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How fast can we transition to renewable energy? This Germanmade documentary explores the challenges to making a complete turnaround in energy policy towards 100 percent renewables.

Panel discussion to follow with: • Linda Duncan, Member of Parliament, Edmonton Strathcona • Clifton Lofthaug, President, Great Canadian Solar Ltd • Gil McGowan, President, Alberta Federation of Labour • Evan Wilson, Prairies Director, Canadian Wind Energy Association

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'No universal experience of womanhood' Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter opposes bill supporting "gender identity"

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ill C-16, which adds “gender identity” and “gender expression” to the Canadian Human Rights Act, is currently winding its way through the Senate, after being sent up by theHouse of Commons last November.

Experts have recently been invited to share their perspectives; one such group was Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter (VRRS).

You might remember VRRS as the lead villain in the Kimberly Nixon case. Twenty-two years ago, Nixon filed a human rights complaint after the organization rejected her volunteer peer rape counselor application.

VRRS argued that because Nixon was trans, she was socialized from birth as a male and therefore did not have the “proper life experience.” In other words, VRRS decided Nixon was a man and was ineligible to volunteer.

After a 12-year court battle, the B.C. Court of Appeal ultimately ruled in favour of VRRS. Despite the fact that the last 20

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years has seen an increasingly deepened and empathetic conversation emerge about trans people, VRRS appears to have continued to live under a rock. According to a recent CBC article, VRRS is opposed to Bill C-16 because it “threatens ‘femaleborn’ women’s spaces.”

The CBC quotes Hilla Kerner, a member of VRRS, as saying: "If you were born a female, you are doomed.

You are doomed in our society to be second class. You do not have the privilege of growing as a male and have a choice to choose to be a woman. Surely, you cannot say these are the same thing."

Honest to God: from one cisgender woman (and feminist) to another: can

we just calm the fuck down?

Yes, misogyny and patriarchy are real and vital forces in the world.

But trans women suffer under those yokes just as much as ciswomen do.

Trans women don’t “choose” to be women any more than I “chose” to

of “male privilege” and to unqualifyingly claim otherwise is to perpetuate harmful stereotypes about trans people.

But for a moment, let’s put aside the lived experience of trans women and focus on that stereotype that VRRS likes to imagine. In their version, a child is assigned male at birth and happily accepts that label through childhood and adolescence. He is bathed in the warm glow of patriarchal confidence: people tell him he can do whatever he wants. He is taught that women exist for his pleasure. He is hoisted upon his father’s shoulders and told, “everything the light touches is yours!”

Just because someone’s experience of womanhood isn’t your experience, doesn’t mean it’s not an experience of womanhood. be queer.

I have heard accounts from many trans women who describe the intense gender policing they experienced as children, where any expressions of femininity were punished and sometimes literally beaten out of them. That is not an experience

Then one day, perhaps when he’s 20, he awakens to realize that perhaps she’s been a woman her whole life. She begins the process of transitioning and eases into her new life.

Despite the fact that this literally doesn’t happen, even if it did it would not change the fact that that person is still a woman. You know why? Because there is no universal experience of womanhood. None.

My experience of womanhood, as a white queer ciswoman, is different from that of a white straight ciswoman, or a woman who is black, or disabled, or religious, or any of the multitude of other conditions that shape one’s gendered experiences of the world. Just because someone’s experience of womanhood isn’t your experience, doesn’t mean it’s not an experience of womanhood.

But perhaps Kerner is right to be afraid. If there is any justice in the world, Bill C-16 will usher in a VRRS run entirely by trans women.

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Living in preposterous times

Foreign policy standoff looms large over Northeast Asia and Middle East

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ll the talk of special prosecutors, and the like, will not bring the man to book. The soap opera will continue and no amount of dysfunction in the White House will make it stop until early 2019 at best—even though a great deal of damage will have been done by then.

Some of the damage will only affect the United States. Donald Trump doesn’t often violate the Constitution, but he breaks all the unwritten rules that regulate the behaviour of public officials: don’t use your office to enrich yourself, don’t give plum jobs to your relatives, don’t fire the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation because he’s leading an investigation into possibly treasonous behaviour among your close associates, etc.

However, these are domestic American problems, and the American republic will survive them. In four years, or at most eight, Trump will be gone, and more-or-less normal service will resume. But the same recklessness, brought to bear on foreign affairs, may have far bigger consequences.

Most of the concern at the moment is focused on Northeast Asia, where Trump’s scarcely veiled threat to “do something” about North Korea could escalate a long-standing problem into a “major, major conflict.”

However, most other major players

in the Northeast Asian game are grown-ups who do not want a nuclear war in their region, so the risk of a calamity there is much smaller than it looks.

The Middle East is more frightening than Northeast Asia in this context, for half the countries of the regions are already at war, in one way or another, and none of the regimes really feels secure— and Trump has already launched a missile strike against the Syrian regime.

He justified it as retaliation for the alleged use of poison gas by the Assad regime—an allegation that has not been conclusively proved— but most people in the region take it as a sign that he is joining the Sunni side of a region-wide Sunni-Shia war.

This alignment didn’t start with Trump, of course. For more than half a century the United States has seen Saudi Arabia, the effective leader of the Sunni bloc, as its most important ally in the Middle East, and for the past 40 years it has regarded Iran as the root of all evil in the region.

Iran is the leader of the Shia bloc.

In fact, it is the only big and powerful Shia country. Trump has already expressed hostility towards Iran, and his intentions to abandon the treaty that President Obama signed to contain Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions for the next 10 years. On Friday, Trump is making his first foreign visit to Prince Mohammed bin

as vain as Trump, just as impulsive, and just as likely to start a fight he can’t finish.

Prince Mohammed’s escalation of Saudi Arabian support for the al Qaeda-linked faction in the Syrian civil war two years ago was the direct cause for the Russian intervention that ultimately saved the Assad regime. His military intervention in Yemen, trying to put the Saudi Arabian-imposed president back into power has led only to an unwinnable war and a looming famine in the country. And he’s up for fighting Iran too.

In an interview broadcast this month on Saudi TV he said: “we will not wait until the battle is in Saudi Arabia. We will work so the battle is in Iran.” Why? Because, according to the Prince, Iran’s leaders are planning to seize Islam’s most sacred city, Mecca, in the heart of Saudi Arabia, and establish their rule over the world’s billion and a half Muslims.

This is paranoid nonsense. Only one tenth of the world’s Muslims are

The Prince is just as vain as Trump, just as impulsive, and just as likely to start a fight he can’t finish.

Salman, the defacto ruler of Saudi Arabia and leader of the Sunni bloc.

Although Prince Mohammed is almost 40 years younger than Donald Trump, the two men share several striking characteristics. The Saudi Arabian leader (his father, King Salman, is 81 and not fully functional) is not as ignorant as Trump, but the two men are almost twins in temperament. The Prince is just

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Shia. The only three Muslim countries (out of 50) where they are the majority are Iran, Iraq and tiny Bahrein.

Iran sends troops to help the beleaguered, Shia-dominated Assad regime in Syria, and money and weapons to the (Shia) Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. But in the 38 years since the current regime came to power in Tehran, it has never invaded anybody and the notion that it could or would invade Saudi Arabia is simply laughable.

Nevertheless, what matters here are not the facts but what Trump and Prince Mohammed may believe to be the facts. So the prospect of the two men getting together in Riyadh will arouse dread in Iran, and in some other quarters as well.

It’s preposterous to imagine that Saudi Arabia would attack Iran directly or that the United States would encourage Saudi Arabia or pursue such a strategy—or that Russia would let itself be drawn in on the other side. But we do live in preposterous times.

There is no chance that the Republican majority in the US Congress would impeach Donald Trump before the mid-term elections in late 2018, no matter what he does. Unless there is a complete collapse in the Republican vote then, they won’t impeach him either. It’s going to be a long four years.

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REVUE // SUSHI

DISH

Abundant menu offers familiar and unconventional Japanese-Korean cuisine Co-diner and I alight at Soban just after supper hour on a Saturday to find the dining room empty save one other pair of diners; before long, we have the whole place to ourselves.

The server is chipper nonetheless, and Scott Joplin’s "The Entertainer" trinkles out of the house sound system in jocose counterpoint.

Little has changed since its previous incarnation as Sabu, with a light gloss of Japanese knick-knacks and textiles over legacy brick and wood paneling.

The absurdly broad menu also abides from the Sabu days, comprising a comprehensive survey of Japanese and Korean appetizers and entrees—heavy on various styles of sushi rolls—as well as some items that could be politely be described as anomalies. Mexican cheese fries and stir-fried sausage with mozzarella notwithstanding, there’s a lot that sounds reasonably appetizing, though I wouldn’t include in that category sushi rolls that are baked, deep fried or slathered with creamy sauce. I do not know why you would do any of those things to the delicate flavours and textures of sushi. // JProcktor

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oban is the latest iteration of Japanese-Korean gastronomy, in what may once have been a Pizza Hut sometime in the '90s. It's located well east of where 82 Avenue stops being Whyte and starts being godforsaken, in a strip mall probably best known for its massive pet supply store.

The restaurant also appears to have its roots in the sushi mecca of Whitecourt—judging from its website URL. Neither fact augurs a primo sushi experience, but one must remain open to the potential for delight.

Co-diner feels we should branch out from our standard sushi house selections given this plethora of choice, along with the requisite fizzy Japanese lager that would wipe the palate between bites. I must admit, we approach the first few dishes with wariness.

The goma-ae ($7.95) comes first, and though we’re accustomed to highly compressed dark green cubes immured in thick black sesame paste, Soban’s version is loose clumps of cooked spinach, stems intact, in a pool of soy-based dressing. Surprisingly, it is hardly less tasty than usual, bearing goma-ae’s customary sesametinged salty sweetness. The tempu-

Soban Sushi and Roll 7450 82 Ave., 780.756.7228 sobanwhitecourt.com ra—mostly yam with some broccoli and zucchini—though not greasy or heavy has a strong fried flavour. The tuna and salmon sushi ($5.95/two pieces) are fresh and unfishy, with a hidden seam of wasabi between the fish and rice for extra kick. To me, this is the least one should expect.

Perhaps the rolls will elevate Soban above the sushi rank and file?

The Black Dragon roll ($12.95) wraps barbecued eel and attendant dark, savoury sauce around a dynamite roll (avocado, crab stick, tempura shrimp), which certainly has its charm given the range of flavours and textures represented. Same with the fresh salmon roll ($11.50)—a wheel of rice and nori enfolding salmon sashimi, cucumber and avocado, though the drizzle of sriracha-spiked mayo that makes it spicy chafes against my principles.

My favourite item of the night might be the dol sot bibimbap ($14.95)—an array of cooked veggies (spinach, matchsticked carrot, zucchini, and sprouts) and seasoned stir-fried beef served in a hot stone bowl with a soft-fried egg on top.

You mush it all together with a sweet, spicy Korean chili paste called gochujang, while the stone bowl crisps various bits of the meal. If not exceptional, it’s a good example of the dish and completely satisfying.

Even by my questionable standards, Soban is not destination dining, but it pulls off Japanese food relatively well in an atmosphere of haphazard quaintness, and I bet there are pleasures to be discovered further into their Korean offerings. So if you ever find yourself on the western end of the Sherwood Park Freeway with a hankering for bibimbap and rainbow rolls, there is really only one place to go.

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INTERVIEW // NON-FICTION

Journalist Omar Mouallem and firefighter Damian Asher recount the Fort McMurray wildfire

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dmonton writer Omar Mouallem joined forces with Fort McMurray Fire Department captain Damian Asher to share a first-person account of battling the horrific wildfire that destroyed parts of Fort McMurray.

The fire spread across 590,000 hectares before it was declared under control on July 5, 2016. With mass media coverage, the story of the fire was everywhere and Fort McMurray made headlines for new reasons.

Mouallem chatted about his experience working with Asher to write Inside the Inferno: A Firefighter’s Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray.

VW: We all saw the Fort McMurray fire on television screens. How different was it to hear the experiences firsthand working with Damian?

OM: In the book, Damian shares [that] Fort McMurray is a great community that has its troubles, but is very family oriented.

Some people think it's all about the paycheque, and for some living there it is, but if you're an outdoorsy person it's quite a paradise and jaw-droppingly gorgeous out in the

Vue Weekly: Telling the story of the fire accurately for those that endured the horrors must have been quite a task.

Was it daunting?

Omar Mouallem: Our memories fail us even at the best of times, so you can imagine the unreliability of recalling an event that was so chaotic, adrenaline fuelled, and sleep-deprived.

Damian Asher, my co-author and the voice of the story, didn't sleep for 72 hours, so to say much of it was a blur is an understatement. The timeline of the events, of the fire, and how it spread, is well known so it was often a matter of superimposing their vivid memories of incidents they couldn't pin to a time or date.

It also helped to interview nearly 20 firefighters and eventually the puzzle pieces fit together. That really helped Damian understand his own narrative and the sequence of events.

woods—of which there are plenty.

Or there was.

That of course is the wrinkle here: The same geography that makes it a welcoming environment can also make it a hostile environment, and here the beauty became a beast.

Today, it doesn't just look different but it even sounds and feels different, because of the loss of so much timber. It's windier, for instance. One thing Damian will tell you is that the fire redefined Fort McMurray to the world. People thought they had it figured out by reducing it to some capitalistic, opportunistic, pollution-loving stereotypes, until they saw the community's resilience and civility during the biggest evacuation and costliest natural disaster in Canadian history.

VW: In talking with Damian a n d hearing about his grueling experiences battling the fire, what emotions were you feeling?

OM: Most of the time it was astonishment. Firefighters are by nature so humble and selfless, and more than once I found myself wondering, 'how does one reach the point where, on instinct, they just focus on how they can help in literally every situation that arises?'

Their courage would leave me in awe over and over again, especially when you start to understand just how quickly the fire was moving— several kilometres by the hour. I felt heartbreak and sadness, thinking about what it would be like for many of these young parents to send their families away not knowing whether they'd see them again, but I think I felt inspired more than anything else. One thing that will surprise people is how often these guys laughed and joked with each other. Firefighters have quite a sense of humour, they have to in order to cope with what they see on the most average of days.

VW: What lessons about humanity and human nature did this story teach you?

OM: The camaraderie within the fire department, and between different fire departments, is remarkable. It was because of this brotherhood and sisterhood they were able to overcome something so fiercely unprecedented, to collaborate and work as one.

Personally, my favourite chapter in the book is when Damian's crew finds

themselves improvising without a truck because his fire engine exploded from exhaustion.

VW: How do you think the fire has transformed Alberta?

OM: Some good that came out of the fires is that the world finally saw Fort McMurray as the resilient and multicultural community it is—and not the stereotypical ATM of a city people think it is. I think it's reinforced a helpful and friendly spirit in Alberta more than revealed or transformed it.

We saw a similar altruism during the Southern Alberta floods—strangers showing up to strangers homes to shovel mud out of basements for whole days, or in this case, driving towards the fire with food and fuel to help stranded evacuees.

VW: What message do you intend to send with the book?

OM: We just wanted to tell an amazing story about courage under pressure and give a glimpse into the incredible quick thinking required to save this city.

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Inside the Inferno: A Firefighter’s Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray

By Damian Asher w/ Omar Mouallem Published by Simon & Schuster $32

Fort McMurray Fire Department captain Damian Asher // Supplied photo

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Nickelas “Smokey” Johnson from Smokey & the Feelings performing at Bleeding Heart Gallery // Dave Von Bieker

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ne of the most frustrating barriers to creating art is finding a space to work in. SpaceFinder Alberta is changing this with a listing service aiming to provide a robust solution for Albertan creators.

“We’re kind of referring to it as the Airbnb for non-profits and artists to find the spaces that they require to do their work,” Julian Mayne says.

Mayne is the executive director for Arts Habitat Edmonton, the nonprofit company running the service locally. Its mandate is to find and create local spaces for artistic work to flourish, and by combining forces with the similarly focused Calgary Arts Development, they’re scaling up a province-wide listing program that serves a major community need.

“It’s absolutely free to list and it’s absolutely free to use,” Mayne says.

The idea of a free, arts focused listing service isn’t new to the city; Edmonton SpaceFinder existed online 10 years ago, but Mayne says it was difficult to use.

“The interface didn’t work very well,” he explains. “It was a little lumpy, and ultimately it also suffered from not having enough resources to get people signed up.”

With more than 300 registered

spaces in Calgary and more than 100 in Edmonton (up from 70 last month), SpaceFinder Alberta aims to thwart its predecessor's failings. The service is licensed through Fractured Atlas, a U.S. non-profit that runs successful SpaceFinder programs across North America. With a full-scale launch planned for the fall, Mayne says the current goal is to get as many spaces and venues registered as possible.

“That’s the trick,” Mayne says. “It’s actually getting out there and getting people listed. The effectiveness of this tool is completely reliant upon the number of people using it.”

Dave Von Bieker, cofounder and arts chaplain of Alberta Avenue’s Bleeding Heart Art Space, first heard about SpaceFinder over coffee last spring and leapt at the chance to be an early adopter with his gallery.

“There’s probably 75 percent of time in the month where there’s literally nothing happening in the [gallery],” Von Bieker says. “We’re really not fulfilling our mandate to having it be an open space in the community with that, so I'm always looking for ways to improve that and SpaceFinder seemed like a perfect fit.”

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By browsing hundreds of venues, artists can filter locations for the best space that fits their project, helping them discover options they wouldn't discover otherwise.

“If you’re not someone who’s already really coming to Alberta Avenue fairly regularly for different events, you really don't know that we’re here,” Von Bieker says.

He describes SpaceFinder Alberta as “a dating service for spaces.”

“You don't have to be in the same place looking for each other to meet,” Von Bieker says. “You're just kind of looking for anybody that meets certain criteria.”

Mayne says the one-stop-shop kind of accessibility is extremely useful for photo shoots, theatre rehearsals, film screenings, exhibitions, general meetings, podcasts, and more. If the number of listed venues continues to grow, he’s confident SpaceFinder Alberta will become an irreplaceable tool for Edmonton’s community.

“It’s the ability to connect the people who need the space to the people who have the space,” Mayne says. “Maybe even in a more affordable way.”

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BOOK REVUE // UP NORTH

Storytelling Festival

Miles across pages

Canadian duo weaves together sparse population in vibrant new book

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ne of the most iconic northern drives is the Alaska Highway, starting at Dawson Creek in Northeastern B.C., crossing through the Yukon, across the Canada/U.S. border and culminating 1,422 miles away in the small American town of Delta Junction, Alaska.

Author Lily Gontard and photographer Mark Kelly celebrate that journey and the release of their new book, Beyond Mile Zero: The Vanishing Alaska Highway Lodge Community. Both began life elsewhere in Canada, Tue., May 23 (7 pm) independently drove Beyond Mile Zero book launch this highway in the ‘90s,

By Lily Gontard and Mark Kelly and are now permanent Audrey's Books Whitehorse residents.

Gotard and Kelly witnessed the highway and its connected community shortly after the area’s heyday in the ‘80s, and since then, during subsequent drives, the unique culture slowly diminishing.

While the read is informative—full of facts, maps and details—its draw is the human stories they've unearthed along the way. The people who ran, and the few who still operate, the lodges and gas stops chose to challenge isolation and convenience for

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adventure and the satisfaction of serving a wide-spread community.

With demand dwindling, these businesses and the characters behind them are slowly disappearing and Beyond Mile Zero is a fantastic diary of experiencing this life firsthand.

While there are black and white archival images included, Kelly’s photography brings nearly every glossy page to life. From incredible landscapes to long-abandoned landmarks and families gathered around tables,

the wildlife, the work and the collective spirit. It’s laid out as a testament to a vibrant, if often overlooked, community that may not be long to last.

If you’re thinking of making the trek north this summer, or have no interest the the days-long drive, but are still curious about life away from the masses, Beyond Mile Zero is a brilliant exposé this wild and unique road.

Tales, Trails and Rails celebrate Canada’s 150th

Full festival details at storyfestalberta.ca

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Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers 1.

Sex, Drums, Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Hardest Titting Man in Show Business - Kenny Aronoff

2. Into the Fire The Fight to Save Ft. McMurray - Jerron Hawlwy *, Graham Hurley *, Steve Sackett * 3. Confederation Drive Janice MacDonald * +

Week of May 8-14, 2017 Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers 1.

Berlin-Warszawa Espress Eamon McGrath *

2. Fifteen Days - Andre Alexis

4. Inside the Inferno: A Firefighter’s Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray - Damian Asher *, Omar Mouallem * 5. Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations Richard Wagamese.

3. Only Leave a Trace: Meditations 7.

(Poetry) - Roger Epp * + 4. Encountering Riel David D. Orr * + 5. The Women in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware 6. Beartown - Fredrik Backman 7.

Liberation Days (Drama) David Van Belle *

8. The Nightingale - Hannah Kristin 9. Paper Teeth - Lauralyn Chow *+ 10. Gatekeeper (Young Adult) Natasha Deen *

The Lady from the Sea

6. Welcome to Radio! Bob Layton * Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Harari

Adapted by Michael Bradley from the play by Henrik Ibsen.

May 18 - 27 @ 7:30 pm

8. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy - Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant 9. Connor McDavid: Hockey’s Next Great One - Rob Soria * 10. Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief - Alexis Marie Chute * * ALBERTA AUTHOR + ALBERTA PUBLISHER List compiled by Audreys Books and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta

Tickets and details at ualberta.ca/artshows

No performance Sunday, May 21 | Matinee Thursday, May 25 @ 12:30 pm

Timms Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta

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ARTS PREVUE // EXHIBITION

Erasing the radioactive flood Brad Necyk's Just a Hard Rain renders and removes film characters

Brad Necyk // Stephan Boissonneault

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hat’s a story without its characters? Local visual artist Brad Necyk pondered this question while digitally removing characters from various stills of TV shows and movies for his exhibit Just a Hard Rain.

Necyk's presentation features various manipulated portraits and landscapes from television shows and films like Hannibal, True Detective, A Clockwork Orange, and more. Each portrait depicts the effort to eliminate a character, leaving chaotic imprints of missing body parts and disfigured clones.

“I was thinking a lot about erasing people from films and what a film would look like without people in it,” Necyk says. “Once I tried to delete these people, I would come up with these explosions of people. They just started to disintegrate.”

The exhibition's title comes from a Bob Dylan quote from a 1963 Chicago radio interview with DJ persona Studs Terkel. Terkel asked Dylan if

his song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” was about nuclear fallout. Dylan responded that the context of song was not about atomic rain, but “just a hard rain.”

“That line stuck out so much to me,” Necyk says. “We have this simple thing like rain that overflows your gutters and just erodes and pours down.”

The name fits the work. Each of the pieces actually look like a hard rain drenched the image, but this unique rendering doesn’t actually come from the outside environment, it comes from the digital one.

Necyk’s chooses a selection of different stills from film or TV subjects and essentially stacks them on top of each other in Photoshop. He then finds the brightest points of the image and multiplies them.

Photoshop becomes confused and leaves these erupting images of amplified flesh. Once he adjusts the image and is satisfied, Necyk prints them on a sheet of aluminum.

“It's meant to be seamless, but if you give [Photoshop] something that it doesn’t expect, like multiplied stills, it sort of breaks,” Necyk says.

Many of the distorted images come from NBC’s now-cancelled Hannibal series—a show that was visually and psychologically stunning to Necyk.

“I’ve mined as much of Hannibal as possible," he says. "I went through every single episode from the three seasons and went through thousands of stills.”

Even though Necyk has an entire exhibition of images, this process of visual elimination has not left him. In fact, he makes a new image every day.

ARTIFACTS IE OUG RITCH ERRON & D H W E R D IE N ANTZ, A G RITCH ILL POMER REW HERRON & DOU Book by W D N A y b cs Lyri Music and

“Coulda lived some sixty years and straighter than an arrow Toilin’ hard fer joy i’d never know But in sixty years, the books’ll read that Clyde and Bonnie Barrow They drew their lot-and that’s the way we’ll go!”

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Until Sat., June 3 Just a Hard Rain Scott Gallery, free “It’s an activity that I just do daily, almost like a drawing practice," Necyk explains. "As an artist, you need to have a daily practice that keeps you creatively functional. I learn new techniques and now I usually know what the image will look like.”

While pursuing a PhD in psychiatry, Necyk used the 'hard rain' style while working with psychiatric patients in Toronto.

“It’s kind of like the co-creating process—I let them direct me however they want," he explains. "Then we have these photo-viewing sessions where I use the same technique that I did with the TV shows.”

His initial idea to erase people from portraits began after his daughter Ellie was born in 2013. Necyk became intensely aware of current events, attending lectures and listening to philosophers talk about the world’s fate.

“It started off with me thinking about these decaying spaces that have been left behind, but it springboarded into the current exhibition of these weird truncated people.”

Many academics say we are in the technological age, and it's easy to agree due to new forms or advancements in technology appearing almost every day.

Necyk calls these advancements “radioactive moments.”

“For blues musicians, it was all about that ride on dissonance, but that doesn’t feel like my time," Necyk says. “It’s a fever and this web of constant active activity—and I’m trying to, sort of, erase it.”

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DEDfemme presents: Chained // Fri., May 19 (9:30 PM) Hosted by Lacey Morris, this lovely story (by Jennifer Lynch) features a cab driver who hopes to find love and friendship. It is also a psychological thriller rife with misogyny, murder, mayhem, monstrosities, and more than one swear word. This is all depending on whose perspective you see such things from.

Filmed in Regina, the movie is described as ‘Lynch’s masterwork.’ Chained contains “a strong social commentary on the complex psychosocial concept of nature vs. nurture.”

Just remember, boys can have daddy issues too. (Metro Cinema, $12) Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy // Sat., May 20 (8 PM to 11 PM) Calling something Final Fantasy is a bit of a lie since, as we now know, there hasn’t been one yet. Maybe start calling them ‘The One Before the Final Fantasy?’ Hmm ... could use some work. You see where I’m going with that, so on to the actual story.

Distant Worlds is the music from Final Fantasy that features Nobuo Uematsu’s music from the popular video game series (and misleadingly named) Final Fantasy.

Conducted by Grammy winner Arnie Roth, the Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra is 94 musicians strong and ready to make our fantasies come true(ish). (Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, $35-$120)

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DANCE ANYTHING GOES: G.W.G. DANCE IN 17 PARTS • Sugar Swing Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave • milezerodance.com • Exploring the past history of denim production in Edmonton, uncovering the dance scores hidden within the Great Western Garment (G.W.G.) factory • May 25-27, 7pm (1pm on May 27) • $20 (members), $25 (general)

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

BRAZILIAN ZOUK DANCE CLASSES

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

DANCE CLASSES WITH GOOD WOMEN DANCE COLLECTIVE • Muriel Taylor Studio at Ruth Carse Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Ave • info@goodwomen.ca • goodwomen.ca/classes • Every Tue, Thu, Fri; 10-11:30am • $15 (drop-in), $65 (5 class pack), $100 (10 class pack)

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

FRIDAY NIGHT STOMP! • Sugar Foot Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 • dance@sugarswing.com • sugarswing.com • Swing dance social • Every Fri-Sat, 8pm (beginner lesson begins) • $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages MILE ZERO DANCE DROP-IN DANCE & MOVEMENT CLASSES • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • mzdsociety@ gmail.com • milezerodance.com/classes • Mile Zero Dance holds a number of drop-in dance & movement classes for people of all experience levels & ages; Mon: Professional Technique (10-11:30am), Contact Improv (7-9pm); Tue: Kids 6-10 (4:30-5:15pm), Toonie Yoga (5:30-6:45pm), Butoh (7-9pm); Wed: Noguchi Taiso (10-11:30am); Thu: Preschool 3-5 (10-10:45am), Beginner Contemporary (5-6:15pm); Sat: House (7-9pm) • $15 (regular), $12 (members), 10-class cards available for $100

SACRED CIRCLE DANCE • Riverdale Hall, 9231-100 Ave • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music. No partner required • Every Wed, 7-9pm • $10 SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • Features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists • May 18, 8pm • $15 or best offer at the door

FILM BACKPACK FULL OF CASH • Art Gallery of Alberta: Ledcor Theatre, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • info@supportourstudents.ca • supportourstudents. ca • Narrated by Matt Damon, this documentary explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting impact on America’s most vulnerable children • May 27, 7-10pm • $10

Cinema SerieS • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • fortedmontonpark.ca • Featuring The Aviator 2004 (May 18), The General 1926 (May 25) • 7:30pm

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.439.5285 • edmontonfilmsociety@gmail.com • royalalbertamuseum.ca/movies • The theme: Laughter's Best • SCHEDULE: Move Over, Darling (May 28), Airplane! (Jun 5), The Major and the Minor (Jun 12), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jun 19) • 8pm • $3-$6 HONOR DIARIES • Westwood Unitarian Church, 11135-65 Ave • A film about nine women's right advocates with roots in Muslim societies working to change their communities and the world. Discussion to follow screening • Jun 2, 7pm

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema.org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • art DoCS: The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins (May 18) • aSian CANADIAN FILM SERIES 2017: Window Horses (May 2023); All Our Father's Relations (May 28) • DeDFemme: Chained (May 19) • Dream LogiC: DaviD LynCh: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me–25th Anniversary (May 18) • gueSt PreSenter SerieS: Power to Change: Die EnergieRebellion (May 25) • Quote-a-Long SerieS: Airplane! (May 21) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: The Lego Batman Movie (May 20, 23, 24); Hockey Night (May 27) MOVIE NIGHT • McDougall United Church, 10086

show; May 5-Jun 16

Make Good Neighbours; May 6-26

FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave •

LITERARY

thefrontgallery.com • Paddy Lamb; Opening reception: Jun 18, 7-9pm

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Strathcona Salon Series; May 6-Jun 25; Unveiling Reception: Jun 8, 7 pm

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Artwork by Mandy Espezil & Paul Boultbee; Apr 20-May 20

Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • Movies that are family friendly and always inspiring and entertaining.

Popcorn and lemonade are available • Monthly, 7:30pm • Free

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre. org • Discovery: artwork by Joyce Bowerman; May 4-Jun 1

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St •

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Simpler Slower Silver: artwork by Soma Mo; Apr 15-May 27 • Ceremony: artwork by Kenton Jeske; Apr 15-May 27 • Women's Hands Building A Nation: artwork by Chinook Guild of Fibre Arts; May 6-Aug 19

ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 24215-34 St • 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum.com • Open weekends May 20-Sep 4, 10am-5pm • $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, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • High School Show; May 9-26

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • Clocks for Seeing: Photography, Time and Motion; Until Jun 18 • Fischli and Weiss/Ibghy and Lemmens; Until Jun 18 • Cyclorama: artwork

by Blaine Campbell; Until May 28 • Five Waves of Inspiration; Until May 28 • for the time being: 2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art; May 27-Sep 10 • 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 • Summer ArtBreak Camp, Jul-Aug • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm • 5 Waves of Inspiration Community Exhibition Lunch Lecture Series; May 16-17, May 24, 27, 12pm

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • High Energy 22:Tracing Space; Apr 27May 26 • Preschool Picasso: Playing with shapes and colours: kids ages 3-5; May 20, 10-11am • Artventures: Mondrian inspired boxes; kids ages 6-12; May 20, 1-2:30pm • Ageless Art: Maps and Marbling; adults of all ages; May 18, 1-3pm

ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY • 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • artsoc@ telus.net • artstrathcona.com • Student Art Show; May 26-28

ARTWALK • Venues include WARES, Musée Héritage Museum, St Albert Library, A Boutique Gallery Bar By Gracie Jane, Art Gallery of St Albert, Bookstore on Perron, VASA • 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 4, Jun 1, Jul 6, Aug 3, Sep 7 (exhibits run all month)

BEAR CLAW GALLERY • 10403-124 St •

780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • May Group Selling Exhibition: artwork by various artists; Begins May 11

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • Skin Glowing in the Moonlight/Based on a True Story; Until May 27 • Race, politics, and art: An evening with the artists; May 20, 7-10:30pm • Artist Talk: Obsession, online research and visual art practice; May 27, 2-4:30pm; Free

LOFT ART GALLERY • 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • artsoc@telus.net • artstrathcona. com • Sat-Sun, 12-4pm (closed May long weekend) • Artwork from local artists of the Society • Open until Jun 25

MACEWAN UNIVERSITY, CITY CENTRE CAMPUS • Centre For the Advancement of Faculty Excellence CCC 7-266 • amatejko@icloud.com • Just a Hard Rain: artwork by Bradley Necyk; Apr 6-Jun 26

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/ mcmullen-gallery • The Space Between You and Me: artwork by Bob Lysay & Agnieszka Matejko; May 4-Jun 19

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • The Life and Legacy of General Sir Arthur Currie; Apr 1-Jun 11 • St. Albert History Gallery; Opens Apr 1

ORTONA GALLERY • Ortona Armoury Arts Bldg, 9722-102 St • Sat-Sun, 1-5pm • Headwind: artwork by Marlena Wyman; May 13-28

PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: Sketches in the Wild: sketchbooks, paintings, and more by Justina Smith; Until May 20 • Artisan Nook: Paper Body: small sculptures by Stephanie Medford; Until May 20

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Land of the Midnight Sun: artwork by Gavin Lynch; May 4-20 • Artwork by Tim Okamura; May 25-Jun 13; Reception: May 25, 7-9pm

PICTURE THIS GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery. com • 12th Annual Masterpieces in Miniature Art Show; May 6-25 • Art Event with John & Suzie Seerey-Lester–Meet & Greet; May 11, 5pm; Free

BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • TEXT+IMAGE: A Group Show Curated by Edward Van Vliet; Apr 22-May 20

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta

and the Great War; Feb 17-May 22 • The Dream We Form By Being Together; Jun 29-Oct 1

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

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Where the Lines are Drawn: artwork by Kim Atlin; May 26-Jun 9 Cava gaLLery • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Grecopolis: artwork by Jean René Leblanc; Apr 7-May 20 Big Sky Alberta: artwork by Nola Cassady McCourt; Opening May 27, 1-4pm 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Industry

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • A groundbreaking rock opera that tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus through an extraordinary score • Apr 11-Jun 11

CAPITAL CITY PRESS FESTIVAL: CELEBRATING ALBERTAN WRITING • Old Strath-

Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Until Jun • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

cona Performing Arts Centre, 8426 Gateway Boulevard NW • epl.ca/bookfestival • Discover and purchase great locally written and published books. Get books signed by participating authors and attend panels on a variety of topics featuring some of Alberta's top writers • May 20, 10am6pm • Free

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 ance Française of Edmonton, 10424-123 St • af.ca/edmonton/comic-book-festival-on-may • For comic fans interested in the influence of super-heroes on Franco-Belgian comic books • May 7-27

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

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

"SERENADE" BOOK LAUNCH WITH HEATHER MCKENZIE • Chapters at West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St NW • May 27, 11:30am

TALES STORYTELLING FESTIVAL • Various locations throughout Old Strathcona • storyfestalberta.ca • All stories, all the time.

Featuring brand new voices, story slam competitions and much more • May 25-28 • Prices will vary UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

com • Just a Hard Rain: artwork by Brad Necyk; May 13-Jun 3 • Wonderland: Nature Reconfigured: artwork by Gloira Mok; May 13-Jun 3 Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Influence: artwork by Ericka Walker; May 4-Jun 10 • Sahtuot'ine: Stories from Deline Elders: artwork by Laura Grier; May 4-Jun 10

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • strathconacountymuseum.ca • Showcasing Tales from the Oral History Collection; until Oct

die-nasty.com • Live improvised soap opera. Join the whole Die-Nasty family REBORN, for a whole season of great artists, earth-shaking discovery, glorious music, hilarious hi jinx...but mostly Machiavellian Intrigue • Runs every Mon, 6:30pm (doors), 7:30-9:30pm • Oct 17-May 29 • $18 or $13 with a $40 membership; at the door (cash) or at tixonthesquare.com. Season passes are available at the door (cash or cheque only) for $400 with a reserved seat Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@jubilations.ca • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Welder and go-go dancer Alex convinces the enrollment committee of the Royal Moose Jaw Academy of Dance to come see her dance at the club. On that same night, the owner of the mill, comes to the club; Alex, worried that he might fire her from the mill if he finds out she is a dancer, enlists the help of her crazy group of friends to help fool her boss • Apr 7-Jun 4 (Wed-Sun) • $33.25-$77.95

FROM CRADLE TO STAGE: AN EVENING OF NEW WORK • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave

THE LADY FROM THE SEA • Timms Centre for

10504-82 Ave • May 20, 12pm

11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Basement Theatre at Holy Trinity, 10037-84 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave •

• walterdaletheatre.com • Catch plays written by Edmontonians. This year's: Guenevere and Portrait of a Family Dinner • May 15-20

"SERENADE" BOOK LAUNCH WITH HEATHER MCKENZIE • Chapters on Whyte Ave,

THEATRE

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A

FLASHDANCE: AN 80’S FLASHBACK •

FRENCH COMIC BOOK FESTIVAL • Alli-

the Arts University of Alberta, 87 Ave & 112 St NW • ualberta.ca/arts/shows • Ellida is consumed by her longing for the sea. Her land-locked marriage offers security, but a past love draws her like the tide • May 18-20, May 22-27, 7:30pm (12:30pm matinee on May 25)

SALON OF THE TALKING TURK • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • teatro@teatroq.com • teatro.com • This production depicts the uproarious arrival of a fortune telling mechanical marvel among the 1920s Manhattan smart set • May 25-Jun 10 (Tue-Sun, 7:30pm & Sat matinees at 2pm) • $23$37 (pay-what-you-can on Tue evenings, door only)

SIDE SHOW • Club at the Citadel, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • May 25-27 • $24 (matinees performances are 2-for-1)

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $15

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TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • The Science Behind Pixar Exhibition; Opens Jul 1 • Free-$117.95

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Nature's Garden group show: artwork by various artists; May 2-26

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St •

Common SenSe gaLLery • 10546-115 St •

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St •

Sarkadi, "Voice in the Wild"; May 20, 2-3pm • Lily Gontard & Mark Kelly "Beyond Mile Zero" Book Launch; May 23, 7-9:30pm • Kevin Van Tighem "Our Place" Book Launch; May 24, 7-9:30pm • Jen Powley "Just Jen" Book Launch; May 25, 6-7pm • Colonel John Conrad "Among the Walking Wounded" Book Launch; May 27, 7-9pm

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

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.

BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • Alberta

AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Laurie

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555

780.482.1204 • info@bearclawgallery.com • bearclawgallery.com • World In Transition: artwork

by Jane Ash Poitras and Michael Robinson; May 6-18

will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, starting Jan 20-Jul 30, 11pm

780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Shi Le: Sault Ste. Marie; May 6-18

WOMEN'S ART MUSEUM OF CANADA • La Cité Francophone 2nd Pavillon, #200, 8627 Rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91 St) • 780.803.2016 • info@wamsoc.ca • wamsoc.ca • Good Fences

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FILM

FILM // ANIMATED POETRY Window Horses (2016) Directed by Ann Marie Fleming Sat., May 20 - Tue., May 23 Metro Cinema, $12, $10 matinee

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Animated gem tells a complex story with simple figures

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indow Horses is an animated collection of poetic journeys. Created by Ann Marie Fleming and based on her popular ‘stick girl’ character, Horses focuses on a young person travelling afar, an artist’s exploration of their work, and furthermost, the unending search for self and purpose.

Lead character Rosie Ming is a mixed race Canadian poet who is invited to a poetry festival in Iran, even though she isn’t seasoned in the craft. Putting her nerves aside, Ming talks her grandparents into letting her attend, and the story begins.

While in Iran, she is introduced to culture, history, and poets both alive and dead that she had never heard of. This strong series of discoveries

FRI, MAY 19–THUR, MAY 25

seems to be enough to base a film on, but Window Horses goes further. We learn that Ming lost her parents at an early age, explaining why she lived with her grandparents.

How, why, and what comes later is the true glory of this tale. With a poetic deftness and strength of an ensemble cast, (Sandra Oh voices Ming, Camyar Chaichian as Cyrus, Shohreh Aghdashloo as Mehrnaz, Don McKellar as Dietmar, and a quick cameo by Ellen Page as Ming’s best friend Kelly) Horses continually grows in depth of feeling.

The simplicity of the animation is a whimsical choice of style. In moments of expression and metaphor, the art becomes far more complex, like the ideas

of the content itself. Beautiful hues of brown and sepia tone accentuate the time and space in which this work lives.

While the main character Ming is, well, a stick figure, this is not for simplicity’s sake. In fact, it is as if the writer uses this as way of contrast. While her visage is simple, her intricacies within the story are undoubted. For instance, the quote, “Long poem bad, short poem good.” Ming is a drawn as a short poem, which helps elaborate the vast context beyond her looks.

Like a poem, Window Horses evolves into a story of love. Love for art, love of family, and ultimately (hopefully) love of self.

TRENT WILKIE

TRENTW@VUEWEEKLY.COM

REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

THEIR FINEST

FRI & MON TO THURS: 6:45PM SAT: 1:15 & 6:45PM SUN: 1:15 & 6:15PM

RATED: PG, CL, SC

DANIEL BLAKE

FRI: 7:00 & 9:30PM SAT: 2:15, 4:30, 7:00 & 9:30PM SUN: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:15PM MON TO THURS: 7:00 & 9:30PM

RATED: 14A, CL

COLOSSAL

FRI & MON TO THURS: 9:15PM SAT: 3:45 & 9:15PM SUN: 3:45 & 8:30PM

Power to Change Thu., May 25 (6:30 pm) Metro Cinema, $12 Panel discussion following the screening

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PRESENTS

MAY 18 - MAY 24 Change is within reach ASIAN CANADIAN FILM SERIES / GLASS BUFFALO

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// Still from Power to Change

Outlining the pivot from fossil fuels to sustainable energy

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s Arlo Guthrie's guitar has a sticker on it that says, “This machine kills fascists,” Power to Change should come with a sticker that says, “This movie, ironically, kills fossil fuels.”

Seen as the basis for the current state our planet is in (war, famine, pollution), fossil fuels are a non-renewable abyss that we seem 'okay' with including in our future. Power to Change takes this as motivation, and focuses on how very possible it is to make the switch to renewable resources.

The description of the German-made documentary states: “Power to Change shows that a rapid turnaround in energy policy towards 100 percent renewables is possible, even faster than what opponents would have you believe.”

Then the political state of Alberta jumped to mind. Images of jerry can toting politicians, anti-carbon tax opportun-

ists, and people willing to blame government for natural disasters, shows that Alberta is Canada’s ground zero for blind fear of change. It doesn't need to be.

The film follows several key players, entrepreneurs, business leaders, environmental activists, scientists, and others who are involved emotionally or politically in the change from fossil fuels to renewable resources.

This group of non-actors are key to the direction of the film, making it human and possible. It shows failures and successes and does not promise prosperity right out of the gate, rather, it shows that while it is a difficult road full of drawbacks, the end goal is one that cannot be underestimated.

Wonderfully shot and crisply edited, the film has elements of innovation, necessity, and hope.

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There is a strength in this matter of fact style of shooting that works on an intimate level. A lot of the conversations are shot as if the viewer is a part of it. Long, lingering focuses on faces that are sitting at the table, not saying anything, but a part of the dialogue. This style does a great job at involving the audience into the feeling of having something shared with them; having something said to them, as opposed to at them; having something in common.

I recommend everyone see this film as it shows hope for us all. Not just the hippies, not just the social justice warriors, and not just ‘big renewable resource.' (Is that a thing?)

Also, this film is mostly overdubbed in English, so I hope you like reading.

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FILM REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

Until Thu., May 25 Kedi Metro Cinema, $12 

Documentary examines cats, their caretakers and the soul of a city

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edi is a spectacular demonstration of our unique connections as individuals as well as our connectivity to collective life.

In the most tender of ways, it also shows how under-utilized our human capacity for love and compassion is in most of the world. But in Istanbul, hundreds of thousands of street cats live in tandem with almost 20 million of their humans counterparts and prove an authentic life is dependent on mutual respect and appreciation between all beings.

Beautifully shot, often from a cat's eye view, the film work is creative and the city of Istanbul—its colours, its energy, its history—is stunning.

Just taking a good photo of a cat can prove challenging, so the feat of following and gathering the stories of seven key felines—tame, but without masters—is equally impressive. Using ‘cat cameras,’ drones, and night-vision technology, the filmmakers followed these felines day in and day out, to capture their individual and overt characters. Every ounce of cattiness is on full display as they forage for food, claim territory, raise families and build relationships in the city they’ve embodied for centuries.

While the film's subject is cats, it’s

impossible to see a general species in Kedi. During the Ottoman Empire, ships from around the world stopped in the Istanbul harbour. It’s claimed that cats were carried on these ships to not only deal with rats, but absorb negative energy while underway, and once docked, many would venture onto land and miss their departing boats. As a result, the cats of Istanbul are a motley mix of breeds from all over the world.

Sari, a willowy orange tabby, makes her morning trek through the streets to her local café where she paws at the laps of patrons who gladly share their meals, then into a local shop where—after feeding her kittens she’s raising out back—she naps freely. Every feline on the screen is their own being with a distinct disposition and personality. They live on their own terms, traipsing freely in and out of homes and businesses, through the wilds of overgrown cemeteries and along the rocky shores.

Some fend for themselves while others enjoy quality handouts and shelter offered in the colder months, and they reciprocate the relationships formed with the humans who've not only accepted them, but cherish

them as a part of day-to-day life and the city’s collective soul.

The philosophical depth unearthed in Kedi is astounding. Istanbul is a mostly Muslim city and, in Islam, cats are revered. They are spared the harsh approach of abandonment and elimination practiced elsewhere in the world, but it's more than a ‘live and let live’ ideology. The residents of Istanbul consider themselves lucky to have these relationships, to engage and connect on such a true and honest level with these animals which bring joy, counter loneliness, and offer lessons in life and love.

Since director Ceyda Torun left Istanbul at the age of 11, she’s never encountered another city that enjoys such an altruistic bond, but has seen globalization and development slowly creep in. It is threatening the way of life in Istanbul for human and feline residents alike, and often the cats are given the greater concern.

As one woman explains, the cats’ problems aren’t so different from those of people. You could treat the cats as problems, but if you instead choose to live together, the solutions will be found together.

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SPOTLIGHT // ANIMAL SHELTER

It's kitten season once again

WHARF offers refuge as pregnant street cats multiply adoptee numbers

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t’s kitten season in Edmonton.

“Springtime … it’s when most of the litters come,” says Ashley Lee, cofounder of the Whitecourt Homeless Animal Rescue Foundation (WHARF).

“We’re always really full because there are so many pregnant moms. I did intake on about 65 cats last month,” she says.

North Americans don’t have a tendency to treat street cats with as much reverie as other demographics, but they do fare somewhat better here than elsewhere in the world. Often, cats are expected to rely on their wild abilities to survive, but there are dozens of rescue organizations in Alberta looking out for our furry compatriots. Most are operating on the outskirts of cities and towns, or right out in the middle of rural nowhere, and to adopt the animals is difficult from this distance.

Lee, who dreamt of owning a pet store, and her sister Tessa, who wanted a cafe, founded WHARF together nine years ago and in 2011, moved into a space in the urban epicentre of 124

Street. The south side of the store space turned into The Clever Rabbit Cafe and next door is where Ashley’s pet store and WHARF found a home.

The Clever Rabbit Cafe offers Lee the equipment to bake homemade pet treats to sell next door at WHARF, along with all the supplies needed for animal friends. While people shop, they get to meet, and often fall in love with the animals in the shop.

“I adopt way more black cats from the store than I do off the website, just because of personality. When people look on the website, they look for the prettiest, or the flashiest cat,” says Lee. “When they meet them in person, they’re like, ‘oh my god, this cat’s so friendly and he’s so playful,’ and then they fall in love.”

With the weakened economy, adoptions have become tougher. Many WHARF cats have been surrendered by owners and financial restraints are often the reason. It’s more than the initial spay/neuter, food and supplies bills that

ends an owner/pet relationship—a cat’s lifetime can rack up painful vet bills. For first-time owners, this can come as a complete shock and those not prepared for the significant costs are forced to surrender their animals. That was the case with Elliot, who is now healed and up for adoption.

“He came into Whitecourt Homeless Animal care, he had two Rescue Foundation (WHARF) broken legs. He wharfrescue.ca got hit by a car 10724 124 St. and that was a very hefty bill,” says Lee, ballparking it at $2,700 after the vet discount WHARF receives. “We still haven’t paid that one off yet.”

There are dozens of cats, dogs and small animals you can peruse at wharfrescue.ca, but even if it’s just some animal bonding time (yes, you can open kennels and pet or play with the cats always begging for more love), stop by this quaint animal shelter in the heart of the city.

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PREVUE // EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ

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ince its origin in the ‘20s, there has been a belief of how a true jazz record should sound. Local trombonist Audrey Ochoa’s latest album Afterthought, released with the Canadian boutique label Chronograph Records, is here to challenge that belief.

With an enjoyable blend of pop, psych, Latin, funk, and electronica, Afterthought stands out from the classic jazz sound. Ochoa’s adept trombone playing may be the album’s focus, but her willingness and openness to explore other musical dimensions is what truly makes Afterthought shine.

“I wanted to experiment when making this record,” Ochoa says. “Beyoncé is one of my influences and I cried when I saw her live. All she had to do was walk and she immediately had this presence about her to make the crowd listen. I don’t know why jazz shouldn’t be approached that way.”

Ochoa collaborated on a few tracks with Victoria, B.C. electronic artist, Dallas Budd (a.k.a. Battery Poacher), adding a surprising progressive synthesizer layer not often found in jazz.

“I realized that the songs with only trombone needed something else,” Ochoa says.

“No one is going to like only trombone even if they’re a trombone player, and I like the perspective of a non-jazz guy sort of doing what everybody else is doing. Electronica, basically, has the same principles of jazz, it’s just not happening concurrently, but it really worked.”

Budd will be present during Ochoa’s show at the Yardbird, meaning the audience will experience the electronic parts of the songs constructed live.

The electronic work on Afterthought may be subtle, but it pairs well with Ochoa’s trombone, bass, and drum trio. The title track begins with a catchy, bare bones horn melody underneath accentuated electronic keyboard chords, ending with a more voltaic computerized outro.

“It’s my favourite track for sure,” Ochoa says.

“I plan to make an entire album with that sort of electronica, more pop feel. I wanna do more of that writing and collaborating.”

Ochoa also has her backing band—local jazz legends Mike Lent on bass and Sandro Dominelli on drums—to thank for the sounds that make up her latest album.

“I grew up watching these guys play and I would say, over the course of a decade, we have become friends and can play really well together,” Ochoa says.

Raised by her trumpet-playing father, Romeo, who frequently played with Canadian pianist icon Tommy Banks, and her mother and sisters each playing their own respective instruments, Ochoa’s childhood was constantly surrounded by music.

After picking up the trombone in junior high band, Ochoa realized she found her musical calling.

“It sounded the most like my voice, if that makes sense," she explains. "My sisters and I all had to take piano too, but I felt I was most at home with the trombone.”

Now with her trusty copper patchwork trombone, Ochoa has made her mark as one of Edmonton’s most abounding freelance trombone players.

“My horn has followed me everywhere,” Ochoa says. “It was crafted by the guy who owns Frankenhorn in town and it’s made out of a bunch of different trombones. So it’s a literal ‘frankenhorn.’ I just love it. It's copper and there’s no varnish so it’s unique.”

Ultimately, Ochoa wanted her instrument to explore a different feel of the jazz voice.

“In the jazz canon, a lot of the language has been defined by saxophones, trumpets, and pianos,” Ochoa says. “That’s just the genre’s evolution and who the style makers were, but trombone-specific tunes haven’t gotten their spotlight. So I'm trying to give them some.”

Sat., May 20 (7 pm) Audrey Ochoa album release The Yardbird Suite, $26

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PREVUE // PUNK ROCK

(From left) Chris Workun, Travis Hayes, Marco West and Tye Hayes // Supplied by The Blame-its

Fri., May 19 (9 pm) The Blame-its w/ Uptights, Bad Buddy and Vibes The Sewing Machine Factory, $10 at the door

Old formulas die hard

From grade school to graduated adults, The Blame-its celebrate 20 years of being buds

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ow many friends did you have in junior high that you can honestly say you’re still friends with today? You can’t be blamed for losing touch—even the Stand by Me kids drifted apart, and they found a dead body together. Some childhood friends are just held by thicker strings, like a mutual appreciation for ripping tunes. One of the rarest of those groups stuck together for 20 years, and is called The Blame-its.

It’s pretty inspiring to see a band stay together this long. When so many bands just couldn’t keep it going, bassist Tye Hayes, guitarists Travis Hayes and Chris Workun, and drummer Marco West have figured out how to keep the show on the road.

“We started getting into punk rock when we were around 11 or 12,” says Workun. “Like Screeching Weasel, and AFI, and the Descendents. We just fell flat in love with it and then we just had to try it. Growing up in a small town, there wasn’t a lot to do.”

In the good old days, they’d play hall shows and at the few pubs that weren’t too quick to card a bunch of 17-year-olds. It was a good way for a tight knit group of teenagers to make rent or party.

The anniversary show is like a homecoming for The Blame-its in that sense, and the band is making every effort to recapture what made those early days so special. Missing that Legion hall scenery, Workun specifically wanted to play the anniversary party at The Sewing Machine Factory because he says it’s got “the nostalgia factor.”

“For this EP, we wanted a more stripped down recording,” says Workun.

“We used to always make tapes in my parents garage with a ghetto blaster.

This time we recorded on a 4-track at Wright Automotive so we could record one more tape in a garage.”

Taping in a garage, a venue with a familiar feel, and even contacting the original artist behind the band’s first album

art for this latest offering: the formula hasn’t fundamentally changed since the days of "Kitchen Party" and "Methadone Slurpee." If anything, it’s just matured.

The Blame-its got its start in Hinton in 1997, when Workun and the Hayes twins were still in Grade 8. One of them suggested the name while they were waiting for a ride to the school dance and it just stuck. Originally a three-piece, Workun moved from drums to guitar in 2007 and the band brought West, formerly of punk band Blacklisted, into the fold.

The golden rule across every album appears to be just having a good time, but after 20 years in the Edmonton music scene, some things have changed since the band first moved to town.

“It’s really way more divided than it used to be,” says Workun. “When we got here it was just like everybody played with everybody. Everybody

had fun, and now it’s way more divided by genres, I feel. Everyone just kind of sticks to their own it seems.

It’s not good, but I’ve made some of the best friends I’ve ever had in the last few years too, so good and bad.”

The Blame-its boils down to two things: friends making friends and a killer soda-pop punk soundtrack. It’s what 90 percent of their songs are about, and it’s what made those earlier times worth creating in the first place.

“We’ve never viewed it as a thing that we have to pursue like a career or a job. The whole thing is just the three or four of us just hanging out, having beers and writing songs,” says Workun. “There’s no ulterior motive. It’s just as pure as we can keep it. If it ever came to be a career or a job we would probably start liking it a lot less. It’s our thing that we do as buds.”

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MUSIC PREVUE // DARK WAVE

Karen and Jaimz Asmundson // Aaron Zeghers

Poltergeist fascinations

Winnipeg synth pop duo Ghost Twin explore occult themes on Plastic Heart

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f surrealist filmmaker David Lynch ever decides to make a movie with the master of horror, John Carpenter, Winnipeg’s dark synth pop duo Ghost Twin should write the soundtrack.

With phantasmal lyrics, pensive guitar, and pulsing synths, Ghost Twin’s sound stems from styles of industrial and baroque. Think of the reanimated corpse of composer George Frideric Handel performing in a dimly lit German goth club during the ‘80s.

Husband and wife Jaimz and Karen Asmundson formed Ghost Twin after Karen’s art pop noir band, Querkus, separated in 2013.

“After they broke up I could see that Karen was sad about not being in a

band anymore," Jaimz says. "I was doing a lot of film type stuff so I thought we could do some kind of live music video performance.”

The two took the name Ghost Twin from the German doppelganger myth, where a supernatural copy or “twin” of a person warns them about an upcoming sinister event.

Jaimz and Karen also collaborated on the satirical goth comedy short Goths!

On The Bus!, which was created for the WNDX Film Festival in Winnipeg.

“We made a silly soundtrack for the film too,” Karen says. “I guess you could call it the first Ghost Twin song.”

Later this month, Ghost Twin is releasing its first full-length album,

Plastic Heart, which deals with esoteric themes of the paranormal.

“When I was a kid, I was obsessed with ghosts ‘cause I lived in a haunted house,” Jaimz says. “My family moved to my grandmother’s house in the Manitoba country when I was four and that place was ridiculously haunted. So, I kind of grew up with ghosts and thought it was kind of normal.”

The dark wave sounds found within Ghost Twin's music heavily reflect that obsession, especially on the upcoming album.

The title track “Plastic Heart,” about the heart-shaped planchette found on a ouija board, begins with an oscillat-

ing, repetitive synth bass and is immediately greeted with a liquid guitar riff and Karen’s wraithy vocals.

The album was recorded with prolific producer and electronic artist Maya Postepski, who is known for Toronto’s electro new wave band, Austra. Postepski also programmed drums on many of the songs.

“We called it the 'studio womb,'” laughs Jaimz. “We didn’t really see many people during the two week recording process, it was only the four of us so it got a bit kooky. We started talking our own language and arguing about sounds.”

Karen explains that the studio is located within the Mennonite Univer-

Fri., May 19 (9 pm) Ghost Twin w/ Wychdoktor+Apollyon’s Visage and Double Eyelid Mercury Room, $10 in advance sity in Winnipeg, and the band joked about recording occult music in the Mennonite Church of Canada.

Ghost Twin has a projecting visual element that compliments the duo’s live show, made up of multiple film clips that coincide with the specific feel of each song.

“Half the time we are playing the actual sound clips from the film and use it as a percussive element when we play live,” Karen says. “In some ways it’s video percussion.”

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PREVUE // FOLK DUO

FROM A ROOM : VOLUME 1

Love at first listen

CD / LP

The Eisenhauers balance family and The Road We Once Knew

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istorically, country music artists have been known to gravitate toward one another, and in some cases fall in love. Something about soft acoustics and a twang in the voice creates a breeding ground for relationships. Think Johnny Cash and June Carter, or Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood—it’s nearly a tradition and the members of The Eisenhauers are yet another example.

Husband and wife duo The Eisenhaurs consists of Jeremy Eisenhauer and Sheree Plett. They released their debut album, The Road We Once Knew, in April and have since been touring Western Canada.

“Even when we toured as solo artists, we toured with each other,” says Eisenhauer. “We were performing as either Sheree Platt or as Eisenhauer, and so they were always sort of separate acts. We have toured as a duo before but this is really the first, sort of, major release tour that we’ve done in support of this new record.”

The album features gentle-handed strumming, sincere folk harmonies, and deeply personal lyrics. The pair crowdfunded just over $18,000 to take them from Kaslo, B.C. to Nashville where they recorded with

“She, I think, was fairly weirded Juno award-winning producer and musician, Steve Dawson. Even with out because the EP that she’d rethe studio's professional touch, the corded was like, nobody really knew it,” says Eisenhauer. “She was duo still evokes a similar emotion.

It sounds ideal to perform heart- sort of curious as to how I knew warming tunes with your most cher- who she was and probably thought ished one, but the husband and wife I was a little bit creepy. I don’t highband have different challenges than ly recommend trying to pick up the your usual touring act. They have girl of your dreams in a Tim Hortons parking lot three kids and a dog in the dark.” together, so there’s It’s that kind no staying in bed Fri., May 19 (10 pm) of honesty and late the morning The Eisenhauers authenticity after a show.

The Almanac, $10 at the door that makes the “I have these moduo’s music ments in the van and personwhen I’m sort of like aware of all the noise that’s alities so charming—both on stage coming out,” says Eisenhauer. “Three and off. While at times it might kids making a ton of noise at the seem a bit Little Miss Sunshine on same time is like this horrible ca- the surface, there's a quintessencophony of noise. It kind of drives tial Canadian family piled in with you mental, but at the same time all the banjos and juice boxes.

“You know we like to hang out,” you stop, and you go places, and you says Eisenhauer. “We like to be with do things.” the people we’re playing with. We Eisenhauer met Plett after hearing like to chat and if it wasn’t for meether music while he was in high school. ing people, and sharing stories, and He says he had discovered her first playing music after the gig with new solo album and would play it on re- people, and having a fun time, it repeat at his job. Eventually, he ran into ally wouldn’t be worth coming.”

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Thursdays; Every Thu, 9pm; $5 (some events)

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music

MOONSHINERS Moonshiners Jam Night with Rockin' Rod; Every Thu, 7pm; No minors NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open stage;

7pm NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

Hour featuring The Wild Company; 5:30pm • Daniel Wesley with guests; 8pm; $20 (adv) NEW WEST HOTEL Rodeowind; 9pm NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by

every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door) CASINO EDMONTON Jess Valdez

Switch Band; 9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD Dueling

Pianos; 9pm CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT Jodie

Leslie; 9pm; Free DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Doug Stroud;

9pm DV8 Chips Ov Oi!, Suicide Helpline,

Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers every Thu; 7pm

NME, Angstrum; 8pm; No minors

O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB Live music

FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN

THE REC ROOM Karaoke with live

band, The Nervous Flirts; Every other Thu, 7pm SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke

Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Big Daddy

Thursday Jam with host Randy Big Daddy Forsberg; 7pm

Doug Mitchell; 5pm THE FORGE ON WHYTE Family

Values Tribute (Korn.Bizkit); 9pm; No minors HAVE MERCY Resident DJs playing

outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every Fri-Sat, 10pm; No cover

Janzen; 9pm EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

Flashback Friday; Every Fri

STARLITE ROOM Landmark Events Showcase; 3:45pm; $15; 18+ only

GAS PUMP Live DJ; 10pm

UNION HALL Ephwurd; 9pm;

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Video Music

$20-$25

DJ; 9pm-2am

YARDBIRD SUITE Audrey Ochoa CD

Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs; Every

release; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $22 (members), $26 (guests)

Fri-Sat

SAT MAY 20 ALIBI PUB & EATERY Rising Star

Showcase of Cooper Studios; Every Sat, 12-3pm

Competition; 1-9pm; $10 (per day; cash only)

8:30pm; $5 AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR

Piano Show; Every Sat, 9pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Rodney DeCroo; 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Three Divas; 8:30-

10:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Ginger St. James;

9pm BOHEMIA Space Invaders III; 8pm;

$12 (door); 18+ only

Thu: rotating guests; 7-11pm

LION'S HEAD PUB NEIL; 8pm

DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm

SQUARE 1 COFFEE Singer/

MERCURY ROOM Ghost Twin; 9pm;

CAFE BLACKBIRD Around Midnight;

Songwriter Open Mic (individual performer format, first-come, first served); Every Thu, 7-9pm; All ages

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour NEW WEST HOTEL Rodeowind; 9pm O'BYRNE'S IRISH PUB Edmonton's

Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems

mic; 7pm; $2

PALACE CASINO Belle Aggio; 9:30pm

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Dueling

REC ROOM Lusitania Lights; 9pm

Pianos; 9pm

ROSE & CROWN PUB Mark

CASK AND BARREL Jesse & The

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl:

Rock N' Roll, Funk & Soul with DJ

entertainment, Every Fri SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 7Even; 9pm;

$10 (adv); No minors SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN The

Rural Routes; 9pm

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EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs playing

ENVY NIGHT CLUB Resolution

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

SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke with

THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open

ON THE ROCKS Mourning Wood; 9pm

School: 22nd Annual Spring Conert; 6:30pm

DJ Chris Bruce spins britpop/punk/ garage/indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic hip-hop and reggae; Underdog: hip-hop open Mic followed

by DJ Marack

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Miss

WOODRACK CAFÉ Birdie on a

WINSPEAR CENTRE Suzuki Charter

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

Understood; 9pm

best solo musicians

Mcgarrigle; 9pm

DJs

the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover

8pm; $15

Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am

Classical

part of Opers NUOVA; 7:30pm; $15-$18 MUTTART HALL The Shean Strings

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Karaoke/

TAVERN ON WHYTE Open stage with

KNOPPERS HALL–THE KINGS UNIVERSITY Song & Aria Showcase–

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Stan Gallant;

Fri-Sat, 7pm; No cover

featuring Rodney Decroo; 5:30pm

Classical

ARCADIA BAR Tyler Lizotte; 9pm

IRONGATE PUB Bryant Sailor; Every

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Live Blues every

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 7Even; 9pm; SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN The

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open stage

LB'S PUB Open Jam hosted by

with Child Actress and Prince Bunny; 8pm; $10 (adv) $10 (adv); No minors

Thursday Nights; Every Thu

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DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Doug Stroud;

9pm

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs playing

Karaoke; Every Thu, 7pm

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DRAKE HOTEL Open Jam–Saturdays; Every Sat, 2-5pm • House band; 5-8pm • Guest band; 8pm • No minors

CASINO EDMONTON Jess Valdez

Switch Band; 9pm

Dandelions and Secret guests–part of the Cask 5th anniversary; 4-11pm CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT Jodie

Leslie; 9pm; Free CROWN AND ANCHOR The

Shufflehounds; 9pm; No cover DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

Rotating DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

every Sat THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com

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

SUN MAY 21 ALIBI PUB AND EATERY Open mic

night; Every Sun, 6-9pm THE ALMANAC Sunday Song Stage

Hosted by Rhea March; Every Sun, 6:30-10pm; Free AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR

Classical

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

THE ATRIUM–THE KINGS UNIVERSITY

Behind the Scenes Masterclasses: Carol Castel & Kathleen Lohrenz Gable–part of Opers NUOVA; 6:30pm; $10 (student), $15 (adult), door only (or Festival Pass)

creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm • Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm

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

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

DJs

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

JT'S BAR AND GRILL Karaoke;

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

Every Tue-Wed

HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL Karaoke

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM The Shins;

Jockey Simonette; Every Wed, 7-11pm

DJ Zyppy; Every Sun GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ; 8pm

8pm; $30-$55; All ages LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open Jam

JT'S BAR AND GRILL Karaoke;

Piano Show; Every Sun, 9pm

MON MAY 22

BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig Pub

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop:

Jam with Forever 51; Every Sun, 3-6:30pm

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

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Brunch with Accellorosa; 9am-2pm; Cover by donations

BLUES ON WHYTE Jay Gilday; 9pm

Mic; Every Tue, 9pm; Starts Jan 3; Free

CHA ISLAND Karaoke Monday

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour–

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

Rising Star with Keltie Monaghan, Abby K, and Avery Simpson; 5:30pm

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Wednesday Karaoke; Every Wed, 9pm; Free

NEW WEST HOTEL Sonny & the

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour

BLUES ON WHYTE Ginger St. James;

9pm

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke night;

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

DRAKE HOTEL Sunday Jamming;

7-11pm

Every Sun, 2pm; No minors

HAVE MERCY Mississippi Monday

THE FORGE ON WHYTE Trashed

Ambulance Invades Edmonton; 8pm; No minors HAVE MERCY YEG Music presents

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

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Rahat Fateh

Ali Khan; 7:30pm; $50-$250 MAMA'S GIN JOINT Sunday Jam out in your Jammies; Every Sun, 3-10pm; Free MOONSHINERS Sunday Noon Acoustic Jam; Every Sun, 12pm NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul Sunday

MAMA'S GIN JOINT Tuesday Open

Hurricanes; 9pm every Tue; 9:30pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Jamerama,

NEW WEST HOTEL Sonny & the

with Tall Dark & Dirty; 7pm

Hurricanes; 9pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE Mike Farris;

8pm

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

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session:

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm

Jerrold Dubyk Trio; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/Songwriter

Chris Bruce spins britpop/punk/ garage/indie; Every Tue

Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted

by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday with

DJs

resident DJs

NEWCASTLE PUB Sunday Soul

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

WED MAY 24

Service: acoustic open stage; Every Sun, 3pm

Substance with Eddie Lunchpail

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun;

with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

ON THE ROCKS Party Panther; 9pm SANDS INN & SUITES Open Jam;

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic hip-hop

TUE MAY 23 ARCADIA BAR Dylan Ella E.P. release

Every Sun, 7-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The Sunday

Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am

featuring The New Haunts; 5:30pm • Amelia Curran with guests; 7pm; $20 (adv)

O’BYRNE’S Guinness Celtic jam

Brunch Paul Woida; 11am; No cover • Vibe on Sundays presented by Alize and Koba; 9pm; No cover

9:30pm

Every Tue-Wed

Hurricanes; 9pm

NEW WEST HOTEL Sonny & the

“Compete With The Beat”; Every Sun, 6pm; $10

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

party; 7pm; $5 (suggested cover charge) BLUES ON WHYTE JW Jones; 9pm

THE ALMANAC Morewine, Lovelet &

Fox Who Slept The Day Away; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10; 18+ only

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

Wednesday SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 4 Dollar Bill

Country Jam; 7pm TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke; 9pm WINSPEAR CENTRE Martin Kerr; 7pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

DJ Late Fee; Every Wed

Band with Jason Marsalis; 7:3010pm

PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing

BLUES ON WHYTE JW Jones; 9pm

Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

RANCH ROADHOUSE DJ Shocker and

Seelo Mondo; Every Wed

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 COMMON 9910-109 St CROWN & ANCHOR PUB 15277 Castle Downs Rd DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 1111387 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DOW CENTENNTIAL CENTRE 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8/MAMA'S PIZZA 7317-101 Ave NW EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW ENVY NIGHT CLUB West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780.

424.0077, yourgaybar.com FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN 10200-102 Ave THE FORGE ON WHYTE 1054982 Ave (Whyte Ave) GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL 15540 Stony Plain Road JT'S BAR AND GRILL 1107 Knottwood Road East JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com THE KING'S UNIVERSITY (ATRIUM, KNOPPERS HALL) 9125-50 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 THE LEAF 9016-132 Ave LION'S HEAD PUB 4440 Gateway Blvd MAMA'S GIN JOINT 11723 Jasper Ave, 780.705.0998, mamasginjoint.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337

MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail

TICKETS FOR STARLITE ROOM SHOWS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT

WWW.STARLITEROOM.COM

MAIN ROOM

ALL SHOWS 18+ UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

MAY/20 LANDMARK

EVENTS SHOWCASE

JUN/2

UBK PRESENTS

JUN/3

LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

JUN/9

CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

SPACE JESUS W/ WICK IT THE INSTIGATOR HOLLERADO W/ LITTLE JUNIOR, EVERETT BIRD OBEY THE BRAVE W/ DEEZ NUTS

JUN/10 PURE PRIDE W/ ACID BETTY, DJ MATT EFFECT LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

JUN/11 HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS W/ GUESTS CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

JUN/15 DARCYS W/ PRAIRIE CAT & GUESTS JUN/17 ANNIHILATOR W/ MASON, MUTANK

CONCERTWORKS.CA WITH BIG NATE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

JUN/18 BLITZEN TRAPPER W/ GUESTS MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

VENUEGUIDE THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR #1638, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722, aussierulesedmonton.com BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, St Albert BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca

10030 - 102 STREET

MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

DJs

BLUE CHAIR CAFÈ Rubim de Toledo

Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their

StarliteRoom Starliteroom starlitetoomyeg

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe. com Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

THE STARLITE ROOM IS A PRIVATE VENUE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS. IF YOU REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP YOU CAN PURCHASE ONE AT THE VENUE PRIOR TO / OR AFTER THE DOOR TIMES FOR EACH SHOW.

LOWER HALL (BRIXX)

ALL SHOWS 18+ ONLY

MAY/19 FEATURECAST *UK* W/ K-STYLEZ, VAN DAMAGE NITEOWL YEG AND AWAKENLIFE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

MAY/19 ASTRONAUTALIS W/ TRANSIT 22, BROM JCL PRODUCTIONS & CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

MAY/27 P.M.M.A. W/ TOWANDA, EMPTY HEADS, FEED DOGS JUN/3

PUR LUV ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

EDMONTON’S VIDEO GAME DANCE EXPERIENCE ARCADENCE W/ DJ HETEROCLITE, ELECTROKINETICA, ALBERTA CHIPTUNE COLLECTIVE

JUN/9

ORIGINAL 6 W/ LILY, ROBIN WOYWITKA AND THE SUPER 92

JUN/14 BISON B.C. W/ GUESTS JUN/15 TENGGER CAVALRY CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

W/ FELIX MARTIN, HELSOTT

JUN/22 GOATWHORE W/ ANCIIENTS CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

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of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue & Wed, 7pm • $5

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

COMEDY BIG ROCK PRESENTS: DEVANEY’S COMEDY NIGHT • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave •

FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE

780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail.com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Every Wed, 8:30pm • Free

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave •

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply

Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Dar Germin; May 19-20 • Bob Beddow; May 26-27

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

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Dinner Show Package Sarah; May 18-20 • Sarah Tiana; May 19-21 • Jim Florentine; May 24-28

EL COMEDY • El Cortez Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar, 8230 Gateway Blvd • Hosted by Dion Arnold with weekly headliners and guest comics • Every Wed, 7pm (door), 7:30pm (show) • No cover

EMPRESS 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

ODD WEDNESDAY • Sewing Machine Factory, 9562-82 Ave • debutantescomedy@gmail.com • thedebutantes.ca • A sketch (and other) comedy showcase featuring local, national and international acts. Hosted by the Debutantes • Every 2nd Wed, 8:30-11pm • $5

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • amnesty@edmontonamnesty. org • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug, Dec) • Free

DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • An epic adventure featuring a variety of pre-made characters, characters that guests can make on their own, or one that has already been started. Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels

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Coming Events

The Carrot’s Ultimate Garage Sale Reminder Have you started thinking about a good spring clean?

The Carrot’s Ultimate Garage sale is coming up soon! For more info on our annual spring fundraiser contact artsadmin@artsontheave.org

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Volunteers Wanted

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

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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

FREE CRAFTING: GROW YOUR GARDEN

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 DON'T BE SHY–PAINT A NAKED GUY • O'byrnes Irish Pub, 10616-82 Ave NW • 587.986.3618 • angela@letsartyparty.com • Guests will start with three poses to warm up, then move to a longer pose on 16" x 20" canvas. All will go home with a painting • Every 2nd Tue starting Nov 22, 7-8:30pm • $35 (adv at Eventbrite), $45 (door)

• City of Edmonton Reuse Centre, 6835-83 St • 780.944.7424 • reusecentrebookings@edmonton. ca • edmonton.ca/reusecentre • Make DIY Garden Markers by upcycling paint sticks, scrabble tiles, corks, popsicle sticks and more • May 25, 4-7pm • Free

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

GROUP HYPNOSIS • The Grow Centre, 10516 Whyte Ave • Enjoy an evening of experiencing hypnosis, as well as, learning how to let go of physical and mental stress • Every Tue, 7-8:30pm (doors open at 6:45pm) • Free

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

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BASIC TOOL TRAINING WORKSHOP • HFH Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext. 237 • hfh.org/ volunteer • hfh.org/volunteer/basic-tool-training • For people interested in volunteering with HFH. Includes an orientation and practice with various tools • May 19, 26, 27, 8:30am-4:30pm • Free

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION NIGHT • Habitat for Humanity Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext. 236 • vbatten@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer/ vin • Learn about taking the next steps and what opportunities are available at Habitat for Humanity • Every 3rd Thu of the month, excluding Dec; 6-7pm • Free

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave NW • 780.554.6133 • Instruction into the meditation on the Inner Light. Learn a simple technique that will lift you above life's stresses • Every Sun, 5pm • Free

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ston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave •

MONDAY MINGLE • Hexagon Board Game Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehex-

780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Lowcost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

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Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival is a free, family friendly event that features only local talent. The festival is entirely run by volunteers. This year’s festival theme is hope, healing and harmony; if you would like to be apart of this festival, we will be holding a volunteer orientation on May 18 in the Parkdale-Cromdale Community League Hall(11335 85 St) at 7 pm.

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

Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/ RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St; 780.902.4605; norwoodtoastmasters.org; Every Thu, Oct 13-Jun 29, 7:30-9:30pm; Guests are free • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact vpm@norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Norwood Toastmasters: Legion, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Jun, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@ gmail.com; Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

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

Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm

WOMEN'S CRICKET • Coronation Park Cricket pitch (north part of park) • incogswomens@gmail. com • Learn the game of cricket. The group plays for fun and no experience is necessary. Kids and men welcome • Every Fri, 6:15pm • $5 (drop-in fee, adult), free (kids) YOGA & BEER • Yellowhead Brewery, 10229-105 St • yogaco.ca • Nama'Stay Downtown, do yoga and sample a brew. A one hour class followed by beer samples • May 24, 29; Jun 5, 12, 19 • 5:15pm • $20 LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS EDMONTON POETS HOUSE OPEN LIBRARY READING HOURS • Hobbit House Edmonton, 9016-153 St • 780.454.1898 • yegpoetshouse@ gmail.com • Read or write poetry, relax, have a coffee, sit in the garden or curl up by the fire • May 24, 4-8pm • Free

EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF INDIAN TRUST ACCOUNTS • Main Floor Atrium of Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave • macrae@ ualberta.ca • Bring lunch and join in for an upcoming lunchtime lecture with Cree lawyer Sharon Venne. She will explore the history of Indian Trust Accounts - What are these Indian trust accounts?

How are they linked to Treaty? And what happened to the trust accounts? • May 26, 12-1pm • Free

FERMENTED FOODS 101 WORKSHOP • Earth's General Store Whyte, 9605-82 Ave • michael@egs.ca • Sample a variety of fermented foods, including sauerkraut and kefir. Followed by a discussion on how and why these foods are so important for your health and the planet's, the basics of safe fermenting, the benefits of probiotics, and how to adapt recipes • May 20, 7-9pm • $40 (plus GST); register at Eventbrite

FROM SPINNING BLACK HOLES TO EXPLODING STARS • University of Alberta, Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, CCIS 1-430 • stars@ualberta.ca • spinningblackholes. eventbrite.com • A lecture about the remarkable discoveries made by NuSTAR, as well as the fascinating story of how a small space mission was able to make high energy X-ray images of our cosmos crisper and deeper than ever before • May 30, 7-9pm • Free (tickets at Eventbrite)

NATURAL SOAP MAKING WORKSHOP • Shadow Box Studios, 9267-50 St • 780.292.6517 • Learn the art of making cold process soap in this three hour workshop. Guests will be taught tips and tricks to making and designing beautiful natural bar soaps • May 27, 12-3pm • $6 (per person; includes 4 bars of soap to take home); call to register URBAN GREEN COHOUSING INFORMATION SESSION • Strathcona Community League, 10139-87 Ave NW • hello@urbangreencohousing. ca • urbangreencohousing.ca • For those looking

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G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, Or in confidence one-on-one in the Craft Room • 780.474.8240 • tuff69@telus. net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance. One-on-one meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • pridecentreofedmonton.org • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7-9pm PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • pridecentreofedmonton.org/calendar.html • DrOp iN hOurs: Mon-Fri 12-7pm; Closed Sat-Sun and holidays • YOga: (all ages), 4th Mon of every month, for any stage • TTiQ: (18+ Trans* Group) 2nd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • TraNs YOuTh TalkiNg: (24 and under) 3rd Mon of every month, for trans youth and supportive people in their lives • FierCe FuN: (24 and under) Alternating Tue, 7-9pm, games and activities for youth • JaMOuT: (12-24) Alternating Tue, 7-8:30pm, music mentorship and instruction for youth • TwO spiriT gaTheriNg: 4th Wedof every month, 6-8pm, gathering for First Nations Two Spirit people • MeDiTaTiON: (all ages) 3rd Thu of each month, 5:30-6:45pm • 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: Alternating Fri, 6-8:30pm • arTs & iDeNTiTY: Alternating Fri, 6-8:30pm • MeN TalkiNg wiTh priDe: (18+) Sun, 7-9pm, group for gay or bisexual men • CreaTiNg saFer spaCes TraiNiNg: Interactive professional development workshops, with full or half-day options • Queer MeNTOrship prOgraM: (Youth: 12-24) (Adults-26+) Queer to Queer Mentoring

TEAM EDMONTON • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • swiMMiNg: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • waTer pOlO: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • YOga: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • TaekwONDO: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • aBs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:158:15pm • DODgeBall: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • ruNNiNg: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • spiN: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• vOlleYBall: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9 • MeDiTaTiON: Edmonton Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; 3rd Thu of every month, 5:30-6:15pm • BOarD gaMes: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • all BODies swiM: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm YOGA WITH JENNIFER • 780.439.6950 • ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue evenings & Sat mornings

SPECIAL EVENTS UABG ANNUAL PLANT SALE • U of A Botanical Garden, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • 780.987.3054 ext. 2223 • uabg.events@ualberta. ca • botanicgarden.ualberta.ca • An interesting selection of hardy perennials, edibles, shrubs, indoor plants, and more • May 13-Sep 1 YEG KITE DAY • Walterdale Park, 100 Walterdale Hill • Bring a kite, buy a kite, or build a kite • Jun 3, 11am-2pm • Free (register online at Eventbrite)

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): "A two-year-old kid is like using a blender, but you don't have a top for it," said comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Would you like to avoid a scenario like that, Aries? Would you prefer not to see what happens if your life has resemblances to turning on a topless blender that's full of ingredients? Yes? Then please find the top and put it on! And if you can't locate the proper top, use a dinner plate or newspaper or pizza box. Okay?

It's not too late. Even if the blender is already spewing almond milk and banana fragments and protein powder all over the ceiling.

Better late than never!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lady Jane Grey was crowned Queen of England in July 1553, but she ruled for just nine days before being deposed. I invite you to think back to a time in your own past when victory was short-lived. Maybe you accomplished a gratifying feat after an arduous struggle, only to have it quickly eclipsed by a twist of fate. Perhaps you finally made it into the limelight but then lost your audience to a distracting brouhaha. But here's the good news: Whatever it was—a temporary triumph, incomplete success, nullified conquest—you will soon have a chance to find redemption for it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): My pregnant friend Myrna is determined to avoid giving birth via Caesarean section. She believes that the best way for her son to enter the world is by him doing the hard work of squeezing through the narrow birth canal.

That struggle will fortify his willpower and mobilize him to summon equally strenuous efforts in response to future challenges.

It's an interesting theory. I suggest you consider it as you contemplate how you're going to get yourself reborn.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): While shopping at a funky yard sale, I found the torn off cover of a book titled You're a Genius and I Can Prove It. Sadly, the rest of the book was not available. Later I searched for it in online bookstores, and found it was out of print. That's unfortunate, because now would be an excellent time for you to peruse a text like this.

Why? Because you need specific, detailed evidence of how unique and compelling you are—concrete data that will provide an antidote to your habitual self-doubts and consecrate your growing sense of self-worth. Here's what I suggest you do: Write an essay entitled "I'm an Interesting Character and Here's the Proof."

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I invite you to try the following meditation: Picture yourself filling garbage bags with stuff that reminds you of what you used to be and don't want to be anymore. Add anything that feels like decrepit emotional baggage or that serves as a worn out psychological crutch. When you've gathered up all the props and accessories that demoralize you, imagine yourself going to a beach where you build a big bonfire and hurl your mess into the flames. As you dance around the conflagration, exorcise the voices in your head that tell you boring stories about yourself. Sing songs that have as much power to relieve and release you as a spectacular orgasm.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In normal times, your guardian animal ally might be the turtle, crab, seahorse, or manta ray. But in the next three weeks, it's the cockroach. This unfairly maligned creature is legendary for its power to thrive in virtually any environment, and I think you will have a similar resourcefulness. Like the cockroach, you will do more than merely cope with awkward adventures and complicated transitions; you will flourish. One caution: It's possible that your adaptability may bother people who are less flexible and enterprising than you. To keep that from being a problem, be empathetic as you help them adapt. (P.S. Your temporary animal ally is exceptionally well groomed. Cockroaches clean themselves as much as cats do.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Leonardo da Vinci wrote a bestiary, an odd little book in which he drew moral conclusions from the behavior of animals. One of his descriptions will be useful for you to contemplate in the near future.

It was centered on what he called the "wild ass," which we might refer to as an undomesticated donkey. Leonardo said that this beast, "going to the fountain to drink and finding the water muddy, is never too thirsty to wait until it becomes clear before satisfying himself." That's a useful fable to contemplate, Libra. Be patient as you go in search of what's pure and clean and good for you. (The translation from the Italian is by Oliver Evans.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): My friend Allie works as a matchmaker. She has an instinctive skill at reading the potential chemistry between people. One of her key strategies is to urge her clients to write mission statements. "What would your ideal marriage look like?" she asks them. Once they have clarified what they want, the process of finding a mate seems to become easier and more fun. In accordance with the astrological omens, Scorpio, I suggest you try this exercise—even if you are already in a committed relationship.

It's an excellent time to get very specific about the inspired togetherness you're willing to work hard to create.

Rob Brezsny freewill@vueweekly.com

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In ancient Greek myth, Tiresias was a prophet who could draw useful revelations by interpreting the singing of birds. Spirits of the dead helped him devise his prognostications, too. He was in constant demand for revelations about the future. But his greatest claim to fame was the fact that a goddess magically transformed him into a woman for seven years. After that, he could speak with authority about how both genders experienced the world. This enhanced his wisdom immeasurably, adding to his oracular power. Are you interested in a less drastic but highly educational lesson, Sagittarius? Would you like to see life from a very different perspective from the one you're accustomed to? It's available to you if you want it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "You remind me of the parts of myself that I will never have a chance to meet," writes poet Mariah Gordon-Dyke, addressing a lover. Have you ever felt like saying that to a beloved ally, Capricorn? If so, I have good news: You now have an opportunity to meet and greet parts of yourself that have previously been hidden from you—aspects of your deep soul that up until now you may only have caught glimpses of. Celebrate this homecoming!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I predict that you won't be bitten by a dog or embarrassed by a stain or pounced on by a lawyer. Nor will you lose your keys or get yelled at by a friend or oversleep for a big appointment. On the contrary, I think you'll be wise to expect the best. The following events are quite possible: You may be complimented by a person who's in a position to help you. You could be invited into a place that had previously been off-limits. While eavesdropping, you might pick up a useful clue, and while daydreaming you could recover an important memory you'd lost. Good luck like this is even more likely to sweep into your life if you work on ripening the most immature part of your personality.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Time out. It's intermission. Give yourself permission to be spacious and slow. Then, when you're sweetly empty—this may take a few days—seek out experiences that appeal primarily to your wild and tender heart as opposed to your wild and jumpy mind. Just forget about the theories you believe in and the ideas you regard as central to your philosophy of life.

Instead, work on developing brisk new approaches to your relationship with your feelings. Like what?

Become more conscious of them, for example. Express gratitude for what they teach you. Boost your trust for their power to reveal what your mind sometimes hides from you. V

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A CASE OF THE ORGASM I’m a happily married straight man.

My wife, who is 33 years old, cannot orgasm through intercourse since we had our last child. Her explanation is that she has this constant sensation to pee. Now we find other means to please her through toys, oral and other methods. Are there exercises or other means to get her to climax through intercourse? Is this common from childbirth?

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“Failure to orgasm with penile penetration is not a medical condition,” says Dr. Jennifer Gunter, an ob-gyn, writer (drjengunter.wordpress.com), and kick-ass tweeter who practices in the San Francisco Bay Area. “If a woman can orgasm with other methods—oral sex or masturbation or toys—then that means everything is working just fine. Remember, it’s not how she gets to the party that matters, it’s that she got to attend the party.”

As all straight men need to be aware, CLIF, only a small number of women—less than a quarter— can get off from vaginal intercourse alone, aka PIV. “Most women require clitoral stimulation to have an orgasm, and often the mechanics of penile penetration just don’t produce the right kind of friction,” says Dr. Gunter. “It’s possible that the subtle anatomical changes postchildbirth have altered the friction mechanics of your coupling.

Introducing a vibrator during sex might help.”

And while we’re on the subject of clits, CLIF ...

We abbreviate sign-offs around here, as everyone knows, and like PIV for your wife, CLIF, your signoff didn’t quite get you there. You could’ve gone with “Climaxing Liberally Is Terrific” or “Tremendous” or “Totally Spectacular,” but you didn’t. Perhaps it was an innocent brain fart—perhaps I’m reading too much into this—but if you didn’t spot the near-CLIT staring you in the face in your sign-off, CLIF, it seems possible that you may have overlooked your wife’s clit, too. Also possible: Your wife wasn’t actually having orgasms “through intercourse” before she gave birth to your last child.

You’re clearly invested in climaxing together—just like in the movies and porn and other fictions— and your wife, like many women, may have been faking orgasms to please a male partner. Tired of faking orgasms, your wife seized on the birth of your last child to explain why she “suddenly” couldn’t come from PIV alone anymore.

What about your wife’s constant sensation to pee during intercourse?

“That’s something to be looked at,” Dr. Gunter says. “After childbirth (and sometimes just with age), women can develop an overactive bladder or pelvic-muscle issues, and these could be exacVUEWEEKLY.com | MAY 18 – MAY 24, 2017

erbated during penetration, making a woman feel as if she needs to empty her bladder. Worrying about peeing during sex might be holding her back. It might be worth a visit to a pelvic floor physical therapist and/or a urogynecologist if this sensation to pee during sex is bothering her. But if neither the lack of orgasm with penile penetration nor the urgency to pee is bothering her, and she is having orgasms other ways and is happy with that, I would be happy with it, too. After all, it’s her orgasm, and stress or pressure to orgasm a particular way might negatively affect her party.”

Follow Dr. Gunter on Twitter @ DrJenGunter. Do it: She’s amazing and hilarious, and she kicks rightwing, anti-choice, sex-negative ass up and down Twitter on a daily basis.

BRACE FOR IMPACT

I’m a 29-year-old man who desires a monogamous relationship. I’m currently in an LTR with a 29-yearold woman. Despite my feelings about monogamy, I’ve sought attention from women and men on dating apps. I’ve gotten caught doing this more than once. I have never met up with anyone in real life, and my girlfriend has yet to find out about the use of gay dating apps. After some soul-searching, I realized that my bisexuality is a huge issue in our relationship.

I’ve never discussed it with her, and while I don’t think she would react negatively, I’m scared of how it would affect our relationship. I’m not sure whether to go to therapy, bring it up with my girlfriend, or do some combination of the two. I’d love some advice about having this discussion in a way that won’t end my relationship. I’m not really interested in an open relationship, and I would like to stay with my girlfriend, but I’m confused because I don’t know if a monogamous relationship will still be what I want once I open up about my sexuality. It seems like a no-win situation—stay in the closet and no one knows but I keep wanting outside attention, or tell her the real reason I’ve used dating apps and probably lose the relationship.

BISEXUAL REELING ABOUT CLOSETED ETHICAL DILEMMA The use of gay dating apps isn’t the issue—it’s your use of them.

And while I’m nitpicking: It’s not “outside attention” you want, BRACED, it’s cock.

Backing way the hell up: Lots of partnered people—even contentedly monogamous people—dink around on dating apps for the attention, for the ego boost, for the spank bank. Fakes and flakes annoy the people who are looking for actual dates on those apps, of course, but apps are the new pick-up bars, and partnered people were strolling into pick-up bars to harmlessly flirt with strang-

ers before heading home to their mates, all charged up, long before apps came along. The dangers and temptations of app-facilitated flirtations are greater, of course, because unlike the person you briefly flirted with in a bar, the person you flirted with on an app can find you again—hell, they come home with you, in your pocket, and you can easily reconnect with them later.

But the real issue here isn’t apps or flirting along the harmless/ dangerous spectrum, BRACED, it’s closets—specifically, the one you’re in. The closet is a miserable place to be, as you know, and the only relevant question is whether you can spend the rest of your life in there. If the answer is no—and it sure sounds like it’s no (you sound miserable)— then you’ll have to come out to your girlfriend. If you don’t think monogamy will be right for you once you’re out, then monogamy may not be right for you period.

Find yourself a queer-positive therapist, come out to your GF with their help, and allow her to make an informed choice about whether she wants to be with you. Worry less about the right words, BRACED, and more about the truthful ones.

MAY I INJECT?

A woman recently wrote to you that her husband could not maintain an erection for “more than a few thrusts.” She said that Viagra is of no use to them (the drug gave him headaches) and she was contemplating the pursuit of sexual affairs with other men who could better serve her needs (with her husband’s permission). No need for me to rehash what you told her. I want to call your attention to a better solution to their quandary: Any competent urologist can write a prescription for a preparation known as Trimix (phentolamine, papaverine, and prostaglandin, in various strengths), which must be supplied by a compounding pharmacy. Or failing that prescription, then alternatively one for a brandname drug called Caverject. Both of these preparations are injected directly into the penis—into the corpora cavernosa, to be specific—and both effectively enable an erection of prodigious size and stiffness that will endure for as much as six hours.

POTENTIAL ALTERNATE SOLUTION SIDESTEPS INFIDELITIES’ OBVIOUS NEGATIVES Thanks for sharing, PASSION. And to guys out there with erectile dysfunction: Ask your doctor if Caverject is right for you?

On the Lovecast, a comprehensive rundown on anal lubes: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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