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The Armenian genocide

Looking at the facts behind what happened 100 years ago It is with great reluctance that I write about the Armenian genocide, as I know from experience that what I say will infuriate both sides. But it is the 100th anniversary of the catastrophe this month, and Pope Francis has just declared that the mass killing of Armenian citizens of the Ottoman empire in 1915 was indeed a genocide. Turkey, predictably, has responded by withdrawing its ambassador from the Vatican.

Ages ago, when I was a history graduate student doing research about Turkey's role in the First World War, I got into the Turkish General Staff archives in Ankara and found the actual telegrams (written in the old riqa script) that went back and forth between Istanbul and eastern Anatolia in the spring of 1915.

There was an Armenian genocide. Of course there was. When up to 800 000 people from a single ethnic and religious community die from violence, hunger or exposure in a short time, and they are under guard by armed men from a different ethnicity and religion at the time, it's an open-andshut case. (Today's Armenians say 1.5 million died in 1915, but that's

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too high. It could be as few as half a million, but 800 000 is plausible.)

The Armenians desperately want their tragedy to be seen in the same light as the Nazi attempt to exterminate the European Jews, and they won't settle for anything less. But what happened to the Armenians was not pre-planned by the Turkish government, and there was provocation from the Armenian side.

That doesn't remotely begin to justify what happened, but it does put the Turks in a somewhat different light.

Russia, which was allied to Britain and France.

That army was destroyed in the deep snow around Kars—only 10 percent of it got back to base— and the Turks panicked. The Russians didn't follow right away— poor generalship—but the Turks had almost nothing left to stop

when Russian troops arrived in Anatolia. Learning that the Turks had retreated in disarray, some groups assumed the Russians were on their way and jumped the gun.

Pasha and his colleagues in Istanbul simply panicked. If the Russians broke through in eastern Anatolia, all the Arab parts of the empire would be cut off. So they ordered the deportation of all the Armenians in the east to Syria—over the mountains, in winter, on foot.

(There was no railway yet.) And since there were no regular troops to spare, it was mostly Kurdish irregulars who guarded the Armenians on the way south.

The Kurds shared eastern Anatolia with the Armenians, but the neighbours had never been friendly. So many of the Kurdish escorts assumed they had free licence to rape, steal and kill, and between

When up to 800 000 people from a single ethnic and religious community die from violence, hunger or exposure in a short time, and they are under guard by armed men from a different ethnicity and religion at the time, it's an open-and-shut case.

A group of junior officers called the Young Turks seized control of the Ottoman empire in 1908, and their leader, Enver Pasha, foolishly took the empire into the First World War at Germany's side in November 1914. He then led a Turkish army east to attack

them if they did. The Turks scrambled to put some kind of defensive line together, but behind them in eastern Anatolia were Christian Armenians who had been agitating for independence from the empire for decades.

Various revolutionary Armenian groups had been in touch with Moscow, offering to stage uprisings behind the Turkish army

that, the lack of food and the weather, up to half the deportees died. To the extent that the Turkish government knew about it, it did nothing to stop it.

More Armenians died in the sweltering, disease-ridden camps they were confined in once they arrived in Syria. It was genocide through panic, incompetence and deliberate neglect, but it cannot be compared to what happened to the European Jews. Indeed, the large Armenian community in Istanbul, far from the military operations in eastern Anatolia, survived the war virtually unharmed.

If the Turks had only had the sense to admit what really happened 50 or 75 years ago, there would be no controversy now.

The only duty of the current generation is to acknowledge the past, not to fix it (as if they could). Instead there has been a hundred years of blank denial, which is why the issue is still on the international agenda. It will stay there until the Turks finally come to terms with their past. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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On extremist politics in Alberta

Far-left policies haven't been proposed by any party, contrary to Prentice's claims Jim Prentice probably took some political science courses during his university studies, but it would appear he needs a refresher. In particular, it seems, he needs a reminder about the nature of the left-right political spectrum and exactly what the extremes of that spectrum look like.

On day one of the current Alberta election, on two separate occasions, Prentice characterized his main political opponents as extreme parties on the left and right, and their policy positions as "extreme ideas and ideologies."

Generally, in discussions of politics and public policy, when someone refers to parties or policies as extreme, what is being suggested is that those parties and policies lie at the farthest possible points on the political spectrum. In other words, if you laid out all possible public policies and beliefs on a line from left to right, the extreme policies would be the ones at the very end-points of that line or close to them.

Given that understanding, what would an extreme left-wing position in Alberta look like? Well, it would certainly include provisions to nationalize the entire oil industry. It would also include proposed renationaliza-

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tion of all elements of the health care, education and other public services that have been handed over to the private sector and non-profit sectors over the past 20 years. All education, including post-secondary, would be made free of charge, and the gap between rich and poor would be reduced, through taxation and wage controls, to virtually zero. Private capital would cease to exist, the governm e n t would be a true expression of the people's collective will, and it would exert full and total control over the economy. That's what an extreme left platform and set of policies would look like. I don't know about you, but I haven't seen any of the province's major parties proposing those policies or anything that even comes close to them.

What would an extreme right set of policies look like? Well, the focus would be on private profit and

a largely unregulated private sector and market place. Taxes would be reduced to their lowest level possible, government would be shrunk to the point where it could barely function, and corporations and the wealthy would be given virtually free rein in their quest to accumulate wealth with minimal or no labour, environ-

extreme set of policies?

The reality is that the political context in Alberta has moved so far to the right in the last 20 years that the policies that Prentice is pretending are moderate middle-of-the-road policies are actually policies on the extreme right—policies grounded in the neoliberal mantra of low taxes, small government and an unregulated market place. These may also ring a bell as the same general set of policies embraced by the Wildrose Party. That is the reason joining the Prentice Conservatives made so much sense for Danielle Smith and the other floor-crossers: the two parties are singing from the same extreme-right songbook.

Contrary to Prentice's assertions, all of the other parties in this election occupy space starting just to the left of the Conservatives and extending no further than the absolute centre of the political spectrum, perhaps not even that far. Some of the platform planks that Liberals and

All of the other parties in this election occupy space starting just to the left of the Conservatives and extending no further than the absolute centre of the political spectrum. mental and safety regulations. Public services like health care, education, infrastructure, social services and numerous others would be handed over to the private for-profit and notfor-profit sectors, wages and worker protections would be cut drastically, and the government would do what it could to legislate labour unions out of existence. Does any of that sound familiar? Are any parties in this election proposing anything close to that

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NDs have put forth thus far in the election include such policies as tax breaks for corporations that create jobs, pay equity, elimination of taxes for small businesses, incentivizing growth of value-added processing for a growing energy sector, and cuts to health-care spending: all policies that various Conservative governments at the provincial and federal level have themselves put forth in recent decades.

In the end, if Prentice wants to see who the extremist party supporting the extreme ideology is in this election, all he needs to do is—to borrow an expression—look in the mirror. If Albertans are looking for moderate policy proposals and political ideas in the centre of the spectrum, they should be looking at anyone but the Conservatives and Wildrose. Is that what the Premier meant to convey with his comments? V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

The views and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute.

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im Prentice suggested last month that Albertans look in the mirror to see who's to blame for the province's financial mess. Taking a look in his own mirror might prove more helpful. His campaign team loves to paint his rise as that of a political messiah, but his history contains as many defeats as it does successes.

Prentice first appeared on the political radar when he defeated veteran incumbent Bud Zip to run for the PCs in Calgary Mountain View in the 1986 provincial election, later losing by 257 votes to the NDP's Bob Hawkesworth.

Following that defeat, Prentice turned his attention to the federal party, becoming a vice-president. In December 1990, with the federal PCs barely edging into double-digit public support and Preston Manning's Reform Party coming on strong, Prentice boldly predicted a comeback. But in April 1991, the Alberta PCs voted overwhelmingly to divorce themselves from the federal wing, a move Prentice refused to acknowledge as a rebuke.

Tom Olsen, writing for the Calgary Herald in 2003, described an incident that occurred in Calgary in 1992. A woman wearing an Rick Orman button stood up and asked Klein if his wife had ever been admitted to a batteredwomen's shelter.

In 1991, Prentice accepted Brian Mulroney's appointment to the Indian Claims Commission. He held the appointment for a decade, despite describing it as unworkable almost the entire time.

On November 4, 1993, Kim Campbell led the Tories to the worst defeat in both the party and the country's history, reduced from a majority government to two Members of Parliament.

Written off by Prentice as a flash in the pan, Manning's Reform Party took 52 seats. The PCs never regained credibility and never got out from under

the debt it occurred in that election— despite Prentice's efforts as treasurer from 1991 to 1995.

In 2002, Manning, now leader of the rebranded Alliance, announced his retirement, triggering a byelection in the riding of Calgary Southwest. Right-wing firebrand Ezra Levant quickly secured the Alliance nomination while Prentice and Lee Richardson battled it out for the PCs. When Richardson was defeated, Prentice spokesperson Stephen Carter seemed almost giddy at the prospect of facing off against Levant. The fun was short-lived, and it

Prentice first appeared on the political radar when he defeated veteran incumbent Bud Zip to run for the PCs in Calgary Mountain View in the 1986 provincial election.

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would turn out to be Prentice who would soon find himself irrelevant when Levant gave up his nomination to newly elected Alliance leader Stephen Harper. Prentice now likes to paint his decision to step aside as a move towards uniting the right, but it didn't ring true even then. It was convention at that time for other parties to let a newly elected leader run unopposed. In fact, the Liberals announced they wouldn't run a candidate against Harper in the byelection even before Prentice withdrew.

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Mr Get it Done As much as they're about door knocking and debates, elections are also about branding: not just of a candidate or a party, but of the most pertinent questions and issues in a place at the time.

And right from Jim Prentice's arrival in the province—swooping in from federal politics as a fixer, looking to repair the provincial PC party's tarnished reputation—he's been angling himself as the guy who Gets Things Done. He managed to make a

huge dent in the official opposition, which still seems to be his biggest accomplishment, and his party's hanging its electability on him: on the myriad election lawn signs starting to bloom around town, those of the PC party's MLAs offer the tagline "Vote the Prentice Team." It's all about him, Jim, the guy set to get it done.

But that branding hasn't stuck: Prentice has also caught himself up in a series of gaffes—the slop-

py Bill 10 debacle a few months back, this week's now-retracted government memo that ordered public servants to disclose political activity, even volunteering on their own time—that have found him back-pedalling more than charging forward. Plus, that flawed austerity budget, which refused to budge on corporate taxes, didn't do much to explain how he'll be different from his party's previous leadership.

The result? Type "Prentice" into

Google and the third autofill option (after "Prentice" and "Prentice Alberta") is "Prentice blames Albertans." That's what's sticking right now.

So, while the polls show a near dead-heat between his PCs, the NDP and the Wildrose can be misleading, especially this early in the race (remember all those polls calling for a Wildrose win last election?), a PC government doesn't seem a foregone conclusion this time around. The PC's

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branding of Prentice-as-saviourfigure hasn't landed. Actually, nobody's defined the election yet: is this election a referendum on Prentice? On the Wildrose's viability under its new leadership and in the wake of its decimating floor crossings? On new NDP leader Rachel Notley's angling as a viable left option? Until the election's key issues gel beyond unhappiness with the budget, it still feels like almost anyone's game. V

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Further evidence of his disinterest in uniting the right surfaced in January 2003 when Prentice announced he would seek the leadership of the federal PCs. The national media quickly billed Prentice "Jim Who?" By the time the leadership convention rolled around, Prentice had gained the support of three MPs, three senators and Alliance MP Vic Toews. Ignoring that Peter MacKay had locked up 40 percent of voting delegates and David Orchard had 30 percent, Prentice, with the support of just 13 percent, declared himself a shoo-in.

"We're going to surprise some people, come right up the middle to win," Prentice said in an interview with the Canadian Press. After Orchard threw his support behind him, MacKay defeated Prentice by almost 700 votes on the fourth ballot. It would be MacKay who would subsequently broker the deal with Harper to unite the two parties.

By September 2003 when it became clear that a merger would occur, Prentice rebranded himself as "fiercely in favour of a Tory-Alliance merger." He became the first declared candidate for the leadership of the merged PC and Canadian Alliance parties in December. The day before Harper announced his leadership bid, Prentice withdrew from the race, citing an inability to raise funds.

Following the election, Prentice found himself on the opposition

FRONT benches in Paul Martin's minority government. Harper appointed him Indian Affairs critic.

Debate was raging over a Liberal bill to allow same-sex marriage, but in December 2004 when Klein threatened to stop issuing marriage licences altogether, Prentice remained silent. Finally, in February 2005, Prentice became the fourth Conservative to announce he would support the legislation, but he made sure people knew he didn't personally support the idea.

"I have come to the conclusion that I will stand in defence of the constitutional right of homosexual couples to civil marriage," Prentice said in a news release, "even though their definition of marriage is not my own."

Following the 2006 election, which handed Harper a minority, Prentice was appointed minister of Indian Affairs. He repeated his campaign promise to honour the Kelowna Accord, vowed to revamp the Indian Act and introduce a massive overhaul to the education system on reserves.

But his first priority, he told reporters, was kick-starting the $7-billion Mackenzie Valley Pipeline project.

By the time he left the portfolio, he had fulfilled none of the pledges.

Last September, when he was Premier-designate, Prentice told media he was determined to resolve the long-running Lubicon land-claim dispute. He did not mention that he failed to do just that when he was the federal Indian Affairs Minister. In fact, at the time, he dismissed a re-

port from the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, calling on the federal government to resume talks with the band.

Prentice also defended Harper's move to delay a UN declaration on indigenous rights that Canada had supported for decades. ABC News reported that Prentice was concerned rights could be revived that were "lawfully extinguished or ceded by treaty."

In 2010, when University of Alberta biologist David Schindler published a peer-reviewed study that was critical about the impact the oilsands development was having on waterways in the region, Prentice, then federal environment minister, questioned Schindler's credentials. Schindler responded by presenting deformed fish to the media. After years of inaction, Prentice later announced he was appointing a scientific advisory panel to examine water-pollution monitoring in the Athabasca River. Before the panel reported, Prentice resigned to take a position as vice-chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

When we look in the mirror and see Prentice vowing to the Calgary Herald's editorial board, as he did last July, to stick to the government's set election date for the fall of 2016 and wonder what we're doing in the middle of an election campaign in 2015, Prentice's rear-view mirror offers a few hints.

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Dumpster diving teaches you many things. First, you learn that you can feed yourself almost exclusively with food other people throw away. Second, you learn that if you want to eat that food, you're going to have to know how to cook it—and that means you'll need to stock a solid, well-rounded pantry.

Your pantry is often filled with stuff you'll have to actually buy at a store, unless the dumpster gods are truly smiling upon you. If you have these staples at your fingertips, you'll be eating healthy, quick meals with your dumpster finds instead of sadly munching through six raw tomatoes. This stuff also lasts for years and is cheap.

Sauce it Olive oil is a miracle: use it on pasta or salads, mix in sauces or make dips. Stock up on vinegars as well: white, balsamic, red wine and apple cider. Mustard lasts for years; get some of that, mix it with olive oil and some of those vinegars, and you've got a fine dressing for that bag of salad greens you found in the trash.

Since you're going to find lots of vegetables, stir fries are classic. Get soy sauce, hot sauce (sriracha runs in my veins), hoisin and some sesame oil and you can make a delicious stir-fry sauce.

You've got honey, right? Add that to your stir-fry sauce, too. Trust.

Other saucy staples: lemon juice, ketchup and tomato paste.

Season it Do you like your food bland? Well, I don't. Spices are an obvious staple, but which ones? Salt and pepper, to start. If you like Indian food, get turmeric, coriander and cumin (both ground and whole).

That's a solid foundation for a lot of dishes like chana masala and dahl.

Pasta is a great way to use up your

dumpster veggies. Basil, oregano and bay leaves are essential; pick up some rosemary and thyme if you want next-level flavour (those are all good for roasted vegetables, too).

Chili powder and red chili flakes are life.

Mix them with that ground cumin you stocked for your Indian dishes and you've got homemade chili. Get some bouillon powder too, so that you can throw a bunch of vegetables and beans in a pot and boom: soup Other spicy staples: cinnamon, seasoning salt, nutritional yeast, paprika and cayenne pepper.

Build it Now your dumpster veggies are tasting pretty damn good, but they aren't quite a meal yet. You need some building blocks.

The foundation, for me, is dried beans.

Chickpeas, black beans, red lentils and kidneys are versatile, dirt cheap (when purchased dried, in bulk) and satisfy your protein needs. Invest in a pressure cooker and those dried beans will be in your meals tout de suite. (Check thrift shops, just make sure the gasket on the lid is intact.)

Rice can be stored for up to 30 years in an air-tight container. Cook up brown rice, sauté some vegetables with garlic, add cooked black beans and some soy sauce and you've got a stupid-good dinner. Quinoa, couscous or orzo (see recipe below) are also all rock stars of the pantry.

Coconut milk makes rice delicious and, with some green curry paste, makes legit Thai dishes. Add natural peanut butter—another pantry bro— and that Thai will fly.

Other foundational staples: canned tomatoes, whole-wheat all-purpose flour, garlic, onions, ginger, sun-dried tomatoes and olives. V

This is a great foundation dish. You can basically throw in whatever vegetables you've got with a simple dressing—sourced from your new, well-stocked pantry.

Ingredients • 1 box orzo (spelt is nice) • 1/2 cup olive oil • red wine vinegar to taste • teaspoon of honey • 1/4 cup lemon juice • pinch of salt and pepper • vegetables (What did you find in the dumpster? Zucchini, cucumber, tomatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, leafy greens—dice it all up small and put it in) • 1 cup of dried beans (chickpeas, black beans, whatever) • small red onion, diced • sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, garlic (optional) Method Soak beans overnight and then pressure cook or simmer until tender; drain and rinse. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, add the orzo and cook until al dente—about 10 minutes; drain and rinse.

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Signature grapes or pigeonhole?

We should be celebrating Canada's wealth of wine variety, not lamenting it Where would we be without New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc or Argentinean Malbec? Possibly in a much better place.

I'm not criticizing the presence either of these two wines in the market. (As much as I seem to delight in bashing Malbec these days, I don't actually dislike it). Rather, my beef is with the widespread belief that all wine countries and regions must be assigned one or two grape varieties to champion above all others—and at the expense of the others. This is an issue that is especially poignant in Canada.

The establishment of signature varieties does happen naturally: certain varieties just make better wine in some places but not others, so that region becomes known for those one or two grapes. The default example of this would be Pinot Noir in Burgundy and the six varieties permitted in Bordeaux. In Canada, we've already seen this start to happen in Niagara with its beautiful Pinot Noir and Riesling. But there's a lot of effort, and even more belief, that signature grape varieties are a mandatory part of a country's wine personality; therefore, it's important to establish them early. This just isn't true.

Do a Google search for "Canada signature grapes" and you'll find hundreds of articles proposing this or that grape as the signature variety for our handful of wine regions.

Despite the obvious successes of a few grapes in certain Canadian regions, it's still very much like the Wild West: anything goes. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of varieties planted throughout the country.

The tone of most of this literature implies that there's a problem with this, but I think just the opposite is true: this innovative, pioneering attitude is a very, very good thing— and British Columbian winemakers agree.

At a seminar during the recent Northern Lands Canadian Wine Festival, a panel of veteran British Columbian winemakers and wine journalists gathered for a retrospective on the past 25 years of the Okanagan Valley's wine history. One of the questions posited by the moderator was whether we are growing too many varieties.

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"I am so sick of this question!" responded Sandra Oldfield, president and CEO of Tinhorn Creek. "We don't have to do things the way the rest of the world has done things. If you talk to some places in New Zealand, they sometimes wish they had not hung their hat on Sauv Blanc.

They say, 'You're young enough; you can do things different.'"

She proceeded to explain that the Okanagan Valley's climate and geography varies significantly from north to south, and that wineries in the north will experience very different success with different grapes than their counterparts in the south; it's simply impossible for a "one size fits all grape" for the region as it's currently delineated.

"Each winery has a right to exist and to grow what's best on their property," she continues. "If that means we end up with 60 varieties, then I think we should start saying it as something that's really great, and something that we need to market. I just don't want the whole Valley to become Merlot and Pinot Gris."

The panel agreed that the creation of a region's best wines occurs not by planting what's popular at the time, but by selecting the appropriate grapes for appropriate sites.

Canada's wine regions are incredibly young when compared to the rest of the world, even other New World regions, and therefore we've barely begun to figure this out.

And that is exciting! It's important to keep in mind that we should be celebrating our variety, as Oldfield suggests, and not trying to pin down a handful of grapes for the bulk of our wine production. It's easy to get caught up in hype and it's even easier to simply keep buying the same thing once you know you like it. As consumers, it's up to us not to get bogged down in ruts and to reward winemakers for experimentation and innovation. By all means enjoy the signature grapes of a region, but make a point to try the other ones too—those unsung grapes might just be the start of a sea change for the entire industry. V Mel Priestley is a certified sommelier and wine writer who also blogs about wine, food and the arts at melpriestley.ca

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his is the laboratory. Every space is the laboratory," José Luis Torres says.

The Montréal-based artist arrived in Edmonton a week before the opening reception of his exhibit Mutations without a single work started, much less completed. The exhibit space is his blank canvas.

He has ideas, measurements, some materials and an empty gallery.

Inspired by Marcel Duchamp and Gordon Matta-Clark, Torres creates each exhibit spontaneously and site-specifically, using everyday found objects from wherever he is working. His materials are donated by people in the community or purchased from thrift stores.

Torres describes the constantly evolving creation process of Mutations as an allegory for his life—that of an immigrant and a Canadian. His work has been tremendously impacted by his experience of immigrating to Quebec from Argentina in 2000.

"Je suis Canadien," Torres says, but adds—as translated by Latitude 53's executive director Todd Janes—that he is also Argentinian. In his work, he explores the multiplicity of belonging to two places. His project juggles the duality of critiquing a place and living in it.

The message VIVRE RESISTIR ... ?

DREAM shines on the gallery wall.

For Torres, this is the essence of his and all immigrants' experience: "to live" (in French, the language of his new home), "to resist" (in Spanish, the language of his first home), continually questioning and keeping hope. He describes how in order to be an immigrant you must live in a state of resistance, keeping who you are while navigating how to merge into your new place.

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Below that message, the floor is covered with dozens of area rugs overlapping each other like a patchwork quilt. The patterns in these mats have been reclaimed—from Aztec, aboriginal and Arabic cultures—and massproduced all over the world. "[It's] the idea of cultural appropriation, or how we have new realities of Canada," Torres explains. "There's so much different cultural iconography that is considered Canadian. How we define what Canada is has evolved."

Torres explains that he is taking the banality, the commonality and the simple aspects of the work and allowing an esthetic to develop throughout it.

"The materials are here, and I am making a conversation with them, help[ing] the materials speak new realities."

The installations, made expressly for the Latitude 53 gallery space, interact with elements the room. A giant spider made of wires and electronic parts scales one wall, its giggly eyes bugging out at the viewer. Two of its legs are plugged into the wall outlet, and its web extends up into the pipes and support beams of the open ceiling. The spider is a fitting metaphor for the immigrant experience, as a transient creature continually recreating its home to survive.

Every aspect of how Torres creates is essential to the themes he is working through. He starts from scratch— just as a new immigrant does—recreating the exhibit as a newcomer does their life.

"The process is very important; there is no final work, but the process," Torres says, noting that the time pressure and the spontaneity are essential to the work. "There is no comfort. For me, it's very important—to survive, it is necessary to be creating."

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Edmonton Poetry Festival L

et it move you.

That's the simple advice Rayanne Doucet, executive director of the Edmonton Poetry Festival, has for enjoying poetry.

"Poetry can change people," Doucet says from her office, the childhood home of famous media thinker Marshall McLuhan. "It touches all aspects of life."

The 2015 festival, the ninth in this city since it was started by former Edmonton poet laureate Alice Major, is a smorgasbord of words and ideas.

Spread out over seven days, 34 events, 60 authors, diverse genres and dozens of venues, there is no shortage of fancy words to hear and read.

"There's quite a large community in Edmonton of literary lovers," Doucet says. "It's not too hard to get them excited in a poetry festival."

Indeed, poetry seems to be having a

moment here in the city. Earlier this month, the poet and author Shane Koyczan sold out the 400-seat auditorium at the Royal Alberta Museum.

And the slam-poetry community in Edmonton is attracting a young, socially conscious audience. Doucet says that new generation is helping to drive poetry in Edmonton, with the last decade seeing a healthy growth of poetry clubs and groups in the city.

For fans of slam poetry, this year's fest has some serious fireworks. Ottawa-based Ikenna Onyegbula is the 2014 World Poetry Slam Champion. If you've seen the calibre and skill that national-level slam poets possess, you'll know that being the best in the world is an insane achievement.

Doucet says she's excited to see Taqralik Partridge, an Inuit spokenword poet and throat singer who

performs in both French and English.

There are locals, too. Liam Coady is a National Poetry Slam winner and recent U of A grad. And emcee and spoken word artist KazMega, a leader in the Edmonton hip-hop community, will also feature in the festival.

Doucet says lovers of traditional, or page poetry, won't be neglected. Sue Goyette's work has been nominated for the country's most prestigious poetry prizes, including the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Governor General's Award for Poetry. And Michel Pleau, Canada's current Parliamentary Poet Laureate, is a force in French poetry.

"The mandate is to bring in worldclass poets to the city of Edmonton," Doucet adds. "It's to celebrate the poetic art form in all of its glorious facets and to celebrate the community as much as possible."

Sun, Apr 19 – Sun, Apr 26 Various venues Schedule available at edmontonpoetryfestival.com Indeed, the festival isn't just a bunch of well-vetted pros parachuting in to dazzle the locals. A good chunk of the programming is by the people, for the people. The first day is entirely curated by the Edmonton poetry community, a first for the fest. There will be open mics at many of the events to encourage amateur poets to get in front of an audience. And the perennially popular Gone with the Blinks will

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be back: 30-second poems timed by a menacing gong, with up to 80 people signing up.

"I think the definition of what poetry is has changed," Doucet notes. "It's definitely opened up to a lot of different art forms. Language is so important and the ability to read and hear it and feel something—that touches you."

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(La Cité Francophone, $15 – $26) Don't Look Back & MOA / Sat, Apr 18 (2:30 pm & 7:30 pm); Sun, Apr 19 (2:30 pm) The last show of the Citie Ballet season—and first without former artistic director Francois Chevennement, who was unceremoniously let go earlier this season—finds a pair of works on the

program: the first, Don't Look Back, reimagines the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The second draws inspiration from figurative painter Egon Schiele, set to music written by contemporary chamber group Rachel's. (Timms Centre for the Arts, $20 – $40) The Festival of (In)Appropriation / Thu, Apr 23 (7 pm) This touring slate of experimental films—specifically, short works built exclusively out of found footage—was created back in Los Angeles back in 2009. Now it's a yearly event: premièring down in LA and subsequently touring the continent. It makes its way to Edmonton next week, with curator Jaimie Baron attending. (Metro Cinema at the Garneau)

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Winners and Losers 'W

hat makes you a winner?"

The question's posed surprisingly deep into Winners and Losers, arriving as James Long and Marcus Youssef debate which end of that binary Stephen Hawking falls onto ("Legs or legacy," they determine, is the crux of it). Such decisions comprise the show's main game, Long and Youssef debating whether a given subject, person, place or concept merits a W or an L. Declaring victory over a topic doesn't require one of them converting the other to their side; they simply move on when both points have been fully made, or when a more exciting argument surfaces.

It's an ultra-minimalist piece of theatre—Long and Youssef are portraying themselves, with just a table, a backpack, chairs, a couple of beers and two bells between each other—and yet, when they turn their lines of questions onto each other, Winners and Losers becomes something more curious, and real: an assessment of what

makes victory, and how different it we arrive at a fascinating, discomforting look at two people trying to looks depending on where you stand.

Before that, though, it crackles win a game by pushing each other's with energy. The duo bat through buttons. They attack each other's topics with zingers past, privilege, personas and, uland intelligence: Until Sat, Apr 18 (8 pm) timately, their reearly elections; Directed by Chris Abraham Nigerian email spective ideas of Citadel Theatre, $28.35 victory. Winners scams ("they're and Losers seems more multicultural now"); the entire to posit that how nation of Mexico, then Canada in re- you define being a "winner" is entirelation to Mexico. Long's the bolder, ly a matter of where you came from, quippier arguer, dripping charisma where you stand, how capable you and boldness, while Youssef prefers are of navigating your own flaws, a more intelligent, thorough exami- how easily you can expose the flaws nation of an issue. The production's of another's argument and how scripted (mostly), but based on ac- well you handle having those flaws tual arguments, and it retains the exposed in you. There's no forced resolution here, but watching two spontaneous feel. friends try to navigate each other's The transition between the first strategies and still come out on top half's speed and the latter's rawness, proves to be more raw and affectwhere they assess each other by dig- ing than a lot of the more theatrical ging sharp and deep, loses some of drama you're likely to see. the built-up steam. Perhaps it's by PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM necessity, but it picks back up when

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Category E

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here's something profoundly disturbing in the total nonchalance of a person undergoing the same tests as a rabbit in a cosmetic-testing facility.

Such is the premise of Category E, a new play penned by local playwright Belinda Cornish and presented by the Maggie Tree. It's also the show that gets the distinction of being the very last to grace the stage of the Varscona before renovations on the space begin later this month.

It's certainly a memorable show to go out on, not least because of the stark white, clinical set designed by T Erin Gruber. We spend the duration of the show in a forced-perspective room, two cots angled on either side of a path that leads up to a door, through which each of the cell's three occupants are alternately called. Upon their return, they are accompanied by grotesque eye wounds or uncontrollable skin itches.

The script's plot is circular: the peo-

ple trapped in this room are subject to a host of tortuous experiments, contextualized here by the occasional projection of a commercial for various products (dog food, diapers, mascara) on the ceiling. Their presence in the lab is never explained, though we do learn that they aren't volunteers; neither is there any hope or even discussion of escape or an end to their ordeal, other than the obvious. When that arrives for one of the three characters, it's a grisly escalation that was chillingly telegraphed from the outset.

The characters are painted with bold lines and brought to powerful life by a trio of capable performers. Filigree (Jenna Dykes-Busby) is frenetic and sociopathic for her lack of empathy, an immediate threat almost as sinister as the unseen forces behind the cell door. Newcomer Millet (Miranda Allen) is a perpetual optimist with a vivacity of spirit that's wincing to see

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caged. Corcoran (Louise Lambert) is the veteran who has been there the longest, rolling around in a wheelchair and offering ambiguous hints as she attempts to keep the peace between the other two.

Category E is an unforgiving personification of animal testing and all its attendant casual cruelties, though it's not on a crusade to stimulate audiences to start picketing labs afterwards, nor is it an act of pure catharsis. What you ultimately take from the play is largely up to your own sensibilities, but it's infused with too much vivid reality to be outright dismissed as pure fiction.

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Marathon P

Planning a different sort of Marathon

ersonality typing and long-distance running: not the likeliest of subjects to pair together, but TJ Dawe has found metaphors in unusual places before.

A mainstay of the Fringe Festival circuit for many years now, Dawe is returning to Edmonton for a short run of Marathon, a show he did at last year's Fringe. While the script is largely the same, this time around the show will be accompanied by a workshop geared towards helping people recognize and develop their creativity. (Participation in the workshop is not mandatory for seeing the show, and vice-versa.) True to Dawe's signature style, the script is autobiographical, weaving together a story about his experience as a crappy long-distance runner in high school with his work in overcoming the personal struggles identified by his Enneagram personality type.

"In both cases, I expected to have a radical improvement in a short amount of time, very much like [what] happens in the montage of an '80s movie," Dawe says. "And I was in high school in the '80s, so I

was watching a lot of these movies where somebody gets a lot tougher, or a lot faster, or a lot smarter or a lot cooler in a short amount of time while some pop song plays. I absolutely not only hoped but expected that would happen to me."

Dawe discovered the Enneagram personality-typing system several years ago and was immediately hooked for how accurately his type described him—especially the notso-positive stuff.

"I approached it with a whole lot of skepticism," Dawe explains, mentioning that he has never been able to relate to similar systems like astrological signs or the Myers-Briggs personality test. "I found my type instantly when I started cringing, when I read certain things I didn't like at all and couldn't deny. If you can look at your life and see the patterns, you can see the ways that you habitually stop yourself from really engaging in life."

Dawe's workshop isn't Enneagram 101, however, but it uses some of its principles to help each participant fig-

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Fri, Apr 17 and Sat, Apr 18 (8 pm) Marathon ATB Financial Arts Barns, $21 Sat, Apr 18 (10 am – 6 pm) Developing a Creative Practice workshop $100 (includes one ticket to a performance of Marathon)

ure out a way to be more creative— in whatever form that takes.

"The biggest surprise for me is the richness of creative resources that people have inside that they're often entirely unaware of," Dawe says. "The final step of the workshop is we go around and everyone says what their plan is, and every time it happens I just hear this wonderful diversity. I started to think, what if everybody did this? Not this workshop, but what if this was a normal part of being a person? It sounds almost like paradise to me. I bet there'd be a whole lot less shit talking on the Internet."

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Sat, Apr 18 (8 pm); Tue, Apr 21 & Thu, Apr 23 (7:30 pm) Directed by Brian Deedrick Jubilee Auditorium, $50 – $175 This is gonna go sideways

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e thankful you don't have Edmonton Opera's dry-cleaning bills.

"I just finished a blood meeting," says Brian Deedrick, director of the company's latest made-in-Edmonton production, Lucia di Lammermoor. "Blood is very important for the piece. It's on the wedding dress, it's on everyone she contacts ... sweet Jesus, there's a lot to clean."

If Deedrick sounds giddy at the prospect of a bloody bride, it's because Edmonton hasn't seen Lucia in nearly two decades. Considered composer Gaetano Donizetti's most famous opera, the work is best remembered for its third act, where a betrayed woman murders her husband-to-be and goes spectacularly mad. Hence the blood.

Why has Edmonton had such a long Lucia drought? Deedrick says it could be because the title role is so difficult. The opera is a bel canto, or "beautiful singing" piece, and the vocal demands are considered by some to be the most challenging of any soprano role.

"It's hard to get the right Lucia," Deedrick notes. "[The singing] is extremely difficult: there's a whole bunch of eighth notes and sixteenth notes put together.

It's very unique, and you have to be a highly trained and specific kind of singer."

Playing this murderously difficult character is BC native Simone Osborne. Deedrick first worked with Osborne when she was a student at Opera NUOVA, an Edmonton-based opera training group, and says he saw her potential even then when she was in her early 20s.

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The director adds the job is even more difficult for Osborne because today's audiences won't accept the old-school stand and sing, or "park and bark," of previous bel canto divas like Joan Sutherland.

"People here have just seen the hijinks of The Book of Mormon," Deedrick says.

"So we've got to have acting chops— and [Osborne] delivers in spades."

Lucia, first performed in 1835 in Naples, is like Romeo and Juliet meets the Hatfields and McCoys. Set in the Scottish highlands, it's the story of feuding clans the Lammermoors and the Ravenswoods.

True love, that sneaky thief, cares not for feuds: Lucia falls for Edgardo, a Ravenswood squire. But Lucia's scheming brother Enrico, having just made a major political blunder, needs to marry his sister off to smooth over public relations. Betrayal and confusion ensue; Lucia kills her bridegroom Arturo and then goes insane.

Even though the piece is 180 years old, Deedrick says the themes remain current today.

"No matter where you go, you are seeing women who are repressed," he adds. "You're seeing people who are being used as foils or marketing devices.

We've still got people who are pushed and used as chattel or chess pieces. We never got away from that. And people still fall in love just as intensely as they did in 1835."

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DON'T LOOK BACK (ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE) • Timms Centre for the Arts, 112 St NW, University of Alberta • Performed by the Citie Ballet, Orpheus goes to the Underworld to find his love, Eurydice. Orpheus is warned not to look upon Eurydice or she will die. Despite Eurydice’s sorrow, Orpheus refuses her his gaze, but temptation gives way • Apr 18-19

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ARMSTRONG’S WAR • Backstage Theatre, North Side of the ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • info@theatrenetwork.ca • While recovering from his injuries, a young soldier is visited by a girl in a wheelchair looking to earn her service badge for Pathfinders. As they explore the pages of Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, they begin to share their own stories of love and loss • Mar 31-Apr 19 CATEGORY E • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • themaggietree.com • Two individuals in a white cell with two beds, two chairs. One is a half-blind paraplegic. The other might be a clinical psychopath. A third individual arrives. Within 36 hours there will be only two again. In the meantime, they will play monopoly, try to figure out who's next door, and do their best not to kill each other • Apr 10-18 CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun 13

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Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • Examines the breakdown of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George. Late one evening after a university faculty party, they receive an unwitting younger couple, Nick and Honey as guests, and draw them into their bitter and frustrated relationship • Apr 8-18

WINNER & LOSERS • Citadel Theatre • Part of Beyond the Stage • Theatre artists and long-time friends Marcus Youssef and James Long sit at a table and play a game they made up called “winners and losers,” in which they name things and people — Pamela Anderson, microwave ovens, Goldman Sachs, their fathers — and debate whether, from their perspective, these things are winners or losers • Apr 8-19

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REVUE // DRAMA

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Opens Friday True Story Directed by Rupert Goold 

True Story serves up half-baked drama

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ne man sits sweating in a shed somewhere in Africa. He bribes a young labourer into sharing the story of his enslavement. He tries to assure the labourer of the integrity of his disclosure with the knowledge that his interlocutor is "with the New York Times." Another man struggles to ignite an electric votive candle in the Catedral de la Asunción in the centre of Mexico City. He asks for assistance from a fellow tourist, an attractive young German woman he will soon take to his bed in a nearby hotel. Both men claim to be an important reporter named Mike Finkel.

The first man (Jonah Hill) really is Mike Finkel. The second man (James

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Franco) is actually some schmuck from Oregon named Christian Longo suspected of murdering his entire family. True Story begins with both men, as Finkel puts it, getting stripped of their name. Finkel is fired by the Times for fudging facts on the Africa story, effectively destroying his name as a journalist. Longo is apprehended by the feds for the quadruple homicide, ending his masquerade as Finkel.

After Finkel returns, humiliated and unemployable, to his rural Montana home, he hears about the Longo case and goes to visit Longo in the pen where he awaits trial. "I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately," Finkel says. "I thought maybe you could tell

me what it's like to be me."

Despite having little in common, the men connect. Finkel's flattered. His identification with Longo is pure narcissism. Finkel decides to write a book with Longo. Longo wants Finkel to teach him to write—it's not enough to tell his story, he wants to tell it elegantly. He sends Mike a dense manuscript, every page of text accented with hand-drawn illustrations erupting in the margins—Finkel does something similar in his note-taking.

Just as the film strains to animate the woefully underwritten character of Finkel's suffering wife (Felicity Jones), it strains to impart a ying-yang thing between Finkel and Longo while elid-

ing much of what would constitute anything resembling a genuine connection. It also elides any substantial reasons why Finkel thinks he has such a great story on his hands. We don't even know what Longo's side of the story is. They seem to never talk about the murders.

Finkel's relationship to Longo is meant to echo that of Truman Capote and Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, or, say, Emmanuel Carrère and Jean-Claude Romand. The question of a good story versus good justice looms over everything, but only in a superficial manner. (This question, and this entire story, may well be

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Social mobility blues Sullivan's Travels a timeless comedy about class The movie is barely underway before a movie within the movie is already ending: Sullivan's Travels (1941) opens with the close of some picture that climaxes with a couple of guys named Capital and Labour duking it out on top of a train speeding along a bridge over top of a river. A gun appears, shots are fired, both wind up in the drink. No victory here—everyone's a loser. It's not a happy ending, but it's supposed to be powerful, to stir the social conscience, to remind us that capital and labour can't get along. And it is powerful. Because it's totally ridiculous. And hilarious.

But is it the kind of picture that John L Sullivan (Joel McCrea), the director of such beloved comedies as Hey Hey in the Hayloft and Ants in Your Plants of 1939, should be making? Studio heads LeBrand and Hadrian think not, but they can't deny that social-problem pictures can do good box office. (Frank

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Capra's hallowed name is mentioned in this argument. John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath [1939] is not.) The best LeBrand and Hadrian can do to dissuade Sullivan from his burning desire to adapt a gloomy novel about the poor entitled O Brother, Where Art Thou? (a title that would finally grace the big screen after being appropriated by the Coen Brothers some 60 years later) is to remind him that he doesn't know anything about what it means to be poor. Sullivan agrees. There is a collective sigh of relief. Then Sullivan announces that all that's left for him to do then is to find out! He goes to wardrobe, dons the rattiest hobo gear he can find, throws a few items into a little balluchon, and sets out on foot to discover the world of the destitute— with an enormous luxury motorhome, complete with full kitchen and chef, crawling some 50 feet behind him, tracking his movements. (Not his idea.)

Now available from Criterion, writer-director Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels is that rarest of things: a brilliant, timeless comedy about class. It's cynical but endearing, uncontaminated by unearned sentimentality, buoyed by a constant sense of adventure and invention. The hero's journey is finally more inward than outward, in that he needs to come to terms with who he really is and what he's good at, however limited that may be. Sturges knew that this kind of rapid-fire dialogue, slapstick, thinking-person's zaniness was something he was very good at, maybe the best. Sullivan was the closest Sturges ever came to crafting a self-portrait, and his Swiftian travels depict not a great enlightenment but, rather, the futility of aspiring toward movement between classes for poor and rich alike. V

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explored thoroughly in Finkel's book upon which this film is based, but I've only seen the film and can't credit the book for things that didn't make it to the screen.) An ostensibly startling third-act revelation hardly comes as a surprise—it is the only explanation for Chris's partial guilty plea. And why does no one ever mention what the forensics might suggest with regards to the identity of the perpetrator? True Story, the movie debut of theatre director Rupert Goold, casts a tasteful, sombre air and keeps its stars' penchant for flamboyance well in check, but, like Longo's story, it is conspicuously half-baked.

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REVUE // THRILLER

Tue, Apr 21 (7 pm) Directed by William Castle Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1961

Homicidal F

ilm critic Philip French recalls seeing Psycho on its 1960 release in London and walking in past a cut-out of Hitchcock, audio-tape of his voice warning against revealing the ending afterwards; when Marion Crane was stabbed in the shower, 40-plus minutes in, a man vomited in the aisle—but was this a "... testimony to the sensitive stomachs of the time, or (as several other people I know witnessed a similar incident at the Plaza that week) evidence that Paramount's publicity department had hired a method actor for the film's opening run?"

Such sideshow gimmicks were the bread-and-popcorn-butter of B-movie

helmers like William Castle, mimicking Psycho—down to the adjectivetitle—with Homicidal, released 13 months later. (Extending this hall of mirrors, Hitchcock supposedly made Psycho in part because of the success of Castle's cheap shockers Macabre and House on Haunted Hill.) Castle's flick, scripted by adventure-novelist Robb White, boasted a 45-second "Fright Break" just before the climax, with any fear-filled moviegoers ("FOR COWARDS ONLY!") promised their money back if they left right then—though the lily-livered had to walk a yellow-lit streak back to the box-office, where their ticket would be "sneerfully" refunded.

Castle himself lowers the drawbridge with an Alfred Hitchcock Presents-style intro before unveiling a cross-stitch with the title. Soon, we're in Ventura, CA, where one Miriam Webster (check the dictionary under groaner) checks into a hotel, paying a bellhop there to marry her.

Their quick wedding is drolly satirical, but then murder strikes and the dial hits B-for-badness. The killer's homicidal urge and anguish are pitched beyond a high-C and the plot's soon dawdling, with only a stuffy, overheated theatricality creeping in.

The flick's brand-formula rebottling of Psycho is fizzily interesting: hotel room; blonde driving a car; a Marion-

meets-Norman character getting all stabby; an ominous staircase; two characters we never see together, only hear together; a concluding explanation, more legal here than psychological. (A mute invalid, rapping her wheelchair-arm when agitated, amps up the gothic grotesquerie.)

Homicidal plays a bit eerily with gender, but its take on transvestism is lurid and basically anti-gay in its anti-sissy-ness. It's no pulpish curiosity but a mere footnote in the postPsycho history of slasher movies.

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REVUE // ROMANCE

The Longest Ride Now playing Directed by George Tillman Jr 

The Sparks of romance

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he sunlight in The Longest Ride, streaming through nearly every frame, reflects the syrupiness of this Nicholas Sparks adaptation—that too-golden-to-be-real, artery-drenching liquid, trickling steadily out. The sappiest heartland hokum squeezable from the novelist's formula bottle, this adaptation drip-drip-drips into a well of clichéd sentiment, its last big manufactured teardrop saved for the perfectly ridiculous ending.

Art major Sophia Danko (Britt Robertson), dragged to a rodeo by the sisters in her dollhouse-like sorority, meets Luke Collins (Scott Eastwood), trying to mount a comeback on the

bull-riding circuit. Of course, soon the cute-as-a-button, urbane redhead and the ripped hunk of smouldering man-meat are riding each other. But en route to their love-shacking-up (in the penthouse-like loft of his barn), Cutie and Hunkster save an elderly man, Ira (Alan Alda), from a burning car on a rainy night (cliché number 1386). Ira's flashbacks to his tempestuous romance with art-loving Ruth (Oona Chaplin), in the '40s and '50, are intercut with Cutie and Hunkster's rip-snorting heart-ride.

Parallels are so overstated that they may as well be spelled out in glitter-

sparkle block-capitals on flowerdesign stationery. North Carolina, always burnished and bright, looks like a tourism ad crossed with a Ford truck commercial. Lines come trite and serious: "This one's different; I can't stop thinking about her;" "Love requires sacrifice;" "You can do anything you want" (said to a dirt-poor, backwoods boy who, after spending just a short while with Ruth, a bourgeois teacher glowing with goodness, goes on to become a physics professor at University College London).

The Longest Ride (yep, it's "life") is so white and straight and prettified that it's cringing. The finale, hinging on a clause in a will that even the most desperately contriving Victorian novelist would find laughable, provides an ending so stupidly perfect that it's perversely impressive in its inanity.

But by then, past the two-hour mark, you're wondering, as when those lines of saliva spun out from a bucking, slavering bull in slo-mo, just how much longer this can drool on.

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OUTDOORS

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FEATURE // FISHING

The North Saskatchewan River has killer angling right in Edmonton

Robert Clark with a goldeye he caught in the River Valley

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dmonton's river valley has world-class fishing. Seriously.

That's right, the North Saskatchewan River that carves this city in two isn't some turgid-brown wasteland. It actually teems with life and offers stellar angling just steps away from the urban core: you can catch walleye, goldeye, lake sturgeon, whitefish, pike, sauger and suckers all in the same morning— but it wasn't always that way.

"I've had several times where I've been fishing right under the Whitemud freeway and joggers would make fun of me—they think I'm fishing a toxic slough," says Robert Clark, who has been fishing on the river valley since the '80s. "Then

they see me pulling fish out."

Of course, the big question is: would you eat that fish? City of Edmonton guidelines say you should have a maximum of one fish meal from the North Saskatchewan per week, avoiding the liver and organs. It's not recommend to eat the fish at all if you are a woman between 15 and 49 years of age; those younger than 15 should avoid eating the fish entirely. The culprit is mercury, which is often credited as naturally occurring. (There is research suggesting that fossil fuels, especially coal-fired power plants, are linked to higher mercury levels in fish—but that is a whole can of bait-worms that would require a

separate story.)

So fishing in the river valley is mostly for sport, not dinner. And Clark, who runs the fly-fishing department at Wholesale Sports, says the angling within Edmonton city limits is world class.

"You get walleye over 12 pounds every year—that's trophy walleye in any book," he says enthusiastically. "And there's lake sturgeon that are more than 50 pounds— that's exciting for any angler.

Sometimes the goldeye and the pike can all be going at the same time. It's incredible."

The veteran angler says we're coming up on one of the best times of

year to fish the river valley. He says late April to the beginning of June, before the runoff and high water of summer, is a great time to be casting from the banks. Or, if you miss that, the fishing is just as good in the fall from the third week of August to Thanksgiving.

Bucking the cagey stereotype, Clark is a fisherman who is keen to share his favourite locations. He says to look for where water flows into the river, like an outflow or a creek; deep spots or an eddy under a bridge or by a bend are also a good bet. Whitemud Creek by Fox Drive, Dawson Park and the Keyhole Pool behind the Legends Golf Course are all popular places, Clark adds. He has had a lot of success fishing from the banks, but knows guys who do well from a boat.

As for how to hook 'em, he says nothing catches more than a pickerel rig: two hooks and a sinker. In the spring, use worms for bait because the river is dirty and high, and the fish find the worms easier. In the fall, use minnows because that's what the fish are hunting for. And he gives the classic tips: go at first light or wait until dusk.

"Although, honestly, the best time to go fishing is any chance you get," Clark notes. "The first time I took my son down to the river he caught 29 fish and four different species.

That helped him develop a real affinity for the North Saskatchewan."

But if Clark had brought his young boy down to the banks back in the '40s, the only he thing he would have caught was a putrid stench.

For decades, Edmonton committed horrible sins when it came to man-

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aging the river valley, says Billie Milholland of the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance.

The North Saskatchewan had always been an important fishery, dating back to pre-colonial times. When the first Europeans came chasing beaver out west centuries ago, the North Saskatchewan was their highway and food source. Birch-bark canoes gave way to York boats, then steamboats, which brought supplies and settlers before the railway came to our city in the late 1800s.

As progress came to Edmonton, the river valley took a beating. At the turn of the 20th century, the banks all the way from Big Island to Fort Saskatchewan were turned into a "moonscape" by coal mining, Milholland says. Gold hunters dredged the middle of the stream and dumped mercury into the waters for processing. Citizens dumped garbage, brickyards dug up the mud, tanneries dumped nasty chemicals and meat-packing plants on the shores—Edmonton was once the meat-packing capital of Canada—all made the river valley the last place you'd come for recreation.

"Up until probably [the Second World War], the river valley was pretty ugly," Milholland says. "It was full of floating poop and fat—it was horrible. Somebody finally thought: 'This might be a health risk.' They had an engineer do some testing, and the report was very scary.

When the water got to the border with Saskatchewan, it had no oxygen in it. There was nothing living in it: no fish, insects, animals or birds."

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OUTDOORS GREAT OUTDOORS // CAMPING

Eating well on the trail Dehydrating food means you can eat like a champ while sleeping on the ground

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ating well in the backcountry is trickier than when you're car camping in front country, but with some foresight you can avoid endless days of granola bars. The key is to plan all meals ahead and prep everything at home so that when you're on the trail, all you have to do is pop a meal into a pot with some water and and add heat.

The first step is to buy a food dehydrator. If you're serious about backcountry camping, you absolutely need to invest in one, unless you've got the load-bearing capacity of a Clydesdale— or a bottomless bank account to splurge on those overpriced, over-packaged, sodium-heavy freeze-dried food packs.

Technically, you can use an oven on very low heat to dehydrate food, but the results are much more consistent and easier to accomplish with a proper dehydrator. There are many models available; be sure to pick one that heats to various temperatures and isn't a fan-only model that just circulates air, as different foods require different levels of heat in order to dehydrate properly and safely. You'll also want to invest in a couple rolls of parchment paper to line the trays.

Your first step is to plan all your meals ahead of

time: while this is a good tip for any camping trip, it's vital when backcountry camping; you need to make sure you have just enough food, plus a little extra—not way too much or way too little.

Hearty, one-pot meals are your best bet for easy trail food: stews, chilies, soups or risottos.

The key to dehydrating food properly is to cut or slice it into very small, uniform pieces. Bigger chunks take longer to dry, plus they tend to be tough and leathery when reconstituted.

Vegetables, fruits and meat can be dried simply by chopping them up into tiny bites and then spreading in a thin layer on the dehydrator. The manual will come with guidelines for the proper drying time and temperature for different types of food; generally, fruits and vegetables should be dried at 130F to 140F and meat should be dried at 160F. Canned meats are actually the best for rehydration; to make jerky, choose the leanest cut possible as high fat content will cause it to go rancid faster.

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OUTDOORS Ingredients: 1 lb lean ground turkey* ½ cup bread crumbs, finely ground 1 large onion, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 green bell pepper, finely diced 3 Tbsp chili powder 1 can (15 oz) red kidney beans 1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes 1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes 1 small can (4 oz) jalapeños, finely diced (optional) *substitute an extra can of beans for turkey to make a vegetarian version

Cook: Work bread crumbs, onion and garlic into the meat, then sauté until meat is browned, breaking into very small pieces. (Skip the meat and bread crumbs and just sauté the onions and garlic if making a vegetarian version.) Add the bell pepper and sauté for another five minutes, then add the chili powder and cook for another minute. Add the tomatoes, beans and jalapeños and simmer for about one hour. Refrigerate overnight.

Dehydrate: Spread chili on dehydrator trays lined with parchment and dry at 125F for eight to 10 hours. After four hours, break up any big clumps with your fingers or a spoon. Divide dehydrated chili into one-cup portions and package in Ziploc bags.

Rehydrate: Combine a one-cup portion of chili with one cup of water and let sit for five minutes. Bring to a boil and continue cooking for a couple of minutes. Remove from stove and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes.

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When properly dried, fruits should be pliable and leathery with no spots of moisture: tear a piece in half, pinch it and watch for moisture drops along the tear. Vegetables should be crisp, fruit rolls and tomato sauce should be leathery with no sticky spots, and jerky and meat should be tough but not brittle. Once the food is properly dry, package it in Ziploc bags or airtight containers and store in the freezer until you hit the trail: even though dehydrating food extends its shelf life for quite a while, it will still eventually spoil if left at room temperature. If you have a vacuum sealer, even better.

You can also dehydrate a finished stew or chili rather than all the individual components, so long as all the ingredients were chopped up finely.

Simply cook up a pot and then spread it in a thin layer on parchment paper or a dehydrator tray designed for wet foods. Dry for about eight hours at 135F, flipping halfway through, until it is leathery or tough with no sticky spots.

It might seem redundant to dehydrate grains, but rice, barley and

quinoa should all be precooked and dried so as to reduce cooking time on the trail by well over half: raw rice takes anywhere from 15 minutes to almost an hour on the stove—you'd have to double or triple the amount of fuel you're carrying, and that stuff is heavy. To dehydrate rice and other grains, cook according to the package directions, then spread it on dehydrator trays and dry for about five hours at 125F until crisp.

Bark is a secret weapon of backpacking food, and I'm not talking about eating trees: dehydrated bark is made from starchy foods like potatoes, beans, pasta and corn. To make it, boil these foods until done (or use canned versions) and then run through a food processor with some liquid (either the cooking or can liquid, or a sauce) to make a creamy paste, then dehydrate. Spread the paste in a thin layer on the dehydrator tray and dry for about eight hours at 135F, flipping halfway through.

When done, dried bark will be brittle and snap easily into chunks. On the trail, you can rehydrate it with a mix of other dried foods for one-pot trail meals akin to a stew, thick soup or chili—the possibilities are endless.

Soup makes a comforting meal on the trail, especially if the weather has been crappy and you need to warm up. Portion quick-cooking noodles (vermicelli or ramen are good choices) into a Ziploc bag, then add a bouillon cube and a mixture of dehydrated vegetables like carrots, corn, peas and onions. Feel free to get creative: it's pretty hard to screw up veggie soup. You can also add dehydrated meat and/or various barks.

Some dehydrated foods can be eaten as is, in their dry form: fruit slices and beef jerky, for example.

The rest of it will need to be rehydrated by boiling on a camp stove for a few minutes and then allowing it to sit, covered, for about 10 minutes.

Add about a cup of water per cup of dried food, stir constantly when boiling, and top up with more water as needed.

One final tip: not all foods reconstitute well—eggs and fish become tough and rubbery, so I recommend skipping meals with those ingredients.

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Since that damning report, the North Saskatchewan in Edmonton has been treated with a lot more respect and slowly returned to health.

Today, it's the jewel of the city, and North America's largest chunk of urban parkland.

"Being down at the river in the summer is very surreal," Milholland says.

"Once you're down at the river level, the city just about disappears. You start to be aware of all the wilderness around you. You can hear the birds; you feel like you're hundreds of miles form a city. As urbanites, we feel that we need to go to the mountains for peace and quiet. But it's right here."

And the fishing rocks—but you've got to do it right. Fish and Wildlife officers regularly patrol the North Saskatchewan to ensure anglers are playing by the rules, says Dan Laville from Alberta's office of Justice and Solicitor General. And there are possession limits to be aware of—the most important being zero for both walleye and lake sturgeon. Ditto for sauger between April and mid-May,

when they're most vulnerable.

The most famous fish in these waters is the lake sturgeon, a swimming piece of prehistory that looks almost identical to 100-million-year-old fossils. They can live to more than 100 years old, have no scales and can weigh hundreds of pounds. But you'd best just catch and release.

"Sturgeon are considered threatened," Laville says. "Penalties for retention of sturgeon can be substantial, in the thousands of dollars."

So now you know there are fish, where to find and catch 'em, that we're lucky to have them and that you probably shouldn't eat too many of them. Now all that's left is to get your line in the water.

"For someone to be able to live right in Edmonton and be on the water in 10 minutes is priceless," Clark says. "For anglers, to be able to fish with their families, without driving, literally saves lives in my book. It gets families outside of their box and experiencing nature."

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COVER // RECORD STORE DAY

The true meaning of Record Store Day On the plight of the independent record retailer in 2015

The Freecloud Records crew, including owner Rich Liukko, right, unpacks some Record Store Day shipment // Paul Blinov

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hen Record Store Day first emerged in 2007, it was a collection of physical music retailers attempting to put their backs up against what had been one of the roughest years on record for physical music sales. Digital music was on the rise, but vinyl hadn't yet experienced the budding resurgence it's now seeing; over in the UK, vinyl records accounted for just 0.1 percent of the country's music sales that year.

As a result, over in North America, Record Store Day seemed as much a desperate safeguard for the indie shops as anything else: releasing rare pressings, re-issues and special oneoff releases to entice music fans into stores as a way of reminding people to support their brick-and-mortar shops before they vanished altogether—which, then, seemed like it might actually soon be the case.

It took a year or two for the idea to connect up in Canada; Rich Liukko, owner of Freecloud Records, recalls the first Record Store Day his shop participated in back in 2009. It was actually pretty normal, special releases aside.

"The amount of press for Record Store Day was minimal at the time," he says. "And it was really tough to get a lot of the stock, at the time,

because the [Canadian] distributors didn't have access to everything. It was more educating people what Record Store Day was about. Every year since then, it's just been growing exponentially."

That growth hasn't just been for his store, which turns 30 this year. Coupled with a renewed interest in vinyl by more than just the die-hard collectors, Record Store Day's become a veritable Black Friday for music fans of every stripe: every third Saturday in April long lines snake out of record stores, customers eager to grip some special releases, some 400 of which will be part of Record Store Day 2015. (Though, that said, what's actually available in town varies wildly; the store owners put in orders, and then, unfortunately, simply wait to see what actually shows up).

Still, in 2015, the climate of physical music sales remains set on a slippery slope. Vinyl's one of the few areas of the music industry experiencing growth in sales. Which, Blackbyrd Myoozik's Arthur Fafard notes, is partly thanks to a new generation discovering the physical medium.

"Now, young people that didn't grow up with records are discovering it," Farfard says. "I think that's a reaction to MP3s or downloads. You have

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a couple thousand of them on your iPod, or whatever it might be, but if you really like that band, you want more of a connection to it, and the record provides that. Better-quality sound, and artwork, and just the tactile feeling. We're getting people every day coming in, looking at starting their collections, or getting excited about it, looking for turntables."

But aside from its day-of sales spike, has Record Store Day, and that renewed interest in vinyl, actually made it easier to be a physical music shop in 2015? There are presently five standalone independent record stores in Edmonton: Freecloud Records, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Sound Connection, Listen Records and Permanent Records. (There's also the Edmonton Music Collector's Show, happening the day after Record Store Day this year at the Central Lions Seniors Recration Centre, a long-running yearly event.) A couple of mall shops also sell records, but they do so among other goods; the aforementioned five are the dedicated indie purveyors of physical music in town. They all seem to have a bit of a niche, albeit with necessary overlap, and the ones spoken to for this article all highlight the necessity of all of them continuing to

exist. Nobody's gunning to be the last record shop in town.

Of those, Permanent Records is the newest to open, having arrived in its just-off-Whyte Avenue location in 2010 (in the wake of the beloved Megatunes shuttering). Its name is a cheeky nod to the difficulties of surviving as an indie shop in this time, and Mike McDonald, who co-owns Permanent alongside Clint Anderson, can certainly speak to some of the general difficulties of being a record store in 2015, including the lack of one defining method of musical intake.

"We're up against some cultural shifts," McDonald says. "People are uncertain what technology they want; nobody's settled on one particular thing. There doesn't seem to be a standard [format] anymore. It's kind of like the Wild West—no rules. For a couple years, my partner Clint and I ran ourselves ragged trying to figure it out. At the end of the day, we finally realized nobody knows anything.

There is no standard, so we can pretty much have our own rules. There's no yardstick to go by anymore, so I think us small shops do what we can to attract our customers."

McDonald is of two minds about Record Store Day: it certainly brings people into the store, and he agrees with its original sensibility of supporting the indie stores and honing that sense of community connected to the spaces. He's less enthused by its more blandly commercial aspects.

"That whole Black Friday-type attitude turns us off completely," he says.

"But the pure idea—hey, independent record stores are being avalanched by technology and the values of the current society, the values of the young people and how they want to consume music, et cetera, et cetera— we just like to stick to the pure idea; that's why we're here."

As a result, Permanent Records makes an event out of it; bands play throughout the day (this year the lineup's the Fuzz Kings, Billie Zizi and Pal Joey) to highlight the more communal aspect of a record store: a place to buy and talk about music that isn't the Internet. It's a sentiment that Blackbyrd's manager Jason Troock seems to echo.

"I do think that people come down to record stores to check out stuff, to learn about new releases," Troock

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So while Record Store Day certainly gets customers through the door— exclusive releases aside, most stores couple it with a general product sale—that intense focus on a single day sometimes means the rise in sales is often followed by a lull.

"I've heard from a couple stores from across the country who aren't big fans of the way it happens," Liukko says.

"They have one great day, that does you two weeks' worth of business, or a month of business, and then you have, 'Well I spent all my money at Record Store Day, so it'll be four-to-six weeks before I have any money to come back.'"

And so, in a Dickensian sort of way, there's a sense that the sentiment of Record Store Day needs to stretch beyond the one day in April, if independent physical retailers are to continue to survive. Special releases are, well, special, but so are having places in the community where people can go buy and discuss music—that community is the reason, McDonald notes, he keeps going, in spite of the odds.

"To me, the record store is a bit of a temple, like church, perhaps," he says.

"It's like going to see your favourite band; you're in church. When I go to see the Who, nothing else exists for me. ... That's the attitude we have here at our record store: trying our best to have a cool record store."

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FEATURE // VINYL

Pressing matters

Canada Boy Vinyl, the country's only pressing plant, under construction in Calgary Dean Reid, the man behind Canada Boy // Joshua Stanton

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he construction of what will be Canada's only vinyl-pressing plant has become one of the country's worst-kept music secrets.

Owner Dean Reid had not intended to go public with the details of Canada Boy Vinyl (located in northeast Calgary) just yet, but he found himself in the spotlight after word of the plant leaked in an online magazine.

"It basically hit the Internet and completely went viral," he says. "At that time I didn't even know what that really meant. I'd heard the word a thousand times ... but I never really knew what that meant until it happened to me."

Reid's email inbox was "lighting up like a Christmas tree" with inquiries— the main one being when he was going to be open for business.

"It's my most dreaded question to answer," he laughs.

As anyone who has dealt with construction knows, a project is rarely ever completed on time. Add to that the onerous task of tracking down record-pressing equipment, and there's no certain answer. The bestcase scenario, Reid notes, would be to start taking orders in mid-May, but his better answer is "as soon as humanly goddamn possible."

Regardless, Canda Boy will provide a solution for indie bands looking to press vinyl and avoid getting stuck behind major-label releases—which has meant waiting months, in some cases.

But let's back up to the start. Reid, a bass player in Resurrection Joe and a former contractor, created the nascent concept of Canada Boy Vinyl

about three years ago. He had worked in the construction industry for about 20 years, and with his kids grown up and out on their own, he decided it was time for a lifestyle change: he was looking for a career that aligned with what he was most passionate about.

"I just wanted to be able to wake up in the morning and go to work because I wanted to, not because I had to," he adds.

Reid thought about forming a record label, but he soon realized that wasn't a viable business venture on its own.

He didn't want to abandon the notion entirely, so he started looking at ways he could add extensions to bring in revenue for the label and make it sustainable for the long haul.

"It all started making sense: I'll start up a label and I could start signing bands and record them in the studio," he says, noting he already had a warehouse space his band recorded in. "And I figured, if there was only a way I could figure out how to press [records] in the back, then I could retail them out the front in the record store. I was like, 'That's it!' That's my idea, and I started from there."

ing on sourcing pressing materials from all over the globe; along with the help of a friend from the UK, he's been looking in England, Ireland, Germany and Argentina.

"I'm sending emails off to the weirdest places trying to track down what happened to all the old pressing equipment from the old CBS plant here in Canada," he says. "It's like a global, weird CSI hunt for equipment that essentially doesn't exist. That's a major challenge."

The other challenge has been finding skilled workers to handle pressing;

Reid notes is not an automated process, as some may think. There's about 40 steps from start to finish—which could be a whole other article in itself—and it requires a very high skill level to be done properly. That skill can't always be sourced locally, and he's run into numerous roadblocks from Canadian immigration.

"Because I'm a general contractor by trade, it's my job to put all the right people in all the right places," says Reid, who is working with a team of about six right now, which includes his bandmates. "I did manage to work

something out with immigration, and my main pressing guy has got 24 years' experience pressing records, and he's from the UK." Education is going to be a pivotal piece of Canada Boy as well, in the sense of informing people about what goes into the record-pressing process and passing that knowledge on to the younger generation to continue the craft.

"The old timers in the business, and sort of the old guard, a lot of these guys that started out are already dead or retiring. The guy that I'm learning from is 66 years old, and I'm 43, right, so I feel like I'm in the middle now where I'm trying to gain as much knowledge as I can, so I can pass that onto my son's generation," he explains.

"I want to be able to make sure there's a future of vinyl."

But Reid isn't stopping at signing, recording and pressing. He's got some "top-secret shit" he isn't able to talk about right now, but what he can divulge are plans for a coffee shop and record store—a physical one as well as an online store called Scratch the Surface Records. He's still got to secure a space for the shop, but he's hoping to get it up and running by early next year.

"I'm addressing a bunch of different things, as always, but one of the big ones for me is the that whole social element of listening to records. Because when I was a kid and a teenager, sitting around and listening to records actually counted as something to do," says Reid, who has nearly 25 000 records at his current shop space, and counts Indigo Meadow by the Black Angels as one of his current favourites. "I would very much like it to be like you're hanging out in my living room. And there has to be a nice space there with a small stage so we can get bands in there of all shapes and sizes."

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MUSIC PREVUE // PUNK

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e write what we write, and we're good at one thing: sounding like Strung Out," says Jason Cruz, frontman of the venerable punk band that's been stirring up mosh pits since 1989.

Over the phone from Ventura, California, he's discussing the band's new album, Transmission.Alpha.Delta, the follow-up to the group's 2009 release, Agents of the Underground. Cruz explains that when he began writing songs for the new album two years ago, he came up with a concept and let that manifest within Strung Out's punk-meets-metal sound.

"I always say we're a one-dimensional band," he notes. "I don't mean that in a negative way. I just think we've found our sound and it's what we're good at doing. I didn't have any wild expecta-

tions of what I wanted us to be."

The result is a no-holds-barred onslaught of intricate guitar riffs and pounding rhythms, unfurling around lyrics that hone in on what Cruz describes as the invisible signal transmitted between people—the one that brings us together and keeps us together. He's intrigued by the unspoken things that resonate between people, noting they are not always easy to define, but they can be beautiful nonetheless.

"When you're in a band, everyone does it for different reasons. I see it as kind of a calling, a way of communicating with people, a way of reaching out and then people reach out to you," Cruz says. "It's a form of communication, you know? Bringing people together, strangers together in a room—

it's like gospel. We're a generation that doesn't really believe in anything ... and I think music gives people something to believe in. It gives people an excuse to come together despite their differences and forget about them for a little bit."

Communication has been important within Strung Out as well, though in a much more literal sense. Cruz admits this record proved to be a difficult one for the band, which until now had released an album nearly every two years. He can't pinpoint exactly what made this one so tough, but notes the band members all had things going on in their lives—he became a father in 2010, for one—other projects on the go and they wanted to make the next Strung Out release something

important, which meant taking their time with it to get the best outcome.

"We all stepped back from it for a little bit and kind of reevaluated what it meant to us, I guess," says Cruz, who is a visual artist as well frontman of Jason Cruz and Howl. "I think we had a lot of things we needed to work out amongst each other. You know, it's a hard life to live, especially a band at our level. We're not rich or anything like that. We've got to work our asses off for every little thing that we do, and when there's family involved you have to constantly ask yourself, is it worth it? Obviously we felt it was, so you've got to give it everything you've got."

Cruz notes the importance of collaboration as well, which is something he's realized as he's grown older.

One person can't do it all, and he believes it is pivotal to understand your strengths as well as when you need allow someone else to show theirs.

"The most important thing is being able to make something you never would have made on your own with somebody else, especially when you can be dysfunctional with this group of people," he adds. "When it seems like you can't get along or you don't even know how you're going to keep it all together, when you actually come out of that and you make a record and you make something really super cool and positive, it's a testament to what people can do when they just shut their mouths and work."

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PREVUE // ART POP

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wouldn't describe it as a split; it's not like I'm Beyoncé then all of a sudden I'm Sasha Fierce," Laila Biali says.

The Vancouver-born artist, who has made her career as a jazz singer and keyboard player, is set to release House of Many Dreams, an album of many firsts: her first pop record, first record of all-original material, first time as co-producer and first time composing for a string orchestra and choir.

"It's both scary and exhilarating," Biali says from her Brooklyn home. "I think if you had asked me two months ago, I might have self-edited and said I'm excited—but the true response would have been I was nervous."

While she is best known for her jazz work—her record Tracing Light was nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards, and she's a National Jazz Awards winner for her keyboard playing—Biali's music has always had mainstream sensibilities: the new record is the sound her unapologetically embracing the pop.

Biali says she was inspired by her time singing backup and playing keys for Paula Cole, Suzanne Vega and Sting. Those artists, she says, are widely respected as performers and songwriters—and their songs created amazing connections with their fans.

"I started to dabble in songwriting in the cracks and crevices of touring," Biali notes. "The songs emerging actually were more influenced by the music I was immersed in during that time—with Paula and Sting and Suzanne—rather than the music I'd been performing myself as a jazz artist. It was by osmosis."

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The result, House of Many Dreams, is eclectic and cohesive. Opening track "Shadowlands" and "Home" are bombastic slabs of undeniable art pop, with huge, swelling choruses complete with full choirs. "Little Bird" has a spicy Moroccan feel, while the sunny Beatles-bounce of "Love" is perfect for dancing in the kitchen on Sunday morning.

The record, co-produced with her husband, drummer Ben Wittman, also has moments of tender vulnerability. Biali wrote "Sparrow," a sparse piano ballad, the day after a friend's sister lost her twin babies when she was eight months pregnant. And the lullaby "Shine" was her trying to make sense of the Sandy Hook tragedy.

"I was a new mother at the time," Biali explains. "These songs are tributes to those babies, who had obviously become the hope and dreams of those mothers. The greatest gift has been hearing from people who share the impact the music had on them."

The singer-songwriter says she is not abandoning her jazz side, reckoning she'll alternate jazz and pop records and book shows for both.

"I had the desire to show people I was doing something new," Biali adds. "It's an opportunity to reach new people."

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MUSIC PREVUE // HAMILTON LEGEND

Sat, Apr 18 (9 pm) With the Strugglefucks, the Blame-its Wunderbar, $12

Johnston, pondering Darth Vader's career opportunities

BA Johnston

THU APR 16, MERCURY ROOM

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LAILA BIALI AND THE RADIANCE PROJECT W/ SPECIAL GUESTS F&M

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ou'll start off strong," BA Johnston begins. "Usually, McDonald's heavy, with a lot of McDoubles. But by the second day, you start putting rules in, like you'll only eat McDonald's if [you] get up in time for breakfast—very few junk foods can last a month of eating all the time."

From his home in Hamilton, ON, Johnston's discussing his snacking habits on the road. It's pertinent for Johnston: given he's a venerable stompin' Tom—meets washed-up carnival barker, meets '80s/'90s kid—the guy spends a lot of time touring the country in a minivan, fighting off, or giving in to, the gravitational pull of roadside snacks.

"I'll probably go through a phase of a lot of Hawkins Cheezies," he continues. "And then beef jerky—

actually beef jerky's consistent.

I will consistently eat beef jerky that I put in my glove box. There's a lot of good beef jerky out west."

Our phone call finds him in finely sardonic form, as does Shit Sucks, Johnston's 10th album, and his reason for taking to the Trans-Canada once again. It makes odes to the slacker lifestyle, spirals through tales of drinking your parents' liquor as an adult, compares damaged love to an IKEA hotdog, and dares ask the eternal question of what if Darth Vader was the night manager at a Burger King?

The album also found Johnston enlisting Mike O'Neill, of Halifax's the Inbreds, to produce the disc.

"I'd had the same producer for the past three records, so I thought it was time to mix it up, insomuch as I ever mix it up," Johnston says.

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"Mike seemed like a really good guy, and I'd played some festivals that the Inbreds have played. So I hung out with him; we have mutual friends, so he said he would do it.

Any the people in Halifax will work for, like, a Whopper, so it's really easy to get people to play on your record out there."

Shit Sucks has the dubious honour of being one of the last releases on Mammoth Cave Recording Co, the Calgary/Toronto-based label that announced its shuttering a few months ago. Though Johnston sympathizes, he doesn't seem too concerned about forging ahead without a label.

"I guess I could just put a name on the record, some kind of funny name, and just say that's the record label," he says with audible shrug.

"As long as you have distribution, I don't think it really matters. [...] I'm sad that Mammoth Cave isn't doing stuff anymore—they're good guys, I can understand their pain. They lost a lot of money, and bands are the worst people on Earth, too, so you're dealing with a bunch of ding dongs all the time, which would be difficult."

Johnston's tour for Shit Sucks won't feature as many shows as he's crammed into previous outings—by his count, in his heydey he'd spend almost a third of the year crossing Canada, playing bars, legions, living rooms—wherever, really. The scale-back comes from having achieved a certain a level of earned infamy: he can pull (slightly) more lucrative gigs everywhere he goes, meaning less time on the road, a trend he's happy to follow.

"If someone paid me 20 grand, I'd play one show a year," Johnston says. "I don't think that's gonna happen. But one day."

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PREVUE // ROCK

Hard-rock mainstays

LEAF RAPIDS LUCKY STARS

Featuring Keri and Devin Latimer from ‘Nathan’

Produced by Steve Dawson

"Infectious alt-country noir, fractured folk-swing and surreal songwriting.” - Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Live at The Mercury Room on April 21 Upcoming Shows

Clutch F

irsts can be nice, journalism-wise

(scoops!), but, on occasion, somewhat double-edged. Case in point: a few minutes into a conversation with Clutch's Tim Sult, he acknowledges this to be the first time he's talked about the band's yet-untitled 11th studio album—slated for a September release. Which also means he's finding it tricky to really quantify the release-to-be.

"I'm just having a hard time placing it, trying to compare it to the rest of the catalogue," he offers. "I would say I definitely like it."

Which is definitely good thing, and said without snark; Sult's genuinely trying to be helpful. You also get a sense that he's a guy who's happy to do—to make and record and tour music— rather than waste much time talking about it. That plays into the workmanlike charm of Clutch: a venerable main-

Sun, April 19 (6 pm) With Mastodon, Big Business Edmonton Expo Centre, $57

stay of hard-rock circles, the steadfast, well-respected Maryland four-piece that—in among myriad side projects, and even the Bakerton Group, which features all of Clutch's members as an instrumental jam band—has been powering along since 1991.

That the band's now out on the road with Mastodon—stretching out those new songs in front of audiences— means that live is probably the best place to get a sense of what's about to come from Clutch. But there are a few things about the record that Sult can put out there: firstly, that it's the longest stretch between songwriting sessions the band's ever had.

"We actually didn't get together to jam for a full year," Sult says, noting the gap was simply the result of busyness. "I think not writing new material for a year together brought a little bit

of freshness."

It's also the third album the band's put together with producer Machine.

Working with him again meant detouring the group down to Texas; between 2013's Earth Rocker and this album, Machine had relocated from New Jersey to just outside of Austin, where he'd built a studio on his property.

A few albums recorded with the same outside eye builds up a certain trust, Sult notes, between band and producer.

"Back when we first started working with him, we were kind of wary about having a fifth voice, a fifth opinion in the recording and writing process," he recalls. "But I think, over the years, as we've gotten older we've accepted that a bit more. We're a little bit easier to work with now, and I think he's a little easier to work with now. Everything goes pretty smoothly."

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R.ARIEL / THU, APR 16 (8 PM) This Phoenix, Ariz gal, aka Rachel Crocker, is on a rambling, snaky solo tour of North America, booking shows as she goes. Brian Eno gave her props for her solo psych-folk stuff, which is heavy on the noir. Playing with some Edmonton support: MoonMuseum, Borscht and You Are An Explorer. (Wunderbar, $8 advance, $10 at the door)

RELLIK / FRI, APR 17 (8 PM) Edmonton rapper and producer Rellik has been in the game since he was 14, and he has shared stages with hip-hop heavyweights Talib Kwali, Kardinal Offishall and Run DMC. He won the 2015 United Way "My Voice" campaign, dealing with poverty and adversity. He's having an album-release show for this third record, The Dream.

(Mercury Room, $10)

Tickets available at Tix on the Square, The Gramophone and at the door.

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BIG AL'S GRAND OPENING / FRI, APR 17 – SAT, APR 18 (9 PM) This room for Edmonton blues lovers is movin' on up to a new location. The crew is celebrating with—what else?—some hot blues. Headlining is Joe Louis Walker, a Blues Hall of Fame member who is considered to be one of the finest bluesmen of his generation.

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GUY DAVIS / SAT, APR 18 (7:30 PM) This Guy is an acoustic-blues revivalist that seasons his boogie with stories of the American south. Toe-tapping stuff that makes you feel like you're on some front porch, fanning yourself from the sultry heat. (Festival Place, $32 – $36) COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO

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THE SWEATHEARTS / TUE, APR 21 (9 PM) The local punk-ish all-girl power trio are playing with Gender Poutine and Skunk Coat. Fronted by the busy Marlaena Moore—a solo artist and bass player for Switches—the Sweathearts are scrappy, lo-fi goodness. Expect it to be, well, sweaty. (Wunderbar, $7)

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LEAF RAPIDS / TUE, APR 21 (9:30 PM) Husband-and-wife duo Keri and Devin Latimer are best known for their alt-country band Nathan. Their new project explores cabin fever and spring, apt tunes for pasty Edmonton. (Mercury Room, $10 advance, $12 at the door)

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mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brunch with the Jim

Findlay trio; 9am-3pm; Donations BLUES ON WHYTE Shawn Holt & the

SKYPE / SIRIUSXM PRESENTS

Teardrops

KODALINE

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

SEPULTURA

30 YR. ANNIVERSARY TOUR’

MAY/24 MAY/25

DESTRUCTION, ARSIS, BORIS THE BLADE & MICAWBER

UNION EVENTS PRESENTS

Various locations such as Grant MacEwan University (Alberta College), McDougall Church and Old Strathcona Performing Arts' Centre; runs Apr 13-May 1 BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Blue Mondays

with Jimmy and the Sleepers; 8-11pm 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) BLUES ON WHYTE Alex Zayas DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday open mic MERCURY ROOM Music Magic Monday

Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4 NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin Horsemen PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

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

DJs

Duggan's House Band 5-8pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue

EDMONTON EXPO CENTRE Mastodon &

Clutch - The Missing Link Tour; 6pm

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

HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm

DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave

NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip hop with

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

TUE APR 21

RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Jam hosted

107TH ANNUAL KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL

AMARANTHE

W/ I PREVAIL, SANTA CRUZ & GUESTS

Chelsea DE Johnson and Scott Cook

UNIONEVENTS.COM PRESENTS

Classical

WUNDERBAR The Party on High Street,

CONVOCATION HALL University of Alberta

Clarinet Studio Recital; 2-3pm; Donation

W/ GUESTS

107TH ANNUAL KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with

by Jim Dyck, Randy Forsberg and Mark Ammar; 4-8pm

LITTLE DRAGON

MON APR 20

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

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

OPIUO & FKJ

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

ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic

DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun Night Live on

UBK & BLUEPRINT PRESENT...

W/

107TH ANNUAL KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL

jam hosted with the Marshall Lawrence Band; 4pm

W/ GAVIN JAMES

MAY/15

SUN APR 19

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun BBQ

W/

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

Various locations such as Grant MacEwan University (Alberta College), McDougall Church and Old Strathcona Performing Arts' Centre; runs Apr 13-May 1

UBK & NIGHT VISION PRESENT

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open Jam:

Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds

(Kokopelli Choir Association); 3pm; $20 (regular), 415 (students)

Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

W/

with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

ST. ANDREW’S UNITED CHURCH Echoes

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Your Famous UNION EVENTS PRESENTS

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

Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice

sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai

APR/17

ROBERTSON WESLEY UNITED CHURCH

Haydn and Company - Alberta Baroque Ensemble; 3pm

LA CITE FRANCOPHONE A Most Beautiful

Deception; 2pm ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE

Concordia Community Chorus Concert; 3pm

DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

Slow Leaves; 9:30pm; $10 (adv), $12 (door) NEW WEST HOTEL Tue Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm • LATER: Hurtin Horsemen O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Bingo Toonz

every Tue RED PIANO Every Tue: the Nervous Flirts

8pm; $18 (adv), $22 (door) NEW WEST HOTEL Hurtin Horsemen

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

ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW Open mic Wed: Hosted by Jordan Strand; every Wed, 9-12 jordanfstrand@gmail.com / 780-6558520

SANDS HOTEL Country music dancing

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Jason Greeley

(acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm2am every Wed; no cover

STARLITE ROOM Paint Nite; 7pm; No

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

minors WUNDERBAR The Sweathearts are

back! With Skunk Coat and Gender Poutine; $7 YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: A/B

Trio With Jeremiah Mcdade; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

Classical DUTCH CANADIAN CLUB Swedish

DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage Tue; 9pm

Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member) RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 RIVER CREE MARIOTT BALLROOM The

Monkees; 7pm ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover

Schlager Music: The Soundtrack of a Nation Lecture; 7:30-8:30pm; Free

UNION HALL Kiesza: the Sound of a

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Donizetti's Lucia

ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray

Woman Tour with Guest Betty Who; 9pm

Di Lammermoor Presented by Edmonton Opera

and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:3010pm; no cover

DJs

Classical

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Brit

WEST END CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Edmonton Chamber Music

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

Society, Dawn Upshaw; 8pm

BRIXX Metal night every Tue

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays:

DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly,

Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

WED APR 22

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

MERCURY ROOM Laila Biali with guests;

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

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Tuesday Night

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

with host Duff Robison

RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live Music

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

BLUES ON WHYTE Alex Zayas

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic

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

Various locations such as Grant MacEwan University (Alberta College), McDougall Church and Old Strathcona Performing Arts' Centre; runs Apr 13-May 1 Jam with host Harry Gregg and Geoffrey O'Brien; 8-11pm

CHA ISLAND Scales and Tales: With musicians Braden Gates, Jasper Smith, Ella Coyes, Tanner Onciul and featured readers Donita Wiebe, and Neufeld.

Host Tony Flemming-Blake; 7:30-9pm; Admission by donations (Door prizes available)

107TH ANNUAL KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL

Various locations such as Grant MacEwan University (Alberta College), McDougall Church and Old Strathcona Performing Arts' Centre; runs Apr 13-May 1 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed

DJs

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt

'80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt

'80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave,

VENUEGUIDE

APR/18

THE REAL SICKIES W/ M.S.A. AND THE DEVIL’S SONS

APR/24

TERRIAN EP RELEASE W/ TAT, JESSIKA HARLING BAND

APR/29 MAY/2

LETTUCE PRODUCE BEATS

THE QUICK & DIRTY W/ CROOKED SPIES AND SPEKTERS

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

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ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARDEN THEATRE 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE 5041-50 St, Camrose BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 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 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 COMMON 9910-109 St CONCORDIA LUTHERAN SEMINARY 7040 Ada Blvd NW CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta 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 DUTCH CANADIAN CLUB 13312142 St NW DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN 10200-102 Ave NW HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head

VUEWEEKLY.com | APR 16 – APR 22, 2015

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 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 11455-87 Ave NW KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LA CITE FRANCOPHONE 8627 Marie-Anne Gaboury 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 MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr 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 PALACE CASINO West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PERMANENT RECORDS 8126 Gateway Blvd NW THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St QUEEN ALEXANDRA HALL 10425 University Ave NW 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 RIVER CREE 300 East Lapotac Blvd, Enoch ROBERT TEGLER CENTRE Concordia Campus 73 St & 112 Ave ROBERTSON WESLEY CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave, 780.424.3836 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A

8519-112 St SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Suite 1650, West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH 9915-148 St NW 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 UNION HALL 6240-99 St VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WEST END CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 10015-149 St NW WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 XWRECKS 9303-50 St NW 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

EVENTS WEEKLY

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,

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

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

COMEDY

FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • Crazy Loon Pub, 10208-99

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 Entertain-

Ave N.E., Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

ILLNESS SUPPORT AND SOLUTIONS • Robertson Wesley United Church Library, 10209-123 St • 780.235.5911 • Crohn's Colitis, I.B.D. Support and Solutions • Every 2nd and 4th Tue, 7-9pm

ment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Marvin Krawczyk; Apr 16-18 • Brian Link; Apr 23-25 • Cory Robinson; Apr 30-May 2

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

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM •

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

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 • Tom Rhodes; Apr 15-19 • Tait's Tales; Apr 20 • Ben Gleib; Apr 23-26 • Sean Lecomber; Apr 29 • Alonzo Bodden Special Performance; Apr 30-May 3

CONNIE'S COMEDY • Draft Bar & Grill, 12912-50 St • With Shawn Gramiak, Danny Martinello, and Ryan Short • Apr 15, 7:30pm

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION •

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm • NAWCA Annual Show & Competition; Apr 25-26; Free

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey

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

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

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave •

POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall,

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

KRUSH_IT PART DEUX COMEDY CONTEST • Krush Ultralounge, 16648-109 St • Presented by Connie's Comedy, 100.3 the Bear, Krush Ultralounge. Proceeds going to Bear Children's Fund • Apr 21, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show) • $5

OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • winspearcentre.com • 780.428.1414 • With Tommy Tiernan • Apr 19, 7:30pm

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug) E: amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free

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

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP

• Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext.

234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) • Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB

EDMONTON NATURE CLUB • King’s University College, 9125-50 St • A monthly meeting.

The speaker will be Owen Watkins, fisheries biologist with Alberta Fish and Wildlife who will speak on “Life History Of Lake Sturgeon In The North Saskatchewan River” • Apr 17, 7pm • Admission by donation

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free

toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:051pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:051pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact bradscherger@hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com • 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

YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 18 -30) DROP-IN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP • Pilgrims Hospice, 9808-148 St • jessem@pilgrimshospice. com • 780.413.9801 ext. 107 • pilgrimshospice.com • For those who wish to connect with those of the same age who are also grieving.

Trained facilitator will guide the group in topics related to grief • Apr 22, 7pm

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION

• waskahegantrail.ca • Terwillegar Park: Meet at McDonalds Riverbend (494 Riverbend Square); Hike leader: Karen (780.642.6372); Apr 19, 9:45am • RB Hill (Battle River near Duhamel): Meet at Superstore at Calgary Trail, 51 Ave; Hike leader: David M. (780.434.2675); Apr 25, 9:45am • Guests welcome; annual membership $20

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515

10135-96 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm

Delwood 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

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old

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 Alberta-Edmonton branch provides a facilitated family support group for caregivers of a loved one living with schizophrenia. Free drop-in the 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY

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

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS 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

• 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

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood

SWEDISH SCHLAGER MUSIC: THE SOUNDTRACK OF A NATION • Dutch

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

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)

THE WALRUS TALKS ABORIGINAL CITY • Shaw Conference Centre, Hall D, 9797 Jasper Ave NW • events@thewalrus.ca • thewalrus. ca/the-walrus-talks-aboriginal-city • Eighty minutes of lively, thought-provoking ideas on Aboriginal life in Canadian cities—from culture, to business, to politics, and more • Apr 23, 7-10 pm • $15 (general admission), $12 (students)

QUEER BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House,

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

9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

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

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus

St; Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators.

Canadian Club - Home of the Scandinavians, 13312-142 St • kendomier@shaw.ca • Learn more about Swedish Schlager music at a presentation by Dr. John Eason, Lecturer, Scandinavian Program at the University of Alberta • Apr 21, 7:30-8:30pm • Free

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

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash

G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/ student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Swimming–Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.ca; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@ teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@teamedmonton. ca, sillum.ca G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm

INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campusbased organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca

LIVING POSITIVE • #33, 9912-106 St • 780.424.2214 • livingpositivethroughpositiveliving.com • In office peer counseling, public speakers available for presentations, advocacy and resource materials available • Support group for gay men living with HIV: 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@ pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women’s Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@shaw.ca ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

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

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WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm SPECIAL EVENTS 28TH ANNUAL MAYOR'S CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • winspearcentre.com • Join Mayor Don Iveson and the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton at the 28th Annual Mayor's Celebration of the Arts. Celebrating some of the best artistic talents the city has to offer, in an evening of awards and performance from some of Edmonton's most talented artists • Apr 20, 7pm

33RD ANNUAL LAW DAY • Edmonton Law Courts, 1A Sir Winston Churchill Square • lawdayalberta.weebly.com/edmonton.html • Promoting access to justice with opportunities to meet lawyers, judges police officers and many others • Apr 18, 9:30am-3:30pm • Free ANNIVERSARY PIG ROAST & PIZZA PARTY • Edmonton Meals on Wheels, 11111103 Ave • Celebrate Meals on Wheels' anniversary with games, refreshments, special guests and live entertainment • Apr 21, 11am-2pm

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

ENTERPRISE EDMONTON PRESENTS EXPRESSIVE ARTS FOR WOMEN • Roots on Whyte, 305 8135-102 St • 780.919.8416 • Express your creative self through movement, music and visual art • Apr 16, 7-9pm • $25

E-VILLE ROLLER DERBY PRESENTS: E-VILLE DEAD VS AVALANCHE CITY ROLLER GIRLS • Edmonton Sports Dome, 10104 32 Ave NW • Apr 18, 7-8:30pm • $15 (door), $10 (adv), free (kids 10 and under)

GAME DISCOVERY EXHIBITION • PCL Lounge - Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, 116 St & 85 Ave • gdx@vgadclub. com • gdxedmonton.com • Bringing together game creators to show off their work, engage in professional development, encourage entrepreneurship, and build community • Apr 25, 9:30am-7:30pm • Free (tickets are required - pre-register on event website) MUSIC AND VERSE IN SUPPORT OF WIN • Big Al's House of Blues (inside of Yellowhead Inn), 15004 Yellowhead Trail • vidaofficial89@ gmail.com • A series of captivating live music and words by seven diverse women in support of WIN House (Edmonton Women's Shelter) • Apr 25, 2pm (doors), 3pm (show) • Donations at the door

NERD NITE #20 • The Club at the Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • The last Nerd Nite of the season. Think along the lines of user experience, squirrels, and foreskin • Apr 27, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show) • $20 (adv), $25 (door) • Kids 17 and under will not be admitted ORCHID FAIR 2015 • The Enjoy Centre, 101 Riel Drive, St. Albert • orchidsalberta.com • Celebrating the hobby of orchid growing • Apr 17, 12-4pm • $10, Free (kids under 12) PAELLA FOR PEACE FUNDRAISING DINNER • Riverdale Hall, 9231-100 Ave • CEBAbodhi@gmail.com • 780.918.7890 • cebainfo.org • Providing education to children and residents in Buddha’s Birthplace: Lumbini, Nepal • Apr 18, 6:30-9pm • $30 (adv at Earth's General Store)

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm SPRING EDMONTON WOMAN'S SHOW • Edmonton EXPO Centre, Hall A - Northlands, 7515 118 Ave NW • womanshow.com • Featuring guest speakers Jeff & Jordan of Big Brother (Sat only), cheese-tasting seminars, puppies, Make & Take workshops, and much more • Apr 18-19, 9am-5pm • $12 (ages 13+), $10 (senior, student), free (kids 12 and under)

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2005.

Cast and Crew Call for the Low Budget Short Action Film “Heaven”. No-pay gig.

Shoot scheduled for 4 days in September. Please e-mail jeremyalafond@gmail.com for more info.

To place an ad PHONE: 780.426.1996 / FAX: 780.426.2889 EMAIL: classifieds@vueweekly.com 130.

Coming Events

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Volunteers Wanted

Can You Read This?

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.

Help someone Who can’t!

Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills.

Call Valerie at P.A.L.S 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca

Habitat for Humanity Hosts Women Build Week - May 26-30 Attention Women: Volunteer with us on a Habitat build site to help build homes and hope with other women! Our expert staff provides training with a focus on safety in a fun and welcoming environment. Take home an inspiring sense of accomplishment. Tools, equipment and lunch are provided. Visit http://www.hfh.org/volunteer/w omen-build/, and Follow us on Facebook/@HabitatEdm and Twitter@HabitatEdm.

AfricAn MediuM Mr. JAHABA

37 years experience I can help you: Out of Despair, Reunite, Lovers Forever, Happy Marriage, Stop Divorce, Stress, Depression, Success in Business, Exams, Court Cases, Remove Bad Luck & Evils - gives 100% Protection

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

2005.

Artist to Artist

1st Assistant Film Director is needed to assist Main Director on film project. This individual must have experience working with Arriflex motion-picture film camera.This individual must travel when required, to Jasper National Park (townsite) for segments of filming. The film directing schedule might be tight, because Jasper is a tourist town, with many people visiting the area each month. The Main Director can’t always be present on location to direct actors. The Main Director, Craig will send the film script to the assistant; once a qualified film director is chosen. If this Director has film producing experience, and has worked on film budgets before; this would be helpful. For further information, e-mail Craig at crgsymonds49@gmail.com.

Please e-mail your Film Directing resume.

Assistant Director needed.

The Assistant Director must have Film Producing experience as he/she will be calculating the Films budget. If the Director has experience with being a Location Manager; this would be very beneficial for the Main film Director, since he doesn’t live in the. Jasper town area.

P.S. When an experienced Film director is chosen then the project starts. FAVA Edmonton members are very welcome to apply for position.

You can also Skype video the Main Director for more details crgsymonds49@gmail.com

Artist to Artist

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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Outside Advertising Sales Representative Northeast News - Dawson Creek Description

We are seeking a team player with a professional attitude to work and learn in a fast paced, business environment.

Qualications The ideal candidate must be motivated and take the initiative to sell multiple media products, including on-line advertising and special products, work with existing customers and develop new customers. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Above average communication skills, valid driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle are necessary.

If a rewarding challenge resonates with you, contact us today.

Please submit your resume and cover letter to: Brenda Piper, Publisher / Sales Manager Northeast News, 9909 - 100th Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 1Y4 salesmanager@northeastnews.ca

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Musicians Available

Mark (Sharky) Schauer plays pedal steel, DOBRO, lap steel, 5 string, and mandolin. Last employers were Ian Tyson and Tommy Hunter. Looking for full time road work and sessions.

Phone 403-638-3026 or 403-507-0712.

2020.

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.

We’re also looking for FOOD films, stories with SNOW, MAN (the stuff that falls from the sky), DANCE and COMEDY. Regular submission deadline is APRIL 30. Submit NOW to Alberta’s longest running international film festival. www.edmontonfilmfest.com

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Musicians Wanted

ALBERTA’S OWN INDEPENDENT MUSIC FESTIVAL #14, AUG 14-16 @TAIL CREEK RACEWAYS IS NOW ACCEPTING BAND SUBMISSIONS FOR 2015 (must be original music). From all over CANADA. To apply send your EPK to albertasownads@gmail.com.

EPK must contain at least 3 original songs + bio and picture. Deadline for submissions by March 15, 2015. Check us out at albertasown.ca. Volunteers also needed.

Bassist, 53, needs lead instrumentalist for blues jamming in Leduc, backing tracks available. sirveggi@telus.net, 986-2940 Guitarists, bassists, vocalists, pianists and drummers needed for good paying teaching jobs.

Please call 780-901-7677 Looking for players for blues rock Contact Derek at 780-577-0991

3100. Appliances/Furniture Old Appliance Removal Removal of unwanted appliances. Must be outside or in your garage.

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

7020.

Legal Services

Final Estate Planning Wills, Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives.

Please call Nicole Kent with At Home Legal Services(780) 756-1466 to prepare your Final Estate Planning Documents.

8150.

Cleaning Services

If you’ve got a mess, please don’t stress. Call Dust Busters House Cleaning Services: Steph 587-982-3232.

VUESINGS

BABY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK COME ON, SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU'RE WORTH MAKE 'EM GO, "AAH, AAH, AAH" AS YOU SHOOT ACROSS THE SKY-Y-Y

ALBERTA-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS •• announcements •• DO YOU KNOW a great volunteer? The Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association and Direct Energy are now accepting nominations for the 2015 Volunteer Citizen of the Year award to recognize someone who goes above and beyond to help others in the community.

Nominations are open to all residents served by an AWNA newspaper with the award going to the person who most exemplifies the volunteer spirit.

A $5000 donation will be made to a community organization of the winner’s choice. Just visit: directenergy.com/vcoy or awna.com. Nominations close Friday, April 17, 2015.

•• auctions •• MEIER SPRING Classic Car & Truck Auction. Saturday & Sunday, May 2 & 3, 11 a.m. 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Consign today, call 780-440-1860.

ACREAGE AUCTION for Lawrence Nonay. Saturday, April 18. Sale Features: Ford diesel truck; tractors; antiques/ collectibles; tools; misc. items & much more. Details at: www. spectrumauctioneering.com.

780-960-3370 / 780-903-9393.

SPRING EQUIPMENT Consignment Auction. Sat., April 25, 9 a.m., MAS Sales Centre, Blackfalds. Farm equipment dispersals, tractors, farm machinery, acreage equipment, cars, trucks, equipment trailers, RV’s, ATV’s, fencing, livestock equipment, lumber, lawn & garden , trees, tools & much more.

See www.montgomeryauctions. com or call 1-800-371-6963.

ATR MANUFACTURING INC. 11724 - 180 St., Edmonton, Alberta. Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 10 a.m. Selling 5000 lb. forklift, gravity conveyor system, free standing Gantry Crane, articulating 14’ Jib Crane, warehouse equipment, 2-post hoist, shop equipment, material handling, new stock, offices, QC test equipment.

See www.montgomeryauctions.com. 1-800-371-6963.

WHEATLAND AUCTIONS Spring Consignment Auction.

April 18, 10 a.m. in Cheadle, Alberta. Farm equipment, vehicles, heavy equipment, RVs, etc. Consign now!

Call 403-669-1109; www. wheatlandauctions.com.

AUTO/TOOL/SURPLUS AUCTION. Saturday, April 18 at 11 a.m. Autos, tools, parts, surplus, storage buildings, benches, tents, pressure washers.

Scribner Auction, Hiway 14, Wainwright, Alberta. 780-8425666; www.scribnernet.com.

•• business •• opportunities HIP OR KNEE Replacement? COPD or arthritic conditions? The Disability Tax Credit. $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on average). Apply today! 1-844-453-5372.

HIGH CASH PRODUCING vending machines. $1.00 vend

= .70 profit. All on location in your area. Selling due to illness.

Call 1-866-668-6629 for details.

ONLINE BUSINESS. Serious impact on retirement for self-motivated people.

Work at your home. Flex hours. Free online training!

Escalating income potential; www.project4wellness.com.

•• career training •• MEDICAL TRAINEES needed now! Hospitals & doctor’s offices need certified medical office & administrative staff! No experience needed! We can get you trained! Local placement assistance available when training is completed. Call for program details! 1-888-627-0297.

•• coming events •• ANTIQUE SHOW - Edmonton - Western Canada’s longest running collectors show - antiques, collectibles, and pop culture. 40th Annual Wild Rose Antique Collectors Show & Sale. Sellers from across Canada. Special collectors displays. Antique evaluations by Canadian Antiques Roadshow appraiser Gale Pirie - $12 per item. Saturday, Apr. 18, 9 - 5 p.m.; Sunday, Apr. 19, 10 - 4 p.m. Edmonton Expo Centre. 780-437-9722; www. wildroseantiquecollectors.ca 3-DAY ANTIQUE & Vintage Doll Show & Sale. Friday, April 17, 6 - 9 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 10 - 5 p.m. Sunday, April 19, Noon - 4 p.m. Classic Furniture Gallery, Whitecourt, Alberta.

5113 - 50 Ave. (behind IGA).

•• employment •• opportunities MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-7683362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

WILD ORCHID SALON & Spa, Jasper, Alberta seeking Licensed Hairstylists & Registered Massage Therapists!

Accommodation available, travel & bonus incentives.

Please send resume & references to: info@wildorchidjasper.com; www.wildorchidjasper.com. 780-852-2111.

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Visit: awna.com/for-job-seekers.

•• equipment •• for sale A-CHEAP, lowest prices, steel shipping containers. Used 20’ & 40’ Seacans insulated 40 HC DMG $2450. 1-866-528-7108; www.rtccontainer.com.

•• for sale •• METAL ROOFING & SIDING. 30+ colours available at over 40 Distributors. 40 year warranty.

48 hour Express Service available at select supporting Distributors. Call 1-888-263-8254.

SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make money & save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & dvd: www.

NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT. 1-800-566-6899 ext. 400OT. REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping.

Full boxes as low as $0.99/ tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-8733846 or www.treetime.ca.

LOOKING FOR a shop?

Post Frame Buildings. AFAB Industries has experience, expertise, reliability and great construction practices. For a free quote, contact Ryan Smith 403-818-0797 or email: ryan.afab@gmail.com.

•• manufactured •• homes THE HEART of Every Home is in its Kitchen. Kitchen specials starting at $138,500. Upgrades include full backsplash, stainless steel appliances & more.

For more information call United Homes Canada 1-800461-7632 or visit our site at www.unitedhomescanada.com.

•• real estate •• UNDEVELOPED LAND in Okotoks, Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, April 29 in Edmonton. 80+/- acres just North of Okotoks town limit. Currently Zoned A - Agricultural District.

Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW 3842+/- sq. ft. on 33.98 title acres & 5.50 Acre Lot w/32, 440+/- sq. ft. Commercial Industrial Buildings.. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 7, Getkate Property near Lethbridge, Alberta.

Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY

ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): The California Gold Rush hit its peak between 1849 and 1855. Three hundred thousand adventurers flocked to America's West Coast in search of gold. In the early days, gold nuggets were lying around on the ground in plain sight, or relatively easy to find in gravel beds at the bottom of streams. But later prospectors had to work harder, developing methods to extract the gold from rocks that contained it. One way to detect the presence of the precious metal was through the use of nitric acid, which corroded any substance that wasn't gold.

The term "acid test" refers to that process. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because it's a good time for you to use the metaphorical version of an acid test as you ascertain whether what you have discovered is truly golden.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): The time between now and your birthday will provide you with excellent opportunities to resolve lingering problems, bring drawnout melodramas to a conclusion, and clean up old messes—even the supposedly interesting ones.

You want to know what else this upcoming period will be good for? I'll tell you: 1) Surrendering control-freak fantasies. 2) Relieving your backlog of tension.

3) Expelling delusional fears that you cling to out of habit. 4) Laughing long and hard at the cosmic jokes that have tweaked your attitude.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): In the mid-19th century, the entrance exam for the British Royal Navy was quite odd. Some candidates were required to write down the Lord's Prayer, recite the multiplication table for the number three, get naked and jump over a chair, and drink a glass of sherry.

I'm guessing that your own initiation or rite of passage may, at least initially, seem as puzzling or nonsensical as that one. You might be hard-pressed to understand how it is pertinent to the next chapter of your life story.

And yet I suspect that you will ultimately come to the conclusion—although it may take some time—that this transition was an excellent lead-in and preparation for what's to come.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): In 1909, Sergei Diaghilev founded the Ballets Russes, a Parisian ballet company that ultimately revolutionized the art form. The collaborative efforts he catalyzed were unprecedented. He drew on the talents of visual artists Picasso and Matisse, composers Stravinsky and Debussy, fashion designer Coco Chanel and playwright Jean Cocteau, teaming them up with top choreographers and dancers. His main goal was not primarily to entertain, but rather to excite and inspire and inflame. That's the spirit I think you'll thrive on in

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the coming weeks, Cancerian. It's not a time for nice diversions and comfy satisfactions. Go in quest of Ballets Russes-like bouts of arousal, awakening and delight.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Don't ever tame your demons—always keep them on a leash." That's a line from a song by Irish rock musician Hozier. Does it have any meaning for you? Can your personal demons somehow prove useful to you if you keep them wild but under your control? If so, how exactly might they be useful? Could they provide you with primal energy you wouldn't otherwise possess? Might their presence be a reminder of the fact that everyone you meet has their own demons and therefore deserves your compassion? I suspect that these are topics worthy of your consideration right now.

Your relationship to your demons is ripe for transformation—possibly even a significant upgrade.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Will you be the difficult wizard, Virgo?

Please say yes. Use your magic to summon elemental forces that will shatter the popular obstacles. Offer the tart medicine that tempers and tests as it heals.

Bring us bracing revelations that provoke a fresher, sweeter order.

I know it's a lot to ask, but right now there's no one more suited to the tasks. Only you can manage the stern grace that will keep us honest. Only you have the tough humility necessary to solve the riddles that no one else can even make sense of.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): My message this week might be controversial to the Buddhists among you. But I've got to report the cosmic trends as I see them, right? It's my sacred duty not to censor or sanitize the raw data. So here's the truth as I understand it: more desire is the answer to your pressing questions. Passionate intensity is the remedy for all wishy-washy wishes and anesthetized emotions. The stronger your longing, the smarter you'll be. So if your libido is not already surging and throbbing under its own power, I suggest you get it teased and tantalized until it does.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Karelu is a word from the Tulu language that's spoken in South India. It refers to the marks made on human skin by clothing that's too tight. As you know, the effect is temporary. Once the closefitting garment is removed, the imprint will eventually disappear as the skin restores its normal shape and texture. I see the coming days as being a time when you will experience a metaphorical version of karelu, Scorpio.

You will shed some form of constriction and it may take a while for you to regain your full flexibility and smoothness.

ROB BREZSNY FREEWILL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Georgia is not just an American state. It's also a country that's at the border of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Many people who live there speak the Georgian language. They have a word, shemomedjamo, that refers to what happens when you love the taste of the food you're eating so much that you continue to pile it in your mouth well past the time when you're full. I'd like to use it as a metaphor for what I hope you won't do in the coming days: get too much of a good thing. However, it's perfectly fine to get just the right, healthy amount of a good thing.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): When you're a driver in a car race, an essential rule in making a successful pit stop is to get back on the track as quickly as possible.

Once the refuelling is finished and your new tires are in place, you don't want to be cleaning out your cup holder or checking the side-view mirror to see how you look. Do I really need to tell you this? Aren't you usually the zodiac's smartest competitor? I understand that you're trying to become more skilled at the art of relaxation, but can't you postpone that until after this particular race is over? Remember that there's a difference between the bad kind of stress and the good kind. I think you actually need some of the latter.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): Until the early 20th century, mayonnaise was considered a luxury food, a hand-made delicacy reserved for the rich. An entrepreneur named Richard Hellman changed that. He developed an efficient system to produce and distribute the condiment at a lower cost. He put together effective advertising campaigns.

The increasing availability of refrigeration helped, too, making mayonnaise a more practical food. I foresee the possibility of a comparable evolution in your own sphere, Aquarius: the transformation of a specialty item into a mainstay, or the evolution of a rare pleasure into a regular occurrence.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): Piscean author Dr Seuss wrote and illustrated over 40 books for children. Midway through his career, his publisher dared him to make a new book that used no more than 50 different words. Accepting the challenge, Seuss produced Green Eggs and Ham, which went on to become the fourth-best-selling Englishlanguage children's book in history. I invite you to learn from Seuss' efforts, Pisces. How? Take advantage of the limitations that life has given you. Be grateful for the way those limitations compel you to be efficient and precise.

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I consider myself a straight guy— but for the last four years, I've been having an affair with "Connie," a trans girl I met online. It was just casual at first, but over time we developed a deeper personal relationship but kept it hidden. At some point, I figured out she was in love with me. I love her too, but I don't think I am "in love" with her. Several weeks ago, I went on a couple of dates with a girl I met on Match.com. The new girl posted about our dates on Facebook, Connie saw it and was upset, and then Connie outed me to the new girl.

The new girl and I weren't dating anymore, but it still was a betrayal that Connie told her—told anyone—about our relationship and my kink. Right now, I can't look at or speak to Connie, but her friends tell me that she is despondent.

I can't get past my anger. I'd like to keep her as a friend, but can I trust her? She reached out to me recently, but I told her to just leave me alone.

Secret Telling Unnerves Nice Guy "Right out the gate, STUNG has to declare his heterosexuality," says Bailey Jay, an AVN Aw a r d – w i n ning trans porn performer, writer, prolific (and hilarious) tweeter and cohost of The Jim Norton Show on Vice. com. "Unless he's trying to say that trans women are men or that he'd be mortified to be mistaken for a gay person, then emphasizing 'straight' is unnecessary."

Also unnecessary: that "but" after "I consider myself a straight guy." Guys who desire and fuck women exclusively are straight, trans women are women, so no need to drop a "but" before telling us you've been sleeping with a woman who happens to be trans.

"The term 'kink' stuck out as well," Jay adds. "Sex with a trans woman can still be vanilla. I know lots of trans chicks who are a total bore in bed—so while something new can be exciting, sex with trans women is not innately kinky because of our bodies."

Vocabulary lesson's over, STUNG. Now the advice …

"STUNG says he feels betrayed by Connie blabbing about their relationship," Jay says, "but it sounds less like a betrayal and more like embarrassment. The whole tone of his letter seems to imply that it's a given that being with a trans woman is innately shameful. But take out all of the conditioned negative associations that some have with trans people and what are you left with? At worst, we have a young lady who got jealous and acted immaturely."

Let's pause for a moment to think about why Connie behaved imma-

turely and tried to screw up your (already DOA) relationship with the new girl.

"STUNG seems to feel that it's a given that Connie should know better than to talk openly about their relationship," Jay says, "because trans women are an embarrassment and Connie should know enough to keep quiet."

So you treated Connie like she was an embarrassing secret for four long years, STUNG, and that caused her pain. You caused her pain. Then you go on a couple dates with another woman—a cis woman—and it's instantly all over Facebook. Connie was understandably upset, and not just by the fact that you were seeing someone else. All the hurt and anger that built up over the last four years— hurt at the way you treated her, anger with herself for putting up with it—overwhelmed her, and she lashed out. Connie isn't a bad person, STUNG, she was just angry and upset.

"And I don't think STUNG is a bad guy," Jay says. "His attitude toward trans women was shaped by a cul-

other confusing thing: my vagina always gets way wetter than usual when he puts a diaper on me. But I can't seem to get to a place where I actually feel like I'm enjoying it. Is it fair that I feel resentful for not being given more understanding for my mixed feelings? Is there a way I can break through and enjoy this?

(We have plenty of vanilla sex, which he is totally into as well.)

Adult Diapers Under Lover's Terms Something about being put in a diaper turns you on. (The particular sensations it creates in your swimsuit area? The taboo-ness of being a non-incontinent adult in a diaper?) But that turn-on is short-circuited by your discomfort.

And if your turn-on is grounded in the sensations and/or the taboo, ADULT, you may never become comfortable with your boyfriend's kink. Quite the opposite: the more you do it, the less surprising the sensations will come to feel, the less naughty it will feel, the less of an accidental/bank-shot turn-on diapers will become.

Being GGG doesn't require a person to do whatever the hell their partner wants. Remember what GGG stands for: "Good in bed (work on those skills), giving of pleasure (without always expecting immediate reciprocation) and game for anything—within reason." It's unreasonable of your partner to ask you to continue engaging in diaper play when it leaves you feeling violated. You gave it a shot, it's not working for you and you have to be able to discuss your feelings—and your limits—without him playing mad and/ or hurt. Right now, you're engaging in diaper play not out of a GGG desire to meet his needs, ADULT, but because you're afraid of upsetting him. So you're not consenting from a place of honest desire (a desire to do a particular thing, a desire to please your partner) but from a place of fear—you don't fear him, but you fear hurting him. No wonder it leaves you feeling like shit.

Here's what you should say: "Hey, honey, it's great that you have a fetish, and I'm glad you felt comfortable sharing it with me. But I don't enjoy it and I don't think I ever will. So this is something you should explore with other people.

Get yourself a diaper pal, play to your heart's content, and then come home and have awesome vanilla sex with me."

The whole tone of his letter seems to imply that it's a given that being with a trans woman is innately shameful. ture that treats trans women as either fetishes or punch lines. I am a transgender woman, and I have my own internalized transphobia that I've had to navigate around.

So while I can dissect and analyze STUNG, I can hardly vilify him."

So what do I think you should do about Connie? You should call her and apologize. You should tell her that you treated her badly and you can understand why she lashed out. And you should tell her that, while you aren't "in love" with her, you do love her. Then you should tell her you're open to meeting up and talking things out.

And what does Jay think you should do going forward? "I think STUNG should try to see every woman he sleeps with as fully human, regardless of their genitals."

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I'm 26 years old and have been dating my boyfriend for a year. In the first week of dating, he disclosed his adult-baby side. Trying to be a GGG partner, I told him I supported him and dove right in, even though I felt uncomfortable. He likes me to dress him up and let him pee while wearing diapers, and he likes to dress me up. I feel "icky" and even violated afterward—though everything has always been consensual.

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