, or find them on Facebook.
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For a fresh take on sparkling wine this summer, there is no need to look any further than northern Italy’s Prosecco, made from the eponymous Venetian grape variety. The late-harvesting tradition of this cool-climate grape leads to residual sugar in the wine, which is conveniently transformed into delicious little pearls of carbon dioxide. Although lower in atmospheric pressure than traditional Champagne, Prosecco still packs a punch with its fresh frizzante and at a fraction of the cost, you too can enjoy tiny bubbles. The beauty of Prosecco is that it is slightly lower in alcohol, which gives it a light, lifted body, and is a little higher in acidity, which gives it a bright, clean palate. These two elements, combined with its moderately low sweetness and crisp finish, make it the perfect partner for all types of fare, but particularly apropos for savoury summer finger foods. For real Venetian flair, pair Prosecco with canapés, known regionally in the north of Italy as Chiccetti, for your next summer soirée.
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Making His Mark By Michelle Zapf-Belanger
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Multi-media artist boy Roland is beautifying your city. Over the past few years, he’s been working as a mentor with DIE ACTIVE, Definitely Superior Art Gallery’s youth arts collective, creating graffiti pieces all over Thunder Bay, adding a little urban colour and love to previously soulless walls and spaces.
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“It’s a nice departure from the more traditional art-making that I am used to,” says boy Roland. “Being outdoors and interacting with the community is a really great change of pace. It’s really nice to be able to be able to give back to the neighborhood and bring some youth culture to Thunder Bay.” Born and raised in Thunder Bay, boy
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Roland—whose mother probably still calls him by his real name, David Hotson— expresses himself through diverse and varied media, from painting to sculpture to animation. He recently graduated from Lakehead University’s visual arts program, and his work is often on display at local galleries and exhibitions. His style can be humorous and irreverent, but also deeply personal and human. There is action and motion in everything he creates, from a green ceramic kitten-eating monster (for an exhibition in China) to thoughtful portraits of his friends. “[In my art] there is a definite influence from pop culture and I draw a lot from my childhood. I’m sure there is some of the irrationalism of the Dada
movement in there too. Often I bring some of the grotesque nature of the real life and approach it a mischievous way.” So what’s next for boy Roland? “By the time this issue is out, I will have just finished heading up another project with DIE ACTIVE. We are painting bombing a locomotive for Mission Terminal... It’s very exciting to be moving on to painting a large three-dimensional work. It poses a lot of new and exciting challenges.” Check out more of boy Roland’s work at davidhotson.blogspot.ca
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DefSup publishes Superior Art: Local Art in a Global Context By Katie Zuwig
What defines “local art”? Definitely Superior Art Gallery’s new e-book, Superior Art: Local Art in a Global Context seeks to answer this question, while exploring where we as a community might fit into the globalization of art. Edited by Clara Sacchetti, Kezia Picard, Mark Nisenholt, and Todd Dufresne, and published in conjunction with the Advanced Institute for Globalization and Culture (aig+c), the book features 21 diverse local artists who have created artwork made within and about Thunder Bay. In his preface to the book, editor Todd Dufresne, founding director of the aig+c, says “Superior Art is meant to demonstrate the excellence of local art and artists [and] the challenges art poses to our preconceptions of the ‘local’ and the ‘regional’ with special reference to the role that ‘nature’ plays in our selfconceptions.” He goes on to explain that the exclusive use of local artists only furthers the book’s main thesis with regards to art’s global context. “We have assumed that the ‘local’ is always travelling elsewhere,” he says, “and that this book itself could become a small part of that ongoing, dynamic process.” Available as a free download on Google Books, Superior Art: Local Art In A Global Context is a collection of work by local artist working in significantly divergent styles, yet sharing the same thematic undertones—an essence unique to the Northwest.
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Where Art and Community Come Together By Rebekah Skochinski
In Chinese tradition, a turtle is a symbol of stability—a supporter of the world. So it comes as no surprise that the proprietors of Painted Turtle Art Shop, Lorraine Cull and Angie Jensen (aka the Turtle Girls), are behind the recent and exciting changes at the Baggage Building Arts Centre at Prince Arthur’s Landing. The centre officially opened last month and the space features a gift gallery where local artists can share their work, artisan markets every Wednesday and Sunday, a studio area, and an artist in residence. The Girls are also still managing their art studio on Cumberland, and if you’re wondering what motivated them, Cull says it’s simple. “We really felt it was worth it to extend ourselves and create something that is for, by, and with the community.” And we should all be glad that they did. It’s a wonderful space that serves as a cultural hub, and is not limited to visual artists. They encourage all members of the arts community to come by and see how the space can be used and shared, because where we gather in the name of art, good things inevitably happen. The Baggage Building Arts Centre is open weekdays through the summer from 12–8 and on weekends from 12–5. For more information and to learn about programming possibilities, visit paintedturtle.com and click on the BBAC link. The Walleye
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Catch the Vespa Buzz in the Bay By Jeannie Dubois
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I have the good fortune of being the proud owner of a Vespa, on which I bomb around this beautiful city of ours in the summer. Nary a trip has gone by on my baby blue Lola that I don’t get a shout out from one of our fair citizens, often asking complex questions about my bike, which unfortunately are usually muted by my bobblehead helmet as we cruise along at 50 kilometres an hour down Memorial Avenue. So for all you Vespa keeners out there, here’s how the facts stack up on a scooter—and from now on, hopefully, a wave from my seat on Lola will suffice.
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Sharon Irvine Wins Elizabeth Kouhi Award Sharon Irvine (l) and Mary Frost (r)
You might already recognize Sharon Irvine’s name. Writer, teacher, and volunteer, Irvine has been an active member of the community since relocating to Thunder Bay in the 1960s, and has left her mark on generations of students (The Walleye editor, Rebekah Skochinski, among them). Last month, Irvine was honoured by the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop with the Elizabeth Kouhi Award, given each year to a writer whose body of work has a significant history of contributing to the literature of Northwestern Ontario. Irvine’s poetry has been widely anthologized, and in 2008 she published her first collection, Watching the Parade. This was followed by 2011’s Core Samples, a collection of poetry by members of the Para-Tactics poetry group, of which Irvine is a member. As a long-time friend of Kouhi, Irvine says she is both grateful and humbled by the award. “Grateful because Elizabeth thought enough of me and my writing to encourage me to ‘go public’; humbled because I am now counted as part of a group of writers who have put Northwestern Ontario on the literary map of Canada,” she says. Ever self-effacing and generous, Irvine is eager to shift focus back to her students. “In my role as a guest teacher in some secondary schools, I have seen so much raw talent begging for mentorship. I feel quite deeply and sincerely that as writers that is what we should be doing more and more,” she says, adding, “Once a teacher, always a teacher.”
Yes. Lola does run on gas and is the furthest thing from a glutton. She costs $7.00 to fill and gives me 30 kilometres per litre, which is plenty enough to get me from Current River to Westfort and back. No. The under-seat storage known as the “pet carrier” is not intended for your furry friends. Legend has it that one of our American brothers put his pet in there (sadly it did not survive the trip) and now all Vespas are equipped with a “No Pets” sticker inside. Yes. You do need a full motorcycle license to drive Lola, and ATGATT (all the gear all the time) is recommended—my Papa will surely berate you for being a human crayon if he catches you riding in a sundress and sandals. No. The “curry hook” on the front of the seat is not just for Sunday night pakora and paneer take-away, but is convenient for the toting of all your groceries, sporting gear, and getups.
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Yes. There is etiquette for waving to other riders, as I learned by trial and error. Ostentatious, over-the-handle hand-pump waving is not acceptable. Subtle under-the-bars acknowledgement is. No. Lola is not a moped. She falls categorically into the scooter sub-culture and does have a lot of get-up-and-go, pinning out at over 100 kilometres per hour—and yes, bugs really do hurt at that speed. Piaggio’s Vespa (Italian for wasp) is celebrating its 65th anniversary as an economical and light footprint—not to mention super fun—mode of transportation the world over. For more details about owning a Vespa, contact the crew at Excalibur Motorcycle Works Ltd. in Thunder Bay.
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Tara Tries Out…Sailing Story and Photo By Tara George
We live adjacent to the largest freshwater lake in the world, and this month I decided to take advantage of this privilege by sailing the high seas of Superior. Okay, I didn’t actually leave the Bay, but I did have the good fortune to hop aboard two different sailboats and spend some time on the lake.
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The Thunder Bay Yacht Club hosts a Wednesday night racing series, among other programs. To experience my first sailing race, the crew of the Straight Jacket, a 33-foot X Yacht 3/4 tonne, was kind enough to invite me aboard. A sunny evening drew out a crew of nine, and as such, my role as “rail meat” (as I’m told it’s called) was quickly established—essentially, I scurried from one side of the boat to the other, following a tack, to provide weight on the low side. A menial task, you might be thinking. However, for a newbie, this was plenty. I had to determine when to move, where to position myself to stay out of the way, how to prevent tangling my feet in the lines, why everyone was remaining so calm as we narrowly passed by other boats, and how they got the spinnaker down and tucked away so quickly (for the first two legs of the race I was convinced magic was involved). But the night was not all about quick and strategic thinking—well, not for me, anyway. The bursts of excitement were often followed by times of serenity, and it was this calm cruising on the open water that was the selling point for me. Admittedly, another favourite aspect of race night was the après-sailing beverages I enjoyed on the dock with the crew. My harbour cruise with Sail Superior proved to be a lovely way to pass some time on a Sunday afternoon. Captain Gregory Heroux and his daughter, first mate Ellia Heroux, welcomed me aboard the Frodo. The Frodo is a 40-foot Jonmeri yacht usually reserved for big water sails, and is the boat Heroux used to sail across the Atlantic. As I positioned myself on the cushioned bench and admired the teak decking, I wondered how effective I would be as rail meat on this large and impressive yacht—probably not very. Light winds kept us in the inner harbour, however it was nice to cruise along the shoreline, getting a different view of Thunder Bay. Thank you to Superior Sail and the crew of the Straight Jacket. For more information visit: sailsuperior.com and racing.tbyc.on.ca.
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Dala Girls Ten Years Together By Elly Tose
Best friends since high school music class, Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine—better known as Dala—have spent the last 10 years establishing themselves as one of Canada’s top acoustic folk/pop groups. They have released five albums and toured extensively across North America, winning over fans at events like Mariposa, California’s Strawberry Festival and the Newport Folk Festival. Their fourth album Everyone Is Someone, released in 2009, garnered them a Toronto Independent Music Award for Best Folk Group, and their 2010 live CD, Girls From The North Country, earned them the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award for “Vocal Group of the Year,” as well as a Juno nomination. With lush harmonies, interwoven melodies, and the ability to seamlessly trade off lead vocals, Dala’s melodies are infectious. However, listeners should take note of Dala’s lyrics as well. While these young women have produced some lighthearted and playful songs, they have also written thought provoking and insightful lyrics that showcase their intelligence and literary acumen. Audiences can expect to be entertained between numbers with stories of their travels, descriptions of their songwriting, and funny quips about each other’s personalities. Audience members of all ages are sure to enjoy Dala at this year’s Live From the Rock Folk Festival. Be sure to take them in. For more information, visit dalagirls.com.
Fred Eaglesmith Playing Where the Pavement Ends By Marlene Wandel
August is coming, and so is Fred Eaglesmith. A limited number of lucky customers will once again get to enjoy the synergy of a Northwestern Ontario August night, the Stanley, and the sound and sarcasm of Fred Eaglesmith. It’s hard not to like a guy who drives around the country all summer in an old bus; sometimes, just because he can, he tours by train. Fred Eaglesmith makes a point of playing where the pavement ends, and where the lives that populate his songs begin. His tour schedule looks like it was written by a crazy person: Hugh’s Room three nights in a row, then the White River Legion, and then a slew of dates with the word “picnic” in them. The schedule appears punishing, but what endures, show after show after show, is a genuine love and appreciation for his life as entertainer. The music spurs people to line up at the merchandise table, to buy CDs from the purple-maned drummer; the personality, and the stories and jokes that remain funny even on their third or fourth trip across the country, are what give him staying power. With tongue firmly in cheek, this performer mocks his audience mercilessly. His jokes about the boys in Atikokan the night before make you want to drive to White River the next night to hear what he says about the crowd at the Stanley. Part storyteller, part comedian, part musician, at the end of the night, he’ll give you a hug, and thank you warmly for coming. Fred Eaglesmith plays Stanley Tavern on August 13. Visit fredeaglesmith.com for details.
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Burnin’ to the Sky One Thunder Bay Musical Story
Rock Steady l to r, Dave Campbell, Clay Breiland, Rory Bohler, Rich Tribe, Gord Ellis, August 13, 2009
By Gord Ellis
Thunder Bay has a rich musical history. There is something about being in the shadow of the Sleeping Giant that’s inspired many people to make music. Or maybe it’s the water. Whatever the case, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of excellent musicians in this city. Many of them have been profiled or reviewed here in The Walleye; just as many are not heard beyond their bedroom doors. And folks, some of these bedrooms players are truly monstrous talents.
Flying Ants at Hillcrest Assembly, 1980
For this, the music edition of The Walleye, our esteemed editor has asked this columnist to write about his personal story as it relates to Thunder Bay’s music scene. So here goes. The path to music started at about 16, while taking piano lessons at Avila Music centre. The piano was not my forté, and I was known to skip classes and go fishing. One day, while waiting for my lesson, I noticed a paperback book of Favourite Cowboy Guitar Chords on a bookshelf. I thumbed through it, then quietly slipped it into my back pocket. Yes, I “borrowed” from the nuns. Yet it was surely God’s will I find that book and make music because it launched me into 34 years of doing just that. In high school, most of my buddies either fished or played guitar, or both. Some of the bands formed or semi-formed during this time included Jet Lag and the Flying Ants. There were other bands squeezed in during the next few years, including His Band, a group that played contemporary Christian music, and Shakin’ Jack and the Rattle Snakes, a motley crew that definitely did not play contemporary Christian music. In 1985, I started to hang out at Doodles bar in Thunder Bay, where Rodney Brown and the Derailers were the house band. They were killers, and showed a young guitar player just how powerful a band could be.
Crosstown Blues Band Poster, December 1986 Gord Ellis and Jerry Depiero at LU Outpost, April 1986
In many ways, the band was like a family. We hung out, played pool and listened endlessly to Skip James, Little Walter, Son House, and whatever else we could find. We also got to play with some of Thunder Bay’s best, including the late, great sax legend Murray McCullough, Sean Mundy, Damon Dowbak, Danny Johnson, and Rodney Brown. We played many dozens of gigs. But when the band finally ended in 1989, so did my interest in playing. For many years, it was career, family, and acoustic guitars on the couch. Sure, there were two very cool Dylan tribute concerts, and a couple coffeehouses, but I considered myself retired.
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It was at Doodles that I met a couple of musicians who, in many ways, would change my life. Jerry Depiero was just finding his way around a harmonica and Dave Campbell was already a very skilled drummer. We hit it off, started to chat, and shared our mutual love for blues and roots music. Soon enough, my childhood friend Randy Breiland joined on guitar, and the Crosstown Blues Band was formed. Bernie Snook would later take on bass duties and, after Randy left, Dave Smythe joined.
Outsiders l to r, Alex Jecchinis, Sandra Caputi-Campbell, Sue Watson, Dave Campbell, Gord Ellis, April 2012
There would, however, be a second act. Six years ago, after a couple previous tries, my old friend Dave Campbell lured me back into playing. I’d forgotten how much fun it was jamming with musicians. The guitar interplay with Alex Jecchinis, the soulful vocals of Sue Watson, the sexy bass lines of Sandra Caputi, and the rock solid drumming of Dave Campbell were all very inspiring. The Outsiders were born. We play great, groovy music for fun and for each other. And there’s more. A couple years ago, Rock Steady, a roots/rock/reggae band featuring Rich Tribe on keys, Rory Bohler on bass, and yes, Dave Campbell on drums, needed a rhythm guitarist. So I signed on. As luck, fate, and karma would have it, Rock Steady lead vocalist and guitarist Clay Breiland is the nephew of my oldest friend—and Crosstown alumni—Randy. Clay is also the son of Wayne Breiland, the monster drummer for Rodney Brown’s Derailers. That’s my Thunder Bay music story. May God’s will be done. The Outsiders, Rock Steady, and the re-united Crosstown will all play the 62/50 party at Crocks on July 27, 2012.
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From TBay to Red Rock and Beyond Story and Photo By Margaret Evans
Many people first heard Kim Churchill on stage at the Live from the Rock Folk Festival in Red Rock two years ago, where the sun-bleached, shaggy, 19-year-old surfer dude from Australia stole the show. This past June, Churchill returned to Northwestern Ontario to promote his second album, Detail of Distance, recorded in Vancouver and produced by the late Todd Simko. The tour, which started in mid-June on the west coast, is bringing him from festival to festival, all the way out east and back west again. He landed in Thunder Bay on June 13 to play to a diverse and enthusiastic crowd at Crocks, many of whom had become fans in Red Rock. In the past two years, the music has matured, much like Churchill himself. His appearance is less shaggy, and his sound has become more refined. The duct tape around his harmonica has been replaced with a more subdued electrical tape, his toe dexterity on his sound board has reached new heights, his guitar playing is stronger, and his lyrics are crafted with a maturity beyond his years. Churchill’s talent for manipulating and blending sounds, along with his careful word-crafting, gives his music an energy that he passes on to his audience. His delivery is explosive, his sound is unique, and his brilliance shines through from the second he steps on stage. When he isn’t playing his music, he is mastering his second passion, searching for the perfect wave with his surfboard, something he no doubt attacks with the same force with which he takes the stage—first with a certain humbleness, then with enthusiasm and sheer joy for what he loves to do. For someone so young, there is great depth to Churchill, which really resonates with his fans. Indeed, he has a fervent following: he will be returning to Red Rock this summer by popular demand. His love of Canada has brought him back many times, and clearly, the love is mutual.
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The best part about seeing a band on the way home after long travels is the energy that is generated from playing so many consecutive dates. On Wednesday June 6, Vancouver-based Five Alarm Funk delivered one of the finest shows to ever grace the stage at Crocks. High energy is an understatement for this group, which features two guitars and a bass in the back, a drum kit, congas and timbales front and centre, and the finest of horn sections gracing stage left. The music was a hard-driven, impeccably delivered groove that demanded dancing. Layers of syncopation and harmony are prominent features of the Five Alarm sound—it’s powerful music played with the kind of insane confidence usually reserved for Gary Busey and Charlie Sheen. Local band The Communication opened the show with their reggae-inspired sound, and laid the foundation for an incredible night of music. If you missed this show, don’t worry, Five Alarm Funk are road monsters and will be returning to Crocks for another show on July 2.
The Weber Brothers Deliver High Quality Rock and Roll By Greg Carveth
Ryan and Sam Weber always deliver live. It’s a certainty, like jam tasting good on toast: nobody leaves a Weber Brothers show disappointed. On Friday, June 15 at the Apollo, the brothers Weber—along with keyboard mainstay Shai “Cookie” Peer—performed two sets of the highest quality rock and roll. The audience was a crosssection of Thunder Bay’s population, the old and the young taking to the dance floor and showing their love. The Weber Brothers are on tour rocking the country raising money for their latest album, a greatest hits compilation. After putting out eight albums in nine years, this is certainly a justified endeavor. There is a definite contrast between the Weber Brothers live and their recorded original material—the live show has an indelible energy that doesn’t always translate to the album. The new album will attempt to reconcile this and highlight the quality of their original material. After playing for three hours (and making it look easy!), the band gave an encore that electrified an alreadycharged-up audience. The Weber Brothers have deep musical roots that extend well into the beginnings of rock and roll, they draw upon these roots to form new music that sounds old, and deliver it live like nobody else can. For more information, visit weberbrothers.com.
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REVIEWS
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Someday
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On a Cold Road
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Dave Bidini Although Dave Bidini might be better known these days for his prolific writing career, as founding member of the influential Canadian indie rock band the Rheostatics, he has also put in his fair share of time on a tour bus. In his first book, On a Cold Road, Bidini chronicles his life on the road with The Tragically Hip on their 1996 Trouble at the Henhouse tour. Recently thrust back into the spotlight this year after being chosen for CBC’s Canada Reads, the book is a both a lively tour diary and a musical state-of-theunion, written in Bidini’s energetic, humourous, and deeply personal style.
My immediate reaction upon listening to the pre-release of Susanna Hoffs’ new album Someday is that it’s absolutely gorgeous. Intended as a tribute to the sounds that used to drive 60s pop, the ex-Bangle absolutely catches the wave perfectly. Melodically, there are accents of both The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and Brian Wilson classics like “In My Room” in the pretty, yet introspective lyrics. Additionally, there are little production touches”—such as a whimsical horn section reminiscent of “Sergeant Pepper” or “Penny Lane”— accenting the songs. Most gratifyingly, three decades after The Bangles first started dominating the charts, Hoffs’ voice and songwriting ability have not aged a day. With particular favourites being “One Day” and the mellifluous “Raining,” this is perfect romantic pop for a summer’s day spent with a Special One at a beachside evening’s campfire. -Hubert O’Hearn
- Amy Jones
Mean Sun
Brasstronaut Vancouver-based Brasstronaut is on a cross-Canada tour to promote their new CD, Mean Sun. If you missed the sextet while they were here in Thunder Bay, their newly released CD is available on their website. Mean Sun is a follow up to their critically acclaimed debut Mt. Chimera, which won Brasstronaut a SOCAN Echo Prize for Canadian song of the year, a Polaris Prize long listing, and a number one Hype Machine listing. There is warmth to Brasstronaut’s music that is both soothing and invigorating—especially with Edo Van Breeman’s yearning vocals and Bryan Davies’ heart-warming trumpet. The CD highlights a number of influences (jazz, pop, electronica, art-rock, and indie), all interwoven to be a mesmerizing listening experience. Just as the sun heats the earth and fuels growth, it can also lead to burning and drying out. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen to Brasstronaut, and instead they keep developing their musical talent. Listen a few times and you might be hooked. -Geraldine Ysselstein
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Ryan Edwardson After spending an evening enthralled by Henry Rollins at Crocks, I got to thinking about the stories he told of his days in Black Flag back in the ‘80s. This led to a curiosity about the history of rock music in Canada, and specifically the book Canuck Rock by Ryan Edwardson. This book goes beyond the stories of which bands made it big and delves into the underbelly of the Canadian music industry and the relationship between musicians, radio, government, business, and of course, the fans—all framed within the bigger context of national identity. With interviews and archival material from performers ranging from Chilliwack to k-os, Anne Murray to Arcade Fire, this book is well worth a read for anyone interested in music, and the music industry in Canada.
-Jesse Roberts
Marley is the definitive life story of Bob Marley, from his birth in 1945 in a village tucked away in the mountains of Jamaica, to his rise as an international star and a legend. Academy Awardwinning director Kevin McDonald (One Day In September and The Last King of Scotland) masterfully weaves photos and footage in this 144-minute film. Footage includes rare live performances, previously unreleased songs, and revealing interviews with the people who knew him best. Ziggy Marley, executive director and Bob Marley’s son, helped connect McDonald with Marley’s long-time friends in Jamaica and this makes for an intimate look into Marley’s childhood and musical career. His children paint a portrait of Marley as a father, while his friends and family provide reflections on Marley’s childhood as the son of an 18-year-old mother and white absentee father. Regardless of how well you know Marley and his music, this documentary will give you a deeper appreciation of both. For the first time ever, the film was streamed on Facebook simultaneously with its theatrical debut in the United States on April 20, with a Canadian release on iTunes August 2012). The two-CD and three-LP soundtrack are now available—a must have for any Marley fan. -Michelle McChristie
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Architecture Food views of the Nor’Wester Mountains, the valley really does not want for any feature, and this home in the Slate River Valley fully capitalizes on these characteristics. While the front yard stands on its own, the backyard of this home is quite simply on another level (pun intended!). From the rear doors, a wooden deck with a seating area and barbeque provides the highest vantage point overlooking not only the multi-tiered and landscaped yard, but also the Slate River itself, as well as the rolling hills of a constantly-evolving sod farm, and Candy Mountain, once a thriving ski resort, now a private residence. The home’s current owners, who purchased the house in 2007 from a family member, report that the river is active year-round and is a constant source of entertainment and interest. In the spring and summer, many different species of birds ensure no morning sun rises without accompaniment, and other types of wildlife are often seen monitoring the waterway.
Slate River Backyard
One of the most obvious features of this backyard is the amount and scale of the retaining-wall work; the tall walls of rock and stairs seem to curve and wrap around the yard without being overly invasive. Stairs cut through the retaining walls bring you down to the river’s edge, higher now than usual due to the extreme rain Thunder Bay endured this spring.
Story & Photos By Nik Fiorito
Those visiting Thunder Bay are often surprised by the varied and impressive landscapes of the region, the most obvious and famous of which is our beloved Sleeping Giant on the Sibley Peninsula. And while looking across the new marina or down from Hillcrest Park at that Giant rock formation across the bay is on every visitor’s must-do list, there is a lot more to see in the fifty or so kilometres between Lakeshore Drive and Highway 130. Perhaps one of the most picturesque areas in the Bay is the Slate River Valley. Known for its rolling hills, rich soil for agricultural production, and panoramic
Plants in the gardens include hydrangeas, juniper, hostas, bleeding harts, lily of the valley, roses, phlox, and tiger lilies. Nestled among the gardens are milk cans, wash tubs, hand pumps, and other pieces gathered by the homeowners from old homesteads and rubble sites along the river, adding to the history and significance of this backyard oasis. When asked if they had any plans for their yard and gardens, the homeowners responded that they are more interested in maintaining and enjoying what they already have, and who can blame them? Each changing season brings a fresh set of surroundings and visitors right to their back door, and those gorgeous sunsets over Candy Mountain need no revision.
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With soaring temperatures indicating that summer is here, it is a good reminder that hydration is of utmost importance to our health. Water is probably the single most important constituent of the body, making up between 45-60% of total body weight. It is needed for many metabolic processes, joint lubrication, and equilibrium. So, with water being such an important component to overall health, why do we not pay more attention to how much we are getting?
Type of Fluid
Steps to prevent dehydration
First off, water is generally not the fluid of choice for most people, and this is concerning. Sugary and/or caffeinated drinks including pop, energy drinks, flavoured milk, fruit juice, and frappuccinos are being ingested at very high rates, contributing to the current obesity epidemic. As boring as it sounds, we need to make the switch to water and green tea.
Buy a big water bottle (preferably around one litre) that will make you drink more water, and bring it to work. If a “sippy” straw will make you drink more, buy it!
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Check your pee! If you are dehydrated, your pee will be dark yellow and in low quantities. You are aiming for either clear or pale yellow colour in larger quantities.
We often don’t think of things like headaches, muscle spasms, lethargy, fatigue, and weakness as being related to water intake, but once you are regularly hydrated, you will see many of these problems retreat. The problem with this is that we By Rachel Globensky need approximately 10–16 cups of water daily, coming from both food and fluid. If you are sedentary (not very active), you need to consume around 7 cups of water in How do I love thee, spinach? addition to your food intake every day; if you are active, Letareme count the ways… you looking at between 8–14 cups of water dependingLabeled on youra muscles mass,for theitsclimate, your sweat “superfood” amazingand nutrirate. bottomspinach line: We need to drink more water! tionalThe prowess, is anything but dreary and bland. Folded into phyllo-wrapped spanakopita, simply sautéed with olive oil & garlic and served up with crusty bread, or as fresh baby leaves tossed in a bowl with strawberries, nuts, red onions, and a balsamic dressing, it can taste downright sinful.
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Before you hit the water this summer to cool off, it’s important to understand how the Health Unit samples city beaches. The Health Unit’s public health inspectors take water samples at Boulevard Lake and Chippewa Park from the end of June until the end of August. These samples are tested for E. coli, and if the sample is higher than the acceptable level set by the Ontario Ministry of Health, an advisory is issued. Advisories are issued the day after the testing has been done, and may not reflect the current E. coli levels because levels can change hour to hour.
Drink two cups (or a big glass) of water as soon as you get up. We are extremely dehydrated when we wake up and this will get our day started on the right foot. If you currently only drink two cups of water per day, try increasing it to three per day for two weeks. Each week, try to bring it up by one cup per day.
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The Zombies Have Arrived! A Little Bit Zombie Shows at Community Auditorium By Jamie Varga
On May 26, 2012, the Community Auditorium showed the feature length film, A Little Bit Zombie, an independent film directed by hometown boy Casey Walker. Walker brilliantly gathered a cast of both familiar and up-and-coming Canadian actors, such as Stephen McHattie (300), Kristopher Turner (Brotherhood 3) and Crystal Lowe (Insomnia), who all contribute to Walker’s newly invented genre, Zom-RomCom—an unexpected blend that gives something to be appreciated by everyone. Darren McChristie
The great thing about this film is the fact that it never tries to be something it isn’t. As Walker stated in an interview during the Victoria Film Fest, “We didn’t make a film for artistic merit. We made something for ourselves. Something we would like to watch and we hope other people want to watch.” Casey Walker celebrating the success of his film at The Sovereign Room
Since its premiere at the festival in Victoria, Walker, along with his cast and crew, have been touring the festival circuit and winning awards, including Best Feature at the Canadian Film Festival in Toronto, and Best Dark Comedy at the WorldFestHouston International Film Festival. The film has also been shown as far away as Brazil and Panama, but Walker is most proud of the fact that the series of Canadian dates ranks the film as one of the largest premiere tours of any independent film in Canada. If you missed the film, A Little Bit Zombie will be returning to Thunder Bay in November and will be available on DVD later this summer.
Blair Wright
For more information, go to alittlebitzombie.com.
The Little Movie That Could La Via’s “Teabagged” Selected for National Film Festival By Amy Jones
Thunder Bay filmmaker Ryan La Via was surprised to learn that his short film, the provocatively titled “Teabagged,” had been selected to be part of the National Screen Institute’s Online Film Festival. “I’ve tried to get films of mine in before, but prior to this was unsuccessful,” he says. “It’s funny, because ‘Teabagged’ was made quickly over the course of a weekend with a friend (Michael Garofalo) just to try out some new equipment. After showing it to a few people and gauging their reactions I decided to test it out on the film festival circuit.” The festival, which runs year-round, selects short films by Canadian filmmakers and features them on the NSI website. Films can be up to 30 minutes long, but “Teabagged,” which La Via describes as “a short comedy about why a roommate should always sleep with his mouth closed,” clocks in at just a minute and a half. La Via credits watching 5-second films online with inspiring him to make something “extremely short and witty.” “I knew right away that I wanted my film to have a title that the audience would instantly relate to,” he says. “Once the title was conceived, the rest of the story came together quite quickly.”
Watch “Teabagged” online starting August 13 at nsi-canada.ca/film-festival
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Shannon King is a student in the Confederation College Tourism and Travel program, and will be spending the summer continent-hopping through the Southern Hemisphere in order to discover if international travel is really as glamorous as it appears. After a month of nerve-wracking preparation, she left for Santiago, Chile on May 4, and won’t be back for four months and three more countries.
And what happens next will amaze you. They'll come back as useful items, like Muskoka Chairs. Recycle every #1 and #2 plastic bottle with a neck or screw top. To learn more, visit the City of Thunder Bay website at www.thunderbay.ca One can make a difference! Space provided through a partnership between industry and Ontario municipalities to support waste diversion programs
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When I first arrived in Brazil, I found it infinitely more intimidating than Chile. For one thing, I went from staying in an apartment with three other fellow students to living with a Portuguese family who speak almost no English. The family is endlessly kind and patient with my housemate and me, and we have evolved a system of communication via Spanglish, emphatic gesturing, and the blessing that is Google Translate. The language has been another challenge; where Spanish came easily and fluidly to me, my attempts at Portuguese are producing a nasal, half-Spanish, vaguely German sounding mess of syllables that make little sense to any Brazilians listening. When warned about the party atmosphere of Brazil, I had taken much of it with a grain of salt, assuming it to be at least partially exaggerated. It turns out it was under-exaggerated. Staying out until nearly dawn is common here, and bars and clubs, which donʼt get packed until about 2 am, typically have a closing time 5 am. Live music is the norm, and at any given moment in the business and entertainment areas there will be samba, reggae, and B-pop pouring out of bars packed with dancing couples. Two weeks have now gone by, and I am less intimidated. The initial tension of the adjustment has lessened, and my first halfmonth in Florianopolis has passed faster than all of Santiago in a happy blur of classes, bus trips, parties, and caipirinhas. Brazil is filled with excellent music, kind and generous people, and some of the most green, lush, and dense forest that I have ever seen. I still have two more weeks to explore it before the final leg of my summer itinerary begins—on to Rio!
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Q - What is Lake Superior Day? A - Lake Superior Day is a special day that encourages people to celebrate the greatest of the great lakes! The Lake Superior Binational Forum initiated this basin-wide event in the 1990s to highlight the special connection people have to this unique world treasure. Clean water is a basic right and necessity for all life. If you live near Lake Superior, you are fortunate to be living near one of the world’s largest lakes. Every day, each of the 600,000 human residents of the Lake Superior basin use water from the lake for drinking, home use, industrial use, or recreation. The lake is also essential for countless fish, birds, animals, and plants. Individuals, communities, and businesses can celebrate Lake Superior Day each year on the third Sunday in July, and take the time to appreciate our connection to Lake Superior’s water. Communities from all around Lake Superior are invited to plan an event, and past participants include the communities of Terrace Bay, Duluth, and Munising, Michigan. In Thunder Bay, Lake Superior Day is a free, fun, family event that takes place at Marina Park. EcoSuperior organizes the event with support from the Ontario government and other sponsors. This year’s festivities begin at 4:00 pm on July 15, and attendees can enjoy a Superior fish dinner for $5 a person, step aboard a search and rescue boat as well as a tugboat, listen to live entertainment, and have some fun with the Science North Cool Science Caravan. This year attendees have the chance to win one of three prize packs: a sit-on kayak, a sailing excursion, or a fishing package. The events are as much about stewardship as they are about family fun. Organizations can set up displays that promote how they are connected to Lake Superior. The focus of previous displays have included the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area, the role of the Thunder Bay Port Authority, Lake Superior shipwrecks, surfing, invasive species, and the Lake Superior Remedial Action Plan. Lake Superior Day is about recognizing how the lake affects our environment, economy, and quality of life. It’s an important day to reflect on the future of the lake and the role we play in securing that future. For more information go to lakesuperiorday.com or call 624-2142. - Ashley Preim
Hand hewn silver jewellery, holloware and Fine Art
Northern Lights Gallery Linda L. Brown - Silversmith
Marianne Brown - Goldsmith Lorna Anderson - Fallen Forge Alex Christian - Silver Jewellery Patrick Doyle - Paintings 316 Bay Street, Thunder Bay 345-5446 www.northernlightsgallery.ca
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Sprouting Plants, Budding Communities Story and Photo By Tara George
People-plant interactions—there is a whole body of research behind the concept of how and why plants play a role in the development of healthy people and communities. The psychological, economical, and social benefits of a community working together to create or improve the image and livability of a common green space is well-documented. Just look at the success and popularity of the community garden programs in our own city. People are drawn to being part of a community that collectively transforms nothing to something, especially when that something is in their neighbourhood. Juliet Johnson of the Community Garden Collective explains that gardens in the city are “built on community”—a community that not only includes the gardeners and organizers, but also those who live around the garden and those who are just passers-by. The community circle extends even further when you consider that there are several types of community gardens, some that implement different models to serve a particular purpose or demographic. Catherine Schwartz Mendez, a nutritionist at the Thunder Bay District Health Unit, says that while many gardens are used primarily to feed a household, some are used as teaching tools (school gardens), to promote youth involvement (Roots to Harvest), or to supply a community charity service. The Community Garden Workshop Series, hosted by the Campus Community Garden at LU, is another example of people coming together to share and learn from each other. The opportunities to use plants to promote and empower change in people and communities are unlimited—such a simple, but brilliant concept. The Community Garden Workshop Series is free and open to all. For more information visit foodsecurityresearch.ca. For more information on community gardens throughout the city, visit the Healthy Living section on the Thunder Bay District Health Unit’s website (tbdhu.com) and follow the links.
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DIY-Decks By Larry Hogard
There are countless designs and features to choose from, and while building a deck yourself will help you save on labour costs, you need to plan your project before grabbing a hammer.
Summertime is prime renovation season and many homeowners like to take on the challenge of do-it-yourself projects. Building a deck can be relatively easy, inexpensive, and rewarding—do it yourself, but do it right! After: finished raised deck
Before: rough layout of raised deck
Decks have become an important part of a home’s outdoor living space as a place to relax, cook and serve meals, and entertain guests.
Find out if you need a permit to build a deck from the Development Services Department of your municipality. Generally, any deck that is higher than 23 5/8 inches requires a permit. Architectural drawings are not often necessary and in most cases, municipalities do accept drawings designed and drafted by homeowners. The individual components of a deck are footings, columns (posts), beams, joists, flooring, steps, guards (railings), and sometimes skirting. Generally, wood is used for decking material, but
there are a variety of other materials such as composite, vinyl, and aluminum that are low or no maintenance with the trade-off of a higher cost. Constructing a deck on concrete footings rather than burying wooden posts in the ground will prevent rot and premature deterioration of the foundation. Since decks don’t have roofs, deck boards need to be spaced 3/8 inch apart to allow rain to pass through. Guardrails need to be at least 2 feet, 11 inches high if the deck is more than 2 feet above ground level, and strong enough to support a person’s weight if they stumble. Spindles (balusters) must not have spaces greater than 4 inches apart and be installed vertically to prevent climbing. A railing designed with safety glass is a wonderful detail that prevents the obstruction of a view. Built-in features such as benches, planter boxes, barbeque/bar areas, hottubs, and low voltage lighting enhance a deck’s appearance. As well, arbours and pergolas with hanging plants or vines offer shading from the hot, mid-day sun. Before tackling any construction, consult your local building store or a qualified professional for advice.
Kristian Hodgins
Lars on Homes
Larry Hogard is a Certified Home Inspector and Energy Advisor with Superior Inspections Inc. He can be contacted at larry@ superiorinspections.ca.
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JulyEventsGuide July 1, 12 pm–5 pm
July 6–8
Cruiser Day
Thunder Bay Blues Festival
OLG Casino Canada Day Antique Car Show event. )766-7928 July 1, 5:30 pm–11:30 pm
Canada Day Celebrations
Marina Park Activities for all ages, including two main stages of entertainment, food vendors, and Thunder Bay’s largest annual fireworks show. Featuring the return of the Canada Day Parade. thunderbay.ca July 2–5, 2 pm–3:30 pm
Expand Your Creative Self
Satellite Studio, 12A St. Paul St. An art workshop for teenagers with Carol Kajorinne. Cost is $79 + GST. )708-4612 June 26–July 3
Graffiti Train - Die Active Paint Bombs A Train Locomotive For Mission Terminal Inc.
Definitely Superior Art Gallery’s young-blooded art collective “Die Active,” has taken on yet another large street art painting project, this time a train locomotive supported/sponsored by Mission Terminal Inc. Designed/ executed by Die Active Youth, following mentorship workshops/training at DefSup. For the big reveal party, check Die Active’s Facebook. definitelysuperior.com July 4, 11, 18, 25, 6 pm–9 pm
Summer in the Parks
Marina Park Concerts showcase performers presenting a variety of musical styles. In addition to great music, Summer in the Parks evenings feature children’s activities, free draws, a variety of on-site concessions and an artisans’ market. thunderbay.ca July 4–5
Mosaic Toadstool Workshop
Vintage Pixie Studio Create this gorgeous, colourful addition to your garden or yard. Cost is $95.00. vintagepixiestudio.blogspot.com July 5, 9:30 pm
Step In The Arena 2012 MC Freestyle Rap Battle
Crocks Time to see who’s king of the 2012 freestyle battle world of Thunder Bay. Hosted by Webster Death and Nevamind; free entry and $250 cash prize. Sign up online. tbshows.com July 5–29 Rob MacLeod’s Capitol Players presents
Black Day in July: The Revenge of the Selkirk Sisters
Chippewa Park Pavillion Enjoy T.T. Lucky’s old-time melodrama with a Capitol Players twist that is fun for the whole family. Come sigh for the damsel in distress, boo the villain, and cheer the hero. Tickets are just five dollars and children five and under are admitted for free. Runs on Thursdays (7 pm) and Sundays (4 pm). chippewapark.ca
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Marina Park Adjacent to Lake Superior, and overlooking the legendary Sleeping Giant, Marina Park provides a spectacular setting to enjoy the line up of 20 blues artists, including headliners Jonny Lang, Tedeschi Trucks, and .38 Special. Several vendors will be onsite with tantalizing fare. tbayblues.ca July 8, 10 am–4 pm
Cobblestone Faerie Cottage Workshop
Vintage Pixie Studio Whether for birds or fairies, these are a whimsical and quaint addition to any yard. Cost is $95 for small and $125 for large. vintagepixiestudio.com July 9, 6:30 pm
Community Gardeners Workshop
FSRN Campus Garden Come to an introductory open discussion about the ins and outs of farming in an ecological manner and learn how small scale food producers can play a role in building a strong local food system. foodsecurityresearch.ca July 10, 12 noon
Teddy Bears Picnic
Vickers Park Children, parents and teddy bears are invited to enjoy an afternoon of free crafts, activities and entertainment. Highlights of the day include the Teddy Bear Parade and Boo Boo Bear Station to bandage much loved teddy bears. thunderbay.ca July 12–14, 8 pm
July 13, 7–10 pm We’re having a birthday party and everyone’s invited! Come to the opening and help DefSup celebrate 24 years of artistic excellence and support to over 10,000 contemporary artists! Featuring a ferocity of art/musical performances and exquisite birthday cupcakes/ summer refreshments! All ages/by donation. Exhibits run July 13–August 11. definitelysuperior.com July 15 4 pm–9 pm
Lake Superior Day
Marina Park Celebrate the greatest of the great lakes! Food, entertainment, activities, and displays for the whole family. Hosted by EcoSuperior. ecosuperior.org July 17, 4 pm–9 pm
Festival of India
Marina Park Celebrated in many North American cities, the mission of Festival of India is to exhibit traditional and classical Indian entertainment, food, and art. tbayfest.org July 20–21
Thunder Bay Dragon Boat Festival
Boulevard Lake Now in its 14th year, the Dragon Boat Festival is a summer paddlesport event that promotes healthy lifestyles, fosters team building, and gives corporations, organizations and families an opportunity to develop community leadership. thunderbaydragonboat.com July 21, 7 pm
A Century of Jazz
West Thunder Community Centre The Lakehead & District Square & Round Dance Association will hold its 43rd Annual Square & Round Dance Festival promoting square and round dancing for all ages! Spectators and visitors are welcome. )577-2731
Grand Marais Playhouse A concert presentation of the different jazz genres of the last century. Performed by the skyBLUEtrio and theORANGEgirl, with guest Al Anderson. This is a Fundraiser for the Grand Marais Playhouse, with a silent auction prior to the show and during intermission. arrowheadcenterforthearts.org
July 13, 7–10 pm
July 23, 6:30 pm
43rd Annual Square & Round Dance Festival
Gala Opening Reception: 24th DefSup Members Show, Die Active Youth Show & Style Wars Film
Definitely Superior Art Gallery 24th Anniversary Definitely Superior Art Gallery Members Show: See eclectic and experimental art works by 60+ emerging and established professional regional artists. Gallery 1.
Pact: Die Active Youth Art Collective Show: A multi-disciplinary art show that will become Die Active’s public playground, battleground and a spectacular artistic canvas! Gallery 2. Style Wars-Award Winning Documentary Film: An immersion into the beginning of street art & hip hop in New York, and how graffiti artists transformed the urban landscape, inventing a new visual language to express their individuality & the voice of their community. Gallery 3.
FSRN Campus Garden
Community Gardeners Workshop Seed Saving Come and learn about the importance, benefits and a few how-tos of seed saving. Will include a demo on seed saving from some common garden plants. foodsecurityresearch.ca July 23–27, 12 noon–3 pm
Wearable Art Summer Camp
Satellite Studio, 12A St. Paul St. Artists 9+ will create one-of-a-kind wearable art. Participants will also have the opportunity to showcase their work in Willow Springs Creative Centre’s fashion show fundraiser in August. Registration is $200. )708-4612
EVENTS GUIDE KEY
July 25, 6:30 pm–8 pm
Zombie Invasion!
Thunder Bay Public Library, Brodie Fireside Room Bring your zombie knowledge and survival skills and be prepared to fight for your life in a Choose Your Own Adventure style survival game. Come dressed in your zombie best for the game and stay for zombie makeup stations, non-human snacks, and a prize for the most creative infection story. For ages 10–16. tbpl.ca July 26–29, 7 pm
The Beaux’ Strategem
Grand Marais Playhouse Adapted by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig from the play by George Farquhar. Tickets are $10–$15. arrowheadcenterforthearts.com July 27–29
FinnThunder
74th Annual Finnish Canadian Grand Festival—a celebration of Finnish music, dance, theatre, culture, food, and sports, plus a Guinness Book of World Records attempt for the most people Nordic Walking. finnthunder2012.com July 28, 11 am–4 pm
Y-Art Sale
July Music Events July 1
Canada Day at Crocks featuring DJ Steiner and Fresh Start Crocks Free, 19+, 11 am
Canada Day Bash featuring Married Singlemen, Bottom Rockers, Webster Death & Grimmace the Butler, The Communication
Black Pirates Pub $7, All Ages, 9 pm
PartyBROS presents The Canadian Hangover 2012 Kilroy’s $5, 19+, 10 pm July 2
Five Alarm Funk
Crocks $TBA, All Ages, 8 pm July 5
Danny Rebel & The KGB with The Seaside Villains Black Pirates Pub $5, 19+, 10 pm
Presented by Die Active, in association w/ FinnThunder 2012 Festival Garden Area Behind The Hoito DefSup’s Die Active youth art collective invites you to their third successful summer “Y-Art Sale” which focuses on art! Discover the work of local artists, clothing designers, crafters and Die Active members for sale; lots of yard sale treasures, live music, gourmet tacos & more! All ages/free admission. definitelysuperior.com
The Divorcees
July 28–July 29
Kilroy’s $12 advance/$15 door, All Ages, 7 pm
The Battle for Fort William
Fort William Historical Park Experience the energy and excitement! The Battle for Fort William brings to life the conflict between opposing British and American forces. fwhp.ca July 29, 10 am–4 pm
Satellite Studios Grand Opening
Satellite Studios, 12A St. Paul St. Come join Satellite Studios for free crafts for kids, face painting, and snacks. )708-4612 July 29, 10 am–4 pm
Thunder Bay Art Gallery Garden Tour
Various Locations A self-guided tour of seven diverse gardens, with visual artists and musicians performing at selected gardens. As well Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions. Tickets are $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers, and are available at Landale Gardens, Vaillant Florists, and the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. theag.ca
GENERAL FOOD ART SPORTS MUSIC
Apollo Bar $TBA, 19+, 9 pm July 7
Samantha Crain
Arrowhead Center for the Arts, Grand Marais $17 adults/$10 children, All Ages, 7:30 pm
Blind Witness with Betrayal
July 8
Slates
Outlet $5, All Ages, 8 pm July 9
Take Me to the Pilot EP Release Tour Black Pirates Pub $8, All Ages, 7:30 pm
Snaggletooth Crocks $5, 19+, 9 pm
July 10
3 Inches of Blood and Wretched Crocks $10, 10+, 8:30 pm July 11
The Boys of Summer Black Pirates Pub $7, All Ages, 8 pm
The Detroit Cobras Crocks $12, 19+, 9 pm
theWall July 11
Webby D Wednesdays with Webster Death and Grimmace the Butler The Hodder Tavern Free, 19+, 10 pm July 12
The Other Colour’s EP Release Party Black Pirates Pub $7, All Ages, 7:30 pm July 13
Bear Attack! Featuring The Me4nkill project, Lysis, and Lazer Black Pirates Pub $5, 19+, 10 pm July 17
SDK Stompdown Killaz Tour
July 18
John Fogerty
Community Auditorium $135, All Ages, 8 pm
My Own Chaos Apollo Bar $TBA, 19+, 8 pm July 20
Spencer Jo with Fire Next Time Apollo Bar $TBA, 19+, 8 pm July 23
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy Community Auditorium $TBA, All Ages, 8 pm July 24
Skeletonwitch w Barnburner Crocks $10, 19+, 8:30 pm July 31
REO Speedwagon
Community Auditorium $65, All Ages, 9 pm
Marlene Wandel
Crocks $10, 19+, 8 pm
Tipping the Scales Story and Photo By Marlene Wandel
There’s a strange juxtaposition of emotions in summer in Thunder Bay: exhale, and relax, knowing that long, warm, sunny days are upon us; and then panic a bit, thinking about how the days are already growing shorter. There is no shortage of daylight here on the naturally air-conditioned shore of Lake Superior, but it sometimes it feels like there’s a bit of a shortage of time. Once the warmer months strike, there’s so much relaxing and enjoying to do, it’s almost stressful. How to cram it all into the two short months of summer? Thunder Bay in the summer is the best place on earth. The heat and humidity that plague the cities nestled on the other Great Lakes are mostly kept at bay, yet it’s hot enough to drive us to the myriad of lakes tucked into the
boreal forest. It’s tempting to spend every second of the summer here, basking in the sun and soaking in the lakes. At the same time, summer is the season of road trips, and that ribbon of asphalt that stretches from icebergs to orcas runs right through our city. It’s lovely to take a road trip across the True North Strong and Free, at a time of year when a breakdown doesn’t mean frostbite. Neys Provincial Park to the east and Lake of the Woods to the west just whet the whistle for grander highway adventures, like the Great Lakes Circle Tour. The highway calls, but so do the blueberries, the music festivals, your backyard hammock. Plants that lurked, shivering, a few miserly inches off the ground in May explode in growth in the summer. They have the right idea; there is so much of the year to lay dormant. There is a centathlon of fun to experience in the summer—swimming, hiking, cycling,
paddling, bare toes in sand, dirt, water, and grass, barbecue and garden produce on your plate, ice in your glass, and all of it outside on the deck, early sunrises and endless sunsets, thunderstorms and rainbows. These are not things to procrastinate about. It is imperative to experience it all right now, to somehow shore up a bank of heat and light in your body to tide you over throughout the winter months. It can be tiring, all this living, and experiencing. There’s hardly a dark hour to sleep, and the fireworks and the promises of meteor showers are just another thing on the schedule of bliss. There is nothing balanced about summer, with 18 hours of daylight, temperatures sometimes 60 degrees hotter than they will be six months from now. Like the plants, we have to make the most of it. The scales will tip soon enough, and the sleep bank can be replenished. For now, it’s time to relax and enjoy. Pronto.
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WE’VE GOT ENTERTAINMENT DOWN TO AN ART FORM With a year-round schedule of unmissable events and festivals, we know what it takes to transform an event into an experience.
Always something to celebrate – It’s in our nature.
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