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POLITICALINTERFERENCE

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Lessons from Saskatchewan Sask. Premier Brad Wall raises taxes in budget rollout

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ince the moment Rachel Notley became premier of Alberta, Albertans have been pretty consistently subjected to a chorus of adoration and admiration from the province’s right for the fiscal and social policies of Saskatchewan’s premier Brad Wall.

Hardly a week goes by where we don’t see some tweet, social media post, or op-ed from the Wall cheerleaders at the Wildrose or the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). They extol the fact that Saskatchewan had lost fewer jobs in the downturn, or that Wall doesn’t run deficits, or that he’s willing to take a hard-line stance against public sector workers. Wall has become some sort of ultra-right hero, and these folks on the right lament often that he’s not the one leading Alberta at this moment of fiscal crisis. They make no bones about the fact they believe he would do a better job than Notley, and figure that if Alberta just copied everything he was doing in Saskatchewan, our problems would be solved.

It was quite interesting, therefore, that there was nary a peep out of any of these folks in response to

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last week’s Saskatchewan budget.

No witty posts from Wildrose finance critic Derek Fildebrandt, no statement from Leader of the Opposition Brian Jean, and no op-eds from the Taxpayers Federation’s Paige MacPherson who has written so many gushing pieces about Wall it can be hard to keep track. But, not this time.

So why the silence?

Could it be that Wall’s budget is an admission of a truth that Alberta’s right is still unwilling to acknowledge?

As conservative budgets go, Saskatchewan’s latest effort was fairly typical: public sector job cuts, demands for public sector salary concessions, a tax cut to corporations, and cuts to front-line programs and services. There was, however, one surprising aspect to Wall’s budget—he raised taxes on

pretty much everything. Between increased sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco, a one percent increase to the province’s sales tax, and the elimination of tax exemptions on everything from children’s clothing to farm fuel, Wall’s budget is expected to generate almost $1 billion in new tax revenue this year.

ratio and added $3 billion in tax revenue this year?

What’s really interesting, however, is that despite all the cuts and the increased taxes the Saskatchewan budget is still projecting a deficit for this year. Apparently a government in a prairie province can cut spending and increase taxes and still not balance the budget. For the record, this is Wall’s fifth deficit budget in the last 10 years—not a great record for someone who prides himself on being a fiscal conservative.

What Wall appears to have figured out is that, like Alberta, Saskatchewan’s finances are too dependant on revenues from the oil and gas industry. The recent collapse of international oil prices has laid bare the reality that years of conservative tax policy have gutted the provinces’ most reliable and dependable stream

Wall has become some sort of ultraright hero, and these folks on the right lament often that he’s not the one leading Alberta...

That’s a billion dollar tax increase on total revenues of just over $14 billion. Alberta’s projected total revenues for this year are just over $45 billion. Can you imagine the degree to which the Wildrose and CTF would lose their minds if the government increased revenues by a similar

of revenue and that it’s time to do something about it. Given the reality of current oil prices, and the fact they will not increase for a long time—if ever—Wall seems to have realized the impossibility of ever balancing the books without increasing taxes.

That realization, combined with the reality that Alberta’s GDP growth is currently 2.6 percent compared to Saksatchewan’s 0.8 percent, will give the Wildrose Party, the CTF, and even the PCs some pause for thought. Government spending during a downturn creates jobs, gets money moving, and ultimately helps the economy grow. Austerity policies do not.

That said, Wall’s budget should also give Alberta’s governing New Democrats something to think about. If even Canada’s most conservative premier is willing to concede that waiting for oil prices to improve will never get an oil-dependent province out of the fiscal hole, isn’t it high time the Alberta government came to the same realization and earnestly got about the business of fixing our flawed revenue system?

Wall knows we are undertaxed.

Shouldn’t we?

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A little violence, perhaps?

After his death, influence of Martin McGuinness still resonates in Ireland

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artin McGuinness, who began as a terrorist and ended up as Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, died peacefully in hospital on Monday at age 66. His career spanned almost five decades in the history of that small but troubled place—and by resigning from the power-sharing government in January, he began a new and possibly final act in that longrunning drama.

If it really is the last act in the Northern Irish tragedy, leading eventually to some form of “joint sovereignty” over Northern Ireland by the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic, then there may be some more blood spilled before the end. That would not have bothered McGuinness, for all his latter-day reputation as a man of peace.

As a Catholic born in Derry, Northern Ireland’s second city, McGuinness grew up believing that Britain must be driven out of Ireland and that the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland must be forced to accept unification with the Irish Republic. But the burning issue when he was a young man was the oppression of Northern Irish Catholics by the Protestant majority.

The initial Catholic protests against that in the mid-1960s were nonviolent, but McGuinness (aged 21) was already the second-in-command

of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Derry at the time of Bloody Sunday in 1972—when 14 civil rights protesters were killed in the city by British soldiers.

The Provisional IRA exploited atrocities like that to convert the Catholic's non-violent struggle for civil rights into a guerilla war, employing terrorist tactics and aiming for unification with Ireland. McGuinness was one of the foremost advocates of violence and quickly rose to become the IRA’s chief of staff.

He claimed to leave the IRA in 1974 in order to enter politics (which made it possible for him to talk to the British authorities), but all local observers agree that he remained a senior IRA operational commander at least down to the end of the 1980s. As such, he was probably responsible for such IRA innovations as “human bombs” (not to be confused with suicide bombs).

In 1990, for example, Patsy Gillespie, a Catholic civilian who worked as a cook at a British army base, was ab-

ducted by the IRA and strapped into a van packed with 450 kg of explosives.

While his family was held hostage, he was ordered to drive the van to a British army check-point—whereupon the bomb was detonated, killing Gillespie and five British soldiers.

In all, the IRA killed 1,781 people during the period when McGuinness was a senior commander, including 644 civilians, and McGuinness was probably

played a key role in persuading most of the more dedicated IRA killers to accept the power-sharing government embodied in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

As the leader of Sinn Fein, the IRA’s political wing, in Northern Ireland, McGuinness became the Deputy First Minister of the province, sharing power with the biggest Protestant party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

He was seen as a calm, constructive politician during his 10 years in office—but he never lost sight of his ultimate goal.

When he resigned in January, he had two excellent pretexts for doing so. First, he knew that he was dying (from a rare heart condition). Second, First Minister Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP and his partner in office, was entangled in a profoundly embarrassing energy scandal but was stubbornly refusing to step aside.

However, McGuinness was also well aware that Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in last June’s ref-

McGuinness was probably not hoping for a return to violence, but he was undoubtedly open to it if necessary. involved in the decision-making on half of those attacks. Fintan O’Toole, a columnist in the Irish Times, recently called him a “mass killer.”

But if so, he was a pragmatic mass killer. When it became clear in the 1990s that the campaign of violence was not delivering the results McGuinness had hoped for, he was open to peaceful compromise—at least until circumstances improved. He

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erendum created new possibilities in Northern Ireland (which voted heavily to stay in the EU).

The open border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic depends on both countries being part of the EU. When Britain leaves it will almost inevitably become a “hard” border that controls the movement of both goods and people. That would greatly anger the Catholic of Northern Ireland, and if Sinn Fein goes on refusing to appoint a deputy prime minister then no new power-sharing government is possible either.

There was an unscheduled election early this month that produced no movement from Sinn Fein, and another may be called at the end of next week. But there is no sign that either Sinn Fein or the DUP will budge, and in the end Britain may be obliged to re-impose “direct rule” from London on Northern Ireland, which would anger Catholics even more.

McGuinness was probably not hoping for a return to violence, but he was undoubtedly open to it if necessary.

Solving the border issue will require creative thinking all round, and could lead to outcomes the IRA and Sinn Fein would welcome—like joint British-Irish sovereignty over Northern Ireland. A little violence could help to stimulate that kind of thinking.

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Reports out of Ottawa announce that Canada could legalize marijuana by Canada Day, 2018, making every Canadian flag with a pot leaf instead of a maple leaf finally relevant.

CBC says that it could be up to each province to create its own weed rules and guidelines around how to regulate the drug.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley calls the changes in federal laws complex, but that her government is preparing to deal with them. The story states that Notley’s worries focus on the safety of young Albertans and the possibility that legalizing pot could lead to a residual black market.

When asked about the potential legalization of pot, the guy who hangs out by the 7-Eleven dumpster said he’s fine with it because he’s been selling oregano for years.

3 Speed(ing tickets) Multiple Edmonton news sources are reporting that a local man is furious after he received three photo radar tickets in a five-hour-period.

Aaron Bevan states the tickets were all on Calgary Trail, and while he admits he was driving fast, he thinks the city is double-dipping on the

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same infraction with two of them happening mere minutes of each other. There was no mention about how furious he was in relation to how fast he was going though. Was he 2 Fast 2 Furious or was he Tokyo Drift furious? These are the questions that need to be asked, but I don’t see anyone out there doing it.

311 is not a joke The newly updated 311 app for your mobile device is live and aimed at citizenry reporting parking infractions.

Instead of calling the police directly, those with the 311 smartphone app can report suspected parking infractions to the city. The app (android or apple) will allow the user to snap a photo with their complaint and use their smartphone’s GPS function to lead police to the location.

This streamlines the complaints by sending them directly to the city’s parking enforcement officers.

Other complaints that can be made in the app are dead animal removal, unsightly property, good/bad graffiti, dead trees, potholes and trail maintenance. There was some talk of adding ghost disturbances to the report list but that was negated because, as we all know, those are best handled by calling.

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Best losers Alberta casinos will host TournEvent of Champions, which will send 28 lucky Albertans to Las Vegas for a chance to win some cash.

A press release states that, from now until late September, Albertans can compete for a chance to attend the "Million Dollar Event" in Las Vegas, NV. TournEvent of Champions is North America’s premier slot tournament making its debut in Alberta this year, according to the release.

Players from across the United States, Peru, and Canada are participating and vying for a chance to win more than $1.3 million in U.S. funds.

Just announced: Next month, I will be hosting the "TournEvent of Losers" and will bring all the best Alberta losers to my basement so they can lose like the champion losers they are!

Do you lose? Have you lost? Do you feel like your super hero power is to never ever win? Well then, fax me a google!

Depending on how much money the contestants are willing to lose, they could possibly LOSE IT ALL! All losings will go to me finally getting gold teeth and a spare appendix in case the one I have right now breaks.

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TO THE PINT // BREWING

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Slight adjustments of core components can result in drastic flavour outcomes

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love hops. I love big, bitter beer. I love the way hops can offer a huge range of flavours and aromas, from fruity to grassy to earthy to citrusy to funky. One of the great shifts in the beer world has been (many) consumers’ embrace of hops.

That's a good thing, the more hops the better.

But, I am here to suggest there is more to the flavour of beer than hops. Sure, hop hits you in the face, making you notice it and drawing a lot of the attention, especially in hop-accented styles. But we ignore the other ingredients at our peril. Allow me to expand.

Water makes up the vast majority of beer’s ingredients, and consumers spend most of our time ignoring it. But to brewers, water—or more accurately water chemistry—matters a lot. Water contains all sorts of dissolved minerals, compounds and elements. The amount of carbonate, magnesium, salt, sulfate, calcium, nitrate and other elements can substantially affect the flavour of beer. In British IPAs, high levels of bicarbonates, sulfates and other elements are crucial for drawing out the hop bitterness. In contrast, a classic Czech Pilsner needs very soft water, low in most minerals.

Water matters.

Yeast, of course, is the ingredient that makes beer. Depending on which strain you use, you can create a clean, crisp beer or a funky, earthy, spicy Belgian-like beer using the same recipe. Yeast is often an unsung hero in creating beer flavour.

Malt also matters. We have long known the specialty malts—crystal, munich, chocolate, black patent and so on—are crucial to creating beer flavour. They add particular flavours that define styles and make beer distinctive. But specialty malts rarely constitute more than 20 percent of a beer’s grain bill. Most of the malt volume comes from what brewers call “base malt,”

a pale, lightly kilned malt that does the heavy lifting around adding sugar to feed the yeast.

We overlook base malt at our own peril. First, there are many ways to create base malt. Techniques like floor-malting and decisions around moisture level and kiln temperature can make a huge difference in the final outcome of the malt. Standard North American two-row base malt—while an amazing product—tastes nothing like a floor-malted Maris Otter from Britain.

The latter is softer, fuller and more rounded.

Pilsner malt, again created from a different process, tastes different yet again.

Brewers understand this to a degree, but it is something lost on most consumers. As is the question of barley variety. Most of us are wellversed in the world of hop varieties, the flavour differences between a Mosaic and a Hallertauer and so forth. Very few of us (including me) could even start describing the differences between barley varieties.

Red Deer brewery Troubled Monk recently engaged in an experiment. They made three versions of their blonde ale, Golden Gaetz, a beer noted for a delicate malt flavour and subdued hop notes. One was their usual recipe. The other two used, exclusively, different barley varieties. All three were tried side-byside (blindfolded). The differences between the three beer were palpable and fascinating.

Everything else was the same—the only thing that changed was the base malt.

It is a good lesson in remembering that beer is the amalgam of all of its core ingredients— water, malt, hops and yeast. Each brings something to the party and we ignore their impact at our peril.

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ARTS Until May 28 The Looking Glass Art Gallery of Alberta, $12.50 quite realistic while others are more abstract and curious.

“I was really interested in the fact that many times the artist’s self portrait usually never looks like the artist," Ritchie says. "You can reflect yourself in such a way that isn't necessarily a mimesis or exact depiction of your own face or body.”

Eric Penny's self portrait // Stephan Boissonneault

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The Looking Glass displays varying representations of the human figure

s you walk into the The Looking Glass exhibition, you’re immediately greeted by a colossal mounted head. While the walls are covered with various paintings and photographs, the giant head sculpture is always in your peripheral, enticing you to come a bit closer.

The Looking Glass contains an array of portraits from many different artistic mediums in the 19th and 20th

centuries, seeking to explore the idea of portraiture, visual culture and our current selfie era.

The head sculpture is a work from Toronto-based sculptor, Evan Penny, who focuses on making hyperrealistic human forms out of pigment, silicone, hair and aluminum.

There are two of Penny’s sculptures in the exhibit. The first one being a portrait of the late Arnaud Maggs,

a Canadian artist and photographer, and the second is a self-portrait.

“You can’t miss these busts once you walk in,” says exhibition curator Laura Ritchie. “They’re a bit bigger than normal human scale so they’re a little awkward. It’s really interesting to recognize the amount of detail and the oriented process of making the representation of a person.”

Ritchie had the arduous, but in-

triguing task of deciding which pieces would be shown in The Looking Glass.

“The thing that I found was that so often the context of the portraits making is evident within the work," Ritchie explains. "Basically it means you can learn as much about the artist as the subject of the portrait."

Like Penny’s second bust, many of the works in The Looking Glass are self-portraits of the artist. Some are

The exhibit is separated into the five sections of family, famous faces, the body, selfies and colonialism portraiture.

One work that stands out in the family section is Hugo Viewegar’s 1914 “Irma and Hem,” a photo of Viewegar’s son and daughter made with an early colour photography technique called autochrome— which consists of using a glass plate and dyed potato starch. The photo is viewed behind a curtained room and illuminated by a tiny light that makes the image seem transparent.

The girl is easily detectable, but the boy appears faint as a ghost due to the long exposure time required to take the photo.

In the next room is a black and white photo of Sir Winston Churchill and a multi-coloured portrait of Wayne Gretzky made by Andy Warhol, but perhaps the most powerful images are the several images of coal miners.

“It goes back to that question of context," Ritchie says. "When those images were taken it was usually for the artist’s project. They would take pictures of the working class when usually the artist’s privilege is one of affluence.

You almost get a sense of empathy."

Like all exhibits, and art in general, The Looking Glass asks many questions and the answers are open to interpretation.

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Bonfire Festival sparks up

Tue., Apr. 4 to Sat., Apr. 8 Rapid Fire’s 2017 Bonfire Festival Citadel Theatre, $12

Rapid Fire Theatre offers an array of improv activities for event's sixth year

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Bonfire Festival // Supplied by Matt Schuurman

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o script? No problem.

Rapid Fire Theatre’s sixth annual improvisational Bonfire Festival will arrive blazing hot, with brand new concepts constructed by the company.

Bonfire's talent is all from Edmonton, a city that Rapid Fire Theatre artistic director Matt Schuurman says has a self-identified, unique energy and isn’t afraid to build its own creations.

“It is a place where you can try ideas and where concepts are made—this festival really encapsulates this," says Schuurman.

Improvisation—casually called improv—is of course the popular form of live theatre acting, thinking and constructing a plot on the fly.

"Big risks—if they pay off great, but if not, it is still massively enter-

taining to see," Schuurman says. “It is like watching a train wreck or a beautiful fireworks show. Both are so exciting to be a part of."

Every show will have a completely different concept and lineup. For example, one sketch will feature two actors forced to practice a particular acting skill, except they are unaware of what that is. The audience is in on the gag, and every time the improviser commits the act without knowing it, they receive a small electrical shock.

Another show is called the "Karaoke Bar." Audience members will be invited on stage to perform their favourite song, while actors do improv based on the song and performance.

Although the show definitely appeals to the comedic senses, there are also threads of inspira-

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tion found throughout the show as well. There will be a show titled "Immigrant Stories," featuring all first-generation Canadians telling real-life stories of being an immigrant in Canada.

“These are all important stories that will be told through improv," says the director.

Schuurman, who has been participating in improv for more than a decade, says it is the spontaneity that drives him as a director.

“I really love what it means for our ensemble to try ideas and become inspired by each other’s wild ambitions,” he says.

The five-day stretch runs from Tue., Apr. 4 to Sat., Apr. 8 at Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre.

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merous artistic landscapes, it’s all about getting people involved in the political conversation,” Hudema says.

Topics of the event will cover Mon., Apr. 3 (6 pm) racism, xenophobia, Gravity 2: A Celebration of Art women’s rights and and Politics many other conMetro Cinema, $15 cerns that directly affect the world’s current state.

“We’re really running the gamut when it comes to issues being explored,” Hudema says.

Dustin J. Allen as Dr. Professor Lavernius Cumquat // Linus Wiberg

Cabaret call to arms Gravity 2 artists touch on divisive sociopolitical climate

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he current global political climate has gone from a low simmer to a frantic boil during the last few months.

In the wake of this turbulence, a collection of local artists found a way to look through the veil of uncertainty and respond through the arts.

Gravity 2: A Cabaret of Arts and Politics is holding its second event, this time with a unique twist—providing a strict focus on topical issues that have cropped up recently, specifically the rise

of the alternative right and the era of Trump spin.

This decision was made by the creative powers behind the show, the goal being to give local artists an opportunity to supply commentary on the divisive nature of the political rhetoric that has been thrown around in recent months.

Mike Hudema, one of the show’s key coordinators, worked in collaboration with Greenpeace, Heather Inglis of Theatre Yes and many others.

“A lot is going on in the world right now," Hudema says. "This will be an opportunity to provide artists a chance to respond to the gravity of the times in which we live.”

The show aims to feature a diverse roster of local talent from all types mediums, including dance, comedy and music. With acts such as improv group Folk Lordz, musicians like Mitchmatic and performance art group Cripsie.

“There is a lot in this show from nu-

The event will feature content specifically catered for the cabaret as well as other performance pieces that correspond with the themes of the evening.

Local performer Dustin J. Allen is supplying one of the many acts featured in the cabaret. Originally from Edmonton, Allen has travelled across America and performed at numerous fringe festivals. His most recent creation is the character of Doctor Professor Lavernius Cumquat, who he describes as, “A buffoon earnestly attempting to spread extreme rightwing propaganda.”

Allen took inspiration from his time spent in the U.S. and saw an opportunity to take what was shocking and refine it into something light-hearted, but still topical.

“With the political climate in the last six months, I wanted to make something entertaining, but still politically and socially relevant.” Allen says.

Allen spent numerous years in the U.S. and got to see first hand how certain hateful topics began to pick up speed. Recently returning to Alberta, Allen saw certain parallels between America and Canada that he did not expect to see.

“There are the same intensely right wing symptoms, it’s kind of scary,” he says.

Allen took further inspiration from far-right media outlets such as Breitbart in the U.S. and Rebel Media here in Canada. With these areas of focus, he created the character of a “washed up lowlife scientist, with the goal to find the most absurd ideologies of these conservative factions and try to state them as fact.”

Allen hopes this character will not only make people laugh, but also get them discussing the nature of the current political landscape.

“My goal is to give it a purpose beyond being funny, I think it’s important for artists to hold that responsibility,” Allen says.

Gravity 2: A Cabaret of Arts and Politics aims to supply the city with an immersive show that will give both artists and the audience a place to laugh, talk and learn.

Hudema promises “a wild raucous night of political investigation.”

Judging from the creative powers involved and the stellar line up, there is no doubt this event and the impact that it has will be "yuge."

JAKE PESARUK

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Bright Burning

by Colleen Murphy

World Premiere

March 30 - April 8 @ 7:30 pm

No performance Sun, Apr 2 | Matinee Thurs, Apr 6 @ 12:30 pm

Timms Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta Tickets and details: ualberta.ca/artshows

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This play contains strong language, violence, sex and substance abuse.

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Life of an outlaw artist Jamie Law stands out in Edmonton's tattoo scene

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here are many misconceptions that revolve around tattoos.

The idea that they are underground (one in three Edmontonians have at least one), that their environs are unsanitary (tattoo shops are one of the most heavily health-coded business areas in the city), or that the tattoos themselves are unfairly priced. I’ll leave it to tattoo artist Jamie Law to debunk the last one.

“I think people underestimate the amount of work that goes into doing what we do,” Law says. “You don't get good at this naturally. It takes years to get good and you never get as good as you want to be.”

According to Law, the amount of time and energy spent on clients goes well beyond the actual time it takes to tattoo. There are hours upon hours of behind the scenes research and practice that goes into each work. “Elon Musk didn't become Elon Musk by putting in an eight-hour-day.

I should expect no less of myself,” he adds.

Considered one of the best script tattooists in Edmonton (possibly even Western Canada), Law has invested a lot into art. So much so that he helped open MinBid Gallery, Edmonton's first micro-gallery. With that said, Law lays claim to another first: “I'm the first artist in Canadian history to have an art show raided by the police.”

In 2012, a half-dozen police officers in bulletproof vests raided his art show/fundraiser at The Paint Spot. Law, under the pseudonym Daft Punk (DP) faced 35 mischief charges in connection with stencilled graffiti. The officers seized Law’s work.

“They really didn't have a good case," he says.

"In the end, they offered me a conditional discharge with no criminal record in exchange for a guilty plea. They were willing to forgo the fines so long as I did some community service.”

His 35 indictable charges were shaved down

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to 17 and he was given the maximum amount of community service at 240 hours. Law was relieved to have avoided thousands of dollars in fines.

“It could have been way worse had I not known what I was doing or not lawyered up prior to the show," Law says. "Basically, I saw the whole thing as a chess game I was playing that I instigated with the police.”

He says he's glad it's all behind him and he has learned quite a bit from the experience.

“Andy Warhol once claimed we would all get our 15 mins of fame in the future. Perhaps that was mine,” he adds. “But then again I'm still young.”

Art is art in Law’s opinion. Be it on canvas, skin, or other, it is the artist that makes it stand out. And acknowledging that some artists are better than others shows respect to the art.

“Edmonton has a great tattoo community and many of us get along and pass clients back and forth,” he says. “There is more than enough work for all of us and my job is to make sure you get the best possible tattoo you can get. I like to pass the puck to the guy who can score.

I don't need to take all the shots."

Law, whose home base is Dragon FX in Kingsway Mall, is currently jetsetting around the West Coast and Yukon doing guest spots in various tattoo shops. Because of this he will not be working the upcoming Edmonton Tattoo and Arts Festival which runs from Fri., Mar. 31 to Sun., Apr. 2 at the Edmonton EXPO Centre at Northlands. While he won't be there professionally (as he has in the past), he hopes to attend and highly recommends it.

“It's a great way to find your potential tattoo artist,” says Law. “Heaps of talent under one roof and all sorts of extras in between."

TRENT WILKIE

TRENTW@VUEWEEKLY.COM

PREVUE // LOCAL LITERATURE

Eccentric nature of a flawed starlet Laini Giles' historical fiction novel The It Girl and Me details toxic relationship

While Giles’ first novel in the series is narrated in first-person by the protagonist’s ghost, she turned to Bow’s secretary, DeVoe, to find some of that objectivity. Giles says DeVoe actually amassed Bow a fortune, but the actress eventually accused her of theft when a man tore a rift in their friendship. The two women’s shifting, adversarial relationship is at the core of Giles’ new novel.

“You’ve got these two women who grow so close, they’re almost like sisters,” Giles says. “Then just a 180 and they’re at each other’s throats in court.”

Laini Giles // Kevin Pennyfeather

T

he It Girl and Me is the second novel in a series about starlets in the silent film era from Edmontonbased author Laini Giles.

It tells the story of Clara Bow through the eyes of her Hollywood secretary, Daisy DeVoe. Giles landed on Bow as a subject from the title of her previous work, The Forgotten Flapper.

“You say ‘flapper,’ people think about Clara Bow automatically,” Giles says.

The idea of “It,” popularized by British novelist Elinor Glyn in the ‘20s, is a commanding sense of physical and

intellectual human attraction. “‘It’ was some sort of indescribable sex appeal,” Giles says. “This is what Clara had.”

Glyn helped make Bow into a star, but “[Bow] definitely had this tendency towards mental illness,” Giles explains.

Bow may have faced sexual abuse from her father in her poor household, and four members of her immediate family—including her mother—were committed to insane asylums. Giles says Bow’s off-kilter thinking may have stemmed from those family issues.

“She basically had all these ‘engagements,’ is what they called them back then, but it was basically just her jumping from guy to guy," Giles explains. "At the time, this was scandalous. She was sleeping with a married man and it hit the papers, and you know, you just didn’t do stuff like that back then.”

In The It Girl and Me, Giles says she had to figure out how to accurately represent Bow’s eccentric nature.

“I need to be able to tell Clara’s story, but I need to be able to have an objective opinion and comment on her behaviour,” she says.

Giles uses extensively researched historical data in her work, and she frequently uses verbatim quotes for the characters she writes.

“I want to write about real people and dramatize it, and use real records, genealogical records, and use whatever I can find in books and newspapers and make these people come to life,” Giles says.

As entertaining as it may be, DeVoe’s eventual conviction and subsequent decades-long thrashing by the press inspired Giles while writing her novel.

“I think Daisy has been made to be the fall-guy for so long,” she says. “I

Sun., Apr. 2 (2 pm) The It Girl and Me - book release party w/ author Laini Giles Audreys Books Ltd. want to clear Daisy’s name—tell her side of the story.”

And that’s why accurate reporting is so important to Giles when she writes.

“One of the things I love most is when people review the book and they say, ‘I didn’t know this person was real, and I found myself getting up at three in the morning to go look at Wikipedia to find out who this person was,’” she says. “I'm like ‘yes!’

That’s what I want.”

That enthusiasm from her audience lead her to map out several more novels about actresses from the early age of movies. The stories are too rich not to tell, so her series will continue.

“I want a whole new generation of people to discover silent film and these stars, because they were amazing,” Giles says. “They led these just very colourful lives, and you should be checking them out.”

KEVIN PENNYFEATHER ARTS@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers

Week of Mar. 20, 2017

1.

Celebrating Canada’s 150th Event Planner - Cathy Harvey *

2.

Trees in Canada - John Laird Farrar

3.

Burgess Shale: The Canadian Writing Landscape of the 1960s - Margaret Atwood +

4.

Earls: The Cookbook - Jim Sutherland

5.

Lion - Saroo Brierley

6.

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World - Peter Wohileben, Tim Flannery

7.

Medicine Unbundled: A Journey Throught the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care - Gary Geddes

8.

Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations - Richard Wagamese.

9.

The Making of Donald Trump - David Cay Johnston

10.

Calling Our Families Home: Metis Peoples Experience with Child Welfare - Jeannine Carriere, Catherine Richardson

Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers 1. Assdeep in Wonder (Poetry) Christopher Gudgeon 2. Fifteen Dogs - Andre Alexix 3. Encountering Riel - David D. Orr * + 4. Break - Katherena Vermette 5. American Gods - Neil Gaiman 6. The Summer Before the War Helen Simonson 7. Dogs Purpose: A Novel for Humans - Bruce W. Cameron 8. 4 3 2 1 - Paul Auster 9. Medicine Walk - Richard Wagamese 10. Something Unremembered Ella Dennis * +

* ALBERTA AUTHOR + ALBERTA PUBLISHER List compiled by Audreys Books and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta

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Dance 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)

Dance Crush: Nancy Sandercock's "frost flowers/RHIZOME" • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • mzdsociety@ gmail.com • milezerodance.com/dance-crushnancy-sandercock • A performance installation with Kasie Campbell and Gary James Joynes.

Exploring the psychological and material ecologies of the North • Mar 30-Apr 1, 7:45pm (installation), 8pm (show) • $15 (members), $20 (non-members)

Dirt Buffet Cabaret • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance. com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts • Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9pm • $10 or best offer at the door

Mile Zero Dance Drop-In Dance & Movement Classes • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • mzdsociety@gmail.com • milezerodance.com/ classes • Mile Zero Dance holds a number of drop-in dance & movement classes for people of all experience levels & ages; Mon: Professional Technique (10-11:30am), Contact Improv (7-9pm); Tue: Kids 6-10 (4:305:15pm), Toonie Yoga (5:30-6:45pm), Butoh (7-9pm); Wed: Noguchi Taiso (10-11:30am); Thu: Preschool 3-5 (10-10:45am), Beginner Contemporary (5-6:15pm); Sat: House (7-9pm) • $15 (regular), $12 (members), 10-class cards available for $100

Mr. Gaga at Metro Cinema (Mile Zero Dance) • Metro Cinema, 8712-109 St • milezerodance.com/mr-gaga • Featuring a live pre-show of dance artists from Victoria School for the Arts, Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy as well as Joshua T. Wolchansky • Apr 23, 1-3:30pm • $10 (adult), $6 (student/ senior)

Rouge–Gorge The Dress Writer • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave, 112 St NW • 780.420.1757 • Inspired by words that fall between stories of sex and castration, fly-fishing and lost eggs • Apr 28-29, 8-10pm • $35 (general), $25 (student/senior); Tix available at Tix on the Square

What’s Cooking? • PCL Studio Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • goodwomen.ca • Artists of all disciplines show their in-process work and receive feedback and questions from the audience • Apr 29 • Admission by donation (suggested $10 minimum)

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Apr 9) • DEDfest: The Void (Apr 14) • HOMO-CIDAL Drag show: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Apr 13) • Local Filmmakers: O, Brazen Age (Apr 2), She's Back in My Life–Web Series Launch (Apr 23), Albertan Filmmaking Pioneer: A Colin Low Tribute (Apr 30) • Music Doc: Goodnight Brooklyn: The Story of Death by Audio (Apr 4) • Quote-A-Long Series: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Apr 15) • Reconciliation in Focus: Honouring Relations in Short: A Short-Film Retrospective (Apr 5) • Reel Family Cinema: The Nutty Professor–1963 (Apr 1), Sing (Apr 22), The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Apr 29, May 1) • Staff Pics: The Adventures of Robin Hood–1938 (Apr 24) • Strange Canada: Cheech (Apr 27)

Movie Night • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • Movies that are family friendly and always inspiring and entertaining. Popcorn and lemonade are available • Monthly, 7:30pm • Free

metro • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • Le Festival du Film Français/The French Film Festival; Throughout Mar • The Mask You Live In: Screening and Panel Discussion; Apr 1, 4-7pm; Free (pre-register at Eventbrite) • Afternoon Tea: Belle (Apr 16) • Canada on Screen:

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Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona. ca/artgallery • O Canada (I'm sorry): artwork by Diana Thorneycroft; Mar 3-Apr 30 Harcourt House Gallery • 3 Fl,

St NW • latitude53.org • MADE presents Sheltered + Exposed: design for Alberta’s winter life; Feb 16-Apr 1

• 9534-87 St • 780.488.8558 • info@acuarts. ca • acuarts.ca • ReGeneration: group show of artists with a Ukrainian background; Apr 7-31 • Ukrainian Easter Market; Apr 8, 10am-4pm

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Citizens of Craft; Jan 21-Apr 22 • Stories Brought to Life: artwork by Amy Skrocki; Feb 25-Apr 8 • Simpler Slower Silver: artwork by Soma Mo; Apr 15-May 27 • Ceremony: artwork by Kenton Jeske; Apr 15-May 27

Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove • Melcor Cultural Centre, 355th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Rotation–Gallery; Jan 21-May 5

Loft Art Gallery • 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • artsoc@telus.net • artstrathcona.com • Sat-Sun, 12-4pm • Artwork from 12 local artists of the Society McMullen GAllery • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • The Lake: artwork by Pamela Thurston; Mar 4-Apr 23

Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • HerWORK: artwork by Alexis Marie Chute, Becky Thera, Kasie Campbell, Kun Chen, Lucille Frost, and Shirley Serviss; Mar 6-Apr 1

Musée Héritage Museum • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • The Life and Legacy of General Sir Arthur Currie; Apr 1-Jun 11; Opening reception: Apr 1, 3-5pm • St. Albert History Gallery; Opens Apr 1

VASA Gallery • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Leaving Marks: artwork by Star Newman; Feb 28-Apr 1

West End Gallery • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • W.H. Webb; Mar 18-30 • Solo exhibition of new work: artwork by Guy Roy; Apr 8-20 • Iconic Hotels of Western Canada: artwork by Fraser Brinsmead; Apr 22-May 4 • 2017 Spring Gallery Walk; Apr 22-23

Literary Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Michelle Elrick launches Then/Again with special guest Tim Bowling; Mar 31, 7pm • Book Launch–The It Girl and Me: A Novel of Clara Bow; Apr 2, 2-4; Free • Book Launch of Punk; Apr 6, 7-9pm

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

Naked Girls Reading • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St NW • 780.691.1691 • There will be different themes each month • Every 2nd Tue of month, 8:30-10:30pm • $20 (door); 18+ only

Poetry Night at The Carrot • Carrot Community Arts Coffee House, 9351-118 Ave NW • Share your work and relish a night out with an encouraging crowd • Mar 30, 7-9pm

Rouge Poetry Slam hosted by Breath In Poetry Collective • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Survival Guide; Jan 28-May 7 • Clocks for Seeing: Photography, Time and Motion; Feb 18-Jun 18 • Fischli and Weiss/Ibghy and Lemmens; Feb 18-Jun 18 • Cyclorama: artwork by Blaine Campbell; Mar 11-May 28 • BMO Children's Gallery: Touch Lab: Leave your Mark; until Apr 9 • 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 • Spring ArtBreak Camp Mar 27-31 • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm • AGA Community Access Night; Mar 30, 5-8pm; Free

Arts • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • volunteer@thenina.ca • A Long Walk: artwork

by Crystal Dillon, Krista Hamilton, Tess Stieben; Mar 21-Apr 21

Stories Under the Full Moon • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • metrowir. com • Join writer-in-residence Richard Van Camp and special guests for an evening of illumination & inspiration, honouring the magical full moon • Apr 11, 7-8:30pm • Free; Register online, at the library or by phone

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA)

Paint Spot • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240

TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle

Muttart Conservatory • 9626-96a Ave • karenbishop.ca/earths-laughter.html • Earth's Laughter: artwork by Karen Bishop; Feb 17-Mar 31

Nina Haggerty Centre for the

SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright

artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Creative Endeavours: artwork by Gene and J Marg Brenda; Feb 2-Apr 8

• paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: The elements– fire water air earth; Until Apr 5 • Artisan Nook: Wax Poetic: artwork by Dilys Kulchitsky; Until Apr 5

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

Bear Claw Gallery • 10403-124 St •

Peter Robertson Gallery • 12323-

Upper Crust Café • 10909-86 Ave •

• 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 •

780.482.1204 • info@bearclawgallery.com • bearclawgallery.com • Morrisseau–Tree of Life: artwork by Norval Morrisseau; Apr 1-13

Bleeding Heart Art Space • 9132-118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • TEXT+IMAGE: A Group Show Curated by Edward Van Vliet; Apr 22-May 20

104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Surface Tension: artwork by Mitchel Smith; Mar 16-Apr 1 • Tempered Steel: artwork by Isla Burns; Apr 6-22 • In Pursuit: Contemporary Abstraction and Persuasion: artwork by Frances Thomas; Apr 6-22

Picture This Gallery • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery.com • Spring it on!: artwork by various artists; Mar 21-Apr 30

• Lower level, Rutherford Library South, University of Alberta • 780.492.5998 • bpsc. library.ualberta.ca • Mon-Fri, 12-4:30pm • Mounties on the Cover: cover illustrations of Mounties; Mar 20-Jul 21

St Albert • stalbert.ca/exp/arden/events/fubar • Apr 2, 4-5:30pm

thefrontgallery.com • Culmination: artwork

by Lesley Finlayson; Mar 16-Apr 2 • Spring Exhibition; Through Apr; Opening reception: Apr 13, 7-9pm

ACUA Gallery & Artisan Boutique

Bruce Peel Special Collections

FUBAR 2 • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street,

front gallery • 12323-104 Ave •

Latitude 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106

Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.439.5285 • edmontonfilmsociety@gmail.com • royalalbertamuseum.ca/movies • Presenting: Enduring Stars • Schedule: River of No Return (Apr 3) • $6 (general), $5 (seniors 65+, students), $3 (kids 12 and under)

St Albert • stalbert.ca/exp/arden/events/fubar • Apr 2, 2-3:30pm

Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Bachelor of Design Graduate Show 2017: A graduating exhibition of students completing the Bachelor of Design program; Mar 28-Apr 8 • Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate Show 2017: A graduating exhibition of students completing the Bachelor of Fine Arts program; Apr 18-29

galLeries + Museums

Edmonton Film Society • Royal Alberta

FUBAR 1 • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street,

St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • Wild Africa; opens in late Oct • Angry Birds Universe; Oct 8-Apr 17 • Free-$117.95

11135-65 Ave • About the situation in Israel.

Discussion to follow • Apr 7, 7pm • Free

Open Bethlehem • Westwood Unitarian,

FILM

Churchill Square • youraga.ca • Coast Modern, 2012 • Apr 20, 8pm • Free

Telus World of Science • 11211-142

FAB Gallery • Fine Arts Building

10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Main Gallery: Enlightenment: artwork by Heather Passmore; Mar 9-Apr 7 • Art Incubator Gallery: DVEX: artwork by Sora Park; Mar 9-Apr 7

Borealis Gallery • 9820-107 St • Storytellers: Alberta and the Great War; Feb 17-May 22

Films at the Art Gallery of Alberta • Art Gallery Of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston

Ruin: artwork by Jude Griebel; Mar 10-Apr 15

Provincial Archives of Alberta

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Points West: artwork by Terry Fenton; Mar 24-Apr 7

The Carrot • 9351-118 Ave NW • thecarrot.ca • Spring Forward Gallery Opening: artwork by Gary Phil and Julie Drew; Through Apr; Opening: Apr 5, 7-9pm

CAVA Gallery • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Re:Vision 3: artwork by Emilie St-Hilaire, Allysha Larsen; Feb 24-Mar 31 • Grecopolis: artwork by Jean René Leblanc; Apr 7-May 20

Common Sense • 10546-115 St NW •

• 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/ eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Let Justice Be Done: The Alberta Provincial Police, 1917-1932; Until Jun 17

Scott Gallery • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Land Lines: artwork by Pamela Thurston; Mar 11-Apr 1 • Shadow Cities: artwork by Andrea Kastner; Apr 8-9; Opening reception: Apr 8, 1-4pm

sNAP Gallery • Society of Northern Alberta Print­- Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • The Formalist's Library: artwork by Jason Urban; Mar 16-Apr 22 • Great White North: artwork by Jordan Blackburn; Mar 16-Apr 22

Southgate Centre • 5015-111 St NW • fleursdevilles.com • Fleurs de Villes: a combination of fashion and flowers; Apr 19-23

Metals/Myth: Sculptures by Ryan McCourt; Mar 2-Mar 23

Strathcona County Museum & Archives • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park •

dc3 Art Projects • 10567-111 St •

strathconacountymuseum.ca • Showcasing Tales from the Oral History Collection; until Oct

780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Crafting

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

Theatre 9 Parts of Desire • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Inspired by a trip to a modern art museum in Baghdad in August 1993 and details the lives of nine Iraqi women that span the decades between the first and second Gulf Wars and occupation • Apr 6-15 • $30 (adult), $25 (senior/student), pay what you can (Apr 6 and matinee) 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, starting Jan 20-Jul 30, 11pm

Art • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave NW • shadowtheatre.org • Three old urbane friends have gathered for dinner, but not before one reveals his latest coup: a very expensive painting by one of the hottest artists around, painted entirely in shades of white • Apr 26-May 14 Baskerville: a Sherlock Holmes Mystery • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre. ca • Equal parts adventure and comedy, Baskerville finds Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempting to crack the mystery of the

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“House of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir • Feb 7-Apr 2

Bright Burning • Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703-112 St • ualberta.ca/artshows • By Colleen Murphy.Throwing a spotlight on economic disparities in modern Canada, Colleen Murphy’s new play is a searing commentary on the lives of disenfranchised youth on the brink of re-invention and selfdestruction • Mar 30-Apr 8 • $12 (student, evening), $25 (adult, evening), $22 (senior, evening); $12 (student, matinee), $20 (adult matinee), $18 (senior, matinee); $5 (Wed preview); 2 for 1 (Mon) Chimprov • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Until Jun • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) CRAZY FOR YOU: The New Gershwin Musical • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • All singing! All dancing!

All Gershwin! With favourites like I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Someone to Watch Over Me and more • Mar 4-Apr 2

Die-Nasty • Varscona Theatre, 1032983 Ave • die-nasty.com • Live improvised soap opera. Join the whole Die-Nasty family REBORN, for a whole season of great artists, earth-shaking discovery, glorious music, hilarious hi jinx ... but mostly Machiavellian Intrigue • Runs every Mon, 6:30pm (doors), 7:30-9:30pm • Oct 17-May 29 • $18 or $13 with a $40 membership; at the door (cash) or at tixonthesquare.com. Season passes are available at the door (cash or cheque only) for $400 with a reserved seat The Fall of the House of Atreus • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Barns, 10330-84 Ave • blarneyyeg.com • In one hour this production follows through five generations of backstabbing and other horrors • Mar 22-Apr 2

Ferris Buellers School of Rock • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@jubilations.ca • edmonton. jubilations.ca • In 1986 Ferris Bueller took a day off. With wit and charm he managed to skip school and keep the teachers in the dark. Thirty years later Ferris finds himself back in high school, but this time he’s the teacher • Jan 27-Apr 2 (Wed-Sun) • $33.25-$77.95

Into the Woods • John L. Haar Theatre, 1004-156 St • A Baker and his wife wish to have a child but cannot because of a Witch's curse, Cinderella wishes to attend the King's Festival, and Jack wishes his cow would give milk. All want a better life, so they set off on into the woods. Everyone's wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them with disastrous results • Mar 22Apr 1 • Tickets available at TIX on the Square La Raccourcie • L'UniThéâtre, 8627-91 St • lunitheatre.ca • In French with English surtitles (No surtitles on Apr 8, Apr 15) • Jean-Joseph Simard has sought refuge deep in the bush, abandoning his work and his family.

After years of isolation and solitude, his son Victor arrives. He's come searching for his father, offering some unfortunate news and looking for answers • Apr 5-8, Apr 12-15, 8pm (Sat matinèes at 1:30pm) • $28 (adults), $22 (seniors), $20 (students)

Night of One Acts • Performed by the St. Alberta Theatre Troupe. Featuring three different acts • Apr 27-May 13 (Thu-Sat) • $50-$55 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

Peter and the Starcatcher • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre. com • The Peter Pan prequel for all of those who never grew up • Apr 1-23 • $25-$105 (available at the Citadel box office or online)

Queen Milli of Galt • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • Based on a true story, a chance meeting between the Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII, and Milli in her home of Galt, Ontario, leads to a merry war of wits and, eventually, love. A romantic comedy • Apr 5-15

TheatreSports • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • SepJun • $15

FILM REVUE // DRAMA

'Scenes in search of a movie' Canadian film comes off too scripted for its own good

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oving through the art world of young-adult Torontonians, O, Brazen Age ends up as scenes in search of a movie. What could have

been a tone poem about melancholiatinged memories and desires slips too often into earnest talkiness.

The opening section, “O, Wonder,”

sees actor Jack (Joe Perry) and photographer Sam (Benjamin Carson), travelling back through Quebec to Toronto, while giving pregnant Charlie (Lauren Saarimaki) a ride to a convent in Ontario. There’s some dreamy musing about low and high culture (tchotchkes and curios, salvation and miracles) but images of yard sales and dashboard trinkets, roadside burger joints and motels are overwhelmed by some purple prose: “If the experience of a human life could shine with such brilliance, collected, twinkling before our eyes, sublime, serene, a constellation, a life, then there would be no need for this story.”

Jack says Charlie’s “the real thing,” and later, “She was so real about it,” but there’s usually a sealed-off, hyper-art-film delusion to the dialogue.

The words can seem so precious and scripted, it’s as if they’re encased in glass speech bubbles. One overlong monologue—reminiscing about a relationship—that overwhelms its images is a story read by artist Allan, a pink sweater draped over his shoulders, to a friend in a laundromat.

The self-conscious artiness continues. Sam asks an old flame at a café, “So your [phone] message was sweet whimsy?” A wife actually tells her husband (at a gallery opening), “You get to fuck me every night.” Some rough-housing in the streets is supposed to be suddenly fraught with menace, but comes off as an oddly over-dramatic setpiece—many scenes are stagey.

There is a surreal Halloween sequence, jagged and near-hallucinatory, that has its moments; the Big Chill-like finale nicely teeters on the edge of one friend’s envy-filled obsession and bitterness. But too often this film’s potential sputters

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Delving into masculinity The Mask You Live In tackles issues in modern machismo

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he Mask You Live In is about masculinity as a trap, making boys-to-men feel they must act aggressively and dominant, spurning any supposed weakness. It’s an important, worthy documentary—especially as a launch pad for discussion (the screening at Metro will be followed by a panel talk). But it overstates—and over-stats—its case, at times making that case as overly simplistic and over-determined as it argues American masculinity is.

Certain talking heads impress: exNFL-er Joe Ehrmann, faintly disgusted as he criticizes how athleticism has become so tied to male prow-

ess or says, “‘Be a man’ ... is one of the most destructive phrases in our culture,” teacher Ashanti Branch, leading male teens in an exercise where they first read the emotional fronts written on the face of a paper mask, and then the hidden truths on the back. One point startles—depression tends to be feminized, so boys’ acting out and increased aggression aren’t usually seen as signs of depression.

But, while criticizing binary, divisive notions of gender, The Mask You Live In can indulge in stark opposites itself. Its discussion of male sensitiv-

ity is mainly repression versus crying. Some film clips are offered out of context (The Wolf of Wall Street? actually a scathing take on venturecapitalist machismo); at least this year’s Best Picture at the Oscars, Moonlight, happens to offer a superb fiction-film counterpart to this documentary. An overload of statistics (none credited and nearly all referring to “boys”—American boys? What’s the age range? The sample size? Time period?) becomes numbing.

So do barrages of sensational newsitems (bullying, initiations, shootings, rapes). Often ranging too widely, this documentary’s basically proclaiming a crisis in American masculinity (though it’s focused on California), and ends up more alarmist than analytical or thought-provoking.

The Mask You Live In does expose the problem of a monolithic masculinity so desperate to define itself, over and over, as anti-weak and non-female (or worse, non-weak and anti-female). By turning its spotlight into a heat-lamp, though, it overcooks its subject, burning it out well before 90 minutes are up.

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The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer hit the road with new album Apocalipstick

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he rock ‘n’ soul duo The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer has been busy. Shawn Hall and Matt Rogers have hit three continents in the last four months and its at times like these their unique name becomes more evident.

“Every once and awhile you’re reminded when you’re crossing borders that there’s ‘murderer’ in your band name,” Hall says from his home in Nanaimo. “You’re kind of like, ‘Man, haven’t we outgrown murderer? Isn’t this kind of like … this is a bad name to have.’ But it's not, it's incredibly memorable and it sticks out and it takes up a crap-load of letters on a marquee.”

Hall took time last week to talk about the band's dark turn with its latest record, finally being recognized without the 'blues' label and the necessary ingredients to their success— including balance in all shapes and sizes. And above all—wonderment.

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band hit the road for a full tour supporting the release, hitting Edmonton along the way.

"Anything creative … you need wonderment,” Hall says. “Trying to keep that wonderment in your life is something that you almost have to keep on top of like dishes … And it is really fucking hard to keep it present. You’re like, ‘Where did that wonderment go?

Where’s that wonderment? Have I found wonderment?’” “‘No,’” Hall hypothetically answers aloud, “‘you haven’t wondered about a thing in a month.’”

Hall is the Harpoonist, the harp wind, singer, connector and “a comedian by nature, if things are going well,” he says, while Rogers—the Axe Murderer—not only slays with a guitar and bass, but sings all while drumming with his feet.

Things are evidently better than not because the 41-year-old had no end of colourful one-liners. But the dark comedic depth is rooted in a brilliant sincerity, demonstrated while discussing the balance he and Rogers, two sides of the same coin, struck

upon 11 years ago.

Rogers is the technical, details guy.

He’s a composer, producer, mixer and writes charts to facilitate new avenues like adding horns, which they did on the ska-spiced single “Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To” from 2014’s release A Real Fine Mess.

Meanwhile, Hall is the “open heart,” starting conversations and creating living room vibes to connect with audiences because “once we get onto that level where we can share things and be open and show our frailties and all that, then that’s where love and compassion and all this great stuff starts coming in and flowing and people start feeling alive,” Hall says.

“They start feeling again.”

This natural harmony was a chance meeting that easily could have never been. Hall was working on a jingle for an East Vancouver restaurant and needed a guitar player. A friend Hall was studying recording arts with introduced him to Rogers and it was a marriage made in musical heaven.

"I don’t know if our paths would have crossed,” says Hall. “He was in

jazz school at Cap College, and later he did film composition at UBC, and it was just a chance meeting.”

Known and loved for unique, rootsy, kicked-up soul songs that inevitably awaken some body part to keep the beat, Apocalipstick slips into a fun, psychedelic fuzz surrounding somewhat sombre lyrics. The new material is far more stoner rock than past releases, while retaining the band's signature, almost childlike play.

“The dark stuff is much darker than we’ve ever gone,” Hall says, explaining the new sonic territory includes a vocoder and synth. “Matt just tweaked around in the craziness of his head on the record for quite awhile and ... it goes from groovy into this really heady space.”

Part of this is due to age and longevity, a fact the Juno-nominated duo has more territory to explore and honour than they did as a budding band. They also brought in Rogers’ brother Ben, who has done all the band's illustrations, for more songwriting work than usual.

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Ben set the album’s new trajectory and tone with the opening track “Get Ready,” which Hall tries to describe as the Wrigley’s Spearmint commercial on quaaludes.

“No, wait. What is that … ‘get your skis shined up …’” the jingle-pro hums. “Juicyfruit on quaaludes!

“The subject matter of it is very ‘end-of-the-world, pack your bags, get your water bottle filled cause we’re all going down.’ But certainly, if you don’t want to listen for that, you’re not going to hear it 'cause it's a pretty joyful song.”

Along with Ben, H&AM has grown its sonic community to include numerous voices all the way to Winnipeg, the organ player from Saskatchewan’s The Deep Dark Woods, and now a second drummer hailing from the Yukon.

“The band is scattered like cockroaches across a kitchen,” says Hall.

“Financially it doesn’t make any sense, but creatively it's really a hell of a lot of fun.”

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ven though many have tried, it is very difficult to place the pensive Jim Cuming—better known by his persona Jom Comyn—into one genre.

With his reflective baritone voice and relaxed guitar tone, Cuming has been offering Edmonton his cryptic and beautiful take on life’s wonders for seven years.

His newest set of recordings, I Need Love, marks his most sizable endeavour yet, capping at 28 songs dealing with the subtlety and sometimes noisy feelings of love.

“The whole thing is kind of one big vignette. Nominally, I thought it would be kind funny to write a bunch of love songs,” Cuming says.

“The reason for the 28 songs was going to be for Valentine’s Day in February, but that didn’t pan out because of the weirds ups and down in life.”

The album presents plenty of new and old Jom Comyn sounds that individually fall into the categories of lo-fi indie, folk, country, and motown soul.

“I just sort of threw in anything but the kitchen sink when I was writing the songs,” Cuming says.

One recording that sticks out is the high energy single “Why Do

You Love Me,” a Motown soul epic featuring local guest musicians Marlaena Moore (backing vocals), Ross Nicholl (organ), Braden Gates (violin), Jesse Northey (piano) and Renny Wilson (drums, bass, vibes).

Without these guest musicians, the single may have never seen the light of day.

“I owe all of them," Cuming explains. "People need to know, for example, how much Renny did for that song. I came to him with it, but he arranged it. I would bring in these musicians and he would whip them into shape with these kind of boot camps. He wanted to do it like the way old Motown artists would do it.”

Many of the songs on the latest album were created four years ago when Cuming was working on material for his In The Dark on 99 (All The Time, All The Time) album, where he adeptly captured the long, dark ascension and decline of our local hinterland.

“This is the first time that I’ve released new material without having another fully completed album on the way," Cuming says. "It’s been a long four years so it feels good to just start from scratch.”

Thur., Mar. 30 (8 pm) Jom Comyn album release w/ Wares The Buckingham, $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Cuming is setting off to Europe in support of the new album after his Edmonton show. For him, it seemed like the most plausible thing to do.

“I wasn’t really scientific with it, but you have to send like 20 percent more emails to get the shows in Europe as a solo artist," Cuming says. "Like, in Canada, to get shows I can say, ‘Hey, I’ve been written up in Weird Canada and Exclaim!,' but they don’t give shit in Europe."

While Cuming may sound somewhat apathetic to touring, his thoughts about sharing his songs across the pond are the exact opposite.

“Usually it’s like a Sunday night in some town that you never heard of and people show up. They’re quiet, polite, and they listen to every note you have to sing which influences you to do better.”

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The Raven & The Fox // Fri., Mar. 31 (8 PM) With music about Canada’s beautiful landscape, Julie Chang’s (The Raven) sultry lyrics will soothe to a point of relaxation while Sean Issac’s (The Fox) melodic acoustic guitar makes you want to sway like the mountain breeze. Featuring supporting act Deep Cedar.

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Judah & The Lion // Sun., Apr. 2 (7 PM) What happens when you combine the calmness of folk along with the raw attitude of rap? You create a rare hybrid like Judah & the Lion. The genre-bending Nashvillians are touring in support of its newest album Folk Hop N Roll, and you can be sure that it has something for various audiences. (Starlite Room, From $18.50)

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inger and songwriter Garrett Pierce’s upcoming release, Dusk, moves comfortably between sparse piano driven tracks, country and songs you can imagine being covered from a 1950’s prom playlist.

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Prozzak // Fri., Apr. 7 (7 PM) You know it “Sucks to be you,” right? No? Well, Prozzak is back to remind you. The Canadian europop duo wrote singles to document the feelings of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. Remember the cartoons? They were everyone’s guilty pleasure and the group’s newest song “Love Me Tinder” speaks for itself … (The Ranch Roadhouse, $29.95 in advance)

On Dusk, Pierce leaves space between the notes on many songs.

This is a rarity in modern music, and gives lyrics the opportunity to both be heard and digested by the listener while continuing the narrative.

The track “Boat Song” paints a vivid picture of heading out to a country fishing hole, while remaining open to personal reflection.

“We are gaining speed before the sun will shine, we are bitten by the frost for just a time,” Pierce sings.

Dusk never really moves all that fast, nor does it overstay its welcome. When it does occasionally pick up the pace—like on “Distant Thought—it feels intentional, as if Pierce knows the listener needs a break from the slower songs. Pierce has a great voice that carries the weight of his lyrics with a warmth

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The Devil’s Sons // Sat., Apr. 1 (2 PM) A fusion of blues, psychobilly, rock n’ roll, and Tom Waits-esque vocals creates a sound for the demons to laugh at. If Satan needed a backing band, The Devil’s Sons would be a top contender. (The Needle Vinyl Tavern, Free admission)

and authenticity that brings the listener closer to his stories.

The album ends with “This Town Of Mine,” a track filled with warmth, love and gratitude for the place he once called home. After moving from Los Angeles to the Bay area, the song is a thank you letter that also questions whether or not it was the right decision to leave.

“It’s time to say goodbye, to this town and this life, to the people who let me sing these lines,” he croons, while searching for a place that feels like home.

Pierce’s Dusk is a very enjoyable ride, and it’s easy to see why he’s drawn comparisons to Iron & Wine, Elliott Smith and Will Oldham.

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Boosh & the Dip // Big Shot Music Inc.

Releasing a River City Riot Boosh & the Dip plan to release RCR2 this May

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t’s a sweltering summer afternoon on Whyte Ave. just outside of The Buckingham and a long-haired bearded man in shades plugs an acoustic guitar into a micro amp. He strums a few muted chords while another man unfolds the cord of a microphone.

“Hello beautiful people,” he says to those walking by on the sidewalk.

“I’m Boosh and this is Bob, and we’re gonna play a couple tunes for you guys.”

The emcee begins rapping about various topics like dreams, time, and Edmonton’s northside, all underneath a funky and jazzy acoustic rhythm.

People are stopped on the sidewalk from their daily routines. They seem to like it.

“Our busking has been kind of making a name for us," Norbert “Boosh” Topolski says. "People recognize us more and more on the streets. It’s just really cool connecting with random people and sharing our music.”

Boosh & the Dip’s story began when Topolski and his friend, Jordan Saltel, began collaborating back in 2012. After writing a few songs, the two decided to bring in members Bob Howse (lead guitar), Justin “J-Reds” Sturyk (bass) and Chris Saltel (drums) and chose the name Boosh & the Dip— named after Topolski’s childhood polish nickname and some band member’s affinity for tobacco dip.

A year later, the group went on to produce its first album, The Adventures of the Talented & Lazy.

Early on, the group made a point of melding an abundance of genres like roots, jazz, funk, and blues together to create its own organic instrumentfocused flavour of hip hop.

“It’s cool cause our sound reaches past the hip hop scene,” Topolski says. “I came from the hip hop realm of sampling so when we moved to the live instrument kind of thing, it felt like we were taking the music to

another level. Like when you see a big time hip hop artist on The Tonight Show they will usually have a backing band to offer a newer sound so that’s what we do in our own way.”

Boosh & the Dip has presented its songs with various music videos. For their second album, River City Riot Part 1, the band members created made a music video for the song “Losing my Head,” which was nominated for a Edmonton Music Award. In the track Boosh confesses to a friend the constant struggles and confusion of life while the two travel through the beautiful river valley.

Recently, the band started a kickstarter to fund River City Riot Part 2 (RCR2), already reaching the first pledge of $3,000 in only 32 hours.

With a total goal of $9,000 in mind, the group will release RCR2 in May with three accompanying music videos, three live videos and 1,000 copies of the album.

“There’s definitely a story with River City Riot and Part 2 will continue it," Topolski says. "It’s always been a journey of being trapped and frustrated with the river city. It brutalizes that you need to be a part of this city. It's what made you and you can fly away if you want, but you can never leave it behind.”

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Jam Night with Rockin’ Rod; Every Thu, 7pm; No minors

SATURDAY, APR 29

WOODRACK CAFÉ Birdie on

Soul with DJ Modest Mike; Every Thu; Wooftop Lounge: Dear Hip Hop with Freshlan; Underdog: Underdog Comedy Show

Open stage with host Naomi Carmack; 8pm every Thu

THURSDAY, APR 20

Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm 8pm; $15

stage

MAR 31 - APR 1

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

CAFFREY’S IN THE PARK The

Durand; 7:30-9:30pm; $10

LISA BAKER

Cowbell Awards with Tim Isberg with Dirt Road Angels, Angela MacKenzie, The Very Tasty Band and more; 6pm; $50 (adv)

CAFE BLACKBIRD The Parkers;

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BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Jake Ian; 4-6pm; Free BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Ellen McIlwaine; 8:30-10:30pm; $20

BRITTANY’S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO

Foolish Acts; 8pm; $10

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Joanne Janzen

Mike “The Party Hog” (blues/ rock); 9pm

Coady; 9pm

BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

FRI MAR 31 ARDEN THEATRE Delhi 2 Dublin; 7:30-9:30pm; $36 ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Doug

Stroud; 8:30pm; $5 AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

Fri, 9pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Borrowed

Every Fri-Sat, 7pm; Free

8pm MERCURY ROOM Boosh and

The Dip with Conch, Stevie Raikou and The Neighbourhood Band; 8pm; $10 (adv) NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

Hour featuring Rott’n Dan and the Lightnin’ Child; 5:30pm • Fire Next Time with Point Place, Klusterfunk, A Gentleman’s Pact; 8pm; $5 NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Ryder;

9pm O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB Jake

Buckley; 5:30 pm; Free ON THE ROCKS Sweet Tequila;

and Blue; 8:30-10:30pm; $15

9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Jason

PALACE CASINO Heather

Elmore & Hoodoo Witch; 9pm BOHEMIA Hard Pressed EP

release with Candy & Enemies; 9pm; $10 BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

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McKenzie Band; 9:30pm REC ROOM Jenn Grant; 8pm ROGERS PLACE The

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Dominey; 9pm SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke with entertainment, Every Fri SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Dave Babcock & The

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Danny

Coady; 9pm

THE FORGE ON WHYTE Scarlet Serenity, WthCnvctn & Within The Fury (metal/hard rock/ punk); 7:30pm; $15 (via bands), $15 (online), $20 (door) GAS PUMP Saturday Jam;

3-7pm & 10pm HAVE MERCY Resident DJs

playing outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every FriSat, 10pm; Free HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Jesus Christ

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Fri; Wooftop: Selection Fridays with

Superstar; 7:30pm; $18

Remo, Noosh, Fingertips & guests; Underdog: Rap, House, Hip-Hop with DJ Babr; every Fri

Bareil; 7:30pm; $35 (adult), $30 (students & seniors)

THE COMMON Urban DNA 10 Year Anniversary Party with Salt-N-Pepa’s official DJ Spinderella; $12 EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs

HORIZON STAGE Duo Milot &

IRONGATE PUB Bryant Sailor;

Every Fri-Sat, 7pm; Free LB’S PUB Mark Ammar’s

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playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; Free

every Sat

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NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul

Flashback Friday; Every Fri GAS PUMP Live DJ; 10pm THE PROVINCIAL PUB Video

Music DJ; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs; Every

Fri-Sat

SAT APR 1 ALIBI PUB Doug Mitchell (folk/ rock); 8pm; Free

Saturday Brunch Mary-Lee Birdand Billie Zizi; 11am; No cover • The Devil’s Sons with Solhounds; 2pm; Free • The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer with Ryan McNally; 8 pm; $23 (adv) NEW WEST HOTEL Early:

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ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Doug

Kim Mitchell; 10pm; $21

Stroud; 8:30pm; $5

ON THE ROCKS Sweet Tequila;

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

9pm

Sat, 9pm

PALACE CASINO Heather McKenzie Band; 9:30pm

PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Northern Lights Folk Club: Pharis & Jason Romero; 7pm; $23 (adv), $27 (door) RITCHIE COMMUNITY HALL

Ritchie Community League’s Chili Cook-Off featuring The Misery Mountain Boys; 7pm; $20 (adv) ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every

Resident DJs playing the best in hip hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; Free

SANDS INN & SUITES Open

ENVY NIGHT CLUB

Resolution Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems

Soul Safari featuring Mercy Funk with DJ Modest Mike; 8pm; $9 (adv), $12 (door)

Rotating DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat

ROSE & CROWN PUB Mike

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

Dominey; 9pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Whiskey For The Pain; 9pm; $10; SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Joanne Janzen;

9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Mike “The Party Hog”; 9pm STARLITE ROOM Act A Fool with Huglife, Knight Riderz; 8pm; $25-$35 UNION HALL The Decibel Magazine Tour; 7pm; $32 YARDBIRD SUITE Littlebirds

Weekend; 7pm; $28 (members), $32 (guests)

Classical OLD STRATHCONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

An Evening of Count Baise featuring the Swing Emporium Big Band; 7pm; $20 ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH New Orford String

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Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,

motown, funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs;

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britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic hip-hop and reggae; Underdog: hip-hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack THE COMMON Get Down

It’s Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane

the Lion - Going to Mars Tour with Wilderado; 7pm; $18.50-$96.50

Classical JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE

Composition Concert (Year 3); 2pm; $10 (adult), $8 (student/senior) MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH D’un océan à

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DJs

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie

Lunchpail

BRITTANY’S LOUNGE

Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums can share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm • Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic hip-hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Wed

TUE APR 4

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Andy Sydow Band; 9pm

Wednesdays Live Piano Karaoke featuring the Fab Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm

BRITTANY’S LOUNGE

Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums can share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm HAVE MERCY Whiskey

JT’S BAR AND GRILL

Karaoke; Every Tue-Wed Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am

Floor: DJ Zyppy; Every Sun

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ; 8pm

Song Stage Hosted by Rhea March; Every Sun, 6:3010pm; Free

JT’S BAR AND GRILL

MAMA’S GIN JOINT

MON APR 3

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show;

Wooftop: Metal Mondays

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

LB’S PUB Tuesday Night

Open Jam Hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; Free

Every Sun, 9pm

with Metal Phil from CJSR’s Heavy Metal Lunchbox

BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig Pub Jam with Forever 51; Every Sun, 3-6:30pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Andy Sydow Band; 9pm

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Jazz Brunch with Bossa; 9am-2:30pm; Cover by donation

CHA ISLAND Karaoke

Henry; 9pm

Monday

O’BYRNE’S Guinness Celtic

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB

jam every Tue; 9:30pm

Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

BLUES ON WHYTE Jason BRIXX BAR Dragan Kojic DRAKE HOTEL Sunday

Jamming; Every Sun, 2pm HAVE MERCY YEG Music presents “Compete With The Beat”; Every Sun, 6pm; $10

FIDDLER’S ROOST Open

Stage; 7-11pm

SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE

HAVE MERCY Have Mercy

The Spring Fling featuring Weezer; 6:30pm; $65

Blues Jam hosted by the Dylan Farrell Band; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up); Free NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

MAMA’S GIN JOINT Sunday

Jam out in your Jammies; Every Sun, 3-10pm; Free

Henry; 9pm

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul

Sunday Brunch Benjamin Williams; 11am; No cover • Colleen Brown with Kimberley MacGregor and Amy van Keeken; 6pm; $10 (adv) NEWCASTLE PUB Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage; Every Sun, 3pm

NEW WEST HOTEL Dean

Jamerama, with Tall Dark & Dirty; 7pm

Happy Hour featuring Krissy Feniak; 5:30pm; (donations welcome)

MOONSHINERS Sunday Noon Acoustic Jam; Every Sun, 12pm

MAMA’S GIN JOINT Tuesday Open Mic; Every Tue, 9pm; Starts Jan 3; Free

NEW WEST HOTEL Dean PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

Fiddlers Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday

Session: Stephanie Urquhart Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

Classical CONVOCATION HALL Kilburn Memorial Concert; 8pm; Free (donations accepted at the door)

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins

britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Tue

Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780.

424.0077, yourgaybar.com FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca THE FORGE ON WHYTE 1054982 Ave (Whyte Ave) GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HIGHLANDS GOLF CLUB 6603 Ada Blvd NW HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE 10045155 St NW JT'S BAR AND GRILL 1107 Knottwood Road East JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LION'S HEAD PUB 4440 Gateway Blvd MAMA'S GIN JOINT 11723 Jasper Ave, 780.705.0998, mamasginjoint.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 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045,

theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave NORTHLANDS EXPO CENTRE 7515-118 Ave NW O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 OLD STRATHCONA PERFORMANCE CENTRE 8426 Gateway Boulevard O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 9135-146 St NW PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave POURHOUSE BISTRO & TAPROOM 10354-82 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RITCHIE COMMUNITY HALL 7727-98 St NW ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave ROGERS PLACE 10220-104 Ave NW ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead

Wednesday Karaoke; Every Wed, 9pm; Free NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

Hour featuring Jo-Jo O’ & The Woods; 5:30pm

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 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 1111387 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8/MAMA'S PIZZA 7317-101 Ave NW EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW ENVY NIGHT CLUB West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St

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DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm RANCH ROADHOUSE DJ

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VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ALIBI PUB 17328 Stony Plain Rd ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre 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 BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, 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 BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca

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9pm

SUN APR 2

Keba; 7:30pm; $35

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

STARLITE ROOM Judah &

MacEwan University Music presents: Big Band; 7:309pm; $11.75-$13.75

WED APR 5

LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm

SPARK CENTRE Josephburg

DJs

Sunday Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm

JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE

FIDDLER’S ROOST Fiddle Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

Elmore & Hoodoo Witch; 9pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE Platypus Theatre’s: How the Gimquat Found Her Song; 2pm; $15-$30

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The

Classical

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Quartet with Cho-Liang Lin (violin) and Orion Weiss (piano); 7:30pm Choral Society with Alfie Myhre and Byron Myhre; 7pm; $20 (adv)

Sun; 9:30pm

Trail SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE 9797 Jasper Ave 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 SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SPARK CENTRE 2257 Premier Way, Sherwood Park SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe. com Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

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

BONFIRE • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • 780.443.6044 • rapidfiretheatre.com • Bonfire is Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual romp of new ideas in long-form improv. Every show at Bonfire is a new idea that has never been tried before; it might work, it might not, but either way it’ll be a joy to witness • Apr 4-8 Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Danny Accapella; Mar 30-Apr 1 • Marvin Krawczyk; Apr 6-8

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 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)

EDMONTON GARDENING VEGETARIAN & VEGAN GROUP • Veggie Garden Restaurant, 10582-100 St • 780.463.1626 • Lecture on how to be a lavish vegan • Mar 31, 5:30pm

FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE • Remedy Cafe, 8631-109 St • facced-

COMEDY ON THE ROCKS • On the Rocks, 11740 Jasper Ave • A weekly comedy show featuring rotating headliners and more • Every Sun, 7-8:45pm

monton@gmail.com • fertilityawarenesschartingcircle.org • First Mon each month (Oct-Jun), 6:30-8:30pm • $10 (suggested donation) • RSVP at faccedmonton@gmail.com

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Darren Carter; Mar 29-Apr 2 • Godfrey; Apr 5-9

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

EL COMEDY • El Cortez Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar, 8230 Gateway Blvd • Hosted by Dion Arnold with weekly headliners and guest comics • Every Wed, 7pm (door), 7:30pm (show) • No cover Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free

SPRING EDITION OF THE DATING GAME

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm

Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 • dance@sugarswing.com • sugarswing.com • Swing dance social • Every Fri-Sat, 8pm (beginner lesson begins) • $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages

(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

LGNYEG • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave NW • happyharborcomics.com • Events may include guest speakers, movie nights, board game nights, video game nights and much more • First Thu of the month, 7-9pm • Free

BRAZILIAN ZOUK DANCE CLASSES

• Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St NW • 780.974.4956 • hello@ludiczouk.com • ludiczouk.com/buy • Every Wed, Jan 18-Jun 28, 7-8:30pm • $20 (drop-in, at the door); discount on classes online

LOTUS QIGONG • SAGE downtown 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free

VUECLASSIFIEDS 1600.

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

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 RODA DE CAPOEIRA • Capoeira Academy, #103-10324-82 Ave • capoeiraacademy.ca • Brazil's traditional game of agility and trickery • Every Sat, 2:30pm • Free • All ages 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

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-

83 Ave NW • 780.554.6133 • Instruction into the meditation on the Inner Light. Learn a simple technique that will lift you above life's stresses • Every Sun, 5pm • Free

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

TOASTMASTERS • Chamber Toastmasters Club: 6th floor, World Trade

Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/ RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St; 780.902.4605;

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FRIDAY NIGHT STOMP! • Sugar Foot

ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio

MONTHLY MEDITATION AND VEGAN BRUNCH • Padmanadi Vegetarian Restaurant,

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply

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

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

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)

97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

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

• On the Rocks, 11740 Jasper Ave • Hosted by Sterling Scott • Apr 2, 7:30pm • Free

MONDAY MINGLE • Hexagon Board Game

10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm 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

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10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • An epic adventure featuring a variety of pre-made characters, characters that guests can make on their own, or one that has already been started.

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

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

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment

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for artists of all modalities to share their work with the community at Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival. If you are a vendor, a visual artist, have a workshop to offer or any other way you would like to share your art with the community, we would like to invite you to be a part of our festival, June 3 and 4.

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Chalk It Up on the Ave happens every year! We are looking for Edmonton chalk artists to submit their work and play on Alberta Avenue!

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norwoodtoastmasters.org; Every Thu, Oct 13-Jun 29, 7:30-9:30pm; Guests are free • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact vpm@norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Norwood Toastmasters: Legion, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Jun, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo. com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.437.1136 (Mark) or 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@ gmail.com; Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION GUIDE HIKE: ELK ISLAND – SHIRLEY LAKE TRAIL (SHIRLEY LAKE TRAILHEAD) • Superstore Calgary Trail NW corner parking lot • 780.434.2675 • waskahegantrail.ca • Apr 9, 9:45am-3pm

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • contact cwaalberta@gmail.com • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm

WOMEN'S CRICKET • Edmonton Indoor Cricket and Baseball Ltd, 7031-56 Ave • incogswomens@gmail.com • Learn the game of cricket. The group plays for fun and no experience is necessary • Every Fri, 8-10pm • $5

YOGA, ART & WINE • 4 Points Health and Wellness, 12406-112 Ave • Gentle fusion flow yoga and painting • First Sat of each month, 7-10pm • $45 (available at Eventbrite)

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • Drop in hours: Mon, Wed 4-7pm; Fri 6-9pm; Closed Sat-Sun and Holidays • JamOUT: Music mentorship and instruction for youth aged 12-24; Every other Tue, 7-9pm • Equal Fierce Fit & Fabulous: recreational fitness program, ages 12-24; every other Tue, 6-8pm, every other Tue • Queer Lens: weekly education and discussion group open to everyone; every Wed, 7-8:30pm • Mindfulness Meditation: open to everyone; every Thu, 6-6:50pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Movies & Games Night: Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Thought OUT: Altview’s all-ages discussion group; every Sat, 7-9pm • Men Talking with Pride: Social discussion group for gay and bisexual men; Every Sun, 7-9pm TEAM EDMONTON • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • Swimming: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • Water Polo: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • Yoga: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • Taekwondo: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • Abs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:15-8:15pm • Dodgeball: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • Running: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • Spin: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• Volleyball: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9 • Meditation: Edmonton Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; 3rd Thu of every month, 5:30-6:15pm • Board Games: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • All Bodies Swim: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm YOGA WITH JENNIFER • 780.439.6950 •

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102 Ave • royalalbertamuseum.ca/events • Learn about liverworts and mosses, a diverse group of miniature plants called bryophytes. They are an integral but often overlooked part of ecosystems in Alberta • Apr 5, 7-8pm • Free

RUNNING FOR OFFICE: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN POLITICS AND ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL • Room 231/237, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta • 111 St and 89 Ave • edmonton@ leaf.ca • An all-party event featuring women candidates who have run for office or currently hold office from all four major political parties to share their experiences or challenges in running for office, and ideas for change in how to make campaigning and holding office more inclusive and safer for women • Apr 5, 6-8pm • Free

GREAT EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL SLIDE • St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 84240-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 (Gerry Staring), 780.435.6406 (John Woollard), 780.454.6216 (Sylvia Krogh) • Denmark, Sweden & Norway by Elvira Leibovitz (Apr 4) • First Mon of the month, 7:30pm • $3 donation (guests are asked to bring snacks to share); everyone welcome QUEER AFFIRM GROUP • garysdeskcom@hotmail. com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet monthly at Second Cup, Edmonton City Centre for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Mon: Drag Race in the White Room; 7pm • Thu: Happy hour, 6-8pm; Karaoke, 7-12:30am • Fri: Flashback Friday with your favourite hits of the 80s/90s/2000s; rotating drag and burlesque events • Sat: Rotating DJs Velix and Suco • Sun: Weekly drag show, 10:30pm G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, Or in confidence one-on-one in the Craft Room • 780.474.8240 • tuff69@telus. net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance. One-on-one meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm

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26TH ANNUAL GARLIC FESTIVAL • Sorrentino’s • sorrentinos.com • Eat, drink and stink.

Featuring dishes with garlic and more • Apr 2, Apr 7, Apr 14, Apr 21, Apr 26, Apr 30 109TH EDMONTON KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL • Alberta College Campus, MacEwan University, 10050 MacDonald Drive • 780.488.3498 • musicfest@edmontonkiwanis.com • edmontonkiwanis.com/musicfest • A competitive music festival. Featuring Choirs, bands, singers, pianists, guitarists, harpists, speech students and more • Apr 10-28 • Free

EDMONTON CANNABIS & HEMP EXPO • Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave NW • che@canwestproductions.com • cannabishempexpo.com/edmonton • Featuring education to patients, growers, industry professionals, investors and more. In addition, the expo will also have retail exhibitions and a seminar theatre • Apr 1-2 • $15 (door)

EDMONTON TATTOO & ARTS FESTIVAL • Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave NW • tattoo@canwestproductions.com • edmontontattooshow.com • More than 250 local and international artists showcasing their talent.

Including retail exhibits and entertainment acts • Mar 31-Apr 2 • $25 (door), $50 (weekend), free (kids 14 and under)

OPENING GALA - EDMONTON KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL • McDougall United Church, 10025-101 St NW • musicfest@edmontonkiwanis.com • edmontonkiwanis.com/musicfest • Emceed by Paula Simons from the Edmonton Journal. The event will feature the following diciplines: aboriginal dance, choir, woodwind and more • Apr 9, 2:30-3:30pm • By donation

ORCHID SOCIETY OF ALBERTA 2017 ORCHID FAIR • Hole’s Greenhouses at the Enjoy Centre • orchidsalberta.com • Celebrating the hobby of orchid growing with its annual show and sale • Apr 7-9

WINTER PATIO WEEKEND • Various locations such as Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, Little Brick Cafe & General Store, Rice Howard Way: Second Season Street Party • Who said patios are just for summer? Bask in the sun or wrap up in a cozy throw • Mar 30-Apr 2

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Across

1 Super Mario ___ 5 30-ton computer introduced in 1946 10 Gets hazy, with “up”

14 Au ___ 15 ___ precedent 16 Film director Wertmuller 17 Obama education secretary Duncan

18 Exterminator’s targets 19 Reunion invitee 20 Harden, like adobe 23 Neutral area between N. and S. Korea 24 Brockovich played by Julia Roberts 25 Battleship initials 28 ___ Lambert (recent viral answer to the pub quiz question “Who played Skyler White?” where the cheating team misread Anna Gunn’s Wikipedia entry) 31 Hog, wild?

33 “No you didn’t!”

35 Guns N’ Roses frontman Rose 36 Hypnotized or anesthetized 38 Actress Taylor of “High Fidelity” 39 Highest-ranked tournament player 41 Facepalmworthy 44 ___-TASS (Russian press agency) 45 “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” author Mitch 47 Plumb of “The Brady Bunch” 48 Drops in on 51 Mr. Hoggett’s wife, in “Babe” 52 ___ es Salaam, Tanzania 53 Italian writer Umberto 54 “Top ___ mornin’ to you!”

56 “___ the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” 58 Historical medical book, or literally what’s happening in this grid?

63 Johnson of TV’s “Laugh-In” 66 Watch brand that means “exquisite” or “success” in Japanese 67 Norwegian royal name

68 Spinnaker or jib 69 ___ Rock Pete (Diesel Sweeties character) 70 Sushi ingredient 71 Coop denizens 72 “Carnival of the Animals” composer Camille Saint-___ 73 Eponymous developer of a mineral scale

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1 Tattle 2 ___ avis (uncommon find) 3 Pig noise 4 Fine equine 5 Sports-channel-themed restaurant 6 Nair rival, once 7 “My package has arrived!”

8 September flower 9 Lieutenant killed by Iago in “Othello” 10 Taqueria dessert, maybe 11 Cruet contents 12 Wildebeest 13 “Stay With Me” Grammy-winner Smith 21 Infuse (with) 22 Sch. that’s home to the Wildcats in Durham 25 American competitor 26 Trap liquid?

27 Sean played by Melissa McCarthy 28 Local 29 Far from drab 30 Texas city across the border from Ciudad Juarez

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The dragon that stole your treasure will return it.

Tulips and snapdragons will blossom in a field you thought was a wasteland. Gargoyles from the abyss will crawl into view, but then meekly lick your hand and reveal secrets you can really use. The dour troll that guards the bridge to the 'next big thing' will let you pass even though you don't have the password. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just described is only metaphorically true, not literally.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): According to legend, Buddha had to face daunting tests to achieve enlightenment. A diabolical adversary tempted him with sensual excesses and assailed him with vortexes of blistering mud, flaming ice, and howling rocks.

Happily, Buddha glided into a state of wise calm and triumphed over the mayhem. He converted his nemesis's vortexes into bouquets of flowers and celestial ointments. What does this have to do with you? In accordance with current astrological omens, I hope you will emulate Buddha as you deal with your own initiatory tests.

APRIL FOOL! I wasn't completely honest. It's true you'll face initiatory tests that could prod you to a higher level of wisdom. But they'll most likely come from allies and inner prompts rather than a diabolical adversary.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Since I expect you'll soon be tempted to indulge in too much debauched fun and riotous release, I'll offer you a good hangover remedy. Throw these ingredients into a blender, then drink up: a thousand-year-old quail egg from China, seaweed from Antarctica, milk from an Iraqi donkey, lemon juice im-

32 “___ pinch of salt ...”

34 Traffic sign warning 37 BBQ entree 40 ___ Lanka 42 They fall in line 43 “... ___ man with seven wives” 46 Area sheltered from the wind 49 “High ___” (Maxwell Anderson play) 50 Period of inactivity 55 “The Lion King” meanie 57 Typhoon, e.g.

58 Toothpaste types 59 Analogous (to) 60 A little bit of everything 61 Sound-barrier word 62 “Z” actor Montand 63 Pikachu’s friend 64 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life” 65 Sn, in chemistry ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords

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ported from Kazakhstan, and a dab of Argentinian toothpaste on which the moon has shone for an hour. APRIL FOOL! I deceived you. You won't have to get crazy drunk or stoned to enjoy extreme pleasure and cathartic abandon. It will come to you quite naturally—especially if you expand your mind through travel, big ideas or healthy experiments.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Hire a promoter to create gold plaques listing your accomplishments and hang them up in public places. Or pay someone to make a thousand bobblehead dolls in your likeness, each wearing a royal crown, and give them away to everyone you know. Or enlist a pilot to fly a small plane over a sporting event while trailing a banner that reads, "[Your name] is a gorgeous genius worthy of worshipful reverence."

APRIL FOOL! What I just advised was a distorted interpretation of the cosmic omens. Here's the truth: The best way to celebrate your surging power is not by reveling in frivolous displays of pride, but rather by making a bold move that will render a fantastic dream ten percent more possible for you to accomplish.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Endangered species: black rhino, Bornean orangutan, hawksbill turtle, South China tiger, Sumatran elephant and the Leo messiah complex. You may not be able to do much to preserve the first five on that list, but PLEASE get to work on saving the last. It's time for a massive eruption of your megalomania. APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating for effect. There's no need to go overboard in reclaiming your messiah complex. But please do take strong

action to stoke your self-respect, selfesteem and confidence.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Race through your yoga routine so you have more time to surf the Internet.

Inhale doughnuts and vodka in the car as you race to the health food store. Get into a screaming fight with a loved one about how you desperately need more peace and tenderness. APRIL FOOL! A little bit of self-contradiction would be cute, but not THAT much. And yet I do worry that you are close to expressing THAT much. The problem may be that you haven't been giving your inner rebel any high-quality mischief to attend to.

As a result, it's bogged down in trivial insurrections. So please give your inner rebel more important work to do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Research shows that a typical working couple devotes an average of four minutes per day in meaningful conversations.

I suggest you boost that output by at least ten percent. Try to engage your best companion in four minutes and 24 seconds of intimate talk per day.

APRIL FOOL! I lied. A ten-percent increase isn't nearly enough. Given the current astrological indicators, you must seek out longer and deeper exchanges with the people you love.

Can you manage 20 minutes per day?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In a way, it's too bad you're about to lose your mind. The chaos that ensues will be a big chore to clean up. But in another sense, losing your mind may be a lucky development. The process of reassembling it will be entertaining and informative. And as a result, your problems will become

more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. You won't really lose your mind. But this much is true: Your problems will be more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. That's a good thing! It may even help you recover a rogue part of your mind that you lost a while back.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You say that some of the healthiest foods don't taste good? And that some of your pleasurable diversions seem to bother people you care about? You say it's too much hassle to arrange for a certain adventure that you know would be exciting and meaningful? Here's what I have to say about all that: Stop whining. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, there will soon be far fewer reasons for you to whine. The discrepancies between what you have to do and what you want to do will at least partially dissolve. So will the gaps between what's good for you and what feels good, and between what pleases others and what pleases you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You should begin work on a book with one of the following titles, and you should finish writing it no later than Apr. 28: "The Totally Intense Four Weeks of My Life When I Came All the Way Home" ... "The Wildly Productive Four Weeks of My Life when I Discovered the Ultimate Secrets of Domestic Bliss" ... "The Crazily Meaningful Four Weeks When I Permanently Anchored Myself in the Nourishing Depths."

APRIL FOOL! I lied. There's no need to actually write a book like that. But I do hope you seek out and generate

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experiences that would enable you to write books with those titles.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you were a passenger on a plane full of your favourite celebrities, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing on a remote snowbound mountain, and you had to eat one of the celebrities in order to stay alive until rescuers found you, which celebrity would you want to eat first? APRIL FOOL! That was a really stupid and pointless question. I can't believe I asked it. I hope you didn't waste a nanosecond thinking about what your reply might be. Here's the truth, Aquarius: You're in a phase of your astrological cycle when the single most important thing you can do is ask and answer really good questions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): You now have an elevated chance of finding a crumpled one-dollar bill on a sidewalk. There's also an increased likelihood you'll get a coupon for a five percent discount from a carpet shampoo company, or win enough money in the lottery to buy a new sweatshirt.

To enhance these possibilities, all you have to do is sit on your ass and wish really hard that good economic luck will come your way. APRIL FOOL! What I just said was kind of true, but also useless. Here's more interesting news: The odds are better than average that you'll score tips on how to improve your finances. You may also be invited to collaborate on a potentially lucrative project, or receive an offer of practical help for a bread-andbutter dilemma. To encourage these outcomes, all you have to do is develop a long-term plan for improved money management. V AT THE BACK 19

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COMING CLEAN

Gay guy here. Met a guy online. He came over. We had incredible sex and then a great conversation lasting several hours. But—and you knew there was one coming—he told me that he lied about his HIV status. (I asked him before meeting him, like I do with anyone.) He is undetectable, but he told me initially he was “HIV/STD negative.” I got very upset—more from the lie than his status. (I know that undetectable is practically the same as negative.) I really like him, but that was a big lie. He told me all about his life and any other secrets after that. Should I swear off him for lying about such a big topic? Or is the fact he did tell me and our connection enough to give him a second chance? I had not been that happy up till the reveal in, well, maybe ever. But I want to be wise.

DID ASK, DIDN’T TELL Why would he lie? To avoid rejection. Obviously. Guys often refuse to hook up with guys who are honest about being HIV-positive even though a positive guy with an undetectable viral load is less of a risk—at least where HIV transmission is concerned— than a guy who believes himself to be negative because he was the last time he got tested or because he doesn’t think he could ever get infected and so has never been tested. Someone who was recently infected is highly infectious; someone who doesn’t think he could ever get infected— because he doesn’t sleep with older guys, because he only tops, because his ass is magic and he uses unicorn spit for lube—is a fucking idiot, and fucking idiots are higher risk for fucking everything.

Sometimes positive guys get sick of being punished for being honest, and so they lie—and it’s particularly tempting to lie to someone you don’t expect to see again, i.e., a quick hookup. HIV-positive people shouldn’t lie to their sex partners.

Obviously. People should be honest, informed consent is consent, and lying about your HIV status can be risky for people with HIV. Thanks to stupid laws passed by ill-informed idiots, failing to inform a sex partner you’re HIV-positive is a crime in many areas. There are people in prison today—mostly men, mostly black—for failing to disclose. These disclosure laws incentivize not knowing your status—you can’t be punished for not disclosing what you don’t know—putting everyone at higher risk.

Why would he tell the truth? It’s possible he lied to you about his status—a lie he regarded as harmless thanks to his undetectable viral load—because he assumed this would be a hookup and noth-

ing more. He wasn’t going to infect you and he wasn’t going to see you again. But after you two hit it off, DADT, he decided to tell you the truth right away instead of waiting weeks or months.

The connection you describe is hard to find—this could be the start of something great—but the lie he told was big, yes, but understandable. I think he deserves credit for coming clean right away—and a second chance.

UP THE VOLUME

I want to fuck my 31-year-old husband more often than he wants to fuck me, his 27-year-old wife. We have been married for three years and together for four. My question is twofold: One, how do I gracefully accept his “no?" We have sex usually two times a week—I wish it was more like five—which means he turns me down two or three times a week. I want to be better at hearing “no” from him without getting upset. The more I freak out, the less likely he is to fuck me the next time I ask. It’s a bad cycle. Two, he

the table for that third time and/or the husband giving you a masturbatory assist. He may not be up for PIV more than twice a week, but he may be up for crawling into bed with you and either having a wank with you or holding you and talking porny while you have a wank.

As for your frustration around always initiating, well, sometimes we have to accept the shit we cannot change. As the person with the higher libido in your relationship, SPOUSE, you may be stuck being the initiator.

TEEN ANGST

I’m a teenage girl and I’m really horny. I always think about sex, and I’d like to masturbate sometimes. I can’t live in this way, sometimes I feel physically and psychologically bad because of this terrible need to have sex or stuff. I’m single, and I don’t want to lose my virginity with a random guy. I really need some advice from you! How can I masturbate or quit this exaggerated libido?

DON’T REVEAL MY NAME Your libido is your libido, DRMN. It isn’t exaggerated, it simply is. Some people have high libidos, some people have low libidos, some people have no libidos, and an individual’s libido can wax and wane and wax again over the years.

You’re at the stage of life when people tend to be at their horniest and consequently think about sex a lot. Women and girls, too. (Don’t let anyone tell you that women aren’t as horny as men—reread the last letter.) If you find yourself distracted by sexual thoughts, DRMN, masturbating can help—most people find they can concentrate on other things for at least an hour once they’ve rubbed one or two or three out. As for how you masturbate … Masturbate on your own or with a partner, in private, and whenever you feel the desire or need to. Enjoy!

Don’t assume your husband is having a wank every time he visits a porn site. watches porn every day. I know because I was naughty and snooped.

I love porn and I watch a lot of it myself. But it doesn’t replace sex for me. Is there a conversation to be had about this? Should I just keep my mouth shut? I love him but I am so frustrated.

SINCERELY PERPLEXED OVER UNWANTED SEXUAL ENERGY You want to have sex five times a week, SPOUSE, you watch a lot of porn, and porn doesn’t replace sex for you. Isn’t it possible that it works the same way for your husband? He wants to have sex twice a week, he watches a lot of porn, porn doesn’t replace sex for him. Don’t assume your husband is having a wank every time he visits a porn site. Lots of people—men and women—like to take a quick peek at porn sites, get a little erotic charge, and then get on with whatever they’re doing without stopping everything to have a wank.

That said, SPOUSE, I can certainly understand why you’re frustrated— you’re having a lot less sex than you’d like and you’re constantly feeling rejected—but blowing up about porn isn’t going to help anything. So what do you do with your feelings of frustration? Regarding frequency, SPOUSE, you directly address the issue with your husband and propose a low-stakes, low-pressure (and mutually pleasurable) compromise. Tell him you’d like to aim for three times a week, but put mutual masturbation on

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