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Why wait? Re-regulate today The Alberta government has a golden opportunity in electricity The Alberta government has been handed a golden opportunity to move forward quickly on one of its election promises and a long-standing NDP commitment. Hopefully it will embrace this opportunity and move forward boldly and decisively. At the end of July, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) ruled that TransAlta Corp acted improperly in 2010-2011 when its shut-down of power facilities for repair was strategically timed to constrain supply and cause a spike in prices during peak demand periods. In other words, the AUC accused TransAlta of price-rigging. Interestingly, TransAlta's response to the AUC ruling has not been to deny that the company rigged prices and strategically timed the shutdowns, but rather to argue that it was perfectly within its rights to do so and did not violate the rules—"... based on our understanding of the situation and in light of what we saw others doing in the marketplace, we factored in financial impacts to the company in making those decisions," TransAlta told the Globe and Mail last week. TransAlta's statements are not entirely wrong. Thanks to Ralph Klein's efforts, starting 20 years ago, to de-
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regulate Alberta's electricity market based almost entirely on ideological reasons, the province currently has the only deregulated system in the country. Deregulation has failed to produce any of its promised benefits: extra capacity has been slow coming on line; our grid is no more stable overall than it was 20 years ago; and lower prices have completely failed to materialize. In fact, former Alberta Power senior vice-president Keith Provost has said on numerous occasions that deregulation has cost Albertans some $32 billion since 2001. Since deregulation, electricity prices in the province have been set on a spot supply-and-demand basis. What this means is that the power companies make the most profit when tight supply and high demand result in increased prices. The result of this dynamic is that there is absolutely no incentive for power companies to increase their generating capacity, as adding more elec-
tricity to the system will only serve to reduce prices and, consequently, profits. Because our excess generation capacity in Alberta today is less than it was in the early 90s, we are always on the brink of having demand outstrip supply—a situation which is great for the producers,
market. Edmonton Highlands-Norwood MLA and current Transportation Minister Brian Mason has been especially vocal and articulate in his calls for re-regulation. "I don't know why Albertans are willing to put up with this crap," he told the Edmonton Journal back in 2012. "Electricity is an essential service people need, and it should not be subject to market manipulation." Surely there can be no better time for the government to move on this commitment than right now, since the AUC and TransAlta's defenders have brought the many problems with deregulation right back into the spotlight. Another advantage to moving forward quickly is that, as the government works to develop its climate strategy in advance of this winter's climate-change meetings in Paris, it must be aware that how we manage and structure our electricity market can play a critical role in encouraging and incentivizing more
The only things electricity deregulation in Alberta has accomplished have been higher prices for consumers and higher profits for companies. but not so great for consumers. This is why prices have only moved in one direction since regulation, and why we are constantly being subjected to extreme price spikes from month to month. Re-regulation of Alberta's electricity system has been a core position of Alberta's New Democrats since Klein started fiddling with the system back in 1996. While in opposition, the NDP loudly and repeatedly called for full re-regulation of the
renewable electricity into the grid. Re-regulating the system with an eye to maximizing opportunity and benefit for renewables would go a long way toward meeting our climate goals and showing the rest of the world we are serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The only things electricity deregulation in Alberta has accomplished have been higher prices for consumers and higher profits for the companies, just as groups like Parkland Institute predicted it would back when Klein first embarked on it. There is no reason to delay moving forward with re-regulation now that the issue is back in the public's gaze. With the potential for lower prices, a more stable grid, and a serious impact on climate change, this would appear to be the dictionary definition of a win-win situation for the NDP government, so let's get moving on it. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta. The views and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute.
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Israel: Everybody is a minority There's no true mainstream Israel culture anymore Reuven Rivlin, the president of Israel, is an outspoken man, but he knows when to hold his fire. He condemned the killing of an 18-month-old Palestinian child in an arson attack in the West Bank by suspected Jewish settlers last Friday as "terrorism," but he did not say that the suspects were from the extreme wing of the "national religious tribes." Rivlin has not yet commented publicly on the knife attack on Gay Pride marchers in Jerusalem the previous day that wounded six people (one of whom, 16-year-old Shira Banki, has now died of her wounds). But if and when he does, he will not point out that the killer, Yishai Schlissel, belongs to the extremist fringe of the "Haredi tribe," the ultra-Orthodox Jews who do not even recognize the legitimacy of the state of Israel. It would be wrong to use language that paints all the members of the tribes in question as accomplices in these murders, because they aren't. Even if some of them sympathize with the actions of the murderers (and some probably do), it would still be a political mistake to alienate them further from the mainstream of Israeli society. But maybe we should rephrase that last sentence, because in Rivlin's view there no longer is an Israeli "main-
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stream." There once was, when secular Jews, mostly of Eastern European origin, formed the majority of the population and everybody else belonged to "minorities." But higher birth rates among those minorities have turned the secular Jews into just another minority—and Rivlin says they should really all be seen as "tribes." He said all of this two months ago, in a startlingly frank speech to the Herzliya Conference, an annual event where the country's leaders debate issues of national policy. "In the 1990s," he told them, "Israeli society comprised ... a large secular Zionist majority, and beside it three minority groups: a nationalreligious minority, an Arab minority, and a Haredi minority." "Although this pattern remains frozen in the minds of much of the Israeli public, in the press, in the political system, all the while, the reality has totally changed. Today, the first grade classes (in Israeli schools) are composed of about 38-percent secular Jews, about 15-percent national religious, about one-quarter Arabs, and close to a quarter Haredim."
The demographic changes, Rivlin said, have created a "new Israeli order ... in which Israeli society is comprised of four population sectors, or, if you will, four principal 'tribes,' essentially different from each other, and growing closer in size. Whether we like it or not, the makeup of the 'stakeholders' of Israeli society, and of the State of Israel, is changing before our eyes."
hurry it along by human means is a rebellion against God. Neither of these "tribes" even serves in the military, once the great unifying Israeli institution. Arabs are not conscripted for military service, and very few volunteer. In practice, the Haredim have been exempt from military service for all of Israel's history as an independent state, although parliament passed a law last year that seeks to end the exemptions. The Zionist tribes are also divided between the secular Zionists and the "national religious" tribe. The latter reconcile its Orthodox religious beliefs with the Zionist project by arguing that it was God who inspired the early Zionists in eastern Europe to build a Jewish state in Palestine, even if they did not realize it themselves. Most Jewish settlers on the West Bank, and most of their supporters in Israel proper, belong to this tribe. All these former minority tribes are to some extent alienated from the secular, liberal-democratic Zionist assumptions that underpin
All these former minority tribes are to some extent alientated from the secular, liberal-democratic Zionist assumptions that underpin Israel’s current political structure. The most important implication of this change is that barely half of the children now in Israeli primary schools will grow up to be Zionists. The Arabs will not, of course, but neither will the Haredim, the ultraOrthodox Jews who believe that the Zionist project to recreate Jewish rule in Israel is blasphemous. Only God can do that, by sending the Messiah, and the Zionist attempt to
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Israel's current political structure. A few members of each tribe are already so alienated that they turn to violence, like the settlers who attack Palestinian children, the Israeli Arabs who run amok and kill Jews, or the Haredi fanatic who attacked the Gay Pride march. President Rivlin, "Ruvi," didn't say that explicitly—it's too upsetting—but he was pointing out that the emperor has no clothes. The current secular Zionist domination cannot continue; the other tribes must also come to feel safe and welcome in a different kind of Israel. Specifically, in a "one-state" Israel that includes all the territory between the river Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea. Rivlin, though an Orthodox Jew, doesn't really belong to any of these tribes: his family has lived in Jerusalem for more than two centuries. He doesn't believe that the "two-state solution"—one country for Jews and one for Palestinian Arabs—is viable anymore, if it ever was. So he is driven to the "one-state solution," which requires reconciliation and cooperation between all the tribes. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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ichael Simms leans across the table with the excitement of someone talking about their favourite thing. "Have you ever rode a banana-seat bike?" he asks. "Do you want to? It's pretty fun. You feel like a little kid—you get a smile, even if it's scary as fuck." It's a sunny Sunday morning and Simms—six slick feet of tattoos, a mohawk hairdo, punk patches and studs on a denim vest—is sitting with a dozen or so similarly toughlooking, heavily tattooed customers at a Whyte Avenue bar table. This is Death Spoke: an Edmonton bicycle club, co-founded by Simms, that loves to bomb around the city on custom vintage rides. Picture punks, metalheads and skids on '70s-era bananaseat and cruiser bikes tricked out with custom paint, draping handlebars and raked-out front forks. You might have seen Death Spoke rolling. And you'd definitely remember the bikes: like Death Spoke member Dave Williams' nearly six-foot-tall banana-seat cruiser with the stick gear shift. Locked out on the sidewalk, pedestrians stop to take pictures next to Williams' bike—"that happens at least once a day," Williams says, sporting a drooping handlebar moustache, a felt bowler hat, flash pinup-girl tattoos and Wrangler cutoffs showing very strong-looking legs for someone nearing retirement age. With matching vests and black back patches, Death Spoke looks every inch like a cartoon motorcycle gang. "Because we've got the back patches, right away we realized it could be confused with criminal gang activity," Death Spoke member and local theatre artist Perry Gratton says. "So we ran it by some members of the [Hell's Angels] and they said: 'Here's what your patch needs to be ... it can't be
a three-piece patch, it has to be one continuous one.' We just have no interest in rolling into the wrong bar and someone thinking we're from a rival motorcycle club." But instead of motorized mayhem and rumbles, Death Spoke co-founder and co-president Aaron Petersen says the club—"we don't like to be called a gang"—is more concerned with building a community of loveable scoundrels who try to make a positive change in Edmonton. For instance, Death Spoke is meeting for its weekly Whyte Avenue brunch before pedalling off to a picnic at the legislature grounds. And the club's got special VIP cards to the dive bar-turnedhip arcade Denizen Hall—hardly the gangster stereotype. "It's about having fun," says Petersen, a manager at Blues on Whyte, ordering a shot of Bailey's to go with his coffee. "We want to give back to the community and show we're not something we're not." Petersen and Simms were part of a group that founded Death Spoke over beers at the Black Dog in 2010. The two are longtime friends who share a love for bicycles and the timeless fun that comes from riding. "Before cellphones, you just rode up to your friend's house," Simms says. "And you'd ask: do you want to go for a bike ride?" Tearing apart bikes and Frankenstein-ing them back together is a hobby Simms has had since his teen years. Now, his one-off creations are the unofficial Death Spoke Harley. Simms, along with fellow co-president Walter Melo, has either built or worked on nearly all of the Death Spoke bikes through their home business, ReVamped Cycle. He says it's challenging to find parts; and when they do, they're usually expensive. So
it's often a treasure hunt that takes them to farmer's fields and scattered garages hunting for 40-year-old frames and forks. So much time, effort and money goes into making these custom rides that ReVamped often sells bikes at cost—or even at a loss. "It's more about getting people out there, showing people that style is still there," Simms says. "Because all you see these days are fat-tire mountain bikes or fixies all over the place." What started as a tight core of friends has grown to a 45-memberstrong club, with a one- to threemonth waitlist for potential new Death Spoke riders. Joining Death Spoke means you get a back patch and membership to a band of misfits that stands up for their own. Recently, Death Spoke members used their connections in the local bar, music and retail industries to throw a fundraiser for Gratton's brother Shaun, who was born legally blind. Hosted at Blues on Whyte, the fundraiser raised a healthy chunk of change for the $15 000 eSight glasses that could greatly improve Shaun's quality of life. Or, when one Death Spoke member knew of a young boy at the Stollery Children's Hospital who could benefit from a piece of medical equipment that would help with his regular blood transfusions, the bike club threw a fundraiser at Denizen Hall that raised $7000 for the machine. "Death Spoke is about people coming together," Gratton says. "There are a lot of really good fucking people in this city, so let's do some good things. A lot of us come from rougher backgrounds, so being able to do a show, or a silent auction, and raise some money makes it sweeter in a lot of ways." Indeed, the club's membership is di-
verse: Petersen's partner Kryssa Kennedy is a teacher; there are car and motorcycle mechanics; Dave "Daddy of Death Spoke" Williams works for the city; and Evan Smith (who has his Death Spoke patch sewn onto a suit vest, instead of the standard denim) works as a business analyst. There are lots of moms and dads in the mix—Petersen and Kennedy have a 10-month-old baby boy—and kids are a regular fixture at the weekly brunches and other gatherings.
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So what brings them all together? The pure fun of riding bikes is a big part of it. But the community and friendship of a group of people from all walks of life is the real glue. "There've been quite a few members who've told us that because of [Death Spoke] they feel like they have a family, people to turn to," Petersen says. "They don't feel alone anymore. It's an impact. It makes a difference." JOSH MARCELLIN
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A repackaged gift On July 20, nearly four million Canadian families awoke to find hundreds of extra dollars in the bank in the form of the Universal Child Care Benefit, courtesy of the Government of Canada. Christmas in July, the Tories called it. That might have been true, had it not been Canadians' own money, repackaged and sent out with an expectation to pay much of it back. Under a new UCCB regime that took effect on January 1, parents nationwide now receive monthly payments of $160 per child under age six and $60 per child age six to 17, adding to the monthly payments of $100 per child under six that have been in place since 2006. The Tories deferred the extra support to an initial July 20 payout, when families received the new benefit amounts plus $360 per child retroactive to January. It's a cunning if misguided act of giving to begin an election campaign, to be sure. Why July? The Tories have found the perfect timing to give families
the heftiest cheque while staying as far away from tax season, at which time most families will pay about a third of it back. Even worse, the enhanced UCCB also replaces the Child Tax Credit, washing out about another third of the new UCCB. So parents end up with a few extra dollars in their pockets, while child care itself is no more accessible or affordable. Only 20 percent of Canadian children have access to regulated child-care spaces, while unregulated rates increase. At least parents can pay for an extra night of babysitting, I suppose. Undoubtedly aware that parents will eventually catch on to this shell game, the Tories fiercely maintain that no family will be worse off with the new regime. But so much celebration of a negligible benefit makes the Tories look less like Santa Claus and more like the friend that borrows your CrockPot, stains it black and gives it back years later as a birthday gift. V
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REVUE // MEXICAN
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MEXICAN ROTISSERIE STILL BUZZING Rostizado maintains its stellar rep for succulent roasted meat
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ostizado is the much buzzedabout offshoot of Tres Carnales, which brought authentic Mexican tacos to downtown Edmonton just ahead of the Three Amigos and a number of taco-slingin' food trucks. Though lesser known to gringos, rotisserie restaurants are also authentic Mexican, and Rostizado cleaves to this tradition, focusing its menu around spit-turned chicken and pork and related sides, with some wellchosen appetizers and imaginative adult libations (heavy on the tequila)
rounding out the experience. Mere months into its residence in the Mercer Warehouse, Rostizado ended up on a list of best restaurants in Canada—certainly helping the buzz. Its policy of not taking reservations for groups of less than eight is a democratic and shrewd way of ensuring that this buzz has remained loud. Admittedly, stories of multi-hour waits for one of the restaurant's 68 seats had been keeping me away. But somehow, before six on a Friday evening, co-diner and
I managed to walk right in and nab a table. The room is interesting yet comfortable with a discreet '70s vibe embroidered in: chunky wood furniture and exposed brick, brown and orange embellishments of Mexican slang on the light panels interspersed between barn-board panels. The waiting area is decked out like a swingin' Mexican chef's living room with leather couches before an oversize olive credenza bearing pop-art food canisters, a turntable with an actual record
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playing on it, and an orange, plasticencased tube television showing vintage Mexican soaps, game shows and luchador movies featuring the great masked wrestler Santos. Some attention to detail has been paid. Toward the back of the long room, across from where we were seated, the bustling kitchen—and mega-rotisserie—is available to the patron's eye. I was enticed into a fancy cocktail by the server's description: a dose of añejo amber rum with a dash of mescal ("for a bit of smoky flavour") and soda over muddled blackberries and lychee, finished with a sprig of sage ($13). It was complex but refreshing, not too sweet and deliciously boozy. The duty of planning a dinner strategy fell to the co-diner (with the server's help) as I'd left my glasses at home, and why do menus always have to have such tiny print anyway? She suggested starting with the gorditas ($16), then splitting a quarter each ($18) of the roast chicken and roast pork (each served with potatoes) and a side of the roasted cauliflower ($7). Light eating was not in the cards that night. The three gorditas were shaggy hanks of pork shoulder deeply imbued with chilies and Mexican seasonings served between small, flat corncakes with a bit of diced radish. Small, yes— but mighty. The puerco was perfectly picante and fall-apart tender and the hot, fresh corncakes almost the ideal vehicle, though they were at bit hard to handle at first. It was a fair harbinger of what was to come. A platter and a plank arrived bearing the ample roasted meats (locally
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sourced, naturally), a generous serving of pappas, a few small tortillas and some scary-looking roasted chili peppers. A dish of cauliflower roasted in pork fat with ancho chilies, cumin and salt also appeared. Each meat had been lovingly rubbed with seasoning and spit-turned to juicy perfection, and the quarter chicken even had a wing on it that gave me an excuse to eat the spice-spackled skin. The succulent pork had been sliced thin, with a fingernail rind of fat for flavour. The meats were delicious enough, but the condiments provided put things over the top—mild salsa verde, intensely garlicky chimichurri made with parsley, onion and a splash of vinegar, and an orange-tinted, pumpkin-seed-based hot sauce you had better take seriously. We made little tacos with our tortillas and lavished the meats with the varied, intense tastes. The cauliflower and potatoes were likewise unctuous and aptly seasoned (and thoroughly steeped in roasting juices). We sort of lost our server's attention toward the end of the meal, which gave us to time to realize we'd probably feel a lot better about ourselves if we just stopped eating. Rostizado apparently sends home a lot of doggie bags because they do it right, boxing up everything you have coming to you and including lots of condiments to wash it down. The leftovers spanned a couple of meals and reminded us we'd need return trips to exhaust the menu's myriad Mexican delights.
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It's a nice day for a white whisky Single malt vodka is the first step for Canada's craft distilleries
There's a common thread linking many of Canada's burgeoning craft distilleries: their vodkas actually taste like something. A common assumption in the spirits world is that vodka should be as neutral-tasting as possible. Perhaps this is due to its role as the ultimate base of any number of
cocktails, but I've never found this satisfactory: though it may be destined for mixing with other ingredients, so are most other spirits—and we sure don't want a neutral gin, or rum, or whisky. Vodka can be made from any number of things, from potatoes and beets to fruits and honey, though the base material is rendered large-
ly irrelevant when the vodka is filtered so many times that anything distinctive is completely scrubbed out. In contrast to most of the big labels that aim for so-called "clarity" and '"pureness" in their vodka, Canada's craft distilleries often opt for just the opposite by using malted barley as their vodka base. Single malt whisky is distilled from malted barley, and whisky is often the endgame for many of Canada's craft distilleries. However, under Canadian regulations, whisky must be aged in oak barrels for a minimum of three years before being bottled and sold. That's an awfully long time for a new distillery to wait before having a saleable product, so in the meantime most of them start out with spirits that don't take so long to make— and vodka is almost always every distillery's first release, since it is simple and fast. Using malted barley to distill vodka gives it characteristics akin to whisky: vanilla on the nose and caramel on the finish. This is why such vodka is often referred to as single malt vodka or white whisky, though the latter cannot be used
on the label in Canada as it is technically not a true whisky due to the lack of oak aging.
and almost uniformly unpleasant, a far cry from the lovely single malt vodka/white whisky produced by Canada's craft distillers. Because British Columbia far outIf you're south of the border, however, white whiskey means some- shines the rest of Canada in terms thing very different. (And not be- of the number of craft distilleries, cause they spell whiskey with an e.) it's not surprising that this is also American regulations divide whis- where you'll find the majority of key into different categories based single malt vodkas. However, it's a on their source material: rye, malted trend that has quickly found tracbarley, wheat and corn. Corn whis- tion across the country, and even key doesn't need to be aged in oak Alberta's sole craft distiller, Eau at all and is therefore often sold in Claire, uses malted barley to make its original, colourless form. His- its vodka. The high quality and interesting torically, these corn whiskies were flavours of h i g h - p r o o f, single malt distilled ilvodka is licitly and Recommendations: enough to known alEau Claire Three Point Vodka justify purternately as Arbutus Coven Vodka chasing one, m o o n s h i n e, Still Waters Single Malt Vodka but they white lightalso serve a ning, white crucial role dog, hooch, mountain dew and white whiskey. for Canadian craft distillers as esNowadays, such products are dis- sential income during their initial tilled legally, and some are market- growth period. So if you ever want ed under the old names, but rest as- to taste the whisky that these dissured that they aren't that different tilleries will have stashed away from their prohibitionist origins: for a couple more years, buy their American white whiskey is harsh vodka. V
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Straight to Video: The B-Movie Odyssey / Fri, Aug 7 (9:30 pm) It's the sort of cinematic odyssey that harkens back to the glory days of B-movies: a hapless video-store owner, about to torch his nowdefunct business, finds a mysterious beta tape. Popping it into the player inadvertently sucks him into his own video collection, forcing him to battle his way out. Created by local film collective House of Heathens, Straight to Video is set to be a webseries, but Friday marks your chance to view it in its debut on the big screen, not a small one. (Metro Cinema at the Garneau) Amber Nash and Friends / Wed, Aug 12 (5 pm) If her name doesn't ring a bell, her voice almost certainly will: the voice of Pam, the idiosyncratic HR director on Archer, Amber Nash
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is in town to perform her solo show What's Wrong With You? at the Fringe, and she's also doing a greeting/signing at Happy Harbor Comics. She won't be alone, either: also popping by will be Edmonton's own Mark Meer—That's the male voice of Commander Shepard to the Mass Effect-playing lot of you—and fellow voice-actor Brendan Hunter. Sploosh. (Happy Harbor Comics)
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e was standing on the corner of 102 Avenue and 104 Street," says Shayne Woodsmith, reaching back into his memory to the very first photo he captured for his Faces of Edmonton blog. "... We just talked a little bit about what it was like for him to move to Edmonton from the other side of the world. He was from India ... I posted [his face], and then some of his coworkers commented on the photo right away ... I hope that he felt more welcomed—being a week into Edmonton, and then suddenly there's this excitement about him coming here." Since that first encounter, Woodsmith estimates he has spoken to more than 1500 Edmontonians and taken photos of 700, each accompanied by a small moment of conversation. "I post every photo that I take. I don't go out and take five and then post one. I post all five," he says. "So that's quite different [from] Humans of New York. [Because] he takes a ton and he picks his favourite ones." With his latest project, however, Woodsmith has become more se-
lective. Choosing 105 photos, he filtered down the blog into a Faces of Edmonton book. "I've broken it up into seasons," he says. "To capture what it was like wandering around Edmonton for a year, snapping photos of random people." The book begins in spring and weaves its way through the stories of 100 Edmontonians. They are students and seniors, born-and-raised Edmontonians and recently arrived immigrants, people of all genders and ethnicities, and there's even a few dogs thrown into the mix. Some people smile. Some people frown. Some people look away from the camera. "What happens often is people almost forget the camera's there," Woodsmith says. "And they're thinking about what they want to say—or they're reliving the story that they're telling—and they change. So I try to capture those moments." A moment that really stuck with Woodsmith was an interaction with a man named Rene, who stares out from the summer pages of the book.
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"I kind of looked away and kept walking, because he looked pretty rough and I didn't really want to bother him," Woodsmith says. "But I went back ... Everyone was walking past him and I thought, I'm just going to go talk to him, see what happens. And we just had a nice conversation, just the two of us. "And then a gentleman came up while we were talking and gave Rene some money and some smokes," Woodsmith continues. "He'd never heard of the project, but he just said: 'I really like what you're doing, just talking to people. A lot of these people feel invisible, and are made to feel invisible, because people ignore them.'" Faces of Edmonton celebrates the city's diversity, but it also challenges us to look at our fellow Edmontonians differently—to remember that behind every anonymous face on the street, there's a rich and complex history. "I remember every story," Woodsmith says. "I remember everyone. They're all a part of me now, their stories."
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omething apocalyptic is com- tion breathe. Single-page splash ing in Toronto illustrator Kat pages and inset panels add a little Verhoeven's Towerkind—and only more visual flair to her detailed, a select few children living in To- manga-influenced style, giving ronto's St James Town neighbour- Towerkind a lived-in feel in-between the fantastical elements. hood can deal with it. The book focuses on seven children, all living in the concrete Special attention is paid to the highrises that make up the neigh- towers themselves, the massive bourhood. Each one has a strange, vertical concrete slabs that are supernatural ability seemingly at home to the characters. Verhoeven random. These children—the "kind" does an excellent job of showing off the true diverin Towerkind reNow available sity in Toronto, fers to the GerBy Kat Verhoeven from the beautiman word for Conundrum Press, 164 pp fully recreated children—live $15 towers to the and play in the ominous-looking vertical landtomb found in scapes they call home, using their special abilities the Toronto Necropolis cemetery. in small ways. Tyson, the self-pro- Towerkind's characters are just as claimed king of the neighbourhood, diverse—a fantastic choice that is super-strong, able to lift a dump- adds a great deal to the story. And in that, Towerkind's cast rester with ease. The young Dina can create portals to strange and flects the best kind of hope for Cafantastical worlds through telepor- nadian multiculturalism. The ability tation. Maha sees into the future of young Moses—able to fluently when she blows soap bubbles— speak any language, whether it be and one particular vision utterly German, French or Tagalog—is terrifies her. While each power just as essential to the group as seems marginally useful individu- Tyson's strength, Maha's sight or ally, all of them prove essential to Dina's teleportation. Toronto's slosurviving the looming armageddon. gan is "diversity, our strength," and The book's impressionistic story embracing the idea leads to a kind might be off-putting to some. Ver- of salvation. Only through working hoeven doesn't spoon-feed plot together are the children of the and characterization, letting details towers able to eke out some meadrip out slowly as the story picks sure of victory as the world ends up steam. No explanation is giv- around them. Towerkind is a fantastic debut en—nor needed—for the powers, or how the characters discovered graphic novel for Verhoeven, stylish and charming with a darkly omitheir abilities. Verhoeven's layouts start sim- nous underbelly that slowly reveals ple, initially using a two-by-two itself in due course. Its oblique stosquare grid-panel layout. She rytelling may not be easily forthslowly integrates more half-sized coming, but it rewards rereading horizontal panels, giving the art and lavish attention to detail. an expansive feel that lets the ac- JORDYN MARCELLUS
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BODY IN QUESTION(S)2 • University of Alberta - Enterprise Square Gallery, 10230 Jasper Ave • bwdc.ca • View the visual art and watch the ongoing dance performances by premiere dance company Van Grimde Corps Secrets • Aug 20-22; 7pm, 7:30pm or 8pm • $20
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 CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7070 • Mommy (Aug 5), Joe (Aug 12), The Last Five Years (Aug 19), The Salt Of The Earth (Aug 26) • 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 • Summer Stock (Aug 10), The Toast Of New Orleans (Aug 17), Lullaby Of Broadway (Aug 24), For Me And My Gal (Aug 31) • 8pm
FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • The 100 Year Old Man who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared (Aug 7), In Darkness (Aug 14), Life Above All (Aug 24), Quill (Aug 28) • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712109 St • 780.425.9212 • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: When Marnie Was There (Aug 8) • CULT CINEMA: Dog Day Afternoon (Aug 25) • DEDfEst: Straight to Video: A B-Movie Odyssey With Surprise feature! Theatrical Premiere (Aug 7) • MEtro Bizarro: Tetsuo, The Iron Man (Aug 12) • staff Pics: Wild At Heart (Aug 24) • turkEy shoot: Fifty Shades of
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MOVIES ON THE SQUARE • Sir Winston Churchill Square • edmonton.ca • Enjoy movies in the Square that will be playing on a three storey high inflatable screen. Closed captioning will be off when available • Each Tue in Aug, 7pm (pre-entertainment, movies start at dusk) • Free
GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Feature Gallery: Here and There; Jul 11-Oct 3 • Discovery Gallery: Coming Up Next: artwork by Michelle Atkinson, Holly Boone, Corinne Cowell, Soma Mo, Dena Seiferling and Bart Simpson; Jul 18-Aug 29
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 • 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 • Douglas Haynes: The Toledo Series; Jun 27-Oct 4 • Charrette Roulette: Language; Jul 18-Nov 15 • open studio adult Drop-in : Relief Printing (Aug 12), Found Texture (Aug 19), Altered Books (Aug 26); Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • all Day sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm
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19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Verve: artwork by Patricia Coulter & Donna Marchyshyn-Shymko; Aug 6-Sep 26; Opening reception: Aug 6, 6-9pm • Flow of Traffic Theory: Gerry Dotto; Sep 3-26; reception: Sep 3, 6-9pm • The Winter That Was: Pierre Bataillard; Oct 1-31; reception: Oct 1, 7-9pm • art ventures: Wonderful Window Clings (Aug 15); 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • ageless art: Vibrant Views (Aug 20), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Marbled Masterpieces (Aug 8); 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 • Aug 6, Sep 3 (exhibits run all month)
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artmuzak.ca • artmuzak.ca • Warhol Birthday: a tribute to the late artist on what would have been his 87th birthday • Aug 6, 9pm • $10; 18+ only
• 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • volunteer@ thenina.ca • Closed Jul 24-Aug 4 • Summer Republic III: Art from the NHCA's collective; Jul 6-Aug 14
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ParaDE gallEry • Window Display Box
780.451.8890 • cafeblackbird.ca • Gallery Opening: Meet and greet with the featured artists Rebecca Lippiat & Rose Vreeker • Aug 5, 7-9pm; through Aug
101 Street, north of 102 Ave, Edmonton City Centre Mall • paradegallery.ca • Work in Process: artwork by Megan Stein; Jul 17-Aug 30
CENTRE D’arts VisuEls DE l’alBErta (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Artwork by Mathieu Lefèvre; Sep 25-Oct 6
DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Off-Whyte 2015: Whyte Avenue Art Walk Holdover Show; Aug 1-14 • Tea & Watercolours at The Tea Girl; Aug 16, 6:30-9:30pm • Art & Teas Pairing; Aug 22, 2-4pm
DEVONIAN BOTANICAL GARDEN • 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • Date Night: Water Painting en plein air; Aug 6, 6pm-dusk
Dc3 art ProJEcts • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Intellectual Play: art by Devon Beggs and Richard Boulet's collaborative drawings and textiles; Aug 6-Aug 22; Opening reception: Aug 7, 7-9pm EntErPrisE squarE galLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • Body in Question(s)2: View the visual art and watch the ongoing dance performances by premiere dance company Van Grimde Corps Secrets; Aug 20-22
FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery.com • On the Town: A group exhibition with several works depicting the city of Edmonton. Music provided by Savic Panylyk Jazz Trio • Aug 6, 7-9pm
GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • After: artwork by Laara Cassells; Jul 10-Aug 30 • Members of the St. Albert Painters Guild; Jul 28-Aug 31; Opening reception: Aug 6
GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • After: Artwork By Laara Cassells; Jul 10-Aug 30 HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • Main sPacE: Between Reality and Transcendence: Chun Hua Catherine Dong; Aug 6-Sep 10
JEff allEn art gallEry (Jaag) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Together Again: Instructors and Students; Jul 28-Aug 26 • Artist Greg Doherty; Aug 27-Sep 24; Reception: Sep 9, 6:30-8:30pm Jurassic FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages
LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Summer exhibition; until Aug 22
LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • THE EDMONTON BURLESQUE FESTIVAL PRESENTS
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PEtEr roBErtson gallEry • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • August Group Show: New arrivals from gallery artist Jonathan Forrest; Jul 25-Aug 15 • Anamnesis - Recollection and Perception: Kirsty Templeton Davidge; Aug 1-18; Opening reception: Aug 6, 7-9pm • Artwork by Julian Forrest; Aug 22-Sep 12
PicturE this gallEry • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery.com • Canada Scapes & Spaces; Jul-Aug 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 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
SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • Stockwell Depot 1967 – 79; Jul 24-Sep 12 • Summer Group Exhibition; until Aug
SnaP gallEry • Society of Northern Alberta Print -Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • SNAP Klusterfak: A Collaborative Community Installation; Aug 1-Sep 5 • SNAP Members Show; Jul 30-Sep 1
sPrucE groVE art gallEry • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • MAIN GALLERY: Feature Artist David Pettis; through Jul • MAIN GALLERY: Members Novelty Show “Hidden Gems”; through Aug STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • 780.467.8189 • strathconacountymuseum.ca • Paving the Way: Pioneers of the country Part 2; until Sep 30
tElus worlD of sciEncE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free$117.95 • Dinosaurs Unearthed: until Oct 11 • Dark Matters "Nerdgasm"; Aug 20, 7-10pm 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
VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com •TREX Alberta Foundation For The Arts Travelling Exhibition; Aug 6-Sep 26; Opening reception: Aug 6, 7-9:30pm
780.423.5353 • Community Gallery: Incubator: Jun 9-Sep 1 • Main Space: Off Route 2: art by Amanda Dawn Christie; Jul 16-Aug 29 • ProjEx Room: A Conversation: artwork by Roselina Hung & Mary Porter; Jul 16-Aug 29
VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill
MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • The Language of Flowers: art by Elaine Tweedy; Jul 4-Aug 23 • Weather Report: Andrzej Maciejewski; Aug 29Oct 18; Opening reception: Sep 3, 7-9pm
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MULTICULTURal cEntrE PuBlic art gallEry (McPag)–stony Plain • 541151 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Landed: artwork by Judy Weiss & Sharon Rubuliak; Jul 16-Aug 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 NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Girls, Women, Lives, Images: a group exhibition of paintings by Larissa Hauck, Carmella Haykowsky, Brandi Hofer, Riki Kuropatwa, and Dave Thomas • Artisan Nook: Little Monkey in a Tree: ink drawings on paper by Yong Fei Guan • Vertical Space: Life Itself: A group show by members of the Art Mentorship Society of Alberta • Jul 6-Aug 17
Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • The Iconic Alberta Rose: artwork by Cindy Barratt and Susan Casault; Aug 5-31; Opening reception: Aug 6, 6-9pm
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 (signup); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner grant writing with EDMonton arts council rEPrEsEntatiVEs • Program room (main floor classroom), Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square • julie. robinson@writersguild.ca • writersguild.ab.ca • Presented by the WGA and EAC. Stephen Williams and Kristina de Guzman will give a presentation on grants available through the Edmonton Arts Council and offer guidance on the application process • Aug 10, 7:30-9pm • Free
PoEtry Picnic • Devonian Botanic Garden, 51227 AB-60, Parkland County • devonian. ualberta.ca • With performances by Edmonton's Poet Laureate, Pierrette Requier and award
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winning poet Alice Major. Alice will read from her new collection Standard Candles (UofA Press). An open mic will follow • Aug 13, 6:30pm
ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@ gmail.com SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm scriPt salon • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A monthly play reading series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright STRATHCONA COUNTY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • sclibrary.ab.ca • Pick up some great deals on gently-used books, CDs and DVDs. Proceeds go towards purchasing new materials for the library’s collections • Aug 14, 9:30am-8:30pm; Aug 15, 9:30am-4:30pm; Aug 16, 1pm to 4:30pm • 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 BurlEsquE-ProV • Upstairs at the Armoury, 10310-85 Ave • Presented by Burlesque A La Carte and part of this year's Fringe Festival! Featuring an improvized burlesque show and a dance battle. With performers Kiki Quinn, Letabby Lexington, host Lee Boyes, and the side-kick music man Reverend Charlie Scream, each show the cast will be joined by two different special guest Burlesque Artists • Aug 14-17, Aug 19-20, Aug 22 • 18+ only chiMProV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun 13
DISNEY'S THE LION KING • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • jubileeauditorium. com • Based on the classic Disney movie. Tells the story of Simba, a young lion who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as king; however, after Simba's uncle Scar murders Mufasa, Simba is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile in shame and despair. Upon maturation living with two wastrels, Simba is given some valuable perspective from his friend, Nala, and his shaman, Rafiki, before returning to challenge Scar to end his tyranny • Jul 14-Aug 9
EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL • Various locations throughout Old Strathcona • Thirtyfour years of Fringe!This year's theme? SupercaliFRINGEilistic! Featuring some of the world's greatest performers and plays • Aug 13-23 • Ticket prices vary
hEy, countEss! • Campus Saint-Jean, U of A - Auditorium, 8406-91 St • teatroqu.com • This play hasn't been seen since 2006! In this Fringe Holdover, a lawyer at loose ends with his own life sets out on a surprise transcontinental quest for consumer justice, accompanied by the unruffled assistant manager of a local multiplex cinema • Aug 26-29 • $22 (adults), $20 (students/seniors) 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) 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
unDEr thE Big toP • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • festivaplace. ab.ca • A unique program teaching children and youth the brilliant skills of the circus: stilts, wire walking, juggling, rolo bolo, clowning, magic, puppetry and silks • Aug 4-28, 9am-5pm
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When Marnie Was There a lush and lovely sign-off for Studio Ghibli
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ittingly, for a film relocating an Englishwoman's nearly 50-year-old book to the southwest coast of Japan's north island, Hokkaido, When Marnie Was There is about the primacy of the past and of place in a young girl's life. And for those who feel, in our own time and screen-spaces, as if animation has somehow grown up with Studio Ghibli, in lovely little leaps and bounds, then Hiromasa Yonebayashi's film is a nearly note-perfect farewell. In Sapporo, 12-year-old Anna doesn't just feel solitude—at times, she doesn't want to be who she is, even hating herself. Suffering from asthma, she's sent by her "Auntie," Yoriko, on doctors' advice, to small, rustic Kushiro, with its bracing sea air. She stays there with Yoriko's relatives, Setsu and Kiyomasa Oiwa, but soon discovers, across a marshy tidal inlet, a mansion that seems to summon her. On the July night of the Tanabata festival, in her summer kimono, she rows across at high tide to discover the mansion lit-up and occupied, most fascinatingly by Marnie, a girl about Anna's age but with long blonde hair and in old-fashioned dress. Once again, there's a classic, even classical, feel to so many Ghibli
touches here, in this adaptation of Anna's sense of time, can wisp away Joan G Robinson's 1967 book. The like ghostly mist. boat-crossing harks back to Charon ferrying heroes to the Underworld The seaside town's newness piquin Greek epics; Anna's curative vaca- ing the girl's curiosity, almost tion and time-drifting recall Philip- drawing her in against her will, is potently done. pa Pearce's novel You can nearly Tom's Midnight feel the summer Garden; her mov- Fri, Aug 7 – Wed, Aug 12 breeze coming ing-about and When Marnie Was There through the winfoster-childness Directed by Hiromasa dow of Anna's echo Katherine Yonebayashi bedroom. Most Paterson's The Metro Cinema at the Garneau urgently, there's Great Gilly Hop- Anna's need to kins. But Yoneconnect with her bayashi—whose The Secret World of Arrietty mar- ancestral past—her biological famvelously adapted Mary Norton's ily—even as she wants to feel she 1952 book The Borrowers—and belongs with her foster mother in co infuse Anna's seaside days with the present. The closing song, Prisboth a particularly Japanese with- cilla Ahn's "Fine On The Outside," drawn-ness and crackling outbursts lingers in its melancholy, long after of English romanticism. There's the Anna's found consolation and even, "Marsh House" mansion; a lightning by the closing credits, comfort in storm over a tower-like stone silo this holiday home. And so, after 20 features and 30 on a hill; waves and wind whip up over grass as Anna demands, like years, Ghibli signs off with a work as a figure from Wuthering Heights, lush and lovely as you'd hope for from how Marnie could have left her a studio that long ago made it clear behind on a fear-filled expedition. that films about girls' magical inner The pair's secret sisterliness—each lives were for everyone—and anyone needing the other so badly, to make who cares about maturely considered, up for a lack they feel so strongly— deeply considerate cinema. is captured in their holding of hands BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM under the moon, while Marnie, and
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Irrational Man
Rage against the regime
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rrational Man, Woody Allen's 45th written-and-directed feature, is a bad Woody Allen film for a number of reasons, but the most pertinent of the bunch is just how tossed-off it feels. There's few signs the guy is even trying here: it's a yawning, slapdash attempt to be a darker comic Allen film, one that angles itself between thriller and comedy, but refusing to offer much sharpness to either effect. Set in Rhode Island, we first meet Abe (Joaquin Phoenix) as he drives up drunk to the summer semester at a new community college. A wastecase philosophy prof, he's circling the academic drain on the back of past glories, but lacking much lust for anything resembling liveliness. Fellow prof Rita (Parker Posey) takes a shine to him, as does one of his students, Jill (Emma Stone), but it's when Abe overhears a woman's terrible grievance with a corrupt local judge, and considers offing the guy—without any actual connection to the judge or the plight's he's caused, Abe reasons, there's ample room to get away with murder—that he gets the jolt he's needed.
Burning Bush a thrilling subversion of an "evil empire" narrative
Opens Friday Directed by Woody Allen All three principle actors offer skillful performances to work the world with, but rattle up against the penciled-sketch quality of Allen material they've been handed. Stone's Jill radiates a snappy intelligence—yet finds herself spouting the most banal, love-sick and vapid observations, dragged along in the scenario by a romance that never quite reads. Phoenix's Abe is excellently schlubby, caught up in his own middle-age malaise (and then later, grandstanding justifications of deed). The character gets the lion's share of the script's scattershot cleverness, and the actor does well with it. Posey's increasingly desperate Rita gains comic strength as the character starts to spiral. But the things they're saying are rote, obvious and telegraphed long action long before anything actually occurs, making most of Irrational Man feel far too drawn out for any of this to crackle. There's one moment when it all comes together: brooding, drunkenly, at a grad-student party while they're all fiddling with a gun, Abe snatches the weapon and attempts a solo game of russian roulette. The students look on in horror; he survives, but tries again, while stammering on about how it illustrates some philosophical idea. Pretty much everywhere else though, it feels either ill-executed or a tired retread of familiar tropes and Allen-isms that don't manage to stand on their execution here.
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"And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed." — Exodus 3:2 It's not only that historical dramas, like quaintly quarantined timetravel, reflect our own time (no one living anywhere before 1900 had teeth that straight or white; streets were never that devoid of human or horse excrement; etc). It's that period pieces come with certain narrow biases and expectations, usually grooved out by previous, smooth-playing history-records. And so, with HBO Europe's threepart miniseries Burning Bush (2013), we expect the Commies to be bad guys. After all, this is Czechoslovakia, in 1969. Agnieszka Holland and first-time screenwriter Stepan Hulik overturn those presumptions by avoiding lofty "evil empire" leaders and digging down, rooting out the small stories among Prague's cobblestoned streets and the country's train lines and rural roads. The opening credits run over black-and-white images of young people dancing in a club, soon cross-cut with shots of tanks; the dance music's drowned out by the trundle of tanks and the images flare into colour, with footage of student protesters waving the white and red stripes and blue triangle of
the country's flag, fires smouldering on streets and bodies on the ground. And then the series begins—with one body, on fire, in protest. Holland—whose directorial career's spanned Europa Europa (1990) and episodes of The Wire to, recently, Holocaust drama In Darkness (2011) and a made-for-TV remake of Rosemary's Baby—is Polish-born but studied film-direction in the Czech capital in the late '60s, graduating in 1971. She was there during the Prague Spring of 1968 and arrested for her support of the dissidents. By August of that year, the Soviet Army had moved in, occupied the country, and crushed the protest movement. Burning Bush opens, in flames, on January 16, 1969, amid the grotty, rubble-strewn avenues of Prague; one man's death teeters the country's political course off-balance. Soon after a streetcar-track operator has, with a crowbar, levered the metal groove at a connection-point from one track to another, that one man, two buckets in hand, walks up to the fountain in front of the National Museum, at the south end of Wenceslas Square. He dumps the buckets of gasoline on himself, strikes a match and sets himself alight. As he runs, screaming, passersby watch in horror; the track-operator smothers him with a coat. The burn-victim whispers, "It wasn't a suicide," and two men, one a law student, find a note
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in his nearby briefcase declaring his act a protest. The police soon arrive. Authorities quickly grew concerned that Jan Palach's self-immolation, done in response to the stamping-out of the Prague Spring, would ignite more such protests. In the mini-series, the law student tells top lawyer Dagmar Burešová (Tatiana Pauhofová) of Palach's action; meanwhile, Major Jireš (Ivan Trojan) investigates as Soviet officials pressure him. The series' most rending moment comes when Palach's mother (Jaroslava Pokorná) learns of her son's self-torching; beyond anguish, she visits him in hospital and then, after his death, falls into a torpor of grief before she and her remaining son pursue a legal case, led by Buresová, against Czechoslovakia's communist government after they try to dishonour Palach's name and memory. Propelled thrillingly by whip-smart pacing, impeccable performances, and gritty, in-the-crowd camerawork, Holland and Hulik's story is about the people under a viciously repressive regime's boot. In its focus on those suffering and struggling, not those at the top, Burning Bush kindles and then fans a faint, flickering hope for the masses of individuals down and out there, waiting and wanting to rise up, consumed not by hate and fear but a flaming desire for a fairer system and better lives. V
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SEPTEMBER 2015 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: SEP 2015 ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL • 10186 - 106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • A Second Look: A mixed-media exhibition where five Yukon artists are selected to reinterpret Alberta and Yukon landscapes that were originally created by Alberta metal artist Simon Wroot of Calgary • Sep 5 – 17 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults, $12.50; children six and under, free; seniors, $8.50 • youraga.ca • The Double Bind: Conversations Between Modernism and Postmodernism; demonstrates the inter-relationship of the two, stressing how the succeeding postmodernism comments upon—and perhaps completes—some of the aims of Modernism • until Sept 13 • Douglas Haynes: The Toledo Series; The Toledo Series is a remarkable group of 13 large-scale canvases painted by Edmonton artist Douglas Haynes from 1988 to 1990 • until Oct 4 • Will Murray: On Invasive Species and Infidelity; Wil Murray’s interdisciplinary practice oscillates between the mediums of painting, photography and installation • until Oct 4 • Illuminations: Italian Baroque Masterworks in Canadian Collections; The exhibition explores how light and shadow were central to the creation of dynamic and theatrical pictures • until Oct 4 • Charrette Roulette: Language; The theme of the second Charrette Roulette. Lead artists Kathy Slade and Keith Higgins with Publication Studio Vancouver will present Edmonton Edition • until Nov 15 • Chris Cran; This exhibition will be the most comprehensive examination of the work of influential Alberta artist Chris Cran, surveying his artistic production over the past 40 years • Sept 12 – Jan 3 ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Verve; This evocative exhibition showcases large-scale, fluid acrylic works that communicate energy and enthusiasm using a language of colour and shape • until Sept 26 • Frozen Asset; Stallard’s mixed media, sand and neon installation, Frozen Asset, will be created to address and reference the Art Gallery’s history as a bank building • Sep 22 – Nov 28 ARTISAN NOOK • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave •780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Compact Layers; Nancy Corrigan. Small drawings in several media; vigorous interpretations of nature • until Oct 1 DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412 - 124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • People and Places of Inspiration; Anne McCartney’s second solo show emphasizes the significance of people and places in her artwork • Sep 9 – Oct 3 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.492.2081 • foa.ualberta. ca • Five Graduate Designers 2015; Featuring Master of Design candidates Anson Wong, Juan Fajaedo, Jia Wang, Cheng Siong Tee and Justin Pritchard • until Sep 19 • From Time to Time: 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio; Featuring 27 of the Department of Art & Design’s most accomplished printmaking alumi from 1975 - 2008 • until Sep 19 HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Waterscape; Marlene Jess’ practice explores the marketing of convenience food and water products • until Sept 10 • State of Grace; State of Grace is part of Chun Hua Catherine Dong’s research about shame. It consists of 15 pieces of performance-based photographs • until Sept 10 KALEIDO FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL • 118 Ave between 90 and 94 St • pay what you can • kaleidofest.ca • Alberta Avenue comes alive during Kaleido, a free family arts festival featuring music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts produced by Arts on the Ave. Artists collide in an environment of creative exploration and performances on rooftops, sides of buildings, back alleys, parks, old spaces and new spaces of 118th Avenue • Sep 11 - 13 LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Sally Raab – Flutter; Her Flutter installation, made from paper sculptures and LED lighting referencing the dimensions of human bodies and migratory clouds of monarch butterflies, will spill through the gallery space and Latitude 53’s outdoor patio • Sep 25 – Oct 10 NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave •780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Ever-New: three mixedmedia artists and nature; artists bring new methods to the practice and new insights into the traditions of depicting nature • until Oct 1 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Julian Forrest; 2015 Winner of the Eldon & Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize • Until Sep 12 ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845 - 102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • $11 (museum admission) • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Glimpses of the Grasslands: The Artistic Vision of Colin Starkevich; Starkevich depicts the uniqueness of the grassland landscape of southern Alberta and its wild inhabitants • until Sept 27 • Out of Bounds: The Art of Lynn Malin; Malin is primarily a landscape artist. She loves the natural world and views her work as a means to process what she sees. Not bound by any one artistic genre or mode of expression, the intrigue of discovery and experimentation is what makes art so fascinating to Malin • Sep 5 – Nov 15
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SNAP GALLERY • 10123 - 121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Klusterfak; Lead by four Edmonton visual artists: Sean Caulfield, Rob Harpin, Dara Humniski & Jill Stanton, the gallery will become an experimental ground for the intersection of multiple artistic practices. SNAP Klusterfak seeks to make connections between the work that happens in the studio and the presentation in the gallery, it also aims to investigate collaboration and make connections between artists, their work and the community • until Sep 5 VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA GALLERY • Third floor, 10215 112 St • 780.421.1731 • Free • visualartsalberta.com • Imprints; print-based art works from the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, which explore printmaking s a means of artistic expression • until Sept 24 VISUALEYEZ • visualeyez.org • Each year at Visualeyez, Latitude 53 invites artists to spend seven days in Edmonton making performance-based work and sharing a space. Exploring the curatorial theme of expanding and collapsing. • Sep 16 – 21 WEST END GALLERY • 10337 - 124 St • 780.488.4892 •westendgalleryltd.com • Twelve on the 12th; A special collection of12 paintings by Montréal artist Jean-Gabriel Lambert • Sep 12 – 24
COMEDY: SEP 2015 COMIC STRIP • 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip.ca • Angelo Tsarouchas Sep 2 – 6 • Josh Wolf, Sep 10 – 12 • Adam Hunter, Sep 16 – 20 • Ari Shaffir, Sep 23 – 26 COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave and Gateway Blvd • 780.469.4999 • thecomedyfactory.com •Brian Link, Sep 4 and 5 • Marvin Krawczyk • Sep 11 and 12 Keon Polee, Sep 17-19
DANCE: SEP 2015 PRAIRIE DANCE CIRCUIT • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Avenue 112 Street • 780.420.1757 • $35 general admission, $20 student/senior • www.bwdc. ca • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Helen Husak, Kate Stashko, Freya Olafson and Ainsley Hillyard • Collaborations in the prairie region; world premiere performance; touring to Calgary, Regina, and Winnipeg also• Sept 25-26, 8 pm MZD SEASON OPENER/ EDMONTON NUITE BLANCHE • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816 - 95 St • 780.424.1573 • milezerodance.com • A free, all-night art event of curated visual media with dance viewed through the storefront of Spazio Performativo • Sep 27, 7 pm – 4 am THOUGHTS - A KOBZAR’S PATH • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • 780.420.1757 • $75 (general) • shumka.com • An interactive fundraising event celebrating the journey of Shumka’s next creative work. Hosted by Ryan Jespersen • Sep 19, 7 pm
CLASSIC FM: FOUR DECADES OF RADIO HITS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • Four decades’ worth of blockbuster songs, including tunes by the Beach Boys, Elvis, Leonard Cohen, the Beatles, Billy Joel, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, Chicago, ABBA, the Village People and more. • Sep 18 and 19, 8 pm CONNIE KALDOR • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $36 • ardentheatre.com • Folk music from the Juno Award-winning artist. • Sep 18, 7:30 pm DAKHABRAKHA • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $40 • ardentheatre.com • Having self-proclaimed their music as “ethnicchaos,” the Kyiv-based quartet’s invigorating sound intimately connects Eastern Europe’s breathtaking folklore with unforgettable contemporary rhythms • Sep 27, 7:30 pm DICK GAUGHAN • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Sep 19 MARIE-JOSEÉ LORD TRIO • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students & seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • Soprano Marie Josée Lord has a stunning voice and stage presence. Accompanied by violin and piano, her program is a spicy collection of audience favourites; a recital where classical, opera and popular genres are tastefully entwined and served in a warm and friendly atmosphere • Sep 26, 7:30 pm QUEEN: IT’S A KINDA MAGIC • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • Adults, $59; children, $30 • winspearcentre.com • Presented by Johnny Showtime Queen – It’s a Kinda Magic recreates Queen’s 1986 world tour concert, featuring over 20 of the band’s greatest hits such as “We Will Rock You,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are the Champions,” “Under Pressure” and “Fat-Bottomed Girls.” Painstaking attention has been paid to all the music—the iconic voice of Freddie Mercury, the amazing guitar solos of Brian May and the band’s groundbreaking rock harmonies. And with state-of-the-art sound and lighting and authentic costumes, this is as close as you’ll ever get to the real thing! • Sep 11, 8 pm RON SEXSMITH • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $40 • ardentheatre.com • Sept 25, 7:30 pm TIM TAMASHIRO & TOMMY BANKS • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $34 • ardentheatre.com • A night of jazz music • Sep 19, 7:30 pm TRI CITY RAT PACK • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Much like the originals, the Tri City Rat Pack—Terrell Edwards, Bernard Quilala and Donavon Weihmann—combine comedy and friendly banter with their mutual appreciation for the legends of jazz and R&B when they hit the stage • Sep 11
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FILM: SEP 2015 THE COMEDY OF ERRORS • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $20 adult, $15 child • ardentheatre.com • Take one pair of estranged twin brothers and one pair of estranged twin servants, keep them in ignorance of each other and throw them into a city with a reputation for sorcery, and you have all the ingredients for theatrical chaos in The Comedy of Errors • Sep 20, 2 pm GOTTA MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL • Stanley Milner Library • gottaminutefilmfestival.com • Wait for it! Watch for it! For one week this fall, One Minute Silent Short Films will light up platform screens throughout the Edmonton Transit LRT system, bringing media art to Edmontonians on the go • Sep 14 – 20
LITERARY: SEP 2015 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Sep 16 TALES ALBERTA STORYTELLING RETREAT • Camp Kannawin, AB • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Professional development, discussions and readings. • Sep 18 – 20
THEATRE: SEP 2015 BOOM: THE MUSIC, CULTURE AND EVENTS THAT SHAPED A GENERATION • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • With cutting-edge multimedia, unforgettable characters and tour-de-force storytelling, BOOM chronicles 25 turbulent years of the post-war Baby Boom and gives voice to over 100 influential politicians, activists and musicians. • Sep 19 – Oct 11 DARK STAR: THE LIFE & TIMES OF ROY ORBISON • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • This original from the Icon series celebrates the life and music of Roy Orbison, one of the most influential and iconic pioneers of American rock ‘n roll • Sep 4 – Nov 1
MUSIC: SEP 2015 AN EVENING WITH THE TEA PARTY • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $27 – $57• winspearcentre.com • To commemorate the 20th anniversary of The Edges of Twilight, The Tea Party have announced the release of a deluxe remastered CD, remastered LP and a North American tour. • Sep 25, 8 pm
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24-$79 • winspearcentre.com • The most famous four notes in music history are the bedrock of Beethoven’s titanic creation. ESO favourite Katherine Chi is back to perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Phoenix Symphony Music Director Tito Muñoz makes his Edmonton debut • Sept 26, 8 pm BÉLA BARTÓK: ART AND NATURE • Convocation Hall, University of Alberta • 780.492.3263 • ualberta. ca/artshows • Solo piano works from one of Hungary’s most important composers of the 20th century • Sep 19, 3 pm DISNEY’S FANTASIA • Churchill Square • winspearcentre.com • Free • Symphony in the City: In 1940, Walt Disney showed that animated motion pictures can be much more than children’s cartoons with his classic film Fantasia—a magical blend of groundbreaking animation and classical music. In 2000, Disney studios did it again with Fantasia 2000. Highlights of both films will be shown onscreen as Robert Bernhardt leads the ESO in live orchestral accompaniment • Sep 4 and 5, 7 pm EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - MAIN SERIES 1 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • General admission, $35; seniors, $25; students, $10 • edmontonrecital.com • Robert Uchida (violin) and William Eddins (piano) • Sep 20, 7:30 pm MOVING ON • Convocation Hall, University of Alberta • 780.492.3263 • ualberta.ca/artshows • Assorted sonatas from Mozart, Grieg, Debussy and Strauss • Sep 25, 8 pm
OCTOBER 2015 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: OCT 2015 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults, $12.50; children six and under, free; seniors $8.50 • youraga. ca • Douglas Haynes: The Toledo Series; The Toledo Series is a remarkable group of 13 large-scale canvases painted by Edmonton artist Douglas Haynes from 1988 to 1990 • until Oct 4 • Will Murray: On Invasive Species and Infidelity; Wil Murray’s interdisciplinary practice oscillates between the mediums of painting, photography and installation • until Oct 4 • Illuminations: Italian Baroque Masterworks in Canadian Collections; The exhibition explores how light and shadow were central to the creation of dynamic and theatrical pictures • until Oct 4 • Charrette Roulette: Language; The theme of the second Charrette Roulette. Lead artists Kathy Slade and Keith Higgins with Publication Studio Vancouver, will present Edmonton Edition • until Nov 15 • Chris Cran; This exhibition will be the most comprehensive examination of the work of influential Alberta artist Chris Cran, surveying his artistic production over the last 40 years • until Jan 3 • Rough Country: The Strangely Familiar in mid-20th Century America; The world is not depicted as it objectively appears • Until Jan 31 • Dana Holst: She’s All That; A series of oil paintings and encaustic drawings presenting the human experience from a gynocentric viewpoint. • Oct 24 – Feb 15 ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert. ca • The Winter That Was; Pierre Bataillard • Until Oct 31 • Frozen Asset; Stallard’s mixed media, sand and neon installation, Frozen Asset, will be created to address and reference the Art Gallery’s history as a bank building • until Nov 28 ARTISAN NOOK • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • The Fabric of Life; Kathryn deBree. Colourful fibre art with a focus on home. • Oct 5 – Nov 16 DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412 - 124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Be Your Own Bird; Cats have always been part of Cindy Revell’s life and provide inspiration with their sleek beauty and mercurial character. But inspiration can come from anywhere. In this series, birds are the common element among a menagerie of uncommonly coloured exotic cats, horses and other animals that symbolize trusting in and being your unique self • Oct 14 – Nov 7 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.492.2081 • foa.ualberta. ca • Master of Fine Arts graduation shows • until Oct 24 LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Sally Raab – Flutter; Her Flutter installation, made from paper sculptures and LED lighting referencing the dimensions of human bodies and migratory clouds of monarch butterflies, will spill through the gallery space and Latitude 53’s outdoor patio • until Oct 10 • Sarah Burwash – Sweet Smelling Ashes; A selection of watercolours, collage and ceramics that explore representations of fierce feminine forces • Oct 2 – Nov 14 • Willa Downing – Intersecting Sets; Her three sets— visual instructions on index cards of “Wilderness Survival Skills”, drawings of self-folding proteins, and neural connections in the brain—are displayed as communities of component parts • Oct 2 – Nov 14 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullengallery • Andrzej Maciejewski: Weather Report • until Oct 18 • Father Douglas: Title Forthcoming; Inspired by William Blake’s writings Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, Father Douglas’ surrealist portraits of animals metaphorically explore various complexities of the soul and human experience • Oct 24 – Dec 6 NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave •780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Meandering; Susan Bailes, Bette Lisitza. Two painters address the taming of roving lines through their images • Oct 5 – Nov 16 VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA GALLERY • Third floor, 10215 - 112 St • 780.421.1731 • Free • visualartsalberta.com • Alberta Spirit; This juried exhibition, shares the fresh, diverse and beautifully executed work being created throughout Alberta by some of the province’s best artists• Until Nov 28
THE MUSIC OF PINK FLOYD • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 • winspearcentre.com • Bridging the gap between rock ‘n’ roll and classical music, conductor/arranger Brent Havens takes the podium to present The Music of Pink Floyd, a program he scored to extend the listening experience of Pink Floyd’s timeless tunes. Performed by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and amplified with a full rock band and Randy Jackson’s vocals, Havens and his ensemble capture the essence of Pink Floyd’s ethereal harmonies while adding new musical colours • Sep 29 – Oct 1, 8 pm
WEST END GALLERY • 10337 - 124 St • 780.488.4892 •westendgalleryltd.com • W.H. Webb; Oct 17 – 29
SUN & MOON & STARS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.427.1247 • procoro.ab.ca • Pro Coro Canada • Celebrating Alberta Culture Days. Words and music will take you on a Maritime journey, across oceans and seas and on legendary adventures of nautical navigation • Sep 27, 2:30 pm
BUDDY WASISNAME AND THE OTHER FELLERS • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • For more than 30 years, Buddy Wasisname and The Other Fellers have brought their unique Newfoundland humour and song to those near and far from their coastal roots. “Fresh as the fish from the sea” with a brand-new show for all ages, the team of Kevin Blackmore, Wayne Chaulk and Ray Johnson will surely have you in stitches with their blend of wacky
COMEDY: OCT 2015 BRENT BUTT • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $42.50, all ages • horizonstage.com • Creator and star of the No 1 comedy series on Canadian television, Corner Gas, Brent Butt is a comedic genius. He continues to work on TV and film productions and tours the country performing stand-up as often as he can • Oct 8, 7:30 pm
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humour, colourful characterizations and sweetly sung, homespun ballads. Tons of fun for Newfoundlanders and Non-Newfoundlanders alike! • Oct 9 – 12, 7:30 pm CBC’S THE IRRELEVANT SHOW 2015 • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Back for an evening of weird, wonderful award-winning comedy. CBC Radio 1’s Saturday afternoon staple, The Irrelevant Show, returns to record its live sketch-comedy radio show on the Festival Place stage, and your laughter is needed! Starring an all-star cast of Canadian comedy, the show offers an irreverent take on pop culture—from the news to game shows to superheroes. • Oct 4, 7:30 pm COMIC STRIP • 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip. ca • Bert Kreisher, Oct 1 – 3 • Jo Koy, Oct 8 – 10 • Jermaine Fowler, Oct 14 – 17 • Kenny vs Spenny, Oct 18 • Andrew Santino, Oct 22 – 25 • Kevin Iso, Oct 28 – Nov 1 COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave and Gateway Blvd • 780.469.4999 • thecomedyfactory.com • Justin Berkman, Oct 1 – 3 • Myles Weber, Oct 22 – 24 EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL • various locations • 780.439.8809 • atbcomedy.com • Four days of funny. Gala events, a cabaret series and more • Oct 7 – 10 LAUGH FOR LIFE GALA 2015 • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $57.50 – $79.50 • winspearcentre.com • Featuring comedians Chonda Pierce and Jonnie W. Dynamic comedy that combines joy, laughter and great times to raise lots of money for two excellent Edmonton charities: the Mustard Seed and Kids Kottage. • Oct 24, 7 pm
DANCE: OCT 2015 BALLETLUJAH! • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • A true Albertan artistic triumph, Balletlujah! is a remarkable dance creation born from an intimate collaboration between two of Alberta’s most celebrated artists: k.d. lang and Jean Grand-Maître. It features a visually stunning homage to the people and landscapes of the Canadian prairies which shaped lang’s profound vision of music and life • Oct 2 and 3, 7:30 pm DANCE CRUSH • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816 - 95 St • 780.424.1573 • MZD members, $15 ; non-members, $20 • milezerodance. com • Ben Kamino; “Nudity, Desire” • This season MZD produces four performances with some of our favourite movement-based artists from across Canada. • Oct 22 and 23, 8 pm SOLITUDES SOLO • John L Haar Theatre, 10045 155 Street • 780.420.1757 • General admission, $35; student/senior, $20 • bwdc.ca • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Daniel Leveille Danse • A masterpiece by one of Canada’s most celebrated dance artists • Oct 9 and10, 8 pm
FILM: OCT 2015 EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre, 10200 - 102 Ave • 780.423.0844 • Festival pass, $149; single-day ticket, $13 – $50 • edmontonfilmfest.com • Ten days of film entertainment • Oct 1 – 10 LA BOHÈME • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • Adult, $10; children, $15 • ardentheatre.com • Set in the Bohemian Paris of the 1930s, experience the tragic story of the penniless poet and seamstress who meet and fall passionately in love, but their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo discovers that Mimì is gravely ill • Oct 18, 2 pm RADICAL REELS • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • Adult, $20; children, $15 • ardentheatre.com • Bike tough trails, paddle wild waters, ski steep slopes and fly over the edge with some of the world’s most fearless athletes when the Radical Reels Tour stops in St Albert. You won’t believe your eyes when the most outrageous films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival and beyond are brought to life on the big screen, showcasing an entire array of extreme sports that will get your heart pumping and adrenaline racing • Oct 1, 7:30 pm
LITERARY: OCT 2015 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • The Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Oct 21 LITFEST: EDMONTON’S NON-FICTION FESTIVAL • various venues • 780.498.2500 • litfestalberta.com • Litfest celebrates life stories, politics, science, art and fine wine through a series of performance and intimate conversations with notable authors. It is the only non-fiction festival in Canada. It brings together some of the best-selling, award-winning and emerging authors of books, magazines and film content. It also supports Edmonton as a local incubator for non-fiction literary talent • Oct 15 – 25
THEATRE: OCT 2015 THE BEST BROTHERS • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • After losing their free-spirited mother in a freak accident, feuding brothers Kyle and Hamilton Best are forced to make her final arrangements together. In the bustle of obituary-writing, eulogy-giving, and dog-sitting, sibling rivalry quickly reaches the exploding point before the brothers begin to understand themselves, their connection and the unconventional woman who gave them life • Oct 28 – Nov 15
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BEYOND THERAPY• Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • Adult, $25; senior, $22; students, $12 • uab.ca/shows • An outrageous 1980s comedy. Two singles looking for love and penning personal ads with the help of their wacky psychiatrists • Oct 15 – 24, 7:30 pm BOOM: THE MUSIC, CULTURE AND EVENTS THAT SHAPED A GENERATION • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • With cutting-edge multimedia, unforgettable characters and tour-de-force storytelling, BOOM chronicles 25 turbulent years of the post-war Baby Boom and gives voice to over 100 influential politicians, activists and musicians. • until Oct 11 DARK STAR: THE LIFE & TIMES OF ROY ORBISON • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • This original from the Icon series celebrates the life and music of Roy Orbison, one of the most influential and iconic pioneers of American rock ‘n’ roll • until Nov 1 THE GOOD BRIDE • Northern Light Theatre, #201, 8908 99 St • 780.471.1586 • Adult, $27; students/ seniors, $25 • northernlighttheatre.com • Every night from 3 pm to midnight, 15-year-old Maranatha Graham puts on her homemade wedding dress and hopes that today will be the day her groom Pete picks her up from the Pullmans’ house, where Daddy has sent her to wait. Pete could arrive at any moment. But as her wait wears on, Maranatha has an increasingly difficult time ignoring Satan’s whisperings • Oct 16 – 24 THE HOTHOUSE PRINCE • Varscona Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.433.3399 • $16 – $30 • teatroq.com • Presented by Teatro La Quindicina. Stewart Lemoine’s play is an epic adventure of the Russian revolution, which presents extraordinary opportunities for exceptional young performers. It tells the tale of the obscure young Prince Dmitri Romanov-Orsk who, expelled from his palace in 1917, makes his way across the world from Paris to rural Ontario, with the aid of three remarkable sisters • Oct 1 – 17 THE LAST FIVE YEARS • C103, 8529 - 103 St • theatrenetwork.ca • Novelist Jamie and actress Cathy fall hopelessly in love. However, in the city that never sleeps, the lure of professional success can be a dividing force. An intimate, musical deconstruction of a five-year love affair, told both forwards and in reverse. • Oct 27 Nov 15, 8 pm RAVENSCROFT • Walterdale Theatre, 10322 - 83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • A psychological dark comedy that is both funny and frightening. You will not guess the ending, but you will be teased, seduced, bewildered, amused, frightened and led to a dark encounter with truth, or something even stranger. • Oct 14 – 24
MUSIC: OCT 2015 AMELIA CURRAN • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $32 • ardentheatre.com • Her songs are a meditation on restlessness, frailty, time, longing and loss, and rooted in contrasts of complexity and simplicity • Oct 17, 7:30 pm BARRY ALLEN AND THE NEW REBELS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adults, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • Wear your dancing shoes! Edmonton musician Barry Allen had a successful career in the 60s and 70s, and is enjoying renewed interest in his music career with “The New Rebels” playing classic rock hits with roots and country tossed in • Oct 2, 7:30 pm
JEREMY FISHER • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 Adults, $30 Students & Seniors • horizonstage.com • Folk artist Jeremy Fisher is boldly venturing in a more pop-influenced direction. Known for his witty lyrics and distinctive animated videos, this two-time Juno nominee will have your toes tapping and songs lingering in your brain for days • Oct 3, 7:30 pm THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $32 • ardentheatre.com • Melding a wild mix of funk, rock, southern roots, honky-tonk and Motown, the Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer have fused a fresh and modern blues sound all their own • Oct 16, 7:30 pm HAWKSLEY WORKMAN • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 • winspearcentre.com • Hawksley Workman is not afraid to be strange. After over a decade in the business, this hyper-prolific, perpetually restless creative force continues to push the boundaries of experience and the heights of his successes well outside the comfort zone. In fact, Hawksley Workman’s comfort zone is probably not all the comforting to most: it’s left of left field and nowhere near the beaten path. Call him a lone wolf, an odd duck or a strange bird; just don’t call him ordinary • Oct 23, 8 pm LYNN MILES & KEITH GLASS • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Oct 17 THE MILK CARTON KIDS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39 • winspearcentre.com • Cultural purveyors from Garrison Keillor to T Bone Burnett to Billy Bragg have hailed the Milk Carton Kids’ importance among a group of new folk bands, both expanding and contradicting the rich tradition that precedes them. Yet while some of the band’s many accolades reference a specific genre, the duo quickly transcends those tags with clear inflections of jazz, classical, even the dark lyricism of modern alternative • Oct 9, 8 pm OSCAR LOPEZ • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $34 • ardentheatre.com • With his infectious Latin grooves, jazz-pop sensibilities and improvisational wit, this Juno Award-winning artist dazzles audiences• Oct 3, 7:30 pm PACO PENA • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $47 plus applicable service charges • winspearcentre.com • Paco Peña embodies both authenticity and innovation in flamenco. As guitarist, composer, dramatist, producer and artistic mentor he has transformed perceptions of this archetypal Spanish art form • Oct 26, 8 pm
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EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - MAIN SERIES 2 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • General, $35; senior, $25; student, $10 • edmontonrecital.com • Zemlinsky Quartet • Oct 25, 3 pm LATE NIGHT CLARINET • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 • winspearcentre.com • The clarinet shines in both orchestral and jazz settings, and this exciting late-night show has it all. French virtuoso Raphaël Sévère jams with ESO Music Director Bill Eddins in music running the gamut from Poulenc to Porter • Oct 16, 9:30 pm THE MERRY WIDOW • Edmonton Opera Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Ave • 780.429.1000 • edmontonopera. com • This operetta was Franz Lehár’s first runaway success, and with Canadian soprano Sally Dibblee personifying the charm and flirtatious nature of the widow Hanna, this production fuses comedy, romance and sentiment with a light touch, resulting in a quintessentially Viennese piece • Oct 24, Oct 27, Oct 29 MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Marc-André Hamelin makes a welcome return playing Mozart’s final piano concerto, while Michael Stern conducts work highlighting two of Shakespeare’s romantic couples: Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky) and Béatrice et Bénédict (Berlioz) • Oct 30 and 31, 7:30 pm STRATHCONA STRING QUARTET • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage. com • Performing together since 1987, Strathcona String Quartet are Edmonton’s most outstanding and versatile professional chamber ensemble. The program will include works by Brahms, Beethoven, and Charles Avison • Oct 30, 7:30 pm VAUGHAN WILLIAMS & FRANÇAIX • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Vaughan Williams’ very British Symphony No 5 contrasts with three gems by French neo-classical master Jean Françaix, featuring the Clarinet Concerto performed by young French sensation Raphaël Sévère.• Oct 17, 8 pm THE WORLD IN HARMONY • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Red Deer Symphony Music Director Claude Lapalme has fashioned a program that truly reaches the four corners of the world. Folk dances from Bulgaria, Mexico, Germany, Israel, Romania, Spain, and Canada are celebrated with guests including Edmonton’s own Vinok Worldance • Oct 8, 8 pm
ROY FORBES • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Oct 10
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SING-A-LONG-A GREASE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $20 • horizonstage.com • Plan to sing and dance along with Danny, Sandy and the gang. Don your poodle skirt or black leather jacket, and let go of your inhibitions • Oct 17, 7:30 pm
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XAVIER RUDD • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $39.50 • winspearcentre.com • Since the very beginning, Xavier Rudd’s ability to connect with people has been his most powerful gift. The more he has toured the world, the more hearts he has touched and the more of the world he has put back into his music • Oct 29, 8 pm
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ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults, $12.50; children six and under free; seniors, $8.50 • youraga. ca • Charrette Roulette: Language; The theme of the second Charrette Roulette. Lead artists Kathy Slade and Keith Higgins with Publication Studio Vancouver, will present Edmonton Edition • until Nov 15 • Chris Cran; This exhibition will be the most comprehensive examination of the work of influential Alberta artist Chris Cran, surveying his artistic production over the last 40 years • until Jan 3
ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Frozen Asset; Stallard’s mixed media, sand and neon installation, Frozen Asset, will be created to address and reference the Art Gallery’s history as a bank building • until Nov 28 • Posed and Poised; Andrzej Maciejewski & Juliana Rempel • Nov 5 – 28 ARTISAN NOOK • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • The Fabric of Life; Kathryn deBree. Colourful fibre art with a focus on home. • until Nov 16 • Projekt Kitsune; Chris Jugo. Pop manga inventions and plays on well-known characters • Nov 19 – Jan 4 DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412 - 124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Be Your Own Bird; Cats have always been part of Cindy Revell’s life and provide inspiration with their sleek beauty and mercurial character. But inspiration can come from anywhere. In this series, birds are the common element among a menagerie of uncommonly coloured exotic cats, horses and other animals that symbolize trusting in and being your unique self • until Nov 7 • Elemental Sky; Elemental Sky features the work of Samantha Williams-Chapelsky. As a departure from her Juicy series, Elemental Sky incorporates TerraSkin—a stone-based paper as the ground of acrylic washes mixed with alcohol sprays • Nov 18 – Dec 12 LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Sarah Burwash – Sweet Smelling Ashes; A selection of watercolours, collage and ceramics that explore representations of fierce feminine forces • until Nov 14 • Willa Downing – Intersecting Sets; Her three sets—visual instructions on index cards of “Wilderness Survival Skills,” drawings of self-folding proteins, and neural connections in the brain—are displayed as communities of component parts • until Nov 14 • The Fine Art of Schmoozy; Latitude 53’s premiere gala fundraiser returns • Nov 21, 8 pm MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY • 5411 – 51 Street, Stony Plain •780.963.2777 • multicentre.org • Stephanie Jonsson, Textile and Ceramic Sculpture • Nov 27 – Jan 8 NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave •780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Meandering; Susan Bailes, Bette Lisitza. Two painters address the taming of roving lines through their images • until Nov 16 • Mighty Chroma!; Patricia Coulter, Meghan MacMillan, Michael Conforti • Nov 19 – Jan 4 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Peter von Tiesenhausen • Nov 5 – 24 • Scott Cumberland • Nov 28 – Dec 12 VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA GALLERY • Third floor, 10215 - 112 St • 780.421.1731 • Free • visualartsalberta. com • Alberta Spirit; This juried exhibition, shares the fresh, diverse and beautifully executed work being created throughout Alberta by some of her best artists• until Nov 28 WEST END GALLERY • 10337 - 124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Glen Simple; Nov 14 – 20 • Annual Winter Collection Group Exhibition, featuring works by Peter Shostak, Annabelle Marquis, Claudette Castonguay, Peter Wyse and more; Nov 21 – Dec 24
COMEDY: NOV 2015 ANDRE-PHILIPPE GAGNON• Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Regarded as one the greatest impersonators ever, Andre-Philippe Gagnon has become a star with other people’s voices. With headlining performances at Just for Laughs, the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, for Princess Diana, and the Olympic opening ceremonies, he has made a
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COMIC STRIP • 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip. ca • Orny Adams, Nov 4 – 8 • Andrew Schulz, Nov 11–15 • Pete Correale, Nov 18 – 22 • Rob Little, Nov 25 – 29 DEREK EDWARDS: BALONEY AND WINE • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $42 • winspearcentre.com • Derek Edwards’ new 90-minute stand-up comedy show; a richly textured and enthralling “cut above,” delivered with pace and authority. • Nov 19, 7:30 pm
DANCE: NOV 2015 BOUGE DE LÀ: BEDTIME! • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $12, all ages • horizonstage.com • A child’s bed is a place for imagination and transformation. A cozy place to dream, and a platform for playing. Combining movement with theatrics and multimedia effects this contemporary dance piece for young audiences explores slices of childhood from infancy to adolescence • Nov 7, 2 pm CONVERGENCE • La Cite Francophon, 8627 91 St • 780.802.6867 • goodwomen.ca • Presented by Good Women Dance Collective • Nov 26 – 28, 8 pm PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • One of the premier companies in the world for American modern dance, the Paul Taylor Dance Company has been pioneering and presenting masterful modern works for 60 years • Nov 6 and 7, 7:30 pm
FILM: NOV 2015 SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $22 • ardentheatre.com • Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic movie, the classic smash hit ‘Sing-aLong-a’ musical will be screened in its complete and unedited magnificence to the delight of Julie Andrews fans everywhere • Nov 6, 7:30 pm
LITERARY: NOV 2015 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Nov 18
THEATRE: NOV 2015 BACK TO THE 80S: A MOST EXCELLENT MUSICAL ADVENTURE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Take a Quantum Leap as we blast back to the 80’s! Amongst all the bad movies, hairdos, fads and faux pas of this much-maligned decade, some of the greatest pop tunes of all time were realized. From Phil Collins to Hall & Oats, Madonna to Bon Jovi, there is so much material here to celebrate and spoof, you may have to come back a second time to see what you’ve missed. • Nov 10 – Jan 31 THE BEST BROTHERS • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • After losing their free-spirited mother in a freak accident, feuding brothers Kyle and Hamilton Best are forced to make her final arrangements together. In the bustle of obituary-writing, eulogy-giving, and dog-sitting, sibling rivalry quickly reaches the exploding point before the brothers begin to understand themselves, their connection
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and the unconventional woman who gave them life • until Nov 15 CAFE DAUGHTER • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Presented by Workshop West • Tenyear-old Yvette Wong helps out in her parents’ café. She’s incredibly smart but is put in the slow-learners’ class because of her skin colour. Her mother has charged her with a secret: to never tell anyone she’s part Cree. Based on the true story of Senator Lillian Eva Quan Dyck, Café Daughter is the powerful, funny and touching tale of one woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage • Nov 25 – Dec 6 A CHRISTMAS CAROL • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Now in its 16th consecutive season, this beautiful adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic is a favourite holiday tradition for thousands of Edmonton families. • Nov 28 – Dec 23 EVANGELINE • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Evangeline is the epic story of star-crossed lovers Evangeline and Gabriel, torn apart on their wedding day as a result of the British expulsion of the Acadians from Atlantic Canada in 1755. The story was immortalized and achieved legendary status through the poem Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Edmonton native Ted Dykstra, co-creator of the world-renowned 2 Pianos 4 Hands, has given new life to this powerful drama by creating a new Canadian musical • Oct 31 – Nov 22 GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT• St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive, St Albert • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Four women stop for dinner at the establishment owned by the ex-husband of one of them. Between the salad and entrée, he ends up dead. Each has a reason to wish him dead, but perhaps one did more than wish • Nov 5 – 8, 12 –15, 19 – 21 IPHIGENIA AT AULIS• Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • Adult, $25; seniors, $22; students, $12 • uab.ca/shows • When the logic of war takes over, how easily do we sacrifice all we hold dear? • Nov 26 – Dec 5, 7:30 pm THE LAST FIVE YEARS • C103, 8529 - 103 St • theatrenetwork.ca • Novelist Jamie and actress Cathy fall hopelessly in love. However, in the city that never sleeps, the lure of professional success can be a dividing force. An intimate, musical deconstruction of a five-year love affair, told both forwards and in reverse. • until Nov 15, 8 pm
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW • La Cite Theatre, 8627 91 St • twoonewaytickets.com • A humorous tribute to the science-fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s through to the early 1970s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist unveiling his new creation, a muscle man named Rocky Horror • Nov 6 – 15
MUSIC: NOV 2015 BAHAMAS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $37 • winspearcentre. com • Afie Jurvanen isn’t from the Bahamas. He’s a Finnish-Canadian from Barrie, ON. But his chosen epithet is fitting. Since 2009 he’s been making music under the name Bahamas—writing songs about sunsets, love affairs, and making out with crooked smiles. Through simple arrangements, he charts an escape route from the snow belt to the coral reefs. His new album, Bahamas Is Afie, was released last August on Brushfire Records/Universal • Nov 18, 8 pm BOUGE DE LÀ: BEDTIME!CHRISTINE TASSAN ET LES IMPOSTEURES • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35, students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • Pioneers in a genre dominated by men, this all-female quartet reinvents timeless gypsy-jazz music by integrating new ideas and influences with originality and flair. • Nov 14, 7:30 pm CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEE SHOWCASE • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Nov 6-7 THE CELTIC TENORS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $39 • winspearcentre.com • The Celtic Tenors genuinely love what they do, and you’ll see that shine through in each rendition of beautiful Celtic songs like the haunting “Danny Boy” and exhilarating classics like “Nessun Dorma,” as well as favourite Christmas tunes like “Silent Night” and “Joy to the World” • Nov 27, 7:30 pm KIRBY SEWELL BAND • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • Called “dynamite,” “soul shaking” and a “whiskey gargled, power crooner,” Kirby Sewell belts out tunes like the great soul singers of the past. Reaching out with modern interpretations, Kirby and his band-mates’ R&B arrangements are amped up and invigorating • Nov 20, 7:30 pm RAVE ON! THE BUDDY HOLLY EXPERIENCE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $40; students and seniors, $35 • horizonstage.com • This electrifying, high-energy, rock
‘n’ roll extravaganza features Buddy Holly interpreter, Billy McGuigan. Enjoy all of Buddy’s hits and celebrate the birth of an era as Billy/Buddy pays homage to rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper • Nov 21, 2 pm and 7:30 pm SIBLING HARMONIES FEATURING WILL & ANTHONY NUNZIATA • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $93 • winspearcentre. com • Two of Broadway’s brightest stars—identical twins Will and Anthony Nunziata—will delight with their amazing voices and gentle humour. Selections include “This Could Be the Start of Something Big,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Just In Time,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Somewhere,” “The Prayer” and “What Kind of Fool Am I?” • Nov 6 and 7, 8 pm SIX GUITARS • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $28 • ardentheatre.com • Actor, comedian and musician Chase Padgett expertly combines his guitar chops with his acting talents to deliver a breakthrough performance • Nov 12, 7:30 pm THE SULTANS OF STRING • Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, Leduc, 4308 - 50 St • 780.980.1866 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $32 • maclabcentre.com • Sultans of String thrill their audiences with their global sonic tapestry of Spanish flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms, and French Manouche gypsy-jazz, celebrating musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity. Fiery violin dances with rumba-flamenco guitar while a funk bass lays down unstoppable grooves • Nov 22, 7:30 pm SMALL GLORIES • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Nov 21
CLASSICAL MUSIC: NOV 2015 BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • Brahms’ “Double” Concerto was a work inspired by friendship, while Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony was written for a hero. These masterpieces are complemented by one of John Estacio’s most beautiful works • Nov 15, 2 pm EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES 1 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • Admission by donation • edmontonrecital.com • Whitney Leigh Sloan (soprano), Alexandra Munn (piano) • Nov 22, 2 pm
THE EROICA • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre. com • Conductor Alexander Prior combines a milestone Beethoven symphony with arrangements of English Renaissance master Thomas Tallis, and Telemann’s Horn Concerto featuring ESO Principal Horn Allene Hackleman • Nov 25, 7:30 pm
DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412 - 124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Elemental Sky; Elemental Sky features the work of Samantha Williams-Chapelsky. As a departure from her Juicy series, Elemental Sky incorporates TerraSkin—a stone-based paper as the ground of acrylic washes mixed with alcohol sprays • until Dec 12
FANTÁSTICO! THE SOUNDS OF SPAIN • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 $79 • winspearcentre.com • Spain’s reputation for passion and fire is on display as William Eddins presents music guaranteed to warm up a cool November night. Pianist Angela Cheng returns, joined by cellist Joseph Johnson for hits and hidden treasures en Español • Nov 12, 8 pm
FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.492.2081 • foa.ualberta. ca • 50th Anniversary Exhibition: Art & Design 3.0; Featuring U of A Art & Design’s award-winning faculty and researchers in the areas of visual fundamentals, industrial design, visual communication design, painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing and intermedia • Dec 8 - 19; Jan 5 - 9
RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Conducting phenom Alexander Prior has a special affinity for music from northern lands. He leads the ESO in music by the Finn Sibelius, Norwegian Geirr Tveitt, and the Russian Rachmaninoff, the latter featuring Bernd Glemser making his ESO debut with the always popular Second Piano Concerto • Nov 20 and 21, 7:30 pm THE VOICE OF THE WHALE AND OTHER CREATURES • Convocation Hall, University of Alberta • 780.492.3263 • ualberta.ca/artshows • Nov 1, 3 pm
DECEMBER 2015 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: DEC 2015 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults, $12.50; children six and under free; seniors, $8.50 • youraga. ca • Chris Cran; This exhibition will be the most comprehensive examination of the work of influential Alberta artist Chris Cran, surveying his artistic production over the last 40 years • until Jan 3 • Dana Holst: She’s All That • until Feb 15 ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Night Hours; The Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts • Dec 3 – Jan 30 ARTISAN NOOK • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave •780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Projekt Kitsune; Chris Jugo. Pop manga inventions and plays on well-known characters • Nov 19 – Jan 4
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LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Shan Kelly; Shan Kelly’s mixed-media work has focused on the feeling of exposure, oppressive surveillance as it questions of sexuality and private life become seemingly fair game for moral scrutiny and study• Dec 4 – Jan 16 • Lisa Turner - Private Pleasures; From Internet image searches, Lisa Turner invents products, amalgamated from items available online. Mixing sculpture, print and animation, her work explores themes of desire, security, and happiness, within contemporary culture • Dec 4 – Jan 16 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullengallery • Robin Smith-Peck: The Steamfitter’s Guide; This series of original prints offers the viewer a space to think about the processes that emerge during a time of personal transformation • Dec 12 – Feb 7 MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY • 5411 – 51 Street, Stony Plain •780.963.2777 • multicentre.org • Stephanie Jonsson, Textile and Ceramic Sculpture • until Jan 8 NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave •780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Meandering; Susan Bailes, Bette Lisitza. Two painters address the taming of roving lines through their images • until Nov 16 • Mighty Chroma!; Patricia Coulter, Meghan MacMillan, Michael Conforti • Nov 19 – Jan 4 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Scott Cumberland • until Dec 12 VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA GALLERY • Third floor, 10215 - 112 St • 780.421.1731 • No admission fee • visualartsalberta.com • Alberta Artists Collect Alberta Art; Gallery B. An inside look at the Alberta art scene. Some of our best Alberta art and the fascinating stories of how the art work is acquired • Cultural Exchange; Gallery A • Dec 3 – Feb 27
COMEDY: DEC 2015 COMIC STRIP • 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip. ca • Andrew Norrelli, Dec 2 – 6 • DC Benny, Dec 9 – 13 • John Roy, Dec 16 – 20 • Michael Malone, Dec 30 – Jan 3, 2016
DANCE: DEC 2015 CLARA’S DREAM - A UKRAINIAN FOLK BALLET BASED ON THE NUTCRACKER • Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • shumka.com • Ukrainian Shumka Dancers with guests from Citie Ballet, Virsky & Kyiv Ballet • Not only is Clara’s Dream a luxurious Christmas production loved by all ages, backgrounds and ethnicities, it is a true “Edmonton Nutcracker,” produced and performed by local artists. Reflective of the city and its ethnic vitality, the production features ballet, folk dance and character dance in a celebration of Tchaikovsky’s beloved Christmas classic. • Dec 29 and 30, 7 pm (2 pm matinee on Dec 30) THE NUTCRACKER • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • Edmund Stripe’s multimillion-dollar vision of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s magical tale of Klara and her Nutcracker Prince continues to dazzle audiences across the country in this glittering production. You and your family will love the exquisite choreography, Tchaikovsky’s immortal score, the marvelous sets and costumes, and the Sugarplum Parties with pre-show activities for young and old alike. • Dec 10, 7 pm; Dec 11, 7 pm; Dec 12, 1 pm, 6 pm; Dec 13, 1 pm, 6 pm
LITERARY: DEC 2015 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Dec 16
THEATRE: DEC 2015 BACK TO THE 80S: A MOST EXCELLENT MUSICAL ADVENTURE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • This year we invite you to take a Quantum Leap as we blast back to the ‘80s! Amongst all the bad movies, hairdos, fads and faux pas of this much-maligned decade, some of the greatest pop tunes of all time were realized. From Phil Collins to Hall & Oats, Madonna to Bon Jovi, there is so much material here to celebrate and spoof, you may have to come back a second time to see what you’ve missed. • until Jan 31 CAFE DAUGHTER • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Presented by Workshop West • Tenyear-old Yvette Wong helps out in her parents’ café. She’s incredibly smart but is put in the slow-learners’ class because of her skin colour. Her mother has charged her with a secret—to never tell anyone she’s part Cree. Based on the true story of Senator Lillian Eva Quan Dyck, Café Daughter is the powerful, funny and touching tale of one woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage • until Dec 6 A CHRISTMAS CAROL • Shoctor Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Now in its 16th consecutive season, this beautiful adaptation of the Dickens classic is a favourite holiday tradition for thousands of Edmonton families. Join us once again for this wonderful celebration, with its unforgettable story, rich characters and dazzling special effects • Nov 28 – Dec 23 MARY POPPINS • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • The iconic book and movie blend into a musical treat that will delight theatregoers of all ages. Jane and Michael Banks have driven away just about every nanny that comes to the door, until Mary Poppins flies in. Along with the lovable chimney sweep Burt, she helps the Banks family find love and value in one another. • Dec 17 – 30 W;T • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • In Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Vivian Bearing, an uncompromising English professor, is facing terminal ovarian cancer. As she suffers through countless medical treatments alone, Vivian displays her signature intelligence, strength and wit. But as she moves closer to her final moments, she begins to value the simplicity of kindness. This is not just a story about cancer, though. It is about finding balance between one’s head and one heart • Dec 2 – 12
MUSIC: DEC 2015 A QUARTETTE CHRISTMAS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $40; students and seniors, $35 • horizonstage.com • Performing together since 1993, Cindy Church, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick and Sylvia Tyson’s beautiful voices blend together perfectly for traditional holiday favourites and their own original country Christmas songs • Dec 5, 2 pm and 7:30 pm AN NOLLAIG: AN IRISH CHRISTMAS WITH EILEEN IVERS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • Following her sensational appearance in the Robbins Pops series in March 2014, American fiddle champion Eileen Ivers returns for a special concert near and dear to her heart. Recalling the roaring hearths and laughter that are part and parcel of Christmas in Irish families, she interweaves age-old Wren Day songs, beloved North American carols and even a jigging Bach in An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas • Dec 1, 7:30 pm
CANDY CANE FAMILY CHRISTMAS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • Adutls, $29; youth (age 17 & under), $15 • winspearcentre. com • Celebrate the season with a Candy Cane Family Christmas, featuring lots of your holiday favourites. Join the ESO, special guests and your beloved holiday characters for a very special family focused concert • Dec 21 and 22, 7 pm CHRISTMAS WITH RIVER CITY BIG BAND • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • Edmonton’s River City Big Band performs everything from classics to modern hits. • Dec 19, 7:30 pm LÚNASA • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • $40 • ardentheatre.com • Dec 12, 7:30 pm SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $41 – $51 • winspearcentre.com • Soweto Gospel Choir was formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African Gospel music. The 24-strong choir, under the direction of Beverly Bryer, draws on the best talent from the many churches in and around Soweto. The choir is dedicated to sharing the joy of faith through music with audiences around the world • Dec 14, 8 pm WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • Selections include “Jingle Bells,” “Ding Dong Merrily on High,” “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” “Carol of the Bells,” “O Holy Night,” and our always popular carol sing-along • Dec 18 – 20
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JANUARY 2016 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: JAN 2016 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults, $12.50; children 6 and under, free; seniors, $8.50 • youraga.ca • Chris Cran; This exhibition will be the most comprehensive examination of the work of influential Alberta artist Chris Cran, surveying his artistic production over the last 40 years • until Jan 3 • Tyler Los-Jones: A Panaroma Protects its View • until Jan 31 • Dana Holst: She’s All That • until Feb 15 ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Night Hours; The Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts • until Jan 30 ARTISAN NOOK • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave •780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Projekt Kitsune; Chris Jugo. Pop manga inventions and plays on well-known characters • until Jan 4 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.492.2081 • foa.ualberta. ca • 50th Anniversary Exhibition: Art & Design 3.0; Featuring U of A Art & Design’s award-winning faculty and researchers in the areas of visual fundamentals, industrial design, visual communication design, painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing and intermedia • Jan 5 – 9 • MFA Graduation Show; Kyle Appelt, Drawing and Intermedia • Jan 19 – Feb 13 • The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada; Award-winning books published in 2014 • Jan 19 – Feb 13 LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Shan Kelly; Shan Kelly’s mixed-media work has focused on the feeling of exposure, oppressive surveillance as it questions of sexuality and private life become seemingly fair game for moral scrutiny and study• until Jan 16 • Lisa Turner - Private Pleasures; From Internet image searches, Lisa Turner invents products, amalgamated from items available online. Mixing sculpture, print and animation, her work explores themes of desire, security and happiness, within contemporary culture • until Jan 16 • Marie-Andrée Houde - Trope L’oeil; Documents the distorted, pixellated representations of buildings printed on wrap-around tarps during facade renovations • Jan 29 – Mar 5 • Paul Bernhardt – Work, Play, Sleep ... Repeat; Using images from video games and obselete workplace punch-clocks, Bernhardt deals with the violence that hides within the utopian view of tech: drone warfare and the deadly mechanisms of the prison system • Jan 29 – Mar 5 MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY • 5411 – 51 Street, Stony Plain •780.963.2777 • multicentre.org • Stephanie Jonsson, Textile and Ceramic Sculpture • until Jan 8 • Jaime Calavo • Jan 10 – Feb 5
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NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave •780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Meandering; Susan Bailes, Bette Lisitza. Two painters address the taming of roving lines through their images • until Nov 16 • Mighty Chroma!; Patricia Coulter, Meghan MacMillan, Michael Conforti • until Jan 4
DANCE: JAN 2016 DANCE CRUSH • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • MZD members, $15; non-members, $20 • milezerodance. com • Kathy Ochoa; “Dig” • This season MZD produces four performances with some of our favourite movement-based artists from across Canada. • Jan 22 and 23, 8 pm MISFIT BLUES • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Avenue 112 Street • 780.420.1757 • General admission, $35; students and seniors, $20 • bwdc.ca • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Fortier Danse-Creation • Fortier’s latest dance features himself and Robin Poitras (Regina), with a set by celebrated aboriginal and Eduoard Poitras • Jan 15 and 16, 8 pm SHAPING SOUNDS • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • Created by Emmy Awardnominated choreographers Travis Wall, Nick Lazarrini, Teddy Forance and Kyle Robinson, Shaping Sound is an electrifying mash-up of dance styles and musical genres brought fully to life on stage by a dynamic company of contemporary dancers • Jan 12 and 13, 7:30 pm
FILM: JAN 2016 VINCENT VAN GOGH: A NEW WAY OF SEEING • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • Adults, $20 ; children, $15 • ardentheatre.com • Made in collaboration with the curators and art historians, the film marks both a major reshowing of the gallery’s collection and a celebration of the 125th anniversary of van Gogh’s death • Jan 31, 2 pm
LITERARY: JAN 2016 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Jan 20
THEATRE: JAN 2016 BACK TO THE 80S: A MOST EXCELLENT MUSICAL ADVENTURE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 •mayfieldtheatre.ca • This year we invite you to take a Quantum Leap as we blast back to the ‘80s. Amongst all the bad movies, hairdos, fads and faux pas of this much-maligned decade some of the greatest pop tunes of all time were realized. From Phil Collins to Hall & Oats, Madonna to Bon Jovi, there is so much material here to celebrate and spoof, you may have to come back a second time to see what you’ve missed. • until Jan 31 BRAVO • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre. org • A Japanese fisherman caught in the fallout of an American nuclear detonation. A dispassionate anthropologist teaching the effects of radiation on human populations. A cynical politician out to protect his country no matter the cost. Weaving back and forth between 1954 and the present day, Bravo is a captivating drama that compassionately explores decisions that changed the world and their all too human consequences • Jan 20 – Feb 7
CANOE 2016 • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Presented by Workshop West • This annual Mardi Gras of theatre once again will feature the best boundary-bending theatre performances from around the corner to around the globe • Jan 27 – Feb 7 CHELSEA HOTEL • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • With extraordinary new arrangements, six performers play 17 instruments in a knockout tribute to Leonard Cohen’s most transcendent songs. • Jan 13 – 24 FLORA & FAWNA’S FIELD TRIP • Northern Light Theatre, 201, 8908 99 St • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • In the Fringe smash-hit play, best friends Flora and Fawna (along with their pal, Fleurette) are creating a safe place for girls just like them by launching the NaturElles, a social group with a difference. • Jan 15 – 23 URSA MAJOR • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Presented by Workshop West • After a horrific car accident, a retired couple must decide how to best deal with the injuries they’ve sustained. Based on a true story of the Dart sister’s grandparents, Ursa Major is a powerful and moving story of love and devotion, and the strange world that exists between consciousness and unconsciousness • Jan 27 – Feb 7 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • An American theatre classic, Edward Albee’s scorching tale of an embittered marriage was the Citadel’s very first production in 1965. This new 50th-anniversary production will star prominent Canadian actors Brenda Robins and Tom Rooney • Jan 23 – Feb 16
MUSIC: JAN 2016 50TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC CELEBRATIONS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.492.3263 • ualberta.ca/artshows • Department of Music’s 50th anniversary showcasing students, faculty and distinguished alumni • Jan 24, 3 pm ALEX * CUBA • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $38 • ardentheatre.com • Jan 29, 7:30 pm DERINA HARVEY BAND • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • This five-piece Edmonton-based Celtic-rock group perform its own original jigs and reels and offer a fresh take on traditional tunes. • Jan 30, 7:30 pm
DUO RENDEZVOUS • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $28 • ardentheatre.com • Jan 17, 3 pm FEELIN’ GROOVY STARRING JIM WITTER • Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, Leduc, 4308 - 50 St • 780.980.1866 • Adults, $40; seniors and students, $37 • maclabcentre.com • Whether it be his country music, contemporary Christian, or the music of Simon and Garfunkel, Witter’s’s versatility as an artist has allowed him the opportunity to reach out and share his music and his infectious personality with audiences of all ages • Jan 23, 7:30 pm FRED PENNER • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $12, all ages • horizonstage.com • Loved by Canadians of all ages, Fred Penner continues to write thought-provoking, catchy tunes that kids and their parents can share. • Jan 16, 2 pm GOING TO GRACELAND! • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $28 • ardentheatre. com • Jan 15, 7:30 pm J P CORMIER • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • $34 • ardentheatre.com • Jan 22, 7:30 pm KIRA ISABELLA WITH LIVY JEANNE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $40; students and seniors, $35 • horizonstage. com • Spend an intimate evening with one of country music’s hottest young female stars. Kira has been one to watch since she won the Canadian Country Music Association 2012 Rising Star Award and a Juno for Female Artist of the Year in 2013 • Jan 22, 7:30 pm MEAGHAN SMITH WITH THE ESO • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $49 • winspearcentre.com • Meaghan Smith joins the ESO to perform songs from her Juno Award-winning album The Cricket’s Orchestra and her hit new album, Have a Heart • Jan 22, 7:30 pm
EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - MAIN SERIES 3 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • $35 general, $25 senior, $10 student • edmontonrecital. com • Donna Brown (soprano), Jane Coop (piano) • Jan 24, 7:30 pm MOZART, VIVALDI & THE OTHER HAYDN • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • History has him in the shadow of his famous brother, but Michael Haydn was a skilled composer himself. A symphony by him, concerto works for violin by Mozart and Vivaldi, and Prokofiev’s First Symphony, his 20th-century homage to the classical age, are all featured in this charming program featuring violinist brothers Nikki and Timothy Chooi • Jan 13, 7:30 pm NORTHERN ALBERTA CONCERTO COMPETITION, 35 ANNUAL • Muttart Hall, Alberta College • 780.436.7932 • Adults, $15; students and seniors, $10 • eyso.com • A competition for strings, brass and woodwinds, sponsored by the Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association and the Edmonton Youth Orchestra Association • Jan 10 PAGANINI’S VIOLIN CONCERTO NO 2 • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Fate, “the fatal power which prevents one from attaining the goal of happiness,” is how Tchaikovsky summed up the theme of his powerful Fourth Symphony. Jacques Lacombe leads the performance, joined by Stephen Waarts for Paganini’s “La Campanella” Concerto • Jan 9, 8 pm RHAPSODIES • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre. com • At once conjuring images of poetry and freedom, “rhapsodies” come in a dazzling array of varieties. This performance conducted by Robert Bernhardt and featuring pianist Sara Davis Buechner has them all, including Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 • Jan 21, 8 pm TRIO VOCE AT THE PINNACLE • Convocation Hall, University of Alberta • 780.492.3263 • ualberta.ca/ artshows • Haydn and Mendelssohn at the height of their creative output • Jan 29, 8 pm
VIOLINISSIMO II • Convocation Hall, University of Alberta • 780.492.3263 • ualberta.ca/artshows • Historical panorama of 19th century violin heros: Wieniawski. Auer, Wilhelmj and their contemporaries • Jan 15, 8 pm VIVALDI & CHOPIN CONCERTOS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • A full slate of young talent is on display, as Ken Hseih makes his ESO conducting debut, joined by pianist Meagan Milatz for Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 1, ESO trumpeters Robin Doyon and Frédéric Payant for Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets, and ESO violinist Aiyana Anderson-Howatt • Jan 17, 2 pm
FEBRUARY 2016 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: FEB 2016 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults, $12.50; children six and under, free; seniors, $8.50 • youraga.ca • Dana Holst: She’s All That • until Feb 15 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.492.2081 • foa.ualberta. ca • MFA Graduation Show; Kyle Appelt, Drawing and Intermedia • until Feb 13 • The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada; Award-winning books published in 2014 • until Feb 13 LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Marie-Andrée Houde - Trope L’oeil; Documents the distorted, pixellated representations of buildings printed on wrap-around tarps during facade renovations • until Mar 5 • Paul Bernhardt – Work, Play, Sleep ... Repeat; Using images from video games and obselete workplace punch-clocks, Bernhardt deals with the violence that hides within the utopian view of tech: drone warfare and the deadly mechanisms of the prison system • until Mar 5
THE RÉMI BOLDUC JAZZ ENSEMBLE • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $32 • ardentheatre.com • Jan 23, 7:30 pm
MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440 - 112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullen-gallery • Keiskamma Trust; This show will feature textile artworks exploring the theme of birds •Feb 13 – Mar 20
VALDY• Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv
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CLASSICAL MUSIC: JAN 2016 CARMEN • Edmonton Opera Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Ave • 780.429.1000 • edmontonopera.com • A dangerous combination of a sultry gypsy, a conflicted soldier
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WEST END GALLERY • 10337 - 124 St • 780.488.4892 •westendgalleryltd.com • Guy Roy; Feb 6 – 18
WHAT’S ON AT UALBERTA? Alumni Weekend:
FAB Gallery: Aug 25 - Sept 19 Closing reception: Thurs, Sept 17, 7-10 pm Five Graduate Designers 2015
From Time to Time: 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio
FAB Gallery 1-1 Fine Arts Building
Studio Theatre:
UAlberta Music Live in Concert Sun, Sept 27 3 pm Convocation Hall Free admission
Convocation Hall:
Béla Bartók: Art and Nature Sat, Sept 19, 3 pm Convocation Hall
Moving On Fri, Sept 25, 8 pm Convocation Hall
Beyond Therapy
by Christopher Durang Oct 15 – 24 Timms Centre for the Arts
For full details on the exciting 2015/16 season:
ualberta.ca/artshows
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COMEDY: FEB 2016 GRIM AND FISCHER BY WONDERHEADS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • Death meets his match in this award-winning full-face mask comedy. Called “intriguing, flawless and utterly brilliant” and “intense comical elegance,” Grim and Fischer will make you laugh, cry and stand in awe. Winner of multiple awards at Fringe Festivals across Canada, this physical-theatre production is equal parts hilarious and touching • Feb 12, 7:30 pm RON JAMES • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $54 • ardentheatre.com • Feb 6, 7:30 pm
DANCE: FEB 2016 BROKEN SOUND SQUARED • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Avenue 112 Street • 780.420.1757 • General admission, $35; students and seniors, $20 • bwdc.ca • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Brian Webb Dance Company • A world-premiere Brian Webb collaboration with a local sound and visual artist • Feb 24 – 27, 8pm DYNAMIC DIRECTIONS • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • Celebrating Western Canada’s choreographic stars, this thrilling evening of contemporary and neo-classical ballet will feature the visionary work of three of Canada’s best-known dance makers: Aszure Barton, Wen Wei Wang, Yukichi Hattori • Feb 19 and 20, 7:30 pm
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LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • Adults, $46; students, $35 • ardentheatre.com • This evening’s repertoire includes Rouge, Mono Lisa and Kosmos, all stunning creations stemming from the exceptional chemistry between the respective choreographers—Rodrigo Pederneiras, Itzik Galili and Andonis Foniadakis—and company dancers, where the full expression of each artist’s identity reflects the company’s celebration of the human being, its beauty and its creative force • Feb 20, 7:30 pm
LITERARY: FEB 2016 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Feb 17
THEATRE: FEB 2016 BOEING BOEING • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • Bernard is one lucky ‘60s bachelor. He is engaged to three beautiful air hostesses who will never meet thanks to his relationship bible—the airline timetable. But, when a speedy new Boeing and a storm cause the women to have simultaneous layovers, Bernard’s unwitting friend, Robert, gets caught up in his own lies and futile attempts to conceal Bernard’s polygamy. There’s a 100-percent chance of turbulence in Bernard’s crowded Parisian loft • Feb 3 – 13 BRAVO • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre. org • A Japanese fisherman caught in the fallout of an American nuclear detonation. A dispassionate anthropologist teaching the effects of radiation on human populations. A cynical politician out to protect his country no matter what the cost. Weaving back and forth between 1954 and the present day, Bravo is a captivating drama that compassionately explores decisions that changed the world and their all too human consequences • until Feb 7
CANOE 2016 • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Presented by Workshop West • This annual Mardi Gras of theatre once again will feature the best boundary-bending theatre performances from around the corner to around the globe • Jan 27 – Feb 7 THE GAY HERITAGE PROJECT• Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Three gifted creators and performers, all formerly of Edmonton, set out to answer one question: is there such a thing as gay heritage? The result is a hilarious and moving homage to the people who came before and the events that continue to shape our lives • Feb 10 – 27 KLONDYKES • C103, 8529 - 103 St • theatrenetwork.ca • A pair of saloon girls—barred from the territories for being unmarried—disguise themselves as man and wife in order to join the Klondike Gold Rush and seek their freedom • Feb 2 – 21, 8 pm THE LAST RESORT • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • The Last Resort has it al: comedy, mystery, music and murder. Nick Galeazzo has just testified against the mob in New York City and has escaped the big city with undercover FBI Agent Miller to hide out in the last place anyone would look for him—a secluded, run-down resort in Saskatchewan. • Feb 6 – Apr 3 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • Adults, $25; seniors, $22; students, $12 • uab.ca/shows • We all can be erratic and foolish when it comes to romance. Look no further than the Fairy Queen on a midsummer’s eve, in a magical wood filled with enchantment, whimsy and mischief, when she falls head-over-heels in love with a jackass ... • Feb 4 – 13, 7:30 pm SEX PLEASE! WE’RE SIXTY• St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Mrs Stancliffe’s Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast has been successful for many years. Guests (nearly all women), return year after year. Her next-door neighbour, the silver-tongued Bud Davis, believes that they return to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. The prim and proper Mrs Stancliffe steadfastly denies this, but really doesn’t do anything to prevent it. Perhaps she reluctantly accepts the fact, that “Bud the Stud,” as he calls himself, is, in fact, good for business • Feb 4 – 7, 11 – 14, 18 – 20 URSA MAJOR • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330 84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Presented by Workshop West • After a horrific car accident, a retired couple must decide how to best deal with the injuries they’ve sustained. Based on a true story of the Dart sister’s grandparents, Ursa Major is a powerful and moving story of love and devotion, and the strange world that exists between consciousness and unconsciousness • until Feb 7 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • An American theatre classic, Edward Albee’s scorching tale of an embittered marriage was the Citadel’s very first production in 1965. This new 50th-anniversary production will star prominent Canadian actors Brenda Robins and Tom Rooney • until Feb 16 WIZARD OF OZ • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium.com • Click your heels together and join Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy and her little dog Toto as they journey through the magical land of Oz to meet the Wizard and obtain their hearts’ desires. • Feb 23 – 28
MUSIC: FEB 2016 ALEJANDRA RIBERA • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $32 • ardentheatre.com • Feb 27, 7:30 pm THE BARRA MACNEILS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • Cape Breton Celtic • Feb 5, 8 pm CATHERINE MCLELLAN + CHRIS TRAPPER • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Feb 6 CHRISTINE TASSAN ET LES IMPOSTEURES • Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, Leduc, 430850 St • 780.980.1866 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $32 • maclabcentre.com • The all-female quartet have been pioneers in the gypsy-jazz style integrating new ideas and influences with originality and flair • Feb 19, 7:30 pm THE HEARTS AND THE PROVINCIAL ARCHIVE • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $26 • ardentheatre.com • Feb 26, 7:30 pm
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the spirit of gospel music, infused with the charm of the 1940s. They also perform African American spirituals, beautiful bluegrass numbers, contemporary folk songs, lovely a cappella and original material • Feb 4, 2 pm SIX GUITARS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • Actor and musician Chase Padgett delivers a virtuosic performance as he seamlessly becomes six different guitar players— each with their own distinct voice, views and musical style. • Feb 13, 7:30 pm U OF A HIGH SCHOOL HONOUR BAND • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.492.3263 • ualberta.ca/artshows • Alberta’s most talented high school band students and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble • Feb 7, 3 pm WINTER ROOTS WOMEN OF FOLKWAYS • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Feb 20
CLASSICAL MUSIC: FEB 2016 CARMEN • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Ave • 780.429.1000 • edmontonopera.com • A dangerous combination of a sultry gypsy, a conflicted soldier and a dashing matador collide in Bizet’s impassioned love story, where fate cannot be averted. Mezzo-soprano Géraldine Chauvet has transfixed audiences worldwide with her portrayal of the fiery temptress, including at the Verona Arena under the baton of Plácido Domingo • Feb 2 and 4 DISNEY IN CONCERT: TALE AS OLD AS TIME • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $29 – $69 • winspearcentre.com • Featuring the music of Frozen, Tangled, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Princess and the Frog, Aladdin and The Lion King, four Broadway-quality vocalists, and over 80 minutes of high-resolution film clips from the original movies. • Feb 13 and 14, 2:30 pm & 7 pm EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES 2 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • Admission by donation • edmontonrecital.com • Sarah Hoyt (piano) • Feb 21, 2 pm LATE NIGHT SOUNDTRACKS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 • winspearcentre.com • For the CBC’s The Nature of Things documentary The Great Human Odyssey, local filmmakers called on the services of former Edmontonian Darren Fung to craft a dramatic and sweeping score. A specially edited version of the film will be shown, with the ESO presenting the music live, plus a Charlie Chaplin short to make the evening both grand and slapstick. • Feb 26, 9:30 pm MENDELSSOHN’S SCOTTISH SYMPHONY • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Mendelssohn’s popular “Scottish” Symphony and Saint-Saëns’ “Egyptian” Concerto—two treasures of the repertoire composed by “tourists”—are spotlighted in a program featuring conductor Teddy Abrams and pianist Stewart Goodyear• Feb 19 (7:30 pm), Feb 20 (8 pm) MOZART & CHOCOLATE • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24-$59 • winspearcentre.com • Sinfonia concertante presented by ESO musicians Virginie Gagné and Clayton Leung, while Emmanuel Ceysson solos on Glière’s expressive Harp Concerto. Goulet’s Symphonic Chocolates make for a sweet finish • Feb 28, 2 pm
THE GREAT HUMAN ODYSSEY IN CONCERT• Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24-$79 • winspearcentre.com • A riveting, Edmonton-produced documentary on the origins of humanity and its path to the present was given life with the music of former Edmonton composer Darren Fung in a series presented on CBC’s The Nature of Things • Feb 25, 8 pm
MARCH 2016 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: MAR 2016 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.492.2081 • foa.ualberta. ca • Bachelor of Design Graduate Show 2016 • Mar 29 – Apr 9 LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Marie-Andrée Houde - Trope L’oeil; Documents the distorted, pixellated representations of buildings printed on wrap-around tarps during facade renovations • until Mar 5 • Paul Bernhardt – Work, Play, Sleep ... Repeat; Using images from video games and obselete workplace punch-clocks, Bernhardt deals with the violence that hides within the utopian view of tech: drone warfare and the deadly mechanisms of the prison system • until Mar 5 SNAP GALLERY • 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Ingrid Ledent • Feb 3 – Apr 14
VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA GALLERY • Third floor, 10215 - 112 St • 780.421.1731 • Free • visualartsalberta.com • DRAW MORE INCOME; A mail-art exhibition by snail mail, email and fax where artists complete a drawing or artwork on a template that include an ornate frame and the words “draw more income” • Mar 3 – May 28 WEST END GALLERY • 10337 - 124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Irena Gendelman and Sabina; Mar 12 – 24
COMEDY: MAR 2016 CBC’S THE IRRELEVANT SHOW • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • They’re back for an evening of weird, wonderful award winning comedy. CBC Radio 1’s Saturday afternoon staple, The Irrelevant Show, returns to record their live sketch-comedy radio show on the Festival Place stage, and your laughter is needed. Starring an all-star cast of Canadian comedy, the show offers an irreverent take on pop culture - from the news, to game shows, to superheroes. • Mar 11, 7:30 pm
DANCE: MAR 2016 CANADA’S BALLET JÖRGEN: SLEEPING BEAUTY • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • As one of the world’s most famous classical ballets, this fairy tale appeals to a child’s imagination and holds a special place in the hearts of adults. With underlying themes of good vs evil, this production will use nature as inspiration, draw on traditional choreography and be danced to the original 1890 score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Mar 6, 4 pm DANCE CRUSH • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • MZD members, $15; non-members, $20 • milezerodance. com • Featuring Lee Su-Feh; “The Things I Carry With Me” • This season MZD produces four performances with some of our favourite movement-based artists from across Canada. • Mar 17, 8 pm KOBZAR, A WORLD PREMIERE & THE TRAVELLING CHUMAKY • Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 – 87 Avenue • 780.455.9559 • TBA • shumka. com • The world premiere of Shumka’s newest creation inspired by the works of Taras Shevchenko and exploring the themes of destiny, identity, courage and hope. Paired with a Shumka classic repertoire piece about the traveling antics of a trio of salt traders. • Mar 11 and 12, 7:30 pm RAINBOW DANCE: ILUMIDANCE • Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, Leduc, 4308 - 50 St • 780.980.1866 • $12 • maclabcentre.com • iLumiDance is a tour-de-force of virtuosic dancing and cutting-edge technology. Utilizing electro-luminescent (EL) wire, fiber-optic fabric, black light and other special effects, Rainbow Dance Theatre’s artistic directors Valerie Bergman and Darryl Thomas create a world of wonder • Mar 12, 7 pm ROMEO AND JULIET • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • One of the pinnacles of 20th century ballet, Romeo & Juliet captures the tragic tale of Shakespeare’s starcrossed renaissance lovers with astonishing grace and heartbreaking intimacy • Mar 18 and 19, 7:30 pm
FILM: MAR 2016 ROMEO AND JULIET • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $20 adult, $15 child • ardentheatre.com • Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score, is rich in the swaggering colour of Verona street life, sword fights and celebrations, and focuses on the complex emotions and fate of the star-crossed lovers • Mar 20, 2 pm
LITERARY: MAR 2016 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Mar 16
THEATRE: MAR 2016 A PICASSO • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • In Paris, a city known for its art and liberty, Pablo Picasso is summoned by a cunning “cultural attaché” and ordered to identify which of a collection of confiscated paintings are actually his. But why do the Nazis want to know? A thrilling catand-mouse drama about the subtle arts of politics, culture and sex • Mar 16 – Apr 3 ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Alice has fantastical adventures with a dizzying array of extraordinary characters: rival queens, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, the White Knight and many others • until Mar 20 CIRQUE ALFONSE PRESENTS TIMBER! • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • Adults, $38; children, $35 • ardentheatre.com • In this family friendly event, a versatile group of acrobats, dancers and musicians plunge the audience deep into the heart of French-Canadian folklore by reviving a wacky world of lumberjacks and loggers • Mar 29, 7:30 pm
INTO THE WOODS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • twoonewaytickets.com • As the result of the curse of a once-beautiful witch, a baker and his wife are childless. Three days before the rise of a blue moon, they venture into the forest to find the ingredients that will reverse the spell and restore the witch’s beauty: a milk-white cow, hair as yellow as corn, a blood-red cape, and a slipper of gold. During their journey, they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack, each one on a quest to fulfil a wish • Mar 17 and 18 THE KAUFMAN KABARET • Timms Centre For The Arts, University of Alberta, 87 Ave and 112 St • Hannah Moscovitch, one of Canada’s hottest playwrights, has been commissioned to create a brand-new play for the University of Alberta’s BFA class of 2016. Studio Theatre patrons will be the first audiences to witness The Kaufman Kabaret, the story of A R Kaufman, the first entrepreneur to introduce birth-control devices to married working-class women in Canada • Mar 23 – Apr 2 THE LAST RESORT • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 •mayfieldtheatre.ca • Nick Galeazzo has just testified against the mob in New York City and has escaped the big city with undercover FBI Agent Miller to hide out in the last place anyone would look for him: a secluded, run down resort in Saskatchewan. Miller is confident that no one will find them, but Nick isn’t so sure. And when someone turns up dead, everyone is a suspect as the guests deal with the realization that there may be a hit man among them. • until Apr 3 THE PASSION OF NARCISSE MONDOUX • Northern Light Theatre, 201, 8908 99 St • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • Narcisse Mondoux, retired Master Plumber, sets out to woo the recently widowed Laurencienne Robichaud—at her husband’s funeral. Thinking he knows the secret to her heart, he soon discovers that she is a liberated woman who intends to fulfill her secret ambition by herself • Mar 31 – Apr 9
Haydn’s Symphony No 101, that helped define what a classical symphony should be • Mar 9, 7:30 pm LATE NIGHT TRUMPET• Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 • winspearcentre.com • Edmonton-raised trumpet master Jens Lindemann always lights up the stage when he comes home, and this late night party is tailor-made – including Dreaming of the Masters III, written especially for Jens by former ESO Composer in Residence Allan Gilliland—a work that electrified Carnegie Hall in 2012 • Mar 4, 8 pm
APRIL 2016 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: APR 2016 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.492.2081 • foa.ualberta. ca • Bachelor of Design Graduate Show 2016 • until Apr 9 • Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate Show 2016 • Apr 19 – 30 SNAP GALLERY • 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Ingrid Ledent • until Apr 14 • Natasha Pestich, The Opening Act: A Survey of Jan Xylander Exhibition Posters; This work is presented as a curated poster-archive exhibition, functioning as an insightful look into the man and his work • Apr 28 – Jun 11 WEST END GALLERY • 10337 - 124 St • 780.488.4892 •westendgalleryltd.com • Fraser Brinsmead; Apr 9-21 • Joanne Gauthier; Apr 23 – May 5
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MZD MAINSTAGE: BAM (BEINGS AND MATTER) • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • MZD members, $15; non-members, $20 • milezerodance.com • An MZD mainstage production in Spazio Performativo featuring choreography by Gerry Morita in collaboration with sound artist Parker Thiessen and scenographer Patrick Arès-Pilon, exploring notions of hoarding and immediacy • Apr 15 – 17, Apr 22 – 24, 8 pm LOVE FAIL • Studio 96, 10909 96 St • 780.802.6867 • goodwomen.ca • Presented by Good Women Dance Collective • A co-production with Pro Coro Canada and New Music Edmonton • Apr 15 – 17, 7:30 pm; Apr 16, 2:30 (matinee) WHAT’S COOKING • PCL Theatre, Art Barns • 780.802.6867 • goodwomen.ca • Presented by Good Women Dance Collective • Apr 24, noon-9 pm
FILM: APR 2015 FAVA FILM FEST • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • fava.ca • A week-long celebration of our members work! The Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta celebrates the 5th annual FAVA FEST with screenings by local and international filmmakers • Apr 11 – 16
LITERARY: APR 2015 SHANE KOYCZAN • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • $32 • ardentheatre.com • Shane Koyczan has emerged as a spoken-word virtuoso who dares to speak to people in their own voice • Apr 2, 7:30 pm EDMONTON POETRY FESTIVAL • various venues, varying prices (many free events) • edmontonpoetryfestival.com • Celebrating poetry in all its forms and showcasing loca, national and international poets. • Apr 17 – 24
EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Apr 20
THEATRE: APR 2016 DUFFLEBAG THEATRE: SNOW WHITE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $12, all ages • horizonstage.com • Known for their retellings of original fairy tales and Shakespearean classics, this time DuffleBag Theatre is taking on Snow White—complete with a wicked stepmother, a talking mirror and plenty of dwarves. • Apr 9, 2 pm
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • Glengarry Glen Ross is David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about desperate men in a real-estate office. Using unethical and illegal acts to sell bad properties to unsuspecting buyers, the men compete to be top salesman or risk losing their jobs. Unfortunately, much of the play resonates today as it did in the early ‘80s. Desperation and the hunt for the mighty dollar keep this play relevant in the most uncomfortable ways • Apr 6 – 16 GORDON • C103, 8529 - 103 St • theatrenetwork. ca • A scheming delinquent breaks into the home of his father. Gordon has dreams of a building a criminal empire, but Gord is determined to set his son on the right path at last. Old wounds are opened, dark secrets are unearthed and battle lines are drawn • Apr 26 – May 15, 8 pm
SUDDENLY MOMMY • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • Written and performed by Anne Marie Scheffler. From hot dates to play dates, this hilarious one-woman show takes us through every mom’s experience of good times, bad advice and trying to do it all. Anne Marie is a Second City alumna with a long list of theatre, film and television credits, including CTV and The Comedy Network • Mar 12, 7:30 pm
MUSIC: MAR 2016 DAVID FRANCEY • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $25 adv /$30 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Mar 19 JAYME STONE’S LOMAX PROJECT • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage. com • Focusing on songs collected by folklorist and field-recording pioneer Alan Lomax, this project brings together some of North America’s most distinctive and creative musicians to revive, recycle and re-imagine traditional folk and bluegrass music • Mar 20, 7:30 pm JUAN DE MARCOS & THE AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $58 • ardentheatre.com • Mar 18, 7:30 pm NIGHTWISH • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $41.50 – $112 • winspearcentre.com • Mar 3, 7:15 pm SHARON SHANNON • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $40 • ardentheatre.com • Mar 17, 7:30 pm TIM WILLIAMS + KEN WHITELEY & THE BEULAH BAND • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Mar 5 TIME FOR THREE • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • The world’s first classically trained garage band, Time for Three, returns to the ESO stage to perform music from Bach and Brahms to the Beatles, Katy Perry, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake. Having performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to NFL games and the Indy 500, Zach, Nick and Ranaan bring their signature blend of bluegrass fiddling, jazz and pop into an exciting evening of sound and energy • Mar 11, 8 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC: MAR 2016 BERNSTEIN & ELLINGTON• Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Jens Lindemann and Bill Eddins team up for the first time since their sensational Carnegie Hall concert with the ESO, swinging to music by Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington and John Harbison. Lindemann dazzles in short showcases for trumpet by Schoenfield and Meechan• Mar 4, 8 pm HANDEL, HAYDN & BEETHOVEN • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • Janina Fialkowska makes a welcome return to the ESO in the tender and haunting Fourth Piano Concerto of Beethoven. Handel’s concerto grosso was a showstopping entertainment, as was
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HAIR • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Set in an East Village park in the age of Aquarius, when sex and drugs were used as vehicles to evade reality, Hair is the musical story of a group of hippies who celebrate peace and love—and their long-hair—in the shadow of the Vietnam War • Apr 12 – Jun 12 MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSONS • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • All is fair in love? Even murder? That’s the question posed by this light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle in a Howard Johnson Motor Inn • Apr 28 30, May 1, 5 , 6 – 8,12 – 14 OTHER DESERT CITIES • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • A searing comedy drama about the reunion of an elite Republican family in California. All unravels over the daughter’s determination to publish a memoir of family secrets. Nominated for five Tony Awards and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Apr 9 – May 1 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE • Location TBA • twoonewaytickets.com • The story concerns Frederic who is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic soon learns, however, that he was born on February 29, and so, technically, he only has a birthday each leap year. His indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday and that he must serve for another 63 years. Bound by his own sense of duty, Frederic’s only solace is that Mabel agrees to wait for him faithfully • Apr 30 WEST SIDE STORY • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is one of the greatest musicals of the 20th century—a love story set on opposite sides of a turf war between rival street gangs • Apr 23 – May 22 WISH • Northern Light Theatre, 201, 8908 99 St • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • A coproduction with Good Women Dance Collective. The hearing son of deaf parents, J J agrees to teach sign language to the mysterious Eliza, a gorilla rescued from a research lab by animal-rights activists. Eliza demonstrates a gift for signing and bonds passionately with her new teacher until they face an ethical conundrum• Apr 29 – May 7
MUSIC: APR 2016 LISA BROKOP: THE PATSY CLINE PROJECT • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • In addition to showcasing many of her own hits from the past 20 years, Lisa Brokop will transport the audience back in time with some of Patsy Cline’s most memorable songs including “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces” and “Crazy” • Apr 6, 7:30 pm LIZZY HOYT + MATT PATERSHUK • Northern Lights Folk Club, Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146 St • 780.288.8111 • $20 adv / $25 door • northernlightsfc.ca • Apr 2 MATTHEW BARBER & JILL BARBER • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • $40 • ardentheatre.com • Apr 15 and 16, 7:30 pm THE CONTENDERS: VALDY AND GARY FJELLGAARD • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • Adults, $35; students and seniors, $30 • horizonstage.com • Spend an evening with two downto-earth gentlemen who also happen to be Canadian music icons. Valdy and Gary Fjellgaard have been touring together for over 20 years, have recorded two albums together, and they revel in life on the road, meeting new people and sharing their songs • Apr 23, 7:30 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC: APR 2016 BRAHMS’ THIRD • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Brahms returned to writing a symphony with his autumnal and touching Third Symphony. The ESO is led by Cristian Macelaru and joined by guitarist Pablo Villegas for Elmer Bernstein’s cinematic guitar concerto • Apr 30, 8 pm EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - MAIN SERIES 4 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • General, $35; seniors, $25; students, $10 • edmontonrecital.com • Andrew Wan (violin), Jonathan Crow (violin)• Apr 21, 7:30 pm
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MARIA STUARDA • Edmonton Opera Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Ave • 780.429.1000 • edmontonopera. com • Set in the Tudor era, sparks fly as Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, face off in a desperate love triangle• Apr 16, 19, 21 NATHAN BERG SINGS OPERA • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Conductor Jayce Ogren makes a powerful ESO debut and Edmonton’s own Nathan Berg sings glorious arias from the Magic Flute, The Flying Dutchman, Faust, Carmen and more • Apr 8, 7:30 pm STAR TREK: THE ULTIMATE VOYAGE • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $59.50-$127 • winspearcentre.com • This lavish production includes an impressive live symphony orchestra and international solo instrumentalists • Apr 14, 7:30 pm
MAY 2016 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: MAY 2016 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullengallery • Dan Bagan: Works from the Field; This exhibition features pastel drawings done mostly en plein aire in various locations around central Alberta • May 7 – Jul 3 SNAP GALLERY • 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Natasha Pestich, The Opening Act: A Survey of Jan Xylander Exhibition Posters; This work is presented as a curated poster-archive exhibition, functioning as an insightful look into the man and his work • until Jun 11
DANCE: MAY 2016 LOVE LIES BLEEDING • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • Excess, drama, eroticism and a profusion of extravagant costumes. Acclaimed by audiences and critics across North America, Jean GrandMaître’s mesmerizing multimedia ballet fuses the joy of pop/rock with the breathtaking physicality of ballet in a dance spectacular on par with the boldest Broadway productions • May 13 and 14, 7:30 pm VITAL FEW • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Avenue 112 Street • 780.420.1757 • General admission,$35; student/senior, $20 • bwdc.ca • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • 605 Collective • Part of the Canadian tour of this celebrated Vancouver company • May 26 and 27, 8pm
FILM: MAY 2015 NORTHWESTFEST • various venues • northwestfest. ca • Canada’s longest-running documentary film festival, kicking off Edmonton’s summer festival season with eight days and nights of the world’s greatest docs, live music, panels, workshops and much more! • May 6 – 13
LITERARY: MAY 2015 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • May 18
TALES FESTIVAL • 780.437.7736 • storyfestalberta.com • Storytellers from across western Canada, workshops, free storytelling, story slam and concert. • May 25 – 29
HAIR • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 •mayfieldtheatre.ca • Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair! Set in an East Village park in the age of Aquarius, when sex and drugs were used as vehicles to evade reality, Hair is the musical story of a group of hippies who celebrate peace and love—and their long-hair—in the shadow of the Vietnam War • Until Jun 12 MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSONS• St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • All is fair in love? Even murder? That’s the question posed by this light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle in a Howard Johnson Motor Inn • May 1, 5, 6 – 8, 12 – 14 OR THE WHALE • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • Adults, $25; senios, $22; students, $12 • uab.ca/shows • Or The Whale is a physical and poetic exploration of the classic source material conceived, developed, designed and staged by Alberta-based artists; an epic adventure of camaraderie, madness, betrayal and revenge, performed by five actors • May 12 – 16, 7:30 pm TEN TIMES TWO: THE ETERNAL COURTSHIP • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • Cursed with immortality, evildoer Ephraim vows to capture the heart of the serving wench Constance after meeting her in the Middle Ages. First driven by lust and then by love, he woos her repeatedly over the millennia as she is reincarnated into an astonishing parade of unpredictable women. An epic pursuit that transforms into a touching exploration of the heart • May 4 – 22 WEST SIDE STORY • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is one of the greatest musicals of the 20th century—a love story set on opposite sides of a turf war between rival street gangs • until May 22 WISH • Northern Light Theatre, 201, 8908 99 St • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • A coproduction with Good Women Dance Collective. The hearing son of deaf parents, J J agrees to teach sign language to the mysterious Eliza, a gorilla rescued from a research lab by animal-rights activists. Eliza demonstrates a gift for signing and bonds passionately with her new teacher until they face an ethical conundrum• until May 7
CLASSICAL MUSIC: MAY 2016 ENIGMA VARIATIONS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • A humorous and moving tribute to friendship. Alexander Prior leads the performance, joined by ESO regulars Elizabeth Faulkner and Dan Waldron for Holst’s Fugal Concerto for Flute and Oboe • May 29, 2 pm MOZART, VIVALDI & MORE • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $59 • winspearcentre.com • Canadian recorder virtuoso (and founder of early music group Les Boréades) Francis Colpron is the soloist for an idyllic weeknight performance featuring a Vivaldi concerto, the sparkling overture to Mozart’s the Magic Flute, and music by Lully and Scarlatti. • May 25, 7:30 pm PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Bill Eddins and ESO Concertmaster Robert Uchida unite for Shostakovich’s urbane First Violin Concerto • May 13 and14
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THEATRE: MAY 2015 FROM CRADLE TO STAGE • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre. com• May 16 – 21 GORDON • C103, 8529 - 103 St • theatrenetwork. ca • A scheming delinquent breaks into the home of his father. Gordon has dreams of a building a criminal empire, but Gord is determined to set his son on the right path at last. Old wounds are opened, dark secrets are unearthed, and battle lines are drawn • until May 15, 8 pm
ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: JUN 2016 SNAP GALLERY • 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Natasha Pestich, The Opening Act: A Survey of Jan Xylander Exhibition Posters; This work is presented as a curated poster archive exhibition, functioning as an insightful look into the man and his work • until Jun 11 • Carolyn Mount, ExChanged; Mount’s current abstract ink drawings and prints are the creation and exploration of a private language of form • Jun 23 – Aug 6
DANCE: JUN 2016 DANCE CRUSH • Mile Zero Dance Company, Spazio Performativo, 10816 - 95 St • 780.424.1573 • MZD members, $15; non-members, $20 • milezerodance. com • Presented by Brian Webb Dance Company • Featuring Mark Ikeda and Richard Lee; “When Words Fail” • This season, MZD produces four performances with some of our favourite movement-based artists from across Canada. • Jun 10 and 11, 8 pm
LITERARY: JUN 2016 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Jun 15
THEATRE: JUN 2016 FREEWILL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL• Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park, 9330 Groat Road • 780.425.8086 • freewillshakespeare.com • Two Shakespeare plays in the park • Jun 21– Jul 17 HAIR • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 •mayfieldtheatre.ca • Set in an East Village park in the age of Aquarius, when sex and drugs were used as vehicles to evade reality, Hair is the musical story of a group of hippies who celebrate peace and love—and their long-hair—in the shadow of the Vietnam War • until Jun 12 HENRY & ALICE INTO THE WILD • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • When times get tough, the tough go ... camping? One of your favourite married couples is back in this much anticipated, hilarious follow up to the smash hit Sexy Laundry. When Henry unexpectedly loses his job, he and Alice are thrown into a midlife crisis and are forced to reconsider their dreams for a comfortable retirement. In an attempt to make the sparks fly again (and keep costs down), they forego their usual summer cottage for a humble campsite and a copy of Camping for Dummies • Jun 17 – Jul 31 IMPROVAGANZA • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.6044 • $12 advance, $15 door (cash only) • rapidfiretheatre.com • The world’s best improvisors gather for the annual Alternative Comedy Festival, one of the most popular with improvisors around the world, and your best comedy outing in Edmonton • Jun 16 – 26 RENT • La Cite Theatre, 8627 91 St • twoonewaytickets.com • It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City’s East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/ AIDS • Jun 10 – 26 NEXTFEST 2016 • Nextfest Arts Company • 780.453.2440 • nextfest.ca • Over 700 artists in 11 days • Jun 2 – 12
CLASSICAL MUSIC: JUN 2015 AS HEARD ON TV • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $93 • winspearcentre.com • A fun-filled concert celebrating some of TV’s most memorable music. With the wickedly funny singer-comedienne Nicole Parker (MADtv) and Steven Reineke as your hosts, you’ll hear themes from your favourite TV shows like M*A*S*H, Downton Abbey, Hawaii Five-O and the Flintstones • Jun 10 and 11, 8 pm BOUNDLESS: 20 YEARS OF KOKOPELLI • McDougall United Church, 10025 - 101 St • 780.977.7295 • Adults, $20; students, $15 • kokopellichoirs.com • Celebrating two decades of one of Canada’s top youth choirs, join us for Boundless! Featuring Kokopelli, Òran and dozens of Kokopelli alumni from the past 20 years • Jun 4, 7:30 pm BRUCKNER & BRUCH • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Max Bruch’s remarkable G minor Violin Concerto is among the most famous ever written. Former ESO Concertmaster Martin Riseley returns to perform it, along with conductor Alexander Prior. There was no greater admirer of Wagner than Anton Bruckner, who dedicated his Third Symphony to his idol • Jun 4, 8 pm
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ORCHESTRAL FANTASIES • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 – $79 • winspearcentre.com • Bill Eddins concludes the Masters with flights of imagination, from the rich ballet score by John Estacio based on Arthurian legend, to John Corigliano’s Pied Piper Suite (featuring flutist Carol Wincenc), Wagenaar’s Cryano de Bergerac Overture, and Griffes’ The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan • Jun 17, 7:30 pm; Jun 18, 8 pm
JULY 2016 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: JUL 2016 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullengallery • Jes McCoy; Featuring interactive work, the exhibition examines the effect that the presence of communication and the way we communicate has on wellbeing • Jul 9 – Sep 4 SNAP GALLERY • 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Carolyn Mount, ExChanged; Mount’s current abstract ink drawings and prints are the creation and exploration of a private language of form • until Aug 6
LITERARY: JUL 2016 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Jul 20
THEATRE: JUL 2016 CHESS • Walterdale Theatre, 10322 - 83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • At the height of the Cold War, two great chess masters – an American and a Russian – meet to battle for the world championship. Caught in the middle is one woman. More than a game, more than a love story – it’s the story where sacrificing pawns to win the game might just lose you the match • Jul 6 – 16 FREEWILL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL• Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park, 9330 Groat Road • 780.425.8086 • freewillshakespeare.com • Two Shakespeare plays in the park • Until Jul 17 HENRY & ALICE INTO THE WILD • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 •mayfieldtheatre.ca • When times get tough, the tough go ... camping? One of your favourite married couples is back in this much anticipated, hilarious follow up to the smash hit Sexy Laundry. When Henry unexpectedly loses his job, he and Alice are thrown into a midlife crisis and are forced to reconsider their dreams for a comfortable retirement. In an attempt to make the sparks fly again (and keep costs down), they forego their usual summer cottage for a humble campsite and a copy of Camping for Dummies • until July 31
AUGUST 2016 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: AUG 2016 LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Joani Tremblay – Mystic Places; Montreal’s Joani Tremblay works with the notion of landscape— how our surroundings affect us • Aug 4-Sept 10 SNAP GALLERY • 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Carolyn Mount, ExChanged; Mount’s current abstract ink drawings and prints are the creation and exploration of a private language of form • until Aug 6 • Juan Ortiz-Apuy; Drawing from literature, theory, popular culture, design, and art history, the artist intends to create a system that at one point begins to follow its own logic, vocabulary and energy • Aug 18 – Oct 1
LITERARY: AUG 2016 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room, 10575 114 St • Suggested donation, $5 • edmontonstoryslam. com • Third Wednesday of every month • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner • Aug 17
ILLUMINASIA Lantern & Garden Festival THIS IS WHERE 366 LANTERNS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT. Authentic Chinese Lanterns light up the Calgary Zoo in an unforgettable Pan Asian spectacle. Entertainment and special programs will spotlight arts, culture and food native to those regions. Don’t miss ILLUMINASIA Lantern and Garden Festival.
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ou've dusted off that tarp, loaded up on sunscreen and practiced gently but firmly shooing away the children who want your $2 plate refund: the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is here. Is it August already? Man, what the hell happened to July? Anyway, of all Edmonton's summer music festivals, Folk Fest is perhaps the easiest one to adapt a come-what-may sort of approach at: you literally mark out your territory on a giant grassy incline and, if you choose to, hold court at all day. And while there's nothing wrong with blissing out on the hillside vibes and seeing whatever acts manage to come your way, there's always some gems shimmering away on one of the other stages that are well worth vacating your spot and venturing off to witness. With that in mind, here's a handful of acts playing the 2015 festival worth tracking down: only one is playing the main stage, and the rest you'll have to do a little adventuring to find, but it'll be well worth it. (Note: it's a coincidence that all of these happen to be showcasing on Sunday, not an intentional slight to the rest of your Folk Festing days.) Hanggai Hailing from Beijing but pulling inspiration from the open-air countryside of China's interior, Hanggai looks to fold the past into the present with a modernized spin on Mongolian folk music. Computer programming and electric guitars work alongside traditional instruments like the tobshuur (a two-stringed lute), and Mongolian throat singing. And while Hanggai sits decidedly within the realm of world music, a few of its members have roots in punk bands. Rawkus! (Sun, August 9, [11 am] at Stage 3)
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Thu, Aug 6 – Sun, Aug 9 Edmonton Folk Music Fesitval Gallagher Park Complete schedule at edmontonfolkfest.org Les Hay Babies From Moncton, NB, Les Hay Babies is like a power trio of Acadian folk music: Vivianne Roy, Katrine Noël and Julie Aubé let guitar, ukulele and banjos mesh together into shimmering backdrops for songs sung in both official languages. The band's toured Europe with just an EP and an album—2014's Mon Homesick Heart—to its name. (Sun, Aug 9 [1 pm], Stage 1) Leo Bud Welch Dubbed "The Last of the Mississippi Delta Blues guitarists," Leo Bud Welch has been playing guitar since 1945, but only released his debut album, Sabougla Voices, in 2014. Better late than never: the guy is basically a lost American treasure, and the chance to see him live is a coup for fans of the genre. He also seems to be out to make up for lost time: his second album, I Don't Prefer No Blues, arrived earlier this year. (Sun, Aug 9 [5:45 pm] at Stage 7) Jenny Lewis Ostensibly the indie pick/youth grab of this year's major names, the ex-Rilo Kiley frontwoman's released three solo albums to her name, the most recent being 2014's The Voyager. She drifts from joyful pop to countrytinged folk to hook-laden rock with character and aplomb. (Sun, Aug 9 [7 pm] at Main Stage) PAUL BLINOV
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MUSIC PREVUE // PROG-METAL
The new Northlane
Sat, Aug 8 (7 pm) With Like Moths to Flames, In Hearts Wake, Oceans Ate Alaska Starlite Room, $21
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omething that's always been important to us is having a positive message, because in the vein of music we play, especially in the lyrics, there's a lot of negativity and a lot of angst," Northlane guitarist and lyricist Josh Smith says. "People already have enough of that to deal with. There's no point in adding to it. It's not productive." Indeed, Northlane's heavy-hitting take on progressive metal can be mistaken for overtly aggressive or even downright angry upon first listen, but beneath the blistering guitars and thundering percussion are lyrics steeped in social and environmental awareness. These themes have been a common thread in the Australian band's music since its beginnings in 2009 and continues on its latest album, Node—particularly the Australian government's stance on conservation and its decision to dredge a tunnel through the Great Barrier Reef
to extract coal to be shipped to China. "This is one of the natural wonders of the world. It's an incredible ecosystem and the effects of that are profound, and the effects of what could go wrong once they start sending ships through are even greater," Smith explains. "We live in a beautiful place, as do a lot of Canadians. I know you're having similar issues as well, and it's really heartbreaking to know people are squandering something that's not going to be around for generations to come." A focus on positive change holds true within the band's inner workings, too. Node is the first album with Northlane's new lead vocalist, Marcus Bridge, who was chosen out of thousands of hopefuls after the departure of Adrian Fitipaldes in 2014. Smith notes the group was already into the writing process for Node at that point, and Northlane's
future was suddenly extremely uncertain. He admits it was a "dark time" for Northlane, but rather than pack things in, the band turned Fitipaldes' exit into an opportunity to further evolve its sound with Bridge. "It's always easier to accept defeat and take the easy way out of the situation based on how difficult [things] may appear or how negatively you may feel about them, but there's always a silver lining on the darkest cloud," Smith says. "There's always something good that can come out of anything, but it's up to you or whoever else to take a step back and put their emotions aside and realize exactly what's going on and think about it from more than one side. I guess there's certain situations where it's not so black and white, but it's easier than it seems." MEAGHAN BAXTER
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ANZU / FRI, AUG 7 (8 PM)
This boy-girl duo makes cute electronic tracks with even cuter anime cover art. Cuuuuuteeeeee. (Space, $5)
CARIWEST / FRI, AUG 7 - SUN, AUG 9
A celebration of Caribbean culture featuring food, art, a parade and plenty of music. Visit cariwest.ca for more information.
HIGHKICKS / SUN, AUG 9 (7 PM)
If you're not into rockin' and rollin', then HighKicks suggest sitting your butt at home and watching Frasier reruns. (Denizen Hall, $10 in advance, $15 at the door) THE DIRTY NIL / TUE, AUG 11 (8 PM)
The punk outfit from Dundas, ON is coming to #YEG after being on a 41-day run with Vans Warped Tour. (The Buckingham, $10)
RIPPLE ILLUSION / THU, AUG 13 (8 PM)
MUMFORD & SONS / TUE, AUG 11 (7 PM) If you don't know who Mumford & Sons are, then I'm certain you have been living on a deserted island with a volleyball as a friend Castaway-style for the past eight years. You might want to get acquainted, because #embarrassing. (Rexall Place, $49.50)
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Do you like motown? R&B? Rock? Well, then, you'll like the sounds of Ripple Illusion, because its music mixes the three in perfect harmony. (Brixx, $10)
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hat comes to mind when you schedule—though she hopes to intethink of home? Is it a memory, grate herself into the Montréal music an image, a place or even a smell? scene in some fashion. "Theatre and photography, visual For Eva Foote, there are two distinct arts, music, there's things that she asa lot of overlap, so sociates with it, Thu, Aug 13 (7 pm) people know peosummed up in the With Braden Gates ple and talk," she title of her debut Yellowhead Brewery, $10 in says, joking that EP, Sparrow & advance, $12 at the door she may be trying Stone. to comfort herself The track that inspired the title almost wasn't even a little with that notion. "If I show up on the EP, but after Foote—who is at the right place at the right time, also an actress—received her accep- things will happen." tance letter to start a three-year diploma program at the National The- Foote began her foray into music atre School in Montréal this autumn, singing backup for her father, who she decided to write a song capturing plays bluegrass. Her family is from the images of home that she'll take Louisiana, so she became familiar with her when she leaves Edmonton. with the genre at an early age; she "My parents' house had these stone says she started singing at six or pillars in the front, and it looked kind seven, but more formally at 13 or of like a ski lodge ... I grew up hik- 14. She wrote her first songs around ing on trails in Alberta and all sorts 2004, but began taking songwritof roughing it, so stone is an image ing more seriously after meeting her that I have of my family and some- boyfriend—and opener at her EP rething grounding about it," she says lease show—Braden Gates a couple of the "Stone" in the EP title, while of years ago. "He really opened my eyes to the the "Sparrow" is in reference to the distinct song of the Alberta white- craft of songwriting and artists in throated variety. "We used to have Canada that I didn't know about, so them right near where we lived, and my learning curve in the last two, three years has been really steep that is such a crazily familiar sound." Foote, 18, marks the six-song EP as compared to when I was just singa milestone for herself, even though ing bluegrass songs with the family," she doesn't have plans to tour it or she says. "My challenge lately is I do a great deal of promotion be- get so wrapped up in my own head fore leaving for Montréal. Theatre that these songs come out pretty is going to be her focus—the NTS self-centralized, and they're all about program comes with a gruelling my problems and my feelings. My eight-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week challenge to myself is to try to write
about things that are a little bit more ubiquitous, a little bit more relatable to people outside my own personal life." But the lyrics intertwined in the soothing acoustic melodies on Sparrow & Stone aren't necessarily what Foote wants listeners to focus on. She notes Joni Mitchell as an influence—the ambiant nature of her music specifically—as well as her mother's proclivity for having music on a constant loop throughout the house, but never really sitting down to listen closely to it. "Music is the atmosphere of her house. When I walk in there Lucinda Williams is playing or Tim O'Brien or Lyle Lovett, and the image of my mom's house comes with the sound of it," Foote explains. "[The EP] is maybe not something that's going to grab your attention, but it's nice to fill a room subtly ... just nice music to kind of live to."
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BEND LOUNGE Ton y Kaye; 8pm
LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open Jam: Trevor Mullen
mod, brit pop, new wa ve, British rock with DJ Blue Jay industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Da ve
WED AUG 12 Floor: Alt '80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wa ve, Gara ge, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Do wntrodden on alterna te Weds
Open sta ge with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm
WINSPEAR CENTRE NYO Canada
AUG/22 LANDMARK EVENTS SHOWCASE AUG/28 TWIN SHADOW
REXALL PLACE Foo Fighters
L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night
Classical
OMNIUM GATHERUM
W/ GUESTS
Dee, Hachey the Mouthpiece; 8pm
JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE
NIGHT RALLY TOUR W/ LANY
with Rhythm Of Cruelty & Strangled; 9pm (doors), 10pm (sho w); $10; 18+ only ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays:
Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; ever y Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover
BILLIARD CLUB Why wait
23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 COMMON 9910-109 St DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 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 EASTWOOD PARK 85 St and 119 Ave EDMONTON DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET 104th St, north of Jasper Ave 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 Edmonton City Centre, 10200102 Ave GALLAGHER HILL 9411-97 Ave HAWRELAK PARK 9930 Groat Rd NW HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 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 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 11455-87 Ave NW KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY
UNION EVENTS, BOODANG & PEARL PRESENT
TRUTH
ODESZA
W/ JAI WOLF
CHRISTIAN HANSEN W/ PORT JUVEE AND BIG BEN UBK PRESENTS
KRAFTY KUTS W/ MAT THE ALIEN
THE STARLITE ROOM IS A PRIVATE VENUE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS. IF YOU REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP YOU CAN PURCHASE ONE AT THE VENUE PRIOR TO / OR AFTER THE DOOR TIMES FOR EACH SHOW.
BRIXX BAR Ea ts and Bea ts THE COMMON The Wed
Experience: Classics on Vin yl with Dane RED STAR Guest DJs ever y Wed
VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BEND LOUNGE 14743-40 Ave NW 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 NW CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99,
SEP/3 SOLD SEP/5
DJs
Punk, New Wa ve, Gara ge, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Do wntrodden on alterna te Weds
UBK PRESENTS
SEP/4
WINSPEAR CENTRE ESO & Winspear Overture Tour; 121pm; Free
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt '80s and '90s, Post
AUG/29 OUT
Classical
Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize ever y Wed; no cover
(LEGENDS OF POWERHEART CD RELEASE)
CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
RENDEZVOUS PUB Deevious
ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE
HROM
AUG/21 INSOMNIUM &
Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5
HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam ever y Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510
NORTHLANE
W/ RIOT CITY, SLEEPING IN TRAFFIC, DAHLMER’S REALM
RED PIANO BAR Wed Night
NEW WEST HOTEL 4's A Cro wd
CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS
W/ LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES, IN HEARTS WAKE & OCEANS ATE ALASKA
PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam
Once Upon A Time in Graceland; until Aug 23
CHRIS LORENZO
(CAUSE & EFFECT | DIRTYBIRD – UK)
OVERTIME–Sherwood Park
2015; 9am
FREE LOVE PRESENTS
ROW 8404-109 St ORLANDO'S 1 15163-121 St O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PALACE CASINO West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St 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 REXALL PLACE 7424-118 Ave RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave, 780.424.3836 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SERVUS PLACE 400 Campbell Rd, St Albert SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN 10012-101A Ave SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St SHIKAOI PARK 4905-51 Ave,
Stony Plain SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW 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 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com 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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MITCH BELOT
LIMITS OF REVERSAL
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AUG/13
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AUG/15
SPECIAL DJ SOUP GANZ W/GUEST
AUG/21 MELTED MIRROR
MANARAY SERIOUS CLOUDS AUG/22 PUBLIC ANIMAL W/ NAPALMPOM AND COUNTERFEIT JEANS
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those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue ea month, 7:30pm
of Alberta)
Mon each month, 7-9pm
and so much more • Aug 8, 10am-5pm
FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply
SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351-118
MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB •
EDMONTON DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL •
Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters.com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm
geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/ competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu
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
PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@shaw.ca
Louise McKinney Riverfront Park • edmontondragonboatfestival.ca • Ninteen years and going strong! Watch the boats race and teams compete for glory • Aug 14-16
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
EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM
FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • Crazy Loon Pub, 10208-99 Ave
COMEDY
N.E., Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm
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 • Bob Angeli; Aug 7-8 • Paul Sveen; Aug 14-15
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 • Jamie Lissow; Aug 5-9 CONNIE'S COMEDY • Draft Bar & Grill 12912-50 St • With Kwasi Thomas, Paul Myrehaug, and Danny Martinello; Aug 5, 7:30pm • With Ryan Paterson and Keith Barany; Aug 12, 7:30pm
THE DATING GAME • Krush Ultralounge, 16648109 Ave • With Sterling Scott as gameshow host • Aug 11 & 25, 8pm DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm DJ to follow
EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOSTS WOMEN BUILD WEEK • Neufeld Landing, 11403-17 Ave SW • 780.451.3416 ext. 232 • hfh.org/volunteer/ women-build • Volunteers are trained and equipped to perform their tasks safely and accurately by expert Habitat staff • Aug 11-15, 8:30am-4pm • Free
ILLNESS SUPPORT AND SOLUTIONS • Robertson Wesley United Church Library, 10209-123 St • 780.235.5911 • Crohn's Colitis, I.B.D. Support and Solutions • Every 2nd and 4th Tue, 7-9pm LGNYEG (LADY GEEKS UNITE) • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • lgnyeg.blogspot.ca • Geek out with fellow geek ladies. Featuring movies, board games, artists and so much more • First Thu each month, 7-9pm 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
Comedy Night: featuring a professional headliner every week Every Sun, 9pm
St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy
ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm
Groove every Wed; 9pm
GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS
0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free
AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old
POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall, 10135-
Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm
ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15
CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) • Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers. com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB
EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD • Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for
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
TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St; Jean: Pavillion McMahon;
fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs. org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact bradscherger@hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo. com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS FALSE FLAG EPIDEMIC • Rossdale Community Hall, 10135-96 Ave • 780.468.7117 • truthjihad.com • Dr. Kevin Barret introduces his new book on false flag terrorism • Aug 16, 7-9pm • Free, books on site
96 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm
SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm
SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm
QUEER
SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY •
BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo.com/ group/bwedmonton
Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm
SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10-min discussion, followed by a 30 to 40-min walk through Centennial Park, a cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/session (goes to the Alzheimer’s Society
BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue: Retro Tuesdays with Dj Arrow Chaser; 9pm-close • Wed: DJ Griff; 9-close • Thu: Wet underwear with Shiwana Millionaire • Fri: Dance all Night with Dj Arrowchaser • Sat: Weekly events and dancing until close • Sun: Weekly Drag show with Shiwana Millionaire and guests; 12:30am EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash
G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Swimming–Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.ca; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton. ca, kickboxing@teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca
G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net
780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)
WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Massive Mondays Comedy Night with Nadine Hunt; 8pm; New Headliner Weekly • Tue: You Don't Know Show with Shiwana Millionaire; 8pm; Weekly prizes and games • Wed: Karaoke with Shirley; 7pm-1am • Thu: Karaoke with Kendra; 7pm-1am • Fri-Sat: Dancing and events until close • Sun: Karaoke with Jadee; 7pm-1am SPECIAL EVENTS 3RD ANNUAL PEACE IN THE PARK • Louise McKinney Park, 9999 Grierson Hill • edmonton.eventful.com • An afternoon of yoga and music in support of the Old Strathcona Youth Society. No yoga experience is necessary. Yoga by Meg Mielnichuk; music by Girls Club • Aug 16, 12-3pm • $20, all proceeds go to Old Strathcona Youth Society
8TH ANNUAL HOPE CLASSIC FOR SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS • Rundle Park, Site #6, 2909-113 Ave NW • 780.451.6921 • kyra@ sbhana.org • sbhana.org • 5K or 8K non-competitive run, walk, or wheel for spina bifida and hydrocephalus • Aug 8 • $20 (individual), $60 (team of 4), $15 per additional member; Free BBQ
70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE A-BOMBINGS: COMMEMORATING THE LIVES LOST IN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI • Alberta Legislature Grounds, Reflection Pool • 780.453.2638 • tatiana@jhcentre.org • Commemorating the lives lost during the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Aug 6, 8-11pm
ANIMAL MYTHBUSTERS • Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Road • edmonton.ca • Uncover the truth about animal myths! Such as the popular if touching a toad will really give you warts? Or do porcupines shoot their quills? • Aug 9, 12-4pm ANIMETHON 22 • Grant MacEwan University Downtown Campus, 10045 156 St NW • animethon. org • A Japanese animation (anime) themed festival, featuring screenings of anime, music, improv, gaming, costume contests and so much more • Aug 7-9 • Free-$55
CANADIAN DERBY • Northlands Racetrack, 7410 Borden Park Rd • northlandspark.ca • 780.471.8174 • Featuring horse racing and so much more! The must-see, must-attend event of the season for horse racing fans • Aug 15, 1-5pm
CARIWEST • Various locations throughout downtown Edmonton • cariwest.ca • A three day celebration featuring dazzling costumes, lively music, street theatre and delicious food • Aug 7-9 DATE NIGHT • Devonian Botanic Garden, 5 kms north of Devon on Highway 60 • devonian.ualberta.ca • Stroll the garden until dusk and then learn a dance step, catch some live music, or take in an outdoor movie (different each week). The schedule: Water Painting en plein air (Aug 6), Oh So Boho! Bohemian (Aug 13), Salsa Dance Lessons (Aug 20), Movie Night with Life of Pi (Aug 27) • Each Thu until Aug 27, 6pm to dusk
ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm
DEEPSOUL.CA • 587.520.3833; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages
LIVING POSITIVE • #33, 9912-106 St •
EASTWOODFEST 2015 • Eastwood Park, 118
780.424.2214 • livingpositivethroughpositiveliving. com • Support group for gay men living with HIV: 2nd
34 AT THE BACK
ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave •
Ave & 86 St • Featuring a free beginner’s Yoga Class in the park, live music, bouncy castles, mobile library
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EDMONTON LATIN FESTIVAL • Churchill Square • edmontonlatinfestival.com • For two days, Churchill Square will be transformed into a tropical paradise. Enjoy live music, dancers, Latin food and artisan marketplace • Aug 15-16, 12 pm • Free FRAGAPALOOZA 2015 • Leduc Recreation Center, 4330 Black Gold Drive, Leduc • fragapalooza. com • A festival/LAN party dedicated to gaming, where attendees bring their own computer and play PC or console games. Includes official tournaments, and unofficial fan run tournaments • Aug 6-9 MISSION HILL DAY • Father Lacombe Chapel, Mission Hill, St. Vital Avenue, St. Albert • history. alberta.ca/fatherlacombe • 780.459.7663 • Costumed historical interpreters show visitors around the site which includes the chapel, crypt, grotto, and cemetery. Enjoy historic photo displays, historic demonstrations and a tall glass of lemonade while you take in the view from atop Mission Hill. There will be crafts and games as well • Aug 16, 12-4pm • Admission by donation 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
PERSEIDS PYJAMA PARTY • Devonian Botanic Garden, 5 kms north of Devon on Highway 60 • devonian.ualberta.ca • 780.987.3054 • A pyjama party under the stars, nothing could be better. Wear your cozy pyjamas, bring your pillows, blankets, flashlights and lawnchairs, and sit back to enjoy one of the busiest times in the sky during the annual Perseids Meteor Shower • Aug 14, 8pm-midnight
PICNIC IN THE PARK • St. Albert Botanic Park, 265 Sturgeon Road, St. Albert • stalbertbotanicpark. com • 780.458.7163 • Bring your picnic and enjoy children's activities and entertainment, popcorn, lemonade and ice cream • Aug 16, 1-4pm • Free, donations welcome
PRIDE OF THE NORTHSIDE 4 ON 4 STREETBALL TOURNAMENT • Londonderry outdoor basketball courts, 7104-144 Ave • andrewgparker. com/Pride_of_the_Northside.php • Family-friendly event. A two-day outdoor basketball tournament with three point and slam dunk competitions, live music and barbeque • Aug 15-16 • $100 per team; Free to all spectators
REVOLUTION LOVE LIVE • Hawrelak Park • revolutionlovelive.com • An interactive music and art event for families and all ages • Aug 9, 2-5pm • Free RIDE WALK RUN FOR CELIAC 2015 • Gold Bar Park, Site #1 • 780.485.2949 • info@celiacedmonton.ca • celiacedmonton.ca • A run/race geared to people of all ages and abilities followed by refreshments, gluten free sampling and games • Aug 9, 12:30-4:30pm • $30 (per person), $60 (family) 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 SIDESHOW INVASION - EDMONTON BURLESQUE FESTIVAL'S ONE NIGHT STAND • Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square • Magic, striptease, clowns and weirdos come together in this collaboration of carnival and peepshow. Features Dew Lily • Aug 8
TOUR DES TREES • Rundle Park • 780.919.7126 • katelynne.webb@edmonton.ca • edmonton.ca/ activities_parks_recreation/parks_rivervalley/tourdes-trees-edmonton.aspx • Celebrate Edmonton’s urban forest on this 9 km bike ride and short hike in the river valley • Aug 8, 10am-1pm • Free
WALTERDALE BLOCK PARTY • John Walter Musseum, 9180 Walterdale Hill • edmonton.ca • 311 • Celebrate John Walter's 165th birthday! With activities, crafts and games to celebrate Walterdale and the Walter family • Aug 17, 1pm-4pm • Free
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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 19): Charles de Lint is a novelist whose stories are influenced by folklore, myths and science fiction. In his book Yarrow, a wizardly character named Toby is skilled at conjuring. He can make small objects appear and disappear, for example. But Toby yearns for more. I want to be magic," he says. "I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don’t want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic." If you have ever wished for a comparable upgrade, Aries, now is an unusually favorable time to work on it. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 20): An imaginative Welsh man named Liam Bennett has developed a "dausage," which is a blend of a doughnut and sausage. One of his most requested treats is pork meat stuffed with strawberry jelly. Even if this novel blend doesn't appeal to your tastebuds, it serves as a good prompt for my advice: The coming weeks will be a favourable time to expand your notion of what types of nourishment are fun and healthy for you. I mean that in the metaphorical as well as the literal sense. Experiment with new recipes, both with the food you provide your body and the sustenance you feed your soul. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUN 20): In the woods, living matter isn't segregated from the decaying stuff. Rotting tree trunks are host to teeming colonies of moss. Withered stems of ferns mingle with cheerful saplings. Audacious mushrooms sprout up among scraps of fallen leaves. The birds and beetles and lizards and butterflies don't act as if this mix is weird. They seem to be at peace with it. I suspect they thrive on it, even exult in it. That's the spirit I suggest you adopt as you enjoy the paradoxical mélange of your life in the coming weeks, Gemini. Celebrate the mysterious magic that emerges as you simultaneously fade and flourish, decline and increase, wind down and rise up. CANCER (JUN 21 – JUL 22): Here are some tips on being the best Cancerian you can be: 1) Cultivate your sensitivity as a strength. Regard your emotional vulnerability as a superpower. 2) Nurture yourself at least as much as you nurture others. 3) Learn to know the difference between your golden hunches and the glimmering delusions that your demons stir up. 4) Be kind, but don't be exorbitantly nice. 5) Remember that others' unhappiness is rarely your fault or responsibility. 6) Keep reinventing the way you love yourself. LEO (JUL 23 – AUG 22): "What are the best things and the worst things in your life, and when are you going to get around to
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whispering or shouting them?" This question was posed by Leo author Ray Bradbury in his book Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity. Even if you're not a writer yourself, you will benefit from responding to his exhortation. It's one of the best things you could possibly do to activate your dormant creativity and intensify your lust for life. This is one of those times when working with your extremes is not only safe and healthy, but also fun and inspirational. So do it, Leo! Get excited and expressive about the best and worst things in your life. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 22): It's time to leave behind the golden oldies. You'd be wise to tiptoe away from tradition, and give the ghosts of the past one last kiss goodbye, and wean yourself from nostalgia for the good old days. Frankly, my dear, you've got numerous appointments with the future, and it would be a shame to miss them because you're mucking around with memories. In the coming weeks—for that matter, in the coming months— you're most likely to thrive if you become an agent of change. And the most important thing to change is your relationship to the person you used to be. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 22): In Indonesia, the term gotong-royong is defined as the "joint bearing of burdens." In practice it means that you and I and our allies get together voluntarily to help each other achieve a shared goal. It may also be an agreement to provide mutual aid: I help you do what you need to have done, and you help me with my task. Gotong-royong also implies that we enjoy working together. The emotional tone that we cultivate is affection and care. By sharing a burden, we lighten the load that each of us has to bear. I bring this to your attention, Libra, because it's the gotong-royong season for you and yours. Be the ringleader who initiates and sustains it. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 21): In one of his poems, Jack Gilbert mentions "the incurably sane," who are "uncrippled by beauty" and "unbutchered by love." When I read those lines, I felt a surge of protest. Is there a single person on the earth who fits that description? No! I was miffed by such starry-eyed idealism. Later, though, as I studied the astrological omens for you Scorpios, my attitude softened. I realized that the coming weeks may be a time when many of you will at least temporarily be incurably sane, uncrippled by beauty, and unbutchered by love. If you're one of these lucky ones, please use your blessed grace to spread an abundance of blessed grace everywhere you go. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 – DEC 21): If you're not skirting the edges of the forbidden zone, you're
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playing it too safe. If you're not serving as a benevolent mischiefmaker for someone you care about, you're shirking your duty. Your allegiance should be with X-factors and wild cards. You will thrive to the degree that you cultivate alliances with mavericks and instigators. Are you shrewd enough to mess with time-tested formulas? Are you restless enough to rebel against habits that stifle your curiosity? CAPRICORN (DEC 22 – JAN 19): How to be a Capricorn, according to my Capricorn reader Sadie Kennedy: When you are younger, take yourself too seriously. Look and act older than you actually are as you serve what's most practical. Sacrifice fun and frivolity, working doggedly to achieve the goals you yearn for, until you reach some level of accomplishment. Then realize, as if struck by a thunderbolt, that fun and frivolity have practical value. Begin to age backwards like Benjamin Button as you balance work with play and discipline with leisure. Enjoy the fruits of your intense efforts as everyone tells you how relaxed and supple and resilient you are becoming. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 18): Cracking open the shell of a softboiled egg is a tricky task. You must be firm enough to break the shell, but sufficiently gentle to avoid making a mess. If you live in Germany, you have access to a metal instrument that provides just the right measure of soft force. It's called an Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher, translated as "soft-boiled eggshell cracker." Your assignment in the coming weeks is to cultivate a talent that is metaphorically similar to an Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher. I believe you will need that blend of sensitivity and power on numerous occasions. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20): Americans often regard Cuba as impoverished and backwards. There is an element of truth in their prejudice, primarily because the US has imposed a stifling embargo on the Caribbean nation for over 50 years. That's why, for example, many Cubans drive cars that were manufactured in the 1950s. But I wonder how my fellow citizens would respond if they knew that in some ways Cuba's healthcare system is better than America's. The World Health Organization recently congratulated Cuba for being the first country to eradicate the transmission of syphilis and HIV from mothers to babies. Can you identify a metaphorically similar situation in your personal life, Pisces? Are there people you regard as inferior or undeveloped who could teach you an important lesson or motivate you to grow? Now is a perfect time to benefit from their influence. V
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Attack on Planned Parenthood Center for Medical Progress calls for funding cuts The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is under attack. A group called The Center for Medical Progress has released four videos it claims prove that Planned Parenthood sells the organs of aborted fetuses for profit. The group is demanding that the US government stop funding PPFA. Although the accusations are nonsensical and PPFA has made it clear that it does not, and never has, sold human tissue, the Senate has already called for a review of its operations. These sensational claims have brought a lot of attention to PPFA, but it is directing it away from the real story—what will be lost if Planned Parenthood is forced to close. Planned Parenthood is made up of a number of affiliates that operate more than 700 centres across the US. While each of the affiliate organizations offers on-site abortion services somewhere within its region, not every Planned Parenthood centre does. In fact, abortion services make up just over three percent of the services it provides. The other 97 percent includes: contraception information, counselling and provision, STI testing and counselling, PAP tests for cervical cancer screening, pregnancy testing and pregnancy option counselling, breast exams and referrals for mammograms and other breast cancer screening, and sexual health education programs for young people and adults. All of these services are provided at low or no cost to the client. In many places in the country, the Planned Parenthood centre is one of the few places—or the only one—to get free, unbiased information about sexual health and to access affordable birth control. PPFA estimates that one in five women in the US has used one of its services.
vices and Population Research Act. It represents about a third of the federation's overall budget. Title X money cannot be used to fund any abortion-related services. Recipients of Title X funds that provide abortion services are required to keep detailed documentation of how the money is used, showing that it is separate from anything to do with abortion. If CMP just want-
The most effective way to prevent abortion is to reduce the need for it in the first place. The best way to do that is through comprehensive sex education and access to birth control. Yet CMP wants to cut a huge source of nationwide funding for groups providing those exact things. It seems to me that it's not abortion that it is are against, but rather unbiased, sex-positive sexual health education and access to contraception. If CMP truly wants to see an end to abortion in the long term, it would stop trying to shut down one of the country's biggest and best providers of the very things that might make that happen. V
Outlawing abortion, or making it inaccessible, has never been a successful way to reduce the number of abortions. History has shown that simply drives it underground, where it is unregulated and unsafe. ed to stop PPFA's abortion services, it would be going after the three percent of its funding that pays for it, not an entire third of its budget that has nothing to do with it. Outlawing abortion, or making it inaccessible, has never been a successful way to reduce the number of abortions. History has shown that simply drives it underground, where it is unregulated and unsafe.
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Does a person who acts loving only when high on weed really love you? My live-in boyfriend of three years acts sweet, loving and caring when he's high, but when the weed runs out, he's mean, angry, hurtful and horrible to be around. I've asked him when he's stoned to still act like a loving person when the weed runs out, but of course that never happens. He just dismisses that he's mean and hurtful, and he blames me for why he's angry. I'm so confused! Without weed, he's intolerable. Should I just make sure he's always well stocked with his drug? He's a relatively functional stoner, even though technically it's not allowed at his job. I've told all my friends he is no longer the mean asshole he was when I wanted to leave him (but didn't), and now I've convinced everyone that he transformed back into the amazing catch I always knew he was. So basically, in order to save face over not leaving him (and now I can't for financial reasons), I burned the bridges. TENSIONS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS THAT RELATIONSHIPS AREN'T PERFECT Someone who can be nice only when he's high isn't someone you should be fucking, living with, or starting a grow-op on your roof for, THCTRAP, he's someone you should be dumping, dumping and dumping. And to be clear: Your boyfriend's problem isn't weed, THCTRAP, your boyfriend's problem is asshole. And the fact that you're covering for him—the fact that you can't go to your friends for help because you worked so hard to convince them he's not an asshole—is a very, very bad sign. If being with someone isolates you from the support of your friends, that's not someone you should be with. Does he love you? Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't—but even if he does, do you want to be loved by someone who treats you like shit when he isn't fucked up? No, you don't. My advice: DTMFA. But let's get a second opinion, shall we? "It's not unusual for people to complain that they feel a little cranky when they run out of weed," said Dan Skye, editor in chief of High Times magazine. "I know a lot of people who prefer to be high all the time— but if his personality is that different when he runs out of weed, this woman's boyfriend has problems other than not being high." Now, there are people out there who self-medicate with pot—in good ways, not bad ways. "I know many people who have dumped their pharmaceuticals for pot," Skye said, "because pot is a better substance for easing their pain
and anxiety. There are no side effects, it's good at easing pain, and it even eases some severe medical conditions. There are people out there who are high all the time, I know hundreds of them, and they are perfectly functional, responsible human beings. We are hardwired as humans to hook up with this plant, and some people hook up with this plant in profound ways. It makes them feel better, it makes them more compassionate and more creative—it makes them better human beings." But Skye doesn't think your boyfriend is one of those people, THCTRAP. "If this guy is such a prick when he's not high, I'd get rid of him," Skye said. "Putting your girlfriend in a position where she feels like she has to become your dealer—that she has to supply you with pot—is not acceptable."
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She turned me into the pretty girl's fat little friend years ago and then ran off to sunnier places. Now she's back. She has tried to rekindle a relationship, but she expects me to be like I was years back. I'm treating myself to a weekend away and thought about treating her too in the hopes things go to the next level. I guess I'm hoping she will give if she gets. Am I an idiot? GOOD GUY PROBLEMS
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I'm a man who is married to a woman. In our 12-year relationship, our sex life hasn't ever been really active, but after being married, my wife's sex drive decreased noticeably. She had promised things would improve once we tied the knot. She explained that her upbringing was conservative and she felt guilty about having sex before marriage. But marriage didn't help. We've gone to couples' therapy, only to abandon it because she doesn't feel any progress, and our pantry has barely used natural remedies for low libido. Our library has workout DVDs collecting dust after she said she felt too fat to be attractive. Currently, she can last having sex for nearly half an hour before feeling exhausted and stopping, regardless of me reaching orgasm or not. We enjoy each other's company and we've got each other's backs whenever things are rough, so I can't say she's uninterested in me. I can't remember the last time I had fulfilling sex. Whenever I bring it up, she breaks down, saying she's not enough for me. My need for sex is killing me. UNSEXED GRUMPY HUSBAND Maybe your wife's religious upbringing ruined sex for her and her for sex. Maybe your wife is one of those low-to-no-libido women who sex therapists and counsellors whisper about: a woman with no desire for sex, a woman whose marriage is hanging by a thread, a woman who sincerely wants to save her marriage— but nothing seems to help, her marriage collapses, and she winds up divorced. And three months after the divorce, the woman who was weeping to her therapist about the possibility that she might be asexual? She wants to fuck every cute bartender, personal trainer, and waiter she sees. Turns out she wanted sex all along. She just didn't want it with her husband, or she didn't want it with only her husband, and her newfound freedom to fuck other people—freedom that might have saved her marriage—reawakened her libido. Maybe your wife is asexual. Here are your non-divorce options, UGH: 1) You can get sex elsewhere without her OK, aka "cheating." 2) You can ask your wife for permission to get sex elsewhere, aka "not cheating." 3) You can resign yourself to a sexless marriage, aka "cheating inevitably." PS: Never once has a conflict over too little sex in a long-term relationship been solved by a marriage ceremony. V
Does he love you? Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't—but even if he does, do you want to be loved by someone who treats you like shit when he isn't fucked up? No, you don't. So you're one of those good guys I've heard so much about, huh? One of those good guys who thinks all his female friends are secret sex workers—ie, girls who will give once they get? If that's how good guys feel about their female friends, I'd hate to hear a bad guy's inner monologue. Don't spend your "good guy" money on this girl, GGP, because she's not going to fuck you. If she didn't want to fuck you after she paid Dr Moreau to turn you into her fat little friend, she doesn't want to fuck you now. The odds of her wanting to take things "to the next level" once you get her alone for the weekend are worse than the odds of "President Rick Santorum." My advice: Do not invite this woman to go away with you under false pretenses (it's a friendly trip!) so long as you're nursing false hopes (she'll fuck me someday!). Invite someone else, go alone or blow whatever money you would've spent on this pretty girl on a pretty local sex worker instead.
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