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POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
GROWING PAINS Workers’ Compensation Board review shows that there is still room for improvement
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lberta workers, their advocates, and labour unions across the province have been pushing for an overhaul of Alberta’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) for decades. One of those advocates, now Premier Rachel Notley, then just an opposition MLA for Edmonton Strathcona, told an injured workers rally back in February of 2012: “Alberta’s workers are the backbone of this province; the backbone of this community.” she said. “We need for them to
its final report to the minister back in June 2017, and the government subsequently released it publicly and invited further feedback and comment from Albertans. Gray will now take all that feedback and the review panel’s recommendations into consideration and likely present legislation sometime in the next year. The 186-page report essentially confirmed all of the longstanding critiques of the system, and that implementing the 60 detailed recommendations
better reflect the realities of Alberta’s labour market and make a worker’s reemployment prospects the focus of the process. - Award a $40,000 lump sum when a worker dies on the job; prohibit reward, bonus, and incentive systems for caseworkers and managers. - Expand the definition of “first responder” to include correctional officers and emergency dispatchers. - Oblige employers to return an injured worker to work. Despite the tremendous leap forward that the panel’s recommendations represent, there are still a number of long-standing critiques that the panel did not address. The CIWAA held a rally in front of the Legislature and delivered a petition last week asking the Minister to address those issues in legislation, even though they were not included in the report. One of the CIWAA’s key concerns is with the need for justice and reparations for the many injured workers currently living in poverty as a result of
Despite the tremendous leap forward that the panel’s recommendations represent, there are still a number of long-standing critiques that the panel did not address. be treated with justice and with respect. That is not happening now through the Workers’ Compensation Board system in Alberta, and that must change.” Some of the main critiques made repeatedly by people like Notley and groups like the Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta (CIWAA) included the practice of relying on the opinions of medical professionals and administrators paid by WCB, rather than a worker’s own physician, the miserly payouts to injured workers, the inability to appeal the decisions of medical review panels, the existence of an incentive program seemingly rewarding caseworkers for denying claims, and the practice of “deeming” a job that an injured worker could do at a certain pay level, whether or not that job actually exists. In March 2016, Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray announced a comprehensive review of the entire WCB system. The three-member panel, composed of a ‘neutral chair,’ a labour-side lawyer, and an employer-side lawyer, was to review everything from transparency and decision-making to governance, effectiveness, and principles of compensation. The review panel submitted
made by the panel would go a long way to turning the WCB into the system that workers have been asking for. Chief among the panel’s findings and recommendations was the assertion that the WCB system has lost its way from its original mandate. “Rather than decision-making that focuses on assisting people with their injuries, illnesses or concerns, the system’s decision-making currently focuses on efficient management of claims. Too often, it seems, the latter is given attention at the expense of the former.” To fix this, says the panel, the WCB system must put the health and well-being of injured workers at the heart of everything it does, and that all policies, protocols, and decisions must be made with this focus in mind. That recommendation alone would result in significant improvements to the plight of injured workers, but the report also goes on to make other significant and positive recommendations including: - The creation of a “fair practices” office to play an ombudsman role; - Allowing workers to select their own medical professionals. - Make the “deeming” process
the problems identified in the panel’s report. At the very least they should be entitled to review and appeal of the decisions to deny them benefits. They also express concerns about the lack of consequences and penalties for employers who actively suppress claims by their workers, the lack of an appeal mechanism for decisions made by medical panels, and how the WCB treats aging as a “pre-existing condition.” There is also a serious issue with how little a worker is currently compensated for permanent disabilities like blindness, hearing loss, or amputation, which demonstrate the ridiculously low value placed on the lives of workers. The review panel’s recommendations provide the Alberta government with a significant opportunity to greatly improve the fate of injured workers in Alberta. Fully implementing the 60 recommendations would get the system most of the way there. Addressing the remaining concerns articulated by the CIWAA would get it the rest of the way there. Given the premier’s own long-standing advocacy for those changes, it would be a shame to see them fall even just a little bit short. Ricardo Acuña ricardo@vueweekly.com
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GOOD LUCK, GRACE Zimbabwe’s upcoming president may be worse than the last
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imbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resigned, and his wife Grace Mugabe, who was being positioned to succeed him as president, has now been expelled from Zanu-PF party. It was Grace who persuaded Robert Mugabe to sack two vice presidents in a row in order to take the job herself. This is what triggered the army’s intervention, because her second victim, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is an extremely powerful politician with close connections to the military. He had expected to succeed Mugabe when the old man finally died, and he took his dismissal personally. Mnangagwa went into exile in Mozambique for a week, but then the army intervened on his behalf and the current crisis erupted. The generals hoped that they could get Mugabe to resign voluntarily, because they could then pretend that their action was not a military coup. That was important, because
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the African Union no longer tolerates military coups in its member states and might even intervene against the generals. But Mugabe has tricked them, using his live television speech to declare that he plans to stay
back in Zimbabwe, and will shortly be the president. He is known as “the crocodile,” and he has no reason to protect Mugabe. Her best hope is exile, but she had better take the exit soon. And what Zimbabwe will
It was Grace who persuaded Robert Mugabe to sack two vice presidents in a row in order to take the job herself. in power—and the soldiers are bound to conclude that it was Grace who put him up to it. She probably did. Not knowing what was to come, I wrote a piece about Grace Mugabe and her ambition to take the presidency when Robert Mugabe finally dies. But she is hated in the party and deeply unpopular with Zimbabweans in general because of her greed and arrogance. I ended the article by saying: “Once he dies, she will be lucky to get out alive.” For a moment there, when the army intervened, I thought she might escape that fate. Uncle Bob would be offered a dignified exit from power, she would be excluded from the succession, and they would both go off to a comfortable retirement in Singapore or some other city where they already own very comfortable homes. Well, that’s not going to happen. She has encouraged the old man to deceive the generals and cling to power, which wrecks their plans for a semiconstitutional transfer of power that doesn’t look like a coup. He will still be ejected from power, but no longer with dignity. They won’t kill him, because he is a hero from the time of the liberation struggle, but she is in mortal danger. Emmerson Mnangagwa is now
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get is not an end of the dictatorship, but just a new dictator. What is happening in Zimbabwe is not a popular revolution but a power struggle inside the ruling Zanu-PF party, and Mnangagwa is no democrat. He is a brutal political operator who directed the massacre of at least 20,000 people in the early ‘80s, when the Ndebele people of southwestern Zimbabwe resisted the takeover of the whole country by Mugabe’s party. Mnangagwa was also in charge of the military intervention in the 2008 election, in which so many civilians were assaulted, imprisoned or killed that the opposition leader withdrew his candidacy to save lives even though he had beaten Mugabe in the first round. Zimbabwe has always held elections, but there has never been any doubt about the result. The Zimbabweans are celebrating Mugabe’s impending departure in the streets now, but there is no cause to believe that things will now get better for them. The same elite that has looted the country and run its economy into the ground will still be in power, led by a man more ruthless and violent than Mugabe. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Gwynne Dyer gwynne@vueweekly.com
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New brewers emerge thanks to Alberta’s current beer policy
lberta has become a fascinating political experiment in recent years. I’m not talking about the $15 minimum wage or the carbon levy, I’m talking beer. It is an interesting case study in how policy can shape an industry. For ages, Alberta’s beer laws were outdated, archaic and served to be a significant barrier to the growth of craft beer in our province. A combination of restrictive rules for opening breweries, privatized liquor retail and open borders made the province an economic wasteland for prospective local breweries. The hurdles were too high. Provincial rules required a minimum production capacity that necessitated hundreds of thousands
of upfront capital. Cities had restrictive zoning pushing breweries to unpopular light industrial areas. Then, if you did find a way to open, you faced having to sell your beer store-by-store in the most crowded import beer market in the country. It is no surprise that in 2012, Alberta had only 10 breweries, among the lowest in the country. Best estimates put Alberta craft sales (excluding Big Rock) at about one percent of the market. Things have changed. The first step was back in 2011 under thenPremier Alison Redford, who lifted the dreaded minimum production capacity, which required a brewery to have enough capacity to make 500,000 litres of beer a year. This
change meant smaller-scale breweries could open, with much less start-up capital required. Within a couple of years, we started to see an increase in breweries, mostly smaller operations often located in smaller centres, meaning they could avoid some of the hassles of competing against breweries around the world. Things really started shifting in 2015 at both the provincial and municipal level. The new NDP government prioritized development of a local craft beer industry and started looking closely at how provincial regulations affected the industry. Over the past two years they have quietly changed rules to make things easier for craft
breweries, including relaxing rules on brewery tap rooms, allowing breweries to sell beer at farmers’ markets and offering marketing support to the Alberta Small Brewers’ Association to promote Alberta-made beer. But their most important move was hardly quiet. They revamped the beer mark-up policy to create more space for Alberta breweries. The changes are a bit complicated but here is the nub: all beer sold in Alberta now has the same mark-up rate, $1.25/litre. Formerly, mark-ups were set based on brewery size (no matter where the beer was produced). In addition, the government created a new program for Alberta breweries that provides a size-scaled grant designed to offset the increase in mark-up rates. The effect is to give
Alberta breweries some price advantage in the market. It’s a highly controversial, and possibly unconstitutional, policy. A lawsuit and a trade complaint have been launched by importers and import breweries against the policy. Those complaints are still working their way through the system. I’m not here to argue the appropriateness of the policy, but what I can say is: it is working. The past two years have seen a rush of new breweries opening up. As of mid-November we now have 61 separate breweries, scattered across the province, most of which opened in 2016 and 2017. Best estimates suggest Alberta craft now holds almost four percent of the market (again without Big Rock, which has about five percent on its own). It is not just at the provincial level where things are changing. Last year, Calgary changed its zoning bylaw to allow small breweries in commercial districts. This fall, Edmonton passed a similar amendment, meaning small breweries can now open on Whyte Avenue, Jasper Avenue, 124 Street and other popular commercial areas. It is too early to determine what affect these new bylaws will have on the growth of local beer but people involved in the beer industry tell me they are very excited about what it means for creating beer spaces in high-traffic locations. Of course, the policy changes alone are not the explanation for the explosion of craft beer in Alberta. It is always about a combination of factors, including a growing consumer openness to craft, a vibrant local food movement and the availability of capital due to the oil downturn. But politics matter. If the old policies still stood, Alberta would have fewer craft breweries today and those that did exist would be having a harder struggle to get by. Jason Foster dish@vueweekly.com
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Our Man In Havana tells the story of a vacuum cleaner salesman turned spy Thu., Nov. 23 – Sat., Dec. 2 Our Man In Havana Varscona Theatre, $37
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spionage, deception, Cold War paranoia, and vacuum cleaners—all of these things are featured in Bright Young Things’ upcoming play Our Man in Havana. The play focuses on Jim Wormold, a humble, but unfortunate vacuum cleaner salesman who finds himself in the shady world of British intelligence while living in Cuba. “It’s all for money. Well, that and love for his daughter that motivates him to make enough money to retire in the 1950s,” says actor Ian Leung, who plays Wormold. “He’s kind of under assault by forces all around him. Especially by Hawthorne, the secret service recruiter who doesn’t really take ‘no’ for an
answer. Before he knows it, Jim is recruited.” The offer and money seem too good to be true, so Wormold takes the job without having the slightest clue of how to be a proper spy. “But he has an imagination, so he creates fake contacts to keep scamming the secret service,” Leung says. The story is based on Graham Greene’s 1958 novel of the same name, which has been adapted into film, opera, and theatre. “It’s kind of based on a true story” says director Kate Ryan. “Graham Greene actually worked for the secret service himself. There was also this guy Kim Philby, who took the same job as Wormold and just lied about everything, but he turned out to
be a double agent. Juan Garcia was another one who made up a bunch of stuff about fake agents while he lived in Lisbon.” Belinda Cornish, founder of Bright Young Things and producer of the play, was drawn to the story for its “wonderfully English feel” and captivating story. “It fits really well with what Bright Young Things does. The kind of plays we do are mid-century classics,” she says. Cornish also plays Beatrice, a secretary for the secret service who gets caught up in Wormold’s lies. “We tend to focus on terrific comedy stories with rich characters,” Cornish says. “This one is a combination of this riot comedy with the backdrop of the dark Cold War.”
Wormold deals with an assortment of wacky characters like Captain Segura, played by Mark Meer, a military policeman who is known for having a ruthless past. “Segura is known as the “Red Vulture” for his terror and torture, but he is genuinely pretty nice to Wormold at the start because he wants to marry his daughter,” Meer says. The play features 32 characters performed by four actors taking on multiple roles. “I jump from playing Segura, the head of the secret service, and the Queen of England at one point,” Meer explains. Ryan adds, “It’s hilarious how we kept almost all of the characters in the story.” Our Man in Havana is a farce comedy and a vague commen-
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tary on misinformation currently clouding society. “I think it’s kind of relevant today with the whole ‘fake news’ thing,” Ryan says. “Especially with the all the collusion, Russia and the fallacy of what’s real and what’s not,” Cornish adds. The play will be the first installment of the Varscona Theatre Ensemble, a theatre troupe made up of Atlas Theatre, Bright Young Things, and The Plain Janes. “We retain our artistic autonomy, but we work together and have a similar aesthetic,” Cornish says. “This comedy that shows the ridiculousness of the secret service during the Cold War is the perfect launch.” Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com
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Curtis Peeteetuce as Macikosisân (Macbeth) / Marc J. Chalifoux
THEATRE
THROUGH DARKNESS COMES LIGHT
Theatre Prospero uses playwright Reneltta Arluk’s Pawâkan Macbeth to tell a powerful story
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hile learning about Shakespeare, a group of youth in Frog Lake First Nation created Pawâkan Macbeth. Rather than a classic take on Romeo and Juliet or The Tempest, the students wanted to tackle Shakespeare’s slightly darker production of Macbeth. The students felt a strong connection between Macbeth and the darkest of Cree legends— the Wihtiko, a cannibal spirit with insatiable hunger for human flesh. Residency playwright Reneltta Arluk was frankly stunned by the connection the students felt, considering the dark themes of the play. She saw that perhaps the youth had some of their own darkness to purge. It certainly does suit the macabre themes of Shakespeare’s version, and often even trumps them. “I think for them it was simply the greed. Macbeth not being able to ever have enough,” Arluk says. “It’s the greed of Macbeth and the greed of the Wihtiko.” To write Pawâkan Macbeth in Cree cosmology, Arluk decided to include the Elders of Frog Lake to encourage both understanding and dialogue. “The Elders can share stories of the Wihtiko, but also, I kind of just wanted them to know what the young people were exploring,” she says. “Even though this creature is so dark and the play itself is so dark, it brings people together in a really interesting and positive way.” After the play turned out to be an overwhelmingly encouraging experience, Arluk decided she wasn’t finished yet. When writing the new play she asked herself, “what makes man vulnerable to the Wihtiko, the cannibal spirit—or the greed—what makes man susceptible to greed?”
This question guides the entire narrative. It features 11 actors and is set in Plains Cree territory in the 1870s, a time Arluk finds to mirror Macbeth’s Scotland at war with the English and themselves. “I thought, ‘If we’re gonna do it in Plains Cree territory, we could do it in the modern day where it’s casinos and Chiefs.’ But then as I started doing research I thought, ‘the 1870s works,’” she says. “I wanted it to do while they were still warring, so the Cree were warring with the Blackfoot; the Canadian government was starting to come over from Ontario; the Indian agents were coming, treaty signings were coming. At that time in our actual history, that same sense of battle and war was happening.”
It was important to Arluk to show a time when Cree were at their peak—before all the buffalo were slaughtered, before smallpox had taken hold, and most importantly, before reservations. The 1870s was a time of serious upheaval, that left the Cree teetering on the edge of a cliff that was about to crash down on them, something that is attributed to the presence of the Wihtiko spirit. But for some, the connection to the Wihtiko goes deeper. After actor Mitch Saddleback (Kîmôcâpiw) realized this was his third production in a row that deals with the cannibal spirit, he decided to hold a sweat for the crew, feeling particularly vulnerable and affected by the topics the play deals with. “We actually have to understand
the balance between the dark and the light so that we can learn,” Arluk says. Actor Bruce Sinclair (Okimâw Wîpastim/King Duncan) finds the play to be very telling of the precipice society stands on today. “Look at the world we’re in now,” Sinclair says. “Maybe we’re not as touched as someone from Somalia or Syria on war, but we feel it’s coming—that there’s something really wrong with the world.” One particularly unique thing about Arluk’s already singular script is the amount of Cree written into the Shakespearean prose. “Even one word is healing,” Sinclair says, noting that it’s an act of rebellion that wasn’t allowed to be spoken at one time. “And it’s 10 percent more than there was before.” Arluk’s play is something never
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Thu., Nov. 23 - Sun., Nov. 26, (7:30 pm) Pawâkan MacBeth ATB Financial Arts Barns, $25 done before, and speaks to the rebuilding of the Cree, or néhiyawewin culture that is happening now. But there’s still a ways to go. For now, the majority of Cree speakers do not have a great deal of formal written or comprehensive training, but rather verbal passing down of certain words. Sinclair hopes that one day audiences can attend a Cree play, presented in Cree, so they can learn about the culture as a strong one that sustains into the future. Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com
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Just One World market offers an opportunity to give ethically in Edmonton and abroad Sat., Nov. 25 - Sun., Nov. 26 Just One World market St. Basil’s Cultural Centre Entry by donation
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ust One World market stands apart from the barrage of holiday markets cropping up around the city. The money made goes to social causes, both locally and globally, to support projects aimed at bettering the world, one gift at a time. Roughly 25 not-for-profit vendors sell menageries of fair trade art and artisanal items, all of which come with their own connection to a social justice project here in Edmonton or abroad. Vendors supply artisanal items including housewares, notecards, and tapestry made by the people they represent. All of the money raised at the market will go to the respective non-profits and their projects. Every vendor at Just One World abides by Fair Trade Canada’s principles, including fair payment, good working conditions, no discrimination, no childforced labour, and respect for the environment, among others. “Most of the groups have a direct-trade or fairtrade agreement with artisans in countries that have projects that they support,” says organizer Kristi Anderson. The Race Course Community School in Kitwe, Zambia has been a mainstay at the market for roughly 10 years. The K-9 school serves 1,700 orphans and vulnerable children in the community, many of who have been affected by AIDS-related illnesses in the family. Beyond holiday shopping and supporting worthy development projects, volunteer Heather McKensie says the event is a valuable opportunity to meet with and learn from like-minded individuals. “Especially here in Alberta, because we don’t have a lot of head
Doll House by Henrik Ibsen
An adaptation by Beau Coleman
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offices for international development here. They’re very much an Ottawa and Toronto thing,” McKensie says. “We [in Alberta] have a lot of smaller grassroots international development organizations and this is just an important way to meet them. “It certainly broadened our network of both supporters financially and folks that we can connect with over a shared passion for international development and community development.” For example, McKensie connected with a local organization called Sombrilla International Development Society at the market and was able to learn from their organizational and fundraising framework to adopt to her own non-profit’s structure. “They operate in Latin America; we operate in sub-Saharan Africa, but there’s a lot of ways that we can connect and support each other and learn from each other,” she says. Something particularly special about the market is that proceeds often go exclusively to the artists shown at the market or the projects represented. With other, larger domestic charities, anywhere from 30 to 70 percent of the money donated never ends up on the ground or in the hands it’s meant for, due to larger organizational operating costs. While it’s grown in number of vendors and organizers, the market has remained essentially the same since the ‘80s, other than the name change from Just Christmas to include all of their vendors that come from Buddhist or other backgrounds. SIerra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com
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Old Trout’s Jabberwocky delights with reaching imagination
oing to a puppet show is something I would not normally slate for myself on a cold Tuesday evening. However, theatre has a way of reminding you what esoteric questions and good fun lie beyond the television screen, and Jabberwocky is no exception. What could be thought of as a mere puppet show of modest proportions, blew expectations out of the water, inviting the audience into a universe of unimaginable creativity and talent. Calgary’s Old Trout Puppet Workshop have been making extravagantly strange and startling productions since 1999. Their artistry, lights, sounds, screens, props, delicate movement of puppet legs and arms, all feed into the weird and wonderful imagination on stage. Perhaps the story can be likened to The Lion King, or Thumbelina, or even it’s own written origins, Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. The point is that the
Trouts are inspired by so many tales, topics, and texts that there’s no point in seeking out a rhyme or reason to it all. What’s important is that you can join them on the level of ridiculous nonsense in which they dwell and truly flourish. Lewis Carroll’s poem provided the perfect slate for the Old Trouts to dream up a ridiculous, enchanting, and provocative narrative that reminds of the beauty in the bizarre. The show surprises with heroic quests in one hand and nonsense in the other. Though, it may leave you questioning exactly what the story was meant to say—but perhaps that’s the point. Maybe there’s, as they say, “a glimmer of truth in nonsense.” When you’re in the world the Old Trouts have created, there’s no rules, rhyme or reason. Beyond the admittedly hardto-pin storyline, one thing that deserves mentioning is the ingenuity of props, costumes and
set. Basing much of the style on Victorian-era gadgetry, the production employs its own version of four scrolling panoramas—a set piece that scrolls through different surroundings painted on one massive roll of canvas. The artistic talent, as always with Old Trout shows, is downright beautiful. While the costumes certainly leave something to the imagination, there’s a gawking amusement in adding your own touches of imagination to the already out-there imagination of the performers. Although traditionally puppeteers aren’t seen much, the raw mechanics of the Old Trout’s half-shrouded display lends itself to including the audience in the magical mystery ride. If you have something up your rear end and can’t join the balderdash, perhaps go see something else. Otherwise, give it a try, you’ll likely be pleasantly surprised. Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com
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DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15
BALLROOM DANCE ASSOCIATION • Central Lions Recreation Center, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • ebda.ca • An evening of ballroom, latin, country dancing • First Sat of every month, 8pm (doors)
BEDOUIN BEATS PRESENTS THE BEST BELLYDANCE PAGEANT EVER • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave NW • 780.761.0773 • verynecessaryfitness@gmail.com • Dec 3, 6:30-9:30pm • $20-$30
DANCE CLASSES WITH GOOD WOMEN DANCE COLLECTIVE • Muriel Taylor Studio at Ruth Carse Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Ave • info@goodwomen.ca • goodwomen.ca/classes • Every Tue, Thu, Fri; 10-11:30am • $15 (drop-in), $65 (5 class pack), $100 (10 class pack)
DANCE CRUSH • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • Local and national artists curated by Gerry Morita expose Edmonton audience to the most current ideas about movement and the body in performance • Nov 30-Dec 3 • $15 or best offer at the door
FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES (BEGINNER OR ADVANCED) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • flamencoenvivo.com • Every Sun until Jun 10, 11:30am-12:30pm
MILE ZERO DANCE DROP-IN DANCE & MOVEMENT CLASSES • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.424.1573 • mzdsociety@ gmail.com • milezerodance.com/classes • Mile Zero Dance holds a number of drop-in dance & movement classes for people of all experience levels & ages; Mon: Professional Technique (10-11:30am), Contact Improv (7-9pm); Tue: Kids 6-10 (4:30-5:15pm), Toonie Yoga (5:30-6:45pm), Butoh (7-9pm); Wed: Noguchi Taiso (10-11:30am); Thu: Preschool 3-5 (10-10:45am), Beginner Contemporary (5-6:15pm); Sat: House (7-9pm) • $15 (regular), $12 (members), 10-class cards available for $100
NAKED • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • This work is inspired by the stages of humans in the amniotic sac, the muscular, bones and sensoral development, contractions, breath and birth. Adult content (nudity) • Dec 8-9 • $15 or best offer at the door
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
BOREALIS GALLERY • 9820-107 St • assembly.
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BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS • Lower level, Rutherford South, University of Alberta • bpsc.library.ualberta.ca • Salt, Sword, and Crozier: Books and Coins from the Prince-Bishopric of Salzburg (c.1500-c.1800); Sep 26-Jan 31
VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill
BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • Symphonic Timbre: artwork by Ernestine Tahedl; Oct 20-Nov 3 • Gardens Ablaze/Jardins de lumière: artwork by Michèle Drouin (RCA); Nov 17-Dec 7
780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Raynald Leclerc Exhibition of New Work; Nov 18-30
METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • metrocinema.org • Visit metrocinema.org for daily listings • Art Docs: Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris (Nov 30) • HoMo-cIDAL DrAg sHow: Clueless (Dec 2) • rEEL FAMILy cInEMA: The LEGO Ninjago Movie (Nov 25), A Christmas Story (Dec 2)• rEEL LEArnIng: Like Water for Chocolate (Nov 28) • scI-FI: Predator–30th Anniversary (Nov 26)
GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ACUA GALLERY & ARTISAN BOUTIQUE • 9534-87 St • 780.488.8558 • info@acuarts.ca • acuarts.ca • Motanky, Felting and Weaving Show: artwork by Elizabeth Holinaty, Myroslava Oksentiuk, Elena Scharabun and Natalia Yashnikova; Dec 1-19 ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Landmarks: artwork by Julia Reimer, Tyler Rock and Katherine Russell; Sep 2-Dec 24 • DISCOVERY GALLERY: We Meet Here: Artwork by Laura McKibbon; Oct 21-Nov 25 • Ordinary: artwork by Karen Rhebergen; Oct 21-Nov 25
ALBERTA LEGISLATURE AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VISITOR CENTRE • 9820-107 St • 780.415.1839 • jeanette.dotimas@assembly.ab.ca • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis/LegionHalls. html • Legion Halls: photography by Tobi Asmoucha; Oct 13-Jan 2
DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • 780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • Disclosures: Artwork by Dana Dal Bo, Dayna Danger, Shan Kelley; Nov 3-Dec 16
FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Building Gallery,1-1 FAB (University of Alberta) • ualberta.ca/artshows • Artwork by Liz Ingram and Meghan Pohlod; Nov 21-Dec 9 FRONT GALLERY • 10402-124 St • thefrontgallery.com • Tom Gale - 70th Birthday Solo Exhibition: Nov 23, 7-9pm
GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Light in the Land–the Nature of Canada: artwork by Dr. Roberta Bondar; Nov 10-Dec 21 HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-
• Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5th Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Artwork by Cindy James; Nov 6-Dec 2 • Novelty Show; Dec 4-Jan 19
112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Turgor: artwork by Daniel Evans; Oct 5-Nov 24 • Soft Red/Hard White–15th Artist-In-Residence Exhibition: artwork by Jen Mesch; Oct 5-Nov 24 • 1984 Cranes: artwork by Elenor Coerr; Dec 7-Jan 19 • Bandaneira: artwork by Jonas St. Michael; Dec 7-Jan 19
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir
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Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • Turbulent Landings: The NGC 2017 Canadian Biennial: curated by Catherine Crowston, Josee Drouin-Brisebois and Jonathan Shaughnessy; Sep 30-Jan 7 • Monument: artwork by Dara Humniski and Sergio Serrano; Oct 14-Feb 19 • Calling Stones (Conversations): artwork by Faye HeavyShield; Oct 28-Feb 19 • WordMark: A New Chapter Acquisition Project; Oct 28-Mar 25 • WEEKLY DROP-IN ACTIVITIES: Tours for Tots, Every Wed, 10-11am • Youth Workshops, ages 13-17, Every Thu, 4-6pm • Kids’ Open Studio, Every Sat, 1-3pm • Exhibition Tours; Every Sat-Sun, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm • Art for Lunch; 3rd Thu of the month, 12-1pm • VIBE; 3rd Fri of the month, 5-9pm
ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Ripples of Loss: artwork by Terry McCue; Nov 2-Dec 2 • Outrospectives: artwork by Nathalie Daoust, Florin Hategan and Edwin Janzen; Dec 7-Jan 27
BLEEDING HEART ART SPACE • 9132-118 Ave • dave@bleedingheartartspace.com • Your Work, Our Walls: artwork by Open Walls 3; Nov 25-Dec 16
of Alberta 1-15, Human Ecology Building • 780.492.3824 • Imagining a Better World: The Artwork of Nelly Toll; Sep 28-Mar 11
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 16-Dec 13
LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • Holiday Group Selling Exhibition: artwork by Lando Gallery artists; Opening Nov 23
LATITUDE 53 • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St NW • latitude53.org • The Fine Art of Schmoozy; Nov 25, 8pm LOFT ART GALLERY • 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • artsoc@telus.net • artstrathcona. com • Open Fri-Sun, Sep 9-Dec, 10-4pm • Artwork from local artists of the Society
LOTUS ART GALLERY • 10321-124 St • lotus-gallery.com • Sam An Woven Art Collections: Oct 27-Nov 30 • Lights Festival on 124st & Party; Nov 25 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/ mcmullen-gallery • This Art Makes Me Feel...: Until Dec 3
MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne Street, St Albert • MuseeHeritage.ca • 780.459.1528 • museum@artsandheritage.ca •The Michel Band: curated by members of the Michel Band Council; Sep 19-Jan 7 • Ripples of Loss: artwork by Terry McCue; Nov 2-Dec 2
SUBARTIC IMPROV & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95
PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12323-104
St • milezerodance.com • Co-curated by Jen Mesch and Allison Balcetis, these unique events combine forces of local and visiting artists, who share with the audience to a melange of dance, visual art, music, and text • Nov 24 • $15 or best offer at the door
Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Group Show: Includes new artists and their new works; Nov 9-Dec 31 • Of Sky and Water: artwork by Gregory Hardy; Nov 16-Dec 9
PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper Road • PAA@gov.ab.ca • 780.427.1750 • culture.alberta.ca/paa/ eventsandexhibits/default. aspx • Open Tue-Sat, 9am
SUGAR FOOT STOMP! • Sugar Swing Ballroom, 10019-80 Ave NW • 587.786.6554 • dance@sugarswing. com • sugarswing.com • Swing dance social • Every Fri-Sat, 8pm (beginner lesson begins) • $12, $2 (lesson with entry) • All ages
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cAVA gALLEry • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • galeriecava.com • Members Exhibition; Nov 10-25
THE NUTCRACKER • Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • 780.427.2760 • jubileeauditorium.com • Enter a Kingdom of Sweets, fall in love with a Sugar Plum Fairy and bravely face an army of mischievous mice. Featuring live music with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra & the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra • Dec 7-10
Chimprov Citadel’s Zeidler Hall Every Sat., 10 pm; Sept. 10 - June 9 $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)
ab.ca/visitorcentre/borealis.html • Legion Halls: produced by the Canadian War Museum; Oct 13-Jan 2
SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • scottgallery. com • Iron Light: artwork by Jim Davies; Nov 18-Dec 9
SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • SNAP Annual Members Show and Sale; Nov 18-Dec 16
TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Daily activities, demonstrations and experiments • The Science Behind Pixar Exhibition; Until Jan 7 • Free-$117.95 Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa-art.com • Small Town Living: artwork by JakeJoy Mulyk; Oct 31-Dec 2
WEST END GALLERY • 10337-124 St •
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DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • die-nasty.com • Live improvised soap opera. Join the whole Die-Nasty family REBORN, for a whole season of great artists, earth-shaking discovery, glorious music, hilarious hi jinx...but mostly Machiavellian Intrigue • Runs every Mon, 6:30pm (doors), 7:30-9:30pm • Oct 23-May 29
HADESTOWN • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • Orpheus’ mythical quest to regain the favour of his one true love, Eurydice, infused with the music of American folk and New Orleans jazz traditions • Nov 11-Dec 3 HEY LADIES! • The Roxy on Gateway (formerly
Monique Gray Smith "Speaking our Truth" Book Launch; Nov 23, 7-9pm • Freehand Books Double Launch; Nov 27, 7-9pm • Lisa Murphy-Lamb "Jesus on the Dashboard" Book launch; Dec 2, 2-4pm
C103), 8529 Gateway Blvd • theatrenetwork.ca • Edmonton’s premier comedy, info-tainment, musical, game, talk show spectacular that’s suitable for all sexes! • Dec 1, 8pm • $26 (call 780.453.2440) or TIX on the Square
DOWNTOWN EDMONTON BOOK CLUB •
JABBERWOCKY • The Roxy on Gateway •
AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave •
Downtown Edmonton Community League, 10042103 St • facebook.com/declorg • Open to anyone who lives, works, or plays downtown and wants to meet new people, have great conversations, and read cool stuff • Every 2nd Wed, 7-8:30pm
EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Mercury Room,10575-114 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • facebook.com/mercuryroomyeg • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner ROUGE POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE • BLVD Supper x Club, 10765 Jasper Ave • Every Tue
TALES–Monthly Storytelling Circle • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly Tellaround: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@ hotmail.com
UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series • Most Mon (except holidays), 7pm, Sep 18-Mar; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)
THEATRE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Basement Theatre at Holy Trinity, 10037-84 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • This completely improvised musical comedy is based on the suggestions from the audience who will get to experience a brand new story unfold in front of them, complete with impromptu songs, dance breaks and show stopping numbers • Every Fri, Oct 13-Dec 15, 11pm A 1940S RADIO CHRISTMAS CAROL • Betty Andrews Recital Hall, 11110-104 Ave • It's Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, NJ, and set to present their contemporary "take" on Dickens's A Christmas Carol • Nov 25-26, 2pm & 7:30pm • $20 (TIX on the Square) A CHRISTMAS CAROL • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • citadeltheatre.com • Three Ghosts of Christmas show Scrooge the value of giving. A heart-warming family classic to raise the holiday spirits • Dec 1-23
A DOLL HOUSE • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St, University of Alberta • ualberta. ca/artshows • Ibsen’s ground-breaking classic reframed and reimagined in 1950s America. What first appears to be a satisfying marriage soon reveals itself to be one of entrapment, unhappiness and suffocation • Nov 30-Dec 9
BACK TO THE 80S PART 2: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre. ca • Join Bill and Ted in their time traveling phone booth as they blast back to the '80s to relive the bad hairdos, spandex pants, iconic characters and, of course, it’s most excellent mix-tape of memorable music. • Nov 7-Jan 28
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS PRESENT: OUR MAN IN HAVANA • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave NW • Cuba 1958. Meet Jim Wormold–a hapless vacuum cleaner salesman who gets sucked in to a dirty world of espionage and double agents when the chance of helping out MI6 with a job or two proves too good an offer to resist. And, quite frankly, he could do with the cash to pay for his teenage daughter’s ever increasing lifestyle • Nov 23-Dec 2
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN • Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre, 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.992.6400 • shelltheatre.ca • Catch Me If You Can is the high-flying musical comedy about chasing your dreams and not getting caugh • Nov 24-25
CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s long form comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm; Sep 10-Jun 9 • $15 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)
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LES NEIGES • Theatre of La Cité francophone, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91 St) • lunitheatre.ca • Les Neiges presents a poetic, poignant and amusing look at our chilliest yet, most nostalgic season and what it often has to offer–in abundance • Dec 7-10
LETTERS ACROSS TIME–A COLLECTIVE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 (city hall ticket centre), 1.888.655.9090 (Ticketpro) • stage2.ticketpro.ca/ horizon • A night of story-telling and memories • Nov 23-24, 7:30pm • $15
OFF BOOK THE MUSICAL • Citadel Theatre - Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave NW • A talented ensemble from Rapid Fire Theatre only needs one thing to create a brand new musical: a suggestion from the audience • Nov 25, 7:30-9pm • $12$14 (Eventbrite) OPEN JAM • Holy Trinity Church, 10037-84 Ave • 780.907.2975 • grindstonetheatre.ca • Facilitated by Grindstone Theatre. Swap games and ideas and get an opportunity to play. For those of all levels • Last Tue of each month ORANGE IS THE NEW PINK • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061, 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Piper is pretty in pink and the life of every party. But when this queen of the New York party scene takes it a bit too far, she’s forced to trade in the pink party dress for an orange prison suit • Oct 20-Jan 20
PAWÂKAN MACBETH: A CREE TRAGEDY • Westbury Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave NW • 780.761.2773 • theatreprosperoyeg@gmail.com • The groundbreaking Pawâkan Macbeth is Indigenous playwright, Reneltta Arluk’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s darkest play into Cree history, legend and cosmology • Nov 23-26, 7:30-9:30pm • $25 (adult), $14 (students)
SHATTER • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 780.439.3058 • walterdaletheatre.com • Anna MacLean’s eye has been turned by all the handsome soldiers roaming about the streets of her hometown of Halifax. She feels the promise of something great is lingering on the horizon for her • Dec 6-16
SISTER ACT • Triffo Theatre (proscenium), Allard Hall, 11110-104 Ave • macewan.ca • When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won't be a found: a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and her uptight Mother Superior • Nov 22-Dec 2, 7:30-9:30pm • $25 (adults), $20 (seniors 60+), $15 (full-time students)
THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Sep 9-Jun 8 • $15 VAGABOND VARIETY SHOW PRESENTS: BEDSIDE MANNER • The Buckingham, 10439-82 Ave NW • 780.982.7318 • blacklabelburlesque@gmail.com • A night filled with sketch comedy, local music and burlesque. A fundraiser in support of the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton • Nov 26, 7:30-10:30pm • $10 (door)
THE VIEW FROM HERE • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • A comedy about Fern, a woman in her mid thirties, who has not left her house for six years. She takes in neighborhood babies for a living. Her nurturing talents are put to the test when her sister lands on her couch in a catatonic state and her neighbor, whose wife has just left him, moves in along with his abandoned baby • Nov 9-25
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his Saturday, Rabbit Hill offers the chance to dip your toes into the world of adaptive snowsports with the first Canadian Adaptive Snowsports (CADS) Alberta Slide and Ride event of the season. The Slide and Ride events are entering their second year after a very successful start to the program last season. The idea behind the event is to give people with any kind of disability the chance to try skiing or snowboarding in a completely free, one day setting. It’s an event that began to increase awareness of the program for both volunteers and students and its success has been immediate says CADS Alberta’s Director Ozzie Sawicki. “We had been hovering around the 845 to 850 [participant] mark for several years, but since the inception of the Slide and Ride events last year we jumped up to about 1,100 participants province-wide.”
Rabbit Hill is hosting the first of seven Slide and Ride events that take place throughout the province this winter, with the goal of giving as many people as possible the chance to take part. “We want to make these events as inclusive as possible,” Sawicki says. “It’s open to friends, family, caregivers and anyone else that wants to get involved. Everyone is provided with a free one day CADS membership and there is a free lunch. Everything is looked after.” CADS Alberta is an organization that has been providing recreational and competitive snowsport opportunities to the community since the ‘70s. Previously, the acronym CADS stood for the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing, but this season the name has been changed to Canadian Adaptive Snowsports. In the Edmonton area, the CADS program takes place over eight Monday evenings from January to early March at Rabbit Hill. The one-day Slide and Ride event is aimed at not only providing a fun day on the slopes for those that might not other-
wise have the chance, but also to increase the awareness of the opportunities that exist to take part in the eight-week program. “Our goal is outreach to everyone that wants to give it a try,” Sawicki says. “That’s why we have seven events spread throughout the province. We want it to be completely inclusive regardless of someone’s location.” Last season’s initial offering of the Slide and Ride concept was somewhat of a soft opening as the organizers didn’t quite know what kind of response to expect. “We were not sure of what kind of numbers we would get so we didn’t advertise it to the media very much because we wanted to make sure it went well,” says Sawicki. “This year we are actively trying to get info about the events into schools, rehabilitation facilities, health care communities and provincial sport organizations. We want to bring in new volunteers as well as participants. And anybody with any ability can participate.” Steve Kenworthy @vueweekly
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New expert terrain at Marmot debuts in the next few weeks
hen ZZ Top released its seminal album Tres Hombres in 1973, there would have been no way to predict its influence would reach way up into the Canadian Rockies. By the mid-’70s ski bums in Jasper had adopted the album’s title as the name of a particularly sweet and steep area at Marmot Basin. They would duck the boundary ropes to access the area when resort officials weren’t looking. Tres Hombres slope remained closed but the name still appeared on Marmot’s trail maps for decades, helping the area become the stuff of local folklore. This season, Marmot is opening up the legendary and previously out of bounds area to the public for the first time, and as an homage to those that pioneered the area for more than four decades, the name Tres Hombres has been resurrected. “From what I’ve heard it was the album of choice for the group that would poach the area back in the ‘70s,” says Erin Reade, a sales and marketing executive at Marmot. “This name is just a tip of the hat to that bygone era.” Tres Hombres is a treeless, 18 hectare, north-facing aspect with an average pitch of 32 degrees and steepest portions up to 45 degrees. It’s located on the extreme 12 snow zone
east side of the resort to the skiers left of the Paradise Chair. There will be five marked runs in Tres Hombres—three rated as black diamond and two rated double black diamond. Obviously, it will be for advanced skiers and boarders only. If the hype is to be believed, Tres Hombres should add more advanced terrain to Marmot, a commodity the resort lacks, although it loathes to admit. With 367 metres of vertical drop, it will easily become the longest uninterrupted fall line on the mountain, dwarfing other advanced areas at Marmot like Charlie’s Bowl by three times. “Locals have been eyeing up the area for years,” Reade says. “It’s never been open to the public before so it really something new for us.” Accessing the area will be done through gates, the first of which will be above the top of the Paradise Chair. A total of five gates will keep access to the area limited and controlled. The exit out of Tres Hombres will be via a path that eventually hooks up with the Caribou Knoll Trail, which takes you back to the base area. A round trip should take about half an hour. It’s the first new terrain Marmot
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has opened since the Eagle Ridge area in 2003. The opening of Tres Hombres comes at a cost, as it has resulted in the complete closure of the “outer limits,” an area that previously was not part of the official ski area but could be accessed from the top of Paradise Chair and was within the resort’s lease. It’s part of a reconfiguring of leasehold areas which will see Marmot reducing its lease area by 18 percent. This will exchange part of the Whistler’s Creek area, which Parks Canada desires for wildlife and conservation, for areas the resort desires to use as skiable terrain. The same such reconfiguring is also happening in Banff National Park and resulted in the opening of the Via Ferrata climbing routes on the cliffs above Mt. Norquay in 2014. Lake Louise Ski Resort will also be opening new terrain in the next few years as it changes its leasehold area. For this year, Marmot is in the spotlight with the most anticipated new terrain opening in Canada. The five runs new runs have not yet been named but it’s doubtful any will have as cool a moniker as Tres Hombres. Let’s hope the terrain is as cool as the name. Steven Kenworthy @vueweekly
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ON FORGOTTEN ROADS Neither Wolf Nor Dog visits Lakota country, focusing on character development for cultural understanding Fri., Nov. 24 – Fri., Dec. 1 Neither Wolf Nor Dog Princess Theatre General admission prices
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any films taking inspiration from Indigenous narratives can fall into the trap of only emphasizing the culture, leaving the characters in a realm of non-development. Scottish director Steven Lewis Simpson’s 2016 film, Neither Wolf Nor Dog, does not. “One of the things that a lot of people ask is, ‘How do you approach this film from a cultural aspect?’ with me being non-Native,” Simpson says. “To me, if you approach this from a cultural aspect then you have automatically failed. The first responsibility is to the characters, the individuals that inhabit the story.” For that reason, Neither Wolf Nor Dog does not come off as clichéd or contrived. It’s a real story ripe with emotion and authentic characters. The film follows Kent Nerburn (Christopher Sweeney), a writer who is summoned to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota by a grey Lakota Elder named Dan (Dave Bald Eagle). Dan tasks Nerburn with writing the story of the Lakota people. As Nerburn tries to abandon the task, he is essentially forced on a road trip through the Lakota country with Dan and his friend Grover (Richard Ray Whitman), a mildtempered, no-bullshit kind of man who confronts Nerburn on his values and beliefs. “Aboriginal content is always put under a microscope and it’s seen as a conversation about entire cultures and its dialogue,” Simpson says. “But like any film, this story is a road trip between
three distinct individuals.” The story is based on Nerburn’s real-life experience and his 1994 book of the same name. The author shopped around for a director to create a movie adaptation until he asked Simpson to take it on. Simpson, a filmmaker known for his previous work on Pine Ridge, seemed like the perfect match. “I think one of the other things that was crucial was my perspective on it,” Simpson says. “There are some parallels between Kent Nerburn and myself. When I first went out to Pine Ridge my experience was the same as his. I started filming a few political things and then it turned out to a 13-year commitment with my A Thunder Being Nation documentary.
So I met many elders like Dan.” While each actor does a superb job, the performance that stands out is the late Bald Eagle’s. The actor was 95 years old at the time and his role as Dan is an immensely powerful and honest depiction. He did not just play Dan, through his own experiences, he was Dan. “It was so important for me to understand who Dan was as an individual,” Simpson says. “Dave was the only one who could have played him.” Bald Eagle’s most powerful scene is near the end of the film when Nerburn and Dave walk through the Wounded Knee Massacre site. “When I filmed at Wounded Knee, the dialogue between
Nerburn and Dan was off script,” Simpson says. “We had been hitting such a true line between the characters that the novel and script would feel contrived by that point.” In reality, Bald Eagle’s relationship to the Wounded Knee site was through blood. “His personal and family connection to Wounded Knee was closer than Dan’s. It’s his people that fled to Pine Ridge Reservation and were massacred there,” Simpson says. “He went to a very deep place and turned to Christopher Sweeney after filming and said, ‘I’ve been holding that in for 95 years.’” Bald Eagle was able to go to that intimate place due to Neither Wolf Nor Dog’s low budget and small crew, which consisted
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of Simpson and a sound mixer. “If we had a 30-member crew there was no way Dave could have gone there,” Simpson says. “It was a bare-bones production filmed in 18 days.” Regardless of its budget, it’s a film everyone in North America needs to see to understand the real, unpolished relationship between Indigenous people and everyone else. “The one thing you can’t buy, in terms of budget, is heart,” Simpson says. “This film was made in the real world. A world with real problems. Nothing was contained the way you would want it to be on a film set. Sometimes, that’s what makes it special.” Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com
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ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
Headstones / Gord Hawkins
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t can be easy to dismiss the reunion of a ‘90s band as nostalgic musicians looking for a fat paycheque, but it’s just not true with Headstones. The punk-influenced alternative-rock group helped put Canada on the map with its authentic take on rock ‘n’ roll with songs like “Tweeter and the Monkey Man,” “When Something Stands For Nothing,” and “Heart of Darkness,” which all featured on the debut album, Picture of Health. “That’s the reason why it worked. There was no plan to get back together,” says lead singer Hugh Dillon. “We got back together to help out our
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friend Randy Kwan, the guy who wrote “Cemetary.” Kwan was dying from cancer and called Dillon out of the blue to reflect on his experiences with Headstones. “He knew his days were numbered and he was talking about the camaraderie between the band,” Dillon says. “From his position, I think he felt that it was a mistake not to be involved in the band.” This led to a Headstones reunion in 2011 and three new albums, with the most recent one being Little Army released earlier this year. The newest album holds up to the band’s earlier work, and even though the original members are a few decades older, Little Army sounds like a classic ‘90s Headstones record. “It’s an authentic sound that goes back to the people who
make it,” Dillon says. “The reason this new one sounds like Picture of Health is because we were super focused. We had no distractions and no bullshit.” The album has all the right ingredients for the band’s classic sound—Dillon’s cynical, yet earnest wordplay that pours from his subconscious, substantial grunge guitar and bass, and flawless, rhythmic drum beats. “The music has always been straight up. This fucking band isn’t built on any algorithms, it’s just the four of us loving what we do,” Dillon says. “It doesn’t matter what I say or sing. At the end of the day, people understand that there are real people writing these songs.” The stand out track on the album has to be “Kingston,” which transports the listener to the early days of Headstones.
“The idea was to get a twofour, get a little bit of weed and play all fuckin’ weekend every weekend to an audience of zero,” Dillon says. “That was a Headstones gig.” “Kingston,” is also a reflection on Dillon’s relationship with his friend Gord Downie, who Dillon attended to high school with. “I wouldn’t be here without Gord. He would come over to my house all the time. Headstones even played at his wedding when he got married. That song is about us going down to the bar and hanging out with this old black dude who turned out to be Luther Johnson, who was Muddy Waters’ guitar player,” Dillon says. “I had a bit of weed on me and he had the time of day for us. So me and Gord smoked some pot with him and talked about the blues. I sent Gord the rough
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lyrics before he passed away and he loved it. I was able to tell him that I loved him before he passed.” Downie and the other members of The Tragically Hip are also somewhat responsible for the Headstones’ early rise to fame. “They allowed us to play the biggest gig we ever played in front of 10,000 people. We wouldn’t have been signed to MCA in the ‘90s without him,” Dillon says. “I thought maybe “Kingston” was too personal, but I just decided ‘Fuck it,’ it’s going on the record.’” That “fuck it” credo has always been the element separating Headstones from other bands. It’s good to hear that this far into the band’s career, it’s still with them. Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com
NEWSOUNDS have risen from the grave with a new sound. Although still best described as folk, the band has said goodbye to its jam-heavy efforts of old and moved towards a spooky, murder-inspired vibe. Reverb-soaked guitar and horror-seeped organ jump out on the first track “Fallen Leaves,” while frontman Ryan Boldt sings from the perspective of a man who lost his love to a sudden death. On the next track, we learn this death was a jealous murder as the tale is told from the eyes of the rejected other man. Boldt has never sounded better and seems to have found his calling by writing tunes with an ominous edge. The album features Kacy & Clayton throughout the nine tracks, which proves to be a stroke of genius as Kacy’s voice is able to act as both beacon of light or the final nail in the coffin. Yarrow is The Deep Dark Woods’ best album to date and makes the five-year wait worth every The Deep Dark Woods agonizing second. Yarrow Jeff MacCallum Six Shooter After a five-year hiatus, The Deep Dark Woods cupsncakespod.com
Taylor Swift Reputation Big Machine Records In 2014, Taylor Swift released 1989, an album that signalled her jump from an intimate, shy country girl, to a recycled, mainstream, electronic-pop diva. It became one of the most popular records of the year, but the instrumentation felt flat, over-produced and generally uninteresting. But the masses loved it, much like they love her newest album Reputation. Swift’s newest release was marketed as more
than just a pop-diva record. It was to be a darker, fierce look at her shifting career, but unfortunately it’s real estate for the top 40. While some songs in 1989 echoed a stadium and country vibe, Swift has stripped that influence altogether and traded it for an industrial-dubstep feel. It all started with the early release single “Look What You Made Me Do,” which the more I listen to, the more I wonder how hard it would be to dig my eardrums out with a spoon. Swift sings about fears of her public image tanking in songs like “I Did Something Bad,” or “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” yet she released one of the highest selling pop albums in the United States ... ever. It all comes off as rather shallow. Some lyrics are atrocious rhyme attempts (“But if I’m a thief he can join the heist, we’ll move to an island and he can be my jailer. Burton to his Taylor”), even though four professional writers, including Swift, are credited. The only saving grace on this album is the final track “New Years Day,” a bare piano ballad that brought Jimmy Fallon to tears on The Tonight Show. Swift has shown time and time again that she can write songs that aren’t superficial, overproduced dribble. But, she has a pop empire to run, and she knows it. Stephan Boissonneault stephan@vueweekly.com
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adan Hussein’s latest album, Fool’s Paradise, recounts a time that she delved deep into her Somali roots and found solace. Known on stage as Cold Specks, her musical evolution has shifted from a brand of doom soul into a sound of gentle self-discovery. In the album’s title track, Hussein’s lush and ethereal voice speaks of a semi-mythical queen in Somali tradition named ‘Araweelo.’ Hussein chants a Somali idiom, “kala garo naftaada iyo laftaada,” translated as “understand the difference between your bones and your soul.” The song holds a hopeful and level-headed balance that translates into healing through self-discovery. After touring her previous record Neuroplasticity for two years, Hussein realized she desperately needed to take a break and moved home to Toronto with her parents. “I spent a lot of time with my father,” she says. “He began opening up to me in ways he didn’t used to when I was a teenager, and he told me about his life [in Mogadishu] in the ‘70s.” While Hussein’s father was living in Somalia, he had many musician friends. During many of these nights at her parents’ house, she and her father would listen to collections of old VHS performance tapes published on YouTube from before the Somali Civil War. “A lot of the recordings were
lost in the [civil] war. Some of these videos are all we have and that’s how a lot of Somalis take in our music,” she says. Although she didn’t realize it at the time, these videos heavily influenced Hussein. It’s recognizable in her new record, with changes in the softness of her singing voice. “I started singing the way I used to sing when I started,” she says. Spending this time with family helped Hussein decompress and subconsciously sort out the new direction she wanted to take. Fool’s Paradise is also “a reflection of a crumbling world from the perspective of a black, Muslim woman,” she adds. “I suppose it’s my reaction to seeing my country on the news with all the dreadful narratives attached to it by people who don’t know anything about the country.” Known for a darkness heard in the tone of her low vibrato, Hussein comes from a land of poets. “All of our histories are passed down orally. I guess that’s why Somalis are naturally poetic people,” she says. With a quirky sense of humour that balances humility with darkness. Cold Specks’ new album proves how strong she is as an artist and a person. “A quarter-life crisis can only last for so long,” she laughs. “It closes a dreadful chapter.” Sierra Bilton sierra@vueweekly.com
INDEFINITE CLOSURE OF THE NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN The uncertain future of The Needle Vinyl Tavern has left ripples through the Edmonton music community and beyond. After a former employee of The Needle, Brittany Rudyck, left her job in the wake of mismanagement of alleged sexual harassment by owners and a potentially toxic new hire, a barrage of trumpeting opinions surfaced on social media. The undetermined closure has been connected to threats made against multiple staff—one of which threatens to burn down the establishment with staff inside. As with most situations, there are multiple views. Some express lament for the indefinite closure of the venue, as it was known for bringing some of the best talents to Edmonton, while others see it as deserved for improper regard for employee safety and health. While there is optimism that these allegations VUEWEEKLY.com | NOV 23 – NOV 29, 2017
and aftermath will create a new normal in the service, music and entertainment industries, the result is still unknown. The outcome lies directly in how we respond. This has left many torn about the issue. Many want to see sexual harassment finally taken seriously, but fear to join a mob of dehumanizing behaviour that has already taken place. But there is hope for progress. A group of Edmonton musicians who boycotted the venue after the sexual harassment allegations surfaced is holding a benefit concert at The Buckingham on Sunday night, with all proceeds going to the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton. Vue Weekly is committed to bringing updated coverage as the ongoing events unfold. - Vue Weekly Staff
PSYCH POP
Amelia Aspen and Doug Organ of Le Plaisir / Jessica Fern Facette
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Le Plaisir creates end of the world love songs
eople must’ve been wondering when Amelia Aspen and Doug Organ were going to release music together. Aspen, formerly of Lad Mags, and Organ, of Edmontone Studio and a host of other projects, joined in matrimony, so it only makes sense that they’d join their musical talents to create something entirely new. Having each made names for themselves as individual musicians, the pair is now collectively known as Le Plaisir. “To some extent, a little bit of the stuff that I’ve been writing for Le Plaisir is a continuation of what was happening with Lad Mags,” Aspen says. “I was also kind of curious about what would happen playing it in a totally different context. Doug has pretty much the opposite musical style to the other musicians in Lad Mags, so it was kind of fun to play around with that and see how it would be different.” The self-titled EP contains four tracks and was released this past July. The sound is not unlike the backing music of old black-
and-white French art films. It makes sense for a band whose name translates from French as “The Pleasure.” The drum machine is set tight, the synth keeps a poppy ‘60s texture, the guitar’s got a garagerock crunch, and the vocals echo over the whole production. Aspen says that while much of the sound was influenced by her and Organ’s time in a shoebox apartment in Paris while experiencing French culture, the EP’s themes come from a darker source. “The theme is just sort of the end of the world,” Aspen says. “There were not only the Paris attacks but Donald Trump got elected and there was a lot of turmoil around immigration into Europe and all kinds of stuff like that. I don’t know. It just seemed like a really gnarly time in the world.” With the EP and a tour behind them, Le Plaisir is looking forward to their local show and a new release tentatively scheduled for sometime in early 2018.
Aspen says the timeline is a little shaky until the pair hear back on a grant application. While it’s easier to plan the logistics of a tour or agree on a song in a two-piece act, the husband-andwife band life comes with its own set of new challenges. The sense of adventure from piling into a van with a bunch of friends on a rock ‘n’ roll road trip switches to a ride in a Honda with a person you see all the time. Despite the change in dynamics, Aspen says working with her significant other has brought a new new level of expertise to her music. “I don’t know if it’s actually measured, but I think he’s technically a genius,” Aspen says. “He’s a savant musician who can kind of do anything. Whereas I can bash away on the same four chords and more or less put something together … I think that my technical abilities are sort of a good limitation for him in some ways and they make him do different stuff.” Lucas Provencher music@vueweekly.com
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Jam featuring The Joint Chiefs
Classical KNOPPERS HALL–THE KING’S UNIVERSITY Music for Eight
Strings and Piano; 6pm; $20 (adults), $10 (seniors and students); At the door and at the Tix on the Square MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH
Vocal Alchemy presents "Rejoice!"; 3pm; $15-$20
DJs
Music of Star Wars; 7:30pm; $39-$69
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Chris Bruce spins britpop/punk/garage/indie; Every Tue
EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Taco Tuesday
with resident DJs
WED NOV 29 BLUES ON WHYTE SOBO Blues
Band; 9pm
MON NOV 27
BRIXX BAR Bodysnatcher with Falsifier, Aethere; 8pm; $15; 18+ only
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal Mondays with
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed
Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox
open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm
BLUES ON WHYTE Rooster
HAVE MERCY Whiskey Wednesdays Live Piano Karaoke featuring the Fab Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm
Davis Group; 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD Edmonton
Ukulele Circle; 6:30pm; Free DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Karaoke
night; Every Mon, 9pm; Free FIDDLER'S ROOST Open Stage;
7-11pm HAVE MERCY Mississippi Monday Night Blues Jam hosted by the Dylan Farrell Ban; Every Mon, 8:30pm (sign up); No cover HORIZON STAGE Lizzy Hoyt;
7:30pm; $35 (adults), $30 (students/seniors 65+) 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 SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/ Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm
DJs
LEAF BAR & GRILL Wang Dang
Wednesdays; Every Wed, 7-11pm; Free ON THE ROCKS Karaoke Wednesdays hosted by ED; Every Wed, 9pm PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam
presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; Guests and newcomers always welcome; every Wed, 7pm; $2 (donation, per person), free coffee available THE PROVINCIAL PUB Karaoke
Wednesday SEWING MACHINE FACTORY
Jody Shenkarek and John Guliak; 8pm; $10; 18+ only SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 4 Dollar
Bill Country Jam; 7pm STARLITE ROOM Belphegor
with Cryptopsy, Hate; 7pm; $27.50; 18+ only UNION HALL Rural Alberta
Advantage; 7pm; $30
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with Eddie
Classical
Lunchpail
MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH
TUE NOV 28 BLUES ON WHYTE Rooster
BLUES ON WHYTE Sam Spades;
FIDDLER'S ROOST Fiddle Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm
ON THE ROCKS Mourning
WINSPEAR CENTRE The
Floor: DJ Zyppy; Every Sun
Davis Group; 9pm
HAVE MERCY YEG Music presents “Compete With The Beat”; Every Sun, 6pm; $10
Classical
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main
with Hawaiian Dreamers; 9am2:30pm; By donation 9pm
YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: Doug Organ Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5
LB'S PUB Tuesday Night Open
Music Wednesdays at Noon: Leanne Regehr and Janna Olson (piano); 12:10-12:50pm; Free WINSPEAR CENTRE The
Music of Star Wars; 7:30pm; $39-$69
Jam Hosted by Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge
DJs
SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Todd
Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Wed
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main
VENUEGUIDE ACCENT LOUNGE 8223-104 St NW ALBERTA COUNCIL OF UKRAINIAN ARTS 9534-87 St NW ALIBI PUB & EATERY 17328 Stony Plain Rd THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ARIA'S BISTRO 10332-81 Ave, 780.972.4842, ariasbistro.com ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR #1638, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722, aussierulesedmonton.com AVIARY 9314-111 Ave NW B-STREET BAR 11818-111 Ave BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BOHEMIA 10217-97 St
BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE 8937-82 Ave 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 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CAPITOL THEATRE–FORT EDMONTON PARK 7000-143 St CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASK AND BARREL 10041104 St; 780.498.1224, thecaskandbarrel.ca CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT 24 Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, 780.460.8092 CHVRCH OF JOHN 10260-103 St, 780.884.8994, thechvrchofjohn. com COMMON 9910-109 St CRITICAL MASS BREWING 24 Perron St, St. Albert
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BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main
MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey
Classical
playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover
Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony; 8pm; $15-$82
playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every Fri-Sat, 9pm; No cover
All Stars 100th Birthday of Thelonious Monk; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $24 (members), $28 (guests)
EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs
the Edmonton Classical Guitar Society: Sylvain Bergeron (lute); 8pm; $30 (regular admission), $25 (senior/ student/member)
EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs
YARDBIRD SUITE Yardbird Suite
THE COMMON Quality Control Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan
MUTTART HALL Presented by
It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane
Fridays; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation
with Remo, Noosh, Fingertips & guests; Underdog: Rap, House, Hip-Hop with DJ Babr; every Fri
Zuill Bailey (cello) and Yuliya Gorenman (piano); 7:30pm; $15-$45
DJs
$25; 18+ only
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Fri; Wooftop: Selection Fridays
MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH
ROSE & CROWN PUB Stan
WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK Live Music
DJs
Choir presents "Reflection"; 7:30pm; $20 (adv), $25 (door)
WINSPEAR CENTRE
UNION HALL Jai Wolf; 9pm;
Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony; 7:30pm; $15-$82
HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH i Coristi Chamber
RENDEZVOUS PUB Junkies Rush, Sweet Grass, King Mammoth; 8pm
Edmonton presents Evelin Ramon; 7:30-9:30pm; $25 (general), $20 (student/senior), $15 (NME members); at the door or Eventbrite
WINSPEAR CENTRE
Village Voice Workshop; 3-4:30pm; $15 (members), $20 (non-members)
the Titians, Our Abandon, Alone I Walk; 8pm
James Band and Right In The Eye on alternating weeks
VUEWEEKLY.com | NOV 23 – NOV 29, 2017
DENIZEN HALL 10311-103 Ave, 780.424.8215, thedenizenhall. com DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB 1111387 Ave NW, devaneyspub.com DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR 8230 Gateway Blvd, elcortezcantina.com EMPRESS ALE HOUSE 9912-82 Ave NW FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca FIONN MACCOOL'S–SKYVIEW 13580-137 Ave NW FORGE ON WHYTE 10549-82 Ave (Whyte Ave) HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd, havemercy.ca HILLTOP PUB 8220-106 Ave NW HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KNOPPERS HALL–THE KING'S
UNIVERSITY 9125-50 St NW L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR & GRILL 9016132 Ave MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com 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 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NOOK CAFÈ 10153-97 St NW NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON 172599 St NW REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL 8882-170 St NW RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St
SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9560-82 Ave NW SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SHERBROOKE PUB 13160118 Ave NW SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SQUARE 1 COFFEE 15 Fairway Drive STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe. com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428
EVENTS
WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM
COMEDY BIG ROCK PRESENTS: DEVANEY’S COMEDY NIGHT • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave • 780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail.com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Sep 6-Apr 25, Every Wed, 8:30pm • Free
BIG ROCK PRESENTS: URBAN TAVERN COMEDY NIGHT HOSTED BY LARS CALLIEOU • Urban Tavern, 11606 Jasper Ave • Every Sun, 8pm
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu
COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu-Fri: 8pm; Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm (until Apr) • Cory Robinson; Nov 23-25 • Vilmos; Dec 1-2
COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Nigel Lawrence; Nov 23 • Adam Ferrara; Nov 24-26 • Matt Sadler; Nov 29-Dec 3 EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: Highlighting the best stand-up Edmonton has to offer. New headliner every week • Every Sun, 9pm • Free
RON JAMES • Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • Marshaling a comedian’s eye for satire and a writer’s ear for language, Ron takes his audience on a breath-taking, non-stop roller coaster ride, cutting a wide swath through contemporary culture with his razor-sharp ribald wit • Nov 23, 7:30pm GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS THE CARROT COFFEE FRIENDSHIP CLUB • Carrot Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • Have a cup of coffee with 55+ individuals single, divorced, or widowed who are looking to make new friends with neighbours in our local communities of: Delton, Eastwood, Parkdale – Cromdale, Westwood, Spruce Ave, and Alberta Avenue • Every Wed, 11am
DROP-IN LARP • Jackie Parker Park • westernwinds.summerfrost.ca • Battle games and fighter practice using provided safe weapon boffer. An exciting way to get exercise while meeting new people with similar passions • Every Sat, 1:15pm • Free
EDMONTON CHAPTER, COUNCIL OF CANADIANS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) • Edmonton Hostelling International, 10647-81 Ave NW • Activity reports, priority settings, steering committee elections • Dec 3, 3-5pm (refreshments post 5pm)
FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply Done Cafe), 10728-124 St • 780.718.7133 (or 403.506.4695 after 7pm) • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm
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
MIXING OF THE ARTS • Call Cashmere for location • 780.482.4279 (call in the am) • If you like to work with images and related writing, come share your work • Last Thu of every month (no meeting Dec or Jan 2018), 7:30pm • Free
NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728106 St • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
OPEN DOOR COMIC CREATOR MEETINGS • Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • 780.452.8211 • happyharborcomics.com • Open to any skill level. Meet other artists and writers, glean tricks of the trade and gain tips to help your own work, or share what you've already done • 2nd and 4th Thu of every month, 7pm
ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, obad@shaw.ca; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free
PAINTING FOR PLEASURE • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • A weekly group for those
who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon
QUEER
RODA DE CAPOEIRA • Capoeira Academy, #103-
AFFIRM GROUP • garysdeskcom@hotmail.com
10324-82 Ave • capoeiraacademy.ca • Brazil's traditional game of agility and trickery • Every Sat, 2:30pm • Free • All ages
• mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet the last Sun of every month at State & Main (101 St and Jasper Ave) for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church
YOGA WITH JENNIFER • 780.439.6950 •
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
ACUA CHRISTMAS ART MARKET • ACUA Gallery & Artisan Boutique, 9534-87 St • 780.488.8558 • email info@acuarts.ca • Supporting a local nonprofit organization, and artists too. View thousands of handmade and unique items, created by local artisans • Dec 2, 10am-4pm
SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • 780.452.4661 • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta offers a variety of services and support programs for those who are living with the illness, family members, caregivers, and friends • 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-9pm • Free
SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm
Sun per month, 3-7pm • ALL BODIES SWIM: Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm
G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg,
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
YOGA, ART & WINE • 4 Points Health and Wellness, 12406-112 Ave • Gentle fusion flow yoga and painting • First Sat of each month, 7-10pm • $45 (available at Eventbrite)
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS 80 YEARS OF WISDOM WITH GEORGE TAKEI • Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Ave • George Takei will share pearls of wisdom and captivating stories from his 80 years • Nov 29, 7-8:30pm • Tickets available at Eventbrite
DARK MATTERS–SCIENCE OF SEX • Telus World of Science, 11211-142 St NW • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/dark-matters • An 18+ event, where the science is served on the rocks & the adults come out to play. Discover what a cellphone and a vibrator have in common. Learn about some of the craziest sex lives in the animal kingdom and more • Dec 7, 7-10pm • $17.95-$27.95 FOREVER RESILIENT: A CONVERSATION WITH JACKIE FOORD AND MICHAEL PHAIR • EPL Whitemud Crossing Branch, 145 Whitemud Crossing Shopping Centre, 4211-106 St • bit. ly/2zQp0kQ • Join Jackie Foord and Michael Phair in dynamic conversation as they share pivotal stories, memories, and lived experiences as active and engaged members of Edmonton's LGBTQ community • Nov 30, 7-8:30pm • Free, register online
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BASIC TOOL TRAINING WORKSHOP • HFH Prefab Shop, 14135-128 Ave • 780.451.3416 ext 237 • mstannard@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer/basic-tool-training • Gain the confidence needed to go out to build sites through careful instruction and hands-on practice • Nov 25, Dec 1, Dec 2, Dec 8; 8:30am-4pm • Free
THE LUTE AND ITS MUSIC–A PRESENTATION BY SYLVAIN BERGERON • Room 428, Alberta College, 10050 Macdonald Drive • Presented by the Edmonton Classical Guitar Society • Nov 26, 2pm • Free
MYSTERY & MAGIC OF THE MONTANKA DOLL LECTURE • ACUA Gallery & Artisanal Boutique, 9534-87 St • The Motanka doll is one of the most ancient handmade items that was made for a Ukrainian household. Discover why they look the way they do, their purpose and more • Dec 1, 7-8:30pm
PHILOSOPHER CAFE • Blue Chair Cafè, 9624-76 Ave NW • 780. 989.2861 • bluechair.ca • An opportunity for the public to learn, think and discuss a variety of contemporary issues. This week's topic: Why South Africa Developed a Charter of Religious Freedom by Steven Martin, Professor of Theology at The King’s University • Nov 25, 1-3:30pm
POLITICS AT THE PUB: NAFTA • Devaney's Pub (Lower Level), 11113-87 Ave NW • edmonton@ thecic.org • thecic.org/event • Mr. Helmut Mach, Alberta’s former trade representative and chief provincial trade negotiator, will speak about the current NAFTA negotiations • Nov 30, 5:30-7:30pm • Free TOWARD THE NEXT ROUND OF CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS: REVISING THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982 • McLennan Ross Halls, Law Centre, University of Alberta • Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke will deliver this year's McDonald Lecture in Constitutional Studies. Clarke will propose amendments to the Canadian Constitution intended to prod attendees to continue striving to attain a model constitution for the nation we are becoming (whether we like it or not) • Nov 23, 5-6:30pm • Free (register online bit.ly/Nov23GEC)
main floor Cafe, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.4235510 (Sage) • tuff69@telus.net • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Tue, 1-4pm
PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • pridecentreofedmonton.org/calendar.html • DROP IN HOURS: Mon-Fri 12-7pm; Closed Sat-Sun and holidays • YOGA: (all ages), 4th Mon of every month, for any stage • TTIQ: (18+ Trans* Group) 2nd Mon of every month, 7-9pm • FIERCE FUN: (24 and under) Alternating Tue, 7-9pm, games and activities for youth • JAMOUT: (12-24) Alternating Tue, 7-8:30pm, music mentorship and instruction for youth • WOMEN’S SOCIAL CIRCLE: (18+) 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm, for anyone feminine-identified • MOVIES & GAMES NIGHT: Alternating Fri, 6-8:30pm • ARTS & IDENTITY: Alternating Fri, 6-8:30pm • MEN TALKING WITH PRIDE: (18+) Sun, 7-9pm, group for gay or bisexual men • CREATING SAFER SPACES TRAINING: Interactive professional development workshops, with full or half-day options • QUEER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: (Youth: 12-24) (Adults-26+) Queer to Queer Mentoring
ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue evenings & Sat mornings
SPECIAL EVENTS
FESTIVAL OF TREES • Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Ave • 780.407.5147 • festivaloftrees. ca • Baby it’s cold outside! Warm your hearts with designer trees, festive shopping, entertainment and children’s activities. Special events include a Luncheon and Fashion Show, Seniors’ Day, Family Night and Santa’s Breakfast • Nov 30-Dec 3 • $2-$10
FROSTY PAWS WINTER MARKET • Bannerman Community Hall, 14034-23 St NW • edmontonanimalrescue.org/events • An annual winter market in support of The Greater Edmonton Animal Rescue Society • Nov 25, 12-4pm • Free (accepting donations of high quality food for the society's animals)
GINGERBREAD HOUSE WORKSHOP • Edmonton City Hall, 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square • citymarketgingerbread.eventbrite.ca • Each gingerbread house kit will come with fresh baked, all-butter gingerbread, icing and a piping bag. Attendees will also receive $5 in City Market Bucks (per kit) to spend on local goodies at the farmers' market after the workshop • Dec 2, 11am-2pm • $25 (per kit)
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EDMONTON'S WOMEN BUILD VOLUNTEER WEEK • Carter Place, 2216-24 St NW • 780.451.3416 ext. 237 • mstannard@hfh.org • hfh.org/volunteer • Nov 28-Dec 2 • Register online
HAND2HAND CHRISTMAS MARKET • Terwillegar Community Church, 1751 Towne Centre Blvd • Sixty local artists with handmade goods and goodies • Nov 25, 10-4pm • Free
INDIGENOUS ARTISANS' HOLIDAY MARKET • Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave • macrae@ ualberta.ca • Shop for unique gifts made by Indigenous artists, while enjoying music and bannock • Nov 23, 11am-2pm • Free
JUST ONE WORLD MARKET • St. Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • justoneworldmarket.com • An ethical global marketplace for quality arts, handmade crafts and other goods featuring international gifts • Nov 25-26 LIGHT WALK • Muttart Conservatory, 9626-96a St NW • edmonton.ca • Take a stroll under the stars as you walk through the Temperate Pyramid surrounded by nature and other breathtaking wonders • Every Thu, Nov-Dec, 5-9pm • Regular admission
MAKE IT! EDMONTON • Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515-118 Ave NW • makeitshow.ca/edmonton • Featuring all the best handmade gifts from over 265 makers for the upcoming season • Nov 23-26 • $5-$8 MARTIN DEERLINE'S GREEN CHRIST CHRISTMAS • Martin Deerline South Edmonton, 4630-51 Ave • 780.438.2484 • martindeerline.com • Take pictures with Santa on a tractor, build Christmas crafts, enjoy Christmas treats and save some money on John Deere gifts • Dec 2, 9:30am-3:30pm • Free
ROYAL BISON • Cosmopolitan Music Society, 8426 Gateway Blvd • royalbison.ca • A twice a year festival of the best and quirkiest art, craft and design Edmonton has to offer • Nov 24-26, Dec 1-3
ST. ALBERT INDOOR CHRISTMAS MARKET • St. Albert Place,
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
5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • stalbertfarmersmarket.com • Featuring over 70 vendors with crafts, clothing, home décor, artwork, plants and more • Every Sat, Nov 25-Dec 16, 10am-3pm
THURSDAYS TTBD TO BE DISCOVERED • Legislative Assembly Visitor Centre, Edmonton Federal Building, Main floor, 9820-107 St • 780.427.7362 • assembly.ab.ca/visitorcentre/events.html • Visitors can look forward to an array of guest speakers, film screenings, free concerts and more • Every Thu, Oct 5-Mar 1, 6-8pm • Free
TRANSCEND COFFE COFFEE + ROASTERY OPEN HOUSE • Tran Transcend scend Coffee + Roastery - Ritchie Market, 9570-76 Ave NW • transcendcoffee.ca/ open-house-2017 • Learn everything coffee with workshops, coffee samples and more • Nov 25, 11am-2pm • Free
WHYTE WISHES IN OLD STRATHCONA • Old Strathcona • oldstrathcona.
Frosty Paws Winter Market Bannerman Community Hall Nov. 25, 12 - 4 pm Free (accepting donations of high quality food for the society’s animals)
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Volunteers Wanted
Be an “Elf Captain” at Bissell Centre’s gift wrap fundraiser at Southgate Mall. Shifts are available everyday, November 24 - December 24. Minimum age: 16. Visit
bissellcentre.org/bissellelfcaptain
or email giftwrap@bissellcentre.org Can You Read This?
Help Someone Who Can’t! Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills. Call Moncia at P.A.L.S. 780-424-5514 or email volunteers@palsedmonton.ca
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Volunteers Wanted
Gift Wrap Volunteer e4c is looking for Volunteers to wrap gifts and raise community awareness at Edmonton City Centre Mall! To learn more about the event and how to sign up for shift(s) as a Gift Wrap Volunteer, go to our website: e4calberta.org/volunteer/
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ca/whytewishes • Experience the magic of the season on a horse-drawn sleigh ride, meet Santa and give him a list, and support local businesses in the process • Nov 13-Dec 24
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I’m a twenty-something straight woman. About a month ago, I had a really vivid dream in which I was at a party and engaging with a guy I had just met. We were seriously flirting. Then my fiancé showed up—my real, flesh-and-blood, sleeping-next-to-me fiancé—who we’ll call G. In the dream, I proceeded to shower G with attention and PDA; I was all over him in a way we typically aren’t in public. I was clearly doing it to get a reaction from the guy I’d just spent the last dream-hour seducing. It was as if it had been my plan all along. Last night, I had a similar dream. This time, the guy was an old high school boyfriend, but otherwise it was the same: flirty baiting, followed by the use of G to reject and humiliate the other guy. I was really turned on by these dreams. In real life, whenever another woman has flirted with G, I get aroused—conscious of some feelings of jealousy but drawing pleasure from them. And when other men have flirted with me, I get similarly aroused for G. There is definitely a component in that arousal that wants to tease and mock these other men with what they can’t have, even though the teasing is just in my head. I would NEVER use another person like I do in these dreams/fantasies, because it’s cruel. But could this become a healthy role-playing outlet for me and G? Are there ethical implications to hurting strangers (albeit imaginary ones) for sexual pleasure? From what little I know of degradation/humiliation kinks, it’s important that the person being degraded is experiencing pleasure and satisfaction. Is it healthy to make someone’s (again, an imaginary someone’s) unwilling pain a part of our pleasure? If G is into it, this would be our first foray into fantasy/role-playing/whatever. But I worry that I might be poisoning the well by pursuing something so mean-spirited. MY EXTRA-AROUSING MEANNESS
obvious reasons—when someone else wants to fuck him, you see him with fresh eyes and want to fuck him that much more. As for the power-play aspects of your fantasy, does your turn-on evaporate if your victim is a willing participant? And how do you feel about threesomes? Threesomes don’t have to involve intercourse or outercourse or any other sort of ’course, of course. Bringing someone else in— someone who gets off on the idea of being humiliated—counts as a threesome, even if all your third “gets” to do is be ditched in a bar. You could even work up to letting your willing third watch and/or listen while your fiancé gets to do what he will never get to do—fuck your amazing brains out—which would allow for the humiliation games to continue all night long. Once G is on board, MEAN, you can start with a little role-playing about this scenario. Then, once you’ve established that this is as exciting for G as it is for you, advertise for your willing third. The internet is for porn, first and foremost, but it’s also pretty good at bringing like-minded kinksters together. As long as your third consents to the play and gets off on it, you aren’t poisoning the well or doing harm. And if you’re worried it won’t be as much fun if your victim is a willing participant, MEAN, remember there will be witnesses, i.e., other people in the bar who won’t know it was a setup, and in their eyes you will be cruelly humiliating this poor schmuck. Not into threesomes of any sort? Well, flirting is just flirting—it’s not a binding contract—and there’s no law that requires all flirtations to be strictly sincere and/ or immediately actionable. A little casual flirtation with someone else before your fiancé rolls into a bar is permissible—but you’ll have to let the other person know right away that you have a fiancé and that this flirtation isn’t going anywhere, and then you can’t go too crazy with the PDA once your fiancé arrives.
We watch imaginary people being harmed—much more grievously harmed—in movies and on television and read about imaginary people being harmed in novels. Think of poor Barb in Stranger Things or poor Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones or poor Christian in Fifty Shades of Grey. If it’s okay for the Duffer brothers and HBO and E.L. James to do horrible things to these imaginary people to entertain us, MEAN, it’s okay for you and your boyfriend (if he’s game) to do much less horrible things to an imaginary third person to entertain yourselves. But why limit this to fantasy? Why not fuck your fiancé’s brains out after flirting with and subsequently humiliating a living, breathing, willing third? But first, MEAN, give some thought to what exactly turns you on about this and then discuss it with your fiancé. It turns you on to see your partner through another’s eyes for
My husband and I have been together for 15 years, married for five. He is more sexually adventurous than I am, but I try to keep up. At his request, we have gone to a few sex clubs in our area to have “public sex.” That’s his main interest. He promised that it would be a one-time thing but insisted we keep going back. He told me that if I ever got uncomfortable, we didn’t have to go back. I told him I did not want to go to any more sex clubs, and he found a loophole: sex booths at porn shops. If I have to do sex in public, booths are best because they aren’t very popular and there is some privacy. This wasn’t good enough for him. He wants an audience, he wants to see me with others, etc. I hate this. I hate how it makes me feel. I hate it. He says all the right things—he respects me, he knows a relationship is a two-way street, etc.—but he is constantly furious with me
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FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): In alignment with the current astrological omens, I have prepared your horoscope using five hand-plucked aphorisms by Aries poet Charles Bernstein. 1. “You never know what invention will look like or else it wouldn’t be invention.” 2. “So much depends on what you are expecting.” 3. “What’s missing from the bird’s eye view is plain to see on the ground.” 4. “The questioning of the beautiful is always at least as important as the establishment of the beautiful.” 5. “Show me a man with two feet planted firmly on the ground and I’ll show you a man who can’t get his pants on.”
Christmas tree and hang it upsidedown from the ceiling. She decorated it with ornamental dildos she had made out of clay. While I understood her drive for revenge and appreciated the entertaining way she did it, I felt pity for the enduring ferocity of her rage. Rather than mocking the old ways, wouldn’t her energy have been much better spent inventing new ways? If there is any comparable situation in your own life, Gemini, now would be a perfect time to heed my tip. Give up your attachment to the negative emotions that arose in response to past frustrations and failures. Focus on the future.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It may seem absurd for a dreamy oracle like me to give economic advice to Tauruses, who are renowned as being among the zodiac’s top cash attractors. Is there anything I can reveal to you that you don’t already know? Well, maybe you’re not aware that the next four weeks will be prime time to revise and refine your long-term financial plans. It’s possible you haven’t guessed the time is right to plant seeds that will produce lucrative yields by 2019. And maybe you don’t realize that you can now lay the foundation for bringing more wealth into your life by raising your generosity levels.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): So begins the “I Love To Worry” season for you Cancerians. Even now, bewildering self-doubts are working their way up toward your conscious awareness from your unconscious depths. You may already be overreacting in anticipation of the anxiety-provoking fantasies that are coalescing. But wait! It doesn’t have to be that way. I’m here to tell you that the bewildering selfdoubts and anxiety-provoking fantasies are at most ten percent accurate. They’re not even close to being half-true! Here’s my advice: Do NOT go with the flow, because the flow will drag you down into ignominious habit. Resist all tendencies towards superstition, moodiness, and melodramatic descents into hell. One thing you can do to help accomplish this brave uprising is to sing beloved songs with maximum feeling.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I used to have a girlfriend whose mother hated Christmas. The poor woman had been raised in a fanatical fundamentalist Christian sect, and she drew profound solace and pleasure from rebelling against that religion’s main holiday. One of her annual traditions was to buy a small
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with motivation. But then again— on second thought—its prettiness was more the result of clever packaging than inner beauty. The hope was somewhat misleading, the gusto contained more than a little bluster, and the fuel was an inefficient source of motivation. Still, let’s observe a moment of silence anyway. Even dysfunctional mirages deserve to be mourned. Besides, its demise will fertilize a truer and healthier and prettier dream that will contain a far smaller portion of illusion. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Judging from the astrological omens, I conclude that the upcoming weeks will be a favorable time for you to engage in experiments befitting a mad scientist. You can achieve interesting results as you commune with powerful forces that are usually beyond your ability to command. You could have fun and maybe also attract good luck as you dream and scheme to override the rules. What pleasures have you considered to be beyond your capacity to enjoy? It wouldn’t be crazy for you to flirt with them. You have license to be saucy, sassy, and extra sly. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A snail can slowly crawl over the edge of a razor blade without hurting itself. A few highly trained experts, specialists in the art of mind over matter, are able to walk barefoot over beds of hot coals without getting burned. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Pisces, you now have the metaphorical equivalent of powers like these. To ensure they’ll operate at peak efficiency, you must believe in yourself more than you ever have before. Luckily, life is now conspiring to help you do just that.
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