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RICARDO ACUÑA // RICARDO@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Swearing-in offers a sign of hope

The NDP's public ceremony wasn't held behind closed doors, but welcomed all Albertans At approximately 2:20 pm on Sunday, May 24 the New Democrats officially became Alberta's government and Rachel Notley its leader. A few minutes later, the province's first NDP cabinet was announced and sworn-in.

In addition to the party's four incumbent MLAs, rookies Sarah Hoffman, Shannon Phillips and Joe Ceci had been widely anticipated to receive important portfolios, and they did. Hoffman at Health and Seniors, Phillips at Environment and Women, and Ceci at Finance are all thoughtful and solid choices. A couple of surprises include the appointment of Marg McCuaig-Boyd, largely unknown in policy circles, to the Energy portfolio, and elder NDP statesman Brian Mason to Infrastructure and Transportation rather than either Energy or Finance, which are usually considered the highestprofile ministries.

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the blogosphere have dedicated significant attention to questions like: is the cabinet too small? Will the learning for the ministers be too steep? Is Calgary underrepresented? Ultimately, however, as has happened every time a cabinet has been sworn-in in Alberta, the new ministers will learn their jobs, relying heavily on the public service to guide them forward. They will either be successful and thrive or struggle and be replaced.

Yes, it is significant that there is gender parity in cabinet, and yes, it is nice to see some ethnic diversity there, but the real significance of last Sunday's swearing-in was less about who got sworn-in and more about the symbolism on display and the story being told by the event itself. The New Democrats ran and got elected on a platform of change, new energy, openness and democracy. That story was in full display at the swearing-in ceremony.

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Careless mistakes of youth As part of the NDP's massive orange provincial takeover, the Calgary-Bow candidate Deborah Drever barely had time to process her victory before a trickle of screenshots taken from her various social media accounts started to pour out before the public eye, turning it to a glare.

Drever posing in front of a weed shirt, then using the word "retarded" in a comment; a few days later, an image of her posing on an album cover that seemed to depict an act of sexual violence made it worse.

Premier Notley's response was intelligent and composed: after the album cover, she'd directed Drever to create a plan to improve education on violence on women, and do outreach to groups working in that area. But when another image emerged—of her commenting "Gay Boyz" on a photo of former premier Jim Prentice and interim PC Leader Ric McIvor—Drever finally found herself booted from the party.

As an independent, she's vowed to work to earn back constituents' trust, and Notley has said she'll re-evaluate Drever's political exile in a year. Which is important: this sort of social media gaffe is also only going to be more and more common, going forward. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are an integrated part of young people's lives, meaning they're sharing and saying things they really shouldn't be sharing and saying, and it's being recorded for all posterity, and thus fodder for future political campaigns, too.

That doesn't excuse Drever's casual homophobia, of course. But if there's an upside to the situation, it's that there seems to be an emphasis on education over punishment: it's there in Notley's initial response, and also there from the LGBTQ community, which has invited Drever to Camp fYrefly, a nation-wide leadership retreat for sexual and gender minority youth.

So while the vetting of potential political candidates' various online presences is likely to (and should) become more savvy as time goes on to try and prevent this sort of thing, that the emphasis seems to be on educating Drever about her mistakes, rather than calling for the end of her career, offers a more level-headed approach to politics in the modern era. That the careless mistakes of youth don't have to cost a person their entire political future. V

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Swearing-in ceremonies have typically been conducted behind closed doors with 100 or so VIPs in suits watching in bored silence as newly minted premiers and cabinet ministers drone through their oaths of office and are solemnly welcomed by the Lieutenant Governor. Notley, however, turned that tradition on its head. She had the main doors of the legislature unlocked and opened to the public for the first time since the Ottawa shooting last fall. The actual swearing-in was conducted on the front steps of the legislature and a broad invitation was issued to all Albertans to come and watch. Some 10 000 accepted, and the resulting atmosphere was far closer to that of a festival or family celebration than a stodgy formal government ceremony. There were kids and grown-ups splashing in the wading pool, there were frozen treats and food trucks, and there was cheering and chanting.

"O Canada" was performed by a folkmusic group, there was recognition

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of being on Treaty 6 land, a Métis elder lead the opening prayer, the new ministers smiled, laughed and waved as they were introduced and then proceeded to take the oath of office more enthusiastically than I have ever seen before, and Alberta's new premier fittingly welcomed Albertans back to their legislative assembly.

The ideas of change, new energy and open government were brought up often during the election campaign, and not just by the New Democrats. Sunday's festivities represented the transition of those ideas from rhetoric to fact, and 10 000 Albertans were there to watch it happen. It was difficult not to get caught up in the moment.

The new government has its work cut out for it. We are still in the midst of a fiscal crisis, there are numerous election promises that must be fulfilled quickly, not to mention how Tory skeletons and the real legacy of 44 years of uninterrupted rule will now start to emerge. In

facing those challenges the government would do well to lead with the same spirit of openness and energy on display at the swearingin. Doing so would keep Albertans on-side and, if nothing else, demonstrate that the party was sincere about moving on from the entitled, disconnected and secretive ways of the government that preceded them. Reverting to the backroom deals, entitlement and patronage of old would perhaps be the biggest disappointment this government could offer up.

Albertans voted for something new, and Sunday was an indication that maybe they got it. Let's hope it's not fleeting. 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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Syria: the Last Chance Saloon Islamic State fanatics are wearing down tired Syria The fall of Ramadi to Islamic State troops on May 20 was not a big deal. The city was deep inside IS-held territory, IS fighters had controlled 80 percent of it since March, and we already knew that the Iraqi army can’t fight. Even so, IS is not going to take much more of Iraq. What it doesn’t already hold is either Shia or just not Arab at all (Kurdistan), and that is not fertile ground for Sunni Arab fanatics.

The fall of Palmyra on Friday was a very big deal, because it was clear evidence that the Syrian army’s morale is starting to crumble. It was doing quite well until last summer and even regaining ground from the insurgents, but the tide has now turned. After every defeat and retreat, it gives up more easily at the next stop.

It may be too late already, but at best the Syrian regime is now in the Last Chance Saloon.

The Syrian army is very tired and short of manpower after four years of war, but what is really making the difference is that the insurgents are now united in two powerful groups rather than being split into dozens of bickering fragments. Unfortunately, both of those groups are Islamist fanatics.

Islamic State and the Nusra Front are both “takfiri” groups who believe that Muslims who do not follow their own extreme version of Sunni Islam are “apostates,” not real Muslims, and that they deserve to be killed.

Around one-third of Syria’s population are “apostates” by this definition—Alawites, other Shias and Druze—and they are all at

great risk.

An Islamist victory in Syria could entail the death of millions. It would also cause panic in the neighbouring Arab countries, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Yet no nearby Arab country will put troops into Syria to stop the looming disaster, because they cannot imagine fighting fellow Sunnis in Syria, however extreme their doctrine, in order to save the Shia regime of Bashar al Assad.

You don’t get the choices you would like to have. You only get the choices that are

more and better weapons and US air support, the Syrian army might be able to catch its breath and regain its balance. It would be a gamble, and if Obama did that he would be alienating two major allies, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. But if he doesn’t do it, very bad things may follow.

US planes are already bombing IS (and the Nusra Front too, in practice) all over northern Syria, but they did not bomb the IS troops attacking Palmyra. That was a deliberate decision, not an oversight, even though Palmyra would probably not have fallen if Obama had given the order.

The US President didn’t do that because he is still stuck in the fantasy-land of an Americantrained “third force” that will defeat both IS and the Assad regime in a couple of years’ time. Saving the Syrian regime is a deeply unattractive choice, because it is a brutally repressive dictatorship. Its only redeeming virtues are that it is not genocidal, and does not threaten all of the neighbours.

Obama may have as little as a couple of months to come to terms with reality and make a decision. Waiting until the Syrian regime is already falling to intervene is not a good option; decision time is now. His reluctance to decide is entirely understandable, but rescuing Assad is the least bad option.

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An Islamist victory in Syria could entail the death of millions. It would also cause panic in the neighbouring Arab countries, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. on the table, even if you are the president of the world’s only superpower. At this point Barack Obama has only two options: save the Syrian regime, or let it go under and live with the consequences.

It’s not even clear that he can save it. He cannot and should not put American troops on the ground in Syria, but he could provide military and economic aid to the Syrian regime—and, more importantly, put US airpower at the service of the Syrian army.

Even that might not save Assad’s regime, but it would certainly help the morale of the army and the two-thirds of the population that still lives under his rule. With

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NEWS // GENDER EQUALITY

Harper needs to recognize that women are more than mothers // Trina Moyles

Is Canadian policy helping women?

Critics say Harper is failing to address the roots of local and global gender inequality

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he global cry for gender equality has never been louder. Rural Indian women are fighting for farmland, Ugandan and Kenyan women are fighting draconian "antiminiskirt" laws that criminalize their thighs, and Canadian First Nations and aboriginal women are fighting for a national inquiry into the tragic deaths and disappearances of more than 1200 indigenous women since the 1980s.

In recent years, Twitter trends like #BringBackOurGirls and #Mansplaining have exploded on the social-media sphere, and almost two million viewers have tuned in to hear Nigerian-born author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's urge the world that "We Should All Be Feminists" in a TEDx Talks video on YouTube.

The United Nations says that ending global poverty is dependent on ending violence against girls and women, while scientists are critically examining the connection between the rights of women land stewards and their increased capacity to adapt to climate change.

Actress Emma Watson had the guts to stand up at the UN Headquarters, only eight months ago, and ask: "How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?" (Critics later argued that a wealthy, white female celebrity probably wasn't the best choice to speak on behalf of the world's women— though no one could deny that her speech sparked many conversations worldwide.)

But while localized women's and gender movements all over the world are responding to and challenging inequality, some critics wonder: what role has the Canadian government played on the international scene to

address inequity and violence against women? Are the Harper government's policies supporting global women? Some would say it has certainly strived to support mothers, at the very least.

non-profit organization that prioritizes women's and girl's rights and poverty prevention. "But from a rights-based perspective, we would like to see more talk about if the interventions of the Muskoka Initiative are listening to women, creating space for them, talking about their needs—and not just as 'mothers,' but as women."

One of the main criticisms of Harper's Muskoka Initiative is that only a mere 1.24 percent of the billions of dollars spent is delegated to projects supporting family planning services,

ning is a need that women often identify and a critical aspect of improving maternal health, according to Marrs.

"We'd love to see a more comprehensive approach [from the Canadian government] that looks at the whole range of women's health needs," she emphasizes.

Five years ago, the Canadian government launched the Muskoka IniOxfam Canada, along with a nettiative on Maternal, Newborn and work of Canadian civil society orChild Health, soliciting proposals ganizations, including the Canadian from civil society organizations— Council for International Cooperaalso known as non-governmental tion (CCIC), are also voicing their organizations—for projects foconcerns with the federal budget cused on improving nutrition and announcement access to materand allotments nal healthcare for international services to It sends a strong message about the Harper aid and developprevent matergovernment's stance on dealing with gender ment. nal and newWhile the Unitborn mortality equality: that it isn't prepared to offer policies ed Nations sets rates. Harper that get below the surface and examine root a target goal of pledged a total causes of inequity and violence against women.

0.7 percent of of $2.85 billion Gross Domesfrom 2010 to tic Product for 2015 towards Muskoka Initiative projects in 10 which includes access to education, wealthy countries to contribute to countries with some of the highest counselling, contraceptives and development assistance, Canada is lagging behind the pack, ranking 16 rates of maternal mortality, includ- abortion services.

The World Health Organization out of 28 donor countries, commiting Afghanistan, Malawi and South Sudan. To date, they've reportedly reports that 13 percent of maternal ting only 0.24 percent of GDP. Since 2006, the Harper governspent 97 percent of the promised deaths are related to unsafe abor$2.85 billion on select projects that tions, and that 21 million women and ment has whittled the international range from training mothers in nu- girls worldwide have an unsafe abor- development budget down from trition and best-feeding practices in tion every year. In the face of these 0.34 percent to 0.24 percent. By Mozambique to building maternal numbers, some have questioned 2013, it dismantled the Canadian whether the Muskoka Initiative is International Development Agency health centres in Bangladesh.

On paper, Canada's support for exporting political ideology instead (CIDA) entirely and development women looks substantial. But some of supporting a broad range of life- was shuffled into the Foreign Affairs portfolio. of Canada's leading civil society or- saving programs.

Given these events, Oxfam Canada It has also meant that civil sociganizations aren't convinced that the Muskoka Initiative is getting to the ety organizations applying for fam- argues that when it comes down to roots of addressing gender inequality. ily planning projects haven't been as numbers, less than two percent of "It's great to see the government competitive as organizations apply- Canada's aid budget has gone togive so much support to newborn ing for nutrition or primary health- wards programs that advance womhealth and the health of mothers," care projects. Nutrition-focused en's rights.

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been unique to international development. Based on January 2015 figures from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, numbers indicate that women's First Nations and aboriginal organizations across the country have also been cut by seven percent over the past three years.

Earlier this month, the Quebec Native Women's Association, an organization that has been working with First Nation women for 40 years on education and gender rights initiatives, lost federal funding from Heritage Canada and faces the risk of closing its doors. The news arrives at a time when activists and organizations are calling for a federal investigation into the staggering numbers of murders and disappearances of First Nations and aboriginal women in Canada.

For many, it sends a strong message about the Harper government's stance on dealing with gender equality: that it isn't prepared to offer policies that get below the surface and examine root causes of inequity and violence against women.

Federal NDP party leader Tom Muclair recently announced that an NDP government would not only increase international development funding to 0.7 percent of the GDP, but has promised to invest more funding in family planning.

The Liberal Party has also alluded that its platform would support family planning in countries where safe abortion is legal.

Gender inequality issues don't typically get out the vote for federal elections in Canada, but perhaps a feminist inspired campaign would help take the country by surprise.

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Can Edmonton's new green spaces support urban agriculture?

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rass instead of shingles, ferns instead of drywall: green roofs and living walls have begun making appearances all around Edmonton, a movement that will continue to grow (literally) as people realize the many attendant benefits of each. But can they tie into another major crusade and become part of our city's urban agriculture landscape by planting them with edible crops instead of just ornamental plants?

The answer is currently a resounding "kinda."

"You can do both with green roofs," Christian Houle, president of Terra Landscaping, says. "If you were to have a garden [on a] green roof there's various ways you can do it, but if it was food I would do it in containers. You could do a patio up there and some of the planters might be for your vegetables and then you could be surrounded by grasses."

Terra Landscaping is a family business founded in 1980 by the Houles.

They became interested in green roof technology about 10 years ago after attending a conference on the subject and began taking courses shortly thereafter; Christian and two other family members are all certified green roof professionals.

"We've been designing quite a few green roofs and assisting people," he notes. "We meet with builders to try to see the feasibility of green roofs, so we're still mostly at that stage."

Terra Landscaping recently completed a green roof on a recreation centre in Jasper, is involved with maintaining the one on the Atco Building downtown and is in the process of building one for a private residence in town.

A green roof is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: plants grown on a rooftop instead of just regular roof-

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ing material. A complex system is necessary to hold the plants in place and ensure adequate support and drainage, so they cost more than the average roof (about $25 to $55 per square foot). However, once in place they last at least twice as long as regular roofs (well over 50 years). The plants used are typically hardy native species including various grasses and sedum mats. NAIT just ran a research program to test the species that grow well on green roofs, and the natives were the clear winners.

Green roofs have many benefits in addition to extending the lifespan of a roof, chief among them being energy conservation. Simply put, they keep your house warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. They provide habitat for birds, insects and other wildlife and are great for flood mitigation, as water is filtered through the plants instead of just dumping straight onto the ground. They also combat the "urban heat island" effect, in which temperatures are hotter in cities than the surrounding areas due to their construction of materials that reflect heat (concrete and asphalt) instead of absorbing it (grasses and other plants).

Green roofs can be created for these purposes only, meaning they would only be accessible for maintenance.

(Watering during dry spells and weeding, mainly). But Houle notes they are also an untapped source of extra square footage.

"We like to promote green roofs as a useable space," he says. "Yards are getting a lot smaller and the roof is actually an area that, if you can get it engineered properly, it's a really useable area and friendly area. You can do entertaining up there and be surrounded by plant material, and it'd be an extension of your yard."

Granted, this issue doesn't seem nearly as pressing in Edmonton as it does in much more congested cities where space comes at a huge premium (looking at you, Vancouver), but Edmonton's urban sprawl is nothing to scoff at; it certainly pays to address space concerns sooner rather than later. As well, the other benefits of green roofs have seen their increasing uptake locally and farther abroad: the new Meadows branch of the Edmonton Public Library has a green roof, as do several buildings throughout the downtown core.

Terra Landscaping also builds living walls, which are also essentially just what they sound like: a wall covered in plants sustained by a hidden hydroponic system. These biofilters are Canadian technology developed by Alan Darlington and originally intended for use in space; Darlington's research was funded by the Canadian and European Space Agencies to purify air in space stations and extraterrestrial CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 >>

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Upson's lemonade cordials Quench your thirst with a locally made alternative to pop Edmontonians are thirsty, but not for Coca-Cola: a vintage drink is making waves in our city's beverage culture, and it's the very opposite of sugarysweet pop.

You may have noticed bottles of Upson's Lemonade Cordials for sale at a few independent cafés and restaurants, or perhaps even ordered a drink made with them. The cordials have been around town for almost four years, though they are still largely underground and there's precious little information available on them: no website, only a Twitter feed and a few cryptic mentions on a handful of drinks websites.

Upson's Cordials are the product of two local chefs: Shaun Hicks, who currently manages Woodwork's cocktail program, and Will Kotowicz, head of the savoury meat department at Duchess Bake Shop. The cordials were born out of necessity a few years ago, when the duo was working at the Enjoy Centre in St Albert: they needed a beverage to serve a large function and Kotowicz mentioned he had a cordial recipe passed down through his family. With some experimentation the original incarnation of Upson's Lemonade Cordial was born.

"Not needing to refrigerate something is the best thing you can do in a restaurant, just because refrigeration space is always limited," Hicks says.

"So we started using it and then we started allowing other people to start using it. We like this more than we like pop, so why wouldn't we want to share it? We sold it to Elm Café for a year, and then District Coffee, and from there it sold really well. Everyone was happy with it, and it was just really encouraging, so we started developing more flavours and got to the point where now we're looking to move into a space of our own for production so that we can do even more stuff."

There are various definitions of cordials, though they typically re-

fer to either an alcoholic liqueur or various non-alcoholic drinks. Hicks and Kotowicz were inspired by the original definition, which is medicinal: cordials were originally developed in European apothecaries as a distilled alcoholic medicine, flavoured with various herbs and spices and thought to cure all manner of ills. The recipe they used for their first cordial, which forms the basis of their Classic Lemonade Cordial, was passed down through several generations by Kotowicz's grandfather Arthur Upson, who sold them at his apothecary in the late 1800s in Maidenhead, England.

Upson's cordials are made from a blend of citrus fruit, sugar, water, citric acid, tartaric acid and Epsom's salt.

(The cordials were originally sold as an electrolyte replenisher.) They've developed four flavours so far: classic lemonade, lavender grapefruit (made with lavender from Salt Spring Island), rose lemonade (made with rose essence distillate) and bitter orange (made with dandelion root and burdock root). Think of them like a concentrate: cordials aren't meant to be drank straight but rather diluted with water or sparkling water (Hicks recommends a five-to-one ratio of water to cordial) to make a refreshing beverage. They can also be incorporated into all manner of cocktails, and several places around town serve drinks made with Upson's: Meat, the Next Act, Woodwork, District Coffee, Iconoclast Coffee, Elm Café and the Enjoy Centre. Individual bottles are available for retail purchase at Color de Vino, District Coffee, Little Brick and Sandy View Deli.

"There's more demand than product, and I think it's partially because it's sour and not sweet, so it's kind of a different profile than everything that's out there," Hicks says. They are currently selling several large bulkformat containers every month as well as almost 10 dozen individual

RECIPES

Recipes courtesy of Shaun Hicks of Woodwork and Upson's Upson's Bubbly 3/4 oz Upson's Lemon Rose Cordial 4 oz prosecco or other sparkling wine Pour cordial into a Champagne flute and top up with Prosecco or sparkling wine

Canadian Equinox 3/4 oz Upson's Lavender Grapefruit Cordial 2 oz Eau Claire Equinox Dillon's Rhubarb Bitters Add the cordial and liquor to a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously.

Strain into a highball glass over ice with a few dashes of bitters.

Upson's Gin Sour 1 ¼ Upson's Lemonade Cordial 2 oz Beefeater Gin 1 egg white Angostura bitters Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Garnish with Angostura bitters.

bottles per week. "For us, that's quite a bit; it's as much as we can physically do—my living room is literally a packaging plant, and [Kotowicz]'s house looks like a citrus food display.

"We're staying under the radar until we have everything in place to really do it well," he continues. "The most exciting thing is then we can start playing with stuff from farmers' markets and stuff from some of our friends who are farmers. We want to do ones with rhubarb and ones with saskatoons and things like that. We can go crazy and experiment with everything local." V

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bases. At home on Earth, the technology has become a wonderful way to clean up indoor air: living walls are incorporated into a building's HVAC system so that air is pulled through the plants before being cycled through the heating and ventilation system.

The plants filter toxins out of the air as well as humidify it. Terra Landscaping just completed a huge living wall for the recently renovated Canada Federal Building at the legislature, which Houle notes is the largest living wall in Edmonton, if not Canada.

Like green roofs, living walls tend to be made out of non-edible plants: tropicals which are mainly chosen for their esthetics as well as their air-filtration capacity. Houle says you certainly could include edible plants as part of a living wall, especially in your home; he suggests leafy herbs as a good candidate. But, he also notes that because the living wall's function is esthetic as much as it is a biofilter, and therefore you must consider what it will look like after you harvest some of the plants.

"There's container gardening that's considered a living wall," he explains.

"But with hydroponic systems, you want to be able to hide the membrane as much as possible, and when you're using herbs that don't have really thick leaves—the esthetics, you kind of lose that."

Going back to the possibility of including edible crops as part of a living wall or green roofs as part of urban agriculture space, they aren't an immediate no-brainer; the systems aren't really designed for garden crops. Houle encourages people to plant veggies in planters on roofs and maintain native species for the actual green roof, as it's vital to maintain that green cover over the roof's membrane at all times; pulling those plants out would reduce its effectiveness significantly. Similarly, as the primary purpose of an indoor living wall is a biofilter, you don't want to be yanking the plants out of it all the time.

But given that both of these technologies are still pretty new, it seems likely that it's only a matter of time before some clever entrepreneurs figure out a way to have the best of both worlds.

"People are seeing it more and more and I think it's becoming more and more accessible to the homeowner," Houle says. "It used to be all commercial, but the home builders are approaching us because we're able to work with the builder and the homeowner to see if it works for them on their style of house. So I do think there will be a push towards it, a lot more. I think there's a lot of benefits, and some that we can't quantify necessarily."

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A Steady Rain pits two cops against the ugly consequences of their actions

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ifelong friends Denny and Joey have been passed up for promotion time and again. But the two cops' unshakeable bond is put to the test when they're forced to deal with the consequences of a poor decision.

Bringing together two of Edmonton's best-known actors, A Steady Rain examines the fallout faced after a horrible error in judgement.

Facing down an audience of Internal Affairs investigators, Denny and Joey offer vastly dissimilar retellings of events throw into question what actually happened.

Jesse Gervais gives a poetic description of the gritty-police drama—"It's a month of non-stop rain and bad fortune," he says—while John Ullyatt frames the play in earthier terms: "There's a bad cop and a worse cop, and they get in trouble and all hell breaks loose.

"It's a direct address to the audience for most of it," Ullyatt continues. "Two simultaneous monologues that converge and diverge."

"One cop embellishes and the other cop tells the truth, and as the audience, we get to make up our minds about what is true," Gervais says.

Over the course of their interrogations, they recall an attack on one of their young families which galvanized the down-on-their-luck cops to pursue vigilante justice.

"They're both from the south side of Chicago," Ullyatt says. "It seems to be like a war zone. I don't think there's any equivalent to that in Canada."

In the midst of their illegal crusade against a Fri, May 29 – Sun, Jun 7 (7:30 violent pimp, Denny and pm; 1:30 pm Sunday matinees) Joey are drawn into a mi- Directed by Wayne Paquette nor domesticate distur- C103, $15 – $20 bance which grows into a nightmare beyond anything they could have imagined.

Their loyalty to each other and their commitment to the community are put to the test as they go further and further down the ethical rabbit hole of Chicago street justice.

"What would you do to protect your own?" Gervais muses. "How far would you go to protect your family, to protect your job, to protect who you are?

We get to see the breaking points of these guys. We get to ask ourselves as we walk out of the theatre: what are our breaking points?"

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Sleuth

A game is afoot // Andrew MacDonald-Smith

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ometimes with Teatro, you see the costume, and you go, 'Oooh, I get it,'" Julien Arnold says, a grin framing his words. "Now I know what the character's like."

In the particular case of Sleuth, the telling threads came in the form of a smoking jacket; set in the '70s, Anthony Shaffer's thriller script casts Arnold as an old-money mystery writer—"landed gentry," he says, grin continued—who's asked the lover of his wife to his manor to sort Thu, May 28 – Sat, Jun 13 (7:30 of their peculiar situation. pm; 2 pm Saturday matinees) The situation bends and Directed by Stewart Lemoine twists from there; little Backstage Theatre, $16 – $30 is what it appears to be in Teatro La Quindicina's 33rd season opener.

Arnold's seated near castmate Mat Busby in a modest office space in Queen Alexandria School. Children run amok in

the halls below, while their makeshift rehearsal room awaits them next door.

They're here while the Varscona begins its renovations, with the show (And Teatro season) set to play out at the Backstage Theatre, a short walk from their former home.

Though Sleuth is not a Stewart Lemonie script—this marks the second season of Teatro programming that welcomes outside shows into its season, it is looking to continue—Busby notes that it fits snug in the company's well-established tone, as selected by Lemoine and Teatro's artistic director Jeff Haslam.

"Historical comedy is basically what they want," Busby says. "It fits the tone of generations gone by, worlds gone by. Stewart loves finding an era and encapsulating that. And this kind

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of does that with the '70s."

"It's great," he continues, "because it's not something that gets done. People look at 'classics' often, like Shakespeare, Shaw or modern plays, and everything in-between often gets forgotten."

Cast around Busby and Arnold are a scatter of supporting roles: a couple of Teatro newbies—Tyler Santos and Aiden Keller—as well as east-coast actor Wayne Saluta, returning to the company after huge absence: a '90s production of The Swift Hotel (which Arnold was also in) marked his last Teatro role.

"Wayne's doing a great job," Arnold says. "We're really enjoying working with those younger Teatro actors."

Busby nods his agreement: "Keeps me on my toes."

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hou Art Here's production of Much Ado About Nothing puts the humour back into Shakespeare's comedy—and suggests it never really went anywhere in the first place.

This instalment of "site-sympathetic" roving theatre invites audiences back to the 1920s and into the quaint Rutherford House. It's a revolving-door style of comedy perfectly suited to the labyrinthine historic home and the quick-witted theatre company.

At face value, the storyline is familiar, if not tediously straightforward. Lovebirds Hero and Claudio's impulsive engagement is plotted against by a conniving relative.

Meanwhile, the pair's respective best friends, Beatrice and Benedick, chide the relationship and swear off love for themselves—though unbeknownst to them, their friends are matchmaking behind their backs.

Those familiar with Shakespeare's comedies should know this concludes in a happy ending. But this

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semi-predictability is trumped by the performance's interaction with the space. In the halls of the Rutherford House, the fourth wall doesn't exist—bringing the script to admirable heights of depth and hilarity. Gianna Vacirca and Ben Stevens particularly stun as the effervescent Beatrice and Benedick: winking and weaving, almost flirtatiously, through a crowd unsure of how to react to an actor's eye contact, let alone touch. There's a tangible camaraderie between the

cast, and it's hard not to want to join in on their fun.

The 25-person audience become not just observers, but participants in the play's action as the characters seamlessly move them from room to room. A sizeable portion of the play is performed outside, bathing the scenes in romantic goldenhour sunlight and catching stray, confused glances from passersby. A word of caution, though: swap out your usual fragrance for bug spray

before the show to avoid any mosquito-borne distractions.

Thanks to a bright cast and thoughtful directing, Much Ado through Thou Art Here's lens is truly funny—and not just in the polite nature you'd expect from a Shakespearean adaptation. Though it could be read as gimmicky by some, the roving nature of the play serves as a celebration to the pliability of history, in both theatre and space.

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Marty Chan book party I

t's all been a big mistake. Take back the awards, everyone. Wipe from your memories all the wellconstructed prose and clever theatrical moments. Marty Chan never intended to be a writer, and by his own admission, the whole thing's been a mistake playing out in slow-motion from the outset.

"I think you could just classify my entire career as, 'It was an accident,'" Marty Chan says, genially, during an early-morning phone call.

But if it's all been a mishap, it's been a massively successful, 25-year one that's still going. Since 1988, Marty Chan's been a professional writer, albeit one stricken with a serious case of format wanderlust: first known for working in theatre, where he wrote hits like Mom, Dad, I'm Living with a White Girl (which eventually ran off-Broadway), the fourth-wall-dismantling thriller The Bone House and the mythic, allegorical The Forbidden Phoenix; then in radio, he penned the long-running Dim Sum Diaries for CBC, and most recently, he's found purchase working as a children's author, and a belovedly witty presence on Twitter.

"If I stick around with one thing too long, I get bored," Chan offers by way of explanation for all the formhopping. "It wasn't so much to challenge myself as justifying something that I could get excited about again.

I'm one of those people who likes to read the beginning of novels, because it's really exciting when things begin, and I'm less interested in the end of things, because I always want to see how things start."

Writing hadn't been on his mind until Grade 11. A language arts homework assignment asked what he'd do if he won a million dollars.

"And I was a lazy teenager, so I

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wanted to have a bed I never had to get out of to do the things I wanted to do," he recalls. "So I put the bed on an elevator ..."

Said bed took stops in both a library and a pool; his teacher praised his imagination, and nudged him toward writing. Soon after, he joined the high school newspaper, and started writing Dungeons and Dragons campaigns as well, for him and his friends. After high school, he fell in with a company that produced live role-playing games, and interactive murder mysteries. He started as an actor in the latter, and ended up as head writer.

"It became my job to come up with a new murder mystery script every week," he recalls. "And that got me excited about the notion of writing for performers."

Which brought Chan to theatre— there was also a brief flirtation with an engineering degree that ended with a Dean's Vacation after a year—and, eventually radio and television. In TV, Chan worked on localized shows Jake and the Kid and Incredible Story Studio, and there something clicked.

"It was almost like I found my wheelhouse, in terms of my writing voice: for kids," he says. "It was fun, it was optimistic, sometimes it was naive."

After building up a nest egg from the television work, Chan put away six months to work on a manuscript. As luck would have it, he caught wind of a friend's publishing company looking to break into the young-fiction market, and he had the manuscript ready to go. That was The Mystery of the Frozen Brains, a huge hit that's had him working in the medium ever since.

Chan's now authored a few different series: one of mysteries, another following the adventures of an adolescent sasquatch in BC. His latest

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by Caity Lotz of Legends of Tomorrow and Adrian Pasdar of Agents of SHIELD. Get your geek to the Eek! Visit theeek.com for more information. (Servus Place, $7 – $30) Measures & Afterimage / Thu, May 28 – Wed, Jun 3 The Citadel Theatre Young Companies program prepares 16- to 21-year-old aspiring artists for postsecondary arts education. Catch their performances of Measures and Afterimage, as well as staged readings of new material. Measures is an original news network-set musical based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and Afterimage is based on the short story by Michael Crummey that follows the Evans family through tension and big reveals.

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book—his 10th novel—is Infinity Coil, the second in a steampunk fantasy series that traces Ehrich Weisz, (the given name of Harry Houdini) through an alternate universe's New York. Nikola Tesla shows up, as does Thomas Edison. The book party Chan's throwing to celebrate its release will fittingly feature a performance from magician Sheldon Casavant.

Writing for youth seems to have developed a firmer grip on Chan than his work in other mediums. Maybe it's stuck, and it'll all seem less accidental from here on out.

"With the kids books I feel like I've sort of settled into something where I'm not going to jump around much—but you never know," he says. "You might talk to me in a year, and I'll be juggling in the street."

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THE CREATION EXPERIENCE FEATURING ALBERTA BALLET • Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Witness the making of a ballet. witness the making of a ballet from initial conception to performance as Jean Grand-Maître moulds the movements of Hayna Gutierrez and Edmonton’s own Garrett Groat to the live accompaniment of the University of Alberta’s Guillaume Tardiff on violin • May 30, 7pm • $150 (adv)

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FILM EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • 780.439.5285 • edmontonfilmsociety@ gmail.com • royalalbertamuseum.ca • royalalbertamuseum.ca/events/movies/ movies.cfm • Walk In The Shadows Film Series: On The Big Heat, Jun 1; Kiss Me Deadly, Jun 8; The Asphalt Jungle, Jun 15; Touch Of Evil, Jun 22 • All at 8pm • Series membership tickets (all 8 films), $30; Single film: $6 (general), $5 (seniors 65 and over/ students), $13 (kids 12 and under) FALLOUT! CIVIL DEFENCE FILMS FROM THE 1950S • Metro Cinema, 8712-109 St • paaevents@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits • An evening of short films from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom that were used by the Government of Alberta to educate Albertans about nuclear warfare at the height of the Cold War • May 30, 7-11pm • Free

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FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm • West Side Story (May 29) METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • Music Docs: Buena Vista Social Club (Jun 2) • criMe Watch: Bound (Jun 16) • Metro Bizarro: The Raspberry Reich (Jun 17)

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BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • A Stop Along the Way: art by Jerry Heine & Rogelio Menz; May 23-Jun 6 • Large Places and Lofty Spaces: large scale works by gallery artists; Jun 12-Jul 12 CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Regard sur l'art contemporain; May 2-Jun 16

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Sacred Space: artwork by Veronica Funk; Jun 10-Jul 4; Opening reception: Jun 11, 5-8pm DEVON BOTANICAL GARDEN • Parkland County, 5 kms north of Devon on Highway 60 • 780.987.3054 ext. 2243 • devonian. ualberta.ca • Chigiri-e Art Show: Tiny pieces of coloured tissue are used to look like brush and paintwork • Jun 6-7

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MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • Francophones In Alberta; Apr 21-Jun 22 NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • The Structure of Sky: dramatically textured acrylic paintings by Samantha Williams-Chapelsky • artisan Nook: Morning Flight: small, poetic paintings by Linda Corbitt • May 22-Jul 2; Opening reception: May 28, 6-9pm • Vertical space: Explore/Connection: strongly expressive paintings by Tomas Illes; May 28Jun 19 • All three artists will be participating in the reception PARADE GALLERY • Window Display Box

Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum. ca • Natural Hi-Stories: Showing plants in their native habitats in a given location; Mar 28-Jun 21 • Glimpses Of The Grasslands: The Artistic Vision of Colin Starkevich; May 16-Aug 23

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112 St • 780.492.2081 • Design Latitudes: Bonnie Sadler Takach, University of Alberta’s Art & Design faculty; May 12-Jun 6

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GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • Tony Overweel (pastel); May 5-Jun 1 • Members of the St. Albert Painters Guild; Jun 2-29; Opening reception: Jun 4

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JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Artists Edmonton Needlecraft Society; May 28-Jul 14; Reception: Jun 10, 6:30-8:30pm

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

experience/international-childrens-festival • Interact with artists and performers from around the world, learn about faraway places and time periods and get a hands-on creation of one-of-a-kind artistic masterpieces • May 26-30

7 Sir Winston Churchill Square • epl.ca/ programs-and-events/events/books2buy • $1 paperbacks, kids' books, audiobooks and CDs, and $2 hardcover books and DVDs (cash only) • May 29-31

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam. com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • This episode presents: Karen Bass (Grande Prairie Young Adult author), Leslie Greentree (Red Deer poet, playwright, author), Blaine Newton (Red Deer poet, playwright, author), Julia Nicholson (Edmonton singer and songwriter).

Books and CDs for sale • May 28, 7-9pm • Donations accepted

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com

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

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SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • FIREPLACE ROOM: Katharina Nebel; through May • MAIN GALLERY: Students Show; May 10-May 30 • MAIN GALLERY: Open Seniors Show; Through Jun • FIREPLACE ROOM: Lorna Kemp; through Jun

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • 780.467.8189 • strathconacountymuseum. ca • Daring Dames: Experience The Lives Of Pioneer Women; until Jun 30

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • GPS Adventures Canada: Combining technology, nature, and hidden treasure; until Jun 1 • Dinosaurs Unearthed: until Oct 11; $26.50 (adult), $19.50 (child), $23.50 (youth/student/ senior)

VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com • Gallery a: Searching Skies, Seeing Through Trees: Gerald St. Maur; Gallery B: Edited Realism: Jean Pilch; Apr 2-May 31 • Gallery a: Salva Corpus Amanti: artwork by David J. Kleinsasser; Gallery B: Familiars, Out-of-Towners, As Well As All the Others: Erika Andriashek; Jun 4-Jul 25; Opening reception: Jun 18, 7-9:30pm VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Members Spring Exhibition; May 5-29 • Wine Women and Song; Jun 4

8900-114 St • These guys try to be sexy and it just comes out funny. No extreme nudity (just semi-undressed) but constantly grooving and gyrat-ing in between scenes they banter with the crowd and perform their hilarious twist on improv sketches. 18+ only • Jun 19, 8-10pm • $35

AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780. 423.3487 • audreys.ca • Mary Stevenson "Ready to Love, Fact or Fiction? The Truth About Marriage" Lunch Hour Signing; May 28, 11:45am • David Chaundy-Smart "A Youth Wasted Climbing" Book Launch; Jun 1, 7pm • Ryan Correy "A Purpose Ridden" Book Launch; Jun 6, 1pm

101 Street, north of 102 Ave, Edmonton City Centre Mall • paradegallery.ca • There's Bugs, There's Gibs And Some Other Weirdos: art by Tony Baker; Apr 24-May 31 • After Hours: art by Brandon A. Dalmer; Jun 5-Jul 12

10332-124 St • douglasudellgallery.com • 48th Annual Spring Show: Special spotlight on Jack Bush; May 23-Jun 6 • Robert Lemay: 30th Anniversary Exhibition; Jun 6-Jun 20; Opening reception: Jun 6, 2-4pm

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780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Artwork by Brent R. Laycock; May 23-Jun 4 • Artwork by Paul Jorgensen; Jun 6-18

THE COMIC STRIPPERS: A MALE STRIPPER PARODY & IMPROV COMEDY SHOW • Myer Horowitz Theatre-U of A,

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL • Downtown St. Albert • stalbert.ca/

GUYS AND DOLLS • Timms Centre for the Arts, 112 Street, 87 Ave • elopemusicaltheatre.ca • Gambler Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend, nightclub performer Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for 14 years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown • Jun 18-27 LET THERE BE HEIGHT: AN AERIAL CABARET • ATB Financial Arts Barns - Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • fireflytheatre.com • Features professional and upcoming circus artists along with physical theatre, comedy and dance. Includes performances by Edmonton's hottest aerialists, special guest artists, a silent auction, and more • Jun 3-4

MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a highstakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door)

SLEUTH • ATB Financial Arts Barns - Varscona Backstage Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • teatroq.com • A celebrated mystery writer and a flinty young playboy sit down in a country manor house to have a polite conversation about the woman they both profess to love • May 28-Jun 13

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

Lobby, and Board Room, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • concretetheatre. ca • 780.439.3905 • Three brand new short plays for kids and their families by local playwrights from diverse cultural backgrounds. Includes face-painting, storytelling with Young Alberta Books, Drum Stories with Bob Rasko and crafts with Zu-Ma Talent to Amuz • Jun 6-7 • $7.50

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CABARET • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave NW • mayfieldtheatre.ca • A musical set in the strange playground of 1931 Berlin, where the seedy Kit Kat Club reveals a tale of love in the ruins, of hope and ultimately of loss • Apr 14-Jun 14

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

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PRESENTS VAREKAI • Rexall Place, 7424-118 Ave • cirquedusoleil.com • From the sky falls a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world populated by fantastical creatures, this young man sets off on an adventure both absurd and extraordinary. On this day at the edge of time, in this place of all possibilities, begins an inspired incantation to life rediscovered • Jun 18-21

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as Catalyst Theatre), 8529 Gateway Boulevard • blarneyyeg.com • By Keith Huff (from the writer/producer of 'Mad Men', 'House of Cards' and 'American Crime'). Denny and Joey are a couple of Chicago beat cops.

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Denny and Joey end up being caught between cleaning up their act and making it worse • May 29-Jun 7

THAT’S DIRTY DANCING • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, #2690, 8882-170 St • Who doesn't like a good spoof? Featuring songs from the 80s', it's the summer time romance story visitors will want to see. The story focuses on “Baby” Hoseman, the youngest of her family, and just beginning to explore independence, dancing, and the opposite sex. It's all set Kellerman’s posh prairie resort, which also happens to employ a very odd groundskeeper, who is constantly doing battle with a surprisingly clever band of pesky prairie dogs • Apr 17-Jun 14

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REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

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DAMNED DIRTY DIANETICS! Going Clear skewers the more sensational aspects of Scientology

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here's a moment in Alex Gibney's Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Disbelief when Lawrence Wright, the Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative journalist who authored Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Disbelief, explains, "My goal wasn't to write an exposé. It was simply to understand Scientology, to understand what people get out of it, you know, why do they go into it in the first place."

That's pretty much the difference between Gibney and Wright, between this new HBO documentary, which had its local première at Global Visions and will now enjoy a brief Metro run, and Wright's masterfully calibrated, sensitive and expansive 2013 book: Gibney's in it for the exposé. His approach is far more blunt than Wright's. Which, it turns out, is just fine, because the

documentary, though its title is inexplicably foreshortened, forms a welcome audio-visual aid to the book, and because, frankly, there is sooooo much to expose.

Where to begin? I'd suggest you begin with the book, of course, which wasn't released in Canada (I ordered mine from the US), but perhaps the reverse will work just as well: think of the doc as a teaser.

The basic trajectory of doc and book are in any case the same, using the highly publicized 2011 resignation of Canadian filmmaker Paul Haggis from the Church of Scientology as a framing device, tracing the batshitcrazy life of galactically prolific science-fiction writer and Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard and examining the transformation Scientology undertook when Hubbard died and an equally crazy, if less creepily

charismatic, man named David Miscavige took the celestial reins and conquered the Internal Revenue Service, who has been demanding millions from Scientology and finally had to cry uncle when Scientology managed to get classified as a religion, thus apprehending their financial holy grail: tax exemption!

Along the way we hear testimonies from various former Scientologists, such as actor Jason Beghe, John Travolta's liaison Sylvia "Spanky" Taylor, and Mark Rathbun and Mike Rinder, who both worked their way to Scientology's upper echelons. They confirm every litigious thing you've ever heard about Scientology: the kidnapping and child labour, the coercion and torture, the billion-year contracts and other elements of the Church's risible mythos. Along the way we also, through archival foot-

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age, meet a gentleman by the name of Tom Cruise, the all-powerful evil robot with the eerily strained laughter, who, after shedding his infidel spouse Nicole Kidman, became Scientology's favourite son and reaped all the benefits.

Gibney makes several problematic choices in how he assembles the material. A fairly obvious example is the way he'll make a hard cut from Miscavige giving a dumb-sounding speech at some expensively tacky Scientology event to an audience bursting into applause, creating a relationship between what's said and its response that may not represent what really happened. Gibney focuses almost exclusively on the most sensationalistic incidents reported in Wright's book—though there are so many jaw-dropping stories

Fri, May 29 – Thu, Jun 4 Directed by Alex Gibney Metro Cinema at the Garneau  to choose from that those hungry for dirt will still find their appetites sated should they read it. You won't leave Going Clear feeling any lack of outrage, but you may, alas, feel slighted with regards to fascination.

Gibney shows less interest in the allure of Scientology holds for so many perfectly intelligent, credible, ambitious people, something Wright illuminated beautifully and respectfully. In short: see Going Clear, but also read Going Clear. There's a far more complex—if no less damning—story to be found here.

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REVUE // WIM WENDERS

Pina

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etro Cinema's mini-retrospective of the films of Wim Wenders concludes with a pair of performing-arts documentaries that constitute some of the director's most successful late works.

Wenders had collaborated with musician-producer Ry Cooder previously on Paris, Texas (1984) and The End of Violence (1997), films in which Cooder's evocatively spare scoring functioned as an emblem of American mystery. With Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Wenders and Cooder traversed the small yet seemingly vast distance between the edge of continental America and Cuba, where Cooder had travelled a few years earlier to record with some of the island's elder musical greats, among them Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer and Rubén González, many of whom had been living in obscurity. The film alter-

nates between scenes of these musicians at work in the studio and on stage in Amsterdam and New York, and interviews in which they speak of their roots and their varied musical careers. Nearly all of these musicians were well into adulthood by the time of the Revolution that would have dramatically altered their personal and professional lives, yet, conspicuously, no one talks politics. There could be any number of reasons for this choice. It certainly contributes to what Cooder refers to as the project's speculative operating concept, the assembly of a 1950s super-group that never was.

I've spent time in Havana in the years since I'd last seen Buena Vista Social Club, and my experiences there have heightened my alertness to details in the filmed environment, the sense of inhabiting a world where people age and die,

where things rust and decay, and yet somehow everything seems frozen in time. The songs performed, along with the suits worn by the musicians, invoke a Havana in which the preceding 40 years never transpired.

It is eerie and beautiful, and to hear, for example, Ferrer sing a duet with Omara Portuondo, or Barbarito Torres perform his laud solo on "Candela," feels like a kind of miracle.

The film, particularly by Wenders' standards, doesn't look great and the camera moves too much, but no matter, Buena Vista Social Club is irresistible, seductive and flooded with the sublime joy of neglected talents making up for lost time. And just in time: Segundo, Ferrer and González all died within the subsequent six years. Metro is screening the film as a double feature with the Maysles brothers' music doc masterpiece Gimme Shelter (1970).

Metro is also screening Wender's 2011 homage to German choreographer Pina Bausch. "Meeting Pina was like finding a language," says one of her dancers, and Wenders ensures that we understand what's meant by language in this context: Bausch developed a gestural vocabulary that swayed playfully between the primal and the sophisticated. Pina shows us dancers dancing with veal chops in ballet slippers outside a factory, having strange encounters on elevated trams, or marching across fields in formal wear. It is,

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Sun, May 31 (7 pm) Pina Directed by Wim Wenders Metro Cinema at the Garneau Tue, Jun 2 (7 pm) Buena Vista Social Club Directed by Wim Wenders Metro Cinema at the Garneau among other things, a testament to the balance of trance-like surrender and devotional craft that combine to make art this dynamic, alluring and haunting.

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ith her outsized, orb-like glasses and her enormous rings, bracelets and neckwear, Iris Apfel possesses a wonderfully distinct personal style that at times evokes hula hoops and Harold Lloyd, celestial bodies and fashion-forward monasteries, and, to be sure, the lens of a camera. Albert Maysles directed his lens at Apfel, now in her 90s and an inimitable fashion icon—or "geriatric starlet," as she likes to put it—for this, one of his final films. Maysles died this past March, leaving behind one of cinema's great legacies. Among his most revered works are two documentaries he made with his brother David, who died in 1987: Gimme Shelter (1970), a concert film and postmortem on the Rolling Stones' ill-fated Altamont Speedway concert, and Grey Gardens (1975), an intimate portrait of Big Edie and Little Edie Beale, an eccentric mother and daughter duo of American aristocratic lineage sharing a ramshackle Hamptons manor with all manner of Fri, May 29 – Thu, Jun 4 local wildlife. This week Metro Directed by Albert Maysles Cinema will screen both Gimme Metro Cinema at the Garneau Shelter and Grey Gardens along  with Iris as a salute to the legendary documentarian.

More profile than narrative, Iris is not a film of great momentum, but it is easily sustained by the colourfulness and brio of its subject. Apfel was told in youth

A "geriatric starlet"

that she would never be pretty, but that she had something much better than prettiness—she had style. Which sounds like an understatement. Along with her husband and business partner of some 60-plus years, Apfel had tremendous success in interior decoration and textiles. (The couple's resumé includes several gigs with the White House.) This career allowed Apfel to collect clothes, accessories and assorted objects from all over the world. This collection now fills her Park Avenue apartment, Palm Beach home and other locales, but more impressive than the collection itself is what Apfel does with it. Various cultures, religions and historical eras intermingle in her outfits, as do items of haute couture and discount store bargains—she prefers shopping in Harlem to Manhattan. Flamboyant but also practical, Apfel loves to improvise, but her combinations never look merely quirky; rather, they are smart, allusive, strange in the best sense of the word. The film follows her as she maintains an extremely busy calendar, buying stuff, getting photographed, doing speaking engagements and giving advice, as well as flirting adorably with Kanye West. It's moving to know that among Maysles final projects was this tribute to growing old with, not grace exactly, but, rather, pizzazz!

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Now playing Directed by Brad Bird  irector Brad Bird took off with super-success The Incredibles (after the undervalued The Iron Giant and before film-feast Ratatouille), and his Tomorrowland tries to gallop along on a trifecta-sense of wow, whoopee! and wonder, too. But this flick, an extended take-off, using Disney's futuristic theme-land as its launchpad, feels more like a computer-simulation of a rickety wooden roller-coaster— lots of faintly unreal, vaguely unsatisfying jolts and shudders, dips and rolls, lurches and soars, and then it's over and that was it?

It all begins with Frank Walker's (George Clooney) recollection of his discovery of Tomorrowland, via a visit to the 1964 World's Fair in NYC when he was little. Eleven-year-old Frank (Thomas Robinson), who's invented a jet-pack, takes an interest in young Athena (Raffey Cassidy), who leads him to

you-know-where. Then we whoosh into present-day Florida, following defiantly hopeful late-teen Casey Newton (get the gravity of that last name? There's a moment when her thrown apple is frozen in mid-toss in case you don't), who's determined to stop the dismantling of a NASA launch site. She's secretly given a pin by Athena, which flashes her into a walk-through vision of Tomorrowland when touched. Then come battles against pursuing robots from Houston to rural New York, Frank and Casey (Britt Robertson) and Athena tripping together to Tomorrowland via a retrorocket in the Eiffel Tower, and we learn who's really behind the countdown to our world's cataclysmic end.

It's all a bit cartoony and many moments suggest this would've been better as animation: an escape-pod bathtub, a kid plowed into by a truck

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at high speed (she's OK, don't worry— she's not actually human), people vaporized by rayguns, a 60-something in love with a girl-resembling "audioanimatronic" (Walt Disney Imagineering™) and so on. Instances when the "special" one, Casey, is surrounded by adult doom-and-gloomers are broadly satirical, but then we're back to the gadget-and-gizmo cool of a world that's basically a Silicon Valley techcampus crossed with Disneyland.

Tomorrowland's so restlessly brighteyed and hopeful and giddy-kiddy in its chase-movie mixture of retro-niftiness (a classic bottled soft drink gets a long and guzzled-out product-placement) and space-age-awesome (support NASA or the world will perish!) that the whole $185-million-budget, humanity-saving show turns out to be pretty tiring, and tiresome.

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The fruits of labour The Merchant of Four Seasons a career breakthrough for Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Not an ideal life

When I think of The Merchant of Four Seasons I think of bodies that bend or extend across the frame in fleeting ecstasy or, more often, distress: the newly abandoned hero's arm reaching across his kitchen table; his long-bodied wife straddling another man in sexual release; the hero beating his wife on a bed as her legs kick at the air; a woman collapsed on the floor of an apartment building's foyer before a delicate crossroads of light. Arms, legs, torsos are meticulously arranged in the poses of melodrama, while emotions are tampered, bottled up or bottled down: when I think of The Merchant of Four Seasons I think of our hero, hunched drunkenly over the head of a barroom table, holding court before a huddle of drunken sycophants. This is the story of a breaking man, raised middle class but drawn by dubious sentiments to the working class, unloved and incapable, by lack or by temperament, of loving others.

The Merchant of Four Seasons was Rainer Werner Fassbinder's breakthrough, made and released in 1971, following Fassbinder's fateful discovery of the Hollywood films of German émigré Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows, Imitation of Life) and, along with it, the realization that his contribution to this New German Cinema could inhabit an ideal middle-ground where artifice yields deeper truths and audiences could have their hearts moved without sacrificing the stimulation of their critical faculties.

The film is now available in a superb DVD or BD package from the Criterion Collection.

Hans (Hans Hirschmüller) returns home following a tour with the French Foreign Legion to an unwelcoming mother. Hans' career as a police officer was destroyed when he was caught accepting sexual

favours from a prostitute and he takes up work as a fruit vendor, the sort that roams the streets, calling out the prices of his wares, filling paper cones in exchange for coins.

Rejected by the love of his life, he married Irmgard (Irm Hermann), a woman with whom there seems to be little in the way of real affection, and whom he in turn neglects and turns violent with. He has a young daughter, Renate, who seems always to be bearing witness, absorbing trauma. The film is set in the 1950s, so by the time Fassbinder made it Renate would be a woman about Fassbinder's age. Perhaps The Merchant of Four Seasons is meant above all for Renate and all the other children of post-war Germany, a generation of fractured families and a fraught national history that no one talks about.

There's a lot of misery and banality in all this, I suppose, but there's also the beauty of eloquent storytelling, sudden bursts of vibrant colour, engrossing flashbacks that appear unannounced, filmed exactly the same as the present-tense scenes, collapsing time so that we realize this is all about the now, not the past. The Merchant of Four Seasons is an exquisite film, sad and bold. It's the favourite Fassbinder film of Fassbinder's old friend and fellow Münchner Wim Wenders, who supplies Criterion with a very good audio commentary track. Also worth checking out are new interviews with Hirchmüller and Hermann, who tell great stories of how Fassbinder swooped in and changed their lives, and an interview with scholar Eric Rentschler, who speaks well, is very smart and very passionate, and gives one of the strongest, most succinct descriptions of Sirk's influence on Fassbinder as I've come across. V

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That Cannes-don't attitude Lobster tales, lesbian carols and selfie-seriousness at film's premiere festival

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he seriousness began in earnest at the cine-stravaganza that is Cannes. Shortly before the first night—Standing Tall a more sober, socially conscious opener than usual—festival director Thierry Frémaux discouraged red-carpet selfies, calling them "ridiculous and grotesque."

(Meanwhile, the Film Market advertised such coming attractions as Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies and Lavalantula—substituting spiders and volcanic ooze for sharks and tornadoes—while UberCopter offered seven-minute rotor-travel from the nearby airport to the Croisette for €160 [$220 Canadian]) First to photo-rebel was Salma Hayek, there for Tale of Tales, Matteo Garrone's grand guignol, FXladen spectacle, adapting three of Giambattista Basile's 17th-century Neapolitan fairy-tales. From Toby Jones raising a giant flea to Hayek dining on a huge serpent's heart, the film, noted critic Robbie Collin, "dances on a razor's edge between funny and unnerving, with sequences of shadow-spun horror rubbing up against moments of searing baroque beauty."

The newest from Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos, an absurd, dystopic take on the social pressure to pair off, was mostly well-received; Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson

called The Lobster "its own unique animal ... makes a rueful tragic comedy of modern romance."

Whispers about the Palme d'Or began after the Day 3 screening of Hungarian director László Nemes' shallow-focus, follow-one-man look at the Holocaust. Variety's Justin Chang called Son of Saul, which tracks a Jewish Sonderkommando worker, "a terrifyingly accomplished first feature."

Carol, Todd Haynes' adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1952 lesbian-romance, garnered five-star reviews.

Peter Bradshaw wrote: "What the film certainly achieves is to suffuse everything with woozy eroticism and passion and defiance. I went into a trance watching it—and haven't quite surfaced, even now."

There were in-print ovations for Asif Kapadia's documentary, Amy, about the late Amy Winehouse.

And Kent Jones' Hitchcock/Truffaut thrillingly chronicles The Master of Suspense's week-long, book-making conversation in 1962 with the French director.

Also among the embarrassment of riches this year was Hou HsiaoHsien's take on the wuxia martialarts drama, The Assassin—one critic called it the "most beautiful thing" at the festival. Buzz crackled

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around the Turkish sisters-drama Mustang, while Icelandic sheepfarmer drama Rams nabbed the top prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Sleeping Giant, Ontarian Andrew Cividino's Lake Superior-set, sensual coming-of-age debut, got a warm reception while Montréaler Denis Villeneuve's Sicario, a darkthriller update of Traffic, should wow mainstream audiences, with critic Mike D'Angelo naming it his best of the fest.

The closing ceremonies saw the jury, headed by the Coen brothers, bafflingly crown Jacques Audiard's Dheepan with the Palme. Other top prizes went to Nemes' and Lanthimos' entries, with Hsiao-Hsien taking Best Director. And there was an Honorary Palme d'Or for the magisterial director Agnès Varda (Cléo from 5 to 7, The Gleaners and I).

It was only the fourth such award, presented to a director who's never won the actual Palme, and it capped a fest that ran the gamut from overlooked to underdressed ... did I mention the swanky, are-youserious? stupidity of overzealous security-staff turning away some women without high heels at a few red-carpet screenings, a scandal dubbed "heelgate?" Only at Cannes.

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yson McShane knew his father as an even-handed guy, an eighthgrade history and English teacher whose nature was well-suited to the profession. But he also remembers being shown a collection of photos his father had taken, which seemed to complicate that unassertive image.

"He'd occasionally bring out this box of slides, of photos," McShane recalls.

"And I remember there being some really compelling images of riots."

In recent years, his memory of the photos was jogged by a growing sense of political unrest in this country. McShane asked to see them again, and he found himself greeted with frames of rebellion, property damage and passionate unrest—and another side of his father.

"I was kind of shocked—the last time I saw them I was probably 15," he says. "I knew they seemed compelling, but just imagining my mild-mannered dad crouching down and taking a photo as police were charging over a mound of bricks and shooting tear

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gas at students, was kind of wild."

The situations those photos captured—the civil unrest of Paris, 1968—form the thematic bedrock of Slow Down Molasses' third album, Burnt Black Cars. The Saskatchewan band's always felt more like a collective, making use of many occasional members to add layers and layers to its sound, but here its scope been focused: the album's nine songs of ambitious, shoegaze-y rock 'n' roll still offers a sturdy sonic wall, just one built out of a less-eclectic spread of instrumentation.

"Instead of strings and horns, we have a few more delay pedals and synths onstage," McShane notes. "[We] turn up our amps a little more, and create nice walls of angelic feedback, instead of nice walls of angelic violins."

Drawing on his father's years in Paris for inspiration doesn't mean his lyrics are aiming at direct interpretation, McShane notes. Rather than get pinned down by the details

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of the era, he's trying to capture the charged-up sentiment of the time and place, an abstracted type of storytelling McShane was already drawing himself towards.

"It fit thematically well with the direction I was going [in] with some of the newer songs, of trying to write not necessarily about that [event], but imagining scenes from that, and capturing some of that tense energy," McShane explains. "That this major thing is happening in a city, but people are still having to go about their lives and the regular, everyday things people write about in songs, like heartbreak and hope and love.

"I'm not a narrative songwriter that can present to somebody that this is the story I'm telling, and it starts here and goes to here," he continues.

"The stuff I respond to, and the stuff I like writing, is a lot more impressionistic, of scenes [and] ephemeral moments—trying to capture them, and describe them."

Burnt Black Cars was crafted with a smaller roster of musicians than Slow Down Molasses' previous efforts. After years of a being a band known for huge scope—its last album, Walk Into the Sea, had some 14 musicians play on it, and subsequent tours could swell to eight or nine members on the road together, depending on availability—Molasses settled into a more rigid lineup of McShane, Jeanette Stewart, Chrix Morin, Levi Soulodre and Aaron Scholz.

A minimized lineup isn't quite a hard and fast rule—the band's already added a sixth member this past tour, McShane notes, but one that's emerged fairly organically: the band's tours have been creeping longer and longer, and Europe's proven a fruitful place for Slow Down Molasses, meaning a smaller lineup's been more effective and available for longer, more distant outings.

"It became a little more focused that way: even our first UK tour, I think there were eight of us on that tour," he says.

"We ended up playing a little more aggressively and came back from that tour

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The album's political leanings are written about a different time and place, but McShane sees a relevance to them in this country, too: as the rumblings of desire for change are starting to visibly emerge around him—most recently visible in a certain provincial election— projecting that sort of sentiment, even one based in the past, seems an ideal fit.

"I like a lot of political music, but it's so hard to do well, and in a situation like this, I think I'd be an ass if I tried to give a detailed analysis of the events of 1968 in Paris," he says. "But I feel like I can describe feelings of that, or scenes of that."

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estival season is upon us, and Monica Martin is taking in her first Coachella and Sasquatch experiences from a very different vantage point than most people get to. She and her five PHOX bandmates landed a spot on the lineups alongside the likes of AC/DC, St Vincent, Royal Blood, Kiesza, Kendrick Lamar and Robert Plant, to name a few.

"It's probably an incredible experience for a spectator if you're good at planning, which I'm not. I'm the guy that would come, show up with no cash and be like, 'Oh my god, I can't drink water and I'm in the middle of the desert,'" she says, summing up her time at Coachella as "surreal," particularly the element of seeing various celebrities wandering around. "It's curious to watch the interactions between people and those celebrities, considering the fact that I'm really uncomfortable with the pedestal that artists, musicians, actors are put on."

She notes that PHOX is "pretty fetal in that little realm," but the eclectic Baraboo, WI-based indie folk-pop group is gaining steady traction on the festival circuit (including stops at

Bonnaroo and the Eaux Claires Festival), and it is currently in the midst of a North American tour. Martin has struggled with confidence on stage in the past, but that's been something she's continuously working on.

"I think these types of anxieties are way more common than people want to talk about," she says, adding there was a time when she felt very lethargic during Sat, May 30 (8 pm) the day and socializing Pawn Shop, $15 – $18 took a lot out of her, so she'd go to work, come home and just sleep. "So moving forward and looking that in the face, because I've had to through touring, and saying, 'OK, this isn't rational thinking; 2014 self-titled debut, an intricate the things I'm saying to myself aren't set of tracks with layered, genrethe reality.' Because I think my natural bending instrumentation and Martin's inclination is, 'Your voice is horrible, breathy, powerful voice weaving poieveryone hates this, why the fuck are gnant (and at times humorous) lyrics you on stage?' That's what I feel, but throughout. PHOX's touring schedule I think since I've worked on it it's just hasn't left a great deal of time to exthe voice that's telling me, 'Hey, it's pand on the ideas that are "in utero" OK.' ... So just being a little bit better right now, but Martin notes she's been more inclined to write than she and efficient at self-soothing." has in the past and has realized the Any sense of that insecurity is no- how therapeutic it can be—as admitwhere to be found on the group's tedly cliché as that sounds.

"Oftentimes I'll sit down and I'll pick up my little parlour guitar, whereas before I would sort of fear it. A lot of songs are coming together or starting to stand on their own two feet, even just within myself, because I do lyrics and melody," she says, explaining she then takes those ideas to the band to flesh out, though she hopes to improve upon the band's overall song composition on the next record.

"These were the first songs that I've ever written, that we've ever ar-

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mid Tony Dekker's ethereal musings, mentioning synonyms for "outrage" alongside Great Lake Swimmers feels strange.

But the folk stronghold's frontman has reached his tipping point—specifically, with the apparent standstill of action around environmental destruction. It's a theme he considers a "cornerstone" for the band's sixth album, A Forest of Arms.

"I'm surprised that more people aren't outraged about how we're collectively treating our environment and managing our resources," Dekker reflects. "We're living through a boiling point, and there are ominous signs everywhere."

This growing frustration, he says, culminates in the song, "The Great Bear."

It was inspired by a trip Dekker took with the World Wildlife Fund into the British Columbia Great Bear Rainforest, which the Northern Gateway Project proposes to bisect with oil pipelines and tankers.

"It was an ultimate immersion in nature, and I'm still reeling from its effects, in some ways," he says. "To see firsthand how delicate, dangerous, tempestuous, hard and serene it was really heightened my senses in a lot of ways."

The track's lyrics weave Dekker's familiar scenic language ("A forest of arms turning into fins / Ancient veins on granite chins") with a quiet call to action—the suggestion of the land's

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ranged, and you maybe reflect harder on yourself because you recognize your clumsiness," she says. "But maybe other people admire it for being like, oh, that's eccentric. But I'm like, oh, shit, I didn't like how this ended up. It's a funny thing because it can sort of change your relationship with a song that you had different ideas about because it's not yours anymore, really. It is, but it's already being digested by other people."

vulnerability to industrious human intervention.

Of course, the band's music is no stranger to tying common human themes to natural imagery (like comparing a lover's vertebrae to a mountain range). Rekker has known the importance of being in touch with nature since growing up in a small farming community in Ontario, and he finds the connection between the two nearly intrinsic.

"When I sit down to Fri, May 29 (7 pm) write and think about Royal Alberta Museum, what I might have to offer $25 in advance, $35 at in terms of a message, it's the door the environment and the overlapping of internal and external spaces that I feel in my bones," he says. "I think a lot of universal human themes can run parallel to themes in the natural world, and sometimes one can inform the other."

For Dekker, uniting humans and the great outdoors through music is one of the little steps towards a greater social appreciation for the environment.

"It's about celebrating and showing respect for our natural regions, but also recognizing the dangers and fears," he explains. "Maybe it's about a paradigm shift, and in order for things to visibly and actively change, we should change the way we think."

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The Good in Everyone N

ick Russell is hoping Vancouver's notorious Poster Mafia isn't going to start slashing his posters.

"There's a pretty vicious poster turf war here in Vancouver," he says from his parent's house. "There's a group of people who have a monopoly. In half an hour, if you don't pay, your posters start disappearing. You put up 100 posters and they're half gone by dinnertime."

Russell is the guitarist, singer and songwriter behind the Good in Everyone—yes, he's Sloan fan, "And I liked

the idea of people saying 'We're going to see the Good in Everyone.'"

The Vancouver five-piece plays the sort of West Coast indie-folk that makes you want to get your toes in salty waters. Even though the band has only a self-titled four-song EP to its name, that EP has been charting high on college radio and helped the Good in Everyone book a cross-Canada tour.

The band's core played together in Vancouver indie group the Mercy

Years, which dissolved amicably a couple of years ago due to songwriting differences. The four members—Russell, Ben Mott on guitar, Laura Genschorek on keys and vocals and Jamison Gladysz on drums—recorded the EP over two lightning-in-a-bottle days.

"We did it in 48 hours," Russell says.

"We only did a couple of takes for each track—basically, we blasted it out. We weren't really sure what we had before our engineer sent us mixes—we were like, this is actually good."

But four songs don't make a set.

The band has since added another five songs to its live show—songs that will be on its follow-up album Russell hopes to record in the fall, this time giving the tracks a little more TLC than the hasty EP. The new music—rounded out by the recent addition of bass player Luke Creighton—sounds a lot more like the band, Russell says.

"A lot of people who have listened to the EP say we're alt-folk," he says.

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"But live, we don't come across that way. We're a lot jammier and louder.

Especially with Ben's lead guitar.

We're big fans of Yo La Tengo and Broken Social Scene, and that comes out in the new stuff. It's bigger."

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Alt-pop? All good

Altona

2013, but it went through a complete lineup change before landing on the current roster. The other band members (Thomas Nyte on guitar and Jesse Wentzloff on bass) bring everything Tue, Jun 2 (9 pm) from jazz to punk influences to the With the Sandinistas, Birds Bear Arms table, and Altona brings it all togethBohemia er through collaborative writing.

"I'm the only kind-of continuing member, and I didn't want it to just be me and the so and so's," Sharp notes. "I really wanted it to be a collaborative effort and a band, not a singer-songwriter, so I'm really stoked there's a ton of different stuff coming to the table."

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he way a band is described by listeners, or by the media, isn't always the way it intended to come across, but Altona is warming up to its latest label: alt-pop.

"At first I was a little scared of that, just because pop is such a bad word," vocalist and guitarist Adam Sharp says, referring to a recent write up from Exclaim!. "I'm quite comfortable admitting that I love pop music, but for our band to be branded a pop band, I was a little nervous."

After a little consideration, Sharp warmed to the idea and acknowledges

that alt-pop hit the nail on the head in describing the Vancouver-based band's debut self-titled EP, released on Sharp's newly formed label Big Smoke.

"We love pop hooks; there's no hiding from them on the EP," he adds. "It was like a rock record with pop hooks, and I was really happy about that, and I'm happy it translated the way it was intended."

Sharp comes from a post-rock background, which is what he and drummer Mitchell Walford bonded over in Altona's nascent days nearly two years ago—he started the group around

The resulting tracks on the EP come from ideas or lyrics Sharp had written before meeting his current bandmates, as well as some that have formed since the band began working together— one of his favourites being the song "Favourite Books" for its "wall of soundesque" guitars.

"Some of themes are quite old to me by this point, but it's been really interesting finding new meaning in those songs as things change in my life," notes Sharp. "I'm glad that happened because it makes them easier to perform with conviction, having that fresh connection with them. I'm also incredibly surprised that it happened—it's like a piece of my subconscious was there in writing the whole time, and now the song is more pertinent than it maybe even was in the first place."

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he guys of Sea Perry are soul mates.

That's how bass/keys player Shawn Fisher describes the rarity of finding the right creative "compadres." Fisher, along with bandmates Chris Milligan (guitar/ vocals) and Chad Bouchard (drums) met through a combination of university classes, mutual friends, girlfriends, word of mouth and the music scene in Sudbury, ON. The "three amigos" display matching anchor tattoos on their wrists, symbolizing their bond and band, plus a reference to the group's first song, "Anchors."

The spontaneous ink didn't turn out perfectly, but the guys are fine with that.

"It's almost cooler this way, it's more rough," Fisher says.

When it comes to collaboration in songwriting, the three are on "the exact same wavelength of an emotion," Fisher notes. The trio believes in getting uncomfortable and vulnerable,

Mon, Jun 1 Wunderbar pushing themselves to their "wits' end" to see results.

"All we want to do is just make the best product, and sometimes we push each other," Fisher explains. "Sometimes it's hard, but we wouldn't get the product that we have without pushing ourselves, and having that level of trust and vulnerability with each other is important."

Fisher defines Sea Perry's music as "Canadian Rock," which, to him, means a "rural sensibility" that is present even in more urban areas.

"There's this raw, almost countryesque, or folk-esque edge to our music that kind of gives it just a little bit of flair," he adds. "I think that's pretty synonymous with Canadian music on the east coast."

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following it up the full-length album Do What You Do, released in April.

"The world will throw whatever it has at you, but all you can do is do what you do at the end of the day and make everything the best it can be. It's almost like a challenge," Fisher says of the album's concept. "Bring it on."

Do What You Do grapples with the battle of adolescence (which encompasses the mid-twenties, according to Fisher) and adulthood (thirties)—a tug of war between hope and despair.

"The only time that we're kids is when we're creating music together," he says.

The guys are also "hopeless romantics," Fisher adds.

"The mantra of the album is finding love, and being hopeful in the pursuit of love, and coming to grip with changes as you get older."

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hen listening to Old Towns' "Strathcona," you can almost see the dull, slot-machine sparkle of its namesake hotel bar.

Its booze-fuelled reprieve— "Giveme a shot of whisky / give me a shot of rye / give me a shot of anything because I'm drinking out of spite"—could easily be sung from the Whyte Avenue bar's nightly chorus of characters.

Robbie Shirriff, the frontman of the country-punk act exudes this familiar Edmonton persona—the same charming grittiness that makes those Strat pints taste so magical.

The song is about "spending all your money on liquor," Shirriff explains. It reflects his state of mind after moving to the Strathcona area from Saskatoon nearly three years ago.

"When I first moved to Alberta, it was kind of to make money," he says.

"But I really had no idea how that was

going to happen or what that even meant. I was just chasing that typical Alberta dream."

And thus he remained in transit between jobs, not making much money, and spending his fair share of nights at the Strat. But lately, things have been falling into place for Shirriff, with the April release of the EP Northey Sessions, and tours in eastern and western Canada.

Northey Sessions features four tracks, including two new songs that balance a newfound folk influence with Shirriff's familiar quips of inebriated wisdom. The EP is almost entirely performed by Shirriff alone—contrary to his past recordings with a full band.

He stripped down this EP to give listeners a better idea of his current touring performances (which he does solo), and tease his upcoming full-length

album. Performing by himself is more fun than anything else, he says, reflecting on his last seven-week tour with a full band—nobody was enjoying themselves by the time they came home.

"I'm having fun with it," he says. "As long as you're pursuing your passion and still having fun with it, then kind of wherever you go and whatever you make of it, you're going to be satisfied."

Shirriff's admittedly still finding himself as an artist—namely, in balancing his songwriting between punk divebar lyricism with a new folk direction.

For the time being, though, he's content with the direction he's headed.

"I can't think of something that I'd rather—or should rather—be doing, I guess," Shirriff says. "I'm apparently holding it down on my own, which is cool."

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DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri;

9pm ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove

DJ every Fri

Jam: Mike Chenoweth every Sat; 3:30-7pm LEAF BAR AND GRILL Open Stage

Sat–It's the Sat Jam hosted by Darren Bartlett, 5pm MERCURY ROOM Greg Macpherson

Band with guests; 7pm MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands every

Sat NEW WEST HOTEL 4's A Crowd O’BYRNE’S Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm ON THE ROCKS Mourning Wood ORLANDO'S 1 Bands perform every

week; $10 OVERTIME Sherwood Park Dueling

Pianos PAWN SHOP Phox with guests; 8pm (doors); 18+ only

Featuring Gary James Joynes (alternative/electronic); 12pm

RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am

EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony

RICHARD'S PUB The Mad Dog

DC3 ART PROJECTS Broken Sound

Blues and Roots Jam hosted by Jimmy Guiboche; 3-7pm

Plain Open Jam Nights; no cover FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN

SANDS HOTEL Toby Kaye Trio

Andrew Scott; 7:30pm; Free

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN

J R BAR AND GRILL Live Jam

The Rural Routes; 9pm

Thu; 9pm

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Stan

KELLY'S PUB Jameoke Night with

Gallant; 9pm

the Nervous Flirts (sing-along with a live band); every Thu, 9pm-1am; no cover

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Cody

L.B.'S PUB South Bound Freight

SNEAKY PETE'S Sinder Sparks

Mack; 9pm

northlands.com

open jam with hosts: Rob Kaup, Leah Durelle MERCURY ROOM Leeroy Stagger

with Mariel Buckley; 7pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door) MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Thu and Fri DJ and dance

floor; 9:30pm NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open

stage; 8pm; all ages (15+) NEW WEST HOTEL 4's A Crowd NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111 RED PIANO Every Thu: Dueling

pianos at 8pm RENDEZVOUS PUB Call Apollo, with

Death By Robot and with Hawking and Beyond Addiction; 8pm; $10 (door) RIC’S GRILL Peter Belec (jazz); most Thursdays; 7-10pm SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Live Blues

every Thur: rotating guests; 7-11pm STARLITE ROOM Milo Greene

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Friday BRIXX BAR The Good In Everyone,

We Were Friends, Alea Rae; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10; 18+ only

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified

every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

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

Classical

CASINO EDMONTON Robin Kelly

UNION HALL Ladies Night every Fri

CASINO YELLOWHEAD

Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

Provincial Music & Speech Festival; 9am-4pm; $5

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music

Pinheruppers (cabaret) CENTURY CASINO Iron Butterfly;

7pm (doors), 8pm (show); No minors; $49.95 DC3 ART PROJECTS Broken Sound

Featuring Gary James Joynes (alternative/electronic); 12pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Rob Taylor;

9pm DV8 The Harrington Saints With

Kroovy Rookers, Langevins and guests; 8pm; No minors

floor; 9:30pm ON THE ROCKS Mourning Wood OVERTIME Sherwood Park Dueling

Classical

Pianos

ALBERTA COLLEGE 2015 AMFA

PAWN SHOP King of the Dot presents Grand Prix Second Round; 8pm (doors); $20 (door)

Funk, Soul, R&B and 80s with DJ Thomas Culture; jamz that will make your backbone slide; Wooftop: Dig It! Thursdays.

Electronic, roots and rare groove with DJ's Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests

With Special Guest Mira Black; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $18 (members), $22 (guests)

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Vent; 9pm

NEW WEST HOTEL 4's A Crowd

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl: Throwback Thu: Rock&Roll,

YARDBIRD SUITE Keith Price Trio

CAFE BLACKBIRD Anderson Burko;

TAVERN ON WHYTE Open stage

DJs

RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie,

8-11pm; $20

with guests, Hey Marseilles, The Velveteins; 8pm (doors); $20$22; 18+ only

Provincial Music & Speech Festival; 9am-4pm; $5

Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Brodeep

STARLITE ROOM Justin Martin, Ardalan; 9pm (doors); $15-$20; 18+ only

rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri

MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Thu and Fri DJ and dance

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

K-DJ Show; 9pm-1am

RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM THEATRE

Great Leake Swimmers with The Weather Station and guests; 7pm; $25 (adv), $35 (door) SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN

The Rural Routes; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Stan

SAT MAY 30 ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Live music BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Early:

Saturday Electric Blues Jam w/ Rotten Dan & Sean Stephens; 2-6pm • Later: Rick Estrin and The Nightcats; 9pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the

YEG DANCE CLUB White Out;

9pm; $15

ALBERTA COLLEGE 2015 AMFA

HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH i

Coristi Chamber Choir; 7:30pm JOURNEY CHURCH STREET (FORMERLY 96 ST) - VARIOUS CHURCHS AROUND EDMONTON

Kokopelli Choir Association; 3pm; $20, $15 (students) WINSPEAR CENTRE Beethoven's

Fourth Piano Concerto; 7:30pm

Dog: Cory Danyluk (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

DJs

BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat

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

afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; The Blue Mules BOHEMIA DARQ Saturdays: Industrial - Goth - Dark Electro with DJs the Gothfather and Zeio; 9pm; $5 (door); (every Sat except the 1st Sat of the month) BOURBON ROOM Live Music every

Sat Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm BRIXX BAR The Mandates,

Nervous Talk, Ben Disaster; 8:30pm (doors), 9:30pm; $10; 18+ only CAFE BLACKBIRD Good Nature

And Between Bros -- Double Bill; 8-11pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Vent; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open

mic; 7pm; $2

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

Gallant; 9pm

CASINO EDMONTON Robin Kelly

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Cody

CASINO YELLOWHEAD

Mack; 9pm

Pinheruppers (cabaret)

THE COMMON The Common Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week!

STARLITE ROOM Rustie & Guests; 9pm; $20; 18+ only

CENTURY CASINO Kenny Shields

& Streetheart; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $59.95

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

THE BOWER For Those Who

Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat;

9pm ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound

and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

every Sat PAWN SHOP Transmission

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

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THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday

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

and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

MAY/28 MAY/29 MAY/30

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing

MILO GREENE

W/ HEY MARSEILLES, THE VELVETEINS

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

BLUEPRINT ALBERTA PRESENTS

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, Motown,

RUSTIE & GUESTS

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

JUSTIN MARTIN ARDALAN

JUN/2 JUN/6 JUN/10 JUN/11 JUN/12 JUN/13

STEAM WHISTLE PRESENTS

BLUES ON WHYTE The Blue Mules DC3 ART PROJECTS Broken Sound

Featuring Gary James Joynes (alternative/electronic); 12pm

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic

Music with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Jesse Cook

One World Tour 2015 MERCURY ROOM The Lion The Bear

STICKYBUDS

The Fox with Sam Weber and guests NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

J POD

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.

stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

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

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Blue

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

Featuring Gary James Joynes (alternative/electronic); 12pm

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every

Take the Throne, The Equinox, and more; 7pm; $10

Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Rider

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Bingo

Open mic Wed: Hosted by Jordan Strand; every Wed, 9-12 jordanfstrand@gmail.com / 780655-8520

Toonz every Tue RED PIANO Every Tue: the

Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm-12am; no cover; relaxed dress code RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live Music

SANDS HOTEL Country music

dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm STARLITE ROOM Aaron Carter;

8pm; $15-$65; 18+ only WINSPEAR CENTRE The Music of

Led Zeppelin; 8pm YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session:

ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Jason

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

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

Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

Classical

WINSPEAR CENTRE The Music of

THE KING’S UNIVERSITY Opera

Led Zeppelin; 8pm

Nuova: Song Soirées - British Artsong; 7:30pm

Community Band Annual Spring Concert; 7-9:30pm; $12 (adults), $8 (students/seniors)

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

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

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

Hatred with My Home, The Catacombs and Great White Shark Fight and with Tyran; 7pm; $15 (door)

mic with host Duff Robison DV8 Where Giants Once Stood with

of Dying; 8pm; $33.50

OVERTIME Sherwood Park Dueling RENDEZVOUS PUB Depths Of

Vaughn BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled

Classical

UNION HALL Apocalyptica with Art

9:30pm-1am Pianos

BLUES ON WHYTE Maurice John

Charlie Austin Trio; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

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

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun;

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

Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm • Trick Rider

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

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open

MERCURY ROOM Music Magic

ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic

Wednesday Jam with hosts Wang Dang Doodle; 7:30pm

Kris Harvey and guests

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE

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

Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Wailin'

NEW WEST HOTEL Tue

open mic

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage

MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open

Jam: Trevor Mullen

Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm

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

WED JUN 3

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

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday

NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Rider

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

UBK PRESENTS

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

DC3 ART PROJECTS Broken Sound

Bossa; 9am-3pm; Donations

DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage Tue: featuring this week: Tyler Gilbert; 9pm

DJs

Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

ADORE DELANO & DERRICK BARRY

DAMAGE INC

the Scenes: 2015 Masterclasses; 7pm

Vaughn

BLUE CHAIR CAFE Brunch with PM

KICK OFF PARTY

Windrose Trio; 2pm; $20 (door)

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku

Donation

W/ BLACK MASTIFF, THE ARCHAICS

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

HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

BLOCK 1912 Tyler Gilbert; 7-9pm;

DEAD MEADOW FARMEGEDDON

CATHEDRAL Amour et Art; 7:30pm

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

BBQ jam hosted with the Marshall Lawrence Band; 4pm

PURE PRIDE 2015 STARRING

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled

Mondays with Jimmy and the Sleepers; 8-11pm

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun

PURE PRIDE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

ALL SAINTS' ANGLICAN

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

every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

SUN MAY 31

AARON CARTER

Classical

BLUES ON WHYTE Maurice John

MON JUN 1

UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays:

NIGHT VISION PRESENTS

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Tuesday

LEVEL CAFÉ AT THE KING’S UNIVERSITY Opera Nuova: Behind

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M UNIONEVENTS.COM PRESENTS

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

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip

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

TUE JUN 2

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

Brit Pop, Synthpop, Alternative 90’s, Glam Rock with DJ Chris Bruce; Wooftop: Substance: alt retro and not-so-retro electronic and dance with Eddie LunchPail BRIXX Metal night every Tue DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue

ARDEN THEATRE St. Albert

WINSPEAR CENTRE Winds at the

Winspear; 7:30pm

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover 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

MAY/28 MAY/29

FNDTN

THE GOOD IN EVERYONE THE MANDATES W/ WE WERE FRIENDS, ALEA RAE

MAY/30

W/ NERVOUS TALK, BEN DISASTER

JUN/5

PEAK PERFORMANCE PROJECT - VICTORY TOUR FT

THE WET SECRETS X

GOOD FOR GRAPES

JUN/11 JUN/12

MICHEAL WOOD TUPPERWARE REMIX PARTY W/ REND & GUESTS

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VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALBERTA COLLEGE 10045-156 St NW ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH 10035-103 St ARDEN THEATRE 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.955.2336 BLOCK 1912 10361 Whyte Ave BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636

CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DC3 ART PROJECTS 10567111 St DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411

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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 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St KING'S UNIVERSITY 9125-50 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-

109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW 8404-109 St ORLANDO'S 1 15163-121 St O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave, 780.424.3836 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM 12845-102 Ave 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 8882-170 St SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 7308-76 Ave, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

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

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

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Tom Liske; May 29-30 • Chris Heward; Jun 5-6

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; last Tue each month, 7:30pm • Seaton Smith; May 27-31 • Kelly Taylor; Jun 3-7

CONNIE'S COMEDY PRESENTS COMEDY AT THE TOP • Hilltop Pub 8220-106 Ave • With Jim Noble. Tim Kubasek, and Dave Stawnichy as headliner • May 30, 9pm

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm DJ to follow EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: featuring a professional headliner every week Every Sun, 9pm

MARTIN SHORT • Northlands Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave • rivercreeresort.com • May 30, 7pm (doors), 9pm (show) • Tickets start at $44.50

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

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

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican

languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free (member)/$10 (membership); pre-register

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free 10135-96 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • 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 •

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

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

GREAT EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL SLIDE • Sylvia Krogh’s, 11561-136 St • Barbeque at reet (Jun 1). Bring drinks, meat & potluck dish.

Everyone welcome • First Mon of the month, 6pm • Suggested donation of $3

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

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

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm.

All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry

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

Arts Barns 10330-84 Ave • 780.490.1129 • spiritualexperience.org • A workshop to discover how past lives, dreams and soul travel can help you understand these. A free copy of ECKANKAR’s Spiritual Experiences Guidebook will be available for all guests • May 31, 1-3pm • Free

URBAN GREEN COHOUSING INFORMATION SESSION • Old Strathcona Library, upstairs, 8331-104 St • hello@urbangreencohousing.ca • urbangreencohousing.ca • Building an environmentally friendly multi-family building Old Strathcona • May 31, 2-3:30pm

QUEER BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue: Retro Tuesdays with Dj Arrow Chaser; 9pm-close • Wed: DJ Griff; 9-close • Thu: Wet underwear with Shiwana Millionaire • Fri: Dance all Night with Dj Arrowchaser • Sat: Weekly events and dancing until close • Sun: Weekly Drag show with Shiwana Millionaire and guests; 12:30am

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

TIBETAN BUDDHIST MAHAMUDRA • Karma Tashi Ling Society, 10502-70 Ave • Tranquility and insight meditation based on Very Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche's teachings.

Suitable for meditation practitioners with Buddhist leanings • Every Thu, 7-8:30pm • Donations; jamesk2004@hotmail.com

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St; Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators. toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club:

WHAT IS GRIEF? EXPLORING THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL IMPACTS OF GRIEF • Pilgrims Hospice, 9808-148 St •

ILLNESS SUPPORT AND SOLUTIONS

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

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

Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleine-sanam.orgs/en • Program for HIV-AID’S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African

10208-99 Ave N.E., Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

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

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

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION •

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

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515

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POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall,

2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact bradscherger@hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo. com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Upward Bound Toastmaster Club: Rm 7, 6 Fl, Edmonton Public Library–DT: Meets every Wed, 7-8:45pm; Sep-May; upward. toastmastersclubs.org; reader1@shaw.ca • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

pice.com • Learn the different ways that grief can impact you • Jun 3, 7-8:30pm • $30

To support Brain Care Centre’s client services coordination and counselling programs • Jun 5, 7-8:30am • $45 (individual), $360 (table of 8)

LIVING POSITIVE • #33, 9912-106 St •

Arts Barns - Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • 780.239.6122 • info@piquedancecentre.ca • A 60-minute dance concert and will feature a variety of dance styles such as Aerial Silks, Bellydance, Brazilian Samba, Ballet, Contemporary, Flow Arts and much more. All profits from the concert will be donated to the Theatre Network~Live at the Roxy • May 31, 7-8:30pm • $46 (adv)

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 WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Massive Mondays Comedy Night with Nadine Hunt; 8pm; New Headliner Weekly • Tue: You Don't Know Show with Shiwana Millionaire; 8pm; Weekly prizes and games • Wed: Karaoke with Shirley; 7pm1am • Thu: Karaoke with Kendra; 7pm-1am • Fri-Sat: Dancing and events until close • Sun: Karaoke with Jadee; 7pm-1am

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

SPECIAL EVENTS

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2ND ANNUAL ULTIMATE GARAGE SALE

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

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

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

INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-

780.413.9801 ext. 107 • jessem@pilgrimshos-

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

based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual,

• Carrot Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • carrotassist@gmail.com • See what trreasures you can find. All proceeds go back towards supporting the Carrot and Arts on the Ave • May 30

3RD ANNUAL HORSES, HOUNDS & HOMECOOKIN' • WELCA Show Grounds, 12504 Fox Drive • kmgevents2@gmail.com • 780.757.3077 • Horses & Hounds Class, delicious BBQ dinner and local live entertainment by country artist, Alecia Aichelle • May 30, 5-11pm • $50 (per person), $40 (4 or more), $300 (table of 8)

16TH ANNUAL RUN WILD FOR WILDLIFE • John Janzen Nature Centre, 7000-143 St NW • peggyhurdle@gmail.com/info@ wildlife-edm.ca • wildlife-edm.ca/events • A 7 km run or run/walk 3.5 km • May 31, 10am2pm • $45 (individual), $40 (team), pledges encouraged

24TH ANNUAL BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH KICKOFF BREAKFAST • Chateau Lacombe, 10111 Bellamy Hill Rd • events@braincarecentre.com • 780.477.7575 ext. 111 • 24thbiambreakfast.eventbrite.ca •

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DEEPSOUL.CA • 587.520.3833; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages

EDMONTON CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL • Expo Centre at Northlands • albertabeerfestivals.com • Connecting breweries, agencies, restaurants, liquor stores and beer enthusiasts in Western Canada. Increase your beer knowledge and find a new favourite. Join seminars and vote for your fave • Jun 5-6

"FLAMBOYANCE" - A GANG FASHION EVENT • SouthminsterSteinhauer United Church, 10740-19 Ave • 780.437.1896/780.436.6544/ 780.434.4173 • edmgrandmothers.org • The GANG (Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation) is holding a Fashion Show fundraiser to support the African Grandmothers raising the millions of children orphaned by AIDS. Proceeds go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation • May 31, 2:30-4:30pm • $20

HEROES & VILLAINS MARKET • MacEwan University City Centre Campus, Building 6; 10700-104 Ave • sgandcompanyevents@ gmail.com • 587.988.1176 • creativeyeg.ca • Featuring local vendors, live music & good eats, photo booth, contests and more • Jun 5, 6:30-11:30pm • $10 (adv), $15 (door)

KURIMOTO JAPANESE GARDEN SPRING Festival • Devonian Botanic Garden University of Alberta, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • 780.987.3054 ext. 2243 • devonian. ualberta.ca • A showcase of Japanese culture in a very special spring setting. Martial arts demonstrations, art displays and demos, dance and music performances, children’s games and crafts, authentic Japanese Tea Ceremonies, Japanese food sampling, the Taiko drummers and more • Jun 7, 11am-4pm

MIGRATORY BIRD FESTIVAL • John Janzen Nature Centre, 7000-143 St NW • info@wildlife-edm.ca • wildlife-edm.ca/ events • Enjoy the great outdoors with nature walks, nature games, and learn colourful and interesting information and activities to raise awareness of the huge role our environmentally healthy province plays in species survival.

For all ages! • May 31, 11am-2pm • Free, donations welcome (there will be a cost to enter the Teglar Discovery Zone)

NIGHT MARKET EDMONTON • Beaverhill House Park, Jasper Ave & 105 St • nightmarketedmonton@gmail.com • 780.934.1568 • nightmarketedmonton.com • Watch an old movie, eat some food, or shop at the vendor’s stalls • Every Fri, 7-11pm, May-Aug • Free

OLIVER COMMUNITY FESTIVAL • Robertson-Wesley United Church and Christ Church Anglican, 102 Avenue between 121-123 St • olivercommunityfestival.org • music@rwuc. org • 780.482.1587 • Entertainment, both inside the two churches and outdoors, includes choirs, bands, soloists, handbells, dance, drumming, Celtic harp, a fiddling group, a circus act, live painting to music and historic tours • May 30, 10am-3pm • Free 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 SENIORS' DATE NIGHT AT THE GARDEN • Devonian Botanic Garden - University of Alberta, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • 780.987.3054 ext. 2243 • Featuring live music by The Serenaders, a supper special at the Patio Café and a bautiful night at the garden • Jun 4, 6pm until dusk

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Room to Read Event Planner Volunteer Needed Are you a self-motivated individual who wants to use your creativity to plan fun, interesting events to support a great cause? Room to Read, Edmonton Chapter organizes several events every year to raise money to support our literacy and girls’ education programs in Asia and Africa.

We require people who are willing to generate ideas for events and execute them, while working with other volunteers and Chapter Leaders. Contact Edmonton@roomtoread.org if you are interested.

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

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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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Naess Gallery Call For Submissions The Naess Gallery at The Paint Spot is a space for the exploration of artistic ideas and innovative processes. We are now accepting applications for 2016 exhibitions. Our 6-week exhibition of solo artists or groups are inclusive: you don’t have to be emerging or established - just interesting!

For more information about the simple process of making a submission, visit http:/paintspot.ca/naess-gallery or email accounts@paintspot.ca.

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Guitarists, bassists, vocalists, pianists and drummers needed for good paying teaching jobs.

Please call 780-901-7677

Looking for a bass player and drummer; heavy metal style.

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Tenor/Baritone Sax Player Wanted Local blues/reggae/psych band with original songs looking for a tenor/baritone sax player.

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Open Call for Musicians, Bands, and Composers Toy Guns Dance Theatre and Ecco Theatre are collaborating on an original production titled Disenchanting Facades: A Dream Play About Blueberries, Christmas Lights, and A Rickety Old Shitter. The production will be performed outdoors at dusk featuring Live Music, Dance, and Classical Voice.

We are looking for submissions from Local Songwriters to create a score for this original production. We are very open to all styles of music although some reorchestration may be necessary in creating a unified art work.

All artists who’s music is used in the production will be given full credit for their work, tickets to attend performances of the show, as well as an honorarium. The show venue and dates are TBD. The pilot of the show will be produced for the end of August, 2015.

For further details contact kasia@toygunstheatre.com or visit www.toygunstheatre.com

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): Keith Moon played drums for the rock band the Who. He was once voted the second-greatest drummer in history. But his erratic behaviour, often provoked by drugs or alcohol, sometimes interfered with his abilities. In 1973, the Who was doing a live concert near San Francisco when the tranquilizer that Moon had taken earlier caused him to pass out. The band appealed to the audience for help.

"Can anybody play the drums?" asked guitarist Pete Townshend. "I mean somebody good?" A 19-yearold amateur drummer named Scot Halpin volunteered. He played well enough to finish the show. I suspect that sometime soon, Aries, you may also get an unexpected opportunity to play the role of a substitute. Be ready!

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): The weta is a very large insect whose habitat is New Zealand. It looks like a robotic grasshopper, with giant black eyes on a long red face, enlarged hind legs bearing spikes, and floppy, oversized antennae. The native Maori people call it "the god of the ugly things."

Please note that this is a term of respect. The weta's title is not "the most monstrous of the ugly things," or "the worst" or "the scariest" or "the most worthless of the ugly things." Rather, the Maori say it's the god—the highest, the best, the most glorious. I suspect that in the coming days, Taurus, you will have a close encounter with your own version of a "god of ugly things." Doesn't it deserve your love and welcome?

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): You have successfully made the transition from brooding caterpillar

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to social butterfly. Soon you will be in your full, fluttery glory, never lingering too long with one thought, one friend or one identity. Some heavy-duty, level-headed stalwarts might wish you would be more earthy and anchored, but I don't share their concern. At least for now, having a long attention span is overrated. You have entered the fidgety, inquisitive part of your cycle, when flitting and flirting and flickering make perfect sense.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Only one fear is worthy of you. Only one fear is real enough and important enough to awaken and activate the numb part of your intelligence. So for now, I suggest that you retire all lesser fears.

Stuff them in a garbage bag and hide them in a closet. Then put on your brave champion face, gather the allies and resources you need, and go forth into glorious battle.

Wrestle with your one fear. Reason with it. If necessary, use guile and trickery to gain an advantage.

Call on divine inspiration and be a wickedly good truth-teller. And this is crucial: use your fear to awaken and activate the numb part of your intelligence.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): In the coming nights, try to see your shadow as it's cast on the ground by the moon. Not by the sun, mind you.

Look for the shadow that's made by the light of the moon. It might sound farfetched, but I suspect this experience will have a potent impact on your subconscious mind. It may jostle loose secrets that you have been hiding from yourself. I bet it will give you access to emotions and intuitions you have been repressing. It could

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also help you realize that some of the deep, dark stuff you wrestle with is not bad and scary, but rather fertile and fascinating.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22): The ancient Greek statesman Demosthenes was regarded as a supremely skilled orator. His speeches were so powerful that he was compared to a "blazing thunderbolt." And yet as a youngster he spoke awkwardly. His voice was weak and his enunciation weird.

To transform himself, he took drastic measures. He put pebbles in his mouth to force himself to formulate his words with great care. He recited poems as he ran up and down hills. At the beach, he learned to outshout the pounding surf. Take inspiration from him, Virgo. Now would be an excellent time for you to plan and launch strenuous efforts that will enable you to eventually accomplish one of your long-range goals.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Longdistance flirtations may soon be just around the corner or across the street. Remote possibilities are taking short cuts as they head your way. I swear the far horizon and the lucky stars seem closer than usual. Is it all a mirage? Some of it may be, but at least a part of it is very real. If you want to be ready to seize the surprising opportunities that show up in your vicinity, I suggest you make yourself as innocent and expansive as possible. Drop any jaded attitudes you may be harbouring. Let the future know that you are prepared to receive a flood of beauty, truth and help.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): I suspect that marriages of conve-

nience will begin to wither away unless they evolve into bonds of affection. Connections that have been fed primarily on fun and games must acquire more ballast.

In fact, I recommend that you reevaluate all your contracts and agreements. How are they working for you? Do they still serve the purpose you want them to? Is it time to acknowledge that they have transformed and need to be reconfigured? As you take inventory, be both tough-minded and compassionate.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Petrarch was an influential 14thcentury Italian poet whose main work was Song Book. It's a collection of 366 poems, most of which are dedicated to Laura, the woman he loved. For 40 years he churned out testaments of longing and appreciation for her, despite the fact that he and she never spent time together. She was married to another man and was wrapped up in raising her 11 children. Should we judge Petrarch harshly for choosing a muse who was so unavailable? I don't. Muse-choosing is a mysterious and sacred process that transcends logic. I'm bringing the subject to your attention because you're entering a new phase in your relationship with muses.

It's either time to choose a new one (or two?) or else adjust your bonds with your current muses.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): "The soul moves in circles," said the ancient Greek philosopher Plotinus. Modern psychologist James Hillmans agreed and added this thought: "Hence our lives are not moving straight ahead; instead, hovering, wavering, return-

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ing, renewing, repeating." I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because you're now in an extraintense phase of winding and rambling. This is a good thing!

You are spiralling back to get another look at interesting teachings you didn't master the first time around. You are building on past efforts that weren't strong enough. Your words of power are crooked, gyrate, curvy, labyrinthine and corkscrew.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): It's no coincidence that your libido and your mojo are booming at the same time. Your libido is in the midst of a deep, hearty awakening, which is generating a surplus of potent, super-fine mojo. And your surplus of potent, super-fine mojo is in turn inciting your libido's even deeper, heartier awakening. There may be times in the coming week when you feel like you are living with a wild animal. As long as you keep the creature well-fed and well-stroked, it should provide you with lots of vigorous, even boisterous fun.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): "I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early," quipped 19th-century English author Charles Lamb. I invite you to adopt that breezy, lazy attitude in the coming weeks. It's high time for you to slip into a very comfortable, laidback mood ... to give yourself a lot of slack, explore the mysteries of dreamy indolence and quiet down the chirpy voices in your head. Even if you can't literally call in sick to your job and spend a few days wandering free, do everything you can to claim as much low-pressure, unhurried spaciousness as possible. V

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SMUTFest encourages all body types to have fun with a video camera The second-annual SMUTFest, Edmonton's queer, sex-positive amateur porn festival is set to run July 18. If you're intrigued but the thought of exposing yourself, so to speak, in this way, fills you with dread, here are some words of encouragement from festival organizers and participants.

Kristina Laban, one-third of Prairie Oyster Entertainment, the group behind SMUTFest, says putting yourself on film can feel very risky, but with that risk comes great reward.

"I think that SMUTfest lets people be super vulnerable about themselves," Laban says. "So much of the porn people have easy access to is full of people that are the mainstream—that is thin, able-bodied, white, hetero, cisgender. The festival allows people that aren't part of those demographics to take up space. Even for folks who don't submit but attend the festival, it can be really huge to see someone that looks like them or has similar desires, on a big screen."

Although you'd think the whole getting naked and having sex in front of other people thing would be the biggest concern, Laban says most people are more worried about technology.

"People say they aren't going to submit a film because they don't have a fancy camera, or don't have experience filming anything. But that's the whole point of SMUTfest! It's grassrootsy. We encourage folks to mess around with their phones and take videos. If someone wants to submit a threeminute-long video off their phone of themselves dry humping pillows, then we welcome it with open arms!"

wanted in the film, but we talked it out and used safe words—it was an amazing experience," she notes.

Although Krein was the director last year, she plans to be on the other side of the camera for this year's submission.

"I am ready to challenge my comfort zones, and the queer babes at

especially those of women and nonbinary people," she notes. "Having the space and medium to unapologetically share our experiences and identities and desires in this respect can be incredibly powerful and inspire connections we may have never otherwise considered."

If you're inspired but don't know where to start, you don't have to go it alone.

Unlike other festivals that simply accept and screen films, SMUTFest organizers will walk you through the process, answer your technical questions and try to connect you with resources and people that can help you make your erotic art vision come to life. They are accepting submissions until July 3. V

So much of the porn people have easy access to is full of people that are the mainstream—that is thin, able-bodied, white, hetero, cisgender. The festival allows people that aren’t part of those demographics to take up space.

Prairie Oyster create such a safe space that I am looking forward to the viewings," she says.

Kiyl Keys of Prairie Oyster hopes that the energy they have put into making their philosophy of queerpositive inclusion front and centre will help people feel comfortable to get involved.

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"It was strange watching other people have sex in front of you, and I found it difficult to ask the individuals to get the shots that I

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You often mention asexual people. I believe I may be one. I'm a 51-year-old woman. I've been separated from my opposite-sex partner for nearly nine years. I've been approached by a variety of men, each one interested in becoming "more than friends." I haunt Craigslist's "platonic m4w" section, but each time I reach out to someone, he turns out to want a FWB or NSA relationship. It's frustrating!

That part of my life—the sex part— is really and truly over! I had many sex partners for many years, I had a good run, and now I'm done. When I find someone attractive, I admire them in a nonsexual way. But I do masturbate. Not often. I can go two or three weeks without needing (or thinking about) release. When I do masturbate, it's more of a "stretching activity" than a passionate requirement. Do true asexuals masturbate?

Am I correct in identifying as asexual instead of heterosexual? Or am I a straight person who has simply retired from the field?

No Need For Sex "There's some handy-dandy research on this topic," says David Jay, founder of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN). Jay is the world's most prominent asexuality activist and widely acknowledged as the founder of the asexuality movement.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia studied the masturbatory habits of asexual individuals and compared them to the masturbatory habits of people with low sexual desire ("Sexual Fantasy and Masturbation Among Asexual Individuals," Morag A Yule, Lori A Brotto, and Boris B Gorzalka, the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality). "[They found that] the majority of asexual people (about 56 percent) masturbate on at least a monthly basis," says Jay, compared to 75 percent of individuals with low sexual desire. "For a sizable chunk of us, this is about a sense of physical release rather than about sexual fantasy. Masturbation and partnered sex are very different things, and desiring one doesn't mean that we automatically desire the other."

So, NNFS, the fact that you masturbate occasionally—as a "stretching activity" (ouch?)—doesn't disqualify you from identifying as asexual. And while the fact that you were sexually active for many years, presumably happily, and always with men could mean you're a straight lady with low to no sexual desire, you're nevertheless free to embrace the asexual label if it works for you.

"If you're not drawn to be sexual with anyone, then you have a lot in common with a lot of people in the asexual community," Jay says. "That being said, there's no such thing as a 'true' asexual. If the word seems use-

ful, use it. At the end of the day, what matters is how well we understand ourselves, not how well we match some platonic ideal of our sexual orientation, and words like 'asexual' are just tools to help us understand ourselves."

All those crazy labels—bi, gay, lesbian, straight, pansexual, asexual, etc—are there to help us communicate who we are and what we want.

Once upon a time, NNFS, you wanted heterosexual sex, you had heterosexual sex and you identified as heterosexual. That label was correct for you then. If the asexual label is a better fit for you now, if it more accurately communicates who you are (now) and what you want (now), you have none other than David Jay's permission to use it.

"I also feel NNFS's pain about Craigslist 'strictly platonic' ads," Jay says.

"But I've found there are plenty of people out there who are interested in hanging out if I simultaneously say 'no' to sex and 'yes' to an emotional connection. I wish NNFS the best of luck in finding some."

Follow AVEN on Twitter at @asexuality. Jay recommends The Invisible Orientation by Julie Decker to people who want to learn more about asexuality. And Asexual Outreach is currently raising funds via Indiegogo to help finance the first

boyfriends of these guys—gay guys with thong-averse/ass-play-averse boyfriends—never write to ask me if their boyfriend could be a straight.

Instead, they take the gay sex they're having with their gay boyfriends for an answer. I understand why a straight woman might have more cause for concern: very few gay-identified guys are secretly straight, while a significant percentage of straightidentified guys are secretly gay or bi. (Google "antigay pastor Matthew Makela caught on Grindr" for a recent example.)

But at some point, WHAT, a straight woman should relax and take all the straight sex she's having with her thong-wearing, ass-play-digging boyfriend for an answer.

CONCENTRATING HARD

Just because a woman closes her eyes during sex doesn't mean she's fantasizing about something. I love to look my husband in the eyes, but sometimes when I'm trying to get off, I just need to close my eyes and concentrate on what I'm feeling. Visual input is too distracting and makes it hard to focus. I get off pretty much every time we make love, but some times require more concentration than others.

Concentrating On My Euphoria COME is referring to my advice a couple of weeks back for Come As You Are, a man whose wife had to lean back, close her eyes and rub her clit in order to come. I advised CAYA to ask his wife what she was thinking about when she did that— what scenario she was fantasizing about—and not to panic if she wasn't thinking about him.

Lots of women wrote in to say that they do—they must do—the same thing CAYA's wife does in order to come: close their eyes and concentrate. A majority, like COME, said they're not fantasizing about anything in particular; they're just concentrating on the sensations. But a large minority said that they have specific and sometimes wild/unrealizable/disturbing fantasies that they have to concentrate on in order to climax. Just as every fantasy doesn't have to be realized, not every fantasy has to be shared. But women (and men) who are lucky enough to have a loving, supportive, secure and game partner should consider bringing their partner in. Allowing a partner to play an active role in your wild/unrealizable fantasies—through dirty talk—will make your partner feel like a part of your fantasy world (and your orgasms) and not an exile from it.

I hope you're sitting down because this may come as a shock: not all gay guys wear thongs and not all gay guys like having their asses played with.

North American Asexuality Conference in Toronto this June and other outreach programs: indiegogo.com/ projects/asexual-outreach.

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There's this guy I stopped dating a few months ago, but we've remained friends. When we were still dating, he once wore a thong when we were having sex. He called it his "sexy underwear." He said he wore it only if he really liked a woman. He also told me he tried using a vibrator and fingers in his ass and really enjoyed it. I wasn't bothered, but I am curious to know if straight guys really wear thongs and enjoy having their asses played with.

Could he be a gay?

What's He Attracted To? That guy could be a gay, WHAT, but any guy could be a gay.

There are, however, lots of straight guys out there who dig sexy underwear—and some mistakenly believe thongs qualify. There are also lots of straight guys out there who like having their asses played with—and some are secure enough in their heterosexuality to share that fact with the women in their lives. And I hope you're sitting down because this may come as a shock: not all gay guys wear thongs and not all gay guys like having their asses played with. The

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