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VIEWS ALLEGATIONS AND INSULTS FLY AMID ELECTION AS CANDIDATES ENTER FINAL STRETCH OF THE CAMPAIGN The saying goes, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going,” but in politics it seems to go, “when the going gets tough, the tough get dirty.” This unfortunately means moderates are left to either remain dignified or rise to their opponents’ level (in this case, lower themselves to below a level of decency). With less than three weeks until the municipal election — one which is guaranteed to replace at least 40 per cent of councillors — the politics and insults are finally being levied consistently. Allegations include, but are in no way limited to: candidates being backed in part, full or even having their entire campaigns orchestrated and managed by partisan organizations (political parties, labour unions, even business interests); candidates running in defined slates, a no-no according to the Ontario Municipal Elections Act; candidates and their supporters spreading false rumours at the door about their opponents and in one ward even delivering flyers door-to-door with unsubstantiated and false claims; and of course, open attacks, insults and jeers being tossed about casually through traditional media, via online forums and social media. This is all to be expected. While the first day candidates could file their papers to run was Jan. 2, 2014, municipal campaign veterans know the real campaign doesn’t really start until after Labour Day.
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the drive, determination and dedication to demonstrate to their fellow constituents that they were serious about campaigning. However, the downside to filing early is that the limited funding available (roughly $20,000 for councillors, and roughly $200,000 for mayor) has to be spread over a period of 10 months, rather than the two after Labour Day. Merits aside, all this to say, while it may seem the negativity and attacks are just starting to be levied now, the true campaign is just past the halfway point. While negative campaigning has been proven to be successful in many facets and to many demographics, at the municipal level in a city the size of Windsor, they often do more harm than good. Attacks are often perceived as petty, insulting and demeaning of character, whereas arguing the merits of plans and policies and generally introducing yourself and your plan to voters resonates extremely well. And while it’s to be expected, it does not need to be tolerated. You can show candidates how well their various campaign styles work through your vote. On the night of Oct. 27 urbanites will meet their new council and see the effectiveness of the various campaign styles. A true positive is that Premier Kathleen Wynne seems intent on following through on her pledge to introduce ranked voting — in which voters would rank their choice of candidates in order of preference from most to least — come 2018. My advice to candidates: keep your head high and stick to your plan. As one candidate said to me, “Don’t let the compliments go to your head, and don’t let the insults go to your heart.”
There is much to be said for candidates who did register at the first opportunity: they had
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Leather report
Tim Beaudry has leathercraft in the bag
“[I want] the freedom of working for yourself, by yourself. If I want to sleep in till noon … eventually that’s where I want to go.”
-Tim Beaudry
Tim Beaudry is handmaking bags, belts and growler holders in Walkerville » Photo Jay Verspeelt jay verspeelt The desire for locally-made, well-made, quality goods is changing how Canadians spend and how we look at labels. The epicentre of this sea change according to many is Detroit as manufacturing heritage is reimagined, though according to one leatherworker, it’s Windsor. Tim Beaudry moved to Windsor four years ago for a relationship. Although that love didn’t last his love for the city did. In June he started Tim Beaudry Custom Leather. It’s the realization of a lifetime of sewing chores. “When I was a kid my chores were unthreading zippers and threading buttons and I’d sit there watching reruns of the Golden Girls with my mom,” said Beaudry. His mother has been working as a seamstress for 30 years and now he’s following in her footsteps. But instead of blouses and dresses it’s bags and belts.
Walking into his apartment boxes are scattered across the walls filled with scraps of materials and rolls of fresh fabrics, giant cow hides drape over tables and the entire living room is vacant of anything that would be seen as what ought to be in a living room. Instead it has been converted into studio space. A large industrial sewing machine sits in the middle of the front wall against a large bay window. This machine is built for leather.
by eye. Occasionally some bags end up being a lot smaller than originally intended but he’s always been able to salvage anything that goes wrong.
“Leather itself is very unforgiving,” said Beaudry. “Oil tan leather slips in the machine so you really have to make sure it’s even. Every leather is different when you sew, some are easier than others. There’s different thickness, different tension on the machine, different size needles, different size threads. So trying to figure all that out is all trial and error.”
Beaudry’s leather goods can be purchased locally at City Cyclery, The Walkerville Night Market and from Beaudry himself if you spot him walking around Walkerville.
Beaudry explains that none of his products are made from patterns and all are created
Currently he’s making bags, belts and bicycle growler holders. Also he takes custom orders and repairs. The average price of his belts are $50, and bags are $150. They take two to three hours to make and is lifetime guaranteed for stitching and hardware.
In a way, sewing is something Beaudry sort of fell into. “I made one and then a couple people asked, ‘where did you get your bag? Can I get one?’ Yeah sure, so I got a bunch of leather and next thing you know I bought
a sewing machine, then people were asking for repairs.” Beaudry’s trouble comes from the fact he can’t really make lines of products. He can only order small amounts of leather and while he can make the same design it can’t always be made of the same material. Often Beaudry goes to Detroit to buy leather. “[I want] the freedom of working for yourself, by yourself. If I want to sleep in till noon … eventually that’s where I want to go,” said Beaudry, who estimates he’s currently spending 25 hours a week on his craft in addition to working a day job. Although Beaudry recognizes that Toronto is probably a better market for his creations, he likes the idea of being the big fish in the small pond in Windsor. “I don’t feel like I have to compete with anybody,” said Beaudry.
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gardens or are they beautification?
Recently, City of Windsor By-Law Enforcement has sent out numerous removal orders for curbside gardens and landscaping in Old Walkerville that encroaches onto public property. Residents and current councilor Alan Halberstadt say the gardens improve the appearance of the neighbourhood and should be allowed to remain, citing the bylaw as not being clear enough as to what is allowed on public right of ways fronting on residential private property. Should the landscaping and gardens be allowed to remain even if they contravene city bylaws?
wrong committed against them.
Don Merrifield
Mark Boscariol
There are many issues at play here aside from bylaws, concerned citizens, flowers, and trying to do something nice to improve a neighbourhood. One question that has to be answered is, can city bylaws be ignored if there is a personal opinion that the infraction actually benefits the whole city?
I find the orders to remove beautification efforts in Walkerville problematic for both the immediate nature of the order and the lack of input from all of the residents
If the by law is being violated the infraction must be upheld and complied with. Even if it benefits the appearance of the neighbourhood. The social activists of the world would seem to believe laws only apply to people who aren’t as enlightened as they are, and they should be free to show us how fortunate we are to have them making our small narrow minded lives have some glimpse of their splendour. Then there is what in my opinion is the real issue. The people in society who feel that anything that can remotely, possibly, or be perceived to be a danger or nuisance to their existence should have some sort of law to prevent people from daring to infringe of their lives. These are the same people who can’t wait for a crack in a sidewalk, an errant thorny rose bush stem, or a random angry squirrel to cause them some sort of pain and suffering so they can go running to their lawyer and sue the city for the horrible
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Until the time comes that the city, and taxpayers, aren’t going to be held liable for every little stubbed toe or trip over a plotting tulip, the reality is the bylaws have to be upheld no matter what the issue is. This is why these landscaping improvements will have to be removed. No matter how much Coun. Alan Halberstadt wants to find the “snitch” and have him shanked in the showers. And this my flowery friends, is why we can’t have nice things.
First, simply the timing: a notice to remove planters in three days that were there for 12 years seems rushed. I don’t know if city administration realizes this rushed approach will turn residents into a defensive position that can likely elicit knee jerk reactions and hard feelings. It’s completely understandable that bylaw enforcement is complaint driven, but for a complaint driven policy to succeed it must be balanced by actions that allow investigation and input by those affected. It’s simply unacceptable to argue that there was some clear and present danger from a condition that existed for 12 years without incident. What should occur is a temporary moratorium on new gardens until readily available guidelines that are easily transferable from Guelph, Winnipeg or Vancouver can be adapted to Windsor. Common sense must prevail in our city and our leaders must change the culture to allow it. That means supporting decisions by administration that are made in good faith rather than seeking
Husband, father, and entrepreneur, owner and/or creator of Tecumseh Roadhouse; Walkermole; Bedroom Depot; Chanosos; Oishii; Buda; Flying Monkey; Automatic Slims and Windsor International Film Festival, advocate for Windsor and supporter of all things good.
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out a scapegoat if something goes wrong. I get the feeling that administration likely made this snap decision out of some need to cover its behind due to a history of being thrown under the bus when something goes wrong. Why does this warrant attention? because research shows that this type of incremental change will do more for our city than the iconic change Windsor always spends millions on. According to a study by Monocle magazine, the most desirable cities were ones that sought out and dedicated resources to many small incremental improvements versus the silver bullet Windsor always uses to solve its identity crisis. It’s this type of continuous improvement that often get overlooked in our rush to build large amenities such as riverfront tunnels or canal plans. Each individual item such as a sidewalk garden may not sound sexy or be headline worthy but when dozens eventually are added together they will give Windsor a sense of place that visitors will remember.
Paul Synnott The simple answer to whether the gardens should remain is no. The fact that they may have been there for years is not justification for encroaching on city property. I’m not against someone planting some flowers to beautify the city boulevard in front of their property. That’s not what this is about. Many of the alterations that have been made include things like four by four beams arranged in a series of raised beds. Others include concrete scalloped stone borders, gravel and large landscaping stones. While improvements such as these may be aesthetic to some, they are barriers to others. In crafting its bylaws the city must be aware of and in compliance with provincial accessibility standards.
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.
Some have called the city’s response to complaints heavy handed and without thought. Would they think the same thing if their mother or father, who use a walker, parked in front of one of these “improved” boulevards and literally couldn’t make it from their car to the sidewalk? How about a relative or friend who wants to visit the neighbourhood in a vehicle modified to be driven by someone in a wheelchair? A modified van, to carry someone in a wheelchair, would be unable to lower their ramp and safely discharge their passenger. It may be unfortunate, but we live in a risk averse universe. One of the fastest rising costs for Windsor is lawsuits: the majority for slip, trip and fall cases. Until and unless the provincial government changes the law to limit liability on the city’s part, we must be prudent. Being of good intention or promoting cutting edge progressive ideas does not and should not give people free license to ignore bylaws when they choose. The precedent that would be set in allowing this behaviour to continue is something taxpayers can’t afford. One final note. For Coun. Alan Halberstadt to label the person or persons who registered a complaint as “snitches” is offensive. It reeks of an elitist. His ‘how dare they complain?’ attitude is unbecoming of someone elected to represent all the citizens in a ward, not just those with the fattest wallets or loudest voices. Catch the Rose City Politics crew in every issue of The Urbanite. Have a question? Tweet us @urbanitenews or email info@ urbanitenews.com. You can also listen to Rose City Politics Wednesday’s at 8 p.m. on CJAM 99.1 FM.
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Paul Synnott is a committed small ‘c’ conservative with libertarian influences, community activist and co-host of Rose City Politics. He has worked on many federal, provincial and municipal campaign in various aspects including campaign management. No dogs, cats or kids, his passion is politics and the City of Windsor.
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Craft beer cocktails Craft beer, craft cocktails, arts and crafts, craft craft craft. It’s a word in certain circles that may as well be a synonym for quality. With a craft beer fest on our heels, we dive lips first into our pint glasses by reimagining what the discerning drinker can do with the lowly beer.
Windsor Craft Beer Festival drew over 3,000 beer fanciers in 2013 » Photo courtesy Windsoreats.com
Beer fest expands as craft brew demand grows NatasHa marar Discriminating beer drinkers can rejoice for the kegs will be tapped for the second Windsor Craft Beer Festival. Over 3,000 people came out last October to celebrate the popularity of craft beer in Windsor-Essex, and organizers are expecting 4,000 drinkers to descend on a new and expanded festival site in Walkerville. The Windsor Craft Beer Festival takes place Oct. 17-18 at the intersection of Argyle Road and Brant Street, in front of the old distillery warehouses. Five more breweries will be added to this year’s event — Sam Adams, Hop City, Descendants, Railway City and Brew (which will be debuting its first beer) — bringing the total to 15. Participating breweries include: Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company, Brew, Broadhead Brewing Company, Craftheads Brewing Company, Walkerville Brewery, Samuel Adams, Highlander Brew Co., Mill St. Brewery, Bayside Brewing Co., Descendants Beer & Beverage Co., Hop City Brewing Co., Motor Craft Ales, Railway City Brewing Co., St-Ambroise McAuslan and Wellington Brewery. “The first year we did a lot of research in seeing what breweries would be willing to come to Windsor. The city wasn’t really seen as a craft brew market and was kind of avoided by some of the smaller craft breweries,” said organizer and WindsorEats founder Adriano Ciotoli, adding
that more breweries are excited to come on board this time around. “After the first year, word spread very quickly about how successful it was. We were receiving calls literally two weeks after the festival completed about new breweries that wanted to come in for this year,” he said. An anticipated edition to this year’s fest are the guided tasting tours by beer specialist Mirella Amato, Canada’s only Master Cicerone. Spaces are limited to 20 people per tour for both general admission and VIP ticket holders. Details for the tour will be released on windsorbeerfestival.com in the coming days. A special edition of WindsorEats’ Bikes & Beers Cycling Tour will stop through the festival, and attendees can enjoy more varied food this year from vendors such as Motorburger, Robbie’s Gourmet Sausage Co. and Road Chef. Twenty-five-member music troupe The Detroit Party Marching Band will bring their guerrilla mix of the Balkans, New Orleans, American Rhythm and Blues, along with performances by Kelly Hoppe (aka Mr. Chill), Greg Cox and Harmony. With a number of breweries set to open regionally, and the inaugural Lasalle Craft Beer Festival kicking off Oct. 10-11, the local craft beer industry has been bubbling up for awhile. “Just over the last year it’s been a boom
that’s taken [craft beer] mainstream … through WindsorEats we’ve seen the boom with our walking tours, with our bike and beers tours,” said Ciotoli. “It’s creating jobs and a whole reason to come to Windsor … that feeds off of not only the spirits of Hiram Walker and Canadian Club but also the wineries here too. Not many regions can boast all that being made in one small region.” A big boost for the local culture is economic spin created by the festival, explained Ciotoli. Last year’s festival saw eight per cent of attendees came from out of town and stay the night in Windsor. The number has grown this year with online ticket sales coming extending outside of the Windsor-Essex-Michigan-Ohio area from Chicago, Newfoundland, British Columbia, Alberta and New York. Tickets are still available online but selling fast. They’re $25 in advance for general admission ($40 at the gate), and includes five drink tokens and a Windsor Craft Beer Festival sampling cup. General Admission permits the purchase of beer in 4oz. and 8oz. samples and entry into the festival at 6 p.m. Tickets are $45 in advance for VIP, which includes a private setting to enjoy larger samples, earlier admission times and special beers. Each VIP tickets receives five drink tokens and a souvenir cup and t-shirt. VIP permits the purchase of beer in 4oz., 8oz. and 12oz. samples. Friday VIP tickets and general admission for both days are still available.
Spiced IPA Shandy 3/4 pint Walkerville Brewery IPA 1 oz shot spiced rum (Sailor Jerry’s works well too) top with ginger ale This drink tastes buttery with hints of vanilla from the rum. There’s a ginger bite that combines with the hops but finishes on the sweet side.
Black Velour 2 oz Wellington Russian Imperial Stout 2 oz Pinot Grigio top with soda water For those that know this is similar to a Black Velvet but not all bars carry champagne and good champagne is expensive. This drink has a subtle chocolate taste from the stout while the wine adds a depth that balances well.
Scottish Boiler pint Mill St. Organic Lager 1 oz scotch Known traditionally as a Boiler Maker, it’s more likely to have a pint with a rye shot than scotch. But scotch is better so this is a better drink. It tastes of light lager and smoky scotch.
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What is a Master Cicerone? with Mirella Amato
Master Cicerone, beerology.ca What does a Master Cicerone do?
How has your job evolved?
The focus has always been promoting beer appreciation at all levels. My work ranges from writing ... guided beer tasting, and I also do staff training and consulting work for pubs and breweries, including designing beer menus, beer cocktails, suggesting food pairings … beer dinners, beer and cheese pairings … I do quite a range of things but with the focus of promoting beer appreciation and encouraging people to be more adventurous in the beers that they drink.
My job has evolved based on two things: first my level of knowledge. When I started seven years ago, I did spend six months studying full-time before I started working in beer. So I did have some knowledge when I went in, but I haven’t stopped learning or studying, so my knowledge base has grown.
How do you become a Master Cicerone? The cicerone certification is an exam based certification and you can think of it as similar to a somaliere in the wine world, and at the Master Cicerone level I’d be like a master sommelier. To achieve the Master Cicerone certification [there] is an exam, 14 hours, that covered a range of topics related to beer. There was a written component, an oral component and a tasting component. How did you get into the industry? I’ve always been very passionate about beer on a very personal level. I was lucky when I first was introduced to beer, I was introduced to craft beer and imports and it’s always seemed odd to me that when there are so many flavours and styles to choose from. A lot of my friends would just choose one beer and drink it by the pitcher and drink that exclusively. That’s how my passion started, trying to introduce my friends to new styles and flavours and trying to learn more about beer as a hobby. I think in the back of my mind I always wanted to do it as a job but I didn’t really know what I could do. Certainly when I first became interested in beer it was really a niche thing, it didn’t get the same kind of attention as it does now, where most people know what craft beer is at this stage, even if they don’t drink it, at least it’s on their radar.
The other thing that has grown is the industry. I’ve been keeping my ear to the ground, looking for things that were missing. For example, I do an off flavour tasting seminar where I give people the opportunity to taste beers that have gone bad and describe what it is that has happened to the beer. Staff training I’ve done since 2009, and I don’t think I would have been in a position to have done it when I started. And you’re Canada’s only Master Cicerone? I am, it’s great. At the end of the day, I took the certification because I wanted people to know they could trust my level of expertise and because I wanted to move more into consulting work, which I’m finding very stimulating. The feedback that I’ve gotten has been so encouraging and so great, both from women who have been thinking about working in beer and are excited the first person in Canada [to become a Master Cicerone is a] woman … and I have comments from Canadians in general [who are happy] the first Master Cicerone out of the [U.S.] happens to be in Canada. Do people know what a cicerone is? In Canada, the term cicerone is still new to a lot of people but certainly when I go to the [U.S.], people know exactly what it means and it’s very interesting to see their reaction down there. They basically understand that it means that I’m a professional in the industry and that I understand beer very well. It means that I’m hardcore (laughs).
Craft beer fest guide Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co. Where’s it made? Vankleek Hill, Ont. (near Ottawa) Why’s it good? It’s all made with local spring water and certified organic hops and malts. What to try? Lug•Tread Lagered Ale Brew Where’s it made? Windsor (just east of Caesars Windsor) Why’s it good? It’s the first chance anyone will be able to try Brew’s brew, you tell us! What to try? Brew Lager Broadhead Brewing Company Where’s it made? Ottawa Why’s it good? DIY brewery making handcrafted beer that’s headstrong, well-balanced and brim full of flavour. What to try? Underdog Pale Craftheads Brewing Company Where’s it made? Windsor (downtown) Why’s it good? They are bringing craft brewing with a full line of guest craft taps to their downtown Windsor home/bar/brewery soon. What to try? Anything! Descendants Beer & Beverage Co. Where’s it made? Wellesley, Ont. Why’s it good? Hand crafted, creative, small batch, beers created by a married couple. What to try? Harbinger American Pale Ale Highlander Brew Co. Where is it made? South River, Ont. (near Algonquin Park) Why’s it good? They use four varieties each of malt and hops, and crack barley on site at one of the most northerly craft breweries in Ontario. What to try? Scottish Ale HopCity Brewing Co. Where’s it made? Brampton, Ont. Why’s it good? Classic Ontario craft with attitude. Oh yeah, and a lot of awards. What to try? 8th Sin Black Lager or Barking Squirrel Bayside Brewing Co. Where’s it made? Erieau, Ont. Why’s it good? Made with the old equipment from Charly’s on Tecumseh Road that were shipped to the land of moose and sport fishing. What to try? Bayside Honey Cream Ale
Mill Street Brewery Where’s it made? Toronto Why’s it good? The Sonic Youth of the indie brew scene, Mill Street Brewery has earned Canada’s Brewery of the Year honours three times, and despite being sort of huge now still bang out some great beer! What to try? Cobblestone Stout Motor Craft Ales Where’s it made? Windsor (at Motor Burger) Why’s it good? The first little brewery in the city that kicked off the whole craft trend and they make their beer with the same passion they make their burgers. What to try? Dragula Railway City Brewing Co. Where’s it made? St. Thomas, Ont. (the city that killed Dumbo the elephant) Why’s it good? A small micro brewery that has gained a huge following for its quality, consistency and beer that is much better that that big brewery in neighbouring London. What to try? Dead Elephant IPA Samuel Adams Where is it made? Boston Why’s it good? America’s oldest and largest craft brewery, Sam Adams is the beer that you order when you’re in an American bar and looking for good beer when there isn’t any local craft on tap. What to try? Octoberfest McAuslan Brewing / St-Ambroise Where’s it made? Montreal Why’s it good? Located along the Lachine Canal, McAuslan Brewery and the St-Ambroise Terrace has made an exceptional line of craft ales since 1989. What to try? St-Ambroise Pumpkin Ale (c’mon it’s October!) Walkerville Brewery Where it’s made? Windsor Why’s it good? Walkerville Brewery was the catalyst for so many locally minded beer drinkers to start drinking good beer, and with brewmaster Paul Brady at the wheel it just gets better and better. What to try? Indie Pale Ale Wellington Brewery Where it’s made? Guelph, Ont. Why’s it good? Canada’s oldest independently owned microbrewery producing timeless, traditional style ales as well as experimenting with new recipes as part of our Welly OneOff Series. What to try? County Dark Ale
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Canadian indie folk darlings Rural Alberta Advantage play Detroit in support of their new LP Oct. 9 » Photo courtesy Rural Alberta Advantage
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Toronto’s Rural Alberta Advantage talk recording, songwriting and life on the road jamie greer In 2008, a young Toronto band named The Rural Alberta Advantage exploded onto the indie music scene, taking the country by storm with their pop laden debut, Homelands. Countless touring included stops at such festivals as NXNE, Pop Montreal and Halifax Pop Explosion. By the time their eager anticipated second album, Departing, dropped in 2011, they had signed to Saddle Creek/Paper Bag Records and were a musical force to be reckoned with. The trio — made up of vocalist/guitarist Nils Edenloff, keyboardist/vocalist Amy Cole and drummer Paul Banwatt — have played Windsor frequently, with countless sold out shows at Phog Lounge, not to mention a headlining appearance at Phog Phest 4 in 2012.
there’s still a lot of places we’re trying to break through.
With the recent release of their third album, Mended With Gold, the RAA are once again on the road and, while Windsor is not a tour stop (yet), they are playing just a hop, skip and a jump across the river in Detroit Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Magic Stick Lounge with fellow Canadians July Talk. The Urbanite recently caught up with the RAA on tour to discuss touring the U.S., Windsor memories and the new album.
The band has come a long way since Hometowns. How has the band progressed since you first started out?
You’ve become indie darlings in Canada, but you’ve been touring the US a lot lately. How has the response been in the United States? Banwatt: The response in the U.S. has been really flattering, and we see a lot of the same faces coming back in some cities which is incredible. We’ve gotten to know a lot of our fans through these years of touring. Our first ever sold out show was at Piano’s in NYC and it felt amazing. Since then we’ve done a few full tours in the U.S. and it always feels exciting to play new cities. Breaking out in the States is hard for Canadian bands, and we’ve been lucky, but
You’ve always done well in Windsor with sold out shows at Phog throughout the years. What are your fondest memories playing Windsor? Banwatt: Our first show in Windsor came after one of those long U.S. tours, and we had just played a couple of shows that we didn’t feel awesome about. Even though we hadn’t been to Windsor before, the friendly Canadian crowd felt like coming home. We played a scrappy show to some awesome folks at Phog and it was exactly what we needed.
Edenloff: One of the best things about being in a band are those first initial days when everything is new. You really don’t know how much you don’t know, and with that comes a certain sense of excitement with every practice and every show. I think a lot of our earlier songs were products of that initial honeymoon period when you don’t question anything and every song you’re working on feels like the best song ever. Over time we’ve been able to play larger and larger venues, and we’ve all tried to grow as musicians. I honestly don’t think we could have recorded a record like Mended With Gold when we were first starting out. This new record is more a product of the larger rooms and bigger audiences that we’ve been able to play to over the last couple of years, and we’ve tried to grow the sound accordingly while still staying true to the ideals of the band that we’ve always been from day one.
How does the band approach its songwriting? How did working on Mended With Gold differ from Hometowns? Edenloff: There really isn’t a hard and fast rule to our songwriting process. Every song is different, some come together quickly, while others take more work until the songs may be virtually unrecognizable from the initial draft. What was really different with this record was getting Matthew Lederman involved in the whole process. Sometimes you can lose the forest through the trees and it was good to get an outsider’s perspective on what may or may not be working with certain songs. Matt has been our front of house guy on the road for the last couple of years, and having him involved in the recording process was a conscious decision to try to capture some of that live energy for the record. The double benefit to this is that he was always pushing us on the road to keep working and reworking songs as we were touring them, something that we didn’t really do as much with the first two records. We’ve always tried to play new songs live leading up to a new record. However, in the most recent tour I feel like the new songs changed more from show to show and we were thinking of the songs more, trying to figure out what was and wasn’t working, which ultimately benefited Mended With Gold since we went into the studio with a much clearer picture of the songs than we had for the past two records. You obviously get to work with a lot of different bands across the country while touring. Any insight into some up and coming acts we should keep our ears open for? Cole: We’ve been fortunate to tour with
many amazing and talented bands over the years, and the summer festivals we’re invited to play are especially a great opportunity for us to check out new bands. My favourite new (at least, new to me) bands I saw at festivals we played this summer were DIANA, Alvvays and Cousins. All Canadian! How important has the world of social media become as you get ready to release Mended With Gold since you guys started? Cole: It’s huge. It’s social media that led us to getting exposure and a record deal in the first place, with everyone sharing Hometowns between friends online, and its influence on the industry has grown exponentially since then. I love checking out Twitter and seeing/hearing the reactions people are having to the record. Reviews from people paid to listen to and evaluate your work (which I do read) are one thing, but hearing honest and immediate reactions from people who either have just learned about us or have followed us for years is super meaningful and gratifying. It’s great to be able to communicate directly with people as well. We wouldn’t have been a band with a ton of mystique anyway — we are who we are — but I think and hope our fans feel like they know us, and social media intensifies that connection. Windsor music fans want to know — will we see you guys back in Windsor during this tour at all? Cole: Unfortunately we aren’t making it to Windsor this time around, but we are a band that loves to tour, so rest assured we’ll be back very soon.
Post-industrial urban renewal
Multi-location exhibit explores our relationship with our changing enviroments NATASHA MARAR The 2014 Windsor-Essex Triennial of Contemporary Art launched with the opening of Possible Futures: What is to be done? Friday at the Art Gallery of Windsor. The exhibit, which runs through Jan. 11, 2015 features 29 artists from southwestern Ontario and Michigan. Professional development events, panel discussions, cultural animators and bus tours are also planned around the exhibit. Organized by AGW in collaboration with Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island and the Windsor Endowment for the Arts, the exhibit and funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and Caesars Windsor. This is the first time the Art Gallery of Windsor has hosted an exhibit over multiple venues: Art Gallery of Windsor, The Leamington Arts Centre, The Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex in LaSalle; Drouillard Road, Ford City and the Capitol Theatre. “I just really wanted to start small with four venues where the projects are really solid. If it takes off and we get more funding then we can go from there,” explained curator Srimoyee Mitra, who has been working on the exhibit for the past two years. “It’s actually a really important project … the show is quite elective.” “The idea really is to move people around the community and really think of Windsor and Essex, and the theme is post-industrial urban renewal. So the venues we chose really speak to that in different ways,” said Mitra, adding that Ford City’s automotive roots provides a very distinct architecture. “I think of Vollmer and Ford City at two ends of the spectrum. Ford City sort of inner city, really grassroots change, but at the same time there’s major barriers that exist. Vollmer is in Lasalle, rural ... suburban weirdness.” The Vollmer Centre has three installations, including a sound installation in a 1989 Oldsmobile and three life-like, taxidermy owls that look appear as “weird humanoids.” While Detroit artist Charlie O’Geen and architect has a “site derived” exhibit where he took compacted cars from Excess Metals on Drouillard Road and built a series of towering sculptures connected by trusses. “On one hand [the exhibit is] to reach out to a diverse audience … but I think it’s also a contemplation curatorially of the region we are in and what places like Vollmer represent, and why they are being built in a certain way. Both really question what we value as a society, and I think the artists are questioning that as well,” she said. Commissioned artists include Marco D’Andrea and Brandon Vickerd ( Hamilton), Arturo Herrera and Jennifer Willet (Windsor), Kelly Jazvac (London), and Charlie O’Geen (Detroit). Mitra explained that many artists are showing for the first time with the Art Gallery of Windsor, including local artists Kiki Athanassiadis and Collette Broeders. “I think there is strong scene, it feels like there is a fresh crop, a new wave … who are emerging and I think will do very well,” said Mitra about Windsor’s arts culture.
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Montreal’s (and Canada’s) unofficial poet laureate and silver tongued devil, Leonard Cohen, returns with his 13th studio album, continuing the jazzy synth driven sounds he began with 1988’s I’m Your Man and perfected with 1992’s The Future.
A country album that’s finger lickin’ through fast forward, Graham Nicholas’ newly released Sometimes Chicken, Sometimes Feathers is familiar east coast Canadian country.
This time around, Cohen returns to themes he knows best — the fragility of the mortal spirit, misunderstood love, and a cast of beautiful losers. His voice is smokier than ever. In fact, on several tracks his growl has almost paralleled that of his American counterpart, Tom Waits. While some of his past few releases have bordered on new jazz with its synth sounds, on Popular Problems he relies heavily on a Hammond B3, creating more of a warmth than an intrusion, and this elevates tracks like “Samson in New Orleans” and “Did I Ever Love You” into classic Cohen tales.
The musicianship is tack sharp, there’s genial whistling segments, it’s paced well. One might even picture this being an act at the Gand Ol’ Opery. After all, Nicholas’ voice has that quintessential honky tonk twang.
Always a poet first, Cohen’s lyrics remain his strongest suit. “A Street” is almost more spoken word than a song, a bawdry tale of Bukowskiesque drunken friendship: “Baby don’t ignore me/We were smokers we were friends/Forget that tired story/ Of betrayal and revenge/I see the Ghost of Culture/With numbers on his wrist/Salute some new conclusion/ Which all of us have missed.” While you won’t find another “Halleluljah”, “Suzanne” or “First We Take Manhattan” on Popular Problems, it still contains its fair share of gems — “Samson in New Orleans,” “Nevermind,” “A Street” and the crushing “Did I Ever Love You” all stand out — and it’s the best collection Cohen’s unleashed since 1992. — JAMIE GREER
The music isn’t necessarily bad but it’s certainly boring. Country can be done well whether you’re James O-L or Johnny Cash but this record although well produced is largely unnecessary.
However, the album falls short. The bad is just about every song sounds indistinguishable from the last — if it weren’t for gaps of silence between compositions it would be hard to tell where one song starts and the other ends. What’s worse is there isn’t even a lot to say about the record. From the title track: “Penny’s got a bank and don’t you know and spends her nights down at the watering hole, that must be where my money does go.” Pretty much all lyrics are in this vein of vapidly uninspired tripe and tired cliches. This record could have been a lot better with tempo changes or group vocals. Although there are a few duets, there are no hooks on this record that you’ll be humming an hour later. Except perhaps for “Happy Ending” which, ironic in this case, is the album’s closer. — JAY VERSPEELT
Windsor’s Roxi D-Lite has preformed with Detroit’s Theatre Bizarre Halloween sideshow meets masquerade ball since 2007 » Photo courtesy Theatre Bizarre
The beautiful and the macabre Theatre Bizarre present a spectacle for the senses Halloween style jay verspeelt Step right up folks and pour on your greasepaint, there’s a captivating carnival coming. Theatre Bizarre is bringing an elaborate masquerade ball spanning eight floors and 90,000 square feet to 4,300 people at the Detroit’s Masonic Temple Oct. 17-18. The annual tantalizing showcase of performance, art and music started 14 years ago in a downtown factory. “It started off as a backyard Halloween party, but even then it wasn’t your typical party,” said founder John Dunivant. “It was a combination of a group of friends trying to create themed Halloween parties for years … We built a forest in a warehouse with a cabin hidden in the forest, you’d come into the party and get lost in the woods.” The party got out of hand and the landlord kicked him out. So Dunivant moved the party to the old Michigan State Fairgrounds — illegally of course. That lasted for five years before he was kicked off that property as well. Next, Theatre Bizarre moved to The Fillmore for a year before its precarious existence found what looks to be its permanent home: The Masonic Temple. The show features music, burlesque — including this year Windsor’s own Roxi D’Lite — freak shows and all the wonderment of a 19th century traveling circus.
The production is vigorously controlled by Dunivant who decides everything from colour pallet to set design. The decor isn’t store bought, with hundreds crew to build everything, a process that takes 10 months of planning. Dayna Renaud better known as Roxi D’Lite has been performing with the festival since 2007. “I instantly fell in love with it from day one,” said D’Lite. “I admit at first I was a little nervous driving to the grounds, through the ghetto. I was new to burlesque and being from Canada, it was total culture shock. However, once we drove into the grounds my eyes lit up and I instantly wanted to be involved.” Two years ago, D’Lite was asked to start producing the Dirty Devils Peep show. She’s made it her mission to secure the best burlesque talent for the show and “choose acts that fit the strange and beautiful esthetic of Dunivant’s imagination.” D’Lite said she tries to promote Theatre Bizarre on this side of the border but finds Windsorites are missing the fun. “Theatre Bizarre really truly is the Greatest Masquerade on Earth, and it beats any lame costume contest at the bars on Ouellette (Avenue).” But some Windsorites have made their way to the show. Nicole Demers volunteered at Theatre Bizarre last year and was floored by
the production. “I guess I was just expecting a burlesque show but when I got there there were bands playing and different types of acts, circus acts, fire acts, people on stilts, it was way beyond what I expected,” she said. Demers believes that most people from Windsor don’t know this is going on in their backyard, which she considers a shame just for the sheer commitment of character. “I’ve never seen so many people so geared to go. If you went as a serial killer, you were a serial killer, if you went as the Monopoly guy you were the Monopoly guy … I’ve never seen so many people in one space that were so committed to playing what they were,” said Demers. Friday’s event is a black tie preview gala, featuring a strolling dinner, open bar and music at $255 a ticket. The main event Saturday costs $80, with food and drink available for purchase. Costumes are mandatory both days, and Dunivant warned people will be turned away for not wearing proper attire. “I can’t imagine even wanting to come to the party [without a costume] because you would stand out so much as the schmuck that didn’t bother to dress up,” said Dunivant.
The recent moves to host Theatre Bizarre indoors represents some major challenges for organizers. In previous years when skirting the law, anything their imagination could come up with could be done: be it flamethrowers or towering structures. “We could be blowing things up and do whatever we want and not have to answer to anyone. Now every flame that happens in the building we have to have a multiple paper report for,” said Dunivant. He added that now everything has to be build in a modular way to get it in the doors of the Masonic Temple. Everything is carried by hand as their is no freight elevator. Coming out into the open has created benefits for the show, which is received a two-year $100,000 grant from American philanthropic group the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Despite having organized Theatre Bizarre for over a decade, Dunivant still doesn’t believe it’s sustainable. “This is just a step in the journey of wherever this thing happens to take us,” said Dunivant. Tickets are available for both Theatre Bizarre nights. For more information, visit theatrebizarre.com.
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Between a couple of album releases and FAM Fest wrapping up, the next two weeks have a lot of great shows going down, not to mention some amazing national acts coming through on tour. First up, Harvesting the FAM Festival 2014 wraps up this weekend with a slew of great shows. Here’s the rundown on what’s happening where and when for the remainder of FAM: Thursday, Oct. 9: James OL & The Villains, fresh off the release of their absolutely stunning new album The Banks of the Detroit River, team up with electronic duo Learning for a FAM showcase at The Dominion House (3140 Sandwich St.) Friday, Oct. 10: Local roots rockers The Locusts Have No King pair up with Toronto’s The Reply in supplying the musical backdrop for FAM’s “F is for Fashion” Show at Venue Music Hall (255 Ouellette Ave.). Down in the mirk of the Coach & Horses (156 Chatham St. West, below Pogos), Uncle Ray, Monolith and The Line Drawn will be pulling no punches and delivering the heavy. Saturday, Oct. 11: Local singer/songwriter
Eric Welton (Diane Motel) leads his solo band at a showcase at The Windsor Beer Exchange (493 University Ave. W.) alongside Takers & Leavers and Peterborough’s Watershed Hour. Down the street at Phog Lounge (157 University Ave. W.), Two for the Cascade makes their return from a nearly two-year hiatus, joined by a solo performance by Lee Gaul (The Golden Hands Before God) and newcomer The Loveliest Skies. If you’re in the mood for loud, head across the street to Villains Beastro (256 Pelissier Ave.) as The Vaudevillianaires, Violent Vatican and Toque team up for a night of differing thunders to close out the festival. Rose City Promotions brings Edmonton hardcore giants Slumlord and the UK’s High Hopes to Windsor for an all-ages event on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Dominion House, that also features local support from Days Fade, Heart & Harm, Border City, and London’s Hindsight. It’s a 6 p.m. door time, with tickets $10 at the door. It’s great to have Ron Leary and his magical sideburns back in the Rose City after a Toronto exile. He’s taking the stage at Phog Lounge on Friday, Oct. 10, with Ottawa’s Catriona Sturton opening the show.
The Walkervilles finally unveil their second album, Rebirth of the Cool, with a monster of a party on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association (2600 Airport Rd.), in a plane hanger on the Northwest side of Windsor Airport. In what promises to be one heckuva dance party, the Walkervilles and their “Rose City soul” are joined by The Funk Junkies and Better Weather in support, followed by a dance party hosted by DJ extraordinaire DJ Double A. It’s a 7 p.m. start for this massive show. Advance tickets are only $10 and can be picked up at Dr. Disc Records or online at ticketzone.com
or $15 at the door. And believe me, it will sell out.
Dutch avante-garde performance artist Jaap Blonk brings his invocative and experimental live show to Windsor with a stop at MacKenzie Hall (3277 Sandwich St.). Doors at 7 p.m. and this show is a pay what you can — pretty decent bargain for a performance art pioneer who has been performing internationally since the 1970s.
Heavy alternative favourites Falling With Glory release their sophomore album, Aftermath, on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Dominion House. Not only do the first 25 people in get a free copy of the new CD, the band is donating a portion of the door to the Windsor Youth Centre. This all ages show starts at 8 p.m. and also features Seven Thrones, World I Witness, The Stroll and Birds of Paradise. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.
Toronto’s The Wilderness of Manitoba have exploded nationally since the last time they played to a packed room at Phog Lounge, but they’re returning for another intimate show at the same venue on Sunday, Oct. 12. Advance tickets are $10 now at Phog,
Regina’s Indigo Joseph is on a cross country tour in support of their new album, Collage, with a stop at Phog Lounge on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Winnipeg’s SC Mira are coming along as well with Windsor’s own Of The Pack providing local support. Better Weather’s pop delicacies just get better and better and they’ll be headlining a great cast for a night of music at Phog Lounge on Saturday. Oct. 18, that also features Life in Vacuum, Slates and High Rise.
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I’m 25, I’m virgin, and I find it quite difficult to relate with girls. My main problem is I can’t accept my sexuality. I’m into fetish SM. But it seems like there are two parts of me. The first part of me wants to lick women’s feet and be humiliated. The second part of me can’t accept the first part and only wants to love and be loved by a girl. I would say there was nothing wrong if I could just lick feet to get the relationship a bit more “spicy,” but the problem is that I think I can’t excite myself the “traditional way.” I had a few girlfriends in the past, and when it was the time to penetrate, I got instantly limp. I’m going to a therapist now. In my past, there were issues with parents divorced in a horrible way and a violent father. My therapist said there is an Oedipus complex and I could be freed if we work on this. So this is why I hope going away from home will make things get better. I want to have sons with my future loved woman and, finally, to have sex. Fetishists are considered perverted and are mocked in the country where I live, so it’s really difficult to find girls interested in this stuff to try to explore. Fetishist Exposes Erotic Troubles
succeeded in creating a crippling case of performance anxiety. And now you’re working with a Freudian therapist—they still make those?—who believes kinks can be cured with couch time and moving vans. Your therapist is wrong. Jesse Bering is a research psychologist, a science writer, the author of Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us, and one of my go-to guest experts. Here’s what he told the dad of a teenager with a far rarer kink than yours: “If it’s true that Pokémon lights this boy’s fire… there’s not much [this dad] can do about his son’s ‘pathetic’ orientation. By age 17, his son’s singular erotic profile is pretty much fixed, like it or not… Nobody knows why some people are more prone to developing unusual patterns of attraction than others. But whether it’s a penchant for Pokémon, feet, underwear, or spiders, the best available evidence suggests that some people—mostly males— have a genetic predisposition for being ‘sexually imprinted’ during development.”
So, FEET, at some point during your sexual development, you imprinted on feet and erotic humiliation. You can pathologize You can accept your your kinks by viewing them as sexuality, FEET, but rooted in the violence you were for a host of reasons — exposed to as a child, or you shame and fear being the likeliest can take comfort in the fact that culprits — you refuse to. And there’s no proven link between where has your refusal gotten abuse and kinks. The violence you? You haven’t freed yourself you witnessed/suffered at home from your harmless and common as a child may be an unpleasant kinks. By choosing to view your coincidence, not a root cause, and desire for kink and your desire either way, it shouldn’t prevent for love as mutually exclusive— you from reconciling the two someone can love you or they can parts of your adult self — the guy humiliate you, but they can’t love who wants a woman to love him and humiliate you — you have and the guy who wants a woman
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to order him to lick her feet. And here’s how you’re going to do that: You’re going to get online and find the kink personal ads in your country, and you’re going to post ads and respond to ads. I know kink personals exist where you live, FEET, because I managed to find some in two minutes. If the fetish scene in your country isn’t big enough, or if you’re worried about exposure and mockery, get your ass to London or Berlin and explore the booming hetero fetish scenes in those cities. Want to gain some experience and some confidence? Find a nice pro-Domme where you live (lots of those) and become a regular. A business relationship with a proDomme is unlikely to blossom into love, FEET, but a few sessions with a pro-Domme you like—and who likes you back—will help you see that affection and SM can go together. Finally, FEET, I don’t know what your financial/work situation looks like, but spending a few months in a city with a large kink community — a summer in New York or Berlin or Seattle—could be a transformative experience. Throw yourself into the kink scene, go to the munches and parties, and you’ll meet kinksters who are open, unashamed, and capable of loving their partners even as they humiliate or are humiliated by them, aka “role models.”
bisexual. Also, I like her. Later, she told me she’s considering breaking up with my friend, and I told her I wished she would break up with him to date me. My questions are three. Is it wrong not to tell a friend he’s been cheated on? Is it more wrong to ask your friend’s girlfriend to dump him to get her? And how could I trust her knowing that she’s a cheater? Italian Boy In A Mess
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1. If you didn’t have an ulterior motive — if you didn’t want this girl — then you should tell your friend. But you have an ulterior motive, IBIAM, so you should keep your mouth shut. 2. All’s fair in love and war, and blah blah blah. But let’s say this girl dumped your friend and started dating you. That would mean the end of the friendship, right? If you’re willing to sacrifice this friendship for a chance at your friend’s girl, IBIAM, then you don’t value the friendship. So you should end the friendship whether or not you get the girl. 3. You can’t trust her any more than your friend can trust you.
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I’m 16, female, and Australian, and I identify as bi (out to friends, not parents). A couple days ago, I became really sick and went to the doctor. He exhausted almost all possibilities of various ailments and then kicked my mother out of the room. I could tell a scary I’m a 23-year-old straight boy from Italy, question was coming, and he asked me if I was sexually active. and my problem is a friend and his girlfriend. They have While technically I’m a virgin (in a heteronormative sense), I did been dating for two years, but she confided to me that she repeatedly get somewhere between third and home base with another girl two cheated on him with a girl. She is
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years ago. I didn’t mention any of this to my doctor because I wasn’t sure how he feels about non-heterosexual activity and I don’t know if lesbian fooling around even counts. My question is, should I tell him? Is it relevant? And what do I do if he reacts negatively to the fact that I’m not heterosexual? Sick And Tired
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Your doc may have wanted to rule out pregnancy or some other STI, SAT, and kicking your mom out before asking about your sexual history is a sign that your doc believes doctorpatient confidentiality extends to minors. It’s unfortunate that he didn’t make that clearer by saying something like “I will not tell your mom anything you share with me about your sexual activities or your sexual identity.” If you see him again, SAT, ask him where he stands on minors, confidentiality, and sexual minorities. If he gives you the right answers, tell him. If he then betrays your trust — if he outs you to your parents — get in touch with the nearest LGBT rights group and make his life hell. And, yes, non-heteronormative sexual activity counts, and it may be potentially relevant; another girl isn’t going to get you pregnant, but girls can give each other STIs. On this week’s Savage Lovecast, Dan chats with comedian Cameron Esposito: savagelovecast.com
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EVENTS
FIND AND SUBMIT EVENTS AT Level 3 Vodka Emporium | 10 URBANITENEWS.COM/EVENTS p.m.
COMING UP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 1-on-1 Entrepreneurial Coaching Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator | 12 p.m.
Fam Fest: James OL and the Villains w/ Learning Dominion House Australian Bee Gees Caesars Windsor | 3- 8 p.m. | $15 Phog’s Retro Arcade Phog Lounge | 6 p.m.
Debate The Foundry Pub | 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
Finch w/ Maps & Atlases, Wounds & Helen Earth Wine Trail Ride Cycling Tour St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 8 Colchester Ridge Estate Winery p.m. | $18 | 11:30 a.m. | $75 King Tuff w/ Twine Time State Champs w/ Front Porch Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 9 Step, Heart To Heart, Handp.m. | $14 guns, Forever Came Calling & Brigades Indigo Joseph w/ SC Mira and The Shelter (Detroit) | 5 p.m. | Of The Pack $13 Phog Lounge | 9:30 p.m. | $5
The Amity Affliction w/ For the Fallen Dreams, Obey the Brave & Crossfaith The Shelter (Detroit) | 6:30 p.m. The Walkervilles Album Release Party w/ Funk Junkies, Better | $13.50 Weather & DJ Double A Canadian Historical Aircraft AsWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 sociation | 7 p.m. | $10 GA/$20 VIP 12 o’clock Walk Around the Clock Zombie Chase Life After Fifty | 11a.m. Riverfront Trail | 7 p.m. | $50 Lil Dicky, DJ Omega & Matt Sound Tribe Sector 9 Floyd The Fillmore (Detroit) | 7 p.m. | St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 8 $28-$35 p.m. | $15 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
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Folkin’ Divas Kordazone Theatre | 8 p.m. | $10
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 Fork and Cork Presents- Singer Songwriter Showcase Dominion House Third Thursday: Psychological Services MOCAD (Detroit) | 6 p.m. Unplugged: Volume Two The City Grill | 7 p.m. | $80 Eluveitie w/ TYR & Metsatoll St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 7 p.m. | $18
Swell Times Dude w/ A GatherJackie Robitaille & Chris Rafinski ing of Giants, Secret Grief & Taloola Cafe | 8 p.m. Lawnmower & The Derby Girls Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 8 Ron Josol p.m. | $5 Comedy Quarry | 8 p.m.; 10:30 p.m. | $15 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
Charli XCX w/ Elliphant & Dereck Fawcett Femme Dominion House You Me At Six w/ Young Guns & St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 8:30 DJ DOUBLE A p.m. | $15 Stars In Stereo Phog Lounge The Shelter (Detroit) | 6 p.m. | FAM Fest: The Loveliest Skies $18 Windsor Craft Beer Festival w/ Lee Gaul & Two For The Walkerville Brewery | 6-11:30 Cascade Film: Nas: Time Is Illmatic p.m. | $25-$45 The Fillmore (Detroit) | 7 p.m. | Phog Lounge | 10 p.m. $35-$60 Voice of a Leader: Public SpeakSUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 ing Competition Book Launch: Kate Hargreaves, Wilderness of Manitoba w/ University of Windsor | 1 p.m. Tim Dilworth & Louis Cabri Grey Lands Biblioasis | 7 p.m. Phog Lounge | 9 p.m. | $10 Electric Six, The Soft White Sixties & Silent Lions The Rural Alberta Advantage w/ ADV/ $15 ATG St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 7 July Talk p.m. | $15 Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 8 MewithoutYou w/ The Appleseed Cast & Hop Along p.m. | $12 St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 6:30 Vision N Voices with Tania p.m. | $15 Thomas & Fresh Breath FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 FM Lounge | 7 p.m. | $30 MONDAY, OCTOBER 13 ADV/$35 ATG Mark Crampsie Dominion House Stray From The Path w/ CounChelsey Danfield terparts, Expire, My Ticket Taloola Cafe | 8 p.m. Kopecky Family Band Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 8 Home, Argus & Turncoat The Shelter (Detroit) | 6 p.m. | Bill Bushart p.m. | $10 ADV/$12 ATG $13 Comedy Quarry | 9 p.m. | $15 Keats Conlon Slow Roll SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 Taloola Cafe | 8 p.m. The Old Shillelagh | 6 p.m. Falling with Glory CD Release 2014 Gala Afterglow w/ DJ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Party Matthew Dear Dominion House MOCAD (Detroit) | 8:30 p.m. | 1-on-1 Entrepreneurial Coach$30 GA/$250 VIP ing Bikes & Beers Cycling Tours Downtown Windsor Business Windsor Craft Beer Fest Edition Ron Josol Accelerator | 12 p.m. | $60 Comedy Quarry | 9 p.m. | $15 “F” is for Fashion Venue Music Hall | 9 p.m. Ron Leary w/ Catriona Sturton Phog Lounge | 10 p.m. 2nd Year Anniversary Weekend
Deniro Farrar & Denzel Curry Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 8 p.m. | $12 ADV/$15 ATG WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 #VoteNowVoteThen Mayoral
Pure Anada Cosmetics Event Shop Eco | 10 a.m. Free Brewing Class Jake’s Hop Shoppe | 12 p.m.-3 p.m.
Windsor Craft Beer Festival Walkerville Brewery | 4-10:30 p.m. | $25-$45 Talk: Uncommon Odysseys – Amie Siegel MOCAD (Detroit) | 1 p.m.
WEEKLY MONDAYS Open Mic Surgery w/ James O-L Phog Lounge | doors 9 p.m. TUESDAYS
Octoberfest Rochester Place Golf Club & Resort | $10
Open Stage Night w/ Andrew Macleod and Leigh Wallace Dominion House | 5 p.m.
Bill Bushart Comedy Quarry | 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. | $15
V.O.M.I.T. (Vocal Open Mic Instrumental Talent) Villains Beastro Free One-on-One Entrepreneur-
Slates w/ Life in Vacuum, Better ial Coaching Weather, High Rise WEtech Alliance | 12-1 p.m. Phog Lounge | 8 p.m.
Open Mic w/ Jamie Reaume
Phutureprimitive The Manchester Pub Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 8 Open Mic w/ Pat Robitaille p.m. | $15 Ron Leary & Scotty Hughes Taloola Cafe | 8 p.m. Better Than Ezra St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 8 p.m. | $20 Engelbert Humperdinck Caesars Windsor | 9 p.m. | $35 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 Calvin Harris & Zedd The Fillmore (Detroit) | 6:30 p.m. | $49.50-$75 Moon Taxi w/ Cosby Sweater The Shelter (Detroit) | 7 p.m. | $15
The Willistead | 8:30 p.m.
1-on-1 Entrepreneurial Coaching WEtech Alliance | 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 Sondre Lerche Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 8 THURSDAYS p.m. | $14 ADV/$16 ATG
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20
Celtic Night w/ Mark Crampsie Dominion House | 5 p.m.
EXHIBIT: Paint Love – Adorning the Canvas Artspeak Gallery
Funk Junkies The Manchester Pub | 10 p.m.
Life After Fifty Fall Bazaar Devonshire Mall Boy & Bear w/ Reuben and the Dark St. Andrew’s Hall (Detroit) | 6 p.m. | $18 Slow Roll Thomas Magees Sporting House Whiskey Bar (Detroit) | 6 p.m. We Were Promised Jetpacks Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit) | 8 p.m. | $16 ADV/$18 ATG TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 EXHIBIT: Paint Love – Adorning the Canvas Artspeak Gallery 1-on-1 Entrepreneurial Coaching Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator | 12 p.m. Being as an Ocean, Fit For A King, Gideon, Wolves at The Gate & Capsize The Shelter (Detroit) | 6 p.m. | $15
Open Mic w/ Anderson FM Lounge | 10 p.m. FRIDAYS Sky High 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 Abstraction and Landscape: Contemporary Woodcut Detroit Artists Market | until Oct. 18 Harvesting the FAM artists Artcite | until Oct. 18. Possible Futures: What is to be done? Art Gallery of Windsor, The Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, The Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex (LaSalle), Drouillard Road, Ford City and the Capitol Theatre | until Jan. 11