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POISED AND READY TO SLICE Tiny Bear Jaws’ boudary-breaking Cleave follows a 17-year-old intersex teen, among others

Tues., Mar. 27 – Sat., Apr. 7 (10 pm) Cleave Backstage Theatre $14-$22 at fringetheatre.ca

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lena Belyea is a playwright, performer, and producer and is one of the rising stars in this city’s newest generation of queer artists. At the end of the month, her play, Cleave, makes its Edmonton debut at Fringe’s Backstage Theatre.

Belyea has an impressive resume. She was born and raised in Edmonton and completed her honours BA in theatre and creative writing at the University of Alberta. She then studied at the prestigious playwriting pro-

French production of Miss Katelyn’s opens in Montreal. The play seems timelier than ever.

“I’m still working with the translator tweaking the script, trying to keep it current.

There’s just so much happening around this conversation right now—it’s both disheartening and inspiring,” Belyea says.

Tweaking her scripts is a regular part of her process— she’s been tinkering with the script for Cleave for the past four years. Originally developed while she was at NTS, Cleave has been workshopped in Montreal, Calgary, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. and has now made its way here to Ed-

ment, she worked with trans* directors and actors who provided input. She also consulted with the American group interACT who provide consultation for media representations of intersex people.

Belyea and her team also believed it important to cast a trans* actor in the lead role.

“The auditions for the part of Aaron were really exciting,” she says. “We wanted to cast everybody, especially as there is a real lack of opportunities in Edmonton for trans* actors and characters to be represented on stage.”

The team also wanted to make sure there were multiple trans* people in the room for this pro-

“We wanted to cast everybody, especially as there is a lack of opportunities in Edmonton for trans* actors and characters to be represented on stage.” gram at the National Theatre School in Montreal (NTS). She is the former artistic director of the Common Grounds Arts Society and while there co-founded the Edmonton Found Festival. Currently, she is the artistic director with Tiny Bear Jaws.

If you’re a regular Fringe-goer, you might remember Belyea starring in (and writing) Miss Katelyn’s Grade Threes Prepare for the Inevitable, a funny and unsettling production in which a grade school teacher educates her class on how to survive a school shooting.

Coincidentally, the same day Cleave opens here, the first-ever

monton, being produced by Tiny Bear Jaws.

Cleave tells the story of Aaron, an intersex teenager, who meets a family that has its share of secrets. A funny and challenging script, the play is sure to spark conversation and reflection. So how does Belyea, a cis-gender woman, approach writing a trans* intersex character?

“One of the questions I asked myself was how do I responsibly write experiences that are closer or farther away from my own?” she replies.

The answer for Belyea was extensive consultation. Over the course of Cleave’s develop-

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTERS We here at Vue Weekly have come to the conclusion that the Queermonton column needs a more diverse voice. Queermonton started off as a queer Front section column more than a decade ago and slowly morphed into an important outlet of discussion for LGBTQ2S+ issues. We realize that in order to fully represent all voices in the constantly growing LGBTQ2S+ community, we need to hear from all voices.

We are now looking to recruit contributors who identify as LGBTQS+. We will also be taking into consideration contributors who belong to underrepresented minority groups such as but not limited to: Indigenous, people of colour, refugees, disabled, and various ages. The column will alternate between each writer and contributors will be responsible for sharing their unique voice and interviewing local sources in order to

duction; the cast and production team feature people who are queer and relate to gender in various ways.

Ideally, the Tiny Bear Jaws team wants as many as queer, trans*, and intersex people in the audience as possible. To make the show more accessible, 25 percent of the tickets for the run will be pay what you can. And Belyea is a Queermonton reader too, so there’s a special promo code available for you, gentle reader: use 10OFFCLEAVE to save $10 off a ticket to the show.

Clearly, you have no excuse not to come, so bring a friend.

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If you’re a writer and this is of interest to you please send writing samples and a cover letter to: stephan@vueweekly.com sierra@vueweekly.com We look forward to hearing from our valued readers and those in the LGBTQ2S+ community.

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Many health care professionals and politicians are still uncertain of Canada’s direction with cannabis

f there is one aspect surrounding the legalization of cannabis, it’s the vague nature of how it will emerge—and more importantly, how it will be sustained. Ever since it was announced last year that legalization was on the horizon, numerous policy makers, professionals, and businesses have been stumbling over one another in an attempt to figure out as much as they can, as fast as they can.

However, at this time the truth is that even with all of the sur-

rounding excitement, there really isn’t as much information available as we would expect.

Dr. Lynda Balneaves, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba and member of the Canadian Nursing Association recently hosted a seminar here in Edmonton, in hopes to clear the haze of speculation. Balneaves recently appeared as a guest speaker at the National Senate Committee on Health where she spoke specifically about matters

pertaining to cannabis, and its impacts on both medical and nonmedical professionals as well as students. With this insight, she brought back some crucial information on policy, and more intriguingly, the attitudes that some hold up on Parliament Hill.

“There’s a lot of people up there who are reacting to social discourse and old world propaganda, there are some who’s mindsets aren’t impacted by current evidence,” Balneaves says.

Not to imply that all who operate in our national government are planning on being bureaucratic buzz-kills, but it does say something about our nation when certain elected officials opinions harken back to the days of reefer madness. Even though there are some in the government who aren’t completely sold, we can’t immediately assume that they are blindly out to extinguish the nation’s long-awaited smoke session, like any controlled substance there are uncertain prospects surrounding it.

Balneaves aims to calm the uncertainty of some, as she is a major supporter of the medicinal benefits of cannabis, and has dedicated much of her career to researching the plant and championing its benefits as well as supporting caution with its use. However, the iris through which our government is looking at legalization is not through the scope of medicinal impact, but with more of a focus on the recreational.

“Policy makers and licensed producers don’t really see a necessary distinction between medical and non-medical use,” Balneaves says. “We have major associations saying, ‘Why have two systems, why not just one?’”

So when there was the basic list of regulations surrounding legalization released several weeks ago, many were thrilled with the results and focus on recreational aspects. Even though Bill C-45 (The Cannabis Act) is a federal piece of legislation pertaining to the legalization of cannabis in 2018, its distribution will fall to the provincial governments.

There are some basic factors for Albertans already in place, such as how upon legalization cannabis will be regulated by the AGLC—you must be over 18 years of age to purchase cannabis and can only purchase or have on your person 30 grams of cannabis or cannabis extract.

Edibles will not be part of legalization; this arrangement was implemented with the intent of keeping cannabis products out of the hands of youths, something that the federal government has strict and swift policy against.

Those caught selling or sharing cannabis to anyone under the age of 18 will be fined amounts into the tens of thousands. It’s a sane sentiment as nobody wants the legalization of cannabis to correlate with youth consumption. However, due to the speed in which legalization is moving many are concerned with how these laws will impact the nation.

Balneaves, even when addressing the Senate Committee on Health, brought up that in places like high schools many 18-yearolds intermingle with those still considered youths, resulting in her urging for the government to overview its policy.

“We were really addressing the senate committee to address their perspective on justice … to be honest it kind of fell on deaf ears and the charges are remaining in current legislation,” she says.

If there is anything to be gathered from how the nation’s future with cannabis is unfolding it is that they are numerous policies in place for efficient distribution and focus on the safety of the citizens. However, even though these are in place no one will know of their efficiency until we actually see legalization in action, and even then there are rumours of legalization being pushed back to this Autumn. Like any great social or political change it’ll be up to the electorate to dictate what direction it goes in, so upon legalization it’ll be up to the citizens of Canada to spark up, inhale and pay attention—which, all things considered may be easier said than done.

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here’s nothing like kicking back and cracking open a cool, refreshing beer after a long day. It’s a great way to wind down and put your worries behind you—at least for a little while. And what better beer to enjoy than one you brewed yourself?

I got into home brewing through working for Edmonton Brewery Tours. After touring the local breweries and seeing what went into making beer, I was curious to try it out for myself.

I found a starter kit at Chapters for a decent price and rang in the new year by brewing my first beer, a Jalapeño Saison.

After that, I was addicted.

With brewing, I get to play mad scientist or alchemist, standing over my boiling concoction— and the best part is that I get beer at the end.

Brewing your own beer might seem intimidating at first, but the process is actually quite simple. At its core it’s very similar to making porridge.

Really, there are only four main ingredients that go into every beer on the market, from Lucky Lager to Erdinger Dunkel – Grain, hops, water, and yeast. What sets one beer apart from another, however, is the choice of grains and hops used in the brew.

The first step in the brewing process is called “the mash” and

this is where those porridgemaking skills come in handy. Hot water is mixed with the malt and left to sit for an hour. This causes enzymes in the grain to break down the starches and convert them to sugars, which will be later converted into the alcohol we all know and love.

After the mash has sat, the liquid left over is separated from the grain, collected, and more hot water is passed through the grain (called sparging) to get as much of the sugar out as possible. The liquid, called wort, is what will eventually become beer. The wort is then boiled, and hops are added at different points to achieve different flavours. Hops are added at the beginning of the boil to bitter the beer, otherwise beer would be extremely sweet. Hops can also be added mid-boil for more bitter and a hoppy flavour, or late in the boil for more aroma.

Once the boil is complete, it’s time to add or “pitch” the yeast and begin the fermentation process. The yeast will eat the sugar and convert it into two things— carbon dioxide and alcohol.

There’s nothing more satisfying than hearing the constant bubble of a fermenting beer.

All that’s left after fermentation is to carbonate the beer, because no one likes flat beer. There are two ways to go about carbonat-

ing beer—bottle conditioning or kegging. For the most part, beginner brewers will bottle condition because it requires much less equipment, and it’s easier to crack a bottle then set up a whole keg system. To condition your bottles all you need to do is add a little extra sugar to the fermented wort, then put it into

sealed bottles and wait a couple more weeks. Left over yeast still floating in the beer will ferment the added sugar, creating more alcohol and carbon dioxide, but since the carbon dioxide has nowhere to go, it re-absorbs into the beer and carbonates it. After a couple weeks, the beer is bubbly and ready to go.

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There are a lot of other things to experiment with after you’re comfortable with the basics, like yeast starters, secondary fermentations, and the addition of other flavours, but at the end it’s all based off of the same process. See. It’s really not all that frightening, is it?

Alexander Sorochan

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COCKTAIL ESSENTIALS

THE WONDERS OF WHISK(E)Y Do you know your whiskey?

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t can be intimidating to walk into an unfamiliar restaurant and not see a single bottle that you recognize behind the apron-clad barkeeps. As bartenders, these moments are some of our favourite because they allow us to get to know the guest beyond the initial formalities of welcoming them, and allowing them to get situated. Explaining the unknown is a fun way to subtly guide the guest on a journey through the world of spirits and cocktails. Our bartenders in this city are committed and devoted to educating themselves on their booze and are happy to answer any of your questions.

I would like to address something that has been consistently coming up over the years—the differences between the various styles of whisk(e)y.

Note: Whiskey with an ‘e’ is used when referencing Irish, Canadian, or Japanese whiskies. Whisky without the ‘e’ points to everything else.

There are hundreds of books out there for readers to drink up, but here I will offer a condensed version to take with you to the liquor store, pertaining to the most popular styles, and the information I sense is unknown to some.

Did you know “whisky” comes from the Gaelic phrase uisqe beatha? The Romans translated this as aqua vitae, or “the water of life,” during their occupation of modern-day Britain.

Whiskey is produced from grains such as rye, wheat, barley, corn, other malted cereals, and unmalted grains. As well, most whiskey is required to spend time in oak barrels.

There is a five-step process to making whiskey: mash preparation, fermentation, distillation, maturation, and blending/bottling.

It all comes down to what is called a mash bill. Among other factors like the country the whiskey is distilled in, and the amount of time it is aged for; the mash bill determines what it is. A mash bill is the distiller’s recipe.

The recipe allows us to call, for example, a distilled spirit made from

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100 percent rye grain, Rye Whiskey.

Here are the facts: Single Malt Scotch Whisky is distilled solely from malted barley and nothing else.

Irish Whiskey is distilled from a mash of cereal grains, stored in oak casks for no less than three years in Ireland.

Bourbon can be made anywhere in the U.S., but must be made from at least 51 percent or more corn and aged in new, charred American Oak casks. To be Straight Bourbon Whisky, it must stay in oak for at least two years. Tennessee Whiskey is technically a type of bourbon that is made using a maple sugar-charcoal filtration process called the “Lincoln County Process.”

Rye can be made anywhere in the world, but must be made from at least 51 percent or more rye grain, and in the U.S., the same standards apply to rye as bourbon.

Canadian Whiskey is made from a mash of fermented cereal grains, aged for no less than three years in Canada. Canadian Whiskey and Canadian Rye Whiskey are used interchangeably, and the mash bill does not need to contain any rye at all. Roughly 9 percent of additives that aren’t Canadian Whiskey are allowed, but whatever is added must have been aged in wood for two years.

Japanese Whiskey was originally made to imitate Scotch, but since then Japan has developed its own style. They employ very long ferments on their barley, and use various types of malts and cereals in their mash bills.

The variety in flavour and texture among each different category is what makes whiskey such an enduring tipple of the masses. Try it neat, with a single cube, a drop of water or two, or a crystal-clear king cube. The aromas and flavours will invade your olfactory systems and you’ll begin to sense what countless others have before you.

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EXHIBITION

B.C. artist George Littlechild encourages an individual exploration of truth and reconciliation

Fri., Mar. 9 – Sun., Apr. 29 The Art of Truth and Reconciliation Gallery 501, Sherwood Park georgelittlechild.com

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pening at Gallery 501, The Art of Truth and Reconciliation is made up of pieces from various points in Vancouver Islandbased artist George Littlechild’s prolific career, but the themes he touches on are overarching. His work discusses Indian residential schools, the ‘60s Scoop, and the intergenerational effects of those traumas, which still exist today.

As a self-identified biracial man with Cree heritage on his mother’s side and Celtic on his father’s, Littlechild’s art has often conveyed his own story as a part of a greater Canadian story.

“I compare it to the Holocaust,” Littlechild says of Canada’s residential school history. “I have several Jewish friends, and the intergenerational effects that have occurred within the Jewish community are very similar to those in the First Nations’.”

Over the years, the crux of his work has touched on the traumas that either he experienced himself growing up, or members of his family had, something that carries into The Art of Truth and Reconciliation.

Littlechild was a part of the ‘60s Scoop, which took thousands of Indigenous, Inuit, and Métis children from their parents in the ‘50s and ‘60s and placed them in foster homes with non-Indigenous families. Given this, Littlechild knows intimately the range of mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional impacts of that trauma on Indigenous people and their families today.

As a ‘60s Scoop child, Littlechild has a unique perspective on his culture and the reality of intergenerational effects, being raised in various foster homes as a child, away from his siblings who grew up with their own series of obstacles.

His mother and both her parents were also forced to attend residential schools when they were young, resulting in intergenerational effects Littlechild saw in certain siblings upon returning home as an adult.

“We have to realize that these people came back from the [residential] schools, they didn’t speak their language, didn’t know their culture,” he says, “and the after effect of that is there’s a lot of people that were lost in so many ways: disassociation, not being able to love, not being able to nurture, they had lost the human touch—unless it was sexual abuse, that was the only touch they might have known as tragic as that is. They didn’t learn love, they didn’t know how to love.”

One piece being shown at the exhibition “Displaced Indians; The ‘60s Scoop,” was inspired by a talking circle he was once a part of.

“We would meet once a month and we’d bring food and smudge and we’d talk about our experiences being raised in foster care,” Littlechild says. “What I did is ask permission from each of the individuals who shared their stories if they’d be willing to write them down and I’d make this body of art around that.”

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The 21-panel piece of both text and imagery that resulted is a collective narrative of testimonials from each of their childhoods.

A past video work, “I Carry Those Most Sacred On My Back,” will also be shown in The Art of Truth and Reconciliation. For the piece Littlechild grew out his hair for two years, experimenting with cultural identity and his complicated feelings growing up as a biracial boy in white families.

“It was really fascinating just the way people started treating me as my hair got longer,” he says. “I would have First Nations people give me the head nod in Vancouver … while some of the people I knew but weren’t good friends, [had] negative comments about my hair.”

Littlechild uses his work as a way to learn from and work through the collective wounds we as Canadians must all understand in order to heal, rather than dwell only upon the past.

As an example of this, Littlechild’s next project focuses on his mother and her lost potential, passing away in her 30s. But rather than focusing only the sadness of her death, the series will show the beauty of her spirit and its gravity.

The point, he says, is to take the information presented and determine our own understandings of reconciliation with what we see, learn, and feel amongst the pieces and their stories.

Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

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Mike Birbiglia / Brian Friedman

THE SLEEPWALKING FUNNY MAN Mike Birbiglia shares some insight into his comedy and hints at his secret invention to combat sleepwalking

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ike Birbiglia is an American comedian, director, and actor known for his independent film Sleepwalk With Me and his two Netflix specials My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (MGB), and Thank God For Jokes. He had time to answer a few questions while on tour with his new show “The New One.” Vue Weekly: You have a background in improv. How do you incorporate that into your standup?

Mike Birbiglia: When I was in college I was cast in the Georgetown players improv group and that was my first comedy love.

About a year later I started doing standup. For a long time those were two separate skills I was trying to develop. I had always thought that they would be mutually beneficial, but the truth is I wasn’t able to merge those two skills for a long long time— really until my mid to late 20s when I started telling stories on stage. And I would go on stage with a beginning middle and end planned and I would improvise what was in between, and that’s how I developed a lot of the stories that I perform now.

VW: Was there ever a moment when you decided ‘I have to do comedy now?’

MB: Well, when I was in high school I just wanted to write comedy. I didn’t really have an interest in performing comedy.

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And because I didn’t really have anyone to perform the sketches I was writing I would play some of the parts. And then when I got to college I wanted to create a sketch comedy group. But there wasn’t one. The closest thing to that was an improv group.

So I auditioned for that and I learned that and that’s really where I fell in love with performing and improvising. And really what I fell in love with then is the same thing I’m still in love with today, which is that a live comedy event is a really special thing because it’s never happened before and it’s never gonna happen again.

VW: Your jokes are usually longform stories that build and build.

Has this always been your comedic style or has it changed over the years?

MB: Oh it’s definitely changed.

I was drawn to comedians like Mitch Hedberg and Steven Wright at the outset of my career and over the years between performing on The Moth storytelling series and This American Life (TAL) and working with my theatre director Seth barrish and TAL’s Ira Glass, I’ve just learned to be a better storyteller.

I feel like if you can have a show be funny and emotional and have some kind of satisfying structure—I think that’s a very cool thing to watch. It’s my favourite kind of comedy to

watch and it’s my favourite kind of comedy to perform.

VW: It seems like most comedy today is full of swears so it’s a bit refreshing to watch you. Did you just never fit in with swearing comedy?

MB: I’m reluctant to say I don’t swear or curse because I really don’t put an embargo on any specific word though I try generally to use good word choice.

You don’t want to say one word 16 times more than you say another word. Even if the word isn’t a curse. Take the word avocado. If you wrote an essay and you wrote the word avocado 16 times, after a while it would be pretty grating.

So I do try to mix it up but, you know, there’s an occasional “fuck,” there are sometimes references to human activities that adults discuss with one another.

But I certainly try not to be gratuitous. To that point I will take this opportunity to say that my show is not for children. If you’re looking for an age cutoff I would say maybe age 14 or 15 or up.

There was a baby recently at my show in Madison, WI and that was not helpful to the show, and I think in a lot of ways it was a disservice to the baby because I don’t think she enjoys long-form storytelling. I think she’s more into one liners.

VW: What can we expect from “The New One?”

MB: I go out of my way not to tell people what the show is about. I think that the best way to experience the show is to know nothing about it. I will say go on Netflix and if you like Thank God For Jokes, if you like My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend I think you’ll love this one. If you don’t like those ones, I don’t think this show is for you.

My favourite movies last year were Get Out, The Big Sick, and Lady Bird; and I felt like the greatest gift that I could give my friends after I saw those movies was ‘Go see this movie.’

Don’t watch a trailer. Don’t read a review. Just go. And nine times out fo 10 my friends would thank me. So that’s my recommendation. I’m recommending my own show to you.

VW: Does a joke have to personally make you laugh?

MB: Yeah, definitely the first two times. I think thay’s key. So much of where comedy is is the venn diagram of what you think is funny merging with the venn diagram of what the audience thinks is funny, and I think that’s what ultimately makes it into the show.

There’s a lot of stuff that I think is funny but audiences don’t, and so it pretty much falls away. And then there’s the opposite which is the audience thinking it’s very funny but I don’t think it’s that funny, and that goes away too.

It’s a long process developing these shows. Some poeple try to rush it and knock these tings out in a year or so but mine usually take three to four years.

VW: Lots of your comedy stems from past experiences. Are you constantly trying to remember situations from when you were a teenager or in your 20s?

VW: Do you still sleepwalk and is it still a problem every now and then?

MB: A lot of it is what keeps repeating in your head like an old broken VCR. That story in MGB about my first kiss, how afraid I was to kiss someone, how it seemed like a shocking idea, kissing somebody else, it was something I thought about so much that it’s not hard to remember.

It’s hard to remember specific details of a trip your family took to the beach when you were five. That’s why a lot of stories like that aren’t really in my show that often.

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MB: I’m gonna save that answer for the show, because I go into some detail with that. You’ll find out about it in the show but I created my own secret invention for how to deal with my own sleepwalking and you’ll find out about that very soon.

By the way, thanks for having me in Edmonton. I’ve never been there before and I’m excited to come visit and I hope to see you all at the show.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

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DANCE 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 • 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) CHEESECAKE BURLESQUE REVUE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • horizonstage.com • A sassy performance that will celebrate International Women’s Day, and is a perfect mother/daughter date, girls’ night out, or show to share with a sweetheart • Mar 10, 7:30pm • $35 (adults). $30 (students and seniors 65+)

CINDERELLA • Jubilee Auditorium, 1145587 Ave • Presented by the Alberta Ballet.

Inspired by Charles Perrault’s 1697 version–and complete with all of its delightful elements–Cinderella is the story of a heroine empowered by a persevering optimistic spirit ... and a special pair of shoes • Mar 22-24

THESE SKIRTS ARE ON FIRE SkirtsAfire arts festival offers an opportunity to hear and see exclusively female stories

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n the era of Trumpian politics, daily sexual harassment outings, and a need for frequent womens’ marches to protect human rights, a festival like SkirtsAFire is more than just a celebration of women. It’s an opportunity for underrepresented voices to be heard through arts. Fittingly taking place over International Women’s Day, the four-day festival showcases work from transgender, LGBTQ2, as well as women of all ethnicities and abilities.

Founded in 2012, SkirtsAFire has grown to feature over 100 artists and hosts over 1600 patrons in the Alberta Avenue community.

Featuring everything from visual art and live music to spoken word and theatre, the multidisciplinary affair is meant to empower diverse and daring women. The festival does so by giving artists a paid opportunity to showcase their work in an inclusive environment.

“It definitely helps to make art more accessible and brings the community together,” says sculpturist Kasie Campbell. “Art is for everyone and that’s why I love the SkirtsAFire festival, they get that.”

Campbell’s art is part of the The Wombs We Come From exhibition at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, among the work of four other artists with unique backgrounds ranging from Indigenous to Indonesian-Canadian. All of the pieces are inspired by the artist’s relationship to their womanhood, where their idea of womanhood

came from, and where women stand in society now.

“As a woman who has experienced sexual assault in my everyday and while doing performative work I feel that it is my duty to share my work and speak to my experiences,” Campbell explains, “to hold people—men—accountable for their actions and to be an active supporter of women.

Through my work, I hope that I can reach women who may have experienced similar instances and hope that they feel empowered.”

The theme of empowerment runs deep in the festival just by existing in the Alberta Avenue neighbourhood. Once considered an area to avoid in the city, the neighbourhood has recreated itself as an arts and culture hub with its growth through galleries, restaurants, and festivals over the past decade. Key venues hosting live music during the festival, like The Carrot Cafe and Otto, have been instrumental in reshaping the area and are now vesting their spaces for women’s art.

Playwright Trina Davies was originally an Edmontonian who left in 2007 to pursue her writing career in Vancouver and has experienced how the neighbourhood evolved first hand.

“That’s where I actually lived for the last four or five years before I left,” Davies says. “One of the things that was happening to the neighbourhood back then was it was becoming very vibrant and a

Until Sun., Mar. 11 The Romeo Initiative The Wombs We Come From Admission by donation skirtsafire.com lot of artists were moving into the neighbourhood. In a way it was kind of a sad time for me to leave.”

Davies’ work, The Romeo Initiative, is the feature production in the festival for a good reason.

Written in 2012, the awardwinning play is a romantic spythriller taking place in post Second World War Germany. Based on true situations between East German spies and West German secretaries, the play explores themes of romance and the difference in perspective between men and women.

“That started me digging into a couple things,” Davies explains.

“One was the pickup artist culture … and also into the biochemistry of romantic love and what actually happens to us, and our brains, when we get into a relationship that causes us to perceive things differently.”

The festival is women-centric in all senses, yet very inclusive for all genders to come and discover how women see themselves in society, and their relationship with themselves. Women’s rights movements are a focal point of society today and there are few festivals that give artists such a strong platform to speak out and inspire other women to do the same.

Tamanna Khurana

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

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • flamencoenvivo. com • Every Sun until Jun 10, 11:30am-12:30pm

HOUSE OF HUSH PRESENTS: BROADWAY RAG • Crash Hotel Lobby, 10266-103 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, 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

SOLO SEAL EXAMINATIONS • Timms Centre for the Arts, 112 St and 87 Ave • A true test of a dancer's abilities, and the highest Vocational Graded examination, focusing on solo performance • Mar 11, 2pm • $25 (adults), $20 (students), plus applicable service fees

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

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(beginner lesson begins) • $12, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages

FILM METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema.org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • Edmonton International Women's Festival; Mar 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) • 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) REEL INJUN • Westwood Untarian, 11135-65 Ave • A film showing how Indigenous folks are portrayed in Hollywood movies. A discussion will follow the screening • Mar 9, 7pm • Free

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 • Process; Thinking Through: artwork by Charles Lewton-Brain; Jan 20-Apr 21 • Spirals: artwork by Dalia Saafan; Mar 3-Apr 7 ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Melcor Cultural Centre, 355th 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

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir 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 13-17, 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 • Refinery: Material World; Mar 24-25, 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 • Regarding Mary: artwork by Marlena Wyman; Mar 10-Apr 7

BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis.html • A Call for Justice: Fighting for Japanese Canadian Redress (1977-1988); Jan 15-Apr 2 BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS • Lower level, Rutherford South, University of Alberta • bpsc.library.ualberta.ca • Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination; Apr 27-Aug 24

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Levitas: artwork by Linda Craddock; Mar 1-14

CARROT COFFEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • thecarrot.ca • Artwork by Jill Thomson & Sara Norquay; through the month of Mar CAVA GAllery • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Art & Film Installation with Lana Whiskeyjack and Beth Wishart MacKenzie; Jan 21-Mar 31

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Artwork

by Aganetha Dyck; Mar 15-Apr 14

ENJOY CENTRE • 101 Riel Drive, St Albert • 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 • BDES 2018; Mar 27-Apr 7 • BFA 2018; Apr 17-28

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ARTIFACTS Inspiring Women Through Story / Thu., Mar. 8 (7 PM) Audrey’s Books will hold an event to celebrate the past year of women’s movements with the stories of three female authors. Between authors Talena Winters (Finding Heaven), P.D. Workman (Questing for a Dream), and Joy Norstrom (Out of Play) rest powerful stories of resilience, strength, and redemption.

None of the fictional works stray away from tough topics, covering abuse, addiction, discrimination, and grief in the lives of an Indigenous Manitoba teen, an Edmonton woman, and a Mumbai humanitarian. But humour is never far away with a married woman in a slightly comedic live action role play situation round-

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ing out the bunch of strong female characters peppered throughout the three novels.

FRONT GALLERY • 10402-124 St •

While each of the three books focuses on a different issue, they all embody the important topics of discussion that must remain in the public discourse going forward not only from movements like #MeToo and #Time’sUp, but also from those of our mothers and grandmothers.

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood

“Our books are meant to do more than just entertain.

Through the safe medium of fiction, Ms. Norstrom, Ms. Workman, and I all hope that people who read our stories will have their lives changed for the better,” Winters says.

HUMAN ECOLOGY GALLERY • University

Hard copies to have signed will be available at the event.

thefrontgallery.com • Fallen Star Cars: artwork

by Steve Coffey; Feb 8-Mar 8 • Big Screen TVs: artwork by Robert Lemay; Opening reception: Mar 22, 7-9pm 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, 10215-112 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

SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037-84 Ave • Every 2nd Sun of the month, 7:30pm • Free (donations accepted at the door)

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/ eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Open TueSat, 9am • 150 Firsts: How Alberta Changed Canada…Forever; Until Aug 1

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Spring Pop: group art show; Through Mar

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 TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • 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

UDELL XHIBITIONS • 10332-124 St NW • 780.488.4445 • udellxhibitions.com • Open Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm • Spring Exhibition; Apr 7, 2-4pm

March 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 24, 2018 at 8PM March 17 and 24, 2018 at 1:30PM

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill

See the play in the other language and save 50% off the ticket price!

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St •

Tickets: www.lunitheatre.ca or at the door

WOMEN'S ART MUSEUM OF CANADA

Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Uncovered and Unashamed: artwork by Andréa Schmidt; Feb 27-Mar 31 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Artwork by Dana Irving; Mar 3-15

and Trish Huehn Theatre, 7128 Ada Boulevard • The Birth and Death of the Dadaist movement as told by the people who were there • Mar 9-18 • $20 (regular), $15 (students and seniors), plus applicable fees

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • die-nasty.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 fran-

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

LOFT GALLERY & GIFT SHOP • A.J.

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • ABSTRACT 4 Ways: artwork by Giuseppe Albi, Scott Cumberland, Erin Loree and Alice Teichert; Feb 15-Mar 10 • Artwork by Julian Forrest; Mar 15-Apr 7

THE DADA PLAY BY MIEKO OUCHI • Al

cophone, 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

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

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

Theatre of La Cité francophone 8627 91 street NW, Edmonton

Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St

Performances in French:

ROUGE POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE • BLVD

780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • March Group Exhibition; Through Mar

lotus-gallery.com • Sexy & Wild: artwork by various artists; Jan-Mar

with Nicole St. Martin, Steve Jodoin, & Brian Dooley

Edmonton Poets House at Hobbit House, 9016-153 St • yegpoetshouse@gmail.com • An evening of excellent poetry, live music, enjoy coffee, tea and snacks and a unique atmosphere • Mar 8, 7-10pm • Free (or donation to in support of Poets House)

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St •

LOTUS ART GALLERY • 10321-124 St •

by Cat Walsh translated by Manon Beaudoin

POETRY PLAYGROUND READING •

of Alberta 1-15, Human Ecology Building • 780.492.3824 • Imagining a Better World: artwork by Nelly Toll; Sep 28-Mar 11

Ottewell Arts Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • Sat-Sun, 12-4pm (excluding long weekends) • Artwork by Desserrie Plewis, Lynda McAmmond, Lynn Sinfield, Joyce Boyer, Kay McCormick, and Terrie Shaw; Mar 3-Jul 8

En mÉmoire de moi //Do this in memory of me

conversations, and read cool stuff • Every 2nd Wed, 7-8:30pm

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

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 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

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 POISON • Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork.ca • A couple meets again after a painful separation. Loss drove them apart but binds them still. This an extraordinary play about grief, closure, and the awkward dance of going forward • Mar 15-25

THE ROMEO INITIATIVE • Cabaret Theatre in the Alberta Avenue Community League, 9210-118 Ave • Presented by the SkirtsAfire Festival. Based on a real program in which West German secretaries were targeted and psychologically profiled to determine their 'perfect man,' an East German spy is sent to develop a long-term relationship with the target • Mar 1-11

BEWITCHING ELVIS • Jubilations Dinner 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

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL • Timms

CHILDREN OF GOD • Citadel Theatre, 9828101A 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

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

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A 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)

CITY OF ANGELS • Triffo Theatre in Allard Hall, 11110-104 Ave • Set in the glamorous, seductive Hollywood of the 40’s—the world of film studios and flimsy negligees—the show chronicles the misadventures of Stine, a young novelist attempting a screenplay of his bestselling novel for movie producer Buddy Fiedler • Mar 21-31, 7:30pm (2pm matinee on Mar 25) • $15-$25 via MacEwan Box Office

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

Ave • 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

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep 9-Jun 8 • $15

Cheesecake Burlesque Revue Horizon Stage Mar 10, 7:30pm

• La Cité Francophone 2nd Pavillon, #200, 8627 Rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91 St) • 780.803.2016 • info@wamsoc.ca • wamsoc. ca • RE: The Current Narrative of Collecting Women’s Art; Mar 8-Apr 20

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Celebrate International Women's Day with Inspiring Women Authors; Mar 8, 7-8:30pm • Cait Flanders "The Year of Less" Book Launch; Mar 15, 7-9pm

DOWNTOWN EDMONTON BOOK CLUB

L’UniThéâtre and Northern Light Theatre Coproduction

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• Downtown Edmonton Community League, 10042-103 St • facebook.com/declorg • Open to anyone who lives, works, or plays downtown and wants to meet new people, have great

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IRISH SENSIBILITIES Shadow Theatre’s Outside Mullingar parallels economic boom and bust to love and grief

“This is a brave work, and a starting point for important conversations …See it.”

– THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT

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+

MAR 3 - 24, 2018

From left: Coralie Cairns, Jenny McKillop, and Garett Ross / Marc J Chalifoux Photography

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f you’ve seen Moonstruck or Doubt: A Parable (produced by The Citadel Theatre in 2009 and University of Alberta Studio Theatre in 2011), you’ll already know that playwright John Patrick Shanley is a master of writing sharp and coherent dialogue, and at bringing life to slightly broken, but beautifully accessible characters.

Outside Mullingar is a story sown in the shifting boundary between generations and rooted in the depth of each generations’ connection to land and culture.

Shanley explores how these forces influence the way that the characters love, live, and ultimately pass on.

Two generations of two families struggle with long-standing grief, misunderstandings, and an all too human inability to admit the truths that they hold most close to their hearts. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the economic boom turned to bust in contemporary Ireland.

That latter bit should sound familiar to an Alberta audience. But in addition to this economic common ground, there is the ubiquity of love and the generalities of grief and grievances to pull the audience in.

I asked lead actors, Jenny McKillop (Rosemary) and Garett Ross (Anthony), what specifically about their characters they thought an audience might connect with.

Garrett is an Edmonton theatre veteran.

He played David Poe in Jonathan Christenson’s Nevermore, which made it all the way to New York, and is just off a run with The Citadel Theatre’s Shakespeare in Love.

Garrett believes his character, Anthony,

Until Sun., Mar. 25 Outside Mullingar Varscona Theatre $22-$27 is an “emotional dreamer trapped in the body of a farmer” whose connection to the land and sense of duty to preserve what that land signifies is something many Albertans will recognize in themselves.

Jenny too is a familiar face for Edmonton theatre-goers, having worked with Teatro La Quindicina and Theatre Prospero. The sweetest glimpse into her character, Rosemary stands within the line: “For me, for me you idjit boy,” in which Rosemary reveals both the source of a 30-year-old inter-family grievance and the reason for her own character’s bruised heart. It is that theme of unrequited love Jenny thinks will be universally accessible.

It seems certain that Shadow Theatre’s production of Outside Mullingar, although set in Ireland, should ring true for an Edmonton audience.

See Outside Mullingar for the timeless tale about the fragility and strength of the bonds of land, family and a patient devotion fate. See Outside Mullingar for the mastery of story and language that Shanley achieves in this master work.

See Outside Mullingar to enjoy some homegrown talent—not just McKillop and Ross, but the whole cast and founding members of Shadow Theatre, who have long-standing ties to Edmonton’s vibrant theatre scene.

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FILM REVIEW OF ANNIHILATION

FILM FESTIVAL

Edmonton International Women’s Film Festival gets real about womens’ futures by looking at our past

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he Edmonton International Women’s Film Festival is founded upon breaking silence and empowering women from all walks, this year being no exception. Panels will be held throughout the course of the festival on such topics as Consent and Intersectionality, Enthusiastic Consent, and Male Privilege and the Systemic Disempowerment of Women.

On March 7 two particularly timely films were shown: The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017) and Wind River (2017) with a panel discussion on the state of Edmonton’s Black and Indigenous communities, among others.

The Rape of Recy Taylor is just that. The rape of a young Alabama black woman in 1944 by six white men who were never convicted, and never charged.

The documentary follows Taylor’s story, told mainly by her younger brother and sister, and ties in how she joined forces with Rosa Parks, the National Association for Advancement of Colored People, and the bus boycott movement in ‘55.

When filmmaker Nancy Buirski came across the story in 2015, she was shocked to have never heard about it before.

“I knew more people needed to hear her story and they needed to know just how powerful her courage became. Back then, women were worried for their lives, for their safety if they spoke up,” Buirski says.

“But they also need to know how real these things are for black women today.”

While the film is about a specific historical incident, the content is still terribly relevant. Women like Taylor and Parks spoke up to claim their

own space, but the battle is still being fought, especially for women of colour, Indigenous women, women with disability, and women of minority.

With the Weinstein scandal starting three weeks after The Rape of Recy Taylor was released, the poetic reality of the topic shows that there is still a ways to go. With screenings scheduled in several communities across North America, Buirski hopes that the documentary becomes a “bullhorn that ignites others to tell this story.”

Wind River (directed by Taylor Sheridan) chronicles the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) with an altogether too-close-to-home story of a young Indigenous girl’s rape and murder in Wyoming. While the film, produced by The Weinstein Company, is a slightly more Hollywood-glamourized version of things, the film does strike serious tones of familiarity here in Canada.

“We still have girls going missing in our area and all across Canada,” says Linda BoudreauSemaganis, a Cree/Métis advocate for MMIWG for over 25 years. “The Tina Fontaine case and that man walking. It’s scary because I have greatgranddaughters coming, and what kind of a world is it going to be when we feel like we’re of little value?”

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Indigenous women, need support systems and education to learn to be confident in themselves, something that Boudreau-Semaganis says will have a big impact in the respect these girls have for themselves from a young age and what they will and will not tolerate later in life.

“It doesn’t matter what the general opinion is, what matters is they have confidence in themselves,” she says.

While films like this help to educate and make the public aware of the problems we collectively face, as Boudreau-Semaganis says, strong community supports must exist to deal with the realities we see in films like the ones mentioned above, realities we still face today.

The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE) has seen an major uptick in demand (53 percent increase in counselling requests) for their services since this time last year. The waitlist for adult counselling has grown to upwards of five months and children’s counselling currently sits at about three months wait time, something SACE executive director Mary Jane James says is unacceptable.

“There’s been a real wake-up call here,” she says. “People are really waking up to the fact that this issue that we’ve been allowing to exist in secrecy and shame and silence for decades—we can’t do

that anymore. The world has changed and I believe it will never change back to the way it was. It can’t.”

While their funding and staff numbers have remained unchanged as of now, SACE hopes to bulk up vital services like counselling and sexual assault prevention education in the near future, an expansion that hinges on an increase in funding.

“We cannot continue to ignore the most marginalized among us,” James says. “We’re only as healthy as the weakest and least healthy person in our society and we have a collective responsibility to address an issue that has plagued our society for way way too long.”

In order to address them, wemust continue the discussion surrounding such issues as assault, rape, and inequality.

A society will not change overnight, but with persisitence, we’ve come this far.

“It’s good to see people talking about it and see it out in the public discussion,” Buirski says of sexual assaults like Recy Taylor’s. “I think more stories are coming out, but these things are still happening.”

Boudreau-Semaganis echos this by adding that it doesn’t come down to what divides us, but rather, what unites us.

“We have to all stand together. I like what I’m seeing in the communities that we have many non-Indigenous standing with us because it’s about women,” Boudreau-Semaganis says, “but also, it’s about those young ones that are coming.

We want them to be the best they can be.”

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COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA

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ollywood may have the tendency to repeatedly produce hot garbage and ordinary films year after year, but every once in awhile, it produces a rare marvel like Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name.

The film takes place over a balmy, quiet summer in 1983 northern Italy. Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a 17-yearold music prodigy/book savant is staying with his family in their 17th century villa while Oliver (Armie Hammer), a chiselled 24-year-old doctoral student, has been invited to work as a research assistant with Elio’s father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an archaeology professor.

While basking in the sundrenched atmosphere of the Italian countryside, Elio and Oliver begin to bond over their hour-long bike rides, weekly dips in the local river, and discussions about classical art.

Slowly, but intimately, they develop a sexual desire for one another. Even as they pursue their own relationships with the opposite sex, both Elio and Oliver wait for the opportune moment to express their lust and fascination with each other.

The chemistry between the leading men grows organically

and it chronologically makes sense for the viewer. These characters take time to feel comfortable with each other and the film takes its time documenting it. This leaves room for a bit of humour as with the infamous peach scene.

The set design, cinematography, and dialogue presents 1983 perfectly. With a few subtle nods like Elio’s Talking Heads t-shirt as an indicator of the bustling, idiosyncratic culture of the decade, Call Me By Your Name feels peacefully isolated in its own world.

The long, drawn-out shots of Elio and Oliver’s bike rides and swims are a unique and stylistic choice meant to paint the delicacy of the love the two characters share. The film knows it’s a rare entity, much like the love between the two.

The score, arranged primarily by Daniel Pemberton, with two original songs by Sufjan Stevens also needs some spotlight. The music in the film is uniquely diverse, ranging from baroque piano covers to occasional strings, but Stevens’ original indie songs “Mystery of Love” and “Visions of Gideon” beautifully match the raw emotions and fleeting romance felt between Elio and Oliver.

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At first, Oliver is worried about the societal implications and repercussions of his relationship with Elio, but as he spends more time with him, his worries diminish.

The film’s point is summed up nicely by Elio’s father as he and Elio reflect on the summer and Stuhlbarg delivers one of the most powerful monologues in cinema I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. The ending credits are also another stylistic choice that prove Call Me By Your Name is a comingof-age marvel.

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Busty and the Bass / Greg McCahon

ELECTRO-SOUL HIP HOP

Busty and the Bass’ Uncommon Good is timelessly funky and unique

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e are in an age where many people would agree that pop music has become the least authentic genre. Every artist is categorized by sounding like someone similar and thanks to the influx of streaming, many songs are being written by a team of writers that create based on what gets the most listens.

This is where a band like Montreal’s Busty and the Bass stands—surrounded by people constantly trying to label them

under one genre or compare them to other groups. But the nine-piece electro-jazz fusion group has an advantage. While some of their songs fall in a specific genre like funk, soul, or jazz, they have quite a few that are pioneering untapped sounds.

“It’s been an issue giving somebody a cohesive sound byte and being like, ‘This is our band,’” says bassist Milo Johnson.

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September and was produced and mixed by the legendary Neil Pogue who has worked with artists such as Outkast, Earth, Wind & Fire, Nicki Minaj, and most recently, Tyler, the Creator. The members of Busty and the Bass got a chance to work closely with Pogue over the course of the record and nail down that ‘timeless’ sound they were searching for.

“We’re still searching for where we belong and our place in the modern music landscape, but for Neil to come in and have this confidence and vision and this long term perspective was so valuable,” Johnson says. “You can’t get that internally when you just have a bunch of 20 somethings trying to figure out how to make a great record.”

Uncommon Good almost sounds like a hybrid child that would result from D’Angelo and his laid back soul meeting with George Clinton’s (Parliament-Funkadelic)

outlandish funk. Throw in some jazz orchestra improvisation that resembles something in Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly universe, and you’re slowly getting a sense of what Busty and the Bass sounds like.

Each musician has an intimate relationship with their instrument of choice whether it’s alto sax, synth, guitar, bass, trumpet, trombone, or piano and it helps that they all sing backup in harmony. The bulk of Busty and the Bass’ lyrics come from Nick Ferraro, whose honeydripped voice fits with the style of Bruno Mars. They are also backed up by wordsmith Alistair Blu, bringing a hot hip hop element to the evolving sound.

“We have a band with so many guys that have such a range of influences already,” Johnson says.

“For example, all the authenticity is in hip hop, which is why that is pop music right now.”

The two constants that remain in every Busty track are ridiculous energy melded with a clear

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Sat., Mar. 10 (8 pm) Busty and the Bass w/ Schwey The Rec Room South $15 at yeglive.ca groove. Lending on an Outkast vibe, a song like “Memories and Melodies,” constantly keeps the intensity glued together by enchanting horns, funkified guitar hooks, and spitfire rhymes.

This energy translates very well in a live setting. Having a background in jazz, each member easily plays off the other offering unique sounds that differ from the record.

“We’re able to bring the vibe of a jazz show where everybody gets a moment in the spotlight with solos, but we incorporate a bunch of genres like hip hop,” Johnson says. “It feels fresh to the audience because it feels fresh to us and we are doing something different every night.”

Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

NEW FOLK-POP

Folk duo Big Little lions create music that makes people feel good

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ack in 2010, two successful solo songwriters—Helen Austin from Vancouver, and Paul Otten from Cincinnati, OH—met at a music conference in LAX. By 2013 they had combined their musical skills to create a ferocious duo under the name Big Little Lions. Despite the distance between them, the two managed to stay connected via email and Dropbox to

know that their music has helped people feel better.

“We had somebody at a show last night who had been waiting three years to see us, which was really cool. And we had another guy that showed up late to the show—and he said that our music gets him through each day and lifts up his mood. So that is always really nice to hear.”

vocals, with Otten on drums, keyboards, bass, and vocals. For them, the shows are a real spectacle of skill, joy, and love of the craft. With so much instrumentation going on the pair leave no restraint and like two lions with their backs to the wall they come out roaring.

“It’s hard to stand out from the pack because you can be really

“We had another guy that showed up late to the show—and he said that our music gets him through each day and up lifts his mood. So that is always nice to hear.” create music that makes you feel nothing short of amazing.

The duo has recently released their third album, Alive and Well, which totes anthems of hope and resistance.

“The album seems to resonate right away with people and it doesn’t seem to need much of a learning curve for people with these songs,” Otten says over speakerphone as he and Austin drive their way through the Canadian prairies on the start of their North American tour.

The optimistic pair delivers a dynamic sound that conveys a hopeful element throughout their songs and they love to

As Otten talks on the phone, Austin says they finally see another town in the horizon after ages of nothing. Many people think it’s just about the music, but for the band it’s about experiencing the towns.

“That fame and fortune would be nice, but we both love the repetitive process of building our following,” Austin says.

“We just want to increase our presence on the road and get to a point where we can hit these towns again and keep increasing our audience.” Otten adds. “Just keep going one town at a time.”

Big Little Lions features Austin on guitar, foot percussion, and

good—and we have seen tons of artists that are really good, that are tons of talent above us in terms of local styling— but how do we stand out from that?” Otten says. “How do we separate ourselves from that?

And that thought, just blended in and this is our attempt to do that. And make people walk away and remember it—remember our performance.”

In the end, Big Little Lions are conveying hopefulness with their music and trying to “see the good in everything, to stay in the moment, and to enjoy life,” Otten says.

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eleasing authentic and raw music that’s more about the words and their connections for 15 years now, The White Buffalo (aka Jake Smith) has made a brand by defiantly swerving through country, roots, rock, and blues like it’s going out of style.

Known for his killer voice and various songs picked up by Sons of Anarchy, the musical storyteller keeps things coming.

His newest album Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights, the sixth album under The White Buffalo moniker, was released last October and the tracks range some seriously dark topics to some beautiful ballads of love and black-and-blue hearts.

“It’s very song-based, it’s not conceptual,” Smith says. “And I tried to go kind of all the way with each song, making it whatever genre it is, whatever kind of theme it is, to make it vocally and instrumentally as prominent as possible.”

With the new album, Smith didn’t actually have much written material going into the studio, but the process of writing at night and recording during the day ended up resulting in songs that had an urgency and presence that makes them feel more real and alive.

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His recording process was also slightly different for Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights and ended up making a happy impact on the overall sound.

Some of the first off-the-floor recordings were just him singing and his guitar, which gives the sound an even further presence

As a collection, Darkest Dark, Lightest Lights is a balanced work of beauty that ebbs and flows with each new track and takes you on a journey of ups and downs. Its lights and darks also mirror Smith himself and the different sides to his personality.

One of the darker songs “Nightstalker Blues” stands out simply because it isn’t just some fictional story. It’s about a California serial killer, Richard Ramirez who was dubbed the “Night Stalker” after a spree of murders, rapes, and burglar-

“Lock up the doors; you better call the police; he’s creepin’ at night; get you shakin’ in your sheets; mutilate and murder, rape, rob, repeat; swear to satan, get you beggin’ at his feet.” that puts you right in the room with him when you’re listening to the album. You can hear his breath and his slight voice quivers in “If I Lost My Eyes,” but also his signature honey-covered, back-of-thethroat gravel in “Border Town / Bury Me In Baja” as a counter.

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LEAF BAR AND GRILL

ROBERT TEGLER CENTRE– CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Latin

Homemade Jam; 3-7pm; Free ON THE ROCKS Achilles Last

Stand; 9pm PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Northern Lights Folk CLub: Lonesome Ace String Band; 7pm (doors), 8pm (music); $22 (adv), $27 (door, if available) REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON Busty and The Bass

Sultans of String with Guest Anwar Khurshid Festival Place Mar 9, 7:30pm $31-$35

ies. Ramirez’s killing spree happened while Smith was a kid, in the same area crime scenes were popping up.

While researching and writing the song, he found himself in a “rabbit hole of evil” that was worse than others he’s

“Ultimately, I want to get to the root of each emotion and each feeling and each mood to try to move people, whether it be scare them or make them cry or make them feel good,” he says. “I’m trying to hit all of those emotional elements within an album.”

WINSPEAR CENTRE Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents Bernstein & Vaughan Williams conducted By William Eddins; 8pm; $15-$85

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“I think cinematically and artistically, a lot of the things that I like—there’s a realism—and it’s not super common in today’s writing.”

But he also doesn’t forget to balance something as dark as a California serial killer’s 1980s killing spree with songs like the ballad “I Am The Moon” and the fictionally-set “Robbery,” which holds all the tones of deep blue blues layered on a tumbling drum beat that you can’t help but snap along and groove to, reminding you that life is full of the upbeats and the downbeats.

His roots-based songs are just as much stories as they are melodies and he’s certainly got a bounty to tell. On tour, Smith likes to maintain a balance and bring a little old in with the new, so expect anything.

Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

Brunch with Cramer Brothers; 10am-2pm; By donation

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free

Vinyl Night with Sheriff Taylor; Every 3rd Tue of the month

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

BLUES ON WHYTE Hector

FIDDLER'S ROOST Open Stage;

LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open

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

Anchondo; 9pm

7-11pm

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

ON THE ROCKS Big City Sound;

HAVE MERCY Mississippi

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

9pm

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

THE COMMON Get Down It's

Classical

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

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 Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover ENVY NIGHT CLUB Resolution

Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

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

SANDS INN & SUITES Open

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Music For Chorus &

Harp; 3pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door) MUTTART HALL Percussion

Ensemble Concert; 2-4pm; $10 ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Hollywood

& Broadway Brass; 3pm; $20 (regular), $15 (students/ seniors), plus applicable fees

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

Fee; Every Sun

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

Fiddlers Acoustic Music Jam & Dancing; 7-10pm ROGERS PLACE Santana–

Divination Tour 2018; 7:30pm; $39 and up SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/ Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie

Lunchpail

SUN MAR 11

GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ; 8pm

TUE MAR 13

ALIBI PUB AND EATERY Open

MON MAR 12

BLUES ON WHYTE Rott'n Dan Abusin the Blues; 9pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam

Wooftop: Metal Mondays with

Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

Sun, 9pm

Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig Pub

BLUES ON WHYTE Rott'n Dan

HAVE MERCY To-Do Tuesday:

mic night; Every Sun, 6-9pm AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

Ham Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm; No cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday

Excursions–Festival City Winds Advanced Band and guests; 7:30-10pm; $12 (adults), $5 (children 12 & under)

written, and you can see it in the chorus: “Lock up the doors; you better call the police; he’s creepin’ at night; get you shakin’ in your sheets; mutilate and murder, rape, rob, repeat; swear to satan, get you beggin’ at his feet.”

“I think lyrically, it’s one of the gnarliest things I’ve ever written—and I have some pretty gnarly ones in my catalogue— but it’s based on true events, rather than just some fantastic creation that I just create in my mind,” Smith says. “But the odd thing is it kind of feels good; it’s like a murder song you can dance to.”

As an artist, The White Buffalo isn’t afraid to explore his darker side and the darker sides of humanity.

“It’s part of human existence, these evil people. And I like to just go to the darker side, the shadowy-er side,” he says.

Abusin the Blues; 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Edmonton Ukulele Circle; 6:30pm; Free

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

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rod

Jewell Band Open stage YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: Stephanie Urquhart Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE Edmonton

Symphony Orchestra presents The Music Of U2 conducted by Brent Havens; 7:30pm; $24-$69

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

HAVE MERCY Piano Karaoke

LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm; Free ON THE ROCKS Karaoke Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam

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

Wednesday SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Country

Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Tue

Jam with 4 Dollar Bill

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH

with resident DJs

WED MAR 14 AVIARY The Dears, with Lou Canon, and The New Haunts; 7-11:30pm; All ages BLUES ON WHYTE Pete Turland;

9pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

Classical Music Wednesdays at Noon: Merrill Tanner and Ernst Birss (soprano and guitar); 12:1012:50pm; Free WINSPEAR CENTRE Edmonton

Symphony Orchestra presents The Music Of U2 conducted by Brent Havens; 7:30pm; $24-$69

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 THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte.com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com 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 AVIARY 9314-111 Ave B-STREET BAR 11818-111 Ave 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 BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 3226-82 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 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 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 DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall.com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 11113-87 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com

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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 FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN 10200-102 Ave FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10025-105 St THE FORGE ON WHYTE 1054982 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 L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR & GRILL 9016-132 Ave LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VISITOR CENTRE 9820-107 St MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com 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 O'BYRNE'S IRISH PUB 1061682 Ave ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 9135-146 St 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 RIVER CREE–THE VENUE 300 E Lapotac Blvd ROBERT TEGLER CENTRE– CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY 73 St & 112 Ave 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 SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch.com STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 TEMPLE–STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 TIMMS CENTRE FOR THE ARTS University of Alberta, 87 Ave & 112 St UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca VACANCY HALL 10359-104 St 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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UPCOMING

EVENTS

SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON MAR 9

LUSITANIA LIGHTS w/ Retrofile

MAR 10

BUSTY & THE BASS w/ Schwey

MAR 16

HYPNOTIST KEITH MILLER / LIVE BAND KARAOKE

WEST EDMONTON MALL MAR 9

DAHLIA WAKEFIELD & THE VALUE VILLAINS

MAR 10

CANADIAN COLDWATER REVIVAL: CCR TRIBUTE SHOW

MAR 15

THROWBACK THURSDAY w/ The Sissy Fits

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STARTING OVER AND SILENCING THE EGO

Kim Churchill rewrote his newest album Weight_Falls in a week

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ould you have the confidence to throw away something you’ve worked on for more than a year and start over from scratch? Australian singersongwriter Kim Churchill spent 18 months labouring on his sixth album. It was finished, mastered and in the hands of his record label. They loved it. But Churchill?

“It didn’t really communicate honesty and things that I was feeling and I think part of that was just how hard I was trying— I think I choked the whole thing to death,” Churchill says, his tour van travelling somewhere between Toronto and Montreal.

“Honestly, the thing that really tipped me was the record labels accepting it. They said ‘It’s great and we’re looking at releasing it,’ … I thought they were wrong.”

Churchill pushed himself to write a whole new album in a week, a Herculean task of creativity and focus. But the songs were waiting.

“When you lie to yourself for a long enough amount of time, when you finally come clean you get this wonderful, unadulterated bit of honesty,” Churchill says. “I had this really euphoric, enlightened feeling of really understanding who I was and what I wanted to say.”

The result of binning a whole record and rewriting a new one in a week is Weight_Falls. The new album is considerably more dynamic than his previous music, incorporating more texture and layers than his established bluesy neo-folk. Churchill, almost exclusively a one-man band until now, is touring with two drummers who sing harmony. It’s a new, full presence that reflects his growing range.

The 27-year-old Aussie has built his career on making honest connections. He started busking young, stopping traffic with his gritty harmonica playing and rich voice. He’s since grown into a festival-circuit favourite, playing hit songs on big stages. But Churchill still makes time to busk, even though he could easily play rooms full of ticket-buying fans.

“The ego is there telling you to stop, because it hurts the ego so badly performing to nobody and have people looking at you like you’re more or less a homeless person asking for money,” he says. “But it’s really cool because it silences the ego, and the music that you perform transcends it a little bit. I think that’s another reason that I really love [busking]: it drags you back to earth.”

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Thu., Mar. 8 (8 pm) Kim Churchill w/ Christian Hudson, and guests Starlite Room $20 Churchill, thoughtful and selfaware in conversation, seems wise beyond his years. That could be because he’s already had a full lifetime’s worth of experiences travelling the world. He’s watched the sun set off the Sri Lankan coast and breathed the crisp, thin air of the Peruvian Andes. And he has a special spot in his heart for Canada, recording two albums in British Columbia.

Churchill says spending time immersed in different cultures inspires his art—makes him want to understand the world as well as he can and to share that honestly through his music.

“That’s what everyone wants to feel, essentially, is like what they’re feeling matters,” he says. “That how they see the world and how they think—that it means something. And that kind of stuff is just great to help you inject songs with that truth that allows people to feel that.”

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EVENTS

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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

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

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com EDMONTON SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE AND THE ASSOCIATION OF UNITED UKRAINIAN CANADIANS CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY • Ukrainian Center, 11018-97 St

Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu

• Featuring performers, speakers, musical groups, folklore dance groups and more • Mar 11, 2pm • Free

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave •

Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu-Fri: 8pm; Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm (until Apr) • Kirk McHenry; Mar 8-10 • Sean Baptiste; Mar 15-17

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Ari Shaffir; Mar 9-11 • Ben Gleib; Mar 15-17

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 • Bringing 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)

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS ADULT DANCE CLASSES • Quantum Leap

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

FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group offering conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION NIGHT • Habitat for Humanity Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext.

237 • mstannard@gmail.com • hfh.org/volunteer/ vin • Learn about taking the next steps and what opportunities are available at Habitat for Humanity • Every 3rd Thu of the month, excluding Dec; 6-7pm • Free

LGNYEG • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave NW • happyharborcomics.com • Events may include guest speakers, movie nights, board game nights, video game nights and much more • Mar 22

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)

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 7:459:15pm • Drop in Rate $15.75 (inc. GST); 5, 10, 15 Class passes available

St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old

OPEN DOOR COMIC CREATOR MEETINGS

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

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

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106

• 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 FFAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia

Art World Expo Muttart Conservatory Mar 16

OPERA 101: DON GIOVANNI • CKUA Radio

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, 12:051pm • 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, 1115082 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

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION GUIDE HIKE • Century Park (Section D of paid lot), 2515-111 St • waskahegantrail.ca • Miquelon Lakes Trails; Mar 18, 9:45am-3pm

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 DARK MATTERS: LABORATORY • TELUS World of Science, 11211-142 St • 780.451.3344 • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/dark-matters • An 18+ event where science is served on the rocks & adults come out to play. March marks a night of wild science experiments, explosions, and excitement, as attendees get hands-on with insane science experiments you've always wanted to try at home • Mar 8, 7-10pm • $19.95 (adv), $25.95 (door)

GLASSBLOWING CLASSES WITH PIXIE GLASSWORKS • Pixie Glassworks, 9322-60 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)

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

Network 9804 Jasper Ave • An evening of discussion surrounding Edmonton Opera's upcoming production of Mozart's timeless masterpiece Don Giovanni. Host Stephan Bonfield will contextualize the history and music of this piece and explain what makes Don Giovanni one of the major works in the opera canon • Mar 28, 7pm • Free

STORIES OF ENHANCING EVERYDAY LIFE: 100 YEARS OF HOME ECONOMICS AND HUMAN ECOLOGY AT THE U OF A • Edmonton Clinical Health Academy (ECHA) 2-490, 11405-87 Ave • skatzeff@ualberta.ca • Dr. Sherry Ann Chapman uses home economics history as a reference point to explore how the discipline of human ecology is evolving to support quality of life in our communities • Mar 15, 5-6pm • Free

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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

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SAVAGELOVE SO MUCH PORN

I’m an 18-year-old cis hetero girl from Australia and I’ve been listening to your podcast and reading your column since I was 13. Thanks to you I’m pretty open minded about my sexuality and body.

Having said that, I do have a few questions. I started watching porn from a youngish age with no real shame attached but I have some concerns. 1. I get off really quickly to lesbian porn but it never feels like a “good” orgasm. My guess is that subconsciously I think it’s inauthentic and therefore degrading.

2. I really enjoy and have the best orgasms to vintage gay male porn and trans FTM porn, which seems odd to me because I’m so far removed from the sexual acts that these kind of porn movies portray but I always feel satisfied after getting off to them. 3. I get off to tit slapping videos but it screws with me morally. I understand why I like these kinds of videos. I have quite large breasts and I feel resentment towards them. It seems both morally wrong towards the progress I’ve made towards accepting my body and also to the message being sent about violence towards women. Care to weigh in?

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1. There are gay men who watch straight porn, lesbians who watch gay porn, and 18-year-old hetero girls in Australia who watch lesbian porn and vintage gay porn and trans FTM porn. So many people get off watching porn that isn’t supposed to be for them— so many people fantasize about, watch, and sometimes do things that aren’t supposed to be for them—that we have to view these quote/unquote transgressions as a feature of human sexuality, not a bug. 2. Lesbian porn gets you off, vintage gay porn and trans FTM gets you off, but you feel conflicted after watching lesbian porn because it seems inauthentic. That’s understandable—a lot of so-called lesbian porn is inauthentic, in that it’s made by and for straight men and features non-lesbian women going through the lesbian motions (often with long and triggering-foractual-lesbian fingernails). Some gay porn features gay-for-pay straight male actors, of course, but most gay porn features gay actors doing what they love; the same goes for most trans FTM porn, which is a small and mostly indie niche. I suspect your orgasms are just as good when you watch lesbian porn, CAPP, but the sense— suppressed when you were turned on, surfacing once you’re not— that the performers weren’t really enjoying themselves taints your lesbian-porn-enhanced orgasms in retrospect. The solution? Seek out lesbian porn featuring actual lesbians—authentic lesbian porn is out there. (I found a bunch with a quick Google search.)

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bodies only after our erotic imaginations have seized on the fears or self-loathing induced by those messages and turned them into kinks. Take small-penis humiliation (SPH). Before a guy can ask a partner to indulge him in SPH, CAPP, he has to accept (and kind of dig) his small cock. So the acceptance is there, but the kink— a turn-on rooted in a resolved conflict—remains. It can be freeing to regard a kink like SPH or your thing for tit slapping as a reward—as the only good thing to come out of the shitty zap the culture put on the head of a guy with a small cock or, in your case, a young woman with large breasts. So long as we seek out other consenting adults who respect us and our bodies, we can have our kinks—even those that took root in the manure of negative cultural messaging—and our self-acceptance and selfesteem, too.

DEEP BLOWS

I have a deepthroating fetish. All the porn I watch is nothing but rough, sloppy blowjobs. I would love nothing more than to watch this kind of porn with my boyfriend, so we can add it to the bedroom excitement, but I’m embarrassed to share this as a straight female. How do I go about sharing a fetish I have? Do I tell him over a candlelit dinner? Do I just turn some deepthroating porn on and see what happens? Help!

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There’s never really a bad time to tell someone they won the lottery, DQ. Over a candlelit dinner, pop in some porn, send him a singing telegram—however you decide to tell him, DQ, the odds that he’ll react negatively are pretty low.

Of course, watching someone deep throat and doing it yourself are two different things, DQ. You won’t be able to go from disclosing your kink to realizing it during that candlelit dinner. Take it slow, maybe watch a few how-to videos in addition to the porn, find the positions and angles that work for you, etc., and work your way up to taking him all the way down.

spent her whole life relying on her looks to gain validation from men, and that my brain-dead, loins-alive attraction is only perpetuating her objectification. Is that so? Or am I just overthinking things?

MAN, I LOVE FEMINISM At the risk of Dansplaining …

There’s nothing feminist about slagging off younger women to justify your attraction to older women. You like what you like and you can own that without implying that younger women lack confidence and aren’t comfortable in their own skins. The same culture that put the zap on CAPP’s head for having large breasts—her breasts attracted unwanted attention and she resented her breasts and now gets off on erotic images of breasts being punished (even though she now knows her breasts weren’t the problem)—put the zap on

your head. Men, young and old, are supposed to be attracted to younger women. You’re not attracted to younger women, you’re attracted to older women; instead of accepting that, you feel compelled to justify it by comparing younger women to older women and declaring—again, by implication—that there’s something wrong with younger women. You sound like one of those gay men who can’t tell you why he’s attracted to dudes without also (or only) telling you what he dislikes about women. As for objectification, MILF, the problem with objectification is when the person doing the objectifying isn’t capable of simultaneously seeing the object of their affections as a three-dimensional human being with desires, fears, and agency of their own. Technically, MILF, we are all objects—“a material thing that can be seen and touched”—

but unlike, say, Fleshlights or vibrators, we feel joy and pain and have wants and needs. You can’t help being drawn to this woman’s externals; there’s a huge visual component to human attraction and, as your thing for older women demonstrates, there isn’t one universal standard of beauty. So long as you can objectify someone while at the same time appreciating their full humanity—so long as you can walk that walk and chew that gum—you don’t have to feel like a bad feminist for objectifying someone. (Particularly when that someone is clearly objectifying you!)

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): The men who work on offshore oil rigs perform demanding, dangerous tasks on a regular basis. If they make mistakes, they may get injured or befoul the sea with petroleum. As you might guess, the culture on these rigs has traditionally been macho, stoic, and hard-driving. But in recent years, that has changed at one company. Shell Oil’s workers in the U.S. were trained by Holocaust survivor Claire Nuer to talk about their feelings, be willing to admit errors, and soften their attitudes.

As a result, the company’s safety record has improved dramatically.

If macho dudes toiling on oil rigs can become more vulnerable and open and tenderly expressive, so can you, Aries. And now would be a propitious time to do it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How will you celebrate your upcoming climax and culmination, Taurus? With a howl of triumph, a fist pump, and three cartwheels? With a humble speech thanking everyone who helped you along the way? With a bottle of champagne, a gourmet feast, and spectacular sex? However you choose to mark this transition from one chapter of your life story to the next chapter, I suggest that you include an action that will help the next chapter get off to a rousing start. In your ritual of completion, plant seeds for the future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On April 23, 1516, the Germanic duchy of Bavaria issued a decree. From that day forward, all beer produced had to use just three ingredients: water, barley, and hops. Ever since then, for the last 500 plus years, this edict has had an enduring influence on how German beer is manufactured. In accordance with astrological factors, I suggest that you proclaim three equally potent and systemic directives of your own. It’s an opportune time to be clear and forceful about how you want your story to unfold in the coming years.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What’s your most frustrating flaw? During the next seven weeks, you will have enhanced power to diminish its grip on you. It’s even possible you will partially correct it or outgrow it. To take maximum advantage of this opportunity, rise above any covert tendency you might have to cling to your familiar pain. Rebel against the attitude described by novelist Stephen King: “It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his book Whistling in the Dark, author Frederick Buechner writes that the ancient Druids took “a special interest in in-between things like mistletoe, which is neither quite a plant nor quite a tree, and mist, which is nei-

ther quite rain nor quite air, and dreams, which are neither quite waking nor quite sleep.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, in-between phenomena will be your specialty in the coming weeks. You will also thrive in relationship to anything that lives in two worlds or that has paradoxical qualities. I hope you’ll exult in the educational delights that come from your willingness to be teased and mystified.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The English word “velleity” refers to an empty wish that has no power behind it. If you feel a longing to make a pilgrimage to a holy site, but can’t summon the motivation to actually do so, you are under the spell of velleity. Your fantasy of communicating with more flair and candor is a velleity if you never initiate the practical steps to accomplish that goal. Most of us suffer from this weakness at one time or another. But the good news, Virgo, is that you are primed to overcome your version of it during the next six weeks. Life will conspire to assist you if you resolve to turn your wishy-washy wishes into potent action plans -- and then actually carry out those plans.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the 2002 film Spiderman, there’s a scene where the character Mary Jane slips on a spilled drink as she carries a tray full of food through a cafeteria. Spiderman, disguised as his alter ego Peter Parker, makes a miraculous save.

He jumps up from his chair and catches Mary Jane before she falls. Meanwhile, he grabs her tray and uses it to gracefully capture her apple, sandwich, carton of milk, and bowl of jello before they hit the floor. The filmmakers say they didn’t use CGI to render this scene. The lead actor, Tobey Maguire, allegedly accomplished it in real life—although it took 156 takes before he finally mastered it. I hope you have that level of patient determination in the coming weeks, Libra. You, too, can perform a small miracle if you do.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot was a connoisseur of “the art of roughness” and “the uncontrolled element in life.”

He liked to locate and study the hidden order in seemingly chaotic and messy things. “My life seemed to be a series of events and accidents,” he said. “Yet when I look back I see a pattern.” I bring his perspective to your attention, Scorpio, because you are entering a phase when the hidden order and secret meanings of your life will emerge into view. Be alert for surprising hints of coherence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I suspect that in July and August you will be invited to commune with rousing opportunities and exciting escapades. But right now I’m advising you to channel your intel-

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ligence into well-contained opportunities and sensible adventures. In fact, my projections suggest that your ability to capitalize fully on the future’s rousing opportunities and exciting escapades will depend on how well you master the current crop of well-contained opportunities and sensible adventures.

Making the most of today’s small pleasures will qualify you to harvest bigger pleasures later.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you saw the animated film The Lion King, you may have been impressed with the authenticity of the lions’ roars and snarls. Did the producers place microphones in the vicinity of actual lions? No. Voice actor Frank Welker produced the sounds by growling and yelling into a metal garbage can. I propose this as a useful metaphor for you in the coming days. First, I hope it inspires you to generate a compelling and creative illusion of your own—an illusion that serves a good purpose. Second, I hope it alerts you to the possibility that other people will be offering you compelling and creative illusions—illusions that you should engage with only if they serve a good purpose.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I do a lot of self-editing before I publish what I write. My horoscopes go through at least three drafts before I unleash them on the world.

While polishing the manuscript of my first novel, I threw away over a thousand pages of stuff that I had worked on very hard. In contrast to my approach, science fiction writer Harlan Ellison dashed off one of his award-winning stories in a single night, and published it without making any changes to the first draft. As you work in your own chosen field, Aquarius, I suspect that for the next three weeks you will produce the best results by being more like me than Ellison. Beginning about three weeks from now, an Ellison-style strategy might be more warranted.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to my assessment of the astrological omens, you’re in a favourable phase to gain more power over your fears. You can reduce your susceptibility to chronic anxieties. You can draw on the help and insight necessary to dissipate insidious doubts that are rooted in habit but not based on objective evidence. I don’t want to sound too melodramatic, my dear Pisces, but THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY! YOU ARE POTENTIALLY ON THE VERGE OF AN UNPRECEDENTED BREAKTHROUGH! In my opinion, nothing is more important for you to accomplish in the coming weeks than this inner conquest.

CURTIS HAUSER

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