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"With all the plugins and software instruments out there it can be option overload. When you take out those options it forces you to focus on the songwriting." // 17

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Queers against gay marriage The Rainbow Conservatives of Canada are a maddening paradox The upcoming election has turned what would normally be a dull August, in which Canadians simply try to enjoy last few precious days of summer, into a scandalheavy month. (My theory is that this is journalists' revenge for the long election cancelling their vacation plans: "You want news? Here's some news!") But I'm not here to talk about the Duffy-Wright-Novak affair. Instead, I want to discuss the paradoxical existence of queer Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) supporters.

Thanks to Janelle Aker of the local queer website I Dig Your Girlfriend, I learned that the Rainbow Conservatives of Canada is a thing that actually exists. Their mission is to "break the Left's monopoly on the LGBT community." (I wonder how queer centrists feel about this.) Founded in 2015 and based mostly in Ontario, the group wants, in part, to fight back against the perceived bullying that right-wing queers face—particularly online. They tweet under the handle @LGBToryCanada.

Last week the group came under fire on Twitter (they called it bullying) when Edmonton users raised questions about the appropriateness of using the "T" in their handle to signify Tory—particularly given the CPC's questionable support of trans* people as highlighted by the recent Bill C-279 (aka "the bathroom bill") fiasco. LGBToryCanada's response?

The name's a portmanteau, criticism is akin to bullying, and why doesn't anyone think of the trans* people dying overseas, anyway? It's a maddening read; if you visit storify.com and search "LGBToryCanada" you can view a collection of some of the tweets and judge for yourself.

As of this writing, the account has been relatively quiet for a few

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Canadian group recently addressed a problem that has snuck under this federal election's radar: women's issues are prevalent in Canada, but few parties are willing to do anything about them.

Up For Debate, an alliance of more than 175 Canadian women's organizations, attempted to organize an all-party federal leaders' debate specifically on women's issues. As reported in an August 24 Toronto Star article, the Bloc Québécois, Liberals and Green Party are all game for the debate, but Up for Debate could not secure commitments from the New Democrat and Progressive Conservative parties.

While the group fails to mention the other gender and sexual minorities excluded from mainstream political discussion in Canada, Up for Debate's proposal highlights a pervasive issue in our political discourse.

Despite being overshadowed by sexier topics like the economy and weed legislation, gender issues are still an issue in Canada. Hundreds of indigenous girls and women have been murdered and gone missing.

A February Senate committee bill amendment could ban trans individuals from accessing bathrooms that match their gender identity. The list goes on.

How can we discuss hot-button topics when more than half the population lives a sub-par existence compared to the white heterosexual male population? Any changes made to our country will be moot unless the vulnerabilities of marginalized groups are tackled first.

Perhaps we can't rely on the government to take the first step towards gender equality in Canada—whatever that may look like. I, for one, won't be holding my breath for these "leaders" to make a difference. V

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days—possibly because someone pointed out that CPC policy is antigay marriage.

I'm not joking.

The CPC website includes their Policy Declaration, amended by the delegates to the National Convention on November 3, 2013 and ap-

union of one man and one woman."

Let that sink in for a minute. The current governing party of Canada has official policy that violates human rights legislation. I do realize that Stephen Harper has promised that he's not going to reopen the gay marriage debate and likely this declaration is simply on the books to appease the "family values" core of the CPC's supporters, but that's still not very comforting. So why are queers still supporting the Conservatives?

Yes, everyone is entitled to their political opinions, there are good ideas to be had from the entire political spectrum and queers are going to have diverse economic, social and political ideologies, from libertarian

I know that options on the right are a bit limited: the Libertarian Party is practically non-existent and the Christian Heritage Party is terrifying. But why support a party so hostile to the queer community? proved by the National Council.

Item 70 of the declaration pertains to "Family and Marriage" and reads, in part: "We believe that Parliament, through a free vote, and not the courts should determine the definition of marriage. We support legislation defining marriage as the

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to socialist. But here's the thing: I just can't imagine how a member of the queer community could support the Conservative Party of Canada. I know that options on the right are a bit limited: the Libertarian Party is practically non-existent and the Christian Heritage Party is terrifying.

But why support a party so hostile to the queer community?

My guess is that either Tory queers place more importance on their politico-economic beliefs than on their social identity, or this is further evidence that some cisgender, white, middle-class gays and lesbians have checked out of broader queer solidarity because they've got what they want and everyone else can piss off.

Maybe I am completely off-base and the Rainbow Conservatives of Canada, along with other rightwing queers, have different reasons for their political support.

Between now and the election, I'm going to try to meet some and ask them this directly—I'll let you know what I uncover. V

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Korean crisis control Neither Korea really wants a war Having just been on holiday with two very strong-willed little boys aged eight and nine, I feel particularly well-qualified to explain why the two Koreas went to the brink of war over some loudspeakers, but didn't go over the edge. George and James could explain the process even better themselves, but child labour laws prevent them from writing for newspapers, so I'll do it for them.

It began with a landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries that severely wounded two South Korean army sergeants. The mine was of an old Soviet design, so Seoul said it must have been put there by North Korea and demanded an apology from Pyongyang.

The North Koreans denied it, of course, but Pyongyang gets very upset every year around this time, when South Korea and the United States hold their annual joint military exercises.

So to punish North Korea, South Korea reactivated the loudspeakers that used to broadcast anti-North Korean propaganda across the DMZ until they were turned off 11 years ago. Nobody could hear the propaganda except North Korean soldiers on the other side of the DMZ, so it's hard to see what actual harm it was doing, but North Korea rose to the bait with alacrity.

Last Thursday afternoon, North Korean troops fired a rocket and several artillery shells at the loudspeakers, though none seem to have hit them. South Korea re-

sponded with a barrage of dozens of 155mm artillery rounds, which led North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (the pudgy one with the very bad haircut) to declare a "semistate of war" and set a 48-hour deadline for the loudspeakers to be turned off.

Otherwise, Kim said, his troops would carry out "indiscriminate strikes" against the South. This would have been a grave threat if he actually meant it, since most of Seoul, a city of 25-million people, is within artillery range of the DMZ, but the Saturday deadline passed without further shooting.

Instead, urgent talks began on Saturday in the "truce" village of Panmunjom, in the middle of the DMZ, between Hwang Pyong-so, the political director of the North Korean armed forces, and Kim Kwanjin, national security adviser to the South Korean president.

The talks lasted more than three days, with the South Korean loudspeakers still blaring out and North Korean artillery, landing craft and submarines moving towards the frontiers. "If nothing is agreed, we have to continue the broadcasting," said the South Korean representative at the talks. "We are tired of speaking the language of escalation."

That last sentence didn't even make sense.

Were Kim Kwan-jin and his North Korean counterpart really flirting with the idea of a war that would certainly kill hundreds of

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thousands of people, and might even turn nuclear, over some loudspeakers? Maybe, but there was a distinct lack of panic in other capitals, and in the end they made a deal.

That brings us back to the two little boys. Siblings who are close in age, even if they are friends, are also rivals, and they generally squabble a lot. They often get locked into quarrels over matters of little or no importance and seem unable to walk away from them.

What keeps these struggles from ending in real violence, and usually restores order in the end, is adult intervention. Even if they resent it, the kids also secretly welcome it, because it frees them from the trap of their own emotions.

The adults, in this case, are the greatpower allies of the two Koreas: China for the North, and the United States for the South. It's not that Americans and Chinese are really more grown-up than Koreans, but being farther away, they could see how petty the confrontation really is, and they had no intention of being dragged into a war over it.

So in the end North Korea expressed "regret" about the landmine, and South Korea turned off the loudspeakers, and everybody lived grumpily ever after. Or something like that. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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dmontonians are spoiled when it comes to our trash: the city has been a global leader in waste management for well over two decades, with a robust and technologically advanced system. Yet there's still a major step that few Edmontonians have taken, which diverts a significant chunk of household waste away from the landfill—and enriches the environment to boot.

"Composting and grass cycling are the best ways to reduce waste— which is why you're calling me and not the parks department or a horticultural person," says Mark StumpfAllen. He's the Composting Programs Coordinator for the City of Edmonton, though a number of residents know him as the guy who picks up when you dial the compost hotline.

Yes, that's right: we've got a compost hotline. Stumpf-Allen takes about 20 calls per month from the line, which is forwarded directly to his cellphone. Much more than that, however, he's responsible for overseeing the city's various efforts in promoting composting as an easy

and valuable endeavour and educating people how to do it properly.

"Edmonton's waste system is so easy that people don't really think about the impact in that way, of throwing their garbage away," Stumpf-Allen explains. "Most people know that Edmonton composts garbage and is very proud of that—and of course we are—but still there's those few negative things that we don't like to talk about so much.

[Composting] reduces a lot of the very heavy wet waste that is just expensive to drive around town and drive out to our [municipal] composter, and also very energy-intensive to process. Composting reduces a lot of waste and all of the greenhouse gases associated with transporting and processing."

The secondary benefit of composing is the one that most people would ascribe as its primary purpose: it enriches the soil. Gardeners have long known this, and indeed Stumpf-Allen acknowledges that most of the people he speaks to are doing it for their gar-

dens. But he also urges that composting's purpose as a waste-reduction tool should be everyone's main reason for doing it, and therefore it's something you should do regardless of whether you have a garden or even a yard.

Compost is, admittedly, not a particularly glamorous subject, and one that carries a pretty significant stigma: most assume it's dirty, stinky and generally icky—and therefore only something for the hardcore gardeners or overly eco-conscious. But if your compost system falls into any of those categories—dirty, stinky or icky—you're doing it wrong. The good news is that the city's got your back.

"We want everyone to find the compost system that's right for them, so we encourage everyone to come out to Compost ‘S cool, learn the basics of greens, browns, water and air, and try some of the tools," Stumpf-Allen says. Located beside the John Janzen Nature Centre, Compost ‘S cool is a public outreach program that has a number of different compost systems on display, from classic piles to quirky tumblers to vermicomposting (worm)

systems and bokashi. (The latter isn't technically composting but rather a form of anaerobic fermentation that can break down almost any kitchen waste—even meat and dairy products that don't work in conventional compost systems.) Stumpf-Allen is confident that there's a compost system out there for everyone, including apartment- and condo-dwellers.

You can visit Compost ‘S cool any time of year; the compost systems remain on display year-round and there are description panels beside each. It's also staffed in the summer months; August 29 and 30 are the last days that someone will be on hand to guide you through it, though someone will also be there on September 27 for the centre's free admission day.

The city is also hosting composting workshops at the end of September (register on eReg.edmonton.ca).

The City of Edmonton website is a great resource to get you started, as it has detailed instructions, blueprints for do-it-yourself compost systems, links to their workshops and

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Facebook group, and plenty of other useful resources. The city also sells a compost system (the Earth Machine) at cost for $35, available at the John Janzen Nature Centre gift shop yearround, if you want to get started quickly and easily. If you really want to step up your compost game, you can apply for the city's Master Composter program, which takes place each year in March and April (the deadline to apply is in February).

And if all that sounds daunting, just give Stumpf-Allen a call—he recommends everyone get in touch with him anyway when they're getting started. His team is even able to make house calls if you've run into a major composting problem.

As the colder weather approaches, composting isn't likely at the forefront of most people's minds. But all that waste you produce in the winter has to go somewhere, and composting can—and should—be done year round, outside and inside.

MEL PRIESTLEY

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New Brunswick burger chain reLiSH lands in Edmonton

// Meaghan Baxter

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ew Brunswick, the province that feels like a small town, is not widely known for its gourmet food.

Fortunately for me, I spent many childhood summer vacations there visiting aged relatives, who introduced me to regional peculiarities like Sussex Golden Ginger Ale with its startling peppery burn; Grape Nut ice cream, which is kind of like vanilla but studded with soggy nuggets of the eponymous cereal (which is itself named for its physical resemblance to grape pits); and dulse, the anti-chewing gum comprising whole dried leaves of purple seaweed that I refuse to believe are meant to be swallowed and indeed taste like something from the ocean floor.

New Brunswick can now add reLiSH Gourmet Burgers to its list of gastronomic contributions. The plucky would-be national chain, launched in Fredericton, has set up shop in Edmonton so that we might enjoy the kind of premium fare I had never previously associated with Canada's other bilingual province.

Indeed, reLiSH—random typography theirs—seems fully formed as a dining experience as only a franchise can be, from the clean, shiny dining room with self-deprecating chandeliers to the branded flatscreen menus to the array of logo-franked wristbands, baseball hats and travel mugs behind the large service counter, which are blessedly equipped with taps for Alley Kat and Wild Rose beers. They also do that thing where they shout a greeting at you

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when you walk in. And since gourmet burger predecessors have gotten us accustomed to the idea of a $9-plus burger, sides extra, reLiSH is all set to burst onto the market in a prime location on the ever up-andcoming 124 Street.

The menu is all burgers, nine standing creations plus a monthly novelty burger, all available as either Angus beef, ground turkey or veggie, plus the sides you would expect (fries, onion rings, slaw, Caesar salad and, intriguingly, green peppercorn poutine).

They all have faintly ridiculous names you'll undoubtedly feel silly uttering to your server—but you'll get over it. Though you can certainly get a standard-issue bacon cheeseburger, you can also get a burger with blue cheese, Havarti and walnut pesto, or one with fried mushrooms, pickled peppers, pancetta and provolone.

On our first visit, co-diner and I opted for Le Nordique ($9.06) and Big Texas ($9.26) respectively, along with an order of the piping hot "Atlantic" fries ($3)—a misnomer actually, as they contained slightly less salt than the ocean. Co-diner's ample burger featured brie, back bacon, caramelized onions and grainy mustard; mine was slathered with smoky BBQ sauce, plied with perfectly crispyet-lubricious bacon and pepper jack cheese, and heaped with fried onion straws on a sesame-poppy seed bun.

Both burgers had housemade garlic mayonnaise and relish with beets, but these were a bit superfluous beneath

reLiSH Gourmet Burgers 10704 - 124 Street 780.758.3611 relishlife.com the more ostentatious toppings.

What really struck me was how much the flavour of the beef came through the elaborate fixins—that juicy patty was a tasty burger unto itself.

Fearing I may have missed some nuance, I returned to reLiSH for a solo reconnaissance trip. This time, I ordered the Cabo Diablo ($8.96) and a side of "cool" slaw. The Cabo Diablo boasted tomato-jalapeño salsa, guacamole, sour cream and hot sauce.

I could see the guac, but mostly I could taste the vinegary sting of the hot sauce. Still, not a fearsomely spicy burger. Once again, the beef was an outstanding part of the flavour of the burger—which took a lot of napkins to get through. The slaw was no afterthought: sweet and vinegary rather than creamy, with red and green cabbage, sunflower seeds, grated apple and fresh herbs that a reLiSH employee had actually chopped and added to my slaw. Not to set the bar too low, but that may have been the best burger-joint slaw I've ever eaten.

Congratulations, New Brunswick: I feel like you have a winner on your hands with reLiSH. But if a dulse burger crops up on the monthly menu, you've lost me as a customer.

SCOTT LINGLEY

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Not so quiet on the tequila front El Cortez is celebrating its first birthday with a fresh approach You might have noticed a change in "When we came back the staff the air of Edmonton's only tequila bar. sort of felt like the staff of a strip El Cortez made a big splash on the club," he says. "It had a sketchy kind city's cocktail scene when it opened of vibe to it and that's when we almost exactly one year ago: the began to re-examine what the heck design of the space alone—which was going on." many have likened Just prior to to a movie set or this, they had reEl Cortez gangster hideplaced their chef 8230 Gateway Blvd out—was enough with Lindsay Por780.760.0200 to capture the ter, who recently elcortezcantina.com city's imagination. made waves by It was also the winning the pasfirst (and, still the only) bar in town ta category at the Canadian Food to dedicate itself to tequila, a trend Championships in July; she'll be part that is already well-established out of the Canadian team at the World east in the drink culture crucible Food Championships this November. of New York and will undoubtedly Maxxis credits Porter with being the continue spreading west. catalyst for major change at El CorBut it wasn't an easy venture, and tez. "We had this amazing chef who's given the massive upheavals at El like one of the nicest, kindest, wholeCortez—let alone the pressures of some people ever, and then there's a highly competitive industry—it's this kind of trash crew running it," he actually quite remarkable that the explains. "That's what led to our real bar is still around today. reexamination—aside from the fact "We greatly underestimated what it that the place still wasn't making takes to run a restaurant, period," Mi- any money." chael Maxxis says. "And also underesAside from a major change in pertimated the calibre of person that is sonnel and an overhaul of the food required to be a partner in this." menu at the hands of Porter, El Maxxis is calling from Los Ange- Cortez also completely revamped les where he's been filming music its cocktail menu with input from videos—his main occupation. He LA bartenders Ryan Sumner and was brought in to design El Cor- Tina Ross. tez's space last year after his faSince then, Maxxis describes the ther secured the building. Since change as being night and day. then, he describes a bit ruefully, he "Literally the week after that hapwas forced through a crash-course pened […] we started having money in running a bar and restaurant, a in the bank and the bank account journey that saw a 100-percent was growing and it wasn't needing turnover in his original business to be fed," he explains. "Now, as of partners and a 70-percent turnover just three and a half, four months in management and staff. ago, the place is just on fire. The "My interest and [my girlfriend]'s whole atmosphere, the energy in interest is in esthetics and culture the place, is positive." and music and design—that sort of Maxxis is optimistic about the fustuff—adding to Edmonton's cul- ture of El Cortez, which he would tural scene and restaurant scene," love to see expand into more locahe says. "But neither of us know tions. Tequila culture is still fairly anything about food—I don't even nascent in Canada, especially in Alknow how to cook." berta, and his goal is to remain on The initial buzz about El Cortez al- the forefront of it. ways praised the uniqueness of the "Now it's becoming, finally, actualspace first. Reviews of the food and izing all it's meant to be," he says. service, however, were a lot more un- "Which is an art-first, inspired, creeven. "At first we were really letting ative environment of like-minded people down with bad service and people that like to do creative, likebad food," Maxxis says bluntly. "We minded things and have fun doing it." had a great tequila selection and a cool space, but that's all we had. We El Padre Cocktail were just clawing desperately to find Created by Ryan Sumner, courtesy a great operator and a great chef." of El Cortez Just over four months ago in the spring, Maxxis returned from a two-month hiatus while he was filming in LA. He was dismayed by what he found: the grittiness of the bar's esthetic had almost become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Though El Cortez maintained decent buzz and patronage over its first year, he saw that it wasn't far from becoming nothing more than a novelty bar with an impending expiry date.

Shortly after, he undertook a complete overhaul of the business.

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Now that the Fringe is over... you can still go see some Fringe shows

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o matter how thorough a Fringegoer you happen to be, there's a pretty good chance you didn't get out to every show that intrigued you from the festival's 202 ticketed offerings. But there's still a chance—a handful of the year's productions are getting limited holdover runs, as determined by a mix of sales, reviews, general buzz and artist availability. Most are directly picked by the Fringe Festival's top-brass; a couple of the BYOV/indie companies do their own independent holdover runs as well.

Below, we've gathered up the remaining holdover show times, locations, as well as a quick summary of our thoughts on the show during the initial runs. If you want one last hurrah of Fringe until next August, these are the places to be. (You'll have to bring your own green onion cakes.)

work of art peppered with gloriously bad puns ... It's like live animation mixed with physical comedy—and it's stunning and hilarious to witness the wizardry these two artists spin with such simple elements. But Caws & Effect is much more than visual tricks: there's real emotional pull created by the animal-eye view of environmental destruction, death and displacement."

(Josh Marcellin)

Caws & Effect Thu, Aug 27 (9 pm) Westbury Theatre Vue said: "A beautiful, spellbinding

Valentine's Train Fri, Aug 28 (7:30 pm) Sat, Aug 29 (2 pm) Westbury Theatre

God is a Scottish Drag Queen III Thu, Aug 27 (7:30 pm) Westbury Theatre Vue said: "Decked out in a floral power suit and black bob, [Mike] Delamont blazes through the hour with hilarious barbs ranging from religion to gun culture to the weirdness of Edmonton. ... This is stand-up comedy at its finest." (Alex Migdal)

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Vue said: "The all-local cast is filled with talented singers and musicians—a solo song by Andrea House, who is charming and witty as Mildred, is particularly captivating—all of whom tackle their roles with palpable energy ... Some of the comedic bits were drawn out a bit too long, but Valentine's Train is a family friendly show with plenty of topical, Edmonton-centric humour to appeal to the adults in the room." (Meaghan Baxter) In Search of Cruise Control Fri, Aug 28 (9:30 pm) Sat, Aug 29 (9:30 pm) Westbury Theatre Vue said: "A gut-wrenchingly funny tale that bares all his scars and insecurities … Cruise Control starts strong, but a third-act reveal gives the play an emotional depth that's unexpected and takes it to the next level." (Alix Kemp) Edgar Allen Sat, Aug 29 (9 pm) Sun, Aug 30 (2 pm) Westbury Theatre Vue said: "Start to finish, it's a slick show that bounces between raucous antics, secretive scheming and barely concealed raging jealously, breaking only for the occasional song. Engaging and enthralling."

(Ryan Bromsgrove) Man Up! Fri, Aug 28 (11 pm) Sun, Aug 29 (10:30 pm) Westbury Theatre Vue said: "Sex, smarts and sky-high heels ... From super-charged drag numbers to sweet clown turns to breathtakingly beautiful dance, this is theatre with something to say that never takes itself too seriously, and it leaves the audience begging for more." (Megan Dart) Hey, Countess!

Thu, Aug 27 – Sat, Aug 29 (7 pm; additional 2 pm matinee on Sat) Auditorium at Campus Saint-Jean Vue said: "This comic tale of disaffection and distraction is an acting showcase first and

FEATURE // ART

The future and the future of art

In a guest column, visual artist Blair Brennan reflects on the place of challenging art in contemporary living

T

he Gaia theory emerged in the 1970s. It advanced the idea that Earth is a complex, self-regulating organism. To many observers, human beings looked like a cancer to this organism. It is, however, more likely that we are the brain cells in a "body" where rainforests are the respiratory system and oceans the circulatory system.

American author Howard Bloom's discussed the evolving "Global Mind" and decided it's part of the natural evolution of humans, not something directly connected to technology, as one might assume. Nonetheless, it is easy to imagine a future where communications technology and social media have connected every one of us like brain cells. One day, every human may know everything about every other living human, all the time. At its most extreme, this neuralnet may end privacy and, of course, individuality. Bloom is accordingly concerned about the "conformity enforcers" within the global brain and simultaneously encouraged by the "diversity generators" among us. It is no surprise that uniformity is closely linked to totalitarian regimes. However, it may be time for a reminder that visual arts and other creative activities are the most reliable diversity generators available to us.

Grant Morrison explores similar territory in his book Supergods, a thoughtful analysis of comic-book superheroes and their deeper meaning in our culture.

"Individual humans are not super," he writes, "but the organism of which we are all tiny cellular parts is most certainly that." He continues: "We are cells in the body of a singular three-billionyear-old life form whose roots are in the Precambrian oceans and whose genetic wiring extends through the living structures of everything on the planet, connecting everything that has ever lived in one immense nervous system."

Morrison transposes the humans-asEarth's-central-nervous-system concept across time and, in doing so, makes it even more plausible. Morrison, one of the most inventive writers in the comics medium, also provides an apt and related justification for art, writing and other creative endeavours. "What we construct in our imaginations, we have a knack for building or discovering," he writes. To paraphrase, we need art to make the future.

Diversity and conformity must feature prominently in any discussion of that future. With a line that should be as well-known as Andy Warhol's "In the

future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes," prophetic American author William S Burroughs quipped (possibly about that same future Warhol envisioned) that "a functioning police state needs no police." Burroughs may not have envisioned astute manipulators of social media like Edmonton cop killer Norman Raddatz ("Dino Stomper" on his Facebook page), South Carolina mass murderer Dylann Roof or even Rob Ford posting their illegal and immoral indiscretions online. More likely Burroughs saw (and feared) selfcensorship gone mad in a society utterly dependent on tyrannical governments. Burroughs' maxim anticipates an inherently uniform future, a future so homogeneous that dissent would not be criminalized because it simply would not be possible.

Any art that exists in that not-so-distant future may be similarly homogeneous. In a 2005 Art Forum article, American art critic Peter Plagens discusses the dubious triumph of irony in contemporary art and provides additional insights into conformity in visual art. When examining the possibility that artists have become more adept at hype than "deeper aesthetics" he quotes from esteemed American art critic Donald Kuspit's The End of

Art: "Contemporary culture must satisfy mass taste, which means that its form must not be too complex and its meaning must be transparent. It must bring us together in the crowd rather than help us become individuals, which may alienate us from one another." Kuspit further warns that "mass taste, and the money, media and entertainment that cater to it, has an entropic effect on culture."

Kuspit does not say that visual art that gratifies mass taste is pleasant, bland or unchallenging. Instead, he tells us how this art will maintain the status quo. Think about the visual art you've seen recently: did it challenge you?

Did it force you to think about it even when it was no longer in front of you?

Did you take it home with you in your head? Did it haunt you, the way great art can, and did it make you want to know more about the artist, the ideas behind the work or the curators, galleries or festivals that present this work? This doesn't happen very often.

Contemporary visual art, the summer arts festival (in all its forms) along with television, movies, books, newspapers, magazines, popular music, fashion, social media and the internet are, incresingly, the principle tools used to manu-

facture conformity. This is either the unfortunate byproduct of an individual artist's pursuit for success or, if you happen to be more paranoid, an outcome planned by some puppet-master version of "The Man." Undifferentiated cells in a global brain may seem an extreme suggestion but it is not unimaginable. This global mind will be intrinsically—not maliciously— totalitarian, and historically, dictatorial governments (or corporations who follow that model) have a way of removing the individuals who are different and critical. For the big machine to work, the small parts have to fit and conform. Limiting rights and freedoms in the no-police-police-state will challenge individuality and vice versa. If difficult visual art helps us preserve and nurture uniqueness, it is no longer an entertaining distraction; it is a necessity that helps us forestall social decline and degeneration associated with Kuspit's cultural entropy. With a little awareness, artists and art viewers can choose the art that will "help us become individuals" rather than art that merely helps us conform.

BLAIR BRENNAN

BLAIR@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Blair Brennan is an Edmonton-based visual artist.

WHAT’S ON AT UALBERTA? Convocation Hall:

Alumni Weekend:

Béla Bartók (1881-1945): Art and Nature

UAlberta Music Live in Concert Student ensembles and soloists

Roger Admiral (piano)

Sat, Sept 19 @ 3 pm

Sun, Sept 27 @ 3 pm Convocation Hall Free admission

Convocation Hall

Moving On

Mozart, Grieg, Debussy and Strauss.

Jacques Després (piano) and Andrew Wan (violin)

Fri, Sept 25, 8 pm

Beyond Therapy

Convocation Hall

by Christopher Durang

Oct 15 – 24 @ 7:30 pm Matinee Thurs, Oct 22 @ 12:30 pm

FAB Gallery: Five Graduate Designers 2015 Blackpool and Parrish

foremost, with this skilled foursome cutting through dense dialogue without even surfacing for air. ... A good option for those seeking a quick fix of chuckles and lighthearted absurdity." (Ryan Stephens) Blackpool and Parrish Thu, Aug 7:30 pm Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Lower Hall Vue said: "It's a classic David Belke script—verbose, witty, narratively

Studio Theatre:

From Time to Time: 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio

Timms Centre for the Arts

Aug 25 - Sept 19 solid and dotted with zingers— that sees an ample telling here."

(Paul Blinov) Gidion's Knot Fri, Aug 28 & Sat, Aug 29 (7:30 pm) Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Lower Halll Vue said: "A lampblack drama of the highest order, bravely acted and executed with an incredible feel for pacing." (Paul Blinov) V

Closing reception: Thurs, Sept 17 @ 7-10 pm FAB Gallery 1-1 Fine Arts Building

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Dirt Buffet Cabaret / Thu, Aug 27 (9 pm) As a monthly "performance lab," The Dirt Buffet Cabaret champions the most experimental leanings of the arts community. The only rule for artists is that each piece must be 10 minutes or shorter; anything else goes. This month's cabaret looks to involve physical theatre, clown, glitter, dance, pop music and music culled from recordings made all over the world. (Spazio Performativo, $10, but nobody turned away for lack of funds)

Battle for the Limelight / Sat, Aug 29 (2 pm) It's a mix of the The Amazing Race and a massive fundraiser: theatre companies have crafted teams and found pledges for their various outlets as means of preparation. On Saturday, they battle through challenges, decode clues and solve puzzles across Old Strathcona, racing to claim the crown and thus bragging rights.

Plus, there's a party at the end.

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Alberta Opera presents

October 16-24, 2015 Westbury Theatre The award-winning minds behind the musical adaptations of Rumpelstiltskin, Aladdin and Pinocchio want to take you on a journey into the world of toys!

Kompany Family Theatre presents

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November 15-19, 2015 Westbury Theatre What happens when a little girl gets a pet alligator for her birthday? Why, she teaches him to tango, of course!

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DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 970845 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15

EBDA BALLROOM DANCE • Lions Senior Recreational Centre, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • Sep 5, 8pm

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 • 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 • 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 • Quill (Aug 28) • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm

GOTTA MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL • Stanley Milner Library • gottaminutefilmfestival.com • Wait for it! Watch for it! For one week, 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

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • ALBERTA CULTURE DAYS: Prairie Tales 17 (Sep 26), Zombies of the Tar Sands (Sep 27) • PAST FORWARD: THE GARNEAU THEATRE AT 75: The Philadelphia Story (Sep 18), Amy (Sep 18, 22-23, 27-28), Cooties (Sep 18, 23, 28) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (Sep 5-7, Sep 9-10, Sep 12-13, Sep 17); The Thief of Baghdad (Sep 20) • CULT CINEMA: Akira (Sep 29), Donnie Darko (Oct 27) • MUSIC DOCS: Theory of Obscurity: Film About The Residents (Sep 1) • DEDFEST: Cooties (Sep 18, Sep 23, Sep 28) • METRO BIZARRO: Bizarro Mixed Tape: Revenge of Beyond Bizarro (Sep 16) • TURKEY SHOOT: Tango & Cash (Sep 8)

THE MOSQUERS • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave NW • themosquers.com • To promote the community as well rounded, dispel misconceptions about Muslims and Islam, celebrate diversity, and provide a channel for talented individuals to express themselves. Featuring a screening of the finalist short film submissions, a feature entertainment portion, and an award presentation as selected by the expert panel of judges • Aug 28, 7pm 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 OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT • Devonian Botanic Garden, 5 kms north of Devon on Highway 60 • 780.987.3054, ext. 2227 • It's movie night in the gardens! Bring your blanket or low lawn chair and settle under the stars for an outdoor screening of "Life of Pi" and a pre-show with FAVA shorts • Aug 27, 6pm-dusk • $13.50 (adults), $7 (student), $9.75 (seniors), free (Friends of the Garden Members and Season Pass Holders)

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186106 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 • A Second Look: Simon Wroot in collaboration with Five Yukon Artists reinterpret Alberta and Yukon landscapes; Sep 5-Oct 17 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 • 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 • Sincerely Yours: By Alberta artist Chris Cran; Sep 12-Jan 3 • Nuit Blanche Edmonton: Sep 26-Sep 27 • Illuminating Nuit Blanche; Sep 27, 2pm • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: 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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MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • York: art by Sydney Lancaster and Marian Switzer; Aug 10-Sep 23

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 • The Street Where You Live; Sep 8-Nov 15 MUTTART CONSERVATORY • 9626-96A St • 311 • edmonton.ca • ZimSculpt Exhibit: Experience the work of Zimbabwe's preeminent sculptors at ZimSculpt, a travelling stone sculpture show. Featuring activities full of African flare and flavour; Aug 30, 12-4pm • ZimSculpt Showcase; Oct 12, 12-4pm

Stein; Jul 17-Aug 30

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave

• 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park • 780.467.8189 • strathconacountymuseum.ca • Paving the Way: Pioneers of the country Part 2; until Sep 30

• 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Artwork by Julian Forrest; Sep 3-Sep 22 • Gregory Hardy; Oct 1-19

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 • The Grand

Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Verve: artwork by Patricia Coulter & Donna Marchyshyn-Shymko; Aug 6-Sep 26 • Flow of Traffic Theory: Gerry Dotto; Sep 3-26; reception: Sep 3, 6-9pm • Art Ventures: Textured Landscape Layers (Sep 19); 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: Expressive Paint Explorations (Sep 17), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Colourful Collages (Sep 19); for 3-5 yrs; preregister; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free-$117.95 • Dinosaurs Unearthed: until Oct 11 VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com •TREX Alberta Foundation For The Arts Travelling Exhibition; Aug 6-Sep 26 • Off-Site (Jubilee): OPEN IMAGE: Partnership between Visual Arts Alberta - CARFAC and the Alberta Jubilee Auditoria Society; End of Aug-Nov VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • The Iconic Alberta Rose: artwork by Cindy Barratt and Susan Casault; Aug 5-31

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

LITERARY CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm

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 • Sep 3 (exhibits run all month)

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575114 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/ mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

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

780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • People and Places of Inspiration; Sep 9-Oct 3; Opening reception: Sep 10, 5-8pm

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

ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 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

Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • Recollections: An Imperfect Schematic: art by Erin Pankratz-Smith; Aug 20-Oct 10 • Mind Games: art by Lisa Turner; Aug 20-Oct 10 • Arche-Textures: artwork by Amy Loewan, RCA; Aug 20-Oct 10

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

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St • 780.492.2081 • Make Good: Design for a Better Now; Aug 25-Sep 19; Closing reception: Sep 17, 7-10pm • From Time to Time: 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio; Aug 25-Sep 19; Closing reception: Sep 17, 7-10pm

STARFEST: ST. ALBERT READERS' FESTIVAL • St. Albert Public Library, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert • 780.459.1530 • sapl@sapl.ca • starfest.ca • A literary festival featuring authors such as Heather O'Neill (Lullabies for Little Criminals, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night); Sean Michaels (Us Conductors); Lawrence Hill (Book of Negroes); Kim Thuy (Ru); and Nick Cutter (The Troop) • Sep 11-Nov 10 • Tickets from $5

FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery. com • Michelle Neumann; Sep 10, 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 • Members of the St. Albert Painters Guild; Sep 1-28; Opening reception: Sep 3

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

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • After: Artwork

By Laara Cassells; Jul 10-Aug 30

THEATRE

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library

BOOM: THE MUSIC, CULTURE AND EVENTS THAT SHAPED A GENERATION • Citadel Theatre–

Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl. ca/art-gallery • Com·mu·ni·cate: to transfer information, thought, or feeling: The Sculptors' Associtation of Alberta group exhibition; Aug 5-31

Shoctor Theatre, 9828 101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • A play that 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

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 • Waterscape: Marlene Jess' practice explores the marketing of convenience food and water products. It is a way for her to re-contextualize specific retail experiences and make sense of how they inform her as a citizen; until Sep 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 Sep 10

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun 13 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

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Artist Greg Doherty; Aug 27-Sep 24; Reception: Sep 9, 6:30-8:30pm

LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • 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 • Good Walls Bad Art: 3 Street Artists go head to head to head in a creative competition where the audience has the opportunity to bid on these contestants work; Sep 11, 8-11:30pm; Free private event - register to attend (info@ minbidauctions.com)

LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona. com • Open: Fri-Sun 10-6pm • Artwork by members of the Art Society of Strathcona County; Sep 5

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullen-gallery • Weather Report: Andrzej Maciejewski; Aug 29-Oct 18; Opening reception: Sep 3, 7-9pm

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Artisan Nook: Compact Layers: Nancy Corrigan. Small drawings in several media; vigorous interpretations of nature; until Oct 1 • Ever-New: three mixed-media artists and nature; artists bring new methods to the practice and new insights into the traditions of depicting nature; until Oct 1

NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • volunteer@thenina.ca • Through The Glass: an exhibition celebrating young and local talent; Aug 27, 5-7pm PARADE GALLERY • Window Display Box 101 Street, north of 102 Ave, Edmonton City Centre Mall • paradegallery.ca • Work in Process: artwork by Megan

Tour; Jun 28-Aug 27 • Out of Bounds: The Art of Lynn Malin; Sep 5-Nov 15

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 PrintArtists, 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: Members Novelty Show “Hidden Gems”; through Aug • MAIN GALLERY: Open Art Competition; through Sep • FIREPLACE ROOM: OAC Hanging; through Sep

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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) DARK STAR: THE LIFE & TIMES OF ROY ORBISON • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave NW • mayfieldtheatre.ca • A remount of the sell-out production.

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

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)

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The Mosquers uses film to challenge stereotypes about Muslims and Islam

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here's unfortunately a few individuals that have painted a very negative picture for Islam and Muslims," Fatima Faizi explains. "I wanted to do something to help dispel those misconceptions and stereotypes."

And though she didn't start the Mosquers Film Festival herself, when she discovered it—already a few years into being, with a likeminded goal of offering a genuine look at Muslim life, educating people beyond the troubled stereotypes she was seeing used to interpret the culture—it proved an ideal place for her to challenge those stereotypes.

Now in its seventh year, the festival uses the big screen to tell tales of contemporary Muslim living.

"Muslims are great people; they're very integrated into society," she continues. "Islam's a beautiful religion, and it's really unfortunate [that] it's been painted the way it has, whether it's in media or just in everyday interactions at times."

Faizi got involved during the fes-

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tival's third year, after it created a buzz among her circle of friends. She attended the second year, and then found her way onto the festival's board after that.

"I thought it was such a great concept," she says. "Especially in light of the negativity I had began to perceive around me, [which was] something I wasn't really used to, to be honest."

Faizi clearly isn't alone in that, as proven by the festival's near-continuous growth. It began as a free event at the University of Alberta's Student's Union Building that some 100 people attended; now it's taking to the Jubilee Auditorium for a second time.

"Originally, the intent of the program was for everyday Muslims to grab a camera and tell their story," she says. "So we had a lot of amateur filmmakers submitting. Over the years—and we'll especially be able to display this at this year's event—the technical quality of films has just skyrocketed."

There were 18 submissions this year—some from as far as New York and Vancouver. Of those, eight finalist films will be screened and awarded in a red-carpet-type film night, complete with Oscars-ish voice-over. There's also a scatter of performances throughout the night, from comedian Mo Amer (who's opened for Dave Chappelle) to filmmaker Zaid Ali. It's hosted

by New Jersey comedian Ramy Youssef. A panel of judges will determine which films win awards in a variety of categories, all carrying a financial prize. Plus, there's an audience choice award.

The quality of the films has risen alongside the event's scale, Faizi notes. The types of films submitted, too, have started to broaden: the 2015 finalists range from a young man battling a (very literal) inner demon, a woman caught between love and tradition, to a superhero struggling to figure out why the city has chosen a new hero, and more.

"Originally, a lot of the films were as a way of broaching serious issues around the perception of Mus- without feeling heavy-handed.

"The good thing lims, and trying to educate non- Fri, Aug 28 (7 pm) about that is Muslims about Mosquers Film Festival sometimes you what it means to Jubilee Auditorium, $20 – $25 can touch on rebe a Muslim in ally serious topics Canada," she says. in a light way, and at times, those "I've found, as our event continues to grow, we're be- can be some of the most powerful ginning to have some submissions things," she says. "At the Mosquers, that are talking about a lot of is- we don't slap a message across the sues and topics that reside inter- film. It's very much in the subtleties. nally within the Muslim community Our motto includes the words 'proas well. I think the direction it's kind voking thought'—It's not really tellof going, we've kind of talked about ing anyone the way it is; it's really and educated around Muslims and about going through that process, Islam. And of course, it is the pri- and thinking about well, why is this mary objective. But I'm beginning to like that? Why are Muslims perceived see that the contestants are really to be this way? Is this right or is this wanting to talk about what kind wrong? And it's coming to those conof things are plaguing the Muslim clusions yourself. It's provoking that thought. And we think that film is a community internally as well."

To be having those conversations really good way to do that, through through film, Faizi notes, allows its narrative, and storylines. It really can questions and messages to land with grasp someone's attention." an audience. She points to an uptick PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM in comedic entries at the Mosquers

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The flick's actually a reboot of 2007's Hitman, which, according to a series of tubes some call the Internet, was a hit. I defy anyone to remember that film or publicly acknowledge having seen it (#hitman2007truth), though perhaps that assassin's super-power was memory-wipes. This serial-numbered, experiment-created assassin's superpower is stalking relentlessly while nattily dressed, emotionless and English-accented. (Be calm and carry on killing, eh, old chap?)

The opening's convoluted—matched only by a shrugging, then confusing ending that seems to finally get us to what the original video game was actually about. But for most of this movie, Mr Serial (Killer) Number in a Suit (Rupert Friend) tracks down and then helps Katia van Dees (Hannah Ware), who's trying to find her dad— the man behind 0047 and many more barcode-scannable killing machines.

Its scriptwriters could use a few plot pointers, including: don't have a guy bring a loaded gun into an interrogation room in the US Embassy, and don't introduce something like "subdermal body armour" (ie, bulletproof skin) or a bomb hidden in an asthma inhaler without offering some Moonraker-style camp.

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nother week, another spy-thriller. Ho-hu...h?! Hold on—this is a stoner-spy-dark-comedy-actionromance, Totally Recalling a Bourneagain Clerks meets First Blood meets The Iron Giant meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by way of that long-forgotten flick The Long Kiss Goodnight. That it all works (well, mostly works) anyway—especially since it's from the director of that godawful Project X—is some kind of small, mix-a-lot miracle.

The low-down on the high-lifer: Anxiety-riddled pothead Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) is a conveniencestore clerk in lil ol' Liman, West Virginia, but he can't leave town without retching and suffering panic attacks—Phoebe (Kristen Stewart) is as much his caregiver as his girlfriend.

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Max Landis' (Chronicle) script smartly focusses on the lank-haired couple's tender, codependent, faltering relationship. Eisenberg and Stewart's chemistry isn't halfbaked—their romance has a plaintive longing to it. Still, there's never much sense of the town around Mike and Phoebe—the plaid-wearing pair could just as well be in the Pacific Northwest. And the CIA power-games seem similarly adriftfrom-reality in their movie-ish-ness.

Good thing, then, that there are so many nice little parts for so many good TV actors to sink their teeth into: Veep's Tony Hale as a CIA lackey, Breaking Bad's Lavell Crawford as a badass's doomed buddy, and Justified's Walton Goggins as hyena-like operative Laugher.

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the fog of his recent stoner life to grapple with the truth of his killingmachine-ness. But the action scenes are where the genres and tones don't come to a full boil in American Ultra's melding-pot (a jarringness made worse by a few awkward scene transitions). A little brutality goes a long way in contrast with Mike and Phoebe's tenderness, but after six melees, all the bloody mouths and jugular-spurts are much of a messy mulch-ness. Seems like the movie wants to be so ultraviolent cartoony, that's why it just lapses into an actual cartoon for the final credits (a trip-out rendering of Mike's Apollo Ape comic). Still, all the non-spy-action-y stuff is pretty damn good. There's a lesson there, Hollywood, for next week.

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Exuding both fierce intellect and tenacious playfulness, French filmmaker Agnès Varda has spent the past six decades developing one of the cinema's most extraordinary bodies of work. If she's never been quite as known as she ought to be, it may be because her work is so difficult to categorize and contain. Her most widely seen films—Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Vagabond (1985) and The Gleaners and I (2000)—are hardly what anyone would consider "difficult," yet none ingratiate themselves to the multiplex or fit so neatly into established notions of "ambitious" cinema to court canonizers. Agnès Varda in California, a new box set from Criterion's Eclipse imprint, collects films she made during sojourns to that sunny state and Western capital of movie romance. Frequently fusing documentary and fiction, these five films regard California's terrain and population, and especially the counterculture of the 1960s, through Varda's singular lens.

Varda first lived in California when her husband, the director Jacques Demy, travelled there to make Model Shop (1969) for Columbia Pictures.

Her first California film emerged from a visit she paid to a cousin of her father, a painter of French and Greek

background. Shot in the "aquatic suburbia" of Sausalito, the 19-minute portrait film Uncle Yanco (1967) brims with gorgeous bifurcated images of water and architecture, depicting a mirthful, transparently staged meeting between these very different—if equally adorable—Vardas.

The 28-minute Black Panthers (1968) is a somewhat more conventional documentary built around Varda's filming of an Oakland outdoor rally protesting the incarceration of activist and founding Panther Huey Newton. The film chronicles social change but also luxuriates as only movies can in the clothing, hair and music of the many people participating in the then-burgeoning Black Power movement.

"Camp" is not a word one typically associates with Varda, but her feature Lions Love (…and Lies) (1969) is something of an oddity in numerous ways. With an ensemble featuring Warhol Factory star Viva and, as a sort of stand-in for Varda, director Shirley Clarke—whose Ornette: Made in America (1985) was a subject of this column some months back— as New York transplants inhabiting a Los Angeles house and musing on the local culture, the film unfurls

with sometimes highly mannered dialogues about stardom, sex and the nature of reality. It is of its time, with lots of nudity, headbands and sundry New Agey flotsam, but it's also self-reflective, endlessly curious and good-humoured.

Made when Varda returned to California at the end of the '70s— without Demy, from whom she was temporarily separated—Mur Murs (1980) is an often startling survey of So-Cal public art, of the abundant murals that give voice to the region's African and Mexican populations. Varda followed this with my favourite in this series, Documenteur (1981), a fiction that follows a divorced mother from France—her child is played by Varda's own son, Mathieu Demy—struggling to keep a roof overhead in the margins of Los Angeles. Picking furniture off the street, apartment hunting, going to the laundromat, typing up documents and people-watching under tall, skinny palms in soft seaside light as Georges Delerue's melancholy score drifts in and out, Documenteur is a beautiful, touching portrait of life in arduous transition. And it represents just one of many fascinating transitions in Varda's long and winding—and ongoing—career. V

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COMING HOME AGAIN ODESZA on their early days, songwriting and latest album, In Return

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ntricate. Multifaceted. Effervescent. Atmospheric. There's ostensibly no end to the descriptors one could apply to the music of ODESZA, the Seattle IDM—that's "intelligent dance music"—duo comprised of Clayton Knight and Harrison Mills.

The pair didn't appear to be likely collaborators when they met during their freshman year at Western Washington University: Knight was studying physics while Mills studied graphic design. They hit it off initially, but it wasn't until their senior year in 2012 that Knight and Mills began trading early sketches of songs back and forth, providing constructive feedback on each other's material.

"It was really helpful for both of us, just to get past those writers' block moments when you hit a dead end of an idea," Mills explains via email. "At the time, I was really into instrumental hip-hop, eclectic electronic music and indie stuff, while Clay was more into pop-dance and experimental electronic music. But we were finding all these mutual reference points in soul music, the Beach Boys and other genres that we both liked. It was real-

ly collaborative right from the start."

Those early remixes predominantly consisted of bootlegged tracks or stems Knight and Mills found online.

Knight has formal piano and guitar training, while Mills played the trumpet throughout middle school and taught himself to play the piano before utilizing YouTube videos to get a handle of sample machines like the MPC. "For remixing, it makes it a lot easier to figure out the key of a track and then work through some different parts that would fit with the stems," Knight says of his music training.

"Overall it's nice to be able to step away from the computer sometimes and work out the basic parts of a new idea. With all the plugins and software instruments out there it can be option overload. When you take out those options it forces you to focus on the songwriting."

Mills' and Knight's academic backgrounds have proved beneficial as well, as each of them has natural proclivities to different sides of making music, which they've been able to pass on to one another in some form.

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"Clay's taught me a lot on the engineering side—like getting everything to sit well in the mix," Mills explains.

"His brain is wired more for that technical side, where mine is more on the esthetic side."

"Yeah, I'd say getting a full appreciation for all of the artwork that goes into the album and poster art for the live show," Knight notes of what he's learned from his bandmate. "I wouldn't say I've learned how to do it, but I've learned that I can trust him with all the design elements."

ODESZA's debut album, Summer's Gone, was released in 2012, and its dreamy, visceral melodies stood out from the aggressive, often repetitive beats so synonymous with electronic music. The duo began to gather a following online and released a follow-up EP titled My Friends Never Die in 2013. Festival appearances at

Sasquatch and Lightning in a Bottle followed, and the crowds they drew in real and virtual arenas continued to grow, including a performance at Coachella last spring. In September 2014 they released In Return (a deluxe edition will be released on September 18, complete with a new single called "Light" featuring Little Dragon), a deftly crafted album featuring a number of up-and-coming vocalists woven into the tapestry of ethereal, layered beats, including Zyra on the single "Say My Name."

"In Return is about coming home, not necessarily to a physical place, although we do love Seattle," Mills says. "[It's] more about being with the people and environment that make you feel at home. The first two releases were done before we had much tour experience, so we really learned to appreciate home when we were making In Return."

"Family is the most important thing to us, for sure," Knight adds. "We feel really lucky to get to do what we do, but this album is like our tribute to all the things we have to leave behind when we go on tour."

Mills' and Knight's songwriting has been finely tuned over the past couple of years, too. One of them often starts with a riff and they build it up from there—a process that can take a matter of hours or a few weeks, depending on the track. They try out different elements before stripping away anything that isn't essential to the song and avoid repeating themselves as best they can. Their musical tastes have converged a little since they first met too, though Knight notes that those differences often balance out more than they clash.

"It's a collaboration, so there is a lot of give-and-take, but we both respect each other as producers," he says.

"It's not like it has to be 50-percent my ideas and 50-percent Harrison's.

But it's also not like one guy wrote the more atmospheric songs and the other guy wrote all the bangers. We experiment with each other's ideas and talk a lot through the process of each song until we've dialled in the elements we like most."

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nfortunately, there isn't much of a story. I thought it sounded good and it didn't peg me to one kind of music," Connor McGowan says of his stage moniker, Ego the Jackal.

Though he may not notice the similarity at first, McGowan does share a common characteristic with the titular canine. The jackal often travels in small packs but will sometimes roam on its own, very much like McGowan himself, who decided to pursue a solo career after his electronic-rock band Skruff split up in 2010.

"I played in bands for a long time, and there are certain things I missed about that. But the one thing I definitely don't miss is the fact that you don't have full control over your own music, even with a band," McGowan says. "Even if you have an idea or a song, it has to go through the democracy, and it has to be pulled three or four different ways. The end product is always different from what you hoped or imagined it to be. I think at the start of Ego the Jackal, I really enjoyed not having to put my songs through that process."

McGowan, who was born in Derry, Ireland but moved to Edmonton in September 2014 with his wife, fronted the electronic-rock band for almost a decade, but started to consider producing solo material during the last two or three years of the band's career. McGowan wanted to pursue a more acoustic-driven folk sound, influenced by musicians like Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon and Lou Reed, a stark

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constrast from his former band's heavier electronic-rock melodies.

"It would have stuck out like a sore thumb if we had any folk in Skruff," he says.

In Skruff, McGowan and his bandmates recorded music alongside other people. To challenge himself in Ego the Jackal, McGowan taught himself how to record and mix an album so he could handle everything from the initial songwriting through to the finished recording.

Torn Apart, the four-track EP McGowan is releasing on Saturday, is a compliation of folk songs that he wanted to record earlier in his career but never had the chance to. Recorded at The Blast Furnace Studio in Derry a few days before he left for Canada, the EP departs from that solitary production and returns to a studio space and working with producer Rory Donaghy again—Donaghy mastered the albums for Skruff, though at that time, Mik O'Connell was the engineer.

"I wanted to record the EP with a producer for the experience," he explains. "I have been used to recording my own material myself...

[I wanted to] collaborate on that aspect of process again."

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riting sad songs is easy, laughs Jordan Van Funk.

"It's a catharsis," he continues. "Writing happy songs is a lot more difficult because when you're happy you're not as motivated to write."

Nevertheless, he and his Van Funk (named in tribute to his father) bandmate Jessica Fedorek have been trying to write more emotionally and rhythmically upbeat songs as their music evolves, their as "inner-city country-blues" band grows and as they work on their as-of-yet untitled upcoming album.

The new album—set for release sometime this fall—features titles such as "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Moses." Van Funk notes that listeners may get to hear a couple of these songs at the group's upcoming Wunderbar show.

"A lot of the blues guys would say we're not a typical 12-bar blues

band, which is true," Fedorek admits, pointing out that they don't necessarily follow that strict structure for songwriting.

Blues is more of a texture to Van Funk's music, rather than the predominate emotion in it. In their music, Van Funk's deep, gravelly timbre contrasts interestingly with Fedorek's hazy but very feminine singing.

"We actually get compared to July Talk a lot. People are like, 'I heard you guys on the radio!' And I'm like, ‘No, no ... That was July Talk,'" Fedorek laughs. "It's a double-edged sword, but we did open a show for them."

"I'd say the blues part is really more in ethos," Van Funk chimes in. "We're very much a working-class-person's band."

Van Funk and Fedorek have been performing together for years as a duo, but have recently been joined by bassist Darrell Guay (Fedorek's fa-

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ther) and drummer Nathan Gross.

"Nathan actually gave us the drum set that we used [before he joined the band]. He worked a lot in TV before and just couldn't commit before now because of his work hours," Fedorek says. "And my dad used to play these cross-country tours before he had a family, so now that we're all grown up he can get into it again."

For their part, Fedorek and Van Funk are both multi-instrumentalists and take turns singing, playing, writing and "tweaking" each other's songs.

They even know how to make their own guitars, having taken a guitarmaking class together in Saskatchewan about nine years ago.

"The guitar that I play on stage is actually homemade," Fedorek says. "It's got no pickguard, so it's like a Willie Nelson guitar."

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he northeast end of Edmonton's downtown core houses a multifarious neighbourhood called McCauley—named for the city's first mayor, if you're behind on your local history. It has its rough-around-the-edges qualities, to be sure, but the area is a rich cultural mosaic. It's also the part of the city that Ann Vriend calls home, and has done so for the past eight years.

"I'm not a suburban person at all; I don't work well in sort of a Truman Show environment," she says with a soft laugh. "I love being able to ride my bike to everything that I need to do, and I love the fact that there's not a single Starbucks or a chain anything anywhere on 97 Street, yet."

McCauley served as the backdrop for Vriend's most recent album, For the People in the Mean Time, though it's often in more subtle ways.

She notes that people who have never visited the neighbourhood won't listen to the songs and immediately recognize the references— "It's not like a Straight Outta Compton sort of idea," she says—but the soul-driven songs reflect a gritty quality, amplified by sounds of the street to create what Vriend describes as an urban-sounding record as opposed to a gentle country-sounding one.

"Lyrically there's subject matter of some street stuff—some of it's more cryptic than others—but [it's] definitely influenced by seeing a lot of sadder scenes for the last eight years out of my attic window," she adds.

The album is also the first that Vriend's firmly planted in the soul genre. She'd experimented with an array of styles over her previous six albums, but never ventured fully into soul due to the fact it's not always feasible to tour with a full band. She notes a proper oldschool soul band can easily include 10 people, but she decided to go for it. With the help of a producer with a background in the style— Tino Zolfo, who resides in Toronto now, but interestingly enough used to live across from the Italian Centre in McCauley—she was able to release For the People in the Mean Time in January 2014. Now Vriend is giving the album new life on vinyl, a format she feels suits its retro-style tracks.

"It's kind of a throwback to the era of vinyl, and there's even a song on the album called 'Those Records', so it just seemed like it was begging for it," she says, noting she had it pressed through Canada Boy Vinyl, a new pressing plant in Calgary opened by Dean Reid earlier this year. "He definitely is committed to one of his six machines being devoted to independent artists, which is great because as you probably know, they make way more money off major-label artists that are getting way bigger orders done than I would be getting. So it's kind of like a labour of love when it comes down to doing it for independent artists."

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Symphony Under The Sky

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hen you think of the symphony, do you think of the blacktie affair with expensive balcony seats and monocles, with no children or teens in sight? Symphonies in movies and television are often portrayed in this way, but around the world, symphonies are moving out of stuffy indoor spaces to the

outdoors, breaking down those stereotypical images as they go.

Placing a symphony in a public park amid flora and fauna, an open sky and a lake simultaneously opens up the genre of classical music to people who might not typically attend an indoor symphony during the year. Edmonton

Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Under the Sky aims to introduce those not familiar to the genre in a way that is inclusive and not at all elitist.

"I've been doing outdoor concerts for 35 years, and I absolutely adore them," Symphony Under the Sky conductor Bob Bernhardt says over

the phone from his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. When he's not in Edmonton, Bernhardt is conducting several other symphonies in the United States, including the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera and Louisville Orchestra.

"There is a feeling in the audience of come as you are, and it's totally relaxed," he continues. "If it's cold, the [audience will] just come with blankets. They just show up and everyone comes appropriately.

There are spaces along the edge for children. We see frisbees getting played [with] while we're playing. We have an occassional flyby by geese. We have squirrels on the stage. All of those things adds to the feeling of community and [provides an] extremely relaxed atmosphere."

This year's event marks two very special milestones: the 20th year for Symphony Under the Sky, and Bernhardt's 10th season conducting it. The event will run over four days with four different themes including Songs of the '70s (Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Neil

Until Sun, Aug 30 Hawrelak Park edmontonsymphony.com Young); Mozart, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff; The Sound of Hollywood, (musical scores from Pinocchio and Star Trek) and Bob's Favourite Things, which showcases some of Bernhardt's favourite songs, movies and musicians.

Bernhardt is also looking forward to his return since Edmonton's music scene goes hand-in-hand with his own personal taste—he describes himself as an "musical omnivore" since there's not one genre he doesn't like and has found a way to incorporate those influences in his symphonies.

"As far as [Edmonton's] music scene goes, it's extraordinarily vibrant and everything from rock 'n' roll to jazz to classical to opera, it's indictive, in my opinion, of an extraordinarily healthy city with an evolved citizenry and that's very attractive to me."

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It’s the end of summer. Boo-hoo, we’re sad. So is Edmonton-based rock band the Introverts, which is throwing an end-of-summer party and EP release to cap it off. (Bohemia)

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Hip-hop BBQ. What does that mean? There’ll be some hip-hop vibes provided by Gold Blooded Deejays, Justin Foosh, Junior Brown and more, plus barbecued eats. (Latitude 53, $10)

NORTH OF 16 BLUES & COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL / FRI, AUG 28 & SAT, AUG 29 BOBBY CAMERON AND BAND / SAT, AUG 29 (9:30 PM)

He’s won awards for Best Blues Artist, Best Blues Song and Artist of the Year from Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards. So, it’s safe to assume Bobby Cameron and Band will put on one helluva show. (Big Al’s House of Blues, $20)

TWIN SHADOW / FRI, AUG 28 (8 PM)

If you’re a real hipster, then Twin Shadow needs no introduction.

The Dominican via Brooklyn native has written a novel and released three albums. He also has released a mixtape that’s free to download: nightrally.twinshadow.net. (Starlite Room, $22)

Just a short 45-minute drive will get you to the Chipman Agricultural Grounds, which will host a two-day blues and country fest. The lineup features Monkey Junk, Front Porch Roots Revue, Tim Hus, the Command Sisters, Willie James and more. (Chipman AG Grounds, $55 weekend pass)

STRANGE SOCIETY / SAT, AUG 29 (8 PM)

Some good ol’ fashioned blues, punk, rock and indie sounds in a tiny café setting. (Cafe Blackbird, $10)

THE DIRRTY SHOW / SAT, AUG 29 (4 PM)

Sugar, spice and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect female duo. But somewhere along the way, some extra ingredients were added: Tenacious D, the odd humour of Flight of the Conchords and Garfunkel & Oates. Thus, The Dirrty Show was born.

Soap not included. (Black Dog Freehouse, free)

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WINTER CITY / SUN, AUG 30 (9 PM)

There’s not a lot you can buy with $10. But it can get you entry into a show that’s supporting a good cause. Four-year-old Amylia is going in for a major heart surgery and her mom, Jen Morison, is taking six months off to take care of her. Money will go towards funding her surgery. Toronto’s Winter City is headlining, but support acts include Paul Woida, Good Nature and Mitch Haney.

Skip that Starbucks coffee and support a good cause. (On The Rocks, $10)

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For example, guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Mah is nearing the end of the two-year arts and entertainment management program at Capilano University, which he enrolled in to get a better handle on the business components of the arts.

"On our first releases, obviously we weren't as experienced with the business side of things and how things work in the industry, and you just kind of make assumptions, so it's kind of demystified a lot of things—like hiring a publicists and what publicists do, you know?" he says, noting the band's lead guitarist Glen Jackson took the same program. "I think it's always been really important for us to know what's going on—even if we're not doing it, it's cool to know if someone's doing their job right. I've always been one of those people who just likes to do things themselves. And I know how I want things done and if I'm able to do it myself, then I would prefer that, but you obviously can't do everything."

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Learning how to handle the business of a band is important, but there's also the matter of making music.

Derrival has been churning out material consistently since its formation in 2009, the latest of which being its just-released EP, Departure & Arrival.

The five-song disc could technically be classified as self-titled, since the words "departure" and "arrival" combine to make Derrival, a reflection of the band's perpetual state of coming and going as well as its evolution "I think it's something we wanted to do for awhile, because constantly it's like, 'What's your name? Derrival?

What does it mean? It doesn't make any sense,'" Mah explains. "So it's been nice to finally put that out there and for people to put two and two together with what everything means."

Departure & Arrival draws on influences from the synth-heavy melodies of Chvrches and Phoenix to guitar riffs in the vein of Young the Giant.

The new single "Canvas" is a hookladen tune that draws on a failed relationship—"how original," Mah remarks dryly. But he explains that the song came from the band's drummer, Dan Kozlowski, who brought the lyrics to Mah, who reworked them and did his best to avoid "cheesy love song" tropes.

"I wrote most of the lyrics from his perspective," Mah adds. "He gave me

a lot to look at for lyrics, and I took out what I thought would work in the context of a song ... and I've tried to do it before, where I'll take his lyrics and they'll be super details or he's not necessarily coming at it from a song context, he's coming at it just from writing out his feelings, so it doesn't always make sense within a song."

While the final track makes sense, the accompanying video does not— but that was the whole idea. Derrival enlisted their friend and director Sean Depner to create something that was a complete juxtaposition to the song rather than a literal interpretation of it, which turned out to be Power Rangers and monsters.

"He's done all of our music videos so far, and for that video we wanted something that didn't have anything to do with the song whatsoever. And what he does is he'll come up with this pitch and he'll come to one of our rehearsals and he'll act out the entire video by himself. It was probably the funniest thing I've ever watched, and we could have just filmed that and made it the music video," says Mah, who played the pink ranger, skirt and all. "Sean just had the idea in his head, and he had reasons for why he decided everyone was each ranger. I still don't know why I was the pink ranger, but I just went with it."

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Grounders self-titled debut album is a ninetrack compilation of pillowy pop, soft vocals and hypnotic rhythms by way of krautrock and psychedelia that perfectly sums up the summertime. It's an album that delivers that seasonal feeling from start to finish, taking the listener on a trip of good vibes.

The record kicks off with "Secret Friend" that establishes the psychedelic journey the listener is about to experience, while tracks like "Drawing Space" and "Bloor Street and Pressure" provides a musical break from the psychedelia with some chill, beachier vibes before returning to the gritty trip. There are beautiful synth-based parts, backward loops and guitar distortions that could get a bit overwhelming, but Grounders has managed to package it in a way that avoids this.

Frankly speaking, Grounders is exactly what the doctor ordered as a remedy for our impending winter blues.

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Patti Cake guitarist-vocalist Kritty Uranowski is a force of nature on the outstanding Maybe Partying Will Help EP, the second release from the Toronto seven-piece.

The band's blend of doo-wop girl-group harmonies—provided by backup singers Melissa Wand and Steph Guthrie—and rock 'n' roll is furthered by Uranowski's charming lyrics, like on "Lindsay," a selflove song devoted to Lindsay Lohan with a sock-hop esthetic.

The album is mostly full of bangers, though. "Making Tapes" is an outright rawk anthem, while "Ghost Cat" is a paranoidal pop track with Uranowski howling over the wildly careening band.

These raucous tunes make Maybe Partying Will Help a scintillating, cathartic joy to listen to.

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for Monks, and it's clear he's establishing a different sound from the group. "The Rules" is an infectious clap-along track that will make you smile from start to finish as Monks croons about making and breaking the rules, while "Miss You" is a love track that is neither too sappy nor too cheery—it sits perfectly between the two. Monks' distinct lyrical style is still there, plated with some horns, piano and acoustic guitar. There are some kinks to work out, though. The record can come off a bit cheesy at times (TPC fans might not like the more stripped-down tracks), and could benefit from some piquancy, but it's a groovy record nonetheless.

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ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Open Mic featuring Stan Gallant (rock); 9pm

ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks: every

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Thirsty

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BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: this week featuring The Dirrty Show (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

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BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Blue Chair Band with Mallory Chipman; 8:3010:30pm; By donation

RENDEZVOUS PUB Shai Hulud & Lions Lions with Eternal Prophecy, Counted Among Saints, Wthcnvctn & Slow Motion Dogs; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18.50 (adv), $25 (door); 18+ only

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DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Duane Allen (adult contemporary/adult pop); 9pm

CORAL DE CUBA Beach Bar:

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LEAF BAR AND GRILL Open Stage Sat–It's the Sat Jam hosted by Darren Bartlett, 5pm

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DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Duane Allen (adult contemporary/adult pop); 9pm

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BBQ jam hosted with the Marshall Lawrence Band; 4pm

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

open mic

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

Tue: featuring this week: Chris Wynters; 9pm

7pm; $45

CAFE BLACKBIRD Paint Nite;

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Jason Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover

DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage

UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays:

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Shakin'

AUG/29 AARON JACKSON

DJs

Band; 9pm

9pm

FREELOVE PRESENTS

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

BLUES ON WHYTE Jenie Thai

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku

AUG/28 DIEMONDS W/ SLEEP DEMON

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

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

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

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.

Under the Sky: Bob's Favourite Things; 7pm; $40 (adult, reserved seating), $20 (child, reserved seating), $25 (adult, grass), free (kids, grass)

Mondays with Jimmy and the Sleepers; 8-11pm

every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

W/ DANCE SPIRIT(SPAIN), DEKO-ZE (TORONTO), FLIPSIDE (TORONTO)

HAWRELAK PARK Symphony

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Blue

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, Motown,

SEP/12 INSPIRATION SERIES

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

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Tuesday

MON AUG 31

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

LOCAL UNDERGROUND PRESENTS

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

TUE SEP 1

hosted by Mark Ammar; 4-8pm

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing

VILLAINIZER W/ BLEED, BLOATED PIG, TYLOR DORY TRIO & TALES OF THE TOMB

B STREET BAR Live Music with Lyle Hobbs; 8-11pm, every Wed

RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Jam

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

BERMUDA FEST PRESENTS

DJs

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat;

9pm

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

KRISIUN & ORIGIN W/ AEON, ALTERBEAST, SOREPTION & INGESTED

WED SEP 2

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip

global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai

DEVASTATION ON THE NATION TOUR

SIDELINER'S PUB Alex Vissia; 8pm;

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

No minors

Rock Concert with Winter City, Paul Woida, Good Nature & Mitch Haney

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays:

CONCERTWORKS.CA PRESENTS

Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon

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

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

W/ MAT THE ALIEN

Belinda Carlisle; 7pm (doors), 9pm (show); $39.50

ON THE ROCK Have a Heart Charity

Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice

KRAFTY KUTS

NORTHLANDS EXPO CENTRE

THE COMMON Get Down It's

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday

UBK PRESENTS

Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

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

every Sat

W/ PORT JUVEE AND BIG BEN

NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday Soul

Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong

W/ JAI WOLF

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A Open

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE

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

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

Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (nonmember) RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays:

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

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

DJs

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats

Brit Pop, Synthpop, Alternative 90’s, Glam Rock with DJ Chris Bruce; Wooftop: Substance: alt retro and not-so-retro electronic and dance with Eddie LunchPail

THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

BRIXX Metal night every Tue DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly,

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave APEX CASINO 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, apexcasino.ca ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill. com "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780.672.5510, baileytheatre.com 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, 780.451.8890,

cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 COMMON 9910-109 St CROWN AND ANCHOR PUB 15277 Castle Downs Rd NW, 780.472.7696 DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DRAFT BAR & GRILL 12912-50 St NW, 780.371.7272, draftbargrill. com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St FESTIVAL PLACE 100

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Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 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 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 LIZARD LOUNGE 13160-118 Ave NW, 780.451.9180 MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART CONSERVATORY 9626-96A St NW, 780.496.8755, muttartconservatory.ca 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 EDMONTON EXPO 7515-118 Ave NW, edmontonexpocentre.com O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255

O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW 8404-109 St ORLANDO'S 1 15163-121 St O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PALACE CASINO West Edmonton Mall, 8882-170 St, 780.444.2112, palacecasino.com PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ICEHOUSE 10516 Jasper Ave, 780.424.3836 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com 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, 780.702.2582, unionhall.ca 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

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

COMEDY

780.451.3416 ext. 236 • hfh.org/volunteer • Learn about taking the next step and what opportunities are available • 3rd Thu of the month, 6-7pm, until Nov 2015 • 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

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

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

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd •

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

780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Brian Link; Aug 28-29 • Marvin Krawczyk; Sep 4-5 COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 7:30pm; Fri-Sat 9:45pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; every Mon at 7:30pm • Triple Threat Tuesday; every Tue at 7:30pm • Mike Wilmot; Aug 26-30 • Angelo Tsarouchas; Sep 2-6

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm DJ to follow

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

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS 7TH ANNUAL WORLDWIDE VEGAN BAKE SALE • Earth's General Store, 10150-104 St • info@vofa.ca • Buy some delicious vegan goodies to help support upcoming vegan outreach projects such as Edmonton Vegans &Vegetarians Diner’s Guide, Vegtoberfest and more • Aug 29, 9am-1pm

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old 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

EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Monthly roundtable discussion group. Topics change each month, please check the website for details, edmontonatheists.ca • 1st Tue, 7pm; each month

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD • Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue ea month, 7:30pm

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com EDMONTON PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORIAL SOCIETY • Capilano Library • 780.967.2590 • Gather and marvel over the latest finds in photography, discussions, and much more • 3rd Wed each month, 7:30pm

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each month; 2:30-4pm • $5 FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 17028-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

FORT SASKATCHEWAN 45+ SINGLES COFFEE GROUP • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION NIGHT • Habitat for Humanity Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • vbatten@hfh.org •

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

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 • Upward Bound Toastmaster Club: Rm 7, 6 Fl, Edmonton Public Library–DT: Meets every Wed, 7-8:45pm; Sep-May; upward.toastmastersclubs. org; reader1@shaw.ca • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION •

POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall, 1013596 Ave • poorvoteturnout.ca • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm

waskahegantrail.ca • Middle Battle; Meeting place is northwest corner parking lot of Superstore, 5019 Calgary Trail; Key volunteer: Yvette S. (780.756.3623); Aug 29, 8:45am; Car pool cost $5

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm • Info: contact cwaalberta@gmail.com WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strath-

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia

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

Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • schizophrenia. ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of AlbertaEdmonton branch provides a facilitated family support group for caregivers of a loved one living with schizophrenia. Free drop-in the 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS CIC EDMONTON: DOES CANADIAN BEER STILL EXIST? THE GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF THE BEER INDUSTRY IN THE 21ST CENTURY • The Black Dog Freehouse, 10425-82

SCULPTORS' ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING • Harcourt House Annex - Art Ed Room, 10211-112 St • info@ sculptorsassociation.ca • sculptorsassociation. ca • Encouraging and promoting the creation of sculpture • Sep 8, 7:30-8:30pm • Free but to become a member it is $30 or $15 to students who are currently enrolled or a recent graduate of an Arts Program

Ave NW • A talk that will look at global trends in the beer industry over the past 30 years and how they have affected the shape of beer in Canada • Sep 10, 6-7:30pm • $5 (CIC Member), $10 (Non-Member)

SENSATIONAL LADIES NIGHT • Warp 1

Snell Hall in Walter C. Mackenzie Health Science Centre (U of A). Use 112St entrance, same side as Emergency • amgmitch@gmail.com • A talk that will describe the work of Alan Turing, a computer forerunner • Sep 10, 7pm • $15 (suggested donation; cash or cheque)

Comics & Games, 9917-82 Ave • 780.433.7119 • facebook.com/warp.one.comics • A night dedicated to women indulging in various geekeries with other women once a month in a friendly and safe environment. Featuring a book club, board game nights, art jam and much more. No prior geekery knowledge required • 3rd Wed of every month, 6-8pm • Free

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

GREAT EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL SLIDE • St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 (Gerry)/ 780.435.6406 (John)/ 780.454.6216 (Sylvia) • Ethiopia (2015) – by Shirley & Ron Reid (Sep 7) • 7:30pm • Coffee and tea are provided for a suggested donation of $3.

Please bring nibbles to share

SHAREABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD • Roots on

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

SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters. com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

Whyte, 8135-102 St • Build a living wall together like the one seen at the living wall at the airport - a mosaic of lush green plants • Aug 30, 1-3pm • RSVP by emailing shareablen@gmail.com

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 AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer • Sun-

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Lowcost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519

CRACKING THE ENIGMA. WHAT'S BEHIND THE IMAGINATION GAME MOVIE? • Bernard

nybrook United Church, Red Deer • 403.347.6073 • Affirm welcome LGBTQ people and their friends, family, and allies meet the 2nd Tue, 7pm, each month

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

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 BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue: Retro Tuesdays with Dj Arrow Chaser; 9pm-close • Wed: DJ Griff; 9-close • Thu: Wet underwear with Shiwana Millionaire • Fri: Dance all Night with Dj Arrowchaser • Sat: Weekly

events and dancing until close • Sun: Weekly Drag show with Shiwana Millionaire and guests; 12:30am

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103

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

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

3RD ANNUAL EDMONTON BURLESQUE FESTIVAL • Royal Alberta Museum Theatre,

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

10TH ANNUAL KALEIDO FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL • Alberta Avenue Arts District, 118 Ave

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

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transidentified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca

LIVING POSITIVE • #33, 9912-106 St • 780.424.2214 • livingpositivethroughpositiveliving. com • In office peer counseling, public speakers available for presentations, advocacy and resource materials available • Support group for gay men living with HIV: 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/ competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

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Be willing to deal with the messy details of everyday compromise.

Why? Because it will teach you lessons that will serve you well the next time you're showing the way and setting the pace.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 20): Are you ready to revise your ideas about how love works?

Would you consider reevaluating your relationship to romance, your approach to intimacy and your understanding of sex? I hope you will not only be willing but also excited to do these things. Now is a favourable time to make changes that will energize your love life with a steady flow of magic for months to come. To get the party started, brainstorm about experiments you could try to invigorate the dynamics of togetherness. Make a list of your customary romantic strategies, and rebel against them all.

Speak sexy truths that are both shocking and endearing.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUN 20): Querencia is a Spanish word with many nuances. At its simplest, it refers to your favourite spot, a place where you long to be. But its meaning can go even deeper. Querencia may be a sanctuary where you feel safe and authentic, or a situation that enables you to draw on extra reserves of strength and courage.

It's a special kind of home: an empowering shelter that makes you feel that you belong in this world and love your life. Can you guess where I'm going with this message, Gemini? These days you need to be in your querencia even more than usual. If you don't have one, or if you don't know where yours is, formulate a fierce intention to locate it.

CANCER (JUN 21 – JUL 22): The art of effective communication consists of knowing both what to say and what not to say. It's not enough to simply find the words that accurately convey your meaning. You have to tailor your message to the quirks of your listeners. For example, let's say you want to articulate the process that led you to change your mind about an important issue. You would use different language with a child, an authority figure and a friend.

Right? I think you are currently at the peak of your abilities to do this well, Cancerian. Take full advantage of your fluency. Create clear, vivid impressions that influence people to like you and help you.

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LEO (JUL 23 – AUG 22): Arthur Conan Doyle first used the term "smoking gun" in a story he wrote over a century ago. It referred to a time the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes burst into a room to find a man holding a pistol that had just been fired, along with the fallen body of a man who had been shot. Since then, the meaning of "smoking gun" has expanded.

Now it's any piece of evidence that serves as compelling proof of a certain hypothesis. If you can't find the cookie you left in the kitchen, and your roommate walks by with cookie crumbs on his chin, it's the smoking gun that confirms he pilfered your treat. I believe this is an important theme for you right now.

What question do you need answered? What theory would you like to have corroborated? The smoking gun will appear.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 22): At least for now, I suggest you suspend the quest for order and refinement and perfection. The wise course of action is to disengage from your fascination with control, and instead give yourself to the throbbing, erratic pulse of the Cosmic Wow. Why? If you do, you will be able to evolve faster than you thought possible. Your strength will come from agile curiosity and an eagerness to experiment.

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LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 22): This is the deepest, darkest phase of your cycle. The star that you will ultimately make a wish upon has not yet risen. Your pet monsters seem to have forgotten for the moment that they are supposed to be your allies, not your nemeses. Smoke from the smoldering embers in your repressed memories is blending with the chill night fog in your dreams, making your life seem like a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a taco. Just kidding about that last part. I wanted to see if your sense of humour is intact, because if it is, you will respond resiliently to all the cosmic jokes in your upcoming tests.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 21): According to the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, here's what God says to each of us: "Go the limits of your longing. ... Flare up like flame and make big shadows that I can move in. Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final." Whether or not you're on speaking terms with the Creator, this is excellent advice. It's time to give everything you have and take everything you need. Hold nothing back and open yourself as wide and wild as you dare. Explore the feeling of having nothing to lose and expect the arrivals of useful surprises.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 – DEC 21): The sun and the expansive planet Jupiter are currently making a joyful noise in the sign of Virgo, which is your astrological House of Career and Ambition. This does not necessarily mean that a boon to your career and ambition will fall into your lap, although such an event is more likely than usual.

More importantly, this omen suggests that you will influence luck, fate and your subconscious mind to work in your favour if you take dramatic practical action to advance your career and ambitions.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22 – JAN 19): On August 28, 1963, Capricorn hero Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd of thousands in Washington, DC. In that address, he imagined what it might look like if African Americans were free of the bigotry and oppression they had endured for centuries at the hands of white Americans. In accordance with your astrological potentials, I encourage you to articulate your own "I Have a Dream" vision sometime soon.

Picture in detail the successful stories you want to actualize in the future. Visualize the liberations you will achieve and the powers you will obtain.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 18): If you have been patiently waiting for a propitious moment to buy a new yacht, pledge your undying love or get a tattoo that depicts Buddha wrestling Satan, now is as close as you'll get to that propitious moment, at least for a while. Even if you have merely been considering the possibility of signing a year-long lease, asking a cute mischief-maker on a date or posting an extra-edgy meme on Facebook or Twitter, the next three weeks would be prime time to strike. Diving into a deep, heartcrazed commitment is sometimes a jangly process for you Aquarians, but these days it might be almost smooth and synchronistic.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20): Ready for a ritual? Get a piece of paper and a pen. Light a candle, take three deep breaths and chant "YUMMMM" five times.

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Identify both the traits that would make this person unique and the behaviour he or she would display toward you. Got that? When you are finished, burn the list you made. Disavow everything you wrote. Pledge to live for at least seven months without harboring fixed beliefs about what your ideal partner should be like. Instead, make yourself extra receptive to the possibility that you will learn new truths about what you need. Why? I suspect that love has elaborate plans for you in the next two years. You will be better prepared to cooperate with them if you are initially free of strong agendas. V AT THE BACK 27

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Summer Qs & As

A collection of readers' questions over the last few weeks Since I've spent the last few columns expressing my opinion on various topics, I figured it was probably time to answer some of your questions—so here is a summer roundup of Qs and As.

in your emotional and sexual relationships with others, then it's not an issue.

Sometimes I masturbate four or five times a day. Is that normal?

And if it's not, how much is a normal amount to masturbate?

Yes. No. Maybe. It is absolutely normal and expected that you will be sexually attracted to and aroused by people other than your partner. But acceptable limits for fantasies depend a lot on personal values about sex, relationships and monogamy. We

There is no "normal" amount to masturbate. Having said that, according to the USA National Survey of Sexual Health and Behaviour (2010), 62 to 68 percent of men and 43 to 52 percent of women in their 20s have masturbated in the past m o n t h , which means nearly one-third of men and half of women in their 20s haven't masturbated at all in the past month. Given these statistics (I wasn't able to find daily averages), you're masturbating more than "normal" amounts—if you define normal as average. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that you are abnormal or that you have a problem. As far as I'm concerned, it is only a problem if you experience it as such: so long as your genitals aren't being physically compromised, you're able to sustain employment (or aren't risking your job by getting off in the bathroom), you're not distressed by it, and you are functioning well

Is it OK to fantasize about people other than my partner?

Four. Just kidding. There's obviously no numerical answer to this question. For reference, a 2015 study published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour cited that the average millennial will have sex with eight people during their lifetime—their whole lifetime!

Other studies from the UK's National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyle (2013) found the lifetime averages to be 11.7 sexual partners for men and 7.7 partners for women. I suppose this is what's considered objectively "normal."

S u b j e c t i v e l y, however, the same rules apply as in my response to the first querent—it's only a problem if you think it is.

So if you're comfortable with your n u m b e r, you're able to form intimate relationships, and your values are in line with the amount and type of sex you're having, then I'm sure you're fine.

If not, or if you're embarrassed by your number, then you might want to consider some changes. V

So if you're comfortable with your number, you're able to form intimate relationships, and your values are in line with the amount and type of sex you're having, then I'm sure you're fine. don't tend to like admitting this, but engaging in fantasies about other people—especially people you know—may make you more vulnerable to infidelity. People may disagree with me; I'm firmly rooted in anecdotal evidence. Exploring imaginary sex is a slippery slope, so if you're happy in your current relationship and value monogamy, then you may want to protect the relationship by avoiding too much elaboration on those sexy thoughts.

What is the number of sexual partners that's too many to have had when I turn 30?

Tami-lee Duncan is a Registered Psychologist in Edmonton, specializing in sexual health. Please note that the information and advice given above is not a substitute for therapeutic treatment with a licensed professional. For information or to submit a question, please contact tami-lee@ vueweekly.com. Follow on Twitter @SexOlogyYEG.

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10 Georgetown athlete 14 Jai ___ 15 Specialty 16 Nursing school subj.

17 Comment about all-soloist concerts?

20 Critter with a pouch 21 "___ Like It" 22 "Fuel" performer DiFranco 23 Audiophile's collection, perhaps 25 Slanted printing style 27 Haulers that repel everyone?

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35 "Rashomon" director Kurosawa 39 Like fine wine 41 Member of the peerage 43 Flying solo 44 Shaun, for one 46 Eugene of travel guides 48 8 1/2" x 11" size, for short 49 Say "I guess we'll take DiCaprio"?

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56 Yes, at the altar 57 Hit the weights, maybe 61 "At the Movies" cohost 65 "O.K., pontoon, I hear ya loud and clear"?

68 Succulent plant 69 Bawl out 70 Brockovich of lawsuit fame 71 Grateful Dead bassist Phil 72 Pang of pain 73 Pineapple packager

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52 Crucial 53 "Chasing Pavements" singer 54 Cautionary list 58 Aqueduct feature 59 "Frankenstein" helper 60 ___ contendere (court plea) 62 100 cents, in Cyprus 63 Agitate 64 Actress Daly 66 Disgusted utterance 67 Dedicatory verse ©2015 Jonesin' Crosswords

Please do a public-service announcement about the Ashley Madison hack, and request that NO ONE look up information on ANYONE other than their own spouse. I'm a former AM user. I've been married to my wife for 20 years. We met when we were both 20 years old. Seven years ago, I made a selfish decision to have an affair, and five years ago, my wife found out. She hated me for a while, but we worked things out. I have been faithful since then, and our marriage is better than ever.

Since my wife already knows everything, I have no worries about her finding out. But what about every other person I know? It is mortifying to think about my colleagues or my wife's family poring through my profile information. I'm going to assume the best—most people have the common decency not to snoop into their neighbours' bedroom habits—but it would be great if you could ask people to respect other people's privacy.

REALLY ENRAGED GUY REQUESTING EVERYONE'S TACTFUL SILENCE I'm happy to back you up, REGRETS, but I don't share your faith in humanity. Most people are only too delighted to snoop into their neighbours' bedroom habits—particularly when doing so induces feelings of moral superiority. And I like to think the kind of puritanical busybodies who would go looking for names in the Ashley Madison dump are unlikely to be readers of mine, so they wouldn't see my Ashley Madison PSA anyway.

But I have to disagree with your suggestion that people should look for their spouses' names in the AM data. If someone in a shitty, high-conflict marriage needs an excuse to get out—because no-fault divorce isn't good enough for them—OK, sure, that person might wanna search for their spouse's name. But people who are in loving, functional, low-conflict, happy-ish marriages might want to think twice. Finding out that your spouse cheated—or fantasized about cheating—is impossible to unknow, and it's something many people can't get over.

Caveat coniunx.

LESSON LEARNED

I'm one of those morons who had an Ashley Madison account. But for me, and probably for many others, AM has been a strong antidote to the urge to cheat. Spending some time on AM taught me the following: 1) I'm nothing special—there are millions of other men looking for the same thing, and most of them are younger and better-looking. 2) The women on AM are nothing special—the few who even bother chatting with you are often looking for money, and your wife starts looking damn VUEWEEKLY.com | AUG 27 – SEP 2, 2015

good by comparison. 3) The whole thing is basically a scam to separate horny middle-aged guys from our wallets. And it doesn't even have the relatively honest sleaze of a strip club.

ASHLEY MADISON MARK There's no way to tell the difference between an Ashley Madison member who came to his (or her) senses before cheating, like AMM here, and a member who fucked a dozen other people—or, for that matter, a member who had a good reason for being on the site.

NOT-SO-SECRET AFFAIR

I'm one of the men caught in the Ashley Madison hacker net. But as pissed as I am about the bullshit— the company's lies about the security of its site, the hackers' selfrighteous moralizing—I can attest to the fact that one can get what one is looking for on that site.

Yes, there were a lot of fake profiles. Yes, there were a lot of pros.

Yes, there were women looking to steal your identity. Seriously. But once you figured out the game, you could find a lot of real women on that site who were looking for someone to spend time with. I'll be pissed if I get busted as a result of all of this, but joining that site helped me reclaim my sanity after a sexless 25-year marriage.

DON'T ATTACK THIS ADULTERER Slogging through the Savage Love mail for the last 25 years has convinced me of this: Some married people have grounds to cheat.

Men and women trapped in sexless or loveless marriages, men and women who have been abandoned sexually and/or emotionally by spouses they aren't able to leave—either because their spouses are economically dependent on them (or vice versa) or because they may have children who are dependent on both partners. It would be wonderful if everyone who felt compelled to cheat could either negotiate an open relationship or end the one they're in now, but there are cases where cheating is the least worst option for all involved.

Now, I don't know the particulars of DATA's marriage—why it's been sexless for so long, what the damage is—but if seeking sex elsewhere allowed DATA to stay sane and stay married, and if the marriage is otherwise affectionate and low-conflict, and if DATA's wife didn't want to see her marriage end, DATA may have done her a favour by getting on Ashley Madison. Loyalty isn't something we can demonstrate only with our genitals.

MADISON EXCEPTION

I'm an Ashley Madison user in an open relationship with a bi woman. I can assure you that a large number of AM users—hundreds

of thousands—are also in open relationships. The hackers made no effort to distinguish between adulterers and people in consensual, honest relationships. They are smearing thousands of people as adulterers who are much more honest in their relationships than the average person.

HEALTHY OPENNESS NOT EGREGIOUS SEXUAL TRYSTS The hackers also made no effort to protect Ashley Madison members living in countries where adultery is punishable by death. Along with all the cheaters, wannabe cheaters and people in honest open relationships, HONEST, the hackers exposed hundreds of people living in Saudi Arabia—some of them gay. Do the people out there saying AM members are getting what they deserve realize that some are going to get their heads cut off?

LAY DOWN THE LAW

I am a data-security attorney. One important point that seems to be missed by those celebrating the Ashley Madison hack is that while cheating is not illegal, unauthorized hacking is. While some may find cheating morally reprehensible, it is not so morally reprehensible in this country that there are laws prohibiting it (anymore)—it's not even a misdemeanor. On the other hand, hacking into someone's system and accessing data without authorization is considered so morally reprehensible that we have state and federal laws against it. Also, there are state and federal laws that apply to sites like Ashley Madison around properly securing their data and not making promises about security or handling of data (such as whether data is deleted). It will be interesting to see what actions, if any, may be taken against the site.

I predict this is just the start of attacks against sex-oriented sites.

WHO IS NEXT? Almost everyone has posted stuff online anonymously, has privately shared pictures and fantasies, and has a browser history that could screw up their lives if that info were dumped into a searchable database that named names. The people celebrating the Ashley Madison hack might have more sympathy for the victims—the fantasizers and the cheaters— if they contemplated their own vulnerability. We are all one malicious hack, one lost cellphone or one vindictive ex away from the kind of exposure and humiliation and, in some cases, the kind of ruin that the AM members are facing today. V On the Lovecast, you are COMMANDED to listen to Dan and Mistress Matisse: savagelovecast.com. @fakedansavage on Twitter

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