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Before the crowds hit the arena, Roger's Place was open to media and the public on Sept 10 // Photo by Jason Symington
OPENING WEEKEND
The arena is open for business, but the city deal that got it built is still under fire
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ith the camera crews gone and the big ceremonial ribboncutting scissors put away, we are about to see what downtown Edmonton’s new normal looks like. As people who live in the area brace themselves for the crowds as Rogers Place kicks off its first weekend with back-to-back concerts, concerns are still being raised about the city's role in issues surrounding the new arena. Timothy Anderson is a university
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instructor and long time resident of the Boyle Street neighbourhood, which lies to the east of the arena. He lives 12 blocks from work, and drives through the arena district every day. He says the last two years of construction were a major headache. He's not particularly happy with the increase in property taxes, either. “Most arena-goers will contribute very little to local businesses except the beer vendors at the venue. And
then they will water the gardens between the arena and their parking lot with urine. And then they will go home,” Anderson says. That’s the way it was around Maple Leaf Gardens, when he lived near that area years ago, and he fully expects the same here. He resents paying more for the privilege. He's also concerned the arena project may have inadvertently slowed down the more arts-based revitalization efforts happening on the east side of downtown, and that the concerns of residents who live north of the arena have been completely ignored. Still, Anderson speaks admirably of the design of the building and its interaction with the street. “The building is very thoughtful in terms of the flowing lines but it’s still a big hunking piece of metal that the people forced to stare at it every day will never be able to afford to set foot in,” he says. The union that represents city workers has raised alarms about job losses at Northlands and is questioning why the nearby community rink isn’t being operated by city staff. Mike Scott, the president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 30, told city councillors earlier this month that 25 full-time jobs have been lost at Northlands, which he describes as the largest layoff at an Alberta non-profit in history. “Everyone should be alarmed that good paying jobs are being replaced by part-time, precarious jobs,” he said in an interview last week. “Reducing the spending power of these work-
ers has a direct economic impact on local businesses and revenues for all levels of government.” It’s bad enough that city staff aren’t employed at Rogers Place, he says. He wants to know why they aren’t employed at the adjacent community rink, either. According to the city’s website, CUPE 30 is certified by the Alberta Labour Relations Board as the bargaining agent for all city employees “engaged in the construction or maintenance of public works, buildings, facilities and grounds.” Scott says he was told by city officials that the Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG) would be responsible for all staffing at both Rogers Place and the community rink and that it was too late for them to do anything about it. Although the community rink, built entirely with public funds, is increasingly being referred to as the 'Oilers’ practice rink,' the corporation did not contribute to its construction. The Oilers will control when the rink is actually available to the public. However, the team will pay the same rate to rent it as your Uncle Bob’s beer league. The problem for Scott is that the Master Agreement signed by the city and the Edmonton Arena Corporation states, “the City will own and operate the Community Rink with all expenses and revenues relating thereto accruing to the City.” Given they hold the bargaining certificate for all city facilities, Scott says his local is exploring its options. City of Edmonton communications advisor Christopher Webster con-
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firmed in an email that the OEG is currently contracted to run the community arena. “Having one operator for both Rogers Place and the Downtown Community Arena allows for increased efficiency in many regards including maintenance support, having a single ice technician servicing both arenas, as well as issues of access and security,” he says. Webster also noted that the community arena will offer free public skate times to the downtown community. But there are larger issues at stake here as well, says Judith Garber, whose areas of expertise include urbanism, as well as politics and the law. She is particularly concerned that the OEG can veto any sports or entertainment-oriented redevelopment at Northlands as part of its agreement with city council. Northlands owns the buildings on the 180 acre site, for which it holds a lease with the city until 2034 with an option to renew for an additional 15 years. Mayor Don Iveson will face some serious questions in the upcoming municipal election in 2017, Garber says. “How are citizens supposed to hold a private corporation responsible?” Garber asks. “An even better question might be ‘How does the Mayor of a city of 900,000 put himself in the position where he’s hoping a private corporation allows council and an autonomous non-profit organization to proceed on an initiative?’ How does that even happen?” MIMI WILLIAMS
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POLITICALINTERFERENCE
Ricardo Acuña // ricardo@vueweekly.com
Craft beer measures working
Right-wing reaction makes little sense in the context of their professed ideas on business
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eptember 6 was a day that might have left many Albertans wondering what exactly the province’s political right has against Alberta’s growing craft beer industry. That morning the Edmonton Journal ran an opinion piece by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s (CTF) Alberta director Paige MacPherson. The main thrust of MacPherson’s piece was to mock and belittle Joe Ceci, the Alberta finance minister, who recently toured Alberta-based craft breweries in the context of the province’s new beer mark-up policies by characterizing it as a pub-crawl. Interestingly, this is the same CTF that has repeatedly called for the provincial government to do more to encourage investment, promote small business, and create jobs. As a result of changes announced to brewing regulations and mark-ups by both the Conservative and New Democrat governments over the last number of years, we have seen over 20 new breweries established in Alberta over the last 48 months, and many more are on the verge of launching. Those new breweries equate to millions of dollars of investment and hundreds of jobs in small and large communities across the province.
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Alberta’s craft beer scene is one them calls for implementing policies program that serves to off-set impact of the few sectors of the provincial that have already been in place for of increase. Reversing that policy, as economy that, despite the oil-price- three years, and the fact that two of the Wildrose advocates, would result driven recession, continues to see them seek to change policies in and in a continued flood of cheaper craft new investment and create new jobs. access to other provinces where the beer from BC and Ontario and make Somehow, however, the CTF seems Alberta government has absolutely it hard for Alberta’s fledgling brewers to think that in this case the minister no jurisdiction, their proposals would to compete on the shelves. It’s also ironic that a party that has should be chastised and ridiculed for ultimately have the exact opposite efsupporting and promoting new invest- fect on the local beer industry than for so long promoted the virtues of a flat income tax what they claim. ment and jobs in Alwhere everyberta. It seems one pays the like their messame tax sage is that Alberta’s craft beer scene is one of the few secrate is now the governadvocating a ment should tors of the provincial economy that, despite the return to the do everything oil-price-driven recession, continues to see new province’s it can to enprevious syscourage new investment and create new jobs. tem where businesses, the mark-up unless those increased as a new businesses Alberta’s craft beer industry has company’s beer production increased. are craft breweries. Local beer blogger (and Vue colIn a shocking coincidence, later historically struggled because of that same day the Wildrose Opposi- the unfettered access that well- umnist) Jason Foster highlighted tion released a glossy piece of paper established better-supported craft the damage the Wildrose proposals with six vague bullet points that it breweries from other provinces have would do to the local industry in a claimed was its policy proposal for had to our market, enabling them recent blog-post by suggesting that reducing beer prices, improving to offer a comparable product at a he “would have had more time for choice, and “strengthening Alberta’s lower price point. The government’s their press release had they admitcurrent policy charges all breweries ted honestly that they are siding small beer industry.” Setting aside for the moment the the same mark-up, regardless of size with imported beer over Alberta complete lack of detail behind any or location, and offers incentives to beer.” Even the head of the Alberta Small of their points, the fact that one of Alberta craft breweries with a grant
Brewers Association stated in a letter to the editor of the Edmonton Journal that “the current government has moved decisively to put in place a framework that stimulates industry growth, while leaving our consumers with an open market, fair prices and by far the best choice of beer in the country.” The numbers are clear when it comes to the growth of the Alberta craft beer industry of late, and even the industry group is applauding the government’s policies for stimulating growth, investment, and jobs. Why then is Alberta’s political right, the supposed champions of small business and increased investment, working so hard to ridicule and oppose these very same policies? Have they become such knee-jerk contrarians that they are prepared to overturn policies that are yielding the results they have ostensibly been asking for? V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta. The views and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute.
GWYNNE DYER // GWYNNE@vueweekly.com
Kim Jong-un's sabre-rattling
Little has changed between North Korea and the rest of the world, despite all the nasty talk
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apanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said that North Korea was the “neighbourhood outlaw” after Pyongyang’s fifth nuclear weapons test on Friday. Barack Obama said that “The United States does not, and never will, accept North Korea as a nuclear state.” Even China voiced its “firm opposition to the test.” And South Korea’s president, Park Gyeung-hye, accused North Korea’s Dear Leader Kim Jong-un of “maniacal recklessness”. So far, so restrained—in stark contrast to the berserk threats and fulminations that are the usual fare in North Korea. (Promising to obliterate Seoul, the South Korean capital, in a “sea of fire” is a familiar favourite.) But then a military spokesman of the South Korean government promised that Pyongyang “will be completely destroyed by ballistic missiles and high-explosive shells” if North Korea even thinks of launching a nuclear attack on the South. The city will be “reduced to ashes and removed from the map,” said the official—and districts of Pyongyang thought to be hiding the North's leadership will be particularly targeted in the attack. So much for restraint. Sixty-six years of intense hostility have bred an ex-
treme brand of rhetoric on both sides siles.) Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons States itself. Regrettably, that’s how deterrence works. of the border that sounds quite de- must be for something else. The North Korean regime is almost mented to the ears of outsiders. GerNorth Korea’s strategic problem uniquely awful, but the strategic many was divided for 44 years, and hundreds were killed on the heavily is that it has no allies, while South logic would be exactly the same if it fortified border between them, but Korea is allied to the world’s leading were run by much nicer people. And you never heard this kind of invective nuclear power, the United States— although the regime is completely coming out of the mouths of East or which has never promised not to use paranoid, it is not crazy. It has not its nuclear weapons first. Pyongyang started a war in the past six decades, West German officials. Maybe it’s just a stylistic thing, but needs some means of deterring the and there is no reason to think that it does suggest that the possibility use of American nuclear weapons in it is planning one now. North Korea’s paranoia is also of a real war between the two Ko- the Korean peninsula if there is a war. This does not justify what North misplaced, because nobody in the reas is higher than it ever was beSouth dreams tween the two of reunifying Germanies. the peninBut why does North Korea’s strategic problem is that it sula by war North Korea has no allies, while South Korea is allied to either. In fact, need nuclear the world’s leading nuclear power, the United most people weapons to in South Kocarry out its States—which has never promised not rea would threats? It’s to use its nuclear weapons first. not welcome perfectly careunification pable of denow even if it stroying Seoul with “ballistic missiles and high-ex- Korea is doing—United Nations happened non-violently. I happened to be in Seoul interSecretary General Ban Ki-moon deplosive shells” too. The centre of Seoul, a city of 11 mil- nounced the latest nuclear test as a viewing somebody in the Korean lion people, is only 50 km from the “brazen breach” of UN resolutions— Central Intelligence Agency building on the day in 1996 when the death of North Korean border. Ordinary artil- but it does explain it. So Kim Jong-un, like his father and North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung, lery could take out the northern half of the city, while short-range mis- his grandfather before him, wants was announced. The scene that folsiles dealt with the southern half. the ability to make nuclear attacks lowed reminded me of the old naval (North Korea has 21,000 artillery on America’s main Asian ally, Japan, adage: “When in danger or in doubt, pieces and thousands of Scud mis- for a start, and later on the United Run in circles, Scream and shout.” VUEWEEKLY.com | sep 15 – sep 21, 2016
But the dominant emotion was certainly not joy. It was fear that the North Korean regime would collapse, and that newly prosperous South Korea, having dragged itself out of poverty by two generations of sacrifice, would inherit 25 million impoverished North Koreans with few skills relevant to a modern economy, and have to start all over again. Twenty years on, it’s almost certain that a majority of South Koreans still feel like that about it. So there really is little risk of war— which is just as well, because there is also little chance of diverting Pyongyang from its course. Another round of sanctions will not do the trick— on Sunday Pyongyang said that the threat of “meaningless sanctions” was “highly laughable”—because the country is almost completely cut off from the global economy already. Putting a Thaad anti-ballistic-missile unit in South Korea, as Washington has promised to do, will make the South Koreans and the Japanese feel a bit safer, but everybody is just going to have to live with the problem. They probably won’t die from it. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. up front 5
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PREVUE // FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
Have Mercy’s food and stage are welcome additions to Old Strathcona
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et me bid, first of all, a hearty welcome to a new live music stage in Old Strathcona. Edmonton is rebounding nicely from the great venue drought of a few years ago and smaller, sweatier rooms like Have Mercy are some of my favourite places to see a band. Barn-slatted and bordered by wire grating, Have Mercy exults in a gentrified roadhouse vibe, tapping the usual icons sonically and visually (beer signs, Johnny Cash), laying on the odd retro touch (squat tube televisions on the bar) and boasting
a penchant for tattoos as both iconography and server ornamentation. Partaking in the cultural markers of a notional American south, it seems an apt complement to its downstairs neighbor El Cortez, or would be if an orange-faced billionaire stood on the stairs and told El Cortez patrons they weren’t allowed to come up. Anyhow. Have Mercy’s menu is tight—in contrast to its lengthy list of American, and other, whiskeys—and delves into the food of Mason-Dixon’s southern proletariat, from sides
of collard greens and succotash to frito pie and mac n’ cheese to Memphis dry rub ribs. Once equipped with a libation, my co-diner suggested the fried green tomatoes with shrimp ($13), which led to a discussion with the server of whether the tomatoes are of a kind that are green when ripe, or if they’re just unripe tomatoes. A different, but not less nice, Have Mercy staff member dropped by to hear the question himself and convey it to the chef. Turns out, Have Mercy’s green tomatoes are the unripened kind.
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Three thick green tomato slices had been battered and fried to fluffy brown exaggerations of themselves, topped with a couple of huge grilled shrimp and laid over spicy tomato gravy with chunks of andouille sausage in them. I admired the addition of garlic sprouts to the plate, a shock of sharp flavour cutting through all that crispiness and gorgeous lubricity. After contemplating the ribs, my co-diner about-faced to the queso dip with chips ($11) as an entree. The fried chicken with donuts stroked my reflexes a moment, but I opted for the pulled pork and sausage sandwich ($15), which at least had slaw on it. The food actually surprised me with how quickly it emerged, steaming hot, from the kitchen. My co-diner commended the mini-skillet his molten cheese, dolloped with diced jalapenos, came in but he got only a few chips from the basket into the dip when he seemed to lose interest. My smoky, saucy hank of shredded pork and sausage tucked in a nicely toasted bun was a good, if not outstanding, and I helplessly ate every last crumb of the garlic-thyme fries.
8232 Gateway Blvd 780.760.0203 havemercy.ca Our server noticed co-diner’s largely untouched food and inquired. He said there was nothing really wrong with it, he just found it bland. The other hospitality representative reappeared to confirm that the item had been stricken from our bill, but he would leave the chips in case we wanted to nibble on them. More drinks were ordered—in my case, a shot of Bulleit rye ($6.50) to aid with digestion. In the end, Have Mercy’s efficient, engaged service style won the night. Their strict adherence to southernfried food tropes could be a bit limiting in the long run, but if they listen to all their customers as actively as they listened to us, they’ll figure out how to keep that stage available to local and touring musicians for some time to come.
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Analog warmth
"INCANDESCENCE" opens at La Cité Francophone’s Galerie Cité
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xpect the unexpected. That’s what local artists Tim Rechner and Patrick Arès-Pilon did when they initially joined creative forces at a studio in the Ortona Armoury. Two years later, their intuitive and experimental stream-of-consciousness efforts have culminated with "INCANDESCENCE," a gigantic, bilingual art installation highlighting their automatist approach and analog methods of creation. “We didn’t have any concept or expectations of what our work would bring or what would materialize, so it all came quite naturally and intuitively,” says Arès-Pilon, explaining the project’s name, both the same in French and English, was conceived the same way. “Incandescent light is just fantastic. It has a nice warm feeling to it, so that’s basically INCANDESCENCE in a nutshell, a nice, warm exhibited blend of our works.” The installation will be launched at La Cité Francophone’s Galerie Cité in the heart of Edmonton’s French community on Sept. 18, and the artists will be on hand for a celebratory reception, catered by Cafè Bicyclette, the following Saturday. Both Rechner and Arès-Pilon create with their minds thrown open to tap subconscious ideas and emotions communicated by manipulating tactile materials. Arès-Pilon’s forte is
an inventive experience with the photographic medium, while Rechner’s drawings and paintings stem from an impulsive intuition. “I often close my eyes when I’m painting and drawing and therefore it becomes a little more random and a little less thought about. I’m just sort of instinctually reacting to the marks I’ve made on the page,” says Rechner. “Patrick has a similar method in the darkroom when creating these photograms.” Embracing old-school, digital-free methods and free-thinking approaches to art are where the two found a common creative ground, and it was a combination of their chosen mediums that sparked this work. “We’ve collaborated on cameraless animation. I’m also an animator so we paint directly on 16mm leader [film],” says Arès-Pilon, adding that Rechner explored this technique even earlier. “Tim has painted on hoses and we’re going to feed film through the hoses, through some lights, there’s going to be lights on timers that come on and off, so we’re exploring installation art within this greater installation piece.” Their creative mediums also came together in the darkroom creating photograms, images produced by exposing various objects on photo paper and then developing them. “This is kind of Patrick’s own special process that he uses in his studio
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Sun, Sept 18 — Sun, Dec. 11 Galerie Cité 8627 Rue Marie Gaboury work and I then painted on a bunch of these photograms to make the work a collaborative piece,” says Rechner. Arès-Pilon warmly refers to these joint pieces as 'patagraphs' and 'timagraphs,' saying, “it’s a whole new invention, it’s quite exciting.” Beyond their work as artists, each of their personal histories melded to make an exhibit at this particular venue possible. Rechner met Dawn Saunders Dahl, the current curator at Galerie Cité, while studying art at Red Deer College in the 1990s. She approached him about a show and asked if he knew any French Canadian artists he’d like to work with. “Patrick came to mind right away,” says Rechner, adding Arès-Pilon has family roots connected to the venue as well. “This French cultural place was an idea initially started up by my grandfather, Louie, in the '50s, and then my uncle George made it happen, I think back in the '90s, so it’s a wonderful community hub,” explains Arès-Pilon. “It’s exciting to exhibit there for the first time."
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Visualeyez 2016 / Mon, Sept 19 – Sat, Sept 24 Latitude 53’s annual performance art festival is bringing together five artists—Alexandria Inkster, Christine Brault, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Linda Rae Dornan, and Johannes Zits—to explore the theme of “Kindness” through an emphasis of personal exchanges of care and self-care for its 16th season. This year’s line-up features both staged, public actions, one-on-one gestures, and longer works that will develop over the week of the festival. Visit visualeyez.org to learn more information. (Various locations around downtown Edmonton)
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GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Crafting Conscience; Jul 9-Oct 1 • Transformation: Hooked Sculptures by Rachelle LeBlanc; Sep 10-Oct 15 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • 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 • 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, 12:10-12:50pm
ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Reconstructions:
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118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Artwork by Brandon Atkinson; Sep 10-Oct 15
FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery.com • Artwork by Matt Petley Jones; Sep 15-Oct 7
Street, St Albert • stalbert.ca/exp/arden/events/ strange-brew • Rated PG • Sep 18, 2-3:30pm
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• 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry
CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Free • Schedule: The Lady in the Van (Sep 21)
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artwork by Brenda Danbrook; Sep 1-Oct 29 • Art Ventures: Image Transfers! (Sep 17), 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: Image Transfer (Sep 15), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Image Transfers! (Sep 17); for 3-5 yrs; pre-register; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)
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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; Sep 20-Oct 22
Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona. ca/artgallery • The Wild Party: artwork by Jason Carter; Sep 1-Oct 23
GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/gallery-at-milner • On the Walls: Wallace Creations: Digital works by Elizabeth Wallace Reid; Sep 1-30 • In the Cases & cubes: Placement: Ceramic works by Terry Hildebrand; Sep 1-30 HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Ambient Plagues: Artwork by Elaine Whittaker; Aug 4-Sep 23
Ho-You; Aug 25-Oct 8
STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • strathconacountymuseum.ca • From the Kitchen; until Oct 11
U OF A MUSEUMS GALLERIES AT ENTERPRISE SQUARE • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • A Little Bit of Infinity Part 1; Aug 11-Jan 28
VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com • Art + Activism: artwork by Mary Joyce, Paula Kirman and Juan Lopezdabdoub; Aug 31-Nov 26
VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • New Pointillism and Retrospective Journey: artwork by Pat Trudeau; Aug 23-Sep 16
WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • 125 Years Of Ukrainian Culture: artwork by Peter Shostak; Sep 10-22 • Progressions: artwork by Irene Klar; until Sep 29
LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Pastor Robert Scott "Grace Revolution?" Book Launch; Sep 15, 7pm • Billie Milholland "Living in the Shed" Book Launch; Sep 18, 2pm • Wade Sorochan "UnSocial Media" Book Launch; Sep 19, 7pm
BOOK GROUP • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • 3rd Wed each month, 7pm EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner 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 • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm
JAKE'S GALLERY • 10441-123 St • karen@jakesframing.com • Sun and Earth: artwork by Jay Bigam; Sep 12-Oct 15; Opening reception: Sep 16, 7-9pm with live music from the Erly Sisters
UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave •
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St NW • latitude53.org • Visualeyez 2016: Kindness; Sep 19-24
LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Lando Gallery September Group Selling Exhibition; Sep 7-30
MACEWAN UNIVERSITY • City Centre Campus, 7-266 • amatejko@icloud.com • Between Here and There: Photography by Candace Makowichuk; Sep 8-Oct 21; Meet the Artist: Sep 21, 4-5pm
MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • InterCity: artwork by Allen Ball and Kim Sala; Sep 10-Oct 30; Opening reception/artists talk: Sep 15, 7-9pm MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 541151 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Genesis: artwork by Sharon Moore-Foster; until Sep 23
MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • Weiller and Williams Co Ltd: Building a Livestock Empire; Sep 20-Nov 13
780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)
24TH ANNUAL DIE-NASTY SOAP-ATHON • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • varsconatheatre.com • The Soap-a-thon is back! Join the whole DN gang and guests from all over the world for 50 straight hours and one phenomenally soapy story! • Sep 16-18
BOOK OF MORMON • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave NW • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium.com • Follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word • Sep 13-18 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
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN the niGht-time • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • When a 15-year-old math genius with autism comes under suspicion for killing his neighbour’s dog, he decides to investigate the crime himself and makes some life-changing discoveries • Sep 17-Oct 9
PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: Emergent Life: paintings by Twilla Coates & Ricardo Copado • Artisan Nook: Kaleidoscope: paintings by Sandie Kanak • Aug 30-Oct 11
GLITTERING • Millwoods Community Church, 2304-38 St NW • 780.887.7632 • Sep 17, 7-10pm • $10-$40 (available at Eventbrite)
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• 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/ eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Alberta Ballet & the Documentation of Performance: celebrating Alberta Ballet's 50th anniversary; Sep 1-Dec 17
SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • The Garden of Earthly Delights: artwork by Juan Ortiz-Apuy; Aug 25-Oct 8 • Retrograde: artwork by Jill
Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • The Simon & Garfunkel story tells the fascinating tale of how two young boys from Queens, New York went on to become the world’s most successful music duo of all time • Sep 6-Oct 30
THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • SepJun • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square
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JUST GETTING STARTED
Competitors showcase their talents at the Festival International des Sports Extreme
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Edmonton skater Bradey Cormier locks into a crooked grind during the advanced skate session at the FISE mini jam at Callingwood Skatepark Sept. 10.
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dmonton sport fans got a taste of things to come last Saturday as pro athletes from this weekend’s upcoming 2016 Festival International des Sports Extremes (FISE) World Series descended on Callingwood Skatepark for the FISE Skate Jam mini-event. The international competition will transform Hawrelak Park into a causeway of ramps, rails, and blar-
ing speakers, forming arguably the most high-profile extreme sporting event in the City of Champions. And Edmonton is the only Canadian stop this year. International pros will rub shoulders with local skaters, competing in BMX flatland and freestyle, mountain biking and skate park competitions. To some Edmontonians, their
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home city might seem like an odd destination for an international extreme sports world series, but after the wild success of Red Bull’s Crashed Ice competition, which drew 70,000 fans in 2015, and the province’s burgeoning mountain biking and skateboard scene, FISE international project manager Alexandra Dardavet said that the selection was no accident.
“Those scenes are strong in Alberta and in Canada in general. That’s two of the sports out of the four we do at FISE,” she says. “We’re expecting, obviously, a lot of athletes, not only pro, but obviously amateur to come and compete.” Edmonton will be the fourth on a five-stop world tour, with previous stops in France, Croatia, Denver and an October stop in China, but, even more than its international itinerary, the competition has gained repute for its open-entry format, tearing down the stereotype of world events as hand-plucked, invite-only affairs. “It gives everyone a chance,” says Australian BMX rider Declan Brooks, 20. Brooks finished seventh in Croatia and fifth in Denver earlier this month, making him the competition’s ninth overall BMX rider. “Everyone has a chance to be in with the big boys and such," says Brooks. "It lets up-and-coming riders know where they’re at in their career, and if they can qualify, they’re on the track to bigger and better things." For him, FISE is the big event of his season. FISE has also helped to set a new standard for international acceptance of extreme sports as legitimate sport. This year’s world tour marks the first Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) BMX Freestyle Park World
Fri, Sept 16 — Sun, Sept 18 Hawrelak Park Cup, adding another internationalcalibre event to bikers’ already busy schedule. The UCI is recognized by the International Olympic Committee, stirring rumours that BMX Freestyle Park is on its way to becoming an Olympic-sanctioned event. French skateboarder Maxime Genine, 29, is a five-time FISE competitor, and said that FISE has exploded since it first began in 1997 in the southern France’s Montpellier region. In France, last year’s competition drew a half-million spectators with over 300,000 at its stop in Chengdu, China. This year, the full world tour is expected to draw well over a million fans. “As the competition grows, events are going worldwide. That’s cool, it means that FISE is growing,” Genine says. Despite extreme pressure from international exposure, Genine said the event’s open format and friendly staff have kept things low-stress, making it easy to focus on the competition. “You try to skate every day to keep motivated. Try not to party too much to be in good shape for skating,” Genine says. Brooks adds, “This is just the start of a lot of bigger things to come.” SEAN STEELS
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Dark Matters / Thu, Sept 15 (6:30 pm) Calling all adults! This is your time to have some adult fun (sans the kiddos) at the Telus World of Science for this special Expo edition of Dark Matters. Celebrate Edmonton’s nerd culture as the science behind science fiction, fantasy, video games and more are explored. There will be a bar and live DJ present too. (Telus World of Science, $17 in advance, $23 at the door)
Batman Day! / Sat, Sept 17 (10 am) Na na na na na na na na ... Batman! September 17 is the official day of Batman, so head to Happy Harbour for some Batman-esque activities. There will be 15 percent off a ton of Batman merchandise, colouring contest for the kiddies, exclusive Batman Day comic, Bat-snacks, prizes and more. (Happy Harbor Comics)
Zelda: Symphony of Goddesses - Master Quest / Wed, Sept 21 (8 pm) A live orchestral performance based around Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda franchise. The score, which has been approved by Nintendo sound director and franchise composer Koji Kondo, will be paired with favourite game moments from the series. Attendees are welcome to cosplay as their favourite characters from the game series. (Northern Jubilee Auditorium, $35 – $105)
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PROFILE // PRODUCER
Moving audiences Local NFB producer Bonnie Thompson showcases unheard communities
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wenty-eight years ago, Bonnie Thompson joined the National Film Board’s women’s division as a marketing manager to encourage women to become filmmakers. Today, the York University film school graduate is a senior producer at the NFB, with 80 film credits and numerous awards—including Genie, Gemini, AMPIA and an Oscar nomination—under her belt. But in some ways, she says, not much has changed since the late ‘80s. “It is still male-dominated … looking at the industry now, there hasn’t been the growth in women filmmakers one would have hoped to see.”
NFB producer Bonnie Thompson
Initiatives to involve more women are still needed, Thompson says, and the NFB has made a commitment to produce more films by female directors and work with more female crew members. On a broader level, she says the film board’s mandate is to work on projects with a strong point of view—typically documentaries, but it also produces animations and interactive films. That focus fits in well with the type of work she likes to do. “I’m drawn to strong stories and stories that might not be able to be told in the commercial world or on TV. I like working with communi-
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ties that haven’t been heard before,” Thompson says. She points to some recent examples of projects she’s been working on, such as a short film called We Regret to Inform You, which was co-directed by Eva Colmers and Heidi Janz. The documentary shows a day in the life of Janz, who is disabled. “The film is about her struggle to be seen as a person that has so many skills and is not just disabled. It won some awards and helped change the way people see disabled people,” Thompson says. Another documentary she’s working on, called Birds of the Family, is
about four siblings who were taken away from their indigenous mother in Saskatchewan. The film follows the siblings, who are in their 50s, meeting each other for the first time, celebrating missed birthdays and getting to know each other. “It’s great to have awards, but the biggest reward is being able to move audiences,” Thompson says. Films about the indigenous community, and by indigenous filmmakers, are particularly important to the Edmonton studio, Thompson says. “Just as we want more women, we want more people from the Aboriginal community having a voice, telling stories in new ways to a wider community and to their own community.” Sharing all the stories that need to be told isn’t always straightforward, however, Thompson says. “Often industry funds come out of central funds in Toronto. I don’t think the West is represented well, and I think it’s important Alberta filmmakers have more of a voice.” In addition, she says there has been a shift away from Edmonton for projects. “When I first started with the NFB, we had a pretty vibrant film industry here, but it’s eroded for a number of reasons. A lot of crew and filmmakers left for Calgary or Vancouver because there are more opportunities there,” she says. “A lot of projects come there from the States, and so there’s more industry involvement.” Despite the challenges, though, she says Edmonton filmmakers are resilient. “They do projects despite the fact
Limit is the Sky Mon, Sept 26, Calgary International Film Festival that there aren’t a lot of funds out there. And there’s a lot of experimentation as well with formats such as 3D and so on.” Thompson says she feels very privileged to have worked with the filmmaking community in Alberta for such a long time. And she says she still feels invigorated by the work she does. “It’s so varied. I’m working on 12 different projects right now, which include a couple of animations, an interactive projects, a feature documentary and a short documentary.” On a typical day, Thompson says she might be in the editing room, reading a treatment, talking to filmmakers, on set, or working on budgets. “I had always wanted to produce,” she says. “When I started doing it 15 years ago, it was really exciting. I never imagined I would be here so much later. I think it’s really important to be telling the stories of people who wouldn’t have otherwise been heard.” Film buffs can view some of Thompson's work online at nfb.ca, including Wiebo's War, Legend of a Warrior, and Wild Life. Limit is the Sky, a documentary about Fort McMurray, premieres at the Calgary International Film Festival on Sept 26. SANAM ISLAM
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Inconsistent Wailing
An excellent depiction of a father's anguish is dulled by B-movie moments
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s a rash of murders spreads into an outbreak of occult paranoia, The Wailing morphs from policeprocedural into supernatural-horror. And while it can’t build a strong enough case for its cop-protagonist being worthy of all this diabolical at-
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tention or slip free of some of the genre’s musty cliches, this 150-minute man verses ghost showdown can still creep and crawl under the skin. In rural Gokseong, Sergeant JongGoo (Do-won Kwak) is called to the scene of a stabbing murder, with one
victim covered with pustules, his skin red and irritated. Soon, rumours swirl around a Japanese fisherman (Jun Kunimura) living up in the mountains. And after Jong-Goo’s daughter Hyo-jin (Hwan-hee Kim) develops the same rash and turns on her parents,
snarling and swearing, he calls in a shaman, Il-Gwang (Jung-min Hwang), and decides to pay the Japanese man a visit . . . Director Hong-jin Na (The Yellow Sea, The Chaser) deploys plenty of slow tracking shots though bruisedblue nightscapes, but the cuts work best here, from startling scene-shifts to the crosscutting between the shaman’s ritual and the possessed’s purging during Il-Gwang’s excruciating exorcism of Hyo-jin. Jong-Goo’s fatherly anguish wails louder and longer as the film goes on; The Wailing’s actually best as a portrait of a parent’s mystified and wracked torment over why this is happening to his family. What that this is, though, and why it should be happening specifically to Jong-Goo—who starts off as a coun-
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tryside dolt only to become a vengeful simpleton—is never all that satisfying. The list of suspected ghosts and/or demons lengthens, but their motives—not to mention trail of victims, proxies, and scapegoats—is less shadowy than it is murky. Moments of body-horror and zombiedom sometimes appall and sometimes seem B-movie-rated. But then there’s the possessed Hyo-jin. She turns feral, defiant, and gluttonous. In a culture presuming respect for one’s parents and elders, this girl, no longer herself, strikes both fear and a kind of awe into the adults around her, adults who still feebly hope that, somehow, she can be saved. If only the film were always so horrifyingly fascinating. BRIAN GIBSON
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REVUE // BIOPIC Now Playing Directed by Clint Eastwood
Cool heads prevail
Tom Hanks as Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. // Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Tom Hanks' deep professionalism carries this biopic
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liding between workplace drama and action-adventure while avoiding most of the right-stuff cliches of one-good-man biopics, Sully (soon to be the least-watched in-flight movie of 2016) is expertly piloted by Clint Eastwood. And it doesn’t land without first navigating some turbulent questions about heroism, post-9/11. The film, released on the weekend of September 11, fifteen years on, begins with the New York City nightmare of a jumbo jet crashing into a building . . . but it’s Chesley Sullenberger’s nightmare, breaking up his first sleep since he successfully landed an Airbus A320 on the Hudson River, between lower Manhattan and Weehawken, NJ, on January 14, 2009. As the investigation leads to the National Transportation Safety Board’s public hearing, “Sully”
(Tom Hanks) goes over those threeand-a-half minutes of forced descent (both engines had been hit by a flock of birds), concerned that his quick-thinking will be second-guessed, perhaps even cast forever in doubt, by computer-simulations and the board’s findings. Hanks is perfectly suited to the role of the avuncular, deeply professional man (recently he was Captain Phillips, his ship hijacked; now he’s a captain whose plane was hijacked by a freakturn of fate, forcing him to ferry airpassengers into a river). His wearying yet determined face carries much of the film, though the story ultimately reveals a network—a sudden community—of saviours that day. (Watch for Eastwood’s own face on a billboard in Times Square.) The scrutinizing
board’s too cold and callous, though, as if conducting an inquest and not an inquiry until the film’s slightly too-soft landing of an end. Sully manages to make a genuine, gripping drama out of conscience and duty. The possibility of this man, so poised and practiced during a critical, worst-case situation, having his name, reputation, even 40-year career somehow, well, sullied—that fuels the film even as its re-enactments (in stirring contrast with the board’s stiff computer simulations) chill and grip. And what, Sully wonders, if heroism isn’t that at all, but simply conducting your job as coolly and collectedly as you can in the face of rapidly darkening, narrowing life-and-death odds?
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Mac’s voiceover is insistent and over-explaining. The story’s not really interested in its feathered friend’s desire to see the “new world” out there or welcome humans (though you can understand why, since Crusoe’s so damned dull). No scene stands out; even on the pirate ship, nothing even dodders beyond the ho-hum to reach a rousing level of ho-ho-ho-and-abottle-of-rum adventure. Slip-andslide chase-scene after slip-and-slide chase-scene tumbles along, so it soon seems as though the island’s just an amusement park of cave-rides, bam-
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This Robinson Crusoe re-telling lacks true adventure
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The not so Wild Life the best creatures here—two mangy, sly-eyed puss-in-cahoots, Ping and Pong, soon trailing a litter of kitties. And the whole story’s related by Mac, explaining Crusoe’s arrival and harmonious treehouse-making with his new non-human friends to two mice aboard the ship of pirates who have just picked up the castaway.
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omewhere, Daniel Defoe isn’t so much rolling in his grave as grumbling, moaning, and throwing up his skeletal hands in despair. Robinson Crusoe badly and baldly retold from a talking macaw’s point-of-view, French-Belgian production The Wild Life is chattering, increasingly antic animal-animation. This Crusoe’s an utter bumbler of an Englishman (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal). Wrecked ashore a rocky isle after a storm, he stumbles—and there’s lots of stumbling, as well as sliding, tripping, slipping, and spinning—upon a motley crew of animals: pangolin Pango, porcupine Epi, kingfisher Kiki, chameleon Carmello (who doesn’t camouflage so much as vanish), billygoat Scrubby (blind until given, yep, spectacles by budding animal-optometrist Crusoe), tapir Rosie, and macaw Mac, whom Crusoe renames Tuesday (David Howard). They’re all hunted, off and on and off and on again, by
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boo-viaduct slides, and shelter-collapses. And the end-credits sequence is tacked-on hokey uplift, mating off main characters for a loved-ever-after ending. Blech. As far as animation goes, this only makes one wish wistfully for a different movie. Pirates-wise, me hearties, that would mean cutlassing your losses and watching (or re-watching) The Pirates! Band of Misfits, adapting Gideon Defoe’s series; for a truly enchanting desert-isle tale, wait out those lonesome days and nights until Dutchman Michael Dudok de Wit’s The Red Turtle lands.
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PREVUE // PUNK
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// Supplied, photo by Cat Ashbee
the Cretin lives on
Dayglo Abortions frontman Murray Acton explains the dangers of censorship, and losing your sense of humour
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ithin the first five minutes of talking with Murray Acton— also known as “The Cretin,”— it became very apparent that the 55-year-old front man of the Dayglo Abortions is still living the punk rock life style. “People are always saying that ‘punk rock is dead.’ They’re wrong,” Acton says as he attempts to light a cigarette with a fussy blowtorch. “Punk just changed. It may not be the old definition of punk, but its alternative music with a political content pushing the edge. It’s still the same damn thing really. Fuck, with mainstream music you have to be a virtuoso or they’ll ridicule you, but punk is more open. I think it will go on forever.” The Dayglo Abortions sound originates from a mixture of hardcore punk with thrash metal elements and has a lyrical style that reflects a disdain towards societal standards. Acton has actually been called the Canadian Frank Zappa of punk rock, and for good reason.
Since he started the Dayglo Abortions back in 1979, the lyrical content (much like Zappa’s) has always been rooted in offensive and satirical social commentary. “When I was a kid I was really into guys like John Lennon and Zappa. I loved the satire. Especially with Lennon, letting everybody know that he had more influence over the youth of the world than the governments or religion,” Acton says. The Dayglo Abortions were created after Acton and the band were provided funds by a dubious and wealthy English professor to create the band’s first EP, Out of the Womb—a record that would have hopefully been unsellable in record stores. The professor’s motivation was pure curiosity. The Cretin just wanted some laughs. “I thought ‘this is going to be fun. I’m going to teach kids to swear.’ I had ulterior motives myself of course, but I was really quite proud.” While some would view the lyrical content of Dayglo songs like
“Christina Bin Laden,” “Two Dogs Fucking,” and “Here Today, Guano Tomorrow,” as down right offensive, once you pick apart the lyrics, you can understand that these songs are satirical and bring up heavy issues that are meant to be laughed at. “You can preach to people and if they don’t agree with you they’ll just shut you out, but if you get them laughing, they get more relaxed and may understand how fucked up the world actually is. I truly believe that a sense of humour is your last line of defence,” Acton says. Sometimes that sense of humor can land you in a difficult situation. In 1988, the Dayglo Abortions’ record label Fringe Records had obscenity charges laid against them for the publishing of obscene musical content—the first of its kind in Canadian law. The charges were eventually dropped after Crown Attorney Celynne Dorval decided that one small group of people (the band) could not decide the moral norms for the
entire country. “Our constitution doesn’t have unlimited freedom of expression, there’s always stipulations. As long as there’s no kids and no hatred. Kids and child pornography I can understand. That’s some abhorrent stuff. But when it comes to hate literature and shit like that I think it’s very dangerous to censor it. Put em’ on a soapbox and let them start preaching white supremacist views. Once everyone hears what they’re saying, they’ll realize its whack.” The court case increased the Dayglo Abortions’ popularity and record sales exponentially. Since the court case, the bands success has grown with records like Feed Us a Fetus. Armageddon Survival Guide, the band’s 11th full-length record, was released six months ago after a 12year recording break and it’s just as heavy and controversial as the band’s other albums. “I wanted to call the new album 'Kill Stephen Harper,' but the guys
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over at Unrest Records wouldn’t go for it. With armageddon around the corner I played with that theme. We’ve got all the players with these extremists fighting the hell out of each other and really trying to manifest armageddon. Everybody’s bible has it in there so I decided to make a survival guide,” Actons says. The Dayglo Abortions are celebrating the new album with their Punk Rock Armageddon tour where they will be facing off against fellow legendary punk rock group DOA. “Those guys better be ready to fuckin’ play. It's gonna be like a rugby game and we’re going to force each other to play above our ability. We might even have some scraps on stage for the spontaneity.” STEPHAN BOISSONNEAULT MUSIC@VUEWEEKLY.COM
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lassic, alternative, folk, progressive, metal, psychedelic, glam, surf rock—these are just some of the many subgenres of rock music. But none of the many subgenres of rock music can be used to describe the sound of Edmonton's Whale and the Wolf since it prefers to use its self-labeled genre of "erotic rock" instead. What is erotic rock, you ask? "It's very sexual, lusty, sensual type of guitar and it definitely does stand apart from your riff rock that we're seeing a lot these days," explains leads vocalist Ryan Maier. When Maier and his band mates— Brandon Yaggey (lead guitarist), Lucas Holt (bass), and Sean Waddingham (drums)—first started writing and making music back in 2013, they noticed that their music sounded "wet" and "lusty." Those descriptors went on to eventually form the band's current moniker as it further drove that raw, animalistic feeling associated with their erotic rock genre. "We started writing before we came up with the [band] name. The name wasn't created [first]— we didn't try to skew our music to sound like the name," Maier says over the phone during a break from his full-time gig as show producer for the Paul Brown show on 100.3 FM The Bear. "It was the other way around: we started making music and it all started coming out in a sort of moody, almost wet sound." While the self-labeled genre helps to describe the band's sound, it also helps explain the smorgasbord of
influences the bands members have. Their sound can't be compared to any particular band (for good reason) and much of that comes from the various music tastes each band member has, Maier says. "I wouldn't say, 'Hey, come out to our show [because] we sound like this,'" says Maier. "We don't necessarily know who we sound like and that's because each member of the band has quite a different set of genres and music that we listen to in our own private listening. "Our guitarist loves bands like Kings of Leon and the Neighbourhood. Our bassist likes heavier stuff like stoner-rock like Clutch. Our drummer likes weird mask metal, and I'm right in the middle of it all: I grew up playing acoustic, really folky-jazz like Neil Young," Maier continues. "It's a mixing of those sort of genres into a bucket and you get what we have, and its a direct result of what we all like." Its self-titled EP, which was released in July 2015, hypostatizes that erotic rock but in a more broader scope. Across the six tracks are songs that tackle the rocky side of relationships ("Badcat") that are more heavier in sound, while exploring the passionate—lusty side—of relationships, too ("Shiver") through more softer instrumentation. "We don't ever try to placate to any particular audience," says Maier. "Our EP is pretty broad and skates the line of having a more folky feel in certain spots and heavier stuff with some weird electronic vibes
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nn Vriend (pronounced "Vreend") won't be releasing an EP at Friday's show despite it being advertised as such. Vriend plans to release an EP soon in the next few months— and a full-length album in the spring—but this time she's trying out a new approach by releasing just one track—apropros considering the singles-driven music industry of today. "I'm working with a new label [Toronto's Aporia Records] now and their philosophy or their approach to releasing is less album-orientated than traditionally, just because it's the age of singles," Vriend explains over the phone from her Edmonton home. "If you do a whole album of 12 songs... but you put out a single and an album and the single gets more attention and then these other 11 songs never really have their time in the sun." The label is financially invested, she says, and releasing the songs one at a time makes more sense for them. It's an approach that Vriend is welcoming with open arms, noting that this method is a lot less overwhelming than packaging the songs all at once in a short amount of time. "There's a couple songs where you might never get right and you're in this rush to get everything done and people get burned out," she says. "There's so much you can do and tear apart at four o'clock in the morning." At Friday's single-release show, Vriend will unveil the new track "Anybody's Different" with an accompanying video. "Anybody's Different" is a pop-R&B song that has cinematic, sweeping melodies and soulful vocals at the helm. Lyrically, the song continues the social and political themes on Vriend's 2014 album, For The People In The Mean Time. "Human rights of any kind, whether it's wom-
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Two-time Juno Award-winners, Metalwood, is on the final leg of its mini Canadian tour, having played five dates around the country, for its new album, Twenty. The album continues the electric jazz we’ve seen on previous records, but there’s a composure and maturity that can be found across the tracks. (Yardbird Suite, $24 members, $28 guests)
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HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE 8336-160 Ave, 780.401.3313, hummingbirdbistro.ca IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St NW, 780.451.8825, kellyspubedmonton.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LIZARD LOUNGE 11827 St. Albert Tr, 780.451.9180, facebook.com/ The-Lizard-Lounge MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MOONSHINERS 5202-50 St, Stony Plain MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave
NORTHLANDS COLISEUM 7424-118 Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 9135-146 St PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RANCH ROADHOUSE 6107104 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 ROGERS PLACE Downtown ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St
SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com ST. JOHN'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10611-110 Ave NW SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY 17118-90 Ave TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH 22550 Township 530 Rd, Strathcona County TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE 10324-82 Whyte Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 7308-76 Ave, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB 10746 Jasper Ave, 780.951.2705 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428
THE COMMON Quality Control
NORTHLANDS COLISEUM
DANCE CODE STUDIO Flamenco
Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan
(FORMERLY REXALL) Five Finger Death Punch & Papa Roach With Very Special Guest Sixx:A.M.; 6:45pm; $45.50-$65.50
Guitar Classes; Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm
EL CORTEZ TEQUILA BAR AND KITCHEN Kys the Sky; First Fri of
every month, 9pm EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE
Flashback Friday; Every Fri MERCER TAVERN Movement
Fridays; 8pm NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Time
Warp Late Night Throwback Dance Party with DJs Joses Martin & Thomas Culture VJ Owen; Every Fri, 11:30pm; $5 (door) THE PROVINCIAL PUB Friday Nights: Video Music DJ; 9pm-2am SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Artzy
Flowz: featuring DJs and artists teaming up; 9pm VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB Electric
Fridays; Every Fri, 9pm; No minors Y AFTERHOURS Freedom Fridays
SAT SEP 17 APEX CASINO Mourning Wood
(rock); 9pm ARCADIA BAR Ben Hooke with
guests; 8pm; $10 ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Jimmy
Whiffen; 9pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Cory Danyluk (Canadian/ country/folk); 4-6pm; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE JW Jones;
ON THE ROCKS The
Ramifications; 8pm PALACE CASINO The Last
DIVERSION LOUNGE Sunday Night Live on the South Side: live bands; Free; All ages; 7-10:30pm EDMONTON ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTRE 2016 Edmonton Guitar
Calls; 9:30
Show; 10am-5pm; $10
PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL
FILTHY MCNASTY'S Sacrilege
Northern Lights Folk Club: Christine Lavin & Don White; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $23 (adv), $27 (door, if available) ROGERS PLACE Dolly Parton;
7:30pm; $39.50-$97.50 SHAKERS ROADHOUSE David
Gogo & Band (blues); 9pm; $20; No minors SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Quentin Reddy
(country); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A
Adam Holm (folk/pop); 9pm
Sundays: All metal all day HAVE MERCY Psychedelic
Sundays; Every Sun, 8pm; No minors NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul
Sunday Brunch Crystal Eyo and Angela Proulx; 12:30pm; No cover • Soul Sunday The Almighty Turtlenecks; 8pm; $5 (door)
UNION HALL Spag Heddy with
guests; 9pm; $15 and up (adv) YARDBIRD SUITE Metalwood, 20th anniversary tour; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $24 (members), $28 (guests)
Fundraiser; 6-11:30pm; $5
Every Sun, 7-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The
CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open
mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO EDMONTON Colleen
Rae and Cornerstone (country rock); 9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD Jukebox Leigh (country cabaret); 9pm CASK AND BARREL Tanyss Nixi & Sherry-Lee; 4-7pm; No cover DOW CENTENNIAL CENTRE Right From The Roots Music Festival: featuring THE ELWINS with Danny Michel, Joe Nolan, The Dogs and Jenie Thai; 5pm; $64 (adv) DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Duff
Robison (folk); 9pm DV8 The Press Gang with The
Buffet and Part Time Miserables (Mteal/hard rock/punk); 9pm; No minors FESTIVAL PLACE Across This
Land in Story & Song: A Tribute To Stompin' Tom Featuring Tim Hus; 7:30-9:30pm; $35-$39 GAS PUMP Saturday Jam; 3-7pm HAVE MERCY Live music and
dance; Every Fri and Sat, 9pm; No minors HORIZON STAGE Going to
Graceland; 7:30pm; $40 (adults), $35 (students & seniors) LB'S PUB The Flying Saucers (rock/pop/indie); 9pm; No minors LEAF BAR AND GRILL Live music;
9:30pm LONDONDERRY CL HALL Andrea
Nixon CD launch; 7:30pm; $10 (adv) MERCURY ROOM The Canadian
Dissentients Tour featuring Angelmaker with Falsifier, Obliterate, Protosquence and Immunize; 8pm; $12 (adv), $17 (door) MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands every
Sat; this week: Flying Junque NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Bluegrass
Brunch featuring Braden Gates and Elliot Thomas; 12:30pm; No cover • Whale and the Wolf with The Vidos and Moving Bodies; 9pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door) NEW WEST HOTEL Early: Saturday
Country Jam (country); Every Sat, 3pm • Later: 4's A Crowd; 9pm
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 It's
Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN & TEQUILA BAR Tonight We Dance
with DJ Thomas Culture playing Classics, Hip-Hop, Dance and Indie Rock; Every Sat, 9pm; No cover EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE
MUTTART HALL ERS Main
BLUES ON WHYTE Jesse Roads;
9pm
BLUES ON WHYTE JW Jones;
9pm
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH Fear
Punk/Garage/Indie; Every Tue ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up Tuesday
WED SEP 21
JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Zelda:
Symphony of Goddesses - Master Quest; $35-$105
songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm
Extravaganza
Molly Little, Jessica Stokes; 7:30pm; $8
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm • Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm
DJs
DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free FIDDLER'S ROOST Open Stage;
7-11pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S Classic Rock
Monday HAVE MERCY Mississippi
Mondays–Blues Jam; Every Mon, 8pm; No minors KELLY'S PUB Open stage; Every
BOURBON ROOM Acoustic singer
CAFE BLACKBIRD Jacob Moon;
7:30pm; $20 (adv), $22 (door) DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open
mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm
JUNIOR BOYS LIVE NATION.COM PRESENTS
THE DANDY WARHOLS
SEP/23 SOLD OUT
THE STARLITE ROOM PRESENTS
SEP/24
UBK PRESENTS
SEP/30
UBK PRESENTS
MILLENCOLIN W/ SUCH GOLD
ALL OUR BASS BELONG TO YOU FEATURING KRNE, IVY LAB, GREAZUS, DIV/DIV
JUSTIN MARTIN W/ FAIITH
OCT/1
CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
KATAKLYSM W/ CARACH ANGREN
Bradley and His Extraordinaires; 8pm; $32.50 -$42.50
Classical
TIMBRE CONCERTS AND STARLITE ROOM PRESENT
W/ THE ARCHAICS
WINSPEAR CENTRE Charles
CAFE BLACKBIRD Lily Monaghan,
BLUES ON WHYTE Fred Brousse &
SEP/20
Has No Place Here: stories and songs of human trafficking survivors: Featuring Ken Stead with Dana Wylie, Martin Kerr, Erin Kay, and more; 7:30pm; $20 (general), $15 (students, ID required)
The Blues Party; 9pm
Monday
Brunch - Jamie Phil; 9am2:30pm; Cover by donation
STARLITE ROOM The Dandy
BRIXX BAR Castle with guests Tekarra, and Demise; 8pm (doors), 8:30pm (show); $13; 18+ only
THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am
BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Jazz
Live music Wednesday's; Every Wed
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins Britpop/
Metal Mondays with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox
ON THE ROCKS Killer Karaoke
Lightning album release and Karaoke Afterparty with Paul Woida; 6pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)
Dave's Rock & Roll Renegade Jam; 7:30pm
DJs
NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado; 9pm
BEVERLY HEIGHTS HALL White
TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop:
MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong
SUN SEP 18
9pm
NOTHING BUT THIEVES W/ EGYPTRIXX, BORYS
ROGERS PLACE Drake; 6:30pm; $49.50-$149.50
SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Crazy
Warhols with guests; 7pm (doors); $32.50; 18+ only
SEP/17
RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players
$49.50-$149.50
MON SEP 19
every Sat
Saturdays
every Tue; 9:30pm
Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Sun
Hour featuring Carrie Day; 5:30
Y AFTERHOURS Release
NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado; 9pm
YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: Celcius; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5
Every Sat, 10pm; No minors
Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am
Hour featuring Goodwood Atoms; 5:30pm • Big Dreamer Jam featuring Chris Smith; 8pm
ONES TO WATCH PRESENTS
W/ CIVIL TWILIGHT, THE WRECKS
RANCH ROADHOUSE Official Drake Afterparty: Music by DJ Charlie B, OVO Noel, and OVO Mark
TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke;
NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy
TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,
NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy
SEP/16
Wednesday
ROGERS PLACE Drake; 6:30pm;
Mon, 9pm
SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com
stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge
Classical
KELLY'S PUB 104 Street Beats;
Psyturdays: various DJs; 9pm
HAVE MERCY King of Tuesdays– Live Elvis Impersonator; Every Tue, 8pm; No minors
SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rock n' Roll Jam with Gator & Friends; 7:30pm
Rotating DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat
SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE
PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam
Sixteen: with P Reign, DJ Charlie B and more; 9pm (doors)
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main
Mckenzie; 9pm
GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm
Trio; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $26 (members), $30 (guests)
September: The Sequel featuring New Music Edmonton and more; 6pm; $25 (adv)
DJs
NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour featuring Kevin Maimann; 5:30pm NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado; 9pm
RANCH ROADHOUSE Summer
DJs
CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Heather
KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am
Tuesdays
YARDBIRD SUITE Stanley Cowell
HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH See You Or Something In
Group feat Kori Wray (jazz/RB/ soul); 8-11pm; $15
FILTHY MCNASTY'S Filthy Bingo!
O’BYRNE’S Guinness Celtic jam
BOURBON ROOM Live music each
CAFE BLACKBIRD Dino Domenielli
FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm
Sunday Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm
Classical
week with a different band each week; 9pm
HAVE MERCY Whiskey Wednesdays–Piano karaoke; Every Wed, 8pm; No minors
THE PROVINCIAL PUB Karaoke
music; Every Sat; Free
BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Live
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm
L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open
Series 1: Music Among Friends; 7:30pm; $35 (adult), $25 (seniors, 65+), $10 (students), plus applicable fees
9pm
GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm
ON THE ROCKS Rock for Dimes
SANDS INN & SUITES Open Jam;
Wong and his lineup of guest DJs
Cluckin’ Wednesdays
The Blues Party; 9pm
KELLY'S PUB Open Stage: featuring host Naomi Carmack and guest; 9pm; No cover
STARLITE ROOM Junior Boys
TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE Mikey
FILTHY MCNASTY'S Mother
9:30pm
O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun;
RICHARD'S PUB Mark Ammar's Sunday Sessions Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm
with Egyptrixx and Borys; 8pm (doors), 9:30pm (show); Tickets available online or Blackbyrd; No minors
BLUES ON WHYTE Fred Brousse &
presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; Guests and newcomers always welcome; every Wed, 7pm; $2 (donation, per person), free coffee available
Mcgarrigle (folk); 9pm
SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mark
TUE SEP 20
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.
ST JOHN'S CULTURAL CENTRE Edmonton Accordian
BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing
Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm
SEP/15
POKEDANCE PARTY
W/ TYRONE S, PANDABOI, MIIELZ4REEALZ
RANCH ROADHOUSE DJ Shocker
and Seelo Mondo; Every Wed
LURED POKEMON GO DANCE PARTY
SEP/16
STARLITE ROOM PROUDLY PRESENTS
TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET W/ THE BLAME ITS & MORE
SEP/19
PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers
STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
CASTLE W/ TEKARRA, & DEMISE
Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm
SEP/22
RED PIANO BAR Swingin'
STARLITE ROOM PROUDLY PRESENTS
THE DIRTY NIL W/ GUESTS
Mondays; 8-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Monday Jam with $4 Bill; Every Mon, 8-11pm
SEP/23
SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Open Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon
STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
CHRON GOBLIN W/ THE MOTHERCRAFT, WAINGRO, SLEEP DEMON
SEP/24
SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/ Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm
STARLITE ROOM PROUDLY PRESENTS
THE BRAINS W/ KMAN & THE 45S
SEP/30
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE RetroActive Radio: With LL
STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
FIRE NEXT TIME W/ E-TOWN BEATDOWN, A NEW RHETORIC
Cool Joe TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am
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EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM
COMEDY Black Dog Freehouse • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu
Century Casino • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm
COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Sean Baptiste; Sep 15 • Tom Liske; Sep 16-17 • Hannibal Thompson; Sep 23-24 • Chris Sadleir; Sep 30-Oct 1
Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Finesse Mitchell; Sep 15-Sep 18 • Jimmy Shubert; Sep 22-25 • Dean Delray; Sep 28-Oct 3
The Comic Strippers • Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, 4308-50 St, Leduc • maclabcentre.com • A fictitious male stripper troupe played by a cast of some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians performs a “sexylarious’ improv comedy show. Constantly grooving and gyrating in between scenes they banter with the crowd and perform their hilarious twist on improv sketches • Sep 24, 7:30pm
Connie's Comedy comes to Moonshiners • 5202-50 St, Stony Plain • Dinner and show with Andrew Albert and Scott Belford co-headlining • Sep 23, 7pm (dinner), 9pm (show) • Tickets available at YEGLive
DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • Voted "Vue Weekly Best Comedy Night in Edmonton". Stand up comedy open mic hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm (8:30pm sign-up)
Empress Ale House • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free
Red Green: I'm Not Old, I'm Ripe Tour • Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 780.455.9559 • jubileeauditorium.com • After 20 successful years on television from the infamous "Possum Lodge" as the handyman who believes that "anything is possible if you use enough duct tape," Red Green is back with a whole new show focussing on Red's life • Sep 25, 7pm • $62.50
Roseanne Barr • River Cree, Enoch • rivercreeresort.com • No minors • Sep 17, 7pm (doors), 9pm (show) • Tickets start at $19.50
Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm
Sheldon Casavant • St. Albert Community Hall, 17 Perron St, St Albert • stalbert.ca/exp/arden/events/ sheldon-casavant • Sep 20, 2-3:30pm
Groups/CLUBS/meetings Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm
Argentine Tango Dance at Foot Notes Studio • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15
Babes In Arms • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • A casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm
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
18 at the back
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 League Hall, 11335-57 Ave • danielle@godiaperfree.com • facebook.com/groups/ gdfedmonton • For anyone doing EC (elimination communication or infant pottying) or hoping to, or those looking for potty training support • 3rd Wed of every month, 10-11am • Free
EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 10728-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm
Fort Saskatchewan 45+ Singles Coffee Group • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm
Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Information Night • Habitat for Humanity 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
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)
National Drive Electric Week • Rock N Wash, 4803-55 Ave • andrew@albertaev.ca • edmonton.albertaev.ca • Experience the LUDICROUS acceleration of a 'self driving' Tesla Model S, or feast your eyes on the jaw-droppingly futuristic Model X • Sep 18, 12-5pm • Free
Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
Open Door Comic Creator Meetings • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • 780.452.8211 • happyharborcomics.com • Open to any skill level. Meet other artists and writers, glean tricks of the trade and gain tips to help your own work, or share what you've already done • 2nd and 4th Thu of every month, 7pm
Open House Seniors Programs • Strathcona Place 55+ Centre, 10831 University Ave • 780.433.5807 • Come and learn about our New & Exciting Seniors programs • Sep 16, 11am-1pm
Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free
Painting for Pleasure • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@ gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • Welcomes artists to join this weekly group who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon Schizophrenia Society Family Support Drop-in Group • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free
Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm Seventies Forever Music Society • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward
persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm
TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm
toastmasters club: 6th floor, World Trade Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/ RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm club BilingueToastmasters meeting Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm
Fabulous facilitators toastmasters club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm
N’Orators toastmasters club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact vpm@norators. com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Jun, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org
Affirm Group • garysdeskcom@hotmail. com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet monthly at Second Cup, Edmonton City Centre for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church
DARK MATTERS • Telus World of Science, 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • An 18+ event, where the science is served on the rocks & the adults come out to play. Exploring the science behind Science Fiction, fantasy, video games, & more • Sep 15, 7-10pm • $17 (adv), $23 (door + GST)
Evolution Wonderlounge • 10220-103
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St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Mon: Drag Race in the White Room; 7pm • Wed: Monthly games night/trivia • Thu: Happy hour, 6-8pm; Karaoke, 7-12:30am • Fri: Flashback Friday with your favourite hits of the 80s/90s/2000s; rotating drag and burlesque events • Sat: Rotating DJs Velix and Suco • Sun: Weekly drag show, 10:30pm
G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, Or in confidence one-on-one in the Craft Room • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance. One-onone meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net Illusions Social Club • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • pridecentreofedmonton.org • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7-9pm
Dementia Workshop • Old Timers Cabin, 9430 Scona Rd • 780.450.4802 • edmonton@ carp.ca • Topics include "What is Dementia?", "Reducing the Risk", and "Living with Dementia" • Sep 29, 9am-1pm • $10 (includes a light lunch)
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
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Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.437.1136 (Mark) or 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@ gmail.com; Meet every Tue starting in Sep, 7-9pm except last Tue each month Waskahegan Trail Association Guide Hike • waskahegantrail.ca • Kopp Lake
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Nerd Nite #28 • The Needle Vinyl Tavern, 10524 Jasper Ave • edmonton.nerdnite.com • Featuring nerdy presentations with food and drinks. Lectures include: "Smart polymers & you: better sensors, stronger muscles, and more effective drugs" by Dr. Michael Serpe, "Culture, body mods, and the stories we inscribe into our flesh" by Dr. Katie Biittner, "‘Don’t be nervous, but the whole country is watching…’ Confessions of an Olympic Broadcaster" by Mark Connolly • Sep 21, 8pm (show) • $20 (adv), $25 (door - if available); 18+ only
Paula Simons: Digital Disruption and the Discourse of Democracy • Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square • epl.ca/speakerseries • With a knack for getting to the heart of the story, Paula will share how the world of journalism has and is evolving, especially in the midst of our social media revolution, and how these two worlds converge • Sep 15, 7-8:30pm
• 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 • 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
Square, 10230 Jasper Ave • 780.248.1217 • macrae@ualberta.ca • A presentation and discussion surrounding traditional Indigenous governance structures prior to and after colonization in Canada • Sep 21, 12-2pm • Free (register at Eventbrite)
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 7pm-12:30am • Fri: Comming soon: DJ Arrow Chaser's new TGIF Party • Sat: Pool Tournement, 4pm; Jager shots on special only $4; Coming soon, DJ Jazzy
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nian Botanical Garden • devonian.ualberta.ca • Handmade crafts from the bounty of the fall Garden. Products are handmade by the Devonian Botanic Garden’s Crafters Association, many with materials harvested at the DBG. Proceeds support programs and special projects at the Garden • Sep 24-25 • Free (to attend craft sale), regular admission (those who want to visit the garden as well)
Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo • Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave • info@edmontonexpo.com • edmontonexpo.com • A three-day celebration of all things pop culture • Sep 23-25
Edmonton Guitar Show 7th Annual 2016 • Italian Cultural Centre, 14230-133 Ave • 888.683.8809 • canadianguitarshows@ amplifycorp.com • edmontonguitarshow.com • An event where guitar buyers, sellers, dealers and luthiers meet to showcase new and used stringed instruments, amplifiers, pedals, accessories and all guitar-related gear. Guests can buy, sell, trade, and/or browse • Sep 18, 10am-5pm • $10
Edmonton Photo Fair – Photographic Swap Meet • Wingate Inn - Edmonton West, 18220-110 Ave • Featuring a sale of camera equipment, both used and new. Featuring film/digital camera, lenses, accessories, book, classic and antique camera • Sep 18, 10am-3pm • $3 (adult), free (kids)
Engineering Expo • Room E1-001 Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex, University of Alberta, 116 St and 92 Ave • engineering.ualberta.ca/Expo • Discover the energy and excitement of engineering at the U of A • Sep 24, 10am-3pm • Free
Fall Family Festival BBQ and Corn Roast • McDougall United Church, 10025-101 St, north parking lot • 780.428.1818 • mcdougallunited.com • Will feature Jumpy Castle games, music, face painting, kid’s fun and great food, hotdogs: $1, burgers: $2 • Sep 18, 12 noon-1:30pm
Fruit Growers Festival • Devonian Botanical Garden • devonian.ualberta.ca • Sample the abundance of fruits that can be grown. Experts from the Fruit Growers Association will be on hand to answer all your questions about fruit-growing in Alberta, and guest speakers will discuss the challenges and pleasures of fruit growing on the prairies. Also: fruit sampling and more • Sep 18, 11am-3pm • Regular admission Metal Art Show and Sale • ReynoldsAlberta Museum • history.alberta.ca/reynolds • Featuring artists who work primarily with metals. The art will include: unique pieces composed primarily of carbon steel, stainless steel or Damascus steel, pieces created from recycled steel machinery, decorative yet functional tools (knives, etc.),novel toys and other whimsical items made primarily from steel • Sep 17-18
Photographer’s Drop-in Morning • Devonian Botanical Garden • devonian.ualberta.ca • A chance to capture the early morning light and stillness of the Garden, before it opens to the public for the day. For all levels • Sep 24, 7:30-10am • Regular admission (valid for the full day) Tak Bulo 125th Anniversary Ukrainian Celebration • Edmonton Ukrainian Centre, 11018-97 St • 780.424.2037 • auucedm@telus.net • Featuring a Ukrainian meal, singers, dancers, art and more • Sep 24, 4-9:30pm • $40
Western Canada Fashion Week • Arts Barns • sandrawcfw@gmail.com • westerncanadafashionweek.com • A nationally recognized fashion and design event • Sep 15-24
What the Truck?! • Churchill Square • team@whatthetruck.ca • whattheruck.ca • Sep 25, 2-7pm
World Peace Prayer Ceremony • Centre for Spiritual Living Edmonton - Metro, 10580113 St • 780.452.1711 • spiritualevolution.ca/ events • A global celebration of the oneness of life and the human family • Sep 25, 7-8:30pm • Free (donations accepted) YEG Market • 152 St and Stony Plain Road • yegmarket.com • Featuring a different theme each week. Included is fresh fruit, veggies, crafts
FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): What should you do if your allies get bogged down by excess caution or lazy procrastination? Here's what I advise: Don't confront them or berate them. Instead, cheerfully do what must be done without their help. And what action should you take if mediocrity begins to creep into collaborative projects? Try this: Figure out how to restore excellence, and cheerfully make it happen. And how should you proceed if the world around you seems to have fallen prey to fear-induced apathy or courage-shrinking numbness? My suggestion: Cheerfully kick the world's butt—with gentle but firm good humor.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If there can be such a thing as a triumphant loss, you will achieve it sometime soon. If anyone can slink in through the back door but make it look like a grand entrance, it's you. I am in awe of your potential to achieve auspicious reversals and medicinal redefinitions. Plain old simple justice may not be available, but I bet you'll be able to conjure up some unruly justice that's just as valuable. To assist you in your cagey maneuvers, I offer this advice: Don't let your prowess make you overconfident, and always look for ways to use your so-called liabilities to your advantage.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For the foreseeable future, your main duty is to be in love. Rowdily and innocently in love. Meticulously and shrewdly in love. In love with whom or what? Everyone and everything—or at least with as much of everyone and everything as you can manage. I realize this is a breathtaking assignment that will require you to push beyond some of your limitations and conjure up almost superhuman levels of generosity. But that's exactly what the cosmic omens suggest is necessary if you want to break through to the next major chapter of your life story.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Caution: You may soon be exposed to outbreaks of peace, intelligence, and mutual admiration. Sweet satisfactions might erupt unexpectedly. Rousing connections could become almost routine, and useful revelations may proliferate. Are you prepared to fully accept this surge of grace? Or will you be suspicious of the chance to feel soulfully successful? I hope you can find a way to at least temporarily adopt an almost comically expansive optimism. That might be a good way to ensure you're not blindsided by delight.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What do you hope to be when you are all grown up, Gemini? An irresistible charmer who is beloved by many and owned by none? A master multi-tasker who's paid well for the art of never being bored? A versatile virtuoso who is skilled at brokering truces and making matches and tinkering with unique blends? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to entertain fantasies like these—to dream about your future success and happiness. You are likely to generate good fortune for yourself as you brainstorm and play with the pleasurable possibilities. I invite you to be as creative as you dare.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Brainwashing" is a word with negative connotations. It refers to an intensive indoctrination that scours away a person's convictions and replaces them with a new set of rigid beliefs. But I'd like to propose an alternative definition for your use in the coming days. According to my astrological analysis, you now have an extraordinary power to thoroughly wash your own brain—thereby flushing away toxic thoughts and trashy attitudes that might have collected there. I invite you to have maximum fun as you make your inner landscape clean and sparkly.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Dear Soul Doctor: I have been trying my best to body-surf the flood of feelings that swept me away a few weeks ago. So far I haven't drowned! That's good news, right? But I don't know how much longer I can stay afloat. It's hard to maintain so much concentration. The power and volume of the surge doesn't seem to be abating. Are there any signs that I won't have to do this forever? Will I eventually reach dry land? —Careening Crab. Dear Careening: Five or six more days, at the most: You won't have to hold out longer than that. During this last stretch, see if you can enjoy the ride more. Re-imagine your journey as a rambunctious adventure rather than a harrowing ordeal. And remember to feel grateful: Not many people have your capacity to feel so deeply.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): My astrological divinations suggest that a lightning storm is headed your way, metaphorically speaking. But it shouldn't inconvenience you much—unless you do the equivalent of getting drunk, stumbling out into the wasteland, and screaming curses toward heaven. (I don't recommend that.) For best results, consider this advice: Take shelter from the storm, preferably in your favorite sanctuary. Treat yourself to more silence and serenity than you usually do. Meditate with the relaxed ferocity of a Zen monk high on Sublime Emptiness. Got all that? Now here's the best part: Compose a playfully edgy message to God, telling Her about all the situations you want Her to help you transform during the next 12 months.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Novelist Tom Robbins said this about my work: "I've seen the future of American literature and its name is Rob Brezsny." Oscarwinning actress Marisa Tomei testified, "Rob Brezsny gets my nomination for best prophet in a starring role. He's a script doctor for the soul." Grammy Awardwinning singer-songwriter Jason Mraz declared, "Rob Brezsny writes everybody's favorite astrology column. I dig him for his powerful yet playful insights, his poetry and his humor." Are you fed up with my boasts yet, Sagittarius? I will spare you from further displays of egomania under one condition: You have to brag about yourself a lot in the coming days—and not just with understated little chirps and peeps. Your expressions of self-appreciation must be lush, flamboyant, exultant, witty, and sincere. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): By normal standards, your progress should be vigorous in the coming weeks. You may score a new privilege, increase your influence, or forge a connection that boosts your ability to attract desirable resources. But accomplishments like those will be secondary to an even more crucial benchmark: Will you understand yourself better? Will you cultivate a more robust awareness of your strengths and weaknesses, your needs and your duties? Will you get clear about what you have to learn and what you have to jettison? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I'm confident that you would never try to sneak through customs with cocaine-laced goat meat or a hundred live tarantulas or some equally prohibited contraband. Please use similar caution as you gear up for your rite of passage or metaphorical border crossing. Your intentions should be pure and your conscience clear. Any baggage you take with you should be free of nonsense and delusions. To ensure the best possible outcome, arm yourself with the highest version of brave love that you can imagine. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Should you be worried if you have fantasies of seducing a deity, angel, or superhero? Will it be weird if some night soon you dream of an erotic rendezvous with a mermaid, satyr, or centaur? I say no. In fact, I'd regard events like these as healthy signs. They would suggest that you're ready to tap into mythic and majestic yearnings that have been buried deep in your psyche. They might mean your imagination wants to steer you toward experiences that will energize the smart animal within you. And this would be in accordance with the most exalted cosmic tendencies. Try saying this affirmation: "I am brilliantly primal. I am wildly wise. I am divinely surprising." V
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Sex-positive thinking
Getting back to the feminist roots of the current trend
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ex-positive is a phrase I’ve been familiar since my work with the HIV activist movement in the 1990s. Back in 2000, when I used the term to describe my philosophy regarding sex toys and play, I found myself continually needing to explain it. It was a new concept for a lot of people. Sixteen years later, all kinds of bloggers, sex shops, educators, even pop singers, call themselves sex-positive. As ubiquitous as it is, however, it seems most people still don’t know what that term means. Sex-positive has become short-hand meaning that you enjoy sex and are open to all forms of sexual expression and exploration. It’s actually much more complex than that. The term has many roots but there are two major ones. Psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich first used it way back in the 1920s. He proposed that in some societies, sexuality is viewed as
inherently natural and healthy. This was in opposition to sex-negative societies, like the one in which he lived and worked, which view sexuality as inherently bad, with the potential to be destructive and harmful if not carefully controlled. The idea that sex could be a good thing that didn’t need to be controlled was a radical view at that point. It didn’t gain much traction overseas amongst the Puritan roots of North America. But in the late 1970s and early 1980s some writers and activists, most notably Carol Queen and Susie Bright, started using the term sexpositive to describe themselves and the feminism they embraced. This was the era of the feminist porn wars. Prominent proponents of radical feminism like Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon believed that in our patriarchal society, any expression of female sexuality could be
nothing other than exploitation. They wanted women to be taken seriously as humans, not as sexual objects and this meant banning pornography and all other representations of sex. Queen and others felt that this approach demonized female sexuality. They believed that suppression of sexuality is harmful and what we needed instead was true freedom to explore and express it as equals. Unlike many of the people who call themselves sex-positive today, the original sex-positive feminists did not believe that any and all sex is positive. They promoted agency— affording every person the ability to determine for themselves what is right when it comes to sex. They believed everyone should have control over their own bodies and reproductive freedom. They worked for spaces, creative outlets, policies,
and social changes that would allow all genders to discover themselves as sexual beings and to cherish those aspects of themselves instead of feeling ashamed of them. This philosophy includes and values people who are open and adventurous as well as those who have conservative personal values around sex; people who are polyamourous as well as those who are monogamous. It includes people who are asexual. It includes people who are not interested in romantic or sexual relationships for whatever reason. Rather than ignoring anything bad, it acknowledges that many people have very negative experiences with sexuality and supports healing around that. It encourages everyone to learn their own sexual boundaries and respect those of others. Sex-positivity is about getting rid of the boxes, boundaries and judgments about
what is right and wrong—including the idea that everybody should love sex and want to have lots of it. Sex-positive has taken on a meaning quite different than the one Reich and the original sex-positive feminists intended. It doesn’t just mean that you love sex, it means that you believe that sexuality is not, by its very nature, a bad thing but rather a healthy part of who we are as humans. It means that we believe, as a society, not just as individuals, that exploring and expressing ourselves as sexual beings is a good thing and that we all deserve the freedom to do that. V Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-for-profits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmonton-based, sexpositive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk. Dan savage savagelove@vueweekly.com
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I’m a woman who watches porn—we do exist—and I have a mad crush on a male porn star named Small Hands. Unfortunately, his videos focus less on his handsome face and more on some girl’s ass. Do! Not! Want! Is there a way to ask a porn star to please make a few movies in a certain way? I would like to see some movies that feature less of her and more of him! Salivating About Male Performer’s Lovely Exterior “I work with anyone I get hired to work with. I don’t have just one costar,” said Small Hands, porn star, filmmaker, and composer. But the ass you’re referring to, SAMPLE, the ass Small Hands has been seen with most, is the one that belongs to his fiancée, Joanna Angel, the porn star/director/producer who pioneered the “alt-porn” genre. “I got into porn because I started dating her,” Small Hands told me after I read him your question. “I’ve been performing for three years, and my GF has been in the game for 12 years. She really put alt-porn on the map—she was the first girl with tattoos to appear on the cover of Hustler magazine.” (Please note: “Alt-porn” has nothing to do with “alt-right.” The alt-right is about racism, anti-Semitism, and orange fascists—and alt-porn is about tattoos, piercings, and sexy fuckers.) Regardless of whose ass it is, SAMPLE, you want to see less girl ass and more Small Hands face. Could he make that happen for you? “Plenty of performers have clipsfor-sale stores on their websites, and some make custom video clips for fans,” Small Hands said. “But I can’t provide special clips for this fan—as much as I would love to—because running our company and editing the films and composing music for them doesn’t
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ed, does not fully reflect the realities man,” said Small Hands, “and Joanna leave us much time for anything else.” If you want to watch porn that fo- of the industry,” the editors wrote, cit- makes fun of me for it. I wrote it down cuses more on guys, Small Hands ing industry-standard STI screenings, on the forms when I made my first recommends “porn for women” or the growing number of people who films. It’s kind of a dumb name, but self-produce porn, and the emergence you won’t forget it.” “porn for couples.” Any advice for any, say, orange fas“I strongly dislike these terms,” said of drugs regimens (PrEP) that provide Small Hands, “as I feel they are out- more protection against HIV infection cists out there who might be insecure dated, sexist, and stereotypical. No than condoms. But the biggest prob- about having tiny hands? “Never be ashamed about having one—man or woman—should tell a lem with Proposition 60 is how it smaller-than-average hands,” said Small woman which kind of porn is for her could endanger porn performers. “The measure gives private parties Hands. “He should own it. And perspecand which kind isn’t. Any pornographic film that a woman finds arousing or the right to sue a porn producer if state tive is your friend, Donald. Put those entertaining is ‘porn for women.’ But health officials don’t take action, a tiny hands down next to your dick, and these films do tend to give the guys a proviso that invites legal bounty hunt- your dick is going to look bigger!” Follow Small Hands on Twitter @ little more screen time. Also, there’s ing,” the SF Chronicle continues. “Also always gay porn, which focuses 100 performers, who often use screen thesmallhands_, and check out burningangel.com, “the percent on premier tattoo men, so no punk rock porno worry about No one—man or woman—should tell a woman site in the world,” seeing a lady to see him and butt in those which kind of porn is for her and which kind isn’t. Joanna in action. movies.” Any pornographic film that a woman finds arousW h i l e we’re on the PA N TIE S , ing or entertaining is ‘porn for women.’ PLEASE subject of porn: If you A woman I follook at Small low on InstaHands’ Twitter account—or the Twit- names, could have their identities and gram—whose account is open for all ter account of any porn performer addresses made public, a feature that to follow—shares highly sexualized imworking today—you’ll notice that invades privacy and could lead to harm ages of herself daily, e.g., pictures of her most have “NO ON 60” as their avatar. from porn-addled stalkers.” at the beach, pictures of her when she’s If you’re a reader who lives in Califor- just waking up, pictures of her in a towProposition 60 is a ballot measure in California that is ostensibly about pro- nia, please vote no on 60. If you’re a el after a shower. Via direct message, tecting porn performers by requiring reader who doesn’t live in California, I politely inquired about purchasing a them to use condoms and mandates please encourage your friends and pair of her used panties. She sent me penalties for companies and perform- relatives living in California to vote no a very rude note in response and then on 60. And if you’re an editor at the SF blocked me. I find this hypocritical, coners that don’t. “It’s really meant to drive the porn in- Chronicle, please retire the term “porn- sidering the highly sexualized nature of dustry out of California under the guise addled stalkers.” (While some porn the photos she posts. She reads your of performer safety,” said Small Hands. stars have indeed been stalked, porn column, something I know because she “Among the other problems with this doesn’t cause an otherwise healthy, posted a photo of one, and I am writthing is that it could make performers’ non-abusive, and sane person to be- ing to you in hopes that you will scold private information public. So it’s not come a stalker.) this woman for being so hypocritically Before I let Small Hands get off the prudish and also ask her to unblock me. really about our safety at all.” The San Francisco Chronicle urged phone, I had to ask him about his nom Personally Hurt Over This Ocits readers to vote no on 60 in an edi- de porn. How did “Small Hands” be- currence come his porn name? torial published recently. “I have tiny hands for a grown-ass She may be a reader, PHOTO, but “The initiative, however well intendVUEWEEKLY.com | sep 15 – sep 21, 2016
you’re clearly not. Because I’m on her side, not yours, which any regular reader could have predicted. Someone sharing photos of themselves at the beach, in bed, out of the shower, etc., doesn’t entitle you to their panties any more than someone sharing photos from their colonoscopy entitles you to their turds. There’s no shortage of women online selling their panties, PHOTO, direct your inquiries to them.
ALTERNATIVE ADVICE
I think you got things wrong with CUCKS, the man whose husband got upset when he reacted with excitement when his husband shared a fantasy about sleeping with another man. I think CUCKS’s husband got upset because he only wanted more attention from his husband. Maybe CUCKS’s husband fantasizes about cheating because he wants someone to want him intensely and he doesn’t feel his partner wants him intensely enough. Telling his partner about his fantasy may have just been an attempt to get his partner to show some emotional intensity. Tuesday Morning Advice Columning If you’re correct, TMAC, I would advise CUCKS to dump his husband—because who wants to be with someone who plays those kinds of mind games? A person who lies about having a particular fantasy and then shames or guilts their partner for having the wrong reaction isn’t a person worth sharing fantasies with, much less a life. On the Lovecast, Dan chats with his brother, Professor Bill Savage, about our nation’s historical fear of immigrants: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter
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