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am in a bit of an optimistic mood this week, Queermonton. My eyerolling annoyance at the blitzkrieg media coverage of the Royal Visit was offset by the fact that they visited my hometown and that the Queen’s cousin—53 year old Lord Ivar Mountbatten—just came out. (Come on, don’t tell me you’re not just a little envious that you’re not a gay man rocking the last name Mountbatten.) And on the subject of family, the Globe and Mail is reporting that the Ontario government has introduced the All Families are Equal Act, which declares that all couples who use assisted reproductive technology to conceive (including surrogacy and in vitro fertilization) are legally recognized as parents. In other words, same-sex couples no longer have to adopt the children they intentionally create. To make this story even better, we can all feel smug in the knowledge that Alberta already has similar legislation on the books. So it was with a lightness of heart that I saw an email from the Edmonton Pride Festival Society (EPFS) land in my inbox, asking if I wanted to participate in their opinion survey. For those of you that don’t know, this column and its past writers (myself included) have a history of being extremely critical of Pride. We’ve written about its move from political protest to corporate showcase, its condemnation of sexual practices and displays that don’t fit a narrow definition of “family-friendly,� and its increasing accommodations to make straight folks feel more comfortable. It’s safe to say that my relationship with Pride is therefore, in the immortal words of Facebook circa 2007, complicated. Nevertheless, I do feel that Pride festivals in general are important spaces and I’m a firm believer that you can’t complain if you don’t participate. I can unequivocally say that I was
surprised and delighted by what I found in the survey and I encourage all of you, in the strongest possible terms, to participate. The survey opens thusly: “The Community Outreach Initiative was started because of the growing disconnect between Pride and the community we serve.� It goes on to note that EPFS recognizes that many portions of the Festival are not representative of the diversity of our community, that queer liberation should include those that are the most marginalized, and that EPFS is committed to strengthening its connection to our community. “We have heard your voices: EPFS believes in bringing back political roots to Pride and overriding the notion we have achieved total equality. All groups should feel safe, respected and represented. Pride is for every group regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, class, age, religion and ability.� That’s just the first page. The survey itself is broken into a number of sections: after providing some basic demographic information, respondents are asked about their levels of safety and inclusion at Pride (there is an entire page in the middle of the survey that lists folks who have felt underrepresented in the community, so at the very last EPFS demonstrates that they are listening), any barriers or accessibility issues, and their thoughts about the parade and the festival overall. A survey, of course, isn’t action, but it is a first step. The survey concludes by acknowledging precisely this and encourages respondents to participate in future dialogue. I hope EPFS listens and reflects upon what they hear, and I hope enough of us respond to give them plenty to reflect upon. The survey ends Oct. 10, and can be found at bit.ly/2doARji.
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The buzz from the neighbourhood YEG Bees Honey Co-op hopes to offer 'Flight of the Honey Bee' tastings, and expand beyond the city core
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veritable rainbow of honey draws shoppers to the YEG Bees Honey Co-op stall at the Callingwood Farmers' Market. Caramel and wheat-coloured, cloudy and clear honey (all raw and unpasteurized), is on display in glass jars of various sizes and shapes, arranged in rows and labeled by neighbourhood—Capilano, Ermineskin, Forest Heights, Fulton Place, Kilkenny, McCauley West, McCauley East, and Westmount. Jocelyn Crocker is a member of the co-op, and she points out that bees have a pretty small territory. “The bees only forage three to five kilometers from each hive,” she says. “So the neighbourhood honey tastes like the flowers that are planted in that area.” The YEG Bees Honey Co-op formed as a response to the April 2015 bylaw amendment legalizing urban beekeeping in residential areas in Edmonton. The new rules only permit two hives per property, and while two hives can produce more than enough honey to satisfy the sweet tooth of a single household, it isn’t enough for an Edmonton urban beekeeper to sell independently. By banding together to market their “hyper-local” honey, the members of the co-op hope not only to make their chosen hobby more financially profitable, but also to raise awareness of Edmonton’s beekeeping activity and encourage beekeeper wannabes to start hives of their own. “Next year, we plan to sell flights of honey, where people can sample honey from different neighbourhoods,” Crocker says.
Right now, most of the co-op’s producers are grouped around the river valley in central Edmonton. They’re hoping to attract members from new neighbourhoods this year. Kristjan Bullock, the co-op member manning the stall on market day, says the co-op consists of beekeepers of all ages and walks of life, both novices and experienced apiarists. Bullock is an ETS driver, who kept bees illegally in his backyard for seven years before the 2015 bylaw change. At one point, he was forced to remove his hives when a neighbour complained. Bullock points out that honey bees aren’t aggressive and don’t present a problem in residential areas, and his neighbour has since changed her mind about his bees. It probably doesn’t hurt that Bullock gives her honey on a regular basis. Those interested in becoming beekeepers themselves can start by checking out the City of Edmonton beekeeping guidelines on the city's website. The Edmonton Urban Beekeepers page on Facebook is another good place to get informed and meet fellow enthusiasts. Completion of a beekeeping course is mandatory for anyone wanting to start or tend a hive; the John Janzen Nature Centre, ABC Bees, Alberta Apiculture, and the Edmonton and District Beekeeping Association all offer courses. New urban beekeepers must also find a mentor with beekeeping experience—a person they might very well meet through the YEG Bees Honey Co-op. LIZZIE DERKSEN
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REVUE // FAMILY COMEDY
From left to right: Linda Grass, Davina Stewart, Belinda Cornish, Louise Lambert, Jeff Haslam, and Andrew MacDonald-Smith (front) in Witness to a Conga // Photo supplied
The dance must go on Teatro La Quindicina’s Witness to a Conga delights
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he conga is that rhythmic chaos that constitutes a life. People join the line and drop out, meandering and gyrating to the present. In Teatro La Quindicina’s brilliant and touching comedy Witness to a Conga, written and directed by Stewart Lemoine, the dance-as-life is both set-up and punchline to the joke that frames the play. This is a remount of Teatro’s 2010 production which garnered Sterling Awards for Best Production, Best New Work, and Best Actor for Jeff Haslam. Martin (Andrew MacDonald-Smith) and Laura (Louise Lambert) are getting married, and this prompts Martin to confront fraught relationships with his parents, economist Walter (Jeff Haslam), pianist Eleanor (Linda Grass), and Eleanor’s partner in later life Claire (Davina Stewart). Complicating things is Martin’s attachment to his inspiring comparative literature professor Sheila (Belinda Cornish), who is his unconsummated first love. He fantasizes that he can escape these entanglements, but they come to preoccupy him as wedding-planning intensifies.
The humanity and believability of these relationships drives the comedy, as Martin recalls his family’s fracture and move from upstate New York to Vancouver, and his discovery and pursuit of literature as a passion and career. The characters are portrayed with high energy and cheek, befitting the sparse, elegant set, part picture frame and part leather-bound book, enhanced by the exquisite brick-and-wood-beam renovation of the Varscona, completed in December 2015. The set is so well integrated with the architecture of the building that it appears to have sprouted organically from the building itself. The actors climb books, pose in picture frames, and conduct conversations across the full length of the stage, never losing the exceptional dramatic chemistry that characterizes the show. Nevertheless, that chemistry boils hotter for performers who are Teatro La Quindicina mainstays than for Linda Grass and Louise Lambert, who debut with the company in this show.
Until Oct 15 Directed by Stewart Lemoine Varscona Theatre, $20 to $34
The story is satisfying, appropriate to the autumn season of reflection and planning, and will especially appeal to students and teachers, who are everywhere in the action. It’s full of laughs and emotionally compelling. I wanted to know more about the bride Laura. The plot would be enriched if some reflection of her past had been written in, to comedically parallel Martin’s soul-searching. In a play about how people can’t and shouldn’t escape their chaotic past, Laura isn’t supplied with one. But, for Martin and his family, the point comes across loud and clear. We are not alone. There’s a train of family, friends, and ghosts dancing behind us, who cannot be dismissed. The conga must go on.
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Edmonton Comedy Festival’s sixth year
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hat's funny? These days, it can be a cat's head stuck in a slice of bread, a YouTuber named Jenna Marbles, or a Leonardo DiCaprio meme (take your pick—my personal favourite involves him running away with his recently won Oscar, BTW). Comedy has morphed into a simple-minded activity where people look for easy distractions from their mundane lives. At times, that diversion involves watching complete buffoonery or simply visiting Buzzfeed or The Onion for a laugh. But if you're one of those people who revel in the days of the comedy club where stand-up took center stage, there's the Edmonton Comedy Festival. Now in its sixth consecutive year, Edmonton Comedy Festival is bringing 20 comedians—including Tom Arnold, Rondell Sheridan, Mitch Fatel, Louis Ramey, John Wing, Big Daddy Tazz and many more—to headline various programs over three days to make you laugh the traditional way: through stand-up comedy. "Basically it'd be a 'best of' festival, but we're not really advertising it that way," says festival producer and comedian Andrew Grose. "We took a look of those first five years and asked ourselves who did we have over those five years that we loved having and the crowd loved watching, and let's just invite those people back. "We wanted these comedians back and only these comedians. We didn't want to take a chance on anyone that we didn't know. Everybody at this festival has been here before and absolutely rocked it." Unlike a music festival where there's one or two bands "headlining" the festival, this year's festival features all headliners. Grose notes that he is often asked who the "big name" is at his festival year after year, so as a response to that, he's brought out all headlining acts. (The traditional structure of a comedy club show has an
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MC, an opening act, a middle act, and a headliner; thus, all the comedians here have headlined their own comedy club shows.) "Every year, we get asked: So, who’s the big name? It’s honestly frustrating... You can be the most respected comedian in the country, but you have to remind people who you are," explains Grose. "So what we did was say: You might not know their names, but you’ll never forget them. We tried to twist it that way." Also, this year's festival will allow the comedians more stage-time at the Gala sets, where previously seven or eight comics were slotted together for a program time with each performing for 10 to 12 minutes. In addition, the festival is introducing a Master Series, all located at the Varscona Hotel, where three comics will take the stage, but the headliner for that specific show will have a 45-minute set. Grose just wants audiences to remember one thing: "People forget that this is a festival—it celebrates comedy. This is not a concert. If you want me to bring in Chris Rock, then OK, we can bring Chris Rock. But we’ll put him in the biggest theatre in Edmonton and we’ll have to charge at least $150 a ticket and you’ll all get to see Chris Rock," he says. "But that just celebrates Chris Rock, that doesn’t celebrate comedy. That’s what we’re trying to do every year: celebrate comedy. We bring in what we know to be great acts, really funny and we put them in the shows that we know will excel... We put together shows that progress." JASMINE SALAZAR
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Artistic ambitions
The Walterdale Theatre opens their season with Red
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or its 58th season, Walterdale Theatre will be opening up with John Logan's Red, which first debuted in December 2009 in London, UK and had won six out of seven nominations at the Tony Awards in 2010. The Citadel has also mounted the play. To that end, how might this play be different from Citadel's 2011 performance? "Aside from the budget and the actors?" quips Hughes over the phone. "I think what we're doing and accomplishing is the intimacy. The Citadel, although beautiful and bright and bold, the Walterdale Theatre is a beautiful venue for this show, because of the intimacy and the closeness with the audience." That level of intimacy is crucial in a script that calls for a two-person cast, which follows the apprenticeship of young painter Ken (Ben Osgood) under the instruction of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko (Mark Finlay). In preparation for their roles, Osgood and Finlay both had to take art classes in order to demonstrate the technical aspects of painting and mixing with acrylics. It's a script heavy in its diction—Hughes admits that she had to refer to a dictionary upon an initial read of the script and brush up on some art history 101 in preparation of the show—and requires audience members to give their undivided
Wed, Oct 12 to Sat, Oct 22 Directed by Bethany Hughes Walterdale Theatre, $12 – $18
NARRATIVE JOURNALISM: THE SECRETS OF LONG-FORM MAGAZINE WRITING / THU, OCT 6 (6:30 PM)
Third Verb—the creation of Jessica Kluthe and Jennifer Lavallee—supports local writers through intensive writing workshops. This particular three-hour session will teach you how to write narrative long-form articles for magazines such as Esquire and the New Yorker. Topics include research, interviewing sources, structure, and fact-checking. Visit thirdverb.com to learn more or buy your ticket. (Union Bank Inn [10053 Jasper Avenue, $150)
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Making her debut as director with Walterdale Theatre (though she's directed a few other plays with other production companies), Hughes says its art-focus drew her to the story since the arts has a large importance in the Edmonton community. "It has humour, philosophy, theology, deepthought, creativity. It's a very engaging, intellectual piece for the season," says Hughes. "It's very, very rich in character and story and plotline, and it discusses what art is, which I think is a beautiful way to open up a theatrical season."
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October 15 7:30 PM • $30
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October 30 1 PM • $10*
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JILL STANTON’S A.I.R EXHIBITION – I KNOW THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE WEIRD/ THU, OCT 6 – FRI, NOV 25
See what illustrator Jill Stanton has been up to this past year as artist in residence at Harcourt House. I Know This Sounds A Little Weird explores female identities and how they relate to themes of vanity, narcissism, female competition, self-loathing and self-love through an alternateversion of Stanton named “Sybil.” Opening reception is on Thursday, Oct 6 at 7 pm. (Harcourt House)
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attention as a result (and possibly, a quick refresher of abstract art). Thankfully, Walterdale's set hones that environment, allowing audience members to fully engage with the show. "This [rendition] will resonate with Edmonton audiences—and why I love it so much—is because of the characters and the idea of the creation of art," says Hughes. "I think in a city we live in that's a very dominant topic."
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Organized by Kelsey Prud’homme, Game Start brings a community of collaborators into Latitude 53’s ProjEx Room with experimental games that create connections between technical communities and visual art practices. A new set of installations have been created using the game cabinet as a springboard for an experimental workshop process. Opening reception is on Friday, October 7 at 7 pm. (Latitude 53)
7:30 PM • $32
QUARTANGO: Body and Soul November 5 7:30 PM • $42
AOIFE O’Donovan November 9 7:30 PM • $34
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780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • The Wild Party: artwork by Jason Carter; Sep 1-Oct 23
BEAR CLAW GALLERY • 10403-124 St • 780.482.1204 • info@bearclawgallery.com • bearclawgallery.com • Nurturing the Spirit: New works in soapstone by Leo Arcand and Paintings by Jessica Desmoulin; Sep 24-Oct 6
GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl. ca/gallery-at-milner • On the Walls: Muse Series: Paintings works by Rebecca Zai • In the Cases: Agua de Rosas Herencia: Jewellery by Yerlys Duran • Throughout Oct
BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Artwork by Brandon Atkinson; Sep 10-Oct 15
GALLERY U • 9206-95 Ave • contact@galleryu.ca • galleryu.com • Viva Cuba!: Cuban artists from Matanzas and Camaguey; Sep 18-Nov 18
BOREALIS GALLERY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VISITOR CENTRE • 9820-107 St • 780.427.7362 •
HAPPY HARBOR COMICS • 10729-104 Ave •
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NAKED GIRLS READING • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 St NW • 780.691.1691 • There will be different themes each month. • Every 2nd Tue of month, 8:30-10:30pm • $20 (door); 18+ only
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OLIVE READING SERIES • The Almanac, 10351 Whyte
MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullen-gallery • InterCity: artwork by Allen Ball and Kim Sala; Sep 10-Oct 30
ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com
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MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • Weiller and Williams Co Ltd: Building a Livestock Empire; Sep 20-Nov 13
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PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: Emergent Life: paintings by Twilla Coates & Ricardo Copado • Artisan Nook: Kaleidoscope: paintings by Sandie Kanak • Aug 30-Oct 11
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PICTURE THIS GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery.com • The Great Fall Art Event: artwork by Terry Isaac, Patrick Markle, Audrey Pfannmuller and more; Sep 15-Nov 15
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PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture. alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Alberta Ballet & the Documentation of Performance: celebrating Alberta Ballet's 50th anniversary; Sep 1-Dec 17
#204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm
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SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Streamlight: Artwork by Lynn Malin; Sep 24-Oct 15 • Michael Matthews; Oct
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CINEMA CAVA • Centre des arts visuels de l'Alberta,
STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES •
9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • cavalberta@gmail.com • galeriecava.com • Enjoy a repertoire of french movies • First two Wed each month
THE EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre, 10200-102 Ave
“BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL”
• edmontonfilmfest.com • Featuring 55 feature-length slots, and 100+ short films programmed into featurelength packages • Sep 29-Oct 8 Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm
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HIJACKED FUTURE • Westwood Unitarian, 11135-65 Ave • Discussion to follow • Oct 6, 7pm • Free
METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • Afternoon teA 2016: A Room with a View (Oct 16) • Litfest 2016: Shrill (Oct 17), Canadaland (Oct 17) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Castle in the Sky (Oct 15-16)
“A RALLYING CRY OF A FILM”
Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun • Shades of Autumn 2016 Fall Art Show and Sale; Oct 14-16
12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • A Little Bit of Infinity Part 1; Aug 11-Jan 28 • A Little Bit of Infinity Part 2; Sep 22-Jan 28
VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com • Art + Activism: artwork by Mary Joyce, Paula Kirman and Juan Lopezdabdoub; Aug 31-Nov 26
WOMEN'S ART MUSEUM OF CANADA • La Cité
BRUTAL VIOLENCE, DISTURBING CONTENT
STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 AT THEATRES EVERYWHERE Check theatre directory or go to www.tribute.ca for locations and showtimes
Francophone 2nd Pavillon, #200, 8627 Rue Marie-AnneGaboury (91 St) • 780.803.2016 • info@wamsoc.ca • wamsoc.ca • Little Kitchens: artwork based on the kitchen; Oct 8-Nov 5; Opening reception: Oct 8, 2-4pm
LITERARY
ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Days of Sunlight: Exhibition of works by Susan Casault; Oct 4-29
experiences as a newcomer to Canada; Aug 27-Dec 4
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston
• galeriecava.com • Art Exhibition: Artwork by Claude Boocock, Zdenka Urmila Das, and more; Oct 7-25
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telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free-$117.95 • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments all summer • Wild Africa; opens in late Oct • Angry Birds Universe:; Oct 8-Apr 17
WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • October Hues: artwork by Rod Charlesworth; Oct 1-13
AJ OTTEWELL GALLERY • 590 Broadmoor Blvd,
Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection; Jul 23-Nov 13 • JASON DE HAAN: Grey to Pink: Jul 23-Nov 13 • Every Story Has Two Sides: artwork by Damian Moppett + Ron Moppett; Sep 17-Jan 8 • Every Story Has Two Sides: artwork by Damian Moppett and Ron Moppett; Sep 17-Dec 31 • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm
TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St •
VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Authentic Art Exhibit; Sep 20-Oct 14
GALLERIES + MUSEUMS
ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Transformation: Hooked Sculptures by Rachelle LeBlanc; Sep 10-Oct 15 • Mise en Scene: artwork by Triniruth Bautista and more; Oct 8-Dec 24; Reception: Oct 22, 2-4pm
913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • strathconacountymuseum. ca • From the Kitchen; until Oct 11
U OF A MUSEUMS GALLERIES AT ENTERPRISE SQUARE • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri,
FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir
Guests must bring their own supplies, and portable easels are welcome • Oct 15, 1:30-4pm (get the kids involved) & 6:30-9pm (date night) • $15-$35; space is limited
CAVA GALLery • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427
HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St
DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Storyland: artwork by Tammy Salzl; Sep 9-Oct 15
FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Graduate Design Group Show: A selection of work by students graduating with a Master of Design degree; Sep 20-Oct 22
FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery. com • Artwork by Matt Petley Jones; Sep 15-Oct 7
• 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Artwork by Jill Stanton; Oct 7-Nov 25
AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Tim Bowling "The Duende of Tetherball" Book Launch; Oct 7, 7-8:30pm • Tina Martel "Not in the Pink" Book Launch; Oct 8, 2-4pm
INTROVERTS READING NIGHT • Variant Edition
jakesframing.com • Sun and Earth: artwork by Jay Bigam; Sep 12-Oct 15
Comics & Culture, 10132-151 St • variantedmonton.com • A time where you can hang out with other like minded readers, have some tea, and listen to some beautiful, low-key music without the pressure of having to mingle • Oct 13, 5-8pm
JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona
JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN • Festival Place, 100 Festival
JAKE'S GALLERY • 10441-123 St • karen@
Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Conversations with Nature: artwork by Charis Ng; Oct 3-Nov 2
• 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 13-23
780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Lando Gallery October Group Selling Exhibition: Featuring works by gallery artists Nancy Day, Brian Scott and Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki; Until Oct 31
Plain • multicentre.org • Pottery to Die For: artwork by the Parkland Potters Guild; Sep 25-Oct 28
DANCE CRUSH: IVANOCHKO ET CIE - PROJECTS DE PERFORMANCE (MONTRÉAL), "OBJETS CHANTANTS, CHANSONS EN MOUVEMENT"
LITFEST: EDMONTON'S NONFICTION FESTIVAL
Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 14, 7:30pm • $31-$35
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Ave • Presenting Frances Boyle and Monty Reid. Short open mic to follow and drink specials • Oct 11, 7pm • Free
Jasper Ave • Every Tue
SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm
SIXTY WITH IAN BROWN • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ca • Join author Ian Brown for a brutally honest and wickedly funny conversation about the year in which he realized that the man in the mirror was actually ... sixty • Oct 13, 7-8:30pm • Free (seating is limited – please register online, in person or call) STARFEST • Various locations throughout St. Albert • 780.459.1530 • starfest.ca • From memoirs to mysteries, the 6th annual STARFest welcomes writers from across the country who will transport you to the Shuswap, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Newfoundland, and on to India and Yorkshire • Oct 12-25 • $5-$10 TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly TELLAROUND: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com
THEATRE 11 o'CLoCk number • Venue TBA • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, starting Sep 30-Dec 9 & Jan 20-Jul 30, 11pm
10 out of 12 • The Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • In this wry and engaging inside look at the makings of a play, the curtain is pulled back on a world unfamiliar to the public, yet very familiar to all practitioners of theatre – a technical rehearsal • Oct 4-16 BIG BOOM THEORY 3 : THE EARLY YEARS • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, #2690 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@Jubilations.ca • edmonton.jubilations.ca • A day almost twenty years ago — Sheldon, Leonard, Bernadette and Penny all met each other, but didn’t know it. It’s not a Prequel…it’s a GEEKquel • Aug 26-Oct 23 (Wed-Sun) • $33.25-$77.95
BITTERGIRL: EDMONTON POETRY FESTIVAL THE MUSICAL • The Club, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • A howlingly funny musical on getting over getting dumped • Oct 4-30
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 • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE niGht-time • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • When a 15-year-old math genius with autism comes under suspicion for killing his neighbour’s dog, he decides to investigate the crime himself and makes some lifechanging discoveries • Sep 17-Oct 9
GOD'S EAR • Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703-112 St • ualberta.ca/artshows • By Jenny Schwartz. What strangeness fills the void when we experience loss? A fantastical exploration of grief that challenges our understanding of reality and connection • Oct 13-22 • $12-$25 RED • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • When Rothko is commissioned to produced a grand piece of art, Ken turns the table of Rothko and his beliefs • Oct 12-22
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • The Simon & Garfunkel story tells the fascinating tale of how two young boys from Queens, New York went on to become the world’s most successful music duo of all time • Sep 6-Oct 30
THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $15
WITNESS TO A CONGA • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • varsconatheatre.com • A family torn apart by secrets and explosive revelations • Sep 29-Oct 15
STYLE
What to wear at a metal show There's plenty of diversity in the metal scene these days, says clothing designer Cory Richard
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t used to be, when attending a heavy-metal music concert, all you needed was really long hair, an Iron Maiden t-shirt and your index and pinky fingers in the air. Not anymore, bucko. To explain the current nuanced state of metal fashion, we’ve asked the pros, and offered a scale—from casual to GWAR-level intensity. Rufus W. Deuce Long-sleeve shirt-Disturbia, Sanctuary Curio Shoppe Hat, model’s own. // Photo by Jason Symington
Cory RIchard, PVC pants, Lelk, studded wrist band, Solstice. // Photo by Jason Symington
Casual: Lacey Paige loves three things: Metal, horror films and writing about metal and horror films. For her, metal fashion is a comfortable collection. “I usually wear band or metal shirts and skinny leg pants of the casual sort,” says Paige. “That’s how I dress on a regular basis, unless I am at my day job.” There are some variations on the style, but Paige likes to keep it simple (stupid). “I think the norm is basically jeans and a band shirt,” she adds. “Definitely black/dark clothing. Patchworked vests and leather are also common. And boots.”
Medium: This level of metal takes a bit more preparation and know-how. Enter Cory Richard. Richard not only knows her metal fashion (she plays metal and works at Sanctuary Curio Shoppe, an alternative clothing and footwear store), but she makes metal fashion. Her line of clothes—Lewis Mayhem—is a cross between a dark fantasy dream and a sexy metal fabrication shop. Lewis Mayhem was displayed at Western Canada Fashion Week 2016. “There is a little bit of everything in metal,” Richard explains. “You have your bullet belts, bondage pants, military re-vamp jackets...anything with straps. But, to really fit in, it’s good to know something about the bands that are playing, or someone is going to call you out on it. Because a lot of metal fans get pretty music snobby.” Richard sees the scene as evolving. More people are going to metal
shows. More people means a diversified collection of styles that goes beyond the clothes. “I see a lot more shorter hair in the metal community now,” she says. “You used to have to have the hair whether you were playing hair metal or not. But, nowadays, you get the one person who has really short hair. I suspect they are going bald so they just shave their head and own it. Then you end up with the shaved head and long-goatee metal.” In the end, it is what's inside the clothes that make the mettle of the metal fan. “Honestly, with any fashion in life, it is 80 percent confidence,” explains Richard. “You could go to a metal show dressed up as a bumblebee or in a pikachu onesie, and as long as you are up front, thrashing and owning it, people are going to think you are the coolest person in the world.”
Cory RIchard Body suit-Killstar. Gas mask-Solstice, Sanctuary Curio Shoppe // Photo by Jason Symington
Sarah Gibson Skirt with leg wrap, Lewis Mayhem. Band T-shirt-Menagerie of Madness, Sanctuary Curio Shoppe. Pants, model’s own.
GWAR: “White,” Richard says. “All white. Blood shows up better on white.” A more metal sentence has never been said.
TRENT WILKIE
// Photo by Jason Symington
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CafE style Take inspiration from the world's great cities, says local sustainable fashion retailer Alyssa Lau
GLASS JEWELRY THAT MAKES SCENTS SHOWROOM OPEN MON–FRI 9:30AM–5PM & SAT 11AM–5PM CLASSES | JEWELRY | AROMATHERAPY pixieglassworks.com | 9322 60 Ave NW |
a n d t h e change in season also means a change in style. To find out what to wear now that autumn is well and truly Alyssa Lau here, Vue sat down with Samuji coat and Baserange shirt from New Classics Alyssa Lau, who runs the Studios. Pants are vintage Levi’s. // Photo by Jason Symfashion blog Ordinary People ington as well as New Classics, an ons Edmonton’s lush river valley line clothing and accessory store turns from green to gold, the com- focused that merges sustainability with ing of fall heralds the end of shorts, tank timeless design. tops and patio season for another year. Instead of drinking beers in the sun, On café style: Look for inspiration Edmontonians are quickly turning to- from the world’s most famous café wards hot beverages enjoyed indoors, city. “You look at the women in Paris,
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and they’re just effortlessly chic,” says Lau. “You can also look at street style around the world; that’s where I like to get my inspiration.” On dressing for fall: Layers are key to fall fashion. “You don’t need to bring out the winter clothing yet, just put on everything you own to stay warm. With layers, proportions are key—whatever you’re layering should be a little bit more form fitting than what you’re putting on top of it. You’re not going to put a puffer jacket under another puffer jacket. Denim coats are really great for layering, under a bomber or something else, even faux fur coats are really fun too.” On finding your own unique style: Experimentation is key to developing your own look; be willing to take risks and discover what you love. Focus on classic pieces rather than trends, unless the trend is one that speaks to you. “Your personal sense of style is always changing, as who you are and your grasp on yourself evolves,” says Lau. “My style has changed a lot, but it’s always evolved around common themes, this tomboy style with a bit of femininity and eccentricity. There’s always core pieces, and when you experiment, you find what you like and you can get a better grasp on your own style.” ALIX KEMP
Make the scene at the opera Garner Beggs offers some tips on personal style when heading to a more formal show
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n his day-to-day life, Duchess Bake Shop co-owner Garner Beggs doesn’t have a lot of opportunities to dress up. But on the nights he heads to the Edmonton Opera—an organization that he is a board member for—it’s a different matter. “It’s a great opportunity to do something different,” Beggs says. “I really like wearing my tuxedo, or you may want to wear a really nice suit you don’t wear often." He describes his style as a “touch conservative,” but says he tries to push himself and get creative. “Personally, I quite like colour … a bright pop of colour here and there, or you could find an outrageous dinner jacket that you wouldn’t want to wear out to another event.” He says the colours he chooses depends on the season. For fall, he may opt for oranges and yellows, while in winter it might be a bright red.
To incorporate pops of colour, Beggs recommends pocket squares in either a colour or patterned variety, as well as ties or bow ties. “A fun pair of socks are also a great way to grab attention,” he says. A nice, clean pair of well-polished shoes, and accessories such as stylish cufflinks or an elegant watch can also make an outfit stand out in a less obvious way, he says. “For accessories, I prefer the subtle touches rather than giant, fake gems dripping off me.” Beggs, who grew up attending opera shows with his parents in Edmonton, says he developed his personal opera style mostly through travel and observing what other people were wearing. “I don’t really look at magazines or fashion stuff. It’s about doing what I like.”
SANAM ISLAM
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Edmonton Opera board member Garner Beggs wearing a dark rust Harris tweed jacket, camel wool slacks and a yellow chambray bow tie. // Photo by Jason Symington
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10 DAYS + 160 EYE-OPENING FILMS S H O RT S • F E AT U R E S • D O C U M E N TA R I E S
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BABY, BABY, BABY
FACE 2 FACE
CANADIAN PREMIERE!
Thursday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 6 at 9 p.m.
Director: Matt Toronto | 88 min USA | $15
Though mismatched, Sunny (a bartender/struggling painter) and Sydney (an actor/struggling author) hit it off and fall in love. Everything’s golden until Sunny gets her big break. Features cameo appearances galore!
LOST IN THE WHITE CITY
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im Burton, who struggled to tie together The Addams Family-like Dark Shadows and make much of a muchness with Alice in Wonderland, finds surer footing on the grounds of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. While sometimes only a few degrees from both Doctor Who and Prof. Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, Burton’s gothic whimsy crackles and cackles gleefully to life with writhing flourishes of the macabre. One Florida evening, Jake Portman (Asa Butterfield) gets an urgent call from his beloved grandfather Abe (Terence Stamp). Mysteriously blinded and dying, he implores Jake, with his last breath, to find Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) on the Welsh island Cairnholm. Once there with his bird-watching father (Chris O’Dowd), Jake finds a home where, caged in a time-loop so it’s always September 3, 1945, children with peculiarities—firestarting, super-strength, etc.—live in hiding from nefarious Wights, searching for them with the help of spindly, tentacle-tongued Hollows. Those wonderfully horrid creatures, along with a few of the precocious youngsters’ peculiarities (Enoch’s Frankenstein-ian reanimating of the lifeless, in particular), give the film much of its biting, snapping darkness. One scene, where pipe-puffing Miss Peregrine— her headmistress-ish severity flickers into
CANADIAN PREMIERE! Friday, Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. Directors: Tanner King Barklow & Gil Kofman | 91 min | USA | $15
Tim Burton's talents shine in Miss Peregrine’s Now playing Directed by Tim Burton tenderness just at the edges of her sharp mouth—comforts a child confined not only to bed but to limbo, is chillingly plangent. The Wights and Hollows’ lust for eyeballs is gruesomely good stuff. The climax—radiating out from a circus-ring, with its whispers of Tod Browning’s Freaks—combines inventive, small-scale David vs. Goliath showdowns with a humorous, storybookish sense that these children are never truly in peril. And there are other, littler delights, as when Horace’s cinema-like power or the masked twins’ shared peculiarity is revealed. Still, the movie takes time to steam up to full-speed, Florida and Wales come off as convenient backdrops, and Jake’s epiphany—ordinary-feeling boy realizes he’s special—is banal. The story’s unsure of what to do with Dad, who just seems to stick around because Jake needs a chaperone on his cross-Atlantic voyage. But Burton’s latest ultimately proves, in a welcome departure from the danse-macabre director’s mid-career doldrums, worth the trip.
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Director/Writer: Brian Klugman 85 min | USA | $15
// Supplied photo by Jay Maidment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
SEPT. 29-OCT. 8 2016
Kyle and Eva are American art school students in the middle of a breakup. In an attempt to rebuild their relationship and recharge their artistic inspirations, they retreat to Tel Aviv. When Israeli soldier Avi enters their lives, he drives a creative and romantic wedge between the couple. Q&A with Director, Gil Kofman.
FORBIDDEN SHORE EDMONTON PREMIERE Saturday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. Director/Producer/Writer: Ron Chapman | 96 min | Canada | $15 For the first time ever, Cuban music is brought to life through more than 40 concerts and intimate conversations. Cultural, artistic and political stories of oppression and artistic freedom; of poverty and unique richness of experience; reveal a nation’s struggles, triumphs, visions and dreams. Q&A with Director/Producer/ Writer Ron Chapman
Over a series of video chats, Teel and Madison rekindle their childhood friendship and reveal gut-wrenching secrets along the way. Q&A with Director/Writer, Matt Toronto. PLUS, we’ll have the writers, producers and the stars attending.
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (family film) EDMONTON PREMIERE Saturday, Oct. 8 at 1:30 p.m. Director: Otto Bell | 87 min | Mongolia $15 Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to be the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. Features some of the most awe-inspiring cinematography ever captured in a documentary. English subtitles.
CLOSING NIGHT GALA
FOLK HERO & FUNNY GUY CANADIAN PREMIERE! Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. Director/Writer: Jeff Grace | 91 min | USA $30 (includes after-party) Good-looking, free-spirited, singersongwriter Jason asks his old friend, struggling stand-up comedian Paul, to join him on tour as his opening act – and for one last lap around the single-guy track. Q&A with Director/Writer Jeff Grace and Producer Ryan Aldrich.
BRIAN GIBSON
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Robbery for dummies Mastermind lacks intelligent laughs and depth FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS SAT & SUN 1:15PM
RATED: PG
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
FRI, SAT, MON–THUR 6:45PM SUN 6:30PM
RATED: PG
SNOWDEN
FRI, MON–THUR 9:30PM SAT 4:00PM & 9:30PM SUN 4:00PM & 9:00PM
RATED: 14A, CL
FRI, OCT 7–THUR, OCT 13
THE DRESSMAKER
FRI, MON–THUR 7:00PM & 9:15PM SAT 1:00PM, 3:30PM, 7:00PM & 9:15PM SUN 1:00PM, 3:30PM, 6:00PM & 8:15PM
RATED: 14A, MSM
// Supplied photo by Glen Wilson, Relativity Studio
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ne of the most low-down, skyhigh heists in American crime-history—$17.3-million stolen in Charlotte, NC in October 1997—gets the pseudoCoen-brothers, robbery-by-dummies treatment in Jared Hess’ Masterminds. There’s some punchy play with comic timing and scattershot laughs, but the movie’s too skittish, misfires in a hitman-subplot, and can’t make us treasure its Most Wanted Dopes. Brown-banged, well-bearded David Ghantt (Zach Galifianikis), a driver for Loomis, Fargo & Co. in North Carolina, is breathily coaxed by Kelly Campbell
(Kristen Wiig), led by mobile-homed schemer Steve Chambers (Owen Wilson), into stealing a vault’s worth of money from work. But, after the grand theft armed-auto, Campbell’s alarmed by Chambers’ plot to remove Ghantt, now in hiding down Mexico way, from their band of bandits. Hess will ignore drawled-out setups and just cut to the oddball-image or punchline; this short-circuit of the usual comic timing, as in a tarantulamunching moment or break-andenter rescue-scene, can startle up the chortles. And there’s a deft bit of forced racial camaraderie when Leslie Jones’ FBI agent interrogates Ghantt’s co-worker Ty Robertson (Njema Williams). But there’s scant sense of the ’90s (beyond CD sleeves, rollerblades, and pagers), North Carolina, or the state of these criminal demiminds. A couple of gross-out gags dilute the comic feed, but the biggest mistake is slick, predatory hitman Mike McKinney’s (Jason Sudeikis) convenient conversion when he discovers Ghantt’s got the same (fake) name and (fake) birthdate; their meetings are increasingly forced and
Now playing Directed by Jared Hess feeble, right up to the movie’s tepid, awkward ending. Any holy invocations of religiosity— Ghantt’s fiancée (Kate McKinnon), with her forced sunny smile, wears floral-print dresses; Ghantt resembles an apostle; there are Judas-like betrayals—are mumbled and muttered away amid the bumbling and buffoonery. But it’s the depth-less mediocrity of these careering criminals which makes the movie feel pretty flat. The too-broad moments and lack of pointedness dull any affection for these bogus American Dreamers (the real-life Ghantt is shown as a “consultant,” on-set, post-credits). And there’s no clear satirical target or humorous tack, either. So Masterminds flounces from sketch-like moment to brief-grin scene in its sub-Fargo-standard efforts at mad-caper comedy.
BRIAN GIBSON
FILM@VUEWEEKLY.COM
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EIFF mini reviews Jaat Sdiihltl'lxa The Woman Who Returns Directed by Heather Hatch
There is something about Heather Hatch that makes you trust her. Maybe it is the sincerity of her voice. Maybe it is in the conviction and respect that she portrays everyone on screen.
Hatch’s story of self discovery emboldens the viewer beyond the screen. The Woman Who Returns is about how Hatch travels to Haida Gwaii to embrace her history and answer many questions that adopted people have. Who am I? Who is my family? Who was my family? Can I make my mark on those, the living, who still represent me? Is it nature or nurture or a
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composite hybrid of both? Hatch takes the audience on a waterbound journey into what family means and how one’s past can connect with their present. Call it a documentary, a short film or even a first person video-based geographical history, Hatch’s story drips of an honest intimacy. TRENT WILKIE
Beneath The Surface Directed by Frederick Kroetsch and Kurt Spenrath
This wonderfully shot and candid documentary is about Daniel Annett becoming the first quadruple amputee scuba diver. No, actually it is not. It is about Annett becoming the first quadruple amputee scuba diver to swim with hammerhead sharks. Come to think about it, it's not about that either. It's about Annett, and his dedicated crew of filmmakers, making a point. The point? According to Annett, it’s about how everyone, you and me alike, can achieve anything. It doesn’t matter what obstacles are in your way, if you focus on it, surround yourself with the right people, then anything is possible. Through levels of honesty and sea-sickened vomit, Annett takes you beyond what you are told and into the heart of humanity. Frame by frame, Beneath the Surface delves where it promises, in an all encompassing and inspirational fashion.
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hen Up + Downtown Music Festival’s artistic director, Brent Oliver, contacted Our Mercury about doing another show, it was the last thing on any of their minds. It’s been almost 10 years since the band parted ways, and just as much time since the release of their last record, Haunted by Your Love. With so much time away, Ben Stevenson (guitar/vocals), Dan Laxer (bass), John Watson (drums), and Eric Budd (guitar/keyboard), are soaking up the new challenge of playing together again with their upcoming midnight set at The Brixx. “We’ve all moved in so many different directions,” Stevenson says. “So it’s been an interesting exercise to come back to your old self and re-do what you were doing before.” For Oliver, the suggestion from a member of the festival’s board of directors, Ryan Rathjen, spurred his interest. Their fondness of the band
going back many years was a big reason for reaching out to them, and felt they’d be a perfect fit for the festival’s eclectic lineup. “First and foremost I’m a fan,” says Oliver. “I’ve always been a big Our Mercury fan and I really like Ben’s solo stuff. I helped out Aaron Getz with the Hot Plains Festival a couple of years back and he always wanted to get local bands back together for it. I thought that was a really great idea.” Our Mercury’s history in the Edmonton music scene goes way back, with Stevenson, Laxer, and Watson starting the punk band Misdemeanor around 1995. They would later change their name to Our Mercury, with Budd joining the group around 2000. With Stevenson and Laxer being back in Edmonton, the guys find themselves reminiscing about their time in the local punk scene. “I miss the camaraderie of the scene and the community that was out
here,” Stevenson says. “It’s very different now. I still have good people that I know and work with in Toronto, but that sense of community is just different when you get older.” The band is a bit discouraged from calling this a “reunion” show, citing bands from the past that get back together for a quick cash grab. While they may not have any plans of doing any more shows together down the road, they love the idea of getting a chance to play when the time feels right. “We didn’t want to think of this as a reunion show. It’s just us playing a show, but we happen to be a band that hasn’t played together in a long time,” Stevenson says. “We never had a falling out or anything and there was never any bad blood. We’re all really close so for us it’s just awesome to get to hang again. Laxer and Stevenson have been away from Edmonton’s music scene
for sometime now, both currently calling Toronto home. Laxer went on to receive his PhD in history, studying the music of early Canada and the fur trade. Stevenson released the critically acclaimed EP Dirty Laundry in 2014, garnering a Juno nomination for Best R&B/Soul Recording; Stevenson will also be doing a solo show the following Sunday at Yellowhead Brewery with local boys Altameda. While prepping for their upcoming show at the festival and reminiscing about favourite gigs of the past— their packed and sweaty 2010 show at the much beloved local venue, The Artery, stands out as a favourite for Laxer—the guys are grateful for a chance to revisit old songs and see friends that have followed their careers up and until this point. “It’s cool that people are still interested in us playing,” Stevenson says. “It’s been almost 10 years since we
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rhythm that refuses to quit and positive vibes on the dance floor. These are the aspects that local house DJ Faiith—known by some as Ryan Rathjen—strives for in his music. Starting off his musical career as vocalist for a punk rock band called K.I.L.L. and a keyboardist/vocalist for the shoegaze group Vertigo, Rathjen brings something new to the electro house genre. “I started off in different genres, but I was always really interested in electronic music. When my buddy DJ Audit took me out to Shambhala I sort of breathed it in and decided to really pursue a solo project,” Rathjen says. Rathjen was also attracted to the experimentation and manipulation of musical timing that is often presented in
“I was drawn to rearranging a cappellas of other artists to create cool vocal soundscapes. That probably came from being a vocalist before,” he says. “I like the more heavy drone stuff mixed in with melodies. For me, there needs to be some funkiness feel. I feel like that’s important.” Faiith has been blessed to play huge electronic music festivals like Driftpile’s Astral Harvest and the more world popular mainstream Shambhala outside of Nelson, BC. “For me it was a really cool thing to play Shambhala. I’ve been going for close to 15 years so playing it was kind of like my homecoming as an artist.” Under the name Faiith, Rathjen has gained traction internationally and produced a couple EPs under Australian label Respect Music and Russian label Prospection Records. The labels both approached him via the sound sharing website Soundcloud, where Faiith keeps most of his music. Currently he is talking to a Croatian producing company to create another EP. At 35, Rathjen has his own clothing brand called Plurwear and has been creating electronic music for close to 16 years. While he has toured Europe, he still believes Edmonton is the perfect environment for a thriving electronic musician. Actually, the Edmonton DJ scene and its unrivaled acceptance is the reason Faiith exists. “People stick together here. I found that in the band scene it may be a bit more segregated, but the electronic scene is much more of a collective. You hear so many new young DJs coming out of the woodwork. It’s really exciting.”
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This Calgary-based singer-songwriter mixes classic folk storytelling with spoken word/ rap and pop. Words don’t do justice here, so go check his show out. (Blue Chair Cafe, $15)
TEGAN AND SARA / SAT, OCT 8 (6:30 PM)
Everyone’s favourite twin-sister duo is kicking off its North American tour in support of its eighth studio album, Love You To Death, which continues the synth-pop melodies of its last record, Heartthrob. Get ready to dance your pants off! (Shaw Conference Centre, $38.50)
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here are bad problems—like being late for work, not sleeping or being on fire. Then there are good problems—like being overly passionate, having more teeth than normal, or being too invisible. Nathaniel Sutton has a good problem. “I’m a music-aholic,” says Sutton.“Well, something with aholic at the end anyway.” Seemingly always in need of a something to do, the producer of local rock conglomerate Brother Octopus has started up another project. It’s called Defend the Rhino and it’s all about mixing two of his passions—movies and music. “A good soundtrack really makes a film for me,” he says. “Even if it is a crap movie, but the music is really good, it makes the movie that much better.” Influenced by instrumental bands like Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Lights & Motion, Sutton hopes to get involved in local films and give them a depth that is sometimes lacking. While some may see this as a way to diversify, for Sutton the music is the thing, not the income. “It's not really a money thing for me, although I’d love to make money at it because I love doing it,” he says,
laughing. “It is more about something I take pride in and can make certain parts of a project my own." His first release, titled There Is No Place Like Home, is an eight song synthy-soundscape that is rich in themes, but doesn’t come across as being repetitive. So far, Sutton has been involved in some short nature films and is currently working with local filmmaker Ryan Byrne on a project called Killing the Frog. While he is really excited about doing these enterprises, Sutton’s focus is about creating quality music. Sutton builds each song organically, no canned music in his repertoire. What he does, according to him, is try to not suck. But sometimes it takes a bit of suck in order to reach greatness. “I’d say I’ve musically created 30 percent suckiness, 40 percent OK-ish, 30 percent greatness, to me anyway,” he says. “Truthfully I don’t know what sucks or doesn’t suck, but I know what doesn’t suck to me. I just go with whatever I write. If the audience likes it, that is what I go with.”
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Psyturdays: various DJs; 9pm SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM
Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,
Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am UNION HALL Bro Safari
with Armanni Reign; 9pm; $25 (adv) Y AFTERHOURS Release
Saturdays
SUN OCT 9 9910 The Allovers with
Woodhawk and Labradoodle; 9pm; $8 (adv) BLUES ON WHYTE Brent
With Lions, Carpenter, Youth Decay, and Mortality Rate; 5pm; $20 (adv)
KELLY'S PUB Open stage;
DIVERSION LOUNGE
Happy Hour featuring Old Towns; 5:30pm
featuring host Naomi Carmack and guest; 9pm; No cover
NEW WEST HOTEL Nash
L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety
Ramblers; 9pm
Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge
Sunday Night Live on the South Side: live bands; Free; All ages; 7-10:30pm HAVE MERCY Psychedelic Sundays; Every Sun, 8pm; No minors NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN
Michael Bernard Fitzgerald with Altameda, McGowan Family Band, Jody Shenkarek, Mohsin Zaman; 8pm; $21 (adv) O’BYRNE’S Open mic
every Sun; 9:30pm RICHARD'S PUB Mark
Ammar's Sunday Sessions Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm SANDS INN & SUITES Open
Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The
Sunday Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm STARLITE ROOM Big Wild, Tennyson, Knight Riderz, UBK DJ's; 9pm (doors); $20; 18+ only UP+DT: UP+DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL Various venues;
Every Mon, 9pm NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN
ON THE ROCKS Killer
Karaoke Monday PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild
Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm RED PIANO BAR Swingin'
Mondays; 8-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
Monday Jam with $4 Bill; Every Mon, 8-11pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A
Open Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/
Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm
100 bands in 18 venues
DJs
YELLOWHEAD BREWERY
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE RetroActive Radio: With LL
Ben Stevenson, with Dragon Fli Empire and LA Foster; 9pm; $15 (adv)
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee;
Every Sun
Cool Joe TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am
Happy Hour featuring Benjamin Williams; 5:30pm • Andy Shauf with Scattered Clouds; 6:30pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door) NEW WEST HOTEL Nash
Ramblers; 9pm O’BYRNE’S Guinness
Celtic jam every Tue; 9:30pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
Crazy Dave's Rock & Roll Renegade Jam; 7:30pm YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: Dino Dominelli Quintet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce
spins Britpop/Punk/ Garage/Indie; Every Tue ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up
Tuesday
WED OCT 12 ARDEN THEATRE The
THE AVIARY C.R. Avery;
MON OCT 10
Dan Abusin' the Blues & James Armstrong; 9pm
8pm; $20
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE
Steadies; 9pm
Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm
BOURBON ROOM Acoustic singer songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm
Wooftop: Metal Mondays with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox
BLUES ON WHYTE Rott'n
Dan Abusin' the Blues & James Armstrong; 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD
Edmonton Ukulele Circle; 2pm; Free
THE BUCKINGHAM Pretty Archie (bluegrass/ country/folk) with Old Towns; 8pm; $10 (adv)
DANCE CODE STUDIO
FIDDLER'S ROOST Open
Stage; 7-11pm
Karaoke night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free
FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle
HAVE MERCY Whiskey Wednesdays–Piano karaoke; Every Wed, 8pm; No minors JUBILEE AUDITORIUM
Charley Pride; 7pm; $65-$70 KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE
Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am NEW WEST HOTEL Nash
OCT/8
Ramblers; 9pm PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL
BLUES ON WHYTE The
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE
Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm • Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm
OCT/9 OCT/12
Karaoke Wednesday Live: hosted by dueling piano players SHAKERS ROADHOUSE
Rock n' Roll Jam with Gator & Friends; 7:30pm STARLITE ROOM Gorguts, Intronaut, Brain Tentacles; 7pm; $29.50; 18+ only
GAS PUMP Karaoke;
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm
HAVE MERCY Mississippi
9:30pm
Mondays–Blues Jam; Every Mon, 8pm; No minors
GAS PUMP Karaoke;
HAVE MERCY King of
9:30pm
Tuesdays–Live Elvis Impersonator; Every Tue,
CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
GORGUTS UBK PRESENTS
OCT/22
LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS
SPACE JESUS & YHETI STIFF LITTLE FINGERS W/ THE REAL SICKIES
TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Live music
Wednesday's; Every Wed
OCT/25
MRG CONCERTS & FOURCE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT
OCT/28
DRESS CODE IN EFFECT: COSTUME OR FORMAL. NO JEANS OR SWEATS. NO PROPS.
UNION HALL Ziggy Marley;
8pm; $49
Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE ESO & Winspear Overture Tour; 12-1pm • The Four Seasons; 7:30pm; $29-$59
BOY & BEAR
W/ GUESTS
THE ROCKY HORROR STEAMPUNK BALL W/ LILITH FAIR AS DR. FRANK N. FURTER
THE STARLITE ROOM IS A PRIVATE VENUE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS. IF YOU REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP YOU CAN PURCHASE ONE AT THE VENUE PRIOR TO / OR AFTER THE DOOR TIMES FOR EACH SHOW.
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee;
Every Wed PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm RANCH ROADHOUSE
DJ Shocker and Seelo Mondo; Every Wed
OCT/7
PRESENTED BY 2016 UP AND DOWNTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL (UP+DT)
OUR MERCURY
W/ WORST DAYS DOWN, COUNTERFEIT JEANS, ELECTRICITY FOR EVERYBODY!
VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com THE AVIARY 9314-111 Ave, 780.233.3635, facebook.com/ arteryyeg BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890,
BIG WILD
OCT/15
TAVERN ON WHYTE
Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover
PRESENTED BY 2016 UBK AND UP + DOWNTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL (UP+DT)
W/ INTRONAUT, BRAIN TENTACLES
RED PIANO BAR Wed Night
BILLIARD CLUB Why wait
TOKYO POLICE CLUB W/ TENNYSON, KNIGHT RIDERZ, UBK DJ’S
THE PROVINCIAL PUB
DJs
PRESENTED BY 2016 UP AND DOWNTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL (UP+DT)
W/ BORN RUFFIANS, THE ELWINS
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
Karaoke; 9pm
BLUES ON WHYTE Rott'n
Jam Circle; 7:3011:30pm
Drive By Punch, Living
NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN
TUE OCT 11
DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB
DENIZEN HALL Expire with
KELLY'S PUB Open Stage:
Original Legends of Rock 'N' Roll presents Class of '59; 7:30pm; $49 (adv)
Johnson and the Call Up; 9pm Oct 5-9 Flamenco Guitar Classes; Every Sun, 11:30am12:30pm
8pm; No minors
cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 1111387 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8/MAMA'S PIZZA 7317-101 Ave NW EL CORTEZ 10322-83 Ave NW, elcortezcantina.com EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780. 424.0077, yourgaybar.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave,
780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE 8336-160 Ave, 780.401.3313, hummingbirdbistro.ca IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St NW, 780.451.8825, kellyspubedmonton.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LIZARD LOUNGE 11827 St. Albert Tr, 780.451.9180, facebook.com/ The-Lizard-Lounge MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730
NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com
SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY 17118-90 Ave TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE 10324-82 Whyte Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB 10746 Jasper Ave, 780.951.2705 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428
VUEWEEKLY.com | OCT 6 – OCT 12, 2016
OCT/8
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OCT/14
STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
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OCT/15 EYEDEA MEMORIAL SHOW & PRESENTED BY J-REDS & THE FORGE
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OCT/22
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BLACK MASTIFF
W/ BAD GUYS (UK), THE MOTHERCRAFT, DJAGG WIRE
OCT/27
UBK PRESENTS
OCT/28
STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
MR. BILL LIKE PACIFIC
W/ RARITY, BROADSIDE, CALLING ALL CAPTAINS
MUSIC 17
EVENTS WEEKLY
com/groups/gdfedmonton • For anyone doing EC (elimination communication or infant pottying) or hoping to, or those looking for potty training support • 3rd Wed of every month, 10-11am • Free
Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm
invited guest artists • Oct 8, Nov 19, Dec 10, 2-4pm • $20 (per class); Pre-registration important as readings will be emailed to participants
Edmonton Needlecraft Guild •
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
• St. Albert Rugby Club, 51 Riel Dr, St Albert • lisette.womegrow@gmail.com • Connect aspiring and current professionals in the cannabis industry. The speaker for October is Elise Coppens from ABCann • Oct 6, 6:309pm • Tickets available at bit.ly/2aoFzdz
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Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/ workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue ea month, 7:30pm
COMEDY
EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC)
Black Dog Freehouse • 10425-82
• edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@ edmontonoutdoorclub.com
Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu
Century Casino • 13103 Fort Rd •
• 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
780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm
Edmonton Photographic Historial Society • Highlands Library
COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertain-
• 780.436.3878 • All interested in sharing the joys of film photography, such as experiences or favourite equipment • Every 3rd Wed of the month, 7:30pm
ment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Tim Koslo; Oct 7-8 • Leif Skyving; Oct 13-15
Comedy Night with Sterling Scott • AZUCAR Supper Club • Oct 12, 7:30pm • $5
Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Tom Green; Oct 6-8 • Rob Little; Oct 12-16
Dating Game • On the Rocks, 11743 Jasper Ave • With our host Sterling Scott, also with the Nervous Flirts. Fun, prizes, and maybe love • Oct 9, 7:30pm
DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • Voted "Vue Weekly Best Comedy Night in Edmonton". Stand up comedy open mic hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm (8:30pm sign-up)
Edmonton Comedy Festival • Various venues • 780.439.8809 • atbcomedy. com • Four days of funny featuring over 30 comics from across North America. • Oct 5-8
Empress Ale House • 9912-82 Ave
FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 10728-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm
Fort Saskatchewan 45+ Singles Coffee Group • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm
Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Information Night • Habitat for Humanity Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext. 236 • vbatten@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer/vin • Learn about taking the next steps and what opportunities are available at Habitat for Humanity • Every 3rd Thu of the month, excluding Dec; 6-7pm • Free
• Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free
Lotus Qigong • SAGE downtown 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free
Odd Wednesday • Sewing Machine
Monday Mingle • Hexagon Board Game
Factory, 9562-82 Ave • debutantescomedy@ gmail.com • thedebutantes.ca • A sketch (and other) comedy showcase featuring local, national and international acts. Hosted by the Debutantes • Every 2nd Wed starting Oct 12, 8:30-11pm • $5
Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm
Groups/CLUBS/meetings Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm Argentine Tango Dance at Foot Notes Studio • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15
Babes In Arms • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • A casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm
DeepSoul.ca • 780.217.2464; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages
Drop-In D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • An epic adventure featuring a variety of premade characters, characters that guests can make on their own, or one that has already been started. Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5 EC (Infant Pottying) and Potty Training Support Meeting • Lendrum Community League Hall, 11335-57 Ave • danielle@godiaperfree.com • facebook.
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Cafe, 10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)
Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
Open Door Comic Creator Meetings • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • 780.452.8211 • happyharborcomics.com • Open to any skill level. Meet other artists and writers, glean tricks of the trade and gain tips to help your own work, or share what you've already done • 2nd and 4th Thu of every month, 7pm
Toastmasters 6th floor, World Trade Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@ telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs. org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St; 780.902.4605; norwoodtoastmasters.org; Every Thu, Oct 13-Jun 29, 7:30-9:30pm; Guests are free • Chamber Toastmasters Club:
• Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club:
2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook. com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact vpm@ norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Jun, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@ yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.437.1136 (Mark) or 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com; Meet every Tue starting in Sep, 7-9pm except last Tue each month
Waskahegan Trail Association Guide Hike • waskahegantrail.ca •
Gwynne and Chickadee Trail: Superstore Calgary Trail NW corner parking lot, 5019 Calgary Trail NW; Oct 9, 9am-3pm • Devon Trails: Superstore Calgary Trail NW corner parking lot, 5019 Calgary Trail NW; Oct 16, 9am-3pm
Wiccan Assembly • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm • Info: contact cwaalberta@gmail.com
LECTURES/Presentations Edmonton Podcasting Meet-Up • Variant Edition, 10132-151 St NW • 780.452.9886 • variantedmonton.com • Oct 23, 1pm
Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey
Fermented Foods Workshop 101
Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free
Painting for Pleasure • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • Welcomes artists to join this weekly group who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon Roda de Capoeira • Capoeira Academy, #103-10324-82 Ave • capoeiraacademy.ca • Brazil's traditional game of agility and trickery • Every Sat, 2:30pm • Free • All ages
• Earth's General Store - Whyte, 9605-82 Ave • 780.964.8725 • Learn the basics to safely ferment foods - sauerkraut, kefir, cordito, etc • Oct 8, 7-9pm • $35 (in adv at Eventbrite)
Glass B lowing Classes • Pixie Glassworks, 9322-60 Ave • 780.436.4460 • pixieglassworks.com/pages/classes • Offering three levels in each of: hollow body work, implosions, sculpture, pipe-making and beads. Call to book. No classes on holidays • Every Mon, Wed-Thu, 6-9pm • $150
Nerd Nite #29 • The Needle Vinyl Tavern,
Schizophrenia Society Family Support Drop-in Group • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free
10524 Jasper Ave • edmonton.nerdnite. com • There may not be any Thanksgiving leftovers, but three lectures will be presented. Featuring: "Post-It processes: Map everyday workflow for fresh insight & adaptive change", "From 20 kids to 10,000 — how a vision for free soccer grew" and "I Got 99 Problems But Fake Gold Ain’t One" • Oct 12, 8pm (show) • $20 (adv), $10 (peanut gallery) • Event is 18+ only
Second Saturdays Dance Seminar • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • info@milezerodance.com • milezerodance. com • A series of dance seminars with
Women Grow Networking Series
Affirm Group • garysdeskcom@ hotmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet monthly at Second Cup, Edmonton City Centre for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church
Evolution Wonderlounge • 10220-
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
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you willing to do what's necessary to live at a higher and deeper level? Would you know how to work with such extravagant treasure and wild responsibility? The coming weeks will be prime time to explore the answers to these questions. I'm not sure what your answers will be. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Each of us contains a multiplicity of selves. You may often feel like there's just one of you rumbling around inside your psyche, but it's closer to the truth to say that you're a community of various characters whose agendas sometimes overlap and sometimes conflict. For example, the needy part of you that craves love isn't always on the same wavelength as the ambitious part of you that seeks power. That's why it's a good idea to periodically organize summit meetings where all of your selves can gather and negotiate. Now is one of those times: a favorable moment to foster harmony among your inner voices and to mobilize them to work together in service of common goals. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Pike's Peak is a 14,115-foot mountain in Colorado. It's not a simple task to trek to the top. Unless you're well-trained, you might experience altitude sickness. Wicked thunderstorms are a regular occurrence during the summer. Snow falls year-round. But back in 1929, an adventurer named Bill Williams decided the task of hiking to the summit wasn't tough enough. He sought a more demanding challenge. Wearing kneepads, he spent 21 days crawling along as he used his nose to push a peanut all the way up. I advise you to avoid making him your role model in the coming weeks, Virgo. Just climb the mountain. Don't try to push a peanut up there with your nose, too. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "It isn't normal to know what we want," said psychologist Abraham Maslow. "It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement." He wasn't referring to the question of what you want for dinner or the new shoes you plan to buy. He was talking about big, long-term yearnings: what you hope to be when you grow up, the qualities you look for in your best allies, the feelings you'd love to feel in abundance every day of your life. Now here's the good news, Libra: The next ten months should bring you the best chance ever to figure out exactly what you want the most. And it all starts now. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Practitioners of the Ayurvedic medical tradition tout the healing power of regular self-massage. Creativity expert Julia Cameron recommends that you periodically go out on dates with yourself. Taoist author Mantak Chia advises you to visualize sending smiles and good wishes
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to your kidneys, lungs, liver, heart, and other organs. He says that these acts of kindness bolster your vigor. The coming weeks will be an especially favorable time to attend to measures like these, Scorpio. I hope you will also be imaginative as you give yourself extra gifts and compliments and praise. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever for wrestling with God or tussling with Fate or grappling with karma. Why do I say that? Because you're likely to emerge triumphant! That's right, you lucky, plucky contender. More than I've seen in a long time, you have the potential to draw on the crafty power and unruly wisdom and resilient compassion you would need to be an unambiguous winner. A winner of what? You tell me. What dilemma would you most like to resolve? What test would you most like to ace? At what game would you most like to be victorious? Now is the time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are you grunting and sweating as you struggle to preserve and maintain the gains of the past? Or are you smooth and cagey as you maneuver your way towards the rewards of the future? I'm rooting for you to put the emphasis on the second option. Paradoxically, that will be the best way to accomplish the first option. It will also ensure that your motivations are primarily rooted in love and enthusiasm rather than worry and stress. And that will enable you to succeed at the second option. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do you believe that you are mostly just a product of social conditioning and your genetic make-up? Or are you willing to entertain a different hypothesis: that you are a primal force of nature on an unpredictable journey? That you are capable of rising above your apparent limitations and expressing aspects of yourself that might have been unimaginable when you were younger? I believe the coming weeks will be a favorable time to play around with this vision. Your knack for transcendence is peaking. So are your powers to escape the past and exceed limited expectations. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In one of your nightly dreams, Robin Hood may team up with Peter Pan to steal unused treasure from a greedy monster—and then turn the booty over to you. Or maybe you'll meet a talking hedgehog and singing fox who will cast a spell to heal and revive one of your wounded fantasies. It's also conceivable that you will recover a magic seed that had been lost or forgotten, and attract the help of a fairy godmother or godfather to help you ripen it. V
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A question on your favourite topic, Dan. Just kidding, it’s a question about my vagina. I’m having a problem with the microbiome of my vulva and vagina. I’ve been going to my gyno for the last six months for recurrent bacterial vaginosis and yeast infections. She shrugs, gives me a script, the symptoms go away for a week or so, then they come back. I understand the infections are likely due to an imbalance in my vaginal pH, but I don’t know what to do to fix this. I’ve used probiotic suppositories to boost the amount of lactobacillus and these help more than anything else, but the problem remains. I also wear cotton, loose-fitting undies and practice good hygiene and never douche or use anything scented. The problem started when I stopped using condoms with my partner, but it’s not an STI. We’ve both been tested. There’s tons of sites online talking about this problem, but no one has a solution that I’ve found. How the hell can women with this problem fix their pH?! Thanks a ton if you read this far, and thanks a million tons if you or one of your experts has any ideas to help. VEXED UND LACKING VAGINAL ANSWERS
school—so years ago. They might not be up to date in the latest research, since not all doctors go to vulvovaginal-specific conferences.” Is there a fix for that problem? “Yes! If everyone lobbied for their doctors to go to events like the annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD),” said Dr. Herbenick, “we would live in a country with millions more happy, healthy, sex-interested women and others with vaginas and vulvas, too, like trans men.” As for your particular problem—a tough case of bacterial vaginosis— Dr. Herbenick, who isn’t a medical doctor but qualifies as a TVHE, had some thoughts. “There are many different forms of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and different kinds of yeast infections,” said Dr. Herbenick. “These different kinds respond well to different kinds of treatment, which is one reason home
damage by the biking and/or the postbike poking? Any suggestions for decreasing crotch soreness? BIKE RELATED INJURY TO CLIT; HELP EASE SORENESS “I love biking, I love vulvas, and I love babies (mine, and I’m sure I would adore BRITCHES’s baby, too!),” said Dr. Herbenick, “so I appreciate being asked to chime in on this question. That said, there’s not a ton of research on female genital health in connection with cycling.” There’s far more research on men and cycling, due to the risks of bikeseat-related erectile dysfunction specifically and our society’s tendency to prioritize boners generally. “The few studies that have been conducted on women and cycling—generally cisgender women as far as I can tell—found that cutout seats are linked with a higher risk of genital symptoms, as are handlebars that are lower than the saddle,” said Dr. Herbenick. “So broader saddles and higher handlebars may be the way to go. Some of the research notes higher rates of genital symptoms among people who go on longer rides, spending hours in the saddle.” To decrease your risk of un-fun genital symptoms, BRITCHES, Dr. Herbenick recommends mixing it up. “Go biking some weekends and try other activities on other weekends—maybe hiking or swimming? You might also take Dan’s ‘fuck first’ Valentine’s Day advice and apply it to your weekend rides. And if you’re prone to post-intercourse semen leakage (and, really, who isn’t?) use a condom or have him come elsewhere pre-ride so you don’t have the semen seepage issue to contend with on a long ride. I hope this helps!” Follow Dr. Debby Herbenick on Twitter @debbyherbenick.
And all too often, health care providers don’t have sufficient training to make fine-tuned diagnoses and end up treating the wrong thing.
“I love that she used the word ‘vulva,’” said Dr. Debby Herbenick, a research scientist at Indiana University, a sexual health educator at the Kinsey Institute, and the author of Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva and numerous other books. “Most people have no idea what that even is!” I know what that is! (Full disclosure: I know what that is now. I didn’t know what that was when I started writing this column.) The vulva is (the vulva are?) the external genitalia of the female—the labia, the clit, the vaginal opening, some other bits and pieces. (Fun fact: Vulva is Latin for wrapper.) The vagina, aka “the muscular tube,” runs from the vulva to the uterus. (Fun fact: Vagina is Latin for the sheath of a sword.) People tend to use “vagina” when referring to a woman’s junk generally, and while meaning follows use and I’m inclined to give it a pass, saying “vagina” when you mean “vulva” makes scientists like Dr. Herbenick rather teste. (Sad fact: Teste is not the singular form of testes.) Now back to your vulva and vagina, VULVA… Dr. Herbenick recommends seeing a “true vulvovaginal health expert” (TVHE) about your problem, VULVA, and your gynecologist presumably qualifies as a TVHE… right? “Not necessarily,” said Dr. Herbenick. “Gynecologists know far more about vaginal and vulvar health issues than most health care providers, but many gynecologists haven’t received deepdive (pun not intended) specialized training in difficult-to-treat vulvovaginal health conditions. And if they have, it was likely when they were in med
yeast meds don’t work well for many women. And all too often, health care providers don’t have sufficient training to make fine-tuned diagnoses and end up treating the wrong thing. But if VULVA’s recurrences are frequent, I think it’s a wise idea for her to see a true specialist.” A TVHE is likelier to pinpoint the problem. Even so, Dr. Herbenick warns that it may take more than one visit with a TVHE to solve the problem. “I don’t want to over-promise, since BV remains a challenging diagnosis and often does come back at some point,” said Dr. Herbenick. “There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to BV, which is also why I think VULVA is best off meeting with a health care provider who lives and breathes vaginal health issues. The ISSVD is full of health care providers like that—they’re the Sherlock Holmes of vaginas and vulvas, none of this ‘shrug and here’s a script’ business. VULVA can check out ISSVD. org for more information.
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I have a question about biking and female genitalia. I’m a woman in my forties, and I love biking! My husband and I often go for long rides on the weekend. Unfortunately, this makes various parts of my crotch sore, especially the clitoris. Certain bike seats are better, but none eliminate the soreness. Two years ago, we had a baby, which not only made my crotch more prone to soreness but makes it a lot less likely that we’ll have sex except on weekends, often after biking. The sore clit makes sex more painful, but it also increases sensitivity, so the whole thing can be an alternating experience of “Ow!” and “Wow!” Am I causing my clit any permanent
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