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SAFE INJECTION SITES

Efforts to open safe injection sites in Alberta may become moot if Jason Kenney gets into power / Adobe Stock

TIME’S RUNNING OUT FOR ALBERTA’S SAFE INJECTION SITES A United Conservative Party win could see harm reduction project axed across the province

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f Jason Kenney is elected next year, all signs point to a government that will not accept common-sense recommendations from public health experts that support Alberta’s vulnerable drug users suffering from addiction.

Instead, Kenney indicated he will enact a zero-tolerance policy against drugs that has been failing for generations.

“We need to help them get off drugs,” Kenney said in a Facebook post earlier this month.

“Instead, governments are spending money to help addicts consume this poison.”

This strategy is akin to fighting abortions with abstinence, low test scores with boarding school, and obesity with a strict diet of kale and club soda. The theory is sound, but in practice it just won’t work.

“We have all the evidence, and we know these facilities will save lives,” says Shelley Williams, chair of Access to Medically Supervised Injection Services Ed-

monton (AMSISE). “It’s about harm reduction, keeping people alive so they can make a better decision on another day.”

Supervised consumption sites are for people who are using needles and injecting themselves on public streets, parks and in neigh-

Access to drugs is not meant to enable their addiction, but rather prevent unsafe and public consumption by bringing them under the supervision of medical professionals.

Leaving these users outside is not just cruel, it’s costly. Williams pointed to studies con-

Moreover, access to sterile equipment reduces the spread of diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C, which also burden the public health system, and patients, with expensive treatment.

The 2014 survey also tallied that 85 per cent of drug users who will use safe injection sites have un-

“It’s about harm reduction, keeping people alive so they can make a better decision on another day.” bourhoods. Since their access to sterile equipment is limited, the chance of spreading disease multiplies. In 2014, an Edmonton Drug Use and Health surveyed 320 respondents, 80 percent of whom said they would use safe consumption sites within a 10 block radius.

ducted by Alberta Health and the University of Alberta that show how consumption sites reduce the amount of users who overdose, which in turn helps save hundreds of thousands of dollars on ambulance and emergency room visits.

treated mental or physical health issues. These people are 30 percent more likely to seek treatment and use other government services to turn their lives around once they enter a safe injection site.

“It’s about relationship development, we have embedded

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this into our agencies and partners that will support their recovery,” Williams says.

The facilities will be crucial in fighting Alberta’s opioid crisis, which claimed 562 lives last year from fentanyl overdose. In Calgary, a temporary safe consumption has been visited more than 2,550 times. In those visits, clinic staff intervened and prevented 55 overdoses.

Opening the four Edmonton sites will mark victories in this public health battle, but the finish line is still far away. Kenney’s comments might disrupt the momentum, but Williams indicates there is still time to get the UCP leader and his fellow naysayers on board.

“We will keep our head down and the information coming,” Williams says. “We are educating as much as we can in order to keep services the way they need to be.”

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TILLERSON GONE, TRUMP UNLEASHED Another member of president’s inner circle bites the dust, further loosening constraints on POTUS power

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ex Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a “moron” in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon, and did not take the opportunity to deny it when a journalist asked him in public. In meetings with the president, he would “roll his eyes and slouch” whenever Trump said something he thought was particularly stupid. It’s amazing that he lasted as long as he did.

He wasn’t a very good Secretary of State either. He gutted the State Department in the name of efficiency, and large numbers of experienced diplomats quit in despair as he ‘downsized’ the organization.

His only real achievement in his 14 months in office was to restrain Trump from doing some truly dangerous things like starting a major confrontation with Iran. But we’ll miss him now that he’s gone.

Donald Trump used to enjoy dismissing people with a brutal “You’re fired!” when he was doing reality television, but he seems to have problems doing it face-

to-face. Tweets addressed to the world at large are more his style, with his actual victims left to find out from the media. But he is getting rid of the people who question his judgement at an impressive rate: 35 senior people have been fired or quit in little more than a year.

The net effect of all this ‘turmoil’ in the White House, unsurprisingly, has been to remove most of the people whose ideas, values, or experience and knowledge of the world led them to disagree with Trump’s obsessions, his policies (to the extent that he has any), or just his whims of the moment. What’s left, for the most part, are the yesmen and women.

The most notable remaining exceptions are the three generals who hold high positions in the Trump administration: his chief of staff, John Kelly; the defence secretary, James Mattis; and the national security advior, H.R. McMaster. But McMaster is widely rumoured to be next for the

chopping block, and even Kelly’s willingness to continue shouldering the role of senior grown-up indefinitely is to be doubted.

The era of adult supervision in the White House is coming to an end, and Donald Trump is more and more “free to be Donald.” As he said on Tuesday, “I’m really at a point where we’re getting very close to having the cabinet and other things that I want.”

The cabinet he wants is one entirely free from the constraints that were initially imposed on him by the Republican Party’s establishment. He is a populist who cherry-picks ideas from anywhere, and no more a Republican than he is a Democrat. In fact, he once was a Democrat, and even considered trying to hijack the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination before the 2008 election.

In the end he hijacked the Republican Party instead, but it did try to rein him in by putting orthodox Republicans in key positions in his

administration. His struggle to be free began with the dismissal last July of the Republican Party’s choice as his chief of staff, Reince Priebus. It has ended in total victory in the past two weeks with the resignation of his chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn and, most recently, the firing of Rex Tillerson.

Cohn resigned last week because of Trump’s decision to to impose steep tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum.

The Republican Party has been a staunch supporter of free trade for the past half-century, and Cohn feared that the new tariffs were likely to cause an international trade war that impoverishes everybody. Trump doesn’t care about that. “Trade wars are good,” he said. “And easy to win.”

His new secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is a hard-liner who shares Trump’s obsession with breaking the international deal that stops Iran from developing nuclear weapons for the next 10 years.

“When you look at the Iran deal,

I think it’s terrible. I guess (Tillerson) thought it was OK,” Trump said. “With Mike Pompeo, we have a very similar thought process. I think it’s going to go very well.”

So stand by for Trump to alienate all of America’s main allies by sabotaging a treaty they worked very hard to achieve. Since he has swallowed Saudi Arabia’s argument that Iran is an ‘expansionist’ power that must be stopped, even direct military clashes between the U.S. and Iran, especially in Syria, become a lot more likely.

And what about the unprecedented meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that Trump agreed to last week (without consulting Tillerson)?

In theory it’s a good idea, because nuclear war in the Korean peninsula is a very bad idea.

But there are few people left around Trump who can steer him away from disastrous decisions. They can’t even make him read his briefing papers.

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POLITICAL INTERFERENCE

JASON KENNEY’S POPULIST POLITICAL THEATRE United Conservative Party leader’s criticisms on carbon tax are little more than fear-mongering to rally voters

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n March 8, Jason Kenney, MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, took his seat for the first time as Leader of the Official Opposition in the Alberta legislature.

Since that time, in question period, in media scrums, in stump speeches, and at fundraisers he has talked almost exclusively about just one thing: Alberta’s carbon tax.

He continues to insist, for example, that the carbon tax has

done massive damage to Alberta’s economy, seeming completely unfazed by the obvious reality that the global collapse in oil prices had far more to do with that than did the carbon tax. Kenney seems likewise undeterred by the fact that, despite the carbon tax and its recent increase, the Alberta economy is in the midst of a recovery and projected to grow by some 4.5 percent this year.

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He insists on arguing that the NDP essentially hid the carbon tax by not mentioning it in their platform, despite the fact that the platform clearly promised to take leadership on climate change and develop strategies for moving forward. This claim is also quite rich from someone who despite his ongoing promise of balancing the budget in his first term has yet to specify where exactly he will cut to achieve those goals and has no plans for releasing a shadow budget.

He has gone as far in the past week as to equate the carbon tax with a sales tax and imply that it violates the spirit of the Klein era law demanding a province-wide referendum before the introduction of a sales tax. He actually put forth a private members bill that would require a referendum before any future increase to the carbon tax, and would amend Klein’s old legislation to specifically add carbon taxes as tools that would require referendums in the future. Given his promise to scrap the tax the moment he forms government, this would have meant no future government could introduce a carbon tax without a referendum.

Kenney has even tried to frame this as an issue of democracy, being quoted by Sun columnist Rick Bell as having said “It’s the old idea of no taxation without representation,” in defense of his call for a referendum. Of course, the word “representation” in that

“old idea” highlights the degree to which our democracy is based on electing governments to make decisions rather than putting every decision to a plebiscite, but Kenney must have missed that day in his polisci class.

What has become increasingly clear since his debut in the Alberta legislature is that Kenney’s outrage and his almost singular focus on the carbon tax is little more than a carefully planned piece of populist theatre. Ultimately his plan boils down to spending millions on a referendum, killing the Alberta carbon tax, then spending millions on an unwinnable constitutional challenge against the federal government’s authority to impose a carbon tax on Alberta.

At the same time killing the carbon tax would mean killing all the spending on infrastructure, transit, and energy incentives that the tax is currently funding. None of this seems particularly prudent for someone claiming to be a fiscal conservative.

What his plan doesn’t include is any sort of actual strategy for dealing with climate change and reducing Alberta’s emissions going forward. Kenney states that the UCP, historically home to numerous self-avowed and adamant climate deniers, now acknowledges the reality of manmade climate change. Well, what he actually acknowledges is that “climate change, of course, is a permanent factor of the natural

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environment, but there’s clearly a scientific consensus around there being a significant anthropogenic element to recent climate change,” which is not quite the same thing. What he doesn’t seem to acknowledge is the consensus among economists of all stripes that carbon taxes are the most economically efficient way for reducing emissions.

He has hinted at supporting the strategy of the past government, and of former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, for dealing with climate change. Those strategies largely revolved around minimal levies on large emitters to fund experiments with carbon capture and sequestration (CSS), a technology that has proven to be prohibitively expensive and largely useless at reducing emissions.

It is all well and good for Kenney to criticize the carbon tax and the government’s overall climate plan: that’s actually his job as Leader of the Opposition.

It is also his job, however, to put forth viable well-thought-out and fully costed alternatives. On that front, Jason Kenney’s first few weeks on the job have been a complete failure. The more he attacks without proposing, the more he will lose credibility in the eyes of Albertans, regardless of how good he is at the art of populist political theatre. Albertans are smarter than that, and it’s time Kenney gave them the respect they deserve.

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t’s not always delightful to bust the bonds of one’s ignorance, but Caribbean’s Finest did me that favour in the most delightful way.

When I spotted the sign on a drive down 118 Avenue, I thought to myself, “Self, there’s a Jamaican place I should go try.”

It didn’t occur to me then that Haiti is also part of the Caribbean.

It turns out that Caribbean’s Finest offers you the taste of Haitian cuisine, which I have never tried before. Luckily two of my perennial co-diners were available to discover it with me.

In the style of other multicultural restaurants on Alberta Avenue, Caribbean’s Finest is nothing fancy inside, though the ambience-hostile overhead fluorescent lights expose it as very clean. Its wallpaper pretends to be a stoneand-mortar wall. A flatscreen TV showing NCAA basketball was well-received by one co-diner.

Synth island pop throbbed remotely in the background.

One regular co-diner, who decided to forgo the meal in favour of theatre, sniffed that such a meal would likely consist of meat and rice and she was right to a degree, but she was mistaken that this would somehow be run-of-

the-mill. A side of rice and peas (beans, really) is the unsung hero of Caribbean food, and if the Haitian variant wasn’t quite as allspice-intensive as Jamaica’s, it did not want for flavour.

And so it was that we made meal out of chicken drumsticks ($12), fried goat ($17) and whole red snapper ($23), each served with a side of rice and beans, with an order of Creole fritters ($5) to start. The shy but efficient server warned us the fish would take 25 minutes, but in the spirit of tropical island easygoingness, we decided we weren’t in a hurry.

The fritters came quickly—salty, dense balls of golden-fried dough with a coconut-curry dip. They were tasty, as salty fried things often are, but the real revelation was underneath them. It looked like a layer of cabbage-carrot slaw, but was a heretofore unknown preparation that the menu, and indeed the Haitian people, call pikliz. It’s a bit like the curtido you get with Central American pupusas, but much spicier, thanks to the addition of scotch bonnet (a.k.a. habanero) peppers, that essential element of Caribbean cookery that’s also a great way to make your eyes water. Pikliz is potent but delicious, with a pungency reminiscent of mustard pickles. If your spice threshold is medium-low, best to eat around it.

The rest of the meal seemed to

take less than 25 minutes to arrive and came all at once. I wasn’t really expecting much from the drumsticks, to be honest, but they’d been marinated in epis (a Haitian spice blend of scallions, bell peppers, garlic, parsley and basil) and lime, and roasted to juicy perfection. This might have been my favourite meat, but sharing the order meant we only got one each, which was disappointing.

and carried a lode of lima beans, a textbook example of umami, if you haven’t tried that yet.

Beneath all these flavours and textures hummed the habanero heat from the pikliz.

As diners who thought we had eaten most of the variants to be had on Edmonton’s diaspora-catching ethnic food scene,

The fried goat meat was also well made, with a minimum of bone shards and a maximum of chewy, goaty flavour. The whole red snapper, cooked to fall-apart perfection, was served in a lovely fish-shaped tray soaking in curry-coconut sauce that heightened to the creamy consistency of the fish.

Each plate came with a small heap of pikliz—a little goes a long way—and slices of fried plantain, with more of the coconut-curry dip on the side. More importantly, each came with a generous mound of rice variant.

One was just steamed rice, so we’ll just skip ahead to the rice with black beans, a clear relative of Jamaican rice and peas tinted brown by the eponymous legume and flavoured with the holy trinity of habanero, coconut and thyme. The fish came with a side of mushroom rice, which bore a similar earthy tint

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Haitian food was a new one for us. We were lucky we had Caribbean’s Finest’s style of food, for the certainly highlighted its unique appeal. If you too are dismissive of rice and beans, you should probably get in there and liberate yourself from such ignorance.

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MAI NGUYEN HAS DUMPLINGS ON HER MIND

Edmonton-based Master Chef Canada contender rethinks the classic ingredients for a staple of her childhood

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ai Nguyen had a rough time getting into cooking, though now it seems she’s hit her stride.

The Edmonton-based chef, now 29, had little in the way of guidance in her early culinary adventures, and can recall at a young age trying to bake cookies, only to have the makeshift batter coat the pan she used—she’s still not much of a baker, she admits.

Her family had few cookbooks, and she made her earnest first attempts before the Internet and its battery of recipes and food blogs were readily available.

“You’re cut off from your family, you don’t have your phone or computer, you just had each other and the crew.”

Nguyen currently works part-time at both Biera and Prairie Noodle Shop, where she will host a dumpling-based pop-up event on March 25, starting at noon. She’s held one similar event, along with Master Chef co-star Jordan Levin of Winnipeg, but this time she’s going it alone, which gives her more freedom.

Her love of cooking comes from recreations, she says, taking something she loves and putting new twists on it. In the case of dump-

“To me, a ravioli is a dumpling; a pierogi is a dumpling. I want to expand people’s horizons.”

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“I made up a bunch of recipes that didn’t work out,” she says. “Whenever my mom was cooking I would hang out in the kitchen.”

Years later, her parents pushed her to study science at the University of Alberta, like her sister, but her interests still rested in the kitchen. After her second year of general sciences, she decided to double major in food science and technology and nutrition.

In 2016, she contended in the Food Network’s Master Chef Canada, placing in the top four of the season, which aired spring of last year.

It was difficult, she says, working through the show’s various challenges mostly alone, but ultimately rewarding.

“It was extremely stressful. Probably every single day there were tears. Not even just from me, from everyone,” she says.

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lings, of which she’s eaten many, this meant painstakingly learning the folds necessary to encase the fillings off YouTube, a self-taught effort she made three years back.

While Nguyen dreams of setting up her own dumpling bar— featuring dumplingbased tapas, paired with cocktails—she knows that’s a ways off.

For now, she’s experimenting with the medium, having recreated classical Chinese dumplings—pork, shrimp, green onions— and branching out to use less traditional ingredients like chorizo, French onion soup, and raw fixings like shaved radish and uncooked tuna.

“To me, a ravioli is a dumpling; a pierogi is a dumpling. I want to expand people’s horizons,” she says.

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The Art Gallery of Alberta’s Refinery night parties with themes of frugality and moderation

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wice a year the art Gallery of alberta (aGa) holds a ticketed late night art party in the gallery to engage visitors looking for something a little different from a conventional afternoon at the gallery. During aGa’s refinery nights there’s live DJ-ed music, (courtesy of DJ Kris Harvey) and a poppin’ dance floor as well as creative outfits, which guests are encouraged to attend in.

This particular refinery night is going with the slightly 1980s-reminiscent theme of “material World,” which could really be translated as the art of the “un-material world.” artists and guests will turn materialism upside down with their innovative showcases and activities as well as their “rags to riches or garbage to gold” attire.

“What’s special about refinery is all these extra art activities; it’s not just a party with a DJ and a bar,” says public programs and outreach coordinator at the aGa Josée Blouin.

“We also have really cool artists who participate and activate our theme and the space in a new and fresh way.” reused and recycled materials are the name of the game to reinterpret things like Gucci bags made from cardboard. The aGa has taken the theme to heart by using recycled materials for promotion of the event.

“There’s lots of fun, new challenges that are good for us to think of and hopefully carry on beyond just the theme of refinery this year,” Blouin says.

Throughout the evening gallery spaces will also be open for guests to take a look at the exhibitions after sipping on a margarita made with pedal-powered blenders (courtesy of Edmonton artist and maker Jan Przysiezniak).

Printmaker madison Dewar will hold a block printing activity with a twist for anyone with a shirt, bag or bandana they’d like to transform—her hand-carved blocks aren’t your ordinary stamps.

Over the last month she’s created stamps out of reused, recycled or natural materials to make over 15 designs for refinery. Dewar’s used everything from soapstone to old cabinet doors to reused linoleum floor tiles for her printing blocks.

“They’re symbols of wealth that are kind of off or a little bit broken or tattered,” Dewar says. “my favourite one is a smashed iPhone. In our culture, if something breaks it’s just kind of indicative that you go buy a new one and you put the old one in a drawer that you try not to think of.”

The Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society will also be present for showing the ropes of making used bike parts like cogs and chains into beautiful works of jewelry to wear. artist Chad Baba, a master at resalvaging items he finds in landfills, the river Valley or even abandoned in back alleys of the city, plans to create a large, freestanding tree installation made

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Sat., Mar. 24 (9 pm) Refinery: Material World Art Gallery of Alberta Starting at $35 from scraps of plastics, woods, cardboard, and leather for the event. The “springtime tree” will become a fixture of the party dance floor.

Both Dewar and Baba are enjoying pushing their creative boundaries for the event, something the aGa encourages guests to try their hand at as well. If you’re struggling to gain some inspiration, have no fear as there will certainly be opportunities to put something together at the party.

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Ken Ilgunas walked 3,000 km across North America, following the proposed route of the Keystone XL Pipeline

n 2011 Ken Ilgunas was in the kitchen at an oil field workers camp in Deadhorse, Alaska when his co-worker and friend jokingly suggested they should hike the 3,000 km stretch of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The idea seemed insane, but tempting to Ilgunas. He had bit of cabin fever being stuck in Alaska’s vast arctic tundra and identifying as something of an environmentalist, he felt “miserable” working for the fossil fuel industry.

“I would read the news about protesters going to jail over the Keystone XL and you know, fighting for a more sustainable future, and there I was washing dishes for the oil industry,” Ilgunas says.

“Walking across the great plains is also something no one has really done in modern times and trespassing across this private property—not knowing what sort of rivers I’d cross, animals I’d meet, people I’d meet—that just excited the hell out of me.”

That little reflection led Ilgunas to make the four-and-a-half monthlong trek and eventually, the release of his 2016 book Trespassing Across America.

“I never really intended to make a book, but a part of my mind has always been a writer so the thought did occur to me,” Ilgunas says.

Ilgunas planned to begin his adventure in August 2012, but he hit a few roadblocks. His best friend was getting married and Ilgunas was asked to be the best man. After the wedding, while leaving his friend’s apartment, Ilgunas tripped down the stairs and broke his left pinky toe.

“It became this farce ‘cause everything was falling apart,” he says. “I had broken my toe and I had no idea if my packages of food for the trip were going to arrive in these remote Canadian towns. At the end of the day I just said ‘Well fuck it’ and I started the hike. My toe was still purple too.”

To begin his journey, Ilgunas hitchhiked from Denver, Colorado to Alberta and paid a pilot to fly him over the tar sands to the Canadian crude reserves in Fort McMurray.

He then began his hike from the start of the proposed Keystone XL in Alberta to oil refineries in Texas guiding himself with close to 75 government topographic maps and a compass.

“As I got down towards Texas I learned more about how the oil industry affected landowners and communities and I became more and more confident in my opposition towards it,” Ilgunas says.

Various media and people began asking Ilgunas why he was walking this crazy trail and his thoughts about the pipeline’s effects of the environment.

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“Sometimes I just wanted to say ‘I just wanna go on a stroll,’” he laughs. “What I learned is you can just do something deemed crazy and you almost get a voice for free.

I suddenly get to participate in the marketplace of ideas beyond a Facebook post or something.”

Ilgunas ran into many life-threatening obstacles while camping and trekking through North America.

He was indirectly shot at by hunters, chased by a herd of 20 cows, hunted by half-wild dogs, and had to outlast a three-day blizzard in South Dakota.

“As human beings, we shouldn’t have to worry about being shot at for placing our feet on someone else’s grass,” Ilgunas says. He remembers one of the first days on his trip quite vividly.

“I setup my tent in what I thought was this concealed, remote, prairie next to this stand of woods. This car parked on this gravel road that I didn’t even know was there. Four young men got out and proceeded to have target practice right by my tent. I was just hearing these loud booms from what sounded like shotguns. I was terrified.”

Ilgunas was cautious with sharing his beliefs about the pipeline with the strangers he met during the trip. Although, he did show the recorded aerial footage of the tar sands which appalled almost everyone who watched it.

“They never really thought about where this oil is coming from and usually when we picture oil, we imagine this quiet oil rig or a rusty, innocent pump jack,” he says.

“When they saw the immensity of the devastation and all the odd things from the fields of Petco to the yellow sulfur pyramids—I remember people in Nebraska being absolutely dumbstruck. Whoever I showed those videos to were really upset by them. I think being reminded of where this oil has come from helped connect them to the issue.”

Trespassing Across America also hints at a belief Ilgunas became more and more accustomed with on his adventure—the right to roam the land. His upcoming book This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost The Right to Roam And How To Take It Back due in April will touch on that more.

“I don’t think I have a hostility towards no trespassing signs,” he says. “I don’t want to burn the sign and stomp over the person’s land.

But the very concept of being able to own 20,000 acres and ban the rest of humanity from it so you can have it for your sole enjoyment—I find that morally offensive and just plain wrong.”

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s the sun sets on Saturday March 24, dozens of handcrafted paper lanterns of all shapes and sizes will light up Boyle Street Plaza.

GLOW Festival, a collaborative work of The Quarters Arts Society and the Boyle Street Community League, aims to strengthen community relationships in one of Edmonton’s oldest neighbourhoods.

This year, GLOW Festival organizers hope that the event’s third annual parade will spark excitement in the still-brisk spring night.

Weaving its way from Boyle Street Plaza at 7:30 pm, the parade’s course marches through the community to the Vignette building (10004-103 Ave), where the rest of the evening’s familyfriendly events will get underway.

The GLOW Festival brings together community-made paper lanterns with marshmallow roasting and displays from local artists from iHuman, all set to music courtesy of Chubby Cree, demonstrating and making space for the incredible talent that exist within Edmonton.

“GLOW is the perfect vehicle for bringing together people,” says artistic director and founder of Quarters Arts, Lori Gawryluik. “To meet one another and create something beautiful and unique.”

Giant paper plants and animals will light up the streets as participants carry lanterns that represent this year’s theme: migration.

Darren Radbourne, president of Quarters Arts, says people can expect birds, bugs, a 10-foot bison as well as “the largest dandelion you’ve ever seen.”

Gawryluik and Radbourne see this theme reflected in Boyle Street everyday: from the movement of people, the diverse population, the cultural vibrancy, and even the occasional furry interloper visiting from the River Valley.

Although Edmonton isn’t the only city to host a lantern festival, the Quarters Arts decision to pair the parade with the equinox, as a symbol of positive change adds and extra layer of meaning to the annual event, says Radbourne. “We felt that transitional times, like the spring equinox, [is] an important marker especially as we come out of a bitter winter season.”

This is a sentiment shared by the roughly 200 individuals and families that braved the weather during last years GLOW Festival to welcome the somewhat delayed arrival of spring. The organizers hope for a larger turnout this year with anticipation of warmer weather.

Thu., Mar. 22 – Sat., Mar. 24 GLOW Festival Boyle Street Plaza (Performances in various venues) Free In preparation for the lantern parade, Quarters Arts has facilitated lantern-building workshops for all members of community.

“I’ve had really positive experiences doing lantern workshops in places like the Bissell Centre and Boyle Street Community Services,” Radbourne says. “The more people that are involved the more people it can effect.”

Over the past three years GLOW has provided a platform for the Quarters communities to connect, while showcasing the work of residents to the rest of Edmonton.

“I love Boyle Street. It’s my home but it has a very bad rap,” Gawryluik says. “We are trying to give community presence through an art lens of who is actually existing there right now.”

Embracing this cultural overlap gives strength to the neighbourhood and enhances the social fabric of the city, Gawryluik says. “It is so important for us to give voice to the people who are in the community,” Lantern-building workshops run until Friday, March 23. Further details can be found on Quarters Arts Facebook page.

Jazmin Tremblay

VUEWEEKLY.com | MAR 22 - MAR 28, 2018

World Premiere

NORTHERN LIGHT THEATRE IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH L’UNITHÉÂTRE PRESENTS

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME

BY CAT WALSH

WITH FRENCH TRANSLATION

BY MANON BEAUDOIN

MAR 13– MAR 25 LA CITÉ FRANCOPHONE 8627 - 91 STREET ENGLISH PERFORMANCE DATES

7:30pm Nightly 2:00pm Sunday Matinées Tue, Mar 13 Preview Thu, Mar 15 Opening Sun, Mar 18 Tue, Mar 20 2 for 1 Fri, Mar 23 Sun, Mar 25 Performances are in French on alternate dates

TICKETS: $25 Student/Senior, $30 Adults, $20 Sunday Matinée at www.northernlighttheatre.com or 780-471-1586 Prices do not include GST

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Do This In Memory Of Me replaces Cat Walsh’s typical mark of delightfully dark humour with more slapstick

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at Walsh’s newest comingof-age comedy Do This In Memory of Me may have dazzled and confused audience members on its opening night. The play centres around a 12-year-old girl, Geneviève (Nicole St. Martin), who aspires to be an altar server in 1963 Montreal. After being told that the dream is just not possible because of her gender, Geneviève begins questioning Catholicism and its inherently sexist teachings and doctrines.

St. Martin and the rest of the cast do a dynamic job portraying their characters, but the plot quickly runs into some difficulties. Geneviève is written as an astute young girl and her dialogue never gives the audience room to breathe or reflect upon what she just said.

She constantly burns through throw-away questions during her prayers (which make up the bulk of the scenes) and offers every alternative answer to her queries. It can be a bit annoying to the point of fatigue. I understand that she was written this way for comedic effect—which does work in a few instances—but the audience is usually left confused. Not to mention that many of her questions to God are set up as punchlines.

It gets old quick. That being said, St. Martin plays the 12-year-old girl believably; it doesn’t feel like an adult playing a little girl.

There are two threads of plot that interlink throughout the play: Geneviève’s attempt to convince the men in power to let her be an altar server and her mother’s disappearance. We later learn from her father’s confession why Geneviève’s mother has suddenly vanished and it’s easily the strongest scene in the play.

Brian Dooley does an immaculate job playing the stoic Dad with a bit of heart. His threeminute confession/monologue is a powerful piece of acting that both stunned and captivated the audience. Although, it was unfortunately a rare moment for the play. Dooley also plays the hunched-over Father Paul who, non-intentionally resembled Master Yoda. Perhaps it was his use of “hmm” after almost every sentence.

There is also a supernatural quality to Do This In Memory Of Me. After the current hockey-obsessed altar boy, Martin (Steve Jodoin), meets an untimely death, he contacts Geneviève from beyond. Their dialogue is used to drive the plot along, but once again, relies on slapstick humour for an occasional audience chuckle. The spirit world, or purgatory or whatever it’s called (it’s never given a concrete name) is also seen through visually stunning projection work.

Until March 25 Do This In Memory Of Me La Cité Francophone $31.50 And then there’s the character of St. Pancras of Rome, who is also played by Jodoin. I don’t know why the St. Pancras character made it in the final script, but he has to be one of the most irritating characters ever seen or heard. He is projected as a ghostly green apparition who is sent to help Geneviève on her quest to altarhood, but does nothing to aid her.

Instead he complains and moans about useless topics while trying his damnedest to say something funny. Every time he appears it feels like watching a bad episode of South Park. I don’t know if he was supposed to be an homage to The Flintstones’ Great Gazoo, but that’s what I was reminded of. His voice-over also didn’t match the projection’s mouth.

If this was a stylistic choice, I’m very curious as to know why.

Cat Walsh may have missed the mark with Do This In Memory of Me. Her other works like The Laws of Thermodynamics took a more innovative, dark humour approach, and perhaps she should have stuck with that style.

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) BETROFFENHEIT • Citadel Theatre in the Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Choreographer Crystal Pite and actor/playwright Jonathon Young join forces to examine, with unflinching honesty, what happens to the individual in the wake of a trauma • Mar 30-Apr 1 • Starting at $30

CAPITAL CITY BURLESQUE PRESENTS: A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES • Evolution Wonderlounge, 10220-103 St • hello@capitalcityburlesque.com • This onenight-only event is a cheeky celebration of cinema, featuring brand-new, first-time solo performances, a teaser from our upcoming feature production and more • Apr 7, 7-10pm • Tickets start at $15 + fees and GST (available at Eventbrite)

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 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)

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code

JAPANESE CANADIAN INTERNMENT: LEARNING MORE-FILM SCREENING • Borealis Gallery, Legislative Assembly Visitor Centre. 9820-107 St • 780.427.7362 • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/events.html • a screening of Children of Redress, a short 20-minute film produced by the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre that features archival footage and interviews with members of the redress movement • Mar 22, 6-7pm • Free

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema. org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • ALLEY KAT CASK AND KEG NIGHTS: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Mar 31) • 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) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Ferdinand (Mar 24) • REEL LEARNING: The Martian (Mar 27) • SPOTLIGHT: Peter Lynch (Mar 21-22)

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

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

by Stephanie Medford; Mar 6-23 • Juried Members Show; Mar 26-Apr 3; Reception: Mar 31, 1-3pm • Open Sculpture Show; Apr 16-May 4; Reception: Apr 21, 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, 9pm

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) •

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

BEAR CLAW GALLERY • 10403-124 St • 780.482.1204 • info@bearclawgallery.com • bearclawgallery.com • Ancestral Memories: artwork by Jessica Desmoulin; Runs until Mar 22 • Rise. Love. Heal. Celebrate!: artwork by Nathalie Bertin; Mar 31-Apr 11 • Artwork by Jason Carter; Apr 14-Apr 26 • Spring Gallery Walk; Apr 14-15

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 (1011:30am), Contact Improv (7-9pm); Tue: Kids 6-10 (4:30-5:15pm), Toonie Yoga (5:30-6:45pm), Butoh (7-9pm); Wed: Noguchi Taiso (1011:30am); 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

SUBARTIC IMPROV & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St

• milezerodance.com • Co-curated by Jen Mesch and Allison Balcetis, these unique events combine forces of local and visiting artists, who share with the audience to a melange of dance, visual art, music, and text • Apr 6, May 4 • $15 or best offer at the door

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Studio, 10575-115 St NW • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • flamencoenvivo. com • Every Sun until Jun 10, 11:30am12:30pm

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

Scene from Do This In Memory Of Me / Epic Photography

• dance@sugarswing.com • sugarswing.com • Swing dance social • Every Fri-Sat, 8pm (beginner lesson begins) • $12, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages

SUGAR FOOT STOMP! • Sugar Swing Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 VUEWEEKLY.com | MAR 22 - MAR 28, 2018

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 • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Presence: artwork by Jim Visser; Apr 7-21

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 ENTERPRISE SQUARE • 10230 Jasper Ave • Rock Water Wind Exhibition; Apr 10-29; Opening reception: Apr 12, 6:30-9pm; Live music by pianist Bob Husband

FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/ artshows • lacuna: artwork by Becky Thera; Feb 20-May 17 • BDES 2018; Mar 27-Apr 7 • BFA 2018; Apr 17-28

FRONT GALLERY • 10402-124 St •

WOMEN'S ART MUSEUM OF CANADA • 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

thefrontgallery.com • Big Screen TVs: artwork

by Robert Lemay; Opening reception: Mar 22, 7-9pm

LITERARY

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood

Timothy Taylor "The Rule of Stephens" Book Launch; Mar 29, 7-8:30pm

Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • The Art of Truth and Reconciliation: artwork by George Littlechild; Mar 9-Apr 29

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • Wetlands: artwork by Florin Hategan; Mar 29-May 12; Opening reception: Mar 29, 7-10pm • Citizen of the World: artwork by Sara Norquay; Mar 29-May 12; Opening reception: Mar 29, 7-10pm

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM • 11455-87 Ave • albertasocietyofartists.com • Geometry: Reception with guest speaker Megan Dyck, MFA; Apr 7, 2-4pm

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

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • Figures as index: artwork by Luther Konadu; Feb 23-Mar 31 • Linage: artwork by Brittany Bear Hat; Feb 23-Mar 31

LOFT GALLERY & GIFT SHOP • A.J. 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

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

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Home Grown: artwork

by Elaine Funnell & Amanda McCavour; Mar 10-Apr 22 MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@ artsandheritage.ca • A Taste of Science–La science a bon goût!; Until Mar 25 PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • NAESS GALLERY: Human Soul, Human Body, Human Being: artwork by Jorge Arango, Michael Conforti, Dolly Dennis; Until Apr 7 • ARTISTAN NOOK: Powerful Words: artwork by Jennifer Valliere; Until Apr 5 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • This Is Not A Century For Paradises: artwork by Julian Forrest; Mar 15-Apr 7 PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/ eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Open 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

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

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

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (signup); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

ROUGE POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

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

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

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

• 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 francophone, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91 St) • 780.469.8400 • lunitheatre@lunitheatre.ca • lunitheatre.ca • Set in Montreal, 1963–when the world was on a precipice of major change in the fields of science, civil rights and women’s liberation • Mar 13-24

FML (FRIDAY MACEWAN LIVE) • Black Box Theatre in Allard Hall, 11104-104 Ave • macewanimprov@gmail.com • macewanimprovclub. ticketleap.com/fml • A skit comedy show hosted by the MacEwan Improv Club with collaborations from many other clubs around the campus • Mar 23, 5-7pm • $8 (plus additional charges); Percentage of proceeds go to Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation LADIES FOURSOME • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Imagine Sex and the City on a golf course! It’s the day after the funeral, and three women gather for a round of golf in honour of their recently departed fourth. They are joined at the tee by an old friend of the deceased and many surprises, secrets and confessions come to the surface • Feb 6-Apr 1 OPEN JAM • Holy Trinity Church, 10037-84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre. Swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play. For those of all levels • Last Tue of each month

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

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

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

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

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s long form comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Sep 10-Jun 9 • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall,

Hall, 11110-104 Ave • Set in the glamorous,

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

UNDERCOVER • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • One grizzled cop.

One audience-member-turned-rookie-detective.

One unsolved case • Apr 4-29

Print -Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Eyes Water Fire: artwork by Tomoyo Ihaya; Feb 23-Mar 31

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • strathconacountymuseum.ca •Hidden Treasures: Community Service Champions; Runs until Apr 20

Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave

AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave •

CITY OF ANGELS • Triffo Theatre in Allard

ARTIFACTS

Betroffenheit Citadel Theatre Mar 30-Apr 1

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

Tues., Mar. 27 (7 pm) Women Who Dig Book Launch Yellowhead Brewery Edmonton author Trina Moyles has written a book unlike any other. Women Who Dig: Farming, Feminism, and the Fight to Feed the World weaves together the story of female farmers from four continents, including South America, Africa, Asia, and North America. Frustrated by the injustices faced by local producers contributing to the global food system, Moyles began down a road of measuring local gender imbalances against global food imbalances and how the two are interrelated.

With a background in anthropology and global development, she was able to go into communities spanning Guatemala, Uganda, Cuba, India, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to hear the stories of farming women and their daughters around the world.

The narrative is one of collective achievement for the wom-

en she interviews who battle barriers like dowry systems, access to land, domestic violence, maternal health, political and economic marginalization, and rapid climate change.

Women Who Dig is also a story meant to raise global awareness of our nonsensical food system and shed a light on the women who tend to the crops every harvest despite deep-seated inequality issues.

The book also holds several spectacular colour photos taken by Moyles and Vancouver-based photojournalist KJ Dakin in several of the villages Moyles spent time.

“We’re at this interesting and very challenging point right now in terms of the future of food,” Moyles says. “How will we grow food for the populations? The science tells us that small-scale food is more sustainable, but economically speaking it’s so hard for farmers to make it.”

UDELL XHIBITIONS • 10332-124 St NW • 780.488.4445 • udellxhibitions.com • Open Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm • Spring Exhibition; Apr 7, 2-4pm UNION HALL • 6240-99 St • michelle.bylow@ rawartists.org • RAWartists.org/edmonton • RAW Artists Edmonton present ENVISION; Mar 22-23 VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Uncovered and Unashamed: artwork by Andréa Schmidt; Feb 27-Mar 31

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Artwork by Gerda Marschall; Mar 24-Apr 5 • Artwork by Bill Webb; Apr 7-Apr 19

/ Photo by Michael Slobodian

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ACTION-ADVENTURE

Tomb Raider is all about daddy issues as opposed to the actual tombs Tomb Raider Directed by Roar Uthaug Now playing  Lara Croft skulking in a cave / Supplied

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Swede, trained as a ballerina, takes over a franchise from an American, playing an English archaeologist-adventurer who leapt onto the big screen from a video-game series. A slyly self-conscious take on our multicultural, multi-platform, globalized world? Nope, just a reboot of Tomb Raider, which tries to be all running and romping but instead stays dull and lacklustre.

Helmed by Roar Uthaug (did he land the gig because his name

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looked like, to studio bosses, a battle-cry followed by a guttural grunt?) and based on the 2013 video-game reboot, this expedition has Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) as heiress to a corporate-fortune she doesn’t want, because it means admitting her beloved “Daddy” (Dominic West) is dead.

Lara’s slumming it as a courier (a cycle-chase is one of the few sequences here with zip; anyone for Lara Croft, Bike Courier: Door Prizes and Endos?). But when

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she’s about to sign off on her father’s estate papers, she finds a clue, then cracks a puzzle, leading her to a secret lair in the family mausoleum (talk about putting the crypt in decryption). Soon we’re on a second-rate Tintin adventure to an island in the Devil’s Sea (not far from the Great Pacific trash-vortex, unsurprisingly) and the legendary tomb of Japanese queen Himiko (not to be confused with Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, based on an urban

legend about a Japanese woman who died in Minnesota).

All this low-rent, intrepid Indiana Jonesing-for-adventure is stuffed with poppycock and twaddle: a single copy of a map; an unknown island surrounded by treacherous waters; two Crofts who can’t help but go to the very tomb that they bloody well know (it’s stated three times, in serious, plummy tones) is a Pandora’s Box of blights and frights.

The action-scenes never have much charge, thrill, or peril. The final fight-and-flight, in a Temple of the Doomed, plays like a silly new Olympics-event—the cavein steeplechase. Vikander gives a few moments some human feeling (mostly pain or anguish) but Tomb Raider, a.k.a. Lara Croft Resolves Her Daddy Issues, seems most intent on clankily setting up a new franchise for this knockdown, dragged-out snore fest.

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Our Lady Peace carries on its success, well past the normal run of most 1990s alt-rock bands

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ver since Our Lady Peace first hit with 1994’s Naveed, Jeremy Taggart has been the driving-force drummer—a familiar, bespectacled face in one of Canada’s longest-running alt-rock bands.

Taggart’s departure in 2014— he’s since moved on to host a popular podcast and wrote a book with Jonathan Torrens, aka J to the ROC, of Trailer Park Boys fame—came smack dab in a five-year gap between albums, the longest in the band’s history. For 23-year OLP vet and bass player Duncan Coutts, finding and gelling with new drummer Jason Pierce was part of the reason the band hadn’t released a proper record in half a decade.

“It was different,” Coutts says from the tour bus, waiting for soundcheck before a show in Montreal. “But I gotta tell you, recording the new record was an awful lot of fun with Jason. My time in this band with Jeremy Taggart was awesome, and when I look forward to the next number of years with Jason, I’m equally as excited if not more so.”

The new record, Somethingness, is the band’s ninth. Like everything since 2002’s Gravity, singer Raine Maida has decided not to use that soaring, nasal falsetto that made earlier songs like “Clumsy,” “Thief” and “In Repair” sound like nothing else on the radio. Somethingness is more “Innocent” than “Superman’s Dead,” with cathartic, anthemic choruses and modern rock production.

Our Lady Peace is one of the few Canadian bands to carry 1990s success into the present day. The first four albums, up to 2000’s Spiritual Machines, established the band as the driving force in Canadian alt-rock.

Later albums, while sprinkled with the odd charting single,

never quite recaptured the emotional highs that make a song like “4am” time warp Canadians of a certain age back to junior high.

But Coutts says the band has never been interested in simply cashing in on their considerable nostalgia potential.

“I think we’re very much a band that looks to the future,” Coutts says. “The four of us, you have to be exciting each other in the present. And just the reaction we’re getting to the new songs tells me that we’re still doing the right thing, because people are really digging the new stuff.”

Recording any music is a 4000 km logistical feat for Our Lady Peace. Coutts and drummer Pierce keep the Canadian roots strong by calling Toronto home, while Maida and guitarist Steve Mazur live in sunny Los Angeles. Coutts says the T.O. rhythm section gets together frequently to write and jam, fleshing out demos that the L.A. crew sends their way.

The cross-continent band recorded a good chunk of Somethingness in the legendary and appropriately named EastWest Studios in Los Angeles—where, just to scratch the surface, Michael Jackson recorded parts of Thriller and The Beach Boys worked on Pet Sounds. Coutts says even with the distance and new member, recording the new album was proof that Our Lady Peace is as cohesive a unit as its ever been.

“To me the music really breathes,” he says. “It was about the four of us being in a room together and just playing together. We haven’t really done it like that successfully in a long time. Maybe ever.”

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hen Kobo Town comes to play, they deliver a highenergy show with calypso classics and reinterpretations of the genre. after moving to Canada as a teenager, Trinidadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves named the band after the historic neighbourhood in Port of Spain, Trinidad: the birthplace of calypso.

Gonsalves grabbed inspiration from all around him for the band’s latest album Where the Galleon Sank—whether by listening to hits from Trinidad

late into Trinidad … and Calypso over the years developed this sort of dichotomy—this division between danceable and lyrical music which wasn’t there in the early music, and we definitely try to put them together again.”

But he doesn’t intentionally try to merge specific genres when he’s writing and arranging Kobo Town’s songs.

“There’s not really a conscious attempt to build any type of fusion,” he says. “I’m an undisciplined writer, and I write just whatever

on history,” Gonsalves says. “The Caribbean’s past has been particularly dark and brutal at different times, but it’s also come with this great levity in music— this joy in sounds and songs, and that’s a spirt that we definitely try to embody in our songs.”

The idea for Where the Galleon Sank first came to Gonsalves while scoping out film locations for Fish, a 2012 short film his friend Shaun Escayg directed that featured Kobo Town’s music. as

“The Caribbean’s past has been particularly dark and brutal at different times, but it’s also come with this great levity in music—this joy in sounds and songs.” and Tobago Carnival, working with legendary performers like Calypso rose, absorbing ideas from French culture, or spotting quirks in Kobo Town’s homebase Toronto.

This 13-year-old, six-piece band brings those experiences to light through guitars, shuffling hornlines, and Gonsalves’ accented vocals over an unshakeable rhythm section. Their music compels and reflects reflect on the commentary within each lyric.

“Calypso is a music that’s always evolving,” Gonsalves says. “It kind of reflects the dominant influences that sometimes come from pop music or whatever sounds perco-

comes to me. I guess the result of that is that you hear echoes of a lot of different things that are bouncing around my mind and my life … The songs I find just impress themselves on me at different times. I work at it as a craft, but the idea usually comes as a flash.”

Those flashes continually resonate with Canadian music lovers.

Kobo Town’s three albums have received several awards and nominations, including a world music album of the year JUNO nomination for Jumbie in the Juke Box in 2014, and the same nod this year for Where the Galleon Sank.

“The common thread between a lot of the songs is kind of a musing

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they walked along the shore of the Gulf of Paria between Trinidad and Venezuela, evocative half-sunken rusty barges caught their attention.

“You see all the shadows of the sunken ships there, and it just struck me how much of the history of the region was buried under the water … and so I imagine—because some of the songs [on the album] take a historical moment or a place of historical significance as a departure point for the lyrics or for the contemplation or reflection—I imagine it’s almost a little bit like pulling one of these boats up to the surface again.”

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lmost a year after releasing their first full-length album, Calgary-based stoner rock threepiece Woodhawk hits the road on their Magnetic North Tour. Their first full-length album, Beyond the Sun, released in April 2017 and has been doing well across Canada—reaching number 12 on National Loud Top 20 for 2017 on Canadian College Radio Charts, and number 13 for best Canadian metal of 2017.

“If you haven’t heard the music before, it’s pretty riff heavy,” says bassist Mike Badmington. “It’s pretty guitar-driven, a little bit of fuzz sound, big drums, and some soaring vocal melodies.”

According to Badmington, Beyond the Sun doesn’t have a specific theme to it, but rather focuses on imagery and exploration of their own sound.

“It was just kind of playing around with different sounds,” Badmington says. “The inspiration kind of came from all over. It was basically just trying to develop a sound for the band as well, because we had gone through some member changes since the EP was released.”

The original line-up of Woodhawk had a different drummer, but due to lack of interest in the band, he was replaced by Kevin Nelson. The band now consists of

Badmington on bass and vocals, Nelson on drums, and Turner Midzain on guitar and vocals.

“Kevin was actually a huge fan of the band already,” Badmington says. “Before we could even ask anybody if they wanted to try out he was already calling us up and telling us that he needed to show up and play. Pretty much from jam number one we knew that he was the fit for the band.”

Woodhawk recorded Beyond the Sun was recorded at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver with the help of producer Jesse Gander, who is known for his work with bands like Japandroids, Pack AD, and 3 Inches of Blood. The album was recorded in only two weeks.

“We lived at the studio, and got everything done as fast as possible—not meaning rushing—but we were ahead of our own schedule, surprisingly, just because we were so excited to be there,” Badmington says.

“The guy’s a wizard.”

For the sci-fi nerds out there, the seventh track on the album—titled “A New Hope,” in an obvious reference to Star Wars, includes lines like “There’s been a disturbance in the force,” and “Millions of voices cried out, suddenly silenced without a sound.”

“I wouldn’t say that we’re Star

Thu., Mar. 22 (8 pm) Woodhawk w/ Highbernation, and Wolfrik Starlite Room $10 Wars nerds, but we’re definitely big fans,” Badmington says. “It’s always been a kind of running joke about Star Wars references.

One day, I can’t remember exactly how it started—I think Turner was playing with a guitar effect and he was like ‘Oh this sounds cool, pretty spacy, we should write a Star Wars song.’ It started as a joke and we wrote a full Star Wars song and it ended up on the album. Everyone seems to really like that song.”

The name Woodhawk comes from the band member’s mutual love of good beer. They were going to name the group Wychwood—after the brewery — but decided to throw a twist on the moniker.

“One of the beers that really inspired us from their name and logo was Hobgoblin and it’s brewed by Wychwood Brewery. We wanted to use that as a name, then figured it probably wasn’t best to use their name already. So, we tried to put a spin on it.”

Thus Woodhawk was born.

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American Utopia David Byrne Nonesuch Records Inc. On his first solo album in 14 years, David Byrne—the iconic frontman for the now defunct new wave group Talking Heads—paints a speculative picture of america. Well, what he believes to be america.

Byrne’s america is a contradiction—full of chaos, irony, warning signs, houses, and dogs.

Byrne has never been the kind of guy to stick with song convention. He made this album after hearing some electronic drum tracks his friend and producer Brian Eno was toying with. Byrne then added some instrumentation, vocals, and called it a day.

He’s not out to make a platinum pop record. He’s 65-years-old, still has something to say, and doesn’t give a shit if you disagree with him. Just listen to American Utopia’s fourth track “Dog’s mind,” which sounds like it will turn into one of roger Water’s politically-charged ballads, but descends into an outlandish lo-fi synth chant about humans actually being dogs. It’s refreshing, considering everyone and their dog is rushing to make a record about President Trump.

“It’s Not Dark Up Here,” has some classic Byrne lyrics like “the Baptist church is a high school, my hairdresser gives me the news.” On paper, they mean nothing—just halfbaked ideas or thoughts Byrne thought could fit into a song. “Everybody’s Coming To my House,” is the most radiofriendly track on the new record. Beginning with a slightly off time synth emulating a bass clarinet, the track explodes into a chorus that resembles something found on an acid jazz record.

While the songs on this record all contradict each other lyrically and musically, that’s kind of the point. Byrne has made something that can never be replicated. He’s past recreating songs like “Psycho Killer” or “Girlfriend Is Better.”

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PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Lunchpail

TUE MAR 27 ARCADIA BAR Dylan Ella Music

Heals Charity Show; 7-9pm; No cover (suggested $5 donation to Music Heals Canada) AVIARY Jim and Penny

Malmberg; 7pm; No cover BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am

Music Edmonton presents Now Hear This; Mar 21-25

RICHARD'S PUB Shaguar

SUN MAR 25

DJs

BLUES ON WHYTE FKB; 9pm

Band; 7-10pm

ALIBI PUB AND EATERY Open

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam

ROSE & CROWN PUB Keith Retson-Spalding; 9pm

mic night; Every Sun, 6-9pm

Emergency?, Brett Mcready, King Mammoth, The Fantastic Brown Dirt; 8pm; $12

SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Begrime Exemious, Fetid, Pathetic, Lutheran; 9pm; $10; 18+ only SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Mark Ammar’s Saturday Sessions Jam; Every Sat, 4-8pm • Jenny and the Bets; 9pm; $10; No minors SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Al Barrett; 9pm

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

Sun, 9pm BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday

Boss" Wayne; 9pm FESTIVAL PLACE Robyn

Hitchcock; 7:30pm; $25 ON THE ROCKS The Mad Dogs

Experience; 9pm

Punk Rock Banger...Belvedere with guests Downway, Grizzly Trail (Record Release) and The Nielsens; 8pm; $20; 18+ only

RICHARD’S PUB Live musician jam with live karaoke, hosted by the Ralph Pretz Band; Every Sun, 4-8pm

UNION HALL Killy; 9pm

SANDS INN & SUITES Open

CONVOCATION HALL University

of Alberta Opera Workshop: L'etoile!; 7-9pm; Free WINSPEAR CENTRE Edmonton

Symphony Orchestra presents Elgar & Rachmaninoff, conducted by Alexander Prior; 8pm; $15-$82

Wooftop: Metal Mondays with

CAFE BLACKBIRD Edmonton

BLUES ON WHYTE Kenny "Blues

Classical

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig Pub Ham Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm; No cover

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Stu

YARDBIRD SUITE Paul Mccandless with The Charged Particles Trio; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $26 (members), $30 (guests)

MON MAR 26 Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

Bendall; 9pm

TEMPLE–STARLITE ROOM A

Fee; Every Sun

The Bailey Buckaroos; 2pm; $15 at the Bailey Box Office or online

Brunch with PM Bossa; 9am2pm; By donation

STARLITE ROOM Father Funk, Sammy Senior, with guests Sammy Senior, Monkey Twerk, Bass Tasty, Poppa Squats, Thug Shells; 9pm; $20; 18+ only

Floor: DJ Zyppy with DJ Late

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Tunic, Rhythm of Cruelty, Borrachera; 8-11pm; $10; 18+ only

BLUES ON WHYTE FKB; 9pm

Ukulele Circle; 6:30pm; Free DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free FIDDLER'S ROOST Open Stage;

7-11pm HAVE MERCY Mississippi Monday Night Blues Jam hosted by the Dylan Farrell Ban; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up); No cover JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Our

Wannabe: The Spice Girls Tribute Band; 7:30pm; $15-$25

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday

with resident DJs

WED MAR 28 BLUES ON WHYTE Little Mike &

The Tornadoes; 9pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm HAVE MERCY Piano Karaoke featuring with Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm; Free MERCURY ROOM Towers and

Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

Trees with Lovecoast and Shuffalo; 8pm; $10 (adv at YEGLive and Blackbyrd)

HAVE MERCY To-Do Tuesday:

ON THE ROCKS Karaoke

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

Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Our Lady Peace and Matthew Good; 7pm; $46 and up (Ticketmaster) LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open

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

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

Wednesday

SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Jam with 4 Dollar Bill

Screaming at Traffic with Birds Bear Arms, Hazeldean, Sorrier; 8pm; 8pm; $10

Classical

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rod

Jewell Band Open stage TEMPLE–STARLITE ROOM

Lady Peace and Matthew Good; 7pm; $46 and up (Ticketmaster)

Common Deer with guests; $12; 18+ only

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

Session: Leah Harman And Brendan Mcgrath; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

Fiddlers Acoustic Music Jam & Dancing; 7-10pm

punk/garage/indie; Every Tue

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday

SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/

DJs

Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins britpop/

DON GIOVANNI JUBILEE AUDITORIUM APRIL 14, 17 & 20 Enter online at vueweekly.com/contests/

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Country

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH

Music Wednesdays at Noon: Nola Shantz and Kim Cousineau (soprano and piano); 12:10-12:50pm; Free WINSPEAR CENTRE Winspear Overture Tour; 12pm; Free (email Michelle Jones to RSVP)

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

Annie Lou Band Horizon Stage Mar 23, 7:30pm $35 (adult), $30 (students / seniors 65+)

VARIOUS LOCATIONS New Music Edmonton presents Now Hear This; Mar 21-25

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Instigate spinning

/ Supplied

VENUEGUIDE 99TEN 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS 10050 MacDonald Dr ALIBI PUB & EATERY 17328 Stony Plain Rd ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH 10035-103 St 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 BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne Street St. Albert BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BOHEMIA 10217-97 St

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE 8937-82 Ave CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn.com COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 11113-87 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834

EDMONTON CITY HALL ATRIUM 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIONN MACCOOL'S–GATEWAY 4485 Gateway Blvd THE FORGE ON WHYTE 1054982 Ave (Whyte Ave) GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St GERMAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE 8310 Roper Rd HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HILLTOP PUB 8220-106 Ave NW HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage. com JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR & GRILL 9016132 Ave

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 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 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD’S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3117 RIVER CREE–THE VENUE 300 E Lapotac Blvd ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITCHED CHURCH 10209123 St

ROGERS PLACE 10214-104 Ave ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton. com SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9562-82 Ave SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 TEMPLE–STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca 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

Some conditions may apply. Promotion subject to change without notice and AGLC approval.

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

Matt Jones

“Surround Sound”-- one way to take it all in.

Across

1 Fly fast 4 Amy of 2016’s “Arrival” 9 Retool

EvENtS

Weekly EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: lisTiNgs@vueweeKlY.COM DEADLINE: FridaY aT 12pM

COMEDY Big Rock PResents: Devaney’s comeDy night • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave • 780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@ gmail.com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Sep 6-Apr 25, Every Wed, 8:30pm • Free

Big Rock PResents: URBan taveRn comeDy night hosteD By LaRs caLLieoU • Urban Tavern, 11606 Jasper Ave • Every Sun, 8pm

BLack Dog FReehoUse • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu comeDy FactoRy • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu-Fri: 8pm; Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm (until Apr) • Ethan Sir; Mar 22-24 • Chris Sadleir; Apr 12-14

comic stRiP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Fortune Feimster; Mar 22-24 • T.J. Miller; Apr 5-8

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 steaDy • Nook Cafe, 1015397 St • Live stand-up comedy hosted by Kevin Cianciolo • Last Fri of the month, 7:309:30pm • $5 (door)

GrOupS/CLuBS/MEEtinGS aDULt Dance cLasses • Quantum Leap 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,

18 at the back

14 Fire truck accessory 15 Addition to a bill or contract 16 Boisterous 17 Flock formation Adult Ballet 7:45-9:15pm • Drop in Rate $15.75 (inc. GST); 5, 10, 15 Class passes available

aikikai aikiDo cLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu, 7-9pm

amitaBha kaDamPa BUDDhist centRe • 9550-87 St • 780.235.8257

18 Venus, when visible after sunset 20 “Back in Black” rockers 22 Some board members 23 Light nap 24 “In memoriam” write-up 26 Corrosive cleaning stuff 27 Know with certainty 30 Bass or buff ending 31 Bother, to the Bard 34 Smoking-based practical joke that’s hardly seen anymore 37 Have an ___ the hole 38 Opus ___ (“The Da Vinci Code” sect) 39 Drew, the detective 41 It’s tough to hear without an amp 44 8 1/2” x 11” size, briefly 45 Geek blogger Wheaton 46 James of “Gunsmoke” 47 Family member, informally 48 “___ bien!”

49 They may be tough to break 53 Like the Beatles 54 “As far as I can ___ ...”

58 Way up (and down) 61 Director Ang 62 The Chi-___ (“Have You Seen Her” group) 63 Siberian forest region 64 “Chandelier” singer 65 Strap for a dog walk 66 With 67-Across, what each of

the long answers displays 67 See 66-Across

Lgnyeg • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104

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

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)

• info@meditationedmonton.org • meditationedmonton.org • Weekly meditation classes and events. All welcome • Every Sun, Tue, Thu

noRtheRn aLBeRta wooD caRveRs association • Duggan Community Hall,

caRRot coFFee FRienDshiP cLUB •

3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

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

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

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

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

oRganization FoR BiPoLaR aFFective DisoRDeR (oBaD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

Painting FoR PLeasURe • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon schizoPhRenia society FamiLy sUPPoRt DRoP-in gRoUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

take oFF PoUnDs sensiBLy (toPs) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

FoRt saskatchewan 45+ singLes coFFee gRoUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave,

toastmasteRs

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

St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm

• Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus

Down

1 Coffee nickname 2 CFO or COO, e.g.

3 Irked, with “off” 4 “What ___ the odds?”

5 Split (up) 6 Skillful 7 Department store section 8 ___ Lanka 9 Harmon of “Rizzoli & Isles” 10 Spoonful, maybe 11 British isles 12 Exam for H.S. juniors 13 Banks who hosts “America’s Next Top Model” 19 Justin Timberlake’s former group 21 Dave of “Fuller House” 25 Rodeo horse, briefly 26 Sudoku solving skill 27 Costar of Rue, Betty, and Estelle 28 Do really well 29 Hardy wheat in health-food products 30 April ___ (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” reporter) 31 Contrary to 32 “Inferno” poet 33 Black-and-white ocean predators

wiLD Rose antiqUe coLLectoRs society • Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors.ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton. Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm

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 23, 8-9pm; Apr 6, 6-8pm; Apr 13, 6-8pm; Apr 20, 6-8pm LECturES/prESEntAtiOnS LaseRaLBeRta: aRt, cLimate, eneRgy, activism • University of Alberta, Telus 1-50, Telus Centre, 11104-87 Ave • Featuring three globally renowned artists, designers, and scientists to cross pollinate their research and creativity by presenting their own work • Apr 3, 6-7:30pm

oPeRa 101: Don giovanni • CKUA

35 Actor Elba 36 Become used (to) 40 Calendar spans, for short 42 Unexpected plot turn 43 Bin contents, until emptied 47 Private reserve 48 Implied but not stated 49 “Life In ___” (Matt Groening comic strip) 50 “That’s ___!” (“Not so!”)

51 Alpha successor 52 Currier’s lithography partner 53 Herr’s wife 55 Otherwise 56 Princess from Alderaan 57 Goneril’s father 59 Prefix with laryngology 60 Palindromic, growly-sounding compressed file format ©2018 Jonesin’ Crosswords

Ave) for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church

BeeRs FoR qUeeRs • Empress Ale House, 9912-82 Ave • With DJ Jos • Last Thu of every month • Free • 18+ only

g.L.B.t.q senioRs gRoUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.4235510 (Sage) • tuff69@telus. net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Tue, 1-4pm

PRiDe centRe oF eDmonton • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 2nd Floor, 10618-105 Ave • Wheelchair-accessible elevator at 10610 105 Avenue • (780) 488-3234 • pridecentreofedmonton.org/calendar.html • OFFiCe & drOp iN hOurs: Mon-Fri 12-7pm; Closed Sat-Sun and holidays • YOga: (all ages), 2nd and 4th Mon of every month • TTiQ: (18+ Trans Group) 2nd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • TraNs YOuTh grOup & pareNTs/Caregivers suppOrT: (24 and under) included 3rd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • FierCe FuN: (24 and under) Biweekly Tue, 7-9pm, games and activities for youth • JaMOuT: (12-24) Biweekly Tue, 7-8:30pm, music mentorship and instruction for youth • TwO spiriT gaTheriNg: 4th Wed of every month, 6-8pm, gathering for First Nations Two Spirit people • MeN’s sOCial CirCle: (18+) 1st and 3rd Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone masculine-identified • wOMeN’s sOCial CirCle: (18+) 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone feminine-identified • MOvies & gaMes NighT: Biweekly Fri, 6-8:30pm • arTs & ideNTiTY: Biweekly Fri, 6-8:30pm • CreaTiNg saFer spaCes TraiNiNg: Interactive professional development workshops, with full or half-day options • Queer YOuTh MeNTOriNg: (Youth: 12–24) (Adults 26+)

Radio 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

team eDmonton • Locations vary • teamedmonton.ca • LGBTQ2+ inclusive. Various sports and recreation activities. Events include: “Gayming”, archery, swimming, floor hockey, volleyball, yoga, and more • Events are seasonal and can change, visit website for more details

QuEEr

• ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue evenings & Sat mornings

aFFiRm gRoUP • garysdeskcom@hotmail. com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet the last Sun of every month at State & Main (101 St and Jasper

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yoga with JenniFeR • 780.439.6950

CannaBis COnventiOns

WoulD a Strain by any other name Smell aS Dank?

The old-school practice of giving pot subspecies weird and potentially copyright-infringing names may end soon end annabis strains like 007, Critical Bilbo, and master Yoda c had a good run in dorm rooms

and on ravine couches of mysterious origin, but, when Canada legalizes recreational marijuana this summer, shoppers will see less colourful cannabis names. rather, those looking to buy pot in the upcoming ‘white market’ will see words like “premium,” and more descriptive words advertising the dominance of THC or CBD in a strain, along with some other, more traditional means of branding than strain breeders used in the black market, which varied from the comical (Bob Saget OG) to the somewhat alarming (Green Crack, for instance). aurora Cannabis, which named Edmonton as its world headquarters in February, calls Sour Diesel ODIN 2, and Ghost Train Haze THOr 2, for instance.

The old, black-market names

Special eventS 2018 Orchid Fair • Moonflower Room, Enjoy Centre, 101 Riel Drive, St. Albert • orchidsalberta.wildapricot.org • Celebrating the hobby of orchid growing with an annual show and sale • Apr 6-8 • $10 anneke's antique sale • Heritage Park Pavilion, 5100-41 Ave, Stony Plain • 780.699.7839 • ceantiques@shaw.ca • classiceuropeanantiques.com • Over 130 tables of Alberta's best antiques and collectibles • Mar 30-31, 10am-4pm • $5 (adults), free (kids)

BlatchFOrd BOOgie-WOOgie • Alberta Aviation Museum, 11410 Kingsway • 780.451.1175 • events@albertaaviationmuseum.com • Let the C-Jam Big Band and Sugar Swing Dance Club swing you into spring • Apr 7, 7pm • $35 (TIX on the Square and in person at the venue) • 18+ only

dumpling pOp-up • Prairie Noodle Shop, 10350-124 St • gourmaicooking@gmail.com • A dumplings only pop-up • Mar 25, 12-3pm (reservations), 3-8pm (walk-ins) easter eggstravaganza at rutherFOrd hOuse • Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site, 11153 Saskatchewan Drive • 780.427.3995 • rutherford.House@ gov.ab.ca • rutherfordhousehistoricsite.org • Enjoy freshly baked cookies and a springthemed craft. Learn about a variety of natural dyes and how they were used to colour eggs • Mar 25, 12-4pm • $5-$7

may still appear as fine print on legalized pot labels—for a time—so seasoned users have an idea of what they’re buying, but the future nomenclature of existent and future strains lies in the hands of legitimate, brick-andmortar, taxed businesses, and it has a slew of limitations when the government begins to regulate the substance.

“The naming of the strains was a creative process done by people who weren’t concerned with trademarks so much,” says David Lynn, senior VP of marketing with GrenEx Pharms, Edmonton’s first licensed medicinal cannabis grow-op. “Now that we’re migrating to a legalized market, what you’re going to see is people creating names for products that are kind of superimposed on those strain names, and they will trademark to the extent possible those brand names.”

In theory, some of the old names can infringe on existing trademarks—Critical Bilbo may catch the ire of the Tolkien estate. State-side, Hersheys, the well-known candy company, started a few court battles with pot product producers whose offerings mimic theirs, back in 2014. as it stands, in Canada, there isn’t a lot of legal precedent for this, but Lynn expects producers to shy away from, say, Led Zeppelin references in their naming conventions just to avoid the possibility. in a fairly unhelpful move, the Government of Canada’s Department of Justice sent VUE a link to its intellectual property office site when asked for more information on the matter. additionally, the department stated it’s unable to provide legal advice to organizations outside the federal government.

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Creating new strains will also be more highly regulated than it has been in the past, though having this practice out in the open can make growing cannabis plants an easier proposition. Future pot breeders can make strains that are resistant to drought, mildew, or pests, Lynn says.

That said, Lynn says he, along with other producers, expect to see more and more types of plants come into existence when everything is above board with the Government of Canada.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Europeans used to think that all swans were white. It was a reasonable certainty given the fact that all swans in Europe were that color.

But in 1697, Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh and his sailors made a pioneering foray to the southwestern coast of the land we now call Australia. As they sailed up a river the indigenous tribe called Derbarl Yerrigan, they spied black swans.

They were shocked. The anomalous creatures invalidated an assumption based on centuries of observations. Today, a “black swan” is a metaphor referring to an unexpected event that contravenes prevailing theories about the way the world works. I suspect you’ll soon experience such an incongruity yourself. It might be a good thing!

Especially if you welcome it instead of resisting it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Crayola is one of the world’s foremost crayon manufacturers. The geniuses in charge of naming its crayon colors are playful and imaginative. Among the company’s standard offerings, for example, are Pink Sherbet, Carnation Pink, Tickle Me Pink, Piggy Pink, Pink Flamingo, and Shocking Pink. Oddly, however, there is no colour that’s simply called Pink. I find that a bit disturbing. As much as I love extravagant creativity and poetic whimsy, I think it’s also important to cherish and nurture the basics. In accordance with the astrological omens, that’s my advice for you in the coming weeks. Experiment with fanciful fun, but not at the expense of the fundamentals.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to Vice magazine, Russian scientist Anatoli Brouchkov is pleased with the experiment he tried. He injected himself with 3.5-millionyear-old bacteria that his colleagues had dug out of the permafrost in Siberia. The infusion of this ancient life form, he says, enhanced his energy and strengthened his immune system. I can’t vouch for the veracity of his claim, but I do know this: It’s an apt metaphor for possibilities you could take advantage of in the near future: drawing on an old resource to boost your

power, for example, or calling on a well-preserved part of the past to supercharge the present.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Booze has played a crucial role in the development of civilization, says biomolecular archaeologist Patrick McGovern. The process of creating this mind-altering staple was independently discovered by many different cultures, usually before they invented writing. The buzz it provides has “fired our creativity and fostered the development of language, the arts, and religion.” On the downside, excessive consumption of alcohol has led to millions of bad decisions and has wrecked countless lives. Everything I just said is a preface to my main message, Leo: The coming weeks will be a favourable time to transform your habitual perspective, but only if you do so safely and constructively. Whether you choose to try intoxicants, wild adventures, exhilarating travel, or edgy experiments, know your limits.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The astrological omens suggest that the coming weeks will be favorable for making agreements, pondering mergers, and strengthening bonds.

You’ll be wise to deepen at least one of your commitments. You’ll stir up interesting challenges if you consider the possibility of entering into more disciplined and dynamic unions with worthy partners. Do you trust your own perceptions and insights to guide you toward ever-healthier alliances? Do what you must to muster that trust.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you want people to know who you really are and savour you for your unique beauty, you must be honest with those people. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy.

There’s a similar principle at work if you want to know who you really are and savor yourself for your unique beauty: You must be honest with yourself. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to practice these high arts.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): My goal here is to convince you to embark on an orgy of self-care—to be as sweet and tender and nurturing to yourself as you dare to be. If that influences you to go too far in providing yourself with luxurious necessities, I’m OK with it. And if your solicitous efforts to focus on your own health and well-being make you appear a bit self-indulgent or narcissistic, I think it’s an acceptable price to pay. Here are more key themes for you in the coming weeks: basking in the glow of selflove; exulting in the perks of your sanctuary; honoring the vulnerabilities that make you interesting.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One day, Beatles’ guitarist George Harrison decided to compose his next song’s lyrics “based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book.” He viewed this as a divinatory experiment, as a quest to incorporate the flow of coincidence into his creative process.

The words he found in the first book were “gently weeps.” They became the seed for his tune “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

Rolling Stone magazine ultimately named it one of “The Greatest Songs of All Time” and the 10th best Beatles song. In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you try some divinatory experiments of your own in the coming weeks. Use life’s fun little synchronicities to generate playful clues and unexpected guidance.

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I’m a 26-year-old cis queer woman. My best friend has identified publicly as asexual for the past two years. She constantly talks about how since she doesn’t “need” sex, this means she is asexual. She does have sex, however, and she enjoys it, which I know isn’t disqualifying. But she also actively seeks out sex partners and sex. But, again, she insists that because she doesn’t “need” sex the way she presumes the rest of us do, she is asexual. I have an issue with this. I’ve never had partnered sex and never really felt the need or desire for it. I’m plenty happy with emotional intimacy from others and masturbation for my sexual needs, and I do not particularly desire a romantic or sexual partner. My friend gets offended if anyone questions her label, which occurs often in our friend group as people try to understand her situation. I usually defend her to others since she’s my friend, but as a person who is starting to identify more and more as asexual, I’ve grown annoyed at her use of “asexual” as her identifier, to the point that this may be starting to affect our friendship. I’ve kept silent because I don’t want to make her feel attacked—but in the privacy of my own head, I’m calling bullshit on her asexuality. I don’t particularly want to come out as

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asexual to her, given the circumstances. Am I just being a shitty gatekeeping asexual? Do I need to just accept that labels are only as useful as we make them and let this go?

ACTUALLY COITUS EVADING Asexuality—it’s a real thing. “Several population-level studies have now found that about one percent of individuals report not feeling sexual attraction to another person—ever,” Dr. Lori Brotto writes in the Globe and Mail. Dr. Brotto has extensively studied asexuality, and the data supports the conclusion that asexuality is a sexual orientation on par with heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality. “[Asexuality] is not celibacy, which is the conscious choice to not have sex even though sexual desires may endure,” Dr. Brotto writes. “Rather, for these individuals, there is no inherent wish for or desire for sex, and there never has been. They are asexuals, though many prefer to go by the endearing term ‘aces.’” Asexuality—it’s a point on a spectrum and it’s a spectrum unto itself. “There is a spectrum of sexuality, with sexual and asexual as the endpoints and a gray area in between,” says whoever wrote the General FAQ at the Asexual Visibility and Education Network website (asexuality. org). “Many people identify in this gray area under the identity of

‘gray-asexual’ or ‘gray-a.’ Examples of gray-asexuality include an individual who does not normally experience sexual attraction but does experience it sometimes; experiences sexual attraction but has a low sex drive; experiences sexual attraction and drive but not strongly enough to want to act on them; and/or can enjoy and desire sex but only under very limited and specific circumstances. Even more, many gray-asexuals still identify as asexual because they may find it easier to explain, especially if the few instances in which they felt sexual attraction were brief and fleeting. Furthermore, [some] asexual people in relationships might choose or even want to have sex with their partner as a way of showing affection, and they might even enjoy it. Others may want to have sex in order to have children, or to satisfy a curiosity, or for other reasons.”

As for your friend, ACE, well, according to the Protocols of the Elders of Tumblr, we’re no longer allowed to express doubt about someone’s professed sexual orientation or gender identity. So if Republican U.S. senator Larry Craig of Idaho gets caught trawling for dick in an airport bathroom—which he did in 2007—and insists it was all a misunderstanding because, you know, he’s 200 percent straight, well, then he’s straight.

(And if Jeffrey Dahmer says he’s a vegetarian) So even if your friend pulls the cock from her mouth and/or the pussy off her face only long enough to shout, “I’M ACE,” before slapping her mouth back down into someone’s lap, then she’s ace, ACE. Maybe in the same way Larry Craig is straight, your friend is asexual—or, hey, maybe she’s asexual in the “gray-a” sense, i.e., under certain circumstances (awake, aware, conscious, alert, sentient), she experiences sexual attraction. Or maybe she’s not a gray-a who identifies as ace but an actual asexual who is having sex for “other reasons.”

A person doesn’t have to be celibate to be asexual or to identify as asexual, ACE, and until there’s an asexual accreditation agency—which there never will be and never should be—we’ll just have to take your friend’s word for it.

But just as asexuality is a thing, ACE, so too is bullshit. Denial is a thing, and sex shame is an incredibly destructive thing. Like the guy who has a lot of gay sex but refuses to identify as gay or bi, it’s possible your friend is just a messy closet case—a closeted sexual, someone who wants sex but doesn’t want to be seen as the kind of person who wants sex since only bad people want sex. Some people twist them-

selves into the oddest knots so they can have what they want without having to admit they want it. But even if it sounds to you (and me) like your friend’s label is suspect, you should nevertheless hold your tongue and allow her to identify however she likes. Ask questions, sure, but challenging her label will only damage your relationship (or further damage it) and make you feel like a closeted, gatekeeping ace.

And if you find yourself getting annoyed when your ace-identified friend starts in on how she doesn’t really “need” all the sex she’s having, ACE, do what I used to do when I had to listen to guys I knew for a fact were having tons of gay sex (because they were having it with me) go on and on about how they didn’t really “need” cock: smile, nod, roll ’em over, and fuck ’em in the ass again. (Feel free to swap “change the subject” for “roll ’em over” and “leave the room” for “fuck ’em in the ass.”)

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Settle a dispute between friends? I’m a straight man who gets hit on fairly often by women, mostly at the gym. I usually respond with a variation on “I would be interested but I’m married.” Some of my friends argue that by saying, “I’m interested but I’m married,” I’m telegraphing an interest in some sort of affair. That isn’t my intent. I mean it as a compliment.

What I’m trying to communicate is “You’re an attractive person who put yourself out there and I don’t want to crush your spirit with a curt ‘No.’” What is your take, Dan? MUTUAL ATTRACTION RARELY RESULTS IN EROTIC DALLIANCES Which is it, MARRIED: “I would be interested but I’m married” or “I am interested but I’m married”? Because there’s a difference between “I would” and “I am” in this context. When you say, “I would be interested but I’m married,” you’re shutting it down: We could fuck if I wasn’t married, but I am so we can’t.

But when you say, “I am interested but I’m married,” that can be read very differently: I’m down to fuck but—full disclosure— I’m married. If that’s okay with you, let’s find a stairwell and do this thing.

“Would be” politely shuts the door, MARRIED, “am” opens the door a crack and invites the sweaty woman at the gym to push against it to see if it’ll open all the way.

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