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Enshrining gender rights Let's make sure the Senate finally passes this bill On May 17, 2016 Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould tabled Bill C-16, which proposes adding "gender identity" and "gender expression" as prohibited grounds of discrimination to both the Canadian Human Rights Act and the hate crimes provisions of the Criminal Code. This is not the first time such legislation has been introduced: in 2012, NDP MP Randall Garrison introduced a near-identical bill that didn't make it past the Senate—but as a sitting government is responsible this time, it seems fairly likely that the bill will become law. There has been a surprising lack of fanfare around this announcement, relatively speaking. The bill coincided with the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia; given the current debates in the US about "bathroom laws," it was virtually guaranteed to be picked up by the mainstream press—and it was. For about a day. Subsequently, there were a few think-pieces (there's an especially great one by Shelina Ali on Rabble.ca's Pro Bono column), a
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few angry letters to local papers, and not much else. The gay press (by which I mean Xtra) isn't even talking about this much anymore. Maybe the conversation is different in trans* communities, but for cis communities, it seems to me that this news was met with a smile and a shrug. Sure, the bill hasn't passed yet—but that hasn't stopped us from getting excited before. So is the relative quiet around this bill evidence of the continuing marginalization of trans* concerns in straight and queer quarters? Have we reached a place where human rights advances like this one are seen
to be quotidian? Or do we think that this bill is more symbolic than anything else? Regardless, I don't want to lose sight of the extraordinary effort
the result of the unceasing efforts of trans* activists and their allies. Let us not forget that this is the seventh time such a bill has been introduced to Parliament. Even if this is symbolic, let's not forget that symbols matter. Explicit protections in the Human Rights Act aren't going to necessarily stop transphobic violence overnight or make interviewing in a hostile work environment easier, but it does say to trans* and non-binary folks: You are seen. You matter.
Even if this is symbolic, let's not forget that symbols matter. Explicit protections in the Human Rights Act aren't going to necessarily stop transphobic violence overnight or make interviewing in a hostile work environment easier, but it does say to trans* and non-binary folks: You are seen. You matter. required to bring this law to pass. Wilson-Raybould's announcement may not have been revolutionary— or even very surprising—but the scaffolding underlying this step has been decades in the making and is
So, what's next? Off the top, I hope this change to the Canadian Human Rights Act, which only pertains to
areas of federal jurisdictions, inspires other provinces that have yet to pass similar legislation to do so (looking at you, BC). I also hope it means there is an increase in support for human rights agencies and Legal Aid support: human rights are meaningless if there are no robust apparatuses to support complainants. Other policy priorities I have seen identified by trans* people include allowing trans* women (and men) to be placed in a prison that matches their gender identity and not their assigned-at-birth sex, and removing the need for proof of gender-affirmation surgery in order to legally change one's gender (some provinces have done this but not all). If you're cis and want to support trans* communities, these are good places to invest some energy. But before any of this happens, this bill needs to pass first: the Senate is still controlled by Tories. Please write/call/tweet and otherwise harass your Senator and MP to make sure they don't fuck this up again. V
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Let the Games begin?
A look at the impact of the Zika virus on the Brazil Olympics In the past, the only excuse for cancelling the Olympic Games has been a world war (Berlin 1916, Tokyo and Sapporo 1940, London and Cortina d'Ampezzo 1944). But if this year's Games had been scheduled for somewhere in West Africa two years ago, when the Ebola outbreak was nearing its peak, they would certainly have been called off. So should the Olympic Games scheduled to begin in Rio de Janeiro on August 5 be cancelled, moved or postponed? The health risk in Brazil's case is the Zika virus, transmitted by mosquito bites, which appeared in the country two years ago. It causes only a mild fever, if any at all, but it has been linked to a huge increase in the number of cases of microcephaly, in which babies are born with small, underdeveloped brains. Some die; most survive, but with moderate to severe learning difficulties. The 4700 cases of microcephaly in Brazil since last October (vs 150 in all of 2014) suggest that the country has a big public health problem, but the Zika virus hardly compares with the Ebola virus, which kills half the people who become infected. Yet 152 health professionals from around the world have now signed an open letter demanding that the Brazil Olympics
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do not go ahead as scheduled. The letter, addressed to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and published on Friday, was initiated by Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa. "Sports fans who are wealthy enough to visit Rio's Games choose Zika's risks for themselves," he says, "but when some of them return home infected, their fellow citizens bear the risk too." The WHO and the IOC immediately rejected his proposal, the former pointing out that the Olympic visitors, expected to number between 350 000 and 500 000, are only a small fraction of the six million visitors to Brazil each year—and that nine million Brazilians, potentially already carrying the Zika virus, travel abroad each year. Why focus specifically on the Olympics? Because, Dr Attaran says, the Olympic athletes and tourists will include many people from countries
whose citizens would not normally visit Rio. Some of those countries have poor public health services and warm climates, but are still Zikafree: "It cannot possibly help to send a half-million travellers into Rio from places that would not normally have strong travel connections with Rio and therefore set up new dissemination channels." Ah, WHO says, but there should be
government says. "Do you really believe that the Brazilian government is capable of eradicating mosquitoes in Rio even temporarily?" asks anyone who has ever had contact with Brazilian bureaucracy. So the argument goes, back and forth, and it's getting ugly. Attaran has even publicly accused the WHO of defending the IOC because the two organizations have officially been in partnership since 2010: "It is ignorant and arrogant for the WHO to march hand-in-hand with the IOC." And there is a lot of money on the table. The Brazilian government is spending $10 billion on the Olympics and there's another $3 billion at risk in various media and service contracts, very little of which will be covered by insurance if the Games are cancelled. So much of the insistence that all will be well is certainly driven by concern about the money that would be lost. The risk of spreading the Zika virus to some countries that would prob-
The risk of spreading the Zika virus to some countries that would probably not otherwise get it until much later is real and relevant relatively few mosquitoes in Rio in August, which is mid-winter in Brazil. Yes—but dengue fever, which is transmitted by the same mosquitoes, is up this year, Attaran says. Federal troops are spraying for mosquitoes, and neighborhood health inspectors have been tasked with eliminating standing bodies of water where they are known to breed, the
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ably not otherwise get it until much later is real and relevant, because work is underway on a vaccine and a year or two could make a big difference. But let's be realistic: the Rio Olympics cannot be moved in the time that remains and will not be cancelled or postponed. So what should be done? Dr Lawrence Gostin, director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, has the answer: "What is urgently needed is for the international community, led by the WHO, to declare an all-out war on the mosquito population in Rio." A concerted, well-funded effort under close international supervision could reduce that population to near zero, at least for the time that the Olympics last. That has not yet happened, mainly because it would be humiliating for Brazil to admit that it cannot do it on its own. Given the internal political crisis raging in the country, it will be hard to find a senior politician in Brasilia with the guts to ask for that kind of help. But it's time to go looking for one. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Tinder and race You wouldn't go up to a random stranger on the street and ask them, "What are you?" But on dating apps such as Tinder, these types of questions are typical when your ethnicity is not immediately obvious. I've been courted this way on several occasions on such apps—I identify as mixed race (I'm Salvadorian, Filipino and Thai, so my outward appearance can be racially ambiguous), which often results in me being on the receiving end of such patronizing questions. I will usually respond with, "I'm human, aren't you?" This often prompts them to clarify that they are asking about my ethnicity. ("Where are you from?") What comes next is a comment that is equally, if not more, imperious than the first: "That's so exotic!" or "I'm really into Asian women!" or "I've never dated a Latina before." Thanks, I guess. This isn't an isolated occurrence, either. A quick Google search provides similar anecdotes from many other non-white women (mixed race or not) detailing their own similar experiences. Dating apps have a race problem. It has been engrained over generations through systematic racial profiling and stereotypes, resulting in racial microaggressions. (MTV's "Look Different Campaign"
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against racial, gender and LGBT bias defines these as "brief and commonplace statements or actions that can be intentional or unintentional. They communicate slights and insults, and can have a harmful or unpleasant impact on the person experiencing them.") Calling someone exotic, then, would fit into that description. By definition, exotic means "originating in, or characteristic of, a distant foreign country." In other words, foreign. When you call someone exotic, you're putting them in the same category as objects and places—lumping people in with non-human things like food and vacation spots—which is completely insensitive. What's more, this whole mixed-race fetishization has led to the creation of Mixy—a dating app that works just like Tinder—that connects non-white people to individuals from other races and cultures. It's said to promote "interracial relationships" (which I'm all for), but it comes off as a platform based on the aforementioned "What are you?" question and magnifies racial microaggression behaviour. Don't tokenize others for their ethnicity. Nobody wants to be reduced to a crass stereotype or their physical appearance. V
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Carolyn Bennett (centre) addresses a press briefing on the 15th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. // UN Photo/Loey Felipe
Reconciliation: the act of making two people or groups become friendly again after an argument or disagreement; the process of finding a way to make two different ideas or facts exist or be true at the same time. History will always affect presentday living and I have to ask how reconciliation can begin when, in Canada, the First Peoples are nowhere near on par with the rest of the population. How can reconciliation occur when significant housing and food issues exist in aboriginal communities and water is undrinkable on 400 of Canada's 618 reserves? Third- and fourth-world conditions are still the norm on reserves and within northern communities. When people do not have their basic needs met, the concept of reconciliation is only a lofty idea with which leaders and authority figures can toy. On May 9, Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, fully adopted the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples—something the previous federal government had not done. This document is not a legal document. Rather, it demonstrates a promise and a starting point for all Canadians to think about our future. But when the scales of daily living are completely unbalanced,
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how can we even begin to think about reconciliation or "becoming friendly again"? I am proud to say that I am a beneficiary of Nunavut. My home supporting community is Whale Cove. A community of fewer than 400 people, Whale Cove became the home of the Padlei Inuit through the forced relocations of the Inuit during the 1950s. I say forced, because my peoples are Padlei, or the Caribou or Inland Inuit from the Keewatin District of northern Manitoba. We were not coastal Inuit, but through one of the many forms of colonization that affected the Inuit—much later and much faster than other aboriginal Canadians—my peoples were flown to various northern coastal communities to act as "human flagpoles" during the Cold War era. (It must be remembered that Inuit were never invited or negotiated into treaty, except the Labrador Inuit who signed a treaty in 1767.) During the Cold War era, if a pop-
ulation existed along the coast of Hudson Bay, then this part of the Arctic belonged to Canada and sovereignty was established. Inuit became living proof of the fulfilment of government ideology of the day. Removing Inuit from their land and all that was familiar, their hunting and fishing areas, the land that provided the necessities of life, to another location, created
For Inuit Canadians today, and specifically within Nunavut, we have to ask ourselves: how does a small group of Indigenous Canadians— who are first in all the statistics that nobody wants—create reconciliation? This small population holds the highest numbers in the country for high school dropouts, teenage suicide and tuberculosis— a disease that was conquered in southern Canada long ago. How do Inuit Canadians create ipatsivva? What would ipatsivva even look like? I once heard Susan Enuraq, the first female Inuit lawyer in Canada, state at a conference: "An Inuit family consists of a mother, father, three children, a bunch of dogs and an anthropologist." Inuit are an over-studied group lacking a positive outcome. In the area of education alone, Inuit Canadians continue early or forced exit from high school at a rate of about 75 percent, meaning only 25 percent of the Inuit population—just under
During the Cold War era, if a population existed along the coast of Hudson Bay, then this part of the Arctic belonged to Canada and sovereignty was established. Inuit became living proof of the fulfilment of government ideology of the day upheaval. New food and hunting methods had to be learned, new Inuktitut dialects had to be spoken. Everything that had been recognizable for generations was gone. In the Inuktitut language there is no word for reconciliation. The word ipatsivva, which means to "grasp the meaning of something", was the closest that I could find.
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60 000 people—complete high school. This is tragic. Ipatsivva, to me, would be filling up university classrooms with Inuk students. Ipatsivva, to me, would be taking on education as a form of personal reconciliation towards the Canadian state. Education is an area that each Inuk can pursue boldly and with success, but the current methods of educating Inuit are not working—still. The education system for Inuit Canadians is broken. Mary Simon, former national Inuit leader, tells us that we are not to dwell on our past history; we are to continue to move forward as Inuit Canadians. I don't believe reconciliation will result in an explosive new theory of life for Inuit Canadians. I do believe we owe it to ourselves to take care of our future generation of Inuk children by pursuing and creating an educational system that does work, and bring voice to Inuit citizens throughout the halls of educational institutions. V Norma Dunning is an urban Inuk writer and scholar and a third-year doctoral student with Indigenous Peoples Education. Her collection of prose Annie Muktuk and Other Stories is scheduled to release via University of Alberta Press in the fall of 2017.
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Edmonton's new brewpub has been a long time coming
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t has been a long time since Edmonton has seen a new brewpub— a really long time. Brewsters opened its first Edmonton location (Oliver Square) in 1995. A couple of years after that, there was a short-lived attempt on Calgary Trail (called Taps, for those who care). But since then? Nothing. Sure, we have Alley Kat (opened 1996), Yellowhead (opened 2010) and the nearby Two Sergeants in Fort Saskatchewan (opened 2015),
but they are all production breweries that mainly sell beer to other places for distribution. It has been ages since Edmontonians have been able to go to a new pub and drink beer made on site—until a couple weeks ago, with the soft launch of Situation Brewing just south of Whyte Avenue on Gateway Boulevard. OK, it is not officially a brewpub— Alberta's rules blur the distinction between brewpub and brewery, anyway—but the beer really is brewed
on site, and it's an exciting new entrant to the Edmonton beer scene. (It's not officially a brewpub because Situation's licence allows it to sell its beer at other locations as well, which is a part of its overall business plan. You will see Situation's beer at other pubs and restaurants around town, as well as at its home pub.) But let's stay focused on what Situation is giving us: a new spot—and in a great location, to boot—for beer lovers to go when looking for something original and local. Situation is the brainchild of Wayne Sheridan and Kale Edwards, with brewer Matt Cockle riding shotgun. A trip to Portland for a stag party opened their eyes to what a beer culture can be. Ever since, they have been mapping out a plan to create a local beer destination for Edmonton. That is why they call themselves Situation Brewing. "Location is mission critical for us," Sheridan says, over a beer just prior to the opening. "We want to highlight where the beer is situated. Edmonton has good breweries, but people don't see the process behind the product." He notes that it would have been an easier path to opening in a light industrial park where rents are lower, but the team wants to show people how Situation's beer is made. Situation is located in a former second-hand bookstore that has been transformed into a bright, urban space with clean grey metals and wood. The decor is understated but inviting. While sitting at the bar, you can look down a row of fermenters and conditioning tanks on the brewery side. The food menu features accessible pub food—pizza, burgers, sandwiches—with a cosmopolitan twist.
But I come for the beer. Situation is currently offering seven house beers with three to five guest taps (all Edmonton breweries), with plans to expand its house offerings over time. As expected, there is a breadth of styles to suit all palates, ranging from a straightforward wheat ale to a red ale, a stout and an IPA. It is early, but some initial highlights include the quirky Afternooner Tea Saison, made with mango oolong tea, as well as a balanced, piney IPA called Page Turner. Better yet, Situation soon plans to start up a daily cask ale offering. Cask ale is fresh, short-lived beer conditioned in casks, usually with some
Situation Brewing Company 10308 - 81 Ave 780.705.1377 situationbeer.com form of special addition. Situation will be the first pub in Edmonton to offer a new cask every single day. That has me quite excited. The place have a great location, a viable concept and the beer has potential—makes me think we have a pretty good Situation on our hands.
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A moment from the Dirt Buffet Cabaret, which will be part of the Nextfest Nite Club series // Mat Simpson
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extfest's 20th anniversary year began just five months after fire destroyed the Roxy Theatre, its traditional home, in 2015. But rather than damaging the festival itself, the Roxy fire energized Edmonton's theatre community and led to a tremendous outpouring of support. "We ended up having the largest Nextfest we'd ever had, despite the fact that the fire happened," festival director Steve Pirot says. "And that was in large part due to the generosity and the imagination of people in the community that reached out to us and offered us resources. ... We were able to expand our umbrella a little bit more than we probably would have if the fire hadn't happened. But the trade-off there was that things were much more spread out and there was less of a geographic focus to the festival." This year, Nextfest is concentrating its performances in a couple specific areas—for the first time ever, the festival is entirely on the south side of Edmonton. The spirit of collaboration stoked by the fire continues not only with the new venues, but also
with this year's Nextfest Nite Club series. In years past, the Nite Clubs only took place on a few evenings throughout the festival. This year, every day of the festival concludes with a Nite Club, and each one is a unique beast curated by a different artistic group. "We are focusing on creative bodies—creative cells within the city, that are generally active throughout the year—and [we] offered them the opportunity to do their versions of what our Nextfest Nite Club could be," Pirot says. In Arms Theatre, Edmonton's only LGBTQ+ theatre company, is curating the Out Loud cabaret on the same evening as the Pride Parade. Ben Gorodetsky is transforming the Nextfest Nite Club into his Dirt Buffet Cabaret, in association with Mile Zero Dance. Every Nite Club will be unique, just like the performances themselves. Nextfest shows range from dance to music to play readings to live theatre to high school students' works to the Edmonton poetry Slam finals, which will decide the Ed-
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monton Slam Team for the national poetry slam competition this fall. For Pirot, who's stepping down as festival director after this year, Nextfest has grown and evolved a lot over the years. "I've seen waves of people come in. It's not long enough to say that they're generations, but I've seen the first group of people—represented by people like Clinton Carew and Trina Davies and Chris Craddock and Paul Matwychuk—I've seen those people who were the first wave come and then see them exit," he says. "They moved past the Nextfest window, and then [came] the Aaron Talbots and the Jesse Gervais and the Amber Borotsiks. I've seen these waves occur. So that's an interesting change to witness. But I think the biggest difference, besides the size of the festival, is that we're now seeing ... high school students coming into Nextfest [who] don't know a world where Nextfest didn't exist. We have people involved in the festival who are younger than the festival."
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ike the rest of For The Love of Cynthia's cast, Ron Pederson didn't see a script until the first day of rehearsal. All 10 actors knew Stewart Lemoine was writing parts for them, of course, but they didn't get so much as a glance at a page. Not until the day when, usually speaking, actors should already be versed in the material. Which, it turns out, is a bit of a Teatro La Quindicina tradition with its new works. "Even if he's completed the play a month before, he won't give it to us," Pederson chuckles. "I think that adds to the certain energy that you get when you come to an opening at Teatro." That energy, of course, is part of the company's MO: Lemoine's penchant for heightened eloquence is usually delivered with almost-madcap aplomb. Routinely large casts defy modern theatre's typical offerings, making the vibe as much "onstage party" as anything else.
Cynthia, which opens Teatro's 2016 season—and gets the distinction of being first full show-run in the longawaited, much-upgraded Varscona Theatre—finds itself surveying 1950s Alberta, wherein a census taker discovers a tiny hamlet close to Drayton Valley that fancies itself an independent kingdom, complete with a royal court. While there's a lot to absorb in just three weeks of rehearsal—"When people ask me what the play's about at this juncture, 'I'm like, gosh, it's about everything," Pederson says— not being able to peruse the material beforehand also lets the cast approach the work with open eyes. "It's a gift, because nothing's overthought," he says. "It forces you to come in empty, and discover it along the way. Great discoveries are made every day [in rehearsal]; every day, I'm like, 'Ahh, OK, I see what's happening here. I see what this needs.'" Pederson points out that there's
Until Sat, Jun 18 (7:30 pm; 2 pm Saturday matinees) Directed by Stewart Lemoine Varscona Theatre, $20 – $34 an almost improvisational energy at play, as there often is with the company: the cast learns just where many of the punchlines and deeper sentiments lie the first time an audience is in the house. "[Stewart]'s just always been around improvisation," Pederson says. "And some of the themes of his plays are about improvisation, making it up, and the power of the imagination. It's no wonder that there's a matching energy between improv and the spontaneity of Teatro. "That said, we're rehearsing the hell out of it," he adds. "I have to fence and sing a Schubert song. It's not like we're waiting for the audience—we're preparing ourselves to meet them."
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here's a term in crime writing, a term I discovered when it happened," Wayne Arthurson says. "People told me I was orphaned." His series was, anyway: the second Leo Desroches crime mystery, A Killing Winter, concluded his two-book deal with a publisher. And that was it: his editor there had departed, and without their support, there was no renewal of the deal. Arthurson had a third book ready to go, but no publisher to release it. "It's hard for them to start a series half way," he notes. "If it does well, this other publisher will make money off your first two books. So it was a bit of a struggle to find someone." Arthurson eventually found a publisher—only to have another the-person-who-was-interestedgot-fired scenario play out. Finally, a company he'd written for before offered to release the book. Good thing, too, for those who crave resolution: A Killing Winter ended on a cliffhanger. Blood Red Summer, its sequel, picks up a little further down the line: Métis journalist Desroches, fresh from a prison stint and back on the crime beat, ends up at the scene of an inner-city overdose. A few rocks fall from the body bag—rough diamonds, it turns out, which lead Desroches into a deep, dark and dangerous situation with a street gang and a mining company. Blood Red Summer launched a few weeks ago, but there's plenty else on Arthurson's plate right now: the first book in a brand-new series, about a
Second World War-era German prisoner camp in Lethbridge, is due out in the fall. He's also mid-way through his term as one of the Edmonton Public Library's writers in residence, where he's been focused on offering a wide array of opportunities to the city's literary community. "I wanted to not just do novel writing and character development," he says. "I wanted to do whole different types of writing. I wanted to hit a broad range of things that I like, and I thought people would like as well." That's translated to sessions dedicated to graphic novels and a songwriting workshop with Jr Gone Wild songwriter Mike McDonald; future plans include a session on crime fiction, and another on spoken word, in collaboration with some of the city's artists. There's also a fourth Desroches book that Arthurson's working on, though, like with Blood Red Summer, its publishing isn't guaranteed—the book deal he signed was for a single novel only. But, if anything, his experience with getting the third book out into the world has taught him to focus on the craft, and not get too discouraged about the rest. "I had a friend who said, 'I've been orphaned three times on the same series,'" Arthurson notes. "It's nothing I did wrong—I just wrote my books. All these industry things just happened, [but] there's nothing I can do about it. Just keep plugging them, and get it published."
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Let There Be Height
Sprouts New Play Festival for Kids / Sat, Jun 4 & Sun, Jun 5 (1 pm) The kiddies are the focus when theatre is set in an imaginative, informal and creative setting. Celebrating its 15th year, Sprouts New Play Festival—presented by Concrete Theatre—will feature three new plays: The Other Mother, Abuela's Coqui and Nuts and Honey. In addition to the plays, there will be kid-friendly events going on throughout the weekend such as face-painting, story-telling with Young Alberta Books, Drum Stories with Bob Rasko and crafts. (Westbury Theatre, $7.50)
re-live prom night after the performance with some dancing and (boozy) refreshments. Don't forget the corsage! (Queen Alexandra Community League, [10425 University Ave], $15)
Thunderprom! / Sat, Jun 4 (7 pm) If you had the chance to re-do prom (or, for some of us Albertans, graduation), would you? The guys and gals at Sorry Not Sorry are posing this question in this improv show about a weird prom. You'll get to
Let There Be Height: An Aerial Cabaret / Wed, Jun 8 & Thu, Jun 9 (Silent auction at 6:30 pm; show at 7:30 pm) It's Firefly Theatre's annual Aerial Cabaret, which features trapeze, aerial silks, hook and vertical rope
Ben Proulx: Dead or Alive StandUp Comedy Tour / Wed, Jun 8 Comedian Ben Proulx wants to make you laugh, and laugh you shall when he comes through the Edmonton region on his Dead or Alive tour. Be on your best behaviour—this show doubles as a live comedy recording, too. (Shell Theatre [Fort Saskatchewan], $18 – $20)
Folk Lordz
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performances from 12- to 55-yearolds. This year's theme is Opposites: see street dances on Corde Lisse (a vertical rope), a zombie aerial attack and more. Buying a ticket also helps support Firefly's Aerial Arts Program. (Westbury Theatre, $30 in advance, $35 at the door) Folk Lordz: Warriors & Fools / Thu, Jun 9 (8:30 pm) Edmonton's Ben Gorodetsky and Todd Houseman are bringing their multicultural comedy show of folk story-telling, improv and theatre to Philadelphia, Toronto and Winnipeg, but first they want to entertain the local fans with a showcase featuring two brand-spankin'-new storytelling styles including CreeBlackfoot warrior stories and Yiddish fool's tales. Performances from Success 5000 and Chris Borg, too. (Spazio Performativo [10816 95 St], $10) V
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Height A n A e ri a l C a b a re t WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH & THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH FRINGE THEATRE ADVENTURES | WESTBURY THEATRE | 780.758.9999 TICKETS $30 | TIX ON THE SQUARE | 780.420.1757 SILENT AUCTION OPENS @ 6:30PM | SHOW @ 7:30PM www.fireflytheatre.com PHOTOGRAPHY BY STUDIO E PHOTOGRAPHY
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DANCE DANCE CRUSH • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • milezerodance.com • This season, MZD produces four performances with some of our favourite movementbased artists from across Canada • Jun 10-11, 8pm • $15 (MZD members), $20 (non-members)
D'BOMME SQUADS' PRIDE SHOW FEATURING THE REAL GREEN FAIRY • Woody's, 11723 Jasper Ave NW (Upstairs) • Burlesque dancers will be taking it off to show their... rainbows. The group will be raising money for charity • Jun 5, 8pm (door), 9pm (show) • $5 (pre-sale, email transfer to dbommesquad14@ gmail.com), $7 (door)
DIRT BUFFET CABARET #10 • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St NW • mzdsociety@ milezerodance.com • milezerodance.com • Edmonton's monthly performance lab & avant-garde variety show. Featuring 10-minute performances of dance, spoken word, music and more • Jun 9; 9-11pm • $10 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds) 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
FUSION NIGHT, SOCIAL DANCE • Shanti Yoga
by Duane Linklater & Tanya Lukin Linklater; Apr 30-Sep 18 • The Unvarnished Truth: Exploring the Material History of Painting; Apr 30-Sep 18 • Allora & Calzadilla: Echo to Artifact: artwork by Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla; Jun 3-Aug 28 • Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection; Jul 23-Nov 13 • JASON DE HAAN: Grey to Pink: Jul 23-Nov 13 • BMO Children’s Gallery: Touch Lab: Leave your Mark: Opens Jul 24 • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm
ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Flow of Traffic Theory: artwork by Gary Dotto; Jun 2-Jul 2; Opening reception: Jun 2, 6-9pm • Art Ventures: Recreate, Renew, Reuse (Jun 18), 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: Weaving (Jun 16), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Recreat, Renew, Reuse (Jun 18); for 3-5 yrs; pre-register; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)
Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • Chigiri-e Torn Paper Art Show: Tiny pieces of coloured tissue are used to create beautiful works that look like brush and paintwork in this Japanese art form • Jun 5, 10am6pm • Free with regular admission
SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry
FILM CAPITOL THEATRE CINEMA SERIES • Fort Edmonton Park • Enjoy classic films on the big screen • Every Thu, 7:30pm • $10.50 (+taxes & fees)
CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Free • Schedule: Wigstock the Movie (Jun 8)
FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm • Schedule: Alfred Hitchcock's Production of Lifeboat (Jun 3), Master and Commander (Jun 10) METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St
Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • The Flood: artwork by Sean Caulfield; Feb 6-Aug 14 • 7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc; Mar 5-Jul 3 • Little Cree Women (Sisters, Secrets & Stories): artwork by Brittney Bear Hat & Richelle Bear Hat; Mar 5-Jul 3 • A Parallel Excavation: artwork
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CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun FOR THE LOVE OF CYNTHIA • 10329-83 Ave NW • teatroq.com • An Alberta census taker in the 1950s discovers a tiny independent kingdom located just west of Drayton Valley • Jun 2-18 HAIR • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • The musical story of a group of hippies who celebrate peace and love—and their long-hair—in the shadow of the Vietnam War • Apr 12-Jun 12
HEY, PRETTY WOMAN! • Phase II West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St • jubilations.ca • A spoof on the hugely popular movie released in 1990 • Apr 15-Jun 12
IMPROV OPEN JAM • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037-84 Ave • grindstonetheatreyeg@gmail.com • grindstonetheatre.ca/openjam.html • A space to share, swap games and ideas. For all levels • Last Tue every month until Jun 28, 7-9:30pm • Free
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL • St. Albert • childfest.com • Featuring artists, performers from around the world, the ability to learn about far away places and time periods, and the hands-on creation of one-of-a-kind artistic masterpieces • May 31-Jun 4
GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl. ca/gallery-at-milner • 2nd floor, by the aboriginal collection: Redress Photography Project; May 15-Jun 30
MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave •
HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Connect the Dots: 28th Annual Members’ Show; Jun 14-Jul 9 • Oh the Audacity! Naked Show; Jun 23-Jul 5
Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a high-stakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door)
JAKE'S GALLERY • 10441-123 St • karen@ jakesframing.com • Brushstrokes: artwork by John Yardley-Jones and Spyder Yardley-Jones; Jun 6-30
THE NAKED MAGIC SHOW • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • Jun 2, 7pm • $39.50-$49.50; available at Ticketmaster
JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • The Centre of Awe: artwork by Audrey Shield; May 27-Jun 29; Opening reception: Jun 8, 6:30-8:30pm
Featuring members of the award winning improv troupe Die-Nasty.
MACEWAN UNIVERSITY CITY CENTRE CAMPUS • Room 7-266 • amatejko@telusplanet.net • Pre-Suburbia, Utopian Desires: Photography by Jason Symington; Mar 30-Jun 24
NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • volunteer@thenina. ca • Meshananhk Ka Nipa Wit School Youth HONOUR; Until Jun 16
SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper
10330-84 Ave (North Side of the ATB Financial Arts Barns) • grindstonetheatre.ca • 90 minutes of improvised entertainment that unveils scenes, songs and choreographed numbers completely off the cuff based on audience suggestions • Every Fri, starting Sep 25-Jun 25, 11pm • $15 (online, at the door)
780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Strathcona Salon Series: various artists; May 14-Jun 26
5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • Celebrate St. Albert: looking back at 150 years of celebrations in the community; Apr 26-Jun 19 • Satisfaction Guaranteed; Jun 28-Sep 11; Opening Reception (Mad Men theme): Jul 14, 6:30-8:30pm
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
11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • The Backstage Theatre,
GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park •
MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place,
SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97
THEATRE
thefrontgallery.com • Summer Salon II; Jun 23, 7-9pm
Plain • multicentre.org • Settlers & Trains – Stories of Stony Plain & Area; until Jun 21
ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com
TALES–Monthly storytelling circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly TELLAROUND: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com
FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave •
MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony
10225-97 St NW • 780.691.1691 • There will be different themes each month • Every 2nd Tue of month, 8:30-10:30pm • $20 (door); 18+ only
Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright
St • douglasudellgallery.com • 49th Annual Spring Show: artwork by Joe Fafard, Jessica Korderas, Eliza Griffiths and more; May 14-Jun 4
MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullengallery • Works from the Field: artwork by Dan Bagan; May 7-Jul 3
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir
Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Voyage to Future Places: artwork by Twilla Coates and Ricardo Copado; May 31-Jun 24 • 30 Shades of Round A Journey of Mixed Media Mosaics: artwork by Helen Rogers; Jun 28-Jul 22; Opening reception: Jul 7, 6-9pm
DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY (DUG) • 10332-124
GALLERIES + MUSEUMS
ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Feature Gallery: #ABCRAFT: artists using digital technologies; Apr 2-Jul 2 • Discovery Gallery: Echoes: artwork by Mia Riley; May 7-Jun 11 • Discovery Gallery: The Inhabited Landscape: artwork by Bettina Matzkuhn; May 7-Jun 11
VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St
DEVONIAN BOTANICAL GARDEN • 51227 AB-60,
JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages
Broadmoor Blvd • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona. com • Truth of Form: a sculpture and paintings exhibit; Jun 10-12
NAKED GIRLS READING • Brittany's Lounge,
780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Firedamp: Artwork by Sean Caulfield; May 6-Jun 11
• 780.425.9212 • The Metro will be closed for summer maintenance, Jun 27-Jul 7 • Metro Bizarro: Lisztomania (Jun 15) • Music Doc: Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (Jun 7) • Quote-a-Long series 2016: Hedwig & the Angry Inch (Jun 11) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: A Little Princess (Jun 4), Raiders of the Lost Ark (Jun 18-19), The Secret World of Arrietty (Jun 25) • staff Pics: The Thing (Jun 13) • turkey shoot: Gods of Egypt (Jun 16)
A.J. OTTEWELL COMMUNITY CENTRE • 590
Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • China through the Lens of John Thomson (1868-1872): photos by John Thomson; Mar 18-Jul 31 • The Mactaggart Art Collection: Beyond the Lens: artwork by John Thomson; Mar 18-Jul 31 • Show Me Something I Don't Know: images, photographs and travelogues created by John Thomson; May 19-Jul 2 • My Heritage 2016 Exhibit: 78 competitive original fibre art entries; May until Aug
St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Regeneration: artwork by Catherine McAvity; May 13-28 • Tokyo Lights: artwork by Johnny Taylor; Jun 3-Jun 17; Artist in attendance: Jun 3, 6-9pm & Jun 4, 1-4pm • Atmosphere: artwork by Allan Bailey; Jun 23-Jul 8; Artist Reception: Jun 23, 6-9pm & Jun 24, 1-4pm
INFUSED WITH BLUES WORKSHOP WITH JOE DEMERS AND MIKE "THE GIRL" LEGENTHAL
100 Ave • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music. No partner required • Every Wed, 7-9pm • $10
Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • A Conversation with Colour: artwork by Jonathan Forrest; May 26-Jun 14 • The Steamfitter's Guide: artwork by Robin Smith-Peck; Jun 23-Jul 12; Opening reception: Jun 23, 7-9pm • Hole-And-Corner: artwork by Kirsty Templeton Davidge; Jun 23-Jul 12; Opening reception: Jun 23, 7-9pm (artist in attendance) • Between Sleep and Wake: artwork by Nomi Stricker; Jun 23-Jul 12; Opening reception: Jun 23, 7-9pm (artist in attendance)
each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner
BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124
DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St •
SACRED CIRCLE DANCE • Riverdale Hall, 9231-
PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper
U OF A MUSEUMS GALLERIES AT ENTERPRISE SQUARE • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave •
ARTWALK • Perron District, downtown St Albert. Includes WARES (Hosting SAPVAC), Musée Héritage Museum, St Albert Library, Art Gallery of St Albert (AGSA), Bookstore on Perron, VASA, Musée Héritage Museum, A Boutique Gallery Bar By Gracie Jane • artwalkstalbert.com • The art hits the streets again for its 15th year! Discover this art destination, a place to enjoy, view and buy art to suit all tastes and budgets. See returning artists and new ones • Jun 2, Jul 7, Aug 4, Sep 1 (exhibits run all month)
Studio,10026-102 St • Move to the Blues and other musical styles. Attendees must bring socks. No shoes permitted • Jun 17, 9:15pm (beginner lesson), 10pm (dance) • $8 - $12 (sliding scale)
• Queen Mary Park Community Leaugem 10844-117 St • workshop.novablues.com • Jun 3-5
PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: The Unfinished Symphony: paintings by Dave Thomas • Artisan Nook: The random artist: various creations by Shelly Banks • Both exhibitions run May 24-Jul 5; Artists’ reception Jun 9, 7-9pm
fortedmontonpark.ca LITERARY PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Marlena Wyman: Illuminating the Diary of Alda Dale Randall; Feb 2-Aug 20
SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta PrintArtists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists. com • The Opening Act: artwork by Natasha Pestich; Apr 28-Jun 11
TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free-$117.95 • The International Exhibition Of Sherlock Holmes; Mar 25-Sep 5
AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • C.J. Schneider "Mothers of the Village" Book Launch; Jun 4, 2pm • Bonnie Lendrum "Autumn's Grace" Reading & Meet and Greet; Jun 5, 2pm • Wendy McGrath and Marilyn Dumont Reading & Meet and Greet; Jun 7, 7pm • Read and Write with Pride; Jun 9, 7pm • Lori Weidenhammer "Victory Garden for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees" Launch; Jun 16, 7pm • Carrie Stanton "Emmie and the Fierce Dragon" Signing & Meet and Greet; 12-3pm
EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed
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RENT • La Cite Theatre, 8627-91 St • twoonewaytickets.com • It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City's East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS • Jun 10-26 SOCIAL SCENE • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • grindstonetheatreyeg@gmail.com • grindstonetheatre. ca/scenestudy.html • Fellow theatre lovers share excerpts of plays that they have been reading • First Mon of every month, 6-8pm; until Jun 6 • Free SPROUTS • ATB Arts Barns 10330-84 Ave • fringetheatreadventures.ca • Introduce the kids to live theatre through this engaging and gentle first theatre experience. Plays can be enjoyed by children as young as 18 months to 12 years old with babies warmly welcomed • Jun 4-5, 1pm (lobby activities), 2pm (plays) • $7.50 (kids under 3 are free)
SWALLOW • Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • brooke.leifso@gmail.com • Juxtaposes the detrimental industrial impacts of resource extraction with the fragility of bodies, the resiliency of spirit/memory and the unbreakable bonds of kinship between two sisters • Jun 1-3 (7pm), Jun 4 (4 & 7pm), Jun 5 (2pm); Talk back to follow Jun 4 afternoon performance • $20.50 (adv), $20 (door); Tickets available at metrocinema.org/ online_tickets
THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square
REVUE // GRAPHIC NOVELS
POP
POP EDITOR: PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM
Morphing medium
Conundrum Press recounts the past two decades in 20x20
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f you wanted to publish the connection between '90s zine culture and graphic novels, Conundrum Press may be the printer churning out the pages. For 20 years Conundrum has published chapbooks, flip-book drawings, photography, words and pictures, memoirs and short social commentary. With 129 titles and 20 years behind it, Conundrum has been the starting point for many Canadian creators with no publishing experience. 20x20 compiles that history, asking writers and artists to contribute a new work or a reflection on Conundrum itself. The result offers a retrospective, a wide range of new art and commentary on obscurity, art and publishing in Canada. Writers revisit their first works, display founder Andy Brown's first edits of submitted work, or offer new pieces that exist nowhere else. Brown started Conundrum in postreferendum Montréal where English-language publishing was not exactly welcome, but writers and artists thrived thanks to a tanking economy. With early chapbooks by unpublished writers, Conundrum's early years saw Brown publish compilations of show posters and flyers by artists around Montréal.
The diverse output of Conundrum demonstrates Brown's mandate to publish anything and everything that was interesting and needed to be out in the world. The book's featured author of 1998, Dana Bath, describes Brown's philosophy as, "Someone has to take books that are worth something and distribute them to the world." The publisher's re-telling of the press house's start is simple: his first publication idea was a result of listening to his roommate at the time (poet Catherine Kidd) chatting into a voice recorder and realizing she needed to be published. So he took on the task. It set his standard for publishing: Brown would find writers and artists he found interesting and set about ensuring they were published. It has worked for 20 years. The Press boasts David Collier, Joe Ollmann and the recently muchacclaimed Meags Fitzgerald, whose first work was the Doug Wright Award-winner for 2015. Her Conundrum-published memoir, Long Red Hair, was featured on numerous must-read lists for 2015. Like '90s zine culture itself over those 20 years, a lot of work has
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disappeared—1998's what might have been rain is simply gone. "Collector's item, I guess." Brown writes. 20x20 may be the only place to experience not only what some of these works were, but how they were made. Here they're remembered as moments in publishing history, a key moment in an artist and writer's past, consumed in the machine of time. At over 200 pages, the compilation is an astounding demonstration of works produced that span the morphing of a medium and culture. And despite setbacks, three moves and personal upheavals, Brown writes he looks forward to commemorating Conundrum's 30th anniversary in a similar collection. Creators and readers in this country could be so lucky.
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POPCULTURE HAPPENINGS
PREVUE // COMIC CONVENTION
Red Deer Expo
Chloe Bennet, one of Red Deer Expo's inaugural guests
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en Marasco didn't know what to expect, heading into the Calgary Expo eight years ago. It was his first convention; once he got inside, he never really left. "When you go in, it's kind of mesmerizing," he recalls. "There's people in cosplay; there's different celebrities there—you can chat with them, find out what it's like to film their show, get an autograph there, get a photo op—vendors [from] across Canada, around the world. "I just loved it," he continues. "I fell in love with the entire concept of conventions." After that, Marasco got involved: first as a volunteer, then taking on more substantial roles. He's now created his own convention: the Red Deer Comic & Entertainment Expo. (two cons, actually; Marasco's also helming a new Vancouver Expo in August.) "A lot of people have asked us, 'Why Red Deer, of all places?'" Marasco, Calgaryborn-and-raised, says. "And my answer is always the same to them: 'Why not?'" VUEWEEKLY.com |
Sat, Jun 11 & Sun, Jun 12 Red Deer Expo Westerner Park (4847A - 19 St, Red Deer), $25 – $99 reddeerexpo.com
Fair enough. Red Deer's inaugural Expo is a two-day affair, with the same calibre of draw you're likely to find at the much-larger affairs around the country—featured celebrity guests include Morena Baccarin (Deadpool and Firefly), Chloe Bennet (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Leatherface), among others—as well as the convention staples: comic creators, an exhibitor and artist alley, cosplay. "It's kind of our tagging," he says. "We're going to bring the big-city experience to Red Deer with the small-town costs. We've really taken a good, effective approach to pricing, but that said, you're still going to get a top-quality show."
PAUL BLINOV
Eek! Fest / Sat, Jun 4 – Sun, Jun 5 Summer is just right around the corner, and that means that pop-culture convention season is finally here. Started in 2013, Eek! Fest will be taking over five floors of Servus Credit Union Place and will feature a plethora of activities: a fan-operated festival of everything Lego, big-screen gaming stations, three performances by Rapid Fire Theatre (one will be family friendly, if the kids insist on tagging along), a zombie shooting-range for those who want to prepare themselves for a Walking Dead scenario, a live pop-culture painting performance, and much more. (Servus Credit Union Place [St Albert], $7 – $30)
Geek Crawl / Thu, Jun 9 (6:30 pm) The 124 Street strip is becoming a geek haven with a collection of board-game cafés, comic shops and escape rooms. Three stores on the stretch will be hosting Edmonton's first Geek Crawl, an evening where guests will travel to different businesses and spend an hour at each location. Attendees will start off at Variant Edition with staff ready to show off their favourite comic titles and special guests that will offer a look into the world of comics, followed by a special Geek Crawl escape-room adventure at the X Realm, before ending with board games, drinks and food at Table Top Café's second location. (Variant Edition, The X Realm, Table Top Cafè; $46.55) V
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Love & Friendship
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An early Jane Austen novel proves to be ideal source material for director Whit Stillman
martly lean in length and slyly mean in its main character's motive, Love & Friendship closes with two marriages—one convenient, the other happy—but it's the lit-film marriage of Jane Austen and Whit Stillman that delights. It's a match so white-glove-fittingly snug that it seems inevitable in retrospect— after Stillman wrote and directed deftly mannered, trippingly worded tales of Manhattan debutantes (Metropolitan), two gal-friends frequenting a NYC disco (The Last Days of Disco) and a trio of college freshwomen smartening up their
fratty campus (Damsels in Distress), who better to screen-adapt the bon mots of the 19th-century master of women-in-society novels? Even as he clearly relishes sinuous-sentence lines of dialogue, Stillman finds an almost screwballcomedy sprightliness in his take on Jane Austen's early work Lady Susan (likely written in 1794), which takes flight on the wily wings of a widow ... and soars a little higher by way of a buffoon. Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale) is not merely a recently bereaved wife but a cunning adulteress, an artful dodger of a con-
versationalist who pretends that she's no flirt even as she charms the breeches off Reginald DeCourcy (Xavier Samuel) and seems to be pressing her daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark) to marry Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett). Beckinsale's satin-smooth as a woman who plays men like harps, protesting her innocence or feigning her goodness-of-heart when she's not cheerily informing dear American friend Alicia Johnson (Chloë Sevigny) of the progress of her noble and righteous machinations. Here's
an amorally modern version of the usual Austen heroine, scheming to advance in an England with little to give ladies beyond the income of husbands: "If you realized the full extent of ridiculous manhood that a young woman without fortune must endure ... " Yet, trailing the wit-and-a-half of Lady Susan, a half-wit nearly steals the show. Bennett stuns and stupefies in every scene Sir James blathers and smiles sillily through—if not bounding too high and clapping too childishly at a dance, he's professing awe at a poet also writing verse or discovering
Opens Friday Directed by Whit Stillman a new vegetable: "How jolly! Tiny green balls." (Little wonder Reginald later calls him a "peabrain.") The overarching adaptation is both crafty and exuberant, too, finely dressing up its radical-rebel of a conniving woman in a polished, poised show of eloquent entertainment.
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X-men: Apocalypse
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n one of X-Men: Apocalypse's rare comedic moments, a group of rebellious teenage mutants go to the mall and watch Return of the Jedi. Not only does this scene provide yet another ham-fisted reminder that "Hey, it's 1983!" but it also leads to a strange meta-commentary on the film itself. Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) argues with Jubilee (Lana Condor) about which movie is better—the original Star Wars or Empire Strikes Back—and a young Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) jokes that no matter which one is best, everybody knows the third movie in a trilogy is always the worst. What exactly is X-Men: Apocalypse trying to do with this joke? Is it aware that it's not as good as 2011's First Class or 2014's Days of Future Past? Is it trying to poke fun at its critics, or preemptively ward off criticism? It's a weird moment,
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and it makes you laugh a little too hard because by that point in the film it's already clear that Apocalypse is just as bad as 2006's XMen: The Last Stand—another overstuffed third instalment that's big on set pieces and light on character development. Apocalypse's basic plot involves the world's oldest mutant (Oscar Isaac) waking up and deciding to destroy human civilization. He recruits four horsemen, including the film's most developed character, Michael Fassbender's Magneto. The core of the new X-Men trilogy is still the relationship between Magneto and James McAvoy's Professor X (Jennifer Lawrence's bored, barely there Mystique fails to register as a key player like she did in the last two films). But at this point, it feels like the movie has nothing
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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eaching a delightful, brilliant children's classic of its spirit, Disney plays right into its worst critics' hands, turning the ingenious nonsense of Lewis Carroll into the ineffable twaddle of Alice Through the Looking Glass (sic, indeed— that missing hyphen's the first hint something's very off about this return-to-Wonderland). It's a seemingly CEO board-mandated franchise follow-up that's all about formula, not fun or fancy. More listless, muddled, F/X-beholden, and star-bound (even deeper into Depp here) than Tim Burton's 2010 take on Linda Woolverton's adaptation of Carroll's first Alice book, this "sequel"—director James Bobin pilots Woolverton's creaky script-ship this time around—bears about as much resemblance to its source material as Donald Trump does to a reasonable policy maker. The action-video-game begins with an effort to retro-mash-up Treasure Island and Victorian grrrl fiction— Alice (Mia Wasikowska) captains a
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barque through the Straits of Malacca by heeling the vessel so intrepidly that the manoeuvre would surely nab her the 2016 Olympics sailing gold. When she returns to the mere historical backdrop that's 1876 London, she actually does time-travel—away from her shipping-business problems, still tied up with ex-fiancé Hamish (sneeringly close to a Monty Python character), and back to "Underland." The looking-glass is just a convenient portal (even popping up mid-way through to toss Alice into a look-what-those-Victorians-didto-hysterical-women! edutainmentsequence). The Cheshire Cat, the White Queen and the rest of the gang's reunited briefly, then Alice is off on a steampunky, Dr Whomeets-Seuss adventure, via a "chronoscope" she steals from Time himself (Sacha Baron Cohen, channelling Werner Herzog's English accent), to bring the sad Mad Hatter's (Depp) family back from the dead.
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Tweedledolt or tweedledumb? It's hard to know what's worst: Captain Alice's preposterous self-actualizing and anachronistic faux-feminism (bonus—her mom realizes how corseted-by-society she is, too!); or, in a nominal adaptation of a book that so inventively mocked convention, just how predictable and unnecessary all the timey-wimey stuff, backstory, pop psychologizing (the big-headed Queen of Hearts only ever wanted love, don'tcha know?), CGI action-whiz-whooshery and ADD-gadding-about about are. But if more great kiddie-lit gets this sort of retconning, rebooting, full-bore Disney-fication, expect Little Women 3D: Sherman's Marches very soon. BRIAN GIBSON
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Spiritual travelogues
Win Wenders' Road Trilogy gets a gorgeous re-release A wayward journalist journeys in search of grandma's house with a little girl he barely knows. A brooding young would-be writer wanders away from home to find his vocation, but instead finds only fleeting friendships and spiritual malaise. A travelling film-projector repairman picks up a pediatrician in despair, and the two traverse the former's itinerary while both incrementally find some level of reconciliation with their pasts. These are thumbnail descriptions of films defined by their uncontainability. Dubbed "The Road Trilogy" by critics after their release, these films, Alice in the Cities (1974), Wrong Move (1975) and Kings of the Road (1976), are peripatetic not only in subject matter but also in their manner of creation. Shot largely in sequence and,
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with the exception of the middle film—a very loose adaptation of Goethe's 1795 novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, relying heavily on rigorous improvisation—these gorgeously photographed, endlessly curious spiritual travelogues are pierced with a sense of the present-tense rarely apprehended in narrative film. Whatever you might think of later films by New German Cinema director Wim Wenders, know that there was a time when he presided over the closest thing we have to cinematic miracles. Criterion has already released several of Wenders' finest—Wings of Desire (1987), Paris, Texas (1984) and, most recently, The American Friend (1977)—and has now added The Road Trilogy to the Collection, packaging all three
films together in a handsomely designed, generously supplemented box set of DVDs or Blu-rays. For those still in the market for exceptional home-video packages, this is easily one of the year's most inspired objects. Alice in the Cities begins at the journalist's film, following Philip Winter (Wenders stalwart Rüdiger Vogler) as he maunders across the US in a dented car, taking Polaroids of various places and things as though hoping to capture through images some essence that eludes him in words. He arrives in New York, nearly broke, in preparation to return home, but has a chance encounter with two fellow Germans, a young mother and her daughter, Alice (Yella Rottländer). The mother, who seems even more
lost than Winter, leaves her daughter in his care while she attends to a fraught romantic rendezvous. Winter and Alice fly back to Europe, lose touch with mother, and search for a safe haven, while Alice, the story's engine and a kind of surprise palliative to Winter's internal struggle, emerges as the real protagonist. Unlikely as its premise might sound, these characters feel arrestingly real and the story immensely moving. Wrong Move is, by design, a stiffer, more self-consciously estranging film, embedded in the narcissism of youth, and its hero (Vogler) is rather charmless, but it seizes upon postwar Germany's almost unfathomable unease with itself, and features numerous fascinating
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encounters, including one in which a man is unexpectedly rescued from his own suicide by a group of complete strangers. Strangers who become close temporary comrades, the travellers in Kings of the Road—at three hours the longest, most mesmerizingly exploratory film of the trilogy—played by Vogler and Hanns Zischler, are men without women, ostensibly searching for distraction but finding meaning, never stopping in any one place for long but offering each other the consolation of silent companionship. They are kings of nothing, really, but the roads they follow open up paths into a world not yet exhausted to them, and paths to a deeper sense of self and satori. V
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HISTORY REVISITED Clutch skips around its discography as it supports Psychic Warfare
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fter surviving 25 years together—with the same lineup, no less—Clutch has amassed 11 albums' worth of material. Known for lengthy live sets spanning the band's entire catalogue and a penchant for sudden fits of improvisation, Clutch is currently taking on an entirely different challenge as it tours as direct support for Lamb of God. "You know, we have hundreds of songs and these sets are 50 minutes, so we play about 11 of those hundreds," vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Neil Fallon says. "About half of our set is from Psychic Warfare [released in 2015], and the rest we kind of just pick from our history. We don't think about it too much; we just do what we've always done and just play with as much passion and sincerity as we can. If people don't like that, then I don't know what else to offer them, because we try to keep it as honest as possible." To satisfy its members creatively,
as well as the sizable Clutch contingent present at the shows, the band has a constantly changing setlist, with old favourites and deep cuts being rotated in on a nightly basis. So is Clutch capable of Fugaziesque improvisation, seamlessly segueing from one career-spanning song to another? "Not even close," Fallon laughs. "What we do, however, is take turns writing setlists. For example, I think Jean-Paul [Gaster, drums] is writing it tonight, and I'm writing it tomorrow. If there's a song that we haven't played in months or even years, we'll give the guys a heads-up so we can practice it at sound check once or twice. The idea of playing the same setlist every night is just really unappealing; I think it would suck the joy right out of it. We'll throw in some oldies for the people that dig that stuff—and we dig it, too—but like most artists we're more inclined to play newest stuff, because it's the freshest."
Working largely within a genre known to take itself a little too seriously at times, Clutch has always stood out as a band that isn't afraid to explore surrealist humour and smart-ass storytelling in its lyrics. This comes from the group's interest in a wide variety of musical genres, and from its geographical roots in Maryland, within spitting distance of Washington, DC. "On one hand, I take what we do very, very seriously," Fallon explains. "But not to the extent that, you know—there's this unwritten rule in metal that you're not supposed to smile on stage, and I don't get that. That sounds like a real drag. The sound of Clutch I contribute to a few different things from where we're from. One is DC hardcore and punk rock, which if I had a criticism [of] I would say that sometimes it took itself too seriously. And I think early on we kind of reacted against that. Even though we loved the music, the
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attitude was a little too academic for us, because we also really loved DC go-go, which is just party music. And it's a combination of those two that really explains Clutch. Sure, there are songs with serious subject matter, but at the same time, I like to have a good time with it. I'm not digging ditches." "Decapitation Blues" uses this humour to tell the tale of Fallon's own medical issues that surfaced in 2013. Diagnosed with "an ugly case of cervical spinal stenosis and two herniated discs," Fallon underwent some pretty intense neck surgery and a recovery that left him uncertain about his role in Clutch moving forward. Luckily, there were no further complications, and now he can sing about it on a nightly basis ("You've been banging your head like a teenaged fool / Here you've been kicked in the head by a three-legged mule"). "Thankfully, the surgery was as successful as one could hope for.
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Sun, Jun 5 (7:30 pm) With Lamb of God, Corrosion of Conformity Shaw Conference Centre, $48 If anything—like most times when you reflect on your mortality—it was a bit of a wake-up call. I'm not ashamed to admit that I bring a yoga mat on tour with me now," Fallon chuckles. "Got to keep the spine in shape, because if the spine is no good, the whole thing goes to shit. Twenty-five years of doing this will take its toll; it's just a matter of being honest with one's self about it, and being appreciative of being able to do this. It definitely threw that light on it, because the period of time when I thought I may not be able to do it anymore were some pretty dark days." JAMES STEWART
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No Sinner
Fri, Jun 3 (7 pm) With the Red Cannons, Port Juvee The Almanac, $16 in advance, $20 at the door they'd just finished writing songs for the sophomore album. This eventually led to the departure of Campbell, Browne and Camirand, leaving Rennison solo once again.
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olleen Rennison, frontwoman of Vancouver's No Sinner, feels relieved that her highly anticipated sophomore album, Old Habits Die Hard is finally released. "It was tough. There were times where I felt like giving up, when it felt like it wasn't going to happen," Rennison reflects over the phone. "I
felt like I had to get on with my life." For some time, it seemed like there wouldn't be a follow-up to No Sinner's 2012's Boo Hoo Hoo EP due to some industry roadblocks that stopped the current record in its tracks. The group had plans to release Old Habits Die Hard shortly after the EP—"We were ready to
release most of the album when we signed with [record label] Mascot. So we thought we were finished our album," Rennison says—but No Sinner's new record label wanted to rerelease Boo Hoo Hoo as an extended full-length instead. "The record label had a bit of a different agenda than we did, " Rennison
adds with a soft laugh. Boo Hoo Hoo was written solely by Rennison on an acoustic guitar before she had a band—which was eventually rounded out by Eric Campbell, Ian Browne and Matt Camirand. Touring an album they had no part in wasn't particularly fulfilling for her bandmates at the time, considering
since put out six recordings including Final Act of Selflessness, released in February 2016. The band's overall approach to making music is never rushed and maintains a sense
really meaning it so much," he explains. "'Poisoned Apple' is metaphorically about Facebook and how it seems like such a great thing, but it's really just poison. There are a lot of running themes throughout the album, but as always, [it's] just songs about what was going on at that time." More serious topics discussed in tracks like "Poisoned Apple" are delightfully balanced on Final Act of Selflessness with ones like "Banana," which plays with fun ska elements. Fun is
Rennison and her new bandmates— David Sveinson on guitar, Nathan Shubert on keys, Cole George on drums and Joe Dubinsky on bass—are finally set to tour Old Habits Die Hard in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Produced by Ben Kaplan (Biffy Clyro, Rise Against), the album offers 12 tracks of bellowing, dirty blues rock—carved out by Rennison's raw vocals and the band's gritty instrumentals. Across those tracks is a theme of destruction that pens a more realistic point of views than the fictitious narrative of Boo Hoo Hoo. "Old Habits Die Hard is the sound of a band's sort of rise and fall, more or less," Rennison explains. "All those songs were being written while we were enjoying success and we were touring and all those things, and also while we were falling apart as a band and our friendships were falling apart. It's just very autobiographical." Despite the delays and the breakup of her former band, Rennison is happy to still be making music. "When I talk about the recording process and how we dealt with the label and all of that, sometimes it comes across as I'm bitter, or something like that," Rennison reflects. "I'm just happy to be doing what I love, and I'm happy to be singing great songs that I got to write with these incredibly talented people."
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PREVUE // PUNK
Abandin All Hope
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or dudes who play in a band called Abandin All Hope, there is no shortage of positivity or forward momentum. The Fort McMurray wildfires damaged over 2000 homes, including Abandin All Hope drummer Steve Crowe's. While the band has been playing several fundraisers since the evacuation at the beginning of May, Crowe says the setback won't stop the punk group from energizing audiences with its music. "Our area just got completely obliterated," Crowe explains with a half chuckle. "We grabbed what we could and just left. Now we're just going to keep doing what we do, hang out when we can and play the occasional show. With everything that's been going on, it's been fun to be playing a bit more around Edmonton—takes my mind off insur-
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ance stuff." Since being evacuated to Edmonton, Crowe has been attending as many of the Fort Mac fundraising events as possible. "I've been trying to get to these events and say thanks to e v e r y b o d y, " he says. "Not necessarily from me, but from the town as a whole—not like I'm an official Fort Mac ambassador or anything."
I've been trying to get to these events and say thanks to everybody. Not necessarily from me, but from the town as a whole— not like I'm an official Fort Mac ambassador or anything
Abandin All Hope has been together since February 14, 2003 and has
of lightheartedness, even within the occasional darkly themed song. "The song 'Black Sheep' is about extending a helping hand but not
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Sat, Jun 4 (8 pm) With Anatomy Cats, the Mange Mercury Room, $12 in advance, $15 at the door a major aspect of Abandin All Hope, since the guys are known for pranking each other from time to time. "Joey was the best for pranks," Crowe recalls, referring to Abandin All Hope's former guitarist, the late Joey D. "One time we were trying to convince him that he had a disease called fisharoma syndrome, or something. So I went to Safeway and I bought this fish spray, and I sprayed it on the entrance to his place, on his bed, etc. We got everybody we knew to ask him about a fish smell, and eventually somebody gave up the prank." BRITTANY RUDYCK
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Jenny Berkel
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he designation of "home" doesn't have to be relegated to a single locale. For Jenny Berkel, the word has come to describe the pastoral quiet of her first domicile in rural Ontario, the hustle of Toronto, the often underrated gems of Winnipeg and now
Montréal, which is technically her home base these days. "I love cities, but whenever I leave a city I sort of immediately feel this release of tension, so I end up constantly out of the city," she says over the phone from the Niagara region of
Ontario. "I've been back and forth between Ontario and Montréal for the last six months—like, lots. Right now that's why I'm in Ontario: my band is also based in Ontario mostly right now. I'm leaving for tour next week, so we're here trying to do some video
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work and stuff like that." The connection Berkel has to each of her adopted hometowns permeates her latest album, Pale Moon Kid, an emotive, dream-like record that serves as a follow-up to her critically praised debut, Here On A Wire (2012). Berkel notes that she strives to write plenty of imagery into her songs, and the topics and places populating Pale Moon Kid are often viewed through mnemonic lenses. "I think I get really nostalgic about all the places that I leave behind, even if when I was in that place I didn't feel like it was the place for me to be," she explains. "Above all other places I would say Winnipeg is the place I miss most. It's the place I certainly invested in the most as an adult, and it's where I wrote my first song. It's where I played my first concert. It's where I started doing what I'm doing now." Winnipeg is admittedly not the most obvious choice from her list, but Berkel credits its rich music scene for helping her get started. She notes that she's a "late bloomer" in her foray into folk music, having grown up listening to Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan and Celine Dion—the only radio station she had access to during her formative years had them
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on repeat. After moving to Winnipeg, she was exposed to folk music and other artists working in the genre. "I dated a folk musician when I first lived there, and it was shortly after we parted ways that I decided I wanted to start writing songs," she recalls. "I'd always written poetry, but I suddenly realized I could blend the two things that I loved the most." Berkel chose to team up with Daniel Romano to produce the album, and help bring her vision for Pale Moon Kid to realization. A noted musician in his own right, Romano and Berkel met several years ago through mutual connections, and Berkel has since toured as a member of Romano's band. "The music I write is not the same as the music Dan writes at all, but I think he's really good at listening," she says. "He's very creative and good at seeing what a song needs and going with that. I've known him as a producer since before I met him, and I've always been a big fan of what he does."
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Australia. His intent was to pursue music full-time, and he soon recruited Hiller to work on some of the songs he had already created. "We sat in a room and worked on the lyrics together and every little part of ['Hanging From the Ceiling'], and then we flew down to Nashville and recorded it and there it was," Morphy explains. "But the thing is, we couldn't play it live before we recorded it because we didn't actually have a bass player at the time. ... Once we got in the studio and recorded it fully, we kind of saw what it actually was."
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he audiences were strange to us, so it was kind of like starting over," says Spencer Morphy, after touching down in Toronto following a run of shows in the UK. "We didn't know anyone and had to prove ourselves, in a way. But everyone was really supportive. The UK is like a big music community, so it was really nice." It was the maiden voyage to the UK for the Velveteins, and the "big whirlwind of shows" took the trio to venerable music destinations like Liverpool and Brighton for a performance at the Great Escape Festival. "It was the wildest time I've ever experienced playing music," Morphy says of the festival, the gravity of the experience only beginning to settle in. "It was so fun: just a beautiful city on the seaside with hundreds of bands, hundreds of people, hundreds of free drinks." Now firmly back on Canadian soil, the Edmonton-based surf-meetsgarage-rock band's focus will shift to putting the finishing touches on its forthcoming LP. The currently untitled record is due out this fall, but the Velveteins released its latest single, "Hanging From the Ceiling," off a reworked version of its EP, A Hot Second With the Velveteins, in the meantime—the recordings were re-released after the group signed with Fierce Panda Canada. "Hanging From the Ceiling" is replete with hazy melodies that are entrenched in vintage-'60s cool, and it also happens to be the first song Morphy and drummer Addison Hiller wrote in collaboration. Morphy started the Velveteins as a solo project in 2013 when he returned from a year-long sojourn to
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Add Gun 'N Roses, the Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Shania Twain and a lil' bit of paprika into bowl, then stir at a turbo speed. You can now enjoy the rock offerings of Fort McMurray's Freedom's Note. Other acts on the bill include DIY and Endivera. (Mercury Room, $12 in advance, $15 at the door)
A TRIBUTE TO PRINCE / FRI, JUN 3 (8 PM)
Pay your respects to the late, great Prince with Souljah Fyah, Krystle Dos Santos, Maracujah, Jeff Hendrick and more who will perform in this special tribute. $10 from every ticket sold will help support iHuman Youth Society. (The Needle, $15 in advance, $20 at the door)
BLITZEN TRAPPER / SAT, JUN 4 (8 PM)
All Across This Land is the newest album from the Portland, Oregon folk-rock group. (The Needle, $22.50)
HEART OF THE CITY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL / SAT, JUN 4 & SUN, JUN 5 (11 AM – 5 PM)
The festival promotes local and emerging artists creating music and visual art, so there'll be plenty of performances and workshops to check out. The festival is free, but bring some cash for food and homemade wares. Visit heartcityfest.com for more info. (Giovanni Caboto Park)
LOW LEVELS / SAT, JUN 4 (9:30 PM)
Low Levels is a relatively new punk-rock band, having formed in 2014. It's fresh off its selftitled debut EP, which was released in February. (The Almanac, $10)
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MUSIC PREVUE // PUNK
Career Suicide
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t all began with the Sex Pistols. Martin Farkas, frontman of Toronto's Career Suicide, was captivated by the outrageous outfits and wild antics of Johnny Rotten and company at the tender age of 11. "I was initially drawn to the energy and chaos of it," he recalls. "There's no other music with such furious energy and such a healthy outlet
for frustrations. The do-it-yourself culture of punk and hardcore was also fascinating. It taught me that instead of waiting around for someone else to do something, I could just do it. You can do anything. You just need to be clever and figure it out as you go." As a self-described "punk-rock purist," Farkas learned about music by filling up blank tapes he would bring to record stores in Hungary—he lived there with his father for a bit after his parents' divorce. When he moved back to Canada a few years later, he began playing in bands and hosting a radio show on a community station in Vancouver prior to Career Suicide forming in 2001. The band's most recent record, Attempted Suicide (2006/07), is close to Farkas' heart—which seems to be one of the reasons why the band's next album won't be dropping until July, at the earliest. "I think Attempted Suicide is the best material we've ever written," he says. "So it's been pretty intimidating to follow that up. We took so long to get this new batch writ-
Fri, Jun 5 (9 pm) With No Problem, Pavilion, Languid, Vibes, Siyahkal Brixx, $18 ten, and it seems like there's some psychological barrier preventing us from putting it out there. There's a whole bunch of weird influences on this one: New Jersey hardcore, the first Fear record. If anything, it's a slightly more diverse album." Career Suicide has been around for 15 years, but the band has somehow avoided playing Edmonton all this time. Frequenting Europe, Asia and the US, the four-piece has finally found time to visit the City of Champions—the guys even have their day off in the area all planned out. "We're renting a car and we're just going to go get lost in the mountains somewhere. Us flatlanders from Ontario don't even know what mountains look like," he laughs. "So it's a treat to spend a day off in the Rockies—just as long as nobody gets eaten by a bear or drowns in a glacial lake!"
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WHY, MARILYN / SUN, JUN 5 (5 PM)
This (late) afternoon delight offers some punk and metal music by way of Alberta's two major cities: Calgary's Why, Marilyn and the Graceful along with Edmonton's Point Place. (Mercury Room, $10 in advance, $15 at the door)
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WITHOUT MERCY / TUE, JUN 7 (8 PM)
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Edmonton's Diamond Mind released a split tape with Lab Coast in November 2015, which features four experimental pop tunes glimmering with sunny vibes. (The Needle, $12 in advance, $15 at the door)
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9910 Close Talker
SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Stan Gallant
THE ALMANAC Low Levels
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BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE
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Rockzilla; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live
CASINO EDMONTON Rules of
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Colleen Rae and Cornerstone (country/ rock); 9pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE Live at Lunch
Fuqn' Fridays
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STENCIL HALL Excerpt
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Detached Objectives, Hello Moth, Twitch and BlipVert; 8pm
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Johnston Fielding Trio; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $20 (members), $24 (guests)
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Burton Cummings & Band; 7pm (doors), 9pm (show); Tickets start at $49.50
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Country Hall of Fame Guest host Bev Munro (country); Every Thu, 7pm; No minors
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mer Quartet; 8pm; $15
Karaoke Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am
music every Fri with local musicians
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each week with a different band each week; 8pm
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Michelle Laine; 9pm; $10 Robison; 9pm
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Wong every Sat THE PROVINCIAL PUB
Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am
Sun; 9:30pm ON THE ROCKS Live music;
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Mothercraft, Moving Bodies; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10; 18+ only FIDDLER'S ROOST Open
Stage; 7-11pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S Classic
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Lamb Of God; 7:30pm; $53 SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
Mercy (metal/rock) with God Said Kill and guests; 8pm; $12 (adv at Blackbyrd Myoozik or YEGLive), $15 (door)
Ryder; 9pm ON THE ROCKS Killer PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme
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THE ALMANAC Velveteins,
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Cosmopolitan Music Society Finale; 7:30pm; $20-$25
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays with DJ
Zyppy ~ A fantastic voyage through 60’s and 70’s funk, soul & R&B; Every Sun
MON JUN 6 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal Mondays
with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox
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Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30-11:30pm; Free
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MERCURY ROOM Without
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SANDS INN & SUITES Open Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm
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FILTHY MCNASTY'S Filthy
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Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com
BLUES ON WHYTE Steely Mac & the Fleetwood Dans; 9pm
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Myoozik or YEGLive), $15 (door)
with DJ Blue Jay - mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic
Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am
TUE JUN 7 BLUES ON WHYTE Steely
Mac & the Fleetwood Dans; 9pm BOHEMIA Almost Alien BRITTANY'S LOUNGE
Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every TueFri, 5-8pm
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S Mother
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jam every Tue; 9:30pm REXALL PLACE James
Taylor and his All-Star Band; 8pm; $35-$95 SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
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
Crazy Dave's Rock & Roll Renegade Jam; 7:30pm
RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players
Classical
SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
WINSPEAR CENTRE Staying
Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees; 8pm; $49-$89
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Eddie Lunchpail spins alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic & euro; Every Tue
ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up
Tuesday
WED JUN 8 THE ALMANAC Jenny Berkel BLUES ON WHYTE Taylor
Scott; 9pm BOURBON ROOM Acoustic singer songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE
Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every TueFri, 5-8pm DRUID IRISH PUB Karaoke
FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm
Wednesdays
FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE 8336-160 Ave, 780.401.3313, hummingbirdbistro.ca IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St NW, 780.451.8825, kellyspubedmonton.com KING'S UNIVERSITY 9125-50 St NW L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LIZARD LOUNGE 11827 St. Albert Tr, 780.451.9180, facebook.com/ The-Lizard-Lounge MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 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 OTTEWELL UNITED CHURCH 6611-93a Ave NW PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St REXALL PLACE 7424-118 Ave RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE 9797 Jasper Ave NW SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752,
Wailin' Wednesday Jam with Hosts Wang Dang Doodle (variety); Every Wed, 7:3011:30pm; All ages TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke;
9pm TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Live music
Wednesday's; Every Wed
Classical ARDEN THEATRE St. Albert
Communtiy Band 45th Annual Spring Concert; 7-9:30pm; $12 (adults), $8 (student/seniors) - Available at the Arden Box Office
DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait
Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Kevin Martin;
Every Wed PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing
Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm
VENUEGUIDE
JUN/2
DESTRUCTION UNIT W/ RHYTHM OF CRUELTY & ZEBRA PULSE
JUN/5
CAREER SUICIDE (TOHC) W/ NO PROBLEM, LANGUID, VIBES
JUN/6
STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
BLACK PUSSY
W/ THE MOTHERCRAFT, MOVING BODIES
JUN/10
STARLITE ROOM PRESENTS
JUNO REACTOR DJ
SET
W/ IVARDENSPHERE
JUN/11
STARLITE ROOM PRESENTS
MORTILLERY
W/ L.A.M.S., RIOT CITY, SLEEP DEMON
JUN/17
BLURRED LENZ AND STARLITE ROOM PRESENT
JUN/24
CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
24 MUSIC
TOPS
W/ FAITH HEALER
VALIENT THORR
W/ PEARS
9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com THE AVIARY 9314-111 Ave, 780.233.3635, facebook.com/ arteryyeg BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BRU COFFEE AND BEER HOUSE 11965 Jasper Ave NW THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd,
Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DRAFT COUNTRY NIGHT CLUB 12912-50 St NW, 780.371.7272, draftbargrill.com DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EL CORTEZ 10322-83 Ave NW, elcortezcantina.com EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780. 424.0077, yourgaybar.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca
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sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com STENCIL HALL Taylor College and Seminary, 11525-23 Ave STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY 17118-90 Ave TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE 10324-82 Whyte Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 7308-76 Ave, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB 10746 Jasper Ave, 780.951.2705 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428
EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM
COMEDY BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Marvin Krawczyk; Jun 3-4
COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Tony Rock; Jun 2-5 • Jesse Joyce; Jun 8-12
DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou. DJ to follow • Every Sun, 9pm
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
ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm
GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm BABES IN ARMS • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • A
NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St
obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free
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 • 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 • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net
POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall, 10135-96
PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of
• nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651,
Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm
RASC REGULAR MEETING - MEMBERS NIGHT • Telus World of Science, 11211-142 St NW • edmontonrasc.com • Featuring presentations about RASC members and their interests, projects, skills and passions • Jun 6, 7:30-9:30pm • Free (open to the public)
EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • edmontonatheists.ca • Monthly roundtable discussion group. Topics change each month • 1st Tue, 7pm; each month
EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 10728-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm
FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm
LIGHTSABER TRAINING • Sir Winston Churchill Square • Celebrating all things Star Wars. Featuring lightsaber training for the young and young at heart. Guests must bring their own lightsabers (makeshift lightsabers are welcome) • Every Wed during the summer; 7-7:45pm for young padawans, 7-8:30pm for mature padawans • Free
LGNYEG (LADY GEEKS UNITE) • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • lgnyeg.blogspot.ca • Geek out with fellow geek ladies. Featuring movies, board games, artists and so much more • 1st Thu of the month • Free
LOTUS QIGONG • SAGE downtown 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free
SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm
MONDAY MINGLE • Hexagon Board Game Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe. com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)
EDMONTON CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL • Expo Centre at Northlands • albertabeerfestivals.com • Jun 3-4 EEK! FEST • Servus Place, 400 Campbell Rd, St Albert • theeek.com • Five floors filled with pop-culture fun including Lego, comics, video games, live popculture performances, special guest appearances and more • Jun 4-5
ENVIRONMENT WEEK AT UALBERTA • University of Alberta, North Campus • sustainability.ualberta. ca/enviroweek • Featuring activities to celebrate sustainability and encourage the discovery of new knowledge and skills • Jun 6-10
FOUNDER'S DAY AT RUTHERFORD HOUSE • Rutherford House, 11153 Saskatchewan Drive • rutherfordhousehistoricsite.org • Plant flower seeds in Mrs. Rutherford's historic garden, and take a tour highlighting the connections between the Rutherfords and their passion for education • Jun 5, 12-4pm • Regular admission
SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm
GEEK CRAWL • 124 St, Starting at Variant Edition • tabletopcafe.ca • thexrealm.com • varirantedmonton. com • Featuring activities and guests at Variant Edition who will talk about comics, an escape room at the X Realm, followed by food, drinks and board games at Table Top Cafè • Jun 9, 6:30pm (start); an hour will be spent at each location • $46.55 (Eventbrite)
TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Chamber Toastmasters Club:
HISTORY ROAD - THE ULTIMATE CAR SHOW • Reynolds-Alberta Museum, 6426-40 Ave, Wetaskiwin • history.alberta.ca/reynolds • Highlighting the best of more than a century of automotive history • Jun 11-12 INDULGENCE 2016 • Delta Edmonton South, 4404 Gateway Blvd • indulgenceedmonton.ca • See Edmonton’s top chefs, distinctive Alberta food producers, and the best VQA wineries in Canada for a taste of amazing flavours and spicy personalities • Jun 6, 6:30-9 pm
JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY • Devonian Botanical Garden • devonian.ualberta.ca • Experience Japanese culture in a unique setting • Jun 5: 12:45pm, 1:30pm and 2:15pm • Adv tickets recommended, online at Matsukaze Chonoyu Association; $7.50 (does not include admission to the Garden)
KURIMOTO JAPANESE GARDEN SPRING FESTIVAL • 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian. ualberta.ca • A celebration of Japanese culture in a very special spring setting • Jun 5, 11am-4pm • Free with general admission
WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • womeninblackedmonton.org • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence
LET THERE BE HEIGHT • Fringe Theatre Adventures, 10330-84 Ave • boxoffice.tixonthesquare.ca • Featuring professional and upcoming circus artists along with physical theatre, comedy and dance • Jun 8, 7:30-10pm • $30 (Tix on the Square), $35 (door)
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS GREAT EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL SLIDE • St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 (Gerry)/ 780.435.6406 (John)/ 780.454.6216 (Sylvia) • Barbeque at Sylvia Krogh’s, 11561-136 St (Jun 6, 6pm)
MEGALAN 2016 • Fulton Place Community League, 6115 Fulton Road • Playing a variety of games such as: Star Wars: Battlefront, Rocket League, Planetary Annihilation and more. Casual play, no tournaments • Jun 3-5 • $20 (whole weekend)
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP - PROMOTING YOUR WORK • Strathcona County Community
NEXTFEST 2016 • Various locations throughout
Centre, Meeting Room 3, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • info@accsc.ca • accsc.ca • Discussing best practices for photographing your work for promotional purposes. Please bring your camera • Jun 6, 6:308:30pm • Free (ACCSC members), $25 (non-members); register online
Edmonton • nextfest.org • Featuring over 700 artists with 90 events, 28 venues over 11 days • Jun 2-12
NIGHT MARKET EDMONTON • Beaverhill House Park, Jasper Ave & 105 St • nightmarketedmonton@ gmail.com • 780.934.1568 • nightmarketedmonton. com • Watch an old movie, eat some food, or shop at the vendor’s stalls • Every Fri, 7-11pm, May 20-Aug • Free
QUEER EDMONTON PRIDE FESTIVAL • Various locations throught Edmonton • edmontonpride.ca • 36 years of pride! Featuring pride weddings, picnics, lectures, music, the Mayor's Pride Brunch and so much more • Jun 3-12 EDMONTON PRIDE PARADE & PRIDE IN THE PARK • Whyte Ave, End of Steel Park • The Pride Parade will be returning to Old Strathcona, with guests to pull out their most colourful attire from their closets and show their Pride • Jun 4, 11am
EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103 St
EASTWOOD FESTIVAL 2016 • Eastwood Park, 118 Ave & 86 St • Featuring yoga classes, live music food trucks and much more • Jun 4, 10am-5pm • Free
Dawson Park, 89 St • Guests will immerse themselves in ghost stories, while enjoying a limousine ride, and visiting some of Edmonton's most frightening haunts. For adults, and kids 12+ • Jun 9, 7-10pm • $49.95 (+ GST)
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 • 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 • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until 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); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331
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 of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5
the Winspear Centre • Jun 4, 6:30-11pm • Free (ride), $20 (performance, includes all service fees)
FIRESIDE GHOST EXPERIENCE • Begins at
TOASTMASTERS
jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages
WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Massive Mondays features talented comedians • Tue: Domestic bottle beer special only $3.75 all night long • Wed: Jugs of Canadian and Kokanee for $13; Karaoke with Shirley from 7pm-
5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • Offering 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
casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm
DEEPSOUL.CA • 780.217.2464; call or text for Sun
Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • Taekwondo: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • Abs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:15-8:15pm • Dodgeball: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • Running: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • Spin: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• Volleyball: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9pm
SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta,
COFFEE WITH COPS • The Carrot • Join Cst. THOMSEN to chat about neighbourhood concerns • Jun 7, 10-11:30am
Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • JamOUT: Music mentorship and instruction for youth aged 12-24; Every other Tue, 7-9pm • Equal Fierce Fit & Fabulous: recreational fitness program, ages 12-24; every other Tue, 6-8pm • Queer Lens: weekly education and discussion group open to everyone; every Wed, 7-8:30pm • Mindfulness Meditation: open to everyone; every Thu, 6-6:50pm • Men's Social Circle: A social support group for all male-identified persons over 18 years of age in
Polo: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • Yoga: New Lion's Breath Yoga
• 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Mon: Drag Race in the White Room; 7pm • Wed: Monthly games night/ trivia • Thu: Happy hour, 6-8pm; Karaoke, 7-12:30am • Fri: Flashback Friday with your favourite hits of the 80s/90s/2000s; rotating drag and burlesque events • Sat: Rotating DJs Velix and Suco • Sun: Weekly drag show, 10:30pm
the LGBT*Q community; 1st and 3rd Thu each month; 7-9pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Thought OUT: Altview’s all-ages discussion group; every Sat, 7-9pm • Men Talking with Pride: Social discussion group for gay and bisexual men; Every Sun, 7-9pm • Pagan Women’s Group: 1st Sun of every month, 2-5pm
12:30am • Thu: Highballs on special only $3.75 all night long; Karaoke with Bubbles 7pm-12:30am • Fri: Coming soon: DJ Arrow Chaser's new TGIF Party • Sat: Pool Tournement, 4pm; Jager shots on special only $4; Coming soon, DJ Jazzy
ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave •
ARTS ON THE AVE AGM • The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • artsontheave.org • Be inspired, meet your neighbours and artists in your neighbourhood • Jun 6, 7pm
780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)
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
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BIKE TO THE SYMPHONY • Bikeworks, 8001-102 St • edmontonbikes.ca • A short group ride to a performance by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at
JUN 2 – JUN 8, 2016
STAN REYNOLDS: THE ORIGINAL CANADIAN PICKER - EXHIBITION • Reynolds-Alberta Museum, 6426-40 Ave, Wetaskiwin • 780.312.2065 • reynoldsalbertamuseum@gov.ab.ca • history.alberta. ca/reynolds • An exhibit that provides insight into Stan Reynolds and his love of history and preserving the past for future generations • Runs until Oct 11, 2016
WALK TO FIGHT ARTHRITIS • Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park, 13221 Beuna Vista Road • walktofightarthritis.ca • Raising much needed funds for arthritis research and education • Jun 5, 10am-12pm YEG MARKET • 152 St and Stony Plain Road • yegmarket.com • Featuring a different theme each week. Included is fresh fruit, veggies, crafts and more • Ever Fri, 4-8pm, May 27-Sep 16 • Free
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ALBERTA-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS •• auctions •• REACH OVER 1 Million Readers Weekly. Advertise Province Wide Classifieds. Only $269 + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call now for details 1-800-282-6903 ext. 228; www.awna.com. (2) DAY UNRESERVED AUCTION. Industrial - Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 8 a.m. Agricultural - Wednesday, June 22, 2016, 8 a.m. Aldersyde, Alberta. To consign to these auctions call Canadian Public Auction 403269-6600 or see www.canadianpublichauction.com. MACHINE SHOP Closeout Auction for Core Manufacturing Ltd. Tuesday, June 7, 11 a.m., 8124 McIntyre Rd., Edmonton. Milling machines, CNCs, tooling, shop equipment. Details contact Meier Auctions 780-440-1860. CANADIAN PUBLIC AUCTION. We now do Farm Sales. Complete dispersals, appraisals & net minimum guarantees! For a free, no obligation quote call today! 403-852-8721 or www. canadianpublicauction.com. MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, June 4, 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Handguns, rifles, shotguns, hunting and sporting equipment. To consign call 780-440-1860. LORCAM FARMING Ltd Dispersal, Joffre, Alberta. Friday, June 10, 10 a.m. Selling Case IH Steiger 435 Quad Trac tractor, JD 7810 MFWA tractor, Case IH 8120 combine, Premier M150 SP Windrower, grain trucks, tillage, grain bins & handling, livestock equipment, 5W stock trailer & more; www. montgomeryauctions.com. 1-800-371-6963. UNRESERVED SALE REDWATER. June 11, 8 a.m. For Chedkor (780-689-7170)
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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 19): The voices in our heads are our constant companions. They fill our inner sanctuary with streams of manic commentary. Often we're not fully cognizant of the bedlam, since the outer world dominates our focus. But as soon as we close our eyes and turn our attention inward, we're immersed in the jabbering babble. That's the bad news, Aries. Now here's the good news. In the coming weeks you will have far more power than usual to ignore, dodge or even tamp down the jabbering babble. As a result, you may get a chance to spend unprecedented amounts of quality time with the still, small voice at your core—the wise guide that is often drowned out by all the noise. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 20): We are inclined to believe that the best way to see the whole picture or the complete story is from above. The eagle that soars overhead can survey a vast terrain in one long gaze. The mountaintop perspective affords a sweeping look at a vast landscape. But sometimes this perspective isn't perfectly useful. What we most need to see may be right next to us, or nearby, and it's only visible if our vision is narrowly focused. Here's how poet Charles Bernstein expresses it: "What's missing from the bird's eye view is plain to see on the ground." Use this clue in the coming weeks. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUN 20): I foresee fertile chaos in your immediate future, Gemini. I predict lucky accidents and smouldering lucidity and disciplined spontaneity. Do you catch the spirit of what I'm suggesting? Your experiences will not be describable by tidy theories. Your intentions will not fit into neat categories. You will be a vivid embodiment of sweet paradoxes and crazy wisdom and confusing clarity. Simple souls may try to tone you down, but I hope you will evade their pressure as you explore the elegant contradictions you encounter. Love your life exactly as it is! Methodical improvisations will be your specialty. Giving gifts that are both selfish and unselfish will be one of your best tricks. "Healing extremes" will be your code phrase of power. CANCER (JUN 21 – JUL 22): According to many sources on the Internet, "werifesteria" is an obscure word from Old English. But my research suggests it was in fact dreamed up within the last few years by a playful hoaxster. Regardless of its origins, I think it's an apt prescription to fix what's bugging you. Here's the definition: "to wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery and adventure." If you are not currently seeking out at least a metaphorical version of that state, I think you should be. Now is an excellent time to reap the catalytic
benefits of being willingly lost in a wild, idyllic, relaxing setting. LEO (JUL 23 – AUG 22): I'm debating about which of your astrological houses will be your featured hotspot in the coming days. I'm guessing it will come down to two options: your House of Valid Greed and your House of Obligatory Sharing. The House of Valid Greed has a good chance to predominate, with its lush feasts and its expansive moods. But the House of Obligatory Sharing has an austere beauty that makes it a strong possibility, as well. Now here's the trick ending, Leo: I'd like to see if you can emphasize both houses equally; I hope you'll try to inhabit them both at the same time. Together they will grant you a power that neither could bestow alone. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 22): Between now and July 25, there's a chance you will reach the peak of a seemingly unclimbable mountain. You could win a privilege that neither you nor anyone else ever dreamed was within your reach. It's possible you'll achieve a milestone you've been secretly preparing for since childhood. Think I'm exaggerating, Virgo? I'm not. You could break a record for the biggest or best or fastest, or you might finally sneak past an obstacle that has cast a shadow over your self-image for years. And even if none of these exact events comes to pass, the odds are excellent that you will accomplish another unlikely or monumental feat. Congratulations in advance! LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 22): "My mother gave birth to me once, yeah yeah yeah," writes author Sara Levine. "But I've redone myself a million times." I'm sure she is not demeaning her mom's hard work, but rather celebrating her own. When's the last time you gave birth to a fresh version of yourself? From where I stand, it looks like the next 12 to 15 months will be one of those fertile phases of reinvention. And right now is an excellent time to get a lightningflash glimpse of what the New You might look like. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 21): Author Rebecca Solnit offers some tough advice that I think you could use. "Pain serves a purpose," she says. "Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of." With that in mind, Scorpio, I urge you to take full advantage of the suffering you're experiencing. Treat it as a gift that will motivate you to transform the situation that's causing you to hurt. Honour it as a blessing you can use to rise above the mediocre or abusive circumstances you have been tolerating. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 – DEC 21): Aphorist James Guida contemplates the good results that can
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come from not imposing expectations on the raw reality that's on its way. "Not to count chickens before they're hatched," he muses, "or eggs before they're laid, chickens who might possibly lay eggs, birds who from afar might be confused with chickens." I recommend this strategy for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Experiment with the pleasure of being wide open to surprises. Cultivate a mood of welcoming one-of-akind people, things and events. Be so empty you have ample room to accommodate an influx of new dispensations. As James Guida concludes: "Not to count or think of chickens." CAPRICORN (DEC 22 – JAN 19): "No gift is ever exactly right for me," mourns Capricorn poet James Richardson. Don't you dare be like him in the coming days. Do whatever you must to ensure that you receive at least one gift that's exactly right for you. Two gifts would be better; three sublime. Here's another thought from Richardson: "Success repeats itself until it is a failure." Don't you dare illustrate that theory. Either instigate changes in the way you've been achieving success, or else initiate an entirely new way. Here's one more tip from Richardson: "Those who demand consideration for their sacrifices were making investments, not sacrifices." Don't you dare be guilty of that sin. Make sacrifices, not investments. If you do, your sacrifices will ultimately turn out to be good investments. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 18): Life will invite you to explore the archetype of the Ethical Interloper in the coming days. The archetype of the Helpful Transgressor may tempt you as well, and even the Congenial Meddler or the Compassionate Trickster might look appealing. I urge you to consider experimenting with all of these. It will probably be both fun and productive to break taboos in friendly ways. You could reconnoiter forbidden areas without freaking anyone out or causing a troublesome ruckus. If you're sufficiently polite and kind in expressing your subversive intentions, you might leave a trail of good deeds in your wake. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20): Your theme comes from the title of a poem by Fortesa Latifi: "I Am Still Learning How to Do the Easy Things." During the next phase of your astrological cycle, I invite you to specialize in this study. You may imagine that you are already a master of the simple, obvious arts of life, but here's the news: few of us are. And the coming weeks will be a favourable time for you to refine your practice. Here's a good place to start: Eat when you're hungry, sleep when you're tired, and give love when you're lonely.V VUEWEEKLY.com |
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media and online dating apps have made meeting people easier and communication more impersonal. Twenty years ago you'd have to actually talk, in person or on the phone, to make plans—it required vulnerability and the formation of a real human connection. That isn't as necessary anymore as texting,
skip over foundational relationship building and get straight to the fun stuff. However, often the effect of this is to reduce body parts to their sexual function. It's objectifying and dehumanizing, but the cultural saturation of sex has inoculated us to seeing it as an offence. Some might be legitimately comfortable with the objectification, but if you want a deeper relationship, it's short-sighted. Also shortsighted is the risk of your genitals existing in the public domain. How many celebrity nude pics do we need to see before we learn? Naked photos should be sent to people you trust—not a virtual stranger after a first date.
Twenty years ago you'd have to actually talk, in person or on the phone, to make plans—it required vulnerability and the formation of a real human connection online profiles and swiping right all make dating more impersonal— which unfortunately means less accountability and, seemingly, less respect for one's self and others. This shifting dating culture tends to overemphasize sex. I imagine this is in part due to issues with delayed gratification. With how fast things move these days, people want to
Sadly, there's not much you can do. As you've seen, it's hard to predict who will inappropriately show you their junk—though I assure
you, not all men are so inclined. In fact, I reckon it's a lot less common than your stats suggest. But clearly it happens, and while you shouldn't need to explicitly state that you don't want to see genitals after a first date, it probably wouldn't hurt to include something along those lines on your profile. From there, be selective in who you meet up with and be upfront with your intentions. If you are looking for more than sex, establish a boundary and don't allow conversation to turn to sex prematurely. And if you still get an unwanted dick pic, reply with my standard response: "you should really see a doctor about that." It'll make them think twice about doing it again. V Tami-lee Duncan is a Registered Psychologist in Edmonton, specializing in sexual health. Please note that the information and advice given above is not a substitute for therapeutic treatment with a licensed professional. For information or to submit a question, please contact tami-lee@vueweekly.com. Follow on Twitter @SexOlogyYEG. Dan savage savagelove@vueweekly.com
KID GLOVES
There's this boy—he's 29; I'm 46 and female. We met when we were 23 and 41. I was not and am not into little boys. The Kid chased me, and I turned him down for months—until I got drunk one night and caved. It was supposed to be a one-night stand, but it isn't anymore. We've never been "together," because the Kid wants kids and happily ever after and all that horseshit, and I don't (and I'm too old even if I did). The Kid has been in several relationships over the years, looking for The One, and I genuinely hope he finds her. In my wildest dreams, I'm invited to their wedding and their children call me auntie. But in the meantime, the Kid runs to me when he hits a hiccup in a relationship, and I let him—meaning, he gets mad at her and fucks me madly. Afterward, I get him to talk about it—he tells me what happened, and I always try to advise him how to make it better, how to make it work. But so far it hasn't, and we're "us" again until he meets another girl. I do love this Kid, for what it's worth. But I'm afraid I'm ruining his chances. I'm afraid that by being an escape hatch, I'm giving him a reason not to work on these relationships and he will never find the kids/forever thing he's looking for. Should I let him go for his own sake? If I tell him honestly why, he won't accept it, so I'd have to just vanish. I'd hate that. It would be worth it if I knew he met someone and got to live happily ever after. But I'd spend my life feeling bad for disappearing
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on him, and I'd always wonder if the Kid wound up alone. Don't Call Me Cougar I don't see any conflict between what the Kid says he wants in the long run—kids and happily ever after and all that horseshit—and the things his actions indicate he wants now, ie, your rear and your ear. He's young, he hasn't met a woman he could see himself with for the long haul, and he appears to be in no rush—he can have his first kid next year or 20 years from now. And the meantime, DCMC, he has you. Here's where I detect some conflict between statements and actions: The fact that you keep fucking the Kid while he's technically still with other women—first you fuck him (madly) and then you advise him (sagely)—is a pretty good indication that you're not ready to let go of him, either. If you really wanted to encourage the Kid to work things out with whatever woman he happens to be seeing, DCMC, you would offer him your make-it-work advice without fucking him first. Fucking someone who has a girlfriend—especially someone who has a girlfriend he's supposed to be with exclusively—doesn't exactly telegraph "I think you two should work it out." So going forward, maybe you should offer the Kid your advice when he's seeing someone, fuck the shit out of him when he's single, and don't waste too much time worrying about whether fucking you incentivizes being single.
Because single/you may be what he wants right now.
YOU MET WHERE?!
If I first met someone on a hookup site or at a sex party and then we start seeing each other, what's the best way to explain how we met when we're at a social event and people ask? Torrid Revelations Undermining Totally Honesty The truth is always nice—and in your case, TRUTH, telling the truth about your relationship could be constructive. There are a lot of people out there in loving committed relationships (LCR) that had crazy sleazy starts (CSS). But very few people in a LCR with a CSS tell the truth when asked how they met. A couple who met at a sex party will say they met at a dinner party, a couple that met inside a cage in a sex dungeon will say they met doing a team-building exercise at a work retreat, a couple that met during an impulsive, drunken threesome will say they met at a riotous protest outside a Trump rally. These lies are understandable: People don't want to be judged or shamed. But when a CSS couple lies about how they met, TRUTH, they reinforce the very shame and stigma that made them feel like they had to lie in the first place. And they play into the sex-negative, self-defeating, and super-hypocritical assumption made by singles who attend sex parties, spend time in cages, and have impulsive three-
somes—these single people who do sleazy things often refuse to date the people they meet at sex parties, etc, because they believe no LCR ever had a CSS. If couples that had sleazy starts told the truth about themselves, single people would be less likely to rule out dating people they met sleazily.
LET'S TALK
I despised your advice to LIBIDOS, the poly married woman who you counselled to have sex with her husband even though she has zero desire to do so. You came close to telling her to throw away her consent. Somewhere between a third and half of women have been sexually assaulted. Would it be possible for most of them to suck it up and sleep with someone they had no desire for without ending up resenting or hating that person? Even if LIBIDOS won life's coin toss on sexual assault, she would most likely come to resent her husband if she had passionless sex with him. From the husband's perspective—assuming he's not a piece of shit who thinks he's entitled to sex but rather just wants a sexual connection with his wife—wouldn't being lied to in this way ruin him? I also don't think you would've given this advice to a gay man—to let his husband fuck him the ass, even if he didn't want to get fucked. The truth is really the only solution here. The road you set this woman down leads only to bitterness and divorce. Seriously Horrified About That
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LIBIDOS, a poly woman with a boyfriend (whom she's fucking) and a husband (whom no one is fucking), asked me if she should "force" herself to fuck her husband. She also mentioned having a kid and not wanting to get divorced. And it was my opinion—an opinion she sought out—that she might wanna fuck her husband once in a while. Advice isn't binding arbitration, SHAT, and if fucking her husband is a traumatizing ordeal, as opposed to a dispiriting chore, she should ignore my advice and keep not fucking her husband. And seeing as LIBIDOS asked me if she should fuck her husband, it seemed safe to assume that she was open to the idea. You weren't the only reader to take me to task for my advice to LIBIDOS. Apparently, there are lots of people out there who don't realize how many long-marrieds—men and women, gay and straight, poly and mono—fuck their spouses out of a grim sense of duty. It seems a bit extreme to describe that kind of sex as a consent-free/sexual-assaultadjacent trauma. Choosing in the absence of coercion to go through the marital motions to keep your spouse happy is rarely great sex— for either party—but slapping the nonconsensual label on joyless-buttrauma-free marital sex is neither helpful nor accurate. V On the Lovecast, Emily Bazelon and Mistress Matisse on decriminalizing prostitution: savagelovecast.com. @fakedansavage on Twitter
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