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A lack of foresight Twice in two weeks a glaring lack of foresight has caught up with Alberta's Education Minister, Jeff Johnson.

Johnson was one of 31 MLAs who voted against (and defeated) Motion 503, a nonbinding motion that reads as follows: "Be it resolved that the Legislative Assembly urge the Government to introduce legislation, like Manitoba's and Ontario's, requiring all school boards to develop policies to support students who want to lead and establish gaystraight alliance activities and organizations, using any name that is consistent with the promotion of a positive school environment that is inclusive, welcoming, and respectful for all students regardless of sexuality, sexual orientation, or gender identity."

Given his title, it's pretty bad optics to be against such a motion, and Johnson certainly seems aware of that: his arguments defending his vote try to pander to both sides. "I absolutely support gay-straight alliances as an important source of support in schools," he responded to one angry message posted to his Facebook. "But I leave it to the discretion of local school boards as to whether they want to mandate these or any other organizations in their schools."

By '"mandate," remember that, in terms of 503, we're still only talking about permission: letting students who want to set up such a club have the option and resources to do so (like any other school group), rather than simply allowing school boards to tell them a flat-out no.

Which leads us into this week's news of the Prairie Christian Academy, a publicly funded evangelical school in Three Hills, that set out anti-gay policies that its teachers and students have to sign. Johnson's response was certainly more direct, noting he'd be reviewing all agreements with school boards and alternative programs to ensure they were following provincial legislation. But, aside from the fact that "review" is really as unbinding as "urge", the broader issue is that Johnson's vote against motion 503 only sets him up to be endlessly "reviewing" nearly identical situations, both of which violate human and charter rights prohibiting discrimination based on sexuality.

Johnson's lack of foresight on these matters extends back further. When the Alberta government passed its overhauled Education Act in 2012, an initially included wording required all coursework to "promote understanding and respect for others and honour and respect the Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms and the Alberta Human Rights Act." The then-current Minister of Education Thomas Lukaszuk defended the wording in the face of homeschool and religious advocates. But once Johnson ended up in the minister position, he deemed having such a specific wording in legislation unnecessary, and defended its removal. And now we find ourselves here, with two different, ugly consequences in two weeks, and many more likely to come in the future.

Johnson's role and title comes with an expectation of leadership in this province, not pandering to harmful ideals. His responses to these two events over the past two weeks— and the groundwork policies that have led to them—show a glaring lack of foresight and care about the former, and too much clout being given to the latter. V

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Two-tiered health is just wrong The privilege to pay should not be part of Alberta's social values We can't build the health system we want through the courts. A small, angry minority of Albertans wants a two-tier health system where a few people get whatever they want while everyone else waits. The great majority of us want good health care based on need, not ability to pay. The minority just can't seem to live with losing this argument.

On April 2, Justice P R Jeffrey of Alberta's Court of Queen's Bench rejected the claim put forward by lawyer John Carpay on behalf of Darcy Allen that prohibition on private health insurance in Alberta infringes on Allen's charter rights.

This claim was not a rejection of access to health care, but rather recognition that allowing private insurance to determine Albertans' access to health care is not a solution to the problems in our public health-care system. Carpay based his court argument on the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Chaoulli case that a ban on private health insurance under Quebec law infringed Chaoulli's charter right to security of the person. The Alberta Court found Chaouilli didn't apply. That's no surprise: the Supreme Court clearly stated Chauoilli applied only to the specifics of the Quebec case. This Alberta case was simply political grandstanding.

Allen is a dentist who was forced to sell his business as a result of his debilitating back condition. He, along with other Albertans who are living with pain, loss of productivity and income, are all victims of Alberta's poorly-managed healthcare system. Personal pain cannot be quantified

or dismissed, and it is shameful that people are being put into a situation where they feel compelled to look at other options that should and must be available within our public system.

We can do better, but not through lawsuits and not through two-tier health care. Carpay's constant characterization of our health system as a "government monopoly" is American-style rhetoric, it's just automatic opposition to any public enterprise. Privateers like Carpay seem to believe that markets can do everything. Markets are good at lots of things, but they are hopeless at health care. It's called market failure because health care just isn't like consumer goods—sick people don't "consume" health care like other things. We go to emergency because we have to, not because we want to. When we keel over with a heart attack, we don't think, "Great! Now we can go shopping for a hospital!"

The idea of private health care comes back time and time again because it is desirable for a small group of people who have both money and influence. The vast majority of Canadians have continued to say no, over and over and over.

Advocates of private health care like to toss out general claims that Sweden is better or France is better, but that's just empty rhetoric. The comparisons are meaningless because the health systems are so different and the countries overall are so different. We can't just be "like Sweden." The privatizers always want to talk about somewhere else because they don't want to talk about our own experience in

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Canada, especially in Alberta, where our own experience with private health care so far has been a disaster.

To share just one example, some Albertans will remember the Health Resource Centre— Ralph Klein's pet project of a private hospital.

It went bankrupt. In business they call that "failing." It showed the mess we get into with decisions driven by ideology instead of by common sense. The former Calgary Health Region under Jim Dinning and Jack Davis oversaw maybe the most ridiculous piece of waste and extravagance ever in our health system, getting the province to fund the McCaig Tower for orthopedic surgery while at the same time they were promising to double HRC's contract for the same surgeries, a few blocks down the street.

Our health system may not be perfect but it is a solid foundation from which to continue building, expanding and improving. Many of us are getting sick of watching a handful of corporate power-brokers and political bagmen experiment with new ways to distort the health system to benefit their friends.

Allowing private insurance to stand between you and your health care is not only not cost effective, but, most importantly, it only serves to create a system of inequality of access to health care. V Sandra Azocar is the executive director of Friends of Medicare

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That other B-Word

The effect of words like bossy and gender stereotypes on women in leadership themselves that they are overstepping their gender bounds.

"We let boys be bossy, we let boys be aggressive, we let boys be more assertive more than we let girls," Meagher states. "Should we question whether or not we appreciate assertive people?

Sure, but the matter of the fact is that we treat boys and girls differently when they're assertive—or bossy or pushy or aggressive."

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here's an adage that attempted to teach generations of children that words can't hurt, but the truth is that words can be insidious. The effect of positive words can be quickly shattered by the utterance of a negative sentiment, and those words can become embedded into memories for years to come—even after the initial sting has subsided.

The latest word to come under fire is one that's been heard and said often, particularly among children—bossy.

Facebook COO and LeanIn co-founder Sheryl Sandberg has recently launched Ban Bossy, a campaign that encourages girls to lead and to omit the word from our vernacular.

"When a little boy asserts himself, he's called a 'leader.' Yet when a little girl does the same, she risks being branded 'bossy.' Words like bossy send a message: don't raise your hand or speak up.

By middle school girls are less interested in leading than boys—a trend that continued into adulthood. Together we can encourage girls to lead," reads the manifesto on the campaign's website.

Since its inception, the campaign has caused a heated debate via social media (#banbossy) with a strong dichotomy of opinions raising issues on both sides.

Those who are pro Ban Bossy believe girls should be told they have leadership potential rather than being told they are bossy, maintaining that the use of the terms will stifle young girls' proclivity to seek out leadership opportunities. In contrast, those opposed to it

point out that someone who is "bossy" and someone who is a "leader" are two separate beings. Someone who is truly bossy is domineering and overbearing, and being called "bossy" is an indicator that their behaviour is off-putting, while true leaders inspire, motivate and build trust in those around them.

"I would call [bossy] a gender-coded word that's used to undermine, in very subtle ways, women who want to take on roles of power," says Dr Michelle Meagher, assistant professor and undergraduate advisor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta.

However, Meagher points out that while the intentions of Ban Bossy are good, the campaign fails to interrogate what bossiness is and what being a boss is.

"There's this sort of conventional sense in which we should not use the word bossiness as positive, right?" she adds. "I think that's really interesting because it's at odds with an earlier feminist critique of the kind of power that is exercised by the boss, sort of the top-down power."

Meagher notes she has people who are in positions of power over her, as most of us do, but when they act "bossy," it's not effective and isn't a positive scenario. While Meagher believes there is a line between leading and being too dominating of others, the Ban Bossy campaign is alerting the public to the notion that when girls take on leadership positions or when they assert

Meagher is the mother of a five-yearold daughter who has been called bossy from time to time at preschool.

She has seen instances in which boys get to be aggressive or assertive and it's expected of them, but it's not expected from girls and gets handled much differently when these situations occur.

"I don't think she's being bossy. I think she's trying to decide what to play, she is trying to assert some sort of place for herself in the world," Meagher says, comparing the reaction to girls being assertive like a game of whack-a-mole in that they are pushed back down at the first sign. "She's only five, so she's not running for student union or anything, but she has been called bossy and I think that whack-a-mole term, I just said it flippantly, but I do think it's sort of, we're going to slam that down really quickly."

Ban Bossy's most pertinent argument is that the word bossy essentially suppresses girls and hurts their confidence, hindering them in terms of leadership as they get older. But Meagher feels the term bossy and its ostensible effects on a girl's psyche is just one piece of a much larger puzzle.

"Banning that word isn't going to change anything, but thinking carefully about what we encourage and what we discourage in our children, in our classmates, in our friends, in our partners, thinking about how we encourage and discourage are influenced by our perceptions of gender," Meagher says, noting boys are also stifled, but it occurs in different ways and this does not make things equal across the board. "The classic example of the way in which boys are stifled is that they are encouraged not to be emotional. They're encouraged to be rational, they're encouraged to be tough, they're encouraged to be strong, they're encouraged to be leadership material. Sometimes a kid's not interested in that or sometimes a kid is really an emotional kid or a kid for whom tough decisions, leadership decisions, are difficult, and we might excuse a girl and we don't excuse a boy."

When it comes to leadership, Meagher says, regardless of gender, a leader is someone who has vision but recognizes they are not, in fact, in charge. Instead, they pay attention to the people under them and do what it takes to make those people the best they can be. But when it comes to instances of women in power, positive qualities are not always the ones perceived by those around her. Words like bossy, bitchy, pushy, power hungry and stubborn

are thrown around carelessly and are particularly unappealing, especially in a woman, Meaghern points out.

"They're all terms that go against some of the qualities and characteristics that we are encouraged as young women to exhibit, which are things like niceness, kindness, self-sacrifice, right?" she adds. "A lot of the terms that are associated with leadership are at odds with the terms associated with femininity and taking on that sort of leadership can be experienced as dissonant with femininity—and by femininity I mean a normative, conventional femininity that many of us are, for better or worse, deeply connected to."

Ban Bossy's website does provide resources for parents, teachers and managers to help people of influence be cognizant of gendered social dynamics, such as paying attention to who is in charge in micro social settings like classrooms and encouraging girls to speak up with confidence. The tips seem obvious in many instances, such as ensuring positive role models are visible, but reach into more subtle aspects as well. For instance, parents and teachers are advised to listen to the way girls speak—are they apologetic when they speak up? Do they phrase a statement as a question? (This often shows a lack of confidence.) Do they make themselves appear small?

"It's really easy to forget to pay attention to those sorts of things," Meagher says. "I don't think saying no one can be bossy anymore can solve the problem, but paying attention to who talks, who doesn't talk, who gets to decide what we're all doing, who puts up their hand, who doesn't put up their hand is worth exploring, and it doesn't just have to do with gender. It has to do with age, it has to do with class, it has to do with race, it has to do with language, it has to do with nation of origin, all of these things play into who puts their hand up in class, for example, or who takes on a leadership role."

But Ban Bossy goes beyond elementary and middle school. The tips provided for managers delve into grownup versions of classroom dynamics, stating that stereotypes are widely self-enforcing. It is expected that men will be assertive, opinionated and confident while their female counterparts are expected to be kind, nurturing and compassionate, so leadership goes against that.

Rachel Thomas, co-founder and president of LeanIn.org, states, "A man who makes a tough decision at work is often seen as decisive while a woman who does the same may be seen as impulsive or brash. Gender bias leads up to systematically discount women's performance. Women receive less credit for achievements than their male counterparts. And successful women are generally less liked than successful men."

As with any attention-grabbing campaign, Ban Bossy has as plethora of

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celebrities and public figures backing it up—male and female. Among them are Beyoncé, Jennifer Garner, Jane Lynch, fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg, former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson and US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. But what caught Meagher's attention most were the comments posted beneath the video on YouTube, which more often than not were derogatory and offensive.

"There's so much resistance to this campaign, and they use the word bossy to describe all those women, but then they use the C-word a lot, and the Cword and the B-word ... they float around a lot as really quick and really cutting-to-the-bone terms to control women—again, like that whack-a-mole thing," Meagher explains. "If someone calls you a C-word you stop for a second like, 'What did I do?'"

But then again, women are guilty of slinging these terms at each other, too.

"It's absolutely not the case that there's a group of men somewhere who have decided that we're not going to let women be powerful and we're going to control them in these subtle ways," Meagher adds. "That's absolutely not the case that there's some nefarious patriarchy. I mean, I think there's a patriarchal social system, but there's no group who are doing this. We're all doing it, and that's men and women together."

So what's the solution? Meagher says fostering positive relationships among women is a start. Women are often competitive with one another—think about how common it is to hear women cut other women down, whether it's behind their backs or to their face.

Meagher notes it's especially important for young girls to see relationships between other women that are built on camaraderie and respect rather than competition.

"I don't know how that leads out into leadership explicitly but I think that it's sort of providing models and practising positive relationships with women in a culture that for so long has asked us to compete with one another and to control one another through backstabbing and cattiness—to use a very gendered term—or calling one another bitches," she says, noting there are practical, material and ideological reasons as to why there aren't more women in power. "The ideological reasons have to do with the way in which women who are in power get thrown under the bus, for lack of a better word ... but then there's the practical stuff, which is that women are not simply women. They are, not always, wives and they are often mothers and those roles are really, really hard to maintain if you want to be a leader the way that contemporary leaders are expected to be leaders. It's not a 30- or 40-hour-a-week job to be a good, effective leader—the two things don't mesh unless you've got really good support."

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Gay-straight alliances should be a no brainer Wildrose and Conservative shoot-down of Motion 503 is very telling It should not have been controversial.

It should not have resulted in overblown statements, a Twitter war or MLAs screaming insults at each other from across the aisle at the legislature.

It should not have been or resulted in any of those things, but this is Alberta, and it was and did all of them.

On April 7, Liberal MLA Kent Hehr introduced a motion encouraging the Alberta Government to introduce legislation requiring Alberta school boards to develop policies supporting students who want to create gaystraight alliances or related activities in schools. The motion was debated for 59 minutes and then defeated by a vote of 31 to 19. All Liberal and New Democrat MLAs in the assembly at the time voted in favour of the motion. All Wildrose Party MLAs present voted against it. And the Conservatives split with 22 voting against and only 12 in favour.

It’s disconcerting that in this day and age what should have been a much needed feel-good motherhood moment for the Alberta legislature turned into yet one more excuse for anger and divisiveness.

What happened? Why would anyone oppose such a motion so aggressively and loudly?

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It’s important to get some facts opposing the motion on the grounds be. Is it a belief that there are no gay straight before attempting to answer that it was inappropriate to single students? Or a belief that gay stuthose questions. First of all, contrary out LGBTQ issues to the exclusion of dents do not get bullied? Or perhaps to what many media outlets have re- all the other reasons kids get bullied they believe that any gay students in ported, this was not a bill. It was a mo- in school. their schools already receive the suption that would have simply resulted The problem with all these argu- port they need through their faith in the assembly “encouraging” the ments is that they simply do not stand structures? If any of those were the government to do something. There up to scrutiny. Contrary to Johnson’s case, then there would be no gay stuwas nothing dents in their schools in there that trying to form the There was nothing in there that would have would have alliances and the forced any- forced anybody to do anything and there was def- motion would have body to do initely nothing in there which might have forced no impact on them. anything and McAllister’s contenthe creation of Gay-Straight Alliances. there was deftion does raise seriinitely nothing ous concerns about in there which might have forced the argument, the motion was not about what happens currently to LGBTQ creation of gay-straight alliances. taking away power from school kids in those schools who attempt to So why the opposition? Well, it de- boards and placing it in the hands of come out to teachers or counsellors. pends on who you ask. Education provincial legislation. Instead, it was In fact, McAllister’s argument strongMinister Jeff Johnson said he opposed all about empowering students to ly makes the case for the motion and the bill because decisions about gay- identify a need in their school and take why it is needed. straight alliances are best left to local action on it. That’s the opposite of As for Dorward’s assertion that the school boards. centralizing power. It’s putting power motion is exclusionary because it disWildrose MLA Bruce McAllister in the hands of those in the best posi- regards other forms of bullying, it presented a slight variation of that tion to identify their needs and how to makes one wonder just what motion reason, suggesting it would result in deal with them. he was reading. Hehr’s motion would the legislature forcing local boards McAllister’s argument that school do absolutely nothing to prevent stuto sanction groups that “might teach boards should be allowed to deny dents from forming support groups or promote concepts that contradict gay-straight alliances on the basis of to combat other types of bullying, their sincerely held religious beliefs.” religious beliefs is perhaps the most and to pretend otherwise is incredibly Conservative MLA Doug Dorward concerning. It’s hard to fathom just disingenuous and irresponsible for an went a different direction entirely, what those particular beliefs might elected member of the legislature.

It has become clear that there are indeed school boards in Alberta that are prohibiting the creation of gaystraight alliances when students have requested them. The research clearly shows that where the alliances exist, incidences of bullying and violence against LGBTQ students drop significantly, as does the rate of suicide among LGBTQ students. Gay-straight alliances benefit students, teachers and entire communities, and the motion should have been a slam dunk.

The reasons given by the Wildrose Party and the Conservative MLAs that opposed the motion are flimsy at best. The flimsiness of these arguments should be of major concern for Albertans as it suggests the existence of some deeper unspoken reason for why the motion failed.

Either these MLAs don’t truly believe that students get bullied for being gay, or worse, they believe it and don’t care. Either way, it’s a sad statement on just how far our province still needs to go and on who we’ve chosen to represent us. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

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Seymour Hersh strikes again

Long-time investigative freelance reporter has no reason not to tell the truth Why would anyone believe Seymour Hersh? True, he's the Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative reporter who broke the story of the massacre committed by US Army troops at My Lai in 1968 during the Vietnam War, and revealed the torture and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by US military police at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004.

But he's getting old (77), and he's a freelancer, and he won't even disclose the name of his key informant.

Whereas the US government has hundreds of thousands of people working for it just gathering and analyzing intelligence, and the American media are famed worldwide for their brave defence of the truth no matter what the cost. Besides, has the US government ever lied to you in the past?

So we obviously should not give much credence to Hersh's most recent story. It alleges that the poison-gas attack in Damascus last August that killed more than 1000 people, and almost triggered a massive US air attack on Syria, was not really carried out by Bashar alAssad's tyrannical regime (which the US wants to overthrow).

It was, Hersh says, a false-flag opera-

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tion carried out by the rebel al-Nusra could Hersh's backstory be true? inspectors in Damascus to look into Front with the purpose of triggering two much smaller attacks earlier in an American attack on Assad. If you Not one American paper or maga- 2013 that seemed to involve poison can believe that, you would probably zine was willing to print Hersh's gas. And we are asked to believe also believe his allegation that it was story, so it was finally published in that at that precise moment Assad the Turkish government, a US ally and the most recent issue of the London thought it would be a neat idea to NATO member, that gave the jihadi Review of Books. The US media are kill one or two thousand innocent extremists of al-Nusra the chemicals still studiously ignoring the story and civilians in the city with poison gas. to make sarin So who did it? The (nerve gas) and And yes, he's old, but that just means he has been obvious question to the training to getting it right about a lot of different things for ask was: who stands carry out the to benefit from this a long time. mass attack in attack? And the anDamascus. swer was certainly Hersh even says that it was General the Turkish government and various not Assad. He would not have done Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the branches of the US government have this unless he was very stupid—and US Joint Chiefs of Staff, who told naturally all issued indignant denials. being wicked does not make you stuPresident Barack Obama just days But the official story never made any pid. Whereas the rebels had every before the American strikes on Syria sense at all. reason to do it, in order to suck AmeriBy last August it was clear that can firepower in on their side. were due to start that the evidence was not strong enough to justify an Assad's regime would eventually But I must admit that it felt very American attack on the Syrian regime. win the civil war unless there was lonely making this argument at the The rest of the story we already some radical change in the situation time. I had no evidence that al-Nusra, know. Obama postponed the attack (like an American bombing cam- or any other rebel group, had carried by deciding, quite suddenly, that he paign against it). So Assad's survival out the attack. I just said that mohad to get congressional support for depended on not giving the United tives matter, and that Assad had no it. Then he cancelled it entirely once States any reason to attack him. plausible motive for doing it. And of the Russians gave him the face-saving Obama had already said that any course I couldn't say where the rebalternative of getting Assad to hand use of poison gas by the Syrian re- els would have got their chemical over all of his chemical weapons for gime would cross a "red line" and weapons from, if they did it. Hersh destruction. There is no chance of an trigger an American attack. In mid- says: the Turks.

American attack on Syria now. But August there were United Nations Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's

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prime minister for the past 11 years, has backed the Islamist rebels in the Syrian civil war from the start, and he will be in deep trouble if they lose.

They WILL lose, unless either Turkey or the United States comes to their aid militarily. Erdogan would obviously rather have the US Air Force do it rather than his own armed forces.

So he had a good motive for giving the rebels the poison gas.

Hersh says that he has been told by a former senior official in the US Defense Intelligence Agency that that is what happened. You can read the details on the website of the London Review of Books. And yes, he's old, but that just means he has been getting it right about a lot of different things for a long time.

He's just a freelancer, but that's why people with a whistle to blow trust him to get the story out. And no, he hasn't got confirmation from three separate named sources.

That's not how whistle-blowing works. But he is Seymour Hersh, and I strongly suspect that he is right. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Mexican?

The Three Amigos is a hidden gem no longer with second location

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dmonton's best-kept Mexican-food secret is a secret no more.

There was a time when the Three Amigos was a hidden gem, a word-of-mouth kind of place tucked in a strip mall south of the Whitemud on 106 Street that you had almost no chance of just stumbling upon. A couple of years ago I finally listened to what people in the know had been telling me and went to check their claims of tasty and authentic Mexican cuisine.

Then I went back, because these Amigos, they knew their way around a bewildering array of Mexican delicacies.

You certainly can't hide a bright light like that under a bushel. And thus, the Amigos have opened a satellite operation on Jasper Avenue.

El gato is out of el bago.

The new location is spacious and brightly painted, hosts a live mariachi band on select nights, and is a lot easier to get to. Most importantly, though, they offer exactly the same menu as the original location.

I should be clear here—I have never been to Mexico so, to be honest, I wouldn't know authentic Mexican food if it bit me on the knob.

But I know what I like, and I know that the Mexican food I really like is closer to the Central American food that places like Acajutla and El Rancho have taught me to like—made from scratch with fresh ingredients, subtly seasoned and spiked with lots of lime and cilantro, and not stuck to the plate with gobs of orange cheese.

My first visit to the new Amigos occurred before their official launch, but even their

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truncated menu offered a lot to choose from.

Co-diner and I split a nice refreshing insalata jardina ($9.99) of fresh salad greens, tomatoes and onions topped with a big scoop of the creamy house guacamole and presented with a side of tequila vinaigrette. The house also offered—as it always does—a free plate of their chalupas (fresh-made tortilla chips) and tangy salsa. If I have one abiding gripe with the Amigos, it's the little glass bowl in which the salsa comes is too small to accommodate the chips, which makes dipping, at best, ineffective and, at worst, a Sisyphean exercise in futility—not to be dramatic or anything.

To break with protocol, I'd like to start with the sides found on virtually every plate at the Three Amigos. The savoury, broth-imbued rice flecked with bits of carrot and onion, and the earthy simmered black beans form a hearty backbone to the meal, as well as providing a vehicle for mopping up the leftover condiments and entrée-shrapnel that are the byproduct of any good Mexican meal. My co-diner had opted for the carne asada tacos ($13.99) with mango pico de gallo, while I had the enchiladas borrachos ($17.99)—tender, beermarinated beef in flour tortillas—drenched in rich mole sauce. Mole is a notoriously labourintensive and tricky preparation in which a complex blend of tomatoes, aromatic herbs

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and spices, chilies, cocoa and ground nuts are simmered down to a thick, tantalizing, gravy-like substance over the course of a day or so. The rice helped ensure I didn't leave a speck of it behind.

Though this meal was easily enough to convince me that the Jasper Avenue Amigos were upholding the high standards of HQ, I thought I'd better go back for lunch just to make sure.

I ended up making sure a couple of times. On the first visit, I had the fish tacos ($15.99)—moist, lightly battered chunks of red snapper (actually, on this occasion, a near relative called red bandit) on soft tortillas with fresh salsa, slices of avocado and chipotle mayo, artfully balanced so that the toppings didn't overwhelm the mild fish.

The next visit involved a reunion with my old friend, tacos el pastor ($13.99)—juicy, red-tinged cubes of seasoned pork—on soft tortillas with cilantro, fresh salsa and sour cream

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and guacamole on the side. If you have 50 cents to spare, you can opt to add chunks of grilled pineapple, which makes a lovely counterpoint to the mild heat and vinegar snap of the pork. On both taco platters, the rice and beans fulfilled their destiny as condiment mopper-upper and ensured that the meal would stick to my ribs through the afternoon. In fact, their comforting heft left me wanting to indulge in that other great Mexican tradition, the siesta.

Alas, our hypercapitalist society has not evolved to recognize, much less honour, such a practice.

Since the foregoing meals rendered moot the need for dessert, I'm going to go out on a limb and endorse the empanadas de piña ($5.99)—flaky, golden-brown turnovers filled with pineapple and lavished with vanilla ice cream, cinnamon and butterscotch drizzle—which I enjoyed on a prior occasion. You probably only need to read the description to be sold on the proposition.

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Rosé in springtime

A transitional wine for the changing seasons Ah, the signs of spring: the honking of geese returning from the south, the first green buds and, for wine drinkers, a sudden hankering for rosé. Gone are the heavy, rich reds of cold winter nights— but the cool, crisp whites of summer patios are still a few more weeks away.

Rosé is a transitional wine for a transitional season, a bridge between red and white, winter and summer.

Take a look in your local wine store and you're certain to find a number of these pink wines (rosé is the French word for pink), either in their own section or tucked amidst the other wines from their respective countries. Rosé is made throughout the wine world and is almost always an easygoing, immediate gratification wine —and usually well-priced around the $20 mark.

Rosé is made from any number of grape varieties. Red grape varieties, that is—a common misconception is that rosé is a blend of red and white wine. This is actually not true—well, not usually, at least.

Some countries may make extremely cheap wines this way (though this is not permitted in many wine regions). The one notable exception is rosé Champagne, which is the opposite of cheap and the only time blending red and white wine

is legal in France. However, not all rosé Champagne is made by blending—often it's made with the process described below.

Rosé is made in the same method as your average red table wine, except the juice from the crushed grapes is only allowed to soak (macerate) with the grape skins and seeds for a short amount of time—usually only up to a day. (Red wine macerates for a few days to a few weeks.)

This shortened maceration period imbues the wine with a pretty pink hue, varying in intensity depending on the length of time and the type of grape variety used.

Rosé's aromas and flavours fall on the spectrum between red and white wine.

They usually have the bright berry flavours of red wine along with a touch of tannin structure and dryness. They also have the zingy acidity of a white wine, and some have a hint of residual sugar—but only the really cheap rosés, like White Zinfandel, are cloyingly sweet (and thank god for that). Rosé should be served chilled, and pairs well with a wide array of finger foods as well as salmon, tuna, pork and chicken.

pink wines comprise more than half of the country's total wine production.

Mourvèdre is the main grape used, along with Grenache, Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. France's Loire Valley also makes lovely rosé wines from the Cabernet Franc variety.

Elsewhere in the world, rosé is referred to as rosado in Portugal, Spain and South America and rosato in Italy. Many New World wineries have embraced the style and produce a limited-run of rosé for sale in the warm months; they are usually made with the region's predominant grape varieties. V

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Darkness and extremity in Monstrosities // Marc J Chalifoux Photography

hat makes a monster?

Through a project spawned of curious origins, the ladies at The Maggie Tree are inviting Edmonton theatre audiences to step into the Varscona and take a good, hard look at some monsters. But not the ones you find in fairy tales or summer blockbusters—these are monsters of a very human sort.

"We all have what would sometimes be deemed monstrous within ourselves," says Vanessa Sabourin, one of the creative forces behind The Maggie Tree's newest debut, Monstrosities. "I find it hard to believe nobody feels they have some point of weakness or something they feel the world shouldn't see. So they hide it. But if your monstrosity can't be hidden—it's on your body and it is a part of the world with you—then you have a different kind of relationship to it. And it can either rule you in a negative way, or rule you in a positive way. I find that a beautiful pursuit."

Sabourin's sitting in a dressing room at the Varscona with most of the Monstrosities creative team: Kristi Hansen, one of the writers and performers as well as coexecutive directive of The Maggie Tree with Sabourin; Amber Borotsik, performer and writer; Jill Connell, co-writer and dramaturg; and director Sandra Nicholls. Prior to our meeting, I hadn't been told much about the project because its specifics are so fundamental to the show itself; they've all agreed it's best not to release any plot details ahead of time. Our conversation thus becomes a discussion of the peculiarities of their creative process and the theories behind the show's central premise: visible, physical abnormalities that render a person monstrous in our society.

Monstrosities consists of three separate, one-woman pieces performed by Sabourin, Hansen, and Borotsik. At interview time, they had been developing the show right on the Varscona stage for more than three weeks, in collaboration with sound designer Aaron Macri, set and costume designer Tessa Stamp, projection and lighting designer Erin Gruber and stage manager Anna Davidson.

"That's been the experiment of this one, too: really dealing with projection and sound," Hansen says.

"And having the designers in the creation process, as opposed to often in a theatre piece the designers come in towards the end," Sabourin adds. "This project has been about having them in the room so that they respond as drafts are coming out, and we respond then back, with perspectives they bring."

This sustained creative dialogue—which they all acknowledge is a real luxury that often simply isn't possible, due to space availability—has resulted in a show that doesn't really have a script in Thu, Apr 17 – Sat, Apr 26 (7:30 the usual sense pm; 2 pm Saturday matinee) of the word, as Directed by Sandra Nicholls the projections, Varscona Theatre, $15 – $20 sound and set are crucial aspects of the storytelling; Nicholls says it's more like a score due to the intersection of text, movement, imagery and sound. So long as these elements are retained, the show could be remounted—and indeed, The Maggie Tree will be following up the Edmonton show with a Calgary run, in partnership with Calgary's Urban Curvz Theatre.

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The initial seed of Monstrosities was a piece that Hansen created back in 2012, based on a documentary about a woman with a physical abnormality who embraced her difference in a powerful, public way.

"She was out in the world, owning her monster," Hansen says. "Or being owned by her monster, depending on how you look at it—if she was empowered, or if she was completely vulnerable and taken advantage of, it's hard to say; it's almost like the modern day freak show, in a way."

That idea of the gaze—of looking as the vehicle by which monsters are created, is central to Monstrosities, and also why the creators aren't keen to share too many specifics—so much of the show centres around the initial revelation of the characters' abnormalities and your instinctive reaction to it.

"All the pieces are an invitation to the audience, to look a little closer," Hansen says.

"The more you look at it, the more human it becomes and the less monstrous it becomes."

"We're basically fighting that instinctual response to difference," says Nicholls.

"There is some pretty strong hard-wiring in our reptilian brain that recognizes sameness and difference. So it's hard to move it into the neo-cortex, because then it's got to go all through the limbic system."

"Which is why I think there is something into looking longer," Sabourin adds. "It's like that thing where you think you see a monster in your closet and then you look longer and you're like, 'Oh! That's my T-shirt.'"

"I think the things we fear are so much contained in the things we can't control and don't understand," Connell says. "And I think that's why identifying the starting plot points for these monstrosities is really the nature of the investigation—that shifting, unnameable thing. Where is it, and who is it in, and that ultimate fear: where is it in us?"

Not everyone could work on a project of this nature: a high tolerance for chaos is definitely in order, by the group's own admittance. It's a process they describe as being in a sort of feedback loop with the content itself: our compulsion is to order and categorize, whereas Monstrosities looks to thwart those impulses. It's a high-alert process, and they all agree it could only happen with the right mix of people—a group you can trust to talk you down from that darkness, as it were.

"It's like what we're exploring is evident in how we explore it—we're always in these kinds of thresholds of knowing what we're doing, but the minute that we get something firm it opens up all these other changes and possibilities," Connell says. "It's like that crucible, that if you keep it in the right intensity, then really amazing things can come of it. But it's scary, for sure."

"Because we're exploring people who live in extremity, it inspires extreme thinking, or thinking in new, monster ways," Borotsik says. "Which is actually really fun, and you create this beautiful Frankenstein that you didn't maybe expect to initially. So that's what's fun, but it is also trying to touch something where you don't know where the walls are—you know the wall is somewhere but you're just trying to find it, or trying to find terra firma or something to try and ground yourself."

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Romeo and Juliet

Wherefor art thou? // EPIC Photography

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frenzied, bloody brawl in the streets: not the usual sort of opening to a love story, and certainly not what we've come to expect of that most famous of all romances: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, now playing at the Citadel.

It's refreshing, really—all that violence certainly lends credence to the desperate actions of our central characters, which can otherwise seem rather annoyingly fatalistic when the emphasis is more on the loveydovey aspects of the story. Director

egant and richly dark-toned, historical in feel but with modern overtones.

The Citadel is doing a little experiment with its casting of the show, which is a partnership with the participants of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program: they've got two different pairs of the title lovers, which alternate each night of the run. The show also alternates casting of the Ladies Capulet and Montague. I attended both versions of the production and so had the chance to compare the nuances that each performer brings to their role.

Both actresses play a Juliet that is more impish than innocent, albeit certainly both are naive. Rose Napoli delivers a Juliet that betrays more of her family's brutish, social-climbing influences—she appears a bit more impetuous and strong-hearted than the Juliet played by Shaina Silver-Baird, who encompasses more of the familiar, wide-eyed wonder at falling in love that we're used to seeing in this role.

Napoli's reckless Juliet is well-suited to Mabelle Carvajal's Lady Capulet, who is a harsh and selfish woman, abUntil Sun, Apr 27 (7:30 pm) sorbed in her illicit Directed by Tom Wood love affair with TyCitadel Theatre, $35 – $93.45 balt (an interesting and wholly believTom Wood has able instance of fully embraced a darker, moodier, reading-between-the-lines). Similarly, and quicker-paced style of the Bard's Iam Coulter's incarnation of Lady Capclassic tale, evident throughout: that ulet—preoccupied but not malicious, opening fight scene (choreography by and showing more true affection for Jonathan Purvis) is the first in a series her daughter—matches Silver-Baird's of wonderfully executed fights, culmi- shyer, more demure Juliet. nating with the duel between the fiery Tybalt (Nick Abraham) and the swag- Between the Romeos, the differgering Mercutio (Jamie Cavanagh). ences become a little less distinct.

That darkness extends to the show's Morgan David Jones plays a breathvisuals as well: the set (designed by less Romeo opposite Napoli's Juliet, Cory Sincennes) is iron grey and the and is appropriately more impulsive costumes (also by Sincennes) are el- and prone to broader mood swings

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than Brendan McMurtry-Howlett's version; the latter presents a more mature Romeo who carries an underlying anger at the constraints placed on him by family and society, and seems more cognizant overall of the dangers of this world and his inevitable, doomed trajectory.

A couple of the secondary characters really steal the show, no matter which version of the cast is on stage: Louise Lambert is wonderfully memorable as Juliet's prattling Nurse and Jamie Cavanagh's manic Mercutio is hilariously raunchy. As Juliet's father, Paul Essiembre is a believably capricious,

short-fused man who certainly provides both his wife and daughter with motivation to defy his harsh authority.

These differences between shows probably sound more obvious on paper than they appear on stage; while they are noticeable, there's nothing overly cavalier about any of the performances. It's a worthy exercise, watching both versions, but one that is probably unwarranted for those who aren't die-hard fans of the play or otherwise intrigued by the more subtle arts of the stage.

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Honk! The Musical

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fter spending the last few months ters (performed by 10 actors) are an honing their improvisational assortment of barnyard creatures, skills through the weekly 11 O'Clock rest assured the performers convey Number at the Varscona, Grindstone their animal natures through implicaTheatre is moving into the realm of tion and movement—as opposed to a full-length productions. Their first parade of mascot-like costumes.

"I studied in California for a year and entry is Honk! The Musical, a 1993 adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's I did a lot of devised theatre, collecclassic fairy tale The Ugly Duckling, tive creation," says Vetsch, addresswith a book and lyrics by Anthony ing his approach to the show's high number of roles. "A big part for me is Drewe and music by George Stiles.

"There's so much more humanity that having everybody working together.

We didn't want goes into all of the anyone to feel like characters than in Until Sat, Apr 26 (7 pm; 2pm they were just Fish the original tale," matinee on Sun, Apr 20; says Mark Vetsch, 12:30pm matinee on Fri, Apr25) Number Four and that's all—I really director of Honk! Directed by Mark Vetsch made it my goal and assistant direc- PCL Studio, ATB Financial Arts to have everyone tor of Grindstone. Barns, $20 – $25 ($70 for a be really busy the "We just see a little family of four) whole time." bit more into the life of Ugly, and The Ugly Duckling once he gets separated from his mother near the start story is classic; Vetsch feels it's a tesof the play we see him meet all these tament to the continued significance different members of this community. of its central message: tolerating difWe also see a lot of insight into his ference, which is certainly something mother, Ida, as well, and just her pain that adults need to be reminded of as and struggle in losing her young child much as children.

"There's definitely an anti-bullying and not knowing where he is, and going message there, but it definitely has a on the journey to find him."

These dual narratives, along with its lot more to do with who you are and catchy and stylistically varied music, finding out where you fit in," Vetsch give Honk! a wide audience appeal, says. "Finding out what your niche is, though Vetsch is quick to point out and just having the confidence to acthat they've avoided slotting the show cept and embrace that." under the label of Theatre for Young MEL PRIESTLEY MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM Audiences. And while the 34 charac-

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REVUE // THEATRE

Mump and Smoot in Anything

Anything goes, even tiny little voodoo dolls // Ian Jackson, EPIC

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ichael Kennard and John Turn- through an audience, while simultaer are so deeply connected neously keeping the overall tone of with the characters of Anything's the play dark and a lil' creepy. With "clowns of horror"—Mump and a ghostly figure that transitions the Smoot, respectively—that as they show from scene to scene, Anything features a great open their new Until Sun, Apr 27 (8 pm; 2 pm escape, tiny little show, merely sitSunday matinee) voodoo dolls and ting still in dim Directed by Karen Hines just a touch of light, you can see Roxy Theatre, $23 – $29 decapitation. their personaliAs each scene ties even in their unfolds, you can postures, in every feel the anticipation emanating from muscle and in every movement.

There's Mump. A clown burdened longtime fans eagerly waiting for with leadership, he has the aptitude their chance to interact with these to ride unicorns, defuse bombs and loveable (in a weird way) characplay psychiatrist. And then there's ters. And there's a reason for it: it's Smoot. Restless, impish and kind of in those moments, when Mump or cute for a horror clown, Smoot has Smoot are aggressively encouragthe compassion that gets the duo, ing a random audience member to do their bidding that Kennard and and keeps the duo, in trouble.

Anything is Kennard and Turner's Turner truly shine. They have a gift eighth production, and the first for knowing how to perfectly react since 2010's Cracked, in which they to the unpredictable behaviour of explore the gruesome (in a funny each audience member they pull way) world of Mump and Smoot. from the crowd—from clubbing Living in a parallel universe called them with a squishy bat to a simply Ummo, they worship a god of the raising a well-timed eyebrow.

A warped adventure through a same name, and speak Ummonian, a kind of gibberish that sounds shock- dark realm, Anything will absorb ingly similar to English—but only new fans and satisfy the old. Mump and Smoot are just too adorably for a few choice phrases. strange, or strangely adorable, for After 26 years together, these anyone to resist their charms. clowns still know exactly how to KATHLEEN BELL KATHLEEN@VUEWEEKLY.COM cause waves of laughter to roll

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PREVUE // VISUAL ARTS

Goodbye

Ben Sures

M

elanie Demers doesn't tend to take herself too seriously.

The artistic director of Mayday Danse punctuates our interview with laughs, self-referential insights, and a genuine zeal for discussion. What's surprising —and charming—about the Montréal choreographer and performer is also her approach to choreography, and her unapologetic stance on her art.

Junkyard/Paradise is her most widely toured piece, wherein a paradoxical world of desolation collided with ideas of grace and beauty. In the more recent follow-up, Goodbye—which Demers describes as the good sister to Junkyard's evil twin—Demers and her collaborators used notions of coping with change to inspire the work.

"We say goodbye to our dead skin every day," she notes. "We don't realize it, but there are many ways of saying goodbye, and oftentimes I think that it's harder for us to move on.

It's easier to stay in a situation that is uncomfortable than to move on, because we are afraid of that newness."

Demers and the dancers arrived at the piece's composition when they realized the nature of the lose-andget-on-with-it cycle could dictate the arrangement of scenes.

"In Goodbye it's perhaps the quint"It's like we're caught in that same cycle where it's difficult to move on, essential connection, where we're so the structure of the piece is always actually doing things and stopping taking over on us. Even if we want and then asking if what we are doing to go on, the piece is almost eating has any meaning to them, because us alive." A grotesque observation, what we do needs to be validated which she offers with an accompany- by them," Demers explains. "It's also a sort of game, because it's theatre. ing chuckle.

As for what the audience can ex- People don't know if its appropripect, Demers' approach to choreog- ate to answer us, and we play with raphy leaves much for the dancers this idea a lot. In the end perhaps it's not even necessary that we have to interpret.

"I like to see the choreography dis- a dialogue; it's an attempt, and the appear," she says. "I don't want to attempt is perhaps more interesting see the writing of the movements; than the success."

A master of dichotomies, Demers I prefer to see the impulse. The peradds that she enformers are more joys infusing a balcarrying their in- Thu, Apr 17 & Fri, Apr 18 (8 pm) ance of opposing ner impulses than Timms Centre for the Arts, ideas (or at least trying to achieve $20 – $35 challenging our some sort of idea of their oppobeautiful choreography, so there's something that's sition) in her work.

"For me 'goodbye' is something that visceral in the way that they move, I hope. I don't feel that it's aggres- can be positive and a way to move on. sive, but I feel like the movement is I think that I always try to play with performing us more than we're per- that double edge. In Junkyard/Paradise it was life is a junkyard and paraforming the movement." dise at the same time, all the time. So The audience can also expect to be Goodbye is really sad and difficult and asked questions, numerous times, as also beautiful and necessary." the dancers step beyond the fourth FAWNDA MITHRUSH FAWNDA@VUEWEEKLY.COM wall and address the house directly.

PREVUE // POETRY

Edmonton Poetry Festival theme, Word Bridges, meant to present all the ways in which poetry and language build communities. Whether it's slam poetry, traditional page poetry, sound poetry or comedic poetry—and that's just a few examples—Doucet believes poetry is an art form that traverses numerous forms of language.

"Last year we had Word Nation, so we brought in all the poets laureate, so there's your one level of that community. We chose [Word Bridges] this year to show all the different types of communities within the poSun, Apr 20 – Sun, Apr 27 etry world and edmontonpoetryfestival.com we thought it was a natural The multi-talented Joy Harjo extension to e say the poets are the ar- go from, 'this is where poetry bechitect and the poems are gins, these are the places poetry the bridge and you walk it and it can take you and then eventually becomes communities," says Ray- leads you to that higher laureate anne Doucet, executive director of art form,' if you want to call it that," the Edmonton Poetry Festival, in she explains. "The entire concept of which poets of all genres and styles art is how it brings people together, the emotions it invokes in you, the descend on the city for eight days.

Her analogy speaks to this year's way it can build something for you.

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So using this forum, using the festival forum to showcase the building of communities through our art form is incredibly important."

The key to this year's lineup was diversity. There are numerous opportunities to take in poetry from established and emerging artists, including the Short Order Poetry Booth in Churchill Square; the comedic poetry night Laugh Lines; a poetic jam with Muskogee poet, musician and scholar Joy Harjo and the Red Gala, a fundraising evening of erotic poetry and burlesque at the Art Gallery of Alberta.

"It's another opportunity where we're showing how diverse poetry can be and how it can bridge those two art forms," Doucet notes. "Erotic poetry ... I call it poetry for lovers. It can be really fun and burlesque is a really powerful art form. It's something that I believe strong women are comfortable with, and so when you look at erotic poetry, which can be, depending on who you are and depending which stage of the poetic landscape you're in, it can be considered controversial, as can burlesque.

But really what they are is a strong alternative form of that art that showcases people who are willing to push boundaries."

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ou know how some people knit a table and I knew she was at a wedwhen they think? I think I paint ding and you could see she was kind when I think," says local musician Ben of dancing with her feet, and I just Sures, who is preparing for his first like that," Sures explains. "That one solo art exhibition at the Daffodil Gal- little thing has a million side stories: lery. "It's just enough white noise for who's the person sitting at the wedding? The feet imply that she's happy my brain to think clearly."

Sures began painting about five or thinking or observing something years ago while searching for a con- that's going on, you know? Maybe structive creative outlet to get him- she's happy she's dressed up, maybe self through a difficult time. His first she's eating something good from subject matter was faceless gypsy the wedding, maybe she's fidgeting musicians and after setting the brush because she wants to get out there. I down for a time due to lack of work like little ideas that let you make your space, he created his most recent own conclusion." series, The Birds and The Body. The colourful and slightly playful series Sures has no formal art training, despite coming has been in the from an artistic works for about six Tue, Apr 22 – Sun, Apr 27 family. His mothmonths, and came Opening reception Thu, Apr 24 er is a painter, to Sures somewhat (5 pm – 8 pm) his father is a accidentally.

Daffodil Gallery sculptor and his "Basically I startgrandfather was ed with a body an illustrator who because I have a natural inclination to draw bodies, it's is credited for designing the elabojust something that comes naturally rate hats worn by Carmen Miranda. and I think it's very common for most However, Sures says he is drawn to people," says Sures, noting it's similar primitive art and his paintings have to music where people hear the voice a raw quality to them that is similar first and relate to that the most. "I to his music.

"The music I respond to is immedithink the first thing people draw is they draw other people—stick men ate; it's the emotional content you and what not. I just hadn't painted in sort of latch onto initially, and I think a while and I had a space to work in it's the same with [art] because it so I didn't try to overthink it. I drew a just comes from a natural place," he woman and that's what came up. And adds. "I didn't go to school, I don't then I just wanted to add something have technique. My paintings are made with dollar-store brushes. You to it and it ended up being birds."

The birds are completely incongru- know those rubber basting brushes ous to the bodies, Sures points out, you use to cook with? They have the noting the paintings are about per- little string ends? I use those. I did respective, as the elements are almost cently start using some real brushes like two different paintings sand- and it did make things a lot easier, wiched together. But much like Sures but I'm really good with a dollar-store songs, there are little stories within brush—the sponge brush is what I each piece, like "Under the Table at mean. It's almost as if the limitation, it forces you to be more natural." the Wedding," for example.

"It was loosely taken from a photo- MEAGHAN BAXTER MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM graph of a woman's legs sitting under

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ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • FRESH PAINT: A Snapshot of Painting in Edmonton; until Apr 26 • DUETS: Shared Ideas in Painting: until Apr 26 • Closed for Good Fri: Apr 18; Apr 19, 12-4pm • LET US REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL RELATED: mixed-media works on paper by Carl Beam; until May 24 • KIYAS ASPIN: Works by Alberta artists Jane Ash Poitras, Dale Belcourt, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Edward Harpe, Faye HeavyShield, Alex Janvier, George Littlechild, Ann McLean, Kimowan Metchewais, Ken Swan, Sam Warrior, and Lauren I. Wuttunee; until May 24

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EducatEd REEl • Metro Cinema (Garneau), 8712 109 St • Hungry For Change, after the film a discussion with local food activist, Gail Hall, '85 BA • Apr 24, 7pm • $6 (adv)/$8 (door, student/senior cash)/$10 (door, adult); pre-register by Apr 22, at alumni. ualberta.ca/events

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HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • Main Gallery: JJ Levine, Queer Portraits • Front Room Gallery: Josée Aubin Ouellette • Apr 17-May 23 • Opening: Apr 17, 8-10pm; Artist Talks: Apr 17, 7pm, 7:30pm

Gala: Kimmy Beach, Jeanette Lynes, Steven Heighton, Hugh McMillan, Capital City Burlesque • Apr 25, 7:30pm (door), 8pm (event) • $30 (member)/$40 (non-member)

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • The Red

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JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15

mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages

KING’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE • 9125-50 St •

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LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St, 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • SPRING ON 124 STREET: Featuring paintings by Waclaw Pietucha, colour photos by Steven Friedman • Until Apr 30 LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St, 780.423.5353

CALLY'S TEAS • 10151-82 Ave • Lives Penned: Mary Pinkoski, Julie Robinson, Sandy Pool, Shirley SErviss, Marita Dachsel • Apr 21, 5pm • Free • Part of Poetry Festival

101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and oneact plays • Every Sat, 10pm, until Jul • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun, 2014

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave •

THE CRACKWALKER • Arts at the Barns, 10708124 St • Kill Your Television. A graphic glimpse at four down-and-out individuals battered by poverty, mental illness, and addiction • Apr 30-May 11

CBC CENTRE STAGE • The Slam Sampler: Various

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • varsconatheatre.com • Live improvised soap opera • Runs Every Mon, 7:30pm • Until May 26

vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm

Collective: Apr 22, 10am • Bridging the Story: Kimmy Beach, Paul Zits, Rhea Tregebov, Marita Dachsel: Apr 23, 10am • Centre Stage: CBC at Noon/Conduit: Peter Midgley Pushpa Raj Acharya, Ella Zeltserman, Rita Espeschit; Apr 24, noon • Market Fresh Poetry–Fresh Produce: Skye Hyndman, Harleen Cheema; Apr 26, 10am • Part of Poetry Festival

CRAFT BEER MARKET • 10013 101A Ave • Launch

Go Barley: Modern Recipes for an Ancient Grain; Apr 10, 5:30pm

EDMONTON POETRY FESTIVAL • Various venues • Check website for full schedule: edmontonpoetryfestival.com/schedule/ • Apr 20-27

FACULTY CLUB • U of A • U of A Press: Literary

Cocktails Poetry Event: new books by E. D. Blodgett, Dennis Cooley, Melissa Morelli Lacroix, and Stephen Scobie • Apr 24, 4pm • Part of Edmonton Poetry Festival

HARCOURT HOUSE • Creating Across Cultures:

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KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • April Glass Door

Coffee House Reading Series: Edmonton Poetry Festival, the Glass Door Coffeehouse Reading Series presents: Jeanette Lynes, Michael Gravel (poets); Kaz Mega (slam artist); Megan Keirstead (singersongwriter), Jannie Edwards (host); Open Mic • Apr 24, 7pm • $7

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE • La Cité Theatre,

8627-91 St • Two ONE-WAY Tickets To Broadway • Musical comedy; book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar; music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison; directed and choreographed by Barbara Mah; musical direction by Michael Clark • Apr 18-27 • $15 (student)/$20 (senior)/$25 (adult) at TIX on the Square

EAST OF BERLIN • C103, 8529-103 St • punc-

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Dark comedy by Hannah Moscovitch; directed by Simon Bloom; starring Jamie Cavanagh, Andréa Jorawsky, and Matthew Hulshof • Apr 30-May 4 • $20/$15 (student/senior/industry) at TIX on the Square, door

HAIRSPRAY–THE BROADWAY MUSICAL •

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HONK! • PCL Studio Theatre • Grindstone Theatre,

10330-84 Ave • Musical by British songwriting duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe; an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale The Ugly Duckling • Apr 17-26 • $25/$20 (student)/$70 (family of four) at TIX on the Square

IN THE HEIGHTS • Arts Barns • A new Broadway musical by Lin Manuel Miranda; presented by Scona Theatre Company, directed and choreography by Linette Smith. Starring Aidan Burke, Jade Robinson Olivia Aubin, Evans Kwak • Apr 22-26 • $15 (preview)/$20 (student)/$25 (adult) at TIX on the Square, strathconatheatreco.com

MUTTART HALL • Alberta College Conservatory of

MARY POPPINS • Citadel Theatre, 780.425.1820 • Family Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film • Until Apr 20

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MAMMA MIA • Jubilee, 11455-87 Ave • Writer Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise • Apr 22-27

Music • Poetic Jam with Joy Harjo: Anna Marie Sewell • Apr 20, 7pm • $20 (member)/$30 (non-member) • Part of Poetry Festival

• The Olive at Edmonton's Poetry Festival: Rhea Tregebov reading with members of The Olive Reading Series • Apr 22, 5pm

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St, 780.902.5900

MISTAKES WERE MADE • Varscona • Shadow Theatre • By Craig Wright • Apr 30-May 18

MONSTROSITIES • Varscona • The Maggie Tree

• Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com

brings their unimpeachable dramatic clout to the Varscona stage • Apr 17-26

SEESA SENIORS CENTRE • SEESA Seniors Centre,

MUMP & SMOOT–ANYTHING • Roxy Theatre,

9350-82 St • Vintage Poetry: Gary Garrison, and Hugh McMillan • Apr 23, Doors 6:30pm, event 7pm • $5 (adv)/$7 (door) • Part of Poetry Festival

10708-124 St • Theatre Network • By Michael Kennard and John Turner; directed by Karen Hines • Until Apr 27 • $23-$29 at 780.453.2440

STANLEY MILNER LIBRARY THEATRE • Slam

NINO NINA SHOW • Expressionz Café, 780.450.6462 • Live monthly classic variety show • Last Sun each month, 5:30pm (door), 7:30pm (show) • $10 (door)

Finals: Ahmed Knowmadic; Apr 22, 8-11pm; $10 • ReVerse: Chris Gilpin, Sandy Pool, Ahmed Knowmadic; Apr 22, 2pm; $25 (member)/$40 (non-member) • Part of Edmonton Poetry Festival

STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY@501 •

OVER THE EDGE WITH 4-PLAY • Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave, 780. 431.1750 •

3” wide version CBC Edmonton's Mark Connolly hosts the evening's

501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • Grains Of Sand: A storytelling concert with Strathcona T.A.L.E.S. • Apr 23, 7-8:45pm • Admission by donation; proceeds to Strathcona County Library

STRATHCONA COUNTY LIBRARY • 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park, 780.410.8600 • 8th Annual Evening of Poetry: Celebrating National Poetry Month with readings from writer-in residence, Margaret Macpherson and other Alberta poets, and an open mic session to share your work. Wine and cheese (adult-only) • Apr 25, 6:30-8:30pm • $5 at Library check-out desk, door

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hilarious hijinks as four crack teams of playwrights, costume & stage designers and actors present 4 plays not even 24 hours old. Catalyst Theatre Fundraiser • Apr 11 • $21 at TIX on the Square

ROMEO AND JULIET • Citadel Theatre • By William Shakespeare, directed by Tom Wood featuring the 2014 participants of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program • Until Apr 27

SHRUNKEN SHEADS • Kinsmen Hall, 47 Riel Dr, St

• St Albert Theatre Troupe • By M.Z. Ribalow • From storage toAlbert workspace.

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The Lunchbox unpacks a conventional premise into something surprisingly sophisticated

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eally, the premise could not be more conventional. A Mumbai housewife desperate to win back the heart of her long-distracted, work-obsessed husband puts immense effort into making him the most sublime lunches possible. But, in an infinitely rare case of Mumbai's world-famous lunch delivery service making an error, her lovingly assembled meal is delivered to another office worker, a widower on the cusp of early retirement. Unlike the chronically unresponsive husband, this widower, this complete stranger, greatly appreciates the food. The housewife and the widower begin to exchange short letters they tuck into the lunchbox— whose failed delivery the housewife

Oh, a secret lunch note!

does nothing to correct. An epistolary friendship begins. Perhaps it will be an epistolary romance.

Maybe "conventional" is not an entirely fair word, but the premise of The Lunchbox is just artificial enough to function as a platform for a story of two lonely people connecting through unlikely circumstances. But what makes Indian director Ritesh Barta's feature debut such a pleasant surprise is the formal rigour and emotional clarity brought to its execution. In the place of the corny, fussy, over-manipulative music that nearly always accompanies such stories, the sounds of office busyness and bustling streets and trains form the film's score. The camera-

work and lighting is largely natural- age—you could almost accuse him istic, emphasizing atmosphere and of being withholding if you weren't character, letting paying close attenthe story do its own Opens Friday tion. One of my work. And the per- The Lunchbox favourite scenes in formances by Irrfan Directed by Ritesh Barta the film: the camera Khan and Nimrat Princess Theatre is fixed, the framing square-on, and Kaur are beautifully  textured, always Khan simply sits playing the moquietly by himself ment, never foreshadowing, never in his workplace's cafeteria, unpackforcing anything. ing the unexpected lunch for the first time. He puts his glasses way, takes In the case of Khan, an actor I first apart the lunch kit, opens the conbegan to admire for the recurring tainers, smells their contents, evenrole he played in the third season tually tastes them, begins to suspect of In Treatment—where he, as with that this can't possibly be the work The Lunchbox, played a character of the same run-of-the-mill take-out significantly older than his actual place he usually orders from. Khan

does absolutely nothing to indicate or ingratiate, yet he's transfixing in every second of this scene. His character is a very closed person—one of the elements this genre demands— yet in such scenes we sense exactly what he's thinking. It's a superb piece of work. Khan had something of a Hollywood breakthrough with The Amazing Spiderman and Life of Pi, and I look forward to seeing him in larger and larger roles. But in the meantime, this subdued yet moving Indian drama proves a wonderful showcase for his unique talents, and a surprisingly sophisticated work in its own right.

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REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

Finding Vivian Maier

A self-portrait of a mysterious woman

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etween thought and expression lies a lifetime" goes a memorable line from the Velvet Underground's "Some Kind of Love." I guess the line is about seduction, though it always makes me think of art, those moments of formation before the thing hits the air. The line comes back to me now, as

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I think about Vivian Maier, who over a lifetime amassed a sprawling archive of negatives, many never even printed, and apparently did nothing to share her work, even with her intimates—such as they were. It seems the gap between thought and expression was typically brief for Maier, the time it takes to assess a scene, prepare the apparatus, snap the photo. But if we consider the possibility that art isn't quite complete until it enters the world, isn't fully expressed until exposed, then the gap in fact outlasted a lifetime. Maier died in 2009, at age 83. She was on the cusp of being discovered in a very big way.

John Maloof, then a 29-year-old real estate agent, bought a box of Maier's negatives at a Chicago auction in 2007 for $400. He knew the name of the author but nothing else. She seemed

absent on the Internet, but he scanned But who was Vivian Maier? This some of the work and put it on flickr. film, directed by Maloof and Charlie It quickly gathered media attention. Siskel, is as much about attempting to Maloof bought and scanned more answer this question as it is about the negatives. By 2011 Maier had her first work, or the politics of posthumous exhibit at the Chicadiscovery, or go Cultural Center, Thu, Apr 17 – Sat, Apr 26 about this thing entitled Finding Viv- Directed by John Maloof, Charlie we call outsider ian Maier: Chicago Siskel art, a term which may or may not Street Photographer. Metro Cinema at the Garneau The best of this  apply to Maier. work indeed recalls She seems to have had little in that of Weegee, but also Robert Frank or Diane Arbus. the way of family or friends, and no Maier had an ability to see things in love life to speak of. Her roots were people most of us don't even notice. in France. She worked as a nanny and She was, among other things, a por- always had money problems, but she traitist of marginalized individuals, travelled the world alone. She wore whose hidden stories could be allud- men's clothing and spoke with an aced to in the right kind of image. Her cent. She clipped sordid news stories. work brims with humour and tragedy. She took the children in her care to

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stockyards and slums, the places where she found her subjects. Those who knew her offer wildly different assessments of her personality, and some are disturbing. She made numerous self-portraits, but in every one she seems uncertain about whether or not she wants to be there.

The story is golden, the documentary inevitable. It's quite good, partly because it doesn't impose much on the mystery, and because its detective work is laudable. I think Maloof could be more upfront about his role in the story of Maier's belated success, but I'm also glad he mostly steps back to allow us to take it all in for ourselves, the big, beguiling, incomplete picture.

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REVUE // ANIMATED

Rio 2

They flew the coop

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p there, on the screen ... a bird?

A plane? An eco-tourism ad?

Amazon-bound Rio 2, swooping down just in time for a certain global sports tournament kicking off across the country that some 16th-century sailors called "land of the parrots," isn't more than a mildly entertaining opportunity of a sequel. There are moments, mainly from the menagerie of menacers, but, flying mostly on feather-light plots, this avian animation just isn't flockin' hilarious.

Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) has three little navy sky-navigators now

with Jewel (Anne Hathaway), but the returns, bent on plucking Blu off his brood discovers they're not the only mortal perch at last. ones of their kin— The opening seBlu's former own- Now playing quences in Rio are er Linda (Leslie Directed by Carlos Saldanha fairly rote; the acMann) and partner tion livens up with  Tulio (Rodrigo Santhe trip north. Like toro) have come the sly penguins across a clutch of in Madagascar, blue macaws in the Amazon. The fam- bird-baddies here steal much of the ily travels there, where Jewel finds movie—the most spirited sequences her (presumed dead) father Eduardo are those moments of preening maand tribe, but illegal loggers are de- levolence starring the theatrical Nistroying the emerald forest even as gel, his doting and diva-ish poison nefarious Nigel (Jemaine Clement) dart frog, and a silent, Chaplinesque

anteater whose long tongue the perfidious pair make much use of (as a tow rope, catapult, slingshot, etc).

There is also a lovely aerial-ballet sequence (aqua-musical-style), plus some funny bits from a tapir football-match announcer, a mangy blue oldmancaw, capoeira turtles, and a fast-rapping sloth.

But such idiosyncratic inventiveness—nice Brazil nuttiness—is lacking in the plots: urbanized, human-friendly Blu versus wild, human-hating Eduardo; cheery nat-

uralists versus sneering, dastardly loggers. The neurotic, nebbish Blu's revealed to be too selfish ... only to almost instantly, himself, selflessly lead the animals against those vicious deforesters. And the overstuffed cast of pop-up, ain't-I-cool supporting players can get grating, especially chirpy little Nico and prancing Pedro. Not all the songs soar, either. Rio 2 struts and crows for yet another sequel, but let's hope it's the blue bird's final flight.

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REVUE // SPORTS

Draft Day ed, clean-cut Bob-and-Weaver's d-day deals; this sense of "Aw, shucks! Ain't this league great?" syrups through the flick, from the commissioner's cameos to aerial money-shots of team stadiums. There's avoidance of the c-word ("war room" advisors and scouts don't care how many concussions a player might have had?) and lots of running through the emotions of Reagan-era fantasy football—that franchises are just like families.

Go long. Reeaaaaalllly long

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raft Day seems an innocuous flick about one manager desperate to improve his perpetually losing team on the big day. But the longer this picks-pic runs its plays, the safer and more sanitized it seems, until this romanticizing ad—Bud Draft™ Day for the NFL® on ESPN©—is acting like a crazed safety, covering way more of the backfield (backroom drama, office romance, small-town pride parade, family drama, sports strategizing) than ever becomes interesting.

Cleveland Browns GM Sonny Weaver Jr (sports-movie veteran Kevin "Field of Bull Durhams" Costner) has mere hours to alchemize his #7 pick into a magic potion for his sad, sacked fran-

In the sober light of post-game analysis, Weaver's draft Now playing dramatics make no Directed by Ivan Reitman sense (ignore your  promise to yourself chise, while workand panic; rememing with a salaryber your promise to cap number-cruncher (Jennifer Garner) yourself and try to save face; blindsidewho's the mother of his child, dealing blitz a rookie GM; exploit a seasoned with the death of his ex-coach dad, GM's sudden fear that his fans, as if in butting heads with the new coach and 1793 France, want his head). Except, of trying not to get fired. Not surprisingly, course, they're necessary squiggles and all this drama, data-packed into phone wriggles up there on the board, passcalls from cold corporate backrooms, ing off plot as drama. Decent drama's isn't surprising (despite the hyper-use a complex, time-detonated game, spiralling perfectly—a long bomb headof split screens).

Mr Brown Investigates The Mystery ing for that end-zone climax—out of of the Top-Seeded Pick (a white QB) quirks of character, turns of fate, and boils down to vague hunches about twists of emotion. Piously posing as a his character (mostly, Ripley it or not, league line-toeing pro, Draft Day's reif his college teammates went to his ally just Amateur Hour.

21st birthday party). There's a hokey BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM racial feel-goodness about super-suit-

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The fog of past and present

Nostalghia offers a soul-haunting examination of cinema as travel

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Memories in a misty Italy

The second scene of Nostalghia (1983), Andrei Tarkovsky's penultimate film, offers us a broad view of a road weaving through a misty Italian countryside. A car enters the frame, exits the frame and, some moments later, enters again; a woman and a man exit the car and move into the landscape, those cottony spectres of mist. The scene is conveyed in a single unbroken shot—no other director in history is so closely associated with extended shot duration as Tarkovsky. It is entrancing and beautiful, but also indicative of this film's general air. Nearly everything that departs returns, while characters move through a fog that increasingly blurs present-tense reality from dreams of things lost.

Kino released Nostalghia on DVD and Blu-ray earlier this year, prompting a handful of critical reconsiderations of this, one of two films from the less-admired exile period in the oeuvre of the Russian director, who died in 1986. But anyone who watches any Tarkovsky film more than once knows well the way his films have of shifting with every visit—or even within a single viewing. How many times have I struggled with some aspect of these unusually personal, sensual, meandering, philosophy-smacked, sometimes downright cryptic films, only to reach the end and feel redeemed by their exalted, breathtaking visions and uncanny ability to find poetic closure? Cinema as travel: I've yet to encounter a Tar-

kovsky film that hasn't left me feeling as though I've been transported, been through something.

Tarkovsky had certainly been through something by the time of Nostalghia's release. He wouldn't have had an easy time making his films in any country, but his frustrations with the micromanaging Soviet industry were particular and many, to the point where working abroad could mean permanent separation from his family. He'd been thinking of making a film in Italy since the mid-70s, and the project came about in part through his friendship and collaboration with Tonino Guerra, Michelangelo Antonioni's regular coscenarist. Yet Nostalghia is anything but a radical departure from the themes or MO of Tarkovsky's previous films. As the title suggests, it is soaked in longing for the past, as well as apocalyptic sentiments about the present.

The story, such as it is, concerns a homesick Russian writer in Italy researching the life of a Russian composer who once lived there and committed suicide upon returning home.

The writer travels with a young interpreter, a Renaissance beauty whose allure he seems to be working to resist, perhaps because of the wife waiting back home, perhaps because of some general contempt he feels toward a spiritually bankrupt West. Enter Domenico (Bergman

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regular Erland Josephson, oddly cast but completely captivating), a local lunatic in the soggy Tuscan village where the writer wanders.

Domenico claims that if he could just manage to cross St Catherine's Pool with a lit candle he could save the world. Nostalghia's dramatic climax finds Domenico atop a statue in a public square, ranting about the world's slide into perdition before immolating himself in front of a scattering of impassive onlookers. From fiery spectacle to one tiny precious flame: Tarkovsky cuts from Domenico's flailing to the writer attempting the ostensible world-saving traversal Domenico hadn't managed.

Then comes the film's final and most emblematic image: the writer seated before a Russian dacha that, impossibly, is nestled in the ruins of a colossal Italian cathedral—an image explicitly echoes the final image of Solaris (1973). A happy ending? It seems so to me. A reconciliation of past and present, cinema magic as a way of allowing both to exist simultaneously.

There are things that irk me in Nostalghia, like the writer's condescension and somewhat insufferable gloominess—the guy could almost be an Antonioni protagonist—and Tarkovsky's tendency to reduce women to symbols. Yet the sense of dream and memory's hold on our psyche infuses the film with a watery soul-hauntedness that will stay with you forever. V

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GREAT OUTDOORS // SAND DUNES

No mirage: Saskatchewan's sand dunes It may be tricky to get there, but the Athabasca Sand Dunes are worth the effort

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orthern Saskatchewan is an unlikely place for giant, Sahara-like sand dunes—but they're there, rising out of a dense boreal forest and hulking over the shores of a huge lake. The Athabasca Sand Dunes are a wholly unique landscape, quite unlike anywhere else in Canada. It's a remote, fascinating place that gets only a handful of visitors each year—but you can indeed visit, if you've the mettle to go, quite literally, the extra (thousand) mile.

The Athabasca Sand Dunes are one of the most northerly major dune fields in the world, estimated to be around 8000 years old. They stretch more than 100 kilometres and tower up to 30 metres above the southern shore of the enormous Lake Athabasca in the far northern part of Saskatchewan.

The dunes were formed at the end of the last glacial period when meltwater from receding glaciers washed huge quantities of sand, silt and grit from the area's sandstone

rock formations into Lake Athabasca; the lake's water level dropped over the next few millennia and uncovered these huge sand deposits.

The dunes, which are comprised of very fine sand—just like a tropical beach—shift over time, smothering the surrounding forest of pine and birch. Decades later the sands will shift again and expose the same area, which will be transformed into ghostly stands of skeletal trees. The area, which became protected in 1992 by the formation of

the Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, is home to more than 50 rare plant species, 10 of which are endemic—meaning they are found nowhere else on Earth. Animals are easy to track as their footprints are easily spotted in the sand; the area is home to plenty of black bears, moose, wolves, marten, toads, weasels and even rare woodland caribou.

"It's unique; there's really nothing like it pretty much anywhere else in the world," says Robin Karpan, founder of Parkland Publishing and

author of one of the few books written about the dunes: Northern Sandscapes: Exploring Saskatchewan's Athabasca Sand Dunes. Karpan has visited the dunes a handful of times since the 1990s, including a trip just last summer. "Most major sand dune areas occur in deserts or very dry areas, whereas here you've got that interesting mix of water, sand and trees."

There are a few ways to go about visiting the Athabasca Sand Dunes, depending on the type of adventurer you are, but one thing remains constant—getting there is quite possibly the most difficult part.

"No matter where you're coming in from it's remote and not particularly easy to get to," Karpan says.

"It's not like there's somebody doing trips every week or anything like that. Landing in a float plane is the easiest way; you can canoe the William River, but it's a fairly heavyduty whitewater trip."

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April 27: 13th Annual Lobsterfest. Don't miss out on the 13th annual

Lobsterfest at The Maple Leaf. Two seatings are available: 5:30pm or 8:30pm. Tickets are just $35 and include a whole lobster, prime rib buffet, and dessert table.

May 2 & 3: Monster Energy Ruckus in the Rockies. The ultimate season ender party returns to the Lake Louise Ski Resort. Visit the Kokanee Kabin during the day on both Friday and Saturday for some incredible snowboard jams and live music.

On Saturday night, Monster Energy will host an out of this world after party.

June 12 - 15: Bike Fest. Registration is now open for Banff National Park Bike Fest.

This ABA sanctioned event contains 5 races in 4 days with a prize purse of $21,500! With the course winding through the Rocky Mountains you'll be hard pressed to find a more spectacular setting for a bike race.

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The Alaska Highway today stands as a reminder of the feat – 1,500 miles of road completed - bridges, grades and all in eight short months time, through the Summer and Fall of 1942. Imagining back to that road less travelled is the only way to experience what the Highway looked like then, though that sense of history is affected the moment you find yourself alone for any

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Once you’re northbound, stop for a world-famous cinnamon bun at Tetsa River Outfitters – or share one…you’ll see why! With plenty of riverside pull-outs the opportunities to stop, take some photos, or drop a fishing line are endless. Pull in to Toad River Lodge to see just the beginning of this unique community – try counting the hats (easier to do if you decide to grab a booth and order the best home-made hamburger on the Alaska Highway). Carrying on north for Muncho Lake, the draw to stop will be undeniable. With its jade green waters, clean beaches and ample opportunities for camping or lodging an overnight is something you have to experience. With two private operators (Northern Rockies Lodge, and Muncho Lake RV Park), and two Provincial Campgrounds (Strawberry Flats and McDonald Campground), pick your preferred mode of accommodation. An

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The character and beauty found along the Alaska Highway reaches far beyond the communities dotted along the route.

Diverse wildlife viewing, incredible mountain ranges, valleys, rivers and lakes offer opportunity after opportunity to stop, stay, and enjoy a little extra time to take it all in. Travelling north from Dawson Creek, B.C. at Mile 0, consider stopping for a picnic lunch at Charlie Lake near Fort St. John, B.C., to see the monument commemorating 17 soldiers who dedicated their lives at that location to building the Alaska Highway. Continuing north will have you in Fort Nelson for the afternoon – so be sure to spend some time at the Fort Nelson Heritage Museum – either exploring on your own or with Fort Nelson’s favorite ambassador Marl Brown. Get up-close and personal with the majority of wildlife you’ll

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The ingredients are simple. Take a van, rip out the back seats, and then put in a bed. You can trick it out with a stove, a heater, power outlets, a dining table, a fridge, sink, toilet, a "pop-top" roof with a sleeping loft— you get the idea. It's like a rolling mullet: business in the front and a party in the back. The camper van is perfect for festivals, camping or just exploring.

Think of the freedom and simplicity. It's easy to imagine Henry David Thoreau camped next to a pond in a house-on-wheels, retreating from the "chopping sea of civilized life." You could become a Rubber Tramp and live out of your van full time. Or you could escape for the summer rambling the Rocky Mountains or back roads. Freelancers can use the van as a mobile office, or, if you don't mind getting your hands dirty, it can be home for seasonal fruit-picking work or tree planting in BC. The camper van goes especially well with a deep, crusty love for the out-

doors. Rock climbers, mountain bikers, surfers, hikers and other dirtbags live out of camper vans in the warm months. What could be better than a warm, dry bed off of the cold, wet ground and away from bloodsucking mosquitos or tent-shredding bear claws? It's a living room on wheels, a sanctuary in the wilderness, and the means to a more-trees-less-assholes lifestyle.

Over the years, my girlfriend and I have spent months travelling, working and sleeping for free out of camper vans in Australia, Canada and the United States. In Oz, camper vans are huge—tens of thousands of tourists use them to cruise the sun-kissed coasts and baked interior. About five years ago we bought a used Mazda E2000, got it custom spray-painted by dreadlocked graffiti artists and had five months of adventure Down Under dodging kangaroos and chasing sea turtles.

That freedom is infectious. Last summer we bought a 1985 Toyota Van for $1000. It was dirty inside and out with rust munching through the

floor and fenders. But we patched those holes, sanded off that rust and turned that van into the Wonder Wagon—a mighty explorer of continents.

So if you've ever had a soft spot for the vagrant, the hobo, the gypsy, tramp or transient, you'd best make yourself a camper van and taste that sweet open road.

Building your camper van The classic camper will always be the Volkswagen, be it the iconic Kombi or Westfalia, the boxy Vanagon or the legendarily rare off-road Syncro.

These are beautiful machines and I would be very happy to own one.

However, since the VW van is enshrined in popular culture and in our collective imagination, they are often expensive. You could easily spend tens of thousands of dollars on a used Volkswagen camper and a rusted-out Kombi shell can cost as much as a fully-functioning off-brand van.

If you've the money to buy a trickedout Westy, then all the power to you.

But it can be very satisfying and loads

cheaper to build your own. The first and most important choice is, obviously, the van. You'll want to look for a combination of reliability, space and style. Cruise Kijiji or Craigslist and look for minivans or cargo vans.

Try to balance how much room you want versus the gas mileage you'll sacrifice puttering around in a bigger, heavier unit. As with any vehicle, think twice before buying something with a million kilometres on it.

And get that sucker inspected.

I can't stress this enough. Sellers will do their best to convince you of mechanical purity, but the only way to avoid nasty and expensive surprises is to have a mechanic give it a thorough prodding. If there are clutch, transmission or engine problems—walk. Also, check for puddles underneath where it's been parked; you don't want anything that bleeds precious fluids.

We fell in love instantly with the '85 Toyota we found on Kijiji. It's Volkswagen-esque, with boxy charm but at a fraction of the cost. Sure it has quirks—there's no power steer-

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ing and has the aerodynamics of a brick—but the engine and drivetrain are sound. The Wonder Wagon isn't huge, but it's long enough to sleep in and tall enough to fit a comfy bed with storage underneath.

So now you've bought your van and it's sitting in your driveway. It's time to plan. Are you looking for five-star or a simple roving flophouse? You could go minimalist and just put a piece of plywood on milk crates.

That works fine—there's storage underneath, it's cheap and you can take it out in seconds. Or you could make a functional living space with a fully functional kitchen/dining area that converts into a bed.

Like our friend Thoreau, I'm going to stress simplicity here. We carpeted our van's floor, made our own curtains—an essential unless you like people watching you when you sleep—and built a wooden bed frame topped with a used futon mattress. Most of the stuff we found second-hand online for cheap.

In total, we probably spent less than $200 converting a rusted old

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That being said, there are some essential investments that are not to be discounted: a stereo with iPod hookup; good tires with a full-sized spare; a reliable propane cook stove with a sturdy and easy to clean castiron pan for cooking; solar-charged lights are a lifesaver for when you're camping in the middle of nowhere.

Again, look for these used online and you'll save money.

Rubber Tramps Let's say you've found a reliable van and you've camperized it to perfection. What's next? First, take it out for a weekend trip. Is the bed cozy? How about storage?

Does the cooking setup work? Get your situ-

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ation just right and you're ready to tackle some real adventures. This is also a good chance to test your travel companions, as any annoying habits can quickly become unbearable when sharing a 60-square-foot space.

Last fall my girlfriend and I spent a month camper vanning from Edmonton to Vancouver then down the West Coast through to California, Nevada and Arizona. For four glorious weeks we parked Wonder Wagon overnight on picturesque back roads, down by cold-

clean rivers or under swaying redwoods, in Walmart parking lots or the friendly driveways of Couchsurfing hosts. Besides gas, the living was cheap and we got to see more and do more than if we'd sprung for motel rooms every night.

There's nothing wrong with staying in campgrounds and parks. They can be beautiful and are great places to meet fellow travellers. But it can sometimes bristle to pay camping fees when you're rolling in a self-contained haven. Finding free places to

camp can be half the fun of owning a camper van.

If you're in a city, the Walmart parking lot is a never-fail and there are whole wandering tribes of folks who live on these concrete oases. If you're in rural climes, then you can explore a bit more. Random gravel roads can sometimes yield the best boondocking. That's the real adventure: having the freedom and capability to turn any spot into your home for the night. There are a bunch of websites that share the GPS coordinates of good covert camping spots.

You can certainly spend weeks in your van without forking over camping fees, but there are some things to consider. First, depending on where you are, sleeping in your vehicle is a legal grey-area. Do you feel like getting hassled in the middle of the night by police? Second, don't wait until it's already dark to look for a spot, as it can be stressful driving around strange roads when you're tired. Finally, things could start to get funky—unless you can find some nice freshwater swimming spots, you'll want showers.

Soon, we'll be hitting the road again in the Wonder Wagon bound for the great unexplored wild.

This year, get your ass in a camper van—we'll see you out there.

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so they went across the lake to the sand dunes. I wandered around and thought, 'This is amazing.' After that I sat back and waited for somebody to start running tours there, but no one really did. So we started looking into it. My staff all wanted to go there, so we thought well, I guess we better figure out a way to pay for that!"

As a canoe outfitter, Driediger first started offering canoe trips to the Athabasca Sand Dunes, though this is by far the most challenging way to access the area (short of, say, walking).

"The rivers that you can do to get there are not easy rivers, so you need to be a really good paddler; that really limited the types of people that we could bring in," says Driediger.

"You need lots of whitewater experience and even then it's so waterlevel dependent too; if the water's perfect it's a really, really fun whitewater run, and if it isn't then you're dragging your canoe for miles and miles and miles and it is not fun."

Since Driediger first began offering trips to the Dunes about 10 years ago, they've shifted from being canoe trips to hiking trips: now he almost always leads expeditions of four to six people that arrive by float plane right at the dunes, where they make camp and then simply do day hikes. "It's easy hiking; you're just in sand," says Driediger. "A lot of times my staff and clients end up walking barefoot because it's like walking on the beach. Someone who's an absolute novice, and even someone who is out of condition, could have an amazing time because you don't need to go far to see amazing things."

Those doing overnight trips will, of course, need to be prepared for wilderness camping—there are no communities, permanent residents, services, facilities or roads of any kind within or near the park, so visitors must be completely self-sufficient. Karpan recommends that all visitors bring a satellite phone with them in the event of an emergency. He also strongly recommends calling ahead to check on local conditions that might impact your stay, such as water levels or any potential hazards (last year forest fires were a significant problem in the area). Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management (SERM), Tourism Saskatchewan and the provincial park office can provide vital information to prospective travellers.

time" contest, which had each provincial and territorial tourism office come up with their very best vacation; the winners chose Saskatchewan's entry, which was a stay at Selwyn Lake Lodge that included a day trip to Hunt Falls—Saskatchewan's biggest waterfalls—and then to the Athabasca Sand Dunes. Realizing the attraction of the area, Selwyn Lake Lodge began advertising it to their guests and now takes a handful of people every year.

Aside from a willingness to handle the rigours of travelling to the area then navigating the rugged environment, a trip to the Athabasca Sand Dunes also requires that travellers have one other quality: deep pockets.

"It is expensive to get there, but once you're there you won't spend any money because there's nothing to spend it on," says Karpan with a chuckle.

Chartered flights are expensive, so even if you book everything yourself it will cost a fair amount; you must also be outfitted with all the necessary camping gear and food. Booking through an outfitter is certainly more convenient and most of these trips include all your food; often they can provide most of your gear as well. Driediger offers a seven-day excursion for $3995—not cheap, but a comparative bargain next to a day trip such as those offered by lodges in the area. The trips that Sproat does through Selwyn Lake Lodge are priced at $3000 for a full day, though this can be split amongst up to four people.

An incredible landscape that has existed for thousands of years, the Athabasca Sand Dunes are also an extremely fragile ecosystem. In many ways it's actually better that the area is so difficult to access, because it is so easily damaged by human intrusion. Areas of "desert pavement" or "gobi" (named after China's Gobi Desert), consisting of a thin carpet of pebbles on top of the sand, will retain footprints and markings for decades—visitors should only walk on active sand surfaces. Botanists rank the Athabasca Sand Dunes as one of most important centres of rare plants in Canada: in addition to the 10 endemic plant species that exist here, another 50 species are rare in Saskatchewan and two are rare in Canada.

Because of their ability to stabilize sandy soils and allow other vegetation to grow, these plants also have significant potential to aid in the reclamation of areas disturbed by the oil and gas industry in Alberta's tar sands.

Driediger notes that while the area is typically uninhabited, there is some evidence of people who have ripped around the dunes on all-terrain vehicles. While it must have been quite a remarkable feat to get an ATV into that remote area in the first place, it was also an act of supreme destruction.

"It's an incredibly fragile area," Driediger says. "You need to go there with the understanding, and with the same intent and idea as you would in any park—that we're encroaching on land that we need to protect for lots of generations."

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The rivers that you can do to get there are not easy rivers, so you need to be a really good paddler; that really limited the types of people that we could bring in

There is another alternative for those who want firsthand experience of the dunes but who aren't so keen on spending several days there: fly-in day trips, which are offered by a few of the fishing lodges in the area.

"We'll bring a picnic lunch and just go in and explore," says Greg Sproat, manager of Selwyn Lake Lodge, located at the extreme northern edge of Saskatchewan. "We have no true direction or itinerary; we just hike around and look for animal tracks and anything that intrigues us."

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ifles, camouflaged attire, ATVs, and waiting. John busts out a stereo sys- easily slide off.

"Canadians only eat the grouse's tem and plays "Free" by Natalia Kills ... soy sauce. breast, but Filipinos ... we don't It's not your typical hunting scene. In and will.i.am.

Cuenza starts shaking his shoulders waste anything," he says, chuckling. the Yukon, a group of Filipino men have to the tune. "This is why we can't He continues to pluck out the feathpicked up a hobby: hunting moose.

Six of them take their loaded trucks to bring white people with us ... we don't ers from its wings.

He sprinkles seasoning salt on it and Tagish Bridge, around 95 km southeast eat granola bars when we hunt," he throws it in a pan with butter. He brings of Whitehorse, the capital city of the says smiling.

The men find Norris Kempis, who out a big bowl of rice and heats up a pot territory. At the end of October they're taking one last shot at bringing home had to stop because of a flat tire. They full of dinuguan, a Filipino stew made of pork blood. the moose bacon.

The men take Leandro Cuenza This is why we can't bring White people with us ... their lunch break, leads the pack of we don't eat granola bars when we hunt. still without a five other men. moose in sight.

They follow beAfter eating, they make their way over hind him on their ATVs, making sure pump it and he safely rejoins the team.

Ten minutes later, they are at the top to an elevated log ramp tied to two they maintain around five metres of trees. Cuenza climbs up wood pieces distance between each other along the of Mount White.

"Two years ago, as soon as we got off nailed to one of the tree's trunk and bumpy trail.

Cuenza halts. A grouse crosses in front our ATVs, we saw a moose as soon as pulls out his binoculars.

"You have to be quiet and patient here we got here. I shot it and we went home of him. He points his rifle. right away," John recalls with a beaming when you hunt," Cuenza says.

The bird is an easy kill.

Asked what the difference is between "We took home 16 grouse last week- smile.

Like other Canadian hunters, they've hunting here and the Philippines, Cuenend," says John Kempis, 22, who came along with his 17-year-old brother and brought commercial reed calls with za says the weather changes everything.

"In the Philippines, you can shake a them to attract the bulls. father for the hunt.

But after a few calls, the men start to coconut off a tree or easily catch a fish Thirty minutes into the uphill trail, the men notice John's father isn't behind get hungry. Cuenza decides to cook the while you hunt for wild pigs," he says.

John says different policies are what grouse they caught. them. Two ATVs turn back to find him.

He steps on the bird's feet, pulls its make the difference for him.

Cuenza pulls out a gas burner and "Here you have a lot of rules and heats up some Ramen noodles while wings and its skin and the feathers

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information about points of significant historical and geographical interest that are automatically triggered by the user’s proximity to the spot.

The Cowboy Trail at the Pembina River While travelling the trail, plan to stay in Evansburg and Entwistle, located on the picturesque Pembina River Gorge. Enjoy the delectable eats and unique shops in this quaint community. Step back in time at the Tipple Park Museum recalling the history of the railway and mining past. There are countless activities for outdoor enthusiasts.

Enjoy hiking, river tubing, kayaking, trail riding, Content provided by Yellowhead County golfing, fishing, geo- www.visityellowheadcounty.com caching, bird watching or gold panning are but a few THE SCENIC ROUTE TO ALASKA of the activities available to you in this scenic Each year, more and more Albertans are river valley. making Hinton and the Northern Rockies part of their vacation plans—and it isn’t EDSON AND AREA hard to see why. The natural landscape and Visit one of eight County campgrounds or choice of outdoor activities to enjoy are what one of the many forestry, provincial, or private makes this area a must for your vacation campgrounds located throughout the county bucket list. When you visit, make sure you where swimming, boating and great fish- leave enough time—you’ll be surprised at ing abound. Also located within the County’s how much there is to do. boundaries are five easily accessible Provincial You could start your day with a morning bike and Wildland Parks, which offer a mix of ame- ride at the Hinton Bike Park and pedal through nities from serviced campsites to rustic sites the thick stands of trees that embrace the and backcountry hiking and camping opporHappy Creek trail system. Pack a picnic lunch tunities. For the active outdoorsmen, try hiking and head to Kelley’s Bathtub or Jarvis Lake for the wide variety of trails, canyons, hoodoos, a refreshing swim—or stop at any of the other and other special sites. With a vast variety of viewpoints or parks in William A. Switzer Proterrain and majestic surroundings, Yellowhead vincial Park. If instead of spending the night County caters to all caliber of adventurer. at one of the area’s many bed and breakfasts, lodges or comfortable hotels, you camped at

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one of the 1000 campsites within an hour’s drive of Hinton, or trotted down a scenic trail on a guided horseback adventure and stayed at any of the guest ranches, you’d already know that the surrounding area’s landscape is striking.

You’ll marvel at the vast forest backdrop overlooking inviting lakes, and towering mountaintops in the distance as you trek through William A. Switzer Provincial Park. You’ll stop in your tracks when you come across a grazing herd of bighorn sheep in Cadomin, the heart of the Yellowhead County’s historic Coal Branch area. But what it really means is that memorable moments await you in the Northern Rockies, moments that will call you back for another taste of adventure.

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FILM

WEEKLY

Fri, Apr 18-Thu, Apr 24, 2014

CAPITOL THEATRE–Fort Edmonton Fort Edmonton Park, fortedmontonpark.ca

TITANIC (PG not suitable for younger children) THU, APR 17 THE PUBLIC ENEMY (STC) THU, APR 24 CHABA THEATRE–JASPER 6094 Connaught Dr Jasper, 780.852.4749

Super Saver Tuesdays: Surcharge: Wed-Thu 2D

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG vio-

lence, not rec for young children) FRI-SAT 6:50, 9:20; SUN-THU 8:00; FRI-SUN 1:30

RIO 2 3D (G) FRI-SAT 6:50, 9:20; SUN-THU 8:00; FRI-SUN 1:30

DUGGAN CINEMA–CAMROSE 6601-48 Ave Camrose, 780.608.2144

RIO 2 (G) No passes DAILY 7:00, 9:10; FRI-MON, THU 2:00 DRAFT DAY (PG coarse language) DAILY 6:50, 9:25; SUN-

MON, THU 1:50

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG

violence, not rec for young children) DAILY 6:30, 9:15; FRI-

MON, THU 1:30

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL (PG) DAILY 7:10, 9:30; FRI-MON,

THU 2:10

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) No passes DAILY 6:40, 9:20; FRI-MON, THU 1:40

CINEMA CITY MOVIES 12 5074-130 Ave 780.472.9779

FROZEN (G) Closed Captioned FRI-TUE 1:30; 3D : DAILY 4:00, 6:45, 9:15

ROBOCOP (PG coarse language, violence, not rec for

young children) Closed Captioned FRI-TUE 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00; WED-THU 4:30, 7:20, 10:00

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (PG

violence, frightening scenes, not rec for young children) Closed Captioned FRI-TUE 1:00, 4:30, 8:00; WED-THU 4:30, 8:00

RIDE ALONG (PG violence, coarse language) Closed Captioned FRI-TUE 1:55, 4:25, 7:30, 9:55; WED-THU 4:25, 7:30, 9:55

OCULUS (14A violence, frightening scenes) DAILY 2:50,

IN THE BLOOD (STC) THU 7:30 THE LAST UNICORN (STC) WED 7:00 CINEPLEX ODEON SOUTH 1525-99 St 780.436.8585

MAIN TERA HERO (PG violence) Hindi W/E.S.T. FRI-TUE 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:45; WED-THU 4:05, 6:50, 9:45

DISCO SINGH (PG) Punjabi W/E.S.T. FRI-TUE 2:00, 5:30,

9:00; WED-THU 5:30, 9:00

CINEPLEX ODEON NORTH 14231-137 Ave 780.732.2236

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG

12:00, 2:00, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30; SAT 11:40, 2:00, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30

NOAH (PG violence, disturbing content, not rec for young children) Closed Captioned FRI-TUE 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45; WED-THU 12:30, 3:30, 9:45 RIO 2 (G) No Passes FRI, SUN-TUE, THU 1:30, 4:10, 6:50;

Sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50; WED 4:10, 6:50; Closed Captioned: DAILY 11:50, 2:20; Star & Strollers : WED 1:00; 3D : DAILY 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) ULTRAAVX: No Passes FRI, SUN-THU 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20; SAT 11:00, 1:50,

4:40, 7:30, 10:20

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) No Passes FRI-TUE, THU 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00; WED 4:00, 7:10, 10:00; Star & Strollers : WED 1:00

GLORIA (14A sexual content) Spanish & English w/ subtitles

TRANSCENDENCE–THE IMAX EXPERIENCE

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: WAR HORSE–ENCORE

(PG violence) No Passes DAILY 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30

GOD'S NOT DEAD (PG) FRI-TUE 12:05, 3:10, 6:25; WED

127 HOURS (14A gory scenes, disturbing content) AGA High

BEARS (G) No Passes FRI-SAT 11:20, 12:00, 2:05, 4:10,

NOAH (PG violence, disturbing content, not rec for young

3:00, 6:20

(Classification not available) SAT 12:30

Altitude Series: TUE 7:00; $2.00 off regular admission for AGA member

THE OTHER WOMAN (14A crude content) No Passes THU 9:15

DRAFT DAY (PG coarse language) Closed Captioned

6:15, 8:20, 10:25; SUN 12:00, 2:05, 4:10, 6:15, 8:20, 10:25; MON 11:45, 1:50, 3:55, 6:00, 8:05, 10:10; TUE 1:50, 3:55, 6:00, 8:05, 10:10; Closed Captioned: WED 1:50, 3:55, 6:00, 8:05, 10:10; THU 3:55, 6:00, 8:05, 10:10; Star & Strollers: THU 1:00

children) FRI-TUE 12:00, 3:00, 6:20, 9:20; WED 3:10, 6:15, 9:20

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (14A coarse language, nudity) Cult Cinema: TUE 9:15

FRI-MON 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45; TUE-THU 1:45, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10

OCULUS (14A violence, frightening scenes) FRI-TUE

THE NEXT KARATE KID (STC) Turkey Shoot Comedy:

OCULUS (14A violence, frightening scenes) FRI-MON

NOAH (PG violence, disturbing content, not rec for young

THE RAID 2: BERANDAL (18A gory brutal violence)

12:55, 3:50, 7:20, 10:10; WED 3:50, 7:20, 9:50

FRI-TUE 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00; WED 4:00, 9:50; WED

children) Closed Captioned FRI 12:55, 4:10, 7:20, 10:35; SAT 1:20, 4:10, 7:25, 10:35; SUN 1:00, 4:10, 7:15, 10:35; MON 12:15, 3:40, 10:00; TUE-WED 12:55, 4:00, 10:10; THU 12:55, 4:00, 7:05, 10:10

TRAILER PARK BOYS: DON'T LEGALIZE IT (18A substance abuse) FRI-TUE 1:00, 4:05, 7:30, 10:15; WED 4:00, 7:30, 10:00

4:50, 7:25; SAT 11:30, 2:15, 4:50, 7:30; SUN 11:30, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25; MON 12:30, 3:50, 6:35; TUE-THU 1:10, 3:40, 6:30; 3D : FRI 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20; Sat-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20; MON 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50; TUE, THU 1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50; WED 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) FRI-TUE 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:45; WED 3:20, 6:45, 9:45

THE OTHER WOMAN (14A crude content) WED 9:30 LANDMARK CINEMAS 10 CLAREVIEW 4211-139 Ave, 780.472.7600

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) Ultraavx : No Passes

300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D (18A gory brutal

FRI 11:15, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30; SAT 11:10, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30; SUN 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30; MON 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10; TUE-THU 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00

violence) Closed Captioned FRI-SUN 7:00, 9:40; MON-THU 6:30, 9:00

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL (PG) Closed Captioned, No Passes FRI-MON 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15; TUE 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55; WED 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:55; THU 4:50, 7:15, 9:55; Star & Strollers: THU 1:00

BEARS (G) Closed Captioned FRI-SUN 12:10, 2:55, 6:45, 9:10; MON-THU 6:30, 8:40

BAD WORDS (14A crude coarse language, sexual

DIVERGENT (PG violence) Closed Captioned FRI-SUN

BHOOTHNATH RETURNS (PG) FRI-SUN 12:00, 3:05, 6:30, 9:35; MON-THU 6:00, 9:05

content, not rec for children) FRI 7:45, 10:00; SAT 7:00, 9:40; SUN 7:30, 10:00; MON 7:30, 10:05; TUE 7:20, 9:55; WED 7:20, 9:40; Thu 6:05

12:15, 3:15, 6:35, 9:40; MON-THU 6:05, 9:10

NEED FOR SPEED (PG not rec for young children) Closed Captioned FRI-SUN 9:20; MON-THU 8:55

NOAH (PG violence, disturbing content, not rec for young children) Closed Captioned FRI-SUN 12:00, 3:10, 6:30, 9:35; MON-THU 6:00, 9:05 THE OTHER WOMAN (14A crude content) No Passes

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (STC) SUN 12:55; WED 7:00

FRI-SUN 12:15, 3:10, 6:35, 9:30; MON-WED 6:05, 9:00; THU 6:05

Cineplex Odeon Windermere, Vip Cinemas, 6151 Currents Dr, 780.822.4250

SON OF GOD (14A brutal violence) Closed Captioned

THE RAID 2: BERANDAL (18A gory brutal violence) FRI-SUN 12:20, 3:45, 7:15; MON-THU 6:45

GALAXY–SHERWOOD PARK 2020 Sherwood Dr Sherwood Park 780.416.0150

TRAILER PARK BOYS: DON'T LEGALIZE IT (18A substance abuse) DAILY 12:50, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40 DRAFT DAY (PG coarse language) Closed Captioned

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (14A sexual content,

coarse language) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video FRI 1:20, 4:20, 6:45, 9:20; SAT 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45; SUN 1:10, 3:40, 6:15, 9:00; MON 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55;

OCULUS (14A violence, frightening scenes) Digital Presentation FRI-TUE 12:40, 3:20, 6:20, 8:50; WED 6:20, 8:50; THU 6:50, 9:20

RIO 2 (G) Digital Presentation FRI-TUE 4:00; 3D : Reald 3d : FRI-TUE 1:00, 6:50, 9:20; WED 6:50, 9:20; THU 6:15, 8:40

JERUSALEM 3D (G) FRI-SAT 9:45am, 12:00, 2:10, 5:40,

NEW FORT CINEMA 9922-100 St, Fort Saskatchewan, 780.992.1707; Office: 780.992.1878

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) No passes DAILY 6:50pm and 9:20; FRI-TUE 1:45pm

RIO 2 (G) No passes DAILY 7:00, 9:10; FRI-TUE 2:00 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 3D (PG

violence, not rec for young children) No passes DAILY 6:40pm 3” wide version and 9:30; SAT-SUN, TUE 1:30

THE OTHER WOMAN (14A crude content) Digital Presenta-

LEDUC CINEMAS 4702-50 St Leduc, 780.986-2728

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) Digital Presentation FRI-

RIO 2 3D (G)28 “Doors Open” April 12:55; 2D :

PRINCESS

DAILY 3D: 6:55, 9:15; TUE 2D : 6:55; FRI-MON FRI-MON 3D : 3:40

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 3D (PG

10337-82 Ave, 780.433.0728

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (14A sexual content, coarse language) FRI-SUN 1:00, 3:15, 6:50, 9:10; MON-THU 6:50, 9:10

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violence, not rec for young children) DAILY 3D : 6:45, 9:30; TUE 2D : 6:45; FRI-MON 2D : 12:45; FRI-MON 3D : 3:30

DRAFT DAY (PG coarse language) DAILY 7:00, 9:25; FRI-

MON 1:00, 3:25

the reach THE LUNCHBOX (PG) One Week Only FRI-SUN 2:00, 6:55, Extend TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) DAILY 6:55, 9:30; FRI-MON 9:05; MON-THU 6:55, 9:05 3:30 print ad. of12:55, your THE RAILWAY MAN (PG violence, disturbing content, not rec WETASKIWIN CINEMAS Introducing career ads online for young children) opens Fri, Apr 25 SCOTIABANK THEATRE WEM WEM 8882-170 St 780.444.2400

Wetaskiwin 780.352.3922

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RIO 2 3D (G) DAILY 3D : 6:55, 9:15; TUE 2D : 6:55; FRI-MON 2D : 12:55; FRI-MON 3D : 3:40

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG

violence, not rec for young children) Closed Captioned FRI-MON 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:45; TUETHU 2:15, 6:30, 9:45; 3D ULTRAAVX: DAILY 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:45; DAILY 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:15

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 3D (PG

violence, not rec for young children) DAILY 3D : 6:45, 9:30; TUE

2D : 6:45; FRI-MON 2D : 12:45; FRI-MON 3D : 3:30 3” wide version HEAVEN IS FOR REAL (PG) DAILY 7:00, 9:20; FRI-MON

300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D (18A gory brutal vio-

lence) Closed Captioned FRI-WED 7:55, 10:30; THU 6:45

1:00, 3:20

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) DAILY 6:55, 9:30; FRI-MON

3:30 3.75” wide12:55, version

THE LEGO MOVIE (G) Closed Captioned FRI-MON 12:15;

MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (G) Closed Captioned FRI-MON 1:30, 4:00

DIVERGENT (PG violence) Closed Captioned FRI-MON 12:20, 3:35, 6:50, 10:05; TUE-THU 6:40, 9:50

BEARS (G) Closed Captioned, No Passes FRI-MON 1:20,

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) Closed Captioned,

TRANSCENDENCE (PG violence) Closed Caption &

NOAH (PG violence, disturbing content, not rec for young children) Digital Presentation FRI-TUE 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:10; WED 6:10, 9:10; THU 6:10, 9:15

violence, not rec for young children) Closed Captioned

DIVERGENT (PG violence) Closed Caption & Descriptive

FRI, SUN 12:30; SAT 12:00; MON 12:40; 3D : FRI 3:10, 5:40, 8:15, 10:45; SAT 2:40, 5:10, 8:00, 10:40; SUN 3:10, 5:55, 8:30; MON 3:30, 6:30, 9:10; TUE, THU 7:00, 9:40; WED 6:40, 9:50

8:00; SUN 9:45am, 12:00, 2:10; MON 9:45am, 12:00, 2:10, 4:30; TUE-THU 4:20

12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00; WED 6:00, 9:00; THU 6:00

FRI-MON 12:00, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30; TUE-THU 6:30, 9:40; 3D: FRI-MON 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10; TUE-THU 7:00, 10:05

RIO 2 (G) Closed Captioned, No Passes FRI-MON 11:30, 2:05; 3D : FRI-MON 4:40, 7:20, 9:55; TUE-THU 7:15, 9:55

NOAH (PG violence, disturbing content, not rec for young

DIVERGENT (PG violence) Digital Presentation FRI-TUE

11:00am, 1:00, 3:20, 4:30, 6:50; SUN 11:00am, 1:00, 3:20, 4:30; MON 11:00am, 1:00 pm, 3:20; TUE-THU 3:10

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG violence, not rec for young children) VIP 18+ TUE-THU 7:30; 3D : VIP 18+: FRI, SUN 2:00, 5:30, 9:00; SAT 1:45, 5:15, 8:45; MON 2:45, 6:15, 9:45; ULTRAAVX : TUE-THU 6:30, 9:45; 3D : ULTRAAVX : FRI-SAT 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20; SUN 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 10:00; MON 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Video FRI-SAT 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:15; SUN 12:40, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30; MON 3:00, 6:20, 9:40; TUE, THU 6:45, 9:50; WED 9:40

11211-142 St, 780.452.9100; telusworldofscienceedmonton.com

ISLAND OF LEMURS: MADAGASCAR 3D (G) FRI-SAT

THU 9:00

NON-STOP (PG violence, coarse language) Closed Captioned FRI-SUN 12:10, 2:45, 6:50; MON-THU 6:20

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE–IMAX

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG violence, not rec for young children) Digital Presentation FRI-TUE 3:30; 3D : Reald 3d FRI-TUE 12:30, 6:30, 9:30; WED-THU 6:30, 9:30

TUE 12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 9:40; WED 7:00, 9:40; THU 6:20, 9:10

11:50, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50; SAT-SUN 12:05, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50; MON 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15; TUE, THU 1:20, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25; WED 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 9:30

CINEPLEX ODEON WINDERMERE CINEMAS

6:40, 8:40; WED 6:40, 8:40; THU 6:40, 8:50

MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (G) Closed Captioned

FRI-SUN 12:20, 3:00

THU 9:00

HOP (G) SAT 11:00

BEARS (G) Digital Presentation FRI-TUE 12:20, 2:20, 4:20,

6:25, 8:45

TRAILER PARK BOYS: DON'T LEGALIZE IT (18A

THE RAID 2: BERANDAL (18A gory brutal violence)

130 Century Crossing, Spruce Grove 780.962.2332

tion THU 9:00

MUPPETS MOST WANTED (G) Closed Captioned

12:20, 2:55, 5:30, 8:05, 10:35; TUE-THU 2:20, 5:30, 8:05, 10:35

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (PG) MON, THU 7:30

LANDMARK 7–SPRUCE GROVE

FRI-SUN 2:50; 3D : FRI-SUN 12:25, 6:55, 9:15; MON-THU

coarse language) Closed Captioned FRI-SUN 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20; MON 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:30; TUE-THU 4:55, 7:25, 9:55

OCULUS (14A violence, frightening scenes) FRI-SAT 12:25, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40; SUN 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45; MON 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00; TUE 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30; WED 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25; THU 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, 9:30

HUNGRY FOR CHANGE (STC) Educated Reel THU 7:00

THE LEGO MOVIE (G) Closed Captioned FRI-SUN 2:45; 3D : FRI-SUN 12:05, 7:00, 9:25; MON-THU 6:25, 8:55

(Classification not available) SAT 12:30

DRAFT DAY (PG coarse language) Closed Captioned FRI

WED 7:00

3:45, 6:55, 10:05

RIO 2 (G) Closed Captioned, No Passes FRI 11:40, 2:15,

Descriptive Video, No Passes FRI-SAT 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30; SUN 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30; MON 12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 9:50; TUE-THU 6:40, 9:30; VIP 18+ : FRI 2:45, 6:30, 10:00; SAT 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45; SUN 2:45, 6:30, 9:45; MON 1:00, 4:15, 7:30; TUE-THU 8:30

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (STC) SUN 12:55; WED 7:00

DIVERGENT (PG violence) FRI-WED 9:30

TUE-THU 1:20; 3D : FRI-MON 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10; TUE-THU 4:10, 6:55, 9:30

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (PG) SAT 9:30; MON 4:30

Danish w/ subtitles S SAT, MON AT 4:30

w/ subtitles MON 9:00

RIO 2 (G) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video, No Passes

DAILY 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40

violence, not rec for young children) FRI, TUE 3:45; SATMON 3:45, 6:25, 9:30; WED 3:30; WED 3:30; 3D : FRI-TUE 12:45, 6:50, 9:55; Wed 6:50, 9:55; WED 6:50, 9:55

CRIES & WHISPERS (14A) Spotlight on Bergman: German &

6:30, 9:40; THU 3:10, 6:30, 9:40; THU 3:10, 6:30, 9:40

BAD WORDS (14A crude coarse language, sexual

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (14A sexual content, coarse language) Closed Captioned FRI-MON, THU 12:20, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05; TUE-WED 12:15, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG

1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:45; SUN 4:20, 7:30, 10:45; MON 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55; TUE 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15; WED 12:50, 3:55, 10:15; THU 12:50, 3:55, 10:05

Passes FRI-TUE, THU 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10; WED 3:40, 6:40, 9:10; Star & Strollers: WED 1:00

THU 9:00

RIO 2 (G) Closed Captioned, No Passes FRI-MON 11:55;

9:15; MON 7:00; WED 9:15

DIVERGENT (PG violence) Closed Captioned FRI-SAT

children) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video FRI 12:30, 4:10, 7:20, 10:35; SAT 12:20, 3:30, 6:45, 10:00; SUN 12:50, 4:10, 7:20, 10:40; MON 2:50, 6:10, 9:10; TUE-THU 6:55, 10:00

THE OTHER WOMAN (14A crude content) No Passes

FINDING VIVAN MAIER (PG) SAT 2:30, 7:00; SUN 4:15,

10200-102 Ave, 780.421.7018

TRAILER PARK BOYS: DON'T LEGALIZE IT (18A substance abuse) DAILY 12:50, 3:15, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL (PG) Closed Captioned, No

content, not rec for children) Closed Captioned FRI-WED 8:10, 10:35; THU 6:30

NOAH (PG violence, disturbing content, not rec for young children) Closed Captioned FRI-WED 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:05; THU 12:30, 3:40, 10:05

in German w/ subtitles F0RI 2:00

and Latin w/ subtitles: SUN 7:00; MON 2:00

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (PG) MON, THU 7:30

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PREVUE // METAL

MUSIC

Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler on the Grammys, metal and the new album

The darkest of the metal lords

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t's been more than two and a half to the Beatles, Hendrix, Cream and the months since the ceremony and Geezer Who, bands that were all different from Butler of Black Sabbath still hasn't re- each other," Butler adds. "Now you get ceived his Grammy Award for Best Metal all of these bands that sound like everyPerformance of 2014. one else. It's all changed; if you listen to Not that he's particularly chagrined certain bands now there's no difference about the wait; the band hasn't exactly between track one and track 10 on an aldepended on critical acclaim in the 46 bum. That's why we made sure to vary the years (with a five-year hiatus between sounds on 13. There's a blues track and 2006 and 2011) they've been around, a ballad on there because we wanted to and little statuettes from the industry make sure it didn't all sound the same." don't really impress the bassist. Besides, Butler isn't really trying to be overly critthe last time they won a Grammy, back ical so much as noting the musical differences between heavy metin 2000, the award turned al progenitors and their out to be more hassle than Tue, Apr 22 (8 pm) With Reignwolf it was worth. offspring. He's got some "We got one for (a live Rexall Place current faves (thumbs up version of) 'Iron Man,' and for you, Band of Skulls!), but by and large he's a it was broken in the post," says Butler over the phone from his Los product of a very different generation, Angeles home. "The Grammys wouldn't one that started out, in his words, "learnbelieve me, they said that that had never ing to play Otis Redding and Eddie Floyd happened before. I had to take a photo of songs." He is, in fact, a rock 'n' roll grandpa it and send it back to them before they at 64: laconic, genial, given to small talk would give me another one. They were re- about the weather and amusing asides. A ally strict about it." far cry from the man who, according to The latest honour, for the song "God is legend (and the testimony of guitarist Dead?" (off the band's 2013 comeback al- Malcolm Young) terrorized members of bum, 13) comes with its own set of rules.

AC/DC with a switchblade at the bar.

"We had to sign documents stating that He's a much happier man now, living in we wouldn't sell them or use them for the California sunshine, working with anicommercial purposes," Butler notes with mals and living a vegan lifestyle. Butler a certain amount of bemusement. "It was is also thrilled to be playing new music really weird." after decades of pulling out the usual As Butler also says, the band, which crowd pleasers. gradually morphed into Black Sabbath af"That was the main thing about 13. After trying on the names Polka Tulk Blues ter all these years of having to play the Band and Earth for size, weren't really all same old songs it just felt good to have that interested in things like the Grammy new material," he says. "I mean, you have Awards. What the band mostly thought to bring out the old stuff, because that's about was somehow finding a way to what people pay their money for, but now release a record in order to convince its we have something to look forward to. family and friends it was serious about be- The fact that people really like the new ing musicians. Black Sabbath got its wish album is also an added bonus." in 1970 when it released the single "Evil Butler, as usual, served as the main lyriWoman" on Fontana Records, with a move cist for the band on 13, though when you to Warner Bros Records just a short while press him on his modus operandi he turns after and a debut album that shocked a little abashed. parents and disgusted rock critics; Robert "I did most of the lyrics the night beChristgau most famously described it as fore Ozzy sang them," he says with an "bullshit necromancy." embarrassed chuckle. "I'm one of those It also sold ridiculous amounts to sullen people who, if you give them 10 years teens all across North America, officially to do something, will do it at nine years driving a nail in the casket of the peace and 364 days. Everything has to be done and love generation and causing record in a rush for me, I guess I just need the companies to scramble in the wake of a pressure. Someone asked me to explain sludge-metal deluge. The original band what my lyrics meant, but I usually write had a good five-year run of albums now them so fast and in such a short time that recognized as metal classics, from the it's actually hard for me to explain what debut to 1975's Sabotage, the effects of they're about, usually." which are still careening through any If there's one sad side note to the alnumber of younger bands. Not bad for a bum and reunion tour, it's the absence of bunch of lank-haired kids from Birming- original drummer Bill Ward, with Tommy ham.

Clufetos of Rob Zombie and Ozzy Os"It's incredible when you analyze it," But- bourne fame filling in on road duties. You ler muses. "Four people within half a mile can go online and see statements from of each other who love the same kind of both Ward and various members of the music and are all musicians come togeth- band as to why the drummer didn't parer. It's almost an impossibility now with ticipate, though Butler just simply wants all of the bands put together by manage- to get across that he has no hard feelings ment and record companies. That doesn't about the situation. happen anymore, people who grow up "We're still friends as far as I'm conaround the corner from each other start- cerned," he says. "We don't hear from ing a band and becoming successful." him, though occasionally we'll get an email from him. He's hard to get hold It's also interesting to consider that Sab- of because he doesn't have an email adbath (which still number original mem- dress. You have to contact him through bers Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Tony his people, and usually it takes a couple Iommi in the ranks) were playing when of weeks to hear back. It's too bad that the Beatles were still kicking around, or this has happened, but hopefully we'll all that the band preceded the genre that it get through it." was eventually co-credited with founding. TOM MURRAY TOM@VUEWEEKLY.COM "That's the thing, we were listening

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Eliana Cuevas Fri, Apr 18 (8 pm) Yardbird Suite, $20 for members, $24 for guests Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela, but currently residing in Toronto Genre: Latin jazz Lastest album: Espejo (2014) Fun fact: Cuevas has begun conducting songwriting collaborations with her fans, including a call for song

ideas that produced her English-language ballad "Hope Calls My Name," which will be released as a single later this year.

First album

It was Al Pie De La Letra by a Venezuelan singer-songwriter named Ilan Chester. My favourite song on that album is called "Eres Una En Un Millon" (You're one in a million).

First concert

The first concert I saw was given by a Venezuelan vocalist named Tona Granado in Caracas, my native city.

I think I was about 12-years-old and I went with my family. I was mesmerized by the power and beauty of her voice. It was so inspiring to hear her sing!

Last album

I've been backpacking in India with my husband and my four-year-old for almost two months (our trip is

almost over as I type this), and one of the places we went to was the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Neyyar Dam. There I bought a CD of Kirtan chants that includes a lot of the chants they sing there after meditation. They're Sanskrit mantras sung in simple and soulful melodies ...

Last concert

The last big concert I saw was Patrick Watson at Massey Hall. I had never seen him before and I loved every minute of his show. My brother-in-law introduced me to his music and it was a wonderful discovery.

music that I like, many artists that I love and my mood will also affect what I want to listen to at any given minute. Some of my favourite artists are Elis Regina, Aretha Franklin, Simón Díaz, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Guaco, Caetano Veloso, Reynaldo Armas, Sting, Billie Holiday and a lot more.

Favourite musical guilty pleasure

Driving by myself in the car while listening to music and singing at the top of my lungs. V

Favourite album

That's a hard one because I can't pick just one. There are many genres of

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his Saturday is Record Store Day, and local roots-rock four piece the Fuzz Kings are planning to make the most of it by packing in three shows. The band will be celebrating the release of its album ReTurn of the Century along with a limited-edition vinyl recording called I'm Your Goon. Before the group's hectic lineup of

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shows this weekend, "Fat" Dave Johnston answered a few questions for Vue. VUE WEEKLY: You've got a marathon of

shows coming up for Record Store Day on April 19. What will this involve and why did you want to do a marathon?

What will be the biggest challenge in pulling something like this off?

"FAT" DAVE JOHNSTON: This will involve very well-timed beer consumption and a network of designated drivers. The biggest challenge involved will be stamina. We maintain a pretty energetic show and burning ourselves out too early in the day would not be good. Finding time to eat and stay hydrated will be important as well.

We chose to hatch this maniacal plot to stand out amongst the other 5374 bands and artists in the Edmonton area that are putting out albums in 2014. The idea is to attract as much attention as possible for the new releases and conjure up a bit of a crowd that wouldn't be likely to see us in a bar late at night but wouldn't hesitate to see us at a record store, or an afternoon restaurant matinee show like we have booked at Fionn MacCool's City Centre.

We'll also be filming the entire day for a mini-documentary-style music video.

VW: What does Record Store Day

mean for you? musically, and the format they are FDJ: Record Store Day is one of each being released on will appeal to those days that puts the spring different types of music consumers. season into motion. It officially I'm Your Goon is a grittier, hard and declares that winter is over and fast surf-rock single with a hard andthe season of foot traffic in urban fast rockabilly-style B-side. The limitcenters like Old Strathcona is here, ed-edition coloured vinyl appeals to which is really important for the re- a more selective demographic than cord-store owners and other small- the bright and colorful upbeat rootsbusiness owners of Old Strathcona, rock nature of ReTurn Of The Cen124 Street, Jasper Ave, etc. Small- tury, which is available on CD and business owners iTunes. tend to be in pret- Sat, Apr 19 At least that ty rough shape in Permanent Records was the intenthe cold months (Noon – 1 pm) tion. The original after Christmas Fionn MacCool's City Centre idea was to hang and New Years, so (4 pm – 6 pm) on to I'm Your it's a good boost The Studio (10 pm – Midnight) Goon and release for those who are it later this year, hangin' in there! but with the opportunity to play VW: You're playing these shows in Record Store Day staring us in the support of two new releases: ReTurn face, we figured that it would be as of the Century and I'm Your Goon, good a time as any, especially since which is a limited-edition seven-inch no Edmonton bands (to our knowlvinyl. How do they stand apart from edge) have done a Record Store each other and what do they bring to Day release.

MEAGHAN BAXTER the table this time around?

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TAYLOR

Le Fuzz

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aly in Le Fuzz's song catalogue.

"We started off just doing a lot of French and English repertoire and then the Russian stuff came in and it kept coming in, and it just became the identity that we've created for ourselves, of being a multilingual band," says Jason Kodie, who handles accordion, piano and some vocals for the group, noting the band does explain its songs during gigs.

"How many more Fri, Apr 18 (8 pm) singer-songwriters Yellowhead Brewery Come over here and say that do you need to here's a strong possibility hear singing a balyou won't be able to unlad? We offer derstand all the lyrics in a Le Fuzz tune something a little bit different. There's unless you fluently speak a multitude certainly not many bands in town doing of languages, but a good song has the this genre—this sub-sub-sub genre." ability to transcend linguistic barriers.

That's the mindset the local five- It's been three years since Le Fuzz piece has always operated under, at has released an album, but such is life least. The world-beat folk group is when there are families to take care made up of multilingual musicians of as well as jobs and other musical who can effortlessly move between projects to attend to. languages like Spanish, French and "We've stayed together with the Russian, and continue to do so on the original lineup, but there would be band's new album Usona. There's one times that gigs would be sparse English track in there, but it's an anom- and schedules would be conflict-

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ing," Kodie adds. "But when the band would get together it was great. The repertoire's in our DNA almost."

In order to capture the spirit of Le Fuzz's camaraderie and authenticity, the guys recorded the album live off the floor in a million-dollar home in Usona County near Ponoka. The story goes that guitarist and vocalist Chris Smith was hired as the general contractor for his father-in-law's new home (he happens to be an oil magnate) and the band got the go-ahead to "christen the joint" and record its album there. It turned out to be a wise choice, not only due to the home's idyllic setting, but because the area's namesake actually has another meaning that fits in with Le Fuzz's ideology, unbeknownst to them until a random Google search after the name was settled on.

"It's an acronym that stands for the United States of North America, which was started by freemasons almost, freemen on the land back in the 1900s," Kodie explains. "The way that lends itself to our band and the sort of borderless music is perfect. What a ridiculous, serendipitous turn of events."

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PREVUE // HIP HOP

Iron Mic Music Festival E

dmonton has its fair share of festi- agents we were serious and getting the vals, no question about it. What it support of the local hip-hop scene bedidn't have, though, was an indoor hip- hind us was far from a cake walk, but we hop festival. Promoters Miyuru Fernan- were able to make it happen and now do and Dima Perelman have rectified the sky's the limit. the situation with the Iron Mic Music Festival, with a lineup featuring Machine VW: You wanted to create a movement Gun Kelly, Ghostface Killah (of Wu-Tang for hip hop and take it to the next level Clan), Action Bronson and more. Prior with this festival. What does that moveto the big event, the duo answered ment involve and what does the next some questions level of hip hop in Canada look like? about the festival Sat, Apr 19 Edmonton Expo Centre, $70 – for Vue. MF & DP: The move$155 ment is putting our city on the map for VUE WEEKLY: ironmic.ca When did you hip hop. Something conceive the idea like this wouldn't be for this festival and what has it taken to a stretch in major cities like Toronto get an event like this up and running? and Vancouver, but we wanted to shock the country by bringing a first-of-itsMIYURU FERNANDO & DIMA PERELMAN: We conceived the idea before the new kind event like this to Edmonton. A city year. We were predominantly EDM which is most commonly known for (electronic dance music) promoters country, EDM, etc, now gets a massive but personally, we grew up with hip hip-hop event to look forward to. The hop (Dima used to rap, even, under the movement is to take hip hop out of the name Slice) and one day looked at one small venues and pubs and bring it to another and asked ourselves why aren't the masses for people of all ages to enwe representing this scene? It's only the joy. It's also about bringing attention to beginning and we plan on building and the local scene and its artists, and really growing it—- taking it to new heights in spotlighting this genre in our city. the coming years.

It took a lot of persistence to make VW: Iron Mic is meant to represent Iron Mic happen—a lot of brick walls the good in hip hop. What are the and obstacles which are common with positive sides of the genre that are first-time festival organizers. Working often overlooked? with a relatively short time frame, it was MF & DP: At its core, hip hop represents our determination and persistence that community, camaraderie, charity and made the lineup and concept a reality. support. When something big or powNot taking no for an answer, convincing erful happens in the community, ev-

erybody comes together to spread the word. There is a lot of energy, positivity, excitement and enthusiasm with hip hop. It can carry a negative stigma (like rock 'n' roll or raves), but we would like to enlighten the public as to what it is really about. We feel this is already happening, as public forums such as Pecha Kucha have brought awareness to many causes such as a graffiti and its place in modern society or the legalization of marijuana. We are confident that the public will embrace the positive aspects of hip hop—it just needs a strong voice and we want to be a part of that.

VW: What does the lineup showcase

about hip hop in Edmonton in particular? What stands out about the city's growing scene?

MF & DP: The local lineup showcases two very established local emcees who will be hosting the evening (Brothers Grim and K-Blitz) as well as a few local acts who have helped us tremendously with the event who will rock the mic and open the festival. We hope that bringing a larger stage to our already existing local scene shakes things up a bit and drives local artists both new and old to push themselves further in their work. We want to raise the bar in Edmonton and by giving local acts yet another great opportunity to showcase their work, we hope to see the scene grow organically at a faster rate this year.

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THE HANSON BROTHERS / FRI, APR 18 (9 PM) No, not those Hanson brothers. This is a side project of NoMeansNo, where drummer John Wright comes out from behind is 216-piece (!) custom drum kit to take on the role of lead singer and a dude named “Some Guy” Hanson gets behind the drums. (Starlite Room, $18)

DARREL SCOTT AND TIM O’BRIEN / WED, APR 23 (7:30 PM) Wednesday night’s going to be country and Americana all the way. These guys have a list of accolades a mile long—that might be slight hyperbole, but regardless, they’ve been around for years and are still going, recently collaborating on Memories & Moments. (Arden Theatre, $40)

CHRISTOPHER FORD / MON, APR 21 (8 PM) This guy knows how to get stuff done: he’s his own publicist, agent and manager on top of, you know, actually playing music. He’s on the road supporting his latest EP, Heroes.

(Naked Cybercafe)

HOT PLAINS MUSIC FESTIVAL / FRI, MAY 16 – SUN, MAY 18 Yeah, yeah, it’s still a month away, but you should probably think about getting your tickets soon, because they go on sale at Blackbyrd Myoozik on Saturday, April 19—aka Record Store Day. This year’s lineup includes Betrayers, the Archaics, Michael Rault, Shooting Guns, the Lad mags, SLATES, the Fortrelles and a bunch more. (Barber Ha, Wunderbar, Pawn Shop, Black Dog)

GOLDEN WEST MUSIC FEST / FRI, AUG 1 – SUN, AUG 3 While you’re thinking about festivals, you should also check out the details for this year’s Golden West Music Fest—you know, that one that happens out on an acreage and is like a big, outdoor wedding with 400 of your closest friends and bands like the AweomeHots, Black Thunder, Lad Mags and the Wet Secrets? Early-bird tickets are $50, which includes camping. Check out goldenwestmusic.com for more info. (Ardmore, AB)

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Christian Hansen don't think it's just because I'm from Edmonton. You'll meet someone that knows someone or we'll overhear conversations of people talking about Edmonton that we don't even know. It's weird."

C

hristian Hansen was craving change when he packed his bags for Toronto nearly two-and-ahalf years ago.

"We love Edmonton; we still love Edmonton," says Hansen, who moved to Toronto with his wife and bandmate, Molly Flood. "It was one of those things where if we don't go we'd always be wondering what would happen if we had gone."

Hansen was known throughout Edmonton's music scene for his eclectic electro anthems, but he had to start from scratch in Toronto as the new kid in a saturated industry. He had gone from packed rooms to being able to count the amount of people in the crowd at the band's first Toronto shows on one hand.

"You don't realize what that does to your head until you're outside of that situation," he says of his local prominence. "I'm always very conscious of just being a good person and treating people with respect and when you have people com-

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Fri, Apr 18 (7 pm) With Doug Hoyer Artery, $15 in advance, $20 at the door, all ages Sat, Apr 19 (8 pm) With Doug Hoyer, Mark Mills Pawn Shop, $20 ing to your shows and caring about what you do it's a blessing, right?

But when we moved here and that was all gone, you maybe realize, whoa, I guess that did get inside my head a little bit and I think it maybe informs your expectations, so it was good. That was another good benefit of the move, just being humble—not that I wasn't humble—but taking it back to the basics and having to prove yourself."

The crowds are larger these days, however, and often include a dedicated contingent Hansen affectionately refers to as the "Edmonton Mafia."

"There's people from Edmonton I think at every show we've played in Toronto," he adds. "It's so funny because there's an Edmonton connection with everything, I feel like, and I

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Toronto feels like home now, but Hansen took those initial feelings of loneliness and isolation and chanelled them into the band's new EP, Small Fry. The disc is an introspective collection that also offers a new sound for the band, melding influences of hip-hop acts like early Three 6 Mafia and UGK with post punk and Hansen's baritone vocals and eerie synth melodies.

"I think that the first year, it's kind of like a honeymoon period because it's a new city, new people and you're discovering all these new places and meeting new social circles and all the challenges that come with a new city. Once you're here you get down to the brass tacks of everyday life in this new city," Hansen recalls, noting it was at this point that he realized just how disconnected they felt, a sense that put him into a darker headspace to write the record.

"When you're going into a new place you cannot expect anything.

The onus is on you to make of it what you'll make of it. You can't come to a big city and expect people to just want to be your friend; you have to open yourself up to meeting new people and open yourself up to, as terrifying as it is, going to a show by yourself and saying hey to someone, you know what I mean?

That was kind of our mindset going here and I think it's paid off."

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f your band is short on cash to make an album these days, it doesn't mean the end of the road. Crowd-funding campaigns have offered a life line in which dedicated fans are willing to chip in a little—or a lot—to help make it happen in exchange for a reward.

"We were lucky enough in the past to work with some producers and engineers who were willing to do all of the studio stuff and let us pay them on the back end with album sales and digital sales, and that option was no longer available to us," explains Ninjaspy guitarist and lead vocalist Joel Parent, who formed the experimental ska-metal group with his brothers Tim and Adam nearly 15 years ago. "We've built up some pretty devoted fans in Canada over the last couple of years, so we figured we'd see if they were interested and try to go this way."

The Indiegogo campaign launched on April 1 and received $800 in its first 12 hours—the goal is $10 000, but more raised means more new songs.

Ninjaspy wanted to make donating worth its fans while, so instead of reserving big-ticket reward items like an album credit exclusively for big spenders, each donor will get their name in

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the thank-yous, have the opportunity writing table during that time. Some to record their voice for a gang-vocal of the tunes were even written during track and be able to submit a video of the Pi Nature sessions but were rethemselves doing something of their vamped several times over the years.

"Some of the music that's coming choice to be featured in a music video.

"Keep it cheap, keep it real, just have out on this new record is going to fun and get everyone involved," Parent be seven years old, and it's going to adds. "The options for getting a decent- actually span the last seven years, so quality recording are much more than you'll hear a lot of things going on musically and thethey used to be, so matically," Parent bands don't need Thu, Apr 24 (8:30 pm) so much money With Samandriel, Grounded Star says. "One of the things I'm really to do records any- Studio Music Foundation, $10 stoked on for this more. However, if (advance), $15 (door) album is we're goyou have some fans that like you, this ing to write a couple of brand-new is totally the way to go, and so it's changed things. Any- songs ... we're going to get one that one can take a stab at this and if your I write, that I write the lyrics for or I music's good and your attitude's great, write the melody for and get all the anything can happen. It makes every- parts and arrange it, but we're also thing a lot more possible and makes going to get the bass player to do one where he's at the helm and we're everyone a lot more connected." also going to get the drummer to do Fans will be able to get a preview of one where he writes all the parts and what they're paying for during Ninjas- the lyrics and all the melodies. So py's current tour, too. The trio released there'll be three songs on this record its last album Pi Nature in 2007 and where you get the distinct flavour of took a step back from touring to work each one of us." on their respective personal lives, but MEAGHAN BAXTER MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM consistently came together at the

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The Hold Steady Teeth Dreams (Washington Square) 

In an era of sub-sub-sub genres, there's something to be said for a band just trying to make a good, affecting rock 'n' roll record. Not finding it necessary to bring unconventional instrumentation into the picture to prove songs interesting and dynamic, but instead really mining the depths that guitars, bass, drums and vocals are capable of reaching just fine on their own, thanks, without the extraneous instrumental flourish.

Which is, ostensibly, what Teeth Dreams finds the Hold Steady trying to do, as it always has: album number six finds the 'Steady positioned as the smart bar band with stadium-sized eyes. The sound is way bigger than on 2010's Heaven is Whenever and way more 'rock band' in stature—there are now three guitars perpetually in the mix, to shift direction from the departure of keyboardist Franz

Run River North Run River North (Nettwork) 

Nicolay a few albums back. There's an ubiquity to the production that hasn't been so apparent before. That unified sheen has its merits and detractions, but where Teeth Dreams' amped-up take on smart rock succeeds most is where the band manages to handle those extra six strings with the same dynamic finesse it offered on earlier albums.

Which is how it is right off the top, with the one-two pummel of "Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You" and "Spinners." The former finds vocalist Craig Finn apologizing to a new flame after she's met the old, less-thanpresentable gang of friends, skinheads among them ("I didn't think we would see them," Finn offers as apology over snaking guitar lines and an urgent pummel of drums, "I guess I should've explained"). The latter angles itself behind a protagonist out to dance away her heartbreak almost every night, but can only seem to settle into anything more permanent. Around her, guitars rise up and drop away into picking patterns and/ or chunky chords, bolstered by builds and a chorus that feel massive with that added guitar.

Finn's lyrics and characters are as sharply defined as ever, if increasingly world-weary in their observations: after the joyful youth explosion of the band's career-defining Boys and Girls in America, the creeping weariness of adulthood that started to emerge on Stay Positive and Heaven is Whenever is out in full

These are well-crafted songs that sound good. That is a fact. Another simple fact is that the boy/girl harmonies, violins and mandolins flow through these folk-pop songs with a beauty and crescendo that will fill you with the type of wonder and hope you get when you stop to breathe in a crisp, sunny morning.

But like those mornings, the wonder requires only a moment of reflection before you're past it and on with your day. It's all really nice; it's all really forgettable. In the ilk of Mumford and Sons and Of Monsters and Men,

force on Teeth Dreams. It's one thing to be a teenager or twenty-something swept up in the druggy bliss of a music scene, but it's another to be older and find yourself circling the same drain— "On With the Business" takes stock of a life that hasn't amounted to much more than "blood on the carpet / mud on the mattress / wakin' up with that American sadness." Blood comes up a lot on this album, actually, far more than the biblical imagery that's coloured Finn's lyrics so much in the last. There's less faith to bank on, here, and more flesh-and-blood consequence.

It's at the midpoint where some of Teeth Dreams' steam dissipates: a sideB run of similar songs ("Big Cig," "Wait a While," "Runner's High") loses energy in those similarities, in terms of production and instrumentation. In a way, it still feels like the Hold Steady is figuring out how to be a three-guitar band. But even here, it seems more like growing pains than a band strapped for ideas or direction: closer "Oaks" is a wrenching nine-minute tale of two junkies clinging to each other as they struggle to stay alive. It's a tragic and brutally effective ending to an album of hits and misses, ultimately unified by a certain, damaged throughline: Teeth Dreams finds the boys and girls of America as grown-up men and women.

They're still having such a sad time together, but here, it's bleaker than they ever could've imagined.

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this six-piece have taken that sound and done exactly what everyone else is doing with it. It would not be prudent to say that this album is bad. It is not bad. It is very well-executed, and the songs are lovely, but it plays like a copy of a copy with little to no difference in the songs themselves. If you like the aforementioned festival folk-pop artists, cool, this will be a welcome addition to your collection, but if you're already "on to the next" than stay clear of these cats.

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Ben Watt, Hendra (Caroline International) @VueWeekly: Quite literally everything but the girl, former 90s electro halve, Ben Watt, dabbles in midlife on this earnest, delicate & quiet album.

John Frusciante, Enclosure (Record Collection) @VueWeekly: Full of falsetto, synth & pounding beats, the former RHCP guitarist’s new album sounds like it is from a refreshing outer space.

Todd Terje, It’s Album Time (Olsen) @VueWeekly: If there was a surf scene in that outer space, Scandanavian Todd Terje’s #NuevoDisco is on everyone’s mind.

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TODD JAMES BAND FEAT. CHANTAL BURN W/ HAMMER THE SOUND CD RELEASE EXTRAVAGANZA IRONSTORM “WRATHWIND” W/ MORTILLERY, GATEKRASHOR & BLEED THE UNION PRESENTS

THE 1975

RAW: NATURAL BORN ARTISTS & STARLITE ROOM PRESENT

RAW:REVOLUTION CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS THE WORLWIDE PLAGUES TOUR FEATURING:

ICED EARTH W/ SABATON & REVAMP

THE SPOONS

W/ D TREVLON BAND & CHOIR AND MARCHING BAND

STARLITE ROOM PRESENTS

(OF LEMONHEADS) SARA JOHNSTON & GUESTS

EVAN DANDO THE UNION PRESENTS

BATHS

W/ YOUNG FATHERS & GUESTS NIGHT VISION PRESENTS

KAYTRANADA

STARLITE ROOM IN ASSOCIATION WITH CALGARY BEER CORE PRESENTS W/ TORCHES TO TRIGGERS, ABANDIN ALL HOPE, THE MISFIRES & VANGOHST TIX ONSALE AT TICKETFLY.COM & BLACKBYRD MYOOZIK

AUTHORITY ZERO

UBK AND TIMBRE CONCERTS PRESENTS

BONOBO DJ SET CALL APOLLO

W/ TUPELO HONEY THE UNFORTUNATES (CD RELEASE), DEATH BY ROBOT & KING’S FOIL

THE UNION PRESENTS

THE JEZEBELS TOOTH BLACKNER PRESENTS

CHAD VAN GAALEN W/ VIET CONG - TIX ONSALE APR 4

PURE PRIDE JCL PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

TIMBER TIMBRE BLITZEN TRAPPER

W/ GUESTS

THE UNION PRESENTS

W/ GUESTS

PAWN SHOP Christian

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

UBK PRESENTS THE 4/20 LONGWEEKENDER PT.1 FEATURING:

Dueling Pianos: Shane Young and Tiffany Hall; 9pm; no cover

Music every Sat Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm

Chill Factor

APR/17 DEEKLINE & ED SOLO APR/18 THE HANSON BROTHERS APR/19 FALCONS

WUNDERBAR Ben Disaster,

Durban Poison, the Strugglefucks, the Binz YARDBIRD SUITE

International Jazz Series from New York/Israel: Omer Klein; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $20 (member)/$24 (guest)

APR/18 APR/19 APR/25 APR/26 MAY/2 MAY/3 MAY/3 MAY/10 MAY/16 MAY/17 MAY/23 MAY/24

CALL APOLLO

W/ FRANKIE MCQUEEN & GUESTS

THE RETURN OF NOBODY LIKES DWIGHT W/ MARY LEE BIRD & 1000 WORDS FOR WATER TOWERS AND TRESS RIVER AND THE ROAD W/ AND OUR GOOD WOLF

ELECTRIC RELIGIOUS W/ PUTTIN ON THE FOIL & UNTIL RED

THE JOLLY GOOD & GUESTS EARLY SHOW 6:30

MARKET FORCES CD RELEASE WILLHORSE W/ THOMPSON HIGHWAY & GUESTS

LATE SHOW 9:30

THE IMPLICATE ORDER W/ GUESTS 77 SUPERSTARS, JOHNNY DE COURCY AND THE DEATH RANGERS, DADA PLAN

BESTIE W/ GUESTS SEBASTIAN OWL W/ GUESTS HEADBANGERZ FEAT SPIRAL TIDE, OSYRON, HOUSE OF PINES

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: The Menace

Sessions: Alt Rock/Electro/ Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae

VUEWEEKLY APR 17 – APR 23, 2014

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with DJ Sonny Grimezz; Underdog: Dr Erick THE BOWER For Those Who

Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down

It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every

Sat; 9pm ENCORE–WEM Every Sat:

Sound and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Collective Saturdays underground: House and Techno MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

Wong every Sat PAWN SHOP Transmission

Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm); 1st Sat each month

7:30pm; $10 (adv) BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku Open mic every Sun

hosted by Tim Lovett BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE

Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm

Easter Brunch: Jazz Passages Trio; 9am-3pm; donations

Music Festival

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday

DJs

Session: Tyson Kerr/Paul Richey; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG

BRIXX BAR Lakim, The

Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy

Classical

Open jam every Wed hosted

by Will Cole; 7-11pm

Whooligan; 9pm; $15 CHA ISLAND TEA CO Open

mic with March Music Inc; Every Sun 7pm DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun

Night Live on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the

Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG

Every Sun Jam hosted by Steve and Bob; 6-10pm NEWCASTLE PUB The

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay Roots industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave

ROTARY MUSIC FESTIVAL– St ALbert Arden;

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

TUE APR 22 BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

Tue Jam with Big Dreamer; 7pm (door); no cover BLUES ON WHYTE Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin Altar Boys

SET NIGHTCLUB SET

RICHARD'S PUB Sunday

Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky

LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG Jam

hosted by Rockin' Randy Every Tue, 7-11pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM

A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy

Main Floor: Soul Sundays:

SUITE 69 Stella Saturday:

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Stylus Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am

retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests

MON APR 21

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted

by DJ Johnny Infamous Y AFTERHOURS Release

Saturdays

SUN APR 20 ARTERY Service:Fair (EP release, electronic), Mitchmatic, Baron Fran;

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE Reverend

Raven and the Chain Smokin Altar Boys NEW WEST HOTEL Jess Lee

(country) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental

old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510

GRANT MACEWAN ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS Kiwanis

Music Festival

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open Jam: Trevor Mullen

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

WUNDERBAR Exits, Todos

DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays:

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am

Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic with host Duff Robison

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday

Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Party Hog Caeran, Lesser Man, Petrify

Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

Saturday Night House Party: With DJ Twix, Johnny Infamous

Jazz evening every Wed; 8-11pm

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

GRANT MACEWAN ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS Kiwanis

ON THE ROCKS 420 Party with Souljah Fyah

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Joanne Janzen

Classical

DRUID IRISH PUB Open

hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

Smokin Altar Boys

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

Sunday BBQ Jam: Hosted

by Marshall Lawrence; 4-8pm; no cover

Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

RED STAR Indie rock, hip

Munro; every Tue, 8-11pm

Stage Tue L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave Open mic every

Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover

MERCURY ROOM Little

Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

st-AlbertMusicFestival. com; ENCORE! Concert and Awards Presentation; 6:30pm

Jason Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover

DJs

PAWN SHOP Wacken Metal

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative

retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: The Night with No Name featuring DJs Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests playing tasteful, eclectic selections BRIXX Metal night every

Tue

Battles: Preliminary Round 4; 7pm (door); $10 (adv) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass

jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member) RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5

DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

RED STAR Experimental

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests

Indie rock, hip hop, electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue

ZEN LOUNGE Jazz

NEW WEST HOTEL Tue

SUITE 69 Rockstar

MERCER TAVERN Alt

Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

Open Stage every Tue; 9pm; no cover RED PIANO Every Tue: the

Tuesdays: Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs

WED APR 23 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL

Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 ARDEN Darrell Scott

Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm12am; no cover; relaxed dress code

and Tim O’Brien (roots); 7:30pm; $40 at Arden box office

REXALL PLACE Black

Break Wed: Host Rob Taylor with guests every Wed, 7-10pm; no cover

Sabbath, Reignwolf; 8pm; $29/$59/$89/$125 at livenation.com RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live

Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm SANDS HOTEL Country Western Dance featuring Country Music Legend Bev

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Robbie's Reef

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Joanne Janzen SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A

Amy Weymes Party Hog Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

Classical GRANT MACEWAN ALBERTA COLLEGE CAMPUS Kiwanis

Music Festival

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: RetroActive

Radio: Alternative '80s and '90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats

Main Floor: Glitter Gulch:

THE COMMON The Wed

live music once a month; On the Patio: Funk and Soul with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed

BLUES ON WHYTE Reverend Raven and the Chain

Wed

Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane

RED STAR Guest DJs every

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave AVENUE THEATRE 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, 780.418.6332 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca 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 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750-124 St CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park

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CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHICAGO JOES 9604 -111 Ave COMMON 9910-109 St DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DIVERSION LOUNGE 3414 Gateway Blvd, 780.435.1922 DOW–Shell Theatre–Ft Sask 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882170 St EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667

FIDDLERS ROOST 7308-76 Ave FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 FORT LOUNGE 13403 Fort Rd HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 ISBE EDMONTON 9529 Jasper Ave, 587.521.7788; isbeedmonton.com J+H PUB 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LEGENDS SPORTS BAR AND TAP HOUSE 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132104 St LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869

VUEWEEKLY APR 17 – APR 23, 2014

MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O2'S–WEST 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–SHERWOOD PARK 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253

ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

EVENTS WEEKLY

each month • May 6, Roundtable discussion, guest speaker Bradley Peters from Dying with Dignity will be presenting information about the organisation and the status of physician assisted dying in Canada

$10, $2 lesson with entry

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome.

Occasional live music–check web • $10, $2 (lesson with entry)

EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD •

COMEDY

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE •

weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519

Black Dog Freehouse • Underdog

Bogani Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each month; 2:30-4pm • $5

TOASTMASTERS

Comedy show: Alternating hosts • Every Thu, 8-11pm • No cover

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu: 8:30pm; Fri: 8:30pm; Sat: 8pm and 10:30pm • Danny Accapella; Apr 17-19 • Brian Work; Apr 24-26

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; last Tue each month, 7:30pm • Daniel Kinno; until Apr 20 • Andy Hendrickson; Apr 23-27

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm

EDEN EXOTIC NIGHTCLUB/CONNIES COMEDY • T*ts & Giggles 2: Open comedy mic between dancers • Apr 30, 9pm • Call 780.914.8966 to get on the roster

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: featuring a professional headliner every week Every Sun, 9pm

FIONN MACCOOLS/CONNIE'S COMEDY • 4485 Gateway Blvd • Small Pints Saturday Comedy with Howie Miller closing the show • May 3, 7pm • Call 780.914.8966 to get on the roster

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE/CONNIES COMEDY • Komedy Krush: following a Capital City Singles Mixer with guest Danny Martinello; Apr 24, 9pm • Call 780.914.8966 to get on the roster

OVERTIME PUB • 4211-106 St • Open mic comedy anchored by a professional MC, new headliner each week • Every Tue • Free

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

Avonmore United Church Basement, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/ workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm

FAIR VOTE CANADA–EDMONTON CHAPTER • Boston Pizza meeting rm, bsmt, 10854 Whyte Ave • fairvote.ca • Fair Vote Canada–the Edmonton Chapter's Annual General Meeting: Free pizza at 6pm; screening of a short, funny film, elect a new board • Tue, Apr 29, 6pm

FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE • Justisse-Healthworks for Women, 10145-81 Ave • justisse.ca • Meeting • 6:30-8:30pm • $10 (donation)

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • 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

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleine-sanam.org/en • Program for HIV-AID’S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free (member)/$10 (membership); pre-register

THE MANKIND PROJECT • 10256-112 St • menmentoringmen.ca • A support group for men to talk and be heard, be acknowledged and recognized for the gifts you offer, challenge yourself and other men. A group of men committed to better themselves, their families, and their communities • Sun, Apr 27, 9:30am-4pm • Sun, May 4, 9:30am-4pm • Sat, May 10, 9:30am-4pm NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca. ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Annual Spring Show & Competition: Wood art, Crafts, Retail Booths, Demonstrations, Food; Apr 2627, 10am-5pm; free admission and parking

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) •

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug) E: amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm

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

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location

(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

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP • Mount Zion Lutheran Church,

Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

• deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place,

11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext. 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

Sherwood Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10-min discussion, followed by a 30 to 40-min walk through Centennial Park, a cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/session (goes to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta)

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) •

SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot,

Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB

EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Monthly roundtable discussion group. Topics change each month, please check the website for details, edmontonatheists.ca • 1st Tue, 7pm;

9351-118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters.com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing, 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music– check the Sugar Swing website for info •

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Low-cost, fun and friendly

• Fabulous Facilitators

2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Westend TNT Toastmasters: Trinity United Church, 8810 Meadowlark Rd; Public speaking: Parliamentary practice based on Robert's Rules of Order; vpm2291@toastmastersclubs.org; weekly meetings every Tue, 7-9pm (Jul-Aug off) • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact bradscherger@hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

Toastmasters Club:

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL HIKE • waskahegantrail.ca • Meet at the NW corner of Superstore parking, 51 Ave, Calgary Tr; Carpooling available from here • 10 km guided hike on the of trail in the Blackfoot/Wanison Lake area. Contact: Hike leader Michele 780.417.6928 • Apr 20, 8:45am-3pm • $5 (carpool); $20 (annual membership) WASKAHEGAN TRAIL HIKE • waskahegantrail.ca • Meet at the NW corner of Superstore parking, 51 Ave, Calgary Tr; Carpooling available from here • 9km guided hike on the East Battle River portion of the Waskahegan Trail. Contact: Hike leader David 780.434.2675 • Apr 26, 8:45am-3pm • $5 (carpool); $20 (annual membership) WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm • Info: contact cwaalberta@gmail.com

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors. ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton.

Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm • EXPO Centre , Northlands : Show and Sale; Fri, Apr 18, 9am

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction into the meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm QUEER

AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer • Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer • 403.347.6073 • Affirm welcome LGBTQ people and their friends, family, and allies meet the 2nd Tue, 7pm, each month

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo.com/group/bwedmonton

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs. com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar. com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash

G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Swimming–Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.ca; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Volleyball: Stratford Junior-Senior High School (west end): every Tue, until Apr 29, 7-9pm, $65 (season), $35 (Half season), $5 (drop-in) • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: tuff @shaw.ca

Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campusbased organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/ winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ ualberta.ca

CITIZENS AS CLIMATE LEADERS WITH DAVID SUZUKI • CCIS 1-430, U of A • Premiere of the film Climate Change in Atlantic Canada, followed by Citizens as Climate Leaders panel with David Suzuki, Ian Mauro (filmmaker), Eriel Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation) • Apr 22, 7-9:30pm • $10 (min donation), proceeds to the Local Good’s Resiliency Fair and U of A's Green Grants program; pre-register: eventbrite. ca/e/citizens-as-climate-leaders-a-filmscreening-and-panel-with-david-suzukiregistration-9815096217

INCOME INEQUALITY FORUM • Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Tackling the Widening Income Gap in Edmonton and beyond with Ricardo Acuña, Helen McFadyen, Ken Ward, Janet Keeping • Sun, Apr 27, 12-3pm

IN MY LIFETIME: A GLOBAL STORY OF HOPE, CHANGE & POSSIBILITY • Lister Centre, Maple Leaf Rm, U of A • Aga Khan Foundation of Canada will share stories of progress and possibility, and dispel common misconceptions about international development • Apr 26, 9:30-11:30am

LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

OUTLOUD–LGBT YOUTH GROUP • St Paul's United Church, 11526-76 Ave • A group LGBT teens from religious backgrounds • Meet the 1st and 3rd Wed each month, 7-9pm • Until Jun 18 • Free

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members

VUEWEEKLY APR 17 – APR 23, 2014

of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women’s Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men to discuss current issues; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/ supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@shaw.ca

PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured

WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm S

SPECIAL EVENTS

ACCELERATEAB • U of A's Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS), Rm 1-430 and 1-440 • accelerateab.com • Startup. Scale. Celebrate.: Celebration of entrepreneurship and tech startups in Alberta • Apr 30-May 1 • $60 (adult)/$25 (student); pre-register

THE BEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE • Vacancy Hall, Mercer Warehouse, 10363-104 St • toygunstheatre.com • Fundraiser to support Toy Guns' spring summer season: • Episode 1: Win a Wine cellar: 7-9pm • Episode 2: The Beer Olympics: Traditional beer themed games, Music by Call Apollo; 9-11pm • Episode 3: Winners celebrate; 11pm-1am • Apr 17, 7pm-1am DEEPSOUL.CA • 587.520.3833; text to: 780.530.1283 for location • Classic Covers Shindig Fundraiser • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars: upcoming Century Casino show as well; Twilight Zone Razamanaz Tour; all ages • Fundraising for local Canadian Disaster Relief, the hungry (world-wide through the Canadian Food Grains Bank) MAYOR’S CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS • Winspear Centre • Bringing together the business community, artists, media and arts appreciators to honour the contributions Edmonton artists make to our city • Mon, Apr 28

SWEET TREAT: WHIMSY AND WONDER • Fort Edmonton • This Easter

weekend, see spring through the eyes of a Victorian child • Apr 19-20

UNPLUG & RECHARGE MEDITATION • Muttart Tropical Forest Pyramid, 9626-96A St • myearthmantra.com • Learn How to Meditate: Beginners, experience meditating in the Tropical Forest • Tue, Apr 22, 29, May 6, 7-8:30pm • $75; pre-register at 311, code #509797

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2005.

To place an ad PHONE: 780.426.1996 / FAX: 780.426.2889 EMAIL: classifieds@vueweekly.com 0195.

Personals

Sexy feminine eunich will serve appreciative masculine white/native man Over 45 Call 10 am - 10 pm 780-604-7440. No Texts

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Courses/Classes

EPL Free Courses: Edmonton AB Check out the Free Online Interactive Instructor Led Courses offered through the Edmonton Public Library.

Some of the courses for visual artists would include: Creating WordPress Websites, Secrets of Better Photography Beginning Writer’s Workshop many more…

For a list of Free Courses visit: https://www.epl.ca/learn4life For information and instruction on how to get started https://www.epl.ca/learn4life

1005.

Help Wanted

Cook Thai Cuisine Jing Jai Thai Cuisine at 12556-132 Ave. Edmonton is seeking a Cook, Thai Cuisine.

Duties include prepping and cooking Thai food such as stir fry and curry dishes, prepare sauces, soups, deserts. Full Time permanent position. $12.50-16.00 per hr. 2-3yrs experience is preferred. please email resume to info@bangkokexpress.ca

Greenline Distribution seeks full time driver

Must have a clean driver’s abstract, able to drive a 5 ton cube truck. Experience preferred but not necessary.

40 hrs per week. Interested parties please contact Mike Garth at michael@vueweekly.com or at 780-707-0476 Kitchen Helper Thai Cuisine Jing Jai Thai Cuisine at 12556-132 Ave. Edmonton is seeking a Kitchen Helper.

Duties include prepping Asian foods, cutting vegetables, stocking shelves, general cleaning, operating rice cookers, and other kitchen equipment. Full Time permanent position. $11.00-13.00 per hr. 1-2yrs experience is preferred. please email resume to info@bangkokexpress.ca Outdoor Education Program Coordinator Current grad student (Masters or doctoral), interest in Indigenous education, qualitative research experience, own transport.

Edmonton area tracy.friedel@ubc.ca

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Volunteers Wanted

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Volunteers Wanted

Give some, Get some. Come have some fun, a little exercise and be recognized.

We require volunteers almost every day of the week to help at various bingo locations around the city (WEM, Castledowns, south side). You give your time (4-6 hour shift) and we recognize your efforts.

You do not need any experience as everything will be taught to you and you will be completely supported. Calll Christine at 780-953-1510 or email at christine.poirier@cnib.ca for more information Bingo is a smoke-free and friendly environment.

Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation create a future without breast cancer through volunteerism.

Contact 1-866-302-2223 or ivolunteer@cbcf.org for current volunteer opportunities Needed for our Long Term Care residence, daytime volunteers for various activities or just for a friendly visit!Needed for our Long Term Care Residence, weekday morning volunteers for various activities. Especially for assisting with transporting residents to rehab, church services and hairdresser within facility. All volunteers must pass a Police clearance.

Please contact Janice at Extendicare Eaux Claires for more details jgraff@extendicare.com (780) 472 - 1106 Options Sexual Health Association is looking for prochoice and sex-positive volunteers to attend events and festivals all summer long and beyond! Comprehensive training will be held throughout April. Please visit our website www.optionssexualhealth.ca to fill out an application form Room to Read is changing children’s lives in Asia and Africa through literacy programs and gender equality.

Join our Edmonton team and help us plan events to support our work, and spread the word about our amazing results.

Edmonton@roomtoread.org www.roomtoread.org

Call Valerie at P.A.L.S 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca

The Canadian Cancer Society’s strongest asset is our dedicated volunteers. By offering the most meaningful opportunities for you to make the biggest difference as a volunteer, we’re having more impact, against more cancers, in more communities, than any other cancer charity.

For more information on how to get involved: http://www.cancer.ca/en/getinvolved/volunteering/ways-tovolunteer/?region=ab#ixzz2vac GwaEX

Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network’s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers! Interested or want to learn more? Contact Maura at 780-392-8723 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com

The Works - Volunteers Needed Apply Early & Win! All volunteers who hand in their application by Thursday May 15 will be entered into a draw to win an exciting early bird prize! There are so many ways to get involved! Contact: volunteer@theworks.ab.ca

Can You Read This?

Help someone Who can’t!

Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills.

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Volunteers Wanted

The Edmonton Pride Festival is a 10 day festival (June 5-15, 2014) with over 40 different events. It takes many dedicated and passionate volunteers to make these events a success. If you are looking for a rewarding volunteer experience, want to contribute to the LGBTQ Community and be part of one of Canada’s largest Pride Festivals, we hope you will be able to help and volunteer! Get involved at www.edmontonpride.ca!

Volunteer Opportunities at WWT Interested in volunteering for us? The perks are great! We are currently looking for volunteers for PlaySlam 2014 taking place on May 2nd. If you are interested, email tickets@workshopwest.org or call 780-477-5955 ext *11.

Are you a theatre artist looking for free rehearsal space? If you volunteer for us, you get three hours of free space at EPIC* Underground (our basement rehearsal hall) for every hour that you volunteer. *Formerly known as the Third Space (11516 103 Street) Volunteer with us!

Team Edmonton is run by volunteers, and we always welcome new people to help us promote LGBT sports and recreational activities.

Volunteers can assist during particular events or can take advantage of other short-term and ongoing opportunities.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, or if you would like more information, please email volunteer@teamedmonton.ca.

2005.

Artist to Artist

1st Assistant Director required for a motion picture to work with main director.

Action adventure film. 1st assistant director must be willing to travel to occasionally to Jasper National Park (township) to assist main director.

1st Assistant director must be able to use the Arriflex film camera.

The 1st assistant director must reside in the Edmonton Area. (or soon will be) For more details, contact Craig at crgsymonds49@gmail.com, or at 1-613-484-7063. (director would like to thank those who have contacted me) A New Award for Emerging Artists raises the profile of the Arts in Red Deer!

For more information contact Diana at info@reddeerartscouncil.ca (403)348-2787 Hours: Monday to Wednesday, 9am to 4:30pm All you poets out there, do you know about the CBC Poetry Prize? First Prize: $6000 and 4 runners-up get $1000.

Deadline is May 1.

Check it out here. http://www.cbc.ca/books/canad awrites/literaryprizes/poetry Assistant Film Producer required to assist main Film Producer with funding, must reside in Edmonton area only, must have experience with Telefilm Canada funding (as main producer, needs second producer to acquire funds).

Must be willing to travel to Jasper National Park to assist producer on location. Female preferred. The project is an action adventure film.

Contact Craig at crgsymonds49@gmail.com or 1-613-484-7063 for more information

Artist to Artist

Call For Submissions: The 2014 Calgary Biennial This event will take place in numerous venues around the Calgary between December 2014 to January 2015. If you’re interested in being part of the biennial, you can apply before May 1st.

For more information, check out the website: http://calgarybiennial.ca/ Call to Makers, Mercer Collective: A Maker’s Market You must MAKE, BAKE or CREATE what you sell. You can not be a reseller of goods not produced by you.

Costs: $60 per market December show is $200 Additional Fees Table Rental is available at $10 per show. Please specify 6 ft or 4 ft. Limited quantities available.

Show Dates: March 29,April 26, Sept 27,October 25, November 22 December 13-14 – $200

http://www.emailmeform.com/ builder/form/er27bvY7c0dhM9 0B9dX49 Calling all talented Canadian artists! Artailer is an innovative online gallery dedicated to showcasing and selling the work of new and emerging Canadian artists.

Inviting all artists who wish to turn their passion into a career to submit their art for review.

For more information, please see the FAQ page on our website (www.artailer.ca), or contact us directly: info@artailer.ca; 416-900-4112 Community Arts Program Application Deadline: May 1st Community art is valued for its ability to bring people together in shared, collaborative, creative experiences to express the things that have meaning to us. The principles behind community art projects are artistic exploration, active participation and intentional inclusiveness that allows communities to tell their own stories.

For more information head to www.edmontonarts.ca Figure Drawing with Daniel Hackborn With live models. Tuesday evenings, 6-9PM, until June 24. Instruction available 1st Tuesday of the month.

Drop-in sessions, $15. The Paint Spot, 10032 81 Avenue 780.432.0240 www.paintspot.ca.

Gallery @ 501 Presents: Art Object D’Sport Call for Entry In celebration of the Canada 55+ Games (to be held in Strathcona County, Sherwood Park, AB), Gallery @ 501 will be hosting the exhibition Art Object D’Sport, July 7 – August 31, 2014 Art Object D’Sport is an open call for entries from artists and artisans across Canada.

DEADLINE – Friday June 23rd at 6:00 pm Further information contact Brenda Barry Byrne, Curator,Gallery @ 501 brenda.barrybyrne@strathcona.ca www.strathcona.ca/artgallery Paintings done especially for sale, its a type of pop art and they’re female. 26 to choose from, 16” x 16”.

Triangle Lips Mr. Jim Willans 780-438-1969 Volunteer couples needed for comedy show. Cal Nino at 780-450-6462

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Artist to Artist

Join Visual Arts Alberta~ CARFAC for a FREE professional development workshop in Edmonton this April!

Saturday, April 19: Grant Writing for Artists with Paul Freeman Join us from 1-4 pm at the SNAP Printshop (12056 Jasper Avenue in Edmonton).

Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 16th to SNAP at 780.423.1492 or snap@snapartists.com Live Model Figure Drawing Drop-in sessions every Tuesday, February 11 – June 24, 6-9PM. $15/session; 11-pack only $150. Instruction

by Daniel Hackborn available 1st Tuesday of each month.

Save 20% on supplies.

Reserve your seating – space is limited. 10032 81 Avenue, Edmonton; ph. 780.432.0240. www.paintspot.ca; accounts@paintspot.ca OR info@paintspot.ca Marking the Valley A juried art exhibition Call to artists Leave Your Mark on the Capital Region River Valley Visual Arts Alberta-CARFAC is partnering with the River Valley Alliance to showcase the Capital Region River Valley through your artwork.

Submission Guidelines can be downloaded at:

http://visualartsalberta.com/ marking-the-valley/ Deadline for this juried exhibition: May 30th, 2014

Now entering its 7th year, Alberta Culture Days is becoming our province’s largest celebration of our heritage, arts and cultural diversity. This year, you can continue playing a lead role in putting culture centre stage during the last weekend of September!

The Government of Alberta is providing funding to organizations to put on events September 26–28, 2014. The application deadline is Monday, April 28, 2014.

Visit the ‘Get Involved’ section at AlbertaCultureDays.ca for full details.

Phone-In Professional Development with Sydney Lancaster Wednesday May 28th: 6:30 – 8:00 a tele-conference Professional Development Workshop with Sydney Lancaster Limited to 12 participants from small centres of Alberta that do not have access to Professional Development talks and participants living in major centres that have issues of access.

FREE: RSVP as soon as possible as this PD workshop will fill up fast! RSVP to info@visualartsalberta.com or by telephone to 1.866.421.1731 providing name, full address, email address, land line telephone number…

The Edmonton Arts Council is inviting visual artists in the Edmonton area to submit a proposal to become the first artist-in-residence hosted by the City of Edmonton’s Office of the City Clerk. The successful artist will commence duties in late June 2014, for an anticipated sixmonth period (terms negotiable/flexible). Deadline: April 25th, 2014 For more info, please visit: www.edmontonarts.ca

VUEWEEKLY APR 17 – APR 23, 2014

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Artist to Artist

RAW: Natural Born Artists is an indie arts organization for artists, by artists. We focus on spotlighting indie underground talent to the public. It will be featured in Edmonton for the first time this May 2014.

If an artists wants to be considered, they can build an artist profile on www.rawartists.org ! Make sure they indicate that they are an Edmonton area artist to be considered for this opportunity in May! Once they show their work in their locale, they are automatically eligible to Showcase in any RAW location across Canada and the US. For additional information please email or call Kaley Bird the Edmonton Showcase Director at 1.780.264.3650.

The Friends of the Alberta Jubilee Auditoria Society is pleased to announce a call for submissions for their Rotating Art Exhibition Program: if you are an artist interested in showing your work in the Kaasa Gallery; the Alcove Gallery or the Lower Lobby (Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium) please head to: http://visualartsalberta.com/blo g/wpcontent/uploads/2014/04/Callfor-submissionsAJAS_2014.pdf Deadline for proposals is May 12 Works to Work Summer Internship The Works is currently looking for hardworking, enthusiastic individuals to join the team for summer 2014!

The Works to Work program, an Enbridge Art Internship, is a unique leadership and professional development program that connects theoretical with practical learning.

For more information about the internship, please visit www.theworks.ab.ca and click “Education”

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Musicians Available

Making Music Fun for All Ages - Piano lessons offered Central Edmonton (private) Wendy Jensen is a classically trained musician of 30 years from Edmonton, AB. Upon popular demand from fans, Wendy is now offering piano lessons for beginner students in the downtown area.

Wendy’s mission is to make learning music fun for students of all ages. Wendy is now booking lessons for: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings from 4 PM-8 PM and Saturdays 11:00 AM-3:00PM. Lessons can be booked hourly for $50 or $25 per every half hour (plus cost of materials) For a limited time only, Wendy is offering a special rate of $150 for 4x 1hr lessons. Book now for your free initial interview.

Your lesson plan can include: Learning how to read music Learn basic music theory Learn to play the piano Learn specific pieces of music (music coaching) Coaching for the emerging artist Improving stage performance & presence How to organize events/concerts How to promote your music & build your network What’s in a brand name?

Learning the basics of the music industry (copyright infringement, etc) Visit www.wendyjensenca.com for more information Veteran blues drummer available . Influences include BB King, Freddie King, etc.

780-462-6291

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Musicians Wanted

Auditions for Pro Coro Canada 2014/15 Auditions for singers wishing to be on the sub-list will take place on Sunday 27 April, in Room 1-29 of the Fine Arts Building at the University of Alberta, starting 2pm.

For more information, please inquire at the Pro Coro Office

Guitarists, bassists, vocalists, pianists and drummers needed for good paying teaching jobs.

Please call 780-901-7677

MODERN RECORDER Amateur recorder player seeks same to play/develop/perform modern and atypical repertoire (incl. pop, jazz, rag, rock, folk, klezmer, etc.). Avoiding the comfort of ancient music.

For more info contact Jan at jellyparrot@hotmail.com or 780-428-9495

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Auditions

OPEN CASTING CALL for Spanish-speaking Role Players THE CASTING LINE is seeking Spanish-speaking men and women, ages 18 to 65, in good physical condition, to work as Villagers in an upcoming 20-day military exercise taking place at CFB Wainwright, May 12 to 31, 2014. No previous military or acting experience required.

These are paid role player positions. For complete details go to: www.thecastingline.ca under “now casting”.

3100. Appliances/Furniture Old Appliance Removal Removal of unwanted appliances. Must be outside or in your garage.

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

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Space for Rent

Beautiful therapy space to share at Roots On Whyte, 202 sq ft. Available immediately.

Call Basia at 780-717-3888

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Automobile Service

RIVERCITY MOTORS LTD 20 plus years of VW Audi dealer training. Warranty approved maintenance.

8733-53 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 5E9 www.rivercitymotors.ca

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ALBERTA-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS •• auctions •• MEIER-2 DAY Classic Car & Truck Auction. Saturday & Sunday, May 3 & 4, 11 a.m. both days.

6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton.

Consign today, call 780-440-1860.

LEARN TO EARN $25 - $50/ hour+. Window Painting Workshop! “Hidden Career”. Insider secrets revealed! Edmonton, May 2, 3, 4. 10 spots only! Info and registration; www.windowjeannie. com. 780-266-1122.

THINKING OF new home for spring? Think Craig’s Home Sales.

We have one 2013 left in our yard, at a discount price, come on down.

Call Marg 1-855-380-2266.

•• notices ••

•• employment •• opportunities

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION! 7th Annual Calgary Collector Car Auction, May 9 - 10, Indoors Convention Center Grey Eagle Casino. Over 100 pieces of memorabilia selling No Reserve.

All makes & models welcome.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102; EGauctions.com.

NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifieds. Reach over 1 million readers weekly.

Only $269. + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call this newspaper NOW for details or call 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228.

FREIGHTLAND CARRIERS, a tri-axle air ride flatdeck carrier is looking for Owner/Operators to run Alberta only or 4 Western Provinces. Average gross $18 20,000/month. 1-800-917-9021.

•• personals ••

WHEATLAND AUCTIONS Consignment Auction. May 3, 10 a.m. in Cheadle, Alberta. Farm equipment, vehicles, heavy equipment, RVs, etc. Consign now! Phone 403-669-1109; www.wheatlandauctions.com.

JOURNALISTS, Graphic Artists, Marketing and more. Alberta’s weekly newspapers are looking for people like you. Post your resume online. Free. Visit: awna.com/ for-job-seekers.

SPRING EQUIPMENT Consignment Auction. Sat., April 26, 9 a.m., MAS Sales Centre, Blackfalds.

Farm equipment dispersal, tractors, farm machinery, cars, trucks, equipment trailers, RV’s, livestock equipment, lumber, lawn & garden, trees, tools & much more. See www.montgomeryauctions.com or call 1-800-371-6963.

METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Very competitive prices! Largest colour selection in Western Canada.

Available at over 25 Alberta Distribution Locations. 40 Year Warranty. Call 1-888-263-8254.

TOP REAL PSYCHICS Live.

Accurate readings 24/7. Call now 1-877-342-3036; Mobile dial: # 4486; http://www.truepsychics.ca.

BEAUTIFUL SPRUCE TREES. 4 - 6 ft., $35 each. Machine planting; $10/tree (includes bark mulch and fertilizer). 20 tree minimum order.

Delivery fee: $75 - $125/order.

Quality guaranteed. 403-820-0961.

ELINOR LAKE RESORT. Lots selling at 25% off listed price, or 5% down on a rent to own lot with no interest over 5 years. 1-877623-3990; elinorlakeresort.com.

UNRESERVED AUCTION. Terarosa antiques, furniture, advertising, tins, gas pump, Harley Davidson motorcycle, collectibles and more.

10 a.m., Saturday April 19; www. scribnernet.com or 780-842-5666.

Location: Marsden, Saskatchewan.

ESTATE AUCTION. Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m., Range Road 13, Stony Plain. North of Yellowhead.

2 rings selling huge antique radio & record collection. Over 5000 records. 300 radios & phonographs.

Tractors, skidsteer, 3 pt. attachments. Machine shop, RV & quad.

A complete ceramic baking facility.

A must view at www.foothillsauctions.com or 780-922-6090.

•• auto parts •• WRECKING AUTO-TRUCKS. Parts to fit over 500 trucks. Lots of Dodge, GMC, Ford, imports.

We ship anywhere. Lots of Dodge, diesel, 4x4 stuff. Trucks up to 3 tons. North-East Recyclers 780875-0270 (Lloydminster).

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TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): "Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe," said novelist John Updike. That's a sad possibility. Could you please do something to dispute or override it, Taurus? Would it be too much to ask if I encouraged you to go out in quest of lyrical miracles that fill you with wonder? Can I persuade you to be alert for sweet mysteries that provoke dizzying joy and uncanny breakthroughs that heal a wound you've feared might forever plague you? Here's what the astrological omens suggest: phenomena that stir reverence and awe are far more likely than usual.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): I wonder if it's time for you to modify an old standby. I'm getting the sense that you should consider tinkering with a familiar resource that has served you pretty well. Why? This resource may have some hidden weakness that you need to attend to in order to prevent a future disruption. Now might be one of those rare occasions when you should ignore the old rule, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." So be proactive, Gemini.

Investigate what's going on beneath the surface. Make this your motto: "I will solve the problem before it's a problem—and then it will never be a problem."

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): "Do you really have what it takes or do you not have what it takes?"

That's the wrong question to ask, in my opinion. You can't possibly know the answer ahead of time, for one thing. To dwell on that quandary would put you on the defensive and activate your fear, diminishing your power to accomplish the task at hand.

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LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): I swear my meditations are more dynamic when I hike along the trail through the marsh than if I'm pretzelled up in the lotus position back in my bedroom. Maybe I've been influenced by Aristotle's Peripatetic School. He felt his

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Then there was philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who testified that his most brilliant thoughts came to him as he rambled far and wide. Even if this possibility seems whimsical to you, Leo, I invite you to give it a try. According to my reading of the current astrological omens, your moving body is likely to generate bright ideas and unexpected solutions and visions of future adventures.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Throughout North America and Europe, there are hundreds of unused roads. Many are former exit and entrance ramps to major highways, abandoned for one reason or another. Some are stretches of pavement that used to be parts of main thoroughfares before they were rerouted. I suggest we make "unused roads" your metaphor of the week, Virgo. It may be time for you to bring some of them back into operation, and maybe even relink them to the pathways they were originally joined to. Are there any missing connections in your life that you would love to restore?

Any partial bridges you feel motivated to finish building?

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Karma works both ways. If you do ignorant things, ignorant things may eventually be done to you.

Engage in generous actions, and at some future date you may be the unexpected beneficiary of generosity. I'm expecting more of the latter than the former for you in the coming days, Libra. I think fate will bring you sweet compensations for your enlightened behaviour in the past. I'm reminded of the fairy tale in which a peasant girl goes out of her way to be kind to a seemingly feeble, disabled old woman. The crone turns out to be a good witch who rewards the girl with a bag of gold. But as I hinted, there could also be a bit of that other kind of karma lurking in your vicinity.

Would you like to ward it off? All you have to do is unleash a flurry of good deeds. Anytime you have a chance to help people in need, do it.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): As they lie in the sand, African crocodiles are in the habit of opening their jaws wide for hours at a time. It keeps them cool, and allows for birds called plovers to stop by and pluck morsels of food that are stuck between the crocs' molars. The relationship is symbiotic. The teeth-cleaners eat for free as they provide a service for the large reptiles. As I analyze your astrological aspects, Scorpio, I'm inclined to see an opportunity coming your way that has a certain resemblance to the plovers'. Can you summon the necessary trust and courage to take full advantage?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21):

Are you sure you have enough obstacles? I'm afraid you're running low. And that wouldn't be healthy, would it? Obstacles keep you honest, after all. They motivate you to get smarter.

They compel you to grow your willpower and develop more courage. Please understand that I'm not taking about trivial and boring obstacles that make you numb. I'm referring to scintillating obstacles that fire up your imagination; rousing obstacles that excite your determination to be who you want and get what you want. So your assignment is to acquire at least one new interesting obstacle. It's time to tap into a deeper strain of your ingenuity.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): In 1937, physicist George Paget Thomson won a Nobel Prize for the work he did to prove that the electron is a wave. That's funny, because his father, physicist J J Thomson, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for showing that the electron is a particle. Together, they helped tell the whole story about the electron, which as we now know is both a wave and a particle. I think it's an excellent time for you to try something similar to what George did: follow up on some theme from the life of one of your parents or mentors; be inspired by what he or she did, but also go beyond it; build on a gift he or she gave the world, extending or expanding it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): You have been a pretty decent student lately, Aquarius. The learning curve was steep, but you mastered it as well as could be expected. You had to pay more attention to the intricate details than you liked, which was sometimes excruciating, but you summoned the patience to tough it out. Congrats! Your against-thegrain effort was worth it. You are definitely smarter now than you were four weeks ago. But you are more wired, too. More stressed.

In the next chapter of your life story, you will need some downtime to integrate all you've absorbed. I suggest you schedule some sessions in a sanctuary where you can relax more deeply than you've allowed yourself to relax in a while.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): You have the power to shut what has been open or open what has been shut. That's a lot of responsibility. Just because you have the power to unleash these momentous actions doesn't mean you should rashly do so. Make sure your motivations are pure and your integrity is high. Try to keep fear and egotism from influencing you. Be aware that whatever you do will send out ripples for months to come. And when you are confident that you have taken the proper precautions, by all means proceed with vigour and rigour. Shut what has been open or open what has been shut—or both. V

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