1076: A Lasting Impact

FREE (the girl)

#1076 / jun 9, 2016 – jun 15, 2016 vueweekly.com

Baha Cabana serves a cultural mash-up 5 The changing face of kayfabe in wrestling 12

ISSUE: 1076 JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016 COVER PHOTO: ALYSSE GAFKJEN

LISTINGS

ARTS / 9 MUSIC / 16 EVENTS / 18 ADULT / 21 CLASSIFIED / 23

FRONT

3

Edmonton's mosquito-spraying program is controversial // 4

DISH

5

Baha Cabana offers an intriguing hybrid of Guyanese, Caribbean and Chinese food // 5

ARTS

7

Two ONE-WAY Tickets to Broadway celebrates a decade of theatre with RENT // 7

FILM

10

Timely Dheepan starts with emotional precision, ends in violent excess // 10

POP

12

A polarizing match highlights the increasingly transparent fourth wall of professional wrestling // 12

MUSIC

13

Dallas Green on creating a tangible statement with new City and Colour record // 13

vVUEWEEKLY #200, 11230 - 119 STREET, EDMONTON, AB T5G 2X3 | T: 780.426.1996

F: 780.426.2889

FOUNDING EDITOR / FOUNDING PUBLISHER .......................................................................................RON GARTH PRESIDENT / PUBLISHER ROBERT W DOULL......................................................................................................................rwdoull@vueweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER / SALES AND MARKETING MANAGER ANDY COOKSON ...............................................................................................................................andy@vueweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER / ACCOUNT MANAGER JOANNE LAYH ..................................................................................................................................joanne@vueweekly.com MANAGING EDITOR / MUSIC EDITOR MEAGHAN BAXTER .................................................................................................................meaghan@vueweekly.com ARTS / FILM / POP EDITOR PAUL BLINOV ........................................................................................................................................paul@vueweekly.com NEWS / DISH EDITOR MEL PRIESTLEY ....................................................................................................................................mel@vueweekly.com POSTVUE / FEATURES WRITER / SNOW ZONE EDITOR JASMINE SALAZAR...................................................................................................................... jasmine@vueweekly.com LISTINGS HEATHER SKINNER....................................................................................................................... listings@vueweekly.com PRODUCTION MANAGER CHARLIE BIDDISCOMBE .............................................................................................................charlie@vueweekly.com PRODUCTION JESSICA HONG..................................................................................................................................jessica@vueweekly.com STEVEN TEEUWSEN ................................................................................................................... stevent@vueweekly.com ACCOUNT MANAGER JAMES JARVIS ....................................................................................................................................james@vueweekly.com CARA ASHBEY ...................................................................................................................................... cara@vueweekly.com NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE DPS MEDIA .......................................................................................416.413.9291....................dbradley@dpsmedia.com DISTRIBUTION MANAGER MICHAEL GARTH .........................................................................................................................michael@vueweekly.com

2 UP FRONT

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

CONTRIBUTORS Ricardo Acuña, Josef Braun, Rob Brezsny, Bruce Cinnamon, Gwynne Dyer, Matt Gaffney, Brian Gibson, Fish Griwkowsky, Mike Kendrick, Brenda Kerber, Scott Lingley, Samantha Power, Darcy Ropchan, Brittany Rudyck, Dan Savage, Mike Winters

DISTRIBUTION Terry Anderson, Shane Bennett, Jason Dublanko, Amy Garth, Aaron Getz, Beverley Phillips, Milane Pridmore-Franz, Will Ryan, Justin Shaw, Choi Chung Shui, Wally Yanish

Vue Weekly is available free of charge at well over 1200 locations throughout Edmonton. We are funded solely through the support of our advertisers. Vue Weekly is a division of Postvue Publishing LP (Robert W. Doull, President) and is published every Thursday. Vue Weekly is available free of charge throughout Greater Edmonton and Northern Alberta, limited to one copy per reader. Vue Weekly may be distributed only by Vue Weekly's authorized independent contractors and employees. No person may, without prior written permission of Vue Weekly, take more than one copy of each Vue Weekly issue. Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement No. 40022989. If undeliverable, return to: Vue Weekly #200, 11230 - 119 St, Edmonton, AB T5G 2X3

POLITICALINTERFERENCE

FRONT

NEWS EDITOR: mel priestley MEL@vueweekly.com

Ricardo Acuña // ricardo@vueweekly.com

It's decision time

Pipelines won't help Canada meet its climate change promises

F

or months now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and BC Premier Christy Clark have been telling us that we can have our proverbial cake and eat it too. They've suggested that their bitumen and liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion goals, their pipeline goals and their climate change goals are all perfectly compatible with each other.

In fact, in some instances they have gone so far as to assert that the only way Canada and the provinces will be able to finance their respective climate strategies, and thus meet their common goals, is through the further expansion of bitumen production, LNG and pipelines.

In a report released last week by the Parkland Institute, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Corporate Mapping Project, veteran Canadian earth scientist David Hughes put those assertions to the test.

Hughes looked at the latest oil, gas and bitumen production projections from the National Energy Board (NEB), Canada's commitment to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and Alberta's 100 Megatonne (Mt) cap on emissions from bitumen production, and he

DYERSTRAIGHT

crunched some numbers.

What he found was that, given the production-growth forecast that the NEB considers the most likely scenario, Canada and Alberta would very quickly blow right through their emissions targets. So much so, that the oil-and-gas sector would grow to take up fully 58 percent of Canada's allowable emissions in 2030, meaning that the rest of the economy would have to reduce its emissions by 59 percent over the next 14 years to meet our Paris commitments— something that would certainly be next to impossible.

Hughes then went on to crunch the numbers a little further, and he found that even if Alberta enforces its 100-Mt cap on bitumen emissions, and all other factors in the NEB projections remain the same, emissions from the non-oil-and-gas parts of the Canadian economy would still have to contract by 47 percent in order

to meet Canada's 2030 commitments. Again, this is a feat that would be next to impossible given current trends and technology.

In other words, even the most optimistic scenario—which would include Alberta enforcing its emissions cap and British Columbia building only one of the five liquefied natural gas export terminals

more than accommodate expansion of the oilsands to meet the 100 Mt emissions cap. That is, if Alberta is serious about enforcing its bitumen emissions cap, no new pipelines are actually needed. When you add to that Hughes' assertion that whatever price advantage may have existed a few years ago in moving bitumen to "tidewater" has since disappeared, it makes you wonder why our governments continue to push these pipelines with such urgency.

What all of these numbers make clear is that we cannot, in fact, have our cake and eat it too. Canadians need to decide if we are serious about doing our part in battling climate change and meeting our international commitments, or if we'd rather just keep expanding fossil-fuel production and damn the consequences. Hughes' research makes clear we cannot do both; in doing nothing, by default, we would be doing the latter.

Trudeau and the premiers need to

understand that their current propipeline, pro-fossil fuel expansion position is at direct odds with their pro-climate position. We don't need new pipelines, and continued expansion is taking us in entirely the wrong direction. Alberta's and BC's climate strategies are important and positive initiatives, but their impact would be completely nullified under current energy-expansion plans and scenarios.

We have 14 years to meet our international climate commitments, and if we don't start the process of moving in a different direction today, then the odds of getting there will be exactly zero. That will take planning, investment, effort and action by all levels of government and all Canadians. Perhaps now that the options are clear, we can start by taking the energy, resources and enthusiasm that is currently being spent cheering for pipelines and production expansion, and put them to work planning and building something new. V

much more as they want, if they can find the work, but their basic needs are covered.

The actual amounts did not get mentioned in the Swiss referendum, but the people who proposed it were thinking in terms of a monthly income of $2500 for every adult, and an additional sum of $625 a month for every child. It would replace the usual humiliating jumble of welfare payments with a single fixed sum for everybody, so it has appeal for the right wing as well as the left.

In the Swiss model (and in many others) the cost of a universal basic income is about 50 percent higher than current expenditure on welfare payments, so taxes would be higher.

But so would incomes, including those of high earners, since even they are getting the same flat annual payment of $30 000 per adult.

As for the inevitable rise of the "gigging economy", that then becomes just the way people top up their incomes in order to afford luxuries. If there is work available, then people would still want to do it—but if there is not, they would still have

decent lives.

About half the remaining traditional full-time jobs in advanced economies will be eliminated by automation in the next 10 to 20 years, so this is an idea whose time has come. Then why did the Swiss reject it by a four-to-one majority? Mainly because their deal with the European Union means that they have relatively open borders.

Luzi Stamm, a member of parliament for the right-wing Swiss People's Party, liked the idea in principal but opposed it in practice: "Theoretically, if Switzerland were an island, the answer is yes," he told the BBC. "But with open borders, it's a total impossibility. ... If you offered every individual [living here] a Swiss amount of money, you would have billions of people who would try to move into Switzerland."

Well, tens of millions anyway. But the solution to that is to control the borders, not to abandon the whole idea. And it will be back. V

Trudeau and the premiers need to understand that their current pro-pipeline, pro-fossil fuel expansion position is at direct odds with their pro-climate position

it's dreaming of—would make it virtually impossible for Canada to meet its international climate commitments.

An interesting side note with that scenario is that after all that number-crunching, Hughes found that between existing rail and pipeline infrastructure, there already exists enough transportation capacity to

Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta. The views and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute.

GWYNNE DYER // GWYNNE@vueweekly.com

Universal basic income Switzerland voted the idea down, but it will be back In a referendum on Sunday, Swiss voters rejected a proposal for a guaranteed annual income for everybody by an overwhelming 78-percent majority. But the idea was not crazy, and it is not going to go away.

The Dutch city of Utrecht is developing a pilot project for a universal basic income that will launch in January 2017. The Finnish government is designing a trial to see whether giving low-income people a guaranteed basic income destroys their motivation to do any work at all, as critics allege.

The idea is not going away, because most "real" jobs are on the way out.

The old argument in defence of technological change—that it creates more new jobs than it destroys—no longer holds water. In the 1980s, eight percent of new jobs created in the developed economies were in entirely new occupations, from call centres to computer programmers.

In the 1990s, only 4.4 percent of the new jobs involved newly invented occupations. In the 2000s, only half a percent did.

So full-time jobs with benefits have declined—only one-quarter of

working-age Americans now have one—and the so-called "gigging economy" has not filled the gap. You may be able to stay afloat financially by doing a variety of "gigs" (low-paid, short-term, often part-time jobs) but you will never make ends meet—let alone get a mortgage.

Industrial jobs were the first to be destroyed by automation, but it soon moved on to the less demanding clerical jobs as well. As somebody said: "Every ATM contains the ghosts of three bank tellers." And now it's moving on to the kinds of jobs that it once seemed impossible to automate. Driving, for example.

The driverless vehicles that are now to be found meticulously observing the speed limit (and causing angry traffic jams behind them) on the roads of various major cities will soon be out of the experimental stage. At that point, the jobs of many millions of truck-drivers, bus-drivers and vandrivers will be in jeopardy.

Another huge chunk of the economy will start shedding jobs rapidly as online health monitoring and diagnosis take over the routine work of

non-specialized health professionals.

A similar fate awaits most mid-level jobs in the financial-services sector, the retail sector and "management" in general.

The standard political response to this trend is to try desperately to create other jobs, even if they are poorly paid, almost pointless jobs, in order to keep people "in work" and off welfare. Unemployment is seen as a failure by both the government and the victim.

Yet this "problem" is actually a success story. Why would you see an economy that delivers excellent goods and services without requiring people to devote half their waking hours to work as a problem? The real problem is figuring out how to distribute the benefits of automation when people's work is no longer needed.

And so to this relatively new idea: universal basic income. The core principle is that everybody gets a guaranteed income that is enough to live on, whether they are poor or rich, employed or not. They can earn as

VUEWEEKLY.com | jun 9 – jun 15, 2016

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. up front 3

FRONT FEATURE // PESTICIDES

PEST CONTROL OR POISON? Edmonton's mosquito-spraying program is controversial

// ©AdobeStock.com/PeterO

I

n the winter, Edmontonians love nothing more than complaining about the cold, but in the summer we love to complain about two things with almost as much gusto: roadwork and mosquitoes. In order to reduce the nuisance caused by the latter during our few short

months of warm weather, the City of Edmonton pursues a preventative mosquito-control program.

"We typically treat once in the spring, once the snow melts," Mike Jenkins, a biological sciences technician with the city, explains. "After that, it depends entirely on how

much rain we get."

The city's primary mosquito-control method is dropping a granular pesticide called VectoBac 200G from helicopters into temporary bodies of water (like puddles) in the rural areas outside of Edmonton. VectoBac is a relatively mild

VUEPOINT

Law school love Abstaining from premarital sex may not be the first law-school prerequisite on most applicants' minds, but it's a big one for Trinity Western University (TWU)'s proposed law school. It's so important, in fact, that it's at the heart of the British Columbia-based university's fight for its right to be accredited by unwilling Canadian law groups and bar associations in the top courts of Ontario, Nova Scotia and BC. By denying accreditation to a private Christian institution on the basis of its moral code being discriminatory, the various provincial bar associations in these Supreme Court fights have shown that freedom of religion only matters when it doesn't clash with public opinion.

Students at the university are re-

DARCY ROPCHAN DARCY@VUEWEEKLY.COM

quired to sign an agreement stating that among other sordid activities like drunkenness, lying and cheating, they will avoid any kind of sexual intimacy that "violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman." Legal associations like the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), and similar organizations in BC and Nova Scotia, have refused to grant accreditation to future graduates of TWU's law school on the basis that it discriminates against LGBTQ individuals.

TWU has stated that members of the LGBTQ community are loved, supported and welcomed at the institution.

There's no arguing that this requirement can be worded better to include people in same-sex mar-

Where Faeries Live visit www.wherefaerieslive.com or www.facebook.com/wherefaerieslive

riages and others who fall outside of a heterosexual union—for example, perhaps taking out the "man and woman" line and just leaving it at marriage. Trinity Western University, however, isn't expressly forbidding LGBTQ individuals; it just takes a biblical interpretation towards premarital sex.

Thankfully, we live in a secular society where religion has absolutely no place in law and public policy—but if TWU is capable of developing a decent law school that can turn out competent and passionate lawyers who just happen to be Christian, then it deserves to be accredited. As long as it is not criminal or discriminatory, TWU deserves its right to freedom of religion. V

pesticide, but it has devastating effects on mosquitos.

"It's actually produced by a bacteria, and then that biologically derived toxin is embedded onto corncob granules," Jenkins says. "When the mosquitos feed on that, their particular stomach pH actually activates the toxin. And it eventually crystallizes in their stomach and slices them up from the inside. And so that particular insecticide is actually really, really specific to mosquitos. ... Other than that, it's virtually non-toxic to everything else."

But VectoBac isn't the only weapon in the city's arsenal. For years, Edmonton has also used a product called Dursban 2.5G. The active ingredient, chlorpyrifos, can be highly toxic to humans and other wildlife, depending on the dosage and frequency of exposure.

Sheryl McCumsey is the coordinator for Pesticide Free Edmonton, a citizens' advocacy group that's been working for almost 25 years to stop the city from using harsh pesticides like Dursban. "[For] most people, their hatred of mosquitoes is so high that they don't consider what we're doing," McCumsey says. "I think that's why, for so many years, the city [has] just said in their news stories that they're spraying mosquitoes and everybody's like, 'Hurray!' and that's about the end of it. There's not any discussion about what they're using, where they're using it, why they're using it. ... [There are] too many questions and not enough answers, really. I really think we should just stop spraying this stuff.

Right now. Yesterday. Last year."

Originally approved by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) in 1969, chlorpyrifos was recently the subject of a report by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. The December 2015 report notes that chlorpyrifos was banned from residential use in 2002.

"In the following year, the agency consulted with the public on its proposed decision on the remaining uses," reads the report. "However, more than a decade later, the re-evaluation of chlorpyrifos remains incomplete, and no final decisions have been made about the remaining uses."

The Commissioner's report describes chlorpyrifos as "acutely toxic to a wide range of organisms, including mammals, birds, fish, aquatic invertebrates and honey-

Psychic Fair

June 11 • 10am–5pm Variety of readers (10 in total) $30 for 15 minute reading, additional time can be bought at the same rate

10425 - 79 Ave NW • 780.454.0187

4 UP FRONT

bees." According to McCumsey, the pesticide poses a significant risk to humans as well, causing everything from respiratory problems to miscarriages to birth defects.

"There has been an incredible amount of data and science to show how persistent it is, how long a distance it can travel and how harmful it is to many species," McCumsey says. "When you look at all the health effects that correlate with low-dose exposure, it seems incredible that Edmonton doesn't get it. Everybody else has stopped using this."

The City of Edmonton has stopped using Dursban regularly, but it still maintains a stockpile which it might use in exceptional circumstances, like a huge downpour that creates a lot of standing water.

"At this point we have no plans of using any of it," Jenkins says. "But it's kind of behind the sheet of glass in case of emergency, and we have it still potentially ready."

Dursban notwithstanding, Edmonton continues to use chlorpyrifos-based pesticides, including an insecticide called Pyrate. McCumsey points out that Pyrate and Dursban are just brand names of the same chemical compound with different delivery methods—like Tylenol capsules versus liquid gels.

"The point isn't just the Dursban," she says. "The Dursban—yeah, sure, it's going to run out—but we are using Pyrate and have been using Pyrate—and using more of it, of course, as Dursban runs out.

And we use this well within city boundaries."

Jenkins acknowledges the concerns of groups like Pesticide Free Edmonton, but he insists that the city's spraying program is handling a dangerous chemical safely—and in doing so, it's discouraging people from taking matters into their own hands by spraying huge amounts of pesticides in their yards.

"The way that we've used it, and the precautions that we've put in place, and dosages that we use, are all intended to minimize any sort of risk to human health or health to the overall environment," Jenkins says. "From our mosquito-control program, the chances of people or even wildlife getting exposed to high dosages of chlorpyrifos are really, really incredibly low."

But McCumsey questions the necessity of using all these products in the first place—not only because of their potentially catastrophic health impacts, but also because their effectiveness is sometimes hard to prove.

"Most people are going to say, 'Well, we have to do something,'" she says. "I'm not even convinced that that's necessarily true. And the reason I say that is I've lived in Edmonton all my life—I'm 57—and when you look at the years when we have used chlorpyrifos, we've had some really horrific years with mosquitoes."

BRUCE CINNAMON

BRUCE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

REVUE // FUSION

DISH

DISH EDITOR: MEL PRIESTLEY MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

10524 JASPER AVE • THENEEDLE.CA

ROCKIN’ Lunch, Dinner, AND

Weekend Brunch!

JERK CHICKEN AND CHOW MEIN I

Baha Cabana offers an intriguing hybrid of Guyanese, Caribbean and Chinese food

noticed Baha Cabana by chance during a pilgrimage to Castle Bake, my beloved Lebanese go-to nestled deep in Castle Downs' storied bosom. It wasn't just because of the eye-grabbing green-and-red lettered signage, but because of the surprising combination of the words Caribbean, Chinese and Restaurant—with bonus points for the filigree of Arabic in one corner indicating a halal menu (and that the place doesn't serve alcohol).

Believe it or not, there's more than one halal hybrid Chinese-food restaurant in Edmonton. Masala Wok in Mill Woods has been dishing out halal "hakka" cuisine, apocryphally invented

by Chinese cooks in Kolkata, for many years. I suspected Baha Cabana's fare might bear a resemblance.

The co-diners and I were pleased to discover that Baha Cabana is doing its own distinctive thing. Chef Imtiaz Bahadur is versed in the cuisine of Guyana, the South American coastal nation which I just learned shares cultural affinities with its Caribbean neighbours. It also shares traditional dishes like jerk chicken, beef patties, oxtail stew as well as rice and peas, according to the menu. The rest of the food on offer includes rice dishes, chow mein, lo mein and various appetizers, as well as house-made desserts.

Slightly more spacious than the word "cozy" would suggest, the spotless four-month-old eatery sports jolly butter yellow and lime green walls, squeakin' new leatherette booths, a pictorial tropical sunset motif variously deployed and a sizeable flatscreen TV, potentially tuned to a nature show matter-of-factly presenting the harsh realities of interspecies predation.

Before we even ordered, we were presented a slender tray laden with eight golden orbs of fluffy, creamy, deep-fried cassava and a small dish of sauce that looked like mango and

tasted like fire. As admirers of fierce but flavourful hot sauce we were impressed, though enthusing about it to our server may have precipitated a sweat-popping set of entrées.

It felt a little dicey trying to guess the right mix of plates to share between us, but the co-diners and I liked the variety we achieved. And like the premises, the food seemed really clean: it wasn't oily or heavy or otherwise grotty in ways endemic to standard hangover Chinese take-out. I felt a little bad about the mess the four of us made trying to divvy up the food.

The Baha chicken ($15), a justcrisped heap of chicken chunks lacquered in spicy, pungent sweetness with pepper spears over rice, was the dish I could most readily nurture a serious craving for. After splitting it four ways, I wanted to order another plate—but there was lots of other food to eat.

The curried shrimp ($12) was as promised: a small clay pot of tender shrimp steeped in a potent curry sauce. It was perfect for sharing, though the accompanying roll of delicious, omelet-soft roti bread was not; rice would have served better. The generous dish of crimson lo mein noodles tangled with sliced beef ($12), chopped cabbage, carrots and onions was, blessedly, a bit tamer.

The jerk chicken ($14) arrived on a bunker of rice and peas, with a little slaw, and was perhaps the least surprising order of the night. The roasted drum-and-thigh was big and juicy, spackled with aromatic jerk spice, but perhaps the receptors that usually savour that blend of flavours and aromas were maxed out by what had come before because I mostly noticed the salt. Slaw and rice and peas were a pleasant afterthought, enlivened considerably by the bright red house-made habanero hot sauce, thus compelling me to buy a jar of

Baha Cabana 13716 Castle Downs Road 587.473.8029 bahacabana.ca the stuff ($5).

In short, it's long past due that Edmonton should have a GuyaneseChinese restaurant—and a halal one at that. So now that Baha Cabana has arrived, let's not let this chance slip through our fingers. Seeing as our satisfying repast came to barely $15 a person, there's no reason not to try broadening your comprehension of what halal hybrid Chinese food tastes like.

SCOTT LINGLEY

SCOTT@VUEWEEKLY.COM

thank you, Edmonton

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

DISH 5

DISH VENI, VIDI, VINO

MEL PRIESTLEY // MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Strawberries and alpacas

Shady Lane Estate 58029 Range Road 44, Barrhead 780.282.0128 shadylaneestate.com

Shady Lane Estate mixes fruit wine with furry friends

Alberta's fruit-winery industry is still far from reaching critical mass—only about half a dozen cottage wineries have started up throughout the province since the legislation allowing cottage wineries was first introduced in 2005.

Shady Lane Estate is one of the newest entrants to that small group, and while its motivation

6 DISH

to start a cottage winery is familiar—the founders, Daniel and Edith Zrdodowski, wanted to take advantage of a value-add proposition for their U-pick fruit orchard, which was barely covering its own costs—it's got one thing that makes the business stand out: alpacas.

The Zrdodowskis started a U-pick fruit orchard and began raising alpacas around 1999 on a 160-acre farm near Barrhead. They take the alpacas to trade shows as well as raise them for their fibre and meat; they've also expanded their operation to include ducks, sheep, rabbits and pigs. The duo has since been joined by several other family members as needed throughout the season: their three sons, Nathan, Caleb and Samuel; Nathan's wife Veronica and Caleb's wife Emily; their sister Natalie and cousin Darlene Martin; and Edith's sister Judy Lotholz. Emily's family came from a family of home winemakers, who were the initial source of information that helped Shady Lane begin its wine operation.

"Me and my brother were hassling our parents to go for the winery," Nathan says. "We finally convinced them to do the test batches and all

that, because the U-pick itself—between the insurance and just the amount of fruit that you have to sell, it was barely paying for itself.

So we decided to do value-added to the U-pick itself."

Shady Lane entered the market with a raspberry wine after obtaining its winery licence in 2014. It's in the process of bottling three other wines (strawberry, rhubarb and saskatoon berry) which will be available shortly—Zrdodowski is actually speaking over the phone from the bottling line. ("I've got a whole circus full of people right here, to heckle at me," he says.) Shady Lane isn't planning to stop there either, and it's working on new test batches all the time; currently the winery's trying out chokecherry, apple and buffalo berries. Nathan notes that all of Shady Lane's fruit is grown without the use of herbicides or pesticides, and that there aren't any chemicals added to the wine.

"We just used a lot of experience and knowledge from different family members and different people that we know, as well as we picked the brains of a few wine masters from in BC as well as in Ontario," Nathan explains, referring to how the

team learned the trade. They also reached out to fellow Alberta fruit wineries, Barr Estate and Birds and Bees, for some advice during their initial test phase. His background in graphic design and Caleb's former occupation as a mechanic have also come in handy at the winery, allowing them to design their labels and website, and handle day-to-day maintenance, in-house.

You can find Shady Lane wine at four farmers' markets: City Market Downtown and St Albert on Saturdays, and Salisbury and Fort Saskatchewan on Thursdays. The bottles retail for $22 each, except for Shady Lane's sponsored bottle (rhubarb) which sells for $30, with $5 being donated to Canadian bobsled team member Melissa Lotholz. This summer, the winery is also hosting a series of Listen.Taste.Enjoy events featuring live music, winery tours and a locally-sourced meal at the farm.

It took a lot longer to set up the winery than the Zrdodowskis had initially envisioned—over a year and a half, instead of the projected four to six months; they're still working on paperwork to get their wine into

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

liquor stores. Still, Nathan is generally positive about the future of wine in Alberta—it's just going to take a while to grow.

"I definitely think that in the future there will be quite a few more wineries trying to start up," he says. "Cottage wineries are a lot easier to get into, but there's still a lot of paperwork and loops and holes you have to jump through. Last year there were 12 that applied [for a cottage winery licence], and only one made it through. This year, from what I understand, there were over 20 applicants, so we'll see how many of them make it through the first year—the first year's the hardest.

"By the time you can actually make your wine and get all the tests and all the equipment and the licensing—it's a lot of work in the first year, first two years, before you can even see product on the shelf, or product to sell to the public," he continues. "We definitely thought it was going to go a lot faster." V Mel Priestley is a certified sommelier and wine writer who also blogs about wine, food and the arts at melpriestley.ca

PREVUE // THEATRE

ARTS

ARTS EDITOR: PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

// Martin Galba

T

Two ONE-WAY Tickets to Broadway celebrates a decade of theatre with RENT

wo ONE-WAY Tickets to Broadway first performed RENT in 2006—the company's first season and the musical's 10th anniversary.

Now, for its own 10th birthday, it's bringing back the famous queer rock-opera just in time for the Edmonton Pride Festival.

For director Linette Smith, revisiting the show provides an opportunity to reflect on how much our world has changed over the past 20 years.

"Even though it's a period piece now, with the references being '89 and the time of Reagan and inaccessibility to [AIDS] medications like AZT ... it still has such a relevance to humanity and identity

and relationships in the world right now," Smith says.

RENT tells the story of eight friends in New York City—artists and Bohemians who carve out a world for themselves in a society rife with homophobia, class oppression and disease.

"When it first came out it was edgy, and it pushed boundaries and for the first time ... people saw themselves on stage," Smith says.

"And now that's a common thing— and thank goodness for that—but we still have places to go."

RENT is definitely a period piece, with constant allusions to American pop culture of the '80s and '90s. But

it's dangerous to frame the show as a historical narrative, because doing that lets us get away with thinking that everything is equal now.

"You hope that people are more open-minded now, but I think back to the Olympics in [Sochi] and how we still need such a dominant voice in terms of accepting everyone's love and accepting everyone's relationships. ... This is something that I think RENT allows people to continue to have conversations about.

Hopefully people are not taken aback by the relationships in the show, because we have come so far, but I do believe those conversations can go further."

When she was casting the show, which features a racially and genderdiverse ensemble, Smith asked each actor to speak at their audition about what RENT meant to them.

"It was very interesting to hear that it was the pivotal moment in their lives in terms of who they wanted to be as human beings," she recalls. "So if they were to come out to their parents, this was a show that enabled that ... I wanted people who felt that this was still their voice. This was still something that they needed to say—not that they wanted to say it, but that they needed to say it."

Smith hopes that, just like it has

Fri, Jun 10 – Sun, Jun 26 (7:30 pm; 2 pm Sunday matinees on Jun 19 and Jun 26) Directed by Linette Smith La Cite Francophone, $15 – $26 done since 1996, this production RENT will continue to inspire people to live with bravery and honesty and pride in their identities.

"I work with a lot of kids from around the province ... and some kids from small towns just haven't been able to say who they are—to be able to say: 'This is who I am as a sexual human being.' Or: 'This is the gender I identify with,'" Smith says. "And then when they jump into a place of theatre and risk and storytelling, they realize it's OK to do that. And that's the most magical thing."

BRUCE CINNAMON

BRUCE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

REVUE // BOOKS

Who Needs Books?

'E

ven though we look around and feel as if book culture as we know it is crumbling to dust, there's one important thing to keep in mind: the key phrase here is as we know it."

Who Needs Books? Reading in the Digital Age carries on a conversation that's been going on for decades, if not centuries. Lynn Coady's 2015 Kreisel Lecture (the ninth-annual presentation organized by the Canadian Literature Centre at the University of Alberta) digs into the recurring social panic that new technology is making us stupid, lazy and unable to appreciate our established cultural forms.

With a compound title like that, you expect a weighty tome containing a rigorous academic analysis of contemporary print culture. But Who Needs Books? is a brisk collection of interconnected musings on

the past, present and future of The Novel as an exalted medium.

"In the face of this rapid cultural shift, many of us in the book trade feel we must remain aloof," Coady writes. "Authors in particular.

Aren't we after all the vanguard of what's known as print culture?

And isn't print the natural enemy of pixels? Who will defend the printed page—good old-fashioned ink on wood pulp—if not us, the weird, obsessive warriors of the written word?"

Not Coady, that's for certain. Starting with a Sesame Street anecdote and carrying on through Planet of the Apes and 50 Shades of Grey references, she systematically dismantles the common arguments that nobody is reading anymore and our literary culture is dying.

Anyone who's an enthusiastic read-

Now available

By Lynn Coady er (and you probUniversity of Alberta Press / ably are if you pick Canadian Literature Centre, up this book) will 72 pp, $10.95 enjoy having new ammunition in their arsenal when an older family member bemoans the rise of the cellphone-obsessed millennial and the fall of the erudite young reader.

Ultimately, Coady's speech comes off as a gentle, humorous talkingdown for literary doom-sayers.

"Fear not," she writes. "Technology does not have the power to alter our most profound human yearnings and experiences. ... Books are not going away any more than family is going away, any more than community is going away, any more than love and intellectual inquiry are ever going away."

BRUCE CINNAMON

BRUCE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

ARTS 7

ARTS ARTIFACTS

PAUL BLINOV

REVUE // THEATRE

// PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

When Words Fail

When Words Fail / Fri, Jun 10 & Sat, Jun 11 (8 pm) The final part of Mile Zero Dance's Dance Crush series—wherein guest artists offer a mix of classes and performances—is a blend of improv and dance: local mover Richard Lee and Calgary-based Mark Ikeda will take a single audience suggestion and let it inspire both movement and words over the course of the 45-minute performance. (Spazio Performativo, $15 – $20) The Gondoliers / Fri, Jun 10 & Sat, Jun 11 (7:30 pm) As part of Opera Nuova's annual summer-spanning festival comes Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers, a lesser-seen work in the duo's timeless oeuvre, featuring an equally timeless who-is-the-true-heir-to-thethrone mix-up as its central plot. Bonus: it's being directed by former Edmonton Opera artistic director Brian

Deedrick, a fellow who knows a thing or two about opera. (Fort Edmonton Park, Capitol Theatre, $20 – $26) Just for Cats Film Fest / Sat, Jun 11 – Wed, Jun 15 Have we reached peak cat video?

Doubtful. If there even is a "peak" for watching adorable animals doing funny/tragic/unexpected things, who would want to ascend its summit and head back down?

Aaaanyway: the Just For Cats Video Festival is back this weekend, offering a compendium of cute animal videos to bask in with an audience full of like-minded animal aficionados—kind of like calling everyone over to your computer to watch a new cat vid, but on the Garneau's gigantic movie screen. Plus, the whole thing benefits cat welfare in Canada, thanks to the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies. (Metro Cinema at the Garneau) V

// Andrew MacDonald-Smith

For The Love of Cynthia

'H

ere we are at the beginning," grins an excitable fellow at the top of For The Love of Cynthia, and though he's quickly corrected (for reasons we'll understand later), the meta-nature of the statement can't be overlooked. Stewart Lemoine's warmly madcap ode to new beginnings is the first show in a rebuilt Varscona Theatre so fresh it's got a new-theatre smell. Cynthia sees the Teatro La Quindicina ensemble christening its long-awaited new home—a gorgeous theatre, both tall and intimate, offering the unusual feeling of it being both big and small at the same time.

Which is the perfectly improbable sort of place to host Lemoine's comedies, where unlikely outcomes are assured in their very unspooling. In Cynthia, set in 1957, an Alberta census taker, Hutton Hayes, (Ben Stevens) arrives at what he assumes is a hamlet; he quickly discovers it fancies itself

an independent kingdom, complete with a king (Ron Pederson), a president (Michelle Diaz), a royal court (Jenny McKillop, Morgan Donald) a chancellor (Jeff Haslam) and a Norwegian consulate (Mathew Hulshof).

Jean Boone (Paula Humby) works at the consulate and the general store and the bank; She and her brothers, Lyle (Mat Busby) and Hamish (Adam Houston), seem the most grounded of the bunch.

Hayes' arrival is an International Event; his lack of a visa is an issue.

But discerning how a place like Cynthia came to be proves a rollicking journey that rides the momentum of its own aplomb. It's very funny: the Pederson/Haslam combo proves particularly deadly when they get rolling onstage—Hulshof too, as the consulate with a reluctant penchant for playwriting—but the 10-strong cast

Until Sat, Jun 18 (7:30 pm; 2 pm Saturday matinees) Directed by Stewart Lemoine Varscona Theatre, $20 – $34 all get a moment or two to shine: to pay-off a punchline, to vamp in a song, to arrive onstage with fussed-up hair and stunned, wide-eyed silence.

The first half takes some time to find its purchase, as the world that is Cynthia and its people gets laid out. But after intermission, it coasts upwards on ripples of laughter from payoffs to those setups: a play-within-a-play happens, secrets get revealed and moments of tenderness emerge as balancing counterpoints to the comic gusto swirling all around. For The Love of Cynthia aims to delight and welcome, and succeeds in doing both.

PAUL BLINOV

PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

JUNE 18 | 7PM INVITES MEMBERS & GUESTS

TO

11PM

SUGGESTED $10 DONATION | SNAP PRINTSHOP 12056 JASPER AVE

B- VELVE L OT ELVIS C KSIDE WALKO SALE U TLOCALLY PRINTED GOODS, CRAFTED ITEMS, FINE TREASURES AND UNIQUE COLLECTIBLES FOR SALE

FEATURING

LOCAL ART VENDORS & LIVE MUSIC

INCLUDING A SOLO PERFORMANCE

BY CAITY FISHER & MORE!

8 ARTS

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

EXTRA BONUS!

PRINT-ON-DEMAND GARMENTS

WITH DESIGNS BY LOCAL ARTISTS

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

DANCE DANCE CRUSH • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816 - 95 St • 780.424.1573 • milezerodance.com • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Featuring Mark Ikeda and Richard Lee; "When Words Fail" • This season, MZD produces four performances with some of our favourite movement-based artists from across Canada. • Jun 10-11, 8pm • $15 (MZD members), $20 (non-members)

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 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)

GLITTERBALL GOES TO CHURCH • Studio96, 10909-96 St • lunadancefusion.com • An evening of sultry, comedic, and surprisingly devilish acts awaits attendees.

Modern Fusion Bellydance, Swing, live music, music by Polyesterday and more will be performed • Jun 11, 8pm • $23.57 (available at Eventbrite)

SACRED CIRCLE DANCE • Riverdale Hall, 9231-100 Ave • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music.

No partner required • Every Wed, 7-9pm • $10

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

peoples in Canada; Jun 21, 11am-9pm; Free • 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 for Lunch: 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm • VIBE: The gallery is transformed into a laid-back lounge with Vibe, a pop-up live music showcase; Jun 17, Jul 15, Aug 19; 5-9pm

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)

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave

entries; May until Aug

• 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)

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper

2016 thouSand faceS feStiVAL OF MYTHIC THEATRE • Alberta Avenue Community Centre, 9210-118

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

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Open Works: artwork by Richard Tosczak; Jun 11-30; Opening reception: Jun 11, 10am-5pm

• 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

LITERARY

Ave • thousandfaces.festival@gmail.com • thousandfaces. ca • A three day festival hosting to two different programs–A Mythic String of Pearls, an evening with stories from different cultures in different languages along and Mythic Family Jewels, an afternoon of family fun and special cultural experiences with festival artists • Jun 17-19

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 • Jul 7, Aug 4, Sep 1 (exhibits run all month)

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

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

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

THEATRE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • The Backstage Theatre, 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)

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

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Tokyo Lights: artwork by Johnny Taylor; Jun 3-Jun 17 • Atmosphere: artwork by Allan Bailey; Jun 23-Jul 8; Artist Reception: Jun 23, 6-9pm & Jun 24, 1-4pm

THE COMIC STRIPPERS • Myer Horowitz Theatre,

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA)

8900-114 St • ticketfly.com • A male stripper parody and improv comedy show. A show for all genders • Jun 17, 8-10pm • $34-$39 • 18+ only

• 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Exposition des membres; until Jun 22 • Artwork by Father Douglas, Sabine Lecorre-Moore, Joanne Sauvageau and Sharon Lynn Williams; Jun 24-Jul 13

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

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Firedamp: Artwork by Sean Caulfield; May 6-Jun 11

FREEWILL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL • Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park, 9330 Groat Road • 780.425.8086 • freewillshakespeare.com • Two Shakespeare plays in the park • Jun 21-Jul 17

FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery. com • Summer Salon II; Jun 23, 7-9pm

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Strathcona Salon Series: various artists; May 14-Jun 26

THE GONDOLIERS • The Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park • operanuova.ca • Part of the Nuova Festival. In a Gilbert and Sullivan classic, a young bride arrives in Venice to join her husband, who happens to be the heir to the Kingdom of Barataria. However, thanks to a drunken gondolier entrusted with the prince’s care, no one is able to remember which one is the prince • Jun 10-11, 7:30 pm • $26 (adult), $24 (senior), $20 (student)

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 • Gallery: Edmonton Public Schools’ Junior High First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Teen Art Show; Jun 1-31 • Cases & Cubes: Monoprints and Monotype Prints by Raymond Theriault; Jun 1-31 • 2nd floor: REdress Photography Project; until Jul 5 • Walls & Cases: The Works Art and Design Festival; Jun 23-Jul 5

HAIR • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Set in an East Village park in the age of Aquarius, when sex and drugs were used as vehicles to evade reality, Hair is 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

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

HENRY & ALICE INTO THE WILD • Mayfield

JAKE'S GALLERY • 10441-123 St • karen@jakesfram-

Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • When Henry unexpectedly loses his job, he and Alice are thrown into a midlife crisis and are forced to reconsider their dreams for a comfortable retirement. In an attempt to make the sparks fly again (and keep costs down), they forego their usual summer cottage for a humble campsite and a copy of Camping for Dummies • Jun 17-Jul 31

ing.com • Brushstrokes: artwork by John Yardley-Jones and Spyder Yardley-Jones; Jun 6-30

Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Free • Schedule: Learning to Drive (Jun 15), Grandma (Jun 22), Beeba Boys (Jun 29)

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona

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: Master and Commander (Jun 10), The Perfect Storm (Jun 17), Captain Phillips (Jun 24)

JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Educationrich entertainment facility for all ages

HEY, PRETTY WOMAN! • Phase II West Edmonton

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Lando Gallery June Group Selling Exhibition; until Jun 30 • Impressions of Japan; until Jun 16

IMPROV OPEN JAM • Holy Trinity Anglican Church,

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • The Metro will be closed for summer maintenance, Jun 27-Jul 7 • Metro Bizarro: Lisztomania (Jun 15) • Quote-a-Long SerieS 2016: Hedwig & the Angry Inch (Jun 11) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: 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)

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS A.J. OTTEWELL COMMUNITY CENTRE • 590 Broadmoor Blvd • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Truth of Form: a sculpture and paintings exhibit; Jun 10-12 ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 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

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir 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 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 • National Aboriginal Day: honouring the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis

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

Mall, 8882-170 St • jubilations.ca • A spoof on the hugely popular movie released in 1990 • Apr 15-Jun 12 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

MACEWAN UNIVERSITY CITY CENTRE CAMPUS • Room 7-266 • amatejko@telusplanet.net

Featuring members of the award winning improv troupe Die-Nasty.

• Pre-Suburbia, Utopian Desires: Photography by Jason Symington; Mar 30-Jun 24

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullen-gallery • Works from the Field: artwork by Dan Bagan; May 7-Jul 3 MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Settlers & Trains – Stories of Stony Plain & Area; until Jun 21

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 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 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

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 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 U OF A MUSEUMS GALLERIES AT ENTERPRISE SQuare • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave • 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

• Donation at the door

AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • 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; Jun 18, 12-3pm

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575114 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/ mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (signup); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

NAKED GIRLS READING • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 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

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

iMProvaganza • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.6044 • rapidfiretheatre.com • The world's best improvisors gather for the annual Alternative Comedy Festival, one of the most popular with improvisors around the world, and your best comedy outing in Edmonton • Jun 16-26 • $12 (adv), $15 (door); cash only MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • 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, 7:309:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door)

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 THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square

ARTS 9

PREVUE // DRAMA

FILM

FILM EDITOR: PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Cheap catharsis

Timely Dheepan starts with emotional precision, ends in violent excess

F

rom the opening sequence, in which the hero burns his military uniform on a funeral pyre, to its many images of sparks, bulbs and various items that light up otherwise shadowy spaces, Dheepan is a film that smoulders long with the promise to burn, burn, burn. That it gradually explodes the way that it does, in a finale that's about two parts dunderheaded violent excess and one part dunderheaded happy ending without the slightest hint of consequence, is cause for tremendous disappointment. This Palme d'Or winner is timely and sensitive in so many ways, thus it's truly a shame that director

and co-scenarist Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Prophet, Rust and Bone), a filmmaker with a flair for the kinetic, had to fall back on his '70s vengeful loner tendencies to inject cheap catharsis into an otherwise vital film.

Dheepan's hero (Antonythasan Jesuthasan) is a Tamil Tiger who takes on the identity of a dead man and, having lost his entire family to war, finds a similarly solitary and desperate woman (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) and orphaned girl (Claudine Vinasithamby) to pretend to be his wife and daughter, a guise which helps secure the trio passage from their over-

crowded refugee camp to France, where they're eventually granted asylum and start a new life in a housing complex. With their adopted names, Dheepan, Yalini and Illayaal, the three awkwardly attempt to inhabit the roles of father, mother and child all eager to fit in, but their home turf is overrun by heavily armed and underpoliced gangsters who, in their way, eventually bring the terrors of war back into the lives of these intensely traumatized people.

I cannot say enough about the performances of Jesuthasan—an actual Tamil veteran—Srinivasan

and Vinasithamby. The heart and soul and emotional precision they bring to their roles go a long way to deepening Dheepan. Audiard and his collaborators deposit their characters into a situation that feels well-researched, though the levels of ongoing violence are perhaps exaggerated so as to support the risible finish. There are, upon reflection, hints of the film's coming flaws in the early scenes, with cinematographer Éponine Momenceau imposing a muddy, gloomy mysteriousness on far too many sequences, and Audiard using slow-motion and music for some truly corny stylish flour-

Opens Friday Dheepan Directed by Jacques Audiard Princess Theatre  ishes (flourishes of the sort to be found in the far more successful, and similarly themed, A Prophet). I suppose I would still recommend the film based on its considerable merits and its invitation to ponder both the current global migrant crisis and Sri Lanka's woefully under-reported, quarter-century-long civil war. Just prepare yourself for a brash, bloody let-down.

JOSEF BRAUN

JOSEF@VUEWEEKLY.COM

REVUE // DRAMA

Me Before You M

ore divorced from reality, glowingly romantic, maudlin and house-porny than the worst Nicholas Sparks adaptations, the appalling Me Before You's bilious, twee Brit-tedium tops itself by reducing a disabled man's potential suicide to heartstrings-twanging hokum.

In a quaint English village where super-affable teashop waitress Louisa Clark (Emilia Clarke, overacting) is actually dismissed with a wage-packet, the cheery lower-middle-class lass is hired by local rich couple the Traynors (Charles Dance and Janet McTeer, deserving much better than this dreck). Their estate's complete with stone manor, gravel drive and postcard view of the town castle (which they also own). And if the sheets of rain and snowglobey white-stuff don't seem real either, well, neither does the Traynors'

drop-dead-handsome quadriplegic son Will (Sam Claflin), whom beaming Louisa's there to care for.

Louisa, with her "gorgeous wellies and stripey tights," is the focus of concern;

Now playing Directed by Thea Sharrock



me"; disability's all about bitterness and regret!), a decision Louisa takes as a challenge—"Make him change his mind!" And so Disabled Prop becomes Pet Project.

He's soon Holier-Than-Thou Love Interest, a beatific, doomed figure exhorting Louisa and us to "just live."

10 FILM

Will's reduced to his condition, only ever a cheap prop. Just like most people with irreparable spinal-cord damage, Will has a state-of-the-art wheelchair, daily nurse, daily carer, total parental support and seemingly unlimited funds (he travels to the tropics in a private jet). But he's still bent on dying with dignity (he just can't accept "the new

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

Of course, he's soon HolierThan-Thou Love Interest, a beatific, doomed figure exhorting Louisa and us to "just live" (a message pepped up by the most godawful moviesoundtrack to ever worm into your ear-canals). There's an assisted-dying facility complete with all-white homey-cottage interiors, birds tweeting outside and glorious sunlight.

Wrapping up disability in the cutesy package of a tear-jerking life-challenge ... what should have died with dignity was this horrid flick, in pre-production.

BRIAN GIBSON

BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

REVUE // BIOPIC

The Man Who Knew Infinity F

or nearly a century now—he died in 1920—Srinivasa Ramanujan has been acclaimed as a math prodigy. But, beset by an odd insistence on pleading this universally accepted fact, as if restating the proofs of the case in hallowed and tragic ways makes it more of a profound movie, biopic The Man Who Knew Infinity comes up short.

Ramanujan (Dev Patel), desperate for work—to get off Madras' streets and support his wife—is also eager to have his autodidactic math-labour recognized. After a boss-patron helps him to correspond with Cambridge's G H Hardy (Jeremy Irons, very good), Ramanujan arrives in England but finds himself facing the university's hidebound traditions; he's also given plenty of abject lessons in How Racist Towards Indians Those Brits Used To Be and doomy foreshadowing of his early death.

shrouding of Ramanujan's own culture shocks and suffering health by the Great War doesn't really work, either (pacifist mathematician Bertrand Russell is basically resolved down to an avuncular figure). Ramanujan can come perilously close to the mysticIndian equivalent of the Magical Negro, though at least the brilliance and beauty of his work is made clear to us with his carefully dramatized breakthrough in "partitions" (a word which happens to horribly foreshadow India's rending-apart 30 years later).

And there's a nice little running joke near the end involving the origin of Ramanujan's "taxicab numbers."

Best is Hardy, a coolly unemotional

Ramanujan's relationship with his wife is altogether too precious— a moment where she walks out of streaming light in a temple to be with Ramanujan's calculations chalked there on the stone floor is especially cringing—and shot through with a romanticizing exoticness at times. The

BRIAN GIBSON

BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

FRI 9:15PM SAT 3:30PM & 9:15PM SUN 3:30 & 9:00PM MON–THUR 9:00PM

RATED: 14A, V

Francofonia

Fri, Jun 10 – Tue, Jun 14 Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov Metro Cinema at the Garneau  wartime meetings between Louvre director Jacques Jaujard and Count Franz Wolff-Metternich—who never executed his superiors' orders to export the art to Nazi Germany—Sokurov (born into a military officer's family six years after the Soviet Union's "Great Patriotic War" against Hitler ended) isn't so interested in the Louvre and its works as he is in broader musings on European culture, the continent's most devastating war, art's relation to power, and Jaujard and Wolff-Metternich's curious collaboration.

ou don't need to see, say, Matisse: The Cut-Outs, brought to your local cineplex by the Tate Modern and MOMA—with one clip showing MOMA staff figuring out the best designs for gift-shop items—to realize that big galleries and museums are mega-corporations now, hashtagging, cross-media marketing, brand building. But Aleksandr Sokurov's Francofonia, drifting in and out of the Louvre, reminds us that many a major museum, like Paris's sprawling underground bunker of art, are treasure chests of war booty.

Sokurov's approach, as in Russian

chap—he's the kind of out-of-touchwith-his-feelings Englishman often seen on-screen, but Irons adds a brittle sadness to this ascetic academic.

Again, though, as with so much here, the odd couple's increasingly close relationship is overstated—"I do believe in you"—and Hardy's speech to his colleagues about making Ramanujan a Fellow of the Royal Society is as insistent and pleading as the movie, on the whole, seems to be. Histories, unlike mathematic proofs, don't always need to be painstakingly elaborated.

DHEEPAN

REVUE // DOCUDRAMA

Y

Opens Friday Directed by Matthew Brown Princess Theatre 

Ark (his 2002 tour of the Hermitage), can be affected, even pretentious: photos of Tolstoy and Chekhov, dead or near death, as these 19th-century "fathers" of the 20th "asleep"; redcapped Marianne or bicorn-wearing Napoleon (whose wars plundered so many works for the art-palace) pop up; Sokurov video-chatting with a captain, shipping art, caught in a storm. But that latter scenario leads the director, in this cine-essay, to his overarching metaphor of the ocean—amid the vast sea of Paris lies the Louvre, once wracked by the storm of the Second World War. Offering re-enactments of

And so this docudrama only really pulses to life when Sokurov contrasts the fairly placid occupation of Paris (most of the Louvre's art was removed to various country homes) with the hellish siege of Leningrad (where the Hermitage had become both sarcophagus and fortress). Sokurov offers drawings and paintings and photos of halls in the Louvre, but this is far from any promo tour of the world's largest gallery-museum. Unfortunately, as one man's idiosyncratic rumination on not just the Louvre during the Occupation but how the Louvre occupies Europe's imagination, Francofonia's only intermittently interesting.

MONEY MONSTER

FRI, MON–THUR 7:00PM SAT–SUN 1:30PM & 7:00PM

RATED: 14A, CL

BLACKWAY

FRI, JUNE 10–THUR, JUNE 16

THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY FRI, MON–THUR 6:45PM SAT–SUN 1:00PM & 6:45PM

RATED: PG

FRI, MON–THUR 9:15PM SAT–SUN 3:45PM & 9:15PM

RATED: 14A, CL, V

JUN 9 - JUN 15

PRESENTS NEXTGEN

PECHA KUCHA THUR @ 6:30 LIVE EVENT

$5 MONDAYS!

QUOTE-A-LONG

HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH SAT @ 9:30

FRANCOFONIA FRI @ 7:00, SAT @ 7:00, SUN @ 3:00 MON @ 9:15 - $5 MONDAY!, TUES @ 9:00 RUSSIAN/FRENCH/GERMAN/ENGLISH W/SUBTITLES

GREEN ROOM FRI @ 9:30 - DEDFEST - 18+ LICENSED, NO MINORS SAT @ 4:00 - 14A, SUN @ 9:30 - 14A

MUHAMMAD ALI TRIBUTE/ PARKINSON ALBERTA FUNDRAISER

WHEN WE WERE KINGS SUN @ 7:00

STAFF PICS

THE THING (1982) MON @ 7:00 - $5 MONDAY! JUST FOR CATS VIDEO FESTIVAL SAT @ 2:00 - REEL FAMILY CINEMA (KIDS 12 & UNDER - FREE) METRO BIZARRO SUN @ 1:00, TUES @ 7:00, WED @ 9:15 - REGULAR ADMISSIONS LISZTOMANIA WED @ 7:00 Metro Cinema at the Garneau: 8712-109 Street WWW.METROCINEMA.ORG

BRIAN GIBSON

BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

FILM 11

POP

FEATURE // WRESTLING

POP EDITOR: PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

The changing face of kayfabe

A polarizing match highlights the transparent fourth wall of professional wrestling

// NJPWWorld.com

L

et's talk about that match. The one that's either the greatest thing to happen to pro wrestling, or a travesty that's single-handedly destroyed the industry, depending on who you ask.

The web's pro wrestling realms have spent the last two weeks analyzing and debating the game-changing bout between Ricochet and Will Ospreay.

The polarizing match happened at New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors—an annual round-robin tournament that showcases the world's biggest non-WWE wrestling promo-

tion's Junior Heavyweight division. Both talents are the indie scene's Next Big Thing and could very well headline Wrestlemania five years from now.

Ospreay is a smarmy Brit famed for his high-flying antics; Ricochet has been tearing up NJPW while pulling double duty as former Lucha Underground champion Prince Puma. So why is the wrestling world being torn asunder by a qualifying-round showdown between a pair of cruiserweights?

To fully understand the vitriol being lobbed by industry veterans like

POPCULTURE HAPPENINGS

HEATHER SKINNER // SKINNER@VUEWEEKLY.COM

As Heard on TV / Sat, Jun 11 (8 pm) The Winspear Centre and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra have given our fair city several pop-culture-related concerts featuring video-game music. This time, the show will delve into the weird, wonderful world of TV. As Heard on TV will feature music from some of the small screen's most memorable series—from classics like M*A*S*H, and Hawaii Five-O to more modern favourites like Downtown Abbey and Game of Thrones, as well as childhood favourites and other indulgences. (Winspear Centre) V

Jim Cornette and Vader, alongside the praises of Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince Russo, it's important to understand the fundamental blueprint that makes pro wrestling what it is: kayfabe. For the uninitiated, kayfabe is the reality that performers portray and audiences accept during a match. It's the underlying principle that separates professional wrestling from "the real stuff," coding it more performance art than competitive sport. When someone muses, "Wrestling? You know that's fake, right?"— a most salient observation certainly never made before—they're talking about kayfabe. Since its inception, kayfabe has represented the unspoken contract between pro wrestling's performers and audiences, a dramatic covenant that presupposes the viewer will suspend disbelief for the duration of the performance, so long as it makes for an entertaining show.

For decades, wrestling existed in a state of willful naiveté, fully contained within the walls of kayfabe. It's why rural families would drive for hours to watch the hometown champion defend his title against foreign villains, and why little old ladies would attack the bad guys by honest-to-god jabbing them with hatpins as they walked to the ring.

Really, up until the age of the Internet, wrestling fans quietly accepted that what they were watching was "real," even if they knew it wasn't (and contrary to popular belief, most fans through the years have known). Now that we're in an era where wrestling storylines are spoiled in online dirt sheets before they even happen, and main-eventers compete in MMA fights while still on WWE contracts, those lines have become more blurry. Wrestling promoters have

all but embraced the transparency of their fourth wall, and have increasingly toyed with the ambiguous reality of their stars and stories.

It's a narrative strategy that's borrowed from, and subsequently influenced other forms of reality-bending media, so much so that today's biggest celebrities have come to rely on their own brands of kayfabe to make headlines and keep tabloids guessing. It's a tactic that's transcended the mainstream so thoroughly that even The New York Times has spilled ink musing on the subject, and on whether Donald Trump's presidential campaign is just one big wrestling promo.

But beyond the character work that separates the babyfaces from the heels in wrestling narratives, the storytelling that happens in the ring can be even more important. Feuds play out not just in the way wrestlers speak to one another, but how they fight one another.

Even if we know the punches are pulled, hearing the sharp crack of a slap against a superstar's chest elicits a visceral reaction that draws us in. Most fans have no idea how much a Figure Four leglock actually hurts, but if it looks like it hurts, the performers are doing their jobs.

And here's where the philosophical debate surrounding how wrestling should look comes crashing headfirst into Ricochet and Ospreay. During the 16-minute match, the duo spends more time synchronizing acrobatic flips than trading blows, seemingly more focused on wowing the crowd than actually hurting each other. Make no mistake, the crowd is certainly wowed. But for industry purists, it's a moot point if the performers aren't advancing their feud.

It's far from the first time we've seen

REVUE // GRAPHIC NOVELS

Hot Dog Taste Test

L

isa Hanawalt must be commended for her bold statement against conventional wisdom: runny eggs are disgusting. As an advocate of two distinct egg parts, it is comforting to find a compatriot in Hanawalt. That's one of several dramatically simple food statements Hanawalt makes in Hot Dog Taste Test, which at times serves as a sarcastic ode to foodie culture and at others is simply a forum for Hanawalt's bizarre and endearing visual concoctions.

Hanawalt, the production designer and producer of the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman, produces a compendium of personal stories through her eclectic visual style.

Hot Dog Taste Test is a follow-up to her first book, My Dumb Dirty Eyes, and is a bit more laid back than the visual assault of that tome's vulgar contents. Hot Dog is similar in style, containing photographic and comic

12 POP

experiments, visual essays and fullpage mural-esque visages of pantsless parties, apiaries or a visual dedication to Hanawalt's ceramics work.

At times the experimental comics seem to have little point, and while some imagery is mildly gross—an extended look at pooping habits through the centuries, for one—as a whole the book reveals Hanwalt's love of life and the strange things that make it engaging.

Food, for one. Hanawalt loves food in an unpretentious, heart-eyesemoji-like way. Her visual essay, "On the trail with Wylie," follows molecular gastronomy chef Wylie Dufresne through his day and his concoctions. Her analysis of his kitchen and food is simplistic and creative, imagining ridiculous names and ingredients for the food, and what she would be like as a chef. Seven pages later she is making poop jokes.

Now available

By Lisa Hanawalt Drawn & Quarterly, 176 pp, $24.95

Simplistic, unpretentious and genuine are the easiest descriptors for Hanawalt's work, but that's not to ignore the strange, complex creations that are her animalistic characters. The combination reveals a love of the world around her for all its weirdness, while the personal stories convey her love of the people around her. It's an endearing and at times disgusting ride, but Hanawalt's engaging visual style allows an entrance into her love of the little weird things.

SAMANTHA POWER

SAMANTHA@VUEWEEKLY.COM

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

such antics in the squared circle, and it certainly won't be the last. In fact, it's an increasingly common style being embodied by performers who are breaking away from the age-old conventions established by WWE to offer audiences something new and novel. This nihilistic approach to wrestling is perhaps best embodied by indie darlings, the Young Bucks, the tag team of Nick and Matt Jackson whose entire in-ring persona relies on breaking the fourth wall and lampshading the physical ridiculousness of wrestling. In a world where finishing moves no longer always finish a match, where steel-chair shots are shrugged off seconds later, and where guys like John Cena are constantly criticized for forgetting to sell their damage, why pretend like any of this actually hurts? If The Rock can shrug off a beating in G.I. Joe, why not do it in the wrestling ring too?

While Ricochet and Ospreay may have ruffled feathers among wrestling's traditionalists with claims to what wrestling should be, but they've revolutionized the public's perception of what wrestling can be. Today's wrestling shouldn't exist solely within the pizzazz exhibited at the Super Juniors, but the most memorable stars rely more on exhibition than competition.

When our expectations of the truth are manipulated by headlines on a daily basis, pushing the boundaries of performance reminds us that it's just that— performance. Whether we're following wrestlers, politicians or Twitter personalities, everyone's putting on their best face behind the veil of kayfabe. If the presentation is strong enough, the truth can be as fluid as it wants to be.

MIKE KENDRICK

MIKE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

COVER // ALTERNATIVE

MUSIC

VUEWEEKLY.com/music

MUSIC EDITOR: MEAGHAN BAXTER MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEWS WITH TOMB AND THE DEAD LANGUAGE, RED HOT GOSPEL AND SUUNS

Dallas Green on creating a tangible statement with new City and Colour record

// Alysse Gafkjen

I

f you had to leave behind an enduring sentiment for the one you love, what would it look like? How would you want them to remember you after you're gone from the world, and their life? We don't often like to consider our finite trajectory, or that a day will come when we won't be around to care for loved ones, but this question is the summation of City and Colour's new album and its title track, If I Should Go Before You. "The song is about the idea of this love that it's so powerful that it could outlast death," says Dallas Green, the man behind the moniker, from his home in Toronto as he prepares for tour. "You're telling somebody, 'Don't worry too much, because my love will carry on for you; it'll be there to guide you.'"

That's admittedly a little bit sad— Green's wife thought so, at least— but he argues that it's also beautiful, in a way.

"You never know what's going to happen in life; you never know what's going to happen in this business, too," he adds. "But if I were to go before you, here's something I'm

proud enough to leave you as my last statement."

Green's translation of this memento is perhaps much more poetic than the majority of us could hope to conjure, the songs on the album being heartfelt and nuanced without becoming too saccharine. Each track is evidently deeply personal, yet remains accessible rather than alienating listeners.

Personal sentiment is nothing new in Green's City and Colour oeuvre, but he notes that the throughline on If I Should Go Before You didn't present itself until after he finished writing the record.

"I write usually a very specific kind of song," he says. "It's usually some sort of rumination on what's going on in my life, or what I feel like is bothering me at the time. But once you start putting the songs together and realize you have enough for a record, that's when I realize everything's falling into place."

What Green did set out to do in the nascent stages of If I Should Go Before You was write an album that

captured the live essence of his touring band. City and Colour's early compositions were very much centred around Green and a guitar, but since about 2013 he has been working with a consistent band featuring guitarist Dante Schwebel (Dan Auerbach), drummer Doug MacGregor (Constantines), bassist Jack Lawrence (the Raconteurs, Dead Weather) and multi-instrumentalist Matt Kelly.

Green remains a solitary writer, and City and Colour's songs still begin in a way that's reminiscent of its early days, but Green notes that the addition of his bandmates has established a new dynamic for the project.

"You want guys playing with you that take care of your songs, and that you can trust and feel good that they're going to put as much into it as you are, even though they're sort of hired musicians," Green explains. "It's hard to find guys to fulfill that role, but they're also wonderful people, and I love being around them—even not on stage. Over the last couple of years we've built this wonderful relationship, and it's awesome."

The addition of these musicians

has certainly added some extra sonic flair to the melodies on If I Should Go Before You, with layered instrumentation creating blues-y textures on the lead single "Wasted Love" to more country-roots styling on tracks like "Runaway" and reverberating guitar licks on the nine-minute opener, "Woman." Contrasting yet cohesive, all of these elements were captured

by Green in the producer's chair at Blackbird Studios in Nashville alongside engineer Karl Bareham, the same studio where he recorded City and Colour's previous album, The Hurry and the Harm.

"The idea of a producer is usually to come in and help you snap out of your comfort zone, or someone to bounce ideas off of to make sure you're [going] in the right direction or challenge you on things. And for me, on this record, I felt like I was already about to do all of those things by making this record with my touring band, and by changing up the dynamic of what a City and Colour record sounds like," Green notes of his decision to take on the role. "There's a song on the record called 'Killing Time' that I don't

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

Fri, Jun 10 (7:30 pm) With Shakey Graves Rexall Place, $20 – $65 Limited tickets for $20, with proceeds donated to the Canadian Red Cross for Fort McMurray fire relief even play guitar on: it's just my band playing and I'm singing it—things like that, that I was already planning on doing. I just didn't feel like I needed anyone else to tell me what was going on, because I had enough of that in myself. And between Karl and the guys in the band, none of us were going to walk out of the studio with a bad record."

But was giving up the guitar on certain songs—which often acts like an extra appendage for those who play it—a challenging adjustment to make?

"It was really nice, actually. I've played a ton of guitar, and so it was nice to be able to just sing, you know? I'm a singer too, and sometimes I get caught up in playing the guitar because I'm a guitar player," he says. "I'm still working on it. The songs we play live where I don't play guitar it's that whole, 'What do I do with my hands?' thing, but I think I'm getting better at it."

MEAGHAN BAXTER

MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

MUSIC 13

MUSIC PREVUE // INDIE-ROCK

Plants and Animals

// Caroline Desilets

T

hree years ago, Plants and Animals decided it was time to take a break—not from each other or music, per se, but the cyclical treadmill of being a touring band.

The Montréal-based indie-rock trio—Warren Spicer (guitar/vocals), Nic Basque (vocals/bass/guitar/keys) and Matthew Woodley (drums/vocals)—emerged onto the international music scene in 2008, following the release its debut full-length record, Parc Avenue. Plants and Animals' last album was The End of That in 2012,

and, as Spicer explains, the conclusion of that touring cycle marked a point where it was time to unplug and focus on other things in life—all three band members became fathers over the past three years, for starters.

But with Plants and Animals' new album, Waltzed in from the Rumbling, having just been released, it's time for the guys to get back at it.

"I'm about to leave to go to Europe for a week," Spicer says over the phone from the Montréal airport as he waits to board a plan to Germany.

"And then tour for another month.

It's been different because this is the most I've been away, the most any of us have been away since the last big tours we did. This is all kind of uncharted territory now with kids."

Spicer admits he felt some trepidation when it came time to leave for this tour—a first for him—but he adds that being a father also puts into perspective why he's pursuing this career path. Plus, having a new batch of songs to play for crowds adds to the excitement of the whole prospect.

"We didn't right away ... plan out how we were going to make our next record," he says. "Once we were home, we just started talking and said, let's go to the studio and record a couple of ideas—no major designs on tracking particular songs or tunes for the next record or anything like that. We just went to the studio to record for fun, basically, just to enjoy ourselves.

And then that never stopped, and we

did that for two years."

The more casual approach to making a record was aided by the fact that the band took total control over the recording process, allowing ample time to flesh out ideas. Spicer explains that The End of That was recorded in France with a set deadline, which didn't give the band the freedom to create the album it necessarily wanted to.

"We sort of painted ourselves into a corner by making projections of how it was going to happen," he says. "It was a frustrating experience, and this time we definitely wanted to just not be cornered by our own decisions."

This openness and explorative approach meant bringing in friends to lend their talents to different instruments and experimenting with unconventional sounds—such as making a refrigerator sound like a timpani drum—creating an environment

Mon, Jun 13 (8 pm) With Royal Canoe Starlite Room, $19

more akin to an art studio as the band explored influences spanning Van Morrison, the French funk of Serge Gainsbourg and John Coltrane.

"In hindsight, I think [on] this record we were just really pursuing songs that we had an emotional connection to," Spicer says. "We were not trying to build songs to play in a stadium or songs to play on the main stage, for instance. Now that we're out here doing it, I realize this album is very dynamic. There's quiet, small parts of it, there's really big moments of it, but it's a dynamic story and it requires that the audience wants to be there with you doing it. It's not like you can bang them over the head with this album ... it's much more of a journey than it is a full-on rock show."

MEAGHAN BAXTER

MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

PREVUE // SINGER-SONGWRITER

Sarah Smith

I

f you're taking a VIA Rail train from Toronto to Edmonton this June, you might have the opportunity to see Sarah Smith on it. The London, ON-based singer-songwriter—and former frontwoman of the Joys—is heading out on a Western Canada tour, dubbed "Back on the Rails," and some of that travelling will be done by train as Via Rail's Artist on Board (she did a similar tour in the winter of 2015).

"We play music everyday and hang out with all the passengers," Smith says over the phone. "There's no cellphone reception, there's no Internet, [so] you can't talk to anybody, and you can't work. It's all human interaction.

Tue, Jun 14 (9 pm) The Druid, Free

... Everyone's been travelling for four days, and you have nothing better to do but to get to know each other. It's an awesome experience."

It's this intimate setting, enhanced by panoramic mountain views, that Smith feels lends a more homey vibe to these performances than being in front of a crowd at a conventional music venue.

"You're not on a stage; you're sitting on a window ledge, and you're playing as little as eight people and as much as 20 to 30 people. So there's no glory: it's not like you're up there getting glorified," she says. "You're adding to their experience on their train. So the show

Happy Hour Shows!

MonDAY TO friDAY

FE: *** FREE SHOW *** BARSNBANDS.COM PRESENTS INDUSTRY NIGHT: SOUL SUNDAYS WITH

THE ALMIGHTY TURTLENECKS

AUDIO/ ROCKETRY

STEPMOTHERS VISSIA HH:

FE:

oF MONTREAL INDUSTRY NIGHT:

THE UMPTEEN COLLECTIVE

M • 20 FE:

SHOTGUN JIMMIE HH:

NICK SAMOIL

FE:

THE TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD ORCHESTRA

JOE NOLAN & THE DOGS

LE FUZZ

DOLLY ROTTEN N3K

HH:

NEEDLE BLUEGRASS BRUNCH:

CAYLEY THOMAS SAMANTHA SAVAGE SMITH HH:

EMILY BACHYNSKI: GIRL OF THE BITTER NORTH

F • 17

T • 16

OS:

FE: UP+DT FEST PRESENTS

FE: *** FREE SHOW ***

HH:

PHYSICAL COPIES THE ARCHAICS

INFILM NOIWAV

WARES

SUUNS

FE: JCL PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

DANNY MICHEL LYRA BROWN HH:

LILY FAWN

HH:

INFINITY TRIO

BEN SURES TRIO

T • 21

W • 22

legend

OS:

FE:

live music

EVA FOOTE BIG DREAMER JAM HH:

FAT DAVE JOHNSTON

HH:

TENNYSON

NORTH COUNTRY FAIR AFTERBENDER HH:

TYLER BUTLER

FE = FEATURED EVENT HH = HAPPY HOUR (5:30–6:30 PM) OS = OPEN STAGE (8 PM)

S • 11

FE:

SOLE RHYTHM

W • 15

VICTORIA BALDWIN

S • 19

F • 10

T • 14

MOHSIN ZAMAN BIG DREAMER JAM

plans to begin work on her next album once this year's tour cycle ends.)

That album leans more pop than 2012's Stronger Now, which is reminiscent of the rock style of her former Joys offerings. Smith notes The Journey has a "Euro-pop" rock sound comparable to that of Pink, thanks to the production work of Germanybased Pat Anthony (Usher, the Black Eyed Peas).

"Stronger Now was produced here in Canada, so it's [a] more organic roots album that we recorded with a band," she says. "Two very different albums."

When asked about how she handles her busy work schedule, Smith notes

THURS • JUNE 9

(TOUR KICKOFF)

happy hour specials 4-7 PM $4 Yellowhead $5 Select Wine DAILY FOOD SPECIALS

M • 13

After this round of tours, Smith will head to Eastern Canada, playing a string of festivals there before travelling to Mexico at the end of September. All of this comes in the wake of doing two European tours this year and a southern US tour; she's still making the rounds for her 2014 sophomore release, The Journey. (Smith has

DIAMOND MIND

THE NEEDLE WILL HAVE LIVE MUSIC FROM 5:30-6:30 PM

S • 12

isn't about me and my bass player— it's about adding background music to their experience on a Canadian train.

A lot of people come from different countries to experience this, and we're a Canadian act, so what we're going to give them is Canadian music."

FE:

BACK PORCH SWING

S • 18 FE:

THE BESNARD LAKES AVEC LE SOLEIL SORTANT DE SA BOUCHE JOM COMYN NEEDLE BLUEGRASS BRUNCH:

ELLIOT THOMAS

7 DAYS a week FREE MEMBERSHIPS: THENEEDLE.CA/VIP

THENEEDLEYEG

10524 JASPER AVE

6/24 STRIKER 7/13 THE DUDES 7/14 PETUNIA & THE VIPERS 7/15 EVERLAST 7/23 KID KOALA 7/27 RANDY & MR. LAHEY 7/28 ECONOLINE CRUSH 14 MUSIC

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

"it doesn't feel like work," but admits she misses the mundane routines of being home.

"I miss my family, my dogs. I miss the day-to-day routine things. I miss doing dishes, cooking, laundry, vacuuming, you know?" she says with a soft laugh.

"It's become so foreign to be at home that I've had to re-adjust again. I've been on the road for two years and just been at home for a month, and it took me a long time to resettle and figure out what my place is here."

JASMINE SALAZAR

JASMINE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

PREVUE // PUNK

Choke

Thu, Jun 9 (8 pm) With Stepmothers Denizen Hall, By donation; Free with valid Fort McMurray ID

// Jack Jaggard

T

he entire conversation with Choke bassist, Clay Shea, had a soft, nostalgic element to it. After an unfortunate mention of one disagreeable previous Vue interview, which was met with laughter, Shea was ultimately at peace with his past and present in one of Edmonton's most enduring punk groups.

"That interview is my nemesis," he chuckles. "It was like 10 years ago, and I'm still bummed about it.

I came across really arrogant, and that was definitely not what I was trying to get across."

If you weren't around for it, Choke "ended" in 2007, with its last run of reunion shows in 2013—but it was never a definite ending for anybody.

"It was a littler easier to pick it back up again this time, because there was less time in between. We saw at the

time of the first reunion [in 2013] how well it went. It was awesome," he recalls. "We had spent the better part of our twenties and thirties touring, living out of a van, and we did it because we thought if we stopped everyone would forget about us. Nine years after the fact, people still want to come to the show. It feels like everything we put in was worth it."

It was because of an invitation to play the Amnesia Rockfest in Montebello, QC, that the band decided it would come back for a few shows.

Choke's original drummer, Stefan Levasseur, has been living in the UK for the past few years. There were several efforts put forth into having him join in the fun, but it wasn't meant to be. In Levasseur's stead, former drummer for Belvedere and This is a Standoff, Graham Churchill, has been

learning Choke's music.

With Churchill filling in, the band isn't ruling out the possibility of new music, but it refuses to put any pressure on something that continues to be a blast to leap back into.

"Throughout all these years, our biggest fear was just wanting to leave our mark," Shea says. "So doing these shows and seeing people care is a really nice feeling. It's also bittersweet because Stefan is not with us.

It's great to have Graham in the mix, because he's a great friend too, but there is a bit of sadness Stefan isn't here for this."

In the era of the punk-rock reunion, when asked about which group Shea would want to see get back together, it seems as though his dreams have all ready come true—for the most part.

"Oh, man. I would have said At the Drive-In or Refused or Black Sabbath, but all of those shows have happened," he laughs. "Maybe if they could do a hologram Jon Bonham I would see that. Or maybe I just want to see a hologram Led Zeppelin!"

BRITTANY RUDYCK

BRITTANY@VUEWEEKLY.COM

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

MUSIC 15

MUSIC

10442 whyte ave 439.1273 10442 whyte ave 439.1273

WEEKLY

CD / LP

THE KILLS ASH & ICE

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

THU JUN 9 THE ALMANAC Edmonton's

blackbyrd

M

Y

O

O

Z

I

K

w w w. b l a c k b y r d . c a SEE MAG: Jan 3, 1c x 2”/ 28 AG RB: BLACKBYRD MYOOZIK SALES:Samantha H S01367

LOUDEST Rock Band: tomb and the dead language with San Felix; 9pm; $8 (door) ARCADIA BAR Up The Arcadia Jam; 1st and 3rd Thu of each month; 9-10:30pm; Free

guests; 7-11pm TAVERN ON WHYTE Open

CASINO EDMONTON Robin

THE BOWER Strictly Goods:

CASINO EDMONTON Robin

Kelly (Elvis tribute); 9pm

Old school and new school hip hop & R&B with DJ Twist, Sonny Grimez, and Marlon English; every Fri

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Mike

THE COMMON Quality Control Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan

Spencer & Jay Gilday; 4-6pm; No cover

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Mike

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

Dominey; 9pm

TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Karaoke

Cody Mack (alternative/ rock); 9pm

Thursday's; Every Thu

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Filthy

DJs

Fuqn’ Fridays

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl: Throwback

Thursdays with DJ Modest Mike playing classics, 9pm; Wooftop Lounge: Dig It - Electronic, Roots & Rare Grooves; Underdog: Underdog Comedy Show

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY

LB'S PUB Cool Dad's (rock/

pop/indie); 9pm; No minors MERCURY ROOM Gang

Signs (alternative/ electronic/pop) with Cygnets and Sorsari; 8pm; $10 (adv at YEGLive or Blackbyrd Myoozik), $13 (door)

DRUID IRISH PUB Live DJs;

Every Fri, 9pm EL CORTEZ TEQUILA BAR AND KITCHEN Kys the Sky;

First Fri of every month, 9pm EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

Flashback Friday; Every Fri

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

Open mic with Stan Gallant

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

DRUID IRISH PUB Tap Into

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE

Jason Greeley; 9pm

Open stage with host Naomi Carmack; 8pm every Thu

BELLEVUE COMMUNITY HALL Groovy Times

16 MUSIC

O'BYRNE'S IRISH PUB

VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB

ON THE ROCKS Vera; 9pm

featuring Bombchan (rock) with Tropic Harbour and Lindsey Walker; 7:30pm; $10 (adv at YEGLive or Blackbyrd Myoozik) BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ An

REXALL PLACE City and

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

Shaguar (rock/pop/indie); 9pm; $10 SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Andrew Scott

CD release (rock) and guests; 8pm; $10 (adv at YEGLive or Blackbyrd Myoozik), $15 (door)

BLUE QUILL COMMUNITY LEAGUE Blue Quill

A Jake Buckley (blues/

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu

BLUES ON WHYTE Taylor

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF

country/folk); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

open stage; 7pm

Scott; 9pm

Mark Mcgarrigle (folk); 9pm

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Early: Happy Hour featuring

BOHEMIA Pa-Jama-Party

STARLITE ROOM Choke with

Sole Rhythm; 5:30pm • Later: Diamond Mind with Cayley Thomas and Samantha Savage Smith; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)

(wear your pajamas) with Edmonton's LOUDEST Rock Band: tomb and the dead language with Railtown Park & City Shadows; 8pm; $10 (door)

NEW WEST HOTEL Canadian

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

Country Hall of Fame Guest host Bev Munro (country); Every Thu, 7pm; No minors NORTH GLENORA HALL

Karaoke Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Pete Turland's Rockabilly Thursdays & West Coast Swing Dance Lesson; 8-11pm SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE Live at Lunch

featuring local musicians; Every Thu, 11:30-1pm SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Live

Blues every Thu: rotating

Live music; Every Fri; Free BOURBON ROOM Live music

each week with a different band each week; 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 Tue- Fri, 5-8pm BRIXX BAR Juno Reactor,

Ivardensphere; 8pm; $20; 18+ only CAFE BLACKBIRD Louise Dawson; 8pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Party Crashers; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live

music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

APEX CASINO Tri City Rat

Pack pay tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter; 9pm

(alternative/country); 9pm

Community League; $20

Electric Fridays; Every Fri, 9pm; No minors

Colour with Shakey Graves; 7:30pm; $20-$350 (available at Ticketmaster)

evening with Lionel Rault; 7-10pm; Cover by donation

SANDS INN & SUITES

EDMONTON.CNTY.COM 13103 FORT RD • 643-4000

Saturday Country Jam (country); Every Sat, 3pm • Later: Trick Ryder; 9pm

SAT JUN 11

music

íí įĤĉ qÃPØĥį ʼn ğŎį PŎįí įıÀ įŊ Ö

NEW WEST HOTEL Early:

Kind, Revolution Engine, Rille Ataka, Against the Rule; 8pm

O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB Live

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT CENTURY CASINO AND TICKETMASTER

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Fridays

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

every Sat; this week: Paul Woida

Artzy Flowz: featuring DJs and artists teaming up; 9pm

NEW WEST HOTEL Trick

Y AFTERHOURS Freedom

Thu, 7:30pm; Free

MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands

Nights: Video Music DJ; 9pm-2am

RENDEZVOUS PUB The Able

HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE Bistro Jazz; Every

Johnny Mcquaig Band (blues/celtic) with Stellafox and Marystown; 8pm; $12 (adv at YEGLive or Blackbyrd Myoozik), $12 (door)

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN The Dogs with Dolly Rotten and NEK Trio; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Friday

ON THE ROCKS Vera; 9pm

Pack pay tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter; 9pm

Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; 7pm

COMING SOON: THE LAST WALTZ: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF THE BAND, AND MORE!

Bitter North; 5:30pm • Later: The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra with Le Fuzz; 8pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door)

Time Warp Late Night Throwback Dance Party with DJs Joses Martin & Thomas Culture VJ Owen; Every Fri, 11:30pm; $5 (door)

APEX CASINO Tri City Rat

MERCURY ROOM Alleviate

FRIDAY JUNE 24

House Function Thursdays; 9pm

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Early: Happy Hour featuring

Movement Fridays; 8pm

Edmonton's best solo musicians

Night; Every Thu, 7-11pm

DOUG AND THE SLUGS

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Azrieli, Lucas Chaisson

LIZARD LOUNGE Jam

SATURDAY JUNE 18

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

Presents Sweet Spot with Soap Box Duo and Tayssa Hubert with Isaac Carter; 8pm; $10 (minimum donation)

THE ALMANAC Matthew

hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

BOBBY BRUCE as NEARLY NEIL

ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks:

MERCER TAVERN

FRI JUN 10

L.B.'S PUB Open Jam

JUN 10 & 11

Thursdays; DJ and party; 9pm

MOONSHINERS–STONY PLAIN Music For The Mac

Every Thu, 7pm

Your Whistle Karaoke Thursdays

KEVIN MCGRATH

music; 9:30pm

FIDDLER'S ROOST Acoustic FILTHY MCNASTY’S Wet

Call 780.481.YUKS FOR TICKETS & INFO .....................................................................

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Live

Ryder; 9pm

Circle Jam; 7:30-11:30pm

COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO

THE COMMON The Common

CAFÉ HAVEN Music every

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Karaoke;

Smoked Folk featuring Sean and Gary Brewer with guest Peter Rutledge; 4pm; No cover

MERCURY ROOM The

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week

Thursdays: weekly punk, alternative and hardcore music; Every Thu, 8pm

FILTHY MCNASTY'S The

LB'S PUB Guitar Face (blues); 9pm; $5; No minors

northlands.com

Durand; 7:30; $6

DENIZEN HALL Taking Back

FARGO'S CAPILANO Music For the Mac Takes Over Fargo's with 12 bands and Silent Auction; 12pm; $10 (minimum donation)

Mississippi Heat for Edmonton Blues Society 10th Anniversary; 7pm; $25 (adv), $35 (door)

Karaoke Thursdays; Every Thu; Free

CHVRCH OF JOHN Lights & Music featuring Kusch; 8pm

Cody Mack (alternative/ rock); 9pm

GERMAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE

BOHEMIA Dave Von Bieker (folk/pop/rock) with Cynthia Hamar and Lora Jol; 8pm; $10 (door)

Thu; 7pm

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY

3-7pm

Scott; 9pm

CAFE BLACKBIRD Donna

Dominey; 9pm CASK AND BARREL Ben

GAS PUMP Saturday Jam;

BLUES ON WHYTE Taylor

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

Kelly (Elvis tribute); 9pm

The Flatliners, Forester & Desiderata; 8pm (door); $21; 18+ only TIRAMISU BISTRO Live music every Fri with local musicians WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK Live Music

Fridays; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation

Jason Greeley; 9pm BEVERLY HEIGHTS HALL Hit The Beach With the Danita Lynn Band featuring Danita Lynn (country/rock); 7pm; $10 (adv) BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Hair of the Dog: SherryLee Heschel (adult contemporary); 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Blind

Dog Blues Band; 8:3010:30pm; $15 BLUE QUILL COMMUNITY LEAGUE Blue Quill

Community League; $20 BLUES ON WHYTE Taylor

Scott; 9pm BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

Live music; Every Sat; Free BOURBON ROOM Live music

Classical

each week with a different band each week; 9pm

LA CITÉ FRANCOPHONE

BRIXX BAR Mortillery,

Tambourin; 12-1pm; Free WEST END CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Peter

Krasinski plays Phantom of the Opera; 7:30pm WINSPEAR CENTRE

As Heard on TV; 8pm; $24-$99

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Kevin Martin; Wooftop: DJ Remo & Guests; Underdog: Rap,

House, Hip-Hop with DJ Babr; every Fri

L.A.M.S., Riot City, Sleep Demon; 8pm (doors), 8:30pm (show); $10; 18+ only THE BUCKINGHAM The Flatliners (punk/rock) with Worst Days Down and Seth Anderson; 8pm; $20 (adv at YEGLive and Blackbyrd Myoozik) CAFE BLACKBIRD The Brett Miles Group; 8pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Party Crashers; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

Open mic; 7pm; $2

PALACE CASINO The Beat Generation; 9:30pm RENDEZVOUS PUB Altars of

Grief, Ye Goat-Herd Gods, DethGod; 8pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Saturday Electric Blues Jam with Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens (blues); Every Sat, 2-6pm; No minors • Later: $4 Bill (country); 9pm; $10; No minors SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Andrew Scott

(alternative/country); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Jake Buckley (blues/

country/folk); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Mark Mcgarrigle (folk); 9pm SNEAKY PETE'S Sinder Sparks K-DJ Show; 9pm-1am TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE

Mikey Wong and his lineup of guest DJs

Classical U OF A CONVOCATION HALL Early: Christian Lane Master Class; 10am • Later: Late Night Organ Plus; 9pm WINSPEAR CENTRE

As Heard on TV; 8pm; $24-$99

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: The Menace Sessions with Miss Mannered featuring Alt. Rock/Electro/Trash; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic Hip-Hop and Reggae; Underdog: Hip Hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack

THE BOWER For Those Who

Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown,

David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat

metal all day

THE COMMON Get Down

Soul Sunday: The Almighty Turtlenecks; 9pm; $5 (door)

It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane DRUID IRISH PUB Live DJs

every Sat; 9pm EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN & TEQUILA BAR

Tonight We Dance with DJ Thomas Culture playing Classics, Hip-Hop, Dance and Indie Rock; Every Sat, 9pm; No cover EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Rotating

DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

Wong every Sat THE PROVINCIAL PUB

Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Psyturdays: various DJs; 9pm SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM

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

Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Release

Saturdays

SUN JUN 12 BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

Two Legends - One NightHank Williams / Buddy Holly Tribute Show Comes To Camrose

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every

Sun; 9:30pm ON THE ROCKS Crazy Daves

Renegades; 9pm RICHARD'S PUB Mark

Ammar's Sunday Sessions Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm SANDS INN & SUITES Open

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Sunday BBQ Jam Every Sunday hosted by the Marshall Lawrence Band (variety); Every Sun, 5pm; All ages

BLUES ON WHYTE Taylor

Scott; 9pm DANCE CODE STUDIO

Flamenco Guitar Classes; Every Sun, 11:30am12:30pm DIVERSION LOUNGE Sunday

Night Live on the South Side: live bands; Free; All ages; 7-10:30pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S

Sacrilege Sundays: All

FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle

Rock Monday

Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

Wednesdays

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Early: Happy Hour featuring

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Filthy

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

Bingo! Tuesdays

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

Victoria Baldwin; 5:30pm • Later: audio/rocketry with Stepmothers and Vissia; 8pm; No cover NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin

Horsemen; 9pm ON THE ROCKS Killer Karaoke Monday PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm

Classical

RED PIANO BAR Swingin'

THE ATRIUM AT THE KING’S UNIVERSITY Music

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Mondays; 8-11pm

Theatre Masterclass: Donna Fletcher & Andrew St. Hilaire; 7pm; $10 (students), $15 (adult); Part of Opera NUOVA

Monday Jam with $4 Bill; Every Mon, 8-11pm

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM THEATRE Way Off

SIDELINERS PUB Singer/ Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted

by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30-11:30pm; Free

Broadway: The Sequel; 4pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door); Part of Edmonton Pride UPPER HALL, HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Mittag

Musik – German Art Songs; 3pm; $10-$16; Part of Opera NUOVA WINSPEAR CENTRE

Edmonton RCCO - Organ in concert Festival Gala; 3pm; $30 (adult), $25 (student/ senior)

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A

Open Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon

SPARK CENTRE Sara Smith:

9:30pm KELLY'S PUB Open Stage:

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety

Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm2am

Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Early: Happy Hour featuring Wares; 5:30pm • Later:

Big Dreamer Jam featuring Mohsin Zaman; 8pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s

NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin

O’BYRNE’S Guinness Celtic jam every Tue; 9:30pm

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic

REXALL PLACE Justin Bieber: Purpose World Tour; $60-$150 (at Ticketmaster)

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

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Crazy Dave's Rock & Roll Renegade Jam; 7:30pm

Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE ESO &

Winspear Overture Tour; 12-1pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Eddie Lunchpail

ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up

Tuesday

BOURBON ROOM Acoustic

MON JUN 13

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

BLUES ON WHYTE Great

North Blues Band; 9pm THE CARROT Nashville

Songwriter Group; 6:3010pm; Confirm attendance at col_kside@hotmail.com FIDDLER'S ROOST Open

Stage; 7-11pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Great

North Blues Band; 9pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Live: hosted by dueling piano players

Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 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 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, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124

W/ ROYAL CANOE

JUN/15

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

BLEEKER W/ ATTICA RIOTS

JUN/16

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

VOIVOD

W/ KING PARROT, CHILD BITE

JUN/22

LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

TIGER ARMY

W/ THE BELLFURIES, THE PINE HILL HAINTS

JUN/25

Attica Riots; 7pm (doors); $19-$24; 18+ only

Wednesday's; Every Wed

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

THE FORGE PROUDLY BRINGS TO YOU

THE DEAD COLD

CD RELEASE PARTY W/ CAVEAT, KYOKTYS, SKEPSIS

Karaoke; 9pm

Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca 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 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 MOONSHINERS–STONY PLAIN 5202-50 St, Stony Plain MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524

PLANTS AND ANIMALS

STARLITE ROOM Bleeker,

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

THE BUCKINGHAM Shiloh Lindsey and The Misery Mountain Boys; 7:3010pm; $10 (door)

LIVE NATION PRESENTS

W/ THE FLATLINERS, FORESTER & DESIDERATA

JUN/24 ASTRAL HARVEST PRE PARTY W/ STICKYBUDS & FLAVOURS

DJs

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

JUN/13

CHOKE

Wailin' Wednesday Jam with Hosts Wang Dang Doodle (variety); Every Wed, 7:30-11:30pm; All ages

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

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Live music

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

Karaoke Wednesday RED PIANO BAR Wed Night

WED JUN 15 Dasilva & The Midnight Howl; 9pm

JUN/10 SOLD OUT

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

TAVERN ON WHYTE

BLUES ON WHYTE Joel

TUE JUN 14

Suuns with Physical Copies and The Archaics; 8pm; $17.50 (adv) Horsemen; 9pm

Messy Nest with DJ Blue Jay - mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock

Wooftop: Metal Mondays

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Early: Happy Hour featuring Lily Fawn; 5:30pm • Later:

NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin

with DJ Zyppy ~ A fantastic voyage through 60’s and 70’s funk, soul & R&B; Every Sun

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

9:30pm KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE

Horsemen; 9pm

spins alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic & euro; Every Tue

DJs

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Mother Cluckin’ Wednesdays GAS PUMP Karaoke;

STARLITE ROOM Plants and

Animals with guests Royal Canoe; 8pm; $19; 18+ only

DRUID IRISH PUB Karaoke

featuring host Naomi Carmack and guest; 9pm; No cover

DJs

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

the Journey; 7pm; $15 (available at the Spark Centre)

DJs

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brunch

- PM Bossa; 9am-2:30pm; Cover by donations

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Classic

JUN/28 SOLD OUT

STARLITE ROOM PROUDLY PRESENTS

LEFTÖVER CRACK W/ DAYS N DAYS, THE DEVIL’S SONS

JUN/30

UBK PRESENTS

YO CANADA

W/ PIGEON HOLE, NEON STEVE

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

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

VENUEGUIDE 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 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 FARGO'S CAPILANO 5804 Terrace Road FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave,

St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave SPARK CENTRE #116, 2257 Premier Way, Sherwood Park ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com 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 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

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/18

STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

TOPS

W/ FAITH HEALER

THE PACK AD W/ GENDER POUTINE, DAYDREAMING

JUN/24

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

JUL/7

CROWN OF VISERYS PRESENTS

VALIENT THORR

W/ PEARS

NOIRE

W/ KÖRPERLOSE STIMME, WITH MALICE

MUSIC 17

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

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.4798667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

OPEN DOOR COMIC CREATOR MEETINGS •

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters

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

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, 6:458:30pm; contact vpm@norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last

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

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca •

COLIN KANE • Yuk Yuk's, 13103 Fort Rd •

15 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.474.8240 • tuff69@telus.net • Featuring musical duo Northern Heart and much more • Jun 9, 12:30-3:30pm • No fixed price for the afternoon, but donations will be collected

the finish line: ending homelessness • Jun 12, 9am12pm • Proceeds going towards initiatives to end youth homelessness in Edmonton in support of YESS, E4C, Edmonton John Howard Society and iHuman

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

ARTS ON THE AVE PUB NIGHT SPRING FUNDRAISER • Parkdale Cromdale Com-

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103 St • 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 G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg,

780.481.9857 • yukyuks.com • Jun 10-11 • $18.10

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-onone meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Tom Liske; Jun 10-11 • Paul Sveen; Jun 17-18

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Jesse Joyce; Jun 8-12 • Godfrey; Jun 15-19

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • pridecentreofedmonton.org • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7-9pm

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

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre

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

of 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, every other Tue • Queer Lens: weekly

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy

education and discussion group open to everyone; every Wed, 7-8:30pm • Mindfulness Meditation: open to everyone; every Thu, 6-6:50pm • TTIQ (18+ Trans* Group): 2nd Mon of the month, 7-9pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Edmonton Illusions: cross-dressing and transgender group 18+; 2nd Fri of each month, 7-9pm • Movies & Games Night: Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Thought OUT: Altview’s all-ages discussion group; every Sat, 7-9pm • Seahorse Support Circle: facilitated meet up for families with trans and gender creative kids aged 5-14; 2nd Sun of the month, 3-5pm • Men Talking with Pride: Social discussion group for gay and bisexual men; Every Sun, 7-9pm

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 casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm

DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com •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 • Every Tue, 7pm • $5

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 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, 7:308:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • Water Polo: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • Yoga: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • Taekwondo: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • Abs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:15-8:15pm • Dodgeball: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • Running: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • Spin: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• Volleyball: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9 • Board Games: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • All Bodies Swim: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm

EC (INFANT POTTYING) AND POTTY TRAINING SUPPORT MEETING • Lendrum Community League Hall, 11335-57 Ave • danielle@godiaperfree. com • facebook.com/groups/gdfedmonton • For anyone doing EC (elimination communication or infant pottying) or hoping to, or those looking for potty training support • 3rd Wed of every month, 10-11am • Free

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

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

EDMONTON PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORIAL SOCIETY • Northlands Racetrack •

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 7pm12:30am • Thu: Highballs on special only $3.75 all night long; Karaoke with Bubbles 7pm-12:30am • Fri: Comming soon: DJ Arrow Chaser's new TGIF Party • Sat: Pool Tournement, 4pm; Jager shots on special only $4

780.436.3878/780.456.2717 • All interested in sharing the joys of film photography, such as experiences or favourite equipment • Jun 15, 6-6:30pm; call to join

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

SPECIAL EVENTS

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

12TH ANNUAL TAILS ON THE TRAILS PAWSA-THON • Lion’s Park, Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St

• 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

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

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)

18 AT THE BACK

The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 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

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace

Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

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

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS AFFIRMATIVE PRAYER WORKSHOP • Unity of Edmonton, 11715-108 Ave • unityofedmonton.ca • Enriching guests' personal prayer life and enlivening their spiritual journey through Affirmative Prayer • Jun 9 & Jun 16, 7-9pm • Admission by freewill offering of choice

QUEER ANNUAL STRAWBERRY TEA • Auditorium, SAGE,

Albert • scarscare.ca/pawsathon2016 • The familyfriendly event will raise funds to help fight pet abandonment, help the sick and injured, help create awareness and work towards long-term solutions to Alberta’s pet overpopulation problem • Jun 12, 10am-4pm

2016 GLUTEN-FREE CRAVINGS • Agora Community Centre, 41 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • spcravings@gmail.com • spcravings.com/Gluten_ Free_Cravings.html • Guests will be able to sample gluten free items and products from restaurants and businesses from Sherwood Park and surrounding areas and watch cooking demonstrations. Some products will also be on sale onsite • Jun 12, 11am-3pm • Free (sampling cards are $10)

2016 HOMEWARD WALK/RUN • Whitemud Park - Picnic site #1, 12505 Keillor Rd NW • jtremblay@homewardtrust.ca • homewardwalkrun. ca • Inviting everyone to join in a fun, family-friendly event where the community comes together to reach

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

munity League, 11335-85 St • 780.471.1580 • Enjoy live music, delicious food and of course, a pint or two • Jun 10, 7-11pm • $20 (yeglive.ca)

EDMONTON FILIPINO FIESTA 2016 • Churchill Square • This event provides a venue for the 40 000 Filipinos in Edmonton to showcase their rich culture and an opportunity for the whole city to experience Filipino music, food, dance, fashion, martial arts and craft • Jun 11-12 • Free EDMONTON ZINE FAIR 5 • The Sewing Machine Factory, 9562-82 Ave • This summer’s fair will include a wide array of local, national and international original self-published literature. There will also be crafts, unique gifts, records and more on sale • Jun 11, 3 pm

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 FIRESIDE GHOST EXPERIENCE • Begins at 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) 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)

GLUTEN FREE CRAVINGS • The Agora, Strathcona County Community Centre, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • spcravings.com • Come and sample gluten-free menu items and products offered by restaurants and businesses from Sherwood Park and area • Jun 12, 11am-3pm • Free; $10 (sampling card for food) 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. Take in the stunning chronological lineup of cars from 1900 to 2016 • Jun 11-12

HOMEWARD WALK|RUN • Whitemud Park, 13204 Fox Dr NW • homewardwalkrun.ca • To support initiatives that will help end youth homelessness in our city • Jun 12, 9am-12pm MERCER SUMMER SUPER PARTY 2016 • Mercer Warehouse, 10359-104 St • mercersuperparty. com • The Mercer Warehouse will be opening its doors and closing the street for live music, special programming, social spaces, art installations, a dance party and more • Jun 17, 5-10pm • Free (register at Eventbrite) NEXTFEST 2016 • Various locations throughout 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

PARK AFTER DARK • Northlands Park, 7410 Borden Park • 780.471.7210 • northlandspark.ca • Featuring thoroughbred horse racing meets one of Edmonton's largest patio parities • Every Fri, 6:30pm

ROYAL CANADIAN CIRCUS SPECTAC! 2016 • Edmonton Northlands Parking Lot, 7515-118 Ave NW • royalcanadiancircus.ca • Featuring clowns, aerial acts, pole acts and so much more • Jun 10-12

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. Check out his greatest finds and take a White Glove Tour in the gallery • Runs until Oct 11

SUPER MAGICAL FAMILY FUN DAY • Marketplace at Callingwood, 6655-178 St • info@callingwoodmarketplace.com • callingwoodmarketplace.com • Bring the kids to meet their favourite princesses and superheroes. There will be photo ops with the characters, a bouncy castle, petting zoo and live entertainment including a bubble show, magic show and more • Jun 11, 1-4pm • Free

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

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 19): Mythologist Joseph Campbell analyzed fairy tales for clues about how the human psyche works. For example, he said that a fairy-tale character who's riding a horse is a representation of our relationship with our instinctual nature. If that character drops the reins and lets the horse gallop without guidance, he or she is symbolically surrendering control to the instincts. I bring this to your attention because I suspect you may soon be tempted to do just that—which wouldn't be wise.

In my opinion, you'll be best served by going against the flow of what seems natural. Sublimation and transcendence will keep you much stronger than if you followed the line of least resistance. Homework: visualize yourself, as you ride your horse, keeping a relaxed but firm grasp of the reins.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 20): I will provide you with two lists of words. One of these lists, but not both, will characterize the nature of your predominant experiences in the coming weeks. It will be mostly up to you which emerges as the winner. Now read the two lists, pick the one you like better, and instruct your subconscious mind to lead you in that direction.

List 1: gluttony, bloating, overkill, padding, exorbitance. List 2: mother lode, wellspring, bumper crop, gold mine, cornucopia.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUN 20): In his poem "Interrupted Meditation," Robert Hass blurts out the following exclamation: "I give you, here, now, a magic key. What does it open? This key I give you, what exactly does it open?" How would you answer this question, Gemini?

What door or lock or heart or treasure box do you most need opened? Decide today. And please don't name five things you need opened. Choose one, and one only.

To do so will dissolve a mental block that has up until now kept you from finding the real magic key.

CANCER (JUN 21 – JUL 22): The following excerpt from Wendell Berry's poem "Woods" captures the essence of your current situation: "I part the out-thrusting branches and come in beneath the blessed and the blessing trees. Though I am silent there is singing around me. Though I am dark there is vision around me. Though I am heavy there is flight around me." Please remember this poem at least three times a day during the next two weeks. It's important for you to know that no matter what murky or maudlin or mysterious mood you might be in, you are surrounded by vitality and generosity.

LEO (JUL 23 – AUG 22): A halfdead blast from the past is throttling the free flow of your imagination. Your best possible future

will be postponed until you agree to deal more intimately with this crumbled dream, which you have never fully grieved or surrendered.

So here's my advice: Summon the bravest, smartest love you're capable of, and lay your sad loss to rest with gentle ferocity. This may take a while, so be patient. Be inspired by the fact that your new supply of brave, smart love will be a crucial resource for the rest of your long life.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 22): Five times every day, devout Muslims face their holiest city, Mecca, and say prayers to Allah. Even if you're not Islamic, I recommend that you carry out your own unique version of this ritual. The next three weeks will be a favourable time to cultivate a closer relationship with the inspirational influence, the high ideal, or the divine being that reigns supreme in your life. Here's how you could do it: identify a place that excites your imagination and provokes a sense of wonder.

Five times a day for the next 21 days, bow in the direction of this treasured spot. Unleash songs, vows and celebratory expostulations that deepen your fierce and tender commitment to what you trust most and love best.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 22): "The road reaches every place, the shortcut only one," says aphorist James Richardson. In many cases, that's not a problem. Who among us has unlimited time and energy?

Why leave all the options open?

Shortcuts can be valuable. It's often smart to be ruthlessly efficient as we head toward our destination. But here's a caveat: according to my analysis of the astrological omens, you're now in a phase when taking shortcuts may be counterproductive. To be as well-seasoned as you will need to be to reach your goal, you should probably take the scenic route. The long way around may, in this instance, be the most efficient and effective.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 21): "Truth is like the flu," says poet James Richardson. "I fight it off, but it changes in other bodies and returns in a form to which I am not immune." In the coming days, Scorpio, I suspect you will experience that riddle first hand—and probably on more than one occasion. Obvious secrets and wild understandings that you have fought against finding out will mutate in just the right way to sneak past your defences. Unwelcome insights you've been trying to ignore will finally wiggle their way into your psyche. Don't worry, though.

These new arrivals will be turn out to be good medicine.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 – DEC 21): According to Guinness World Records, the most consecutive hours

JONESIN' CROSSWORD

ROB BREZSNY FREEWILL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

"Crosswords: Dial Ext 2468"— we appreciate your patience.

spent riding on a roller coaster is 405 hours and 40 minutes. But I suspect that during the next 15 months, a Sagittarian daredevil may exceed this mark. I have come to this conclusion because I believe your tribe will be especially adept and relatively comfortable at handling steep rises and sudden dips at high speeds. And that won't be the only rough talent you'll have in abundance. I'm guessing you could also set new personal bests in the categories of most frequent changes of mind, most heroic leaps of faith, and fastest talking.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22 – JAN 19): Whether we like to admit it or not, all of us have acted like puppets.

Bosses and teachers and loved ones can manipulate us even if they're not in our presence. Our conditioned responses and programmed impulses may control our behaviour in the present moment, even though they were formed long ago. That's the bad news. The good news is that now and then moments of lucidity blossom, revealing the puppet strings.

We emerge from our unconsciousness and see that we're under the spell of influential people to whom we have surrendered our power. This is one of those magic times for you, Capricorn.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 18): A few weeks ago you undertook a new course of study in the art of fun and games. You realized you hadn't been playing hard enough, and took measures to correct the problem.

After refamiliarizing yourself with the mysteries of innocent joy, you raised the stakes.

You began dabbling with more intensive forms of relief and release. Now you have the chance to go even further: to explore the mysteries of experimental delight.

Exuberant escapades may become available to you. Amorous adventures could invite you to explore the frontiers of liberated love. Will you be brave and free enough to meet the challenge of such deeply meaningful gaiety? Meditate on this radical possibility: spiritually adept hedonism.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20): Poet Sharon Dolin compares artists to sunflowers. They create "a tall flashy flower that then grows heavy with seeds whose small hard shells you must crack to get to the rich nut meat." As I contemplate the current chapter of your unfolding story, I see you as being engaged in a similar process, even if you're not literally an artist. To be exact, you're at the point when you are producing a tall flashy flower. The seeds have not yet begun to form, but they will soon. Later this year, the rich nut meat inside the small hard shells will be ready to pluck.

For now, concentrate on generating your gorgeous, radiant flower. V

MATT JONES JONESINCROSSWORDS@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Across

1 Scratch (at) 5 First-rate 10 "EastEnders" network 13 Tony winner Neuwirth 14 "Mop" 16 Top-down ride from Sweden 18 It comes between nothing and the truth 19 Put away some dishes?

20 Crater, e.g.

21 "Batman" sound effect 24 Sits up on two legs, maybe 26 "No worries!"

27 Mode opener 28 "Am ___ longer a part of your plans ..." (Dylan lyric) 29 Second-busiest airport in CA 31 Gets way more than a tickle in the throat 38 2015 returnee to Yankee Stadium 39 The Teamsters, for one 40 Norse letter 41 Statement from the immovable?

44 Degree of distinction 45 551, in Roman numerals 46 The "G" of TV's "AGT" 47 Bar buys 51 Eric B. & Rakim's "___ in Full" 52 Biblical suffix after bring or speak 53 Phnom ___, Cambodia 54 Homer Simpson's exclamation 56 Locked in place 58 Vulcan officer on "Star Trek: Voyager" 64 They create commercials 65 Yellow, as a banana 66 Director Burton 67 Mike of "The Love Guru" 68 Indian restaurant basketful

14 Taunt during a chili pepper dare, maybe 15 Sword handle 17 Like a 1980s puzzle fad 21 Religion with an apostrophe in its name 22 Smartphone clock function 23 Bricklayer 25 French composer Charles whose music was used as the theme for "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" 26 Tiny charged particle 29 "Grey's Anatomy" creator Rhimes 30 They're in the last round 32 "And now, without further ___ ..."

33 Two-handed card game 34 "Despicable Me" supervillain 35 Sweet panful 36 Bar from Fort Knox 37 Gear features 42 Pranks using rolls?

43 European bathroom fixture 47 Bug-smacking sound 48 Swiss miss of kiddie lit 49 When some fast food drive-thrus close 50 Hired goon 51 "Whip-Smart" singer Liz 54 Just say no?

55 "Falling Slowly" musical 57 Revolution 59 President pro ___ 60 "Duck Hunt" platform 61 Through, on airline itineraries 62 ___-Locka, Florida 63 "Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse" character ©2016 Jonesin' Crosswords

Down

1 Colbert's current channel 2 Thompson of "Back to the Future" 3 Org. of attorneys 4 "Dragnet" creator Jack 5 Calligraphy tool 6 "Two thumbs way up" reviews 7 "Aha moment" cause 8 "Mad" cartoonist Drucker 9 Commonly, to poets 10 Cakes with a kick 11 Master sergeant of 1950s TV 12 Small stream

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

AT THE BACK 19

To Book Your Adult Classifieds, Contact James at 780.426.1996 or at adultclassifieds@vueweekly.com

Appointments available Walk-ins always welcome 3372 99 St. (Parsons Rd) Mon–Sun 7am–11pm maxumspa.com 780.989.2055

Open 7am–11pm Daily

Always 4 Asian Girls Available LIC# 15100058

ADULTCLASSIFIEDS

780.489.7565 14817 Yellowhead Trail www.VelvetTouchStudio.com

SPOONING...

MASSAGE

#1 IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

Check out dejavumassage.ca for the next Customer Appreciation Day!

16628-109ave

•

780-444-4974

Book an appt. or walk-in today Open 7 days a week, 10am - 11pm

www.dejavumassage.ca

99 SPA

STREET

LIC#74125963-001

... YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG.

NOW HIRING

8131 99 Street 780.709.7999 Open 9 – 11pm 7 days a week

Asian Attendants back entrance, ATM

ARISTOCRAT MASSAGE

Upscale. Luxury. Relax 9164 23 Ave 780.721.7222 Open 9 – 11pm 7 days a week

Rear entrance, ATM

aristocratmassage.ca

Gentlemen’s CHOICE ADULT SPA

CLIENT APPRECIATION DAY JUNE 9

Gentlemen’s Spa

Daily special $160

VARIETY FOR YOUR CHOICE ~ NEW TO BUSINESS ~

APPOINTMENTS & WALK-INS WELCOME! CALL: 780.819.5848

The truly Japanese Sensual Massage in Edmonton Beside liquor store at front

9547-76 Ave. Free parking at back

° NEW GIRLS!!

New management

From 9am=11pm

780.758.2442

Top notch down-to-earth Asian Girls in E-town!

#102 9006–132 Ave. www.EliteRetreatEdmonton.com LIC# 88051843-002

Lic # 171986099-002

LIC#132648203-001

Booking 587.523.6566 or 780.246.3007 |

°

° SELECTIVELY HIRING

11910 127 Avenue GentlemensChoice69.com

SPSTUDIO NEW MANAGEMENT

15349 Stony P l a i n Ro a d

Ocean Spa

Open 8:30am-11pm

10219-112 St. • 780-244-3532 • Open 8:30am-11pm

780.756.9000

Discreet backdoor entrance with free parking at rear of the store.

Lic. 131198519-001

20 AT THE BACK

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

Lic: 189426881-003

9450.

Adult Massage

Call Suzy for all your needs 780.984.0777 Lisc# 140131467-001

PASSIONS SPA

Happy Hour Every Hour!

30 minute Early Bird Special Mon - Fri 9am - 11am 9947 - 63 Ave, Argyll Plaza www.passionsspa.com 780-414-6521 42987342

PLATINUM SPA

SUPREME SPA

Upscale unparalleled adult bodysage.

18 Alluring Ladies!

Discreet entrance in back. www.supremespa.com.

5932 Calgary Trail South (104 St) 780.430.0962

9640.

Fetishes

For all Bondage & Fetishes, Fantasy & Roleplay Call Dominatrix Desire (780) 964 - 2725 Introductory Specials

LES ISSUE! B A T E G E V E NE 16 - TH COMING JU R ISSUE! E E B E H T 0 NE 3 COMING JU NE 30 U J G IN M O C GRAM! O R P K L A W ST NUAL ART THE 21 AN N ISSUE! O S A E S E H T GUST 4 COMING AU

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

Mention This Ad For Special Gift OPEN 8AM - 11PM

7 days a week 200-10408 118 Ave 780.885.1092 Lic. 118832868-001

Discreet parking in rear

ATM, Visa, Debit

REAL PEOPLE REAL DESIRE REAL FUN.

Try FREE: 780-490-2275 More Local Numbers: 1-877-756-1010

Ahora español Livelinks.com 18+

AT THE BACK 21

LUSTFORLIFE

BRENDA KERBER BRENDA@vueweekly.com

Sex and midlife

Results of a new study seem positive, but only on the surface Last week, my news feeds were flooded with coverage of a new study on the sex lives of midlife Canadians. Everyone from the Huffington Post to the Toronto Sun to Canadian Living were declaring the good news that older Canadians are getting it more often, and having more fun than anyone ever expected. I took a look at the study results, and I'm having a hard time finding the good news.

The study, commissioned by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN) and funded by Trojan Condoms, surveyed a representative sample of 2400 Canadians between the ages of 40 and 59. Half of them were single, and half were in a long-term relationship.

Sixty-five percent of those surveyed said that their last sexual encounter was pleasurable. Media outlets have heralded this as great news, but it also means that 35 percent—more than one-third— did not enjoy the last sex they had.

Do we think that people should

just expect to have bad sex fairly often, so when 65 percent say they are enjoying themselves, we think this is very good? Shouldn't sex feel good more than 65 percent of the time?

The media has reported that the study shows people in relationships are doing very well, because 87 percent of them said their relationship was at least somewhat satisfying.

What they're not including is that only 46 percent said their relationship was very satisfying. This means that more than half of the respondents would not rate their primary relationship as very satisfying. Again, it doesn't seem like our relationships are great, but

rather that we expect very little from them.

Most of the articles stated that, contrary to the perception that the frequency of sex slows down in our later years, this study shows that older people are still having

less than once a week. That just doesn't seem like a lot of sex. Thirty percent of the singles were having sex once or more a week. That doesn't say a whole lot for the sex lives of married folk.

More than 60 percent of the participants that were not in a long-term relationship said they did not use condoms. While SIECCAN has written about these findings and called for greater focus on STI risk among older Canadians, I found only one media report, in the Globe and Mail, that actually addressed this part of the study. The rest quickly glossed over it and declared the study great news because of all the sex.

There are some fun and encour-

Do we think that people should just expect to have bad sex fairly often, so when 65 percent say they are enjoying themselves, we think this is very good?

a lot of sex. But the actual report from Trojan shows that 40 percent of those in relationships had sex once or more per week. This means that almost two-thirds of people in relationships have sex

aging parts of the study, such as the fact that a large number said that they were more sexually adventurous and more satisfied than they were 10 years ago. It seems to me, however, that when considered as a whole, the results of the survey are not cause for celebration. What the media has taken from this study is just further evidence of our perceptions of sex after 40: we expect that once people hit midlife—particularly if they are married—sex pretty much stops. If they have a sex life at all, we are pleasantly surprised.

While this survey shows that certainly some over-40 Canadians are doing very well, at least a third of them could be having much more satisfying, healthier and safer sex and relationships. V Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-for-profits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmonton-based, sex-positive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk.

Dan savage savagelove@vueweekly.com

SIZE OF THE BOAT

I'm a 33-year-old straight guy with a small dick. I have a girlfriend of seven years. When we met, I was really insecure and she had to spend a lot of time reassuring me that it didn't matter—she loved my dick, sex with me was great, it was big enough for her, etc. I broke up with her once because I didn't think she should settle for someone so small. After some hugely painful nights and another near breakup, we are in a good place now. We have lots of great vanilla sex, we love being together and we recently got engaged. After everything I put her through—and I put her through hell—how do I tell her that being mocked (and worse) for having a small dick is the only thing I ever think about when I masturbate? I want a woman to punish me emotionally and physically for having such a small and inadequate dick. There's porn about my kink, but I didn't discover it until long after I was aware of my interest. (I grew up in a weird family that lived "off the grid," and I didn't get online until I got into college at age 23.)

I've never been able to bring myself to tell anyone about my kink. How do I tell this woman? I basically bullied her into telling me that my dick was big enough—and now I want her to tell me it isn't big enough.

But do I really want her to? I've never actually experienced the kind of insulting comments and physical punishments that I fantasize about.

What if the reality is shattering?

Tense In New York

22 AT THE BACK

"I was in a similar situation years ago with my then-girlfriend, nowwife," TP says. "I was too chicken to tell her about my fetish and worried she wasn't satisfied with my size, so I didn't want to bring more attention to it. I eventually went to a pro Domme and felt guilty about doing it behind my girlfriend's back."

TP, which stands for Tiny Prick, is a prominent member of the SPH (small penis humiliation) fetish scene. TP is active on Twitter (@deliveryboy4m) and maintains a blog devoted to the subjects of SPH (his passion) and animal rights (a subject his Domme is passionate about) at fatandtiny.blogspot.com.

"I got really lucky because I found the Domme I've been serving for more than 10 years," TP says. "It was my Domme who encouraged me to bring up my kinks with my wife. I only wish I had told my wife earlier.

She hasn't turned into a stereotypical dominatrix, but she was open to incorporating some SPH play into our sex life."

According to TP, TINY, you've already laid the groundwork for the successful incorporation of SPH into your sex life: You're having good, regular, and satisfying vanilla sex with your partner.

"TINY's partner is happy with their sex life, so he knows he can satisfy a woman," TP says. "That will help to separate the fantasy of the humiliation from the reality of their strong relationship. I know if I wasn't having good vanilla sex, it would be much harder to enjoy the humiliation aspect of SPH."

When you're ready to broach the subject with the fiancée, TINY, I would recommend starting with both an apology ("I'm sorry again for what I put you through") and a warning ("What I'm about to say is probably going to come as a bit of a shock").

Then tell her you have a major kink you haven't disclosed, tell her she has a right to know about it before you marry, tell her that most people's kinks are wrapped up with their biggest fears and anxieties ... and she'll probably be able to guess what you have to tell her before you can get the words out.

"He should explain to her that he doesn't want to be emotionally hurt as much as he wants to feel exposed and vulnerable, and that can be a thrill," TP says. "It can be hard for people to understand how humiliation can be fun. But humiliation play is one way to add a new dynamic to their sexual relationship."

READ THE LABEL

I was travelling and forgot to pack lube, so I amused myself with some old conditioner I'd brought. It had some menthol in it or something and it tingled a bit, but it did the job. When I woke up, my dick had shrivelled into a leathery red sheath of pain. I looked at the bottle again, and it wasn't conditioner—it was actually a 10 percent benzoyl peroxide cleanser. After a few days, my leathery foreskin flaked off and the pain went away. Should I be concerned about my dick?

Onanism Until Cock Hurts

No, OUCH, your dick should be concerned about you. You're the one who, despite having a foreskin to work/jerk with, grabbed the nearest bottle of whatever was handy instead of using the masturbation sleeve the good Lord gave ya. And you're the one who didn't read the label on the nearest bottle of whatever before pouring its contents all over your cock. Caveat masturbator!

PIPE BLOCKAGE PAIN

I have a health question/problem.

About a week and a half ago, the wife and I had sex. Being the genius that I am, I got the idea to put two condoms on because I thought it would help me last longer. (Spoiler alert: It didn't.) The problem is, I guess the double condoms were too tight, and climaxing hurt quite a bit.

For all intents and purposes, it's like I duct-taped the tip of my penis shut and tried to blow a load. Even days after, the left side of my penis head was really sensitive and it hurt. It's gotten better, but it's too sensitive to touch from time to time. I have a doctor's appointment to make sure I'm OK, but it's two weeks away. I'm a little worried I may have hurt my prostate or urethra or something.

From my basic Googling, there doesn't seem to be any medical advice about this. Help, please?

Penile Problem Possessor "The application of an external constriction to the penis did potentially cause the pressure in the urethra to rise, possibly traumatically, during

VUEWEEKLY.com | jun 9 – jun 15, 2016

ejaculation," says Dr Keith D Newman, a urologist, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a regular guest expert in Savage Love (his most prestigious professional accomplishment).

In other words, PPP, somehow those two condoms conspired to dam up your piss slit—aka your urethral meatus—and the force of your impeded ejaculation damn near blew off your cock.

"We sometimes see a similar phenomenon occur with people who wear constriction bands or cock rings that are too tight and try to either urinate or ejaculate with the ring on," Dr Newman says. "The result is a traumatic stretch of the urethra and microscopic tears in the lining of the urethra (mucosa). This disruption in the lining allows for electrolytes in the urine (particularly potassium) to stimulate the nerves in the layer beneath the lining (submucosa), thereby creating a chronic dull ache, such as PPP describes."

Your urethra should heal just fine in time—within a couple of weeks—but there are meds and other interventions if you're still in pain a few weeks from now. "The bottom line is never impede urination or ejaculation by obstructing the urethra," Dr Newman says.

On the Lovecast, sex blogger Ella Dawson on the herpes stigma: savagelovecast.com. @fakedansavage on Twitter

VUECLASSIFIEDS To Book Your Classifieds, Contact Andy at 780.426.1996 or at adultclassifieds@vueweekly.com 1600.

Volunteers Wanted

2005.

Artist to Artist

Can You Read This?

Help Someone Who Can’t!

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

Call Valerie at P.A.L.S. 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca Do you love sun, delicious foods, and helping out a great cause? iHuman Youth Society is looking for volunteers to help us out at our Taste of Edmonton fundraiser in July!

Email ruby@ihuman.org for more info.

Volunteers Wanted Easter Seals Alberta is excited to launch the inaugural Woman2Warrior Edmonton fundraising event, which is a women’s only charity obstacle adventure race. Held on Saturday, June 18 at the Edmonton Garrison. We require 20 volunteers to help set up obstacles and Drill Hall on June 17th. We also require 65+ volunteers on event day to help us ensure the event runs smoothly. Sign up today at: www.edmonton.woman2warrior.ca/

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

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016

ENJOY ART ALWAYZ www.bdcdrawz.com Check the site every two weeks for new work!

The Big, Big Portrait Show Calling all artists! We’re filling our Naess Gallery walls, floor to ceiling, with portraits. Our goal is 100+ paintings. The exhibition will be promoted as an event during the famous Whyte Avenue Art Walk.

Process couldn’t be easier: Get a 12x12” canvas here, paint any portrait you want on it, bring it into The Paint Spot before Canada Day! Further information at The Paint Spot, 10032 81 Avenue, Edmonton, or e. accounts@paintspot.ca or p. 780.432.0240. Show runs July 7 – August 23. Please join us!

2020.

Musicians Wanted

Looking for a mature guitar player with own equipment to play a regular Friday night happy hour gig, at a well known downtown restaurant/nightclub. The time slot would be 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm every Friday night, and we would play a variety of music from different decades. I would prefer someone who sings and is at least 45 years old. Please call (780) 235 - 2330 if you are interested.

is currently

HIRING EXPERIENCED TATTOO ARTISTS AT BOTH KINGSWAY MALL AND MILLWOODS TOWN CENTRE LOCATIONS

(TATTOO MANAGER POSITION AVAILABLE) • Full time • Tiered commission • Full family health and dental benefits • Custom tattoo studios • Apply in person or email portfolio. www.dragonfxtattoo.com

780.468.6881

AT THE BACK 23

JUNE 6TH TO AUGUST 14TH, 2016 BOREALIS GALLERY Legislative Assembly Visitor Centre Edmonton Federal Building 9820 - 107 Street, Edmonton assembly.ab.ca

Proudly Supported by:

Image provided by the Glenbow Archives ND-3-626

24 SUMMER, SUMMER, SUMMERTIME

VUEWEEKLY.com | JUN 9 – JUN 15, 2016