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Helping the young identify New program helps youth come out with confidence Regardless of where or how one first starts coming out of the closet, there are certain common experiences: figuring out how to tell people, trying to discover who you are, finding your new clan, learning new social rules. Coming out is a confusing time for everyone, but youth who come often out face a different set of circumstances than adults. Now, there is a new program to help queer youth navigate the murky waters of identity. The Pride Centre of Edmonton, in partnership with BGCBigs (Boys and Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton) is piloting a Queer Mentoring Program that will match youth between the ages of 14 and 24 with adult queer mentors. Funded by grants from Human
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Services Community Partnerships and the Civil Forfeiture Fund, the program aims to support youth who are struggling with their identity by providing positive role models and creating a safe spaces in which to explore their identity. In the words of Mickey Wilson, executive director of the Pride Centre, the program will "create relationships that assist people in the complex navigation of self-identity." I recently connected with Wilson to find out about where the program came from, what it will entail and what it hopes to do. The germ of the program grew out of conversations amongst Pride Centre staff; in 2013, Wilson approached BGCBigs about working together and the two have been developing
the program since then. There are other mentoring programs available for youth in Edmonton and the province, but very few that focus on questions of identity. "We've spent a year developing the program manual and putting together the program manual," Wilson says. "We recognized that it was really important to get this program right because we couldn't just pull one off the shelf and make it work." As it stands, the program offers some structured elements while creating space for the mentoring pairs to develop their own rapport. Partners are required to meet at least twice a month and must begin their time together at the Pride Centre. Every four months or so, mentoring partners
will meet with the program manager, and all the mentoring partners will meet together to discuss how things are going about twice a year. The program isn't hoping to support just the youth; it also aims to expand the knowledge base of its adult mentors. Every month, mentorship partners will attend an education night together to learn more about the queer community. In this way, Wilson hopes the program will develop potential leaders of the LBGTQ community while educating active community partners. There is a rigorous screening process for those interested in becoming a mentor. Once the program is officially underway, prospective mentors will be able to fill out an online application through BGCBigs,
which includes an online mentor training portion. If successful, they are invited to an interview with BGCBigs and Pride Centre staff. After a background check, applicants then go through additional training about LGBTQ issues at the Pride Centre. Finally, they are matched up with a youth mentee. Although the screening process is extensive, Wilson is confident the adult mentors will get just as much out of this as the youth. And, most importantly being a mentor, "provides an opportunity for LGBT adults to give back in ways that we don't always have," Wilson says. If you are interested in learning more about the program, either as a mentor or mentee, contact mentoring@pcedmonton.org. V
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Islamic State: worst-cast contingency IS has taken no new territory, but people remain terrified of its capabilities It is often a good idea, when faced with a really frightening situation, to model the worst-case outcome and see how bad it could get. That can be quite bad, but it's rarely as bad as the half-formed fears that build up if you don't actually analyze the problem. Like Islamic State, for example. It began with the conquest of parts of eastern Syria by an Islamist group called ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) in 2011 – 13. Its founders were almost all Iraqis who had got their start fighting the American occupation of their country. They were allegedly in Syria to help overthrow Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship, but they actually spent their time conquering territory held by other rebel groups. Once ISIS had a territorial base in eastern Syria, its fighters surged back across the border into Iraq in June 2014 and captured Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city. First the hopeless Iraqi army and then the supposedly competent Kurdish army crumbled in front of them. In July ISIS declared the border abolished and proclaimed the foundation of the Islamic State in the conquered parts of both Syria and Iraq. A few days later the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared in a sermon in Mosul's great mosque of al-Nuri that he is the caliph to whom
all Muslims owe obedience. It was a bold step "there has been no caliph since 1924" but it had great resonance among those many Muslims who blamed the collapse of the Islamic world's power and prosperity on the neglect of its traditional religious institutions and values. Since then, Islamic State has conquered no more territory. Its one big offensive, against the Kurdish enclave of Kobane along the Turkish border, was defeated after thousands of ISIS fighters died in the attempt to take it. Aircraft from the US, other Western countries, and various conservative Arab countries patrol the skies over Islamic State, bombing anything that looks even vaguely military. Yet it still scares people to death. One reason is its sheer ferocity and endlessly inventive cruelty. It crucifies people, hacks their heads off, burns them alive and posts videos boasting about it all. It attracts large numbers of recruits from the Sunni Muslims living in the Arab lands now included in Islamic State, but also thousands of eager volun-
teers from other Muslim countries and from the Muslim diaspora in the West. Islamic State is now collecting pledges of allegiance from likeminded Islamist fighting groups in other Muslim countries, each of which lends a little more credibility to its claim to be the new caliphate. In November Islamist groups in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen and
the civil war, was carved into three further provinces at the same time. In late January a former commander of the Pakistani Taliban and 10 other jihadi leaders from Pakistan and Afghanistan also acknowledged al-Baghdadi's authority and declared that they constituted the new IS province of Khorasan, taking in those two countries and other nearby lands. Then last Saturday, Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the militant group Boko Haram, which controls much of northeastern Nigeria, also pledged allegiance to Islamic State: "We announce our allegiance to the caliph... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity. We call on Muslims everywhere to pledge allegiance to the caliph." It's certainly making progress, but how far can it go? Probably not much further. All the new "provinces" of Islamic State, like most of the original ones, are in mainly rural areas, often sparsely populated, and with few natural resources (except some oil, in Libya's case). They are areas that corrupt
It is striking that all the new "provinces" of Islamic State, like most of the original ones, are in mainly rural areas, often sparsely populated, and with few natural resources. Saudi Arabia all declared that they acknowledged al-Baghdadi, now calling himself Caliph Ibrahim, as their leader and guide. Little more has been heard from the Yemeni, Saudi and Algerian groups, but the Egyptian group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, controls parts of the Sinai peninsula, regularly attacks the Egyptian army, and was officially designated a province (wilayat) of the Islamic State in November. Libya, where Islamist groups have been gaining ground in
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and autocratic governments, many of them distracted by civil war, can simply abandon for the short term as not vital for their survival. For Islamic State to seize big metropolitan areas and their resources would require a level of popular support in those areas that is unlikely to emerge. Big cities are full of relatively sophisticated people who have something to lose, and they are unlikely to see Islamic State as an attractive solution for their problems. Without the big cities and their communications facilities—especially airports and harbours—there can be little effective cooperation between the widely dispersed "provinces" of Islamic State. They will have to go on fighting their own wars with little outside help, and some they will lose. The broader struggle against Islamist extremism will probably continue for at least a decade, and impose heavy costs on the people of the Middle East. But ultra-radical organizations like ISIS and Boko Haram are likely to break up in bitter theological disputes a lot quicker than that. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. UP FRONT 5
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Jimmy's killer still at large
Prominent member of city's LGBTQ community murdered a year ago
Photos of Jimmy, in drag as Coco
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The TFW last resort
Every year it becomes increasingly clear that the federal government has no idea how to accommodate temporary foreign workers, and if their typical kneejerk blanket legislation is any indication, they don't care much for the complexities of Canada's regional economies, either. April 1 signals the beginning of a forced exodus of tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers stemming from rushed and ill-informed 2014 reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. On April 1, most TFWs that have been in Canada for four years must leave, and employers will have to scale back TFWs to no more than 10 percent of their workforce by 2016. The reforms come soon after a spate of bad press stemming from reports of Canadians losing jobs to TFWs hired at lower wages. The Tories say the reforms will put unemployed Canadians back to work and ensure that TFWs are only used as a "last resort." But, according to a report released Monday, the Tories' clear-cutting remedy will disproportionately affect the
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West—where unemployment is low—while leaving high-unemployment regions like Ontario virtually untouched. For every TFW forced out of Ontario, Alberta must give up six—this despite evidence that TFWs are being put to good use in Alberta and not at the expense of local workers. The reality is that in temperamental economies like Alberta, a temporary foreign worker isn't so much a last resort as an essential support piece in a market that booms and busts with force. Sure, we're in the midst of a bust, but we will soon boom, likely right as the 2016 cap stifles employers from filling positions while demand for services rises. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is flawed and certainly due for an audit to see how it fits into regional economies. And while the typical Conservative quick fix may have satiated a handful of Canadians, it will do nothing more than kick economies when they're down, making Canada an even less attractive place to make a living. V
The suspect in his murder Richard Joseph Lacarte
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t's been a year since Demetrios Karahalios, better know as Jimmy or Coco, was found murdered in his Oliver apartment. The murder is still unsolved, and the main suspect, 47-year-old Richard Joseph Lacarte, has not been found. Jimmy was a huge presence in Edmonton's LGBTQ community, and members of it are organizing a candlelight vigil outside his home at 120 Street and 102 Avenue on March 15 at 7 pm. "He had a huge impact," says Dane Beard, a friend and coworker at Buddy's, a popular Jasper Avenue gay bar, as he serves beers and pool balls click in the background. "If you needed anything, he'd give you the shirt off his back in a heartbeat." For years, Jimmy would help with Buddy's annual Christmas dinner, cooking up turkey and all the trimming for the city's LGBTQ community.
He was eventually hired on full-time as a cook and ended up running the bar's kitchen. After he missed a couple of shifts, his bosses went to his Oliver apartment to see if there was trouble, Beard says. It was there on March 8, 2014 they discovered his body, with Edmonton police confirming it was a homicide. He was 48 years old. The bar only closes on Christmas Day, Beard says, but it closed the day Jimmy's murder was discovered. Wade Daniels, who also works at Buddy's and knew Jimmy for 10 years, says Buddy's hasn't reopened the kitchen since Jimmy died. They have no plans to. "It's still kind of fresh," Daniels says. "For a lot of the staff, it's still a really difficult thing." Jimmy was originally from Montréal. He lived in Saskatoon for years be-
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fore moving to Edmonton. As a drag queen, he travelled across the country and was widely respected. And as a prominent member of the LGBTQ community, Beard says he helped lots of people who were struggling with being gay in Edmonton. But Beard says he'll likely be remembered for his openness and generosity. "I found he surrounded himself with some unsavoury characters—not because he wanted to be like them, but because he wanted them to be better," Beard says. "There's times we'd be outside having a smoke and a street person would walk by and he knew them by name. He'd sit and bullshit with them, give them a smoke or some change. He was just a beautiful man." Jimmy's generous nature might have led to his death. Beard says Jimmy befriended Lacarte, the main suspect in his murder, when the down-on-his luck roofer from Medicine Hat became a regular at Woody's (located above Buddy's). Beard notes Lacarte would shoot pool, drink beer and "seemed like a really nice guy." He says Jimmy offered Lacarte a place to stay at his home, adding the last time anyone at Buddy's saw Jimmy alive was when he was leaving the bar with Lacarte. Lacarte, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder, has not been seen since that night. "There is a concern that Lacarte may have altered his appearance and/or assumed a new identity," says Scott Pattison, a spokesperson for the Edmonton Police Service. "Since the warrant for [his] arrest was issued in June of 2014, there have been numerous tips and possible sightings from the public across several provinces. To date, none of the tips or possible sightings have been positively linked to Lacarte." Lacarte is white, 5'9" tall and weighs about 150 pounds. He has grey hair, blue eyes and is reportedly missing teeth. He has tattoos including Harley Davidson wings on his left bicep, a tiger and a skull and crossbones. Pattison says Lacarte is a "drifter" who is good at blending in with his surroundings and is known to frequent LGBTQ bars and clubs to play pool, socialize and sing karaoke. Beard says the LGBTQ community has been sharing Lacarte's photo nation-wide. He says the detectives on the case have been good at keeping in touch to let them know they're not letting the case go cold. The candlelight vigil is a way to honour Jimmy's memory—and to make sure his case, and his killer, stay on people's minds. "We're paying our respects and remembering our friend," Beard says. "Just so he's not forgotten."
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REVUE // JAPANESE AND KOREAN
T Nothing to write home about: fair sushi and average Korean food Sabu Sushi Bar 7450 - 82 Avenue 780.756.7228
he main intrigue of Sabu, a selfproclaimed Japanese and Korean restaurant on the wrong side of the road as you follow 82 Avenue into Sherwood Park, is in the intersections of those two cuisines: a shared love of pickled things, sushi and big tureens of soup bubbling away on the dining table. Perhaps in Sabu one might find an even more explicit expression of that kinship—in a building that looks like it might have been a Pizza Hut, with a few Japanese blandishments draped over the wood panelling inside. True or not, this is rather apt as the first item on Sabu's lengthy menu is okonomiyaki ($19.95), sometimes called Japanese pizza—though it's more like a pancake with cabbage baked into it. My co-diners and I decided to the try the seafood variant. It was certainly a generous portion, a massive wheel of crispy, eggy dough crisscrossed with Japanese mayo and barbecue-like okonomiyaki sauce, topped with flakes of katsuobushi— flakes of dried, smoked bonito fish— which fluttered in the rising heat of the dish as though alive. Myself and one other co-diner found it tasty, if not quite what we were hoping for in terms of seafood, while two codiners begged off after a piece each. The other novelty we couldn't resist trying was the "spicy aburi sushi set" ($19.95), which promised eight pieces of nigiri topped with seared fish and drizzled with spicy sauce and green onions. Tuna, salmon and red snapper had been treated in just such a manner: flavourful, with a nice sriracha zing. However, it wasn't really true sushi: the pieces of fish were fairly small, so their brief expo-
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sure to a hot grill had pretty much cooked them through. We rounded out the sushi portion of the meal with an order each of rainbow maki and dynamite maki ($12.95 each). The former was as expected, a roll with assorted fish and avocado, though this version was also filled with imitation crab mixed with mayo—not my favourite rainbow roll filling. The dynamite maki— I'm told this concoction is peculiar to western Canada—featured prawn tempura, fish roe and cucumber and left nothing to complain about. One co-diner in particular seemed underwhelmed by all of it, so we tried to compensate with stabs at some Korean favourites. Beef bulgogi and bebimbap ($12.95 each) were called for and, while my friend was glad to see red meat hit the table, there wasn't much of it. The marinated beef, stir-fried with carrots and onions over rice, was skimpy in portion and the beef was a bit chewy. The bebimbap—a bowl of rice topped with carrot, spinach, zucchini, beansprouts, slightly more beef and a fried egg—was likewise not a huge portion and the egg, which should be soft-cooked so that the creamy yolk acts as a condiment when you mix it all together, had been cooked too long to serve that purpose. In the end, Sabu left us well-fed enough, but seemed like a fair-tomiddling sushi bar with some average Korean food thrown in the mix. If you're fiending for a Japanese pizza, however, it might be your best choice in town.
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Skip this (Coors) banquet
The company's new brew proves uninspiring, despite its efforts I try not to review beer when it is Coors Banquet falls into the latter obvious I won't like it. I know that category. As it is new to Canada (reyou, dear reader, want to hear sug- leased in late 2014), we are currentgestions of interestly being bombarded ing beers to try, rather Coors Banquet by advertising extolthan a bunch of scath- $30.30 for 12-pack of ling its historical oriing reviews. However, 355mL cans gins, unique brewing there are times when process and stellar I just can't help myflavour. The marketself—or I feel it is my public duty ing blurbs claim it has been brewed to speak up against a particularly non-stop since 1873 and is the same bad brew. beer originally brewed by the first
Adolph Coors back in the 1800s. The company brags about its use of Rocky Mountain water. This is all bollocks, of course. Admittedly, this beer has been around a long time: it was first sold as Coors Original and was rebranded a few years ago to give it a more craft-y feel. But there is no way the beer Coors sells today uses the same recipe that first started the brewery, even if for no other reason
than back in the 1870s, Coors was probably a quality German lager. Be very aware that Banquet is a pure marketing ploy, designed to get newly craft-curious beer drinkers to return to the family fold. It follows a long line of other big brands to have done so: Alexander Keith's, Rickards, Shock Top. Now, not all of these beers are awful, but neither do any of them reflect craft-beer quality. How does Banquet stack up? It presents pale yellow with virtually no head and surprisingly light carbonation. It is crystal clear and looks like a pale lager. The aroma has a light, grainy malt sweetness, some honey and a notable corn aroma. The flavour is similar: sweet corn and honey upfront, along with a light, smooth, grainy silkiness. It has a very light body and there are no hops to be found anywhere. It
is not as clean as I expected, showing off some sulfur and graininess in the linger. There is nothing particularly unpleasant about Banquet, but neither is there anything remotely interesting. Frankly, it is just boring. It actually reminds me of watereddown Kokanee, which is saying something; it is a thin, uninspired pale lager. I respect the fact that some people will like this beer. It does offer slightly more flavour than regular Coors products. However, as someone who has experienced what a solid, well-made pale lager can taste like, Banquet doesn't come even close to living up to its hype. Now, what to do with the rest of the 12-pack? V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.
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about
Irish Whiskey
remember to stay gold
Water of life "Whiskey" is an Anglicization of the Gaelic uisce beatha, meaning "water of life."
Keep the "e" Irish and American whiskies spell "whiskey" with an "e." All other types of whiskies (Canadian, Scottish, etc) spell it without the "e" as "whisky."
From perfume to liquor Knowledge of distillation was brought to Ireland around the 1100s by monks who had travelled throughout the Mediterranean, where the process was originally used to make perfume. Obviously the monks had more use for liquor than perfume in Ireland's chilly climate, as they quickly modified the process and began distilling liquor— the first record of Irish whiskey dates to 1404.
Revitalizing a stagnant industry The Irish whiskey industry has recently been expanding after nearly going extinct in the 20th century due to a series of social, economic and political setbacks, including antialcohol crusades in the 19th century, the British trade embargo following the War of Independence and then Prohibition in the United States. Quality plummeted as Ireland's few remaining distilleries merged into one company in order to survive, until the fully-independent Cooley Distillery opened in 1987 and introduced some much-needed competition to the industry. Ireland currently has 10 distilleries in operation.V
The very first An Irish whiskey distillery, Bushmills, is the oldest licensed distillery in the world. It was established in 1608 when King James I granted a distillation licence to Bushmills founder Sir Thomas Phillips. However, many other distilleries existed around this time, but licences were expensive and most distillers simply ignored the law and sold their whiskey illegally.
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No peat here Irish whiskey is not made using peat, so it is much brighter and smoother than Scottish whisky. Peat is an accumulation of organic matter in bogs and marshes; dried blocks of it have been used for fuel throughout Britain for centuries. Peat fires release a very thick, oily smoke and are used by many Scotch whiskies to dry the barley in the malting process, imbuing a pungent smokiness often described as similar to leather or bacon fat. Irish whisky, in comparison, is much cleaner and lighter.
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Until Sun, Mar 29 (7:30 pm; 1:30 pm Sunday matinees) Vigilante
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Catalyst theatre unearths a dark chapter of Canadian history in Vigilante // Dave DeGagné and Brad Gibbons
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veryone loves a ghost story. Catalyst Theatre's newest work may not tell the usual sort of haunting, but its characters rank as some of the angriest spectres in Canadian history: the Black Donnellys. "As a 10-year-old, hearing about this kid lying under the bed watching this horrific crime unfold, it really stuck in my mind," says Jonathan Christenson. "Like all horrifying stories when you're a kid, they play in your imagination in different ways. They stay with you." Seated at a table by the Second Cup in the Citadel, the soft-spoken artistic director of Catalyst Theatre smiles faintly as he says this, reflecting on the sordid story that became the basis for his company's newest work: the rockmusical Vigilante. "I was interested in trying to find a Canadian story, but I didn't want to do a piece of nice Canadiana," he continues. "I'm interested in work that's really epic and has a kind of mythic feel to it. I'm also interested in stories that speak to us as Canadians, but also speak beyond our borders, and this story felt like it really could have resonance beyond just being a Canadian story." James and Johannah Donnelly emigrated from Ireland in the 1840s, fleeing impoverishment in the hopes of a new beginning in Canada. They established a farm in southern Ontario near the town of Lucan and raised a family of eight children—seven sons and one daughter. It sounds like any one of innumerable immigrant stories from Canada's
early years, except in the Donnelly's case, they weren't able to leave their strife on the other side of the Atlantic: the family became embroiled in feuds and conflicts with various members of their community. James was incarcerated for several years after killing a man in a dispute about land claims (the community maintained that the Donnellys were squatters). The tensions culminated on the night of February 4, 1880 when a vigilante gang murdered James, Johannah, two of their sons and a niece, and then burned the farmhouse to the ground. Despite plenty of evidence, no one was ever convicted for any of the crimes. A neighbour boy had been sleeping at the Donnelly farm that night and witnessed the events while hiding under a bed; he was able to identify those responsible but conveniently disappeared right before the trial. Christenson grew up only about 20 minutes from the old Donnelly homestead, so their tale was familiar to him from a young age. For whatever reason, however, the Donnelly story seems largely forgotten throughout much of the rest of Canada; people are often more familiar with a similar tale from south of the border, the infamous Hatfields and McCoys, than they are with the Canadian analogue. "I joke that if the Donnellys were an American story, everybody would know," David Leyshon, who plays Donnelly patriarch James, says. "But we somehow don't have that tradition in this country, to have a memory of things
like this. It's shocking that more people don't know it, because it's an epic story." Leyshon is sitting at that same table by the Second Cup in the Citadel alongside two of his fellow actors, Kris Joseph and Jan Alexandra Smith, a day after Christenson and just before they headed into dress rehearsal. "One of the things that makes the Donnelly family very angry is that history has been written by somebody else," says Joseph, who plays the role of the eldest Donnelly son. "They've never had the opportunity to tell their perspective; this is their chance. The whole story very much dwells, certainly from the perspective of the brothers in the play, in a place of deep, pressure-cooker rage and anger. I think it's a cautionary tale about how easy it is to give into anger, because that's such a primal emotion, and what the cost of following those instincts is. The beauty of this story is you take that passion and stretch it over spirits that have hung on to that for almost 200 years, and are hell-bent on avenging themselves." The current owner and resident of the Donnelly homestead, Robert Salts, is a self-proclaimed clairvoyant who runs a Donnelly tour out of the house that still stands on that property. (It was the second house built on that land, by the Donnelly boys.) Both Christenson and Leyshon visited Salts (independently of each other) in preparation for the play. "He's had a lot of encounters with what he describes as the spirits of the Don-
nelly family," Christenson explains. "That opened up the notion of the story being a bit of a ghost story, told by the ghosts of the Donnelly boys who finally have their chance to tell their side of things." "The guy that lives there, he's a trip!" Leyshon says. "He tells the story in a very compelling way because he's done so much research, even down to what side bodies were lying [on]. I'm sure part of it is conjecture, part of it is fiction, part of it is fact. And, yeah, he also has this crazy thing where halfway through he tells you he sees people around you and he brings that element into it— which is whacky. But, if anything, he represents this fascinating fixation with a story that is kind of, by all accounts, unsolved. He's a bastion of information about this mysterious event that's kind of creepy and kind of wild." Vigilantism may take a different form in the early 21st century than it did in 1880, but Christenson hopes to show that the basic emotion behind it is essentially unchanged. "When we feel that there is no justice or that we can't turn to the justice system, people start to take it into their own hands," he says. "I think it wouldn't be a huge leap to suggest that any of us have to struggle with those same things on a personal level. When we experience some kind of an injustice, it's easy to start playing the blame game. We all know what it is, in the darkest corner of our soul, to wish for the worst." Grappling with that bubbling tension was a constant struggle, the actors ex-
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plain, as they had to find a balance between conveying these powerful emotions and remaining relaxed enough to properly handle the show's demanding vocal work. "It's very easy to go to the anger place, certainly, but you can't get yell-y," Joseph says. "It's a vocal decathlon," Smith notes. "Johannah does go from being an ingénue to a bitter old woman, so I get to make all kinds of sweet sounds and then I have to make all sorts of ugly sounds, and sing way down here, and way up here." If the promotional materials are any indication, Vigilante's esthetics alone will make it a recognizably Catalyst show. Christenson notes that similar to another one of his shows, Nevermore (which is just concluding an off-Broadway run), he never intended Vigilante to be a factual, historical re-enactment. But he also feels that it will stand out from his previous works. "Even though it often explores some darker themes, [Catalyst's work] has a whimsical quality to it; it often gets described as adult fairy tale," he says. "This piece is pretty in your face. It's got a way-harder edge. It's fueled by testosterone in a bigger way. It's angrier." "It's Greek in its scope," Leyshon says. "It's not apologetic in a Canadian way like, 'This is a story that happened.' It's like, this story happened and you should know it."
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Native Girl Syndrome // Marc J Chalifoux
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he month of March has exploded. Pamela Tzeng helped Mile Zero Dance christen its new studio space and Sylvain Émard gave us the nonapocalypse. The Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy is about to invade the Science Building at the U of A (again), while Shumka throws a 30th-anniversary celebration of its Hopak with multiple generations of dancers. And then there's that movement arts festival (which dropped "movement arts" from its title) that celebrates the body and all the things it can do. Exhausted as we could be, this year's lineup for the Expanse Festival is exciting, and that's not because—full disclosure—your truly and Vue arts editor Paul Blinov will be covering the whole thing on our podcast on contemporary dance (it's called I Don't Get It).
Curated jointly by Azimuth Theatre and the Good Women Dance Collective, the Expanse 2015 program is a cross-country mélange of works that range from cerebral and cybernetic to controversial and concerning. Along with showcases on homegrown artists and a spotlight on Nancy McAlear's The Contract, there's also East meets West with Kate Stashko's The Matryoshka Series and Montréal's Parts+Labour_ Danse's La Chute. The Lobbyists will entertain throughout, and two cabarets will spout surprise late-night performances. On the featured artist docket, Winnipeg's Freya Björg Olafson and Montréal's Lara Kramer bring two distinct experiences to the stage. While Olafson's HYPER_ offers a multi-dimensional, multi-formatted play on perceptions of virtual and
real bodies (3D glasses provided at the venue!), Kramer's Native Girl Syndrome presents a visceral and disconcerting portrait of lives addled by addiction, alienation and despair. "I came across the title a number of years ago," Kramer says. "I think it was a teacher describing a child leaving the residential schools and the statement was 'this girl, she will fall victim to native girl syndrome.' It just stood out for me, because basically it was my grandmother." Kramer met her grandmother only once at age nine, but adds that the shadow she cast stretched wide. "What I knew about her was just the surface level of who she was. How did my grandmother lose 12 children [to] the system?" she asks. "Early on, this piece was so much about making sense of my family history."
Native Girl Syndrome, Kramer admits, is a challenging, dark piece of work. Two dancers, Angie Cheng and Karina Iraola, portray women doomed by circumstance; they wander as ghosts in an urban wasteland, disoriented and prone to self-harm. "The piece has been received well, and not so well sometimes; it's definitely not the kind of work that makes you leave the theatre smiling," Kramer says. "I think it's work that you can sit with." She often used film as a reference to develop the full articulation of what she wanted to say. "In film we allow ourselves to see vivid and violent images, and it's a given," she says. "Performing arts is for sure a different experience, but I felt that maybe this is the time to be pushing those boundaries." Native Girl Syndrome, which played
in Edmonton for one showing in 2013 during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was awarded a prize for Audacity at the 2014 OFFTA Festival of Live Arts in Montréal. Kramer notes that because the award was given en français, it was tough to determine what the jury meant, but she knew that it was given by her peers wanting to acknowledge her tenacity and bravery in the work. "It's hard to be in a place of feeling courageous and just telling your story, to give a voice to what's stirring inside of you," she says. "The characters in the work are a reflection of the result of cultural genocide." Sure, she says, there might be a "gentler" way to tell the story, but that's not what she set out to do. FAWNDA MITHRUSH
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homage to the most iconic comedic musician of the '90s is looking to bridge the gaps in Edmonton's comedic archipelago. Organized by comics Mike Robertson and Clare Belford, Weird Al Karaoke will pit local funny people against each other in a battle of musical parodies that they wrote themselves. The performers will sing their tracks over karaoke versions of the original songs, a la Weird Al. Belford, host of Empress Comedy
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Night, was inspired to bring the show to Edmonton after watching an iteration of the Weird Al Karaoke in Vancouver this fall. She came to the event to watch other standups she knew perform, but was impressed by the vast number of improv comics in the lineup. "It was really funny and entertaining," she says. "But I really liked how it seemed to bridge the gap between improv and standup." The event first started in Toronto by standup and improv performer,
Glenn Macaulay, and has now grown to be a regular staple at the city's Comedy Bar. Belford was also intrigued by hosting the two different "types" of comedians because writing parody songs didn't seem to be either's "forte," making the competition a level playing field of sorts. She believes all members of the local comedy scene will benefit from some friendly competition. "The improv community has been really strong but there's been re-
ally little crossover," she says. And crossover there will be. The lineup is dipping into improv talents of Rapid Fire Theatre's Tim Mikula (who Belford anticipates will deliver something "ridiculously awesome") and Amy Shostak, and the night will also include comedy wizards of the likes of Simon Glassman and Jon Mick. Local musicians, such as Liam Trimble, will also be taking a shot at writing their own parody tunes.
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Belford plans for Weird Al Karaoke to become a monthly event, and she is optimistic that it will shine more light on the city's alternative comedy scene. "The alternative scene is still really new. It's getting a bit of a following. People are interested, but I think we could use some guidance," she says. "It should be fun." KATE BLACK
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Frank Zotter in A Night in November // Ami Farrow
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hroughout its location-hopping the Juno-winning McDade family band. five-year existence, the Serca Fes- There's also a dinner and brothel comtival has structured its celebration of bo—that's /poetry/ brothel—and an Irish culture mostly around its the- open mic, to zero in on the country's atre element. There have been other storytelling traditions. components, too—some fiddle music here, some between-show readings And then there's the theatre: this year's Serca there—but the features a famfocus has landed Until Fri, Mar 20 ily friendly puppet squarely on pro- Various locations on Alberta show, Fiona and ducing a couple Avenue Leprechaun, the Leprechaun of shows, Irish Schedule at sercafest.com courtesy of Kayby pen or nature, bridge Puppets, that speak to that strangely effective mix of gallows plus a pair of more mature scripts: humour and true heart the country's Trunk Theatre's adaptation of The Colleen Bawn ("one of the most beloved writers are known to produce. Theatre remains an anchoring ele- Irish melodramas of all time," Henment of the festival's latest incarna- derson notes) and A Night in Novemtion, which is returning its happen- ber, wherein Frank Zotter—an actor ings to Alberta Avenue. But more whose no stranger to Irish scripts— than ever before, Serca's shaping plays every character in an intensely itself up to embrace a greater spec- charged mid-90s Belfast. It finds Iretrum of Emerald Isle cultural stan- land and Northern Ireland prep face dards, pushing more towards being off in a World Cup qualifier match a community festival rather than a and a dole clerk becomes aware of the ugly intolerance all around (and strictly theatrical one. "It's part of a function of being on inside) him. "I see and feel such a passion in Irish 118th Ave again, I think," explains Mark Henderson, of moving back to theatre that's just really in your gut," the avenue known for community Zotter says, over speakerphone with festivals. "The first [Serca] we did on Henderson. "It's filtered through so 118th Ave, we said, 'We'll have little much lovely humour and intellect performances in the lobby: we'll have and history"—"Irony upon irony," people doing poems, and we'll have Henderson adds—"But the paspeople doing little bits of music and sion underneath it all is really true people doing little readings, and that.' and real. It comes form what I think And that took off; people got really makes all of us human. And somehow the irish seem to have their finexcited about that." To that end, this fifth Serca is offer- ger on this universality. " "And now having done about six Irish ing a broad swath of cultural touchstones: free Irish dance workshops, shows," Zotter adds. "My Irish accent demonstrations of hurling—an irish keeps getting honed more and more sport Henderson compares to lacrosse and more." without nets—Irish music, including PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM an appearance by Jeremiah McDade of
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Trying to avoid traditional partnering
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t's a familiar story: flighty, freespirited girl meets conservative, curmudgeonly boy. She brightens up his life with eccentric adventures, and he tries to tame her into a normal, domesticated relationship. Resentment brews on both sides, but conventional values eventually win out. The formerly wild girl learns that the comfort of familiar arms is worth more than the relentless pursuit of quirky novelty. True love ensues. First Time Last Time takes this tired trope and reinvigorates it with a simple twist: what if both parties were dead-set against traditional partnership? How can two people
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avoid falling prey to the tiresome, heart of the matter: will Ben and Airinevitable repetitiveness of life once lea relive the same old narratives simthe honeymoon is over and it's time ply because everyone expects them to? Or because they lack the imaginato negotiate who does the dishes? Over the course of 15 years, Ben and tion to forge a truly unique bond? First Time Last Time looks to Airlea do everything in their power to keep their relationship new and fresh. resist the weary formula at every Like every young couple who see the turn, bouncing its star-crossed lovdullness of responsible adult life and ers through a series of romantic whisper to each other "please let that clichés that they struggle valiantly to upend. But an never be us," endless pursuit of they vow that Until Sun, Mar 29 (7:30 pm; novelty can come their love will be 2 pm Sunday matinees) Directed by John Hudson at a cost. different. "There's always "They're des- Varscona Theatre, $11 – $27 that uncertainty, perate to never that panic that this repeat themselves or let things go stale," says is the only person I've ever slept Mat Busby, who plays one-half of with," says Madeleine Suddaby, who the capricious couple. "They're des- plays the other commitment-phobic perate to avoid the clichés of a nor- lover. "Those questions like, what if I'm making a huge mistake? What if mal relationship." I'm wasting other opportunities?" Our actors, like the characters they At a time when seemingly all your Facebook friends are getting married play, note they developed an instant and popping out babies, the pressure chemistry as soon as they started to conform can feel enormous. And rehearsing. Whether the play suceven if you do hold out and remain ceeds at inventing a revolutionary the wacky bohemian couple, every- new kind of love, or succumbs to the one assumes that in the end you'll old conventions in the end, remains to be seen. grow up and settle down. "Are we just doing all this because BRUCE CINNAMON BRUCE@VUEWEEKLY.COM it's habit?" asks Busby, cutting to the
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780. 423.3487 • audreys.ca • Leigh McAdam "Discover Canada: 100 Inspiring Outdoor Adventures" Book Launch; Mar 12, 7pm • PALS Students Share Stories; Mar 25, 7pm • Laurel Mayne "A Wake For The Dreamland" Book Launch; Mar 29, 2pm
• 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
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 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
AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave •
Ave • vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm
SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St •
Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • Teresa Graham (watercolor); Feb 24-Mar 30
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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
10332-124 St • douglasudellgallery.com • ELECTRIC PARK: Kyle Beal; Mar 14-28 • Reception: Mar 14, 2-4pm
Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art. com • LIGHT QUEST: art by Leonard Simpson; Mar 3-Mar 27
Café, 7601-115 St • A reading by the author will be followed by door prizes and refreshments • Mar 22, 4-6pm • Free
ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102
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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
NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81
10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery. com • DEBUT: BARBRA EDWARDS & MICHAEL THIESSEN; Feb 28-Mar 14
visualartsalberta.com • Gallery A: Songs of the Soul: Father Douglas; Gallery B: Tengingar: Deborah Catton • Ending Mar 28
Alberta Print -Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • BIMPE VIII: Feb 26-Mar 28 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • FIREPLACE ROOM: Cindy James; through Mar
STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • 780.467.8189 • strathconacountymuseum. ca • CELEBRATING PIONEER WOMEN; Jan 20Mar 21 • DARING DAMES: EXPERIENCE THE LIVES OF PIONEER WOMEN; until Jun 30
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) U OF A MUSEUMS • Human Ecology Bldg Gallery, Main Fl, 116 St, 89 Ave • LOIS HOLE: THE QUEEN OF HUGS; until Mar 22 • Charles Stankievech: The Soniferous Æther of The Land Beyond The Land Beyond; Jan 22-Mar 21
VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St •
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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 12, 7:30-8:45pm • 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 SCALES & TALES • Cha Island, 10332-81 Ave NW • 780.222.7243 • An evening of prose and music. This month will feature Tony Flemming-Blake as host and reader, Jannie Edwards as writer, and Darby McDonald, Benjamin Durnford, and Megan Kierstead as entertainment • 3rd Wed of the month; Mar 18, 7pm start • Free (door prizes available) 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
TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly TELLAROUND: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com
WORLD STORYTELLING DAY CONCERT • Edmonton City Hall, 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square • talesedmonton@hotmail.com • A noon-hour concert of short stories for adults. Featuring performances by five storytellers with City Councillor Scott McKeen reading the Official Proclamation. Bring your brownbag lunch and join in • Mar 20, 12-1pm • Free
UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: Every Mon, 7pm; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)
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 BOOK OF MORMON • Jubilee Auditorium,
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1415-14 Ave • From the creators of South Park. The story of two young Mormon missionaries sent to a remote village in northern Uganda, where a brutal warlord is threatening the local population. Naïve and optimistic, the two try to share the Book of Mormon, one of their scriptures (which only one of them has read). With the locals more worried about war, famine, poverty and AIDS than about religion, the two find difficulty in sharing their religion • Mar 24-29
CANADIAN NORM FOSTER'S SELFHELP • Dinner Theatre in Devon • eastofsixty.com • 587.783.3760 • A married couple of second-rate theatre actors cast 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
CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun 13
DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • varsconatheatre.com • Live improvised soap opera • Runs every Mon, 7:30pm • Until Jun 1 • $13 or $9 with a $30 membership; at the door (cash) or at tixonthesquare.com 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
MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a high-stakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre. com)/$15 (door)
MARY WALSH FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST SHARRON MATTHEWS • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert • ardentheatre.com • Navigating through pop culture, politics and capitalism while taking on her vibrant and constantly emerging catalogue of characters • Mar 21, 7:30pm • Sold out
OH BOY, BUDDY HOLLY! • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, #2690, 8882-170 St • It's Shallow Water's last graduation before it closes and to save it, the grade 12 kids, have written letters to their favorite rock and roll stars, begging them to play at their graduation dance. The kids have tried everything, and now the whole town is being swept away by the campaign! In response, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry arrive to save the day • Feb 7-Apr 12 SERCA FESTIVAL OF IRISH THEATRE • Irish Theatre • sercafest.com • Includes dance, workshops, theatre and more • Mar 12-20 • Admission by donation; portion of donations will go to the Theatre Network Fire Rescue Fund THAT'S TERRIFIC • Varscona Theatre • last Sat ea month • An enthusiastic celebration of all things notable, important, encouraging, and superior • Nov 29-Jul 25 THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Jan 16-Jun 12 • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square VIGILANTE • Citadel, Maclab stage, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • The Donnellys were a fierce clan, not afraid to stand up for themselves and to take what they felt was theirs. But as time goes on, they find themselves increasingly at odds with their neighbours • Mar 7-29 WINTER PRODUCTION: DIDO AND AENEAS • Co-production between The Concordia School of Music and Theatre at Concordia • Mar 13, 7:30pm; Mar 15, 2pm
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FEATURE // SCIENCE
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f you grew up in Edmonton, it's almost impossible that a school field trip didn't deposit you out at the Telus World of Science at least once, letting you and your classmates frolic among the interac-
Thu, Mar 19 (7 pm) Dark Matters: Food and Beer Telus World of Science, $14 (advance), $20 (door)
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tive exhibits and explorations of learning and creativity. As an adult, though, your science-centre attendance has more likely tapered off, possibly because of that endless influx of children. This is one of the reasons why Dark Matters has come to exist: as a regular night dedicated to the 18-plus crowd, it stands to offer those over the legal drinking age a chance to reconnect with science, sans kids. There is learning and booze. And, given the nature of the place, probably some learning about booze too. "We take the fun you had as a kid, and make it OK to have that fun again as an adult," says Christina Weichel, marketing and communications coordinator for Telus World of Science. Dark Matters was created about a year ago, and it has proceeded on a monthly-ish schedule (sometimes skipping a month or two) to give the grown-up demographic a fun hook back to the centre. "I think we just saw there was a need for it," Weichel explains. "There were adults who were coming to the science centre, they're still very interested in what we have going on here, [but] I think there was a misconception that we are a kids' museum. And while we obviously cater to that group–we have school programs
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that come in, and we are a field-trip destination—there is more that we do. "They're not waiting in line behind the kids to try something out," she continues of Dark Matters nights, "or they're not maybe embarrassed to do something because kids are waiting behind them to try something out. They really get to do the hands-on stuff. And not only that, it also gives us the opportunity to do things that we can't do with the kids: maybe because it's a little bit technical or a little bit more risk." Each Dark Matters is guided by a theme: the upcoming edition is Food and Beer (see? learning about booze!). The centre's bringing in a broad range of guests for the night: two of NAIT's culinary instructors, Maynard Kolskog and Hong Chew, will respectively be sharing "Passion Fruit Nitro Dragons" and homemade sausage; Alley Kat Brewing will be slinging ale and talking brew; Dustin Bajer, an urban bee keeper, will discuss raising a hive of his own within the city limits and likeminded Patricia Milligan will have honey from the region to share, as will local cheese enthusiast Ian Treuer, of his more particularly dairy trade. All of which to say: there will be plenty of consumables to go around. There will also be a Sensory Experience Tasting Lab that Weichel says will demonstrate how the other senses affect taste, as well as strawberry DNA extractions (turns out that nimble red fruit has four times the copies of its DNA than humans do of ours). That's theme-specific programming. Dark Matters also includes access to the centre's permanent exhibits, with no kids clogging up the lines (there's also a bar). And, for an extra fee, you can peep in on the Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology exhibit presently installed here from its touring circuit. After next Thursday, Dark Matters is taking a brief hiatus before returning in June with a look at sex, which follows Food and Beer and previous themes like zombies, which, Weichel notes, they explored through real-life causes and examples of the Walking Dead. They also filled the centre with hordes of shambling undead. "We're always seeking to find that spin," she says. "The real world science exists, and now we're going to try and have some fun with it." PAUL BLINOV
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EDUCATION FEATURE // BUDGET CUTS
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he big, looming fist of budget cuts is hanging over Alberta's public sector, with Premier Jim Prentice and Minister of Finance Robin Campbell talking tough about sweeping nine-percent cuts across the board, thanks to a projected $7-billion budget shortfall. Instead of cowering, the Alberta Teacher's Association, a group that represents 40 000 public educators, is fighting back by saying there's no way the province's education system could absorb that much of a hit to its budget. ATA president Mark Ramsankar
says the cuts—five percent less spending and no extra money for population growth or inflation—could mean 2500 fewer teachers in classrooms that are already struggling with record enrolment numbers and overcrowding. Overcrowded classrooms disproportionately affect the kindergarten to Grade Three range, with provincial statistics showing that 85 percent exceeded the class size recommended by Alberta's Commission on Learning. And, thanks to Alberta's hyperactive economy, schools are bracing for a projected
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three-percent increase in the student population for next year: 19 000 more kids in the system needing desks. "The classroom conditions are already overcrowded," Ramsankar says. "This will exacerbate that. And supports for the individual needs of students will also suffer. Another concern we have is looking at programs for students: what would be available to them and whether teachers could deliver. Frankly, our fear is that we won't be able to meet the student's needs or complexities."
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The common argument is that Alberta teachers get paid more than any other province. Indeed, teachers here earned an average of $61 333 last year with a maximum of $95 196—about 12 percent more than the rest of the country. But Ramsankar says it's important to
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note that Alberta spends less on public spending as a proportion of GDP than any province and that private sector wages in Alberta are 26 percent higher than the rest of Canada. And he argues that the contract the ATA agreed to with Alison Redford, three straight years of zero increases, was tough enough for teachers. Memories of PC governments rolling over teachers still linger. Ramsankar pointed out that teachers took a voluntary five-percent rollback in the Klein years to protect jobs for young teachers—the government cut the teacher jobs anyway. "We won't be able to hide these cuts, we won't be able to work hard enough to counter them," he says. "This will affect support for children with special needs, for special programs, full-day
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kindergarten, kids with high needs— even challenging to help the children on the high end with advanced placement. These special programs would disappear along with many other resources." The Edmonton Public School Board declined to speculate on how the projected budget cuts could affect them, saying they were waiting for the budget to be announced on March 26. "The district is very aware of the potential reduction of funding based on what has been announced so far by the province," says Jane Sterling, spokesperson for Edmonton Public Schools. "We are working through a number of scenarios … based on the same information everyone's already heard in the media." Tamara Magnan, Alberta Education's Director of Communication tried to appeal to both sides when asked about the ATA's concerns. "We all take our responsibility for supporting Alberta's students seriously—teachers, school boards and government," Magnan wrote in an email. "In light of the current economic situation, tough choices will have to be made—by school boards and by government—as we move to a more sustainable model." Thanks to the frank talk by the government on the need to slash spending, Ramsankar says the nine-percent cuts to education are likely eminent. But he says this attitude, that education is a convenient way to let off budget pressure every time Alberta's oil-based economy has a lean year, needs to change. "If they're talking about all this growth, they need to really look at investing in Alberta's future," Ramsankar says. "Investing in education is investing in the future of Alberta. That's the view that needs to be taken: that education isn't simply a cost or a burden." JOSH MARCELLIN
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First Nation post-sec population way up Some good news: statistics show that First Nations participation in post-secondary education in Alberta is up significantly. Recent numbers from Alberta Innovation and Advanced Education show that 10 610 self-identified aboriginal students are in the province's colleges, universities and polytechnics. That's up 70 percent from a decade ago, when only 6236 were enrolled. And data suggests that the programs First Nations students are choosing to pursue are becoming more diverse. It's a step in a very positive direction, but indigenous people are still below the provincial average both in post-secondary education and high school completion rates.
Hey buddy, want a campus? Although MacEwan University won't be vacating its West Campus until 2017, the City of Edmonton is already looking for tenants to move into the big orange building on Stony Plain Road. The city will be buying the campus, as MacEwan is working towards moving all of its learning to an expanded downtown facility. Edmonton officials say they would be interested in renting out the west-end building to community groups and willing to rent it out to multiple partners. The West Campus, also known as Jasper Place, houses most of MacEwan's arts programs, including music, dance, acting and the less-fun communications department. It's like Fame, only on one of Edmonton's more out-of-the-way streets.
U of A gets gets a broad new range The University of Alberta Rangeland Research Institute is getting a massive new chunk of land to work on. The 12 000-acre Mattheis Ranch, located east of Calgary, will be used by the university to continue its research into climate-change impacts, Alberta's grasslands, land reclamation from oil production as well as cattle-grazing management, wildlife habitats, crop pollination and water purification. It's also one of the biggest conservation projects in the province's history. Thanks to a partnership with the Western Sky Land Trust, a group that works to protect watersheds and natural habitats, the Mattheis Ranch is now protected in perpetuity.
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NAIT still waiting for LRT Spring 2014. That's when the NAIT LRT line was supposed to open. Go ahead and glance at your calendar—it's more than a year late. Still, city officials are softly confident that the stop will be operating by this May. The issue has been a major headache for city officials and NAIT students. A problem with the new line's signalling system not jiving with existing software has caused six major delays. NAITSA, the school's student association has requested a refund for their mandatory U-Pass fee. U-Pass, which is new to NAIT, was largely approved by students because they thought they woul be able to ride the mythical LRT to school. But city council denied the request for a refund. All aboard the grumble train.
REVUE // ANIMATED
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Fri, Mar 13 – Tue, Mar 17 Song of the Sea Directed by Tomm Moore Metro Cinema at the Garneau
A magical being
Song of the Sea an enchanting, animated take on a Celtic myth
B
ringing wonder, mirth and colour to what is at bottom a deeply sombre, at times harrowing story of abandonment and self-realization, Irish director Tomm Moore's follow-up to his Oscar-nominated debut The Secret of Kells was inspired by the Celtic myth of the selkie, the same creature—part seal, part human—that inspired John Sayles' lovely 1994 film The Secret of Roan Inish. Magic is real in Song of
the Sea, as is debilitating grief. This fable-like tale begins with the wife of a lighthouse keeper disappearing after giving birth to her second child. The loss seems too much for Conor (voiced by Brendan Gleeson), who, six years later, resigns himself to a widower's seaside solitude. Feeling unable to be an effective single parent, Conor sends 10-year-old Ben and little Saoirse to live with their grandmother (Fionnula Flanagan) in
Dublin. But it quickly becomes clear that Saoirse, who has never spoken, cannot bear to live away from the sea, and she and Ben embark on an adventure to get back home.
duty, and on Saoirse's intuitive understanding of her true nature. For every lesson learned about familial loyalty there is another about the importance of being true to one's self, even if it means taking distance from one's loved ones. The success of this film, meanwhile, depends to a large extent on Moore's resolve to maintain the integrity of his story's darker tones while infusing Song of the Sea with gorgeous, effervescent visual details
within its relatively simple, dreamy animation: the pointillist trails of bubbles that flow in pretty patterns in the wake of swimming seals, the way an ocean breeze brushes hair or clothing away from bodies and faces. Song of the Sea is about recognizing the enchanted that hides just beneath the surface of the real world—and it is no surprise that the film itself is utterly enchanting.
Chappie, for all its over-written hopes of rejigging a robot to help shell and whirring pace, gets enough them in a heist. brain power and battery energy out There are system flaws: an unof its central-processing idea to der-developed boss (Sigourney make for a rollickWeaver); Deon's ing, thought-rous- Now playing simply resentDirected by Neill Blomkamp ing ride. ful, vaguely reliBlomkamp and gious co-worker his District 9 coVincent Moore writer Terri Tatch(Hugh Jackman); ell return us to a crime-ridden Jo- too many threats and story-strands hannesburg, where robot-cops are yanked together too quickly and apprehending or killing street-gang- busily in a future-world more scuzzsters. But Deon Wilson (Dev Patel), ily anti-humanist than deeply, questhe programmer behind Tetravaal's tioningly dystopian. assembly lineup of automatons, completes a consciousness-code to But, following from the startlingtry on sidelined Scout 22 just as a ly vital movements of the reborn trio of robbers—Ninja (Die Ant- Scout 22 (voiced by Sharlto Copwoord rapper Ninja), Yolandi (Die ley)—christened "Chappie," from the Antwoord singer Yolandi Visser), South African-English phrase "happy Amerika (Jose Pablo Cantillo)—de- chappy"—the story's adrenalized cides to kidnap Deon in the wild pursuit of questions about evolving
consciousness and struggling conscience is a real rush. In his first few days, our robo-boy, taught variously by nasty adoptive father Ninja, concerned mother Yolandi or his intellectual "maker" Deon, gains comprehension and evolves understanding in fascinating and eerie jerks and spurts: painting (like a printer) and reading a kid's book (the too-obvious story of a black sheep), then teenage acting-out and finally adult heroism. And there's his horrible (and allegorical) persecution: beaten and set alight by a gang of youths taking him for a police-droid; hunted down by Moore, zealously bent on hyper-militarizing the police. Best of all, though, is this titanium-tale's final act, where not just family but human-ness is radically rebooted.
That adventure involves various modes of travel and such fantastic beings as a weeping giant and a trio of elderly fairy troubadours. The success of this adventure depends on Ben's bravery and sense of fraternal
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Ride the Pink Horse offers a nasty, sweet take on film noir The lilting cowboy music and the desert landscape that occupy the opening of Ride the Pink Horse (1947)—not to mention the film's title—suggest that we're about to see a western. But film noir, being less genre than style or attitude or philosophy, can absorb its materials and settings from most anywhere, and Ride the Pink Horse superbly balances seemingly disparate elements: rural and urban, terseness and tenderness, bleakness and hope. It's a wonderful find, yet another great classic-period noir that makes us noir obsessives certain that this great dark well will never dry. Based on the eponymous novel by Dorothy B Hughes, author of the source material for one of the greatest noirs, In a Lonely Place (1950), and scripted by Charles Lederer and Ben Hecht, whose contemporaneous credits include Notorious (1946), Ride the Pink Horse follows one Lucky Gagin (Robert Montgomery), an abrasive Second World War veteran who arrives in a New Mexican town with little luggage, a gun and an idea about taking revenge on mobster Frank Hugo (Fred Clark), whom he considers responsible for his best friend's death. As far as story goes, when boiled down Ride the Pink Horse is straightforward and
perfectly in keeping with what would eventually be recognized as noir's hardboiled tropes. But the script takes a little distance from Hughes' novel, softening certain things a little for its Hollywood incarnation, but also giving the story a dose of post-war resonance, in that its protagonist seems to be afflicted with what would later be deemed PTSD. It also features a surprisingly openhearted dialogue between that white protagonist and the many Chicano and Native American characters with whom he interacts. (Curiously, while their accents are atrocious, the actors in these roles speak very good Spanish.) What's more, there's nothing especially straightforward about the film's red herring-like digressions—or Montgomery's peculiar way of framing the action and emphasizing details. Montgomery took directorial inspiration from John Ford, for whom he had to fill in during certain sequences on They Were Expendable (1945) when Ford was ill. Along with his conservative politics and his background as a matinee idol, there's little to suggest that Montgomery would necessarily be given to innovation or stylistic risk, yet his first film as director,
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Lady in the Lake (1947), was distinguished by its crazy feat of filming the story exclusively through its protagonist's eyes. Ride the Pink Horse, which was photographed by Russell Metty—an Orson Welles and Douglas Sirk collaborator— frequently generates its beauty and dramatic tension through a number of long and very bold sequence shots, most notably at the beginning of the film, when Gagin first arrives in town and performs a series of mysterious actions we haven't yet been given context for, followed by Metty's meticulously choreographed travelling camera. To go a long time without a cut in a movie is a way of heightening anxiety, and even though Ride the Pink Horse resolves itself in a manner less fatalistic than much noir, it is for much of its duration a cauldron of anxiety—there's even a ritual burning of a nine-foot-tall papier-mâché god named Zozobra, which is Spanish for anxiety. Imminent danger lurks in every scene, as well as ugly violence—at one point a man is viciously beaten in front of a bunch of kids. It's a film that's both very nasty and sweet, and it earns its sweetness. It needs to be seen, and now it is much easier to see: Criterion will release Ride the Pink Horse on March 17. V
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eff Stuart and the Hearts snagged an enviable gig for the band's first US show: the venerable SXSW festival in Austin, TX. The fest is regarded as one of the premiere events in the music industry, with more than 2200 acts packed onto over 100 stages throughout the city. Jeff Stuart and the Hearts will be making its SXSW debut at the BreakOut West Showcase at Canada House as well as the Interstellar Rodeo and Field Trip Music & Arts Festival Showcase. "We just completed a brand-new record. It's not released yet, obviously, but we have it ready to go," says lead vocalist Jeff Stuart. "We were just fortunate to be in a position where one of the artistic programmers in SXSW happened to catch us live at an event
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and engage with us, and we discussed further and got an invitation to come down." He notes the band had applied for the festival in the past but the timing just seemed to work out this time around. "It's just kind of one of those opportunities that doesn't always come along, so you want to make the most of it and you don't want to pass it up." In preparation, the indie-roots sixpiece has been doing its homework as best it can: reading up on the other performers, how the festival works and what it can expect amidst the chaos. "There's a fairly heavy industry component to the festival, so you really want to find out who's going to be there and do a lot of reaching out to people in advance to see who you
can connect with and who you can eau, Christopher Quesnel, Michelle meet with, and getting all the details Sabourin, Tim Resaul and Gavin Dunn) sorted out so that when you get there will be playing some of the tracks at you have a plan for the band's SXSW send-off show this what to do," he adds. Sat, Mar 14 (8 pm) "There's a good long With the Nulls, Jesse & the Saturday. list of people that Dandelions "I think it's definitely I'm looking forward Pawnshop, $12 a continuum," Stuart to seeing, and there's says of the album's style. "I think in some another local band, the Wet Secrets, going down there. ways things are a bit more simplified, We're actually doing a showcase with like some of the arrangements and those guys, so I feel like I want to get some of the approaches we took to out and support as many of the west- pulling the songs together. There's still ern Canadian bands and regional acts a lot of layers and things going on, but as much as possible." I think we were conscious to just let it flow and be a little bit more natural." The new record Stuart mentioned As the title suggests, the concept earlier is Equal Love. There's no firm of equality permeates throughout release date yet, but Stuart notes that the melodies, something Stuart says he and the Hearts (Dwayne Martin- the band wanted to think about in a
positive light rather than focus on the negativity that seems to be saturating the news. "Generally all that doom and gloom stuff doesn't resonate with me as much," he adds. "I think it's more about being aware and being mindful and being thoughtful about all those things. But, really, where do we fit into that as people or as individuals? It wasn't trying to make any huge, bold statements, but at the same time it's just like, if we can each as individuals think about how we can do our part to sort of counter some of those negative things that are all around us then maybe, collectively, we can get better at it from an individualized approach."
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very time you hit 'em you sound like John Bonham," says Benny Horowitz, drummer for New Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem. Over the phone from Raleigh, North Carolina, he's explaining the room he did his drum parts in for the band's latest album, Get Hurt, recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville with Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, the 1975). "It's technically some kind of reverb chamber, but it's this six-by-sixfoot room with an adjustable ceiling that goes up from very low to the floor to all the way up to maybe 30, 40 feet," he explains. "It's basically a great way to do natural space and reverb for stuff rather than processing the set. I've never seen that in the studio before." Bonham certainly isn't a bad drummer to emulate, either. Horowitz says he's drawn to groove drumming and pocket drumming, noting Led Zeppelin, blues-rock, Motown and hip hop as influences he incorporates into his own style behind the kit.
"I like really feely drums like that," he says. "I think there's a way to incorporate that sort of playing into faster, more aggressive, even punkrock kind of stuff. I think there's ways to write punk parts that sound groovy and sort of sound stony, so that's what I try to do." There's plenty of groove in the rhythm section of Get Hurt, which marks a continued evolution from the Gaslight Anthem's punk-rock roots. While there's still a definitive edge to the tracks, like the high-octane opener "Stay Vicious" or "Rollin' and Tumblin'" the album explores a softer, more melodic side as well, as heard on "Underneath the Ground"— Horowitz's favourite track. "It's different for us, like when we're playing a set where we're playing fast for 45 minutes, it's nice to do some pocket drumming and chill out and get a little vibier," Horowitz says, laughing that vibe seems to be a word he uses to describe a lot of the album, but it's fitting.
Mon, Mar 16 (8 pm) With Northcote, Sammy Kay Union Hall, $39.50 And it's Horowitz's job to make sure that "vibe" fits within the tracks and complements all of the other elements provided by bandmates Brian Fallon (lead vocals, guitar), Alex Rosamilia (guitar, backing vocals) and Alex Levine (bass, backing vocals). "It's basically trying to find the most creative way to service the song itself," he explains. "I like to complement everything and be busy when it needs to be busy and be chill when other things need to top out, so that stuff is important to me. I'm never really finished with a drum part until I hear Brian's final melodies, because I like to match some of the accents of the drums and fill to circle that or give everything a little more flow."
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THE UNFORTUNATES / FRI, MAR 13 (8 PM) A packed night of local talent headlined by the Unfortunates, plus the Royal Foundry, Thrillhouse and the Dear Kills. (Pawnshop, $10)
LABRADOODLE / FRI, MAR 13 (8 PM) A local group jamming out gritty, psychedelic riffs that stem from influences that are just as much a hybrid as the dog the band is named after. (Mercury Room, $15)
THE PRETTY RECKLESS / FRI, MAR 13 (8 PM) Little Cindy Lou Who (aka Taylor Momsen) is all grown up, complete with some solid vocal pipes and guitar-picking abilities. The Pretty Reckless has toured with the likes of Guns N’ Roses, Marilyn Manson, Evanescence and now the group is in town opening for that infamous band from Hanna, AB. (Rexall Place, $33 – $112)
LYNYRD SKYNYRD / SAT, MAR 14 (9 PM) Brush up on your "Sweet Home Alabama" lyrics. (River Cree Resort and Casino, $74.50)
BENIGHTED / SUN, MAR 15 (7 PM) This death-metal five-piece hailing from Saint-Étienne, France is making its first stop in Edmonton in support of its live CD/DVD Brutalive The Sick. Expect nothing short of heavy, heavy stuff. (DV8, $15 in advance, $20 at the door)
GARTH PRINCE / SAT, MAR 14 (2 PM) An early matinee show that promises to be an afternoon of family friendly music showcasing Prince's Namibian heritage. (Horizon Stage, $16 – $20)
EWAN DOBSON / MON, MAR 16 (7 PM) Acoustic metal? Yes, you did read that correctly. Dobson is touring in support of his ninth studio album, Acoustic Metal II. Check him out on YouTube. (Artery, $8 in advance, $10 at the door)
TURQUOISE JEEP / WED, MAR 18 (9 PM) "Everything is not meant to be understood." Wise words indeed from Flynt Flossy, the co-CEO of Turquoise Jeep. Genres can be restricting, so he and fellow founder Whatchymacallit just created their own. (Starlite Room, $15)
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ome guys try to project a tough, blue-collar image because it's cool. But others live it, with grit under their fingernails and memories of rough living keeping them honest. Red Deer bluesman Levi Cuss is the latter. The guitarist and singer-songwriter is releasing his first studio album, Night Thief, at the age of 39. It chronicles a lifetime's worth of battles with drugs and the bottle, pushing through regret and surviving hard days. "It's about the dirt," Cuss says, on break from his construction job where he's tearing down a "scummy old hotel" in Lacombe. "These are stories about the forgiveness and the darkness of life and working through it. That's what it's about: it's about purging that darkness." Cuss had a rough past. He got in trouble with the law and was getting mixed up with drinking, rough crowds and selling drugs. After watching a couple of close friends die from the lifestyle, he was at a fork in the road and chose to go clean: he lived for almost 12 years with no drugs, drinking or even sugar. Sober, he moved to Costa Rica with his wife and kids for a clean start. It was in Central America where he started playing and singing in public, busking on the street, where no one spoke English. Cuss says it was also in Costa Rica where he decided he had to walk down the musician's path. Under the guidance of a rainforest shaman he did an ayahuasca ceremony, where he drank a tea brewed from a psychedelic vine, and he says that experience changed everything.
"It changes you on a cellular level, it's that powerful," Cuss adds. "There were things in my head I wasn't dealing with and it forced me to change, it forced me to man up. It pushed me to try and achieve my dreams." And he's already made one of those dreams happen. Night Thief was produced by noted Canadian guitar slinger Steve Dawson, a man Cuss knew he wanted to work with ever since he saw him play at the Edmonton Folk Festival years ago. He emailed Dawson, asking if he would produce his record, but Dawson declined, saying Cuss wasn't quite ready. Then, by sheer coincidence, Dawson happened to be mentoring at the Banff Centre at the same time Cuss was there for an eight-week residency in 2013. "I knew this was my guy, this was the guy to produce my record," he says. "When we met in Banff, we hit it off. And I put the hustle on him to work with me like you would not believe." This time, Dawson agreed. Cuss flew to Nashville to record with Dawson and some ace session musicians. Now, with a pro record to his name, all that's left is the hard work of gigging, booking tours and winning over rooms across the country. "Last week I worked 76 hours and played three shows—that's how I'm paying for all this to happen," he says. "My life is still rugged. That's what's real to me." JOSH MARCELLIN
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ou've never heard anything quite like Language Arts. Led by Kristen Cudmore, a classically trained guitar hero with a badass singing-rapping style, the Toronto band is touring west with its latest album, Wonderkind. It's the sort of record that moves and shakes but defies easy classification. There's a bit of tUnE-yArDs' spitfire vocal delivery here, some of St Vincent's technically bombastic dynamic there. But Language Arts is its own animal, with Cudmore carving out a lane of her own as a musical powerhouse. What comes across most on the latest album is the singer's confidence. Recorded in the wake of a breakup and the death of two of her closest friends, Cudmore's voice and music is defiant against the darkness. "When I was in Grade 7 I had a funny band called the Guess Why with my friends—one of those friends passed away while we were recording [Wonderkind]," she says from her Toronto home. "When you lose a friend like that, it's a big hit. It sounds cheesy, but I was channelling and celebrating her when I was singing."
Cudmore says she was also dealing mer Neil MacIntosh, Joel Visentin on with the physical stress of a shoul- keys and bassist Søren Nissen—has der injury caused by teaching more already recorded a whole other althan 45 000 guitar lessons in her bum's worth of material, minus the lifetime. It forced her to switch from vocals. Those, she adds, are going to be recorded in found the classical guilocations as the tar to the smaller, Sat, Mar 14 (8 pm) band tours across but foreign, elec- Wunderbar the country in its tric guitar. But even that was trusty van. "We've got our portable studio and painful, so she worked on a MIDI keyboard and pushed her limits by we're just going to record wherever composing string and trumpet parts. we can," Cudmore says. "We're going Cudmore has forced herself to work to get weird." outside her comfort zone before. She If her previous work is any indica(Province the new Wide) vocals to have took a brief gig filling in as the lead tion, expect Iron Filters • Softeners • Distillers • Reverse Osmosis Cudmore's soaring delivery with her guitar Tell player themwith DannyToronto all-girl “Kontinuous Shok” Chlorinator Hooper youVagPatented Reverse Osmosis System jazz-scat-style rapping. But cock-rock coversent band Halen. Whole House 12345 almost "I'd never played with a pick," Cuddon't worry: Arts isn't inWater Well Drilling - Within 150 milesLanguage of Edmonton, die water rock's Bizkit. more says. Red "Now I'm Calgary learning(New Slash Deer, Government wellLimp grant starts April 1/13) "I wells always lot about classical solos note for It was totally Timenote. Payment PlanaO.A.C. for water andknew water atreatment different world. The only reason I music because I studied it, but I'm a 1-800-BIG IRON (244-4766) took the gig was to force myself to huge sucker for hip hop," she says. View our patented and to patent "When I'm29feeling new things and learn these new techniques." pending inventions online at angsty I'll put on crazy hip hop like www.1800bigiron.com and I'm like, 'Let's go!' And I Recorded in 2011, Wonderkind M.O.P. wasn't released until last April, due play J Dilla for my dog Sprout and to the logistics of the music indus- she just bops along to it." try and touring. Cudmore says Lan- JOSH MARCELLIN JOSH@VUEWEEKLY.COM guage Arts—which includes drum-
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hat were your goals in the fifth grade? Maybe it was eating Lunchables five days a week or to have ALL the pogs. But for Six Day March, it was to be the best damn band around. The local trio consists of the drum and bass of Noah and Luke Martino, fraternal twins, and Connell Stinnissen on guitar. Even though the guys are just 18 years old, the three have been a band for seven years. "We started playing in schools and any kind of community events we could get our hands on," says Noah, sitting next to his brother at a café. "But it's tough to be taken seriously when you're that young. When you're 18 you can play bars, but before then you're considered a kid act." Six Day March recently released a self-titled EP. The self-produced basement recording is a mature effort, with echos of the guitar-driven dance-rock of bands like the Strokes, the Killers, Talking Heads and Arctic Monkeys.
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Sat, Mar 14 (4 pm) Black Dog, free Lead singer Luke has a refined vocal delivery and the tracks have a polish you wouldn't expect from a band with members born in 1998. The Martinos say their first musical memory is the middle section of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." And one of the first bands they were into back when they first started Six Days March were Canadian power-trio gods Rush. Noah says right the band was writing original songs right from the start, only working covers into its sets later when it became evident that crowds didn't have an appetite for only new music. He adds that as youngsters they would try to write songs about girls, but they were too young to understand what they were saying. "We had this song we played in Grade Six called 'Lock and Key,'" Luke laughs. "The lyrics are completely ridiculous." The brothers stop short of saying
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they've got twin-telepathy, but do say they make a tight rhythm section. "I think live we're really in sync," Luke says. "Not the band," Noah says, finishing his brother's thought, in reference to the pop boy group. Now that they're old enough to play local clubs, the brothers say they're going to be focusing all their energy on getting their music out to the masses. Besides bars, they say they mix in a few gigs at high schools—a venue that most bands couldn't pull off without it being weird. And they've already got their sights set high. "We've got huge ambition," Noah says. "A lot of local bands are content to be local bands. And there's nothing wrong with that, but we like to set the bar high and push for it."
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March 15: ShredAbility. Take part in the 2nd annual ShredAbility scavenger hunt and fundraising event at Sunshine Village. All proceeds go to the Rocky Mountain Adaptive Sports Centre.
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April 10 - 26: springstART Festival. The annual springstART Festival offers a rich collection of events that are as diverse as they are educational and inspiring. Heritage home tours introduce you to characters from the past, while art workshops and musical performances from talented Canadian artists demonstrate why Banff is a hub for world-class creativity.
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If Policy is looking to establish some fenceposts for a Will Butler solo release—it's his first his-name record after a decade spent in the Arcade Fire—its parameters prove willfully difficult to define: a restless record that's equal-parts pleasingly inventive and kinda overcooked, a slapdash, kitchen-sink run of rock 'n' roll that's very much in a hurry to embrace sounds much less densely layered than those in Butler's other band. Which isn't a bad thing: starting in raucous country territory ("Take My Side," which recalls the more uppity parts of Ryan Adams' Heartbreaker), Policy traverses dustbowl grooves
("Something's Coming"), hints of '50s bubblegum ("Witness"), and headbowed piano revelations ("Sing to Me"). There are a few misses: "What I Want" struggles through a streamof-consciousness-meets social-critique lyrics ("Tell me what you want baby, and I will get it/ though it might take 3-5 business days, maybe longer"). "Anna" rides a steady-drumbeat and some digital blips to nowhere in particular. But: Butler, freed from the responsibilities of a band a decade into its career, is just joyfully throwing everything against the wall and seeing what sticks. Policy feels like it was made without a filter, which takes a certain amount of musical fearlessness, and to its credit, the record often encapsulates that freed-up sense of joy. PAUL BLINOV
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Line Traps Line Traps (Independent)
Victoria's Line Traps' self-titled debut is a lo-fidelity shotgun blast of broken glass served directly to the ears. The group's brand of vein-popping punk rock—best heard on barn-burners like "Static Shock" and "Are You A Square?"—show the band jamming on the gas pedal and never letting up. T Depression's whipsaw guitar is complemented by bassist Poly VUEWEEKLY.com | MAR 12 – MAR 18, 2015
Etherene, with the two of them trading off scream-singing vocal duties. Everything is deep in the mix and nearly indecipherable, the gloriously trashy production values adding an extra layer of grime to Line Traps' already grimy music. Line Traps a wickedly short album, with 12 tracks clocking in at barely 18 minutes long. The short song length serves the group's fast and furious style well: it gets in, gets out and leaves a trail of destruction in its wake. JORDYN MARCELLUS
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Thursdays KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open stage; ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks: every
Classical HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH
Vaughan String Quartet & Antonio Peruch; 7:30pm ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE–CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Dido and Aeneas, the
THU MAR 12
Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow
Opera
ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE Live
UNION HALL 3 Four All Thursdays:
7:30pm
rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous
DJs
Music every Thu; 9pm ARTERY The Falstaff Project Featur-
ing Thou Art Here Theatre; 7pm
FRI MAR 13
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled
APEX CASINO–VEE LOUNGE Jukebox
YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm
ARDEN THEATRE The Blackwood
Quartet, The "Gospel" Side Of Elvis; 7pm
THE BOWER Strictly Goods: Old
school and new school hip hop & R&B with DJ Twist, Sonny Grimez, and Marlon English; every Fri THE COMMON Good Fridays: nu
THE BUCKINGHAM The return of.. Six Pack: 2 Pop Punk, 2 Hip Hop, 2 Hardcore; 8pm; 18+ only; $10
ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Jimmy
disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh
Whiffen; 9pm
DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri;
ARTERY The Falstaff Project Featur-
ing Thou Art Here Theatre; 7pm
CAFE BLACKBIRD Andrea Wilson;
BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Harpdog Brown
9pm
7:30pm; $6
Trio; 8:30-10:30pm; $17
ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ
CAFÉ HAVEN Music every Thu; 7pm
BLUES ON WHYTE Laura Rain
every Fri
CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Thu Open
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every Fri Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm
Indie rock and dance with DJ Brodeep
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled
RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock,
YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage
funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified
Drive with Jordan McIntosh; 8pm; $29 (adv)
ENCORE–WEM In Flames with All
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RED PIANO Every Thu: Dueling
pianos at 8pm RIC’S GRILL Peter Belec (jazz);
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every Thur: rotating guests; 7-11pm TAVERN ON WHYTE Open stage
with Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am
Classical MUTTART HALL Midday Music;
12:10-12:50pm; Admission by donation ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE–CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Dido and Aeneas, the
ORLANDO'S 1 Bands perform every
week; $10 PAWN SHOP SXSW Send-Off
Featuring Jeff Stuart & the Hearts; 8pm; 18+ only
Holm; 7pm and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Louise Dawson;
8pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Monkeys
Uncle CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music
every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door) CASINO EDMONTON All the Rage CASINO YELLOWHEAD Nervous Flirts CENTURY CASINO Shanneyganock;
7pm; $39.95 DRUID Jimmy Whiffen; 5-8pm
Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ Poindexter; 9:30pm (door) Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays
YARDBIRD SUITE Assaf Kehati Trio;
SAT MAR 14
7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $22 (members), $26 (guests)
ARTERY The Falstaff Project Featur-
ing Thou Art Here Theatre; 7pm ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Jimmy
Whiffen; 9pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the
Dog: Six Day March (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover
7pm
BLUE CHAIR CAFE John Wort
DV8 Car 87 with guests; 8pm
Hannam & the Blue Collars; 8:3010:30pm; $20
floor; 9:30pm MERCURY ROOM Labradoodle with
BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat
afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; LATER: Laura Rain
NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost Rider; 7pm
BOHEMIA DARQ Saturdays: Industrial - Goth - Dark Electro with DJs the Gothfather and Zeio; 9pm; $5 (door); (every Sat except the 1st Sat of the month)
ON THE ROCKS Mourning Wood
BOURBON ROOM Live Music every
PAWN SHOP The Unfortunates with
Sat Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm
Big City Supreme and Moon Tan and with The Hot Inhales; 8pm; $15 (adv)
guests RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl:
Dave Gunning; 8pm
Uncle
SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN
CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open
Stan Gallant; 7pm
mic; 7pm; $2
SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Adam
DRUID Mattierin School of Irish
Holm; 7pm
Dance; 8pm
SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Doug
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Cody Mack;
Stroud; 7pm
7pm
TIRAMISU BISTRO Live music
DV8 Grizzly Trail With the Reckless Rebels, Dahlmer's Realm and White Label Demo; 8pm
7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $20 (members), $24 (guests)
HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH
Love Found & Love Lost; 7:30pm JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE
Composition Concert; 7:30pm ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE–CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Dido and Aeneas, the
Opera WINSPEAR CENTRE Violin & Cello;
8pm
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:
THE BOWER For Those Who Know...:
CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Monkeys
YARDBIRD SUITE Turboprop;
Festival City Winds Advanced Band, First Presbyterian Church Choir; 7:30pm; $10
CAFE BLACKBIRD Rollanda Lee;
SAINT BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE
THE COMMON The Common
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Hustle, Van Damage, D3VIANT, DJ What; 9pm; $15; 18+ only
BRIXX BAR & GRILL Deekline, Kurt
DJs
every Fri
Classical
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
8pm; $15
'80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close
Stroud; 7pm STARLITE ROOM Dimond Saints,
Kaminanda, Goopsteppa; 9pm; $20; 18+ only
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Cody Mack;
MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Thu and Fri DJ and dance
SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Doug
UNION HALL Ladies Night every Fri
Fixed Address Tour; 8pm
Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week!
ON THE ROCKS Mourning Wood
Stan Gallant; 7pm
REXALL PLACE Nickelback: No
CENTURY ROOM Lucky 7: Retro
OLD TIMER'S CABIN Edmonton Blues Society presents Wicked Grin from Ottawa and a Maple Blues Award recipient; 7:30pm; $10 (members), $15 (guests); All ages
SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Adam
Opera
Throwback Thu: Rock&Roll, Funk, Soul, R&B and 80s with DJ Thomas Culture; jamz that will make your backbone slide; Wooftop: Dig It! Thursdays. Electronic, roots and rare groove with DJ's Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests
O’BYRNE’S Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm
SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN
open jam with hosts: Rob Kaup, Leah Durelle
Round 2 Featuring With Malice with Red Skull Ritual and Arrival of Autumn and Tides of Kharon; 7pm; $10 (adv)
Sat NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost Rider; 7pm
SANDS HOTEL Whisky Boyz
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L.B.'S PUB South Bound Freight
PAWN SHOP Wacken Metal Battles
MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands every
RIVER CREE–The Venue Lynyrd Skynyrd with special guest Whiskey Myers; 7pm (door), 9pm (show); Sold out; 18+ only
J R BAR AND GRILL Live Jam
Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111
BMBSHL and Russ Dawson and with Lexi Strate and Guests; 7pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door)
Blues and Roots Jam hosted by Jimmy Guiboche; 3-7pm
Lindsey Walker; 7pm
NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by
MERCURY ROOM Bryan Finlay with
RICHARD'S PUB The Mad Dog
FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN
NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost Rider; 7pm
LEGENDS Sat 3pm Jam and Open Mic with Nick Samoil and guests
RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am
Open Jam Nights; no cover
NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open stage; 8pm; all ages (15+)
LEAF BAR AND GRILL Open Stage
with Estrela do Brazil and Brazilian Nuts; 8pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door)
EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony Plain
floor; 9:30pm
Jam: Mike Chenoweth HILLTOP PUB Open Stage, Jam
PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY LEAGUE HALL Samba Edmonton
COOK COUNTY SALOON Emerson
MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Thu and Fri DJ and dance
GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade
Sat–It's the Sat Jam hosted by Darren Bartlett, 5pm
Friday DJs on all three levels
Leigh; 9pm
FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN
Marshall Lawrence; 8pm
every Sat; 3:30-7pm
WINSPEAR CENTRE Violin & Cello;
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every
BLUES ON WHYTE Laura Rain
guest Darryl Matthews; 4pm; No cover
FESTIVAL PLACE Mark Sterling: His
Personal Favorites; 7:30pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S Free Afternoon
Concerts: You Are An Explorer with
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 DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat;
9pm ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound
and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong
every Sat PAWN SHOP Transmission
Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and
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Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm); 1st Sat each month
(L'UNITHEATRE) A Tribute to Liberace; 2:30pm & 7pm
THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday
Scholarship Benefit Concert; 2pm; Donations
Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai
MAR/14 DIMOND SAINTS UBK PRESENTS
SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE
Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M
KAMINANDA GOOPSTEPPA
MAR/18
TURQUOISE JEEP p
MAR/20
FLYNT FLOSSY & YUNG HUMMA p
ELECTRIC SIX W/
MAR/21
THE MANDEVILLES, THE FRONTS, MARYSTOWN
BLACK STREAM RECORDS AND RCR MANAGEMENT PRESENT
THESE RAVEN SKIES
TATTERED, RIVER VALLEY SEARCH PARTY, KAMI VAN HAIST, ALTERRA
W/
W/
MAR/26
KLINGANDE UNIONELECTRONIC & FREE LOVE PRESENT
W/
MAR/27
ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW Open mic Wed: Hosted by Jordan Strand; every Wed, 9-12 jordanfstrand@gmail.com / 780655-8520
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Duff
MON MAR 16
ing Thou Art Here Theatre; 7pm BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku
BLUES ON WHYTE Chris Antonik
Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday
BLUE CHAIR CAFE Brunch with
FESTIVAL PLACE Elk Island Honour
ARTERY The Falstaff Project featur-
open mic Choir - Imagine Concert and Auction; 7pm
BLUES ON WHYTE Laura Rain
MERCURY ROOM Music Magic
DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun Night Live
on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm
Monday Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4
DRUID Brady Academy of Irish
NEW WEST HOTEL Joe McDonald
Dance; 12pm
PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music
Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510 ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic
Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN
Stan Gallant; Later: Andrew Scott; 7pm
HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday
UNION HALL The Gaslight Anthem
with Northcote and with Sammy K; 8pm; $39.50 (adv)
Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun
Classical
O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun;
Thunder; 7:30pm
Classical LA CITE FRANCOPHONE
Jam: Trevor Mullen MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with
Kris Harvey and guests NEW WEST HOTEL Tue
Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm • Joe McDonald O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every 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 RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live Music
Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE Live music with the Icehouse Band and weekly guests; Every Tue, 9pm SANDS HOTEL Country music
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:
Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots
industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip
hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am
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 ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover
Classical
dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm
MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH
SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Doug
MUTTART HALL Nathan Berg (bass-baritone) & Shannon Hiebert (piano); 7:30pm
Stroud; 7pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Stan
Gallant; 7pm
Magdalena Adamek; 12:1012:50pm; Free
Audrey Ochoa Trio; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5
WINSPEAR CENTRE ESO & Winspear Overture Tour; 12-1pm • Later: Eddins Conducts Beethoven; 7:30pm
Classical
DJs
ARDEN THEATRE Altan; 7:30pm;
BILLIARD CLUB Why wait
YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session:
WINSPEAR CENTRE Best of Celtic
mic with host Duff Robison
$38
DJs
Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:
Brit Pop, Synthpop, Alternative 90’s, Glam Rock with DJ Chris Bruce; Wooftop: Substance: alt retro and not-so-retro electronic and dance with Eddie LunchPail BRIXX Metal night every Tue
Alt '80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane
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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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featuring this week: St Patrick's Day, featuring entertainment all day and St James at 9pm
BLUES ON WHYTE Chris Antonik
LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open
WUNDERBAR Jesse LeBourdais with James Renton, Marlaena Moore and Old Towns; 9pm; No minors
W/
APR/2
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled
Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy
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)
SUN MAR 15
Stroud; 7pm
MAR/25
DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage Tue:
NEW WEST HOTEL Joe McDonald
SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Doug
MAR/20
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:
stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm
hosted by Jim Dyck, Randy Forsberg and Mark Ammar; 4-8pm
W/ KURT HUSTLE, VAN DAMAGE, D3VIANT, DJ WHAT
Alt '80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds
DJs
evening or prose and music. Featuring music by: Darby McDonald, Benjamin Durnford, and Megan Kierstead; 7pm; Free (door prizes available)
Wind Ensemble: The Music of Michael Colgrass; 3pm
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:
RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Jam
DEEKLINE BLACKBERRY WOOD GEORGE IRELAND & THE WILLY NILLYS
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:
Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays
Celebration of the Music of the Beatles; 3:30pm & 7:30pm
FREELOVE PRESENTS
Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12
CHA ISLAND Scales & Tales: an
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open
9:30pm-1am
MAR/14
ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage
L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open
JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Let it Be - A
W/
WED MAR 18
7pm; $8 (adv), $10 (door)
JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE Guitar
HARIS DŽINOVIĆ DJ APOLLON
YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm
every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous
Concert; 7:30pm
SPENCER BURTON
BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled
RED STAR Swing, Funk, Soul, R&B, Rock&Roll and Electro/Disco sounds of the last 70 years with DJ Thomas Culture
Robison; 7pm
Kryosphere & Demise Without Reason; 7pm
THE WHITE BUFFALO,
Tradition II - Alberta Baroque Ensemble; 3pm
BLUES ON WHYTE Chris Antonik
FESTIVAL PLACE Goitse; 7:30pm
with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm
JCL PRODUCTIONS AND MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS
ROBERTSON WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Concertos in a Grand
ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Jason
Greeley; 9pm
DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue
ARTERY Ewan Dobson with Guests;
Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am
DV8 Benighted, Bookakee,
GUESTS
W/
MAR/28
ANVIL
TYRANT, IRONSTORM, LEAVE THE LIVING
Opera
ARDEN THEATRE Altan; 7:30pm
YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm
TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, Motown,
Charlie Austin; 9am-3pm; Donations
MAR/25 HOPE IN HELL TOUR 2015 FEAT.
Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com
UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays:
SFEAR MANAGEMENT AND STARLITE ROOM PRESENT
ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE–CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Dido and Aeneas, the
WINSPARE CENTRE Symphonic
SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing
WXDREAMS PRESENTS
MUTTART HALL Aimtac
TUE MAR 17
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 AMY SCHUMER LIVE • River Cree, 300 East Lapotac Blvd, Enoch • Mar 18, 6pm (door), 8pm (show) • Sold out • 18+ only
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 • Hannibal Thompson; Mar 12-14 • Brian Link; Mar 19-21 • Ryan Wingfield; Mar 26-28
COMEDY NIGHT • DoubleTree by Hilton, 16615-109 Ave NW • carmen.boyko@youcan.ca • 780.444.3348, ext.26 • Annual YOUCAN Comedy Night. Hosted by Carrie Doll. A fundraiser for programs supporting youth in Edmonton • Mar 21
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 • Rod Man Special Presentation; Mar 12-15 • Eric Griffin; Mar 18-22 • Sam Tripoli; Mar 25-29
DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm DJ to follow
EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: featuring a professional headliner every week Every Sun, 9pm
ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug) E: amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free
ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio
LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleinesanam.orgs/en • Program for HIV-AID’S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free (member)/$10 (membership); pre-register
NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free
POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall, 1013596 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm
SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • schizophrenia. ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of AlbertaEdmonton branch provides a facilitated family support group for caregivers of a loved one living with schizophrenia. Free drop-in the 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm
SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm
SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10min discussion, followed by a 30 to 40-min walk through Centennial Park, a cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/session (goes to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta)
SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Lowcost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519
TIBETAN BUDDHIST MAHAMUDRA • Karma Tashi Ling Society, 10502-70 Ave • Tranquility and insight meditation based on Very Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche's teachings. Suitable for meditation practitioners with Buddhist leanings • Every Thu, 7-8:30pm • Donations; jamesk2004@hotmail.com
BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP •
TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters
CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) • Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB
EDMONTON NATURE CLUB • King’s University College, 9125-50 St • Dr. Colleen Cassady St. Clair will be speaking about the topic, "Bird Protection in the Alberta Oil Sands"; Mar 20, 7pm
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
Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors.ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton. Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm
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
WOMEN BUILD WEEK • Various build sites •
EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP
780.451.3416 ext 232 • kdedeugd@hfh.org • hfh. org/volunteer/women-build • Mar 10-14
WOMEN'S HEALTH TALKS: PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSE • Dr. Trethart's clinic, 10145-81 Ave • Learn about the common cycle changes that women experience as they approach menopause • Mar 24, 7-8:30pm • $10 (register at contactseeds@shaw.ca)
WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS
SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •
(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 Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext. 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free
WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood
Meetings: Campus St; Jean: Pavillion
McMahon; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 1370874 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 Balce, 780.463.5331
WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION • was-
kahegantrail.ca • Fort Edmonton to Snow Valley hike; Meet at McDonalds 87 Ave/149 St (14920-87 Ave); Hike leader: Stella (780.488.9515); Mar 22, 9:45am • Blackfoot Staging Area; Meet at McDonalds Capilano (9857-50 St); Hike leader: Rob (780.478.5622/ 780.264.7570); Mar 28, 9:45am
ALBERTA & THE GREAT WAR • Provincial 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
BEYOND ANGKOR- CAMBODIA'S WORLD HERITAGE SITE NUMBER TWO • Telus World of Science, Margaret Ziedler Theatre, 11211-142 St NW • A Strathcona Archaeological Society Presentation. By Sarah Youngblutt (University of Leiden) • Mar 20, 7pm • Free with SAS membership or TWoS admission or membership
EDMONTON CAT FANCIERS SPRING CAT SHOW • Italian Cultural Centre, 14230-133 Ave • 780.419.2953 • edmontoncat.com • Come and see beautiful purebred and domestic cats being shown. Learn about the cat fancy, shop for your own kitties, or adopt a rescue cat • Mar 21-22, 9:30am-4:30pm • $8 (adult), $20 (family), $5 (seniors and children under 12); $1 off admission with donation of cat food which will go to the Edmonton Pet Food Bank
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
MAKING GALAXIES IN YOUR KITCHEN • University of Alberta Observatory, CCIS 5th Floor, SW corner • stars@ualberta.ca • ualberta. ca/~stars • Featuring rotation. Though a table-top experiment, this talk will show that vortices spontaneously develop in two dimensions engulfing each other until just a single vortex remains • Mar 12, 8-8:30pm • Free
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)
SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm SEXUAL ASSAULT LAW: EQUALITY GAINS THROUGH THE CHARTER • Law Centre, University of Alberta, McLennan Ross Hall (Room 237), 111 St and 89 Ave • edmonton@leaf.ca • leaf.ca/ edmonton-sexual-assault-law-panel • Features lawyers who have used the concept of substantive equality to advance the rights of complainants in sexual assault law cases at the Supreme Court of Canada • Mar 22, 2-4pm • Free
VISITING LECTURESHIP IN HUMAN RIGHTS PRESENTS DR. JAMES ANAYA • Edmonton
• Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome
EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash
G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Swimming–Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.ca; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@ teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca
G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transidentified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/ competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu
PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women’s Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@ hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month
Clinic Health Academy 2-190, University of Alberta • globaled.ualberta.ca/VLHR • Mar 12, 7:30-9pm • Free
ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)
WATER REVOLUTION: REIMAGINING OUR WATER SYSTEM • 2-190 Edmonton Clinic
WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womons-
Health Academy, University of Alberta • katie. willis@ualberta.ca • 780.492.1982 • A lecture on reimagining how we use and resuse water, and protecting the health and well-being of those living in our communities. Presented by Nicholas Ashbolt • Mar 18, 5-6pm • Free
QUEER 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
pace.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
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SPECIAL EVENTS 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 CREATE TO CELEBRATE KENNEDALE ECO STATION • Clarieview Community Recreation Facility, Entrance 2, 3804-139 Ave • laura. henderson@edmonton.ca • 780.496.5490 • Createinga piece using Eco Station items like light bulbs, batteries, small electronics and wires • Mar 14, 10am-3pm
DARK MATTERS FOOD & BEER • Telus World of Science, 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • 18+ only. Schmooze with local experts, explore kitchen chemistry, discover different brewing techniques and sample some of the best fare that Edmonton has to offer. Then, find out how your other senses impact how things taste, in the Sensory Experience Tasting Lab • Mar 19, 7-10pm • $14 (adv), $20 (door) DEEPSOUL.CA • 587.520.3833; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages EDMONTON EDUCATION & CAREER FAIR • Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Ave • educationcareerfairs.com/index.html • A variety of post-secondary options and jobs • Mar 12, 9am3pm • $5 (door) or free between 12-3pm with pre registration
FARM ANIMAL RESCUE & REHOMING MOVEMENT • La Cite Francophone, 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury NW • farrmrescue@ gmail.com • 780.717.2813/780.996.1709 • Live stand-up comedy, a big silent auction, and plenty of vegan hors-d'oeuvres to munch on. All of the proceeds will benefit FARRM and its (close to 60) rescued farm animal residents • Mar 20, 8pm • $35
HACKLAB STUDENT DEVELOPER CONFERENCE • Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Ave NW • studentdevcon.com • A full-day intensive featuring talks, workshops and hands-on projects for developers at university and high school levels • Mar 21 • $35
MAKE THEM DANCE! CAPITAL CITY BURLESQUE KARAOKE FUNDRAISER • Druid Irish Pub, 11606 Jasper Ave • capitalcityburlesque@gmail.com • capitalcityburlesque.com • A fundraiser featuring live entertainment by Capital City Burlesque, NTT Films’ Exclusive 3D Peep Show Booth, Red, White & Glitter trailer screening, silent auction, karaoke and so much more • Mar 18, 7-10pm • Tickets available online or through capitalcityburlesque@gmail.com
OLD-TIMEY ROAD HOCKEY • Winston 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
RED BULL CRASHED ICE • Downtown Edmonton • A combination of hockey, boardercross, and downhill skiing, athletes hurtle down an urban ice track at over 60 km/hr • Mar 12-14, 7pm • Free (no tickets required)
SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm SEEDY SUNDAY - GARDEN SEED EXCHANGE & SALE • Alberta Avenue Community Hall, 9210-118 Ave • EdmontonSeedySunday.org • Swap or donate your vegetable, fruit or flower seeds • Mar 22, 11am-4pm • Free (donations aceepted)
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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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CHAKRADANCE Workshop, March 25th, 7 to 9pm, $30. Workshop West Playwrights Theatre. Come and look deeper into each of your chakras, and experience more within the dance that is uniquely yours. More information at spiritpathstudio.com. Terrified of Public Speaking? Join Toastmasters! Overcome fear of public speaking in a safe, supportive and friendly environment. Guests welcome. Norwood Toastmasters, Norwood Legion. 11150-82 Street NW. Thursdays 7:30pm to 9:30pm. www.norwoodtoastmasters.ca
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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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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.
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. 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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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): In the old Superman comics, Mister Mxyzptlk was a fiendish imp whose home was in the fifth dimension. He sometimes snuck over into our world to bedevil the Man of Steel with pranks. There was one sure way he could be instantly banished back to his own realm for a long time: if Superman fooled him into saying his own name backwards. You might think it would be hard to trick a magic rascal into saying "Kltpzyxm" when he knew very well what the consequences would be, but Superman usually succeeded. I'd like to suggest that you have a similar power to get rid of a bugaboo that has been bothering you, Aries. Don't underestimate your ability to outsmart the pest.
songs at New York clubs. To accompany his vocals, he played an acoustic guitar and harmonica. By 1963, his career had skyrocketed. Critics called him a creative genius. Pop stars were recording the songs he wrote, making him rich. But he still kept his instrumentation simple, relying entirely on his acoustic guitar and harmonica. That changed in 1965, when he made the leap to rock and roll. For the first time, his music featured a full drum set and electric guitar, bass and keyboards. Some of his fans were offended. How dare he renounce his folk roots? I wonder if it might be time for you to consider a comparable transition, Leo. Are you willing to risk disorienting or disturbing those who would prefer you to stay as you are?
TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): In 1637, mathematician Pierre de Fermat declared that he had solved the "Last Theorem," a particularly knotty mathematical problem. Unfortunately, he never actually provided the proof that he had done so. The mystery remained. Other math experts toiled for centuries looking for the answer. It wasn't until 1994, more than 350 years later, that anyone succeeded. I think you are on the verge of discovering a possible solution to one of your own long-running riddles, Taurus. It may take a few more weeks, but you're almost there. Can you sense that twinkle in your third eye? Keep the faith.
VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): "Whoever travels without a guide needs 200 years for a two-day journey." That's an old Sufi saying sometimes attributed to the poet Rumi. I don't think it's accurate in all cases. Sometimes we are drawn to wander into frontiers that few people have visited and none have mastered. There are no guides! On other occasions, we can't get the fullness of our learning experience unless we are free to stumble and bumble all by ourselves. A knowledgeable helper would only interfere with that odd magic. But right now, Virgo, I believe the Sufi saying holds true for you. Where you're headed, you would benefit from an advisor, teacher or role model.
GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): Your upcoming efforts might not be flawless in all respects, but I suspect you will triumph anyway. You may not even be completely sure of what you want, but I bet you'll get a reward you didn't know you were looking for. Cagey innocence and high expectations will be your secret weapons. Dumb luck and crazy coincidences will be your X-factors. Here's one of your main tasks: as the unreasonable blessings flow in your direction, don't disrupt or obstruct the flow. CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): As soon as a baby loggerhead turtle leaves its nest on a Florida beach, it heads for the ocean. It's only two inches long. Although it can swim just one mile every two hours, it begins an 8000-mile journey that takes 10 years. It travels east to Africa, then turns around and circles back to where it originated. Along the way it grows big and strong as it eats a wide variety of food, from corals to sea cucumbers to squid. Succeeding at such an epic journey requires a stellar sense of direction and a prodigious will to thrive. I nominate the loggerhead turtle to be your power animal for the coming weeks, Cancerian. LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): In 1961, 19-year-old Bob Dylan began doing solo performances of folk
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): One of your important assignments in the coming week is to get high without the use of drugs and alcohol. Let me elaborate. In my oracular opinion, you simply must escape the numbing trance of the daily rhythm. Experiencing altered states of awareness will provide you with crucial benefits. At the same time, you can't afford to risk hurting yourself, and it's essential to avoid stupidly excessive behaviour that has negative repercussions. So what do you think? Do you have any methods to get sozzled and squiffed or jiggled and jingled that will also keep you sane and healthy? CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): Singer Gloria Gaynor recorded the song "I Will Survive" in 1978. It sold over two million copies and ultimately became an iconic disco anthem. And yet it was originally the B-side of "Substitute," the song that Gaynor's record company released as her main offering. Luckily, radio DJs ignored "Substitute" and played the hell out of "I Will Survive," making it a global hit. I foresee the possibility of a similar development for you, Capricorn. What you currently consider to be secondary should perhaps be primary. A gift or creation or skill you think is less important could turn out to be pre-eminent. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): I'm tempted to furrow my brow and raise my voice as I tell you to please, please, please go out and do the dicey task you've been postponing. But that would just be a way to vent my frustration, and probably not helpful or constructive for you. So here's my wiser advice: to prepare for that dicey task, lock yourself in your sanctuary until you figure out what you first need to change about yourself before you can accomplish the dicey task. I think that once you make the inner shift, doing the deed will be pretty easy. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): In the fairy tale The Ugly Duckling, the young hero suffers from a peculiar case of mistaken identity. He believes that he is a duck. All of his problems stem from this erroneous idea. By duck standards, he is a homely mess. He gets taunted and abused by other animals, goes into exile and endures terrible loneliness. In the end, though, his anguish dissolves when he realizes that he is in fact a swan. United with his true nature, he no longer compares himself to an inappropriate ideal. Fellow swans welcome him into their community and he flies away with them. Is there anything in this story that resonates with you, Pisces? I'm guessing there is. It's high time to free yourself from false notions about who you really are. V AT THE BACK 35
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When I was 15, I had a three-monthlong sexual relationship with a 32-year-old woman. She was a friend of the family, and my parents were going through a divorce. I stayed with her for the summer, and she initiated a sexual relationship. Looking back, I can see that she had been grooming me. We used to have conversations online and via email that were very inappropriate considering our age difference. The relationship ended when I went home, but she remained flirty. As a 15-yearold, I had a hard time sorting out my feelings for her, but we remained in contact. Now we speak sporadically, and it's usually just small talk. Soon after, I met a girl my own age and we started dating. Twenty years later, we are happily married and have two wonderful children. Our sex life is active and fulfilling. The only problem is my wife is very proud of the fact that we were each other's "first and only" sex partners. When we first slept together at 16, I couldn't admit that she wasn't my first, and I didn't want to get the older woman in trouble. I don't want to hurt my wife by revealing the truth. Can I keep this secret to myself? This Revelation Undermines Total Harmony
have to tell each other everything. Protecting your spouse from the truth, allowing your spouse to have their illusions, is often the more loving choice. While there are deceptions that aren't OK—crushing student-loan debt, a second family hidden in another city, you are Dinesh D'Souza—some deceptions are harmless. Allowing your wife to continue to believe that she was your "first and only" falls squarely into the harmless camp.
my mom has become more "Christy" since I left. When I ask why she would treat me differently than her other two heterosexual kids, who ARE allowed to stay in the spare bedroom with their partners, she just says that those are "her rules." I told her that as long as she discriminates against us based on our "chosen lifestyle" (her words), then she can't expect a visit from us. Am I being unreasonable? Vexed In Seeking Island Time
DAD'S DEAL
Nope. As an adult, your only leverage over your parents is your presence, VISIT. Tell your mom that if she can't treat you with respect, then she has no one to blame but herself for your absence.
I'm a 30-year-old gay man engaged to my partner of four years. During a conversation about faithfulness, I let slip to my dad that we are monogamish. He immediately went into a screed about the affair my mother had and how being open means I'm setting myself up for hurt. He suggested he couldn't support the marriage unless we were monogamous. He's coming from a place of love, but I need advice on how to let him see that marriage doesn't always equal monogamy. Stressed Ontarian Now
SEXLESS SLUMP
I'm a 30-year-old straight guy, married to a 38-year-old woman. When we were dating, we had an amazing sex life, but over the last eight years, we've averaged once or twice a year. I don't pressure her or make her feel bad, I tell her how attracted to her I am, I've asked about her interests and her pleasure, etc, but all I ever get in return is "I'm overweight, I'm depressed, I don't know why my sex drive is low." She's seen doctors but ignores their advice and tells me she feels bad for me but there's nothing she can do. We haven't had sex for more than a year. I'm a good-looking guy who spent most of his 20s in a sexless marriage. The usual advice is to do more of the housework and take care of the kid, but I do most of that already while working full-time. I'm at my wit's end. I feel depressed, angry and beyond frustrated. I don't know how to deal with this. Boy Lacks Ultimate Erotic Balance As Life Lacks Sex
Protecting your spouse from the truth, allowing your spouse to have their illusions, is often the more loving choice.
Like you, TRUTH, I lost my virginity to an older woman at age 15. My first was closer to me in age (20s, not 30s) than your first—the woman who preyed on you—and I never felt like she took advantage of me. If anything, I was taking advantage of her, as our sexual relationship helped me sort out my shit. (I could get through sex with a girl, yes, but I had to think about guys the whole time. I resolved to cut out the middlewoman and have sex with guys instead.) Over the years, wellmeaning people have tried to convince me that I was damaged by this experience, but I never felt that way. Based on your letter, TRUTH, it doesn't sound like you were damaged or traumatized by this relationship. You quickly figured out that what she had done to/with you was squicky and inappropriate; the fact that she didn't leave you damaged or traumatized doesn't make what she did OK. But it sounds like your only issue—it's the only issue you raise—is whether you can continue to allow your wife to think she was your "first and only." You can. Unless you need to unburden yourself to the wife for your own sanity, TRUTH, or you think there's a chance she could discover the truth on her own, don't let one marital ideal—you should be able to tell each other everything—obscure an equally important if less obviously virtuous marital ideal: you don't
You could point out to your dad that monogamy didn't protect him from hurt—Mom cheated on Dad, Dad got hurt—and then quickly add that being monogamish doesn't make you immune to hurt. If your partner were to violate the terms of your monogamish relationship, then you could get hurt, SON, just like Dad got hurt when Mom violated the terms of their monogamous relationship. Or you could tell your dad what he wants to hear—you've decided to be monogamous—and run him on a need-to-know basis. And unless you and your husbandto-be want to formally bring a boyfriend into your relationship at some point—including your boyfriend at the holidays, bringing him along on family trips, etc—Dad doesn't need to know that you're having three-ways, joining sex clubs, or tag-teaming twunks at the Folsom Street Fair.
MOM'S MADNESS
My boyfriend and I have been together for three years. I grew up in Hawaii and currently reside on the mainland. My parents love my boyfriend and we try to visit their home in Hawaii once a year. Until recently, they were caring for my uncle, but he died last year. I told my mom that we were coming to visit, and she was elated. However, when I asked if we could stay in the newly spare bedroom, she said "no" and cited her religious beliefs. We weren't raised in a religious household, but
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Yours is one of those cases where doing the "wrong" thing (staying in the marriage and getting sex elsewhere) may be preferable to doing the "right" thing (divorcing your depressed wife, traumatizing your poor kid, starting over again on Tinder). If you want to be honest with the wife, BLUEBALLS, tell her that you can accept a sexless marriage but you won't accept a sexless life. The upside for her: you're not going to leave her and she's no longer under any pressure to put out. With any luck, your wife will be relieved, and you can transition to a functional, happy, companionate marriage. On the Lovecast: he's a "pervert." She's a "Christian." Should he sneak off to see HUMP!? Listen at savagelovecast.com. V @fakedansavage on Twitter
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