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PSE does not belong on the table Improvements to education, rather than cuts, will help the economy Premier Jim Prentice keeps telling Albertans that all options are on the table for dealing with the province's purported $7-billion revenue shortfall next year. What he seems to mean, however, is that all options that will hurt the province over the long-term and make fiscal realities worse are on the table and that anything that might actually help, like royalties and corporate taxes, will not be allowed anywhere near the table. Take the case of post-secondary education. In jurisdictions that are over-dependent on natural-resource extraction and exports, post-secondary education can play an important role in facilitating the research, skills development and creativity that lead directly to innovation and economic diversification. The stronger a postsecondary education system a jurisdiction has, the more likely they are to see a highly skilled trades sector, an innovative and creative science and technology sector, world-class health care and education sectors, and a thriving arts and culture sector. All of these contribute to diversity of an economy and reduce the boom-bust cycles so often associated with resource-based economies.

Likewise, a strong, well-funded and accessible post-secondary education system makes a huge contribution to reduced inequality. Education is key to social mobility because it increases earning potential. The more accessible education is to young people from poor and working-class families, the less poverty and income inequality will exist. Not surprisingly, having more people earning more money also broadens the tax base. There is also a wealth of research linking better access to post-secondary education with greater democratic engagement and greater civic participation. It doesn't matter if that access is to trade schools, colleges or universities, the more access that exists to post-secondary education, the higher the level of engagement by the population in elections, volunteering and their communities. All of these are compelling arguments in favour of a well-funded, accessible post-secondary education system. They are some of the reasons that countries like Germany and Norway have moved to completely eliminate tuition and why their economies are actually stronger for it.

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Ideology over science Baffling. That's the only word to describe the federal Conservatives' decision to slash core funding for a program that has been proven to significantly reduce convicted sex offenders from reoffending. Circles of Support and Accountability has 18 sites across Canada with around 700 trained volunteers working with 150 to 200 high-risk sex offenders. Four to six volunteers work with each offender as they rejoin communities after being released from jail, supporting them emotionally and helping them access services. A five-year government evaluation of the program, at a cost of $7.5 million, found it to be extremely effective and saved money: it reduced recidivism by 70 to 83 percent and saved $4.60 for every dollar invested in criminal justice, medical and other costs. So why would the government announce that it was cutting the $650 000 the program gets annually by about half, causing many of the sites across Canada to close? "Looking at the data … recidivism rates will rise," said David Byrne, chair of the support program, in an interview with the CBC.

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Paul Calandra, whom you may remember as the guy who bizarrely talked around Tom Mulcair's questions on Iraq by highlighting Israel, was tasked to explain this head-scratcher. "The best place for individuals who have committed crimes is behind bars," he told CBC's Evan Solomon, before spinning a ridiculous line of logic insisting the government was still funding the program even as offices across the country are expecting to close. Huh. Now, sex offenders, rightfully, aren't the most popular people. And it certainly is unsavoury thinking that we're spending any amount of money to support them. But we need to trust science, not ideology. Science says this program will prevent future victims of sex crimes and that it saves society money. This is like Stephen Harper's battles against safe-injection sites, another program proven scientifically to be effective harm reduction. It's this ideology, a childlike way of viewing the world as good versus bad people, that is doing real harm. With this logic, punishment is the only answer even when other measures are proven more effective. V

In case you missed it, Alberta is a province where a third of government revenues and at least a third of the GDP comes directly from one economic sector: oil and gas. We are the province in Canada that is most dependent on natural resources for government revenues. We are also the province with both the highest levels of income and wealth inequality between rich and poor, and also have the fastestgrowing gap between rich and poor in the country, and the level of engagement by Albertans in politics and elections is abysmal. All of these realities are aggravated by the fact that Alberta has the lowest level of participation in postsecondary education in the country and that our undergraduate tuition fees are the second highest in the country.

DYERSTRAIGHT

So an important solution to a number of Alberta's woes today would be to invest in and strengthen our post-secondary system and make it much more accessible. That is not, however, the solution that Prentice has put on the table. The solution he has put on the table is to further cut funding to the system and remove the long-standing cap on tuition fees in the province. In other words, he is considering making it harder for the province's post-secondary institutions to provide high-quality education at the same time as he is prepared to make that education less accessible to Albertans. The result of moving forward with further cuts and tuition deregulation would be a system that is only accessible to an elite few; a system that would further broaden the gap between rich and poor in the prov-

ince. The lack of funding and access would stymie research and innovation, further entrenching oil and gas as the only show in town and increasing our susceptibility to the boom-bust cycle, and the lack of access would result in many of our best and brightest leaving the province to study elsewhere, making others the beneficiaries of our lack of foresight and vision. There are many things that belong on Prentice's table for consideration. Post-secondary education is not one of them. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta. The views and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute.

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Murder in Moscow

Russia's opposition leader turns up dead at an inconvenient time "Every time I call [my mother]," said Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov recently, "she gives me a talking-to: 'When will you stop being rude about Putin? He'll kill you.'" Now Nemtsov is dead: four bullets in the back as he was walking home in Moscow with his girlfriend on Friday night. The protest march against Putin and the war in Ukraine that he was planning to lead on Sunday became a memorial march instead. So, two questions. Did President Vladimir Putin order the assassination? And if he didn't, then who did, and why? The hit was carried out with professional skill only three minutes' walk from Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin, in an area that is infested day and night by militia (police) on constant alert to break up demonstrations. You could put together a feature-length film with the footage from the countless CCTV cameras that tracked Nemtsov's walk across the square and down to the bridge where he died. It took accurate intelligence to know where Nemtsov would be on Friday night, and serious organization and planning to carry out the killing in such a heavily policed area. That points to members of the military or security forces, though not necessarily to ones who were acting on official orders. Because the first thing to say about this murder is that it did not serve Putin's purposes. No doubt the Russian president disliked and despised Nemtsov, but neither he nor any other opposition leader posed any threat to Putin's power. Thanks in large part to his

seizure of Crimea and his military intervention in eastern Ukraine, Putin is currently enjoying an 85-percent approval rating with the Russian public. Why risk upsetting this happy relationship with the first public killing of a senior political figure in more than a decade? It's much more likely that the killing was carried out by serving or former soldiers or intelligence officers who took it upon themselves to eliminate an "anti-patriotic" politician who condemned "Putin's War" in Ukraine. In the superheated atmosphere of nationalist paranoia that currently prevails in Russia, such people could easily imagine that they were doing was just what Putin secretly wanted. As for the rest of the world (or at least the "western" part of the world), it has already written Putin off as a man you can do business with. The Russian leader is, in many Westerners' eyes, an expansionist warlord who can only be contained by sanctions and threats. It may even take a new Cold War to stop him. Paranoia, alas, is a communicable disease. The Western narrative that seeks to explain how, in less than a year, we have arrived at a point where the United States is contemplating supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine to kill Russian troops, has several large gaps. The first is that the revolution on the Maidan in Kiev last winter overthrew a legitimately elected Ukrainian president only a year before the next elections were due. Putin initially accepted that outcome (with the elections moved up to only one month in the future),

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which was brokered by the European Union. In other words, he accepted the illegal overthrow of the pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovych, so long as free elections followed rapidly. Quite possibly because he thought Yanukovych's supporters in the east might boost him back into the presidency again. That same thought may also be why the revolutionaries in Kiev broke the deal and insisted on Yanukovych's immediate removal from power. It was only then that Putin concluded that he was faced with a Western plot to whisk Ukraine into NATO and create a strategic and political threat on Russia's southern frontier. There was no such plot: NATO has not the slightest desire to assume responsibility for the defence of Ukraine. But there was a great deal of open Western rejoicing at Russia's discomfiture, and Putin lost his customary cool and responded with the annexation of Crimea and then the encouragement of pro-Russian rebels in southeastern Ukraine. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely," Lord Acton said. "All great men are bad." In that sense, Putin is a bad man, and more dangerous for being both paranoid and increasingly isolated. (His circle of advisers has dwindled to a handful of hawks.) But he is not planning to conquer even Ukraine, let alone the rest of the former Soviet empire, and he almost certainly did not order Nemtsov's death. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

NEWS // HORSE CULL

and Wildlife, the non-profit Alberta Conservation Association, the Wild Horses Of Alberta Society (WHOAS), as well a few veterinarians and other area users. "They're there to help us develop the management plans each year— they're kind of our sounding board," MacDonnell says. "It's, 'What's the impact on the land?' and, 'What's the impact on the other users?'" Many of those complaints circle the vegetation in the area: that too many horses are consuming the vegetation, making it difficult for cattle or wildlife to sustain in the area. Bob Henderson, president of WHOAS, agrees with the need to control the

horse population, but has his doubts about some of the complaints currently being bandied about, especially given that the government hasn't offered an ideal number of horses for the area. "I strongly believe that the horses aren't right now at such a number that they're causing some of the damage that a lot of people complain about. They are a part of the ecosystem as it exists out there," he says. "The scientific evidence to support a lot of the arguments against the horses are not there yet. You can't make statements and have good management if you don't know how many CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 >>

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he Ghost River Equine Zone of southern Alberta draws its boundaries between the Red Deer River to the north, Banff National Park to its west, Highway 22 to the east and at its southernmost marker the river that gives it its name. The protected sweep of rangeland is only accessible by foot and hunting and fishing are not allowed, but a recent particular interest has circled its wild horses. Two hundred and forty-two untamed ungulates run freely in the area, part of a province-wide population of 880 wild horses, according to a 2014 assessment. That number is now reduced: the Ghost River zone was the setting of a government-sanctioned roundup to lessen its ranks: 40-some horses were captured over the past few weeks and either adopted or sent to auction in Innisfail. To Darrell Glover, founder of Help Alberta Wildies, the roundup wasn't necessary at all. "The numbers that they were using from their aerial counts had been substantially altered because of those se-

vere floods and the severe winter," he says. "We were trying to get them to understand that they had to revamp their proposed cull numbers, or else they were going to seriously wipe out a number of the herds by the time the cull was over." His concern is that the government's count, based on 2014 numbers, is inaccurate (the census typically happens in March, meaning its data is almost a year old) especially given the effects a difficult winter have had on the horses. Glover, a recreational pilot, took to the air—the same way the government determines horse numbers— alongside experienced counters, to try and determine the horse population. "We were coming up with numbers that were 35-percent less than the previous government numbers in the same zones," he says. "So for them to issue permits for capture based on the previous year's numbers—and they issue the permits based on percentages in those zones—the mathematics just wasn't adding up."

Alberta's feral horses are descendants of a more domesticated bunch, first brought into the area by logging and outfitting operations in the early 1900s. Then, when horses were no longer needed, they were simply released into the wild, where populations emerged and sustained. The province's Environment and Sustainable Resources Development (ESRD) became the body of oversight for horse capture in the early '90s, after issues of mistreatment of animals arose, adding a section on horse capture regulation to the Stray Animals Act. February's roundup marks the third recent wild-horse capture in area, Duncan MacDonnell, public affairs officer with the ESRD, acknowledges, with this year following similar population reductions in 2012 and 2014. He notes that there isn't a set trigger for determining when roundups happen: they're decided on a yearly basis, on the advice of a 14-member committee representing the area's users, which includes input from Fish

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horses a range can adequately sustain." WHOAS took in 28 of the horses captured this year, on only a few days' notice. There are alternative methods of controlling the horse population. The ESRD, working with WHOAS, has signed a five year "memorandum of understanding" to hold off any roundups in the Sundre area north of Ghost, while a drug called PZP (porcine zona pellucida) is implemented. It involves shooting the horses with a painless dart, the contents of which temporarily prevent pregnancy with no debilitating side effects observed in either health or behaviour, according to a 2010 American study titled "Immunocontraceptive Reproduction Control Utilizing Porzine Zona Pellucida (PZP) in Federal Wild Horse Populations". Glover ardently agrees with the program; he questions why the government is acting before its success or failure becomes evident. "Once the [PZP] pilot program got started, it was our feeling that there should be zero culls," Glover says. "Leave the numbers alone until they see how the pilot project works. This is something that's been successful in the US for close to 30 years. It's not that it has to be proven; it's already been proven. So, why continue culling while you've just agreed to go with a contraception trial? In our point of view, that's accelerated removal."

FRONT He also has concerns with the treatment of the animals during capture, and a worry for what happens to them after. Help Alberta Wildies recently posted a video to its Facebook page of an attempted wild-horse roping that the group took issue with. "That's the kind of stuff that was supposed to have been stopped in 1993 when the ESRD took over the jurisdiction of wild horses," he says. "To see this kind of activity still going on is why a group like us exists. These horses, they certainly can be handled more humanely than that." The horse capture regulations in the Stray Animals Act does forbid the use of "a snare, weapon or vehicle" in the capture or attempt to capture any feral horses. It doesn't quite forbid ropings, but Glover finds that the act's precisely worded language fails the spirit of humane treatment. MacDonnell notes that there was ESRD oversight of the captures that happened, and he didn't hear of anything that broke the rules: for the most part, ESRD uses bait traps that simply have a gate lock behind an animal when it enters an enclosed area. He also points out that the ESRD is working towards more ethical capture and treatment of the animals: this year, it changed how it structures the licensing for wranglers to ensure those wild horses don't end up sent to slaughter for money. "Last year, the way the program worked was that the capture licences were held by the wranglers, the folks whose job it was to go out there and

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collect the horses," he says. "And once they got the horses, they could do whatever they wanted with them. That's just the way it worked. So what we did this year is [say], you are not going to hold the capture licences. We, the ESRD, are going to hold the capture licences, and we're going to contract the capture to you. So you're going to go and catch the horses. But you won't own them. You can't do whatever you want with them. You turn them over to us." No horses in this 2015 roundup went to slaughter, MacDonnell stresses, and there was even a plan in place for those that didn't sell in the aftermath. "If the horses didn't sell in auction," he continues. "We had a list of people who had contacted us over the past month or so who'd said, 'Any horses that don't sell, I'll take them. I have a use for them. I'll put them out in my back 40.'" Still, Glover contends the number of horses is higher than the government thinks, and he feels the information that led to the roundup was inaccurate. And for his part with WHOAS Henderson admits he'd hoped there wouldn't be another roundup this year, but even so, he sees promise in the PZP program currently underway. "We're really confident that given a chance—and the government does seem to be giving us a chance—that our contraception program is the way to go, and these culls will not have to happen in the future."

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DUMPSTER DIARIES

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Is dumpster diving in Edmonton legal? It's a fair question for anyone who may be considering some urban foraging for cast-off food. Nobody wants to get hassled by the Man, least of all when you're waist-deep in trash. Municipalities in Missouri, California, Utah and Texas have bylaws specifically outlawing dumpster diving. There's a story of a 27-year-old man who was sentenced to six months in jail for taking food from a dumpster in Colorado in 2006 while he was on his way to a Rainbow Gathering. But will Edmonton police care if you're rooting around in a grocerystore bin? The most simple answer is: it depends. An unlocked dumpster, unguarded by a locked gate or legal signage, is a green light for diving. This is reinforced by a 2009 Alberta Court of Appeal case involving cops and a suspected drug producer. They couldn't get a search warrant, so they collected the dude's disposed trash, sifted through it, and they found enough evidence from those contents to get a search warrant and busted his ecstasy lab. Ecstasy dude felt his privacy had been breached by the cops going through his trash. But the court ruled that he abandoned his right to his property when he left it out as garbage accessible to the police, animals and the general public.

Score one for the divers. However, you could still get nailed under the Trespass to Property Act. The act, which also regulates unlawful entry onto a Christmas tree farm or commercial berry growing operation, states a few things that affect dumpster diving. First, it defines trespassing as entering an area "that is enclosed in a manner that indicates the occupier's intention to keep persons off the premises" or "enters on premises where entry is prohibited by notice." So if you're out there cutting locks and spidering over chain-link fences, you could end up in trouble. And if there are signs warning you to stay out—it has to be posted by the legal occupier, not just some schmo—it's probably trespassing. Also, you could get in trouble if the property owner asks you to leave and you refuse. The fines for breaching this is anywhere from $200 to $2000, which would seriously cut into any money you're saving from harvesting dumpster food. As with anything, let your sturdy common sense be the guide: if it's been thrown away and is on a curb or in an unlocked bin, it's fair game—everything else is bound for the dump.

FEATURE // COFFEE

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dmonton's Coffee Week originated, ironically, over a glass of wine. "I was having a glass of wine, watching a Netflix documentary about sommeliers, and I was like, 'Where's the coffee movie?'" says Sarah Jackson. "I searched on the Internet and found this documentary, which I am subsequently bringing to Edmonton. I thought it was super cool and would make for a really fun day. But then I thought, that's not really good enough. My style is go big or go home." The documentary, Brandon Loper's

Edmonton’s inaugural celebration of all things java 2014 A Film About Coffee, is kicking off what has evolved into a whole week of events celebrating Edmonton's coffee culture. The general manager of coffee roaster Caffe Tech and coffee shop Café Leva, Jackson has been in the industry for 15 years. Though she felt the timing was right for a celebration of local coffee, she was still surprised just how supportive the city's coffee-oriented businesses have been: 27 cafés are participating in the Coffee Week passport program, which offers a discount on all coffees ($3.50+) purchased that

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week. Numerous cafés and businesses are also hosting workshops and events on things like home brewing and roasting techniques, latte art and a roaster tour. There's also a coffeefuelled knit night, poetry reading, and a coffee-inspired dinner at Café Rista. "Coffee's evolved a lot in North America in the last 30 years or so," Jackson says. "The education side of coffee, I think a lot of people really want, but they don't know how to get. On a daily basis it's hard for caCONTINUED ON PAGE 08 >> DISH 7

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Hipster grapes

My favourite wine is from Rías Baixas. You've probably never heard of it. Name 20 grape varieties. I bet you got stuck after a dozen or so. Looking around most wine lists and chain liquor stores in town, it sure seems like there are only a handful of wine grapes out there. This is actually hilariously false—there are thousands of varieties, and hundreds that are regularly made into wine. The following grapes are a little more unusual (in Edmonton, anyway) than the standard Cabernet, Merlot, Malbec or Chardonnay. Start drinking them so you can impress/annoy your friends and family by name-dropping obscure varieties.

Albariño If you like French Sauvignon Blanc, unoaked Chardonnay or any white with zingy acidity, this Spanish grape is for you. Albariño is grown in northeastern Spain in the Galicia province (especially the Rías Baixas appellation) as well as just south of that in northern Portugal (where it is spelled Alvarinho). Its aromas of apricot and white peach trick you into thinking it's soft and round, which makes the sucker punch of bracing acidity enticingly surprising. Light-bodied and with a hint of lemon-pith bitterness, Albariño is one of the most refreshing, delicious white wines out there.

Grüner Veltliner The star of Austria's small wine industry is this white variety, which is packed with spicy muskiness, lime and a white pepper finish. Grüner Veltliner is an excellent food-pairing wine as it usually embodies a streak of minerality and high acidity, like its common vineyard companion, Riesling. While the majority of Grüners come from Austria, the variety is also popping up in Australia, New Zealand, the Okanagan and Oregon. Tannat If you like Malbec (and I know you do), try a Tannat. It's got the same dark red and black fruits (blueber-

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ries, blackberries, cherries) as Malbec, only way more tannins. In fact, Tannat is where the name "tannin" comes from, so you might want to decant these bad boys before drinking. However, this might be unnecessary for S o u t h American versions, as they tend to be lighter in body and less tannic than the classic French version. (Tannat hails from the Madiran region, so you've got a Tannat if you see that name on the label.) Uruguay has declared Tannat its national grape, and it's probably the only type of Uruguayan wine you'll find in Alberta; look for Argentinean and French bottlings too. Baco Noir & Marechal Foch Homegrown heroes Baco Noir and Marechal Foch are hybrid varieties of a French wine grape crossed with an indigenous North American grapevine. They are very hardy and can withstand freezing temperatures well, which is why they were

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exclusively planted in the colder zones of North America (Ontario, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon). Wine snobs will tell you that Baco and its hybrid brothers are inferior to the Vitis vinifera (eg European) grapes, and indeed Canada engaged in a big vine-pull scheme in the late '80s to replace hybrid vines with vinifera. Nonetheless, try the few that are still around (Henry of Pelham for Baco, Quail's Gate for Foch) for a sip of Canadian wine history. V Mel Priestley is a certified sommelier and wine writer who also blogs about wine, food and the arts at melpriestley.ca

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fés to facilitate that. So that was a big mandate, to both educate in the community of coffee as well as the consumers who are such supporters of local cafés; help them get to know coffee, different brewing methods, but also to connect with your friends and family. That's what cafés are all about: it's all about connection."

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Jackson has been generating buzz on Instagram and Twitter since she started organizing Yeg Coffee Week back in November. She also purposefully left off any information about herself because her intention for Coffee Week has always been to showcase Edmonton's local coffee culture. "People are coming up and asking

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me if I know anything about it," she says with an amused chuckle. "It's not Sarah's Coffee Week—I really want it to be about featuring these amazing coffee shops. I'm excited and proud to help facilitate that." "I hope people gain a renewed love and passion and respect for coffee, as well as an excitement to get to know it more," she continues. "Coffee is itself a beautiful community here in Edmonton. It gives people the ability to build communities, because coffee is a tool to facilitate connection. So with this week, I hope people really, truly learn and find out what they like and explore their city." MEL PRIESTLEY

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PREVUE // DANCE

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Men at the end

hough the title invokes a cynical shrug (and is one of the more tongue-tickling phrases in the dance season), Montréal choreographer Sylvain Émard had a desire to treat his latest subject with a sense of pressure and immediacy. Ce n'est pas la fin du monde—or, It's not the end of the world—is Émard's high energy, high tension dance treatise on the modern condition of man. "As I was researching I realized that at many times during history people faced very serious problems, and they seemed to have the impression that the end of the world was coming soon," Émard says, citing the era around the First World War as one where the going concern was

that things couldn't possibly get any More importantly, he notes, the allworse. "The difference right now, male cast opened different opportuI find, is that it might be more seri- nities for expression. "If you have a ous. We seem to have all the tools Fri, Mar 6 and Sat, Mar 7 (8 pm) man and woman on stage, it's to make [the end of Ce n'est pas la fin du monde very hard not the world] happen." Timms Centre for the Arts, to see love or a In the piece, $20 – $35 Émard employs seductive relaseven male dancers tionship, and it's to illustrate that plight. very hard to see men being fragile, "It's not because I wanted to talk because they always have to be proabout men's condition in today's tecting or strong," Émard explains. world specifically, but it's hard to "When you have an all-men cast avoid that," he says, acknowledging it allows men to be vulnerable as that the world of post-women's lib- well. You can have the strength, the eration and the current gloom sur- power of a big group of men, but rounding male-led history has left at the same time you can really see contemporary masculinity "in shock." their frailty."

The theme of urgency created tension in the movement, and Émard also worked with a cast of freelance dancers that he was, for the most part, unfamiliar with. The result is a piece that is less sculptural than the work he's known for. "To me [the tension] has this very interesting quality, Émard says. "There's a lot of vibration onstage, and it created a very great awareness among the dancers that allowed me to push the movement a little farther. The music in the piece has no specific rhythm or tempo; the dancers have lots of group parts, and they just can't count on the music to be together, so they have to be really aware of the others as they dance."

He also notes that cynicism enhances today's bleak outlook. "For me environment is like a metaphor of the whole situation, like we're losing control of almost every aspect of life and politics," Émard says. "It seems that we're facing more and more tension and more challenges. "It's not hopeless, we just need to face the real problems and be honest with ourselves. There's a lot of cynicism and people lose faith in all their institutions, and for me the whole situation is alarming," he laughs lightly, admitting: "I'm not pessimistic, I'm just trying to be realistic."

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PREVUE // BAR SHAKESPEARE

The Falstaff Project H

istory remembers the Great Men. You know, the guys who strode through battlefields lopping off heads and cracking bones under their boots. But what about the guys who just wanted to peacefully drink some beers in the local pub? Enter The Falstaff Project. Andrew Ritchie, co-artistic director of Thou Art Here Theatre, adapted Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 to be told entirely from inside a tavern—in this case, the Artery. Sir John Falstaff is an ale-soaked knight and drinking buddy of Hal, son of King Henry IV. Ritchie, who is directing the production, says he "fell in love" with Falstaff's tragic character and knew he wanted to tell the story from his boozy point of view. "Hal is at this crossroads in his life, stuck between enjoying life and meeting these responsibilities," Ritchie says.

"Falstaff is like a surrogate father for Hal, and he represents the lighter parts of life. While Hal's real dad, the king, is pressuring him to go to war and fight for Mon, Mar 9 – Sun, Mar 15 the homeland. It's a play (7:30 pm) that talks a lot about With various musical guests honour and doing right visit thouartheretheatre.com by your country. I ques- for full lineup tion if that's always the Artery, $20, $5 for bands only of the outside right thing." Thou Art Here bills itaction in, with self as Edmonton's only site-sympathet- King Henry IV appearing periodically ic Shakespeare company. Ritchie says like a present-day politician. True to that means it adapts The Bard to non- the Artery's musical roots, different typical venues, like the beloved—and Edmonton bands will be playing every night of the production's sevensoon to be closed—Artery. day run, both during the performance The director says the performers will and after. "The fact we are in unusual venues move through all corners of the space, sharing drinks and cheers with the au- brings an interactivity and intimacy," dience. And TV screens will bring some Ritchie says. "There's no fourth wall.

The Bard, the bar, the beers

The performer and the audience have to engage. I think that makes our Shakespeare much more accessible. It's not so bombastic a performance. It's smaller, it's more human—it doesn't have to be this high art. It can be gritty and dirty and risky. That's how I want to bring Shakespeare to audiences." Ritchie counts himself lucky that the company is able to perform in the Artery before it shutters at the end of the month after being con-

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demned by the city. Dozens of acts booked past March 31 will have to find alternative spaces. "I'm devastated about the Artery," Ritchie groans. "It's feels like such a crime: it's such a centre and the heart of the music and arts scene. It's just plain luck that Falstaff didn't get cancelled and all our work and money would all be for naught." JOSH MARCELLIN

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WHAT’S ON AT UALBERTA? The Music of Michael Colgrass

Mar 15 3 pm

Symphonic Wind Ensemble celebrates Pulitzer Prize winning composer Michael Colgrass.

ARTS PREVUE // FESTIVAL

SkirtsAfire

Department of Music Winspear Centre

Raga Unveiled Mar 22 3 pm

The Indian Music Ensemble with Shri Yogesh Samsi.

Presented in partnership with Edmonton’s Raga-Mala Society of Music. Department of Music Winspear Centre

A Dream Play

By August Strindberg. Adaptation by Caryl Churchill. Agnes, daughter of the Vedic god Indra, descends to Earth to bear witness to the human experience.

Arts of every skirt // Mat Simpson

Mar 26 - Apr 4 7:30 pm

U of A Studio Theatre Timms Centre for the Arts

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he Skirts have entered a new ated specifically for SkirtsAfire—is phase: producing a full 10-day the central feature around which everything else is organized. production of a new play. "This was one of the goals right from the start of SkirtsAfire, and The number of artists has been that's been a really huge leap forward steadily increasing each year, this year," says Annette Loiselle, who from 70 in the first year to 127 has headed the multidisciplinary, fe- this year. The festival features male-focused festival since its begin- workshops and staged readings ning three years ago. This year she's of new plays, comedy and live music shows donned another hat (or skirt, as it on the Friday were): in addition Thu, Mar 5 – Sun, Mar 8 and Saturday to programming the Various venues on 118 Avenue nights after the entire festival, she's Admission by donation performance of Mothers, also performing in a Full schedule available at The Mothers 10-day production skirtsafire.wordpress.com visual art galof Nicole Moeller's leries, spoken one-woman show, word performances, storytelling and a music The Mothers. "It is kind of a funny position to be jamming workshop with Asani, a in," Loiselle notes over the phone, trio of aboriginal women who will about a week before the festival. guide participants through find"I was of two minds, because there ing one's inner song through perwas a part of me that really wanted cussion, melody and rhythm. Though it's still figuring out its to do the show, and there was another part of me that was like, 'Are form, SkirtsAfire's mandate has reyou crazy? Do you know how busy mained the same since inception. "It's artists and audiences coming it's going to be to produce the festival and be in the show?' But it's together in a unique collaboration, and sharing these stories that are been going OK!" SkirtsAfire is still very much a passionate and insightful, provokbaby festival. Its audience has ing, and just very moving," Loiselle stayed about the same for the first says. "My goal with whatever matetwo years of its life, so this year Lo- rial we choose is I want people to iselle worked on marketing as well be moved in some way, whether it's as streamlining the flow of perfor- to laughter or to tears or to reflect mances. The main stage production on their own life. They should be of The Mothers—located in a new walking away changed, somehow." black box theatre in the Alberta MEL PRIESTLEY MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM Avenue Community League, cre-

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The Wet Secrets performing at the soon-to-be-closed Artery // Meaghan Baxter

s a community home, the Artery's always pulsed a vibrant, weirdo heartbeat through the city's arts scenes, known and loved as the venue capable of housing any odd art project or giving any sort of band a stage, sometimes—often—doing both at the same time. But as a building, the Artery's always had a short lease on life. And now, abruptly, it's up. Last week, Artery owner Philip Muz was told his lease for the space, which expires at the end of March, would not be renewed. That left him with just 34 days' notice to not only vacate, but find homes for the 83 shows booked into the space throughout the spring as well as the four people who live in the building. "Bulldozers have been sitting idle around this building long before I took over," Muz says. "I knew that. It's just the timing stinks." That's not simply a case of poor future-planning, either; Muz had been operating under the impression

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he'd have at least another year in the space, even as ownership changed. Over the past few months, various groups came to check out the space, including officials from the city, and groups that wouldn't identify themselves to Muz. But nobody told him much until his property manager called last week, saying the city wouldn't honour any of her contracts. Muz called the city to check in on his, and after a day, they delivered the news, which ran counter to the impressions he'd been given. "I wish I would've been given more notice," he says. "I feel it's very unfair." Muz took over running the Artery in 2012; previously, he and his brother were putting on art shows in other spaces around the city. "We did a show at the Artery," he recalls, "and after that, I never wanted to go anywhere else to rent." After a year of booking shows there, he was approached when it came up

for sale, and soon took over. "It kept Edmonton weird," he reflects. "It was a space for weird shit to happen." Muz isn't mad at the city, he stresses, even as he's caught up in trying to find new homes for myriad shows and residents. The space itself had challenges, and Muz isn't looking to buy more time there: he was already in the beginning stages of finding a new space, given he thought he had a year or so to figure it out. Now, though, it's a much-accelerated race against the clock. "It's a rush," he says. "The goal is to have something signed in the next two weeks, or we just can't do it. We'll go get day jobs." PAUL BLINOV

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Dude knows his funny. (Empress, $15) The Debutantes Comedy Cotillion / Sat, Mar 7 (8 pm) Remember what I said one paragraph ago about Edmonton's flourishing comedy scene? One paragraph later, it's still flourishing: the Debutantes is a sketch collective made up of some of Edmonton's most active comedians (active in the comedy scenes; their levels of physi-

cal activity are unconfirmed as of press time). They've been making appearances at comedy shows around town for a while now, but this marks their first proper show, or “cotillion,” as they're calling it in that hypermodern hip-kid slang. They're also packing the bill with other comics, music and more. Edmonton comedy! Flourishing! I'm not wrong! (The Mercury Theatre, $10)

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ARTS PREVUE // THEATRE

REVUE // THEATRE

Summer of My Amazing Luck The Mothers

Grappling with a difficult reality // Mat Simpson

Have luck, will travel // Ian Jackson, Epic Photography

ate hasn't been especially kind to ports for single moms on welfare— Theatre Network this winter, but will be performed as a radio-style that doesn't mean it can't celebrate a reading by a specially curated cast major milestone with Summer of My of 11 actors and local public figures, including Craddock, CBC Radio's Amazing Luck. Theatre Network is marking its 40th Mark Connolly and his wife Alyson anniversary with a remount of Amaz- Connolly, as well as Jim DeFelice, ing Luck, an adaptation of Miriam who was the dramaturge for the Toews' 1996 novel that was a huge original production. The idea to success for the company back in 2005. Fri, Mar 6 and Sat, Mar 7 (8 pm) make it a live radio-style play The play, adapted by Backstage Theatre Chris Craddock, was (ATB Financial Arts Barns), $40 came from early Theatre Network's workshops Thefirst première, and atre Network did the company toured it through Win- for the production back in 2000. "It's such a great story," Moss says. nipeg and Ottawa. "It all started back in 2000 when "Having that first-person style, that Chris Craddock had the idea to unique voice of a young 18-year-old adapt the novel into the play, and girl going through a reconciliation it took about five years of develop- with her dad—it just really lent itself ment to get it to the stage," says to that kind of storytelling. It doesn't Theatre Network's artistic direc- necessarily need to be acted out; it tor Bradley Moss. "Miriam [Toews] just needs to be shared." came out and watched. She cried The 40th-anniversary celebration and it was pretty awesome." The work—a coming-of-age story isn't billed as a dedicated fundraisfor a Winnipeg girl and a powerful er. But, then again, everything Thesocial criticism on the lack of sup- atre Network does these days is a

fundraiser after the devastating fire that destroyed the Roxy Theatre on January 13. Moss says the group plans to rebuild, and that it is looking at anywhere from eight to $12 million for a new building. That's a lot of money for anyone, especially for a theatre company in northern Alberta. But the city's scrappy arts scene is doing everything it can to support Theatre Network. The company will be finishing its season in the Backstage Theatre in the ATB Financial Arts Barns, a venue known before as the Cabaret to Fringe goers. The Varscona Theatre Alliance was planning on using Backstage while renovating its Strathcona theatre, but have delayed demolition for six weeks so Theatre Network could use the space. "It's quite beautiful and it's a credit to the community," Moss says. "If it wasn't for this we would have lost our season. It took a lot of people to organize this and make it happen. We're pretty honoured." JOSH MARCELLIN

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ow easily we pass judgment and succeeded in prevailing upon her to move for a "fresh start." A haggard condemn others in a moment. The Mothers raises this issue at its out- figure in old jeans and a worn shirt, set, almost before you enter the little carrying a bottle of wine and a glass, black box theatre in the Alberta Avenue Loiselle captures her character's conCommunity League: the sole character flicting mixture of ultimate weariness of the show, produced as part of the and pent-up rage and anguish in a SkirtsAfire Festival, is the mother of a slow burn that punctuates wistful teenage boy who committed a terrible reminiscences with furious outbursts act of violence. As she mentions early in of emotion. Throughout the show she rummages this provoking and emotionally weighty script, "they" have decided she is partial- through the stacked boxes containing ly to blame—"they" being the general her son's material possessions, searchpublic, the 83 percent of respondents in ing through physical detritus for some clue about why it happened. These an online poll. A new script by local playwright Nicole movements and gestures add a physiMoeller, The Mothers is a one-woman cal energy and naturalness to the dialogue, which meshow tackling a seldom-heard perspec- Until Sun, Mar 8 (7:30 pm; 1:30 anders in stream tive after incidents of pm Sunday matinees) of consciousness. On the whole it's this nature. Drowned Directed by Glenda Stirling out and spin doc- Black Box Theatre, quite engrossing, tored by the media Alberta Avenue Community save for a couple circus, she has been League, $15 – $22 of awkward movilified as partially rements of exposition that felt out sponsible by a public that has peered into all corners of their of place with the rest of the dialogue. Grace is a complex character and family in a search for answers. And, perhaps she is in a way, though the irony is not immediately likeable or dislikethat she's the one searching the hardest able. With the perfect vision of hindand most desperately for the answer as sight, she relives the moments where to why he did it—the logical "why" of a she made decisions that might have set her son further down the path to situation that defies rationalization. that violent end; as she peels back The Mothers begins with Grace the layers of her relationship with (Annette Loiselle) entering her son's her husband, son and daughter, we room, some time after the incident see that things were complicated, at when he's in jail and her husband has times even dysfunctional—yet not so wholly dysfunctional that his actions seemed inevitable. Just the opposite, rather: Moeller's script isn't interested in laying blame or supporting one side of the nature versus nurture debate, but highlighting that the world is an ultimate grey area—not black and white, not easily packed into a cardboard box with a tidy label. It's a disquieting window into everyday trauma and violence of a sort that's firmly domestic and frighteningly commonplace. MEL PRIESTLEY

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DANCE BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL 2015 • Pleasantview Community League, 1086057 Ave • 780.722.1256 • amanda@ sambaedmonton.ca • sambaedmonton. ca/index.html • Enjoy Brazilian food and drinks, and take in some live performances by Edmonton's new Brazilian band, Brazil Nuts. Samba performances by Estrelas do Samba of Calgary and Samba Edmonton • Mar 14, 8pm • $15 (adv), $20 (door), $10 (students), free (kids 7 and under)

EBDA BALLROOM DANCE • Lions Seniors Recreational Centre, 11111-113 St • 780.893.6828 • Mar 7, 8pm

EXPANSE FESTIVAL • PCL and Westbury Theatres, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • Azimuth Theatre's annual festival of movement based art in which the physical body is the main site of creation • Mar 12-15

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing, 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music– check web • $10, $2 lesson with entry SYLVAIN EMARD DANSE • Timms Centre for the Performing Arts, University of Alberta, 87 Ave 112 St • Driven by doubt and a lust for life, seven dancers are searching for their place, sketching the contours of multiple identities. Their only language: subtle, energetic movement • Mar 6-7, 8pm • $35 (adults), $20 (students/ seniors)

FILM AFRICAN GRANDMOTHERS TRIBUNAL: SEEKING JUSTICE AT THE FRONTLINES OF THE AIDS CRISIS • Metro Cinema, The Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • edmgrandmothers.org • 780.988.8392 • Highlights six African grandmothers as they prepare to give powerful and emotional testimony at a Tribunal held in Vancouver • Mar 8, 3:30-5:30pm • $10

CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Magic In The Moonlight (Mar 4); Whiplash (Mar 11); Dear White People (Mar 18); Birdman (Mar 25) • Free

DEATH AND DYING FILM SERIES • GB Building, 9562-82 Ave • lorainej@shaw.ca • 780.642.8703 • Watch three films exploring the mysteries of life, death and dying • 2nd Sun, Feb-Apr, 1-4pm • Free (donations accepted)

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • royalalbertamuseum.ca/events/movies/ movies.cfm • Winter 2015 Make Us Laugh; Feb 9-Apr 13

FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm • Hitchcock (Mar 6); The Railway Man (Mar 13); The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Mar 20); Tracks (Mar 27)

LADIES NIGHT @ THE LIBRARY • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • In celebration of International Women's Day, Strathcona County Library is hosting a screening of the film Girl Rising. The collected stories of nine girls from developing countries, each who have overcome great obstacles to obtain an education, Girl Rising is voiced by renowned actors like Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek • Mar 5, 6:30-9pm • Free METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • REEL FAMILY Fantastic Mr. Fox (Feb 28) • Roots: Heaven Adores You (Mar 3, 7pm) • Music DOCS: The Ballad of Shovels and Rope (Mar CINEMA:

1, 4pm) • SCIENCE IN THE CINEMA: Tales from the Organ Trade (Mar 19)

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Feature Gallery : 15 ON 35: artwork and written insights by a selection of 15 long-term, mid-career, emerging and new members; Jan 17-Mar 28 • EARTH RHYTHMS; Feb 21-Apr 4 • ANATOMY OF MY HEART BY KARI WOO; Feb 21-Apr 4; Reception: Mar 7, 2-4pm

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • BMO World of Creativity: World of Boo: Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan; until Apr 16 • FUTURE STATION: 2015 ALBERTA BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART: Jan 24-May 3 • art For lunch : with FAVA (Mar 19) • Open Studio adult Drop-In ; Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • refinery: Back To The Future Refinery; Mar 21, 9pm; 18+; $45/$39 (AGA Members) • Conversation with the artist: DaveandJenn (Mar 20) • all Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • TALKING CREATURES: Patrick Bulas, Megan Gnanasihamany, Gerri Harden Trish Shwart; Mar 5-Apr 18; reception: Mar 5, 7-9pm • REWIND/PLAY: Art Gallery of St Albert’s 25th Annual Fundraiser. Art activities will be taking place and enjoy an 80s themed party; Mar 14, 6:30-9pm • art Ventures: Fantastic Fastener Puppets (Mar 21), 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • ageless art: Printed Narrative: (Mar 19), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Amazing Masks (Mar 21); for 3-5 yrs; preregister; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • DEBUT: BARBRA EDWARDS & MICHAEL THIESSEN; Feb 28-Mar 14

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

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • NATURE’S BOUQUETS: Artist Teresa Graham; Feb 26-Mar 25; Reception: Mar 11, 6:30-8:30pm 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 • March Group Exhibition and Sale; until Mar 31 LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • 780.423.5353 • Stephen G.A. Mueller: Feb 13-Mar 28 • Holly de Moissac: farsighted; Feb 13-Mar 23

LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun 10-6pm

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • LARISSA BLOKHUIS AND SYLVIA GRIST: Glassworks from artist Larissa Blokhuis and collaged landscapes from Sylvia Grist; Feb 7-Apr 5

MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Maria Madacky - Exhibition of New Works: Feb 12-Mar 18 • Fashion Reflections: featuring examples of women’s clothing from the early 1900s–1950 • Jan 21-Apr 29 • Sculpture and Stories: Karen Manganye; Mar 20-Apr 22; Reception: Mar 22

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • Wus’kwiy / Waskway: From Berry Baskets to Souvenirs; Jan 27-Apr 12

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • AT LEAST ONCE: a group exhibition of Paint Spot staff members working outside their comfort zones; Feb 20-Apr 2 • ARTISAN NOOK: Refuge, several small encaustic paintings by Jordan Pearson of flora and fauna of the national parks; Feb 20-Apr 2 • Vertical Space: UNFINISHED PAINTING CHALLENGE 3: Feb 20-Apr 20

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780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Nadia Tanguay, Angela Robichaud, Rachelle Bugeaud and guest Yardley Jones; Mar 13

Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • SPRING THAW: spring highlights new work form gallery artists in the discipline of photography, paintinglandscape, abstraction, figurative, and sculpture; Mar 7-Apr 7

CREATIVE PRACTICES INSTITUTE • 10149-122 ST, 780.863.4040 • creativepracticesinstitute.com • Andrew Buszchak, Emilienne Gervais, and Ali Nickerson; Jan 27-Mar 7

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

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • All The Flowers; Feb 25-Mar 18 DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY (DUG) • 10332-124 St • douglasudellgallery.com • Kyle Beal: Electric Park; Mar 14-28 • Reception: Mar 14, 2-4pm FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St • 780.492.2081 • MFA Graduation Show with Darian Stahl, MFA Printmaking; Feb 24-Mar 21

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Teresa Graham: watercolour; Feb 24-Mar 30 • Gallery@501 Members Show by local artists; Feb 27-Mar 15 • Images and the Curious Mind by Robin Smith Peck; Mar 20-26

GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • Teresa Graham (watercolor); Feb 24-Mar 30 GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • WALLS OF THE MILNER: Filtered: Mixed Media by Paul Boultbee; Mar 1-31 • DISPLAY CASES: Edmonton Stamp Club; Mar 1-31 • DISPLAY CASES: Edmonton Public Library Makerspace Display; Mar 1-31

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

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • Main Space: Navigating Boundaries: Jes McCoy and Kelsey Stevenson; Jan 29-Mar 5 • MAIN SPACE: Beyond Words: Linda Carreiro; Mar 12-14

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TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • GPS ADVENTURES CANADA EXHIBITION: Combining technology, nature, and hidden treasure; until Jun 1 • INDIANA JONES™ AND THE ADVENTURE OF ARCHAEOLOGY: until Apr 6; $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)

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the Soul Father: Douglas; Gallery B: Tengingar: Deborah Catton • Ending Mar 28

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LITERARY 2015 HUMAN LIBRARY • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park •780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ab.ca/ humanlibrary • Borrow a person instead of a book, and listen his or her story and be able to ask questions • Mar 8, 1:30-3:30pm • Free AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780. 423.3487 • audreys.ca • Gary Garrison "Human On The Inside: Unlocking The Truth About Canada's Prisons" Book Launch; Mar 5, 7pm • Merit Travel Talk: Burma & Travelers Health; Mar 10, 7pm • Leigh McAdam "Discover Canada: 100 Inspiring Outdoor Adventures" Book Launch; Mar 12, 7pm • PALS Students Share Stories; Mar 25, 7pm BOOK LAUNCH - KAT CAMERON'S STRANGE LABYRINTH • Gracious Goods Café, 7601-115 St • A reading by the author will be followed by door prizes and refreshments • Mar 22, 4-6pm • Free

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • 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 INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION: DISCOVERING YOUR INNER LIGHT • Lois Hole Public Library, 17650-69 Ave (Collingwood) • Hosted by Foundation for Higher Learning. Suitable for experienced & new meditators • Mar 5 & Mar 12, 7:308:45pm • 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 each month with a different play by a different playwright STRATHCONA COUNTY LIBRARY • 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ab.ca • STEAMPUNK, FANTASY AND SWORD -- OR LIGHT SABRE -- PLAY: meet a panel of fantasy professionals who will give you a step-by-step tool kit for building fantasy worlds in your own stories, whether you’re writing about steam-run vampire automatons or dystopic zombies • Mar 10, 7-8:30pm • Free

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THEATRE THE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Varscona 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 • $15 (online, at the door) • grindstonetheatre.ca

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themselves as nationally renowned self-help gurus. Their lives unravel in a farce as they try to conceal a body and hold on to their falsely won fame • Mar 13-15, 20-22 • $35-$40

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THE COMING OUT MONOLOGUES • Dewey's - (Old Power Plant), University of Alberta, North Entrance Behind Dent/ Pharm Building • prideweek.ualberta.ca • Presented by University of Alberta Pride Week. A community-based theatre production, featuring a collaborative storytelling event celebrating LGBTQ coming out stories • Mar 6-7

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 1032983 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 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037-84 Ave • Fiddling may not actually occur on the church roof, but see matchmakers, rich men, in this classic tale • Mar 5-8

FIRST TIME/LAST TIME • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • shadowtheatre.org • Ben and Airlea have nothing in common except a mutual attraction, but the stars align to bring them together. The last thing they want is commitment so they embark on a relationship of first dates and last loves, heartbreaks and soul mates...a one night stand that lasts a lifetime • Mar 11-29 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

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WINTER PRODUCTION: DIDO AND AENEAS • Co-production between The Concordia School of Music and Theatre at Concordia • Mar 6, 7:30pm; Mar 8, 2pm; Mar 13, 7:30pm; Mar 15, 2pm

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The Duke of Burgundy finds resonance in loving someone past the point of comfort

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rue eroticism does not assume a linear path toward climax. Rather, it finds its deeper pleasures, and deeper existential truths, in exploring the potentially vast, even infinite, space between arousal and satiety—it's about suspension. Thinking about this might be a way into describing why, despite being somewhat tongue-in-cheek (and tonguein-god-knows-what else), The Duke of Burgundy, the follow-up to English writer-director Peter Strickland's international breakthrough, Berberian Sound Studio, works so elegantly. This film is all about suspension, walking the wire between shameless camp and arresting earnestness, between the florid and the laid-bare, between something sui generis and naked cinephilia. Set in a fantasy world in which men do not exist and the Vashti Bunyan-like dream pop and

frillier fashions of the mid-1960s never ing assignments, petty cruelties and went out of style, Strickland's fetishist's kinky punishments doled out by Cynthia fable concerns a long-term relationship are done so not out of malice; they are straining under the burden of exactingly carefully scripted role-play exercises debaroque BDSM rituals. It's gorgeous, me- signed to heighten the couple's sexual ticulously crafted, exceedingly goofy— pleasure. What's more, they're scripted the opening credit by Evelyn, the one sequence includes Fri, Mar 6 – Thu, Mar 12 who would appear to a title card devot- Directed by Peter Strickland be the exploited pared exclusively to Metro Cinema at the Garneau ty in this interaction. the film's perfume  In fact Cynthia, the supplier—and surelder of the two, and the only one who apprisingly affecting. Though their first scenes suggest that pears to have something like a job—she they are acquainted only as mistress and gives lectures on lepidoptera—seems much-humiliated housemaid, Cynthia to be finding it increasingly difficult to (Sidse Babett Knudsen, of Danish TV's hold up her end of the bargain, keep a Borgen) and Evelyn (Berberian's Chiara straight face, and maintain the posture D'Anna) are in fact cohabitating lovers of the icy dominatrix. Might a coffin-like and, I would guess, have been for some bed compartment or something detime. The hands-and-knees menial clean- scribed as a "human toilet" constructed

by a comely local carpenter (Fatma Mohamed, also among the screamers in Berberian Sound Studio) help to spruce things up? If Cynthia slacks on the job, might Evelyn begin polishing another woman's boots? The film's roots aren't hard to suss out if you're hip to some of Strickland's peculiar cinema-diet: one can find touches of sleaze-auteur Jess Franco cheaply beguiling softcore, of the fluttering wonders of Stan Brakhage's Mothlight—Cynthia's expertise in butterflies provides The Duke with a stunningly beautiful visual motif—David Lynch in his most headlong plunges down the rabbit hole, and, most notably, the films of Luis Buñuel, most especially the fetish fiestas and amour fou of films like Viridiana or Belle de jour. The Duke of

Burgundy is flush with allusions to these films and more, but I'll be damned if Strickland doesn't push his story far past the frontiers of winkiness, into a landscape of lived experience. Which I realize sounds crazy—I've met Strickland and can assure you he's not a woman, and, by his own admission, he's not especially given to sadomasochistic theatrics. But alongside all the inspired comedy, the purple prose and the ornate décors there is a truly resonant story here about what it means to love someone past the point of comfort. This is one of the most deliciously counterintuitive examples of a "personal movie" that I can think of. And, if you're game for a walk on the wild side, I really can't recommend it enough.

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good con-job movie, unlike a real-life con-job, finds a way— beyond inducing paranoia that everyone's playing a role in order to roll you—to make you enjoy getting taken for a ride. The new Will Smith vehicle Focus offers some of that giddy pleasure—eyes scanning the screen, each scene, for who's grifting whom—but it can also be, like its lead character, a bit too smooth and slick and sure of itself. Early on, as Nicky Spurgeon (Smith) takes Jess Barrett (Margot Robbie) under his wily wing, showing her how his golden-fleecing operation works, the thrills come fast and sharp. One sequence sees Jess helping Nicky's spotters and scammers, in restaurants or crowded streets, finger and pocket watches,

credit cards, bags and more off their unsuspecting marks. It's the con-tagion equivalent of Soderbergh's 2011 pandemic film—where that made you want to spurn any door with a knob, this sequence makes you want to avoid all large public gatherings or streetside ATMs for weeks. The larger stings, too, are smartly thought through, tightly uncoiled and often cleverly shot—the film has some deceptive fun with mirrors and plays with shallow focus as a nice metaphor (for the face-to-face "focus" a top pickpocket counts on while so expertly but never obviously focussed on filching your phone or wallet). Focus slips up, though, in having us simply buy into Nicky and Jess's re-

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lationship. Amid some stereotypes (a laughing Asian businessman, a crass Australian) in a high-rolling sports world—Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans, auto-racing in Buenos Aires—that the film can make seem, like Nicky, just a bit too cool and self-regarding, the story plays the romance for low stakes. These two tricksters never con each other on their emotions. Nicky even uses Jess not once but twice ... and still she sticks with him. The story, too, uses Jess all too easily—as a sexy romance-interest, not a conartist in her own right (or wrong). And so Focus, with its gaming pair coming up aces in love, plays its last hand a bit too safe.

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It is a testament to Susan Sontag's uncompromising complexity that we are still grappling with so many aspects of her legacy. The particularities of her feminism and her apparent ambivalence toward queer-identity politics, for example, are still problematic to some who wish to appropriate Sontag as a spokesperson. Few public figures were as gloriously— and articulately—resistant to being pigeon-holed. She was champion to people, not parties, a stubborn individual with a restless, lusty heart and mind and a voracious appetite for experience. At times she was a seductive confrontationalist, at others merely a deft evader, able to cloud ideas behind the verbiage-veil of her ferocious intellect. I've often reflected on her proposal that a writer is someone who is interested in everything, a very powerful and resonant idea, but also, arguably, a sort of curse. Among other things, Sontag was a critic and cultural theorist, a novelist, theatre director and filmmaker. It's hard to be good at everything, no matter how smart, rigorous and ambitious you are. Smarts, rigour and ambition are things I can't help but expect from a

film about Sontag, and I have to say that Nancy D Kates' Regarding Susan Sontag, now available on DVD from Women Make Movies—with its overly frenetic grasping for visual material, its tokenistic use of archival footage, its many shots of books— is not especially abundant in any of these qualities. But it is a solid primer on this singular figure, and I commend it for having collected about as many facets of Sontag's life and work in a single feature-length documentary as could be hoped for. It's unlikely Sontag herself would have been impressed, but the film is for us, not her. Thinking about documentary portraits of famous minds got me thinking about Errol Morris's Stephen Hawking profile, A Brief History of Time, which was originally released in 1991 and given the Criterion treatment last year. I still haven't seen The Theory of Everything and am having a hard time feeling obligated to. I re-watched Brief History instead. It remains utterly remarkable, a nest for several of the questions that have driven the esteemed theoretical physicist's unparalleled career, but

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also, more importantly, it is a study in precisely the sort of uncanny personal trajectory that Morris has spent much of his career sniffing out and sculpting cinema from. The Hawkings were known as eccentric geniuses, with Stephen being the "only normal member of the family." Hawking initially seemed less than focused on his academic career, and it's eerily fascinating to consider that Hawking's catastrophically debilitating affliction—his ALS began to manifest itself in university—rather than defeating him, seems to have been the element in his life that in the long run prompted him to get down to work. Morris uses the film to explore this idea, but does so through exploration and implication, supported by an audacious approach to documentary form: distancing himself from all direct cinema tenets, Morris shot the entire film on a soundstage. Everything is constructed, including the ostensible homes and offices of his subjects. There is obviously plenty to talk about here, but we'll be getting back to Morris in a couple of weeks time: Criterion is released three more of his films later this month. V

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a Doubt, to be sure. But so does the disturbing love triangle of sister Emma (Patricia Collinge), Charlie and Charlotte. In cozy yet shadowy Santa Rosa, mother and daughter look up to this avuncular brother, suddenly on their doorstep (staircases are particularly ominous) after years back East; the thriller's horrible fascination lies in watching the strong-willed young lady's admiration of, fondness for and idealization of a supposed gentleman clot and curdle. And observe the director's sly cameo—as a stranger on a train, his deceptive pose in a game of bridge allies him with his film's villain; other delicious meta-moments involve a neighbour (Hume Cronyn) discussing the perfect murder plot. The film's plot is marred only by a slightly rushed and convenient ending.

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The earnest speeches of '40s pictures are discomfiting here, especially when Charlie gives his female counterpart an emerald, as if courting Charlotte. The trees and homes lining the neighbourhood of an America still insulated from the war (Thornton Wilder, famous for Our Town, wrote the initial screenplay) creep and close in on Charlie. This urban uncle's cocky uncaring-ness ("The whole world's a joke to me") and oldfashioned sexism ("Women are fools; they'd fall for anything") throw him suspiciously out-of-waltz-step with the town and this "typical American family," where even pre-teen Ann is bookish and forward. But it's "Young Charlie" who'll be so darkly educated about doubt, learning her uncle's far from the "person who will come and shake us all up" that she so childishly and certainly desired. BRIAN GIBSON

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ife is hard, it's complicated and we all cope with it in different ways," Dan Mangan says. Over the phone from Ottawa, he's speaking in regards to the concept at the heart of his new album, Club Meds—his first as Dan Mangan + Blacksmith. The album is a solid juxtaposition to his previous records, Postcards & Daydreaming, Oh Fortune and Nice, Nice, Very Nice. There's certainly no sing-along folk anthems about how robots need love too on Club Meds, a sonically diverse album filled with swirling synths and intricately layered guitar and drum melodies that examines our dishonesty with ourselves as well as the ways in which we medicate to take a pass from reality—chemical or otherwise. "It's sort of like a group-think willingness to be willfully blind to the realities of our way of life," Mangan continues, noting he wasn't going for a "holier-than-thou soapbox thing" with the social critique on the record, and that the hypocrisies he writes about stem from seeing them reflected in himself. "It's kind of like this push-pull juxtaposition between the real imperfect human performances and the layers and layers of synthetica. Both are important, but the humans win on this record. I think that's sort of the goal here, is that we all wander between feeling very connected and human and compassionate and kind of generous, and on the other side of that feeling very robotic, like we're just doing through the motions of dayto-day life." But Club Meds is just as much about being awake as it is sedation. What that means, Mangan explains, is being able to ask yourself the difficult questions and to find peace in life, somehow. Life is chaotic, but Mangan believes finding peace is possible when you can embrace the chaos, rather than distract from it, and come out the other side with an apprecia-

tion for it. "You know, even being able to write these songs, to express them, allows me a little bit of freedom from that. I feel like these concepts, these ideas, swirl around in my brain, and if I didn't have an outlet I would have a really hard time kind of coping," Mangan replies when asked how he escapes if he needs some time out. "But I think that a place where I find the most sanctuary or grace is in trying, against all the ridiculous angles of ego in me, to try to find a place of pure humility ... embrace the fact that my existence in the scope of everything that's happened is very insignificant ... and sort of being, not only OK with that, but excited about that, is total freedom. It's when we're no longer defensive about trying to be important, that's when we're our best selves." Club Meds is the product of Mangan slowing down after a frenetic run of touring after the release of Oh Fortune in 2011. He became a father for the first time in 2013 and spent much of that year focused on festival appearances and doing film scores for The Valley Below and Hector and the Search for Happiness—the song "Vessels" from that is now a single on Club Meds, featuring some vocal work from Dave Grohl. "You know, we have all this momentum, when the band's getting offered to do all these gigs it's hard to say no because you just don't want it to stop," he says. "You feel like if you press pause then it's all going to go away." It didn't, of course, and Mangan, along with his longtime collaborators who make up Blacksmith, went into Club Meds with the luxury of having time on their side. The change in sound from Mangan's previous work wasn't necessarily a calculated decision, though. "It was a combination of the music that I was writing on my own, and then how that kind of reflected across collaborating in the creative process with the band," he adds. "It was just sort of where we landed, and it's interesting because with this project everybody not only had the license but sort of the duty to really speak their mind. We didn't want to walk away from something until everybody was happy about it, so it was great to go to the wall on a lot of these tunes. There were some very tense words that were spoken and we had some big arguments, but the cool thing is that all these songs got better because of it." MEAGHAN BAXTER

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to enjoy a day off between playing shows. Swann, the creative force behind experimental Calgary band Extra Happy Ghost!!!, is focusing his energy on his solo project Astral Swans. Started in the summer of 2012, he says Astral Swans was mainly formed to make it easier to tour solo—now he doesn't have to worry about coordinating band members.

Swann enlisted fellow Calgarian Brad Hawkins, well known for recording the city's live and improv scenes, to capture the comfortable sound of Willie Nelson using '60s and '70s amps, guitars, organs and ribbon microphones. And the record was mixed at Audities, a Calgary studio filled with vintage keyboards and synths. "It's one of the craziest keyboard museums in the world," Swann says. Wed, Mar 11 (8 pm) With Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, "It's got all this gear that's been used Hayden Astral Swans' Winspear Centre, $41.50 in really famous recordings by the debut record All My Favorite Rolling Stones and Singers Are Willie Nelson, recently Elton John. It's just really weird that released on Dan Mangan's Madic Re- it ended up in Calgary." cords, is a strong statement in favour Swann, who has a day job with the of simplicity. Swann recorded the Calgary Public Library, is thoughtful bulk of the tracks in his apartment and introspective in conversation. and there's a warm, analog feel to the He takes the time to measure his words and ideas—just like his new hooky, beautifully realized songs. "It's a pretty fair representation record. Willie Nelson is an exercise

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in space, with the sparse guitar and and minimal percussion giving the vocals and melody room to whisper to your synapses. If you liked what Holy Fuck's Brian Borcherdt did with his gorgeous, lo-fi side project Dusted, you're going to dig Astral Swans. The record, while hummable and enjoyable as cerebral pop music, is cloaked in melancholy. There's an awareness of the dark currents that pulse beneath the veneer of society. Swann—who has a degree in Buddhist studies and Indian philosophy and was working on his master's in the darker French and German existentialism—says being aware of the pain and struggle of existence is part of being of human. "I look at nature and see, by design, animals feeding off other animals who all have this will to live—and by virtue of being born into some scenario, your survival is dependent on murdering another living thing," he says. "That's the backdrop to life … But I'm not misanthropic. It's all tied into optimism: it creates more empathy and concern for the wellbeing of the people in my life and humankind in general." JOSH MARCELLIN

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et's be clear: "female-fronted" is not a genre. The term is often attached to bands that happen to have a lady at the mic, but it's one that's a point of contention for Cobra Ramone—lead vocalist and general badass for the Vancouver-based three-piece that bears her namesake. "People feel the need to put femalefronted because it can't just be music. Why can't you say, 'Oh this band, if you like this kind of music you'll probably like them,'" Ramone says. "It would be like saying, 'If you like black singers then you might like this [artist].' It's so crazy to me." The hurdles facing women in any genre help Ramone get fired up for the stage, and her gritty, powerhouse vocals and guitar chops are a kick in the teeth for any doubters out there. She's channelled that into the band's latest release, Bang Bang, a five-song EP filled with heavy, grungy rock anthems—though the title track is actually a cover of a hip-hop song by Trouble Andrew she got hooked on, thanks to her Hammond player Trevor Snakedust. "I was obsessed with it, but it was a bit more rap and I was like, 'We should totally cover this' and everybody was like, 'That's a ridiculous idea,'" Ramone says with a laugh, adding she won her bandmates—which includes drummer Pat Steward, known for his work with Bryan Adams, among others—over with a homemade demo. "It's strange: I kind of rap on it a little

bit. It's not normal singing for me, and I just love the song. It's different; it's a little more punk-rock for us, and it kind of fits with our logo, [which] Fri, Mar 6 (8 pm) is a gun, and the Artery, $8 in advance, cover of our new $12 at the door record and tour poster has a bullet box on it." Bang Bang comes three years after Cobra Ramone's self-titled sophomore disc, which had some mainstream radio success with the single "Wrath Like a City," but Ramone, who dropped out of high school to pursue music at age 16, shies away from writing straight-forward radio rock, favouring what feels most natural and authentic to her. This record also marks the first time Ramone has done any cowriting with Snakedust in their three-year musical partnership. "I always write the lyrics because it's important to believe what you're saying, but Trevor's an incredible guitar player—he can actually play the drums really well, too—and he just started coming through with really cool guitar riffs and things," Ramone says, noting the track "Here Comes the Flood" as an example. "[Collaboration] is a hard thing to allow, I think. I've been doing this by myself for so long that to trust other people with that is an interesting hurdle to get over, I guess."

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e tried to be weird, but not too weird. We didn't want to alienate anybody," vocalist and guitarist James Renton says of Fire Next Time's forthcoming album Cold Hands. The local foursome decided to forgo some of the folk melodies that permeated its previous record, Hungry River Hymns, in favour of a more heavy-hitting punk-rock sound. "We were playing more with trying to make this record more interesting, I guess," Renton explains before heading to work at Wunderbar. "It's still a pretty straightforward punkrock record, but we had a lot of fun in the studio playing with pedals and keeping things sounding interesting—and our producer is Jesse Gander, and he's really good at that and has a great ear and really enjoys himself when he's making noise." The album, recorded by Gander at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver,

touches on some literary influences everyone was kind of in that age as well as a solid dose of frustra- where they were going to shows tion and musings about the city Fire all the time, and they were able to go to bars and they wanted to get Next Time calls home. "I was reading a lot of Cormac Mc- drunk with their friends," says RentCarthy at the time, on, though he so there's a lot of Sat, Mar 7 (8 pm) notes Edmonton really dark crap in With the Real McKenzies, is night and day there with that, the Isotopes, the Old Wives in comparison to but I mostly just Pawnshop, $20 the music scene in his hometown write about stuff of Fort McMurthat pisses me off. And Edmonton fucking pisses me ray. "People have jobs and you get off a lot, so that gets talked about tired and the natural things that quite a bit still," Renton says. come with age, but I don't think No, that doesn't mean rants about anyone's really picking up the slack the usual suspects like potholes, on that. We're losing venues like ostensibly bad drivers and a less- crazy. I read today the fucking Arthan-stellar hockey team. Rather, tery is closing, and, you know, WunRenton's lyrical focus is on the lack derbar is doing the best it can to of support for the city's local arts stay open, but people aren't comand music scenes—though he ad- ing to these shows. It's even tough mits it's not easy going out to see when bands come in and they want live music until one in the morning to book shows; there doesn't seem on a weeknight when you have a job to be a whole lot of younger bands to play for them, like no one's playto show up to the next morning. "When we started five years ago, ing in punk-rock bands anymore, it doesn't seem like."

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But Fire Next Time is continuing to represent Edmonton's punk contingent at home and further afield. The band, which is now signed to Stomp Records out of Montréal, is gearing up for a tour and an appearance at Quebec punk-rock showcase Le Pouzza Fest after the release of Cold Hands—tentatively set for May 5 on vinyl and CD. "I collect vinyl, and my roommate is a huge audiophile," Renton notes. "I don't care much for CDs. They're flimsy and you can throw them in your car and they get lost and then you don't really give a shit. But vinyl is something you can really hold; it's a piece of art, especially now that there's a label like No Idea that does really interesting colour vinyls ... it sounds better, and I've never pressed anything on vinyl and I always wanted to. The label was really pushing a vinyl release too, so that really helps that they were supportive of that." MEAGHAN BAXTER

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of write in the same way in that we're using a lot of sequencers and drum machines and stuff where we can go back and listen and tweak for a bit, as opposed to writing on the fly all the time, like maybe you would in a three-piece band with guitar, bass and drums. It's always been easy and fun."

ou'll be hard-pressed to find very much information about Physical Copies online, a rarity in a culture where people have the ability to share—and overshare—anything they want about themselves. But the lack of online presence suits Physical Copies just fine for the time being. "At first we were just lazy," laughs Will Zimmerman, in the midst of a break from his job with FedEx and listening to a lacklustre NHL trade day. "We were like, you know what, it's going to be pretty fucking cool to come out with our first release … and [have] all that social media stuff in line with a new music video and our first release. It's already done; we're hoping to get it pressed for vinyl this summer, so all that stuff is coming."

Zimmerman formed the electronic group with fellow Shout Out Out Out Out member Clint Frazier about five years ago (the pair recently welcomed Matt Bouchard of No Problem into the fold on bass), and the group— which describes itself as "weirdosynth-puke-pop" on its minimalist Tumblr page—has steadily gained a following in the local music scene. "We're basically best buds and we like to hang out anyways, and being into a lot of the same kind of music and writing in a way we thought we were naturally good at writing music together—we're both kind of the right combination of well, in our minds, having good taste, but maybe not being exceptionally amazing musicians," Zimmerman explains. "We kind

The band's first release will be a four-song EP called, The Weird Guys Are Here!, to be released on vinyl and digital through Hot Plains. Zimmerman says Physical Copies has the first single picked out and plans to do a video party leading up to the EP release before getting to work on some remixes for the Lad Mags, Betrayers and the Wet Secrets. "The first single, I think it's called 'Cat Bite,'" Zimmerman says, adding the track got its name from Lyle Bell (Wet Secrets, Shout Out) having his hand swell up to the size of a hockey glove after being bitten by his cat. "Cats being in a musician household, sometimes they hear loud noises and practices. I know they pee all over his synth as well, so maybe they deserve everything they get."

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basca. Summer is prime honey time, making it tricky for the band to tour. But Switches can rely on the Edmonton music scene to pitch in. The band wrangled Dustin Sebzda from Power Buddies to fill in for Opryshko. And after original bass player Angela Mason moved to Portland last year, Switches recruited Caity Fisher from Tee-Tahs before scooping young indie-folker Marlaena Moore. McMahon says she remembers seeing Moore perform and being impressed. The fact Fri, Mar 7 (9:30 pm) she wasn't a bass Part of SkirtsAfire Festival player? Details. Alberta Avenue Community "She's such a League Cabaret Space, performer," Mcby donation Mahon says. "She's energetic organ and defiant and she plays backup gang vocals. Its debut LP i just wanna, released guitar and she can sing. I thought: 'she last summer, is nine raw tracks about can learn to play bass.'" Switches first performed in 2013, beers, buddies, falling in love with aliens and has an amazing cover riding in a wave of Edmonton gaof Tracy Chapman's sensitive 1988 rage rock that included Betrayer, Lad smash "Fast Car." The album is a lot of Mags, the Strugglefucks and the Arfun, thanks in large part to Opryshko's rows. Now, McMahon says the band keyboard work, which gives the punk is keen to tour and to put some new songs on wax. songs a '60s-psychedelic flavour. "We're hoping to do another record Switches has been without Opryshko around September," she says. "Why for the past few months while he back- wouldn't we? It's so fun to be a band packed around Colombia. And he's a in Edmonton right now." busy man, what with his job working JOSH MARCELLIN JOSH@VUEWEEKLY.COM as a beekeeper at a farm near Atha-

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White Lightning

hen White Lightning hits a stage, you know it. The local indie power trio starts planning a live show a month in advance, plotting costumes and the best way to stoke the crowd. “We rented so many outfits—cow outfits, bananas—that we ended up getting sponsored by this costume store,” says lead singer and guitar player Steve Bosch. “And we love using confetti cannons or giant balloons. Our favourite thing is to get lots of people on stage with kazoos or tambourines playing along with us.” I remember seeing White LightSun, Mar 8 (6:30 pm) ning open for With Royal Foundry, Christian Hansen Charles Haycock & the Autistics Artery, $16 advance, $20 at door back in 2012. Bosch, along with drummer Enoch Rottier and bass player Jason Grilo, silently walked on stage in full hazmat suits and proceeded to bring the house down with their tight musicality and buttwiggling jams. Indeed, when White Lightning start-

ed back in 2007, the band was calling its style “butt rock.” “That’s our roots—butt rock is Led Zeppelin and that kind of music,” Bosch explains. “I say we still have those elements. But we’re growing musically, maturing away from the butt rock a bit into more modern rock.” They’re not kids anymore, either. Bosch has a pretty serious day job: he’s a robotic engineer who designs machines that crawl along pipelines to test integrity. Grilo is an IT manager while Rottier just got his journeyman electrician ticket. White Lightning has a grown-up sound with its new four-song EP 1979, distilled from 20 songs the band wrote over the past couple of years. The recording is about as pro as you can go, thanks to renowned Canadian producer Howard Redekopp, who has produced and engineered records by Tegan and Sara, the New Pornographers and Mother Mother. “We’ve worked with some other producers before but never anyone of that calibre,” Bosch says. “We had our sponge brains open the whole

time, just soaking up his thoughts and messages. He had a more organic approach than a lot of producers and strives to get the best possible take of everyone playing all together.” The result is a highly polished record, bucking the Edmonton trend of gritty, lo-fi albums recorded DIY style. Bosch says the clean studio sound reflects the kinds of bands White Lightning is into like the Black Keys, Muse and Phoenix. Another inspirational band for White Lightning? KC and the Sunshine Band. That should give you an idea of the good-time music these guys pump out. And the musical taps are wide open: Bosch says the band is planning on hopping back into the studio in the summer to record an LP. “I feel like, right now, we’re writing the best songs we’ve ever written,” Bosch adds. “We’ve been a band for so long that we’re really comfortable together as performers. It’s just effortless and fun ... it’s nice to be at that stage and we’re going to keep striving to make the music we love.” JOSH MARCELLIN

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FIDDLER'S ROOST Uptown Folk Club:

Bunkeye; 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show); $15 (adv), $18 (door) JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Artists

Emerge National Hip Hop Competition LB'S Potatohed; 9:30pm MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Thu and Fri DJ and dance

floor; 9:30pm MERCURY ROOM Joeski with John

Glassey and NVS and with DJ Maurice; 9pm; $20 (adv) NEWCASTLE PUB Sophie And The

Shufflehounds; 9pm; Free NEW WEST HOTEL Herbs ON THE ROCKS Heather Mckenzie

118TH AVENUE COMMUNITY ARTS DISTRICT Skirtsafire Herarts Festival ARDEN THEATRE Delhi 2 Dublin;

7:30pm; Sold out BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Tanner James (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFE Wafer Thin Mints

- CD release; 8:30-10:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat

Sat Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Jeff Hendrick;

7pm; no cover

Adam Holm; 7pm

ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Cody

Mack; 7pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Andrew

Scott; 7pm

Dido and Aeneas, the Opera; 7:30pm FACULTY CLUB The University Of

Alberta Madrigal Singers Present: Draw On Sweet Night - 28Th Annual Dinner Concert And Silent Auction Featuring University Of Alberta Department Of Music; 6pm; $75 (adv), $500 (table of 8) Mikado (In Concert); 7:30pm

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM Edmonton

WINSPEAR CENTRE 71st Annual

RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

CASINO YELLOWHEAD The Oddibles

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week!

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open stage;

Classical

CITADEL–BEYOND THE STAGE

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open CASINO EDMONTON Robin Kelly

Thursdays

7pm (door), 8pm (show); $16 (members), $20 (guests)

Ragamala Music Society presents: Ojas Joshi - Moksha Ensemble, featuring the Tabla Ensemble of the Moksha School of Music and Usha Kala Niketan - Darbari Kathak (North Indian Dance); 6pm; $10 (door), free for members

8pm; $10

PAWN SHOP Humans; 8pm; 18+

Brothers and a Bud, Form 10, Classy Chas; 8pm

YARDBIRD SUITE Celsius Quartet;

QUEEN ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY HALL Bobby Cameron; 8pm

only

RENDEZVOUS PUB Bucker, Three

Outreach Drag Show; 6:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $10

BOURBON ROOM Live Music every

THE COMMON The Common

FILTHY MCNASTY’S Taking Back

Scott; 7pm STARLITE ROOM The 12Th Annual

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH The

mic; 7pm; $2

every Thu

Mack; 7pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Andrew

afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Andrew Jr Boy Jones

Band

piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am

Adam Holm; 7pm

YEG DANCE CLUB Amber Rose; 9pm

CENTURY ROOM Lucky 7: Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN

Kellylee Evans Live In Concert; 8pm; $35

Spring Concert; 8pm

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Duff

DJs

Robinson; 7pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

DV8 High Strung Downers with

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

Peter & the Wolves and Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals; 8pm; $10; 18+ only ENCORE–WEM Soundwave X Dada

Land Compound Afterparty with TJR + GTA; 9pm; $25; 18+ only

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THE BOWER For Those Who Know...:

Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down It's

Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound

MAR/7

MAR/8

and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten

THE 12TH ANNUAL

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

OUTREACH DRAG SHOW THE

ARTIST SHOWCASE

MAR/14 DIMOND SAINTS MAR/18 MAR/20

TURQUOISE JEEP SFEAR MANAGEMENT AND STARLITE ROOM PRESENT

ELECTRIC SIX

MAR/21

FEAT.

MAR/26

MON MAR 9

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing

Featuring Thou Art Here Theatre; 7pm; $20 (adv), $5 (bands only after 9pm)

ARTERY The Falstaff Project:

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

BLUES ON WHYTE Laura Rain DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday

THE WHITE BUFFALO, SPENCER BURTON

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

Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Open

mic every Tue RED PIANO Every Tue: the Nervous

Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm-12am; no cover; relaxed dress code

BLUE CHAIR CAFE Brunch with Jazz Passages trio; 9am-3pm; Donations BLUES ON WHYTE Andrew Jr Boy

ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic

Nathan Oullette Quartet; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

Classical

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

mic with host Duff Robison NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost Rider ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW Open

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

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

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

hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover Blacksmith with very special guest Hayden; 8pm

Classical CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Dido and Aeneas, the Opera; 7:30pm

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

BRIXX Metal night every Tue

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

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

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

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

DJs

HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the Hog

Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

BLUES ON WHYTE Laura Rain

Takahashi and Leanne Regehr (oboe and piano); 12:10-12:50pm; Free

DJs

NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday

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

Dido and Aeneas, the Opera; 7:30pm

with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH Hiromi

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

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

Dido and Aeneas, the Opera; 7:30pm

Featuring Thou Art Here Theatre; 7pm; $20 (adv), $5 (bands only after 9pm)

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

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session:

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

ARTERY The Falstaff Project:

WINSPEAR CENTRE Dan Mangan +

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

Classical

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE Live music with the Icehouse Band and weekly guests; Every Tue, 9pm

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm

WED MAR 11

ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku

MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE Alan Doyle; 7pm (door), 8pm (show)

Culture

RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm

NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost Rider

Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm

MERCURY ROOM Music Magic

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every

Extravaganza; 6:30pm (doors); $16 (adv), $20 (door)

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music

JCL PRODUCTIONS AND MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

open mic

NEW WEST HOTEL Tue Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm • Ghost Rider

SANDS HOTEL Country music dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm

DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun Night Live on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm

GUESTS

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

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

Enterprise Quartet; 3-4pm; Free

KLINGANDE

stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

Jones

TYRANT, IRONSTORM, LEAVE THE LIVING

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open

MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests

CITY HALL The Revolutionary Spirit;

UNIONELECTRONIC & FREE LOVE PRESENT

MAR/27

ANVIL

Third Piano Concerto; 2pm

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

Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

MAR/25 HOPE IN HELL TOUR 2015

9pm

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open

ARTERY White Lightning EP Release

TATTERED, RIVER VALLEY SEARCH PARTY, KAMI VAN HAIST, ALTERRA

DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage Tue

WINSPEAR CENTRE Rachmaninoff's

Jam: Trevor Mullen

118TH AVENUE COMMUNITY ARTS DISTRICT Skirtsafire Herarts Festival

Divas, Dinner Cabaret; 5pm (doors); $90

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

SUN MAR 8

THESE RAVEN SKIES

SELECT RESTAURANT Dueling

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

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays:

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

BLACK STREAM RECORDS AND RCR MANAGEMENT PRESENT

$12 (adv)

Featuring BORYS with Voice Industrie and Bong Sample and more; 9pm; $10 (door)

DJs

every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

THE MANDEVILLES, THE FRONTS, MARYSTOWN

Featuring Thou Art Here Theatre; 7pm; $20 (adv), $5 (bands only after 9pm)

electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, Motown,

FLYNT FLOSSY & YUNG HUMMA p

MACLAB CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Infinitus; 2pm;

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

WXDREAMS PRESENTS

Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm); 1st Sat each month

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

KAMINANDA GOOPSTEPPA

ARTERY The Falstaff Project:

BOHEMIA Fearmonger Film Festival

Dido and Aeneas, the Opera; 7:30pm JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Jim

global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai

UBK PRESENTS

TUE MAR 10

BLUES ON WHYTE Laura Rain

Jefferies; 7:30pm

RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and

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

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

PAWN SHOP Transmission

Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip

Classical

every Sat

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday

LANDMARK EVENTS -

STARLITE ROOM Landmark Events The Artist Showcase; 3pm; $13 WUNERBAR Drum & Bell Tower with guests Blocktreat, Wares and Rick Reid; 9pm; 18+ only

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat; 9pm

UALBERTA PRIDE WEEK PRESENTS

RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Jam hosted by Jim Dyck, Randy Forsberg and Mark Ammar; 4-8pm

DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly,

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

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

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

BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats

RED STAR Swing, Funk, Soul, R&B,

RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

Rock&Roll and Electro/Disco sounds of the last 70 years with DJ Thomas

THE COMMON The Wed Experience:

Classics on Vinyl with Dane

VENUEGUIDE

MAR/5

VOISKI REFUGE PRESENTS

MAR/6

FRASER, PURE SIGNAL, EXTRA

UNDERGROUD BASS

VOL 1 FT. TC

MAR/14

DEEKLINE FREELOVE PRESENTS

W/ KURT HUSTLE, VAN DAMAGE, D3VIANT, DJ WHAT

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

ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002 http://thebuckingham.ca BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523,

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cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 COMMON 9910-109 St DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St FESTIVAL PLACE 100

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Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave

O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW 8404-109 St ORLANDO'S 1 15163-121 St O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave, 780.424.3836 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253

ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM

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

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

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Tim Koslo; Mar 5-7 • Hannibal Thompson; Mar 12-14

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; last Tue each month, 7:30pm • Dom Irrera Special Presentation; Mar 5-8 • Rod Man Special Presentation; Mar 12-15

CONNIE’S COMEDY • Draft Bar & Grill, 12912-50 St NW • With Matt Alaeddine and Andrew Iwanyk as co-headliners, and guest Craig Sherburne • Mar 4, 7:30pm; No cover 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

JIM JEFFERIES • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • jubileeauditorium.com • Mar 8, 7:30pm

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

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

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 NEEDLECRAFT GUILD • Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each month; 2:30-4pm • $5 FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

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

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleine-sanam.orgs/en • Program for HIVAID’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,

Balce, 780.463.5331

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION •

3728-106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns

waskahegantrail.ca • Patricia Ravine to Fort Edmonton; Meet at McDonalds 87 Ave/149 St (14920-87 Ave); Mar 8, 9:45am; Hike leader: Joanne, 780.487.0645

Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98

POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall, 10135-96 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm RAW VEGAN EDMONTON POTLUCK • LDS Church, 9010-85 St • rawveganedmonton@ gmail.com • Bring a raw vegan dish to serve at least six people, plus your own plate, cup, cutlery and serving spoon • Mar 7, 5:30pm • Free

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

WOMEN BUILD WEEK • Various build sites • 780.451.3416 ext 232 • kdedeugd@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer/women-build • Mar 10-14 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

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

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

ALBERTA & THE GREAT WAR • Provincial

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 10-min discussion, followed by a 30-40 minute 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 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 • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519

Archives of Alberta, 8555 Roper Road • PAA@ gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/ paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • An exhibit that draws upon archival holdings to show the many ways that the First World War changed the province forever • until Aug 29, 9am-4:30pm

ELITE TOURS ABROAD • McKernan Community League, 11341-78 Ave • EliteToursAbroad. com • For those who have considered retiring, relocating, or investing in another country • Mar 5, 6-7pm • Free, RSVP to chloe@elitetoursabroad.com

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 • Mar 11, 7-9pm • Free

GROW A BED-HEAD GARDEN • Earth’s General Store, 9605-82 Ave • Great tips on how to grow your own beautifully tousled garden using organic and permaculture inspired methods • Mar 15, 7-9pm • Free presentation, seating is limited; RSVP at wildgreen.ca INDIANA JONES, THE TEMPLE OF DOOM & 'ESSENCE OF NURHACI'--THE REAL STORY • Telus World of Science, Margaret Ziedler Theatre • Presented by the Strathcona Archaeological Society. Lecture by Dr. Jack Ives (University of Alberta) • Mar 6, 7pm • Free with SAS membership or TWoS admission or membership

NERD NITE #19 • The Club (Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave) • Three speakers talk about elephants to multiple-choice test design and biotech deeds that will put you in jail • Mar 16, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show) • $16 (adv), $22 (reg) NIGHT SKY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY •

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; Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:051pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:051pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact bradscherger@ hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Dec 17, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@ yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Upward Bound Toastmaster Club: Rm 7, 6 Fl, Edmonton Public Library–DT: Meets every Wed, 7-8:45pm; Sep-May; upward.toastmastersclubs. org; reader1@shaw.ca • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio

University of Alberta Observatory, CCIS 5th Floor, SW corner • stars@ualberta.ca • ualberta. ca/~stars • Award winning photographer Warren Finlay presents his stunning images of the night sky, with behind the scenes stories • Mar 5, 8-8:30pm • Free

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SERIES • Creative Practices Institute, 10149-122 St • creativepracticesinstitute.com • 780.909.6045 • brittney.cpiyeg@gmail.com • A series that encourages artists to manage a professional art career • Every 2nd Mon until Apr 6, 6-8pm • $10

RASC REGULAR MEETING: THE SCIENCE OF SHAKESPEARE • Telus World of Science, 11211-142 St NW • edmontonrasc.com • Explore Shakespeare’s interest in the scientific discoveries of his time, with a particular focus on the changing conceptions of the cosmos, from Aristotle to Copernicus and Galileo • Mar 9, 7-9:30pm • 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

VEG*N COMMITMENT WORKSHOP • Idylwylde Library, 8310-88 Ave • info@vofa. ca • vofa.ca • Digging deeper into attendees reasons for choosing a vegetarian, vegan, or raw vegan lifestyle. Using techniques for motivating commitment, Koach Karlssen will assist help in strengthening personal convictions to live a plant-based lifestyle • Mar 9, 7-9pm • Free

VISITING LECTURESHIP IN HUMAN RIGHTS PRESENTS DR. JAMES ANAYA • Edmonton Clinic Health Academy 2-190, University of Alberta • globaled.ualberta.ca/VLHR • Mar 12, 7:30-9pm • 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

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

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220103 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 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

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) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.org, womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: 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

SPECIAL EVENTS 2015 SKIRTSAFIRE HERARTS FESTIVAL • In and around the 118 Ave area • skirtsafire. wordpress.com • A platform for women’s stories presented in theatre, music, dance, visual art, comedy and spoken word • Mar 5-8

BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL • Pleasantview Community League, 10860-57 Ave NW • amanda@sambaedmonton.ca • 780.722.1256 • sambaedmonton.ca • Brazilian food and drinks, samba dance performances and live music by Brazilian Nuts • Mar 14, 8pm

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

EDMONTON EDUCATION & CAREER FAIR • Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Ave • educationcareerfairs.com/index.html • A variety of post-secondary options and jobs • Mar 12, 9am-3pm • $5 (door) or free between 12-3pm with pre registration

HOLI CELEBRATION- INDIA'S FESTIVAL OF COLORS • Meridian Banquet Conference Centre, 4820-76 Ave • 780.903.4163 • albertahindiparishad.ca • An evening filled with fun, food and cultural programs • Mar 6, 6:30-10:30pm

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY MARCH anD Forum • Corbett Hall Field, 112 St and 82 Ave (forum to follow the march at Luther Centre 10014 81 Avenue) • facebook.com/ IWDEdmonton • 780.952.1951 • Raising awareness about the most pressing concerns facing women today and to celebrate the contribution of women at the forefront of struggles for the rights of all • Mar 8, 1-4pm • Free

MOM, POP & TOTS FAIR • Edmonton EXPO

geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

Centre, Hall A - Northlands, 7515-118 Ave NW • mpt.edmontonshows.com • 780.490.0215 • An annual fun-filled, family weekend with a special focus on children. Events, activities, shopping and more • Mar 6-7, 9am-5pm • $3-$14

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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:

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Churchill Square • flatstick.ca • A fundraiser toward capital development projects at Fort Edmonton Park. Historic artifacts will also be displayed in Edmonton City Hall to celebrate Alberta, and Canada’s, hockey heritage • Mar 13-14

PALESTINIAN BAZAAR • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • shussein07@gmail.com • 780.271.9862 • humanserve.org • A full day festival celebration of the cultural richness of the Palestinian people • Mar 14

PAWS IN NEED ANIMAL RESCUE SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA • The Dog House Daycare, 10325-56 Ave • pawsinneedanimalrescue.weebly.com • A shopping spree fundraiser with local vendors. Vendors will be donating half of their comission ffor orders • Mar 14, 2-5pm

PEROGY SUPPER & FAMILY NIGHT • Ukrainian Centre, 11018-97 St • 780.434.1690 • judy.lederer@hotmail.com • A family night perogy supper and floor show featuring children's & adult Ukrainian dancers, cake walk, etc • Mar 7, 5:30-11pm • $10 (adults), $5 (kids) SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm AT THE BACK 25

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To celebrate 30 years of promoting visual art in Strathcona County, the The Art Society of Strathcona County Is Proud to Present A Special Open Art Show April 15 to 19, 2015 at the A. J. Ottewell Community Centre (Red Barn), 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • Open Art Competition for All Alberta Residents • Cash Prizes, Gala Reception • Categories for Visual Art in Various Levels of Skill, including 3D, Photography and Digital • Entries will Close March 29, 2015 • Check our website for the Show Call: www.artstrathcona.com The members of the Society are looking forward to you joining us in celebrating our 30th Anniversary.

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Crisis Line Volunteers Needed: The Sexual Assault Centre is recruiting volunteers for our 24 hours crisis line on an ongoing basis. We offer over 50 hours of crisis intervention training at no charge. If you are empathetic, caring, nonjudgmental, want to gain experience within the helping field, and/or want to make change in your community this is an excellent opportunity for you! Please call Shannah at 780-423-4102 ext. 226 or email at shannahb@sace.ab.ca for more information.

Office Volunteers Needed: Duties include: - Reception coverage (i.e. answering and transferring phone calls, greeting clients, etc) - General office work (i.e. photocopying, data entry, etc) -

Qualifications Friendly, non-judgmental - Willingness to learn - Ability to use Microsoft Office

If you would like more information or are interested in volunteering please contact Shannah at 780-423-4102 ext. 226 or shannahb@sace.ab.ca

Wanted: Volunteers for our Long Term Care facility! Individuals or groups welcome! Vulnerable Sector search by EPS is required Please contact Janice Graff Volunteer Coordinator – Extendicare Eaux Claires for more information: 16503-95 Street, Edmonton jgraff@extendicare.com 780-472-1106 ext 202

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1st Assistant Director is required to assist Main Director on film project. The assistant must have experience working with Arriflex Film camera (and not a video camera).Travel is a must, as this project is filming in Jasper National Park (townsite). Some segments will be filmed in town. The Assistant may have to work on a tight schedule in the town of Jasper, as it gets busier in the summer months. The Assistant Director must be capable of directing actors according to the script. Non-union film project. FAVA members and former members, from the Edmonton FAVA film school, are welcome to apply for the 1st Assistant Film Director job. If the Assistant Director has experience as a Location Manager and in producing; this would be helpful for Main Director Craig. This position as my Assistant Director is a demanding job; since the Main Director can’t always be there to organize the actors. For further information, e-mail Craig at crgsymonds49@gmail.com. Phone 613-246-0164. A Film Producer is urgently needed to assist Main Film Director with his film financing (example, Telefilm Canada). For more information, please e-mail Craig at crgsymonds49@gmail.com. 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 EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL October 1-10, 2015 Call For Submissions is now OPEN! Categories include dramatic & documentary features, short films and movies made by Albertans. 30% off entry fees until March 15 (earlybird deadline). Submit NOW to Alberta’s longst running international film festival. www.edmontonfilmfest.com Loft Art Gallery and Gift Shop Workshops for January to April 2015 See www.artstrathcona.com for updates on workshops, comprehensive information, supply list and to register. Register early to avoid disappointment Loft Art Gallery and Gift Shop – Opens January 31 with new artwork by the artists of the Art Society of Strathcona County. Ottewell Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd. Open Saturdays and Sundays 12 to 4 pm for your viewing and purchasing pleasure. Local artwork for your home, business or gift giving.

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The Assistant Director must have Film Producing experience as he/she will be calculating the Films budget. If the Director has experience with being a Location Manager; this would be very beneficial for the Main film Director, since he doesn’t live in the. Jasper town area. P.S. When an experienced Film director is chosen then the project starts. FAVA Edmonton members are very welcome to apply for position. You can also Skype video the Main Director for more details crgsymonds49@gmail.com

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Musicians Available

Mark (Sharky) Schauer plays pedal steel, DOBRO, lap steel, 5 string, and mandolin. Last employers were Ian Tyson and Tommy Hunter. Looking for full time road work and sessions. Phone 403-638-3026 or 403-507-0712.

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ALBERTA’S OWN INDEPENDENT MUSIC FESTIVAL #14, AUG 14-16 @TAIL CREEK RACEWAYS IS NOW ACCEPTING BAND SUBMISSIONS FOR 2015 (must be original music). From all over CANADA. To apply send your EPK to albertasownads@gmail.com. EPK must contain at least 3 original songs + bio and picture. Deadline for submissions by March 15, 2015. Check us out at albertasown.ca. Volunteers also needed. Bassist, 53, needs lead instrumentalist for blues jamming in Leduc, backing tracks available. sirveggi@telus.net, 986-2940 Guitarists, bassists, vocalists, pianists and drummers needed for good paying teaching jobs. Please call 780-901-7677 Looking for players for blues rock Contact Derek at 780-577-0991

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Haussmann 12” compound dual bevel rail miter saw, 24” draw c/w stand. New $375.00. Phone 587.520.9746. Leave message, no text. MSA Dynalock 3/16 stainless steel self retractable lanyard 50ft certified 2013 $500 ph: 780.467.5658 or 587.520.9746. Leave message, not text. MSA Rose Dynevac Self retracting lanyard galvanized 3/16 cable 50 ft. with emergency rescuer. Manufacturer date: 2002 $750 Ph: 780.467.8658 or 587.520.9746 North, self-latching cable sling, 6’ length, Model FP271HR/6, new style, visible cable inspection. $150.00 each. Phone 587.520.9746. Leave message, no text. Rigid 10” portable table saw, table extension c/w rolling stand. Comes in new box R4510. Lifetime warranty. $400. Phone 587.520.9746. Leave message, no text.

ALBERTA-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS •• ANNOUNCEMENTS •• REFORM PARTY. Alberta’s new compassionate, socially and ﬁscally conservative party is looking for candidates for the upcoming Alberta Provincial election expected April 27. Call Party Leader Randy Thorsteinson 403-264-1105; www. reformalberta.com or facebook. com/ReformAlberta.

•• AUCTIONS •• COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION. 5th Annual Edmonton Motor Show Collector Car Auction. April 10 - 12. Edmonton Expo Centre. Over 80,000 spectators. Over 80% sold last year. Consign today. 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102; EGauctions.com. MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, March 21, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Handguns, rifles, shotguns, hunting and fishing equipment. To consign call 780-440-1860. UNRESERVED AUCTION Modular Home Manufacturer Machine Shop. Thursday, March 12, 10 a.m., 6205 - 60 St., Vegreville. Partially finished homes. Complete manufacturing facility. Drill collar and sub threading shop. Conducted by Foothills Equipment Liquidation & Dales Auction Service. A must, to view at www.foothillsauctions.com or www.dalesauctions.com.

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•• EMPLOYMENT •• OPPORTUNITIES LOON RIVER First Nation, located 170 kilometres north of Slave Lake, Alberta, requires Community Health Registered Nurse for full-time permanent position beginning April 1, 2015. Graduation from accredited nursing school, current CARNA registration, immunization certificate, three years experience in public or community health nursing preferred. RAI assessment training considered asset. Benefits, pension, business vehicle, subsidized accommodation available. Closing date: March 13, 2015. Send cover letter, resume, CARNA registration, driver’s abstract, RCMP Information Check and Child Intervention Check to health@loonriver.ca SEEKING A CAREER in the Community Newspaper business? Post your resume for FREE right where the publishers are looking. Visit: awna. com/for-job-seekers. SOMEONE MECHANICAL to do work on heavy equipment and trucks around the Wainwright area. Send resume to: Email: fitzcons@telus.net of Fax: 780-842-5556. MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is

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STEEL BUILDINGS “Really Big Sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca. REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Full boxes as low as $0.99/ tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-8733846 or www.treetime.ca.

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•• REAL ESTATE •• EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW 3842+/- sq. ft. on 33.98 title acres & 5.50 Acre Lot w/32, 440+/- sq. ft. Commercial Industrial Buildings. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 7, Getkate Property near Lethbridge, Alberta. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate. GRAVEL PROPERTY w/River Frontage, Spruce View, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 29 in Edmonton. 148+/- acres titled, gravel pit w/stock piles, North Raven River frontage, 65+/acres cult, fenced, $4800 SLR. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Whenever I close my eyes and seek psychic visions of your near future, I see heroic Biblical scenes. Moses is parting the Red Sea. Joseph is interpreting Pharaoh's dream. Jesus is feeding 5000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. What's the meaning of my reveries? Well, this psychic stuff is tricky, and I hesitate to draw definitive conclusions. But if I had to guess, I'd speculate that you are ripe to provide a major blessing or perform an unprecedented service for people you care about. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In a New Yorker cartoon, Tom Gauld outlines "The Four Undramatic Plot Structures:" 1. "The hero is confronted by an antagonistic force and ignores it until it goes away." 2. "The protagonist is accused of wrongdoing, but it's not a big thing and soon gets sorted out." 3. "The heroine is faced with a problem but it's really difficult so she gives up." 4. "A man wants something. Later, he's

not so sure. By suppertime he's forgotten all about it." In my astrological opinion, Gemini, you should dynamically avoid all four of those fates. Now is a time for you to take brave, forceful action as you create dramatic plot twists that serve your big dreams. CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): "To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright," said heavyweight German philosopher Walter Benjamin, a fellow Cancerian. I am happy to report that there's a good chance you will soon be blessed with an extraordinary measure of this worry-free self-awareness. And when you do— when you are basking in an expanded self-knowledge infused with selflove and self-appreciation—some of your chronic fear will drop away, and you will have at your disposal a very useful variety of happiness. LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): "As you get older, the heart sheds its leaves like a tree," said French novelist Gustave Flaubert. "You cannot hold out against certain winds. Each day tears away a few more leaves; and then there are the storms that break off several branches at one go. And while nature's greenery grows back again in the spring, that of the heart never grows back." Do you agree with Flaubert, Leo? I don't. I say that you can live with such resilient innocence that your heart's leaves grow back after a big wind and become ever-more lush and hardy as you age. You can send down such deep, strong roots and stretch your branches toward the sun with such vigor that your heart always has access to the replenishment it needs to flourish. The com-

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19):To depict what lay beyond the limits of the known world, medieval mapmakers sometimes drew pictures of dragons and sea serpents. Their images conveyed the sense that these territories were uncharted and perhaps risky to explore. There were no actual beasties out there, of course. I think it's possible you're facing a comparable situation. The frontier realm you are wandering through may seem to harbour real dragons, but I'm guessing they are all of the imaginary variety. That's not to say you should entirely let down your guard. Mix some craftiness in with your courage. Beware of your mind playing tricks.

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ing weeks will provide evidence that what I say is true. VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): "I will not wait to love as best as I can," says writer Dave Eggers. "We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love." That's your keynote for the coming weeks, Virgo. That's your wake-up call and the rose-scented note under your pillow and the message scrawled in lipstick on your bathroom mirror. If there is any part of you that believes love will be better or fuller or more perfect in the future, tell that part of you to shut up and embrace this tender command: now is the time to love with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your mind. LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): I love the song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," by Pink Floyd. Other favourites are Tool's "Third Eye" and Yo La Tengo's "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind." But all of these tunes have a similar problem. They're more than 10 minutes long. Even before my attention span got shrunk by the Internet, listening to them tested my patience. Now I have to forcefully induce a state of preternatural relaxation if I want to hear them all the way through. In the coming days, Libra, don't be like a too-much-of-a-good-thing song. Be willing to edit yourself. Observe concise boundaries. Get to the point quickly. (You'll be rewarded for it.) SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Sneaking around isn't necessary, Scorpio. There's no useful power to be gained by hiding information or pur-

suing secret agendas. This is not a time when it's essential for you to be a master of manipulation who's 10 steps ahead of everyone else. For now, you are likely to achieve maximum success and enjoy your life the most if you are curious, excitable and transparent. I invite you to embody the mindset of a creative, precocious child who has a loving mommy and daddy. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It took them seven weeks to climb the 29 029-foot peak. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh got into a bathyscaphe and sailed to the lowest point on the planet, the Mariana Trench at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It took them four hours and 47 minutes to go down 36 070 feet. Based on my analysis of your astrological omens, I think the operative metaphor for you in the coming weeks should be the deep descent, not the steep ascent. It's time to explore and hang out in the depths rather than the heights. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): The African country of Ivory Coast has two different capital cities. Yamoussoukro is the official political capital, while Abidjan is the economic capital, where the main governmental action takes place. I suspect there's a comparable split in your personal realm, Capricorn: a case of mixed dominance. Maybe that's a good thing; maybe it allows for a balance of power between competing interests. Or perhaps it's a bit confusing, causing a split in your attention that hampers you from expressing a unified purpose.

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Now would be a favourable time to think about how well the division is working for you and to tinker with it if necessary. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): I've gone on three book tours and done my spoken-word show in scores of bookstores. But one of my favourite author events took place at the Avenue C Laundromat in New York City's East Village. There I performed with two other writers as part of the "Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose" reading series. It was a boisterous event. All of us authors were extra loose and goofy, and the audience offered a lot of funny, good-natured heckling. The unusual location freed everyone up to have maximum amusement. I see the coming weeks as a time when you, too, might thrive by doing what you do best in seemingly out-of-context situations. If you're not outright invited to do so, I suggest you invite yourself. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): When Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California in 2003, the state had the eighth largest economy in the world, right behind Italy and just ahead of Brazil. Schwarzenegger had never before held political office. When Cambodian doctor Haing Ngor performed in the film The Killing Fields, for which he ultimately won an Oscar, he had no training as an actor. He was a novice. Will you try to follow in their footsteps, Pisces? Is it possible you could take on a role for which you have no preparation or seasoning? According to my divinations, the answer is yes. But is it a good idea? That's a more complex issue. Trust your gut. V AT THE BACK 27

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While I typically encourage people to keep their questions brief, it is possible to be too brief, NH. But I've gotten so many questions from wannabe cuckolds with wife issues over the years that I'm going to hazard a series of guesses and take a shot at advising you ... I'm guessing you're a straight guy and you're interested in cuckolding—the kink where the wife sleeps with other men and either she tells the husband about her adventures or she "forces" him to watch her with other men. Cuckolding can involve elements of humiliation and/ or degradation, and in some cases includes "forced bi" interactions between the cuckolded husband and the men his wife "cheats" on him with. And I'm also guessing you told the wife about your interest in cuckolding and she wasn't interested and you wound up arguing about it, NH, and now your sex life is in the toilet, aka "lack of intimacy." So what do you do now? You drop it, NH, as cuckolding—which is a big ask for the wife (the sexual and emotional risks fall on her)—is a kink that both partners have to be equally excited about exploring. If she doesn't want to go there, NH, then you're not going there. Not getting to explore cuckolding—and dropping the subject—is the price of admission you'll have to pay to revive your sex life. And if restoring your sex life isn't incentive enough to drop the subject, NH, this Savage Love reader's experience might inspire you to drop it: "My husband, almost exactly 10 years older than me, confessed a cuckold fetish to me shortly before our fifth anniversary," a happily married straight lady wrote (her letter appeared in "Meet the Monogamish," January 4, 2012). "I said no, but a seed was planted: whenever I would develop a crush on another man, it would occur to me that I could sleep with him if I wanted to." She eventually met someone she wanted to sleep with and went back to her husband— five years later—to ask if he was still interested in cuckolding. He was—and guess what? He's a cuckold now. I had to run an edited version of her letter, so this bit didn't make it into the column, but the only reason this woman wound up exploring cuckolding was because her husband respected her initial "no" and wasn't pressuring her to reconsider. Because she didn't feel like he was miserably unhappy with the status quo—a strictly monogamous status quo—and because she

didn't feel like he would blow up if she got cold feet, she felt secure enough to go there. So shut the fuck up, NH, and you may eventually get what you want.

LOVING OR LOATHING

My boyfriend and I have been together three years. We plan to start a family, we are very happy together, we go on many adventures together—all that good stuff. For the past year or so, I feel like I've been losing my sex drive. Not just toward him, but in general. I should mention that I'm 30 and he's 25, but our age gap has always been a nonissue. I have a stressful job and am often too tired to have sex on weeknights, so we've pretty much gone down to having sex once a week. He has said this devastates him. He feels like I'm not attracted to him because he always initiates and he is worried about our future sex life. I used to deny there was a problem and assure him, "No, we're fine, I'm just tired," etc. But I admit it's a problem. I've had more than a few uncomfortable "maintenance

of mismatched libidos. My advice: break up now, before you have children, before his feelings of rejection (already at devastating levels) and your feelings of resentment (at having to go through the motions) metastasize into an explosive case of mutual loathing.

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Thanks for HUMP! I've been in a steady relationship with my boyfriend for five years, and since year two, when we got pregnant despite using a condom, we've had sex maybe five times. Three of those times were in the year after the pregnancy, then once on Valentine's Day last year and again last night after seeing HUMP! We've been in couples counselling for six weeks, and therapy laid a foundation for becoming intimate again. But things have been so awkward for so long that it just seemed impossible. But something clicked for us at HUMP! It's like we both seemed to realize that people have sex in all shapes and sizes and methods and that you can dive in. At a certain point, you just have to dive right in. You have always been a sex-positive force in my l i fe — t h a n k s for the reminder and bringing SF some excellent entertainment! SF HUMP!er

The only reason this woman wound up exploring cuckolding was because her husband respected her initial "no" and wasn't pressuring her to reconsider. sex" sessions wherein I sex him to make him happy, and then I wind up mad at myself for being a faker and feel resentful toward him for being so horny. I've recently been coming to the conclusion that he's right: it will be bad for our future if our sexual needs are so different. Yet I don't want to let him go because of this. I love him madly. I'm also a CUDDLE ADDICT. In my fantasy world, we cuddle all the time, we have amazing sex only when we're worked up, and my vibrator takes care of me more often than his cock (this is already the case generally). But I don't view this lack of sex as a negative thing. I just don't make sex as much of a priority as he does. I could see looking the other way if he needs to get his sexual needs met by someone else or with a professional, but it makes me nervous, mostly because I'd be devastated if he fell in love with someone else. I'm not polyamorous, as so many Seattleites are, but I'm open-minded. Sexual Needs Undermining Good Girl's Loving Expectations Barring a medical issue or a common-sense issue—get your hormone levels checked, try to incorporate your vibrator into the sex you're having with your boyfriend, ponder the possibility that you fall somewhere on the asexual spectrum and perhaps marrying a sexual isn't the greatest idea (particularly if you can't see yourself opening up the relationship)—this sounds like just another average, ordinary case

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Thanks for the lovely note, SFH, and I'm thrilled HUMP! provided you and your boyfriend with the goose/spark/inspiration you needed to dive back in. But you two did the heavy lifting—getting counselling, hanging in there, keeping those lines of communication open—and you two deserve the credit, not my silly little porn festival. Now keep diving in! And remember: if fear of pregnancy is a boner-killer/pussy-parcher, and if more reliable forms of birth control don't work for you, there are plenty of non-PIV options that 1) are tons of fun, 2) count as sex, from mutual masturbation to fantasy play to oral and anal play/sex, and 3) present no risk of pregnancy. So even if you find yourselves gripped by fear again, SFH, keep having sex. HUMP! is the Pacific Northwest's biggest, best and only amateurporn film festival. It's in its 11th year, and for the second time ever, HUMP! is touring the country. HUMP! features hardcore, softcore, erotica, animation and musicals, and HUMP! is straight, gay, queer, kinky, vanilla, cis and trans—and, as SFH's experience shows, HUMP! also features inspiration. To find out if HUMP! is coming to your town, go to HUMPtour.com. V @fakedansavage on Twitter

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