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Navigating race relations
Some basic tips for discussing Black Lives Matter and the Toronto Pride protest complaint. Let’s try this instead: it’s like going for a family picnic in the park and your dad invites your abusive grandfather along. Your dad and grandfather have made up, but grandpa still likes to beat on you and stick his hands down your pants sometimes. You tell your family that Gramps isn’t allowed to come to the picnic anymore. That is a better analogy. But let’s be honest: the real intent behind arguments like this is to quiet all those “uppity” Black people.
Around 300 people gathered at Centennial Plaza in Edmonton on July 8 in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Organized by a grassroots group of women of colour, the event featured speakers, music, and poetry. Referred to on Facebook as “Stop Killing Us,” this gathering came in the wake of the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile in the United States. Both deaths involved the police. // Paula Kirman
I was tempted to leave this entire space blank this week because more than enough white voices have spoken about the Black Lives Matter–Toronto (BLMTO) protest at Toronto’s Pride parade. Instead, I want to talk directly to white queers and straights: team, our job right now is to listen, learn, and educate other people like us. To that end, here’s a brief primer on how to counter some of the most common arguments against BLMTO’s
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protest (other than “your racism is showing”): BLMTO hijacked/held hostage the Pride Parade BLMTO was an invited Honoured Group because of its work in rebuilding the Black liberation movement. From Pride Toronto’s website: “[BLMTO] aims to highlight and challenge anti-blackness in our community while celebrating the beauty and ferociousness of Black queer,
trans and gender diverse Torontonians.” It’s almost as if they were invited to do exactly what they did! Holding an event hostage is showing up to a nightclub and murdering 49, mostly Latinx, people. Sitting down in the road during a parade is called direct action. BLMTO was an invited guest; they should have behaved nicely AKA “if I go to someone’s house for dinner, I don’t make a fuss”
BLMTO shouldn’t have used Pride as a platform to air its own grievances The bathhouse riots that began Canada’s queer liberation movements were led and supported by people of colour. Black queers are not strangers to our community; they are our community. Despite this, people of colour have struggled for decades to gain recognition within mainstream queer history and events. BLMTO is led primarily by black queer and trans* women; they are our community. Pride parades are increasingly becoming a space for straight people to celebrate their tolerance and anything that reminds them that our
community isn’t all six-pack abs and glitter makes them deeply uncomfortable. Pride parades started as direct action events. You don’t get to have the party without the struggle. Kicking police floats out is not inclusive Do we make change from within a system or fight to resist it? This is a problem with which all social justice movements struggle and it’s certainly not one that will be solved any time soon. I will say this: it’s easier to want to make change from within a system when you don’t bear the brunt of violence from that system. Just because you don’t fear the police doesn’t mean that’s true for everybody. The police are not a protected class, they are not a race. They are agents of the state who are harassing and carding and not protecting our entire community. To return to our clumsy analogy: inviting grandpa to the picnic is technically inclusive, but what is the cost to the folks he’s still abusing? You can sit with us, Pride Toronto said. BLMTO took them at their word. They sat at the Trans* March. They sat at the Dyke March. They sat at the Pride parade. Let’s sit with them.
GWYNNE DYER // GWYNNE@VUEWEEKLY.COM
The war that just won't end
A third battle in the city of Fallujah, and the British Chilcot report
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Suppose that...the Iraqis feel ambivalent about being invaded and real Iraqis, not (just) Saddam's special guard, decide to offer resistance,” wrote British prime minister Tony Blair to US president George W Bush in December 2001, two years before the US and the UK invaded Iraq. At least Blair had some doubts, but neither man could really imagine that the Iraqis would see them as conquerors, not liberators. Another 13 years have now passed, and at last we have the Chilcot Report, an impartial official investigation into why Britain joined the United States in that invasion. (There is no equivalent American document.) It’s a 12-volume study that illustrates just how ill-informed and reckless the planners of that illegal war were, but it doesn’t tell us much we didn’t already know. There are some juicy documents about the pre-war connivance between Bush and Blair, like Blair’s promise in 2001 that “We are with you, whatever.” But there is comparatively little on the scale of the disaster that the invasion inflicted on innocent Iraqis: thirteen years of
war, up to 600 000 Iraqis killed and a country effectively destroyed. So this is a good time to recall the fate of the city of Fallujah. Fallujah was a city of a third of a million people, less than an hour’s drive west of Baghdad, that was occupied by US troops in April 2003. It was the first place where American troops fired on Iraqi civilians (they were protesting against the takeover of a local high school by the US 82nd Airborne Division). It had fallen under the control of Iraqi resistance forces by the end of the year. That was the “First Battle of Fallujah”. Fallujah was recaptured in November 2004 by US forces, at a cost of 95 American dead and 560 wounded. An estimated 1 350 insurgents were killed in this “Second Battle of Fallujah”. A large but uncounted number of civilians also died, as the American offensive involved massive artillery bombardments including white phosphorus shells, and 9 000 of the city’s 39 000 homes were destroyed in that battle, and more than half were damaged. The city was never properly rebuilt, but by 2006 about two-thirds
of its residents had returned. Despite constant attacks on the occupation forces by the group that later turned into Islamic State, the United States returned Fallujah to Iraqi government control in 2008– or perhaps we should say Iraqi government occupation, for by now the American-backed government in Baghdad was almost entirely Shia, and Fallujah is a Sunni city. Sunni insurgents took back control of Fallujah in January 2014, six months before rest of western Iraq fell to the forces of Islamic State virtually without a fight. The pattern was the same: the new Iraqi army built up by the United States at a cost of $26 billion simply collapsed and ran away. The “Third Battle of Fallujah” began in May of this year. Iraqi government forces (mostly Shia, of course), supported by Iranian troops and American air strikes, took almost six weeks to recapture the city, which by the end of the fighting contained only a few tens of thousands of civilians. More will return in due course, mainly because they have nowhere else to go, but most of the city is just ruins.
Other cities in Iraq are less comprehensively wrecked, but none of them are safe places to live in. The most recent bomb attack in Baghdad, on July 2, killed at least 250 people. When the current Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, visited the scene of the bombing on Sunday, he was chased away by a crowd hurling stones, shoes and insults. And there is no end in sight. Thirteen years, half a million excess deaths or more, millions of refugees, general impoverishment and insecurity, and an astoundingly corrupt government that is strongly and successfully resisting Abadi’s attempt to reform it. It is no wonder that even most of those in Iraq who suffered under Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical rule now wish he had never been overthrown. “Saddam has gone, and we have one thousand Saddams now,” said Kadhim al-Jabbouri in a recent interview with the BBC. Jabbouri, who became famous for taking a sledgehammer to a statue of the dictator as American forces entered Baghdad in 2003, added: "It wasn't like this under Saddam...We didn't like
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him, but he was better than those people...There was no corruption or looting. You could be safe.” The cautious ruminations of the Chilcot Report underplay the most important fact about the invasion of Iraq, which is that all these appalling consequences were entirely predictable. People who had any real knowledge of the political, ethnic and sectarian politics in the region and especially in Iraq DID predict them, including the relevant experts in the US State Department and the British Foreign Ministry. Never mind whether or not the decision to invade Iraq was a war crime (though it was, under international law). Never mind whether the invaders’ motives were good or bad (they were the usual mixture of both, actually). What shines through is the sheer arrogance and ignorance of those who brought this calamity down on the Iraqis, who must now live out their lives in misery and terror. Thanks, guys. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. UP FRONT 3
FRONT NEWS // AISH
Jennifer Eagle // photo by Lizzie Derksen
Government spikes home visit program
Reversal addresses some concerns, but support recipient says she still faces a lack of respect
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hen Jennifer Eagle, a longtime client of the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) opened her May 2016 payment receipt, there was a notice on the bottom of the page that disturbed her. A new review program would require an AISH
worker to visit her home. The notice stated that without the information sought, a client’s benefits “could be suspended or cancelled.” The new review program was called the Post-Payment Verification and Eligibility Review (PPVER), and was an added layer to the al-
ready exiting financial reporting for AISH recipients. Eagle is a gracious, articulate woman with mental health issues. She has been receiving AISH support for 22 years. She was concerned that these home visits were mandatory, and that she was in danger of losing her pension if she refused to comply. She felt the program would be an invasion of her privacy. But she was also confused. According to the job description for a PPVER worker, posted in March on Government of Alberta website, the new eligibility review included home visits for the explicit purpose of “indepth verification of financial and personal information provided on income support applications, AISH applications, the automated reporting system, and annual reviews.” Eagle explained that the financial information—including changes in income, her household composition, and address—could all be tracked on individual tax returns. “You don't need to threaten people on AISH with suspending
or cancelling their benefits if they don't want home visits,” she says. “This can happen if you do not comply to all sorts of compulsory reporting already.” When Eagle called the Edmonton AISH office to voice her questions and concerns, the response she received didn't clarify the issue, she says. Instead, she felt condesended to, and even more confused. She was told she was a good client, and it won't apply to her. And if a home
over privacy that Eagle expressed. “The policy was discontinued in early June when the minister became aware of the policy change,” says Aaron Manton, press secretary for the Ministry of Human Services. “This process, and the way it was communicated, was not appropriate. AISH recipients can feel secure knowing their supports are in place, and will be delivered in a personalized way that respects their dignity and privacy.” But Eagle’s overarching complaint goes beyond this program. She worries that as a disabled person on government support, she is treated as if she is irresponsible and ignorant at best, out to exploit and cheat the system at worst. Manton says that's not the case. “The Government of Alberta is committed to ensuring that Albertans receive the supports they need, when they need them, in the most respectful manner. As such, we will not be proceeding with the post payment verification process for AISH recipients.”
“You don’t need to threaten people on AISH with suspending or cancelling their benefits if they don’t want home visits”
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visit was indeed assigned to her, then she could discuss it further then. But she says she was offered no promise that she could access another form of review. Eagle felt helpless and frustrated. When she said she planned to go to the press with her concerns, the AISH worker on the phone, Eagle says, “asked what she could do to make me shut up.” As it turns out, however, the PPVER has already been aborted in the wake of the same concerns
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PREVUE // COCKTAILS
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Natasha Trowsdale, Nic MacDonald, and André Bober, founders of SpeakTiki // photos by Caitlin Varrin
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SpeakTiki brings island escapism to Edmonton with weekend pop-up
n the midst of heat waves and downpours, it’s easy to forget that Edmonton is saddled with sub-zero temperatures for nearly half the year. Summer in the City of Champions is typified by brief, intense escapism, when residents forget the far-off chill of winter months and embrace the closest thing we’ll get to equatorial weather. An up-and-coming trio of local bartenders have tapped into Edmontonians’ longing for an endless summer, and now they’re taking the city by tropical storm. This weekend, SpeakTiki will turn Denizen Hall into a Polynesian paradise when they host Sweat Tiki with nu-disco dance party SWEAT, bringing rum-infused vibes to the heart of downtown. Founded in 2015, SpeakTiki is the trio of André Bober, Nic MacDonald, and Natasha Trowsdale, all fixtures in Edmonton’s cocktail scene. Since their inception, the self-described “atmosphere-driven cocktail pop-up group dedicated to promoting Tiki cocktail culture” has been shaking up a landscape that’s just getting a taste for craft cocktails with a distinctively island twist. It’s a business model that’s already proven its worth (as exhibited by predecessors like The Volstead Act, who are just about to open their new venue Clementine) allowing the three to introduce Edmontonians to a style of drinking that’s long laid dormant in much of the mainstream. "Craft cocktail culture is all about taking that extra step. Tiki culture isn't necessarily any more special than those drinks, but that's what started it. Old Fashioneds have been around for a long time, but so has the Mai Tai. The whole idea [with tiki cocktails] is the relaxed vibe. You're not in New York, you're in Bora Bora," says Bober. It’s a formula that’s seen success with local venues. Visit any gin joint in Edmonton, and tucked away be-
hind the coupe crystalware, you’re sure to spot a collection of tiki mugs waiting to be filled with exotic libations. But the vision behind SpeakTiki is motivated by more than an appreciation of the art of the drink. Since its rise in Western culture during the 1930s, tiki has always been about escapism—offering guests a chance to take a break from the drudgery of daily life and be whisked away to an idyllic island fantasy. While tiki bars never truly vanished from its foundational American cities, the scene has elsewhere been subject to fads and revivals over the decades. Thanks to a growing appreciation for well-made drinks, SpeakTiki believes the time is ripe for tiki culture in Edmonton. But unlike Los Angeles, Chicago, or New York—long-standing hot spots for the subculture—Edmonton’s northern clime comes with added challenges. Tiki has always emphasized the use of fresh, local ingredients, especially fruit juices, which can be challenging-if-not-impossible in the Capital region. While this reality has proven to be the undoing of past efforts to establish a hardcore tiki scene, SpeakTiki says it’s only motivated them to get more creative and unique with their menus. "We're limited to oranges, lemons and limes for a lot of things, which means your creativity comes from making your syrup, and your dried products," says Trowsdale. The trio took over Woodwork in May with a tiki-exclusive menu, featuring a plethora of classic island drinks built with exotic ingredients—yet everything was as local as possible. Rather than relying on carving fresh pineapple and coconuts behind the bar, she prepared a top-secret Piña Colada mix to keep the drinks flowing. In fact, it’s this kind of resourcefulness, coupled with a zealous dedication to guarding recipes that’s always defined the tiki movement. "It's important, using what you have
to make good drinks and not focusing on what California has. Tiki is a culture—you don't have to follow an exact recipe.” she adds. With this ethos in mind, SpeakTiki is reticent to let their predecessors’ habits get the best of them. Tiki has forever been about accessibility, and they’re dedicated to breaking through the oft-intimidating aesthetic of craft cocktails to bring patrons closer to the bar, and to the bartender. "Bartenders can try to be so perfect on everything, and I think that a lot of customers might see that as arrogance. That's why I got into tiki—because you can still make cocktails and be really refined, but you're tailoring it to a show and sharing that with people,” explains MacDonald. When he pours a drink, he wants showmanship to take centre stage, and for cus-
tomers to watch, enjoy, and ask questions about the art of the tiki cocktail. For as much as tiki culture and tiki cocktails are intertwined, the movement has long been as much about inclusiveness as exoticism. That’s why SpeakTiki hope to eventually open Edmonton’s first tiki bar in decades. The most recent, Tiki Tiki, closed its doors in the mid-80s and eventually became the iconic Buddy’s (now Woody’s). The Beachcomber was demolished even earlier, and now stands as a parkade on Rice Howard Way. But through passion and kitsch, Trader Nic (MacDonald), Dre the Beachcomber (Bober), and Tahiti Tash (Trowsdale) hope they can revive a long-forgotten love in the heart of downtown. "Tiki is tailored to every age. I guarantee you, if we had a tiki bar, you'd
Sat., July 16 (8 pm) Sweat Tiki Denizen Hall see people of every age there. You won't just see a certain niche. Everyone likes tiki," says MacDonald. "Even kids—when they can see fire and have a juice, a 6-year-old can have just as much fun as a 60-year-old," echoes Trowsdale. In the meantime, they’re hoping to remind bar-hoppers of the joys of donning Hawaiian-print shirts and knocking back complex cocktails with exotic ingredients and unpronounceable names. If they hit any hurdles along the way, Bober has a foolproof solution: "You can always add more rum." MIKE KENDRICK
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DISH REVUE // THAI
// Steven Teeuwsen
Sumptuous, satisfying soup
Hot weather be damned—Kaengthai's rich broth is worth the heat
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aengthai Bistro stands mere steps away from the original location of The King & I, ground zero for many Edmonites’ inaugural Thai food experience and something of a southside landmark after Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood popped in for a bite sometime in the early ‘90s. Unfortunately that location burned down shortly thereafter, displacing The King & I west up Whyte Ave, where it re-
tains its prestige as a pioneer and exemplar of the cuisine. The reality The King & I imparted to many of its initiates was that Thai was a bit pricier than a lot of its established Chinese and Vietnamese counterparts, a fact borne out by many Thai eateries that have flourished in its wake. The middle ground between relatively cheap and good is seldom attained, but that might be the rule for all Thai food sold
outside of Thailand for all I know. Kaengthai, then, joins the esteemed company of Lan’s Grill and downtown Viphalay’s lunch menu as the exceptions I can think of. It partakes of Lan’s humble storefront ambiance, Viphalay’s mouth-tingling authenticity and a price point that tops out at $13. To be sure, Kaengthai’s servings seem contrived to appeal to the solo diner (or one that abhors shar-
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ing) who wants to make a meal out of a single plate, but you could easily construct a shared repast out of the appetizers, soups, noodles curries and stir-fries on their menu board. When asked, the young woman at the till suggested the Thai calamari ($9.95) and tom kha ($7.95). My special guest co-diner, no stranger to the joint, called out his customary order of green curry with chicken ($10.95). The calamari followed hot on the heels of our drink order, still sizzling. Lightly battered, fried loops of squid were splashed with soy, interspersed with slices of fried jalapeno and served with a tangy, fish sauce-based dip. I did not regret my decision to order them but, once the co-diner and I set up on them, I realized I was going to need to order more food. Before the calamari was even done, our entrees arrived. Co-diner received a neat dome of rice on a square white plate alongside a deep bowl of green curry, teeming with eggplant, bell peppers and carrots. Once distributed over his starch, it was rather photogenic with its purples, yellows and oranges lacquered with pale green, coconut milky curry. He was quite content. I briefly wondered about the wisdom of ordering a hot bowl of soup on a humid summer day, but didn’t give it a second thought once I started spooning up the rich coconut milk-laced broth loaded with mushrooms, big chunks of just-cooked tomato and four juicy
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Kaengthai Bistro 10152A—82 Ave., 587-524-9655 shrimp, and imbued with lemongrass, ginger’s perfumey cousin galangal and lime leaf. It harboured a little chili kick too, and the bowl slaked my hunger, at least at the moment. I ordered some pad kea mao with pork ($10.95) to take home, just in case. I’m glad I did, both because I was hungry two hours later, and because it was my favourite dish of the night. Unlike pad thai, pad kea mao uses wide rice noodles that are both a little chewy and a lot absorbent of garlic, chilies, holy basil, green peppercorns and another aromatic ginger relative called krachai, wound around succulent stir-fried pork, onions, carrots, bell peppers, bamboo shoots, long beans and baby corn. At medium spiciness, demarcated by one pepper on the menu, it made my tongue sing—I’m both terrified and intrigued by what a five-pepper spice rating would do to my digestive and respiratory systems. The pad kea mao alone would be enough reason for Thai food enthusiasts to hit up Kaengthai, but the menu offers a fair amount to explore, even some vegetarian dishes, at decent prices. And they’re open every day, which really leaves you little excuse. SCOTT LINGLEY
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PREVUE // DANCE
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alling all jivers, hoofers, movers and groovers! Whether you’re looking to find your funk, move your caboose, or brush up on your stanky leg, Toy Guns Dance Theatre and Let’s Swing have got your back. In pursuit of accessible boogieing for all, these two companies have joined forces to launch an event at the Legislature grounds that will have the whole city dancing. In the span of a single evening the lower Ledge grounds will come alive with music, performances, dance les-
Free boogie lessons at Dancing in the Park sons, and a travelling swing band to guide audiences through the hustle and bustle. The night will end with a massive dance party where performers mingle with event-goers and anyone can show off their inner Dancing Queen (or King). For Toy Guns’ cofounder and artistic director Jake Hastey, the goal of the event is to gather community members into the dance world—and maybe drop a jitterbug in their breeches. “We just knew that there was a way to bring all these people that love
to dance together and reach out to the Edmonton community that isn’t innately tied to dance and go: 'Look, this is a lot of fun. Come and visit even if it’s just for a day. Even if it’s one day each year, it’s great.'” Since much of the event is interactive, Hastey wants everyone who comes out to know their skill and style of dance is cool beans. Much of the event’s inclusiveness can be credited to the company’s collaboration with Let’s Swing. Their mandate is based more in education and out-
reach than professional performing. “If it were just us presenting alone there would be a little bit of alienation,” says Hastey. “We’ve been very fortunate to have award winning shows, but when we invite people to a dance party they think they have to be professional dancers and we don’t want that.” The hope is that Edmontonians will get jiggy with the project so it can expand and act as an anchor to pull Edmonton artists back into town to perform. Plans have already been
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made for Dancing in the Park to take place again next year. “You get to see internationally-renowned dance in a park in Edmonton, which is crazy,” he says. “And the Legislature grounds is so iconic. It’s the epitome of Edmonton. We wanted to make it a huge Edmonton event, so it’s cool having it right there at the centre of it all.”
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PREVUE // THEATRE
This party started 30 years ago
Stewart Lemoine revives his classic Cocktails at Pam's at the upgraded Varscona
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f you've been following Teatro La Quindicina's trajectory closely, then you'll know that Cocktails at Pam's has graced their line-up a few times before, having first premiered in 1986 and has seen three subsequent remounts since. (Fun fact: the play has been revived in five-year intervals, the last one being in 2001). Now, Stewart Lemoine's ultimate party production is back for its 30th anniversary, making its debut at the newly upgraded Varscona Theatre.
Set in 1965, the play follows Pam Cochrane, the perfect party host, as she attempts to orchestrate the best cocktail party. Until things go very wrong. Well very wrong in her world, anyway. Not enough vases, a canapé that doesn't hit the mark, and team-based charades. "I would describe it as a cocktail party gone awry," actress Beth Graham quips, who plays Rita, the young maid, in this revival. Graham has seen it on before, and she recalls "busting a gut" from all
the laughter. Of course, she was excited when she had been invited to be a part of this year's show. The production, which boasts a dizzying cast of 11 actors—including two stars of the original production, Davina Stewart as the titular hostess Pam Cochrane, and Leona Brausen as her friend Sara Black—gives the onstage feeling of a party. "It's pretty great having a cast that size, especially when it's a party.
It really feels like one," says Graham. "The characters are so clearly drawn and so different from one another and hilarious. It's just fun watching everybody bring all the characters alive." In addition, the new renovations at the Varscona theatre supports the company's routinely large casts. "There's some really slick design. There's lots of depth," adds Graham. So, what makes Lemoine's script apropros after all these years? Graham points to familiarity.
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Thu, Jul 14 – Sat, Jul 30 (7:30 pm; 2 pm Saturday matinees) Varscona Theatre, $29 – $34 "I think you recognize so many of the characters and the hilarious conversations they have that are sometimes awkward and downright funny," she says. "[The script] has survived. It's a familiar situation. You can really put yourself in the shoes of all the different characters."
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ARTS PREVUE // COMEDY
Ahoy, Ye Matey, it be comics on a ship! Comedy crew takes over the Santa Maria ship in West Edmonton Mall for one night
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always assumed that renting a pirate ship would cost $1 000," Adam Dyck, organizer and local comedian of Pirate Comedy, says over the phone. "Then, I discovered that it was less than a $1 000 and I thought to myself, 'Why not host a comedy show on a pirate ship?' "There's a lot of regular shows, weekly shows, that go on in Edmonton," he continues. "But I think certain novelty shows give a bit more of excitement and fun." The ship Dyck is referring to is the one in West Edmonton Mall, of course—the monumental Santa Maria flagship replica of Christopher Columbus' ship that sailed across the Atlantic. For one night only, Edmontonians will have the chance to hear the jokes of five local stand-up comedians, including Dyck, Mav Adecer, Tamara Appleton, Christopher Borg and Simon Gorsak, aboard the Santa Maria. Interestingly, the show will run during regular mall hours, so shoppers will have the opportunity to peak-in on the show. Though, Dyck notes it's hard to hear the show from outside of the ship ("there's a sound barrier of some kind—some kind of pirate magic that I don't understand," he says) so you're best to get your ticket in advance to actually hear the jokes.
Comedian Adam Dyck // Eric Newby
While Pirate Comedy will showcase some of the best acts in the alternative comedy scene in Edmonton, it will also provide a space for female comedians and comedians of colour, who are sometimes left out of comedy shows. "I try to encourage diversity on the show," Dyck
Wed, Jul 20 (6:30 pm) West Edmonton Mall Santa Maria Pirate Ship, $20 (tix available at Farrow) says. "I think too often you go to a comedy show and there's no women, no people of colour, and I at least wanted to get some diversity in that way." Adecer, for example, is working on a Fringe show, which will be featured at Lethbridge's Fringe, about his experience of growing up in Canada as a person of colour. Dyck promises there will be a lot of laughs as a result of the small line-up, which allows each comedian more air-time compared to the comedy club shows that try to stuff in eight or 10 people on the bill. "When you have that many comedians performing and you're trying to rotate through and you're doing the show weekly... you're not always going to have, five straight or eight straight or 10 straight acts that kill," he says. "You'll have some weaker stuff [or] you'll have some comedians trying out some new material. "[These] five comedians will bring their A-game and ... will go on that pirate ship and bring the laughs from the beginning to the end. I don't think there'll be any weak points here. It's just going to be climbing from deck to deck." JASMINE SALAZAR
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Chalk It Up on 118 Ave / Jul 23 (10 am-3 pm) Summertime can mean one very awesome thing: chalk drawings on the sidewalk. However instead of the classics like hopscotch or stick people being scribbled on the sidewalk, chalk artist Ian Morris—best known for his chalk replicas of Rembrandt, da Vinci, Botticelli and more—will be teaching guests how to create their own 3D street art. Guests will then take their newfound skills and create some beautiful chalk sidewalk art along side Morris. A free pancake breakfast, pop-up vendors, performances and more will also be available.
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Week o’ Workshops / Jul 19 – 23 Harcourt House focuses on story telling, with the return of a week’s worth of free artsy workshops. This year the artist run centre will focus on narrative and how to tell stories in new and creative ways. Lessons will include introductions to stop motion animation, comic page layout, zines (a small circulation of self-published work usually reproduced via photocopier) with artist-in-residence Jill Stanton. Attendees return later for a cereal and pyjama party to view some of the stop-motion films made earlier in the week. (Harcourt House, Free)
The Cantor’s Son Meet and Greet / Jul 17 (12-1:30 pm) Fast becoming known for their intriguing author meet and greets, Audrey’s Books delivers once again this week. This time they’re hosting David M Mannes and celebrating the release of his newest book, The Cantor’s Son. The book is a humorous coming-of-age that follows Rabbi-Cantor Jeff Reimer as he returns as the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom in River City, Iowa. As Jeff connects with his congregation, he also connects with his past, which sees Jeff fight off the stigma of being a clergyman’s son, contending with shop classes in junior high and stumbling through his B’nai Mitzvah party. V
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DANCE 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
Artist Reception: Jul 16, 2-4pm
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • The Flood: artwork by Sean Caulfield; Feb 6-Aug 14 • 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
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 • Aug 4, Sep 1 (exhibits run all month)
BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Up Front Backroom: group show; until Jul 31 CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • savacava. com • Works by Krista Acheson Doucet, Patrick ArèsPilon, Monique Béland and Rénald Lavoie; Jul 15-Aug 2; Opening reception: Jul 15, 7pm
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
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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
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: Nous autres, les autres (Aug 3), Persepolis (Aug 10) • First two Wed each month
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 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
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AT CAPIToL THEATRE W W W. FORTE DMON T ON PA R K. C A
Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm • Schedule: Empire of the Sun (Jul 15), Jurassic Park (Jul 22), Bridge of Spies (Jul 29)
Wed, 6-9pm • VIBE: The gallery is transformed into a laid-back lounge with Vibe, a pop-up live music showcase; Jul 15, Aug 19; 5-9pm
METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109
ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19
St • 780.425.9212 • India Film Festival of Alberta (IFFA) 2016; Jul 15-17 • Kung Fu Summer: Enter The Dragon (Jul 23-24, Jul 28), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Jul 30-31, Aug 4) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Muppets from Space (Jul 23), Kiki's Delivery Service (Jul 30, Aug 1) • turKey Shoot: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (Jul 21)
GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Feature Gallery: Crafting Conscience; Jul 9-Oct 1;
DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Gallery closed for renovations; Jul-Aug
Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Parallel Topographies: artwork by Etty Yaniv; Jul 7-30 • 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 Albert. Includes WARES (Hosting SAPVAC), Musée Héritage
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, Sherwood
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: breathinpoetry@gmail.com ROUGE POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue
SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm
SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church,
TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle •
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, 6:30-8:30pm • Swingin' 60s Soiree: showcases vintage advertising; Jul 14, 6:30-8:30pm; Free ($2-$3 donations accepted)
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 •
MUTTART CONSERVATORY • 9626-96A 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
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
PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 •
CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A
-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
TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free-$117.95 • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments all summer • The International Exhibition Of Sherlock Holmes; Mar 25-Sep 5 • Make + Take Workshop; Jul 16, Jul 30, Aug 13, Aug 20, Aug 27
U OF A MUSEUMS GALLERIES AT ENTERPRISE SQUARE • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • China through the Lens of John Thomson (1868-1872): photos by John Thomson; Mar 18-Jul 31 • The Mactaggart Art Collection: Beyond the Lens: artwork by John Thomson; Mar 18-Jul 31 • 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
WALTERDALE THEATRE GALLERY • 10322-83 Ave • albertasocietyofartists.com • #BestYEG_Artists: artwork by Aniko Vida, Betty Dean, Holly Dyrland and many more; Jul 5-16
YARD GALLERY • 10986-128 St • amanda@ chronicnostalgic.com • At least ten artists represented with lemonade and art; Jul 30-31, 10am-5pm; Free
Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • A Question of Faith: artwork by Bernhardt; Jul 8-Aug 28
LITERARY
GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library
• Ascendant Books, 105, 10310-124 St • 780.452.5372 • ascendantbooks.com • Featuring discounts at the store, door prizes and much more •
Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/gallery-at-milner • On the Walls: Anti-Portrait:
780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • David M. Mannes "The Cantor's Son" Meet & Greet; Jul 17, 12-1:30pm
Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Western Horsemen: The West We Build; until Jul 29
SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print
Improvised Klondike Melodrama
AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave •
Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright
SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery. com • Totems: artwork by Pat Service; Jul 9-30 • Penumbra: artwork by Marianne Watchel; Jul 9-30
FILM
Jul 16, 10am-5:30pm
MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St,
PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Marlena Wyman: Illuminating the Diary of Alda Dale Randall; Feb 2-Aug 20
• Minni D'bommes' birthday show • Jul 23, 8pm (doors), 9:30pm (show) • $7 (door)
Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Free • Schedule: Youth (Jul 20), Being Canadian (Jul 27)
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
paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: The Big, Big Portrait Show: featuring almost 200 portraits; Jul 7-Aug 23 • Artisan Nook: Aerosol Soldiers: street artists’ repainted spray cans. Meet-up and trade: Aug 25, 5-8pm
ULTIMATE FONDUE... CHEEZ AND NOTHING but Cheez • Woody's, Jasper Ave and 117 St
CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner
Tremblay; Aug 4-Sep 10
MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital,
SACRED CIRCLE DANCE • Riverdale Hall,
CAPITOL THEATRE CINEMA SERIES • Fort Edmonton Park • Enjoy classic films on the big screen • Every Thu, 7:30pm • $10.50 (+taxes & fees)
LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 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) • Mystic Places: artwork by Joani
LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 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)
LET'S HAVE A KIKI WITH RIVER CITY REVUE BURLESQUE • Evolution Wonderlounge, 10220-103
cmonfestival.ca • Featuring the C'mon Ensemble, Janice Quinn (bass), and guests dancers from the Citie Ballet • Jul 15-16 (8pm), Jul 17 (3pm)
St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Week o' Workshops: workshops featuring stop motion animation, comic page layouts, zines, and more; Jul 19-23, 10am-5pm; Free
780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Lando Gallery July Group Selling Exhibition: Jul 6-30
NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail. com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm
MUSIC MOVES • Studio 96, 10909-96 St •
HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112
LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St •
FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115 St
St • bit.ly/29HZCmx • Jul 29, 8pm (doors), 9pm (show) • $10 (adv–available through RCR troupe member), $12 (door)
Mixed media works by Justina Smith • In the Cases: Members' works from the Sculptors' Association of Alberta • Throughout Aug
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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 MacDonald-Smith, Cathleen Rootsaert, Julien Arnold, Barbara Gates Wilson, Andrea House, Mark Bellamy, Julie Orton, and Beth Graham • Jul 14-30
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 high-stakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door)
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 8882-170 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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REVUE // COMICS
“There will be no crazier film this year involving major actors than this… maybe no more beautiful one, either.”
Not so Canadian
A few references don't make a culture in We Stand On Guard
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f the best some of us can clutch at as passport-markers of Canadian identity is un-Americanness, We Stand On Guard rocketlaunches that notion into an all-out war on America. It’s 100 years in the future and an attack on the White House—unclaimed by any group or nation— brings immediate reprisals against Canada, the US soon turning its conquest into control of our water for their citizens. But one young survivor of the first wave of attacks, Ottawa’s Amber Roos, escapes capture, lives in the wilderness, and, one day, north of 60, happens upon the Two-Four, “the only freedom fighters Canada’s got left” . . . Collecting the six-issue run of Brian K Vaughan and Steve Skroce’s comic, this book has its moments: fighter Les Lepage’s Québécois isn’t translated; a few Easter egg-like references (to Tim Hortons or The Littlest Hobo) are laid; an identity-politics debate between a Syrian-Canadian woman and Cree man rings true; ever heard of our elephantine neighbour’s War Plan Red, from the ’20s? It was a real thing. But there’s something pretty Yankee aboot this all still. Bits of that
may be ’cause of the splatterfest crudeness of war here: a man’s jugular shredded out, a dying “moosefucker” with his intestines hanging out, an American interrogator’s baseness, the face of a “nuck” exploded over two frames, etc. A scene of gratuitous nudity, too, panders to straight-male readers, while a number of Skroce’s images glorify war-machines and weaponry. There’s also some exposition and educating (e.g., “The guy who first drew Superman—who did all the real work—he was born and raised in Toronto, just like me.”) But the uneasy patriotic heart of the plot is a gang of Canadians acting, basically, American—going back-to-the-land, fighting downand-dirty but inventively to save their homeland at all costs (see: Red Dawn, where Coloradan highschoolers fight invading Commies), and angrily yelling, faces blood-spattered, such commands as “Open fire.” There’s something not so True North
about orange-suited detainees on a PEI farm cheering Rambo-like guerillas’ martyrdom-victory, with one declaring, “your sister’s name will go down in history next to Fox, Douglas, the Trudeaus.” If you cringe a little at such grandiose mythologizing, that’s a surer sign of your Maple Leaf-ness. BRIAN GIBSON
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f you’re a fan of the Indian film industry, then you have definitely heard of widely popular Ranganathan Madhavan. Known as R Madhavan, the successful pan-Indian film star can be credited up to 72 different movies with three more on the way. While on a solo camping trip in the Ontario woods, Madhavan was able to chat about participating in the upcoming India Film Festival of Alberta (IFFA) and his experience of currently being one of leading movie stars in India. Celebrity culture in North America can be called robust, but India is very particular. Stars are essentially treated like very serious gods. “Unlike the rest of the world, cinema is more than just entertainment in India," he says. "As an actor I get way more power than I deserve. It puts me off balance. I try to run away from it.” Madhavan’s acting career occurred by accident. His parents wanted him to become an engineer, but much to his “absolute horror,” he had no real interest in engineering. Still, he decided to take engineering to satisfy his parents.
Indian star R Madhavan visits Edmonton for India Film Fest His college then selected him to represent India as a cultural ambassador as part of its exchange program. This lead Madhavan to spend a year in Stettler, Alberta where he learned how to farm, ride horses and milk cows—experiences a “typical Indian guy would never have,” he notes. “I was the only brown guy with brown eyes in a population of 5000 people, but I definitely quite enjoyed my time there.” After returning to India and attempting to enlist in the air force only to learn he was too old, Madhavan got a random acting opportunity in Bombay. He was asked to play a role in a soap opera that was just taking off called Banegi Apni Baat. “I kind of think of myself as destiny’s child. I was supposed to only be in one episode, but the episode I was in became a big hit and I landed a leading role," he says. "I realized that everything in my life was preparing me for acting,” Madhavan says. After he appeared in Banegi Apni Baat, Madhavan began accepting roles for different TV shows and movies in
different languages. By doing this he gained not only fame, but also his panIndian appeal in the film industry. “Since I didn’t really want to be an actor I didn’t know how to be an actor. I did everything opposite actors did. I didn’t pick my roles I just accepted them. It seemed to work in my favour.” His newest movie Saala Khadoos (a film about a former boxer who goes on to teach a poor fisherwoman) will appear during the IFFA and as part of the festival’s workshop, Madhavan will be available after to answer questions about the film and his experience playing it. To prepare for his role, Madhavan undertook intense training in Chicago for two years. “I had to look like and think like a boxer. I went to the gym everyday and learned to properly hold a glove," he says. "I wanted to learn the body language and everything there is to being a boxer.” Madhavan actually wore metal braces inside his teeth to create the “lisp effect,” many boxers have from repeated hits to the head.
“I’m really excited for people to see it at the festival. You get caught up in the industry and never do anything new. I think that’s what I was doing before Saala Khadoos.” STEPHAN BOISSONNEAULT
Fri., July 15 to Sun., July 17 India Film Festival of Alberta Metro Cinema, at the Garneau $12 each, or $30 to $250 passes
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India Film Festival of Alberta Many North Americans may immediately peg the United States as the world leader in film production, but while Hollywood does make between 300 to 500 films a year, these numbers are dwarfed by India’s staggering production of 1000 to 1200. Movie lovers can enjoy 12 of these popular and recent Indian creations during Edmonton Movie Club’s second Annual India Film Festival of Alberta (IFFA). “We sort of hand picked the newest ‘cream of the crop’ Indian movies for this film festival,” says Bibaswan Ghosal, president of the IFFA. Indian films practice distinctive narrative and filming traditions that are expressive of the Indian culture. One of these traditions is the addition of dancing musical numbers. The festival will present an abundance of independent films with different languages native to India. All films will have English subtitles and will vary between the languages of Bengali, Bodo, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Rajasthani and Telugu. Ghosal believes the selection of
films is very impressive and urges movie fans to see all the films, but if he had to pick, he is most excited for viewers to see Aligarh and Dhanak. Aligarh is a Hindi film based on true events of a university professor being fired on the charges of homosexuality. While Dhanak is a Rajasthani/Hindi movie that follows the story of a young girl’s promise and quest to heal her brother’s blindness before he turns ten. There will also be a special workshop aimed to explain the Indian film industry for professional film makers and the general public. Ghosal hopes the workshop will be the perfect way to encourage professional and amateur filmmakers to get excited about the Indian film world. “Our motto for the movie club and the festival is ‘bridging cultures through film.’ We want to sort of open up a new world and dialogue between moviemakers in Edmonton with Indian films.” STEPHAN BOISSONNEAULT FILM@VUEWEEKLY.COM
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A daring escape, propelled by farts
Flatulence and cadaver boners fail to save the sometimes incoherent Swiss Army Man
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wo guys meet on some faraway beach on some tiny uninhabited island. One is feeling lonely and desperate; the other bloated and gassy. The lonely one wants to return to civilization and wonders if the gassy one mightn’t be of assistance. Let’s say he might be converted into a fart-powered human water skidoo? A friendship is born! Swiss Army Man is a buddy movie, except one of its two buddies is a dead body. Written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who go by the collective moniker “Daniels,” have repurposed the central conceit of Weekend at Bernie’s for this spartan yet ostensibly outrageous dork’s fantasy of masculine utility. They’ve taken key elements of Stand By Me—boy-scout ingenuity, self-actualization in the wild with potty-mouthed pals, “Wanna see a dead body?”—and scaled everything back to make the dead body one of two central characters. They’ve given Daniel Radcliffe the op-
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At some point Radcliffe seems to recover consciousness, but he can’t quite remember how life works so Dano, alas, re-educates him. These guys have so much fun inventing the world and building stuff you wonder why they don’t just stay out there forever. But no, they find their way back to people and houses—in fact they somehow find themselves arriving at exactly the person and house Dano has been dreaming of since he was just a dork on the bus staring creepily at fellow passengers. Let’s just say that the Looney Tunes final moments of Swiss Army Man do not make for a funny, satisfying or remotely coherent conclusion. JOSEF BRAUN
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diot-comedy’s not as simpleton as it seems. Movie-morons have to be layered enough—like a stupiditysandwich—to sustain a 90-minute story; comic-cretins can’t be obtuse or oafish so much as oblivious. Airdropping onto Hawaii (previously invaded by Haolewood stupid-schtick in 50 First Dates and Just Go With It) its wedding-crashing, “Ald’oha” bros, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates avoids slumming it as a party-antics flick but, with its faltering efforts at feel-good match-ups and numbnuts sudden self-realizations, can’t find comic gold in its Brothers Dim tale. Mike (Adam Devine) and Dave (Zac Efron) Stangle like to dangle-wangle for girls, brewski-bro, and go fratzone at family get-togethers. But come their beloved sister’s Oahu wedding, Mom and Dad command,
they bring dates and behave. Except the two desperate non-sisters who then dupe them into the date-cation, Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) and Alice (Anna Kendrick), turn out to be wild girls. Mind you, the movie’s not so interested in its girls-be-badderthan-boys set-up, instead slipping and sliding, in the rote course of its second half, into heartfelt speeches, sexual hook-ups, drug-poppinggone-wrong, and the-wedding’s-off drama. Earnestness and antic-ness clash and thrash along. There are a few moments so preposterous that, like a clip of a famous actor/Scientologist freaking out on Oprah, they somehow land (and don’t end careers): the “Burn Victim Barbie” aftermath of an ATVjump gone wrong; a masseur’s allout rubdown of the bride-to-be’s
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chi. Moments potentially crass or offensive—a cross-dresser trying to Crying Game his way into being the siblings’ wedding date; Mike’s super-competitive bisexual cousin hitting on Tatiana in the sauna—are made pretty amusing, though far from uproarious. Plink-plonking music cues heart-tohearts by movie’s end as too much uncomplicated idiocy makes way for a surfeit of Hollywood’s last-act earnestness. The brothers’ grand wedding speech devolves, predictably, into karaoke-raunch, which is much like this movie itself. Never wacky, weird, or wise-asshat enough, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates rings hollow in its daring and just hits too many false comic notes. BRIAN GIBSON
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MUSIC // Angelina Castillo
In classic country tradition, Margo Price turns tragedy and heartache into a good music
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t's all there in “Hands Of Time,” the first song on country singer Margo Price's debut solo recording Midwest Farmer's Daughter. Like the prelude to a honky-tonk opera, "Hands Of Time" exposes the artist's tragic life so far. The song encapsulates a string of misfortunes, her father losing the farm and being forced to go work in a prison, bad choices with bad men, a battle with the bottle, a string of horrible jobs, infidelity and the loss of her first born. Yet even with its hard luck heart, the underlying message of the song is about turning your life around and dreaming big and making those dreams come true. "I did actual therapy too, but music is cheaper," Price says with a chuckle. "It seemed like the next step was writing something really honest. It felt really freeing to lay it all out on the line and say this is who I am, take it or leave it." I caught up with the 33-year-old Nashville based singer-songwriter on the phone as she travels from a performance at Levon Helm's Midnight
Ramble in Woodstock, New York to her next gig in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Price is on the first leg of an extensive cross continental tour performing at some very prestigious events including a couple of stops this side of the border at the Interstellar Rodeo in both Winnipeg and Edmonton. I suggest that for all the hard history portrayed in the opening song, "Hands Of Time" is not about being held prisoner by past misfortunes but instead about focusing on your goals and working hard to create a positive future. "No one has ever asked me about that last positive verse. The final piece to the puzzle was to say despite all of this you have to keep on moving, pick up the pieces and put them together in a different way. Just make things work somehow." When it comes to country music narratives Midwest Farmer's Daughter is filled with all the usual suspects, and then some. Songs like "About To Find Out" and "This Town Gets Around" are
a couple of barroom boot scuffers about bad romances, while "Four Years Of Chances" mines similar territory with a distinctive Memphis rhythm n' blues groove. In fact Price chose a legendary Tennessee recording studio to record the album. "We were just traveling through Memphis and we took a tour of Sun Studios and I just gravitated toward that room. It really felt different. I saw the neon sign that said make your own recording and that's what I did. I signed up for some studio time and I'm glad I did because everything seemed to click when we worked in there." Price is tenacious and possesses a sharp writing style that can be biting and irreverent and yet her songs also tremble with humility. Tracks like "Desperate and Depressed," "Weekender and Hurtin' (On The Bottle)" are filled with humour, irony and personal struggle delivered in a style that pays homage to the golden era of country music while also pushing boundaries. I ask her if she thinks
Fri, July 22 - 24 Interstellar Rodeo Hawrelak Park, $75 to $225 country music has a drinking problem. "I think America has a drinking problem," she says laughing sardonically. "Country music has always talked about real life and that's definitely an issue that a lot of people in America face. It's the widely accepted form of recreation when we all know that marijuana is a much safer alternative." Not one to always play it safe, you could almost say that pretty much bet the farm on her debut solo album. Price's bandmate Jeremy Ivey is also her husband Jeremy Ivey. The two had played together for years in the bands Buffalo Clover and Margo and the Price Tags. Following a difficult recovery after one of the couple's twin boys died shortly after he was born, the couple decided to invest everything they had into her solo recording. "The divorce rate is already through the roof, but when you lose a child the chances of the marriage surviving are very low. I've been lucky because he's been a rock for me. We sold our car and my wedding ring and what-
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ever gear we could spare so we could provide our own means to book proper studio time to make this record." After it was recorded Midwest Farmer's Daughter was picked up by Jack White's Nashville-based Third Man Records and soon after it debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It has since appeared on many top 25 lists including Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and the Guardian UK. Price also garnered an incredible amount of attention when she was chosen as the musical guest for the April 9 edition of Saturday Night Live. As the Music City native now guides her tour west, Price says she's looking forward to setting the dance floor on fire in Edmonton. As a parting question I ask Price if suffering is an essential part of writing a good country song. She gives me a long pause then says, "it has been for me." DAVE O RAMA
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Solo at Interstellar
Jessica Jalbert will bring a stripped down set to the fest
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perating under the suggestive moniker Faith Healer, Mint Records’ Jessica Jalbert likes the flexibility the name offers. While the Edmontonian is responsible for all the writing and arrangements on her last album, Cosmic Troubles, she conceives of Faith Healer as a band project, allowing her some stylistic freedom and potential for collaboration. She’ll be bringing those songs to the Interstellar Rodeo stage at the end of the month, which means possibly reconfiguring some of the songs for her solo set–including the drum machine accompaniments she’s been exploring as of late. We talked about Interstellar, her upcoming record, and the Walker Brothers.
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VUE WEEKLY: You’re planning to go solo at Interstellar. JESSICA JALBERT: I am, yeah. I’ve been fiddling around with a drum machine and various mixing options, so if I can really buckle down and feel proficient with it, I’ll do it for Interstellar, but if not, it’s not the end of the world to just play and sing guitar. VW: Your songs are very textured; there’s a lot going on. JJ: Well, especially with the newer stuff, the stuff that I’ve put out as Faith Healer. It would not be a problem for me to perform solo if I was just doing Jessica Jalbert songs, but Faith Healer songs were not written to be performed solo. My band is essential to getting the feel of the songs across. It’s taking some imaginative fiddling to figure out how to do these songs solo.
VW: How are plans going for the new record? JJ: I’m going to be recording in September. I’ll be recording with [Cosmic Troubles producer] Renny Wilson. He lives in Montreal now, but he’ll be back in Edmonton for a while. I really have an awesome band behind me, they’re such good musicians in their own right and I want to take advantage of that, so I think I’ll try to get their input a little more. VW: You’re working in a record store. Do records come in that are inspirational, and give you new ideas? JJ: For sure. I remember being a teenager and listening to music so intensely and listening to the same song like 800 times in a row, and really focusing in on it. And now I find, I guess by default of having a more complicated life, I don’t spend that kind of time on music anymore. Every once in a while I’ll think wow, I’m so glad I listened to that, I’m so glad I put that on, and I wouldn’t have known about it otherwise. It’s kind of like manufacturing what it was like when I was 15. VW: Do you remember one of those songs from your teenage years? JJ: Well, over the last few years, I got into the Walker Brothers and specifically the song "The Electrician." I’ll put it on and think, this is the perfect song. A string section, amazing vocal section, weird harmonies, crazy lyrics, and it has this amazing climax; I could never hope to write like this, but it’s a very well-formed song. GILLIAN TURNBALL
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Not their first rodeo Interstellar Rodeo rides into town
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ow in its fifth year, the Interstellar Rodeo pulls into Edmonton for three days loaded up with an incredible diversity of musical talent. Running from Friday July 22
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through Sunday July 24 at the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park, Interstellar Rodeo was founded by the good folk at Six Shooter Records. The event boasts several exciting artists performing for the first time in Canada's Festival City. From Edmonton's "sister city" of Nashville, Tennessee comes acclaimed country rebel Margo Price and hot-blooded gothic blues poet Adia Victoria who has been receiving a lot of positive attention for her swampy full length debut Beyond The Bloodhounds. Representing the Six Shooter roster will be JUNO Award winners Whitehorse and the Strumbellas while southern California honkytonk singer Sam Outlaw and Canadian Folk Music Award nominee Joe Nolan will also be putting in appearances. Grammy winning artists in attendance include Swedish folksinger José González and soul sister Andra Day. Also stepping up will be Los Angeles indie rockers Lord Huron while Calgary's Reuben in the Dark make the trip north to lay down some of their smouldering folk landscapes. There will be loads of musical surprises such as the scrap yard soul of Oakland's Fantastic Negrito and
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Starts Fri, July 22 Interstellar Rodeo Hawrelak Park, $75 to $225 the Day of the Dead inspired psychedelic jarocho of Winnipeg's Mariachi Ghost. This year's Interstellar Rodeo also boasts an exciting list of popular and varied headliners including the dynamic Cat Power, Ottawa java slinger Kathleen Edwards, country legend Marty Stuart, with the Sam Roberts Band capping off the event on the final night. Also returning for the second year will be the festival's Market and Picnic space located behind the main stage where patrons can explore beautiful work by skilled Alberta artisans and take in an assortment of live performances in the beautiful shaded picnic area beside the North Saskatchewan River. Transferable adult weekend passes go for $225, and transferable weekend youth and senior passes will cost you $135. Single day and non-transferable passes are also available and children under 12 get in free. DAVE O RAMA
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Fri, Jul 15 (7 pm) With Striker, Altameda Yellowhead Brewery, $10 in advance; $15 at the door you.' We're going to support Edmonton's artistic community and it's important to us. "It's important to give back. It's all connected," he continues. "The whole thing is a full circle [that] benefits everybody."
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hat do Striker, an '80s hair metal band, and Altameda, a alt-country band, have in common? Besides being bands from Edmonton, both groups are part of a new program brought to you by Yellowhead Brewery called the Yellowhead Certified Program. The initiative includes 14 locally-based bands, and will make an official debut on July 15. The funds collected from each event will be donated to a different charity for each event—all while supporting local musicians. "[The bands] get swag—shirts, beer cozies—access to the venue and support from us, but they also get to be a part of this thing that brings the Edmonton music community together," says Ian McIntosh, operations manager for Yellowhead Brewing Company. "I don't want to be too grand and say that we're changing
[the local scene] too much really, we're just wanting to give back to local artists who we think are working hard and doing the right thing and ... could use a little bit of help." Having the support of a local brewery means these bands will have access to the brewery's venue space for their own shows free of charge, but Yellowhead Brewery will also come to any community shows that these bands host around the community, too, with beer in tow for the audience. "I think it's important for a local business [to support the community]. I hear a lot of local businesses saying 'Support local. Do this, go do that' and they put a lot of emphasis on that, which I think is cool," McIntosh says. "But, for us, we want to put our money where our mouth is. So, we're saying 'Hey, we'll support
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Happy Hour featuring Lyquid Luck; 5:30pm • Everlast with guest; 9pm; $30 (adv), $35 (door)
LB'S PUB Storming Alice (rock/pop/indie); 9pm; No minors
DRUID IRISH PUB Live DJs; Every Fri, 9pm
LEAF BAR AND GRILL Live
EL CORTEZ TEQUILA BAR AND KITCHEN Kys the
MERCURY ROOM Tylor Dory
Sky; First Fri of every month, 9pm EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE
Flashback Friday; Every Fri
Ramblers; 9pm
Movement Fridays; 8pm
Thursdays; 9pm
O'BYRNE'S IRISH PUB
NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN
FRI JUL 15
Edmonton's best solo musicians
THE ALMANAC Dead Fibres LP Release with Pyramid// Indigo (split tape release), Zebra Pulse and noiwav; 9pm
ON THE ROCKS Vera; 9pm
APEX CASINO Head Over
SEWING MACHINE FACTORY Casper Hollands
Heels; 9pm ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL
Jimmy Whiffen; 8pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Beth
Portman and the Good Find; 8:30-10:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Kirsten
Thien Band; 9pm BOHEMIA Jimmy Whiskey
& The Pepper Grinder, Medical Pilot, Strange Charm; 9pm; $10 (adv via bands), $15 (door); No minors BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB
Live music; Every Fri; Free BOURBON ROOM Live
O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB
music each week with a different band each week; 8pm
Live music
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE
Karaoke Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am
Blessthefall (metal) with Like Moths To Flames, Get Scared and along with Picturesque; 6pm; $25 (adv)
THE COMMON Quality Control Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan
NEW WEST HOTEL Nash
Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; 7pm
SANDS INN & SUITES
Arabian Nights; 4-8pm
SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE House Function
NORTH GLENORA HALL
Train Live-Single and couple dance; Every Thu, 7:30-10:30pm; Free
FILTHY MCNASTY'S The James Band with guest Connor Regan; 4pm; Free
3-7pm
Canadian Country Hall of Fame Guest host Bev Munro (country); Every Thu, 7pm; No minors
RICHARD’S PUB Soul
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CAFE BLACKBIRD AKA V;
Rumble and The Bosses Daughters
Every Thu, 7pm
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT CENTURY CASINO AND TICKETMASTER
guests ColdFront, Rarity, Calling All Captains, Most Of August; 8pm (doors), 8:30pm (show); $20; 18+ only
CAFÉ HAVEN Music every
EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Karaoke;
COMING SOON: THE PROCLAIMERS, HONEYMOON SUITE, AND MORE!
BRIXX BAR Seaway with
Robison (folk); 9pm
DENIZEN HALL Taking Back Thursdays: weekly punk, alternative and hardcore music; Every Thu, 8pm
FRIDAY AUGUST 26
music each week with a different band each week; 9pm
Radtke & Her People Skills; 7:30pm; $10
Alarm and Smash Boom Pow with guests; 8pm
A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF THE BAND
Sat; Free BOURBON ROOM Live
Burg presents; Burg-ORama; 7pm; $5
CHA ISLAND TEA CO Soft
FRIDAY JULY 22
BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Live music; Every
CLINT'S HAUS Flippin the
Thu; 7pm
JUL 15 & 16
Upsidedowntown, Dead Inner Youth with Miek Headache, and Jim Nowhere; 8pm; $10 (no adv sales); 18+ only
Dave Johnston (of the Fuzz Kings); 4-6pm; No cover
CAFE BLACKBIRD Raine
TONY BINNS
BOHEMIA
CASK AND BARREL Fat
Highkicks (rock) with Viking Fell and Moving Bodies; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)
Call 780.481.YUKS FOR TICKETS & INFO .....................................................................
BLUES ON WHYTE Kirsten
Thien Band; 9pm
Chris Ayries; 8pm
THE BUCKINGHAM
COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO
BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Northern
Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm
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RIVER CREE–The Venue
Alabama; 7pm (doors), 9pm (show); Tickets start at $109.50
CD Release with The Gibson Block, Elyse Szabo & Maude; 8pm; $11.63 SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The
Hip Show (Tribute Band); 9pm; No minors SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Adam Holm
(folk/pop); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Nevada Collins-
Lee (classical/country/ theatre); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM
Mike Letto (folk/rock); 9pm STARLITE ROOM
MERCER TAVERN
Time Warp Late Night Throwback Dance Party with DJs Joses Martin & Thomas Culture VJ Owen; Every Fri, 11:30pm; $5 (door) THE PROVINCIAL PUB
Friday Nights: Video Music DJ; 9pm-2am SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE
Artzy Flowz: featuring DJs and artists teaming up; 9pm VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB
Electric Fridays; Every Fri, 9pm; No minors Y AFTERHOURS Freedom
Fridays
SAT JUL 16 9910 Archaics LP
Release "Soft Focus" with Mitchmatic & Power Buddies; 8pm; $12 (adv); 18+ only APEX CASINO Head Over
Heels; 9pm
music; 9:30pm Trio (hard rock/metal) with Choices, Sleeping in Traffic and Ground Level Falcons; 8pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door) MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands every Sat; this week: Flying Junque MOONSHINERS I Am Machi with Isaac Carter and Tayssa Hubert; 9pm; $10 (adv) NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN
Bluegrass Brunch featuring Hartford; 12:30pm; No cover • Five Alarm Funk with HIGHS and guests; 8pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door) NEW WEST HOTEL Early:
Saturday Country Jam (country); Every Sat, 3pm • Later : Nash Ramblers; 9pm ON THE ROCKS Vera; 9pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
Saturday Electric Blues Jam with Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens (blues); Every Sat, 2-6pm; No minors SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Adam Holm
(folk/pop); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Nevada Collins-
Shambhala Warm Up YEG; 9pm (doors); $20-$30; 18+ only
ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL
Lee (classical/country/ theatre); 9pm
Jimmy Whiffen; 8pm
SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM
STUDIO 96 C'mon Festival:
THE AVIARY HEAVEN and
Mike Letto (folk/rock); 9pm
Music Moves; Admission by donation TIFFANY'S BIRDSHOP
Madeline&Montague and Two Sided; 8-11pm; $10
the Ghosts with Jordan Norman and the Wisdom Teeth and Ella Coyes; 8pm; $10 (adv) BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE
Hair of the Dog: Lucette
SNEAKY PETE'S Sinder Sparks K-DJ Show; 9pm-1am
STUDIO 96 C'mon Festival: Music Moves; Admission by donation TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE
Mikey Wong and his lineup of guest DJs
Classical JUBILEE AUDITORIUM
Newsies; Runs until Jul 17 STUDIO 96 Music Moves;
8pm
DJs
TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,
Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Release
Saturdays
SUN JUL 17 THE ALMANAC Friends Of Foes (alternative/ pop/rock) with We Were Friends and The Den; 7pm; $8 (adv), $12 (door) BLUES ON WHYTE Kirsten
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE
Thien Band; 9pm
Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce
BOHEMIA Dark Sarcasm
spins Britpop/Punk/ Garage/Indie; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic Hip-Hop and Reggae; Underdog: Hip Hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack THE BOWER For Those Who
Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane DRUID IRISH PUB Live DJs
every Sat; 9pm EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN & TEQUILA BAR
Tonight We Dance with DJ Thomas Culture playing Classics, Hip-Hop, Dance and Indie Rock; Every Sat, 9pm; No cover EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Rotating
DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey
Wong every Sat
with The Universe Machine & Puzzled Minds; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10; 18+ only BRIXX BAR Beyond
Creation, Rivers Of Nihil, the zenith passage; 6pm (doors), 12pm (show); $20; 18+ only
JUBILEE AUDITORIUM
STUDIO 96 Music Moves;
encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm
3pm
FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle
DJs
Jam Circle; 7:3011:30pm
Newsies; Runs until Jul 17
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee;
Every Sun
MON JUL 18 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal Mondays
with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox BLUES ON WHYTE The
Rocket Sciencists; 9pm Jul 18-19 CHA ISLAND TEA CO Sam
Weber (folk); 8pm FIDDLER'S ROOST Open
Stage; 7-11pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S Classic
FILTHY MCNASTY'S Filthy
Bingo! Tuesdays GAS PUMP Karaoke;
9:30pm KELLY'S PUB Open Stage:
featuring host Naomi Carmack and guest; 9pm; No cover L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety
Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge MERCURY ROOM Martin
Harley with El Niven and Ego the Jackal; 7pm (doors); $10 (adv), $12 (door); No minors NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN
DANCE CODE STUDIO
Rock Monday
Flamenco Guitar Classes; Every Sun, 11:30am12:30pm
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Happy Hour featuring Borscht; 5:30pm
Happy Hour featuring Magnet and the Magnettes; 5:30pm • Big Dreamer Jam featuring Ariana Brophy; 8pm
DIVERSION LOUNGE
ON THE ROCKS Killer
O’BYRNE’S Guinness
Sunday Night Live on the South Side: live bands; Free; All ages; 7-10:30pm
Karaoke Monday
FILTHY MCNASTY'S Beyond Creation (alternative/ metal) with Rivers of Nihil, The Zenith Passage and Skepsis; 6pm; $20 (adv)
Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm
MERCURY ROOM Motel
Raphael (alternative/pop) with Mickey Green and guests; 6pm; $8 (adv), $10 (door)
PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild
RED PIANO BAR Swingin'
Mondays; 8-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm
Monday Jam with $4 Bill; Every Mon, 8-11pm
ON THE ROCKS Ivory Keys;
SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A
9pm RICHARD'S PUB Mark
Open Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce
WED JUL 20 THE AVIARY
Mayhemingways with Elliot Thomas & Scott Cook; 7-11pm; $10 (door)
SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE
SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
BOURBON ROOM Acoustic
Sunday BBQ Jam Every Sunday hosted by the Marshall Lawrence Band (variety); Every Sun, 5pm; All ages
TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic
singer songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm
STUDIO 96 C'mon Festival: Music Moves; Admission by donation
BLUES ON WHYTE The Rocket Sciencists; 9pm
Classical
Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are
CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com CLINT'S HAUS 9922-79 ave COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DRAFT COUNTRY NIGHT CLUB 12912-50 St NW, 780.371.7272, draftbargrill.com DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8/MAMA'S PIZZA 7317-101 Ave NW EL CORTEZ 10322-83 Ave NW, elcortezcantina.com EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780. 424.0077, yourgaybar.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca
FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE 8336-160 Ave, 780.401.3313, hummingbirdbistro.ca IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St NW, 780.451.8825, kellyspubedmonton.com 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 MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MEET ME AT YEG MARKET 152 St & Stony Plain RD MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MOONSHINERS 5202-50 St, Stony Plain MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE
Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN
Happy Hour featuring Infinity Trio; 5:30pm • Quique Escamilla; 8pm; $5 (adv), $10 (door) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic
Karaoke Wednesday RED PIANO BAR Wed Night
SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
Nick Nixon Band; 9pm
TUE JUL 19
KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE
ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up
Cool Joe
Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com
Floyd - Space and Time Continuum World Tour 2016; 8pm; $39-$75
Live: hosted by dueling piano players
Tuesday
BLUES ON WHYTE Andy T &
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE
Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm
JUL/15 SHAMBHALA
WARM UP YEG W/ TAIKI NULIGHT & THE UPBEATS
JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Brit
spins Britpop/Punk/ Garage/Indie
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE RetroActive Radio: With LL
Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am
GAS PUMP Karaoke;
9:30pm
THE PROVINCIAL PUB
SANDS INN & SUITES Open
SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM
FILTHY MCNASTY'S Mother Cluckin’ Wednesdays
DJs
SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
DJs
Psyturdays: various DJs; 9pm
FESTIVAL PLACE 2016 Qualico Patio Series presents Moulettes & Jordan Hart; 7:309:30pm; $8
Crazy Dave's Rock & Roll Renegade Jam; 7:30pm
Celtic jam every Tue; 9:30pm
Ammar's Sunday Sessions Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm
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
Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am
THE PROVINCIAL PUB
DRUID IRISH PUB Karaoke
Wednesdays
Wailin' Wednesday Jam with Hosts Wang Dang Doodle (variety); Every Wed, 7:30-11:30pm; All ages
JUL/21
TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Live music
JUL/22 JUL/29
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee
PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm
BOB MOSES THE FORGE PRESENTS
MULEFEST 2016 DAY 1 W/ MATT THE ALIEN, P.O.S., BIG CHOCOLATE & MORE
JUL/30
THE FORGE PRESENTS
MULEFEST 2016 DAY 2 W/ NORMA JEAN, FALL CITY FALL, DUSTY TUCKER & MORE
AUG/5
CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
MISERY SIGNALS W/ DRIVE BY PUNCH, PROCESS, NECK OF THE WOODS, SPARROWS
AUG/13
PURE PRIDE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS
PURE: AQUA W/ CHAD MICHAELS AS CHER TYLER AYERS, RAYE SUNSHINE
AUG/16
CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
FOUR YEAR STRONG W/ SAFE TO SAY, LIKE PACIFIC, NORELL
DJs Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover
BLUEPRINT ALBERTA + PEEP THIS + STARLITE ROOM PRESENT
W/ HARRISON BROME
Wednesday's; Every Wed
BILLIARD CLUB Why wait
NE OBLIVISCARIS W/ BLACK CROWN INITIATE, STARKILL
TAVERN ON WHYTE
Karaoke; 9pm
CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
AUG/26
STARLITE IS PROUD TO PRESENT
SNFU
W/ GUESTS
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VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca 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 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave 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
St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9562-82 Ave SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM
8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIFFANY'S BIRDSHOP 9314111 Ave TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY 17118-90 Ave TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE 10324-82 Whyte Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 7308-76 Ave, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB 10746 Jasper Ave, 780.951.2705 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com
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STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
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CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
SEAWAY
W/ COLDFRONT, RARITY, CALLING ALL CAPTAINS, MOST OF AUGUST
BEYOND CREATION
W/ RIVERS OF NIHIL, THE ZENITH PASSAGE
JUL/21 CARAVAN OF CREEPS SIDESHOW AND BURLESQUE JUL/23 BRIXX PRESENTS
PHILIP SOLO’S CD RELEASE PARTY W/ POLTERGEIST & GUESTS
AUG/12
STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
ALL HAIL THE YETI
W/ FINAL DRIVE, THE MOTHERCRAFT, BLACK FRIDAY
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EP RELEASE PARTY
ELEMENT ORANGE W/ HUNGRY HOLLOW, HAZELDEAN
MUSIC 17
EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM
COMEDY BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu
CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:309pm
Guests must bring their own lightsabers (makeshift lightsabers are welcome) • Every Wed during the summer; 7-7:45pm for young padawans, 7-8:30pm for mature padawans • Free
LOTUS QIGONG • SAGE downtown 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free MONDAY MINGLE • Hexagon Board Game Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)
NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106
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
SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm
TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667
St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Paul Sveen; Jul 15-16
DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou. DJ to follow • Every Sun, 9pm
EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free
floor Cafe, Or in confidence one-on-one in the Craft Room • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance. One-on-one meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net
GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm
PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre 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 maleidentified persons over 18 years of age in the LGBT*Q community; 1st and 3rd Thu each month; 7-9pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Movies & Games Night: Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Thought OUT: Altview’s all-ages discussion group; every Sat, 7-9pm • Men Talking with Pride: Social discussion group for gay and bisexual men; Every Sun, 7-9pm
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
BABES IN ARMS • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • A casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm
DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5 EC (INFANT POTTYING) AND POTTY TRAINING SUPPORT MEETING • Lendrum Community
ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)
League Hall, 11335-57 Ave • danielle@godiaperfree. com • facebook.com/groups/gdfedmonton • For anyone doing EC (elimination communication or infant pottying) or hoping to, or those looking for potty training support • 3rd Wed of every month, 10-11am • Free
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, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm
EDMONTON GARDENING VEGETARIAN & VEGAN GROUP • Call 780.463.1626 for directions • A talk on building a lasagna garden with vegetarian potluck. There will be a demonstration & discussion on building a lasagna garden with compostable material with tour of greenhouse with over 50 varieties of herbs and garden vegetables • Jul 22, 5:30pm
EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com 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, undereating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm
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PUPUSA FESTIVAL • Alberta Ave Community League, 9210 - 118 Ave • albertaave.org • A family oriented afternoon with live music, dancers, ethnic food, games, pupusa-eating contests and more. Take the opportunity to savour a different taste and to practice your Spanish • Jul 23, Noon-8:30pm • Free SLIDE THE CITY • Victoria Park Rd NW • slidethecity.com • Featuring one of the largest water slides • Jul 23
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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 19): You now have more luxuriant access to divine luck than you've had in a long time. For the foreseeable future, you could be able to induce semi-miraculous twists of fate that might normally be beyond your capacities. But here's a caveat: The good fortune swirling in your vicinity may be odd or irregular or hard-to-understand. To harvest it, you will have to expand your ideas about what constitutes good fortune. It may bestow powers you didn't even realize it was possible to have. For example, what if you temporarily have an acute talent for gravitating toward situations where smart love is in full play? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A directory published by the U.S. Department of Labor says that my gig as an astrologer shares a category with jugglers, rodeo clowns, acrobats, carnival barkers, and stuntpersons. Am I, therefore, just a charming buffoon? An amusing goofball who provides diversion from life's serious matters? I'm fine with that. I may prefer to regard myself as a sly oracle inflamed with holy madness, but the service I provide is probably more effective if my ego doesn't get the specific glory it yearns for. In this way, I have certain resemblances to the Taurus tribe during the next four weeks. Is it OK if you achieve success without receiving all of the credit you think you deserve? GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Over the course of a 57-year career, Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa won 78 major awards for his work, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oscars. Among the filmmakers who've named him as an inspirational influence are heavyweights like Ingmar Bergman, Werner Herzog, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese. But Kurosawa wasn't too haughty to create lighter fare. At age 86, he departed from his epic dramas to create a 30-second commercial for a yogurt drink. Did that compromise his artistic integrity? I say no. Even a genius can't be expected to create non-stop masterpieces. Be inspired by Kurosawa, Gemini. In the coming weeks, give your best to even the most modest projects. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Capricorns may be the hardest workers of the zodiac, and Tauruses the most dogged. But in the coming weeks, I suspect you Cancerians will be the smartest workers. You will efficiently surmise the precise nature of the tasks at hand, and do what's necessary to accomplish them. There'll be no false starts or reliance on iffy data or slapdash trial-and-error experiments. You'll have a light touch as you find innovative short cuts that produce better results than would be possible via the grind-itout approach.
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SEX-OLOGY
TAMI-LEE DUNCAN // TAMI-LEE@vueweekly.com
The social stigma around paying for sex When this lonely guy does find a girlfriend, should he disclose his past with prostitutes?
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: I'm a single guy in his late twenties who's never had a girlfriend. Despite my best efforts, I’ve been very unsuccessful in meeting and dating women. As a result, I suffer from loneliness, sexual frustration and lack of human touch and on occasion, I've resorted to prostitutes to get through difficult times. I believe that I’m a good person, but I feel ashamed and I’m concerned about the social stigma on men that resort to using prostitutes. Is this something I need to confess if I ever enter into a relationship?
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: You are right that there is abundant stigma around sleeping with prostitutes and that there are many women that would struggle to accept that their partner has paid for sex. But when it comes to relationships, I advocate for 100 percent authenticity. To be clear, authenticity doesn’t mean telling your partner every minute detail
of your life, but it does mean being open and vulnerable, and giving them the opportunity to choose to be with you. When we withhold aspects of ourselves, we magnify insecurity and doubt in the relationship, leaving us with a looming fear that they will discover our failings and leave us. Authenticity takes courage, but moreover, it requires unconditional self-acceptance. How can we ask someone to fully accept us, if there are parts of ourselves that we don’t accept? Comfort with our choices, also makes it easier for others to accept us, so I suggest that’s where you start—with self-compassion. You can’t be faulted for craving physical intimacy. There are many studies that have investigated the impact of touch on emotional and social wellbeing, demonstrating the utility of touch in communication, empathy, and reciprocal connection
with others. Even more research exists on the power of touch for emotional regulation. Touch has been proven to lower blood pressure, reduce heart rate, stimulate cortical development, improve circulation, and activate the parasympathetic (soothing) nervous system. This is all due to the release of oxytocin, a hormone that inhibits cortisol, thereby reducing the physiological stress. Of all touch, sex is known to cause the largest release of oxytocin, meaning that sex is an instinctive go-to when we are feeling overwhelmed and anxious. Your desire to self-soothe and make human contact is nothing to be ashamed of. The need is so normal that many cities (unfortunately not Edmonton) have cuddle services, where people pay for innocent human contact (see www.cuddleup. com). As for your means of accessing touch, well that’s a complicated issue. I've had the fortune of
providing therapy to people in the sex-trade industry, and while all of them are genuinely good-hearted, they have confirmed that some of the stereotypes have merit. A lot of people in the industry suffer from traumatic childhoods and significant substance abuse, and they have been gravely impacted by their experiences. Based on my understanding, it’s hard to justify hiring a prostitute. With that said, you are not alone— estimates of between 15 to 20 percent of North American men have paid for sex. And, sex with a prostitute may be the lesser of evils. Some women argue that they would rather their partner have sex with a prostitute than with someone they met at a bar. Prostitution is a business transaction, not an emotional one, and it is a regulated industry. While not legal to pay for sex, sex workers in Edmonton are required to obtain a permit. Also, most sex-
workers have stringent guidelines for hygiene, contraception, and are regularly tested for STI’s, potentially making them a safer alternative to a random hookup. It’s certainly not something I’d open with on a date, but I do think it’s something worth sharing at some point. Some women may not approve, but it’s better to know and move on, than to live with the weight of a secret and the fear of them finding out. And as I said, telling them will be easier when you are able to accept yourself. V Tami-lee Duncan is a Registered Psychologist in Edmonton, specializing in sexual health. Please note that the information and advice given above is not a substitute for therapeutic treatment with a licensed professional. For information or to submit a question, please contact tami-lee@vueweekly.com. Follow on Twitter @SexOlogyYEG. Dan savage savagelove@vueweekly.com
PASSION OR FRIENDSHIP
I’m in my mid-40s, straight, never married. Ten months ago, my girlfriend of three years dumped me. She got bored with the relationship and is generally not the marrying type. The breakup was amicable. I still love her and miss her. Last week, I wrote her a letter saying that I still love her and want us to get back together. She wrote me a nice letter back saying she doesn’t feel passion for me and we’re never getting back together. Over the past few months, I’ve started dating another girl. She’s pretty, smart, sexy, and kind. If I proposed, she’d probably say yes. I want to get married. The problem is that I don’t have the passion for her that I had for my previous girlfriend. So do I “settle” for Girlfriend #2 or start my search all over? Please don’t give me the bullshit that love can happen at any age. At my age, the number of single women without kids is low. How many married people “settle” for someone who is a good person but not their true love? No Clever Acronym NO CLEVER ACRONYM There is no settling down without some settling for. Please make a note of it. Also, NCA, while passion is a great feeling—totally intoxicating— it also tends to be ephemeral. It’s a hard feeling to sustain over the long haul, and marriage is theoretically the longest of long hauls. You felt strongly about your ex, but she didn’t share your feelings. You don’t feel quite as strongly about your current girlfriend, but you would like to be married—to someone, maybe her—and Girlfriend #2 seems like a good candidate. I wouldn’t suggest proposing, as you’ve been seeing her for only a few months and most sane women view early, impulsive proposals as red flags.
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And finally, NCA, the specter of a “true love” waiting for us out there somewhere, either lost or not yet found, snuffs out more good-andloving-and-totally-worth-settling-for relationships than anything this side of cheating.
HER AFFAIR IS SHOWING
My girlfriend has started seeing other partners. It makes her happy, and in turn I’m happy for her. It’s taking me a bit of time to adjust to the new situation, but she’s happier than she’s been in ages. We love each other and are crazily compatible. Today she came back from a hotel with bite marks on her breasts. I know she’s been with a few people over the last few weeks, but being reminded of it each time I look at or touch her makes me uncomfortable. What’s more, the guy who did it knew she was part of a long-term couple. Do I need to get over it for the sake of my girlfriend or do I make an issue of hickeys? BOY REALLY UNNERVED IN SEEING EVIDENCE
that leaving slow-fading marks on her breasts, neck, thighs, forehead, insoles, eyelids, etc., is out of bounds. For your part, BRUISE, don’t inspect your girlfriend post-hookup for the kinds of marks that fade quickly after sex, as that would amount to a nonverbal ask.
ONE CONDOM, LOADS
TWO
My first refractory period—the time it takes me to get ready to have sex again after my first orgasm—is shorter than the time it takes me to lose my erection. I was in a relation-
the-condom-and-tying-it-up-and-thenputting-on-another-condom exercise, but I would like to avoid that rigmarole if possible. So is it safe to blow two loads in a single condom? TWO PUMP CHAMP The failure rate for condoms when used correctly is low (2 percent), TPC, but the failure rate for condoms when used incorrectly is high (18 percent). Leaks are the most common way condoms fail, and slamming your cock in and out of someone with a fully loaded condom wrapped around it will result in leaks. Even if your second load consists of nothing but good intentions, TPC, reusing a condom the way you describe is a recipe for disaster, impregnation, disease transmission, or all of the above.
The failure rate for condoms when used incorrectly is high (18 percent). Leaks are the most common way condoms fail, and slamming your cock in and out of someone with a fully loaded condom wrapped around it will result in leaks.
If you and the girlfriend have a don’t ask, don’t tell policy about her hookups with others, BRUISE, then hickeys and other kinds of slow-fading marks violate the spirit of that agreement. Those kinds of marks amount to a nonverbal “tell.” You have a right to calmly point that out to your girlfriend, and she has a responsibility, in the future and in the moment, to remind/warn her outside sex partners
ship and wasn’t using condoms anymore by the time I figured this out, so it was just generally good times—I’d blow my load, take less than a minute to catch my breath, and be ready to go again. But now that I’m single and entering the dating pool, I’m going to be wrapping it again. Obviously. But I’m not 100 percent sure it’s safe to blow two loads into one condom. I’m not sure how much ejaculate I’m producing the second time I come, but it’s surely less than the first time. I’m not confident that “second” erection would survive the whole taking-off-
S TA N D I N G UP FOR THE COCKOLD
I have to put my two cents in about Heartbroken And Devastated, the man who discovered that his wife has been cheating on him the entire time they have been together. Her constant and selfish betrayal is egregious. Instead of being honest and giving him a chance to be in an open relationship, she chose to make a fool out of him. She is selfish and a slut. Not to mention that she could have given him an STD, AIDS, you name it. I disagree with you about the concept of monogamy—I don’t think it is a fantasy. I believe there is something that separates us from the animals, and that’s called integrity and self-con-
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trol. I am happily married to a beautiful woman. I am a singer in a band, I get hit on all the time, but I don’t act on it. Because some of us have a conscience and don’t betray the ones we’ve made a COMMITMENT TO. I wish HAD the best of luck, but I hope he moves on and finds someone who will appreciate him. MONOGAMOUS AND PROUD IN PORTLAND I have a few questions for you, MAPIP, but first: I agree that HAD’s wife betrayed him in an extreme and egregious way, and I made that clear in my response. (“The scale, duration, and psychological cruelty of your wife’s betrayals may be too great for you to overcome.”) Now here’s my question for you: What did you make a COMMITMENT TO? Was it to your wife or was it to an ideal? Did you commit to a fallible human being or did you commit to a principle? Let’s say your wife screwed up and cheated—which happens all the time, it could happen to you (you do realize you’re whistling past the world’s most densely populated graveyard), women cheat now at pretty much the same rate men do—and let’s say it was a far less egregious betrayal than the one HAD is suffering through. Let’s say it was a one-off, years from now, or maybe a two-off. Would you stay and try to save your marriage or would you leave your wife? Staying and trying to save your marriage says, “I committed myself to this person,” leaving says, “I committed myself to this ideal.” If your ideals are more important to you than your spouse, I think you’re doing marriage wrong. But you’re free to disagree. On the Lovecast, ex-Muslim sex blogger Eiynah: savagelovecast.com. @fakedansavage on Twitter
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