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Premiers Rachel Notley and Brad Wall still support pipelines // 3

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Natalie Olsen recognized for her book cover art / 5

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FRONT Ricardo Acuña // ricardo@vueweekly.com

Canada's pipeline cheerleaders

Western premiers Wall and Notley don't see the risks of expanding pipelines

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ast month Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley made their way to the Council of the Federation meetings in Whitehorse to, among other things, convince the country’s other provincial and territorial leaders of the urgency of getting more pipelines built to facilitate the expansion of western Canada’s bitumen extraction industry. Their sales pitch hit a bit of a glitch, however, as a breach in a Husky Energy pipeline in northern Saskatchewan resulted in some 250 000 litres of heavy oil and chemical laden diluent pouring into the North Saskatchewan River.

The response from Wall and Notley, currently Canada’s biggest pipeline cheerleaders, was predictable but telling. Both said the spill was unfortunate, but they quickly added that pipelines remain the safest way to transport oil and bitumen and that this spill will not deter them from doing everything they can to get more pipelines built as quickly as possible.

All of those assertions from Wall and Notley are probably of little comfort to the 70 000 people downstream of the spill, in communities like North Battleford and Prince Albert, who have had their drinking water compromised by the spill, or the many people who use the river daily

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who have been told to stay out of the water and not eat any fish from the river for the foreseeable future.

The heavy oil is sticking to shoreline plants as it makes its way down the river, and has already been responsible for over 30 cases of wildlife death. That’s in addition to the oilsoaked birds, beavers, and other wildlife that continue to be found, cleaned, and treated by wildlife rescue experts on scene.

Experts acknowledge that they will never be able to clean up all of the spill oil, and that ultimately the ecosystem will be impacted for decades to come as a result of the spill.

In light of that level of impact and devastation it seems almost insulting for Wall and Notley to double-down on asserting the safety of pipelines and their desire to see more built regardless of the consequences.

Wall made it even worse when in a press conference a few days later he asserted that now, in the middle of clean-up operations, was not the

time to engage in a debate about pipelines and safety. Somehow, it’s OK for him to respond to the spill by reasserting that pipelines are safe, but not okay for anyone else to respond by questioning their safety.

Notley suggested while at the premiers’ meetings that the important issue was ensuring the highest standards in pipeline monitoring and safety as well as clean up. That’s a wonderful sentiment, but there ap-

companied by actual policies with actual teeth and budgets, then nothing will change.

What is most concerning about the response of Wall and Notley, however, is their constant presentation of the false dichotomy between shipping product by rail or by pipeline. There is absolutely no room in their respective analyses for even entertaining the thought that perhaps unfettered expansion of bitumen and oil production might not be in the public interest. We don’t need more pipelines to accommodate current levels of production, so the push for new pipelines is based entirely on desired expansion of extraction. That expansion is not needed to secure Canadian energy supplies and goes far beyond current Canadian consumption levels. It is based only on the perception that more production will mean more money and more economic activity for Saskatchewan and Alberta.

What they are willing to overlook is that more production flowing

through more pipelines will also mean more spills like the one in Saskatchewan, more impacted communities and ecosystems, and more greenhouse gas emissions. Essentially what Wall and Notley are telling folks in northern Saskatchewan, and those that live in areas to be affected by future spills, is that money and oil industry growth trump the safety of their drinking water and the health of their ecosystems.

Our leaders are clearly unwilling to have a genuine conversation about what costs they are willing to incur for the sake of their extractivist visions, even in light of one of the most significant spills in some time. It will be up to the people of Alberta and Saskatchewan and all other potentially impacted communities to push the conversation therefore, and let them know that as far as we’re concerned, there are actually things that are more valuable than money and growing oil industry profits. Some costs just aren’t worth paying. V

somehow or other it could avoid having to choose between Assad and the Islamists. Now it has accepted that necessity, and the deal with Lavrov clearly signals that the United States now wants Assad to survive.

It still won’t say that, of course, but bombing both Islamic State and the Nusra Front means that it will effectively be bombing the great majority of the Syrian rebels. There are still some nonIslamist rebels fighting Assad in the “Free Syrian Army”, but most elements of the FSA have been coerced into joining the Nusra Front in an unequal alliance called the “Army of Islam”.

The Nusra Front created this alliance specifically to ward off American bombs by wrapping non-Islamist groups around itself. It worked for a while, although Russia was never fooled and has bombed them all without discrimination since it intervened militarily last September. Now the US has signed up to bomb them too.

The Nusra Front’s leader, Abu Mohamed al-Julani, responded last week by breaking his organization’s formal ties with al-Qaeda and changing its name, but that will not stop the bombs. The Nusra Front does not indulge in the spectacular acts of cruelty that are Islamic State’s trademark, but they both come out of al-Qaeda and in terms of ideology and goals they are practically identical. Washington is not fooled.

The Obama administration has at least learned from its mistakes, and this de facto US-Russian alliance may actually have the power to weaken the Islamist forces drastically and impose a real ceasefire on everybody else. Syria will not be reunited under Assad or anybody else, but at least most of the killing would stop.

Unfortunately, if this approach does not deliver results in the next five months it is likely to be abandoned.

Hillary Clinton seems committed to going back to the old, discredited “third force” strategy if she wins the presidency in November, which would mean years more of killing.

And If Trump wins..... V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Our leaders are clearly unwilling to have a genuine conversation about what costs they are willing to incur for the sake of their extractivist visions pears to be no evidence at all that this is happening. In fact, as recently as two years ago a proposed expansion pipeline by Husky Energy in the same general area where the spill just occurred was found by the Saskatchewan government not to require an environmental assessment.

It’s all well and good to talk about stringent regulations, standards, and monitoring, but if the talk is not ac-

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

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The lesser of so many evils United States and Russia now both target rebel forces in Syria

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reat states hate to admit error, so when they have to change course they generally try to disguise the fact. That’s why you may not have heard much about the way that the United States has changed course in Syria in the past three months.

You will recall how Washington insisted for years that it was determined to see the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator, and was at the same time working to destroy his mortal enemy, Islamic State—without, of course, committing any US ground troops to Syria.

You may also recall how the US government regularly and vehemently condemned Russia’s military intervention in Syria last year.

Well, that’s all over now. Two weeks ago (July 16), US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Moscow and agreed to take “concrete steps” together in Syria. These included coordinating air strikes against both Islamic State and the Nusra Front, the two Islamist offspring of al-Qaeda that dominate the rebel forces in Syria.

Russia is the Assad regime’s main ally in the Syrian civil war. By agreeing to these coordinated “concrete

steps” against Assad’s main domestic enemies, Washington is effectively conceding that it now wants him to survive. Assad, it has finally recognized, is the lesser evil compared to a take-over of all of Syria by the Islamist fanatics.

It has taken five years to get here.

The United States bombs Islamic State forces every day, but when IS troops advanced to seize Palmyra last year, no American bombs fell on the vehicles that took the IS fighters across the desert to the historic city.

That would have been “helping Assad”—and so the US let Palmyra be captured and trashed by the fanatics. (Assad’s troops took Palmyra back last March—with Russian air support.)

The Obama administration fell into this now obviously hopeless strategy back in the days of the “Arab Spring” in 2010 to 2011. Like most people, Obama was convinced that the Assad regime would fall quickly, and that

the government that replaced him would be better both for American interests and for the Syrian people.

It was, after all, a brutal and corrupt regime. It still is.

As the opposition fell increasingly into the hands of Islamist extremists in 2012 to 2013, the prospect of a peaceful, democratic successor regime vanished. But rather than biting the bullet and switching its support

Syria will not be reunited under Assad or anybody else, but at least most of the killing would stop. to Assad, the lesser evil, Washington embarked on a forlorn attempt to build a “third force” that would defeat both Assad and the Islamists.

It spent billions on the project, but never produced a credible fighting force that could accomplish that miracle.

Governments do not easily admit error, so right down to late last year Washington clung to the illusion that

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Limited editions You may have to search for a Bent Stick brew, and that's the way these guys want it

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dmonton’s newest brewery was conceived, sort of, on December 3, 2013. And its long gestation period has finally come to an end with its official opening in early July. The brewery is Bent Stick Brewing and it is something Edmontonians have never experienced before.

Before that fateful December day, Alberta liquor laws didn’t allow for an operation like Bent Stick.

You see, they are small, very small.

The old rules required that to get a brewery license you had to be

able to demonstrate the capacity to brew 500 000 litres of beer.

On December 3, 2013, the AGLC scrapped that requirement, meaning there was no minimum size for opening a brewery.

Which worked for Bent Stick. The four partners, all former brewers at Alley Kat, wanted to have a small, flexible, locally-focussed brewery. Being small and nimble, they thought, would allow them to brew the beer they wanted to make, rather than simply that what sells.

“We hear from other breweries that they brew X beer to keep the lights on,” says co-owner Ben Rix. “When you only have six lights you can brew whatever you want,” referring to their impossibly small brewing space in Northeast Edmonton.

They chose the name Bent Stick because it reflects the kind of brewery they want to be.

“The name encapsulates what we want to do. We are different and we want to be a bit bent,” says co-owner Kurtis Jensen, adding jokingly: “we liked it in part because we thought we could tell everyone to ‘get bent’”.

They are definitely charting a different course. In addition to being small (their brewhouse is one-fifth the size of Alley Kat’s who is already considered small), they are eschewing the standard model of offering up core, year-round brands upon which to build the brewery. Every beer will be a one-off, or at least only get brewed once in a while.

“We want our beer to be seen as limited edition, good quality, and have a kind of ‘I better get one’ energy,” says third co-owner Scott Ken-

dall (the fourth is Patrick Gaudet).

To make them even more unique, they are going to release their beer in 650-ml bottles (called bombers) only. No kegs, no growler fills. At least initially there will be a limited number of places where they will be selling their beer.

“We are so small we can’t meet demand for everybody,” says Kendall. “We will sell to people with whom we have relationships, with whom we know understand local beer.”

Finally, they plan to bottle-condition all of their beer, which is a traditional method of carbonating in the bottle. It produces a more natural flavour and leaves a bit of sediment at the bottom. This is another first for Edmonton, but not uncommon elsewhere.

The first two beers out include a Northwest-style Red Ale called Brick is Red and a pale ale called Swap the Hops. Their plan is to make Swap the Hops a semi-regular offering but with different hop combinations each time. This first version uses Cascade and Herkules (a high-alpha Hallertauer hybrid) hops. On deck is a Farmhouse series for the summer which will offer different takes on that funky, historic style.

If you want to find their beer, you are going to have to seek it out, which is how the Bent Stick boys want it. If that makes you grumpy, I have a suspicion I know what their response will be. V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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Former Oliver arts space closes Creative Practices Institute shuts down house, citing overhead and volunteer fatigue

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s most people working in the arts can appreciate, it’s not easy to break in to the ‘business.’ When you’re in school, questions of how you’re going to make it as a writer or an artist can be put off until later. But after the initial excitement and disbelief of graduation dies down, those worries are still there.

The Creative Practices Institute’s raison d’être was to be a landing place for students. Located in a little house in the Oliver neighbourhood of Edmonton, co-founders Brittney Roy and Connor Buchanan dedicated the modest space to supporting local artists and creative professionals in any way they could.

But in May the house was indefinitely closed. The high cost of maintaining the overhead on the two-storey nonprofit, coupled with heavy demand on their volunteers, was just too much.

Roy and Buchanan recently filled me in over email on the two busy years they were in business. Both were proud of their internship program. For those with fledgling ideas of working as an arts administrator, they served up crucial practical experience in a wide range of specializations from exhibition or curatorial work all the way to event management. At the end of the program, they were able to provide their interns with references, which helped them find steady employment in the arts.

Another major initiative was the Cre-

atives in Residence program. Rooms in the house were rented out as studios to all manner of artistic folk. While a large chunk remained occupied by visual artists, there were also musicians, writers, and photographers.

One such visual artist was Marina Fridman, who was a resident there for both years.

“Running into fellow Creatives in Residence…often led to impromptu critiques, stimulating discussions, new friendships and inspiration,” she says.

She also appreciated the exhibitions put on in the building from time to time, which meant opportunities to network with other members of the arts community in Edmonton. Now, with a reference from Buchanan, Fridman has been accepted at one of the top ten Masters of Fine Arts programs in America on full scholarship.

While Roy and Buchanan have already filled up their professional calendars, the closure of the Creative Practices Institute does represent a gap for the broader artistic community.

And even though both women have cause for pessimism, they still hold out hope that other businesses will step up and take over where they left off.

“I think there will always be people in Edmonton who will take the risk and start something new,” says Buchanan.

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Judgments about the book cover Natalie Olsen recognized for her visual contributions to the literary world

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udging a book by its cover is irrelevant if one doesn’t notice the book.

This is where Natalie Olsen steps in.

Olsen is a book cover designer and was recently shortlisted by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) for book design for three of her covers. A Revision of Forward by Wendy McGrath (NeWest Press), The Swallows Uncaged by Elizabeth Mclean (Freehand Books) and Entropic by R.W. Gray (NeWest Press) fill the category in which her works are the only nominees.

While design is her thing, the University of Alberta grad is first and foremost a book nerd. While a good portion of high schoolers were concerned over who they were going to make out with, Olsen was more worried about what book she could jam against her face.

“You see, a career as a book designer is ultimately just a clever way to be paid to read,” Olsen says. “It’s a privilege to be among the first to see a manuscript as a writer hands it over to a publisher.”

Ultimately, Olsen feels indebted to

the source material. No matter how successful her work is, she feels lucky to be able to work with writers of such a high calibre. It is this perspective that helps her in creating a book’s first impression.

“You can’t hijack a reader’s experience by assigning concrete imagery to characters, places, or things otherwise left to the imagination,” she explained. “The visual elements on the cover need to play off the title, subject matter, and genre in a way that is intriguing and unexpected. It’s an opportunity to offer something new, not define what’s already there.”

While being nominated is nice, Olsen believes that the recognition being from her home province holds a special weight. “[It] is where I learned to collaborate closely with authors, celebrate book releases with ample amounts of wine, and have animated arguments about fonts.

“Though I freelance for publishers across North America, the Albertagrown projects are always closest to my heart. I made my first book in

a tiny office in Garneau that usually smelled of coconut because of its location above the Upper Crust Cafe.”

Currently she’s working on the 2016 Short Story Advent Calendar which is curated by Edmonton Journal writer Michael Hingston. It is a collection of 24 unique stories that Olsen’s made to mimic the functionality of an Advent calendar, “except instead of cheap dusty chocolate, it’s good reads.”

Industry accolades, awards and nominations aside, Olsen prefers the respect of those she creates for.

Also, a little bit of liquid courage doesn’t hurt.

“The most valued form of recognition for a book designer is feedback directly from an author who feels their words are in good hands,” Olsen says. “Well, once an author sent me a bottle of Scotch in thanks for his cover. That was pretty great, too.”

The winners of the 2016 BPAA awards will be announced at a gala dinner in Calgary on September 16.

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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 • Every Story Has Two Sides: artwork by Damian Moppett and Ron Moppett; Sep 17-Dec 31 • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm

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THEATRE BIG BOOM THEORY 3 : THE EARLY YEARS • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, #2690 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Watch as Leonard and Sheldon meet for the very first time and witness the start of the Penny/Leonard (or Pennard) romantic saga • Aug 26-Oct 23 • Adult: $67.95 (Wed, Thu, Sun), $77.95 (Fri, Sat); Senior/student: $47.25 (Wed, Thu, Sun)

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EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL • Venues throughout the Old Strathcona area • fringetheatre.ca • It's back for its 35th year. This year's theme will be: That was Then, This is Fringe. Buskers, outdoor performers, artisans and vendors with over 1,600 live performances • Aug 11-21

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) 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) SEVEN LOST MINUTES • Varscona Hotel - Rutherford Room, 8208-106 St NW • tickets. fringetheatre.ca • Follows the story of Diana, a middle aged wife who’s medical symptoms point towards an “unknown disease”. After over a hundred medical tests, and discovering Lupus has taken over her body, Diana fights for her health, as her family fights for her wellbeing. Her two younger siblings take over all decisions for her in hopes to give her a normal life • Aug 11-21

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'Follow your heart, take action'

Japanese pop icon Akira says the secret to her success is her busy schedule

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kira can’t stay still. The Japanese singer/songwriter/actress/model is visiting Animethon at MacEwan University this weekend, and she seems to constantly be in a state of action. From conventions, to voice work (Black Butler) to magazine covers (KERA) and various performances, the J-pop mainstay doesn’t run out of batteries.

Even with all her travelling and performing, she doesn’t think that she is spreading herself thin though. In fact, she considers all her artistic endeavours to be strengthened by the large shadow they cast.

“By spreading myself over many different directions, it gives me insight that I might otherwise not see by specializing in one thing,” Akira says, via email. “It also gives me the freedom to break away from the ‘common sense’ of a particular genre.”

Recently started her own fashion brand called Malus 14 and considers this just another challenge that gives her life a quality of richness. While not one to suffer from lack of inspiration, she does have to hole herself up in her bedroom to think now and again. When that doesn’t work, the inspiration for all her exploits comes from a more pragmatic centre. Namely, human interaction.

“I really enjoy listening to people’s stories,” Akira says. “Whenever I have time, I meet up with interesting people to talk. Listening to their worries, their thoughts, observing their expressions as they speak… I take a mental note of all of it and listen

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carefully. This really helps offer insight when I am creating.”

One thing that stands out for the Akira is the direct connection between success and failure. She thinks of the two symbiotic. While some people are overly careful not to fail, she sees this carefulness as folly. She has failed many times due to her creative impulses, and she has no intention of changing.

“The people who always succeed become fearful of failure. Failing is a very painful feeling, but at the same time, it opens up new paths,” she says. “Every time I overcome my failures, it makes me stronger. There’s no need to intentionally seek out failure, it’s important to live with a degree of caution. But it’s also important to not be afraid of failure.”

Akira’s visit to the Animethon will be her first visit to Edmonton and she doesn’t know too much about the city. She knows that there is a huge shopping mall, which originally she thought was a theme park, and she is open about exploring the city, if she had more down time.

Also on her to-do list is writing and performing a screenplay that encapsulates all her past experiences into one magnum opus. That, and she wants to produce an “idol unit full of super cute girls” as she calls it.

These goals are probably not far off because according her: “Life is short.

Use your brain, follow your heart, take action.”

TRENT WILKIE

POP@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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PREVUE // GRAPHIC NOVEL

French Canadian coming of age

Dipping into Michel Rabagliati's sometimes dark life, through his stories and art Paul Up North

By Michel Rabagliati Translated by Helge Dascher Conundrum, 184pp, $20

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eturning, every few years, to another installment of Michel Rabagliati’s Paul-in-Quebec series of graphic novels, even if it’s an English translation, it’s hard to avoid two German words popping into your head. The first’s bildungsroman (coming-of-age novel)—an eightbook (so far) series that follows one Montréaler at different stages of his life makes you feel, every few years, as if you’re dipping into this boy or teen’s or man’s life, the series ultimately maturing along with him.

The other’s kunstlerroman (artist’s novel)—because Paul, something like his creator, is an aspiring or budding or career artist, depending on when we’re revisiting him.

Paul’s only something like Michel, mind you—his last name’s revealed here, in his first day at a new highschool after moving from Rosemont to Saint-Léonard, to be Rifiorati, not Rabagliati—because the series is semi-autobiographical.

(Rabagliati was born in 1961, but Paul is ten or eleven during the 1970 October Crisis in 2013’s Paul Joins The Scouts.) Paul Up North covers 1975 to 1976—the Montréal Olympics loom as Paul tries to save up for a motorbike, hitchhikes north one weekend with pal Marco, or grapples with his hormones. In that hitchhiking episode, especially, Rabagliati’s cartooning-talent is on strutting display: creatively symbolic expletives in speech-balloons; bizarre experiences with drivers who pick them up (or try to); the black-andwhite ligne-claire style exploding into two pages of colour for Paul’s twisting, Freudian dream after he and Marco barely trudged their bitter way out of a blizzard.

That brrrrr!acing winter sequence may be Rabagliati’s best use of Quebec’s countryside so far. Much of his urban alter ego’s life has unfolded in rural exploits: as father and husband, driving up to The Outaouais with partner Lucie and their daughter Alice, in Paul In The Country (2000); as lateteenaged camp counselor, up in the Laurentians, in Paul Has A Summer Job (2003); cottaging, with an expecting Lucie and her sister’s family, in the Lanaudière region in Paul Goes Fishing (2007); as a nine-year-old entering a local cub pack in Paul Joins The Scouts (2011). Here, though, Lac Noir is a hormonal training-ground for life’s messiness—it’s the site of Paul’s black moods, sordid loss of virginity, awkward stab at romance, lingering funks, and bike-motored getaways, fueled by the illusion of independence.

It’s the understatement that’s so powerful here, like the one-page prologue—six wordless frames—where

Paul’s mom comes into his room and sits down on his bed, growing concerned, as Paul just lies there on the floor, not moving and not speaking.

(Hence Ra b a g l i a t i ’ s dedication of this book “To my parents”?) Or there’s the snapshot of one driver, giving Paul and Marco a ride, ranting about separatism (“’Cause Anglos have been shittin’ on us for centuries, tabarnac! Time to rise up, my friends!”); two-dozen pages later, Paul’s uncle’s telling him, as they pass the Olympic Stadium site, that the tower won’t be finished in time— “We’re gonna look like what we are:

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a bunch of idiots who can’t get anything done together!” But, eight portraits on—portraits of a Quebecker and his province—Rabagliati’s managed to accomplish plenty, profoundly.

BRIAN GIBSON

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ONLY SLIGHTLY NAUGHTY These Bad Moms aren't shattering any social norms

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irst was Bad Santa (2003), laughingly ho-ho-horrible. Then came Bad Teacher (2011). Then Bad Neighbors (2014) moved in. Now it’s Bad Moms. Only this awful ma-full flick should have been even more honestly titled Lazy Movie.

The premise is numb-dumb obvious and the plot barely furthers it.

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Amy Mitchell (Mila Kunis) is an overworked parent fed up with it all after catching her moron-husband in an online affair and kicking him out. Joined by we’ve-had-it-too moms Kiki (Kristen Bell) and Carla (Kathryn Hahn), Amy decides to oppose autocratic icequeen Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate) in the upcoming PTA election.

Amy’s badassery is appalling only in its lameness: taking the day off from her part-time-yet-does-itall job to eat breakfast out (no!), browsing a high-end jewelry store (daring!), seeing a movie (bold!), hitting a spa with her daughter (unheard of!). There’s a drunken supermarket-foray (so rebellious!),

driving dumb-ex-hubby’s sports car fast (sweet Ferris Bueller!), and getting laid . . . with that “hot widower” everyone else wants (unbelievably predictable!). The whole mom-bra schtick here happened already in another Kristen Bell movie this year (The Boss); the only joke that’s damn funny—though it seems cut

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As the movie wears on, the moms’ bipolar-anxiety about being only “good” or “bad” gets stupider. These three only-slightly-naughty moms openly cry as they behold their kids in a restaurant, declaring, “We love our stupid little ungrateful shitfaces.” The climactic speech triggers plaintive confessions about how “being a mom today is impossible” (#exaggeratedfirstworldproblems).

Patently missing from the PTA here? Teachers, left unheard and nearly unseen; the attitude to them seems summed up by Amy’s disconsolate daughter: “Now I’ll never go to the Ivy League! I might as well just become a teacher.”

Parenting’s reduced to bullshit mantras as NotSoBad Mom sends her offspring to school with the words: “My babies. Be amazing. Be awesome.” In the end, these three so-actually-good-they’re-reallycool moms get to fly a private jet to wherever they want! (#pimpmylife). Most vomitous of all, a creditssequence shows each main actress with her real-life mom, recalling funny little mothering-mistakes, etc., before the daughter earnestly asserts, though, “You were a great mom.” Then they hug. Ugh.

BRIAN GIBSON

FILM@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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Bourne, the boring continues

The just alright action sequences in Jason Bourne unfold in a void without a plot

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t’s tough, going in, not to see the latest Bourne installment—so baldly named that it might as well be called Bourne Again—as a product of convenience. The previous one, Tony Gilroy’s spin-off The Bourne Legacy, made only about 60 percent of the total gross of Paul Greengrass’ The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), co-written by Gilroy and starring Matt Damon. But it’s impossible, going out, not to see Jason Bourne as a product of convenience. Beyond all

the chasing, pacing, and racing, its easy political backdrops (“The Greek government is declaring a state of emergency”), snappy explanations, expedient tech-interceptions, and simplistic action-quest mark it out as too soft a target The screenplay’s credited to director Greengrass and editor Christopher Rouse, and the story certainly seems as if the filming shaped it, not any careful writing beforehand. The action jets from Reykjavik to Athens to Berlin (then London and Las Vegas). The backdrop’s wastefully ofthe-political-moment: Bourne buddy Nicky Jordan (Julia Stiles) torches a hacker-hangout in the Iceland capital after getting tracked by the CIA; Jordan and Bourne (Damon) use violent street protests in the Greek capital as cover for their rendezvous and flight. The travelling and convenient contrivances and betrayals seem so rote, too, because it’s all about Bourne trying to learn his origin-story for us: How I Became An Agency Assassin. En route, a longtime char-

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Now Playing Directed by Paul Greengrass  acter’s killed off to little purpose, a Snowden-like subplot’s vaguely offered, and the CIA leaves more and more carnage in the wake of its notso-covert efforts to wipe Bourne out.

The action sequences, though unspooling in this vacuum of consequences and plausibility, remain strong. Working again with cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, Greengrass offers visceral, gritty, street-level shots—in contrast to the CIA’s cold, remote surveillance from a controlcentre in DC—which Rouse breaks down into jagged little shards of pursuit and combat. And Alicia Vikander does what she can with her shrewd little career-climber of a CIA cyberintelligence officer. But in its Vegas Strip crash-and-bash—an armoured car plows through traffic—Jason Bourne shows how weak its hand really is. There’s wanton destruction everywhere, but no real thrills, no actual ideas, to cash in on.

BRIAN GIBSON

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Message from the silent era Once thought lost, Daughter of Dawn has an all First Nations cast

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he discovery of a film long believed to be lost is always cause for celebration.

With the discovery of Daughter of Dawn, it was not only a piece of film history that was recovered, but also a glimpse of a way of life that’s ever in danger of receding from the memory of a people.

In 2016 we’re still contending with a dearth of First Nations faces and stories on our screens—and with the institutionalized racism that allows this dearth to persist. So it’s that much more remarkable to be able to see a narrative film made in 1920 whose entire cast is made up of Kiowa and Comanche actors, wearing their own clothing and carrying their own personal items. The return of Daughter of Dawn is a major event. You can now find the film on DVD and Blu-ray from Milestone Films, a heroic distribution company whose moniker in this case is very appropriate.

Daughter of Dawn reappeared when a private investigator received a nitrate print from a client in lieu of payment. (Who was that client? Do they have more lost films just lying around?) The Oklahoma Historical Society bought the print from the PI in 2007, commissioned an excellent, rousing score from Comanche com-

poser David Yeagley, and began the arduous process of restoring Daughter of Dawn for exhibition. In 2013 the film was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress.

Directed by Norbert A Myles from a script by Myles and Richard Banks—who according to an opening title card lived among the Kiowa for 25 years—Daughter of Dawn tells the story of a Kiowa community in danger of starvation, and the love triangle that surfaces during this time of strife. Black Wolf (Jack Sankadota) wants to wed Daughter of Dawn (Esther LeBarre), the chief’s daughter, and he’s got plenty of ponies to buttress his candidacy. But Daughter of Dawn loves White Eagle (White Parker), who has only his good-natured self to offer. More concerned with integrity than wealth, the chief devises a pretty brutal test of strength and will to determine who’s the better man. Meanwhile bison are found— the hunt is among the film’s most spectacular sequences—and it’s revealed that some neighbouring Comanche are hoarding goods.

As I compare the names of the characters with those of the actors, I can’t help but imagine a version of

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the film that tells this story through a less antiquated or cocooned, more socially integrated, contemporaneous lens. How did Sankadota, LeBarre and Parker live? Were the Kiowa and Comanche of the 1920s still living exactly as depicted in the film?

But if that were the case then perhaps Daughter of Dawn would have less value as a document of vanishing languages and rituals, which are some of the elements praised

by Kiowa Dorothy Whitehorse and Kiowa-Comanche filmmaker Darren Twohatchet in two of several supplements offering welcome context on Milestone’s release. Twohatchet points out the obvious virtue of being able to look back to a film from the silent era in which the Indians are more than mere antagonists for the prevailing cowboys.

If we can have stories like Daughter of Dawn returning to us from almost a century ago, surely there’s room for more First Nations narratives now. V

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he drunken master in the comedy-kung fu movie that shot Jackie Chan into stardom isn’t Chan but Sue-Tien Yuen (father of the movie’s director, Woo-Ping Yuen). He plays Beggar So Hi, a wine-loving sot brought in as a taskmaster for delinquent Freddie Wong (Chan), to whip him into shape and teach him discipline . . . or just punish him for being such a little shit.

Drunken Master isn’t worth watching for the non-action comedy, which veers between broad and schticky (Wong’s mostly a whiny twerp). But it is worth watching for the slapsticklike kung fu Chan made famous—it’s here that martial arts kicked back to Chaplin and Keaton, fusing Eastern acrobatic-fighting on the big screen with those two Western silent-movie master-clowns (there’s also something of the Three Stooges here).

Wong gets into trouble—showing up his teacher; mocking two women who turn out to be his aunt and niece; helping a poor market vendor by standing up to a rich bully—and his father arranges for So Hi to set him straight. But, in their run-in on the street, Wong’s utterly humiliated

by Yim Tit-sam or “Thunderleg”. So Hi teaches Wong a Drunken Boxing style where, by imitating a lurchingabout drunkard, he can better defeat opponents.

The episodic plot and buffoonish, grotesque characters (that teacher has long black hairs sprouting from a wart on his cheek; a waiter has a long-toothed overbite), even the story’s juvenile attitude to women (though Wong does adopt and adapt an effeminate Drunken style to finally triumph) can be tolerated so long as another Chan punch-and-dance

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is coming. Whether using a wooden stretcher as a prop to reduce yet another man to a wreck or leapfrogging around restaurant tables in a melee, Chan’s work is as much actionplayfighting as comic-choreography.

(One of his favourite moves, making a foe think he’s stamping down on one foot only to stomp him on the other, is a Chaplinesque bait-and-switch.)

Drunken Master is a muted blast from the past, from the early days in a kung fu-comic’s career—Chan’s characters and plots would get less coarse and more interesting—but it still offers some explosive fun.

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American, and psycho The themes in Scorsese's classic Taxi Driver endure

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976: All The President’s Men; Carrie; Harlan County, USA; Marathon Man; Network; The Omen. A very good year for American films, made great by one of the year’s first, released February 8, which won its 33-year-old New York City director the Palme d’Or three months later in Cannes. 40 years on from its release, Taxi Driver is a masterpiece, perhaps the masterpiece, of American lonerness, a portrait of a psycho as a young man. A man whose most famous speech is to himself, in a mirror, as he practises quick-drawing a sleeve-gun: “You talkin’ to me?”

Martin Scorsese’s neo-noir, from Paul Schrader’s feverishly written script, begins with a yellow cab looming up, Jaws-like (cinematographer Michael Chapman was camera operator on that movie two years earlier), out of the street smoke, as Bernard Herrmann’s score—a sax-swoon

interrupted by ominous, clattering percussion—mists along. Vietnam vet Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro), 26, can’t sleep well and starts driving cabs six, seven nights a week.

But this study’s also something of a self-portrait—Schrader was channeling his own down-and-out-ness, alienation, and obsessions. And Scorsese’s even self-exposing—his first Hitchcock-like cameo comes with the slo-mo introduction of Cybill Shepherd’s cool blonde, Bickle’s fixation, where Scorsese’s there, too, looking on at her from his perch on a building’s stoop. Later, in a scene echoing Rear Window and Psycho, Scorsese’s a passenger testily directing Bickle to stop, leave the meter running, and stare with him at the silhouette of a woman—his wife—in a window of another man’s—a black man’s— apartment; he talks of how he’ll kill her. The voyeurism has darkened and

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Fri, Aug 5 (9pm) Directed by Martin Scorsese Originally released: 1976 Metro Cinema at the Garneau deepened, yet still we, too, look on.

Racism, cars, guns, an apple pie in the Big Apple—on Travis’ first date with the Yankee-named Betsy (Shepherd), shortly before Memorial Day—a Presidential campaign, talk of the town as an “open sewer” that needs cleaning up, a would-be assassin whom fate twists into a vigilantehero . . . it doesn’t get more American Psycho. Scorsese’s interest in raging bulls and New York City wolves would return, but his fifth fiction-feature, unleashed in the hey-day of the American auteur’s “New Hollywood” era, remains his magnum opus.

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entire Victorian era, charting the broad evolution of British draftsmanship and illustrating the new appreciation developed for the art of drawing during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901. It highlights a range of subject matter including simple figure drawings, medieval scenes from literature and Renaissance-inspired compositions • until Nov 13

present. Ambient Plagues is a mixed media installation that explores this invisible world, a world teeming with microbial life, and the possibility of infection • until Sept 23

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Jason De Haan: Grey to Pink • In this project, fossilized shells perch, sphinx-like, on individual vapour spouts of ultrasonic humidifiers.

Cool mist caresses the form of each fossil as if to disperse ancient mineral particles of the once-living form into, and beyond, the exhibition space • until Nov 13

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Damian Moppet + Ron Moppet: Every Story Has Two Sides • A new exhibition project that brings together the work of contemporary Canadian artists - Damian Moppett and Ron Moppett. Exploring the commonalities and intersections of their artistic production, the exhibition exsmines a shared interest in the history of modernism; strategies of assemblage that are both modes of production and historical references; as well as the role of the artist and studio as both creator/creative site and subject • Sept 17 – Dec 31 ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) 19 Perron Street • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Reconstructions by Brenda Danbrook • Danbrook’s work invites us to observe and interact with the marks of makers past and present. Danbrook’s own wheelthrown ceramic dishes, adorned with silkscreen images from her own photography, as well as cast bronze appendages and clothing pegs, interplay with relics of times gone by • Sept 1 – Oct 29

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CAVA GALLERY 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava.com • Members Art Exhibition • The artists Jeannette Ouellette, Marc Neal, Françoise Fiset, Sarah Tam, Doris Charest and Patricia Trudeau will show their recent works at CAVA Gallery. • Sept 16 – Oct 4

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL 10186 – 106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca/feature-gallery/ • Crafting Conscience • From the original guilds, through utopian societies, arts and craft movements, hippy communes, to craftivism, there is a long tradition of craftspeople making both craft work and radical statements. Crafting Conscience examines some of the more compelling, complex and troubling social issues of our time. Topics include current issues happening both near and afar: the Syrian refugee crisis, environmental causes such as the conservation of natural habitats, greed and overconsumption, political freedom, gender roles and more. • until Oct 1 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • A Parallel Excavation: Duane Linklater & Tanya Lukin Linklater • The exhibi-

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LATITUDE 53 10242 – 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Lee Henderson - Palliative Care • “Death,” “dies,” “funeral”, “vendetta,” “saint”. In Lee Henderson’s collaged video loop, the characters of TV’s The Golden Girls speak often, and only, of death. This loop is a rediscovery of a cultural touchstone that takes aging as its central subject, experienced from a chaise-langue in a warm, rosy simulation of Floridian summer • until Sept 10

Joani Tremblay - Landscape Gaze and Breezy Erudition, and What About Formal Freedom? • In Joani Tremblay’s large format works on paper, the artist mixes drawing, print, and embroidery to explore the landscapes of magical sites. Through research, documentation, and collection, Tremblay visited European sites and reconstructed them as images that offer a possibility of losing oneself in nonexistent abstract locations. Her materials are nonetheless a link to the real—inks and pigments made from the objects and flora of the sites themselves in an alchemical process • until Sept 10

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MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street • 780.459.1528 • museeheritage. ca • Satisfaction Guaranteed • This exhibition will look at how some of our local businesses have advertised for more than a century. Come and peruse our collection of signs, newspaper ads, posters, calendars, knick-knacks, clothing, and packaging. Great slogans, images and event celebrity endorsements have been used to separate you from your hard earned paycheck • until Sept 11

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STRATHEARN ARTWALK Park along Strathearn Drive, between 89 and 91 Street • strathearnartwalk.com • A celebration of art and community, the fifth annual Strathearn Art Walk features an art show and sale, as well as food (including our famous Strathearn pulled pork sandwich), beer and music. Plus, we’ve got a kids’ zone with activities for our youngest artists. • Sept 10, 12 pm – 7 pm

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KALEIDO FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL 118 avenue and between 90 – 94 street • Pay what you can • kaleidofest.ca • Alberta Avenue comes alive during Kaleido, a free family arts festival featuring music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts produced by Arts on the Ave. Artists collide in an environment of creative exploration and performances on rooftops, sides of buildings, back alleys, parks, old spaces and new spaces of 118th Avenue • Sep 9 – 11

sustainability reach predicted catastrophic levels. Exploring what remains after the projected extinction of humanity, the work explores the idea of systemic failure while drawing parallels between the biologic, environmental, and man-made; until Oct 8 • Drink and Draw: Conspiracy Theory • Collaborative drawing games, live music and delicious drinks • Sept 24, 8 pm

FAB GALLERY Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • Graduate Design Group Show • A selection of work by students graduating with a Master of Design degree: Graduates: Travis Holmes (VCD), Devaki Joshi (VCD) and Adam McKertcher (ID). • Sept 20 – Oct 22

tion, featuring installation work by both artists, explores notions of excavation in relation to the intellectual, environmental and cultural resources most immediate to the artists • until Sept 18 The Unvarnished Truth: Exploring the Material History of Paintings • The exhibit brings together discoveries made by an international team of nearly 30 researchers of applied radiation sciences, anthropology, art history and biomedical engineering who worked together to examine nine historical paintings from the collections of the McMaster Museum of Art including works by Vincent Van Gogh, Alexander Rodchenko and Peter Paul Rubens’ workshop • until Sept 18 Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection • Featuring more than 120 drawings by over 60 artists, Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection encompasses the

FRONT GALLERY 12323 – 104 Ave • 780.488.2952 • thefrontgallery.com • Matt Petley Jones • A solo show featuring work

by Matt Petley Jones, an established landscape artist who uses bright gestural paint-strokes to capture unique Canadian landscapes. Opening reception for this event will be on Sept 8 from 7pm until 9pm at The Front Gallery • Sept 15 – Oct 7 HARCOURT HOUSE 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Elaine Whittaker, Ambient Plagues • Have you walked out of a pandemic movie lately with the hair raised on the back of your neck? Not because of the throes of flesh eating zombies but because the guy who sat beside you was coughing the whole time?

We are surrounded by microbes, are composed of microbes, and we are terrified of them. We live in a porous world, in porous bodies. The possibility of being breached, infected, and losing body integrity is always

Weiller and Williams Co Ltd: Building a Livestock Empire • In 2015, the Musée Héritage Museum received a large donation of business and family items that had belonged to Leland Stanford (Lee) Williams, partner in one of Canada’s largest cattle-commission firms. Weiller and Williams Co. Ltd. was founded in 1925, with Lee heading up operations in Edmonton • Sept 20 – Nov 13 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Robert Christie; Sept 15 – Oct 4 SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Main Gallery: Juan Ortiz-Apuy, The Garden Of Earthly Delights • A sculptural installation exploring advertising and commodity fetishism, specifically how ideas of animism are encoded in the way that objects are designed, presented and displayed • until Oct 8 Community Gallery: Jill Ho-You, Retrograde • Retrograde explores the aftermath of the Anthropocene if changes in climate, biodiversity, and

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VISUALEYEZ visualeyez.org • Latitude 53 invites artists to Edmonton to explore issues around the curatorial theme of kindness—works that explore the fragility of the human ego and expand upon the positive nature of simple gestures. Over a six-day period, artists will work together in a residency-like format before three intensive days of performance. • Sept 19 – 24

COMEDY COMEDY FACTORY Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34th Ave & Gateway Blvd • 780.469.4999 or 780.450.2508 • thecomedyfactory.com • Tim Kubasec, Sept 2 – 3 • Danny Acappella, Sept 9 – 10 • Hannibal Thompson, Sept 23 – 24 COMIC STRIP 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip.ca • TJ Miller, Sept 2 – 5 • Rocky LaPorte, Sept 8 – 11 • Battle to the Funny Bone, Sept 12, 19, 26 • Finesse Mitchell, Sept 15 –18 • Jimmy Shubert, Sept 22 – 25 • Justine Hires, Sept 28 – Oct 2 THE COMIC STRIPPERS Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, 4308 – 50 St, Leduc • maclabcentre.com • A fictitious male stripper troupe played by a cast of some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians performs a “sexylarious’ improv comedy show. Constantly grooving and gyrating in between scenes they banter with the crowd and perform their hilarious twist on improv sketches. • Sept 24, 7:30 pm THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated

by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night.

Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month RED GREEN: I’M NOT OLD, I’M RIPE TOUR Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • $62.50 • jubileeauditorium.com • After 20 successful years on television from the infamous “Possum Lodge” as the handyman who believes that “anything is possible if you use enough duct tape,” Red Green is back with a whole new show focussing on Red’s life. • Sept 25, 7 pm

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Dance BRIAN WEBB DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS PRAIRIE DANCE CIRCUIT: THE MOON AT MIDNIGHT Timms Centre, 8703 – 112 St • 780.420.1757 • $25 (student, senior), $35 (general) • bwdc.ca • Sept 23 & 24, 8 pm DIRT BUFFET CABARET Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm EDMONTON BURLESQUE FESTIVAL Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845 – 102 Ave • edmontonburlesquefest.com • Celebrating all things Burlesque, vaudeville and fabulous. Bringing together over 50 performers for three days. • Sept 8 – 10 SHADOWLAND BY PILOBOLUS DANCE THEATRE Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • albertaballet50. com • Shape. Shadow theatre.

Circus. It’s a dream, it’s a shadow, it’s a spectacle. Alberta Ballet brings you the Canadian Premiere of Shadowland from world-renowned Pilobolus Dance Theatre. These world famous artists challenge the edges of performance, enveloping you in a magical coming of age story told through two different worlds. A teenaged girl is transported by the shadows lurking behind her bedroom wall into a dreamlike land of darkness, light, and adventure. With a script by Steven Banks, lead writer for SpongeBob SquarePants, this fusion of dance and poetry features multiple moving screens and an original score by popular American musician, producer, and film composer David Poe. • Sept 27 & 28 SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95

St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

FILM CINÉMA @ CAVA CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • French cinema • La collection qui n’existait pas (The collection that didn’t exist), by Joachim Olender, tells the story of Belgium’s most remarkable art collectors, Herman Daled. ‘La collection qui n’existait pas’ won the first award of International Art Movies Festival 2016 (FIFA). • Sept 7, 6:30 pm DREAMSPEAKERS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Metro Cinema at the Garneau, 8712 – 109 St • 780.378.9609 • $12 (screenings) • dreamspeakers. org • Join us in celebrating Indigenous film as we look anew at our purpose, progress and media revival, relevance and resonance!

Feel free to signup online for artistic workshops, community dialogues and panel discussions. • Sept 23 – 29 GOTTA MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL Stanley Milner Library • gottaminutefilmfestival.com • Wait for it! Watch for it! For one week this fall, One Minute Silent Short Films will light up platform screens throughout the Edmonton Transit LRT system, bringing media art to Edmontonians ‘on the go’ • Sept 26 – Oct 2 THE MOSQUERS FILM FESTIVAL Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • themosquers. com • The Mosquers is a film festival that aims to educate, entertain and build bridges through showcasing the diverse Muslim experience. The festival pursues new ways to introduce both Muslims and non-Muslims to the most original and authentic storytelling. • Sept 10, 6 pm RADICAL REELS Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $20 (adult), $15 (student) • ardentheatre.com

• Huck-it! Drop-it! Get stoked for this year’s presentation of the most outrageous films from the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival and beyond. The Radical Reels Tour is back in St. Albert, bringing a variety of mountain sport films—skiing, boarding, climbing, biking, kayaking and more—that break all barriers of what is possible when determination and athleticism meet. • Sept 29, 7:30 pm

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner • Sept 21, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A play reading series with a different play by a different playwright each month. • 1st Sunday of each month TALES ALBERTA STORYTELLING RETREAT Camp Kuriakos, Sylvan Lake • talesstorytelling.com • Professional development, discussions and readings. • Sept 9 – 11

THEATRE 24TH ANNUAL DIE-NASTY SOAP-A-THON Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • varsconatheatre.com • The Soapa-thon is back! Join the whole DN gang and guests from all over the world for 50 straight hours and one phenomenally soapy story! • Sept 16 – 18 THE BIG BOOM THEORY 3: THE EARLY YEARS Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Let’s flashback to the year 1998; Titanic wins eleven Oscars and Windows 98 is released to the public. All our beloved scientists–and Penny–are seniors in high-school, when a series of serendipitous events causes their lives to

collide for just one day. Watch as Leonard and Sheldon meet for the very first time and witness the start of the Penny/Leonard (or Pennard) romantic saga. • until Oct 23 THE BOOK OF MORMON Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.427.2760 • bookofmormonthemusical.com •This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. • Sept 13 – 18 THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • When a 15-year-old math genius with autism comes under suspicion for killing his neighbour’s dog, he decides to investigate the crime himself and makes some life-changing discoveries. • Sept 17 – Oct 9 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 - 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca •The Simon & Garfunkel story tells the fascinating tale of how two young boys from Queens, New York went on to become the world’s most successful music duo of all time. • Sept 6 – Oct 30

history. Tim Hus was handpicked by Stompin’ Tom to tour with him, not only as his opening act but to play in his band as well. Hus performed at Stompin’ Tom’s funeral where he was also a pallbearer. He will share his personal stories of his friend and mentor in a show of music, patriotism and board stomping; complete with a multi-media presentation and featuring many of the songs that made Stompin’ Tom a Canadian treasure. • Sept 17 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Union Hall, 6240 – 99 St • 780.702.2582 • $35 • unionhall.ca • Sept 30, 8 pm BARRULE Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $20 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Sept 30, 7:30 pm BETTER LIVING FUNDRAISER FOR SENIORS St Albert Inn & Suites, 156 St Albert Rd, St Albert • $50 (includes buffet) • featuring Tommy Banks • Sept 29, 5:30 pm BILLY BOB THORNTON & THE BOX MASTERS Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $65.50 – $80.50 • festivalplace. ab.ca • Sept 9, 7:30 pm

WITNESS TO A CONGA Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • varsconatheatre. com • One of the most anticipated revivals in Teatro history, Lemoine’s most harrowing comedy presents a family torn apart by secrets and explosive revelations. Andrew MacDonald-Smith leads a stellar cast: Briana Buckmaster, Belinda Cornish, Linda Grass, Jeff Haslam, and Davina Stewart. • Sept 29 – Oct 15

BROTHERS LANDRETH Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $35 (adult), $32 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Sept 22, 7:30 pm

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CHIP TAYLOR & CARRIE RODRIGUEZ Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Sept 14, 7:30 pm

ACROSS THIS LAND IN STORY & SONG: A TRIBUTE TO STOMPIN’ TOM FEATURING TIM HUS Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Stompin’ Tom Connors’ songs have become part of the Canadian cultural landscape. His legendary tunes celebrate everything from hockey to bingo to potatoes, and have made him one of the most important singers in our country’s

CHARLES BRADLEY Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $32.50 – $42.50 • winspearcentre. com • Sept 21, 8 pm

CUT HIP HOP AWARDS 2016 Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $20 – $50 • winspearcentre.com • Featuring Choclair, Peter Jackson, Cob, Habe and more. • Sept 11, 5 pm

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DOLLY PARTON Rogers Place, 10220 – 104 Ave • $39.50 – $97.50 • rogersplace.com • Sept 17, 7:30 pm

THE LONELY: A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF ROY ORBISON Century Casino, 13103 Fort Rd • 780.643.4026 • $29.95 (show only), $59.95 (dinner & show) • edmonton. cnty.com • Sept 30, 6 pm (doors for dinner); 7:45 pm (show doors)

DRAKE Rogers Place, 10220 – 104 Ave • $49.50 – $149.50 • rogersplace.com • Sept 20 & 21, 6:30 pm

MAVIS STAPLES Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Sept 16, 7:30 pm

EDMONTON ACCORDIAN EXTRAVAGANZA St John’s Cultural Centre,10611 – 110 Ave • edmontonaccordion.com • Sept 21 – 25

MONKEY JUNK Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street • 780.459.1500 • $38 • ardentheatre. com • Sept 30, 7:30 pm

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GOING TO GRACELAND Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 Adult, $35 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • A nine-piece group of Edmontonbased musicians takes fans of Paul Simon’s pivotal 1986 album through a journey of eclectic musical styles that transcend racial and cultural barriers. • Sept 17, 7:30 pm JUNIOR BOYS Starlite Room, 10030 – 102 St • 780.428.1099 • $20 • starliteroom. ca • Sept 17, 8 pm

NOTHING BUT THIEVES Starlite Room, 10030 – 102 St • 780.428.1099 • $20 • starliteroom.ca • Sept 16, 7 pm PEACHES The Needle Vinyl Tavern, 10524 Jasper Ave • 780.756.9045 • $33.50 • theneedle.ca • Sept 25, 8:30 pm RODRIGUEZ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium. com • Sept 1, 8 pm

KEITH URBAN Rogers Place, 10220 – 104 Ave • $69.50 – $109.50 • rogersplace.

ROYAL WOOD Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $38 • ardentheatre.com • Sept 23 & 24, 7:30 pm

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE Melcor Cultural Centre, 35 – 5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Days of Sunlight; Exhibition of works by Susan Casault • Oct 4– 29 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection • Featuring more than 120 drawings by over 60 artists, Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the PreRaphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection encompasses the entire Victorian era, charting the broad evolution of British draftsmanship and illustrating the new appreciation developed for the art of drawing during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901. It highlights a range of subject matter including simple figure drawings, medieval scenes from literature and Renaissance-inspired compositions • until Nov 13 Jason De Haan: Grey to Pink • In this project, fossilized shells perch,

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TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD ORCHESTRA St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Sept 30, 6:30 pm TOM LAVIN & THE LEGENDARY POWERDER BLUES Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $37 – $41 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Sept 24, 7:30 pm

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SIX GUITARS Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • Six Guitars is a

ALUMNI WEEKEND FREE CONCERT Convocation Hall (located inside the old Arts building) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • Enjoy an af-

symmetry and harmony, including plaster casts of the artist’s own hands, The Vessel forms a body that is both frozen in space and alive with the energy of a swan in flight • Oct 8 – Jan 29

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SONIC BOOM Borden Park • $179.50 plus service fees (weekend pass) • sonicboomfest.com • Featuring Twenty One Pilots, the Lumineers, Halsey, Vance Joy, Arkells, July Talk, Wintersleep, Banners and more. • Sept 3 & 4

BETTER LIVING FUNDRAISER FOR SENIORS St Albert Inn & Suites, 156 St Albert Rd, St Albert • $50 (includes buffet) • featuring Tommy Banks • Sept 29, 5:30 pm

June

KANE & POTVIN Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $20• festivalplace.ab.ca • Sept 23, 7:30 pm

pitch-perfect blend of music, comedy, and characters. Actor and musician Chase Padgett delivers a virtuosic performance as he seamlessly becomes six different guitar players, each with their own distinct voice, views, and musical style. • Sept 24, 7:30 pm

ternoon of beautiful music, including Mozart’s ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’, performed by elite music students in the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and University Symphony Orchestra. • Sept 25, 1 pm CATCHING BUTTERFLIES Convocation Hall (located inside the old Arts building) • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta.ca/artshows • An evening of Baroque sonatas by W.F. Bach, Telemann and J.S. Bach. Performed

by Lidia Khaner (oboe), Colin Ryan (cello ) and Shelley Younge (flute). • Sept 9, 8 pm

MÚSICA CONTEMPORÁNEA BRASIL Convocation Hall (located inside the old Arts building) • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta.ca/artshows • A vivid snapshot of contemporary Brazilian art music rarely performed in Canada. Performed by Allison Balcetis (saxophone) and Roger Admiral (piano). • Sept 23, 8 pm SINGERS & SONGWRITERS: MICHAEL CAVANAUGH Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • Join Bill Eddins and Michael Cavanaugh, star of Broadway’s Movin’ Out: Salute to Billy Joel for a memorable night of all the classics, from the Beatles to Bob Seger to Simon & Garfunkel. • Sept 23 & 24, 8 pm

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JAMES EHNES VIOLIN Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 – 123 St • 780.433.4532 • edmontonchambermusic.org • We celebrate the beginning of another season of fine chamber music with a recital by James Ehnes. During the year of his milestone 40th birthday, he is joined by the dazzling pianist Andrew Armstrong on a crossCanada tour to perform beloved works for violin and piano and a new piece by JUNO Award–winning conductor and composer Bramwell Tovey. • Sept 14, 7:30 pm

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MAGNIFICENT MOZART Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Every musical form that Mozart touched became a supreme masterpiece, as this program makes clear. From orchestral gems to transcendent works for voice to beloved concertante pieces, this allMozart evening has it all. • Sept 30 & Oct 1, 7:30 pm

(University of Alberta) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • Graduate Design Group Show • A selection of work by students graduating with a Master of Design degree: Graduates: Travis Holmes (VCD), Devaki Joshi (VCD) and Adam McKertcher (ID). • Sept 20 – Oct 22

ZELDA: SYMPHONY OF GODDESSES - MASTER QUEST Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.427.2760 • $35 – $105 • jubileeauditorium.com • Based on one of the most popular and beloved video game series of all time, the tour features live orchestral performances of theme music from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda franchise. Guests will enjoy their favorite game moments from the series, carefully and beautifully timed with a gorgeous orchestral score approved

by Nintendo sound director and Legend of Zelda franchise composer Koji Kondo. The concert is a festive experience for all fans, many of which attend “cosplaying” as their favorite characters. • Sept 21

contemporary mythologies of our places. Stallard’s work with light has led him from one Northern place to another, and speaks particularly to Canada’s northern cities as the nights grow longer • Oct 7 – Nov 13

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sphinx-like, on individual vapour spouts of ultrasonic humidifiers.

Cool mist caresses the form of each fossil as if to disperse ancient mineral particles of the once-living form into, and beyond, the exhibition space • until Nov 13 Damian Moppet + Ron Moppet: Every Story Has Two Sides • A new exhibition project that brings together the work of contemporary Canadian artists - Damian Moppett and Ron Moppett. Exploring the commonalities and intersections of their artistic production, the exhibition exsmines a shared interest in the history of modernism; strategies of assemblage that are both modes of production and historical references; as well as the role of the artist and studio as both creator/creative site and subject • until Dec 31 The Edge: The Abstract and The Avant-Garde in Canada • A sampling of works from the AGA collection that indicate the trajectory of modern painting in Canada from post-Impressionism through early abstraction, culminating in Canada’s first truly avant-garde group: the Automatistes • Oct 8 – Jan 29 David Altmejd: The Vessel • Bringing together a variety of materials in

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) 19 Perron Street • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Reconstructions by Brenda Danbrook • Danbrook’s work invites us to observe and interact with the marks of makers past and present. Danbrook’s own wheelthrown ceramic dishes, adorned with silkscreen images from her own photography, as well as cast bronze appendages and clothing pegs, interplay with relics of times gone by • until Oct 29

CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • Members Art Exhibition • The artists Jeannette Ouellette, Marc Neal, Françoise Fiset, Sarah Tam, Doris Charest and Patricia Trudeau will show their recent works at CAVA Gallery. • until Oct 4 Art Exhibition • The artists Claude Boocock, Zdenka Urmila Das, Nathalie Shewchuk-Paré, René Parenteau and Karen Blanchet will show their recent works at CAVA Gallery. Visit galeriecava.com for more info about the artists • Oct 7 – 25 Art Exhibition • The artists Curtis Johnson, Jermann Poulin, Ute Rieder, Sylvie Pinard and Louise Piquette will show their recent works at CAVA Gallery. Visit galeriecava.com for more info about the artists • Oct 28 – Nov 15 FAB GALLERY Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB

FRONT GALLERY 12323 – 104 Ave • 780.488.2952 • thefrontgallery.com • Matt Petley Jones • A solo show featuring work

by Matt Petley Jones, an established landscape artist who uses bright gestural paint-strokes to capture unique Canadian landscapes. Opening reception for this event will be on Sept 8 from 7pm until 9pm • until Oct 7 Ira Hoffecker • A solo show featuring work by Ira Hoffecker, a Canadian artist who captures cityscapes from around the world in bright paint and unique angles, inlaying in them the memory and history of the particular setting. The Opening Reception for this event will be on October 14th, 2016 from 7pm until 9pm • Oct 14 – Nov 10 HARCOURT HOUSE 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • Jill Stanton, A.I.R exhibition • A cumulation of a one year residency, Jill Stanton will exhibit what she has been working on during her time at Harcourt House Artist Run Centre • Oct 7 – Nov 25 LATITUDE 53 10242 – 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Tony Stallard Ghost Dance • In Sand, Neon, Lead, and video, British sculptor Tony Stallard’s new work addresses the nature of cultural history and how we examine it in historical contexts or museums, questioning the

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Game Start • Game Start brings a community of collaborators into the gallery with experimental games— creating connections between technical communities and visual arts practices in Edmonton. Prud’homme connected interdisciplinary teams to create an ambitious new set of installations using the game cabinet as a springboard for experimental presentations • Oct 7 – Nov 13 MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street • 780.459.1528 • museeheritage. ca • Weiller and Williams Co Ltd: Building a Livestock Empire • In 2015, the Musée Héritage Museum received a large donation of business and family items that had belonged to Leland Stanford (Lee) Williams, partner in one of Canada’s largest cattle-commission firms. Weiller and Williams Co. Ltd. was founded in 1925, with Lee heading up operations in Edmonton • until Nov 13 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Steve Driscoll; Oct 14 – Nov 1 SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Main Gallery: Juan Ortiz-Apuy, The Garden Of Earthly Delights • A sculptural installation exploring advertising and commodity fetishism, specifically how ideas of animism are encoded in the way that objects are designed, presented and displayed • until Oct 8

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Community Gallery: Jill Ho-You, Retrograde • Retrograde explores the aftermath of the Anthropocene if changes in climate, biodiversity, and sustainability reach their predicted catastrophic levels.. Exploring what remains after the projected extinction of humanity, the work explores the idea of systemic failure while drawing parallels between the biologic, environmental, and manmade • until Oct 8 Main Gallery: Colin Lyons, A Modern Cult of Monuments • A modest collection of historically significant rubble, meticulously polished and etched using a traditional lithographic process. This project will consider the nature of historical preservation efforts, and what is deemed culturally significant. More specifically, it asks why our first instinct is to polish the concrete and grind off the rust, effectively cleansing a space of its industrial heritage? • Oct 13 – Nov 26 Community Gallery: Graeme Dearden, To Do • This exhibition is principally composed using silkscreened images produced in response to Dearden’s experiences as a manual labourer, then subsequent digital prints of hand written notes used functionally during his working hours • Oct 13 – Nov 26

COMEDY COMIC STRIP 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip.ca • Justin Shires, until Oct 2 • Tom Green, Oct 6 – 8 • Battle to the Funny Bone, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 • Rob Little, Oct 12 – 16 • Steve O, Oct 20 – 22 • J Chris Newberg, Oct 26 – Oct 30 DANNY BHOY COMMONWEALTH COMEDIAN Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39.50 – $45.50 • winspearcentre.com • Oct 23, 8 pm EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL Various venues • 780.439.8809 • atbcomedy.com • Four days of funny featuring over 30 comics from across North America. • Oct 5 – 8 LAuGH FOR LiFE GALA 2016 Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $57.50 – $79.50 • winspearcentre.com • Featuring comedian Mark Lowry • Oct 22, 7 pm THE OpEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

WES BARKER Festival place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood park • 780.449.3378 • $20 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Magic, comedy and stunts. • Oct 22, 7:30 pm

Dance DANCiNG WiTH OuR STARS: FRiGHT NiGHT Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • Watch the Stars cha cha, waltz, and swing dance to some of your favourite Halloween songs while competing for your vote.

Add in some Fright Night costumes (audience members are invited to dress up too!), video highlights, a judging panel, and you have a show that you have to see to believe. • Oct 28 & 29, 7:30 pm DiRT BuFFET CABARET Spazio performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm ENCOUNTERS Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703112 St • 780.472.7774 • citieballet.ca • Choreography by Alysa pires and Jorden Morris • Oct 28 & 29, 7:30 pm, Oct 30, 2:30 pm MASTER CLASSES WITH JUSTINE CHAMBERS Ruth Carse Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Ave • 780.802.6867 • goodwomen.ca • This class focuses on developing strategies for being present while investigating the perpetual dynamic negotiations within the body and the space it is in.

• Oct 24 – Nov 4, 10 am – 11:30 am SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

FILM CINÉMA @ CAVA CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava.com • French cinema • Oct 5 & 12, 6:30 pm EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre,

10200 – 102 Ave • 780.423.0844 • edmontonfilmfest.com • 10 days of film entertainment • until Oct 8 EDMONTON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845 – 102 Avenue • $16.25 in advance • esff.ca • Experience the best of Alberta indie short films, enjoy complimentary snacks, cash bar, live music over the intermission, red carpet photos and a chance to mingle with the filmmakers. • Oct 1, 6 pm (doors); 7 pm (screening begins) FAMILY FUN FILM FESTIVAL Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845 – 102 Avenue • esff.ca • Families can come and enjoy an afternoon of family-friendly films.

During the intermission, in a carnival atmosphere, kids can have their faces painted, kids and families can shoot their own micro-short video in front of a green screen, teens can try out virtual reality, and more! • Oct 2, 2 pm (doors); 2:30 pm (screening begins) GOTTA MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL Stanley Milner Library • gottaminutefilmfestival.com • Wait for it! Watch for it! For one week this fall, One Minute Silent Short Films will light up platform screens throughout the Edmonton Transit LRT system, bringing media art to Edmontonians ‘on the go.’ • until Oct 2

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Oct 19, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN Festival place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Jonathan Goldstein is a frequent contributor to This American Life and a columnist for the National Post. He is the former host/producer of CBC Radio’s Wiretap. An evening with Goldstein offers a rare opportunity to hear his storytelling in person with visual accompaniment, taking the experience beyond the limitations of radio and print. • Oct 14, 7:30 pm LiTFEST: EDMONTON’S NONFiCTiON FESTiVAL Various venues • 780.498.2500 • litfestalberta.com • Litfest celebrates life stories, politics, science, art and fine wine through a series of performance and intimate conversations with notable authors.

It is the only nonfiction festival in Canada. It brings together some of the best-selling, award-winning and emerging authors of books, magazines and film content. It also supports Edmonton as a local

incubator for non-fiction literary talent. • Oct 13 – 23 SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: First Sun each month with a idfferent play by a different playwright. • 1st Sunday of each month

THEATRE THE BIG BOOM THEORY 3: THE EARLY YEARS Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Let’s flashback to the year 1998; Titanic wins eleven Oscars and Windows 98 is released to the public. All our beloved scientists – and Penny – are seniors in highschool, when a series of serendipitous events causes their lives to collide for just one day. Watch as Leonard and Sheldon meet for the very first time and witness the start of the Penny/ Leonard (or Pennard) romantic saga. • until Oct 23 BITTERGIRL: EDMONTON POETRY FESTIVAL THE MUSICAL The Club, Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • A howlingly funny musical on getting over getting dumped! This hilarious new Canadian hit is set to a soundtrack of ‘60s doo-wop hits including “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “I Will Survive,” “I Hear a Symphony” and “Walk on By.” • Oct 4 – 30 GOD’S EAR Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703 – 112 St • $12 (student, evening), $25 (adult, evening), $22 (senior, evening); $12 (student, matinee), $20 (adult matinee), $18 (senior, matinee); $5 (Wed preview); 2 for 1 (Mon) • ualberta.ca/artshows • By Jenny Schwartz. What strangeness fills the void when we experience loss? A fantastical exploration of grief that challenges our understanding of reality and connection. • Oct 13 – 22 MiLLiON DOLLAR QuARTET Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Memphis, 1956. Four icons of rock ‘n’ roll have a chance meeting at Sun Records where they sing and record together for the first and only time. Hear Blue Suede Shoes, Fever, That’s All Right, Sixteen Tons, Great Balls Of Fire, Walk The Line, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Who Do You Love? Matchbox, Folsom Prison Blues, Hound Dog and more…• Oct 22 – Nov 13 NiGHT AT THE MuSEuM OF COuNTRy MuSiC Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Nashville Tennessee is known the world over as the legendary home of Country Music,

and at the center of that legend is the Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame. On an average day the museum attracts thousands of visitors… but at night is when the real fun starts! The locals claim that if you happen to be passing the museum in the wee hours, you can hear the faint sounds of country stars past and present coming to life! • Oct 28 – Jan 22 pOTTED pOTTER Horowitz Theatre, 8900 – 114 St • pottedpotter.com • Olivier Award nominated POTTED POTTER – The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Jeff takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing all seven Harry Potter books (and a real life game of Quidditch) into seventy hilarious minutes. Even if you don’t know the difference between a horcrux and a Hufflepuff, POTTED POTTER will make you roar with laughter. • Oct 29 & 30 RED Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre. com • John Logan’s Red follows the apprenticeship of Ken, a young painter, under the volatile and famous abstract expressionist Mark Rothko. He mixes paint, runs errands, and clean s brushes, but he ends up being the audience for Rothko’s beliefs about art and the world. When Rothko is commissioned to produced a grand piece of art, Ken turns the table of Rothko and his beliefs. • Oct 12 – 22 THE RED KING’S DREAM Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre. org • Steven Tudor’s life is solitary, logical, and precise and that’s good.

He has read and indexed thousands of works from the security of his apartment, visited only by his boss and his best friend. But a chance encounter with an intriguing neighbour sends Stephen’s carefully ordered life through the looking glass and contrary to all rational analysis, the man who thinks too much just might find himself falling in love. David Belke’s classic comedy of love, logic and learning to live returns to the Shadow stage. • Oct 26 – Nov 13 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • The Simon & Garfunkel story tells the fascinating tale of how two young boys from Queens, New York went on to become the world’s most successful music duo of all time. • until Oct 30 SISTER, SISTER pCL Studio, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 – 84 Ave • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • For Dirdra and Janice, Mom’s dead and it’s a great day.

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the day of their mother’s unforgettable death. • Oct 28 – Nov 6 WITNESS TO A CONGA Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • teatroq.com • One of the most anticipated revivals in Teatro history, Stewart Lemoine’s most harrowing comedy presents a family torn apart by secrets and explosive revelations. Andrew MacDonald-Smith leads a stellar cast: Briana Buckmaster, Belinda Cornish, Linda Grass, Jeff Haslam, and Davina Stewart. • until Oct 15

MUSIC ANDREA HOUSE Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $15 • ardentheatre.com • Oct 4, 2 pm BIRDS OF CHICAGO St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Oct 14, 6:30 pm THE CANADIAN GUITAR QUARTET Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 21, 7:30 pm FRED EAGLESMITH TRAVELLING SHOW Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street • 780.459.1500 • $36 • ardentheatre. com • Oct 6 & 7, 7:30 pm HONEYMOON SUITE Century Casino, 13103 Fort Rd • 780.643.4026 • $49.95 • edmonton.cnty.com • Oct 21 JANIVA MAGNESS Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $37 – $41 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 22, 7:30 pm KANYE WEST: SAINT PABLO TOUR Rogers Place, 10220-104 Ave • $29.50 – $169 • rogersplace.com • Oct 15, 8 pm LOCARNO Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $35 (adult), $32 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre.ca • Oct 13, 7:30 pm THE PAPERBOYS Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • This popular, high energy Vancouver-based band serves up a heady blend of country-folk-Celticbluegrass-rock with bits of African, zydeco, soul, and Latin music thrown in for good measure. • Oct 15, 7:30 pm PAVLO & REMIGIO Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $55 – $59 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 2, 7:30 pm PLAY IT FORWARD: LIVE MUSIC FOR CHARITY Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $35 – $100 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 1, 7:30 pm THE PROCLAIMERS Century Casino, 13103 Fort Rd • 780.643.4026 • $54.95 • edmonton.cnty.com • Oct 7, 7 pm PURITY RING Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $28 – $38 • winspearcentre.com • Oct 21, 8 pm

STARMAN Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 7, 7:30 pm SUZANNE OGRINC - LOCK’S “TAPESTRY LIVE – THE CAROLE KING SONGBOOK” Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 20, 7:30 pm TERRI CLARK Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $61.50 (adult), $57 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre.ca • Oct 28 & 29, 7:30 pm TERRA LIGHTFOOT Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors• horizonstage. com • Roots rocker Terra Lightfoot is a ferociously talented songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist. Lightfoot’s original music evokes the burly, bounding sound of rock groups like Them and Creedence Clearwater Revival, fused with roots, blues, soul, and jazz influences. • Oct 14, 7:30 pm TOKYO POLICE CLUB Starlite Room, 10030 – 102 St • 780.428.1099 • $30 • starliteroom. ca • Part of UP + DT music festival.

• Oct 8, 8 pm UP + DOWNTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL Various venues around downtown • $90 (early bird three-day pass), $110 (regular three-day pass) • updt.ca • The Up + Downtown Festival (UP+DT) is a multi-venue music festival that celebrates independent music and art in downtown Edmonton. This year’s line-up features Basia Bulat, Tokyo Police Club, White Lung, Mutoid Man, The Sadies, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Humans, Faith Healer and many more. • Oct 7 – 9

CLASSICAL MUSIC A MUSICAL FEAST Convocation Hall (located inside the old Arts building) • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta. ca/artshows • A musical celebration of food to nourish the body and soul.

On the menu will be works by Bernstein, Porter, Barber, Schubert, Fauré and more! Performed by John Tessier.

• Oct 15, 8 pm CHOPIN CONCERTO Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • In 2015, Charles Richard-Hamelin became the first Canadian laureate in the 88-year history of Poland’s Chopin Piano Competition, taking home the Silver Medal. Hear his award-winning interpretation of Chopin alongside Carl Nielsen’s dazzling symphony and Clemont Pépin’s tuneful variations, conducted by the dynamic Alexander Prior. • Oct 29, 8 pm THE FOUR SEASONS Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • ESO Concertmaster Robert Uchida is the soloist for one of the most treasured collections in music – the four entrancing concertos that make up Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. This night of baroque and classical crowd-pleasers also features Mozart’s “Gran Partita” Serenade. • Oct 6, 8 pm

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 • winspearcentre.com • Featuring comedian Mark Lowry • The chilling 1923 classic silent film staring Lon Chaney will close out your Halloween revelry, with accompaniment from Dennis James on the thunderous Davis Concert Organ. • Oct 31, 9:30 pm THE MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIE Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 – $69 • winspearcentre.com • Join the ESO, guest conductor Brent Havens, and a full rock band on a musical odyssey that explores the incredible range of the legendary David Bowie. • Oct 3 & 4, 8 pm MUSIC OF THE NIGHT Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Nighttime has inspired some of the greatest works of art. As the days get shorter, let’s celebrate with a paean to the dark: masterworks by Wagner, Dvorak, Verdi, and more. The evening features ESO Principal Harp Nora Bumanis teaming up with Juno Award-winning harpist Gianetta Baril in Marjan Mozetich’s celestial double harp concerto. • Oct 12, 7:30 pm PRISM Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta. ca/artshows • A fast-paced, “flash of light” style presentation showcasing the Department of Music’s students and faculty, soloists and ensembles, improv and opera in an unforgettable delivery. • Oct 16, 3 pm PRO CORO CANADA: STARS! All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 – 103 St • 780.428.1414 • $30 (adult), $25 (student/senior) • winspearcentre.com • Pro Coro Canada celebrates Alberta Culture Days and music makers in Edmonton.

Audience members will be delighted by arrangements of Canadian favorites and enjoy the sounds of local singer songwriters and Pro Coro Canada. • Oct 2, 2:30 pm PRO CORO CANADA: STAYIN’ ALIVE - MALE VOICES CONCERT All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 – 103 St • 780.428.1414 • $30 (adult), $25 (student/senior) • winspearcentre.com • Canadian composers will be featured alongside romantic favourites during a concert that explores the many layers of fire, flames, and shadows. • Oct 23, 2:30 pm TURANDOT Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.429.1000 • edmontonopera. com • Set in an imagined mythical China, Edmonton Opera’s lavish season-opening production of Turandot is sure to delight even the most discerning Puccini fan. Canadian soprano Othalie Graham stars as Turandot, the ruthless princess with three lethal riddles. Only Calaf, sung

by David Pomeroy in his return to Edmonton Opera, has the courage to risk it all—including his life—for a chance to melt her icy heart. Puccini’s breathtaking music, such as the iconic “Nessun dorma,” coupled with this production’s lavish sets and costumes, will ensure that Edmonton Opera’s Turandot will live in your heart and mind for years to come. • Oct 22, 25, & 27

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Hoffecker, a Canadian artist who captures cityscapes from around the world in bright paint and unique angles, inlaying in them the memory and history of the particular setting • until Nov 10

November art GALLERIES/ MUSEUMS ALBERTA COUNCIL FOR THE UKRAINIAN ARTS ACUA Gallery, 9534 – 87 St • 780.488.8558 • acuarts.ca • Signature Artist Series: Larisa Sembaliuk-Cheladyn • In her preferred medium of watercolour, Larisa produces a bold and colourful unique artistic style, exploring theme of environmental beauty and sensitivity as well as cultural influences and identities • Nov 4 – 28 Signature Artist Series: Oksana Movchan and Oksana Zhelisko • A show of focusing on the female form, through colour and experimental mark making and etchings • Nov 2 – 28 ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE Melcor Cultural Centre, 35 – 5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Exhibition of sculptural wood works by Lyle Zutz • Nov 1 – 26 • Novelty Show; Allied Arts Council member’s show • Theme: “Incredible Edibles”- Still life paintings with food subjects • Nov 29 – Jan 21 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection • Featuring more than 120 drawings by over 60 artists, Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the PreRaphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection encompasses the entire Victorian era, charting the broad evolution of British draftsmanship and illustrating the new appreciation developed for the art of drawing during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901.

It highlights a range of subject matter including simple figure drawings, medieval scenes from literature and Renaissance-inspired compositions • until Nov 13 Jason De Haan: Grey to Pink • In this project, fossilized shells perch, sphinx-like, on individual vapour spouts of ultrasonic humidifiers.

Cool mist caresses the form of each fossil as if to disperse ancient mineral particles of the once-living form into, and beyond, the exhibition space • until Nov 13 Damian Moppet + Ron Moppet: Every Story Has Two Sides • A new exhibition project that brings together the work of contemporary Canadian artists - Damian Moppett and Ron Moppett. Exploring the commonalities and intersections of their artistic production, the exhibition exsmines a shared interest in the history of modernism; strategies ofassemblage that are both modes of production and historical references; as well as the role of the artist and studio as both creator/creative site and subject • until Dec 31 Damian Moppet + Ron Moppet: Every Story Has Two Sides • A new exhibition project that brings together the work of contemporary Canadian artists - Damian Moppett

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pects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm

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and Ron Moppett. Exploring the commonalities and intersections of their artistic production, the exhibition examines a shared interest in the history of modernism; strategies of assemblage that are both modes of production and historical references; as well as the role of the artist and studio as both creator/creative site and subject • until Dec 31 The Edge: The Abstract and The Avant-Garde in Canada • A sampling of works from the AGA collection that indicate the trajectory of modern painting in Canada from post-Impressionism through early abstraction, culminating in Canada’s first truly avant-garde group: the Automatistes; until Jan 29 • David Altmejd: The Vessel • Bringing together a variety of materials in symmetry and harmony, including plaster casts of the artist’s own hands, The Vessel forms a body that is both frozen in space and alive with the energy of a swan in flight • until Jan 29 ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) 19 Perron Street • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Guilded: “A River Runs Through” by St. Albert Place Visual Arts Council Guild Members • Guilded is a time-honored exhibition at AGSA that enthusiastically showcases works created by members of the St. Albert Place Visual Arts Council (SAPVAC). 2016 sees the return of the guilds to AGSA with the exhibit, A River Runs Through. With this literary title as inspiration, artists will celebrate the actual and metaphysical landscape of our community • Nov 3 – 26 CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • Art Exhibition • The artists Curtis Johnson, Jermann Poulin, Ute Rieder, Sylvie Pinard and Louise Piquette will show their recent works at CAVA Gallery. Visit galeriecava.com for more info about the artists; until Nov 15 • The artists Hélène Giguère, Alouisa Desrochers, Ginette Vallière D’Silva, Jo-Anne Farley, Linda Ould, Sylvia Durocher and Béatrice Lefèvre show their recent works at CAVA Gallery. Visit galeriecava.com for more info about the artists • Nov 18 – Dec 6 FAB GALLERY Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • Erik Waterkotte • Exhibition by Erik Waterkotte (‘05 MFA) explores the myth and magic found in American history and popular culture using print, mixed-media, installation and video. • Nov 1 – 26 Annea Lockwood: A Sound Map of the Housatonic River • An aural tracing of rivers sources from Berkshires, Massachusetts, to Long Island Sound, Connecticut, in this four-channel sound installation by Annea Lockwood, a sound artist and graduate of the Royal College of Music. • Nov 1 – 26 FRONT GALLERY 12323 – 104 Ave • 780.488.2952 • thefrontgallery.com • Ira Hoffecker • A solo show featuring work by Ira

Kari Duke & Tom Gale • This show will feature new work by The Front Gallery artists Tom Gale and Kari Duke. Both long-established artists in the Edmonton art scene, this highly anticipated show will present various urban and wild landscapes from Edmonton and Western Canada. The opening reception for this show will be on November 17 from 7 pm until 9 pm • Nov 17– Dec 1 HARCOURT HOUSE 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • Jill Stanton, A.I.R exhibition • A cumulation of a one year residency, Jill Stanton will exhibit what she has been working on during her time at Harcourt House Artist Run Centre • until Nov 25 LATITUDE 53 10242 – 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Tony Stallard Ghost Dance • In Sand, Neon, Lead, and video, British sculptor Tony Stallard’s new work addresses the nature of cultural history and how we examine it in historical contexts or museums, questioning the contemporary mythologies of our places. Stallard’s work with light has led him from one Northern place to another, and speaks particularly to Canada’s northern cities as the nights grow longer • until Nov 13 Game Start • Game Start brings a community of collaborators into the gallery with experimental games— creating connections between technical communities and visual arts practices in Edmonton. Prud’homme connected interdisciplinary teams to create an ambitious new set of installations using the game cabinet as a springboard for experimental presentations • until Nov 13

The Fine Art of Schmoozy • Join us for the party of the season! The Fine Art Schmoozy is Latitude 53’s seasonal fundraiser—featuring a silent auction including incredible work from artists in our community, as well as local designers and businesses. All of the proceeds raised from tickets sales, bar, raffle, and auction directly supporting upcoming programming, gallery operations, and special events at Latitude 53 • Nov 19 MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street • 780.459.1528 • museeheritage. ca • Weiller and Williams Co Ltd: Building a Livestock Empire • In 2015, the Musée Héritage Museum received a large donation of business and family items that had belonged to Leland Stanford (Lee) Williams, partner in one of Canada’s largest cattle-commission firms. Weiller and Williams Co. Ltd. was founded in 1925, with Lee heading up operations in Edmonton • Until Nov 13 Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Exhibition • Take Your Best Shot has become one of the Museum’s most popular events and each year we see more amazing talent. The exhibition features the images and words from St Albert’s younger citizens.

The theme for 2016 is “Old Stone, New Steel”, so you can look forward to seeing some fabulous photos of architecture and our built environment • Until Jan 15

SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Main Gallery: Colin Lyons, A Modern Cult of Monuments • A modest collection of historically significant rubble, meticulously polished and etched using a traditional lithographic process. This project will consider the nature of historical preservation efforts, and what is deemed culturally significant. More specifically, it asks why our first instinct is to polish the concrete and grind off the rust, effectively cleansing a space of its industrial heritage?

• until Nov 26 Community Gallery: Graeme Dearden, To Do • This exhibition is principally composed of silkscreened images produced in response to Dearden’s experiences as a manual labourer, then subsequent digital prints of hand written notes used functionally during his working hours • until Nov 26

COMEDY AMY SCHUMER Rogers Place, 10220-104 Ave • $55 – $135 • rogersplace.com • Nov 30, 8 pm COMIC STRIP 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip.ca • Bret Ernst, Nov 2 – 6 • Piff the Magic Dragon, Nov 10 – 13 • Battle to the Funny Bone, Nov 7, 14, 21, 28 • Sam Tripoli, Nov 16 – 20 • Jermaine Fowler, Nov 23 – 27 • JR Brow, Nov 30 – Dec 4 JERRY SEINFIELD Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium. com • Nov 18, 7 pm; Nov 19, 7 pm & 10 pm THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

Dance CONVERGENCE L’Uni Theatre, 8627 – 91 St • 780.802.6867 • goodwomen.ca • Convergence 2016 is a double bill featuring the premiere of a new work by Vancouver’s Justine Chambers, as she has been commissioned to create and collaborate with the Good Women collective artists.

Rounding out the program will be a new work from Stéphanie Morin Roberts (For Body and Light). • Nov 10 – 12, 8 pm DIRT BUFFET CABARET Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that ex-

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DRACULA Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • albertaballet50. com • Hearts race and cheeks blush as Dracula sweeps you away to a charming village in Transylvania.

Enter with the innocence of an innkeeper’s daughter and lose yourself in this legendary and opulent masterpiece, which offers more operatic theatre than horror movie kitsch. • Nov 4 & 5 SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

FILM CINÉMA @ CAVA CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • French cinema • Nov 2 & 9, 6:30 pm SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • $22 • ardentheatre.com • Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic movie, The Sound of Music, the classic smash hit ‘Sing-a-Long-a’ musical will be screened in its complete and unedited magnificence to the delight of Julie Andrews fans everywhere. • Nov 6, 7:30 pm

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Nov 16, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: First Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright. • 1st Sunday of each month

THEATRE 3C St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • The war in Vietnam is over and Brad, an exserviceman, lands in L.A. to start a new life. When he winds up trashed in Connie and Linda’s kitchen after a wild night of partying, the three strike a deal for an arrangement that has hilarious and devastating consequences for everyone... • Nov 10 – 12, 17 – 19, 24 – 26 A CHRISTMAS CAROL Maclab Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Now in its 17th consecutive season, this beautiful

adaptation of the Dickens classic is a favourite holiday tradition for thousands of Edmonton families.

Join us once again for this wonderful celebration, with its unforgettable story, rich characters and dazzling special effects • Nov 26 – Dec 23 ANXIETY Secret location, TBA • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • Our personal, secret catalogues of small terrors can move us from the rational to the irrational in mere moments. The way we choose to deal with our fear shapes our lives and the lives of those around us. Our choices to act or not act based on our irrational need to protect ourselves can take us to the heights of joy and plunge us into the depths of despair. Theatre Yes’s Anxiety will challenge audiences to explore the underbelly of these phenomena as they journey through this one-of-akind immersive performance sculpted

by Edmonton playwright Cat Walsh in collaboration with some of Canada’s most inventive companies from across the country. • Nov 24 – Dec 4 THE DROWSY CHAPERONE MacEwan University, John L Haar Theatre, 10045 – 155 St • 780.420.1757 • macewan.ca/wcm/ MacEwanEvents/Performances/ CHAPERONE_THEATRE_16_17 • In a little apartment, a man in a chair puts on his favourite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and our show begins. With two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not so bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. • Nov 23 – Dec 3, 7:30 pm

JAKE’S GIFT Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • While revisiting the shores of Juno beach, Jake encounters Isabelle, a precocious 10-year-old from the local village.

Isabelle’s inquisitive nature and charm challenge the old soldier to confront some long-ignored ghosts–most notably the war-time death of his eldest brother, Chester, a once promising young musician.

At its heart, Jake’s Gift is about the legacy of remembrance, and making the story behind one soldier’s grave deeply personal. • Nov 18, 7:30 pm

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM OF COUNTRY MUSIC Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Nashville Tennessee is known the world over as the legendary home of Country Music, and at the center of that legend is the Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame. On an average day the museum attracts thousands of visitors… but at night is when the real fun starts!! The locals claim that if you happen to be passing the museum in the wee hours, you can hear the faint sounds of country stars past and present coming to life! • until Jan 22

JAKE’S GIFT Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $20 (adult), $18 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre.ca • Jake’s Gift is a multi-award winning Canadian play about a World War II veteran’s reluctant return to Normandy, France for the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. Winner of Best of Fringe in Edmonton and Winnipeg this theatrical performance is about the legacy of remembrance and the personal story behind one soldier’s grave. • Nov 1, 7:30 pm

ONLY IN VEGAS Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • What happens in Vegas… also happens at the Mayfield! We are thrilled to bring you the dazzling city of Las Vegas, and the iconic performers that have entertained there. Celebrating all things past and present that Vegas has to offer, Only in Vegas features the great music, comedy and theatrics of Sin City. • Nov 8 – Jan 29

MAMMA MIA Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium. com • Calling all ABBA fans, this has your name written all over it. The songs are all culled from the Swedish super-group’s songbook, and this is one Broadway show where singing along (and dancing in the aisles) is encouraged. • Nov 11, 8 pm; Nov 12, 2 pm & 8 pm; Nov 13, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

THE RED KING’S DREAM Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre. org • Steven Tudor’s life is solitary, logical, and precise and that’s good.

He has read and indexed thousands of works from the security of his apartment, visited only by his boss and his best friend. But a chance encounter with an intriguing neighbour sends Stephen’s carefully ordered life through the looking glass and contrary to all rational analysis, the man who thinks too much just might find himself falling in love. David Belke’s classic comedy of love, logic

and learning to live returns to the Shadow stage. • until Nov 13 SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $18 (adult), $15 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Singing, Dancing, Love and Wedding! What more could be asked for from this hilarious theatrical musical? • Nov 24 & 25, 7:30 pm SISTER, SISTER PCL Studio, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 – 84 Ave • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • For Dirdra and Janice, Mom’s dead and it’s a great day.

There’s going to be a celebration, and hopefully nothing will go flying out the window–including one of them. A viciously comic and tense fifteen-year reunion between two sisters on the day of their mother’s unforgettable death. • until Nov 6 TWELFTH NIGHT Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703 – 112 St • $12 (student, evening), $25 (adult, evening), $22 (senior, evening); $12 (student, matinee), $20 (adult matinee), $18 (senior, matinee); $5 (Wed preview); 2 for 1 (Mon) • ualberta.ca/artshows • By William Shakespeare. The Bard’s gender-bending comedy of mistaken identity and romantic ambition. • Nov 24 – Dec 3 WITCH HUNT AT THE STRAND Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 – 84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Edmonton. 1942. Police investigate a group of gay men active in the city’s growing theatre scene. By midsummer, a dozen high-profile men are rounded up and charged with gross

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WHAT’S ON AT UALBERTA? For full details on the exciting Studio Theatre 2016/17 season:

by Jenny Schwartz Oct 13 - 22

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare Nov 24 - Dec 3

The Government Inspector

indecency, shattering their lives forever. Based on actual transcripts, award-winning playwright Darrin Hagen creates a powerful history lesson with terrifying parallels to the present. • Nov 24 – Dec 4

MUSIC AOIFE O’DONOVAN Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • ardentheatre.com • Nov 9, 7:30 pm THE ANDREW COLLINS TRIO Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $20 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Nov 18, 7:30 pm ARRIVAL: CANADA’S TRIBUTE TO ABBA Century Casino, 13103 Fort Rd • 780.643.4026 • $34.95 • edmonton.cnty.com • Dec 2, 7 pm CHICAGO & EARTH, WIND & FIRE Rogers Place, 10220-104 Ave • $45 – $125 • rogersplace.com • Nov 5, 7:30 pm COLLEEN BROWN Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $20 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Nov 12, 7:30 pm DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $55 – $59 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Nov 18, 7:30 pm DOC WALKER Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $49 – $61 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Nov 21, 7:30 pm

Bright Burning world premiere

by Colleen Murphy Mar 30 - Apr 8

The Lady from the Sea

by Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Michael Bradley May 18 - 27

by Nikolai Gogol Adaptation by David Harrower Feb 9 - 18

ualberta.ca/artshows LIVE THEATRE GALLERY EXHIBITS MAINSTAGE CONCERTS

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THE DOO WOP PROJECT Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • The Doo Wop Project follows the evolution of Doo Wop from five guys singing tight harmonies on a street corner to the biggest hits on the radio today.

Audiences will journey from classic groups like the Crests, Belmonts, and Flamingos, through some of the artists they influenced like Smokey Robinson, the Temptations, and the Four Seasons, and all the way to Michael Jackson, Jason Mraz, and Amy Winehouse. • Nov 4 & 5, 8 pm THE EASTERN BELLES Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • Nov 27, 7:30 pm EVERYTHING FITZ Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $28 (adult), $24 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Nov 6, 2 pm FORTUNATE ONES Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $32 • ardentheatre.com • Nov 4, 7:30 pm IL DIVO Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.427.2760 • $59 – $149.50 • jubileeauditorium.com • Nov 9, 6:30 pm JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $38 • winspearcentre.com • Nov 21, 8 pm JAYME STONE’S LOMAX PROJECT Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $38 • ardentheatre.com • Nov 12, 7:30 pm

July

JESSE COOK Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $48 (adult), $45 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Nov 19, 7:30 pm RITA CHIARELLI & SWEET LORETTA Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $37 – $41 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Nov 12, 7:30 pm

TEN STRINGS AND A GHOST SKIN Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $20

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TOM RUSSELL St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Nov 18, 6:30 pm THE WASHBOARD UNION Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • Nov 4, 7:30 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC ACCORDIAN SORCERY Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • If you’ve never paired the words “classical” and “accordion” before, this concert is the place to begin. Praised as “superbly subtle and virtuosic” (The Arts Desk) Ksenija Sidorova is the leading ambassador for the accordion and will perform masterpieces by J.S. Bach and Václav Trojan. • Nov 17, 8 pm CANADIAN ROAD TRIP Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $25 – 30 (adult); $15 – $17 (child 12 years and under) • winspearcentre.com • From the West Coast to the Maritimes, from powwows to jigs, you’ll delight in exploring our great country through traditional music and a variety of Canadian composers. Featuring John Estacio’s A Farmer’s Symphony and Robert Rival’s Great Northern Diver, this concert celebrates the vastness of Canada and the diversity of its communities.• Nov 5, 2 pm

composers, and their own arrangements of popular, jazz and rock tunes. • Nov 15, 7:30 pm LATE NIGHT ACCORDIAN Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 • winspearcentre.com • Confounding your expecations, Ksenija Sidorova demonstrates the truly classical range and virtuosity of her instrument in a night brimming with music and energy. The accordion comes to life in works and transcriptions by Bizet, Piazzolla, Moszkowski, and even Bach. Stick around after the concert for drinks, mingling and more live music. • Nov 18, 9:30 pm MUSIC OF SOUTH AMERICA Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • José Luis Gomez conducts music from Latin and South America inspired by European masters. Piazzolla’s concerto salutes Vivaldi, while Villa-Lobos’ Sinfonietta is “in memory of Mozart”.

Edmonton’s Andrew Wan, now the Montreal Symphony’s concertmaster, makes a welcome return. • Nov 25, 7:30 pm & 26, 8 pm PRO CORO CANADA: STAYIN’ ALIVE - MALE VOICES CONCERT All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 – 103 St • 780.428.1414 • $30 (adult), $25 (students/seniors) • winspearcentre.com • Pro Coro Canada’s annual Male Voices concert features the men of Pro Coro Canada along with guests from Cantilon’s new young men’s choir. The first half will feature traditional choral music while the light-hearted second half explores popular songs of the 1970s.

• Nov 27, 2:30 pm

April

CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • Young Alec Holcomb hails from a family of guitar players, and was accepted in John Johns’ guitar studio at Vanderbilt University at age 11! He presents the most popular guitar concerto ever written, the Concierto de Aranjuez.

Kathryn Macintosh, a veteran of the ESO’s brass section, is featured in a 1924 concerto by Danish composer Launy Grøndahl. • Nov 20, 2 pm

August

SEAN MCCANN Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • Nov 19, 7:30 pm

November

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JOE TRIO Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • This is not your average piano trio. Joe TrioExternal doesn’t want to be neatly categorized; they strive for diversity, versatility, humour, and unpredictability.

Their repertoire consists of the classics–from Haydn to Shostakovich, new works by contemporary

December art GALLERIES/ MUSEUMS

Still life paintings with food subjects • until Jan 21

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE Melcor Cultural Centre, 35 – 5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Novelty Show; Allied Arts Council member’s show • Theme: “Incredible Edibles”-

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Damian Moppet + Ron Moppet: Every Story Has Two Sides • A new exhibition project that brings together

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VIOLA & PIANO Convocation Hall (located inside the old Arts building) • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta. ca/artshows • Experience beloved pieces of the chamber music repertory from the Romantic Period. Performed

by Gil Sharon (violin), Laura Veeze (viola), Rafael Hoekman (cello) and Patricia Tao (piano). • Nov 27, 8 pm VIVE LA REVOLUTION! Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • As all of Europe was thrown into turmoil by the events taking place during the French Revolution, there arose a fever of artistic inspiration and creative fire. This program captures the spirit of the age in Paris, with music by leading French composers of the day, and features showcase works for harp as well as the Davis Concert Organ. • Nov 30, 7:30 pm

the work of contemporary Canadian artists - Damian Moppett and Ron Moppett. Exploring the commonalities and intersections of their artistic production, the exhibition exsmines a shared interest in the history of modernism; strategies ofassemblage that are both modes of production and historical references; as well as the role of the artist and studio as both creator/creative site and subject • until Dec 31 The Edge: The Abstract and The Avant-Garde in Canada • A sampling of works from the AGA collection that indicate the trajectory of modern painting in Canada from post-Impressionism through early abstraction, culminating in Canada’s first truly avant-garde group: the Automatistes • until Jan 29

David Altmejd: The Vessel • Bringing together a variety of materials in symmetry and harmony, including plaster casts of the artist’s own hands, The Vessel forms a body that is both frozen in space and alive with the energy of a swan in flight • until Jan 29 Master Strokes: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Victoria and Albert Museum • Spanning three centuries, the exhibition explores the diverse interests and innovative techniques of Golden Age artists, considering the influence of their sixteenth century predecessors and the enduring impact of their work on Dutch and Flemish art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries • Dec 3 – Feb 20 Hanna Doerksen: A Story We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves • A Story We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves creates a grim yet alluring feeling of abandonment. The cool environment is arranged with handmade découpage bouquets. The installation evokes the metaphoric, mirroring both a sense of shame and vanity to the viewer: it’s like watching a movie you’ve seen before but hoping this time the characters will not make the same mistake • Dec 3 – Feb 20 ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) 19 Perron Street • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • The More I Gather by Paddy Lamb • Paddy Lamb’s fervent works deconstruct the remnants of human intervention in the landscape. Concentrating on a specific quarter-section of land east of Edmonton, Lamb develops onsite sketches and collects visual articles, relics of homesteading and farming of the last century • Dec 1 – Jan 28 BOREALIS GALLERY 9820 – 107 St • Storytellers • Storytellers explores the idea of narrative art (visual storytelling) in works

by Alberta artists. It focuses on 21st century artworks which embody the traditionally literary elements of setting, character, point of view, and action. • Dec 15 – Feb 5 CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • Art Exhibition • The artists Hélène Giguère, Alouisa Desrochers, Ginette Vallière D’Silva, Jo-Anne Farley, Linda Ould, Sylvia Durocher and Béatrice Lefèvre show their recent works at CAVA Gallery. Visit galeriecava.com for more info about the artists • until Dec 6 Miniature show! • The artists will present miniature artwork and craft for this annual Christmas sale • Dec 9 – Dec 23 FAB GALLERY Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • Megan Warkentin, MFA Painting• This exhibition is the final visual presentation for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Painting. • Dec 6 – 22, Jan 3 – 7 FRONT GALLERY 12323 – 104 Ave • 780.488.2952 • thefrontgallery.com • Christmas Salon • The Christmas Salon at The Front Gallery will feature extremely high quality art-glass pieces, antique furniture and new work by The Front Gallery’s artists • Dec 8 – Jan 5 HARCOURT HOUSE 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • John Graham, Museum of

Dreams • This exhibition embodies explorations of metaphorical, contemporary notions of surrealism and collage thinking • Dec 3 – Jan 21

mesmerize audience members of all ages. Holiday-themed beverages and treats will be sold at the bar and concessions. • Dec 17, 7:30 pm

LATITUDE 53 10242 – 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Nadine Bariteau - Au Revoir • Nadine Bariteau’s lighthouse-like structure is lit by a single pulsing bulb, and in the flickering light the words “Au Revoir” repeat endlessly in glowing prints of her handwritten text. In the snowy winter landscape, she stands in the wind as it carries these words away. Bariteau’s practice draws a metaphor from water and allegories of landscapes for passing time and things that come and slip away • Dec 2 – Jan 21

BRIAN WEBB DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS ROUGE – GORGE: THE DRESS WRITER Timms Centre, 8703 – 112 St • 780.420.1757 • $35 (general), $25 (students/seniors) • bwdc.ca • The Dress Writer is inspired by words that fall between stories of sex and castration, fly-fishing and lost eggs. • Dec 8 & 9, 8 pm

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street • 780.459.1528 • museeheritage.ca • Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Exhibition • Take Your Best Shot has become one of the Museum’s most popular events and each year we see more amazing talent. The exhibition features the images and words from St Albert’s younger citizens.

The theme for 2016 is “Old Stone, New Steel”, so you can look forward to seeing some fabulous photos of architecture and our built environment • until Jan 15 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Clay Ellis RCA; until Dec 3 SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Print Affair: Fundraising Gala & Print Sale • SNAP’s annual holiday fundraising gala • Dec 3

DIRT BUFFET CABARET Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm

THE NUTCRACKER Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • Enter a Kingdom of Sweets, fall in love with a Sugar Plum Fairy, and bravely face an army of mischievous mice. In its authentic Russian setting, this intimate portrayal depicts a deeply romantic world complete with enormous Russian spoons and miniature mice.

Introducing children to a world of art and culture, their young imaginations will light up as they relish in the legendary world of young Klara and her Nutcracker Prince. • Dec 16 – 24

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SNAP Members Show & Sale • Your chance to buy original fine art prints from Edmonton artists - proceeds from all print sales are split between the artist and SNAP gallery • Dec 3 – 17

COMEDY COMIC STRIP 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip.ca • JR Brow, until Dec 4 • Phil Palisoul, Dec 7 – 11 • Battle to the Funny Bone, Dec 5, 12, 19, 26 • Michael Malone, Dec 14 – 18 • Andrew Norelli, Dec 28 – Jan 1 THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

Dance BALLET VICTORIA: NUTCRACKER Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 Adult, $35 Students & Seniors• horizonstage.com • Tchaikovsky’s score sets the perfect backdrop for all of your traditional favourites: the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Waltz of the Snowflakes, and Dewdrop and her Cavalier. Blending 21st century styles into traditional classics, Ballet Victoria brings a host of vibrant new characters to join the fun and VUEWEEKLY.com | AUG 4 – AUG 10, 2016

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SHUMKA PRESENTS CLARA’S DREAM Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Ave • 780.455.9559 • $35 (general), $25 (students/ seniors) • clarasdream.ca • Edmonton’s Ukrainian Nutcracker! Clara’s Dream is the only Ukrainian folk ballet representation of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Given the famous composer’s Ukrainian heritage, the production incorporates Ukrainian Christmas traditions, folk and character dance, a grand orchestral version of Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells), and Ukrainian symbols woven into the lavish sets and costumes. • Dec 29 & 30 SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

FILM CINÉMA @ CAVA CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • French cinema • Dec 7 & 14, 6:30 pm

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Dec 21, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start)

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

THEATRE ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • In its 50th year celebration, Anne of Green Gables: The Musical tells the beloved tale of Anne ShirleyThat’s Anne with an “E” mind you.

Set in the turn-of-the-century Maritime world of Avonlea, the musical is a charming look in to the nostalgic world and colourful characters of the treasured novel

by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Join Anne as she warms her way into the hearts and home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, becomes bosom friends with Diana Barry and falls in love with Gilbert Blithe. • Dec 16 – 30 ANXIETY Secret location, TBA • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • Our personal, secret catalogues of small terrors can move us from the rational to the irrational in mere moments.

The way we choose to deal with our fear shapes our lives and the lives of those around us. Our choices to act or not act based on our irrational need to protect ourselves can take us to the heights of joy and plunge us into the depths of despair. Theatre Yes’s Anxiety will challenge audiences to explore the underbelly of these phenomena as they journey through this one-of-a-kind immersive performance sculpted by Edmonton playwright Cat Walsh in collaboration with some of Canada’s most inventive companies from across the country. • until Dec 4

ALBERTA COUNCIL FOR THE UKRAINIAN ARTS ACUA Gallery, 9534 – 87 St • 780.488.8558 • acuarts.ca • Signature Artist Series: Iryna Karpenko and Valeriy Semenko • A show influenced by Ukrainian romanticism, fairytale and history • Jan 4 – 31

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • The Edge: The Abstract and The AvantGarde in Canada • A sampling of works from the AGA collection that indicate the trajectory of modern painting in Canada from post-Impressionism through early abstraction, culminating in Canada’s first truly avant-garde group: the Automatistes • until Jan 29

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ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE Melcor Cultural Centre, 35 – 5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Novelty Show; Allied Arts Council member’s show • Theme: “Incredible Edibles”Still life paintings with food subjects • until Jan 21

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LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN Walterdale Theatre, 10322 – 83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • A dramatic comedy of manners, Lady Windermere’s Fan sparkles brilliantly with Wilde’s trademark witticisms and irony.

A lost parent, a love triangle, a scandalous secrete, and reputations ruined or regained form the basis of a truly Victorian yet surprisingly contemporary plot. Style matters more than substance, appetites are indulged regardless of the consequences and the only real sin is to be found out. • Dec 7 – 17 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM OF COUNTRY MUSIC Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Nashville Tennessee is known the world over as the legendary home of Country Music, and at the center of that legend is the Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame. On an average day the museum attracts thousands of visitors… but at night is when the real fun starts!! The locals claim that if you happen to be passing the museum in the wee hours, you can hear the faint sounds of country stars past and present coming to life! • until Jan 22 ONLY IN VEGAS Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • What happens in Vegas… also happens at the Mayfield! We are thrilled to bring

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE MacEwan University, John L Haar Theatre, 10045 – 155 St • 780.420.1757 • macewan.ca/wcm/ MacEwanEvents/Performances/

January art GALLERIES/ MUSEUMS

CHAPERONE_THEATRE_16_17 • In a little apartment, a man in a chair puts on his favourite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and our show begins. With two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not so bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. • until Dec 3, 7:30 pm

David Altmejd: The Vessel • Bringing together a variety of materials in symmetry and harmony, including plaster casts of the artist’s own hands, The Vessel forms a body that is both frozen in space and alive with the energy of a swan in flight • until Jan 29 Master Strokes: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Victoria and Albert Museum • Spanning three

you the dazzling city of Las Vegas, and the iconic performers that have entertained there. Celebrating all things past and present that Vegas has to offer, “Only in Vegas” features the great music, comedy and theatrics of “Sin City.” • Nov 8 – Jan 29

MUSIC THE CELTIC TENORS Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $41 – $45 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Dec 2, 7:30 pm DANNY MICHEL St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Dec 2, 6:30 pm DAVID MYLES: IT’S CHRISTMAS Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $35 • ardentheatre.com • Dec 6, 7:30 pm DUKE ELLINGTON’S NUTCRACKER SUITE Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Dec 4, 7:30 pm KEN LAVIGNE CHRISTMAS RADIO ROAD SHOW Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 Adult, $35 Students • horizonstage.com • Dec 10, 7:30 pm THE MCDADES Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $45 • ardentheatre.com • Dec 16 & 17, 7:30 pm RANT MAGGIE RANT Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $55 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Dec 3, 7:30 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC MIDNIGHT SLEIGHRIDE Robert Tegler Centre, Concordia

centuries, the exhibition explores the diverse interests and innovative techniques of Golden Age artists, considering the influence of their sixteenth century predecessors and the enduring impact of their work on Dutch and Flemish art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries • until Feb 20

BOREALIS GALLERY 9820 – 107 St • Storytellers • Storytellers explores the idea of narrative art (visual storytelling) in works

by Alberta artists. It focuses on 21st century artworks which embody the traditionally literary elements of setting, character, point of view, and action. • Dec 15 – Feb 5

Hanna Doerksen: A Story We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves • A Story We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves creates a grim yet alluring feeling of abandonment. The cool environment is arranged with handmade découpage bouquets. The installation evokes the metaphoric, mirroring both a sense of shame and vanity to the viewer: it’s like watching a movie you’ve seen before but hoping this time the characters will not make the same mistake • until Feb 20

CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • Art Exhibition • Members exhibition. Come enjoy artworks from Franco-Albertains. Visit galeriecava. com for more info about the artists.

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) 19 Perron Street • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • The More I Gather by Paddy Lamb • Paddy Lamb’s fervent works deconstruct the remnants of human intervention in the landscape. Concentrating on a specific quarter-section of land east of Edmonton, Lamb develops onsite sketches and collects visual articles, relics of homesteading and farming of the last century • until Jan 28

University, 7128 Ada Boulevard • $12 • festivalcitywinds.ca • Winter concert under the artistic direction of Wendy J Grasdahl • Dec 3, 7:30 pm THE MUSIC OF STAR WARS Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 – $69 • winspearcentre.com • Join your ESO for a performance of epic music celebrating a galaxy far, far away.

Hear music from all 7 episodes.

Whether your loyalties lie with the Imperial Forces or the Rebel Troops, you’re sure to hear your favorite themes and discover a few more. • Dec 13, 8 pm PRO CORO CANADA: HANDEL’S MESSIAH WITH EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $75 • winspearcentre.com • Swedish conductor Ragnar Bohlin electrified Edmonton audiences with his presentation of Messiah in 2014.

He returns, accompanied by four talented Canadian soloists, for the ESO’s yearly performance of one of the greatest works of music and praise ever written. A holiday “must see” for any music lover. • Dec 9 – 11 PRO CORO CANADA: A LITTLE MATCH GIRL PASSION All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 – 103 St • 780.428.1414 • $25 • winspearcentre.com • Pro Coro Canada ConSept provides a late evening meditation during the busy season of Advent, with David Lang’s spare yet incredibly fulfilling Little Match Girl Passion. This one hour candlelight performance showcases a quartet of singers who also play the glockenspiel and other percussion instruments. • Dec 18, 7:30 pm RICHARD EATON SINGERS All Saints Cathedral, 10035 – 103 St • Featuring a newly commissioned work from Toronto composer Stephanie Martin for choir, organ and brass quintet. • Dec 2 & 3, 7:30 pm

temporary notions of surrealism and collage thinking; until Jan 21 • Emily Jan, After the Hunt • After the Hunt is a large-scale sculptural installation: a three- dimensional life-sized tableau based upon the visual language of 17th century Dutch still-life painting • Jan 26 – Feb 25

February

FAB GALLERY Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • Megan Warkentin, MFA Painting• This exhibition is the final visual presentation for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Painting. • Jan 3 – 7

LATITUDE 53 10242 – 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Nadine Bariteau - Au Revoir • Nadine Bariteau’s lighthouselike structure is lit by a single pulsing bulb, and in the flickering light the words “Au Revoir” repeat endlessly in glowing prints of her handwritten text. In the snowy winter landscape, she stands in the wind as it carries these words away. Bariteau’s practice draws a metaphor from water and allegories of landscapes for passing time and things that come and slip away • until Jan 21

June

Alcuin Awards for Book Design in Canada 2015 • The Alcuin Society is dedicated to supporting excellence in book design and promotes a wider appreciation of books and reading in Canada. • Jan 17 – Feb 11 HARCOURT HOUSE 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • John Graham, Museum of Dreams • This exhibition embodies explorations of metaphorical, con-

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MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street • 780.459.1528 • museeheritage.ca • Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Exhibition • Take Your Best Shot has become one of the Museum’s most popular events and each year we see more amazing talent. The exhibition features the images and words from St Albert’s younger citizens.

The theme for 2016 is “Old Stone, New Steel”, so you can look forward to seeing some fabulous photos of architecture and our built environment • until Jan 15

RUBABOO ABORIGINAL ARTS FESTIVAL La Cité Francophone, 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury • albertaaboriginalarts.com • Rubaboo is a multi disciplinary festival, showcasing theatre, music, dance, visual art, food, and workshops. Rubaboo is a Métis-Michif word (mixture of French and Indigenous), for a stew made on the trap line. It is also a philosophy about what sustains us; and feeds the spirit! Rubaboo is the only major Aboriginal arts festival in Alberta, committed to giving artists a platform to bring audiences of all backgrounds together to enjoy the vast artistic expressions that exist in Aboriginal culture. • Jan 26 – Feb 5 SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • BIMPE: International Miniture Print Exhibition • Produced by New Leaf Editions in Vancouver, this bi-annual international exhibition brings over 400 miniature prints to SNAP gallery • Jan 7 – 21

COMEDY BRENT BUTT Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $48 (adult), $45 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Creator of “Corner Gas” and one of Canada’s funniest comedians, Brent Butt discovered early that being funny was a good way to get attention. • Jan 18, 7:30 pm GOD IS A SCOTTISH DRAG QUEEN Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $25 – $35 • horizonstage.com • Dressed in a floral power suit, God has come to skewer everything and everyone, from Justin Bieber to the Pope, and set the record straight on Noah’s boat, in an unforgettable night of comedy. • Jan 13, 7:30 pm THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

Dance BRIAN WEBB DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS VAN GRIMDE CORPS SECRETS: SYMPHONIES 5.1 Timms Centre, 8703 – 112 St • 780.420.1757 • $35 (general), $25 (students/seniors) • bwdc.ca • Isabelle Van Grimde’s company will challenge us to examine the body through a most contemporary lens.

Isabelle challenges herself to always explore the relationship between the body and technology, the virtual and the real. Dance, music and the visual environment amalgamate to create one amazing world where we witnesses and enter a new potential, a new way of experiencing the world. • Jan 20 & 21, 8 pm DIRT BUFFET CABARET Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety

show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • albertaballet50. com • This all-male company has shared their high art in over 500 cities and 33 countries. An escape in the most entertaining way, Trockadero is one of the most refined comedy acts. Showcasing pure skill and perfect silliness, the wigs, makeup and fabulous costumes all come together in a clever, yet perfectly choreographed sensation. It will shock you with its originality, please you with its outrageousness and mesmerize you with its movement. • Jan 17 & 18 SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner • Jan 18, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: First Sun each month with a idfferent play by a different playwright. • 1st Sunday of each month

THEATRE ANNAPURNA Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre.org • Twenty years ago Emma walked out on Ulysses, her cowboy-poet husband. But now Ulysses is in dire need of help and despite her better judgment Emma tracks him down to a trailer park in the wilds of Colorado. Their comic and conflicted reunion is full of barbed wire wit and brutal honesty. But to their surprise, the more they begin to understand the issues that drove them apart, the more they find themselves drawn together again. • Jan 18 – Feb 5 DISGRACED Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • A New York dinner party. A shattering cultural collision. When discussion turns to politics and religion, the match is lit on a “combustible powder keg of identity politics.” • Jan 21 – Feb 12 FERRIS BUELLERS SCHOOL OF ROCK Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • In 1986 Ferris Bueller

took a day off. With wit and charm he managed to skip school and keep the teachers in the dark. Thirty years later Ferris finds himself back in high school, but this time he’s the teacher. When Ferris finds that students these days are more lost, hopeless, and bored than ever, he resorts to using the one subject no student can ignore… Rock and Roll! • Jan 27 – Apr 2 FORTUNE FALLS Maclab Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • An allegorical tale about the rise and fall of Fortune Falls, home of Canada’s largest chocolate factory. From the creators of Frankenstein, Nevermore, Hunchback and Vigilante. • Jan 17 – Feb 5 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM OF COUNTRY MUSIC Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Nashville Tennessee is known the world over as the legendary home of Country Music, and at the center of that legend is the Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame. On an average day the museum attracts thousands of visitors… but at night is when the real fun starts!! The locals claim that if you happen to be passing the museum in the wee hours, you can hear the faint sounds of country stars past and present coming to life! • until Jan 22 ONE MAN STAR WARS FEATURING CHARLES ROSS Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Much of Charles Ross’ childhood was spent in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos over–and over– and over again. The result of this misspent youth is his hysterical One Man Star Wars Trilogy, where he single-handedly plays all the characters, sings the music, flies the ships, fights the battles and condenses the plots into one hilarious show! • Jan 13, 7:30 pm ONLY IN VEGAS Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • What happens in Vegas… also happens at the Mayfield! We are thrilled to bring you the dazzling city of Las Vegas, and the iconic performers that have entertained there. Celebrating all things past and present that Vegas has to offer, Only in Vegas features the great music, comedy and theatrics of Sin City. • until Jan 29 STAR KILLING MACHINE 780.454.0583 • azimuththeatre. com • Just south of the Arctic Circle sits a factory filled with scientists and engineers and data entry clerks and managers who are faced with the daily task of trying to create a machine that will destroy the world.

All was going well until this morning, when Susan had an unfortunate breakthrough. A musical comedy about the end of the world. • Jan 17 – 29

MUSIC BARRY ALLEN & THE NEW REBELS Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $35 • ardentheatre.com • Jan 21, 7:30 pm BEN ROGERS St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Jan 13, 6:30 pm

BOOKER T Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $66 – $81 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Jan 28, 7:30 pm

out of this world, performing excerpts from blockbusters such as the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, The Rocketeer, Planet of the Apes, Alien, and Cocoon. • Jan 20 & 21, 8 pm

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $28 (adult), $24 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Every year classical guitarist Brian Gore tours with the best guitarists from around the world. This year, Italy’s innovative contemporary guitarist Luca Stricagnoli; brilliant young Brazilian composer/performer Chrystian Dozza, and India’s groundbreaking slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya. • Jan 19, 7:30 pm

JAN LISIECKI PIANO Convocation Hall, University of Alberta • 780.433.4532 • edmontonchambermusic.org • Celebrated young virtuoso Jan Lisiecki has already achieved international accolades in performances with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including Orchestre de Paris, New York Philharmonic, and BBC Symphony. A Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, Lisiecki has played in venues such as the Kennedy and Lincoln Centers, Royal Albert Hall, and Carnegie Hall. He returns to his home province of Alberta with a program featuring grand works for piano. • Jan 21, 7 pm

JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 – $49 • winspearcentre.com • Jan 23, 8 pm CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: LED ZEPPELIN II Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Experience the entire album track-by-track as it is meticulously recreated live by a group of talented rockers. The musicians faithfully recreate every sound on the original album, employing as many musicians as is necessary to precisely replicate. • Jan 21, 7:30 pm MARCO CLAVERIA PROJECT Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $35 • ardentheatre.com • Jan 27, 7:30 pm NEW NORTH COLLECTIVE Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $40 • ardentheatre.com • Jan 28, 7:30 pm THE ONCE Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Jan 27, 7:30 pm SCOTT COOK & THE SECOND CHANCES Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $18 (adult), $15 (seniors/youth) • Jan 27, 7:30 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S CITY LIGHTS Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Charlie Chaplin defied the times in 1931 when he made the silent film City Lights, in an age when “talkies” were becoming common, and it is still regarded as one of the greatest ever made. This hilarious and touching film will be projected above the stage while the orchestra performs Chaplin’s own score live. • Jan 19; 8 pm “EMPEROR” CONCERTO Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Two triumphant works that emerged from wartime occupation are featured on this eclectic program, combining the power of Beethoven’s immortal “Emperor” Concerto with Albéric Maynard’s romantic Fourth Symphony. • Jan 27, 7:30 pm; Jan 28, 8 pm HOLLYWOOD IN OUTER SPACE Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 – $93 • winspearcentre.com •The Edmonton Symphony will celebrate all things

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LUCAS’ FAVOURITE THINGS Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $25 – $30 • winspearcentre.com • Featuring exciting and spectacular orchestral showpieces from Hollywood, Broadway and the concert hall performed by singers, dancers, and even an aerialist floating above the stage–this will be a performance you won’t soon forget. • Jan 7, 2 pm PASSAGE DU TEMPS: MUSIC FOR ORGAN AND SAXOPHONE Convocation Hall (located inside the old Arts building) • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Featuring repertoire new and old, including the premier of Passage du Temps

by Edmonton composer, Jacobus Kloppers. Performed by Marnie Giesbrecht (organ) and William H. Street (saxophone). • Jan 22, 3 pm PRO CORO CANADA: MISSAE IV All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 – 103 St • 780.428.1414 • $30 (adult), $25 (student/senior) • winspearcentre.com • The fourth edition of our popular Missae Series features the voices of Pro Coro Canada in settings of the traditional mass. This year’s performance includes a premiere of Mass for Recovery by Canadian composer and Pro Coro Canada member Jane Berry alongside works by John Hooper, Rautavaara and Mendelssohn. • Oct 2, 2:30 pm SALUTE TO VIENNA NEW YEAR’S CONCERT Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $49.50 – $89.50 • winspearcentre.com • Welcome 2017 with this elegant concert— celebrating a 20-year tradition in Edmonton! This January 2, a stunning new program featuring Strauss waltzes and sweeping melodies from operettas will be performed by a full orchestra, acclaimed European singers, ballet and ballroom dancers. Fall for the Blue Danube Waltz all over again! • Jan 2, 2:30 pm SCHEHERAZADE Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • Manitoba’s young tuba virtuoso Justin Hickmott will kick brass in Victor Davies’ raucously outrageous Concerto, and Eric Buchmann will perform two virtuoso showpieces: Ravel’s Tzigane, and a medley from Fiddler on the Roof.

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revolutionary images to emulate historical revolutionary posters. This project intends to analyze protests as manifestations of a human condition rather that a solely political expression • Feb 2 – Mar 4

February art GALLERIES/ MUSEUMS ALBERTA COUNCIL FOR THE UKRAINIAN ARTS ACUA Gallery, 9534 – 87 St • 780.488.8558 • acuarts.ca • Signature Artist Series: Sophia Podryhula-Shaw and Char Vanderhorst • Alberta is shaped and defined by its natural raw beauty and landscapes, and reimagined and caught on canvas in this Alberta Landscapes show • Feb 3 – 28

Community Gallery: Marie Winters • New works from SNAP’s Emerging Artists in Residence • Feb 2 – Mar 4

FAB GALLERY Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • Alcuin Awards for Book Design in Canada 2015 • The Alcuin Society is dedicated to supporting excellence in book design and promotes a wider appreciation of books and reading in Canada. • until Feb 11 Miriam Rudolph, MFA Printmaking / Angela Snieder, MFA Printmaking • These exhibitions are the final visual presentation for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking. • Feb 21 – Mar 18

June

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Master Strokes: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Victoria and Albert Museum • Spanning three centuries, the exhibition explores the diverse interests and innovative techniques of Golden Age artists, considering the influence of their sixteenth century predecessors and the enduring impact of their work on Dutch and Flemish art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries • until Feb 20 Hanna Doerksen: A Story We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves • A Story We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves creates a grim yet alluring feeling of abandonment. The cool environment is arranged with handmade découpage bouquets.

The installation evokes the metaphoric, mirroring both a sense of shame and vanity to the viewer: it’s like watching a movie you’ve seen before but hoping this time the characters will not make the same mistake • until Feb 20

HARCOURT HOUSE 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • Emily Jan, After the Hunt • After the Hunt is a large-scale sculptural installation: a three- dimensional life-sized tableau based upon the visual language of 17th century Dutch still-life painting • until Feb 25 RUBABOO ABORIGINAL ARTS FESTIVAL La Cité Francophone, 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury • albertaaboriginalarts.com • Rubaboo is a multi disciplinary festival, showcasing theatre, music, dance, visual art, food, and workshops. Rubaboo is a Métis-Michif word (mixture of French and Indigenous), for a stew made on the trap line. It is also a philosophy about what sustains us; and feeds the spirit! Rubaboo is the only major Aboriginal arts festival in Alberta, committed to giving artists a platform to bring audiences of all backgrounds together to enjoy the vast artistic expressions that exist in Aboriginal culture. • until Feb 5

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BOREALIS GALLERY 9820 – 107 St • Alberta and the Great War • Alberta and the Great War is a traveling exhibition from the Provincial Archives of Alberta. It explores five main topics: “The Western Front,” “Women in the War,” “The Home Front,” “Opposition and Oppression,” and “The Aftermath.” • Feb 17 – May 22

SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Main Gallery: Guillermo Trejo, Instigator • Trejo pairs quotes from poets and philosophers with iconic

COMEDY THE GAME’S AFOOT Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $18 (adult), $15 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Something’s afoot as the plot twists and turns in this comedy thriller. At the end of it all, will you know ‘who done it?’ or will you be too busy laughing from this hilarious script? • Feb 24 & 25, 7:30 pm

Dance BALLETBOYZ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • albertaballet50. com • Delve into a provocative world of dance as BalletBoyz, one of the hottest dance companies in the world, presents the Canadian premier of Life. This all-male company performs the breathtaking new works of internationally acclaimed choreographers Javier de Frutos and Pontus Lidberg. Together, they have crafted a stunning physical display of superior athleticism, sensitivity and astoundingly visceral storytelling of 10 powerful dancers. • Feb 24 & 25 CANADA’S BALLET JÖRGEN: SWAN LAKE Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $68 (adult), $55 (child, student) • ardentheatre.com • Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Ballet Jörgen continues to showcase the extraordinary beauty of traditional ballet in its purest form. Propelled to the forefront of the North American dance scene through the national and international acclaim of over 117 works, they make their Arden debut with a stunning, dramatic, and timeless rendition of Swan Lake. • Feb 24, 7:30 pm

• milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm

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REFLECTIONS Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703 – 112 St • 780.472.7774 • citieballet. ca • Choreography: Yukichi Hattori and Kiera Keglowitsch • Feb 24 & 25, 7:30 pm; Feb 26, 2:30 pm SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner • Feb 15, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) IVAN COYOTE: KRAFT SINGLES FOR EVERYONE Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $25 • horizonstage.com • Kraft Singles for Everyone is a heart-felt and heartbreaking performance that opens with the death of a beloved matriarch. It touches on subjects such as being an ex-Catholic queer and the dynamics of small town big families, and leaves us all asking ourselves what we truly inherit from the blood that runs in our veins. • Feb 22, 7:30 pm

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THEATRE ANNAPURNA Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre.org • Twenty years ago Emma walked out on Ulysses, her cowboy-poet husband.

But now Ulysses is in dire need of help and despite her better judgment Emma tracks him down to a trailer park in the wilds of Colorado. Their comic and conflicted reunion is full of barbed wire wit and brutal honesty. But to their surprise, the more they begin to understand the issues that drove them apart, the more they find themselves drawn together again. • until Feb 5 BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Equal parts adventure and comedy, Baskerville finds Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempting to crack the mystery of the “House of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. • Feb 7 – Apr 2 BELLO BY VERN THIESSEN Westbury Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 – 84 Ave • 780.439.3905 • concretetheatre. ca • Little Bern struggles to fit in at his new school and with his adoptive family. When he is saved from a snowstorm by a woman the town calls a witch, he discovers they are more alike than he could have ever

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St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $56 • ardentheatre.com • Margaret Trudeau is a Canadian icon. She became a prime minister’s wife, grieved both the death of a son and former husband, struggled with bipolar disorder, and now proudly celebrates the success of her son, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, all under the intense scrutiny of the public eye.

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imagined. A play for K-6 audiences about overcoming our fears of those who are different from us. • Feb 3, 7 pm; Feb 4, 11 am & 2 pm BUYING THE MOOSE St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • After his wife discovers him with a blow up doll which is wearing one of her dresses, Rob is out in the cold when she, for some reason, assumes the worst!

Rob connects with his brother Greg while his wife connects with Greg’s wife. The result is a comedy with heart and personal discoveries. • Feb 16 – 18, 23 – 24, Mar 2 – 4 CANOE2017 THEATRE FESTIVAL Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 – 84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest. org • This year’s CANOE Theatre Festival is entirely dedicated to Black theatre artists from Canada, Africa and the United States. BAM! (Black Arts Matter), curated by Edmonton poet and performer Nasra Adem, offers three days of performances and workshops by Black Edmonton artists. Audiences will be able to experience, participate, and educate themselves in Edmonton’s vibrant and diverse Black arts community.

SOUND OFF: A Deaf Theatre Festival. This ground-breaking festival is curated by Artistic Producer Chris Dodd, and the first of its kind in Canada. SOUND OFF offers three days of performances and workshops by Deaf theatre artists and companies from across Canada. • Feb 9 – 19 CLOCKWORK MYSTERIES Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • With the help of an elaborate Victorian time machine, the performers invite the audience into a mysterious clock tower equipped with a variety of timekeeping devices. • Feb 11, 7:30 pm DISGRACED Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • A New York dinner party. A shattering cultural collision. When discussion turns to politics and religion, the match is lit on a “combustible powder keg of identity politics.” • until Feb 12 EXPANSE FESTIVAL 780.454.0583 • azimuththeatre.com • Art is Community. Art is Collaboration. Art is Commitment. Three companies, three festivals, one series. Azimuth Theatre‘s Expanse, Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Canoe, and Fringe Theatre Adventures’ Edmonton Fringe come together to present you with the hottest two weeks of live performance you’ll experience this winter: the CHINOOK SERIES. Dynamic, daring and dangerous acts from across the street to across the country. Be part of the new wind that’s blowing into town. Join us, and get Chinook-ed! • Feb 9 – 19 FERRIS BUELLERS SCHOOL OF ROCK Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • In 1986 Ferris Bueller took a day off. With wit and charm he managed to skip school and keep the teachers in the dark. Thirty years later Ferris finds himself back in high school, but this time he’s the teacher. When Ferris finds that students these days are more lost, hopeless, and bored than ever, he resorts to using the one subject no student can ignore… Rock and Roll!

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FOOTLOOSE MacEwan University, John L Haar Theatre, 10045 – 155 St • 780.420.1757 • macewan.ca/wcm/ MacEwanEvents/FOOTLOOSE_ THEATRE_16_17 • When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn’t prepared for is a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, determined to exercise the control over the town’s youth that he cannot command in his own home. • Feb 8 – 18, 7:30 pm

THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $34 • ardentheatre.com • Feb 18, 7:30 pm JIM WITTER’S COFFEE HOUSE Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $35 (adult), $32 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Back by popular demand after last year’s Piano Men 2, Jim Witter returns to celebrate the folk favourites of the ‘70s including hits from James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim

Croce and more. • Feb 1, 7:30 pm KLEZMATICS Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $35 – $39 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Feb 25, 7:30 pm KOBO TOWN Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31 – $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Feb 10, 7:30 pm LISA BROKOP: THE PATSY CLINE PROJECT

FORTUNE FALLS Maclab Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • An allegorical tale about the rise and fall of Fortune Falls, home of Canada’s largest chocolate factory. From the creators of Frankenstein, Nevermore, Hunchback and Vigilante. • until Feb 5

OTHELLO Walterdale Theatre, 10322 – 83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • A classic tragedy infused with jealousy, ambition, love, deception, and betrayal, Shakespeare’s Othello will be transported to a post-apocalyptic, muscular, survivalist, gender-bending future.

Iago sets a vengeful trap for Othello that eventually destroys everyone in their paths. Equal parts classical excellence, Mad Max, and David Bowie–definitely not your parents’ Shakespeare!• Feb 8 – 18

MUSIC THE BILLS Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $36 • ardentheatre.com • Feb 11, 7:30 pm CATHERINE MACLELLAN St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Feb 3, 6:30 pm ELLEN DOTY Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • Feb 24, 7:30 pm

MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN: SONGS OF FREEDOM Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $62 • ardentheatre.com • Feb 17, 7:30 pm THE PIANO MEN 2: STARRING JIM WITTER Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • Feb 3, 7:30 pm

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By Nikolai Gogol/ Adapted by David Harrower. In this raucous political satire, a case of mistaken identity goes comically awry, revealing a town gripped by corruption, greed and self-deception. • Feb 9 – 18 KINKY BOOTS Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium. com • Kinky Boots is Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit! With songs by Grammy and Tony-winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. • Feb 14 – 19

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SLOCAN RAMBLERS St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Feb 24, 6:30 pm THE WARDENS Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $25 • horizonstage.com • Feb 9, 2 pm WIDE MOUTH MASON Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $48 (adult), $45 (seniors/youth) • shelltheatre. ca • Feb 17, 7:30 pm WILL STROET AND THE BACKYARD BAND Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $2• shelltheatre.ca • Feb 20, 3 pm

CINDERELLA Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.429.1000 • edmontonopera. com • Sung in Italian with projected English translation. Warm up this winter with Rossini’s feel-good Cinderella (La Cenerentola), a bel canto opera that boasts whimsical compo-

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PRO CORO CANADA: CANADIAN CONNECTIONS IV All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 – 103 St • 780.428.1414 • $30 (adult), $25 (student/senior) • winspearcentre.com • Pro Coro’s annual Canadian Connections concert features Canadian composer David Cronkite and Canadian guest ensemble Quasar Saxophone Quartet in an eclectic program designed to explore the richness of Canadian composers and performers. • Feb 26, 2:30 pm UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HIGH SCHOOL HONOUR BAND WEEKEND Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta. ca/artshows • The most talented high school students from across the province join the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band to perform masterworks and cutting-edge music. Special guest includes the winner of the department of music concerto competition. • Feb 5, 3 pm

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FAURÉ’S REQUIEM Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 (general) • winspearcentre.com • Gabriel Fauré wrote his beloved Requiem not as a mass for the departed, but as consolation and comfort for those who remain. • Feb 11, 8 pm PIXAR IN CONCERT Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 (17 and under); $39 – $59 (general) • winspearcentre.com • This visually stunning, high-definition, multi-media family show features montages of memorable clips from every one of Pixar’s fourteen films—including Cars, WALL•E, Ratatouille, A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and Brave—all while the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performs the extraordinary music from these films live in concert on the Family Day Weekend! • Feb 18, 2:30 pm & 7 pm; Feb 19, 2:30 pm & 7 pm

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Rossini takes the familiar fairytale of Cinderella and adds his own spin to it, replacing the wicked stepmother with a quirky old stepfather, and turning the story into a delightful comedy of mistaken identities. • Feb 4, 7 & 9

BOREALIS GALLERY 9820 – 107 St • Alberta and the Great War • Alberta and the Great War is a traveling exhibition from the Provincial Archives of Alberta. It explores five main topics: “The Western Front,” “Women in the War,” “The Home Front,” “Opposition and Oppression,” and “The Aftermath.” • Feb 17 – May 22 CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • Art Exhibition • Members exhibition. Come enjoy artworks from franco-albertains. Visit galeriecava. com for more info about the artists.

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SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Main Gallery: Guillermo Trejo, Instigator • Trejo pairs quotes from poets and philosophers with iconic revolutionary images to emulate historical revolutionary posters. This project intends to analyze protests as manifestations of a human condition rather that a solely political expression • until Mar 4

THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

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FAB GALLERY Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • • Miriam Rudolph, MFA Printmaking / Angela Snieder, MFA Printmaking • These exhibitions are the final visual presentation for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking. • until Mar 18 Bachelor of Design Graduate Show 2017 • A graduating exhibition of students completing the Bachelor of Design program. • Mar 28 – Apr 8 HARCOURT HOUSE 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • Heather Passmore, Enlightenment • A series of prints that explore historical representations of sexuality which destabilize contemporary pornography and sexual epistemes. The works utilize photo-lithography to re- present pornographic prints by anonymous

artists of the Enlightenment era • Mar 9 – Apr 8 (Tentative)

Community Gallery: Marie Winters • New works from SNAP’s Emerging Artists in Residence; until Mar 4 • Main Gallery: Jason Urban, The Formalist’s Library • American artist, Jason Urban, explores the formal structure of the traditional “brick and mortar” library as a vehicle for presenting aesthetic information.

The Formalist’s Library: Periodicals, will be an installation of printed matter inspired by the periodicals section of a public library • Mar 16 – Apr 22

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CBC Radio 1’s Saturday afternoon staple, The Irrelevant Show, returns to record their live sketch comedy radio show on the Festival Place stage, and your laughter is needed!

Starring an all-star cast of Canadian comedy, the show offers an irreverent take on pop culture - from the news, to game shows, to superheroes. Don’t forget to listen and see if

WAYNE LEE Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • Wayne Lee has used hypnosis to entertain, excite and enthrall audiences across North America. Full of gut-splitting laughter and improbable scenes acted out by audience members no longer inhibited by their fears, Wayne’s show is always clean, classy, and tasteful. • Mar 11, 7:30 pm

Dance ALICE IN WONDERLAND Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • albertaballet50. com • Tumble down the rabbit hole and enjoy every minute of Edmund Stripe’s critically-lauded, delightfully fun Alice in Wonderland. Follow Lewis Carroll’s timeless heroine into a world of clog dancing, flowers coming to life and rabbits that are perpetually late. Alice entertains the whole family as she weaves her way

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Constructed of colourful sets and costumes, this tale delivers wisdom in the most unexpected of worlds. • Mar 24 & 25 BRIAN WEBB DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS MASCALL DANCE: THE OUTLINER Timms Centre, 8703 – 112 St • 780.420.1757 • $35 (general), $25 (students/seniors) • bwdc.ca • .Jennifer Mascall is a revolutionary who is fascinated between one form and another. In her dance, the body’s organic flow is subverted by simple but most effective machines that challenge it with the uncomfortable, unexpected and bizarrely theatrical. • Mar 3 & 4, 8 pm DIRT BUFFET CABARET Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Mar 15, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: First Sun each month with a idfferent play by a different playwright. • 1st Sunday of each month

THEATRE BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Equal parts adventure and comedy, Baskerville finds Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempting to crack the mystery of the “House of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. • Feb 7 – Apr 2 BRIGHT BURNING Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703 – 112 St • $12 (student, evening), $25 (adult, evening), $22 (senior, evening); $12 (student, matinee), $20 (adult matinee), $18 (senior, matinee); $5 (Wed preview); 2 for 1 (Mon) • ualberta.ca/artshows • By Colleen Murphy.Throwing a spotlight on economic disparities in modern Canada, Colleen Murphy’s new play is a searing commentary on the lives of disenfranchised youth

on the brink of re-invention and selfdestruction. • Mar 30 – Apr 8 BUYING THE MOOSE St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • After his wife discovers him with a blow up doll which is wearing one of her dresses, Rob is out in the cold when she, for some reason, assumes the worst!

Rob connects with his brother Greg while his wife connects with Greg’s wife. The result is a comedy with heart and personal discoveries. • Feb 16 – 18, 23 – 24, Mar 2 – 4 CRAZY FOR YOU: THE NEW GERSHWIN MUSICAL Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • All singing! All dancing! All Gershwin! With favourites like I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Someone to Watch Over Me and more. • Mar 4 – Apr 2

MUSIC BLUES DOUBLE BILL: JOËL FAFARD & MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Mar 10, 6:30 pm BOBBY BAZINI Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $37 – $41 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Mar 25, 7:30 pm

GOITSE Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $31– $35 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Mar 17, 7:30 pm JAKE SHIMABUKURA Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • $37 – $41 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Mar 10, 7:30 pm

LEEROY STAGGER St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 10819 – 71 Ave • 780.278.6407 • $20 in advance, $25 at the door • newmoonfolkclub.com • Mar 24, 6:30 pm NIYAZ FEATURING AZIM ALI Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $42 • ardentheatre.com • Mar 18, 7:30 pm ROSE COUSINS Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $35 • ardentheatre.com • Mar 17, 7:30 pm

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FERRIS BUELLERS SCHOOL OF ROCK Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton. jubilations.ca • In 1986 Ferris Bueller took a day off. With wit and charm he managed to skip school and keep the teachers in the dark. Thirty years later Ferris finds himself back in high school, but this time he’s the teacher. When Ferris finds that students these days are more lost, hopeless, and bored than ever, he resorts to using the one subject no student can ignore… Rock and Roll!

• until Apr 2 INTO THE WOODS MacEwan University, John L Haar Theatre, 10045 – 155 St • 780.420.1757 • macewan.ca/wcm/ MacEwanEvents/WOODS_THEATRE_16_17 • A baker and his wife wish to have a child but cannot because of a Witch’s curse, Cinderella wishes to attend the King’s Festival, and Jack wishes his cow would give milk. All want a better life, so they set off on into the woods. Everyone’s wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them with disastrous results. • Mar 22 – Apr 1, 7:30 pm

DELHI 2 DUBLIN Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $36 • ardentheatre.com • Mar 31, 7:30 pm

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PETER PAN Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • $12 (adult), $10 (seniors/youth), $5 (under 12) • shelltheatre.ca • You’ve never seen “Peter Pan” like this! Be part of the show as this improv group brings Peter and Wendy out of the audience in this interactive kids show suitable for all ages. Laugh, cry and play along as Dufflebag Theatre entertains. • Mar 4, 2 pm SKIRTSAFIRE HERARTS FESTIVAL Various venues • skirtsafire.com • SkirtsAfire features the work of women in theatre, music, dance, visual art, comedy and spoken word. Artists and audience come together to share in these powerful, moving, insightful and entertaining performances, exhibitions and workshops. • Mar 9 – 12 SOLICITING TEMPTATION Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre.org • In a sweaty and sticky hotel room, a Western man and a young woman meet for sex. Somewhere between the reality and the fantasy, the sex becomes talk and the talk becomes dangerous. Nothing is off limits in this battle of morality, economics, and desire. Governor General Award winner Erin Shields shines a light on the complexities of sex tourism and our preconceptions about love. • Mar 8 – 26

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CLASSICAL MUSIC BACH, HAYDN, & SCHUBERT Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • This enchanting program moves us from the Baroque to the early Romantic, with Bach arranged by Mahler adding richness to gems by Marcello, Stamitz, Schubert – and Haydn’s perennial favourite Cello Concerto No. 2. Oboist Suzanne Lemieux and up and coming cellist Marie Coetze join exciting young conductor Ilyich Rivas. • Mar 1, 7:30 pm CITYSCAPES Robert Tegler Centre, Concordia University, 7128 Ada Boulevard • $12 • festivalcitywinds.ca • The Advanced Band of Festival City Winds under the direction of Wendy J.

Grasdahl; with special guests. • Mar 18, 7:30 pm ELEKTRA Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.429.1000 • edmontonopera. com • Sung in German with projected English translation. The heroine— or anti-heroine—of Richard Strauss’s Elektra is a character based in the myths of ancient Greece who is consumed by tumultuous revenge. Set in the palace of the murdered King Agamemnon in the years following the Trojan War, this opera navigates the psychological turmoil of Elektra, obsessed with avenging the death of her father. Strauss’s spine-chilling score will keep you on the edge of your seat as Elektra gets closer and closer to her target: her mother Klytämnestra. • Mar 11, 14 & 16

LATE NIGHT CELLO Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 • winspearcentre.com • French cellist Edgar Moreau has already amassed an impressive array of prizes and honours and has been called a rising star. (Le Figaro).

Stick around after the concert for drinks, mingling and more live music. • Mar 17, 9:30 pm PRAŽÁK QUARTET Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 – 123 St • 780.433.4532 • edmontonchambermusic.org • Distinguished for musical virtuosity that is rooted in a distinct Czech tradition, the internationally lauded Pražák Quartet has enjoyed a remarkable career spanning over 40 years. Enjoy an enchanting evening of music with Viennese, stone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

April

Dance BOUNDARIES Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703 – 112 St • 780.472.7774 • citieballet. ca • Choreography: Kylee Hart and Jorden Morris • Apr 21 & 22, 7:30 pm; Apr 23, 2:30 pm

art GALLERIES/ MUSEUMS ALBERTA COUNCIL FOR THE UKRAINIAN ARTS ACUA Gallery, 9534 – 87 St • 780.488.8558 • acuarts.ca • Signature Artist Series: ReGeneration • The largest salon style group show of artists with a Ukrainian background, making a wide range of art • Apr 7 – 31

HARCOURT HOUSE 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse. ab.ca • Heather Passmore, Enlightenment • A series of prints that explore historical representations of sexuality which destabilize contemporary pornography and sexual truths. The works utilize photolithography to re- present pornographic prints by anonymous artists of the Enlightenment era; until Apr 8 (Tentative)

August BOREALIS GALLERY 9820 – 107 St • Alberta and the Great War • Alberta and the Great War is a travelling exhibition from the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

It explores five main topics: The Western Front, Women in the War, The Home Front, Opposition and Oppression, and The Aftermath. • Feb 17 – May 22

CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • Art Exhibition • Members exhibition. Come enjoy artworks from Franco-Albertans. Visit galeriecava. com for more info about the artists.

FAB GALLERY Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • Free • ualberta.ca/artshows • Bachelor of Design Graduate Show 2017 • A graduating exhibition of students completing the Bachelor of Design program. • until Apr 8 • Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate Show 2017 • A graduating exhibition of students completing the Bachelor of Fine Arts program. • Apr 18 – 29

SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Main Gallery: Jason Urban, The Formalist’s Library • American artist, Jason Urban, explores the formal structure of the traditional “brick and mortar” library as a vehicle for presenting aesthetic information.

The Formalist’s Library: Periodicals, will be an installation of printed matter inspired by the periodicals section of a public library • until Apr 22

COMEDY BONFIRE Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101A Avenue • 780.443.6044 • rapidfiretheatre. com • Bonfire is Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual romp of new ideas in longform improv. Starring the members of the Rapid Fire Theatre ensemble, each show at Bonfire has been created by one of RFT’s own. Every show at Bonfire is a new idea that we’ve never tried before; it might work, it might not, but either way it’ll be a joy to witness. • Apr 4 – 8

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THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grind-

DIRT BUFFET CABARET Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm EVERYTHING FITZ Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • With roots in Canada’s old-time fiddle traditions, the Fitzgeralds combine a variety of musical styles into a high-energy entertaining night of music and stepdancing. From traditional jigs and reels, to bluegrass, jazz, and swing standards; from Celtic and gospel songs to novelty numbers, this family band makes for a fun night. • Apr 9, 7:30 pm SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm WHAT’S COOKING? PCL Studio Theatre • 780.802.6867 • Admission by donation; suggested $10 minimum • goodwomen.ca • On International Dance Day, GWDC will host the eighth annual What’s Cook-

Bohemian, and Moravian flair, performed masterfully by one of today’s leading string ensembles. • Mar 10, 7:30 pm ROCK ICONS Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • Rock music has dominated the charts for over half a century and yielded some of the finest songs of all time.

Three huge vocal talents—from the worlds of rock, country, and Broadway—collide in a powerful symphonic take on rock hits by the Doobie Brothers, Journey, The Beatles, Chicago, Coldplay, Sting, Queen, Yes, Crosby Stills & Nash, and more. • Mar 3 & 4, 8 pm

ing? works in progress event. Artists of all disciplines show their inprocess work and receive feedback and questions from the audience in a casual atmosphere with catering by a local establishment. We dance, we eat, we chat, and repeat! The event creates a forum for artists to present new ideas at various stages of development, and for audience members to tell them what they really think. • Apr 29, 12:30 pm & 7 pm

FILM FAVA FILM FEST 9722 – 102 St • 780.429.3636 • fava.ca • A weeklong celebration of our members work! The Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta celebrates the 5th annual FAVA FEST with screenings by local and international filmmakers • April (dates to be determined)

LITERARY EDMONTON POETRY FESTIVAL Various venues, varying prices (many free events) • edmontonpoetryfestival.com • Celebrating poetry in all its forms and showcasing local, national and international poets. • April (dates to be determined) EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner • Apr 19, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A play reading series with a different play by a different playwright each month. • 1st Sunday of each month

THEATRE ANOTHER FLASHDANCE Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Alex is a young woman from a working class neighborhood who is driven by her desire to become a professional dancer. One night, Alex somehow convinces the enrollment committee of the Royal Moose Jaw Academy of Dance to come see her dance at the club. On that same night, Nick, the owner of the mill, comes to the club; Alex, worried that he might fire her from

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SHADOWS AND LIGHT Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta.ca/artshows • A musical reflection on the contrasting themes of grief and healing, joy and pain, light and darkness. Performed

by Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and guest Lindsey Goodman (flute). • Mar 26, 3 pm VARIED PIANO SOLO MUSIC: FROM OBSCURE GEMS TO RECOGNIZED MASTERPIECES Convocation Hall (located inside the old Arts building) • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta.ca/artshows • A very personal and out of the ordinary program of works by Kraus, Beethoven and Debussy. • Mar 3, 8 pm

the mill if he finds out she is a dancer, enlists the help of her crazy group of friends to help fool her boss. What follows is a hilarious tale of mistaken identity filled with crazy night club characters, snooty dance school judges and lots of great music from the ‘80s! Please join us for Another Flashdance! • Apr 7 – Jun 4 ART Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • shadowtheatre. org • Three old urbane friends have gathered for dinner, but not before one reveals his latest coup: a very expensive painting by one of the hottest artists around, painted entirely in shades of white. In the confusion, confrontation and conflagration that follows, the three old friends soon find themselves divided and struggling to save their friendship in the face of art’s deepest mysteries.

Through questions of artistic meaning and monetary value, internationally renowned playwright Yasmina Reza reveals universal truths about men, art, and the ties that bind them. • Apr 26 – May 14 BRIGHT BURNING Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703 – 112 St • $12 (student, evening), $25 (adult, evening), $22 (senior, evening); $12 (student, matinee), $20 (adult matinee), $18 (senior, matinee); $5 (Wed preview); 2 for 1 (Mon) • ualberta.ca/artshows • By Colleen Murphy.Throwing a spotlight on economic disparities in modern Canada, Colleen Murphy’s new play is a searing commentary on the lives of disenfranchised youth on the brink of re-invention and selfdestruction. • until Apr 8 CINDERELLA Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium. com • Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the Tony Award- winning Broadway musical from the creators of Oklahoma! and The King with a contemporary take on the classic tale. This lush production features an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations and all the moments you love—the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more—plus some surprising new twists!. • Apr 18 – 23 CRAZY FOR YOU: THE NEW GERSHWIN MUSICAL Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • All singing! All dancing! All Gershwin! With favourites like I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Someone to Watch Over Me and more. • until Apr 2

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SHELDON CASAVANT September 20 ROYAL WOOD September 23 & 24

FORTUNATE ONES November 4

RADICAL REELS September 29

QUARTANGO: BODY AND SOUL November 5

MONKEYJUNK September 30 MOHAMED FAHMY: MEDIA IN THE AGE OF TERROR October 1 Noisy Theatre ANDREA HOUSE presents HUGO, THE SCAREDY-CAT CATERPILLAR October 4 ANDREA HOUSE October 4

AOIFE O’DONOVAN November 9 JAYME STONE’S LOMAX PROJECT November 12 DAVID MYLES: IT’S CHRISTMAS December 6 MERMAID THEATRE OF NOVA SCOTIA presents GOODNIGHT MOON & THE RUNAWAY BUNNY December 11 THE McDADES December 16 & 17

FRED EAGLESMITH TRAVELLING SHOW October 6 & 7 TERRA LIGHTFOOT with Opening Guest CAYLEY THOMAS October 15

AWAY FROM HER January 15 BARRY ALLEN & THE NEW REBELS January 21

MUSIC/DANCE FAMILY CINEMA SPEAKER MATINEE

Noisy Theatre SINGING WITH SYLVIA January 25

CANADA’S BALLET JÖRGEN: SWAN LAKE February 24

MARCO CLAVERIA PROJECT January 27

Noisy Theatre BACH TOTS presents ONCE UPON A SEASON March 15

NEW NORTH COLLECTIVE January 28 MARGARET TRUDEAU: CHANGING MY MIND February 3 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD starring JIM WITTER February 4 LISA BROKOP: THE PATSY CLINE PROJECT February 10 THE BILLS February 11 AXIS THEATRE presents HAMELIN: A NEW FABLE February 12 MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN: THE SONGS OF FREEDOM February 17

ROSE COUSINS March 17 NIYAZ feat. AZIM ALI March 18 MEN WITH BROOMS March 19 DELHI 2 DUBLIN March 31 MAZ April 1 FUBAR & FUBAR 2 April 2 THE SMALL GLORIES & JOHN WORT HANNAM April 20 THE JIVIN’ BELLES June 27

THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER February 18

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s groundbreaking rock opera tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus Christ through an exceptional score. • Apr 11 – Jun 11

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NIGHT OF ONE ACTS St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Three Viewings by Jeffrey Hatcher; Sure Thing

by David Ives; The Power and the Glory by Le Wilhelm • Apr 27 – 29, May 4 – 6, May 11 – 13

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PETER AND THE STARCATCHER MACLAB THEATRE, CITADEL THEATRE, 9828 – 101 A AVE • 780.425.1820 • CITADELTHEATRE. COM • THE PETER PAN PREQUEL FOR ALL OF US WHO NEVER GREW UP. indsorThe Peter Pan prequel, for all of us who never grew up.• APR 1 – 23 QUEEN MILLI OF GALT Walterdale Theatre, 10322 – 83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • Based on a true story, a chance meeting between the Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII, and Milli in her home of Galt, Ontario, leads to a merry war of wits and, eventually, love. In Milli, Edward sees escape from a life of obligation and duty, but Milli is not so quickly captivated by the dashing Duke. Will she succumb to his charms? The romantic comedy Queen Milli of Galt is Walterdale’s donor-voted show for this season. • Apr 5 – 15

MUSIC GARY COMEAU AND THE VOODOO ALLSTARS Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adult, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • Apr 7, 7:30 pm MAZ Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $32 • ardentheatre.com • Apr 1, 7:30 pm THE SMALL GLORIES & JOHN WORT HANNAM Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • 780.459.1500 • $36 • ardentheatre.com • Double bill event • Apr 20, 7:30 pm UNION DUKE Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $25 • horizonstage.com • Apr 28, 9 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC FIFTEEN SOLOISTS Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • A dazzling array of orchestral miniatures and showstoppers will fill a night devoted to the talented members of your ESO. Fifteen musicians will step out from their orchestral desks to shine in favourite melodies from the 17th to the 21st centuries! • Apr 20, 8 pm

NEW ORFORD STRING QUARTET Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 – 123 St • 780.433.4532 • edmontonchambermusic.org • A dream team of leading musicians from Canada’s major orchestras, the New Orford String Quartet will transport listeners to the romantic and atmospheric Impressionist Era with works by the most prominent French composers of the time. • Apr 1, 7:30 pm PRO CORO CANADA: GOOD FRIDAY AT THE WINSPEAR Enmax Hall, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • An annual tradition, this year’s Good Friday performance will feature Arvo Pärt’s Passio at the Winspear Centre accompanied by an orchestra. • Apr 14, 7:30 pm RAGTIME & RIFFS Robert Tegler Centre, Concordia University, 7128 Ada Boulevard • $12 • festivalcitywinds.ca • Intermediate 1 & Intermediate 2 Bands under the direction of Wendy J. Grasdahl; with special guests. • Apr 22, 7:30 pm SCHUBERT’S “GREAT” SYMPHONY Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • This ambitious program presents two era-defining works: Schubert’s last completed symphony, “The Great” C Major, which ushered in the new Romantic era, in bold contrast to Bartók’s starkly modern Second Violin Concerto, featuring ESO Concertmaster Robert Uchida. • Apr 8, 8 pm

January

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • World premiere adaptation of Jane Austen’s captivatingly romantic comedy of manners. Elinor and Edward, Marianne and Willoughby. An 18th century romantic comedy based on Jane Austen’s much-loved classic.• Apr 22 – May 14

KARINA GAUVIN SOPRANO AND LES BORÉADES DE MONTRÉAL Convocation Hall, University of Alberta • 780.433.4532 • edmontonchambermusic.org • Canadian star soprano Karina Gauvin performs with musicians from Les Boréades baroque orchestra in The Purcell Project – an exquisitely crafted program of some of the finest sacred and secular songs in the English language. The Purcell Project features music from King Arthur, Oedipus, The Fairy Queen, Don Quixote, Harmonia sacra, and Dido and Aeneas. • Apr 27, 7:30 pm

U OF A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • $10 (student), $20 (adult), $15 (senior) • ualberta. ca/artshows • Expanding on Brahms’ personal musical motto, Symphony No. 3 is an artistic and psychological tour de force. Marquez’s Danzón No. 2, a Latin flavoured musical firecracker, bookends this exciting USO event. • Apr 2, 3 pm

May art GALLERIES/ MUSEUMS BOREALIS GALLERY 9820 – 107 St • Alberta and the Great War • Alberta and the Great War is a traveling exhibition from the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

It explores five main topics: “The Western Front,” “Women in the War,” “The Home Front,” “Opposition and Oppression,” and “The Aftermath.” • Feb 17 – May 22

SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists. com • Main Gallery & Public Art Mural: Ericka Walker • Walker’s work borrows from and interprets historical propaganda posters to connect the significant histories of advertisement, propaganda, and social activism relevant to print culture • May 4 – Jun 10

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seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

Dance DIRT BUFFET CABARET Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8,

September

CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • Art Exhibition • Members exhibition. Come enjoy artworks from franco-albertains. Visit galeriecava. com for more info about the artists.

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THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a

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Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm OUR CANADA Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • albertaballet50. com • Alberta Ballet melds two celebrations, Alberta Ballet’s 50th Anniversary and Canada’s 150th birthday, into one magnificent legacy ballet that explores our province and our country through folk and country music legend, Gordon Lightfoot. • May 12 & 13 SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

FILM NORTHWESTFEST Various venues • northwestfest.ca • Canada’s longest-running documentary film festival, kicking off Edmonton’s summer festival season with eight days and nights of the world’s greatest docs, live music, panels, workshops, and much more! • May (dates to be determined)

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner • May 17, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: First Sun each month with a idfferent play by a different playwright. • 1st Sunday of each month TALES FESTIVAL 780.437.7736 • storyfestalberta. com • Storytellers from across western Canada, workshops, free storytelling, story slam and concert.

• May (dates to be determined)

BONNIE & CLYDE: THE TWO PERSON, SIX-GUN MUSICAL PCL Studio, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 – 84 Ave • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • The infamous, depressionera bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde were considered ruthless murderers.

But Bonnie and Clyde- the Two Person, Six Gun Musical examines the highly sensationalized pair from the angle of their love affair. Taking advantage of the many myths blended with historical facts, the pure fun two-person rip-roarin’ musical takes you on a fun and wild ride of romance, suspense and old-fashioned shoot-outs that tells the story of the infamous duo that led a nationwide crime spree from 1932 until 1934. • May 5 – 21 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s groundbreaking rock opera tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus Christ through an exceptional score. • Apr 11 – Jun 11 THE LADY FROM THE SEA Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703 – 112 St • $12 (student, evening), $25 (adult, evening), $22 (senior, evening); $12 (student, matinee), $20 (adult matinee), $18 (senior, matinee); $5 (Wed preview); 2 for 1 (Mon) • ualberta.ca/artshows • By Henrik Ibsen / Adapted by Michael Bradley. Should I stay or should I go are questions that surface in every relationship, especially those touched by loss. A study of a marriage in flux is given flight in this gripping adaptation of Ibsen’s play. • May 18 – 27 NIGHT OF ONE ACTS St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Three Viewings by Jeffrey Hatcher; Sure Thing

by David Ives; The Power and the Glory by Le Wilhelm • May 4 – 6, May 11 – 13 THE PREACHER, THE PRINCESS AND A CROW 780.454.0583 • azimuththeatre. com • Jasper is a damaged soul living in the urban core. In fear of what he is capable of, he has protect himself against external evils; in part to protect innocents from his own predatory potential. • May 18– 28

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • World premiere adaptation of Jane Austen’s captivatingly romantic comedy of manners. Elinor and Edward, Marianne and Willoughby. An 18th century romantic comedy based on Jane Austen’s much-loved classic. • Apr 22 – May 14

CLASSICAL MUSIC IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • An electrifying evening of music from the titan from Bonn. This all-Beethoven night includes the Triple Concerto, featuring soloists from the ranks of the ESO, and the radiant Eighth Symphony—a work of optimism and humour by a man who revolutionized music. • May 17, 7:30 pm METROPOLIS Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • A program of cityscapes by cosmopolitan composers and a night of sophistication and big-city swagger, as Bill Eddins is joined by superb Canadian soloists.

From movie scores to a Prokofiev concerto, this is a night of uptown masterpieces. • May 27, 8 pm POSTCARDS Robert Tegler Centre, Concordia University, 7128 Ada Boulevard • $12 • festivalcitywinds.ca • Spring concert under the artistic direction of Wendy J. Grasdahl, with all four bands performing. • May 27, 7:30 pm TCHAIKOVSKY & SIBELIUS Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Alexander Prior has electrified ESO audiences with his interpretations of northern European composers. Stirring and evocative symphonies by Jean Sibelius and Rued Langgaard, paired with Tchaikovsky’s brilliant violin concerto featuring the ESO debut of the sensational young Simone Porter, promise another exciting experience.

• May 12, 7:30 pm

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THEATRE ANOTHER FLASHDANCE Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882 170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Alex is a young woman from a working class neighborhood who is driven by her desire to become a professional dancer. One night, Alex somehow convinces the enrollment committee of the Royal Moose Jaw Academy of Dance to come see her dance at the club. On that same night, Nick, the owner of the mill, comes to the club; Alex, worried that he might fire her from the mill if he finds out she is a dancer, enlists the help of her crazy group of friends to help fool her boss. What follows is a hilarious tale of mistaken identity filled with crazy night club characters, snooty dance school judges and lots of great music from the 80’s! Please join us for Another Flashdance! • until Jun 4

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September

THE JIVIN’ BELLES St Albert Community Hall, 17 Perron Street • 780.459.1500 • $15 • ardentheatre.com • Jun 27, 2 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC Art galleries/ museums CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava.com • Art Exhibition • Members exhibition. Come enjoy artworks from Franco-Albertans. • dates TBA SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists. com • Main Gallery & Public Art Mural: Ericka Walker • Walker’s work borrows from and interprets historical propaganda posters to connect the significant histories of advertisement, propaganda, and social activism relevant to print culture; until Jun 10 • Main Gallery: Beth Howe & Clive McCarthy, Coding A Woodcut • Howe & McCarthy write and manipulate code in order to translate their photographic images into monumental C&C woodcut block prints • Jun 22 – Jul 29

together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists. • Sept 29, Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 22; 8 pm

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner • June 21, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start)

October

THE WORKS ART & DESIGN FESTIVAL Churchill Square; Various venues around downtown • 780.426.2122 • theworks.ab.ca • For 13 days every summer, The Works unleashes art and design throughout one square kilometer of Edmonton’s downtown core. Completely free to the public, the Festival is an extravaganza of visual art, design and entertainment that attracts artists and patrons from around the globe. • Jun 22 – Jul 4

Comedy THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre. ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night.

Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

Dance DIRT BUFFET CABARET Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $10 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts. • Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 19, Feb 9, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11, Jun 8; 9 pm SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS Spazio Performativo, 10816 – 95 St • $15 or best offer at the door • milezerodance.com • Curated by Allison Balcetis and Jennifer Mesch, this series features dance, music, and visual artists performing live

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Music

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

THEATRE I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Described as “Seinfield set to music” the road to coupledom and all of its trials and tribulations are explored in this series of musical vignettes, celebrating everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and and in-laws but were afraid to admit!

• Jun 16 – Jul 30 IMPROVAGANZA Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.6044 • rapidfiretheatre. com • The world’s best improvisors gather for the 16th annual Alternative Comedy Festival, one of the most popular with improvisors around the world, and a great comedy outing in Edmonton •June (Dates to be determined) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s groundbreaking rock opera tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus Christ through an exceptional score.• until Jun 11 NEXTFEST 2017 Various venues • 780.453.2440 • nextfest.org • Over 500 artists in 11 days. • Jun 1 – 11 THE SPROUTS NEW PLAY FESTIVAL FOR KIDS Westbury Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 – 84 Ave • 780.439.3905 • concretetheatre. ca • Local playwrights present three short plays created especially for kids! These staged readings can be enjoyed by children as young as 18 months to 12 years old. Preshow lobby activities include storytelling, music, art and crafts. • Dates TBA

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THE BEST IS YET TO COME: SINATRA & BEYOND Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • Frank Sinatra could change an ordinary song into a classic and a great song into a moment etched indelibly in your memory. Steven Reineke conducts this tribute to the Chairman of the Board with songs such as “New York, New York,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “The Best Is Yet to Come,” “Night and Day,” “I’ve Got You (Under My Skin),” “My Way,” and many more. • Jun 2 & 3, 8 pm

Nov

CARMINA BURANA Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Carl Orff’s cantata was intended to be an exploration of medieval poetry, but has become one of the iconic works for chorus and orchestra. It makes a suitably powerful conclusion to the 2016/2017 Masters series and is joined by works from two of the ESO’s former Composers in Residence, including a brand new Trumpet Concerto by John Estacio. • Jun 16, 7:30 pm; Jun 17, 8 pm MOZART’S “TURKISH” CONCERTO Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • No orchestral colour will be left unexplored in this exciting matinée concert, as two works featuring the majestic Davis Concert Organ contrast with lively showcases for violin and oboe.

Taiwanese violinist Yu-Chien (Benny) Tseng won the highest prize in the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Allan Gilliland’s whimsical Oboe Concerto is an expression of movement from the Baroque to the 21st Century. • Jun 11, 2 pm

ORCHESTRA ON PARADE Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • There’s a reason why symphony orchestras have been a mainstay of music for centuries. The range, the power, and the palette of sound attained by an orchestra cannot be matched. In this stirring and unforgettable night, the ESO will be put on display with timeless classics, Broadway tunes, music from the movies and more. A night not to be missed by any fan of the orchestra. • Jun 1, 8 pm PRO CORO CANADA: CHILDHOOD MEMORIES All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 – 103 St • 780.428.1414 • $30 (adult), $25 (student/senior) • winspearcentre.com • An exploration of childhood as experienced in Estonia, Latvia and Sweden and by composers including Tormis and Dyrud alongside Canadian’s Michal Novotny and Allan Gilliland. • Jun 1, 2:30 pm

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Comedy

CAVA GALLERY CAVA Gallery, 9103 – 95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Free • galeriecava. com • Art Exhibition • Members exhibition. Come enjoy artworks from Franco-Albertans. • dates TBA

THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

THEATRE FOLLIES Walterdale Theatre, 10322 – 83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • Set in a crumbling theatre on the eve of its date with the wrecking ball, the “follies girls” that used to dance at this theatre come for a final reunion with husbands, and baggage, in tow. • Jul 5 – 15

November April

SNAP GALLERY & PRINTSHOP 10123 – 121 St / 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Main Gallery: Beth Howe & Clive McCarthy, Coding A Woodcut • Howe & McCarthy write and manipulate code in order to translate their photographic images into monumental C&C woodcut block prints • until July29 THE WORKS ART & DESIGN FESTIVAL Churchill Square; Various venues around downtown • 780.426.2122 • theworks.ab.ca • For 13 days every summer, The Works unleashes art and design throughout a one square kilometer of Edmonton’s downtown core. Completely free to the public, the Festival is an extravaganza of visual art, design and entertainment that attracts artists and patrons from around the globe. • until Jul 4

LITERARY

EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner •Jul 19, 7 pm (signup), 7:30 pm (stories start)

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SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A play reading series with a different play by a different playwright each month. • 1st Sunday of each month

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December

I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 – 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Described as “Seinfield set to music” the road to coupledom and all of its trials and tribulations are explored in this series of musical vignettes, celebrating everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives ad and in-laws but were afraid to admit!

• until Jul 30

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August Comedy THE OPEN JAM Holy Trinity Church, 10037 – 84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre, we want to share our space, swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play with you for a night. Whether you are a seasoned improvisor or an improv virgin this is a relaxed environment

to have fun, grow and make artistic connections. Visit facebook.com/ groups/390601517757321 on location and discussion. • Last Tuesday of each month

LITERARY EDMONTON STORY SLAM The Mercury Room, 10575 – 114 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • Third Wednesday of every month • A

December

competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner • Aug 16, 7 pm (sign-up), 7:30 pm (stories start) SCRIPT SALON Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037 – 84 Ave • A play reading series with a different play by a different playwright each month. • 1st Sunday of each month

James Ehnes & Andrew Armstrong Wed, Sept 14, 2016

Robertson-Wesley United Church

Jan Lisiecki Sat, Jan 21, 2017

Convocation Hall, University of Alberta

New Orford String Quartet, Cho-Liang Lin, & Orion Weiss Sat, April 1, 2017

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Karina Gauvin & Les Boréades de Montréal Thurs, April 27, 2017

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PREVUE // FOLK FEST

MUSIC

FINDING HER VOICE

Amy Helm & the Handsome Strangers come to town for the Folk Music Festival

Steely Dan co-masterminds Donald Fagen. While all of these artists did help Helm find her talent, when it comes to creating music, she is most definitely her own artist.

“All of those people were great musical mentors, especially my father," she says. "Now I’m just trying to continue to develop as a songwriter.”

After a small lifetime of jumping through her gospel like alt-country band Ollabelle and various projects with her father, Helm eventually decided to pursue a career as a solo artist.

“It seemed like the next natural step.

I’ve grown as a singer and collaborator so I wanted to apply it to a new challenge in a scarier uncharted territory,” she says.

Amy Helm's Didn't It Rain was recorded over four years. // Photo supplied

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he month of August for Edmontononians has always been special. Sure, school is only a month away, and the heat will slowly leave, but the city has so many wonderful forms of entertainment that can put your remaining time to good use.

While every form is unique and enjoyable in its own way, none compare to the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.

For years, Folk Fest has been a ha-

ven for music and arts fans to escape the daily toil of their lives and discover a new musician they may have not had the pleasure of hearing.

The main stage will be dominated by some fantastic headliners such as The Head and the Heart, LP, Nathaniel Ratecliff & the Night Sweats, and the Tallest Man on Earth, just to name a few, but please, take some time to enjoy a new artist or two at some of the

smaller stages.

One act that should be looked out for this year at stage one is Amy Helm & the Handsome Strangers.

It’s safe to say that Helm has music in her blood. She is the daughter of Levon Helm, renowned drummer and singer for the Band, as well as the genre-bending singer-songwriter Libby Titus. On top of that, she is also the stepdaughter of one of the

Her debut roots-folk/blues album Didn’t it Rain was released almost exactly one year ago, and is a true indication that Helm has found her own voice.

The album was recorded over a fouryear period and features a plethora of uniquely talented musicians such as Levon Helm, Allison Moorer, John Medeski, and Larry Campbell just to name a few. Helm decided to rework many of the songs on the album after she assembled her touring band the Handsome Strangers with band mate, bassist Byron Issacs.

“The record was sort of an odd pro-

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cess. I had no idea what I was going for," she says. "It was hard to come up with a clear vision so it became a collage of different phases. Like my father is playing on some songs and then I have a bunch of other musicians on others. Things in my life were nuts so each song kind of had its own little story and universe.”

Helm’s father sadly passed away in 2012, but was fortunately able to hear most of the songs on the record.

“I was so glad he heard most of it," she says. "He was always very supportive and he was proud of all the work that went into the record. I think it made it stronger.”

In the studio and on stage, Helm’s band the Handsome Strangers is a powerhouse. Guitarist Daniel Littleton’s ethereal blues guitar work adds a unique flavor to the live experience while drummer David Berger’s simple, but effective drum beats compliment the rhythm of the song. Session bassist Adam Minkoff will be subbing in for Issacs at Folk Fest while Issacs tours with the Lumineers.

Helm is very excited to take the stage at this year’s Folk Fest.

“We play a very raucous set. It gets people moving,” she says.

“I played Edmonton a couple years ago and I’m really looking forward to coming back.”

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PREVUE // POP

Commanding and pure

Indie songstress LP took opera lessons to control her wild voice

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he had everyone at Folk Fest singing her inspirational break-through song “Into the Wild,” three years ago and now she’s back. Yes, acclaimed big indie rock/ pop musician LP will be playing this year’s main stage, and it will definitely be a memorable experience.

While she was getting ready to hit the road for a gig, LP was able to chat and reflect about her sound, unique artistic identity, and playing this year’s upcoming Folk Fest.

While her legal name is Laura Pergolizzi, the indie songstress prefers to go by LP.

“Laura is kind of my government name,” she says, and laughs.

“I remember when I moved to New York somebody asked if they could call me LP and I was like ‘yeah sure.’

You can’t really choose your nickname. It sort of just stuck. I liked it and I identify with it the most now.”

While her music is filled with aspects of folk, alternative rock, indie and more, LP is usually defined as a pop artist.

“You know, it used to bother me when I started out, but now I take it as a compliment," she says. "When some-

one calls me pop that means I write catchy songs that stick with you.”

Fans of LP will know that she is an expert whistler and incorporates the whistle into some of her songs.

Sometimes the sound actually crafts the melody of the song much like in “Other People,” which begins with a spaghetti western whistle that immediately sets the nostalgic mood.

“It’s not a gimmick or anything. I think I did it first in ‘Into the Wild,’ and it became a part of the song. I use it quite a bit for finding useful melodies.”

LP has also made a reputation as a

songwriter who writes for other artists. Some of the most note-worthy musicians she has written for are Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Backstreet Boys, and Florence and the Machine.

While many artists in the pop genre have become slaves to expanding their voice and vocal range with studio tricks, LP does not fall into this category—her voice is commanding and pure.

“I took opera lessons when people kind of told me I needed some control of my voice. I always thought of my

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voice as very wild and as I was writing I always wanted to explore the higher notes in certain songs,” she says.

Wild is the perfect way to describe LP’s diverse voice. With something like an energetic vibrato, she can change a calm, mellow song into a full on power ballad of raw emotion in seconds.

Since her debut in 2001 with the album Heart Shaped Star, LP has released the two full-length albums Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol and Forever For Now. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38 >>

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MUSIC PREVUE // FESTIVAL

Jump and wave

Fri, Aug 5 – Sun, Aug 7 Churchill Square, free cariwest.ca

Cariwest returns for its 32nd year with some new features

// Phil Musani

T

o raise awareness of the forthcoming annual Cariwest Festival, dancers from SocaFIT—a Caribbean inspired fitness program that blends together dance and body weight exercises—took over the Edmonton International Airport for a soca and calypso flash mob in early July.

The soca-infused flash mob is the first of its kind in these parts and was dreamed up by Cherelle Jeree, Cariwest marketing and promotions director and owner of SocaFIT. The Cariwest organizers have planned

two more flash mobs ahead of the Cariwest Festival—which they expect to be much larger than the EIA one—including one at the Heritage Festival and another one this coming Friday (we won't divulge too many details in order to keep in the spirit of the surprise flash mob, but it'll be near the festival grounds—make sure you keep an eye for it!)

The three-day celebration features both family friendly fare and adult entertainment. For the kids,

there will be the grand parade on Saturday featuring 14 bands and mas' bands, a grouping of a truck, DJ, and dancers adorned in locally-made costumes. For the grown-ups, there will be a rum garden and VIP area (new for this year) and a night fete featuring a special performance from the Queen of Bacchanal Destra Garcia.

"It's been a long time since we brought a top Soca star [out for the festival]," says Cariwest president Anna Edwards. "We're bringing out Garcia and we're excited about that.

[Her songs] are exciting and vibrant and energetic."

For its 32nd year, the festival is exploring Edmonton's cultural diversity through its theme of "All Ah We," a West Indian phrase meaning "all of us" to push forward inclusivity.

"It’s just a theme to bring everybody together," says Edwards. "We frequently get asked [questions like] 'Who wears the costumes?' and 'Can I wear a costume?' The truth is, everybody can wear a costume. You don’t need any qualifications to participate in and dance in the streets with us."

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LP plays the main stage at Folk Fest this year. //Photo supplied

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Her newest EP Death Valley is filled with open musical emotion and honesty. Just listen to the song “Lost on You,” which is easily relatable to anyone who has gone through a breakup or some other form of relationship heartbreak.

Of course, her voice is not the only attractive quality of LP’s curious sound. The musical interludes and bridges found in each song add a new essence to the music.

A terrific example of one of these interludes is found in the song

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“Strange.” Near the closing bit of the song a bluesy harmonica solo turns the song from an electro-pop ballad into a folk-driven tune.

“Many of the songs are written in the studio. I work with some really talented musicians so its usually pretty organic, but I’m getting better at knowing if the song will work right away.”

Like her music, LP’s appearance is very much individual. Picture a young Patti Smith with the Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan curls mixed with a bit of Joan Jett. Many have deemed her image as androgynous.

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“The crowd was really into it last time and that’s all I really want. I want to make the people feel with me and be apart of that moment.”

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"We're going to towns I've never been to: Calgary, Edmonton," Andrew Wyatt, vocalist of Miike Snow, says over the phone while on a tour stop in Chicago. "When I was a kid I'd heard about Edmonton, because my friends were really into hockey. Hockey was really big in my town growing up outside of New York City. Our team was the Rangers but we used to play the Edmonton Oilers all the time. Edmonton was on my radar as a city, but I've never been there—I also dated a really hot girl from Red Deer."

Wyatt and production duo Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg have been making the rounds across North America since March 3—and will soon be embarking on the European portion as soon as August 18 with its first show in Austria—for its third album, iii, which was released on March 4.

Having already played over 35 dates, Wyatt notes that it's been great touring again after a short hiatus from it.

"I think there's a lot of difficulties when you're putting a show together for the first time. But, at this point, all of the mechanics of the live show [have been] worked out and makes a much smoother tour," he says. "We got all the bugs worked out and now we're just aiming at putting together this perfect show, this ultimate show.

You never quite get there, but it's a fun thing to achieve every night. It's like trying to get a hole in one."

Where the self debut album wedged Miike Snow into an altsynth pop territory with its heavy backbeats and overlapping synths, the third album leans more in the realm of simple pop music. This shift sees a page being pulled from the Karlsson and Winnberg (running under the Bloodshy & Avant moniker) book who have produced pop-heavy hits such as Britney Spears "Toxic" and Bruno Mar's "Grenade". Even the first single "Genghis Khan" had success on the Billboard charts for a duration of six weeks.

"I don't think we really had a vision for this record. We just did what we did with the first album, which was, for the most part, just going by instinct and seeing what happens," Wyatt explains. "I think we tried to make music that isn't too harmonically complex."

Other tracks such as "Trigger" and "Back of the Car" have a motown, R&B flavour to it, which Wyatt notes is a "natural" inclusion since he spent years listening to the likes of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. Despite the album's pop tendencies, that pop categorization doesn't bother the trio.

"I don't shy away from that category. I think pop is music that people can sing along too. There's nothing to be ashamed about that," he says. "The challenge is getting them to sing along in a way they haven't before, you know?"

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CHI CHING CHING

W/ SAFE TO SAY, LIKE PACIFIC, NORELL

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

EIFFEL TOWER ENT. IS PROUD TO PRESENT

W/ CHAD MICHAELS AS CHER TYLER AYERS, RAYE SUNSHINE

Wednesday's; Every Wed

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE

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WINSPEAR CENTRE Miike

Snow; 8pm; $27-$37

MISERY SIGNALS W/ DJ CHRIS ROKK, DJ STYLISS, DJ POOCHIE

TAVERN ON WHYTE

Cluckin’ Wednesdays 9:30pm

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SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

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

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

W/ DRIVE BY PUNCH, PROCESS, NECK OF THE WOODS, SPARROWS

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

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

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Mother

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cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COLIN'S GARAGE 5106-112 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 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave 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 GALLAGHER PARK 9411-97 Ave 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 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 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 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 TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY 17118-90 Ave TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE 10324-82 Whyte Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 7308-76 Ave, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB 10746 Jasper Ave, 780.951.2705 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr

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STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

ALL HAIL THE YETI

W/ FINAL DRIVE, THE MOTHERCRAFT, BLACK FRIDAY

AUG/13

EP RELEASE PARTY

ELEMENT ORANGE W/ HUNGRY HOLLOW, HAZELDEAN

AUG/17

EP RELEASE PARTY

NECRONOMICON W/ ABIOTIC, VESPERIA, TALES OF THE TOMB

AUG/20

THE MOOD MACHINE PRESENTS

EYES EVERYWHERE [USA] W/ BETTER LIVING DJS, DAN PEZIM, MIDNIGHT MOVIES

AUG/27

THE FORGE AND NEW GROUND AGENCY PROUDLY BRING TO YOU

NECK OF THE WOODS W/ BRING US YOUR DEAD, SILENCE THE MACHINE, BURY ME JACK

AUG/28

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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

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 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

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

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

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd •

Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure

United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:458:30pm; contact vpm@norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Sunshine Summer Club Schedule: Aug 2 (regular meetings resume in Sep); Contact: Mark 780.437.1136 or Antonio 780.463.5331 or email: yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com

WOMEN GROW NETWORKING SERIES • St. Albert Rugby Club, 51 Riel Dr, St Albert • lisette. womengrow@gmail.com • bit.ly/2aoFzdz • Connect aspiring and current professionals in the cannabis industry • Aug 4, 7-9pm • $25-$35 (adv or at the door); bit.ly/2aoFzdz

780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:309pm

QUEER

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment

St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Mon: Drag Race in the White Room; 7pm • Wed: Monthly games night/trivia • Thu: Happy hour, 6-8pm; Karaoke, 7-12:30am • Fri: Flashback Friday with your favourite hits of the 80s/90s/2000s; rotating drag and burlesque events • Sat: Rotating DJs Velix and Suco • Sun: Weekly drag show, 10:30pm

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103

Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Tim Koslo; Aug 5-6

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Barry Rothbart; Aug 3-7

THE DATING GAME • On The Rocks, 11743 Jasper Ave • Host Sterling Scott also with the Nervous Flirts. Fun, prizes, and maybe love • Aug 7, 7:30pm

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, Or in confidence one-on-one in the Craft Room • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance. One-on-one meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • Voted "Vue Weekly Best Comedy Night in Edmonton". Stand up comedy open mic hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm (8:30pm sign-up)

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre

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

of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • Drop in hours: Mon, Wed 4-7pm; Fri 6-9pm; Closed Sat-Sun and Holidays • JamOUT: Music mentorship and instruc-

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy

tion 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 • TTIQ (18+ Trans* Group): 2nd Mon of the month, 7-9pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • 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

Groove every Wed; 9pm

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm 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

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave •

DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café,

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

10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5

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 NEEDLECRAFT GUILD • Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue ea month, 7:30pm EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com 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

FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

LGNYEG • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave NW • happyharborcomics.com • Events may include guest speakers, movie nights, board game nights, video game nights and much more • 1st Thu of every month, 7-9pm

LIGHTSABER TRAINING • Sir Winston Churchill Square • Celebrating all things Star Wars. Featuring lightsaber training for the young and young at heart.

Guests must bring their own lightsabers (makeshift lightsabers are welcome) • Every Wed during the summer; 7-7:45pm for young padawans, 7-8:30pm for mature padawans • Free

LOTUS QIGONG • SAGE downtown 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free

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ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm

TOASTMASTERS

0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

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

• Chamber Toastmasters Club: 6th floor, World Trade Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/ RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every

WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Massive Mondays features talented comedians • Tue: Domestic bottle beer special only $3.75 all night long • Wed: Jugs of Canadian and Kokanee for $13; Karaoke with Shirley from 7pm12:30am • Thu: Highballs on special only $3.75 all night long; Karaoke with Bubbles 7pm-12:30am • Fri: Comming soon: DJ Arrow Chaser's new TGIF Party • Sat: Pool Tournement, 4pm; Jager shots on special only $4; Coming soon, DJ Jazzy

Will touching a toad give you warts? Do vampire bats really exist? Do porcupines shoot their quills? Uncover the truth at the Valley Zoo • Aug 7, 12-4pm • Regular admission

ANIMETHON 23 • MacEwan City Centre Campus, 10700-104 Ave • animethon.org • Celebrating Japanese animation. Featuring panels, anime viewings for any fan, special guests of the voice actor and musical variety, vendors and so much more • Aug 5-7

BEAD MARKET • Ramada Inn Edmonton South, 5359 Calgary Trail • 780.486.7543 • TreasureStoneBeads.com • Aug 6, 11am-5pm • Free CARIWEST: EDMONTON CARIBBEAN ARTS FESTIVAL • Downtown Edmonton • 780.421.7800 • cariwest.ca • For three days, Edmonton will be steeped with the soul and spirit of the Caribbean islands. Say goodbye to the office, forget the daytimers, log off those computers and come free yuhself up to do the moves—wine, jump-up, dingolay, grind, whatever you wish. A parade kicks things off at noon • Aug 5-7

DATE NIGHT: AN EVENING OF PAINT • Devonian Botanic Garden, Parkland County, 5 kms north of Devon on Hwy 60 • 780.987.3054 • devonian2. ualberta.ca • Create your own masterpiece, with inspiration all around and guidance from an expert.

Register in advance for the painting activity • Aug 4, 6pm until dusk • $13.50 (adults), $9.75 (seniors 65+), $7 (student) DATE NIGHT: BON FESTIVAL • Devonian Botanic Garden, Parkland County, 5 kms north of Devon on Hwy 60 • 780.987.3054 • devonian.ualberta.ca • Light up the pond in the Kurimoto Japanese Garden with candles, and celebrate your loved ones in a peaceful Japanese tradition • Aug 11, 6-11:30pm • $13.50 (adults), $9.75 (seniors 65+), $7 (student)

EDMONTON AIRSHOW • Villeneuve Airport, Range Road 271 & Secondary Hwy 633 • deanh@ rweevents.ca • edmontonairshow.ca • An entertainment spectacle that celebrates both the rich history and the modern evolution of aviation in Edmonton • Aug 6-7 • $25 FRAGAPALOOZA 2016 • Leduc Recreation Center, 4330 Black Gold Dr, Leduc • fragapalooza.com • Four days of non-stop video and computer gaming, featuring games like Starcraft II • Aug 4-7 GUIDED TOURS OF THE KURIMOTO JAPANESE GARDEN • Devonian Botanic Garden, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • Learn about the history of the Kurimoto Japanese Garden and the symbolism behind the landscape features and structures • Aug 7: 11:30am & 1:30pm • Free with general admission

JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY • Devonian Botanical Garden • devonian.ualberta.ca • Experience Japanese culture in a unique setting. Japanese sweets and tea are provided to guests, as well as an explanation of the tea ceremony • Aug 7: 11:15am, 12:45pm, 1:30pm and 2:15pm • Adv tickets recommended LOVE YOUR HEADWATERS • Sir Winston Churchill Square • cpawsnab.org/campaigns/loveyour-headwaters • Aims to educate and excite the citizens of Edmonton about the source of their drinking water, and promote the importance of protecting watersheds such as the Bighorn Backcountry • Aug 10, 4-8pm

POKEMON GO SAFARI NIGHT AT THE EDMONTON VALLEY ZOO • Edmonton Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Road NW • 311 • edmonton. ca • Ten Pokestops, two gyms, and lots of lures • Aug 9, 4-8pm

RAGE YOGA • Pique Dance Centre, 10604-105 Ave NW • rageyoga.com/edmonton • On and off the mat, Rage Yoga is an attitude. Centered, confident and giving zero f#cks • Aug 12-13 • $20 ROCK’N AUGUST • Various locations around St Albert • rocknaugust.com • International vintage car show and music festival with street dance, kick-off breakfast and more • Aug 2-6

RURAL ROOTS FAIR • Beaumont Ag Society Fairgrounds, 5010-52 Ave, Beaumont • beaumontagsociety.com/ruralroots • The event features a kids area, community booths, as well as presentations and demos from the other elements of the Ag Society • Aug 6-7 • Free; all ages

SPECIAL EVENTS

TIME ESCAPE GRAND OPENING • Time

2016 UKRAINIAN DAY • Ukrainian Cultural

Escape, 10939-120 St NW • Featuring three rooms for all ages. Two more rooms will open in the coming months. Featuring food and prizes, 20% will be taken off of games until Aug 20 • Aug 6, 12pm

Heritage Village • history.alberta.ca/ukrainianvillage • Witness history come alive as Alberta’s vibrant Ukrainian community commemorates the arrival of the first Ukrainians to Canada. Visitors are encouraged to bring a lawn chair for seating • Aug 7, 8:30am-5pm

ANIMAL MYTHBUSTERS • Edmotnon Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Road • 311 • edmonton.ca •

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TWINS & TRIPLETS PARADE • Whyte Ave • twins-triplets-plus-festival-parade.org • Featuring presentations, storytelling, music, nail painting and much more • Aug 6, 10am

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): I apologize in advance for the seemingly excessive abundance of good news I’m about to report. If you find it hard to believe, I won’t hold your skepticism against you. But I do want you to know that every prediction is warranted by the astrological omens. Ready for the onslaught? 1. In the coming weeks, you could fall forever out of love with a wasteful obsession. 2. You might also start falling in love with a healthy obsession. 3. You can half-accidentally snag a blessing you have been half-afraid to want. 4. You could recall a catalytic truth whose absence has been causing you a problem ever since you forgot it. 5. You could reclaim the mojo that you squandered when you pushed yourself too hard a few months ago.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): August is Adopt-a-Taurus month. It’s for all of your tribe, not just the orphans and exiles and disowned rebels. Even if you have exemplary parents, the current astrological omens suggest that you require additional support and guidance from wise elders. So I urge you to be audacious in rounding up trustworthy guardians and benefactors. Go in search of mentors and fairy godmothers. Ask for advice from heroes who are further along the path that you’d like to follow. You are ready to receive teachings and direction you weren’t receptive to before.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When a parasite or other irritant slips inside an oyster’s shell, the mollusk’s immune system besieges the intruder with successive layers of calcium carbonate. Eventually, a pearl may form. I suspect that this is a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming days as you deal with the salt in your wound or the splinter in your skin.

Before you jump to any conclusions, though, let me clarify. This is not a case of the platitude, “Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” Keep in mind that the pearl is a symbol of beauty and value, not strength.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s your lucky day! Spiritual counsel comparable to what you’re reading here usually sells for $99.95.

But because you’re showing signs that you’re primed to outwit bad habits, I’m offering it at no cost.

I want to encourage you! Below are my ideas for what you should focus on. (But keep in mind that I don’t expect you to achieve absolute perfection.) 1. Wean yourself from indulging in self-pity and romanticized pessimism. 2. Withdraw from connections with people who harbor negative images of you. 3.

Transcend low expectations wherever you see them in play. 4. Don’t give your precious life energy to demoralizing ideas and sour opinions.

ROB BREZSNY FREEWILL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re not doing a baby chick a favor by helping it hatch. For the sake of its well-being, the bird needs to peck its way out of the egg. It’s got to exert all of its vigor and willpower in starting its new life. That’s a good metaphor for you to meditate on.

As you escape from your comfortable womb-jail and launch yourself toward inspiration, it’s best to rely as much as possible on your own instincts. Friendly people who would like to provide assistance may inadvertently cloud your access to your primal wisdom. Trust yourself deeply and wildly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Did you honestly imagine that there would eventually come a future when you’d have your loved ones fully “trained”? Did you fantasize that sooner or later you could get them under control, purged of their imperfections and telepathically responsive to your every mood? If so, now is a good time to face the fact that those longings will never be fulfilled. You finally have the equanimity to accept your loved ones exactly as they are. Uncoincidentally, this adjustment will make you smarter about how to stir up soulful joy in your intimate relationships.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hear you’re growing weary of wrestling with ghosts. Is that true? I hope so. The moment you give up the fruitless struggle, you’ll become eligible for a unique kind of freedom that you have not previously imagined. Here’s another rumor I’ve caught wind of: You’re getting bored with an old source of sadness that you’ve used to motivate yourself for a long time. I hope that’s true, too. As soon as you shed your allegiance to the sadness, you will awaken to a sparkling font of comfort you’ve been blind to. Here’s one more story I’ve picked up through the grapevine: You’re close to realizing that your attention to a mediocre treasure has diverted you from a more pleasurable treasure.

Hallelujah!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may experience a divine visitation as you clean a toilet in the coming weeks. You might get a glimpse of a solution to a nagging problem while you’re petting a donkey or paying your bills or waiting in a long line at the bank. Catch my drift, Capricorn? I may or may not be speaking metaphorically here.

You could meditate up a perfect storm as you devour a doughnut.

While flying high over the earth in a dream, you might spy a treasure hidden in a pile of trash down below. If I were going to give your immediate future a mythic title, it might be “Finding the Sacred in the Midst of the Profane.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Could it be true that the way out is the same as the way in? And that the so-called “wrong” answer is almost indistinguishable from the right answer? And that success, at least the kind of success that really matters, can only happen if you adopt an upside-down, insideout perspective? In my opinion, the righteous answer to all these questions is “YESSS???!!!” -- at least for now. I suspect that the most helpful approach will never be as simple or as hard as you might be inclined to believe.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your strength seems to make some people uncomfortable. I don’t want that to become a problem for you. Maybe you could get away with toning down your potency at other times, but not now. It would be sinful to act as if you’re not as competent and committed to excellence as you are.

But having said that, I also urge you to monitor your behavior for excess pride. Some of the resistance you face when you express your true glory may be due to the shadows cast by your true glory.

You could be tempted to believe that your honorable intentions excuse secretive manipulations.

So please work on wielding your clout with maximum compassion and responsibility.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’ve worked hard for many years to dismantle my prejudices. To my credit, I have even managed to cultivate compassion for people I previously demonized, like evangelical Christians, drunken jocks, arrogant gurus, and career politicians. But I must confess that there’s still one group toward which I’m bigoted: super-rich bankers. I wish I could extend to them at least a modicum of amiable impartiality. How about you, Aquarius? Do you harbor any hidebound biases that shrink your ability to see life as it truly is? Have you so thoroughly rationalized certain narrow-minded perspectives and judgmental preconceptions that your mind is permanently closed? If so, now is a favorable time to dissolve the barriers and stretch your imagination way beyond its previous limits.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you lingering at the crux of the crossroads, restless to move on but unsure of which direction will lead you to your sweet destiny? Are there too many theories swimming around in your brain, clogging up your intuition? Have you absorbed the opinions of so many “experts” that you’ve lost contact with your own core values? It’s time to change all that. You’re ready to quietly explode in a calm burst of practical lucidity. First steps: Tune out all the noise. Shed all the rationalizations. Purge all the worries.

Ask yourself, “What is the path with heart?” V

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LUSTFORLIFE

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One year later, do we have better access?

Despite high hopes for a new abortion drug, some fear rural women will still face high barriers

A

year ago last week, I welcomed the news that the abortion pill had finally been approved for use in Canada. This medication, I and many others thought, would greatly increase access to abortions for those who don’t live near a facility where surgical procedures are available.

Sadly, here we are, a whole year later, and although approved, the drug is still not available. When it does become available sometime over the next six months, the parameters set out by Health Canada may mean that early term medical abortions are still inaccessible for many people.

Health Canada has required that the drug (which will be sold in Canada under the name Mefigymiso) be dispensed by doctors rather than pharmacists. This is unusual, given that physicians rarely dispense medications. It will require them to order Mefigymiso and keep track of stock themselves, something most clinics are not set up to do. Doctors will also be

required to take an online training course before being authorized to prescribe the medication.

In addition, Health Canada advises that Mefigymiso should be taken under a physician’s supervision. In April of this year, Dr. Supriya Sharma, Health Canada’s medical advisor, told the National Post that this does not mean that it must actually be taken during the appointment with the physician. However she also stated that it would be up to the doctor to decide if the patient needed to take it at the clinic or not, meaning that some doctors may well make that stipulation.

Dawn Fowler, Canadian Director of the National Abortion Federation, says all of these requirements are a step backwards in terms of what the goal of the drug is in the first place: to give people control over their own reproductive health.

“In some areas, women will drive six to eight hours to obtain care,” she told me in a phone interview.

“You certainly don’t want someone who’s traveled a significant distance having to take the pill in front of the health care provider and then is driving home and then starts to have her abortion in the car.”

Fowler notes that the requirements make little sense when drugs with far more serious side effects are picked up at pharmacies and left to the patient to selfadminister. “It’s not based in any evidence that it needs to be taken in front of a health care provider.”

Fowler says. “I think it’s treating women in a different way than you would treat someone who was not terminating a pregnancy. It’s not an addictive drug. It’s not something that could be disassembled and repackaged and sold like some of the opioids and pain pills. A woman who’s going to terminate a pregnancy has made that decision. She’s not going to then go and give the pill to somebody else.

We need to trust women and what they know is best. “ Another issue for access is the

cost. At this point, the estimated $270 to $300 cost of Mefigymiso is not covered by provincial health care plans. Fowler hopes this will change in the future.

“It would be a bizarre situation where you have a woman who could surgically terminate a pregnancy, which is covered by all of the provincial and territorial health plans, yet the medication abortion wouldn’t be covered,” she says.

It’s disappointing that an entire year after what seemed like such a major step forward, we are still no nearer to better access to safe affordable abortion services. Hope-

fully, after Mefigymiso becomes available, an established history of use in this country will lead to changes in the requirements and the coverage. This is a drug that has been used safely and effectively in more than 57 countries for as long as 25 years. The time for Canadians to have the same access as those in other countries is long overdue. V Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-for-profits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmontonbased, sex-positive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk.

Correction: In last’s week’s issue of Vue Weekly, July 29 — Aug 3, #1083, the Sexology column ran under the wrong name.

The column was labeled as Lust for Life, with the byline of columnist Brenda Kerber. It was actually the Sexology column by Tami-lee Duncan. Vue regrets the error.

Dan savage savagelove@vueweekly.com

POKE GO OBSESSED

I can’t believe this is why I’m finally writing you. My husband is using Pokémon GO as an excuse to stay out until 5:00 a.m. with another woman. She is beautiful and about a decade younger than him, and he won’t hear me out on why this is bothersome. Our work schedules don’t match up, and he always wants me to meet him in the wee hours of the morning after I’ve worked a full day shift and done all the work looking after our pets. I can give him the benefit of the doubt and be totally fine with him wanting to stay out after work for a few drinks with friends, even though I’m too tired to join them, but Pokémon GO until 5:00 a.m. alone with a twentysomething for four straight weeks?! It’s driving me crazy. I told him how I feel, and he says it’s my fault for “never wanting to do anything.” (I don’t consider walking around staring at a phone “doing something.”) I told him I feel like he doesn’t even like me anymore, and he didn’t even acknowledge my feelings with a response. With the craze this has become, we can’t be the only couple with this problem. I don’t think me enabling his actions by joining the game is the answer, but I’d be absolutely gutted if this game was the straw that broke up our 10-year relationship. Please help.

POKE GO MEANS NO Second Life, SimCity, Quake, Counter-Strike, World of Warcraft, Minecraft—it’s always something.

By which I mean to say, PGMN, Pokémon GO isn’t destroying

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your marriage now, just as SimCity wasn’t destroying marriages 15 years ago. Your husband is destroying your marriage. He’s being selfish and inconsiderate and cruel. He doesn’t care enough about you to prioritize your feelings—or even acknowledge them, it seems.

When a partner’s actions are clearly saying, “I’m choosing this thing— this video game, this bowling league, this whatever—over you,” they’re almost always saying this, as well: “I don’t want to be with you anymore, but I don’t have the courage or the decency to leave so I’m going to neglect you until you get fed up and leave me.”

Let him have his ridiculous obsessions—with this game, with this girl—and when he comes to his senses and abandons Pokémon GO, just like people came to their senses and walked away from Second Life a decade ago, you’ll be in a better position to decide whether you want to leave him.

CHEATING HEART

I am currently separated. A few months after I moved out, my estranged wife found out that I cheated on her before we got married. I was a CPOS. I feel horribly guilty and would like to think I’ll never do it again. The question is: When and what should I disclose to future partners?

No Clever Acronym There’s no need to disclose this to future partners. Everyone makes mistakes—and the mistake you made, while a deeply painful be-

trayal of your then-girlfriend and presumably a violation of a premarital monogamous commitment, is a thoroughly common one. Human beings aren’t used cars—we aren’t obligated to disclose every ditch we drove ourselves into before we resell ourselves. You didn’t fuck around on your ex habitually, you’re not a serial cheater, and you never violated your marriage vows.

So there’s that. Resolve not to make this mistake again—make only new ones—and stuff that incident down Ye Olde Memory Hole.

NO SNEAKS ALLOWED!

I hooked up with this hot married couple. We’d done it before, and my expectations were shaped by previous (fun) experiences with them.

But the sex wasn’t good this time.

That would be fine—sometimes it just doesn’t work, and I am an adult about it—but for the specific reason it wasn’t good: The husband came on my face after I specifically told him not to do that. I used my words.

He still blew a load in my face and then sheepishly kinda apologized afterwards. He said he didn’t mean to do it and that he was aiming at my boobs. I do not believe it for a second. It was an “ask for forgiveness, not for permission” kind of thing—I could see that on his face.

He looooves facials. So that sealed my decision to not sleep with them again, which I told them about. I consider a load in my face against my will to be a big violation of my trust/friendship. The couple thinks I’m overreacting and that a load in your face should be a forgivable of-

fense. I’m not going to change my mind, but I am curious what you think about sneaky facials.

UNWANTED SEMEN ANGERS! UNICORN SEEKING ADVICE! Sneaky facials are sneaky, and I don’t approve of sneakiness in the sack.

People should be straightforward and direct; they should communicate their wants, needs, and limits clearly; and we should all err on the side of solicitousness, i.e., drawing new sex partners out about their wants, needs, and limits, because some folks have a hard time using their words where sex is concerned.

You used your words, USA!USA!, and this dude violated your clearly communicated wants, needs, and limits. I’m glad you let them know you were upset and why you weren’t going to see them again. Single women who want to hook up with married couples are hard to come by and in—that’s why you’re called unicorns—and his selfish disregard for your limits, his clear violation of your trust, cost them a unicorn.

SEX, AND THE SUBURBS

I have two questions. (1) I saw a sex worker for a legit sensual massage that turned into fooling around.

Once that happened, he mentioned “making” straight guys have sex with him, wanting to give massages to teenagers, and he talked dirty about younger boys. I know this could all be provocative fantasy talk, but I had a weird feeling about him before meeting. Who would I even disclose this to if that were the right thing to do, and how would I

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do so while protecting his (should be legal) right to trade ass for cash?

(2) Furthermore, I’m a thirsty genderqueer girl plotting her escape from a suburban town. I’m not going to be here long enough to look for an LTR. How can I satisfy my lust safely? It seems like every time I hook up with someone, they disclose intense drug use or other risky behavior after the fact.

FANTASIZING LECHEROUSLY ABOUT GOOD SEX (1) There’s no licensing board for sex workers—there’s no accrediting organization, no sex-work equivalent of the legal profession’s bar association (and most sex workers would oppose the establishment of one)— so there’s nowhere you can go to report this guy. If he confessed to an actual crime, FLAGS, you could go to the police, and they might even do something about it. But the police are unlikely to get involved if he was just fantasizing; it’s not against the law to engage in dirty talk, even extremely fucked up/ickily transgressive/NOT OKAY dirty talk.

(2) Masturbation is the safest way to satisfy your lust until you get your ass out of that druggy suburb full of risky-sex junkies and to the big city, where we urbanites drink only hot tea, snort only in derision, and use only condoms religiously.

On the Lovecast, Dan chats with MTV’s Ira Madison III about sex and race: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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