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Harley Quinn steals Suicide Squad 12 All Hail the Yeti returns 14

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Queermonton: Get your party on at the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships // 4

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Refreshed bubble tea menu at the Purple Bubble // 5

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Binge on the Fringe! Check out the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival / 7

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Margot Robbie steals the show as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad // 12

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Hardcore metal band All Hail the Yeti returns to their Edmonton stomping grounds // 14

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Let the queer games begin!

International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships hit town this weekend

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wo major sporting events kick off this week: one is an internationally recognized series of sporting events that unites athletes from around the world. The other is the Olympics.

The fact that the Rio Olympics have managed to come together is as surprising as sentient car seat pleather becoming the Republican presidential candidate. Actually, that’s not true: regardless of how corrupt the American electoral system appears to be, it’s a kindergarten classroom compared to the alleged corruption of the International Olympic Committee. This is a group whose business plan seems to consist of greasy palms and hope that the shine from the gold medals is bright enough to bewitch its corporate partners and distract from the (likely literal) fires in the background.

But in a strange and wonderful coincidence, the level of corruption of an Olympic event appears to correlate with its level of gayness. This year is the queerest Olympics yet! Fortythree athletes who are officially out

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and proud will compete at this year’s games. That’s 0.004 percent of the 11,402 athletes (plus or minus a few Russians) due to participate.

There’s no nice way to say this... those numbers are pretty dismal.

It’s also one we all know is nowhere near true. I mean, come on, Grindr crashed at the London Olympics for crying out loud.

And don’t try to tell me that there is a single women’s soccer team from anywhere in the world that doesn’t have a handful of muff-divers. For years I assumed athletes didn’t come out because of homophobia at home or from sponsors, but really it seems I’ve read this all wrong. If all these ‘mos are causing the Olympics to be corrupt, well, back

in the closet everyone! I suppose the gay agenda really is making the world a worse place.

So if a morally bankrupt, corrupt, not-very-gay Olympics isn’t your jam but you still want to get your sports on, this week offers the very anti-

has member clubs in 16 different countries, all of which are eligible to compete. The IGLA is responsible for swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, water polo, and open-water swimming. Each of these sports will be on display during the week, with the water polo gold medal game and wrap up of the swimming competition on Saturday.

In addition, the Pink Flamingo—described as a drag, aqua follies show—looks like a ridiculous amount of fun.

There's a party and accompanying festival with events every single night, an especially great option for those who are sports-adverse and/or cruising. Thursday events include a

There’s a party and accompanying festival with events every single night, an especially great option for those who are sports-adverse and/or cruising. dote. From August 8 to 14, Edmonton is hosting the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (IGLA) Championships at the Kinsmen Sports Centre.

The IGLA is one of the key organizations of the Gay Games (the rainbow antidote to the Olympics) and

Until Sun, Aug, 14 Kinsmen Sports Centre $23—$50

deVine wine tasting and Water Polo Social (with an available pants check!

Oh my!); Friday features a Heaven and Hell party split between BLVD (hell) and Studio 107 (heaven); Saturday chases the final games with Pure Aqua, a party at the Starlight Room featuring Chad Michaels (winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars); and Sunday winds down with brunch at Central Social Hall and ends with the kick-off the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose Coronation Festival.

(The ISWRCF raises money for charity with drag shows.)

So turn on Grindr, gather your friends, and come out to cheer on your fellow queermos.

For full schedule details and information about the IGLA Championships, head to http://www.igla2016.org/.

GWYNNE DYER // GWYNNE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Ignorance shaping national agendas

Ipsos Mori's famous "index of ignorance" poll shows the scary gap between reality and fear

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o cut to the chase, the five most ignorant countries in the world are Mexico (a world leader at least in this), India, Brazil, Peru and New Zealand. And the five best informed are South Korea (take a bow), followed by Ireland, Poland, China and the United States. Ignorant about what? About the realities in their own country.

Every year the London-based polling organization Ipsos Mori does its Perils of Perception poll, asking people in many countries what they believe about, say, the proportion of the population who are immigrants, or overweight, or over 65, and comparing their answers with the true numbers.

Putting all the results together, Ipsos Mori then comes up with its famous Index of Ignorance. The level of ignorance is startling—and yet these mistaken beliefs can play a big role in the political choices that countries make.

Take immigration. Almost every country over-estimates the number of immigrants in their population, sometimes by huge amounts. The Chinese, for example, believe that 11 percent of the people in their country are immigrants. The real number is 0.1 percent, so their guess is 110 times too high (and maybe just a little paranoid).

Brazilians are just as bad: they think 25 percent of the population are immigrants; it’s really just 0.3 percent.

Most countries do better than that,

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but not that much better. Americans think 32 percent of their population are immigrants, when actually only 13 percent are. The Japanese think it’s 10 percent, when it’s really only 2 percent. And the Poles recently elected a right-wing nationalist government in large part because they fear being overrun: they think 14 percent of the population are immigrants, when it’s really less than half of one percent.

Or take the number of Muslims living in countries that are historically non-Muslim.

The highest proportion of the population is in France, where 8 percent are Muslims—but the average guess of the French people polled was 31 percent (and Fox News seems to believe it’s nearly half). Only one percent of Americans are Muslim, but Americans believe it is 15 percent. In Canada it’s 2 percent, but Canadians think it’s 20 percent.

These huge over-estimates are probably driven in part by the fear of Islamist terrorism, which in turn is driven by the media’s fascination with

the subject. It’s quite striking, for example, that while Americans guess three times too high when asked about the proportion of immigrants in the country, they guess fifteen times too high when asked specifically about Muslims.

One could go on and on about how wrong people get things. Indians (urban, educated Indians who take part in internet polls) think that one-third of the country’s popula-

Not much, probably, when we’re talking about religion or obesity or the share of the population that is over 65 years old (which was over-estimated in every country polled). But it’s pretty clear that a huge popular over-estimate of the number of immigrants in Great Britain contributed to the “Leave” victory in last June’s referendum on British membership of the European Union.

But the ignorance often gets a lot of help. London’s population, for example, is more than a third foreignborn: almost 37 percent.

But Londoners are quite comfortable with this, and voted strongly for “Remain”. In fact, almost all of the big English cities voted “Remain”.

Whereas in suburban and rural parts of England, where immigrants are rare or entirely absent, people were so panicked by immigration that they voted equally strongly for “Leave”.

This was not just a coincidence. For many years a big chunk of the British media, including the country’s three

It’s pretty clear that a huge popular overestimate of the number of immigrants in Great Britain contributed to the “Leave” victory in last June’s referendum on British membership of the European Union. tion is non-religious. In fact, less than one percent is.

Saudi Arabians think that 28 percent of the population are overweight or obese, when actually 71 percent are (the highest proportion of all 35 countries polled). But the more interesting question is: how much do these misperceptions affect politics and policy?

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largest-circulation morning papers, the Sun, the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph, has constantly exaggerated the scale of the immigration and the problems it causes. So in parts of England where immigrants are scarce, people don’t believe the evidence of their own eyes; they believe the media instead.

The same phenomenon has played a big part in the rise of Donald Trump in the United States. When he talks about building a wall to stop hordes of Mexican rapists pouring across the southern border of the US, or promises to ban all Muslim immigration to the country, the media-fed misconceptions of Americans about immigrant and particularly Muslim numbers make his lies easier to believe.

There is a chicken-and-egg question here, of course. Are the media just pandering to existing popular fears, or are they actually creating them? The unsatisfactory but inevitable answer is: a bit of both.

In the century and a half when there have been free mass media (and now social media as well), nobody has come up with a solution for this problem. “Free” includes free to make mistakes, and free to distort facts and tell outright lies. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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n case you haven’t been formally introduced to the concept of Boba or Bubble Tea, this isn't a cuppa quite like any other. Served cold, it comes in lively and sweet fruit flavours, and is often presented in sealed lid plastic cups of a large size for tea. It also contains chewy bits that are enjoyed through a large diameter straw, which is poked or stabbed through the sealed plastic lid.

The Purple Bubble, with a recently refreshed menu, is a good place to figure out if you enjoy Asian youth culture as it’s being expressed by entrepreneurs in Edmonton. The decor is brightly lit, with flashing neon enhancements and the walls are decorated with a pop culture influenced assortment of small toys no one plays with, similar to the way an older aesthetic festooned the walls of coffee shops with old books no one ever read.

When we arrive the restaurant is busy for 9 pm on a Sunday night, but we are quickly offered a table and menus.

Bubble tea aficionados look for three things: real fruit options, per-

fect preparation of the sago pearls or bubbles in your drink—undercooked and they are too chewy and tend to stick in your teeth, overcooked and they disintegrate in your drink and stain brightly coloured beverages with black—and other jelly options for your drinks including lychee, mango stars and more. Purple Bubble receives a check box here with real fruit options, perfectly prepared pearls and a wide variety of surprises for the palate to be found flowing up your straw. You can even customize your level of sweetness, with half-sweet, regular and extra sweet.

I ordered Hokkaido Caramel Milk Tea with pearls, which I've never tasted before. It was very obviously tea, much more so than some bubble tea powders which can be delicious but contain no real tea. It was slightly sweet and had notes of caramel and a richness from the dairy that made for a pleasant and soothing mixture.

My friend had the honeydew real fruit slushy which was pleasing and refreshing. It had a flavour that he said grew on him, new and a little startling at first, by the end it was quite enjoyable.

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The menu also contains a handful of snacks, a few sweet treats, and a few meals that sample flavours and cooking styles from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Korea and Japan. The six fried dumplings we ordered were evidently made to order and came to the table still sizzling. The dumplings were served with a dark vinegar sauce and stuffed with the traditional pork and leek combination. People don’t go to a bubble tea shop for food, but it was passable.

Overall, the bubble tea is the main attraction here. It does not disappoint.

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The healthy bartender

'Doing the wrong thing the right way' is the newest trend in bartending culture

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he summer of 2016 is seeing a rise in popularity for a bartender trend that once seemed implausible—health and fitness.

Jim Meehan, a bartender, journalist, and author, recently issued a rousing call for those in the trade to live less as flash in the pan rockstars, and more as career artisans in a technically challenging profession. I consider his talk at pourdrinks.org—"Serving Ourselves And Each Other"—required viewing for everyone in the hospitality industry.

And he's not the only one pushing for changes.

LA Weekly food critic Besha Rodell, noted in her piece, "The Booze World Trend No One Saw Coming: Health and Wellness." She talks about the increase in seminars at Tales of the Cocktail—the annual bartender festival in New Orleans attended by tens of thousands in the industry—that dealt with exercise, rest, nutrition and prevention of chronic injuries.

The January 2016 issue of Bon Appetit also contained a piece detailing six specific weight workouts to help enhance strength and injury prevention—specifically for bartenders.

In previous years, to suggest early morning jogs and yoga at a bar conference would have resulted in

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chuckles, but that's exactly what happened this year. Daily at 8 am, workouts guided by Sweat Social and sponsored by Brazilian cachaca maker Novo Fogo drew in healthy crowds. This is in line with a broader Novo Fogo initiative found on their website that discusses their commitment to health and fitness and offers to sponsor the fees for bartenders to engage in healthy activities. Many other spirit brands are starting to introduce similar initiatives.

The craft experience of making quality drinks actually extends easily beyond cocktails and into healthy living.

As a bartender at Bambudda in Vancouver, our team has learned the art of making kombucha, a fermented and sweetened black or green tea. At the moment I'm obsessed with lavender kombucha. We are also looking into extracting flavours out of medicinal herbs, juices and non-alcoholic tonics. A great resource for incorporating healthier ingredients in your cocktails is found in a new book by bartender and lifestyle expert Jules Aron, called Zen and Tonic: Savory and Fresh Cocktails for the Enlightened Drinker.

She describes it as a guide to "doing the wrong thing the right way."

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Mustache Party! The Dali Show // Photo supplied

With over 200 plays, Fringe Fest has grown vast and broad

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he first year the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival ran, it was a relatively small festival with five venues and 25 shows. Now an internationally recognized event—with over 200 shows at 45 venues—the 35-year-old theatre festival celebrates it's growth this year with the theme: 'That was then, this is Fringe.'

Attendees can see the festival's incredible growth during a movement piece curated by Murray Utas, the artistic director of the Fringe. The presentation will show the progression and increased production value the Fringe has gained since its first year.

“I truly think that Edmontonians take pride in that. It’s a big deal for them,” says Utas. “Lets face it, we’re a pretty big hockey town, but the Fringe is always on the tips of people’s tongues as well.”

While the festival's world-wide appeal is important, Utas stresses that the organization strives to keep it's local connection as well.

“We need to keep that feeling,” he says. “It’s very important to keep that ‘grass roots’ human approach to how this thing is created.”

That philosophy applies to both the folks in the audience and the artists on stage. Quite a few of the plays presented each year are never fully finished until the actual performance date approaches, some by passionate amateurs with little experience.

“You can have something weird that you just want to try out,” he says. “Anything goes. I mean, we have plays from high-ranking theatre companies down to plays from first time playwrights whose only artistic endeavor is contributing to the Fringe. Everybody sort of mixes together.”

So what can Fringers expect this year?

A little bit of everything, of course.

Here are four plays that piqued our writer's curiosity, in no specific order.

Mustache Party! The Dali Show - Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre At this year’s Fringe, things are going to get surreal with the Edmonton debut of Mustache Party, a play hosted by the award-winning threepiece physical theatre troupe Box of

Clowns, from Portland.

Based on the intriguing life of the Spanish surreal artist Salvador Dali, the play will take the audience on a wild hypnagogic ride that features dancing ants, magical mustaches, melting clocks and egg battles.

“Dali is just bat-shit crazy. Everything he did was so bizarre, so we were inspired to make a play just as bizarre,” says actor and co-writer Anna Sell.

“There’s really no way to describe the play. It’s kind of like watching a dream with that same sort of visceral feeling.”

The audience is encouraged to participate by taking part in a form of exquisite corpse—a surreal word collection method where the participants can only see the second sentence of what was previously written—by writing forms of broken poetry or two-sentence prose. The collection will then be read during the play.

The Adventurous Times of Kevin Grimes - Sanctuary Stage at Holy Trinity Anglican Church With his upcoming Fringe 10-part radio series play The Adventurous Times of Kevin Grimes, local playwright David Belke decided to experiment with radio theatre—a dramatized performance that is broadcast on radio—and mix it with time travel theories.

“Radio theatre is so liberating and

Thurs, Aug 11 to Sun, Aug 21 Various venues in Old Strathcona, $10+ time travel really matched the boundless possibilities and imagination that radio theatre offered,” Belke says.

The play follows the whimsical story of Kevin Grimes, a low-level municipal civil servant for the City of Edmonton, whose life is slowing down to nothingness. Until he meets a mysterious time-travelling woman who recruits him on a secret crusade to help defeat an evil force that means to rewrite history. On his journey, Kevin meets many historical figures such as Sun Tzu, Joan of Arc, Vincent Van Gogh, William Shakespeare, Atilla the Hun, and more.

“I wanted to write this to satisfy my own fascination with history and also my desire to write something about Edmonton," he says. "It’s funny. Edmonton seems like the only place where time travel actually works.”

While the performance is a 10-part series, the audience can jump in at any time and still understand and enjoy the story.

“Like all radio shows we have a 'previously on' announcement,” he says.

“There’s also musical guests, comedy routines and all sort of wacky hi-jinks.”

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hearing impaired; I’m the guy who manages to transcend my hearing loss and have the most amazing connection to strangers. The Fringe has been very good to me. It’s almost like my life line to the world.”

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The Guitar Teacher - Walterdale Theatre Multi-award winning solo theater artist Randy Rutherford has lived with serious congenital hearing loss for close to 30 years now, but that's not stopping him from presenting his memoir play The Guitar Teacher at this year’s Fringe.

The Guitar Teacher is based on Rutherford’s adolescent real life experience in Anchorage, Alaska when he “accidently” fell in love with his guitar teacher’s girlfriend.

“I swear I totally didn’t mean to fall in love with her and I wouldn’t have made a move on her if he didn’t tell me to,” he says.

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Rutherford plays all the characters, as well as providing snippets of guitar.

“So sometimes I’m the older and wiser narrator and others I’m just naïve and young,” he says.

While the play is autobiographical, Rutherford tries to intertwine the comedy and the heartfelt moments.

“There’s funny bits, but mostly it’s about being betrayed by your heroes when they don’t measure up to what you want,” he says. “I also get caught in this love triangle which is pretty enjoyable to watch.”

While the Fringe is a fun and creative time for all playwrights, for Rutherford it is much more—it’s a connection.

“The Fringe has allowed me to connect with people again," he says. "On stage, I’m not disabled, alienated, or

Paris-Edmonton - L'Unitheatre at Le Cité Francophone The Lemire’s have always been a family fortunate enough to have coexisting revelations at the same time.

That’s exactly how their upcoming play Paris-Edmonton came to fruition.

When local playwright Carline Lemire was thinking about writing a dark-comedy play loosely based on her experience of moving to Paris, her sister Ariane was in the process of writing a song rooted in the exact same theme.

“It’s funny. I’ll be having this incredible epiphany and I’ll phone up Carline who’s in Paris and tell her about it and she’s like: ‘Oh my god, that’s what I just figured out,’” says director, sound designer, and videographer, Ariane Lemire.

Paris-Edmonton is about a woman who finds herself on an airplane trapped between Edmonton and Paris. While trapped, the woman recounts her time and experiences in both cities and goes through somewhat of a much-needed identity crisis.

“It can be interpreted as a nightmare or all in her head. Really, it’s up to the audience. I just want people to relate to it in a weird quirky way.”

The play is a bilingual show (being both in French and English) and will have a projection featuring English subtitles for non-French speakers.

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Gore-a-liscous Treats • Mama's Gin Joint, Jasper Ave and 117 St • Hallowe'en themed • Oct 29, 8pm (doors), 9:30pm (show) • $10 (door), $5 (for those in costume) Higher Education • Mama's Gin Joint, Jasper Ave and 117 St • Hot for teacher and the teachings of Cheech and Chong • Sep 24, 8pm (doors), 9:30pm (show) • $10 (door) IGLA Afterparty Wet n Wild • Mama's Gin Joint • Aug 12, 9pm (doors), 10pm (show) • $10, Free (with IGLA membership card)

Sacred Circle Dance • Riverdale Hall, 9231-100 Ave • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music. No partner required • Every Wed, 7-9pm • $10

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ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Crafting Conscience; Jul 9-Oct 1 • Small Works: Paper Meets Cloth: artwork by Margie Davidson; Jul 30-Sep 3 • Get Lost: artwork by Ruth-Anne French; Jul 30-Sep 3 •

Alberta Railway Museum • 24215-34 St • 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum.com • Open weekends during the summer until Sep 2 • $5 (adult)/$3.50 (senior/student)/$2 (child 3-12)/child under 3 free; $4 (train rides)

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 • Art for Lunch: 3rd Thu of the month, 12:1012:50pm • VIBE: The gallery is transformed into a laid-back lounge with Vibe, a pop-up live music showcase; Aug 19; 5-9pm

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Pharmakon: artwork

by Brad Necyk; Aug 4-27 • Reconstructions: artwork by Brenda Danbrook; Sep 1-Oct 29; Opening reception: Sep 1, 6-9pm • Art Ventures: Beautiful Handmade Journals (Aug 20), 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: Suminagashi (Japanese paper marbling) (Aug 18), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Clay Handprint Keepsake (Aug 20); for 3-5 yrs; pre-register; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

ArtWalk • Perron District, downtown St Albert. Includes WARES (Hosting SAPVAC), Musée Héritage Museum, St Albert Library, Art Gallery of St Albert (AGSA), Bookstore on Perron, VASA, Musée Héritage Museum, A Boutique Gallery Bar By Gracie Jane • artwalkstalbert.com • The art hits the streets again for its 15th year! Discover this art destination, a place to enjoy, view and buy art to suit all tastes and budgets.

See returning artists and new ones • Sep 1 (exhibits run all month)

Bear Claw Gallery • 10403-124 St • 780.482.1204 • info@bearclawgallery.com • bearclawgallery.com • Summer Exhibition; until Aug

Bleeding Heart Art Space • 9132118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Artwork by Brandon Atkinson; Sep 10-Oct 15 • Open Walls Two; Oct 29-Nov 26 • Carly Greene; Dec 3-Jan 21

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Fifty Four Hours: artwork by Alex Peck-Whyte; Aug 12-26; Artist reception: Aug 12-13

CAVA Gallery • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Members Art Exhibition: artwork by Jeannette Ouellette, Marc Neal, Françoise Fiset, Sarah Tam, Doris Charest and Patricia Trudeau; Sep 16-Oct 4

From Books to Film • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm • Schedule: The Big Sleep (Aug 12), Inherent Vice (Aug 19), Drive (Aug 26)

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

metro • Metro at the Garneau Theatre,

dc3 Art Projects • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Gallery closed for renovations; Jul-Aug

8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • Metro Bizarro: Belladonna of Sadness (Aug 24) • Music Doc: Searching for Sugar Man (Aug 30) • Reel Family Cinema: Howl's Moving Castle (Aug 27, Aug 29) • Staff Pics: Fight Club (Aug 22)

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780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Members Art Exhibition; Aug 5-23 • Kids Art Exhibition; Aug 26-Sep 13; Opening reception: Aug 26, 7-9pm

FAB Gallery • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Graduate Design Group Show: A selection of work by students graduating with a Master of Design degree •

picturethisgallery.com • Canada Scapes & Spaces Art Show: artwork by Murray Phillips, Jonn Einerssen, Terry Isaac and more; Jul 27-Aug 31

thefrontgallery.com • Summer Salon III: group art show; Through Aug • Artwork by 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; Sep 15-Oct 7; Opening reception: Sep 8, 7-9pm

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

Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona. ca/artgallery • A Question of Faith: artwork

by Bernhardt; Jul 8-Aug 28

Reynolds-Alberta Museum • 6426-40 Ave, Wetaskiwin • 780.312.2065 • reynoldsalbertamuseum@gov.ab.ca • history.alberta.ca/reynolds • Stan

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

Reynolds: The Original Canadian Picker - Exhibition: An exhibit that provides

Harcourt House Gallery • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Ambient Plagues: Artwork by Elaine Whittaker; Aug 4-Sep 23

Jake's Gallery • 10441-123 St • karen@jakesframing.com • Off Whyte 2016: featuring #YEGartists; Aug 1-31 Jurassic Forest/Learning Centre • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages

Latitude 53 • Latitude 53, 10242106 St NW • latitude53.org/patio • Patio Party: Members and guests are invited to relax, drinks in hand, on Latitude 53’s outdoor patio, while learning a bit more about contemporary visual culture; Every Thu until Aug 25, 5-9pm; $5 (suggested donation at the door) • Mystic Places: artwork by Joani Tremblay; Aug 4-Sep 10

Lando Gallery • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • August Group Selling Exhibition; until Aug 27

Loft Gallery • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun • ACACA Alberta Wide Show: Jul 15-Aug 14 McMullen GAllery • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Jes McCoy; Featuring interactive work, the exhibition examines the effect that the presence of communication and the way we communicate has on wellbeing; Jul 9-Sep 4 Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Nature Drawings: artwork by Jill Stanton; Jul 31-Aug 26

Musée Héritage Museum • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • Satisfaction Guaranteed; Jun 28-Sep 11 • 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; Sep 20–Nov 13

Muttart Conservatory • 962696A St • info@sculptorsassociation. ca • sculptorsassociation.ca/exhibits/ group-exhibits • Form 30: 3 Decades of the Sculptors' Association of Alberta; Jun 22-Aug 24 • $6.50-$12.50 Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • volunteer@thenina.ca • RBC Emerging Artists Exhibition; Aug 4-Sep 1; Opening reception: Aug 11, 7-9 pm • Art Bike Tour; Aug 20, 2-5pm • Kaleido Family Arts Festival; Sep 9-12 • Yvonne DuBourdieu: Recent Work; Sep 13-15; Opening reception: Sep 15 6-8pm • Corrections Show; Oct 15-31

Paint Spot • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: The Big, Big Portrait Show: featuring almost 200 portraits; Jul 7-Aug 23 • Artisan Nook: Aerosol Soldiers: street artists’ repainted spray cans. Meet-up and trade: Aug 25, 5-8pm Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Summer Heat Group Show; Jul 21-Aug 21 • Robert Christie; Sep 15-Oct 4

Picture This Gallery • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 •

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insight into Stan Reynolds and his love of history and preserving the past for future generations; Runs until Oct 11

sNAP Gallery • Society of Northern Alberta Print­- Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • ExChanged: artwork by Carolyn Mount; Jun 23-Aug 6 • Connections: SNAP/Printmatters Portfolio; Aug 4-20 • Return To Sender: ​2 016 SNAP Members Print Exchange; Aug 4-20 • The Garden of Earthly Delights: artwork by Juan Ortiz-Apuy; Aug 25-Oct 8 • New Works

by Jill Ho-You; Aug 25-Oct 8 • A Modern Cult of Monuments: artwork by Colin Lyons; Oct 13-Nov 26 • To Do: artwork by Graeme Dearden; Oct 13-Nov 26 • Snap Members Show & Sale: Dec 8-24

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Tanya Klimp; Jul 26Aug 20 • Charis Ng; Aug 23-Sep 10

Strathearn Art Walk • Park along Strathearn Drive between 89 St 91 St • strathearnartwalk.com • Art show & sale, plus music, food, beer and kids' activities • Sep 10, 12-7pm

Telus World of Science • 11211142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton. com • Free-$117.95 • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments all summer • The International Exhibition Of Sherlock Holmes; Mar 25-Sep 5 • Make + Take Workshop; Aug 13, Aug 20, Aug 27 • Wild Africa; opens in late Oct • Angry Birds Universe; opens on Oct 8 U of A Museums Galleries at Enterprise square • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • My Heritage 2016 Exhibit: 78 competitive original fibre art entries; May until Aug

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

VASA Gallery • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art. com • Drawing on Life: artwork by Catherine Compston, Carroll Charest, Deltra Powney, Judy Martin, Sharon Moore-Foster, Daphne Cote, Nancy Corrigan; Jul 26-Aug 19

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 • Sep 19-24

Yard Gallery • 10986-128 St • amanda@chronicnostalgic.com • A Garage Sale for Art; Aug 27-28

Literary Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Tiffany Adair, Yukari Meldrum, Sharmila Pokharel & Pushpa Raj Acharya "Somnio" Poetry Reading; Aug 17, 7-8:30pm • Winnie Canuel "Homes" signing and meet & greet; Aug 19, 12-1pm • Rebekah Raymond/J.J Reichenbach/Sarah L Johnson Multiple Book Launch; Aug 20, 2-3:30pm

Edmonton Story Slam • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner Naked Girls Reading • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St NW • 780.691.1691 • There will be different themes each month.

For the month of August, the theme will be "Erotica" witg guests Kitty Prrrv, Minni D'Bomme and Jezebel Sinclair with guest host • Every 2nd Tue of month, 8:3010:30pm • $20 (door); $15 is the summer

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Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com Rouge Poetry Slam hosted by Breath In Poetry Collective • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright

Strathcona County Library Annual Book Sale • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ca • Pick up some great deals on gently-used books, CDs and DVDs. Proceeds go towards purchasing new materials for the Library’s collections • Aug 19 (9:30am-8:30pm), Aug 20 (9:30am4:30pm), Aug 21 1:00-4:30pm • Free

TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly TELLAROUND: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com

Theatre 11 O'Clock Number • Venue TBA • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, starting Sep 30-Dec 9 & Jan 20-Jul 30, 11pm

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)

Chimprov • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun

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 highstakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door) 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 well-being. 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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AN ARTS & CULTURE CELEBRATION FROM ACROSS THE NATION ANNE OF GREEN GABLES October 30 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: THE SEQUEL November 6 FORTUNATE ONES November 4 QUARTANGO: BODY AND SOUL November 5 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 AWAY FROM HER January 15 BARRY ALLEN & THE NEW REBELS January 21

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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

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Margot Robbie steals the show as Harley Quinn in messy Suicide Squad

ust because there’s not much thought behind the first few megaflicks in a franchise doesn’t mean grey matters no more. Starting with Man of Steel and continuing with Batman vs. Superman, the Extended Universe of Marvel’s main superheroto-screen rival has run the range of colours from ash to black-and-blue.

DC’s pretty much been all about Dark Clouds, Dismal Conditions, and Dire Consequences so far. And so it continues in Suicide Squad—DC’s anti-hero movie (Injustice League of America?)—except for the welcome, bright-eyed relief of an anti-romance between two Deranged Characters.

Following in the foreign-policy footsteps of many a President before her, government official Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) is determined to “fight

fire with fire”—or, as it turns out, to oppose one smoke-wraithed, supernefarious sorceress with a human flame-thrower, a reptile-man, a crackpot murderess, an assassin, and an extraneous Aussie. She convinces her superiors that an assembled team of super-criminals currently locked up in Belle Reve Penitentiary—pyrokinetic Diablo (Jay Hernandez), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Deadshot (Will Smith), and Boomerang (Jai Courtney)—is the ideal covert squad for countering the next “metahuman” threat. That threat turns out to be sleeping with the good guys, though.

Dr. June Moone (Cara Delenvigne), recently possessed by an ancient witch, Enchantress, during the worst spelunking mishap imaginable, is in

love with Waller’s right-hand man, soldier Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) . . . but Enchantress escapes Waller’s control, frees her brother, and the sinister siblings start wreaking havoc on Midway City.

After the briefings and backstories, the plot’s mostly a siege—Suicide Squad slogs through an urban war zone to confront Super-Witch.

Darkness swirls and shrouds and smokes. There’s the faintly musty odor of B-movie-horror clinging to the whole Enchantress thing; Waller’s ridiculously ruthless. Uninterested in the disturbing post-9/11 echoes of its prison-torture scenes or dimly-lit “terrorist” and suicidekillings subtexts (a fatal nano-bomb, which Waller and Flag can detonate any time, is implanted in each squad member), the movie often seems

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 When a film gets built up to be the summer’s biggest blockbuster it puts a long list of expectations on its soundtrack.

When that summer blockbuster takes a dive with critics, that list doubles, but thankfully, Suicide Squad: the Album avoids many of the movie’s pitfalls.

It borders on acceptable to be all flash and no substance when a soundtrack is part emo dreamether and part rap, sprinkled with mainstream classic rock hits

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scuzzily, even gleefully, triggerhappy. (Most stupidly, one bad guy’s added to the mix just to be killed moments later, to prove the nanobombs are no bluff.)

The dashing colour—the garish, grinning red of a clown’s smeared smile—amid all this comes with Robbie’s jocular madwoman, stealing the show so obviously that the moviemakers sometimes just throw the spotlight on her. The others are blandly one- or two-note—even Karen Fukuhara’s oh-so-honourable-andserious she-samurai Katana—but Harley Quinn’s a fascinating patchwork of archetypes: addled angel, bubblegum-chewing Bonnie, crazed comedienne, demented diva, unselfconscious sexpot. It’s her lunatic love story with Jared Leto’s Joker—captoothed, tatted-up gangsta-meets-

and more than one cover that begs the question—how exactly would Marilyn Manson have played this song?

Still, this flaming psychopathic baby shouldn’t be thrown out with the bathwater. There’s a lot to love here. On the recovery path from recent transphobic media outburst, Action Bronson spits more flame than El Diablo on “Standing in the Rain,” though one has to wonder if that’s just a fear impulse to surround himself with as much leather and bad makeup as possible.

Songs like Kehlani’s “Gangster,”

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Thin White Duke in this iteration— that blazes here. Their basic instinct for homicidal mischief turns hormonal, almost teen-screamy, even erotic. And in the moments when these two cackling, wisecracking murder-maniacs pine for each other or nearly swoon into each other’s blood-stained arms, Suicide Squad looks away at last from greyly serious battles and pow!downs and finds something wackily, woozily, colourfully comic-book in it all.

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Heathen’s “Twenty One Pilots” and “Sucker for Pain” by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons perfectly nail the schizophrenic nightmare dreamscape aesthetic at the core of the film.

Gun bling, classic tunes, and enough goth throwbacks to make an investment banker wonder if he’s still got that tube of eyeliner from high school, the only thing missing from Suicide Squad: the Album is actual photographic evidence of Skrillex in a purple Lamborghini, though I’m sure it’s in his wheelhouse.

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Woody Allen’s Café Society crumbles under the weight of poor casting choices

rom its onset, Café Society promises to be a nimble swim through a world awash in cold champagne, warm wine, and hot gossip. It is, after all, Woody Allen's latest romantic exploration of nouveau metropolitan elitism. The east-coast auteur practically owns the trademark on the idea of New York's upper-crust schmoozing and rubbing neuroses to the clink of silverware.

But it’s far from New York where we find a very busy Phil Stern (Steve Carell) making calls to fellow movieexecutives poolside at a Hollywood mansion in the 1930s. He's dressed for the Academy Awards, but his nephew, a young Jew named Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) has just arrived and can barely comprehend the glimmering Ford convertibles and beige stucco of Stern's Hollywood playground.

At first glance, the young man’s prospects are bright. This path is well-trodden: a search for romance amongst Hollywood’s elite and well-to-do. Sarcastic banter from his New York family rounds out a homely Jewish-boy-doesgood-gets-married storyline. Eisenberg’s own hand-wringing wit and kosher reluctance stand out in a long line of Allen’s hand-picked avatars.

Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro

works well alongside Allen. Storaro cast long shadows in Apocalypse Now, but here seems content to relish in well-lit and intimate close-ups, applying the soft golden glow of Hollywood liberally.

But still, there is an unease floating through the Hollywood hills, a disconnect that seems to mount from the moment Eisenberg’s fumbly counterpart meets his love to be, Vonnie (Kristen Stewart), a secretary working for his high-rolling uncle. We can only assume from Eisenberg’s sudden rapture that Stewart is being charming and seductive, though her tired shrugs do little to convey it.

Predictably, a love triangle ensues between Vonnie, uncle Phil and the young Dorfman, but here things pick up speed. Not the romance, of course.

As anyone would expect from a Woody Allen film, the course of true love is full of backpedalling. Soon the actors begin to speed along the dialogue, cutting corners, dropping hints, skipping their own motivation for what comes next in the rush to, for all it seems, simply be done talking with Stewart. It’s almost as if the movie, itself, is rushing to be through with her performance.

Eisenberg says so himself, early in

the film, there is nothing sexy about a transaction, and that’s about as much emotion as audience-members can expect from the young Twilight star in her mock flirtations with the pair.

She’s certainly made strides since her days as a star in Twilight, when sheepishly casting her eyes aside and taking a deep breath before drearily delivering each line could be passed off for bashful youth. But here, my dear, among greats like Allen, Carell, and rocket trajectory of Eisenberg’s career, here is not the place to learn how to act.

Hardest to believe in all of this is the sudden evaporation of the servility supposedly at the centre of Eisenberg’s quest—love, family, connection and authenticity.

Swamped with visual markers of greatness, but utterly lacking in consistency—and in Stewart's case— simply casting diligence, it will likely be remembered as one of Allen’s most visually rewarding failures.

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Dream up some rad, consensual, sexy, and funny things you and your friends could get up to on camera.

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Film you and your friends doing those things.

Lonely landscapes

Grasslands Project highlights the tenuous people-place bond

his land of ours is much more a country of regions than provinces.

The Grasslands Project, ten shorts directed by Scott Parker for the National Film Board, is a worthy and often worth-your-time kaleidoscopic survey of one Prairies region: southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan.

For all the vastness of sky and expanse of land spread out on-screen before us, the best swatches of Grasslands are the smallest and most intimate. “After the Fire” embeds with a volunteer fire crew covering not just Eastend, SK but two huge vicinities. It’s a tale of firstresponder burnout told in objects—a smashed car window; a smoldering wreck; a fire helmet—and choice words: “I’m not ready to give ’er up.

I’m too goddamn ornery!” We’re taken through the daily grind of “The Val Marie Hotel”, a family-run restaurant, with

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its long hours of prep and cooking; “Les Fransaskois” immerses us in the language of Gravelbourg’s French minority.

Parker’s use of sounds and a medley of interviewees’ voices—names are only fully noted in the credits— especially pays off in Alberta town Magrath’s “Homecoming.” But “No Other Place,” canvassing various artists’ work, inspired by the landscape, comes off as touristy, precious, and vague in its “I-love-this-place”-ness.

The close-up on last-of-his-family farmer Herb Pidt’s face—a landscape unto itself—in “The Last One” makes one wish for more character-filled, colourful short stories in this series and less of a postcard-image sensibility.

The most intriguing, plaintive ghost note is the knell of isolation. “Life Out Here” sees four women talk about farm life as often lonely, even grief-

Stream online at grasslands.nfb.ca Directed by Scott Parker ¢ ridden; one remarks: “I’ve learned to be happy with what I have.” In the village of Wood Mountain, “Population 21”, amid its vanished grain elevators and derelict hotel, the “school loss” was the worst, yet one family’s two little girls have “pretty much the whole town to ourselves.”

Ultimately, though, what lingers is the lonely, stark fact of that tenacious yet tenuous people-place bond which this region, like so many in Canada, reveals: “When I’m gone, that’s the end of the place.”

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St. Albert native and frontman Connor Garritty returns with new, emotional material

alloween may be a few months away, but for Los Angeles-based band All Hail the Yeti, it’s not too early to scare people.

The hardcore metal hybrid group will be in Edmonton on Friday performing from its new album, Screams from a Black Wilderness, which features classic horror stories typically told around a campfire.

“I’ve always been a big fan of that kind of stuff … being scared in the woods or in the dark. It’s kind of what the scene is about,” says frontman Connor Garritty, who also happens to be a St Albert native.

Some of the stories are based on real events that happened—such as the Jonestown massacre of 900 peo-

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ple in 1970s Gyana—while others are made up, he says.

“For [our song] “Before The Flames”, I came up with this cool story of evil women who were using the children of an orphanage or hospital for rituals in a satanic cult. I don’t know where it came from, but if it was told around a campfire, it would be terrifying.”

The band—which has performed internationally since it was formed in 2006—will fly to 22 cities in North America this summer as part of its Haunted and Damaged tour, but Garritty says Edmonton is special.

“For me and the drummer—who’s from Sherwood Park—it’s great. We grew up and started it all in this scene in the Starlight Room, what used to

be the Bronx, the Rev and all those venues,” he says.

“So to be able to come back now with this band on a national tour, it’s such a good feeling. So many friends and family come out to support us … it’s always a great time.”

Garritty started his first band, Skull Farmer, with friends in St Albert back in 1996. There was a lot of screaming, he says, and they were strongly influenced by local heavy metal bands and groups like Motley Crue and Acid Bath.

“Music was my drug and something I used to escape the reality of high school and the bullshit you deal with people. [That time] definitely made me who I am as a musician, and was a starting point for me,” Garritty says.

Edmonton was also where he developed his life-long passion for tattoos; in 2009, he opened his own tattoo parlour in LA that has celebrity clients such as Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson’s daughter.

“Tattooing has always gone hand in hand with being in a band and playing heavy music,” says Garritty, who has several tattoos of his own.

“It’s cool that I can do both … when I have time off from touring, I’m tattooing at the store.”

For the next few months, though, it’s all about the music.

“It’s the best piece of work I’ve ever done. We’ve matured a lot and learned a lot. This record is a lot more personal, and different than our last record

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Garritty adds that he’s also proud to be performing a new song with 36 Crazyfists singer Brock Lindow called “Mr. Murder”, which is about his best friend and former band member, Matt, who passed away last year.

“It’s a pretty emotional thing for us." he says. "And it’s going to be intense to play it for the first time in Edmonton with all of our St Albert friends."

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Horsemen; 9pm O’BYRNE’S Guinness

MERCER TAVERN

Rock; 9pm

Sacrilege Sundays: All metal all day

Celtic jam every Tue; 9:30pm

Movement Fridays; 8pm

RENDEZVOUS PUB Driven

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

From Exile, VanGohst, Win The Day, Marla Maria; 8pm

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

Friday Nights: Video Music DJ; 9pm-2am SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Artzy Flowz: featuring DJs and artists teaming up; 9pm VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB

Electric Fridays; Every Fri, 9pm; No minors Y AFTERHOURS Freedom

Fridays

SAT AUG 13 APEX CASINO Flight 42;

9pm ARCADIA BAR Jonny Cole

with guests; 9pm; $10 ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

Jimmy Whiffen; 9pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Hair of the Dog: Vera (pop/R&B/rock); 4-6pm; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE The

Scott Ellison Band; 9pm BOHEMIA Frenzy; 8pm BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Live music; Every

Sat; Free BOURBON ROOM Live

music each week with a different band each week; 9pm BRIXX BAR Element

Orange - EP release with guests Hungry Hollow & Hazeldean; 7:30pm (doors), 8:30pm (show); $10; 18+ only CAFE BLACKBIRD Joni

Mitchell Tribute Show; 8pm; $12

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Saturday Electric Blues Afternoon Chili Jam; 2-6pm • Daryl Harpe's 50th Birthday Bash with Crazy Dave's Renegades with guests The Knockouts (rock/pop/ indie); 9pm; No minors

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

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

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm

STARLITE ROOM Four

ON THE ROCKS The Wild Romantics with Jeff Morris, Adam Finley, Dilts; 9pm RICHARD'S PUB Mark Ammar's Sunday Sessions Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm

Tuesday

(alternative/country); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

UNION HALL Sturgill

BLUES ON WHYTE Trevor

Danny Coady (adult pop/blues/country/hard rock/r&b/rock); 9pm SNEAKY PETE'S Sinder

Sparks K-DJ Show; 9pm-1am STARLITE ROOM Pure:

Aqua- Igla closing party starring Chad Michaels as Cher; 9pm (doors); $40-$41; 18+ only TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE

Mikey Wong and his lineup of guest DJs

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce

spins Britpop/Punk/ Garage/Indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic Hip-Hop and Reggae; Underdog: Hip Hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack THE BOWER For Those

Who Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down

Simpson and guests; 7pm; $35 (adv)

FIONN MACCOOL'S– DOWNTOWN Needles to

Vinyl; 7pm; No minors

DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat

GAS PUMP Saturday Jam;

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

3-7pm

Wong every Sat

HERITAGE AMPHITHEATRE– HAWRELAK PARK

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

Edmonton Rock Music Festival: featuring Kim Mitchell, 54-40, Lou Gramm - The Voice of Foreigner, Nick Gilder &

Happy Hour featuring Tanyss Nixi; 5:30pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal Mondays

with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox BLUES ON WHYTE Blast

from the Sun; 9pm FIDDLER'S ROOST Open

Stage; 7-11pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S Classic

Rock Monday NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

BRIXX BAR Necronomicon

Abiotic, Vesperia, Tales Of The Tomb; 7pm (shows); $13; 18+ only THE BUCKINGHAM Freak Heat Waves (alternative/ electronic/pop) with Slow Girl Walking and guests; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)

AUG/26

NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin

Horsemen; 9pm

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

MRG CONCERTS, FOURCE ENTERTAINMENT & MODIFIED GHOST PRESENT

SEP/10

Live: hosted by dueling piano players RIVER CREE–The Venue

PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION

TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Live music

Wednesday's; Every Wed

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

AUG/12

Main Floor: DJ Late Fee;

Every Wed PINT DOWNTOWN Wild

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

STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

ALL HAIL THE YETI

W/ FINAL DRIVE, THE MOTHERCRAFT, BLACK FRIDAY

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

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

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild

THE MOOD MACHINE PRESENTS

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

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

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

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

STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

SUPERSUCKERS W/ THE DEVIL’S SONS & MORE

AUG/31

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE RetroActive Radio: With LL

STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

THE LAZYS W/ WHALE & THE WOLF

Cool Joe TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

SEP/10

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

STARLITE ROOM PROUDLY PRESENTS

FORESTER CD RELEASE

W/ THE UNFORTUNATES, WORST DAYS DOWN, DUSTY TUCKER

TUE AUG 16

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

STARLITE ROOM PROUDLY PRESENTS

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

Karaoke Monday

8pm

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT

W/ PUGNACIOUS, ETOWN BEATDOWN, SLUMLORD, CORVUS THE CROW, TYRANT

ON THE ROCKS Killer

Psyturdays: various DJs; 9pm

HUGLIFE W/ FALLUJAH & GUESTS

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night

Horsemen; 9pm

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

SNFU

SEP/4

NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin

BLUES ON WHYTE Blast

STARLITE IS PROUD TO PRESENT

UBK PRESENTS

Karaoke Wednesday

Happy Hour featuring Ghostly Hounds; 5:30pm

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

FOUR YEAR STRONG

AUG/27

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

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

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

W/ LAMS, TARANTUJA, ELDER ABUSE

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

PURE: AQUA W/ SAFE TO SAY, LIKE PACIFIC, NORELL

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Karaoke; 9pm

MON AUG 15

AUG/16

Knibbe (folk) with Vissia and Eva Foote; 8pm; $10 (adv)

Creedence Clearwater Revisited; 6pm (doors), 8pm (show); Tickets start at $44.50; 18+ only

PURE PRIDE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

W/ CHAD MICHAELS AS CHER TYLER AYERS, RAYE SUNSHINE

MERCURY ROOM Danielle

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

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Rotating

Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am

Main Floor: DJ Late Fee;

Every Sun

AUG/13

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE

TAVERN ON WHYTE

RED PIANO BAR Swingin'

Gallant (rock); 9pm

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

9:30pm

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN & TEQUILA BAR

Box Duo; 4-6pm; No cover

Finlay; 9pm

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Mother Cluckin’ Wednesdays

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

every Sat; 9pm

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Stan

WED AUG 17

FESTIVAL PLACE Tim

DJs

music; 9pm

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

ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

BOURBON ROOM Acoustic singer songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm

CASINO EDMONTON Live

CASK AND BARREL Soap

spins Britpop/Punk/ Garage/Indie; Every Tue

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The Sunday Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm

DRUID IRISH PUB Live DJs

music; 9pm

Main Floor: Chris Bruce

Routes (folk); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Andrew Scott

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm

Open mic; 7pm; $2

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Live

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

SANDS INN & SUITES Open

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

Dahlia Wakefield; 9pm

DJs

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN The Rural

It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Year Strong, Safe to Say, Like Pacific, Norell; 7pm (doors/show); $21-$26; 18+ only

Wednesdays DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

from the Sun; 9pm BOHEMIA Tim Holehouse;

Scrambled YEG: Open

VUEWEEKLY.com | AUG 11 – AUG 17, 2016

MUSIC 17

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

COMEDY AZUCAR SUPPER CLUB PRESENTS COMEDY NIGHT • 13062-50 St • With Andy Canete and Scott

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

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BASIC TOOL TRAINING WORKSHOP & INFO SESSION • Habitat for Humanity Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext. 232 • HFH.org • Tool Training Instructors will be helping attendees gain the confidence they need to come out to HH's build sites through careful instruction and hands-on practice • Aug 19-20, 8:30am-4:15pm

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION NIGHT • Habitat for Humanity

Porteous. Aug 17, 7:30pm • $5 admission

LOTUS QIGONG • SAGE downtown 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free MONDAY MINGLE • Hexagon Board Game Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu

Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Charles Haycock; Aug 12-13 • Paul Sveen; Aug 19-20

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Angelo Tsarouchas; Aug 11-14 • Andy Woodhull; Aug 17-21 CONNIE'S COMEDY • Moonshiners, 5202-50 St, Stony Plain • Dinner and Show with Andy Canete, Rudy Gunn, etc • Aug 19 • Get tickets on yeg.live

CONNIE'S COMEDY PRESENTS COMEDY NIGHT AT AZUCAR SUPPER CLUB • 13062-50 St • With Andy Canete and Scott Porteous • Aug 17, 7:30pm • $5

QUEER

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • Voted "Vue Weekly

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103

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

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

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm

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

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

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

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre 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 instruction for youth aged 12-24; Every other Tue, 7-9pm • Equal Fierce Fit & Fabulous: recreational fitness program, ages 12-24; every other Tue, 6-8pm, every other Tue • Queer Lens: weekly education and discussion group open to everyone; every Wed, 7-8:30pm • Mindfulness Meditation: open to everyone; every Thu, 6-6:50pm • Men's Social Circle: A social support group for all male-identified persons over 18 years of age in the LGBT*Q community; 1st and 3rd Thu each month; 7-9pm • TTIQ (18+ Trans* Group): 2nd Mon of the month, 7-9pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Edmonton Illusions: cross-dressing and transgender group 18+; 2nd Fri of each month, 7-9pm • Movies & Games Night: Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Thought OUT: Altview’s all-ages discussion group; every Sat, 7-9pm • Seahorse Support Circle: facilitated meet up for families with trans and gender creative kids aged 5-14; 2nd Sun of the month, 3-5pm • Men Talking with Pride: Social discussion group for gay and bisexual men; Every Sun, 7-9pm

BABES IN ARMS • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • A casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm

DEEPSOUL.CA • 780.217.2464; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages

DROP-IN D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • An epic adventure featuring a variety of pre-made characters, characters that guests can make on their own, or one that has already been started. Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5 EC (INFANT POTTYING) AND POTTY TRAINING SUPPORT MEETING • Lendrum Community

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 10728-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

18 AT THE BACK

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

Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:458:30pm; contact vpm@norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue starting in Sep, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Mark 780.437.1136 or Antonio 780.463.5331 or email: yclubtoastmasters@ gmail.com

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment

edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com

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

• Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St.

780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) •

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

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

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

TOASTMASTERS

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd •

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

programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext. 236 • vbatten@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer/ vin • Learn about taking the next steps and what opportunities are available at Habitat for Humanity • Every 3rd Thu of the month, excluding Dec; 6-7pm • Free

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

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

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

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support

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

TEAM EDMONTON • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • Swimming: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • Water 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 •

VUEWEEKLY.com | AUG 11 – AUG 17, 2016

SPECIAL EVENTS BISON FESTIVAL • Elk Island National Park, 1-54401 Range Road 203, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.922.5790 • elk.island@pc.gc.ca • Bison were nearly lost from North America. But by the early 20th century, bison purchased from Montana and brought to Elk Island National Park began to slowly re-build their numbers. Today nearly every plains bison you see in southern Canada, whether in conservation or domestic herds, had an ancestor in Elk Island National Park. Celebrate the awesomeness of bison • Aug 13, 12-6pm • $7.80-$19.60

CLIMATE JUSTICE CAMP • A bus will leave from the downtown Greenpeace office • greenpeaceedmontonlocalgroup@gmail.com • A two day camp held to teach skills, learn about Climate Justice in Alberta and to build the movement to take action.

No previous activist experience required - all are welcome • Aug 20-21; leave from the downtown Greenpeace office at 8am on Sat and return at 1:30pm on Sun - register via email or bit.ly/2acO3m7

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) DATE NIGHT - SALSA LESSONS WITH THE U OF A DANCE CLUB • Devonian Botanic Garden, Parkland County, 5 kms north of Devon on Hwy 60 • 780.987.3054 • devonian.ualberta.ca • Learn the steps of this spicy Latin dance in a fun and supportive atmospheren • Aug 18, 6-11:30pm • $13.50 (adults), $9.75 (seniors 65+), $7 (student)

EDMONTON DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL • Louise McKinney Riverfront Park • edmontondragonboatfestival.ca • Featuring racing of beautiful dragon boats • Aug 19-21

EDMONTON LATIN FESTIVAL • Churchill Square ( 9918-102 Ave in front of City Hall) • edmontonlatinfestival.com • A two day outdoor festival featuring music, dance, food and much more • Aug 13-14, 12-11pm • Free EVOOLUTION ENJOY CENTRE: TASTE THE WORLD OF OLIVE OIL AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR • Evoolution Enjoy Centre-101 Riel Drive, St. Albert • 58.521.3445 • evoolution.ca/_tastings • Skip dinner and join us for an entertaining evening of delicious small plates made using Evoolution olive oils and balsamic vinegars served with fresh Italian sodas, while learning about the world of olive oil and balsamic vinegar • Aug 17, 7pm • $30

PERSEIDS PYJAMA PARTY • Devonian Botanic Garden, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian. ualberta.ca • Wear your cozy pyjamas, bring your pillows, blankets, flashlights and lawnchairs, and sit back to enjoy one of the busiest times in the sky during the annual Perseids Meteor Shower • Aug 12, 8pm • Regular admission 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 WHAT THE TRUCK?! • Telus Field • team@ whatthetruck.ca • whattheruck.ca • Aug 20, 4-8pm

WILD MUSHROOM EXPOSITION • Devonian Botanic Garden, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • View specimens of wild mushrooms. Bring your own fungi for identification.

Scientific displays, photos, field guides, cookbooks and much more. A guided walk through the Garden will introduce you to local varieties that are edible, poisonous or medicinal • Aug 14, 11am-4pm • Regular admission

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Using scissors, snip off a strand of your hair. As you do, sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics.

Seal the hair in an envelope on which you have written the following: "I am attracting divine prods and unpredictable nudges that will enlighten me about a personal puzzle that I am ready to solve." On each of the next five nights, kiss this package five times and place it beneath your pillow as you sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Then observe your dreams closely. Keep a pen and notebook or audio recorder near your bed to capture any clues that might arrive. On the morning after the fifth night, go to your kitchen sink and burn the envelope and hair in the flame of a white candle. Chant the words of power: "Catalytic revelations and insights are arriving." The magic you need will appear within 15 day/s.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This would be a good time to have a master craftsperson decorate your headquarters with stained glass windows that depict the creation stories of your favorite indigenous culture. You might also benefit from hiring a feng shui consultant to help you design a more harmonious home environment. Here are some cheaper but equally effective ways to promote domestic bliss: Put images of your heroes on your walls. Throw out stuff that makes you feel cramped.

Add new potted plants to calm your eyes and nurture your lungs.

If you're feeling especially experimental, build a shrine devoted to the Goddess of Ecstatic Nesting.

ROB BREZSNY FREEWILL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Let's assume, for the sake of fun argument, that you do indeed have a guardian angel. Even if you have steadfastly ignored this divine helper in the past, I'm asking you to strike up a close alliance in the coming weeks. If you need to engage in an elaborate game of imaginative pretending to make it happen, so be it. Now let me offer a few tips about your guardian angel's potential purposes in your life: providing sly guidance about how to take good care of yourself; quietly reminding you where your next liberation may lie; keeping you on track to consistently shed the past and head toward the future; and kicking your ass so as to steer you away from questionable influences. OK? Now go claim your sublime assistance!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Although you may not yet be fully aware of your good fortune, your "rescue" is already underway. Furthermore, the so-called hardship you've been lamenting will soon lead you to a trick you can use to overcome one of your limitations.

Maybe best of all, Virgo, a painful memory you have coddled for a long time has so thoroughly decayed that there's almost nothing left to cling to. Time to release it!

So what comes next? Here's what I recommend: Throw a going-away party for everything you no longer need. Give thanks to the secret intelligence within you that has guided you to this turning point.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You Geminis are as full of longings as any other sign, but you have a tendency to downplay their intensity. How often do you use your charm and wit to cloak your burning, churning yearnings?

Please don't misunderstand me: I appreciate your refined expressions of deep feelings -- as long as that's not a way to hide your deep feelings from yourself. This will be an especially fun and useful issue for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. I advise you to be in very close touch with your primal urges.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here comes a special occasion -- a radical exemption that is so rare as to be almost impossible. Are you ready to explore a blessing you have perhaps never experienced?

For a brief grace period, you can be free from your pressing obsessions. Your habitual attachments and unquenchable desires will leave you in peace. You will be relieved of the drive to acquire more possessions or gather further proof of your attractiveness. You may even arrive at the relaxing realization that you don't require as many props and accessories as you imagined you needed to be happy and whole. Is enlightenment nigh? At the very least, you will learn how to derive more joy out of what you already have.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be vulnerable and sensitive as well as insatiable and irreverent. Cultivate your rigorous skepticism, but expect the arrival of at least two freaking miracles. Be extra nurturing to allies who help you and sustain you, but also be alert for those moments when they may benefit from your rebellious provocations. Don't take anything too personally or literally or seriously, even as you treat the world as a bountiful source of gifts and blessings. Be sure to regard love as your highest law, and laugh at fear at least three times every day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming weeks, I suspect that Life will attempt to move you away from any influences that interfere with your ability to discern and express your soul’s code. You know what I'm talking about when I use that term "soul's code," right? It's your sacred calling; the blueprint of your destiny; the mission you came to earth to fulfill. So what does it mean if higher powers and mysterious forces are clearing away obstacles that have been preventing you from a more complete embodiment of your soul's code?

Expect a breakthrough that initially resembles a breakdown.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Maybe you know people who flee from the kind of Big Bold Blankness that's visiting you, but I hope you won't be tempted to do that.

Here's my counsel: Welcome your temporary engagement with emptiness Celebrate this opening into the unknown. Ease into the absence. Commune with the vacuum.

Ask the nothingness to be your teacher. What's the payoff? This is an opportunity to access valuable secrets about the meaning of your life that aren't available when you're feeling full. Be gratefully receptive to what you don't understand and can't control.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I placed a wager down at the astrology pool. I bet that sometime in the next three weeks, you Capricorns will shed at least some of the heavy emotional baggage that you've been lugging around; you will transition from ponderous plodding to curious-hearted sauntering. Why am I so sure this will occur? Because I have detected a shift in attitude by one of the most talkative little voices in your head. It seems ready to stop tormenting you with cranky reminders of all the chores you should be doing but aren't -- and start motivating you with sunny prompts about all the fun adventures you could be pursuing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What you are most afraid of right now could become what fuels you this fall. Please note that I used the word "could." In the style of astrology I employ, there is no such thing as predestination. So if you prefer, you may refuse to access the rich fuel that's available.

You can keep your scary feelings tucked inside your secret hiding place, where they will continue to fester. You are not obligated to deal with them squarely, let alone find a way to use them as motivation. But if you are intrigued by the possibility that those murky worries might become a source of inspiration, dive in and investigate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you ready for your mid-term exam? Luckily I'm here to help get you into the proper frame of mind to do well. Now study the following incitements with an air of amused rebelliousness. 1. You may have to act a bit wild or unruly in order to do the right thing. 2.

Loving your enemies could motivate your allies to give you more of what you need. 3. Are you sufficiently audacious to explore the quirky happiness that can come from cultivating intriguing problems? 4. If you want people to change, try this: Change yourself in the precise way you want them to change. V

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The problem of the quick draw

Circumcision isn't necessarily the go-to option. There are less drastic ways of delaying climax.

I feel a bit ashamed that, while being 37 years old, I haven't looked for a solution to my sexual problem earlier. The problem is that I cum very quickly while having sex—usually within five minutes after penetration.

This has always been the case. There is no difference between penetration and masturbation—which I do daily.

My girlfriend is very open-minded and supportive, which I am very happy with. Yesterday we had a good talk about this and she told me that I have a lot of foreskin. Does this have any influence on cumming quickly? Would it help to have a circumcision? I am also looking for more information on techniques to last longer. Do you have any suggestions?

When it comes to orgasm (and ejaculation), both psychological and physiological factors are at play, meaning there are two possible avenues to

explore to delay cumming. On the psychological front, you can always employ the trusted method of thinking about a jar of mayonnaise or imagining your grandma in a bathing suit, which might help slow things down a bit. But from what you described, it seems your problem is more physical.

Physically, the pleasurable sensation you get during sex is due to the stimulation of nerve endings, the highest concentration of which is in the tip of the penis. With roughly 7000 nerve endings, compared to the 4000 contained throughout the shaft, the tip is extremely sensitive to touch. As I wrote a few weeks ago, through unlubed rubbing, penises can be desensitized by tiny abrasions that while healing cause a thicker tissue to form around the nerve ending. Foreskin acts as a moist shield, preventing the tip from encountering these sense inhibiting micro lesions, helping the

penis maintain its sensitivity.

So with that in mind, circumcision may seem like a good answer to your problem and there is even some evidence that suggests that non-medical adult circumcision can delay ejactulation. That said the research has been inconsistent, with most studies concluding that there is no statistically significant difference between uncircumcised and circumcised penises with regards to sensitivity. And while generally safe, circumcision is permanent and may not give you the results you want.

A less permanent way to gradually desensitize your penis is by periodically “taping back” the foreskin, so the head of your penis makes contact with your clothes **shudder**.

You might also try using a prescribed numbing cream (lidocaine) to the head of your penis before engaging in sex or you could use a thick condom,

both of which are less painful than the alternatives.

Of course, please speak with your doctor before trying any of these suggestions.

There are other, less extreme ways to make sex last longer. The obvious being to spend more time on foreplay and exploring other forms of sexual engagement that don’t involve P in V penetration. You could also try what I like to call “dipping the wick”, which is essentially a start-stop-start approach to penetration, intermittently giving your penis a chance to cool off before you resume humping. In the interim, make the most of some sex toys and perhaps a cock ring to keep your boner raging.

With all of that said, I think it’s important to clarify what constitutes a clinical problem with early ejaculation. From a diagnostic standpoint, ejaculation has to occur within one

minute of penetration to be considered premature… and it’s only considered “severe” if it happens within 15 seconds or pre-entry. Masters and Johnson’s research estimated that 75 percent of men reach orgasm after two minutes or less. And another study suggested that the average time for male orgasm is about 5.4 minutes. What I’m getting at is that objectively speaking, you don’t have a problem, so try not to be so hard on yourself. V Tami-lee Duncan is a Registered Psychologist in Edmonton, specializing in sexual health. Please note that the information and advice given above is not a substitute for therapeutic treatment with a licensed professional. For information or to submit a question, please contact tami-lee@vueweekly.com. Follow on Twitter @SexOlogyYEG. Dan savage savagelove@vueweekly.com

DEAR READERS: I’m on vacation for the next three weeks—but you won’t be reading old columns while I’m away.

You’ll be getting a new column every week, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me.

Dan Savage is a sports writer and the assistant director of digital content for OrlandoMagic.com, and he will be answering your questions this week. Dan has covered six NBA finals and 10 NBA All-Star Games; he’s appeared on CBS, ESPN, NBA TV, and First Take; and his writing has been published at ESPN.com, CBS.com, NBA.com, and OrlandoMagic.com.

This is Dan’s first time giving sex-andrelationship advice.

“Other sports writers often tell me they enjoyed reading my latest column,” Dan Savage told me in an email, “but when they show me the article, it’s one of your sex-advice columns. The joke is going to be on them this time around when it’s actually my advice!”

HUBBY WANTS MORE

I’m a straight guy in my 40s, and I’ve been with my wife for more than 20 years. I’m incredibly attracted to my wife. Recently, I’ve been a bit frustrated with us not having sex as frequently as I’d like. So I broached the subject with her. I tried to be easygoing about it, but maybe I fucked that up. Basically, I told her that I fantasize about her daily and would like to have sex more often. I cited two examples of frustration. Two weeks ago, I came on to her and tried to initiate, but we had a dinner party to go to and she didn’t want to be late. One week ago, I was flirting with her but was rebuffed because we were going out to dinner and… she wanted to go to dinner more than fuck, I guess. I made my wife cry by bringing this up.

End result is that she doesn’t want

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to fuck more than we already do, there’s nothing I can do to make sex more appealing for her, and it hurt her for me to bring the subject up at all. I dropped it, apologized, and moved on. I don’t want to coerce her into anything (I want her to want me), so here we are. How can I communicate better in the future? using my words Communication in any relationship is key. On the basketball court, one of the first things young players are taught is to communicate effectively with their teammates. They’re required to call out plays, offensive assignments, and defensive rotations in order to prevent breakdowns and keep the system working smoothly.

In relationships, the same principles hold true.

You have to be able to effectively communicate with your partner in order to keep both parties happy. And just like everything else in life, timing is everything.

First, I’d make sure you communicate your needs at a time other than when you’ve just been rebuffed.

You’re then likely to be less emotional, think more rationally, and more effectively explain your needs without applying added pressure. Second, I’d try making your next move when other plans are not on the table. In both the examples you mention, UMW, the timing of your request appears to have been an issue for her.

Schedule some time for an intimate dinner at home or cap off an exciting evening out on the town

with romantic advances. If she does not respond to your improved efforts, then she’s not being a good teammate. A successful relationship is when both members’ needs are met, not just one.

ZONE, MAN?

OR

MAN-TO-

I’m a 36-year-old bisexual female. I’ve been dating my nice Midwestern boyfriend for about four and a half years.

Within the first few dates, I brought up nonmonogamy. I was pretty sure from past experiences that long-term monogamy wasn’t going to be for me. I get bored, I like attention, and

and this was my suggestion to try to make it stronger. I feel like I’ve already ended the relationship just by bringing this up. Are we doomed?

A girl has needs I appreciate you having your boyfriend listen to my podcasts—oh wait, that was probably meant for the other Dan Savage. Never mind.

My podcasts probably wouldn’t have helped with this issue.

Your question reminds me of a topic that’s currently top of mind in my profession: NBA free agency. In the basketball world, it’s the time of year when teams can go after the best available prospects not under contract and offer them a deal to join their team. Organizations heavily vet these players, talking to their former teammates, coaches, and others to make sure that their values match up. There’s nothing worse than being locked into a five-year guaranteed contract with a guy who doesn’t fit with your franchise. Actually, on second thought, there is—getting married to a guy who doesn’t share the same relationship goals and values.

If your boyfriend is someone who has no interest in open relationships—and from all indications, he’s doesn’t— odds are he’s never going to be happy in that type of situation. And if you’re never going to be happy with monogamy, then you need to find someone whose values match your own. Unfortunately, some people are destined to play man-to-(wo)man, while others are more satisfied in a 2-3 zone.

Unfortunately, some people are destined to play man-to-(wo)man, while others are more satisfied in a 2-3 zone.

I love the chase. He was against it. I thought, OK, we have a lot of other positive stuff going for us and maybe he would reconsider in the future.

I feel like I’ve lost a part of my sexual self—no adventures, no threeways, I miss girls, etc. I feel that what I want—newness, some kink he isn’t trained in, being with a girl, etc.—he can’t give me. So I brought up opening up the relationship again. My thought is I could get what I need/ want and get my engine revving again, and hopefully bring that excitement and spark back to our relationship. He listens to your podcasts now, but he doesn’t think he could handle the idea of me with someone else. I don’t think I can handle the relationship as it is now, though,

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I’ve been hooking up with a good friend for about a year. We’re both single, and he lives in another state but comes to town for work every month or two, and we usually hang out and have really great sex when he’s here. One of the things I’ve always admired about him is his ecoconscious lifestyle… which includes showering only about once a week to save water. His BO is pretty inoffensive (it’s actually a nice scent), but I find that most times we hook up, I get a raging UTI within a day or two.

It’s happened enough times that I’m wondering if his infrequent washing could be allowing bacteria to live on his junk, causing my infections. Is that possible? Do I need to have a talk with him about washing more frequently/thoroughly?

Hurts to pee The simple answer is yes, HTP. It’s great to have an eco-conscious lifestyle, but not at the expense of your urinary tract. If he cares about you as much as he does about the environment, then with a quick chat, he’ll probably focus a little more on his personal hygiene. Especially if you explain to him that the overuse of antibiotics contributes to creating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can cause issues for the entire planet.

Follow Dan Savage, assistant director of digital content for OrlandoMagic. com, on Twitter @Dan_Savage.

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The Alberta Wildfire Donation Centre, operated by ADRA Canada, continues to meet the needs of residents affected by the wildfire.

We are located at 17306 129 Avenue NW in Edmonton.

Volunteers are encouraged to help sort through donations Sundays to Thursdays from 10 AM-5 PM. Please sign up at: http://bttr.im/cmdah.

Volunteers are needed for the Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival!

August 19-21, 2016 at Louise McKinney Park.

It’s a family friendly paddling and cultural festival! Cheer to the beat of the drum and the splash of the paddle!

Sign-up at edmontondragonboatfestival.ca or email volunteers@edbfa.ca.

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Old Appliance Removal Removal of unwanted appliances. Must be outside or in your garage.

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

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

Volunteers Wanted

Rip Up The River!

Volunteer for the Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival!

August 19-21, 2016.

Please sign-up at edmontondragonboatfestival.ca!

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GOLDEN ACRYLIC LECTURE/DEMO Samantha Williams-Chapelsky, GOLDEN Working Artist and Educator, will be presenting the amazing family of GOLDEN Acrylic products at The Paint Spot, Friday, November 4, 7-9:30PM. An excellent opportunity to learn, play, and take away samples!

The $10 fee holds a seat for you, and is returned to you as a coupon. More info: www.paintspot.ca. Register in person, by phone, or online.

NAESS GALLERY/ARTISAN NOOK SUBMISSIONS Exhibition submissions are being accepted at The Paint Spot. The Naess Gallery’s deadline for the 2017 season is August 31, 2016. The Artisan Nook does not have a submission deadline, but there are several openings for artists and artisans to exhibit small works there in 2017. We welcome emerging artists and curators, individuals or groups.

For further information please visit www.paintspot.ca or email questions to accounts@paintspot.ca

is currently

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

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

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