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POLITICAL INTERFERENCE

GETTING IT WRONG AGAIN Report relays many past errors, sparking reason for concern

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n a report published last month by the University of Calgary School of Public Policy, former Saskatchewan NDP Finance Minister Janice MacKinnon and perennial right-wing think tank favourite Jack Mintz ostensibly set out to create a sense of panic about Alberta’s “multiple money problems” and then offer up a series of “common sense” fixes to those problems.

In identifying the supposed scope of Alberta’s money problems, Mintz and MacKinnon break down the current debt and debt projections on a per capita basis, suggesting that the government’s own projections— which they call a best-case scenario— would see an accumulated debt by 2020 equivalent to $16,500 per Albertan.

The problem with breaking down debt on a per capita basis, however, is that it doesn’t account in any way for the size of the provincial economy and the potential for paying it back. Think of the difference between how a $20,000 personal debt would impact a young professional in a booming economy with extensive job prospects versus how that same debt would impact a high school drop-out in a depressed economy with no job prospects.

The same amount of debt is largely meaningless for the one and almost insurmountable for the other.

When you bring the size and health of the economy into play by calculating the provincial debt as a percentage of GDP, all of a sudden Alberta has the lowest debt to GDP ratio in the country at 6.8 percent, and it is projected to remain the lowest for some time-—certainly not the panic-inducing analysis MacKinnon and Mintz were going for, and likely why they chose to measure debt per capita instead.

They then launch into a com-

parison of Alberta’s per capita expenditures compared to B.C., Ontario, and Quebec in a variety of areas, including infrastructure, health, and public sector salaries.

Their conclusion, of course, is that Alberta spends more per capita than all these other provinces, and if the government would just bring its per capita spending more in line with those provinces, then we would be fine.

Here again, looking at spending per capita is problematic for the same reasons as above.

When you look at Alberta’s overall spending as a function of GDP, we are at most middleof-the-pack across the country, but again, that doesn’t serve MacKinnon and Mintz’s purposes, so they neglect to mention that.

The reality is that a growing and thriving economy necessitates a greater degree of spending and is subject to greater inflationary pressures, which makes the per capita analysis largely meaningless.

Regardless, our two heroes carry on and propose measures which they claim will ultimately result in some $8.1 billion a year in savings. Specifically, they propose spending $1 billion less than budgeted on infrastructure, cutting public sector salaries by half a billion a year, and slicing a further $6.6 billion from public services through various privatization and procurement initiatives and other administrative cost reductions.

If you’re keeping track, that amounts to cutting the provincial budget by about 15 percent—something that MacKinnon and Mintz don’t consider austerity, but rather a “middle ground” between austerity and out-of-control spending. They do not speak to how many Albertans would lose their liveli-

hoods as a result of reduced infrastructure spending and service cuts, or how reducing public sector wages will affect spending in the economy, so those things must be irrelevant to their analysis.

In the final section of their report Mintz and MacKinnon tackle the question of how taxes in Alberta could be changed to better “align revenue and spending”. Their recommendation, reduce taxes for corporations and the rich, and using the carbon levy to further reduce business taxes, rather than providing rebates for low and middle income Albertans.

Interestingly, this is the one section where they don’t compare Alberta’s performance with that of other provinces, choosing instead to ignore the fact that Albertans are the lowest taxed Canadians by a margin of $8.7 billion.

Ultimately Mintz’s and MacKinnon’s recommendations are not new, nor do they represent some middle-of-the-road balance in fiscal policy. What they are is a rehash of the extreme austerity, pro-privatization, small government, low tax ideology that got our province into this mess in the first place.

Mintz and MacKinnon assert repeatedly that it’s a mistake to build solutions based on a “black-and-white scenario of either spending or imposing austerity and drastic cutbacks.”

They are right, although their report seems premised on the exact same scenario. The solutions are in addressing revenues, and if the government doesn’t deal with those in the short order, then that blackand-white scenario will become inevitable. Until then, the government would do well to fully disregard the recommendations in this report.

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WHY CHINA WON’T BUDGE ON NORTH KOREA Chinese Communist Party protects its long-held power by remaining idle

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ver the next two weeks, Donald Trump will have visited the leaders of Japan, South Korea and China, and the same topic will dominate all three conversations: North Korea. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in will be looking for reassurance that the United States will protect them from North Korea’s nuclear weapons, but in Beijing Trump will be the supplicant.

The American president will be asking President Xi Jinping to do something/ anything, to make North Korea stop testing nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

Trump has painted himself into a corner with his tongue, but even he knows (or at least has been told many times by his military advisers) that there is no military solution to this problem that does not involve a major war, and probably a local nuclear war.

Trump promised that North Korea would never be able to strike the United States with nuclear weapons, and the reality is that it will get there quite soon (if it is not already there). The United States has no leverage over North Korea except the threat of war, so Trump needs China to get him off the hook.

Cuba, Vietnam and Laos. The CCP’s highest priority is not “making China great again” or building a blue-water navy, it is protecting the power of the party.

The Chinese leadership cares about those things too, but everything is always seen through the prism of “Will it strengthen the party’s rule?” Seen through that prism, the collapse of the North Korean Communist regime is a potentially mortal threat to the CCP as well.

The reasons that are usually given for Beijing’s determination to keep the North Korean regime afloat just don’t make sense.

The Chinese Communists don’t really worry about a flood of North Korean refugees across the border into Manchuria if the North Korean regime falls. They’d mostly go home again after things settled down, and become happy citizens of a reunited Korea.

Beijing doesn’t stay awake at night worrying that a reunited Korea would bring American troops right up to the Chinese border either. It’s actually more likely that U.S. troops would eventually leave a reunified Korea. After all, nobody in Korea worries about a Chinese attack, so why would the U.S. troops stay?

For all their power and all their achievements, they see themselves as standing with their backs to a cliff China has lots of leverage: 90 percent of North Korea’s imports come in through China, and most of its foreign exchange comes from selling goods to China. Beijing could leave the North Korean population freezing and starving in the dark if it chose, but it won’t do that.

Xi may throw Donald Trump a couple of smallish fish—a ban on the sale of blow dryers and chainsaws to North Korea, perhaps, but he won’t do anything that actually threatens the survival of the North Korean regime. Yet, he knows that nothing less will sway Kim Jong-un, because the North Korean leader sees his nukes and ICBMs as essential to the survival of the regime.

Xi does not love Kim, and he definitely doesn’t like what he has been doing with the nuclear and missile tests. Kim has even purged the senior people in the North Korean hierarchy who were closest to China, and Beijing still puts up with his behaviour. Why? Because the survival of Communist rule in North Korea is seen in Beijing as vital— not vital to China as a whole, but to the continuation of Communist rule in China.

That may sound weird, but look at it from the point of view of China’s current rulers.

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What truly frightens the men in charge in China is seeing another Communist regime go down. They were terrified by the collapse of the Soviet regime in 1989-91, and they blame it on the weakness and willingness to compromise of the Soviet Communist Party.

For all their power and all their achievements, they see themselves as standing with their backs to a cliff. One step backward, one show of weakness, and they could be over the edge and in free-fall.

Letting Kim Jong-un fall, however much they dislike him, might unleash the whirlwind at home.

That is probably not true, but it has been the view of the dominant group in the Chinese Communist Party ever since the Soviet Union fell. They will not push Kim too hard no matter what the cost. The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have just told Congress that there is no way the U.S. can eliminate North Korea’s nuclear weapons without a full-scale land invasion.

Conclusion? No matter what the various players say now, in the end North Korea will get to keep a modest nuclear deterrent force, but it will have to agree to keep it small enough that it could not possibly launch a successful first strike. Not that it could even remotely afford to build a force big enough to do that anyway.

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TO THE PINT

Jump on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway to taste test

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‘ve been talking a lot lately about how Alberta’s craft beer scene is finally taking off. We are seeing a couple new breweries open every month. One of the more exciting elements of the growth is that many of the new breweries are opening up in smaller towns around the province.

The emergence of breweries in various centres around Alberta opens up the possibility of beer road trips. A day can now be spent driving a couple hours and experiencing not only the sights of Alberta, but also some of the diversity of beer being made here.

Take, for example, Highway 2, officially known as Queen Elizabeth II Highway.

Within a two and a half hour drive you can hit up to eight breweries without even setting foot in

Edmonton or Calgary. Let me walk you through a possible day trip on the QEII beer trail.

First, beer trips take some advance planning. Most, but not all, of the breweries have tap rooms, which makes a stop-in visit easy.

Just check out their hours to make sure they will be open. If you want a tour of the brewery as well, or your group is fairly large, be sure to call ahead to arrange a time. If the brewery doesn’t have a tap room you will also need to call ahead to see if they are willing to have you pop by.

So, let’s hop in the car and work our way south. First stop is Ponoka, just an hour out of town, and Siding 14 Brewing, who opened their doors this past summer. Located in a brand new building just off the main drag on the south end

of town, Siding 14 aims to be a farm to glass operation, meaning they want to grow the ingredients for their beer. Their six core beer range from a Golden Ale to an IPA to a Stout, with lots in between. They also usually have four or five seasonals available at any one time.

Just another 20 minutes down the highway is Blindman Brewing in Lacombe. Only two years old Blindman has been pushing Alberta beer boundaries with creative styles and inventive one- offs.

Their Kettle Sour series is a must try and they usually have a barrelaged something on tap at the tap room, as well as mainstays like River Session Ale and Longshadows IPA. Red Deer (about 20 minutes further) sports two possible

stops. Something Brewing has been around for a few years but likely you have not tried their entire line-up. They have Alberta’s only Schwarzbier (a dark German lager) called Dark Side and offer a witbier, a brown ale and an IPA. On the other side of downtown sits Troubled Monk Brewing.

This young brewery recently won a World Beer Cup medal for its Open Road Brown Ale and they produce accessible and wellmade beer.

Your next stop will be Olds College Brewing in, of all places, Olds (about 45 minutes from Red Deer). Connected to the Brewmaster Certificate Program at the college, the brewery operates as a stand-alone operation but the students work there as part of their training. The brewery has a

standard line-up of beer including a wheat ale, an amber ale, a brown ale, and an IPA, along with regular offerings designed and/or inspired by the students.

Your final stop will be in Airdrie, just another 30 minutes down the road, to Alberta’s youngest brewery, Fitzsimmons Brewing.

Their grand opening is November 25, so if you wait a couple weeks you could be one of the first Albertans to try their beer.

Within five or six hours you could easily hit up a half dozen new and interesting Alberta breweries, without even venturing off of Highway 2. Just be sure to have a designated driver and a pillow for the inevitable nap on the trip back home.

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Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown turns the myth of Orpheus into a New Orleans folk-opera

he ancient Greek story of Orpheus attempting to free his beloved Eurydice from Hades’ realm of the dead has been told many times, but not like Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown.

The singer-songwriter’s musical adapts the myth and its metaphorical elements, crafting it into a live folk-opera infused with New Orleans jazz numbers about love, doubt, capitalism, and isolation.

“In this show, we are always riding the line of metaphors,” Mitchell says. “In the original myth, Hades was a place people go when they die. So in this story, the people in Hadestown aren’t dead, but there’s a death-like quality to their existence.”

Eurydice also chooses to go to Hadestown whereas, in the origi-

nal myth, she is bitten by a snake and dies.

“In this story, Hadestown is this wild underground land of wealth and security and it seems appealing,” Mitchell says. “Then there’s the above ground world where there’s man-made natural disasters going on, which is kind of like the real Dust Bowl. There’s an uninhabitable landscape and this element of unpredictability in the dangerous world.”

Hadestown may keep people safe from the harsh elements of the above ground, but its citizens are controlled by the strings of Hades, an atypical, villainous, tycoon driven by industry.

Mitchell first wrote Hadestown as a DIY theatre project in 2006, which morphed into a concept album in 2010. She was drawn by

the myth of Orpheus, an optimistic lover, and artist who believes he can change the world with a song.

“As an artist and a songwriter, that’s appealing,” Mitchell says.

“He even remains a hero for us even though he doesn’t succeed.”

After her album, Mitchell had aspirations to transform the story into a professional musical theatre production. She needed a partner—enter Rachel Chavkin, a Tony-nominated director, with an aptitude for unorthodox musicals.

“I saw this show of Rachel’s called Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 and I was blown away. Especially with her direction,” Mitchell says. “I think Rachel really gets music and understands what the experience of a concert is.”

“Each song in Hadestown is like watching a number, so you want it to have its own beautiful character and sense of painting through movement,” Chavkin says.

She goes on to say that unlike Hadestown, a musical’s choreography is usually very “illustrative or representational.”

“You can think of an old classic musical where the ladies are going shopping and it’s all choreographed to how they pick out dresses or something like that,” she says. “Hadestown is different.

It’s much more about the poetic feeling of the song and the vibe of the orchestration.”

The show also has many political and social connotations with Orpheus being something of a revolutionary in Hadestown.

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“To be a poet in the world of Hadestown is a political act,” Mitchell says. “He doesn’t have to get up on a soap box. He’s more Bob Dylan than Cesar Chavez.”

One of the songs, “Why Do We Build A Wall” the character of Hades leads, has also been compared to President Donald Trump’s real plan to build a wall on the Mexican border.

“It’s not the first song about a wall,” Mitchell says. “Look at Pink Floyd’s. It’s a powerful image that political leaders have used many times because it works on people who feel scared and vulnerable.

The promise of some kind of safety from ‘the other.’ Donald Trump is just tapping into that.”

“Anaïs wrote that song years ago. It’s extraordinary now because it is both so timely and it touches on how autocrats and oppressive regimes use power to hold the country by dividing people,” Chavkin adds.

Hadestown is currently an OffBroadway production, but there has been a lot of ‘Broadway buzz’ surrounding it.

“We are definitely here in Edmonton, in part, to figure out how to reconceive the show for a larger proscenium house,” Chavkin says.

Mitchell and Chavkin are both excited about the Edmonton performances of Hadestown. The musical has been reworked many times, with new songs being added or pieces of plot being removed.

Mitchell says the whole experience has been like a “game of Jenga.”

“There was this little tower that was built from each version.

When you take a block out, it’s possible the whole tower can fall down, but sometimes a new piece can appear and support it.”

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uppetry is an artform that some may think of as archaic, but Calgary’s Old Trout Puppet Workshop aims to confront those views with each production, their newest, Jabberwocky, being no exception.

Originally a trio of artists looking to wait out the Y2K bug crisis that predicted all computers would essentially implode on us and destroy life as we knew it, friends Judd Palmer, Peter Balkwill, and Steve “Pityu” Kenderes started Old Trout as a way to prepare for the fate of humanity without computers.

“We were driven by a kind of apocalyptic fervor to gather together in a rural location where we were well armed and had access to fresh water and cows in case of apocalypse,” Palmer says.

While prepping the Palmer family ranch west of Calgary sometime in late ‘99, Palmer and his buddies realized they would need something to do, or make a living from while airports and traffic lights were down for the count.

Their solution was puppetry.

“In all that frenzy we figured we needed some kind of job in the dystopian future and so we thought ‘Well yeah, let’s make puppet shows; we’ll be the roving puppet theatre of the Mad Max world that is about to come.’

“At a certain point,” he laughs, “even while sending off cannibalmutant Hutterite motorcycle gangs or whatever, you need to stop for a moment and ponder the delicate things in life.”

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didn’t really care. They had found something they all enjoyed, and, as Palmer jokes, it was the potential to work as artists.

With Palmer’s background as an illustrator, Balkwill’s knowledge of writing and theatre and Kenderes’ background as a sculptor, the trio set out on beginning their puppetry workshop, “Fort Trout.”

“Puppetry, really,” Palmer says, “is the sum of all arts, you take all arts and stick them together, which is why it’s the highest of all the arts.”

Much like their Luddite-esque roots, the Old Trouts believe there is something enthralling about bygone gadgets and gizmos built by hand in a time where entertainment and knowledge can connote torpidity and withdrawal. The Old Trouts instead generate engagement with their trademark slightly twisted humour and edge of nihilistic retort.

“It’s the creak of the joint or the squeak of the hinge that makes it joyful,” he says. “And reminds us of the simpler origins to our imaginations.”

While the trio has moved from the realm of puppet dabblers to puppet masters over the past 17 years, Old Trout continually test themselves and their arcane skills on new and enigmatic endeavours. Their newest production is no different.

Jabberwocky, Palmer says, is inspired by two peculiar Victorian traditions from around the time the poem was written. Traditions feature cardboard “toy theatres” and cut-out paper puppets from books that to attach to sticks.

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Though simple in concept, it was with these simple puppet theatres that Victorian children would tell Rumpelstiltskin and Little Red Riding Hood for decades.

Old Trout Puppet Workshop have something slightly more avantgarde than a cardboard box for their production, though the set is also inspired by Victorian-era gadgetry.

Moving panoramas were used on stages in the mid-19th century to create the illusion of movement for an otherwise stationary set piece, adding dynamic and visual interest on stage in a time where film and camera hadn’t even been incepted in a man’s mind.

“You combine these two things—the miracle of the scrolling panorama and the toy theatre esthetic—what it ends up being is an anachronistic proto-animation,” he says. “It’s like a live-animated movie or a pop-up book coming to life.”

Originally commissioned by a festival in France, the poem was chosen for its ability to play with the wonderfully weird and regularly macabre folklore and fable.

No one knows who the Jabberwocky resembles, nor do they know what sounds may erupt from its belly. But that’s the whole point, says Palmer.

“It became a metaphor for us about the things that keep you awake at night, staring at your ceiling unable to sleep, tossing and turning; the thing that’s drooling outside your existential window; what’s prowling and making you slowly go crazy?”

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THEATRE

THE GRIT IN OUR HISTORY

Workshop West tells immortal story of cowboy ahead of his time

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ohn Ware arrived in the ranch country of southern Alberta on a fall day in 1882. No one knows why he decided upon the weather-vulnerable foothills, but the tough old bird ranched cattle there until the day he died.

His story has gripped many over the years, including playwright Cheryl Foggo, who wrote John Ware Reimagined, a play she calls “a love story within a love story” for her own love of the man’s recondite but stunning story.

Workshop West opens their season with Foggo’s play that often uses music to tell John Ware’s story, through the eyes of Joni (Kirsten Alter). A woman from present day, Joni fixates on each morsel of information she digs up about Ware as she makes sense of her own barriers growing up in the Canadian ‘60s.

Jesse Lipscombe, who plays John Ware, can identify with many of the feelings Ware may have had about being unwillfully put in boxes as a black man with a large presence—Lipscombe is 6’3 and 270 pounds himself.

“There is something that goes with the size of a black man and people’s opinion of that when they don’t

know you,” Lipscombe says. “But on a more human level, he hated fences, and that idea of hating fences had more to do with starting as a slave and rules, and people telling him what to do.”

Ware’s legacy outlasts even his own tough-as-nails grit. He’s a cowboy in the truest sense of the word, and the stories about him regularly blur the lines of what you thought were truth and fiction.

John Ware came from the southern States, still ripe with rights violations after emancipation, to western Canada for freedom and a chance at a life he chose for himself—something that was not uncommon at the time.

Amber Valley, a settlement about 170 kilometres north of Edmonton was settled in 1910 and 1911 by a wave of African-Americans from Oklahoma looking for the same freedom. At the time, Canada was waving its hands for hardy farmers to settle the west, offering land for cheap. The result was roughly 300 black Oklahomans settling the area; 300 people that thousands of Albertans can now trace their family history to, including Foggo, Lipscombe and musician Miranda Martini, who wrote a large chunk of the music for the play.

Although Ware died in 1905 and was not a part of the Amber Valley settlements, his legacy remains strong. Lipscombe mentions that one of Ware’s children married a Lipscombe, taking

the actor-character connection to whole new level.

“The fact is: one in four cowboys were black after the emancipation proclamation,” Lipscombe says. “It was one of the jobs that you did if you could do that type of work. Blacks were the very first cowboys that existed. And I say that because the term ‘cowboy’ was a derogatory term for black people; if you were white, you were a ranch hand or a cowpunch.”

And John Ware was one of the best.

“He brought irrigation to Alberta,” Lipscombe adds; “he brought longhorn cattle; he was a genius with herding animals and taking care of animals and could ride better than most people and was just a gregarious, great human being that left everyone a little bit better after he had met them.”

Lipscombe mirrors Ware in more ways than just appearance and family history; the campaign he and his wife started, “Make it Awkward” embodies much of what Ware stood for, including freedom, respect, and love.

“This is a great tool to continue that same conversation,” he says of his part in the play, adding that he’s always surprised how many avenues can be used to continue the conversation.

Workshop West will also hold conversations following a few shows to cover important topics like sharing stories of resilience in Amber Valley.

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MUSICAL THEATRE

CANADIAN HERO OR VILLIAN?

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ince the late 1970s, Canadians have been fascinated by the enigmatic Louis Riel. And you can hardly blame us—he is undoubtedly one of our most interesting historical figures, whose plight for civil rights (and subsequent execution) have secured him a spot as a national legend.

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Truth and Reconciliation begin to heal, and Canada nears the end of its contentious 150 celebration, Musicalmanias production of Hey, Reil! couldn’t be more timely.

“I think it’s prudent that [Canadians] analyze our history—I mean really look at it,” says lead Ken Mastel. “We should start looking at these figures like Louis

Riel or John A. [MacDonald] as humans rather than just characters in a story.”

In his estimation, Canadians have a habit of simplifying our historical figures as “good” or “evil”. And according to Mastel, that kind of thinking misses the point of historical analysis.

“Here’s the thing: Louis Riel was not always a good person. He made

some very bad choices to get the things he wanted. But so did John A. MacDonald. Both are icons,” he says.

Like confederate general Robert E. Lee, MacDonald’s legacy came under heavy scrutiny this year when his reputation as a bigot had some members of Ontario’s teachers federation calling for his name to be removed from schools, favouring more benevolent Canadian icons.

Mastel explains, “The truth is, none of us live saintly lives. None of us. But that’s what makes Hey, Riel! so interesting—it’s just such a human story.”

Indeed, Riel’s is a very human story (if not a very depressing one): a would-be priest-turned rebel led the charge for Métis and Indigenous rights. His passion and vitriol, however, made him somewhat a erratic and violent individual. His steadfast belief that he was chosen to lead the Métis by some divine intervention earned him a reputation as a religious fanatic. Two rebellions, and the murder of a European prisoner later, Louis Riel was executed for treason.

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This is the basic story that Hey, Riel! promises to tell, complete with some intricate song and dance numbers. For those concerned with this being some Canadian Hamilton knockoff, consider that Hey, Riel! made its debut in 2000—if anything, Hamilton is an American Hey Riel!.

However, the question remains— will Albertans be able to relate to the controversial figure? After all, Alberta is home to some of the country’s most troubling alt-right and white nationalist groups. And abject racism aside, (these groups certainly don’t reflect the majority of Albertans), there exists a pervasive reluctance to accept responsibility. You haven’t really lived in Alberta until you’ve heard someone remark, “I’m not apologizing/ paying for something my ancestors did!”

Julien Constantin, who doubles as director and villain, acknowledges that this is a problem for some audiences, but offers up some sage advice for prospective audiences: “It’s not important to agree; it’s important to understand.”

Here’s hoping it has the desired effect.

Buchanan Hunter arts@vueweekly.com

ARTS WEEKLY

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Group Show: Includes new artists and their new works; Nov 9-Dec 31 • Of Sky and Water: artwork by Gregory Hardy; Nov 16-Dec 9; Opening reception: Nov 18, 2-4pm

Chapter Acquisition Project; Oct 28-Mar 25 • WEEKLY DROP-IN ACTIVITIES: Tours for Tots, Every Wed, 10-11am • Youth Workshops, ages 13-17, Every Thu, 4-6pm • Kids’ Open Studio, Every Sat, 1-3pm • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12-1pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm

PICTURE THIS! FRAMING & GALLERY • 959

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Ripples of Loss: artwork by Terry McCue; Nov 2-Dec 2

Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • info@ picturethisgallery.com • picturethisgallery.com • Artist Robert Bateman - In Person; Nov 10, 7-9pm

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

BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118 Ave

DANCE

• dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Get It Down On Paper: artwork by Blair Brennan; Oct 28-Nov 18

Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Open Tue-Sat, 9am

BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • assembly.

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD–Presented

by Vinok Worldance • Chateau Louis Conference Centre, 11727 Kingsway • 780.454.3739 • christmas. vinok.ca • A beloved Edmonton holiday tradition for over a decade, this production celebrates the many dimensions of the Christmas and Holiday season • Nov 16-19, 6-10pm CONVERGENCE • L’UniThéâtre, 8627-91 St • 780. 469.8400 • goodwomen.ca • Collaborating with electroacoustic composer Shawn Pinchbeck, choreographers have developed a work that considers insatiability in a social context and within the realm of the body • Nov 16-18, 8pm DIRT BUFFET CABARET• Spazio Performativo, 10816 95 St • milezerodance.com • This multidisciplinary, diverse variety show allows audiences to discover Edmonton’s most unique, challenging, and wide-ranging performances, curated by an array of artists who will share different niches within the Edmonton scene • Nov 9, 8pm • $10 or best offer at the door MOSCOW BALLET’S GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER • Myer Horowitz Theatre, 8900-114 St • 780.492.4764 • su.ualberta.ca/businesses/horowitz • Performance of the classic Christmas tale features up to 40 Russian dancers and stunning choreography • Nov 16-17

VINOK WORLDANCE PRESENTS CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD • Chateau Louis Conference Centre, 11727 Kingsway NW • 780-454-3739 • christmas.vinok.ca • Timothy J. Anderson returns to guide attendees through centuries of culture, costume, traditions, live music and stunning choreography • Nov 16-19 • $45-$80

FILM A BEAR NAMED WINNIE AT RUTHERFORD HOUSE • Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site, 11153 Saskatchewan Drive NW • 780.427.3995 • rutherford.house@gov.ab.ca • A story about a soldier who develops a strong bond with a bear cub before he is sent to fight in World War I • Nov 11, 6-8pm • $5 (comes with lemonade and popcorn)

AMADEUS LIVE • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 1.855.985.5000 • jubileeauditorium.com • A movie-in-concert. Experience the multi-Academy Award winning 1984 motion picture Amadeus on a vast HD screen while Mozart’s most celebrated works are performed live in-sync by a full orchestra and choir • Nov 17-18, 7pm • $26-$85

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema.org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • AFTERNOON TEA: Lady Macbeth (Nov 19) • CANADA ON SCREEN: McLaren & Maddin (Nov 15) • CINEMA OF PSYCHEDELIA: The Holy Mountain (Nov 18) • NIGHT GALLERY: The Mysterious Monsters (Nov 18) • QUOTE-A-LONG SERIES: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Nov 11) • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Despicable Me 3 (Nov 12), The Goonies (Nov 18) • SCIENCE IN THE CINEMA: The Madness of King George (Nov 16) • STAFF PICS: Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie (Nov 9)

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Landmarks: artwork by Julia Reimer, Tyler Rock and Katherine Russell; Sep 2-Dec 24 • DISCOVERY GALLERY: We Meet Here: Artwork by Laura McKibbon; Oct 21-Nov 25 • Ordinary: artwork by Karen Rhebergen; Oct 21-Nov 25 ALBERTA LEGISLATURE AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VISITOR CENTRE • 9820-107 St •

ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis.html • Legion Halls: produced by the Canadian War Museum; Oct 13-Jan 2

BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS • Lower

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555

• The Second Layer: artwork by Tim Rechner; Oct 21Nov 10 • The Third Face: artwork by Campbell Wallace; Oct 21-Nov 10

level, Rutherford South, University of Alberta • bpsc. library.ualberta.ca • Salt, Sword, and Crozier: Books and Coins from the Prince-Bishopric of Salzburg (c.1500-c.1800); Sep 26-Jan 31

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St

telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • The Science Behind Pixar Exhibition; Until Jan 7 • Free-$117.95

Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists. com • SNAP Annual Members Show and Sale; Nov 18

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St •

• bugeramathesongallery.com • Symphonic Timbre: artwork by Ernestine Tahedl; Oct 20-Nov 3 • Gardens Ablaze/Jardins de lumière: artwork by Michèle Drouin (RCA); Nov 17-Dec 7

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Small Town Living: artwork by JakeJoy Mulyk; Oct 31-Dec 2

CAVA GALLERY • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Members Exhibition; Nov 10-25

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Artwork by Grant Leier & Nixie Barton; Oct 28-Nov 9 • Raynald Leclerc Exhibition of New Work; Nov 18-30

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Disclosures: Artwork by Dana Dal Bo, Dayna Danger, Shan Kelley; Nov 3-Dec 16

FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Artwork

by Tanya Harnett and Marilene Oliver; Oct 24-Nov 10

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • An

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Light in the Land–the Nature of Canada: artwork by Dr. Roberta Bondar; Nov 10-Dec 21

Evening of Poetry at Audreys; Nov 9, 7-9pm • Bruce Zawalsky"Canadian Wilderness Survival" Book Launch; Nov 10, 7-9pm • Laurel Deedrick-Mayne Book signing; Nov 11, 12:30-1:30pm • Geoff Kirbyson "The Hot Line" Signing; Nov 12, 12:30-1:30pm • Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi: Teachings from Long ago Person Found; Nov 13, 7-9pm • Ken Karpoff "Head Games" Book Launch; Nov 11am2pm & 7-9pm • Anna Priemaza "Kat and Meg conquer the World" Book Launch; Nov 16, 7-9pm

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury

FRONT GALLERY • 10402-124 St • thefrontgallery. com • Tom Gale - 70th Birthday Solo Exhibition: Nov 23, 7-9pm

St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Turgor: artwork by Daniel Evans; Oct 5-Nov 24 • Soft Red/Hard White–15th Artist-In-Residence Exhibition: artwork by Jen Mesch; Oct 5-Nov 24

HUMAN ECOLOGY GALLERY • University of Alberta 1-15, Human Ecology Building • 780.492.3824 • Imagining a Better World: The Artwork of Nelly Toll; Sep 28-Mar 11

POETRY READING PLAYGROUND • Edmonton

780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Fall Group Selling Exhibition; until Nov 15

Poets House, 9016-153 St • yegpoetshouse@gmail. com • An evening of unforgettable poetry and the unveiling of Poetry Playground's latest poems and poets • Nov 14, 7-10pm • Free (donations to Edmonton Poets House accepted)

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • Getting Big: artwork by Violet Costello; Oct 6-Nov 18 • Knock on Wood: artwork

by Jeremy Pavka and Sean Procyk; Oct 6-Nov 18

ROBERTA BONDAR • Festival Place, 100 Festival

LOFT ART GALLERY • 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • artsoc@telus.net • artstrathcona.com • Open Fri-Sun, Sep 9-Dec, 10-4pm • Artwork from local artists of the Society

LOTUS ART GALLERY • 10321-124 St • lotusgallery.com • Sam An Woven Art Collections: Oct 27-Nov 30

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca •The Michel Band: curated by members of the Michel Band Council; Sep 19Jan 7 • Ripples of Loss: artwork by Terry McCue; Nov 2-Dec 2

THE MORAL WORK OF NURSING: ASKING AND LIVING WITH THE QUESTIONS–BOOK SIGNING • Chapters in Old Strathcona, 10504-82 Ave • hazelmagnussen.com • Nov 19, 12-4pm

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St •

St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullengallery • This Art Makes Me Feel...: Until Dec 3

Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Basement Theatre at Holy Trinity, 10037-84 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, Oct 13-Dec 15, 11pm

ALICE IN WONDERLAND • Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • shelltheatre.ca • Come on a journey down the rabbit hole as Missoula Children’s Theatre works with local youth theatre lovers to produce an all ages adventure • Nov 18, 3pm & 5:30pm • $5-$12

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BACK TO THE 80S PART 2: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES • Mayfield Dinner Theatre,

SELLER LI ST Week of Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2017

16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre. ca • Join Bill and Ted in their time traveling phone booth as they blast back to the '80s to relive the bad hairdos, spandex pants, iconic characters and, of course, it’s most excellent mix-tape of memorable music. • Nov 7-Jan 28

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s long form comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Sep 10-Jun 9 • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • die-nasty.com • Live improvised soap opera. Join the whole Die-Nasty family REBORN, for a whole season of great artists, earth-shaking discovery, glorious music, hilarious hi jinx...but mostly Machiavellian Intrigue • Runs every Mon, 6:30pm (doors), 7:30-9:30pm • Oct 23-May 29

HADESTOWN • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave •

Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers 1. Short Story Advent Calendar 2017 - Michael Hingston Ed. * + 2. Dark and Other Love Stories (Longlisted for the 2017 Giller Prize) - Deborah Willis * 3. Uncommon Type: Some Stories - Tom Hanks

citadeltheatre.com • Orpheus’ mythical quest to regain the favour of his one true love, Eurydice, infused with the music of American folk and New Orleans jazz traditions • Nov 11-Dec 3

4. Christmas At the Vinyl Cafe Stuart McLean

HEY RIEL! • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave •

6. Few and Far - Allison Kydd *

Hero or villain? Louis Riel is thought by many to be the Father of Canadian Confederation. Not so to others, who believe him to be a black spot on Canada's past.

Held on the anniversary of Riel's death in 1885 • Nov 16, 1pm and 7:30pm • $15-$25

JABBERWOCKY • The Roxy on Gateway • theatrenetwork.ca • Created by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop. What monster does the original poem actually mean? Is it fanged or flapping, furry or finned, ferocious or formless? Is it outside our bedroom door even now, drooling? Or... something else? • Nov 9-26

JERSEY BOYS • Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium.com • The true story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide • Nov 10-12

5. Alice Network - Kate Quinn 7. A Wake for the Dreamland Laurel Deedrick-Mayne * 8. Origin - Dan Brown 9. Transit - Rachel Cusk 10. Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguaro (Nobel Prize Literature 2017)

Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers 1. Calling the Shots - Kelly Hrudey * , Kirstie McLellan Day *

JOHN WARE REIMAGINED • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330-84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • A heart-warming play about the man who went from enslavement to Canadian icon • Nov 9-19

2. Robert Bateman’s Canada Robert Bateman

ROUGE POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765

LITTLE WOMEN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL •

4. Oil’s Deep State: How the Petroleum Industry Undermines Democracy and Slows Action on Global Warming - in Alberta, and in Ottawa - Kevin Taft *

Jasper Ave • Every Tue

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep 18-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

L'Unitheatre, 8627-91 St • The struggle of four “Little Women” to find their own voices mirrors the growing pains of a young America • Nov 3-11 • $25 (adults), $21 (students/seniors)

OFF BOOK THE MUSICAL • Citadel Theatre - Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave NW • A talented ensemble from Rapid Fire Theatre only needs one thing to create a brand new musical: a suggestion from the audience • Nov 11, 7:30-9pm • $12-$14 (Eventbrite) ORANGE IS THE NEW PINK • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061, 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Piper is pretty in pink and the life of every party. But when this queen of the New York party scene takes it a bit too far, she’s forced to trade in the pink party dress for an orange prison suit • Oct 20-Jan 20

PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • NAESS GALLERY: Seek to Touch, paintings by Melissa Baron; Oct 6-Nov 17 • ARTISAN NOOK: Some Paintings of Me: Under the Blue Sky, paintings by Svetlana Troitskaia; Oct 6-Nov 17

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep 9-Jun 8 • $15

THE VIEW FROM HERE • St Albert Theatre

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Artwork by Cindy James; Nov 6-Dec 2

Hadestown Citadel Theatre Nov. 11 - Dec. 3 Amber Grey in “Hadestown” at New York Theatre Workshop Off-Broadway

BEST

Way, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace. ab.ca • The world’s first neurologist in space, Dr. Roberta Bondar is globally recognized for her pioneering contribution to space medicine research • Nov 9, 7:30pm

780.415.1839 • jeanette.dotimas@assembly.ab.ca • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis/LegionHalls. html • Legion Halls: photography by Tobi Asmoucha; Oct 13-Jan 2

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Cutline: From the Photography Archives of The Globe and Mail; Jul 1-Nov 12 • Turbulent Landings: The NGC 2017 Canadian Biennial: curated by Catherine Crowston, Josee Drouin-Brisebois and Jonathan Shaughnessy; Sep 30-Jan 7 • Monument: artwork

by Dara Humniski and Sergio Serrano; Oct 14-Feb 19 • Calling Stones (Conversations): artwork by Faye HeavyShield; Oct 28-Feb 19 • WordMark: A New

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3. 100 Things Oiler Fans Should Know and Do - Joanne Ireland *

5. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales pf Extraordinary Women - Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo 6. Run, Hide, Repeart: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood Pauline Dakin 7. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City Tanya Talaga 8. Leonard da Vinci - Walter Isaacson

Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • A comedy about Fern, a woman in her mid thirties, who has not left her house for six years. She takes in neighborhood babies for a living. Her nurturing talents are put to the test when her sister lands on her couch in a catatonic state and her neighbor, whose wife has just left him, moves in along with his abandoned baby. • Nov 9-25

9. One Day Closer: A Mother’s Quest to Bring Her Kidnapped Daughter Home - Lorinda Stewart

WAXWORKS • Al and Trish Huehn Theatre, 7128 Ada Boulevard • An exploration of the tales we are told, the heroes and villains we create–and the life of an extraordinary artist who developed the first worldwide brand in entertainment history • Nov 3-12 • $20 (regular), $15 (students)

* Alberta author † Alberta publisher List compiled by Audreys Books and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta

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10. Astrophysics - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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The Edmonton Ski Club makes a shift this season

here will be one less option for local skiers and snowboarders this season as the Edmonton Ski Club will not open this winter.

The combination of failing infrastructure, construction of the new LRT line on Conners Hill, which involved the dismantling of the club’s main T-bar lift and a lack of funding all played part in the decision to close ESC for the winter.

Monty Worobec, the club’s acting president, says the board of directors which runs the hill has been pushing for the closure pending the development of the master plan for the entire Conners Hill area.

“With so many moving parts and the entire area in a transition, the board felt that it was best to put

the brakes on for one season,” he says.“We’re in a holding pattern because we don’t know where the club fits into the master plan.

There are other stakeholders in the area like the folk festival, the Muttart Conservatory and the River Valley Park System, who are also all part of the puzzle.”

The city is working on a master plan for the Conners Hill area, a move necessitated by the new LRT line that will dramatically change the entire Cloverdale area. Until that is complete the club is questioning how much to put into the ski hill when the future is so uncertain.

“Do we fix the T-bar and stay operational or do we fix the roof on the clubhouse? And is it going to be viable to keep operating going forward? All options have to

be looked at because it’s hard to be a success operating just four months a year,” Worobec says.

This spring the clubhouse did not pass a structural inspection by the city and only after a temporary wall was constructed was the building able to be used for the Edmonton Folk Festival later in the summer.

Two of the major groups that use ESC, the Edmonton Alpine Ski Racing Society and the Edmonton Freestyle Ski Club, have moved to Sunridge for this season.

“We are going to miss the central location of our home at the ski club but Sunridge has been gracious enough to host us for this season and we are optimistic we will be back at ESC next season,” says the society’s president Greg Milne.

School groups that use the hill have also been notified that the club will not be operating this season and made other plans says Worobec.

This season would have marked the 107th year in operation for the club making one of the oldest in Canada. During Edmonton’s early years as a city ESC served a role as both a community hub and a ski hill.

The ski jump that spanned Conners Road from 1913 up until the 1980s was an instantly recognizable part of Edmonton’s landscape. Starting on the south side of Conners Hill the jump extended out over Conners Road and skiers landed on the slopes of ECS above the Muttart Conservatory. Images of vehicles driving underneath while skiers

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launched off the jump are an iconic part of Edmonton’s history and character.

ECS’s location just across the North Saskatchewan River from Edmonton’s downtown make it one of the few urban ski hills truly located in the heart of a major city.

As the current stewards of the club and all it represents, Worobec says the board of directors remains confident that ESC will be back in operation next season.

“By next summer the LRT construction on the hill will be largely done and we’ll have a better idea of what we are looking at. In the long run we can only see good coming out of this but it’s turbulent water for all of us right now.”

Steve Kenworthy @vueweekly

SKIING

90 YEARS OF BEAUTY

Sunshine Village celebrates its birthday with a slew of events

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s the snow begins to fall, a common tradition for many who live in the province is to escape the urban confines of cities and towns, fill a car full of friends or family and set course to the Rockies.

Sunshine Village in Banff is one of the province’s oldest locations of winter respite with next year being a rather substantial year for the ski resort, as they will be celebrating their 90th anniversary. With this on the horizon, the resort is planning on hosting numerous events and activities to ease the burden of Alberta’s long winter.

“We’re really grateful that we get to show how we’ve evolved over the decades,” communications manager for the resort Kendra Scurfield says.

Scurfield is a well-known member of the Banff community as she has been involved in events at Sunshine Village for years.

To kick off the initial season, the resort will be having their opening day in November. In preparation, Sunshine Village is taking a more practical approach to the event. In light of weather being subject to change, they have begun preparations to farm snow for the mountain.

This method is used as opposed to making it themselves, which will ideally result in pristine snow conditions for the opening festivities.

On top of the opening day, the resort will be hosting rail-jam contests as well as a veterans day, community charity event, and of course a bevy of Christmas activities in December.

Those who are brave enough will even get the chance to ski for free if they arrive to the mountain on Christmas Day dressed as Santa Claus.

But the true stand out feature will be in January, when the resort will be formally celebrating their 90th anniversary. This theme will last all year and will be a deciding factor in how the rest of the season unfolds.

Scurfield believes that the magnitude of the event will be ideal for showcasing not only the resort itself, but the beauty of the Rockies to the rest of the world.

“I think we’re lucky as Albertans to come from a place where we can show citizens of the world the beauty of nature and how vast it is, but more specifically how it needs to be protected,” Scurfield says.

To her, the anniversary is a reflection of how certain enterprises have lasted in Canada and how these places can be cultural representations of its citizens.

“We’re a really young country and I think having legacy companies like this one solidifies the country’s interests and to an extent, identity,” Scurfield says.

Regular weekend concerts with featured musicians will return come the warmer months as well as other spring-related events that the resort is known for.

There’s no word yet on whether or not there will be a formal anniversary celebration but Scurfield seems optimistic, as celebrations are something the resort is known to execute with high-energy efficiency.

Sunshine Village remains one of the go-to locations for winter play, and Scurfield believes that the anniversary theme will remind those who live in the province that the mountains are a national icon that should never be taken for granted.

“When I was growing up in Banff I never realized how beautiful and vast everything was until I left,” she says. “This is the feeling I want to convey.”

Jake Pesaruk arts@vueweekly.com

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ACTION HEROES

A plethora of superheroes frolic and flail in early-winter blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok Directed by Taika Waititi Now Playing  / Supplied

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he third Thor movie begins with Marvel’s red-caped c r u s a d e r - m e e ts - b l a c k s m i t h (a.k.a. the Norse god with the ratty blond surfer hair) breezily recapping his franchise’s previous two instalments to a skeleton he’s been caged up with by a giant fire demon. Merrily, Thor: Ragnarok only gets more un-self-serious, daffy, and romper-room fun as this spaceopera rollicks right along.

Ragnarok may sound like a Swedish heavy metal band, but it’s the end of days battle for Asgard. On Earth, Odin warns his sons, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and the trickster Loki (Tom Hiddleston), that it’s coming now with the return of their sister Hela (Cate Blanchett), the goddess of death (#super-

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On their way home, though, Thor and his bad bro are thrown a few light-years offcourse and dumped on Sakaar, all scrapyard suburbs and one city ruled by the Grandmaster (Jeff Glodblum). And in that city’s gladiator arena, Thor’s got to fight a certain angry green work friend-turned-foe ...

It’s the funny and games between the action-sequences that fizzes and pops in what often feels like a sly remix of Flash Gordon and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh supplies the beats—especially important when it comes to the Grandmaster, as much a sexually-ambiguous MC as a tyrant.

Thor film staged by Loki-impersonating-Odin to a Sistine Chapel-like ceiling in Asgard offering comic book-ish panels of history. And this is a super-power pic delighted to feature female fighters and make its muscled marauder the Silly Putty butt of slapstick: Thor’s frazzled, jarred, and jolted, and even gets floored by a big red bouncy ball.

Still, Thor 3 (Thoree?) taps out some predictable beats and doesn’t stretch its psychological and political storylines.

Bruce Banner’s panic about permanently becoming the Hulk is a Jekyll versus Hyde dilemma later forgotten; Hela’s crowing about Asgard’s imperialist conquests of yore raises some disturbing questions, soon dropped; Thor’s talk of protecting his people rings hollow when they’re left as a nearblank, near-mute mass.

Thank ye gods that Thor: Ragnarok mostly just takes the piss out of yet another superhero flick.

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scape from New York is John Carpenter’s cult action Bmovie starring one snarling Ahole of an American anti-hero (“I don’t give a fuck about your war or your president”; “It’s the survival of the human race, Plissken, something you don’t give a shit about”). It’s really a running-clock locked-room puzzle crossed with a one-man siege and rescue.

In the prison compound of NYC, post World War Three, eyepatched war hero and badass prisoner Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is injected with two minibomb capsules set to explode his arteries if he doesn’t rescue the President—held hostage by a crime-boss—within 22 hours

(tracked for us by a “Master Life Clock”). At least, amid all this slick-looking silliness and gruff nonsense, there’s a cheery, cabdriving, Molotov cocktail-chucking Ernest Borgnine ... and Harry Dean Stanton.

Metro Cinema’s screening the 1981 film in tribute to Stanton (1926-2017), an actor whose lined, sunken, craggy face in the last few decades seemed to suggest dozens more untold stories. He was a tramp in Cool Hand Luke (1967), a hitchhiker in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), an estranged brother in David Lynch’s A Straight Story (1999). But, he had meatier roles in some other Lynch works, too, and played Brett in Alien (1979), Travis Henderson in Wim Wenders’ Paris Texas (1984), and the chillingly nefarious prophet-leader Roman Grant in HBO’s Big Love (200609). In Escape From New York, he’s Harold “Brain” Hellman, a

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man we first meet—and Plissken re-meets—in a branch of the New York Public Library.

An oil pumpjack bobs among the stacks as a trenchcoated, black neckerchief-wearing man, a little bit sallow, gaunt, eyes sunken in, rises from a plush chair. Plissken sneeringly threatens Harold—who abandoned him some years ago on a job—and demands he take him to that crime-boss, The Duke.

Looking cool yet concerned, pressured by his “squeeze,” Maggie (Adrienne Barbeau), “Brain” has little choice. “Alright, alright!” he declares in that distinctively sharp, jagged cry Stanton could give. But, just before they leave the strange comfort of his lair, he coldly warns the man training the gun on him, wagging his finger, “Just one thing, right now.

Don’t call me Harold.” Well, now, there’s no chance of that.

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he name Big Sugar resides in a unique place for most Canadians. It reminds us of long road trips across the country, ‘90s house parties, or campfires underneath the stars. Either way, the reggae-infused blues-rock group has made its mark in Canada and specifically, Alberta.

“We’ve had so much family history in Alberta,” guitarist and bandleader, Gordie Johnson says from his front porch in Austin, Texas. “It’s always been a family stronghold for Big Sugar. That’s why we mention it in some of the songs. It’s a special place for us to always come back to.”

Johnson is overlooking his newlybuilt home studio, “The Sound Shack,” which was created to record Big Sugar’s upcoming album Planets ...For the Weary Traveler due sometime in 2018. The studio build was a group effort that every

member of Big Sugar was a part of.

“Some very critical equipment and pieces were two weeks late and we couldn’t record so we all picked up the paint brushes,” Johnson laughs.

“I was like, ‘Someone grab a saw and a screwdriver. We’re laying this thing out ourselves.’ Everyone had a hand in it. So, we didn’t just make a record, but we made a studio to make the record.”

Johnson promises a more rhythmic Big Sugar mixed with some newer sounds on the upcoming album.

“It’s like afro-Cuban meets reggae space-rock,” he says.

Earlier this year, Big Sugar went through some major lineup changes with blues-harmonica player Kelly Hoppe “Mr. Chill,” retiring and Rasta hypeman “DJ Friendlyness” starting his own band, The Human Rights.

Johnson had no aspirations to replace the two members. Instead, he saw an opportunity to shift the band’s sound by adding both conga player, Rey Arteaga and Johnson’s wife, Alex to percussion.

“There’s a lot more riding on the

guitar,” Johnson says. “In some ways, it harkens back to the “Ride Like Hell” Big Sugar era.”

Johnson has also been listening to a wide array of music, which always trickles into his songwriting.

“I’ve got a teenage son and he’s been tripping out listening to Grateful Dead stuff and I always ask him what he’s listening to,” Johnson says. “The other day, I ask him and he tells me there’s this band called ‘Hawkwind’ and he starts telling me about who they are. I’m like ‘Man, I know who Hawkwind is.’ So I’m on my way to play bass in a Cuban dance band, but I’m listening to Hawkwind on the way there. So all that stuff seeps into the new album.”

Johnson actually sat down with members of the band to write the album. This was a very new process for Big Sugar.

“We’ve never really sat down and been like ‘Okay, let’s write a new Big Sugar record.’ It’s always been an assorted collection of co-writes or old songs,” Johnson says.

His wife was the instigator of the new songwriting progress.

“One night she flies down our drummer Chris and she’s like ‘Okay, we’re going to write some songs,’” he says. “This was at like one o’clock in the morning, but we wrote like two to three songs that night. She kept on kicking it along.

When we were done she would be like ‘Nope I want two more songs.’”

The eventual result was 10 new songs, each with its own unique flavour. Much like every Big Sugar

album, it is an amalgamation of what the members are listening to at the time.

“It’s always been like that,” Johnson says. “You can tell when we got into dub-reggae cause there are space echoes everywhere. Or in the early ‘90s, there was a lot of hip-hop influence. We were no longer a blues jam band anymore and we’re really bottom heavy with the rhythm section. Everything left its mark.”

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FROM DOODLEBOP TO JERSEY BOY

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n 2005, a jukebox musical called Jersey Boys about the rise and fall of 1960s rock band The Four Seasons hit Broadway and nothing was ever the same. The musical went on to win four Tony Awards and a Grammy for best musical and since then it has become one of North America’s most popularized music stories.

The story and production touched many people, including Canadian actor Jonny Wexler, who now plays lead singer Frankie Valli in the current run of the musical.

“I saw the show a week after it won all the Tonys in New York and I was blown away by the production,” Wexler says.

“I didn’t have the foresight to look 12 years down the road and think ‘Oh yeah, I should do that,’ but here we are.”

Wexler landed a role in Jersey Boys after meeting its creators at the La Jolla Playhouse theatre. For three seasons of the production he played the role of Joe Pesci (Goodfellas), a friend of The Four Seasons who helped with the initial formation of the band.

“I was Joe Pesci, but I also understudied Frankie so if he was 14 music

sick, I would go on for him,” Wexler says.

Now, Wexler plays Frankie Valli, a role that he has found personal comfort and pride in.

“The scope and the size of the role is kind of insane,” Wexler says. “In the course of three hours, he ages from like 16 to 70. He gets married, gets divorced, has children, tragically has a child die. He fights with his best friends, sells 100 million records, and then travels all over the world and they get into the hall of fame.”

Valli is also known for having one of the most unique voices in the business, being able to hit some of the highest falsettos ever imagined.

“My voice had the facility for the range and the tonal quality, but the thing I needed to work on was the sheer size of material you would be singing every night,” Wexler says. “It’s like 33 songs so I needed to work on my stamina and vocal strength to make sure I still had some left in the tank.”

Before Wexler plays Valli, he takes the experiences of the singer and applies them to aspects of his own life to get into character.

“I take a minute to check in with myself before every performance,” he says. “I try to make myself available to allow those experiences to happen

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truthfully and naturally and also look at the lens of who I am and what my life is.”

Jersey Boys is told in a documentary-style formatted in “seasons,” where each member of the band narrates his perspective on the legacy and history of the group while playing the hits.

“The show is kind of an augmented reality of who The Four Seasons were,” Wexler says.

“These four guys came from the wrong side of the tracks and had this improbable meteoric ride from the bottom to the top of rock ‘n’ roll.”

Wexler has had many roles in musical productions before, but perhaps his most unique was playing Moe Doodle in the Canadian television show The Doodlebops. The characters were members of a children’s band and would take part in humourous, and sometimes ludicrous activities to teach children social lessons. In some ways, Wexler’s role prepared him for Jersey Boys.

“That was a wild ride,” Wexler says. “We made all these TV episodes and went on tour for like, three years all around the world. In some ways, it’s very similar to what we’re doing on Jersey Boys. It was kind of like a rock show, just like this.”

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hough the members of Mauno (pronounced “mao-no”) have quite different musical roots, the four-piece band has forged its own distinct sound.

The group’s new album, Tuning, is uniquely inspired by soundscapes found in and around the band’s stomping grounds of Halifax. Most of the album’s tracks feature recorded sound from around the city, including bells, falling rain and crunching snow.

“Tuning” includes elements of entirely recorded sounds mixed together. Singer and guitarist Nick Everett says a lot of the audio was taken from “sound walks,” in which he navigates areas with headphones and a recorder in hand.

“I listened to the record once we finished recording and it sounded like it was recorded in a vacuum,

and sort of abstracted from its context,” Everett explains. “So we had to re-introduce the sounds from its environmental context, like the atmospheric, environmental sounds in which it was written and thought up.”

The distinctly “spaced-out” Halifax sounds that Everett describes have heavily influenced the band.

Throughout Mauno’s sophomore album, shimmery ‘60s guitar blends seamlessly with both Everett and singer/bassist Eliza Niemi’s soft, floating vocals.

“We’re just a bunch of neurotic weirdos and introverts. So it’s kind of interesting that [Tuning] turned into a rock album,” Everett says. “Sometimes songs ask to go in a certain direction and you just have to follow them wherever they go.”

Due to Everett’s ears being so sensitive, he navigates the city by often using back alleys and side streets to avoid traffic-heavy roads and their harsh noises.

Everett adds that the cities they visited while touring through Eu-

rope in the last few weeks have very different “dialects” than Halifax. Utrecht in the Netherlands, for example, has hordes of bicycles riding on cobblestone streets, which contributed to a very ambient sound. He also says there were a lot of incredibly melodic qualities of the soundscape from city’s bells.

“I think that a lot of especially natural sounds, they feed into deep parts of our brain, like bird songs or the ocean,” he says.

He adds that he and his bandmates being introverts plays a big role in how they interact. When touring, about 90 percent of the time the group sit in silence, drifting into their own heads and imaginations, even though they’re sitting right beside each other.

“I don’t know how we ended up being a rock band, it just kind of happened,” Everett laughs.

If there are any words to describe Mauno, it’s the beauty in the mundane, which also happens to describe Halifax quite well.

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CONTEMPORARY JAZZ

A TRIBUTE TO THE ‘GODFATHER OF GLOOM’ Mallory Chipman’s latest album pays homage to Leonard Cohen’s legacy Fri., Nov. 9 and 10 (8 pm) Mallory Chipman Rags and Feathers album release Blue Chair Café, $15

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t’s unanimously understood that Leonard Cohen has inspired a great number of people through his poetic lyricism. Upon his passing last year, many have taken it upon themselves to reignite their love for the late Canadian minstrel.

Edmonton’s own Mallory Chipman is among one of them, and her new album Rags and Feathers aims to pay homage to Cohen’s legacy while maintaining her unique style and radiant approach to contemporary jazz.

It’s been a busy time for Chipman as she released her first studio album Nocturnalize close to a year ago.

Apart from being a local favourite, Chipman has taken her talents across the Atlantic and has played shows in Ireland, the Netherlands and Hungary. This is where Chipman got to refine her unique sound and her approach to covering Cohen’s work.

“Over the years that I’ve spent cultivating my sound; I’ve adopted many styles,” she says. “The fact that I grew up listening to Cohen really made his approach to music a part of me and my overall sound.”

This has resulted in her style melding with Cohen’s work in Rags and Feathers. The album is a thorough and refined timeline of Cohen’s songs throughout his decades of activity. Chipman attribute’s Cohen’s lyrical approach as a main factor in giving her the space she needed to meld her harmonic technique around his lyrics.

“Cohen thought of himself often as more of a poet rather than strictly a singer. Lyrically, his writing makes the structure of his songs very approachable, letting

me adapt to it in a more contemporary way,” Chipman says.

The album covers an array of songs that are found in Cohen’s discography; classics like “Suzanne” and “Hallelujah” are featured but also some of his later work as well. Chipman found this to be a necessary implementation, as she wanted to give a real sense of scope to Cohen’s work.

“I’m aware that musicians change over time, so with that in mind I went through his work with that same kind of awareness,” Chipman says.

Where the album triumphs is in how Chipman’s lively tone can match Cohen’s original sombre delivery.

It allows for a new take on his music while still maintaining the integrity and poeticism of the source material. Backed by a fullpiece band, the songs are a tad weightier than some of Cohen’s original compositions, but this works immensely in the album’s favour and gives Chipman all the room that she needs to flex her musical prowess.

“I didn’t want to just sing the songs the way Leonard had originally conveyed. His style brings so much versatility. There is nothing quite like his style I admit, but I was very exited to reframe his voice,” Chipman says.

With the praise she has been receiving over the last year Chipman aims to spreads her unique style and inspirations as she tours across western Canada.

“I feel so lucky, I look at my life objectively and I see someone doing what they love and receiving praise for it,” she says. “I really can’t believe it’s happening.”

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iVardensphere w/ Ghost Twin, and Purity+Control / Fri., Nov. 10 (7 PM) Listening to the local electronic band iVardensphere is kind of like slapping together Jamiroquai and Ministry. There’s tribal beats underneath a rave-pleasing synth, but somewhat obscured is the darkened feeling of industrial. The newest batch of songs is called Hesitation and it’s matching up to be a singularity in the electronic world. Winnpieg husband and wife synth-pop duo, Ghost Twin will open the show. (The Forge, $18) Martha Wainwright w/ Maddie Storvold / Wed., Nov. 15 (8 PM) The adult contemporary-folk artist Martha Wainwright has music in her blood.

She’s the daughter of folk legends Loud-

on Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle as well as the sister of Rufus Wainwright.

She has also worked with artists such as Pete Townsend and Donald Fagen. Martha strives to make every song personable to add to her career’s tapestry. (The Needle Vinyl Tavern, $28) Children of Bodom w/ Carach Angren, Lost Society, and Uncured / Sat., Nov. 11 (6 PM) Children Of Bodom’s enthralling mix of modern Finnish heavy metal, melodic hooks and the guitar stunts of Alexi Laiho have solidified the bands spot as one of the leading outfits of the genre. The band has been around for 20 dirty years and is celebrating with a North American tour.

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HORIZON STAGE Bravura;

7:30pm

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul

Sunday Brunch with Lucas Chaisson; 11am; No cover • Wyddershynns with Erin Kay; 5pm; No cover NEWCASTLE PUB Sunday

Soul Service: acoustic open stage; Every Sun, 3pm POLISH HALL Marek

Napiorkowski Trio with Andrzej Olejniczak; 7pm; $20 (adult), $10 (seniors 60+/students) SANDS INN & SUITES Open

CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON

PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm

Ben & Noel Haggard with The Strangers; 7pm; $39.95 (Ticketmaster)

The Northern Lights Folk Club presents Songwriter Night; 8pm

SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday

Session: Kate Blechinger Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE

Winspear Overture Tour; 12-1pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins

britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Tue EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday

CENTURY CASINO–ST.

ON THE ROCKS Jelly Bean;

R.Ariel, 30Spice with Space Classic; 7pm; $10 (door); 18+ only

ALBERT Potatohed; 9pm; Free

9pm

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

RIVERDALE RINK HOUSE

CHVRCH OF JOHN Sonny

Matthew Hornell & Andrew Sneddon, plus The Strawflowers; 7pm; $20 (or pay what you can); All ages

Sunday Jam featuring The Joint Chiefs

Patrol; 9pm

UNION HALL OSKIDO–I Believe Tour; 8pm; $49-$59; 18+ only

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

Fodera; 9pm; $25; 18+ only

ROSE & CROWN PUB

Winnie Brave The Needle Vinyl Tavern Nov. 15, 5:30 pm Gratuities accepted

CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.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 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 EDMONTON EXPO CENTRE 7515118 Ave NW EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW

Andrew Scott; 9pm

Classical

SEWING MACHINE

ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN

FACTORY Doom Patrol,

Didgin' For Rainbows, Branchoff; 8pm; $10; 18+ only SHAKERS ROADHOUSE / Supplied

VENUEGUIDE 99TEN 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ALIBI PUB & EATERY 17328 Stony Plain Rd ALL SAINTS' ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL 10035-103 St NW THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre ARIA'S BISTRO 10332-81 Ave, 780.972.4842, ariasbistro.com ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR #1638, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722, aussierulesedmonton.com B-STREET BAR 11818-111 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE 8937-82 Ave

FORGE ON WHYTE

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Durst; 9pm

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Jakked;

FESTIVAL PLACE Gary Comeau and the Voodoo All Stars; 7:30pm; $33-$37

Blackalicious' MC Gift of Gab; 9pm; 18+ only

SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke

9pm

northlands.com

at the Leaf; Every Fri, 9pm; Free

Scott; 9pm

Group; 8pm; $15

SUN NOV 12

Song Stage Hosted by Rhea March; Every Sun, 6:3010pm; Free

Chipman Band CD Release; 8-10pm; $15 CAFE BLACKBIRD Kim Lesaca

Wong every Sat

at the Empress; Every Sat, 4-6pm; Free; 18+ only

Boys; Runs Nov 10-12

REC ROOM Dirty Catfish Brass

AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Doug

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Jersey

ON THE ROCKS Jelly Bean; 9pm

with El Niven & The Alibi and friends; Every Thu, 8:30pm; No cover

Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE Bands

ARDEN THEATRE Jadea Kelly and

Robison; 8:30pm

playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover

ALIBI PUB AND EATERY Open mic night; Every Sun, 6-9pm

7:30pm; $25

HAVE MERCY Thigh Thursdays

DENIZEN HALL Champ City

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs

Tanya Tucker & Aaron Pritchett; 9pm; $49 (Ticketmaster)

FIDDLER'S ROOST Acoustic

Sweet Alibi; 7:30-9:30pm; $32

Potatohed; 9pm; Free

EDMONTON EXPO CENTRE

99TEN Tensnake with Dusty Grooves, Dunmore Park and Trevor Oslo; 9pm; $20 (adv)

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Duff

CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT

It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane

playing outlaw country, rock and retro classics; Every Fri-Sat, 10pm; No cover

ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

Circle Jam; 7:30-11:30pm

CASK AND BARREL Lucas

Stroud; 9pm

Presents: Abbie Mota, Hannah Scott, Shae Brant, and Yawew Smith; 7pm; $10 (door)

FRI NOV 10

CASINO EDMONTON

HAVE MERCY Resident DJs

MERCURY ROOM Retrofile and

CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON

Open mic; 7pm; $2

Ivardensphere with Ghost Twin, Strvngers, The Void, Purity+Control; 7pm; $18 (adv), $25 (door); 18+ only

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating guests each week

stage; 7pm

THE COMMON Get Down

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Mike

CAFE BLACKBIRD Yeg Music

Russell Johnston

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Dallas Smith: Side Effects Tour; 7:30pm; $64 (Ticketmaster)

THE COMMON The Common

FESTIVAL PLACE Guy Davis;

Jakked; 9pm

spinning classic hip-hop and reggae; Underdog: hip-hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack

9pm

Remo, Noosh, Fingertips & guests; Underdog: Rap, House, Hip-Hop with DJ Babr; every Fri

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Karoake

Ben & Noel Haggard with The Strangers; 7pm; $39.95 (Ticketmaster)

BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Durst;

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Fri; Wooftop: Selection Fridays with

Mark Mcgarrigle; 9pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl: Rock N' Roll, Funk &

Open Mic; Every Thu, 8pm

DJs

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN

BLVD SUPPER X CLUB B**ch A

Big Rockin' Thursday Jam &

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Doug

Ray Charles Tribute Orchestra; 9pm; $25

Stroud; 9pm

DJs

BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The

EDMONTON EXPO CENTRE

BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Durst; 9pm

Little, Wine Alot (house, hip-hop and reggae music); Every Thu; No cover

DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat

Saturday Electric Blues Jam with Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens; Every Sat, 2-6pm No minors • The Ray Charles Tribute Orchestra; 9pm; $25 SHERLOCK HOLMES–

FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIONN MACCOOL'S–DOWNTOWN 10200-102 Ave NW THE FORGE ON WHYTE 10549-82 Ave (Whyte Ave) GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HILLTOP PUB 8220-106 Ave NW HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR & GRILL 9016132 Ave MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com

MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART CONSERVATORY 962696A St NW NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PARKVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 9135-146 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave POLISH HALL 10960-104 St NW REC ROOM 1725-99 St NW RIVER CREE–THE VENUE 300 East Lapotac Blvd, Enoch RIVERDALE RINKHOUSE 9231100 Ave NW ROBERTSON WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com

SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9560-82 Ave NW SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERBROOKE PUB 13160-118 Ave NW SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, 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 SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 TEDDY'S 11361 Jasper Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

VUEWEEKLY.com | NOV 9 – NOV 15, 2017

DOWNTOWN Mark

CATHEDRAL Pro Coro Canada presents Sleep On, My Son; 3pm; $25-$30 CENTRE FOR SPIRIT Coco

Love Alcorn; 7pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door) HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Music Among

Friends: In Remembrance; 7:30-10:30pm; Admission by donation

Mcgarrigle; 9pm

ROBERTSON WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Baroque Chamber

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Music Treasures; 3pm

Mike "The Party Hog"; 9pm TEDDY'S Don Berner Big

DJs

Band; 9pm; $30 (adult), $25 (students/seniors 60+)

Floor: DJ Zyppy; Every Sun

UNION HALL LANY; 7pm

GAS PUMP Kizomba-DJ; 8pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

YARDBIRD SUITE 11th Annual

Yardbird Festival of Canadian Jazz: Tevet Sela/John Roney Duo, Alexis Baro & The Pueblo Nuevo Project; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $22 (members), $26 (guests)

MON NOV 13 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal Mondays

with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox BLUES ON WHYTE Johnny

Classical

Lemons; 9pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE The

CAFE BLACKBIRD Edmonton

Glorious Sound of Hollywood; 8pm; $15-$96

Ukulele Circle; 6:30pm; Free

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz

FIDDLER'S ROOST Open

Stage; 7-11pm HAVE MERCY Mississippi

Monday Night Blues Jam hosted by the Dylan Farrell Ban; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up); No cover

with resident DJs

WED NOV 15 BLUES ON WHYTE Boogie

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm HAVE MERCY Whiskey

Wednesdays Live Piano Karaoke featuring the Fab Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm; Free NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy

Hour featuring Winnie Brave; 5:30pm • Martha Wainwright with Maddie Storvold and guests; 8pm ON THE ROCKS Karaoke Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass

jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; Guests and newcomers always welcome; every Wed, 7pm; $2 (donation, per person), free coffee available ROGERS PLACE Halsey; 7pm;

$29.50 and up SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 4

Dollar Bill Country Jam; 7pm

Classical MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH

Music Wednesdays At Noon: “Trio De Moda”(cello, viola and violin); 12:10-12:50pm; Free

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed

EVENTS

WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: lisTiNgs@vueweeklY.COM DEADLINE: FriDaY aT 3pM

COMEDY BIG ROCK PRESENTS: DEVANEY’S COMEDY NIGHT • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave • 780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail. com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Sep 6-Apr 25, Every Wed, 8:30pm • Free

BIG ROCK PRESENTS: URBAN TAVERN COMEDY NIGHT HOSTED BY LARS CALLIEOU • Urban Tavern, 11606 Jasper Ave • Every Sun, 8pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu-Fri: 8pm; Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm (until Apr) • Paul Sveen; Nov 9-11 • Hannibal Thompson; Nov 16-18

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Jon Dore; Nov 9-12 • Mark Normand; Nov 16-19

DEMETRI MARTIN • Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • Stand-up comedian, writer, director and person Demetri Martin returns to Edmonton with his new show, “Let’s Get Awkward” • Nov 19, 7:30 pm

EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm THE CARROT COFFEE FRIENDSHIP CLUB • Carrot Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • Have a cup of coffee with 55+ individuals single, divorced, or widowed who are looking to make new friends with neighbours in our local communities of: Delton, Eastwood, Parkdale – Cromdale, Westwood, Spruce Ave, and Alberta Avenue • Every Wed, 11am

DROP-IN LARP • Jackie Parker Park • westernwinds.summerfrost.ca • Battle games and fighter practice using provided safe weapon boffer. An exciting way to get exercise while meeting new people with similar passions • Every Sat, 1:15pm • Free

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 each month, 7:30pm EDMONTON PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORIAL SOCIETY • Highlands Library • 780.436.3878 • edm_photographic_hist_society_2@yahoo. ca • All interested in sharing the joys of film photography, such as experiences or favourite equipment. Schedule: any photography equipment (Nov 15) • 3rd Wed of the month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul & Aug)

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 10728-124 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 offering conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION NIGHT • Habitat for Humanity Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext. 236 • vbatten@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer/vin • Learn about taking the next steps and what opportunities are available at Habitat for Humanity • Every 3rd Thu of the month, excluding Dec; 6-7pm • Free

LOTUS QIGONG • SAGE downtown 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.695.4588 • Attendees can raise their vital energy with a weekly Yixue practice • Every Fri, 2-3:30pm • Free

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

OPEN DOOR COMIC CREATOR MEETINGS • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • 780.452.8211 • happyharborcomics.com • Open to any skill level. Meet other artists and writers, glean tricks of the trade and gain tips to help your own work, or share what you've already done • 2nd and 4th Thu of every month, 7pm

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

QUEER

and Thu, 7:15-8:15pm • DODgeBall: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • ruNNiNg: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • spiN: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• vOlleYBall: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9 • MeDiTaTiON: Edmonton Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; 3rd Thu of every month, 5:30-6:15pm • BOarD gaMes: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • all BODies swiM: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm

AFFIRM GROUP • garysdeskcom@hotmail.

YOGA WITH JENNIFER • 780.439.6950 •

com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet the last Sun of every month at State & Main (101 St and Jasper Ave) for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-

PAINTING FOR PLEASURE • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon

RODA DE CAPOEIRA • Capoeira Academy, #103-10324-82 Ave • capoeiraacademy.ca • Brazil's traditional game of agility and trickery • Every Sat, 2:30pm • Free • All ages SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • 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

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus

St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm

• 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 vpm@ norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • TM4PM Toastmasters Club: Scotia Place Conference Centre, Meeting Room B, 10060 Jasper Ave; 1022113.toastmastersclubs.org; Every Tue, 6:10-7:30pm • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com; Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • contact cwaalberta@gmail.com • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm WOMEN'S CRICKET • Coronation Park Cricket pitch (north part of park) • incogswomens@gmail.com • Learn the game of cricket.

The group plays for fun and no experience is necessary. Kids and men welcome • Every Fri, 6:15pm • $5 (drop-in fee, adult), free (kids)

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Mon: Drag Race in the White Room; 7pm • Wed: Monthly games night/trivia • Thu: Happy hour, 6-8pm; Karaoke, 7-12:30am • Fri: Flashback Friday with your favourite hits of the 80s/90s/2000s; rotating drag and burlesque events • Sat: Rotating DJs Velix and Suco • Sun: Weekly drag show, 10:30pm

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.4235510 (Sage) • tuff69@telus. net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Tue, 1-4pm

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10618-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • pridecentreofedmonton.org • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7-9pm

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • pridecentreofedmonton. org/calendar.html • DrOp iN hOurs: Mon-Fri 12-7pm; Closed Sat-Sun and holidays • YOga: (all ages), 4th Mon of every month, for any stage • TTiQ: (18+ Trans* Group) 2nd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • TraNs YOuTh TalkiNg: (24 and under) 3rd Mon of every month, for trans youth and supportive people in their lives • FierCe FuN: (24 and under) Alternating Tue, 7-9pm, games and activities for youth • JaMOuT: (12-24) Alternating Tue, 7-8:30pm, music mentorship and instruction for youth • TwO spiriT gaTheriNg: 4th Wedof every month, 6-8pm, gathering for First Nations Two Spirit people • MeDiTaTiON: (all ages) 3rd Thu of each month, 5:30-6:45pm • MeN’s sOCial CirCle: (18+) 1st and 3rd Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone masculine-identified • wOMeN’s sOCial CirCle: (18+) 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone feminine-identified • MOvies & gaMes NighT: Alternating Fri, 6-8:30pm • arTs & iDeNTiTY: Alternating Fri, 6-8:30pm • MeN TalkiNg wiTh priDe: (18+) Sun, 7-9pm, group for gay or bisexual men • CreaTiNg saFer spaCes TraiNiNg: Interactive professional development workshops, with full or half-day options • Queer MeNTOrship prOgraM: (Youth: 12-24) (Adults-26+) Queer to Queer Mentoring

TEAM EDMONTON • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • swiMMiNg: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • waTer pOlO: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • YOga: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:309pm • TaekwONDO: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • aBs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm

Volunteers Wanted

Can You Read This?

Complex, University of Alberta, 9107-116 St NW • 780.492.8558 • parkland@ualberta. ca • parklandconference.ca • Examining the current state of neoliberalism, which has been the dominant economic, governmental, and societal ideology of our time • Nov 17-19

ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue evenings & Sat mornings

SPECIAL EVENTS CHRISTMAS MARKETPLACE 2017 • A.J. Ottewell Community Centre (Red Barn), 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • Artists presenting their “crafty” personality, with a variety of items: knitting, sewing, handmade crafts & giftware, baked goods, and more • Nov 19, 11am-4pm • Free EDMONTON POTTERS' GUILD–65TH ANNUAL POTTERY SHOW AND SALE • Alberta Avenue Community Centre, 9210-118 Ave • predmontonpottersguild@gmail.com • edmontonpottersguild.com • Featuring pottery created by more than 80 local potters • Nov 18, 10am-3pm • Admission/parking are free (donations to the Edmonton Food Bank accepted)

FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR AND BAKE SALE • First Mennonite Church, 3650-91 St • 780.436.3431 • Handmade crafts, bake sale, cookie walk, cinnamon bun and coffee café, and more • Nov 18, 9:30am-3:30pm • Free

Help Someone Who Can’t!

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

Call Moncia at P.A.L.S. 780-424-5514 or email volunteers@palsedmonton.ca

ROCKY MOUNTAIN WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL • Shaw Conference Centre, Halls A-C, 9797 Jasper Ave • rockymountainwine.com • Look forward to new and delicious products, meaning distinguished wines, premium spirits and downright delicious beers all under one roof • Nov 10-11 • $19-$37

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SAVAGELOVE WHO'S YOUR DADDY?

I’m a 40-year-old bi man. I’ve been with my 33-year-old bi wife for three years and married for one.

When we first met, she made it clear that she was in a long-term (more than three years) “daddy” relationship with an older man.

I figured out six months later that her “daddy” was her boss and business partner. He is married, and his wife does not know.

I struggled with their relationship, since I identify as open but not poly. Eight months later, she ended things with him because it was “logically right” for us (her words). But, she cheated with him four times over the course of two years. In all other aspects, our relationship is the greatest one I’ve ever had. I do not doubt her love for me. My wife has met her biological father only a couple of times and her stepfather died when she was 16—the same year she went to work for her “daddy.”

Their non-work relationship started 10 years later, when she was 26. It’s a complex relationship, and he is not going anywhere, as they now own a business together. While I don’t think cheating has to be a relationship-ender, dishonesty always has been for me. The final complication: I have a cuckold fetish. I believe it might be possible to meet everyone’s needs, so long as everyone is honest. I will admit that, in the heat of passion, my wife and I have talked about her having “two daddies.”

Do I consider allowing this, so long as everyone is honest? Is mixing business and personal matters going to blow up in our faces? Do I ignore the part of my brain that wants this guy’s wife to know?

DISTRESSED ABOUT DECEITFUL DYNAMICS INVOLVING ENTANGLED SPOUSE You don’t need my permission to consider this arrangement—allowing the wife to have two daddies— because you’re clearly already considering it. (You’ve moved on to the bargaining and/or writingletters-to-sex-advice-columnists stage of consideration, the final stage before acceptance.) What you want, DADDIES, is my permission to do this, not just to think about it. Permission granted. Could it all come to shit? Anything and everything could come to shit. But your wife has been fucking this guy the entire time you’ve been together, and you nevertheless regard this relationship as the greatest one you’ve ever had. It stands to reason that if things were great when she was honest with you about fucking her boss (at the start) and remained great despite being dishonest with you about fucking her boss (the last two years), you three are in a good position to make this work now that everything is out in the open.

As for your other concerns: Most of the poly people I know started out as either monogamous or “open but not poly” (people evolve), we find out about secret workplace romances only when they blow up

(skewed samples make for skewed perceptions), and you need more info about the other man’s wife before you issue an ultimatum or pick up the phone yourself (their marriage could be companionate, he could be staying in the marriage for her sake, they could have agreed to a 'don't ask, don't tell' arrangement regarding affairs). But again, DADDIES, what you’re basically asking is if something that seems to be working in practice might actually work in practice. I’m thinking it could.

FATHER TIME

I’m a 31-year-old gay man who looks 45. Most men interested in me are surprisingly up-front about expressing their desire to include a father-son element.

Even men older than me call me “daddy” unprompted. I try not to be judgmental, but this repulses me. People who are into other forms of out-of-the-mainstream sex approach their kinks respectfully and establish mutual interest and obtain consent in advance.

Why aren’t I given the same consideration when it comes to incest role-play? Where does this come from? Were all these men molested by their fathers?

DESPERATELY AVOIDING DISCUSSING DISGUSTING INCEST Whoa, DADDI. Just as gay men who call themselves or their partners “boy” don’t mean “minor” and aren’t fantasizing about child rape, gay men who call themselves or their partners “daddy” don’t mean “biological father” and aren’t fantasizing about father-son incest. Daddy is an honourific that eroticizes a perceived age and/or experience gap; it’s about authority and sexual dominance, not paternity and incestuous deviance. If being called “daddy” turns you off, you should say so, and your partners should immediately knock that “daddy” shit off. But you shouldn’t assume every gay guy who calls you “daddy” is into incest and/or was molested by his bio dad, because 99.999 percent of the time that’s just not going to be true.

Think about it this way, DADDI: When a straight woman calls her man “baby,” no one thinks, “OMG! She’s into raping babies!” When a straight guy says he picked up a “hot girl,” no one thinks he’s talking about a sexy fourth grader. When Vice President Mike Pence calls his wife “mommy,” no one thinks ... well, Pence might be a bad example. (That man is clearly a freak.)

But my point still stands: Pet names—used casually or during sex—aren’t to be taken literally.

POPPA PRICING

I have a sugar baby who is a mature post-op trans woman. She is very attractive but also very high maintenance. (She has OCD.) I pay her $300 per anal sex event; I help with bills, food, etc.; and I spend every weekend with her.

I probably spend $15,000 a year on her. I’m happy most of the time

Dan Savage savagelove@vueweekly.com (the sex is great), but does this arrangement sound fair?

DADDY ASKING DAN Divide the money you’re spending annually ($15,000) by the number of weeks in the year (52), DAD, and your anal-sex-event-packed weekends are only costing you $288.46 a pop. Seeing as most sex workers charge 10 to 20 times as much for a full weekend, I’d say you aren’t spending too much. (If this arrangement is unfair to anyone, DAD, it’s unfair to your sugar baby.) But if you’re pulling in only $30,000 a year, spending half your pre-tax wages on a sugar baby is unsustainable. But if that $15,000 represents a small percentage of your annual income, DAD, you should give your sugar baby a raise.

PUBLIC PATERNITY

I’m a 30-year-old woman who has always been more attracted to older men. I was with a guy last year who liked to be called “daddy,” which was hard because he was six years younger. But now, I’m secretly sleeping with someone who’s 34 years older than me. It’s not just sex—we have so much in common and we’re falling in love. I don’t know how long I can handle being a secret, but I don’t know if I can come out of hiding because of the age difference. He’s not as ashamed and would be more open if I wanted to be. Thoughts?

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13 Defendant’s response 14 Turing played by Benedict Cumberbatch 15 “___ directed” (prescription phrase) 16 Somewhat 17 First-choice 18 “The Hunchback of ___ Dame” 19 No-frills hair stylings to look like a breakfast mascot?

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28 Barbershop offering 31 Article for the Brothers Grimm 32 1040 recipient 34 Swelling reducer 35 “NFL Live” network 36 Injuries from your book on the beach?

40 Mark Harmon military series 41 Smartphone program 42 ___ La Table (kitchen store) 43 Hockey legend Bobby 44 PC drive insert, once 46 Result of a three-putt, maybe 50 Basketball Hall of Fame sportscaster Dick 52 “Quite so,” in Quebec 54 Channel skipped on old TV dials 55 Sparring with a punching bag for only half the usual time, e.g.?

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Adriana Martinez and Octavio Guillen got engaged to be married when they were both 15 years old. But, they kept delaying a more complete unification for 67 years. At last, when they were 82, they celebrated their wedding and pledged their vows to each other. Are there comparable situations in your life, Aries? The coming months will be a favourable time to make deeper commitments. At least some of your reasons for harbouring ambivalence will become irrelevant. You’ll grow in your ability to thrive on the creative challenges that come from intriguing collaborations and highlyfocused togetherness.

3 Creep 4 Fill fully 5 Flyer with exceptional sight 6 World representations?

7 Cat, in Colombia 8 Cold shower?

9 Not ___ (nobody) 10 Most trifling 11 Pale carrot relatives 12 “The Waste Land” writer’s monogram 15 Mom’s brother 20 Cup, maybe 21 Sources of bile 25 Word after Days or Quality 27 Alley targets 29 Zoo attraction with a big bite 30 Do superbly on 33 “The Blacklist” star James 35 100 cents, in some places 36 Doodle 37 High-altitude type of missile 38 Letters in a car ad 39 Noah’s Ark measurement 40 Election Day mo.

44 Tidied up 45 Providing some “Old MacDonald” sounds, maybe 47 Crooner Robert portrayed by Will Ferrell on “SNL” 48 Complete 49 Compliant agreement 51 History Channel show about loggers 53 Impulses 56 Make a trade 57 Add to the payroll 58 They’re good at landing on their feet 59 Fumbling person ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords

FREEWILLASTROLOGY

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I had pimples when I was a teenager.

They’re gone now, although I still have a few pockmarks on my face as souvenirs. In retrospect, I feel gratitude for them. They ensured that in my early years of dating and seeking romance, I would never be able to attract women solely on the basis of my physical appearance. I was compelled to cultivate a wide variety of masculine wiles. I swear that at least half of my motivation to get smarter and become a good listener came from my desire for love. Do you have comparable stories to tell, Taurus? Now is an excellent time to give thanks for what once may have seemed to be a liability or problem.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The next two weeks will be one of the best times ever to ask provocative, probing questions. In fact, I invite you to be as curious and receptive as you’ve been since you were four years old. When you talk with people, express curiosity more often than you make assertions. Be focused on finding out what you’ve been missing, what you’ve been numb to. When you wake up each morning, use a felt-tip marker to draw a question mark on your forearm. To get you in the mood for this fun project, here are sample queries from poet Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions: “Who ordered me to tear down the doors of my own pride?

Did I finally find myself in the place where they lost me? Whom can I ask what I came to make happen in this world? Is it true our desires must be watered with dew? What did the rubies say standing before the juice of the pomegranates?”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Things to say when in love,” according to Zimbabwe poet Tapiwa Mugabe: “I will put the galaxy in your hair.

Your kisses are a mouthful of firewater. I have never seen a more beautiful horizon than when you close your eyes. I have never seen a more beautiful dawn than when you open your eyes.” I hope these words inspire you to improvise further outpourings of adoration.

You’re in a phase when expressing your sweet reverence and tender respect for the people you care about will boost your physical health, your emotional wealth, and your spiritual resilience.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you working on solving the right problem? Or are you being distracted by a lesser dilemma, perhaps consumed in dealing with an issue that’s mostly irrelevant to your long-term goals? I honestly don’t know the answers to those questions, but I am quite sure it’s important that you meditate on them.

Everything good that can unfold for you in 2018 will require you to focus on what matters most and not get sidetracked by peripheral issues or vague wishes. Now is an excellent time to set your unshakable intentions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Every one of us experiences loneliness.

We all go through periods when we feel isolated, misunderstood and unappreciated. That’s the bad news, Virgo. The good news is that the coming weeks will be a favourable time for you to make loneliness less of a problem. I urge you to brainstorm and meditate about how to do that. Here are some crazy ideas to get you started: 1. Nurture ongoing connections with the spirits of beloved people who have died. 2.

Imagine having conversations with your guardian angel or spirit guide.

3. Make a deal with a “partner in loneliness,” a person you pray or sing with whenever either of you feels bereft. 4. Write messages to your future self or past self. 5. Communicate with animals.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The drive for absolute perfection could undermine your ability to create what’s very good and just right.

Please don’t make that mistake in the coming weeks. Likewise, refrain from demanding utter purity, pristine precision, or immaculate virtue.

To learn the lessons you need to know and launch the trends you can capitalize on in 2018, all that’s necessary is to give your best. You don’t have to hit the bull’s-eye with every arrow you shoot, or even any arrow you shoot. Simply hitting the target will be fine in the early going.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Remember the time, all those years ago, when the angels appeared to you on the playground and showed you how and why to kiss the sky?

I predict that a comparable visitation will arrive soon. Do you recall the dreamy sequence in adolescence when you first plumbed the sublime mysteries of sex? You’re as ripe as you were then, primed to unlock more of nature’s wild secrets.

Maybe at no other time in many years, in fact, have you been in quite so favourable a position to explore paradise right here on earth.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As a courtesy to your mental health, I minimize your exposure to meaningless trivia. In fact, I generally try to keep you focused instead on enlightening explorations. But in this horoscope, in accordance with astrological omens, I’m giving you a temporary, short-term license to go slumming. What shenanigans

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is your ex up to lately, anyway?

Would your old friend the bankrupt coke addict like to party with you?

Just for laughs, should you revisit the dead-end fantasy that always makes you crazy? There is a good possibility that exposing yourself to bad influences like those I just named could have a tonic effect on you, Sagittarius. You might get so thoroughly disgusted by them that you’ll never again allow them to corrupt your devotion to the righteous groove.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the coming months it will be crucial to carefully monitor the effects you’re having on the world.

Your personal actions will rarely be merely personal; they may have consequences for people you don’t know as well as those you’re close to. The ripples you send out in all directions won’t always look dramatic, but you shouldn’t let that delude you about the influence you’re having. If I had to give 2018 a title with you in mind, it might be “The Year of Maximum Social Impact.” It all starts soon.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The punk ethic is rebellious. It transgresses conventional wisdom through “a cynical absurdity that’s redeemed by being hilarious.” says author Brian Doherty. In the hippie approach, on the other hand, the prevailing belief is “love is all you need.” It seeks a “manic togetherness and all-encompassing acceptance that are all sweet and no sour—inspiring but also soft and gelatinous.” Ah, but what happens when punk and hippie merge?

Doherty says that each moderates the extreme of the other, yielding a tough-minded lust for life that’s both skeptical and celebratory. I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because the punk-plus-hippie blend is a perfect attitude for you to cultivate in the coming weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’m falling in love with the way you have been falling in love with exciting possibilities that you once thought were impossible. Oh, baby.

Please go further. Thrilling chills surge through me whenever you get that ravenous glint in your mind’s eye. I can almost hear you thinking, “Maybe those dreams aren’t so impossible, after all. Maybe I can heal myself and change myself enough to pursue them in earnest. Maybe I can learn success strategies that were previously beyond my power to imagine.” V

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