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"But it wasn't until a pair of veteran hot potters were seated next to us that we realized we'd strategized poorly, focusing too much on the soup and not enough on the things we cooked in it." // 6 "I think that these kinds of successful artistic, image-and-text collaborations work when the poem doesn't try to be a print and the print does not try to be the poem." // 9

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"As in a Vice documentary, it's enough to simply show the subculture, have these people share their circumstances and view on the world, and then walk away." // 16

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"The band, musically, is given energy from our relationships: as friends, as people, as business partners, as musicians." // 49

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A rundown of recent queer headlines

Edmonton's new queer film festival, the latest battle for trans* rights and rainbow Doritos Once again there's a surfeit of timely stories, so this week's Queermonton is a rundown of the good, the bad and the ugly.

The Good People always claim that Vancouver, Montréal and Toronto have more queer culture than Edmonton, but until recently we also stood in the shadow of Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg and even Regina. Each of these cities hosts its own queer film festival: Regina's has been around for 20 years! But starting next month, Edmonton can hold its head high. That's right: we are getting our very own official queer film festival. (And before you write that angry letter, I know there have been one-off mini film festivals in the city before, but to my knowledge this is the first intentional full film festival.)

Running from October 15 to 18, Rainbow Visions will feature four days of queer films, plus an appearance by Bruce LaBruce. The festival is put on

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by the same folks who do Northwestfest (formerly Global Visions) and promises to be a good time. For more information, tickets and/or to volunteer, go to rainbowvisions.ca.

The Bad It's not just our new film festival that's putting Edmonton on the map: making headlines again is the ongoing inability of the Edmonton Catholic School Board to demonstrate basic human decency (dare I say it's Christian duty) towards one of its trans* students.

You may recall a few months ago when the mother of a young trans* girl fought the school board after it refused to let the student use

the girls' washroom. Last week, the board dissolved into a shouting match over a proposed inclusivity policy for trans* students. Trustee Larry Kowalczyk went so far as to say, "I see [being trans*] as a mental disorder, my faith sees it as a mental disorder." It was a disgusting state-

trans* people as being mentally ill, and I suppose that's his Charter-protected right. However, I find it shocking that we have a publicly funded school system that is not only religious but also doesn't acknowledge the basic human rights of all its students. One of these days, gender identity and expression will be added to the Charter and at that point I think we need to have a serious conversation about whether tax-dollars should support a system that will be in direct violation of the Charter. I understand the historical reasons for the two school boards, but you would be hard-pressed to find evidence that Roman Catholics are an oppressed minority who de-

Trustee Larry Kowalczyk went so far as to say, "I see [being trans*] as a mental disorder, my faith sees it as a mental disorder."

It was a disgusting statement from a meeting that was apparently full of them. ment from a meeting that was apparently full of them.

Instead of rehashing my anger over all of this, let me say instead: Kowalczyk is right, in a way. As far as I can tell, the Catholic Church regards

serve special attention in contemporary Alberta.

The Ugly I'm ambivalent about corporations jumping on the rainbow bandwagon.

On the one hand, I am glad that they can draw attention and funds to queer projects. On the other, I don't think our communities are a lifestyle commodity that can be sold or used to bolster a company's image.

Case in point: Doritos has released a limited-edition rainbow "flavour" in support of the It Gets Better Project. From a purely esthetic sense, I suppose it makes sense: Doritos are already a lurid orange, so why not add purple, blue and green? But here's my real question: will they stain your lips purple, or will all the colours combine and leave you with muddy brown Doritos dust on your mouth, and regret in your heart and intestine? Taste the rainbow, indeed.

(Sadly, these will only be available south of the border.) V

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The shape of things to come

The EU's failure to properly handle migrants is a bad omen for the future The sheer dithering cluelessness of the European Union's leaders, faced with an unexpected surge in the number of migrants seeking refugee status in EU countries, challenges all our previous definitions of incompetence.

A new standard has been set.

All of a sudden, in July, the main stream of refugees arriving in Europe switched from the trans-Mediterranean track out of Libya to the Aegean Sea, where the crossing from the Turkish coast to the Greek islands just offshore is less than one-tenth as far.

People are drowning on this Aegean route too—but far fewer of them.

They don't want to stay in Greece, of course—and although Greece is part of the Schengen area, which abolishes border controls between most EU members, it has no common border with any other Schengen member. Migrants wishing to claim refugee status in some richer EU country must therefore trek on up through the Balkans, seeking to reach some other Schengen country like Hungary or Slovenia.

They don't want to stay in those countries either, but once they are in any Schengen country other than Greece they can travel freely to their real destinations, usually Germany, Sweden or France. Or at least they could, until about two weeks ago.

Then the panic started.

Heading up from Greece, the mi-

grants first reached Macedonia (not a Schengen country). It tried to protect its border for a while, then realized they just wanted to cross Macedonia, so it let them all through. Serbia (also not a Schengen country) did the same—which delivered them to the southern border of Hungary.

Hungary has been building a threemetre-high razor-wire fence along its southern frontier to keep asylums e e k e r s out, and it used considerable violence against the mostly Syrian refugees at first.

But then Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, wearing her Lady Bountiful cloak, announced that Germany would accept as many as wanted to come.

So Hungary opened its border and the refugees surged through, on their way to Austria and thence to Germany. That lasted precisely two days. Then, Merkel panicked at the numbers arriving in Germany and "temporarily" closed the border with Austria. To stop refugees from pil-

ing up in Austria, Vienna closed the border with Hungary—and Hungary shut its border with Serbia for the same reason.

Undaunted, the refugees stuck on the Hungarian border turned left and headed for Croatia (not a Schengen member). Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović declared that the government was "entirely ready to receive

ly full" and told the migrants: "Don't come here any more. Stay in refugee centres in Serbia and Macedonia and Greece. This is not the road to Europe."

Meanwhile, Hungary declared that it was extending its razor-wire fence to cover the border with Croatia as well, and Slovenia began to stop trains coming from Croatia to search for refugees.

There will be a summit this week, at which EU governments will try to come up with a coherent common policy, but don't hold your breath while waiting for the good news.

The EU probably will sort it out eventually, because the numbers are not really all that huge. Around 500 000 migrants (most of whom will claim refugee status) have entered the European Union this year, which is only one percent of the EU's population.

It is not beyond the wit of the EU's leaders to work out legal ways to send false claimants home, to settle

The EU probably will sort it out eventually, because the numbers are not really all that huge. Around 500 000 migrants (most of whom will claim refugee status) have entered the European Union this year, which is only one percent of the EU's population or direct those people where they want to go, which is obviously Germany or Scandinavian countries." He knew they really just wanted to cross Croatia to get into Slovenia or Hungary (which are Schengen members).

But 24 hours later the Croatian government, shocked by the numbers that were coming, shut its border too. Croatian Interior Minister Ranko Ostojić said his country was "absolute-

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the refugees already in Europe, and to strengthen the EU's external border controls. Some lasting damage may be done to the EU's ideals in the process, but for most practical purposes life in Europe will return to normal— for a while.

However, this refugee crisis is only a rehearsal for the main event, which will probably arrive in 10 to 20 years' time. It will be driven by global warming, which will devastate agriculture in the Middle East and North Africa and produce a five- or tenfold increase in the number of refugees heading for Europe. This is not what might happen if the world's governments don't make the right deal at the climate summit in Paris in December. This is what almost certainly will happen even if they do make the right deal now. A considerable amount of warming is already locked into the system no matter what we do about the climate now—enough to produce that kind of refugee flow in the future.

There is not the slightest sign that EU policy-makers have taken this on board. If they are taken by surprise again, the European Union may collapse. So may several southern European states.V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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The right vote

Following ideology might prove an ineffective use of a ballot this federal election

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fter announcing he was leaving the Conservative Party of Canada to sit as an independent MP—phoning in to the meeting of local Conservatives, then writing the PMO, the Speaker and the caucus whip, and finally posting the news to his Twitter account—Brent Rathgeber tried to go to sleep.

It was almost midnight in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. In the morning, the Edmonton-St Albert representative would fly back to Alberta for a press conference to officially declare his separation from the party. He was nervous— "I didn't know how my constituents would receive this," he recalls—and his attempts at shut-eye were frequently interrupted by a Blackberry that kept going off with messages.

Over the subsequent weeks, messages kept coming, but mostly to Rathgeber's relief, not chagrin.

"We received, in the first 10 or 14 days, over 5000 faxes and emails," he says. "And about two-thirds were from our constituents, and overall, 92 percent, I think, were positive.

Now, some of them who were mad were really, really mad—including some people who had given to my previous Conservative campaign.

But it was well under 10 percent."

The media coverage too, Rathgeber notes, was generally kind. It probably helped that his decision to leave was one made on principle:

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he's been vocal about unnecessary expenditures, from the acquisition of F-35 fighter jets to widespread limousine usage—"these types of waste and opulence and the [lack of] respect for tax payers that had been bothering me," he explains— as well as the government withdrawing its support of his private member's bill, C-461, which was set to add a layer of accountability to senior public servant expenses.

Simply put, Rathgeber was tired of the top-down management that made him feel like he wasn't representing the desires of his constituents.

Since he left the party, he's found that weariness with the current Conservative Party leadership reflected back by voters he's spoken with.

"I've been overwhelmed, I would say, by the number of small-c Conservatives—largely but not exclusively Progressive Conservatives from the pre-merger days—who feel unrepresented, or feel on the outside looking in, from the current government and the current prime minister," Rathgeber says. "But more troublesome, I think, for a lot of us, is the management style: the secre-

cy, the behind-closed-doors deals."

There are others, like Rathgeber and those he's spoken to, scattered across Canada: self-identified conservatives who feel the federal party is failing to uphold the values it claims to represent. But what other choice do those voters have, then, if maintaining those principles is paramount to your party selection?

The options seem slim. Singular, really—the Conservative Party of

geber states. "Although there were attempts at message control, and top-down management style in the minority days, it got infinitely worse in the majority days. It became autocratic, and controlled from the centre, and PMO tossed back-benchers around, and almost always got their way.

"The minority parliament I served in 2008 was much more accountable, and there was more reaching across the aisle—you had to, because the government didn't have the requisite number of seats to get any of its legislation passed," he continues.

"They had to occasionally accept an opposition amendment, and occasionally you'd have to accept an opposition private member's bill, because if you didn't, they wouldn't support you. And that's a better government style: compromise, and consensus building."

The only thing that differentiates the three parties, really, is the personality of the leaders Canada is the only major federal party that purports to land on the right side of the political spectrum.

But is that actually the case?

After all, concerns about the controlling nature of the Conservative Party's majority government and leadership seem more pivotal to the success or failure of its re-election campaign than any of the values the party claims to represent.

"Things changed after the 2011 election—I think giving Mr Harper a majority was the worst thing Canadians could've ever done," Rath-

The sentiment is echoed by Vanessa Lancaster, an Edmonton-Centre voter in the McQueen neighbourhood. She's cast her ballots in blue since she reached voting age, yet 2015 is the first federal election in

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which she finds herself hesitating to do so again.

"You want to feel, as a member of the electoral process—as a Canadian—that your vote is saying to your delegate that, 'I think you're intelligent; I think you're competent, and I trust you will represent our needs in government,'" she says.

"And when they are not able to speak their mind, when they are not able to speak to the needs of their constituents, then what's the point of even electing them? We may as well just vote for the leader."

Lancaster identities as a small-c conservative ("Keep the government out of personal decisions ... but I want everyone to have access to all of the options," she says). It's not even that she's hoping for Harper to lose the election outright: just the majority government status.

"All political systems work best when there's a system of checks that happen regularly," she says.

"And Stephen Harper has been without any sort of checks ... and as a result Stephen Harper has been able to do pretty much whatever he wants. And really, [Harper's] said things about transparency and accountability, but what we've seen is ministers are less able to go off speaking points, decisions are made behind closed doors all the time, you get a ton of omnibus bills, where things are buried and

packaged together, so there isn't that transparency and accountability that would've been necessary if Stephen Harper's power was less secure.

"I think he's proven to Canadians that he cannot run unchecked," she adds.

Together, Lancaster and Rathgeber paint a bleak picture for the party faithful. But the way University of Alberta political science professor Jim Lightbody sees it, those dissatisfied right wingers can take their ballot to either of the other major parties without sacrificing much integrity.

"The only thing that differentiates the three parties, really, is the personality of the leaders," he says. "We do have a pretty clear definition of what we are as a society [in Canada], and we really differ in how quickly we want to get there and how far we want to go with what you would call redistributive policies."

Even the right-wing/left-wing nomenclature dividing the three parties doesn't seem particularly accurate anymore, he notes.

"Where there is a difference among politicians is really just at the margins, and that's how we define right and left," Lightbody says.

"The Harper government, the Conservative government, is a little bit more strident about crime and punishment; that means they pass laws that are pretty harsh, but when it comes to applying them, we really don't differ all that much. And the courts are generally, you would say, I would say, middle of the road."

This similarity between federal parties is being reflected, Lightbody notes, in where they sit in polls. The Conservatives, Liberals and NDP are all currently within a percentage point of each other, hovering around 30 percent: a pretty even, fluid distribution.

"We've made a number of policy choices—and when I say 'we,' I mean a national-political community—[and] things started to change around the time of [former Liberal leader/Prime Minister Lester] Pear-

son, and that's 50 years ago now," Lightbody says. "When the Liberal Party, with the NDP support in the House of Commons, brought in all of these measures in open immigration, in the introduction of the Canada Pension Plan, increases [to] Old Age Security, and of course Medicare—we fought those battles, and these were major and decisive, and they were resolved."

The other big questions—LGBTQ rights, abortion, health care—are effectively settled, he adds. Sure, a party or candidate might challenge one of those, but in Canada writ large, the decisions are long made.

The individual ideologies represented by the major parties are really only different in the subtleties: how far or how fast they take a measure versus the next party—but the measures themselves rarely waver.

"I'd say it's very hard for ideology to come into play," Lightbody says.

"As a strategist, I would find it very hard to develop an ideologically sourced platform these days."

So, when the major parties vary more in nuance than in angle, perhaps thinking along the ideological spectrum isn't the most effective way to cast a ballot. With the present government's unchecked majority status being one of the most prevalent issues for many voters—some obvious social issues and ideas about crime aside—selecting a "left wing" party might not even be so different, really, if a blue

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voter can get over the ideological mental block of voting "left."

Lancaster certainly has. She's voting with her conscience, and she notes that representatives from every party have been by her place door-knocking—all three parties seem to sense this could go any way.

"I think politicians get stale over a period of time, and I'm very much somebody who wants to vote for the person who will represent their constituency," she says.

Rathgeber is discovering that sentiment too, as he runs his first election campaign without the Tory war chests funding him. He's not as sure of victory as he has been in the past—when he won the 2008 election with 61.6 percent of the vote, and then the 2011 election with a slight increase of 63.46 percent.

But no matter who ends up victorious, he feels his principle-driven stand has kept him competitive, even without those same partybased resources.

"It's different, because I'm not campaigning under a brand; I'm not campaigning under a leader's coattails," he continues. "And that's both good and bad, what I'm experiencing. In the last couple elections ... I could feel it at the door, that six out of 10 houses were voting for me.

"Certainly, I know I'm not getting that feeling now," he continues.

"But I know the Conservative candidate's not feeling that love either."

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Ending poverty

Edmonton wants to end poverty in the city within a generation.

It's a lofty goal, considering that one in eight Edmontonians currently lives in poverty. And of the working population, onefifth makes less than $15 an hour—a group disproportionately made up of women, single parents and recent immigrants.

But last week, the city's End Poverty Task Force upped its ambition with 28 new recommendations to start tackling poverty. Some of the proposals are concrete and immediate: starting in October, for instance, Edmonton Transit will distribute 100 bus passes over six months to poor and homeless youth. It's a welcome move against needless fare-evasion charges.

But other suggestions, like eradicating racism, are vague and idealistic.

In the summer, the NDP government made slight headway in this area when it apologized for Alberta's legacy of residential schools. But everyday racism is more subtle; the city will never have the capacity to police every

derogatory remark hurled on the street.

"We're trying to do nothing less than change the world," Mayor Don Iveson admitted when presenting the task force's report.

Why, then, promise such massive change within a generation?

Living up to that public-relations commitment might work in the case of short-term poverty caused by an injury or family death. But that claim feels daffy—and downright disingenuous—in the face of complex phenomena like intergenerational poverty.

The city issued a similarly optimistic goal in 2009 when it pledged to end homelessness within a decade. The province, however, hasn't funded social housing since 2011, despite thenmayor Stephen Mandel promising to build 8000 housing units by 2019.

The city has laid admirable groundwork in tackling a complex social issue. But its bumpy track record suggests we shouldn't expect the world to change any time soon.V

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Learning how to hot pot 97 Hot Pot will show you the ropes of this unique form of buffet

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t didn't occur to me until far too late that 97 Hot Pot, a distinctive soupery in the heart of Chinatown, is actually a buffet restaurant— but not in the conventional sense with chafing dishes overflowing with egg rolls, lemon chicken and almond gai ding. No, 97 Hot Pot is a buffet of another stripe, where a roiling pot of soup stock of your choice is inserted right into the table in front of you, atop a heating element you control. And while you do have to get up to avail

yourself of the buffet of dips and seasonings, the comestibles you cook in your stock are delivered to your table by a small army of servers who prowl the dining room, dim-sum style.

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of other condiments, along with the aforementioned server army grabbing check-boxed orders, and a cheerful manager who was kind enough to get co-diner and I started on this novel experience.

Co-diner selected a Szechuan broth with lemongrass and hot chilies bobbing on the top, while I had the mushroom and truffle stock, the eponymous elements of which were clearly visible. (The question of whether the broth is vegetarian is moot, as non-meat

eaters will be hard-pressed to get their money's worth out of the flesh-centric menu.)

This is the part where I admit we should have cottoned to the notion that we were actually at a buffet, seeing as the fixed price for the experience is $25.95 (plus, mysteriously, $2 extra for the stock). The manager helpfully checked a few essentials we'd want in our soup—sliced sirloin, housemade seafood "mashes" and a couple of appetizers (green onion cakes, spring rolls and a weird sweet fried bun)—but after that we weren't sure how to proceed.

We added sliced pork belly and lamb to the list, as well as shrimp, baby bok choy and shiitake mushroom, thinking those sounded like good things to make soup out of.

We fetched chili paste, sate sauce, soya and few other dips because we were supposed to.

The mashes were small minced portions of various seafoods— squid, shrimp and mixed fish— served in plastic tubes with a little paddle to scrape them off into the soup. Our server showed us how and gave us a rough estimate of how long they'd need to cook. We found the mashed fish a little too fishy, but the squid and especially the shrimp mashes were very toothsome. The thin-sliced meats cooked fast and took on the flavour of the stock, just as the stock took on the flavour of the meat.

The spicy, robust Szechuan broth was the winner in this regard.

We ordered sliced chicken, quail

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eggs that arrived hardboiled and stayed creamy in the centre even after immersion, sweet potato noodles, taro root and Japanese pumpkin to fancy up our stock further. There were plenty of options we were less excited about: organ meats, blood curd, Spam, baby sausage. But it wasn't until a pair of veteran hot potters were seated next to us that we realized we'd strategized poorly, focusing too much on the soup and not enough on the things we cooked in it. Within moments of arriving, it seemed like the vets' table was covered with seafood like mussels, basa and whole prawns, meatballs and fish balls of many hues, some cuts of beef we'd overlooked and heaping portions of greens—the manager later informed us that watercress, tong ho and siu choy were the most popular vegetables.

All the same, co-diner declared the experience "fun" and we promised each other that we'd come back with more friends in tow, lay off the appetizers to concentrate on the most succulent morsels the menu offered, and make a night of it. In big-city style, 97 Hot Pot offers plenty of opportunity to enjoy the experience, staying open until midnight through the week and until 2 am on Friday and Saturday.

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FEATURE // VEGGIES

All hail the mighty broccoli

Vegtoberfest brings a full roster of veggie-centric events to Edmonton

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ith the 21st century's proliferation of fad diets, detoxes, cleanses and myriad other culinary regimens, vegetarianism and veganism have become almost boringly mainstream. But despite the ubiquitous presence of tofu and quinoa in every supermarket, and the well-established Meatless Monday initiative, there's still a fair bit of ignorance and misinformation surrounding vegetarianism—and especially veganism— out there. A desire to amend that, and to make a veggie-based diet accessible to every Albertan, led to the ad-

vent of Vegtoberfest: a month-long celebration of all things plant-based, hosted by the Vegans and Vegetarians of Alberta (VVoA).

After moving to Edmonton last summer, Sarah Foster started up a vegan baking company and began volunteering for the VVoA; she's the business liaison and event coordinator and has helped put up the last couple Vegtoberfests. (This is the festival's fourth year.) Having grown up in a farming community just outside Calgary, Foster notes that there's still

some stigma attached to a vegetarian/vegan d i e t in our beefhappy province.

"We all have our own reasons for being vegan or vegetarian; mine is definitely an ethical thing," she says. "I run a small vegan baking company. That's my form of activism, to show people that vegan/vegetarian lifestyle is quite accessible in Edmonton. You don't really sacrifice anything in terms of taste or food."

October is World Vegetarian Month—hence the "vegtober" portmanteau. The VVoA has arranged a full roster of events throughout the month, kicked off by a festival on September 27 in the parking lot at Earth's General Store south. The VVoA and Voices for Animals will have a presence, but the event is primarily food-focused: the vendors are all vegan-friendly and include Sailin'

On food truck, Emerald Lily Organics Tea, Blue Rose Baking Co (Foster's own business), Truffula, Tamiri Bites, Moonshine Doughnuts, and Olympia Cafe & Catering.

Vegtoberfest's events include a screening of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret at the Metro Cinema, vegan cooking classes at Get Cooking and a vegan pub crawl down Whyte Avenue. A few places with vegan-friendly menus have cropped up on Whyte, so the pub crawl will start at the Buckingham (where Mike Brennan and Garret Kruger of Sailin On' just took over the kitchen) and continue to Pourhouse and El Cortez.

Vegtoberfest is also hosting its annual potluck, a superfoods workshop and hatha yoga class, a mindful eating workshop and a campfire storytelling circle with vegan s'mores. Earth's General Store is also doing a Meatless Monday special every Monday of October, offering 25 percent off all cafe items at its downtown location.

"The vegetarian and vegan community is growing every year; we continuously have new businesses opening up," Foster says. "It's really quite interesting because being in Alberta and

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vofa.ca/event kind of having that mentality that it isn't really a vegetarian-friendly place, we're doing really well here.

"People have other reasons for going vegetarian or vegan, too," she continues. "There's definitely ... people who are becoming vegetarian or vegan for health reasons, or are even curious about it. It's a good time for them to explore that. And for sustainability purposes as well—a lot of people are becoming more conscious about the environment and kind of how their diet and personal habits are impacting the environment.

"I would say that in the past decade or so, I mean, globally there are so many more alternatives and companies and stuff that we have access to.

The products are more accessible; I think people are used to seeing them in the grocery store now. It's not as weird."

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The Burnabarians are at the gate!

One of BC's newest beers is a little-known tafelbier style

British Columbia has an explosion of new breweries right now. They are small, creative and innovative.

Some make beers that you can only find at the brewery, others reach as far as the next town, and still others are trying to push— even in small amounts—into Alberta.

One of the latter is Dageraad Brewing from Burnaby. The brewery is small—very small. And new—very new. It opened its doors in summer 2014, with a focus on brewing Belgian-inspired beer; every beer it makes is a traditional Belgian style.

Because Dageraad is very new, many growing pains will emerge, but so far things seem to be going well. The brewery already won a bronze medal at the 2015 Canadian Brewing Awards for its Saison, so it must be doing something right.

That Saison—Randonneur Saison—along with something called Burnabarian, is currently available in Alberta. Despite the Saison's medal-winning record, I opted to pick up the Burnabarian.

The name is a moniker for peo-

Dageraad Burnabarian Dageraad Brewery, Burnaby BC $8.99 for 650mL bottle ple living in Burnaby—entirely made up by brewer Ben Coli. The beer is a tafelbier (table beer), a rather rare Belgian style that has historical significance but is much less available nowadays. Tafelbier are very small beer, usually running between 1.5 percent and 3.5 percent alcohol by volume. Yet, they are intended to reflect the flavours of Belgian ales—just in a smaller package.

Dageraad's Burnabarian is not a traditional tafelbier, mostly because it clocks in at 4.5 percent— immediately making it more of a session ale than a table beer. I chose it because almost nobody in these parts is trying to brew this style, so it was a very intriguing prospect.

The beer is a hazy dark straw colour. It builds a big, dense, white head with tight bubbles; it looks like a witbier in many ways. The aroma has soft pilsner malt sweet-

ness, some light pepper, touches of pear and peach and just a hint of mustiness. It is light and chirpy.

In the flavour I pick up light berry and pear fruitiness upfront with some honey, followed by grainy malt and a soft pilsner character.

There are touches of citrus in the middle, while the yeast character builds slowly, at first just accenting the light body and fruitiness, then adding a white pepper and earthy undertone. In the linger, the spicing gets bigger, eventually becoming a full-fledged Belgian yeast spice of pepper, mustiness and earthy phenols.

Burnabarian is an intriguing beer, starting delicate and subtle with the Belgian character only coming out in the end. It is light-bodied, but with a full frontal Belgian attack. While I am not an expert on tafelbier, it certainly has appealing qualities. It is like the little sister of a tripel—which is a mighty fine thing. V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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PREVUE // BOOKS

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SOUL OF THE POEM, SOUL OF THE PRINT A Revision of Forward culminates the 12-year collaboration of a printmaker and a poet

W

hen Walter Jule assigned a routine creative project to one of his University of Alberta printmaking classes in 1994, he could never have known that it would spark a decades-long friendship with one of his students, poet and novelist Wendy McGrath.

"He'd asked people to bring in objects," McGrath remembers.

"Something that they would find inspiring for their prints. So I brought in a stack of books. I had a collection of Gwendolyn MacEwen's poems, and I ended up doing some prints based on Terror and Erebus ... I brought in a whole stack of books that had really interesting ideas that I thought I could work into prints."

Now, this unexpected partnership has given birth to A Revision of Forward—part poetry collection, part graphic exhibit at SNAP Gallery, the culmination of a 12-year collaboration between poet and printmaker. Friday's launch party and poetry reading at SNAP will bring together the images and the words, allowing viewers to experience the interplay between them.

(The book will then be available from Audreys Books.)

"Walter brought me some very initial ideas printed on gampi paper, a Japanese paper that's quite translucent but very tough," she says. "And he had these very ephemeral black-and-white images on the paper and he wanted to do a collaborative project ... And so I lived with those initial prints for a while—had them up on my dining room wall. And what grew out of

that initial period were some poetic fragments that became the genesis of this long poem."

"A Revision of Forward" is the last and longest poem of McGrath's collection. It has evolved over the years along with Jule's prints. Its stanzas experiment with the visual aspect of text, spreading out across largely blank pages with their own quiet artfulness. They are best described as broken mirror poems—flipWendy McGrath // ping halfway through and sending you backward along the same lines, revising the origiReception on Fri, Sep 25 (7 pm) nal meaning with slight variations: Exhibition runs until Sat, Nov 7 "look the other way for a truth / A Revision of Forward not a thin-skinned lie / O love / O SNAP Printshop love / you are a thin-skinned lie / a truth told to look the other way". poem and then you can do a print,' Fragments of Jule's prints ac- or 'Walter, you do a print and then company the long poem, but they I'll write a poem,'" McGrath says. "I don't crowd out McGrath's text. think that rather than [being] deThe gallery exhibit will focus on scriptive, it's more organic. I think the images, just as the book con- that these kinds of successful arcentrates on the words. It was tistic, image-and-text collaboraimportant for both artists to let tions work when the poem doesn't their work grow spontaneously, try to be a print and the print does rather than having her poems be- not try to be the poem. But rather come captions to his prints or his they become each other ... The images becoming mere illustra- soul of the poem is captured in the print and the soul of the print tions of her words.

"This project is different or is captured in the poem." unique in that it's not a case of, BRUCE CINNAMON BRUCE@VUEWEEKLY.COM 'OK, Walter, I'm going to write a

PREVUE // THEATRE

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Bone Cage A

lthough Bone Cage is set in rural Nova Scotia, the play's focus on the emotional trauma caused by destroying our environment for the sake of economic security has resonated all across Canada. Playwright Catherine Banks drew inspiration from her experiences living in maritime towns, where the logging industry dominated all aspects of the community.

"I had been living in a tiny rural village in Nova Scotia," Banks says. "I was a young mother, and I had two children, but I was very aware of the culture around me ... The local young men from the ages of about 20 to 30 were employed in that industry, and so I kind of got to know them ...

I found them very fascinating, and I was kind of invisible to them because I was a mother."

Banks' observations of these young men eventually manifested into Bone

Cage's main character: Jaime, the 22-year-old nature-lover who works for a logging company, clear-cutting the Cape Breton forest.

"The woods are his element, and his job is to destroy something he really loves," Banks says. "He lives in such an isolated area there's no economic options at all except to do that—unless he's going to go away. And I see this all the time. We have so many young men here that go out to the oil patch."

The connection to Alberta's own industry focus is one of the main reasons that director Heather Inglis chose to produce this play in Edmonton: it looks to make the case that our resource economy damages the human soul just as much as it destroys the environment.

"The fascinating thing about Bone

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Cage is that it talks about the psychological experiences of people that have to do things that they hate in order to have a good job, in order to make a living," Inglis says. "And I think that contradiction is very much a part of our experience as Albertans, whether or not we are first-hand participants in the oil industry or second-hand beneficiaries—the notion that our comfortable lives are in some ways created by a destruction that most of us also find abhorrent."

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ARTS PREVUE // DANCE

Prairie Dance Circuit

Art | Music | Tapas | Film | Auction

Fri, Sep 25 & Sat, Sep 26 (8 pm) Timms Centre for the Arts, $25 – $35 art to prevent a pipeline from running through them. The two met in 2012 when von Tiesenhausen invited Husak to "animate" a landscape installation on the hillside of an arts centre in Millarville, AB. They've continued to collaborate ever since.

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Helen Husak in Stasis // Peter von Tiesenhausen.

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ne mosquito-filled morning, while developing a movement piece with Peter von Tiesenhausen on his 800 acres of land near Demmitt, AB, Helen Husak awoke to find a bite-sized chunk missing from a prop.

It "had been discovered by a bear overnight," she laments, via email, from Calgary. And while she's tightlipped on what prop had piqued the bear's hunger—it's part of the central image in Stasis, Husak and von Tiesenhausen's collaboration that she will perform as part of the Prairie Dance Circuit this weekend, so she doesn't want to give it away— the incident certainly underscored one of the ideas she and von Tiesenhausen been playing with for the show.

"This was an eye opener for me," she says. "Reinforcing the notion that wild animals were lurking whether we were aware of them or not."

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Stasis draws on the untamed power of the wild for inspiration, pulling ideas from both the landscape and the hungry creatures that roam it.

"I had a strong sense as a performer going into this solo work that I wanted the ability to morph and transform from human to animal and other elements of nature to express the throughline/narrative of the work," she explains. "We also discussed the drone in present-day society and how it brings with it a subtle, and not so subtle aspects of voyeurism—being able to expose something that used to be hidden/ sacred. In one of our discussions Peter stated that 'there is all kinds of beauty in darkness,' which seems to me what resonates most in this work."

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Stasis is one of three solo performacnes that compose the 2015 Prairie Dance Circuit which, as the name suggests, brings a handful of prairie-based dancers together and tours their work through the Canadian West (it's presented by the Brian Webb Dance Company). Husak's actually doing double duty this time around: Alongside Stasis and a non-Husak collaboration—Laissez–Faire, which sees Winnipeg's tech-bending Freya Olafson choreographing onto Good Women's Ainsley Hillyard, teasing out ideas of architecture, domestic space and dance as everyday, learned behaviour—Husak also choreographed a piece onto the Good Women Dance Collective's Kate Stashko, called Mise En Abyme.

Stashko had approached Husak to commission a solo work after seeing the latter's Fight or Flight at the Expanse Festival in 2013. A few months later—"after grant writing"—the two did a four-week residency hosted by Mile Zero Dance, pulling on ideas of Matryoshka nesting dolls, MC Escher, and repetition and identity.

"The [Matryoskha] dolls provided a lot of fodder for movement expression and development based in ideas of confinement and not being able to move, as well as ideas of uncovering layers of the matriarch and the feminine," Husak explains.

Getting to put both of these works on the road, together with the Prairie Dance Circuit, Husak notes, is a rare opportunity for a dancer.

"I recognize this as perhaps a once in a lifetime moment in my career where my work will be exposed to a greater number of audiences in a condensed period of time," she says. "The Prairie Dance Circuit tour offers the choreographer and performers the rare opportunity to ensure that the work will never fall into the category of a 'one-off,' but will reach many audiences. Also, with the première performance taking place in Edmonton and consecutive performance in Calgary, I am provided with the important component for artistic exchange and connection within my community in my home province."

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PREVUE // THEATRE

BOOM T

he Baby Boomer's legacy continues to ripple through subsequent generations. For those of us born after the period between 1945 and 1969, it's often manifest in a sense of tension between us and older folks—that "Millennials versus Gen Xers versus Boomers," usversus-them mentality Until Sun, Oct 11 (7:30 pm; Sun that gets perpetually matinees at 1:30 pm) batted around media Citadel Theatre, $35 – $89 headlines.

Rick Miller hopes to bridge some of those gaps with Boom.

"I believe very much that we tend to always be future-centred and rarely look back and examine the past," he says, calling from Toronto about a week before the Edmonton première of his new solo show, which is kicking off the Citadel's 50th-anniversary season.

Miller is best known to Edmonton audiences for his long-running Fringe show MacHomer—Macbeth as interpreted through characters from The Simpsons— which he toured around the festival circuit for the better part of 15 years. He's been developing Boom for about three years; it officially premièred in Toronto in January this year. The plan is to tour it around quite extensively, as it seems to have piqued the interest of a number of stages across Canada and farther abroad.

A large reason for that seems to be the all-encompassing nature of the show itself: Miller plays 100 different characters over the show's 100 minutes. Included in that group are people from Miller's own life (his parents, notably) as well as a barrage of historical figures. But the show is neither a hardcore history lesson nor political statement, he argues. Rather, it's "playful multimedia storytelling" that incorporates both audio and visual elements (including footage of the Hiroshima bomb and the Apollo 8 moon landing) alongside his roster of impersonations.

"Young people don't sit there nudging each other going, 'Oh, where were you when Kennedy got shot?' the way Boomers do, and there's a very strange hush in the audience when that happens," Miller says, addressing the obvious appeal of the show to folks of a certain age. "A 19-yearold once told me, 'I wish I had seen this when my grandmother was alive because I would have spoken to her differently.'

That, to me, is what a young person can get out of this show: is to see that yes, our grandparents had names, they had sex lives, they had triumphs and tragedies and we are all connected to the big history and the small histories, and we all have a story to tell."

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ARTS PREVUE // COUNTRY

The Little Ole Opry That ol' time country

Fri, Sep 25 & Sat, Sep 26 (8 pm) Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, $22 "I get to work with so many different players and so many different talents, and call upon the ones that feel good and fit right," she says.

L

isa Hewitt has been performing her own original songs for over 18 years, winning Canadian Country Music Awards and touring across North America. But for her latest project, The Little Ole Opry, Hewitt pays homage to her childhood influences by playing a setlist of country music's greatest hits.

"I grew up on classic country," Hewitt says. "Those were the days of the records strewn around the

living room on a Friday and Saturday night ... When it was time for me to choose the material [for this show] it was so easy, because it was just all the songs that I grew up loving. It was Johnny Cash. It was Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton and George Jones."

With such an extensive songbook to choose from, Hewitt has been able to continually update and adapt the show over the past three years.

ARTIFACTS The Afterlife of Birds / Fri, Sep 25 (7 pm) Saskatoon-based author Elizabeth Philips, known best for her award-winning poetry, has shifted focus slightly: she's penned her first novel. The Afterlife of Birds follows one Henry Jett, who only finds passion in his meandering life through collecting and reconstructing the skeletons of dead animals. But he's thrown out of his kinda-morbid pattern when his brother, Dan, finds an obsession of his own that removes him from Henry's life. Philips will read from the novel at Audreys Books, joined

by Edmonton Journal books columnist Michael Hingston, author of university newspaper-comedy The Dilettantes. (Audreys Books) Nuit Blanche / Sat, Sep 26 (7 pm) It may be one night only, but Nuit Blanche goes all night, and turns the downtown core into a lively art gallery to boot. From 7 pm until 4 am, downtown Edmon-

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The Little Ole Opry has evolved to reflect some major events in Hewitt's life, including the birth of her daughter and the death of her friend and bassist Fred Larose. In each performance, Hewitt tries to evoke the casual mood of the Grand Ole Opry, where highly polished theatricality is replaced by the raw emotion of country music and the randomness of live performance.

"It's almost like you're in somebody's kitchen, you know? [It's] the atmosphere of musicians coming and going off the stage—kind of a looseygoosey yet awesome production," she says. "I'm not big on overly produced shows. I like the feel of 'Welcome to our kitchen. Welcome to our show, where anything could happen.'"

The most recent twist in the show is a perfect example of the Opry's joyful chaos—Hewitt just broke her foot.

The singer shares the news with humour, promising a good performance no matter what.

"Am I going to be doing the Don Williams from the big old leather couch at the front of the stage? Or am I actually going to be able to put on a cowboy boot? We'll see!"

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ton will fill with art—some of it interactive, some of it pure spectacle—thanks to 14 dedicated Nuit Blanche events/installations, plus 17 independent ones organized to be going on concurrently.

And it's all a five-minute walk (or less) from Churchill Square. The website has a handy map to guide you from art to art; bundle up, experience the city coming alive at night. (various locations, nuitblancheyeg2015.ca) The 11 O'Clock Number! / Fridays (11 pm) Sep 25 – Dec 18; Jan 22 – June 24 After a season of Fringe touring— from Orlando to Victoria, where it earned a "best improv show" award, Grindstone Theatre's regular improvised musical returns to its seasonal late-night Friday spot, offering audiences a full-on musical made up on the spot, both lyrics and accompaniment. The show is weekly, but the structure varies; some nights, one audience mem-

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ber's life story becomes subject for the show's songs; on others, the "style" of musical is gleaned from the prior week's audience, to allow for costuming. There's also musical mixers, wherein the company engages in shorter-form musical make-'em-ups. (Backstage Theatre, $15) Cinq á Sept friendraiser / Thu, Oct 1 (5 pm) After a January fire robbed Edmonton of the historic Roxy Theatre, its resident company, Theatre Network, has moved its 41st season across the river and into C103, now christened the Roxy on Gateway. Cinq A Sept marks its inaugural event in the space: a "friendraiser" that offers you a chance to scope out the renovations in the space, chat up the Theatre Network staff and board about what comes next, and eat and imbibe as heartily as you choose. (The Roxy on Gateway [Formerly C103], free) V

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ARTS PREVUE // COMIC CON

Enter the nerd zone

A comic-con primer How to make the most of Edmonton Expo

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can still feel the nervous excitement of my first comic con. It was 1994. I was 11. Commander Will Riker was set to speak. I had on my Beverly Crusher uniform, sewn by my mom.

Every detail was set, right down to the blue lab coat, the proper number of command pips and Dr Beverly's tricorder. As my dad and I entered the main convention floor in the Radisson Hotel on Edmonton's south side, sitting directly in front of me was a fully geared-up Klingon security guard at the door. I gaped at his full costume, makeup in fine detail, previously unaware such a thing could exist in real life. He bellowed out to me as I approached: "Young Dr Crusher."

You know when you have found your people. So the fourth Edmonton Expo is once again a chance for nerds, new and old, to reunite and find anew the places that most welcome them.

Comic cons are arguably at their height. Edmonton Expo attendance has grown from 15 000 to 47 000 last year—far greater than the Radisson's conference facilities could accommodate in 1994. Typical nerdzone topics have become mainstream.

For the elder nerd this can be disorienting. We're used to the rejected edges where we argue the superiority of Gary Mitchell over Khan. But the territory of the underground reject is no longer ours alone, so let's welcome the newfound nerds with open arms and good advice.

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Having a great con comes down to being prepared. You're going to do a lot of walking and a lot of standing— good shoes are key. Bring water and snacks to save line-up time for more important events than the concession stand. You have priorities.

Search the schedule and know when the event you most desire is happening, and leave ample time to get there. Prioritize days, sessions, workshops, autographs and photos.

You will get distracted by all of the artists, booths and cosplay on the

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Fri, Sep 25 – Sun, Sep 27 Edmonton Expo Centre edmontonexpo.com convention floor itself.

Don't skip Artist Alley. A piece of artwork of your nerdy dreams or a newfound comic artist will be found here. Check these out early, along with comic-artist tables. You can linger more easily then, as opposed to the height of mid-afternoon. If you have a specific piece in mind, get it early. Popular artwork and comic-artist tables can get backed up quickly.

The crowded mid-afternoon bustle is often a good chance to opt for break-out sessions and workshops over wandering the floor. Sundays can be a time for shorter lines for celebrity autographs and photos—just be sure your favoured celebrity is still appearing then. And I fully recommend autographs over photos with your favourite celebrity. It might be your best hair and makeup day, but when you stand in front of that camera every pimple that has ever appeared returns to haunt a suddenly jaundiced face. That photo will never see the light of your bedroom wall.

The process for autographs is much more rewarding. Stop and say hello. I often see people struggle to get their own names out and completely ignore the fact that they have someone like Stan Lee right in front of them.

More often than not, the signers want to be engaged rather than write their name over their face for unending hours of the day. Don't leave your pressing questions behind.

And perhaps the best advice for a good con: don't be a dick. We all have to stand in those lines. We all want to shake Michael Dorn's hand.

We all love and admire cosplayers, but remember to respect boundaries and consent. These cons are a chance to create new lasting, respectful and open nerd communities. Let's take it.

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No partner needed • Every Wed (no class on Oct 21), 7:30pm-9pm. Runs until Dec 16 • $18 (single class), $9 (single class, month of Sep), $150 (ten classes)

MZD SEASON OPENER/ EDMONTON NUITE BLANCHE • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • milezerodance.com • A free, all-night art event of curated visual media with dance viewed through the storefront of Spazio Performativo • Sep 27, 7pm-4am

PRAIRIE DANCE CIRCUIT • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave 112 St • 780.420.1757 • www.bwdc.ca • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Helen Husak, Kate Stashko, Freya Olafson and Ainsley Hillyard • Collaborations in the prairie region; world premiere performance; touring to Calgary, Regina, and Winnipeg also • Sep 25-26, 8pm • $35 general admission, $20 student/senior

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome.

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FILM 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: Timbuktu (Sep 23), The Clouds Of Sil Maria (Sep 30)

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • 780.439.5285 • edmontonfilmsociety@gmail.com • royalalbertamuseum. ca • royalalbertamuseum.ca/events/movies/movies.cfm • Tall in the Saddle Series: The Law And Jake Wade (Sep 28); Winchester ’73 (Oct 5); Will Penny (Oct 19); Seven Men From Now (Oct 26); The Wonderful Country (Nov 2); The Man From Laramie (Nov 9)

EDMONTON INTERNATIONALL FILM FESTIVAL • Landmark Theatres in Edmonton City Centre, 10200-102 Ave • edmontonfilmfest.com • Featuring 55 featurelength slots, and 100+ short films programmed into feature-length packages • Oct 1-10 EDMONTON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL • Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845-102 Ave • esff.ca • A variety of Alberta film and video projects from a 30-second trailer to a 15-minute short film from a variety of genres • Sep 26, 7-10pm • $16.25 (adv), $20 (door, cash only) • All ages, though some films may be inappropriate for children (audience members may exit the theatre in this event and will be invited to return for the next film)

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ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Tyler Los-Jones: A Panorama Protects its View: Jan 23-Jan 31, 2016 • Illuminations: Italian Baroque Masterworks in Canadian Collections; Jun 27-Oct 4 • Wil Murray: On Invasive Species and Infidelity; Jun 27-Oct 4 • Douglas Haynes: The Toledo Series; Jun 27-Oct 4 • Charrette Roulette: Language; Jul 18-Nov 15 • Sincerely Yours: By Alberta artist Chris Cran; Sep 12-Jan 3 • Rough Country: The strangely familiar in mid-20th century Alberta art; Oct 3-Jan 31 • Nuit Blanche: Jon Sasaki: Bouncy Highrise; Sep 26-27 • Lectures: Art & Architecture as Economic Development (Sep 26, 6:30pm), $15 • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm;

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TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free-$117.95 • Dinosaurs Unearthed: until Oct 11

Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery.com • The Great Art Event; Sep-Oct

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Artwork by Mathieu Lefèvre; Sep 25-Oct 6

artwork by Natasha Vretenar, Carol Johnson, Heather Howard, Marylinn Jeffery, Miles Constable, Shirley Vandersteen, Victoria Armstrong; Sep 1-Sep 26 • Documenting: art by Samantha Williams-Chapelsky; Sep 30-Oct 31; Opening reception: Oct 1, 6-9pm

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Robert Savignac: An Exhibition of New Work; Sep 26-Oct 8; Opening reception: Sep 26, 1-5pm

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Author Talk by Adam Dreece: When Steampunk Met Fairy-Tale; Sep 24, 7pm • Elizabeth Philips "The Afterlife of Birds" Book Launch with Michael Hingston; Sep 25, 7pm • Trent Portigal "Cowards" Book Launch; Sep 26, 2pm • Heather J. Anderson "My Time to Speak" Book Launch; Sep 27, 2pm • Jennifer Quist "Sistering" Book Launch; Sep 29, 7pm • Friendly Fire Launch with Lisa Guenther and Best Kept Secret Girlfriend; Sep 30, 7pm

CANADA IN AFRICA BOOK LAUNCH • Education Centre South Room 158 (87 Ave & 113 St, U of A campus) • yvesengler.com • Join author Yves Engler for the Edmonton launch of his latest book, which looks at past and present Canadian foreign policy in Africa • Oct 1, 7pm

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • People and Places of Inspiration; Sep 9-Oct 3 DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Simplest of Gestures: art by Tammy Salzl; Aug 26-Oct 8; Artist reception: Sep 25, 5-9pm • Faltering Monuments: art

by Brandon Vickerd; Aug 26-Oct 8; Artists reception: Sep 25, 5-9pm

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 SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY (DUG) • 10332-124 St • douglasudellgallery.com • Wilf Perreault: Light to Dark; Sep 19-Oct 2 ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • Recollections: An Imperfect Schematic: art by Erin Pankratz-Smith; Aug 20-Oct 10 • Mind Games: art by Lisa Turner; Aug 20-Oct 10 • Arche-Textures: artwork by Amy Loewan, RCA; Aug 20-Oct 10

STARFEST: ST. ALBERT READERS' FESTIVAL • St. Albert Public Library, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert • 780.459.1530 • sapl@sapl.ca • starfest.ca • A literary festival featuring authors such as Heather O'Neill (Lullabies for Little Criminals, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night); Sean Michaels (Us Conductors); Lawrence Hill (Book of Negroes); Kim Thuy (Ru); and Nick Cutter (The Troop) • Sep 11-Nov 10 • Tickets from $5

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UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, SepMar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

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GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl. ca/art-gallery • Meeting Creek: watercolour paintings

by SuChang Yi; through Sep • Display Cases: Edmonton Weavers’ Guild; through Sep • Plexi-glass cubes: Nature in Focus: winners of the Edmonton Master Naturalists photo contest; through Sep • Plexi-glass cubes: Edmonton Stamp Club: featuring World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) stamp exhibit; through Sep • Stanley A Milner Library: IBBY Silent Books Exhibit: a collection of over 100 renowned wordless picture books from around the world; through Sep

Sherwood Park • 780.953.WFSC • wordsinthepark@ hotmail.com • wordsinthepark.ca • Meet local authors, local artisans and much more. Part of Alberta Culture Days • Sep 26, 10am-4pm • Free

THEATRE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • The Backstage Theatre, 10330 84 Ave (North Side of the ATB Financial Arts Barns) • 90 minutes of improvised entertainment that unveils scenes, songs and choreographed numbers completely off the cuff based on audience suggestions • Every Fri, starting Sep 25-Dec 18 then Jan 22-Jun 24, 11pm • $15 (online, at the door) • grindstonetheatre.ca

JAKE’S PICTURE FRAMING • 10441-123 St NW • Brushstokes: Recent juried works by Edmonton Art Club artists; runs until Oct 31; Opening reception: Oct 2, 7-9pm

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Francophone (L'Unitheatre), 8627-91 St • theatre-yes. ca • Set in a rural Nova Scotia town where logging is the way-of-life. The play follows the unraveling of a group who ache to take the world by storm but are hobbled by life in their small industry town • Sep 25-Oct 4

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• Flutter: Artwork by Sally Raab. Made from paper sculptures and LED lighting referencing the dimensions of human bodies and migratory clouds of monarch butterflies, will spill through the gallery space and Latitude 53's outdoor patio; Sep 25-Oct 10

106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • FEATURE GALLERY: Here and There; Jul 11-Oct 3 • A Second Look: Simon Wroot in collaboration with Five Yukon Artists reinterpret Alberta and Yukon landscapes; Sep 5-Oct 17

Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Jule & McGarth; Sep 27-Nov 7

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small vivid paintings on gorgeous watercolour paper; Sep 25, 7-10pm

Shoctor Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • A play that chronicles 25 turbulent years of the post-war Baby Boom and gives voice to over 100 influential politicians, activists and musicians • Sep 19-Oct 11

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun

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PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture. alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Voices from Our Past: artwork by Katherine Braid; Sep 25-Jan 23 QUILT SHOW AND QUILT WALK • Little White School, 2 Madonna in St. Albert • Celebrating 35 years as a guild • Sep 25-Oct 4, 10-4pm

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U OF A MUSEUMS • Human Ecology Bldg Gallery, Main Fl, 116 St, 89 Ave • museums@ualberta.ca • museums.ualberta.ca • Thu-Fri: 12-6pm; Sat: 12-4pm • Brain Storms: UAlberta Creates: hundreds of creative and visually inspiring works from University of Alberta Alumni in support of the University of Alberta Alumni Association centenary; Sep 25-Jan 23

VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com •TREX Alberta Foundation For The Arts Travelling Exhibition; Aug 6-Sep 26 • Off-Site (Jubilee): OPEN IMAGE: Partnership between Visual Arts Alberta - CARFAC and the Alberta Jubilee Auditoria Society; End of Aug-Nov

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THE HOTHOUSE PRINCE • ATB Financial Arts Barns - Varscona Backstage Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • teatroq. com • Telling the tale of the obscure young Prince Dmitri Romanov-Orsk who, expelled from his palace in 1917, makes his way across the world from Paris to rural Ontario, with the aid of three remarkable sisters • Oct 1-17 FRANKENSTEIN RADIO SHOW • Capitol Theatre Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • fortedmontonpark.ca • Start Halloween right with a a classic live radio program based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein • Oct 1-4, 8pm • $22 (adv), $25 (door)

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The Forbidden Room

A RICH, PROLONGED DREAM Part two of our dispatch from the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival

T

he 2015 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has drawn to a close, the ticket stubs have been swept up, the people from elsewhere have all gone back to elsewhere and the weather has chilled.

After so much time watching movies, staying up too late, drinking too much and having fleeting encounters with those passing through, it's hard not to feel like I just experienced some rich, dense, prolonged dream.

Especially when so many of the most striking films at TIFF 2015 possessed the feverish pulse or seductive fluidity of dreams—yes, I'm thinking of you, The Forbidden Room, Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson's intoxicating and hilarious nesting-doll meganarrative, which transports us into a volcanic island, a submarine where sailors eat pancakes for extra oxygen and a wolf's den where bizarre tests of brain and brawn are undertaken.

Those are just a few of this film's hallucinatory rest-stops, many of which feature cameos from the likes of Geraldine Chaplin, Charlotte Rampling and Udo Kier. Maddin has made the most dynamic next step possible in his extremely particular oeuvre, and The Forbidden Room will be writhing its way into a theatre near you soon.

More sober by comparison—what wouldn't be?—but no less errant and wide ranging in its trajectory, writerdirector Miguel Gomes' Arabian Nights trilogy was presented at TIFF both as three separate screenings and as a single back-to-back six-hour marathon. Gomes hasn't adapted Scheherazade's Arabian Nights but, rather,

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borrowed its episodic structure as a means of casting a panoramic view of his country in the midst of its ongoing austerity crisis. Gomes and his collaborators spent 11 months traversing Portugal in search of stories, places and faces, blending these elements into an unforgettable, anachronistic, documentary-fiction hybrid. At one point we meet a dog who gives what may prove to be the single greatest performance of 2015 by man or beast.

Cinema doesn't get a lot more inventive, resourceful, socially engaged and daring than this.

The Forbidden Room and Arabian Nights both premièred at major festivals earlier in the year, but of the new or nearly new films at TIFF 2015 my favourite was easily Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist Gabriel Mascaro's Neon Bull, which follows a handful of people doing the grunt work on a travelling vaquejada, or Brazilian rodeo show. Featuring rapturous photography from Diego García—who also shot Cemetery of Splendour, featured in last week's TIFF report—Neon Bull brims with sensuous, gorgeously composed images of people and animals in settings where the indoors and the outdoors meet. It introduces us to memorable characters struggling against confining economics but dreaming nonetheless of bigger things. Near its finale is one of the most astonishing, beautiful and moving love scenes in recent memory, incorporating themes of work, class and gender in a single, perfect, unbroken shot.

Neon Bull was one of a dozen films featured in TIFF's new Platform section, named after Jia Zhangke's masterpiece, which "spotlights the next generation of masters." Platform is a competitive section and its winner gets $25 000. The inaugural judges were Zhangke himself, along with Claire Denis and Agnieszka Holland— a very formidable jury, which made it that much more surprising when it was announced that the prize would be going to Hurt, Toronto director Alan Zweig's documentary about Steve Fonyo. Knowing that I will be seeing Hurt soon enough, I didn't catch it during TIFF. Zweig has made at least one truly superb film—A Hard Name—and I have absolutely no doubt that the film is very good, though knowing Zweig's work it is very hard to imagine that Hurt, pegged as an outlier from the outset, meets the criteria for auteur-driven innovation that Platform seems to imply. Perhaps this is what happens when you get three very opinionated cinematic giants—one of whom is my favourite living director—trying to agree on something.

Still, it doesn't take cinematic giants to arrive at a frustrating compromise.

This year's International Critics' Prize in TIFF's Special Presentation section went to Desierto, Jonás Cuarón's exceedingly cliché-ridden thriller about Mexican migrants getting hunted down by a xenophobic, murderous lunatic. Were this an exploitation flick made by Larry Cohen in the 1970s it might have had its shaggy charm, but this vehicle for Gael García Ber-

nal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, helmed by the son of an extremely successful director, is riddled with the sort of things that should send Cuarón to screenwriter's jail and features only the most superficial of polemical threads. Perhaps better compromises can be arrived at by thousands of people who have never really met: the People's Choice Award, a prize one doesn't usually expect to go to challenging or especially artful films, went to Lenny Abrahamson's surprisingly strong adaptation of Emma Donoghue's bestselling Room.

A few more notes-in-brief before I close this. Hou Hsiao-hsien's martial arts film The Assassin is as exquisite and a lot more heartfelt than its reputation suggests. Athina Rachel Tsangari's Chevalier, which chronicles an increasingly ridiculous competition to be "best at everything" between a half-dozen men on a yacht is truly one of the funniest movies I've seen in ages. Lucile Hadžihalilović's haunting Evolution is set in some strange seaside place where there are only pretty little boys and women with mask-like faces, and whatever is really going on here is super-sinister. Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's stopmotion Anomalisa, about a middleaged motivational speaker staying at a Cincinnati hotel, is an absolutely ingenious conception, with every tiny detail tweaked so as to speak to its theme of the world's numbing sameness and the way that sameness can be alleviated—however briefly—by falling in love. Unfortunately, it is also

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one of these films where once the initial mystifications dissolve and you realize where it's all going it no longer seems as emotionally resonant as you'd hoped.

Chantal Akerman's No Home Movie is a first-person documentary bidding farewell to the director's late mother and is so very knowing about the struggles involved in watching a parent age. Patricio Guzmán's The Pearl Button considers the exploitation of Chile's indigenous people under Pinochet and, like the director's rigorously associational masterpiece Nostalgia for the Light, a great many other fascinating topics. Lastly, Sergei Loznitsa's The Event is a elegantly constructed collage of archival footage shot in Leningrad in August 1991 during what was effectively the fall of the Soviet Union. This mesmerizing, lively film chronicles an event that's still less than a quarter-century-old, yet it's almost impossible to believe these days that Russia was once so full of optimism, marvelling at the country's new possibilities. What stays with you most are the faces of those people filling the streets in the days before social media, all of them wanting to know what's going to happen, wanting to be part of something.

I love sequestering myself in the cinema, but The Event makes you long for the open air, for the clamour of your fellow citizens, and, even more than in the most finely tuned drama, for a reason to wonder what will happen next.

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REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

Lone wolves

The Wolfpack gives a unique family situation a Vice-like treatment

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he premise almost sounds like a hypothetical question: what would happen if you raised seven kids in a Manhattan apartment in near-isolation, with a large collection of movies, and let the view out of the apartment windows be

their strongest connection to the outside world? The Wolfpack is the true story of the Angulo family, whose patriarch's obsessive mistrust of the corruption of modern society led to the creation of a remarkably insular micro-community

inside a regular urban apartment block with his wife, six boys and a girl (who the film almost entirely ignores). If, as the film seems to suggest, we take this group as a unique example of an undiscovered urban "tribe," then their gods are popular movies from the last 20 years; a large part of the film is spent watching the boys recreate their favourite scenes with elaborate (and genuinely impressive) homemade props and costumes in a quasi-ritualistic fashion. Through naturalistic and candid interviews with the boys, all of them tall and lean with drooping long hair and near-matching clothes, we learn about their upbringing under the domineering hand of their paranoid father, and their tentative footsteps beyond the front door as they optimistically come to peace with the world and their uncomfortable place in it.

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Everest

This is a truly interesting and unique situation that these boys live in, but the film seems less interested in probing issues of pop culture or isolation or socialization, and more interested in documenting the visually striking image of a gang of near-identical, long-haired brothers in Reservoir Dogs costumes. It's unsurprising to learn that Vice, the arts and culture magazine/website that's been slowly expanding its taste for "legitimate" journalism, had a hand in the funding of this production, as the film bears Vice's signature mix of intimacy and disinterest. As in a Vice documentary, it's enough to

verest. In just 60 years—since Edmund Hillary scaled that Olympian summit—the word's become mere shorthand for the grandest and oldest of near-impossible human endurance tests. But Everest, the movie, in showing how the mountain conquers man, never explains the torturous trek's appeal, and that monstrous Himalayan peak ends up dwarfing the human stories here, struggling for air.

It's 1996 and commercial climbing has been underway on Everest for a few years. The story gathers around Adventure Consultants' co-founder, New Zealander Rob Hall (Jason

Clarke), whose life is otherwise just defined for us by a wife, Jen (Keira Knightley), expecting their first child soon. The other climbers never really emerge from the mist as characters, either. And the final ascent's hampered by some confusion over oxygen tanks that, well, remains confusing.

The dramatic tension only ropetightens when the climb's straggled and struggled on too long, and a vicious storm hits. Back at base camp and in New Zealand, the performances, though over radio and satellitelink, are never phoned in—it's Knightley and base camp coordinator Helen

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For the actors stuck on that snowbound mountain, overwhelmed by the elements, it's tough to convey much.

Whipping wind and whiteness is death here, as most of us Canadians still faintly feel, somewhere deep down in our Northern bones, every winter— only this is 27 000 feet up, where just the final stage of the ascent alone takes 12 hours (and then there's the trudging back down). So ... why? We mere, non-masochistic mortals don't learn the answer here. There's no adrenaline rush in such a plod, the beauty seems savage and foreboding, and "because it's there" seems feeble, even childish. Unlike, say, mountaineering-masterpiece Touching the Void, this movie never pickaxes or prods at deeper, darker existential questions. There's only pain and suffering that seems horribly pointless; we enjoy the view from the summit in the comfort of our seats here, even as corpses freeze there. In Everest, that line between lounging around to watch disaster strike and tumbling headlong into a meaningful tragedy gets whited-out along the way.

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(Emily Watson), along with concerned colleague Guy Cotter (Sam Worthington), who draw us into the horrors of what's happening.

simply show the subculture, have these people share their circumstances and view on the world, and then walk away. However, in doing so, the film provides a glimpse into the remarkable world of unusual human beings, and gives us an unusual new take on the world we see everyday, and that's worth something.

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Milk breastfeeding. Just seeing woman after woman talk about bringing new life into the world and sustaining it is powerful in its sudden ubiquity (making you realize, say, how rarely a mainstream movie at the multiplex ever shows breastfeeding or even pregnancy). The film builds a strong anecdotal case (see also: the delivery-room doc "The Miracle of Birth" in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life) that, in North America at least, there's an epidemic of unnatural (rushed, pressured, not mother-driven) births in hospitals and undereducated advice about breastfeeding. There's a compelling, even enraging, argument here that the run-of-the-mill "business of birth" (industrialized medicine, formula-pushing companies, etc) stifles motherhood as an expression of a woman's individuality and sexuality.

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BBC radio DJ declares breastfeeding in public unnatural; Mexico bans free formula, trying to raise low breastfeeding rates.

Concerns grow about buying breast milk online, even as São Paulo con-

siders fining businesses trying to stop women from breastfeeding. In a world where mammary glands are evermore sexualized, their purpose forgotten, our 21st-century societies are getting quite confused and con-

flicted about something as simple as naturally nourishing a newborn.

So here's Milk, a documentary criss-crossing the globe to explore the industrialization of birth and capitalist discouragement of

But, in some romanticized or pityfilled interludes, Milk can cringingly cast a glowing or moistened eye on women and their newborns, usually in indigenous, rural cultures elsewhere (cue: pan flute, slo-mo shots, a heartstring-plinking score, etc).

And while the doc advocates for breastfeeding—led by the words

Wed, Sep 30 (6:30 pm) Directed by Noemi Weis Metro Cinema at the Garneau  of a Kenyan Ministry of Health official, though her argument's being offered up to North American moms here—to combat child mortality, child obesity and more ... nagging questions remain. What if a new mom, guilt-ridden, can't breastfeed?

What about, say, grassroots opposition to Big Milk?

Nothing's more crucially pragmatic and realistic—not romantic— than keeping a child healthy, even thriving. Perhaps, in its maudlin moments, Milk is reacting to so much of our culture that's anti-child and/ or uninterested in birth and breastfeeding. But such super-sweetness is no antidote. A more incisive, complex, contextualized (and less stilted) discussion of delivering babies and then delivering milk to them may not go down as easily, but it would be more nutritious food for thought than we ultimately get with Milk.

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h, the mid-'10s. Another year, another YA-dystopia-adaptation sequel. The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is so dully generic, as if it's a green-screen template for the subgenre, it should serve as a warning to Hollywood-mainstreamers generations hence—the future's never so un-bright as when it turns out to be a gaudily packaged but utterly unoriginal present.

In this second chapter of a series boilerplating the whole YA-gloomyfuture fad down to an obstaclecourse at the worst-ever summer camp, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and pals have seemingly been rescued from the subtly named forces of

WCKD and placed in a literal military-industrial complex by Mr Janson (Aidan Gillen). Plot points are then struck with stunning, predictable force; line after line battles hopelessly with cliché; camera shots are fired so routinely that they feel pre-programmed.

Escaping from the complex into a desert storm (no criticism of Bushera wars here, though), Thomas the hunk-engine and company chug and run away, in a ruined mall (satire of consumerism? nah), from zombie-like "cranks" infected with the "flare." If only Ishtar suddenly broke out amid the dunes ... and if only there was any actual flair anywhere, even just the sets (all warehouses, tunnels or decayed buildings with convenient air-shafts, ladders and ... ziplines!) or costumes. All the young modelactors here, no matter how fiery their tribulations, remain stubbornly dressed in the spiffiest dystopia style.

But wait! Hope! Is that a fallen Golden Gate Bridge, surrounded by sand, as if an Ozymandias-like comment on California's drought? Um

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Now playing Directed by Wes Ball  ... no. Is the uncanny resemblance of Kaya Scodelario here to a late '80s Ione Skye an ironic allusion to John Hughes' teen-dramas? Nope.

What's so disappointing and dismal about The Scorch Trials is how condescending it is to— even shrugging about—its target tween-aged audience. Putting the f-u back in formula, this flick's all photogeneric actors offering earnest or urgent looks as they run around a stagey world of moral dilemmas (Thomas' post-drinking freak-out in a club is like a bad '90s PSA about the dangers of partying) and fighting-back against authority, all with a dusting of mystery, a sprinkle of horror and a dash of swearing. Thomas gives the middle finger to Mr Janson, but it's obvious who the movie's makers are lazily aiming their centremost digits at.

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Best Public Art Gallery

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Winner Art Gallery of Alberta 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 youraga.ca

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1st Runner Up Latitude 53 latitude53.org

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2nd Runner Up SNAP Gallery snapartists.com

Best Private Art Gallery Winner Daffodil Gallery 10412 124 St. 780.760.1278

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AJA Louden

1st Runner Up Front Gallery thefrontgallery.com

1st Runner up thinkITEM thinkitem.com

Best Artisan/ Craft Fair

Best Movie Theatre

Winner Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair royalbison.ca

Winner Metro Cinema 8712 - 109 St. 780.425.9212 metrocinema.org

1st Runner Up ArtWalk art-walk.ca 2nd Runner Up Make It Edmonton! The Handmade Revolution makeitproductions.com

Best Street Artist Winner

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1st Runner Up Princess Theatre rainbowcinemas.ca/ princess 2nd Runner Up Cineplex Odeon Windermere cineplex.com

The Bamboo Ballroom

Old Strathcona

2nd Runner-Up: Best Women’s Clothing Store, Best Fashion Accessory Store

Winner: Best Neighbourhood

The Black Dog Freehouse

Winner: Best Antique Store

1st Runner-Up: Best Place to Drink Alone

Blackbyrd Myoozik Winner: Best Record Store

Blush Lane Organic Market 2nd Runner-Up: Best Sustainable Goods Store/ Eco-conscious Company

The Briefing Room Winner: Best Men’s Clothing

The Buckingham 2nd Runner-Up: Best Place to See and Be Seen

Chapters 2nd Runner-Up: Best Book Store

best of

Decadence 1st Runner-Up: Best Thrift/ Vintage Store

2015

Empress Ale House

Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market Winner: Best Farmers’ Market

The Paint Spot Winner: Best Art Supply Store

Plush Winner: Best Skateboard Shop

Rowena Winner: Best Women’s Clothing Store, Best Fashion Accessory Store

The Travelling Tickle Trunk Winner: Best Sex Toy Store

United Cycle Winner: Best Sporting Goods Store, Best Ice Skate Shop 1st Runner-Up: Best Bike Shop 2nd Runner-Up: Best Ski Shop

Winner: Best Place to Drink Alone

Warp One Comics & Entertainment

gravitypope

1st Runner-Up: Best Comic Book Store

Winner: Best Shoe Store

Junque Cellar

Over 25 of Edmonton’s best can be found at #OldStrath.

CONGRATS!

Old Strathcona Antique Mall

1st Runner-Up: Best Antique Store

Justik

Wee Book Inn Winner: Best Book Store

Whyte Ave

Winner: Best Medical Clinic

Winner: Best Place to See and Be Seen

Knifewear

The Wish List Gifts

1st Runner-Up: Best Kitchenware Store

Lola’s Fashion Boutique 1st Runner-Up: Best Women’s Clothing Store

1st Runner-Up: Best Giftware Store

Wunderbar Winner: Best Place for Live Music (Small Capacity)

Mousy Browns 2nd Runner-Up: Best Hair Salon

Observatory Opticians 1st Runner-Up: Best Eyewear Store

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Best Theatre Company

Best Burlesque Troupe

Best Local Band (Large Capacity) /Performer Winner

Winner Rapid Fire Theatre 9828 - 101 Ave. 780.443.6044 rapidfiretheatre.com

Winner Capital City Burlesque 10575 - 114 St. 780.995.9090 capitalcityburlesque.com

Winner The Wet Secrets thewetsecrets.com

1st Runner Up Theatre Network theatrenetwork.ca

1st Runner Up Secret Burlesque Society facebook.com/SecretBurlesque-Society

2nd Runner Up Sorry, Not Sorry Productions facebook.com/SNSYEG

Best Dance Company Winner Toy Guns Dance Theatre toygunstheatre.com 1st Runner Up Good Women Dance Collective goodwomen.ca 2nd Runner Up Mile Zero Dance milezerodance.com

2nd Runner Up Scenic Route To Alaska scenicroutetoalaska.com

2nd Runner Up River City Revue rivercityrevueburlesque. ca

Best Classical Ensemble Winner Edmonton Symphony Orchestra 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.428.1414 edmontonsymphony.com Runner Up Pro Coro Canada procoro.ab.ca

1st Runner Up Diamond Mind diamondmindofficial. bandcamp.com

Place To See Live Music (Small Capacity) Winner Wunderbar 8120 - 101 St. 780.436.2286 1st Runner Up Mercury Room mercuryroomyeg.com 2nd Runner Up Denizen Hall thedenizenhall.com

Place To See Live Music

Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.428.1414 winspearcentre.com 1st Runner Up Starlite Room starliteroom.ca 2nd Runner Up Rexall Place rexall-place.com

Best DJ

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See you August 11-21, 2016!

Until then, join us for the 2015/2016

Winner

Edmonton Folk Music Festival 10115 - 97A Ave. 780.429.1899 edmontonfolkfest.org

Winner DJ TYCO 1st Runner Up DJ Arrowchaser 2nd Runner Up DJ Audioserge

Best Comedian Winner Lilith Fair 1st Runner Up Lars Callieou extralars.com 2nd Runner Up Adam Dyck

Best Comedy Club

Thank you Edmonton!

Best Music Festival

Winner The Comic Strip 1646, 8882 - 170 St. Bourbon Street, West Edmonton Mall 780.483.5999 thecomicstrip.ca Runner Up Yuk Yuks yukyuks.com

Best Comedy Show Winner Druid Comedy Night Runner Up Empress Comedy Night

Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival fringetheatre.ca 1st Runner Up Interstellar Rodeo interstellarrodeo.com 2nd Runner Up Sonic Boom sonicboomfestival.com

Best Performing Arts Festival Winner Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival 10330 - 84 Ave. 780.431.1893 fringetheatre.ca Runner Up Edmonton International Street Performers Festival edmontonstreetfest.com

Best Pop-up Event Winner WHAT THE TRUCK?! whatthetruck.ca 1st Runner Up Fruit Loop facebook.com/ fruitloopedmonton

Best Community Best Film Festival Festival Visit www.fringetheatre.ca for a list of upcoming performances.

Winner Heritage Festival heritage-festival.com

Winner DEDfest dedfest.com

1st Runner Up Taste of Edmonton tasteofedm.ca

1st Runner Up Edmonton International Film Festival edmontonfilmfest.com

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Best Morning Radio Host Winner Garner Andrews (Sonic 102.9FM) 5915 Gateway Blvd 780.423.1029 sonic1029.com 1st Runner Up Ryder (HOT 107 FM) hot107.ca 2nd Runner Up Grant Stovel (CKUA 94.9 FM) ckua.com

Best Morning Radio Team Winner Crash and Mars (102.3 NOW) 102, 9894 - 42 Ave. 780.489.4669 crashandmars.com 1023nowradio.com 1st Runner Up Ryder and Lisa (Hot 107) hot107.ca 2nd Runner Up Sean Burke and Stella Stevens (840 CFCW) cfcw.com

Best Daytime Radio Host Winner Grant Johnson (HOT 107 FM) 700, 5241 Calgary Trail 780.435.3023 hot107.ca 1st Runner Up Adam McKale (102.3 FM NOW) 1023nowradio.com 2nd Runner Up Taylor Smith (Sonic 102.9 FM) sonic1029.com

Best Daytime Radio Team Winner Adam and Taz (102.3 FM NOW) 9894 - 42 Ave. 780.489.4669 1023nowradio.com

Best Afternoon Radio Host Winner Rachel Day (102.3 FM NOW)

9894 - 42 Ave. 780.489.4669 1023nowradio.com 1st Runner Up Jake Ryan (HOT 107 FM) hot107.ca 2nd Runner Up Layne Mitchell (Sonic 102.9 FM) sonic1029.com

Best Early Evening Radio Host Winner Fitzy (NOW 102.3 FM) 9894 - 42 Ave. 780.489.4669 1023nowradio.com

Best Radio Newscaster Winner Bryce Kelley (102.9 FM) 5915 Gateway Blvd 780.423.1029 sonic1029.com 1st Runner Up Bob Layton 630ched.com

Best Late Night Radio Host

Best Afternoon Radio Team Winner

J’lyn Nye and Adrew Grose (630 CHED AM) 5204 - 84 St. 780.440.6300 630ched.com

Winner Johnny Infamous (HOT 107 FM) 700, 5241 Calgary Trail 780.435.3023

Best Radio Sportscaster Winner Jason Gregor (TSN 1260 FM) tsn1260.ca 1st Runner Up Dustin Nielson (TSN 1260 FM) tsn1260.ca

Best Indie Radio Host Winner

Baba (CKUA 94.9) 9804 Jasper Ave. 780.428.7595 ckua.com

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Best Afternoon Radio Team!

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Best Radio Station Winner Hot 107 700, 5241 Calgary Trail 780.435.3023 hot107.ca 1st Runner Up Sonic 102.9 sonic1029.com 2nd Runner Up CKUA ckua.com

Best Indie Radio Team Winner

Lars Callieou and Norm Shaw (Comic Jenius on CJSR) Room 0-09 Students’ Union Building, University of Alberta 780.492.2577 cjsr.com

Best Television Morning Show

Winner Global News Morning 5325 Allard Way 780.436.1250 globalnews.ca 1st Runner Up CTV Morning Live edmonton.ctvnews.ca/ ctv-edmonton-morninglive

Best Television Morning Host Winner Stacey Brotzel (CTV Morning Live) 18520 Stony Plain Road 780.483.3311 edmonton. ctvnews.ca/ctvedmonton-morning-live Runner Up Shaye Ganam (Global Morning News) globalnews.ca

Best Television Morning Host Team Winner Stacey Brotzel, Rob Williams and Kimberley Wynn (CTV) 18520 Stony Plain Road 780.483.3311 edmonton.ctvnews.ca Runner Up Shaye Ganam and Erin Chalmers (Global News) globalnews.ca

Runner Up CTV News edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Best Television News Anchor Winner Gord Steinke (Global News) 5325 Allard Way 780.436.1250 globalnews.ca Runner Up Daryl McIntyre (CTV) edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Best News Team Winner Gord Steinke and Nancy Carlson (Global News) 5325 Allard Way 780.436.1250 globalnews.ca Runner Up CTV News at 6 edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Best Television Station Winner Global TV 5325 Allard Way 780.436.1250 globalnews.ca 1st Runner Up CTV Edmonton edmonton.ctvnews.ca 2nd Runner Up CBC Edmonton cbc.ca

Best TV Meteorologist

Best Television Newscast Winner

Global News Hour 5325 Allard Way 780.436.1250 globalnews.ca

Winner Josh Classen (CTV) 18520 Stony Plain Road 780.483.3311 edmonton.ctvnews.ca Runner Up Jesse Beyer (Global News) globalnews.ca

Best Podcast Winner 30 Minute Week thirtyminuteweek. podbean.com Runner Up The Movie Jerks themoviejerks.ca/ podcast/

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Best Tweeter Winner @Squeeb_slayer (Lisa Evans - HOT 107 FM) Runner Up Don Iveson (@ doniveson) doniveson.ca

Best Local Affairs Blog

Thank you Edmonton!

Winner MasterMaq mastermaq.ca

for voting us Best Dog Grooming/Dog Spa & Best Doggy Daycare

Runner Up Daveberta daveberta.ca

The Pampered Puppy 10303 - 124 Street | 780.732.7277 www.thepamperedpuppy.net

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Best Culture Blog Winner The Movie Jerks themoviejerks.ca

Best Food Blog

Runner Up After The House Lights afterthehouselights.com

Winner

Best Fashion Blog

Only Here For The Food onlyhereforthe food.ca

Winner Dress Me Dearly dressmedearly.com Runner Up The Pretty Secrets theprettysecrets.com

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1st Runner Up Cougar Autobody cougarcollision.com

Winner Alberta Honda 9525 - 127 Ave. 780.474.8595 albertahonda.com

2nd Runner Up Boyd Autobody boydautobody.com

Best Motorcycle Dealer

Best Auto Service Best New Auto Dealer Winner Alberta Honda 9525 - 127 Ave. 780.474.8595 albertahonda.com Runner Up Lexus Of Edmonton lexusofedmonton.ca

Best Used Auto

Winner Harley Davidson of Edmonton 7420 Yellowhead Trail NW 780.451.7857 hdedmonton.com

Winner Pug City Euroworks 9912 - 72 Ave. 780.757.7844 pugcityeuroworks.ca Runner Up Fountain Tire fountaintire.com

Best Auto-Body Repair Shop Winner Herbers Auto Body herbersautobody.com

Thank you for naming us Edmonton’s Best Record Store.

1st Runner Up Scona Cycle sconacyclehonda.com 2nd Runner Up Heritage Harley Davidson heritageharley.com

10442-82 ave / 780.439.1273 / blackbyrd.ca

Best Custom Jewelry Store

Orange Avocado Jewelry www.orangeavocado.ca 780.433.0452

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long-mcquade.com 1st Runner Up Stang Guitars stangguitars.com 2nd Runner Up Axe Music axemusic.com

Best Art Supply Store

Thank you for supporting us!

2015 LOTTERY

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With your help, we complete families.

Winner The Paint Spot 10032 - 81 Ave. 780.432.0240 paintspot.ca

Best Record Store

1st Runner Up Delta Art Supplies deltaart.ca

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2nd Runner Up Colours artistsupplies.com

Best Music Instrument Store Winner Long and McQuade

2 RUNNER UP ND

BEST SHOE STORE

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The Paint Spot Blackbyrd Black Dog Gravity Pope

Fringe Festival Garner Andrews United Cycle Mountain Equipment Co-op Wee Book Inn

Metro Cinema Princess Theatre Citadel Theatre Starlite Room Shout Out Out Out Folk Festival Josh Classen Audrey’s Bookstore Happy Harbor Long & McQuade

In honour of the 20th anniversary of the Best of Edmonton Awards, we've decided to recognize the people and businesses that Vue Weekly readers have selected year after year. The awards have evolved from their beginnings with See back in 1995 (Vue used to run the countering Bestest of Edmonton Awards), and the categories included food until the two papers merged in 2011.

Food-related categories now have their own Golden Fork Awards every May, but Best of Edmonton continues on as a benchmark of local favourites in the city.

The Legacy Winners have been divided into three categories: Platinum (15 or more wins), Gold (10 to 14 wins) and Silver (six to nine wins).

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Nightshade Corsets

listenrecords.net 2nd Runner Up Freecloud Records freecloud.ca

120, 10216 - 124 St. 780.454.6660 henrysfinethings.ca

2nd Runner Up Shambhala Tattoos

1st Runner Up Home Sense homesense.ca

Best Tattoo Studio

2nd Runner Up Ikea ikea.com/ca

Winner Urge 2 Tattoo Studio #6 10502 - 107 Ave. 780.420.6252 urge2.ca 1st Runner Up Atomic Zombie atomiczombie.net 2nd Runner Up Lucky Strike luckystriketattoo.ca

Best Tattooer Winner

Jen Danger (Urge 2) #6, 10502 - 107 Ave. 780.420.625

1st Runner Up Chris Iwaniuk (Lucky Strike) facelesstattoo.com 2nd Runner Up Jessica Wright (Capital Tattoo) capitaltattoo.ca

Best Piercing/ Body Modification Studio Winner Atomic Zombie 10121 - 124 St. 780.482.2662 atomiczombie.net 1st Runner Up Dragon FX Kingsway dragonfxtattoo.com/ kingsway

Best House Cleaning Service Winner Cleaning Pros 164, 363 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park 780.628.0875 cleaningpros.ca

Best Kitchenware Store Winner

Call The Kettle Black

Runner Up Molly Maid mollymaid.ca

12523 – 102 Ave. 780.448.2861 callthekettleblack. com

Best Furniture Store Winner IKEA 1311-102 St. 1.866.866.4532 ikea.com/ca 1st Runner Up The Brick thebrick.com

1st Runner Up Knifewear shop.knifewear.com

2nd Runner Up Leon’s leons.ca

2nd Runner Up Bed Bath & Beyond bedbathandbeyond.ca

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Sun–Thur: 11am–11pm Fri–Sat: 11am–2am

Best Hard-ware Store

1st Runner Up Greenland Garden Centre greenlandgarden.com

Winner

2nd Runner Up Kuhlmann’s Greenhouse Garden Market kuhlmanns.com

Best Home Accessory/Décor Store Winner Henry’s Purveyor of Fine Things

MAKI MAKI 8109 101 Street One block off Whyte Ave 780.438.8298

Best Gardening Centre Winner Ellerslie Gift and Garden 10330 Ellerslie Rd 780.988.6622 ellersliegift.com

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The Home Depot homedepot.ca

Runner Up Rona rona.ca

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Best Pet Grooming/Spa Winner The Pampered Puppy 10303 - 124 St NW 780.732.7277 thepamperedpuppy.net

Best Animal Hospital Winner Southside Animal Hospital 6003 - 104 St. 780.434.6462 southsidevet.ca 1st Runner Up Mill Creek Animal Hospital millcreekvet.com 2nd Runner Up Crestwood Veterinary Centre edmontonveterinary.com

Runner Up Sadie’s K9 Stay and Play sadiesk9stayandplay.com

Best Pet Supply Store Winner Homes Alive Pets 13340 St Albert Trail 780.488.8050 homesalive.ca/locations/ edmonton 1st Runner Up G & E Pharmacy gepharmacy.com 2nd Runner Up PetSmart petsmart.ca

Best Doggie Daycare Winner

The Pampered Puppy

Best Giftware Store

10303 - 124 St NW 780.732.7277 thepamperedpuppy.net

Winner Mother Earth Essentials 12306 - 111 Ave. 780.907.7199 motherearthessentials.ca

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Best Pet Training Winner Sadie’s K9 Stay and Play 8521 Argyll Rd 780.756.0432 sadiesk9stayandplay.com Runner Up Edmonton Humane Society edmontonhu-

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Runner Up Wish List Gifts thewishlist-edmonton. blogspot.com

Best Florist Winner Laurel’s on Whyte 8210 - 104 St. 780.431.0738 laurelsonwhyte.com 1st Runner Up Fabloomosity fabloomosity.com 2nd Runner Up The Artworks theartworks.ca

Best Wedding Photographer Winner Hailey Nordstrom haileynordstrom.ca 1st Runner Up Nicole Ashley nicoleashley.ca

Best Computer Store

2nd Runner Up Mat Simpson matsimpson.co

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Winner Memory Express memoryexpress.com 1st Runner Up Apple apple.com/ca/retail/ 2nd Runner Up WestWorld Computers westworldsales.com

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Best Video Game Store

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Best Wedding Registry Winner The Bay thebay.com/giftregistry 1st Runner Up Bed, Bath, and Beyond bedbathandbeyond.ca

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1st Runner Up Pacesetter pacesettersb.com

1st Runner Up Sportchek sportchek.ca

2nd Runner Up United Cycle unitedcycle.com

2nd Runner Up Mountain Equipment Co-op mec.ca

Best Fitness Equipment

Best Ice Skate Shop

Winner Flaman Fitness flamanfitness.com

Winner United Cycle 7620 Gateway Blvd 780.433.1181 unitedcycle.com

Best Bike Shop Winner Red Bike 10918 - 88 Ave. 780.435.2674 redbike.ca

1st Runner Up Apple Fitness applefitness.com 2nd Runner Up Fitness Town fitnesstown.ca

1st Runner Up Totem Outdoor Outfitters totemoutfitters.ca

1st Runner Up United Cycle unitedcycle.com 2nd Runner Up Mud, Sweat & Gears mudsweatandgears.ca

Best Sporting Goods Store

1st Runner Up Totem Outdoor Outfitters totemoutfitters.ca 2nd Runner Up Camper’s Village campers-village.com

Best Sports Apparel Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op 12328 - 102 Ave. 780.488.6614 mec.ca

2nd Runner Up Pro Skate proskate.ca

1st Runner Up United Cycle unitedcycle.com

Best Ski Shop

2nd Runner Up Lululemon lululemon.com

Winner Sundance Ski and Snowboard Shop 10423 - 79 Ave. 780.432.0711 sundanceskishop.com

Winner United Cycle 7620 Gateway Blvd 780.433.1181

Co-op 12328 - 102 Ave. 780.488.6614 mec.ca

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Best Golf Course

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Runner Up Adarius Bowman

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Deep in the Blue // Landon Speers

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TAKE THE LONG ROAD AND TALK IT Braids found deep connections, Joni Mitchell's Blue, on the way to creating Iris

he drive down to Prescott, Arizona, where Braids began writing and recording its third album, Deep in the Iris, was stark. Four days of highways lined with fast-food outlets, and as they drove, the band's three members—drummer Austin Tufts and multi-instrumentalists Taylor Smith and Raphaelle Standell-Preston (who also sings)—were deep in discussion of what to do when they arrived. Little of the record had been written in advance, and as they zeroed in on Prescott, they were trying to find a sense of what they collectively wanted to make.

"We talked about what we wanted the record to be, and we were going through the ugliest parts of America," Standell-Preston says, reflecting over the phone from Toronto, the morning before the Polaris Prize gala (Braids was shortlisted for the 2015 prize, which was awarded to Buffy

Sainte Marie that night). "We were just feeling really emotionally raw."

That's when someone put in Joni Mitchell's Blue; none of them had listened to the album before—"We were all late Joni Mitchell comers," Standell-Preston notes—and something about hearing that album in that state, near the end of the drive, proved a profound experience.

"It was just a beautiful record, and it hit us at the right time—right before going into recording," she says. "We definitely wanted to channel that forwardness, and that immediacy, and that vulnerability that she has. Aside from that record too, those were things that we really wanted to have.

And then we just heard a record that did all of that, and we're like, 'Oh, OK, this is kind of how you do it.'"

The creative result—not just of that well-timed listening to Blue,

but of making an album together in isolation, of feeling out the nuances of those creative relationships alone, together—is that Deep in the Iris finds the band push its songwriting into bolder, bigger territory than it's ever dared. Standell-Preston's voice and lyrics are front-and-centre in the mix, backed by dynamic instrumentals that frame or give space for maximum impact of the songs.

"As a lyricist, I was like, OK, I want to write lyrics that I feel proud enough for people to hear the words to, and I just tried to write things that I felt very connected to, and very proud to be putting forward, and felt were very important to put forward and heard," she says. "Our mix engineer, who we worked with for just the last 30 percent of mixing the record, Damian Taylor, he cranked it even more—We'd already put [the vocals] up front, and he cranked it

even more.

"I was like, 'Oh my god, it's like I'm screaming at myself!'" she laughs.

"That was uncomfortable, but just the fact that he had so much conviction, and same with the master engineer—'No, it needs to be forward, this sounds really, really good'—I came to terms with it more."

The band made parts of Iris in Arizona, but subsequently decamped to Delhi, New York and Putney, Vermont to continue the album sessions.

Of these remote writing/recording sessions Standell-Preston notes that, "There was a lot of levelling emotionally with each other, and going for tons of walks, and making really nice dinners together, and talking, and roasting marshmallows, and those kind of things.

"That's what I think is the most important," she continues. "When our relationships are good, we write

Wed, Sep 30 (8 pm) Braids With Tasseomancy Denizen Hall, $10 good music together. The band, musically, is given energy from our relationships: as friends, as people, as business partners, as musicians.

There's so many levels that need to be balanced out. It's really, really important to understand each other, because we're making music together—there's not just one person who's writing all the songs. We have to be together on it, so we have to be kind of balanced with each other.

But the process of writing a song will bring us into balance as well; it's a very symbiotic process, both things aiding one another."

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Lindi Ortega Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble*

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I

n the metaphorical locale known as Faded Gloryville there are no stars, only the remnants of broken dreams. This eponymous place at the forefront of Lindi Ortega's new album was inspired by Jeff Bridges' character in Crazy Heart, a downand-out musician singing his tunes in a dreary bar, his glory days a forgotten memory and hopes of stardom far behind him.

Ortega found herself wondering if she would end up that way, too. She began pursuing a music career at 16, filled with romantic ideals about what the music industry would be. She laughs softly as she recalls these early days, admitting that reality came crashing down "like a ton of bricks" as she came to terms with the hard work it would take to make music a viable career—particularly outside the realm of Top 40 hits.

"I don't think anyone's prepared for the amount of sacrifice that comes with being a road dog," she says. "You can't take a year between albums or whatever because you have a hit song, and you have a little bit of money in the bank and can rest on that. Instead, we just have to keep going. Whatever little money that isn't spread between a million different little things, whatever tiny bit you make at the end, is what goes towards putting a roof over your head and food in your mouth, and at the same time sacrificing a lot of your life to your career. ... Relationships are hard to maintain, friendships are hard to maintain, you miss out on birthdays and important events and close family, and I don't think anyone is prepared for that kind of thing."

But even as Ortega lists off the challenges of life as a musician,

there's a sense of optimism in her voice, along with an obvious, genuine appreciation of being able to pursue her craft. She notes that even though there have been times when she's questioned it all, watching people connect with her music is what keeps her going.

"That connection is so important to me because I think oftentimes when we are experiencing things we can often feel very alienated in our experiences, and it isn't until you see that other people relate to them that it's part of being a human being," she notes. "We all experience these different emotions and we all get through dark times."

Ortega points to the album's opening track, "Ashes," as a prime example of this. "[It was] sort of one of those shotgun relationships that started out and burned really, really bright and seemed like it was too good to be true—and was too good to be true— and [it's] sort of my feelings of just being a little bit mad at myself for the fact that I kind of bought into it," Ortega explains. "On the flip side, 'I Ain't the Girl' was sort of about dating this well-to-do kind of guy who had a big, fancy car and a lot of status and money and was trying very, very hard to impress me with those things, not realizing those aren't the things that really impress me."

These narratives play out against melodies that transcend time and place, beckoning back to a bygone era of country music. Ortega has become known for her genre-melding take on the country, which has included elements of rockabilly and blues in the past, allowing her to connect with

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Thu, Oct 1 (8 pm) With Chic Gamine Myer Horowitz Theatre, $20 a wider range of audiences—she toured with Social Distortion a couple of years back. Faded Gloryville finds Ortega trying her hand at soulinfused melodies, a result of listening to the likes of Solomon Burke, Etta James and Aretha Franklin.

"I find that when I listen to something a lot it comes through in what I'm creating," she says. "There was a bit of fear that people wouldn't accept it or think that I was veering off into completely strange territory, but I think it all worked out. And the reason it worked out is because soul music itself, it sort of emanates from the south too, especially the Muscle Shoals kind of soul music. So I felt like everything I do does come from some sort of southern inspiration, whether it be country or bluegrass or blues."

Ortega was drawn to soul for its lyrical simplicity as well. She notes there's very little esoteric wording in it, which allows a musician to focus on the melodies rather than trying to be "crazy poetic." Singing with a more soulful vibe was a challenge for her, but one she welcomed.

"I think it's fun to push yourself on all levels, so I just gave 'er and did what I could with the voice I have," she says. "I'm no Aretha Franklin— I'm well aware of what—but I sure do enjoy singing in that style, so it was fun. It was good to experiment with it."

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The Lad Mags I

n 1973, 16 years before Ashley Hollands was born, Father Yod, frontman of the psychedelic rock band Yo Ha Wa 13 and founder of the spiritual commune known as the Source Family roamed the Hollywood Hills, blowing minds.

In total sincerity, Hollands remarks, "I probably would have joined that cult."

Hollands is a guitarist and vocalist for the Edmonton-based psychedelic/mod/garage band, the Lad Mags. Taking its name from a UK term meant to describe men's magazines (think Maxim or Stuff), the Mags have cultivated a sound that is decidedly out-of-time.

"The underlying theme of all the songs we write is to transport you, to place you in a time warp," Hollands explains. The other side of the tunnel is a beautifully articulated sonic experience that channels 1960s mod with elements of '70s psych-rock.

Hollands grew up in Millwoods, born into a musical family; she spent her youth glued to reruns of The Monkees. It was this early exposure to 1960s pop that drew her toward joining the Lad Mags in 2013, when co-founder Rosalind Christian left the group.

"It reminds me of my childhood; it takes me back to when I first discovered music," she says.

There is earnestness and enthusiasm in Hollands voice as she recalls her early childhood.

In a feat of memory that exists only in youth, she relates having noticed actor Len Lesser (Uncle Leo from Seinfeld) acting the part of the villain opposite The Monkees in a number of episodes.

"He looks exactly the same, he always looked like a crotchety old man," she says with a chuckle.

Thu, Oct 1 (9 pm) With Power Buddies, Crystal Eyes Wunderbar, $10 Like Father Yod in the Hollywood Hills, the Lad Mags have been a central component to the Edmonton arts and music scene since the band's inception in 2012.

The band's last two videos were both directed by local auteur Fish Griwkowsky (husband to Lad Mags member Dara Humniski).

The video for "Lover You Don't Love Me," features a who's-who of the Edmonton arts community all doing background work, and "Hypnotized" showcases the interior of Gordon Johnston's home (local artist and contributor to the AGA).

A third video by Griwkowsky, for the song "Shame," is anticipated to be released along side a new seven-inch split with the Betrayers on October 6.

However, this all comes to a halt next Thursday at Wunderbar when the Mags embark on an uncertain hiatus.

Amelia Aspen, the Lad Mags' founder and mother to the group—"Nothing would be done if it wasn't for her, she's our leader," Hollands notes—is departing to pursue artistic endeavors in Paris, France.

"We'll always be Lad Mags; we're not breaking up for any specific reason other than a member is moving away," Hollands says. "If we have an opportunity to play shows, we will."

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The Vancouver-based frontman (real name: Kevin James Maher) for genre-bending weirdos Fake Shark also doubles as the new bassist for Toronto rawkers Die Mannequin— plus his production and recording duties for artists like Carly Rae Jepsen and Hannah Georgas.

That means Maher's pulling double-duty in the upcoming Die Mannequin-Fake Shark cross-Canada tour, which is fine by him.

"For me, it fulfils many needs: I need as much attention as possible anyway, so it really works out that way," says Maher as he walks the streets of Toronto. "But also, I love punk-rock music, and I think that Die Mannequin is essentially a punk-rock band that gets to do the occasional arena tour. [Die Mannequin] just toured with Marilyn Manson, who's one of my heroes, and Fake Shark wouldn't get to do that because of

our genre."

Music nerds may recognize Fake Shark from its previous moniker: the overly complicated Fake Shark – Real Zombie!. The 10-year-old band has changed its sound from aggressive hardcore to more funky, genredefying music as seen on its recently released single, "Cheap Thrills."

Produced by Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays, "Cheap Thrills" is the first salvo off the band's newest album, Faux Real.

"The album, I mean, it's not even mastered yet," Maher says. "I wrote 55 songs for this record, and we whittled it down to about 12. And then we just sat with it for a couple months and decided we wanted to do one more, so we're doing that with Steve Bays from Hot Hot Heat and Mounties. We did 'Cheap Thrills' with him as well, so we figured that worked so let's get the team back together and do one more."

Fri, Sep 25 (9 pm) With Die Mannequin, Cygnets Brixx, $15 The recent name change for the band is partly the product of no one actually being able to say its name. Business reasons were part of the decision, but when your fans (and musicians you're a fan of) get your band's name wrong, it's time to change it up.

"For instance, growing up I was a big Black Flag fan and Henry Rollins liked the band," Maher says. "Even he got interviewed and was like, 'Yeah, I love this band Real Shark –Fake Zombie,' so business-wise it just hurt us forever. Even our fanbase couldn't remember.

"It was so annoying I wanted to change the name completely, but I got out-voted."

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PREVUE // PUNK

Comeback Kid Sat, Sep 26 (6:30 pm) King Edward Hall, $20

// Alexey Makhov

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ometimes your failures will bring you to a better place," Andrew Neufeld says.

The Comeback Kid frontman is discussing the idea behind the hardcorepunk band's most recent album, Die Knowing, which is essentially that a person finishes off their life satisfied that they've accomplished what they set out to do, they know what's important to them and that setbacks along the way aren't necessarily a negative thing. It's a message delivered through quintessential Comeback Kid aggression: thundering drums, heavy guitars and Neufeld's gravelly roar.

"We wrote the record totally with a live show in mind," he says, noting the band wanted to capture the frenetic energy of its live performance and keep things simple in the studio.

"I think when you write a song, it's just about trying to envision how it's going to go over live ... you just try to visualize the best situation possible."

Die Knowing was released in March 2014, and while it's the focus of the band's current tour, it won't forget about its back catalogue. Neufeld acknowledges that fans discovered Comeback Kid at different points during the group's 15-year career, and each album holds a different meaning

for them.

"Songwriting is totally time and place, and whatever hits you at a certain point will resonate, and resonate with the people that hear it," he explains. "The band's really impacted people at certain times in their life, and that's why certain old records are really, really meaningful for some people. You know, an old Comeback Kid record will be the first hardcore record they've listened to, so that's definitely a hard thing to compete with when you're writing new songs."

rently recovering from jet lag after a gruelling flight back to Canada from Australia—and the band is going to start thinking about its next record soon. Touring is the priority until then, but the group did release videos for two tracks from Die Knowing: "Wasted Arrows" and "Should Know Better." The former is a black and white performance video while the latter can only be summed up as chaotic, as the band finds itself in the middle of a cacophony of destruction

Comeback Kid is on the road until the end of October—Neufeld is cur-

and beer—lots of beer.

"We have some friends in Winnipeg that have a motorcycle shop called the Boneyard, and we just kind of asked a bunch of people to bring shit to break," Neufeld says with a raspy laugh. "I'd go to these guys' shop and they'd just be breaking shit, having a good time, partying, whatever, on their own. If it was my place that kind of shit wouldn't be happening, but they're totally cool with it. … People brought TVs and toilets and all this crazy-ass shit. We just had this big party with a whole bunch of beer, broke stuff, and it looked awesome on camera."

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THU OCT 1, MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE

LINDI ORTEGA PATRICK WATSON

W/ CHIC GAMINE

FRI OCT 2, THE STARLITE ROOM

W/ BLOOD AND GLASS

SUN OCT 4, MERCURY ROOM

SCARLETT JANE

W/ JORDAN NORMAN AND THE WISDOM TEETH, & GUESTS SUN OCT 18, MERCURY ROOM

NO SINNER

PREVUE // CELTIC ROCK

W/ STEPHANIE HARPE BAND, & ASHLEY WEIR FRI OCT 23, MERCURY ROOM

The Stanfields

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Thu, Oct 1 (8 pm) Denizen Hall, $13

W/ BABY EAGLE, STEVE LAMBKE OF CONSTANTINES & AYLA BROOK FRI OCT 23, THE WINSPEAR LIVE AT THE WINSPEAR AND JCL PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS //KT Lamond

HAWKSLEY WORKMAN W/ FIONA BEVAN

THUR OCT 29, THE WINSPEAR

XAVIER RUDD & THE UNITED NATIONS

W/ JON AND ROY

FRI OCT 30, MERCURY ROOM

THE ZOLAS

W/ SISTER GRAY

SAT OCT 31, MERCURY ROOM

A

typical rock-band lineup is comprised of a lead vocalist, guitar player, bassist and drummer. Sometimes a band may choose to tweak the roster slightly to include two bassists or two guitar players or multiple vocalists or add a keyboard player to the mix, but the blueprint's usually the same. To differentiate itself from other bands, especially those coming from the East Coast, the Stanfields chose to include a bouzouki—a long-necked Greek instrument similar to the mandolin—to its roster, which has since become a mainstay for the Halifax-based group.

"It was a cool-sounding instrument that we wanted to implement. It's been there all along and has been a real trademark and show-piece for the band's sound," frontman Jon Landry says over the phone from Sonic Temple Studio in Halifax.

The bouzouki was initally brought in and played by former band member—

and Landry's cousin—Jason Wright, who recently left the group along with bass and mandolin player Craig Eugene Harris (on good terms, Landry notes).

Not willing to lose the bouzouki sound, Landry had to find a player fit to take over the role.

"As far as I'm concerned, if we didn't have it, we'd just be an alt-rock band," Landry says with a laugh. "It's important that we have it."

The band's latest album, Modem Operandi, was released this month. It features Wright and Harris playing their respective instruments, along with Jason MacIsaac (guitar, vocals) and Mark Murphy (drums, vocals). But now the band is running with a new lineup that includes Calen Kinney (fiddle, bouzouki) and Dillan Tate (bass, vocals) in the place of Wright and Harris.

The eight-track album, produced by Landry and recorded at Codapop Studios in Halifax, is heavier than the Stan-

fields' previous three records, Landry explains. Its first album, Vanguard of the Young & Restless (2010), lingered closer to a country sound, while Death and Taxes (2012) was more rock-influenced. Modem Operandi follows the electric rock of For King and Country (2013), but it takes off into a louder, more brash sound and stays there for the remainder of the album. Since the record went through pre-production twice (the band demoed the album in a studio in Bavaria while on tour in Europe, and again in Halifax), the band was able to experiment with heavier licks, messing around with tones and "dicking around with peddles."

"We're moving forward. We're actually thinking of recording another album," Landry says with a laugh. "That's kind of how it works—by the time you get a record in your hands, we're well into the next thing,"

ROYAL TUSK

W/ GUESTS

SUN NOV 8, MERCURY ROOM

TIM CHAISSON JESSE ROPER DANIEL WESLEY INDIAN HANDCRAFTS, AND GREYS KACY AND CLAYTON W/ GUESTS

FRI NOV 13, BRIXX

W/ STONE IRIS, AND GUESTS

SUN NOV 15, MERCURY ROOM

W/ GUESTS

TUE NOV 17, MERCURY ROOM

W/ GUESTS

THU NOV 19, MERCURY ROOM

W/ RYAN BOLDT (DEEP DARK WOODS)

FRI NOV 20, MERCURY ROOM

TAGGART & TORRENS PODCAST W/ GUESTS

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MUSIC PREVUE // POP-ROCK

Doug Hoyer D

oug Hoyer says his third album, Dream Life, carries the emotions of watching the autumn leaves fall.

It's bittersweet: sweet in reminiscing on the memories you've made over the past few months, bitter in watching summer come to an end.

Fri, Sep 25 (8 pm) The album, reFionn MacCool's City Centre, leased on SepFree tember 8, parallels a new season Wed, Sep 30 (9 pm) starting in the With Diamond Mind local pop-rock artist's own life. After Wunderbar, $10 spending 24 years in the Edmonton area, Hoyer is preparing to play his final shows in the city.

Hoyer is moving to Athens, Georgia in October, where his wife is working on her post-doctoral fellowship.

He's not sure if they'll come back to Edmonton. While he's excited for the move, he's going to miss the waves

// Beth Gurba

hello and chats with friends he's had nearly every day walking down Whyte Avenue.

"There's a community here that I'm a part of, and it's going to be a little hard to say goodbye to that," Hoyer says.

He's looking forward to getting acquainted with the rich musical history of Athens, which has birthed acts such as the B-52s, R.E.M. and Neutral Milk Hotel, and welcomes the possible changes living down south will have on his work.

"I feel like I need a change in approach," he says. "I know Dream Life just came out, but even already I feel like it's both something new but also very much a Doug Hoyer record."

When making Dream Life, Hoyer didn't have a concrete concept in mind like he did for his second record, To Be A River, which drew from the adage that a person can't step in

the same river twice. But a cohesive thought still trickled through the lush harmonies and strings of the album: the idea of having one life to live and living it the best you can, and that you may have been living a "dream" life all along.

"It's kind of me saying to myself, 'You get to play music, and a couple people like it and you to have fun with your friends playing music. Things can be pretty rough for people, but I've got it pretty good,'" he reflects.

Having this perspective has admittedly helped Hoyer with the sometimes-scary thought of crossing borders and starting fresh. And though he's ready to move forward, there will always be a bit of Doug Hoyer—from bulgogi pizza to the red walls of Wunderbar — left in Edmonton.

"I've kind of reached this dream life in Edmonton. Things are really good.

But it's time to shake things up a bit."

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THE KARPINKA BROTHERS / FRI, SEP 25 (7 PM)

Yummy vegetarian food combines with live folk music by way of Toronto's Karpinka Brothers. (Padmanadi) COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO

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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSIC DEPARTMENT / FRI, SEP 25 (8 PM)

Showcasing the talents of the University of Alberta's music faculty, "Moving On" celebrates the faculty's 50th anniversary. (Convocation Hall, $10 – $20)

THE INTROVERTS / FRI, SEP 25 (8 PM)

It's Steven Wagers'—the drummer for the Introverts—birthday, so the group's putting on a show to celebrate. Cake not included.

(Mercury Room, $15)

KENNY ROBINSON

SAT SEP 26

SEP 24 & 25

SEP 25 & 26

BRADY ENSLEN / SAT, SEP 26 (8 PM)

Folk singer-songwriter Brady Enslen's playing an intimate show for the release of his album, Beautiful Things. (Cafe Blackbird, $10)

With live bands...

OCT 2 & 3

DAKHABRAKHA / SUN, SEP 27 (7:30 PM)

COMING SOON: HARLEQUIN & KICK AXE, LEISA WAY STARRING IN "SWEET DREAMS" - A TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE AND MORE!

TRANCESCAPES / THU, OCT 1 (7 PM)

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Hailing from Kyiv, Ukraine, this four-piece, decked in sky-high lamb wool hats, mixes traditional Ukrainian folk music with Indian, Arabic, African and Russian instrumentation for a sound the group calls "ethno-chaos." (Arden Theatre, $35)

VUEWEEKLY.com | SEP 24 – SEP 30, 2015

Three-time Juno Award winner Bill Bourne has a new album titled Gaia Sadhana out, by way of a seven-piece new-age band called Trancescapes. The group performs with all-organic instruments (like mammoth elephant drones and stag head drone) in free, open improvisation to find authentic connection. (Studio 96)

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Rite, Ravage Red; 8pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN Doug

Stroud (country/pop/rock); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Cody Mack

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Accordion Extravaganza 2015; 7:30pm TIRAMISU BISTRO Live music every Fri

BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Later: Fred Brousse & the Blues Party; 9pm BOURBON ROOM Live Music every Sat

Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Brady Enslen Release

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BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Hot Cottage;

WINSPEAR CENTRE An Evening with

DR. WILBERT MCINTYRE PARK New

CHA ISLAND TEA CO Bring Your Own

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Jamie Philp &

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OVERTIME Sherwood Park Old School

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7:30-11pm; Free

BAILEY THEATRE The Dungaress;

9pm; $15; No minors

CORAL DE CUBA Beach Bar: Beach

ON THE ROCKS Grave New World; 9pm

WILD EARTH BAKERY–MILLCREEK Live Music Fridays: this week featuring; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Jimmy Whiffen

(doors); $59.95; No minors Vinyl Night: Every Thu; 8pm-late; Edmonton Couchsurfing Meetup: Every Thu; 8pm

world); 9pm

Christine Hanson; 7:30-10:30pm; Cover by donation BLUES ON WHYTE Fred Brousse & the

Blues Party; 9pm

The Tea Party; 8pm; $27-$57 YARDBIRD SUITE La Barbera Brothers

CROWN AND ANCHOR PUB Boom Boom

Edmonton Wind Sinfonia - Concert in the Park; 1:30-3:30pm; Free

Quartet; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $22 (members), $26 (guests)

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Jason Howard;

YEG DANCE CLUB BTSM with Random

DV8 Golers with Saints of Death and

Hero, Seelo Mondo, Kratom; 9pm

9pm Dead Guy's Eye; 9pm; $15; 18+ only EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Bombproof the

Horses; 4-6pm; Free; No minors

DENIZEN HALL Vue's 20th Anniversary

FESTIVAL PLACE Madeleine Peyroux;

featuring Audio/Rocketry (folk/punk) with The Uncas and Sam Spades; 8pm; $10 (adv)

7:30-10:30pm; $60-$70 FILTHY MCNASTY'S Free Afternoon

Concerts; 4pm

EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony Plain

GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade Jam:

Open Jam Nights; no cover

Mike Chenoweth

FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN

HILLTOP PUB Open Stage, Jam every

Craft Addict Thursday Presents: Sean Brewer; 7pm; No cover; All ages

Sat; 3:30-7pm HORIZON STAGE Marie-Joseé Lord Trio;

THE GARNEAU THEATRE (METRO CINEMA) The Culture Collective 5th

7:30pm; $35 (adults), $30 (students/ senior)

Variety Showcase; 7-11pm; $15-$25; 18+ only

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Mika Singh;

7:30pm; $50-$105

J R BAR AND GRILL Live Jam Thu;

KING EDWARD HALL Comeback Kid

9pm

(hard rock/punk) with guests; 6:30pm; $20 (adv)

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open stage with One Percent (R&B/soul); 8pm every Thu

BOURBON ROOM Dueling pianos

every Fri Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm

Classical

L.B.'S PUB South Bound Freight open

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

CONVOCATION HALL Moving

indie); 9:30pm; No minors

OnFeaturing University of Alberta Department of Music with Jacques Despresand Andrew Wan; 8pm; $20 (adult), $10 (student), $15 (senior)

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Open Stage

jam with hosts: Rob Kaup, Leah Durelle MERCURY ROOM Celestial Ruin with

Samandriel, Vanity Red and Grounded Star; 7pm; $10 (adv), $13 (door); 18+ only MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET

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Fake Shark and the Cygnets; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $15; 18+ only CAFE BLACKBIRD Neil Crowe Tour;

8pm; $10

LB'S PUB The Ramifications (rock/pop/

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Duo

Majoya: Then and Now; 7:30-9:30pm; $25 (adult), $20 (student/senior) JUBILEE AUDITORIUM The Tenors Under One Sky Tour; 6:30pm (doors), 7:30pm (show); $59-$150

Sat–It's the Sat Jam hosted by Darren Bartlett, 5pm MCMULLEN GALLERY - UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL Music is Medicine

- Artists on the Wards with Rob Heath and Al Brant; 7-10pm; Free (limited rush seating available) MERCURY ROOM Demigodz with

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

DJs

Merkules, Brothers Grim, The Nasty Boys, Etc.; 9pm; $20 (adv), $30 (door); 18+ only

CASINO EDMONTON Counterfitz (rock);

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday

MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music

DJs on all three levels

Live Local Bands every Sat

THE BOWER Strictly Goods: Old school

NEW WEST HOTEL Party Crowd

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

O'BYRNE'S Live band every Sat, 3-7pm;

THE COMMON Good Fridays: nu

world); 9pm

Thur: this week with Don Doiron; 7-11pm

CLUB AT THE CITADEL Big Band Variety Show featuring Don Berner (jazz) with Ben Sures with Atomic Improv and Miss Behavin' Burlesque; 8pm; $22 and up

STARLITE ROOM Gear Gods Presents

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Jason Howard;

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri; 9pm

Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111 RED PIANO Every Thu: Dueling pianos

at 8pm RIC'S GRILL Peter Belec (jazz); most

Thursdays; 7-10pm SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Live Blues every

Revocation With Cannabis Corpse, Archspire & Black Fast; 7pm; $23; 18+ only TAVERN ON WHYTE Open stage with

Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am UNION HALL All Time Low (pop/punk);

9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD Pinheruppers

(cabaret); 9pm CENTURY CASINO Bill Anderson; 7pm (doors); $59.95; No minors

DJ; 9:30pm

every Fri

RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano

Beecake; 8-10pm; All ages

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Friday Nights:

FESTIVAL PLACE The Nylons; 7:30pm;

Indie rock and dance with DJ Brodeep

show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am

Sold out

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FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN Two-

LB'S PUB Flying Debris (rock/pop/

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Electronic, roots and rare groove with DJ's Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests CENTURY ROOM Lucky 7: Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close

week; $10 OVERTIME Sherwood Park Old School

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ

Classical

DJs

ORLANDO'S 1 Bands perform every

9pm

6:30pm; $36.50

Overture Tour; 12-1pm

ON THE ROCKS Grave New World; 9pm

EDMONTON EXPO CENTRE Billy Boyd &

Fisted Friday Presents: Doug Hoyer; 8pm; No cover; All ages

WINSPEAR CENTRE ESO & Winspear

disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh

DJ every Sat, 9:30pm O'MAILLE'S Mike Dominey (folk/roots/

indie); 9:30pm MCMULLEN GALLERY - UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL Music is Medicine

- Artists on the Wards with Rob Heath and Al Brant; 7-10pm; Free (limited rush seating available) MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET

Thu and Fri DJ and dance floor; 9:30pm MERCURY ROOM Introverts with With Magic In The Kill, Beach Head, The Hustle and Spekters; 8pm; $13 (adv), $15 (door); 18+ only

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RENDEZVOUS PUB The FacePlants,

The Mankind, Paul Woida, On The FrontLine; 8pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN Doug

Stroud (country/pop/rock); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Cody Mack

(alt/rock); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Al Barrett

(rock); 9pm

Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

SNEAKY PETE'S Sinder Sparks K-DJ

SAT SEP 26

ST. JOHN'S CULTURAL CENTRE

APEX CASINO Uptown (rock/pop/indie); 9pm; No minors

Accordion Extravaganza 2015; 7:30pm

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Jimmy Whiffen

STARLITE ROOM Lunice, Skiitour,

Show; 9pm-1am

Sep 25-26 BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Early: Festival

Edmonton Chante; 6pm; $20; Later: The 6L6s; 9:30pm; $10; No minors

Hoodboi, Knight Riderz, Moontricks; 9pm (doors); $25-$35; 18+ only YARDBIRD SUITE La Barbera Brothers

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Quartet; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $22 (members), $26 (guests)

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm

DJs

Classical

EDMONTON ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTRE

Jay's Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay

WINSPEAR CENTRE Beethoven's Fifth;

8pm; $24-$79

EDMONTON!

THE BOWER For Those Who Know...:

RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Jam hosted by

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BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Wailin' Wednesdays Jam; Every Wed, 7:30pm; All ages

BLUES ON WHYTE Ann Vriend & the

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt '80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds

Mark Ammar; 4-8pm

SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE – SALON

(LARGE CAPACITY)

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat; 9pm

ST. JOHN'S CULTURAL CENTRE

ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound

Accordion Extravaganza 2015; 7:30pm

CAFE BLACKBIRD Paint Nite; 7pm; $45

Classical

rock) with guests; 8pm; $10 (adv)

Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane

GEAR GODS PRESENTS

and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

every Sat

UBK PRESENTS 3RD ANNUAL ALL OUR BASS BELONG TO YOU:

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday Nights:

LUNICE, SKIITOUR, HOODBOI,

Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice

KNIGHT RIDERZ, MOONTRICKS

RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and

electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

OCT/2

JCL PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

PATRICK WATSON W/ GUESTS

global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai

OCT/7

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

SOULFLY W/ SOILWORK, DECAPITATED, SHATTERED SUN

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

SEP/25 DIE MANNEQUIN W/ FAKE SHARK & THE CYGNETS OCT/3

HCR PRESENTS

OCT/9

SOLIDARITY ROCK PRESENTS

NEIGHBOUR W/ SPACE AGE, GRAY, & BEE

D.O.A. (PERFORMING HARDCORE 81) W/ ARRABIO, ADICTOX, & VIBES

OCT/10 JERUSALEM IN MY HEART JESSICA MOSS (OF A SILVER MT. ZION), BORYS

GANG SIGNS OCT/16 TED LEO OCT/15

W/ GUESTS

W/ GUESTS

with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open Jam:

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Blue

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue

Jay's Messy Nest: Mod, Brit Pop, New Wave & British Rock with DJ Blue Jay; Wooftop: Metal Mon: with Metal Phil (fr CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunch Box) BLUES ON WHYTE Ann Vriend & the

Rooster Davis Group; 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Paint Nite; 7pm; $45

SUN SEP 27

mic

ARDEN THEATRE Dakhabrakha;

Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4

MERCURY ROOM Music Magic Monday

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun BBQ jam hosted with the Marshall Lawrence Band; 4pm BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku Open

NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost Rider PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brunch with Charlie Austin; 9am-3pm; Cover by donation

Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510

BLUES ON WHYTE Fred Brousse & the

ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic

mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

Blues Party; 9pm DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun Night Live on

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DJs

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday open

7:30pm; $35

UNIONEVENTS.COM PRESENTS

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage

Mondays with Jimmy and the Sleepers; 8-11pm

UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

OCT/12 ANDREW W.K. VERY SPECIAL SOLO SHOW

featuring this week: featuring Andrew Scott; 9pm

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing Dance

UP+DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS

CASHMERE CAT W/ DOORLY, KYS THE SKY

DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage Tue:

NEW WEST HOTEL Tue Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm • Ghost Rider

Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am

UP+DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS

DENIZEN HALL Braids (alt/electronic/

MON SEP 28

LIANNE LA HAVAS W/ RIA MAE UP+DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS

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

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, Motown,

EARTHLESS W/ THE HIGHWAY KIND, CHRON GOBLIN

WINSPEAR CENTRE Sun & Moon & Stars; Part of Alberta Culture Days; 2:30pm

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

Trevor Mullen

Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com

LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

UB40; 7pm (doors); 9pm (show); Sold out; 18+ only

Rooster Davis Group; 9pm

Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays:

OCT/10 VIET CONG W/ NEVER YOUNG, MOON KING, SLATES

56 MUSIC

B STREET BAR Live Music with Lyle Hobbs; 8-11pm, every Wed

THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday

SEP/24 REVOCATION W/ CANNABIS CORPSE, ARCHSPIRE & BLACK FAST

OCT/11

TUE SEP 29

BEST PLACE TO

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OCT/9

9:30pm-1am

O'BYRNE'S Open mic every Sun;

RITCHIE UNITED CHURCH Ritchie Church Jazz and Reflections: this week with the Kent Sangster Trio; 3:30-5pm; Donations at the door

FOR

OCT/8

WED SEP 30

Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots

Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat

FIRST RUNNER UP

SEP/26

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday Soul

The Menace Sessions: alt rock/Electro/ Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic Hip-Hop, R&B and Reggae with DJ Sonny Grimez & instigate; Underdog: Alternating DJs

the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm

BRIXX Metal night every Tue

industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave

FESTIVAL PLACE The Nylons; 7:30pm;

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

electronic and dance with Eddie LunchPail DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue

Sold out

DJs

THANKS FOR VOTING US

Edmonton Guitar Show; 10am-5pm; $10

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue

MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests

BRIXX BAR Lettuce Produce Beats;

6pm (doors); 18+ only DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic

with host Duff Robison NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost Rider ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW Open mic Wed: Hosted by Jordan Strand; every Wed, 9-12 jordanfstrand@gmail.com / 780655-8520

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Bingo Toonz

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

every Tue REXALL PLACE Dean Brody (country)

and Paul Brandt with Jess Moskaluke; 7pm; $35 and up

Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE Live music with the Icehouse Band and weekly guests; Every Tue, 9pm

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5

SANDS HOTEL Country music dancing

Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover

every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm UNION HALL Symphony X (metal) and

Overkill with guests; 7pm; $33.50 (adv) YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session:

ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open

ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori

Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

Classical

Sketches of Eternity; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

WINSPEAR CENTRE The Music of Pink

Classical

DJs

WINSPEAR CENTRE The Music of Pink

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

Floyd; 8pm; $39

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Brit

4-8pm; 18+ only; No cover

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

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Jason

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Open Mic

Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon

Rooster Davis Group; 9pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

O'BYRNE'S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm

DRAFT BAR & GRILL Sunday Draft Jam;

BLUES ON WHYTE Ann Vriend & the

Pop, Synthpop, Alternative 90's, Glam Rock with DJ Chris Bruce; Wooftop: Substance: alt retro and not-so-retro

Floyd; 8pm; $39

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt '80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave APEX CASINO 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.955.2336 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002 thebuckingham.ca BUDDY'S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd,

Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CLUB AT THE CITADEL 9828101A Ave COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta CROWN & ANCHOR PUB 15277 Castle Downs Rd NW DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave DR. WILBERT MCINTYRE PARK 104 St & 83 Ave DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER'S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 EDMONTON EXPO CENTRE 7515118 Ave NW ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411

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EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY'S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN 10200-102 Ave FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10025-105 St GARNEAU THEATRE 8712-109 St NW HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 ITALIAN CULTURE CENTER 14230-133 Ave J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.'S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 MCMULLEN GALLERY 8440112 St 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 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave

NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O'BYRNE'S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW 8404-109 St ORLANDO'S 1 15163-121 St O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St REXALL PLACE 7424-118 Ave RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC'S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 RITCHIE UNITED CHURCH 962474 Ave NW ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave, 780.424.3836 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE 9797 Jasper Ave NW SHERLOCK HOLMES–

DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 ST. JOHN'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10611-110 Ave STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St 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 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

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

COMEDY Black Dog Freehouse • Underdog Comedy show: Alternating hosts • Every Thu, 8-11pm • No cover

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 • Bob Angeli; Sep 24-26

Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 7:30pm; Fri-Sat 9:45pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; every Mon at 7:30pm • Triple Threat Tuesday; every Tue at 7:30pm • Ari Shaffir; 23-26 • Leonard Ouzts; Sep 30-Oct 4 Connie's Comedy • Draft Bar & Grill, 12912-50 St • With Jamie Hutchinson headliner and Bill Gee as MC • Sep 30, 7:30pm Connie's Comedy presents Komedy Krush • Krush Ultralounge, 16648-109 St • Starting with an open mic, then headliner Jamie Hutchinson • Sep 29, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show)

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

Empress Ale House • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: featuring a professional headliner every week Every Sun, 9pm

Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm Groups/CLUBS/meetings Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm 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

Edmonton Atheists • Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Monthly roundtable discussion group. Topics change each month, please check the website for details, edmontonatheists.ca • 1st Tue, 7pm; each month 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), 17028-124 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

Illness support and solutions • Robertson Wesley United Church Library, 10209-123 St • 780.235.5911 • Crohn's Colitis, I.B.D. Support and Solutions • Every 2nd and 4th Tue, 7-9pm

Lotus Qigong • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleine-sanam.orgs/en • Program for HIVAID'S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free

(member)/$10 (membership); pre-register

Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm • Info: contact cwaalberta@gmail. com

Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall,

Wild Rose Antique Collectors Society • Delwood Community Hall, 7515

3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

Poor Vote Turnout • Rossdale Hall, 10135-96 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm sAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence LECTURES/Presentations

Schizophrenia Society Family Support Drop-in Group • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • schizophrenia. ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of AlbertaEdmonton branch provides a facilitated family support group for caregivers of a loved one living with schizophrenia. Free drop-in the 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm

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

Sherwood Park Walking Group + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10-min discussion, followed by a 30 to 40-min walk through Centennial Park, a cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/ session (goes to the Alzheimer's Society of Alberta)

Sugar Foot Ballroom • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music– check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519

TIBETAN BUDDHIST MAHAMUDRA • Karma Tashi Ling Society, 10502-70 Ave • Tranquility and insight meditation based on Very Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche's teachings. Suitable for meditation practitioners with Buddhist leanings • Every Thu, 7-8:30pm • Donations; jamesk2004@hotmail.com

Munk Election Debate on Foreign Policy • Devaney's University, 11113-87 Ave NW • edmonton@opencanada.org • A viewing party of the Munk Debates' Federal Election debate on Canada's Foreign Policy • Sep 28, 5-7pm • Free

Seeing is above All • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm Stopping hamburger disease on the shelf: Engineering new smart materials for food safety • Room E1-001 Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex, University of Alberta, 116 St and 92 Ave • engineering.ualberta.ca/Expo • Learn about leading-edge research being conducted

by University of Alberta materials engineering researchers, who are discovering ways to protect consumers when food becomes unsafe • Sep 26, 11:30am-12:30pm • Free

The UN's New Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): What Are They?

Why Should We Care? • Telus Centre (87 Avenue & 111 Street), Room 134 • globaled. ualberta.ca • Panelists will explore the goals and attempts to end hunger, reduce inequality, address climate change and promote health in every nation • Sep 30, 4-5:20pm • RSVP at lobaled.ualberta.ca

Turning your smart phone into a Tricorder • Room E1-001 Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex, University of Alberta, 116 St and 92 Ave • engineering. ualberta.ca/Expo • Learn about exciting biomedical engineering research at the University of Alberta to make the Star Trek tricorder a real, valued, and reliable medical instrument • Sep 26, 1-2pm • Free

QUEER Bisexual Women's Coffee Group • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups. yahoo.com/group/bwedmonton

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave •

Toastmasters • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus

Delwood Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors.ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton. Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm

St;

Jean: Pavillion McMahon; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:051pm • 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 bradscherger@hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo. com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Upward Bound Toastmaster Club: Rm 7, 6 Fl, Edmonton Public Library–DT: Meets every Wed, 7-8:45pm; Sep-May; upward.toastmastersclubs. org; reader1@shaw.ca • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

WEDNESDAY NITE Faith Focus • First Presbyterian Church, 10025-105 St • 780.422.2937 • firstpresbyterian.ca • fpc@ telus.net • Continuing in-depth examination of the action-packed 'Acts of the Apostles' • Every Wed until Nov, 6:30-8pm

Wiccan Assembly • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of

780.488.6636 • Tue: Retro Tuesdays with Dj Arrow Chaser; 9pm-close • Wed: DJ Griff; 9-close • Thu: Wet underwear with Shiwana Millionaire • Fri: Dance all Night with Dj Arrowchaser • Sat: Weekly events and dancing until close • Sun: Weekly Drag show with Shiwana Millionaire and guests; 12:30am

Evolution Wonderlounge • 10220103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net Illusions Social Club • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campusbased organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca LIVING POSITIVE • #33, 9912-106 St • 780.424.2214 • livingpositivethroughpositiveliving.com • In office peer counseling, public

speakers available for presentations, advocacy and resource materials available • Support group for gay men living with HIV: 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

Pride Centre of Edmonton • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and nonjudgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women's Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@ pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@ hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@shaw.ca

St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) Team Edmonton • Various sports and recreation activities • All-Bodies Swim: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8648-81 St NW; pridecentreofedmonton.org; Every 3rd Sat of the month, 9:30-10:30pm • Badminton: Oliver School, 10227-118 St; badminton@teamedmonton.ca; Every Wed (until Feb 24); $5 (drop-in); Between the Lines: LGBTQ Comic Book Club: Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 St; hhv1@happyharborcomics.com; happyharborcomics.com; Sep 30, 7-9pm • Board Game Group: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; Monthly on a Sun, 3-7pm; RSVP to boardgames@teamedmonton. ca • Bootcamp: Oliver Community Hall, 10326118 St; bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca; Every Thu, 7pm; $30 (full season), $15 (low income or students) • Dodgeball: Royal Alexandra Hospital gymnasium; dodgeball@teamedmonton.ca; Sep 27, 4:30-6:30pm & Oct 4, 5:30-7pm • Equal, Fit, Fierce, and Fabulous: Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; pridecentreofedmonton.org/calendar; Drop in games and activities for youth; Every other Tue (Oct 6), 4:30-6pm

WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.org, womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured

Woodys Video Bar • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Massive Mondays Comedy Night with Nadine Hunt; 8pm; New Headliner Weekly • Tue: You Don't Know Show with Shiwana Millionaire; 8pm; Weekly prizes and games • Wed: Karaoke with Shirley; 7pm1am • Thu: Karaoke with Kendra; 7pm-1am • Fri-Sat: Dancing and events until close • Sun: Karaoke with Jadee; 7pm-1am

SPECIAL EVENTS Alberta Culture Days 2014 • Various locations throughout Edmonton and the province • culture.alberta.ca/culturedays • Thousands of free, family-friendly events happen throughout the province all weekend long. Take in rock concerts, dance demonstrations and backstage tours to historic exhibits, film screenings, culinary workshops and everything in between • Sep 26-28

DeepSoul.ca • 587.520.3833; 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 Dig In St. Albert's Horticulinary

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Festival • Enjoy Centre, 101 Riel Drive, St. Albert • diginstalbert.ca • Through a series of demonstrations and hands-on workshops, participants will learn how to grow food in an urban setting and to prepare and preserve their own produce • Oct 1-3

Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo 2015 • Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave NW • edmontonexpo.com • Celebrating all things geeky for the whole family.

Featuring special guests from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Guardians of the Galaxy, Batgirl and so much more • Sep 25-27 • $20-$65

Edmonton Galleria Arts & Culture Showcase • EPCOR Tower south parking lot, 104 Ave and 100 St • ghuybregts@edacc.ca • edmontongalleria.ca • An event encouraging attendees to explore, express and enjoy the artist within Try your hand at Mandala art, relief printing and more. Come and see ballet, opera, hip hop, Aboriginal dance and musical performances as well • Sep 26, 11am-3pm • Free

Etsy: Made in Canada Edmonton Marketplace • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St • meriha@carineredmond.com • etsy.com/ madeincanada • Made in Canada pop-up marketplace. Shop your favourite Etsy crafters, collectors and artisans selling their handmade and vintage goods • Sep 26, 10am-4pm • Free

E-Ville Roller Derby Presents: Welcome Smack • Edmonton Sportsdome, 10104-32 Ave NW • eville.publicrelations@ gmail.com • facebook.com/EdmontonRollerDerby • e-villerollerderby.com • The Slice Girls vs. The Las Pistolitas • Sep 26, 7-9pm • $10 (adv), $15 (door), free (kids 10 and under) - food donatiojns to the Food Bankwill be accepted

Fun with Fiber! • Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site, 11153 Saskatchewan Drive • 780.427.3995 • rutherford.hosue@gov. ab.ca • history.alberta.ca/rutherford/specialevents/specialevents.aspx • See how we use the fiber from all kinds of animals, to make every day items, from clothing to toys. Part of Alberta Culture Days • Sep 26, 12-4pm • Free

Harvest Swap and Gifting - Second Annual • Earth's General Store Parking Lot, 9605-82 Ave • michael@egs.ca • Drop off your excess apples, pick up some zucchini, drop off some potatoes and pick up some tomatoes. OR just pick up some fresh locally grown produce for free or drop off your excess without taking anything - gifting • Sep 26, 9am-6pm • Free

Light The Night • Hawrelak Park - Heritage Amphitheatre, 9330 Groat Road • katie.suvanto@lls.org • 780.399.8010 • lightthenight.ca • A fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society • Sep 26, 5pm

Oktoberfest • Hall C, Expo Centre, 7515118 Ave NW • albertabeerfestivals.com • A sampling event. Featuring authentic Bavarian style booths pouring authentic Bavarian style beers, and since we're in Edmonton, celebrate the great local beers of Edmonton and area. Food will be available through local eateries, pubs and restaurants as well as live entertainment. Talk about a party! • Oct 2 (4-10pm) & Oct 3 (2-9pm) • $19 (day), $30 (weekend)

Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm University of Alberta Engineering Expo • Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex, University of Alberta, 116 St NW • engginfo@ualberta.ca • engineering.ualberta. ca/Expo2015 • Junior and senior high school students can learn what engineering's all about • Sep 26, 10am-3pm • Free

Vegtoberfest 2015 Kickoff • Earth's General Store (Parking Lot), 9605-82 Ave • michael@egs.ca • Enjoy an afternoon that includes veg-friendly eats, businesses, and organizations. This will give attendees a look into all of the wonderful options that Edmonton has to offer • Sep 27, 11am-3pm • Free Viva Brazil! • Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.722.1256 • amanda@sambaedmonton.ca • sambaedmonton.ca • An evening of immersion in Brazilian culture. Featuring a broad variety of art forms, including samba and Afro-dance, capoeira, live music, paint, photography and more • Sep 25, 8:30-11pm • $40, $35 (students)

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Who: People with Ulcerative Colitis, ages 18 to 75 years.

What is required: 4 in person visits and 3 telephone visits over 6 months; completion of surveys and provision of blood, urine and stool samples.

What you receive: Specific nutrition counseling related to an anti-inflammatory diet.

Costs to you: Parking is paid.

You also receive a small gift card as compensation.

Please contact Ammar, email IBDdiets@ualberta.ca or Thandi at 780-492-8691 Ext 2, University of Alberta.

Artist to Artist

Artisan Nook Ongoing Submissions Call The Artisan Nook at The Paint Spot welcomes submissions by artists and artisans who create small works. The Artisan Nook showcases handcrafted articles with an artistic flair; small paintings, drawings, prints, too. The simple submission requirements are available online, www.paintspot.ca, by contacting accounts@paintspot.ca, or by phoning The Paint Spot, 780.432.0240. We are now scheduling 2016. Please join us.

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DRAWING FROM THE MODEL Draw from live models, male & female, in a studio setting. Use the drawing/painting materials of your choice-graphite, charcoal, paint (watercolour, acrylic, oil); bring your own supplies. This is a self-guided class, but advice will always be around when needed, as Chris Jugo manages the class. $15/session, Tuesdays, October 6, 13, 20, & 27.

Limited enrollment, so register early! Contact The Paint Spot, 780.432.0240; accounts@paintspot.ca; www.paintspot.ca.

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Black/Death Metal Band Seeks Drummer Drummer needed for a 3 piece Black/Death Metal band. We are established and have played a few shows around the city. We recorded our 7 song debut album with our old drummer, which we are releasing soon. Our jam space is located just outside of downtown. Check us out here www.facebook.com/anthroplague

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•• real estate •• UNDEVELOPED COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL LOTS at Baptiste Lake, Alberta. Ritchie Bros.

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FARMLAND/GRAZING LAND near Keephills, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 29 in Edmonton. 6 parcels - 855+/acres West of Stony Plain.

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HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL LOTS in High River, Alberta.

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LAKE FRONT HOME at Jackfish Lake, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, October 29 in Edmonton. 6400 +/- walkout bungalow, interior to be completed, 2.08 +/- title acres.

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 19): You are destined to become a master of fire. It's your birthright to become skilled in the arts of kindling and warming and illuminating and energizing. Eventually you will develop a fine knack for knowing when it's appropriate to turn the heat up high, and when it's right to simmer with a slow, steady glow. You will wield your flames with discernment and compassion, rarely or never with prideful rage.

You will have a special power to accomplish creative destruction and avoid harmful destruction. I'm pleased at the progress you are making toward these noble goals, but there's room for improvement.

During the next eight weeks, you can speed up your evolution.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 20): Taurus-born physicist Wolfgang Pauli won a Nobel Prize for his research. His accomplishment?

The Nobel Committee said he discovered "a new law of nature," and named it after him: the Pauli Principle. And yet when he was a younger man, he testified, "Physics is much too difficult for me, and I wish I were a film comedian or something like that and that I had never heard anything about physics!" I imagine you might now be feeling a comparable frustration about something for which you have substantial potential, Taurus.

In the spirit of Pauli's perseverance, I urge you to keep at it.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUN 20): In 1921, the French city of Biarritz hosted an international kissing contest. After evaluating the participants' efforts, the panel of judges declared that Spanish kisses were "vampiric," while those of Italians were "burning," English were "tepid," Russians were "eruptive," French were "chaste," and Americans were "flaccid." Whatever nationality you are, Gemini, I hope you will eschew those paradigms—and all other paradigms, as well. Now is an excellent time to experiment with and hone your own unique style of kissing. I'm tempted to suggest that you raise your levels of tenderness and wildness, but I'd rather you ignore all advice and trust your intuition.

CANCER (JUN 21 – JUL 22): The astrological omens suggest you could get caught up in dreaming about what might have been. I'm afraid you might cling to outworn traditions and resuscitate wistful wishes that have little relevance for the future. You may even be tempted to wander through the labyrinth of your memories, hoping to steep yourself in old feelings that weren't even good medicine for you when you first experienced them. But I hope you will override these inclinations, and instead act on the aphorism, "If you don't study the past, you will probably repeat it." Right now, the best reason to remember the old days is to rebel against them and prevent them from draining your energy.

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LEO (JUL 23 – AUG 22): You may laugh more in the next 14 days than you have during any comparable 14-day period since you were five years old. At least I hope you will. It will be the best possible tonic for your physical and mental health. Even more than usual, laughter has the power to heal your wounds, alert you to secrets hiding in plain sight, and awaken your dormant potentials. Luckily, I suspect that life will conspire to bring about this happy development. A steady stream of antics and whimsies and amusing paradoxes is headed your way. Be alert for the opportunities.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 22): It's a favourable time to fantasize about how to suck more cash into your life. You have entered a phase when economic mojo is easier to conjure than usual.

Are you ready to engage in some practical measures to take advantage of the cosmic trend?

And by that I don't mean playing the lottery or stealing strangers' wallets or scanning the sidewalk for fallen money as you stroll.

Get intensely real and serious about enhancing your financial fortunes. What are three specific ways you're ignorant about getting and handling money? Educate yourself.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 22): "¢I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth," wrote author William Faulkner. Some astrologers would say that it's unlikely a Libra would ever say such a thing— that it's too primal a feeling for your refined, dignified tribe; too lush and unruly. But I disagree with that view. Faulkner himself was a Libra! And I am quite sure that you are now or will soon be like a wet seed in the hot blind earth—fierce to sprout and grow with almost feral abandon.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 21): You and I both know that you can heal the sick and raise the dead and turn water into wine—or at least perform the metaphorical equivalent of those magical acts.

Especially when the pressure is on, you have the power to attract the help of mysterious forces and unexpected interventions.

I love that about you! When people around you are rendered fuzzy and inert by life's puzzling riddles, you are often the best hope for activating constructive responses. According to my analysis of upcoming cosmic trends, these skills will be in high demand during the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 – DEC 21): Some astrologers regard the planet Saturn as a sour tyrant that cramps our style and squelches our freedom. But here's my hypothesis: Behind Saturn's austere mask is a benevolent teacher and guide. She pressures us to focus and concentrate. She pushes us to har-

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ness and discipline our unique gifts. It's true that some people resist these cosmic nudges. They prefer to meander all over the place, trying out roles they're not suited for and indulging in the perverse luxury of neglecting their deepest desires. For them Saturn seems like a dour taskmaster, spoiling their lazy fun. I trust that you Sagittarians will develop a dynamic relationship with Saturn as she cruises through your sign for the next 26 months. With her help, you can deepen your devotion to your life's most crucial goals.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22 – JAN 19): The coming weeks will be a favourable time to break a spell you've been under, or shatter an illusion you have been caught up in, or burst free from a trance you have felt powerless to escape. If you are moved to seek help from a shaman, witch or therapist, please do so. But I bet you could accomplish the feat all by yourself. Trust your hunches! Here's one approach you could try: Tap into both your primal anger and your primal joy. In your mind's eye, envision situations that tempt you to hate life and envision situations that inspire you love life. With this volatile blend as your fuel, you can explode the hold of the spell, illusion or trance.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 18): "Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down." So advised author Ray Bradbury. That strategy is too nerve-wracking for a cautious person like me. I prefer to meticulously build and thoroughly test my wings before trying a quantum leap. But I have observed that Aquarius is one of the three signs of the zodiac most likely to succeed with this approach. And according to my astrological calculations, the coming weeks will be a time when your talent for building robust wings in mid-air will be even more effective than usual.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20): You are being tempted to make deeper commitments and to give more of yourself. Should you? Is it in your interests to mingle your destiny more thoroughly with the destinies of others? Will you benefit from trying to cultivate more engaged forms of intimacy?

As is true for most big questions, there are no neat, simple answers. Exploring stronger connections would ultimately be both messy and rewarding.

Here's an inquiry that might bring clarity as you ponder the possibility of merging your fortunes more closely with allies or potential allies: Will deeper commitments with them inspire you to love yourself dearly, treat yourself with impeccable kindness, and be a superb ally to yourself? V AT THE BACK 59

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Alberta's lack of sex ed

It's time to bring Alberta's sex-ed curriculum into the 21st century With kids returning to school, I thought I'd look into sex education in Alberta. It turns out not much has changed from the time I was in school—which is more than a little concerning, considering I matriculated in a totally different millennium.

Here's how it works: Alberta Education provides a mandatory curriculum that is implemented, interpreted and/or enhanced by each jurisdiction—and this curriculum was last updated in 1998. Starting in Grade 4 and finishing in Grade 9, students endure lectures on basic anatomy, the emotional and physical impacts of puberty, the reproductive system, personal decision-making (with an emphasis on abstinence), safe sex, sexual abuse, contraception, consequences of sexual relationships and sexually transmitted infections.

Overall, the breadth is decent and delivered at generally age-appropriate stages. (One could argue that kids seem to be growing up faster these days.) However, the criteria are extremely vague and there are several missing pieces, notably consent: I couldn't find a direct mention of consent in any of the curriculum materials. It could be tied in to a few areas, but it isn't a clear part of the core material and therefore isn't likely to be emphasized and may be excluded all together.

There is also a conspicuous absence of information related to sexual orientation and gender identity. Again, it's not necessarily omitted from every classroom in Alberta, but it's not a part of the province's required learning.

In the throes of the controversy in Ontario, Global News assembled a side-by-side comparison between the sexual health programs across Canada's provinces. It's obvious Alberta is falling short: whereas most provinces are clear on what gradespecific information is taught, Alberta is often listed as "unclear."

This means that it is "unclear" if, or when, Albertan children learn about important topics like gender identity, sexual orientation and Internet safety.

The quality of sex education is also unclear. Not only is every school left to its own interpretation of already vague materials, but there is also no requirement that sex education be provided by someone with actual expertise in the area. I have to imagine most teachers do not have advanced education in sexual health, which presents a huge risk of passing on misinformation or creating an

uncomfortable classroom environment that fails to encourage healthy discourse.

Teenagers have sex. Given the undeniable importance of sex in our lives, its potential risks and the impact that early sexual experiences have on our physical, emotional and relational development, we

Alberta's schools. Encourage our provincial education system to make necessary curriculum changes by supporting groups like Alberta AIM (Accessing Information not Myths—its Twitter handle is @ AlbertaAIM), which are lobbying to update the curriculum and pushing for the requirement of medically accurate information delivered by qualified professionals.

Sex education is far too important to be neglected in schools: most of us will use the information learned in sex-ed class far more than we'll ever use algebra.V

The sex education provided at school is often the primary—if not only—source for kids to learn about this incredibly important topic. have a societal responsibility to ensure that the next generation has access to more accurate and comprehensive information than what friends, media and parents can dispense—because let's face it: parents aren't experts either. The sex education provided at school is often the primary—if not only— source for kids to learn about this incredibly important topic.

So let's improve sex education in

Tami-lee Duncan is a Registered Psychologist in Edmonton, specializing in sexual health. Please note that the information and advice given above is not a substitute for therapeutic treatment with a licensed professional. For information or to submit a question, please contact tami-lee@vueweekly.com.

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I'm a 26-year-old single bi woman.

Sometimes my roommate/best friend and I have drunken threesomes with men. We've had some great one-night stands (less scary with a friend!), but recently we slept with a man I've been (drunkenly) sleeping with over a period of months, my "friend with benefits."

I shared my FWB with my roommate because she wanted to have sex, and I shared my roommate with my FWB because he wanted to experience a threesome. I told my roommate afterward that I wouldn't like it if she slept with my FWB on her own, and I told my FWB that we should have discussed having a threesome before it happened. We went out drinking another night, I left early, and they wound up sleeping together. I was upset with my roommate, because she knew how I felt. But I am disgusted and angry with my FWB because he had to "work" to convince my roommate to get her into bed.

I have forgiven my roommate—she says she is mad at herself and at him—but it's hard to blame these two friends for hurting me because people make mistakes when they're drunk. Still, this whole ordeal has made me reconsider my friendship with my FWB. He thinks we're just friends, but I have now realized that I have deeper feelings for him.

I feel very close to him, and we do a lot of fun things together. I've been pretty open with him about my feelings, but he hasn't shared how he feels. Can I continue being friends with my FWB? Or do I need to break off my friendship with my FWB because I actually want something more with him? What can my FWB do to mend this?

What can I do?

BEST FRIEND FUCKER

Taking your questions one at a time: Can you continue being friends with your FWB? That depends on what your roommate means by "work." If she means your FWB overcame her initial reluctance to fuck him solo with some flirty talk and assurances that you wouldn't mind, then, yeah, you can continue to be friends with your FWB. People have managed to salvage friendships out of relationships that imploded much more spectacularly, BFF. If someone can get past an infidelity or a betrayal or a child conceived with a piece-on-the-side and remain on friendly terms with their cheating, lying, breeding ex, you should be able to work through this. But if what your roommate means by "work" is that your FWB coerced her into having sex, you shouldn't want to salvage a friendship with that rapey POS. Do you need to break off your friendship with your FWB because you've realized you want something more from him, ie, a committed relationship? Someone in a FWB arrangement wanting to be more than friends—boyfriend or girlfriend or nonbinaryfriend— is the leading cause of death for FWB arrangements. And while

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What does it mean when you find a pair of tit clamps in your "vanilla" boyfriend's dresser?

TOLD HIM I'M NOT KINKY It means he's the pope—what the fuck do you think it means? It means he owns a pair of tit clamps. It could mean he's slightly less vanilla than he's let on, THINK, or it could mean he has a kinky ex who left a pair of tit clamps behind, or it could mean he got a pair of tit clamps as a dirty Secret Santa gift and isn't phobic about being perceived as even slightly kinky so he tossed them in a drawer without a second thought.

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Straight man, married for 12 years, love my wife very much. We have a great relationship, and I cannot see myself being with anyone else. A few years ago, she came out to me as bisexual. At the time, it hit me harder than I would have expected. Part of the reason was she explained that she often fantasizes about women when we have sex in order to come.

She says she is attracted to me and loves our sex life. We have exhausted the topic of bringing someone else into our relationship and recommitted to monogamy. Is it inevitable that she will cheat to satisfy her curiosity? She says she wouldn't, and I have to trust that, but it is always in the back of my head.

What do I do?

JUST ONE EXCEPTION

What can your FWB do to mend this?

He can apologize to you and your roommate and toss his dick around more considerately in the future.

I had to read your letter three times to figure out who did what— and I had to shorten it considerably (and edit for clarity)—and honestly, BFF, I'm still a little fuzzy on the violations. But I think it goes like this: You asked your roommate not to fuck your FWB in your absence despite having already invited her to fuck him in your presence and your roommate went ahead and fucked your FWB anyway (violation #1), and you told your FWB that a threesome with your roommate without prior discussion was a misdemeanor, so he should've known that initiating a twosome with your roommate would be a felony but he went ahead and twosomed the shit out of your roommate anyway (violation #2).

normally the friend who wants to keep things casual is the one who ends the arrangement, BFF, if you want more and you know he can't give it to you, or if you fear you can't trust him around current and future roommates, then feel free to end it. But if you really like him—despite the violation and, emphasizing this again, only if the "work" he did on your roommate wasn't coercive or rapey—then go ahead and ask him to upgrade your FWB arrangement to GF/BF relationship.

What can your FWB do to mend this? He can apologize to you and your roommate and toss his dick around more considerately in the future.

What can you do? You can try to see this for what it was: Two people who'd already fucked—two people who fucked in front of you at your invitation—got drunk and fucked again. You can choose to see that encounter as a violation that requires drastic retaliatory measures (friendships ended, leases broken), BFF, or you can choose to see it as the messy denouement of an ill-advised/rushed threesome that you set in motion.

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I can't promise you that your wife won't ever cheat—not because she's bisexual, JOE, but because she's human. Women who are 100-percent straight cheat on their husbands every day; husbands who are 100-percent straight cheat on their wives every day. And while on the one hand, it's unfortunate your wife told you she sometimes has to think about women to get off during sex with you (not everything has to be shared, people), the fact that she trusted you/burdened you with that information says a lot about your relationship.

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