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Gender discussions for teachers Alberta Teachers Association releases guidebook for use in classrooms

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arlier this month, the Alberta Teacher’s Association released the PRISM Toolkit for Safe and Caring Discussions. The guidebook is a resource for teachers who are looking for ways to explore sexual orientation and gender identity/expression in their classrooms.

Naturally, people lost their shit.

While it’s easy to dismiss the frothingat-the-mouth bigots, there is a pseudo-intellectual critique being offered that is a bit harder to counteract. I’ve heard that some folks are at a loss for words as to the best way to retort, so today I am humbly offering some suggestions to common critiques. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but hopefully will provide a starting place.

That said, don’t forget that bigotry—no matter how seemingly rationalized—cannot actually be rea-

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soned with. Bigotry is an emotional response, not an intellectual one. To that end, I’ve provided two different kinds of responses: one snarky, one serious. You might not be able to change the mind of the person with whom you’re arguing, but you never know who is listening.

'You’re not respecting all opinions.'

Snark: Opinions are like assholes: everyone has one and most of them stink.

Serious: This is a clever bit of rhetoric. By reducing both sides of this “debate” to one of opinion, you create a false equivalency that suggests both opinions are equal. You also frame the conversation as one of belief, rather than facts, and this is an important distinction to maintain. It is a fact that gender identity and sex traits exist on a spectrum. It is a fact that

ideas of gender are context specific and change across time and culture.

Your choice not to believe in these facts does not trump reality.

'This is pushing one idea of gender on children.'

Snark: Nope.

Serious: The Gender Unicorn (look it up if you don’t know it) is a beautiful illustration that presents multiple possibilities of gender identity and expression, attraction, and at-birth sex designation, including cisgender and heterosexual. Maybe you’re cisgender and it’s impossible to imagine being trans*, so much so you convince yourself that trans* people aren’t real. Cool story, but your individual experience is not universal.

If the problem is one of empathy ('I’m cisgender and can’t imagine

anyone else being anything different from me!') try this: cisfolks often try to relate to trans* experience by imagining they are another gender.

Example: a ciswoman might try to imagine being a man and then likely give up because that’s actually hard to imagine. Instead, that same ciswoman should think about what being a woman means to her, and then imagine the entire world told her she was a man. It’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s a start.

'You are ideologically indoctrinating my children!'

Snark: Yes. That is precisely what school is for.

Serious: Well, yes. Schools indoctrinate children. We teach them our agreed upon social norms: to share, to refrain from hitting other kids, to

not cheat. We teach them math, how to read, and to keep their clothes on.

These are all forms of indoctrination.

And it’s not just school: the entire world teaches us, every day, ideas about gender and sex. Most of those lessons reinforce norms: heterosexuality and cisnormative femininity and masculinity. It’s invisible to cis/straight folks because it reflects their lived realities. It only feels like an aberration, like indoctrination, when those norms expand. This is the very definition of privilege—to always have your experience of the world broadcast back to you wherever you go.

For more resources, check out www. pridecentreofedmonton.org.

The Pride Centre provides educational work around these issues and has supports around gender for children and youth and their families.

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‘Stop the world. I want to get off.’

The Trump vote was a reaction against a changing world. But tearing up trade agreements isn't the answer.

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ot many things are certain in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s narrow victory in the US presidential election, but FBI Director James Comey can rest assured that his job is safe. His prediction of a new investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails eleven days before the election (followed by a retraction only 36 hours before the vote) gave Trump the edge he needed to win in the close-run contests in the “battleground states.”

Another sure bet is that Trump will not waste his time trying to send Hillary Clinton to jail, despite his many promises to “lock her up.” But this brings us rapidly to the nub of the matter: how many of his promises does he really intend to keep? If he keeps them all, we are in for a wild ride in the next four years.

President Barack Obama, addressing his last rally before the election, said: “All that progress (we made) goes down the drain if we don’t win tomorrow.” So down it goes: the promising climate change deal signed in Paris

last December, the Affordable Care Act that gave 20 million poorer Americans access to health insurance, the deal that persuaded Iran to stop working on nuclear weapons, and maybe the whole 68-year-old NATO alliance.

Trump often accused of being sketchy on the details of his plans, but he has actually given us quite a lot of details on these issues. He’s not just going to tear up the Paris climate accord, for example. At home, he’s going to dismantle all but a few “little tidbits” of the Environmental Protection Agency and, he says, revive the coal industry.

He’s not just going to restart a confrontation with Iran. He has talked about closer cooperation with Russia in the fight against Islamic State – which, given Russia’s support for the Assad regime, might even give Assad a decisive victory in the Syrian civil war.

Will he really deport 11 million illegal immigrants from the United States?

(He back-tracked a bit on that.) Will he build a wall on the Mexican border?

(He can’t walk away from that prom-

ise.) Will he ban all Muslims from entering the US? (Not in so many words, maybe, but Muslims should not consider taking vacations there.)

Will Trump tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, and repudiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership (a free trade deal linking most Pacific Rim countries except China) and the proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (a similar deal between the US and the European Union)? Yes, yes and yes. Destroying the current “globalized” trading arrangements was a key part of his platform.

Will he impose import duties on goods made in America’s trading partners in an attempt to “bring the jobs home”, including 35 percent tariffs on Mexican-made goods and 45 percent on Chinese exports. If he does, he’ll be starting a global trade war, and in the case of China a confrontation that could even turn military.

How could almost half of American voters support all this (47.5 percent)?

Well, they didn’t, actually. They

weren’t interested in the details.

They just hated the way the country was changing. Many of them had lost out economically because of the changes, and they were all very angry. As American film-maker and social commentator Michael Moore predicted, Donald Trump has ridden to power on the back of the biggest “Fuck You” vote in history.

It was driven by the same rage that fuelled the Brexit vote in Britain last June, and it was equally heedless of consequences. Pro-Brexit British voters were more obsessed by immigration and Trump voters were more upset about jobs going abroad, but white working-class males provided the core support in both cases and the basic message was the same: “Stop the world. I want to get off.”

Populists like Boris Johnson in England and Donald Trump in the United States are just exploiting those emotions, but they are barking up the wrong tree. The basic change that is leaving so many people feeling mar-

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ginalized and unhappy is not immigration or globalization. Those scapegoats are popular mainly because you can imagine doing something to solve the problem: close the doors to immigrants, rip up the free trade deals.

But the real change is automation: computers and robots are eating up most of the jobs. Seven million American factory jobs have disappeared since 1979, but American factory production has doubled in the same time. The United States is still the world’s second largest manufacturer, behind only China.

So the populists can go on baying at the moon for a while, but sooner or later we will have to recognize that this is unstoppable change and start figuring out how to live with it. In particular, we will have to figure out how a large proportion of the people in developed countries can still have self-respect and a decent living standard when there are no jobs for them.

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

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LINDA DUNCAN AND DON IVESON ATTEND CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE Edmonton Strathcona M.P. Linda Duncan (NDP critic for environment and climate change) and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson join the Canadian delegation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco from Nov. 7 to 18.

Duncan is meeting with delegations from other countries that face similar challenges as Canada. With a focus on moving away from fossil fuels and phasing out of coal-fired power, Duncan hopes to learn more about how others are handling the transition.

Mayor Iveson is representing the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

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ANNUAL PARKLAND CONFERENCE The Parkland Institute’s 20th annual conference is being held at the University of Alberta from Nov. 18 to 20.

The conference will explore the changes taking place in public services, the economy, the environment, and the nature of work (among other things) in Alberta and the world.

Due to health issues, Marilyn Waring has been advised not to fly and will be giving her opening keynote speech via Skype. Waring is a professor of public policy at AUT University, in New Zealand. She is an internationally-renowned feminist, political economist, human rights activist, and was one of the 1000 women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.

Also speaking at the event are Eriel Deranger (Recognizing Indigenous Rights and Creating Climate Solutions), Marjorie Cohen (How Including Gender Can Rev-up the Debates About Climate Change and Counter-Austerity Policies), Ryan Meili (Looking Upstream for a Healthier Society) and Larry Brown (Rethinking Think-tanks).

John Ralston Saul (award-winning Canadian essayist and novelist) will be giving the closing keynote address.

FLOOD RISK MAPS On Nov. 9 the city released preliminary neighbourhood flood risk maps as part of an ongoing flood mitigation assessment.

According to a municipal news release, the city-wide assessment was created in response to the floods of 2012 and focuses on future planning for changing weather patterns and rainstorms. The assessment looks at 160 mature neighbourhoods within the Anthony Henday ring road that were primarily built before 1989.

“The maps are part of a larger technical review and proposal for infrastructure enhancements that will come forward to city council for consideration,” it reads. “It is anticipated that infrastructure upgrades will be required to ensure neighbourhoods can deal with the increasing needs placed on our existing drainage system.”

Additional information, as well as the maps, can be found at edmonton.ca/floodmitigation.

MÉTIS WEEK Métis Week runs from Nov. 13 to 19 in celebration of the contributions and culture of Métis people.

Hosted by the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA), there will be a Jamboree at Londonderry Hall (14224 - 74 St NW) from 10 am to 11 pm on Fri., Nov. 18. Beading and jigging workshops will also be on offer, as well as a dinner followed by the Delia Gray Awards from 6:30 pm until 7 pm. The evening will be capped off with a festive jam. Sat., Nov. 19 is Métis Nation of Alberta Family Day from 1 pm to 5 pm at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre.

The day will include fiddle lessons for all levels and ages, as well as activities for kids, an embroidery class, health and wellness table, a genealogy table, and cultural display.

Tickets available online!

Advance tickets required.

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ATTRACTING JOBS TO EDMONTON The Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) will receive $3 million from the provincial and federal governments. This money is in support of a co-ordinated effort to attract businesses and jobs to the Metro Edmonton region, according to the provincial release.

The province is providing EEDC with $2 million over two years as part of the Alberta Jobs Plan in hopes of encouraging companies to locate in or near the capital. That funding has also leveraged $1 million over two years from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC).

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INTERVIEW // RAMEN CHEF

TARQUIN MELNYK // DISH@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Tonic origin story

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Who knew the Jesuits had a hand in creating the modern gin and tonic?

Nudoru Ramen Bar steps up on the game on this simple treat

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e often consider malaria to be a tropical disease, when actually malaria used to affect people from England to France and Italy.

So in the 1600s, Pope Urban VIII had an obvious interest to send Jesuit expeditions to find a cure. Between 1620-1632 Jesuit missionary Barnabé de Cobo studied medical botany on the border of Ecuador and Peru. He discovered that Incans drink a Cinchona bark tea to heal malaria. In 1632 he took his discovery to Rome.

The Spanish, having seized Peru, saw the value of this curative bark and protected their supply by trying to block export of Cinchona seeds and trees.

At the time, English colonialists created spin that the indigenous Peruvian farmers are using unsustainable practices to harvest the bark of the fever tree. This excuse was employed by the English at the time to smuggle Cinchona trees to Southeast Asia. Cultivation of a ready supply of tonic kept many colonialists alive, allowing them to continue their conquest of India, Africa and later restoring halted work on the Panama Canal.

The funny thing is that the unsustainable Peruvian style of cutting the bark and letting it grow back instead of cutting the tree down actually produces more malaria fighting alkaloids in the bark as it re-grows.

Fever Tree The tonic wasn’t an overnight success. The only fever the bark cured was what was then known as ‘Bad Airs,' or ague.

Scams and rotten or useless bark

abounded. The ‘best’ remedy of the day was to bleed the patient by cutting them. People were very reluctant to stop the practice.

In 1632, tonic became endorsed

by Pope Urban VIII. Therefore many English Protestants refused the treatment as being part of the ‘Popish Plot'.

Famed English physicist Richard Talbor had a renowned secret/nonCatholic recipe to cure malaria, revealed upon his death as the exact one the Catholics used.

His formula was seven grams of rose leaves, two ounces of lemon juice mixed with wine macerated with cinchona.

(Robert Talbor, 1682, The English Remedy: Talbor’s Wonderful Secret for Curing of Agues and Feavers.)

udoru Ramen Bar has been open since April, but we can all agree that the onset of an Edmonton winter will fire up anyone’s enthusiasm for a bowl of noodles swimming in hot broth.

Nurdoru’s oblong space is inviting and warm. As you walk in towards the kitchen at the far end, one wall is devoted to lamp-lit booths, while the other to hosts artist Pete Nyugen’s giant mural of a dragon and a samurai slashing at a soft boiled egg.

Owner Eric Hui came up with the concept for Nudoru to fill a gap he saw in the market for a casual, accessible ramen experience in Edmonton. He not only designed the menu and service model, he also runs the kitchen.

“I’m the one who makes everything,” he says.

His build-your-own ramen bowl is something he hasn’t seen anywhere else, “not even in Japan.”

The menu offers four variations on a pork-based broth (shio, shoyu, miso, and spicy miso), three options for protein (pork belly, pork shoulder, and chicken), and a variety of toppings—

such as bean sprouts, black fungus, scallions, and sweet corn.

The main menu includes ramen bowls made with a vegetable-based broth (Hui recommends the spicy Dragon bowl, but warns novices to start with the lowest level of heat), as well as beer, cocktails, and appetizers.

Nudoru serves a greater variety of appetizers than a typical ramen bar in Japan—or, say, a city like Toronto or Vancouver. In Canadian cities many of the ramen bars are franchises of Japanese companies like Ramen Butcher and Hokkaido Ramen Santouka, Hui says.

But cities like Toronto and Vancouver have had ramen options for years, while Edmonton’s affection for pho, another noodle soup, has been slow to translate into a ramen market. Nudoru is the latest addition to a local line-up that now includes Ninja Club and Prairie Noodle.

The relative scarcity in Edmonton, in Hui’s opinion, is because ramen is not easy to make. Of course, pho chefs might argue that this is an insufficient explanation, since pho is also notoriously complex.

Why we mix alcohol with tonic The curative alkaloid Quinine derived from Cinchona bark is more soluble in ethanol alcohol than water. Early on, wine maceration was used. As gin became available, it became the preferred choice. Today the custom of drinking tonic is no longer a medical necessity, but continues to expand.

The English became the first to add gin to their tonic, but Spain has taken the crown as the nation that drinks the most gin tonics, in the most variations.

Brokers London Dry Gin is my gin of choice for a gin and tonic, but there are now thousands of options. I recommend avoiding commercial tonic water and using craft tonic syrup mixed with gin, citrus, and soda water. Three great brands are True, Jack Rudy Cocktail Co., and Alberta's own Porters Tonic. V VUEWEEKLY.com | NOV 17 – NOV 23, 2016

Everything at Nudoru is made in house from scratch, including the wavy ramen noodles, which are formed with the help of a machine imported from Taiwan. Hui sources most of Nudoru’s ingredients locally, though he says there are a few things—such as dried bonito fish—that are impossible to buy in Canada. “Some might say it’s different from Japan,” he says of the food he serves, “but you’re getting our style, from Edmonton.”

Modern ramen is a dish that invites experimentation and variation, though most people in North America think of it as a staple of Japanese cuisine, ramen also has roots in China. “Even in Japan,” Hui says, “there’s no traditional way to make ramen.” He makes the analogy to the North American burger, with its thousands of variations, from Tex-Mex to Asian fusion.

“People should be more open-minded about ramen,” he says. With its plethora of combinations, Nudoru gives them the opportunity to be just that.

LIZZIE DERKSEN

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Two Edmonton-raised artists create downtown murals representing Boyle Street denizens

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t’s every artist’s goal to create a piece that will inspire the community and last a lifetime. Two locally raised artists have just achieved that feat in the heart of the downtown core, capturing the stories of Boyle Street individuals in an extravagant mural.

Layla Folkmann and Lacey Jane have been inseparable friends since meeting at Grant MacEwan in 2007.

The studio artists and muralists first collaborated in 2010 on two historical murals in Creston, BC along Highway 1. Since that endeavour, Folkmann and Jane have completed over 40 murals together in places such as Uganda, France, Alberta, BC, Quebec and Honduras.

Edmonton folks may recognize Folkmann and Jane from their more scandalous side project "Hot Sluts and Poutine," in which they use sex-positive humour through art as a means of promoting sexual empowerment and enjoyment Now residing in Montreal, the duo are back in Edmonton to tackle one of their most challenging projects to date, “Pillars of the Community.”

They answered a call to artists from the Edmonton Arts Council to create a piece at the LRT vent located at 105 Ave. and 102 St. The artist’s proposal was selected from a crop of 20 other applicants, giving them the budget for their designs to be featured on the mammoth pillars near Rogers Place.

“We wanted to get an accurate representation of the true and authentic downtown core,” says Jane. “Especially with the Rogers arena coming in with a lot things like Wayne Gretzky and the

highlighting of the athletic heroism.

We wanted to focus on the marginalized and groups that are less heard.”

Folkmann and Jane hooked up with the head of the at risk youth department at Boyle Street Community Services. It was here that they found inspiration to work with and represent “real inner city people.” This included everyday workers, the homeless, and youth from the Boyle Street area.

“It’s easy to have preconceptions before you go and start engaging with people in a place like Boyle Street.”

Folkmann says.

After conversing with and photographing 42 residents of the area, they chose five subjects.

Controversy arose when the Edmonton Police Service informed the artists that one of their subjects, ‘Tyrone,’ had been involved in violent gang activity. After weighing all sides of the issue, the artists decided not to chance creating potential discomfort in the community.

“As artists we really do stand by our initial idea, but in the end we thought that the potential of presenting his face in the wake of him having so many local victims was serving more damage to the community,” Jane explains.

“We both feel that the original subject Tyrone does have a story too and a story worth sharing and listening to,” Jane says. “We don’t think this conversation with him is over and we feel like there should be more done with hearing all sides of this as well.

In the wake of the time sensitivity of our project and the potential that there are local community victims

Fri., Nov. 18 (1 pm) MacEwan LRT Station laceyandlaylaart.com that might feel triggered by this portrait, it didn’t really work with the concept of Pillars of the Community.”

His image was replaced by “Brian,” a volunteer at Boyle Street community services who was using positive social work as a means of personal rehabilitation from his difficult past.

One of the other subjects encompassed in the mural is Vanessa, otherwise known as "Proud Nechi."

While taking photos at Boyle Street Community Services, they saw Vanessa riding in on her bicycle in long flowery summer dress and pumping Iron Maiden.

“She was vibrant, raw, funny and enthusiastic. We knew immediately that she had to be part of our project,” Folkmann says.

To avoid taking attention away from their subjects, they maintained a cohesive colour scheme that included a variety of dark blues and purples to connect the faces thematically.

“The effect ended up kind of having a bit of an aurora borealis vibe, which we really liked because it really relates to this northern city,” Jane says.

One day, Jane hopes to be able to appreciate the mural as a casual passer-by.

“It hasn’t completely soaked into our brains just how much visibility this piece could get," she says. "We really stand by the belief that public art can really be part of a positive social interaction and help be a reinforcement in community engagement and for care in a neighborhood and ownership of your city.”

LEE BUTLER

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PREVUE // FUNDRAISER

Helping rebuild Harcourt House New Executive Director Jacek Malec takes charge during a hectic time

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acek Malec, the new executive director of Harcourt House, takes the helm during a busy period for the organization. Their current building at 102 Ave. and 112 St. is undergoing renovations, and Malec wants to ensure they are continuing to support artists during this building period.

Malec, who graduated in art history from the University of Wroclaw in Poland, is an art historian, critic, lecturer and has curated a number of exhibitions related to contemporary Canadian and international visual arts, architecture and design. Most recently, he was the chief curator of Art Form in Calgary.

With exhibitions, classes and studio rentals continuing within the Harcourt walls, Malec is less than a week into his new job and has hit the ground sprinting.

“The building is 30 plus years-old and the infrastructure is at the end

of its life cycle,” Malec says. “We are not moving out though. [The renovations] will be done in phases and each phase will have it’s own developmental component.”

Phase one includes mapping out their internal resources. Hoping to use skilled volunteer labour from within their ranks, Malec says there will be an initial focus on affordable professionals.

“Then step by step, we will be using professional companies when we reach beyond our expertise,” he says. “That will be spread out over a couple of years in both the main building and in the annex.”

If they do end up shutting down a couple of studios for a period of time, that will happen far in the future, he says.

On Nov. 18, Harcourt will host a 'Miss Moneypenny' fundraiser.

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Fri., Nov. 18 (6:30pm) The Harcourt House Free (donations at the door) harcourthouse.ab.ca 50/50 draw at this James Bondthemed event will go towards renovations. This small fundraiser is a prelude to the organization's bigger upcoming campaign.

The event also doubles as a concluding celebration for Jill Stanton, as she ends her tenure as artist in residence at Harcourt.

Stanton, from his perspective, is the perfect example of what Harcourt stands for.

“The Harcourt is a launching pad for many Alberta artists. It gave them their first voice to speak publicly and is also a launching pad for their artistic careers,” he says. “Many have gone on to international success as well as local success, be it in the Edmonton art scene or academically.”

TRENT WILKIE

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PREVUE // ARTS

Plexiglass and plaster

Renowned piece "The Vessel" emotes with casts of artist's body

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avid Altmejd’s "The Vessel" contains a large scope of materials and emotion. The plexiglass piece fills up nearly an entire exhibit room in the Art Gallery of Alberta, with plaster casts of the artists own ears, hands and nose depicted throughout the piece.

“I was thinking about blood vessels carrying fluids or energy around your body. Also it’s shape, as a sort

of boat in that sense as well,” Altmejd says. “I don’t work with pre-designs or sketches. The piece sort of shapes itself organically, so I make one small micro-decision and then it dictates what the next decision or move is going to be.”

When working with a plexiglass structure, the artist begins by placing one element inside the box which he calls the “heart” of the piece.

Once that is placed, everything else branches out from there.

In "The Vessel," he began with a plaster replica of his swan-like hand that appears to be shooting out towards the front of the piece. This was the inspiration for a grouping of plaster hands that appear to be sitting similarly to a bevy of swans. There are several instances that refer to specific body parts and the neural workings

that allow the body to communicate.

“When you work one step after the other with no preconception, things grow much faster,” he explains. “It’s like in nature when you look at the human body. It’s such a complex intricate system or structure. It’s like: ‘Wow, how could that have been invented?’ But it’s little step, after little mistake, after little mutation.

When things grow like that you can reach a level of complexity that’s much greater than if things had been pre-designed.”

Another theme Altmejd tried to define was the specific speed and movement of the piece. He was inspired by the drawing back of water, gathering energy until finally crashing forward as a wave.

“I was making the piece the sort of movement of a wave. It was almost like I was in the wave. Now when I see it, I kind of see a really elegant composition," he says. "Quite often when I make work, I tend to forget about that.”

The materials he used (plexiglass, chain, plaster, wood, thread, wire, pins, needles and more) come from the previous pieces. At the completion of each project, he adds a mate-

Until Sun., Jan. 29 Art Gallery of Alberta, gallery admission

rial to his library for use in his next one. Altmejd describes his library of materials as the “language” he uses to create each resulting work.

The use of his own plastered body parts are a focal point in the presentation. His hands are used as swans and waves and are also shown trying to dig in—or out—of the plexiglass structure.

“There’s a certain freedom in how I’m using casts of my body. In the past, I’d use casts of my body but I’d use them in very specific, kind of logical ways in plaster figures. In this one I kind of let them be more free.”

Five years removed from The Vessel’s creation, Altmejd is still learning from the exhibit. He explained that the piece taught him the importance of being able to step back and look at his work from a distance.

“That’s the first time I was careful about really reproducing a specific movement. Looking at it now, I’m reminded of how important it is for my work to feel like it has an elegant presence in the world.”

LEE BUTLER

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PREVUE // HISTORICAL DRAMA

Before the Pride Parade

Witch Hunt at the Strand illuminates gay history in the city

(left to right) Matt Alden, Mike Robertson and Christine DeWitt perform in sketch troupe Marv n' Berry appearing in Con-Scripted by Rapid Fire Theatre. // Supplied photo by Billy Wong

Craig Le Blanc: She Loves Me. He Loves Me Not / Until Sat., Dec. 10 (Gallery hours) Le Blanc’s first solo presentation at the dc3 Art Projects gallery is an autobiographical exhibition. He explores themes relating to his personal identity, while branching out to ask questions of us all. Le Blanc uses words and phrases in contrast with materials (glass plates, machine stitched emblems), providing new meaning to both the mediums used. (dc3 Art Projects) The Drowsy Chaperone / Fri., Nov. 23 - Sat., Dec. 3 (7:30 PM) MacEwan University’s Centre for the Arts and Communications begins it’s final theatre season at the Jasper Place campus with The Drowsy Chaperone. The musical has won five Tony Awards and includes jazzy dance numbers that

have fun with the genre of musical theatre. Director Kate Ryan calls it “a smart, romantic and hilarious love letter to the jazz age musical.” (John L. Haar Theatre, $15 - $20) Commedia Burlesco / Thurs., Nov. 17 (8 PM) Two burlesque performers, two improv artists and endless possibilities. Violette Coquette and G. Venchy produce this one of a kind experience hosted by Julian Faid. (El Cortez Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar, No cover) Con-Scripted / Sat., Nov. 19 (9 PM) Rapid Fire Theatre’s sketch comedy show gives improv artists a new weapon: preparation. Features original performances from local comedy collectives. (Citadel Theatre, Zeidler Hall, $12 - $14)

hile mainstream history is secured with publications, gay history is forced to survive through speech. At least this was the case in Edmonton before Darrin Hagen decided to document a scandal involving the 1942 closeted gay community in his play, Witch Hunt at the Strand.

As a guide for Edmonton’s Queer History Bus Tours, Hagen admits that his earlier chronicles of gay Edmonton were based more on the lived experiences and stories of his passengers than any official documentation. It simply couldn’t be found. But the playwright and actor is attempting to fill in the gaps of Edmonton’s gay history.

“I never meant to be a historian, but it seems like everything I do takes me back to that. And the more I write about it, the more stories there are. The more you fill in the history the more it talks of people’s memories and tiny pieces can inspire whole new journeys of research. It’s really quite fascinating,” says Hagen.

Hagen’s research of the events that inspired Witch Hunt came from a small mention of the scandal in a thesis project written by actress Mary Glenfield—the once "grande

dame" of Edmonton theatre.

This tidbit took him straight to the Provincial Archives of Alberta. From original court transcripts, witness testimonies, and personal letters used as evidence, Hagen constructs a play that tells the story of ten gay men who were investigated and arrested for indecency in a time when being queer was a crime. Six of the men were sent to prison.

Witch Hunt was first produced at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival in 2015. The focus was on prominent members of the theatre community such as Harvey Kegna and James Richardson. Another character was J.P. Folinsbee—a poet whose letters to his lover incriminated the both of them.

To Hagen’s surprise, Folinsbee’s family attended the Fringe debut.

After meeting the playwright, they entrusted him with hundreds of letters that Folinsbee wrote to his loved ones while serving at an air force base in Nova Scotia. The letters paint a vivid picture of life in Alberta, and helped Hagen expand his show with additional scenes and context. They also remind him of how the Edmonton Police used the mere idea of gay men as a means of prosecution.

“The letters are so personal; it’s like criminalizing someone’s thoughts and desires. The letters became the proof, so basically writing out homosexual thoughts suddenly proved that you were a pervert,” Hagen says.

The production has now transformed from a bare-staged, threeman play into a 90-minute one-act play, complete with a set design, period costumes, and a film noir feel. When Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre chose the drama

to open their 38th season, Hagen took his project of eight years back to the drawing board.

The biggest and most satisfying change to the play was the addition of Elizabeth Sterling Haynes as a new character. Edmonton knows Haynes as a theatre pioneer and activist, after whom the Sterling Awards are named. What most people don’t know is the extent of her involvement in the events of 1942. Though the transcripts of her trial are limited, Haynes was grilled on the stand alongside the men she worked with in Edmonton’s theatre scene.

Yet Hagen understands that seeing history solely through a modern lens is too simplistic. Our moral outrage comes from today’s ethics and human rights laws, but this ignores the reality of 74 years ago when gays, along with other minorities, were not seen as equal.

Hagen’s solution is to appreciate society’s evolution and work to continue that progress, especially when it comes to documenting the past from a gay viewpoint.

“Queer people move like ghosts through history. We’ve been here the whole time but we’ve been invisible. So for me this is more about making our mark on Edmonton’s history and making sure that people recognize that we were a part of it back then,” Hagen says.

“Gay history doesn’t start with the pride parade.”

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DANCE DIRT BUFFET CABARET • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions.

Each show contains 6 acts • Nov 17, 9pm • $10 or best offer at the door

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • cleave & trench: artwork

by Shawn Serfas; Nov 4-Nov 18

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery.com • New works by Peter Hide; Nov 19-Dec 10; Opening reception: Nov 19, 1-4pm (artist in attendance)

caVa Gallery • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 •

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-

galeriecava.com • The artists Hélène Giguère, Alouisa Desrochers, Ginette Vallière D’Silva, Jo-Anne Farley, Linda Ould, Sylvia Durocher and Béatrice Lefèvre show their recent works; Nov 18-Dec 6

Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • A Modern Cult of Monuments: artwork by Colin Lyons; Oct 13-Nov 26 • To Do: artwork by Graeme Dearden; Oct 13-Nov 26

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St •

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce

780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • She Loves Me. He Loves Me Not: artwork by Craig Le Blanc; Nov 10-Dec 10

Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Feature artist: Lyle Zutz (3D); Nov 1-26 • Fireplace Room: Red Deer College Award winners; Through Nov

EDMONTON POTTERS' GUILD • 10210-108 Ave NW • edmontonpottersguild.wordpress.com • 2016 Edmonton Potters’ Guild Annual Show & Sale; Nov 19

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park •

FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Exhibition by Erik Waterkotte (‘05 MFA); Nov 1-26 • Annea Lockwood: A Sound Map of the Housatonic River; Nov 1-26 FRONT GALLERY • 12323-104 Ave • thefrontgallery. com • Artwork by Kari Duke & Tom Gale; Nov 17-Dec 5

SUBARTIC IMPROVISATION & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St •

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park •

milezerodance.com • Features dance, music, and visual artists performing live together for the first time within an improvisational framework. Each event features six to eight artists • Nov 24, 8pm • $15 or best offer at the door

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library

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

FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm HOLD ME • Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St NW • The story of a woman whose job it is to hold and console people who are being voluntarily euthanized • Nov 20, 6:30pm METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • REEL FAMILY CINEMA: Curious George (Nov 19) • Science in the cinema: Memento (Nov 17)

OVER 18 • neighbourHouse, 6811-92a Ave • A film about about online pornography and how it's affecting kids and youth • Nov 23, 6:30pm • Free (daycare available)

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS

780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Reflections: by Richard Borowski; Nov 4-Dec 18 Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/gallery-at-milner • On the Walls: Art from Within: Paintings works by Perla Ibarra; Through Nov • In the Cases: Eqraa: Fused glass works by Dalia Saafan; Through Nov

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Exhibition of sculptural wood works by Lyle Zutz; Nov 1-26

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Every Story Has Two Sides: artwork by Damian Moppett + Ron Moppett; Sep 17-Jan 8 • The Vessel: artwork by David Altmejd; Oct 8-Jan 29 • The Edge: The Abstract and the Avant-Garde in Canada; Oct 8-Jan 29 • ZINC restaurant: AGA Drawing Night; Nov 22, 7-9pm; $25/$20 (members) • BMO Children’s Gallery: Touch Lab: Leave your Mark: Opens Jul 24 • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: Wed, 7-9pm; $18/$16 (AGA member) • All Day Sundays: Art activities for all ages; Activities, 12-4pm; Tour; 2pm • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm • Art for Lunch: 3rd Thu of the month, 12:10-12:50pm ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert. ca • Blood, Toil, Tears: artwork by Marcel Belley, David Bowering, Bruno Canadien, Tony Stallard, Barbara Todd and Dean Turner; Oct 29-Dec 3 • Guilded: “A River Runs Through”: artwork by St. Albert Place Visual Arts Council Guild Members; Nov 3-26 • Art Ventures: Snow Globes (Nov 19), 1-4pm; drop-in art program for children ages 6-12; $6/$5.40 (Arts & Heritage member) • Ageless Art: (Nov 17), 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) • Preschool Picasso: Snow Globe Paintings (Nov 19); for 3-5 yrs; pre-register; $10/$9 (Arts & Heritage member)

BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Open Walls Two; Oct 29-Nov 26

BOREALIS GALLERY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VISITOR CENTRE • 9820-107 St • 780.427.7362 • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis/CD1.html • Canada: Day 1: Explore first steps, first impressions and first experiences as a newcomer to Canada; Aug 27-Dec 4

Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • A Little Bit of Infinity Part 1; Aug 11-Jan 28 • A Little Bit of Infinity Part 2; Sep 22-Jan 28 • Floods, Blood, and Bitumen; Oct 13-Nov 19

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave,

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Artwork by Jill Stanton; Oct 7-Nov 25

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Inspirations: artwork by Gladys Mathison and Darlene Comfort; Nov 3-Dec 15

JONATHAN HAVELOCK FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY • #155, 10403-121 St • 780.278.5950 • promo@tpsyeg.com • spirited-art-show.eventbrite.ca • Spirited Art: enjoy a free tasting of a variety of fine wines, spirits, and beer with artwork; Nov 25, 6-10pm

LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • The Fine Art of Schmoozy; Nov 19

106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Mise en Scene: artwork by Triniruth Bautista and more; Oct 8-Dec 24 • Distil: artwork by Jenna Stanton; Oct 22-Nov 26 • Material Witness: artwork by Dirk van Wyk; Oct 22-Nov 26

U OF A MUSEUMS GALLERIES AT ENTERPRISE SQUARE • Main floor, 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-

galleryu.com • Viva Cuba!: Cuban artists from Matanzas and Camaguey; Sep 18-Nov 18

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St •

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-

telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Free-$117.95 • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • Wild Africa; opens in late Oct • Angry Birds Universe; Oct 8-Apr 17

GALLERY U • 9206-95 Ave • contact@galleryu.ca •

87 St • 780.488.8558 • info@acuarts.ca • acuarts.ca • Signature Artist Series: artwork by Larisa SembaliukCheladyn; Nov 4-28 • Signature Artist Series: artwork

by Oksana Movchan and Oksana Zhelisko; Nov 2-28 • Poppies and Podushky: artwork by Larisa SembaliukCheladyn; Nov 10-26 Hospital, 8440-112 St • 2016-17 Art Show and Show: artwork by Edmonton Art Club members; Nov 7-Jan 6

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St •

VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com • Art + Activism: artwork by Mary Joyce, Paula Kirman and Juan Lopezdabdoub; Aug 31-Nov 26

ACUA GALLERY & ARTISAN BOUTIQUE • 9534-

AFTER HOURS GALLERY • University of Alberta

strathconacountymuseum.ca • We Remember: artistfacts on loan from local collector George Chivers & highlighting Canada's contribution to the Battle of Somme at its 100th Anniversary; until Dec 23

780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • November Group Selling Exhibition; Until Nov 26

MACEWAN UNIVERSITY • City Centre Campus, 7-266 • amatejko@icloud.com • I Don't Want To Die in the Digital Age/Windows of Light and Text; Oct 31-Feb 21 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/mcmullen-gallery • Connections Made Visible: artwork by Nancy Corrigan; Nov 5-Dec 4

DROWSY CHAPERONE • John L. Haar Theatre, Centre for the Arts and Communications, 10045-156 St • A loving send-up of the Jazz age musical featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another • Nov 23-Dec 3 • $15-$25 HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING • McMahon Auditorium at Campus St. Jean, 8406 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury • A satirical musical comedy from the “Mad Men” era, the story follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who climbs the corporate ladder from window washer to high-powered exec with the help of a little handbook called “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” • Nov 11-19 • $25 (adult), $21 (students/senior), plus applicable fees

JAKE'S GIFT • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • horizonstage.com • About a World War II veteran’s reluctant return to Normandy, France for the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day landings • Nov 18, 7:30pm • $35 (adult), $30 (students & seniors)

THE PINHERUPPERS • Moonshiners, 5202-50 St, Stony Plain • Brining their all new show CIRCUS • Nov 18, 7pm (doors), 9pm (show) • $20-$20 • 18+ only

TAKE A TRIP: A MUSICAL JOURNEY • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • fortedmontonpark.ca • A performance about life, love and luggage featuring Beth Portman and her ‘Good Find’ of musicians • Nov 18-19, 7:30-9:30pm • $24.15 (adv), $28 (door)

THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep-Jun • $15

TORNADO MAGNET • Roxy on Gateway, 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork.ca • SuperMom of The Wild Rose Trailer Court, Dotty Parsons, returns to the stage to continue her battle against mobile home-ophobia. Dotty aims to leave no souvenir cushion left unturned: rituals, diet, furnishings, collections, family and new to her life – winning the lottery • Nov 10-27, 8pm (2pm on Sun) TWELFTH NIGHT • Timms Centre for the Arts, 8703112 St • ualberta.ca/artshows • By William Shakespeare.

The Bard’s gender-bending comedy of mistaken identity and romantic ambition • Nov 24-Dec 3 • $12-$25 WITCH HUNT AT THE STRAND • Backstage Theatre, ATB Financial Art Barns, 10330-84 Ave • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Edmonton. 1942.

Police investigate a group of gay men active in the city's growing theatre scene. By midsummer, a dozen high-profile men are rounded up and charged with gross indecency, shattering their lives forever • Nov 24-Dec 4

WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Artwork by Richard Cole; Nov 19-Dec 1

WOMEN'S ART MUSEUM OF CANADA • La Cité Francophone 2nd Pavillon, #200, 8627 Rue Marie-AnneGaboury (91 St) • 780.803.2016 • info@wamsoc.ca • wamsoc.ca • Membership Showcase: Nov 19-Dec 10

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • audreys.ca • Christine Hamm's "Flying Free" Book Launch; Nov 17, 7-9:30pm • Cecilia Lietz "The Dragon's Human" Book Launch; Nov 18, 7-9:30pm • Riot and Retribution Book Launch; Nov 20, 2-3:30pm

BOOK LAUNCH AND SIGNING OF TOGETHER WE WEAVE BY JACQUELINE DOWSEY AND RON KURT • Old Strathcona Chapters, 10504-82 Ave • Nov 19, 12-4pm

LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY AND INDIE COMICS DAY • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • happyharborcomics.com • Meet local comic creators and get the change to pick up limited, exclusive comics • Nov 19, 10am-6pm

17 Art Show and Show: artwork by Edmonton Art Club members; Nov 19-Jan 16

MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony

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

Plain • multicentre.org • Euphotica: artwork by Hilary Mussell; Nov 6-Dec 20

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • dienasty.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 17-May 29 (except Dec 26 and Jan 2) • $13-$40

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS • Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • shelltheatre.ca • Singing, Dancing, Love and Wedding! What more could be asked for from this hilarious theatrical musical? • Nov 24-25, 7:30pm • $18 (adult), $15 (seniors/youth)

St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Textural Dimensions: artwork by Pam Baergen and Rick Rogers; Oct 18-Nov 18

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

MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL • 16940-87 Ave • 2016-

one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun

Jasper Ave • Every Tue

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca • Old Stone, New Steel: photography by photographers in three age groups: Grades 3-6, 7-9, and 10-12; Nov 19-Jan 15 NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • volunteer@thenina.ca • Still Myself: artwork by Kate Collie; Nov 3-20 O'BYRNES IRISH PUB • 10616-82 Ave NW • 587.986.3618 • angela@letsartyparty.com • Don't be shy- paint a naked guy: Guests will start with three poses to warm up, then move to a longer pose on 16" x 20" canvas. All will go home with a painting; Every 2nd Tue (except Dec 20, Jan 3), starting Nov 22, 7-8:30pm; $35 (adv at Eventbrite), $45 (door) OLD STRATHCONA ANTIQUE MALL • 10323-78 Ave • edmgrandmothers.org • Silent Auction of Tiny Trees; Nov 18-28 PAINT SPOT • 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: Landscape in Memory: paintings by Ellen Andreassen • Artisan Nook: Journey Through Expression: ink/watercolour drawings by JoAnne Denis • Both exhibits run Oct 13-Nov 22

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Clay Ellis RCA; Nov 17-Dec 3 PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture. alberta.ca/paa/eventsandexhibits/default.aspx • Alberta Ballet & the Documentation of Performance: celebrating Alberta Ballet's 50th anniversary; Sep 1-Dec 17

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

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: featuring Audrey Brooks, Audrey Seehagen, Anna Mioduchowska, and Lauraine Saretsky (Nov 21) • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

THEATRE 3C • Kinsmen Banquet Centre, 47 Riel Drive, St. Albert • Performed by the St. Albert Theatre Troupe. With the war in Vietnam over, an ex-serviceman, tries to make a new life for himself. After trashed in a kitchen, he and two others strike a deal • Nov 10-26 (Thu-Sat) • $50-$55

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, starting Sep 30-Dec 9 & Jan 20-Jul 30, 11pm

ANXIETY • Secret location, TBA • 780.471.1586 • northernlighttheatre.com • Theatre Yes’s Anxiety will challenge audiences to explore the underbelly of these phenomena as they journey through this one-of-a-kind immersive performance • Nov 24-Dec 4

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and

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The Painting Pear a.k.a. Shawn & Elva Nykyforuk

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paint for dreams

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at the beautiful Spark Gallery in Sherwood Park with a professional photographer for a night of sophistication

Nov 25 · 7 pm - 11 pm · $10 · Cash Bar Photographer · Tray Service The Painting Pear in cooperation with The Rainbow Society of Alberta, will be hosting an art gallery children’s fundraiser. For tickets and event details please go to Eventbrite and search “Paint For Dreams”.

www.paintfordreamstickets.eventbrite.ca Sponsors: Bernie & Elaine Nykyforuk, Gabriela & David Shea // Image supplied © 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

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he breaker—its roiling, surging mass seeming to dwarf Mount Fuji, off in the distance—starts to crest over the small boats like a creature of clenching foam. This is Hokusai’s famous woodblock print Great Wave off Kanagawa (c. 1831).

It resurfaces in Miss Hokusai, Keiichi Hara’s adaptation of Hinako Sugiura’s ’80s manga about the master’s strikingly talented daughter, Ōi (voiced by Anne Watanabe). Some minutes in, as Ōi takes her young blind sister Onao out onto the river in Edo (Tokyo), she describes the sea to her and they’re caught up in the work itself, that wave surging down on them.

The movie’s episodic but, once it hits its stride half-an-hour in, what episodes they can be—poetic or fantastical moments like that one, or a boy showing Onao the patter of snow falling from tree branches (sound’s crisply used throughout

CHRISTINE

FRI & MON–THUR 6:45PM SAT 1:15PM & 6:45PM SUN 1:15PM & 6:15PM

RATED: 14A

QUEEN OF KATWE

FRI, MON & TUES 7:00PM SAT 1:00PM & 7:00PM SUN 1:00PM & 6:00PM

RATED: G

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN FRI 9:30PM SAT 3:30PM & 9:30PM SUN 3:30PM & 8:15PM MON–TUES 9:15PM

FRI, NOV 18–THUR, NOV 24

THE ACCOUNTANT FRI 9:15PM SAT 3:45PM & 9:15PM SUN 3:45PM & 8:30PM MON–THUR 9:00PM

RATED: 14A. SC, CL, V

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WED & THURS: 7:00 & 9:30PM

RATED: PG, CL, SSS

NOV 17 - NOV 23

SCIENCE IN THE CINEMA

REEL FAMILY CINEMA

FREE ADMISSION & FREE SMALL POPCORN

FREE ADMISSION FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER

MEMENTO (2000) THUR @ 6:30

CURIOUS GEORGE SAT @ 2:00

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RUSH: TIME STAND STILL SAT @ 4:00 MOVEMBER EDMONTON

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here), or a lady haunted by Ōi’s panel depicting hell. Ōi, painter of creatures, people, landscapes, even erotica, can’t slake her thirst for perceptual and sensual delights: crowds passing over Ryoguku Bridge; a house fire at night; sleeping with a cross-dressing courtesan. And art overlaps in 1814 Japan with visions and possessions and spirits (snaking phantom limbs or heads stream wraith-like through the air).

This is a film about professional and personal dedication. When Ōi’s not painting assiduously or acting as a guide for her little sister (certain, because of her blindness and sickliness, that she’s bound for hell), she must contend with the men around her: two who seem interested in her, her father’s rather silly sot of a student, and the exacting, stern Hokusai (Yutaka Matsushige) or “Tetsuzo” himself.

He says that she doesn’t draw men

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Miss Hokusai gets jarred by a few too-modern music-moments and some preciousness in Ōi and Onao’s sisterhood, but otherwise it’s a steady sail through one woman’s artscape and life that can’t be entirely her own.

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A Bigger Splash never made it to Edmonton big screens, but this peculiar film should be added to your home viewing list

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talian director Luca Guadagnino already made quite a splash internationally with his 2010 film I Am Love, an endearingly delirious frenzy of culinary porn, class critique, and Tilda Swinton frolicking in the open air with her lover. Surely, there was a battalion of grips struggling to get each of Guadagnino’s 4,000 close-ups lit just right. If the title of Guadagnino’s follow-up to I Am Love didn’t prove prophetic it wasn’t for lack of trying: A Bigger Splash had yet more gorgeous food, gorgeous landscapes and gorgeous, famous people, this time speaking in commercial cinema’s lingua franca: English. (Though Swinton, in her third collaboration with Guadagnino, hardly speaks at all.)

My best guess as to what went wrong is that the film was simply too peculiar in tone for marketing folks and audiences alike.

Set on the remote Italian island of

Pantelleria, the story brings together a famous rock singer (Swinton) nursing a damaged voice by lounging by the pool and not speaking; a famous record producer (Ralph Fiennes), the singer’s ex, a manic, megalomaniac human-meteor who cannot stop speaking ever; a hot, horny young hanger-on (Dakota Johnson) who, apparently, is the now-adult daughter the producer didn’t know he had; and a documentary filmmaker (Matthias Schoenaerts), who is the singer’s current lover and is recovering from addiction issues and a suicide attempt. The film teases music nerds with flashbacks and flights of insidery ranting about working the Rolling Stones, yet it also sort of feels like sex comedy, or at least light, sexy intrigue, before it takes a sudden, tragic swan-dive three-quarters in from which it never really surfaces.

Two of its four leads (the elder, more famous two) are utterly watch-

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able and extremely charming, while the other two (the younger, prettier two) are stuck with less-developed characters and are mostly just kind of a drag.

Still, I confess I was frequently seduced and happily puzzled by A Bigger Splash. I cannot remember the last time I enjoyed Ralph Fiennes so much.

He performs a hugely memorable, gofor-broke lip-synch and Jagger-aping dance to "Emotional Rescue" around the same picturesque pool that will eventually seal his fate. He begins this performance in the house to entertain his friends but eventually takes it outside and, it seems to me, in a crazy slide into Brecht-meets-Busby Berkeley, performs solely for the camera.

You’ve really got to see this. And now you can: A Bigger Splash never made it way into Edmonton cinemas but Elevation Pictures has now released the film on DVD and Blur-ray. V

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Bringing the wonder back Mainstream release Arrival reinvigorates the sci-fi genre

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uture excavators of historical coincidence should have a field-workday with the fact that a film about alien-descent and translation happened to land just days after so many worldwide were stunned and appalled by the ascent of a creature known as “Trump” to the White House, an arrival demanding yet defying translation.

Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival—adapting Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life—is also, aptly for these times, concerned with our unity and divisiveness. Mainly, though, with its eerie lyricism and moody musicality, it re-infects sci-fi with an outbreak of the wondrousstrange and it’s quite possibly this year’s best mainstream release.

Framed intriguingly by a short, stabbing story of grief, the main action’s actually about inaction—not responding to ETs-come-to-our-home with military force. When twelve ships arrive at spots around the globe, the United States army brings linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) to the massive craft hovering just off the ground in Montana. Alongside physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner), Banks makes contact with the large, giant squid-like creatures (soon called heptapods). Their speech seems half-warble, half-whalesong, but their starfish-like tentacle-ends release a swirling, smoky substance, curling into a complex language of cir-

cular symbols. As other military powers get more jittery about the apparent threat, Banks and Donnelly race to decode the heptapods’ language and purpose on our planet.

Villeneuve’s control of tone—uncanny-sublime—is masterful. Any conventional plotting is mostly replaced with lilting memories and dreamy sequences, with Adams’ character a fascinating mix of the rational, instinctive, and emotional.

The film seems to be taking us closer to the truth of the heptapods when it’s actually leading us steadily into Banks’ head. There are icy blues, inky blacks, and autumnal yellows; Jóhann Jóhannsson’s score is chilling.

But it’s the film’s dancing with film-language—playing with time through jump cuts, special-effects,

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and voiceover; the scrim-like barrier behind which the heptapods appear is like a white movie-screen—which ultimately makes its fusion of the personally-human and the beyond-our-world so lyrical and moving. It’s remarkable how far Villeneuve (Prisoners, Sicario), too, has travelled—from minor but impressive Quebec features to big-budget filmmaking that’s turned mainstream genre-fare into thrilling, atmosphere-rich cinema.

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'Strange proposition' James Vincent McMorrow expands his sound with the help of Drake producer Nineteen85

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t has been a winding and somewhat surprising path to get here, but James Vincent McMorrow is happy about his current sound.

“It’s actually becoming closer to what I had in my head when I was kid than my first record—I am very proud of that record, there’s a real earnestness and naiveté to it that is sort of reflective of where I was at the time,” says McMorrow. “The transition and trajectory has been quite organic but it has gotten closer and closer to my initial ideas for what I wanted to make.”

When McMorrow’s second album, Post Tropical, emerged with its direction teetering away from a lo-fi sound, offers for collaboration and piece work poured in.

These were calls that he never imagined getting after his first album. And having already spun a sonic 180 degree turn for Post Tropical—writing and recording between the Rio Grande and Mexico City versus Ireland—McMorrow wasn’t against shifting elements to change his sound.

The inspiration for the fully balanced sound on his third album, We Move, came from the unlikeliest source.

“It was a strange proposition at first,” says McMorrow says of meeting Drake’s producer and collaborator Nineteen85 at a Toronto show on his Post Tropical tour.

“I mean I’m a huge fan of his and a huge fan of Drake’s,” he says. “But I was thinking: ‘We seem to come from different worlds’. But then I realized we talk about music the exact same way, we think about music the same way and although our musical careers’ trajectories are different, we approach music the same way—with [the] same passion. Once I realized that, it became much less surreal and much more tangible.’”

On one side of We Move’s teeter-totter we still find his trademark Dublin falsetto showcased on 2010’s gorgeous “Early in the Morning”—one that drips with dark pain and wry wit at others.

On the other edge of the seesaw is—at least at first—an odd counterweight noted by splashing and persuasive keys and minimalistic electronic beats. This was inspired by his love of hip-hop production, and thanks to hip-hop powerhouse producers Nineteen85 and Kayne West producer Frank Dukes.

“I’ve had these ideas all of the time, but if you don’t have the ability to do these things—if I wasn’t in a position to fully see it through;. to fully realize it took an amount of shows and an amount of understanding. It’s just the first time that things I needed to align have aligned so I could make it.”

McMorrow has stepped outside safety to be the musician he always aimed to be—away from the bedroom musician, adorned by relatively simple sounds to something beautiful and big. It only took meeting a producer of the world’s biggest hip-hop artist to find his balance.

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'To vaccinate you from all the bullshit' Fuelled by a hatred of dictators, local metal band Immunize promises an energetic show

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traight out of the snake pit and coming to broil your grey matter, Edmonton’s death metal practitioners Immunize unleash their scorching brand of bedlam this weekend.

Immunize got started when lead singer Calvin Campbell encountered lead guitarist Tyler Letourneau back in 2012 at an audition for a tech metal band formed by local drummer Bryan Newbury.

“The style just wasn't my flavour.

But I told Bryan, 'I want to work with Tyler. I love his style, I love his riffs,'” says Campbell.

Over time Immunize went through a series of crew changes until locking down it down as a five-piece with Jordan Paras on rhythm guitar, Yannick Bussweiler on percussion and former Oooze member Curtis Berg on the six string fretless bass.

It wasn’t until early 2016 when the band released its debut Psychotic

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With a sound firmly rooted in melodic death metal Campbell also confesses a love for melodic death metal.

“I was big into punk and hardcore, which developed into metal-core," he says. "That's when I found a love for melo-death. We don't make music to flex our egos. We want melodies, harmonies, and solid grooves.”

Together Letourneau and Paras deliver a skull crushing onslaught

of savage guitar acrobatics over a break neck rhythm attack that slices through your frontal lobe like an angle grinder. Campbell slashes the dark canvas with his demonic operatics.

On stage, Campbell assumes the role of the restrained lunatic contorting on stage in a straight jacket, while the rest of the members are fitted out in white madhouse scrubs. It's an ingenious alternative to the traditional black worn by most metalheads.

“I've been booted right off the stage into the mosh pit by my band members,” Campbell says. “That’s why we all rock out wireless, cause I'm famous for stomping out guitar and mic chords,” he says.

It's a methodology that allows the members of Immunize the freedom to explore the live space, conjuring up some high octane choreography.

In contrast to their fire storm of metallic aggression, Campbell claims that the subject matter of their songs are inspired by a great compassion for the disenfranchised and how injustice and ignorance preys on the afflicted and those on the margins of society. He has a deep hatred for egomaniacal dictators yet he admits that he consciously channels the personality of a tyrant to provoke his maniacal stage persona.

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The sonics of everyday strife

100 Mile House take a melancholy approach on their newest record Sun., Nov. 20 (7pm) Album release party L'Uni Théâtre at La Cité Francophone, $15

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eter Stone and Denise MacKay of 100 Mile House are exploring personal fears on Hiraeth, their fourth full-length album.

This time around the duo was inspired by increased maturity and the struggles of friends and family to write more personal songs.

“This new album is probably a little more melancholy than the last three we’ve had,” explains Stone. “The title Hiraeth translates into a longing for place or person that hasn’t necessarily existed. We’ve lost some friends, so it’s sort of a longing for people that have passed away. Also, it’s

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We’re sharing those stories as well.”

With Hiraeth, 100 Mile House forced themselves to change up their instrumentation. The album features contributions from Scenic Route to Alaska’s drummer Shea Connor and bassist Murray Wood, as well as violinist and long time collaborator, Scott Zubot.

This is the longest gap between the husband and wife’s albums and they are quite eager to share this

new material.

“We released three albums in four years, so we kind of took our time a little bit with this one,” Stone says. “We had always recorded by ourselves because I have a studio at home where we recorded, but this time we went to The Audio Department in Edmonton.

We were impressed by all the gear and the big live room.”

String sections and atmospheric elements have been added to their sonic palate, and the duo feels that this group of songs will translate well here in Alberta.

The album release performance will include an eight to nine piece band, including a cellist, pianist, drummer and bassist.

Since it’s hard to take that many musicians out on tour, they’re pleased to be able to get some of their collaborators out to share the stage. 100 Mile House hope to recreate as much of the album as possible for the audience, while sharing stories of the creative process.

“That’s been a big part of why this is so much like home for the past few years because the community here is just so great,” Stone says. He was born in the United Kingdom.

“You kind of see other bands and meet up with other musicians and that how we meet everyone we play with."

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Her eleven song debut (nine originals and two jazz standards) features material written over the last three years, with many tracks sharing a nighttime theme.

“With many artists, we work at night,” Chipman says. “The performance part happens largely at night, that’s when things are coming alive and my musical creativity is at it’s peak. When I don’t have a gig, I’m sort of a grandma and I’ll be in bed at 8:30. When I do, night is really when it’s happening.”

Nocturnalize showcases Chipman’s impressive jazz vocal stylings. Songs like “Ode to the Unsung Diva” feature sly lyrics and scatting with swaying jazz accompaniment.

Chipman has been performing her own material for years, but she didn't recorded any music while she attended MacEwan’s post-secondary music program.

After receiving an Alberta Foundation for the Arts grant in August 2015, she had no more excuses to hold off a release.

“Before I jumped into recording anything, I wanted to be sure,” she explains. “I’ve developed. A lot of songs that I used to write aren’t like the songs I write now. So I’m happy that I waited, because everyone starts somewhere and you hope that you improve and change.”

Chipman has played overseas in Ireland and London but not having a product on the market has prevented her from pursuing a Canadian tour.

“I almost feel I’ve missed a step there in between," she says. "I plan to do a tour, maybe in May, of Western Cana-

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Sun., Nov. 20 (8pm) Mallory Chipman’s Nocturnalize Album release party Yardbird Suite, $24 da and hopefully apply for a grant to do a full Canadian tour next round.”

When thinking of the perfect venue to unleash her debut in Edmonton, there was only one logical choice for Chipman.

“I learned a lot at MacEwan. I learned a lot from playing with other musicians, but I’ve learned a lot from the Yardbird Suite,” Chipman says.

“I’m there almost every Tuesday jamming with people," she says. "It was almost like a second home there, I feel very comfortable there and it’s a place where magic happens.”

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The James T. Kirks / Fri., Nov. 18 (9 PM) The surf-punks are celebrating 20 years of playing rock ‘n’ roll their own way. Armed with a new seven inch single the band is sounding as good as ever, while continuing to prove that rock ‘n’ roll won’t kill them… yet. (Brixx Bar & Grill, $12)

STWO / Fri., Nov. 18 (9 PM) The Paris-born producer recently moved away from his home country to add production work on Drake’s latest album, VIEWS. He now follows that up with his own album D.T.S.N.T., featuring hypnotic beats with many guest artists supplying vocals (Sevdaliza, Sunni Colón). The album is most definitely a nod to the atmospheric Toronto R&B sound that he’s helped to establish. (9910, $20 in advance)

Domino / Sat., Nov. 19 (7:30 PM) The country quartet return to Edmonton to headline this year’s Boot Scootin’ Boogie Dance in Beverly.

Domino packs the dance floor with hip-shaking country grooves and infectious down-home harmonies.

(Beverly Heights Hall, $10 in advance)

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2x4 / Sat., Nov. 19 (8 PM) The ambassadors of Oklahoma metal continue to slay on the western portion of the North American tour. 2x4 are able to achieve a bruising sound reminiscent of Slipknot, without the masks and five fewer members.

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Edmonton's best solo musicians

Brewer & I Am Machi; 8-11pm BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Live

8pm; $5 PALACE CASINO Colleen Rae &

Y AFTERHOURS Freedom

Cornerstone; 9:30pm

Fridays

RIVER CREE–The Venue Roger

SAT NOV 19

Hodgson - Legendary Singer & Songwriter, formerly of SUPERTRAMP; 7pm (doors), 9pm (show); Tickets start at $39.50; 18+ only ROGERS PLACE Florida Georgia

each week with a different band each week; 8pm

Robison (folk); 9pm

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled

Newsome (country); 9pm; $10; No minors

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

7 Inch Release Show", The Real Sickies, Bombchan; 9pm; $12; 18+ only CAFE BLACKBIRD Spencer

Vaughn + Dayna Walker with Soft March; 8pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Rockzilla; 8pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

Constant Promise; all ages; 7:30pm; $5 (door) CASINO EDMONTON Jellybean

(rock); 9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD

MacDaddy: the Fleetwood Mac experience; 9pm CENTURY CASINO Charlie Major;

7pm (doors); $49.95 (plus GST)

a Branch; 2nd Thu of every

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VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB Electric

Fridays; Every Fri, 9pm; No minors

ON THE ROCKS Chronic Rock;

ROSE & CROWN PUB Duff

Live-Single and couple dance; Every Thu, 7:30-10:30pm; Free

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT CENTURY CASINO AND TICKETMASTER

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Tim Isberg;

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Artzy

BOURBON ROOM Live music

RICHARD’S PUB Soul Train

FRIDAY DEC 2

The Men Who Fell To Earth Celebrate The '80s; 8pm; $10 (adults) $5 (students) at the Bailey Box Office or online

8pm

NEW WEST HOTEL Rodeowind;

music

With Full 6 Piece Band

BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

NEW WEST HOTEL Rodeowind;

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Friday Nights: Video Music DJ; 9pm-2am

Line: Dig Your Roots Tour Presented by Nitto; 7pm; $45 and up

O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB Live

Canada’s ABBA Tribute Band

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL Dirty

Pool; 8pm

The Bayou Bastards; 9pm; $12 (adv), $15 (door)

music; Every Fri; Free

NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam

FRIDAY NOV 18

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA Vibe: Pop-up Live Music Showcase at your AGA; 5-9pm; $20, $15 (members), $10 (ultra members); Available at the door or in adv

Hour featuring The Threads; 5:30pm • Karim Ouellet with Sympa César; 7:30pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door) 8pm

HILLTOP PUB CD Release Party for Randy Smallman's "Persistence"; 7:30-11pm; $5 HORIZON STAGE Sean McCann;

7:30pm; $35 (adult), $30 (students/seniors) LA CITE FRANCOPHONE Make

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE

BRETT MARTIN

HAVE MERCY Live music featuring Edmonton's best cover bands playing hits from the 60s to today; Every Fri-Sat

every Sat; this week: Flying Junque

7:30pm; Free

Grimmett's Grim Reaper (metal) with The Spruce Moose, Shotgunner and along with Riot City; 8pm; $25 (adv), $28.50 (door)

Memphis Blues Fundraiser; 7pm; $20

MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands

HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE Bistro Jazz; Every Thu,

MERCURY ROOM Steve

3-7pm GERMAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE Pay-it-forward

with Silence the Machine and Among the Shattered; 8pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door)

Karaoke; Every Thu, 7pm

Every Thu, 7-11pm

GAS PUMP Saturday Jam;

MERCURY ROOM 2X4 (metal)

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

Call 780.481.YUKS FOR TICKETS & INFO .....................................................................

Jenkins; 7:30-9:30pm; $49-$61

music; 9:30pm

Thursdays: weekly punk, alternative and hardcore music; Every Thu, 8pm

by Cody Forsberg; 7-11pm

FESTIVAL PLACE Katherine

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Live

DENIZEN HALL Taking Back

LIZARD LOUNGE Jam Night;

DV8 Rebuild/Repair, Ohmwar, Rhubarbs, Paint the Damage, Down the Hatch; 9pm; $5

No minors

Thu; 7pm

COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Stan

Gallant (rock); 9pm

LB'S PUB Radio Active; 9pm;

CAFÉ HAVEN Music every

L.B.'S PUB Open Jam hosted

CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT

It Awkward Concert; 7pm (6:30pm doors); $20 (adult), free (kids under 10); All proceeds go to the Center for Race and Culture

CAFE BLACKBIRD North Easton;

Open stage with host Naomi Carmack; 8pm every Thu

CASINO YELLOWHEAD

MacDaddy: the Fleetwood Mac experience; 9pm

Gallant (rock); 9pm

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week

CASINO EDMONTON Jellybean

(rock); 9pm

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

Main Fl: Rock N' Roll, Funk &

FARGOS CAPILANO Doug

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

Open mic; 7pm; $2

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Steve

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Quentin Reddy

(country); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Cody

Mack (alternative/rock); 9pm STARLITE ROOM Dragonette,

Lowell; 8pm; $25; 18+ only ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE

New Moon Folk Club: Tom Russell; 6:30pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door) TIRAMISU BISTRO Live music

every Fri with local musicians UNION HALL Tory Lanez I Told

You Tour with guests; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); 18+ only WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK Live Music

Fridays; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation YARDBIRD SUITE Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne CD release; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $28 (members), $32 (guests)

ARCADIA BAR Rebecca Lappa

Throwback 12.0 Rendezvous 35+ Old School Dance Party Featuring U-Knoww Entertainment; 10pm; $20 and up NEW WEST HOTEL Early:

Saturday Country Jam (country); Every Sat, 3pm • Later: Rodeowind; 8pm ON THE ROCKS Chronic Rock;

8pm; $5 PALACE CASINO Colleen Rae & Cornerstone; 9:30pm RENDEZVOUS PUB Train Bigger

Monkeys, Tyrant, Stab Twist Pull, Driven To Exile; 8pm ROSE & CROWN PUB Duff

with Hold For Home; 9pm; $10

Robison (folk); 9pm

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL The

SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

Derina Harvey band; 8pm THE AVIARY Brandon Mcintyre

(alternative/folk) with Jake Ian and Project Solo; 7pm; $10 (adv) BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

Gordie Tentrees; 8pm; $25 (adult) $15 (student) at the Bailey Box Office or online BEVERLY HEIGHTS HALL

Domino; 7:30pm; $10 (adv

The McGowan Family Band, The Threads, Space Picnic; 9pm; $10 (door) SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

Chillfactor (rock/pop/indie); 9pm; $10; No minors SHELL THEATRE, DOW CENTENNIAL CENTRE Jesse

Cook; 7:30pm; $48 (adult), $45 (seniors/youth)

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Quentin Reddy

the Dog: Railtown Park; 4-6pm; no cover

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Cody

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ The Joni Project; 8:30-10:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Durst;

9pm BOHEMIA Hazzerd, Red Skull

(country); 9pm Mack (alternative/rock); 9pm STARLITE ROOM Krafty Kuts & Dynamite MM with Stylust Beats; 9pm; $20-$25; 18+ only

Ritual, Dayshift Strippers, ChaosBeing; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $10

TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE Mikey

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Live

UNION HALL Animals As

music; Every Sat; Free BOURBON ROOM Live music

each week with a different band each week; 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Jess Smith

+ The Lay Awakes–Double Bill; 8pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Rockzilla; 8pm

Wong and his lineup of guest DJs Leaders; 7pm; $26.50; 18+ only YARDBIRD SUITE Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne CD release; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $28 (members), $32 (guests)

Classical HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Landscapes:

presented by i Coristi Chamber Choir; 7:30pm

SUN NOV 20

DJs

TUE NOV 22

MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE

BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

BLUES ON WHYTE Studebaker

Bobs & Lolo; 3pm; $20 (adult) $10 (child) $55 (family of 4 call to reserve) at the Bailey Box Office or online

Edmonton Winds: Gala Concert - Celebrating 40!; 7-9pm; $20 (adults), $15 (students); at the door WINSPEAR CENTRE The Salvation Army's Festival of Carols; 7pm; Free (ticket required for entry; available at the Salvation Army)

DJs

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Jazz

Brunch - Jamie Philp; 9am2:30pm; Cover by donation BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Durst;

9pm DANCE CODE STUDIO Flamenco

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Guitar Classes; Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

Floor: DJ Chris Bruce spins

DIVERSION LOUNGE Sunday

Britpop/Punk/Garage/Indie; Every Sat; Wooftop: Sound It Up! with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic Hip-Hop and Reggae; Underdog: Hip Hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack THE BOWER For Those Who Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down

It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs

playing the best in Hip Hop, Dance, Indie Dance, T40 & Classics; Every Fri-Sat; 9pm; No cover EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE

Rotating DJs Velix and Suco; every Sat KELLY'S PUB 104 Street Beats;

Every Sat, 10pm; No minors MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

Wong every Sat THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Psyturdays: various DJs; 9pm SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing

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

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

Saturdays

Floor: DJ Zyppy; Every Sun

MON NOV 21 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal Mondays with

Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke

GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm

night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free 7:30-9:30pm; $49-$61

HAVE MERCY King of Tuesdays with Live Elvis Impersonator; Every Tue

FIDDLER'S ROOST Open Stage;

KELLY'S PUB Open Stage:

FESTIVAL PLACE Doc Walker;

HAVE MERCY Local Spotlight Sundays featuring up and coming as well as established YEG bands; Every Sun, 9pm

HAVE MERCY Mississippi Mondays featuring Dylan Farell Band; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign-up)

L'UNI THÉATRE–LA CITÉ FRANCOPHONE 100 mile house;

KELLY'S PUB Open stage; Every

7-10pm; $15 (available at Eventbrite); All ages

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour featuring AHI; 5:30pm

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul Sunday Carter & the Capitals; 9pm; No cover

Monday

RICHARD'S PUB Mark Ammar's Sunday Sessions Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm SANDS INN & SUITES Open

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm

Mon, 9pm

ON THE ROCKS Killer Karaoke PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild Rose Old Tyme

Fiddlers Association: Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm RED PIANO BAR Swingin'

Mondays; 8-11pm

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE The Sunday Happening Jam featuring The Todd James Band; 4pm

Jam with $4 Bill; Every Mon, 8-11pm

STARLITE ROOM Landmark

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Monday

Events Showcase Festival; 2:30pm (doors); $15; 18+ only

Open Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon

YARDBIRD SUITE Mallory Chipman CD release; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $20 (members), $24 (guests)

SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/ Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm

Classical ALL SAINTS' CATHEDRAL Bach

and Forth!: presented by the Chronos Vocal Ensemble; 7:30pm; $20 (adult), $5 (student/senior), plus appplicable fees FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Vaughan String Quartet with the Edmonton Metropolitan Choir; 3pm WINSPEAR CENTRE Concierto

YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm

7-11pm

Sun; 9:30pm

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled

John; 9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Studebaker

Night Live on the South Side: live bands; Free; All ages; 7-10:30pm

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every

John; 9pm

Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE James

Vincent McMorrow; 8pm; $38

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie

Lunchpail TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip

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

de Aranjuez; 2pm; $29-$59

featuring host Naomi Carmack and guest; 9pm; No cover L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night

Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour - Rising Star featuring Hailey Benedict; 5:30pm • Big Dreamer Jam featuring Curtis Phagoo; 8pm O’BYRNE’S Guinness Celtic

jam every Tue; 9:30pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Crazy Dave's Rock & Roll Renegade Jam; 7:30pm WINSPEAR CENTRE Daughter;

8pm; $28-$38 YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: Leonard Patterson Group; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins Britpop/

Punk/Garage/Indie; Every Tue

• Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm GAS PUMP Karaoke; 9:30pm HAVE MERCY Whiskey Wednesdays Live Piano Karaoke featuring the Fab Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE Karaoke

Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm-2am NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Happy Hour featuring Victoria Baldwin; 5:30pm • Red Hot Gospel with Street League; 9pm; No cover • John Guliak with Jody Shenkarek; 9pm; No cover

presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; Guests and newcomers always welcome; every Wed, 7pm; $2 (donation, per person), free coffee available THE PROVINCIAL PUB Karaoke

hosted by dueling piano players SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rock n' Roll Jam with Gator & Friends; 7:30pm TAVERN ON WHYTE Karaoke;

9pm TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY

Classical MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH

ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up

DJs

BLUES ON WHYTE JK & The

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

Static; 9pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

BOURBON ROOM Acoustic singer songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm

Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed

WED NOV 23

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scrambled

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

PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm RANCH ROADHOUSE DJ Shocker and Seelo Mondo; Every Wed

VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com THE AVIARY 9314-111 Ave, 780.233.3635, facebook.com/ arteryyeg BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St CONVOCATION HALL Old Arts Building, University of Alberta, music.ualberta.ca DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 1111387 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DOW CENTENNIAL CENTRE 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DV8/MAMA'S PIZZA 7317-101 Ave NW EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE 10220-103 St NW, 780.

424.0077, yourgaybar.com FARGOS–CAPILANO 5804 Terrace Rd NW FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10025-105 St NW

GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St GERMAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE 8310 Roper Rd NW HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave 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 HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE 8336-160 Ave, 780.401.3313, hummingbirdbistro.ca IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St NW, 780.451.8825, kellyspubedmonton.com LA CITE FRANCOPHONE 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LION'S HEAD PUB 4440 Gateway Blvd LIZARD LOUNGE 11827 St. Albert Tr, 780.451.9180, facebook.com/ The-Lizard-Lounge MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE 8900-114 St

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 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 ROGERS PLACE 10220-104 Ave NW ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9562-82 Ave NW SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752,

sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY 17118-90 Ave TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE 10324-82 Whyte Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, CENTURY CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB 10746 Jasper Ave, 780.951.2705 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe. com Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

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Wednesday RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live:

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AUDIO ROCKETRY 10 YR ANNIVERSARY CD RELEASE

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Edmonton Stamp Club • St. Joseph High School, 10830-109 St, main floor cafeteria • edmontonstampclub.com • Get into a new hobby.

Featuring circuit books, catalogues and packets that can be browsed, as well as lectures • Nov 21, 7:30-9:30pm

Flamenco Dance Classes (Beginner or Advanced) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am-12:30pm

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), COMEDY AZUCAR Supper Club presents Comedy Night • AZUCAR Supper Club, 13062-50 St NW • Nov 23, 7:30pm • $5

Black Dog Freehouse • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu

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

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Chris Heward; Nov 18-19 • Marvin Krawczyk; Nov 24-26

Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Sam Tripoli; Nov 16-20 • Matt Sadler; Nov 23-27

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, all for 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

Bar, 8230 Gateway Blvd • Hosted by Dion Arnold with weekly headliners & guest comics • Every Wed, 7pm (door), 7:30pm (show) • No cover

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

Empress Ale House • 9912-82 Ave • Empress

Monday Mingle • Hexagon Board Game Cafe,

El Comedy • El Cortez Mexican Kitchen + Tequila

Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free

Jerry Seinfeld • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87

10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe. com • thehexcafe.com • Meet new gamers. Go to the event solo or with a group • Every Mon, 5-11pm • $5 (one drink per person)

Ave NW • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium.com • Nov 18-19, 7pm (10pm on Nov 19) • $75-$125 (Ticketmaster)

Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St

Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove

Open Door Comic Creator Meetings

every Wed; 9pm

Groups/CLUBS/meetings Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue, Thu; 7-9pm

Amnesty International Edmonton • 8307-109 St • amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug, Dec) • Free

Argentine Tango Dance at Foot Notes Studio • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15

Babes In Arms • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • A casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm

Brazilian Zouk Dance • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.974.4956 • hello@ludiczouk.com • ludiczouk.com • Drop in and check out a totally painless partner dance class. No partner required • Every Wed, Sep 28-Dec 7, 6:30-8pm

DeepSoul.ca • 780.217.2464; call or text for

• nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

15608-103 Ave • 780.463.1626 • Lecture on detoxing the body with teas • Nov 25, 5:30pm • Call 780.463.1626 to RSVP

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

18 at the back

Edmonton Podcasting Meet-Up • Variant Edition, 10132-151 St • 780.452.9886 • variantedmonton.com • Nov 19, 1pm

9322-60 Ave • 780.436.4460 • pixieglassworks.com/ pages/classes • Offering three levels in each of: hollow body work, implosions, sculpture, pipe-making and beads. Call to book. No classes on holidays • Every Mon, Wed-Thu, 6-9pm • $150

obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

Painting for Pleasure • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • Welcomes artists to join this weekly group 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 Sacred Circle Dance • Riverdale Hall, 9231-100 Ave • Dances are taught to a variety of songs and music.

No partner required • Every Wed, 7-9pm • $10

Schizophrenia Society Family Support Drop-in Group • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta,

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

Edmonton Gardening Vegetarian & Vegan Group • Olympia Ethiopian Restaurant,

LECTURES/Presentations

Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651,

Drop-In D&D • Hexagon Board Game Café, 10123

Drop-In Dance & Movement Classes

Reserve to Snow Valley; McDonald’s Century Park, 11007-23 Ave NW; 780.428.8561; Johanna.Fischer@ web.de; Nov 20, 9:45am-3pm

Fossil Free: What Could Divestment Mean in Alberta • MacEwan University, CN

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

• Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • admin@ milezerodance.com • milezerodance.com • Drop-in classes. For all ages and experience levels. Mon-Thu & Sun • Runs until Dec 18, 10am-5pm • $15 (regular), $12 (members), $100 (10-class card)

Waskahegan Trail Association Guide Hike • waskahegantrail.ca • Whitemud Creek Nature

• 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

Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • An epic adventure featuring a variety of pre-made characters, characters that guests can make on their own, or one that has already been started. Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc. For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5

RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St; 780.902.4605; norwoodtoastmasters. org; Every Thu, Oct 13-Jun 29, 7:30-9:30pm; Guests are free • 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 • Generating Power Speakers: EPCOR Tower, 10423-101 St NW: Meeting will take place on the 8th floor, 780.392.5331 (Phil); 1st and 3rd Tue each month, 12:05-1:05pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:458:30pm; contact vpm@norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Jun, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.437.1136 (Mark) or 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com; Meet every Tue starting in Sep, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

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

Sugar Foot Ballroom • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome.

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

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

Toastmasters • Chamber Toastmasters Club: 6th floor, World Trade

Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/

Theatre 5-142 City Centre Campus • 780.497.4602 • sustainability@macewan.ca • Presentation by climate activist Matt Hammer • Nov 22, 7-8:30pm • Free

Glass ​Blowing ​C​lasses ​• Pixie Glassworks,

Introduction to Aquaponics: How to build a small home system • Earth's General Store - Whyte, 9605-82 Ave • Aquaponics is a sustainable form of agriculture that has a 90+% water conservation rate and gives you the ability to grow plants and fish year round. Featuring a workshop that will allow guests to construct their own system • Nov 20, 7-9pm • $45 (available at Eventbrite)

Lunch Hour Lecture - "A Thousands Years of The Tale of Genji" • University of Alberta Museums Galleries at Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave NW • 780.492.5834 • Presented by Dr. Anne Commons, an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta • Nov 18, 12-1pm • RSVP at goo.gl/Jjtc06

Mixed Media Talk: Justina’s Adventures • The Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • paintspot.ca Edmonton’s Justina Smith, well known mixed-media artist, talks about her travels and how she translates her adventures into art • Dec 1, 7:30-9pm • $5

National Housing Day Luncheon • Hyatt Place Downtown, 9576 Jasper Ave • dharmacy@ homewardtrust.ca • ntlhousingdayedmonton. eventbrite.ca • Recognizing innovation and leadership in affordable housing • Nov 22, 11:30am-1:30pm Second Saturdays Dance Seminar • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • info@milezerodance.com • milezerodance.com • A series of dance seminars with invited guest artists • Nov 19, Dec 10, 2-4pm • $20 (per class); Pre-registration important as readings will be emailed to participants Sustainability Speaker Series: Laurence C. Smith • University of Alberta North Campus, Room 1-430, Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science • sustainability@ualberta.ca • sustainability.ualberta.ca/speaker • Accompanied by stunning photographs and graphics, Smith presents a balanced, politically neutral projection of what the world might look like in 10 years’ time • Nov 22, 7-9pm

Urban Green Cohousing Information Session • Strathcona Community League, 10139-87 Ave NW • 780.439.2662 • hello@ urbangreencohousing.ca • urbangreencohousing.ca • Introducing the cohousing concept, a place where

families and adult households share amenity space and regularly scheduled common meals, but also enjoy the ownership and privacy of their own individual unit (like condos) • Nov 20, 2-4pm • All ages

QUEER Affirm Group • garysdeskcom@hotmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet monthly at Second Cup, Edmonton City Centre for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church Evolution Wonderlounge • 10220-103 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, Or in confidence one-on-one in the Craft Room • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance. One-on-one meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net

21st Canmore Christmas Artisans' Market • Canmore Collegiate High School, 1800-8 Ave, Canmore • canmoreartisansmarket.com • Join over 75 artisans and artists from Canmore and surrounding areas, for the Bow Valley's premier market of handcrafted items. Jewelry, photography, pottery, paintings, furniture, body products, clothing, fine foods, and so much more • Nov 19-20, 10am-4pm • $3 (in support of the Canmore Preschool Society)

All is Bright on 124 • 124 St, between Jasper & 102 Ave • 124street.ca/all-is-bright • Featuring illumination, art installations, winter activities, and live entertainment • Nov 19

Art Mentorship Society of Alberta 's 2nd Anniversary Party and Fundraiser • CKUA Performance Space, 9804 Jasper Ave • artmentorshipab@gmail.com • A birthday celebration to raise funds for the Art Mentorship Society of Alberta.

Buy original artwork, eat great food, win sweet prizes, and listen to live music. Performances by Celeigh Cardinal, Ben Sures and Sam Spades • Nov 18, 5-9pm • $10 suggested cover. No one turned away (available at the door or Eventbrite)

Art Spirit Festival • Holy Trinity Anglican Church (101 St & 84 Ave) • 780.433.5530 • church. office@holytrinity.ab.ca • holytrinity.ab.ca • Featuring visual arts, films, music, dacning and much more • Nov 17-20

Illusions Social Club • Pride Centre, 10608105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • pridecentreofedmonton.org • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7-9pm

Country Craft Fair • St. Albert Place • Fea-

Pride Centre of Edmonton • Pride Centre

Dark Matters DIY • TELUS World of Science - Edmonton, 11211-142 St • 780.451.3344 • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • For the adults only. Featuring local experts on site to show guests the tricks and trades of gardening, cooking, metal work and more. Think of it like Pintrest, but without having to scroll through everything • Nov 17, 7-10pm • $14-$28

of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • Drop in hours: Mon, Wed 4-7pm; Fri 6-9pm; Closed Sat-Sun and Holidays • JamOUT: Music mentorship and instruction for youth aged 12-24; Every other Tue, 7-9pm • Equal Fierce Fit & Fabulous: recreational fitness program, ages 12-24; every other Tue, 6-8pm, every other Tue • Queer Lens: weekly education and discussion group open to everyone; every Wed, 7-8:30pm • Mindfulness Meditation: open to everyone; every Thu, 6-6:50pm • Men's Social Circle: A social support group for all maleidentified persons over 18 years of age in the LGBT*Q community; 1st and 3rd Thu each month; 7-9pm • TTIQ (18+ Trans* Group): 2nd Mon of the month, 7-9pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Edmonton Illusions: cross-dressing and transgender group 18+; 2nd Fri of each month, 7-9pm • Movies & Games Night: Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Thought OUT: Altview’s all-ages discussion group; every Sat, 7-9pm • Seahorse Support Circle: facilitated meet up for families with trans and gender creative kids aged 5-14; 2nd Sun of the month, 3-5pm • Men Talking with Pride: Social discussion group for gay and bisexual men; Every Sun, 7-9pm

St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

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, 7:30-9pm • 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 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 SPECIAL EVENTS 9th Annual Festival of Trees at Festival Place • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • View the trees, enjoy local musical entertainment and celebrate with a children's art and craft area. Proceeds from the event will be used to continue to promote and support arts programming for children and youth in Strathcona County • Nov 26, 9:30am-8:30pm • By donation

9th Annual Festival of Trees Gala at Festival Place • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Featuring entertainment, hors d'oeuvres and an opportunity for guests to take home a one-of-a-kind tree of their choice. Proceeds from the event will be used to continue to promote and support arts programming for children and youth in Strathcona County • Nov 25, 7:30-9:30pm • $50

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tures over 75 exhibitors from St. Albert and surrounding areas • Nov 19-20 • Free (parking and admission)

Homes for the Holidays • Tours begins at Home Central: Crestwood Community Hall, 14325-96 Ave • kjristen@jledmonton.org • homesfortheholidays. com • A self-guided tour of five beautifully decorated homes by local designers and florists in some of Edmonton's most beautiful neighbourhoods • Nov 18-20 • $35 (online), $45 (same day), $50 (Sparkling Tour on Friday evening for the after hours tour)

Indie Handmade Craft Show • Hole’s Greenhouses at the Enjoy Centre • 613.241.5777 • indiehandmade.ca • St. Albert’s newest holiday shopping event, bringing together the very best that the Canadian Handmade community has to offer to shoppers looking for the perfect gift • Nov 24-27 • $5 (general admission), free (children (12 & under) I Heart YEG Winter • Alfred H. Savage Centre, Fox Drive • Explore the River Valley and try bannock making, showshoeing and kicksledding (weather permitted). No snow? No problem! Enjoy geocaching, fire-building, nature walks and more • Nov 20, 1-4pm • Free • All ages

Make It! Edmonton's Handmade Market • Halls G & H, Expo Centre at Northlands, 7515-118 Ave • hello@makeitshow.ca • makeitshow. ca • Giving shoppers the opportunity to buy unique, ethically made items from top artisans from all over Canada. With 275 "makies", food trucks and a beer garden • Nov 24-27 • $7 (door)

Martin Deerline's Green Christmas • Martin Deerline, 17104-118 Ave • 877.627.8468 • martindeerline.com • Kids can get their pictures with Santa on a John Deere tractor, build Christmas crafts, enjoy Christmas treats and save some money on John Deere gifts. Pictures with Santa by donation to either Santa's Anonymous or the local Food Bank • Nov 19, 9am • Free

Red Fish Blue Fish St Albert Christmas Marketplace • Cornerstone Hall, 6 Tache St., St Albert • 587.783.4747 • Bring non-perishable food items for the Food Bank • Nov 19, 10am-4pm • $3 (adults), free (kids). Free admission with a non perishable food bank donation

Santa’s Parade of Lights • Downtown (check website for parade route) • edmontonsantaparade.com • A magical event where every entry is lit to twinkle in the dark • Nov 19, 4-7pm • Free

Whyte Christmas • Throughout Old Strathcona • oldstrathcona.ca • tineke@oldstrathcona.ca • Christmas is magical in Old Strathcona - contesting, sleigh rides, Santa and more • Nov-Dec

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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is a 97 percent chance that you will NOT engage in the following activities within the next 30 days: naked skydiving, tight-rope walking between two skyscrapers, getting drunk on a mountaintop, taking ayahuasca with Peruvian shamans in a remote rural hut, or dancing ecstatically in a muddy pit of snakes. However, I suspect that you will be involved in almost equally exotic exploits— although less risky ones—that will require you to summon more pluck and improvisational skill than you knew you had.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Onion, my favourite news source, reported that "It's perfectly natural for people to fantasize about sandwiches other than the one currently in their hands." You shouldn't feel shame, the article said, if you're enjoying a hoagie but suddenly feel an inexplicable yearning for a BLT or pastrami on rye. While I appreciate this reassuring counsel, I don't think it applies to you in the coming weeks.

In my opinion, you have a sacred duty to be unwaveringly faithful, both in your imagination and your actual behavior—as much for your own sake as for others.'

I advise you to cultivate an up-todate affection for and commitment to what you actually have, and not indulge in obsessive fantasies about "what ifs."

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hesitate to deliver the contents of this horoscope without a disclaimer. Unless you are an extremely ethical person with a vivid streak of empathy, you might be prone to abuse the information I'm about to present.

So please ignore it unless you can responsibly employ the concepts of benevolent mischief and tricky blessings and cathartic shenanigans. Ready? Here's your oracle: Now is a favourable time for grayer truths, wilder leaps of the imagination, more useful bullshit, funnier enigmas, and more outlandish stories seasoned with crazy wisdom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Kavachi is an underwater volcano in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.

It erupts periodically, and in general makes the surrounding water so hot and acidic that human divers must avoid it. And yet some hardy species live there, including crabs, jellyfish, stingrays, and sharks. What adaptations and strategies enable them to thrive in such an extreme environment?

Scientists don't know. I'm going to draw a comparison between you and the resourceful creatures living near Kavachi. In the coming weeks, I bet you'll flourish in circumstances that normal people might find daunting.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Seventeenth-century British people used the now-obsolete word

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"firktytoodle." It meant "cuddling and snuggling accompanied by leisurely experiments in smooching, fondling, licking, and sweet dirty talk." The coming weeks will be prime time for you to carry out extensive experiments in this activity. But here's an interesting question: Will the near future also be a favourable phase for record levels of orgasmic release?

The answer: maybe, but IF AND ONLY if you pursue firkytoodle as an end in itself; IF AND ONLY IF you relish the teasing and playing as if they were ultimate rewards, and don't relegate them to being merely preliminary acts for pleasures that are supposedly bigger and better. P.S. These same principles apply not just to your intimate connections, but to everything else in your life, as well.

Enjoying the journey is as important as reaching a destination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here's an experiment worth trying: Reach back into the past to find a remedy for what's bugging you now. In other words, seek out on an old, perhaps even partially forgotten influence to resolve a current dilemma that has resisted your efforts to master it. This is one time when it may make good sense to temporarily resurrect a lost dream. You could energize your future by drawing inspiration from possibilities that might have been but never were.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): By the time he died at the age of 87 in 1983, free thinker Buckminster Fuller had licensed his inventions to more than 100 companies. But along the way, he often had to be patient as he waited for the world to be ready for his visionary creations. He was ahead of his time, dreaming up things that would be needed before anyone knew they'd be needed. I encourage you to be like him in the coming weeks, Libra. Try to anticipate the future. Generate possibilities that people are not yet ripe to accept, but will eventually be ready to embrace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Does the word "revolution" have any useful meaning? Or has it been invoked by so many fanatics with such melodramatic agendas that it has lost its value? In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest we give it another chance. I think it deserves a cozy spot in your life during the next few months. As for what exactly that entails, let's call on author Rebecca Solnit for inspiration. She says, "I still think the [real] revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small."

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "We all have ghosts inside us, and it's better when they speak than when they don't," wrote author

Siri Hustvedt. The good news, Sagittarius, is that in recent weeks your personal ghosts have been discoursing at length. They have offered their interpretation of your life's central mysteries and have provided twists on old stories you thought you had all figured out. The bad news is that they don't seem to want to shut up. Also, less than 25 percent of what they have been asserting is actually true or useful. But here's the fantastic news: Those ghosts have delivered everything you need to know for now, and will obey if you tell them to take an extended vacation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the film Bruce Almighty, Morgan Freeman plays the role of God, and Capricorn actor Jim Carrey is a frustrated reporter named Bruce Nolan. After Nolan bemoans his rocky fate and blames it on God's ineptitude, the Supreme Being reaches out by phone. (His number is 716-7762323.) A series of conversations and negotiations ensues, leading Nolan on roller-coaster adventures that ultimately result in a mostly happy ending. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Capricorns will have an unusually high chance of making fruitful contact with a Higher Power or Illuminating Source in the coming weeks. I doubt that 716-776-2323 is the right contact information. But if you trust your intuition, I bet you'll make the connection.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some spiders are both construction workers and artists.

The webs they spin are not just strong and functional, but also feature decorative elements called "stabilimenta." These may be as simple as zigzags or as complex as spiral whorls. Biologists say the stabilimenta draw prey to specific locations, help the spider hide, and render the overall stability of the web more robust. As you enter the web-building phase of your cycle, Aquarius, I suggest that you include your own version of attractive stabilimenta.

Your purpose, of course, is not to catch prey, but to bolster your network and invigorate your support system. Be artful as well as practical. (Thanks to Mother Nature Network's Jaymi Heimbuch for info on stabilimenta.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "Aren't there parts of ourselves that are just better left unfed?" asked Piscean author David Foster Wallace. I propose that we make that one of your two keynotes during the next four weeks.

Here's a second keynote: As you become more and more skilled at not fueling the parts of yourself that are better left unfed, you will have a growing knack for identifying the parts of yourself that should be well-fed. Feed them with care and artistry!. V

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Across

1 Audio boosters 5 They say “Nowaday!”

10 Tropical getaway 14 Renegade (on) 15 “Wayne’s World” sidekick 16 Connery of “Dr. Nado” 17 Guilty pleasure that’s difficult to accomplish?

19 Mountaintop 20 “Heady, relax!”

21 Munitions maker 23 Roadsters 26 Cedars-___ Hospital 28 Lang. of Cads Lewis 29 Gomez’s hairier cousin 30 Garment fold 32 Source of a meadow 34 Company behind a candy stamped with “mad” 36 Orange sadpud 37 “___ made up, Scotty” 38 Knotted snack 40 Drink for the lactose intolerant 43 “For Your ___ Onlady” 44 Health facility 45 Cheese on crackers 46 MGM Grandad Las Vegas, for one 48 Puget Sound traveler 50 Nickname of Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis 51 “Goad on ...”

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But we must make time for joy and pleasure and laughter and friends and food and art and music and sex.

During the darkest days of the HIV/

suspicious. And even if we did marry, that marriage is likely to be invalidated in the coming years. Is it still worth it to try? What do I do if the government takes away the love of my life?

KEEEP HIM HOME You should marry your boyfriend immediately, KHH, and do so with confidence.

“There is no realistic possibility that anyone’s marriage will be invalidated,” said Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which has taken marriage-rights cases to the US Supreme Court (and won).

“The law is very strong that if a marriage is valid when entered, it cannot be invalidated by any subsequent change in the law. So people who are already married should not be concerned that their marriage can be taken away.”

And Minter says the court is unlikely to overturn Obergefell, the decision that legalized same-sex marriage across the country.

“The doctrine of stare decisis— which means that courts generally will respect and follow their own prior rulings—is also very strong, and the Supreme Court very rarely overturns an important constitutional ruling so soon after issuing it,” said Minter. “Even the appointment of an anti-marriage-equality justice to replace Justice Scalia would not jeopardize the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling on marriage equality, and the great majority of Americans still strongly support the freedom of samesex couples to marry.”

“The law is very strong that if a marriage is valid when entered, it cannot be invalidated by any subsequent change in the law.”

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I’m a longtime fan—reader and listener—and part of the 47 percent of white women who did NOT vote for Donald Trump. To say I’m disappointed, horrified, scared, and mad about the election is woefully insufficient. I donated $100 to Planned Parenthood this morning because I honestly felt like there was nothing else I could do.

That being said, I wanted to share that I had one of the most weirdly charged, hottest, and sexiest orgasms. A little buzzed (dealing with those election results) and sad, my boyfriend and I turned to each other for consolation.

One thing led to another, and before I knew it, we were fucking as Trump came on the TV to give his acceptance speech. As that orange blowhard spewed more bullshit about being our president, I rode my boyfriend’s big, beautiful dick until I came. It was the perfect way to say, “Fuck this.

Now fuck me.”

I encourage all your readers to fuck out the stress from this election. Yes, we should donate and volunteer and speak up and protest and vote and not give up hope, but we should also keep doing it and taking care of each other. Because love trumps hate, and fucking trumps… well, I’m not sure what fucking trumps. But it sure makes life better.

JUSTIFIABLY UNSETTLED LASS INTENSELY EMOTING It’s important to practice good selfcare in the wake of a traumatic event—the election qualifies as a traumatic event—and going by the definition of self-care at GoodTherapy.org, fucking the living shit out of someone qualifies as self-care: “Actions that an individual might take in order to reach optimal physical and mental health… Self-care [includes] activities that an individual engages in to relax or attain emotional wellbeing, such as meditating, journaling, or visiting a counselor.”

They’re too polite over at GoodTherapy.org to include “fucking the shit out of someone” on their list of examples, JULIE, but what you did on election night—which just so happens to be the exact same thing I did on election night—certainly meets all the criteria.

And if anyone out there who did the same on election night—fucked the shit out of someone—is feeling the least bit guilty, please know that millions of Americans did the exact same thing after 9/11. We used a different term to describe all that post9/11 fucking: “terror-sex,” which New York magazine defined as “urgent, unguarded, end-of-the-world coitus inspired by that day’s sudden jolt of uncertainty and fear.”

I want to thank you for writing, JULIE, and I want to second your recommendation: Sex, partnered or solo, makes life better—and people shouldn’t feel guilty about fucking

AIDS epidemic, when Republicans and religious conservatives controlled the federal government and were doing everything in their power to harm the sick and dying, queers organized and protested and volunteered and mourned. We also made music and theater and art. We took care of each other, and we danced and loved and fucked. Embracing joy and art and sex in the face of fear and uncertainty made us feel better—it kept us sane—and it had the added benefit of driving our enemies crazy. They couldn’t understand how we could be anything but miserable, given the challenges we faced—their greed, their indifference, their bigotry—but we created and experienced joy despite their hatred and despite this awful disease. We turned to each other—we turned to our lovers and friends and sometimes strangers— and said, “Fuck them. Now fuck me.”

We didn’t eradicate HIV/AIDS, the disease that was sickening us then, but we fought it to a standstill and we may defeat it yet. The disease that now sickens our nation is different.

We may never eradicate racism and sexism and hatred. But fight it we will.

And don’t listen to anyone who tells you that music and dance and art and sex and joy are a distraction from the fight. They are a part of the fight.

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My boyfriend is undocumented. His sister married a United States citizen and may receive a green card. We had hoped to someday do the same. But next year, the extreme right will control all three branches of the federal government. Deportation will surely come for my boyfriend. Additionally, we’re a gay couple, and Donald Trump has pledged to repeal marriage equality, if not ban it outright. So if we were to marry now, the timing would look

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HONOUR MIKE PENCE

I’m heartsick about the election. Today I made a donation to Planned Parenthood. PP asked me if I wanted my donation to be in honour of anyone and noted they’ll send a card to that person to let them know I’ve donated in their name. Why yes, I thought, I’d like to make my donation in honour of Mike Pence, vice president-elect.

Until January 20, his address is 4600 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46208.

After January 20, his address will sadly be 1 Observatory Circle NW, Washington, DC 20008. If any of your readers are inclined to join me in honouring our VP-elect, they can donate at plannedparenthood.org.

GENEROUS INVESTMENT VERIFYING EQUALITY In addition to donating to Planned Parenthood—which everyone should do— please donate to the American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org). Better yet, become a card-carrying member of the ACLU today. With Trump in the White House, and Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, freedom and decency need to lawyer the fuck up.

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