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The Neil Young Connection
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Editor-in-chief Darren McChristie Editor Tiffany Jarva Photographer Darren McChristie, John-Paul Marion Art Director Dave Koski Copy Editors Amy Jones, Nancy Saunders Rebekah Skochinski Business Manager Doug McChristie Advertising Sales Tracy Sadgrove The Walleye is a free monthly publication distributed on racks throughout Thunder Bay and region. Reproduction of any article, photograph or artwork without written permission is strictly forbidden. Views expressed herein are those of the author exclusively. Copyright © 2010 by Superior Outdoors Inc. All Rights Reserved. Editorial and Advertising: Submissions must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Superior Outdoors cannot be held responsible for unsolicited material. Superior Outdoors Inc. Suite 242, 1100 Memorial Avenue, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 4A3 Telephone (807) 627-3017; Fax (807) 623-5122 E-mail: info@superioroutdoors.ca Printed in Canada Superior Outdoors Inc donates 1% of all sales to 1% for the Planet
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There is something about Neil Young that makes me think that he should have been from Thunder Bay. Perhaps it’s his gritty, determined, and hard-working spirit – a true diamond in the rough. Young, who turns 65 on November 12th, has released almost 50 albums and his songs continue to resonate with both young and old. With the recent release Le Noise, we thought it was an opportune time to share never-before published photos of Young and an exclusive interview with Thunder Bay’s Ray Dee - Neil Young and The Squires’ first manager and producer. In this issue, we delve into stories about Young’s early days in The Lakehead when Young stayed at the Sea-Vue Motel, and jammed with locals, like Tommy Horricks, between gigs. Horricks tells us about his unique connection with Young and a road trip that provided the inspiration for Long May You Run . We explore the early folk scene in the city, including a closer look at the Fourth Dimension Coffeehouse and The Ramblers. We also take readers to 1979, when the city’s first unconventional punk-new wave band, The Negatives, emerged on the scene. Over the decades, Thunder Bay has proven to be a place that helps shape new music – perhaps our location on Highway 11/17 and at the end of Highway 61 has something to do with this. After all, every band embarking on a crossCanada tour must drive through Thunder Bay. Today, local musicians and a constant influx of outsiders, are providing ample sustenance for music fans. In Thunder Bay, we know music. As we move into November, the days become shorter and there’s a certain stillness as we anticipate the first snowfall and the bustling holiday season. On November 11th, please embrace this stillness and take a moment to remember our veterans, here and gone, and the women and men who are currently serving our country and striving for peace.
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FEATURES
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CoverStory: Neil Young
Ray Dee 8 Folk through 4-D 10 The Negatives 10 Goodbye Inntowner 7
LIFESTYLE ■ 5 The Top 5 FOOD ■ 12 Up in Smoke
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13 mmm... Beer! 13 Bonobo’s Foods 14 Catering 15 Mackinley Magic
MUSIC ■ 16 Sounds of Soloman ■ 17 The fRATPACK ■ 17 Money Honey ■ 18 Raag-Rung
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18 Tom Cochrane & the TBSO 19 Bend Sinister, Paper
Lions & Library Voices ■ 20 Crash Karma ■ 20 Lights ■ 28 Reviews Off the Wall TRAVEL ■ 21 Let it Snow ■ 21 Winterer’s Gathering
FILM & THEATRE ■ 24 Review - Restrepo ■ 25 NOSFA Film of the month - I am Love ■ 26 The Environmental Film Network ■ 26 The Laramie Project ■ 27 Premiere: Where on Earth is My Bike? ■ 27 Review: Tempting Providence LIVING GREEN
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THE ARTS ■ 31 Local Colour Art Gallery ■ 32 Kristy Cameron ■ 32 Nathalie Daoust ■ 33 Pauline Horricks CITY SCENE ■ 21 Celts, Druids & the Land
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12 Drink of the Month 35 The Wall 36 November EVENT
Calendar ■ 38 The EYE
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November 6 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
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On November 6th, Thunder Bay’s premier wine tasting and auction, A Wine Affair, returns to the Community Auditorium for its 12th year. Enjoy amazing food and wine from around the world and bid on silent and live auction items - all in support of the Community Auditorium. As an added treat, Jim Cuddy will perform an acoustic “stage door” show – an intimate concert that provides the opportunity to interact with Cuddy and ask him questions about his music, his life, or his favourite vintages. Tickets are $120 for A Wine Affair and Jim Cuddy or $75 for the concert alone. www.tbca.com
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On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canadians pause in memory of the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives in military service. Thunder Bay ceremonies will be held at Lakehead University, Fort William Gardens, the Waverley Park Cenotaph and the Mount McKay Scenic Lookout.
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Rotary Christmas Parade November 20, 10 am
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Christmas Parade – the official kick-off to the holiday season. The event has grown immensely, thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers and sponsors. The parade begins at the Community Auditorium and then follows Memorial Avenue to the CLE grounds. It is essential to secure your viewpoint along the route early, especially if you are bringing small children, because the parade attracts approximately 20,000 spectators. www.parotary.com
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Artisans Northwest & Potters’ Guild Show and Sale November 20 – 21 Valhalla Inn
You do not want to miss Thunder Bay’s ultimate holiday arts and crafts show. Artisans Northwest prides itself on high quality exhibitors – you will find everything from hand-made clothing to paintings and carvings. The show will be open from 10 am – 6 pm on the 20th and 10 am – 4 pm on the 21st. The Thunder Bay Potters’ Guild will showcase functional pieces, sculpture, jewelry and more. Together, the shows are an impressive display of local talent and a great opportunity to purchase hand-made, unique gifts. With slightly different hours from Artisans Northwest, they will close at 5 pm on the 20th and open at noon on the 21st.
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Canadian folk-pop troubadour Jeremy Fisher first broke onto the music scene almost a decade ago. He released his fourth studio album, Flood, on October 26 and the show at Jacks is a stop on his North American tour. Fisher is known for a DIY ethic that extends past making music and playing multiple instruments to producing an accomplished, satirical web series, as well as creating and directing music videos for himself and other artists, such as Hawksley Workman, Hanna Georgas and Xavier Rudd. www.jeremyfishermusic.com
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Neil Young and the Squires traveled in the comfort of a 1948 Buick hearse, known as Mort - the one immortalized in the song Long May You Run.
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Neil Young with Le Noise producer Daniel Lanois and crew – four Canadians. Despite living in the U.S. since leaving Toronto in the mid-60’s, he has always retained his Canadian citizenship.
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Our piece of rock and roll history By Michelle McChristie
Neil Young and his band The Squires spent months in Fort William - playing shows at the Flamingo Club, Circle Inn and the Fourth Dimension or 4-D. Playing here was Young’s introduction to touring and the feeling of independence that comes with being away from home. Neil Young and The Squires traveled in the comfort (or rather, discomfort if you prefer to ride in a seat) of a 1948 Buick hearse, known as Mort - the one immortalized in the song Long May You Run. Thunder Bay’s Tommy Horricks, then a member of Donny B and the Bonnevilles, hung out with Young between gigs, “We were playing at the Flamingo...Neil Young came to town with The Squires - he played there a lot over the course of a couple of years.” On one trip, Young was staying at the YMCA. Horricks jammed with Young in his room and on the top floor of the Twin City Gas Building, located behind the “Y.” He recalls Young looking out the window towards the airport saying, “Look Tom, look at those planes. Just like big birds flying across the sky.” To this day, Horricks is adamant that “Helpless,” one of Young’s iconic hits from his 1972 release Harvest, is about Fort William, not
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about Omemee - the small town near Peterborough. After all, Omemee, is not in north Ontario. But, it is the small southern town that lays claim to the Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum.
in towns along the north shore. Horricks recalls, “We stopped for gas in some small town and a guy there just dropped the gas pump, got in his car and drove away. He must of thought we’d rob him or something.”
It was at the 4-D that Young met Stephen Stills who was playing with his band, Company. Horricks remembers hanging out with Young at the 4-D and Young suggesting they go over and meet Stills. For whatever reason, Horricks didn’t, “I could have been shy, or maybe arrogant.” Horricks was in the hearse, Mort, the day she met her end. The instigator of the trip was Terry Erikson “Doc Tibbles” who needed a ride to a gig in Sudbury. Young and Erikson piled into the hearse, along with Horricks, fellow Bonneville Donny Brown and Bob Clark, The Squires’ drummer. With their unusual clothes and long hair, not to mention the hearse, they elicited some interesting reactions
Tommy Horricks with the band The Plague, formally known as Donny B and the Bonnevilles. From left: Joel Stapanksy, Donald Brown, Lynn McEachern, Tommy Horricks, George Stevenson
The ride started to get more interesting just outside of “The Soo” (Sault Ste. Marie). Mort started making a loud knocking sound so, they stopped at a dealership. The mechanic said everything was okay although Horricks suspects he wanted them “out the back door as soon as they came in the front.” The hearse met her end just outside of Ironbridge when the “back end fell out on the side of the highway.” During the tow to Blind River, the guys took turns riding in the hearse - backwards. “Something about that made Neil panic,” said Horricks, “so, I looked him in the eye and said, ‘It’s no big deal.’ I don’t think he liked that. When it was my turn, I think he must have paid the truck driver to go extra fast - it felt like we were doin’ about 140 miles an hour.” The breakdown of the hearse forced a divergence of paths. Young decided to head to his father’s place in Toronto on the back of Erikson’s motorcycle, which was stuffed into the back of the hearse. The other guys hitchhiked back to Thunder Bay.
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In the 1960s the local music scene was bursting at the seams. Between high school dances, the Fort William Gardens and numerous clubs and hangouts, young and talented musicians could pack their schedules and pad their wallets with local gigs. Musicians from afar were attracted to the scene, some from the states, like Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee and Stephen Stills, while others from as close as Winnipeg, like The Guess Who and Neil Young. Out of this scene, a new genre of folk-rock was spawned. Musicians formed new friendships some endured while others ended abruptly.
Both Horricks and Brown had given Young all of their money but Young was generous enough to give them each $3.50 to make it home. Horricks said, “The ride home was even more adventurous but, this is a story about Neil.” Young didn’t look back. After playing in Toronto, he headed south to L.A. He would soon reconnect with Stills and form Buffalo Springfield and later the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Thunder Bay owns a big piece of rock and roll history. We might not have a rock and roll museum to prove it, and many of the landmarks from the 1960s are gone, but we still have the same gritty character that has attracted musicians here for over 50 years.
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Thunder Bay’s Ray Dee The Original Briggs
Neil Young and Ray Dee at Young’s California ranch. Photo by Peggy Young
By Michelle McChristie Between 1968 and 1995, David Briggs produced almost every Neil Young album. What few people know, according to Young, is that Thunder Bay’s Ray Dee is the “original Briggs.”
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Ray Dee has been involved in the radio business for over 50 years. He started as a jockey with CJLX in Fort William at the tender age of 14 and since then, he’s done just about every job imaginable in the television, radio and music industries. He’s worked as a promoter, booking acts like the Beach Boys and Roy Orbison, an agent, a producer and marketing/advertising consultant. It was at the Fourth Dimension (4-D) in 1964 when Dee watched Neil Young perform for the first time. He was immediately impressed, even though Dee recalls, “he was still developing his singing voice but, I recognized that he had talent.” The two became friends and Dee assumed the duties of Neil Young and The Squires’ road manager, traveling to shows in Young’s hearse.
Ray and Dr. Young; In 1992, Neil received an honourary doctorate in music from Lakehead University. photo by Jack Harper
In November of 1964, Dee produced “I’ll Love You Forever” for Neil Young and The Squires. The song was recorded at the CJLX studio on Victoria Avenue. Dee says that CJLX had a “beautiful studio with a baby grand and state of the art Telefunken mics.” Dee took a creative approach in order to record clear tracks. He separated the band – the drummer was in the news booth, the bass player was in another booth and Young was in the hallway. Using separate mics and two recoding machines, his goal was to make the recording sound like the real thing. In referring to Young, Dee states, “he’s a perfectionist, he doesn’t like the canned crap that comes out on CD, that’s why he waited for BlueRay to release his anthology.”
Reminiscing about that day in the studio Dee says, “when we listened to the song, we looked at each other…we knew it would be a hit.” It wasn’t. Dee sent the tape to Capitol, Columbia and Decca Records but it was rejected. In 2009, “I’ll Love You Forever,” as recorded at CJLX, resurfaced on Disc One of the Neil Young Archives. After Young left Fort William in 1965, Dee didn’t hear from him for over 25 years. He received an unexpected call from Young and a request for the tapes from the CJLX recording session. Young flew him to California and had a limo pick him up at the airport and take him to his ranch. Dee says, “The limo driver said he had Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor in the car the previous day.” They had been at Young’s studio recording tracks for Harvest Moon. Dee was privileged to be at the studio the day they mastered “Unknown Legend,” one of his favourite songs. Ray Dee feels that he’s been a good judge of talent over the years. Although Young was only 18 when the two met at the 4-D, he notes, “Neil’s abilities and his drive to succeed were obvious.” Reflecting on Young’s statement that he is the “original Briggs,” Dee says it is the “ultimate compliment.” He asks rhetorically, “Do I deserve it? No. It was nothing but respect and friendship – we all wanted to be successful in those days.” The Walleye
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Seeing Folk Through 4-D Glasses
By Brigitte Petersen Folk music venues were hip, happening places for young adults living in the Lakehead during the 1960s. The city’s first folk music coffee house, The Fourth Dimension, commonly known as the 4-D, served as a vital spot for local acts to make their start.
Local folk group, The Ramblers, plays The Fourth Dimension in 1964. From left to right are Peter Ritchie, Hugh Mayers, Myrna Carniato, George Gregorovich, Margie Wheeler, John Kuzik and Bill Kuzik.
George Gregorovich (aka Michael George), a lead singer and acoustic guitarist in local folk group The Ramblers, recalls seeing Neil Young regularly watching his band and others, including Tom Kelly and The Rovers, play the 4-D stage. Gregorovich fondly remembers the 4-D, which had been located near the corner of George and Simpson Streets, and the great live music featured at the venue. “It was very heady,” he says. “The Sixties was a golden age for music. If you were involved in music, you were meeting different people, discussing practically anything under the sun. Almost nothing was out of bounds, as far as speech went. Music was just exploding, and you were part of it.” The 4-D closed its doors in 1965, but local folk musicians formed the Lakehead Folk Guild and continued to perform at Lakehead University, and later at The Last Spike Coffee House located near the corner of Pacific Avenue and McLaughlin Street.
Gregorovich formed a duo in 1966 with another member of The Ramblers, Myrna Carniato, and later became known as Michael & Marnie.
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“Love of music and having fun,” is what drove The Ramblers as a local folk group, according to Gregorovich. The group enjoyed success locally and in 1965, appeared on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour, on network CBS TV in Chicago. Travelers perform at The Last Spike.
CoverStory The Fourth Dimension By Michelle McChristie When I was a kid, my father would tell me stories about the 4-D and the local music scene. As a teenager, he hung out there after school, sipping their signature drink, the Calypso - a Pepsi topped with whipped cream and a cherry. The owner, Gord Crompton, booked a steady stream of musicians in conjunction with the owners of the 4-Ds in Winnipeg and Regina. “It was overcrowded at times,” recalls Crompton – a statement verified by musician Tommy Horricks. “The place probably held 250 but often packed in 400.”
Crompton describes the 4-D as a “quiet house” because when musicians played they turned the lights out. The mostly teenaged crowd paid 25 cents an hour to listen to music, kind of like a parking garage in that customers would take a ticket on the way in and hand it back on the way out. Seems like a system that could be easily cheated, but maybe kids drinking Calypsos didn’t think that way.
Menu from the Fourth Dimension.
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The Negatives, 1979-81 The city’s first new wave punk alternative During its heyday, the new wave punk band The Negatives opened for Teenage Head, Muddy Waters and The Deserters. Years later their song “Echos,” alongside D.O.A.’s “Royal Police,” was included in Punk History Canada’s compilation Only in Canada, Eh of best new wave/punk songs. “At the time our lead singer was into New York Dolls. I was into The Ramones and Pistols,” says Rob Jardine, The Negatives guitar player. “We weren’t hardcore punk – more a cross between punk and new wave. We were doing something unorthodox in Thunder Bay. It was controversial at the time – the way we dressed and played.” Think eyeliner, tight jeans and animal print tights, ties and suspenders. The Negatives played unlikely new wave versions of Bob Dyan and other
covers, but they also wrote their own material. “We went out of our way not to do standard stuff,” says Jardine. Keyboardist Hugh Hamilton adds, “Toronto hated us because we were different,” Hamilton laughs, “And Winnipeg liked us because we were different.” After winning a local talent contest featuring Johnny Green and the Greenmen at the old Sleeper, Rob Jardine (guitar), Hugh Hamilton (keyboards), Shaun Pilot (singer) and Paul Koivukoski (drums) started playing at local venues including The Landmark, The Royal Eddie and The Inntowner. Ron Taylor (drums) joined the band in 1980. “It was a very high-energy show with lots of white lights. What we were doing wasn’t happening in the mainstream,” explains Jardine. “We mostly had a college and university following. We were at the right place at the right time.” The Negatives also traveled out of town to play gigs in Toronto and Winnipeg. Today Jardine plays for the local blues band The Chain, and Hamilton continues to play the keyboards for Slap Johnson and the Trowellers. Both bands played at this year’s Blues Festival. Five years ago, The Negatives played a reunion gig at the Apollo, and released their first CD, more than twenty-five years after their first gig. Plans are to reunite again in the future. “It’s never over,” says Hamilton. TJ
The Inntowner No More Scheduled to be torn down in mid-December, the Inntowner on Brodie Street was the place to go Sunday night in the late 80s and early 90s. Bands like Heart, Trooper, Colin James and Chilliwack played there. It didn’t matter that your feet used to stick to the carpet, the toilets didn’t always work or that the place reeked of smoke and stale beer - the Inntowner was fun. People came to let loose with friends, for the $2 drinks, free pool and karaoke nights. On their off time, bands like The Black Crowes with gigs at The Gardens would hang out, drink and play pool at The Towner. It was a birthday destination, afterwork destination, and a long weekend destination. There were dedicated regulars and some, like historian Dave Nicolson, only went once but “The Towner,” a popular destination since the 50s and 60s, left a lasting impression. “The one and only time I was in the Inntowner was in 1988 with John Roberts, current CBS News anchor,” says Nicolson. “Back then he was J.D. Roberts, a VJ with Much Music and was on a promo tour. I was working with Maclean Hunter Cable TV and after a busy day of events, a group of us decided to hit the Inntowner for a beer. I remember all the seats where you could have your back to the wall were taken, mainly by big, muscular guys, just eyes and leather, and their lady friends. Four of us crammed around a dinky little table full of beer glasses, the place full of smoke and loud music. The Inntowner at its finest.”
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In time for the cooler weather and early holiday shopping, the pumpkin pie latte at the Bean Fiend on Algoma hits the spot perfectly. Not too sweet, the latte features rich espresso steamed with pumpkin-vanilla milk and is topped with cinnamon and whipped cream.
Up In Smoke BBQ & Grill 230 Leland Ave. South 577-7444
By Patrick Thompson I used to go to a place in Montreal called Hell’s Kitchen. It was my favourite place to go because it was small and comfy. The owners preferred it when customers would linger over a good meal and good fun, rather than having a constant stream of customers on a conveyor belt. The place was an island of its own, and along with its food, its character was what kept us coming back. Thunder Bay’s Up In Smoke is like that. The chairs are standard, the tables are office lunchroom practical and the restaurant is small, but the food is good and the atmosphere is friendly and inviting. From the autographed pics of celebs on the wall (Soup Nazi!) to the collection of torturously hot pepper sauces for sale, there is definitely always something to look at. And yes, I did say torturously hot. The hottest sauce they have is rated 1million on the Scoville Heat Scale and sells for $40. Let me tell you how hot that is: military pepper spray rates 3 to 5 million; Tabasco sauce is between 2500 and 8000. The guys at Up In Smoke know hot.
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The refreshingly non-standard Cajun/BBQ themed menu is fun to try out, from the PoBoys to the Gumbo and the fresh rolls that come with it. I had a good time just eating the jalapeno poppers appetizer: tender and fried crispy, but not oily. All you can want for an afternoon lunch or a guilty indulgence. I will be going back for the all-you-can-eat ribs and fries, available every day for $24.95. They also have an all-you-can-eat catfish and fries deal on certain days. The restaurant also provides catering and has a take-out menu. The whole menu is on their website, www.upinsmokegrill.ca, along with prices, hours and location. The fact that there is a receptionist on staff for the cateringwho is also hooked in to the web so you can chat with her live-speaks to how much attention they put into attracting customers.
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Fortunately for us Ontarians, there are a plethora of microbrews and craft brews on the market that are proudly produced right here in our own province. Although the great white north is ferment free, both the LCBO and Beer Store bring in specialized brews - time to put down that Blue and pick up something new this fall!
By definition, a microbrewery is “a small, usually independent brewery that produces limited quantities of specialized beers” and a craft brewery is described as “using traditional methods without adjuncts (aka extra stuff!).” While all of this may be true, it is my general estimation that they both also produce the tastiest beers on the market today.
The LCBO also offers 4- and 6-packs in their OCB Discovery Packs which gives you the opportunity to sample a selection of bottles or cans from select Ontario Craft Brewers. For information about Ontario Craft Beers visit: http://www.ontariocraftbrewers.com and for information about Ontario Microbreweries visit: http://realbeer.com/canada/brewtour/ON-microbrewery.html. Bottoms up!
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Choice Selections: Muskoka Cream Ale, Mill Street Organic Lager, Wellington Brewery Vienna Lager, Great Lakes Devil’s Pale Ale 666, Flying Monkeys Hoptical Illusion Almost Pale Ale and Great Lakes Pumpkin Ale - a tasty seasonal pick..
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Bonobo’s Foods Bonobo’s Foods is more than just another pretty place. Poutine, four different types of veggie burger, crostini and a variety of sandwiches await you at the vegetarian grill. Ingredients are locally and ethically sourced, including Thunder Oak cheese and Lake Superior fish. A variety of desserts, including a vegan selection, awaits your sweet tooth. For your more virtuous side, Bonobo’s carries a small selection of groceries; local and imported, predominantly vegetarian convenience foods, including organic free-run eggs, organic milk, specialty imported chocolates, chips and drinks, and local meats.
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Catering to Your Entertainment Needs Thunder Bay is home to several distinctive caterers that would be happy to ease the load if you want to host a party this holiday season. No longer just for weddings, office lunches or retirement parties, caterers are organized and flexible professionals who specialize in providing a range of food, equipment and service according to your budget and style, and in the location of your choosing.
also committed to minimizing the environmental impact of her business. Pumpkin & Carrot Soup with Nutmeg Butter, Spinach & Apple Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette, Roast Chicken with Couscous and Vegetables, and a dessert of Fruit Crisp, totals $185.00 for a group of eight to ten people. Keep an eye out for Harp’s specialty Christmas appetizers, appearing soon on her website.
Most have flexible menus consisting of proven popular fare as well as more exotic offerings for the adventurous palate. The quality of the ingredients as well as the preparation time required will be reflected in the price, but there are a variety of options available to match a range of budgets.
Northern Unique, a Country Market favourite for delicious baked goods, also offers catering services. Chef/owner Rob Walsh expresses a strong commitment to responsibly produced “regional fare” through the products he uses - from Brule Creek flour to bison and wild boar. Northern Unique’s baked goods can be ordered in bulk and would be a much-savoured addition to a homemade meal or a morning-after breakfast.
If a full-service, in-home dinner seems too overwhelming, consider ordering a selection of hors d’oeuvres to get your party started, or a delicious dessert to cap your meal. A fresh addition to Thunder Bay’s catering scene is Sweet Pea’s Home Catering. Owner Marija Fern Harp offers delicious wholesome food, including many vegetarian selections. Harp supports local food producers, locally sourcing eggs, flour, honey, beef, and a variety of vegetables and herbs when available. She is
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In just a few short years, Torontoborn chef Dave Thomas has firmly established a place for Salt and Pepper Catering on the food map of Thunder Bay. In many ways Thomas exemplifies the catering spirit with his attention to detail, flexibility, and the wide range of his catered offerings. Salt and Pepper’s Candied Pecan and Goat Cheese Salad with Strawberries &
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By Lynn Copeland Maple Balsamic Dressing is one of their most popular dishes. Popular hors d’oeuvres include Roasted Mushroom Bruschetta on Crostini, White Cheddar & Bacon Tarts and Asian Ginger Beef Skewers. Salt and Pepper can accommodate almost any preference, from a simple appetizer pick-up to full-service, in-home dinners. For entertainers working with a limited budget, Thomas suggests looking for inexpensive cuts of meat and researching online on how to make them into something special. Many other specialty caterers and local restaurants also provide catering services, including: •Ambiance •Bistro North •Bistro One •Fusion Catering •Grinning Belly •Good News Café •Metropolitan Moose Beanery and Café (Kakabeka Falls) •Ruby Moon •Thai Kitchen •Up In Smoke •White Fox/Fox on the Run
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Mackinley Magic Combining Psychology and Passion By Melissa Thivierge When Mackinley Steinhoff was young, he saw a travelling magician and he enjoyed the show so much it inspired him to start learning magic. Some of his first performances were for his sister’s birthday parties, where he would wear a top hat and cape and use a magic wand. He amazed everyone when he popped a balloon and miraculously changed its colour. Steinhoff has been learning magic seriously for the past four years. He has combined his undergraduate degree in psychology with his passion for magic and has been leaning towards its mentalism aspect. He is mostly interested in propless magic because, “Magic isn’t about props.”
magic trick done with ropes. This trick had won him a spot in the 20+ Category of “So You Think You’ve Got Talent,” an Intercity Shopping Center contest. When you see his confidence, charisma and natural talent shine through as he performs, it becomes clear why he won. “For Andruzzi” was the second trick, and Steinhoff’s favourite. It required me to feel for his pulse, which started off very strong, got very weak and then stopped altogether. If I wasn’t the one with my fingers on his wrist, I would not have believed it. Then to prove it really was magic, he stopped my friend’s heartbeat while I counted and he waved his hand over her wrist with deep concentration - a trick regularly performed by Luke Jermay, with whom Steinhoff would love to study magic. He would also like to attend Eugene Burger’s magic camp in Las Vegas this spring.
“ It required me to feel for his pulse, which started off very strong, got very weak and then stopped altogether.”
Steinhoff performs two different styles of magic: sleight of hand, which he calls the more humorous, and mentalism, which he says is a little darker. “Something dark can also be heartwarming. You have to be able to read your audience.” He gave me a taste of both styles when we met. The first was a
Role model Criss Angel has inspired Steinhoff to pursue magic. “What he has done for magic is huge.” Magic shows people that things aren’t always as they seem. “Wonder is a beautiful thing and I like being able to share that with people,” says Steinhoff. “It’s the only time where you can be totally in awe of something.” For those interested in becoming a magician, Steinhoff has this advice: “Study, read, learn about magic and its history because it all ties together. Practice and think about what you’re performing and why.” Steinhoff has appeared at local restaurants, performing intimately from table to table, Christmas staff parties, weddings and birthday parties. Steinhoff can be reached at magickinley@hotmail.com for bookings. The Walleye
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The Handcrafted Sound Collage of Soloman By Nancy Ewachow
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I was on the phone, finally catching up with a solo man who had been unavailable and hard to catch. Two hours after making the connection, I knew why - he’s too busy being in love with words and he wants to share this love. He’s a very giving person, as I had seen the night before on stage with both a release and fundraiser for his hip hop projects, both solo and otherwise. This is Soloman, a.k.a. Nolan Shmerk. But don’t call him an artist, no matter what you think of his prolific work: he has his ways, he knows what he wants and he won’t stop until he gets it, but he’s too freedom-loving to want any claim to professional status. So, arguably, he’s an artist by the best definition – think of Groucho Marx when he says, “I wouldn’t wanna be a member of a club that would have me as its member.” Solomon’s father is a teacher, and he has been inspired to follow in the profession.
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This might explain his love of the positive, of communicating, and to some extent, why he avoids living his life through social media and computers: he’s much more into concrete personal interaction. And his music? It’s a handcrafted sound collage (using an MPC 4000 sampler to extract from his vinyl collection every little part of beat and ambience) that frames his very literate rapping with jazzy beats. At times the very smooth bassist Rory Bohler joins him. A serious wordsmith, who has studied both English and French at university and raps in French at times, Solomon is in the process of creating his third release, on vinyl and in homage to vinyl, to be called Two Sides to Every Story. His previous two, A Thousand Words are Worth a Picture (2005), and Draw Your Own Conclusions (2008) are thematically coherent, whole packages of pun (even visual) and craft. Literary inspiration? He
cites Raold Dahl and Shel Silverstein. In mid-October at the Apollo, as I watched him perform his music, some from a 2010 demo, with a project called “Persons Unknown,” I was shown another side of his creative drive. On this night the band consisted of Robin Moss (Rhodes), Daniel Denomme (electric guitar), Rory Bohler (bass), Dylan Bohler (drums), Jenn Bryan (violin), Wolfe Wahl (cello and clarinet), and Marley Giunta (vocals) as well as Soloman. In his vision, the band-a propos to its name-is meant to be a periodic convening on an open stage, to consist of anyone, even “persons unknown.” He would like to help to construct a creative musical collective, with a regular venue. He intends to stay in Thunder Bay, be a pioneer, live a simple life, and continue his romance with words. That sounds like your friendly neighbourhood Solomon.
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fRATPACK: A trip to 1960s Las Vegas without the expensive plane ticket and time machine
By Donna Faye interpretation,” he says. The men in church in the Philippines and didn’t stop when they arrived in sing with karaoke backtrack and, Canada in 1985. Ruben had his between songs, perform sketches taken from the original Rat own band in the 1990s. James has performed with the Thunder Pack shows and some written by Jackson. Bay Legends and shared a stage with Canadian stars, such as Anne The audience is warned from Murray and Roch Voisine for the start that the show is R-rated Canada’s 125th birthday celebra– 1960s humour, with it referenction. They are also the reason for es to alcohol, the Mafia and race, the “F” in fRatpack (for Filipino). is anything but politically corJackson also grew up singing in rect. Jackson says the show’s music church and has been a professional transports the audience to a great musician in Thunder Bay since period of American music and 1976. history. “It gives people that sense
Fifty years after the height of their popularity, the Rat Pack still bring to mind that unique 1960s cool embodied by Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and, of course, Frank Sinatra. Today, three Thunder Bay crooners are recreating that magic as the fRatpack: Rod Jackson as Martin, Ruben Demillo as Sinatra and James Demillo as Davis. Their last show was standing room only and despite the absence of a dance floor, people were dancing in the aisles. “There was a line-up outside,” says Jackson. “We could have sold another 20 tickets that day.” The Rat Pack is clearly a passion of Jackson’s who has done his research and based the show on the original material. “But we’re not imitators-we bring our own
of security when America was the greatest country in the world.”
The three have been performing together for a year and a half and, like the Rat Pack, they’ve been friends even longer. Brothers James and Ruben grew up singing
By Storm Carroll Another page turns in the book of Thunder Bay rock as Money Honey migrates to Southern Ontario, with a new name, in search of new experiences. On October 8th, Money Honey played their first show as Poor Young Things and, ironically, their last show in Thunder Bay for some time. Reaching maximum capacity, with nothing but great tunes and good vibes, Poor Young Things teamed up with other local bands (The Other Color and The Goods) to rock Black Pirates Pub to its foundation. These five young men share a passion for music that is only rivaled by their passion to perform.
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Money Honey Out with Old, In with the New Poor Young Things delivers an alloriginal vintage-style rootsy bluestinged rock comprised of striking harmonies and intricate guitars. More striking than the arrangements of Poor Young Things is their songwriting. The thoughtful lyric-driven songs pay tribute to their influences ranging from The Boss to The Black Crowes. Nothing less can be expected from the band, as they have had no trouble making their mark on the local, and now national, rock scene. Their crunchy riffs and angel-like harmonies caught the ear of award-winning music producer
Tickets for “Christmas with the Fabulous fRATPACK” on December 11, 2010 at Daytona’s are available at Daytona’s. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Northern Cancer Research Foundation.
Dale Penner (Nickelback, Matt Good) who has opened many doors for the band. After recording their self-titled album, Poor Young Things toured across Canada performing with popular names including The Trews, The Arkells, Kim Mitchell, Trooper, Matt Mays & El Torpedo and Nazareth. After building up quite an impressive rock portfolio, band members Matt Fratpietro, Michael Kondakow, Dave Grant, Scott Burke and Konrad Commisso feel the sky’s the limit, and a change of scenery is just the avenue to get there. Thunder Bay sends Poor Young Things on their journey with the best of wishes, knowing that the party will only be bigger when they come back and play in front of their hometown fans.
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BLUES TRAVELER Raag-Rung Music Circle By Nancy Ewachow The Nirdosh family, who moved to Thunder Bay in 1981, brought their love of Indian classical music with them. On meeting the Naimpally family, who had been hosting visiting artists, the seed was planted and Raag-Rung Music Circle was formed in 1984. From basements to the beautiful Bora Laskin Theatre at L.U. and the Community Auditorium, many great performances have occurred over the years. The association’s annual fundraising dinner, in support of both cancer research and bursaries for engineering students, is scheduled for November 6th at the Italian Cultural Centre. It includes Indian high dining and a musical performance. The musicians will also host a workshop while in the city. South Indian percussionist Professor Trishy Sankaran, the founding director of the Indian Music program at York University, (and whose daughter plays in Canadian fusion group Autorickshaw), has a long list of musical accomplishments and collaborations behind him. Dr. Desi Narayanan and Dr. P.S. Mohankumar will join him for this concert.
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LUNATIC FRINGE
On October 16th, Thunder Bay celebrated two significant milestones – the 50th anniversary of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (TBSO) and the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Community Auditorium. The gala event featured music by Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, backed up by the TBSO. Arthur Post, the TBSO’s new Music Director, warmed up the crowd with classics from Gershwin and Bizet’s Carmen. Post charmed the audience with his understated personality and sense of humour.
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When Tom Cochrane and Red Rider joined the TBSO on the stage, the audience exploded with excitement. Cochrane, having played at the auditorium several times, said it’s one of the finest concert halls in which he has performed.
Arthur Post, sporting a wrestling mask, and Tom Cochrane perform “Lunatic Fringe” with Red Rider and the TBSO
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The highlight of the night was “Lunatic Fringe,” Cochrane’s hit from Vision Quest – the 1985 drama about a high school wrestler. Post donned a wrestling mask for the song, blending into the rock band perfectly. Cochrane followed-up with a string of hits featuring Ken Greer’s pedal steel guitar and an adapted orchestral score. The expression of the departing crowd, although a mix of young and old, symphony supporters and Tom Cochrane fans, showed they had at least one thing in common – a love of great music.
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Bend Sinister, Paper Lions and Library Voices By Nancy Ewachow
The great thing about Jacks is that whenever you go there for a live show, there are always women dancing. It warms the place up a lot. On Wednesday October 13th, three bands came in to play on a CBC Radio 3 sponsored tour. The first to get on stage was Bend Sinister - a nine-year project of singer Dan Moxon, who has a confident brazen voice with a great high range. The band surprised me, especially Jason Dana’s drumming. It could be that recordings can’t compare to live shows. I liked them best when they moved from pop to songs with a more raucous feel. Paper Lions were more pop, and had intensely constructed songs. As I was cast back in time, it took a fellow listener to pinpoint the comparison (I try to write without making any, but in this case it might illuminate). Here was music in the vein of Squeeze and Split Endz. The very happy audience, knowing words to songs, were of various ages, and soon the dancing was with hands in the air. Singer John MacPhee also had great vocal chords, but with a completely different tone.
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Saskatoon’s Library Voices finished the night with their seven or so bodies bobbing on stage and effected with harmonies and unison a simpler, rousing beat, like cheerleaders with gear. The night ended, but for the encores, with the Traveling Wilburys’ “I Got My Mind Set On You,” and the first two bands’ singers joined in. All those voices made for a great feel. This was a happy Wednesday night on Cumberland, as those who had seen Lights earlier wandered down to see this late night show at Jacks.
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Crash Karma Canadian Supergroup Toronto’s Crash Karma is what you get when you combine members from I Mother Earth (Edwin), The Tea Party (drummer Jeff Burrows), Our Lady Peace (Mike Turner) and Zygote (Amir Epstein). Epstein approached the other three and eventually in 2008 the band Crash Karma was formed, making their live debut in May 2009. The group harkens back to early 90s no-nonsense alternative rock, sounding slightly more reminiscent of I Mother Earth, largely because of Edwin’s vocals. Supplied
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Lights Kicks Off North American Tour in Thunder Bay Plays to Sold Out Crowd at Crocks
When the lights dimmed and Lights came on stage, the crowd erupted into a roar and hurried the stage. Kicking off her North American tour at Crocks in Thunder Bay, Lights chose “Ice,” a crowd favourite, as the opening song to set the pace for the rest of the show, which included the brand new song “My Boots,” released the previous day and never before played live – to which people were already singing along. Since her show last year at The Outpost, it’s obvious Lights is more popular and has a lot to live up to. With the line spanning from the doors of Crocks around the corner onto Red River Road and almost up to Black Pirates Pub, she seems to be living up to the hype well, thanks in large part to her acoustic EP hitting #1 on iTunes Canada – always helpful for any artist. Not to disappoint those expecting a show just as good as the last, Lights played a few acoustic songs including “Where Romance Is” and the Rancid cover “Fall Back Down.” Overall, it was a fun, energetic concert, complete with a mosh pit – a great start to her North American tour.
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Let it Snow By John-Paul Marion
The snow season is approaching. Don’t forget to dust off your skis before the first dump hits us. If you are so inclined take them to your favourite ski shop for a tune-up and hot wax. Whether you are going across the country style or down the alpine, pay attention to the condition of your bindings and most importantly your bases, upon which you gain the most pleasure of sliding on snow. This year holds the promise of cold weather and abundant snow. Often after an el nino year the better half, el nina shows up for a classic central Canadian winter with lots of snow and cold temperatures to keep it here. We still have great downhill skiing here in town with Mt. Baldy and Loch Lomond - don’t miss out on the joy of night skiing, especially
with the great prices on lift tickets. The cross-country skiing around Thunder Bay is second to none in the world. Lappe Nordic, Kamview, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Centennial Park and Kakabeka Provincial Park offer a gamut of challenging skiing and easy, pleasurable trails for all to enjoy. There are also many more “private” and secluded “secret spots,” not to mention lakes and rivers to explore when the mercury puts the chill deep into your bones; indicating passage on frozen water is possible. Let the snow excite you and the cold air hold promise. When your are properly dressed and prepared, waxed up and ready to go, there is very little that compares to the simple pleasure of sliding on snow. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
Winterer’s Gathering
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By Kate Watson
Films for the Arctic film festival are presented Friday through Sunday, and include ethnohistoric, documentary, winter survival and family screenings. This year’s Saturday night feature is The White Dawn, filmed entirely on Baffin Island in 1974. It tells the story of three whalers who are rescued by the Inuit people in 1896, and the growing cultural tension that occurs during their stay. Some have called it “a National Geographic film with a plot.” The fun continues all weekend with many opportunities to take part. Stay all weekend in the harbourside tent camp, join the crowd for dinner on a stick, find some great deals or sell your stuff at the great gear and ski swap, lace up your mukluks for the snowshoe shuffle contra dance and dig in at the deep freeze chili feed www.northhouse.org
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Join the folks at North House Folk School in Grand Marais for the Winterer’s Gathering and Arctic Film Festival, November 18-21. It’s a weekend to celebrate the crafts, customs, landscape, history and stories of traditional life in the north. Drop in for hour-long seminars throughout the weekend on topics ranging from winter clothing and the bush knife to winter camping for women. Or sign up for inspiring, multi-day coursework in advance, and learn to make everything from sausage to moosehide and canvas mukluks or snowshoes. Featured instructors this year are Bushcraft legend Mors Kochanski, and writer, scientist and explorer Jon Turk. Kochanski and Turk will teach classes and give seminars during the weekend.
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The Inspired Lush Textures of Joyce Seppala’s Fall Collection
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The Celts. The Druids. The Land.
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It’s a Thursday evening at Ruby Moon on Cumberland. The smell of rosemary floats through the air. Chandeliers hang and candles flicker on white tablecloths. A few men dot the crowd of mostly women eating from the new fall menu, waiting for the new line of fashion by Joyce Seppala. Inspired by a recent trip to Europe, “It was canopies. It was gypsies. It was patios, the Celts, and the Druids,” says Seppala. “I love this earth tone palette and if you choose the right colours and shapes they’ll never date.” DJ Miss Temperence spins electronica live while models of all shapes and sizes strut to the music, featuring one-of-a-kind investment pieces: sculptured jackets with high cosy collars, long flowing dresses, skirts and coats in deep reds and pinks, moss greens, earthy browns. There are layers of “flounce and flow” texture: felts, ruffled sleeves and collars, fuzzy sweaters, lace details, sheer sheaths, funky patchwork, hand painted silk scarves and swaying sparkly frocks. To find out more about Seppala’s fall collection visit www.joyceseppaladesigns.com or her shop at 508 East Victoria. TJ
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The Cost of Saving Energy By Larry Hogard
Heating a home can be very expensive. We pay for the heat we use and a lot of heat can be lost through air leakage and lack of insulation. Up to 70% of heat loss can occur through air leakage from old windows and poorly sealed doors, walls, ceilings and basements. This can be controlled with caulking, weather stripping, gaskets and air/vapour barriers. Be careful and don’t make your home too airtight. Ventilation is important for healthy living and controlling moisture. Insulation levels are essential for maintaining an affordable and comfortable home. Under-insulated homes allow heat to escape more easily, but heat loss is greatly reduced when insulation levels are increased.
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The most important area for insulation in a home is generally the attic, but basements and crawl spaces can lose a lot of heat through exposed concrete and through foundation floors, walls and headers.
Here are a few suggestions for helping you and your home save energy: The home heating season is here and there are many simple tips for saving energy that can help you make your home feel more comfortable and reduce the cost of electricity, hot water and space heating. Small-scale energy savings are easy to do and the only requirement is a little common sense.
• Seal and weather-strip around windows, doors, attic hatches, electrical outlets and floor/wall/ceiling joints
• Insulate ductwork and piping in unheated areas • Insulate water tanks and plumbing pipes to reduce heat loss and energy consumption • Use low draw lights and appliances (look for the Energy Star label) • Turn off anything that uses power when not in use • Install timers for lights, exhaust fans and block heaters for your vehicles • Upgrade to a high efficient heating system or a tankless hot water heater to lower your energy bill. • Be aware of your power usage and teach your children about the cost of saving energy The truth is simple …you have to make change to see change. Personal habits play a large role in how energy is consumed, conserved or wasted, but it doesn’t have to take much effort or money to achieve results. Provincial Government grants are still available for upgrading the energy efficiency of your home. These incentives end on March 31, 2011. Go to www.mei. gov.on.ca and link to The Ontario Home Energy Savings Program.
question of the month I just heard that Health Canada has declared BPA a toxic substance. How do I know what products contain BPA, and how can I avoid exposure? It is a little frightening when a widely used substance is suddenly declared toxic. This process began last March when Canada introduced a prohibition on the advertisement, sale and importation of BPA-containing polycarbonate baby bottles. But BPA is used in many other products, including polycarbonate water bottles, five-gallon water coolers, printer inks and toners. It’s in the thermal receipt paper used by most gas stations and supermarkets, where it can rub off paper into our hands and mouths. But the most common route of exposure is through canned foods— BPA is used to make the silvery plastic lining inside the cans.
The declaration as a toxic substance should soon force manufacturers to find alternatives for packaging foods. In the meantime, choose fresh foods when possible, followed by dried or frozen. When shopping for packaged foods, choose glass jars, aseptic boxes (ie. Tetrapaks) or less toxic plastics. Safer plastics include those with recycling numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5. To learn more about BPA, you might want to google an excellent report called “No Silver Lining,” a BPA study published by the U.S. National Workgroup for Safe Markets.
What’s the problem with BPA? It’s a hormone-disrupting chemical, and exposure of animals to low doses of BPA has been linked to abnormal behavior, diabetes, heart disease, developmental and reproductive issues, obesity and early puberty, a risk factor for breast cancer. The Walleye
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1425 Walsh Street West • 622-0007 • www.excaliburmotorcycleworks.com Restrepo is good for so many reasons I find it hard to think of just one to share. I only wish I had been able to see it with one of my many friends who has been or is still in the service so that I could get their opinion on it. I would like to know how open and honest they think the scenes are, because I felt that there was no possible way the footage chosen could have been anything but. This was no “feelgood” movie. This was no gloss job. The film is made up of footage shot over a year with the U.S. Army’s Second Platoon in a valley in Afghanistan. Interspersed are interviews with the platoon members during downtime a year later in Italy, talking about the events that happened during that time. I do not know how it is that the directors, Sebastian Junger, writer of “The Perfect Storm,” and Tim Hetherington, got the footage they did, and more than that, how they got it past the military censors. There is more than one scene I could not believe cameras were allowed to witness. A good example is the interaction of the platoon leader and the village elders, which at times did not show either in the best light.
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More powerful than the realism of the film or the better understanding it gives of a place that was once consigned to my imagination as no more than a dustbowl full of extras from Rambo III, is the evolution of the men (or boys) from cocky and playful SOBs to the pensive and worn beings they become. Remembering who was who was not anywhere near as hard as trying to think of which smiling face from a year earlier was this quiet and weary soldier talking in an interview a year later. Restrepo is a great film that everyone should see. It does not espouse war. It does not force an opinion down your throat. It does not use faceless narration (“Voice of God” techniques) to death, or offer the “both sides need to be presented” argument because there are no sides. There is no propaganda. There is no position or agenda. There is only the platoon, its men and the experiences they had, both good and bad. Watch it. P.S. You won’t be able to see it in Thunder Bay on the big screen. Wait until it comes out on video. Don’t worry; its magic won’t be lost on the small screen.
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The Environmental Film Network By Michelle McChristie
It is said that knowledge is the first step toward empowerment. When a small group of Thunder Bay residents saw a need for greater community awareness of environmental issues, they decided to take action. They started the Environmental Film Network (EFN) – a group of volunteers that selects and screens environmental documentaries, a growing genre in the film industry. Now in its fourth year, the EFN has shown over 30 films and conducted post-film discussions on such topics as genetically modified foods, plastics and agriculture. Last season, a Canadian film, Homo Toxicus, generated much discussion about the amount of chemicals in humans and the resultant health effects. Films are screened at the Lakehead Labour Centre on the fourth Wednesday of the month, except in December, and are always free (donations and volunteers are appreciated). The EFN is supported by local organizations with mutual interests and donations from audience members. On November 24, the EFN will present Maquilapolis – a film about the immediate and everlasting effects of industry on small indigenous communities. For details visit http://efilmnetwork. wordpress.com/ or call 475-3631.
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Cambrian Players, a local community theatre group consisting entirely of volunteers, has a motto: Theatre, for the love of it! And the love? Oh, it shows. Collaborating with AIDS Thunder Bay, Cambrian catapults into their 2010-2011 season with an ambitious play: The Laramie Project. The contemporary piece was written by MoisĂŠs Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project after a young gay man from Laramie, Wyoming, was horribly beaten, tethered to a fence and left to die. “The story is horrific,â€? explains director Michael Sobota. “There is no getting around it. And the descriptions of what happened to Matthew and how he was found are going to move people, but there is also humour and colour.â€? Because it is a docudrama, there is a moral challenge to be true to the script and the characters, but an ensemble cast of thirteen local actors - an engaging mix of stage veterans and performers who will tread the boards for the first time - are charged and ready.
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Hyer Also adding another layer of talent, local musicians are cued to bookend the play with a live instrumental: a song titled “The Fence� which was written by a Canadian singer-songwriter about the tragedy. “Doing any play is an enormous amount of work,� reveals Sobota, “but if you’re going to do a play, I believe there should be some reason why you’re doing it now and where you’re doing it. This one is of our moment; this is of our time. And I’m not under the illusion that theatre can change society, but it can wake them up and it can cause discussion and communication, and that’s what I believe The Laramie Project will do.�
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Where on Earth is my Bike? Steve Klassen
Paul Morralee’s new Bicycles for Humanity documentary is set in Africa. It premiered last month to a packed audience at The Paramount theatre in Thunder Bay. By Tiffany Jarva who traveled to Zambia and Namibia this past winter to capture on film how the donated bikes were being used - essentially an “audit” of the program. The 28-minute film follows bikes and the people using them, those maintaining them, and the micro-economies that spin off as a result. “This really is a film about the
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community in Africa,” says Morralee. “This is not our story. This is their story.” Morralee’s camera follows bikes travelling on dirt paths, on the streets commuting to work, and while in the hands of the mechanics. Bikes are used for hauling wood, for trips to the hospital and traveling miles upon miles to
attend school. “I’m a bike doctor now,” laughs one woman trained to be a bike mechanic. Another man smiles and strokes his bike, “I like to wash my bike.” The film uses only the words of the Zambia and Namibia community members, punctuated with lovely filming that includes the singing of school children and the
big blue African sky. Their message is clear: they love their bikes; they are thankful for their bikes; and the bikes are most definitely being used. To purchase a DVD of Where on Earth is my Bike? or to get involved as a volunteer with Bicycles for Humanity visit: www.b4hthunderbay.org
Tempting Providence: A Chunk of History Worth Seeing By Jacqueline Nelson
Canadian history is known for its laborious stories of people surrounded by hardship, cold temperatures and much suffering. Not so in Theatre Newfoundland Labrador’s production at Magnus Theatre of Tempting Providence. There may be hardship, but there is also happiness. There may be the cold, but there are warm Director Jillian Keiley’s critically-acclaimed Tempting Providence, about a British nurse known as the Florence hearts. There may be suffering, but Nightingale of the North, is currently playing at Magnus. there is friendship, acceptance and alL to R: Darryl Avalon Hopkins, Robert Wyatt ways a helping hand. Written by Robert Chafe and directed by Jillian Keiley, it’s a story about Myra Bennett, a British-born nurse known to Newfoundlanders as the Florence Nightingale of the North. After hearing of the need for nurses in rural communities in Canada, in 1921, she arrived in Newfoundland to begin a career where she delivered over 700 babies, set bones, saved limbs, extracted teeth, escaped tuberculosis and raised three children and four foster children. She never left again and died at the age of 100.
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For years the non-profit organization Bicycles for Humanity has been sending thousands of bikes to Africa with the intention of making a positive difference – but how much of a difference has been difficult to gauge. “The goal of this film is to look at the effect of our giving,” explains local filmmaker Paul Morralee,
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In Theatre Newfoundland Labrador’s production, Myra is played by Deidre Gillard-Rowlings who embodied the spirit of a steely woman whose sense of loyalty and duty to the people in her charge made her a lonely, old-fashioned hero. Her strength, determination and desire to truly help those isolated people who she would not leave until they had a decent road, shone clearly from this talented portrayal. She was well-supported by the ensemble cast of Darryl
Avalon Hopkins, Renee Hackett and Robert Wyatt Thorne. Aided only on set by a table, four chairs and a starched white sheet, these talented actors transformed the stage into numerous environments with a choreography that never once dropped the pace and rhythm of this story. The sheet became a bed, a sled, a crib, a boat, dough, a wedding dress and a newborn baby. The set simply portrayed the starkness of pioneer life and allowed the actors to bring forth raw emotion to capture the audience. As the second show of Magnus Theatre’s season, this critically acclaimed production should not be missed. As a person who has always wanted to visit the east coast of Canada, Tempting Providence’s portrayal of the welcoming people in Newfoundland with their undying spirit, just gave me one of the best reasons yet. Tempting Providence runs October 21 – November 6 at Magnus Theatre. The Walleye
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REVIEWS
OfftheWall Neil Young Le Noise
By Greg Carveth Le Noise brings together two expatriates of Canadian music, Neil Young as rocker and Daniel Lanois as producer/filmmaker. The tone achieved on Le Noise by Neil Young’s signature Gretsch (known as the White Falcon) is astonishing. This particular model of Gretsch has two outputs, one for the top three strings and one for the bottom three strings, which allows Lanois to alter the bass in post production while still maintaining the integrity of Young’s tone. The resulting heaviness lends itself well to some songs but makes others feel like they’ll never end. The highlight of the album is the beautiful and poignant acoustic ballad called “Love and War,” where Neil says in a forthright manner, “I sang for justice and I hit a bad chord / but I still try to sing about love and war.” Accompanying this album is a stylish video, shot on location at Lanois’ studio in Silver Lake, California.
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Le Noise Documentary By Patrick Thompson
If you are looking for the “Making of…” documentary, you may as well buy the deluxe version of the album. The separate documentary you find on iTunes is not a documentary but a one-man concert of the album. It’s probably the best way of experiencing the album if you have the 40 minutes it takes to watch it, translating what the experience of making the album must have been: producer extraordinaire Lanois had Young record in his L.A. home during a full moon, keeping him playing through the night. The house is apparently one large sound playground and resonates to make a more stage-like tone, and the doc’s picture resonates with the music. Pure fun for Young fans.
Beer Wars
DVD By Michelle McChristie Beer Wars provides a reality-check for beer drinkers everywhere. The film provides an insightful look into the David and Goliath dichotomy that is the American beer industry – a market in which two companies hold 80 percent of the control – one based in Belgium and one in South Africa. Director Anat Baron, a former general manager of Mikes Hard Lemonade, explores the American beer industry and reveals that a microbrew is not always what is seems. From her behind the scenes perspective, she profiles the trials and tribulations of two entrepreneurs that are struggling to establish and maintain a foothold in the beer market. One might think that there is such a glutinous demand for beer that there would be room for new breweries, particularly those on the smaller, craftier end of the spectrum. Beer Wars reveals this is not the case. Beer Wars also points to our unfettered demand for consumer goods, even when they are substandard, and the power of marketing. The movie will alter your perspective on those Superbowl commercials that are a screaming success – despite their neglect to specifically mention or describe the product.
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Bedouin Soundclash Light on the Horizon By Travis Setala
Light on The Horizon is Bedouin Soundclash’s fourth album, mixing reggae with modern rock, creating a very original sound. Compared to their last album, Street Gospels, Light on The Horizon is slower with more acoustic guitars and pianos, with a few upbeat songs like “Mountain Top” and “Elongo.” The album features new elements such as more vocal effects, violins, and a guest appearance from French singer/songwriter Coeur De Pirate on “Brutal Hearts.” With Light on the Horizon Bedouin Soundclash have embraced their reggae roots making it one of their best albums.
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By Travis Setala Canadian rapper Shad’s TSOL made the Polaris prize short list as one of the ten best Canadian albums of the past year. This nomination was well deserved, TSOL offers more than the typical Top 40 rap albums – he raps about politics, women’s rights, history and personal challenges. Shad (from London, Ontario) embraces his indie image by collaborating with indie rock stars like Brendan Canning and Lisa Lobsinger of Broken Social Scene. TSOL is defiantly one of the best rap albums this year and with Shad’s lyrical talents, it surely won’t be his last.
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At this past summer’s Live from the Rock folk festival, one of the standout acts was singer and guitar player Brock Zeman, touring with the very tasteful guitar and mandolin player Blair Hogan. It’s rare that performer and writer are blended into one. At the young age of twenty-eight, Zeman has already released seven albums of his own material, and toured relentlessly. A natural performer, he grabs the listener with a voice as gristly or warm as the song requires, in the same way as do Tom Waits and Steve Earle. Averse to love-struck ballads, Zeman sings honest folk music that delivers good stories. There are lots of them on this album about women, children, parents, lonely places, moving on, and coping with it all.
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Local Colour Art Gallery By Rebekah Skochinski It’s hard not to smile when you see the cheerful painted letters on the exterior of the new art gallery on Cumberland Street. True to its name, Local Colour Art Gallery features the work of more than 60 artists either from northwestern Ontario, or with a connection to the region. Lucio Coppolla, who also owns The Picture Store, is responsible for resurrecting the building as an art gallery, which opened officially just last month. “The artists desperately need a venue to sell their work, and this venue puts the money back into the artists’ hands because we don’t take a commission,” explains Coppolla. “Also, we are unique because of the size of the space and the fact that so many artists are working together under one roof.” Coppolla intends for Local Colour to be a creative centre where artists can hold workshops, teach classes, have studio space, and get a hit of inspiration. If you’re lucky, you might see an artist working in the “painter’s area” at the front window.
The gallery walls are covered with over a thousand pieces of artwork in a remarkable range of visuals: sketches, photography, etchings, paintings done in watercolour, oil and acrylic, and propped near one wall, a birch bark canoe. There is both variety and vitality in this new exhibit so leave plenty of time to wander. And be prepared for a pleasant punch of ‘local colour.’
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Kristy Cameron, a teacher and Métis artist, was born and raised in Atikokan, Ontario. Being surrounded by the beauty of the natural world has given her endless subjects to paint. “My eagle painting, which represents love, is my largest of the Seven Sacred Teachings, because it envelops all the teachings in it,” says Cameron. “It teaches us that we must love oneself in order to love others.” Cameron’s work is also available at Local Colour Art Gallery.
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Born and raised in Montreal, multiaward winning worldwide photographer Nathalie Daoust has devoted her art to unveiling the secrets hidden beneath the apparent stability of life. The aesthetic of Frozen in Time continues her visual exploration at the border between dream and reality. Her black and white photographs are taken with a pinhole camera and subsequently hand-coloured, exploring that which is found in the blurred image, the ghostly shadows and the blotted contours.
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theArts Pauline Horricks Light and shadow collide with texture in artist Pauline Horricks’ collagraph plaster prints. This printing alternative is a unique medium that involves attaching objects with glue gesso to a plate - such as feathers and sand - to develop depressions that will trap the ink once exothermically transferred to plaster. The pale glow juxtaposed against charcoal recesses produces an aged etherealness that portrays both strength and a fragile sensuality - much like a fossil. Thematically, Horricks’ work seeks a source for inspiration and identity that is rooted in nature. Influenced by an early childhood spent on a remote island in northern Ontario, her single-minded solitude is felt in each embedded edge. Pauline Horricks’ work is on display at Local Colour Art Gallery and 8 Broadway Art Gallery in Grand Marais. Her work can also be viewed at www.paulinehorricks.com.
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Remembrance Day Wear Your Poppies with Humble Respect
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By John-Paul Marion Yes, November. They say that April is the cruelest month but November certainly places a challenge in this part of the world for that title. Barren and beautiful, the daylight becoming progressively shorter, the cold air begins to penetrate the earth. With low angle sun and leafless trees we see further with a magical display of colour between water sky and land. As the ground freezes we cannot deny the season to come. It is in this eleventh month on the eleventh day at the eleventh hour that we remember our fallen people in the name of war. We must not forget the cold disease filled trenches our forefathers fought in during WWI. We must remember the incredible
contribution of young Canadian soldiers battling Hitler’s war machine in WWII. These two world wars were hell, yet they gave rise to the life we know today.
engaged in the Afghanistan conflict, with many casualties and wounded survivors. We must wear our poppies with them in mind as well.
It has been more than two generations since conscription (the draft) in our country. We do not know (en masse) the realization of going off to war as a duty. This is what Remembrance Day is all about. A young growing nation accepted the responsibility to put lives on the line alongside allies in a common battle.
Whether we agree with war or not does not stop it, but we can show respect for those who have offered their ultimate sacrifice. When we hear the bugle on Remembrance Day, all should be humbled.
Our veterans have since participated in the Korean war, Vietnam war, Bosnia, Rwanda and countless other peacekeeping missions. For the past eight-plus years our men and women soldiers have been actively
And in the positive light of this transitional month, seek out the incredible story of the Christmas truce of WWI when German and Allied soldiers sang songs together from their trenches, played soccer on the muddy battlefield and pledged to shoot overhead until ordered to draw back. Wear your poppies with humble respect.
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November 2, 7 pm
November 6, 8 pm
November 13, 6pm
November 30, 7:30 pm
Tempting Providence by Robert Chafe
Documentary: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
A Wine Affair with Jim Cuddy
Save a Heart Ball
Moscow Ballet’s Swan Lake
Magnus Theatre Directed by Jillian Keiley, Tempting Providence is a play about Britishtrained nurse Myra Bennett, the “Florence Nightingale of the North,” who comes to Newfoundland in 1921 to fill the desperate medical needs in rural outpost communities. 807-345-5552 www.magnus.on.ca info@magnus.on.ca boxoffice@magnus.on.ca
Lakehead University, UC 1017 A documentary that explores the mystery of Japan’s age old love affair with insects through a labyrinthine meditation on nature, beauty, philosophy and Japanese culture. Admission is free. November 4, 7 pm & 9:10 pm
I Am Love NOSFA Film of the Month Silvercity Theatre
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Thunder Bay Iron Ore Dock Brook McIlroy Architecture
Thunder Bay Art Gallery Once a vital part of Thunder Bay’s industrial and economic heritage, the Iron Ore Dock (built in 1944) stands to this day, and will come to life once again in a special exhibition at the Gallery. Thunder Bay IOD is a conceptual plan including a panoramic photographic montage that invites viewers to experience a re-imagined waterfront park through sound, photography, video and light. 807-577-6427 www.theag.ca amackay@theag.ca Until November 20
“Mind’s Eye”-Janice AndrewsRegional-Gallery 2
Definitely Superior Art Gallery 250 Park Ave./Suite 101 First solo exhibition of abstract paintings. Andrews explains, “I try to capture the essence of that fleeting moment of magical light and colourful forms as they filter through my mind and senses, emerging as an emotional, spiritual and physical journey on canvas.” www.definitelysuperior.com
Until November 20
“Big, Bang, Boom” -Blu-Italy-Gallery 3
Definitely Superior Art Gallery 250 Park Ave./Suite 101 Blu is a critically acclaimed International artist. Considered an “urban surrealist,” Blu’s aesthetic search is motivated by a belief in an open source philosophy, persistent in its revolt against contemporary art conventions. www.definitelysuperior.com Until November 20
“Frozen In Time”-Nathalie Daoust-Quebec-Gallery 1
Definitely Superior Art Gallery 250 Park Ave./Suite 101 An international artist/multi awardwinning photographer, Daoust explores the indefinable realm between truth, fantasy and the human desire of escapism. A critically acclaimed artist featured in major galleries/magazines worldwide. www.definitelysuperior.com
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November 4, 7pm
Annual Chinese Auction
CLE Grounds The Thunder Bay Hill City Kinette Club is hosting their 6th Annual Chinese Auction. Tickets are $5, including beverages and snacks. November 5, 9 pm
World Vision Dinner/Dance/ Auction “Helping Hands for Haiti”
Valhalla Inn World Vision’s Thunder Bay district volunteer group will be hosting “Helping Hands for Haiti,” a dinner/ auction/dance to help Haitians rebuild and refurnish schools in their country. Enjoy a delicious meal and dance to the music of “In Denial,” $65.00 Admission (807) 933-4220 www.hopeforallkids.ca November 5 – January 9
Opening Reception: November 5, 7:30 pm “O’pltek (It is Not Right)” Ursula A. Johnson
Thunder Bay Art Gallery Ursula A. Johnson’s solo exhibition, O’pltek (It is Not Right) draws on traditional Mi’kmaw practices with basketry weaves to create a series of works that not always adheres to conventional basket form. 807-577-6427 www.theag.ca amackay@theag.ca November 5 – December 12
Opening Reception: November 5, 7:30 pm “Don’t Eat the Fish” Christian Chapman
Thunder Bay Art Gallery Christian Chapman’s Don’t Eat the Fish exhibition features large-scale, mix media paintings. Champman uses a “Don’t” maxim for each piece, and includes a wide-range of silk-screened images of political leaders, wellknown icons and actors, as a way of examining the contemporary world. 807-577-6427 www.theag.ca amackay@theag.ca
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium This is Thunder Bay’s 12th annual premier wine tasting and auction. Enjoy food and wine from around the world. Jim Cuddy will perform an acoustic “stage door” show. Tickets are $12 for A Wine Affair and Jim Cuddy or $75 for the concert alone. 807-684-4444 boxoffice@tbca.com www.tbca.com November 6, Doors Open at 5 pm; Dinner at 6 pm
An Evening of Fabulous Food & Marvelous Music of India
Italian Cultural Centre 132 S Algoma Street The Raag-Rung Music Circle invites you to come out to their annual evening of fabulous food and great music from India – an annual fundraising dinner in support of cancer research and bursaries for engineering students. Featuring Rhythms of India by Mrdangam Viruoso. Gift draws for every table. $60 per person ($5 off for seniors, students and a full table of 10). 807-577-5641 Raag-RungMusicCircle@shaw.ca www.Raag-RungMusicCircle.com
Valhalla Inn Includes a gourmet dinner, live auction and music. All proceeds support the Northern Cardiac Fund. Tickets are $125 each at tables of 10. 807-345-4673 www.healthsciencesfoundation.ca November 13, 8 pm
Fundraiser for Special Olympics in Thunder Bay
Dance to the tunes of Sensational Hotrods in support of Special Olympics in Thunder Bay. Tickets are $10 in advance. Available at Valente's, Fountain Tire, Twinport Tire and Superior Credit Unions. 807-983-2421
At 11 am on the 11th, Thunder Bay ceremonies will be held at Lakehead University, Fort William Gardens, the Waverley Park Cenotaph and the Mount McKay Scenic Lookout. November 12 – 15
Port Arthur Curling Club The top men’s curling teams in Northern Ontario will play for cash prizes and earn a spot in February’s Northern Ontario Men’s Curling Championship. The Superspiel is open to all competitive rinks, including women’s, junior or mixed rinks. 807-345-3405 cpgapro@hotmail.com www.majorleaguecurling.com
A Day of Yoga
St.Paul’s Anglican Church Instuctors Kaija Makinen and Colleen Sadler introduce Kripalu Yoga Flow and a Yoga Flow for Challenged Backs. Includes dinner and workshops. General admission is $100, students are $80. 807-622-2764
Rob Szabo - Marley Giunta Unitarian Hall
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Grand Marais Celebrate the crafts and customs of the North. Workshops a winter camp, gear swap and evening films. 888-387-9762 into@thenorthhouse.org www.northhouse.org
November 20, 10 am
Artisans Northwest & Potters’ Guild – Show and Sale Valhalla Inn You will find everything from handmade clothing to paintings and carvings. The show will be open from 10 am – 6 pm on the 20th and 10 am – 4 pm on the 21st. The Thunder Bay Potters’ Guild has slightly different hours- 5 pm on the 20th and open at noon on the 21st.
20th Annual Bluegrass Weekend Lutsen Resort Lutsen, MN $-Various, All Ages Nov 5
GarthMania On Fire The Outpost $25, 19+
Josh Cockerill Band Black Pirates Pub Nov 6
Consortium Aurora Borealis The Romantic Muse: The Poetic Piano
St. Paul’s United Church Donation, All Ages
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Garoyles Grille & Ale November 6
Hair Metal Haven IV Black Pirates Pub $5, 19+ Nov 8
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Nov 4
Northhouse Folk School Winterer’s Gathering
November 20-21
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Begins at the Community Auditorium, down Memorial to CLE This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Christmas Parade – the official kick-off to the holiday season. The parade attracts approximately 20,000 spectators. www.parotary.com
Remembrance Day
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Rotary Christmas Parade
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Mamma Mia!
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium The high-energy musical hit Mamma Mia! is coming to Thunder Bay. Sing along to ABBAs hits like Dancing Queen, Take a Chance on Me and I Have a Dream. 807-684-4444 boxoffice@tbca.com www.tbca.com
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Rob Szabo - Marley Giunta Lakehead University
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Roger Marin
The LOVE WAS HERE Tour - Christian Music
Mood indigo
TBSO - Mo & Jo
TBSO - Sing-Along Messiah
Nov 24
The Canadian Tenors
Jack’s $TBA
Wayling at the Wayland Hotel Wayland Hotel 19+
Exxxposed Drag Show Black Pirates Pub
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church $15.00
Kenny Loggins
Community Auditorium $75
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Italian Cultural Centre $13-Student, $30-General, All Ages Nov 13
Jim Hamilton
Gargoyles Grille & Ale
Art School Music/ Weight Anchors
Ryan Cook Trio
The Office/Crocks $15, 19+
Black Pirates Pub
Slick Idiot (with En Esch of KMFDM) Black Pirates Pub $TBA, 19+
Suitcase Sam Apollo
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Nov 18
City Sirens
Community Auditorium $13-Student/$37-General, All Ages
Black Pirates Pub
November 19
The Auditor General The Black Pirates Pub
The Office/Crocks $TBA Apollo Bar $TBA
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TBSO - Scandinavia
The Warped 45’s
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Nov 12, 13
Gargoyles Grille & Alle
Nov 20
SGFMS Presents Archie Fisher
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Jeremy Fisher
St. Paul’s United Church $13-Student, $20-General, All Ages Community Auditorium $55
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Jazz Reformers
Micheal Kaeshammer & Jill Barber
Gargoyles Grille & Ale
Community Auditorium $35
Norris
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Nov 29
Black Pirates Pub
Steve Brockley Band
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Unitarian Hall $20-25
November 26
Consortium Aurora Borealis An Elizabethan Evening
St. Paul’s United Church $13-Student, $35-General, All Ages
Nov 30
Carlo Cupello
Black Pirates Pub $TBA
St. Paul’s United Church Donation, All Ages
Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay with Flipper Flanagan Celebrate 98 Years and Counting
TBSO - Handel’s Messiah
Gargoyles Grille & Ale
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White Cowbell Oklahoma
Forever Dead
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