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The Humboldt response is not uniquely white

Tragedy strikes hardest for people of all colours, genders, nationalities, and sexual orientations when it strikes close to home

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roposed transit changes would see more bus-fare servicing major routes if implemented.

Edmonton Transit Service released a draft of new bus routes, and currently seeks public feedback prior to implementing it in June of 2020.

From 2015 to 2016, the city ran a public consultation process, and one of the main questions it posed to respondents asked about a series of “trade-offs” —how residents thought ETS could direct its resources more effectively.

The end result sees fewer routes winding through individual neighbourhoods, says Sarah Feldman, director of planning and scheduling with ETS. In cutting these services, though, ETS can offer more frequency on main routes going in and out of major population and work centres like downtown.

“The new routes—there are fewer of them, because we’ve tried to make them more direct, sort of straighten them out, and focus more service on those routes,” Feldman says.

The city planned these proposed routes based on ETS’ current operating budget. They also include a few extensions to outlying communities, and the plan would place a larger emphasis on LRT routes for people to get to and from places like Century Park.

“The idea with those is that you should be able to walk out to a main road and a bus will be by in 15 minutes or less. Some of the more popular routes will be double that,” Feldman says.

These proposed changes could affect the way ETS connects with buses from surrounding municipalities.

The city is seeking feedback for this plan right now. It is hosting a series of 24 workshops over the spring. More information on that and how to provide feedback can be found on the city’s website.

“People know their neighbourhoods, and know their own travel needs,” Feldman says.

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s Canadians mourned the Humboldt tragedy, some activists raised concerns about the outpouring of support, which they felt was missing in other cases such as that of missing Indigenous women.

Canadian writer Nora Loreto thinks the support came from “the maleness, the youthfulness and the whiteness of the victims.”

She didn’t want less for the Humboldt victims and their families, but rather more for other tragedies that go largely unnoticed. In response, she received the ire of many Canadians including vile comments and some death threats.

Her comments are not novel.

Many activists raise concerns that, for example Facebook profile pics change for tragedies that affect European countries like France, but do not show the same concern for African, Middle Eastern or other countries.

However, such an uneven response is not unique to white people. Within Muslim communities, the suffering in Palestine takes much more attention than the persecution of the Rohingyas in Myanmar.

Likewise, the bulk of this community’s attention goes toward fighting Islamophobia, leaving

anti-blackness relatively unaddressed. This phenomenon showed itself in the disproportionate response to the hate -motivated murder of three Arab youth: Deah, Yusor, and Razan, in the 2015 Chapel Hill shooting. In contrast, the tragedy of 15-year-old Somali youth Abdisamad Sheikh Hussein just two months before in Kansas City was largely ignored.

In 2014, a Taliban attack killed 132 students at the Public Army School in Peshawar.

I attended the vigil for this at the Alberta Legislature. Deep within myself, I was uneasy about how an unchecked narrative of hate, and ineffective policies towards extremism had brought things down to this tragedy.

Like Loreto—and others—I am concerned that Pakistanis rarely speak out over the persecution of Ahmadis, Hazaras, Christians, and other minorities in Pakistan.

However, I am glad I did not speak at the vigil for the students in 2014. Such gatherings are not occasions to indulge in smug, pat-on-the-back, holierthan-thou, critical analyses. We should not be pontificating when people are down or vulnerable.

Activists reared in the technological age may want instant results. But aggressive calls for social justice where people are put down and shamed—and where ‘allies’ are expected to be minions—have the trappings of a judgmental religion.

Most people are persuaded by the warm glow of compassion, rather than by cold logic. We need to recognize that, as human beings, we are moved by that with which we are most familiar.

Our energies and donations go to those causes that move us on a personal level. Canadian parents who have kids playing sports would have been most moved by the Humboldt tragedy, more so than any other group. Muslim, black and LGBTQ2S+ communities respond most strongly to Islamophobia, police brutality, and gay-bashing, respectively.

In essence, activists need to know when to push for change, and when to withhold comment. Through constant deconstruction, we ignore community building. We need to spend less time turning people away through pompous words, and more time building community through humility.

Junaid Jahangir

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The faulty math of anti-immigrant rhetoric Concerns over rising Muslim populations in the West are little more than neo-fascist fear-mongering

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very Continental [European] under the age of 40— make that 60, if not 75—is all but guaranteed to end his days living in an Islamified Europe,” wrote polemicist Mark Steyn in 2006.

“Native populations on the continent are aging and fading and being supplanted remorselessly by a young Muslim demographic.”

So “Eurabia,” as Steyn called that Islamified Europe, ought to be a reality by now. People who were 75 when he wrote his book America Alone (2006) would be 87 now if they are still alive. Yet Europe’s population is still only five percent Muslim, which is a long way from a majority.

The hysterical discourse about Muslims taking over Europe and leaving the United States ‘alone’ in the world is a staple of farright rhetoric in both the U.S. and Europe. There is a large and growing Muslim population in Europe, but its growth does not begin to match the predictions of the panic-stricken.

According to the calculations of the Washington-based Pew

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Research Center, by 2050 the Muslim share of Europe’s population would grow to 7.4 percent by natural increase even if there is no further migration. If migration reverted to its pre-2014 pattern, the Muslim population would be 11 percent by 2050. And even if the huge flow of Muslim refugees in 2014-17 continued, it would only reach 14 percent by mid-century.

It was the surge in refugees fleeing the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan in 2014-17 that sparked rising support for racist and antiimmigrant policies in many European countries. Pictures of UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage standing in front of a huge poster showing a seemingly endless column of Syrian refugees and labelled “Breaking Point” may have been the key event that gave the Brexit referendum a narrow majority in Britain.

There are some Western European countries—the United Kingdom, France, Germany Sweden and Belgium—where the Muslim population is around the

10 percent level now, and could increase to as much as 18 or 19 percent by 2050 if the ‘high’ estimate of refugee intake applies.

Sweden, could go even higher, ending up 30 percent Muslim by 2050 on the ‘high’ assumption.

immigrants are fundamentally less likely than Buddhist, Hindu, Christian or Sikh immigrants to give their loyalty to their new country, less able and willing to adopt its values and its ways.

Why? Because Islam is an all-

raised Christian.

In the United Kingdom and France, where Muslims now comprise 6.3 percent and 8.8 percent of the population respectively, assimilation proceeds more slowly.

Less than five percent of British

“The hysterical discourse about Muslims taking over Europe and leaving the United States ‘alone’ in the world is a staple of far-right rhetoric in both the U.S. and Europe.”

But these predictions may be underestimating the speed at which Muslim birth-rates fall to match those of their non-Muslim neighbours. (European Muslim women now have an average of 2.6 children, whereas non-Muslim women have 1.6.) And in any case, what is so bad about having a higher proportion of Muslims in your population?

The whole panic is built on the assumption that Muslim

embracing way of life that is very resistant to change.

Many Muslims think that the beliefs and behaviours they inherit are uniquely resistant to change, but there is no evidence that this is true. Around a quarter of Americans who were raised as Muslims have left the faith, and more than half of those people no longer identify with any faith.

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Muslims marry outside the faith, for example. But the vast majority of Muslims in these countries identify as British or French, and share their democratic values.

The integration of new immigrants always changes the general culture to some extent, and assimilation is always partial, because new immigrants keep arriving. But there is nothing to be feared here.

Gwynne Dyer

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FUNNY FOOD

COLLABORATIVE, COMEDIC CULINARY EFFORT The Grindstone’s menu is tiny, but mighty, and full of amusing Edmonton-themed items

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omedy venues don’t need much in the way of a menu.

Generally, a few appies and bogstandard fountain high balls will sustain or intoxicate a crowd enough for them to have a good time. The Grindstone, home of Grindstone Theatre, though, went above and beyond the bare minimum for their menu.

Joses Martin, the venue’s bar and restaurant manager, brought in some local talent to develop a small, but pleasing, list of food and drink for the audience to enjoy prior to, or after, showtime. Bartenders, chefs, and local sources of bread and

produce all have a role to play in the menu. It’s not a large offering of beverages and eats by any means; it consists of maybe a dozen or so entrees, and a few drinks. The bulk the venue’s food is hot dogs and sandwiches, fast, ready-to-go items that Martin calls both accessible and fun.

“It gives it that feel of being at your grandma’s house while she’s spoiling you with food that’s terrible for you,” he adds.

Eating food in the theatre itself isn’t permitted, for fear the noises may distract the performers.

The venue outsourced the menu’s creation to Phan Au,

who works full-time at Woodwork, located in downtown Edmonton. Part of the food’s portable nature came about because he and Martin didn’t know if The Grindstone would have a sitting or only standing area in their restaurant. Similarly, the venue put a focus on its two-ounce punch cocktails, which Martin says saves a bit of prep time. That said, The Grindstone offers some mixed drinks, like the Yegroni.

“It’s so you can stand and interact and not get food all over your shirt,” he says, later adding that they added some soups and sal-

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ads to the lineup when it looked like they were getting chairs.

The other factor, on the practical side of things, came about because the venue’s kitchen area is small: smaller than their restroom area by a fair bit.

Besides that, the menu’s creators wanted to infuse it with a bit of nostalgia, and a love of local lore and classic comedy.

For instance, there’s a Who’s On First plate of hotdogs, the 118 Ave slugger (also a hot dog), and the Polynesiatown cocktail, a homage to an old SCTV skit starring John Candy.

In theory, it’s nothing special, but Au hoped to amp up a few favourites.

“The menus is just stuff that everyone has had, but better than they can make at home,” he says.

The Grindstone sources its food and drink ingredients as locally as it can, which isn’t too hard considering its proximity to Strathcona Spirits, the area’s farmers’ market, and K & K Foodliner.

“We wanted to partner with the neighbourhood,” Martin says.

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After 25 years on Whyte Avenue, local eatery needs to make a change to keep up with young blood in the industry

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enovations begin at Packrat Louie this spring, the second time the long-standing Whyte Avenue eatery has seen construction in as many years.

While Jodh Singh, managing partner with the restaurant, is keeping many of the details “close to the vest,” he implies the changes will be big ones.

Last spring, Packrat Louie owners re-vamped the restaurant’s front house and extended its west-facing patio. This year,

they plan on changing the kitchen, dinning room, lounge, and, again, the patio.

The menu will, likely, also change. There will be some carry over, but, according to Singh, the food needs to change to keep up with Edmonton’s constantly-improving restaurant industry.

“We have to be current. We have to be on the tip of the tongue for people. And to do that you have to admit you need to make some changes,” he says.

It’s going to be a big conceptual change. The restaurant may rebrand, and its owners are talking to new prospective investors. According to Singh, the owners are batting a few ideas around. He confirmed Packrat Louie wouldn’t be sold, but couldn’t say much beyond that, and the fact that the business “has a plan.”

The business is in a bit of a tough position, he says. The minimum wage hike, along with

the increased cost of food and Alberta’s economic dip, have made Edmonton restaurants all the more competitive for clientele, Singh says.

“It’s a challenging, challenging industry right now,” he adds.

While Packrat Louie has been a staple of the city’s culinary world for 25 years, newer and flashier restaurants keep popping up, and its owners want to draw in new diners, rather than just relying on dedicated regulars.

“We have to make a change.

Edmonton’s culinary scene has just gotten so much better over the past 10, 15 years. It’s a super competitive market, and people are doing some super cool stuff,” he says. “We’re 25 years in. We appreciate all of the support from our clientele over these years; it’s been amazing.”

Construction has just started, and it could take two months.

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RAMEN

NOMIYA’S NOODLE BAR SETS THE BAR FOR RAMEN Restaurant in Oliver Square is the zenith of ramen noodles in Edmonton, so far

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dmonton, by my reckoning, seems underserved by ramen places relative to other purveyors of Asian noodle soups. There’s been a spike in dedicated ramen places over the past year or so, but historically ramen has been relegated to the side of the menu in sushi joints and at Edo franchises.

This may account for why it’s taken me so long to come around to ramen—like, pretty much just in the last year.

Pho has long been my default noodle soup, and Edmonton does not suffer for choice in that regard. Finally, Prairie Noodle Shop served me the epiphany that Japan’s national soup is a

precisely-calibrated wonderment of flavours and textures.

Their umeboshi egg and succulent pork belly are my favourite things to find in ramen (wound in firm noodles and immersed in rich, velvety broth, of course).

Since then I’ve had my understanding of what makes ramen unique and beautiful improved by shops in Vancouver and Portland. I’m ever hopeful Edmonton will offer up another topnotch purveyor.

Nomiya seems a good candidate, a local ramen pioneer with three pins in the map, including Noodle Bar nested deep in Oliver Square. Nomiya’s insistence that ramen is not a take-out food is an encouraging earmark of the fussiness ramen calls for. It’s meant to be eaten moments after it leaves the maker’s hands—the supple noodles in a state a chef’s exper-

tise has judged as perfect—not sloshing around in a plastic bag inside a Styrofoam container.

And while Noodle Bar possess the somewhat raucous vibe of the bustling ramen joint I’ve observed, it breaks from my own expectations in that it booked our reservation for a table of six. My ramen experiences have all involved waiting in line and taking the first available seat.

Noodle Bar feels more like a sitdown restaurant, and less like a place engineered to host you for 15 or 20 minutes with briskly cheerful efficiency.

The menu has plenty on offer that isn’t ramen: a good selection of appetizers from edamame to takoyaki octopus balls to corn korokke, donburi, udon and yakisoba, tempura, grilled fish, and fancy Japanese craft beers in the bottle and on tap.

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Our prime concern was, of course, ramen—and, O.K., maybe an appetizer. Noodle Bar offers seven ramen variants, including a vegetarian option.

Spicy garlic miso ramen ($15.25) seemed in tune with my interests. My perennial co-diner went for novelty in the form of the tan tan ($14.25) ramen, featuring a peanut-y broth. We both required that an additional boiled egg ($1.75) be part of the deal.

Another co-diner expressed interest in the combo meal, which entitled the eater to an appetizer and mini-donburi in addition to their ramen of choice for an extra $5.25. Acknowledging that it would indeed be too much food, he went ahead and ordered tan tan ramen, a bowl of rice topped with ground pork and egg (tan tan donburi) and some agedashi tofu. It was, indeed, a whole mess of food.

Our appetizer was chicken karaage ($8.95), a good portion of fried chicken chunks that cried out for some sort of accompaniment to its slightly-bland crispiness. Others at my table enjoyed the capably-made gyoza and seaweed salad without incident.

The ramen came promptly, and I was in a position to watch the cook drain noodles and assemble each bowl right before it reached our table. My spicy

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garlic miso sure looked good— angry red broth bearing a skein of just-past-firm noodles and clusters of corn, seaweeds, green onions, marinated bamboo shoots, well-rinded pork slices and that gorgeous molten-cored egg. I went at it greedily, though the intensity of the spiciness did slow my roll as time went on.

The eponymous garlic was, likewise, intense.

But even through the chili heat, I could make out the smoothness of the miso broth and delight in the sweetness of the corn and tangy shoots. I’m partial to nice juicy slabs of pork belly, for which thin slices of pork are no substitute, but that’s what we had, along with that pungent pink and white spiral of processed fish loaf called naruto. Once I exhausted the noodles and other solids, I abandoned the broth as a bit too potent on its own.

Noodle Bar seems, to me, in a similar vein to the style and substance its near neighbour Tokiwa—a completely legit interpretation of the glories of ramen that did not line up precisely with my ever-evolving idea of the kind of ramen I like to eat. I remain open to a rematch sometime in the future to try their tonkotsu or shio broths while I await Edmonton’s next big ramen contender.

Scott Lingley

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THEATRE

2b Theatre’s rock-opera Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story tells the story of two Jewish-Romanian refugees Wed., May 9 – Sun., May 13 Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story Citadel Theatre (The Club) From $30

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alifax, 1908—a pool of Jewish-Romanian refugees arrive in a shipping container after fleeing the pogroms (attacks against the Jewish people) in eastern Europe. Expressions of anti-Semitism run rampant throughout the world, and all this new group wants to do is tell their story.

This is the initial setting of Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story created by Christian Barry, his wife, Hannah Moscovitch, and Ben Caplan with their 2b theatre company. Being called a “hybrid, Klezmer, music-theatre show,”

by Barry, Old Stock is based on the true story of his wife’s great-grandparents.

“Their names are Chaim and Chaya,” says Barry, who is the performance’s artistic director, set designer, and lighting designer.

“They had come through Pier 21 in Halifax, as many refugees had.”

Barry and Caplan—both skilled musicians with a background in theatre—had been working to create a kind of rock opera for awhile but no story was really sticking. This was in 2015, a time when the Syrian refugee crisis was becoming a major topic in world news, and the Canadian federal election.

“The Aylan Kurdi pictures of that dead boy washed up on a beach in Turkey were in the national papers everywhere,” Barry says. “The international refugee

crisis was in all the headlines and all the newspapers, and Ben and I wanted to make something linked to that, but we didn’t want to appropriate a theory and story that wasn’t ours to tell.”

Around the same time, Moscovitch was visiting the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 where she found her great-grandparents’ immigration papers.

“She realized that if they hadn’t made that journey across the Atlantic into the unknown, then her son wouldn’t be here,” Barry says.

After telling Caplan, the trio decided that Chaim and Chaya’s story needed to be told.

“They meet in Canada and they’re both, in varying degrees, dealing with the trauma of their experiences in Romania,” Barry says. “In some ways, that brings them closer together and pushes them apart. For them, it’s kind of about trying to navigate the ghosts of the past and the newness of this big bold country called Canada.”

Caplan plays The Wanderer, a 20th century, hipster-looking, Gandalf-type character who narrates and sings, providing context on Chaim and Chaya’s story.

“This is more like a rock concert woven together with a play to tell the story,” Barry says. “It’s a little bit like Cabaret where the songs are in between the scenes and they offer context or some subtext.”

Caplan also recorded a concept album linked to the show that is to be released in June.

“We wanted to make fantastic songs that could stand on their

own, and it just happened that we used the concept album vessel to tell the story,” says Barry, who wrote a bulk of the songs with Caplan.

Both Chris Weatherstone and Mary Fay Coady—who play Chaim and Chaya respectively— will also play their instruments to add to the Klezmer (traditional music of eastern European Jewish people) entertainment. The audience should be ready to hear flute, violin, spoons, saxophone, and clarinet backing Caplan’s unique voice, which akin to Tom Waits impersonating a rabbi.

“We created this show on our feet with our instruments near by so sometimes the line is blurred between a travelling band of troubadours and characters in 1908,” Barry says.

The show’s title comes from a 2015 quote from past Prime Minister Stephen Harper in response to a question about reduced health care for refugees. Harper essentially called Canadian families who had lived in the country for several generations “old stock Canadians,” as opposed to the “new stock.”

“For me, it was a phrase that seemed clearly divisive in its purposes,” Barry says. “I wondered where he arbitrarily drew the line between old stock and new stock. This idea that because you’re only here for one generation or two generations and that made you any more Canadian seemed so absurd to me.”

Chaim and Chaya’s story also seems strikingly similar to a modern Syrian refugee’s struggle

within North American society.

“When writing it, we were living in a time of Islamophobia and Hannah’s great-grandparents who were Jewish, were definitely in a time of anti-Semitism,” Barry says.

“So it felt like not only was it a universal story of refugee and immigrants looking for a safe place to call home and raise a family, but it seemed like a particularly comparable analogue; this idea of what it was like to be a Jewish refugee a 100 years ago might be similar to what it is like to be a Muslim refugee in today’s world.”

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Ultimately, Old Stock is one story about the refugee experience and the folks over at 2b want people to relate to it and think about what it means to be a person forced to leave your country.

“Even though it [the play] has political roots, ironically, I want this to push into a human, social situation,” Barry says. “It’s not about ‘Oh you should let in X number of refugees rather to say ‘remember they’re living breathing people.’”

Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

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arrying art and philanthropy together is not unique, but Edmonton’s Poiema Productions is a cut above the rest. A production company that has been involved in creating theatre, art, and music since 2010, Poiema Productions has raised over $20,000 for charities around the world. They do this through several Fashion for Freedom events they’ve held over the years, each of which in support of a specific charity or NGO. The company’s mission is to provide opportunities for artists to connect with audiences and display new works, while also making a difference in their community, both locally and globally.

This year the event is coming full circle by supporting the first NGO they chose to support back in 2013. A21 is a global NGO that fights sexual exploitation and trafficking, forced slave labour, bonded labour, involuntary domestic servitude, and child soldiery.

The event is a unique collaboration of artists in several media using their individual skills to raise funds for an important cause.

This year’s theme: “Reach, Rescue, and Restore” is taken from A21’s mission to end human trafficking worldwide, “to see, fight for, and rescue the one [person].”

The evening will include a fashion design competition in which 14 local designers must create a piece using anything but fabric. The show will also feature Edmonton designer DOM FOOL’s new collection and an art exhibit made up of local artists selling their works spanning several styles.

Multiple pieces of art will also be donated to a silent auction, from which all proceeds go to A21. If this isn’t enough gumption to get you out, the food will be catered by Café Bicyclette.

“It’s not just a fundraising event,” says Candice Fiorentino, artistic director of Fashion for Freedom. “It’s also an awareness event. We look for an organization that will not only appreciate the money, but also the publicity and awareness of their cause.”

Last year Fiorentino spent three months interning for A21 in Thessaloniki, Greece, where several Syrian refugee camps were (and still are) set up in an effort to process the masses of displaced people coming from the war-torn country.

“While I was there, we were focusing on going to refugee camps and communities to educate them on the warning signs of human trafficking, what human trafficking is, and what to be aware of because they were really high target to be trafficked,” she says.

A21 collaborates with law enforcement in various countries to reach and rescue those trapped by their situations, with

courts to seek justice for those victims, and governments to eradicate slavery on every level. They also work with survivors after being rescued to help restore their sense of self and find a healthy life with access to housing, medical treatment, counselling, education, employment, and even repatriation if needed.

“To see what’s happening in these communities, to hear how many people were being affected already, and how many people had already known others that had disappeared ... it was pretty staggering.”

The team at Poiema Productions hope to raise $10,000 at this year’s event, and Fiorentino plans to begin using the A21 Edmonton A-Team to collaborate with ACT Alberta (The Action Coalition on Human Trafficking). In 2015, ACT Alberta published a joint report addressing the issue of sex trafficking in Edmonton. The report focuses on several areas of vulnerability within the community such as poverty, age, discrimination, and isolation, from which needs for awareness, education, collaboration, and structural change are then drawn.

With a background in theatre and production, Fiorentino is currently working on writing a play (set to premiere in October) in which she addresses several issues that came up during her time in Greece, as well as upon returning home and learning about the realities of human trafficking in Canada as well.

Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

ROYAL WOOD W/ FIONN

Friday, May 18th The Winspear Centre

THE GOOD LOVELIES W/ GUESTS

Wednesday, June 6th Triffo Theatre, Allard Hall, MacEwan University

by Collin Doyle

XAVIER RUDD Directed by Dave Horak with

Robert Benz Cole Humeny Maralyn Ryan Production Design Victoria Zimski & Guido Tondino T Stage Manager Rachel Rudd

May 9 - 19, 2018

W/ GUESTS

Tuesday, June 12th & Wednesday, June 13th Myer Horowitz Theatre, SUB, U of A

STEEP CANYON RANGERS W/ BIRDS OF CHICAGO

Saturday, June 23rd Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

Tues - Sat 8:00 pm

Sat Matinee May 12 - 2:00 pm

Arts Barns Studio Theatre 10330 84 Avenue Tickets available at the door or through tixonthesquare.ca

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COMEDY 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • The Grindstone, 10019-81 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri

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

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

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

“Your Dreams Are Killing My Culture” / Terrence Houle

STORIES OF THIS LAND

The AGA showcases the importance of the CCA’s ‘New Chapter’ grant

Until Sun., Nov. 11 LandMark: A New Chapter Acquisition Project Art Gallery of Alberta

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n 2017 the Canada Council for the Arts introduced the New Chapter program to support the diversity of artistic endeavours that Canadian artists take on. The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) used this program to purchase various works from three Indigenous artists: Brenda Draney, Tanya Harnett, and Terrance Houle. The pieces come together to create the exhibition, LandMark.

The exhibition goes beyond what Alberta is as a landscape, and delves into the province as a ground for storytelling and personal experience. For Terrance Houle, or Iinniiwahkiimah (buffalo herder in his native tongue), his pieces allow him to share the story of himself: his parent’s journey surviving residential school, and the story of his Kainai Nation.

“Art’s sort of a language—it’s one of our oldest languages— it’s a communication device,” Houle says. “I think right now you see a lot of First Nations’ voices coming out because the oppression we’ve had on ourselves has been lessened and our stories can now be told because somebody’s listening, hopefully.”

Houle works in nearly every medium possible to tell the stories he wants told—photo, film, music, and performance art. He takes on every project with the punk-rock skate-

boarder attitude he grew up with, the idea that you just get it done. Two of his pieces, “Ghost Days: Indian Graves,” and “Your Dreams are Killing My Culture” have been purchased by the AGA. Both reflect different parts of Indigenous life in Alberta.

Houle is fascinated by conjurings and connecting to spirits, and his latest project “Ghost Days: Indian Graves” directly showcases this. The series of photographs reflect the Blackfoot tradition of putting the dead to rest in a tree, above ground. While photographing a parliament of trees, he found that spiritual connection.

“I was taking photographs,” Houle explains. “And suddenly all these orbs appeared and disappeared in seconds. There was just a feeling and a sign that there was something more for me.”

While this piece focuses on the death of humans, his interactive piece, “Your Dreams are Killing My Culture,” represents the loss of a culture.

The multifaceted work consists of a film Houle created, which features an Indigenous language completely broken up to be near unrecognizable.

This is accompanied with video, which is projected onto a set of rear view mirrors that can be moved to refract the broken video pieces around the room.

“I kind of always had this dream with that piece. Like, what does a rear view mirror capture?”

The piece is meant to compare two facets of Houle’s life, his connection to the Kainai Nation, which grows every day, and his life he has always lived in an urban settings. His attachment to exploring this parallel continues to keep him in Calgary.

One of his pieces in the past reflected on the province’s history with residential schools, which both of his parents attended. Treaty 7 land, originally belonged to the Kainai Nation, however it was taken over by colonizers shortly after the Treaty was signed. The first thing they ever built on that stolen land was a brick factory.

“That whole area is clay,” Houle explains. “Those bricks ended up being made into colonial buildings—spaces like police stations, halls, schools—and one of those schools was my mother’s residential school. The sort of idea of taking the land and chemically changing it, and in turn, imprisoning a whole people that relied on that land was really interesting to me.”

Houle has accepted the good and the bad in the history of the province and has never had a desire to leave Alberta.

Instead, he delves deeper into the history with his constantly evolving art practice.

“There’s a lot more spirit in the land here,” he says.

Houle’s work will be alongside Draney and Harnett’s at the AGA until Nov. 11 of this year as a part of the LandMark exhibition.

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BLACKOUT SKETCH COMEDY • Grindstone Theatre, 10019-81 Ave • grindstonetheatre. ca • A sketch comedy group made up of six local writers and actors producing hilarity in every show. Inspired by the writing styles of The Second City and The P.I.T, Blackout writes exciting story-driven sketch comedy that bewitches the mind and ensnares the senses • May 5, 9pm • $12

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Chris Heward; May 4-5 • Ethan Sir; May 11-12 COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Kountry Wayne; May 3-6 • Sean Donnelly; May 9-13

COYOTE COMEDY • Grindstone Theatre, 10019-81 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • A 50 minute long form improv show that has lots of short little scenes throughout it. Grindstone gets a suggestion (or two) from the audience and then they cut loose • May 3, 7pm • $10

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

FOUR BANGER FRIDAYS • Grindstone

DANCE ALBERTA BALLET'S "ALL OF US" • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • Inspired by the Tragically Hip’s most loved songs, this postapocalyptic rock ballet is the newest creation by Jean Grand-Maître • May 10-12

BHOF OR BUST: BURLESQUE HALL OF FAME FUNDRAISER • Denizen Hall, 10311103 Ave • hello@houseofhushburlesque.com • bhoforbust.eventbrite.com • Violette Coquette, Dame Perignon, Flora Pistol and Prof Eugene Organ will be heading to BHOF (that's short for the "Burlesque Hall of Fame") to proudly represent Edmonton and the #yegburlesque community • May 10, 7-10pm • $20 (adv), $25 (door) • 18+ only

DAMN+GOOD • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St • media@goodwomen.ca • goodwomen.ca/ archive/damn-good • An improvisational performance • May 3-4, 7:30-9:30pm • $20 (general), $15 (CADA members/students/seniors)

HOUSE OF HUSH PRESENTS: PARIS EN YEG • Crash Hotel Lobby, 10266-103 St • hellothere@ violettecoquette.com • houseofhushmay18. eventbrite.com • houseofhushburlesque.com • Bringing Parisian flavour and that certain je ne sais quoi • May 18, 7pm (doors), 8-9:30pm (show) • $30 (include a complimentary feature cocktail) • 18+ only

SHUMKA SCHOOL YEAR END SHOW LITAYUCHI BARVY (FLYING COLOURS) • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • shumka. com • All levels of dancers from the Shumka School of Dance participate in their year end show • May 6, 2-4pm • $21 (adults), $10.50 (kids 6-12), $5.25 (kids 5 and under)

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

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

FILM EDMONTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL • Landmark Cinemas Edmonton City Centre, 10200-102 Ave • jewishedmonton.org • Films deal with a broad range of topics: the Holocaust and post-Holocaust periods, politics, racism, religion, music, and sports • May 6-16

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema.org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • Afternoon TEA: Iron Road (May 20) • BAd Girls Movie CluB: I, Tonya (May 16) • CineMA of PsyChedeliA: The Visitor (May 26) • Metro retro: Clerks (May 14, May 16) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Early Man (May 19), Babe (May 26) • sCi-fi: Liquid Sky (May 27, May 29) • sundAy CLASSICS: To Kill a Mockingbird (May 27)

Theatre, 10019-81 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • Edmonton’s premiere independent stand-up comedy show. Host Simon Gorsak curates a staggering four comic showcase and plays host to the funniest people he knows from across Canada, and you • Every Fri, 9pm • $12

northWestfest • Metro at the Garneau

GERTRUDE & ALICE • Grindstone Theatre, 10019-81 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • Welcome to the world of Gertrude Stein & Alice B.Toklas. That wacky duo is at it again! Join them and their upstairs neighbours for a gay old time! • May 6, 9pm • $12

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS

LAUGH STEADY • Nook Cafe, 10153-97 St • Live stand-up comedy hosted by Kevin Cianciolo • Last Fri of the month, 7:30-9:30pm • $5 (door) TELLING SECRETS: A COMEDY STORYTELLING SHOW • Grindstone Theatre, 1001981 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • A live stand-up show where comedians tell true stories about their life • May 5, 11pm • $12

UP LATE WITH DANA ANDERSEN • Grindstone Theatre, 10019-81 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • The legendary, Dana Andersen, is taking back comedy in his all new, uninhibited late night talk show, “Up Late With Dana Andersen” • May 4, 11pm • $14

YEGDND • Grindstone Theatre, 10019-81 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • A high fantasy, improv show based on the mythology of Dungeons & Dragons. Featuring stage combat, improvised music, and giant 20-sided dice rolled by the audience, Sorry, Not Sorry Productions brings the famous tabletop roleplaying game to life in a way you’ve never experienced before! Join our heroes every two weeks as they continue their quest for treasure, face battles with sinister villains, and so much more • May 5, 7pm • $12

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Theatre, 8712-109 St • northwestfest.ca • The documentary and media arts festival. Featuring more than 30 feature films and 20 short films • May 3-13

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca •The Art of Hide Tanning–Tradition Inspiring The Present and Future: artwork by Amy Malbeuf and Ruby Sweetman; Apr 14-May 26 • Home: artwork by various artists; May 5-Aug 18; Artist talk and reception: Jun 23, 2-4pm ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 24215-34 St • 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum. com • Open weekends May 19-Sep 3 • $7 (adult), $6 (senior/student), $3.50 (child 3-12)/ child under 3 free; $5 (train rides), $3 (motor car rides) ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Melcor Cultural Centre, 355th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Open Sculpture Show; Apr 16-May 4

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • Songs for Pythagoras: artwork by Peter von Tiesenhausen; Jan 27-May 6 • Manning Hall: The Pre-History of M.N. Hutchinson: Site 24; until Dec 31 • BMO World of Creativity: Wild Wood; until Dec 31 • RBC Work Room: Metamorphosis: artwork by Gloria Mok; until Jul 1 • Painting Alberta, Details of Canada: artwork

by William Townsend; until Jul 1 • WEEKLY DROP-IN ACTIVITIES: Tours for Tots, Every Wed, 10-11am • Youth Workshops, ages 13-17, Every Thu, 4-6pm • Kids’ Open Studio, Every Sat, 1-3pm • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12-1pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm

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Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com All Of Us (The Tragically Hip Ballet) / Thu., May 10 – 12 / Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium / From $51 at ticketmaster.ca The Tragically Hip have different monumental meanings for fans across the world, but for Alberta Ballet artistic director and choreographer Jean GrandMaître, their music is the perfect balance of light and dark.

“Gord Downie’s lyrics often talk about shipwrecks, destroyed civilizations, and then there are songs about the tenderness of love and compassion. So The Hip’s songs really reach both ends of the spectrum,” Grand-Maître says.

He discovered this while conceptualizing his two-hour-long postapocalyptic rock ballet All Of Us, a ballet that tells the story of the battle between the dark’s Hannibal Clan and the light’s Hadrian Clan, all to the music of The Hip. “The clan of darkness, Hannibal’s clan, are the descendants of greed, fear, and hate and so they are much more brutal and terrifying. So the songs I used are ones like ‘Locked in the Trunk of A Car,’ ‘Little Bones,’ ‘At the Hundredth Meridian,’ which is the soundtrack for the final battle,” Grand-Maître says.

The more peaceful and acoustic songs represent the Hadiran Clan, descendants of peace, love, and tolerance—songs like “Wheat Kings,” “Fiddler’s Green,” and “As I Wind Down The Pines.”

This is the company’s sixth portrait ballet. Grand-Maître has created previous shows to the music of artists like k.d. lang, Gordon Lightfoot, and Elton John. For this project, Grand-Maître dove into the entire catalogue of The Hip, so audience members can expect to hear a song from almost every album. “The songs really fit in a dystopian narrative,” he says. “I had 80 songs, then widdled it down to 40, and then down to 20.”

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ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • High Energy 23: Cultivating Change: artwork by St. Albert High School Art Students; May 3-Jun 2; Opening reception: May 3, 6-9pm • Birds, Bees, and Ambergris: artwork

by Gerri Harden; Jun 7-Jul 28

PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • NAESS GALLERY: Mountain Mystic: paintings by Sandie Kanak; Apr 10-May 9 • ARTISTAN NOOK: A Feast for the Eyes: paintings by Shelly Banks; Apr 10-May 9

ARTWALK • Person District, St. Albert •

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323-

artwalkstalbert.com • The art hits the streets again! Discover a place to enjoy, view and buy art to suit all tastes and budgets. Featuring returning artists and new ones • May-Sep, 1st Thu of every month, 6-8:30pm (exhibits run all month)

BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Artwork by Stephanie Jonsson; Apr 21-May 12

BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis.html • Fur: The Fabric of Our Nation; Apr 25-Jul 3 BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS • Lower level, Rutherford South, University of Alberta • bpsc.library.ualberta.ca • Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination; Apr 27-Aug 24

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Colour Spelled with a U: artwork by Les Graff (RCA); Apr 28-May 12

CAVA GALLERY • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • The End of The Earth: artwork by Valerian Mazataud; May 4-Jun 8

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Crash Pad: artwork by Cindy Baker; May 4-Jun 9 • Zachari Logan; May 4-Jun 9

FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/ artshows • lacuna: artwork by Becky Thera; Feb 20-May 17 • Light/Matter: Art at the Intersection of Photography and Printmaking, 1954-2017; May 8-Jun 2

FRONT GALLERY • 10402-124 St • thefrontgallery.com • Pictures From Rome: artwork by Tony Scherman; Jun 7, 7-9pm

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Strathcona Salon Series: artwork by various artists; May 15-Jun 23

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

by Sara Norquay; Mar 29-May 12

www.elopemusicaltheatre.ca

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@ artsandheritage.ca • Witness Blanket/ForgetMe-Not Métis Rose; Apr 3-Jun 3

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Lando Art Auctions at Lando Gallery; May 4 (previews), May 6 (auction)

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • Les Transformables: curarated by Eric Mattson; Apr 13-May 26

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

104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Colour Coherence: artwork by Jonathan Forrest; May 24-Jun 9; Opening reception: May 24, 7-9pm (artist in attendance)

PICTURE THIS! FRAMING & GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • info@picturethisgallery.com • picturethisgallery. com • Spring It On! Art Show; Apr 14-Jun 30

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

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Recent Paintings: artwork by Marianne Watchel; Apr 14-May 5 SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s long form comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Sep 10-Jun 9 • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • die-nasty.com • Live improvised soap opera.

Join the whole Die-Nasty family REBORN, for a whole season of great artists, earth-shaking discovery, glorious music, hilarious hi jinx...but mostly Machiavellian Intrigue • Runs every Mon, 6:30pm (doors), 7:30-9:30pm • Oct 23-May 29

EXIT THE KING • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87

FLY ME TO THE MOON • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre@interbaun.com • Frances and Loretta are home care workers in Belfast. When one of their patients dies unexpectedly, the two cash strapped ladies are faced with an awful choice, cash in his pension and keep the news of his death a secret for a little while, or call the police? • Apr 25-May 13, 7:30pm (2pm on weekends) • $37 (general), $35 (seniors/ students), $22 (under 18); $27 (matinee), $22 (youth matinee), in adv. Buy one, get one free (Tue)

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • POPnology Exhibition; Feb 9-May 6 • Terry Fox– Running to the Heart of Canada; Feb 16-Sep 16 VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Friends of Mine: artwork by Denise Lefebvre; May 1-Jun 2

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • No Thru Traffic: artwork by Blu Smith; May 6-May 17; Reception: May 6, 1-3pm

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Rona Altrows "At This Juncture" Book Launch; May 5, 2-4pm • AJ Devlin "Cobra Clutch" Book Launch; May 8, 2-5pm • R. Harlan Smith "Hitch Your Wagon to a Star" Book Launch; May 10, 7-10pm • Michael Hingston "Let's Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes"Launch; May 12, 2-3:30pm

BOOK SIGNING: THE MORAL WORK OF NURSING: ASKING AND LIVING WITH THE QUESTIONS • Coles, Southgate Mall, 5015-111 St • hazelmagnussen.com • May 5, 11am-4pm

BOOK SIGNING: THE MORAL WORK OF NURSING: ASKING AND LIVING WITH THE QUESTIONS • Friends gift shop at University Alberta Hospital • hazelmagnussen. com • May 8, 11am-3pm

BOOK SIGNING: THE MORAL WORK OF NURSING: ASKING AND LIVING WITH THE QUESTIONS • Indigo Books,

9910B-109 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 donation

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

Sunday Matinée - 2PM No Show Monday / Tuesday

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

$30 Adult, $25 Senior/Student (Includes Service Charges)

The New Mel Brooks Musical

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen

Book by MEL BROOKS and THOMAS MEEHAN Music and Lyrics by MEL BROOKS Original Direction & Choreography by Susan Stroman

Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly Tellaround: 2nd

Director & Choreographer: Martin Galba Musical Director: Michael Clark

@ELOPEtheatre

Fly Me to the Moon Varscona Theatre Until May 13 / Marc J. Chalifoux Photography

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THE BALANCE • ATB Art Barns, Door 1, 10330-84 Ave • 780.399.9192 • thebalancemovie@gmail.com • A female take on the typical man-makes-it-big-but-stands-to-lose-it-all plot • May 4-5, 7:30-9pm

Albert • stalbertpotters.ca • St. Albert Potter's Guild Spring Sale; May 3-5

Nightly 7:30PM

780.420.1757

THEATRE

ST. ALBERT PLACE • 5 St. Anne Street St.

8627-91 Street | Tickets at tixonthesquare.ca

Young Frankenstein Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.comThe videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited

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

Ave & 112 St, University of Alberta • ualberta.ca/ artshows • A great classic following King Berenger, who believes himself immortal. Upon discovering he is dying, he becomes fascinated with every sensation from the lives he has not lived • May 17-26

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • 9910,

L’Uni Theatre

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave •

Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • India Inked!: currated

by Nirmal Raja and Santosh Sakhinala; Apr 27-Jun 2

South Edmonton Common, 1837-99 St • hazelmagnussen.com • May 12, 11am-4pm

May 3–12, 2018

Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com

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FROM CRADLE TO STAGE: AN EVENING OF NEW WORKS • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • Walterdale Theatre’s annual festival dedicated to developing new one-act plays that have not been previously staged • May 14-19

HEY LADIES! • The Roxy on Gateway (formerly C103), 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork. ca • Edmonton’s premier comedy, info-tainment, musical, game, talk show spectacular that’s suitable for all sexes! • May 11, 8pm • $26 (call 780.453.2440) or TIX on the Square INFINITY • Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • How does a new Theory of Time change everything we know about ourselves? In this Dora-Award Winner for Best New Play, three brilliant minds–a musician, a mathematician, and a theoretical physicist–collide like particles, and together they learn that love and time are connected in ways they could never have imagined • Apr 17-May 6

OLD STOCK: A REFUGEE LOVE STORY • Citadel Theatre, Sir Winston Churchill Sq. • Inspired by the real-life story of two Romanian Jews, examines the refugee immigration experience of a century ago • May 9-13

THE SILVER ARROW: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROBIN HOOD • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • The world premiere of a new twist on the classic Robin Hood adventure story, featuring a female protagonist and awe-inspiring aerial acrobatics • Apr 21-May 13

TERRY AND THE DOG • Studio Theatre at the Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • As Terry Mire–a recovering alcoholic in his sixties–waits for his dead dog to come back to life, he tells a story about his wife, his son, and his dog’s previous deaths • May 9-19 • $20 (adults), $15 (students and seniors 60+) THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep 9-Jun 8 • $15

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN • L'Uni Theatre, 8627-91 St • elopemusicaltheatre@gmail. com • elopemusicaltheatre.ca • Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein inherits his family's estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor, and a leggy lab assistant, Inga, Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors • May 3-12 • $30 (adult), $25 (student/senior); available at TIX on the Square or the door

Tuk Siglit Drummers & Dancers / When They Awake, 2017

DOCUMENTARY

Young Medicine / When They Awake, 2017

iskwé / When They Awake, 2017

For over 500 years Indigenous peoples have had their voices silenced, but a new film shows how voices are rising Thurs., May 3 (6 pm) Northwestfest Opening Night When They Awake (filmmakers in attendance) Live music by Leela Gilday, Don Amero, and more Metro Cinema $15

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Stolen locations, abusive relations, a hundred and fifty celebrations, common section hatin’, debatin’, Truth and Reconciliation fadin’, dividin’, and chainin’, but we still here … missing brother, missing mother, missing daughters, say it again, no clean water, but we still here, we still here.”

So goes Canadian rap artist JB The First Lady’s track “Still Here.” The politically-charged rap marks a significant shift that occured in Canadian consciousness over the course of 2017.

Movements like Idle No More (started in 2012) came to a head last year with Standing Rock and its discussion of Indigenous discrimination seeping north from the States. The question of Canada’s Colonial birthday was also at the forefront of everyone’s mind, with many Indigenous people noting that Canada—known as Turtle Island to its First Nations Peoples— has been around for more like 15,000, adding at least another

two zeros to the slighty tonedeaf Canada 150 celebrations.

The award-winning and first film of its kind Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World— a documentary that traces the role of Native Americans in shaping recent music history—also came out last year to widespread acclaim and discussion, and filmmakers P.J. Marcellino and Hermon Farahi have now released what will become the successor of this continuing cultural evolution: When They Awake.

Though Marcellino and Farahi aren’t from Canada, their commitment to tell the story of When They Awake grew roots when the two began working on a separate film following a music outreach program in six northern communities, which introduced them to several of Canada’s Indigenous musicians.

A year later, finding themselves immersed in the Indigenous music scene and sensing an even broader story, When They Awake began to take a life of its own. To film the documentary in the span of 18 months, Marcellino and Farahi took about 150 flights to follow 40 different musicians across the country.

“It’s possibly one of the most epic years that either of us has ever had,” Marcellino laughs.

With a social science back-

ground of working on inclusion and exclusion issues around the world, Marcellino can remember moving to Canada and being struck by the complicated relationships he saw.

“As someone who was not born here and someone who has worked on inclusion ... it was really clear to me that there was something strange about the way Canada handled relations with Indigenous folks.

There was a contrast between how Canada—not without mistakes—tried to accommodate immigrant communities,” Marcellino says. “But I’ve seen a progress over the last 10 years.”

The film picks up essentially where Rumble leaves off: the contemporary Indigenous music scene—or “renaissance,” as Canadian DJ crew A Tribe Called Red label it. The doc features other such other Indigenous musicians as JB The First Lady, Tanya Tagaq, iskwé, Leela Gilday, Wab Kinew, IVA, The Jerry Cans, Leanne Goose, Derek Miller, Don Amero, and Logan Staats, among many others.

Working in every genre from rock to hip hop to EDM, Indigenous musicians are channeling pain of the past to create a brighter future, ripe with opportunity for generations to come. For these artists, music is a tool of cultural reclamation and healing for their people.

It’s important to mention that this evolution holds an important history of advocates who have played a role in the musical and cultural shift that we see taking place now. Musicians like Buffy Sainte-Marie paved a way for contemporary musicians speaking for Indigenous rights.

Marcellino posits that increased access to stories such as this has also helped the slow, but gradual shift in cultural understanding and respect.

“That evolution has a lot to do with the fact that culture and media production has become so democratized,” Marcellino says. “We all have access to it—both to make it and to benefit from it.”

When They Awake has been praised for both its sobering recognition of an often overlooked history as well as its hopeful and proud account of Indigenous culture and the performers that circle the continent every year to bring their music and their healing to the people.

But, as a documentary, there are also realities that must be shown. One of those is Standing Rock. Upon nearing the end of filming, Standing Rock had gained serious momentum and former President Obama had just denied the easement permit for the pipeline’s last leg.

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“It was planned as our final scene,” Marcellino says. “The first time we saw it on the editing suite we actually almost cried because it was so poetic that we managed to end up in a positive note.”

But fast forward two months, when President Donald Trump is elected, and one of the first things he does is reverse Obama’s decision. Although that reversal now sits in court as potentially illegal, the harm is done. The filmmakers later decided to take the scene out after the changes had happened and that moment of hope—though it did exist at one point—was no longer true.

“If anything, that was indicative of what we have now going on here in Canada,” Marcellino says. “It’s the way in which specific projects are being done and certainly the way in which it infracts upon the autonomous rights of folks that have self-determination.”

As screenings continue to take place, the filmmakers are making connections with several NGOs that work in suicide prevention, reattaching kids to their traditional culture, and creating opportunities for younger generations to pursue art and music, just like their role models on the screen.

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Four-year-old Reginald from Nadine Pequeneza’s Invisible Heart / HitPlay Productions

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Edmonton’s documentary and media arts festival offers several streams of feature-length documentaries and shorts

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ere’s just a touch of the incredible docs that will hit Edmonton over the next week and a half at NorthwestFest. The lineup is full of topics that range visual art (Kusama: Infinity and Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquat) and fashion (Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist) to de-stigmatizing chronic illness (Sickboy) and accepting death (For Dear Life).

Something will stand out for everyone, and another may not at first, but could change your life.

In The Name of Your Daughter (2017) / Sun., May 6 (6 pm) A powerful documentary from acclaimed journalist, filmmaker, and advocate for the rights of women and children Giselle Portenier, In the Name of Your Daughter tells the incredible story of Rhobi Samwelly and her safe haven for Tanzanian girls— as young as eight—looking for freedom and an end to female genital mutilation (FGM). “FGM is no longer an ‘over there’ issue; with immigrants from affected countries reaching Western shores, this has become an issue right here at home in Canada.

Government documents unearthed by the Toronto Star last summer indicated thousands of Canadian girls are at risk of being taken abroad for what’s called ‘vacation cutting,’” Portenier says. The NorthwestFest screening will be the North American premiere of the film and Portenier and a special guest speaker will be in town to discuss after the film.

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The Cleaners (2018) / Fri., May 4 (9:30 pm) When Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his college dormitory he thought “sharing anything with anyone” was the goal and thought little of the repercussions that would follow.

Social media and its superfluous sharing have since taken over the internet and flogged the servers with questionable content, begging the question: Where are the limits to what exactly can and cannot be shared? The Cleaners reveals the dark underbelly of our media culture through the eyes of content moderators—hired by third party companies—to clean the internet manually day, after day, after day, image, after image, after image. With the internet still a largely unregulated arena, their work prompts questions as to what defines art, propaganda, and journalism and who is to regulate these definitions.

Our New President (2018)/ Sat., May 5 (2:30 pm) At what point should fake news be discussed and at what point is it perpetrating exactly what it purports to call out? The verdict is still out, but the debate is certainly rife amid screenings of Maxim Pozdrovkin’s Our New President. The film tells the story of President Donald Trump’s election, comprised entirely of the fake news clips and propaganda pieces that have been connected to Russia. Prepare yourself for a heavily satirical portrait

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Pequeneza will be at the screening to discuss her film and the topic of social impact bonds.

The Invisible Heart (2018)/ Wed., May 9 (7 pm)

Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax Records (2017) / Fri., May 11 (9:15 pm)

We’ve all seen the social revolution films that follow modern movers and shakers like Anonymous and Bernie Sanders, but what happens when capitalism and charity intersect? Canadian filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza’s new documentary, set in Canada, The United States, and The United Kingdom, tracks a new and rapidly-growing social innovation: social impact bonds (SIBs)—“the Wall Street-ification of public services.” Within this burgeoning new concept lies the unorthodox marriage of government services and private-sector investments, a marriage that promises to solve some of society’s most complex problems, but is it delivering?

The Invisible Heart has come to offer both sides of the ongoing SIB debate with sober judgement and a human face.

To conclude the double-shot of music that begins with Bad Reputation (the Joan Jett story) at 7 pm, Julia Nash’s Industrial Accident will take you through the story of the infamously popular Wax Trax! Records, what became one of the most influential independant American record labels. Their Chicago record store became the nexus of the fringed new wave, punkrock, and industrial music scenes in America. To give an idea: Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys, Chris Carter of industrial music pioneers Chris & Cosey (later known as Throbbing Gristle), Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen, and Richard Jonckeere (Richard 23) of the Revolting Cocks. Huge names, huge claims, and some seriously sour racket.

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A benefit screening for the Humboldt Broncos, Flin Flon is the story of a small Manitoba mining town that love their junior hockey team, the Bombers. This albeit, eccentric, obsession came be seen at every game, when masses of Flin Floners travel in from surrounding areas to cheer them on. Since 1927, the Bombers have spawned such NHL greats as Bobby Clarke, Reggie Leach, and Gerry Hart. Incredible loyalty and affection develop each Bomber—and each fan—to be an allaround better person with each new hockey season. All proceeds from the screening will go to the families of those lost in the Humboldt Broncos tragedy.

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018) / Sat., May 5 (7 pm) Behind the cult-classic that was cancelled after only one season, yet ranks amongst TIME magazine’s greatest television shows of all time, Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary holds interviews with cast and crew members telling the story of the phenomenon that is Freaks and Geeks.

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Role model. Icon. Warrior. Woman. The 84-year-old U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (second woman to ever be appointed to the position after Justice Sandra Day O’Connor) has a legal legacy that can make most men weep. In more than five decades as a lawyer, professor, appellate judge, and associate justice of the American Supreme Court, Ginsburg has influenced society in real and lasting ways. Achieving icon status, both amongst academics and Tweeters, the notorious RBG has influenced policies concerning gender pay gaps, same-sex marriage, and discrimination—in the words of Steinem: “the closest thing to a superhero I know.”

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Sun., May 6 – Wed., May 16 Edmonton Jewish Film Festival Landmark City Centre jewishedmonton.org

We review a flush of the films from around the world

Scene from Maktub / Supplied

Scene from 1945 / Supplied

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t’s easy to think of the only religion with its own nation-state homeland as monolithic, as fixed as rock. But Judaism is in constant flux and remarkably varied, from its strata of religious observance (lapsed, Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Orthodox) to its various ethnicities (Mizrahi, Sephardic, Ashkenazi). And the Edmonton Jewish Film Festival, screening 10 features and two shorts from the past few years, is a reflection of that disparateness, both within Israel and abroad (the diaspora).

Mon., May 7 (7 pm) The Chop Directed by Lewis Rose U.K. short The Chop, about a young man fired from a North London kosher meat shop, is as much chummy as funny. Yossi, no “pisher” at the cutting-board, poses as a Muslim, Yusuf, even wearing a thobe (“I like the airiness of it”) to get hired at a halal butcher in South London. But it’s the workplace details—the knifework, serving customers, the cleaning up—and the camaraderie—“I got this”; “Cool, bruv”—which sharpen this slice-of-multiculti-London-life’s amiable charm. Here, Judaism is more like a signboard, the faith dictating certain culinary traditions and expectant customers in a world where the daily grind matters most.

Wed, May 16 (7 pm) Maktub Directed by Oded Raz In the none-too-amusing Maktub Israel’s a land of shady hus-

tling and well-meaning dopiness. Steve (Hanan Savyon) and Chuma (Guy Amir) pose as restaurant consultants—they’re really just suave thugs who collect payoffs while offering food-feedback. After narrowly escaping a suicide-bombing at a restaurant, they become life consultants—gangsters turned guardian angels—answering requests stuffed into the groves of Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall. But Maktub just can’t mix the dark and the droll. More caricaturedriven than character-driven, this crime-buddy comedy, strutting towards its schmaltzy ending, can be mawkish, broad, broish, and pathetically retrograde.

Wed., May 9 (7 pm) 1945 Directed by Ferenc Török The black-and-white Hungarian feature 1945 unfolds in a village in August of the year of its namesake. The Americans have just dropped two atomic bombs on Japan; Soviet forces roam Eastern Europe, and two Jews arrive by train near the village. “You just can’t get rid of them,” the magistrate’s chauffeur, a police officer, mutters. Amid preparations for a wedding this sweltering day, the magistrate and others begin to worry about more Jews returning to reclaim their property and demand redress.

Possessiveness, panic, and guilt lift up beneath this town like a scab, picked and picked at.

There have been two outstanding Hungarian films about the Holocaust in recent years: Lajos Koltai’s Fateless (2005)

and László Nemes’ Son of Saul (2015). 1945 isn’t in that league, but it’s no mere arty reminder of the suspicions, prejudice, and suffering that European Judaism still endured after the war. It can be stilted and programmatic early on—like a feature-length Heritage Moment—but it does build ominously. And its final act exerts a mournful gravitas.

Tues., May 8 (7 pm) Muhi: Generally Temporary Directed by Rina CastelnuovoHollander, Tamir Elterman Muhi: Generally Temporary lands us in an all too urgent political predicament, but startlingly reframes Palestinian perseverance and struggle. A newborn stricken with an immune-disorder, Muhi was taken from Gaza to Israel, where amputations saved him—his arms and legs were cut off below the elbows and knees. But he and his grandfather aren’t allowed to leave the hospital (“security regulations”); they’ve been there four years already.

A moon-faced boy, inquisitive, smiley, and sharp, Muhi walks in his prostheses at a picnic on the third level of the parking garage or chats with his grandfather about his condition. He’s interned, a detainee, like many Palestinians, only more dependent. Israel’s a limbo, the hospital both a holding-cell and salvation, as Muhi won’t get adequate treatment in Gaza. Eloquent, poetic, and starkly moving, though, this doc gives him profound attention and care.

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Mariel Buckley shares a part of herself with each song on Driving In The Dark

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f you’re looking to hear some contemplative, solemn, and passionate Americana-outlaw country tunes about our bizarre modern world, you don’t have to look long once you find Calgary’s Mariel Buckley. The young singer-songwriter has a way of emulating the greats like Lucinda Williams and Patsy Cline, though her newest album Driving in the Dark—set to release tomorrow—could also be compared to The Boss, a.k.a.

Bruce Springsteen.

Driving in the Dark is certainly a crunchier, more melancholy release for Buckley. The album was produced by Leeroy Stagger, who took a big part in crafting the band’s instrumentation and orchestration to fit the vibe of each song. This makes Driving in the Dark much different from Buckley’s debut Motorhome, a quieter,

mostly acoustic album backed up by a string trio.

“He [Stagger] built this studio two and a half years ago that was this big kind of A-frame churchstyle looking room,” Buckley says. “It was just as an add-on to the back of his house in Lethbridge. It had this really awesome, one-room quality to it so we were able to do pretty much everything live off the floor.”

Touching on times of personal chaos, instability, and courage, Driving in the Dark has a subtle way of relating with its listeners.

“You’re sharing a part of yourself and that’s a very selfish act, but you want to have people come in and relate to those moments of turmoil and success,” Buckley says. “I think everybody goes through the same turmoil at some point in their lives.”

Buckley’s songs are made up of

stories that live in a world of both sincere and mythical nostalgia.

Usually, songs begin with a specific feeling that turns into a line or phrase that Buckley ruminates on until she gets it down on paper.

“That’s usually how a lot of characters are born too,” she says. “I’ll sort of start on a tangent about myself, and it will develop into something else which usually turns into a song.”

And every lyric comes off as genuine. Even though Buckley does convey the common outlaw country tropes, she has a unique way of making them her own.

Take a song like “Jumping the Fence,” a song that starts off with a reverberating guitar line that echoes through out the track.

Listening to the lyrics, it becomes clear Buckley is singing about a past lover who has wronged her,

or vice versa. We then get some interesting spaghetti westernlike imagery of Buckley or one of her characters, “jumping the fence” since someone’s daddy has a “loaded gun in the basement.”

So, is this an experience that has actually happened to Buckley?

“For that song, that’s an embellished fact for sure,” she says.

“Although I’ve never been shot at, I have seen some guns in some basements, and that song is from personal experience.”

That’s why Buckley has an authentic sound in a genre where many musicians clearly try to replicate others. She puts a part of herself in every song.

“There’s a fine line of paying homage to something and ripping it off without being authentic,” she says.

“I think Colter Wall is a good example of somebody who has a style reminiscent of something, but he’s

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doing it in a very subjective and interesting way that’s new. That’s kind of what I aim to do—do it justice and be true to yourself.”

For her album release shows in Edmonton and Calgary, Buckley will be backed up by a band that has a few of its members that have musical roots in Edmonton with Brayden Treble (Post Script and VISSIA) on guitar, Kurtis Cockerill (Tropic Harbour, The Denim Daddies) on bass, and Nich Davies (VISSIA) on drums. Jess March will also help on harmony vocals and percussion while Keane Eng will also be on guitar.

“We have moved from being a string trio to a full band show with a five-piece,” Buckley says.

“I’m still primarily acoustic, but I think we’re going to do the new album live justice.”

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INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE Rosie & the Riveters create a soundtrack for 21st century feminism with Ms. Behave

Fri., May 4 (7 pm) Rosie & the Riveters The Aviary $25 at doors

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he power of song can be a monument to revolution.

Whether a love song, an ode to nature, or a politically-fuelled rapture, music inspires beyond the space between the notes.

Rosie & the Riveters’ new album, Ms. Behave, is an album with this in mind.

With soulful drawls, punchy dynamics, and resonate lyrics, the soul/jazz quartet’s release awakens the feminist nature they always had sleeping inside.

Not to say they weren’t feminists before, but singer/guitarist Alexis Normand believes there was a certain hesitation that the band relinquished on the album.

“We were in denial. We’ve often questioned whether what we’re doing is the right thing and it takes courage to do go through with ideas,” she says.

Spurred by a natural proclivity to rally that courage and create an album where the band’s sensibilities are laid bare, Ms. Behave is as much the public’s conversation as it is the band’s.

The onset of the #metoo campaign and Weinstein scandal has women feeling more empowered to speak up, and Ms. Behave parallels this change, thus becoming a soundtrack for feminism in the 21st century.

With a bulk of the album written between Saskatchewan

and Toronto, and during a time when the Jian Ghomeshi and Bill Cosby trials were national headlines, Ms. Behave is a testament to breaking past the walls of doubt and denial that often plague victims.

The band, and this album particularly, harness the power of, as Normand puts it: “The world’s greatest untapped resource: women.”

And it is only fitting that songs on the album, like “I Believe You” and “Let ‘Em Talk,” mirror this public discourse.

“It’s been interesting to see the songs evolve and become a part of the conversation. To see ‘I Believe You’ fit into that narrative is interesting to observe,” Normand says. For Rosie & the Riveters, when you empower women, you “invest in communities.”

While music inspires change, a platform is a luxury only granted to few. Normand and the band have used theirs to further women’s issues globally by donating 20 percent of proceeds from merchandise through Kiva.org, an international non-profit website dedicated to “connect people and alleviate poverty.”

“We’ve supported over 200 projects and donated up to $10,000 for women’s initiatives.”

From helping stock a woman’s clothing store in Ecuador or donating to the YWCA, who help victims of sexual assault, Rosie & the Riveters is not just a band, but a movement, much

like thegroup’s namesake during the Second World War. “For us, Rosie represents women stepping up and working to learn from each other,” she says. “Now, with our feminist evolution, it makes sense, and we embrace it.”

And seeing is believing. The original line-up consists of three women with barbershop back and forth vocals with each vocalist sharing lead. With the addition of drums, bass, and electric guitar, the sound is sonic and striking. It’s mom and pop-type curls and colours, but mom is crushing walnuts with her bare hands. Their aesthetic juxtaposes conventions—taking the spirit of Rosie and catapulting it to redefine the elegance and power of women.

Though Ms. Behave sees Rosie & the Riveters cultivating their look to illustrate their message, Normand says there is always a light dose of humour added to the mix—another way to empower their audiences.

“This is how we have fun. It’s important we have a strong visual appeal that matches the intention of the music and who we are; it’s something we’ve always enjoyed,” she says.

Normand says the journey is about understanding, and with fans and a team of people encouraging and inspiring them to go on, and women everywhere echoing sentiments Rosie & the Riveters believe are important, perhaps the road might not seem so winding.

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Performing on stage with live instruments as well as producing and mixing can lead to some difficulties, says Rodman—feedback being the worst one—but it also allows room for freedom you wouldn’t normally have in the electronic scene.

“You can really get into improvising different stuff,” he says.

“Especially Nate and I bouncing off each other with the keyboard and guitar—we can noodle back and forth and work off the crowd. A lot of [the music] is just soloing and trying to create some kind of journey for people, or myself.”

This improvisational mentality expands into Moontricks’ writing process as well. Most of the time, one of the guys will come up with a simple

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hat do you get when you mix grassroots blues with EDM style beats? You get Moontricks, a band based out of the Kootenays in British Colombia.

The duo consists of Sean Rodman on guitar, vocals, and banjo and Nathan Gurleym (who goes by the stage name Nog Osiris) on production, keys, and harmonica. Together, the two of them mix up a distinct blend of blues and soul set against a solid chilled-out electronic backbone.

Rodman grew up listening to a lot of folk music as a kid— especially Bob Dylan—and has played folk in various other bands over the years. Osiris, on the other hand, grew up listening to hip-hop and started producing when he was in high school. Despite their differences in musical upbringings, they both had a love of electronic music, and began mixing the two traditions.

“For whatever reason, stomping banjo seems to work well with pounding beats,” Rodman

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chord progression or tune and send it to the other. Then the other will play around with it and send it back, continuously passing the files back and forth until they have a song.

“It can take any direction at times. Sometimes you’ll have something—one of us will think its going one way—I’ll throw down some banjo on it even though it doesn’t seem like it would make sense, then suddenly it works out in that direction. It can really take it’s own direction as we’re going,” Rodman says.

This is also the reason that Moontricks prefers to release singles and EPs over fulllength albums.

“We end up writing in so many different styles of music that to put a bluegrass-stomping banjo track directly beside a funk song on an album can just seem a little jarring,” he says.

Even with their small catalogue of music, the band has been making a name for themselves.

In 2017, the band won three awards at the Kootenay Music Awards: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Electronic Producer. The duo also just returned from a tour of Australian music festivals in January.

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says. “It just kind of came together nicely.”

Rodman and Osiris met each other 10 years ago, when Rodman moved to Argenta, B.C. in the Kootenays—a community of less than 150 people. Osiris came back home from school in Vancouver over the summers, and the two of them began playing music together. They hit it off, and Rodman joined Moontricks, replacing another guitarist in the band.

AVIARY Rosie and The Riveters

9pm

BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE

Fri., May 4 (9 pm) Moontricks (May The 4th Be With You) w/ many UBK artists 9910 $25 at doors

ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

ACCENT LOUNGE Tzadeka with

oke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm

British Columbia’s bluegrass/EDM duo Moontricks have become a happy surprise for the electronic scene

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating guests each week

THU MAY 3

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Kara-

Moontricks have become a staple act for festivals / Supplied

THE COMMON The Common

DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY The Rural

Routes; 9pm FIONN MACCOOL’S–DOWNTOWN

Michael Chenoweth; 5-7pm; No cover FIONN MACCOOL'S–SKYVIEW

Michael Chenoweth; 8-10:15pm; No cover THE FORGE ON WHYTE

Resurrection presents May the Fourth Be With You; 8pm HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH HTAC Open Stage; First

Fri of every month, until Jun 1; 7-10pm

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

Fri-Sat

SAT MAY 5 ALIBI PUB & EATERY Rising Star

Showcase of Cooper Studios; Every Sat, 12-3pm AVIARY 'Driving In The Dark'

Album Release Show featuring Mariel Buckley with Amy van Keeken; 8pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door) B-STREET BAR Karaoke; Every Fri-Sat, 9:30pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of

the Dog: Peter & The Wolves; 4-6pm; No cover BLIND PIG PUB Saturday afternoon live music showcase; Every Sat, 3-7pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Borrowed and Blue; 8:30-10:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Sam Spades;

9pm BOHEMIA Rock & Pop with Tooth

And Nail, Jesse Jeffery Jones and more; 7pm; $10; No minors

SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am

LB'S PUB Amie Weymes & The Atta Boys; 9pm; No minors

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Kara-

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The Katz

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Karoake at

BRU COFFEE & BEER HOUSE YEG

N Jammers Thursday Night Wail; Every Thu, 7:30-11pm

ON THE ROCKS Slow Walkin'

SQUARE 1 COFFEE Singer/

Walter; 9pm

Songwriter Open Mic Hosted

by Tommy Barker; Every Thu, 7-9:30pm

REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL Funkafeelya: "May The

STARLITE ROOM

Preoccupations with Freak Heat Waves; 8pm; $16; 18+ only TAVERN ON WHYTE Open stage with Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am WOODRACK CAFÉ Birdie on

a Branch; 2nd Thu of every month, 7-8:30pm; No cover (donations welcome) YARDBIRD SUITE Amina

Figarova Sextet; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $26 (members), $30 (guests)

Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE Suzuki

Charter School 23rd Annual Spring Concert–Celebrating Classical Music and Broadway Musicals; 6:30pm; $15

DJs

the Leaf; Every Fri, 9pm; Free

oke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm Music presents Maia Meister, Natalia Chai, Amanda Penner, Naeem Gabriel; 8pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Shane Larmand; 8pm; $10

4Th Be With You" Party; 9:30pm; Free

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

RENDEZVOUS PUB StellaFox,

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open

Life Like Fire, King Ring, Nancy, This is the silence; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show)

Rockzilla; 9pm mic; 6-10pm; Free CASINO EDMONTON Mars; 9pm

Party; Evrey Fri-Sat, 9pm

CASK AND BARREL Mike and Dove; 4-6pm; No cover

RIVER CREE–The Venue

CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON

RICHARD'S PUB DJ Brad House

Menopause the Musical; 7pm (doors), 9pm (show); Tickets staring at $40.99

The Alice Cooper Experience; 7-11pm; $24.95 plus GST. No minors; Reserved seating

ROSE & CROWN PUB Chance

CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT

Devlin; 9pm

The Headlights; 9pm; Free

SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke

CHVRCH OF JOHN TING #002;

with entertainment, Every Fri, 9pm

DENIZEN HALL Champ City

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Shaguar

Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat

with Electric Audrey 2 and The Frolics; 9pm; $10

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY The Rural

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Bands at

Jake Buckley; 9pm SIDELINER’S PUB Friday Night

10pm

Routes; 9pm the Empress; Every Sat, 4-6pm; Free; 18+ only

Bands: live music; Every Fri

THE FORGE ON WHYTE Plantrae;

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main

STARLITE ROOM Capital City

9pm; 18+ only

Fl: Rock N' Roll, Funk & Soul

Burlesque Presents: May-C/DC; 9pm; $20; 18+ only

HILLTOP PUB Open stage hosted

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

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UNION HALL NAV & 88glam;

by Simon, Dan and Pascal; Every Sat, 4-7pm; Free

7pm

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Homemade

Jam; 3-7pm; Free

MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands

every Sat ON THE ROCKS Slow Walkin'

Walter; 9pm REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL

Radioactive; 9:30pm; Free RENDEZVOUS PUB The

Rubber Bullies, Bad Communicators, Junkies Rush; 8pm (doors), 10pm (show) RICHARD'S PUB DJ Brad

House Party; Evrey Fri-Sat, 9pm RIVER CREE–The Venue

Menopause the Musical; 7pm (doors), 9pm (show); Tickets staring at $40.99 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE

Cinco De Mayo featuring Maracujah; 8pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door) ROSE & CROWN PUB Chance

Devlin; 9pm SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Phunkdified Presents: Hip Hop Night; 9pm; $10 SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Mark

Ammar’s Saturday Sessions Jam; Every Sat, 4-8pm • Crank; 9pm; $10; All ages SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Jake Buckley;

9pm STARLITE ROOM Infected

Mushroom; 9pm; $35; 18+ only TEMPLE–STARLITE ROOM

The Penske File withguests Sparrows, Tigerwine and more; 5pm; $10; 18+ only UNION HALL Dion Timmer;

9pm; 18+ only YARDBIRD SUITE John

Stowell and Kendra Shank Duo; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $20 (members), $24 (guests)

Classical FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Illuminating the

Sistine Chapel; 8pm ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Mill Creek Colliery

Band presents Last Night of the Proms; 7:30pm ST. ANDREW’S UNITED CHURCH Diaries of A

Teenage Wunderkind; 1pm & 3pm TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

Generous Land; 8-10pm; $20 (adults), $15 (students/ seniors) WINSPEAR CENTRE Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents: Music Comes Alive! Conducted by Alexander Prior; 2pm; $15-$3

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

$10 (student)

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Zyppy with DJ Late

THE COMMON Get Down

8pm

It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

DJs Fee; Every Sun GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ;

Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, motown, funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs;

Every Fri-Sat

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

BLUES ON WHYTE Blues

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB

Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free FIDDLER'S ROOST Open

Stage; 7-11pm JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Nana

Mouskouri - Forever Young Tour; 7:30pm; $46 and up (Ticketmaster) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

Fiddlers Acoustic Music Jam & Dancing; 7-10pm RIVER CREE–The Venue

ALIBI PUB AND EATERY Open

George Thorogood & The Destroyers–Rock Party Tour; 6pm (doors), 8pm (show); Tickets staring at $55.99

mic night; Every Sun, 6-9pm

SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/

BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig

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

SUN MAY 6

Pub Ham Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm; No cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Jazz Brunch with Charlie Austin; 9am-2pm; By donation BLUES ON WHYTE Sam

Spades; 9pm HAVE MERCY Bring Your

Own Vinyl ON THE ROCKS Klusterfunk;

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie

Classical FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Illuminating the

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M

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

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

Taco Tuesday with resident DJs

WED MAY 9 AVIARY Hunchback with

Bloom Circle; 7:30pm; $10 (adv) BLUES ON WHYTE Wild T &

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Lady

Lynne and The Grinders; Every Wed, 7:30-11pm

Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE Winspear Overture Tour; 12pm; Email Michelle Jones to RSVP

DJs Main Floor: DJ Late Fee;

The Spirit; 9pm

K

KONFLICT & MISS. BENZO

w/ The HonorRoll Family

MAY 5 MAY 11

VIDEO DANCE PARTY w/ Hey! Listen!

FACE FIRST

w/ Chase Havoc and The Railtown Park Band

WEST EDMONTON MALL MAY 4

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

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SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON MAY 4

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Every Wed

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EVENTS

Twain; 6:30pm (doors), 7:30pm (show); $59 and up

TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke;

O

UPCOMING

Karaoke Wednesday

9pm

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MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU PARTY

w/ Funkafeelya

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

MAY 5

RADIOACTIVE

MAY 10

THROWBACK THURSDAY w/ The Sissy Fits

For tickets and full listings TheRecRoom.com The Rec Room is owned by Cineplex Entertainment L. P.

TUE MAY 8 BLUES ON WHYTE Bob Cook

& the Dudes; 9pm

OTTEWELL UNITED CHURCH

Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

Series 6: Robert Uchida and Peter Allen; 7:30-10:30pm; $35 (adult), $25 (senior),

Session: Rubim De Toledo's Reclaim Collective; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

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

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

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle

WINSPEAR CENTRE Main

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday

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

Lunchpail

Sistine Chapel; 8pm Jazz and Reflections featuring the Kent Sangster Quartet; 3:30-5pm; Admission by donation at the door

Reed Band; Every Tue, 7:30-11pm

Good Thing

Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm; Free

TRIFFO THEATRE–ALLARD

DJs

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rusty

CD / LP

LEON BRIDGES

LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang

HALL Edmonton Winds Presents: Music Without Borders; 7-9:30pm; $20 (general admission), $15 (students/seniors)

RICHARD’S PUB Live

SANDS INN & SUITES Open

Cory Danyluk, Duane Elias, Dave Allen, Alex Dawkins; 7pm; $10; No minors

10442 whyte ave 439.1273 10442 whyte ave 439.1273

Classical

9pm musician jam with live karaoke, hosted by the Ralph Pretz Band; Every Sun, 4-8pm

HAVE MERCY Piano Karaoke featuring with Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm

SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Made Hill; 7pm; No cover

on Whyte Is Punk 1 Night; 9pm; $10

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

HAVE MERCY Outlaw Country Vinyl Night with Sheriff Taylor; Every 3rd Tue of the month • To-Do Tuesday: open mic night hosted by Justin Perkins

AVIARY Jay Gilday with Man

ENVY NIGHT CLUB

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

9:30pm

LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open Jam Hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge

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

Wong every Sat

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

9:30pm

MON MAY 7

Resident DJs playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover Resolution Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

Rosie & the Riveters Aviary May 4, 7pm

/ Crystal Skrupski

VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT LOUNGE 8223-104 St ALIBI PUB & EATERY 17328 Stony Plain Rd THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARIA'S BISTRO 10332-81 Ave, 780.972.4842, ariasbistro.com AVIARY 9314-111 Ave B-STREET BAR 11818-111 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne Street St. Albert BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 3226-82 St, 780.462.1888 BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE 8937-82 Ave BRU COFFEE & BEER HOUSE 11965 Jasper Ave CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041-104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn.com COMMON 9910-109 St DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall.com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 11113-87 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DOW CENTENNIAL CENTRE 870084 St, Fort Saskatchewan DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW

ENVY NIGHT CLUB West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN 10200-102A Ave FIONN MACCOOL'S–SKYVIEW 13580-137 Ave FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10025-105 St THE FORGE ON WHYTE 10549-82 Ave (Whyte Ave) GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy. ca HILLTOP PUB 8220-106 Ave NW HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 11455-87 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR & GRILL 9016-132 Ave MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OTTWELL UNITED CHURCH 661193a Ave PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON 1725-99 St NW REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL 8882-170 St NW RICHARD’S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3117 RIVER CREE–THE VENUE 300 E Lapotac Blvd ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave ROGERS PLACE 10214-104 Ave ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9562-82 Ave SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH 9915-148 St NW STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TEMPLE–STARLITE ROOM 10030102 St TRIFFO THEATRE–ALLARD HALL 11104-104 Ave TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 1001481 Ave NW UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca WILD EARTH BAKERY–MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.428.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780.

757.0380, thewoodrackcafe.com Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

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GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS ADULT DANCE CLASSES • Quantum Leap Dance, 11232-163 St • 780.974.0309 • MON: Adult Tap, 7-8pm; Stretch & Strength with Jazz, 8-9:15pm • Wed: Floor Barre 6:45-7:45, Adult Ballet 7:459:15pm • Drop in Rate $15.75 (inc. GST); 5, 10, 15 Class passes available AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm

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

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

BALLROOM DANCE ASSOCIATION • Central Lions Recreation Centre, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • ebda.ca • An evening of ballroom, latin, country dancing • 1st Sat of every month, 8pm (doors)

CARROT COFFEE FRIENDSHIP CLUB • Carrot Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • Have a cup of coffee with 55+ individuals single, divorced, or widowed who are looking to make new friends with neighbours in our local communities of: Delton, Eastwood, Parkdale – Cromdale, Westwood, Spruce Ave, and Alberta Avenue • Every Wed, 1-2pm

DANCE CLASSES WITH GOOD WOMEN DANCE COLLECTIVE • Muriel Taylor Studio at Ruth Carse JL Appleby a.k.a. Deep Cedar / Supplied

THE TRAVELLING MOUNTAIN BARD

Deep Cedar draws inspiration from his environment, its people, and everything in between

Fri., May 4 (7: 30 pm) Deep Cedar Carrot Community Arts Coffee House $5 general admission

S

ome people would say that the Canadian Rocky Mountains are the most breath-taking mountains in the world, but singer-songwriter JL Appleby of Deep Cedar and The National Park Collections, the mountains are where he finally found his voice. He says this with longing in his voice, currently wrapping up a solo guitar tour around Australia.

“It has been an incredible experience and I have made a lot of good connections and good times here; I can’t thank Australia enough. But I know I’m ready to get back to Canada and the mountains,” Appleby says.

Deep Cedar and The National Park Collections released their EP Loons back in 2016. The album has a lonesome folk style ,and influenced by alt-country and indie. JL Appleby did all the

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writing for Loons and has a lot more, but unfortunately at the time, four songs was all him and his band could afford. Since then all the members have gone travelling, which makes it difficult to maintain the band, hence the solo guitarist tour.

“I would love to have a fivepiece folk band out here because the people here love it,” he says. And the National Parks Collection is just a mix of really good friends growing up in Canmore who are just really talented musicians. I mean I still play with them whenever I can.”

Appleby is not distressed though, he and his friends have lived hard lives, well ski bum lives.

“That living by your coat tails and getting inspiration from the little things—whether it is a small conversation, or whether it is being stranded, or running out of money, being homeless.

It all comes from reflection.”

Most of Appleby’s songs are about contemplation, growing older, seasonal change, and re-

alizations. They have a hidden meanings or just tell a story. He draws his influences from his surroundings, environment, and how he is feeling.

“Everything that I write about is real and has happened. I don’t sit down to write a song because someone said I should. I sit down and go that was hard week and that will influence me,” he says. “It’s just nice to be creative with music and sit down to tell a story but not the whole story.”

Appleby is a big advocate for travelling and living in the moment. He encompasses those feelings in his songs and at the end of the day, he really just wants to meet people.

“People should know one thing about me is that I like my tea with honey and company and I’m always up for a chat or sit down.

I try to be as friendly and as inclusive as possible. Especially when I’m on tour, I like to sit down with locals because everyone has a story no matter how boring or trivial they think it is.”

Sean Carmichael

Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Ave • info@goodwomen. ca • goodwomen.ca/classes • Every Tue, Thu, Fri; 10-11:30am • $15 (drop-in), $65 (5 class pack), $100 (10 class pack)

DeepSoul.ca • 780.217.2464; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Most Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins and Les Paul Standard; Pink Floyd-ish originals plus great covers of classics: some free; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages DOWNTOWN EDMONTON BOOK CLUB • Downtown Edmonton Community League, 10042-103 St • facebook.com/declorg • Open to anyone who lives, works, or plays downtown and wants to meet new people, have great conversations, and read cool stuff • Every 2nd Wed, 7-8:30pm

DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue & Wed, 7pm • $5 (with drink purchase)

DROP-IN LARP • Jackie Parker Park • westernwinds.summerfrost.ca • Battle games and fighter practice using provided safe weapon boffer. An exciting way to get exercise while meeting new people with similar passions • Every Sat, 1:15pm • Free EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com EDMONTON PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORIAL SOCIETY • Highlands Library • 780.436.3878 • edm_photographic_hist_society_2@yahoo. ca • All interested in sharing the joys of film photography, such as experiences or favourite equipment • 3rd Wed of the month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul & Aug)

FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE • Remedy Cafe, 8631-109 St • faccedmonton@ gmail.com • fertilityawarenesschartingcircle.org • 1st Mon each month (Oct-Jun), 6:30-8:30pm • $10 (suggested donation) • RSVP at faccedmonton@ gmail.com

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575115 St NW • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@ gmail.com • flamencoenvivo.com • Every Sun until

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

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

LGNYEG • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave NW • happyharborcomics.com • Events may include guest speakers, movie nights, board game nights, video game nights and much more • 1st Thu of the month

MILE ZERO DANCE DROP-IN DANCE & MOVEMENT CLASSES • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • mzdsociety@gmail.com • milezerodance.com/classes • Mile Zero Dance holds a number of drop-in dance & movement classes for people of all experience levels & ages; Mon: Contact Improv (7-9pm); Tue: House/Hip Hop with Sekou (6-7pm), Butoh with Sonja Myllymaki (7-9pm); Wed: Noguchi Taiso (1011:30am), Beginner Modern with Kathleen Hughes (67pm); Thu: Authentic Movement with Isabelle Rousseau (*Must pre-register*) (10am-12pm), Kids’ Dance with Jeannie Vandekerkhove (ages 3–5) (1-1:45pm) • $15 (regular drop-in), $12 (members drop-in), $15 (annual memberships), $100 (10-Class Card, which can be used for various classes. Purchase it at Eventbrite)

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

MONTHLY MEDITATION AND VEGAN BRUNCH • Padmanadi Vegetarian Restaurant, 10740-101 St • info@vofa.ca • bit.ly/2hO97nq • 1st Sat of every month, 9am-12pm • Free (confirm via Facebook or email)

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

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

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

PAINTING FOR PLEASURE • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon SACRED CIRCLE DANCE • Riverdale Community Hall, 9231-100 Ave • edmontonsacredcircledance@gmail.com • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music. No partner required • 2nd Wed of the month (beginners), 4th Wed of the month (experienced), 7-9pm • $10 SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

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

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

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St.

Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 9888 Jasper Ave. 10th floor; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Foresters Toastmaster Club: SEESA, 9350-82 St;

587.596.5277; Every Tue, 7-8:30pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: norators.com; meet every Thu, 7pm • Norwood Toastmasters: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St NW; norwoodtoastmasters.ca; Every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com; Meet every Tue, 7-9pm

asked to bring snacks to share); everyone welcome

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION GUIDE HIKE • waskahegantrail.ca

NERD NITE SEASON FINALE • Westbury Theatre at the ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave NW • edmonton. nerdnite.com • Where drinking and lectures go hand in hand. Lectures: "Why it’s good to be dirty: how bacteria keep you healthy"

by Monica Davis, "Give it Away, Give it Away, Give it Away Now" by Scott Lundell, "Maple Flavoured Recoil: Firearms Law and Ownership in Canada" by Jason Arnold • May 8, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show) • $20 (service charges apply) • 18+ only

• Century Park (Section D of paid lot): East Battle River (Duhamel) to Rest & Be Thankful; May 6, 8:45am-3pm

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

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS AIR SPRAY: 50 YEARS OF SAVING FORESTS AND COMMUNITIES • Alberta Aviation Museum, 11410 Kingsway • events@albertaaviationmuseum.com • albertaaviationmuseum.com • Learn about Air Spray’s history and the history of wildfire suppression in Alberta • May 10, 7-9pm • $8 (members), $10 (non-members)

DARK MATTERS ON YOUR MARK! • TELUS World of Science, 11211-142 St • 780.451.3344 • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/dark-matters • An 18+ event, where the science is served on the rocks and the adults come out to play. How do you stack-up compared to elite athletes and performance artists? Learn what it takes to reach full potential, as you compete with friends in feats of strength, agility, memory, artistry and grace • May 17, 7-10pm DRIVERLESS CARS: RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER • Telus World of Science, 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/science-tap • 780.451.3344 • info@twose.ca • What do driverless cars mean for our way of life, society, and economy? Join a panel of experts on driverless cars as we discuss the opportunities and challenges of bringing driverless cars to Edmonton in the near future • May 4, 7-9pm • $10 (adv), $15 (door)

GREAT EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL SLIDE • St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 84240-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 (Gerry Staring), 780.435.6406 (John Woollard), 780.454.6216 (Sylvia Krogh) • Tanzania & Rwanda (May 7), Barbeque at Sylvia Krogh’s, 11561-136 St • First Mon of the month, 7:30pm • $3 donation (guests are

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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.

Call Valerie at P.A.L.S. 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca Have you always wanted to volunteer at Folk Fest, but couldn’t get past the wait list?

Why don’t you try volunteering with Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival, June 2 & 3?

We are looking for numerous types of helping hands!

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Edmonton Seniors Centre, 11111 Jasper Ave • office@edmontonseniorscentre.ca • edmontonseniorscentre.ca/lgbtq-support. html • A safe environment to share: education, stories, and activities • 1st and 3rd Mon of the month, 10:30am-12pm (in the boardroom) • Free

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

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

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SPECIAL EVENTS • University of Alberta, Butterdome, 87 Ave and 114 St • butterdome.ca/spring • Featuring some of the very best talents from the handmade community • May 4-6

DUTCH SPRING MARKET • Dutch Canadian Centre, 13312-142 St • Featuring a European market atmosphere, vendors will be displaying their wares, food will be served at the Dutch kitchen and more • May 12, 10am-6pm E-VILLE ROLLER DERBY PRESENTS: SLICE GIRLS VS LAS PISTOLITAS • Edmonton SportsDome, 10104-32 Ave • brownpapertickets.com • The reigning Gage Cup champions Slice Girls hit the track vs the formidable Las Pistolitas • May 5, 6-9pm • $10 (adv at Brown Paper Tickets or Mars & Venus), $15 (door), free (kids 10and under)

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • 780.452.8211 • happyharborcomics.com • Free Comic Book Day is the annual celebration of comics and Happy Harbor continues its tradition of being the best place to be for it • May 5, 10am-5pm HAND2HAND MOTHERS DAY MARKET • Terwillegar Community Church, 1751 Towne Centre Blvd • hand2hand.ca • Sixty local vendors with handmade goods and goodies • May 6, 10am-4pm • Free

NorthWestFest • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • northwestfest.ca • The documentary and media arts festival. Featuring more than 30 feature films and 20 short films • May 3-13

ROYAL BISON ART & CRAFT FAIR • 8426 Gateway Blvd • royalbison.ca • Two rooms filled with the best of Edmonton's handmade goodies • May 11-13 TASTE OF STONY PLAIN ROAD • 15540 Stony Plain Road • 780.477.5169 • stonyplainroadbia.ca/tospr • Dive head first into new culinary adventures and sample selections from Edmonton's West end • May 4, 5-8pm

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Register in person, by phone or online.

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Are you an artist with knowledge to share? Then you’re in luck! Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival, June 2 & 3, is looking for 2-3 artists to facilitate a creative workshop. Open to innovative ideas!

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Heart of the City Festival Society is calling all Singer/Song Writers. We are opening applications for a mentorship with Edmonton legend Bill Bourne. The successful candidate will get two two-hour sessions focused on song writing and performance and will perform with Bill Bourne at the Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival. Emailheartcitymusic@gmail.com for information.

It’s hear...I mean here! Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival is searching all brands of musical genres to play on the Main Stage, June 2 & 3.

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I wish I had a better question, but this is all I have: My friends and I were discussing the nuances of a straight orgy (a roughly equal number of male and female participants) versus a gang bang (one woman, many men), and we observed that there is no proper name for a one man, many women situation. The internet tells me it’s just a “reverse gang bang,” which is a very disappointing name. Can we please establish a new one?

CURIOUS NONPARTICIPANT How does “pussy riot” grab you? And while we’re on the subject of flipping gendered expressions: A number of years ago, I was asked to come up with a female version of “sausage fest.” Sticking with the food theme, I proposed “clam bake.” Still mystified as to why it didn’t catch on.

CELIBATE BLUES

Married from 28 to 36, single the last three years, and celibate most of the last couple years. The last two years of my marriage were sexless, and I saw professionals until I was priced out. I could probably earn twice what I’m making now if I moved away, but my current job gives me the flexibility to spend afternoons with my young kids. Last year, I had a brief relationship (that included the best sex of my life), but I ended it because I needed more me time. So I lack the willingness or the confidence to be in a relationship, and I don’t have the cash to see pros.

I’m not fussed by this. Should I be concerned about my celibacy?

ABSOLUTELY NOT GETTING SEX TODAY

Dan Savage

Seeing as your celibacy is intermittent and by your own choice (you walked away from the best sex of your life for me time?

What kind of mid-’90s Oprah bullshit is that?), ANGST, you’re unlikely to wind up hanging out on an “incel” forum filled with angry, violent, socially maladapted men who blame the fact that they can’t get laid on women and feminism. So long as you continue to take personal responsibility for all the sex you’re not having, there’s nothing to be concerned about.

NO SEX, NO FUN

My boyfriend and I have been together for two years. When we first got together, we had sex every day. Then it dwindled.

We had major problems along the way and separated this winter. During that time, he went to another state. We got back together long-distance, and I received many letters from him saying how much he wanted to have sex with me. He moved back two weeks ago, and we’ve had sex only twice. He used to say he wanted me to make the first move. But if he really wanted me, wouldn’t he make a move? I feel so neglected, yet he claims he loves me. Please give me some insight.

NO SEX FOR WEEKS He says he wants sex (with you), but he doesn’t make a move. You say you want sex (with him), but you don’t make a move. So how about this: The next few times you want sex, NSFW, make a move. If he fucks you two out of three times, maybe he was telling you the truth when he said he’d like you to make the first move.

If he rebuffs you every time, then he doesn’t want to have sex with you—and you’ll have to make a move to end this relationship.

THE “K” WORD

I’m a youngish man who’s been in a loving relationship with an older woman for a year. The only area where the age difference comes into play is largely unspoken between us—she wants kids. All of her friends are having kids, and she’s nearing the end of her childbearing years. I’m nowhere near ready, and I sometimes question whether I want to be monogamous to any one person for life.

We never discuss it, but I can tell how deeply this bothers her and that in her ideal world, I’d be ready to start planning a future with her. I’m racked with guilt at the possibility that by the time I’m ready for that level of commitment (or, worse, by the time I realize I never will be), she’ll be biologically incapable of having kids, which is really important to her. This is all complicated by the fact that this is easily the most loving, trusting, respectful relationship I’ve ever been in.

BOND AFFLICTED BY YEARS Speak, BABY: “Look, you want kids. I’m not ready, and I’m not sure I’ll ever be ready. Also, I’m not sure about lifelong monogamy. If we need to part ways so you can find someone who wants the same things you do and wants them now, I’ll be devastated but I’ll understand.”

SINGLE MINGLE

I’m a 22-year-old woman living in Central Asia doing development work. There are 14 other expats within an hour or two of me, but eight of them are in relationships. I’ve always been the “single friend,” and normally I don’t mind. But being surrounded by couples right now has been a tax on my mental health. I know I’m

young and should be focusing on this amazing opportunity and my career, but I can’t help but feel lonely at times, especially since I can’t speak the local language well and these 14 other people are the only ones near me who speak English.

What should I do?

SINGLE ANONYMOUS DAME Math. Eight of the 14 nearby English-speaking expats are in relationships. That means six nearby expats are single like you, SAD. It’s not a lot of people to choose from in real numbers, I realize, but as a percentage—40 percent of nearby expats are single—it’s statistically significant, as the social scientists say. Focus on this opportunity, focus on your career, and focus on that statistically significant number of nearby singles.

SMOOTHIE

My husband and I listen to your podcast, and we’ve become a little more open about our wants and needs as a result.

Anyway, on two recent occasions, he shaved his pubes.

Both times, I told him it was a turnoff. Like, I literally dried up when I saw it. He said he understood, yet now he’s about to take a trip with friends and he’s done it again. Chest too this time. Assuming he’s telling the truth and this manscaping effort is not about other women (eye roll), is it fair to me? Can I ask him to stop? Shouldn’t he want to stop if it’s a turnoff for me? Do I have to be GGG on this too?

NOT INTO BALD BALLS I feel your pain—but it’s not hair removal that’s an issue in my relationship, but hair growth. My husband would

like to have a mustache. It’s his face (those are your husband’s balls), and he can do what he wants with his face (your husband can do what he wants with his balls). But I can do what I want with my face, and my face doesn’t touch his when there’s a mustache on it. Similarly, NIBB, you’re not obligated to touch your husband and/or his junk when he’s pubeless.

When I’m out of town, my husband will grow a mustache, and I don’t complain or temporarily unfollow him on Instagram. So long as your husband’s balls/ crotch/chest are smooth only when they’re far from you, it shouldn’t be an issue in your marriage—unlike the fact that you think he might be fucking another woman (maybe one who’s into bald balls?) or thinking about fucking other women. That’s an issue you’re going to want to address.

CONFIDENTIAL TO EVERYONE IN TORONTO: You’re in my thoughts, a.k.a. atheist prayers.

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hate rampant consumerism almost as much as I hate hatred, so I don’t offer the following advice lightly: Buy an experience that could help liberate you from the suffering you’ve had trouble outgrowing. Or buy a toy that can thaw the frozen joy that’s trapped within your out-of-date sadness.

Or buy a connection that might inspire you to express a desire you need help in expressing. Or buy an influence that will motivate you to shed a belief or theory that has been cramping your lust for life. Or all of the above! (And if buying these things isn’t possible, consider renting.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): These days you have an enhanced ability to arouse the appreciation and generosity of your allies, friends, and loved ones. The magnetic influence you’re emanating could even start to evoke the interest and inquiries of mere acquaintances and random strangers. Be discerning about how you wield that potent stuff. On the other hand, don’t be shy about using it to attract all the benefits it can bring you. It’s OK to be a bit greedier for goodies than usual as long as you’re also a bit more compassionate than usual.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I bet that a healing influence will arrive from an unexpected direction and begin to work its subtle but intense magic before anyone realizes what’s happening. I predict that the bridge you’re building will lead to a place that’s less flashy but more useful than you imagined. And I’m guessing that although you may initially feel jumbled by unforeseen outcomes, those outcomes will ultimately be redemptive. Hooray for lucky flukes and weird switcheroos!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Born under the astrological sign of Cancer, Franz Kafka is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s major literary talents. Alas, he made little money from his writing.

Among the day jobs he did to earn a living were stints as a bureaucrat at insurance companies. His superiors there praised his efforts. “Superb administrative talent,” they said about him. Let’s use this as a take-off point to meditate on your destiny, Cancerian. Are you good at skills you’re not passionate about? Are you admired and acknowledged for having qualities that aren’t of central importance to you? If so, the coming weeks and months will be a favourable time to explore this apparent discrepancy. I believe you will have the power to get closer to doing more of what you love to do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you really wanted to, you could probably break the world’s record for most words typed per minute with the nose (103 characters in 47 seconds). I bet you could also

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shatter a host of other marks, as well, like eating the most hot chilis in two minutes, or weaving the biggest garland using defunct iPhones, or dancing the longest on a tabletop while listening to a continuous loop of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” But I hope you won’t waste your soaring capacity for excellence on meaningless stunts like those. I’d rather see you break your own personal records for accomplishments like effective communications, highquality community-building, and smart career moves.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was among history’s three most influential scientists. Immanuel Kant (17241804) has been described as one of the central figure sin modern philosophy. Henry James (18431916) is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English literature. John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a prominent art critic and social thinker. What did these four men have in common? They never had sex with anyone. They were virgins when they died. I view this fact with alarm. What does it mean that Western culture is so influenced by the ideas of men who lacked this fundamental initiation? With that as our context, I make this assertion: If you hope to make good decisions in the coming weeks, you must draw on the wisdom you have gained from being sexually entwined with other humans.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Every so often, a painter has to destroy painting,” said 20th century abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. “Cézanne did it. Picasso did it with Cubism.

Then Pollock did it. He busted our idea of a picture all to hell.”

In de Kooning’s view, these “destructive” artists performed a noble service. They demolished entrenched ideas about the nature of painting, thus liberating their colleagues and descendants from stale constraints. Judging from the current astrological omens, Libra, I surmise the near future will be a good time for you to wreak creative destruction in your own field or sphere. What progress and breakthroughs might be possible when you dismantle comfortable limitations?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Mayflies are aquatic insects with short life spans. Many species live less than 24 hours, even though the eggs they lay may take three years to hatch. I suspect this may be somewhat of an apt metaphor for your future, Scorpio. A transitory or short-duration experience could leave a legacy that will ripen for a long time before it hatches. But that’s where the metaphor breaks down. When your legacy has fully ripened— when it becomes available as a living presence—I bet it will last a long time.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When a critic at Rolling Stone magazine reviewed the Beatles’ Abbey Road in 1969, he said some of the songs were “so heavily overproduced that they are hard to listen to.” He added, “Surely they must have enough talent and intelligence to do better than this.” Years later, however, Rolling Stone altered its opinion, naming Abbey Road the 14th best album of all time.

I suspect, Sagittarius, that you’re in a phase with metaphorical resemblances to the earlier assessment. But I’m reasonably sure that this will ultimately evolve into being more like the later valuation—and it won’t take years.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, love should be in full bloom. You should be awash in worthy influences that animate your beautiful passion.

So how about it? Are you swooning and twirling and uncoiling?

Are you overflowing with a lush longing to celebrate the miracle of being alive? If your answer is yes, congratulations. May your natural intoxication levels continue to rise. But if my description doesn’t match your current experience, you may be out of sync with the cosmic rhythms.

And if that’s the case, please take emergency measures. Escape to a sanctuary where you can shed your worries and inhibitions and maybe even your clothes. Get drunk on undulating music as you dance yourself into a dreamy love revelry.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Life never gives you anything that’s all bad or all good.” So proclaimed the smartest Aquarian six-year-old girl I know as we kicked a big orange ball around a playground. I agreed with her.

“Twenty years from now,” I told her, “I’m going to remind you that you told me this heartful truth.” I didn’t tell her the corollary that I’d add to her axiom, but I’ll share it with you: If anything or anyone or seems to be all bad or all good, you’re probably not seeing the big picture. There are exceptions, however. For example, I bet you will soon experience or are already experiencing a graceful stroke of fate that’s very close to being all good.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Enodation” is an old, nearly obsolete English word that refers to the act of untying a knot or solving a knotty problem. “Enodous” means “free of knots.” Let’s make these your celebratory words of power for the month of May, Pisces. Speak them out loud every now and then. Invoke them as holy chants and potent prayers leading you to discover the precise magic that will untangle the kinks and snarls you most need to untangle.

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