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Prince of Pot Marijuana activist Marc Emery released from U.S. prison hits Canadian soil

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Exploring the city by bike

WIN TIX! James O-L & Ron Leary @ and the Villains

Olde Walkerville

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Bikes, Burgers & Beer Sandwich Towne Festival shifts gears for September street party

From beaches Theatre to breweries urbanitenews.com and inbetween to enter on two wheels

VIEWS THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY The ongoing tension between faculty and administration at the University of Windsor has generated discussion in the city about whether faculty salary demands are unreasonable. I want to start from a different perspective on the value of our intellectual and creative labour. It is easy to assume, as The Windsor Star did in a Saturday, Aug. 16 editorial, that full-time faculty lead gilded lives eight months of the year, in blissful ignorance of the real world. For the record, fulltime faculty use the summer months (save four weeks of vacation) to do the research our contracts require of us, which we have no time to do when we are teaching the other eight months. In the real world of academia today, if you are not actively researching you will be very quickly actively unemployed.

Be that as it may, what is the value of our work as academics to you, the citizens of Windsor. I think we make five important contributions: 1) We allow the citizens of Windsor, whatever their age, to get a first class education in their own community; 2) We bring the world to Windsor by recruiting students and faculty from abroad, and by bringing world-renowned talents to campus to speak, perform, and share their work with the community; 3) We connect Windsor to the world through the contributions our research makes to the disciplines we study and teach, putting the city on the map in a way we would not be otherwise; 4) We do the creative intellectual labour — scientific, humanistic, artistic — that opens the door to a revitalised economy, a stimulating culture, a life-sustaining environment and healthy bodies; 5) We enliven and enrich the community through talks, community groups and the outreach, all of which we freely do.

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the University of Windsor does not exist in a vacuum. It must compete with bigger institutions in bigger cities for talent, for research dollars and for students.

Over the past six years, 48 full-time faculty and librarians have left the University and not have been replaced. That means bigger class sizes, fewer course offerings, less research, more pressure on faculty and lower morale. Faculty agree that a vibrant university requires new buildings and bold projects like the downtown campus. At the same time, the vitality of the university ultimately comes down to the quality of its faculty and students. If we are going to continue to attract top flight talent, we need to be able to offer competitive salaries and benefits and provide a collegial working atmosphere. Attempting to impose a contract on faculty that does not meet sector norms in the province — as the administration has tried to do — fails on both counts. We can fight or we can resolve our differences through dialogue. Only when problems are resolved through dialogue are common purposes served.

— JEFF NOONAN Professor of Philosophy & vice-president internal, Windsor University Faculty Association

The community should be proud of its university, which accomplishes a great deal with the resources it has. However,

Publisher/Editor: Natasha Marar (natasha@urbanitenews.com) Managing Editor: Jon Liedtke (jon@urbanitenews.com) Art Director: Stephen Hargreaves Contributors: Jamie Greer, Dan Savage, Jay Verspeelt, Nicholas V. Nedin, Don Merrifeld Jr., Rino Bortolin, Jenn McMullan, Loren Mastracci

F/T OR P/T CITY COUNCILLORS? EITHER WAY, IT’S TIME TO GET TO WORK Continuing my series of articles about the upcoming 2014 Windsor municipal election and what an incredible opportunity it presents, I want to talk about the merits of councillors working full-time hours.

Currently, there are a handful of candidates campaigning on the premise that if elected they’d put in full-time hours as a councillor, in contrast to the part-time hours which the position requires.

At face value, this is commendable as both the city and residents would be getting something for free: the city doesn’t have to pay out a full-time wage and residents receive the benefits of a full-time councillor.

But, we need to ask some important questions: what are the benefits to residents of having a full-time councillor? Would they receive quicker access to government services or remedies to situations?

It’s been stated by many residents and even councillors to me that if you want something done it’s far quicker to have a councillor address it directly, rather than deal with 311 or specific departments.

Whether candidates pledging to work full-time are retired or if their employment affords them the ability to put in the extra hours, at the end of the day, if elected, Windsorites are presented with a problem: candidates who are more financially secure will be perceived of as providing more ‘value’ to residents because they can put in more hours.

This creates a troubling situation where we could have certain wards represented by full-time councillors, but others by part-time councillors.

While all residents are taxed equally, they wouldn’t be represented equally, and this isn’t right in a democratic society. Under this scenario, a fulltime councillor is accessible to their constituents 50 per cent more than their part-time counterparts.

The only equitable solution is to make the role of councillor full-time and I implore candidates to start talking about this very pressing topic.

Windsor is an urban centre with a population of over 200,000, millions of potential tourists lie within a few hours drive, and the city is regularly dealing with issues far more reaching in scope than a part-time councillor can oversee.

This isn’t 1950, it’s 2014 and it’s time we start to act like it. Make the role of city councillor a full-time position, and let’s get to work.

But is this fair to both residents and candidates themselves?

— JON LIEDTKE @mr_liedtke

Not all candidates are in a position to work full time as a councillor, which is most likely one of the reasons why the issue is coming up — it helps to carve out a niche in a crowded electoral field.

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The Prince of Pot’s cannabis culture

Freed from U.S. prison, Marc Emery lands in Windsor with plans for legalization JON LIEDTKE Pot smokers, activists and media thronged Marc Emery, aka the Prince of Pot, when he stepped foot on Canadian soil for the first time this month since he was extradited to the United States for selling marijuana seeds. Now that he’s free, the Machiavellian Prince plans to undermine the Canadian government again to push marijuana legalization.

“We are going to go all in and put our faith in the Liberal Party of Canada in the next election because I do believe they are sincere that they will legalize marijuana,” said Marc, who will be touring the county with his wife, Jodie, who is seeking the nomination of the Vancouver East Liberals. “I want to remind that legalize means no one ever goes to jail for marijuana.”

Marc has been arrested 28 times for marijuana civil disobedience in seven out of 10 provinces, jailed 23 times, and bragged he “tried many times in Ontario, but I have not been arrested … I tried to get arrested here in Windsor smoking in front of the police department.”

“We still have people ... being arrested every year in Canada. We still have black market gangs that to some degree control the trade and we still have people paying way too much for marijuana. So help me God, we are going to bury this prohibition next year in this federal election.”

Marc explained that while it’s been a long road to be able to say “next year we can say we can make marijuana legal,” there needs to be a change in marijuana culture.

“I know it’s a nice party vibe, every day there’s a 4-20 and every day there’s an opportunity for celebration, but people we have to get serious about politics. We can’t continue to think that it’s a game or a joke

Marc Emery reunited with his wife Jodie after serving 4.5 years in a U.S. prison » Photo Jon Liedtke ... we have to get out and vote, and I know it’s the most uncool thing in the world to have to say, especially to young people that voting is the answer, but it is, it absolutely is. We have to go to the polls ...”

Marc noted Canadian cannabis culture represents three to four million Canadians “and we are potentially the largest voting block in Canada. There are not three to four million [Roman Catholics, Protestants or Conservatives], there just aren’t three to four million of anybody when you consider a voting block.”

“I think we are a marginalized, underrepresented and underestimated voting block and we can really make a big difference.”

Not one to mince words, Marc called Prime Minister Stephen Harper a “despot” and “tyrant” running a party “whose principals do not parallel that of [most Canadians] who want transparency, justice, honesty. Marc went on to say that Harper “wants to punish us, he wants to portray

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‘round Windsor by bike

Taking a day to explore the city on two wheels

marijuana use as a sin that requires harsh punishment and we have to reject that …”

Marc’s recent stint in prison cost his family roughly $110,000 which was used to purchase e-mail access, telephone calls and black market fruits and vegetables.

“The time is right for changing marijuana laws in Canada, now is the time, we have to get people organized,” said Jodie. “... support the party that has legalization in their platform and that’s how we’ll change our laws in Canada, there’s no other way.”

“If Canadians don’t like pot, I don’t know how they feel about millions of dollars being wasted every year going after pot when our hospitals are underfunded, education is suffering ... millions wasted on pot prohibition under Harper, no thank you.”

Jodie sees Trudeau’s Liberals as the most likely chance to defeat the Conservatives.

“Marijuana prohibition is doomed to fail.

We’re seeing prohibition being rejected

With a month left of summer and still 12 kilometres of track to be laid on the Windsor Loop, now is the time for a last hurrah of biking and urban exploring.

For those that don’t know, the Windsor Loop is a 42-kilometre loop around the perimeter of the city.

Construction started in 2001, and the grand loop is 72 per cent done 13 years later. We’ve come up with our own 46-kilometre day route for you to enjoy the majesty of the city with a few stops along the way.

- words Jay Verspeelt

throughout the United States, we’re seeing even conservative states passing laws allowing children to access medical marijuana. It’s only a matter of time before every state and all of Canada legalize marijuana,” she added.

Noting that Windsor was a main route for alcohol to enter and exit both countries during respective prohibitions, Jodie agreed that it was “very ironic that [Marc is] coming through [an] alcohol prohibition traveling route. I find it ironic that Marc comes home through the border where [he smuggled] High Times into Canada to educate Canadians about marijuana.”

“Nothing good comes of marijuana prohibition,” said Marc. “If you don’t want young people to smoke marijuana thats one thing, but to give them a criminal record, to stigmatize them, to put them in jail for only one night even … that is a very traumatizing thing.”

1. Stop #1: Olive Tree Cafe (1005 Lincoln Rd.) | 9-10 a.m.

Why the Olive Tree? You probably haven’t been there before, it’s affordable and a welcome divergence from the standard, North American breakfast diner.

More healthy and vegan options dominate the menu, but if meat is your thing the sausages are amazing.

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Q Windsor mayor Eddie Francis is proposing a seasonal children’s attraction for the old Grace Hospital site. Do you think this is an appropriate use for this site and should this council be making such a decision so late in their mandate?

Don Merrifield Didn’t we just talk about this? There seems to be a new “norm” coming out of city hall of “our mandate is ending, let’s spend it all before dad finds out and takes our credit card away.” The mandate for this version of city council although not officially over, is in reality finished. Weekly proposals of new, large spending projects is taking away from the financial gains that have been made under this mayor and council. We have heard this with the Riverside Drive underpass project, the WFCU Centre pool proposal, and now we have children’s outdoor amusement park.

I do understand that this is just a proposal and it’ll be up to the next mayor and council to make the final spending decision, but

Rose City Politics:

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good use for the Grace site?

Windsor has spent hundreds of millions on large community entertainment infrastructure, while as the last big rain storms showed us we have a huge regular old boring infrastructure deficit.

only all of us were in a position to use “other peoples money” and had connections to get stuff through the city bureaucracy, We’d all be on the giant water slide to prosperity (that ride will be in the next project).

These projects have been referred to the mayor and council as legacy projects. The best “legacy” the mayor and council could leave behind is having the city in better financial shape than when they started. To go out on a drunken spending spree just again makes taxpayers (you know those people who pay for all this stuff) look at even taxpayer first politicians they thought were responsible with the taxpayers purse, as just another group at the public trough, using their money to build “empires” to themselves. The true legacy for many in this community is they still get their own water features in their basements everytime it rains. If they could charge admission and invite the neighbourhood kids in, it may be worth it. Then again that would be considered taxable income, permits would be needed, a license, and Lord knows what other paperwork and red tape. If

Rino Bortolin No, and no. This piece of property is in the middle of a densely residential neighbourhood that desperately needs rejuvenation.

What is needed in the core is simple: more people. After the city conducts a thorough study of what types of residential is appropriate and necessary, the plans should include some portion of residential development.

The urban core needs more residents. Any further development in the core needs to accommodate some sort of residential component or have consideration for such in the surrounding neighbourhoods. We can look to the Ilich Family development in Detroit as a great example of this. The property is large enough for concepts to include mixed use, but to go with a 100 per cent entertainment facility is just shortsighted and shows a lack

long term vision. Consider the area would be in effect rendered useless for much of the year because of our winters. Also, consider that for people looking to enjoy a water park or such amenities they can walk or drive just a short distance to the new aquatic centre.

It simply does not make sense. Many of the amenities can also go down on the riverfront.

We have had consultation from citizens who have asked for many new amenities to be added to our riverfront, why not place many of these features down on the riverfront? In short, the development of the Grace Hospital site needs to incorporate some sort of residential use while at the same time servicing the immediate residents in the surrounding neighbourhoods. We should not be looking to simply create destinations in hope that suburbanites will flock to these areas with no benefit to these neighbourhoods. Throughout it all we also need to recognize that the area residents need to be in on the discussions and not just informed through the media of what will be happening.

Don Merrifield Jr.

Rino Bortolin

Fourteen years as a Windsor realtor, musician, father of one son Miles, politics-run financially conservative yet socially liberal. Merrifield Jr. was a candidate in last municipal election in Ward 3 for city councillor, a cigar aficionado, motorcycle enthusiast and lover of travel.

Husband, father (of three), chef/co-owner Rino’s Kitchen & Ale House. Rino Bortolin is a passionate advocate for all things local especially local food. Bortolin’s community activism focuses on local municipal issues, having run for city council in 2010. He’s contributed on many local campaigns at all three levels of government.

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Stop #2: Antiques (1205 University Ave. W.) | 10:1811 a.m.

After biking about 5 kilometres down Riverside Drive, come up Crawford Avenue to University and stop at the new Antiques store at Wellington Avenue.

The store is filled wall-to-wall with approximately 5,000 items of old worldly curios and googaws. Although the products are interesting, haggle over the high prices.

Stop #3: Sandwich Towne Farmers’ Market (3199 Sandwich St.) | 11:10-11:30 a.m.

After you feel bad for not buying anything because you couldn’t fit the sideboard in you bike basket, head over to the Sandwich Towne Farmers’ Market on Mill Street behind Barrel House Draught Co. Grill. Grab some lunch items for your next stop.

Stop #4: Ojibway Park (5200 Matchette Rd.) | 11:45-12:45 p.m.

Eat under a shady tree while looking out for wildlife in the park or attempting the dirt jumps on the bike track.

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FOOD& DRINK

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Camping classics twisted

Food truck king, Smashed Apple’s

Billy Deslippe’s last meal NICHOLAS V. NEDIN If you were on death row what would be on the menu for your last meal? Take a moment and actually think about it. Now imagine if food was your life. Your last meal could become your life story.

Billy Deslippe is a chef whose journey with food has taken him thousands of kilometres from home and back again. Deslippe, a native of Harrow, has been working in kitchens all over Canada since his teen years. He has since returned home and started his own business, The Smashed Apple Gourmet Catering and Food Truck. After a few years working in local kitchens, Deslippe moved to the GTA for culinary school at Liaison College.

Soon Deslippe was off to western Canada with stops in Calgary, Lake Louise, Squamish, Whistler and Invermere.

Coming up with a last meal was a tougher task than Deslippe had predicted. “This really made me think about where I had been with food and how many different experiences and people that influenced me,” said Deslippe.

“I moved a lot when I was out west, and I learned a lot from the chefs that I worked with,” said Deslippe, who spoke about learning from a crew of chefs from India while working in Whistler, B.C. “My influences come from what is around me and who is around me. What is fresh, what is local or sometimes it’s just what I have to work with.”

Deslippe’s roasted rack of lamb covered with a Kitkat bar drizzle was an example of this. “I was cooking for heli-skiers in Whistler and there was always candy bars and chips around for them to eat in a rush. I decided to put that into a lamb dish thinking that it was something that might work and it ended up as one of the best things I’ve ever made.”

The meal starts off relatively light but becomes quickly much more heavy, almost a murderer’s row of richness; lobster risotto, duck breast jalapeno poppers, fettuccine with a honey cream sauce, the aforementioned rack of lamb and then a charcutsrie board for good measure.

“Indulgence was a big goal when I created this menu, I’ve always been a sucker for rich and creamy foods. I am also about making real food, fresh, balanced food that blows me away,because I know if the food blows me away it will blow others away as well. I wanted to make a bold statement with my food. I am all about taking risks and delivering pleasure and maybe a little gluttony as well.”

Dessert is simple, a light, fluffy key lime mousse with some crunch to finish it all off. “Key lime is one of my favorite flavours and this dish just kind of gives the entire meal a light, airy send off,” said Deslippe near the end of our conversation. Dessert may be a punctuation mark for a meal but in this case it’s like a delicious stay of execution.

As a directive I gave Deslippe the limitation of creating a four-course meal (because I was working under a word limit). He delivered eight courses, but who the hell am I to cut his last meal?

Grilled romaine hearts in a red wine Dijon vinaigrette with fried caper, red onion, shaved grana podano and prosciutto.

Pan seared scallop on fried whole wheat tortilla chips with roasted black bean and corn salsa, drizzled with cilantro and cucumber emulsion.

Pancetta and lobster risotto with tarragon.

Tenderized duck breast filled with jalapeño and smoked paprika cream cheese, wrapped in bacon finished with a red wine and maple reduction.

JENN MCMULLAN Camping can bring back a lot of nostalgia for many people. Telling ghost stories by the fire, the cute little chipmunk that kept visiting your campsite, and don’t forget the human sized spider in the bathroom. In hindsight some of our memories may have been a bit blurred, which probably means the hot dog drowning in ketchup and shoved between a soggy bun likely wasn’t as good as our 10-year-old self remembers. Much like the details of our memories, our taste buds have become more refined with time. Try these easy camping classics with a twist, to get the same atmosphere with better taste.

Zesty Breakfast The best part about breakfast while camping is waking up to a delicious smell to start your day.

Aside from bubble wrap, the smell of cinnabuns is one of those simple pleasures in life. To cook them while camping, all you need is an orange and a tube of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls. Cut the orange in half, hollow out the inside, place the dough in the bottom of the orange, put the top back on, and wrap in tin foil. Place in the fire and let cook for about 15 minutes.

Revved Up Frank & Beans Nothing’s more draining than having to cook a meal after you’ve spent the afternoon setting up your campsite. Instead you can actually prepare your meal on

Shrimp and mango fresh fettuccine with red onion, roasted red pepper and fresh chives in a sambal honey cream sauce.

Roasted rack of lamb stuffed with a chocolate covered wafer drizzled with a chipotle chocolate demi glaze served with roasted root vegetable hash.

Cheese and charcuterie board with roast garlic, dried fruit and candied nuts.

Key lime mousse parfait.

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your way to camping, by using your car engine. Place hot dogs with some butter or Pam spray in tin foil and wrap tightly. Place on the car engine, in a pretested hot spot, while you’re driving. Let the hotdogs on the engine for about 40 minutes before removing carefully with gloves. To jazz up your beans, make a cold bean medley with chickpeas, kidney beans, parsley, crushed garlic, chopped onion, chilli pepper and a light lemon dressing. Place the bean salad in a cooler and your meal is ready as soon as you park your car. Even better, you can also cook poultry, fish or meat on the engine with varying cooking times.

Gourmet Desserts Camping without making s’mores would be like a vegetarian going to a pig roast, it doesn’t make any logical sense. Flip the beloved recipe on its head and make an inside out s’more. Dip the marshmallow in chocolate and then roll it in crumbled graham crackers before roasting it. Another great desert is to make an éclair by roasting Pillsbury crescent rolls over the fire. Once the dough is cooked smear chocolate pudding on the top and add cool whip for the finishing touch. The result is a dessert that will have people talking around the water hole for days.

Stop #5: Warp Drive Race Track (3200 County Rd. 42) | 1:20-1:50 p.m.

Once you’re done enjoying the beauty of nature head over to the airport on the other end of town for go karts at Warp Drive Race Track. A half hour will cost you $33, and leave you delusional with Jenson Button fantasies.

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Ask a brewer...

What is yeast?

with Blayne Caron,

assistant brewer, Walkerville Brewery What is yeast?

What is wild yeast?

Yeast is a microorganism, it’s a fungus, an eukaryote and it is the only microorganism that can produce alcohol. It’s a single celled organism, so it’s microscopic, but if you get a lot of it together, we pull it off of the tanks, and you get a sludge of it that you can see.

Everywhere in the air there’s wild yeast, that’s how people make sourdough [bread]. If you ever see sun streaming in the windows and there are particles, that can be wild yeast.

When does yeast get involved in the brewing process?

Yeast comes in at the very end after the wort is already made; we’ve turned all our starch into sugar, we’ve cooled it down and put it into the tank. All we really do is make sugar water, the yeast is actually what makes beer.

The yeast ... uses oxygen to get started and it begins eating the sugar and as soon as all the oxygen is consumed and it’s an anaerobic environment [a lack of oxygen], it starts producing CO2 and ethanol as a byproduct of eating the sugar, as well as other various things.

Some breweries will make beers and inoculate with wild yeast by putting it outside and letting the yeast bind itself in. It’s actually called a coolship and it’s an open vat that you put outside overnight and you let wild yeast and other microorganisms, like lactobacillus bacteria, land in the beer and start to do their thing in there.

Sounds like bugs could get in that way?

You filter that out (laughs). Some breweries will do that, and it’s a more common practice in the craft brewing industry to experiment with wild yeast.

Do you?

Different strains of yeast can produce secondary compounds that can change the flavour.

No

Are there different types of yeast?

What we do, because we reuse yeast, we harvest it from the tank and we can reuse it to ferment another beer.

There’s a lot of different strains [but] there’s two main types of yeast: lager and ale yeast.

This is really the only thing that differentiates a lager from an ale, everything else is a subcategory of one of those two things and they’re slightly different species of yeast.

Lager yeast likes cooler conditions and it resides at the bottom of the tank when it is fermenting. Ale yeast likes slightly more warm temperatures, it usually ferments out a lot quicker, and it sits at the very top of the tank while it’s fermenting.

In the brewing industry, ale yeast and lager yeast, those are the two that you’ll typically use intentionally because they’ve been bred over hundreds of years to have the characteristics that we want, we know what to expect from them.

Can yeast go bad?

Yeast has a lifespan, so it will die, but there will be some left over. Because the yeast falls out of solution, it collects along the bottom of the tank with leftover byproducts of the brew process, so the more you keep it, the more it becomes contaminated ... as the generations go by, the yeast mutates and changes ... and eventually it’ll stop working.

West end fest gets a hipster makeover » Photo courtesy Teanna Lindsay

Bikes, Burgers and Beers bring the Sandwich Towne Festival into 2014

JON LIEDTKE Move over sandwiches as the focus is now bikes, burgers and beers at the reimagined Sandwich Towne Festival.

The festival, which takes place Sept. 6 and 7 is a concept that is “completely unique” in Canada according to Teanna Lindsay of Teanna Lindsay Events, which is co-ordinating the Sandwich Town Festival.

“We’re going to be focusing on the cycling community [because] Sandwich Towne is the start or finish of the riverfront trail, so it only makes sense to bring people to this community by bicycle,” said Lindsay, who has seen great success hosting the monthly Walkerville Night Market.

Restaurants and bars are teaming up to offer 60 types of sliders and over 60 dif-

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Stop #6: Sand Point Beach (Riverside Drive East) | 2:40-4 p.m.

We’re not sure if you’d want to swim at a beach that is regularly closed for E-coli levels, but who are we to stop you? At least get some sun and enjoy an ice cream cone from Stop 26 across the way

ferent beers on tap, with as little overlap as possible. Festival attendees will receive a Sandwich Towne Passport which will provide the history of both the town and the festival, as well as a tasting menu that can be used to denote favourites as you eat and drink.

The event is different than its predecessors and while the old festival was enjoyed by all, many business owners agreed that there was a need to draw more crowds.

Billie Jo Zacher, owner of Billie’s Place, is most excited about the new concept and how the BIA and business owners are “all working together and bringing the community into Sandwich Towne.”

Zacher hopes the festival will help draw

different crowds into Sandwich Towne that will make conscious decisions to come back multiple times.

Robert Parent, Ambassador Bicycles owner, likes the emphasis on a family-orientated event which celebrates westside life.

“The area has always been known for its great pubs ... the westside has also offered probably the best riding in Essex County ... I look at is as the hub for the riverfront trail, you always want to start and stop at the Ambassador Bridge.”

Parent noted that “strong communally based festivals” are happening around the city and that a benefit of having this type of event showcases what the westside has to offer.

Stop #7: Playdium Recreation (4985 Wyandotte St. E.) | 4:205:20 p.m.

Before you pass out from heat exhaustion, cool down with a round or two of bowling at Playdium in Pillette Village — the only place in the city to enjoy five-pin.

“This festival is completely unique to Canada, there is no other festival like it, we’re starting something brand new that focuses on health with the cycling, which has sustained so much popularity [in Windsor],” said Lindsay. “We’re also going to have some children’s activities [a bike parade for children and a bike donation for those in need],” said Lindsay.

“I personally, as an events co-ordinator, believe you can build community through events ... to encourage people to be active in their community, be healthy, experience new restaurants and new foods ... we have so [many] great things going on in Windsor and Essex county.”

Stop #8: Walkerville Brewery (525 Argyle Rd.) | 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Well that was a long day and you’re almost back where you started. Time to go grab a local beer and drink away the pain that’s sure to set in from such a long trek. Stumble over for dinner in Walkerville to round out the day.

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OF THE PACK “WHAT THE HELL” S/R

Rainbow Danceland (1979) by David Thauberger; collection of the Glenbow Museum

On the road with Prairie artist David Thauberger Exploring Saskatchewan’s vernacular architecture LOREN MASTRACCI Bright white grain elevators. Strangely familiar dwellings. Pristine lakes surrounded by rugged mountains.

Welcome to David Thauberger’s art. His exhibit, ROAD TRIPS & other diversions, is on display at the Art Gallery of Windsor through Sept. 21 and features almost 100 pieces of stunning art.

The exhibit takes viewers on a trip, just like Thauberger intended, and it does so through iconic places such as gas stations and grain elevators.

“That’s part of the message I want to convey, is that [the art] brings you places that are similar to the places that I’ve experienced,” said Thauberger.

The majority of the places depicted evoke the Prairies — Thauberger’s native land.

“That’s what I know, that’s my experience,” said Thauberger, adding, “The closer and closer my paintings that I was making got to my own experience, the wider and wider the audience got for it.”

The exhibit, organized by the Mendel Art Gallery and MacKenzie Art Gallery, will tour for three years, concluding in P.E.I. in 2016. It’s a testimony to Thauberger’s 40-year career, which explores different subjects in through various media. His notable career is marked by his membership in the Canada Council for the Arts and a Diamond Jubilee Medal, among other honours.

Thauberger’s interest in art was sudden, discovered while taking an art class during teacher’s college. He subsequently earned

The latest single from local indie rock outfit Of The Pack, “What The Hell,” continues the band’s success in knocking out great UK style indie rock. It feels like an early 2000s tribute to bands like Franz Ferdinand and Artic Monkeys. With a Pixies-ish bass groove, the song builds nicely into a big dancefloor filling chorus.

You can download “What The Hell” at ofthepack.bandcamp.com — JAMIE GREER

a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and his artistic career started officially with a solo exhibit when he was 23.

Thauberger started his artistic vocation with ceramics, his favourite medium.

Evil Kneevil Jumps Snake River Canyon, a piece included in the exhibit, is a ceramic sculpture reminiscent of Thauberger’s interest in outlaw biker culture. Later, as he matured artistically and stylistically, the artist began painting and screen printing.

The screen print Velvet Bunnies stemmed from the artist’s fascination with kitsch velvet artifacts. The temptation to touch the print’s velvet lining is too great, and one wonders if it is meant to tantalize viewers.

On the other side of the exhibit wall, a repetitive pattern of fish on canvas reminds us of the influence that pop art and California funk have had on his art making.

The most recent shift in Thauberger’s art is commemorated by paintings of iconic places: grain elevators, gas stations, houses. Here, the precision of his strokes lets nothing bleed into the background, so the subjects of his paintings stand out, emphasized by striking colours.

These subjects mark an important development in Thauberger’s work, as his art demonstrates its capacity to reconnect Canadians through the representation of iconic yet familiar places.

ROAD TRIPS & other diversions continues at The Art Gallery of Windsor until Sept.

21. Thauberger will be present during a closing reception Sept. 12.

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JAMES O-L AND THE VILLAINS ON THE BANKS OF THE DETROIT RIVER FAMOUS LAST RECORDS

There’s something about James O-L and the Villains that just seems so indicative of the city. It’s hard to point your finger on what that is exactly. His music is the same sort of folksy roots rock that so many bands across the country pedal out with prodigious dexterity, but somehow O-L has mastered the intertwining of measured rhythms and community.

His new album with the Villains is called On the Banks of the Detroit River. It would seem that he is more than conscious of where he comes from. From the title of the album to its riverfront clad cover or its Essex County map on the reverse, it seems like the kind of love letter one writes wholly unguarded, fully exposed.

The opening track, “The System,” reads like a manifesto or a battle cry that residents will overcome the horrifying recession that had befallen us in 2008, but in its longing for change, every chorus reminds the listener “you can’t fight to make this right.”

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PROBLEM TO THE SOLUTION “FURTHER” S/R

Throughout the 1990s, Windsor’s heavy side was ruled by the Pantera-esque local power trio Problem to the Solution. By the early 2000s, the band was no more.

Drummer/vocalist Jon Gillies became a filmmaker, releasing the controversial Border City Music Project documentary earlier this year — the prospect of hearing “Jesus Lives in Texas” again were minimal. Well, after nearly 15 years, PTTS is back, with a show at the Dominion House this month, as well as a brand new recording, “Further.” While the song lacks the same musical punch in the face as their classic catalogue, this one carries more weight lyrically, as it seems guided (or parallel) to Gillis’ documentary. A great driving song, it’s a symbol of a band maturing and a launching pad for new fans.

— JAMIE GREER

This is not to say that every song is about the city. Some songs speak of personal experience, such as “Arts Degree.” A song about feeling alienated by the pretensions of university teachers and peers.

For those familiar with Oltean-Lepp’s solo record, For the Earth is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky, released last year, a slightly more laid back version of “One Horse Town” can be heard. This version sounds like morel produced and radio friendly. however. the original feels like it has more soul.

“Kissed at the Loop” is a brief instrumental track with a sorrowful beauty that ends as quickly as the fleeting kiss it references; it perfectly precedes the closing track the Old and the New. That song is a magnum opus worthy of ending the record. At no point does this ever feel like a concept album, but it does seem like the product of a very pivotal time in our city’s collective history; going from post-industrial to whatever’s coming next.

— JAY VERSPEELT

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JAMES O-L AND THE VILLAINS

James O-L drops a new LP

Toque headline a perfect noisey night out, while Green Jelly return from the 90s with punk rock puppets

This Thursday marks the long awaited album release party for James O-L and the Villains eagerly anticipated full-length, On The Banks of the Detroit River. A Windsor scene staple for much of the past decade with their Neil Young & Crazy Horseesque psych roots rock, James O-L and The Villains have played most major local festivals as well as toured parts of Canada.

It goes down at the newly revamped Walkerville Theatre (1564 Wyandotte St. E.) at 8 p.m., with special guest Ron Leary opening the show. Tickets are $7 advance (available at Dr. Disc, Phog Lounge and The Windsor Beer Exchange) or $10 at the door, with both CD and vinyl copies of the new album available. This is easily going to be a candidate for show of the year.

Vancouver songbird Corrina Keeling returns to Windsor with a stop at Phog Lounge (157 University Ave. W.) Thursday, Aug. 28 with a very special guest. A Welcome Breeze is the solo effort of Brian Parent, member of the hugely influential experimental instrumental band Bloemfontein in Windsor many years back. His lush, shoegazy dreampop is a rare treat to see.

Rose City Promotions brings Buffalo’s hardcore kings KDC to Windsor with a showcase at The Windsor Beer Exchange (493 University Ave. W.) on Friday, Aug. 29, with a bill that also features Windsor hardcore icons Days Fade, Heart & Harm, London’s Exit Life (ex-Strength in Numbers) and The Pathway Home. This is an all-ages event with doors at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the door.

Mid-90s favourites Green Jelly are best remembered for their GWAR-esque theatrics, their satirical songs (especially the fave “Three Little Pigs”) and launching the career of Tool (three members met while making the video for “Three Little Pigs”). They’re back at it and bringing their “punk rock puppet show” and rock and roll debauchery party to Windsor on Friday, Aug. 29 at The Dominion House (3140 Sandwich St.). Tickets are only $7 advance or $10 at the door, with local shock rockers The Vaudevillianaires in support. Also on the bill are Rage Against The Machine tribute act Evil Empire and The Smile Case.

Nearly a year ago we lost roots songstress Allison Brown to a job in London, but she

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still brings her guitar and gorgeous voice back to us every now and then. One such show is on Friday Aug. 29 at Phog Lounge.

She’s joined once again by frequent conspirator Will Gillespie from Toronto.

Local noise-punk faves Toque headline a solid line-up at the FM Lounge (156 Chatham St. W.) Saturday, Aug. 30. Joined

by Toronto garage punkers Dead Broke, fusion jazz hardcore specialists Violent Vatican and Life As Love of Water, it’s a solid bill of incredible music for only $5.

Ottawa singer-songwriter Shannon Rose & The Thorns pass through Windsor on her world tour, bringing her gorgeous folk-pop melodies to Phog Lounge Saturday, Aug. 30. There’s no one more fitting to play with Ms. Rose than Windsor’s own chantreuse, Crissi Cochrane.

An old favourite returns as roots punk entertainer extraordinaire Chris Crossroads comes to town with a show at Villains Beastro (256 Pelissier St.) Saturday, Aug. 30. The enigmatic superstar is joined by another local oddity in Raz Banade, whose puppetry and unique approach to the

singer-songwriter style is a perfect compliment to Crossroads.

Dave Russell & The Precious Stones continues to be one of Windsor’s most solid musical acts and they’re playing at FM Lounge Sunday, Aug. 31, following a brief tour out west and back. Toronto’s Penny Benjamin opens the show.

In the early 90s, during the height of Guns N’ Roses legacy, Gilby Clarke replaced Izzy Stradlin on guitar and toured the world during GN’R’s peak. He’s bringing his solo show to Windsor at The Dominion House Wednesday, Sept. 3. Another 90s act with local roots, the powerhouse Problem to the Solution, are reuniting after nearly 20 years to open the show. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

A couple of British Columbian metal bands thunder through Windsor on their Canadian tour, with a stop at The Windsor Beer Exchange Thursday, Sept. 4. Spell and Funeral Circle are both touring the country together, joined at this show with local support from Antioch.

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Riverside Farmer’s, Arts, Crafts & Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Flea Market Market Riverside Sportsmen Club | 9 a.m. Charles Clark Square | 8 a.m.1p.m.

Chris Locke Ford City Sunday Market WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 The Comedy Quarry | 9 p.m. | Gino & Liz Marcus Community Community farmers market $15 Centre | 10 a.m.

InTune Summer Vocal Camp Carnegie Hall (Kingsville) | 8:30 St. Michael and All Angels a.m.

Nightrain: Gun N Roses Tribute Sunday Street Market Church | $10 St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 9 p.m. Detroit Eastern Market | 10 a.m.- 2014 Windsor Table Tennis Club | $18 4 p.m.

How-To on Exhibitions Tournament Arts Council Windsor Region | 6 John Atkinson Memorial ComAllison Brown & Friends w/ Will Lakeshore Free Summer Concert munity Centre | 9:30 a.m. p.m. – 8 p.m. | free Gillespie Series Phog Lounge | 10 p.m. | $5 Lakeview Park Amphitheatre ZZ Top and Jeff Beck 2nd Annual Fall Craft Show (Belle River) | 2 p.m.

DTE Energy Music Theatre WFCU Centre | 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

KDC w/ Days Fade, Heart & (Clarkston, Mich.) | 7 p.m. | $25Harm, Exit Life & The Pathway Toque w/ Dead Broke, Violent $75 Top Guns Kids with Cancer Take Home Vatican, Life As Love Of Water Flight The Windsor Beer Exchange | 7 FM Lounge | 9 p.m.-2 a.m. | $5 THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 Windsor International Airport | 10 p.m. | $7 a.m.-3 p.m. | $5 Michael McDonald w/ Toto Family Fun with French Green Jelly w/ The VaudevilliaCaesars Windsor | 8 p.m. | $25+ Windsor Public Library | 10:30 Life In Color UNLEASH: 2014 naires, Evil Empire & The Smile a.m.

Coming Home Music Festival Case Chris Locke Riverfront Festival Plaza | 3 p.m.-2 The Dominion House | $7 The Comedy Quarry | 9 p.m. | Bike for Lunch a.m. | $20-$50 $15 Riverfront Trail | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 ADV/$10 ATG p.m.

Massage Therapy Open UWindsor Sorry for Partying & Mexico Trip Giveaway Intensity Transformation Personal Get to Know WEtech Orientation 29 Park present: End of Summer The Bull N’ Barrel | 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. Training Studio | 3 p.m.

Bash Session Dave Russell & The Precious Downtown Windsor Business Ac- 29 Park | 10 p.m. | $5 The New Pornographers w/ A.C. Stones w/ Penny Benjamin celerator | 12 p.m.-1 p.m.

Newman & Dan Bejar SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 FM Lounge The Majestic | 7 p.m. | $28 Public Consultation on CommuDowntown Windsor Farmers’ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 nity Garden Policy S.M.U.T. Market New Song Church | 5 p.m.

Villains Beastro | 10 p.m.

Charles Clark Square | 8 a.m.-1 Free Swimming p.m.

Windsor Public Outdoor Pools | Queensrÿche w/ Great White, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 1:30 p.m-4:30 p.m.

Dio Disciples & Bang Tango Amherstburg Farmers’ Market DTE Energy Music Theatre 2nd Annual Fall Craft Show Malden Community & Cultural TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 (Clarkston, Mich.) | 6:45 p.m. | WFCU Centre | 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Centre | 8:30 a.m. $10-$20 1-on-1 Entrepreneurial Coaching Jad Fair and Danielson w/ Rebel The Downtown Windsor Business Kind James O-L and the Villains Album Community Farmers’ Market Carnegie Hall (Kingsville) | 8:30 Accelerator | 12 p.m.-1 p.m.

Release The Olde Walkerville Trinosophes | 8 p.m. | $10 a.m.

Theatre | 8 p.m. | $7 ADV/$10 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 ATG Sunday Street Market Pure Detroit Guardian Building Detroit Eastern Market | 10 a.m.Tour Gilby Clarke w/ Problem to the Detroit’s Most Wanted 4 p.m.

Solution, The Road Heavy & The Shelter (Detroit) | 9 p.m. | $10 Guardian Building | 11 a.m.

Awesome Eastern Market Sidewalk JamboPure Detroit Fisher Building Tour Dominion House Tavern |9 p.m. | ree Corrina Keeling w/ A Welcome Fisher Building | 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. $15 ADV/$20 ATD Breeze Eastern Market Corporation | 1 Phog Lounge p.m.-7 p.m.

Pure Detroit Downtown SkyTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 scraper Tour FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Guardian Building | 1 p.m.

Riverside Farmer’s, Arts, Crafts & Flea Market Summer Squash Camp Slow Roll-Prom Riverside Sportsmen Club | 2 Windsor Squash & Fitness Club | Pure Detroit Lower Woodward St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 6:30 Corridor Tour p.m.

4 p.m. p.m.

Guardian Building | 3 p.m.

Spell w/ Funeral Circle & Antioch Paul Weller Oddball Comedy & Curiosity FesLinkin Park w/ Thirty Seconds to The Windsor Beer Exchange tival 2014 St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 7 p.m.

Mars & AFI DTE Energy Music Theatre | $30 DTE Energy Music Theatre FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 (Clarkston, Mich.) | 5 p.m. | $20(Clarkston, Mich.) | 6:30 p.m. | $59.75 Sole w/ DJ Pain 1 $20-$100.50 Brain Injury Association of WindMagic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 8 sor & Essex Golf Tournament Walkerville Night Market p.m. | $10 Leanna Roy w/ Cody Howard, Kingsville Golf & Country Club | 9 The Willistead Restaurant | 5 Mandala and The Daniyal Malik a.m. | $100 p.m.-10 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Band The Windsor Beer Exchange | 8 Hawthorne Heights & Red Jump- 1-on-1 Entrepreneurial Coaching Friday Night Patio Night p.m. | suit Apparatus w/ Senick, Famous The Downtown Windsor Business Leamington Marina | 7:30 p.m.

Last Words, The Ongoing ConAccelerator | 12 p.m.-1 p.m.

Tony Coates cept, & Everybody Run The White Party Taloola Cafe | 8 p.m.-9 p.m.

The Shelter (Detroit) | 6 p.m. | $15 Aerosmith & Slash w/ Myles KenGourmet Emporium | 8 p.m. nedy & the Conspirators Shannon Rose & The Thorns w/ Alan Jackson Zara Dureno DTE Energy Music Theatre Crissi Cochrane Caesars Windsor | 9 p.m. | Taloola Cafe | 8 p.m.-9 p.m.

(Clarkston, Mich.) | 7:30 p.m. | $ Phog Lounge $58.35-$ 119.35 36.50-$149.50 Friday Night Lights Bike Ride Chris Crossroads w/ Raz Banade Pink Droyd – The North American Walkerville Night Market | 8:30 Villains Beastro Theatrical Pink Floyd Concert p.m.-12 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 9 p.m. | $12

WEEKLY MONDAYS Open Mic Surgery w/ James O-L Phog Lounge | doors 9 p.m.

TUESDAYS Open Stage Night w/ Andrew Macleod and Leigh Wallace Dominion House | 5 p.m.

V.O.M.I.T. (Vocal Open Mic Instrumental Talent) Villains Beastro Open Mic w/ Jamie Reaume The Manchester Pub Open Mic w/ Pat Robitaille The Willistead | 8:30 p.m.

1-on-1 Entrepreneurial Coaching The Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator | 12 p.m.-1 p.m.

WEDNESDAYS Wacky Wexican Wednesdays w/ Dee Russ Dominion House | 5 p.m.

P.U.K.E. (People Using Karaoke Equipment) Villains Beastro The Groove Trio FM Lounge | 8 p.m.

Vice Aerial Phog Lounge | 10 p.m.

Dave Russell Dominion House Tavern THURSDAYS Celtic Night w/ Mark Crampsie Dominion House | 5 p.m.

Funk Junkies The Manchester Pub | 10 p.m.

Open Mic w/ Anderson FM Lounge | 10 p.m.

FRIDAYS Crystal Head Fridays Level 3 Vodka Emporium | 10 p.m.

Loveless Fridays w/ Daniel Victor The Loop | 10 p.m.

After Work Party

Rino’s Kitchen & Ale House | 7 p.m.

ONGOING Tracing the Body one ten park: a working space until Aug. 24 | 6-8 p.m.

Summer Squash Camp Windsor Squash & Fitness Club | Aug. 25-29 | 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

David Thauberger: Road Trips & Other Diversions Art Gallery of Windsor | until Sept. 21 WE WON’T COMPETE Art Gallery of Windsor | until Sept. 21 Sunday Street Market Detroit Eastern Market (Detroit) | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | until Sept. 28