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EDITORIAL

THIS IS US

Edmontonians show unity and rally together after this weekend’s horrific attack

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aturday night was a dark moment for the city of Edmonton. We were home to a series of attacks on both our police force and a number of innocent victims. Although we don’t know for a fact why these attacks happened, we can all agree it was fortunate there weren’t any casualties.

The question now is: Where do we go from here? Are these events going to fracture us and create division, or can we rally around our strength of community and push forward?

Time will tell. I was proud to see a rally held by the Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council the next day featuring promi-

nent leaders in our community speaking out against this abhorrent act.

On the other hand, some of the community has felt hateful reverberations. Local musician Mohsin Zaman described a certain incident he encountered following the attack in a Facebook post.

“To the guy who yelled “ISIS” and pointed his hand out like a gun at me whilst driving by, YOU: - Are the true minority in this country.

- Are not going to spread fear.

- Will NOT be an excuse to divide, but rather, an excuse to unite. Let us not use one bad seed as an excuse to burn down the entire crop. We are better than that.”

We spoke to Zaman and asked for his perspective on the incident.

“To be quite honest, I wasn’t very surprised,” he says. “Hate

has always been present in our societies, one way or the other.

It’s just sad when it surfaces most after someone’s death or injury. You know what else has been present in our societies?

Love. It also surfaces, and outweighs the hate on any given day. It’s not just a cheesy thing to say. It’s true, and we know it. That’s what most Edmontonians have shown so far.”

Although he was a victim, Zaman still believes in the good nature of Edmonton citizens.

“Ignorance creates room for dialogue and education,” Zaman says. “That’s how I feel about it now. My heart knows that most of this great city/ country thinks this way too, and acts with vigilance.”

I know Zaman is not alone in the love he encourages; there are many Edmontonians that stand behind him and his message.

I hope that in the upcoming months, we can have an open

and positive discourse when it comes to these issues. We can not allow this act to disrupt how we go about our lives or look at certain people in our community.

We need to support our law enforcement and the victims of obscene or hateful acts. We need to come together and show the spirit of what Edmonton truly is: A diverse melting pot that works to create the same opportunities and freedoms for each and every person.

Vue Weekly will continue to be a place for open discussion regarding these issues and conversations. I look forward to hearing from our readers, and continuing this discourse in the upcoming months. In the meantime, I am thankful that we didn’t lose any lives this past Saturday, and that we continue to come together and stand strong as a united community.

Lee Butler lee@vueweekly.com

DYER STRAIGHT

CATALONIA: PUIGDEMONT’S STRATEGY C

Will there be a unilateral declaration of independence?

atalan nationalist leader Carles Puigdemont got most of what he wanted out of the chaotic pseudo-referendum on Sunday: 761 people injured by the Spanish police trying to block it.

One or two martyrs dead for the cause of Catalan independence would have been even better, and no doubt the 761 injured include a fair number of sprained ankles and broken nails, but the pictures will do the job.

Even the foreign media coverage bought the story that the brutal Spanish police were suppressing the popular will—so now Puigdemont will have an excuse for making a unilateral declaration of independence.

Puigdemont, the president of the Catalan regional government, is no stranger to histrionics. In the past he has compared Catalan separatists’ non-violent campaign for independence to the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 and even to the Vietnam War. “Every day is a Vietnam,” Puigdemont said in a TV interview last year, which seems a bit over the top as American B-52s hardly ever bomb Barcelona. But that’s the sort of stuff that rallies the troops, and there is a minority of people in Catalonia who re-

ally want independence. There always has been, because Catalonia has had a hard time from some Spanish governments in the past.

It fought on the losing (Republican/Communist) side during the Spanish Civil War, and tens of thousands of Catalans died when General Francisco Franco’s fascists won the war. Franco punished Catalonia by banning the use of the Catalan language (which is quite close to Castilian Spanish, but different enough for people to care about the difference).

But today, Catalonia is the richest region of Spain. The Catalan language enjoys equal status with Spanish and is used in the schools. The region’s wealth has attracted so many people from other parts of Spain over the years that 46 percent of the population now speaks mostly Spanish. (37 percent use mainly Catalan, and 12 percent say they use both equally.)

So why do so many Catalans want to break from Spain? Historical grievances dating from the Civil War and even before; resentment that so many Spanish-speakers have immigrated to Catalonia; resentment that they have to share some of their wealth with poorer parts of Spain

(but this is Europe, where that is perfectly normal); and most of all what Sigmund Freud called “the narcissism of minor differences.”

Equally minor differences saw Norway break away from Sweden non-violently in 1904, and Slovakia peacefully secede from former Czechoslovakia in 1993, so pettiness in itself is no obstacle. Catalan separatists, however, faced two major obstacles: an independence referendum is illegal under the Spanish constitution – and if they did hold a proper referendum, they’d almost certainly lose.

The problem is all those Spanish-speaking people who don’t share the romantic nationalist dreams of many (but not all) Catalans. A poll in March showed 48.5 percent opposing independence and 44.3 percent in favour;

by July it was 49.4 percent against independence, and only 41.1 percent for it. It’s not easy to disenfranchise all those “Spaniards” (most of whom were actually born in Catalonia), so a simple referendum won’t deliver the goods.

Puigdemont’s big idea probably occurred to him after a symbolic referendum in 2014 produced an 80 percent majority for independence—because it was illegal, and

therefore only a third of the population (almost all Catalans) voted in it. What if he held another illegal referendum, but this time have the Catalan parliament, where his coalition has a narrow majority, declare it “legal and binding?”

Once again, most Spanish-speakers wouldn’t vote—but this time, he said, there will be no requirement of a minimum turn-out, and

What if [Puigdemont] held another illegal referendum, but this time have the Catalan parliament, where his coalition has a narrow majority, declare it “legal and binding?” the regional parliament can declare independence “within 48 hours” if the vote goes in favour. Or, if the Spanish government intervenes to stop the vote, as is its right under the constitution, he could use that as a pretext for a unilateral declaration of independence.

It was win-win for Puigdemont, and lose-lose for the Spanish government. If Madrid didn’t intervene, Catalonia would declare independence on the strength of a refer-

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endum in which only a minority of the population, almost all Catalanspeakers, voted. If it did intervene to stop the referendum, it would be guilty of “thwarting democracy,” and the images of Catalan protesters being dragged away from polling booths would prove to the world how evil the Spanish government is.

Madrid went with the latter option, and now is seen across the

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world as an oppressor. Puigdemont, in a televised address Sunday evening, said: “With this day of hope and suffering, the citizens of Catalonia have won the right to an independent state in the form of a republic.” He also hinted that a unilateral declaration of independence was on the way.

Nice strategy. Shame about the mess.

Gwynne Dyer gwynne@vueweekly.com

VEGAN PIZZA

Die Pie brings a strategic twist to vegan pizza Die Pie 11215 Jasper Ave. diepie.ca 780.760.7272

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an vegan pizza even exist? I think it’s a legitimate question as most pizza often incorporates the dairiest of cheeses and the dirtiest of meats to glorious effect. A new denizen of west Jasper Avenue makes a surprisingly good case for vegan pizza—and not just for vegans. That’s important for people who have no aspirations to veganism.

Die Pie (as in ‘pie to die for,’ though nothing had to die for this pizza to occur) looks like the paint isn’t even dry on the attractive mural up its west wall. And our server was an enthusiastic ambassador for the place, fairly boasting about the terrific wines and beers on offer and endorsing a few of the dishes as my co-diners and I scanned the bill of fare, which comprises pizza and pasta lavished with the housemade vegan cheese.

I confess to utter ignorance on the topic of vegan cheese, apart from knowing that cashews, hemp seeds, sunflower seeds and soy play some role in the stuff Die Pie makes. They’re so proud of it, you can order a platter of it all by itself.

A chalkboard announced a number of specials that sounded too good to pass up—beet salad ($12) and a zucchini carpaccio pizza with feta and rosemary cream sauce ($18). The black garlic and truffle pie with hemp Havarti ($20) captured our co-diners’ interest, and it seemed appropriate to test the joint’s penchant for meat fakery with the pulled pork pizza ($18).

The complimentary bowl of soup that came with each entrée boded well—a deliciously creamy squash concoction with a swirl of sour cream (made from cashews) through it and a coconut aroma. Likewise, the beet salad was beautifully wrought from perfectly roasted beet chunks topped with basil leaves and candied walnuts on a pool of rich sour cream, with a splash of balsamic vinegar to bring out the sweetness of the beets.

The pizzas were the paradox I expected, completely unlike and yet exactly what I want from pizza—the crisp yet chewy and pliable thin Neopolitan-style crust, a nice base of, but not too much, creamy cheese and premium toppings that seem slightly decadent. Truffles are practically synonymous with decadence, and lots of places overdo it on potent truffle oil. Die Pie does it right

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however, subsuming the fungal flavour in a savoury black garlic paste that covered the crust under scattering of convincingly cheesy Havarti and a canopy of mixed greens. Nice.

Zucchini doesn’t sound like much of a carpaccio ingredient compared to thin-sliced beef or tuna, but the silken rosemary cream sauce was the perfect foil to the practically transparent veggies and the salty snap of soy feta.

I was most looking forward to the pulled pork pizza, and once again I was disarmed. There wasn’t a lot of the jackfruit “pork” on the pie, but there was a lipsmacking barbecue sauce, smoky chipotle aioli and a chance to experience the cashew mozzarella, which was uncannily creamy, with a slightly whipped texture that made it seem melty. I was entirely impressed, I loved the hint of jalapeno heat, and I love when they put pea shoots on things.

It should be noted that Die Pie has a superb beer menu. Our friendly server put me onto the Burnside Brewery Sakura gose, a sour beer flavoured with saltcured cherry blossoms. It was delightfully tart and faintly floral but I would give the edge to the excellent tropical fruit gose from Modern Times Brewing in San Diego.

Die Pie is not going to float everyone’s boat, especially if they

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wander in expecting the vegan approximation of a generic Italian greasewheel. But the food is well thought-out and carefully wrought and something utterly unique in this here town (so far). Vegans should be thrilled, of course, but non-vegans should also check out a unique and satisfying dining experience—by any standard.

Scott Lingley dish@vueweekly.com

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BOOK PREVIEW

Former Hells Angel Joe Calendino shares his struggles with drug addiction, recovery, and youth awareness Thu., Oct. 5 (7 pm) To Hell and Back book launch and signing Audreys Books Ltd.

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Former Hells Angel, Joe Calendino, is lucky to be alive / Curtis Hauser

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ou know you have to turn your life around when a notorious biker gang tells you your behaviour is too “unpredictable and unacceptable.” It happened to former Hells Angel member Joe Calendino, a man who has now pledged his life to preventing adolescent drug and gang involvement.

To Hell and Back: A Former Hells Angel story of Recovery and Redemption, tells his story.

The story is written by both Calendino and his former high school counselor Gary Little. Little wrote the narrative structure while Calendino’s thoughts about the events are quoted in italics.

“I wanted to keep some distance from myself and the book because this is Joe’s story,” Little says. “I went out and interviewed a lot of different people about what has happened in Joe’s life. You know, cops who chased him back in the day.”

The story begins with Calendino learning and dealing with the death of his best friend and Hells Angels mentor, Donny Rowling.

“He was Joe’s sponsor for the Hells Angels and it was a real dramatic moment for Joe when Donny was sadly shot and killed in Vancouver,” Little says. “From that point, I move back chronologically to a point where we reconnect with Joe being a member of the Hells Angels and his descent into the world of drug addiction.”

Drugs and gang violence had a unique way of finding Calendino in the early ‘80s. He started using drugs at 14 and became involved with gangs.

During his high school years in East Vancouver, Calendino would get into fights constantly, making sure he was the toughest guy around.

“I was fighting all the time,” Calendino says. “I loved the whole, ‘Ding, ding, ding, round one here we go’ kind of scenario.

Anybody who enters that kind of lifestyle, they’re the ones who walk directly into the fire.”

That mentality stuck with Calendino after graduation and eventually lead to him joining the Hells Angels, going as far to becoming a full patch member in the British Columbia Nomads chapter.

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“At the end of the day, it’s kind of like being a rockstar or a movie star,” Calendino says. “I wanted to be the elite of the elite in that world. For me, growing up in my younger years, I identified with that lifestyle. I loved the rock and roll, the Harleys, the power. There’s a lot of things that lured me in, but it was my choice.”

Calendino was in the Hells Angels B.C. Nomads chapter as a “one percenter,” (a term coined by outlaw motorcyclists who viewed themselves as living outside the boundaries favoured by 99 percent of society) for three years.

This got him into using and selling various drugs. Crack cocaine, oxycontin, GHB, and other opioids soon replaced his biker brothers and led him into a downward spiral as a full-blown drug addict.

He had multiple fights as a member, including one in a Kelowna casino that caused a “media circus,” getting him kicked out of the Hells Angels. It saved Calendino’s life.

“I’d be dead if things stayed the way they were. There’s no ‘ifs ands or buts’ on that one. It could have been from a fight or drugs, but I would have died,” Calendino says.

Calendino was arrested shortly after for trying to sell a $10 rock of cocaine to an undercover officer.

After going through withdrawal on a prison cell floor, Calendino vowed that he would dedicate his life to making sure kids would never have to experience what he had. He eventually founded Vancouver’s Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative, a program designed to strengthen the resiliency of at-risk youth’s involvement in gang affiliation, drug use, and violence.

“Our model from day one is prevention and early intervention,” Calendino says.

“We live in a space where working with kids is critical. As an organization, even though we’ve tried so hard, we’ve had to bury a few kids over the last couple of years because of addiction, beatings, gang violence. That’s hard you know?

When you have to look into a coffin with a child in it.”

Both Little and Calendino hope the book is not only an interesting read for the audience but also a tool for educators.

“Ultimately, we are relying on a whole confluence of people who help these kids decide what path to take,” Little says.

“Hopefully Joe’s story will influence them to make the right one.”

Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

THEATRE

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CULTURAL INTERSECTIONS

Citadel’s artistic director Daryl Cloran brings a modern story to Edmonton

Wed., Oct. 11 - Sun., Oct 22 Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project) Citadel Theatre Free admission

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oughly 12 years ago, Daryl Cloran, who at the time was a part of a theatre collective in Toronto, brought a group of Canadian actors to South Africa to put together a play with a group of South African actors. Through a heap of different languages, experiences, and methods, Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project) was born.

“It was built by that cross-cultural

encounter of Canadians and South Africans; finding our similarities, and differences, and connections,” Cloran says.

The play has seen many different Canadian stages since running in Cape Town, though never the Citadel’s. As Cloran’s first formal year as the man in charge, he is bringing the performance back to life to show Edmonton the art he loves and a project that has endured 12 years of hard work.

Two original South African actors are joining the Edmonton production, along with three Canadians, two of which have played roles in various iterations in the past.

Originally written by a group of roughly seven over a period of three years, the story follows a young South African man, Jabba (Andile Nebulane) searching for his unknown father, Philani (Mbulelo Grootbroom) on a separate continent.

“Of course it speaks directly and quickly to the South African community, but lots of other people that have lived immigrant experience, or have that in their family, can quickly identify that as being their story as well,” Cloran says.

This cultural cocktail is something that echoes not only in Canada, but also in South Africa where nine official languages and subsequent cultures are recognized.

Nebulane sees it reaching even further.

“The story itself is very universal,” he says. “You can put it in China, you can put it in Italy, you can put it in Namibia.”

He finds the anecdotal lessons entwined are something everyone can relate to.

“It speaks volume on truth,” Nebulane says. “On the importance of truth and the importance of sharing, the importance of reaching out to your loved ones.”

Cloran continues bringing more international works and actors to the Citadel, incorporating a framework he’s laid out as inclusive, innovative and international.

He says there’s a lot to be learned from working with actors of disparate backgrounds. The way the Canadian actors approached

theatre was in stark contrast to the way the South African actors went about creating and building the narrative.

“In rehearsal I would often say, ‘Okay, today we’re going to work on creating this scene.’ And like inevitably, the Canadian actors would all take out their pens and paper and start to write the scene, and the South African actors would all jump up and start to move and dance,” Cloran laughs.

These distinct differences are part of what makes the play so special.

Andile Nebulane says the process of creating the play from his own lived experiences connected him to his character, Jabba right from the beginning in 2005.

“It just makes it so real and brings it closer to the heart when it’s created,” he says. “You know exactly where your core actor is coming from with a story that he or she is putting on the table as you brainstorm.”

He also connects to his character’s search to know his father, having lost his own parents at a very young age.

“You can’t hide away from your ancestors. They will always find you,” he says. “Doesn’t matter how far apart is the connection, but if need be, that thing that brings you together will bring you together one day, somehow.”

Rich South African traditions like the role of Sangomas (traditional healers) are brought to the stage with every performance along with cultural elements like gum-

boot dancing and the Xhosa language, which are woven into the very fabric of the narrative.

Something unique to this iteration is its redesign for a thrust stage. In the past, the play was performed on a proscenium setup, but Cloran says he’s eager to show the play in the Maclab Theatre, which lends itself to the more intimate setting of Ubuntu by sitting the audience closer to the action.

David Jansen, who plays Michael, notes that with the thrust stage, your fellow audience members are also in your eyeline, which makes it more of a joint experience, like sitting around a fire. Something he says is at the heart of the Xhosa word “Ubuntu,” which translates as “who I am is intimately woven with everyone else around me; everyone else around me makes me who I am,” he says.

“It’s thematically, really resonant for us this season in particular,” Cloran says. “I’ve tried to make this season very much about inclusivity and our connections to each other.

So, to have this at the heart of it, it’s perfect.”

Having run in Toronto, Halifax, Vancouver and Calgary, the ability to bring the play to Edmonton for a quick 11 days and Winnipeg after is important, Jansen says. “It’s really developed into this piece that’s had a history and now been seen by a lot of people across Canada.

It’s really had a life, and I mean, that’s rare in Canadian theatre, but it’s something to celebrate.”

Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

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A musical drama that shines a spotlight on Judy Garland’s twilight years.

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YOGA ARTS

10,000 REASONS

Artist Amanda Giacomini brings Buddhas back

Thu., Oct. 5 - 8 Bloom Festival Shaw Conference Centre Passes available at itstimetobloom.com

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he architect of an art project that brings peaceful Buddhas to city walls is coming to Bloom Festival this year to discuss how art integrates into yoga.

Amanda Giacomini, an oil artist from California, created the project she calls 10,000 Buddhas, following a trip she took to India in 2006. While there, she visited

the Ajanta Caves, an UNESCO World Heritage Site that dates back over 2,000 years.

“When we went to see [the paintings], I was just blown away,” Giacomini says. “One in particular was of a 1,000 little Buddhas sitting together, and this just really captivated my imagination.”

Years later, the image kept appearing to her.

“That image of all the Buddhas sitting together, in some ways, really reminded me of the feeling I get in practicing in community.”

Her husband, M.C. Yogi, practices classes sometimes of 10,000

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people, all meditating together.

Giacomini says it’s something very unique to be a part of a movement of that many people all wanting to be more conscious and create a more peaceful world.

Inspired by other artists who have pushed a particular subject matter to the limit and the feeling she got from the original, Giacomini decided to paint not 1,000, but 10,000 Buddhas on public and private walls, as well as wood panels to be hung.

That’s the feeling she hopes people get from her murals, something called brahman-

anda: “brahma,” meaning the divine in Sanskrit and “ananda,” meaning bliss.

Now at 11,880 Buddhas, she has no plans to stop. In fact, she plans to bring her project to Edmonton’s public walls while she’s here. But Giacomini is not just an artist, she’s also a devout yogi of over 25 years and in fact says her art and her yoga blend in many ways.

“Sometimes I meditate, and sometimes I do postures, and sometimes I chant, and sometimes I paint. They’re all just different forms of the same thing.”

The meditative and healing place that she’s in when doing any of the above is something that Bloom Festival aims to bring to Edmontonians, explains Robindra Mohar who started the festival with his wife, Myrah Penazola.

“It’s all about helping people to live a life they really love,” Mohar says. “We wanted to help make Edmonton be a healthier city and just make yoga, and meditation, and music, and art more accessible so there’s more community in the city.”

Now in it’s fifth year, Bloom’s purpose really is all about personal growth, though the festival itself has also grown considerably. It has risen from roughly 300 the first year to over a 1,000, the festival is built upon the increasingly large community of yogis in the city. With 57 events planned, there will be workshops, concerts, and classes held all weekend by widely-loved speakers and yogis.

“Overstressed and overtired is just way too common. It’s like a badge people wear nowadays. You see more and more people suffering from stress and anxiety,” he says, which is what Bloom aims to combat.

“We’re just here to make Edmonton just a little better,” he says. “You don’t have to travel the world to bloom, you can bloom right here, bloom where you’re planted.”

Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

A bright room called day by tony kushner

Originally produced by the Heat and Light Company, New York

October 12-21, 2017 @ 7:30 pm No performance Sunday, October 15 | Matinee October 19 @ 12:30 pm

Timms Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta

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Beast–2017 (Oct 7, Oct 9), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Oct 14), Ghostbusters–1984 (Oct 28) • SCIENCE IN THE CINEMA: Fed Up (Oct 12) • SCI-FI: Brazil (Oct 15) • STRANGE CANADA: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (Oct 26) • TIBETAN FILM FESTIVAL: The Last Dalai Lama?

(Oct 8), Paths of the Soul (Oct 8) • ZOMBIE GODFATHER: FILMS OF GEORGE A. ROMERO: Night of the Living Dead–1968 (Oct 22), Dawn of the Dead–1978 (Oct 27), Day of the Dead–1985 (Oct 28)

TOMMY DOUGLAS, KEEPER OF THE FLAM • Westwood Unitarian, 11135-65 Ave • A screening of the film a discussion to follow • Oct 13, 7pm • Free

DANCE

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ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side),

AJ OTTEWELL • 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park

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

BALLROOM DANCE ASSOCIATION • Central Lions Recreation Center, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • ebda.ca • An evening of ballroom, latin, country dancing • First Sat of every month, 8pm (doors)

CINDERELLA • Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • shelltheatre.ca • A wicked stepmother and two evil step-sisters make life hard for poor Cinderella when someone special turns things around. Be whisked away into fantasy with this large-scale dance production suitable for all ages • Oct 12, 7:30pm DANCE CLASSES WITH GOOD WOMEN DANCE COLLECTIVE • Muriel Taylor Studio at Ruth Carse Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Ave • info@goodwomen. ca • goodwomen.ca/classes • Every Tue, Thu, Fri; 10-11:30am • $15 (drop-in), $65 (5 class pack), $100 (10 class pack)

FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@ gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

HARVEST MOON BALL • Sugar Swing Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 • dance@ sugarswing.com • Lindy Harvest Moon Ball Dance featuring live music and competitions • Oct 14, 8pm (beginner lessons), 9pm (live music) • $28 (with beginner drop-in lesson), $25 (without) • All ages and levels

SUGAR FOOT STOMP! • Sugar Swing Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 • dance@ sugarswing.com • sugarswing.com • Swing dance social • Every Fri-Sat, 8pm (beginner lesson begins) • $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages

MILE ZERO DANCE DROP-IN DANCE & MOVEMENT CLASSES • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • mzdsociety@gmail.com • milezerodance.com/classes • Mile Zero Dance holds a number of drop-in dance & movement classes for people of all experience levels & ages; Mon: Professional Technique (10-11:30am), Contact Improv (7-9pm); Tue: Kids 6-10 (4:30-5:15pm), Toonie Yoga (5:30-6:45pm), Butoh (7-9pm); Wed: Noguchi Taiso (10-11:30am); Thu: Preschool 3-5 (10-10:45am), Beginner Contemporary (5-6:15pm); Sat: House (7-9pm) • $15 (regular), $12 (members), 10-class cards available for $100

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

FILM CINEMA SERIES • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • fortedmontonpark.ca • Each film in the series is selected by artistic director Dana Anderson, who introduces the film each week. Every month features a new line up of popular movies from the past • Every Thu until Oct 19, 7:30pm • $10 +GST (adv, online), $11.43 +GST (door)

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.439.5285 • edmontonfilmsociety@gmail.com • royalalbertamuseum.ca/movies • SCHEDULE: Notorious (Oct 16), Midnight (Oct 23), The Shop Around the Corner (Oct 30), Casablanca (Nov 6) • 8pm • $3-$6 ($35 for membership)

EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • Landmark Cinemas City Centre 9, 10200-102 Ave • Sep 28-Oct 7

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema.org • Visit metrocinema. org for daily listings • 4TH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN MASH: House on Haunted Hill (Oct 31), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (Oct 31) • CANADA ON SCREEN: Dead Ringers (Oct 30) • GATEWAY TO CINEMA: The Exorcist: Extended Director’s Cut–1973 (Oct 24) • LITFEST 2017: Borderlines: Transcultural Artistic Encounters (Oct 15), Payam Akhavan: In Search of a Better World (Oct 15) • NIGHT GALLERY: Skeleton Farm's Halloween Horrorshow (Oct 14) • QUOTE-A-LONG SERIES: Beetlejuice (Oct 27) • RECONCILIATION IN FOCUS: Birth of a Family (Oct 29) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Beauty and the

Costello; Oct 6-Nov 18 • Knock on Wood: artwork by Jeremy Pavka and Sean Procyk; Oct 6-Nov 18

780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com

LOFT ART GALLERY • 590 Broadmoor Blvd,

St, Albert • stalbert.ca/exp/arden/performances/ professional-series/terry-oreilly • O’Reilly will share insights from his latest book, This I Know: Marketing Lessons from Under The Influence to help local companies outsmart their competitors without breaking the bank • Oct 12, 7:30-9:30pm • $45 (via Arden website or phone)

Sherwood Park • artsoc@telus.net • artstrathcona.com • Open Fri-Sun, Sep 9-Dec, 10-4pm • Artwork from local artists of the Society

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca •The Michel Band: curated by members of the Michel Band Council; Sep 19-Jan 7 • Inside Painting: artwork by Peter Ivens; Oct 5-28; Opening reception: Oct 7, 2:30-5pm PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240

• Celebrating Canadian Art: variosu artists; Oct 13-15, Oct 20-22; Opening reception: Oct 13, 7-9:30pm

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Landmarks: artwork by Julia Reimer, Tyler Rock and Katherine Russell; Sep 2-Dec 24; Artist reception: Oct 21, 2-4 pm • Perch: artwork by Dena Seiferling, Stefanie Staples; Sep 9-Oct 14

• paintspot.ca • NAESS GALLERY: Seek to Touch, paintings by Melissa Baron; Oct 6-Nov 17; Opening reception: Oct 12, 7-9pm (artist in attendance) • ARTISAN NOOK: Some Paintings of Me: Under the Blue Sky, paintings by Svetlana Troitskaia; Oct 6-Nov 17

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • The Artist's Studio: artwork by Joseph Hartman; Sep 21-Oct 10 • Artwork by David Alexander; Oct 14-Nov 4 PICTURE THIS! FRAMING & GALLERY • 959

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Open Art Competition; Sep 12-Oct 6 • Artwork by Ken Duncan; Oct 10-Nov 4

Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • info@ picturethisgallery.com • picturethisgallery.com • The Great Fall Art Show: artwork by various artists; Sep 15-Oct 31

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Cutline: From the Photography Archives of The Globe and Mail; Jul 1-Nov 12 • Zachary Ayotte + Nulle Part—Shelter; Jul 1-Oct 8 • Past Imperfect: A Canadian History Project; Jun 17-Oct 8 • Turbulent Landings: The NGC 2017 Canadian Biennial: curated by Catherine Crowston, Josee Drouin-Brisebois and Jonathan Shaughnessy; Sep 30-Jan 7 • WEEKLY DROP-IN ACTIVITIES: Tours for Tots, Every Wed, 10-11am • Youth Workshops, ages 13-17, Every Thu, 4-6pm • Kids’ Open Studio, Every Sat, 1-3pm • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19

Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists. com • The Story So Far: curated by Sara Norquay; Sep 21-Nov 4 • SNAP Annual Members Show and Sale; Nov 18

Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert. ca • Inside Painting: artwork by Peter Ivens; Oct 5-28; Opening reception: Oct 7, 2:30-5pm • Ripples of Loss: artwork by Terry McCue; Nov 2-Dec 2; Opening reception: Nov 4, 2:30-5pm

BEAR CLAW GALLERY • 10403-124 St • 780.482.1204 • info@bearclawgallery.com • bearclawgallery.com • Artwork by Maxine Noel; Oct 21-Nov 1

• and light she lingers as your hostess: artwork by Gillian Willans; Sep 16-Oct 7

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park •

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Mosaic: Contemporary Canadian Art: by various artists; Sep 16-Oct 5

Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Jennifer Berkenbosch; Sep 9-Oct 14

TRILOGY OF TERROR: ODE TO POE RADIO SHOW • Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • info@ fortedmontonpark.ca • fortedmontonpark.ca/all-events/ ode-to-poe-spooktacular • Experience classic stories from master of the macabre, Edgar Allen Poe, presented as a live radio show • Oct 14, 7:30-10pm • $23.80

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep 18-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

THEATRE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Basement Theatre at Holy Trinity, 10037-84 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, Oct 13-Dec 15, 11pm

A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St, University of Alberta • ualberta.ca/artshows • Set in parallel worlds of 1930s Germany and present day, a group of artists slowly realize the political terror about to unfold around them, and must decide to flee or fight for their true beliefs • Oct 12-21

THE ALIENS • Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork.ca • Two best friends in their early 30s hang out behind their local coffee house to play music and discuss Bukowski when an impressionable young employee of the shop stumbles upon them • Oct 11-22 CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Sep 10-Jun 9 • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

celebration, when a mysterious visitor claims they know a dark secret about someone in the house. The problem: everyone there has a dark secret • Aug 18-Oct 15 (WedSun) • $33.25-$77.95

END OF THE RAINBOW • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • horizonstage.com • A true account of Judy Garland’s twilight years; an all-too-mortal goddess on the eve of her destruction revealed in a way seldom found in the tabloid • Oct 11, 7:30pm 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! • Oct 27, Dec 1, 8pm • $26 (call 780.453.2440) or TIX on the Square

LES FELUETTES STAGED READING • La Cité Francophone, 8627-91 St • In collaboration with L’UniThéâtre, Alberta’s only professional francophone theatre, Edmonton Opera presents a staged reading of Michel Marc Bouchard’s iconic play Les Feluettes in French (with English supertitles) • Oct 14, 7-9pm • Free event (available at Eventbrite) SOUL SISTAS • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave NW • Two incredible women. Two great stories.

Soul Sistas is a multi-part tribute to the iconic African American female singers of our time • Sep 5-Oct 29 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • When William Shakespeare falls in love with an engaged woman, their forbidden romance inspires the playwright’s most famous tragedy • Sep 16-Oct 8

SHOCKERS DELIGHT • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • teatroq.com • A bittersweet comedy that chronicles the evolving relationship of three graduates of the University of Continental North America, and their intertwined studies of golf, ballroom dancing, and 19th century furniture design • Sep 28-Oct 14 THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep 9-Jun 8 • $15

UBUNTU (THE CAPETOWN PROJECT) • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • Ghosts haunt a man and woman, continents apart, as they discover secrets of their past • Oct 11-22

DOWNTON ABBEY ROAD: SONGS OF THE BEATLES • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061, 8882170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@jubilations. ca • edmonton.jubilations. ca • The Crawley family is abuzz with anticipation for Lady Mary’s birthday

WOMEN'S ART MUSEUM OF CANADA • La Cité Francophone 2nd Pavillon, #200, 8627 Rue Marie-AnneGaboury (91 St) • 780.803.2016 • info@wamsoc.ca • wamsoc.ca • Nidificate; until Oct 20

BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • assembly. ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis.html • Legion Halls: produced by the Canadian War Museum; Oct 13-Jan 2

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Road Less Travelled: artwork by Jane Everett; Sep 29-Oct 13

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Joe

CAVA GALLERY • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 •

Calendino 'To Hell and Back' Book Launch; Oct 5, 7-9pm • Darryl Raymaker "Trudeau's Tango" Book Launch; Oct 10, 7-9pm

galeriecava.com • Fragile: artwork by various artists; Aug 18-Oct 14 • Members Exhibition: artwork by Béatrice Lefèvre, Sylvie Nadeau and Nadia Tanguay; Sep 29-Oct 14

Shockers Delight!

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BOOK LAUNCH: TRUDEAU'S TANGO: ALBERTA MEETS PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU, 1968–1972

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • The Arch: Plans For A Heterotopic Space Opera: artwork by Travis Mcewen; Sep 8-Oct 14

• Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Ave • Featuring a reading, Q&A, book signing and snacks • Oct 10, 7-9pm

BOOK SIGNING: DO YOU STILL HAVE CLEAVAGE WITH JUST ONE BREAST? • Chapters on

EXTENSION GALLERY AT ENTERPRISE SQUARE • 10230 Jasper Ave • All Exits Look the

Soft Red/ Hard White

Jen Mesch

Turgor

Daniel Evans

Whyte, 10504-82 Ave • Meet the author, Sue Lawrence, and find out how the writing process helped her to deal with the overwhelming emotions of a cancer diagnosis and heal from loss • Oct 7, 12-4pm

Same: artwork by Deann Stein Hasinoff; Sep 30-Oct 18

FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Graduate Design Group Show; Sep 26-Oct 14

FRONT GALLERY • 10402-124 St • thefrontgallery. com • Grand opening: Nov 1, 7-9pm GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Quiet Stories from Canadian Places: artwork by Heather M. Cline; Sep 9-Oct 22 • Light in the Land–the Nature of Canada: artwork by Dr. Roberta Bondar; Nov 10-Dec 21

LITFEST: EDMONTON’S NON-FICTION LITERARY FESTIVAL • Various venues • 780.498.2500 • litfestalberta.com • Litfest celebrates life stories, politics, science, art and fine wine through a series of performance and intimate conversations with notable authors • Oct 12-22

THE OLIVE AT THE ALMANAC PRESENTS: POET ANNE TARDOS AND AUTHOR EILEEN BELL • The Almanac, 10351-82 Ave • Oct 17, 7pm • Free • All ages

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Turgor: artwork by Daniel Evans; Oct 5-Nov 24 • Soft Red/Hard White–15th Artist-In-Residence Exhibition: artwork by Jen Mesch; Oct 5-Nov 24

ROUGE POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue

HUMAN ECOLOGY GALLERY • University of Alberta 1-15, Human Ecology Building • 780.492.3824 • Imagining a Better World: The Artwork of Nelly Toll; Sep 28-Mar 11

• latitude53.org • Getting Big: artwork by Violet

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com

telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • The Science Behind Pixar Exhibition; Until Jan 7 • Free-$117.95

BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW

Ave, Wetaskiwin • history.alberta.ca/reynolds • 780.312.2065 • The McLaughlin Story: Discover how the McLaughlin family of risk takers helped shape Canada’s auto industry; Until Oct 9

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St •

St. Albert • The Happening: Art Show & Sale; Every Sat until Oct 7, 10am-4pm

780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • September Group Selling Exhibition: artwork by various artists; Sep 1-30

REYNOLDS-ALBERTA MUSEUM • 6426-40

strathconacountymuseum.ca • Showcasing Tales from the Oral History Collection; until Oct

BIG PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY • 10 Sturgeon Rd,

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St •

Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Open Tue-Sat, 9am

TERRY O'REILLY • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St,

ST. ALBERT READERS' FESTIVAL: STARFEST • St. Albert Public Library, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert • 780.459.1530 • sapl@sapl.ca • starfest.ca • The seventh St. Albert Readers’ Festival, where they travel back in time, explore the paranormal and the gothic, and learn from some of the best in the business • Sep 15Nov 6 • $5 (events at the library), $10 (events at other venues), $45 (event with Terry O'Reilly)

October 5 - November 25, 2017

OPENING RECEPTION

Thursday, Oct 5, 2017 @ 7 - 10 pm 3rd Floor, 10215 - 112 St Edmonton, AB

T: 780.426.4180 www.harcourthouse.ab.ca

7:30 pm - live dance and music performance by Jen Mesch and guest artists

TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly Tellaround: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info:

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FILM SERIES

DON’T TALK TO IRENE

FRI & TUES TO THURS: 7:00PM SAT: 1:15 & 7:00PM SUN: 1:15 & 6:15PM MON: 6:15PM

RATED: TBR

VICEROY’S HOUSE

BATTLE OF THE SEXES

FRI: 6:45 & 9:15PM SAT: 1:00, 3:30, 6:45 & 9:15PM SUN: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30PM MON: 6:00 & 8:30PM TUES TO THURS: 6:45 & 9:00PM

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FRI: 9:00PM, SAT: 3:15 & 9:00PM SUN: 3:15 & 8:15PM, MON: 8:15PM TUES TO THURS: 8:45PM

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Soap Box Duo uses music and faith to overcome sexual abuse Voice Film Series Amazon Video and rsvp-ministries.com

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lex MacMullin was 11 years old when it first happened to him. Greg, a family friend who lived downstairs, had been sexually abusing Alex for eight years. It was a secret that Alex shared with no one until he met his wife Jenesa.

“There’s so much shame attached to it,” Alex says. “For a long time, it wasn’t something that happened to me. It was who I was. I had to hold a lot of weight and guilt.”

“He pretended it was a different person, that it was happening to a third person,” Jenesa says.

Now, Alex and Jenesa are using their experiences and musical skills to bring awareness to the issue of sexual abuse. Under their folk-pop stage name Soap Box Duo, the two recently partnered up with RSVP Ministries to create the Voice film series.

It can be viewed on Amazon or purchased from RSVP Ministries website.

Voice shares Alex and Jenesa’s experiences with sexual abuse while outlying their mission to spread awareness and ultimately stop the issue from occurring in someone else’s life.

“It happens within churches, families, sports teams ... just anywhere. It doesn’t matter.

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It’s everywhere,” Alex says.

“It seems relatively unknown.

Like, this happens to one in four people throughout their lives. It’s a huge statistic and no one is talking about it.”

“It happens in places of trust.

If we’re not watching for it then it will continue to grow. We have to listen and watch for the signs. You can’t just say, ‘Ah, it’s just a phase.’ You have to investigate,” Jenesa adds.

Alex used many different coping mechanisms to “numb the pain” that was happening throughout his childhood. One of them was drugs.

“It was the perfect way to numb and disassociate myself from reality,” Alex says. “I really wanted to stop, but in order to stop, I had to address all these feelings and problems.”

The Voice series also shows how the power of music and faith have helped both Alex and Jenesa through this very personal and emotional time.

“Music has a way of expressing emotion that can’t be expressed through dialogue,” Alex says.

“I’ve written a few songs about this experience and they capture the emotion and context perfectly. For me, it’s healing to get it out and put it in a song.”

He wrote the song “Naïve” which reflects on his abuse, reliance on drugs, and the dealing with the court system after Greg was arrested.

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“On days when he’s in a cloud, he’ll sit down and play that song which almost seems weird,” Jenesa says. “But it’s in his mind anyways. The song doesn’t end in a hopeful light, but it just allows his emotions to come out.”

The song, “Shades of Blue,” also touches on dealing with the emotions that surrounded Alex and Jenesa’s situation. The music video is featured in Voice and has Alex destroying memories of his past such as pictures and a guitar on The End of the World site.

“It’s about the inability to express emotion,” Jenesa says.

“It’s okay to just feel it. To just have a sad day. That’s kind of what “Shades of Blue” is about.”

While the details of their experiences with sexual abuse use to be a touchy subject, Alex and Jenesa now have no problem opening up.

Alex and Jenesa went back to the family home one night to help Alex’s sister get ready for her graduation. Greg was still living in the basement.

“So that night, I slept in the living room and Jenesa slept upstairs because, at the time, we were saving ourselves for marriage,” Alex says.

Alex awoke to find Greg “looming” over him.

“He was going to attempt something. I was 19 at the time

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and I just had enough,” he says.

Alex and Greg basically brawled repeatedly until Greg retreated downstairs.

“I tell Jenesa what happened and tell my mom. She calls my dad. At the time, Jenesa was the only one who knew. Now everyone knows.”

Greg was arrested later that night, but he was released the next day for a lack of evidence.

He then attempted to flee to Ontario to stay with a sibling.

“The police told us that the only way they could go after him was if he had an offence against him in another province.

So basically we would of had to wait for him to do something to someone again,” Alex says.

That was unacceptable. Instead, Alex and Jenesa found Greg’s family on Facebook and told them the situation. After hearing from them, Greg was sent back to Alberta on a bus.

“He was going to stay with a sibling and they have kids,”

Jenesa says.

Alex and Jenesa then soldiered on through a threeyear court case that had its date changed countless times.

Finally, it was brought to Queen’s Bench and new evidence was brought to light.

“They recovered conversations, pictures, and other shared media from his computer. When we went to court, he had 23 charges for trafficking, creating and distributing pornography with minors, basically everything under the sun,” Alex says.

“He had media from swimming pool bathrooms, change rooms, public parks, and he created and sold this stuff to other people,” Jenesa adds.

Greg was sent to jail for 10 years, a sentence that seems almost immoral considering how many people his actions affected. Still, Alex forgives Greg for what he did to him.

“The methodology of Jesus is about forgiving when someone

is repentful. In my experience, my abuser was just somebody who lacked self-control and had desires they acted on,” Alex says.

He and Jenesa are using their experience to start a long overdue conversation about sexual abuse and the many signs linked to it.

“This was our plan from the beginning. It’s why we named ourselves Soap Box Duo. We need to talk about these things that affect society,” Alex says.

“If it wasn’t music, maybe it would be fine art, or dance, whatever we’re doing.”

“In the ‘40s, communication was different,” Jenesa says.

“You had to stand in the middle of the street and gather people for human rights movements and things that have formed the type of society we live in.

That’s why we chose the name Soap Box Duo.” Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

Screenings: Thursday October 5 @ 7:00PM Saturday October 7 @ 4:30PM Sunday October 8 @ 7:00PM Monday October 9 @ 4:30PM Tuesday October 10 @ 9:30PM

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PRESENTS

OCT 5 - OCT 11

THE GIRL WITHOUT HANDS THUR @ 7:00, SAT @ 4:30, SUN @ 7:00, MON @ 4:30, TUES @ 9:30

TIBETAN FILM FESTIVAL

DIRTY DANCING (1987)

PINK FLOYD: THE WALL SUN @ 9:00

THUR @ 9:00 SKIER'S SPORTSHOP FILM FESTIVAL FRI @ 7:00 THE ROOM FRI @ 11:30

TURKEY SHOOT!

FRENCH WITH SUBTITLES 30TH ANNIVERSARY

THE LAST DALAI LAMA? SUN @ 2:00 TIBETAN FILM FESTIVAL

PATHS OF THE SOUL SUN @ 4:00 TIBETAN WITH SUBTITLES

THE MUMMY (2017) MON @ 7:00 WITH LIVE COMEDIC COMMENTARY

REEL FAMILY CINEMA

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017) SAT @ 2:00, MON @ 2:00 FREE ADMISSION FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER

KITA KITA SAT @ 7:00 FILIPINO WITH SUBTITLES CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 40TH ANNIVERSARY

SAT @ 9:15

OFFICE SPACE MON @ 9:15, WED @ 9:30 METRO SHORTS TUES @ 7:00 CENTRE FOR COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY

UNSTUCK: AN OCD KIDS MOVIE WED@ 7:00 Q & A FOLLOWING THE SCREENING

FREE ADMISSION

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COMIC BOOK

THE 380-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN Dallas Casavant’s The V-CARD parodies various vampire sagas while sharing a heartwarming story Until Tue., Oct. 24 The V-Card Kickstarter Kickstarter.com

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onathan Von Tuttle has a life relatable to any teenage comic book nerd.

He lives with his parents, he adores G.I. Joe, he’s a virgin, and he’s awkward around the opposite sex. Although, he does have a trait none of us do—he’s a 380-year-old vampire and the main character of local author Dallas Casavant’s mini-comic series The V-CARD. Casavant began creating his comic after accepting a challenge from his then girlfriend.

“Whenever we would watch a movie, I would always criticize it,” Casavant says. “She would always get sick of it and ask me ‘You think you could write a better idea?’”

In the spur of the moment, he did.

“I was like, ‘Okay, let’s say we have this vampire that’s never bit or been with a girl before and the first scene is this Dracula-type vampire about to bite a scantily-clad girl. Then we hear a “pop” and zoom out to a nerdy vampire with a sex doll who lives with his parents and it’s called, “400 Year Old Virgin.”

His girlfriend reluctantly said, “That’s not bad.” Months passsed and Casavant

couldn’t shake the idea from his head and began building upon the story.

“I started thinking stuff like, ‘Well what if when they see a girl their fangs started to grow? What if he falls in love with the vampire killer’s daughter?’ Then you’re watching some other crappy show and think, ‘Why don’t I write my own thing?’” he says.

Casavant needed an artist. One that would understand his humour and bring a new element to the series. After trial periods with a few artists, he landed on Calgary’s Nick Johnson who has worked on the independent comic Wolf Hands, which follows a character

who has been infected with lycanthropy in his hands.

“Nick’s a professional and has a good sense of humour so it’s working well,” Casavant says. “Sometimes he draws it even better than I wanted.”

The V-CARD follows Jonathan and his best vampire friend Kathleen on his quest to find his “first bite,” but there’s a catch. In this world, whoever your first human bite is resides with you forever in the afterlife.

Once Jonathan meets Talia, a tattooedhuman comic-book-loving beauty, his quest is no longer about lust, but love.

Although, there’s another catch. Talia is the daughter of the famed vampire killer Chan Haan Sing.

The story is equal parts vampire parody and romantic comedy. Think American Pie meets What We Do in the Shadows, with a bit of The Lost Boys.

Talia is actually based off Casavant’s girlfriend of the same name, Talia Russell.

On a fateful day four years ago, without even meeting her, he approached her and asked if she would like to be the inspiration for the main character’s love interest in his romantic vampire comedy comic.

“I had the final script for the comic in my hand and I saw Talia walking along on Whyte Ave. I was like, ‘Holy fuck, that’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen,” Casavant says.

He saw her a few more times and with the help of listening to his favourite podcaster Duncan Trussell, had the courage to go and talk to her.

“I was like, ‘Excuse me, this may sound ridiculous, but I have this vampire romantic comedy in my hand and I was wondering if you wanted to be the artist’s inspiration for a character?’ She said ‘Yeah.’ And I left before I said something stupid,” Casavant says.

“At the time I was a dancer so men were not a big deal for me,” Russell says. “When Dallas approached me I was really curious, intrigued, and annoyed I couldn’t get him out of my head.

I needed to know what goes on in his mind and what motivated him to make this weird vampire comedy.”

Eventually, the two started dating and got engaged at a live Duncan Trussell show.

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Talia is not the only character based off a real life person in The V-CARD. Paris, a human all vampires want to sink their teeth into, is based off of Dita Von Teese, and the Kathleen character is actually based off of Casavant’s friend Kathleen McGee, a stand-up comic and podcaster who has opened for names like Hannibal Buress.

“I know Kathleen and she’s funny, but comedy is a tough business. I thought maybe I could help her out by making her one of the characters,” Casavant says. “Maybe this gets turned into a movie one day and helps her out. Production companies are always starving looking for the next idea so they go to conventions to find ideas.”

When reading The V-CARD, you can tell Casavant is a lover of comics and pop culture. The story has many little nods and references to people like the late musician Prince and the golden comedy series Seinfeld. It all comes from Casavant’s “what if” writing style.

“When I first write I’ll have visions in my head and certain beats to make. It’s like working on a sculpture where you have this Frankenstein kind of thing and you take a piece from here or there,” Casavant says. “I start thinking something like, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if this scene was in the Seinfeld diner?’ I’m a huge Prince fan so why not have a poster and Talia’s shirt be Prince? Why not put in a little extra effort?’ And then my hairs start standing up and I say, ‘That’s not a bad idea.’”

The story also has a few references to Edmonton peppered in, the most obvious being the Happy Harbor comic book recurring as a location in the series.

With two issues already out, a viewable motion comic made, and a burgeoning Kickstarter to fund the last two issues ending in late October, The V-CARD will be on shelves in Happy Harbor by the end of the month.

“I already have the next issues and bits ready to go. And if the Kickstarter doesn’t work, I’ll go to conventions and it will be in Happy Harbor,” Casavant says. “Do I quit if I run into brick wall?

No. I’ll find a loose brick or I’ll just knock down the whole wall. It’s a paper wall, it’s just like writing.”

Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

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hanksgiving weekend, in all its wondrous gluttony, is upon us.

But, another much newer tradition is hitting the city this weekend to tip the scales. In its fifth year, Up + Downtown Music Festival (UP+DT) is bringing big names to finish Edmonton’s music festival season.

After Jason Flammia and Allan Harding took a trip to Calgary’s Sled Island music festival, the pair decided it was time to do something similar in Edmonton. The difference was that they wanted to keep the travelling distance in check, which is why they created the up-downtown concept.

“There’s tons of festivals that happen in Edmonton throughout the summer months, and after the end of August there were no music festi-

vals taking place,” executive director Flammia says. “There was no multivenue music festival happening at the time.”

The festival has never lost money in all five years and manages to continually stay in the black, something rather impressive for a not-for-profit festival. While they benefit from private sponsors, the festival organizers have now built a trifecta of financial sources to pull off the festival every year.

For one, with artistic director Brent Oliver’s experience as an agent, they’ve always known what their acts are worth.

“I said to Jason and Allan, ‘can I help out?’ and they said, ‘Sure—a lot of agents are telling us that this band is worth this much money, and I went, ‘No!’ So basically, my job the first two years was to tell agents I had worked with in the past to fuck off and not rake this new not-for-profit festival over the coals for money—and we’ve survived!”

Oliver says this is not entirely to his

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t can be overhwelming to decide who to see at UP+DT. We chose a few of the must-see acts.

Weaves Only one year since releasing their self-titled debut LP, Weaves is hitting the scene with some of the most unique art-rock out there. The Toronto quartet’s rising popularity speaks to a public that was ready and waiting for an unconventional sound. With an ironic balance between impulse and control, Weaves have hit a sound alcove that parallels its strong lyrics.

Singer Jasmyn Burke and guitarist Morgan Waters spent nearly 12 entire months on the road last year, yet hit the studio immediately after in early

2017 with fresh creative inspiration and energy to boot. Now releasing its sophomore LP, Wide Open on Oct. 6, it is time to share the sound again.

With sets that are already famous for sprightly energy, Weaves is kicking off the new LP well with its show at UP+DT this year.

Wintersleep With sounds that echo a strange and ghostly landscape, Halifax-bred five-piece, Wintersleep, are riding into a second winter on its 2016 release The Great Detachment. But times have been changin’ for the now Montréal-based group. Signing a new record label in 2015, the group is still laying some great tracks reminiscent

credit, but that there have been many instances of booking prices that were dealt with carefully amongst board members, which led to the festival’s continued success.

Their second weapon is executive director Flammia, who works with the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, where he sees what a good grant proposal looks like, which Oliver says has also contributed to the festival’s success.

While those two resources worked well to keep the festival in the black, business sponsorships have also held the festival afloat. When Sonic Boom closed, Sonic 102.9 jumped on contributing to be able to book big names.

“Their partnership is the reason we’re able to book a band like Wintersleep this year,” Flammia points out.

of its past albums that brought them to the forefront.

Proving their puddin’ since their 2008 Juno award win, the group is best known as of late for the hit single “Freak Out” from this year and “Amerika” from last year, which won an Indies award for single of the year.

If you’re unfamiliar, you may have also heard Wintersleep’s eerie-rock sounds on television series, commercials and films every now and then over the years, but if you don’t know their sound, you should probably find a more suitable rock.

U.S. Girls American-Canadian U.S. Girls has always forged its own path since its inception 10 years ago. Beginning as Philadelphian Meg Remy’s solo project, U.S. Girls is notorious for using deliberately archaic tech., including a reel-toreel tape machine, which she carried on

“We all have other jobs, we do this simply for the downtown community, and because we wanted to go to a festival that we wanted to go to,” says Oliver. “Which is why it’s such an eclectic mix.”

Each year they work to hold at least one show of each genre or criteria, anchored by a headliner. For example, they have Sister Nancy headlining a Friday reggae-rooted show at Freemason’s Hall and DIIV headlining an indie-rock show at The Starlite Room that night.

The board is made of different local promoters who help to book their own genre specialties, which works to get more people involved and create less competition overall.

UP+DT also takes applications from local acts, which closes in early June.

This year they received almost 200 ap-

tour with her in the early years.

Now approaching a more modern recording process, and a moodier glampop sound, U.S. Girls still uses the odd off-beat tape loop and distorted vocal to remain true to the original. Having just toured through Europe last year, joining Iggy Pop for a stint, Remy has her own thang going, and it ain’t nothing small. With the latest album Half Free (2015) beckoning a Juno nomination and shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize last year, Remy is forging a path of homage to strong female vocalists and the good ol’ days of tape cassettes.

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DIIV DIIV have become gurus when it comes to melding fuzz-ridden shoegaze with liquid dream pop licks. The band gained quite a bit

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plications, choosing about 45 to play the festival.

“We do want to keep it relatively local,” Oliver says. “Last year we had 60 percent that were western Canadian acts, and we’re about the same this year too.”

Something the festival has always managed to accomplish is being as accessible as possible. One of the ways this is done is by using a portion of venues that are open to all ages, something Oliver enjoys so he can bring his son.

This year’s festival will also have two free outdoor concerts in the park, made possible by corporate sponsors. Both will be held Saturday afternoon, one at Beaver Hill Park and the other at Michael Phair Park.

Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com

of traction after releasing Oshin in 2012, marking a sound that many indie bands are still attempting and somewhat failing to replicate.

The album had an underwater quality, keeping up with DIIV’s indie-aquatic theme.

With tinges of post punk, DIIV released its second album Is The Is Are in 2016. The double LP is a batch of more polished, jangle pop, with an almost krautrock vibe, especially on the title track and “Yr Not Far.” The lyrics still evoke a trance like state thanks to Zachary Cole Smith, who filled in as the touring guitarist for bands like Beach Fossils and Soft Black.

Prepare to be seduced in a wall of haze and groove with some of the best indie instrumentals you’ve heard in awhile.

Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com

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Cadence Weapon / Levi Manchak

WEAPON OF CHOICE

Cadence Weapon uses migration and collaboration on upcoming self-titled record

Sat., Oct. 7 (8 pm) Cadence Weapon w/ Arlo Maverick at UP+DT 9910 $10

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t’s been five years since Roland Pemberton (a.k.a. Cadence Weapon) released his last record, but his work ethic has only gotten stronger.

Having moved away from Edmonton, spending time in Montreal and currently residing in Toronto, his artistic growth has seen him tackle new mediums and challenges. His new endeavours include voice work

for Viceland and hosting a monthly poetry and party series in Toronto.

“Personally, that’s just the way I roll and what I like,” says lyricist Pemberton. “It’s kind of a shame now that there’s this expectation of artists that you have to be basically a photographer, a PR person; you gotta be a producer, make music— you’ve just got to do everything. I don’t think that expectation should be on all artists, but personally it is very enriching for me.”

Musically, Pemberton has been working on his new self-

titled record in Toronto for the past two years, and his experiences outside of Edmonton have been highly influential to the new tracks.

“A lot has changed,” he says.

“My perspective on music has changed, I think that’s the most important thing. I want to make music with an audience in mind now. When I first started out making music, I kind of considered myself to be almost like a punk artist.”

On his three previous releases, Pemberton was hands-on and produced nearly every track.

The new record is a different story, with every song featuring a different producer and collaborations with artists he’s grown close to through his journey.

“With every album I like to change the variables and mix things up just to see what happens,” he says. “The specific reason was that I wanted to focus on my songwriting, I wanted to focus on my lyrics and I really wanted to push hard to make sure I wrote excellent songs.”

That collective spirit is evident on the newly released tracks “Don’t Talk To Me” and “My Crew (Woooo).”

Pemberton is excited to hit the stage and show off the different vibes featured in his new music. The new album is diverse, featureing techno sounds, grime and the “Toronto hip-hop sound.” He says the album is diverse. However, it still features the classic Cadence Weapon sound.

The self-titled album is ready for release in November and Pemberton looks forward to performing the new material in his native Edmonton at UP+DT Music Festival.

Lee Butler lee@vueweekly.com

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hantogram is inescapable. Turn on a TV, a video game, or a radio, and it’s probably familiar.

With tunes like “Fall in Love,” and “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore,” it’s one of those bands that just seems to keep on getting more recognizable.

Somewhere between the heavy synth, ghostly falsetto, and over driven guitar fuzz, is Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter, a pair of friends who stuck together since junior high.

“When Phantogram started, I was just working on my solo stuff,” says Carter. “She and I would hang out a lot and so I had this idea for what I wanted to do musically. I asked her. I think she had a good voice and I asked her if she’d sing on top of some songs that I was working on.”

The duo’s latest album, Three, released in 2016, hit number nine on Billboard charts.

Long-touring and hardworking performers, the band has worked with the likes of The Flaming Lips, Miley Cyrus, and The Alchemist and Oh No. There’s more collaboration still on the way. Carter says fans can expect a follow up to Phantogram’s 2015 project Big Grams, with rapper Big Boi. “We’re definitely gonna do it, we just don’t know really when,” says Carter. “You know we have this pretty short tour coming up with Arcade Fire, then just a bunch of one-offs and stuff. And we’re in the process of working on some new Phantogram material, but I would say hopefully within the next year or like in 2018 we’ll probably start working on the Big Grams record.”

Carter and Barthel have known each other since preschool.

Starting out in New York, the pair would record their early stuff and burn cheap CDs to hand out on street corners.

Signing to a label in 2009, the band began to hit their stride

and made various late-night television appearances. They opened for alt-J at Madison Square Garden.

It hasn’t been a career of just roses though. Barthel’s sister Becky took her own life in January of 2016 as the band was working on Three.

“Yeah, I think Sarah’s just recently starting to be able to open up about it publicly,” says Carter. “We’ve been able to talk more about it publicly. But it took a long time to heal and it’s something that’s never gonna’ go away. You know Becky was one of my best friends and it’s not like … I mean you’re always gonna miss her but it gets a little easier over time.”

Despite the still recent loss, Phantogram presses on. With a still rapidly rising career trajectory, Carter isn’t taken aback by the group’s success.

“When I got into music, I definitely felt a powerful calling to just be a musician and it’s something I became obsessed with. There was no way around it.”

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BRIXX BAR Molten Lava with guests Gary Debussy, Pet Blessings & Hashteroid; 8pm; $12; 18+ only CAFE BLACKBIRD Pont De La

WOODRACK CAFÉ Birdie on

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a Branch; 2nd Thu of every month, 7-8:30pm; No cover (donations welcome)

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

YARDBIRD SUITE Leonard

B-STREET BAR Karaoke; Every Thu-Sat, 9:30pm

9pm

Avalon with guests; 8pm; $14.99-$23.50; 18+ only

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Thu, 8pm

BLUES ON WHYTE J. C. Smith;

Patterson Group; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $11 (members), $15 (guests)

Moustache; 8pm; $7 Vent; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH HTAC Open Stage;

Mohammed Assaf; 7pm

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DJs

9pm; $10; No minor NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN U.S.

Girls (Part of: Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Tei Shi, GGOOLLDD, HILL, Lyra Brown, and Dizzy; 9pm; $21 (adv) PARKDALE CROMDALE COMMUNITY LEAGUE Dana

Wylie; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $20-$25 (available via artist or TIX on the Square)

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Reverend Horton Heat w/ Mad Bomber Society, The Fuzz Kings and guests / Sun., Oct. 8 (8 PM) Jim Heath, better known by his band stage name Reverend Horton Heat has been called, on multiple occasions, “The Godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly.” And yes, this was before many of the band’s songs were featured in various pop culture like Beavis and Butthead, Guitar Hero II, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Every rock guitar player has at least tried to learn “Psychobilly Freakout,” but realized it’s just not in the cards. No one has that speed or prowess. Unless you’re a speed demon like Heath. With the band’s latest and highest grossing album Rev releasing three years ago, Horton Heat have been touring like monsters, lighting the stage on fire with every show. Get ready with your confessions because the Reverend is coming to town. (Starlite Room, $29.50)

The Pharcyde w/ X Presidents/ Tue. Oct. 10 (8 PM) In the early ‘90s, gangster rap was dominating radio stations with many rappers jumping on the band wagon genre. The Pharcyde made an effort to separate themselves from the trend, moving towards a more A Tribe Called Quest approach to rapping. The debut album Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde has gone down in history as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Hear some of the illest rhymes ever produced live when original members Fatlip and Slimkid3 perform Bizarre Ride in its entirety for its 25th anniversary. (The Needle Vinyl Tavern, $25)

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Little, Wine Alot (house, hip-hop and reggae music); Every Thu; No cover

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BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE Big Rockin' Thursday

99TEN Cadence Weapon (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Arlo Maverick; 8pm; $10 (adv)

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Jam & Open Mic; Every Thu, 8pm CAFE BLACKBIRD YEG Music

ALIBI PUB & EATERY Rising Star Showcase of Cooper Studios; Every Sat, 12-3pm

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with El Niven & The Alibi and friends; Every Thu, 8:30pm; No cover LB'S PUB Open Jam hosted by

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Alan Cross / Sat. Oct. 7 (2 PM) Alan Cross has had the title of Canada’s most educated music geek for more than 20 years now. He created his syndicated radio show The Ongoing History of New Music in 1993 and since then it’s dominated Canadian airwaves, making its mark as one of the longest running music shows in North America. Cross’ career is a music journalist’s wet dream. He has interviewed everyone such as Dave Grohl, Billy Idol, Bono, Jack White—the list goes on and on. It’s guaranteed that if you come to his show you’ll learn some weird facts about famous musicians and leave with a few artists to check out. (McDougall United Church, $17.50)

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Russell Jackson Band; 9pm; Free CKUA RADIO PERFORMANCE HALL Ryan Wells (Part of:

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Michael Chenoweth; 8-11pm; No cover (Part of: Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Mossman, Nick Degree and Dub Vulture; 9pm; $25 (adv) HAVE MERCY Resident DJs

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Mike Letto; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mike

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Archive with guests Summering & Tropic Harbour; 8pm; $32; 18+ only

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Russell Jackson Band; 9pm; Free CKUA RADIO PERFORMANCE HALL Rae Spoon (Part of:

Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Swear By The Moon, Port Juvee and Hermitess; 8pm; $15 (adv), $18 (door) DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat

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Right From the Roots; 7pm

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Carbolizer; 8pm; $8 (adv), $10 (door)

DOWNTOWN EDMONTON COMMUNITY LEAGUE Dead

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DRAKE HOTEL Sunday

"The Party Hog"; 9pm

Jamming; Every Sun, 2pm; No minors

Fibres (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Feminal Fluids, Chron Goblin and Woodhawk; 3:30pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door) • Weaves (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with The Garrys and I Am Machi; 9pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door) DRAKE HOTEL Open Jam–

Saturdays; Every Sat, 2-5pm • House band; 5-8pm • Guest band; 8pm • No minors DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Andrew

Scott; 9pm DV8 The Secret Parcels, Feral Fires and guests; 8pm; $5-$10; 18+ only EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Gary

Wayne Myers; 4-6pm THE FORGE ON WHYTE Dextress

CD release; 7pm; $15 (sdv), $20 (door) FREEMASON HALL Julie Doiron

And The Wrong Guys (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Black Mastiff, Here Lies Man and Basic Instinct; 8pm; $18 (adv) HAVE MERCY Resident DJs

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A

STARLITE ROOM Dan Deacon

with Borys, Whitsundays & Archaics; 8pm; $25; 18+ only

FESTIVAL PLACE The Bros.

Landreth; 7:30pm; $25

UNION HALL A Boogie Wit Da

HAVE MERCY YEG Music

Hoodie; 7pm; $35; All ages • Netsky; 10:30pm; $25; 18+ only

presents “Compete With The Beat”; Every Sun, 6pm; $10 MOONSHINERS Sunday Noon

YARDBIRD SUITE Pat Bianchi Trio; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $22 (members), $26 (guests)

Acoustic Jam; Every Sun, 12pm

DJs

Sunday Brunch with Blues Puppy; 11am; No cover • Hospitality North American Tour featuring DJ Marky (Part of: Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Metrik and Ownglow; 8pm; $20-$25

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic hip-hop and reggae; Underdog: hip-hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs

playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE

Tuns (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Duotang and Library Voices; 8pm; $18 (adv) SANDS INN & SUITES Open Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm

YARDBIRD SUITE Yardbird

HILLTOP PUB Open stage

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

YELLOWHEAD BREWERY

Saturday Sessions Jam; Every Sat, 4-8pm • Canadian Coldwater Revival; 9pm; No minors THE LEAF The Barsnbands

Homemade Jam–hosted by Mike Chenoweth and The Usual Suspects; Every Sat, 3-7pm MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH

Leif Vollebekk (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Nature Of and Fiver; 7:30pm; $18 (adv) MERCURY ROOM My Sister

Ocean with Something Mechanicaland Element Orange; 8pm; $10 (adv) MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands

every Sat NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul Saturday Brunch with The James Band; 11am; No cover • Trapped Under Ice (Part of: Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with E-town Beatdown, World View Run With The Hunted, and Times Tide; 8pm; $20 (adv) ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE

Change of Heart (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Napalmpom and Whitey Houston; 9pm; $18 (adv) SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Joanne Janzen;

9pm

SUN OCT 8 ALIBI PUB AND EATERY Open mic night; Every Sun, 6-9pm THE ALMANAC Sunday Song

The Highest Order (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Eamon McGrath, Cham and Birds Bear Arms; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Zyppy; Every Sun

Stage Hosted by Rhea March; Every Sun, 6:30-10pm; Free

MON OCT 9

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Sun, 9pm BLIND PIG PUB Blind Pig Pub Jam with Forever 51; Every Sun, 3-6:30pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Jazz

Brunch with Charlie Austin; 9am-2pm BLUES ON WHYTE J. C. Smith;

9pm

with resident DJs

WED OCT 11 BLUES ON WHYTE Troy Turner;

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

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

UNION HALL Basslyne Road–

Against Depression Tour; 9pm; $10-$20; 18+ only

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie

Lunchpail

TUE OCT 10 BLUES ON WHYTE Whyte

Bronco; 9pm FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam

Jam Hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde 25Th Anniversary Tour with The Pharcyde with The X Presidents, Woodyard and All Out DJs; 8pm; $25 (adv) REC ROOM Screaming Females

with Street Eaters and Feed Dogs; 8pm; $10 (adv), $15 ROGERS PLACE Imagine

Dragons: EVOLVE TOUR; 7:30pm; $29 and up SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Zachary Lucky, Luke Thomson, Ariana Brophy; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10; 18+ only YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday

Session: Experience Points; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

DJs

BLUES ON WHYTE Whyte

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday

9pm

Wooftop: Metal Mondays with

Bronco; 9pm

Every Tue

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

Suite Jazz Orchestra; 1:30pm (doors), 2pm (show); $24 (members), $28 (guests)

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

Scott Band with Abusin' the Blues; 8pm; No cover

LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open

Saturdays: top 40, throwbacks and club anthems

LB'S PUB Mark Ammar's

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Taylor

Horton Heat, Mad Bomber Society with The Fuzz Kings & Dice Cubes; 8pm; $29.50; 18+ only

ENVY NIGHT CLUB Resolution

Wong every Sat

Monday Night Blues Jam hosted by the Dylan Farrell Band; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up); No cover

STARLITE ROOM Reverend

playing outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every Fri-Sat, 10pm; No cover hosted by Simon, Dan and Pascal; Every Sat, 4-7pm; Free

HAVE MERCY Mississippi

Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins

britpop/punk/

garage/indie;

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

HAVE MERCY Whiskey

Wednesdays Live Piano Karaoke featuring the Fab Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

Hour featuring Sherry-Lee Heschel; 5:30pm PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass

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

Wednesday REC ROOM Rococode with

Jesse & The Dandelions; 9pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door) ROGERS PLACE Arcade Fire;

7pm

Classical MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH

Music Wednesdays at Noon: Bianca Baciu and Felix Cantesanu (Piano and Horn); 12:10-12:50pm; Free ROBERT TEGLER CENTRE– CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Concordia Symphony Orchestra; 7:30pm WINSPEAR CENTRE

Mendelssohn and Haydn; 7:30pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed

night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free FIDDLER'S ROOST

Open Stage; 7-11pm

BRIXX BAR KLUSTERFUNK with Diggin' For Rainbows, The Middle Coast, Band of Rascals; 8pm; $8; 18+ only DOWNTOWN EDMONTON COMMUNITY LEAGUE Red Hot

Gospel (Part of Up+Downtown Festival 2017) with Crystal Eyes, Pyramid//Indigo and

Screaming Females Oct. 10, 8 pm $10 (adv), $15

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VENUEGUIDE 99TEN 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARIA'S BISTRO 10332-81 Ave, 780.972.4842, ariasbistro.com ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR #1638, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722, aussierulesedmonton.com B-STREET BAR 11818-111 Ave BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE 8937-82 Ave BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142

St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.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 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CKUA PERFORMANCE SPACE 9804 Jasper Avenue NW COMMON 9910-109 St DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 11113-87 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DOWNTOWN EDMONTON COMMUNITY LEAGUE 10042103 St NW DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8/MAMA'S PIZZA 7317-101 Ave NW

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW ENVY NIGHT CLUB West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIONN MACCOOL'S– HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL 4485 Gateway Blvd FIONN MACCOOL'S–SKYVIEW 13580-137 Ave THE FORGE ON WHYTE 1054982 Ave (Whyte Ave) FREEMASON HALL 10318-100 Ave NW HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 THE LEAF 9016-132 Ave MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW,

mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave PARKDALE CROMDALE COMMUNITY LEAGUE 1133585 St PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave ROGERS PLACE 10214-104 Ave NW, REC ROOM 1725-99 St NW SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton. com SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9560-82 Ave NW SHERLOCK HOLMES–

DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St NW SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 ST. CHARLES CATHOLIC PARISH 17511-112 St NW UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YELLOWHEAD BREWERY 10229-105 St NW

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EVENTS

WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: lisTiNGs@vueWeeklY.COM DEADLINE: FriDaY aT 3pM

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

edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm

MURRAY SAWCHUK • Festival Place, Sher-

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply

wood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Murray Sawchuck is one of the most sought after viral magicians with over 400 million online views • Oct 14, 7:30pm

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

COMEDY

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

BIG ROCK PRESENTS: DEVANEY’S COMEDY NIGHT • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave

ADULT DANCE CLASSES • Quantum Leap Dance, 11232-163 St • 780.974.0309 • MON: Adult Tap, 7-8pm; Stretch & Strength with Jazz, 8-9:15pm • Wed: Floor Barre 6:45-7:45, Adult Ballet 7:45-9:15pm • Drop in Rate $15.75 (inc.

GST); 5, 10, 15 Class passes available

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

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave,

Ave NW • happyharborcomics.com • Events may include guest speakers, movie nights, board game nights, video game nights and much more • First Thu of the month, 7-9pm • Free

• 780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail. com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Sep 6-Apr 25, Every Wed, 8:30pm • Free

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu-Fri: 8pm; Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm (until Apr) • Dar Germin; Oct 5-7 • Cory Robinson; Oct 12-14

THE CARROT COFFEE FRIENDSHIP CLUB • Carrot Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave

COMEDY ON THE ROCKS • On the Rocks, 11740 Jasper Ave • A weekly comedy show featuring rotating headliners and more • Every Sun, 7-8:45pm COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM •

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

EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL • Various venues • 780.439.8809 • atbcomedy.com • Four days of funny featuring over 30 comics from across North America • Oct 12-14

an evening with kevin March Oct. 12, 6 pm Free (tickets available at eventbrite)

LGNYEG • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104

Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm

• Have a cup of coffee with 55+ individuals single, divorced, or widowed who are looking to make new friends with neighbours in our local communities of: Delton, Eastwood, Parkdale – Cromdale, Westwood, Spruce Ave, and Alberta Avenue • Every Wed, 11am

780.483.5999 • Preacher Lawson; Oct 5-8 • Felipe Esparza; Oct 12-14

Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group offering conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

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

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

DROP-IN LARP • Jackie Parker Park • westernwinds.summerfrost.ca • Battle games and fighter practice using provided safe weapon boffer. An exciting way to get exercise while meeting new people with similar passions • Every Sat, 1:15pm • Free

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD • Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St •

MONTHLY MEDITATION AND VEGAN BRUNCH • Padmanadi Vegetarian Restaurant, 10740-101 St • info@vofa.ca • bit.ly/2hO97nq • First Sat of every month, 9am-12pm • Free (confirm via Facebook or email)

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

Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free

Can You Read This?

Help Someone Who Can’t!

Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills.

Call Moncia at P.A.L.S. 780-424-5514 or email volunteers@palsedmonton.ca ART CLASSES FOR ADULTS, YOUTH, AND CHILDREN Check The Paint Spot’s website, paintspot.ca/events/workshops for up-to-date information on art classes for all ages, beginner and intermediate.

Register in person, by phone or online.

Contact: 780.432.0240 email: accounts@paintspot.ca

1600.

Volunteers Wanted

Become a Volunteer Advocate and provide assistance to victims of crime and trauma in Strathcona County! Call Teddi at (780) 449-0153.

2005.

Artist to Artist

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

3100. Appliances/Furniture Old Appliance Removal Removal of unwanted appliances. Must be outside or in your garage.

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

To Book Your Classifieds, Call 780.426.1996 or email classifieds@vueweekly.com 18 at the back

YOGA, ART & WINE • 4 Points Health and Wellness, 12406-112 Ave • Gentle fusion flow yoga and painting • First Sat of each month, 7-10pm • $45 (available at Eventbrite)

ALAN CROSS AT UP+DT • McDougall United

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia

Volunteers Wanted

WOMEN'S CRICKET • Coronation Park Cricket pitch (north part of park) • incogswomens@gmail.com • Learn the game of cricket.

The group plays for fun and no experience is necessary. Kids and men welcome • Every Fri, 6:15pm • $5 (drop-in fee, adult), free (kids)

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

#103-10324-82 Ave • capoeiraacademy.ca • Brazil's traditional game of agility and trickery • Every Sat, 2:30pm • Free • All ages

1600.

St • contact cwaalberta@gmail.com • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm

Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)

RODA DE CAPOEIRA • Capoeira Academy,

VUECLASSIFIEDS

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98

MONDAY MINGLE • Hexagon Board Game

PAINTING FOR PLEASURE • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@ gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon

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• Norwood Toastmasters: Legion, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm • TM4PM Toastmasters Club: Scotia Place Conference Centre, Meeting Room B, 10060 Jasper Ave; 1022113.toastmastersclubs.org; Every Tue, 6:10-7:30pm • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com; Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 1043383 Ave NW • 780.554.6133 • Instruction into the meditation on the Inner Light. Learn a simple technique that will lift you above life's stresses • Every Sun, 5pm • Free SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Generating Power Speakers: EPCOR Tower, 10423-101 St NW: Meeting will take place on the 8th floor, 780.392.5331 (Phil); 1st and 3rd Tue each month, 12:05-1:05pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact vpm@norators. com, 780.807.4696, norators.com

Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive • Featuring lectures by Alan Cross ("Alan Cross' Music Quiz") and Dr. John Davis, Associate Professor, Department of Physics at the University of Alberta ("The mechanics of music: the scientific beauty of sound") • Oct 7, 2:30pm • $17.50 (adv) • All ages

AN EVENING WITH KEVIN MARCH • Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Ever wondered what goes into the creation of a full-length opera? Composer for the upcoming production Lilies (Les Feluettes), Kevin March, will explain first-hand his inspirations and process of putting the piece together • Oct 12, 6pm • Free event (available at Eventbrite) BUDDHIST TEACHING: INTEGRATING DHARMA INTO DAILY LIFE BY KHENPO DAVID KARMA CHOEPHEL • Karma Tashi Ling, 10502-70 Ave • 780.63.6157 • Oct 6, 7pm • $10

BUDDHIST TEACHING: WEEKEND PROGRAM • Karma Tashi Ling, 10502-70 Ave • 780.63.6157 • Oct 7-8, 10am-4:30pm • $50 ($25/day)

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BASIC TOOL TRAINING WORKSHOP • HFH Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext 237 • mstannard@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer/basictool-training • Gain the confidence needed to go out to build sites through careful instruction and hands-on practice • Oct 6, Oct 14, Oct 21, Nov 4, Nov 17, Nov 25, Dec 1, Dec 2, Dec 8; 8:30am-4pm • Free

NERD NITE #37 • Needle Vinyl Tavern, 10524 Jasper Ave NW • edmonton.nerdnite.com • Where drinking and lectures come together.

Featuring the following lectures: "Pineapples: The most interesting fruit in the world", "Spider butts and spit glands: Adventures in working with Galleria mellonella silk", "Cat pee, baby vomit & bottle bombs and other ways you can seriously screw up beer" • Oct 11, 8pm • $20 (adv), $10 (peanut gallery) • 18+ only

RIGHTING WRONGS: REMEDIES FOR CHARTER OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS •

Happy hour, 6-8pm; Karaoke, 7-12:30am • Fri: Flashback Friday with your favourite hits of the 80s/90s/2000s; rotating drag and burlesque events • Sat: Rotating DJs Velix and Suco • Sun: Weekly drag show, 10:30pm

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.4235510 (Sage) • tuff69@telus.net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Tue, 1-4pm PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • pridecentreofedmonton.org/ calendar.html • DrOp iN hOurs: Mon-Fri 127pm; Closed Sat-Sun and holidays • TTiQ: (18+ Trans* Group) 2nd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • FierCe FuN: (24 and under) Alternating Tue, 7-9pm, games and activities for youth • JAMOuT: (12-24) Alternating Tue, 7-8:30pm, music mentorship and instruction for youth • MeN’s sOCial CirCle: (18+) 1st and 3rd Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone masculine-identified • WOMeN’s sOCial CirCle: (18+) 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone feminine-identified • MOvies & GaMes NiGhT: Alternating Fri, 6-8:30pm • arTs & iDeNTiTY: Alternating Fri, 6-8:30pm • MeN TalkiNG WiTh priDe: (18+) Sun, 7-9pm, group for gay or bisexual men • CreaTiNG saFer spaCes TraiNiNG: Interactive professional development workshops, with full or half-day options • Queer MeNTOrship prOGraM: (Youth: 12-24) (Adults-26+) Queer to Queer Mentoring TEAM EDMONTON • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • sWiMMiNG: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • WaTer pOlO: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:309:30pm • YOGa: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • TaekWONDO: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • aBs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:158:15pm • DODGeBall: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • ruNNiNG: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • spiN: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• vOlleYBall: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9 • MeDiTaTiON: Edmonton Pride Centre, 10608105 Ave; 3rd Thu of every month, 5:30-6:15pm • BOarD GaMes: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • all BODies sWiM: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm YOGA WITH JENNIFER • 780.439.6950 • ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue evenings & Sat mornings SPECIAL EVENTS 35 YEARS OF WISEST • Myer Horowitz Theatre, 8900-114 St • wisest.ualberta.ca/35. aspx • Celebrate WISEST's 35th anniversary and enjoy Portal Theatre's “FRINGE-Favourite” production of "No Belles" • Oct 12, 6:30-10pm 2017 FALL EDMONTON WOMAN'S SHOW • Edmonton Expo Centre, Hall A, 7515-118 Ave • womanshow.com • Shop until your feet fall off, chill out with a glass of wine and watch some fantastic presentations and so much more • Oct 14-15 • $15 (adult), $11 (senior/student)

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): You wouldn’t expect a five-year-old child to paint a facsimile of Picasso’s Guernica or sing Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. Similarly, you shouldn’t fault your companions and you for not being perfect masters of the art of intimate relationships. In fact, most of us are amateurs. We may have taken countless classes in math, science, literature, and history, but have never had a single lesson from teachers whose area of expertise is the hard work required to create a healthy partnership. I mention this, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time for you to remedy this deficiency.

Homework assignments: What can you do to build your emotional intelligence? How can you learn more about the art of creating vigorous togetherness?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to slow down and create a wealth of spacious serenity. Use an unhurried, stepby-step approach to soothe yourself. With a glint in your eye and a lilt in your voice, say sweet things to yourself. In a spirit of play and amusement, pet and pamper yourself as you would a beloved animal. Can you handle that much self-love, Taurus? I think you can.

It’s high time for you to be a genius of relaxation, attending tenderly to all the little details that make you feel at ease and in love with the world.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If an angel were to tell us something of his philosophies, I do believe some of his propositions would sound like 2 x 2 = 13.” So said the German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799). Now maybe you don’t believe in the existence of angels, and so you imagine his idea doesn’t apply to you. But I’m here to tell you that an influence equivalent to an angel will soon appear in your vicinity. Maybe it’ll be a numinous figure in your dreams, or a charismatic person you admire, or a vivid memory resurrected in an unexpected form, or a bright fantasy springing to life. And that “angel” will present a proposition that sounds like 2 x 2 = 13.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Unless you have an off-road vehicle, you can’t drive directly from North America to South America. The PanAmerican Highway stretches from Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina—a distance of about 19,000 miles—except for a 100-mile patch of swampy rainforest in Panama. I’d like to call your attention to a comparable break in continuity that affects your own inner terrain, Cancerian—a grey area where two important areas of your life remain unlinked. The coming weeks will be a favourable time to close the gap.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Based in Korea, Samsung is a world leader in selling smartphones and other

information technology. But it didn’t start out that way. In its original form, back in 1938, it primarily sold noodles and dried fish. By 1954, it had expanded into wool manufacturing. More than three decades after its launch as a company, it further diversified, adding electronics to its repertoire. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the next ten months should be an excellent time for you to do the equivalent of branching out from noodles and dried fish to electronics. And the coming six weeks will be quite favorable for formulating your plans and planting your seeds.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In my opinion, you’re not quite ready to launch full-tilt into the rebuilding phase. You still have a bit more work to do on tearing down the old stuff that’s in the way of where the new stuff will go. So I recommend that you put an “Under Construction” sign outside your door, preferably with flashing yellow lights. This should provide you with protection from those who don’t understand the complexity of the process you’re engaged in.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re a good candidate for the following roles: 1. a skeptical optimist who is both discerning and open-minded; 2. a robust truth-teller who specializes in interesting truths; 3. a charming extremist who’s capable of solving stubborn riddles; 4. a smooth operator who keeps everyone calm even as you initiate big changes; 5. an enlightened game-player who reforms or avoids games that abuse beauty’s power.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Actress and author Carrie Fisher wrote three autobiographies. Speed skating Olympics star Apolo Anton Ono published his autobiography at age 20. The rascal occultist Aleister Crowley produced an “autohagiography.” To understand that odd term, keep in mind that “hagiography” is an account of the life of a saint, so adding “auto” means it’s the biography of a saint penned by the saint himself. I’m bringing up these fun facts in hope of encouraging you to ruminate at length on your life story. If you don’t have time to write a whole book, please take a few hours to remember in detail the gloriously twisty path you have trod from birth until now. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the best way to heal what needs to be healed is to steep yourself in a detailed meditation on the history of your mysterious destiny.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you go to the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Germany, you will see a jug of wine that was bottled in 1687. In accordance with astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest that you find a metaphorical version of this vintage beverage—and then metaphorically drink it! In my opinion, it’s time for you to partake of a pleasure that has been patiently waiting for you

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to enjoy it. The moment is ripe for you to try an experience you’ve postponed, to call in favors that have been owed to you, to finally do fun things you’ve been saving for the right occasion.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If a late-night TV talk show called and asked me to be a guest, I’d say no.

If People magazine wanted to do a story on me, I’d decline. What good is fame like that? It might briefly puff up my ego, but it wouldn’t enhance my ability to create useful oracles for you. The notoriety that would come my way might even distract me from doing what I love to do. So I prefer to remain an anonymous celebrity, as I am now, addressing your deep self with my deep self. My messages are more valuable to you if I remain an enigmatic ally instead of just another cartoony media personality. By the way, I suspect you’ll soon face a comparable question. Your choice will be between what’s flashy and what’s authentic; between feeding your ego and feeding your soul.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A Canadian guy named Harold Hackett likes to put messages in bottles that he throws out into the Atlantic Ocean from his home on Prince Edward island. Since he started in 1996, he has dispatched over 5,000 missives into the unknown, asking the strangers who might find them to write back to him. To his delight, he has received more than 3,000 responses from as far away as Russia, Scotland, and West Africa. I suspect that if you launch a comparable mission sometime soon, Aquarius, your success rate wouldn’t be quite that high, but still good. What long-range inquiries or invitations might you send out in the direction of the frontier?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Intensify” is one of your words of power these days. So are “fortify,” “reinforce,” and “buttress.” Anything you do to intensify your devotion and focus will be rewarded by an intensification of life’s gifts to you. As you take steps to fortify your sense of security and stability, you will activate dormant reserves of resilience. If you reinforce your connections with reliable allies, you will set in motion forces that will ultimately bring you help you didn’t even know you needed. If you buttress the bridge that links your past and future, you will ensure that your old way of making magic will energize your new way. V

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30 Appt. on a business calendar 31 “Now I’m onto you!”

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I don’t know what to think.

THERE’S NO ACRONYM FOR THIS 1. It’s bad.

2. When it comes to human sexuality, TNAFT, variance is the norm.

Which means freakiness/naughtiness/kinkiness is normal—science backs me up on this—and, yes, lots of women have high libidos and lots are kinky. Your e-mail came sandwiched between a question from a woman who needs sex daily (and foolishly married a man with a very low libido*) and a question from a woman who is into BDSM (and wisely held out for a GGG guy who’s getting better at bondage but can’t bring himself to inflict the erotic/ consensual pain she craves).

But “variance is the norm” doesn’t get your girlfriend off the hook—or you, TNAFT. You and your girlfriend are both violating this poor woman’s privacy, potentially her health (unless your girlfriend is sterilizing her roommate’s vibrator after using it), and—perhaps most importantly— her trust. Honouring each other’s privacy and showing mutual respect for each other’s belongings are the social norms that make it possible for unrelated/unfucking adults to share a living space. We trust our roommates not to steal money out of our purses, eat our peanut butter, use our toothbrushes, etc. And even if your roommate never catches you, it’s still not okay to use their fucking toothbrush. It should go without saying that we trust our roommates not to shove our dirty panties into their mouths, use our sex toys, hump our pillows, etc. We can’t control who fantasizes about us—people can fantasize about whomever they care to—but we have an absolute

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right to control who handles our dirty underpants. (My God, think of all the times you’ve run out of clean underwear and fished a dirty pair out of the laundry and worn them a second time!)

Your girlfriend should make an honest, respectful, naughty pass at her roommate. And who knows? Maybe her roommate is just as pervy as you two are and would jump at the chance to have a sex slave and full use of her roommate/sex slave’s boyfriend in exchange for a few dirty panties. Or maybe she’d like to move.

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I’m a six-months-pregnant woman in a wonderful relationship. My sex drive has skyrocketed, and I get uncomfortably horny at random times.

I work at a preschool and have gone into the one-person locked bathroom during my break for a quick rubout. Is this wrong? It takes me one minute to come and I’m totally silent. But I’m at a preschool and there are little kids on the other side of that door. Thoughts?

KNOCKED UP AND HORNY You’re doing nothing wrong—and pretty soon you’ll be having sex in your home while your kid sleeps or plays on the other side of your bedroom door, KUAH, so you might as well get some practice in. And if you don’t want a kid walking in on you at home, either (and you definitely don’t), put a lock on your bedroom door.

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I am a 29-year-old woman and getting married to my boyfriend of four years, “Adam,” in a few months. Relationship is great, sex is fantastic, no complaints. So why am I writing?

Adam’s best friend, “Steve,” was his roommate in college, and Adam recently revealed that he and Steve used to masturbate together. I have no idea what to make of this. I don’t think Adam is gay and I don’t think Steve is either. Maybe they’re heteroflexible? But is it common for straight guys to masturbate together? Also, why is he just telling me this now, after we’ve been together for four years? I’m not sure how I should act around Steve. He hangs out with us a lot. Help!

SEEKING TO EVALUATE VERY EXPLOSIVE DISCLOSURE “Buddy-bating among straight guys is more common than people may think,” said Trey Lyon of Fuck Yeah!

Friendly Fire, the “definitive source for straightish porn.” Lyon’s website—FYFriendlyFire.com—features porn of the “heteroflexible/almost bi” variety, i.e., two guys who aren’t afraid they’ll melt if their dicks touch while they’re having sex with the same woman. Lyon’s website has more than 200,000 followers and he’s heard from lots of straight/ straightish guys who masturbate with—read: beside—their straight/ straightish male buddies. Lyon doesn’t have hard data for you, STEVED, only anecdote, but it’s safe to say your fiancé isn’t the only

Dan Savage savagelove@vueweekly.com straight/straightish guy out there who’s done a little “buddy-bating.”

So why do straight/straightish guys do this?

“In her controversial 2015 book Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, author Jane Ward asserts that sexual interaction between straight white men allows them to leverage whiteness and masculinity to authenticate their heterosexuality in the context of sex with men,” said Lyon. “That by understanding their same-sex sexual interaction as meaningless, accidental, or even necessary, straight white men can homosexually engage in heterosexual ways. As a non-white guy myself, it is my hallucination that the same might be the case across racial lines as well.”

I’m going to break in here for a moment: I think Ward’s book is bullshit—at least when she’s talking about men who have anal/oral sex with other men on the regular and without a female chaperone.

While I believe a guy can have a same-sex experience without having to identify as gay or bi—straight men should have the same latitude on this score that straight women enjoy—straightness is so valued (and apparently so vulnerable) that some people can look at guys who put dicks in their mouths at regular intervals and construct book-length rationalizations that allow these guys to avoid identifying or being labeled as bi, gay, or queer. (And if sucking dick allows straight men to “authenticate their heterosexuality,” wouldn’t there be gay men out there eating pussy to “authenticate” their homosexuality?)

Back to Lyon …

“A lot of the straight guys who reach out to me mention that they enjoy bonding in a masculine albeit sexual way with another guy, while also still only being responsible for getting themselves off,” said Lyon.

“And sharing a moment of vulnerability in this way with another guy strengthens their friendship. STEVED’s boyfriend may be mentioning this now because it’s not something he feels he should be ashamed of, it’s something well-integrated into his sexuality and orientation, and he feels it is important to be open with his fiancée. Wait, what’s the problem again?”

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