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Sad farewell to the Cloverdale footbridge // 4

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Understanding vermouth // 6

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Ricardo Acuña // ricardo@vueweekly.com

Welcoming minimum wage increases

Contrary to what the political right says, these increases will benefit the whole province The Alberta government recently announced their schedule of minimum wage increases for the next three years. The New Democrat platform in the last provincial election included a promise to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018. Last week's announcement accomplishes just that, with scheduled increases of $1 on October 1, 2016, a further increase of $1.40 on October 1, 2017, and another $1.40 on October 1, 2018. The province also announced the elimination of the two-tier minimum wage whereby workers who serve alcohol had a lower minimum wage than anyone else.

The push toward a $15 minimum wage is not exclusive to Alberta, as many jurisdictions across North America will be moving in that direction over the course of the next couple of years. The premise is simple: anyone who is working fulltime should be able to afford the necessities of life—shelter, food, clothing—with their earnings. Sadly, in Alberta, that has not been the case for some time now: over the past few years, cities across the province have reported a significant—and growing—gap between the provincial minimum wage and what would be considered a living

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wage. The result has been growing numbers of full-time workers being forced to access food banks and work significantly more than full time to pay for rent and utilities.

Alberta has the dubious distinction of having both the highest and fastest growing rates of income inequality in the country.

The response to the government's announcement by the province's radical right and the business lobby was p r e d i c t a b l e.

The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation (CTF), the Canadian Fe d e r a t i o n of Independent Business (CFIB), the Wildrose Party and Restaurants Canada all chimed in with similar-sounding assertions: now is not the time for an increase (although none said when a good time would be); the move will cost thousands of jobs and force businesses to close; and a minimumwage increase would further deepen the current economic slump.

The problem with all those assertions is that the bulk of the research that has been done on the subject does not support any of them. In fact, the research shows the opposite: increasing the minimum wage will have negligible to no impact at all on jobs, the economy, prices or the success rate of small businesses. If there is an im-

describe the government's move, they never once stopped to explain how a minimum wage that prioritizes business profit margins at the expense of people's ability to access the necessities of life is responsible.

It is also almost comical to hear these groups describe the government as ideological while failing to acknowledge that wage suppression is at the very core of the ultra-right wing neoliberal doctrine they espouse, and which is echoed loudly by the likes of the Fraser Institute and Frontier Centre for Public Policy, and whose promotion is handsomely funded by the likes of the Koch brothers and Canada's corporate elite.

To accuse what is ultimately a centrist government of being ideological—while acting as foot soldiers for the low-wage, low-tax, anti-government, pro-privatization mantra of the extreme right—is absurd and highlights the degree

Anyone who is working full-time should be able to afford the necessities of life— shelter, food, clothing—with their earnings. Sadly, in Alberta, that has not been the case for some time now. pact on jobs, it will be small and focused almost exclusively on teenagers and particularly low-skilled workers. It will not, by any stretch of the imagination, bring the entire economy to a screeching halt.

As spokespersons for the CTF and the CFIB tossed around words like "irresponsible" and "ideological" to

to which these groups should not be taken seriously.

Ultimately, a $15 minimum wage will make a significant difference for the almost 300 000 Albertans currently earning less than that. And when you factor in the reality that low-wage earners tend to spend 100 percent of their paycheques, putting more money into these people's hands will directly translate to more money being spent in the local shops and businesses where they live—which can't help but be good for the economy.

In fact, when you consider that a living wage in places like Edmonton, Calgary and Grande Prairie would currently be more than $15 an hour, a strong argument could be made that the government did not go far enough in their announcement— but that is an argument for another day. For now, let's celebrate that the government has fulfilled this promise and that our entire province will benefit from it. V 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

South China Sea showdown?

China may use a military confrontation to distract from economic troubles On July 12, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will issue its ruling on China's claim to practically all of the South China Sea. And already the main military contenders are moving more forces into the region.

China's Maritime Safety Administration announced that Chinese naval and air forces will carry out seven days of exercises in an area extending from Hainan to the Paracel Islands off the Vietnamese coast. The exercises will end on July 11, just one day before the tribunal's ruling is released, so they will still be around if things get more exciting after that.

They might well get more exciting, because the US Navy's Task Force 70, including the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, has now moved into the South China Sea. Its task, according to its commander, Rear Admiral John D Alexander, is "to maintain the seas open for all to use."

The Chinese Defence Ministry's spokesman, Colonel Wu Qian, warned last Thursday that this is "an act of militarization in the South China Sea and it endangers

regional peace and stability. But I'd like to say that the US side is making the wrong calculation. The Chinese armed forces never give in to outside forces." And on Friday President Xi Jinping declared that China will never compromise on sovereignty and is "not afraid of trouble."

So the stage may be set for a serious US-Chinese military confrontation if the Hague tribunal rules against China's claim next week as expected. The US military fears that China may respond by declaring an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the whole of the South China Sea—like the ADIZ it declared in the East China Sea in 2013 in its quarrel with Japan over disputed islands there.

Both the US and Japan refused to recognize that ADIZ and sent their own military aircraft to fly through it. The US Navy would unquestionably respond in the same way to a Chinese-declared ADIZ in the South China Sea—and last February, China installed two batteries of antiaircraft missiles with a range of 200 kilometres on Woody Island in the Paracels.

In a worst-case analysis, therefore, we could be only a week away from a major military clash between the United States and China in the South China Sea. But it really shouldn't go that far, because the Hague tribunal's ruling will have no practical effect.

China's "nine-dash line" claim to almost 90 percent of the South China Sea looks preposterous on a map—it extends more than a thousand kilometres from the southernmost point of China while coming within less than a hundred kilometres of the Filipino, Malaysian and Vietnamese coasts—but it is taken very seriously in China.

The historical justifications for Beijing's claim are flimsy, but beginning with the seizure by force of the Paracel Islands from Vietnam in 1974, China has extended its control to most of the tiny islands and reefs in the entire area.

In the past three years it has expanded seven of these tiny footholds with concrete and landfill, building airstrips, port facilities and other potential military assets on them. In February, for the first time, it put actual weapons

on them. Whether or not this was directly in response to the case brought against it in the Hague by the Philippines in 2013, it certainly had the effect of making a military confrontation more likely.

But China stated in advance that it would not recognize any ruling on the validity of its claim by the UN-backed Hague tribunal, which has no way to enforce its decision.

So it should not feel obliged to resort to military force to defend its claim, any more than the US should feel any need to use force to challenge it. In theory.

Behind the sometimes belligerent rhetoric from Beijing, there has been a long-standing policy that China should avoid military confrontations with other great powers until it has grown strong enough economically to stand a good chance of winning. It's not there yet, so it should still be gunshy. But there may now be another consideration at work.

The social contract that keeps the Chinese Communist Party in power is simple: so long as the Party delivers steadily rising living stan-

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dards, the population will accept its dictatorial rule. For almost 30 years it has kept its side of the bargain, with economic growth rates of between eight and 10 percent per year.

But even the Party admits that the growth rate is now down to six percent, and hardly anybody else believes it is even four percent.

Some observers think the economy may not be growing at all this year.

If that is the case, then the regime is drifting into dangerous waters, and it will need a foreign distraction to divert public attention from its failure.

An exciting but carefully contained confrontation over the South China Sea with the United States and its Southeast Asian allies could be the solution, igniting nationalist passions in China and generating support for the regime, but the tricky bit is keeping it "carefully contained." Once you start down that road, you cannot be sure where it will take you. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. up front 3

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The irreplaceable Cloverdale Footbridge

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f you've gone part way down the incorrect path, that's regrettable—but not as regrettable as going all the way down the incorrect path."

So spoke Mayor Ivor Dent in April of 1972. City council had just voted to put the brakes on an invasive transportation plan which would've plowed a freeway through the MacKinnon Ravine, destroying an irreplaceable natural landscape in the Edmonton river valley. The project had been in the works for eight years, but a group

of dedicated citizens fought against it every step of the way. Eventually the public outcry grew loud enough that council agreed to stop the project before any more damage could be done. Mayor Dent acknowledged that Edmonton's transportation system needed work, but he also recognized that "roadways up and down parkways aren't the solution."

On July 11, the City of Edmonton is scheduled to start tearing down the Cloverdale Footbridge to make way for the Valley Line LRT, which

will run through five city parks.

The Cloverdale Footbridge is a successful social space in a city that struggles to create successful social spaces. It isn't just a transportation route across the river. It's the heart of our city. It's where we go to show off Edmonton's river valley to visiting friends and family.

It's irreplaceable. And it's not too late to save it.

If you believe that the footbridge is worth saving, please send an email to your city councillor asking for a pause and review of the Valley Line LRT. Please come to the Honour the River Valley ceremony on the footbridge at 3 pm on July 10, where Blackfoot elder Duane Good Striker and Cree elder Taz Bouchier will speak about the City's failure to respect Treaty rights and consult with indigenous communities in its LRT planning. Please do not give up, and please do not allow our city to go all the way down the incorrect path. V

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ALBERTA WILL SPEND $5M ON FIRST NATIONS CURRICULUM

Over the next three years, Alberta’s NDP government will put in $5.3 million into helping educators instruct students about First Nations, Metis and Inuit culture and history. Education minister David Eggen stated that the provincial government will work with the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation over the next three years to develop an education program that teaches students from kindergarten to Grade 12 about truth and reconciliation, residential schools and First Nations culture. Alberta Education will distribute the $5.3 million to several organizations including $2.4 million to the Alberta Teachers’ Association, $1.8 million to the Alberta Regional Development Consortia, $900 000 to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and $250 000 to the Alberta Schools Board Association.

Education minister David Eggen

MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE

Alberta’s NDP government is making good on its plan to increase the province’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018. Starting on October 1, Alberta’s current minimum wage of $11.20 will increase to $12.20 (an increase of $1), with an additional $1.40 increase in October 2017 and another $1.40 increase in October 2018. The upcoming wage increase will mean Alberta will have the highest minimum wage per hour in all of Canada.

BLACK LIVES MATTER BRINGS STANDSTILL TO PRIDE PARADE

Activists with the Black Lives Matter movement briefly halted Toronto’s Pride Parade on Sunday, holding up the annual celebration of LGBTQ equality due to the parade’s “anti-blackness.” The group, an honoured guest at this year’s parade, staged a sit-in midway and refused to move until Pride officials met their demands, which included increasing representation among Pride Toronto staff, providing adequate funding for community stages and removing Toronto police floats and booths in Pride marches. Toronto police and Black Lives Matter have been in dispute over the practice of carding—officially known as the Community Contacts Policy of the Toronto Police Service, which involves the stopping, questioning and documenting individuals in police database when no particular offence is being investigated—and the recent deaths of black men in Toronto, such as Andrew Loku and Jeremaine Carby, who were killed by police. The procession restarted after 30 minutes, when Pride Toronto’s director Mathieu Chantelois signed a document agreeing to the demands of Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter Toronto co-founder Pascale Diverlus stated that the protest was a move towards making Pride a more comfortable space for all communities.

BYE BYE MICROBEADS

Microbeads—the tiny plastic pellets often included in skin exfoliants and cleansers—are being banned by Canada’s federal government under the “toxic substance” classification of the Environmental Protection Act. The former Conservative government voted last August to remove the microbeads from the market amid concern and evidence that the beads were accumulating in rivers and lakes, resulting in harm to the environment and aquatic creatures. The manufacture and import of products with microbeads is to end by 2017, while the government has banned the sale of such products by the end of 2018. V

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FEATURE // FIVE STARS

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DISH EDITOR : MEL PRIESTLEY MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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The dish on the evolving restaurant review

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orst meal ever," reads so many Yelp reviews, you'd think the world's restaurants were serving nothing but inedible slop.

We review everything these days, but we especially love reviewing food. Glorified by shows on the Food Network, the cult of celebrity chefs and the advancement of online platforms to dish on everything that touches your lips, restaurant criticism is a ubiquitous part of our culture.

It's also a minefield of contention. Myriad issues are at stake every time someone posts a seemingly innocuous review of a pizza. And if that review is negative— well, we've all witnessed the various ways in which the fallout can transpire.

"When I first started out, I was terrified of saying something wrong or hurting people's feelings," Twyla Campbell says.

Those familiar with Campbell's work, as CBC Radio Edmonton's restaurant reviewer for the past six years, might find that thought amusing—Campbell isn't known as someone who pulls punches, and she's more than happy to take chefs and restaurants to task when she sees an issue with their work.

From time to time she has been called out on her opinions, Campbell admits, but she also points out that one of the main prerogatives of her work is honesty.

"You try to be diplomatic; you should always be diplomatic, or at least that's how I want to be," Campbell says. "But you also need to be truthful. So if everything was horrible, and you go on the radio or you write that, 'It was actually very good; a few

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things could have been better, but for the most part I'd go back'—you can't BS. You just have to be truthful, because it doesn't do the restaurants any good and it doesn't do diners any good, if you're not truthful."

And therein lies two of the key issues at stake in writing about restaurants: those chefs and establishments need constructive feedback on how to improve and maintain their quality, but delivering criticism is a tricky thing to do constructively. That's especially true when almost everyone, restaurant critics included, so often avoids that inevitable question asked by the server after our first few bites: ‘How is everything?’

"I think it's really hard to tell someone to their face that you're not happy with what you've received," Liv Vors says. "No one starts a restaurant because they want to make bad food. I think people always have the best of intentions, even if that isn't necessarily backed up by a strong concept or a good skill set. It's also a lot easier to vent online, on a website where people post reviews, or on a blog where you have that veil of anonymity, or tweet, 'Oh my god, this meal was crap.'"

Vors is a restaurant critic for The Globe and Mail, and has been reviewing restaurants for over a decade for various publications (including Vue, a few years ago, as well as on her own blog). She likens the casually vicious nature of so many online restaurant critics to drivers acting out in their vehicles. ("Would you scream at someone and flip them off if they stood in front of you for a second before moving? Probably not," she says.) But she also acknowledges the differences between traditional newspaper critics, bloggers and those posting on Yelp: while Yelp is pretty polarizing—everything seems to be great or awful—the restaurant reviews published in mainstream media and food blogs tends to be quite positive.

"I think meaningless praise is as harmful as meaningless criticism," she says. "I've seen that a lot in the blogging world. People gush and I wonder where they're coming from when they do that. Is it because they want free food? Is it because they want to get invited to these openings? I feel like it's a lot of currying favour, like, 'Oh if I invite soand-so, they're going to write me a glowing review.' But how valid is that?"

It's easy to make fun of Yelp for what it often becomes: a breeding ground for people to post one-sided vitriol (and for the rest of us to gleefully, guiltily hate-read). Yelp certainly perpetuates the ‘us versus them’ mentality of chefs against restaurant critics, and indeed food bloggers are often lumped

in with the anonymous masses posting on Yelp and similar platforms.

"There's a battle between chefs and bloggers—I don't think Yelp really did anybody any great service," Campbell says. "I think those kind of platforms, Zomato and Yelp, have given bloggers a really bad name."

She notes that the conflation of Yelpers with bloggers has perhaps contributed to the phenomena of food bloggers generally being more forgiving and mainly positive in their reviews. "I think a lot of bloggers are scared to really put themselves out there, for fear of being criticized," she says.

Phil Wilson has been blogging about food in Edmonton for a few years now, on his blog baconhound.com. His approach differs from most other food bloggers and restaurant critics, in that he has moved away from writing straightforward traditional reviews of a single restaurant, and instead pits restaurants side-by-side over a specific food item in his food odyssey series—so far he's tackled burgers, pizza and brunch.

Wilson started food blogging because he loves food and wanted to help further the food scene in Edmonton. It's a simple but formidable goal, and he notes that to achieve it—and to be taken seriously as a food blogger—you have to write from a place of knowledge and respect.

"When you're talking about somebody's restaurant, somebody's menu, somebody's business, I think there's a real responsibility to talk about it respectfully and understand that you're talking about somebody's livelihood," he says. "You can't just come out guns a-blazing as if you're not affecting somebody's life. Because you are.

"There's the easy argument for a chef to throw out there: who are you to talk about my food?" he continues. "But with food, I think it's a little bit different than some other things—everybody eats; everybody goes to restaurants. So you can definitely write something from the point of view of just the average diner. But that's kind of a double-edged sword too, right? Because when I'm reading something about food, I want it to be coming from a source that's smarter about it than I am."

As sources of food writing wither away in mainstream media—food and drinks sections are often on the chopping block as news publications scale back; the BBC's dearchiving of its recipe cache is one recent example—online sources of restaurant criticism will continually grow in their im-

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portance. We tend to hold the content published in mainstream newspapers higher than blogs and online content, for its supposed sense of professionalism and legitimacy—though certainly there are both good and bad critics in both spheres.

It's also easy to dismiss bloggers as nothing more than disgruntled, or people just looking for free handouts at various media events and opening nights.

But some bloggers are doing their homework, and some of them do go on to write for other sources—both Campbell and Vors started their careers as food bloggers, and Wilson has recently started writing for print publications. There's huge opportunity for food bloggers to step up into the voids left as print media radically shifts—but it will take a lot of work to overcome the stigma and prove that you're not just in it for frivolous reasons.

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"I think in order to have cred, you need to be open to experiencing all food of all cultures, and then you need to have some air miles under your belt," Campbell says.

"I think you also have to be pretty good in the kitchen, because you do need to understand food. You need to understand flavour profiles and how ingredients work with each other. You have to understand food history. ... And you can't do it just for the glory of hits on your blog. You have to do it because you have a passion for food. But you really have to understand food in order to be able to write about it, or talk about it."

MEL PRIESTLEY

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Understanding vermouth A traditional but misunderstood cocktail ingredient Italian distiller Antonio Benedetto Carpano coined the term vermouth in 1786. It comes from the German wermut, meaning wormwood: a nod to one of the core botanicals found in most vermouths. Vermouth is the most widely known of the botanically aromatized wines, a fortified wine that has been flavoured with herbs, plants and other spices and botanicals.

Though people started drinking aromatized wines as medicine thousands of years ago, that use waned by the

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end of the 1700s.

Consumption of aromatized wines as an aperitif and cocktail ingredient exploded in Italy and France afterwards. Carpano's Turin-based aromatized wine shop was so popular that it stayed open 24 hours a day. In Catalan, the phrase "anar a ver el vermut" refers to the custom of meeting for tapas and vermouth in the afternoon on weekends and holidays. In fact, if someone in Catalan asks you to "go for vermouth," they are actually inviting you to join them for a bite.

Vermouth's popularity is evidence for why the stigma surrounding the purported effects of wormwood has always been baseless hysteria. The false notion that wormwood causes hallucinations or outright poisoning—a stigma that has lingered for centuries—was spread by propaganda during a period in which wine was fighting to regain market share after the phylloxera epidemic of the late 1800s destroyed the European wine industry. (Absinthe was particularly targeted, though any ill effects caused by that are likely due to its high alcohol content, not any wormwood content.)

The best vermouth in the world generally comes from Old World wine producers, though the New World is rapidly catching up. If you haven't tasted Cocchi, Punt E Mes, Dolin or Belsazar, then you have some work to do. Closer to home, Dillon's in Ontario is about to release a new vermouth.

As for that dusty bottle on your bar that's been there longer than anyone can recall? Yeah, throw it out and

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start fresh. Vermouth is fortified with brandy so it will last longer than regular wine, but only about 30 days—if refrigerated.

Spoiled and oxidized vermouth is likely the reason why many people think they don't like the stuff. Combined with bartenders who lack understanding of the category, it's easy to see why, when Winston Churchill ordered a martini, he would refuse vermouth, instead preferring to nod in the direction of France.

With a beautiful and fresh vermouth, old cocktails can take on new charm—such as the Old Hickory, which combines equal parts sweet and dry vermouth with a few dashes of two different bitters. It's a beautiful way to explore the complex, rich and lingering flavours of fortified wine. V

Old Hickory 1.5 oz Dolin dry vermouth 1.5 oz Maidenii sweet vermouth 1 dash Dillon’s pear bitters 1 dash aromatic bitters Stir and strain into chilled coupe glass or on the rocks. Express a lemon peel over the drink and garnish.

Tarquin Melnyk is an Edmonton native who has been tending bar in numerous cities for the past six years.

Named bartender of the year at the 2013 Alberta Cup, he is a published cocktail writer and photographer, and a partner in justcocktails.org.

REVUE // BOOKS

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Horse biography The Legend of Zippy Chippy a subversive celebration of failure

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e was neither a speedster nor a steeplechaser, not a longhaul closer or a railside racer. He was Zippy Chippy, a free spirit at large and far from the grind of greatness, not sweating but celebrating the small stuff of life. He was at all times a professional racehorse, thriving, indeed rejoicing, in a quirky little Now available world of his own."

by William Thomas So begins William Thomas' The McClelland & Stewart, Legend of Zippy Chippy: Life Lessons 304 pp, $30 from Horse Racing's Most Lovable Loser. The unusual biography takes us through the life of America's most unsuccessful thoroughbred racehorse who, over the course of his 100-race career, lost every single professional race he entered.

In a culture whose mythology is saturated with formulaic tales of greatness and achievement, The Legend of Zippy Chippy is a subversive celebration of failure. Thomas revels in his subject's absolute lack of interest when it comes to living up to his potential. The author includes family trees showing Zippy's bred-for-perfection pedigree—he was related to Secretariat, Seabiscuit and a dozen other all-time great racehorses—which make Zippy seem like the wayward, layabout son of a high-achieving family.

Thomas describes Zippy Chippy's laid-back attitude towards life and sport in glowing terms, and uses the horse's story to rail against a winning-obsessed culture that drives athletes to cheat and dope in order to get ahead.

"Trying and striving and persevering—those are the elements that spell true success in the field of sports and in the game of living," Thomas writes. "Winning is a welcome reward, but losing ought not to be a life-or-death consequence."

Writing a biography of a horse reveals some interesting limitations of the life-narrative genre itself. Thomas frequently gets inside Zippy Chippy's head, describing how his subject feels about racing, eating and taking it easy in a high-stakes world. Either Thomas is a telepathic horse whisperer and Zippy Chippy is the smartest horse in the world, or else the author has used a lot of creative licence. It makes you reflect on the fact that all biographers are probably just as imaginative with their subjects.

Thomas writes in a very relaxed and conversational tone, like a granddad telling tales to the family after dinner. His book is therefore accessible to people who know absolutely nothing about horse racing, and it includes mini chapters between each narrative chapter that touch on questions like why horses all have such strange names.

The Legend of Zippy Chippy is the perfect antithesis of all the bullshit self-help books and rags-to-riches stories that are lionized everywhere else. In a world where everyone on Instagram is having a better life than you, it's a refreshing reminder to just keep on marching—or, in this case, trotting at a leisurely pace—to the beat of your own drummer.

"If Zippy had quit at fifty losses, or even sixty-five, his record would have been described as awful and no one would remember his name to this day," he writes. "But instead he pushed on, he raced every chance they gave him, he honed his skills at not winning, and therein lies the beauty of his record: upside-down excellence in the face of recurring defeat."

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FEATS FESTIVAL OF DANCE June 27 - July 10 | Edmonton, AB

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This years festival focuses on pulse, connecting Alberta history and dancers. We are thrilled to welcome dancers, and dance enthusiasts to explore physical movement and dance. Featuring talented local dancers, internationally renowned choreographers and promising young artists.

Feats Festival brings masterclasses, performances, family activities, site specific performances, and much more.

For full festival details, visit: www.abdancealliance.ab.ca Facebook.com/ABDanceAlliance #FeatsFest # ABDances

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t its core, Walterdale Theatre's Chess is a story told through instrumental sound and a harmony of voices. With 313 pages of song—75 percent singing to 25 percent speaking—the epic love and politics of its book scenes serve almost as mere context to the grandiose music that propels the play.

Following two politically opposed chess masters who meet to compete for the world championship during the height of the Cold War, then find themselves battling it out in a love triangle, the play creates a cocktail of romance, genius and global issues— all told through music from ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with lyrics by Tim Rice.

In addition to its international themes and viciously clever characters, it was

the script's elaborate and expansive musical score that drew director Kristen Finlay to the piece and challenged her methods of directing it.

"Unlike other traditional musicals where it just becomes an expression of emotion, the songs are actually telling the story—they're a conversation or an argument—so you have to find a way to stage that song because it can't just be about stopping and being in love," she says. "There's a journey in every song."

The actors are singing storytellers, with lyrics that are complex in both sound and meaning, but which also require some creativity to produce on a slighter scale. While Broadway's version was written for a 25 piece orchestra, the Walterdale production's

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Newsies / Tue, Jul 12 – Sun, Jul 17 (7:30 pm; additional 2 pm weekend matinees) You remember when kids were employed to shill newspapers on street corners? Me neither, except for the archetype’s enduring representations in pop culture like Newsies, the Tony-winning broadway musical that’s touring through town with Broadway Across Canada. It follows a ragged band of newspaper-selling children whose already-tenuous living situation is thrown into peril when a couple of greedy publishers raise distribution prices on ‘em, leading to a paperboy revolt. (Jubilee Auditorium, $30 – $106 )

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music director Sally Hunt has created an inspired combo on a comparatively smaller stage with six band members and an ensemble of voices to replace the sounds of missing instruments.

Not only is the live accompaniment set to fill the cozy theatre with majestic melodies, but it breaks the fourth wall by welcoming audiences to revel in the musicality of their surroundings from the outset.

"I don't like to hide my bands," Finlay notes. "I always have them pretty visible because I believe in not hiding the fact that we're doing a play and we're telling a story. I think there's something so cool about having that music being live right in front of you and knowing it's a musical."

In chess, just like the game of life, players become pawns due to the influence of outside forces. The play itself is no exception, using emotional music to move the audience into sympathizing with its characters.

"I think the music is going to break [the audience's] hearts in a good way," Finlay says. "Sometimes you don't get what you want out of life, but it's the trying that becomes the important thing, and sometimes you just can't control it all. But really, you do this show because you love the music."

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Burlesque Dueling Divas / Sat, Jul 9 (9 pm) It’s somewhere between a burlesque show and a duelling-piano showdown: Burlesque Dueling Divas offers a handful of local burlesque talent—Violette Coquette, G. Venchy, Maila Mustang, LeTabby Lexington and more—the rare opportunity to perform with live accompaniment: the Dueling Divas. Also known as the core members of local Sister Grey, the duo will cover a slate of pop hits with just piano and voice. A cabaret of song and shimmy. (Chvrch of John, $20 in advance, $30 at the door)

International Street Performer’s Fest / Fri, Jul 8 – Sun, Jul 17 As one of Churchill Square’s anchoring summer events, Streetfest has given Edmontonians more than 30 years of the best outdoor performances from around the world.

From incredible contortion to roving performances to dangerous acts of derring-do, all are available for the price of whatever you’re willing to pay at the end of the performance. It’s the democratic approach to paying artists, one that draws performers from all over the world. And audiences too—the festival’s only growing in its popularity. Last year, more than a quartermillion people passed through the Square over the course of the festival’s 10-day span. But if big crowds aren’t your thing, on the evenings of July 15 and 16, Streetfest heads indoors with the adults-only Late Night Madness hosted at nearby Stanley A Milner Library. A ticketed event, it’s where the performers can really let loose, with more risqué performances that wouldn’t be permitted the festival’s family friendly outdoor setting. (Churchill Square) V

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Dance Cinema CAVA • Centre des arts visuels de l'Alberta, 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • cavalberta@gmail.com • galeriecava. com • Enjoy a repertoire of french movies.

Schedule: La haine (Jul 13), Nous autres, les autres (Aug 3), Persepolis (Aug 10) • First two Wed each month

Dancing In The Park • Lower part of the Legislative Grounds, near the South Bandshell, 10800-97 Ave • toygunstheatre. com • An interactive dance spectacular with live music, incredible dance performances, a swing dance lesson and dance party • Jul 16, 7pm • Admission by donation

metro • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • India Film Festival of Alberta (IFFA) 2016; Jul 15-17 • Kung Fu Summer: Enter The Dragon (Jul 2324, Jul 28), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Jul 30-31, Aug 4), Drunken Master (Aug 6-7, Aug 10) • Metro Bizarro: Belladonna of Sadness (Aug 24) • Music Doc: The Devil's Horn (Jul 12), Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words (Aug 2, 6, 8-9), 200 Motels (Aug 2), Searching for Sugar Man (Aug 30) • Reel Family Cinema: Shrek (Jul 9), Muppets from Space (Jul 23), Kiki's Delivery Service (Jul 30, Aug 1), The Karate Kid (Aug 6), Howl's Moving Castle (Aug 27, Aug 29) • Staff Pics: Gummo (Jul 11), Fight Club (Aug 22) • Turkey Shoot: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (Jul 21)

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

Ultimate fondue... Cheez and nothing but Cheez • Woody's, Jasper Ave and 117 St • Minni D'bommes' birthday show • Jul 23, 8pm (doors), 9:30pm (show) • $7 (door)

FILM Capitol Theatre Cinema Series • Fort Edmonton Park • Enjoy classic films on the big screen • Every Thu, 7:30pm • $10.50 (+taxes & fees)

Cinema at the Centre • Stanley Milner Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Free • Schedule: 99 Homes (Jul 13), Youth (Jul 20), Being Canadian (Jul 27)

Edmonton Film Society • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.439.5285 • edmontonfilmsociety@ gmail.com • royalalbertamuseum.ca/movies • All Singing! All Dancing!: summer film series featuring Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Jul 11), Springtime In The Rockies (Jul 18), The Merry Widow (Jul 25), You Were Never Lovelier (Aug 8), Can’t Help Singing (Aug 15), That Night In Rio (Aug 22), The Pajama Game (Aug 29) • $30 (membership for series), $3-$6 (one film, at the door)

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: Jaws (Jul 8), Empire of the Sun (Jul 15), Jurassic Park (Jul 22), Bridge of Spies (Jul 29)

Scott Gallery • 10411-124 St •

galLeries + Museums

28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages

A.J. Ottewell Community Centre

Latitude 53 • Latitude 53, 10242106 St NW • latitude53.org/patio • Patio Party: Members and guests are invited to relax, drinks in hand, on Latitude 53’s outdoor patio, while learning a bit more about contemporary visual culture; Every Thu until Aug 25, 5-9pm; $5 (suggested donation at the door)

sNAP Gallery • Society of North-

• 590 Broadmoor Blvd • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Alberta Wood Carvers Association; Jul 4-10

Jurassic Forest/Learning Centre • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Feature Gallery: Crafting Conscience; Jul 9-Oct 1; Artist Reception: Jul 16, 2-4pm

Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) •

• 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Parallel

Topographies: artwork by Etty Yaniv; July 7-30; Opening reception: Jul 7, 6-9pm • Art Ventures: Batik Painting (Jul 16), 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: Recreate, Renew, Reuse (Jul 21), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Cold Wax Batik on Cloth (Jun 16); for 3-5 yrs; pre-register; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

ArtWalk • Perron District, downtown St

Lando Gallery • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Lando Gallery July Group Selling Exhibition: Jul 6-30 Loft Gallery • AJ Ottewell Gallery,

Telus World of Science • 11211142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton. com • Free-$117.95 • The International Exhibition Of Sherlock Holmes; Mar 25-Sep 5

McMullen GAllery • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullen-gallery • Jes McCoy; Featuring interactive work, the exhibition examines the effect that the presence of communication and the way we communicate has on wellbeing; Jul 9-Sep 4

U of A Museums Galleries at Enterprise square • Main floor,

Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Western Horsemen: The West We Build; until Jul 29

Musée Héritage Museum • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • Satisfaction Guaranteed; Jun 28-Sep 11; Opening Reception (Mad Men theme): Jul 14, 6:308:30pm • Swingin' 60s Soiree: showcases vintage advertising; Jul 14, 6:30-8:30pm; Free ($2-$3 donations accepted)

Muttart Conservatory • 962696A St • info@sculptorsassociation. ca • sculptorsassociation.ca/exhibits/ group-exhibits • Form 30: 3 Decades of the Sculptors' Association of Alberta; Jun 22-Aug 24; $6.50-$12.50 • Prehistoric Pyramids: Did you know that present-

day plants such as ferns and cycads were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth? Unlike the dinosaurs, these plants survived extinction and still look much the way they did long ago; Jul 10, 12-4pm; Regular admission

• volunteer@thenina.ca • Celebration of Abilities; until Jul 5

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY •

Paint Spot • 10032-81 Ave •

10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery. com • Atmosphere: artwork by Allan Bailey; Jun 23-Jul 8

Cally’s Teas • 10151-82 Ave • Tea Colouring: Participants will be colouring in colouring books featuring tea cups; runs until Jul 10; Free; Participants will be able to draw for two free high teas on Jul 11

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611

780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: The Big, Big Portrait Show: featuring almost 200 portraits; Jul 7-Aug 23; Reception, Jul 7, 7-9pm • Artisan Nook: Aerosol Soldiers: street artists’ repainted spray cans. Meet-up and trade: Aug 25, 5-8pm

Peter Robertson Gallery •

780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Artwork

by Father Douglas, Sabine Lecorre-Moore, Joanne Sauvageau and Sharon Lynn Williams; Jun 24-Jul 13

12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • The Steamfitter's Guide: artwork by Robin Smith-Peck; Jun 23-Jul 12 • Hole-And-Corner: artwork by Kirsty Templeton Davidge; Jun 23-Jul 12 • Between Sleep and Wake: artwork by Nomi Stricker; Jun 23-Jul 12

dc3 Art Projects • 10567-111 St

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CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave •

• 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Gallery closed for renovations; Jul-Aug

front gallery • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery.com • Summer Salon II: artwork by David Lachapelle, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Alfredo Jaar, Tacita Dean, Jackson Lowen and Fish Griwkowsky; Jun 23-Jul 14

Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave,

ern Alberta Print­- Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • ExChanged: artwork by Carolyn Mount; Jun 23-Aug 6 • Ashes Over Water: artwork

by Holly de moissac; Jun 23-Jul 30 • Connections: SNAP/Printmatters Portfolio; Aug 4-20 • The Garden of Earthly Delights: artwork by Juan Ortiz-Apuy; Aug 25-Oct 8 • New Works by Jill Ho-You; Aug 25-Oct 8 • A Modern Cult of Monuments: artwork

by Colin Lyons; Oct 13-Nov 26 • To Do: artwork by Graeme Dearden; Oct 13-Nov 26 • Snap Members Show & Sale: Dec 8-24

590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun • ACACA Alberta Wide Show: Jul 15-Aug 14; Reception: Jul 23, 7-9pm (artist in attendance)

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)

Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 •

land in the northeast corner of Whyte Ave and Gateway Blvd • 780.758.5878 • sandonwhyte.ca • Sand carving is a performance art, much like ice carving.

Professional sand-carving artists will be creating another amazing exhibit in Old Strathcona • Jul 1-10 • 10am-10pm • Admission by donation scottgallery.com • Totems: artwork by Pat Service; Jul 9-30; Opening reception: Jul 9, 1-4pm • Penumbra: artwork by Marianne Watchel; Jul 9-30; Opening reception: Jul 9, 1-4pm

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA)

Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

Sand on Whyte • Whyte Ave, CP Rail

10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Connect the Dots: 28th Annual Members’ Show; Jun 14-Jul 9

Sacred Circle Dance • Riverdale

Flamenco Dance Classes (Beginner or Advanced) • Dance

Gallery at Milner • Stanley A.

Harcourt House Gallery • 3 Fl,

Nova Blues- Soul Night • Shanti Yoga Studio, 10026 102 Ave • novablues. com • A social dance. Move to the blues and connect with great music and an enthusiastic dance community. An introductory lesson begins at 9:15pm followed by a social dance at 10pm. No partner necessary. Please bring socks as shoes are not permitted • Jul 15, 9:15pm • $8-$12

Various venues throughout Edmonton • abdancealliance.ab.ca • A multidisclipinary dance festival with a special focus on the Alberta dance community • Jun 27-Jul 10

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

Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/gallery-atmilner • On the Walls: Anti-Portrait: Mixed media works by Justina Smith • In the Cases: Members' works from the Sculptors' Association of Alberta • Throughout Aug

2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • The Flood: artwork by Sean Caulfield; Feb 6-Aug 14 • 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 • Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection; Jul 23-Nov 13 • JASON DE HAAN: Grey to Pink: Jul 23-Nov 13 • BMO Children’s Gallery: Touch Lab: Leave your Mark: Opens Jul 24 • Open Studio Adult Drop-In : Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm • VIBE: The gallery is transformed into a laidback lounge with Vibe, a pop-up live music showcase; Jul 15, Aug 19; 5-9pm

Feats Festival of Dance •

strathcona.ca/artgallery • A Question of Faith: artwork by Bernhardt; Jul 8-Aug 28; Opening reception: Jul 8, 7pm

• 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/ eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Marlena Wyman: Illuminating the Diary of Alda Dale Randall; Feb 2-Aug 20

Reynolds-Alberta Museum • 6426-40 Ave, Wetaskiwin • 780.312.2065 • reynoldsalbertamuseum@gov.ab.ca • history. alberta.ca/reynolds • Stan Reynolds: The Original Canadian Picker - Exhibition: An exhibit that provides insight into Stan Reynolds and his love of history

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 • My Heritage 2016 Exhibit: 78 competitive original fibre art entries; May until Aug

VAA Gallery • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com • Cattle Call; Jun-Aug

VASA Gallery • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • 30 Shades of Round A Journey of Mixed Media Mosaics: artwork by Helen Rogers; Jun 28-Jul 22; Opening reception: Jul 7, 6-9pm

Walterdale Theatre Gallery • 10322-83 Ave • albertasocietyofartists.com • #BestYEG_Artists: artwork by Aniko Vida, Betty Dean, Holly Dyrland and many more; Jul 5-16

Whyte Ave Art Walk • Between 100 St and 108 St, Old Strathcona • artwalk.ca • An outdoor studio and gallery featuring hundreds of working artists • Jul 8-10 • 10am-5pm

Literary 16TH ANNUAL STRATHCONA COUNTY GARDEN TOUR • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ca • Pack a hat and hop in the car for a day of fresh air and sunshine, on this self-guided tour that will take you to eleven of the most beautiful gardens in Sherwood Park and rural Strathcona County • Jul 10, 10am5pm • $12

Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Catherine Richardson "Belonging Métis" Book Launch; Jul 8, 7-8pm • Mike Boldt "A Tiger Tale" Book Launch; Jul 10, 2-3pm • David M. Mannes "The Cantor's Son" Meet & Greet; Jul 17, 12-1:30pm

Edmonton Story Slam • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

Naked Girls Reading • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St NW • 780.691.1691 • There will be different themes each month.

For the month of July, the theme will be Travel Adventures • Every 2nd Tue of month, 8:30-10:30pm • $20 (door); $15 is the summer special at the door; 18+ only 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:

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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 chess • Walterdale Theatre, 10322 - 83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre. com • At the height of the Cold War, two great chess masters – an American and a Russian – meet to battle for the world championship. Caught in the middle is one woman. More than a game, more than a love story – it's the story where sacrificing pawns to win the game might just lose you the match • Jul 6-16 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

Cocktails at Pam’s • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • teatroq.com • Teatro’s ultimate party piece in its first revival since 2001. Davina Stewart and Leona Brausen head a vast cast including Jeff Haslam, Andrew MacDonaldSmith, Cathleen Rootsaert, Julien Arnold, Barbara Gates Wilson, Andrea House, Mark Bellamy, Julie Orton, and Beth Graham • Jul 14-30

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival • Sir Winston Churchill Square, Downtown Edmonton • 780.425.5162 • edmontonstreetfest.com • Home to over 1500 outdoor performances by musicians, jugglers, acrobats and unicyclists • Jul 8-17

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

henry & alice into the wild • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • When times get tough, the tough go ... camping?

One of your favourite married couples is back in this much anticipated, hilarious follow up to the smash hit Sexy Laundry.

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

MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a highstakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door) Newsies • Jubilee Auditorium • broadwayacrosscanada.ca • Based on the 1992 film, Newsies leaps onto the stage with soaring choreography and a score from the Oscar–winning composer Alan Menken • Jul 12-17

Rock Around the Clock • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, #2690 8882170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • The 1950s brought many things, but perhaps one of the best was rock ‘n’ roll music. Tonight, take a look at a fun pastime from those days: the dance marathon. Join couples as they dance away the night to great music from stars like Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bill Hailey, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more • Until Aug 21 • Adult: $67.95 (Wed, Thu, Sun), $77.95 (Fri, Sat); Senior/student: $47.25 (Wed, Thu, Sun)

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Decades after its release, Robot City still poses valid questions about technology and ethics

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umanity's relationship with the been forever iconic of this tension. technology it creates has al- They're a favorite tool in the philoways walked a tenuous path. People sophical sandbox of science-fiction ostensibly create machinery in ser- authors since long before we gave vice of the species, but as the auto- birth to anything resembling artifimation becomes increasingly sophis- cial intelligence. Robots, in essence, ticated, the line between servant act as a mirror of ourselves, servants and companion begins to blur. who are similar but different from Robots—the word itself coined by our human souls.

Czech artist Josef Čapek and derived Science fiction godfather Isaac from his mother tongue's terminol- Asimov is perhaps the most decoFF16VueAd.qxp_Layout 1 2016-06-30 8:51 PM Page 1 ogy for medieval serf labour—have rated author to explore human-

robot interactions. On the eve of the Atomic Era, he first penned his Three Laws of Robotics, a trio of strictures that would codify the way humans envisioned their relationship with these mechanical companions, and their inherent servitude to us. The first and most important law states that "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." The second and third laws, ancillary to this Golden Rule, dictate that a robot must obey human orders, and must protect its own existence, provided doing so would not conflict with the First Law. The Three Laws were popularized in Asimov's 1950 anthology, I, Robot, but eventually gave rise to an entire subgenre of literature exploring their legal and logical theories.

In 1995, during the height of Generation X's postmodern technophilia, Byron Preiss Multimedia released Robot City, a point-and-click adventure mystery inspired by the literary series of the same name. While Byron Preiss—a tiny venture named after its own struggling sci-fi author— seems to have exited the games industry a mere two years after Robot City's release, its modest library lives on through various abandonware sites and YouTube Let's Play videos. Through this 21st-century subculture, a title like Robot City has gained an even wider audience today than its release on CD-ROM 20 years ago, in a future vastly different from the sterile technocracy predicted by genre authors.

Robot City follows the saga of Derec, a man who crash-lands in a survival pod and wakes up in the eponymous metropolis. Upon arrival, he discovers he has amnesia, and isn't even certain of his real name— Derec is just the brand name on his jumpsuit, which the robots use to identify him. Moreover, Derec learns that a murder has just taken place in the city. Unfortunately, the victim was the city's only known human occupant. Because the First Law would make it impossible for a robot to

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commit the crime, Derec becomes one of the only suspects, alongside a woman named Katherine, who mysteriously arrived at the same time.

Setting out into Robot City, the player must collect evidence and interview its inhabitants to solve the murder mystery and clear Derec's name. Accomplishing this task requires wandering the constantly morphing streets, conversing with robots to gather clues and gain access to restricted areas, avoiding the Hunter robots programmed to return Derec to the "safety" of house arrest. Successfully navigating conversations requires the player to exploit loopholes in the Three Laws and force Robot City's citizens to consider the paradoxes surrounding the murder. If a robot, by its programmed nature, could not have committed the crime, it must be a human. But if neither Derec nor Katherine are presumably responsible, then how did the victim die?

From its first scene with Derec's crash-landing, Robot City assumes a degree of familiarity with the base material—a series of novels written in the '80s. That's actually less of an ask than it seems, considering it was only six years removed at the time of its release. In 1995 however, there was a marked a transitional era in science fiction, and a shift in pop culture as a whole. While grunge music slowly expired on the altar of the R&B stylings of "Waterfalls" and "Kiss From A Rose," sci-fi's Asimovian flavour of pre-internet, Atomic Age anxiety had given way to a more cynical, dystopian brand of Gen-X cyberpunk flair—best exhibited by that year's camp-fest film, Johnny Mnemonic.

Robot City exists at these crossroads, with the strands of the former's DNA woven into its narrative, while looking like a then-groundbreaking, now-dated relic of its particular era. It’s a story that tries to analyze the ramifications of a future reliant on robotic logic, painting its setting in a distinctly retro light. It’s easy to scoff at the effort now, but there’s value in considering what

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society 20 years ago thought the world would look like 200 years in the future, and wondering how we’ve already gone so far off course.

In that regard, Robot City also assumes a familiarity with its genre, and is undeniably inspired by Myst.

The 1993 hit spawned countless imitators, and Robot City walks the fine line between homage and copycat. The low-poly chrome cityscapes look like they've been plucked straight out of YTV's Short Circuitz CGI shorts, and the synthesized score drips with moody '90s ambience. At times, Robot City falls victim to its own source material, with puzzles that feel like they're more concerned with referencing the books than on following the tenets of good game design.

But even these flaws can be seen as a product of their era. The video game industry of 1995 was an entirely different beast than today's mainstream behemoth. Like today, studios could spring up and disappear overnight, but these ventures took place in a time before the ubiquity of instant online feedback, criticism and support. There's a certain quaintness in these well-intentioned old puzzle games that came up in a period before the "laws" of game design had been fully ordained, like the fictional laws on which their story is based.

In the most appropriate sign of Robot City's time, the game's credit roll closes with a congratulatory message from the developers, promising an extra reward to players who contact their office—via physical mail or an AOL.com email address, both long defunct. But even now, as a forgotten relic that's nearly impossible to acquire, Robot City is reflective of the books and author who inspired it: a philosophical exploration of a retrofuturist landscape, posing questions of technology and ethics that may no longer be relevant, but which nonetheless challenge us to question our relationship with the artificial beings we yearn to create.

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Weiner the story of a political self-sabotage

einer begins with a clever epigram from Edmonton-born media theorist Marshall McLuhan: "The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers." It is arguably going too far to suggest that former congressman and New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's destiny was written in his (quite common) Germanic appelation, but, as we behold this riveting encapsulation of Weiner's sadly catastrophic 2013 campaign and its astonishing midpoint reversal, there is a sense that sometimes history, politics and personal journeys are sometimes contingent on something as seemingly slight as a surname.

Did you all pay attention to this when it went down? If you know anything at all about Anthony Weiner, alas, it probably has to do with his weenie, which he has a troubling tendency to photograph and send to women. Troubling

above all to Huma Abedin, his wife and a beloved former aide to Hillary Clinton (yet another inauspicious omen). Huma forgave Weiner publicly when Weiner was still a congressman and the first dickpics made the news. Then Weiner

his fate. His popularity plummets and never recovers.

(How curious to consider the case of Anthony Weiner unfolds at roughly the same time as the saga of the late Rob Ford, who makes Weiner's transgressions look positively tame in comparison.)

last-act arrival of Weiner's shamelessly opportunistic sexting buddy, 23-year-old porn actress Sydney Leathers, Weiner tells a coherent, fascinating, finally appalling story of self-sabotage and, much more

While Weiner seems to be speaking to a majority of his city's interests ... it's his tempestuous private life, most especially his exhibitionism, that winds up sealing his fate.

runs for mayor and is leading in the polls by a solid margin ... and then here come yet more dick-pics.

Huma forgives him again. (At least I think she does.) But, ironically, millions of voters don't. While Weiner seems to be speaking to a majority of his city's interests with his scrappy but articulate tirades against self-preserving corporate fat-cats and his dedication to the middle-class, it's his tempestuous private life, most especially his exhibitionism, that winds up sealing

Directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, Weiner does a remarkable job of tracking the whole tawdry trajectory.

They began documenting Weiner's life, it seems, from early in his mayoral run, and while I can't quite approve of their cinematic chops—phony documentary tropes aside, does anyone really need to zoom in and out this much, to record sound this poorly?—I can certainly attest to their ability to gain access to their subjects and craft a narrative that you cannot take your eyes off of. From Weiner's seductive, frequently inspiring showboating in debates and parades to the

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importantly, the triumph of American puritanism and/or lust for public shaming over the integrity of its political health.

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ello there, tottlers and chiddlers and adult human beans. I is the BFG, writing this here whoppsy review of the movie of my book, The BFG (though I is not exactly understanding why the name of some scrumplet, Roald Dahl, is on it instead). I enjoyed all the dreamcatching and skiddlingalong and bogthumping, but the mov-

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ie was not quite so scrumdiddlyumptious as I was hoping.

A brain-boggling lot here seems like a documentally, so much like the book it is. There I is (voiced by Mark Rylance), all big-eared and uncle-beamish, snatching Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) from her woodsy, creaksy norphanage in Londontown, and I

takes her to my cave, and I gobblefunk with words, and she helps me stop that giant Fleshlumpeater (voiced by Jermaine Clement) and Bloodbottler and all the other boys from bullying me, and Your Majester the Queen (Penelope Wilton) helps, too. And there's frobscottle-drinking and then whizzpopping—even the

Monacher of England and her corgi-doggies let go some whizzpops, which never happened in my book, but all the gels and boys in the theatre laughed.

The dreams, with their dancing lights, all looked glumptious gloriful, and the pond that Sophie and I

jumped upsidedownish in to get to Dream Country was delunctious, but I thought there oughter have been more chiddlers' dreams. Some parts seemed squiggly-stretched, like the Buckingsham Place bit, and others seemed knotty-plexicated, like when Sophie and I fluckgungled all those frightsome giants with the help of the Queen's 'copters (no trussingup, like in the book and Gulliver's Traverse? No sapphire brooch? No venomsome viper tricksery? That is bugwhiffly, that is).

The Sophie up there was not muchly my Sophie. She seemed a titchy bit cutesy-wootsy-whatsy. When that Sophie talked with movie-me about her special dream, I got poorplexed, because that never happened, but I talked to the real Sophie afterwards and she said that Mr Spielberg often puts a few too many drops of cozy and lovey into his dream-works. The ending was just right, though—it made me feel all squiffly-whiffly inside. So, I give the movie three snozzcumbers and that's my whoppsy review, right here. You've just finished reading it.

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here's a page in Hergé's Tintin in the Congo (1931), first serialized in a Belgian newspaper, where the natives—looking as much like apes as men—run into Tintin's car, stalled on the tracks, with their toy-like, tinpot train. It falls apart. But the intrepid reporter turns white saviour, car-towing the train to the nearest village.

Seventy-five years later, big-screen African heroes don't seem much more evolved. Edgar Rice Burroughs' white boy raised by great apes, Tarzan—who debuted in a 1912 American pulp-fiction magazine—isn't just "Africa's favourite son" but the terminator-of-Belgian-slavery in 1890s Congo in The Legend of Tarzan.

The plot's a retcon of history, as if the scriptwriters were so moved by

Adam Hochschild's book King Leopold's Ghost that they just had to imagine the Lord of the Apes teaming up with Civil War veteran and journalist George Washington Williams to end black-bondage in the Belgian monarch's colony. John Clayton III, aka Lord Greystoke, née Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) returns to the Congo with Jane (Margot Robbie) and Williams (Samuel L Jackson), but they've been led into a trap. Belgian soldier Léon Rom (Christoph Waltz) is determined to hand Tarzan over— in exchange for the diamonds of Opar—to vengeance-seeking Chief Mbonga (Djimon Hounsou).

The Ape Lord's laconic to the point of catatonic. After she's captured,

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Jane retorts that Rom—as much glint-eyed, sneering villain as a Bondfilm arch-nemesis, using his spidersilk-threaded rosary beads as a garotte—wants her to be a distressed "damsel" ... but the movie then leaves her as one (by the end, a Rom mercenary has a hand over her mouth and gun to her head). The historical figure of Williams is reduced to a comic-book sidekick whose wisecracks include such Victorian phrases as "So, how you wanna play this?" and "You want me to lick his nuts?" The vineswinging CGI seems as believable as Spider-Man-swinging-FX circa 2002; there's an over-reliance on a bluegrey palette, extreme close-ups and aerial shots. Africa's either ravishing wilderness (noble tribes included) or ravaged wilderness (slavery, mineral exploitation, ivory trade). And as Tarzan and a stampeding troop of wildebeest set upon Rom and co, natives cheer him from a promontory, reduced to a train-like line of cheerleaders and admirers in the background.

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The end of an age

On the passing of filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami "Poetry always runs away from you—it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a different grasp of it."

It's surely no coincidence that many of the filmmakers most beloved to me are the same ones I find hardest to write about. I'm thinking of Claire Denis, Andrei Tarkovsky, Krzysztof Kieślowski, filmmakers whose work I find inexhaustible, films that, with their mysteries, their lack of overt messages or one-to-one metaphors, always run away from you.

I'm thinking above all about Abbas Kiarostami, the great Iranian innovator and author of the above quotation. Kiarostami's cinema was poetic.

By poetic I don't only mean lyrical.

Rather, his films are endlessly suggestive, unfolding in different directions, opening up different points of view, engaging with the world in different ways, every time you revisit them. I'm writing about Kiarostami because he died Monday at age 76.

Some years ago the critic Philip Lopate wrote that "we are living in the age of Kiarostami." Which I suppose means that we've now reached the end of an age. It feels that way.

Maybe you haven't seen Kiarostami's work. Maybe you haven't even heard of Kiarostami. It's alright; his films weren't exactly drawing crowds at the multiplex. I only came to know his films thanks to this job.

When I started at Vue I began covering everything programmed at Metro Cinema. This was where I first learned of the quietly radical work being done in Iran, which has been called paradocumentary or metafictional, though its techniques have since been disseminated, taken up

by filmmakers the world over (including Roberto Minervini, the subject of last week's column).

Kiarostami's most famous film, Close-up (1990), concerns a man who cons a Tehran family into believing that he's the esteemed director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Kiarostami read about the impostor's arrest and immediately set about making a film with the impostor, with the family, and, in the film's most inspired turn, Makhmalbaf himself. Close-up is not documentary of fiction. It digresses, hesitates, observes behaviour, waits, makes jokes, invents and winds up offering a study in class, aspiration, forgiveness and self-actualization like nothing else in cinema.

In A Taste of Cherry (1997), which won the Palme d'Or, a man drives through the countryside looking for someone to assist him in the orchestration of his suicide. The ambiguity of the nature of his search lingers long—at one point you're certain he's cruising for sex. By the film's end you still don't know his motives, which have become secondary to the shifts in his perspective that transpire as he meets various candidates. It's what happens along the way that matters in Kiarostami—what's found. There's no better evidence of this than in his Koker trilogy, Where is the Friend's Home?

(1987), And Life Goes On (1992) and Through the Olive Trees (1994). The first film stars a young boy, an nonactor, playing himself, who travels to a neighbouring village to return a classmate's notebook; the second was made after an earthquake and is about a man, Kiarostami's standin, returning to Koker to see if the

boy is still alive; the third recreates a short scene about frustrated desire from the second film, ushering a formerly peripheral event to the foreground.

Kiarostami was the epitome of the auteur, yet he often strove to eliminate the role of director. In Ten (2002), shot entirely from the dashboard of a moving car, Kiarostami wasn't even in the car. He sometimes referred to the director as being akin to a soccer coach, someone who selects and inspires the team, strategizes the plays, and then sits at the sidelines while the game unfolds.

I consider myself lucky to have seen Kiarostami speak about his career this past December. He was generous, funny, enigmatic, intelligent. Afterwards I went out with several Iranian friends, all of whom knew Kiarostami to greater or lesser degrees. They told me a story about how they were all arrested one night in Tehran, and the next morning, to their great surprise, Kiarostami came to the station and, somehow, talked the police into setting them free.

I consider myself even luckier to have had the opportunity to introduce a friend—not a cinephile—to Kiarostami's films during a recent retrospective. Our conversations about the films went on for hours, and I was pleased to discover than she was not only fascinated but also profoundly moved by these films.

Much of Kiarostami's early work is tough to track down, but Close-up, A Taste of Cherry, Ten and Certified Copy are all easy to find. Any one of them offers a solid place to start delving into one of the most original and transformative bodies of work in the story of film. V

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Altameda grew from solo project to full band while making Dirty Rain out the recording process, and then decided to bring in a backing band," Snaterse recalls. "I've known those guys for a long time—they're just really competent musicians, so it seemed like an obvious choice to get them to play on it.

"It just went so well," he continues, "I felt it would be more fun to give everybody ownership over the project, and not have it be a solo project anymore."

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hough its now flourished into a full-blooded alt-country band, Altameda's original trajectory was that of a solo project. Stepmothers' Troy Snaterse had been sitting on a handful of songs that wouldn't quite

fit into that band's more-bombastic punk approach. "They just wouldn't work," he quips, over the phone.

They found their place though, after Stepmothers' did a recording session with Jeff Kynoch at Sound

Extractor studios. Snaterse figured it'd be an ideal place to demo, so he came back to the studio with those songs. And as he fleshed them out, the album's personnel list grew.

"I was still writing songs through-

Those guys were Todd Andrews, Matt Kraus, Erik Grice, with pedigrees in the local scene. Together, they reworked and collaborated on Snaterse's songs—a few were left as is—to emerge with Dirty Rain.

Its 10 songs scour the canyons of country and open-air sentiments of Americana with joyful abandon: pedal steel and keys share space across its runtime, and the album makes room for both quieter sweeps of folk and more rollicking dust-ups like "Blackmarket Blues"—

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though removed from Snaterse's other band, the songs still possess a certain amount of punk sentiment.

"I wouldn't want to deny that influence either," Snaterse says. "It was about trying to find a balance between the two."

Working through those songs in a full-band format drew out the process: the recording ended up taking about a year, all done. But the reception to Dirty Rain has been great, Snaterse notes, from both the punk community and beyond.

"It felt really natural," he says. "It didn't necessarily feel that different. With the Stepmothers stuff, and other bands that I've been in, I've pretty much always written on acoustic guitar, and sort of in a singer-songwriter way, and then transferred it to a more raw, rock n' roll style. So it was basically just keeping it to its initial form."

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Daniela Andrade

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TV and MuchMusic might not play music videos anymore—if you don't believe me, I suggest watching the aforementioned TV channels for a few hours straight to see—but fortunately the Internet and social media such as YouTube and Vimeo have filled that niche by providing musicians the platform to release mu-

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sic videos and visuals alongside their albums. (The most recent example being Beyonce's visual album Lemonade in which each track was made into a video to tell a story.)

Recognizing the importance of visuals in the modern age, Montreal/ Toronto-based singer-songwriter Daniela Andrade is releasing her de-

but EP, Shores, as a short-film made up of four music videos that will be released over the summer.

"I really wanted people to really sink into the story and the website has cinemagraphs looping images of very important parts of the video," Andrade says over the phone from Montreal.

"I've always been a sucker for cliffhangers and at the end of every video you're left wondering what's going to happen next."

The first track, "Digital Age," was released June 27—with the remaining tracks scheduled for the rest of the summer: "Sound" coming out July 19, "Come Around" on August 9, and "Shore" on August 30—and exposes the album's theme of love in the digital age. Andrade notes that all the tracks will reveal a story about love in an unconventional sense.

"These songs are just pieces of the different relationships that I've been in. It's not so much about messy, messy breakups, [but] about a misun-

derstanding and not seeing eye to eye with someone. I think that's perhaps a hard pill to swallow and more painful than lashing out and yelling and having those kinds of breakups," she explains. "When it's silent and kind of happening like an undercurrent and both know it, it's really painful to bring it up. It's kind of a story about that: two people having the best intentions and wanting it to work out, but you're standing on different coasts. You don't see eye-to-eye and you're meant to move in different directions and accepting that."

Communicating through visuals are engrained in Andrade's bloodline. She kicked off her own music career on YouTube, where she got her start uploading reconstructed acoustic covers of popular hits like Radiohead's "Creep," Childish Gambino's "Telegraph Ave" and Disclosure's "Latch."

But, it was Andrade's cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" that jumpstarted

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her career, having made a debut on the American drama series Suits.

That resulted in a snowball effect for the Edmonton expat, leading to over 600 000 views on YouTube with more than 1 100 000 subscribed to her channel.

Though, she's releasing her own original content these days over covers, she does plan to bring that element of reconstructionism to her live shows.

"I really like restructuring songs— not only covers, but my own stuff, too," she says. "While the songs sound a certain way on the album, it's really great to bring a different element to them on the live shows. I'm just wanting to recreate the songs a little bit and show a different side of them and practice a lot of that."

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Join the Wolf Pact for local music and arts collaboration

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he world always becomes a more vibrant place once we step outside our egos and choose to collaborate. This is the shared sentiment of the Wolf Pact Society, a music and arts collective birthed by one man's idea.

Wolf Pact member Jay Higgs was enthusiastic in sharing what the group is all about, "The Wolf Pact is an idea," he says. "It was a thought I had about community and artistry. I was seeing a lot of people working so hard and struggling. We're trying to facilitate a home for different paths of art in the same place and keep each other inspired."

While the name of the society may seem exclusive, each member of the group has joined through their willingness to participate in art.

Since their first meeting close to a year ago, they've discovered each other's talents as well as grown their own individual art forms.

"It's all about skill sharing," member Bobby Craig explained. "If you're a band and need poster art, you

now have a rolodex of people to draw from. If you're a visual artist, dancer or videographer and you're looking for work, we are here to support each other in our gifts."

There was a lot of gratitude during our afternoon interview. Higgs beamed lovingly over Paul Eglinkski and Kimmy Picard, who support the Wolf Pact with many of their administrative tasks.

"Make sure you put their names in this," he nudged with a bright smile.

The Wolf Pact is putting on its second big event, Collabaret, to celebrate and welcome the public into their world of artistic support and community. Each person who steps through the doors of Ritchie Hall are considered a collaborator within the event, not only a spectator.

At the very least, attendees are encouraged to offer their signature to be part of a mosaic project, or if the mood hits, shake their booties as anonymous go-go dancers while the bands play. Not only will

Sat, Jul 9 (3 pm – 6:30 pm [all ages]; 7:30 pm – 1:30 am [18+]) The Wolf Pact Presents: Collabaret Ritchie Hall, afternoon: free; evening: $10 in advance, $12 at the door the Collabaret be a blast, but it's donating a percentage of the proceeds to YESS (Youth Empowerment & Support Services).

As a group they generally expressed the idea that everyone is creative, but sometimes people forget how talented they really are. Being seen by others and sharing creative urges can be very motivating.

"Your peers are making great art and that only inspires everyone else to make even better art," Higgs gushed.

"When you have this circle of people around you making beautiful fucking art, how could you not participate in that energy and try to create more?"

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featuring Hunchback; 7pm (doors); $9 (adv), $11 (door); All ages

SAT JUL 9

THE COMMON The

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Orchard; 9pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl: Throwback

Common Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week DRUID IRISH PUB Tap

Into Thursdays; DJ and party; 9pm ON THE ROCKS Salsa

Happy Hour featuring Cadence & Nathan; 5:30pm • Daniela Andrade - Shore - Visual EP PremiereFeaturing Daniela Andrade; 9pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door)

Rocks: every Thu; dance

VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB

Y AFTERHOURS Freedom

APEX CASINO The ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

Stan Gallant; 9pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Hair of the Dog: (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

cole Grace; 7:30pm; $10 Thu; 7pm

ANDREW ALBERT

the Clock; runs until Aug 21 KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE

Open stage with host Naomi Carmack; 8pm every Thu

JUL 8 & 9

LATITUDE 53 GALLERY

Patio series: featuring music by Sweat Polyesterday and Joses Martin with food by Halo Bar and Bistro; 5-9pm

L.B.'S PUB Open

FRIDAY JULY 22

A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF THE BAND

NEW WEST HOTEL

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE House Function

O'BYRNE'S IRISH PUB

Thursdays; 9pm

FRI JUL 8

ON THE ROCKS The Ramifications; 9pm

APEX CASINO The

RENDEZVOUS PUB Tymo,

Orchard; 9pm ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

Stan Gallant; 9pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Lauren Joseph Band; 8:3010:30pm; $12 BLUES ON WHYTE JK &

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

COMING SOON: THE PROCLAIMERS, HONEYMOON SUITE, AND MORE!

O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Mike Letto

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Live music; Every

ON THE ROCKS The Ramifications; 9pm RENDEZVOUS PUB Fleeting

Arms, Dextress, Absinthe From Society; 8pm REXALL PLACE Blink 182; 7:30pm; $20 and up

TIRAMISU BISTRO Live

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

music every Fri with local musicians

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

De 4; 8pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door) CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Goldtop; 4-6pm; No cover

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

Mark Mcgarrigle (folk); 9pm

THE BOWER For Those Who Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Amber

THE COMMON Get Down

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

House, Hip-Hop with DJ Babr; every Fri THE BOWER Strictly

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DRUID IRISH PUB Live DJs; Every Fri, 9pm

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Monkeys Uncle; 9pm

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

WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK Live Music

SANDS INN & SUITES

Fuqn’ Fridays

Kingfish; 8pm; $15

Main Floor: The Menace

Open mic; 7pm; $2

CASINO EDMONTON Chris

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Filthy

UNION HALL Insane Clown Posse; 9pm; 18+ only

CASK AND BARREL

THE COMMON Quality

Mark Mcgarrigle (folk); 9pm

TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE

Mikey Wong and his lineup of guest DJs

18+ only

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

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

live: acoustic CD release; 8-10pm; $25 (adv), $30 (door)

UNION HALL Rittz; 9pm;

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

Monkeys Uncle; 9pm

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE Calum Graham

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

music each week with a different band each week; 9pm

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Live music; Every

music each week with a different band each week; 8pm

SNEAKY PETE'S Sinder Sparks K-DJ Show; 9pm-1am

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A The Rural Routes

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

DJs

Live music

Pete Turland's Rockabilly Thursdays & West Coast

NEW WEST HOTEL Early:

BOURBON ROOM Live

Control Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan

Karaoke Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Krystle Dos Santos; 8pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door)

Sat; Free

Ayries (country rock); 9pm

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT CENTURY CASINO AND TICKETMASTER

Bands every Sat; this week: Paul Woida

(folk/rock); 9pm

CAFE BLACKBIRD The

CAFE BLACKBIRD Notas

NORTH GLENORA HALL

Hazzerd, In Darkness, Solborn; 8pm

BOHEMIA OMAR featuring Millie & Will Coles; 7pm (doors); $11 (adv), $15 (door); 18+ only

Doug Stroud (country/ pop/rock); 9pm

NEW WEST HOTEL

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

the Static; 9pm

BOHEMIA Blasphemedia with The Gibson Block; 9pm; $10; 18+ only

Happy Hour featuring Smokey; 5:30pm

open stage; 7pm

BLUES ON WHYTE JK &

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

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

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ An evening with Lionel Rault; 7-10pm; Cover by donation

(folk); 9pm

BOURBON ROOM Live

into the Wild; runs until Jul 31

MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local

Doug Stroud (country/ pop/rock); 9pm

the Static; 9pm

LIZARD LOUNGE Jam

MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE Henry & Alice

Rodeowind; 9pm Edmonton's best solo musicians

Fri; Free

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

FRIDAY AUGUST 26

lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

Jam hosted by Cody Forsberg; 7-11pm Night; Every Thu, 7-11pm

Seven Music Fest: with performances from the Elwins, Walk Off The Earth, the Bros Landreth, Dear Rouge, Leeroy Stagger and many more

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Acoustic Circle Jam; 7:30-11:30pm

JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE Rock Around

MISSION HILL–ST ALBERT

(folk); 9pm

northlands.com

FIDDLER'S ROOST

Thu, 7:30pm; Free

Thy Degringolade (metal) with Dire Omen, Begrime Exemious and Vaalt; 8pm; $15 (adv), $18 (door)

(folk/rock); 9pm

Every Thu, 7pm

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

MERCURY ROOM Rites Of

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A The Rural Routes

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Karaoke;

HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE Bistro Jazz; Every

into the Wild; runs until Jul 31

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Mike Letto

DENIZEN HALL Taking Back Thursdays: weekly punk, alternative and hardcore music; Every Thu, 8pm

COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO

MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE Henry & Alice

Saturday Electric Blues Jam with Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens (blues); Every Sat, 2-6pm; No minors

CAFÉ HAVEN Music every

Your Whistle Karaoke Thursdays

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Live

music; 9:30pm

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

CAFE BLACKBIRD Lisa Ni-

FILTHY MCNASTY’S Wet

No minors

EL CORTEZ TEQUILA BAR AND KITCHEN Kys the

Sky; First Fri of every month, 9pm

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY

Alert with guests CHAM; 4pm; No cover EASTWOOD COMMUNITY LEAGUE Muttstock 2016:

featuring live bands, doggie demos and more; Noon-8pm FORT EDMONTON PARK

Celtic Gathering; 10am5pm; Regular admission rates

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

3-7pm

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

JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE Rock Around

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Rotating

GAS PUMP Saturday Jam;

the Clock; runs until Aug 21

DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat

KELLY'S PUB Michael

MERCER TAVERN DJ

Chenoweth; 9-9:45pm; No cover

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

LB'S PUB Radio Active (rock/pop/indie); 9pm;

Mikey Wong every Sat 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

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

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays

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

SUN JUL 10

MON JUL 11

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brunch

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

- Hawaiian Dreamers; 9am-2:30pm; By donation

Wooftop: Metal Mondays

BLUES ON WHYTE JK &

with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

the Static; 9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Patrick

DANCE CODE STUDIO

Alexandre; 9pm

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

FIDDLER'S ROOST Open

DEEPSOUL.CA Call or text

Classic Rock Monday

780.217.2464 for Sunday jam locations; Every Sun; All ages DIVERSION LOUNGE

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

Sacrilege Sundays: All metal all day FORT EDMONTON PARK

Celtic Gathering; 10am5pm; Regular admission rates JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE Rock Around

Stage; 7-11pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE Rock Around

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Open Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s

Messy Nest with DJ Blue Jay - mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

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

BOHEMIA Free Dog with

Himiko, NAU92, Trixie Moon & Motonogo; 9pm; $10 (door) BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every TueFri, 5-8pm FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle

Jam Circle; 7:3011:30pm

DJs

NEW WEST HOTEL Nash

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Eddie

Tuesday

WED JUL 13 BLUES ON WHYTE Kirsten

Thien Band; 9pm BOURBON ROOM Acoustic

singer songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

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

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Filthy

MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE Henry & Alice

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

9:30pm

into the Wild; runs until Jul 31

- The Spice Girls Tribute Band; 8pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door)

JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE Rock Around

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

the Clock; runs until Aug 21

Wednesdays

Happy Hour featuring Ghostly Hounds; 5:30pm • Big Dreamer Jam featuring Mitchmatic; 8pm NEW WEST HOTEL Nash

Ramblers; 9pm

Bingo! Tuesdays

KELLY'S PUB Open Stage:

featuring host Naomi Carmack and guest; 9pm; No cover L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild

MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE Henry & Alice

ON THE ROCKS Killer

DRUID IRISH PUB Karaoke

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

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

Karaoke Wednesday Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players RIVER CREE–The Venue An Evening with Huey Lewis & The News; 7pm (doors), 9pm (show); Tickets start at $34.50 SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY Call

587.520.3833 for location; Every Wed, 7-8:30pm

Wed open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm FESTIVAL PLACE 2016

TAVERN ON WHYTE

Qualico Patio Series: featuring Mohsin Zaman, Oysterband; 7:309:30pm; $8 FILTHY MCNASTY'S

Karaoke; 9pm TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Live music

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE Rock Around

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

O’BYRNE’S Open mic

every Sun; 9:30pm

RED PIANO BAR Swingin'

ON THE ROCKS Nervous

Mondays; 8-11pm

Flirts; 9pm

NEW WEST HOTEL Nash

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Ramblers; 9pm O’BYRNE’S Guinness

Celtic jam every Tue;

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

JUL/21

Main Floor: DJ Kevin

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE

PINT DOWNTOWN Wild

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

MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE Henry & Alice

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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,

NE OBLIVISCARIS W/ HARRISON BROME

SEP/23

into the Wild; runs until

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

W/ BLACK CROWN INITIATE, STARKILL

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

the Clock; runs until Aug 21 Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am

W/ TAIKI NULIGHT & THE UPBEATS

Wednesday's; Every Wed

into the Wild; runs until Jul 31

9:30pm

WARM UP YEG

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

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

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY

JUL/15 SHAMBHALA

RED PIANO BAR Wed

DJs

Happy Hour featuring Ella Coyes and Jasper Smith; 5:30pm • Jim Cuddy Family Band with Lucas Chaisson; 8pm

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

DENIZEN HALL Wannabe

Ramblers; 9pm Jul 11-16

Mother Cluckin’ Wednesdays

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

Ammar's Sunday Sessions Jam; Every Sun,

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

the Clock; runs until Aug 21

MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE Henry & Alice

RICHARD'S PUB Mark

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up

Karaoke Monday

Call The Shots, Umpteen Collective; 8pm; $5 (door)

Happy Hour featuring Tallest To Shortest; 5:30pm • The Dudes with Bud Frasier and the Electric Razors and Hazeldean; 8pm; No cover

BLUES ON WHYTE Patrick

the Clock; runs until Aug 21

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Freedom To Rock Tour; 7:30pm; $25 and up

TUE JUL 12 Alexandre; 9pm

Jul 31

REXALL PLACE Kiss -

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

Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge

into the Wild; runs until Jul 31

9:30pm

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424.0077, yourgaybar.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FORT EDMONTON PARK Fox Dr

NW & Fort Edmonton Park Rd NW 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 JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE West Edmonton Mall, 8882170 St JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St NW, 780.451.8825, kellyspubedmonton.com LATITUDE 53 10242-106 St NW L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LIZARD LOUNGE 11827 St. Albert Tr, 780.451.9180, facebook.com/ The-Lizard-Lounge MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE 16615-109 Ave NW MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MEET ME AT YEG MARKET 152 St & Stony PlaiN Road MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MISSION HILL St. Albert MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725

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

Instructors will be helping attendees gain the confidence they need to come out to HH's build sites through careful instruction and hands-on practice • Jul 15-16, Aug 19-20, 8:30am-4:15pm

your own work, or share what you've already done • 2nd and 4th Thu of every month, 7pm

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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

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.4798667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun

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

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Sean Baptiste; Jul 8-9 780.483.5999 • Paul Morrissey; Jul 6-10

CONNIE'S COMEDY HOSTS THE DATING GAME • On The Rocks • With Marko Slaney and The Nervous Flirts • Jul 10, 8 pm

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

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

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ART OF AFRICA: AN ENGAGING TALK & PRESENTATION BY ARTIST GUY COMBES • Picture This! framing & gallery, 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • info@ picturethisgallery.com • picturethisgallery.com/ art-shows • Jul 7, 6-7pm • $5 (proceeds from tickets to the food bank); available at Eventbrite

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg,

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave,

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

Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm

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

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

BABES IN ARMS • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre

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

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 education and discussion group open to everyone; every Wed, 7-8:30pm • Mindfulness Meditation: open to everyone; every Thu, 6-6:50pm • Men's Social Circle: A social support group for all male-identified persons over 18 years of age in the LGBT*Q community; 1st and 3rd Thu each month; 7-9pm • 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

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) RALLY • Millard Center, 131 Airport Rd NW • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB • Jul 11, 10am

DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5 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 FARRM GROUP VOLUNTEER • FARRM •

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moniquevvoa@outlook.com (for directions and carpooling info) • vofa.ca • A volunteer outing to FARRM, an animal rescue and rehoming sanctuary, located just outside of Wetaskawin.

Attendees must bring gloves, a long sleeved jacket, comfortable closed shoes, a lunch, water and either a chair or blanket to sit on for lunch break • Jul 9, 11am and depart at 3pm

• 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

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

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

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

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McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; 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); Sunshine Summer Club Schedule: Aug 2 (regular meetings resume in Sep); Contact: Mark 780.437.1136 or Antonio 780.463.5331 or email: yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com

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OPEN DOOR COMIC CREATOR MEETINGS • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • 780.452.8211 • happyharborcomics.com • Open to any skill level. Meet other artists and writers, glean tricks of the trade and gain tips to help

• Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level,

TEAM EDMONTON • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • Swimming: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • Water Polo: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • Yoga: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • Taekwondo: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • Abs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:15-8:15pm • 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 • Meditation: Edmonton Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; 3rd Thu of every month, 5:30-6:15pm • Board Games: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • All Bodies Swim: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre,

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DATE NIGHT–TAIKO DRUMMING • Devonian Botanic Garden, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • 780.987.3054 ext. 2223 • dbg.events@ualberta.ca • devonian.ualberta.ca • Jul 7, 6-10pm GUIDED TOURS OF THE KURIMOTO JAPANESE GARDEN • Devonian Botanic Garden, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian. ualberta.ca • Learn about the history of the Kurimoto Japanese Garden and the symbolism behind the landscape features and structures • Jul 10, 11:30am & 1:30pm • Free with general admission

HISTORIC FESTIVAL & DOORS OPEN EDMONTON • Various locations • 780.439.2797 • historicedmonton.ca • This family oriented festival continues to feature tours, workshops and activities at museums, historic sites and community events.

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HISTORIC WALKING TOUR • Little White School, 2 Madonna Drive, St. Albert • artsandheritage.ca • Explore the Community and Discover St. Albert’s unique past on foot. All historic walking tours meet at the Little White School and take 1-2 hours • Jul 7 (Riverside tour), Jul 21 (Downtown tour), Jul 27 (Mission Hill tour), 6:30pm • $2-3 donation JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY • Devonian Botanical Garden • devonian.ualberta.ca • Experience Japanese culture in a unique setting. Japanese sweets and tea are provided to guests, as well as an explanation of the tea ceremony • Jul 10: 11:15am, 12:45pm, 1:30pm and 2:15pm • Adv tickets recommended, online at Matsukaze Chonoyu Association; $7.50 (does not include admission to the Garden) MUTTSTOCK 2016 • Eastwood Community League, 11803-86 St NW • Featuring live bands, doggie demos and much more • Jul 9, Noon-8pm PREHISTORIC PYRAMIDS • Muttart Conservatory, 9626-96a St NW • 311 • edmonton. ca • Did you know that present-day plants such as ferns and cycads were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth? Unlike the dinosaurs, these plants survived extinction and still look much the way they did long ago • Jul 10, 12-4pm • Regular admission

SAVE OUR SEA ICE DAY • Edmonton Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Rd • valleyzoo.ca• Arctic crafts, science experiments and other activities are sure to keep guests busy • Jul 10, noon-4pm • General zoo admission

SAVOUR STRATHCONA • Strathcona County Community Centre Agora, 401 Festival Lane • 780.464.8095 • strathcona.ca/savour • Discover the things which make Strathcona County so unique - treat yourself to delicious food and stunning art, all presented with local flair • Jul 10, 4-8pm • Free WHAT THE TRUCK?! • Park After Dark at Northlands • team@whatthetruck.ca • whatthetruck.ca • Featuring delicious foods from various food trucks • Jul 8, 5-10pm

WINE AND WILDLIFE NIGHT: PAINT NIGHT • Edmonton Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Rd • edmonton.ca • Adult-only event. Come paint at the zoo! With the guidance of an artist, create an animalthemed painting as you sip on some wine samples and enjoy tasty appetizers. A zoo resident will also get into the painting spirit, creating their own painting (though not as amazing as your painting will be) • Jul 15, 6:30-9:30pm • $75

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 19): Events in the coming week may trick your mind and tweak your heart. They might mess with your messiah complex and wreak havoc on your habits. But I bet they will also energize your muses and add melodic magic to your mysteries.

They will slow you down in such a way as to speed up your evolution, and spin you in circles with such lyrical grace that you may become delightfully clear-headed.

Will you howl and moan? Probably, but more likely out of poignant joy, not from angst and anguish. Might you be knocked off course? Perhaps, but by a good influence, not a bad one.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 20): In the book A Survival Guide to the Stress of Organizational Change, the authors tell you how to raise your stress levels. Assume that others are responsible for lowering your stress levels, they say.

Resolve not to change anything about yourself. Hold on to everything in your life that's expendable. Fear the future. Get embroiled in trivial battles. Try to win new games as you play by old rules. Luckily, the authors also offer suggestions on how to reduce your stress. Get good sleep, they advise. Exercise regularly. Don't drink too much caffeine. Feel lots of gratitude. Clearly define a few strong personal goals, and let go of lesser wishes. Practice forgiveness and optimism. Talk to yourself with kindness. Got all that, Taurus? It's an excellent place to start as you formulate your strategy for the second half of 2016.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUN 20): Normally I'm skeptical about miraculous elixirs and sudden cures and stupendous breakthroughs.

I avoid fantasizing about a "silver bullet" that can simply and rapidly repair an entrenched problem. But I'm setting aside my caution as I evaluate your prospects for the coming months. While I don't believe that a sweeping transformation is guaranteed, I suspect it's far more likely than usual. I suggest you open your mind to it.

CANCER (JUN 21 – JUL 22): As I gaze into my crystal ball and invoke a vision of your near future, I find you communing with elemental energies that are almost beyond your power to control. But I'm not worried, because I also see that the spirit of fun is keeping you safe and protected. Your playful strength is fully unfurled, ensuring that love always trumps chaos. This is a dream come true: you have a joyous confidence as you explore and experiment with the Great Unknown, trusting in your fluidic intuition to guide you.

LEO (JUL 23 – AUG 22): "You can only go halfway into the darkest forest," says a Chinese proverb.

"Then you are coming out the other side." You will soon reach that midpoint, Leo. You may not

recognize how far you have already come, so it's a good thing I'm here to give you a heads-up.

Keep the faith! Now here's another clue: as you have wandered through the dark forest, you've been learning practical lessons that will come in handy during the phase of your journey that will begin after your birthday.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 22): My devoted contingent of private detectives, intelligence agents and psychic sleuths is constantly wandering the globe gathering data for me to use in creating your horoscopes. In recent days, they have reported that many of you Virgos are seeking expansive visions and mulling long-term decisions. Your tribe seems unusually relaxed about the future, and is eager to be emancipated from shrunken possibilities. Crucial in this wonderful development has been an inclination to stop obsessing on small details and avoid being distracted by transitory concerns. Hallelujah!

Keep up the good work. Think BIG! BIGGER! BIGGEST! LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 22): After years of painstaking research, the psychic surgeons at the Beauty and Truth Lab have finally perfected the art and science of Zodiac Makeovers. Using a patented technique known as Mythic Gene Engineering, they are able to transplant the planets of your horoscope into different signs and astrological houses from the ones you were born with. Let's say your natal Jupiter suffers from an uncongenial aspect with your Moon. The psychic surgeons cut and splice according to your specifications, enabling you to be re-coded with the destiny you desire. Unfortunately, the cost of this pioneering technology is still prohibitive for most people.

But here's the good news, Libra: in the coming months, you will have an unprecedented power to reconfigure your life's path using other, less expensive, purely natural means.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 21): In high school I was a good athlete with a promising future as a baseball player. But my aspirations were aborted in sophomore year when the coach banished me from the team. My haircut and wardrobe were too weird, he said.

I may have been a skillful shortstop, but my edgy politics made him nervous and mad. At the time I was devastated by his expulsion.

Playing baseball was my passion.

But in retrospect I was grateful.

The coach effectively ended my career as a jock, steering me toward my true callings: poetry and music and astrology. I invite you to identify a comparable twist in your own destiny, Scorpio. What unexpected blessings came your way through a seeming adversary? The time is ripe to lift those blessings to the next level.

JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

ROB BREZSNY FREEWILL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 – DEC 21): Do you remember that turning point when you came to a fork in the road of your destiny at a moment when your personal power wasn't strong? And do you recall how you couldn't muster the potency to make the most courageous choice, but instead headed in the direction that seemed easier? Well, here's some intriguing news: your journey has delivered you, via a convoluted route, to a place not too far from that original fork in the road. It's possible you could return there and revisit the options—which are now more mature and meaningful—with greater authority.

Trust your exuberance.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): I love writing horoscopes for you. Your interest in my insights spurs my creativity and makes me smarter. As I search for the inspiration you need next, I have to continually reinvent my approach to finding the truth. The theories I had about your destiny last month may not be applicable this month. My devotion to following your ever-shifting story keeps me enjoyably off-balance, propelling me free of habit and predictability. I'm grateful for your influence on me! Now I suggest that you compose a few thank-you notes similar to the one I've written here. Address them to the people in your life who move you and feed you and transform you the best.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 18): After an Illinois man's wife whacked him in the neck with a hatchet, he didn't hold a grudge.

Just the opposite. Speaking from a hospital room while recovering from his life-threatening wound, Thomas Deas testified that he still loved his attacker, and hoped they could reconcile.

Is this admirable or pathetic? I'll go with pathetic. Forgiving one's allies and loved ones for their mistakes is wise, but allowing and enabling their maliciousness and abuse should be taboo. Keep that standard in mind during the coming weeks, Aquarius. People close to you may engage in behaviour that lacks full integrity.

Be compassionate but toughminded in your response.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20): Can water run uphill? Not usually.

But there's an eccentric magic circulating in your vicinity, and it could generate phenomena that are comparable to water running uphill. I wouldn't be surprised, either, to see the equivalent of stars coming out in the daytime.

Or a mountain moving out of your way. Or the trees whispering an oracle exactly when you need it. Be alert for anomalous blessings, Pisces. They may be so different from what you think is possible that they could be hard to recognize. V

MATT JONES JONESINCROSSWORDS@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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37 Fancy ways to leave 40 “You betcha I will!”

41 Like a small garage 42 Message on a dirty vehicle 43 Like mercury at room temperature 45 Cover in the kitchen 47 Hammer mate, on old flags 49 “Family Ties” mother 50 Not even me 53 R&B singer with the five-album project “Stadium” 55 “Where America’s Day Begins” island 58 International aid grp.

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LUSTFORLIFE

BRENDA KERBER BRENDA@vueweekly.com

Hold on, you want to do what now?

Not all advice is created equal, so our columnist breaks down all the stuff you can ignore

W

e are surrounded by sex advice. It seems everywhere you look, some magazine, website or blog is offering you new ways to blow your lover's mind. You might wonder how they can keep coming up with new ideas. I believe it's because the writers have never actually tried them.

I've been sorting through some of the best bad sex tips I've seen over the years and I've noticed some common themes.

Sex and food There is the infamous grapefruit blowjob video—in which we are instructed to cut the top and bottom off a grapefruit, put a hole in it, and use it like a sticky masturbation sleeve. Besides the obvious mess,

this technique has a high risk of acidic grapefruit juice down the urethra.

Cosmo advises you to slip a donut over your penis and have your lover nibble it off. There's the obvious sticky mess problem here, and the fact that most donut holes are too small for most penises, but aside from that, how fun could this really be? You have to endure a lot of donut eating before your lover gets to the good part.

Maxim suggests sticking your dick in a jar of Nutella and offering it to your lover (your penis, not the jar).

I can't imagine anyone who would be overjoyed to be offered a dick covered in Nutella. If you do try this, don't forget to store the jar somewhere other than the kitchen. No one wants to spread the dick Nutella

on their toast.

Surprising your lover One of the first sex tips books I read suggested hiding all of your partner's panties so that she would have to go commando through the day.

This, they predicted, would be an incredible turn-on. I predict it will lead to a lot of angry 'Dude, what the hell did you with my underwear?' texts and phone calls.

Cosmo tells its readers to put a dash of pepper under their lover's nose at the moment of climax. Sneezing is like having an orgasm, they claim, so the combination of sneezing and cumming is out of this world! Yes, being suddenly distracted by pepper up the nose is incredibly hot!

GQ suggests tricking your partner

into thinking that you're cheating by constantly covering your computer screen when she comes into the room and having a friend call your phone at odd hours. When she confronts you about it, let her know that you've actually been taking a ballroom dance class so you two can go dancing together. Surprise! Don't do anything even remotely like this. Ever. bizarre/impossible position Cosmo (how boring would our sex lives be without Cosmo?) recommends stimulating your partner's clitoris with your big toe. This one is too weird to even warrant comment.

Women's Health proposes a sex position called the Snow Angel. "She lies on her back while you straddle her facing away. She lifts her legs

and wraps them around your back to elevate her pelvis so you can enter. She then grabs your butt to help you slide up and back. She can add a little massage action to her grip also." Even if you understand these instructions, you'll be so pre-occupied trying to get into and maintain this position, you won't be able to enjoy it.

Sex tips can be a great sort of amusement, but in most cases, your own imagination and common sense will work far better. 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

SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

My wife and I have been married for 14 years and in a committed (I assumed) relationship for 17 years.

Sex between us (often kinky) has always been great. We have a wonderful life together and two perfect children. I thought we were good; turns out things were too good to be true. I learned recently that my wife has been unfaithful to me throughout our marriage. She began an affair with an older man soon before we were married, and they were physically intimate for five years, including bondage and a Master/sub relationship. The physical sex stopped, but phone sex and online flirting continued up until I discovered this two weeks ago.

This is a man I know. She has introduced our children to him. There's more: she slept with another man (just once, more bondage) but also flirted with him online and met up with him while I was away. She slept with yet another man she works with (just once, vanilla this time). She had phone sex with at least two other men and flirted with still more on Facebook. This came out because I was jealous about something that now seems minor and checked her email. (Not proud of that.) She is repentant and relieved that I finally know, and she promises that she will be faithful from now on. I'll always love her, and I know she loves me.

We had one session with a counsellor and another is scheduled.

Results were mixed. One thing that came out was that she has never been faithful to a romantic/sexual partner. I could forgive a one-time drunken fling, but this is a consistent pattern of infidelity that runs from the beginning of our marriage, and I had no idea. I cannot process it. I thought she had always been as loyal as I've been,

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which is to say completely. I can't put my wedding ring on—it feels like a lie. I have no one to talk to.

For the sake of our future, the love we still share, and our children, we are committed to fixing things, but we're not sure how.

Heartbroken And Devastated I'm going to preface my response with what someone in my position is expected to say and what, given the circumstances, may even be true: your marriage is over. The scale, duration and psychological cruelty of your wife's betrayals may be too great for you to overcome.

But you didn't need me to tell you that, HAD. You knew that already. So I can only assume you wrote wanting to hear something else.

You don't need me to outline the reasons you should leave, and you don't need my permission to go.

You wrote because you're looking for a reason to stay.

I'll give it my best shot.

A long-term relationship is a myth two people create together.

It's not chemistry; it's not math; it's not engineering. It's a story, HAD, a story we tell each other, a story we tell others, and a story we tell ourselves.

And sometimes it's a story we have to revise.

Right now, it feels like the story you've been telling yourself and others about your marriage is a lie: not partly, but wholly. You thought your marriage was a loving, com-

mitted, and "completely loyal" one, but it's not—it can't be, and it never was, because she was cheating on you from the beginning.

But loyalty isn't something we demonstrate with our genitals alone. Your wife wasn't loyal to you sexually, HAD, and that's painful. And the conventional "wisdom" is that people don't cheat on partners they love. But you were married to this woman, and you describe your marriage as good, loving and wonderful. And it somehow managed to be all those things despite your wife's betrayals. She must have been loyal to you in other ways or you would've

Maya Angelou: when someone finally shows you who they are— after you found the incriminating emails—you should believe them.

Your wife has never been faithful to you or to anyone else, HAD, at least not sexually. Adjusting your expectations and making accommodations accordingly is more realistic than expecting your wife to become a different person.

Finally, HAD, a little bonus advice. I ran into Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, the day your letter arrived. Perel is a psychotherapist and couples counsellor whose most recent TED Talk ("Rethinking Infidelity") is one you're going to want to watch. I shared your letter with Perel and asked her what she thought: based on her vast experience working with couples confronting infidelity, did she think your marriage was doomed?

"No, I don't," said Perel.

Perel's response honestly surprised me. We spoke for 10 minutes, and I recorded the conversation. It won't fit in this space—so I'm going to post Perel's thoughts as the Savage Love Letter of the Day when this column comes out.

So you're going to get a second opinion from an actual expert, HAD, and—spoiler alert—it's a hopeful one.

Think back over the last 17 years: every kind and loving gesture, every considerate action, every intimacy, every moment you took care of each other—was it all a lie?

divorced her long before you discovered her infidelities. Think back over the last 17 years: every kind and loving gesture, every considerate action, every intimacy, every moment you took care of each other—was it all a lie?

I'm not trying to exonerate your wife, and I'm not trying to minimize her betrayal or your pain. But if you want to stay together, HAD, you're going to have to tell yourself a new story, one that makes room for contradiction (loves you, cheated on you), betrayal (shitloads), apologies (shitloads from her), forgiveness (shitloads from you) and ... some accommodations going forward. If I may paraphrase

CREEPY OR COOL

I'm a cis woman in my late 20s.

About three months ago, I had my first one-night stand. I've no-

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ticed my thoughts have continued to gravitate toward this man ever since—despite having other sexual partners in the interim. I recently ran across his profile on Tinder— however, I'm fairly sure he hasn't logged on for a while as certain things weren't up to date. While I obviously swiped right, I'm curious as to whether it would be seen as inappropriate or possibly invasive if I were to reach out via the powers of social media. The night we had went well—it was all incredibly comfortable sexually, and I found him very interesting to talk to both before and after we hooked up. I should mention that I left rather swiftly that evening without grabbing his number in an attempt to "play it cool." I definitely don't want to cross social or personal boundaries, but I'd like to see him again.

Creep There's nothing creepy about letting someone you fucked know you wanna fuck 'em again or, hey, maybe even date 'em for a while. It gets creepy only if they don't respond, or if they politely decline, and you keep letting them know you would like to fuck/date them some more.

You liked him, you had a nice time, the sex was good—and you left, stupidly, without his number for fear of looking clingy or uncool. Social media has come with costs— trolls, bullying, Donald Trump's Twitter feed—but the ability to locate someone and ask for a doover/screw-over is one of the benefits. So look him up on Facebook or Instagram and send him a note. If you don't hear back, consider yourself swiped left and move on.

On the Lovecast, the devastatingly hilarious comedian Emily Galati: savagelovecast.com. V @fakedansavage on Twitter

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