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Alberta and the world

Time for action on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals Last weekend, United Nations member states gathered at the UN Sustainable Development Conference in New York to adopt the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are an ambitious set of global development benchmarks and targets meant to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted in 2000, once they expire at the end of 2015.

The adoption of the SDGs, with their strong focus on universality and the links between local and global challenges and issues, presents an important opportunity to reflect on Alberta's place in the world and how the province will help achieve the goals both here and abroad.

Alberta is one of the richest jurisdictions anywhere in the world, largely as a result of our natural resource wealth and a global economic system that prioritizes its extraction, marketing and global distribution above all else. We cannot, therefore, ignore the links that exist between that wealth and the

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extreme poverty that exists both here and around the world, between the dominance of fossil fuels and the condition of the world's indigenous peoples and our global environment.

It was an understanding of this interconnectedness that led former premier Peter Lougheed to create the Alberta Agency for International Development and commit to matching, out of general revenues, every dollar that Albertans donated toward international development initiatives. There were years in the late 1970s and early 1980s that the Alberta government actually contributed more dollars to international development projects than the federal government did.

Of course, subsequent Premiers did not maintain that commitment as they cut funding to international development, moved the funding envelope from general revenues to lottery funds, and then cut funding again.

Today, the provincial government contributes less than $700 000 annually toward Alberta-based

organizations working internationally, and all of that comes out of lottery funds rather than general revenue. We have come a long way from the multi-million-dollar international contributions of the Lougheed era and of the government's fundamental understanding of the tremendous work of Alberta organizations internationally. When the Alberta government recently decided, for example, to contribute funds in support of the Syrian refugee humanitarian crisis, it did so through the Canadian Red Cross rather than through the many Alberta organizations working in the area.

That's not to say that the government should not be applauded for its contribution and for stepping up in support of an international crisis where other levels of government have failed. That is definitely commendable. But it was a missed opportunity to support the ongoing work of Alberta organizations—many of which are not only working internationally, but also engaging Albertans

in understanding and advocating to transform the root causes of the crisis.

In the five short months that it has been in power, the Alberta government has already made significant strides in adopting policies that are consistent with the values and aspirations of the SDGs. The creation of a ministry for the status of women, the signing on to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the increased commitment to developing and implementing a concerted climate change strategy are just three examples.

All three of these initiatives reflect significant aspects of the SDGs. The only thing missing is for the government to draw the necessary links from these local aspirations to our international responsibilities. Issues like gender, indigenous peoples' rights, climate and resource extraction are all international in nature. The Alberta manifestation of these issues does not exist in isolation from how they play out in the rest of the world, and they can't be ad-

dressed separately.

The government of Alberta has an opportunity in front of it today to adopt the SDGs and integrate them fully into its overall vision for the province. An increase in the funds available for international cooperation, increased support for organizations engaging Albertans in making these connections, and adding an international component to its ongoing work on gender equity, indigenous rights and the climate would not only help revive Lougheed's vision of Alberta's place in the world, but elevate it to the next level. Now is the time to move the SDGs from aspiration to action, and there is no one better situated than the Alberta government to make it happen. Let's help them make it possible.V

pro or con, are often cast in terms of the economy, but it's very unlikely that an independent Catalonia would experience either an economic disaster or an economic bonanza. Independence is basically an emotional issue, not an economic one—and for Catalan nationalists, the emotions are very strong.

An example. The last time I was in Barcelona I was told the same story by different people on the independence side of the question on three separate occasions. A Spanish cabinet minister, they claimed, had said that "Barcelona has to be bombarded at least every 50 years" in order to keep Catalans under control.

How can we be asked to live in the same country as such people?

So I checked it out, and it was true. The man who said it was one General Espartero, and he was actually the head of the Spanish government at the time. The only problem is that he said it in the early 1840s, after the end of the first Carlist civil war. Not really very relevant to the present, then, but the emotions lin-

ger on. It's likely that a majority of people of Catalan descent would still vote for independence today.

The problem is that ethnic Catalans are barely half the population.

Catalonia's relative prosperity attracted huge numbers of Spanish immigrants in the latter half of the 20th century, and 46 percent of the people in Catalonia now speak Spanish as their first language (although 96 percent claim to speak both languages).

It's very hard to win an independence referendum when almost half the population does not share the emotions that drive the cause, so the separatists' best hope is to go for independence without one. That is going to make things very messy in Catalonia, and even violence is not to be excluded.

Nor is the forthcoming national election in Spain likely to change Madrid's fierce resistance to Catalan independence: all the major Spanish parties oppose it, although the new Podemos Party at least supports Catalonia's right to hold a referendum on it. But then, that may just be tactical thinking. Letting Artur Mas hold a referendum would not necessarily be doing him a favour. V

Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

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A potential breakup in Spain Catalonia's new regional government pushes for independence "We would have preferred a referendum like in Quebec and Scotland but the only course left to us was to organize these elections," said Artur Mas, president of the regional government of Catalonia. So, he said, the election that was held on Sunday in Spain's richest province should be seen as a referendum on independence—and he won it.

It was not a big win: the pro-independence parties needed 68 seats for a majority in the 135-seat regional parliament, and they got 72. But it was a win nevertheless, and Mas says he will unilaterally declarate Catalonia independent in the next 18 months on the strength of this vote.

Catalonia could certainly make it as an independent country: it's about the same size as Switzerland, with about the same population. But there is doubt about whether Spain would agree to a friendly divorce—and even greater doubt about whether a majority of Catalonia's voters would actually vote "yes" if there were a real referendum on independence.

As in most places, the rural constituencies in Catalonia contain fewer voters than the urban ones, and it is in the rural parts of Catalonia that the support for independence is strongest. The pro-independence parties got a majority of the seats, but they only won 48.7 percent of the votes.

Mas' parliamentary majority is

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therefore a flimsy basis for such a momentous decision as breaking up Spain, but he is going ahead anyway.

He says that he will immediately start building the institutions of an independent state—a diplomatic service, central bank, tax authority and armed forces—and declare independence unilaterally 18 months from now.

This will create a serious confrontation with Madrid in much less than 18 months, because creating such separate institutions is against Spanish law. But Mas argues that he had no choice but to go ahead without a referendum, since the Spanish government refuses to authorize a r e fe r e n d u m on the grounds that the constitution does not allow regions to make unilateral decisions on sovereignty.

What Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy offers instead is a referendum in which the entire country would vote on Catalan independence. He defends this peculiar procedure on the grounds that Catalonia's separation would affect the whole of Spain, since it accounts for 16 per-

cent of the population and a fifth of the economy.

Naturally, this option has no appeal to the separatist leaders, but Madrid's intransigence does give them an excuse to proceed without a referendum that they might well lose. Indeed, they would have lost it at most times in the recent past, although support for independence fluctuates with time: it was below 40 percent in 2010, rose to the low 50s in 2012-13,

The arguments for independence, pro or con, are often cast in terms of the economy, but it's very unlikely that an independent Catalonia would experience either an economic disaster or an economic bonanza. and is back down to the low 40s in the most recent polls.

Nor can the separatists assume that it is back up to almost 50 percent on the evidence of Sunday's vote. Most of the pro-independence parties are on the left, and some traditional leftwing voters would have supported them without necessarily backing independence.

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Campaigning on hate The Conservatives' hypocritical dog-whistle politics exploit our ingrained racism

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n a clever play on words during last week's French federal leaders' debate, the NDP's Tom Mulcair accused Stephen Harper's Conservatives of using a "weapon of mass distraction" for creating a controversy over whether a Muslim woman should have the right to wear a niqab during a citizenship ceremony.

Although they have been trailing in the polls since the writ was dropped in early August, the Conservatives have been inching back on top as of late. The rebound might be partially attributable to the party's hardline stance on the niqab, an issue that featured prominently in the aforementioned debate and one that is particularly controversial in Quebec.

If Harper's team is exploiting the issue for political purposes, it will be just the latest amongst its international conservative counterparts to snatch victories from the jaws of defeat by riding a wave of xenophobia.

It's no secret, for example, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is one of Stephen Harper's greatest allies and closest ideological brethren. Last March, Netanyahu's party, Likud, was on the brink of losing control of the Knesset, Israel's parliament. At noon on election day, Likud posted a video on YouTube and Facebook in which Netanyahu warned his supporters that "the right-wing government is in danger. Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls. Left-wing organizations are bussing them out." Coupled with his lastminute declaration that there would never be a Palestinian state on his watch, it was clear that Netanyahu had no problem capitalizing on easily stoked racist tendencies that might be found amongst his people.

Following the March 17 election, Mina Tzemach, one of the country's most respected pollsters, told the Knesset Channel that up until noon on election day— when the video was posted—exit polls indicated that Netanyahu's Likud was trailing the centre-left Zionist Union by about

three to four seats. Within five hours after the video was posted, according to Tzemach, the gap had been closed and by 8 pm, Likud was ahead by two to three seats. In the end, it was 30 seats for Likud and 24 for the Union.

In the face of international criticism for his nakedly racist tactics—including from United States President Barack Obama— Netanyahu apologized for his remarks the week after he won the election, telling a group of Arab leaders that he was sorry for the offence he caused. His intemperate remarks might have caused him short-term electoral gain, but it remains to be seen whether there might be ramifications in the longer term. In an interview with the Huffington Post following the Israeli election, Obama hinted that the US might even back Palestinian statehood at the United Nations, adding that because of Netanyahu's comments, "It is going to be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing that negotiations are possible."

It might be worth noting that last spring, as initially reported by Susan Delacourt in the Toronto Star, Stephen Harper sent Jaime Watt of PR firm Navigator, along with current campaign spokesperson and former PMO director of communications Kory Teneycke and frequent spokesperson Rick Anderson, to observe the Israeli elections on his behalf.

It has also been widely reported that the Conservatives have brought Australian campaign organizer Lynton Crosby on board to help coordinate the party's messaging. Crosby was the brains behind four consecutive election victories for former Australian prime minister John Howard and was credited for securing a victory for David Cameron's Conservatives in this year's British election.

Netanyahu employed what is known as classic dog-whistle politics. In light of news of Crosby's involvement in the Conservative campaign, the National Post and sever-

al other media outlets suggested that this term originated in Australia in response to the tactics used by the Crosby-led Howard campaign team. However, in his 2013 book Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism & Wrecked the Middle Class, law professor Ian Haney López explores how politicians have long used veiled racism to lure voters. Pointing to Ronald Reagan's attacks on welfare in the '80s and to issues of immigration and national security today, López explains that dog-whistle politics are a rhetorical device designed to trigger previously indoctrinated bigotry and hatred without being explicitly racist itself. It may be that Crosby merely perfected the tactic.

Increasingly through his tenure, Australia's Howard was accused of communicating messages that appealed to racist white Australian voters by using words such as "un-Australian," "mainstream" and "illegals."

Similarly, Crosby was responsible for the 2005 Conservative campaign in the UK for which he created the "Are you thinking what we're thinking?" slogan, which involved a series of posters, billboards, TV commercials and direct-mail pieces with messages like "It's not racist to impose limits on immigration."

This all puts Harper's use of the term "old stock Canadians" into perspective.

After the government announced that it would be appealing a federal court decision involving the niqab matter, it was revealed that senior staff lawyers told the government the ban would likely be struck down in court due to religious freedoms provisions in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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What moves you?

Straphanger author Taras Grescoe argues that great cities were almost ruined by the automobile, which he says led to obesity, social isolation, the destruction of public space and energy-fuelled wars abroad.

This past Monday, Grescoe was in town to discuss transportation alternatives that can be used in Edmonton, which is currently in the midst of gathering ideas on how to improve the city's transit system.

Until October 31, Edmontonians are invited to share ideas on how to improve public transit with the City of Edmonton's What Moves You? online survey. The city will also conduct workshops and collect ideas from project street teams who are visiting neighbourhoods and special events. The strategy will be a guide on how transit can best serve the community, manage growth and responsibly handle public resources. Edmontonians who don't currently use the bus or LRT are also encouraged to share ideas, as everyone's quality of life is impacted by transit—any driver who has had to wait at the intersections by the Southgate, Kingsway or NAIT stations would agree.

Edmonton's population has increased by 7.39 percent since 2012, but the city's public transit has not kept pace with that growth. The introduction of late-night bus service and the recent opening of the long-awaited Metro Line—finally connecting the city's three main post-secondary schools—are great steps forward, but it took too many years to get here.

For newcomers and low-income residents who don't have the luxury of owning a personal vehicle—or even being eligible to drive in Alberta— having multiple transportation options is key to greater accessibility to services, businesses, education, employment, arts and recreation—in short, to a greater livelihood. This is why it's imperative for everyone to take the survey and tell the city exactly what our transit system needs to be.V UP FRONT 5

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very moment where they are committing to join the Canadian family," said Harper, speaking at an event in Quebec this past February.

It is unknown how many women in Canada actually wear a niqab. According to the Federal Court that recently struck down the ban at citizenship swearing ceremonies as

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Meanwhile, as the Conservatives obsess over niqabs at citizenship ceremonies, the party remains strangely silent on the fact that Canadian women can choose to wear a niqab while voting.

According to the Elections Canada website, "If an elector wearing a face covering comes to vote, the deputy returning officer will ask the elector to show their face. If the elector agrees to remove their face covering, the election officer will follow regular voting procedures. ... If the elector does not wish to remove their face covering, the deputy returning officer will advise the elector that they must provide two pieces of authorized identification, one proving their identity and the other proving their identity and address, and then take an oath attesting to their eligibility to vote. If the elector agrees to provide the identification and take the oath,

the election officer will follow regular voting procedures."

To date, neither the Liberals nor the NDP have taken the Conservatives to task over this paradox. As we approach the finish line on the longest and, arguably, most divisive Canadian federal election in modern history, both parties seem to be trying to steer attention away from the niqab—which appears to be costing them votes to the Conservatives and the Bloc Quebecois.

And by digging in their heels and subtly promoting divisiveness, the Conservatives might very well follow in the footsteps of Netanyahu, Cameron and Howard's Conservatives before them. By snatching victory out of the jaws of a predicted defeat by exploiting fears of "the other," it might very well be a case of dog-whistle déjà-vu all over again—with apologies to the late, great Yogi Berra.

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FEATURE // GROCERY

WHERE DID THOSE VEGGIES GROW? SPUD's mobile grocery store has been rolling through town for the past year

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ou may have noticed the little white trucks in your neighbourhood: SPUD has been in Edmonton for just over a year.

Sustainable Produce Urban Delivery, or SPUD, originally started in Vancouver in 1997. Founder David Van Seters expanded to Victoria in 1999 and Calgary in 2002; he added San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2008 through a merger with another company. In 2010, van Seters sold to Peter van Stolk, a native Edmontonian who brought the company to his hometown last September.

The concept of ordering a box of organic food and having it delivered to your doorstep may remind you of another similar service in town, but SPUD does things a little differently.

"When it comes to the Organic Box we don't really look at them as direct competition," Corbin Bouree,

the managing director for SPUD's Edmonton operation, says. "It's two small business units who have very similar goals when it comes to getting people to eat more local food and just increasing the ability of people to have access to good-quality local food in the city."

Bourree describes SPUD as simply another avenue through which Edmontonians can get their weekly groceries.

SPUD's key mandate is convenience and sustainability. Obviously it doesn't get much more convenient than picking items on a website and having them delivered to your door a couple days later—and SPUD offers more than just veggies: the product line includes meats, bakery items, dairy, canned goods and even toiletries like toothpaste.

What really distinguishes SPUD is its transparency of transportation distances: the company's website and invoices clearly display the kilometres each item has travelled to land at your door, an enlightening— albeit sometimes alarming—piece of information.

"We define local as the last point of value added, or of production, that's as close to our facility as possible," explains Bourree, who notes that SPUD tries to source as many items from as close to Edmonton as possible. But SPUD is essentially a mobile grocery store, and some grocery items just don't come from anywhere around here—bananas, for example. Because all of SPUD's products are organic, sometimes they have to reach farther for certain items; consistency in both quality and availability are also important

factors that must be considered.

"We look at carbon footprint, we look at miles travelled, we look at fuel—having a SPUD vehicle make 50 deliveries takes 49 vehicles off the road of people who otherwise would have shopped," Bourree says, acknowledging that transportation distances don't tell the whole story.

It's actually a lot more sustainable to buy an orange from California than a tomato from Alberta in the dead of winter, for example, and that's why SPUD shifts its product catalog seasonally.

SPUD is offering fresh turkey delivery for Thanksgiving; Bourree hopes to expand the number of similar seasonal offers as well as the overall list of products. Reducing food waste is another main focus, and SPUD has accordingly partnered up with local charities like the Bissell

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Centre and Hope Mission.

"We've got our food waste down to less than four percent of what we've purchased, which if you look at a traditional grocery store, it's usually in the range of 35 to 42 percent," Bourree says. "That's something we're really proud of: that we've been able to grow but also that we've been able to stay true to our mission, which is sustainable food and just connecting people with really good, high-quality local food and doing it in a way that's good for the community at the same time."

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FEATURE // DIG IN

Dig In to St Albert's food New horticulinary festival fuses horticulture with dining

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ne of Edmonton's satellite cities wants you to know it's a foodie destination, too.

This is the second year of St Albert's Dig In Festival, a "horticulinary" festival developed from a suggestion by the city's brand-leadership team. It's an extension of the rebranding effort that started in 2010, when St Albert revamped itself as the Botanical Arts City.

Dawn Fedorvich, Economic Development Officer for St Albert's Economic

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Development agency, notes that St Albert has long been known as a botanical destination. But food? That was something for which most residents headed into Edmonton.

"St Albert wasn't really known as a destination for dining. It wasn't front of mind, necessarily, for when you're thinking of where to go to eat," Fedorvich says. "We wanted to see if we could incorporate horticulture with culinary, so that's where we mashed

together horticulinary, and it just fits so well with St Albert."

Dig In is a three-day festival fusing food with gardening. Its flagship event is the Alberta Ate Chef Collaborative Dinner, in which eight local chefs work together to create a sixcourse, locally sourced meal.

"You get to watch the chefs in action," Fedorvich says. "They're out in front, plating and working together.

Some of the courses are interactive, as well ... last year we had to make our own vinaigrette, so there was different oils and spices and stuff on the table. And then we also had to shake our own cream for our pumpkin pie dessert, so the whole table had to shake a jar of cream until it thickened up to be whipped cream."

The dinner has already sold out— along with the culinary walking tour of St Albert on the Thursday evening to start off the festival—but Dig In

also features a full day of workshops on Saturday. The festival's main stage at the Enjoy Centre will feature 16 short demonstrations on everything from water conservation and pruning to edible flowers, beekeeping and butchery—all free to attend. While you're there, make sure to sample the salsas and vote for the best one in the People's Choice Salsa Challenge.

If you'd like to get more hands-on, there are a number of longer interactive workshops throughout the day; those cost $25 each or you can attend three for $60.

"The workshops on Saturday is really where we are trying to pull in the horticultural element as well," Fedorvich says. "People can learn and be involved in the food process.

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body do it—they're right in there."

Dig In may be a nascent festival, but it's off to a good start: just last week it won an award from the Economic Development Association of Canada for best new event.

"Ultimately we would like this to grow to become a community festival," Fedorvich says. "We'd love for it to be a community-led and driven festival so that it can really be selfsustaining. It's always going to be an intimate and kind of limited number because that's the nature of the festival; it's so interactive that each component isn't necessarily going to be thousands of people, because I think we lose some of the intimacy of it."

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Emerging Canadian wine

Great wines are coming from Canada's lesser-known wine regions specialized climate is going to translate into a highly specialized portfolio of products. At Benjamin Bridge we take pride in that climate, and the story of Benjamin Bridge is the story of that climate as well."

The Okanagan Valley and Niagara Peninsula tend to hog the spotlight when it comes to Canadian wine, but a number of other regions exist throughout the country as well.

I attended a seminar on emerging Canadian wine regions back in March at the Northern Lands festival, which provided a fascinating look at some of these regions. What follows is my summation of some of the key points discussed; all quotes are from the seminar panelists.

Similkameen Valley The so-called little brother to the big brother of the Okanagan, the Similkameen is a lesser-travelled, windswept valley west of the Okanagan. Similkameen wines are notable for their beautiful floral aromatics, herbal/sagebrush undertones and pure minerality, while the valley itself is famous for its incessant wind.

While that wind can be an annoyance and sometimes even a danger when it gets too strong, it's also the reason why the Similkameen is known as a mecca of organic farming: the wind's drying effect acts as a natural pesticide and fungicide, creating very disease-free growing conditions.

"Beyond being organic, we also farm biodynamically," says Michael Clark,

winemaker and managing director of Clos du Soleil Winery. "Basically it's a philosophy of farming that puts you in harmony with natural cycles: the natural cycles of the seasons, the natural cycles of celestial bodies, and the life energy of the earth. We feel it's an exceedingly important part of our farming practice in terms of getting the very best grapes possible."

Gaspereau Valley The East Coast is a rugged place for grapevines but a few wineries eke out a living here, growing mainly hybrid varieties and cool-climate varieties that can withstand the harsh winters and short growing season. This is the land of lean, almost angular white wines with beautiful aromatics and bracing acidity. Nova Scotia sparkling wines are some of the best I've tried—the region styles itself after Champagne in many ways, and there are some definite truths to that comparison.

"Since we have a highly specialized and eccentric growing environment, the odds that we'll be a jack-of-alltrades wine region are very low," says Jean-Benoit Deslauriers, head winemaker at Benjamin Bridge winery in the Gaspereau Valley on the Bay of Fundy. "It only makes sense, from a linear logic point of view, that a highly

Prince Edward County The name is deceptive: this region isn't located in the Maritimes, but rather on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Here the bitter cold winter temperatures, unmitigated by the moderating effect that the lake has on vineyards to the south of it, necessitate extreme winemaking practices.

Chief among those is burying: each fall the grapevines must be completely buried under a mound of dirt to insulate them from the cold, and then dug up again in the spring. This is prime Pinot Noir territory, in large part due to the limestone-rich soils that are similar to Pinot's ancestral home, Burgundy.

"I've always had a firm belief that the best wines have always been made on the edge of ripeness," says Norman Hardie, owner and winemaker of his eponymous winery. "You look at the classical French regions: Syrah tastes best in the north of the Rhone and they just get away with it. In Burgundy they just get [Pinot Noir] ripened six out of 10 years. Champagne, they just get it to that point. Everyone thinks, from an international standpoint, that we're the Great White North ... but these new emerging regions that are on the edge, I think are going to provide some of the most exciting wines not only within Canada but globally, in a very short period of time." V Mel Priestley is a certified sommelier and wine writer who also blogs about wine, food and the arts at melpriestley.ca

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Tue, Oct 6 (7 pm) One Book, One Edmonton Stanley A Milner Library Theatre

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EPL's reading initiative launches with Emma Hooper's magical-realist debut

W

hen Emma Hooper started writing her debut magical-realist novel, Etta and Otto and Russell and James James, she drew her inspiration from a reallife moment of bizarrerie.

"I discovered this interesting piece of family lore a few years ago," Hooper says, "which was that when my grandfather went over to the war when he was 17, all of his hair turned white on the journey because he was so shocked going from a farm in Saskatchewan to European battlefields."

The same thing happens to Otto, the farm kid with 14 siblings who's loosely based on Hooper's grandfather. Although he was the focus of the story in the earliest stages of Hooper's book, his wife Etta is now the hero—a woman in her 80s who decides one morning to walk from her Saskatchewan farm to the Atlantic Ocean.

"The backbone of the book now is this swap of roles that Etta and Otto do," Hooper says. "The book goes back and forth between the '30s and '40s when they're younger and the present day when they're much older. And when they're young Otto goes off to the war, Etta stays home ... and then in the present situation it's

reversed, so she's the one that goes off on the adventure and he has to learn how to stay home and fend for himself."

Hooper's book will be available free to download from the Edmonton Public Library for its One Book, One Edmonton project—a city-wide book club that launches October 6 with a reading and book signing by the author.

"I love that people are going to come to it from all sorts of backgrounds—like people who always read this kind of book and people who never read this kind of book will jump in hopefully and give it a try," Hooper says. "I want them to trust their experience of it. ... You have to trust your reading instincts."

Each week for six weeks after the launch event, the EPL will be offering discussion groups, events and (so far mysterious) missions based on the book.

Hooper herself invites people to engage with her throughout the six-week process, either on Twitter or through more traditional means.

"I'm around," she says with a laugh. "You can write me a letter!"

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The Hothouse Prince T

hough it hasn't graced the company’s season in 15 years, there's an apt sensibility to Teatro La Quindicina closing out its 2015 season with The Hothouse Prince.

"It's really one of Stewart's most poignant, heartfelt pieces—I think it really suits the Varscona team this year," Kendra Connor says. "We have been uprooted, and here we are doing a show about losing your home, and finding one."

That Connor is speaking from a tiny dressing room where she and seven fellow castmates cram in to prepare for the show just reinforces the point. As the Varscona

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undergoes its long-awaited renovations, the company's spent its season elsewhere. Not too far—barely a block away, at the Backstage Theatre—but it hasn't quite been like its usual home, either.

Not that Connor's complaining. A temporary residence elsewhere is a necessary step in the payoff of years of hard work and preparations for those building renovations.

"With so much time and energy trying to raise money and funds and had such an enormous buildup towards getting the new renovations happening, that we feel like we've been waiting for so long, and now

that it's finally happening, it's nothing but positive vibes," she says.

"Certainly, we're in a transitional year—rehearsing in a different place, and figuring out the logistics of the Backstage Theatre. But we also feel pretty great about it."

Theirs is a temporary situation, after all, unlike The Hothouse Prince's titular character, who finds himself permanently wayward from a somewhat grander sort of home: set in 1917, Prince traces the worldwide trajectory of young Grand Duke Dmitri Romanov-Orsk, forced from his palace as revolu-

tion clutches the nation. There are stops in locales as exotic as Paris and Lansdowne, ON as the exiled royal searches for another place to call home and, really, a sense of his place in the world at large.

Connor plays a trio of sisters Dmitri meets as he goes, all living in far facets of the world—"The research for this show has been 10-fold," she laughs, of her trio. And she's only a fraction of the characters who cross paths with the prince: first written for the now-defunct Teens at the Turn Festival in 1991, it's propelled by an octet of actors, a cast-number that Connor notes is

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"It's such a wonderful opportunity for a larger group of actors," Connor says. "Certainly in Edmonton we seem to be mixing out at a five-person cast these days. So it's really nice to have an opportunity for eight people to really dig into some roles."

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Bone Cage 'D

on't you ever see me?" cries Chicky (Alyson Dicey) near the end of Bone Cage, driven to despair by the hopelessness of her circumstances just like so many of the other characters in this small Nova Scotia town. "Has anyone ever seen me my whole life?"

Her questions speak to the reason why director Heather Inglis chose to stage Bone Cage in Edmonton: to make our largely urban audience actually see these rural people who work in front-line industry.

We don't like to identify with them or associate with them or even acknowledge their existence, but their bone-breaking and soul-crushing work feeds the great metropolitan machine that provides us with our comfortable lifestyles.

Bone Cage's depiction of smalltown life is at times maddeningly stereotypical—the social attitudes and prejudices of its characters make it feel like we've travelled back in time 30 or 40 years in terms of feminism and masculinity.

But this shameless regressiveness only emphasizes how trapped and static their lives are in this rural logging town.

Brian Bast's set design strikes a gorgeous counterpoint to the grimness of the story. Pale wooden planks fill the theatre with the fragrance of freshly cut lumber, and the large cast makes good use of its many levels.

Bone Cage drops us into a small community of characters, and there are a lot of people and relationship dynamics to figure out and keep straight. Neil Kuefler carries the show as Jamie, a 22-year-old woodcutter who hates his naturedestroying job.

"Everything in its path it eats," he says of the wood-clearing machine he operates. "Mainly birds, lots still in the nest, not so safe after all."

Kuefler carries himself with a pouty slouch, playing Jamie as a lost boy who tries desperately to act like the man he thinks he should be. The young men and women of Bone Cage have been forced to grow up too quickly. No matter how grippingly their stories unfold, the play ultimately leaves us with the same feeling of blank despair that they have to cope with every day.

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Balletlujah / Fri, Oct 2 and Sat, Oct 3 (7:30 pm) After making its acclaimed première in 2013, Alberta Ballet’s collaboration with kd lang returns open the company’s 49th season. It offers 17 fleet-footed interpretations of lang songs— from “Constant Craving” to, as the title suggests, her cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”— by the company’s dance corps.

(Jubilee Auditorium, $20 – $95)

Hard Copy / Sat, Oct 3 and Sun, Oct 4 Now in its third year, Hard Copy celebrates the zine, that enduring symbol of DYI esthetic. The artist book and zine fair offers both makers and fans of the medium a chance to meet, exchange and collaborate on ideas: some 15 local vendors will be displaying their wares, plus a scatter of workshops and more active displays. Full details can be found at hardcopyedmonton.wordpress. com. (Stanley A Milner Library)

Frankenstein Radio Show / Until Sun, Oct 4 (8 pm) Capitol Theatre artistic director Dana Andersen, along with Maura Penn, has adapted Mary Shelley’s classic story into a live radio play, mixing its classic horror with live foley and a lively sense of humour. (Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, $22 [in advance], $25 [at the door]) V

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A tour of the Boomer years

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istory is tricky. Any one narra- point to a very different sort of histive never tells the whole story, tory than the one he's just been singso it seems a risky gambit that the ing or talking about: public lynchCitadel Theatre would choose a pur- ings, the first death from AIDS. ported "live time capsule" to launch Baby Boomers who lived through its 50th season.

Aided by his gift of mimicry and ro- this period—who were richly represented in the bust video, lightopening-night ing and sound Until Sun, Oct 11 (7:30 pm; Sun design (David crowd—will enjoy matinees at 1:30 pm) LeClerc, Bruno the show's nostalDirected by Rick Miller Matte and Creighgia factor and reCitadel Theatre, $25 – $90 flection upon their ton Doane, respecsalad days. Those tively), performer Rick Miller weaves together dozens of us from younger generations, of events from 1945 to 1969 in his however, may leave feeling disconcerted. BOOM's visual elements are one-man show, BOOM. We start off with that titular ono- inspiring, and Miller is a strong permatopoeia: the boom of Big Boy, former, but something underneath the atomic bomb that was dropped its surface feels uneasy. Perhaps on Hiroshima in the Second World it's that this historical hodgepodge War. Miller's entry point into these hints towards the darker threads events is personal: he weaves global but never really brings them to light. historical context with the stories of Maybe it's because these events are his parents and a third figure, who often alienating to those of us born have all become characters in the long after the fact, especially when show. His mother is a small-town we lack any personal connection Ontarian who moved to Toronto and to them. Miller's thesis, that we all became a feminist hippie; his father become our parents, feels like an angrew up in war-torn Vienna before gering, hackneyed oversimplification.

Or maybe it's simply because emigrating to Canada; the third is a draft-dodger whom his mother took choosing BOOM to launch the Citadel's 50th season is obviously panas a lover before meeting his father.

His impersonations—of 100 fig- dering to the largest demographic of ures over the course of the show, ticket holders which, while being unfrom musicians to politicians—are derstandable and justifiable, sends a overlaid by more than a hint of irony. discouraging message to those of us As he croons, belts or wails the hit who will be around for the Citadel's songs from a particular year (some next 50 years. carried off better than others), the MEL PRIESTLEY MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM headlines scrolling over his head

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Dance BALLETLUJAH! • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • A remarkable dance creation born from an intimate collaboration between two of Alberta's most celebrated artists: k.d. lang and Jean Grand-Maître. It features a visually stunning homage to the people and landscapes of the Canadian prairies which shaped lang's profound vision of music and life • Oct 2-3, 7:30pm

Brazilian Zouk Dance • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St NW • 780.974.4956 • hello@ludiczouk.com • ludiczouk.com • Drop-in Brazilian zouk social dance classes.

Classes are inclusive; everyone is welcome.

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)

Second Saturdays Dance Seminar with Lin Snelling • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • 780.424.1573 • admin@milezerodance.com • Discussing various ways of making performance today. Artists from all diciplines are welcome • Oct 10, Nov 14, Dec 12; 2-4pm • $20 (drop-in), $75 (session); register at info@milezerodance. com

Solitudes Solo • John L Haar Theatre, 10045-155 St • 780.420.1757 • bwdc.ca • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Daniel Leveille Danse • A masterpiece by one of Canada's most celebrated dance artists • Oct 9-10, 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. 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

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 (Oct 7), Welcome To Me (Oct 7), That Sugar Film (Oct 14), We Are What We Are (Oct 21), It Follows (Oct 28) Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret • Metro Cinema at the Garneau, 8712-109 St • metrocinema.org • Oct 8, 7pm • Advance tickets ($12 Adults / $9 students & Seniors / $6 Kids) available at metrocinema.org/ online_tickets

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: 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 feature-length slots, and 100+ short films programmed into feature-length packages • Oct 1-10

From Books to Film • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm

Metro • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • How to Change the World (Oct 9) • Reel Family Cinema: Paddington (Oct 3), Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who! (Oct 10), Ghostbusters (Oct 31) • Cult Cinema: Donnie Darko (Oct 27) • Music Docs: Madonna: Truth or Dare (Oct 6) • Edmonton Movie Club: Puli (Oct 3-5) • Metro Bizarro: Two Thousand Maniacs! (Oct 21) • Staff Pics: Shoot Em Up (Oct 5) • Turkey Shoot: Leonard Part 6 (Oct 13)

Radical reels • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • ardentheatre. com • Bike tough trails, paddle wild waters, ski steep slopes and fly over the edge with some of the world's most fearless athletes when the Radical Reels Tour stops in St Albert. You won't believe your eyes when the most outrageous films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival and beyond are brought to life on the big screen, showcasing an entire array of extreme sports that will get your heart pumping and adrenaline racing • Oct 1, 7:30pm • $20 (adult), $15 (children)

Jake’s Picture Framing • 10441-123

TLGT Studios • Acreage studio, 52514

11 O'Clock Number • The Backstage

St NW • Brushstokes: Recent juried works by Edmonton Art Club artists; runs until Oct 31; Opening reception: Oct 2, 7-9pm

Range Road 225, Sherwood Park • tlgtstudios. ca • facebook.com/artenergystudios • The Magic of Horses: New paintings and sculpture: artwork by Tania Garner-Tomas; Oct 2 (69pm), Oct 3 (12-4pm), Oct 10 (12-4pm) or by appointment 780.464.0723

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

Jeff Allen Art Gallery (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Artists Edmonton Japanese Community Association; Oct 8-Nov 11

Jurassic Forest/Learning Centre • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages

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Lando Gallery • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Fall Gallery Walk; until Oct 15 • Lando Art Auctions; Oct 16-18

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 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 • Masterworks: signature pieces by some of Alberta’s brightest fine craft stars; Oct 10-Dec 24; Artist reception: Oct 24, 2-4pm

Latitude 53 • 10242-106 St •

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 • Hiking Through Rough Country; Oct 3, 1-2pm • Encounters with the Self and the Triumph of Misery with Ihor Holubizky; Oct 23, 6:30-7:30pm • Living Building Thinking: Art and Expressionism; Oct 24-Feb 15 • Artist Walkthrough: Chris Cran, Sincerely Yours; Nov 4, 7-8pm • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm • Art for Lunch: 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm; Chris Cran, Sincerely Yours (Oct 15)

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA) • 19

780.423.5353 • 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 • Intersecting Sets: artwork by Sarah Burwash, Sweet Smelling Ashes; and Willa Downing; Oct 2-Nov 14; Opening reception: Oct 2, 7pm

Loft Gallery • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: SatSun 12-4pm • Art Show and Sale by members of the Art Society of Strathcona County; Oct 16-18; Opening reception: Oct 16, 7-9pm

McMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Weather Report: Andrzej Maciejewski; Aug 29-Oct 18

Musée Héritage Museum • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@ artsandheritage.ca •The Street Where You Live; Sep 8-Nov 15 • Archives Week; Oct 3-9 • Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Contest; Nov 24-Jan 24 Muttart Conservatory • 9626-96A St • 311 • edmonton.ca • ZimSculpt Showcase; Oct 12, 12-4pm Naess Gallery • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave

Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Frozen Asset: art by Tony Stallard; Sep 22-Nov 28 • The Winter That Was: Pierre Bataillard; Oct 1-31; reception: Oct 1, 6-8:30pm • Art Ventures: Drawing with Thread (Oct 17); 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: Continuous Line Drawing (Oct 15), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Winter Wax Resist Landscape (Oct 17); for 3-5 yrs; preregister; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

vanheyst@kingsu.ca • kingsu.ca/visualart • Found Wanting art exhibit opening: artwork by Betty Spackman and folk-gospel artist Jeanine Noyes; Sep 23-Oct 15

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Parade Gallery • Window Display Box

124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • RCA: artwork by Scott Plear; Sep 25-Oct 9

• 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Artisan Nook: The Fabric of Life: artwork by Kathryn deBree.

Colourful fibre art with a focus on home; Oct 5-Nov 16 • Meandering: artwork by Susan Bailes, Bette Lisitza; Oct 5-Nov 16

North Academic Lounge The King's University • 9125-50 St • daniel.

101 Street, north of 102 Ave, Edmonton City Centre Mall • paradegallery.ca • April Dean; Sep 4-Oct 4

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 •

Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304

savacava.com • Artwork by Mathieu Lefèvre; Sep 25-Oct 6

Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Gregory Hardy; Oct 1-19

Daffodil Gallery • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • People and Places of Inspiration; Sep 9-Oct 3 • Be Your Own Bird: artwork by Cindy Revell; Oct 14-Nov 7

Picture This Gallery • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery.com • The Great Art Event; Sep-Oct

dc3 Art Projects • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Simplest of Gestures: art by Tammy Salzl; Aug 26-Oct 8 • Faltering Monuments: art by Brandon Vickerd; Aug 26-Oct 8

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

Douglas Udell Gallery (DUG) • 10332-124 St • douglasudellgallery.com • Wilf Perreault: Light to Dark; Sep 19-Oct 2

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

Enterprise square galleries • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • Recollections: An Imperfect Schematic: art by Erin Pankratz-Smith; Aug 20Oct 10 • Mind Games: art by Lisa Turner; Aug 20-Oct 10 • Arche-Textures: artwork by Amy Loewan, RCA; Aug 20-Oct 10

Royal Alberta Museum • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum. ca • Out of Bounds: The Art of Lynn Malin; Sep 5-Nov 15

Scott Gallery • 10411-124 St •

front gallery • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery.com • Sneaky Travellers: artwork

by Tony Baker; Oct 16, 7-9pm

Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Un: artwork by Walter Jule; Sep 11-Oct 25 • Land Shadows: artwork by Annette Sicotte; Nov 6-Dec 20; Opening reception: Nov 6, 6pm Gallery at Milner • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • Gallery walls: Justices Soldiers’: Paintings by Justine Berger; through Oct • Gallery display cases and plexi-glass cubes: Edmonton Potters’ Guild; through Oct

scottgallery.com • Splinter, Wash, and Walls: artwork by Jim Davies; Sep 19-Oct 10

sNAP Gallery • Society of Northern Alberta Print­- Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Jule & McGarth; Sep 27-Nov 7 • Drink & Draw: I Spy; 8pm-midnight; $10

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Main Gallery: Open Photography Competition; through Oct • Fireplace Room: Artwork by Malissa Lea Telus World of Science • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free$117.95 • Dinosaurs Unearthed: until Oct 11

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

VASA Gallery • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Documenting: art by Samantha WilliamsChapelsky; 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 26Oct 8 • Artwork by W.H. Webb; Oct 17-29

Literary An Evening with Wm. Paul Young, New York Times Best-selling Author of 'The Shack' • Gateway Alliance Church, 13931-140 St NW • 780.456.0252 • GraceAlberta@yahoo.ca • info@ gatewayalliancechurch.com • gracealberta.wix. com/wmpaulyoung • Promoting his new book, "Eve" • Oct 6, 7:30-10:30pm • $20 (until Sep 15), $25 (after Sep 15)

Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Launch: Albert Braz' Apostate Englishman; Oct 1, 7pm • AB Negative Book Launch Party with #YEG's Janice MacDonald & SG Wong; Oct 3, 2pm

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 Edmonton Story Slam • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (signup); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner Naked Cyber Café • 10303-1008 St • The Spoken Word: Featuring writers and an open mic for performances for short stories, book excerpts, poems • 1st Wed ea month, 7:30pm

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

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

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

Upper Crust Café • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

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Bone Cage by Catherine Banks • La Cite 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 of tough-talking group of twenty-somethings who ache to take the world by storm but are hobbled by life in their small industry town • Sep 25-Oct 4 BOOM: The Music, Culture and Events that shaped a generation • Citadel Theatre–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, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun

Curtain Up - The Hit New Broadway Musical Revue • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert • eliteproducer10@gmail.com • facebook.com/eliteperformingartsco • Featuring more than 30 songs from the Broadway stage. With music from such shows as The Lion King, Annie, Les Miserables, Oliver, Mary Poppins and many more • Oct 9, 7:30-9:30pm • $42 (adults), $38 (seniors (65+)), $30 (student (13-18)), $25 (child (12 and under))

Dark Star: the life & times of roy orbison • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • This original from the Icon series celebrates the life and music of Roy Orbison, one of the most influential and iconic pioneers of American rock 'n roll • Sep 4-Nov 1

Hey Ladies! • The Roxy on Gateway (formerly C103), 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork. ca • Edmonton’s premier comedy, info-tainment, musical, game, talk show spectacular that’s suitable for all sexes! Featuring Baking Bad Cakes Gone Wrong, and much more • Oct 2, Nov 20, Jan 22, May 20; 8pm • $25

MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a high-stakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre. com)/$15 (door) 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) The Hothouse Prince • Varscona Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • 780.433.3399 • teatroq.com • Presented by Teatro La Quindicina. Stewart Lemoine's play is an epic adventure of the Russian revolution, which presents extraordinary opportunities for exceptional young performers.

It tells 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 • $16-$30

Modern Family Vacation • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, Phase II West Edmonton Mall, West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St • edmonton. jubilations.ca • Jay and his beautiful Columbian wife have decided to celebrate their anniversary by taking a romantic cruise just the two of them… no kids, no family, no problems. Except the rest of the family has decided to surprise them by taking the cruise as well on a ship called the Titantic II, modeled after the original • Aug 28-Oct 25

TheatreSports • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square

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COVER // FILM FESTIVAL

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FILM EDITOR: PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Change with the times

A hopeful climate-crisis doc arrives as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival

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his Changes Everything, Naomi Klein's 2014 bestseller—looking hopefully, if not quite optimistically, at late-capitalism's disastrous effects on environmental efforts, as well as the rise of grassroots responses in the wake of lacking governmental ones—was never envisioned as just a book. It stands alone, of course, but it was conceived in concert with Avi Lewis's film of the same name. One didn't precede the other; they were created in tandem to explore the same ideas using two different mediums.

Of course, making two substantially different forms of art about the same thing, at the same time, wasn't easy.

"For the first three or more years, I was making a film about a book that didn't exist yet," Lewis says, of the early, parallel-groundwork days.

"The film really is my exploration of the core idea that is behind her book. But not any attempt to make the book into a movie."

Lewis took a call with Vue a few weeks before the film's Edmonton première at the Edmonton International Film Festival—which is screening 150-some films over the next 10 days. Both Lewis and Klein will both attend the screening.

VUE WEEKLY: The film starts with Naomi saying she's never liked films about climate change ...

AVI LEWIS: In fact, it starts with her saying she kind of hates them. [laugh] VW: Do you share that sentiment?

AL: The beginning of the fi lm was

something that we probably worked on more than anything else. We really wanted to start the movie where we feel that people are at: we know that this big,

scary, terrifying thing is happening, but we can't totally bear to look at it. And part of that is because the main approach to climate change from big green groups over the last couple of decades is to try to scare the shit out of people, on the premise that that will get them to act.

And we've seen really clearly, that is a failed strategy.

Another one that we sort of take on in the film: in too many ways, it's been made about those cuddly polar bears—"We have to save the polar bears." You talk to anyone who works in a primary school, kids care about animals, and there's nothing wrong with putting an animal face on a problem—nothing inherently wrong with that—but it's really, for us, missed the mark. First of all, we don't believe you can scare people into change. You have to inspire people to change. That is the premise behind our approach. And second of all, it isn't just about saving polar bears. It's about us: who we are as human beings. Whether we really believe what latestage capitalism tells us—that we're greedy, short-sighted, selfish consumers, or whether we can locate that other part of human nature, where we see ourselves as interconnected beings who operate on principles of cooperation and compassion.

And of course, those two things reside in every human heart. And the trick of getting out of this treadmill—of endless consumption and depleting natural resources and ruining the planet and acidifying the oceans, and everything else that our global economy has proven so expert at doing—at the most basic human level, is [to] locate that most basic part of ourselves that sees these things as interconnected, including our faith as humans and inhabitants of this planet. And to work from that place, and not from the lowest common denominator as consumers.

VW: What was it like to be

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researching this as you were making the film in concert with this book?

AL: It was an endlessly shift ing, dynamic process, where some of it was following Naomi on her research. One of the very earliest development shoots was going to this wacky conference of geo-engineers in this Downton Abbey-like location in southern England, to sit around and watch a bunch of scientists talk about turning

down the sun by spraying sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere.

Naomi's position—as someone looking at this surreal gathering, and looking at the historical roots of this hubris—was something that was playing out in realtime. As well, the climate denier's conference, the Heartland Institute conference, that we went to a couple of years later [where] Naomi looks on with sort of stunned disbelief [at] how well the climate deniers, who are actually free-market ideologues, understand the stakes of climate action. That happened in real time; chasing around aft er Naomi in the aft ermath of Hurricane Sandy, and watching the extraordinary grassroots response from groups like Occupy Sandy, and seeing the complete absence of government response, which was eerily reminiscent of [hurricane] Katrina 10 years before—those things were following Naomi as she did her research.

But this is not a film about Naomi.

Naomi is not the star of the film. The stars of the film are people in community struggles around the world.

And Naomi tries to provide a kind of thread, a clothesline that the different pieces of the story hang on.

And there were a bunch of trips I did where Naomi didn't come. In part because she had a book to finish, and in part because in the middle of this process we had a kid, and it didn't make a lot of sense to bring our twoyear-old to Bejing in the middle of the smog crisis, or when he was one and I went to India, where it was in March in southern Andhra Pradesh, India, where it was like 48 degrees in the day.

There were parts of the film research and shooting that fed back into the book: I would come home, Naomi would read the transcripts, she'd quote some of the people I interviewed in the book. At its best, the book and film fed into each other. The hardest part [was] we had to get disciplined about execution at a certain point: the film is the film and the book is the book. Books make arguments well and marshall evidence well, and films that try to make arguments with a lot of documentation ... that was not the kind of film I wanted to make. I wanted to make a film that I think embodies the great promise of documentary, which is to bring you into people's lives, and allow you to experience up close in real time, dramatic and emotional moments in the human condition.

And figuring out how the ideas in the book would serve that, for one, was something that admittedly took a long time.

VW: As a filmmaker—someone who tells stories for a living—did examining this global narrative about the resource economy and its effects

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Thu, Oct 8 (7 pm) This Changes Everything Directed by Avi Lewis Landmark Cinemas City Centre Thu, Oct 1 – Sat, Oct 10 Edmonton International Film Festival Full schedule at edmontonfilmfest.com make you reflect on the kinds of stories you tell, and that get told in greater culture?

AL: Yeah, for sure. Anyone who works in media is, at essence, a storyteller. And when you start thinking about—and this can get a little meta, so let's be careful not to disappear into our own craft too much—but when you start thinking about this 400-year-old narrative of human dominance of nature, you start seeing how it's reflected and refracted in all kinds of ways, and is still reinforced in our culture, still the ruling narrative of our time: the notion that we can have endless economic growth, without limit and without discrimination, growth of any kind, on a finite planet with fi nite resources.

Just ask anyone: can you have infinite growth on a finite planet?

No, obviously. And yet it's the very premise of the global economy. And so you start to realize the power of these narratives: the narratives of endless frontiers, of infinite natural abundance from which we can extract infinitely. And you start realizing how many different ways they're reflected in our culture, it does make you pause.

I think that [awareness is] really helpful. I think storytellers have a responsibility to challenge those underlying and overarching stories that rule our sense of the possible, that rule our sense of what we can be.

But it's hard work to tell new stories, or in many cases, to uncover ancient stories and give them current relevance. And I think that media makers of all kinds have a responsibility to work on our field, which is narrative, and to recognize the power of these unexamined narratives, and really grapple with how we can shift them.

Looking at positive examples, and telling those stories, and celebrating them—and more fundamentally, trying to learn from successes, and from places where things are changing for the better, and trying to understand how that process is working and how we can replicate it. It seems an approach that's really worth trying, and I think a lot of filmmakers and storytellers are coming to this conclusion around the same time.

PAUL BLINOV

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REVUE // FILM FEST

Brooklyn

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ith the Edmonton International Film Festival once again set to flood our downtown core with new, independent and international cinema, we've gotten ahold of a scatter of screeners of what's to come, and thus offer up our thoughts on the films we saw. Of course, the festival includes more than 150 films— including the ever-popular Lunchbox Shorts series for those who work downtown—so don't be afraid to take some chances, either. Let these reviews serve as an entry point into 10-days of cinematic endeavours.

Reviews by Bruce Cinnamon (BC), Brian Gibson (BG) and Jordyn Marcellus (JM). All screenings at Landmark City Centre Cinemas.

Sun, Oct 4 (4:30 pm) Al Purdy Was Here Directed by Brian D Johnson

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Al Purdy Was Here starts obnoxiously, with documentarians asking young people walking past the great Canadian poet's statue in Toronto if they know who he was. They don't, obviously, and that tone of condescending hagiography permeates throughout the film. The film tells two stories: one about Purdy's life, poetry career and fierce nationalism and another about the efforts to restore one of Purdy's cabins in rural Ontario that was one of his favoured writing spots. With interviews with CanLit luminaries including Margaret Atwood and Joseph Boyden, the film is best when focused on the impact Purdy's work has on others rather than the worshipful look at Purdy the man—which seems to elide his more negative qualities. JM

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Fri, Oct 9 (9 pm) Borealis Directed by Sean Garrity

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Borealis is a strange film, a road-trip dramedy set in Manitoba that doesn't quite know what its tone is. It's got wrenching family drama, oddball comedy and just a hint of a crime film as luckless loser Jonah (Jonas Chernick) takes his daughter Aurora (Joy King) from Winnipeg to Churchill to see the northern lights before Aurora loses her sight permanently.

The comedy tends to hit the mark more often than not—thanks to great performances by Kevin Pollack as hot-tempered, mid-level gangster Tubby Finkelstein and Clé Bennett as Finkelstein's cool-headed compatriot Mr Brick—but there's too many sudden tonal-shifts for the drama to fully be effective, which dampens many powerful scenes, including the film's ending. JM Sat, Oct 3 (6:30pm) Brooklyn Directed by John Crowley

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1951: young Irishwoman Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) sails to New York, works as a shopgirl, and falls for an Italian-American boy ... only to be called back to County Wexford by tragedy. Something of a throwback— historical melodrama; old-fashioned "weepie"—Brooklyn is sharper and savvier than it may seem. Ronan's excellent as a callow but resolute émigré, forced to mature, fast, in this big modern city across the Atlantic.

There are many deft little touches: iconic tableaus; the sound-driven sense of Eilis' first time on a boat; wry humour, especially 'round the boarding-house table presided over

by no-nonsense Mrs Kehoe (Julie Walters), who sees "giddiness" as far from Godliness. Emory Cohen does seem Brando-imitative as the Italian heartthrob, with his smart-alecky little brother too modern a child. But it's the focus on one immigrant's loneliness and split-ness (between old and new worlds) and on women's work— struggling; forbearing; sacrificing; trying to make a home—in that hesitant, straining stretch of years before the sexual revolution which makes Brooklyn worth visiting. BG Sat, Oct 3 (7 pm) How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town Directed by Jeremy Lalonde

America from coast to coast, stopping in 10 cities and documenting the artistic "happenings" along the way.

Interspersed with shots of industrial concrete wastelands and beautiful natural vistas are musical performances and artist interviews on the train. Station to Station feels less like a narrative-driven documentary and more like 62 individual minute-long music videos spliced together. The kaleidoscopic variety keeps the film from ever feeling dull, but it's hard to make all these disparate pieces cohere. BC Thu Oct 8 (7pm) This Changes Everything Directed by Avi Lewis

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When her mother dies, sex columnist Cassie Cranston (Jewel Staite) returns to the childhood hometown where she was branded the town skank in high school. Her vanilla ex-classmates ask her to plan an orgy to spice up their lives, and mild comedy ensues.

Orgy suffers from a saggy middle and inconsistent pacing, but when it finally works itself through the tiresome foreplay and up to its outlandish climax it's good for a few laughs.

The characters are at times loosely sketched stereotypes—the stick-upher-ass housewife, for example—but its peppy actors bring energy to their roles. A tame romp, given its salacious title, but good for a lazy afternoon viewing. BC

A doc about worldwide environmental crisis that's too sweeping in scope and gradual, even elementary, in its argument. The pro-environmentalism-means-anti-capitalism argument of This Changes Everything (connected to Naomi Klein's book of the same name) only revs up beyond North American borders, when the documentary travels to Greece—then India and China—to follow local people op-

Fri, Oct 9 (4 pm) Station to Station Directed by Doug Aitken

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Thu, Oct 1 – Sat, Oct 10 Edmonton International Film Festival Full schedule at edmontonfilmfest.com posing (with protests, legal fights and barricades) the destruction and pollution of their mountainsides (by a Canadian mine company), wetlands, or even cities. This is where Klein's argument against our limitless-growth economic-globalization model finally lands—first and foremost in austerity-wracked Greece, the hearth of Western democracy—and we eventually see a country (Germany) that's made a massive energy-transition to renewables, pushed to it by popular movements. More details of that (how exactly did those movements force German governments' hands?) would have been nice. Klein's argument is too step-by-step and basic here; her narration's too hand-holding and hope-filled, and not incisive or forceful enough. Criticism and idealism can be a hybrid fuel for conversion, too. BG

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ike many unpaid assistant positions, The Intern starts off all sparkly eyed and frisky, full of hope and promise, then finds itself stuck in a predictable, dull grind and finally, realizing there's no chance anything meaningful or careermaking can come of this wasted opportunity, packs it in.

Septuagenarian widower and super-duper "old-schooler" Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) gets a "senior intern" position at e-commerce startup About the Fit, founded and run by hooked-on-phonics-speller Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway). But after some bemusing looks at overwork culture, iMillennials (all the loft-dwelling Mac-users on Team AtF cheer after hitting 2500 likes on Instagram), and the age-gap between Ben and his newfound office pals, The Intern roller-coasters right off the rails.

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bit, with Ben and pals going on a boss-sanctioned sneak-and-enter of her mom's house to delete a snarky email that Jules accidentally sent her. Our visits to Jules' home, alongside Ben, get more and more cringingly cozy, even intrusive. Ben, the Magical Old White Man Who Knows Best, becomes the Lovable Father Figure to Jules, even discovering her husband is unfaithful (but consoling her that she won't be buried single and alone, for she can be interred next to him and his wife ... WTF?!?).

But what makes The Intern so appalling, and liberal-whitewashy, is its hypocritical insistence on faux-feminism: Jules bemoans her work pressures, being denigrated as a working mom, and having to find a CEO to replace her, all while Ben keeps encouraging her. This is the same Jules who's a high-strung, high-powered,

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Now playing Directed by Nancy Meyers  overworked gal, unable to hold her liquor and crying four times in the two hours we see her—that's not just bad screwball-comedy but a pathetic stereotype. Throw in a bad old-lady driver and a masseuse (Renee Russo, 61 to De Niro's 72) who turns Ben on with just a touch of her hands, and we've got some seriously retro-grade "comedy." A movie that's got us feeling bad for a female executive—with a perfectly cute little child, a Brooklyn brownstone and a booming company—only for a great white father-substitute to be her perpetual personal cheer-er is far from feminist and damn near stupid.

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STYLE // FALL

A New SEASON Fall fashion doesn't have to cost a fortune

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t can be argued that autumn feels like the start of a new year more so than the cold month of January: a new school year begins, new fall fashions, the new season of your favourite show. Whether you're changing up your personal style and trying something new or sticking to your tried-and-true staples, these two local artists show off their distinct tastes without breaking the bank.

TORY CULEN Profession: Designer of Karma Victoria Jewelry, part-time pain in the butt at Three Boars Eatery.

FALL STYLE

Describe your style: Low-maintenance tomboy with a plaid problem that likes to wear pre-loved clothing and a dress now and then.

I don't want to fuss over what to wear. Simple is best.

Favourite fall piece: Vintage oversized flannel.

Favourite accessories: I wear the jewelry I make. A favourite right now is a necklace that was inspired by mid-century modern wall hangings. I never take off my mom's wedding bands. Oh, and my toque—the best way to not do my hair.

Favourite places to shop: Anywhere with good, well-designed basics. I like OAK + FORT, Simons and any cheap and cheerful vintage shop on Earth because re-

duce, reuse, recycle.

DUSTIN SEBZDA Profession: Co-owner of Sweety Pie Records/musician (Power-Buddies).

Describe your style: I wear what I want.

Favourite fall piece: Green pixel golf sweater.

Favourite accessory: After the car we were in caught fire and spent a night stranded in Nanton, me and my band were headed back home from a show we played in Lethbridge. We had to call in a favour and get picked up from there. On the way home we stopped at an A&W in Red Deer and just outside on a pole was this hat. So, you know, I took it! How many other times do you get a hat with Wile E Coyote riding a unicycle on it just tossed your way? Trust me, I washed it before I wore it.

Favourite places to shop: I usually shop at thrift stores and Value Village. Sometimes at Dollarama you can find some cool and relatively cheap clothes. Cheap is only beat by free, so I do a lot of street shopping as well. I don't buy many things, they just come into my life; I set them free when I lose them.

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Beauty in vulnerability Scarlett Jane digs deep on new self-titled album

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n 2011, Andrea Ramolo and Cindy Doire were both getting out of serious relationships, but it was through those breakups that a new partnership was formed. Ramolo and Doire had already built a friendship while embarking on solo music careers, which often found them sharing the stage, and the end of their respective relationships was the catalyst for Scarlett Jane to take shape.

The pair released their debut album, Stranger, soon after, and Ramolo calls it a mélange in which she and Doire were finding their feet and settling into their sound as a duo.

Scarlett Jane's self-titled followup is a more cohesive record that sees Ramolo and Doire firmly settled into

their harmony-driven folk-noir style, crafting honest and heartfelt lyrics that delve deep into their own lives and experiences—ones they hope are relatable to listeners, too.

"We write about what we know, we write about what we've gone through and we live life very closely together, Cindy and I," Ramolo says, noting the two have been friends for 12 years. "We sort of travel through these simultaneous paths alongside one another, and we bear the burden of each other's pain and growth and evolution, and this shared life comes out in our songwriting."

"We're also stepping out of our comfort zone on a regular basis," Doire notes. "There are two songs, 'Coeur' and 'Little Secret' that are a

lot poppier than our normal sound, so we've honed in on our craft as a band. But having said that, we still explore and step out of our comfort zone to make sure we're taking risks and evolving as songwriters."

Ramolo and Doire are based in Toronto but headed to Varadero, Cuba to write the record. Writing such personal material comes with plenty of ups and downs, as it can open old wounds and cause experiences to be relived—it's not uncommon for either Ramolo or Doire to get emotional on stage as they perform, either. But that vulnerability and sincerity comes with shining light on real life, Ramolo notes, and she feels that's part of their job as art-

ists: reflecting on the moments that matter, the ones that help us grow and the ones that push us.

"Once you dive deep into the depths of what you're trying to communicate, or whatever emotion you're trying to process, or whatever experience you're trying to process, I think that's where the best songwriting comes from," Doire says.

"Andrea and I both like to be really vulnerable, and the best things, the most beautiful things we do, come out of vulnerability, and they're the most honest as well."

But the new album isn't all about heartbreak, and there is a sense of hope that runs throughout its melodies. The record is an expression of the journey Ramolo and Doire are on

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"We have learned so much from this relationship with one another," Ramolo says. "We have a song on the album called 'For You,' which we wrote for each other and all the champions of love out there."

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Del Barber

D

el Barber has spent his career telling stories, but he prefers not to be at the centre of them.

"I probably talk about this too much, but I really don't want to be that sort of white male, middle-class songwriter who talks about himself all the time," he explains. "It's really easy for middle-class white guys to have egos they shouldn't have and to think we have something more to say than the rest of the world.

And we already struggle with that getting on stage every night, and so

it's like either disguising that ego or transforming it, using other people's stories to make those points."

Barber's style of songwriting is an artful documentation of the people and places he's come across over his years of extensive touring. His most recent album, Prairieography, encapsulates the landscape of the Canadian prairies and the people who call them home. It's a place Barber knows well, having grown up there and now running a farm four hours outside of Winnipeg.

"It really makes me better at being a musician, having some sort of connection to the local economy in Manitoba and what drives that," he says. "I always want to write about working-class people, and not having any association with that doesn't make you a great historian of that."

Prairieography was released in 2013, and Barber's coming to the end of the touring cycle for it, noting he has 15 to 20 demos in the works for his next project. He's look-

ing for a common thread among these songs, but they will have their own cast of characters as eclectic as those immortalized on Prairieography. Barber points out a song he wrote about a chance meeting on a concrete balcony outside his room at a run-down hotel outside of Austin, Texas, as an example.

"I was probably just emotional that day, and it was the dumpiest hotel I'd stayed in in a few months—which is relatively impressive because I've stayed in a lot of them—and I'd just sort of had enough. I called my manager and said, 'I can't stay in these places anymore, it's too rough.

There's cockroaches and I can't do it,'" he recalls. "I ended up meeting this woman named Juanita ... she was, like, seven months pregnant, and what I'd think would be a sob story, but she was completely happy with her life, and she'd been living in this hotel for three months. And I'd had the balls to call my manager and whine about one night."

Barber says her story was one that put things into perspective for him, much like a lot of the people he's come across have. Perspective seems to be a common thing for Barber these days, particularly as

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he discusses the changing climate of the music industry. He's encountered musicians from other generations who tell him about how things used to be, but he notes that touring as much as possible in order to make ends meet has been reality for him from the get-go. He acknowledges that the way people consume music has changed as well, but he's doesn't want to get cynical about the whole situation, either.

"I'm pretty happy with what I get to do and the shows I get to play," he adds. "It's not a complaint about my own personal life, it's just sort of a worry and a thing I'm trying to write about, and not write about in the same sort of whiney way about how the industry's dying—I don't think it is, it's just changing. But wanting to be a good songwriter and write about things that are happening, I'm trying to tell those stories in a way that's moving."

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Jeremy Fisher T

here comes a point in a musician's career where they can experiment with different instruments or genres. For Ottawa-based singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher, experimentation came more than a decade into his career: he ditched his original guitar and folk sound for a piano and pop melodies on his sixth album, The Lemon Squeeze, released in 2014 on Hidden Pony Records.

"I was looking at making a different type of record than my last one, which was really folky," Fisher explains over the phone from Ottawa. "I mean, there's always been a pop element to what I do. I knew it

wasn't going to be a huge stretch."

Fisher notes that the pop sound was a result of maturity and newfound confidence that allowed him the "ability of letting go of those fears and inhibitions" that prevented him from exploring pop further before.

But the pop music Fisher created isn't the type that's typically found on mainstream radio. Instead, Fisher calls it "piano pop," which gives The Lemon Squeeze a playful vibe. The songs on the record are much quirkier than his previous work, but the lyrical content still holds substance, with Fisher covering political scandal ("Uh-Oh" is a nod to Rob Ford),

death ("The Bride is Dead") and his own maturity ("Happy Day").

The Lemon Squeeze is also Fisher's most produced album to date.

"A lot of my [previous] records are scrappy-sounding, and this one is full hi-fi spectrum," he explains.

"This album, maybe more so than the others, has greater stylistic diversity from one track to the next. I thought of it as a collection of singles rather than an album, per say."

To get that hi-fi sound, Fisher worked with two producers: Gus Van Go (the Stills, Said the Whale) and Werner F (Hall & Oates, Paul Westberg)—both played on the re-

cord as well—at the Boiler Room Studio in Brooklyn, New York, where the bulk of the recording was done. (Some of the recordings were done in the comfort of Fisher's home and Revolution Recording in Toronto.)

"It was the longest I've ever taken to make an album. We did a week or so of pre-production and then brought the drummer in and laid out all the drum tracks and went from there. Other than some keyboard players that came in, I played and the producers played everything else," Fisher says. "We would sit around for a whole afternoon and compose a whole bass part

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he second album from county-folk singer-songwriter Tim Isberg, Tears Along The Road, is a record 10 years in the making. After releasing Comin' Home in 2005, Isberg's plan to pursue music further was derailed due to his full-time position in the Canadian military.

"I thought I would get into music more quickly, but what happened is whenever I got momentum in my music career, I [would] end up being deployed across the pond for military operations, so it took a lot of momentum out of my music," Isberg says over the phone from his Edmonton home.

It was during his fourth deployment that Isberg decided to circumvent that and pursue music while abroad. During his final tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2013, Isberg formed a five-piece band with other soldiers, and they would regularly play at open stages in the camps.

While in Afghanistan, Isberg kept in contact with Edmonton producers and musicians, and wrote the song "Come Hell or High River" for his sister, who had been affected by the High River flood in 2013.

"Part of making a record isn't just about having songs, it's being ready

Sun, Oct 4 (8 pm) The Yardbird Suite, $15 in advance, $20 at the door personally and financially, but also having the right advice and people around you to make that record," Isberg explains. "I needed to be on the ground here [in Edmonton] for a while, a year or two steady, so that is what I did. It was done right.

When I say it's been a long time coming, it has been. It's been 25 years or more since I really wanted to do this, which is make lots of music and performing."

Produced by Juno Award-winner Miles Wilkinson, Tears Along The Road features 11 songs of the Americana, country-folk variety with collaborations and instrumentation from the talents of Stewart MacDougall, Mike Lent, Gord Matthews, Sandro Dominelli, Thom Moon, Kristin Wilkinson and Jeff Bradshaw.

"This one, Tears Along The Road, is my coming-out album," Isberg says with a laugh. "It's professional. It's well done. The songs are ready."

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atrick Watson is quick to explain that, despite the fact his band is named after himself, the records— like the recently released indie-rock disc Love Songs For Robots—are group efforts.

Watson, whose group has a 15-yearlong career in Canadian music—it won the second-ever Polaris Music Prize in 2007—makes sure to praise his fellow bandmates: percussionist Robbie Kuster, bassist Mishka Stein and guitarist Joe Grass.

"Funny enough, this band prob-

ably has more influence than most.

I bet you most bands have a frontman that does everything," Watson laughs. "While this one is in my name and everyone's input is pretty equal.

It's just important that everyone understands that—it's not a singersongwriter thing, you know?

"I think it's always important to mention how key the band is on this record [Love Songs For Robots] and in composition," Watson continues.

"We did it all together—it's not a one-man show."

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The group, currently deep in the midst of a North American tour, is a kind of family for Watson while he's away from his hometown of Montréal. When asked what kind of family they are, he laughs wryly and says, "fuck, it's crazy."

"It's a fairly caring and sweet band, that's why we've been together for 15 years. There's a lot of different types of exchanges—we've got the quiet Russian, the energetic Swiss," he adds. "We have a lot of different types of personality but, for it to have lasted this long, people have to be kind of caring and make compromise and be the kind of people we are together."

It's easy for Watson to collaborate with a group of artists like his band—not only are they great people, they're also exceptional at their job as well.

"They're all pretty crazy musicians, right?" Watson says. "They're all better at their instruments than I am, easy. But vocals are a little different.

I guess it's the same level of their playing—they're all great players, so it's easy to give them credit."

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Jesse LeBourdais

Acoustic guitar in hand, LeBourdais has refocused much of his ire for global strife toward the personal in his recent work. On his latest album, Long Winter, LeBourdais sings about the injustice done to famed Vancouver venue the Cobalt on the track "Take Me Home."

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Following the Cobalt's surrender to Vancouver's notoriously ruthless realestate market in 2009, the venue was reopened under new corporate management and neutered of the charisma that made it so loved by the music community.

"They posted photos of them laughing as they tore down these spraypainted walls that had been up for 20 years," LeBourdais says. "Now there are a million other bars like it, but there's nothing like what the Cobalt used to be."

LeBourdais will be playing at Wunderbar on Saturday, an irony that is not lost on the performer. Threatened by similar forces, Wunderbar is in danger of going the way of the Cobalt. "[Wunderbar] may not be home for everyone, but for the people who use it ... it's so important."

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It was while touring that LeBourdais met Jon Creeden, a touring punk rocker turned acoustic musician, that his style began to evolve.

"Jon was just a guy like us, but he had picked up an acoustic [guitar]," LeBourdais recalls. "He would just hop in the van and [ask to play shows with us along the way]."

The introduction to Creeden's effortless style and enthusiasm coupled with the sincerity and conviction of punkrock ideals encouraged LeBourdais to explore a more folk-driven style.

"He did it so well and made it look so easy ... and I thought I would give it a shot," LeBourdais says. "It is really fun and a complete departure from what Cambridge was."

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rowing up in Horesefly, BC (population of only 1000), Jesse LeBourdais found himself slightly dispossessed.

"I come from a cowboy town, and country music had nothing for me," he says. "It was all the people in town I didn't like and had to get away from."

Attending high school in the nearby town of Willams Lake, LeBourdais was exposed to Vancouver-based touring punk bands and the notion that there was something beyond his small town.

"Williams Lake was just a big enough town that it would get some touring bands," he recalls. "I thought it was so cool that these bands from Vancouver were coming up to play what I considered the smallest town in the world."

Following a move to Vancouver, LeBourdais began to tour as the frontman for the political punk rock outfit Cambridge.

Cambridge songs were "fast and melodic ... [we sang] about what I considered to be important," LeBourdais says.

LeBourdais sang with a political flair that would make a band like Propagandhi grin. Song titles like "Fox News is a Piece of Shit" and "Your Government Is Trying To Kill You" set the tone

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Robison (alt/country); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mike

Letto (folk/rock); 9pm SNEAKY PETE'S Sinder Sparks K-DJ

Bloom 2015 band) with Old Towns and Ryan Dix (Of Old Wives); 9pm YARDBIRD SUITE Amendola vs.

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

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

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 BOWER For Those Who Know...:

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

THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane

Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

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

WED OCT 7

9:30pm-1am

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip

RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Jam hosted

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

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

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun;

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat; 9pm ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound

by Mark Ammar; 4-8pm

and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten

RITCHIE UNITED CHURCH Dan Davis

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

every Sat

Trio; 3:30-5pm; Donations at the door WINSPEAR CENTRE It's Time to

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday

Bloom 2015

Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice

YARDBIRD SUITE Tim Isberg: “Tears

RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and

Along The Road” Cd release show; 8-10pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door)

electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

Classical

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays:

MUTTART HALL Amadeus Guitar

global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing

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

Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays:

every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

SUN OCT 4 ARDEN THEATRE Splash’n Boots;

MON OCT 5 BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Blue

Mondays with Jimmy and the Sleepers; 8-11pm 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) CAFE BLACKBIRD Paint Nite; 7pm;

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun

BBQ jam hosted with the Marshall Lawrence Band; 4pm BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku

Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

$45 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday

open mic JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brunch: Hawaiian

Dreamers; 9am-3pm; By donation BLUES ON WHYTE Krystle Dos

Santos; 9pm DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun Night Live

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

Dark Star: The Life & Times Of Roy Orbison; until Nov 1 MERCURY ROOM Music Magic

Monday Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4 NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm

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

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Jey Witten,

ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic

DRAFT BAR & GRILL Sunday Draft

Jam; 4-8pm; 18+ only; No cover DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music

Jesse & The Dandelions (rock/pop/ indie); 4pm; No cover; No minors JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE

Dark Star: The Life & Times Of Roy Orbison; until Nov 1 MERCURY ROOM Scarlett Jane, with

Jordan Norman and the Wisdown Teeth, and guests; 7pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door) NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday

BLUES ON WHYTE JW Jones; 9pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled

BLUES ON WHYTE JW Jones; 9pm

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

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

Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Open

Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon

$45 DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage Tue:

JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE

Dark Star: The Life & Times Of Roy Orbison; until Nov 1 L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open

Jam: Trevor Mullen MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with

YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm BRIXX BAR Eats & Beats; 6pm;

18+ only DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW Open

mic Wed: Hosted by Jordan Strand; every Wed, 9-12 jordanfstrand@gmail.com / 780655-8520 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Jason

Kris Harvey and guests

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

NEW WEST HOTEL Tue

Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm • LATER: Silverado O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Bingo

Toonz every Tue ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE Live music with the Icehouse Band and weekly guests; Every Tue, 9pm SANDS HOTEL Country music

dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm WUNDERBAR Danny Laj & The

Looks with guests; 9pm YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: Thom Bennett Group; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

Brit Pop, Synthpop, Alternative 90’s, Glam Rock with DJ Chris Bruce; Wooftop: Substance: alt retro and not-so-retro electronic and dance with Eddie LunchPail BRIXX Metal night every Tue

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly,

Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue

JCL PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

OCT/7

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

OCT/8

LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

OCT/9

UP+DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS

with host Duff Robison

MERCURY ROOM Negura Brunet

With Dynfari And Grimegod; 7pm; $15 (adv)

OCT/2

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled

Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover

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

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

Night Jam with host Harry Gregg and Geoffrey O'Brien; 8-11pm

featuring this week: Chris Wynters; 9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE JW Jones; 9pm

11am & 3pm; $30

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Tuesday

CAFE BLACKBIRD Paint Nite; 7pm;

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Wailin'

Wednesdays Jam; Every Wed, 7:30pm; All ages

TUE OCT 6

Duo: Presented by the Edmonton Classical Guitar Society; 7:30pm; $25 (general), $20 (student/senior/ member)

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

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

PATRICK WATSON W/ GUESTS SOULFLY W/ SOILWORK, DECAPITATED, SHATTERED SUN LIANNE LA HAVAS W/ RIA MAE EARTHLESS W/ THE HIGHWAY KIND, CHRON GOBLIN

OCT/10 VIET CONG W/ NEVER YOUNG, MOON KING, SLATES UP+DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS

Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (nonmember)

OCT/11

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live:

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

hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open

Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover STARLITE ROOM Soulfly - We

Sold Our Souls To Metal Tour plus Special Guests Soilwork, Decapitated, Shattered Sun; 6pm (door); $31; 18+ only ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori

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

DJs

UP+DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS

CASHMERE CAT W/ DOORLY, KYS THE SKY UNIONEVENTS.COM PRESENTS

OCT/14 CARNIFEX W/ WITHIN THE RUINS, BLACK TONGUE, CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

LORNA SHORE & LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE

OCT/15 DELHI2DUBLIN OCT/16 THE GLORIOUS SONS CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

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

W/ NORTHCOTE, & GUESTS

OCT/17 DESERT DWELLERS, UBK PRESENTS

KAYLA SCINTILLA, EVOLUTION

BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

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

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St 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 CLINT'S HAUS 9922-79 Ave NW CLUB AT THE CITADEL 9828101A Ave COMMON 9910-109 St COOK COUNTY SALOON 8010 Gateway Blvd NW DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave DRAFT BAR & GILL 12912-50 St NW 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 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 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 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE Phase II West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St 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 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 MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE Students' Union Building, 8900-114 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 13535-

109A 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 RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 RITCHIE'S UNITED CHURCH 9624-74 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 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 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 ST BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW 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

VUEWEEKLY.com | OCT 1 – OCT 7, 2015

OCT/3

HCR PRESENTS

OCT/7

EATS AND BEATS DOORS OPEN AT 6PM

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

MUSIC 25

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

BRENT BUTT • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • horizonstage.com • Oct 8, 7:30pm • $42.50 • All Ages BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 9-12, 7:30pm

CBC'S THE IRRELEVANT SHOW 2015 • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace. ab.ca • Back for an evening of weird, wonderful awardwinning comedy • Oct 4, 7:30pm

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 • Justin Berkman; Oct 1-3 • Brian Link; Oct 8-10

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 • Leonard Ouzts; Sep 30-Oct 4 • Jo Koy Special Performance; Oct 8-10

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

EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL • Various locations • 780.439.8809 • atbcomedy.com • Four days of funny. Gala events, a cabaret series and more • Oct 7-10 EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress

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

LGNYEG (LADY GEEKS UNITE) • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • lgnyeg.blogspot.ca • Geek out with fellow geek ladies. Featuring movies, board games, artists and so much more. This month features October Spookfest with screenings of Halloween specials • Oct 1, 7-9pm

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

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 Meetings: Campus St; Jean: Pavillion McMahon;

MEDITATION FOLLOWED BY PADMANADI BRUNCH • Padmanadi Brunch, 10740-101 St • facebook.com/MaharashiYEG • Meditation session with Maharashi YEG followed by a vegan brunch • Oct 3, 9am • Free; Registration (for meditation): eSwanson03@gmail.com

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 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

fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • 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

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

5215-87 St • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta-Edmonton 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

TIBETAN BUDDHIST MAHAMUDRA • Karma

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519

• 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta,

every Wed; 9pm

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Low-cost, fun

FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan

Comedy Night: featuring a professional headliner every week Every Sun, 9pm

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

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 FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE • Remedy Cafe, 8631-109 St • faccedmonton@gmail. com • fertilityawarenesschartingcircle.org • First Mon each month (Oct-May), 6:30-8:30pm • $10 (suggested donation) • RSVP at faccedmonton@gmail.com

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm

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)

GREAT EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL SLIDE • St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 (Gerry)/ 780.435.6406 (John)/ 780.454.6216 (Sylvia) • Round The World Tour of Lil Sharp’s slides (Oct 5) PUBLIC TALK BY DR. ALAN STERN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THE NEW HORIZONS MISSION TO PLUTO • University of Alberta, Room 1-430 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science • new-horizons-pluto.eventbrite.ca • Oct 5, 7-9pm • Free

(new-horizons-pluto.eventbrite.ca)

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm

STORIES IN STONE: MOSAIC ART IN THE ANCIENT WORLD • University of Alberta Museums Galleries at Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave • Exploring the achievements of Greek and Roman mosaic artists and look at the efforts currently being made to conserve the rich legacy of ancient mosaics • Oct 1, 12-1pm • Admission by donation

QUEER BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave • 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 • 10220-103 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 PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • 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, shortterm 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

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); Board Game Group: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; Monthly on a Sun, 3-7pm; RSVP to boardgames@ teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Oliver Community

Hall, 10326-118 St; bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca; Every Thu, 7pm; $30 (full season), $15 (low income or students) • Dodgeball: Royal Alexandra Hospital gymnasium; dodgeball@teamedmonton.ca; Oct 4, 5:307pm • 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.

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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; 7pm-1am • Thu: Karaoke with Kendra; 7pm-1am • Fri-Sat: Dancing and events until close • Sun: Karaoke with Jadee; 7pm-1am

SPECIAL EVENTS 13TH ANNUAL EAST INDIAN DINNER • Meridian Banquet & Conference Centre, 4820-76 Ave • childhaven.ca • In benefit to support over 1,200 destitute children and women in India, Bangladesh, Nepal & Tibet • Oct 3, 8:30pm • $65 (adults), $20 (kids 5-12 yrs), free (kids 4 and under) 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 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’S CUPCAKE CLASSIC • Whitemud Park, 13204 Fox Drive NW • 780.977.0910 • thecupcakeclassic@gmail.com • thecupcakeclassic.com • The Cupcake Classic is a 5k race around the beautiful Fort Edmonton park raising funds for the Girls on the Run Edmonton Council • Oct 3, 10am-1pm • $30 OKTOBERFEST • Hall C, Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave NW • albertabeerfestivals.com • A sampling event. Featuring authentic Bavarian style booths pouring authentic Bavarian style beers, and celebrate the great local beers of Edmonton and area.

Food will be available through local eateries, pubs and restaurants as well as live entertainment • Oct 2 (410pm) & 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 TCEG EDMONTON • West Edmonton Mall • tcegcon2015.com • A gaming event for every discipline.

Featuring D&D, Dice Masters, Settlers of Catan, Yu-GiOh!, Magic the Gathering, Call of Duty, and so much more • Oct 9-12

Until Oct 12: Lake Louise WonderFall. This is your chance to see Canada’s Peaks of Fall, a celebration of the most amazing experiences autumn has to offer.

Take advantage of all the seasonal accommodation packages, dining specials and interpretive programs.

Oct 9: Tanya Tagaq: Nanook of the North. Watch Polaris

prize-winning artist Tanya Tagaq as she fuses her voice with other musical talents to create a mesmerizing soundscape for the controversial 1922 silent film Nanook of the North in order to portray Inuit culture in a contemporary new light. 7:30pm in the Margaret Greenham Theatre at The Banff Centre.

Oct 17: Rod Charlesworth: Artist Reception. Marvel at the rugged landscape pieces by Rod Charlesworth at his opening reception from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at the Canada House Gallery.

Oct 31 – Nov 8: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.

Celebrate 40 years of cutting-edge adventure and exploration from filmmakers and authors from around the globe at the 2015 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.

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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.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 19): The next seven weeks will not be a favourable time to fool around with psychic vampires and charismatic jerks. I recommend you avoid the following mistakes, as well: failing to protect the wounded areas of your psyche; demanding perfection from those you care about; and trying to fulfil questionable desires that have led you astray in the past. Now I'll name some positive actions you'd be wise to consider: hunting for skillful healers who can relieve your angst and aches; favouring the companionship of people who are empathetic and emotionally intelligent; and getting educated about how to build the kind of intimacy you can thrive on.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 20): You may have seen websites that offer practical tips on how to improve your mastery of life's little details. They tell you how to de-clutter your home, or how to keep baked goods from going stale, or why you should shop for shoes at night to get the best fit.

I recently come across a humorous site that provides the opposite: bad life tips. For instance, it suggests that you make job interviews less stressful by only applying for jobs you don't want.

Put your laptop in cold water to prevent overheating. To save time, brush your teeth while you eat. In the two sets of examples I've just given, it's easy to tell the difference between which tips are trustworthy and which aren't.

But in the coming days, you might find it more challenging to distinguish between the good advice and bad advice you'll receive. Be very discerning.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUN 20): On a windy afternoon last spring I was walking through a quiet neighbourhood in Berkeley. In one yard there was a garden plot filled with the young green stems of as-yet unidentifiable plants.

Anchored in their midst was a small handwritten sign. Its message seemed to be directed not at passers-by like me but at the sprouts themselves. "Grow faster, you little bastards!" the sign said—as if the blooming things might be bullied into ripening. I hope you're smart enough not to make similar demands on yourself and those you care about, Gemini. It's not even necessary. I suspect that everything in your life will just naturally grow with vigour in the coming weeks.

CANCER (JUN 21 – JUL 22): "I am rooted, but I flow," wrote Virginia Woolf in her novel The Waves.

That paradoxical image reminds me of you right now. You are as grounded as a tree and as fluid as a river. Your foundation is deep and strong, even as you are resilient in your ability to adapt to changing circumstances. This is your birthright as a Cancerian!

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reason you're not experiencing an exquisite version of what I've described, there must be some obstacle you are mistakenly tolerating. Get rid of it.)

LEO (JUL 23 – AUG 22): Should I offer my congratulations? You have corralled a gorgeous mess of problems that are more interesting and provocative than everyone else's. It's unclear how long this odd good fortune will last, however. So I suggest you act decisively to take maximum advantage of the opportunities that your dilemmas have cracked open. If anyone can turn the heartache of misplaced energy into practical wisdom, you can.

If anyone can harness chaos to drum up new assets, it's you. Is it possible to be both cunning and conscientious, both strategic and ethical? For you right now, I think it is.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 22): Let's say you have walked along the same path or driven down the same road a thousand times.

Then, one day, as you repeat your familiar route, a certain object or scene snags your attention for the first time. Maybe it's a small fountain or a statue of the Buddhist goddess Guanyin or a wall with graffiti that says, "Crap happens, but so does magic." It has always been there. You've been subconsciously aware of it. But at this moment, for unknown reasons, it finally arrives in your conscious mind. I believe this is an apt metaphor for your life in the next week. More than once, you will suddenly tune in to facts, situations or influences that had previously been invisible to you.

That's a good thing! But it might initially bring a jolt.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 22): The 20th century's most influential artist may have been Pablo Picasso. He created thousands of paintings, and was still churning them out when he was 91 years old. A journalist asked him which one was his favourite. "The next one," he said. I suggest you adopt a similar attitude in the coming weeks, Libra. What you did in the past is irrelevant. You should neither depend on nor be weighed down by anything that has come before. For now, all that matters are the accomplishments and adventures that lie ahead of you.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 21): A windbreak is a line of stout trees or thick bushes that provides shelter from the wind. I think you need a metaphorical version: someone or something to shield you from a relentless force that has been putting pressure on you; a buffer zone or protected haven where you can take refuge from a stressful barrage that has been hampering your ability to act with clarity and grace. Do you know what you will have to do to get it? Here's your battle cry: "I need sanctuary! I deserve

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 – DEC 21): Your fellow Sagittarian Walt Disney accomplished a lot. He was a pioneer in the art of animation and made movies that won numerous Academy Awards. He built theme parks, created an entertainment empire and amassed fantastic wealth. Why was he so successful? In part because he had high standards, worked hard and harboured an obsessive devotion to his quirky vision. If you aspire to cultivate any of those qualities, now is a favourable time to raise your mastery to the next level. Disney had one other trait you might consider working on: He liked to play the game of life by his own rules. For example, his favourite breakfast was doughnuts dipped in Scotch whisky.

What would be your equivalent?

CAPRICORN (DEC 22 – JAN 19): October is Fix the Fundamentals Month. It will be a favourable time to substitute good habits for bad habits. You will attract lucky breaks and practical blessings as you work to transform overwrought compulsions into rigorous passions. You will thrive as you seek to discover the holy yearning that's hidden at the root of devitalizing addictions. To get started, instigate free-wheeling experiments that will propel you out of your sticky rut and in the direction of a percolating groove.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 18): Have you made your travel plans yet? Have you plotted your escape? I hope you will hightail it to a festive playground where some of your inhibitions will shrink, or else journey to a holy spot where your spiritual yearnings will ripen.

What would be even better is if you made a pilgrimage to a place that satisfied both of those agendas—filled up your senses with novel enticements and fed your hunger for transcendent insights.

Off you go, Aquarius! Why aren't you already on your way? If you can't manage a real getaway in the near future, please at least stage a jailbreak for your imagination.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20): Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions consists entirely of 316 questions.

It's one of those rare texts that makes no assertions and draws no conclusions. In this spirit, and in honour of the sphinx-like phase you're now passing through, I offer you six pertinent riddles: 1) What is the most important thing you have never done? 2) How could you play a joke on your fears? 3) Identify the people in your life who have made you real to yourself. 4) Name a good old thing you would have to give up in order to get a great new thing.

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Honouring Candida Royalle A feminist porn legend who trailblazed a generation

One of the first porn movies I ever saw was a film called Eyes of Desire. It was hot! It had a real story—a mystery story, no less—with lots of suspense and anticipation.

The acting was pretty good and the sex scenes were exciting. The leading lady looked like she was actually enjoying it, too—not just acting. I didn't know at the time that this movie was the exception in porn, not the rule, which was all because of director and producer Candida Royalle: a pioneer in the world of adult film. We lost a legend when she died on September 7 at age 64.

Royalle began her porn career in the '70s and performed in about 25 films. She grew tired of acting out the same formulaic sex scenes that were mainly focused on close-up penetration shots and male orgasm. She believed women wanted to watch sex on film just as much as men, but that the kinds of movies most people were making didn't reflect the things that turn women on.

In 1984 she founded Femme Productions and began making her own films—ones that she thought would appeal to women and couples alike. The films featured stories that gave viewers context instead of just cutting straight to the sex. They featured a variety of sex scenes filmed mainly from a female perspective, showing reallife female pleasure and (gasp) real female orgasms. The actors and actresses were diverse in their appearance, body types and sexual interests. Off camera, Royalle created standards for ethical treatment of performers who worked on her productions.

Her films celebrated female sexuality in a way that wasn't often seen in porn at that time. They depicted women who enjoyed sex and were active agents in their own sexual gratification—not just participants in male fantasies.

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created the Feminists for Freedom of Expression. Its mission was "to preserve the individual's right to read, hear, view, and produce materials of her choice without the intervention of the state 'for her own good.'" She believed that the best way to counter misogyny in pornography was to produce good porn that celebrated women, to support female performers and producers, and to call out and oppose exploitation and abuse in the industry from the inside.

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In 1992, at the height of the feminist porn wars—when high-profile feminists were calling for outright bans on pornography—Royalle

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I've been dating this guy for almost two months. It's been pretty good, except the sex isn't really the best. I have this other male friend who has had a crush on me. Long story short: My friend made a move on me the other night. I told him I couldn't, and he knew why, but to be honest, I was insanely turned on by his forwardness. He apologized, but a week later we hung out, and I told him that it really intrigued me, and we ended up having crazy cool sex—satisfying in all the ways the guy I'm dating isn't. I haven't told the guy I'm seeing about this and I don't plan to. But I feel guilty. I keep rationalizing that we have never had a talk about exclusivity, and I therefore have no obligation to him. I want to keep fucking my friend, but I also enjoy dating this other guy. Am I an asshole? Am I obligated to disclose that I'm not interested in monogamy with him?

TOO MANY INTRIGUES Are you an asshole? That can't be ruled out, TMI, but I can't make a determination with the limited data you've provided. One asshole move—and cheating on Mr Two Months was definitely an asshole move—does not an asshole make.

We know this because while everyone is guilty of the occasional asshole move, not everyone is an asshole. Assholes are made when asshole moves come one right after the other, and an ever-thickening layer of asshole moves hardens into total assholery.

Anyway, while you might not have had a conversation with the guy you're currently dating/cheating on about exclusivity, you wouldn't feel guilty about what/who you did if you didn't think Mr Two Months was operating under the assumption that you two were exclusive.

So the cheating was an asshole move and your rationalization, as you seem to be aware, is a pile of self-serving bullshit that's equal parts transparent and unnecessary.

Because as much as you like hanging out with Mr Two Months, the sex hasn't been good for you and you haven't been good to him. Don't negotiate a nonmonogamous agreement. End it.

in it turning into an open mono/poly relationship, meaning I'm poly and she's monogamous. She is great, cute and intelligent, and there is nothing destructive or dishonest about our relationship. I just find myself not wanting to talk to her every day, and the weekly Skype calls feel like a chore. We have a great time when we visit each other, but I only feel like catching up when I see her in person. Is this the price I have to pay to keep her happy?

NOT AN ASSHOLE I've read that young people don't make phone calls anymore—talking on the phone is for olds (full disclosure: We olds hardly speak to each other on the phone anymore, either)—so I'm surprised your youngand-mono GF wants to hear your young-and-poly voice on a daily basis. I think you should propose a young-and-fun compromise: texting instead of phoning during the week and a Skype/masturbation session on the weekend.

TWO-YEAR ITCH

I'm a straight 28-year-old female, in a relationship with my boyfriend for two years. We live together, and

A loving and supportive partner, a happy relationship and good sex that occasionally tips into the amazing column—yeah, most people would tell you that's not only enough, LIAR, it's a better relationship than the one they're currently in, recently left or ever hope to find. But the fact that most people would like to trade places with you isn't relevant, LIAR, because what you have with your boyfriend isn't enough for you. You want love, happiness, stability and the freedom to fuck other guys—and you would want that freedom even if your boyfriend was capable of dominating you in the sack just the way you like.

Seeing as you know this about yourself—seeing as you know that monogamy isn't for you (see: the wandering eye at 24 months, the fucking that other guy at his place)—making a monogamous commitment you know you can't keep is an asshole move. So here's what you're gonna do: Tell your lovely, loving boyfriend that nonmonogamy is a non-negotiable. You are willing, of course, to negotiate with him about the form your open relationship might take, but you must make it clear to him that a closed relationship is a recipe for disaster— because sooner or later, you will cheat on him.

If he fights on that point, LIAR, if he tells you that he's sure you're capable of being monogamous, then you can tell him that by "sooner or later" you meant "last week, with this dude I met in a bar."

Assholes are made when asshole moves come one right after the other, and an ever-thickening layer of asshole moves hardens into total assholery.

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I am a 23-year-old straight male who has a pattern of getting into long-distance relationships that become semi-long-term relationships before I get depressed by the monotony of it all and wind up breaking up with the person. I resolved that in the relationship I'm currently in—nine months and counting—I would keep it casual, which resulted VUEWEEKLY.com | OCT 1 – OCT 7, 2015

on the weekends we care for his kid.

We are very much in love and have a supportive, happy relationship. I've always had a hard time being monogamous. In every relationship, I tend to get a wandering eye around the two-year mark. Recently I went by myself to see a friend's band and ended up meeting a man I had an insane chemistry with. We spent the whole evening together and wound up making out before I literally ran away. The next day, stone-cold sober, I called him, drove to his house, and we fucked like crazy. It was animalistic and intense, and I felt like a fucking porn star. It was awesome.

My boyfriend and I have sex that I truly enjoy, and I usually get off, but he struggles to be dominant, rough or talk dirty, which are things I really get off on. He says he's too selfconscious to be dominant in bed.

This stranger did all the things I wish my boyfriend would do. To test the waters, I casually mentioned an arrangement where we could sleep with other people, and he said he wasn't into it. If I'm happy in my relationship, and the sex we have is consistently good, sometimes amazing, is that enough? Am I giving up on an aspect of my sexuality if I stay with him, or am I just looking for excuses to fuck other people?

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I think your answer to BFF last week missed an essential piece of information. She refers to herself as engaging in "drunken" threesomes and hookups. I think she needs to examine her own behaviour, not that of her roommate and FWB, and the fact that her relationships seem to be fuelled by the effects of her alcohol consumption. I'm guessing her letter was fuzzy for a reason. It was probably written in a drunken haze. Nothing you say will get through to her unless you address her use of alcohol.

ALCOHOL NOT THE SOLUTION Full disclosure: I was drinking when I wrote my response to BFF. So just as it's possible that alcohol played a role in the drama BFF described, it's possible I neglected to point that fact out because I was a little drunky myself. V On the Lovecast, Dan chats with trans pioneer luminary Kate Bornstein: listen at savagelovecast.com. @fakedansavage on Twitter

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