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DYER STRAIGHT

Amateur hour in the middle east

All forces seem to have lost their ideological purpose and are fighting for the sake of fighting

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n the 25th of February it was revealed that the Syrian army has made a deal to help the Syrian Kurds (who are technically rebels) fight off the Turkish invasion of Afrin, a chunk of Syrian territory on the north western border with Turkey that has been held by the Kurds since 2012.

And the Russians are allegedly brokering this new anti-Turkish alliance, even though they recently gave the Turks a green light for that invasion (or at least that was what the Turks thought they were getting.)

And do you recall that the United States, which armed and supported those same Syrian Kurds because it needed them to fight Islamic State (IS), announced three weeks ago that it would be train-

ing a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led force to patrol the borders of the large part of north eastern Syria that has been liberated from IS? When Turkey objected, Washington hastily dropped that notion, and is indeed standing idly by while the Turkish army tries to take Afrin from America’s Kurdish allies. It does warn, however, that American forces might take a different line if the Turks invade other Kurdish-held territories in Syria.

Meanwhile, at the other end of Syria, there were massive Israeli air strikes two weeks ago in retaliation to a small reconnaissance drone allegedly launched by Iranian forces in Syria that had entered Israeli airspace.

This huge over reaction was orchestrated by Israeli Prime Min-

ister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is trying to draw attention away from the criminal charges he is facing for corruption in office.

A shabby tactic, certainly, but at least he knows who his real friends are (Trump and Saudi Arabia), and they all see Iran as the real enemy.

There is a kind of paranoid logic in that, but most of the players in Syria don’t have a serious strategy at all. Indeed the Americans, and increasingly the Russians as well, don’t have a clue about what they want as a final outcome. Neither do the Turks. It’s amateur hour in the Middle East.

The United States doesn’t want President Bashar al-Assad to win, but beyond that, the Americans

don’t know what they want. They originally made their alliance with the Syrian Kurds to destroy Islamic State, but now that that’s done, they are essentially purposeless.

Yet, they won’t leave the field as long as the Russians and the Iranians are in Syria.

The Russians intervened to save Assad from defeat by Islamist rebels, which has also been accomplished. They would now like to declare a victory and leave, but they dare not leave so long as American troops are in Syria.

And Assad (who does know what he wants—the ultimate reunification of Syria under his rule) works hard to keep the Russians trapped in the conflict.

The Turks are split right down the middle at home, with half the population swallowing President Erdogan’s line that all Kurds are terrorists. The other half disbelieves that notion and hates him, but Erdogan is pushing ahead with an invasion of Syria whose only rational goal would be the permanent Turkish occupation of Syria’s Kurdish-majority territories and the subjugation of the Kurds.

Yet the closer he gets to that goal, the more likely he is to provoke a counter-attack by the Syrian army, by the Russians, and even by the Americans. And by the way, after three weeks of fighting in Afrin the Turkish-led forces have actually made little progress against the Syrian Kurds. Like every player in the game, Erdogan habitually over-estimates his own strength.

The situation in Syria is coming to resemble the devastated and depopulated German lands in the final decade of the Thirty Years’ War, when almost all the local forces had lost their ideological motivations and were still fighting only because that was what they did for a living.

Then as now, foreign great powers would make splashy military interventions from time to time (Sweden, France and Spain then, Iran, Russia, Turkey and the United States now), but those interventions effectively cancelled one another out and the war dragged on senselessly year after year.

The Syrian war is in its seventh year now, but the commitment of Turkish and American troops to the conflict raises the odds that it might make it to a decade. And down on the ground there’s an orgy of betrayals as the local players lose old foreign patrons and find new ones.

Weirdly, it reminds me of the J. Geils Band’s greatest song (they didn’t have many): “Love Stinks.”

There’s not much love happening in Syria right now, but the tangle of alliances and allegiances, mistaken identities, misunderstandings, and betrayals, come straight out of a very bad romance novel. However, real people are being killed in large numbers at every step in this pathetic, ridiculous story, and it stinks.

Gwynne Dyer gwynne@vueweekly.com

POLITICAL INTERFERENCE

It’s time for A feminist policy approach A

More informed and balanced policy is the way forward toward equality

s we approach International Women’s Day on March 8, it’s a good time to take a look at the status of women in Alberta.

The province’s current NDP was elected in 2015 with a very strong feminist agenda. Some examples from their platform included the promise to create a Women’s Ministry, move toward $25 a day daycare, improving compassionate care leaves and time off for family responsibilities, and create more spaces in women’s shelters across the province. Almost three years later, the NDP has delivered on pretty much all of these promises.

They have also introduced a number of other forward-looking policies that have a direct impact on the status of women and gender equity in the province. The move toward a $15 minimum wage, for example, has a direct impact on gender equity, as the majority of minimum wage workers in Alberta are women.

Likewise with the government’s resolve in refusing to cut spending on front line public services like health care, education, and social services. These are all female-dominated fields that, because of the high unionization rate and the nature of public service employment, provide Alberta

women with high pay, good benefits, and good job security—all things that contribute significantly to a reduced gender gap.

All of this is, of course, enhanced by the government’s high number of women MLAs and the premier’s insistence on a genderbalanced cabinet.

Despite all of these advances, however, Alberta continues to have the highest gender pay gap in the country, and one of the highest in the developed world.

A 2017 report by the Conference Board of Canada actually gave Alberta a ‘C’ for overall socioeconomic performance, based largely on the province’s high gender wage gap.

Previous research done by the Parkland Institute also points out that women in Alberta carry what is essentially a double workload, putting in 35 hours of unpaid work per week, making it even more difficult to take on paid work and further widening the pay gap. This includes the typical household chores, child-rearing, caring for other family members, such as aging parents and grandparents, and numerous other functions that largely go unrecognized as having any measurable merit or economic consequences.

There is virtually no economic policy, from education and seniors care funding to the degree of economic concentration in fossil fuel extraction, that does not impact on the social and economic well-being of women.

What this means is that in order to truly overcome the gender gap and begin genuinely working toward gender equity, governments must move beyond their current focus on just childcare and shelters and adopt a feminist approach to policy making that spans the entire government.

This is the position promoted

by Oxfam Canada in its ShortChanged program.

Tackling gender inequality requires a whole-of-government approach that recognizes the many interconnected factors that affect the gendered distribution of power, opportunities, and resources, and that ultimately impact women’s lives. For example, the government cannot adequately address violence against women without recognizing that poverty wages keep many women trapped in economic insecurity.

Strong interdepartmental collaboration can help ensure that policy decisions are coherent and mutually reinforcing. The gov-

ernment must ensure that initiatives to advance women’s rights in one area are not undermined by gender-blind policy making in other areas. Women’s rights cannot be prioritized only when it is convenient; a commitment to gender equality must inform all of the government’s policy and spending decisions.

Currently in Alberta, policies are under a gender impact analysis only after they have been fully written and articulated. A feminist policy-making approach requires that a gender based analysis be part of the entire policy-making process, from conception to development to implementation, in every government department.

In Alberta, beyond the obvious need for an affordable and regulated province-wide daycare framework, there are a number of policy areas where immediate work could be done to further reduce the wage gap. Adequately funding public long term care for seniors would allow many women to move back into the workforce. Eliminating family income tests for access to tax benefits and programs, relying instead on just the woman’s income level, would increase the number of women benefitting from those

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programs and further reduce the earnings gap. Working to diversify the economy and shift away from a singular focus on maledominated fossil fuel extraction work would help women move out of lower-paid service and hospitality work. And given the degree to which women are overrepresented among Albertans living in poverty, developing and adopting a province-wide poverty reduction strategy would go a long way to improving the lives of women in Alberta.

All of these steps, and many others, require a government that fundamentally understands that every action it takes and every piece of policy it adopts impacts women in Alberta in some way or another. The only way to sustainably reduce the gender gap over time is for the government to be aware of which policies negatively impact the status of women and minimize those impacts, while ensuring that a majority of its policies is working to reduce the gender gap and improve the overall well-being of women in the province. That’s what genuine feminist policymaking can and should look like.

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DOWN UNDER PIES

Jamie Scott brings down-under style meat pies up and over

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he food you grow up with can carve a special place in your heart that can’t be replaced easily.

For some it’s casseroles, for others it’s a special stew—for Jamie Scott, it’s meat pies.

Hailing from New Zealand, Scott grew up with his mom’s bacon, egg, and cheese pies served cold for grub on days he spent at the beach as a kid.

New Zealand’s pie industry is a seriously big business. To get an idea, Kiwis eat roughly 68 million pies per year, according to The Heart Foundation. With a population of 4.7 million, that’s 14.5 pies a year per person. Every little town has a bakery with its own unique flavours and variations on the country-wide delicacy of meat and gravy, and sometimes veggies, encircled in a buttery and flakey four-inch puff pastry packet.

Scott first came to Canada in 2006 as a part of what New Zealanders call “overseas experience,” which simply refers to an extended period of time (one year plus) working abroad. He stayed with a friend in Edmonton while working, but had no idea he’d end up staying.

“I was here for about a week and started looking for meat pies like I grew up with back home. I couldn’t find anything, bought a few from the store—wasn’t happy with them—threw them out,” he says.

“So I ended up making them like within a week of being here.”

Making meat pies in his home kitchen sated his own cravings, but soon Scott began to realize there was more he could do. He knew there were more uprooted Kiwis like him in Alberta and he knew what they were most likely to be craving.

“I talked about it and thought about it, and finally got to a point where I thought: If I don’t start it now, I’m never going to and I’m gonna retire a grumpy old man.”

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masses, as well as longing expats like himself. But after blowing up his own oven three times, and gaining a devoted customer base at farmers’ markets, he moved into an industrial kitchen to up the ante.

With a switch in kitchens, South Island Pie Co. can make 72 heavenly pies every 12 minutes. Scott’s flavours include “The Wilkie” (steak and cheese), “The Great Scott” (bacon and egg), “The Shepherdless Pie” (potato and ale), and the “The Chook” (chicken, cranberry, and camembert), among several others.

His recipes are based upon his mom and nana’s own, with some added tricks like paprika and rosemary.

Traditional classics of the New Zealand takeout favourite include garlicky mince meat or steak and mushroom; beloved new-world versions include butter chicken or donair, among others. Some disciple bakeries back home will offer a modest selection of 50 flavours, plus. Though he’s nowhere near 50 flavours, it warms Scott’s heart to see a fellow Kiwi discover his pies and float back to memories of home. It also makes him happy to spread a little pie culture up North—once you try one of these beauties, you’ll never go back.

“Every now and then, a Kiwi or an Aussie would come up and find us and their face would just light up,” Scott says. “It gives you an awesome feeling giving them what they grew up with as well.”

With a new storefront location opening in the city any day now, in the meantime you can find South Island Pie Co. at City Market Downtown as well as at a few retail locations. Scott’s pies slang at $7 a piece, six for $40 or $75 for a dozen. He also drives his branded GMC Savana cargo van, delivering pies to market, which makes quite a commotion of hungry drivers when it’s on the road. So if you see him, be sure to wave (down a few pies).

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he variety of Chinese food experiences you can have in Edmonton—from regional variants to specific product offerings—is belied by the preponderance of extremely generic Chinese food restaurants tucked into virtually every nook and cranny of the city.

I mean, how do you even begin to suss out which one is going to transcend rank mediocrity for your dining-out dollar?

One method I’ve resorted to is to check out the places that proclaim an in-house specialty in their name like the recently-visited Fuqing Lanzhou Noodle House, which makes its own noodles, or Hui’s Wontons, home of housemade northern Chinese dumplings called ‘jaozi.’ After weeks of being beckoned by their redand-white signage as I puttered down 34 Avenue, I finally heeded the call and stopped in at Hui’s to see if it was worth making a fuss about—co-diner in tow, of course.

Hui’s bears a strong resemblance to a lot of Chinese restaurants of your acquaintance. Located in a grotty strip mall adjacent to what must certainly be one of the last adult video stores on the planet, Hui and co. have made the sage decision to obscure the less than breathtaking view from their windows with Chinese landscapes.

The mustard and burgundy colour scheme is clean, though a touch drab, but the room is enlivened by colourful mirrored murals on the wall (koi pond) and ceiling (fabulous birds). A team of middle-aged men in white but-

ton-down shirts and dark slacks patrol the copious tables, offering friendly advice and encouragement regarding the menu.

They make sure you’re okay with chopsticks and they reserve judgment on how you can’t keep your paper placemat from looking like a Jackson Pollock painting by the end of the meal (which begs the question, why do they give you such small bowls and plates at Chinese restaurants?).

As newbies, co-diner and I were directed toward the pan-fried jaozi with shrimp, scallop, and pork ($9 for six) to get acquainted with Hui’s specialty. I definitely wished we had ordered a larger quantity, because six of those blistered, browned pockets of chewycrisp homemade dough filled with minced pork and seafood with chives and garlic and dunked in red rice vinegar were not enough.

The waiter watched me slop the house chili oil all over my dumplings (and the table) and gave me a thumbs-up for my boldness.

One cannot live on dumplings alone, however, so we also ordered stir-fried Szechuan beef ($16) and gai lan with garlic ($17).

Like the dumplings, the food came out fast, fresh and piping hot— and oh so shiny. Hui’s doesn’t use MSG and boasts of limiting the use of oil in cooking, but cornstarch is another matter—not that there’s anything wrong with that as cornstarch makes tasty sauces cling to food and acts as a meat tenderizer. The vast platter

Hui’s Wontons 3388 Parsons Rd. 780.450.4900 huiswontons.com of stir-fried sliced beef bore the unmistakable orange tint of chili oil and was fortified with chunks of onion, green pepper, bamboo shoots, and baby corn. The beef was super-tender and was somehow still pink inside even though thinly sliced and the chilli-garlicsoy flavouring was assertive without bringing tears to the eyes.

I was a bit surprised the vegetable dish cost more than the meat dish, but it occurred to me they could charge a premium because most people can’t cook gai lan to save their lives. Again, the portion was massive and could not have looked more appetizing— emerald green stalks of leafy Chinese broccoli cooked to perfect tender-crispness, its flavour simply accentuated with loads of minced garlic.

When we were finally done eating, our server was right there to pack up our leftovers and return with the bill. He also brought us each a complimentary bowl of rice in hot sweetened milk.

Though nothing fancy, it was a lovely conclusion to our feast and just the right amount. If I lived in the neighbourhood, Hui’s would doubtless become my Chinese food go-to. But whenever I get a wild jones for jaozi, at least now I know to whom I can turn.

Scott Lingley dish@vueweekly.com

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THEATRE

Corey Payette’s Children of God breaks open the unspoken and festering wounds of our country

Sat., Mar. 3 – Sat., Mar. 24 (7:30 pm & 1:30 pm matinée) Children of God Shoctor Theatre (Citadel) Starting at $30

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revolution in itself, Corey Payette’s (playwright and director) Children of God is a major step in Canada’s journey toward reconciliation. This reconciliation however, is more wide-ranging than one may assume.

Payette’s script was originally sparked seven years ago out of a frustration with the sweep-itunder-the-carpet mentality he was taught growing up. To combat this, the script opens conversations that, at the time, were actively shushed within and outside of the Indigenous community.

But by opening this conversation, painful wounds left untouched and unhealed for generations are cracked open as well. Not only does Children of God open old wounds for those who lived the attempted culture-breaking of residential schools, but also for those who were key in carrying out said culture-breaking.

Set in two time periods 20 years apart, Children of God follows an Oji-Cree family, whose two children are forced to attend an Indian residential school in northern Ontario. To write the script, Payette originally met with several survivors of the residential school system. But as time went on, he had multiple teachers, nuns, and priests from the schools come out to him, something he says helped him accurately portray the full picture.

“The story is really inclusive, in that it tells a lot of different narratives about what was done,” says actor Dillan Chiblow (Tommy). “It’s good because it can open up a lot of conversations for people to have.”

With Ojibway and Cree words written into the play, the incredible strength of the two cultures

through such systematic oppression shines. But as the majority of the children are quite young, the amount of cultural knowledge they hold is limited. At moments, the children sit in secret asking one another what they can remember of their own ways, desperate for their culture and the point of true identity that comes with it.

“Because of the amazing survivors and Elders who have kept the language, we now are able to have Ojibway sung and spoken in the show, and that’s extraordinary,” Payette says. “After 130 years of this history taking place in Canada, it didn’t work.”

By making the piece a musical, Payette finds he was able to convey emotions that couldn’t be fully rendered otherwise.

“When the characters can no longer speak, they retreat into song; they use song and dance and story as a tool to really be able to unpack what they’re feeling,” Payette says.

An important part of this music is helping survivors who struggle to convey these heavy emotions and feelings address a painful piece within themselves, which then helps to bridge generational gaps that very much still exist today.

“It kind of bridged a gap between me and my father where he suddenly opened up about his memories and his family,” says actress Cheyenne Scott (Julia), who with Payette’s script was able to bridge the generational gap and better understand her grandparents, who went to Indian residential schools.

For Chiblow, he was also able to better understand both of his grandmothers, but he also gained more understanding and com-

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passion for his uncles, who were heavily affected by the generational trauma in their upbringing.

Moving into the present, not even a full generation since the last residential school closed, Payette views the piece as a catalyst to better understand ourselves as Canadians, giving perspective as to where we sit today and what the road forward looks like. So far the musical has been brought to Kamloops, Vancouver, and Ottawa, but the hope is to bring it to many more cities across the country.

“These are all of our children; what would this sort of system have been like if it had happened to anyone’s family? These are communities that had no children—can you imagine that?—no kids laughing or playing; it’s sort of unimaginable,” Payette says.

Counsellors and resources will be on hand at each performance given the nature of the musical and the potential triggers written into the script. Every show also holds a facilitated conversation afterwards to discuss audience members’ personal roles in the country-wide process of reconciliation.

“These people have a level of strength that I actually don’t think that I have as a person; to forgive the people who did this to their families, who ripped apart their communities, and yet they still found the strength to be able to forgive. If more people knew of that strength I think that we would have a different idea of Indigenous survivors of residential schools,” Payette says. “It’s about recognizing that this history is something we can never let happen again in any shape or form.”

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EXHIBITION

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ANOTHER DROP

Until Sat., Mar. 17 Lacuna FAB Gallery, University of Alberta Opening Reception: Thu., Mar. 1 (7 pm)

Artist Becky Thera creates ‘radical vulnerability’ with mixed-media installation Lacuna

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rom the moment of walking into the University of Alberta’s FAB Gallery you are submersed into an uncomfortable reality: life after trauma. The haunting sound of water dripping follows you around as you face one of society’s greatest shames.

An elegant bathtub in the middle of the room sets the stage for what is to be an eerie experience.

A blood-red garment floats on the surface of still water. Arms of limp cloth draped over the edges hold the garment in place.

The words: “I don’t know what happened to the dress I wore the night I was raped” are stitched into the fabric like scars on skin.

Artist Becky Thera draws open the curtain on rape culture in her four-week exhibition Lacuna, which she describes as “radically vulnerable.” Born out of her own trauma, Lacuna has been a project three years in the making.

“It started off as a need to understand my own healing, to understand these really difficult things that I didn’t have words for,” Thera says. “Then it became something so much bigger, it became about voices and other peoples’ experiences and how this affects women as a whole in our culture.”

The name of the exhibit, Lacuna, refers to an unfilled space. A space that until now only contained a deafening silence. By utilizing vastly different mediums, the exhibition depicts multiple realities of the aftermath of sexual trauma in an effort to break the silence.

The use of embroidery has been a large part of Thera’s past projects, but changed in significance when she applied her stitch work to her latest project.

It’s a skill that was passed down from her great-grandmother, but through the installation, led to a grim commonality.

“It wasn’t until I started working on this project and using these embroidery patterns that my mom was like: ‘You know your great-grandmother was raped?’…

It wasn’t something that was ever talked about,” she says.

Lacuna is, in some ways, the embodiment of a generational ripple effect of trauma; a common thread connecting shared histories.

“It’s not just right now,” she says. “It’s been through our entire history and through a lineage of denial of our experiences and our inability to talk about it.”

Thera’s research into rape culture combined with her own personal experience led her to incorporate a few key elements throughout her installation.

Themes of water, self-portraiture and embroidery are weaved together in her work.

Water has so much significance in this respect, she says. There is a duality to it: safety and danger, comfort and fear. Water allows you to feel untethered, which can be scary, but it juxtaposes Thera’s concept of connection through embroidery.

Speaking with other survivors Thera repeatedly heard that after

a traumatic experience, being in water helped to release and feel things more deeply.

At times the art itself is loud, which is a way to let the audience embrace “really difficult emotions: anger, confusion, frustration,” that often follow traumatic events.

Thera admits that at times she worries the work is too intense.

Initially it was only for survivors.

“I felt there wasn’t art being made that talked about the aftermath in a way that could allow survivors to experience it.”

However, the core philosophy of the show is fundamentally about voices and listening to what survivors have to say. Wherever you are, whatever your experiences, the exhibit is a place to look, feel, and absorb.

“No matter what you’ve gone through you can relate to feeling lonely, you can relate to feeling isolated, you can relate to feeling untethered or outside of your body,” she says.

Thera hopes her installation starts the process of equipping those who have survived sexual violence with a launching point for their own voices to be heard.

Although this installation was not planned to coincide with the #MeToo movement, she says that any voice adding to the lacuna is a voice that needs to be heard.

“There is a deep sadness to [saying: ‘you are not alone’], but that’s where the work becomes important. To let you know that no one is alone in these experiences.”

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THEATRE

The former hospital just outside of Slovyansk, Ukraine.

A battle occurred in Slovyansk early in the war, and has since been returned to Ukrainian territory. / Pyretic Productions

Thu., Mar. 1 - Fri., Mar. 9 (7:30 pm) Blood of Our Soil Westbury Theatre $17-$22

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Edmonton’s Pyretic Productions bring Blood of Our Soil, a pressing story of a forgotten land

irst Stalin, then Hitler, and now, Putin. Ukraine’s history is one ripe with turmoil, propaganda, and conflict. Pyretic Productions, a local theatre company, recently took a trip to the Ukraine to research Blood of Our Soil, a play they’ve been slowly putting together for more than five years after playwright and actress Lianna Makuch found her grandmother’s journal.

The journal details Ukrainian experiences living under the Bolsheviks and later the Germans, escaping the Holocaust Death Squads after World War II broke out. Makuch felt an urgency to share the incredible stories.

“One of the lines in it was: ‘How can our land not but be fertile when so much blood, both Ukrainian and foreign, has continually seeped into it? It shows that our enemies must love our land more than we do, for they fight for it ceaselessly, while we live to see that moment when our people join the circle of free nations,’ which she wrote over 70 years ago,” Makuch points out.

A second-generation Ukrainian, benefiting directly from her grandmother’s heartwrenching courage to leave her home country—a country still fraught with conflict today—Makuch quickly saw that there was more to tell 8 arts

beyond the journal’s stories.

“If she hadn’t left, that could have been me, because people in the Ukraine are still fleeing their homes,” she says.

Roughly a year after finding the journal, the Euromaidan protests (November of 2013) broke out in Ukraine against then President Viktor Yanukovych’s last minute decision to sign an agreement bringing the country closer to

Blood of Our Soil incorporates both autobiographical and historical elements from the journal as well as research gathered from the three-week trip to Ukraine last fall.

“We realized that in order for us as artists to do it justice, we needed to go there,” says Pyretic partner and director Patrick Lundeen.

Making connections on the ground through contacts in the

The result was a hard drive full of video, which will be used in the production, and books full of notes and stories from the Ukrainian people.

“We went to a forest where Stalin buried the bodies of people who ‘disappeared in the night,” Makuch says, “or a salt mine just down the street from my grandmother’s home where Soviets dumped the bodies of people.”

“How can our land not but be fertile when so much blood, both Ukrainian and foreign, has continually seeped into it? It shows that our enemies must love our land more than we do, for they fight for it ceaselessly...”

Russia than to the rest of Europe—the original plans conveyed by his government.

“The revolution occurred for three months. It was actually just the four-year anniversary of the deadliest battles on Maidan from the 18th to the 20th [of Feb.],” Makuch says. “When all of that was happening, those lines of my grandmother’s journal kept ringing through my head; it still rings true even now, generations later: ‘Will we live to see that moment when our people join the circle of free nations?’”

Edmonton Ukrainian community, the Pyretic team found a fixer on the ground that spoke Ukrainian for the majority of places they visited, and Russian for the eastern regions touched by conflict. Their fixer, Pavel, also provided connections to locals that would otherwise be difficult to approach and gain the trust of.

“We were there to collect the stories of the people, not the governments, not the politicians, but the actual people who are affected by this conflict.”

Just when you’d think the play couldn’t get any more thorough, Pyretic has added several artistic disciplines to the piece to add even more layers of depth and greater understanding.

“There’s movement, there’s a fusion of contemporary and Ukrainian dance, there’s traditional Ukrainian music, there’s also digital sounds, there’s an amazing projection design,” Lundeen says, “and so all of these different elements kind of weave into what was last year, just one person talking.”

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Pyretic Productions did a workshop of the show one year ago, which primarily covers Act I of the play, to get an idea of the direction they’d like the final piece to take. What they soon realized was that beyond Makuch’s grandmother’s story, Pyretic wanted to tell only a piece of the long and tragic history of Ukraine leading up to the recent conflict and silent occupation happening now through the eyes of those they met while there, and those still living it today.

“A lot of people have no awareness that there is a conflict happening in Ukraine now at the hands of Russian aggression,” Makuch says. “We’re into year four now [since Euromaidan], and it’s just sort of faded into the background. It’s not hot news when it’s just the simmering embers, yet people are still dying.”

The hope is for the play to tell a more human story, but also to increase awareness of the potential effect of Russian aggression, not only on Ukraine, but on the global community.

There will also be a panel discussion on March 2 discussing the frozen conflict in Ukraine in a global context.

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THEATRE OPERA

(Left to Right) Jay Stephenson, Kathleen Morrison, Boris Derow / Tyler Baker Photography

TRAGIC LOVE IN THE CLUB Mercury Opera finds the perfect venue for Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata

M

ercury Opera’s slogan may be “Opera where you least expect it,” but for this week’s production of the iconic La Traviata, it’s hard to imagine a more fitting venue in Edmonton than the Chez Pierre Cabaret.

La Traviata tells a tragic tale of overlapping love triangles in 1920s Paris, with Violetta Valéry (an accomplished courtesan) and Alfredo Germont (the first man she feels has truly loved her) at the centre.

And within the intimate club setting of Chez Pierre, Mercury Opera artistic director Darcia Parada says an eight-piece orchestra will bring Giuseppe Verdi’s music to life while internationally acclaimed singers unleash their voices up close as if every audience member is a part of the characters’ party. Guests are even invited to attend in ‘20s attire to suit the occasion.

“Opera doesn’t have to be big to be grand,” Parada says. “I always think of opera as having been the earliest form of cinema because it combines all the elements that one experiences in the movies today, like score and heightened emotion. The only thing that’s missing in a standard opera production that would be equated with film is the close up, so in my productions— because of their more intimate nature—the audience feels like they

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COMEDY BIG ROCK PRESENTS: DEVANEY’S COMEDY NIGHT • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave • 780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail.com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Sep 6-Apr 25, Every Wed, 8:30pm • Free

BIG ROCK PRESENTS: URBAN TAVERN COMEDY NIGHT HOSTED BY LARS CALLIEOU • Urban Tavern, 11606 Jasper Ave • Every Sun, 8pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu-Fri: 8pm; Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm (until Apr) • Brian Link; Mar 1-3 • Kirk McHenry; Mar 8-10

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Orny Adams; Mar 1-4 • Ari Shaffir; Mar 9-11

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free

JEFF DUNHAM • Rogers Place, 10220-104 Ave • 855.985.5000 • jeffdunham.com •

are almost a part of the action.”

Initially Parada only planned to stage La Traviata at the more “ethereal” Studio 96 for a few allages performances, but after discovering Chez Pierre on a separate film shoot, her mind was set on expanding the production.

“I’ve always wanted to stage something at Chez Pierre, and I’d always wanted to stage La Traviata,” she says. “It just is so fitting for the Chez Pierre, because the signage has can-can dancers on it for heaven’s sake.”

And already knowing several singers who boast chemistry with each other from previous performances around the world (either in La Traviata or in other Mercury Opera productions), Parada knew she could deliver something special to Edmonton.

“Just because it’s a small production doesn’t mean that the talent matches the size of the venue,” she says.

Calgary-based soprano Kathleen Morrison has sung in larger venues in Berlin for years, but she says playing Violetta in La Traviata in a club like Chez Pierre is a dream come true.

“She’s sort of Meryl Streep and Princess Diana wrapped up into one,” Morrison says. “She’s someBringing his cast of characters on the road, Jeff Dunham is America’s favorite ventriloquist • Mar 23, 7-9pm • $67

"LAUGH IT UP" AT THE 48TH ANNUAL BEVERLY HEIGHTS VARIETY SHOW • Beverly Heights Community League Hall, 4209-111 Ave • 780.471.3600 • Every Fri-Sat (until Mar 17), 6:30pm (doors), 7:30pm (seating) • $20

LAUGH STEADY • Nook Cafe, 10153-97 St • Live stand-up comedy hosted by Kevin Cianciolo • Last Fri of the month, 7:30-9:30pm • $5 (door)

DANCE

Thu., Mar. 1 – Sat., Mar. 11 (7 pm) La Traviata Chez Pierre Cabaret (Evenings) and Studio 96 (3 pm Sunday matinées, Admission by donation) $37 one that has really done the best with the cards that she’s been dealt and really excelled at it. She really is sort of the essence of every female trying to struggle and to get ahead and to sort of find her way.”

And with performances that Mor-

rison promises audiences will feel just as much as they’re heard, it will be an unforgettable experience, whether you’re an opera fan or not.

“You’re going to be seeing real people singing with that sort of power from their bodies, with emo-

tion,” she says. “I think that everyone’s going to walk away sort of seeing something that they haven’t seen in Edmonton before, and maybe something that they’re going to want to see again.”

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FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-

SUGAR FOOT STOMP! • Sugar Swing Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 • dance@sugarswing.com • sugarswing.com • Swing dance social • Every Fri-Sat, 8pm (beginner lesson begins) • $12, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages

• Process; Thinking Through: artwork by Charles Lewton-Brain; Jan 20-Apr 21

115 St NW • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@ gmail.com • flamencoenvivo.com • Every Sun until Jun 10, 11:30am-12:30pm

HOUSE MIX • Timms Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta, 87 Ave, 112 St • bwdc.ca • Presented by Toronto Dance Theatre. House Mix features a program of short works that have been created over the last three decades by iconic Canadian choreographer, Christopher House • Feb 28-Mar 1, 8-10pm • $35 (general), $25 (student/senior), via TIX on the Square HOUSE OF HUSH PRESENTS: BROADWAY RAG • Crash Hotel Lobby, 10266-

ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15

BALLROOM DANCE ASSOCIATION •

103 St • hellothere@violettecoquette.com • houseofhushmarch23.eventbrite.com • houseofhushburlesque.com • An all-Broadway themed show. House of Hush brings guests back to the golden age of live theatre • Mar 23, 7pm (doors), 8-9:30pm (show) • $30 (include a complimentary feature cocktail) • 18+ only

MILE ZERO DANCE DROP-IN DANCE & MOVEMENT CLASSES • Spazio Performativo,

Central Lions Recreation Center, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • ebda.ca • An evening of ballroom, latin, country dancing • First Sat of every month, 8pm (doors)

DANCE CLASSES WITH GOOD WOMEN DANCE COLLECTIVE • Muriel Taylor Studio at Ruth Carse Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Ave • info@goodwomen.ca • goodwomen.ca/classes • Every Tue, Thu, Fri; 10-11:30am • $15 (drop-in), $65 (5 class pack), $100 (10 class pack)

DIRT BUFFET CABARET• Spazio Performativo, 10816 95 St • milezerodance.com • This multidisciplinary, diverse variety show allows audiences to discover Edmonton’s most unique, challenging, and wide-ranging performances, curated by an array of artists who will share different niches within the Edmonton scene • Mar 8, 8pm • $10 or best offer at the door

10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • mzdsociety@gmail. com • milezerodance.com/classes • Mile Zero Dance holds a number of drop-in dance & movement classes for people of all experience levels & ages; Mon: Professional Technique (10-11:30am), Contact Improv (7-9pm); Tue: Kids 6-10 (4:30-5:15pm), Toonie Yoga (5:30-6:45pm), Butoh (7-9pm); Wed: Noguchi Taiso (10-11:30am); Thu: Preschool 3-5 (10-10:45am), Beginner Contemporary (5-6:15pm); Sat: House (7-9pm) • $15 (regular), $12 (members), 10-class cards available for $100

SACRED CIRCLE DANCE • Riverdale Community Hall, 9231-100 Ave • edmontonsacredcircledance@gmail.com • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music. No partner required • 2nd Wed of the month (beginners), 4th Wed of the month (experienced), 7-9pm • $10

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• Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Figuratively Speaking: artwork by various artists; Mar 6-23; Reception: Mar 10, 1-3pm • Artwork by Stephanie Medford; Mar 6-23; Reception: Mar 10, 1-3pm

EIFF PRESENTS THE OSCARS: LIVE • Rec

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir

Room–South Edmonton Common, 1725-99 St • edmontonfilmfest.com/live-oscars-viewing-party • Dress up (or down) and join our Hosts Ryan Jespersen and Kari Skelton for a live Oscar Screening Party • Mar 4, 5-11pm • Free • All ages

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema.org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • Edmonton International Women's Festival; Mar 7 & 11) • Le Festival du Film Français / The French Film Festival; Mar 16-18, Mar 20 • Afternoon teA: Murder on the Orient Express (Mar 11) • ALLEY KAT CASK AND KEG NIGHTS: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Mar 31) • BAD GIRLS MOVIE CLUB: Sunset Boulevard (Mar 14) • CINEMA OF PSYCHEDELIA: Wake in Fright (Mar 10) • Do THE RIGHT THINGS: Life Inside Out (Mar 18) • GAtewAy TO CINEMA: Lady Bird (Mar 28) • Guillermo Del toro: The Devil's Backbone (Mar 25-26) • Homo-CiDAl DrAG SHOW: Death Becomes Her (Mar 29) • metro retro: Up in Smoke (Mar 24) • musiC DoC: Play Your Gender (Mar 6) • niGHt GAllery: stArmAn: Invaders from Space (Mar 17) • reel fAmily CinemA: Ferdinand (Mar 24) • reel LEARNING: The Martian (Mar 27) • sCienCe in tHe CinemA: Concussion (Mar 15) • sCi-fi: Thelma (Mar 11-12) • SPOTLIGHT: Peter Lynch (Mar 21-22)

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ACUA GALLERY & ARTISAN BOUTIQUE • 9534-87 St • 780.488.8558 • info@acuarts.ca • acuarts.ca • Signature Artist Series: artwork by Daena Diduck and Emma Plumb; Mar 2-29

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca

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Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • WordMark: A New Chapter Acquisition Project; Oct 28-Mar 25 • Songs for Pythagoras: artwork by Peter von Tiesenhausen; Jan 27-May 6 • Undaunted: Canadian Women Painters of the 19th Century; Dec 2-Mar 25 • WEEKLY DROP-IN ACTIVITIES: Tours for Tots, Every Wed, 10-11am • Youth Workshops, ages 1317, Every Thu, 4-6pm • Kids’ Open Studio, Every Sat, 1-3pm • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12-1pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Retinal Circus: artwork by the Nina Haggerty Collective; Feb 1-Mar 31

BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Contemporary Relics: artwork by Dominika Koziak; Feb 10-Mar 3

BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • assembly. ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis.html • A Call for Justice: Fighting for Japanese Canadian Redress (19771988); Jan 15-Apr 2 BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Levitas: artwork

by Linda Craddock; Mar 1-14

CAVA GAllery • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Art & Film Installation with Lana Whiskeyjack and Beth Wishart MacKenzie; Jan 21-Mar 31

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DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Artwork by Aganetha Dyck; Mar 15-Apr 14

The Very-Real Housewives of 1867 (and Beyond) / Sat., Mar. 3 (8 PM)

ENJOY CENTRE • 101 Riel Drive, St Albert

In honour of International Women’s Day (March 8), comedian Barbara North brings the story of our fearless foremothers and connects them to the women of today. With a sparkling array of special guest storytellers and speakers, the incredible stories of women— not just standing quietly behind their men—will be shared.

When it was illegal for women to vote, own land, have a bank account, or even keep diaries, these dauntless women paved the way for generations to come.

Guests include famed scientists, authors, politicians, business leaders, journalists, and artists. The hilariously-charged and historically-based evening will take place at the PCL Theatre in the Arts Barns.

Tickets are available at tixonthesquare.ca or at fringetheatre.ca for $15 to $20.

• 780.718.7635 • phil@muralmosaic.com • nightofartists.com • Night of Artists Opening Gala; Mar 16, 7-11pm • Night of Artists Indoor Art Walk; Mar 17-18

FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • lacuna: artwork by Becky Thera; Feb 20-May 17 • Not Yet Earth: artwork by Madeline Mackay; Feb 20-Mar 17

FRONT GALLERY • 10402-124 St • thefrontgallery.com • Fallen Star Cars: artwork by Steve Coffey; Feb 8-Mar 8

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • The Art of Truth and Reconciliation: artwork by George Littlechild; Mar 9-Apr 29; Opening reception: Mar 9, 7pm

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Macromea: artwork by Alana Biffert and Marta Gorski; Feb 1-Mar 17 • The Book of 7: artwork by Stephen Ferris; Feb 1-Mar 17 HUMAN ECOLOGY GALLERY • University of Alberta 1-15, Human Ecology Building • 780.492.3824 • Imagining a Better World: artwork

by Nelly Toll; Sep 28-Mar 11

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • March Group Exhibition; Through Mar

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • Figures as index: artwork

by Luther Konadu; Feb 23-Mar 31 • Linage: artwork by Brittany Bear Hat; Feb 23-Mar 31; Opening reception: Mar 1, 7pm LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VISITOR CENTRE • 9820-107 St • 780.427.7362 • visitorinfo@ assembly.ab.ca • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/ events.html • Evening of Style; Mar 1, 6-8pm

LOTUS ART GALLERY • 10321-124 St • lotus-gallery.com • Sexy & Wild: artwork by various artists; Jan-Mar

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • A Taste of Science–La science a bon goût!; Until Mar 25 PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • NAESS GALLERY: Shine a Light: artwork by various artists; Feb 6-Mar 6 • ARTISTAN NOOK: Animal Instincts: artwork by Josh Harnack; Feb 6-Mar 6

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • ABSTRACT 4 Ways: artwork by Giuseppe Albi, Scott Cumberland, Erin Loree and Alice Teichert; Feb 15Mar 10 • Artwork by Julian Forrest; Mar 15-Apr 7

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default. aspx • Open Tue-Sat, 9am • 150 Firsts: How Alberta Changed Canada…Forever; Until Aug 1 SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Eyes Water Fire: artwork by Tomoyo Ihaya; Feb 23-Mar 31

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep 18-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

THEATRE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Basement Theatre at Holy

telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • POPnology Exhibition; Feb 9-May 6 • Terry Fox–Running to the Heart of Canada; Feb 16-Sep 16

Trinity, 10037-84 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, Oct 13-Dec 15, 11pm

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St

BEWITCHING ELVIS • Jubilations Dinner

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St •

Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Uncovered and Unashamed: artwork by Andréa Schmidt; Feb 27-Mar 31

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Artwork by Dana Irving; Mar 3-15; Opening reception: Mar 3, 1-4pm

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Celebrate International Women's Day with Inspiring Women Authors; Mar 8, 7-8:30pm

CELEBRATE ALICE MAJOR’S 11TH POETRY COLLECTION - "WELCOME TO THE ANTHROPOCENE" • University of Alberta Observatory, Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science • After poetry and science, guests can step outside and take a look at the stars • Mar 1, 7-9pm

DOWNTOWN EDMONTON BOOK CLUB • Downtown Edmonton Community League, 10042103 St • facebook.com/declorg • Open to anyone who lives, works, or plays downtown and wants to meet new people, have great conversations, and read cool stuff • Every 2nd Wed, 7-8:30pm

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575114 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/ mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

LEDES AND KICKERS • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • metrowir.com • Learn how to make your writing start strong and end stronger, with Strathcona County Library Writer in Residence Michael Hingston • Mar 5, 7-8:30pm • Free; Register online at sclibrary.ca or by phone MARY WALSH AT STARFEST • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert • 780.459.1530 • sapl@ sapl.ca • starfest.ca • Mary will be talking about her new book, an unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age in 1960s Newfoundland • Mar 4, 7-8:30pm • $10 (online or at the door) ROUGE POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly Tellaround: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com

Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Samantha Stephens and her husband Darren are trying to live a normal married life, but Samantha’s witch mother, Endora, doesn’t make it very easy for them. Samantha throws a party and is greeted by the real Elvis • Jan 26-Apr 1

CHILDREN OF GOD • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • A haunting tale of two siblings taken away to a residential school. A story of redemption: for a mother who was never let past the school’s gate, and her kids, who never knew she came • Mar 3-24 CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s long form comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Sep 10-Jun 9 • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • dienasty.com • Live improvised soap opera. Join the whole Die-Nasty family REBORN, for a whole season of great artists, earth-shaking discovery, glorious music, hilarious hi jinx...but mostly Machiavellian Intrigue • Runs every Mon, 6:30pm (doors), 7:30-9:30pm • Oct 23-May 29

EN MÉMOIRE DE MOI // DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME • Theatre of La Cité francophone, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91 St) • 780.469.8400 • lunitheatre@lunitheatre.ca • lunitheatre.ca • Set in Montreal, 1963–when the world was on a precipice of major change in the fields of science, civil rights and women’s liberation • Mar 13-24

GREEN THUMB THEATRE: STILL/FALLING • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • horizonstage.com • Still/Falling follows a young woman, Nina, as she tries to come to terms with what it means to struggle with anxiety and depression, and to rise above it with as much strength, and as few scars, as possible • Mar 19, 7:30pm • $10

LADIES FOURSOME • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre. ca • Imagine Sex and the City on a golf course!

It’s the day after the funeral, and three women gather for a round of golf in honour of their recently departed fourth. They are joined at the tee by an old friend of the deceased and many surprises, secrets and confessions come to the surface • Feb 6-Apr 1 MAMMA MIA! • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • Chase away the winter blues with the smash hit musical featuring all favourite ABBA songs • Feb 17-Mar 18 MÉTIS MUTT • The Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • In Sheldon Elter’s hilarious and heartbreaking one-person show, we follow a young Métis man on his journey out of a destructive cycle.

This personal tale unfolds to expose the impact of family dysfunction, internalized racism, and the significance of embracing life’s choices • Feb 13-Mar 4

OPEN JAM • Holy Trinity Church, 10037-84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated

by Grindstone Theatre. Swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play. For those of all levels • Last Tue of each month

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St, University of Alberta • ualberta.ca/artshows • Lady Sneerwell sets out to spread scandal in this quintessential Comedy of Manners. Set in the 18th century, this is a play full of wit, mistaken identities and intrigue • Mar 29-Apr 7

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SHADOW THEATRE PRESENTS OUTSIDE MULLINGAR • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave •

Empress Comedy Night: 4th Year Anniversary / Sun., Mar. 4 (8:30 PM)

780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre.org • Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits straddling 40.

When romantic troubles begin to surface, these yearning, eccentric souls fight their way towards solid ground and some kind of happiness • Mar 7-25 • $22-27

The Empress Ale House will be celebrating the four-year anniversary of its weekly Sunday-night comedy show this weekend.

Hosted by brilliant comics Lisa Baker and Simon Glassman, Sunday’s show roster holds local comedians Sean Lecomber, Kathleen McGee, Celeste Lampa, and Mike Lynch.

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep 9-Jun 8 • $15

Three-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee Graham Clark (CBC’s The Debaters, Just For Laughs, HBO’s Funny as Hell) will also join the lineup to celebrate four years of laughs at The Empress; lager will be a satisfying $4.

Tickets are $15 in advance at The Empress or $20 at the door.

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No Bed of Roses (Doob) weaves a web of feelings born from infidelity

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angladeshi director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s latest lodges a chisel into a rock labelled “unfaithful love.” And during 85 minutes of film, he gently hews away until there’s nothing left.

No Bed of Roses (Doob) trains a plodding lens on infidelity—a subject that’s often only struck with comedic and glancing blows in western cinema—and places us within some of the most uncomfortable moments of a fracturing family in a present-day Bangladesh city. Muted greys and whites hang over each frame, draping an impossible-to-shake malaise over each character’s conversations during some of the lowest points in their lives.

Javed Hasan (played by the ubiquitous Indian star Irrfan Khan) is a surging filmmaker in the prime of his career, but he’s torn between his wife and children, and Nitu (Parno Mittra), a woman who’s studied and competed alongside his eldest daughter since they were young. The film never cuts corners as it explores these divisions. The most affecting parts of the film rely on slow moving pans during lengthy cuts that force the audience to focus on one half of the conversations.

The pained reactions of Javed’s wife Maya (Rokeya Prachy) as he implores her to stop interrogating him about an affair are heard but not seen. Similarly strained gaps in the dialogue consistently afford room for the actors to display genuine hesitation, disappointment, sadness, and pain. When discussions break off, long, smooth shots follow each character around their home as they putter about in fits of despair.

These personal moments are juxtaposed by the prying public eyes that follow Javed’s family and career. For example, his kids sit paralyzed in the back seat of his car as he chews out a newspaper editor on the phone for running tabloid headlines; bystanders ask for his autograph as he tries to hail a cab to get away from Maya; reporters dog his daughter Saberi (Nusrat Imrose Tisha) even during a funeral wake.

Structurally, No Bed of Roses also enhances these tensions with effective time shifts. A nostalgic road trip presents the family as a happy unit before dropping hints at mistrust already brewing. And poignant flashbacks to Saberi and Nitu playing with dolls as children

set the stage for the complicated hate they share in the future—a hate that’s cultivated through the social lens of the supporting cast.

The characters’ social status doesn’t immediately come across as essential to core themes of the film, but several pivotal scenes hinge on the interplay between the brooding quiet of one-on-one private family conversations and the studiously awkward presence of domestic servants. When Nitu tries to abscond after spending a night with Javed in his home away from home, she freezes atop the wall she was trying to jump over for what feels like an eternity; it’s not until several seconds later that we see she’s locked eyes with Maya’s servant who is sure to report her actions.

In other scenes porters and drivers are stranded in the focus of the frame, fidgeting silently as Maya delivers ominous dialogue to her family from off screen, or Saberi breaks down into tears.

So much of No Bed of Roses wallows in moments of heartbreak that once it slowly arrives at its tragic, but fulfilling climax, it’s impossible not to contemplate the way feelings of love are often dismissed as a binary right or wrong. The free-

dom the characters eventually achieve definitely isn’t one that every audience will pine for in their own lives, but it’s one that this film tries to convince you not to deny.

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DOCUMENTARY

Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara / Supplied

THE STRUGGLE IS REEL Play Your Gender shows how the music industry fails its women

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t’s no secret that our society still has a very prevalent problem with sexism and one place to find this problem is within the music industry.

Women are constantly struggling with the inability to reach top positions in the music industry. It’s predominantly due to the fact that all these power positions are held by men. It’s been

this way forever. Even now most of the top female pop stars’ careers are controlled financially and creatively by men. This is an issue that Stephanie Clattenburg and Kinnie Starr’s documentary Play Your Gender attempts to shed some light on.

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community for someone to make a movie about it every five years or so which means that films like Play Your Gender have to essentially find a new approach that is both thought-provoking and beneficial to the cause. Play Your Gender does this in some cases, but falls flat in others.

The film begins by throwing out the statistic that five percent of producers in the music industry are women. While this is probably true, there is no given source

Play Your Gender is also somewhat dishonest. After offering the women producers statistic, we are led to believe that we will go on this journey around the world to find every female music producer. However, we are only introduced to one, and the film generally becomes about the female experience within in the music industry.

The documentary is hosted

by Kinnie Starr, an alternative hip hop singer-songwriter who

Tue., Mar. 6 (7 pm) Play Your Gender Metro Cinema $8–$13  Starr continues to interview various women and men within the music industry about the recurring gender gap. Though she interviews more than 20 artists, the most interesting insights

“In a documentary, and film in general, context is everything. The viewer has to understand where the framework for the whole film is coming from.”

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as to where this statistic came from. This then becomes a recurring theme with other statistics throughout the film.

I’m not arguing that these heinous and sexist statistics are not true, but quickly mentioning where they came from would provide context on the situation. In a documentary, and film in general, context is everything. The viewer has to understand where the framework for the whole film is coming from.

leads some pretty uninteresting interviews in the beginning. One of her go-to sources includes two 14-year-old girl musicians who have released their own material. This is impressive and the girls are talented, but their answers to Starr’s questions about women in the music scene might not be the representation needed. We are also plagued with close to 10 minutes of oneword answers.

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come from Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara, Tamara Lindeman, a.k.a.

The Weather Station, and Melissa Auf der Maur of The Smashing Pumpkins and Hole.

This film could have been so much more. While it does shed light on a very real problem, the only new aspect it offers is a statistic that is never given the time it deserves.

Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

Amalie Brunn aka Myrkur / Daria Endresen

ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METAL

Myrkur speaks about her Scandinavian influence, purifying nightmares, and thoughts about online hate

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s Carl Jung so eloquently put, the mind is made up of two layers: the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. The personal layer comprises of forgotten and somewhat suppressed memories while the collective is made up of archetypal images portrayed in art, sound, mythology, and experience. This, in Jung’s perspective, is how we dream and have the occasional nightmare.

But for the Danish black metal/ dark folk multi-instrumentalist Amalie Bruun, it wasn’t just the occasional nightmare. During the writing process of her latest album Mareridt, she was disturbed by insufferable nightmares and sleep paralysis occuring close to every night.

“I would have them every day and wake up screaming and sweating,” Bruun says from her home in Denmark while trying to start a finicky fire. “It reached a point during the process of writing this record where I felt I couldn’t go on.”

To cope with these night terrors, Bruun wrote them down in her journal and eventually used them as inspiration for the second full-length album Mareridt (Danish for “nightmare”) for her one-woman atmospheric black metal project Myrkur.

“I love the record and I think it’s the best music I’ve done, but I’ve also set it free with the nightmares,” Bruun says.

Being an avid follower of psychological theory, Bruun dove into her nightmare notes and picked out certain recurring symbols and tried to link them to her everyday life.

“What I love about Jung and his theories of dream analysis and the collective unconscious is also the spiritual aspect and the symbolism and archaic, esoteric knowledge associated with dreams,” she says. “So diving into my own dreams has been kind of mindblowing. I recommend everybody does that.”

Only the worst of Bruun’s nightmares made it onto Mareridt. Songs like the title and opening track have Bruun singing in her Danish tongue about a demonic stag breaking her chest while she lies helpless on the floor of a wooden cabin in a black-green forest. The song is relatively quiet and atmospheric with quivering strings and synthy drones leading Bruun’s angelic voice. The song then bleeds into “Måneblôt,” a more traditional atmospheric black metal piece containing darkened hummingbird guitar riffs, blast beat drum fills, and Scandinavian-inspired strings from Sweden’s national instrument, the nyckelharpa.

Like every one of Myrkur’s works, Mareridt is also filled with stories about nature and the arcane properties it possesses.

“If you take the most eastern European black metal stuff, then maybe it’s less focused on nature and more about Satanism, but where I grew

up listening to it in Scandinavia, it’s more about nature worship and paganism,” Bruun says.

Myrkur has been a polarizing name in the metal world ever since the release of the self-titled EP back in 2014. A few people immediately classified the sound as “not true black metal,” even though Bruun never said she was black metal.

“Maybe people got annoyed because I was working with certain people [Garm of experimental black metal group Ulver] that they considered ‘true black metal’ and they didn’t like that those people wanted to work with someone they thought was shit,” Bruun laughs. “It’s funny with these American men that claim to know what true Scandinavian black metal is. To be honest, in Scandinavia, we just laugh at them.”

The Myrkur EP was originally released anonymously, but it didn’t take long for listeners to realize it was Bruun. This was harmful to her

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Over the course of a few months, she received online hate mail and a few death threats. Now, however, she keeps to herself in a location where only the closest of her friends can reach her.

“I’m not really in the scene at all, so I don’t really know what the vibe is surrounding Myrkur now,” she says. “People have all the right to say whatever they want about me even if it seems a bit juvenile and elementary school. I think I have to just keep making music and people can react however the hell they want.”

Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

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FUNK-FLOW

Bahamas / Hilary Walsh

RAW TONES AND FUNK FEELS Afie Jurvanen talks his new blow-up album Earthtones

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He’s played with such musicians as Feist, The Lumineers, Howie Beck, Jason Collett, Michael Kiwanuka, Jack Johnson, City and Colour, and The Weather Station. His first album (2009) under the name Bahamas, Pink Strat, was awarded a 2010 Juno Award, and his second, Barchords (2012), won two 2015 Junos, including Songwriter of the Year.

With his newest, Earthtones, Afie Jurvanen is hitting the place we’ve all known he was undoubtedly capable of. So what changed? Well, not a whole lot to be honest. He’s got a fresh new sound and sports some Kanye-inspired earth-toned threads, but really, he’s the same genre-breaking magician he’s always been.

With his past sounds of subtle funk (ie. “All the Time” and “Caught me Thinkin’”) coming into full swing on the 2018 album, Jurvanen embraces a sound that melds with his clean guitar riffs and female backup vocals in a heavenly roundup of 11 tracks.

Slick and crisp, the album’s got no reverb or effects, which

makes it jump out like you’re chilling in the studio with Afie and his band, rather than sitting on transit with some earbuds in.

To kick things up a notch, Jurvanen reached out to bassist Pino Palladino and drummer James Gadson, both well-known for their spots on soulmaster D’Angelo’s band, but also for their incredible music talents.

Collectively, they’ve played with seriously diverging greats like Nine Inch Nails, Keith Urban, John Mayer, Lady Gaga, and The Who. Before he knew it Jurvanen was in session in Los Angeles, working away on his base tracks with them.

“They’re just musicians who are free of any reference points; they’re not worried about genre or style or scene,” Jurvanen says.

“I didn’t really give them any direction or anything. I just started playing my songs and allowed them to follow their musical instincts, and they obviously led to some pretty incredible places.”

Bahamas’ band: guitarist Christine Bougie, bassist Darcy Yates, drummer Jason Tait, and backup vocalist Felicity Williams then fleshed out what came from Jurvanen’s three days of sessions in L.A. with Palladino and Gadson in Prague.

“It’s really a testament to their [the band’s] musicianship, the level of their playing as well, because the whole album feels cohesive to me—you can’t tell who played on what—it all just fit in so beautifully,” he says.

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Earthtones is a sober look through various areas of his life that deserved some real honesty.

The tracks crack open feelings of depression, years of thankless opening-act gigs, and of course, his (seemingly patient) wife Naomi—his inspiration for the springy “Come on Naomi”—and his two young daughters.

“With a song like “No Depression” I just wanted to speak to it, maybe with some levity and some humour and just be able to address something that’s pretty serious to me, and I think to a lot of people,” Juvanen says. “It seems like a lot of creative people kinda struggle with pretty high highs, and low lows.”

Beyond using music as a cathartic tool, spending time in nature is another common respite for Jurvanen. Growing up spending summers in Finland with family and the rest of the time in his hometown of Barrie, Ontario, he would spend most of his time fishing, hiking, hunting, and biking.

“Nature’s kind of like music, it doesn’t ask you for anything, it just sort of gives … We spend so much time sort of managing ourselves to be these presentable versions all the time, and the more we can just let it hang out there, I think the better for everyone,” he says. “If people can hear that song [“No Depression”] and just accept me for who I am, it probably allows them to accept themselves better too.”

Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

AVANT GARDE JAZZ

Heavy Beak / Supplied

IMPROVISED CHAOS AND CONVERSATION Heavy Beak unleashes the complexity of randomness

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azz is one of those musical styles that deliberately sets out to defy expectation. It’s almost like some kind of Buddhist trick. Nonetheless, a few adventurous artists have set out to travel even beyond that level of complexity.

Heavy Beak, composed of Edmonton duo Ethan Bokma and Andrew Hall, perform what they refer to as ‘experimental freeform noise.’

“Yeah that kind of sums it up,” Bokma says. “We pull a lot of qualities from a lot of experimental genres: free jazz, drone, noise. The key word is experimental, because like you say, we’re improvising everything.”

The duo’s latest release, I Thought of a Way for You to Escape, is true to form—a cacophony of screeching winds and wild percussive rhythms that eludes easy categorization.

Recorded in Hall’s kitchen and now distributed in the form of green cassettes, the album is as improvisational as you can get while still playing an actual instrument. In fact, the only non-improvisational material available from Heavy Beak is in the form of a YouTube video, in which they perform a rendition of Kenji Kawai’s opening theme from Ghost in the Shell.

The album’s title was improvised, coming as it did from a line in a book on Hall’s shelf

that was drawn and opened at random. Hall says even the band’s name reflects a kind of random selection.

“The name is almost improvised as well,” Hall says. “That’s kind of fitting to our approach.

We don’t think too deeply before we start playing. We didn’t really overthink the name either.”

Despite doing everything on the fly, Bokma and Hall insist that there’s little difference between recorded performances and live ones. The winning formula seems to be a bass clarinet, various flutes, effects pedals, and a drumkit run through a mixer and sampler that all working together or sometimes against each other.

Bokma even occasionally breaks out on of those old See ‘N Say toys where you pull the string and the cow says moo or the pig says oink.

“My friend gifted it to me just before I moved to Alberta,” Bokma says. “He found it on the side of a road in southern Ontario. Actually, it’s broken in a way so all the voices are distorted. It sounds kind of frightening so we’ve been using that for the show and putting it up to the microphone.”

Heavy Beak began a year ago when Bokma posted a Kijiji ad looking for a percussionist. Listening to a lot of weird jazz duos at the time, he was looking for

Tue., Mar. 6 (8 pm) Heavy Beak Tape Release w/ Soft Ions, Bitter Fictions, and Blipvert The Sewing Machine Factory $10 someone who’d be willing to take the sound in new directions. Hall was a good fit, and the together the duo entered the Edmonton experimental music community.

“There is definitely a scene here,” Hall says. “One of the things I’ve always loved about it is it’s very open and its very encouraging. It almost sounds like you’re living in a vacuum where no one can do anything wrong, but it doesn’t even feel like that.

Everyone is eager to hear what anyone else is doing. That is so encouraging and so freeing.”

Heavy Beak is a strange and unpredictable group. Utter randomness, chaos really, is something that doesn’t want to be harnessed, but that’s exactly what Bokma and Hall want to do.

It’s an utterly unique exercise in collaborative experimentation.

“Jazz, in terms of improvising, is meant to be a conversation,” Hall says. “You’re not just sitting apart from each other, doing whatever you want, and hoping that it sounds good … It’s reading each other. It’s talking without speaking. It’s communicating.”

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MUSICNOTES

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AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every Sat, 9pm B-STREET BAR Karaoke; Every

Fri-Sat, 9:30pm BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE Joe

Nolan & The Dogs; 8pm; $25 (Students $15) at the Bailey Box Office or online BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog; 4-6pm; no cover BLIND PIG PUB Saturday

afternoon live music showcase; Every Sat, 3-7pm BLUES ON WHYTE PowerHouze;

9pm BOHEMIA YEG Music presents

House Of Pines, Absinthe From Society; 8pm; 18+ only BOOT SCOOTIN' BOOGIE HALL

Musical Mamas Volume 2 Album Launch and Party; 3pm BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Enrico Ilaga

with Eric Sequillo Nanolan CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Dahlia

THE FORGE ON WHYTE

Resurrection: Post Apocalyptic; 9pm HILLTOP PUB Open stage hosted

by Simon, Dan and Pascal; Every Sat, 4-7pm; Free HORIZON STAGE Lion Bear Fox;

7:30pm LB'S PUB Big City Sound; 9pm;

No minors MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands

every Sat ON THE ROCKS Mourning Wood;

9pm REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON Five Alarm Funk; 9pm;

$20 (adv), $25 (door) REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL Wild Rose Roulette;

10pm; Free ROSE & CROWN PUB Keith

Retson-Spalding; 9pm SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 5

Wakefield; 9pm

bands for 5$ with Setback, Vibes, False Body, Ghost Cell; 7-11pm;

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Mark

mic; 7pm; $2 CASK AND BARREL Sean Brewer

(of the UNCAS, Switchmen); 4-6pm; Free

Ammar’s Saturday Sessions Jam; Every Sat, 4-8pm • Harpdog Brown; 9:30pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN

Party; 9:30pm; 18+ only

Classical TRIFFO THEATRE IN ALLARD HALL MacEwan University

Department of Music presents A Capella Ensemble and Jazz Combo; 7:30-9:30pm; $15 (adult), $10 (seniors 60+), $5 (full-time non-MacEwan students), free (All MacEwan students); Plus applicable fees WINSPEAR CENTRE Edmonton

Symphony Orchestra presents Vienna To Broadway: The Memorable Melodies of Operetta–From Lehár To Lloyd Webber. Conducted By Jack Everly; 8pm; $15-$98

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Instigate spinning classic hip-hop and reggae; Underdog: hip-hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs

playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every FriSat, 9pm; No cover ENVY NIGHT CLUB Resolution

Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems

CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON

Jake Buckley; 9pm

Chilliwack; 7-11pm; $59.95 plus GST; No minors; Reserved seating

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mike

every Sat

"The Party Hog"; 9pm

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am

CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT

The Rockin' 58s; 9pm; Free

STARLITE ROOM Enslaved,

Wolves In The Throne Room, Myrkur, Khemmis; 6pm; $32.50; 18+ only

SUN MAR 4

Lion Bear Fox Horizon Stage Mar 3, 7:30pm $30$35

maintaining their fun-filled pop sensibilities is a gift that Shred Kelly hold over the heads of their contemporaries.

Cadence Weapon Cadence Weapon eOne Five years after Rollie Pemberton (aka Cadence Weapon) de-

ALIBI PUB AND EATERY Open mic night; Every Sun, 6-9pm AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

Sun, 9pm BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig Pub Ham Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm; No cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Jazz

Brunch with Charlie Austin; 9am2pm; By donation

livered his Polaris short-listed Hope In Dirt City, we finally get another offering from Edmonton’s former poet laureate.

During the wait, he moved from Montreal to Toronto and the change of scenery has proven genius as he delivers his greatest achievement to date. His latest album, simply titled Cadence Weapon, catapults him into the mainstream rap arena.

The production is bigger and more accessible as outside help was enlisted for the very first time from the likes of Kaytranada, FrancisGotHeat, Jacques Green and Harrison allowing Pemberton to focus solely on his lyrical prowess. Throughout the 12 tracks Pemberton’s flow is better than ever. Having honed his technical chops, he

MUTTART HALL AIMTAC Annual

Scholarship Benefit Concert; By donation WINSPEAR CENTRE Edmonton

Youth Orchestra In Concert– Conducted By Michael Masse; 2pm; $10-$15

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Zyppy with DJ Late Fee;

Fiddlers Acoustic Music Jam & Dancing; 7-10pm SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/ Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm WINSPEAR CENTRE Bahamas with special guest The Weather Station; 8pm

Every Sun

DJs

9pm

GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ; 8pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie

BOOT SCOOTIN' BOOGIE HALL

MON MAR 5

Lunchpail

BLUES ON WHYTE PowerHouze;

Musical Mamas Volume 2 Album Launch and Party; 2-5pm HORIZON STAGE DuffleBag

Theatre: Robin Hood – Family Matinee; 2pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop:

Metal Mondays with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Brett Kissel; 7:30pm; $40 and up (Ticketmaster)

BLUES ON WHYTE Troy Turner;

TUE MAR 6 BLUES ON WHYTE Troy Turner;

effortlessly speeds up or slows down to match the beat while at times rattling off fragments at a break neck pace. Cadence Weapon also finally sees Pemberton bringing in guests for choruses (Deradoorian, Blue Hawaii, Brendan Phillip and Casey MQ) giving the songs a breath of fresh air and a vocal dynamic that has been missing from his previous work.

The content is rich and ranges from introspective walks down memory lane to mass urbanization to racism and sexism in the music scene. Cadence Weapon’s new offering stands up beside any Canadian hiphop album. Pemberton can no longer be ignored and must be recognized as one of the country’s best rap talents.

Soft Ions, Bitter Fictions, Blipvert; 8pm; $10 (door or adv at Blackbyrd or venue)

ON THE ROCKS Karaoke Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rod Jewell Band Open stage

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam

STARLITE ROOM Soulfly As Nailbomb: Performing “Point Blank” by Nailbomb in its entiret with Today Is The Day, Lody Kong & The Uncured; 6-11pm; $24.95; 18+ only YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: Tilo Paiz Latin Jazz Quintet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins britpop/

Jam with 4 Dollar Bill

punk/garage/indie; Every Tue EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday with

18+ only

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke

ROGERS PLACE Brantley Gilbert:

The Ones That Like Me Tour; 7pm; $39 and up

9pm

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Karaoke

Wednesday

DJs

BOHEMIA The Odyssey; 8pm; $5;

9pm

presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; Guests and newcomers always welcome; every Wed, 7pm; $2 (donation, per person), free coffee available

resident DJs

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Country TEMPLE–STARLITE ROOM

Secrets with guests Picturesque, Counted Among Saints, Point Place Vs. Nothing Gold, Among The Shattered; 8pm; $15; 18+ only

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Homemade

night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free

Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

Jam; 3-7pm; Free

FIDDLER'S ROOST Open Stage;

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

ON THE ROCKS The James

7-11pm

HAVE MERCY To-Do Tuesday:

Band; 9pm

HAVE MERCY Mississippi Monday Night Blues Jam hosted by the Dylan Farrell Ban; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up); No cover

open mic night hosted by Justin Perkins; Every Tue (except for the 3rd of every month) • Outlaw Country Vinyl Night with Sheriff Taylor; Every 3rd Tue of the month

mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

Music Wednesdays at Noon: Yoko Wong and Mikiko Kohjitani (violin and viola); 12:10-12:50pm; Free

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE Winspear

HAVE MERCY Piano Karaoke

LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open

featuring with Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm

Overture Tour; 12pm; Email Michelle Jones to RSVP

SANDS INN & SUITES Open Jam;

Every Sun, 7-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Karac Hendriks Mixtape Release; 2pm; $10 (adults), $5 (minors); All ages

Classical CONVOCATION HALL

Masterworks for Piano; 3pm

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Dwight

Yoakam with guest Brandy Clark; 7:30pm; $51 and up (Ticketmaster) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

Jam Hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Heavy Beak Tape Release with

WED MAR 7 BLUES ON WHYTE Hector

Anchondo; 9pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open

LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang

Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm; Free

Classical MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed

VENUEGUIDE 99TEN 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT LOUNGE 8223-104 St ALIBI PUB & EATERY 17328 Stony Plain Rd ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert. ca/experience/arden-theatre ARIA'S BISTRO 10332-81 Ave, 780.972.4842, ariasbistro.com ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR #1638, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722, aussierulesedmonton.com B-STREET BAR 11818-111 Ave BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne Street St. Albert BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave

BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOOT SCOOTIN' BOOGIE HALL 12912-50 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE 8937-82 Ave CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird. ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASK AND BARREL 10041-104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 1111387 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com

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DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW ENVY NIGHT CLUB West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca THE FORGE ON WHYTE 10549-82 Ave (Whyte Ave) GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HILLTOP PUB 8220-106 Ave NW HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 11455-87 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR & GRILL 9016132 Ave

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON 1725-99 St NW REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL 8882-170 St NW ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St ROGERS PLACE 10214-104 Ave ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9562-82 Ave

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 TEMPLE–STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 TRIFFO THEATRE IN ALLARD HALL 11104-104 Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.428.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

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Under the moniker MILCK, Connie Lim brings harmony during these troubled times

armony is healing. It’s connection, blending voice and song H to make something more powerful and beautiful than one person could achieve alone. And it’s what Connie Lim was born to do.

“I feel like I am built to lead strangers and harmonize with them,” Lim says while driving north through California on her way to Portland while snow-capped mountains pass by her windows.

The Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter performs as MILCK, and she spent nearly a decade trying to break into the music industry. Last January, a video went viral of her leading a group of singers at the Women’s March in Washington D.C. in an a cappella version of her song “Quiet.” The song, with its brave message of finding the strength to face adversity—she’s called it a “really polite middle finger”—was a cathartic release for millions baffled and frustrated by Trump’s election.

Soon, Lim was in demand. She performed the song on national TV and other human rights groups have invited her to speak and sing.

In a country so divided, so full of hurt, they needed Lim’s harmony.

“I got contacted by one of the

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brothers of one of the victims of the [Parkland, Florida high school] shooting, because he heard my song “This Is Not The End,”” Lim says. “He heard it after he lost his brother. He hadn’t gotten out of bed—he said that song helped him get up and take a shower. They asked me to speak at his commemoration. I don’t know what to say so I’m going to sing “Quiet.”

This Is Not The End is also the name of her debut EP, seven spare and soulful songs built on Lim’s strong voice and message of hope and resilience. She says her father, a doctor, told her to hone a skill as a way to serve her community. Her skill is bringing strength and community through song and gathering people together when instinct says to stay in bed and hide.

“I’m an introvert. It’s easy for me to want to shut everything off, not listen to the news, because it can be overwhelming,” Lim says. “But my job as an artist is to keep my ears, eyes, and heart open and just continue consuming what’s happening … There’s so much happening right now.”

In the spirit of healing and community, she started the #ICantKeepQuiet movement, a platform

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Thu., Mar. 1 (8 pm) Amy Shark w/ MILCK The Starlite Room $17.50 via ticketfly.com for people to speak up about how pain can fester in silence: sexual abuse, domestic violence, anxiety, insecurity, and loneliness. It’s also more than a hashtag, as donations and portions of Lim’s ticket and merch sales are funnelled to handpicked not-for-profit groups.

And Lim is looking to bring harmony workshops, her leading people in song, to different communities. The power to lead is a gift. But it can also weigh heavy, as one voice among millions can only do so much. But those voices together?

“Sometimes I’m like, I’m not doing enough and I can work myself to a point where I get a lot of anxiety— I’m human,” Lim says. “And then I’m like, ‘Alright, I need to stop feeling like I need to carry the whole weight of the world on my shoulders.’ Because these kids are rising, there’s all these women running for office, a lot of people of colour are rising. We got this.”

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FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE • Remedy Cafe, 8631-109 St • faccedmonton@gmail.com • fertilityawarenesschartingcircle.org • First Mon each month (Oct-Jun), 6:30-8:30pm • $10 (suggested donation) • RSVP at faccedmonton@gmail.com

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 10728-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

Dance, 11232-163 St • 780.974.0309 • MON: Adult Tap, 7-8pm; Stretch & Strength with Jazz, 8-9:15pm • Wed: Floor Barre 6:45-7:45, Adult Ballet 7:45-9:15pm • Drop in Rate $15.75 (inc.

GST); 5, 10, 15 Class passes available

Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group offering conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87

LGNYEG • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-

Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm

AMITABHA KADAMPA BUDDHIST CENTRE • 9550-87 St • 780.235.8257 • info@ meditationedmonton.org • meditationedmonton. org • Weekly meditation classes and events. All welcome • Every Sun, Tue, Thu

CARROT COFFEE FRIENDSHIP CLUB • Carrot Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • Have a cup of coffee with 55+ individuals single, divorced, or widowed who are looking to make new friends with neighbours in our local communities of: Delton, Eastwood, Parkdale – Cromdale, Westwood, Spruce Ave, and Alberta Avenue • Every Wed, 1-2pm COFFEE WITH COPS • Carrot Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • Edmonton Police Service invites the community to an open discussion • 1st Tue of every month, 10-11am

DeepSoul.ca • 780.217.2464; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Most Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins and Les Paul Standard; Pink Floyd-ish originals plus great covers of classics: some free; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue & Wed, 7pm • $5 (with drink purchase)

DROP-IN LARP • Jackie Parker Park • westernwinds.summerfrost.ca • Battle games and fighter practice using provided safe weapon boffer. An exciting way to get exercise while meeting new people with similar passions • Every Sat, 1:15pm • Free

FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave,

104 Ave NW • happyharborcomics.com • Events may include guest speakers, movie nights, board game nights, video game nights and much more • First Thu of the month, 7-9pm • Free

MONDAY MINGLE • Hexagon Board Game Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)

MONTHLY MEDITATION AND VEGAN BRUNCH • Padmanadi Vegetarian Restaurant, 10740-101 St • info@vofa.ca • bit. ly/2hO97nq • First Sat of every month, 9am12pm • Free (confirm via Facebook or email)

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

OPEN DOOR COMIC CREATOR MEETINGS • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • 780.452.8211 • happyharborcomics.com • Open to any skill level. Meet other artists and writers, glean tricks of the trade and gain tips to help your own work, or share what you've already done • 2nd and 4th Thu of every month, 7pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

PAINTING FOR PLEASURE • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP •

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@ edmontonoutdoorclub.com

Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a

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variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

We are looking for volunteers to help us with a free service for tax season that our participants can access.

‘Make Tax Time Pay’ is through our financial empowerment program alongside E4C. The opportunity is once a week on Mondays during March and April, for approx., 3.5 hours12:00pm-3:30pm.

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TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus. net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 9888 Jasper Ave. 10th floor; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Foresters Toastmaster Club: SEESA, 9350-82 St; 587.596.5277; Every Tue, 7-8:30pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: norators.com; meet every Thu, 7pm • Norwood Toastmasters: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St NW; norwoodtoastmasters.ca; Every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); yclubtoastmasters@ gmail.com; Meet every Tue, 7-9pm

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • cwaalberta@gmail.com • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm WOMEN'S CRICKET • Meyonohk Elementary School Gym • incogswomens@gmail. com • Learn the game of cricket. The group plays for fun and no experience is necessary.

Kids and men welcome • Mar 16, 7-9pm; Mar 23, 8-9pm; Apr 6, 6-8pm; Apr 13, 6-8pm; Apr 20, 6-8pm

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF PALESTINE, PRESENTATION AND BOOK LAUNCH WITH DR. RAMZY BAROUD • Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA), Room 1-182 (Corner of 114 St & 87 Ave, U of A) • Gazaborn Palestinian author and journalist Ramzy Baroud will discuss the themes of his new book, The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story, and what the history of the Palestinian struggle can teach us about the current situation and prospects for justice in Palestine • Mar 5, 7pm

GLASS B LOWING C LASSES WITH PIXIE GLASSWORKS • Pixie Glassworks, 932260 Ave • 780.436.4460 • pixieglassworks. com/pages/classes • Offering three levels in each of: hollow body work, implosions, sculpture, pipe-making and beads. Call to book • Every Mon, Wed, Thu, 6-9pm (no classes on holidays) • $150 (plus GST)

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19 Notable times 21 University official 22 ___ in “cat” 23 “___ du lieber!”

25 Negative votes 27 Minute 29 Make frog noises 31 Ms. ___-Man 34 Madalyn Murray ___, subject of the Netflix film “The Most Hated Woman in America” 35 Shake it for an alcohol-based dessert?

38 Inkling 39 Jim Carrey comedy “Me, Myself & ___” 40 Dermatologist’s concern 44 Classical piece for a jeweler’s eyepiece?

47 Clean thoroughly 50 Exist 51 Word before par or pressure 52 95 things posted by Martin Luther 54 Fix, as a game 56 Actress Lupino 57 ‘50s election monogram 58 Similar (to) 61 Actress Russo 63 Rock nightclub open for a long time?

66 Critters that seem to find sugar 69 Dot in the ocean 70 “Easy-Bake” appliance 71 Treats, as a sprain 72 Grant consideration 73 Pied Piper’s followers 74 Shakespearean king

6 Co. that launched Dungeons & Dragons 7 “___ not know that!”

8 Walking speed 9 Ohio team, on scoreboards 10 Track bet with long odds 11 North America’s tallest mountain 12 It’s opposite the point 15 Cassava root 18 ___ Harbour, Florida 20 Songwriter Paul 23 Prefix before -monious 24 Gunky stuff 26 “This is ___!” (“300” line) 28 Charlize of “Atomic Blonde” 30 Calculator with beads 32 “He’s ___ friend” 33 Easy gallop 36 Recycling container 37 “Jazz Masters” org.

41 Spectators 42 Earned a ticket, perhaps 43 Juno’s Greek counterpart 45 Like ___ (energetically) 46 Winter Olympics sled 47 Skip going out 48 It may come in sticks or wheels 49 Thrift shop purpose 53 Genre where you’d hear “pick it up!” a lot 55 Jeremy of 2018’s “Red Sparrow” 59 “Young Frankenstein” role 60 PBS science show for 45 seasons 62 Press-on item 64 Clifford’s color 65 Figure out (like this answer) 67 Drink from a bag?

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GREAT EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL SLIDE • St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 84240-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 (Gerry Staring), 780.435.6406 (John Woollard), 780.454.6216 (Sylvia Krogh) • Jamaica (Mar 5) • First Mon of the month, 7:30pm • $3 donation (guests are asked to bring snacks to share); everyone welcome

GREEN DRINKS: YEG CLIMATE • Yellowhead Brewery, 10229-105 St • A way to bring together environmentally-minded Edmontonians to share strategies and building on the work we're already doing. Learn more about what great local organizations are working on and share your own knowledge in the process • Mar 7, 7-10pm • $10 (adv at Eventbrite), $15 (door and cash only) NERD NITE • Westbury Theatre at the ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • edmonton. nerdnite.com • Lectures and drinks–nothing could be better. Featuring "Cities are Going Green with Weed-Whacking Goats" with Michael Glazier, "The Fort McMurray Wildfire: One firefighter’s story" with Andrew Pearson and "Cellular Agriculture: ‘Frankenmeat’ and the Future of Food" with Matt Anderson-Baron • Mar 20, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (shows) • $20 (adv online) • 18+ only

QUEER AFFIRM GROUP • garysdeskcom@hotmail. com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet the last Sun of every month at State & Main (101 St and Jasper Ave) for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912-82 Ave • With DJ Jos • Last Thu of every month • Free • 18+ only

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Mon: Drag Race in the White Room; 7pm • Wed: Monthly games night/trivia • Thu: Happy hour, 6-8pm; Karaoke, 7-12:30am • Fri: Flashback Friday with your favourite hits of the 80s/90s/2000s; rotating drag and burlesque events • Sat: Rotating DJs Velix and Suco • Sun: Weekly drag show, 10:30pm G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.4235510 (Sage) • tuff69@telus.net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Tue, 1-4pm

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 2nd Floor, 10618-105 Ave • Wheelchair-accessible elevator at 10610 105 Avenue • (780) 488-3234 • pridecentreofedmonton.org/calendar.html • OFFICE & DROP IN HOURS: Mon-Fri 12-7pm; Closed Sat-Sun and holidays • YOGA: (all ages), 2nd and 4th Mon of every month • TTIQ: (18+ Trans Group) 2nd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • TRANS YOUTH GROUP & PARENTS/CAREGIVERS SUPPORT: (24 and under) 3rd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • FIERCE FUN: (24 and under) Biweekly Tue, 7-9pm, games and activities for youth • JAMOUT: (12-24) Biweekly Tue, 7-8:30pm, music mentorship and instruction for youth • TWO SPIRIT GATHERING: 4th Wed of every month, 6-8pm, gathering for First Nations Two Spirit people • MEN’S SOCIAL CIRCLE: (18+) 1st and 3rd Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone masculine-identified • WOMEN’S SOCIAL CIRCLE: (18+) 2nd and

4th Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone feminine-identified • MOVIES & GAMES NIGHT: Biweekly Fri, 6-8:30pm • ARTS & IDENTITY: Biweekly Fri, 6-8:30pm • CREATING SAFER SPACES TRAINING: Interactive professional development workshops, with full or half-day options • QUEER YOUTH MENTORING: (Youth: 12–24) (Adults 26+)

QUEER YOUTH ART AFTER SCHOOL CLUB • ASPECC, 12031-76 St • allison@aspecc.ca • Join Allison Tunis, a professional artist and activist, in guided art projects • Mar 5, 3-6pm • Free for ages 12-25, LGBTQIA2S and Allies (RSVPs on Eventbrite)

TEAM EDMONTON • Locations vary • teamedmonton.ca • LGBTQ2+ inclusive. Various sports and recreation activities. Events include: "Gayming", archery, swimming, floor hockey, volleyball, yoga, and more • Events are seasonal and can change, visit website for more details YOGA WITH JENNIFER • 780.439.6950 • ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue evenings & Sat mornings

SPECIAL EVENTS ANNEKE'S ANTIQUE SALE • Heritage Park Pavilion, 5100-41 Ave, Stony Plain • 780.699.7839 • ceantiques@shaw.ca • classiceuropeanantiques.com • Over 130 tables of Alberta's best antiques and collectibles • Mar 30-31, 10am-4pm • $5 (adults), free (kids) ART WORLD EXPO • Muttart Conservatory, 9626-96a St NW • theartworldexpo.com • Featuring 50+ artists from Edmonton/Vancouver, body painting competition, live art • Mar 16 EDMONTON STAMP CLUB SPRING STAMP SHOW • Central Lion's Centre, 11113-113 St • 780.420.7243 • edmontonstampclub.com • Stamps for sale from many vendors across western Canada, competitive exhibits (stamps on display) and more • Mar 24-25, 10am-5pm (Sat), 10am-4pm (Sun) • Free

ICE CASTLES • Hawrelak Park, 9330 Groat Road • icecastles.com/edmonton • Opening for a third winter, featuring a tubular ice slide, small tunnels and crevasses to crawl through • Every Fri-Sun, Mon, Wed until weather permitting • $9.95-$20

MAKE IT! THE HANDMADE REVOLUTION • Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave • makeitshow.ca • Featuring more than 175 artisans selling beautiful handmade items • Mar 23-25

SKIRTSAFIRE FESTIVAL • Various venues along Alberta Avenue • skirtsafire.com • A four day multidisciplinary arts festival that celebrates diversity, and empowers, develops, supports and showcases women-identified artists • Mar 8-11 • Admission by donation

SNOWSHOE & STARGAZE • Astotin Lake, Elk Island National Park • 780.922.5790 • bit. ly/2iZcFmp • Trek over snow and gaze into a star-filled sky. Following a short guided hike on snowshoes, attendees will enjoy snacks around a fire and learn about the night sky above • Mar 10; 7-9pm • $29.80 (book via phone)

THURSDAYS TBD TO BE DISCOVERED • Legislative Assembly Visitor Centre, Edmonton Federal Building, Main floor, 9820-107 St • 780.427.7362 • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/ events.html • Visitors can look forward to an array of guest speakers, film screenings, free concerts and more • Every Thu, Oct 5-Mar 1, 6-8pm • Free

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SAVAGELOVE EVERYTHING IS A THING

I recently stumbled on an Instagram account of a young woman who’s a “knife play” enthusiast. I consider myself sex-positive, but I must say I was disturbed by the images. I was also shocked that I didn’t know this was a thing! But of course it’s a thing cuz everything is a thing, right? I don’t want to outlaw it, and everyone has a right to their kinks, I guess, but I’m so wigged out!

I guess I don’t have a question here besides wondering what you think about it. Ick! CAN’T UNDERSTAND THIS Everything is, indeed, a thing, CUT, and intimidating things like knives—objects that symbolize power, danger, and control—are far likelier to become things (fetishized objects) than nonthreatening things like waffle irons or useless things like moderate Republicans. As for what I think about knife play, well, it’s definitely not for me.

But if someone wants to incorporate knife play into their sex life safely, responsibly, and consensually, and package it in a manner that doesn’t violate Instagram’s terms of service, I don’t have a problem with it.

DOGGO BLUES

I’m a first-time dog owner. I LOVE my dog, but here’s the thing: he sleeps in my bed with me, and would probably whine and bark at this point and wake up my roommates if I kicked him out of the room. Is it wrong to masturbate when my dog is on my bed? He’s not always sleeping. Could this damage my pup in some way?

CONUNDRUMS ARE TACKY Dogs have been watching humans fuck for 30,000 years.

So long as your pup is a passive observer and not (ick) an active participant, he’ll be fine and you won’t go to jail.

ORAL WOES

About three years ago my wife declared an end to sex. (We are in our late 60s.) However, she insists on “taking one for the team” once a month. She makes it clear she derives no enjoyment from sex, but I cannot refuse to participate without a huge fight. I find that I have developed a sexual attraction to other men my age.

Every man I encounter in gay bathhouses considers oral sex safe, and no one wants to use a condom. Most of these guys seem very experienced and are not worried about STDs from oral sex. Should I be worried?

CONCERNED OLDER MAN ENQUIRES You can get all sorts of things from giving and receiving oral sex: gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, herpes, etc. My advice:

stop having sex with your wife so long as you’re seeking out men in bathhouses. I suspect your wife is only fucking you once a month to keep you from straying (which you’re already doing) because she believes—incorrectly—that if you aren’t getting sex at home, COME, you’ll leave her to go get sex. That’s obviously not the case—you’re getting sex elsewhere without her knowledge (or her consent and putting her at risk in the process) and you aren’t leaving. Tell her you’re also done with straight sex (the “straight” can be silent), have one last huge fight, and then go suck some dick.

WEDLOCK SECRETS

Gay and married here. My dad got on Instagram, followed me and some of my friends, and then requested to follow a friend whose account is private. My friend stupidly approved my dad’s request without realizing it was my dad.

There were some R-rated photographs of my husband and me having some pretty kinky (and pretty great) sex with our friend on his account. My dad called me screaming about how he and my late mom were faithful to each other for 42 years and that’s what marriage means and my husband and I shouldn’t have gotten married at all if we were going to be having sex with other people.

Just before my mother died she confided in me about an affair she’d had and asked me to retrieve and destroy some letters and cards, which I did.

I’ve had three screaming fights with my dad about monogamy in the last two weeks. Can I tell him his marriage wasn’t monogamous?

SON BLOWS FRIEND, DAD BLOWS GASKET No, SBFDBG, you can’t. Your mom isn’t around to defend herself and, absent proof of the affair, your dad will think it’s a spiteful (and incredibly) hurtful lie. And even if you had proof, SBFDBG, telling your father about your mother’s affair would be an act of grotesque cruelty. You have every right to be angry—your dad is being an asshole—but poisoning his memories of his marriage isn’t a proportionate response to his assholery. Instead, tell your dad your sex life is none of his business and that you refuse to discuss it with him any further. If he brings it up, hang up. Repeat as necessary.

Your mom wanted to take this to the grave and you promised her—on her deathbed—that you would help her do just that. Don’t betray her.

OPEN SESASSME

I’m a 52-year-old woman who has been in an open relation-

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ship with my partner for 2.5 years. Great sex, intense connection, best friends! Early on he expressed a desire for me to play with his ass. At first I did, but I was never comfortable with it. I’m not into anal myself and doing anal with him turns me off. Over the course of the 2.5 years he’s become very frustrated. I tell him to go find a woman or a man who enjoys ass as much as he does and play with them.

We are in an open relationship, after all. He claims he has no time to date anyone else. We are at a crossroad in our relationship. He’s suggesting that I play with his ass or we go our separate ways. It’s ludicrous to me that it has come to this.

Any words of wisdom?

ASS PLAY OR ELSE Your “best friend” is a petulant, manipulative asshole. DTMFA.

BARE-ASS MINIMUM

The idea of spanking my wife really captures my sexual imagination. I don’t want to inflict a lot of pain, but seeing her over my lap with a bit of pink on her ass is the hottest thing in the world to me. My wife indulged me once—it was incredibly hot for me, but she found it degrading and refuses to do it again. By her own admission, I treat her with respect in our day-to-day lives.

I would be ecstatic even if we only did this rarely, say, once a month. Again, no dice from the wife—it’s degrading, end of discussion. Otherwise, our sex life is fantastic. I believe that Dear Prudence would side with my wife: if you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it. My view is that it’s a small inconvenience that brings your husband an incredible amount of joy, so of course you should do it! What are your thoughts?

WIFE IS SO HOT OVER THE KNEE If I were your wife, WISHOTK, your argument would carry the day—but I’m not your wife.

Your wife is your wife and she gave spanking a try, found it degrading in a non-sexy way, and doesn’t want to do it again.

And that’s the not-the-leastbit-pink end of it. Being treated with respect by our romantic partners—literally the bareass minimum—doesn’t obligate us to indulge our partners in sex acts we find unpleasant, degrading, or disgusting. So you’ll have to settle for that otherwise fantastic sex life.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): On September 1, 1666, a London baker named Thomas Farriner didn’t take proper precautions to douse the fire in his oven before he went to sleep. Consequences were serious. The conflagration that ignited in his little shop burned down large parts of the city. 320 years later, a group of bakers gathered at the original site to offer a ritual atonement.

“It’s never too late to apologize,” said one official, acknowledging the tardiness of the gesture. In that spirit, Aries, I invite you to finally dissolve a clump of guilt you’ve been carrying . . . or express gratitude that you should have delivered long ago ... or resolve a messy ending that still bothers you ... or transform your relationship with an old wound ... or all of the above.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Committee to Fanatically Promote Taurus’s Success is pleased to see that you’re not waiting politely for your next turn. You have come to the brilliant realization that what used to be your fair share is no longer sufficient. You intuitively sense that you have a cosmic mandate to skip a few steps—to ask for more and better and faster results. As a reward for this outbreak of shrewd and well-deserved self-love, and in recognition of the blessings that are currently showering down on your astrological house of noble greed, you are hereby granted three weeks’ worth of extra service, free bonuses, special treatment, and abundant slack.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): No one can be somewhat pregnant.

You either are or you’re not. But from a metaphorical perspective, your current state is a close approximation to that impossible condition. Are you or are you not going to commit yourself to birthing a new creation? Decide soon, please. Opt for one or the other resolution; don’t remain in the gray area. And there’s more to consider. You are indulging in excessive in-betweenness in other areas of your life, as well.

You’re almost brave and sort of free and semi-faithful. My advice about these halfway states is the same: Either go all the way or else stop pretending you might.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Appalachian Trail is a 2,200mile path that runs through the eastern United States. Hikers can wind their way through forests and wilderness areas from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia. Along the way they may encounter black bears, bobcats, porcupines, and wild boars. These natural wonders may seem to be at a remote distance from civilization, but they are in fact conveniently accessible from America’s biggest metropolis. For $8.75, you can take a train from Grand Central

Station in New York City to an entry point of the Appalachian Trail. This scenario is an apt metaphor for you right now, Cancerian. With relative ease, you can escape from your routines and habits. I hope you take advantage.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is 2018 turning out to be as I expected it would be for you? Have you become more accepting of yourself and further at peace with your mysterious destiny? Are you benefiting from greater stability and security? Do you feel more at home in the world and better nurtured by your close allies? If for some reason these developments are not yet in bloom, withdraw from every lesser concern and turn your focus to them.

Make sure you make full use of the gifts that life is conspiring to provide for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “You can’t find intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks,” says Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Díaz. “Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and misunderstood.” I can’t imagine any better advice to offer you as you navigate your way through the next seven weeks, Virgo. You will have a wildly fertile opportunity to find and create more intimacy.

But in order to take full advantage, you’ll have to be brave and candid and unshielded.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the coming weeks, you could reach several odd personal bests. For instance, your ability to distinguish between flowery bullshit and inventive truth-telling will be at a peak. Your ‘imperfections’ will be more interesting and forgivable than usual, and might even work to your advantage, as well. I suspect you’ll also have an adorable inclination to accomplish the half-right thing when it’s impossible to do the perfectly right thing. Finally, all the astrological omens suggest that you will have a tricky power to capitalize on lucky lapses.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): French philosopher Blaise Pascal said, “If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.”

American author Henry David Thoreau declared, “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” I would hesitate to offer these two formulations in the horoscope of any other sign but yours, Scorpio. And I would even hesitate to offer them to you at any other time besides right now.

But I feel that you currently have the strength of character and fertile willpower necessary to make righteous use of such stringently medicinal magic. So please pro-

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ceed with my agenda for you, which is to become the smartest, feistiest, most resourceful lover who has ever lived.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The state of Kansas has over 6,000 ghost towns— places where people once lived, but then abandoned. Daniel C. Fitzgerald has written six books documenting these places. He’s an expert on researching what remains of the past and drawing conclusions based on the old evidence. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you consider doing comparable research into your own lost and half-forgotten history.

You can generate vigorous psychic energy by communing with origins and memories. Remembering who you used to be will clarify your future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s not quite a revolution that’s in the works. But it is a sprightly evolution. Accelerating developments may test your ability to adjust gracefully. Quickly-shifting story lines will ask you to be resilient and flexible. But the unruly flow won’t throw you into a stressful tizzy as long as you treat it as an interesting challenge instead of an inconvenient imposition. My advice is not to stiffen your mood or narrow your range of expression, but rather to be like an actor in an improvisation class. Fluidity is your word of power.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s the productive paradox phase of your cycle. You can generate good luck and unexpected help by romancing the contradictions.

1: You’ll enhance your freedom by risking deeper commitment.

2: You’ll gain greater control over wild influences by loosening your grip and providing more spaciousness. 3: If you are willing to appear naive, empty, or foolish, you’ll set the stage for getting smarter. 4: A blessing you didn’t realize you needed will come your way after you relinquish a burdensome “asset.” 5: Greater power will flow your way if you expand your capacity for receptivity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): As you make appointments in the coming months, you could re-use calendars from 2007 and 2001.

During those years, all the dates fell on the same days of the week as they do in 2018. On the other hand, Pisces, please don’t try to learn the same lessons you learned in 2007 and 2001. Don’t get snagged in identical traps or sucked into similar riddles or obsessed with comparable illusions.

On the other other hand, it might help for you to recall the detours you had to take back then, since you may thereby figure out how to avoid having to repeat boring old experiences that you don’t need to repeat.

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Ancient Traditions. Contemporary Realities.

MAR 3 - 24, 2018 A Musical Written and Directed by Corey Payette Production Design by Marshall McMahen Music Direction by Allen Cole Orchestration by Elliot Vaughan Associate Direction by Julie McIsaac Lighting Design by Jeff Harrison Produced in Association with Western Canada Theatre An Urban Ink (Vancouver) production In collaboration with Canada’s National Arts Centre In association with Raven Theatre and The Cultch (Vancouver) This powerful musical tells the story of children of an Oji-Cree family sent to a residential school in Northern Ontario. This is a story of redemption: for a mother who was never let past the school’s gate, and her kids, who never knew she came.

Children of God offers a thrilling blend of ancient traditions and contemporary realities, celebrating resilience and the power of the Indigenous cultural spirit. Recommended for ages: 14+

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