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"Everybody's now scrambling around looking for something that might do what the Artery did. Those kind of needs don't simply go away." // 4

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"We have something in spades that we don't see in other markets, which is the collaboration piece." // 6

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"There's no way you can just do nice choreography. You're stuck with one dancer and an empty space, and you have to find something, in order to open new doors and ideas." // 8

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"After being acclimatized to the usual three-plus hour Oscar-bait epics, it's downright shocking to see a movie that clocks in at 78 minutes—but it's a welcome shock." // 16

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Bigotry disguised as compassion Catholic hypocrisy abounds on both a local and international scale It should have been a good week for the Catholic Church in this part of the world. Pope Francis made his first visit to the United States at the end of September, touring Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia. The US celebrated as only America can: huge cheering crowds were outnumbered only by the amount of Pope Francis souvenirs available for purchase. Pope cheese, pope beer, pope bobbleheads, even pope emojis were available for purchase. But despite speeches praising immigrants, advocating for climate change action and decrying inequality, his visit was overshadowed by top recent newsmaker Kim Davis. You might remember Davis as the Kentucky county clerk who recently spent a few nights in jail. Davis crowed to the media that she had a "private audience" with the Pope, and that he had endorsed her multiple divorces—ahem—and her political refusal to issue marriage licences. The media ate this up before the Vatican began to do some hasty

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back-tracking. (Although I didn't really see anyone question why Davis, a Protestant, would give two shits what the Pope thinks anyway.) His Holiness did not have a private audience with Davis, they said. She was among a throng of dozens invited to greet him as he left for New York, they said. Also, they said, the Pope did have a private audience and it was with a gay person. (And the Hellmouth didn't open, evidently.) But before the Vatican could really take a breath—and with this meetingwith-a-gay-person still in the news— a glittery gay bomb was dropped in the Vatican's lap. Namely, Father Krzysztof Olaf Charamsa, a Polish priest who works for the Vatican,

held a press conference with his partner Edouard to announce that he was gay. Charamsa wanted to remind everyone that the majority of priests are gay and the Church just needs to get over its homophobia. I'm sure all sorts of conservatives

to make headlines. Specifically, last week an internal set of guidelines for trans* students was leaked. The document begins with this: "The Catholic Church teaches that the body and soul are so united that one's gender identity is rooted in one's biological identity as male and female. In Catholic teaching, one's sexual identity is considered 'a reality deeply inscribed in man and woman.' It is the conviction of the Catholic Church that genetically, anatomically and chromosomally, the body reveals the divine plan, and that humans are 'obliged to regard [their bodies] as good and to hold [them] in honour since God

has created [them].' Therefore, to attempt 'gender transitioning' is contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church." I'm confused. They say gender transitioning is a no-no, but transubstantiation—the belief that the bread and wine one consumes at communion is literally the body and blood of Jesus—is somehow OK? A body can transition between spirit and flesh and bread, but not between genders? The rest of the guidelines leave lots of room for individual principals to make local decisions and speaks of responding to requests for accommodation with "sensitivity, respect, mercy and compassion." Which is fine, I suppose—but honestly this feels like more religious double-speak. Hate the sin and not the sinner, they say of gays. Have compassion for trans* students, but don't forget they are an insult to God's plan. This is bigotry designed as compassion and it helps no one.V

during the Cold War. If the perceived threat of war grows, so will the number of American and Chinese experts who make a living from it. So it's worth examining Graham Allison's assumptions to see if they hold water. There are only two key assumptions. One is that China will decisively surpass the United States in national power in the coming decade. The other is that such transfers of power from one dominant nation to another are still likely to end in war. Neither is as certain as it seems. Chinese dominance is certain if the country keeps growing economically even at its new, lower rate of seven percent a year. That is still at least twice the US rate, and the magic of compound interest will still do its work. But the era of 10 percent annual growth ended for Japan and South Korea, the other East Asian "miracles," after about 30 years. Each country then fell to a normal industrialized-country growth rate or (in Japan's case) below it.

China is at around the 30-year point now. Maybe its managers are cleverer and it can avoid the same fate, but their recently ham-fisted efforts to prop up the stock market suggest otherwise. Most observers believe that China's economic growth this year is already below seven percent—maybe four percent or even less. Neither of the other East Asian miracles ever got back onto the ultra-high growth track after they fell off it. At four percent growth or less, China would not be overtaking the United States any time soon. As for 12 out of 16 changes in the great-power pecking order ending in war, that's true. But according to Allison's own data, three out of the four that didn't end in war were the last three, covering the last half-century. Recent history is a great deal more encouraging than older history. Maybe more effective international institutions have helped the great powers to avoid war. Maybe the existence of nuclear weapons has made them much more cautious. Probably both. But a US-Chinese war is not inevitable. It may not even be very likely. V

I'm confused. They say gender transitioning is a no-no, but transubstantiation—the belief that the bread and wine one consumes at communion is literally the body and blood of Jesus—is somehow OK? now imagine that the Vatican is host to nightly gay sex orgies. Closer to home, our own mini-Vatican, in the form of the Edmonton Catholic School Board, continues

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The Thucydides Trap Vetting the predicted US-Chinese war There is a small but significant industry in the United States that predicts the "coming war" with China, and The Atlantic is foremost among reputable American monthlies in giving a home to such speculation. It has just done it again, in an article that includes a hearty dose of geopolitical theory. The theory is "The Thucydides Trap." The author is Graham Allison of Harvard University, the man who coined that phrase. Thucydides, the historian of the Peloponnesian War in the fifth century BC, explained what caused the war this way: "It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this inspired in Sparta, that made war inevitable." It lasted 20 years, and at the end of it the two great powers of the ancient Greek world were both devastated. Yet they didn't really go to war over anything in particular, according to Thucydides. The problem was that Athens was overtaking Sparta in power (like China is overtaking the United States now), and just that one fact was enough to send them to war. So are China and the United States doomed to go to war in the next decade? Graham Allison knows better than to make a hard prediction, but he does point out that out of the past 16 cases when one major power was gaining in power and its rival feared

relegation to the second rank, 12 ended in war. Such predictions and formulas have an impact in the real world. When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Seattle two weeks ago at the beginning of his US visit, he felt obliged to respond to Allison's article: "There is no such thing as the Thucydides Trap in the world," Xi said. "But should major countries time and again make the mistakes of strategic miscalculation, they might create such traps for themselves." Well, he wasn't going to say "Yeah, we're doomed to go to war with each other," was he? But it's clear that Chinese (and American) leaders worry about this—and that worrying about it paradoxically makes it more likely to happen, because it places the whole question of "Who's on top?" at the centre of their thinking. Does it really matter who's more powerful when China and the United States have no shared border, make

no territorial claims against each other, and are separated by the world's largest ocean? Lots of people in each country would say no, but both countries have military-industrial-academic complexes that thrive on the threat of a US-Chinese military conflict. They wouldn't benefit from an actual war, of course. But the threat of a great war kept millions of people

The threat of a US-Chinese war already provides gainful employment to a lot of people, though nothing like as many as those who made a living off the threat of World War III during the Cold War. in the military, in defence industries and in various universities and think tanks in interesting and sometimes very profitable work during the four decades of the US-Soviet Cold War. The threat of a US-Chinese war already provides gainful employment to a lot of people, though nothing like as many as those who made a living off the threat of World War III

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Seeing it through Checking in on the city's 10-year plan for arts and heritage in Edmonton cause: managing a 16-unit residence on 118 Avenue and presently overseeing the development of a new building west of Churchill Square, which will offer both non-profit space and residences for 60.

The Art of Living

n 2008, the City of Edmonton officially adopted a 10-year cultural plan for arts and heritage called the Art of Living. Its stated goal is to "promote Edmonton as an arts and cultural centre and encourage recreational, cultural, artistic and entertainment opportunities for all residents." The plan is broken down into 28 specific recommendations—17 for arts, 11 for heritage—all couched within five areas of focus: space, education, investment, recognition and integration. The Edmonton Arts Council (EAC)—the organization charged with much of its implementation—makes a yearly report to city council on its progress. The Art of Living makes for an oddly compelling read for what is essentially a city planning document, mixing personal essays about the impact of the arts among its specific goals. But most essentially, it places a large emphasis on accountability, noting not just what needs to be done but also who will do the work, what the timeline for each recommendation is, and who will pay for it. Now that it's 2015 and the plan is entering its final stretch of effect, a check-in seems apt: is the Art of Living succeeding in connecting the

people with art, and artists with a welcome creation environment? In terms of the plan's application of its stated goals, Paul Moulton thinks there’s been much to celebrate. The current executive director of the Edmonton Arts Council, Moulton wasn't around for the plan's creation—he took the EAC job in 2013, when the Art of Living was already well underway—but he's been impressed by the city's follow-through on its objectives. "One of the things I really like about it, frankly, is the city asked for it, and the city adopted it, and the city has stepped up and funded it," he says. "Rather than it just be something where we say, 'Here's a plan,' and they say, 'That's nice, we'll accept that,' and put it on a shelf, they've been engaged with it, particularly on the economic side, from the beginning." Many those successes are easy to point out. With space being the plan's largest priority, the Art of Living made its number-one recommendation the revitalization of ArtsHab—an organization dedicated to finding and developing space for the arts in Edmonton. Because of the plan, ArtsHab has a full-time professional staff of two dedicated to the

Some of the plan's other successes include: tripling the city grants available to individual artists from 2008 to 2013, stabilizing the Edmonton Poet Laureate position, and implementing,—to great acclaim—the MicroGrants program, which offers smaller doses of funding for shortterm projects. Zoning bylaws were also examined and altered to acknowledge artist studios, media studios and live/work space; the types of zones in which those spaces are allowed was also expanded. Moulton acknowledges that not everything the plan set out to do has been accomplished—one of its recommendations was the creation of a Cultural Cabinet, for example, described in the plan as a group "wherein distinctive artists from various disciplines ... will form a collective cultural body to represent the city and to have the city represented back to itself." This has yet to materialize. Another recommendation involved the creation of an Edmonton International Mentorship Prize—a way of bringing internationally recognized artists into town, to teach and train—which has fallen by the wayside. But, to Moulton, progress has been made in many of the plan's key areas. "There were a few little bits and pieces, as you can see, that really haven't got a lot of traction for a few reasons," he says. "And although they were likely things that would need significant investments to move forward, there's nothing, in my opinion, that was a priority that was not addressed. If you wrote a plan that started in 2008, it was likely the result of conversations happening in '06-'07, so we're a long ways away from the beginning of this, and have reached the level of implementation we have is great." Ken Davis, chair of the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton (PACE)'s advocacy committee, agrees that generally, much has come out of

the Art of Living—that it correctly identified many of the issues plaguing artists in the city, and set about trying to fix them. That said, many of them remain that: issues. "I think the objectives that were identified in the original document are very similar to the kinds of objectives we still talk about today when looking at what we should be doing at PACE, for example, in the advocacy arena," he says. "Because a lot of the issues are fairly enduring, if you will. They continue to be challenges." Space remains a prevalent topic, one made all the more apparent this year in the wake of the Roxy Theatre fire and the Varscona going under for renovations, as well as the shuttering of the Mitchell and Reed Auction House building (former home of the Artery) and the adjacent Graphic Arts Building—the latter two of which have not just closed, but may even be demolished to assist future LRT expansion. Many artists, especially the independent ones, struggle to find affordable space to live and work. "I think we've moved in the right direction and are moving in the right direction. There is more arts space that has been developed, or is being developed, at a certain level of shall we say cultural facility," Davis says. "But what still, perhaps, is missing is the smaller, less expensive, more boutique venues and rehearsal and practicing spaces. "For example, the Artery," he continues. "The way it was used by arts groups—there were so many that used it, and on such a diverse basis. When it goes, what do you replace it with? Everybody's now scrambling around looking for something that might do what the Artery did. Those kind of needs don't simply go away." In fairness, some of the Art of Living's spacing ventures simply didn't pan out, or are still underway: an overhaul of the Old Cycle Building on 118 Avenue for rehearsal and performance space turned out to be a bust when unexpected structural issues were discovered during renovation; the building was instead demolished. (There are future plans for a new arts facility on the land.) In addition, the city has purchased Grant MacEwan's west campus with

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plans to make it an arts hub—but, as currently scheduled, it doesn't take possession of the building until 2016 or 2017. So, while Davis is grateful for the plan's successes, he doesn't see its last few years as a time to be winding down efforts, either. "There are still things that require looking at, that require a collective effort from both the arts and culture community and the city, and the other good people working around it, trying to make the ecology of arts and culture in Edmonton stronger," he says. Moulton notes the plan is also adapting to issues as they arise: the EAC is taking into account issues which emerged after the plan's creation, even if they weren't explicitly mentioned in the Art of Living. "There was a big push, even before I got here, to look at equity and inclusion," he says. "Before I arrived, the Arts Council did an audit of its practices and relationships with diverse communities in the arts. ... Lots of work has been going on with diverse cultural groups and diverse artists. And following on from that we recognized another—but slightly different—need, to focus on aboriginal arts and aboriginal artists." He also points out that the city is currently engaged in the New Pathways program, a several-year process of working with about 20 local arts organizations to find ways of engaging the arts more directly with the community. "The hope is that it helps to get off that treadmill that we've been on in the arts for many years," Moulton says. "Which is [that] growth is the imperative, and in order to grow you continue to need more money, and in part that has to come from governments—we've really shifted the thinking to: what is our place in society? How do we fit as a sector? And what do the organizations have to do to take on those new challenges?" So, as the Art of Living's 10-year plan enters its final few years, Moulton sees it less as an ending of a conversation, and more the beginnings of another: figuring out where to go from where the Art of Living leaves us. "At my annual update to council this year, at least one council member said, 'We're probably not so far away from needing to talk about the next plan.' And I certainly agree with that," Moulton says, noting the New Pathways work will play a vital role in determining the next steps. "I think letting that work its way through those organizations will be a big part of forming what our next plan needs to look like."

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Cars aren't clean Two weeks after the news first broke, Volkswagen has finally addressed the enormous emissions scandal that its high-ranking personnel has perpetrated over the last half decade. The Canadian VW website has posted a brief open letter from Maria Stenström, the president and CEO of Volkswagen Canada, who first assures that VW auto dealers were not involved in the scandal and then apologizes on behalf of the company. There's also a FAQ page with some very pertinent questions, though VW's response to every one is essentially: "We don't know." Full disclosure: I am currently leasing one of the affected cars, a 2013 Jetta TDI. Rather than voicing yet another consumer rant about how awful VW is (really, really awful), I'd like to address a core issue that is being largely overlooked: the huge environmental damage caused by these cars. Most of the news reports have centred around the shockingly criminal level of fraud and corruption perpetrated by VW—and rightly so, for the magnitude of

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this transgression cannot be overstated. Other main focuses are economic and political: the damage to the German economy and reputation, or VW's nosediving shares. Very few sources are discussing the environmental damage that these 11 million cars have already caused, driving around the world belching out 10 to 40 times more pollution than advertised. When the environmental impact is mentioned, it's usually framed around consumer anger that the fix—whatever and whenever that will be—will ruin the cars' fuel economy. Clean diesel has turned out to be every bit the oxymoron it sounded like when VW started marketing their cars as such. Automobiles are not clean. That a business as large as VW would choose fraud on an enormous scale over developing actual clean-emissions technology sends a very clear message: we haven't solved the massive environmental and public health crises caused by vehicle emissions—not even close. It's time to stop acting like we have.V

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COOK IT RAW Putting Alberta on the world food scene

ight now a group of chefs, some from right in town and others from farther abroad, have gathered in Kananaskis for the final part of Cook it Raw. Over the next few days they will delve deep into Alberta's food history, sustainability and current practices. You may have heard about Cook it Raw, perhaps seen some of the hashtags flitting around social media or read one of the stories published about it. But unless you're fairly entrenched in the food scene (and maybe not even then), you might still be wondering what it's really all about. Cook it Raw's website describes it as "an annual gathering that brings internationally recognized and emerging chefs together with dedicated producers, community leaders, academics and cultural producers to discuss and explore

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the politics of food through four guiding principles—environment, tradition, creativity and collaboration." It was founded in 2009 by Alessandro Porcelli, an internationally renowned chef who has hosted the avant-garde culinary gathering in seven previous locations spanning the globe: from Copenhagen to the Yucatan Peninsula, Lapland to Ishikawa Prefecture. Unpacking that a little bit further, Cook it Raw is essentially a "by chefs, for chefs" series of culinary events in which both local and international chefs team up to explore a region's food scene on a very personal level. These events were not open to the public, save for a dinner on October 11 at Rouge Restaurant in Calgary, which will feature 50 guests and all 21 participating chefs. Alberta's version of Cook it Raw diverges a little bit from the pre-

vious incarnations in that our food story differs from the ones encountered previously: we are, quite literally, a new frontier in food. "The unique thing that's happening here is we're not bound in tradition; you don't have to do this sauce this way because that's how it's been done for the last X number of years," Tannis Baker says. "It's not that sort of handed-down tradition that many sort of European or sort of Old World countries will have, that we just don't really have here." Baker is the executive director of the Alberta Culinary Tourism Alliance (ACTA), which has helped organize Cook it Raw and will be spearheading some of the ongoing initiatives arising from it. The first major part of Alberta's incarnation was held in May on Cucumber Island in Lac La Biche, where a gathering of local chefs spent a few days

camping, foraging, fishing and getting quite literally down and dirty with our province's wild foods. As previously mentioned, the second major part is happening right now in Kananaskis, which will culminate in a small plated event at SAIT, featuring the 21 chefs participating in Cook it Raw and 50 guests, including winners of a social media contest that took place throughout the summer. Cook it Raw also includes a series of seven Alberta food stories as uncovered by a trio of chefs (two local, one international) exploring one of our province's main foodstuffs: beef, bison, Red Fife wheat, root vegetables, saskatoon berries, honey and canola. Those can be found on ACTA's YouTube channel (youtube.com/albertayum). ACTA will also be hosting a series of Culinary Trails events next year, legacy pieces that will try to

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Revamping cognac's image Various spirits have enjoyed a revamping of their image in recent years, as cocktail culture continues to evolve and shape our enjoyment and understanding of them: gin, tequila, whisky. But cognac languishes. Mention the word cognac or brandy—the latter being the class of spirit to which cognac belongs—and one of two images invariably comes to mind. The first is a crusty old guy in a suit, sitting in an overstuffed leather chair in his exclusive gentlemen's club and swirling cognac in a large snifter. The second involves a whole lot of bling and rap music, thanks to the various rappers who have claimed cognac as their signature beverage: Busta Rhymes passing his Courvoisier, Snoop Dogg pimping Landy, Kanye West chugging Hennessy on the red carpet. Needless to say, for those of us who aren't members of a gentlemen's club or aspiring rap artists, those two im-

capture the energy and knowledge coming out of Cook it Raw. "Our goal for this really is how do we put Alberta on the map?" Baker says. "We have something in spades that we don't see in other markets, which is the collaboration piece. It is very difficult to go to many other markets to find people that genuinely want to work together and to help each other and to do things like these, and not view it as a competition. "Our food scene is coming of age and it takes a while; obviously the [places] that will have more recognition are the ones with larger population bases," she continues. "I kind of take a look at it and say our turn is next. We are absolutely on the radar for many places, but it's how do we get on more people's radar? How do we take that next leap so that circle of influence is increased?"

ages are fairly alienating. "It's usually promoted as this masculine, macho kind of spirit, but it's a beautiful product," Jordan Watson says. "The word elegant always comes to my mind when I think brandy and cognac. It's elegant; it's harmonious; it's beautiful." Watson, formerly a bartender at the Fairmont Hotel MacDonald and Mercer Tavern, is now a cocktail consultant who helps local watering holes design their drink menus. He acknowledges that any reputable cocktail establishment will appreciate cognac and have at least a couple of good bottles around, and that recent strides have been made to revamp cognac's image into something open and available to everyone. Still, there's a long way to go before most people automatically consider ordering a cognac or cognacbased drink at a bar. "Everyone likes vodka and vodka

cocktails, but vodka lacks the backbone when you're adding different spirits to it," he explains. "That's why things like bourbon, whisky—they have very prominent, strong backbone. Now, when you look at brandy cocktails they've got to be kind of designed in a way to keep that flavour profile parallel to everything else in the whole drink; you don't want to mask it up." Think of cognac as the essence of wine—its spirit, quite literally. It is made by distilling white wine, usually made from Ugni Blanc grapes, which makes a rather bland and generic white wine but a wonderful base for distillation. The clear spirit derived from that process is called eau de vie ("water of life") and is subsequently aged in oak barrels, which can be new or old: newer barrels impart a strong oaky vanilla quality while older barrels offer a subtler maturation. Each eau de vie

is aged in French oak for at least two years and then bottled separately; cognac is made from a blend of eaux de vie in various proportions. Each cognac house has a cellar with thousands of different eaux de vie—some of which can be centuries old—which the master blender draws from to craft their proprietary house blends as well as any special bottlings. The higher-end, older cognacs are best for sipping on their own so as to fully appreciate their amazing range and depth of aromas and flavours. Cognac's bottom tier, which is youngest and labelled VS (Very Special), is best for making drinks. At this time of year, as the mercury drops and our palates start craving richer fare, Watson enjoys cognac-based drinks like flips—especially at brunch, as these are often considered "breakfast" drinks. (Hey, they contain an egg: breakfast in a glass!) Give cognac a shot, the next time

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2 oz Hennessy VS cognac 1 free range organic egg 1 tsp superfine sugar 0.5 oz cream Dry shake all ingredients: add them all to a cocktail shaker and shake hard for 30 seconds without any ice—this is the key to giving egg-based cocktails a silky texture. Then fill the shaker with ice and shake again. Strain into a double highball glass (over a couple large ice cubes, if you prefer) and garnish with grated nutmeg and/or dark chocolate shavings.

you're about to order a cocktail or a spirit for sipping: if you've never tried one before, you'll likely be surprised by what's in your glass—that reputation for elegance is well earned. V

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BRU Coffee + Beer House

Edmonton's coffee scene continues to grow: this time with beer

he newest edition to Edmonton's coffee scene—which we can firmly say has progressed to a sophomore level—gives you a reason to visit twice in one day. Open just over a month now, BRU Coffee + Beer House offers patrons the chance to bookend their day with beverages: third wave, single origin coffee in the morning and craft beer at night. That may sound a bit hoity-toity, but BRU manager Sam Lee says it's neither complicated nor snooty. "What we really like to focus on is transparency, so we want people to know exactly where their coffee came from," he explains over the phone just a few days after BRU's grand opening on September 19. Lee worked with BRU owner Tina Wang at another local coffee shop (Waves) before getting involved in this new venture. He admits that his initial interest in BRU was based around coffee, but he has been enjoying learning about craft beer as well: BRU requires employees to be wellversed in the nuances of both worlds so that they can pass this knowledge on to customers. "It's definitely a mentally demanding job," Lee says. "We want to have a conversation and really educate the

customers. That's why we don't have a menu board on the back; it's just the small ones you see on the counter. This allows us to interact with the customers and kind of inform them what they're going to be drinking." Night owls in the neighbourhood will undoubtedly be happy to have BRU: the café is open until 11 pm on weekdays and late on weekends. The plan is to keep the menu fresh with a bimonthly rotation of both beer and coffee. Right now BRU has Alley Kat beer on tap along with a small selection of bottled craft beer. Coffee beans are sourced from three different micro-roasteries: Transcend in Edmonton, Phil & Sebastian in Calgary and Bows & Arrows in Victoria. The food menu is centered around simple items made from high-quality ingredients (soups, sandwiches, salads and charcuterie). "We're trying to keep everything simple just so we can decrease wastage and increase quality," Lee says. "You'll notice with our beer and coffee selection as well, they're not extensive because as soon as you put more stuff on the menu, it's harder to control and then quality goes down."

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Fri, Oct 9 & Sat, Oct 10 (8 pm) John L Harr Theatre, $25 – $35

Skin to skin

Acclaimed choreographer Daniel Lévillé returns to clothing—well, a little bit—in Solitudes Solo

rom 2001 to 2012, none of Daniel Léveillé's work involved clothing. His dancers were naked; the acclaimed Montréal choreographer was exploring both the mechanics of and fragility presented by the fully revealed human form. But after 12 years and three acclaimed pieces, he's come back around to clothing his choreography, if only just. Solitudes Solo, arriving here as part of the Brian Webb Dance Company season, features a few shreds of fabric—underwear, mostly. In place of total physical exposure, Léveillé's offer-

ing a different sort of vulnerability: dancers performing alone onstage. "There's no escaping," he says over the phone from his Quebec home. "There's no way you can just do nice choreography. You're stuck with one dancer and an empty space, and you have to find something, in order to open new doors and ideas." In Solitudes, fi ve dancers work through eight solos, one by one, all set to Bach violin sonatas. The show has spent the last few years touring Europe, after being prized as the Best Choreographic Work (2012 – 2013) by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

"All the eyes are going to be on you [the dancer], and watching you doing the things," Léveillé continues. "There's no way they're going to look somewhere else. So it's more frightening, but at the same time, it's a challenge—the dancer has a very close connection with the audience. In a piece with many dancers, most of the time they will connect with their partners. But this way, by doing a solo, your partner is the audience. It's quite different for the actions you would do." Being alone onstage isn't the work's only challenge, he notes: the dances

themselves are particularly difficult to perform. In one, a dancer holds a pose in a slow-motion fall; another must have their leg seemingly detach from the rest of the body's motion. It's the sort of choreography which might not actually land as intended every night—which is partly Léveillé's point. That imperfection, like nudity, offers up a more fully exposed state of performance. "By working this, you have the opportunity of focusing on all the other components of a human being: intentions, emotions, intelligence," he notes. "If [the dancers] miss a little bit of something, you are going to

see it—and it's OK. That's a way for me to say that nobody's perfect. If they would be able to dance it perfectly as written, I would probably raise the bar higher." There's something about that connected intimacy—of nudity, of solo performance—that Léveillé seems drawn to: the revelations that can come from exploring the far reaches of what our bodies are capable of. "The most that we can see from a human being," he says. "That's what I'm trying to achieve as a choreographer."

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The Hothouse Prince

n many ways, The Hothouse Prince is a conventional coming-of-age story. Our hero, the 17-year-old Grand Duke Dmitri Romanov-Orsk (Luc Tellier), must flee his home after the Russian Revolution and learn how to survive in the big scary world. But Stewart Lem-

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oine's play takes this well-worn premise and infuses it with fresh vigour. We open on Dmitri and his little sister, Sophia (Jayce Mackenzie), two out-of-touch aristocrats whose chief concern about the revolution is that they're not getting their tea on time.

As Bolsheviks come to inform them of their parents' arrest, the two children react with bemusement. Unfailingly polite to their captors, they try to make sense of their circumstances with gee-whiz enthusiasm. These early scenes wed comedy and social commentary in a similar vein to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Dmitri and Sophia are hysterically naive, and their privilege has blinded them to the realities of life for the peasants on their estate: "How can we be a threat?" asks the Grand Duchess. "We don't do anything!" Even as the play becomes darker and Dmitri is forced to flee Russia, he doesn't lose his aw-shucks attitude. Tellier has the perfect boyish face to play this part, and he nails Dmitri's

unflappable earnestness as he runs away—first to Paris and then to rural Ontario. Tellier's monologue about explaining the revolution to a ship full of cows is incredibly charming, and the young actor manages to make Dmitri into a complete idiot without making him super irritating. Even more impressive than Tellier's wide-eyed Dmitri is Kendra Connor's performance as the three sisters he encounters. From brusque Bolshevik Anya to cynical singer Elena to warmhearted wife Sonya, Connor successfully differentiates the characters while at the same time suggesting how similar they are beneath their façades. Evan Hall and Mari Chartier don't

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Until Sat, Oct 17 (7:30 pm; 2 pm Saturday matinees) Directed by Stewart Lemoine Backstage Theatre, $16 – $30 get much to work with as Sonya's husband and sister-in-law, but their hilarious gibberish—which stands in for the English Dmitri can't understand—is masterfully performed. The Hothouse Prince is that rare comedy which flows from absurd humour to honest emotion without feeling forced or cheesy. For achieving this balance, Teatro La Quindicina's final production of its 2015 season is one of Edmonton's best shows of the year. BRUCE CINNAMON

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Gravity / Wed, Oct 14 (7 pm) Five days before the federal election, Gravity is looking to push the overlap of art and politics to the forefront of discussion. The cabaret will see a wide range of artists—like Mile Zero Dance, Mump of Mump and Smoot, the Secret Burlesque Society and Good Women Dance, to name a few—presenting works about and commenting on election-time Canada, as we close in on October 19. (Metro Cinema, $10)

Curtain Up / Fri, Oct 9, (St Albert); Sun, Oct 18 (Spruce Grove); Tue, Oct 20 (Sherwood Park); Sat, Nov 7 (Fort Saskatchewan) (All shows 7:30 pm) Elite Performing Arts Company established itself in 2014 with the intent of mixing both youth and adults in its ensemble. Its debut show, Curtain Up, is pulling some 30 songs out of the Broadway catalogue—tunes from Rent, The Lion King, Les Mis, Wicked and more—and banding them together in a touring musical revue, featuring performers that range in age from 10 to 40. (St Albert: Arden Theatre; Spruce Grove: Horizon Stage; Sherwood Park: Festival Place; Fort Saskatchewan: Shell Theatre)

Ted Barris Book Launch / Thu, Oct 15 Award-winning journalist/author/ historian Ted Barris' 18th book digs into an overlooked niche in western Canadian history. Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited pulls together first-hand accounts from wild characters of the Canadian Frontier, with all the gambling, rebellion and gold-seeking glory that surrounded the western waterways and the ships that sailed them—underscoring how it was steamboats, of all things, that allowed massive expansion in a time before the railway arrived on the prairies. The author himself will be coming through town to speak and present the book. (Audreys Books, free) V

Studio Theatre: Beyond Therapy

by Christopher Durang Oct 15 – 24 @ 7:30 pm Matinee Thurs, Oct 22 @ 12:30 pm

Timms Centre for the Arts

Convocation Hall: Contemporary Canadian

Featuring Buzz and 15 for Piano by U of A’s Howard Bashaw. Performed by Guillaume Tardif (violin) & Roger Admiral (piano).

Sun, Oct 18 @ 3 pm Convocation Hall

FAB Gallery: Master of Fine Arts Graduation Shows Natalie Jachyra, Drawing and Intermedia Elizabeth Adlam, Painting

Sept 29 - Oct 24

The Voice of the Whale and other creatures

Performed by Shelley Younge (flute) with guests Eileen Keown (piano) & Colin Ryan (cello).

Sun, Nov 1 @ 3 pm

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Long Red Hair Now available By Meags Fitzgerald Conundrum Press, 96 pp $17

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nlike most memoirs, Long Red Hair truly embraces the discontinuous nature of memory. Rather than compressing her experiences into a smoothly flowing narrative, Meags Fitzgerald offers us scattered glimpses into her past. We jump around in time and place, meeting a dozen people and piecing together our narrator's childhood from these few moments. This fragmentary narrative structure is initially disorienting, but as we become familiar with Fitzgerald, it becomes easier to draw connections between each episode. Long Red Hair requires multiple readings to fully appreciate, but the text is short enough to go through several times in a single sitting. Every reading offers up more hidden gems, especially in the pop-culture references scattered on TV screens throughout the panels (which include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Addams Family, and a very sexy Jessica Rabbit).

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Home in both style and substance, Long Red Hair traces Fitzgerald's coming-of-age and her coming to terms with her sexuality as a queer woman. "I just want to be straight or gay," confesses young Fitzgerald at a sleepover with her friend. "Being bisexual is way too confusing ... If I'm bi that means I don't have a soulmate and I'll never be satisfied loving just one person for the rest of my life. It'd be like ... a curse." This internal conflict about her sexuality returns some of the dramatic tension that the book's loose, nostalgic structure takes away—especially when you consider that bisexual erasure and invisibility is still a huge issue in queer communities. Each page of Long Red Hair is laid out very deliberately, with panels in every kind of size and shape and configuration. They complement their content perfectly, like the big X through the middle of the four panels showing Fitzgerald's awful first kiss, or the round, wideeyed spotlight on Jessica Rabbit. Some of the most interesting panels are the little marginal ones around the edges. They focus in on everyday details, like a fingertip picking up sugar granules or Fitzgerald's father doing the dishes. Ultimately, Long Red Hair is a beautifully drawn, if somewhat chaotic, journey through the past.

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• Flutter: Artwork by Sally Raab. Made from paper sculptures and LED lighting referencing the dimensions of human bodies and migratory clouds of monarch butterflies, will spill through the gallery space and Latitude 53's outdoor patio; Sep 25-Oct 10 • Intersecting Sets: artwork by Sarah Burwash, Sweet Smelling Ashes; and Willa Downing; Oct 2-Nov 14

Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Documenting: art by Samantha Williams-Chapelsky; Sep 30-Oct 31

Albert • 780.459.1542 • ardentheatre.com • Set in the Bohemian Paris of the 1930s, experience the tragic story of the penniless poet and seamstress who meet and fall passionately in love, but their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo discovers that Mimì is gravely ill • Oct 18, 2pm • $10 (adult), $15 (children)

Metro • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • How to Change the World (Oct 9) • Reel Family Cinema: Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who! (Oct

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10), Ghostbusters (Oct 31) • Cult Cinema: Donnie Darko (Oct 27) • Metro Bizarro: Two Thousand Maniacs! (Oct 21) • Turkey Shoot: Leonard Part 6 (Oct 13)

Brazilian Zouk Dance • Spazio Performativo,

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10816-95 St NW • 780.974.4956 • hello@ludiczouk. com • ludiczouk.com • Drop-in Brazilian zouk social dance classes. Classes are inclusive; everyone is welcome. No partner needed • Every Wed (no class on Oct 21), 7:30pm-9pm. Runs until Dec 16 • $18 (single class), $150 (ten classes)

Cadaveret 2015 • ATB Financial Arts Barn, PCL Studio, 10330-84 Ave NW • amanda.leblanc336@ gmail.com • A two-night Halloweeen debacle featuring burlesque, drag, improv and much more • Oct 30, 9:15pm (burlesque, drag, aerial hoop artist, and more); Oct 31, 9:30pm (featuring Powercub Improv) • $15 (per night), $25 (both nights) at the door or Tix on the Square; 18+ only

Dance Crush • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • milezerodance.com • Ben Kamino; "Nudity, Desire" • This season MZD produces four performances with some of our favourite movement-based artists from across Canada • Oct 22-23, 8pm • $15 (MZD members); $20 (non-members) Happy Halloweener • Club at Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • capitalcityburlesque@gmail.com • citadeltheatre.com/event/ccb-happy-halloweener/all • A Capital City Burlesque production. With tricks and teases old and new - and featuring special guests Les Trois Femmes - Happy Halloweener is going to be a treat • Oct 30-31, 8-10pm • Tickets start at $31.50

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

Solitudes Solo • John L Haar Theatre, 10045155 St • 780.420.1757 • bwdc.ca • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Daniel Leveille Danse • A masterpiece by one of Canada's most celebrated dance artists • Oct 9-10, 8pm • $35 (general admission); $20 (student/senior)

Sugar Foot Ballroom • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry

FILM Cinema at the Centre • Stanley Milner Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Free • Schedule: Timbuktu (Oct 7), Welcome To Me (Oct 7), That Sugar Film (Oct 14), We Are What We Are (Oct 21), It Follows (Oct 28)

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret • Metro Cinema at the Garneau, 8712-109 St • metrocinema.org • Oct 8, 7pm • Advance tickets ($12 Adults / $9 students & Seniors / $6 Kids) available at metrocinema.org/online_tickets

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

Edmonton Internationall Film Festival • Landmark Theatres in Edmonton City Centre, 10200102 Ave • edmontonfilmfest.com • Featuring 55 feature-length slots, and 100+ short films programmed into feature-length packages • Oct 1-10

From Books to Film • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm • Schedule: Goldfinger (Oct 9), Three Days of the Condor (Oct 16), The Bourne Identity (Oct 23), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Oct 30)

Home Movie Day • Provincial Archives of Alberta, 8555 Roper Road • An international celebration of amateur films and filmmaking. Individuals and families will share their own home movies and see other films in turn • Oct 17, 12-4pm • Free (RSVP at 780.427.1750

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • A Second Look: Simon Wroot in collaboration with Five Yukon Artists reinterpret Alberta and Yukon landscapes; Sep 5-Oct 17 • Masterworks: signature pieces by some of Alberta’s brightest fine craft stars; Oct 10-Dec 24; Artist reception: Oct 24, 2-4pm • Less Is More: artwork by Keith Walker; Oct 24-Nov 28 Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Tyler Los-Jones: A Panorama Protects its View: Jan 23-Jan 31, 2016 • Charrette Roulette: Language; Jul 18-Nov 15 • Sincerely Yours: By Alberta artist Chris Cran; Sep 12-Jan 3 • Rough Country: The strangely familiar in mid-20th century Alberta art; Oct 3-Jan 31 • Encounters with the Self and the Triumph of Misery with Ihor Holubizky; Oct 23, 6:30-7:30pm • Living Building Thinking: Art and Expressionism; Oct 24-Feb 15 • She's All That: artwork by Dana Holst; Oct 24-Feb 15 • Artist Walkthrough: Chris Cran, Sincerely Yours; Nov 4, 7-8pm • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm • Art for Lunch: 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm; Chris Cran, Sincerely Yours (Oct 15)

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert. ca • Frozen Asset: art by Tony Stallard; Sep 22-Nov 28 • The Winter That Was: Pierre Bataillard; Oct 1-31 • Art Ventures: Drawing with Thread (Oct 17); 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: Continuous Line Drawing (Oct 15), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Winter Wax Resist Landscape (Oct 17); for 3-5 yrs; pre-register; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • RCA: artwork by Scott Plear; Sep 25-Oct 9

Creative Practices Institute • 10149-122 St, 780.863.4040 • creativepracticesinstitute.com • Living Room: artwork by Jeffrey Klassen; Oct 14-Nov 7; Opening reception: Oct 14, 7-9pm Daffodil Gallery • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Be Your Own Bird: artwork by Cindy Revell; Oct 14-Nov 7

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

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

McMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullengallery • Weather Report: Andrzej Maciejewski; Aug 29-Oct 18 • Father Douglas: Inspired by William Blake's writings Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, Father Douglas' surrealist portraits of animals metaphorically explore various complexities of the soul and human experience • Oct 24-Dec 6

Musée Héritage Museum • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca •The Street Where You Live; Sep 8-Nov 15 • Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Contest; Nov 24-Jan 24

Muttart Conservatory • 9626-96A St • 311 • edmonton.ca • ZimSculpt Showcase; Oct 12, 12-4pm

Naess Gallery • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Meandering: two artists capture the roving line at rest with Susan Bailes and Bette Lisitza. ARTISAN NOOK: The Fabric of Life: colourful fabric art by Kathryn deBree • Both exhibitions, Oct 5-Nov 16 • VERTICAL SPACE: The faculty exhibition, staff artists offer their works for pleasure & purchase

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • volunteer@thenina.ca • The Artist Inside: Removing Barriers Through Art; Oct 15-30; Opening reception: Oct 15, 5-7pm

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

Sherwood Park • spqg.ca • Over 200 quilts on display, merchant mall, daily raffles and door prizes. The theme for this event: Quilts are Hugs in Disguise • Oct 23-24 • $6

Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Gregory Hardy; Oct 1-19

Picture This Gallery • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery. com • The Great Art Event; Sep-Oct Provincial Archives of Alberta • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Voices from Our Past: artwork by Katherine Braid; Sep 25-Jan 23

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

Scott Gallery • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.

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

Southgate Centre • Southgate Centre, 5015111 St • 780.435.3721 • Visit the Canadian premiere of the Van Gogh Museum Edition Collection, consisting of nine carefully selected masterpieces • Oct 16-Nov 15 • $5 (per person), free (kids 10 and under)

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave,

Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park •

Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Main Gallery: Open Photography Competition; through Oct • Fireplace Room: Artwork by Malissa Lea

780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Un: artwork by Walter Jule; Sep 11-Oct 25 • Land Shadows: artwork by Annette Sicotte; Nov 6-Dec 20; Opening reception: Nov 6, 6pm

Telus World of Science • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free-$117.95 • Dinosaurs Unearthed: until Oct 11 TLGT Studios • Acreage studio, 52514 Range Road 225, Sherwood Park • tlgtstudios.ca • facebook.com/ artenergystudios • The Magic of Horses: New paintings and sculpture: artwork by Tania Garner-Tomas; Oct 10 (12-4pm) or by appointment 780.464.0723

Jake’s Picture Framing • 10441-123 St NW • Brushstokes: Recent juried works by Edmonton Art Club artists; runs until Oct 31

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

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

780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Tyler Enfield's "Madder Carmine" Book Launch; Oct 8, 7pm • Peter Midgley "Unquiet Bones" Book Launch; Oct 13, 7pm

Edmonton Story Slam • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

LitFest: Edmonton's Non-Fiction Festival • Various locations throughout Edmonton • litfestalberta.com • Avid readers with nonfiction content and creators through a series of events chic gatherings and gourmet experiences • Oct 15-25

Naked Cyber Café • 10303-1008 St • The Spoken Word: Featuring writers and an open mic for performances for short stories, book excerpts, poems • 1st Wed ea month, 7:30pm Naked Ghouls Reading • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St NW • 780.691.1691 • October means its time for pumpkin spice, fall leaves & spooktacular stories. Readers are the trio ladies from the Edmonton Burlesque Centre. There will be different themes each month • Every 2nd Tue of month, 8:30-10:30pm • $20 (door); 18+ only

Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97

SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper

sNAP Gallery • Society of Northern Alberta Print-

Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • Gallery walls: Justices Soldiers’: Paintings by Justine Berger; through Oct • Gallery display cases and plexi-glass cubes: Edmonton Potters’ Guild; through Oct

Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave •

Park Pentecostal Church • 1 Brower Drive,

St • douglasudellgallery.com • 48th Annual Fall Show; Oct 10-Oct 24; Opening reception: Oct 10, 2-4pm

Gallery at Milner • Stanley A. Milner Library

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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

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

front gallery • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery.com • Sneaky Travellers: artwork by Tony Baker; Oct 16, 7-9pm

780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Robert Savignac: An Exhibition of New Work; Sep 26-Oct 8 • Artwork by W.H. Webb; Oct 17-29

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

Douglas Udell Gallery (DUG) • 10332-124

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

West End Gallery • 10337-124 St •

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

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

Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright

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

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

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

Waste Not, Want Not With Cinda Chavich • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • sclibrary.ab.ca • Cinda Chavich is an award-winning journalist and author, specializing in culinary and travel writing. Her latest book, Waste Not, Want Not, takes a close look at the global environmental problem of food waste. Pick up tickets at Tix on the Square, or at the door • Oct 17, 10-11:30am • $10 (general), $5 (students)

Theatre 11 O'Clock Number • The Backstage Theatre, 10330 84 Ave (North Side of the ATB Financial Arts Barns) • 90 minutes of improvised entertainment that unveils scenes, songs and choreographed numbers completely off the cuff based on audience suggestions • Every Fri, starting Sep 25-Dec 18 then Jan 22-Jun 24, 11pm • $15 (online, at the door) • grindstonetheatre.ca The best brothers • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • After losing their free-spirited mother in a freak accident, feuding brothers Kyle and Hamilton Best are forced to make her final arrangements together. In the bustle of obituary-writing, eulogy-giving, and dog-sitting, sibling rivalry quickly reaches the exploding point before the brothers begin to understand themselves, their connection and the unconventional woman who gave them life • Oct 28-Nov 15

Beyond therapy • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • uab.ca/shows • An outrageous 1980s comedy. Two singles looking for love and penning personal ads with the help of their wacky psychiatrists • Oct 15-24, 7:30pm • $25 (adult), $22 (senior), $12 (students)

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BOOM: The Music, Culture and Events that shaped a generation • Citadel Theatre– Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • A play that chronicles 25 turbulent years of the postwar Baby Boom and gives voice to over 100 influential politicians, activists and musicians • Sep 19-Oct 11

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

Curtain Up - The Hit New Broadway Musical Revue • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert • eliteproducer10@gmail.com • facebook.com/ eliteperformingartsco • Featuring more than 30 songs from the Broadway stage. With music from such shows as The Lion King, Annie, Les Miserables, Oliver, Mary Poppins and many more • Oct 9, 7:30-9:30pm

Curtain Up - The Hit New Broadway Musical Revue • Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845-102 Ave • eliteproducer10@gmail.com • facebook.com/eliteperformingartsco • Featuring more than 30 songs from the Broadway stage. With music from such shows as The Lion King, Annie, Les Miserables, Oliver, Mary Poppins and many more • Oct 11, 7:30-9:30pm • $42 (adults), $38 (seniors (65+)), $30 (student (13-18)), $25 (child (12 and under))

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

the good bride • Northern Light Theatre, #201, 8908-99 St • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre. com • Every night from 3pm to midnight, 15-year-old Maranatha Graham puts on her homemade wedding dress and hopes that today will be the day her groom Pete picks her up from the Pullmans' house, where Daddy has sent her to wait. Pete could arrive at any moment. But as her wait wears on, Maranatha has an increasingly difficult time ignoring Satan's whisperings • Oct 16-24 • $27 (adult), $25 (students/seniors) The Hothouse Prince • ATB Financial Arts Barns - Varscona Backstage Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • teatroq. com • Obscure young Prince Dmitri Romanov-Orsk is expelled from his palace in 1917 and makes his way across the world from Paris to rural Ontario, with the aid of three remarkable sisters • Oct 2-17 Les Blues Des Oubliées • La Cité Francophone, 8627-91 St • p.boutet@lunitheatre.ca • 780.469.8400 • lunitheatre.ca • The story of a Franco-Albertan woman who journeys literally and figuratively to discover the truth and source of her roots. With English surtitles • Oct 14-17, Oct 21-24, 8pm (matinees Oct 17 & 24 at 1:30pm) • Opening night: $30 (adult), $25 (senior), $20 (student); Regular: $25 (adult), $20 (senior), $15 (student); Free (kids 14 and under with parent) MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a high-stakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door)

The Hothouse Prince • ATB Financial Arts Barns - Varscona Backstage Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • teatroq.com • Telling the tale of the obscure young Prince Dmitri Romanov-Orsk who, expelled from his palace in 1917, makes his way across the world from Paris to rural Ontario, with the aid of three remarkable sisters • Oct 1-17

The Hothouse Prince • Varscona Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • 780.433.3399 • teatroq.com • Presented by Teatro La Quindicina. An epic adventure of the Russian revolution, which presents extraordinary opportunities for exceptional young performers. It tells the tale of the obscure young Prince Dmitri Romanov-Orsk who, expelled from his palace in 1917, makes his way across the world from Paris to rural Ontario, with the aid of three remarkable sisters • Oct 1-17 • $16-$30

Modern Family Vacation • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, Phase II West Edmonton Mall, West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Jay and his beautiful Columbian wife have decided to celebrate their anniversary by taking a romantic cruise just the two of them… no kids, no family, no problems. Except the rest of the family has decided to surprise them by taking the cruise as well on a ship called the Titantic II, modeled after the original • Aug 28-Oct 25 Ravenscroft • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • A psychological dark comedy that is both funny and frightening. You will not guess the ending, but you will be teased, seduced, bewildered, amused, frightened and led to a dark encounter with truth, or something even stranger • Oct 14-24 TheatreSports • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square

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EDUCATION // STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Meet the Students' Union Presidents A look at what the position entails and balancing it with student life Brittany Pitruniak

f you want a reading week in the fall, a Remedy Cafe on campus or Mother Mother to perfrom at the next school event, you will most likely have to take these requests to the Students' Council within your institution's Students' Union—such as the Students' Association of MacEwan (SAMU) and the University of Alberta Students' Union (SU). Students' Council committees at the U of A and MacEwan University are the highest governing bodies within the Students' Union and act as the liaison between students and school administration while fulfilling the mandate of an institution's Students' Union set forth by the Post-Secondary Learning Act (PSLA). The Students' Council represents undergraduate students by becoming the voice of the student body, working alongside the Students' Union to maximize student experience. Students' Council is formed by a group of councillors (each campus may have some variance in the number of council members) and an elected executive committee, who hold their positions for one academic year. At the head of the committee is a President and within that year, the Presidents and student council members meet with the higher-ups to improve university life, advocating for change based on what students want. Vue talked to the current Presidents Brittany Pitruniak (MacEwan University) and Navneet Khinda (University of Alberta) to learn more about their Students' Councils. Vue Weekly: What does your Stu-

dents' Council look like?

Brittany Pitruniak: Fourteen stu-

dents elected, plus five executive members, for a total of 19. Each seat equals one vote. Navneet khinda: Our Students' Council is the ultimate authority in

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make the best possible decision with the best possible information you have at that time. And this is precisely why we have dedicated, professional and absolutely wonderful staff to lean on. In regards to these challenges, I wouldn't change it for the world. I love doing what I do because I know I'm privileged to be able to have an impact on students' lives in this way. BP did not answer this question.

Navneet Khinda

the Students' Union, and there are 40 members that sit on council. This includes the speaker, the five executives, the undergraduate Board of Governors representative, 32 councillors representing all the faculties, and the SU's general manager (nonvoting). Together, we all work to fulfil the mandate of the SU, which comes from the provincial Post-Secondary Learning Act.

VW: What is the students' associa-

tion mission at your university? BP: The Students' Association of MacEwan University exists to enrich the student experience. We are the collective student voice and a champion for leadership and advocacy. We have one aim: to create a one-of-akind university by recognizing the student is the greatest asset. NK: Our mission is simple in theory but complex in its implemention. [Our goal] is to serve, represent and engage students.

VW: What is a typical day like as

President? BP: No day is average, and no day is ever the same. I like to arrive no later than 7:30 am to begin tackling emails, and the day can go as late as 8 pm. Meetings are a huge part of my day. Between meetings with the university for initiatives (like the No Place Here Sexual Violence Prevention Campaign, or having a fall reading break implemented), Board of Governors meetings, meeting with architects and project managers for the new proposed SAMU Building we want to build, and most importantly keeping in contact with students and ensuring they are informed. NK: That's a tough question, because there really is no such thing as an "average" day, and that's what I love about being President. Some days I

spend sitting in my office and wading through the emails—emails from the average student to university officials, and members of government. Some of my favourite days, though, are the gruelling ones simply because they're so fulfilling. For example, earlier last week my work day started at 7 am and ended at 9 pm. In between all that, I had conversations related to the U of A Board of Governors, I spent time preparing for committee meetings (both internal to the SU and internal to the university administration), I spent time shooting a video, a couple hours in committee meetings, wrote some reports, attended our bi-weekly Students' Council meeting, and then came back to the office to prepare for the next day. When people ask me to explain what I do, I think about it as a smorgasbord of being a lobbyist, a writer, bureaucrat, spokesperson and negotiator, while being a student.

VW: Were there aspects of your posi-

tion that you did not expect to be in charge of? NK: Not quite. I knew this position would bring whatever the world had to throw at me and so in a way, I had fewer expectations other than just preparing to deal with whatever comes my way. BP did not answer this question.

VW: What is the biggest challenge

of your job as President? What made you want to get involved? NK: I think the biggest challenge is learning how to manage the stress. While I perform well under stress, this position can really get to you. The long hours, the complexity of the issues and the various other demands can take their toll. Plus, there are a lot of times when I really just don't know what the right call to make is. I have learned, though, that you just

VW: What is the biggest misconception about Students' Council and Students' Union commitees? BP: [That we] have no real impact. What many students don't understand is that Students' Council is the highest governing body within SAMU; so if we break it down further this means you are not only the "boss" of all of SAMU, but the leaders and voice for all 19 250 students at MacEwan. When we dig deeper into the committees, student councillors have the opportunity to have an influence and impact on creating SAMU's budget; creating/reviewing SAMU's bylaws, policies and procedures; voicing student concerns and voting in university academic matters; and many more areas of student concern. NK: Sometimes the SU gets criticized from the student body that we don't fight the administration hard enough and that we're simply looking for an easy résumé builder, which is ironic, because the university administration/people working in the institution, and even government, often seem to feel that we are a bunch of "radicals" fighting them all the time and just looking to get our way. Both extremes are very misinformed and really highlight that the truth of the matter is somewhere in the middle. I struggle to call this position a job, because it's not—it's a leadership role. Everything I do and say is very important to me and my constituents, and I respect that a lot. I've been around student governance circles for years now and 99 percent of the time, I've seen our student leaders as good people who work really hard to make student life better. And part of governing is dealing with that complicated, gross, mushy middle ground where things aren't always black and white. VW: Why is it important that universities have a Students' Council? How does it benefit students? BP: This is the student voice. In my opinion it is really simple. Without students no post-secondary institution would exist (I mean, sure, there is the research aspect, but students are at the heart of the institutions) so we, students, matter—and it's important that students remember this. It's easy to get busy with classes and the stress of getting the never-ending to-do lists done, but getting involved on campus creates a university experience like no other. NK: So much of student life relates

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to the work that we do. At the U of A Students' Union, our mission is carried out via four pillars: (1) we offer services and business that provide for the practical, social, academic and personal needs of students; (2) we organize events and programs that bring our campus together and help people connect; (3) we provide space for students to relax, study and socialize; and (4) we advocate for student interests to the university and all levels of government. Exercising self-governance as a student body is such a powerful and important tool, especially because the habits we gain here (as students, voters and leaders) carry on into our adult lives.

VW: What compelled you to take on this role? BP: I had been involved on campus for most of my education, and I felt running for President was the last thing left for me to do to give back to students and make a difference on our campus. Simply put: I am a passionate loud mouth ... so what better role than President to make the student voice heard and advocate for change? NK: A couple of reasons. I was VP External last year, and I really enjoyed my time as the lobbyist and external relations person. I also realized that I am good at what I do, and while that may be a bit bold to say, I think it's important that I don't shy away from it. VW: How do you balance the role as a student and as a student council member? BP: My motto is: Everything always gets done. The homework, the exams, the volunteering, (I can even fit sleep in too) but in four years everything has always gotten done. I wouldn't be where I am now if it hadn't. I don't let myself think about what needs to get done; I make my list and take action. The more you think about the more stress you create. Be positive, actionorientated and, most importantly, just be nice and everything falls into place. NK: To be honest, there's not much balance. This is a full-time job, and I don't just mean the typical nine-tofive gig. It's all-encompassing. I think about work—unfortunately, I dream about work—but at the same time, I get so many opportunities to talk about how we're working for students. Once you learn how to manage stress, the good days can be pretty great. Still, we have to be students while in this position. My VPs and I take one to two classes a semester. While it's tough to maintain consistent study habits, going to class keeps us grounded, because it ensures we're always interacting with students and never forgetting where we came from. It can be easy to get caught up in university politics. Jasmine Salazar

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EDUCATION // ELECTION

Gettin' schooled

An overview of what federal parties are saying about education and youth employment

his trudge is almost over. The 42nd federal election campaign—the longest in modern history, flaunting its 11-week duration like some democratic peacock gone full strutter—is finally approaching climactic vote day. Coincidentally, we're also just over a month into the academic school year, enough time for the back-to-class sheen to have worn off and the immensity of its workload to have set in. So as autumnal rays cast ochre light on electoral frustration and academic rigors, it seems fitting to examine where the two overlap: what, if anything, are any of the federal parties promising with regards to education? Education has hardly proven a decisive issue this time around, and thus most educational planning is buried deep within platforms, if it's there at all (to be fair, post-secondary education is mostly handled by the provincial governments, not the federal ones). But there are some ideas out there as to what each of the four major parties would do for students if elected. Below, you'll find a summary of each party's plans as presently announced: a few parties have said lots on the matter, others very little—

take from that what you will. In addition, we'll also include their plans to get young people jobs, too, because education is hopefully in pursuit of meaningful employment, yet the youth unemployment rate in Canada is almost double the national unemployment average (13.1 percent and 7.0 percent, respectively). NDP Education • If elected, Thomas Mulcair's NDP government would immediately begin a seven-year phase out of interest on federal student loans. The party claims this would save the average student $4000 in loan repayment.

Employment • All Canadian infrastructure projects that take in more than $10 million in federal funding would be required to hire apprentices as part of the process. • Over four years, $200 million would be put towards private sector and non-governmental organizations, creating somewhere in the area of 40 000 jobs, co-op placements and paid internships. There would also be $5 million per year in municipal-level grants, allowing city-level institutions to hire young people.

• Add $200 million to federal student grant program, creating some 74 000 new grants available to potential students, not specifically to a particular area of study.

Liberal Party Education • Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party has a stated plan to increase the number of Canadians completing post-secondary education, with a target of 70 percent of the population gaining a degree (presently, it's about 50 percent).

• The NDP also promise to "crack down" on unpaid internships that aren't connected to an education program, though the party hasn't given specifics on how it will do this.

• The Liberals are putting an emphasis on First Nations education: an immediate yearly $515-million investment in First Nations K-12 education, an investment set to be annual and eventually

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increase to $750-million each year. • Increase the limits of Canada Student Grants (read: no need to repay 'em) for low-income students, both full-time and part-time: $3000 a year for the former, $1800 a year for the latter. • Repayments on student loans would only be necessary after graduates are earning a minimum of $25 000 per year. Employment • A four-year, $1.5 billion-dollar youth job strategy, angling to match 125 000 young people with employment opportunities. • Two programs geared towards getting youth working. One is aimed at specific disciplines: $40 million a year aimed at establishing co-op positions for engineering and business students. The other, worth $25 million a year, would be earmarked for sending young people across Canada for work experience in community-building projects. • Five-hundred million dollars to the provinces via the Labour Market Development Agreements for skilled trades training, as well as retaining $200 million for federal-level training opportunities. Conservative Party of Canada Education • Stephen Harper's incumbent government says it'll double what the federal government kicks in to Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) for low- and middle-income families. Presently, the government gives 10 cents to every dollar put

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into an RESP by middle-income families (earning up to $88 000), and 20 cents for low-income families ($44 000). This would double that to 20 cents and 40 cents, respectively, for the first $500 put into an RESP each year. Employment • Expanding the Apprentice Job Creation Tax Credit—equal to 10 percent of an eligible apprentice's salaries and wages, claimable if a company hires, according to the Canada Revenue Agency website, "Someone who is working in a prescribed trade in the first two years of their apprenticeship contract." The Conservative government would also expand eligibility to include the third and fourth years of training. Green Party Education • While speaking at the University of Guelph in September, Green Party leader Elizabeth May stated that her party would altogether eliminate tuition fees for post-secondary students by 2020. The Greens would pay for this by restoring corporate tax rates to 2009 levels, and ending subsidies to fossil fuel producers in the country. • Eliminate any existing federal student debt over $10 000. The same goes for future federal student debt. • Do away with student loan interest, and increase academic funding. Employment • Create a national Community and Environment Service Corps, set to offer $1 billion yearly for municipalities to hire youth. Paul Blinov

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EDUCATION

ROUNDUP JASMINE SALAZAR // JASMINE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

U of A award for Syrian students The University of Alberta has developed a new monetary award, available as early as January 2016, which will provide financial aid for students affected by the Syrian conflict. The President's Award for Refugees and Displaced Persons will cover the cost of tuition and living expenses for up to 10 undergraduate or graduate Syrian students. To be eligible for the award, applicants must be Syrian citizens with satisfactory academic standing and have been accepted into a U of A degree program in or after January 2016. Residency at the university will be guaranteed for the students. The award can be modified for students from other countries in the future, U of A President David Turpin notes.

Fentanyl education in schools In the first seven months of 2015, 145 people in Alberta died of fentanyl overdose. As such, Edmonton Catholic Schools will be implementing a strategy in which junior high and high school students will be educated on the dangers of fentanyl, a synthetic opiate narcotic that is 100 times more potent than morphine and 20 times more powerful than OxyContin. The Catholic board hopes to partner with the Edmonton Police Service and the Edmonton Public School Board to create live streams, which will be shown in classrooms across the city.

Virtually walk your friend home from campus Many universities have programs that students can use should they have to walk home by themselves at night. The University of Alberta offers Safewalk, which sends a two-person team to your location to walk you around campus and beyond (within the program's boundaries, of course). However, for those who don't fall within the program boundaries, the Companion app will get you home. The free app works by using your smartphone's GPS technology, which then tracks your trip home and allows a friend or loved one to follow your progress virtually. If anything were to happen during that walk home, a user can manually or automatically alert their companion of potential trouble using the app's Smart Trigger, which can sense a change in movement such as a push or fall. The user has 15 seconds to reassure the app they're OK by pressing a button. If that button is not tapped, the companion is notified that something is wrong. The app is available for free on Google Play and Apple Store.

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Fall reading week Students enrolled in the 2015 – 2016 academic year will experience not one but two reading weeks. The U of A has instituted a fall reading week, scheduled during the week of Remembrance Day (Nov 8 – 15), which is an effort to improve student mental wellness, academic success and retention issues. The fall break was proposed to U of A administrators by former Student Union president Nick Dehod, which resulted in four years of negotiations and was approved last March.

Mental health first aid at NAIT Over 300 faculty members and students at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) have received basic training in recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental health issues through a program called Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), which works in the same way first aid in that medical treatment can be provided until appropriate treatment is delivered or resolved. The training is taught on campus by a group of 16 staff members who have been accredited by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. The program is completed in 12 hours over the course of two days. V

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REVUE // DRAMA

FILM

FILM EDITOR : PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

SMALL TOWN ROAD TRIP Legendary comedian Lily Tomlin gives Grandma some gravitas

n this day and age, amid increasing attention towards the chronic marginalization of women in Hollywood, it's (depressingly) refreshing to see a film—any film—that has a story about women, that stars mostly women, and is written and directed— well, two out of three ain't bad. Paul Weitz wrote and directed Grandma, an enjoyably unique and modest day-in-the-life yarn, and although his resume as a (co-)screenwriter and/ or director—including the American Pie franchise, Being Flynn, Admission, American Dreamz, Nutty Professor 2 and About a Boy—is a touch uneven, he handles this particular story and its characters admirably well. This

might just be his best film. At the film's centre is legendary comedian Lily Tomlin, playing Elle, a misanthropic poet whose career is on the wane—when asked why she stopped writing, she replies, "I didn't; people stopped reading." Foulmouthed, straight-talking, occasionally weed-smoking, she's pretty far from a stereotypical "grandma"— when we first see her, she's breaking up with her much-younger girlfriend. When Elle's teenaged granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner) makes a surprise visit asking for $600 for an abortion, they embark on something of a road trip (which seems to stay within their hometown, but nonetheless) solicit-

ing favours from Elle's old friends for bits and pieces of the cash. Along the way, the pair encounter a fair amount of anti-abortion antagonism, ranging from the cartoonish (from Harold & Kumar's John Cho) to the heartfelt (from the inimitable Sam Elliott), but their biggest fear is the wrath of Sage's mother, Elle's high-strung daughter (Marcia Gay Harden, who nearly steals the show in a fairly small amount of screen time). The acting in Grandma is pretty great all around, but the film succeeds mostly because of Tomlin's considerable talents. Watching her balance between tough-love sarcasm and

heartbreaking vulnerability is what really sets this movie apart from what could easily be another "edgy" fluff feature along the lines of Little Miss Sunshine or Juno. In the hands of Tomlin, the world-weariness that underpins these kinds of dramas is much more believable and, thanks to her, this film avoids the trap of drowning in its own sweetness. Not that this film isn't sweet—it's a genuinely moving and emotionally substantial film—but those elements are earned in a way that relies on far less conventional shortcuts than in your typical Hollywood drama. After being acclimatized to the usual three-plus hour Oscar-bait epics, it's

Opens Friday Directed by Paul Weitz Princess Theatre  downright shocking to see a movie that clocks in at 78 minutes—but it's a welcome shock. This film offers more in the way of memorable and believable human characters and pertinent social commentary than most films do with twice the running time (and, for that matter, twice the budget). But perhaps the best reason to see Grandma is the many laughs derived from Tomlin's one-liners. The hip 18 – 30 demographic might not go out of their way to see this one, but if their moms dragged them to it they'd likely enjoy themselves.

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REVUE // SCI-FI

The Martian

Life on Mars

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he Martian starts out murkily on the red planet—sudden particlestorm; one man down; the crew leave him for dead—and then becomes dry and dusty. This outer-space re-imagining of Robinson Crusoe—basically, an interstellar Castaway without any character as interesting as Wilson the volleyball—never takes off. It's strange how, from the getgo!go!go!, Ridley Scott's strandedastronaut movie can't muster all that much drama. Whether amid that opening storm or later, when they hear he's alive, Mark Watney's crewmates just can't convey much emotion; Captain Lewis (Jessica Chastain) is really just defined by—I kid you not—her disco-music collection. And then there's the constant efforts to kid us. Watney (Matt Damon), left on Mars to MacGyver his years-long survival (or, in his words, "science the shit out of this"), talks to his compound-

cam, suit-cam and Rover dash-cam, but his mouth is mostly just emitting smart-ass American-movie lines: "I colonized Mars. In your face, Neil Armstrong" (cue snappy music kicking in). By the time China decides to help out those Yanks (giving them crucial tech) and the whole world's riveted to Watney's escape-escapade on Jumbotrons, well, even in the deep dark space of the cineplex-theatre, someone should be able to hear you eye-rolling. Amid the botanist's scientific solutions to all problems (potatoes—with ketchup—are just the beginning), we're expected to believe a duct-taped tarp will entry-seal his compound's pressurized-oxygen atmosphere, even with Mars' pelting particle-storms (which magically never reappear) and high winds. This is the kind of movie where words we read or just heard are read out for us,

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Now playing Directed by Ridley Scott  again, by characters. It's that sort of flick where someone says, "And that's assuming nothing goes wrong," and so, next scene, guess what? Something goes horribly wrong. (Let's all read Foreshadowing for Dummies together, out loud.) NASA's suits, most concerned about publicity-spin and public perception, don't come off well, but the agency's technology and its astronauts' gutsiness and smarts are glorified to the point of porn-iness. "I'm dying for something beautiful, and bigger than me," Watney says. Hm. Wonder what that could be? (Sure hope it's not this movie because, Jesus, Mr Spud-ney, that's some wasted martyr sauce.) BRIAN GIBSON

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n 15 years, Denis Villeneuve has impressively advanced from indieQuebec arthouse fare (Maelström, Polytechnique) to darkly mainstream psychological dramas (Incendies, Prisoners). A horror movie masquerading as action-thriller, Sicario is a desertGothic descent into the nightmaregrotesquerie of Mexico's narco-war. Brutal and dismal in each down-spiralling turn and Stygian twist of its plot, this film indicts the war on drugs as a relentlessly macho, end-justifies-anymeans, pointless battle. Our shocked eyes and ringing ears here are those of Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), the FBI leader of an Arizona

SWAT team whose latest raid uncovers a charnel house. Disgusted into wanting to do more to get at the head hombre behind such a horror-show, Kate agrees to join a team assembled by Department of Defence advisor Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), whose role seems as shady as the team's mission. This film offers some exquisite tension—super-charged by Jóhann Jóhannsson's score, with its thrumbeat of ominous-ness—as if almost any moment here is trip-wired with the explosive potential for violence. And sure enough, in the end, ven-

geance comes home, feasting coldly and hungrily at a family's dinner table. Alongside Sicario's arthouse style and shots—lensed richly by Roger Deakins—the story manages to be dark but never utterly cynical, exposing bottom-line savagery without indulging in it. Kate's never a heroine but a wannabe hero used and abused by the heavily armed old-boys-club around and above her. (Amid all the khaki and desert-fatigue colours, the new "desert storm" here is the war on narco-terror.) The film's constant sense of underworld-descent, though, becomes hauntingly literal when Graver's team dissolves into the dusk-

laden darkness, night-vision goggles on as they move down a tunnel, ready for a firefight. An unsparing look at the lengths to which law-enforcement could be tempted to go to clean up the horrific tangle of drugs and bodies gnarled and knotted along the US-Mexico border, Sicario's smartest in its final scene—of citizens caught in the crossfire. We're reminded then that the unnatural sound of gunfire's become a background chorus, a chattering refrain, for so many people in Mexico, just trying to get through another day.

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Beyond all the identity-politics chatter and outrage flitting about on Twitter, it seems there's been more elaborate discussions, too, about the dearth of women in major motionpictures—especially directors and parts for 40-plus-year-olds—or about actresses' struggles with a work-life balance. Thirteen years now after Rosanna Arquette's interview-doc Searching For Debra Winger (2002), there's That Gal ... Who Was In That Thing (2015; though it's a follow-up to the first doc That Guy ... [2012]). Its title—whozat? In what?—recalls Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer? (2003), about one of many potential starlets who faded away. (Brooke Adams, Linda Manz, Lori Petty, and many more come to mind.) But Robert Greene's Actress is both a wryly distanced, self-aware piece and an intimate, fly-on-the-wall look at one woman who was in theatre and a legendary TV show—HBO classic The Wire, for 15 of its 60 episodes— before becoming a full-time mother; she's hoping to re-enter the business. The first shot of Brandy Burre is of her at the kitchen sink but in a swanky dress; one of the last shots is a slo-mo, gauzily-edged framing of her smiling beneath a bandaged left

temple and bad bruise around her left eye, as her son and daughter (Stella—"star" in Latin) run up and jump onto the settee beside her. The film is "Starring Brandy Burre" and these woozily dreamy scenes heighten the sense of collaboration between Greene and Burre. The doc—with its startling access to Burre, from shower scenes to parties to even a secret tryst, and her stark confessions to the camera—could even be a calling-card in her attempted comeback (indeed, one of Burre's recent films, Listen Up Philip, was edited by Greene). Only Actress is more complicated even than that. As Burre's relationship with her longtime partner—and father of their two kids—dissolves, we also see more and more of him, Tim, even alone in his apartment. That penultimate shot of Burre, smiling through her injury, is followed by an explanation that people found it easier to believe that Tim or someone else hit her, even though she simply fell out of a car, smack onto her face; she even found herself adopting the victim role they expected. The documentary knowingly plays with part-playing and layers of persona as much as it plays with still-

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ness and Burre's fear of being stuck: Burre taught "movement" at a drama school; there's a recurring shot of a winter-bound river, slush hardening into ice before the surface water sluggishly ripples free in the spring melt; a fixed shot of Burre in a train car, en route to the city from her home in Beacon, NY, sees the train pick up speed as it leaves the station, whirring along to appear, for an instant, as if it's a piece of celluloid on which Burre is happily caught. Burre's concern, anxiety and trepidation surface again and again—"I have to make a living, that's the only way I'm going to get my freedom back"— but the doc never seems narcissistic. Its tension between the generic and the specific—its title suggesting Charlotte Zwerin and the Maysles brothers' Salesman (1968) while asking us to consider how abstract the female face and body have become on-screen; Burre noting, "I gotta make money with this face"—isn't resolved. As much as Burre's trying to get back into the business, she's also slipping out of her role as a partner and a woman "playing house." Plenty of us, this actress's audience, can relate to her "love-hate relationship with putting myself out there." V

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Life of the party Andrew WK on birth, music and the joyful confusion of being alive

hat might remain the most challenging, and painful, cataclysmic event that I'll ever experience, until death," Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, better known as Andrew WK, reflects. He's also talking about the first event that ever happened to him: birth, which Wilkes-Krier points to as the first time he did what could reasonably qualify as "party hard." "I can't remember a lot of detail about being born," he continues. "But it's a situation that I can imagine, or extend what memories I do recall, [where] I was faced, like everybody was, with a choice of how to interpret such an intense experience. Not that it has to be black or white, positive or negative. But I figured if I was coming into being, there had to be some sort of positive, and [have had to] come from some sort of a negative or some place we don't know much about. So I figured no matter what it really might be, I might as well interpret it as a good thing, because I'm going to be here—let's try and enjoy it." Now, partying is his calling card: it's a way of making sense of life, of finding his way through the world he was born into, and putting something out into it. Wilkes-Krier is speaking over the phone, out on tour for a special run of shows where he—armed with keyboards, drum machines and, this time out, a hypeman on backing vocals and "jigs, two steps, dances"—can deliver that barrelling, celebratory worldview onto audiences. "There's an intimacy, there's a vulnerability, there's a freewheeling quality that I just don't have when playing with a full band," he says. "I really can do whatever I want, and I have to do something, because there's not many people to rely on in that way." The last time Wilkes-Krier was in Alberta—Sled Island 2012, as the Calgary music festival's guest curator—his show was shut down after six songs, such was the party frenzy that seized hold of the room. "It was probably the shortest show I ever played," he recalls. "It certainly wasn't my expectation or desire for it to end so quickly. But at the same time, in terms of the enthusiasm and excitement and energy and reaction, it probably had all the power of a 10-power show crammed into what-

ever [it was]. It felt like 10 minutes." That Wilkes-Krier's party-driven worldview seems to manifest itself through music is a natural outlet: that sort of shared sonic experience seems the clearest expansion of those ideas. "Music, to me, perhaps more than any other phenomenon, is proof that life is meant to be a beautiful experience—a confounding experience, yes, but one that can be confoundingly beautiful," he says. "Music seems to have this effortless truth, a truth that can't really be explained, it can only be felt. Sure, you can explain why certain intervals or rhythms feel good, or have a feeling about them. But there's something rather alien about the power of music. And at the same time, it's sort of more familiar, and touches a part that is deeper in us than many other things. So something like that, to me, gives a sense that it's not all hopeless, it's not all pointless, it's not all meaningless." After a few early demos and EPs, he made his first major cultural dent in 2001 with I Get Wet, an album of frenzied feel-good anthems that tastemaker website Pitchfork famously did a total about-face on—rating the album a mere 0.5 (out of 10) upon its release, but turning around and naming it one of the best 200 albums of the decade (and scoring its re-release 8.6) years later. It’s an album that dares open with a song titled "It's Time To Party" leading directly into one called "Party Hard." (Later in the mix comes "Party 'Till You Puke," in case you thought the party would recede by the album's halfway point.) Wilkes-Krier followed it up with a steady stream of releases over the decade—The Wolf (2003), Close Calls With Brick Walls (2006) and 55 Cadillac (2009) plus a handful of Japan-only releases—but albums themselves have been increasingly sporadic, intermittently released affairs. While he notes he's been "stockpiling songs," there aren't any new releases on the horizon. He's not a musician bound by the usual two-year album-and-tour cycle. Even without a constant flow of new music, Wilkes-Krier's endurance as a cultural figure continues unabated: that partly seems due to his commitment to the celebratory

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push, without judgment or reservation, across a multitude of platforms. He's done motivational speaking tours and appeared at My Little Pony conventions. He's released a Japan-only album called Gundam Rock, covering songs from the popular mech-based anime, and another collection of Jpop covers. He co-owns a multi-level nightclub/concert venue in Manhattan called Santos Party House that boasts of having over 150 loudspeakers. He hosts a weekly podcast called America W.K. and he's been a repeat guest interview on Fox News. He had a show on Cartoon Network, Destroy Build Destroy, for two years. And Wilkes-Krier maintains a weekly Village Voice column where he answers questions posed to him by readers. There, he's covered everything from the death of one's parents to how to feel when nobody shows up to your birthday party. "People go through all different versions of life, but in a way, it's all one experience, moving through your own adventures," he says of what he's learned from the column. "That's been very humbling in a way, and a bit frightening at times. But very inspiring—I may never meet

these people in real life, but I feel this connection with them, just in knowing that they're thinking about life. And I think thinking about their own life, and thinking about other people's lives makes you appreciate life more, even if it's very dark thoughts, or challenging or painful thoughts. The point is to dive deeper into all of it." Which is something he circles back to a few times over the conversation: full-time partying doesn't always mean full-time positivity. Wilkes-Krier admits to his share of ups and downs in life. Fittingly, his answers to the column's darker questions also seem among his most eloquent. "It has been a struggle for me, but I don't think [it's been] a struggle that's too dissimilar from the common experience, of doubt, and ups and downs, and contrasting or dynamic encounters with your own life," he says. "Some people are born with this ability to be in a good mood, but that was never one of my talents." His commitment to partying, then, isn't quite the same as relentless positivity.

Rather, it's his way of choosing to experience the world to its fullest, to find something worthwhile in its peaks and valleys alike. "Something that I worked to develop was trying to get out of those bad feelings by doing things that made me feel better," he says. "Thinking that maybe that was the whole point of having those bad feelings in the first place: you have to have them to be motivated to party, and that partying was a wonderful way to respond to this shadowy side of life. "A lot of times, I experience a kind of happiness that doesn't really involve what I would call happiness," he continues. "It's a state of knowing you exist in some way or another. You don't have to really know why, or how, or what it really all means, but that above and beyond all understanding, there's a sense of a goodness that I can't equate with a cheerful mood—it's not like a smiley-face feeling. It's more a sense of rightness, that you get to participate in this huge, incredibly complicated but adorable thing called being alive. It really is confusing, but there's a joy in that confusion." PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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hat happens when you achieve a goal in a fraction of the time you expected to? You set another one. The Milk Carton Kids— Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale— have reached a point in their career where they're playing the calibre of theatres they believed would be unattainable for some time yet. "It's a little bit disorienting, because for the first time none of the shows we do we have to struggle against circumstances and the surroundings," Ryan says, on the precipice of the second leg of the duo's current tour. "We got so used to having to fight for it, you know, in dive bars and rock clubs where we were presenting a very quiet show that was incongruous to the setting. So I'm finding it actually unsettling that everything goes well every day." Ryan begins to call it a case of being careful what you wish for, but stops himself and settles on the duo's present situation being moreso about remaining cognizant of the fact that once you achieve something you hoped to, you need something else to take its place: "There's

no more deflating feeling than feeling like you've accomplished all your goals," he points out. But what that next goal is for the Milk Carton Kids, he's not sure. "You may have touched on a bit of an existential crisis," he says. "We had this goal for ourselves to play theatres about the size of the theatres we're playing now, which we didn't think was going to happen in four years—we thought it was going to take 20 years—so we're having to evaluate what that means. What do we want to do now?" In the meantime, the focus is supporting Monterey, the folk duo's third full-length album. It's a haunting, melancholic record that aims to capture the energy of the Milk Carton Kids' live performance—an often simplistic setup involving unamplified acoustic guitars and one vocal mic. Half of the album was recorded in different venues during their last tour and the other half was recorded at the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Ryan notes that it's in these live settings that he and

Fri, Oct 9 (8 pm) With Pharis and Jason Romero Winspear Centre, $39 Pattengale feel most comfortable. He acknowledges these situations would appear to have more pressure or anxiety attached to them, but he says it's a liberating experience knowing a performance begins, it goes by and it ends, and all you're left with are memories. "The more we can get into that mindset, the liberating mindset of really inspired performance and away from the mindset of this hyper-examined crafting of a definitive version of a song, I think the more the performances benefit," he says. "So we've adjusted a lot about our methodology this time around in order to approximate the feeling of a giving a live show and get away from the feeling of being in the studio." MEAGHAN BAXTER

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Gang Signs so well because we wouldn't have the right label, the right people behind us," Ricq notes while preparing for the Gang Signs' album release show in Vancouver later that night. "When we did our EP, it was pretty fast," adds Fink, conferenced into the call while at his day job. "Pete did a lot of the [EP] tracks at home, and then we went into the studio and did all the drums in, like, a day. I think it was something like 23 tracks that we laid down, including a HUMANS remix and a couple of other things."

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eter Ricq, Adam Fink and Matea Sarenac—collectively known as Gang Signs—released their new album, Geist, last week, but it's actually been completed for a couple of years now.

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The Vancouver-based band members are involved in different projects—Ricq is in the electro duo HUMANS, while Fink plays drums in numerous groups throughout the city—which means dividing

their time, and they were looking for the right team to handle Geist's release. "It would have been fun to release it as soon as it was done, but I think it wouldn't have done

The resulting EP was intentionally lo-fi and what Fink describes as "dance music for people who like dance music but don't like dancing." But Gang Signs wanted to take a slightly different approach to Geist, opting to take more time with the recording. The trio also teamed up with producer Hayz Fisher, who normally works with hard rock and metal bands, but Gang Signs wanted to work with him due to his experience recording live instrumentation. "He's one of those guys that if you have an idea of how you want something to sound, he knows how to get those sounds," Ricq explains. "If it's like, 'Oh, I want that Neil Young drum sound' he's

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Thu, Oct 15 (9 pm) Brixx, $10 like, 'Oh, yeah, I get it, totally round'—everything from country music to metal to electronic stuff, he gets those influences and touchstones and knows how to make them happen." The album is the Gang Signs' second release (and first full-length) since it formed in the summer of 2012—at the time, the plan was to play electronic-punk-surf-rock, which evolved into the moody electronic beats it creates now— and Geist is a more polished roster of synth-driven dance tracks that draws much of its lyrical content from horror movies, an element that meshes well with Gang Signs' moody sensibilities. "Sometimes I don't know what to write about, and I think of some of my favourite scenes from movies, and I do like a lot of classic horror movies and kind of funny, goofy horror movies," Ricq says, noting The Fly and Gremlins as examples. "I start writing a bit being inspired by that and changing how I think the movie could have went or my interpretation of the love aspect of the horror movie."

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e're like, let's go with this; it's too funny," Ben vanOuwerkerk (vocals/guitar) explains of how Thrillhouse chose its current moniker. "Our bass player [Dalin Rosichuk] has a language of his own, and he was like, 'Let's have a thrillhouse practice next week.' We were like, that has a good ring to it. Let's change our name to Thrillhouse. "It represents our quirkiness," vanOuwerkerk adds, noting that the group name is apropos to The Simpsons—Season 7, Episode 11 to be exact—where Milhouse gets excited over entering his player nickname "Thrillhouse" into a video game. The band formed in 2012, but it was known as Throttle at the time. After some lineup changes in 2013, the group changed its name to reflect the addition of new band members Brandon Yaggey (lead guitar) and Darren Chewka (drums), forming the present-day Thrillhouse. The sound of Thrillhouse is guitar-driven rock 'n' roll, but there is a heavy blues element it, thanks to vanOuwerkerk's personal

Wed, Oct 14 With Whale and the Wolf, Vido Mercury Room, $10 in advance, $12 at the door musical influences like AC/DC, 12-bar blues and country songs. The group has recorded two new tracks at Physics Lab Studio in Edmonton: it already released "Blood For Gold" and its next single is "Killing Spree." When the band isn't rehearsing or performing, the members can be found playing in several other local bands: vanOuwerkerk plays bass in Forester, Yaggey plays guitar in Whale and the Wolf, and Chewka plays drums in Old Wives and E-town Beatdown. "I don't know how it works, but it always works out," vanOuwerkerk says about the band's busy schedule. "We still have two band practices a week, we still play shows every weekend, and we're writing lots. We somehow seem to balance it out. I don't know when it's going to crash."

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ohn Wort Hannam quit his job teaching Grade 9 on the Blood Indian Reserve in a move he likens to "jumping off a cliff." Now, 15 years later, Hannam has released his sixth album, Love Lives On. He says this album, more than ever, gives an insight into himself and his appreciation for the hardship found in blue-collar lifestyles. The only one of his family to go to university, he wanted to reflect the prairie voices not often heard in music. "I'm a big fan of the underdog," he says. "I'm kind of always rooting for the people who have less of a voice than the majority." Hannam, who has spent his career playing roots music, explores this theme most prominently in "Man of God," a song told through the eyes of a Canadian residential school survi-

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vor. His interest to write it was piqued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which wrapped up this year. "I wanted people who had taken part in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to know that there are nonnative people out there who care," he explains. "I can't imagine what it's like to attend an institution like that, and I can't imagine how brave you must be to give your account." As a white settler, Hannam initially had reservations about including the song on the album, which he wrote in first-person. He feared misappropriating a history or a narrative that wasn't his own. So he rewrote "Man of God" in thirdperson, but thought it lost all of its impact and power. He sent the firstperson version of the track to some

Sat, Oct 10 (7:30 pm) Festival Place, $20 respected elders, who all told him to keep the song in that iteration. The mournful track sits halfway through Love Lives On, hauntingly recounting memories of the braids the survivor's mother weaved being cut off and turning to alcohol years later for solace. The emotion in "Man of God" reaches through racial divides, as Hannam intended to do. After all, he says, we are all treaty people. "A lot of people think that residential schools or First Nations government is a native issue and not a Canadian issue," he says. "But there are two parties to the treaties." KATE BLACK

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RI HIEV's fearsome noise masks a beating pop heart. The band's music is a furious, heavy sound that, under the waves of dissonance, has a melodic core. "I think the way we try to write songs is more or less like a pop approach," says Dan Auger, as the band readies itself to leave Montréal for Winnipeg. "Kind of formulaic—and I think that also makes it accessible to listeners." The Calgary foursome—currently on tour in support of its ContraVirtual EP—has a genre-bending sound that's a mix of raucous guitars with Auger's throbbing drum machine alongside samples and noise from Igor Gvozdenovic. It's a style that has led to people trying to pigeonhole the band to genres like shoegaze, industrial or punk. "The metaphor that I've used before: you're in a truck or something

and you're mudding in the country," Auger explains, revealing his Grande Prairie roots. "Mud flies up on your windshield, and you know, you try to wipe it off, and it's not really doing too much, but you can still see out your windshield but it's still not super clear." The EP, self-released on cassette, took almost a year to make because of a shift in the band's membership. The group's former drummer moved away, which meant Auger and the group had to re-write the songs for the new drum programming. "That was a lengthy process because we were trying to translate songs, which we had played with a drummer, to the new kind of electronic whatever we were going for," Auguer says. "So the actual writing process took a long time—about six months—and

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Sat, Oct 10 (9 pm) With Postnamers, Blu Shorts Bohemia we spent another six months recording. We finished recording in February of this year, and it came out in September, so it's been a long time." Despite the recent release of the EP, the group is already writing new material and testing it on the road. Auger says the band's new music "kind of falls into this category of industrial-hip-hop-goth"—a product of the band's artistic journey since ContraVirtual was finished recording in February. "It's weird, because when something finally kind of comes out, it starts becoming kind of irrelevant to you as an artist." JORDYN MARCELLUS

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Viet Cong / Sat, Oct 10 You're going to have to get used to calling this band by another name. Last month Viet Cong announced it would be changing its moniker due to controversy surrounding its connection to the National Liberation Front, a political organization involved in the Vietnam War. The band's music isn't about to change, though, so you can expect more of the post-punk ferocity you've come to know. Slates, Moon King and Never Young will open this show. (Starlite Room)

Kalle Mattson / Fri, Oct 9 On the folk side of Up + Downtown's eclectic lineup is Kalle Mattson, touring in support of his most recent album, Avalanche. The video for the title track is a homage to the past as Mattson recreates the covers of 35 classic albums that played a role in shaping his music—from the Ramones to Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen to Jay-Z. You may even find a nod to a certain boy band in there, too. Jenny Thai starts the show and the Sumner Brothers cap it off. (Yellowhead Brewery) Nature Of / Sun, Oct 11 The alt-rock foursome was recently named as one of the finalists in the Canada's Walk of Fame 2015 Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Program. The local band was up against more than 300 other submissions, which means it got to perform at Canada's Walk of Fame Yonge-Dundas Square Free Festival in September and undergo a professional development session with

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The Pack AD / Sun, Oct 11 The Vancouver-based garage-rock duo of Becky Black and Maya Miller is back with a four-song EP titled Meta Animal. It's four gritty tracks consisting of three originals—"Animal," (which appeared on the Pack AD's 2013 LP Do Not Engage) "Motorvate" and "Back in a Hole"—and a harmonydriven cover of "Night Crawler" by Thee Oh Sees. You can get geared up for the show by watching the recently released, horror-movie-inspired video for "Animal," which comes complete with some synchronized dance moves. The duo is also in the midst of writing material for a new album, so stay tuned for that. Come early for this show and catch openers Counterfeit Jeans and Meisha & the Spanks. (Denizen Hall)

The Wet Secrets / Sat, Oct 10 Fun fact: Lyle Bell, Trevor Anderson and Kim Rackel formed this band on a dare, and the Wet Secrets' debut album, A Whale of a Cow, was recorded a week after the group's inception. The local rock six-piece— and inaugural Peak Performance Alberta winners—is now signed to the venerable Canadian label Six Shooter Records, and its new album, The Tyranny of Objects, is slated for release in early 2016. Catch Cygnets, Moon King, Counterfeit Jeans, Greylands and Port Juvee earlier in the evening. (Freemason Hall)

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THU OCT 8 Accent European Lounge Live Music

Krush Ultra Lounge Open stage;

7pm; no cover

On the Rocks Mourning Wood; 9pm Overtime Sherwood Park Live show;

On The Rocks Salsa Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow Union Hall 3 Four All Thursdays: rock,

dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous

9:30pm Palace Casino–WEM The Counterfitz;

9:30pm; No minors Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano

show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am Rexall Place Jason Aldean: 2015

FRI OCT 9

Burn It Down Tour; 7:30pm; $45-$70

every Thu; 9pm

Apex Casino–Vee Lounge Pepperland;

Atlantic Trap & Gill Open Mic with

8pm; No minors

River Cree Great White and Slaughter; 6pm (doors), 8pm (show); Sold out

Stan Gallant

Arden Theatre Curtain Up; 7:30pm;

Sherlock Holmes–Downtown Cody

Big Al's House of Blues Thirsty

$42

Thursday Jam; 7:30pm

Atlantic Trap & Gill Stan Gallant;

Blues on Whyte JW Jones; 9pm

8pm

Brittany's Lounge Scrambled YEG:

Big Al's House of Blues The Jack

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

Cafe Blackbird Smoking Aces - CD release; 8pm; $10

Party Hog" (blues/rock); 9pm

Carrot Coffeehouse Sat Open mic;

7pm; $2

Semple Band with a Tribute to BB King; 9pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door)

Starlite Room Earthless, The

Highway Kind, Chron Goblin; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $25; 18+ only

CASINO EDMONTON On the Side (rock/

Blue Chair Café Jamie Philp &

Tiramisu BISTRO Live music every Fri

CASINO YELLOWHEAD The Whiskey

Christine Hanson; 7:30-10:30pm; Cover by donation

Boyz; 9pm CKUA Radio Performance Hall

Bourbon Room Dueling pianos every

Fri Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm

Kids; 8pm; $39

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 Brixx Bar D.O.A (Performing Hardcore

81), Arrabio, Adictox, and Vibes; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $15; 18+ only

pop); 9pm

Wild Earth Bakery–Millcreek Live

Winspear Centre The Milk Carton Yardbird Suite Obsessions Octet;

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

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday

DJs on all three levels

Up+Downtown Music And Arts Festival, Curated By JCL Productions featuring DUOTANG (alt/pop/rock) with The Fight with guests; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door) Downtown Edmonton Community League Office Up+Downtown Music

and Arts Festival, Curated By Blurred Lenz Productions featuring The Sumner Brothers (blues/country/folk) with Swear By The Moon and Billie Zizi; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door) Draft Bar & Grill Sweet Tequila;

9:30pm Duggan's Boundary Duane Allen

(adult contemporary/adult pop); 9pm

Early Stage Saloon–Stony Plain

DV8 The Ripcordz with Motherfuckers,

Open Jam Nights; no cover 9pm

Royal Red Brigade, Kroovy Rookers and MSA; 7pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door); 18+ only

Krush Ultra Lounge Open stage

Festival Place John Wort Hannam

J R Bar and Grill Live Jam Thu;

with One Percent (R&B/soul); 8pm every Thu

(folk); 7:30pm; $20 FILTHY McNASTY'S Free Afternoon

L.B.'s PUB South Bound Freight open

Concerts: this week with Wheels of Industry, The Trees; 4pm; No cover

jam with hosts: Rob Kaup, Leah Durelle

northlands.com

Mercury Room Until Red Show;

8-11pm; $10 (adv), $12 (door) MKT Fresh Food and Beer Market

Thu and Fri DJ and dance floor; 9:30pm Naked Cybercafé Thu open stage;

8pm; all ages (15+) New West Hotel Silverado

Cafe Blackbird Giselle Boehm with

THE BOWER Strictly Goods: Old school

NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111

special guest Marc Daigle; 8pm; $10

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

Red Piano Every Thu: Dueling pianos

at 8pm

Caffrey's in the Park Electrik

Squirrels; 9pm Carrot Coffeehouse Live music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

pop); 9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD The Whiskey

Druid Irish Pub DJ every Fri; 9pm

CASINO EDMONTON On the Side (rock/

Ric’s Grill Peter Belec (jazz); most

Boyz; 9pm

Smokehouse BBQ Live Blues every

Thur: this week featuring Jeni Thai; 7-11pm Starlite Room Lianne La Havas, Ria Mae; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $31-$60; 18+ only Tavern On Whyte Open stage with

Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am

THE Common Good Fridays: nu

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

Shaw Conference Centre Chris De Burgh - The Hands Of Man Tour; $69.50-$99.50

Thursdays; 7-10pm

CKUA Radio Performance Hall

Up+Downtown Music And Arts Festival: Featuring The Sumner Brothers (blues/ country/folk) with Kalle Matson and Jenie Thai; 8:30pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door) The Common Up+Downtown Music

And Arts Festival Featuring HUMANS (electronic/rock) with Nik 7; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door) Downtown Edmonton Community League Office Up+Downtown Music

electric rodeo–Spruce Grove DJ

Freemason Hall Up+Downtown Music and Arts Festival Featuring The Wet Secrets (alt/pop/rock) with Moon King and Port Juvee and with Counterfeit Jeans, Greylands, and Cygnets; 6:30pm; $22 (adv), $25 (door) Gas Pump Saturday Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth Hilltop Pub Open Stage, Jam every

Sat; 3:30-7pm Jubilee Auditorium Slash featuring

Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators: World on Fire Tour; 8pm; $35-$50 LB's Pub Amie Weymes and the Atta

Boys; 9:30pm; No minors Leaf bar and grill Open Stage

Sat–It's the Sat Jam hosted by Darren Bartlett, 5pm

every Fri

Mercury Room Captain Tractor East

The Provincial Pub Friday Nights:

Of Edson 20th Anniversary Show; 8pm; $25 (adv)

Indie rock and dance with DJ Brodeep RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock,

funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Amplified

Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ Poindexter; 9:30pm (door)

MKT Fresh Food and Beer Market

Live Local Bands every Sat New West Hotel Silverado Parkview Community Hall Northern Lights Folk Club: Roy Forbes; $20 (adv), $25 (door)

Union Hall Ladies Night every Fri

O’byrne’s Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm

Yellowhead Brewery Yellowhead Brewery and F&M Present: The Oilers Season Opener Featuring F&M (folk/ pop) with Ella Coyes, Alex Vissia and more; 4:30pm; $10 (adv at yeglive.ca)

And Arts Festival Featuring Snorri Helgason (folk/pop/rock) with Jom Comyn and Pétur Ben; 8pm; $10 (adv), $12 (door)

Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

O'Maille's Irish Pub Barefoot Bob

SAT OCT 10

On the Rocks Mourning Wood; 9pm

Draft Bar & Grill Sweet Tequila;

All Saints' Anglican Cathedral

Orlando's 1 Bands perform every

Classical

Duggan's Boundary Duane Allen

Wunderbar Crosss with Gary

Debussy and Banshee; 9pm; $10

Winspear Centre Early: ESO & Winspear Overture; 12-1pm • Later: Tour The World in Harmony; 8pm; $24-$79

DJs Black dog Freehouse Thu Main Fl:

Throwback Thu: Rock&Roll, Funk, Soul, R&B and 80s with DJ Thomas Culture; jamz that will make your backbone slide; Wooftop: Dig It! Thursdays. Electronic, roots and rare groove with DJ's Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests Century Room Lucky 7: Retro '80s

with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close The Common The Common

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week! electric rodeo–Spruce Grove DJ

every Thu FILTHY McNASTY’S Taking Back

Thursdays

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Jessica Moss (Of A Silver Mt. Zion), Borys; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10; 18+ only

Caffrey's in the Park Electrik

Blues on Whyte JW Jones; 9pm

Party Jam hosted by the Barefoot Kings; Ukulele lessons 7:30pm followed by Jam at 8:30pm

Brixx Bar Jerusalem In My Heart,

Squirrels; 9pm

7:30; $6

Coral de Cuba Beach Bar: Beach

Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm

Mack (alt/rock); 9pm

Café Haven Music every Thu; 7pm

cha island tea co Bring Your Own Vinyl Night: Every Thu; 8pm-late; Edmonton Couchsurfing Meetup: Every Thu; 8pm

Bourbon Room Live Music every Sat

Sherlock Holmes–WEM Mike "The

Music Fridays: this week featuring; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation

Carrot Coffeehouse Thu Open Mic: All adult performers are welcome (music, song, spoken word); every Thu, 1:30-3pm

Bohemia DARQ Saturdays: Industrial - Goth - Dark Electro with DJs the Gothfather and Zeio; 9pm; $5 (door); (every Sat except the 1st Sat of the month)

9:30pm (adult contemporary/adult pop); 9pm Fellowship Baptist Church Flame;

Up+Downtown Music and Arts Festival: Iceland Calling Featuring Snorri Helgason (folk/pop/rock) with Soley, Pétur Ben and more; 6:30pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)

7:30-9:30pm; $15

Apex Casino–Vee Lounge Pepperland;

Freemason Hall Up+Downtown

8pm; No minors

Music and Arts Festival featuring DUPLEKITA (alt/electronic/pop) with Living Hour, Language Arts and with Viking Fell; 7pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)

Arden Theatre From The Zagyva

Jubilee Auditorium Dreams: A

Classic Rock Fantasy; 8pm; $38-$48 LB's Pub The Tomatoes (rock/pop/

indie); 9:30pm

River; 7pm; $15 Atlantic Trap & Gill Stan Gallant;

8pm Big Al's House of Blues The Jack

Semple Band with a Tribute to BB King; 9pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door)

Mercury Room Tzadeka CD release

Black Dog Freehouse Hair of the Dog: this week with Sean Burns (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

with Corvid Lorax and Persuasion; 8:25pm

10:30pm; $15

New West Hotel Silverado

Blues on Whyte Every Sat afternoon:

O'Maille's Irish Pub Barefoot Bob

Jam with Back Door Dan; Later: JW Jones; 9pm

MKT Fresh Food and Beer Market

Thu and Fri DJ and dance floor; 9:30pm

Cook (folk/roots/world); 9pm

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Blue Chair Cafe Oliver Swain; 8:30-

Cook (folk/roots/world); 9pm

week; $10 Overtime Sherwood Park Live show;

9:30pm Palace Casino–WEM The Counterfitz;

9:30pm; No minors Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano

show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am Sherlock Holmes–Downtown Cody

Mack (alt/rock); 9pm Sherlock Holmes–WEM Mike "The

Party Hog" (blues/rock); 9pm Sneaky Pete's Sinder Sparks K-DJ

Show; 9pm-1am Starlite Room Viet Cong, Never

Young, Moon King, Slates; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $23; 18+ only Union Hall The Black Dahlia Murder with Iron Reagan, Harm’s Way, Maruta; 7pm; 18+ only Wunderbar Solidarity With Survivors. A SACE Fundraiser; 6pm; $10; No minors

Yardbird Suite Obsessions Octet;

Duggan's Boundary Celtic Music with

Starlite Room Andrew W.K. - Very

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

Duggan's House Band 5-8pm

Special Solo Show, The Old Wives; 8pm (doors); $24.50-$28.50; 18+ only

Newcastle Pub The Sunday Soul

Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

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

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am Rendezvous Pub Secondhand Habit

Fall Tour with Three Corners and Days Alone; 8pm; $10; No minors Rexall Place Madonna Rebel Heart

THE BOWER For Those Who Know...:

Tour; 8pm; $40-$170 and up

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

Richard's Pub Sunday Jam hosted by Mark Ammar; 4-8pm

THE Common Get Down It's Saturday

Banks Trio; 3:30-5pm

Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane Druid Irish Pub DJ every Sat; 9pm Encore–WEM Every Sat: Sound

and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten

Ritchie United Church Tommy Rocky Mountain Icehouse

Up+Downtown Music And Arts Festival Featuring OUGHT with The Allovers and MANcub; 8pm; $16 (adv), $20 (door) Starlite Room Cashmere Cat,

Mercer Tavern DJ Mikey Wong

every Sat The Provincial Pub Saturday Nights:

Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and

electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays:

global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M Sugar Foot Ballroom Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com

Doorly, Kys The Sky. Presented By Ubk, Night Vision, and Up + DT; 8pm (doors); $25-$30; 18+ only Union Hall Tech N9ne with guests;

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots

industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave Tavern on Whyte Classic Hip hop with

DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

TUE OCT 13 Big Al's House of Blues Tuesday

Reservoir Tip Blues Orchestra; 9pm Brittany's Lounge Scrambled YEG:

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

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

with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm Leaf bar and grill Tue Open Jam:

Trevor Mullen Mercer Tavern Alt Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests New West Hotel Tue Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm • Later: 4's A Crowd

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

MON OCT 12

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

Union Hall Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

Big Al's House of Blues Blue

Overtime–Sherwood Park Bingo Toonz

Mondays with Jimmy and the Sleepers; 8-11pm

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue

SUN OCT 11

Jay’s Messy Nest: Mod, Brit Pop, New Wave & British Rock with DJ Blue Jay; Wooftop: Metal Mon: with Metal Phil (fr CJSR’s Heavy Metal Lunch Box)

Tavern On Whyte Soul, Motown,

Arden Theatre Early: Húzzad Édes Muzsikásom; 2pm; $15 • Later: Kicsi Nékünk Ez A Ház; 7pm; $15 Big Al's House of Blues Sun BBQ

Blues on Whyte P.A. Leclerc & the

Reservoir Tip Blues Orchestra; 9pm

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

Mercury Room Whale and the Wolf

Druid Irish Pub Open Stage Tue: featuring this week: Evan Crawford; 9pm

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

Blues on Whyte Y Brothers; 9pm

Blues on Whyte P.A. Leclerc & the

Yellowhead Brewery

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul

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

Duggan's Boundary Wed open mic

Cafe Blackbird Paint Nite; 7pm; $45

DJs

Big Al's House of Blues Wailin' Wednesdays Jam; Every Wed, 7:30pm; All ages

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

8pm; $40; 18+ only Up+Downtown Music And Arts Festival, Curated By Blurred Lenz Productions Featuring Duotang with The Provincial Archive and Nature Of and with R.Ariel, FeverFew, and Conjure; 4pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door)

B Street Bar Live Music with Lyle Hobbs; 8-11pm, every Wed

every Tue Rocky Mountain Icehouse Live

with host Duff Robison with The Vidos and Thrillhouse; 7pm; $10 (adv), $12 (door) New West Hotel 4's A Crowd Original Joe's Varsity Row Open

mic Wed: Hosted by Jordan Strand; every Wed, 9-12 jordanfstrand@gmail.com / 780655-8520 Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member) Red Piano Bar Wed Night Live: hosted

by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 Rossdale Hall Little Flower Open

Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover Starlite Room Carnifex with Within The Ruins, Black Tongue, Lorna Shore & Last Ten Seconds Of Life; 7pm (doors); $23; 18+ only

music with the Icehouse Band and weekly guests; Every Tue, 9pm

Battlecross, and guests; 7pm; $32 (adv)

Sands Hotel Country music dancing

Wunderbar Anzu with Chillafox,

Union Hall Gwar with Cryptopsy,

every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm

Tension Collectors, Joel Bucks; 9pm; $10; No minors

Yardbird Suite Tuesday Session:

Remi Noel Quartet; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

Zen Lounge Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

Classical

Winspear Centre ESO & Winspear

Muttart Hall Music of a Thousand

jam hosted with the Marshall Lawrence Band; 4pm Blackjack's Roadhouse–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

Jubilee Auditorium Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band; 8pm; $75-$165

Blue Chair Cafe Brunch with Jazz Passages trio; 9am-3pm; Cover by donation

Mercury Room Music Magic Monday

Overture Tour; 12-1pm

Autumns; 7:30pm; $11-$22

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

DJs

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Brit Pop, Synthpop, Alternative 90’s, Glam Rock with DJ Chris Bruce; Wooftop: Substance: alt retro and not-so-retro electronic and dance with Eddie LunchPail

Billiard Club Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

Blues on Whyte JW Jones; 9pm The Common Up+Downtown Music

And Arts Festival Featuring WILLA with Artisan Loyalist and Soley with guests; 8pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door) Denizen Hall Up+Downtown Music

New West Hotel 4's A Crowd PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

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

and Arts Festival, Presented By Sonic 102.9 Featuring The Pack A.D. with Miesha & The Spanks and Counterfeit Jeans; 8pm; $18 (adv), $20 (door)

Rouge Resto-Lounge Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm

Diversion Lounge Sun Night Live on

Sherlock Holmes–U of A Open Mic

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

Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon

BRIXX Metal night every Tue DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly,

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt

'80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds

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

Brixx Bar Eats and Beats

cafehaven.ca Caffrey's in the Park 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT Coffeehouse 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 Casino Edmonton 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 Casino Yellowhead 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 Central Senior Lions Centre 11113-113 St Century Casino 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 Cha Island Tea Co 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 Common 9910-109 St Daravara 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 Draft Bar & Grill 12912-50 St NW Duggan's Boundary 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd Early Stage Saloon– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 Electric Rodeo–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 Encore–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St Festival Place 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82

WED OCT 14

RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

Ave, 780.916.1557 Hilltop Pub 8220 106 Ave Irish Sports Club 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 Java xpress 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 Kelly's Pub 10156-104 St L.B.’s Pub 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 Leaf bar and grill 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 MKT Fresh Food and Beer Market 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 Mercer Tavern 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 Mercury Room 10575-114 St Naked Cybercafé 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 Newcastle Pub 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 New West Hotel 15025-111 Ave noorish caFé 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O2's–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 Original Joe's Varsity Row 8404-109 St Orlando's 1 15163-121 St O'mailles Irish Pub 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper

OCT/9

Classics on Vinyl with Dane

Ave, 780.482.4767 Overtime–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 Palace Casino 8882-170 St Parkview Community League 9135-146 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 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 Rendezvous 10108-149 St Rexall Place 7424-118 Ave Richard's Pub 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 Ric’s Grill 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 Ritchie United Church 962474 Ave NW Rocky Mountain Icehouse 10516 Jasper Ave, 780.424.3836 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 Rose and Crown 10235-101 St Sands Hotel 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 Shaw Conference Centre 9797 Jasper Ave NW Sherlock Holmes– Downtown 10012-101 A Ave Sherlock Holmes–WEM 8882-170 St Sideliners Pub 11018-127 St

Smokehouse BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 Sneaky Pete's 12315-118 Ave Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St Sugar Foot Ballroom 10545-81 Ave Tavern on Whyte 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 Tiramisu 10750-124 St Uptown Folk Club 7308-76 Ave, 780.436.1554 Vee Lounge, Apex Casino–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 Wild Earth Bakery– Millcreek 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com Yardbird Suite 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG Dance Club 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr Yellowhead Brewery 10229105 St NW Yesterdays Pub 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 Zen Lounge 12923-97 St

UP+DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS

EARTHLESS W/ THE HIGHWAY KIND, CHRON GOBLIN

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

OCT/11

UP+DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS

CASHMERE CAT W/ DOORLY, KYS THE SKY

OCT/12 ANDREW W.K. VERY SPECIAL SOLO SHOW UNIONEVENTS.COM PRESENTS

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

LORNA SHORE & LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE

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

W/ NORTHCOTE, & GUESTS

OCT/17 DESERT DWELLERS, UBK PRESENTS

KAYLA SCINTILLA, EVOLUTION

OCT/18 LANDMARK EVENTS SHOWCASE OCT/21 GOOD RIDDANCE CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

W/ OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, FIRE NEXT TIME, & GUESTS

OCT/23 STYLUST BEATS W/ SPECIAL GUESTS UBK PRESENTS

OCT/24 SAN HOLO W/ SPECIAL GUESTS 1 PRICE 1 TICKET 2 DAYS 2 EVENTS

THE Common The Wed Experience:

VENUEGUIDE Accent European Lounge 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave Arden Theatre 5 St Anne St, St Albert Atlantic Trap & Gill 7704 Calgary Trail South "B" Street Bar 11818-111 St Big Al's House of Blues Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 Blackjack's Roadhouse– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.955.2336 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 Bohemia 10217-97 St Bourbon Room 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca Brittany's Lounge 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 Brixx Bar 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 The Buckingham 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002 thebuckingham.ca BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 Cafe Blackbird 9640-142 St NW Café Haven 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523,

OCTOBER 09 -11, 2015

Overtime–Sherwood Park Jason

Duggan's Boundary Monday open

mic

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OCT/9

SOLIDARITY ROCK PRESENTS

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

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

GANG SIGNS OCT/16 TED LEO OCT/17 BEN CAPLAN OCT/15

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EVENTS WEEKLY

month; 2:30-4pm • $5

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 17028-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

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Fort Saskatchewan 45+ Singles Coffee Group • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort

COMEDY

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

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

Brent Butt • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • horizonstage. com • Oct 8, 7:30pm • $42.50; All Ages

Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Oct 9-12, 7:30pm

Century Casino • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Brian Link; Oct 8-10 • Myles Weber; Oct 15-17

Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 7:30pm; Fri-Sat 9:45pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; every Mon at 7:30pm • Triple Threat Tuesday; every Tue at 7:30pm • Jo Koy Special Performance; Oct 8-10 • Greg Warren; Oct 14-17 Connie's Comedy • Draft Bar and Grill, 1291250 St • Featuring Bob Beddow, Mark Hughes and more • Oct 7, 7:30pm

Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Information Night • Habitat for Humanity Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • vbatten@hfh.org • 780.451.3416 ext. 236 • hfh.org/volunteer • Learn about taking the next step and what opportunities are available • 3rd Thu of the month, 6-7pm, until Nov 2015 • Free

Hand Injury Focus Group • University of Alberta • 780.965.5954 • craftthefuture@yahoo. ca • A 90-minute focus group for attendees to share experiences, wisdom and lessons learned so that others going through it can benefit • Oct 15, 5:307pm • Free (with light meal and perks + prizes); phone or email to participate Illness support and solutions • Robertson Wesley United Church Library, 10209-123 St • 780.235.5911 • Crohn's Colitis, I.B.D. Support and Solutions • Every 2nd and 4th Tue, 7-9pm Lotus Qigong • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu Mindful Eating With Michelle Brewer: Mindful Meals • Riverdale (private home) • Registration: info@vofa.ca • A guided mindful meal meditation. Bring your own veggie meal (no eggs), plate and cutlery. Meals will not be shared • Oct 15, 6:30pm • $10 (cash only please)

Connie's Comedy • Draft Bar and Grill, 1291250 St • Featuring Ben Proulx, Andrew Albert • Oct 14, 7:30pm

Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106

Connie's Comedy Presents Komedy Krush • Krush Ultralounge, 16648-109 St • Open

Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm

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

United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519

Seeing is above All • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm

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

QUEER

Toastmasters

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave •

• Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St.

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

Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact bradscherger@hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Upward Bound Toastmaster Club: Rm 7, 6 Fl, Edmonton Public Library–DT: Meets every Wed, 7-8:45pm; Sep-May; upward.toastmastersclubs.org; reader1@shaw.ca • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

WEDNESDAY NITE Faith Focus • First Presbyterian Church, 10025-105 St • 780.422.2937 • firstpresbyterian.ca • fpc@telus.net • Continuing in-depth examination of the action-packed ‘Acts of the Apostles’ • Every Wed until Nov, 6:30-8pm Wiccan Assembly • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm • Info: contact cwaalberta@gmail.com

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

mic to start then headliner Andrew Albert takes the stage • Oct 13, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show)

0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 •

Poor Vote Turnout • Rossdale Hall, 1013596 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm

LECTURES/Presentations

edMonTon coMedy feSTivAl • Various locations • 780.439.8809 • atbcomedy.com • Four days of funny. Gala events, a cabaret series and more • Oct 7-10

sAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside

Empress Ale House • 9912-82 Ave •

Schizophrenia Society Family Support Drop-in Group • Schizophrenia

and B, Law Centre (111 St and 89 Ave), University of Alberta • Looking at how government can form if there's no clear winner in the October 2015 election. Paula Simons from the Edmonton Journal will moderate the panel • Oct 15, 7pm

Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm DJ to follow

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

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

Argentine Tango Dance at Foot Notes Studio • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw. ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15

Brain Tumour Peer Support Group •

Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext. 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta (CIWAA) • Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB

Edmonton Needlecraft Guild • 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

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com

Edmonton Ukulele Circle • Bogani Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each

26 AT THE BACK

Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm

Election Panel 2015: Governing with No Clear Winner? • McLennan Ross Halls A

Fertility Awareness Charting Circle

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

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

Seventies Forever Music Society •

How Our Mind & Brain Influence What We See • University of Alberta Museums Galleries

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

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

S’mores Veg Campfire With Koach Karlssen - “Stories Around The Campfire” • South Central (address supplied

at Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave • Part of the University of Alberta Museums Lunch Hour Lecture series. The exhibition Mind Games investigates the relationships between advertising, product design, and games: the elements of chance, strategy and desire • Oct 8, 12-1pm • Admission by donation

Human Rights are Universal: A Musical Exploration with Michael Gfroerer • Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209-123 St • rwuc.org/sac.html • Every Sun, 3-5pm; Oct 18-Dec 6

LEAF Edmonton Persons Day Breakfast • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 St •

to registered parties) • info@vofa.ca • Join Koach Karlssen as she leads a sharing of experiences to affirm the choices attendees make and help them get to where they want to go • Oct 9, 7-9pm • Free

edmonton@leaf.ca • leaf.ca/edmonton-pdb-2015 • Topic will be "Cultures of Sexual Violence" • Oct 15, 7:30-9am • $60 (regular), $25 (student/senior/ low income)

Songwriters Group • The Carrot, 9351-118

Men's Issues 101: Equality Means Equality for Everyone - Doesn't It?

Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters.com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace

• Stanley Milner Library, Edmonton Room, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square • equalitycanada.com • A presentation that will address issues affecting males of all ages in education, employment, and health with an overall focus on equality • Oct 14, 7-9pm • Free

Redefining Conflict Workshop Se MRJC offices, 10066-151 St • Learning conflict management concepts, enhance your understanding of yourself and others in conflict situations, and try out new communication techniques to resolve differences • Start Oct 15 & Nov 27 • $75 (includes all materials); register online mrjc.ca, or 780.423.0896

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

EPLC Fellowship Pagan Study Group • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

Evolution Wonderlounge • 10220-103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash

G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net

Illusions Social Club • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transidentified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca LIVING POSITIVE • #33, 9912-106 St • 780.424.2214 • livingpositivethroughpositiveliving. com • In office peer counseling, public speakers available for presentations, advocacy and resource materials available • Support group for gay men living with HIV: 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

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

St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) Team Edmonton • Various sports and recreation activities • All-Bodies Swim: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8648-81 St NW; pridecentreofedmonton.org; Every 3rd Sat of the month, 9:30-10:30pm • Badminton: Oliver School, 10227-118 St; badminton@teamedmonton.ca; Every Wed (until Feb 24); $5 (drop-in); Between the Lines: LGBTQ Comic Book Club: Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 St; hhv1@ happyharborcomics.com; happyharborcomics.com; Sep 30, 7-9pm • Board Game Group: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; Monthly on a Sun, 3-7pm; RSVP to boardgames@teamedmonton. ca • Bootcamp: Oliver Community Hall, 10326-118 St; bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca; Every Thu, 7pm;

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$30 (full season), $15 (low income or students) • Dodgeball: Royal Alexandra Hospital gymnasium; dodgeball@teamedmonton.ca; Sep 27, 4:30-6:30pm & Oct 4, 5:30-7pm • Equal, Fit, Fierce, and Fabulous: Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; pridecentreofedmonton.org/calendar; Drop in games and activities for youth; Every other Tue (Oct 6), 4:30-6pm

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

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

SPECIAL EVENTS Annual Quilt Sale • St. Andrew’s United Church, 9915-148 St • 780.452.4454 • st.andrewsquiltgroup@gmail.com • Large selection of quilts & afghans. Smaller items also available • Oct 17, 10am-2pm

Beehive Collective • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • Graphic storytelling workshops featuring interactive & live art, music and more • Oct 8, 5-11pm • Admission by donation

Dark Matters • TELUS World of Science, 11211-142 St • 780.451.3344 • An 18+ only event here the science is served on the rocks & the adults come out to play. This month's theme is Rock n' Roll • Oct 15, 7-10pm • $14 (adv), $20 (door) DeepSoul.ca • 587.520.3833; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages E-Ville Roller Derby Presents: Double Header • Edmonton Sportsdome, 10104-32 Ave NW • Catch Edmonton's very own junior Roller Derby team, The Wild Rose All-Stars, take on the Miss Demeanors of Regina. If you want more then stick around and watch E-Ville Dead take on the Pile of Bone All-Stars • Oct 17, 5:30-10pm • $10 (adv Mars & Venus or through Brown Paper Tickets), $15 (door)

Growcase • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • growcase2015.eventbrite.ca • A fun night of comedy, where internationally known entertainers will share an evening of upbeat entertainment • Oct 17, 6:30pm (doors), 7pm (show) • $45, 18+ only Nerd Nite Edmonton • The Club, Citadel Theatre, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 9828-101A Ave • Ever wonder how a composer writes an opera? Or the type of organic material found in a fallen meteorite? Perhaps you just need to know the dos and don'ts of attending a comic convention? Viait this event and discover new things • Oct 15 • $15 (adv), $18 (door) Pure Speculation • Ramada Edmonton Hotel & Conference Centre, 11834 Kingsway NW • purespec.org • A science fiction & fantasy festival. A weekend is packed with authors, panels, merchants, costumes, games, and demonstrations, with a focus on literature, gaming, media, and community • Oct 23-25

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 Sustainability Awareness Week • University of Alberta, 116 St & 85 Ave • 780.248.1924 • lisa.dockman@ualberta.ca • sustainability.ualberta. ca/saw • With over 55 free workshops, tours and events, it’s a chance to explore dozens of social, environmental and economic challenges and solutions • Oct 19-Oct 23 TCEG Edmonton • West Edmonton Mall • tcegcon2015.com • A gaming event for every discipline. Featuring D&D, Dice Masters, Settlers of Catan, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic the Gathering, Call of Duty, and so much more • Oct 9-12

Wholly Handmade • The Agora at the Strathcona County Community Centre, 401 Festival Way • kingsleyevents@shaw.ca • kingsleyevents.com • Over 90 handmade crafters and artisans on display. Featuring home decor, jewelry, bath and beauty products, baby and children's items, gourmet food, clothing, and more • Oct 17, 10am-5pm • Free

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): If I warned you not to trust anyone, I hope you would reject my simplistic fear-mongering. If I suggested that you trust everyone unconditionally, I hope you would dismiss my delusional naiveté. But it's important to acknowledge that the smart approach is far more difficult than those two extremes. You've got to evaluate each person and even each situation on a case-by-case basis. There may be unpredictable folks who are trustworthy some of the time, but not always. Can you be both affably openhearted and slyly discerning? It's especially important that you do so in the next 16 days. TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): As I meditated on your astrological aspects, I had an intuition that I should go to a gem fair I'd heard about. It was at an event centre near my home. When I arrived, I was dazzled to find a vast spread of minerals, fossils, gemstones and beads. Within a few minutes, two stones had commanded my attention, as if they'd reached out to me telepathically: chrysoprase, a green gemstone, and petrified wood, a mineralized fossil streaked with earth tones. The explanatory note next to the chrysoprase said that if you keep this gem close to you, it "helps make conscious what has been unconscious." Ownership of the petrified wood was described as conferring "the power to remove obstacles." I knew these were the exact oracles you needed. I bought both stones, took them home and put them on an altar dedicated to your success in the coming weeks. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): George R R Martin has written a series of fantasy novels collectively called A Song of Ice and Fire. They have sold 60 million copies and been adapted for the TV series Game of Thrones. Martin says the inspiration for his master work originated with the pet turtles he owned as a kid. The creatures lived in a toy castle in his bedroom, and he pretended they were knights and kings and other royal characters. "I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom," he has testified. I think the next seven months will be a perfect time for you to make a comparable leap, Gemini. What's your version of Martin's turtles? And what valuable asset can you turn it into? CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): The editors of the Urban Dictionary provide a unique definition of the word "outside." They say it's a vast, uncomfortable place that surrounds your home. It has no ceiling or walls or carpets, and contains annoying insects and random loud noises. There's a big yellow ball in the sky that's al-

ways moving around and changing the temperature in inconvenient ways. Even worse, the "outside" is filled with strange people that are constantly doing deranged and confusing things. Does this description match your current sense of what "outside" means, Cancerian? If so, that's OK. For now, enjoy the hell out of being inside. LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): We all go through phases when we are tempted to believe in the factuality of every hostile, judgmental and random thought that our monkey mind generates. I am not predicting that this is such a time for you. But I do want to ask you to be extra skeptical toward your monkey mind's fabrications. Right now it's especially important that you think as coolly and objectively as possible. You can't afford to be duped by anyone's crazy talk, including your own. Be extra vigilant in your quest for the raw truth. VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Do you know about the ancient Greek general Pyrrhus? At the Battle of Asculum in 279 BCE, his army technically defeated Roman forces, but his casualties were so substantial that he ultimately lost the war. You can and you must avoid a comparable scenario. Fighting for your cause is good only if it doesn't wreak turmoil and bewilderment. If you want to avoid an outcome in which both sides lose, you've got to engineer a result in which both sides win. Be a cagey compromiser. LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 22): If I could give you a birthday present, it would be a map to your future treasure. Do you know which treasure I'm referring to? Think about it as you fall asleep on the next eight nights. I'm sorry I can't simply provide you with the instructions you'd need to locate it. The cosmic powers tell me you have not yet earned that right. The second-best gift I can offer, then, will be clues about how to earn it. Clue 1) Meditate on the differences between what your ego wants and what your soul needs. 2) Ask yourself, "What is the most unripe part of me?" and then devise a plan to ripen it. 3) Invite your deep mind to give you insights you haven't been brave enough to work with until now. 4) Take one medium-sized bold action every day. SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Galway Kinnell's poem "Middle of the Way" is about his solo trek through the snow on Oregon's Mount Gauldy. As he wanders in the wilderness, he remembers an important truth about himself: "I love the day, the sun ... But I know [that] half my life belongs to the wild darkness." According to my reading of the astrological omens, Scorpio, now is a good time for you, too, to refresh your awe and reverence for the wild darkness—

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and to recall that half your life belongs to it. Doing so will bring you another experience Kinnell describes: "an inexplicable sense of joy, as if some happy news had been transmitted to me directly, by-passing the brain." SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): The last time I walked into a McDonald's and ordered a meal was 1984. Nothing that the restaurant chain serves up is appealing to my taste or morality. I do admire its adaptability, however. In cow-loving India, McDonald's only serves vegetarian fare that includes deep-fried cheese and potato patties. In Israel, kosher McFalafels are available. Mexicans order their McMuffins with refried beans and pico de gallo. At a McDonald's in Singapore, you can order McRice burgers. This is the type of approach I advise for you right now, Sagittarius. Adjust your offerings for your audience. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): You have been flirting with your "alone at the top" reveries. I won't be surprised if one night you have a dream of riding on a Ferris wheel that malfunctions, leaving you stranded at the highest point. What's going on? Here's what I suspect: In one sense you are zesty and farseeing. Your competence and confidence are waxing. At the same time, you may be out of touch with what's going on at ground level. Your connection to the depths is not as intimate as your relationship with the heights. The moral of the story might be to get in closer contact with your roots. Or be more attentive to your support system. Or buy new shoes and underwear. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): I haven't planted a garden for years. My workload is too intense to devote enough time to that pleasure. So eight weeks ago I was surprised when a renegade sunflower began blooming in the dirt next to my porch. How did the seed get there? Via the wind? A passing bird that dropped a potential meal? The gorgeous interloper eventually grew to a height of four feet and produced a boisterous yellow flower head. Every day I muttered a prayer of thanks for its guerrilla blessing. I predict a comparable phenomenon for you in the coming days, Aquarius. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): The coming days will be a favourable time to dig up what has been buried. You can, if you choose, discover hidden agendas, expose deceptions, see beneath the masks and dissolve delusions. But it's my duty to ask you this: Is that really something you want to do? It would be fun and sexy to liberate so much trapped emotion and suppressed energy, but it could also stir up a mind-bending ruckus that propels you on a healing quest. I hope you decide to go for the gusto, but I'll understand if you prefer to play it safe. V

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miliar, in his book The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman posits that there are five ways people give and receive love: gifts, words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service and physical touch. The theory is that if two people's love languages are incompatible, there may be tension in the relationship. According to Chapman, learning each other's styles of love can help to deepen the connection and reduce the distance that forms when styles don't match up. I think there is a lot of merit to the love languages theory in that I believe there are different ways we give and receive affection. While it isn't easy, by learning to accommodate a partner and shaping our interpretations, intimacy grows and tension can be reduced. For example, we can train ourselves to recognize that while your partner may not say it in words, he tells you that he loves you every time

he packs your lunch. That said, my experience tells me that just as—if not more—important than the type of affection is the level of affection we expect from others. I term this degrees of expressiveness. The degree of expressiveness relates to how much affection we are comfortable showing and how much we expect to receive. Someone who scores an eight out of 10 on the expressiveness scale may frequently say "I love you" and take advantage of opportunities to touch their partner—whether it's a gentle kiss, holding hands or a back rub, physical expression of their connection is plentiful. A three out of 10 person may have similarly potent feelings for their partner, but may not feel so inclined to demonstrate it. They may be more selective as to when, where and how they communicate lovingly. It's much harder to compromise on degrees of expressiveness and this is often a very real barrier to otherwise healthy relationships. A person with higher expressiveness needs may perceive a partner's reticence as rejection. This rejection can internalize into deeper feelings of insecurity and may prompt either a defensive/withdrawal/ shut down response, or an offensive/ desperation/lash-out response. Conversely, the partner with lower expres-

siveness needs may feel overwhelmed and pressured by their partner. They may develop feelings of inadequacy and internalize a sense of shame at not being able to effectively show how they care. And eventually, they may grow to resent their partner for demanding more from them than they feel capable of giving. Much the same as with love languages, learning to accommodate a partner's expressiveness needs can improve the quality of a relationship. This means challenging yourself to interpret things differently, and being aware of and managing your own reactions to the discrepancy. While certain people just may not be a good fit together, before you give up, try to remember that it is not your partner's responsibility to be everything you want or need emotionally and see if a shift in your perspective and expectations helps you grow in your relationship.V Tami-lee Duncan is a Registered Psychologist in Edmonton, specializing in sexual health. Please note that the information and advice given above is not a substitute for therapeutic treatment with a licensed professional. For information or to submit a question, please contact tami-lee@vueweekly.com. Follow on Twitter @SexOlogyYEG.

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I'm a gay man who is ready to start cheating on my boyfriend. We've had a wonderful 3.5-year-long relationship full of respect, affection, support and fun. I love everything about our relationship, and our sex life was great ... until he moved in eight months into the relationship. At that point, he lost all interest. I've tried everything: asking what I can do differently, being more aggressive, being more passive, suggesting couples therapy, getting angry, crying and breaking up twice. (Both breakups lasted only a few hours because I honestly don't want to leave him.) When I bring up an open relationship, he just goes quiet. I've moved past most of the anger, frustration, hurt, embarrassment and sadness. But I won't accept a life of celibacy. I would like to get some discreet play on the side. My boyfriend is very perceptive, and I'm a bad liar. I don't want to get caught—but how should the conversation go if (when) I do? I'm leaning toward something like this: "I'm sorry it came to this and I know we agreed on monogamy, and I gave you monogamy for 3.5 years, but part of agreeing to monogamy is the implicit promise to meet your partner's sexual needs. Everything else about our relationship is wonderful, but we couldn't fix this one thing, so instead of continuing to push the issue, this is what I decided to do." Good enough? Can't Help Exploring Another Tush

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I'm a woman in a hetero marriage. My husband and I enjoy skimming the Craigslist "casual encounters" section. It's like people-watching, but NSFW. We recently stumbled on an ad posted by a male friend. The ad was soliciting gay mutual BJ/HJ, with the stipulation that the first one to come (the loser?) gets fucked in the ass by the other (the winner?). Other than the concept of winners and losers during sex, I've got no issues. The thing that gnaws at my conscience is this: Our friend is a young guy, bi-curious and impulsive. Once I got over the giggles of glimpsing a dick pic that was not intended for my eyes, I began to worry about our friend's risky behaviour. Do I say something? I care about this guy, but I don't want to come off as "mommy" or "creepy." Dude's Extremely Risky Plan Elevates Stress My first impulse was to tell you to mind your own business—or MYOB, as the late, great Ann Landers used to say (Google her, kids)—because you don't actually know if your friend is taking foolish risks. He could be using condoms, taking Tru-

to deal with, I think my mind has started to associate any type of anal play with getting hemorrhoids. The problem is that I feel like I'm a bottom. Yes, I will top guys, and I don't mind it, but I find that the men to whom I'm most attracted want to fuck me, which is something I would like. I'm at my wit's end because I feel like my relationships/hookups/FWB situations are all negatively affected by my inability to get fucked. Determined Efforts Fully Enrage Anal Tissues "Anxiety and fear can definitely make those muscles tighten up. And unfortunately, worrying about pain during sex makes it worse," said Charlie Glickman, sexuality educator and author of The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure (makesexeasy. com). "His hemorrhoids are probably caused by the anus squeezing really hard and trapping blood in the arteries inside the anus." So what can you do to alleviate your anxiety, fear and squeezing? "The first thing for him to do is use a salve on the skin around and inside the anus," Glickman said. "Apply it after washing, and it doesn't take much. It's like putting lip balm on dry lips. Cocoa butter or coconut oil work well. I also like the golden seal and myrrh formula by C o u n t r y Comfort. Apply it twice a day." Give those balms some time to work before you start exploring again. And once you start: breathe deeply, take it slow and play with your cock, too. "Arousal helps," Glickman said, "so he should be sure to include cock pleasure before going near his anus. It'll also help if he explores external anal massage without going inside. That can help his body unwind the tension and let go of the flinch response. There are lots of great external massage moves that can feel amazing on their own or as part of foreplay. Look for the anal massage how-to videos on eroticmassage.com." Enjoying a few dozen—or a few hundred—orgasms with your ass in play but not the focus, ie, your ass is being stimulated but not penetrated, DEFEAT, and you'll begin to associate anal stimulation with pleasure and victory, not pain and hemorrhoids. Then you can give penetration another go: taking time to warm up, using lots of lube, pivoting to something else if it's too painful. Follow Charlie Glickman on Twitter @charlieglickman. V

But while your relationship is wonderful in many ways, it's not sexual in any way. And while you're willing to settle for a companionate relationship, you're not willing to settle for a sexless existence.

The speech you're planning to give after you get caught is lovely, CHEAT, but you should give it before you get caught. Tell your boyfriend you love him—you would have to, considering what you've put up with for nearly four years—and that you have no desire to leave him. But while your relationship is wonderful in many ways, it's not sexual in any way. And while you're willing to settle for a companionate relationship, you're not willing to settle for a sexless existence. Rather than being threatened by your occasional, discreet and safe sexual adventures, CHEAT, your boyfriend should be grateful for them. Because those sexual adventures, and your boyfriend's acceptance of them, will make it possible for you to stay together. Hopefully he'll see that the men you'll be fucking on the side aren't a threat to your relationship but its salvation. If your boyfriend can't see that, if he insists that your relationship remain monogamous and sexless (wouldn't that technically mean he's the only person you don't have sex with?), give breaking up another try. The third time might be the charm.

vada and carefully vetting his play partners. But if I spotted a friend's dick on Craigslist in an ad that left me the least bit concerned for his safety, I would say something. I don't mind coming off as "mommy" (meddling mommy impulses are a requirement for this gig), and if looking out for your friends is "creepy," then I'm a creep. I'd go with something like this: "I spotted your ad—and your cock—on CL. What you're looking for sounds hot. But I hope you're being safe: using condoms, being choosy, taking Truvada. And speaking from experience, getting fucked right after you come sounds sexy in theory, but it's not much fun in reality. So I hope you're taking a refractory-period-length break—maybe for ice cream?—before the loser gets fucked."

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