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DOWN WITH SOGGY SANDWICHES! 22
VOX POPULAR MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL 36
HER WORLD IS WORTH IMAGINING 50
EXPANDING MUSICAL HORIZONS 70
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Editor-in-chief Darren McChristie Editor Adrian Lysenko adrian@thewalleye.ca Assistant Editor Rebekah Skochinski Senior Editor Tiffany Jarva Copy Editors Amy Jones, Bonnie Schiedel
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Sandwiches! ■ 25 Savour Superior ■ 26 Vino Y Queso ■ 29 Fall Fun with Fermenting Veggies
ARCHITECTURE
■ 22 Down with Soggy
■ 33 Bang Bang ■ 34 Road Trip Movies ■ 36 Vox Popular Media Arts Festival
THE ARTS
■ 39 Reveal and CRIPSiE ■ 42 Recalibrating at the Light ■ 45 Untitled [Farmhouse] CITYSCENE
Ad Designers Dave Koski Miranda van den Berg Paige Guzzell
■ 46 Fluff and Fold and Beyond ■ 50 Her World is Worth
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■ 63 Celebrating the Seasons ■ 64 Duo Shifts Gears ■ 66 Road Songs ■ 69 Rae Spoon Marks Milestone ■ 70 Expanding Musical Horizons ■ 73 Mosh Pits and
CoverStory: Road Tripping ■ 16 Around the Biggest Lake in the World ■ 20 Roadside Attractions
Imagining ■ 53 My Simply Sweet Desserts ■ 54 Franco-Festival Returns ■ 59 Curated Fashion ■ 60 Road Trippin’ By the Numbers
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Hamburger Nips Terry Gillespie Great Lake Swimmers William Prince
■ 82 Nipigon Lookout Tower HEALTH
■ 84 Road Tripping GREEN
■ 87 Healthy Habits for
Back To School ■ 88 Lillie St. Urban Garden ■ 89 Future Farmers of NWO
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■ 94 To Everything There is
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■ 23 Drink of the Month ■ 48 Stuff We Like ■ 56 This is Thunder Bay ■ 80 Off the Wall Reviews ■ 90 Tbaytel September EVENTS ■ 92 Music EVENTS ■ 93 LU Radio's Monthly Top 20 ■ 96 The Wall ■ 97 The Beat ■ 98 The Eye
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iving in a remote city, I feel TBayers are a little bit more adventurous and willing to pack up everything and hit the road at a moment’s notice. I remember my summers during college hopping in my friend’s pick-up truck and touring places like Fort Frances, Emo, Sioux Lookout, and Red Lake, or going south down Highway 61 into the States on a whim. Because our neighbouring communities are more spread out than those of our neighbours to the south, a road trip is an ideal way to visit these hidden gems. With summer not over just yet, we dedicate our September issue to road tripping. We look at 12 communities in Northwestern Ontario and Minnesota that we think are worth the drive, letting you know where to stay, where to eat, and what to do. As part of the cover story, Ayano Hodouchi Dempsey explores the Lake Superior Circle Tour. Plus, from a hitchhiking Bigfoot to a man-carrying mosquito to the world’s largest snowman, we look at some roadside attractions within driving distance.
Keeping with our theme, our music columnist Gord Ellis shares his four favourite songs for touring down the highway, Stuff We Like features some items for your travelling adventure, and film columnist Michael Sobota explores road trip movies. Also, in this issue, Sabrina Nordlund previews Sleeping Giant Folk Music Society’s first concert of the season featuring the Juno award-winning folk and country singer-songwriter William Prince, Krista Power digs into the details about the upcoming food and drink festival Savour Superior, and we get a sneak peek at the Vox Popular Media Arts Festival. So buckle up, roll down the windows, and put on your favourite playlist as you read the September issue. In the words of Clark Griswold from National Lampoon’s Vacation: “Everybody in the car... or perhaps you don’t want to see the second largest ball of twine on the face of the earth, which is only four short hours away?” Or in our case, the world’s largest snowman. - Adrian Lysenko
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On page 68 of our August issue (Vol. 9 No. 8), we incorrectly featured the band The Back Forty rather than Back Forty. We apologize for any confusion this might have caused.
Featured Contributor Ayano Hodouchi Dempsey Journalist, translator, and classically trained pianist Ayano Hodouchi Dempsey lived in New York, Moscow, and Tokyo before making Thunder Bay her home four years ago. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has written about music, food, and the arts. Other gigs have included making up horoscopes for a magazine, working in a Soviet-era truck factory, and playing on other musicians’ nerves by penning a regular humour column about classical music. She is currently a big fan of growing potatoes.
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1 Hymers Fall Fair September 2 & 3
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A Labour Day weekend tradition that dates back to 1912, the Hymers Fall Fair is one of our favourite ways to celebrate local harvest and to prepare for the changing season. This true classic country fair has it all: lively boot-stomping music, horse and cattle shows, neighbourly competitions (like who can bake the best pie), as well as plenty of delicious food, from concession stands to the sit-down home cooked meals served in the dining hall. On Sunday it’s slow-roasted deep pit BBQ beef and on Monday it’s a traditional turkey dinner. Carpool or take the bus, which will take you to Hymers and back for just $5 a head. Catch the country spirit! hymersfair.com
Grand Marais
Enjoy some sweet sounds south of the border with the Radio Waves Music Festival in scenic Grand Marais. This outdoor live music festival showcases a lineup of north shore musicians and a range of styles from rock and folk to jazz, country, and swing. There are two stages and a dance floor housed underneath a tent for when the music moves you. Drive down for the day or take advantage of the on-site camping. Admission at the gate is $10 per day and $20 for the weekend, and free to children ages twelve and under. Pets are welcome. The event is on rain or shine so pack an umbrella and your wellies just in case! wtip.org
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One night. Five venues. Great music. Show your support for the local music scene and CILU radio by attending this annual event featuring a slew of talented acts like Greenbank, Morning Light, Arley Hughes, DJ Luv, and Miss Temperance. Ten bucks gets you a wristband and access to all five venues (The Foundry, Black Pirates Pub, Red Lion Smokehouse, The Sovereign Room, and Crocks). Visit them all, get your passport stamped, and earn yourself an entry into a draw for an awesome door prize. Doors open at 9 pm, with the first acts hitting the stage at 10 and pumping the tunes until 2 am. Ride the music wave, support the airwaves! tbshows.com
September 13–16 Trinity Hall
Now in its 14th year, the Vox Popular Media Arts Festival (an evolution of the Bay Street Film Festival) will screen over 55 films in this year’s lineup. Film buffs can choose from a variety of short and feature-length films including titles by local filmmakers—Northern Meltdown and Bringing Jazzy to the Top. In addition to the screenings, there is a multimedia component that will include performance art, art installations, music, and workshops. Make sure to attend the after-party at the Urban Abbey for live music, beer, and the electronica and pow wow techno sounds of Classic Roots. Visit the website for the full schedule.
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Now in its sixth year, the annual threeday Franco-Festival takes place on the final weekend in September. This free festival kicks off with a concert performed by Montreal-based Le Winston Band that fuses rock with zydeco and Cajun influences. On Friday, DJ UNPIER will spin a dance party for high school-aged kids. Plus there’s a movie screening of a Quebec comedy, La grande séduction, a yarn bombing, a photo exhibition, and a whole lot more. Festivities will wrap up with a street concert on Van Norman with fiddle-based Franco-Ontarian group Ariko. Don’t miss this celebration of French-Canadian heritage and culture! francofestival.com
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on’t let people tell you that Thunder Bay is a city in the middle of nowhere. With towns known as the “canoeing capital of Canada,” “Lake Superior’s playground,” or even the “Norseman capital of the
world,” there’s plenty to see and do in our nearby Northwestern Ontario communities, as well as across the border in our sister state Minnesota. And just because we’re in the last month of the summer it doesn’t mean your wanderlust has to
stop—with changing colours and cooler temperatures, fall is one of the best times to hit the road. We’ve featured 11 communities and tracked down what to do, where to stay, and what to eat. So buckle up and safe travels!
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Municipality of Greenstone
Surrounded by the boreal forest, lakes, and rivers, Geraldton and the Greenstone area is— scratch that, was—one of northern Ontario’s best-kept secrets. What to do? Canoeing, fishing, hunting, hiking, and ice climbing are some of the activities in the area. The Discover Geraldton Interpretive Centre is a great stop showing the community’s rich history from the Hudson Bay Fur Traders to the gold boom that helped form the town. The centre also has various art on display and for sale including original paintings, beadwork, handmade snowshoes, apparel, wood carvings, and more.
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Where to eat? With all the fish in the nearby waters (walleye, pike, trout, bass and perch, to name a few) go catch something and prepare a shore lunch or dinner. Many resorts and outfitters (like Wild Goose Lake) have fish cleaning facilities. But if you’re on the road and don’t have time to fish, Longlac Pizzeria deep-fried pizza pops are delicious.
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Where to stay? Since 1956, Wild Goose Lake Resort has been an ideal getaway for family vacations. Visitors can relax in modern cottages, enjoy the beautiful, 500-foot sandy beach, or explore the various pristine waters of nearby lakes and rivers. The resort also has boat and canoe rentals and a general store.
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Nipigon
Located on the edge of the Nipigon River and right off the Trans-Canada Highway, Nipigon is a great base for all seasonal outdoor adventures. What to do? Nipigon is an angler’s dream, with world-class fishing on Lake Superior and countless other lakes and rivers. Download a map of the top fishing spots from the Township’s website, or book a guided trip. In the summer you can eat your fill of berries at the annual Blueberry Blast Festival and hang out with the family at Paddle-to-theSea Park. And it’s warm now, but winter is coming, and Orient Bay north of Nipigon offers some of the best ice climbing around. Where to stay? For a truly unique camping experience, book a “tentsile” (it’s like camping in a hammock!) at the Natural Edge EcoPark at the Nipigon Marina. Regular tenting and RV spots also available. There are several budget-friendly motels along the highway, most of which are also pet-friendly. Where to eat? The Edgeview Restaurant is a complete gem: great service, great views, and fantastic food. La Luna Café & Bakery is an ideal spot to pick up lunch and a coffee.
Red Rock
What to do? Live from the Rock Folk Festival, held every August, is a must—a weekend filled with fantastic music, art, and people. The Marina has a splash pad and playground, making it a great spot for a picnic with kids. Check out the wildlife exhibits and virtual submarine tour at the Marina’s interpretive centre, which includes fascinating info about a WWII POW camp once located there. The Nipigon River Recreation Trail, which connects Red Rock and Nipigon harbours, offers stunning views of the lake.
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Nestled between low mountain vistas and the rugged shore of Lake Superior, Red Rock is a picturesque little town just an hour’s drive east of Thunder Bay.
Where to stay? The historic Red Rock Inn has recently reopened for guests. Individuals and groups can also book a stay at the Quebec Lodge, a 1930s log home overlooking Nipigon Bay. Where to eat? It may be the only place in town, but you can get a great burger and fries at the Marina Restaurant—it’s simple and delicious home-cooked food.
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CoverStory Known as the canoeing capital of Canada, Atikokan is not only at the doorstep to the world- famous Quetico Provincial Park, but has a lot to offer for outdoor enthusiasts. What to do? With 2,000 lakes and 460,000 hectares of remote wilderness, you could probably paddle dozens of times in Quetico Provincial Park and not take the same route twice. Closer to town on the edge of Atikokan, the Charleson Recreation Area offers many trails for motocrossers, four-wheelers, mountain bikers, horseback riders, snowmobilers, anglers, hikers, picnickers, snowshoers, and skiers to enjoy.
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Where to eat? In town, dine at the White Otter Inn for their pan-fried pickerel. Travellers would be missing out if they didn’t stop by Quetico North Outfitters for their famous butter tarts.
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Where to stay? Quetico has three rustic cabins available for rent. They each sleep up to four people and occupants get full use of park facilities such as visitor services activities (seasonal), hiking and ski trails.
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Don’t let the small population fool you (65 in 2017)—Rossport is a must stop on the North Shore of Lake Superior for nature lovers. The village overlooks the beautiful Rossport Islands archipelago (the largest on Lake Superior) and is a paddler’s paradise. What to do? Canoeing, kayaking, fishing, boating, train-watching, bird-watching, and hiking on the trails like the world-renowned and rugged 53-kilometre Casque Isles Hiking Trail, which links Rossport and Terrace Bay.
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Where to eat? Overlooking the shores of Lake Superior, Serendipity Gardens Café is a quaint fine dining restaurant. Inside, customers are surrounded by local artwork or, if the weather permits it, you can eat in the outdoor patio section which has a whimsical garden setting. The café is known for its fresh lake trout and large portions. Don’t miss out.
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Where to stay? It doesn’t get any closer to the water than B&B on the Beach. Located just 5 km from Rossport, this bed and breakfast (which is open year-round) is an original log cabin renovated with a three-storey addition for guests. The B&B is motorcycle-friendly but not pet-friendly.
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Terrace Bay
What to do? Towering over 100 feet tall, the Aguasabon Falls and Gorge is a must see for those in the area. The boardwalk to the falls also serves as an entry point to the scenic Casque Isles Trail. Travellers with some time on their hands can charter a boat to the 7-kilometre-wide archipelago Slate Island Provincial Park, where the woodland caribou still roam. Or if you’re looking to take it easy, just relax on the gorgeous sandy beach.
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With plenty of fishing, kayaking, boating, and hiking, the charming small town of Terrace Bay is known as Lake Superior’s playground for good reason.
Where to eat? Drifters Restaurant is an excellent roadside stop. The menu is varied and features old school Italian recipes, steak, seafood, and more. If the sun is shining, enjoy your meal on the outdoor patio area overlooking the lake and lighthouse.
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Where to stay? If you’re visiting during the first half of September, Neys Provincial Park is roughly 40 minutes from Terrace Bay and one of NWO’s most spectacular parks. The park has nearly 150 car camping spots and a rustic camp cabin that sleeps four (but doesn’t allow pets). Reservations are recommended.
Kenora
With its prime spot on Lake of the Woods, Kenora bursts with energy during the warmer months when the city overflows with tourists, campers, cottagers, and those looking for a selfie with Husky the Muskie. What to do? Bring a boat, rent a boat, or hop on the MS Kenora and enjoy a gorgeous day on Lake of the Woods. Take in a concert at the harbourfront (including the legendary August long weekend Harbourfest party). Go for a stroll downtown to check out the neat little shops.
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Where to stay? Rent a camp or houseboat for the ultimate Lake of the Woods experience. Book a full-service fishing package with one of many area lodges. In town, the Clarion Inn Lakeside boasts great views of the harbour. Where to eat? A stop in Kenora wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Ye Olde Chip Truck (operating since 1957) for their world-famous fries. Lake of the Woods Brewing Company is a popular spot for a pint and excellent pub fare. For a lakeside dinner, try The Boathouse or The Cornerstone.
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Located literally at the end of the road, Ontario’s northmost town is rich with culture, history, and surrounded by pristine wilderness. What to do? Red Lake features world-class fishing and various canoe routes in the nearby Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. You can also rent a boat from Red Lake Marine and spend the day on the water. Plus, it’s home to the most northerly 18-hole golf course in Ontario. The Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre is well worth the visit, as it features a collection of art, including work by Norval Morrisseau, who lived there while creating his earlier pieces. Where to stay? Visitors have options, with three motels and a hotel, but the area also has dozen roadside camps on Highway 105. There’s also the Chukuni River Campground on the water, which has yurts to rent. Where to eat? The Lakeview Restaurant is a staple for delicious diner food and has been the town’s main place to eat and gossip for around 60 years. The Thirsty Moose Bar and Grill offers some great eats and has some brews from Lake of the Woods Brewery on tap. But if you’re hungry en route, stop at The Whiskeyjack in Perrault Falls (roughly an hour south of Red Lake), which is decorated with authentic bush memorabilia from around the area and features live music.
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Ely
A 3.5-hour drive from Thunder Bay, Ely is home to Minnesota’s gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Nestled in wilderness, Ely offers small-town comfort and several family-run lodges to use as home base for your outdoor adventure.
What to do? Get up close with wolves and take a “howling safari” at the International Wolf Centre. Explore hundreds of kilometres of water trails by canoe, and camp under the stars. Hike and bike through dozens of forested trails ranging from easy rambles to challenging treks. Book a dog sledding adventure and cozy up by the fire afterwards in your private cabin.
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Where to eat? Before heading out on a canoe adventure, fuel up with a huge breakfast from Brittons Café and grab a gourmet coffee to go at the Log Cabin Coffee Drive-Thru. Try Burntside Lodge for a touch of elegance in the woods, and since you can never go wrong with a grilled cheese sandwich, check out Gator’s Grilled Cheese Emporium.
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Grand Marais
It’s artsy, quirky, and a great place to stop for lunch on your way to Duluth. But with loads of great places to stay, cool shops, and excellent hiking trails, Grand Marais is worth a weekend trip on its own. What to do? Spend a laid-back morning sipping coffee and perusing local shops for unique gifts and artwork. Take a walk along the breakwall to the lighthouse while watching the waves roll in. Hunt for agate along the shore. Head out to nearby state parks for excellent hiking and mountain biking. Sign up for a traditional artisan class at the North House Folk School. Enjoy unique events throughout the year, including the Grand Marais Arts Festival in July and the Moose Madness Family Festival in October. Where to Stay? Vacation rental sites have tonnes of options for this area, from small Scandinavian-style studio cabins to six-bedroom log homes overlooking the lake. MacArthur House B&B has cozy, modern rooms for a romantic getaway, and the Art House B&B is warm and welcoming. There is also a great campground at the Marina. Where to Eat? Grand Marais has some of the best restaurants in Cook County. The Angry Trout Café is a must for fresh fish and locally sourced dishes. The Crooked Spoon Café and My Sister’s Place are both great options for family meals. And if you’re getting a pizza to take back to your cabin, it has to be the one and only Sven and Ole’s.
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Lutsen and Tofte are the resort towns of the North Shore, offering both outdoor adventure and indoor luxury. They’re perfect for a family ski vacation, romantic weekend, or a relaxing getaway with friends.
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What to do? Hit the slopes at Lutsen Mountains Ski and Summer Resort, with 95 runs and over 1,000 feet of vertical. Enjoy après-ski relaxation at the chalet. Unwind with a swim, sauna, or massage at a spa. Explore miles of cross-country and snowshoe trails from the door of your resort. No snow? Enjoy kayaking on the big lake and excellent hiking at parks like Temperance River State Park. Lutsen also has a half-mile alpine slide that offers thrills and spectacular views. Most resorts offer rentals for just about any activity you want to try. And don’t forget to book your tee time at the Superior National golf course. Where to stay? The Lutsen and Bluefin Bay resorts in Tofte offer a range of lodging options that are close to the hills but far enough to offer a relaxing, romantic getaway with excellent dining options, spa services, and lake views. For the ski-resort vibe, Caribou Highlands Lodge offers the best full-service experience and many pet-friendly condos. Where to eat? At the hill, grab a bite at Moguls Grille and Tap Room or Papa Charlie’s. The Coho Café & Bakery in Tofte makes the tastiest lunches and to-diefor desserts. Stop in for a wine or cider tasting at North Shore Winery & Sawhouse Mountain Cider House.
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Around the Biggest Lake in the World
The Grand Adventure of the Lake Superior Circle Tour By Ayano Hodouchi Dempsey
O
ver 2000 km of highway going through one province (Ontario) and three states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan) make up the route around the world’s largest freshwater lake, Lake Superior. The origins of the route go back a long way, and for as long as there have been roads around Lake Superior, there have always been adventurers exploring its shores. The route became more popular after the 1960s when paved roadways made travel much easier. To promote the circle tour, Superior Country, a non-profit marketing organization, created
a map to collect stamps along the route. Currently, there are six stamp locations around the lake and the requirements aren’t strict—you can collect the stamps in any order, and you can even do it over multiple years. (Tip: if you happen to arrive at a stamp location after it has closed, usually the next location can stamp it for you.) Many travellers complete the tour by car or camper/RV, but the route is hugely popular with motorcyclists as well. “For a lot of motorcyclists, the road is the destination, not just the stops along the way,” says Dan Bevilacqua, the executive
director of Superior Country. He has so far only known of one person to do it on foot. While Baby Boomers are the largest demographic attempting the circle tour, the adventure is gaining popularity with people in their 20s and 30s. The younger generation tends to spend plenty of time off the road, kayaking, hiking, and camping. Having fielded numerous questions about campgrounds on the route, Bevilacqua says his organization is compiling that information and it will be available next year. Three days is the bare minimum time required for the whole
loop, but that would mean almost no stops for sightseeing along the way (there was a motorcyclist who completed it in 21 hours—legally— but that’s not recommended). One to two weeks is suggested; however, time permitting, three to four weeks would be even better, allowing people to spend some time exploring towns and shores along the way. “One of the things I tell travellers is that each part of the circle tour, each shoreline is so unique, that it feels like you’re on several different trips in one. It’s absolutely fascinating,” says Bevilacqua. Gary Harma from Duluth has
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CoverStory completed the circle tour three times by motorcycle, in 2013, 2016, and 2018. He also took a trip around the lake as a teen with family and saw Terry Fox on his run. “The most compelling thing about the circle tour is there is so much to stop and see,” Harma says. Another reason he has done the trip multiple times is the weather—he ran into heavy fog along the Ontario portions of the route and missed seeing some of the most scenic areas of the lake. With autumn coming and fall colours creeping into the trees, now is a great time to go on this adventure. If
you’re in the mood to indulge, check out the adventure guide’s new “ale trail”—it has a map of 16 breweries you can visit en route. Start with the Lake Superior Circle Tour Adventure Guide to plan your trip, with maps, mileage charts, information about crossing the border and attractions and sights along the route. You can pick up the latest guide for free at your local tourism bureau, order a hard copy to be mailed to you ($5 for shipping), or download the PDF at superiorcircletour.com.
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Roadside Attractions By Adrian Lysenko
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magine driving all day along the TransCanada Highway and suddenly you come across a massive hitchhiking Bigfoot. No, you’re not entering The Twilight Zone, you’re just in Vermilion Bay. From the world’s largest snowman to Husky the Muskie
to a Volkswagen Beetle with spider legs, Northwestern Ontario features some truly eye-catching roadside attractions. Here are some of our favourites (and if we missed any of yours, let us know on social media).
Smokey Bear, Two Harbors, Minnesota Smokey tells visitors to “Prevent Forest Fires.” The U.S. Forest Service created the character in 1944 to educate people about the dangers of forest fires, and this 26-foot fibreglass monument was built in 1953 by Gordon Shumaker.
Buffalo, Duluth, Minnesota This large fibreglass buffalo sits near Interstate 35 outside of the aptly named Buffalo House Bar and Restaurant.
Lighthouse, Terrace Bay Standing as a 50-foot replica of the lighthouse on the Slate Islands Provincial Park, the monument was built in 2011 by the town as a symbol to its longstanding connection with the Slate Islands.
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Mosquito Carrying Man, Upsala
Pantless Pierre, Two Harbors, Minnesota
Maybe a commentary on how big the pesky skeeters get in NWO, this 16-foot-long, steel-andfibreglass mosquito is carrying a man and is also equipped with a knife and fork.
Since 1960, the 20-foot-tall voyageur has been standing tall, proud, and pantless. Last year, Pierre lost his entire right forearm due to a wind storm off Lake Superior, but since then seems to have healed from his injury.
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Husky the Muskie, Kenora
Volkswagen Spider, Kenora A little bit creepy but eye-catching nonetheless, the Volkswagen Spider is a strange tribute to the iconic Beetle. With its bright yellow paint and top hat, it kind of resembles Mr. Peanut.
Inukshuk, Vermilion Bay Named “The Pathfinder,” this Inukshuk was built in 2009 with locally quarried rose granite and is a bit larger than the average person.
This 40-foot-tall muskellunge located outside of the city’s McLeod Park was originally built in 1967 and underwent renovations in 1995. The monument’s slogan is “Husky the Muskie says ‘Prevent Water Pollution.” Husky also made an appearance in the Canadian film One Week.
The World’s Largest Snowman, Beardmore Sitting at 35 feet tall, this snowman accessorizes with the seasons, sporting sunglasses and a fishing pole in the summer and a scarf and curling broom in the colder months.
Max the Moose, Dryden Located right outside the tourist information area, Max, the mascot of Dryden, stands over 18 feet tall and is celebrated at the city’s aptly named Moosefest. This past July, the moose turned 56. Happy belated birthday, Max!
Hitchhiking Bigfoot, Vermilion Bay Also located in Vermilion Bay is an approximately 20-foot hitchhiking Bigfoot made of cement and iron, and apparently weighing 3,000 lbs. Rumour has it that over the years Bigfoot has been spotted wearing duds like Bermuda shorts, ear muffs, and even a Batman costume for Halloween.
The Big Sheep, Minnitaki Located outside of Egli’s Sheep Farm, the 9-foot-by-7-foot replica of the sheep was constructed in 1987 to attract passersby to visit the farm’s store, as well as the animal farm in the summer months.
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Food
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By Chef Rachel Globensky
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Applesauce muffin Kefir Banana
Smoothie made with yogurt, bananas, berries, and frozen diced squash
Raisin bread Sliced cheese Apple slices
Mac and cheese Veggies and dip Applesauce
Chili with shredded cheese Cornbread muffin Veggies and dip
Grilled cheese on whole wheat bread Baby carrots Peach
Ham, lettuce, and tomato on a spinach wrap Yogurt Grapes
Dry cereal with dried cranberries Milk
Half of a cinnamon-raisin bagel Applesauce Vanilla yogurt
Cherry tomatoes Grapes Hardboiled egg
Whole wheat wrap with hummus, peppers, and lettuce Clementine
Hummus Pita triangles Mini cucumber
Whole wheat pita with black beans, salsa, and cheese Cucumber slices
Tuna sandwich on whole wheat bread Tossed salad
Mushroom soup Whole grain crackers Strawberries
Cottage cheese Melba toast Watermelon
Muesli cereal Milk Blueberries
Ham and cheese string roll-ups Pickles Grapes
Banana muffin Yogurt Raspberries
Whole wheat pita with salmon salad Second Celery and Break carrot sticks
Chicken and vegetable soup Pear Whole wheat crackers
Whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce Meatballs
Teriyaki chicken and broccoli Brown rice Diced cantaloupe
Hamburger Whole grain bun Tomato and lettuce
Granola Yogurt Mixed berries
English muffin Canadian bacon Orange slices
Whole wheat breadsticks Greek yogurt dip Baby carrots Sugar snap peas
Pancakes with sunflower seed spread (eg SunButter) and sliced strawberries
Rice cakes Hummus Red and yellow pepper strips
Whole wheat flat bread roll-up with tomato sauce, spinach, pepperoni, and cheese
Pasta salad with ham and cheese cubes Cherries
Taco salad Mango chunks
Baked potato with cheese, Greek yogurt, and bacon bits Apple
Week 1
First Break
Week 2
Half of a whole wheat bagel with cream cheese Grapes Roasted chickpeas
Mushroom soup made with milk Second Half of a whole Break wheat bagel Blueberries
First Break
Morning glory muffin Pear Kefir
Baked beans with shredded cheese Second Whole grain Break crackers Veggies and dip
First Break
Week 3
A few things to keep in mind: • Keep cold things cold and hot things hot. An insulated lunch bag with a reusable ice-pack, frozen juice boxes, or even a frozen container of yogurt will work. Warm up a hot food container with boiling water for a few minutes before filling with piping hot soup/leftovers/etc. • Water really is the best thirst quencher, so send a refillable water bottle along every day. Plain, unflavoured milk/fortified soy beverage is good to serve alongside snacks and meals. Unsweetened 100% fruit juice is ok in moderation, but pop and energy drinks are not recommended for kids. • Despite your best efforts, some kids want to eat the same lunch everyday, and that’s okay. Be sure to provide other options at breakfast, dinner, and snack times, and the kids will be alright.
Down with Soggy Sandwiches!
First Break
Week 4
s much as I would love to spend my weekdays hustling in a busy test kitchen, trying out new recipes, I have a day (desk) job. I work in public health and absolutely love it. One of the best parts of my job is helping lead Cooking with Kids sessions for tweens. In class, we make things like pizza roll-ups, broccoli egg cups, and quinoa salad. The kids eat the stuff they make, and they love it. They can’t wait to show their families what they can do in the kitchen. September’s here, and the start of the assembly line of lunches is imminent (sorry). I’ve come up with four weeks’ worth of balanced school lunch ideas here, so if you’re not looking forward to 10 months of soggy sandwiches and bruised apples returning uneaten at the end of the day, clip out this chart and stick it to your fridge for inspiration when you need it. Also, get your littles to help with making their lunches for the next day— they’ll love to have a bit more control, and you’ll appreciate the help. Think of it as training for when they are solely responsible for making their own lunches.
Non-nut soy spread (eg WOW Butter) Pretzels Kiwi
Corn tortilla Second Shredded chicken Avocado and Break tomato
Tuesday Homemade granola bar Yogurt Pineapple chunks
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Story by Rebekah Skochinski, Photo by Adrian Lysenko We’re fully aware that the arrival of September signals the end of summer, but we’re not ready to bid farewell to this beloved season just yet. So we’ve sourced a super summery beverage from Bay Village Coffee. This recently renovated café has new owners who’ve created a laid-back beach house vibe that is incredibly friendly and fun. The steady stream of customers is your first clue that they’re doing something right. The second: the fact that they’ve invented an imaginative drink called the coffee sparkler. Using cold brewed coffee, house-made syrup, soda, and ice, the sparkler is available in a few flavours like orange, cherry, raspberry, and the one we chose: vanilla rose. It’s gorgeously floral, yet still subtle and sweet, with the coffee pick-me-up we needed and an uplifting effervescence we didn’t even know we wanted. Good to the last refreshing drop.
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Savour Superior Savour the Taste and the Spirits this September
Story by Krista Power, Photos by Matt Goertz
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alling all food and beverage connoisseurs! This fall, enjoy the best food and drinks that our community has to offer at Savour Superior, which will be dishing up delights once again at the CLE Coliseum on September 14 and 15. This popular regional event, now in its fifth year, has been a highlight on the local food and beverage scene for many foodies. The event features a sampling of different appetizers, desserts, and light bites offered up by local restaurants, chefs, and food producers, along with beverages from local craft brewers and winemakers. Your taste buds will be delighted with the many flavours! And there is more to this event than just the food—there will be great musical entertainment and a variety of culinary demonstrations and displays, providing for an experience that delights all of the senses. Tickets can be purchased online at savoursuperior.com for the evening of September 14, or the afternoon or evening session on
September 15. Tickets range between $30 and $50 depending on the time of the event you choose and if you take advantage of the early bird pricing. Your admission ticket includes 20 vouchers for samples to enjoy throughout your gastronomic adventure, and if your belly is not filled to the brim, additional vouchers can be purchased to enjoy more tasty goodness. This event is reserved for an outing with adults, and tickets are only available for those 19 and over. All of this fun is for a good cause, with proceeds going towards the Regional Food Distribution Association and the United Way. Funds are greatly needed by these important organizations working to support some of the most vulnerable people in our community. So you can feel good about eating yummy food and enjoying lip-smacking drinks all for a fantastic cause this month. Get in early and take advantage of early bird pricing until September 10.
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Food
Vino Y Queso By Jeannie Dubois, Certified Sommelier
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don’t know about you, but as the sun sets on the last days of summer, nothing beats sitting out in its rays, enjoying a cool, sweat-beaded glass of wine. Cliché or no, the best way to bring out all the beautiful nuances of that tasty glass of vino always ends up being a bright bit of cheese. All the rich, creamy, salty funk of a chunk of cheese seems to somehow heighten the bright, crisp, fruity, refreshing character of a smooth summer wine. The great thing about this pairing it that is requires no prep— just pop and pour, slice and enjoy. It’s as easy as hitting the Thunder Bay Country Market to pick up a piece from one of our lovely local vendors, or heading over to The Cheese Encounter to grab up a few fun varieties. Ask for Matt, he will never steer you wrong!
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Food
BREW IT YOURSELF
Fall Fun with Fermenting Veggies By Josh Armstrong, PhD, Certified Beer Judge
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here’s a wide variety of great beer styles that you can brew for the fall harvest season. But in addition to brewing beers like Oktoberfests or English Bitters, September is a great time for fermenting the extra vegetables from your garden or the local produce from the farmers’ market. Cabbages, carrots, peppers, radishes, turnips, celery root, and other veggies can all be transformed into scrumptious dishes using the art and science of fermentation. Like home-brewing, fermenting vegetables involves setting up the right environment and allowing
the fermentation process to do its magic. When making beer, the brewer uses yeast in the right temperature range to convert sugars from malted barley into alcohol and carbon dioxide. When fermenting vegetables, the brewer uses microorganisms naturally found on the food to convert sugars from the vegetables into lactic acid. This lactic acid then works to preserve the vegetables, makes the vegetables more digestible, and enhances their nutritional value, all the while making them extremely delicious. Many cultures around the world eat fermented vegetables in
one way or another. Germany has sauerkraut, typically made up of shredded green cabbage. Korea has kimchi—a mix of napa cabbage and other Asian vegetables heavily seasoned with chili powder and garlic. Another one of my favourites is curtido from El Salvador. Curtido is a lightly fermented mix of cabbage, carrots, and onions spiced with chili flakes and oregano and served with pupusas (if you haven’t had pupusas, head out of town now and find a pupuseria, you won’t be disappointed). And we can’t forget that Thunder Bay has Heartbeat Hot Sauce—a delicious hot sauce made from fermenting locally grown red habanero peppers. Learning how to ferment vegetables is easy and fun. Essentially, the process of fermenting vegetables involves chopping, adding a little salt, stuffing the veggies into jars, and then waiting. It’s so easy
that the waiting is the hardest part. To learn more details about vegetable fermentation, there are many great resources available online or at the bookstore. My favourite fermentation “guru” is Sandor Katz. In addition to authoring great books on fermentation like Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation, he has many instructional videos available on YouTube. Be sure to check Katz’s lecture in Harvard’s Science and Cooking Public Lecture Series. This fall, I’ve decided to brew up a batch of a classic sauerkraut with juniper berries and caraway seeds. The recipe will simply start off with finely shredding a head of green cabbage. Once shredded, kosher salt will be added to taste and I will then repeatedly squeeze the cabbage for the few minutes in a large bowl. The squeezing breaks down cell walls and allows the cabbage to release some water. From there, I will add 1 tbsp of juniper berries and half a tbsp of caraway seeds. The next step is to stuff the cabbage into jars, seal it up, and let it ferment. I’ll let this sauerkraut ferment in my cool basement for at least three weeks. The batch should be ready for this year’s Oktoberfest and will go nicely with some homebrewed beer and bratwursts from Brent Park Store. Making your own sauerkraut this September is a great way to learn more about fermentation, create great flavours, and give your gut microbiome a boost!
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FilmTheatre
Bang Bang
Magnus Theatre’s Season Kicks off with Play Tackling Relevant Themes By Pat Forrest Andrew Cecon
Jenni Burke
Meghan Swaby
Paul Dunn
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agnus Theatre’s main stage officially starts with Bang Bang, a drama by Dora Award-winning playwright, theatre director, and actress Kat Sandler. It deals with the hottest of today’s hot-button issues, like police brutality, voice appropriation, mental illness, and white male privilege. And none of these has a simple solution. Gripping and controversial, the story focuses on Tim (Paul Dunn), a white playwright who used the shooting of an unarmed young Black man by a police officer as the inspiration for his hit play. Complicating the matter is the fact that the police officer is also Black and the dramatization of the incident strays significantly from what really happened. Lila (Meghan Swaby), the officer, has left her job, is drinking and depressed and now staying with her mother, Karen ( Jenni Burke). When the play is optioned for a movie, the playwright decides to drop by Karen’s house to mitigate any backlash—even though Lila has steadfastly refused to talk to him. What follows next is at the same time intense, dramatic and wickedly funny. Tim’s arrival is followed
by that of Hollywood actor Jackie (Tarick Glancy) and his security guard Tony (Thunder Bay’s own Andrew Cecon). Jackie plans to appear in the film based on Tim’s play and is there to do research by meeting the very unimpressed cop whose experience inspired it all. Jackie tells her he’s there to “kind of figure out your motivations.” “I had read Kat’s play, Mustard, which really impressed me, but wasn’t right for this season at Magnus. I contacted her for any other works and she sent me a copy of Bang Bang, which was burning up the Toronto theatre scene at the time,” says artistic director Thom Currie. “I was hooked from the first page, and the play has only become more and more relevant, with recent news stories of cultural appropriation, blame, police violence, and the trappings of celebrity. I am very excited to share this play with Thunder Bay audiences. It’s going to be the show to see this fall.” Currie added that the cast members of Bang Bang are Canadian theatre luminaries. Bang Bang is at Magnus Theatre September 6–22.
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It’s easy … just follow these steps. • Clearly label items ‘FREE’. Place them on your lawn after 5 pm on Friday, Sept 14. • Keep items that aren’t ‘give aways’ like bikes, toys and tools well away from the curb to prevent misunderstandings. • On Sunday, remove all uncollected items by 7 pm. Items left at the curb are subject to enforcement as per City By-Laws. They will not be collected by the City. • Tour your neighbourhood to see what great deals you can find. • Post your items on social media using the hashtag #TbayTreasureDays to be able to share and explore treasures throughout Thunder Bay!
For more inFo: contact infrastructuare & operations at 625-2195 or visit thunderbay.ca/treasuredays
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FilmTheatre The Second Most Pleasurable Thing We Do In the Dark. A Column About Movies
Road Trip Movies
By Michael Sobota
I’d give each one of ‘em a stick, one for each of ‘em, than I’d say, “You break that.” ‘Course they could real easy. Then I’d say “Tie them sticks in a bundle and try to break that.” ‘Course they couldn’t. Then I’d say “That bundle…that’s family.” -Alvin (Richard Farnsworth) to Rose (Sissy Spacek) in The Straight Story
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very movie is a journey—mentally, spiritually, and sometimes physically. Road trips provide an immediate cinematic structure for great journey stories. It has been such pleasure taking these rides again in preparing this column. Here are five movie road trip gems:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Frank Capra directed two of Hollywood’s biggest stars in this road trip story that takes place mostly on a bus and in a memorable motel. Elie (Claudette Colbert), a feisty heiress, escapes the constraint of her father by swimming from his yacht and hopping on a bus to rendezvous with her fiancé (Jameson Thomas) in New York. On the bus, she encounters and bargains with Peter (Clark Gable), an unemployed reporter. He will get his help; he will get her story. What Capra delivers is a sassy, witty caper story with that famous motel scene and a busload of strangers singing “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.” The script and the performances are full of energy and sarcasm (and 1930s sexism).
Arthur Penn’s fifth feature was his breakout film. Nominated for ten Oscars (it won two), it transformed narrative cinematic storytelling and provided a controversial, romantic, and brutal slow-motion conclusion that would go on to be copied in hundreds of future action films. Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) and Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) were based on real-life American bank robbers. They rode around the Depression-era Deep South in mostly stolen cars, robbing banks enroute, and occasionally giving some of their loot away to povertystricken farmers and town folk. This movie challenged my young moral compass (I was in my 20s and still in university when I first saw it) because it made crime, violence, and murder charming and, well, romantic. And it did that with realism, not fantasy or fiction. Its power holds today.
Easy Rider (1969) Director, co-writer, and featured actor Dennis Hopper created a film that quintessentially captures its era. The 60s have come to represent a decade of excess: drugs, sex, and rock and roll, ending with that most exquisite excess, Woodstock. Billy (Hopper) and Wyatt (Peter Fonda) take off from Los Angeles on their monster road bikes enroute first to New Orleans and ultimately Florida. Along the way they encounter some of the same types of people and socio-economic conditions that Penn had portrayed in Bonnie and Clyde, set three decades earlier. They also encounter Jack Nicholson in his breakthrough role as a simultaneously shrewd and innocent alcoholic lawyer, who rescues them from jail. Reviewing the film, I was amazed how well it holds up. Made on a shoestring budget of approximately $400,000, it grossed more than $60 million within two years of its release.
And here are five more great road trips that you can indulge without leaving your own living room: Thelma and Louise (1991), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Nebraska (2012).
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The Straight Story (1999) This little-known gem by David Lynch gives Canada’s own Richard Farnsworth his greatest screen role. He plays Alvin. We first hear Alvin before we see him. In the opening sequence, Lynch’s camera moves around the outside of a small house and we hear someone fall. Alvin is 73 years old and dealing with several physical challenges. He is also mentally troubled by how badly he treated his older brother (75-year-old Lyle, played by Harry Dean Stanton in a moving, climatic scene) years ago. No longer able to drive, Alvin embarks on a road trip from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, traveling on a lawn mower. His goal is reconciliation with his brother. Along the way, Lynch shows us very similar characters to the ones Penn and Hopper revealed in their earlier road stories, only this is on a very different, seldomseen route. Based on a true story, The Straight Story is a quiet, moving film, embodied in the grizzled, note-perfect performance of Farnsworth.
Old Joy (2006) Two middle-aged buddies, unrelated except by past friendship, reconnect and attempt to re-engage that bond on a hiking and camping trip through the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. It’s not strictly a road movie (it is a hiking movie), yet all of the familiar journey ticks are here. Director Kelly Reichardt, working with a script she co-wrote with Jonathan Raymond, brings Mark (Daniel London) and Kurt (Will Oldham) together almost by accident. Their reconnection is simple and at first stuttering. As they move along the trail and deeper into some magnificent scenery, they grapple with re-engaging that bond they once had. They reach the end of the trail and the end of this languid, beautifullooking movie without much happening at all—that is, in their exterior engagement and in that exterior environment Reichardt has so beautifully lavished on us. Yet the director affects a deeply moving interior transformation that left me near breathless, revisiting the film ten years after first experiencing it.
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Vox Popular Media Arts Festival Thunder Bay’s Favourite Film Fest Returns with More than Films By Ayano Hodouchi Dempsey
“It’s a beautiful film,” says festival founder Kelly Saxberg. “It’s so cool—so not what you’d expect.” There is also Dad is Pretty, a film about a cross-dressing family man, which is also the first Korean feature to be shown at this festival. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of this year’s festival is that it will be spread across two venues: Trinity Hall for the screenings and Urban Abbey ( just a block away) for installations, live music, and refreshments. “Following our gala screening on Thursday evening, we’re having an afterparty at the Urban Abbey. There will be live music, Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. beer, and Classic Roots will be performing that night as well,” says Agombar. For more information, go to baystreetfilmfestival.ca or check out Vox Popular Media Arts Festival on Facebook.
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ost people may know Vox Popular Media Arts Festival by its previous name, the Bay Street Film Festival. After a move away from its Bay Street location last year, the festival changed its name, marking not only a change in address, but also a change in content. From a film festival, they have branched out into a multimedia arts festival, featuring installations, performance art, music, 360 VR, and filmmaking workshops. For this year’s festival (September 13–16), about 160 films were submitted for consideration. Organizers narrowed that down by half and then had a screening night with volunteers and friends to arrive at the final 60. Included in the lineup are works from the film workshop the festival hosted in June on the theme of harm reduction. Filmmaker and sociologist Greg Scott mentored several
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local filmmakers and he will be back for the festival, bringing an installation he travels with. The work is a supervised consumption site. “A lot of people don’t know what actually happens at these sites, so he’s trying to demystify the whole thing,” explains festival intern Marcus Agombar. Many of the screening sessions will have individual themes, such as French films (September 14, 6:30 pm) children’s films (September 15, 11 am) and horror films (September 15, 9 pm). This is the first time the festival is showing horror, and the screening will include a feature by local filmmaker Brendan Peterson, Darkslide. While many of the films are short, there are several outstanding feature-length films this year— notably, the documentary Grain of Sand by British musician and filmmaker Jason Carter, who went to Bahrain to document the disappearing traditional music of pearl divers.
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Some local films that are not to be missed: Eric Collin’s Northern Meltdown is about the ice storm of April 2017 that effectively shut down our city. Damien Gilbert’s Bringing Jazzy to the Top is about a young man born with spina bifida whose friends band together to take him to places he’s never been. Jon Wesselink created a documentary, Mishkeegogamang, about a mural created in his community. A World of Our Own, by Morningstar Derosier, is a drama about two young women who connect in a technology-dominated dysfunctional world. Jack Belhumeur’s War Paint is about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Bright Sunny Light by Martin King is a comedy about an unlucky salesman who is given a magic suit to bring him good luck.
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Contemporary Disability Arts Gain Momentum in Thunder Bay Story by Kim Latimer, Photos by Marc Chalifoux
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new arts collective called Flux City is about to join the Thunder Bay contemporary arts scene. Founded by Cara Eastcott and Zoe Gordon, Flux City was created on the heels of Tangled On Tour— an extension of Toronto’s Tangled Art + Disability, an organization enhancing opportunities for artists with disabilities—and will focus on bringing high-calibre artists with disabilities here to show their work. “It’s about creating new narratives about disability,” says Gordon. “Getting to see the complexity of an artist and how they create beautiful, complex work about disability that goes way beyond stories and stereotypes.” Flux City’s debut event, Reveal, will take to the stage at Magnus Theatre on October 5. It’s the first integrated dance performance in Thunder Bay highlighting professional dancers with disabilities, and the first to ever be remotely co-produced and performed at Magnus. Indigenous dancer Brian Solomon will open the show, and the main performance will be a new movement piece inspired and created for Thunder Bay. The work will feature dancers from CRIPSiE— Collaborative, Radically Integrated Performers Society in Edmonton. The production and choreography integrates images created by Thunder Bay visual artists, led by Liz Buset, whose stencils will be projected as the set. Kelsie Acton is the artistic director and choreographer with CRIPSiE. She says the performance is a unique expression of disability cultures and a call to the mainstream arts community to prioritize access and equality. “I think considering
and prioritizing accessibility leads me and my dancers to make unique (and beautiful) artistic choices,” she says. “Because access is complex and relational, and evolving this constantly pushes me to re-evaluate my thinking, it’s pushed me to evolve and change as an artist.”. “Our dancers’ bodies and minds work in really diverse ways,” she adds. “We tend not to talk about diagnosis because we believe that people are disabled by inaccessible space, policies and ways of doing things, rather than by their bodies and minds. We’re really excited to come share and learn from everyone in Thunder Bay.” In the spirit of prioritizing accessibility, Gordon says Flux City will uphold very high standards for accessibility. The debut performance at Magnus Theatre will include American Sign Language (ASL) and in-house attendants to assist members of the audience with complex needs. As well, there will be two accessible workshops before the performance that will explore creating choreography from a picture, and staging movement sequences to create choreography. “There’s all kinds of amazing artists doing incredible things. As a producer and an artist first, I notice the gap in accessibility in the arts in Thunder Bay, and I see new ways of developing programming that can include more people,” says Gordon. “It is already happening elsewhere and I’m excited to bring disability arts here.” Reveal at Magnus Theatre will debut on October 5 at 7 pm. Tickets are pay-what-you-can. Workshops will be held October 3 and 4.
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Claude E. Garton students get growing with help from Tbaytel for Good Claude E. Garton Public School’s Hydroponic Garden Wall Cat Leonard, parent volunteer at Claude E. Garton school By Janine Chiasson
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hen my son started JK at Claude E. Garton, I wanted his school to gain a cool teaching tool every year,” says mom Cat Leonard. “My plan was to apply for funding every year, toward something that would build community, enhance arts programming, or increase science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) opportunities.” Cat began by investigating gardening – something she loves – but it soon became clear that traditional soil gardens are difficult; children aren’t around to water and weed in the summer and Thunder Bay’s growing season is short. “It didn’t seem like enough of a learning opportunity,” Cat points out, “and there’s a lot going on at the end of the year for teachers and students.” So Cat switched gears. Armed with knowledge about vertical hydroponic growing, she applied for funding from Tbaytel for Good and the Whole Kids Foundation, while teacher Madame Arnone applied to the Metro Green Apple School Program. “It’s awesome that we received
funding from different sources, and were able to purchase two eight- tower vertical farm walls,” Cat says happily. Tbaytel’s $5,000 grant paid for a large chunk of the vertical hydroponic wall that was a perfect fit for an empty wall in the spacious, well-equipped science lab where, Madame Arnone reports with a smile, “kids get excited and a little crazy.” Operating costs are low, the farm wall can be used for the entire school year, and requires no summer maintenance. Students are taught to ask, ‘What affects the success and growth of plants in the system?’ They learn about factors like temperature, humidity, light, nutrients, water, germination, and transplantation. Then they ask, ‘How can we fix it?’ “The goal is to have every class involved in the farm wall with the Grade 7 and 8’s teaching the lower grades how to run the system,” says Cat. “It’s not rocket science. It’s just cool science.” The farm wall is already an all-ages operation. The SK/Grade 1 class planted the seedlings. The Grade 4’s transplanted the seedlings into the towers. Then the Grade 5 class orchestrated a harvest celebration featuring farm wall produce in
“It’s not rocket science. It’s just cool science.”
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student-made salad and juices served in the school’s garden entryway – an inviting space transformed and kept by Madame Arnone and the student garden club. Thanks to Tbaytel for Good, students at Claude E. Garton School have a yearround, hands-on way to explore everything about growing food. “It’s the way of the future,” Cat believes. “That might sound silly but with expanding population growth, an abandoned warehouse can be turned into a totally productive growing space that increases food security and access to healthy food.” Or, as one student says simply, “I just like the way the plants suck up the water.” It’s a good start.
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Recalibrating at the Light
Reflections on an Artist Residency Story by Betty Carpick, Photos by Emily Hunt
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or the first two weeks of July, I lived within the beautiful and chaotic illumination and darkness of the island Kawaghn. mish. The last in a chain of volcanic islands off Lake Superior’s Black Bay Peninsula between Black Bay and Nipigon Bay, the igneous rock, Porphyry, gave the island its newest name. In 1873, the original light on Porphyry Point was the second lighthouse constructed on the Canadian side of Lake Superior. The light was automated around 1989 and eventually fell into disrepair, holding its stories and secrets and memories amid the persistent transactions between the forest, the water, and the weather. My artist-in-residence (AIR) project, Finding the Lacuna, was one of four residencies on Porphyry Island awarded in 2018 by the non-profit Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior, who began resurrection of the decommissioned light around five years ago. I planned to map the real and the imagined spirit and poetics of the island by working in all weather conditions during different times of day and night. Finding the Lacuna is about gaps and spaces. Presence and absence.
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The space between installation and performance. The missing portions between the real and the imagined. Bringing natural materials including cotton fabric, Toronto Ink Company pigments, and threads, I pinned two-inch inked squares to driftwood on the black sand beaches and let nature embrace them. I embroidered the outline of the island a dozen times and was left wondering what the shape meant. I picked wild rose petals, beach glass, rocks, wood, bark, and plastic debris. I made marks, drew images, wrote down words, and took photographs. I listened to the wind, the water, the birdsong, the insect-drone and the trees. I felt the life-force of the living planet. I began to try to weave in the island’s natural beauty and isolation, and its deep history with Indigenous people and others who have explored the area with an idiosyncratic and ephemeral language. In the end, I was reminded how the evocativeness of nature is humbling. What art can achieve is only the smallest gesture. For detailed information about the Artist in Residence program on Porphyry Island, please visit: clls.ca/ artist-in-residence
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Untitled [Farmhouse] By Andrea Terry, Acting Curator Artist: Don Ense Title: Untitled [Farmhouse] Date: 1978 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 24 x 40 cm
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rtist, illustrator, and poet Don Ense has conducted extensive artistic study and ultimately developed his own unique style of painting. Born in 1953 in M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island, Ense participated in the Ojibwe Cultural Foundations art program at Cambrian College in Sudbury, and the Three Schools in Toronto. He also attended the Manitou Arts Foundation summer school on Manitoulin Island, organized by artists Daphne Odjig and Carl Ray. Ense went on to illustrate a number of books, among them Giving: Ojibwa Stories and Legends from the Children of Curve Lake (1985) and Dancing Feathers (1985).
Working primarily in acrylics, Ense developed a highly individualized stylistic practice. Drawing from the teachings of the Anishinaabe, he produces genre paintings—scenes depicting daily life—that are often biographical, reflective of his childhood memories. Untitled [Farmhouse] features large flat areas of colour located within straight black lines that define the forms such as the farmhouse, the covered porch, the trees on both sides of the residence, and the smaller buildings off to the far left and right side. Minute vertical dashes of black scattered across the foreground indicate singular blades in the field of blue-green grass. A line of silhouetted trees run
along the horizon line in the background. Cumulatively, these simplified forms come together portraying a seemingly serene moment in time, one dominated by cool colours and lush vegetation, suggestive of the summer’s pending conclusion. According to Mary E. Southcott, Ense’s two-dimensional forms reference the stylistic qualities of pictographs or rock paintings. Ense’s representations of activities throughout all seasons appeal to viewers around the world, be they in art gallery exhibitions, private or public art collections, or in published books. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions across Canada, as well as in international group shows.
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Fluff and Fold and Beyond Frank’s Laundromat Celebrates Milestone By Betty Carpick
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njoying the summer outdoors, a robust hibiscus plant flaunts a single magnificent pink bloom beside the north entrance of Frank’s Laundromat. Founded in 1968, the family business—a cornerstone of the community—is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The shop has outlived most of its neighbours and its ubiquitous sign has achieved vintage distinction. In the 1950s, attracted by the promise of unlimited opportunities, Frank and Rosa Macchione and their young family emigrated from Italy to Beardmore, Ontario.
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As a general labourer, Frank worked for the railway until he bought a laundry and dry cleaning business to service the booming economy. As the mines closed down, the Macchiones moved to Port Arthur to take ownership of a run-down 24/7 laundromat in a low-to-the-ground building at 227 South Algoma Street. A strong sense of identity and self-sufficiency propelled the development of the new business. Frank and his 16-year old son Mario dug out the basement by hand to accommodate a boiler for steam pressing. They built an addition to the back of the building to fit in a
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Her World is Worth Imagining Entrepreneur and Artist Releases Children’s Book By Marcia Arpin
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he journey of a self-published author is a personal labour of love. Sue Holloway has developed a wondrous adventure by sharing her story A World Worth Imagining. Holloway—mother of two, entrepreneur, artist, and an educator for over twenty years—currently teaches and lives in South Gillies. As the children of The Forest School gathered around her pond for their traditional celebration of Earth
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Day, Holloway posed the challenge to imagine what the future of this space could look like in 100 years. “One of the girls refused, believing that the world would have been destroyed by then. There was sadness in her eyes as she spoke and I realized then that our young people understand the crisis facing the planet and its people—that message is coming to them loud and clear. They hear it, feel it, and they understand the responsibility that
A World Worth Imagining is a tale told by a young girl in the future reflecting on the beauty of her world. The plot is an illustration of a world built by respectful relationships between people, nature, and animals. This book offers a script for parents and educators to give a new imagination of the future and is essential reading for all ages. For more information visit aworldworthimagining.com. Curriculum planning is available for all ages on Holloway’s website. Everyone is encouraged to watch the video developed by the children. A World Worth Imagining is currently available at Chapters, Both Hands Wood-Fired Pizzeria & Bakery, and Wojo’s Mojo.
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Celebrating French-Canadian Heritage and Cultural Diversity By Louise Boderé
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ranco-Festival Thunder Bay is back on September 27, 28, and 29 for its sixth edition. The Coopérative du regroupement des organismes francophones de Thunder Bay (ROFTB Inc.) and its many partners are proud to present a variety of free activities that will take place in different places in the city during those three days. Come and travel a little bit with Le Winston Band on September 27. The band will take you between Quebec and Louisiana with cajun/ zydeco music. On September 28, high schoolers will have their own evening to dance to original, vibrant tunes from DJ UnPier at L’École secondaire catholique de La Vérendrye. Also on that night, the film 3 will be shown at Paramount Theatre. This Quebecois movie will be in French with English subtitles so there are no
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excuses to miss this classic. A Q&A will follow with a French-speaking doctor to discuss the reality of language minority communities. Last but not least, don’t miss the festival on Van Norman Street on September 29, featuring shows, fun activities, art exhibitions, and vendors all afternoon long. This is an opportunity to discover or rediscover and celebrate French-Canadian heritage and cultural diversity. Yes, there will be poutine, as well as many other traditional dishes. On the music side, Franco-Ontarian band Ariko will set the stage on fire with their show “Portrait de famille.” Ariko’s performances engage audiences of all ages with interactive rhythm, song, and dance activities. Rooted in traditional music, their dynamic repertoire is coloured by zydeco, jazz, and popular genres. Let
yourself be recharged by the positive energy of this family group. All are welcome to attend this free event—the only requirement being an interest for French culture and language. Please note that in case of rain or inclement weather,
Saturday activities will take place at L’École secondaire catholique de La Vérendrye. For more information visit francofestival.com or facebook/ francofestivaltb.
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This is Thunder Bay Interviews by Nancy Saunders, Photos by Laura Paxton
This month, The Walleye asked you what has been the highlight of your summer.
Oskar, Klaus, Nancy, and Bay: “Getting my skateboard.” “I know: the puffins.
Taha: “The best thing about my summer is working with the vegetables. I’m
Frankie and Blake: “I get to go camping lots in the summer.” “Helping my dad
Marian: “I’m not really a sun person and I don’t seek the sun very much, but I do
Only the puffins.” “The best part of our summer so far was our East Coast road trip. The highlight was doing some whale watching on the St. Lawrence River, and seeing puffins on Bird Island.” “Swimming.”
build things, like the obstacle course for my birthday party!”
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very sad when I’m not working. I don’t like to sit in the home—I like to work. That makes me feel better.
come up to the garden. We’re just getting into summer. I think the beans in the garden are just ready for picking now. The rain we got a few days ago, it was quite a downpour and it really helped. Even the little bush peas are doing well. ”
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Curated Fashion
One-of-a-Kind Pieces for One-ofa-Kind People By Savanah Tillberg
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he ever-expanding Bay and Algoma district has just welcomed its newest business: Jewels of Crown, a funky studio-boutique located on the second floor of 278 Bay Street. Jewels of Crown started as a hobby for owner and curator Carly Vieira. “I just started collecting clothes through thrifting, flea markets, and auctions,” she says. “And whenever I’d go out on a Friday night, I’d dress up all my girlfriends.” Over the years, Jewels of Crown grew into a successful business, and has proudly been located
at the Thunder Bay Country Market for several years. At the market, Vieira sells unique clothing pieces as well as vinyl records and vintage housewares. She opened up the Bay Street boutique, which exclusively sells clothing and accessories, to make herself available to her customers outside of market hours and to give her a means to expand her brand. Jewels of Crown carries oneof-a-kind vintage-made-modern clothing and accessories that have been hand-selected from around the world. Vieira personally chooses
every piece that is featured in her shop and she prides herself on the quality, artistry, and functionality of every item in her collection. “My main motivator is the fashion end of it,” she says. “But fashion always goes in cycles. I think there’s so much waste and overproduction out there, so why not find the piece from the original era—then it’s more authentic and sustainable.” With this new space Vieira is most excited to watch her customers find something they love. “People can come up here and hopefully I can dress them up,” she
says. She explains that she loves encouraging people to develop their own independent style and to try new things. Vieira hopes Jewels of Crown can be a place for expressing creativity through clothing. She plans to open up an online store to accompany her studio-store and market booth in the new year. For the moment, the studio space is only open on Fridays, and a grand opening is set to occur in the fall. Details on store hours and updates about Jewels of Crown can be found on Instagram @ jewels_of_crown.
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Road Trippin’ By the Numbers By Myfannwy Pope, Policy Analyst, Northern Policy Institute
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or those of us who live in northern Ontario, taking long road trips is just in our DNA. We’ve grown up in an environment where eight-hour trips along Highway 17 are “nothing,” and adventures on off-beaten dirt roads are our version of wanderlust. With all of the beauty that surrounds Northwestern Ontario, it’s no wonder that those outside of the region are also packing up their motor vehicles and heading to Ontario’s north. Private vehicle use was the number one main mode of transport among all international visitors while in Northwestern Ontario tourism region in 2015, at 78.2% use according to the International Travel Survey, 2015: US and Overseas Visitors to Canada. When it comes to our friends to the south, 85% of all American visitors used rented or personal automobiles as their main mode of transportation while in the tourism region of Northwestern Ontario. The usage rate in 2011 was much lower when compared to 2015, although still the most highly reported among other main modes of transportation. Looking inwards, approximately 80% of Canadians who responded to the Travel Survey of Residents used a car or truck as their main mode of transportation when travelling to the Census Metropolitan Area of Thunder Bay in 2016—slightly lower than in 2011 and 2014. Since 2011, all visitors to the area solely for leisure consistently use a car or truck more than those
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Source: Travel Survey of Residents of Canada, 2011 - 2016: Trip File; © Statistics Canada, graphics from Vecteezy.com
who are visiting friends and family as well as by a larger margin compared to commercial airplane use. Not surprisingly, business trips are the leading reason for using commercial flights. Of visitors originating from other parts of Ontario coming to the CMA of Thunder Bay in 2014, approximately 82% used a car
or truck as their main mode of coming from Manitoba used a car transportation. Between 2011– or truck as their main mode of 2016, while the percentage of transportation. Manitoba has contotal Ontarian travelers to the resistently been the second highest gion remained relatively steady visiting market to the Thunder Bay with a slight decline, the usage area, and while a slight decline in of car or truck as a main form of overall visitation was observed, transport increased in this visitor the rates of car or truck as a main population. form transport has travellers increased. Percentage ofofCanadian In 2014, 75% of respondents *data to be used with caution.
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using a car or truck to travel to the Thunder Bay area, according to Percentage travellers provinceof ofCanadian origin (2014) using a car or truck to travel to the Manitoba Thunder Bay area, according to 75% province of origin (2014) Manitoba 75% Ontario 82.2% Ontario 82.2%
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Celebrating the Seasons
The Creative Art Gallery Hosts Poetry and Acoustic Performance Nights By Paula Marsh
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n September 16, Thunder Bay’s poetry scene is about to become a whole lot more creative. The Creative Art Gallery is hosting a spoken word poetry session followed by live acoustic guitar performances. Local poets are able to showcase their talents around the theme of “the seasons.” Co-owner of The Creative and host of the evening Tracy Barry has a deep personal connection to the form of poetry. For her, it is a way to not only indulge creativity and art, but also to embrace her inner strength and grow as a person. Spoken word poetry is much more than simply reading poetry aloud. It is an art that focuses on oral presentation, using intonation and inflection of the voice to relay tone and meaning. It allows the poet to breathe raw emotion into their work, as there is no opportunity to be monotonous. Spoken word poetry is an umbrella term that can cover anything from poetry slams to hip hop to comedic monologues. For Barry, as well as many others, poetry is an effective way to express themselves in response to life’s hardships and better understand their feelings. “What I wanted was to create a safe environment for others to share with one another their life
stories, emotions, and wishes,” Barry says. “I had a hard time reading and writing growing up. I enjoyed how spoken word and poetry made me feel normal. I could share my poetry out loud with no one the wiser that I was stumbling on words rather than pausing for great effect.” The Creative hosts many events from painting to poetry, and each one features birthday cake for the guests to symbolize new beginnings. “Every day is the birth of new creativity, thoughts, and desires,” Barry says. The Poetry Night also symbolizes community. Barry is grateful to The Creative for bringing every form of creative expression under one roof. Her hope for the evening is a listening room where guests and poets alike can support each other, as she is devoted to building a community of passionate, inspiring, and innovative thinkers through art. The addition of the music at the end of the night has also been inspired by community through events such as Live from the Rock and Live on the Waterfront. “To add music at the end of the night is so magical. It keeps everyone happy and free. It wouldn’t be the same without the music,” Barry says. For more information visit facebook.com/thecreativeonalgoma/
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Duo Shifts Gears Fred Eaglesmith and Tif Ginn
By Emma Christensen
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fter over 40 years of touring, alternative country singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith doesn’t plan on hitting the brakes any time soon. He’s spent the summer on a busy Canadian tour with his wife and creative partner, Tif Ginn. They’ve stopped at the Royal Canadian Legion in Teeterville, Ontario, the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival in Nova Scotia, the North Country Fair in Driftpile, Alberta, and they plan to play the Murillo Community Hall on September 28. The focus on playing small towns is a purposeful one. “When I play Murillo I play every little stop that I can find along the way,” says Eaglesmith. “It’s a lot different from playing on a stage or even down south. People are really happy to see you and they’re grateful that you’ve come.” It may be Eaglesmith’s quick wit and knack for storytelling, or Ginn’s spot-on backup vocals and talent for instruments of all types, but fans keep
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coming back. Eaglesmith acknowledges that their performance has changed since the duo retired their band a few years ago. “It’s the two of us now and Tif’s playing almost eight instruments and the show is a little bit more personal than it was when we had the rock-and-roll band,” he says. The couple may have traded their vegetable-oil-fueled tour bus for something larger and more reliable, and they may have given up their self-proclaimed “gypsy life” with the band, but Eaglesmith’s visceral songwriting style remains the same. According to Eaglesmith, his 2017 album Standard “is more narrative than musical.” It weaves rich, palpable stories of flawed characters and failing machines, complete with a background of subtle and purposeful musical imperfections. After the release of 18 studio albums, Eaglesmith is casual about his plans for the next one. “We’ve been working on my wife’s album, so she’s going to be putting an album out this year, and then we’ll put mine out. We just stay at it; we stay at putting music out.” Advance tickets for the show are available for $30 at P.C. Medic, Chaltrek, or Fireweed Crafts in Thunder Bay and Valley Foods in Murillo. Get tickets at the door for $33.
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BURNING TO THE SKY
Road Songs By Gord Ellis
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ummer is a time for cruising—windows and tops down, warm breezes blowing through the vehicle, the smells of summer wafting around. If you have a loved one, he or she is beside you, looking good and wearing summer clothes. Here are four songs that make me think of the road.
Bob Dylan “Highway 61 Revisited”
Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild”
Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes”
Bruce Springsteen “Thunder Road”
Perhaps the most famous of all road songs, “Highway 61 Revisited” is prime 60s Dylan, with that “thin wild mercury sound” Dylan did so effortlessly in 1965 and 1966. The song is actually not really about Highway 61, so much, but is more about a wild mix of characters, both biblical and earthbound. We have God and Abraham, Georgia Sam, Mack the Finger, Louie the King, and Rovin’ Gambler. It’s a fever dream of a song, with a penny whistle adding to the strangeness. Yet he ties it all to the highway that starts in Thunder Bay and works its way through Minnesota before plunging into the Deep South, in a nod to both Dylan’s roots in the north and the role highways play in our culture. Dylan still sings this song in his shows, making it one of the few of his 60s songs he has clung to through his career. Check out the cover done by Rita Chiarelli for a different take on this classic.
I know, this is an obvious one. Yet play two notes from this song and you are immediately transported onto a motorcycle, tearing down a freeway, watching the trees and telephone poles go by. “Born to Be Wild” is the perfect mix of energy, loud guitars, and lyrics that paint a picture of freedom via the road. Yes, it is badass and direct—a biker’s hymn. It’s no wonder this song continues to be played in nearly every movie that features someone on a Harley heading off into the sunset.
I know there is nothing about this song that has any connections to roads, or travelling. But let me explain. When I was a young man in high school, this song was big. Huge. And one spring, the AM music station that I listened to played this song constantly. That spring I did a lot of travelling down the coast of Superior’s north shore, chasing steelhead trout. Driving that highway and hearing this song became an embedded memory, and a testament to the power of music.
There may be no other modern performer so entirely tied to the road song as Bruce Springsteen. So many of his songs include cars and highways and cops and all the ways those things intertwine in life. Yes, there is a certain amount of mythologizing in his writing, but songs like “Highway Patrolman,” “Drive all Night,” “State Trooper,” and “Racing in the Street” mine this vein deeply. “Thunder Road,” with its incredible harmonica and pianodriven opening and wall of sound build up, is maybe the most joyous, rousing road song ever recorded. Never has being with a woman in a fast car sounded so liberating. And so sexy. “Thunder Road” is exhilarating and timeless. When you hear it on the radio, you always have to turn it up.
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Rae Spoon Marks Milestone West Coast Singer/ Songwriter Plays Thunder Bay This Month Story by Kris Ketonen, Photo by Dave Todon
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eptember 7 will mark a milestone for Victoria, BC singer, songwriter, and author Rae Spoon. That’s not only the release date for Spoon’s ninth album, bodiesofwater, but it’s also the 20th anniversary of their first-ever show. “That’s exciting,” Spoon says, during a recent phone interview. “I’m like, ‘maybe I’ll get to do another 20 years.’ Who knows?” The new album explores a number of themes across its 10 tracks, including living as a non-binary
person. The songs on bodiesofwater—the follow-up to their 2016 album Armour— also explore such topics as the environment, politics, embracing change, and connecting with the water, air, and land. But Spoon says they also tend to write a lot about places—specifically, home. “I try to write about where I am now,“ they say. “I like to write a lot about the places where I live. I’m not really sure why. I think it’s—I don’t know, you just kind of get surrounded by it. And especially with
Canada being such a big country, it’s really interesting to write about a place and then tour around with it, you know?” Those interested in hearing a bit of bodiesofwater can check out the first single, “Do Whatever the Heck You Want,” which was released earlier this year. Or, of course, go to In Common later this month to see Spoon live. “I’m going to be playing with respectfulchild as a duo,” Spoon says. “They’re going to open
the night, and they do ambient violin music. So it’s really cool; it’s kind of meditative.” “We’ll have some visuals there, too,” they say. “We’re just trying to create an atmosphere for music.”
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Expanding Musical Horizons Elliott Brood Head to Thunder Bay Story by Kris Ketonen, Photo by Trevor Weeks
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he guys in Elliott Brood may have a few new musical tricks up their sleeves when they return to Thunder Bay later this month. The Hamilton-based alt-country/folk-rock band—Casey Laforet, Mark Sasso, and Stephen Pitkin— spent some time this summer doing a residency at Calgary’s National Music Centre, where they had a chance to write new music with the aid of some vintage instruments that are well outside their usual wheelhouse. “They have all these amazing synthesizers and keyboards that have been used in
all these incredible recordings,” Laforet says, speaking just before the August residency was to begin. “We’ll have the chance to toy around with that stuff, and try to write there.” “It’s obviously not sounds that we’re used to, necessarily, on our recordings, so that stuff can drive you to do things a little bit differently,” he adds. “So that’s what we’re hoping to let happen.” But Laforet doesn’t expect things to change too much when it comes to Elliott Brood’s future musical output. This is a band, after all, that’s been performing together for nearly 20 years.
“We’re always interested in trying things,” Laforet says. “I don’t think it will take away from the core of what we do. A couple songs may end up with some interesting things, but I don’t think we’re going to turn into a synth-rock band. If anything, that stuff can complement what we already do. We’ve stayed pretty faithful to that kind of using the old-timey instruments as a base, and then fleshing things out with other things.” As for the fast-approaching two-decade milestone—Elliott Brood’s first shows were back in 2002—it’s a big one for the band.
“We play in festivals with bands that are either coming up, or doing even way better than us, who say ‘I came up listening to you guys,’” Laforet says. “Quite literally, 20-year-olds are coming up to us and saying they were raised on us and they know us because of their parents… so we’ve been around long enough for that to start happening now.”
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Mosh Pits and Hamburger Nips Story by Jimmy Wiggins, Photo by Kay Lee Photography
Band: Norris Hometown: Thunder Bay Genre: Metal/hardcore/doom Recommended if you like: Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Acacia Strain Online: @rightnorris Next show: September 22 at The. Wav Downtown Pub Crawl
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very so often a band will defy the odds and make music so savage that people have no choice but to take notice. Norris is one of those bands. Norris became a unit back in late 2004 through friendships made from going to metal and rock shows in the
Thunder Bay music scene. All the guys shared a love of heavy, technical music as well as a unique sense of self-deprecating humor that is partly responsible for the band’s name. “We were sitting around a Husky gas stop, eating dirty hamburger nips when we tossed around the idea of calling our band Chuck Norris,” explains drummer Josh Hogan. “Our original guitarist, scene legend Richard LeBlanc, laughed so hard that he started crying so we knew we had something. We dropped the ‘Chuck’ part and here we are.” Norris’s music is brutally heavy and technically demanding, drawing influence from everything from Mare to Chick Corea, Aphex Twin
to Tchaikovsky—and of course, hamburger nips. Over the years Norris has written, recorded, and released two independent albums: Ladies and Gentlemen, We Regret To Inform You That Our Worldwide Anthem Is An Explosion, and Bone Crusher, as well as The Great White North, which was released through Year Of The Sun Records. They have toured many times across Canada and have shared stages with notable acts like the Misfits, Converge, The Acacia Strain, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, The End, Shadows Fall, Bison, and Napalm Death just to name a few. “One time on tour in Prince George, a kid broke his arm in our mosh pit,” says
Hogan. “He stuck around to get autographs from the band. That was a weird one.” Over the years, Norris has beaten the odds of what it takes to keep a band alive, surviving several member changes—some happening just weeks before major tours—and have been able to stay a cohesive group even when some members have lived provinces away. The current line up includes Curtis Wilson (vocals), Josh Hogan (drums), Sean Skillen (guitar), Justin Sillman (guitar), and newest member, Eric Niemi (bass). The band is currently working a new album set for release in 2019.
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erry Gillespie shared stories and played tunes at The Foundry on August 6. Working the few tables of dedicated blues fans with snappy covers and originals, “Mr. Groove” kept the sound sweet and simple. Years ago he ditched all his pedals and guitar effects after a talk with American guitarist, singer, and songwriter J. J. Cale. A pitch-perfect rendition of Smokey Robinson’s “Ooo Baby, Baby” effectively conveyed the poignancy of the original. His singing voice reminds many of Mark Knopfler although Gillespie says he doesn’t hear it. Born in Canada, Gillespie was raised in England and finished his education in the United States, studying symphonic orchestra trumpet at a Michigan University. As a teenager, in a Detroit music store he heard the Miles Davis’ vinyl record Seven Steps to Heaven, and a few notes into the second track the ting of the cymbal hit him right between the eyes with what he calls
Terry Gillespie Fifty Years of Playing the Blues Story and Photo by Peter Jabs
“satori.” He was then impelled to seek out, make the acquaintance of, and learn from revered bluesmen Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and others. “Terror is the father of the blues, heartache the mother” was the lesson. Leaving the turbulent United States of the 60s behind, he eventually settled near Vankleek Hill, Ontario, a small town east of Ottawa. Currently Gillespie and his wife/ tour manager Kathleen are on a three-month road trip to Vancouver
Island and performing at bars, house concerts, and festivals along the way. Their lifestyle as itinerant blues/roots/reggae musicians suits them just fine. Winters find the couple employed in Jamaica at a small, uncrowded beach resort. Every day is different. Opening act Mood Indigo’s Glen Jennings and Mark Thibert, with a hundred years of experience between them, set the tone for the night with relaxed sets of suave and sophisticated jazz standards.
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Great Lake Swimmers Bringing New Sound on Tour
Story by Kris Ketonen, Photo by Gaëlle Legrand
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hen Great Lake Swimmers return to Thunder Bay this month, they’ll be bringing with them not only a new album, but also a refined sound. The band’s new album The Waves, The Wake (released on August 17) marks a bit of a departure for the group, singer-songwriter Tony Dekker says. “The idea was to take a more minimalist approach. Instead of having a regular backing band like we’ve had on the past couple records, we just listened very closely to what each song was
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asking for, and approached the recording that way.” By way of example, Dekker offers up the album’s leadoff track, “The Talking Wind.” The song “is sort of about the wind, and so we thought ‘wouldn’t it be great if it was just a whole woodwind arrangement, with just clarinets and flutes and that kind of thing,’” he says. “So that was kind of the approach that we took.” In fact, Dekker tried to play the acoustic guitar as little as possible during the recording of the album, aiming instead to branch out musically as much as possible. “It added
a whole new dimension to me, and I’m not sure where it’s going to go next,” he says. “But I feel like maybe we might have turned a little corner with this, and I’m already excited for the next thing, and I think we can maybe even take it a little further.” He says he’s not worried about the band’s sound changing too much. Despite the new arrangements and instruments, The Waves, The Wake is still a Great Lake Swimmers album. “I think when people hear this, they’ll still recognize it as a pretty familiar tone,”
Dekker says. “It’s not like we made an electronic album, or suddenly made a rock album or a metal album. It still has very much the same tone as the Great Lake Swimmers albums of the past. I feel like we’ve really expanded the palette.”
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William Prince
Sleeping Giant Folk Music Society Kicks Off its Season Story by Sabrina Nordlund, Photo by Nick Wons
Sleeping Giant Folk Music Society 2018/2019 Season Line-Up Kat Danser & the Tall Tales - October 27 The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer - January 19 Ryan McNally - March 23 The O’Pears and The Barrel Boys - April 6
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his month, music fans are in for a treat as Sleeping Giant Folk Music Society launches its new season with William Prince. The Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter from Manitoba has achieved overwhelming success since the release of his debut album, Earthly Days, in 2017. Prince, who grew up on Peguis First Nation listening to his preacher father sing gospel music, kicked off his musical career when he took up the guitar and piano at age nine. These early years have deeply influenced not only Prince’s sound, but his philosophical approach to music. In Earthly Days, Prince tries
to capture the slow and intimate moments of everyday life—moments that really resonate and connect with the listener one way or another. He describes the feel of his music as being “like a woolly mammoth walking through deep snow.” Prince draws heavily on his life in northern Canada for inspiration, and Earthly Days has a sound that captures that spirit. The sounds and rhythms will hit close to home for anyone who has spent time up north. The single “Breathless,” which has recently gained momentum in the United Kingdom, takes cues from traditional Canadian folk music, giving it a distinctly
Canadian sound. However, throughout the album Prince manages to reconfigure the genre and make it into something entirely his own. For instance, on “The Carny”—a song that will feel all too familiar to anyone who has spent an evening out at the CLE—Prince tells the true story of one of his best friends. Throughout the album, Prince consistently offsets his distinct gravelly baritone voice with soft acoustics and smooth rhythms. As a whole, Earthly Days is sonically cohesive, with each song seamlessly flowing into the next, taking the listener down a path of understanding and comfort.
Prince’s ability to craft beautiful music and connect with listeners has not gone unnoticed. He has received critical acclaim across Canada— most notably when he was awarded the Contemporary Roots Artist of the Year Award at the 2017 Juno Awards. Other awards include the Roots Artist of the Year (2017), and the Aboriginal Artist of the Year (2017).
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REVIEWS
All That Reckoning
Manor of Infinite Forms
Thirty years ago the Cowboy Junkies were the darlings of the music industry. They had just released their monumental album, The Trinity Session, which the Los Angeles Times called one the best albums of 1988. Their music was a moody mix of alt country, folk, blues, and jazz. Three decades on and the band has just released their latest effort All That Reckoning. The Junkies are tackling some meaty issues with this release, such as the crumbling of institutions, the rise of intolerance, and troubled relationships. There’s a sparseness and haunting ethereal mood to this album. It’s not background music for your next house party. Margo Timmins’ dreamy vocals have lost none of their vitality on All That Reckoning. Best songs include the gentle “When We Arrive” and the ukulele-driven “The Possessed.” Like much of the Junkies’ music, All That Reckoning is an acquired taste. Just give it some time.
We’ve flushed the pipes and look what was clogging things up—Tomb Mold’s sophomore album, Manor of Infinite Forms. It makes sense; only death metal this putrid could gum up your works like that. We’re talking metal decanted from primordial slime, all oozing riffs and sweltering grooves courtesy of a quartet of Toronto scene veterans. These seven songs ferment oldskool death metal elements for maximum potency and travel on a warm, greasy production—the aural equivalent of a sun-ripened corpse belly flopping right on top of you. Just a single whiff of the title track displays the band’s corrupt perfection. Whip-smart tempo shifts, fat riffs that squirm like maggots, drums that blast for days, and bile-retching vocals—Manor is a fruiting body of deranged melodies, with creeping tendrils that dig into dark, warm places, such as the back of your skull. Revolting but recommended.
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Tomb Mold
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Heavy Eyes
Basement Revolver
Heavy Eyes is the captivatingly sentimental and instantly gratifying debut album from Hamilton based-trio Basement Revolver. From the catchy riffs of early 2000s Canadian alt-rock to the distorted, ethereal effects of late 80s shoegaze, it’s clear that Basement Revolver are masters of incorporating such familiar genres without sounding too mimic-y or dated. This mastery makes for an exciting listen as drastic sonic changes keep the listener on their toes. This is apparent on tracks like “Friends,” a tune that begins as a seemingly sickly-sweet doo-wop melody before gently transforming into a noisy climax of feedback towards the end. Singer Chrisy Hurn’s lyrics are anxious yet brooding, telling tales of longing, loss, and love from a place of newfound independence. With its angsty, nostalgic instrumentals and reflective lyrics, Heavy Eyes feels like the soundtrack to a classic, dreamy coming-of-age film. - Melanie Larson
Book of Bad Decisions Clutch
Clutch is one of few bands that seem to progressively improve with each new recording, and Book of Bad Decisions adds to a list that fans will have a hard time choosing a favourite from. Apart from the standard thick, heavy rhythms fronted by deep, smoky vocals, Book of Bad Decisions is produced by four-time Grammywinner Vance Powell, whose magic of altering sound using technique instead of tricks helps Clutch step up to a new level for their fans. Tracks like the early-released “Gimme the Keys” and “How to Shake Hands” are no surprises but are still right deadly, and “Emily Dickinson” and “Lorelei” give us that taste of difference we always expect from new record. A clutch play by Clutch yet again. - Jamie Varga
A Prayer Before Dawn Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
At the risk of being reductive, A Prayer Before Dawn is like a dark version of Rocky meets Midnight Express. Based on the memoir by ex-drug addict and boxer Billy Moore, the film follows Moore (played by the subtle yet excellent Joe Cole) as he is sent to a Thai prison, where he struggles to battle his heroin addiction and the hellish conditions by representing the prison in a kickboxing match. The film uses a less-is-more approach with regards to character, backstory, and dialogue, which only reinforces its docudrama feel. This is also heightened by the fact that the inmates in A Prayer Before Dawn are all played by real ex-inmates who served time in Thai prisons. Although it’s not for the faint of heart, A Prayer Before Dawn is one of the best films of recent memory. - Adrian Lysenko
S-Town
Ohio
Brian Reed
Stephen Markley
S-Town is one of my favourite podcasts. The moment I heard it was created by the same producers as Serial, another favourite investigative journalism podcast, I knew I was in for a treat. Episode One starts with the host, Brian Reed, explaining that he received correspondence over a period of time from a gentleman, John B. McLemore, who requested that Reed investigate an alleged murder in his home town of Woodstock, Alabama. John B. McLemore is a character like none other, and as Reed develops a friendship and delves into the inner workings of this horologist (a rare clock expert), the listener too is taken along for the ride and becomes invested in this complicated man. The story is like a maze—just when you think you have things figured out, a wall presents itself and you find yourself looking for another path. There is much to be learned from this story about friendship, loyalty, love, perception, and generosity.
Ohio is made up of four stories. Bill Ashcraft bombs across the United States in a drug-addled frenzy, smuggling a mysterious package; Stacey Moore reluctantly agrees to meet her former lover’s mother who traumatized her in her youth; Dan Eaton returns from a tour in Afghanistan to visit the high school sweetheart who left him; and Tina Ross confronts the ex whose abuse led to years of crippling psychological baggage. All four pieces centre around a small, Midwestern town to make an intertwined narrative that’s equal parts murder mystery and social commentary. Ohio is ambitious, with the author tackling concepts like sexuality, bigotry, class, religion, and nationalism, but Markley, trying to accomplish too much, fails to make these discussions resonate. And it’s too bad, because the smaller parts—the bare narratives—are well written, even emotionally felt. This alone could have made Ohio great, but the layers of attempted insight turn into unwieldy bulk.
- Tara George
Road Trip Rwanda Will Ferguson
Road Trip Rwanda is Will Ferguson’s account of a trip he takes with his friend Jean-Claude Munyezamu, an expat who escaped the genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago. Modern Rwanda is transforming itself for the better and Ferguson wanted to see the changes first-hand. Their three-week journey took them through many points of interest, both historical and personal Munyezamu. I really liked reading all of the history that Ferguson shares about what Rwanda went through to become the country it is today, and of what his friend endured escaping the genocide. While at times the book is dark (understandably so, since it deals with a brutal massacre), as a humour writer, Ferguson strives to imbue other aspects of the book with a more light-hearted tone. While his humour may not appeal to everyone, Ferguson’s descriptive prose is beautiful and a joy to read. - Shauna Kosoris
- Alexander Kosoris
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Architecture
Nipigon Lookout Tower
Story by Bonnie Schiedel, Photos by Chad Kirvan
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gorgeous bird’s-eye view is always appealing—it’s why we hike up the Nor’Westers and The Bluffs or pull over at a scenic overlook along the north shore. So when Nipigon was planning its waterfront development project, a lookout tower made it to the mustdo list. The 12-metre-high tower, which opened over the summer and cost $670,000, was created with the aim of drawing more visitors off the highway and into the town. Originally, the lookout tower was envisaged as a more traditional straight up-and-down structure. However, when the actual site on Railway Street (in a parking lot on a height of land beside the river valley and adjacent to the railway) was agreed upon, the design team at Thunder Bay’s FORM Architecture Engineering realized that its proximity to the new Nipigon River Bridge called for a different design. “One of the criteria of [choosing] the final location for the tower was the visibility of the bridge from the tower, and to some degree the visibility of the tower from the bridge,” says John Stephenson, a partner at
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FORM, which also worked with The Planning Partnership in Toronto and Thunder Bay’s AG Engineering. “We wanted to explore the relationship between the aesthetic experience of crossing the bridge and the lookout tower, to try to make a connection.” The Railway Street site had some sightline issues too, so they ultimately decided to lean the tower out to get the ideal view from that location. “The design that resonated with people was the idea of ‘holding’ the leaning tower back with cable stays, like the bridge,” says Stephenson. Then, they decided on materials. “We wanted to capitalize on the approach of ‘heavy timber,’ which the town had been using in revitalization work for buildings like the town offices, so we proposed the idea of timber frames for the sides and a kind of industrial/mining/railway aesthetic, supported by cable stays and a concrete base.” The result: a lookout tower that swoops forward, created with Douglas fir frames sourced from western Canada and a steel stairway fabricated locally and galvanized
Architecture in Manitoba, all topped with a platform surrounded by 1.5-metre tall tempered glass walls. The beams are sunk and bolted into the concrete foundation, which extends away from the lean to counterbalance the weight of the angled frame. “And then as a kind of ‘belt and suspenders’ approach, we have galvanized pipes that run up to the top of the tower that are made in the form of the cable stays of the bridge,” says Stephenson. “It’s a rather simple
design, in a way; simple components but the engineering was interesting and the manufacturing had to be done precisely. I think it’s quite unusual and very dramatic.” And the view delivers: depending on which direction you turn, you can see the Nipigon River Bridge, the town waterfront, the river valley and even Lake Helen. The lookout tower will eventually have a trail connection to the pedestrian underpass on the bridge as well.
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Health
Road Tripping
Bringing Cancer Screening to Your Community By Katherine Mayer, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
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revention and Screening Services at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre knows a thing or two about road tripping. Each year, the Screen for Life Coach completes the ultimate Northwestern Ontario road trip by going to over 75 different locations across our region and travelling more than 17,000 km to provide breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening to communities and organizations that would otherwise not have access to these important services. Trip Planning Before heading on the road, there is much planning to be done. Lauren Beach, lead for the Mobile Coach, explained that even though the travel schedule doesn’t vary too much from year to year, increasing the number of Indigenous
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communities and underserviced areas of Northwestern Ontario that the Coach services is always a top priority. “Making face-to-face connections with all communities is something that our team strives to do as much as possible,” Beach says. “A part of the planning period is going on scouting trips into road access communities and working alongside community members to see if our services would be appropriate and welcomed. Our goal is to deliver screening services to as many residents living in remote areas as possible.” Building Community Relationships A large part of the success of the Coach lies in the people who live in the communities that it visits. Promotions of the Coach coming to town occurs at every level, including clinical settings such as
hospitals and family health teams, and in community gathering places such as grocery stores, coffee shops, and family-owned restaurants. Beach says, “We value the relationships we have built with different communities as they help to promote our message every year to the people who visit their business or organization.” Staff Involved The Screen for Life Coach operates with the help of all Prevention and Screening Services staff through a number of different roles. A team of 10 part-time female staff (a combination of registered nurses and medical radiation technologists) operate the Coach and provide mammograms, Pap tests and provide Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) kits to patients. This team also drives the Coach to all
of its locations across the region, requiring them to hold an Ontario Class DZ license. Behind the scenes, there are booking clerks taking calls to schedule men and women for cancer screening tests, including two patient navigators who follow patients when further screening appointments are required. In addition to their other duties, several administrative staff work to promote the Coach through social media, print media, regional community calendars, regional newspapers, and every other promotional outlet available. Knowing Our Region Most screening days require staff to work 12-hour shifts in order to accommodate clients who need after-hours appointments. Once their work day is finished, staff often enjoy taking in the local hot spots and have become quite familiar with their surroundings. “Our team on the Coach is fortunate to interact with so many people from all over Northwestern Ontario,” says Julia Bailey, regional MRT lead. “We receive many recommendations about where to eat and do so whenever our schedule allows. We definitely enjoy exploring each community.” A few of the Coach staff’s favourite stops include Antonio’s Restaurant in Red Lake, Pebble Beach in Marathon, Young’s General Store in Wawa, and the Comfort Table Bakery in Vermilion Bay. For more information on the Screen for Life Coach, including travel schedule, screening guidelines, and booking details, visit tbrhsc.net/screenforlife.
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Healthy Habits for Back To School By Caroline Cox, Program Coordinator, EcoSuperior
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ack-to-school time is the best time for your family to form habits that are good for your health, your wallet, and the environment. Small changes, like commuting actively and packing a waste-free lunch, add up quickly and make a big difference for the environment. Start your school year off on the right foot—literally. Walking or wheeling to school helps kids get their daily physical activity. Students who commute actively are also shown to have increased alertness and attention at school and decreased rates of stress, depression, and anxiety. Plus, it leads to better air quality in school zones and decreased greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which is the second-highest contributor of greenhouse gases in
Canada. If your family lives too far to walk, try to “walk a block”—drop your kids off a block or more from school and walk the rest of the way. Your school can also participate in four annual events led by Walk or Wheel Thunder Bay—Walk to School Month, Winter Walk Day, Spring into Spring, and Bike to School Week. Walk or Wheel Thunder Bay is a project led by EcoSuperior and the Thunder Bay District Health Unit, working with École Gron Morgan and St. Thomas schools to create targeted school travel plans and offer staff support for walking and wheeling initiatives. Your school can join this program in December, when schools will have a second chance to apply and two new schools will be selected. Packing a waste-free lunch is another simple action that can
add up quickly for the environment—and your wallet. According to WasteFreeLunches.org, on average one daily disposable lunch for one school-age child creates an estimated 67 pounds of waste per school year. This equals approximately 18,000 pounds of waste per year for an average elementary school, or approximately two-thirds of a garbage truck. A few simple actions will help you reduce waste and save money: • Ditch the paper bag and choose a reusable lunch bag. Make sure to choose one that will be durable enough to last several years. • Buy in bulk. This action not only reduces packaging but also saves you money. For example, on average yogurt costs $.99 for single serving but $.66 per serving for a 650 g container. Pre-packaged foods often contain artificial colouring and flavours, are higher in sugar and sodium, and contain unfamiliar ingredients. • Choose reusable containers, utensils, and napkins. According to the Clean Air Council, enough plastic cups, forks, and spoons are thrown away each year to
circle the equator 300 times. Try to avoid the harmful chemicals found in plastics—glass and stainless steel are best. Pack real utensils and a cloth napkin, and bring them home to wash. You can find a great selection of litterless lunch containers and supplies at givalry.ca, where 25% of the purchase price goes to support environmental programs right here in Thunder Bay. Just type EcoSuperior in the question box before you start shopping. Setting a healthy routine at the beginning of the year by packing a waste-free lunch and walking or wheeling to school will make it easy for these habits to last yearround. Healthy habits make a healthy community!
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Green AN ORCHARD
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where on any given evening the gardeners can be found working and chatting away. 9 of those plots are tended to by newcomers
3 FARMING FOR CRED GARDEN PLOTS
planted and tended in partnership with the Lakehead Adult Education Centre
A SEED GARDEN
for producing seeds that are adapted to the short, cool growing season of northern Ontario
featuring three types of apples, three types of pears, two types of plums, and half a dozen different bush fruit
MARKET STAND
Wednesdays from 10 am– 3 pm, run by the Roots to Harvest crew!
PERENNIAL VEGETABLE PLOT
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contained within a wattle fence woven pieces of willow and poplar, made earlier this year by the SHOW (Seasonal Horticultural Outdoor Worker) crew
A STATE OF THE ART MULTI-SEASON GREENHOUSE built by two Lakehead University engineering students, with the intention of creating a prototype kit to send to northern communities to foster healthy food and agriculture
WASH STAND
devoted to strawberries, asparagus, and other things that will return each year
with running water and wash bins, so crew can harvest, wash, and sell
TEMPORARY GREENHOUSE keeps the tomato plants warm on cool nights to bump up productivity and extend the season
that will yield over 8000 pounds of food this year, and will be sold at market, to restaurants, to schools, and more
rootstoharvest roots to harvest
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Lillie St. Urban Garden Public Welcome to Explore Growing Garden Site
Story by Erin Beagle, Illustration by Heather Cranston-Lesniewski
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ll are welcome at the Lillie St. Urban Garden to explore, get inspired, or just to rest— whether there are Roots to Harvest folks there or not. The Lillie St Urban Garden is in partnership with Lakehead Public Schools and is a vibrant productive space that encourages meaningful community interactions and social inclusion. The garden serves as a backdrop for youth
employment, employing eight to ten people each season in order to help develop employment skills and community connections. It is also a hub for community interactions where 35 community gardeners grow their own food, local businesses and agencies come together to learn and work on the land, and students from the area engage in hands-on activities integrated with their schooling.
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Future Farmers of NWO
Local Farmer Encourages Girls to Get their Hands Dirty Story by Chelsea Cameron-Fikis, Photo by Karly Huitsing
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elebrating local food and supporting local farms is a mainstay of Thunder Bay’s identity, particularly among its youth. The Walleye chats with 22-year-old Angela Iuvancigh from Tarrymore Farms about her experience as a young female farmer in Northwestern Ontario. The Walleye: When did you first start farming and why? Angela Iuvancigh: I worked at the [Thunder Bay Country Market] for years helping different vendors, but then decided I wanted to try something new. So I asked the owners of Tarrymore Farms, Bill and Jenny, if they knew anybody who needed help on their farm during the summertime. Surprisingly, they actually needed help in their garden that summer, so I got to work right away. That was four summers ago, and it was weird how it all fell into place so
quickly. I didn’t initially think that farming was something I’d be doing, but I fell in love with it and hope to continue doing it for a long time. TW: What is it like being a young woman in an industry that is typically perceived as male-dominated? AI: I got business cards made this year and my face is on the front of the card. Then the other day at the market a little girl came up to me, picked up my business card and said, “There’s a girl on this card. Is that you?” And I said “Yeah that’s me, I’m a farmer.” And she goes, “You’re a farmer? Girls farm?” And I thought this was really cute but also interesting. A lot of the food that we eat is grown by women, but people don’t think that because women tend to be behind the scenes or aren’t always seen as the “face of the farm.” I’m kind of struggling with that too— even having my face on a business
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card, I thought to myself, “should I do that?” Having the confidence to enter the world of farming and feeling that you’ll be taken seriously can be a challenge for sure, but the NWO community is so supportive. TW: What is the most satisfying part of your job working on a farm? AI: All of it? I don’t think there’s anything more valuable than growing your own food—to start something from a seed that is so small you can barely see it, and then have it eventually grow into something that can feed your whole family and that you can give to your community. I also love being able to tell the story of my food, like how it was grown and where it comes from. TW: Why is the local food movement important to you, and why should people support it? AI: It’s important to support local so that you know exactly where your
food is coming from. Food doesn’t just show up magically on your plate: people had to put in the time and effort to grow it and harvest it. Also, keeping your money within the local community is beneficial too because it helps to build up local businesses and families. TW: What is your advice for young girls who might be interested in farming? AI: I like to think back to that little girl at the market because I’ve thought about her a lot, and I want her to know that just because you’re a girl doesn’t mean you can’t farm; it doesn’t mean you can’t put overalls on as your work uniform, which is honestly what I wear every day. Growing food is something anybody can do, either on a local farm or in your own backyard. Just don’t be afraid to try it and get your hands dirty.
Hard working, ethical and candid.
Feeling grateful for summer relaxation and fall abundance?
Like you, I believe the status quo has got to go!
A community where gratitude is expressed weekly is waiting to welcome you! Curious? Join us Sundays at 10:30. Special day, September 23rd, on Loon Lake, along with KOSS: campfire, games, sports, & food!
On October 22, vote for community, vote for transparency, vote for thoughtful planning. Armed with a diploma & degree in Child and Youth Care, extensive experience in community service management and administration, over three decades of advocacy with grassroots organizations and non-profit agencies, as well as several Board of Director appointments, I am equipped to bring a fresh and unique perspective to municipal government.I have always been an active member of the community, and when elected will be an active City Councillor.
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SeptemberEventsGuide September 1, sunset
Movie Nights on the Waterfront—Sherlock Gnomes Marina Park
Bring your blanket and lawn chair to enjoy Sherlock Gnomes! Movie will start after sunset, once it is dark.
thunderbay.ca
September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 9:30 am–12:30 pm
Kakabeka Farmers’ Market Kakabeka Legion
At Kakabeka Farmers’ Market you’ll find locally grown produce, local meats, jams, breads, pies and treats, perennials and other plants, and many other local products.
kakabekafarmersmarket.ca
September 5, 5:30–8:30 pm
September 7
Rockin’ Recovery 2018 Marina Park
This family-friendly event will feature local recovery stories and musical entertainment with delicious food vendors, artisans, and Recovery Allies promoting local resources.
625-2942
September 5, 6:30–8 pm
Soil Amendment and Cover Cropping Workshop
Hymers Fair
47 Hymers Fair Drive
Thunder Bay’s annual fall fair is here! See this month’s Top Five for more info.
hymersfair.com
September 3, 6–7:15 pm
Yoga for Food
St. Paul’s Anglican Church
Bring a non-perishable food item or cash/cheque donation in exchange for a free yoga class in support of the Underground Gym. No yoga experience required.
facebook.com/ RadiantYogaWithColleen
Whitewater Golf Club
This annual golf tournament raises money for families in need of financial support during their stay in an 81-family house in downtown Toronto, and their family rooms, located in three nearby hospitals.
624-7232
September 7–14
Brodie Library
Join a local community grower to learn about soil amendment and cover cropping for next year’s garden.
cherry@rootstoharvest.org
September 5, 5–7 pm
Let’s Connect The Foundry
September 2–3
20th Annual Ronald McDonald House Charity Golf Tournament
Meet new people, have some food and drinks, and connect with friends face to face!
facebook.com/letsconnectbay
September 6, 5–8 pm
Backyard Summer PopUp Roots to Harvest
Enjoy this backyard dinner with carnival-style games and don’t forget to check out the produce, honey, granola, fresh flower vendors and more!
Plein Air Grand Marais Grand Marais
This year Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery and Museum are collaborating to expand the weeklong event across Grand Marais for painters and art enthusiasts of every level.
visitcookcounty.com
September 8, 10 am–4 pm
Doors Open Thunder Bay Thunder Bay
Come explore! Step through the doors of some of our city’s most unique structures and heritage sites. Experience first-hand Thunder Bay’s remarkable architecture, and learn about our history, culture and community initiatives.
facebook.com/rootstoharvest
doorsopenontario.on.ca/thunderbay
September 6–22
September 8, 9:30–11 am
South Core Walking Tour
Bang Bang
Magnus Theatre
Up Shot Coffeehouse
A play about what it means to be inspired by true events. See this month’s Film & Theatre section for more info.
This event kicks off the Fort William Street Fair and Doors Open Thunder Bay with Shelby Ch’ng on a historic walking tour with stories from our past.
magnustheatre.com
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September 7–9
General Food Art Sports Music
Sweetheart’s Bluff, Grand Marais
facebook.com/shelby4tbay
11th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival
wtip.org
We’re in it together
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@tbaytelforgood
Rain Garden Tour 2018 Thunder Bay
Join EcoSuperior for a free selfguided tour of five residential, municipal and institutional rain gardens in Thunder Bay to celebrate the community’s commitment to stormwater management.
ecosuperior.org
September 9, 4–8 pm
Sunday Dinner: A Farm to Table Feast Gammondale Farm
Come out for a leisurely Sunday meal and enjoy the bounty of the Slate River Valley. Dinner will be prepared by award-winning chef Andrew Stone of Daytona’s Kitchen & Creative Catering.
facebook.com/destinationtbay
September 9, 10 am–4 pm
2018 Mark Out Addiction Thunder Bay Paintball Game
tbaytelforgood.net
September 11, 6–8 pm
Sleeping Giant Beer and Local Food Pairing Nights Sleeping Giant Brewing Co.
The second Tuesday of every month is a featured SGBC brew and local food taste night! For a $5 donation towards Roots to Harvest, you can sample them together.
facebook.com/rootstoharvest
September 11, 6–8 pm
Let’s Talk About Reconciliation Film Screening Mary J.L. Black Library
Directed and produced by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, the film will begin with a smudge and facilitated discussions to follow.
tbpl.ca/films
September 11 & 25 6–8 pm
Fresh Air Trail Run
Paintball Mountain
Kamview Nordic Centre
Join us for our annual paintball big game in support of Adult & Teen Challenge Thunder Bay.
This trail run features a short course and a long course, and a kids’ minirace! Cost is $5 per participant.
teenchallenge.mb.ca/paintball
tbnordictrails.com
September 9, 3 pm
September 12 & 26 5–8 pm
Marina Park
Downtown Port Arthur
Festival of Colours
Yoga Veggie Elevate
With an incredible lineup of musicians, dancers, yoga instructors, and more, the Festival of Colours is an unforgettable experience that will help you re-centre your life.
Explore a one-hour yoga practice suitable for all levels of experience, followed by a walking tour of the beloved Bay/Algoma neighbourhood, stopping for vegetarian tastings.
festivalofcolours.ca
seekadventureandtours.com
September 9
September 13–16
Best Western Nor’Wester Resort
Trinity Hall
The Caribou Charity Ride
The Caribou Charity Ride is for everyone, from the recreational rider to accomplished cyclists. Proceeds will benefit the Northern Cancer Fund.
cariboucharityride.com
The 11th annual Radio Waves Music Festival is here. See this month’s Top Five for more info.
@tbaytel
September 8, 11 am–4 pm
Vox Popular Media Arts Festival Thunder Bay’s annual film festival. See this month’s Top Five for more info.
baystreetfilmfestival.ca
September 14–16
September 15, 11 am–3 pm
5th Annual Thunder Bay West Thunder Corn Truck Centre Dirt Track Roast & Vendors Market Nationals West Thunder Community Mosquito Speedway
Come down to Mosquito Speedway for their annual stock car racing event. This year will feature b-mods, super stocks, street stocks and local ice racers (hornets).
facebook.com/ MosquitoSpeedway
September 14–16
Unplugged xvii––Folk Artisan Marketplace North House Folk School
Meet the hands at work behind your favourite northern crafts, including baskets, felted goods, carved bowls and spoons, jewelry, leather goods, and more!
northhouse.org
September 14 & 15
Savour Superior CLE Coliseum
Enjoy tantalizing food, live entertainment, and fun informative culinary demonstrations. See this month’s Food section for more information.
savoursuperior.com
September 15
Toys for Tots
Thunder Bay Harley Davidson A motorcycle ride covered with stuffed toys where proceeds go towards less fortunate families and children.
tbharley.com
September 15, 9 am–4 pm
3rd Annual Shuniah Forty Miner Kinsmen Park
It’s back! Blacksheep Mountain Biking Club will be holding the 3rd annual XC marathon where the name of the game is seeing if you can outlast the course.
blacksheepmtb.com/
September 15
2nd Annual Darryl Stubbings Memorial Golf Tournament Strathcona Golf Course
All the money raised at this golf tournament will be donated to the Canadian Mental Health Association in Thunder Bay in Darryl’s honour.
dstubbsgolf.ca
September 15, 10 am–2 pm
Parkinson SuperWalk Intercity Shopping Mall
Parkinson SuperWalk is Canada’s only nationwide fundraiser in support of Canadians living with Parkinson’s.
john.pagado@parkinson.ca
Centre
The annual corn roast and vendors’ market is here! As always, this event is guaranteed fun for the whole family.
facebook.com/ westthundercommunitycentre
September 16, noon–3 pm
Casting Call
Shuniah Building Lobby, Confederation College
The Confederation College Film Production Program needs actors and extras! The casting books are also an open resource for film production students, community filmmakers and external producers needing talent.
conflix.com
September 16, 1–4 pm
Terry Fox Run Boulevard Lake
The Terry Fox Foundation invites you to lace up your shoes, grab your family and friends, and help raise money for cancer research, and keep Terry’s memory alive.
terryfox.org
September 16, 6 pm–10 pm
Poetry Night— Reading Series & Acoustic Performance The Creative
Come out and enjoy a night with local poets and live acoustic music. Coffee, tea, and birthday cake will be provided for the guests during intermission.
theneststudio.ca
September 16, 10 am–1 pm
Thunder Bay Kidney Walk Marina Park
The Kidney Walk is a great way for families, friends, and colleagues to come together to show support for the 1 in 10 Canadians living with kidney disease.
kidneywalk.ca
September 17, 7 pm
PUNK The Journey of a ‘60s Delinquent Book Launch Waverly Resource Library
Join Peter Panetta in launching his book, PUNK The Journey of a ‘60s Delinquent.
tbpl.com
September 18, 6–8:30 pm
Beer School: Beer and BBQ Sleeping Giant Brewing Co.
This event will feature samples of barbecue food from local restaurants paired with samples of local craft beer and an educational component.
sleepinggiantbrewing.ca
September 19, 6:30 pm
September 25, 7 pm
County Park Library
Waverley Library
DIY Recycled Wreaths Save some money and help recycle by making your own fall decorations out of recycled books.
tbpl.ca
September 19, 6:30 pm
Writers’ Circle
Writers meet monthly to to share ideas and support each other. September’s topic will be Indigenous poetry and will continue with different topics monthly.
345-8513
Eat Local Challenge with September 26, 8 pm EcoSuperior Quiz Night Waverly Library The workshop will give an overview of the local food system and help you learn where to find local foods and how to start incorporating more of them into your diet.
tbpl.com
September 20, 5:30–8:30 pm
23rd Annual Community Partners’ Evening Confederation College
Guest alumni chefs will be featured at gourmet food stations throughout the venue, giving you the opportunity to mix, mingle, and network.
shelley.graham@ confederationcollege.ca
September 20, 7:30 pm
The Thunder Bay Horticultural Society General Meeting
Oliver Road Community Centre Free demonstration with Lois Donaldson on growing shallow root plants for living wall or ground box, and a plant sale.
tbayhortsociety.weebly.com
September 20
3rd Annual Grub Crawl Bay and Algoma
There ain’t no party like a Grub Crawl party. Join SHIFT for an evening trek in the Bay and Algoma neighbourhood as they visit local cafes and restaurants and eat a lot!
shiftnetwork.ca
September 22, noon–3 pm
Harvest Festival
Hilldale Lutheran Church
Enjoy a slice of pumpkin or apple pie with ice cream and tea or coffee at Lutheran Community Care Centre’s 30th annual Harvest Festival. Proceeds go towards the church.
lccctbay.org
September 22, 10:30 am– 11:30 am
There is a Monster in My School Book Launch Waverly Resource Library
Join Marianne Jones in launching her book, There is a Monster in My School.
tbpl.ca
September 22, 10 am–1 pm
Walk for ALS Boulevard Lake
Join the largest volunteer-led fundraiser across the country with proceeds towards ALS.
Red Lion Smokehouse
The last Wednesday of every month is Quiz Night at Red Lion Smokehouse. Don’t forget to B.Y.O.P. (Bring Your Own Pen!)
facebook.com/ redlionsmokehouse
September 26, 2–4 pm
Art with Leslie Cano
September 29, 11 am–5 pm
24th Annual Pumpkinfest Gammondale Farm
Celebrate the magic of autumn with Gammondale’s annual Pumpkinfest. There are over 20 attractions for families to explore and a variety of local food treats.
gammondalefarm.com
September 29, 10 am–4 pm
3rd Annual Wasaya United Way Plane Pull Wasaya Airplane Hangar
The United Way of Thunder Bay and Wasaya Airways is proud to announce the return of the 3rd Annual Plane Pull in support of the United Way of Thunder Bay.
uwaytbay.ca
Country Park Branch Library
September 29
tbpl.ca
Definitely Superior Art Gallery
Leslie Cano is back with another free art class. Enjoy her different painting techniques on various medias.
September 27, 7 pm
Painting with Light with Laura Paxton Mary J.L. Black Library
Come out for a fun and exciting night as your learn to paint with Light. Pizza and juice will be served.
tbpl.ca
September 27, 6:30–7:45 pm
Design Canada Film Screening Finlandia Hall
What defines a national identity? Is it an anthem, flag, logo or icon? How do these elements shape who we are? These questions were answered by an innovative group of Canadian designers who used design to unify the nation.
Culture Days with DefSup
Learn more about Thunder Bay’s very first “Graffiti Art Alley” in the Waterfront District, created by Die Active Art Collective, DefSup’s mentorship program for youngblooded artists (ages 15-30ish).
definitelysuperior.com
September 30
Culture Days with DefSup
Definitely Superior Art Gallery
Join artist Zoe Gordon for a 30-minute meditative tour of the Waterfront District, “Ways of Listening to Each Other and the Environment.” The tour will be followed by a 20-minute visit to the gallery so participants can share their downtown listening perceptions.
definitelysuperior.com
rgd.ca
September 30, 8 am–noon
September 27–29
Fort William Stadium
Franco Festival
Centre Francophone
Franco-Festival is an event that offers participants of all ages the opportunity to experience the French-Canadian culture. See this month’s Top Five for more info.
francofestival.com
September 28, 10 am–noon
Afternoon Artist (in the morning) Mary J.L. Black Library
Spend the morning learning to create a unique painting.
624-4200
September 28 & 29
Eat, Sleep & Move Wellness Expo
CIBC Run for the Cure To raise funds and awareness for breast cancer and promote research and support for survivors.
cibcrunforthecure.supportcbcf. com
Until November 25
Uprising: The Power of Mother Earth Thunder Bay Art Gallery
This exhibition charts Christi Belcourt’s artistic career beginning with early works showcasing the natural world’s beauty and onto her large sweeping murals, including her collaborations with knowledge holder, storyteller, and emerging visual artist Isaac Murdoch.
theag.ca
CLE Coliseum Building
The best in health and wellness in our community! With over 40 booths, free hourly workshop, and more, there will be something for everyone!
768-4404
walkforals.ca
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SeptemberMusicGuide SEPT 1 Folk’n Saturday Afternoons
SEPT 8 Folk’n Saturday Afternoons
Ukkonen & Friends
The Sunday wilde Variety Show w/ Sheila Gostick, Sunday wilde, Tara O’Brien, Jen Metcalfe
The Foundry 1 pm / No Cover / 19+
Black Pirates Pub 10 pm / $5 / 19+
EDLA
The Foundry 10 pm / $5 / 19+
SEPT 2 Open Jam
PA Legion Branch 5 8 pm / No Cover / AA
BevZ
Dragon’s Den 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 3 Every Folk’n Monday Night The Foundry 7 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 4 Thunder Bay Community Band Jam Night 250 Park Avenue 7:30 pm / No Cover / AA
SEPT 5 Black Thunder + Cheer The Apollo 9 pm / $TBA / 19+
SEPT 6 Jazzy Thursdays
The Foundry 7 pm / No Cover / 19+
Bobby Dove
The Apollo 8 pm / $TBA / 19+
Open Stage with Tiina Flank & Craig Smyth The Foundry 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 7 Live at the Five: The CCR Band PA Legion Branch 5 8 pm / $10 / 19+
Phoebe The Feeb’s CD Fundrasier Black Pirates Pub 10 pm / $5 / 19+
DJ Big D
The Foundry 10 pm / $5 / 19+
The Foundry 1 pm / No Cover / 19+
Branch 5 Legion 8 pm / $5 / 19+
James Boraski Trio
Mackenzie-Riverside Pizzeria & Lounge 6:30 pm / No Cover / AA
The Bay Street Bastards The Foundry 10 pm / $5 / 19+
Back to WERQ: Drag & DJ Party Black Pirates Pub 10 pm / $5 / 19+
The Apollo 9 pm / $10 / 19+
SEPT 14 Undercover
The Foundry 10 pm / $5 / 19+
Melissa Plett + Nick Sherman The Apollo 9 pm / $10 / 19+
SEPT 15 Folk’n Saturday Afternoons The Foundry 1 pm / No Cover / 19+
James Boraski Trio
Beaux Daddy’s Grillhouse 6:30 pm / No Cover / AA
Jean-Paul De Roover
The Enchanting Flute: Doris Dungan & Heather Morrison
SEPT 9 Open Jam
The Cover Show 22 Encore – Part 2 Black Pirates Pub
South Core Street Fair Noon / No Cover / AA
PA Legion Branch 5 8 pm / No Cover / AA
SEPT 10 Every Folk’n Monday Night The Foundry 7 pm / No Cover / 19+
Fetty Wap
NV Nightclub 8 pm / $50–$60 / 19+
Peter & the Wolves The Foundry 7 pm / $TBA / AA
BevZ
Dragon’s Den 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 11 The Color
Fort William Baptist Church 7 pm / $7-$30 / AA
Thunder Bay Community Band Jam Night 250 Park Avenue 7:30 pm / No Cover / AA
SEPT 13 Jazzy Thursdays
The Foundry 7 pm / No Cover / 19+
Open Stage with Tiina Flank & Craig Smyth The Foundry 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
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Tom Savage
St Paul’s United Church 8 pm / $10–$15 / AA
10 pm / $5 / 19+
Hunt & Gather + The Thirsty Monks
SEPT 20 Jazzy Thursdays
SEPT 27 Jazzy Thursdays
Elliott Brood
Great Lake Swimmers
James Boraski Duo
Open Stage with Tiina Flank & Craig Smyth
The Foundry 7 pm / No Cover / 19+
Crocks 8 pm / $20 / 19+
The Seattle Coffee House 6:30 pm / No Cover / AA
Black Pirates Pub 8 pm / $6 / AA
Open Stage with Tiina Flank & Craig Smyth The Foundry 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 21 Rae Spoon + respectfulchild In Common 7 pm / No Cover / AA
The Foundry 10 pm / $5 / 19+
SEPT 22 Folk’n Saturday Afternoons The Foundry 1 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 16 Open Jam
Pura Fé
Port Arthur Polish Hall 8 pm / $30 / AA
Arrowhead Center for the Arts 7:30 pm / $15 / AA
The.Wav
Black Pirates Pub 9pm / $TBA / 19+
Thunder Bay 9 pm / $10 / 19+
BevZ
SEPT 23 Open Jam
Dragon’s Den 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 17 Every Folk’n Monday Night The Foundry 7 pm / No Cover / 19+
Swollen Members Family Reunion Tour NV Nightclub 9 pm / $25–$60 / 19+
Yer Mum
The Apollo Bar 9 pm / $TBA / 19+
The Foundry 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 28 Railgun Album Release Party Black Pirates Pub 10 pm / $5 / 19+
James Boraski Duo AJ’s Trading Post 5 pm / No Cover / AA
Fred Eaglesmith and Tif Ginn Murillo Community Hall 8 pm / $30 / AA
The OM Sound
William Prince
The Peelers
Crocks 8 pm / $20 / 19+
School Sucks! 2018
The Foundry 10 pm / $5 / 19+
PA Legion Branch 5 8 pm / No Cover / AA
The Foundry 7 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 29 Folk’n Saturday Afternoons The Foundry 1 pm / No Cover / 19+
Dear Rogue
Crocks 8 pm / $20 / 19+
The Glorious Gryphon with Toronto’s Gryphon Trio St Paul’s United Church 8 pm / $10–$15 / AA
Sickn’ing: Halloween Drag Show Black Pirates Pub 10 pm / $10 / 19+
The Carbons
PA Legion Branch 5 8 pm / No Cover / AA
SEPT 24 Every Folk’n Monday Night The Foundry 7 pm / No Cover / 19+
SEPT 25 Thunder Bay Community Band Jam Night 250 Park Avenue 7:30 pm / No Cover / AA
The Foundry 10 pm / $5 / 19+
James Boraski Duo
Crystal Beach Restaurant 5 pm / No Cover / AA
SEPT 30 Open Jam
PA Legion Branch 5 8 pm / No Cover / AA
BevZ
Dragon’s Den 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
BevZ SEPT 18 Thunder Bay Community Band Jam Night 250 Park Avenue 7:30 pm / No Cover / AA
Dragon’s Den 10 pm / No Cover / 19+
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LU RADIO’S MONTHLY TOP September Show Spotlight
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Top 20 1
Father John Misty God’s Favorite Customer Sub Pop
2
Kamasi Washington Heaven And Earth Young Turks
15 For Esmé* Righteous Woman Self-Released
3
Makaya McCraven Where We Come From CHICAGOxLONDON Mixtape International Anthem
4
Melody Diachun* Get Back to the Groove Third Beach
5
Jerry Weldon Those Were The Days Cellar Live
16 Parquet Courts Wide Awake! Rough Trade
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Hosted by Varga Sundays from 10 am–1pm
Sunday Salmagundi has been rockin’ the brunch hour at LU Radio since 2013. Tha ’gundi is exactly what its name represents: a hodgepodge of all genres of music, a mix of news and opinion, a typical and atypical radio show that aims to please everybody and nobody at the same time. All are welcome—but no pants allowed (it is Sunday morning after all)! Tune in and get ready to get yer ‘gundi on with yer undies on!
Song of the moment: Faith No More - “Easy”
CILU 102.7fm’s Monthly Charts for this issue reflect airplay for the month ending August 14, 2018. Check out our weekly charts online at luradio.ca or tune in to the weekly Top 20 Countdown Saturday from 9-11pm (or the rebroadcast Tuesday 1-3pm) on 102.7fm in Thunder Bay or stream us live world-wide at www.luradio.ca.
14 Moelody’s Echo Chamber Bon Voyage Fat Possum
17 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Hope Downs Sub Pop
Sunday Salmagundi
Music
3
Honest Heart Collective* Grief Rights Self-Released Wax Mannequin* Have a New Name Coax
18 Buck Meek Buck Meek Keeled Scales 19 Michael Rault* It’s A New Day Tonight Sleepless 20 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Sparkle Hard Domino
Hip Hop 1
Chanhays* The Creepy EP Droppin’ Science
2
Brom* Malaise Self-Released
3
Kids See Ghosts Kids See Ghosts G.O.O.D.
1
Ghost Prequelle Loma Vista
4
Brownout Fear Of A Brown Planet Fat Beats
2
Lié* Hounds Mint
Drake* Scorpion Cash Money
3
Yob Our Raw Heart Relapse
4
Deafheaven Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Anti-
5
Volcano Calculator Volcano Calculator Ulusulu
4
Coeur De Pirate* en cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé Dare To Care
5
Bernice* Puff: In the air without a shape Arts & Crafts
5
6
Calpurnia* Scout Royal Mountain
International
7
Johnny Marr Call The Comet New Voodoo
8
Jennifer Castle* Angels of Death Idée Fixe
9
Yukon Blonde* Critical Hit Dine Alone Records
10 Jo Passed Their Prime Royal Mountain 11 Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel Milk! 12 Tancred Nightstand Polyvinyl 13 Peach Kelli Pop* Gentle Leader Mint
Electronic 1
2
Peppermoth* Glimmer Tide Big Mind Deadbeat* Wax Poetic For This Our Great Resolve Blkrtz
3
Leon Vynehall Nothing Is Still Ninja Tune
4
Liminal Drifter The Dreams Hidden Shoal
5
Bruce Haack* Preservation Tapes Telephone Explosion
Loud
1
Gurrumul Djarimirri Skinnyfish
2
Red Baraat Sound The People Rhyme & Reason
3
Jupiter & Okwess Kin Sonic Everloving
4
5
1
Chancha Via Circuito Bienaventuranza Wonderwheel
Greenbank* Glory Days Self-Released
2
Angelique Kidjo Remain In Light Kravenworks
Cowboy Junkies* All That Reckoning Latent
3
Oxlip* Wolves! Cried the Maid World Peach
4
The Marwills* A Mother’s Worry Self-Released
5
Steve Hill* The One-Man Blues Rock Band Self-Released
Jazz 1
Folk•Roots•Blues
Gordon Grdina’s The Marrow* Ejdeha Songlines
* Indicates Canadian Content
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WeatherEye
To Everything There is a Season
Darren McChristie
By Graham Saunders
Enjoying the view from the top of the Sleeping Giant on a warm September afternoon
“S
ummer’s lease,” as Shakespeare noted in his Sonnet 18, “hath all too short a date.” This remains true more than four centuries later. We still have the lingering warmth of recent summer and luxuriant foliage on the trees, but the pace of change has picked up. September is the intro to autumn. For meteorologists and climatologists, the autumn season begins promptly on September 1. For astronomers and on your calendar, the date and time this year is September 22 at 9:54 pm in Thunder Bay and most of Ontario. The Fall Equinox (and the Spring Equinox in March) can happen any day between the 19th and 23rd of the month. Perhaps this variation helps to explain why
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weather people start with the first day on the month. In the Northwest region, September is a time of transition. A month ago, daytime temperatures reached 25 and even 30°C. In another month, 10 to 15°C will be more typical, although occasional days of 20°C are still possible. Cooler conditions combined with lengthening nights make it an ideal month for the heavy dews and mists associated with early autumn. Ground frost is possible throughout the month, and temperatures below the freezing point on three or four mornings during the second half of the month usually flag the end of most garden vegetables. However, gardeners can usually nurse sensitive veggies like
tomatoes and peppers through a light frost or two with covering up, and other plants like carrots and kale will persist well into October. September usually provides a gentle transition from summer to the fall season. The “gales of November” are a couple of months away. Sightings of snow flurries late in the month are possible at higher elevations inland, but the last time a serious amount of snow fell in September—“plowable” being the technical term—was back in 1985. September also typically has fewer thunderstorms and associated flash flooding than in the summer months, but there are always exceptions. For instance, on September 8, 1977, rainfall totalling 131.2 mm caused
considerable flooding, and Fort William Historical Park (known as Old Fort William when it was opened in 1973) was nearly swept away by flood waters of the Kaministiquia River at Point de Meuron. September also sees the exodus of many migrating birds. It was a relatively gentle summer in Thunder Bay with regards to biting insects, but the typical collapse of flying insects in August and September means that birds that feed “on the wing” choose to migrate southward. In the coming weeks, cooler weather will bring a further dearth of insects. Further north, waterfowl and other birds get hints from colder water and follow their migratory pathways to more temperate locations.
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veryone who drives believes they have the solutions to all our traffic woes. When the topic arises, you will likely hear about everything from synchronized traffic lights to single-direction expressways. But one traffic solution that seems to rarely come up is the roundabout. Although roundabouts might be unfamiliar to us, in many countries around the world, roundabouts are a staple in traffic planning, especially in cities with large populations and major traffic congestion. Our resistance to roundabouts perhaps boils down to the North American idea that we can find a better way—a philosophy that always seems to fall flat in the end. We tend to look at European and Asian
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countries that have been around for a lot longer than us and dismiss the things that they take for granted as the best solutions to many issues. I asked several people what they thought about roundabouts and the responses were largely negative. When pushed for a reason, most people referred the scene from National Lampoon’s European Vacation when Clark Griswold got “trapped” on the Lambeth Bridge Roundabout in London, England. Yet there is so much information out there that counters almost all the negativity we associate with roundabouts. Heck, even the MythBusters checked into roundabouts and found that they are more efficient than regular traffic intersections by a significant
margin. A simple Google search will bring you to many articles and studies on the topic and, in doing research for this piece, I discovered most of the anti-roundabout sentiment seems to trail off after they are implemented. If I combine my research along with my personal experience with roundabouts, I have come to the conclusion that I am a fan. Roundabouts serve several purposes, and right here at home, the main advantage of implementing roundabouts would be reducing traffic back-up. Many forget that before there was a roundabout at our waterfront, there were often long lines at the Pearl Street access despite the small amount of traffic. Another roundabout within driving distance
is the Lakeview Drive roundabout in Kenora. Now when you go to see Husky the Muskie, you barely notice a slowdown in the traffic at all. In almost every instance of a roundabout being installed, the negativity appears to dissolve as people adapt to the strange new concept and start to flow instead of jam. In my opinion, many driving issues come from a lack of consideration for others, and roundabouts are a way to force people to work together when it comes to traffic. Pull up, yield, wait your turn, and signal on your way out. When implemented and used properly, everyone gets to where they are going more efficiently.
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Remembering Our Shooting Star It is with great sadness and disbelief, that we say goodbye to a dear friend and a greatly admired young artist, Sarah Mason. Sarah was a part of the fabric of the gallery for over six years. There are no words to express how deeply saddened we are. We can only hope to find comfort in knowing she felt loved and appreciated by her arts community family. Sarah, thank you, for your passion, your joy and for the invaluable gifts of art you’ve given all of us. -defsup
A note from the Die Active Art Collective: Sarah Mason was Die Active. She was our Baby Teeth, our kid Mason, our shooting star. A brilliant artist, generous mentor, and beloved friend, many of us came to know and love Sarah through summers of spray painting walls with Die Active. Joining as a shy, bright-eyed teen, her kind nature, charming aesthetic and desire to create endeared her to us all from day one. Over the next six years we watched with pride as Sarah bloomed—from her first foray into freehand spray painting to participating in professional art exhibitions at Definitely Superior Art Gallery, being accepted into the prestigious illustration program at Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, beginning her own successful creative brand, having her work featured and published in magazines, and returning home each summer to mentor a new generation of emerging youth artists with Die Active. Sarah’s commitment to her craft and this community was profound, her absence surreal and heartbreaking. Sarah, like her art, was warm, whimsical, sensitive, and humble. She found beauty and inspiration in simple pleasures, the wonders of nature, treasured memories, enduring relationships, and daydreams, all of which were skillfully woven into her art. She was a gift and we will miss her. -die active
Comet Chaser, Sarah Mason, watercolour, 2017
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