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Low price, no sense Oil prices are taking a spill—and with them, so should confidence in Alberta's oilsands as the economic engine of Canada.

A barrel of Brent crude was selling for less than $50 on January 5, the lowest price since 2009 and a 50-percent drop since June 2014. The Canadian Energy Research Institute recently reported that the breakeven price for SAGD oilsands project is $84.99 a barrel and $105.54 a barrel for new mines.

The math simply isn't in our favour. Oil can be produced for as little as $10 a barrel in some places of the world—and the International Energy Agency estimates that US shale oil breaks even at as low as $60 a barrel.

Oilsands producers simply can't weather the low-price storm.

Low oil prices are expected to persist for at least six months.

More supply, thanks to Saudi and US shale producers flooding the market, coupled with the world simply using less oil, means low oil prices. Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi told reporters that OPEC won't blink even if prices fall to $20 a barrel.

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Alberta's oilsands are waning.

Last May, Total S A, one of the world's five "supermajor" oil companies, unceremoniously suspended its $11-billion Joslyn mine project citing high costs; 150 Canadian workers were expected to be laid off. Other oilsands players have already signalled they'd likely be tightening their belts—less drilling, layoffs—going forward.

What are our options? Making sacrifices to the God of Unstably High Prices until our oilsands producers are back in the black? Stay on this nauseating ride of boom and bust, reacting with shock every time we're plunged down?

Perhaps we can consider a report from Wall Street firm Bernstein Research on market forecasts for renewable energy: "Renewable energy is a technology. In the technology sector, costs always go down. Fossils fuels are extracted. In extractive industries, costs (almost) always go up."

Investing in renewable energy is a big step, but it's the right one. Betting on oil today is not a bet on Alberta's future—it's just bad math. V

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The oil war

Low oil prices have countries pointing fingers at one another "Did you know there's an oil war?

And the war has an objective: to destroy Russia," said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a live television speech last week. "It's a strategically planned war ... also aimed at Venezuela, to try to destroy our revolution and cause an economic collapse." It's the United States that has started the war, Maduro said, and its strategy was to flood the market with shale oil and collapse the price.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin agrees. "We all see the lowering of oil prices," he said recently.

"There's lots of talk about what's causing it. Could it be an agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia to punish Iran and affect the economies of Russia and Venezuela? It could." The evil Americans are at it again. They're fiendishly clever, you know.

We are hearing this kind of talk a lot these days, especially from countries that have been hit hard by the crash in the oil price. Last Thursday, Brent Crude hit $55 per barrel, precisely half the price it was selling for last June.

The Obama administration's announcement last week that it is preparing to allow the export of some US oil to foreign markets may send it even lower. (US crude oil exports have been banned since 1973.)

When the oil price collapses, countries that depend very heavily on oil exports to make ends meet are obviously going to get hurt. Putin, who has let Russia get itself into a position where more than half its budget revenue comes from oil-and-gas sales (some estimates go as high as 80 percent) is in deep trouble: the value of the rouble has halved, and the economy has already slipped into recession.

Venezuela, where government spending is certainly more than 50-percent dependent on oil exports, is in even deeper trouble— and, like Putin in Russia, Maduro of Venezuela sees this as the result of an American plot. Various commentators in the West have taken up the chorus, and the conspiracy theory is taking root all over the developing world.

So let us consider whether there really is an "oil war." The accusation is that the US is deliberately "flooding the market" with shale oil, that is, with oil that has only become available because of the fracking techniques that have become widespread, especially in the US, over the past decade. Moreover, Washington is doing this for political purposes, not just because it makes economic sense for the US to behave like this.

In order to believe this conspiracy theory, however, you really have to think that a rational US government, acting in its own best economic interests, would do the opposite: suppress the fracking techniques and keep American oil production low, in order to keep its imports up and the oil price high. But why on earth would it want to do that?

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New year, old climate framework Alberta's PCs keep delaying a crucial new climate-change policy

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The Alberta government has a problem: it needs to find a way to keep doing absolutely nothing while trying to look proactive and progressive. That problem is more difficult to solve than you might imagine, and is likely what's at the root of the government's announcement in late December that it would delay the release of a new climate-change

framework until sometime in 2015.

The government's current climatechange framework, built around a $15 per tonne carbon levy for some of the emissions of some of the province's big emitters, was set to expire on December 31. Prentice and his government had been announcing for some time that they would roll out a complete

new framework for addressing climate change and emissions in Alberta before then. On December 20, however, he announced otherwise.

He extended the current levy through June, and he let the media know that he has set up a cabinet committee to look at the new framework with an eye to "getting it right" and ensuring that it represents a solid long-term plan rather than a short-term fix. Prentice has also clarified that by "getting it right" he means he wants a framework that has absolutely no impact on Alberta's economy, no impact on the rate of growth in oil-and-gas operations and which will help make it easier for Alberta to build pipelines to gain market access.

Prentice wants Alberta to be an environmental leader, but only so long as it has no impact whatsoever on the industry, the investors or the production of oil and gas. In other words, let's find a way to introduce a policy that looks new and shiny, but continues to do exactly what we are currently doing: absolutely nothing.

Under Alberta's current climatechange policies, according to a harsh report by Alberta auditor general Merwan Saher last summer, the province will not even come close to meeting its emissions-reduction targets for 2020.

He also strongly criticized the province's complete lack of reporting on or even monitoring of progress toward the strategy's goals and targets.

Alberta's emissions are now greater than Ontario and Quebec, and Environment Canada reports that we are on our way to making up fully one-third of Canada's total emissions by 2020.

By that time, emissions from Alberta's oil-and-gas sector will also be enough to completely offset any gains made as a result of federal regulations to phase out coal pollution.

Recent comments by Alberta minister of the environment Kyle Fawcett provide a good sense of the direction Alberta wants to go with its climatechange strategy. On his return from the UN Climate Conference in Lima, Fawcett suggested that Alberta could work with other provinces to set up carbon-offset markets—markets that would allow Alberta emitters to pay folks in other provinces to reduce emissions so that they, in turn, can just keep on emitting.

Under this type of carbon-trading scheme, Alberta would be able to continue doing nothing to reduce emissions while claiming that it is taking bold steps forward. It would also mean a significant transfer of wealth from Alberta

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to jurisdictions that are actually taking concrete action on emissions reduction and renewable energy.

It is important to keep in mind that, as a federal environment minister under Stephen Harper, Prentice perfected the art of empty rhetoric and meaningless policy on the climate. Harper announced in early December that the federal government would not be introducing long-promised regulations on the oil-and-gas sector, and now Prentice has followed suit with a delay of Alberta's new regulations.

The time for rhetoric and non-action is long past. Alberta and Canada today need practical and concrete policies that will drastically reduce emissions, create space for genuine investment and growth in renewables, and bring Alberta's entire energy industry in-line with the environmental expectations of Albertans. Anything less than that will do serious damage to our trade prospects, hurt our economy and contribute to the growing global climate crisis. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a nonpartisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

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f you're Premier Jim Prentice and his recently enlarged caucus, the answer to the headline is a resounding "YES!" And so to kick off what should be a year full of promise-making and promise-breaking, I've gathered together a list of promises made and already (or about to be) broken by Prentice and his government.

Post-secondary funding After promising an increase of more than two percent to post-secondary institutions during the 2012 election, Alison Redford reneged and delivered $147 million in budget cuts—a decrease of more than seven percent. Institutions across the province were forced to cut programs, staff and student spaces. By the time the leadership campaign to replace Redford rolled around, more than half of the funding had been restored and Prentice, at a candidates' forum in Edmonton, pledged to restore the remainder. While he hasn't delivered on that, he did deliver massive marketmodifier tuition increases a few days before Christmas—a thing he hadn't promised.

Alberta Health Services board Former Minister of Health Fred Horne fired the entire AHS board last year following a standoff over bonuses for senior executives. Perhaps because the board was subsequently vindicated, Prentice vowed during the PC leadership race to reinstate it if he won. Speaking to the Calgary Herald's editorial board in September, he reiterated his view that the health system had been "overcentralized" and again promised to bring back an independent board to manage the $18-billion health system. He didn't.

Instead, he appointed former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel as minister of health and, later, Carl Amrhein, previously the University of Alberta's provost, as administrator of AHS. While it remains unclear how Mandel's background as a property developer and Amrhein's multiple degrees in geography and experience as a university administrator are going to fix a broken health-care system, what is clear is that this is a promise made and broken.

Human Rights Act amendment In 2010, the provincial government passed Bill 44, which amended the Human Rights Act to allow parents to pull their kids out of class if and when sexuality, sexual orientation or religion are discussed. Acknowledging long-standing criticisms that the legislation undermined efforts to teach tolerance and inclusion, Redford had promised she would eliminate the clause during her leadership bid in 2011. Oddly, she never managed to get around to it before her resignation three years later.

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couple of pretty good other reasons, McIver was lambasted for his socialconservative views. Much less focus was placed on Prentice, who echoed McIver's support for the clause, although somewhat less passionately.

In fact, shortly after being sworn in as Premier, Prentice told CBC Radio that he had no intention of revisiting the Act, telling the host he views it as his job to ensure the rights of Albertans are balanced.

Which brings us to Bill 10 After first promising that he would allow his caucus to have a free vote on Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman's Bill 202, which would grant any student who wanted to start a GayStraight Alliance in their school the right to do so, Prentice announced his government would introduce its own legislation, through Bill 10. Some people were duped into thinking the bill, though flawed, was a step in the right direction because it would remove that contentious section 11.1 from the Alberta Human Rights Act; that thing Prentice promised he wouldn't do. After much public outcry, the Premier announced he was putting the bill on "pause."

Mission accomplished: the Human Rights Act remains intact. So this is a promise the Prentice kept, but not in a good way.

$200 million. Oil prices were more than $100 a barrel in the fall of 2013, but full-day kindergarten wasn't implemented then and it doesn't look like it's going to happen now as oil prices dip below $50 a barrel.

Gordon Dirks, Minister of Education, told the Calgary Herald in a year-end interview that "straightened financial circumstances" would make funding all-day kindergarten "a challenge."

New schools Eyebrows were raised and ethics complaints were filed when Prentice and his unelected ministers Dirks and Mandel used their government roles to make spending announcements during the by-election campaigns they were contesting last October.

Among these announcements was a

Property rights Redford rankled the feathers of a lot of rural folk with a package of laws that restricted property rights. Declaring during the leadership campaign that he was "passionate" about property rights, Prentice vowed to set things right. And while Bill 1, his first piece of legislation, did repeal Bill 19, critics note that Bill 19 was the least controversial and most benign of the package. Remaining on the books is Bill 24, which deals with underground property rights; Bill 36, which gives cabinet the power to deny people access to the courts and compensation; and Bill 2, which eliminated a landowner's statutory right to a hearing and the right to notification when government approves an energy project on private property.

Flood relief In September, Prentice pledged to triple the number of Disaster Recovery Program staff who were still dealing with claims from the 2013 floods in southern Alberta. He said that by increasing staff from six to 18, all outstanding claims would be cleared by the end of 2014. At the time, according to the province's press release, 8000 of 10 500 DRP claims had been closed with 677 files under appeal: 120 in Calgary and 338 in High River. According to a Municipal Affairs spokesperson, all appeals have now been settled and 80 percent of the claims have been closed.

Considering just over 76 percent had been closed when the announcement was made in September, this is progress. Progress, yes, but still a broken promise.

Why should we expect anything different from a government that has been promising since 2008 to deliver a climate-change framework?

Patronage, cronyism and entitlement Throughout the leadership campaign, Prentice promised to do away with the patronage and cronyism that had tainted the party in the past, and he was also very critical of the pay and severance packages offered to political staffers under Redford. Yet, within days of winning the leadership, he put both of his campaign cochairs and others who had supported his campaign on the public payroll.

Moreover, Global News recently reported that the annual total compensation paid to Prentice's office staff is estimated at $4 345 270, only slightly less than the $4 396 000 budgeted

by Redford.

Full-day kindergarten During the 2011 PC leadership race and the 2012 election, Redford pledged to implement full-day kindergarten by the fall of 2013. The province estimated at the time the program would cost approximately

promise to build 75 new schools. This was on top of the 50 new schools and 70 school modernizations that Redford had promised in 2013.

The throne speech on November 17 reiterated the promise of 75 additional schools and boasted that the 230 announced projects would be completed by 2018, making this "the largest school construction project in Canadian history." Oil prices that day were $75. In Edmonton, a new replacement school for three public schools in the northeast had been slated to open in September 2016 and has already been delayed until 2017.

Term limits This was one of Prentice's more bizarre promises in that it would probably be illegal. During the leadership campaign he promised to implement term limits for MLAs. He said he felt MLAs should be limited to three terms and premiers to two. After much guffawing from pundits across the land, Prentice stopped talking about term limits in terms of promises, telling reporters it will be an "operative philosophy" rather than a rule. Um, OK.

Climate change strategy "We will meet the challenge of demonstrating real environmental leadership through meaningful action," Prentice pledged in November's speech from the throne. In interviews following the speech, he promised to deliver a new climate-change framework before the fall sitting of the legislature ended in mid-December.

"Albertans want us to excel. They will see far-sighted policy that looks 25 years ahead that deals with carbon emissions, but also deals with other important aspects of protecting the environment," Prentice said.

Well, that was then and this is now.

Why should we expect anything different from a government that has

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been promising since 2008 to deliver a climate-change framework? In fact, the auditor general recently blasted the government for failing to meet emissions targets, failing to monitor results and failing to publish even one single document detailing the plan's progress. And so Prentice again made the promise, and he even put a date on it. Then, just after China and the US signed a climate-change deal, Prentice announced that more work is needed and we wouldn't be able to see the strategy until the new year.

Fixed-ish election date law After promising during the 2011 leadership race to implement a fixedelection date law, specifically that her government would hold an election in March 2012 and every four years after that, Redford passed a watereddown version during the fall sitting that year. The fixed-election date law on the books calls for an election in March, April or May of 2016. In recent media interviews, however, Prentice has refused to rule out a snap election this spring. Does it still count as a broken promise if the Premier breaks a previous premier's province? Yes. Yes, it does.

More long-term care beds With more than 1000 seniors on waiting lists for senior-care facilities, most people could understand the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees' President Guy Smith's cynicism when Mandel announced, during the October by-election campaign that the government would reopen 464 care spaces. "Albertans deserve to know why Alberta Health Services closed them in the first place," Smith said in a press release.

The AHS Annual Report shows the government closed almost 200 long-term care beds last year alone.

We haven't heard much from Kerry Towle, the former Opposition Health Critic, since she crossed the floor to the governing party, but she was very good at her previous job so I'll give the last word on this pseudo promise to her: "Focusing only on creating supportive living spaces fails to seriously address the crisis facing our health-care system," Towle said when she still held the position. "It is more of the same failed approach tried by former Health Minister Fred Horne and is a disappointing sign that the new management is starting to look a lot like the old management.

They'll close beds today, reopen them tomorrow, and expect Albertans to believe we're somehow ahead."

2015 promises to be an exciting year for political watchers, while for people who rely on government services, it promises to be as rough a ride as we saw when Ralph Klein took an axe to the provincial government in 1993.

So let's take a cup o' kindness yet. You know, for auld lang syne.

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the US government. That is ridiculous, of course, but we don't need to refute this delusion in order to settle the question at hand, so let it pass.

Hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") as a means of recovering gas and oil, particularly from shale formations, has its roots in early attempts dating back as far as 1947, but it was the development of cheap and reliable techniques for horizontal drilling in the late '80s that slowly began to transform the US oil industry.

By 2012, more than a million fracking operations had been performed in US wells—but in 2012, last year's events in Ukraine were unforeseen and the US and Russia were still on relatively good terms. Many oil-exporting countries were worried by the prospect that rising US oil-and-gas production would shrink American imports and thereby cut their own profits, but it was still seen as a supply-and-demand problem,

not a strategic manoeuvre.

The operators wanted to make a profit, and Washington liked the idea that rising US domestic oil production might end the country's dependence on imported oil from unstable places so much that it gave tax breaks and even some direct subsidies to the companies developing the fracking techniques. But that's no more than what any other government of an oil-producing country would have done.

So did the US develop fracking to hurt its enemies? The dates just don't work for Russia: fracking was already making US production soar years before Washington started to see Moscow as an enemy. As for Venezuela, it continues to be the fourth-largest exporter of oil to the US, at a time when the glut of oil on the market would let Washington cut Venezuela out of the supply chain entirely.

And Obama is not opening the floodgates for massive American oil exports that will make the oil

price fall even lower. The US still imports a lot of oil, and it will go on doing so for years. He has only authorized the export of a particular kind of ultra-light oil that is in over-supply on the domestic market: only about one million barrels of it, with actual exports not starting until next August.

If this is a conspiracy, it's a remarkably slow-moving one. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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dmonton is a good place to be gluten-free.

That's a rather dubious claim to fame (I doubt we'll see that become our new city slogan) but it's definitely a major boon to the small percentage of Edmontonians who suffer from celiac disease.

By now, everyone has heard about the gluten-free dietâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whether they wanted to or not. Endorsed by celebrities, athletes and numerous other high-profile figures, bolstered by the runaway success of William Davis' Wheat Belly, gluten-free has followed in the footsteps of Atkins, cabbage soup, raw foodism, and various cleanses and detoxes as the latest in the perpetual string of fad diets. Its fame makes it easy to forget that unlike most (if not all) other food fads, eating gluten-free is not a trendy lifestyle choice for the one-percent of the population with celiac disease; it's survival.

"A lot of people who go on the gluten-free diet don't have to," says Don Briggs, president of the Edmonton chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association. He's nibbling a gluten-free muffin as we chat, sitting in a back room of the organization's office alongside fellow Celiac Association volunteer Adriana Strikwerda and Program Coordinator Deborah Rayment. "It's more a celebrity thing: it's good enough for Lady Gaga; it's good enough for me. But for celiacs, a gluten-free diet is not a choice; it's a necessity. Once a celiac, always a celiac."

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caused by a reaction to gliadin, a gluten protein found in wheat, barley, rye and other crops in the Triticeae tribe of grasses. Consuming gluten, even in tiny amounts, causes an inflammatory reaction and lesions in the intestine.

Common symptoms include digestive pain, cramps, chronic constipation and diarrhea, weight loss, anemia and fatigue, though a spectrum of other symptoms can appear as well. Symptoms may also be absent: many people with celiac disease are asymptomatic, but eating gluten is still very harmful. Diagnosis can be made through a blood test, which is 80- to 90-percent accurate, but the gold standard is a biopsy of the small intestine via endoscopy. There is no cure for the disease, but it can be effectively managed by a strict adherence to a completely gluten-free diet.

There's also "non-celiac gluten sensitivity" which is more commonly referred to as gluten intolerance. This is not a medically diagnosable disease; the tests are all negative and there is no damage to the intestine, but these individuals feel better on a gluten-free diet.

The Canadian Celiac Association is a national, volunteer-based charitable organization founded in 1972. Its objective is to provide information on sourcing gluten-free food and offer mutual support among celiacs. The association has grown to include 28 affiliated chapters and 30 satellite groups across the country; Edmonton is the biggest chapter in the country, alongside Calgary.

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The gluten-free trend has been a huge benefit to celiacs: more food options have appeared in the last couple years than ever before. "I had taco shells and rice cakes; that was all I could eat other than meats and vegetables and fruit," says Strikwerda, who was diagnosed with the disease almost 40 years ago, back when it was virtually unknown. She had been very ill her whole life and was down to a mere 85 pounds until she cut gluten out of her diet.

Strikwerda and fellow Edmontonian celiacs are lucky to live in this city, which has been home to one of the world's largest suppliers of gluten-free products since 1991: Kinnikinnick Foods.

"In those days, the gluten-free food was pretty crappy and it was very, very difficult to get," says Jerry Bigam, CEO and owner of . "We used to apologize for gluten-free food; the breads were denser, the loaves were smaller. No longer: today we're quite happy to compete directly with conventional foods. The food is that much better than even it was four or five years ago."

Bigam became co-owner of Kinnikinnick in 1997 after purchasing half the business from founder Ted Wolff; Bigam bought out Wolff in 2005. While Edmontonians are able to drop by the local facility, Kinnikinnick has also done a huge amount of Internet-based business since the late '90s and was one of the first companies to offer perishable food—let alone gluten-free food— for online purchase.

The gluten-free marketplace has shifted radically since Kinnikinnick's early days. Driven by massive investment into gluten-free, Kinnikinnick is no longer one of very few members of a niche market.

"Up until three years ago, the gluten-free market was almost entirely family-based, like us, which started because somebody in the family was celiac or gluten intolerant," Bigam

says. He doesn't have celiac disease, but his wife, children and grandchildren do; the disease is genetic.

"Within three or four years, tons of money poured into the gluten-free market from private equity firms because of the industry's doubledigit growth," he adds. "Today there's only a few of us left that are still family-based—the rest have all been bought by private equity firms."

Bigam has received several buyout overtures, but is content to remain at the helm of his business. It's a very positive environment, he explains, as he constantly receives anecdotes from customers who have noticed a dramatic improvement in the lives of themselves and/or their families since using Kinnikinnick's products. The company also has plans to double its sales growth in the next couple of years, and maintain its extensive research and development program.

"I think that the competition that's happened in the last few years has been very healthy," Bigam says. "Consumers have got way more alternatives, way better product and much more competitive prices."

There's always a dark side to anything so ravenously popular. While the gluten-free home chef is becoming spoiled for choice, eating out is still a big gamble for celiacs—with very serious effects if they are exposed to even a small amount of gluten.

"Crumbs do matter," Rayment says.

"I think people don't realize the degree of sensitivity for people with celiac disease. And the number of products that contain gluten is unbelievable."

Even a tiny amount of gluten, such as cross-contamination from a shared toaster or deep fryer, can cause a reaction in celiac individuals.

In the food-service industry, negligence and dismissal of a true celiac's gluten-free requirement can lead to serious health consequences.

"People get a little skeptical," Strikwerda notes. "I go around to restaurants to check them out, and I have

a lot of people saying, 'How serious is your diet?' They're tempted to not take it seriously."

"There's a whole group where it's a matter of choice, and they all get grouped together sometimes; people don't always know what the differences are," Rayment adds. "I think some of that comes from the fact that there are so many people eating gluten-free as the fad, to lose weight or whatever else."

The group chuckles ruefully at this, for a gluten-free diet actually isn't a very effective way to slim down.

"That's BS," Briggs says. "Eightypercent of the people who go on a gluten-free diet gain weight, because most of the gluten-free stuff is high in sugar and low in fiber."

While weight gain can benefit celiacs who have experienced serious weight loss, it sure doesn't help anyone trying to shed a few extra holiday pounds.

The exponential growth in the gluten-free marketplace is bound to level off at some point. Maintaining a strict gluten-free diet is a rigorous, arduous daily task and it's unlikely that many people will follow it in the long-term if it's not a medical necessity. But given the rates of undiagnosed celiacs out there—the Celiac Association puts this anywhere from 80 to over 90 percent—and the sheer amount of market growth over the past few years, the glutenfree landscape has been permanently altered. Despite the eye-rolling and dismissals that may accompany a declaration of being gluten-free, eking out such a life continues to get easier: this may be the only food fad that has had an enormous, tangible benefit to a group of people who truly needed it.

Everything you need to make gluten-free scones, courtesy of the Canadian Celiac Association.

Ingredients 2 ½ cups Kinnikinnick gluten-free all-purpose flour blend 6 tbsp sugar (or Splenda) 8 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt (optional) 2 tbsp instant yeast 2 eggs, beaten lightly 1 cup milk 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 2 tsp xanthum or guar gum 1 cup raisins, cranberries or grated cheese

Directions Preheat oven to 400F. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

Blend in raisins, berries or cheese.

Cut butter into dry mix, then add beaten eggs and milk.

Mix until a consistent dough forms.

Form into small patties and place on parchment paper on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 15 minutes. Remove and cool before serving. Freezes well.

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a multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you it's made in a little brewery, or one that implies that their tasteless fizzy yellow beverage will give you more sex appeal."

Arrogant Bastard is the brainchild of Stone Brewing, a southern California brewery with a global reputation for aggressive marketing. Everything Stone does is big, including (thankfully) its beer. The company recently arrived in Alberta, and did so with a big splash; I've never before seen a product release like this in the beer industry.

Arrogant Bastard may not be Stone Brewing's best-selling beer

The beer is dark copper-red with a burgundy hue. It has a light tan head with tight bubbles and a flat mesa top. The aroma draws out toffee, raisins, caramel, piney hops, earthiness, plum and a slight alcohol note.

When you take a sip, you recognize that this is definitely no tasteless fizzy yellow beverage. The front is toffee, sweet sugar, raisin and dark fruits. I pick up some rounded graininess, quickly matched by a growing grassy, piney hop flavour, which transforms into pungent pine bitterness. It has a relatively heavy body countered by a sharp hop impression. The finish is part dark fruit, part sharp hop and a small mix of warming alcohol.

Arrogant Bastard is an unquestioningly fascinating beer. Full of flavour, it defies easy categorization: it offers up both big malt and big hop.

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PREVUE // VISUAL ARTS

ARTS

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History and progress

FAB Gallery celebrates 50 years of art and design with the first of three exhibitions

Until Sat, Jan 10 art and design 1.0 FAB Gallery, University of Alberta 50 years of art and design // TJ Jans

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his year marks the 50th anniversary of the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta, the oldest program of its kind in Western Canada. FAB Gallery is celebrating the occasion with three exhibits, spread out over the course of the year. Each exhibit will feature a distinct selection of artists connected to the department. For the first of these, art and design 1.0, the department's 50 academic contract instructors were invited to submit work to commemorate the past 50 years.

"The department would not be able to function without these people," says Cezary Gajewski, the department's chair. "There are dozens of courses which are taught by sessional instructors. They do a wonderful job of teaching our students. We wanted to thank them through this exhibition for their hard work, their contribution to the department and the arts community in Edmonton. ...

To have these 50 people, who on a regular basis are interacting with their craft and then bringing it back to the classroom, is priceless."

Art and design 1.0 displays a spectrum of work from across the fineart disciplines: art-and-design visual fundamentals, industrial design, visual communication design, painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing and intermedia. The range seen in the exhibit demonstrates the scope of talent housed within the department.

"In a lot of ways, I think that's the strength of the show; that contrasting," Blair Brennan, FAB Gallery's exhibitions manager, explains. "You see a colourful work next to blackand-white work, a political work next to an apolitical work and a large work next to a small work.

That contrast shows the diversity of the department."

The exhibit is intentionally curated with that contrast in mind: for example, an active, bright, abstract acrylic painting by Scott Cumberland shares

a corner with heavy, black-and-white Second World War photographs with text designed by Greig Rasmussen.

Academic contract instructors come from varying fields and backgrounds.

Some of them were already teaching in the department when others were still students. Cumberland has worked as an academic contract instructor with the Art and Design Department since 2008, both on the main campus and at Augustana. He moved to Edmonton to do his Masters in Fine Arts and stayed to teach after graduating.

Cumberland has enjoyed the relationship between his private work and his time in the classroom.

"To be an effective instructor you have to be practicing your craft, whatever form that may take," Cumberland says. "That allows you to stay relevant, fresh and open to new perspectives and approaches. My practice is very important to my teaching.

On top of that, I get inspired by my students. It's those "A-ha" moments when the light turns on, and everything coalesces into this perfect moment for a student. I get excited by that, and it gives me the energy and the drive to go into the studio to be better, so that I can bring that back into the classroom again."

Similar to that relationship between instructors and students, the program too shares a back and forth with the arts scene in Edmonton. Students graduating from the program have been essential to the city's thriving arts core. Since 1977, 3045 students have received undergraduate degrees connected to the program, and 384 students have graduated from Masters programs since 1972. (Both degrees have been offered since 1965, but the pre-computer records are a bit patchy.) Gajewski notes the numbers scarcely reflect the enormous impact graduates have had on the city over the years. He also points out that many people who moved to Edmonton to do their graduate work stick around the city, showing a com-

mitment to the arts community here.

"A strong arts community is usually because of a strong institution in that community," Brennan says. "We are no exception to that. The university has been a kind of feeder—there has been a lot of crossover and connection to that community."

Over the last half-century, the Art

and Design program has internally responded to what is happening outside its walls, as well as having an external influence on the city and the local art scene. The department, too, has motivated and responded to change.

"It's a fluid thing that adjusts itself as required," Gajewski says. "We aim to create the best possible artists.

What that means is we have to adapt our teaching or strategy of thinking about art because the art world has not stood still for 50 years. We move with the art world, as it is progressively moving forward. At the same time, we are attentive to the history."

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WHAT’S ON AT UALBERTA? 50th Anniversary Exhibitions art & design 1.0 Featuring work by Department of Art & Design contract teaching staff.

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ARTS PREVUE // FESTIVAL

Deep Freeze Festival

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t's tempting to call the problem fixed, when you look at all the good things happening on 118 Avenue. Certainly the Alberta Avenue neighbourhood has come a long way since Christy Morin and her husband moved in 21 years ago.

"Being Edmontonians by birth, we realized, and really felt inside, that we needed to stay there and help make a difference," she says.

And Morin's certainly made good on that vow. As the executive director of Arts on the Ave, she is at the helm of the Deep Freeze Festival, an annual celebration of the chilly, dark time at the beginning of the new year.

It's one of several initiatives that contributed to the incremental improvement of 118 Avenue that's been bringing people back to the area.

Now in its eighth year, this Deep Freeze is themed around the Return of the Vikings, a reprisal of last year's viking motif. As in previous incarnations, the festival will feature a blend of cultural events, activities and food.

"It's one of the first festivals of the season, and it gets you out of the blues of after Christmas, when you're just sort of sitting around, feeling a little heavier," Morin says with a laugh. "It's indoor and outdoor, so if you're cold there are many things to do inside."

Sat, Jan 10 & Sun, Jan 11 (Noon – 6 pm) 118 Avenue (between 90th & 94th St), free Full schedule available at deepfreezefest.ca A giant inflatable igloo will house Ukrainian dancers on Saturday and French-Canadian performers on Sunday; there will be a street-hockey tournament, skating, curling, ice sculptures, an ice bar, arts and crafts market and a Cree winter village. The festival's namesake event, the deep-freezer races, will also continue. If you're new to the concept, it's pretty much exactly as it sounds: old deep-freezers are bolted onto skis and raced down a track.

As always, Deep Freeze events are all free, though donations are accepted. This year the festival's also teamed up with the United Way and are accepting gently-used children's winter coats for the Coats for Kids campaign.

"The winter is so beautiful and so much a part of our city; it's so great seeing the city embrace winter," Morin says. "It's about bringing pride back and edifying the neighbourhood to bring the spirit back to what it was many years ago.

It's something we're committed to: the production team are all hearty Canucks who love Edmonton and love the winter."

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PREVUE // MUSICAL

Shout!

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here's something to be said for nos- 2006, and is being presented now by Round talgia's allure: revisiting the rose-tined Barn Productions—is that within the conmemories of a bygone era, whether or not text of its narrative, those classic songs can it's one you lived through, offers a guiltless start to take on altered meanings.

"Some of these songs little warp into another time's cultural milieu. were meant very authentiUntil Sat, Jan 10 (8 pm) The pitfall comes, Directed by Kristen Finlay cally and honestly at the though, when that mod- C103, $29.25 time," Finlay says. "When ern lens we view nosyou take them now within talgia through gets forthe context of the narragotten altogether. But that isn't the case tive, there's a bit of humour in approaching with Shout! The Mod Musical, which looks them. In one song [is the line:] 'You don't to maintain a current sensibility even as it have to say you love me'—there's somegogos and grooves. It's a '60s jukebox mu- thing almost stalker-ish about it in today's sical, chock-full of mod-era classics (Dusty context. So you can have a lot of fun with Springfield, Petula Clark, "These Boots Were that."

Made For Walkin'"), that underscore the romantic and social progress of five women Finlay had originally discussed the script living through the era (backed onstage by a few years ago with Erin Foster-O'Riordan, a three-piece band, no less). Playing around who is also performing here. "And then she in that period's been fun, director/perform- got pregnant," Finlay laughs. "And that kinda er Kristen Finlay notes, but she appreciates put things on hiatus."

So it may be hitting the stage a few years that the script does so with an awareness later than initially intended, maybe, but the of today.

"Some of the issues that it brings up—hu- script's proven to be ideal for everything morously, and with the music as well—are Finlay was looking for in the present. After still relevant today," she says. "With the a few seasons of directing Fringe shows and '60s being a time of transition and certainly a few years spent as the Walterdale's artistoday in terms of women's roles, some of tic director, she was itching for a new sort the gender politics are still lurking around. of challenge.

"Outside of Fringe or community theatre, It feels very relevant. ... The guys who put this show together realized you can't just I hadn't self-produced," she notes. "I really time-travel and pretend you're in the '60s. wanted to take that leap and produce someYou have to have the awareness that there's thing on my own, and do a show where I can pay my performers with honourariums and a modern audience watching it."

What that means for Shout!—which had a shares. ... This seemed the perfect size."

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EVENING OF DANCE • Concordia University College - Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Boulevard • music.concordia.ab.ca • With a performance by Concordia Symphony Orchestra with a dance lesson at 6:30pm • Jan 17, 7:30pm • $16.75-$22 at Tix on the Sqaure

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UALBERTA MUSEUMS • Metro Cinema, 8712-109 St • Clive Coy, Chief Technician of the U of A’s Dinosaur Research Laboratory, will introduce you to one of the earliest dinosaur tales told by Hollywood, the 1925 production of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World. Clive will discuss University of Alberta dinosaur excavations and current research, show footage of the U of A’s 1921 George Sternberg expedition, and dispel some of the silver screen’s dinosaur myths • Jan 22, 7pm • $6 (adv online), $10 (adults, door), $8 (students/ seniors, door)

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GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona. ca/artgallery • Lina Ma: oil; Dec 23-Jan 26 • Bev Bunker: Japanese emroidery; Jan 27-Feb 23 • Teresa Graham: watercolour; Feb 24-Mar 30 • Karen Blanchette: oil; Mar 31-May 4; reception: Apr 11, 1-4pm • Elsewhere; Jan 9-Feb 22

GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • Lina Ma (oil medium); Jan 1-26 • Bev Bunker (embroidery); Jan 27-Feb 23 • Teresa Graham (watercolor); Feb 24-Mar 30 • Karen Blanchette (oil medium); Mar 31-May 4; Reception: Apr 11, 1-4pm

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • Serene Vistas: Paintings by Natasa Vretenar; Jan 2-31 • GALLERY DISPLAY CASES: Speaking with Second Nature: Small watercolor work created by Yong Fei Guan; Jan 2-31

HAPPY HARBOR COMICS • 10729-104 Ave • happyharborcomics.com • Artist-inResidence: DANIEL HACKBORN; until Apr 25, 2015 • OPEN DOOR: Collective of independent comic creators meet the 2nd & 4th Thu each month; 7pm

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10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Feature Gallery : 15 ON 35: artwork and written insights by a selection of 15 longterm, mid-career, emerging and new members; Jan 17-Mar 28

10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • Main Space: Alison Hitner: This exhibition will concentrate on films set in worlds that have experienced distinct or drastic environmental alterations; Dec 11-Jan 22; Navigating Boundaries: Jes McCoy and Kelsey Stevenson; Jan 29-Mar 5 • Front room: How Would Mary Feel? by Lori Victor; Dec 11-Jan 22

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Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • BMO World of Creativity: World of Boo: Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan; until Apr 16 • VIEW FROM A WINDOW: Photos by Edward Burtynsky, Robin Collyer, Eamon MacMahon, Laura St Pierre; Dec 6-Mar 1 • FUTURE STATION: 2015 ALBERTA BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART: Jan 24-May 3 • LECturE : Kristy Trinier: Making a Biennial, Jan 25 • Open Studio adult Drop-In: Print: Paper Lithography (Jan 7); Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • SUBURBIA: A MODEL LIFE (Photographs 1970s-80s); Dec 6-Mar 1 • Curator’s tour: Future Station, Feb 28 • rBC New Works Gallery: OBSCURE INVERSIONS: Colin Smith; Dec 6-Mar 1 • all Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm

• Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Artist Erin Cayley; Jan 5-Jan 28; Reception: Jan 14, 6:30-8:30pm • Artist Eleanor Lohner: mixed media exhibit of mainly oils with some acrylic paintings and pencil and charcoal drawings; Jan 29-Feb 25

JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • January Exhibition and Sale: Featuring works by the artists and secondary market works; Jan 7-31

visualartsalberta.com • Violet Owen: Modern Woman; Dec 11-Jan 24

YMCA (Don Wheaton) • 10211-102 Ave • yMCa Community Canvas wall: Rotating year

round exhibits • UNCANNY BREACH: Works by Lucille Frost • Until Jan

LITERARY BROWN BAG LUNCH READING SERIES: ALI BRYAN • Student Lounge, Arts and Convocation Hall, U of A • Jan 21, 12pm

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital,

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VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St •

Paintings by Michelle Lavoie • Until Jan 28

CORRIDOR GALLERY–Red Deer • Downtown Recreation Centre • FOR THE LOVE OF PLEIN AIR: Group show; Dec 1-Jan 28

FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner,

8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • Jan 9-15 • The Overnighters; Fri 7pm, Sat 9pm, Sun 2pm, Wed 9pm • Zero Motivation; Fri 9pm, Sat 7pm, Sun 4pm, Sun 9pm, Tue 9pm, Wed 7pm • Mortal Kombat; Fri 11:30pm • Labyrinth; Sat 2pm • Art And Craft; Sat 4:15, Sun 7pm, Mon 9pm • Metalhead; Mon 7pm • Rocky IV; Tue 7pm (w/ live comedic commentary) • 50/50 - Science in Cinema; Thu 7pm • The Guest; Thu 9:30pm • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Labyrinth; Jan 10 • CULT CINEMA: The Professional; Jan 27 • SCIENCE IN THE CINEMA: 50/50; Jan 15 • DEDfEst: Mortal Kombat; Jan 9 • CrimE WatCh: Crime Wave; Jan 20 • GatEWay to CinEma: American Beauty; Jan 21 • mEtro Bizarro: Vampyros Lesbos; Jan 21

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8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • The Iconic Alberta Rose: Cindy Barratt and Susan Casault.

Mixed media of Alberta’s provincial flower including paintings, drawings, and collections of historical items; Dec 11-Feb 1

FAVA • Ortona Arts Armoury, 9722-102 St • Cinema Lab/Laboratoire Du Cinéma: Jan 11, Feb 9, Mar 8, Apr 12, 12-5pm; $450/$75 (individual drop-in); pre-register at 780.429.1671

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre,

590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun 10-6pm • ACACA ALBERTA WIDE ART SHOW: Presented by the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association

780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Exhibition of a selection of member's artwork; Jan 7-Feb • Jazz'Art: Visual Artists: Jacques Martel, Sylvia Grist, Nathalie S. Paré, Antony Cummings and Susan Woolgar; Jan 24

ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • DISCOVERING DINOSAURS: until Jan 31 • Huge Tales: Dino Myths on the Silver Screen at the Metro; $10 (adult)/$8 (student/ senior)at door/$6 (alumni/student/senior (adv); Jan 22, 7pm • DESIGN WALL: I-Week Photography Exhibit: Notions of Home and Belonging; Photographers near and far reveal what home and belonging mean to them; Jan 19-Feb 5

Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • They Came Together (14A); Jan 7 • The Zero Theorem (14A); Jan 14 • Free

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of The Land Beyond The Land Beyond; Jan 22-Mar 21

51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Cheryl and Brian Hepperle: Natural History Carving; Jan 3-Feb 11

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT: Explore St Albert through the lens of young photographers; Until Jan 18 • Wus’kwiy / Waskway: From Berry Baskets to Souvenirs; Jan 27-Apr 12

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Growing Up, a series of oil paintings by Daphne Cote; Jan 5-Feb 17 • ARTISAN NOOK: What Can’t You Do with a Sketchbook!?!, a group exhibition of personal sketchbooks; Jan 5-Feb 17 • VERTICAL SPACE: Maximum Energy, a solo exhibition of Stephen Ferris’s visually complex paintings; Jan 6-Feb 16

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Holiday Group Show: Featuring new work from gallery artists including Tricia Firmaniuk; Dec 13-Jan 13 PRINCE OF WALES ARMOURIES HERITAGE CENTRE • 10440-108 Ave • Project Heroes: The Faces and Stories of Sacrifice: Get to know the Canadian soldiers who died in the Afghanistan war through their eyes, in photographs, videos and letters • Nov 3-Mar 4 • info@projectheroes.ca • projectheroes.ca

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum. ca • WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: Nov 28-Apr 12 • NOWHERE PEOPLE: Photos, giving a human face to the global issue of statelessness, by Greg Constantine; Dec 6-Mar 22 • Questions and Collections V: Research at the Museum; Jan 28-Apr 8 RUTHERFORD LIBRARY SOUTH, GALLERIA • University of Alberta • Photographs from Palestine-Israel: Living in a Context of Conflict; Have a closer look at walls, snow, protests, olive trees, peace activists, checkpoints and World Cup Soccer in this context of seemingly unending conflict • Jan 20-Feb 9

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print -Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Eunkang Koh: The Human Shop; Jan 8-Feb 14, Opening reception: Jan 9, 7-9pm • Karen Cassidy: Daughter of a Dead Father; Jan 8-Feb 14, Opening reception: Jan 9, 7-9pm

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Main Gallery: SNOW: Member Novelty Show; until Jan 24 • Raw Humanity: Ashleigh Spence; Jan 27-Feb 21; Opening reception: Jan 31, 1-3pm

• vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm

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 FAMILY LITERACY CARNIVAL • Multipurpose Room, building 6, MacEwan University City Centre Campus • famlit.ca • 780.421.7323 • donna_lemieux@famlit.ca • Interactive activities for readers, pre-readers and the whole family • Jan 25, 2-4pm • Free THE KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • Glass

Door Coffeehouse Reading Series: presents the February Glass Door Coffee House Reading Series with the following headlines: Authors: Astrid Blodgett, "You Haven't Changed a Bit"; Audrey Whitson, "The Glorious Mysteries"; and Bobbi Junior, "The Reluctant Caregiver".

Musical act: Stawflowers with Genoa Porteous, Pamela Johnson and Bruce Ziff. Host: Writer, Donita Wiebe-Neufeld. Two-minute open mic.

Books and CDs for sale • Jan 29, 7pm • Donations accepted

MEET THE 2015 METRO FEDERATION REGIONAL WRITER IN RESIDENCE • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary. ab.ca • Come share a cup of coffee and welcome the 2015 Metro Federation Regional Writer in Residence, Gail Sidonie Sobat. Gail will be working at Strathcona County Library from January through April. Drop in and learn more about the workshops Gail has planned, and find out how you can work one-on-one with her to develop your own writing skills • Jan 17, 1-3pm • Free

NAKED CYBER CAFÉ • 10303-1008 St • The Spoken Word: Featuring writers and an open mic for performances for short stories, book excerpts, poems • 1st Wed ea month, 7:30pm

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A Monthly Play Reading Series: 1st Sun ea month With A Different Play By A Different Playwright 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

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

• 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: Every Mon, 7pm; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

780.467.8189 • strathconacountymuseum.ca • Celebrating Pioneer Women; Jan 20-Mar 21

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TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • GPS ADVENTURES CANADA EXHIBITION: Combining technology, nature, and hidden treasure; until Jun 1, 2015 • INDIANA JONES™ AND THE ADVENTURE OF ARCHAEOLOGY: until Apr 6, 2015; $26.50 (adult)/$19.50 (child 3-12)/$23.50 (youth 13-17), (student, senior) • Dinosaurs Unearthed: May 15-Oct 11; $26.50 (adult), $19.50 (child), $23.50 (youth/student/ senior) U OF A MUSEUMS • Human Ecology Bldg Gallery, Main Fl, 116 St, 89 Ave • LOIS HOLE: THE QUEEN OF HUGS; until Mar 22 • Discovering Dinosaurs: Sep 18-Jan 31 • Charles Stankievech: The Soniferous Æther

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bus home, you can only imagine the notes she squealing at the back of the bus. For young audiences • Jan 21-24 • $17.75-$21.75 (Tix onthe Square)

CANOE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2015 • ATB Financial Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre and PCL Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • Cutting-edge works by local, national and international performing artists • Jan 28-Feb 1

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun 13

CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • shadowtheatre.org • Five lost strangers impulsively enroll in a community centre drama class not expecting that within the harmless theatre games more will be revealed than anyone could predict. Hearts will be quietly torn apart while tiny wars of epic proportions are waged. The author of last season’s hit comedy Body Awareness intricately crafts a hilarious diorama of overlooked lives swept up by subtle changes that lead to liberating transformations • Jan 14-Feb 1

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • varsconatheatre.com • Live improvised soap opera • Runs Every Mon, 7:30pm • Until Jun 1 • $13 or $9 with a $30 membership; at the door (cash) or at tixonthesquare.com HEY LADIES! • Roxy, 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Theatre Network • Womanly talkshow/gameshow/ varietyshow/sideshow starring Leona Brausen, Cathleen Rootsaert, Davina Stewart and Noel Taylor • $25 at TIX on the Square • Nov 28May 22, irregular performance dates • Feb 27, Apr 24, May 22, 2015, 8pm • $25 at TIX on the Square

INTERNATIONAL STREET PERFORMERS FESTIVAL PRESENTS VAUDERVILLE MADNESS • Art Gallery of Alberta, Ledcor Theatre, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • edmontonstreetfest.com • Variety of unqiure and amazing performances, featuring circus, comedy, music, magic and more • Mar 14, 2-5pm • $21.75 advance single ticket or $75 advance four-pack, available at Tix on the Square

IT TAKES TWO: KATE RYAN & SUSAN GILMOUR SING SONDHEIM • The Club at the Citadel, 9828-101A Ave • A smart, poignant, funny and provocative evening of song by Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre’s foremost composer and lyricist of today • Jan 23-24, 8pm • $30

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) ONE FLEA SPARE • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • In 1665 the plague has brought chaos to London. A wealthy couple, the Snelgraves have nearly served out their quarantine when two strangers break into their home, seeking refuge • Feb 5-15

SHERLOCK HOLMES • Jubilations Dinner Theatre • The greatest detective in the world, Sherlock Holmes, is retiring and his old chum and confidant Dr. Watson is throwing a farewell dinner • Until Jan 31

SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL • C103 (formerly Catalyst Theatre), 8529 Gateway Boulevard • A high-energy journey through the infectious and soulful pop anthems and ballads • Jan 7-10, 8pm • $29.25 (including fees and taxes); available at Tix on the Square THAT'S TERRIFIC • Varscona Theatre • last Sat ea month • Nov 29-Jul 25

Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 90 minutes of improvised entertainment that unveils scenes, songs and choreographed numbers completely off the cuff based on audience suggestions • Every Fri, until Jun 26, 11pm (no show Jan 9) • $15 (online, at the door) • grindstonetheatre. ca

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Jan 16-Jun 12 • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square

BIRDIE ON THE WRONG BUS • C103 (formerly known as Catalyst Theatre), 8529 Gateway Boulevard • promiseproductionstheatre.com • Nicknamed after the squeaking noise she makes when something goes wrong, Louise Reiner AKA Birdie, is given a failing grade on an assignment. Accidently getting on the wrong

Celebrating all things British. From the '60s to the '70s, the new wave of the '80s, right up to the superstars of today, Top Of The Pops captures it all. With the Beatles, the Stones, the Hollies, the Who, Adele, Amy Winehouse and more • Until Feb 1

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REVUE // NOIR

FILM

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Paul Thomas Anderson spins Inherent Vice into an engrossing swirl of noir, drugs and paranoia lin), a flat-topped conservative and so-called "renaissance cop" who likes to kick the shit out of Doc when not fellating chocolate-covered bananas with cryptic fauxmoerotic menace.

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This mystery is trippin' me out, maaaan

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aul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice is narcotic noir set in 1970 Los Angeles, which, by coincidence (?), are the year and place of Anderson's birth. The film distils its source material—Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel of the same name—down to its cinematic essences while retaining much of its manic detouring and labyrinthine plot, which gets sufficiently knotty so as to render our comprehension to roughly the same level as that of Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix), the film's sandal-clad, frizzy-haired, perma-stoned shamus, a gumshoe with a compulsion for following a cryptic lead and a weakness for high-grade weed. Inherent Vice isn't impossible to follow, it's just glo-

riously over-complicated, laden with conspiracy (Pynchon's favoured narrative device), and gushing ephemera.

The times are a-changed, a-changing, a-curdling. Inherent Vice is a mystery, a comedy, a sprawling cultural study, and, in the best sense, a very American film, shaggy and baroque, beautiful and off-balance, spastic, slapstick and mottled with melancholy.

It starts with Doc receiving a furnace blast from his past in the shape of Shasta (Katherine Waterston).

She's been carrying on with a married real-estate developer (Eric Roberts) who's gone missing. She wants Doc's help, but by the time she drives away from his seaside bungalow there's already the sense that Doc's job de-

tail in this is going to be more than that of a skip tracer. He's about to be plunged into a web of cunnilingual massage parlours, seafaring gangsters, errant musicians, Republican activists, dentists on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Black Panthers and white supremacists. He has allies, such as his nautical lawyer (Benicio Del Toro) and Deputy DA lover (Reese Witherspoon), and a charming, perhaps chimerical figure (singer-harpist Joanna Newsom) with whom he can theorize and who narrates Inherent Vice with protracted quotes straight out of Pynchon's lyrically addled text. Doc also has an oddly antagonistic camaraderie with Detective Bigfoot Bjornsen (Josh Bro-

The obvious cinematic precedents for Inherent Vice are Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973) and the Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski (1998). In the former Elliott Gould is a product of the '50s plunked down into the radically shifting '70s; in the latter Jeff Bridges is a pot-blitzed product of the '70s playing the bowling detective in Bush's '90s. What Inherent Vice shares with these films is a playful engagement with crimefiction tropes; the incorporation of drugs, coke and weed especially, into the paranoid fabric of its narrative strategies; and a deep interest in the physical and psychic topographies of Los Angeles. There is, however, an enormous distinction: unlike Marlowe or the Dude, Doc is very much a man of his milieu, "out of time" only in the sense that days are numbered for this idealistic New Age he emblematizes, with flower-powered dreams going up in smoke as the Manson Family go on trial, Cambodia gets pummelled, hippies take up arms and the City of Angels is getting lorded over by land grabbers.

Dutifully following Pynchon's lead, Anderson mines SoCal '70 culture clashes for comic gold, but he's also tracking the shift from Endless Summer to endless bummer with reverence, a recognition of something flawed but precious dissolving into a fog of increasingly dangerous drugs, reactionary authorities, corporate re-

silience and, perhaps, some weirder, older evil that gave birth to Hollywood and its Babylonian double.

The film's incorporation of music speaks to Anderson's respect for hippie dreams, alternating between the excellently uneasy Johnny Greenwood score and inspired choices of more or less contemporaneous records: the brilliant deployment of Can's "Vitamin C" to set the suspicious tone when our femme fatale first pulls away from the curb; the by-then ancient-sounding strains of Sam Cooke on a car radio; or the creaky odes of Neil Young ("Harvest," "Journey Through the Past") to buoy Doc's nostalgic recollections of idyllic times with Shasta—a metatheme subtly emphasized by Doc's very Neil Youngish sense of personal style, the mutton chops and army surplus jacket. The cast uniformly succeeds at the daunting task of ushering Pynchon's character-constructs into people with pasts: Brolin is a cartoon monster with a tender heart, while Phoenix is prowling the peripheries of lucidity, registering unease and disbelief with every exaggerated blink, as captivating here as he was in The Master, though Doc isn't nearly as lost as Freddie Quell. The final moments of Inherent Vice could almost appear to restore order, except by now that we know better than to trust appearances and we regard order as some pacifying patina projected by the Man. Best to just keep driving into the sun.

And to see Inherent Vice again as soon as possible—you might have missed a whole rabbit hole somewhere in the engrossing blur.

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REVUE // HORROR

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death the lunge of a gas-masked child into the frame; the sudden grasp by a dead hand; the burst of music; etc— but those shocks are dampened by a muddled hodge-podge. Details of the '40s are as scrupulously observed as you'd expect of a top-notch English period-piece production, but the story's efforts to ground its Gothic goings-on in the traumas of Brits dealing with the Blitz seems like overcooked black pudding (there's the children's trauma—one struck mute—and two mothers' traumas, plus a soldier's lingering guilt and a blind madman).

Now playing Directed by Tom Harper  A vengeful spirit—spooky, scary!

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porting a title that's faintly olde-timey-Britishy, but with the sequel-numbering of a 21st-century franchise, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death is the latest from Hammer Films, once known for its '50s, '60s and '70s chillers. Now a Dutch-

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man-led consortium, Hammer's looking to get back into the frights-anddim-lights game; it got a profitable boost in 2012 from the first TWiB, starring a post-Potter Daniel Radcliffe as an Edwardian lawyer looking to sell Eel Marsh House, only to see

a woman veiled in funereal-black and then face a series of macabre events.

Here, it's 1941 and schoolteacher Eve Parkins (Phoebe Fox) comes to the house with her charges, child evacuees from bombed London.

This sequel's mostly jolt-horror—

Director Tom Harper offers some moody images of Eel Marsh House's mist-wreathed island and the causeway leading to it; he sometimes avoids predictable shots. But there are still so many clichés: heading down into the cellar at night; checking out the abandoned nursery; spooky dolls; scrawled messages and

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drawings; the evil spirit casually taking three or four days to execute its bloodily basic revenge scheme.

There's one inspired image—a pilot, dogged by survivor guilt, crawls into the hollow, ribbed inside of a wooden-replica plane, one of many on a dummy airfield being used to decoy German bombers. But by the time a few kids have been picked off, that nursery and cellar have been returned to more times than if Clue were played by drunk amnesiacs, and the frights, flights and jolts have led us up and down the house, off the island and back again, and across the water, then under it, The Woman in Black 2 has racked up scores of scare-miles by simply skimming here and there, rather than really rattling skeletons in history's closet or plunging head-first into chilly psychological depths.

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FEATURE // INHERENT VICE

'Leaves blowing in the wind' Katherine Waterston on Vice, tone and a certain SoCal gaze

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atherine Waterston is the daughter of Sam Waterston, who rose to prominence with the New Hollywood before becoming a household name with Law & Order. Pedigree doesn't seem to have given the younger Waterston any unfair advantages, but over the past eight years or so the Tisch School graduate has built a respected career in theatre— she played Anya in an off-Broadway revival of The Cherry Orchard—and in supporting roles in films like Michael Clayton. Her appearance as the beguiling Shasta in Inherent Vice marks a significant breakthrough. We spoke a few weeks ago in a Toronto hotel when Waterston was travelling to promote the film.

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ing with you about something that's kind of hard to talk about, which is tone. Inherent Vice basically begins with your entrance, so you set the tone. But is thinking about tone useful to you as an actor or just a distraction from playing the scene, beat by beat?

KATHERINE WATERSTON: When you work on scenes they tend to tell you what they need. When you start speaking the lines you can tell when they don't feel right. When they do, it's because you've found the tone that best serves the scene. In the way that Paul [Thomas Anderson, director] works, and the way I like to work too, we explore until the correct tone emerges. One of the fun things about working on this project is that it was based on a novel that changes tone almost constantly. It gives us permission to have a really sombre or scary scene with a joke in it.

VW: Watching your performance I thought about Mary Astor in Maltese Falcon, but I also thought about Di-

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ane Ladd. Something about the way you direct your gaze while fingering the mouth of that beer can. Did you look to any models while developing Shasta?

KW: It can sometimes be too much pressure, to be hyperaware of what's come before. But I did think about women of that period, particularly from Southern California. I'm glad that you mentioned the gaze, because a big part of it is the way that they set their gaze. Cowboys have a similar thing, people who set their gaze on some distant landscape or people who live by the sea. If you spend evenings watching the sun set on the ocean that does something to you. I notice it when I've been east for a long time and I come back to California, especially to seaside communities. I watched a lot of The Mod Squad before shooting. I thought that Peggy Lipton had something of a Shasta quality. Perhaps I took some comfort in knowing that [the actress playing] this quintessential California girl was actually an East Coaster, like me. There was something remote about her.

VW: Do you know why you were cast?

KW: It's sort of impossible to know

ment for you. In the last year you've had two films come out [Inherent Vice and Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves], each directed by one of the most exciting directors in the US. Do you feel like you're growing as an actor in a way that's commeasurable with these steps forward in your career?

KW: As an actor, being chosen by people you admire is incredibly encouraging. Because we're just kind of these leaves blowing in the wind. You don't know how it's all going to shake down at any given moment. What's to be learned from getting to watch great directors and actors at work is something I probably won't be cognizant of for a couple more years.

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VW: When you see the finished prod-

uct and how your performance works as such a lynchpin in this story, do you learn anything from that?

KW: I'm so proud of this work. But I don't think I can separate myself from the whole enough to take anything away from it. It's a miracle that I can even watch it without running out of the room. It's Joaquin [Phoenix] that keeps me watching, because I know that if I look away I'll miss him.

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what things about you make you right for a part. When it's about to be taken away you can see so clearly why everything in your life, every idea you've ever had, every book you've read, every personal thing that's happened to you has all been leading up to this moment where you get to process this role and put it out in the world in a way that no one else could.

Then they tell you that you've got the job and it's like amnesia. All that stuff that was so clear to you becomes foggy and confusing.

VW: This seems like an exciting mo-

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FILM PREVUE // 2015 FILMS

The year of film to come

Silver- and small-screen showings to watch for in 2015, part one

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he Force can go right back to sleep. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II? Slouch away and stay out of sight. Mockingjay can part, too. This isn't the preview for their kind but for auteur, arthouse, indies and docs—where a rich lepidopterist gets kinky with her housekeeper, vampires are flat-mates in a New Zealand suburb and the Irish legend of seal-people gets the cel-by-cel treatment. Yep, it's that film future-telling time again. So

let's put on the Vue-finders and see what's coming soon. (Note: release dates are always tentative and for major-market cities; in some cases, the film will reach Edmonton screens two weeks later, or else become available on disc or online within three months.)

JANUARY Kevin Macdonald (Touching the Void) launches us into Black Sea, a treasure-hunt thriller starring Jude

Law. Mike Leigh's latest canvas, Mr Turner, with Timothy Spall as the painter of light, is unfurled. Also acclaimed at Cannes last year— nabbing top prize—was Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Winter Sleep, following an ex-actor who now runs a mountaintop hotel and plays the rural ruler in a remote part of Cappadocia.

Another celebrated Cannes contender, the Dardennes' Two Days, One Night, arrives. Peter Strickland's The Duke of Burgundy rolls out the red carpet for a tale of two butterfly lovers' sapphic sadomasochism, all in the style of '60s and '70s Eurotica.

FEBRUARY Andrei Zvyagintsev's small-town corruption epic and scathing satire of today's Russia, Leviathan, surfaces at Metro in February for a fivenight run. Damián Szifrón's Wild Tales, six short films about Argentina's corruption, cynicism and complacency, is unleashed. Yann Demange's period-thriller '71, starring Jack O'Connell as a British soldier on the run from the IRA in Belfast's back streets, hits the ground. And Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords, Boy) take off with their vampire roommates in Wellington mockumentary, What We Do in the Shadows.

MARCH Let's lead with It Follows, David Robert Mitchell's nifty new take on teen horror, where 19-year-old Jay, after having sex, becomes the

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next target of a shadowy presence that stalks relentlessly. Out snarls Kornél Mundruczó's White God about a pack of half-breed dogs rising up against humans. Noah Baumbach's While We're Young sees a 40-something-professionals couple (Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts) hanging around with 20-something hipsters (Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried).

TV A quick pre-cap of small-screen soon-to-be-goings-on: scuzzylawyer dramedy Better Call Saul, both prequel to and spin-off from Breaking Bad, debuts on AMC in February; HBO miniseries Show Me A Hero, co-adapted by David Simon (The Wire) and directed by Paul Haggis, stars Oscar Isaac as a bigcity mayor forced by the courts to build low-income housing; Shane Meadows' This Is England '90 caps an extraordinary period-drama series begun back in 2006 with his feature-film This Is England.

DOCUMENTARIES Capturing The Friedmans director Andrew Jarecki's new work, seven years in the investigating, is The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. The long-form true-crime doc, to be aired in six parts on HBO in February, looks into the accusations-checkered past of a New York real-estate mogul's most infamous son. HBO is also behind the latest from prolific documentarian Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side). The

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exposé Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is based on Lawrence Wright's book and was reviewed by 160 lawyers in anticipation of the cult's attacks on it.

Kirby Dick, director of The Invisible War, about the sexual-assault epidemic in the US military, turns to the rape culture on American college campuses in The Hunting Ground. Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil), after recently voicing An Open Secret, about the sexual abuse of teens in Hollywood, tackles the abuse and exploitation connected with former LDS fundamentalist President Warren Jeffs in Prophet's Prey. Jerry Rothwell's How to Change the World looks back at the origins of Greenpeace. And keep an eye out for The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer's follow-up to his magnificent The Act of Killing.

ANIMATION Tomm Moore's hand-animated take on the Celtic myth of the selkie, Song of the Sea, warbles and washes ashore. Aardman's Shaun the Sheep is a woolly spin-off from the golden fleece that was the Wallace and Gromit series. And Hiromasa Yonebayashi's adaptation of Joan G Robinson's book When Marnie Was There, relocating it to the island of Hokkaido, could be Studio Ghibli's swan song.

Next week: films from Todd Haynes, Guy Maddin, Terrence Malick and more.

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FEATURE // FERNIE

SNOW ZONE

EDITOR : REBECCA MEDEL REBECCA@VUEWEEKLY.COM

// Henry Georgi

Loads of snow and a thriving community make Fernie a staple for Canadian skiing

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s legend has it, Fernie's unique gift for snow begins in 1879, with a young boy born in a bear cave high in the mountains above town.

The story goes that when the bears awoke, the boy overpowered them in a thunderous battle heard through town, before donning their coats and making off into the wilderness. To this day, the monstrous man dubbed The Griz is said to stand on the peaks, firing his powder musket into the sky, raining heavy snow upon the mountains when forecasts call for none.

For a place renowned for its plentiful and often unexpected powder, it's no surprise that lore and tradition are at the core of Fernie Alpine Resort's allure. According to Matt Mosteller, ski blogger and Resorts of the Canadian Rockies spokesperson, Fernie's sense of adventure and tradition of snow play began to develop in the '60s, when experienced mountain guides discovered the wealth of snow beyond the reach of the mountain's early tow ropes.

"The tradition was carried forward by these local legends like The Griz," Mosteller says. "When you get so much snow in a community and you

mix that with long, enjoyable days, mountain inspiration and certainly the après-ski antics that happen in the community, you really cook up some crazy legends."

I experienced The Griz's power first-hand on a recent trip to Fernie.

The forecast looked grim in the days leading up to the trip, and I anticipated a weekend of little snow, a lot of sun and mostly ice on the slopes.

By my evening arrival on the mountain, the snow had begun to fall lightly and by bedtime it had come with force.

Nothing beats waking up to a thick blanket of fresh snow, and Fernie rarely disappoints in this regard. According to Mosteller, the mountain can see upwards of 43 feet of snow throughout a ski season, putting it in the top ranks of snow-covered resorts worldwide and making it a magnet for skiers and boarders.

Even better is that the fine powder is spread over more than 2500 acres of skiable terrain across five bowls and 142 runs. With so many runs carved into only 2500 acres, Fernie offers visitors of all skill levels plenty of variety to their experience.

Whether you're a beginner sticking

to the groomed runs, an average skier taking on the wide-open and steep vistas or an expert dropping into the trees, there's a challenge to be had in every bowl and off of every lift. After three full days of skiing on as much different terrain as possible, I was left exhausted but no less curious, with an impression that I had barely scratched half of the mountain. It feels like a mountain that you can't ever fully know.

"That's definitely on that checklist of why people come back," Mosteller says. "People like to whet their appetite to uncover the next special moment, the next run that you couldn't quite get to but you're wondering what it's going to be like.

You hear a lot of that when people leave, and some people never leave for that reason."

mountain face, from top to bottom.

The most convenient of these locales is the Lost Boys Cafe, which sits atop the Timber Bowl Express quad chair and anticipates some of Fernie's more challenging runs. Drop in for delicious soups and sandwiches or an Irish coffee to quell the nerves and warm the body before the next big run.

But nothing beats the atmosphere

"You really can't get more '80s," he laughs. "There's no place that goes more '80s crazy than Fernie, and part of that is because people really started coming during that time, but also a lot of events flourished during that time and continue to this day."

Fernie's charm ultimately comes down to feeling less like a commercial ski area and more like a hidden

Fernie's charm ultimately comes down to feeling less like a commercial ski area and more like a hidden secret unknown to outsiders.

But while most come to Fernie for the powder, many stay for the community, the traditions and the laidback atmosphere that permeates the area. There are ample places to kick back and relax throughout the

of base camp, the mountain's retro hub of activity. Perhaps it's enhanced by the simultaneous exhilaration and fatigue, but reaching the bottom of a run and skiing through base camp feels like travelling through a community caught in a time. From the '80s music and colourful snowsuits to the small vintage lodges, it seems like not much has changed in Fernie in 25 years. According to Mosteller, this is no accident.

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secret unknown to outsiders. The same sense of adventure present at its founding has lasted for more than 50 years and continues to thrive, thanks to a finely crafted atmosphere of community.

I consider myself lucky that The Griz gifted me with ample snow, but even if he hadn't, I would be no less excited to experience Fernie again.

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The Jasper in January Festival is just around the corner. The town of Jasper and Marmot Basin will be hosting exciting events and delivering incredible deals from January 16 until February 1.

Up at Marmot, lift tickets will be reduced by 25 percent for both weeks.There are a few other events as well, including Music On the Mountain, Dual Slalom racing and Avalanche Awareness Days. Snow conditions at Marmot continue to be top-notch, and forecasted daily snowfalls of two to six centimetres will spruce up the runs.

The list of events in Jasper is quite long, but there are a few highlights to keep in mind. This year's band lineup is quite impressive.

At the Atha-B, live bands on the weekends include Blades of Steel, Mourning Wood and Tupelo Honey. Sarah Smith is at the De'd Dog from January 16 – 17 and the Whistle Stop Pub is hosting the fourthannual Loud and Proud Drag Show on January 17. There's also the ever-popular Hopscotch & Wines Festival at the Sawridge Inn, a chili cook-off, fireworks and new this year, Food-a-Palooza. For a list and details of all events, visit jinj.ca.

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Banff SnowDays are on

Entering its fourth season, this festival continues to get bigger every year. This year it will run from January 10 – February 8. Events will be taking place on the slopes at Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and Norquay as well as in and around the Banff town site. Highlights include rail jams, ice carving, Robbie Burns Day and culminating with The Big Bear during the last three days, which is where the slopes move into town on Main Street. Pro boarders and skiers will be stomping out their tricks on custom rails and jumps, and Red Bull DJs will be cranking out the tunes throughout the weekend.

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Get kinky at Fernie

On January 10, Fernie Resort is hosting a Kinky Rail Jam. Open to skiers and boarders, this event will give all an opportunity to compete against their peers. The entry fee is $30, which includes about two hours of practice time, competition in your class and a wrapup and awards ceremony at the Griz pub.

Later in the month, Fernie will be hosting Avalanche Awareness Days and the Kokanee Snow Dreams Festival on January 24. Last year, this festival was voted Canada’s best deck party by Ski Canada Magazine.

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Gender Poutine celebrates a DIY approach on the Dear Mom EP

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ender Poutine is the poor, adolescent decisions we make, or wish to make," Andy Danny states, a laugh brimming up behind the words. "We're not failures—we just haven't quite grown up."

Bandmate Adrien Jian cracks up sitting beside him in a car, the two sharing a speakerphone on a hellfrozen-over day in Edmonton last week, ruminating on the origins of their lo-fi power trio.

Danny on drums, Jian on guitar, plus bassist Chris Gustav (absent for the interview), celebrate those adolescent decisions with all the indulgent joy of the band's namesake comfort food. Gender Poutine makes scrappy, buzzing, surfy garage-pop. Everybody sings, which

gives the music a perpetual gangvox, chant-along feel that focuses power through the lo-fi haze of riffs and rhythms. The lyrics seem almost stream-of-consciousness: there are mentions of Wunderbar, of roommates eating the pizza you were saving for the morning, of "MILS" (that's "Mothers I'd Like to Serenade") or, on 2013 single "Gee, I Wanna", of Vue contributor Chris Gee. But the hooks are sharp and the messiness of it all has an enthralling pull.

Maybe that sort of sound wasn't quite the initial idea, Danny and Jian note. But then again, there really wasn't any initial idea at all: the band's creation was a spontaneous moment of creativity, first recog-

nized and latched on to after a different band's rehearsal.

"I would say it's a complete surprise that we ended up making the kind of music that we make," Jian says. "I never really imagined being in this band. We were just hanging out. Creaks [another band Jian and Gustav play in] were rehearsing in Andy's basement, and we were fooling around on the drums after rehearsal one day, and Andy stepped behind the drums and started shouting in a microphone.

It just happened."

"A lot of our sound is drawn from Kathleen Hanna and the riot grrl scene in Brooklyn," Danny adds.

"Which is totally something I'm into, but I would never assume I

would've started a band inspired by that and, like, Ty Segall."

It seems like the sort of perfect accident that could've happened once and then faded away, but the band's continued to gained traction, which has now culminated in the Dear Mom EP, Gender Poutine's debut cassette release. Its jacket art features three variations—a picture of each of their mothers— and its four songs were recorded at each other's houses.

"I think it just makes the most sense for a band like us," Jian explains of that DIY approach. "Not that we're experts in the field of recording or anything like that, but we're proficient enough that we

can do it and more or less get the sound that we want. So why would we pay money to go into a studio when that money could go into touring one day?"

That same attitude seems to translate to the band's songwriting: a willingness to follow a creative inkling wherever it leads.

"Sometimes—I especially think some of the earlier songs we wrote—just happened kind of spontaneously," Jian notes. "Lately, I've actually sat down and written a couple. But they're always kinda malleable: Oh, let's just do this instead, even if it was something more concrete."

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've got to get myself motivated, too," laughs Jake Ian at the thought of impelling his students on his first Monday morning back to class after the holidays.

The prairie balladeer may have returned to spending his days teaching shop class, but his evenings are about to become filled with studio time as he sets to work on a new EP. The plan is to have the disc ready for May or June, but Ian acknowledges these types of projects don't always follow a timeline, despite the best of intentions.

"I'd rather go for quality over quantity, anyway," he adds. "You know, quality over speed."

Ian's previous release, It Don't Really Matter Anymore, featured an all-star roster of Chris Mason and Geoff Hilhorst of Deep Dark Woods, Jeremiah McDade, Paul Rigby (guitarist for Neko Case) and Grant Siemens (one of Corb Lund's Hurtin' Albertans), but he chose to take a more "budget-oriented" approach this time and record in his home studio with the help of his bass player Braden Sustrik.

"The last album I did was produced

by Shuyler Jansen and the players on it were all top-notch players, and

I learned a lot about instrumenting a song," Ian adds. "You know, taking it from just an acoustic guitar and my singing to adding life to it."

The as-of-yet untitled EP will be comprised of five songs sure to resonate with the blue-collar mentality that permeates Alberta—"They're all kind of working-class songs," Ian explains, noting "Birch Hills County #7,” a tune about a man who swears up and down he won't return to working in the oil field but keeps ending up there because it's all he's ever known, as an example.

"Every [album] is a little different in terms of the point I'm at in my life and what I'm financially able to do with something," he says. "I mean, a big, rich artist where every album they do they throw tons of money into it, it kind of defeats the purpose of the art for after a while. I think it's kind of nice to go into a project with a very minimal budget and do the best you can and see what comes out of that because, you know, good art always comes out of being poor, it seems."

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irthdays are one of those inevitable things in life that one can either choose to embrace or acknowledge with mixed feelings of disdain and dread.

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will be providing the soundtrack as Christopher Zuk, a vehement supporter of local music as well as one of the minds behind the Hot Plains label and festival, ushers in the big 4-0.

"As far as I can tell he could not be more excited to be alive than any person I know," says Secretaries bassist/

vocalist Colleen Brown. "He has the most joy for living; it's kind of unfathomable to me."

Ostensible "milestone" birthdays such as this can be the catalyst of all-out panic—but isn't 40 supposed to be the new 20, or something like that? Brown, along with bandmates

Amy van Keeken and Natasha Fryzuk, recently took in the documentary Advanced Style about a group of elderly women in New York City who aren't letting age get in the way of living fabulously stylish and exciting lives, and the film helped Brown put aging into perspective.

"One of the most inspiring people in that is this 93-year-old woman. She's an artist, she teaches art classes and she wears orange eyelashes that she made for herself," Brown says. "You just get the impression that, well, she says it outright, that she's so grateful for every day she gets, every hour that she can be in this world. ... It's kind of silly that we should wait until we're in our 90s to finally realize that that is a really great way to live, so I admire Chris for being like that all the time. I think we could all embrace that attitude."

On top of being a life enthusiast and supportive force in home-grown talent, Zuk worked with the Secretaries on the band's 2014 seven-inch, which also happened to be Hot Plains' inaugural release. The record featured the songs "Show Me" and "The Way I Feel," two gritty, anthemic rock tracks that beckon back to the golden age of

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rock 'n' roll. The Secretaries—which also includes Darren Radbourne and Greg Hutchinson (a horn duo known as the Brassholes) and Miss Mannered on synth—have some new tunes ready to go for this weekend, too. Those awaiting new Secretaries material will have to be content with the live versions, however, as the band doesn't have any solid plans to record right now.

"We're all so involved with other projects we tend to come and go from the Secretaries, which is kind of what is special about it," Brown explains. "We can go off and do our own stuff and come back to it and it's always this vibrant thing. I think a lot of people, a lot of bands, if you go to that band all the time and that's your only project, it can become stale because you're always constantly depending on that project to serve as all of your creative outlet. I think, for us in the Secretaries, we have this ability to pick and choose which of our projects we're currently writing about, so it's an interesting position to be in. [There's] a lot more freedom that way."

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The Red Cannons

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ave you ever been to a show and the band shot a cannon at you? Alright, sure, AC/DC—but did those guys fire bottles of beer into the crowd and sprinkle in literary references?

Then you'd best witness the Red Cannons, a band that does its best to live up to the firepower in its name.

"Shooting T-shirts, beer or whatever out of the cannon: it's our signature thing," says Jen Perry, who sings and plays bass in the band.

Spruce Grove native Perry plays alongside three Boechler brothers from Stony Plain: Evan on rhythm guitar, Braden on lead guitar and Landon on drums. She grew up with the boys and used to play with Evan in the now-defunct band the Shakedowns. After that band split, she and Evan enlisted his brothers to form the Red Cannons.

The group's 2013 single "Underneath the Floorboards," inspired

by Edgar Allan Poe's The TellTale Heart and smacks heartily of Queens of the Stone Age's "Burn the Witch," had serious legs. That year, it was one of the most re-

quested songs on Edmonton rock live music comes through," Perry radio and achieved the Hoser Holy says. "And they treat bands really Grail when it was featured on Hock- well. But we love to do the bigger cities as well." ey Night in Canada.

Literary references aren't often Maybe there are a few local found alongside bands who can pyrotechnics, but put those hon- Sat, Jan 10 (8 pm) Perry says the ours in their tro- With Thompson Highway, phy case. Maybe. Ten Minute Detour, the Fronts, group doesn't try to hide the But few can say Needles to Vinyl fact its members they helped Mercury Room, $15 are well-read. soundtrack the Indeed, the Red athletes of the Lingerie Fighting Championships, Cannons' follow-up single "Sheepa new league of MMA ladies who, dog" tackles the battle between for some reason, fight in their good and evil between three different personality types—heady stuff underpants.

"That one was kind of random," for blues rock.

"We're all readers," Perry says.

Perry laughs. "But its a great way "It's interesting when fans can pick to get the music out." up these stories in our songs. And Hey, exposure is exposure. Be- there's that folk-country influence ing from the small(ish) locales of in our lyrics, that balladry."

As for the future, Perry says the Stony Plain and Spruce Grove, the Red Cannons don't shy away band plans to keep reading, writing from playing overlooked communi- and rocking—and its looking to upties. Last summer, the band riffed grade the on-stage artillery.

"We're hoping to get a bigger and through Grande Prairie, Whitecourt and Edson before touring through better cannon to make the shows even more exciting," Perry adds. the BC Interior. "[Small towns] appreciate when JOSH MARCELLIN JOSH@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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hat's old is new again. When looking for style cues, kids boldly venture back in time about 20 years and wear that plaid like they invented it. But how many have the stones to rep 600 AD? Tyler Stang does. The 22-year-old sings and plays guitar for Drayton Valley folkers Sail With Kings. His love for Mumford & Sons is clear from the stompy sing-a-longs that he pumps out with his friends Spencer Ciesielski on standup bass and Devin Hutchinson on guitar. But history, especially 1200 to 1500 years ago, is his obsession.

"I'm obsessed with the sixth century. It's how little the people had," he says on the phone from Drayton Valley, just starting the day in the

late afternoon after spending a late night with friends. "I write my songs like I was in that time, like going out to battle for glory."

Indeed, his bandmates would often get questions of: "Why is he dressed like that?" You're less likely to see him wearing viking-approved clothes these days, but hardy themes of selfreliance and exploration remain in the band's music.

Originally from the small town of Drayton Valley—famous for oil pumps, not marauders—Sail With Kings relocated to Calgary a year ago.

Stang said the move came after realizing the band had done all it could, musically, in its hometown. The group played with Canadian rock legends Trooper at the Drayton Valley arena: there weren't going to be bigger shows.

So the Kings sailed to the big city. In Calgary the band played to strangers and didn't have to worry about grandparents hearing salty language.

"You can start to see where your real fan base is, who is really following you because of your music and not just your friends and family coming to watch you play," Stang says. "Plus, you can't really do something in Drayton Valley without the whole town hearing about it, so I tried not to make a

fool of myself on stage. But now we can be who we want to be without being afraid."

The band is still building. It released the debut EP Closer in 2013, recorded in a Drayton Valley garage. Stang says the recording was raw, a DIY effort to produce music to share at Sail With Kings' shows.

Live, the guys dig into their acoustic instruments, and every member sings while Stang plays a kick drum and tambourine with his feet. He says the group has been honing its live shows by playing three to four times a week in Cowtown. One gig was a battle of the bands show—a battle Sail With Kings won. The prize was studio time used for its first "pro" recording, a single called "Where You Wanna Go." Stang says the song reflects the band's wanderlust. The group wants to tour widely—and it wants to lead.

"The whole idea of Sail With Kings comes from when we lived in Drayton Valley and being drawn to the bush and going down to the river," he says. "I think we want to portray ourselves as kings so people would be encouraged to follow us, to be a part of something bigger. We're not just playing music for our benefit or fulfilment, but to bring smiles to people's faces."

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O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every

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waskahegantrail.ca • Meet at McDonalds Argyll, 8110 Argyll Road; A walk from Riverside Golf Course to Louise McKinney Park; Jan 11, 9:45am; Guests welcome, annual membership $20; Hike leader Helen, 780.468.4331 • Meet at McDonalds Capilano, 9857-50 St; A guided hike from Kennedale Ravine to Sunridge; Jan 18, 9:45am; Guests welcome, annual membership $20; Hike leader Sandra 780.318.6883

St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleinesanam.org/en • Program for HIV-AID’S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free (member)/$10 (membership); pre-register

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall, 1013596 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm •

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CONNIE'S COMEDY PRESENTS SILLY PINTS COMEDY • Fionn MacCool's Gateway

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CONNIE'S COMEDY AT THE DRAFT BAR & GRILL • Draft Bar & Grill, 12912-50 St • With Dave Stawnichy as the headliner and Jim Noble as the MC • Jan 14, 7:30pm

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

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

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug) E: amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free

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

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

EDMONTON NATURE CLUB • King’s University College, 9125-50 St • Speakers will be Ann Carter and John Jaworski. Join the ENC President and her husband as they discuss Costa Rica and three different areas of the country • Jan 16, 7pm • Admission by donation

Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@ shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs. org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; 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 • 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

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

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

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10min 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)

SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters. com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE MIDDLE EAST • Telus World of Science Margaret Ziedler Theatre • Presented by the Strathcona Archaeological Society. Lecture by Hilary McDonald • Jan 9, 7pm • Free with SAS membership or TWoS admission or membership

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

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

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 LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS GLUTEN FREE LIVING 101 • Hope Lutheran Church, 5104-106 Ave • Learn the basics of a gluten free lifestyle, such as the different challenges of a gluten free diet, how to check labels, how to live with CD, and how to use your kitchen wisely • Jan 14, 7-9pm • Free

OPERA 101: THE MAGIC FLUTE • Mercer Tavern, 10363-104 St • Speakers from a variety of backgrounds, including musicologists, history, sociology and language professors, as well as members of the EO production and creative teams, provide context and background about The Magic Flute • Jan 14, 7-9pm • Free

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm VIEWS OF THE NIGHT SKY • University of Alberta Observatory, University of Alberta • chat with astronomers who are currently undertaking research in astronomy, and look through telescopes to explore the universe. Free public talks during the first half of our observing session (should the sky not cooperate) • Jan 15, 7-8pm • Free

WHEN CELEBRITY CULTURE AND SCIENCE CLASH: THE DISTORTION OF INDEPENDENT RESEARCH • Humanities Centre Lecture 1, University of Alberta • Olivieri Lecture on Medical Ethics, featuring Timothy Caulfield • Jan 8, 4-5:30pm • Free

QUEER AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer • Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer • 403.347.6073 • Affirm welcome LGBTQ people and their friends, family, and allies meet the 2nd Tue, 7pm, each month

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo. com/group/bwedmonton

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm

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. SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Swimming–Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.ca; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@ teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca

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

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/ competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

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)

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Inn Edmonton South, 5359 Calgary Trail • TreasureStoneBeads.com • Huge selection of beads, gemstones, charms, crystals, pearls & more jewelry-making supplies in Edmonton • Jan 17, 11am-5pm

CELEBRATE ROBERT BURNS • Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site, 11153 Saskatchewan Drive • history.alberta.ca/rutherford • 780.427.3995 • A celebration of Scottish heritage.

The day salutes the birthday of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, with Scottish dancers, live pipes and drums and the pageantry of Burns’ own Address to a Haggis. Sample haggis cooked to perfection in a wood fired stove • Jan 18, 12-4pm • Regular admission

DEEP FREEZE: A BYZANTINE WINTER FESTIVAL: RETURN OF THE VIKINGS • Between 90-94 St on 118 Ave • Conquer the urban landscape and exceptional spaces on and around Alberta Avenue • Jan 10-11

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 ICE ON WHYTE • Whyte Ave, Old Strathcona • Outdoor fun, includes a giant ice slide, ice carving competition, music, movies, crafts, face painting, fire pits, hot chocolate, s'mores and so much more • Jan 23-Feb 1 IORDAN- FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY • Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, located 25 minutes or 50 km (30 miles) east of Edmonton along Highway 16, just 3 km (1.8 miles) east of Elk Island National Park • One of the most important holy days of the Ukrainian church calendar. Attend a water blessing ceremony at an ice cross following church services. Bring a glass jar and collect a small amount of holy water to take home after the blessing. Explore a number of historical buildings where costumed role players can demonstrate how Ukrainian pioneers celebrated this special day • Jan 19, 10am-2pm INTERNATIONAL WEEK 2015 • University of Alberta • globaled.ualberta.ca/InternationalWeek • Trying to make sense of the world’s most current and pressing conflicts. Considering causes, consequences and possible solutions, and will devote special attention to the plight of refugees and displaced persons • Jan 26-30

MALANKA: UKRAINIAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATION • Ukrainian Centre, 11018-97 St • 780.434.1690 • Held every January to summon the Spring. Cocktails and a huge buffet followed by a Floor Show and a Dance to the Hammertones • Jan 17, 5:30pm • $40 (adv for dinner, floor show & dance); $20 (dance only)

NERD NITE #18 • The Club (Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Come to Nerd Nite #18 in your own onesie, and you'll be eligible to win prizes. If you don't come in a onesie... well, we'll all know who the real nerds are. Celebrate the new year with your fellow nerds. Kids 17 and under will not be admitted • Jan 21, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show) • $15.75 in advance (includes fees and GST); $23.40 (includes fees and GST) OPERA BRUNCH: THE MAGIC FLUTE • Royal Glenora Club, 11160 River Valley Road • edmontonopera.com/events/brunch • 780.429.1000 • Brunch prepared by the Edmonton Petroleum Club's executive chef is accompanied by intimate performances by the cast of The Magic Flute, featuring their favourite repertoire • Jan 18, 11am1pm • $85 for single tickets SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 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

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WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm

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Call for Volunteers We are excited to begin recruiting our amazing team of volunteers for International Week 2015! This year I-Week runs from January 26-30, and we are looking for volunteers to fill various positions including: helping with event preparations, assisting with publicity campaigns on and off campus, introducing guest speakers, and helping to ensure that I-Week events run smoothly.

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Habitat for Humanity Edmonton invites you to submit a design for our “Hope Builder T-shirt”.

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ACRYLIC ARTISTS! Don’t miss GOLDEN Working Artist Samantha WilliamsChapelsky’s lecture/demo on the 1001 ways you can use GOLDEN acrylic paints, mediums, gels & pastes, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015, 7-9PM in the Studio at The Paint Spot (10032-81 Avenue, Edmonton).

Admission, $10, confirms your place and is refunded to you at the event as a coupon. Plus, GOLDEN gives a generous Just Paint goodies bag to all attending artists! Further information or RSVP: 780.432.0240; accounts@paintspot.ca; www.paintspot.ca.

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: BUDAPEST The Open Call will begin on June 25, 2014, we have every months jury selection until April 15, 2015. Apply early!

HMC International Artist Residency Program, a not-forprofit arts organization based in Dallas, TX / Budapest, Hungary – provides national and international artists to produce new work while engaging with the arts community in Budapest, Hungary.

FOR APPLICATION FORM, questions please contact us.

Email: bszechy@yahoo.com Call For Exhibition Proposals: Red Deer, AB Harris-Warke Gallery, Red Deer Deadline: January 31 annually The gallery encourages exposure to a wide variety of Arts. In addition to painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewellery, textiles and all combinations of mixed and multi-media, They hope to feature some of the less often exhibited art forms, such as literary art, landscape art, culinary art and music. We are open to an eclectic definition of art. In concert with this mandate, the downtown location facilitates a viewing public from various walks of life.

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Call for One Act Play Submissions: Stage Struck! is a one-act play festival sponsored by the Alberta Drama Festival Association, Edmonton Region. The Festival will be held at La Cite on Feb 27-28, 2015. For more information or to request a registration package, contact Mary-Ellen Perley at 780-481-3716 or email at mperley@shaw.ca. Award winning playwright Vern Thiessen is our adjudicator this year!

Call For Submissions for Prairie Wood Solutions Fair Award recognition for outstanding wood architecture.

New online submission process is now open, visit the following link to our website for information on the nomination process and to create and application.

Contact Communications Coordinator, Barbara Murray at 780-392-0761 or bmurray@wood-works.ca for more information. Important dates: Nomination deadline: January 23, 2015 Gala and award presentation on March 17, 2015 Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton, AB LOCAL ARTIST SEEKS REPRESENTATION Will pay accordingly $$$ .

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NATIONAL CALL TO ARTISTS: Rogers Place Arena – Community Rink, Sculpture in the Landscape The Sculpture in the Landscape public art competition is a National Call open to all professional artists residing in Canada and is held in accordance with the City of Edmonton policy “Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas” (C458C).

Budget: $300,000.00 CAD (maximum, all inclusive) Deadline for Submissions: 4:30 pm on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Installation: August 2016 The EAC and the City of Edmonton invite artists to address any questions by email to abowes@edmontonarts.ca

Opportunities for artists to exhibit in Budapest: Open call for book artists! Library Thoughts 5 :An exhibition of the Book as Art Artist’s Books and book-related art Deadline: March 1, 2015 fee: USD$ 35 Book as Art exhibition organized at MAMU Gallery, Budapest June 12 – July 3, 2015 . The exhibition curator Beata Szechy.

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The Emmanuel College Art Department offers an eightweek artists residency to four artists each summer. The residency supports a diverse group of artists, providing time and space for established and emerging artists to develop their work.

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UNFINISHED PAINTING CHALLENGE IV Hey artists, we all have at least one painting that we can’t seem to finish, don’t we? How about bringing yours to our Unfinished Painting Challenge IV, and choosing a work someone else couldn’t finish to try your hand at? After all, one person’s junk is another person’s inspiration!

We will be exchanging work and accepting returned, finished work until Friday, February 13. An exhibition of all the finished works runs February 20 – April 20. Join in, or just come and see an exhibition of redeemed paintings and our archive of ‘before-and-after’ images. This is a super-fun event! Further information: The Paint Spot, 10032 81 Avenue, Edmonton; 780.432.0240; www.paintspot.ca; accounts@paintspot.ca.

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The From Our Dark Side competition is a national English-language contest seeking the best in Canadian female-driven genre film ideas, written by women.

Genre films can include thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, horror - or an imaginative combination of these.

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LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): I live in Northern California, where an extended drought led to water-rationing for much of 2014. But in December, a series of downpours arrived to replenish the parched landscape. Now, bursts of white wildflowers have erupted along my favourite hiking trails. They're called shepherd's purse. Herbalists say this useful weed can be made into an ointment that eases pain and heals wounds. I'd like to give you a metaphorical version of this good stuff. You could use some support in alleviating the psychic aches and pangs you're feeling. Any ideas about how to get it? Brainstorm. Ask questions. Seek help.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Actress Uzo Aduba's formal first name is Uzoamaka. She tells the story about how she wanted to change it when she was a kid.

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LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Doug Von Koss leads groups of people in sing-alongs. You don't have to be an accomplished vocalist to be part of his events, nor is it crucial that you know the lyrics and melodies to a large repertoire of songs. He strives to foster a "perfection-free zone." I encourage you to dwell in the midst of your own personal perfectionfree zone everywhere you go this week, Libra. You need a break from the pressure to be smooth, sleek and savvy. You have a poetic licence to be innocent, loose and a bit messy. At least temporarily, allow yourself the deep pleasure of ignoring everyone's expectations and demands.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): Songwriter RB Morris wrote a fanciful poem in which he imagines a smart mockingbird hearing rock 'n' roll music for the first time. "When Mockingbird first heard rock / He cocked his head and crapped / What in the hell is that? / It sounded like a train wreck / Someone was screaming / Someone's banging on garbage cans." Despite his initial alienation, Mockingbird couldn't drag himself away. He stayed to listen. Soon he was spellbound.

"His blood pounded and rolled."

Next thing you know, Mockingbird and his friends are making raucous music themselves "all for the love of that joyful noise."

I foresee a comparable progression for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. What initially disturbs you may ultimately excite you—maybe even fulfill you.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): Do you recall the opening scene of Lewis Carroll's story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? Alice is sitting outside on a hot day, feeling bored, when a White Rabbit scurries by. He's wearing a coat and consulting a watch as he talks to himself. She follows him, even when he jumps into a hole in the ground. Her descent takes a long time. On the way down, she passes cupboards and bookshelves and other odd sights. Not once does she feel fear. Instead, she makes careful observations and thinks reasonably about her unexpected trip.

Finally she lands safely. As you do your personal equivalent of falling down the rabbit hole, Aquarius, be as poised and calm as Alice. Think of it as an adventure, not a crisis, and an adventure it will be.

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DJ TIËSTO

EROTIC TALES

THE WAR BRIDE

THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS ELEVEN O’CLOCK SONGS AT FOUR ROOMS

AT THE BACK 31

32 RIGHT IN THE BREAD BASKET

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