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"North Korean people were provided food and some money by [the] government, but in South Korea, we have to make money ourselves." // 7

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NEWS EDITOR: REBECCA MEDEL REBECCA@VUEWEEKLY.COM

RICARDO ACUÑA // RICARDO@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Big challenges ahead in human services Conservative ideology will take some time to flush out of social services Government departments and institutions are not the most nimble and adaptable bodies in the world to begin with, but they are much less so in a place where the same party governing from the same ideology has been in power for as long as the Conservatives were in Alberta.

Governments make decisions based on ideology, and the longer the ideology goes unchallenged or unchanged, the more that ideology becomes hardwired into the very structure and institutions of those governments.

We seem to understand this reality intrinsically when it comes to institutions in health care and post-secondary education, where governments appoint like-minded boards who then appoint like-minded senior managers.

Together they draft strategic plans, implement management structures, and hire like-minded consultants and accountants to confirm those plans and structures. After 44 years, every policy, every reporting structure, every budget priority is largely coming from the same ideologically ground-

ed premise.

Although not as immediately evident, this same situation has been playing out in the area of social services in Alberta for at least the last 22 years. A new report released last week by the Parkland Institute, "Neoliberalism and the Non-Profit Social Services Sector in Alberta," highlights the degree to which the tenets of two decades of neoliberal policy have impacted social service delivery and non-profits in the province.

Ralph Klein kicked it all off when he got elected in 1993 and decided a good way to cut government spending in social services over time was to hand over delivery to the non-profit sector while simultaneously scaling back funding. Non-profits paid staff less, overloaded staff caseloads and supplemented any shortfall in government funding with fundraising dollars. Under these circumstances Klein quickly implemented a very clear carrot-and-stick approach: any organization that dared speak out against government policy, advocate

VUEPOINT MIMI WILLIAMS MIMI@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Presumed innocence and Bill C-51 The presumption of innocence is such a fundamental right that many countries, including ours, have enshrined it constitutionally. Section 11 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees that if we are accused of a crime, we have the right "to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal." Section 10 confers the right to know the allegations being made, the right to counsel and offers protection from unlawful detention.

Canadians place a high value on these rights, evidenced by intense and growing public opposition to Bill C-51, which strips them away. We understand that even the most heinous criminals deserve to defend themselves and that sometimes people are falsely accused. We accept that it is a far greater injustice for an innocent person to be imprisoned than for the odd guilty person to go free. That is why the burden of proof is on the prosecution.

Last week, the Bill C-51 was passed by the Senate and is now law. It remains to be seen when it will make its way to the Supreme Court, which will surely rule that it contravenes the Charter, but it will.

This week we learned of the passing of Alex Pringle, one of Edmonton's most prominent criminal defense lawyers and one of the country's best legal minds. I knew him casually—our contact mostly occurring outside hockey rinks while our kids got dressed post-game—and admired the compassion he displayed professionally. Criminal justice lawyers are integral to upholding the rights of all of us, and Pringle was one of the best.

Along with sincere condolences to his family, I cannot help but think that Bill C-51 passing the same week as he did is one hell of a cruel juxtaposition. V

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for its clients or refuse to participate in photo-ops with the minister simply lost its funding. Conversely, organizations that openly praised the party and endorsed government policy had their funding renewed and sometimes even increased.

As non-profits scrambled to put highly connected Conservatives on their boards and hire conservative accountants and consultants to help them jump through government hoops, the premier and minister worked with senior staff to turn the department into a sort of petri dish for neoliberal trends in management and accountability.

From the Casework Practice Model and Outcome-Based Service Delivery to Results-Based budgeting and Social Innovation, every new management and admin trend further entrenched the logic of the market and the essence of neoliberalism in the department where, arguably, that logic least belongs. Today that logic runs deep, from board membership to case man-

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agement to reporting structures.

This will be one of the most significant challenges the New Democrat government faces as it works to undo 44 years of Conservative policy. In the area of human service delivery it will not be enough to replace top staff and increase funding. After 22 years of tinkering, experimentation, carrotand-stick rewards and chronic underfunding, the challenges in Alberta's social service delivery and its relationship with the non-profit sector needs a complete overhaul.

The starting point cannot be the bottom line of dollars and cents, it must be a clear understanding of which services Albertans and their communities need. From there, everything else needs to be on the table, starting with a very clear understanding and rationalization of how services are delivered and who delivers them: government directly or the non-profit sector. It may make sense to leave some delivery in the hands of non-profits, but it cannot be because of cheaper staff costs of

greater staff-loads. At the same time, administrative, reporting and evaluation structures built into the department cannot be based on neoliberal logic but rather should be adopted based on evidence-based best practices from other jurisdictions in Canada and abroad and from emerging academic research.

This will not be a matter of an easy or overnight fix, but if the government gets moving on a thoughtful open process now, it may indeed begin bearing fruit before the next election. In terms of our humanity as a society, there are very few more important priorities than how we deliver human services, so we have to get it right. Hopefully the government agrees. 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.

GWYNNE DYER // GWYNNE@VUEWEEKLY.COM

The walking dead

Species extinction is happening too quickly and needs to be acknowledged "There are examples of species all over the world that are essentially the walking dead," said Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlich. "We are sawing off the limb that we are sitting on."

He was talking about the Sixth Extinction, the huge loss of species that is underway right now. It has been discussed in public before, of course, but what Ehrlich and other scientists from Stanford and Princeton universities and the University of California Berkeley have done is to document it statistically.

Animals and plants are always going extinct, usually to be replaced by rival species that exploit the same ecological niche more efficiently. But the normal turnover rate is quite slow, according to the fossil record: about one species of vertebrate per 10 000 species goes extinct each century. Ehrlich and his colleagues deliberately raised the bar, assuming that the normal extinction rate is twice as high as that—and still got an alarming result.

In a study published this month in Science Advances, they report that vertebrates (animals with internal skeletons made of bone or cartilage—mammals, birds, reptiles and fish) are going extinct at a rate 114 times faster than normal. In a separate study last year, Professor Stuart Pimm of Duke University estimated that the loss rate may be as much as a thousand times higher than normal— and that includes plants as well as animals.

"We are now entering the sixth great mass

extinction event," said Gerardo Ceballos of the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, lead author of the Science Advances study. "If it is allowed to continue, life would take many millions of years to recover and our species itself would likely disappear early on." Indeed, Harvard biologist E O Wilson has estimated that at the current rate of loss, half of Earth's higher lifeforms will be extinct by 2100.

It's fair to say that we are the victims of our own success, but so is the entire biosphere.

There were one billion of us in 1800. We are now seven and a half billion, on our way

gets underway and starts to take huge bites out of the ecosphere. We are on the Highway to Hell, and it's hard to see how we get off it.

In a way, climate change is the easiest part of the problem to fix, because all we have to do is stop burning fossil fuels and reform the way we farm to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

More easily said than done, as the history of the past 30 years amply demonstrates, but certainly not impossible if we take the task seriously.

Maintaining the diversity of species (some of which we haven't even identified yet) that provide essential "ecosystem services" is going to be far harder, because the web of interdependence among apparently unrelated species is very complex. At the very least, however, it is clear that we must restore around a quarter of our agricultural land to its original "wild" state and cut back drastically on fishing.

It's far from clear that we can do that in time and still go on feeding all of the human population, but the alternative is worse. James Lovelock put it very bluntly in his book The Revenge of Gaia.

"If we continue business as usual, our species may never again enjoy the lush and verdant world we had only a hundred years ago," he wrote. "What is most in danger is civilization; humans are tough enough for breeding pairs to survive ... but if these huge changes do occur it seems likely that few of the teeming billions now alive will survive." V

They have been crowded out, hunted out, or poisoned by our chemical wastes.

Their habitats have been destroyed. to 10 or 11 billion. We have appropriated the most biologically productive 40 percent of the planet's land surface for our cities, farms and pastures, and there's not much room left for the other species.

They have been crowded out, hunted out or poisoned by our chemical wastes. Their habitats have been destroyed. Even the oceans are being devastated as one commercial fish species after another is fished out. And still our population continues to grow and our appetite for meat causes more land to be cleared to grow grain not for people, but for livestock.

All this even before global warming really

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Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

NEWS // NORTH KOREA

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ince the 1950s, about 27 000 [North Korean refugees] have come [to South Korea]", says NGO Teach North Korean Refugees (TNKR) co-founder Casey Lartigue. "Most of them have come in the last 15 years.

"When the Soviet Union collapsed, the North Korean economy also began to collapse," Lartigue continues. "Then you have the famines of the mid-1990s.

Some of the guards themselves were trying to escape."

According to Life Funds for North Korean Refugees, 100 000 to 300 000 North Koreans have defected to other countries, with the majority hiding in Russia and China.

One of TNKR's learners, Ken (who prefers the use of his first name only for this article) was in the North Korean military for 10 years.

"The most difficult thing is hunger," Ken says. "The North Korean soldiers [did not] always get enough food."

Although he is still working on his English, Ken exudes animated confidence as he tells his story. He is one of 15 Track Two learners at TNKR, which Lartigue explains is for "those refugees who are interested in public speaking," whether it be to deliver work presentations or to speak out on North Korean issues.

Ken had to move to North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, for military service.

Soldiers were not allowed to contact family by telephone, only by letter.

"But letter must be checked," Ken adds. "There is no Internet in

sNorth Korea."

After finishing military service, Ken returned home to find that his brother and mother were missing. Three weeks later, he received news that his family had defected to South Korea.

"I was really shocked. Even though my family had defected, I just continued to look for a job and tried to stay in North Korea," Ken recalls. "But I couldn't."

This was the kind of punishment that

the first challenge of crossing the border between North Korea and China.

"It took 15 minutes to cross, but it felt like 15 hours. It was as if a thousand needles were going through me!"

Eventually, Ken reached the South Korean embassy in Thailand, where he received a South Korean passport and was able to take a plane to South Korea. Like many others, Ken went through culture shock as he learned to adjust living in a "totally different

The most difficult thing is hunger.

The North Korean soldiers [did not] always get enough food. the government had for family members of North Korean defectors.

"Even if I stayed, after six months maybe a public servant from the North Korean government would be watching me, so I decided [to leave]," he says. "[The North Korean government] watches everybody ... but especially someone who [has] a relative who is a defector."

Three months following military service, Ken embarked on a four-day journey to South Korea, via Laos and Thailand, with the help of a broker.

Without a passport, he had to cross the border illegally. "[The journey was] dangerous. [I] swim in the Amnok River," Ken says of

social system."

"North Korean people were provided food and some money by [the] government, but in South Korea, we have to make money ourselves," he says.

However, because everyone was paid so little in their jobs in North Korea, Ken now considers it more like volunteer work rather than an actual job.

TNKR co-founder Eunkoo Lee says one challenge that North Koreans face in South Korea is employment. Employers have a capitalistic expectation of employees, which is, "they should be more active without orders from the boss." "[There is] difficulty of finding a job

for South Korean people, but North Korean people [face] more difficulties, because South Korean people [are] influenced by the media—like North Korea is terrible country or they are [the] enemy kind of thing," Ken says.

Ken also had preconceived notions of South Koreans.

"When I entered the South Korean embassy, there were some people who treat me very kind. I'm very [suspicious] ... maybe they try to get information out of me," Ken admits. "When I went to church [for the] first time, many people [were] being friendly. I thought maybe they're working undercover as a spy for the government."

Sharon Jang, another TNKR North Korean learner, shares what life in North Korea was like, with the help of a translator.

"The first cellphone came out in 2010 or 2011," she recalls. "At that time, pagers began to emerge, but they cost 3M won [$4100 CAD.] "Most North Koreans have TVs, but they are large monitors," adds Jang, who has been in South Korea for three years. "The poor have black and white while the rich can get colour TV." "The hardest part was working in the coal mines," she says of the 15-hour workdays, which consisted of transferring 30 bags of coal weighing 40 kilos each.

The actual take-home pay was only 1000 won [$1.37 CAD] per month after taking other fees into account.

In November 2011, Jang began her es-

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cape from North Korea by going to a different city for 13 days with no pass.

In North Korea, a special pass is required when visiting other jurisdictions, so Jang was in special danger of being caught, on top of the drug activity that surrounded her.

After crossing the Tumen River, another river that divides North Korea from China, a broker obtained by her mother, which cost 7M won [$9500 CAD], assisted her. She then spent two months travelling through China and Laos before making her way to the South Korean embassy in Thailand.

Shortly after, she arrived in South Korea and discovered her mother—who had escaped to South Korea when Jang was 14—had a new husband as well as a new son.

"It was challenging for me to adjust to a new family. I had not seen my mom in 10 years," Jang recalls.

Jang still has family back home, but she has sent money to them only once, as it is a complicated process that involves three different brokers from China, South Korea and North Korea.

When asked if she considers herself North Korean, South Korean or simply Korean, Jang responds, "At first, I was confused. But now I don't think it's important where I came from—I consider myself a South Korean citizen living in South Korea."

For more information about TNKR, visit teachnorthkoreanrefugees.org.

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o all the detractors who say the bacon trend is played out: meet the Bacon Meister.

"Those people are the posers," Donovan Workun declares. "Before bacon was cool, there was always a strong bacon underground of people that know what's right and eat bacon. The hipsters are coming; the hipsters are going; the beards are out—but you'll still see bacon is going to be there."

Workun is the self-styled "Bacon Meister" of BaconFest YEG, an event championing everything bacon that's back in town for a second year.

"I am the king of bacon," he says over the phone a week before the festival. "In fact, I'm sitting in my bacon kilt right now. I love and worship all salty, cured pork products."

"I'm like the Mr Roarke of BaconFest," he continues. "I walk around, make sure everybody's glass Tue, Jun 30 (5:30 pm – 8:30 pm) is filled up, that Jiffy Lube BaconFest YEG their belly is full, Jubilee Auditorium lobby & that their face and grounds, $55 lips are glistening with the sweet grease of bacon. And then I also have a little tribute contest where I ask questions all based on bacon— whether it's Kevin Bacon or Sir Francis Bacon—heck, I'll even do Jon Hamm."

The Bacon Meister himself

The inspiration for BaconFest YEG came from Workun's visit to a similar bacon-oriented event in Atlanta; BaconFests have already popped up in various centres throughout the US. He shared his experience with CTV broadcaster Graham Neil and the duo enlisted the aid of local chef Brad Smoliak to start an Edmonton analogue. Last year's event was at the Arts Barns, but they've expanded to the Jubilee Auditorium this year.

The $55 ticket is all-in, netting you the chance to sample each of the bacon-centered dishes created by a dozen different restaurants in town, as well as sample various wines, beers and spirits. Vendors will be selling one-of-a-kind bacon merchandise, and there will be bacon-themed prize giveaways from the Wheel of Bacon (including a bacon-scented pillowcase). Workun is also premièring a "bacon improv show" with fellow improviser Kory Mathewson.

"BaconFest just emulates the feeling you get when you eat bacon," he says. "You feel kind of warm and greasy and happy. Maybe your left arm hurts just a titch, but that's when you know it's the best."

MEL PRIESTLEY

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PREVUE // PRODUCE

Eat your veggies—even the ugly ones SalvagED pop-up restaurant proves that blemished veggies are still tasty

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on't throw away those bruised apples: they are still perfectly fine to eat. And if you're not convinced, the Alder Food Security Society will prove it.

SalvagED is the Alder's first major undertaking as a new non-profit geared towards addressing food insecurity in our community. One of the main components of this is addressing food waste: every year, Canadians throw out $31 million of perfectly edible food for a variety of reasons—often purely cosmetic.

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SalvagED is a pop-up restaurant being held at the downtown location of Earth's General Store, which will see a handful of Edmonton chefs (including Eric Hanson of Get Cooking and chefs from Long Lost Foods of the Mercury Room) prepare a variety of dishes from food that would have otherwise been thrown away.

"Part of it is just educating home cooks about the fact that just because their carrots are a little more wilty or a tomato has a bruise on it, those ingredients can still be utilized

and can be turned into incredibly delicious dishes—which I think our chefs are going to showcase," says Mike Hudema, board member of the Alder Society. "Through the event we're also hoping to start a conversation with the bigger supermarket players that just throw out a lot of food rather than giving it to people that really need it."

The food used at SalvagED will be donated by a handful of smaller markets in town. Hudema notes that

even just asking for donations of edible but unsaleable food sparked a conversation, and the Alder Society was able to get some future commitments from the markets to donate such food to organizations like the Edmonton Food Bank.

The pop-up will be held over lunchtime on Friday, June 26. All dishes will be vegetarian and/or vegan and priced between $8 and $12. SalvagED will also be the first in a series of pop-ups the Alder Society is doing throughout the summer and will

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SalvagED Pop-Up Restaurant Fri, Jun 26 (11 am – 2 pm) Earth's General Store, 10150 - 104 Street hopefully evolve come September.

"The vision is to get multiple restaurants in the city to commit for a day, for a weekend or for the entire week to do what this event is doing," Hudema says. "Which is basically to use food that would have been wasted to create their menus, in the hope of amplifying the message and putting more pressure on those bigger suppliers to do the right thing and get their food into the hands of the people that need it."

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The Caesar is Canada's true cocktail, whether we admit it or not Canada doesn't have an official national drink, but given that we drink more than 350 million of them a year, the Caesar certainly seems like the unofficial one.

Defining a national beverage is a difficult thing, but it follows that one of the main criteria should be its relative obscurity outside national lines. The Caesar certainly has this category in the bag: ask for one in the US—or pretty much anywhere else—and you'll be served a blank stare.

It's an especially curious twist of fate, given that the Caesar is based on Clamato juice—a blend of clam broth and tomato juice created by two American employees of Mott's in 1966—and invented in Canada's western prairie provinces. The generally accepted origin of the Caesar is that it was invented in Calgary in 1969 by bartender Walter Chell for the opening of Marco's Italian restaurant (now the Westin Calgary). Supposedly, Chell was inspired by the flavours of Spaghetti Vongole, an Italian pasta dish of spaghetti with clams and tomatoes. However, others have rightly pointed out evidence that cocktails based on a blend of tomatoes and clam juice existed much earlier, including a recipe for one (albeit a nonalcoholic version) published in 1936 in a French volume called The Artistry of Mixing Drinks.

Regardless of its true derivation, there's no denying that the Caesar is entrenched in the Canadian conscious. May 14 is National Caesar Day, and Mott's has started a petition to make the Caesar our country's official national cocktail. Countless bars and restaurants claim to have the best Caesar and innumerable variations exist, many of which are distinguished not so much by the contents inside

the glass but by the the often outlandish garnishes perched atop it: a celery-salt rim, celery stalk and lime wedge are classic, but some have gone so far as to garnish their Caesars with everything from pepperoni sticks and pickles to an entire cheeseburger.

Central Social Hall has had a bacon Caesar on the menu for well over a year, which will be the feature drink at the upcoming BaconFest YEG. They use Bakon, a bacon-infused vodka, and accordingly garnish the drink with a rim of bacon bits and a piece of maple-glazed bacon. They've shared their recipe below, because the secret to a good Caesar isn't some arcane list of ingredients but simply knowing how to properly spice it.

Experiment away.

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Bacon Caesar Recipe courtesy of Central Social Hall Ingredients Maple syrup Bacon, cooked 1 oz Bakon vodka 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce 2 dashes Tabasco sauce 4 oz Clamato juice Strip of maple-glazed bacon

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Method First rim the glass: finely chop the cooked bacon, sprinkle onto a small plate and set aside. Pour a small amount of maple syrup evenly onto another small plate (tea saucers work great). Place a highball glass upside down on the syrup to coat the rim, then place onto the plate of bacon bits and dab to coat the rim evenly.

Set the glass right-side up, add ice and the remaining ingredients, then top with Clamato juice and stir well.

Garnish with a strip of maple-glazed bacon. V

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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts."

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Until Sun, Jul 19 (8 pm; As You Like It on odd dates and all weekend matinees, Coriolanus on even dates) Hawrelak Park, $22 – $32 ($53 festival pass)

As You Like it // Lucas Boutilier

Coriolanus // Lucas Boutilier

he legendary monologue from As You Like It describes the Freewill Shakespeare Festival perfectly. Under the big tent in Hawrelak Park—after a season spent indoors due to a damaged canopy—one cast of actors performs two shows, trading off between comedy and tragedy each night.

This season, the festival brings us from the Forest of Arden in As You Like It to the streets of Rome in Coriolanus. The actors flip back and forth from lovestruck rom-com to highly charged political drama, drawing out unexpected parallels between these radically differing stories.

"When you put two plays together you start to find the similarities, just because they're put together," says Marianne Copithorne, the festival's artistic director.

At first glance, the shows complement each other with their urban/rural dichotomy—Coriolanus' civic drama serves as a gritty counterpoint to As You Like It's pastoral fantasy. Digging deeper, both plays deal thematically with exile from your home community, the risks of being totally honest, and how women find strategies to exert power in male-dominated societies.

In As You Like It, Rosalind is banished from court by her uncle. She flees with her cousin Celia, dressing up in male drag to keep them safe.

"Going into the Forest of Arden, two ladies by themselves, it's a pretty dangerous place," Copithorne says. "And so you've got to be pretty convincing as a guy.

"They're not weak, victim-y little girls who go on a silly little adventure," she continues. "They're heroines. They're brave ... It's a brave thing for them to be doing that, certainly in that time period, and even today: disguising yourself and going into a semi-hostile environment where you've got nothing but your wits to protect you."

As for Coriolanus, the titular character can't disguise his blunt opinions and commanding nature, a fact which served him well in the military but leads to his downfall in the slippery political arena.

"He's not interested in power," says director Jim Guedo. "He's not the Scottish character in the other Shakespeare play that we won't mention.

He's not ambitious like in Julius Caesar.

He's just a career soldier that's excellent at his job."

Pulling the war hero's strings is his mother, Volumnia.

"She basically has groomed him, trained him, made him what he was for all of his life. ... Her entire life is funneled and channelled into her son."

When she pushes Coriolanus to become consul of Rome, his open disdain for the great unwashed leads to a revolt against him, his self-imposed exile and a quest for revenge.

"So many of Shakespeare's plays suddenly come back in vogue when the world catches up with him," Guedo says.

To that point, Coriolanus is the one thing our modern political culture simultaneous craves and despises: an honest politician."Would you have me false to my nature?" he asks his mother. "Rather say I play the man I am."

BRUCE CINNAMON

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PREVUE // FESTIVAL

Found Festival Y

ou might have thought it was just a group of weirdos on the street—and if you saw the show that got stopped by the police, that's understandable.

"There's an element of the unknown and a chaotic element that I love, but is also scary," Andrew Ritchie says.

"All the rules are gone; anyone could interrupt the piece at any moment; there's a lot more unknowns that could happen."

Ritchie is one of the creators of the Found Festival, a site-specific, multidisciplinary festival entering its fourth year. Curated by the Common Ground Arts Society, Found Fest places film, storytelling, improv, dance and theatre into little nooks and crannies throughout Old Strathcona (and this year, downtown as well).

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This year's Found Festival includes an improv collaboration with Improvaganza and Norwegian improv troupe Det Andre Teatret, a performance with only one audience member per show, a dance piece by Mile Zero Dance on the Cloverdale Footbridge, and a live, nonstop reading of the unclassified CIA report on torture. The coordinators have also added a beer garden in their home base location at Dr Wilbert McIntyre (Gazebo) Park and a festival app to help audience members find each performance.

Found Festival originated in response to the inaccessibility of venues, especially to young and emerging artists. But as awareness of both the festival and site-specific work in

On the hunt for art in unusual places // Nico Laroche-Humby

general has grown, this type of art has continued to transform.

"You can make anything a venue," Ritchie says. "And now you see it everywhere: there's huge site-specific shows happening in New York like Sleep No More, in London and all over Canada—like [immersive musical-theatre piece] Brantwood just happened in Toronto. There's tons of it happening here in Edmonton. It's really clearly

hitting companies of all backgrounds and disciplines and mandates. I think in some ways it feels like it's very much the direction of where theatre and art is going.

"I think one of the beauties about it is the element that anyone could come across it at any moment," he continues.

"We've had homeless people watch our shows and enjoy them and laugh, and we've had people come across the

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Thu, Jun 25 – Sun, Jun 28 Various locations and times Schedule available at commongroundarts.ca show and had no idea the festival was happening, had never seen a theatre show, never gone into an art gallery, but enjoyed it and stayed and watched it and found out about the festival.

Those moments are so enlightening and inspiring to be a part of."

MEL PRIESTLEY

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REVUE // THEATRE

A real-estate mystery's afoot in Saint Albert

Saint Albert A

congenial mystery set in Edmonton's biggest satellite city: Stewart Lemoine's newest script is premièring as Teatro La Quindicina's second show this season.

In Saint Albert, three people converge upon a huge, $5.5-million house in the eponymous city, a house that has sat empty and unsold since it was built seven years ago. Sheila (Briana Buckmaster) is a realtor with what appears to be an easy sale in front of her, for Desi (Rachel Bowron)—a Euro-pop sensation who grew up in Millet but has become too famous in the Low Countries to live there—has essentially offered to buy the place outright. The complicating factor is Magnus (Jeff Haslam), a peculiar, philosophically versed and wildhaired man, just as puzzled as the audience about why he's a resident of the house and seems unable to leave it.

That's about as much plot as can be safely given without dropping spoilers, for the mystery in Saint Albert is rooted in the details—including the seemingly banal ones.

The characters are typical of Lemoine's work: far more articulate than their real-world analogues, cheerful and perplexingly accepting in the face of strange happenings.

Haslam is charming as the learned yet naïve Magnus, while Buckmaster and Bowron give upbeat if a little static performances opposite him.

The play hinges on a major error in St Albert's recorded history that, when discovered only a few years ago, received hardly any attention at all. As the revelations build in a quicker-paced second act, the story's appeal similarly grows as the secrets of history and character identities are uncovered. Saint Albert is as much mystery as it is love

Until Sat, Jul 4 (7:30 pm) Directed by Stewart Lemoine Backstage Theatre at the Arts Barns, $16 – $30 letter to its namesake, with plenty of place-name dropping to tickle the fancy of audience members who live and/or work there.

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TIMMS CENTRE FOR THE ARTS 87th AVE & 112th STREET

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JO SWERLING AND ABE BURROWS MUSIC AND LYRICS BY FRANK LOESSER DIRECTOR JON SHIELDS MUSIC DIRECTOR BINAIFER KAPADIA CHOREOGRAPHER SHELLEY TOOKEY EVENING SHOWS - 7:30PM | SUNDAY MATINÉE - 2PM (NO PERFORMANCES MON. OR TUES.)

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Lemoine's script is prone to bouts of exposition: characters pause their actions to sum up the proceedings and their thoughts on same, or read aloud something they've just Googled, or break off dialogue to launch into monologues. It's a convention that quickly becomes wearisome and seems unnecessary in most cases; it's not quite up to the standard of his other work and could benefit from additional finessing into a snappier pace and more of a show-don't-tell approach.

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Dead Man Walking

The first-ever Shakesbeer Cask Night!

Alley Kat has created something so special, even William himself would go for seconds. As the original form of making and preserving beer, cask ales are a special keg that has undergone two fermentations. The result has more hop character, lower carbonation and generally bigger flavour. Tapping of the cask will begin at 6:45 pm. This is a traditional and tasty even you won’t want to miss!

Calvin Berger / Until Sat, Jun 27 (7:30 pm; 2 pm Saturday matinee) Cyrano De Bergerac is one of the most enduring, returned-to tragedies in the western canon. High school is one of the most enduring, returned-to tragedies in modern living. Calvin Berger attempts to marry the two in a musical take on the french tale, reimagined in the modern hallways of a contemporary American school. This,

ImagiNation Miscellany / Fri, Jun 26 (8 pm) As the name implies, ImagiNation takes more of an anything-youcan-think-of stance on art: visual works to music to spoken word

to movement-based creations can all find purchase here, with the added potential of future collaborations being born by artists seeing and talking with other artists. Or by being inspired yourself: there's an open-mic segment of the evening, meaning anyone could step up and make an artistic offering. There is a theme to guide the processions, however loosely: geography. (Mercury Room, $10 in advance, $15 at the door) Feats Festival of Dance / Sat, Jun 27 – Sun, Jul 12 Under the banner theme of "Origins," Feats' annual celebration of movement in all its nimbly twisting forms has a focus on history and traditions this year. There's myriad events over the festival's 15-day run, including an outdoor dance and movie night on the June 27 to a spread of mainstage performances. There's also a series of masterclasses and workshops, which are open to all levels of experience. The full schedule of events can be found at abdancealliance.ab.ca.

(Various locations)

Peek behind the curtain and learn how Freewill Shakespeare creates the amazing costumes you see on stage!

Enjoy a Q & A with the head of wardrobe, a past costume display, design sketches of current costumes, appetizers, reserved seating in the amphitheater, themed drinks and the powerful performance of Coriolanus. All guests will be entered to win a romantic stay at the Varscona Hotel.

Dead Man Walking / Tue, Jun 30 – Sat, Jul 4 As part of the Nuova Opera and Music Theatre Festival comes Dead Man Walking, a modern opera that traces a bond that develops between a nun and a death-row inmate. It's an atypical show for its genre: few operas directly ground themselves in contemporary issues. The story's also proven to be an enduring one: there's a movie version starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, who, sadly, don't belt out the libretto as they go. (Festival Place, Sherwood Park, $36 – $41)

To enter, head to vueweekly.com/contests

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the Canadian première, no less, is being presented by Three Form Theatre complete with a five-piece band. (ATB Financial Arts Barns, $18 – $23)

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DANCE 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

EBDA BALLROOM DANCE • Lions Seniors Recreational Centre, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • Jul 4, 8pm

FEATS FESTIVAL OF DANCE • Various locations throughout Edmonton • abdancealliance. ab.ca • info@abdancealliance.ab.ca • 1.888.422.8107 • A multi-disciplinary dance festival • Jul 1-12

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

FILM CAPITOL THEATRE CINEMA SERIES: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD • Fort Edmonton Park • fortedmontonpark.ca • Every Thursday. Enjoy classic films on the big screen • Jul 2, 7:30pm • $10.50 + taxes and fees

CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • Free

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • 780.439.5285 • edmontonfilmsociety@gmail.com • royalalbertamuseum.ca • royalalbertamuseum. ca/events/movies/movies.cfm • 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 • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Jun 26)

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-

art: Pastoral Paintings (Jul 16), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Creative Clay (Jul 11); for 3-5 yrs;

pre-register; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

artWalk • Perron District, downtown St Albert. Includes WARES (Hosting SAPVAC), Musée Héritage Museum, St Albert Library, Gemport, Art Beat Gallery, Art Gallery of St Albert (AGSA) and Rental & Sales Gallery (AGSA), Satellite Studio (AGSA), Bookstore on Perron, Crimson Quill, St Albert Constituency, Concept Jewellery, VASA • artwalkstalbert.com • The art hits the streets again for its 15th year! Discover this art destination, a place to enjoy, view and buy art to suit all tastes and budgets. See returning artists and new ones • Jul 2, Aug 6, Sep 3 (exhibits run all month)

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE • 10225-97 St • Dr. Sketchy's: anti-art school featuring LeTabby Lexington and hosted by Lee Boyes • Jun 30, 7-11pm • $10

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Large Places and Lofty Spaces: large scale works by gallery artists; Jun 12-Jul 12

savacava.com • Artwork by Patricia Trudeau, Zoong Nguyen, Marie Manon Corbeil and Monique Béland; Jun 26-Jul 7

CREATIVE PRACTICES INSTITUTE • 10149122 ST, 780.863.4040 • creativepracticesinstitute. com • 1st Birthday: Featuring music by Max Urlich, Meat Force, Old Towns Band, an art market, gallery, beer gardens and so much more; Jun 27, 7-11pm

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Sacred Space: artwork by Veronica Funk; Jun 10-Jul 4 • Art in Bloom; Jul 9-12 DEVONIAN BOTANICAL GARDEN • 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • Martagon Lily Show: View the subtle shadings and stunning collage of colours from cut stems of locally grown Martagon Lilies in a judged flower show • Jul 4-5 DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • No Job More Dangerous–An Exhibition on Two Sites: art by Royden Mills; Jun 17-Aug 1

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St • 780.492.2081 • Party Paintings: artwork by Campbell Wallace; Jun 5-Jul 11 • Our Anaerobic Future: Aaron Veldstra, MFA Drawing & Intermedia final visual presentation; Jun 16-Jul 11 THE FOUND FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY PRINT MACHINE • Festival Main Grounds: Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park, and various found space venues around Old Strathcona and downtown • commongroundartssociety@gmail.com • commongroundarts.ca • A found space arts festival taking art out of traditional venues and into the world • Jun 25-28 • Free up to $15

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY •

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood

alberta railWay museum • 24215-34 St • 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum.com • Open weekends during the summer until Sep 2 • $5 (adult)/$3.50 (senior/student)/$2 (child 3-12)/ child under 3 free; $4 (train rides)

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • Tyler Los-Jones: A Panorama Protects its View: Jan 23-Jan 31, 2016 • The Double Bind: Conversations Between Modernism and Postmodernism; May 2-Sep 13 • Charrette Roulette: May 19-Jul 12 • Jack Bush: May 30-Aug 23 • Illuminations: Italian Baroque Masterworks in Canadian Collections; Jun 27-Oct 4 • Wil Murray: On Invasive Species and Infidelity; Jun 27-Oct 4 • Open Studio adult Drop-In: No class on Jul 1 • Conversation with the artist: Wil Murray (Jun 26) • all Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • What is Left Behind: art by Sarah Pike & Erin Ross; Jun 4-Aug 1 • Parallel Topographies: art by Etty Yaniv; Jul 2-Aug 1; reception: Jul 2, 6-9pm • art Ventures: Painting the Prairie (Jul 18); 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • ageless

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Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Strathcona Salon Series Acquisitions And Loans; May 15-Jun 28

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • The Works Art & Design Festival presents: For the Love of Design; Jun 16-Jul 3

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215112 St • 780.426.4180 • MAIN SPACE: Muted Forces: Nika Blasser; Jun 18-Jul 9 HAPPY HARBOR COMICS • 10729-104 Ave • happyharborcomics.com • Open Door: Collective of independent comic creators meet the 2nd & 4th Thu each month; 7pm

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 JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • It's Summer: A selling exhibition of works by gallery artists and works on consignment; until Jul 6 • Art in Bloom Edmonton; Jul 9-17 LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • 780.423.5353 • Alarm Songs: Leisure Machine: artwork by Dominique Sirois; Jun 5-Jul 11

LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443

112 St • 780.407.7152 • Title Forthcoming: Dr. Stephen Aung and Lucie Bause; May 9-Jun 28 • The Language of Flowers: art by Elaine Tweedy; Jul 4-Aug 23; Opening reception: Jul 9, 7-9pm

MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Artwork by Igor Woroniuk; Jun 13-Jul 10

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • In the Money: A Bilingual Exhibition from The Currency Museum; Jun 30-Aug 30 • 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

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CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 •

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Language Of Craft; Apr 4-Jul 4 • Small Joys: Jogakbo inspired small needlework by Calgary fibre artist Diana Un-Jin Cho; May 30-Jul 11 • Thinking in Threes: Explore ten themes in groups of threes; May 30-Jul 11 • Feature Gallery: Here and There; Jul 11-Oct 3; Opening reception: Jul 18, 2-4pm

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave

GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • Members of the St. Albert Painters Guild; Jun 2-29 • Members of the St. Albert Painters Guild; Jun 30-Jul 27; Opening reception: Jul 2

109 St • 780.425.9212 • Pride Film Fest; Jun 5-25 • The Valley Below; Jun 26-29 • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: E.T. (Jun 28) • Crime WatCh: Clue (Jul 21)

• artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun 10-6pm • Artwork with Dianna Sapara; May 2-Jun 26

• 9225-118 Ave • volunteer@thenina.ca • Nina Fused Glass Art Night; Jul 17, 7-10pm • $49-$69, available at Eventbrite

PARADE GALLERY • Window Display Box 101 Street, north of 102 Ave, Edmonton City Centre Mall • paradegallery.ca • After Hours: art by Brandon A. Dalmer; Jun 8-Jul 12

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Summer Heat Group Show: by gallery artists; Jun 27-Jul 18 • Art in Bloom: Local Florists interpreting art in their floral designs; Jul 9-Jul 12

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default. aspx • Alberta & the Great War: 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 ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.

423.3487 • audreys.ca • Wes Funk "Dead Rock Stars: Illustrated Edition" Reading and Signing; Jun 29, 7pm • Dee Hobsbawn-Smith "What Can't Be Undone: Stories" Reading and Signing; Jul 2, 7pm 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 DAVID SUZUKI: LETTERS TO MY GRANDCHILDREN PRESENTED BY METRO CINEMA AND AUDREYS BOOKS • Metro Cinema, 8712109 St • 780.425.9212 (Metro), 780.423.3487 (Audreys) • audrey@audreys.ca • metrocinema.org • Jun 27, 2-3:30pm • $25 (regular admission), $50 (premium and a copy of the book)

KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • This episode

presents: Ella Coyes, Alberta (singer/songwriter), Dymphny Dronyk (Calgary editor/poet), Michael Hingston (Edmonton journalist/novelist), Inge Trueman (Calgary author). Also will include a display of Mill Woods Pop-Up Museum. Books and CDs for sale • Jun 25, 7-9pm • Donations accepted

NAKED CYBER CAFÉ • 10303-1008 St • The Spoken Word: Featuring writers and an open mic for performances for short stories, book excerpts, poems • 1st Wed ea month, 7:30pm ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@ gmail.com SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 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

Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Glimpses Of The Grasslands: The Artistic Vision of Colin Starkevich; May 16-Aug 23 • The Grand Tour; Jun 28-Aug 27

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

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery. com • Venture Beyond: Artwork By Wendy Wacko; Jun 6-27

SPINE-TINGLING TALES • Edmonton Cemetery–Mausoleum, 11820-107 Ave • 780.907.3231 • tiedynamics@telus.net • Jul 10-11, 8:3010:30pm • $20 (per person); tickets in advence or at the gate • Bring your own seating

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Present Density: artwork by Gabriela Jolowicz; Jun 4-Jul 18 • Atavistic: artwork

by Daniel Evans; Jun 4-Jul 18

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil. com • MAIN GALLERY: Open Seniors Show; Through Jun • FIREPLACE ROOM: Lorna Kemp; through Jun • MAIN GALLERY: Feature Artist David Pettis; through Jul 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 • Dinosaurs Unearthed: until Oct 11; $26.50 (adult), $19.50 (child), $23.50 (youth/student/senior)

U OF A MUSEUMS • Human Ecology Bldg Gallery, Main Fl, 116 St, 89 Ave • museums@ ualberta.ca • museums.ualberta.ca • Thu-Fri: 12-6pm; Sat: 12-4pm • Le corps en question(s) 2/ The Body in Question(s) 2: A cross between visual art, spatial and acoustic architecture, choreography and interactive digital technology; Jun 18-Aug 22 • Found Flock: a whimsical and playful, yet powerfully representative of Edmonton's bird species; Jun 11-Aug 1

VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com • 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 VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Women Portraying Women: featuring art by Glenys Switzer, Bettina Matzkuhn, Brandi Hofer, Karen Bishop and many more; Jun 2-Jun 27

Walterdale theatre Gallery • 1032283 Ave • albertasocietyofartists.com • New Works: May 17-Jul 12

Works art & desiGn festival 2015 • Sir Winston Churchill Square & various locations around Edmonton • theworks.ab.ca • 780.426.2122 • The Works Art & Design Festival is a cutting edge festival bringing North America the best in contemporary and traditional visual art and design • Jun 19-Jul 1

STORIES FROM THE TRAIL • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ab.ca • Storytellers from the Strathcona County Museum and Strathcona County Library will capture your imagination with accounts of some of the County's not-so ordinary residents, whose legacies are still a part of our modern lives • Jul 11, 7-9pm • Free

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

THEATRE A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE • Walterdale Playhouse, 10322-83 Ave • walterdaletheatre.com • By day, Alfie Byrne dispenses bus tickets and recites the works of Oscar Wilde to his passengers.

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dead man WalkinG • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • operanuova.ca • Commissioned by the San Francisco Opera, Dead Man Walking is based on the novel by Sister Helen Prejean. The story follows the interaction between a nun, Sister Helen Prejean, and convicted murderer, Joseph De Rocher. Part of the NUOVA Opera and Music Theatre Festival • Jun 30; 7:30pm • $30 (adv, student), $40 (adv, adult) DISNEY'S THE LION KING • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • jubileeauditorium.com

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from hollyWood to broadWay • ATB Financial Arts Barns - Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • edmontonmusicaltheatre.ca • Featuring excerpts from Little Shop Of Horrors, The Producers, The Phantom Of The Opera, The Full Monty and more • Jun 19-27 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

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the lonG Weekend • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave NW • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Max and Wynn are about to show off their beautiful new country home to their best friends, Roger and Abby, but it doesn’t take long to uncover the true feelings behind this long friendship • Jun 19-Aug 2 MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a high-stakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door) MISS SAIGON • La Cite Theatre, 8627-91 St • twoonewaytickets.com • 780.242.2824 • Based on the book by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boubil. A musical adaptation of Puccini's 1904 opera Madame Butterfly that explores love and loss during the Vietnam War. Chris, an American soldier, and Kim, a Vietnamese girl, fall in love and marry but are separated when Saigon falls. Due to years apart, Chris, unable to contact Kim, remarries but Kim, with Chris' son, waits for his return• Jun 12-28 • $28 (adult), $21.75 (student)

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN GRACELAND • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, #2690, 8882-170 St • jubilations.ca • The evil Queen has placed a strange curse upon many of our most loved fairy tale characters. They do not remember how their classic stories unfold and now these tales are in jeopardy of being retold. There is one King who can fight the evil Queen, a man who rose from being an incredible performer to becoming a legend himself, a legend that became the King, the King known as… Elvis • Jun 19-Aug 23 SAINT ALBERT • ATB Financial Arts Barns Varscona Backstage Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • teatroq.com • A vivacious and enterprising realtor is faced with an unsellable house and a potential buyer who is a village of contradictions unto himself • Jun 18-Jul 4; No shows Jun 20, Jun 28, Jul 5 THAT'S TERRIFIC • Varscona Theatre • last Sat ea month • An enthusiastic celebration of all things notable, important, encouraging, and superior • Nov 29-Jul 25

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reg Gaines (Thomas Mann) has charted his way through high school with a cartographer's precision. He knows every clique to a passable degree: he can make small talk with the jocks, the stoners, even Rachel (Olivia Cooke), who we soon learn is Me and Earl and the Dying Girl's dying girl, but hosts none of their banners himself, belongs to no group that could possibly deliver onto him an actual identity. Aside from his best friend Earl (Ronald Cyler II)—with whom he spends every lunch in their English teacher's office watching movies with disaffected fervour (mostly art house, with a particular fondness for Herzog), and with whom he spends his free time filming no-budget knock-off versions of those films—he has no other anchors. Greg is content to be adrift, until his mom forces him to go visit the recently diagnosed Rachel. Neither is thrilled with this forced engagement, but start to take a shine to each other as slowly, surely, Rachel's condition gets worse.

Based on the novel by Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is, despite that overly twee title, an unexpectedly convincing movie, funny and sad. At its heart, it's a film about arrested adolescence: Greg's attempting to stave off his impending adulthood by refusing to commit to anything, while Rachel's seeing her future slip away by tragic circumstance.

Part of the movie's power is Cooke's performance as Rachel: effectively teenage but capable of conveying volumes of thought with a glance, her gradually worsening condition pins down a movie that's otherwise pretty happy to embody Greg's own restless-

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ness. Even its cinematography leaps around with endless ideas, shaping itself as the movie does, and it was shot

by Chung-hoon Chung, known best for films like Old Boy and other horror flicks much stranger than this contemporary American bildungsroman.

Outside its titular trio, Me and Earl brims with characters that seem to beg for greater inclusion—their rather ripped, tattooed English teacher who gets his students to shout "respect the research" at the end of class; Nick Offerman as Greg's scholarly dad, who drapes himself around the house in a robe and perpetual five o'clock shadow; the myriad faces of the high school cliques—but has too many to effectively put to use. The same goes for some of its stylistic choices, a blend of Wes Anderson-y overdubs, expository text on screen, one particular metaphor playing out in stop-motion, all of which makes it feel a bit overstuffed.

Still, it's only the second film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, who's directed episodes of both Glee and American Horror Story, the disparity between which perhaps explains some of that restless style on display here.

The film's made in memory of his own recently passed father, but that personal affect's obviously tapped into something larger: the film won both a Grand Jury Prize and an Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Gomez-Rejon recently took a phone call with Vue to discuss the movie.

VUE WEEKLY: I feel like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is going to introduce whole slew of kids to Werner Herzog.

ALFONSO GOMEZ-REJOIN: That's the

greatest gift of this film. [laughs] VW: What was it about Jesse's story

that resonated with you?

AGR: I loved his voice. I loved the way the characters were speaking.

I thought it was the way I related to them; if I related to them as a 40-year-old, then certainly teenagers would relate. It didn't talk down to them; it wasn't so ironic and cool and cynical. It was fresh and honest. The first thing Greg says to Rachel is, "I'm only here because my mom's making me." That's very refreshing. I loved the pace of it, the language, how clumsy it is at times.

VW: Was there much back and forth with him about the screenplay?

AGR: We worked together. I had questions about characters, and wanted to know more about them.

Not necessarily that had [to go] in the script; we'd just talk character, which is very good for me, because it enables me to communicate with an actor. We worked on the structure a bit, because it was too expensive; we couldn't afford that version of the screenplay. So, what do we cut, how do we trim, without sacrificing the emotion?

VW: The visual storytelling is so incredibly important to the film, both in the style and the cinematography. The how of telling this story seems almost as important as the story itself.

AGR: To me, this movie was just one steady-cam and two close-ups in every scene, or something like that. But I wanted to experiment and keep it fresh. It was a lot of talking, but I wanted the movie to take on the shape of

Greg: very organized, and funny, and energetic, and this and that. And from there, the movie destabilizes and becomes quite still and quiet.

VW: The cinematography is by Chunghoon Chung, who is known for very different sorts of films. How did he get involved?

AGR: I didn't expect him to want to make a movie like this, but I was also considered "the horror guy," so I got what it was like to be put in a box and labelled. What I loved about it was his enthusiasm; he never talked about style. He only talked about humour and character and John Hughes.

He loved these kinds of movies, and wanted a chance to express himself as well. It made it a perfect match, because that's what I wanted.

VW: Do you think there's anything in having a background in horror that proved beneficial?

AGR: I think it's great to experiment.

A lot of my favourite directors have worked in different genres, and American Horror Story was such an opportunity for me to experiment and push myself. I treated every episode like it was going to be my last: I really wanted to experiment with lenses and movement in every one of them. I learned a lot, and also how quick you have to move in TV. So certainly, I think, I took chances in this movie that I wouldn't have had, had I not had the opportunity to experiment as much as I did in television.

I don't know how directly it would be related, tonally, but I think it's assignment filming. And horror is very expressionistic—the camera is a character, often.

VW: What conversations would you

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have with Chung before shooting a scene?

AGR: We prepped for the movie for weeks for pre-production, and design shots, and just had an absolute ball with it, and creating bizarre camera moves. ... It was fun, because we were on the same page, and we thought about the same things, and approached the camera in very similar ways. It was about bringing it down to something we could actually afford and accomplish at the time, but those storyboarding sessions were some of the best times directing the whole movie. Just getting to know him.

VW: You dedicate the film to your fa-

ther, and one of the ideas that comes up in the film is how much you can learn about someone after they've passed. Have you have any instances of that in your own life, since he's passed on?

AGR: Oh, the most beautiful part is we're talking about it. And his life is unfolding, and people are getting to know him, that they wouldn't know him before. Now, internationally, people will know who my dad is, what his name is, and what his name meant to me, in a film. And that's the wonderful discovery about his journey.

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There are collaborations and there are collaborations. In the movies, as in the theatre, collaboration is usually something that occurs over a handful of hectic weeks, often between artists who just met. The result can be brilliant or banal, but it must be arrived at under duress. Time is money, and those who can't become galvanized by pressure enter into a life in the movies or the theatre at their peril. That stage director André Gregory and playwrightactor Wallace Shawn have been able to collaborate on projects over much longer periods—most recently a period of 15 years!—is evidence of an uncommon devotion to the vagaries of long-term creative exchange. OK, that and, most likely, some degree of privilege. But this privilege has not been squandered. On the contrary, their collaborations have resulted in some legendary theatrical experiences and three singular, spellbinding, rulebreaking works of cinema, all of which have been collected in André Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films, Criterion's inspired new multi-disc collection.

Taken as a whole, these films not only chronicle the cinematic manifestations of Gregory and Shawn's more than 40year relationship; they also function as a testament to the still-untapped potential for the movies and the theatre to inform each other in esthetic, formal and thematic terms and, perhaps most importantly, in their processes.

My Dinner With André (1981) has been around and been beloved for an awful long time now—can we all finally agree that a talky movie is not an inherently inferior thing? That listening can also provide cinematic rapture? I can't think of a better rainy afternoon movie. Nor can I imagine many of Richard Linklater's finest and most innovative films (Slacker, Waking Life, the Before ... series) being made without this precedent. Directed by Louis Malle and written by Gregory and Shawn, who play "André Gregory" and "Wallace Shawn" respectively, Dinner unfolds almost entirely around a single table, occupied by two men and occasionally loomed over by a blinking waiter with an amusing resemblance to Samuel Beckett. Dinner is about dialogue, and thus a study in contrasts: between the opening shot of an oil barrel on an abandoned, dingy street and the refined restaurant where our characters meet, eat and converse; between the easy elegance of Gregory, speaking in mellifluous tones of strange experiences in exotic locales in

search of transcendence, and the squat, chinless Shawn, dressed all in beige, mostly listening and posing questions as a way of managing his unease—until he finally reveals his mixture of fascination and contempt for what could be deemed as Gregory's misguided mysticism, spurred by an apparent nervous breakdown.

Gregory tells of going to the Sahara with a Japanese monk; undertaking deeply ambiguous theatrical exercises with Jerzy Grotowski; tracking uncanny coincidences in old copies of Minotaur; the ostensibly fascist overtones of The Little Prince. Gregory compares a few too many things to Nazis and the Holocaust over the course of this often very funny but also very serious film.

He comes off as both a fool and a wise man. He seems above all to want to be present in the world, and the feeling of being present, of heightened senses, is exactly what Dinner offers. Every time I watch it at home I think I'm going to hit pause at some point, to watch it in parts—and every time I lose track of time and take it all in in a single uninterrupted viewing.

Where the source material for Dinner was its creators' relationship and personal experiences, the next two films look to works from two of the 19th century's most canonical playwrights.

Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), also directed by Malle, transplants Chekhov's Uncle Vanya to a crumbling Manhattan theatre long out of use, where Gregory and a group of actors—Shawn, Julianne Moore, Larry Pine, and others—invite us to a sort of open rehearsal for a project that they have been exploring, with no particular plan for production, for the preceding five years. The actors use only a handful of props and dress in their own clothes. Their transition from talking about their lives to performing the text—in an adaptation credited to David Mamet—is so seamless you might not notice they've started until they begin to call each other by names different from their own. These roles have been lived in. We are transported.

"A hundred years from now, will they remember us with a kind word?" one character asks. This film was made almost exactly 100 years after Chekhov wrote Uncle Vanya, and his characters, all of them stuck in the countryside, in marriages or longings or business agreements they find deeply dissatisfying, are simultaneously so specific and so universal. The camerawork is subtle,

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beautiful and fluid, a marriage of theatrical intimacy with cinematic intimacy, documentary immediacy with exquisite artifice.

A Master Builder (2014) is Shawn's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's strange, difficult, alluring Master Builder Solness, developed by Gregory and the cast over a decade and a half and finally translated to the screen by Jonathan Demme. (Malle died in 1995.) Shawn plays Solness, an aging, ferocious architect who, in Gregory and Shawn's interpretation, is on his deathbed, visited by what we suppose is an apparition of a young woman (Lisa Joyce) who by turns seems worshipful and oddly threatening, a mischievous angel. She recounts for him an occasion 10 years previous on which he erected a church in her town, climbed its spire, kissed her 12-year-old lips and promised her that one day he would build castles in the sky for them to inhabit. Whether out of guilt, self-disgust, dementia or the story's falseness, Solness has forgotten all of this, but then remembers it, or participates in the fantasy, as she tells it back to him. Meanwhile, Solness denies a talented young assistant the praise he so deserves and requires so as to forward his own career. Solness placates his aunhappy wife (Julie Hagerty), who seems to both resent his neglect and dread his demise. Employing tight close-ups, ostentatious zooms and sudden impressionistic cutaways to views from a moving car, Demme's approach, though working with Vanya's ace cinematographer Declan Quinn, is entirely different from those taken by Malle in the preceding films, yet it is extremely effective for this project, taut and tense, riveting even, despite the play's endless ambiguities and lengthy conversations. Demme has described A Master Builder as a haunted house story, and this is ultimately how it feels, a medley of phantoms, palpable objects and places, and carnal experience.

Criterion's supplements are especially superlative—and too numerous to list here. Most are interviews outlining the extremely interesting development processes that I've only mentioned. But I think my favourite is a conversation between Gregory, Shawn and Fran Lebowitz, touching on topics such as the truth and myth of "playing yourself," the importance of small theatre, how the past is never really past, and working on something long enough to explore every cliché and then throw it away. V

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Riley's life begins with the twinkling appearance of Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler), a Tinkerbell-looking gal determined to keep her outer girl happy.

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red-skinned blockhead Anger (Lewis Black), the greenly and queenly Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and lilac-livered Fear (Bill Hader). But soon after the now-11-year-old's uprooted from Minnesota—moving to San Francisco with mom and dad—Joy and Sadness (Phyllis Smith, doing the best voicework of all) are accidentally sucked out of the control-room, via pneumatic tube, and must try to return from amid her memory banks, imagination, subconscious and suddenly crumbling personality islands in order to re-right their human's emotional equilibrium.

In this film about Joy's pursuit of Riley-ness, the message is simple (mixed emotions are necessary—a moral implied by Joy's own Sadnesslike blue hair), but subtextual strands are crafty: a New-Agey insistence on happiness is undercut; corporate

jingles are shown to insistently hijack our core memories; a Bieber-like "Dream Boyfriend" is turned into a mass-sacrificial replicant-series of boy-toys. (Pixar's virtual home-city's even made to look as dour and grey as possible, reflecting Riley's tween doldrums.) There's some predictability and flirting with clichés (The disgusting vegetable? Big Bad Broccoli, of course; a vivid recollection?

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lot of the songs are youthobsessed, I guess," Bry Webb offers. "Certainly, there was an obsession with time ... this feeling of racing against age, or fear of death, and trying to do as much as possible before you run out of energy."

He's talking about Constantines, of course; one of Canada's most trenchant rock acts fronted by Webb for 11 years before its four members let it slip into hiatus in 2010. It wasn't on account of bad blood or artistic disagreement, Webb notes; the band's time simply seemed to be up.

"We just couldn't sustain that band at the time," he recalls. "I was feeling unhealthy too much of the time, and priorities were shifting: I wanted to have some kind of a life at home, and the amount we toured, that was seeming kind of impossible."

Since then, Webb's focused his energies elsewhere: fatherhood—he's

a little weary on the phone, having just put his four-year-old son Asa to bed—and a campus radio station job out in Guelph, as well as more reflective musical output under his own name. Webb's released two albums of gilded, nimble folk music now, with a rotating cast of musicians making up his backing band, the Providers.

But time, and the distance that comes with it, has brought Webb back around to the rock band, too: Constantines spent much of 2014 on tour in a triumphant return from its hiatus, one that saw the band play Toronto's Massey Hall in May as part of the venue's Massey Hall Presents series (tickets cost $18.94, in reference to the concert hall's 1894 founding, allowing bands that might otherwise be unable to book a Massey gig to pack the place).

"I think all of us were worried that one of us would suggest we play a

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little bit quieter for this show, just to work with the acoustics with the room, but none of us actually suggested that at any point, so we just ended up playing at our usual loud volume," Webb laughs. "It was interesting. I think as soon as we started, we all realized how it was going to be, and just enjoyed the completely overwhelming wash of sound in that room. 'Cause it was built for unamplified sound, and we're very amplified."

That was Constantines' Massey debut, but it was Webb's second show in the legendary building. He played Massey the year before, with a sixpiece version of the Providers, opening for Cœur de pirate. That set was recorded and pressed to wax as Live at Massey Hall, the release of which is one reason for this current tour out west Webb's taking, with a threepiece variant of the Providers.

"That was maybe more dynamically suited to the space," he says, in comparing the two Massey shows. "It seemed to bring a lot of good things out of the band."

Even though the past few years have been packed for Webb, attempting to juggle two bands alongside the rest of his life, he notes they've also emerged as some of his best years.

The Constantines reunion gave Webb the chance to reassess what he wrote as a younger man, which sometimes came with a wince—"Reading things you wrote when you were young, you have to approach it with a little bit of humour, and not take it too seriously," he says—and sometimes proved to be an affirmation. "'Time Can Be Overcome' is an interesting [Constantines song to play now], because we were definitely getting older as a band, and it's more in a later state of mind," he says. "But I

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like playing that one now, because I feel like we embody what it was about more: who we are, and the way we're returning to something we did as our younger selves. And as much as there are those moments where it feels a bit ironic, or the perspective is different now, there's also this feeling like no time has passed at all. As soon as we start playing the first song of a set, I feel like I get the same energy from the other four people that I did 10 years ago. And I feel like a younger version of myself: I was in better shape the last year of my life than I was the three previous.

"There's a youth in rock 'n' roll," Webb adds. "It can destroy you if you let it overwhelm you, but it's pretty empowering as well. It can bring an old energy back."

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PREVUE // JAZZ

The Bad Plus, plus one

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leetwood Mac had three lead singers, so they had extra weapons that other groups don't have.

Well, the Bad Plus is like that," says drummer Dave King. "We have three composers; it's a true collective, which is very rare in jazz."

The venerable trio—rounded out by bassist Reid Anderson and pianist Ethan Iverson—will look a little bit different from its usual iteration when it takes the stage at the Edmonton International Jazz Festival, though. Joining the Bad Plus will be Grammy-winning saxophonist Joshua Redman, whom the group met a decade or so ago through shared bills at various gigs and festivals, including being paired up to perform at the 30th anniversary celebration for the esteemed Blue Note Jazz Club in New York in 2011. They hit it off and were asked to play a one-off festival appearance together in Austria later that summer, which was popular with audiences and evolved into an all-out European tour in 2012.

Until recently, the collaborations between the Minneapolis-based trio and Redman have been sequestered to live performances, but things transitioned to the studio last summer to record an album of all-original tracks—simply titled The Bad Plus Joshua Redman. As mentioned earlier, the Bad Plus is a collective of composers, with each member writing separately before bringing pieces into to the studio to "beat it into shape as a group." And that formula's worked for the trio throughout its inventive 10-disc back catalogue, a litany of original tunes as well as jazz takes on Nirvana, Tears for Fears, Black Sabbath and Stravinsky's The Rite of

Fri, Jun 26 (7:30 pm) The Bad Plus Joshua Redman With Kneebody Winspear Centre, $51.85 – $72.85 Spring. It's a well-oiled machine at this point, but King notes it wasn't difficult to bring Redman into the fold.

"It took shape the more we got together. We basically never think about, 'Oh, we've got to be this or it's got to be that.' ... Even with what the Bad Plus does, we don't question as much as we just do the thing that feels most natural," King says. "We felt like we had already achieved a sound together on those tours, so we really felt like this feels right to document now. We don't feel like this is a studio project, you know what I mean? Where people get together and be like, 'I'm great, you're great, let's just be great together.' It's more like we felt like we had achieved a voice on the road first and then it was like, OK, let's document that voice."

It certainly helps that King—as well as his bandmates—is well-

versed in numerous styles of music and has been involved in a diverse roster of projects throughout his career: the jazz group Happy Apple, free-jazz collective Buffalo Collision, an art-pop group called Halloween Alaska and the noise-prog act the Gang Front. He's also known among music circles on the web for his series of instructional videos, Rational Funk, though you don't have to be a drummer to find them entertaining. King has a penchant for comedy during live performances, and this translates seamlessly to Rational Funk—music is still at the forefront, but King notes that 20 years into his career as a professional musician, he felt he could start to flex his comedic muscles without compromising serious nature of his work.

"Ten years ago I'd thought about making a parody drum instruction, because I just think that instruction-

al videos for the arts are one of the funniest—I hate to say it, but they're useless for the most part," he says.

No genre is off limits, and King explores everything from jazz to metal and even modern country—a genre he's not hesitant to admit his distaste for, though he respects those who make their living at it. However, it was after that episode that he discovered just how small the online community is. While filming it, King took a jab at Rascal Flatts, and as he was browsing comments on a previous episode—which he points out he doesn't normally do, but something led him to revisit that particular one—he came across a very positive sentiment from none other than Rascal Flatts' drummer, Jim Riley.

"I was so horrified, because I'm not wanting to hurt anyone, and I'm making fun of myself at the same time," King says, and you'll notice

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a lighthearted disclaimer about his genuine respect for Riley at the start of the episode now. "It's coming from a place of laughing at myself and the entire idea of ego in the arts.

You need ego to be doing this stuff, and it's healthy, but at the same time to look at a performer as a ridiculous person, I think, is important. Of course this stuff means the world to you, but at the end of the day you've got to put it in perspective of what it means to the rest of the world, so that's really what Rational Funk is all about."

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NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY / SAT, JUN 27 (8 PM)

If you have a new EP out, what do you do next? You play a release show, of course.

The Edmonton outfit is playing alongside Turnstile, E-Town Beatdown and Times Tide.

(Pawn Shop, $20)

Remember Ten Second Epic? Well, two of its band members, Daniel Carriere and Sandy MacKinnon, joined forces to create Royal Tusk. Check out the band's latest EP, Mountain, which was produced by Gus Van Go (the Stills, Said The Whale).

(Denizen Hall, $12)

ROOSTER DAVIS GROUP / SUN, JUN 28 (7 PM) BAD RELIGION / SAT, JUN 27 (8 PM)

Calling all punkers! Bad Religion is on tour, and the band's coming to Edmonton. Gob's playing, too.

(Union Hall, $39.50)

CALLING ALL CAPTAINS / SAT, JUN 27 (7 PM)

The band's only been together for a little over a year, but that's OK. Calling All Captains will bring all the pop-punky noise that can be brought. (Mercury Room, $15)

Inspired by the rich music of New Orleans, the Rooster Davis Group offers a fun take on jazz and swing. What's more, Davis's philosophy is to deliver an energetic performance with a high level of musicianship and respect for the New Orleans piano tradition. You sold on it, yet?

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MIKE PLUME / THU, JUL 2 (7 PM)

It doesn't look like country singer-songwriter Mike Plume will be slowing down any time soon. He's been a part of the music scene since 1993, and in music years, that's a long time. (Mercury Room, $15 in advance, $20 at the door)

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MUSIC PREVUE // FOLK

Juan Wauters J

uan Wauters is an open book. His music—raw, earnest and charming—reflects the Uruguayan-American singer-songwriter's low-key personality perfectly.

Wauters, who released Who Me?, a melancholic folk album sung in both English and his native Spanish, in May says the album was germinated in the same place he's playing at during our interview: Rock Island, Illinois.

After visiting the Daytrotter studios for a session while playing in his former band, the Beets, Wauters decided to come back during his tour supporting his first solo album, North American Poetry.

"We have some history here in Rock Island now," Wauters says.

"We met the people, and we did the album here, so we have a lot of friends here. I spent about two weeks here when I did the album.

It's a great town."

Wauters has spent a decade playing music—he started in 2004, then played with underground garage-

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rock favourites the Beets—but only recently decided to try making music a full-time career. Before, with the Beets, Wauters treated music "more as a hobby" and says he "didn't want to think about [playing music] in a serious way."

"I didn't want both worlds to coexist—y'know, like [a] job and music," Wauters adds. "But then I came to a point in which I was like, 'You know, there's nothing else I like to do more than this, so I'm going to give myself an opportunity to make this a profitable thing.'"

Wauters says some of the hardest things about becoming a full-time musician isn't the art, but the administration and promotion.

"I'm not really a computer guy, and I have to do a lot of emails and go on social media and stuff like that," he notes. "It's a big change, and I have to slowly get used to it.

"I'm a person who is always looking to get better and go towards

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the direction that is best for me," he continues. "But at the same time, I'm always looking to preserve my quote-unquote integrity. Changes for me come slowly; it's not overnight I change."

One advantage of becoming a full-time musician has been an expanded touring schedule—not only is Wauters criss-crossing North America this year, but he's getting an opportunity to travel to Europe in the fall.

"It's a lot of fun for me—especially meeting people and stuff like that," Wauters says. "Getting to experience new cultures, how people live in different parts of the world, that's cool."

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Eternal Husbands

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he term "French exit" is typically used to describe someone who leaves a party early without informing anyone they are doing so. It also happens to be the title of the new album by Eternal Husbands, anchored

by Matt Leddy and Rick Reid, who until recently split their time between Edmonton and Montréal.

"I left Quebec kind of unannounced, so it ties into that on a couple of levels," explains Reid, who relocated to Edmonton from Montréal just over a year ago and will be moving to Victoria following the band's Wunderbar show. "I left the proverbial party early, and without telling anyone. I miss Montréal, but that's what had to happen in my life at that time."

The pair seem unfazed at the prospect of continuing to work long distance. Leddy and Reid have been the core members of Eternal Husbands since it formed in the wake of the City Streets' disbandment in 2013, filling in the instrumental gaps (an extra guitar and drums) with session and touring musicians. Towards the end of the City Streets' run, Leddy and Reid began composing and recording music together—an eclectic and experimental blend of pop, rock, ambient and found sounds they've dubbed "fog pop" for the sake of classification—and released a self-titled debut record in August 2013.

"This one actually came together re- it's one of my favourite City Streets ally well—probably because of how albums, but I can't listen to it."

"Moving on from that with this, when well we work with Jesse Gander (of Rain City Recorders) in the studio. We we go into the studio with Jesse, he's a have kind of a shorthand between us" friend of mine, but there's a side to it Reid says of French Exit, which takes a where he appreciates it from us that more pop-oriented apwe know what we're doproach than the band's Sat, Jun 27 (6 pm) ing and don't have to do previous release. "It's With Matt Mckeen 15 takes of something, like, Jesse, these are Wunderbar, $10 so we're not wasting his the sounds I want, and time," Leddy continues. he just kind of listens "But at the same time, to them and we go off on tangents, you can kind of feel if a band's having a and he takes that and puts it into good time when they're recording and actual engineering and production. if people are happy. And I'm happy that We just kind of threw everything at I'm happy again."

French Exit is one of their most him: overdubs, it didn't matter, worry about how we'd do it live later. We hopeful records, says Reid, who figured out how to do that by adding writes the lyrics for Eternal Husbands. There's themes of leaving and musicians." some darker elements, but there's a Reid notes that some records can be sense of positivity to the 13 tracks on painful to put together, and he and the album.

"And also touching on some new Leddy are both in agreement that they've been through that in the past. subject matter that I haven't dealt "Our last record Pretenders with the with before, like some science stuff," City Streets, I mean, the band was he notes.

"It's diverse: there's pop stuff, there's falling apart at the time," Leddy says, adding it was a difficult time personal- some darker stuff, and then the last ly, too. "There was always something song ["Timelines"] is kind of a perin the back of my mind that thought sonal, one-on-one thing," Leddy adds. we would keep going through it and "But I think musically it makes a lot this would just be another prolonged more sense as something cohesive."

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Sorry, that's not elitist, it's just that Tom Jenkinson is responsible for some pretty genre-defining music.

It's like being a rock fan and having never heard the Jimi Hendrix. One of the master technicians of experimental electronic music, Squarepusher's schizophrenic space-bass compositions tend to grate the ear and

noise that feels more like friends noodling around than a cohesive experience.

Clocking in at slightly over 50 minutes, each track is a movement of dissonant fury filtered through an acid-jazz sensibility. The 16-minute opener "Toujours, tout le temps" is a mission statement: sickly, spindly guitar wheezes over Farley Miller's skittering drums which then descends into spiky, punk-rock guitar before slowly petering out. Sadly, that mission statement isn't interesting.

The rest of the album isn't any different. The foursome irrhythmically squawk on its instruments in "Oubli" before the group gives away to a feedback-riddled guitar solo and the eight-minute "Néon" is relatively relaxed—but, like the rest of the album, it doesn't feel like it has anything to say.

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boggle the mind, while at the same time striking amazing admiration for his cyper-punk orchestrations. As ghosts in the machine wretch and yowl, through beats that cross circuits with their deviant syncopation, it's hyper clear that under all the distractions there's some fine drum and bass, and more. You don't throw this on when mom and dad come over for brunch; in fact, you only throw this on if you really want to question what the fuck you're listening to, before surprisingly answering yourself, "OH SHIT! ... THIS!" "Stor Eglass" is sweeping in an abrasive 32-bit way, which seems to compliment the video game battlefield that is "Kwang Bass." "Rayc Fire2 is a glitched out, twitch thrasher that could easily cause headbanging, extreme nausea or both. Let's just be frank: as impressive as it is, this stuff could cause nightmares, but for those who like their jams demonically digital, it's the stuff dreams are made of.

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The group has softened the edges a little bit, with more highflying pop harmonies led by the fierce Alana McArdle (who left the band after Peanut Butter was recorded for mental health reasons), as heard on "Last Year" and "Honestly Do Yr Worst."

Peanut Butter is less nasty and coarse than Joanna Gruesome's previous album—the blast of guitar feedback that opens "I Don't Want To Relax" and the incredible "Psykick Espionage" are more like the band's debut—but the group is clearly maturing both as musicians and human beings. That's made it a little more reflective, as heard on closer "Hey! I Wanna Be Yr Best Friend."

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Miscellany featuring Open Minds Connective; 7pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door) NEWCASTLE PUB AND GRILL Nick

R H YOU T I W 0 O $13 AY K-PASS! T P U E SAV E 10-D C N A V AD

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 THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday

school and new school hip hop & R&B with DJ Twist, Sonny Grimez, and Marlon English; every Fri

RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

THE COMMON Good Fridays: nu

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai

disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri;

9pm

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove

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

DJ every Fri THE PROVINCIAL PUB Friday

Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Brodeep

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am

RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ Poindexter; 9:30pm (door)

UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

UNION HALL Ladies Night every Fri Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

SUN JUN 28

SAT JUN 27

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun BBQ jam hosted with the Marshall Lawrence Band; 4pm

ARDEN THEATRE Now & Then - A Beatles Revival; 7:30pm

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku

Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Live music BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Early: Saturday Electric Blues Jam with Rotten Dan & Sean Stephens; 2pm • Later: Big Rude Jake; 9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Ross Neilsen

Band; 9pm DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun Night Live

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BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of

the Dog: this week with Jessie B & The Trees (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm

BLUE CHAIR CAFE Edmonton International Jazz Festival: Mallory Chipman; 8:30-10:30pm; $15

NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado

BOHEMIA DARQ Saturdays:

ON THE ROCKS Lonesome Dove;

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat;

Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice

BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Ross Neilsen Band; 9pm

International Jazz Festival: Cabaret series: Banda Magda; 2 shows: 8pm & 9:30pm; $20 (show), $30 (2 shows) • Late Night Spotlight: High Definition Quartet; 11pm-12:30am; $10 (free with same day ticket) • Free Presentations: Sydney Love; 6:30-7:30pm

Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane

THE BOWER Strictly Goods: Old

Samoil and Jericho West (pop, rock and boogie dance party); 9pm OLD STRATHCONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE–OSPAC Edmonton

THE COMMON Get Down It's

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 CAFE BLACKBIRD Edmonton

International Jazz Festival: Mo Lefever; 8-11pm; $15

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Jakked CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open

DV8 Teethmarks with M16 and Brass; 8pm; No minors

FILTHY MCNASTY'S Free Afternoon

Concerts: this week with You Are An Explorer with guests People Call It Home; 4pm; No cover FIONN MACCOOL'S– DOWNTOWN ReWine Saturdays

Presents: Gregory Hann Trio; 8pm; No cover; All ages GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade

Jam: Mike Chenoweth HERITAGE PAVILION PARK Summer

Sessions Special Edition Featuring Royal Tusk with Amber Haydey; 7:30pm; Free

RICHARD'S PUB The Mad Dog NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado O’BYRNE’S Live band every Sat,

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

3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm

SANDS HOTEL Bandana Gold; 9pm

OLD STRATHCONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE–OSPAC

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN

Edmonton International Jazz Festival: Cabaret Series: Obara International; 2 shows: 8pm & 9:30pm; $20 (show), $30 (2 shows) • Late Night Spotlight: Jim Head Quartet; 11pm-12:30am; $10 (free with same day ticket) • Free Presentations: Big Band Bash; 1pm • Free Presentations:

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Stan Gallant; 9pm Hungryhollow; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mike

"The Party Hog"; 9pm SNEAKY PETE'S Sinder Sparks

K-DJ Show; 9pm-1am UNION HALL Bad Religion with Gob and with Plague Vendor; 8pm;

FESTIVAL PLACE Oklahoma!; 1:30pm & 7:30pm HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the Hog

Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm MERCURY ROOM Rooster Davis Group (CD release); 7pm; $8 (adv), $10 (door) NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun;

9:30pm-1am OVERTIME Sherwood Park Dueling

Pianos; 9:30pm

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ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue;

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

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

with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

YARDBIRD SUITE Edmonton

WUNDERBAR Crosss with Homebody and OJ Pimpson; 9pm; $10; No minors

Greeley; 8pm

FESTIVAL PLACE Qualico Patio Series: Juegra Flamenca (world), Steve Hill (blues); 7:30pm • Oklahoma!; 1:30pm & 7:30pm

RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live Music

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

NEW WEST HOTEL Boots & Boogie

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE Live

RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Jam hosted

International Jazz Festival: Edmonton Jazz Collective Plays The Music Of Kenny Wheeler; 2pm; $25

Classical

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LENDRUM MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH Every Deliverance; 7:30-

pm; Free ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH On Broadway; 1-2:30pm

W/ SLOW DOWN MOLASSES

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KOAN SOUND

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

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

W/ GUESTS

TROYBOI JUN/30 THE FUNK HUNTERS W/ CHALI2NA & NEON STEVE

MON JUN 29

JUL/10

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THE COURTNEYS TALLEST TO SHORTEST W/ BLACKSTONE AND CADENCE & NATHAN

NO PROBLEM W/ WILD CHILD AND GUESTS

JUL/10 JUL/11

DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage

BRIXX Metal night every Tue DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue

WED JUL 1 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

Tue; 9pm

MERCURY ROOM Music Magic

FESTIVAL PLACE Dead Man Walking; 7:30pm

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

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

Band; 9pm

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

Jam: Trevor Mullen MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with

Kris Harvey and guests NEW WEST HOTEL Tue

Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm • Boots & Boogie

BLUES ON WHYTE Great North Blues

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 Wed open mic

ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW Open

mic Wed: Hosted by Jordan Strand; every Wed, 9-12 jordanfstrand@gmail.com / 780655-8520 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Canada Day Bash: featuring Jason Greeley (3-6pm) and Mike Dominey (8pm); 11am PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

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

hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open

Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover STARLITE ROOM Spoons Retro Rewired Canadian Tour; 9pm (doors); $20-$30 ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori

Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

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

VENUEGUIDE

K-LAB METZ

DENIZEN HALL Royal Tusk with Forester and Worst Days Down; 8pm; $12 (adv)

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

open mic

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

BLISS N ESO W/ GUESTS

JUL/30

JUL/4

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

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UNION ELECTRONIC, UBK & THE STARLITE ROOM PRESENTS

JUN/25 JUL/3

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)

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

W/ A-1

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled YEG:

NEW WEST HOTEL Boots & Boogie

UNIONEVENTS.COM PRESENTS

DJs

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Tuesday

Band; 9pm

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

UNION ELECTRONIC, UBK & THE STARLITE ROOM PRESENTS

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

TUE JUN 30

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday

SANDS HOTEL Country music

STARLITE ROOM The Funk Hunters with Chali2na & Neon Steve; 9pm (doors); $20-$30

BLUES ON WHYTE Great North Blues

BLUES ON WHYTE Great North Blues

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

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

Mondays with Jimmy and the Sleepers; 8-11pm

Band; 9pm

UNION ELECTRONIC, UBK & THE STARLITE ROOM PRESENTS

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

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

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Blue

UBK PRESENTS

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

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Jason

with host Duff Robison

ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St 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 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 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 CREATIVE PRACTICES INSTITUTE 10149-122 St NW DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave DRAFT BAR & GRILL 12912-50 St NW DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN

BASSFARMERS BAPTISTS

Edmonton City Centre, 10200102 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 L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LENDRUM MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 11210-59 Ave NW MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766

OLD STRATHCONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 8426 Gateway Boulevard 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 ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave, 780.424.3836 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A

8519-112 St SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 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 SOUTH SIDE MEMORIAL CHAPEL 8310-104 St 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 VIYNL ROCK CAFE 24 Perron St, St Albert 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 • Paul Sveen; Jun 26-27

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 • Jimmy Shubert; Jun 24-28 • Jenny Zigrino; Jul 1-5 CONNIE'S COMEDY PRESENTS COMEDY @ THE TOP • Hilltop Pub, 8220-106 Ave • With Ken Hicks, Chris Sadlier, and Bob Beddow as headliner • Jun 27, 9pm

DATE NIGHT - COMEDY NIGHT • Devonian Botanical Garden, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • Get ready to laugh with comedian Sean Lecomber • Jun 25, 6pm until dusk

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)

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

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

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

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleinesanam.orgs/en • Program for HIV-AID’S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free (member)/$10 (membership); pre-register NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 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

POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall, 1013596 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

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward

live music, Canada Day crafts and face painting.

Treats and fun activities will be happening throughout the day • Jul 1, 10am-2pm

CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS IN THE GARDEN • Devonian Botanic Garden, Parkland County, 5 kms north of Devon on Highway 60 • devonian.ualberta.ca • Outdoor art displays and demos, musical entertainment, crafts and games for the kids, Canada Day goodies and more • Jul 1, 11am-3pm

CANADA DAY FIREWORKS CRUISE • Edmonton Queen Riverboat, 9734-98 Ave • 780.424.2628 • edmontonqueen.com • Enjoy a cold beverage from the middle of the North Saskatchewan while dazzling fireworks go off • Jul 1, 9pm • $30

CANADA DAY IN EDMONTON • Various locations around Edmonton • 311 • edmonton.ca • Featuring concerts, fireworks and so much more. Plus a fireworks display in the River Valley and lighting of the High Level Bridge • Jul 1

CANADA DAY ROAD RACE • Alberta Legislature

Grounds, 100800-97 Ave • events.runningroom.com • 2.5k fun run/walk, 5k run/walk, 15k run/walk • Jul 1, 7am • $20-$65

CANADA DAY STRAWBERRY TEA • St. Albert Botanic Park, 265 Sturgeon Road, St. Albert • 780.458.7163 • stalbertbotanicpark.com • We all love fireworks, but maybe do something different this year with stawberry tea • Jul 1, 1-4pm • Tea admission by donation, children's activities free CANADIAN MULTICULTURALISM DAY • Centennial Plaza (Corner of 100 St and 101a Ave) • 780.718.9978 • admin@cmef.ca • A celebration of multiculturalism in Canada and the 50th anniversary of the flag • Jun 27, 1-6pm • Free CITIE HOME TOUR 2015 • Various Edmonton Homes (six different locations) • 780.472.7774 • citiehometour.ca • Tour attendees will discover award-winning gardens, unique décor ideas, and distinctive spaces. Explore stunning a French country revival, industrial interior design, and everything inbetween • Jun 27-28, 11am-5pm • $40 (self-guided tours), $10 (per home) - all proceeds support Citie Ballet; call or check website as a limited amount of tickets are available DATE NIGHT • Devonian Botanical Garden, 51227

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave •

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103 St

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

St - 102A Ave • edmonton.ca • With performances by the Edmonton & District Pipe Band, Magician Ron

Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) •

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

CANADA DAY AT CITY HALL • City Hall, 100

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912

Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 17028-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • 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

97 Ave • assembly.ab.ca/canadaday • Pancake breakfast, 21 gun salute, cycle race, live music, agility dogs and more • Jul 1

Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm

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

edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com

CANADA DAY AT THE ALBERTA LEGISLATURE • Alberta Legislature Grounds, 107 St and

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

QUEER

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old

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; 7pm-1am • Thu: Karaoke with Kendra; 7pm1am • Fri-Sat: Dancing and events until close • Sun: Karaoke with Jadee; 7pm-1am

11455-87 Ave • baconfestyeg.ca • Sample delicious bacon dishes from over a dozen of Edmonton's best restaurants, sip on bacon caesars, wine, scotch and beer and enjoy comedy and music. Mmmmm bacon.... cue the drooling • Jun 30, 5:30pm

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

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

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Jun 28, 11am-4pm

Meetings: Campus St; Jean: Pavillion McMahon;

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ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy

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

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

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

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DOMINION DAY • Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • fortedmontonpark.ca • Celebrate 148 years of Canada! Celebrate the traditional Edmonton way: watch an authentic parade, toast to the Queen, sing Happy Birthday, and take part in other royal activities • Jul 1, 10am-5pm

BOTTOMS UP GET READY TO CELEBRATE, BECAUSE PARK AFTER DARK IS BACK! Edmonton’s hottest Friday night patio party returns June 5. Dress to impress as you catch exciting racing action with a live DJ, great games and prizes.

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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

SPECIAL EVENTS 23RD ANNUAL PETS IN THE PARK • Hawrelak Park • ehspetsinthepark.com • Canine Carnival: fun and games with your dog and the whole family!

Includes a silent auction, sheep herding and so much more! No pet? No problem! Come with just your love of animals • Jun 28, 9am-4pm • Free

ADARA HAIR AND BODY STUDIO’S 6TH ANNUAL CUT-A-THON FOR Y.E.S.S. • Adara Hair and Body Studio, 9601-82 Ave • Get beautiful, enjoy delicious food, the fresh music of an onsite DJ, win a raffle, and help raise some money for Y.E.S.S. •

Pearson, White Lightning Band, give-aways, city hall tours, displays and more • Jul 1, 12-4pm • Free

CANADA DAY AT THE EDMONTON VALLEY ZOO • Edmonton Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Road NW • 311 • edmonton.ca • Celebrate both Canada's birthday AND the zoo's 56th birthday! Visit some Canadian animals, eat red and white cupcakes, and celebrate Lucy the elephant's 40th birthday! • Jul 1, 11am-4pm

CANADA DAY AT THE MUTTART CONSERVATORY • Muttart Conservatory, 9626-96A St • 311 • edmonton.ca • Canada is 148 years old! Celebrate in the presence of the beautiful glass pyramids. Enjoy

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EDMONTON PROSPECTS BASEBALL • Telus Field, 10233-96 Ave • prospectsbaseballclub.com • vs. the Weyburn Beavers • Jun 30-Jul 1, 7:05pm • Free (under 6), $8 (6-14 years old), $12 (student with ID), $14 (adult) FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015 • Commomwealth Stadium, 11000 Stadium Rd • fifa.com/womensworldcup/index.html • cindy. medynski@fwwc2015.ca • 1.855.915.2015 • Watch as the best soccer players duke it out for the World Cup • Jun 6-Jul 5 • $20.15-$125

LOOK OUT EDMONTON! • John Walter Museum,

9180 Walterdale Hill NW • edmonton.ca • It's the 100th anniversary of the Great Flood of Edmonton.

Join in for live music, walking tours, games, crafts and displays • Jun 28, 1-4pm • Free

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

OH CANADA! • Father Lacombe Chapel, Mission Hill, St. Vital Ave, St. Albert • history.alberta.ca/ fatherlacombe • Enjoy historic demonstrations, old-fashioned arts and crafts, tours, games and homemade ice-cream • Jul 1, 11am-4pm • Admission by donation 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 SKATE FOR SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS • Castledowns Skate Park, 11510-153 Ave • 780.278.6507 • coburn@ualberta.ca • facebook.com/Skate4SBH • A skateboard competition with beginner, intermediate, advanced, best trick, bowl jam, and womens category. Proceeds from this event will support the SBHANA • Jun 27, 12-5pm • $15

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): During my regular hikes along my favourite trails, I've gotten to know the local boulders quite intimately. It might sound daft, but I've come to love them. I've even given some of them names.

They symbolize stability and constancy to me. When I gaze at them or sit on them, I feel my own resolve grow stronger. They teach me about how to be steadfast and unflappable in all kinds of weather. I draw inspiration from the way they are so purely themselves, forever true to their own nature. Now would be an excellent time for you to hang out with your own stony allies, Aries. You could use a boost in your ability to express the qualities they embody.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): "Everyone is a genius at least once a year," wrote German aphorist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. "The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together." According to my astrological analysis, Taurus, your once-a-year explosion of genius is imminent. It's even possible you will experience a series of eruptions that continue for weeks. The latter scenario is most likely if you unleash the dormant parts of your intelligence through activities like these: having long, rambling conversations with big thinkers; taking long, rambling walks all over creation; enjoying long, rambling sex while listening to provocative music.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): "I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring," says author Paul Auster. "It would be tedious to be alive."

But he goes even further in his defence of inconsistency, adding, "Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do." This bold assertion may not apply to everyone all the time, but it does for you in the coming weeks, Gemini.

You should feel free to explore and experiment with the high art of changing your mind. I dare you to use it to generate extravagant amounts of beauty.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): In its early days, the band Depeche Mode had the infinitely boring name Composition of Sound.

Humphrey Bogart's and Ingrid Bergman's classic 1942 film Casablanca was dangerously close to being called Everybody Come to Rick's. And before Charles Dickens published his novel Bleak House, a scathing critique of the 19th-century British judicial system, he considered 11 other possible titles, including the unfortunate Tom-all-Alone's.

The Solitary House that was always shut up and never Lighted.

I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, as the seeding phase of your personal cycle gets underway. The imprints you put on

your budding creations will have a major impact on their future.

Name them well. Give them a potent start.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): One summer afternoon when I was seven years old, my friend Billy and I grabbed an empty jar from my kitchen and went looking for ants. Near the creek we found an anthill swarming with black ants, and we scooped a bunch of them in the jar. A little later we came upon a caravan of red ants, and we shoved many of them in with the black ants. Would they fight? Naturally. It was mayhem.

Looking back now, I'm sorry I participated in that stunt. Why stir up a pointless war? In that spirit, Leo, I urge you to avoid unnecessary conflicts. Don't do anything remotely comparable to putting red ants and black ants in the same jar.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): In order for everyone in your sphere to meet their appointed destinies, you must cultivate your skills as a party animal. I'm only slightly joking. At least for now, it's your destiny to be the catalyst of conviviality, the ringleader of the festivities, the engineer of fun and games. To fulfill your assignment, you may have to instigate events that encourage your allies to leave their comfort zones and follow you into the frontiers of collaborative amusement.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Your symbolic object of the week is a magic wand. I recommend that you visualize yourself as the star of a fairy tale in which you do indeed have a wand at your disposal. See yourself wielding it to carry out a series of fantastic tricks, like materializing a pile of gold coins or giving yourself an extraordinary power to concentrate or creating an enchanted drink that allows you to heal your toughest wound.

I think this playful imaginative exercise will subtly enhance your ability to perform actual magic in the real world.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): The taskmaster planet Saturn wove its way through the sign of Scorpio from October 2012 until the end of 2014. Now it has slipped back into your sign for a last hurrah. Between now and mid-September I urge you to milk its rigorous help in every way you can imagine. For example, cut away any last residues of trivial desires and frivolous ambitions. Hone your focus and streamline your self-discipline.

Once and for all, withdraw your precious energy from activities that waste your time and resist your full engagement. And if you're serious about capitalizing on Saturn's demanding gifts, try this ritual: write either "I will never squander my riches" or "I will make full use of my riches" 20 times—whichever motivates you most.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): The advanced lessons on tap in the coming days are not for the squeamish, the timid, the lazy or the stubborn. But then you're not any of those things, right? So there shouldn't be a major problem. The purpose of these subterranean adventures and divine interventions is to teach you to make nerveracking leaps of faith, whether or not you believe you're ready.

Here's one piece of advice that I think will help: don't resist and resent the tests as they appear.

Rather, welcome them as blessings you don't understand yet.

Be alert for the liberations they will offer.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): "Man's being is like a vast mansion," observed philosopher Colin Wilson, "yet he seems to prefer to live in a single room in the basement." Wilson wasn't just referring to Capricorns. He meant everybody. Most of us commit the sin of self-limitation on a regular basis. That's the bad news. The good news, Capricorn, is that you're entering a time when you're more likely to rebel against the unconscious restrictions you have placed on yourself. You will have extra motivation to question and overrule the rationales that you used in the past to inhibit your primal energy. Won't it be fun to venture out of your basement nook and go explore the rest of your domain?

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): "An obscure moth from Latin America saved Australia's pasture-land from the overgrowth of cactus," writes biologist Edward O Wilson. "A Madagascar 'weed,' the rosy periwinkle, provided the cure for Hodgkin's disease and childhood leukemia," he adds, while "a chemical from the saliva of leeches dissolves blood clots during surgery," and a "Norwegian fungus made possible the organ transplant industry." I think these are all great metaphors for the kind of healing that will be available for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius: humble, simple, seemingly insignificant things whose power to bring transformation has, up until now, been secret or unknown.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): "She is hard to tempt, as everything seems to please her equally," said artist Anne Raymo in describing a hedonistic acquaintance. A similar statement may soon apply to you, Pisces. You will have a talent for finding amusement in an unusually wide variety of phenomena. But more than that: you could become a connoisseur of feeling really good. You may even go so far as to break into a higher octave of pleasure, communing with exotic phenomena that we might call silken thrills and spicy bliss and succulent revelry. V

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Ginger spice: figging

New detail in Fifty Shades has got everyone talking Just when I thought I would never have to talk about Fifty Shades of Grey again, author E L James released yet another book in the series, Grey.

I thought I could quietly ignore this one, but one particular detail has already caused such a fuss that I thought I would address it.

There is a scene in which Christian fantasizes about putting a peeled ginger root in Anastasia's butt. A fury of Internet questions and commentaries has erupted, speculating that the author has finally gone over the edge in her quest of being salacious. Where does she come up with this stuff, people are wondering.

Actually, she's didn't just make this up. Putting shaved ginger root into the anus, vagina or against the clitoris is a real thing that some people do for BDSM and sensation play.

It's called figging, and it has a long history.

Figging was used as punishment for slaves in ancient Greece and prisoners in Victorian England. Ginger is, of course, hot and spicy. Shaving the skin off and placing it against moist, sensitive membranes creates a warm, tingling feeling that builds to a burning sensation. Depending on the freshness and age of the ginger, and how sensitive the recipient is, it can be very strong. Clenching the butt muscles around the root will pull those sensitive membranes tighter around the ginger and cause the burning to intensify. This is why it's used as a punishment tactic, or as "predicament play" in BDSM. The idea is to do things that will make

the holder of the ginger tighten up—spanking, paddling, caning, even tickling. When they tighten up in response, they feel the burning of the ginger.

My pal Imogene attended a session on figging at a kink event and was inspired to try it out on her clitoris.

"I didn't feel anything at first, so

the ginger is removed. Imogene said for her, the burning was gone after 15 minutes.

There are some safety precautions, of course. For anal figging, the ginger root should be carved into a buttplug shape, with a large flared base at the end and a narrower "neck" or indent for the sphincter muscles to grab on to. This will prevent it from sliding entirely into the anus and getting lost. I'm sure you can image why that's not a good thing. This is also, quite obviously, not a good idea for someone who is allergic to ginger, so that should be tested in advance.

If the idea of figging is new to you, now you can say you've finally learned something useful from Fifty Shades of Grey. V

The strong burning feeling is great for those who enjoy pain or intense ordeals, but it doesn't cause damage and it fades quickly once the ginger is removed.

I rubbed it a bit more, which was kind of a bad idea," she says. "After a minute or so, I could start to feel an intense burning feeling, and it just kept building. It was hard, but I liked it because it had that intensity. I plan on doing it again or actually getting figged during a scene!"

That's the useful thing about figging: the strong burning feeling is great for those who enjoy pain or intense ordeals, but it doesn't cause damage and it fades quickly once

Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-for-profits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmonton-based, sex-positive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk.

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I am a male grad student who is technically engaged to a female grad student. She has numerous positive qualities, but she is repulsed by sex. She is very sensitive about her repulsion and becomes distraught when I broach the subject. She says that even the thought of doing anything sexual with me elicits a panic attack. She also insists that she is "broken" because, in the hopes of preventing me from leaving her, she forced herself to go further than she felt comfortable. We are both virgins and the furthest that we ever went sexually was cunnilingus. She has never seen me completely naked or expressed any interest in making love to me.

When she revealed that any form of sexual affection prompted panic attacks and psychological distress, I decided to call off our engagement.

She proceeded to threaten to kill herself and blame me for her aversion to sex. I agreed to continue the relationship but insisted that we postpone marriage. She refuses to go to couples counselling. I love her and enjoy her companionship, but my sexual self-esteem is devastated. I feel rejected and bitter, and I am still with her mainly because of guilt. Although she denies that this contributes to the situation, she also holds strong religious convictions.

She claims that she always had a weak libido and that bodily fluids (especially semen) disgust her. Finally, despite her use of oral contraceptives, she fears pregnancy. She also disapproves of my family and friends, my interest in science, my distrust of religion and my use of antidepressants. My questions: 1) If I did cause or contribute to her sexual aversion, do I have a lifelong obligation to remain with her? 2) Barring cheating, the impetus for her decision to break up with a previous boyfriend, what other options do I have? 3) Could her sexual aversion ever dissipate?

4) Could her sexual aversion stem from asexuality?

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sipate over time. Or it may not.

But someone who doesn't want to fuck someone—and she clearly doesn't want to fuck you—rarely starts wanting to fuck that someone down the road. So she may get over her sexual aversion in time, but she'll probably be fucking someone else when she does ... even if she's married to you.

4) Could be that, sure. But unless you're willing to live a sexless life with a manipulative spouse who disapproves of your family, friends, meds, etc, the root cause of her sexual aversion is irrelevant.

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I am getting married to my partner next month. I'm super pumped. Her family is awesome and supportive.

I've had a long back and forth with my family about the wedding—including inviting them and saying how much it would mean to me if they would come. I'm trying to be the bigger person, even though they have never been supportive of me as a queer person. I suspect some of them are not coming, as I got a pretty intense email from my sisterin-law about how my family can't support my engagement because blah blah Catholic blah. Yesterday was the RSVP due date and none

when you cut the cake. You want people at your wedding who love and support you, who love and support your relationship—and your shitty family has made it abundantly clear that they are incapable of loving and supporting you.

It's worse than that: your shitty family has made it clear that they will seize any opportunity to wound you. So stop creating those opportunities. Don't send any more invitations, don't make any more phone calls, unfollow the fuckers on Facebook. Devote a week to grieving your loss—this kind of rejection is painful—and then resolve to focus on your wife-to-be, your education, your friends and your career. Focus on the life you and your fiancée are embarking on together. She's your family now.

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My boyfriend and I have been together almost two months. Lately, he doesn't seem that interested in investing in our relationship, but when I talk to him, he says the opposite. We are a bit long-distance (he lives an hour away). Two weeks ago, he went home to visit his parents. I was going to see him when he got back, but he said he wasn't feeling well.

Then last week, he went to his best friend's wedding. Now he tells me he's got to go back home this weekend to get his laptop.

Through all this, his texting responses have gone down to where I am lucky to get a reply. If we are on the phone and the call drops, he doesn't try to call me back and he never answers when I call him back. I'm just trying to keep the lines of communication open, especially since we don't see each other all the time, but he is making it difficult. What would be the best way to approach this?

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The shits aren't coming—adjust your seating charts accordingly. And you know what? You don't want these shits at your wedding.

1) You are not obligated to stay with this unpleasant woman for the next 50 years just because you made the mistake of proposing to her. And even if she started fucking you, GETOUT, do you really want to be with her?

2) Why bar cheating? If taking herself hostage is so intimidating that it prevents you from breaking up with her (threatening to kill herself = taking herself hostage), then go ahead and cheat on her, or pretend to cheat on her, and let her break up with you.

3) Her sexual aversion may dis-

of them have responded. So it is now to the point where I'm going to have to call and outright ask if they're coming and potentially absorb all their rejection personally. Here's the kicker: I found out through Facebook that my brother, who I used to think was my ally (he said that he and his GF were going to try to make it to my wedding), is getting married seven days after we are! And he forgot to invite me?!

So with this knowledge, what am I supposed to say when I call asking for RSVPs? Please Please Please Help You are not going to absorb your shitty family's rejection personally, PPPH, because you are not going to call each and every shitty member of your shitty family to personally ask each individual shit if they're coming to your wedding. The shits aren't coming—adjust your seating charts accordingly. And you know what? You don't want these shits at your wedding. You don't want to see your shitty sister-in-law's sour face when you look out at your guests. You don't want to see your shitty brother's face—the shit throws you noncommittal shitty scraps and then in a shit move fails to invite you to his own wedding—

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Don't call or text your boyfriend for two weeks. If he doesn't call or text you in that time—and he won't— then you cancel your three-month anniversary party. My hunch is that this relationship has been over for a while, BAWLING, but your boyfriend lacks the decency to put you out of your misery. Looking on the bright side: you won't have to waste any of your money on a traditional three-month anniversary present—a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos—or any more of your time on this guy.

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