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FRONT FEATURE // SOCIAL MOVEMENT

'A CAMPAIGN THAT’S WORKING'

Jesse Lipscombe says #makeitawkward is seeing success, especially as the public conversation gets difficult

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dmonton's #makeitawkward movement—co-founded by Jesse and Julia Lipscombe—is raising important awareness about prejudice within our community.

The campaign is creating a respectful dialogue about racism and bigotry; introducing an alternative approach of responding to racist comments.

“As the title has become, I’ve always wanted to make it a little bit awkward,” Lipscombe explains. “If I felt weird, I wanted to ensure that somebody else knew that I felt that way, and explain themselves for why

they wanted to do that to me.”

Tensions appear to be growing exponentially in Edmonton and Alberta. Most recently it was reported (in the Edmonton Journal and elsewhere) that an anti-Carbon-Tax rally at the Alberta Legislature included offensive signage directed towards the LGBTQ community. There were also anti-immigration flyers (reported by the CBC).

This is on the heels of pro-white flyers on Whyte Avenue and “Fu*k Your Turban” posters at the University of Alberta.

“In my opinion, people are feeling threatened—and fearful somewhat—of people speaking up against what they are not comfortable with,” Jesse Lipscombe says of the rhetoric.

“When you’ve been living the life where what you’ve done has never been challenged; how, and who you are has never had any level of ridicule. And now people are mainly saying 'be sensitive,' and I would say 'be honest.' That feeling is causing people to react in, I guess, manners perhaps we didn’t see beforehand,” he says.

While shooting a PSA commercial to promote Edmonton’s Downtown core, Lipscombe was the victim of racist comments. As a 36-year-old black male, this is something he has dealt with his entire life.

This moment of caught-on-tape racism spawned the #makeitawkward campaign.

The video shows Lipscombe on the sidewalk being called the n-word by someone in a car full of people ahead of him. Following the slur, Lipscombe decides to approach the car, which was stopped at the red light. Lipscombe opens the front passenger door, kneeling down in a non-confrontational stance, asking the man to repeat the slur again.

After they refused, Lipscombe asked why they had made such a remark towards him. Once again they refused to provide a rebuttal. The front passenger slammed the car door, and while driving away continued slurs were hurled at Lipscombe from the car.

Lipscombe posted video of the incident on his personal Facebook account, and the clip spread like wildfire—being shared thousands of times and viewed over a million.

“I shared the video, and it was probably in two hours my wife and I both realized that it is something that’s taking off with a lot of energy and steam,” he says.

Lipscombe was flooded with interview requests, and was contacted by Mayor Don Iveson to discuss ways to positively capitalize on the publicity.

“It felt like an opportunity to do something with it more than just a one off interview and let it disappear,” he explains. “Julia and I went to Don [Iveson]'s office right after he gave us a call. While we were sitting there, Julia came up with the hashtag, #makeitawkward.”

Since the campaign’s launch, the

Lipscombes have seen the hashtag used on social media hourly, and they are proud to be "behind the wheel" of positive social engagement.

Lipscombe has started speaking at schools on a semi-regular basis— around two to three times a week.

The #makeitawkward campaign has received thousands of messages and handwritten letters from children describing how the campaign has validated their stance against racism in their lives.

"I have heard such good feedback— particularly from students—who have heard Jesse's message and are making it awkward and demanding better of their peers,” explains Mayor Iveson. “The campaign is having a lasting effect, one that Edmontonians can be proud of.”

But the campaign has come with some personal tribulations. The Lipscombe family has received hateful comments, but Jesse is trying to let it roll off his back and press on.

“There’s death threats, there’s horrible racial comments and threatening things to my family—online and emails. There are some levels of stress that come with taking this head on. It’s not a fight I’m going to stop fighting.”

The next step for #makeitawkward is expansion—envisioning other Canadian cities having the opportunity for a similar program. Edmonton’s branch is currently setting up the foundation so that similar ideals and messages can be plugged into other large sectors.

“What I see is a campaign that’s working. I see some feathers being ruffled and some conversations being started." Lipscombe says. "The core of the #makeitawkward campaign is literally to start conversations and communicating our way respectfully to a better world.”

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UPDATE // URBAN PLANNING

Century Park development moving forward F

ifteen years ago, the dying Heritage Mall in south Edmonton was put out of its misery—demolished to make way for a new, modern, walkable neighbourhood. Centred around a planned LRT station, the transitoriented development project would include 2,800 residential units and a large central greenspace with a lake.

Century Park LRT station was eventually built, opening in 2010 and taking its name from the never-developed neighbourhood around it. Since then, the land has sat empty—some of it used as a parking lot for LRT riders, some of it used to house a threestorey high dirt pile.

Now, finally, ProCura Real Estate

is going ahead with construction on Century Park. But the new development plan, which increases the number of residences to 4,500 units, is raising concerns in the neighbourhood.

Monty Nelson, Ermineskin Community League vice-president, describes the reaction to the new plans as a mixture of excitement and trepidation.

“We want something that’s amazing for the neighbourhood, that really adds to it,” he says. “But we can all envision that this could result in a bigger traffic headache and pressure on infrastructure.”

The neighbourhood already faces

infrastructure challenges, including sewer issues and traffic congestion, and the influx of new renters will only aggravate these problems, he says.

“We’re desperately trying to get some help with the parking issue, because it’s already an issue and it’s going to be much more of an issue if you have 10,000 people living right next door.”

Travis Pawlyk, a senior planner with the city, acknowledges that the greater density will bring new traffic.

But he says that the development will be properly equipped to deal with these issues.

“It’s safe to say that there will be some additional impact with the ad-

ditional units,” he says. “However, it is offset by the fact that there is the LRT station right next door… People will actually be using the transit— instead of driving in and out of the site just to park their car and then take transit.”

Nelson is skeptical.

“Despite the city’s optimism about the use of the LRT, not everybody will take the LRT,” he says. “I’m thinking that it’s going to be a bigger traffic headache than it currently is.”

Nelson says that the developer has been listening respectfully to local residents—including holding public hearings in the neighbourhood. But ProCura hasn’t offered to partner

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with the community league and invest in amenities that the new residents will use, like playgrounds and skating rinks.

“We’re hoping they’re willing to show their commitment to the neighbourhood,” Nelson says. “We’ll take something—we want some sort of development—but we want to know how can we make it work for all of us.”

Pawlyk points out that anyone can email their input to city and it will be included in the report to council on the development. The final public hearing at council will be next spring.

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‘Kinder, gentler electricity system’

NDP reforms bode well for electricity consumers, but the government should go further

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ack in August 2015, in the wake of the ruling by the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) that TransAlta Corp. had manufactured a supply shortage to artificially increase electricity prices, I argued in this space that there was no better time for the Alberta New Democrats to make good on one of their long-standing positions and move quickly to fully regulate Alberta’s electricity market.

Last month the Alberta government finally made progress on that commitment as they announced plans to transform the province’s electricity market by 2021, fundamentally altering how energy is bought and sold into the grid and ultimately what consumers pay for their electricity.

Since Ralph Klein started fiddling with the electricity system back in 1996, Alberta consumers have been subject to a fully deregulated market system based almost entirely on a spot supply and demand basis.

Producers were able to charge as much as the market would bear at any given minute. This system, while generating significant profits for the generators over the years, resulted in incredible volatility and frequent price spikes for consumers.

Former Alberta Power senior vice-

president Keith Provost has estimated that since 2001 deregulation has cost Albertans some $32 billion, while generating some $10 billion in profits for the electricity companies feeding the grid. At the same time, the focus on spot supply and demand actually provided an incentive for power companies to avoid bringing new generating capacity online because increased supply would reduce prices and subsequently reduce profits.

It is worth noting here that many of the folks expressing outrage at the government’s Climate Leadership Plan because of its extra costs to consumers were active cheerleaders for a deregulated electricity market which cost consumers so much more and increased prices more significantly than a carbon levy ever could.

Alberta currently is the only jurisdiction in Canada with a fully deregulated electricity market, and is one of

the only ones in North America with what is called an energy-only market (the structure that results in producers being able to charge to-the-minute spot market prices). Even Saskatchewan—that Alberta’s market fundamentalist right like to cite as the last bastion of unfettered market capitalism—still has a centrally con-

system for the sake of stability and an end to price-rigging. It was unclear exactly what 'smart regulate' meant in that context, but an argument could be made that the changes to the system they announced last month fit that bill.

The crux of the Alberta government’s announcement is that between now and 2021 the province will be transitioning from our current energy-only market (spot to-the-minute supply and demand prices for electricity sold into the grid) to a capacity market.

A capacity market works like a futures market. Energy suppliers are essentially paid according to their capacity to feed a certain amount of electricity into the grid at some future time. This method tends to provide for lower prices, greater price stability and predictability, and greater incentives to bring new electricity online. Because it’s based on future price rather than current spot price, and accounts for the full costs of generation, it also makes it easier to bring alternatives and renewables into the

In their 2015 election platform, the Alberta New Democrats stepped back a bit from their long-standing commitment to end deregulation and return to a more fully regulated market. trolled, fully regulated cost of service market not unlike what existed in Alberta before 1996.

In their 2015 election platform, the Alberta New Democrats stepped back a bit from their long-standing commitment to end deregulation and return to a more fully regulated market by promising instead to “properly and effectively ‘smart regulate’” the

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grid—something that is very difficult to do in an energy-only market.

Ultimately, the move to a capacity market will be a positive one for Alberta consumers, energy producers, the stability of the grid, and for renewables and alternative energy suppliers. It will bring Alberta’s electricity market in line with what exists in most jurisdictions across North America and the UK, and it goes a long way to fixing the problems created by Klein’s deregulation.

It will not, however, alter the profit motive that is fundamentally inherent in the current system, nor will it ultimately enable the government to intervene directly in the market for the sake of the public system. It may be a kinder, gentler electricity system, but it will still be a largely deregulated market system. As such, it is a bit of a disappointment for those of us that believe that the public interest is best served by direct centralized control and regulation of something as vital to our lives as electricity, but there is no question that it will be a significant improvement over what we have today. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

The views and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute.

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HOLIDAY FARE // VEGAN

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Goodies from Bliss Baked Goods // Bryan Saunders

A vegan celebration Local experts offer their choices for a veggie holiday. As well as some tips on getting along with the carnivores.

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he holidays are fast approaching, which means it’s time to start eating platefuls of delicious food with friends, family, and co-workers.

But with more people adopting a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle, what does this mean for traditional holiday dishes? We reached out to four of the city’s most well-known vegan hotspots, and asked them about their favourite holiday dishes for vegans and vegetarians.

Kristina Botelho, kb&co “It’s so easy now to make vegan food and still make it taste good. It 's not hard like it was a few years ago,” notes Kristina Botelho, the owner and operator of kb&co.

“If I’m attending a party, I try to bring something that is relatable to

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what people are already eating, but just my own twist on it: here at the store, we make shortbread cookies with a spirulina icing and a vegan butter. And we make butter tarts and gingersnaps too.”

Maya Paramitha, Padmanadi Vegetarian Restaurant “I think each family should know at least one or two vegan recipes that aren’t salads. Mashed potatoes, shepherd’s pie, mushroom gravy— dishes that are very simple and easily veganized,” says Maya Paramitha, manager of Padmanadi.

Paramitha notes that a lot of her staff struggle with the holiday season because they’re often the only vegan in their family. “But that one person is still a member of the family,

Lawrence Bliss, Bliss Baked Goods “We just introduced a new baklava that is made with agave syrup and a vegan butter,” says Lawrence Bliss, the owner of Bliss Baked Goods.

“So we’ll be making lots of that for people to pick up. And lots of cookies, squares, cakes, and donuts.”

For Channukah (or Hanukkah), another traditional holiday dish is latkes (potato pancakes), Bliss notes.

“Those have egg in them but we’ll probably make a vegan version for our customers this year as well.

“And then there’s our sufganiyah, which are a very special donut that we only make for Channukah. We’ll be making those starting on the 15th of the month and until the 25th.”

Michael Brennan, The Buckingham and Sailin’ On “I used to be very hard-line when I first started going to family dinners as a vegan. I definitely went through my fair share of uncles giving me a hard time,” says Michael Brennan with a laugh. He's the kitchen manager at The Buckingham and the owner of Sailin’ On. Now, Brennan says, he chooses his battles wisely for that one day of the year.

And what does he bring to the family feast?

“My go-to dish has always been a wild rice and pearl barley pilaf. Pretty much you just sauté some onions, throw in some wild rice and pearl barley, and cook it in some vegetable stock for about an hour. When it’s cooked, add some parsley, pomegranate, toasted pine nuts, and some lemon rind. It’s a festive colour, it’s simple, and it tastes great.”

“We also just did a Thanksgiving dinner here at The Buck where we made our own seitan turkey. And I’m a big fan of caramelized, roasted, Brussel sprouts. And stuffing is another great one; stuffing doesn’t need to be shoved inside a bird to be delicious.”

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so even if they want to bring something to the party that everybody can try, that can be good to show their family how easy it is. For example, Chinese people, we celebrate Chinese New Year, and for that we do hot pots. It’s like a holiday feast.

And hot pots are a [celebratory] dish that are very easy to make vegan.”

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DISH HOLIDAY FARE // WINE PAIRINGS

Easy pairings

Offset the heavy creams and fatty meats of holiday meals with wines high in acidity

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he holiday season is upon us. It’s time to get ready for those dinner party invites, and start thinking about perfect wine pairings. White wine with white meat and red wine with red meat won’t cut it anymore.

If you’re new to food and wine pairing, follow these simple guidelines to pick out a bottle that is sure to impress your dinner host. If you can, find out what is being served for dinner. It is often the food that causes more problems with pairings than the wine itself.

Foods high in fat or cooked in rich creamy sauces should be paired with wines that are high in acidity.

Acidity is not the same as sour. In wine it refers to the mouth-watering sensation that occurs after taking a sip. Wines high in acidity will cause your cheeks to salivate—this is a good thing.

The saliva acts to cut fat and cleanses your palate. It stops the richness of the dish from becoming too overwhelming. Think about the last time you had fish and chips, did you squeeze a few slices of lemon juice on the fish? The acidity in the lemon cuts through the oil and batter.

For white wines, look for Sauvignon Blanc from Chile, Chablis from France, Pinot Grigio from Northern Italy, or Assyrtiko from Greece. For reds try a Pinot Noir from Adelaide, Dolcetto from Italy, or treat yourself to an aged Gran Reserva Rioja from Spain.

If you love savoury recipes rich in umami—such as dried cured meats, stinky cheeses, or fermented vegetables—be careful not to pair these dishes with heavy tannic red wines. Umami flavours increase tannic bitterness in wine and decrease the bright fruity notes. To counterbalance the umami affect, pair your meal with red wines that are low in tannins, and are extra fruity. Try a Gamay from the Beaujolais, Valpolicella from Italy, or Merlot from the Napa Valley. All three reds are classically rich in ripe red fruits with low or soft plush tannins that won’t be drastically effected by umami flavours.

Lastly, if you’re a fan of chili heat, look for fruity wines with a little

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bit of sweetness. Sweetness in the wine will balance out the burning heat from chilies, causing the dish to seem less spicy. Grab a Riesling from the Mosel, try a demi-sec Vouvray made from Chenin Blanc, or a Gewürztraminer from the Okanagan.

Keep in mind that personal preferences do matter. At the end of the day, enjoy what you love to drink and have fun experimenting with new pairings this season.

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Divine beer for your turkey dinner Belgian beers are a great alternative to the typical, heavily spiced holiday fare

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reweries often offer up a beer during the holidays that has a variety of spicing—including clove, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and so on.

Usually this is achieved by adding various spices to the brew to bring out what most people consider “Christmas” flavours.

And by all means it works. The spicing—combined with a malt base brings a gentle sweetness, dark fruit and a slight warming—offers a beer perfectly appropriate for holiday celebrations. I have been known to partake of a Christmas ale or two myself.

I even brewed one once.

But this year I am avoiding the usual holiday offerings. For my seasonal beer selections, I am going

Belgian. The Belgians have always approached beer differently than anyone else. They like to go big, in terms of alcohol, and add quirky, angular flavours to their beer to make them more interesting.

Belgian-style beer is not for everyone. They tend to be more complex, offer an earthy and spicy character and just generally don’t taste like regular beer. But my gut tells me if someone likes a beer spiced with clove, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, they might be open to a Belgian ale.

Plus, as I think about it, I believe Belgian inspired ales are actually ideal for the holiday season. Their rich flavours accented by spice seem perfect for our celebrations at this time of year.

For example, if you want a Christmas beer, go no further than St. Bernardus Christmas Ale. This laic brewery—they are not connected to a monastery like many Belgian breweries—is known for its high quality Abbey-style ales. Their annual Christmas Ale finds a way to offer the kind of spice flavours consumers are looking for, but without adding a single spice.

All the heavy lifting comes from the yeast. The beer starts with a caramel, dark fruit character with raisin and plum—a particular highlight. Then a complex yet rounded spiciness kicks in. I can taste clove, cinnamon, earthy pepper, and other flavours. It seems to fit the season perfectly.

Amber lagers, brown ales, Irish red ales and the like are usually suggested as beer pairings when discussing the holiday turkey dinner. And they totally work. However, I have recently come to recognize the value of combining a Belgian tripel with your turkey meal. Light bodied and effervescent, it is not too demanding on the palate. Yet it brings a light pepperiness, an earthiness and hints of honey, light fruit (such as pear) and an alcohol warming that seems to match well with Christmas dinner (or as a digestif afterwards).

Classic examples available in these parts include Westmalle Tripel, Chimay White, Karmeliet Tripel and the version from the aforementioned

St. Bernardus. Canadians are slowly catching on to the divine character of tripel, but most offer it only as a seasonal. Unibroue, currently owned by a large multinational but still an amazing brewer of Belgian beer, has their Le Fin du Monde which would also work well.

Christmas demands a special beer.

But it doesn't have to be the welltread spiced ale. You can get the same experience by shifting to beer made for generations by Belgian brewers. Enjoy! V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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PREVUE // COMEDY

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Sun., Dec. 11 (8pm) Yellowhead Brewery, $5 at the door Ethan SIr //Supplied photo by Eric Newby

new hub for Edmonton comedy, organized and hosted by local comic Ethan Sir, is making its way to Yellowhead Brewery over the next four months.

Yellowhead Comedy Night will feature both local acts and bigger names, set in an intimate location.

Sir feels the location is ideal due to its low roof and comfortable sizing— appropriate for getting the audience close and invested in performances.

And also because... it's a brewery.

“It kind of had a cool feeling between an independent show with more of a club vibe, where you got to see really established headliners really do their thing for around 40 minutes,” Sir says.

The format consists of one to three local opening acts performing 10 to 15 minutes sets, followed by an established headliner finishing the night with a longer act.

Sean Lecomber is this month’s featured act, best known for his work with Just For Laughs, Halifax Comedy Festival, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and The Debaters.

“I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who doesn’t think he’s just on a whole other level. It’s not a stretch that he’s

one of the best comics that’s stayed in Canada,” he says.

Other future performers include local acts William Hannigan, Celeste Lampa and Brent Ehtun. He chose these specific performers for the opening because he knew their skills.

“A lot of people were really receptive and started messaging me right away,” Sir explains. “It wasn’t a first come, first serve basis because I wanted to be sure that the comics that we put up are going the make it the biggest banger possible."

With the comedy night scheduled for the next four months, Sir hopes to make the event a new landmark in the local comedy scene.

Although he believes Edmonton already has a thriving crop of venues and comedians, he doesn’t think it would hurt to have one more location to showcase talents.

“For the next few months, I’m hoping this can be something comedians can be psyched about because it’s a longer set,” Sir explains. “We have really good comedians—that personally I love watching—booked for the next few months.”

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PREVUE // COMEDY

Deck the LOL's with Success 5000

Comedy duo combine the release of their live album with local comedy and improv

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hy would you have a boring Robin Slack and Joshua Cross of Success 5000 // Supplied photo by Katie Cutting old album release when you could have a Christmas party comedy show?

Robyn Slack concurs.

Slack, one half of Success 5000 with partner Joshua Cross, are celebrating the release of their live comedy album We’ll Fix It In Post with a holiday themed variety show dubbed "Deck the LOLs".

Slack is excited about the group of artists that he and bandmate Cross have collected for the event.

“A lot of our line-up came from trying to represent as many facets of the art scene as possible,” Slack says. He kept in mind that—while he does have diverse tastes—each performer needs to gel in the comedy line-up.

“I don’t want my favourite black-metal or noise rock Fri., Dec. 16 (8:30pm) band to scare away some of Bohemia, $10 the comedy fans,” he says.

Stand-up comedian Lisa On top of er man in my lifetime?” asks Slack.

Baker is performing, and all that, “And never through any means that there will be music from folk co- the night is hosted by improviser I was expecting.”

When getting your work out medians the Space Nunz and rapper Tim Mikula. As for what to expect Mikey Maybe. Chris Borg’s Seuss- from Mikula, Slack isn’t sure—and there, Slack knows that creativity is paramount. icide is doing some improv, and of he likes it that way. course Success 5000 will be play“Is it weird to say that I’ve seen “We’ve noticed the trend with ing their brand of musical comedy. that man naked more than any oth- smaller bands lately is to release

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their album on cassette," Slack says. "It kind of feels that it is just a way to get a digital download code out there. No one is actually popping the cassette into their cassette player."

Using that logic, Slack and Cross thought about what they could do,

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in a more pragmatically festive way.

"We are releasing our album on Christmas ornaments," he says. "I’m relatively certain we are the first band to explore this medium. It is a source of pride for me."

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DIRT BUFFET CABARET • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • milezerodance.com • Curated by impresario Ben Gorodetsky, this series is geared towards presenting emerging artists of various artistic backgrounds, in a variety show format, with an audience that expects experimentation and unusual juxtapositions. Each show contains 6 acts • Dec 8, 9pm • $10 or best offer at the door

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St

paintspot.ca • Naess Gallery: The Three Sixty Five Project: Three Hundred and Sixty Five Days of Thirty Minute Drawings by Lon Wenger • Artisan Nook: Under the Microscope: mixed media works by Kristin Anderson • Both exhibits run Nov 24-Jan 5 • Reception: Dec 8, 7-9pm, artists in attendance

780.492.5717 • uanorth@ualberta.ca • Join UAlberta North and the University of Alberta Press for a reception, book launch, and conversation • Dec 14, 4:30-7:30pm • RSVP to uanorth@ualberta.ca or 780.492.5717

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

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NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM OF COUNTRY MUSIC • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, West Edmonton Mall, #2061 8882-170 St • 780.484.2424 • infoedmonton@ Jubilations.ca • edmonton.jubilations.ca • Nashville Tennessee is known as the legendary home of the Country Music Museum & Hall of Fame. On an average day the museum attracts thousands of visitors… but at night is when the real fun starts • Oct 28-Jan 22 (WedSun) • $33.25-$77.95

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INTERVIEW // SKI CLUB

SNOW ZONE

Ken Saunders, executive director of the Edmonton Ski Club // Shawn Bernard

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ithin the ski industry, there are few people who are happy about this year’s lack of snow.

Ken Saunders is one of the few with a smile on his face. As the executive director of the Edmonton Ski Club, Saunders found himself in the unusual situation of looking forward to warm fall weather as he struggled to get one of Canada’s oldest ski clubs up and running.

It all stems from the one thing other than snow that makes the ski industry tick—money. Or in the case of the Edmonton Ski Club, a lack of it. That was until this fall when Edmonton city council gave the club a life line, and a full seat at the table in the redevelopment of the entire Gallagher Hill, Connors Hill, and the Cloverdale area.

“The late start to winter has been a God-send,” admits Saunders. “We were a month behind on everything.”

City funding—to the tune of $388,000—wasn’t decided on until late September, and the actual money didn’t arrive until a few weeks after that. Preparations for the upcoming season were done largely on faith and good will.

“There was a lot of stress. People just had to trust they would get paid,” Saunders says.

How the club wound up in this situation is a complicated history of bad decisions and poor management. In recent decades, Edmonton’s other ski hills have been able to capitalize on the city’s ballooning population and growing interest in outdoor winter pursuits through aggressive marketing and then continued reinvestment back into facilities and lifts. Over this same period the club became increasingly insular as the organizers and volunteers of the two main clubs that use the Edmonton Ski Club as their

home base—the Edmonton Alpine Ski Racing Society and the Edmonton Freestyle Ski Club—gradually became the organizers and volunteers that ran the ski hill as well.

“It was not that inviting to the public,” says Saunders, who sees both sides of the issue as he was club president for the last five years, but was first introduced to the club as a parent with children in the freestyle club.

Little revenue has been generated from the hill for years, making investment into the facilities challenging. As a result, the club now has an old clubhouse, and is the only hill without a chair or carpet lift in the Edmonton area.

Today, the entire issue of the Edmonton Ski Club’s future is set against the looming backdrop of the new LRT line that will stop right at the foot of the ski hill. When the club delivered its master plan to the city two years ago, it was decided that it should really be the Gallagher Park master plan since all stakeholders—including the Muttart Conservatory, the Cloverdale Community Association, and the Edmonton Folk Music Festival—will be impacted by the LRT. “That was great,” says Saunders. “It’s what we always wanted. We are now at a point of influence with the city.

We’re at the table with city planners.”

The city’s decision to extend financial aid to the club this fall followed a three year period in which it had shown its value to the city by growing the business, as well as attendance at the hill. The club also contributed to the community through events such as free skiing on Friday evenings.

“Council said we had proved it will work, and they wanted to make it work as well.”

Part of city’s aid package stipulated

that Saunders become the executive director of the club, meaning he would get paid for the volunteer work he's been doing for the last five years.

“It was always a dream to do what I enjoy doing as a volunteer and get paid for it,” he says.

With funding in place for the current winter, and a commitment from the city to make the club a part of the Gallagher Hill redesign, the Edmonton Ski Club is in good shape for this season, and in the long term—but Saunders worries about the interim years before the redevelopment begins.

“The next four or five years will be critical. We’re still two years away from the city presenting its master plan for the area, so realistically it will be about five years before any redevelopment starts,” he says.

The redevelopment could hold a tantalizing array of options for the club.

Ideas being floated include adding another pyramid to match the Muttart Conservatory’s iconic design, or making a clubhouse that features a stage and seating area that could also be used by the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.

“Or how about a zipline that goes from downtown and ends at the Edmonton Ski Club,” a smiling Saunders wonders aloud.

“I’m so excited about how we’ve come to this point, but what lies before us is such an opportunity. It’s a monumental chance to significantly change how downtown looks with a properly developed Edmonton Ski Club.”

The 106th year of skiing at the Edmonton Ski Club should begin this weekend but, as always, the opening will depend on the weather. For many at the club, it will be a relief.

A late start is better than no start at all.

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INTERVIEW // GUIDE

SNOW ZONE

'Most people have never seen a bison' Watchable Wildlife company offers an opportunity to view animals with an experienced guide

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atchable Wildlife’s Wayne L. Millar offers a unique service for animal lovers and photographers.

As a recognized tour guide in Elk Island National Park for 17 years, Millar assists animal lovers, amateur photographers, international tourists and outdoors enthusiasts in observing nature and wildlife in the park.

“If it is a local person, I take them and show them how to see the park by themselves,” Millar says. “Because I’m not one of these people that are trying to get ten sales from the same individual. I’m happy to show them the park so they can do it themselves.”

An average Winter Wildlife tour around Elk Island National Park takes Millar and his guests approximately four hours. During this time there's the possibility of seeing plains bison, deer, elk, coyote, moose, porcupines, and resident birds.

Millar supplies an array of food for the tour—ranging from ribs or steak to simple snacks—cooking on either open fire or a butane grill.

Respect for the land and animals is paramount in Millar’s eyes. He stresses that Elk Island is a park and not a zoo. Although he can’t make promises about the volume of wildlife each guest will encounter, he enjoys the experience of touring with his customers and seeing their varied reactions.

“Most people have never seen a bison,” Millar says. “Let alone one

six yards away. Some people get excited, other people get really nervous.”

All winter

Many of his clients are Winter Wildlife Tour from outside Edmonton Elk Island National Park, $95-$120 and overseas, and range birdsandbackcountry.com from businessmen to avid hunters.

Millar stresses common sense when approaching or photographing the wildlife.

“They’ll want to get out and maybe take a picture of an animal very close. I’ll say ‘fine, just stay on this side of the vehicle, don’t slam your door, close it quietly and shoot the photo over the vehicle.’”

For those interested in going to the park for their own excursion, he recommends phoning into the park to verify when it closes, and to be mindful of how dark it gets during the winter months. Bear in mind that Alberta loses four minutes of daylight every day from Jun. 22 to Dec. 21, and gains four minutes from Dec. 22 to Jun. 21, he says.

For dress, he recommends a warm winter jacket, waterproof footwear, mittens, and ear coverage—depending on the harshness of winter.

Prices range from $95 to $120 per person for the four-hour Winter Wildlife tour. If interested in a private tour, Millar asks for an additional $45 to cover costs for his "hobby business."

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Field guide Wayne L. Millar of Watchable Wildlife //Jason Symington

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on Berezan loves gore.

But as a youngster, horror films were taboo in his house, and the Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krugers of the slasher film world were frowned upon. Good thing it didn't last.

“Once my brother and I started to get shipped to Vancouver every summer to hang out with relatives, we could go rent anything we wanted," Berezan says. "Thus the horror obsession truly began."

Berezan gorged on his favourites (including John Carpenter’s The Thing), and has turned an obsession into a career.

The special effects make-up artist was born and raised in Edmonton, and is currently living in BC for work. He has worked on shows like The Expanse, Fringe, Arrow, and most recently with director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy). He worked with Gunn on The Belko Experiment, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be fully released on March 17, 2017.

Vice recently called Belko “insanely

violent,” and it turns out that the violence in the film isn’t the only insane part of it.

“It was one hell of a ride,” Berezan says. “I was flown down to Bogota, Colombia, with one other person I only sort of knew at the time, Rachel Griffin (Stargate SG1, Sucker Punch, Fringe), to work with an 85 percent Spanish crew for six weeks. It was a mixture of excitement and sheer terror. We filmed all over the place around Bogota. Some areas were safer than others.”

Pulling 16 to 17 hour days, Berezan made dummies look burned, beaten, and destroyed. He went through gallons of fake blood.

“A day didn't go by that I wasn't up to my elbows in blood and fake brains,” he says. “My clothes were constantly stained with matter by the end of the day. My laundry bills were ridiculous.

Needless to say, it's a gross movie.”

Gross movies aside, Berezan’s heart still beats in Edmonton. While he works elsewhere to pay his bills, he still has a deep love for the Alberta

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capital. While waxing philosophical about filming in Edmonton, he fondly mentioned the river valley, the Garneau area, Yellowhead Brewery and parts of the U of A campus. Berezan also talked about the Alberta film scene overall.

“Edmonton and Alberta in general, are sitting on a gold mine of fantastic places to film,” Berezan says. “There are prairies, mountains, desert, forests, snow, pretty much any condition one could ask for. And beautiful locations as well.”

He points to the success of the BC government in fostering their film scene, and would like to see more of that in Alberta.

"Filmmakers should be asking their local MP about offering film tax breaks," he says. "Productions are always looking for new and exciting places to film and Edmonton is a heck of a lot closer to Los Angeles.”

You can take the boy out of Edmonton but... you know what I mean.

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REVUE // DRAMA

The philosophy of middle age Things to Come strips away the veneer of one woman's life

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ia Hansen-Løve’s (Eden) run of quite-good-but-not-great films continues with philosophyteacher drama Things to Come (its French title is, aptly, the more abstract L’avenir). In its dialectic-like playing-off of words against action, it can seem like an extreme epitome of Gallic cinema, so often concerned with public conversations verses personal affairs and finding the emotions in-between. But the movie is elevated by two intriguingly digressive moments.

The questioning teacher in question is Nathalie Chazeaux (Isabelle Huppert). She seems to lead a comfortable bourgeois existence: lecturing, publishing books, a married life in a tome-filled apartment, seeing her two kids often. She’s still close to a former star pupil, Fabien (Roman Kolinka), so determined to be more activist that he moves with comrades to a farmhouse in France’s Rhône-Alpes region

(Chazeaux, as it happens, is the name of a small town there). But with her mother’s health failing and her husband leaving her, Nathalie’s life is stripped away.

In the counterpointing of Nathalie the teacher’s large questions with Nathalie the wife and daughter’s near-constant hustle and bustle in her little life—she must even cut a class short to attend another cry for help from her dramatic mother—Things to Come is a portrait of one woman’s harried, frayed, busy late middle age. It can seem a bit skittish (and commits that Euro-film mistake of over-playing English songs for profundity). But there are striking moments of emotional abandon (both Nathalie and her daughter have sudden crying jags), a lovely subplot involving Nathalie’s one reluctant inheritance—her mother’s cat—amid so many losses, and Nathalie and Fabien’s friendship turns a little, late

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Those scenes are both on the Brittany coast, where we linger not alongside Nathalie but her husband, Heinz (André Marcon), who ruminates on . . . well, it’s that question and those two moments which nudge Things to Come into some place deeper and stranger at last.

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he Mediterranean island Lampedusa is about 20-square kilometres, and home to about 6,300 Italians. It lies closer to Tunisia than to Sicily; its name may come from the Greek for “torch,” because of lights placed outside for sailors. Those sailing to Lampedusa in Fire at Sea, though, scanned for in the night-shrouded ocean by a searchlight’s blue halo, are migrants from Africa. In many boats, those who can’t afford “first class” are packed in below deck, some of them starving, dehydrating, dying.

Around 400,000 migrants have landed at Lampedusa in the past 20 years; around 15,000 have died in the Straits of Sicily.

Gianfranco Rosi’s brilliant crosscutting narrative opens, though, with local boy Samuele cutting off the end of a tree branch to whittle it into a slingshot. We watch

a community-radio DJ playing requests (one’s the folk song Fuocoammare—“Fire at Sea”—about a war ship, hit by Allied bombs, that burned in the island’s harbour).

Another radio we soon hear carries a voice to a coast guard vessel: “Can you help us? We are sinking.”

The realism of two very different worlds, brought together, is sharpened; we realize how relative our struggles are. Samuele, feeling stressed, gets a check-up from Dr. Pietro Bartolo, during which he explains that his special glasses are for a lazy eye. But we’ve already seen rescue workers in full protective scrubs helping black men and women off a boat and then migrant after migrant, sloughing off their bright, crinkly thermal blankets for a moment, patted down in a hallway by police in face-masks.

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“Everything is changing and it’s kind of wonderful,” says vocalist Rody Walker. “Declining records sales have been a catalyst to invention and people are creating all sorts of things all the time like crowd sourcing, Patreon and even the Bandcamp subscription things.

We’re always waiting for the new one to come up.”

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tion basis—each track being released on the 15th of the month.

“We started with two songs written, so the first ones weren’t very stressful,” says Walker. “But then as soon as month three came around it was like: ‘Well alright, four weeks to get our asses in gear.’”

Self-imposed deadlines put pressure on the members to come up with clear-cut concepts for new original material. Although they weren’t sure what the end result would be, they had always envisioned putting out an EP by the end of the sessions.

“You don’t know what’s going to come out of it and then at the end of the month you’ve got to release it whether it’s good or not,” Walker

says of the process. “There’s no time to go back over it and polish out any of the dints or whatever.”

This marks the first time they’ve written tunes with their drummer of three years, Michael Ieradi. His guitar background helped give Protest The Hero another influence to draw from during the sessions.

Walker feels Ieradi’s influence helped form the band into a more efficient writing machine.

“There is an evolution that has taken place for the better, in relation to our band,” Walker says. “I don’t know if it’s a maturity or it’s a better sense of what we want to be writing—a closer image of that song we have in our heads that we’re trying to achieve.”

Fast, catchy and technical is that sound. Protest The Hero aren’t mindful of the labels put on their music by others. One term that follows them around frequently is “Math Metal.” Walker explains the term is thrown around as a way to describe bands with technical time signatures, although he jokingly mentions he’s also fine with being called a “Wizard Screamo band.”

“Really, we’re throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks,” he says of PTH’s sound. “There’s no formula, there’s no equation. It seems like genres these days are just things for people to argue over on Reddit.”

However you slice it, Pacific Myth is a hard-hitting, melodic ride through

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their trippy soundscape. Although Walker isn’t sure if they’ll take the subscription-based route for their upcoming projects, Protest The Hero are proving the options are nearly limitless.

“Who knows, maybe we’ll end up signing back up with a record label or putting out more traditional albums," he says. "I think we’re living in exciting times.”

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Scenic Route To Alaska // Thurs., Dec. 8 (9 PM) The pop/rockers return home from their “Long Walk Home” European tour—which saw them make stops in Germany, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Sonic 102.9 serve as host to the showcase, featuring guests Altameda and Joe Nolan & The Dogs. (The Needle, $12 in advance, $15 at the door)

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Hail Taxi // Thurs., Dec. 8 (8 PM) Nathaniel Sutton’s haunting new EP, Apart For So Long, showcases his ability to seamlessly fuse acoustic and electric elements.

The EP’s first track “Crystal Clear” has a Buck 65 vibe—faintly rapped verses and a hook that sticks with you. (Arcadia, entry by donation)

Ryan Davidson Trio // Mon., Dec. 12 (7 PM) With over two decades of experience, Davidson’s guitar chops vary from jazzy to heavily experimental. The other two members of the instrumental project only stoke his fire, complementing Davidson with abrasive drumming and dense basslines.

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t was three years ago this month that Edmonton’s Two Bears North, headed by Sophie Heppell and Melissa Walker, released their debut album, Comeocean.

A catchy, hook laden pop album, Comeocean was awarded Album of the Year by Gig City, and won the People’s Choice Award at the 2014 Edmonton Music Awards.

On December 10, they will release "Just the Sea," the first single off their unreleased follow-up, Let the Air Clear.

As singles go, Two Bears North has struck a chord with this track.

Emblematic of the bands signature indie/pop style, Heppells vocals and lyrical phrasing are both soothing in delivery and provocative in content. Just the Sea is the kind of song that leaves you humming the melody while lost in personal reflection. Walker's bass and Nich Davies' drumming deftly execute an uptempo and danceable rhythm that carries Heppells voice expertly through the full three minutes.

However, there is more to this band than hooks. From its formation in 2012, there has been message at the band's core.

“The band's name is a euphemism for bipolar [disorder]” Heppell explains. Walker's father, who lives with the condition, often referred to his circumstance as “the old two bears north.” Just take a moment to let the pun hit you.

This struggle between poles— between action and inaction, love and hate, darkness and light—has occupied Heppell’s song writing from the start. In conversation she speaks slowly with consideration and thought, but behind it you can hear the pull of doubt.

“I struggle with self doubt and feeling like a phony, calling myself

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an artist. I struggle with that a lot, but I’m told everyone feels that way,” she says with a half smile.

On Just the Sea, she laments, “This nausea's from another source, inner ache a strong remorse / Your words are biting like a shark teeth are bared eyes are dark (Cut me, crush me, but never quite kill me.)”

Over the almost four years between full-length releases, Heppell and Walker have fought hard to keep the band's vision alive.

Without the support of a Canadian label they have completed several North American and European tours, fought with a colourful cast of drummers—having recently jettisoned one at a Greyhound station in Vermont—and made the financially torturous decision to almost completely re-record Let the Air Clear when the opportunity to work with producer Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara/The New Pornographers) presented itself.

“That was the turning point for our band” Heppell recalls.

Let the Air Clear had been in the can for close to year, and was being prepped for release. Unsatisfied with the sound, Heppell and Walker returned to the studio with Redekopp to undertake the task a second time. The result? “He really [got] what we’re going for,” says Heppell.

When Heppell speaks about her new record there is a sense that she feels the ethos of the band is intact.

“Honesty, passion, and intensity…

In our personal lives we’re uncomfortable sitting still and being complacent and I think that our music portrays that. It’s call to action… to not be satisfied”.

SHAWN BERNARD

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PREVUE // SYNTH

Interchangeable (p)arts

Half Moon Run continue to expand their sound while on tour down a synth-driven path with reverberated vocals. The next, you’re sailing along a acid-trip daydream with “Hands In The Garden.”

No matter what direction the album turns, it’s still authentically Half Moon Run. “We’re all creators and writers in this band and sometimes there are songs that are more a group effort, and other times there’s songs that are more one person’s thing that we kind of let happen as part of the name Half Moon Run,” says vocalist/drummer/keyboardist Dylan Phillips.

Half Moon Run have come quite a ways from driving a broken-down Dodge Caravan and asking fans for a place to crash.

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t’s nice to have options. Montreal’s Half Moon Run has the luxury of having almost too many options.

Each member plays at least two different instruments on their latest

album, Sun Leads Me On. It’s a mixed bag of influences, but the album ties together as a focused musical statement.

One minute, the Radiohead-esque jam “Consider Yourself” meanders

Their debut album Dark Eyes was a resounding hit, paying off for the previous years they spent on the road.

“Putting in that kind of groundwork, doing it for years and finally having a chance to play in incredible venues across the country; and to be able to fill the venues and have good production for the shows, feeling like we have matured as musicians and present a good show... it feels just really good all around,” Phillips says.

One of those recent venues was Massey Hall in Toronto, which Phillips described as having tangible historical vibrations in the walls.

Half Moon Run had time off before the beginning of their current tour, giving the members time to noodle around on some new ideas. They’ve been working on those fragments during tour soundchecks, and hope to get into a practice space to stretch

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“It’s a very open creative environment, and we encourage each other to do whatever [we] want,” Phillips says of the writing process. “And if someone does their own thing, it’s totally possible it will be under the name Half Moon Run.” Fans can expect a mix of songs from both albums to make the set list—fast, slow, and everything in between—as well as an enhanced light show.

“We have confidence in the show we’ve practiced so much and the music we have to present,” Phillips says. “We give everything we can to just try and make it the most special show we can.”

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PREVUE // POP

Lia Cole moves away from country music that’s popular.”

She received the Global Country Star Search in 2014, and won a trip to Nashville. While the experience helped her grow as an artist, she didn’t feel country music was her true calling.

Before the trip, Cole had been working on a pop/R&B styled EP. While in Nashville, she came to the firm realization that country wasn’t the right fit for her.

“Even from a young age, I’ve always been in love with R&B, pop, and Top 40. I’ve always known I wanted to be a pop artist, it was just finding my way along that road,” Cole says. “I felt like I had to pretend to be country," Cole says.

Currently, Cole is working on a new EP with a hand from Edmonton pro-

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ia Cole has made a vast musical transition while still in her teenage years.

Her country roots have given way to a pop/R&B sound that feels more natural for her at this stage in

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“I started out with country music, honestly, because my dad really liked it,” Cole says. “He was always playing it on the radio, and we’re in Alberta and this is the kind of music

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Cole says. “I started to put it away and really focused on my vocals and now I’m not afraid to put my guitar down and just perform with just a mic stand and really have a good time.”

She is now applying for grants to expand the EP’s track-list, as well as releasing a high-end YouTube video each month—produced by marketing agency, Planit Sound.

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“The direction I want to go is pretty different than my last EP. I want it to be more mature sounding but still really pop/R&B,” Cole says of the upcoming record. “I have four songs picked already, and now we’re just kind of getting the right sound for them.”

In past performances, Cole would start out a show with an acoustic guitar and drummer, progressing into electric guitar, and finally removing guitars altogether and performing with back-up dancers.

Cole explained how she’s been able to step out from behind the safety of her six-string.

“I used to always play with my guitar, but it was kind of outshining my voice,”

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Movement Fridays; 8pm

Chenoweth; 8-11pm; No cover

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Sailor; Every Fri-Sat, 7pm; No cover

Concert Series: Joel Gray, trumpet; Tammy-Jo Mortensen, organ & piano; 12:10-12:50pm; Admission by freewill offering

Fuzz (blues/rock) with Tallest To Shortest and Wheels of Industry; 8pm; $10 (adv)

Time Warp Late Night Throwback Dance Party with DJs Joses Martin & Thomas Culture VJ Owen; Every Fri, 11:30pm; $5 (door)

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

DJs

Edmonton's best solo musicians

Christmas Musical Roadshow; 7:30pm ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Advent

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl: Rock N' Roll, Funk & Soul with DJ Modest Mike; Every Thu; Wooftop Lounge: Dear Hip Hop with Freshlan; Underdog: Underdog Comedy Show

THE COMMON The Common

Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

House Function Thursdays; 9pm

MERCURY ROOM Double

Happy Hour featuring Olivia Rose Leaf; 5:30pm

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

O'BYRNE'S IRISH PUB

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

ON THE ROCKS Stiletto;

9pm; $5 PALACE CASINO The Last

Calls; 9:30pm ROSE & CROWN PUB Adam

Holm (folk/pop); 9pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 69

Ave (rock) SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Cody Mack

(alternative/rock); 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Joanne Janzen (adult contemporary/country/ pop); 9pm

Y AFTERHOURS Freedom

Fridays

SAT DEC 10

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Turnbike; 9pm; $5

TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE

Nova Scotiables; 9pm BAILEY THEATRE–CAMROSE

The Ennis Sisters East Coast Christmas; 8pm; $35 at the Bailey Box Office

Mikey Wong and his lineup of guest DJs YARDBIRD SUITE A Perfectly Frank Christmas: Tommy Banks and Johnny Summers with the Don Berner Big Band; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $26 (members), $30 (guests)

Circle Jam; 7:30-11:30pm HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE Bistro Jazz; Every

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH Winter Stars:

presented by the Kokopelli Choir Association; 2-4:30pm & 7-9:30pm

northlands.com

WINSPEAR CENTRE Pro

Coro Canada: Handel's Messiah with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; $24-$75

LIZARD LOUNGE Jam Night; Every Thu, 7-11pm

FRI DEC 9

MERCURY ROOM Crystal

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

TIRAMISU BISTRO Live music every Fri with local musicians

Nova Scotiables; 9pm

UNION HALL Gareth Emery

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Thirst n'

– 100 Reasons to Live Tour; 9pm; 18+ only

Garden (rock) with Boyd Tinsley and Darren Frank; 8pm; $12 (adv) MOONSHINERS

Moonshiners Jam Night with Rockin' Rod; Every Thu, 7pm; No minors NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu

open stage; 7pm Happy Hour featuring Rott'n Dan and the Lightnin' Child; 5:30pm • Scenic Route to Alaska; 9pm NORTH GLENORA HALL

Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; 7pm O’BYRNE’S IRISH PUB Live

music RICHARD’S PUB Soul Train

Howl; 8:30-10:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Big Dave

McLean; 9pm BOHEMIA RUDE NiTE OUT

Act XII: Extra–Family Friendly DH011 EP Release; 8pm; Admission by donation; 18+ only

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

Thursday's; Every Thu WOODRACK CAFÉ Birdie

McLean; 9pm BOHEMIA Anatomy Cats

(Last Show!), Abandin All Hope, Feminal Fluids BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

CAFE BLACKBIRD The Jack

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Big

TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Karaoke

Wooftop: Sound It Up!

LA CITÉ FRANCOPHONE

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

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

stage with Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am

BLUES ON WHYTE Big Dave

Classical

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Karaoke Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am

TAVERN ON WHYTE Open

Main Floor: DJ Chris Bruce

with guests Element Orange, Desperado Pilots; 8pm; $20; 18+ only

Semple Trio; 8pm; $35

Blues every Thu: Dr Blu; 7-11pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Hair of the Dog: Erin Ross; 4-6pm; no cover

each week with a different band each week; 8pm

Live music; Every Fri; Free

SANDS INN & SUITES

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Live

Fridays; Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation

DJs

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

BOURBON ROOM Live music

BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB

CAFE BLACKBIRD The Jack

Daddy Thursday Jam. With host Randy Big Daddy Forsberg; 7pm

WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK Live Music

or online

YARDBIRD SUITE A Perfectly Frank Christmas: Tommy Banks and Johnny Summers with the Don Berner Big Band; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $26 (members), $30 (guests)

Live-Single and couple dance; Every Thu, 7:3010:30pm; Free

on a Branch; 2nd Thu of every month, 7-8:30pm; No cover (donations welcome)

Heather Mckenzie; 9pm

Symphonic Christmas; 121pm; Donations accepted WINSPEAR CENTRE ESO

& Winspear Overture Tour; 12-1pm • Pro Coro Canada: Handel's Messiah with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; $24-$75

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

Live music; Every Sat; Free BOURBON ROOM Live music

each week with a different band each week; 9pm BRIXX BAR One Bad Son

Semple Trio; 8pm; $35 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

Heather Mckenzie; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

Open mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO EDMONTON Mojave

Iguanas (country rock); 9pm CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT Vera; 9pm; Free DV8 Tessitura, These

Colours Don't Run, Tides of Kharon & Solarcoven; 9pm; $10

Iguanas (country rock); 9pm

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

3-7pm

CASINO YELLOWHEAD

THE BOWER Strictly Goods:

HAVE MERCY Old Jack Tap

Old school and new school hip hop & R&B with DJ Twist, Sonny Grimez, and Marlon English; every Fri

HORIZON STAGE Ken

THE COMMON Quality

IRONGATE PUB Bryant

CASINO EDMONTON Mojave

M*A*R*S (chinese and vintage rock and roll); 9pm CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT Vera; 9pm; Free DENIZEN HALL The

Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer; 6pm; $20 (adv) DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY

Jimmy Whiffen; 9pm FIONN MACCOOL'S– DOWNTOWN Ben Sures;

5pm

20 MUSIC

(alternative/rock); 9pm

Festive Brass: presented by the Mill Creek Colliery Band; 7:30pm

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edmonton.cnty.com

Wreck; 9pm; $10 SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Cody Mack

ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL

L.B.'S PUB Open Jam hosted by Cody Forsberg; 7-11pm

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT CENTURY CASINO AND TICKETMASTER

Holm (folk/pop); 9pm SEWING MACHINE FACTORY

BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Open stage with host Naomi Carmack; 8pm every Thu

COMING SOON: CHILLIWACK, HONEYMOON SUITE, IRISH DESCENDANTS AND MORE!

ROSE & CROWN PUB Adam

Classical

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE

SATURDAY DEC 31

PALACE CASINO The Last

Calls; 9:30pm

Joanne Janzen (adult contemporary/country/ pop); 9pm

ARCADIA BAR 780

Thu, 7:30pm; Free

NEW YE AR'S EVE BAS H!

ON THE ROCKS Stiletto;

9pm; $5

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Train

Electric Fridays; Every Fri, 9pm; No minors

FIDDLER'S ROOST Acoustic

DEC 9 & 10

Saturday Country Jam (country); Every Sat, 3pm

VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB

Every Thu, 7pm

BYRON BERTRAM

NEW WEST HOTEL Early:

Xmas Disco! Mandible Klaw with Vibes, Nothing New, Underbite, and more; 8pm; $10 (door)

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE Karaoke;

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

Mother Mother and guests; 9pm

Artzy Flowz: featuring DJs and artists teaming up; 9pm

DENIZEN HALL Taking Back Thursdays: weekly punk, alternative and hardcore music; Every Thu, 8pm

COMEDY AT THE CENTURY CASINO

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

VUEWEEKLY.com | DEC 08 – DEC 14, 2016

Control Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

Resident DJs playing the best in Hip Hop, Dance, Indie Dance, T40 & Classics; Every Fri-Sat;

GAS PUMP Saturday Jam;

Lavigne Christmas Radio Road Show; 7:30pm; $40 (adult), $35 (students) Sailor; Every Fri-Sat, 7pm; No cover LB'S PUB The Oddibles

(rock/pop/indie); 9pm; No minors LEAF BAR AND GRILL Live

music; 9:30pm

spins Britpop/Punk/ Garage/Indie; Every Sat; with DJ Sonny Grimezz spinning classic Hip-Hop and Reggae; Underdog: Hip Hop open Mic followed by DJ Marack THE BOWER For Those Who

Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with Wright & Wong, Dane EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

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

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

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

Wong every Sat THE PROVINCIAL PUB

Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJ Maurice; 9pm-2am SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Psyturdays: various DJs; 9pm SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM

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

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,

CHURCH In Terra Pax:

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

Christmas Choir Concert; 5-6:30pm; $15 (adults), $10 (students/seniors), free for kids under 5

instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm

Y AFTERHOURS Release

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

RED PIANO BAR Swingin'

JOY TO THE WORLD 2016 Featuring Justine Vandergrift with Lucette, Swear By The Moon and more; 6:30pm; $15 (adv), $20 (door)

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

Saturdays

SUN DEC 11 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday

Jazz Brunch - Acellorosa; 9am-2:30pm; Cover by donations BLUES ON WHYTE Big Dave

McLean; 9pm CAFE BLACKBIRD The Jazz

WINSPEAR CENTRE Pro

Coro Canada: Handel's Messiah with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; $24-$75

Quintessential; 7:30pm; $15

DJs

DANCE CODE STUDIO

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Flamenco Guitar Classes; Every Sun, 11:30am12:30pm DIVERSION LOUNGE Sunday

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

Main Floor: DJ Zyppy;

Every Sun

MON DEC 12 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Wooftop: Metal Mondays

with Metal Phil from CJSR's Heavy Metal Lunchbox

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

Welbourn; 9pm

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN Soul

CAFE BLACKBIRD Edmonton

Sunday Brunch Crystal Eyo and Angela Proulx; 12pm; No cover • Scenic Route to Alaska with guests; 3pm; $8-$15 • Karimah and the Wayfines; 8pm; No cover O’BYRNE’S Open mic every

Sun; 9:30pm ON THE ROCKS Six String

Loaded with Hungry Hallow; 7-11:30pm; $5

BLUES ON WHYTE Jordan

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

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

RICHARD'S PUB Mark Ammar's Sunday Sessions Jam; Every Sun, 4-8pm

KELLY'S PUB Open stage;

SANDS INN & SUITES Open

Davidson Trio (jazz); 7pm; $10 (adv)

Jam; Every Sun, 7-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 3rd

Annual Rock n Roll Food drive

Classical ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Breath of

Heaven: presented by the Concordia Community Chorus, Bella Voce Ensemble, and Jubiloso!

Bells of Concordia; 3pm ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Every Mon, 9pm MERCURY ROOM Ryan

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Happy Hour featuring Soft March; 5:30pm • Lia Colewith Paul Woida; 9pm; No cover NEW WEST HOTEL Doug &

The Hurtin Horseman; 9pm ON THE ROCKS Killer Karaoke Monday PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Wild

Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Association: Acoustic

Mondays; 8-11pm SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A

Open Mic Night hosted by Adam Holm; Every Mon SIDELINER’S PUB Singer/

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE

Happy Hour - Rising Star featuring Dayna Walker & Spencer Vaughn; 5:30pm • Big Dreamer Jam featuring Nick Samoil; 8pm

Karaoke Kraziness with host Ryan Kasteel; 8pm2am

NEW WEST HOTEL Doug &

The Hurtin Horseman; 9pm O’BYRNE’S Guinness

NEW WEST HOTEL Doug &

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic

Crazy Dave's Rock & Roll Renegade Jam; 7:30pm

Classical

Classical

DJs

UNITARIAN CHURCH OF EDMONTON Peace & Joy:

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

EVM's annual Christmas event with carols and Chorealis

spins Britpop/Punk/ Garage/Indie; Every Tue

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Substance with

Eddie Lunchpail

WINSPEAR CENTRE The

Music of Star Wars; 8pm; $39-$69

Main Floor: Chris Bruce

EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR

TUE DEC 13

Patrol; 9pm

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

Jam Circle; 7:30-11:30pm GAS PUMP Karaoke;

9:30pm HAVE MERCY DJ Thomas

BOURBON ROOM Acoustic

singer songwriter jam; Every Wed, 8pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations; Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm • Wednesday Night Jazz; Every Wed, 9pm BRIXX BAR Pigeon Park

with guests Diemonds and more; 8pm (doors); $12; 18+ only

Culture spinning Outlaw Country and 70s Rock; Every Tue

open mic with host Duff Robison; 8pm

KELLY'S PUB Open Stage:

GAS PUMP Karaoke;

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

Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm; No charge

Karaoke Wednesday RED PIANO BAR Wed Night

Live: hosted by dueling piano players

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

9:30pm HAVE MERCY Whiskey

Wednesdays Live Piano Karaoke featuring the Fab Tiff Hall; Every Wed, 8:30pm

Karaoke; 9pm

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

424.0077, yourgaybar.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 7308-76 Ave, 780.439.9788, fiddlersroost.ca GAS PUMP NIGHT CLUB & BAR 10166-114 St HAVE MERCY SOUTHERN TABLE + BAR 8232 Gateway Blvd

HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave NW, 780.433.5530, holytrinity.ab.ca HORIZON STAGE 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995, horizonstage.com HUMMINGBIRD BISTRO CAFE 8336-160 Ave, 780.401.3313, hummingbirdbistro.ca IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 IRONGATE PUB 12424-118 Ave NW J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JUBILEE AUDITORIUM 1145587 Ave NW, 780.427.2760, jubileeauditorium.com KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St NW, 780.451.8825, kellyspubedmonton.com LA CITE FRANCOPHONE 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LIZARD LOUNGE 11827 St. Albert Tr, 780.451.9180, facebook.com/ The-Lizard-Lounge MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 MacDonald Dr NW, mcdougallunited.com MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MUTTART HALL 10050 Macdonald Dr, 780.633.3725 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN 10524 Jasper Ave, 780.756.9045, theneedle.ca NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999

DEC/16

MRG CONCERTS & FOURCE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

DEC/17

Moon Run; 8pm; $29$36.50

@ Noon Benefit Concert Series; 12-1pm; Free

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

AESOP ROCK UBK PRESENTS

FUNK HUNTERS

DEC/23 A CHRISTMAS BASH STARLITE & SONIC 102.9 ARE PROUD TO PRESENT

FEAT. ROYAL TUSK W/ THRILLHOUSE (FAREWELL SHOW) & THE UNFORTUNATES

DEC/31

UBK PRESENTS

UBK NYE

W/ MAT THE ALIEN, FLAVOURS, & MORE

Classical MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH Christmas Music

W/ A WILHELM SCREAM, AURAS, & CYCLAMAN

FUNK THE HALLS TOUR

Wednesday's; Every Wed WINSPEAR CENTRE Half

PROTEST THE HERO W/ ROB SONIC, & DJ ZONE

TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY Live music

JAN/25 US THE DUO W/ HAILEY KNOX LIVENATION.COM PRESENTS

THE STARLITE ROOM IS A PRIVATE VENUE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS. IF YOU REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP YOU CAN PURCHASE ONE AT THE VENUE PRIOR TO / OR AFTER THE DOOR TIMES FOR EACH SHOW.

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee;

Every Wed PINT DOWNTOWN Wild Wing

Wednesdays at the Pint with DJ Thomas Culture; Every Wed, 10pm RANCH ROADHOUSE DJ

Shocker and Seelo Mondo; Every Wed

DEC/10

STARLITE ROOM & LTD ARE PROUD TO PRESENT

ONE BAD SON W/ GUESTS

VENUEGUIDE 9910 9910B-109 St NW, 780.709.4734, 99ten.ca ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 THE ALMANAC 10351-82 Ave, 780.760.4567, almanaconwhyte. com ARCADIA BAR 10988-124 St, 780.916.1842, arcadiayeg.com ARDEN THEATRE 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1542, stalbert.ca/ experience/arden-theatre ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL 7704 Calgary Trail South, 780.432.4611, atlantictrapandgill.com THE AVIARY 9314-111 Ave, 780.233.3635, facebook.com/ arteryyeg BAILEY THEATRE 5041-50 St, Camrose, 780. 672.5510, baileytheatre.com BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH 298 Bethel Dr, Sherwood Park BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLVD SUPPER X CLUB 10765 Jasper Ave BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB 322682 St, 780.462.1888 BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002, thebuckingham.ca CAFE BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St NW, 780.451.8890, cafeblackbird.ca CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca

STARLITE IN CONJUNCTION W/ MRG CONCERTS ARE PROUD TO PRESENT

SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Rock

TAVERN ON WHYTE

BLUES ON WHYTE Boogie

DEC/10 SOLD OUT

THE PROVINCIAL PUB

ON THE ROCKS Turn't Up

Tuesday

WED DEC 14

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

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

Taco Tuesday with resident DJs

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

BLUES ON WHYTE Jordan

The Hurtin Horseman; 9pm

n' Roll Jam with Gator & Friends; 7:30pm

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

Welbourn; 9pm

Happy Hour featuring The James Band; 5:30pm • Versions with Counterfeit Jeans; 9pm; No cover

Celtic jam every Tue; 9:30pm

Songwriter Monday Night Open Stage; Hosted

by Celeigh Cardinal; Every Mon (except long weekends), 8:30pm

DJs

NEEDLE VINYL TAVERN

NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 PALACE CASINO 8882-170 St NW, 780.444.2112, palacecasino. com PINT–DOWNTOWN 10125-109 St NW PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211-106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE 7128 Ada Boulevard ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St NW ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St SANDS INN & SUITES 12340 Fort Rd, sandshoteledmonton.com SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Yellowhead Inn, 15004 Yellowhead Trail SEWING MACHINE FACTORY 9562-82 Ave NW SHERLOCK HOLMES–DOWNTOWN 10012-101 A Ave, 780.426.7784, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A 8519-112 St, 780.431.0091, sherlockshospitality.com SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM 8882-170 St, 780.444.1752, sherlockshospitality.com SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328

SNEAKY PETE'S 12315-118 Ave ST. BASIL'S CULTURAL CENTRE 10819-71 Ave NW, 780.434.4288, stbasilschurch. com ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH 8410-89 St NW STUDIO 96 10909-96 St NW SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TILTED KILT PUB AND EATERY 17118-90 Ave TIRAMISU 10750-124 St TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 10014-81 Ave NW, 780.433.1604, trinity-lutheran. ab.ca TWIST ULTRA LOUNGE 10324-82 Whyte Ave UNION HALL 6240-99 St NW, 780.702-2582, unionhall.ca UNITARIAN CHURCH OF EDMONTON 10804-119 St NW UPTOWN FOLK CLUB 11150-82 St, 780.436.1554 VEE LOUNGE, CENTURY CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 VIDA LATIN NIGHT CLUB 10746 Jasper Ave, 780.951.2705 WILD EARTH BAKERY– MILLCREEK 8902-99 St, wildearthbakery.com WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOODRACK CAFE 7603-109 St, 780. 757.0380, thewoodrackcafe. com Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428

DEC/14

STARLITE ROOM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

PIGEON PARK

W/ DIEMONDS, SAVAGE PLAYGROUND, DJAGGWIRE

DEC/16

STARLITE ROOM, SANTA’S ANONYMOUS, LTD, DEATH SPOKE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT

KRINGLE VS KRAMPUS:

A SANTA’S ANONYMOUS BENEFIT SHOW W/ THE MOTHER CRAFT, POINT PLACE, WOLFRIK

DEC/17

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COMEDY Big Rock presents Comedy 104 •

EC (Infant Pottying) and Potty Training Support Meeting • Lendrum Community League Hall, 11335-57 Ave • danielle@godiaperfree.com • facebook.com/groups/ gdfedmonton • For anyone doing EC (elimination communication or infant pottying) or hoping to, or those looking for potty training support • 3rd Wed of every month, 10-11am • Free

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

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) •

10190-104 St • Kevin.d.albus@gmail.com, toby. sirek@gmail.com • Amateurs, professionals and first timers hit the stage. Hosted by Kevin Albus and Toby Sirek • Every Mon, 8pm

edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com

Big Rock Presents: Devaney’s Comedy Night • Devaney's, 11113-87 Ave •

Edmonton Photographic Historial Society • Highlands Library • 780.436.3878

780.433.6364 • stephen.f.mcgovern@gmail.com • Weekly open-mic hosted by Stephen McGovern • Every Wed until Dec 7; Starts again weekly Jan 11, 8:30pm • Free

Black Dog Freehouse • 10425-82 Ave • Underdog Comedy Show • Every Thu Century Casino • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Danny Cccapella; Dec 8-10 • Vilmos; Dec 15-17

Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Jenny Zigrino; Dec 7-11 • Michael Malone; Dec 14-18 El Comedy • El Cortez Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar, 8230 Gateway Blvd • Hosted by Dion Arnold with weekly headliners & guest comics • Every Wed, 7pm (door), 7:30pm (show) • No cover

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

Odd Wednesday • Sewing Machine Factory, 9562-82 Ave • debutantescomedy@gmail.com • thedebutantes.ca • A sketch (and other) comedy showcase featuring local, national and international acts. Hosted by the Debutantes • Every 2nd Wed starting Oct 12, 8:30-11pm • $5

Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm

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

Argentine Tango Dance at Foot Notes Studio • Foot Notes Dance Studio

• edm_photographic_hist_society_2@yahoo. ca • All interested in sharing the joys of film photography, such as experiences or favourite equipment. Schedule: Christmas dinner meeting (Dec 21) • 3rd Wed of the month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul & Aug)

Flamenco Dance Classes (Beginner or Advanced) • Dance Code Studio, 10575-115 St NW #204 • 780.349.4843 • judithgarcia07@gmail.com • Every Sun, 11:30am12:30pm

FOOD ADDICTS • Alano Club (& Simply

10123 Whyte Ave • 780.757.3105 • info@ thehexcafe.com • thehexcafe.com • An epic adventure featuring a variety of pre-made characters, characters that guests can make on their own, or one that has already been started. Each night will be a single campaign that fits in a larger story arc.

For all levels of gamers and those brand new or experienced to D&D • Every Tue, 7pm • $5

Drop-In Dance & Movement Classes • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • admin@ milezerodance.com • milezerodance.com • Drop-in classes. For all ages and experience levels.

Mon-Thu & Sun • Runs until Dec 18, 10am-5pm • $15 (regular), $12 (members), $100 (10-class card)

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Seventies Forever Music Society • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm Sugar Foot Ballroom • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web; $10, $2 (lesson with entry) • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry

• Chamber Toastmasters Club: 6th floor, World Trade Centre, 9990 Jasper Ave; Contact: 780.462.1878/ RonChapman@shaw.ca (Ron Chapman); 780.424.6364/dkorpany@telusplanet.net (Darryl Korpany); Meet every Thu from Sep-Jun, 6-7:45pm • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St. Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.667.6105 (Willard); clubbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 7pm • Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion, 11150-82 St; 780.902.4605; norwoodtoastmasters.org; Every Thu, Oct 13-Jun 29, 7:30-9:30pm; Guests are free • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place Rm 217, 9700 Jasper Ave; Carisa: divdgov2014_15@outlook.com, 780.439.3852; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Generating Power Speakers: EPCOR Tower, 10423101 St NW: Meeting will take place on the 8th floor, 780.392.5331 (Phil); 1st and 3rd Tue each month, 12:05-1:05pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; contact vpm@norators.com, 780.807.4696, norators.com • Terrified of Public Speaking: Norwood Legion Edmonton, 11150-82 St NW; Every Thu until Jun, 7:30-9:30pm; Free; contact jnwafula@yahoo.com; norwoodtoastmasters.org • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); 780.437.1136 (Mark) or 780.463.5331 (Antonio); yclubtoastmasters@gmail.com; Meet every Tue starting in Sep, 7-9pm except last Tue each month

Saskatchewan • 780.907.0201 (Brenda) • A mixed group, all for conversation and friendship • Every Sun, 2pm

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

Living (in) the dream mindfulness workshop series • Roots on Whyte Community Building 8135-102 St, #305 conference room • awakening@shaw.ca • facebook.com/intrustcomm • Explore mindfulness progressively by providing participants with new approaches that can stimulate further development • Dec 12, Dec 19, Dec 28; 7-8:30pm • Preregister at awakening@shaw.ca or 780.504.1010

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

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

Scrambled YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue-Fri, 5-8pm

Fort Saskatchewan 45+ Singles Coffee Group • A&W, 10101-88 Ave, Fort

Babes In Arms • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave •

DeepSoul.ca • 780.217.2464; call or text for Sunday jam locations • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages

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

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave •

Lotus Qigong • SAGE downtown 15 Sir

Brazilian Zouk Dance • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • 780.974.4956 • hello@ ludiczouk.com • ludiczouk.com • Drop in and check out a totally painless partner dance class.

No partner required • Every Wed, Sep 28-Dec 7, 6:30-8pm

Schizophrenia Society Family Support Drop-in Group • Schizophrenia

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

(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 A casual parent group • Every Fri, 10am-12pm

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

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

Monday Mingle • Hexagon Board Game

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

Toastmasters

Waskahegan Trail Association Guide Hike • waskahegantrail.ca • Ministik

Bird Sanctuary and Oliver Lake: Superstore Calgary Trail NW corner parking lot, 5019 Calgary Trail NW; Dec 11, 9:45am-3pm

Wiccan Assembly • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • The Congregationalist Wiccan Assembly of Alberta meets the 2nd Sun each month (except Aug), 6pm • Info: contact cwaalberta@gmail.com

LECTURES/Presentations Glass ​Blowing ​C​lasses ​• Pixie

Painting for Pleasure • McDougall United Church, 10086 Macdonald Drive (south entrance) • 780.428.1818 • karenbishopartist@ gmail.com • mcdougallunited.com • Welcomes artists to join this weekly group who like to paint, draw or otherwise be creative on paper • Every Thu, 10am-noon Roda de Capoeira • Capoeira Academy, #103-10324-82 Ave • capoeiraacademy.ca • Brazil's traditional game of agility and trickery • Every Sat, 2:30pm • Free • All ages

780.479-8667 (Bob) • bobmurra@telus.net • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm

Glassworks, 9322-60 Ave • 780.436.4460 • pixieglassworks.com/pages/classes • Offering three levels in each of: hollow body work, implosions, sculpture, pipe-making and beads. Call to book.

No classes on holidays • Every Mon, Wed-Thu, 6-9pm • $150

Great Expeditions Travel Slide • St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 84240-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 (Gerry Staring), 780.435.6406 (John Woollard), 780.454.6216 (Sylvia Krogh) • Christmas Potluck (Dec 7 at 6:30pm) • First

Mon of the month, 7:30pm • $3 donation (guests are asked to bring snacks to share); everyone welcome

Mayors' Forum: Building Strong Communities • Chateau Lacombe, 10111 Bellamy Hill • epl.ca/speakerseries • Hosting Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Moderated by Paula Simons, this presentation will inform and motivate guests to find meaningful ways to contribute to our communities, cities and province • Dec 7, 7-8:30pm • $10 (general), $75 (VIP)

tre, 8468-81 St; One Sat per month 4:30-5:30pm

Yoga with Jennifer • 780.439.6950 • ThreeBattles.com • A traditional approach with lots of individual attention. Free introductory classes • Tue & Sat mornings

SPECIAL EVENTS Candy Cane Lane • 148 St, between 92 & 100 Ave • candycanelane.ca • Walk, take a sleigh ride, enjoy lights and decorations, and bring a donation for the Food Bank • Dec 9-Jan 1

Second Saturdays Dance Seminar • Spazio Performativo, 10816-95 St • info@milezerodance.com • milezerodance.com • A series of dance seminars with invited guest artists • Dec 10, 2-4pm • $20 (per class); Pre-registration important as readings will be emailed to participants

Candy Cane Tea • Edmonton Valley Zoo •

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Celebrate the Season at the Alberta Legislature • Alberta Legislature

Affirm Group • garysdeskcom@hotmail. com • mcdougallunited.com • Part of the United Church network supporting LGBTQ men and women • Meet monthly at Second Cup, Edmonton City Centre for coffee and conversation at 12:30pm; Special speaker events are held throughout the year over lunch at McDougall Church Evolution Wonderlounge • 10220-103

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

G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group • S.A.G.E Bldg, main floor Cafe, Or in confidence one-on-one in the Craft Room • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance. One-onone meetings are also available in the craft room • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: Tuff69@telus.net

Illusions Social Club • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • pridecentreofedmonton.org • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7-9pm Pride Centre of Edmonton • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • Drop in hours: Mon, Wed 4-7pm; Fri 6-9pm; Closed Sat-Sun and Holidays • JamOUT: Music mentorship and instruction for youth aged 12-24; Every other Tue, 7-9pm • Equal Fierce Fit & Fabulous: recreational fitness program, ages 12-24; every other Tue, 6-8pm, every other Tue • Queer Lens: weekly education and discussion group open to everyone; every Wed, 7-8:30pm • Mindfulness Meditation: open to everyone; every Thu, 6-6:50pm • Men's Social Circle: A social support group for all male-identified persons over 18 years of age in the LGBT*Q community; 1st and 3rd Thu each month; 7-9pm • TTIQ (18+ Trans* Group): 2nd Mon of the month, 7-9pm • Art & Identity: exploring identity through the arts, a wellness initiative; Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Edmonton Illusions: cross-dressing and transgender group 18+; 2nd Fri of each month, 7-9pm • Movies & Games Night: Every other Fri, 6-9pm • Thought OUT: Altview’s all-ages discussion group; every Sat, 7-9pm • Seahorse Support Circle: facilitated meet up for families with trans and gender creative kids aged 5-14; 2nd Sun of the month, 3-5pm • Men Talking with Pride: Social discussion group for gay and bisexual men; Every Sun, 7-9pm St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

Team Edmonton • Various sports and recreation activities • teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau School, 10925-87 Ave; Most Mon, 7-8pm • Swimming: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 7:30-8:30pm and every Thu, 7-8pm • Water Polo: NAIT Swimming Pool, 11665-109 St; Every Tue, 8:30-9:30pm • Yoga: New Lion's Breath Yoga Studio, #301,10534-124 St; Every Wed, 7:30-9pm • Taekwondo: near the Royal Gardens Community Centre, 4030-117 St; Contact for specific times • Abs: Parkallen Community League Hall, 6510-111 St; Every Tue, 6-7pm and Thu, 7:15-8:15pm • Dodgeball: Royal Alexandra Hospital Gymnasium; Every Sun, 5-7pm • Running: meet at Kinsmen main entrance; Every Sun, 10am • Spin: Blitz Conditioning, 10575-115 St; Every Tue, 7-8pm• Volleyball: Stratford Elementary School, 8715-153 St; Every Fri, 7-9 • Meditation: Edmonton Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave; 3rd Thu of every month, 5:30-6:15pm • Board Games: Underground Tap & Grill, 10004 Jasper Ave; One Sun per month, 3-7pm • All Bodies Swim: Bonnie Doon Leisure Cen-

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311 • edmonton.ca • A Christmas celebration just for seniors. Featuring performances from the children, educational animal encounters and talks.

And of course, hot drinks and baked goodies • Dec 6-7, 1-3pm • $10 (Pre-registration is required)

Grounds • assembly.ab.ca • Thousands of bright lights provide the backdrop for a holiday stroll or skate in the beautiful Legislature Grounds. Musical performances daily in the Legislature • Dec 2-23, 12:30-7:30pm • Free

Christmas Reflections • Fort Edmonton Park • fortedmontonpark.ca • Celebrate winter the way Edmontonians did over a century ago.

Discover how people hosted one another, what they did for recreation and more • Dec 16-30 (excluding Dec 24-27)

Community Geeky Market • Gamers' Lodge, 10459-124 St • Featuring local vendors selling handcrafted products, used boardgames, geeky collectibles, and more. A family friendly event. Vendors include: Variant Edition (comics/ used books), Revolution Ice Cream Company (ice creams), Gamers' Lodge (used board games) and many more • Dec 10, 10am-6pm • Free Holiday heART Market • Solstice Canada Pop-up location, 10714-124 St • 780.932.0095 • karenbishopartist@gmail.com • Featuring 15 local artists, food and more • Dec 8-11

Horse-Drawn Sleigh Rides in Old Strathcona • Throughout Old Strathcona • oldstrathcona.ca/whytewishes • Two horse-drawn sleighs take you on an experience through Old Strathcona • Dec 10, 17; 12-4pm • By donation to the Red Shoe Society

Jingle Jammin' Christmas Caroling • Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse, 9351-118 Ave • thecarrot.ca • Get into the holiday spirit and join in for chilli (6pm) & caroling (7pm) • Dec 16, 6pm

Royal Bison Art and Craft Fair • Performing Arts Centre • royalbison.ca • info@ royalbison.ca • Edmonton's friendly neighbourhood art, design and craft fair features the best and quirkiest wares Edmonton has to offer • Dec 9-11

Senior’s Candy Cane Tea • Edmonton Valley Zoo • valleyzoo.ca • A Christmas celebration for seniors! Musical performances and animal encounters with complimentary tea and festive baked goodies • Dec 6-7, 1-3pm St. Albert Indoor Christmas Market • St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne St • 780.458.2833 • agatha@stalbertchamber.com • stalbertfarmersmarket.com • With over 70 vendors per weekend.

Featuring Christmas crafts, Christmas music, hot chocolate and much more • Dec 10, Dec 17; 10am-3pm • Free

Whyte Christmas • Throughout Old Strathcona • oldstrathcona.ca • tineke@ oldstrathcona.ca • Christmas is magical in Old Strathcona - contesting, sleigh rides, Santa and more • Nov-Dec 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) Yule Ave: A Merry Christmas • In and around Alberta Avenue Community League, 9210118 Ave • yuleave.com • Free Yule Ave: A Blast concert & chili! Winter clothing accepted & given at the Giving Tree. Decoration creation station, Santa’s Northlands Village & wagon rides included • Dec 16-18

Zoominescence: A Festival of Light • Edmonton Valley Zoo • valleyzoo.ca • Stroll through the zoo after dark and experience one artistic light installation after another • Dec 8-18

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“Ask Your Doctor”— these sound like legit meds.

Across

1 “Dracula” novelist Stoker 5 Rapper ___ Flocka Flame 9 Fundamental principle

14 Brain division 15 European auto brand 16 Desist’s companion 17 “Do you eat chocolate all day

long? Ask your doctor if ___ is right for you.”

19 Address the crowd 20 Role-playing game in the “Elder Scrolls” series 21 “Do you say things that are selfcontradictory? Ask your doctor if ___ is right for you.”

23 Agcy. under Elaine Chao, once 25 Concert boosters 26 Some butter 29 “The Mikado” costume element 31 Greetings from Hawaii 35 Albany-to-Buffalo canal 36 Important part of a news story that might get “buried” 38 Hearten 39 Fish and chips fish 40 “Do you watch movies on ancient technology? Ask your doctor if ___ is right for you.”

42 News and opinion website since 2014 43 Brando’s Nebraska birthplace 45 Word before clock or glass 46 “Match Game” emcee Rayburn 47 Dressing places?

49 Brunch drink orders, maybe 50 Small bills 51 Bouncy 53 Ancient road to Rome 55 “Do you sit there and watch your fish swim around? Ask your doctor if ___ is right for you.”

59 AL East athlete 63 Fool’s cap wearer 64 “Do you wish you lived on a

massive rock at the southern tip of Europe? Ask your doctor if ___ is right for you.”

66 Mischievous pranks 67 “Garfield” drooler 68 Luxury rental 69 Packs (away) 70 Sloth and avarice, for two 71 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” creatures

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1 Crunchy sandwiches 2 Corner piece 3 “Dear” advice columnist 4 Place of ‘90s TV 5 Hypothetical space-time shortcut 6 Abbr. on military mail 7 Gambling game played with 80 balls 8 Amazon Echo’s voice service 9 Riboflavin’s group 10 Deodorant option 11 Coal valley in Germany 12 Math ratio words 13 Out in public 18 Frozen water, in Wittenberg 22 1950s singing star ___ Sumac 24 Encourages a felon 26 Bill of cowboy legend 27 Appetite stimulant 28 Music streaming service since 2014 30 State with an upright panhandle 32 Place of refuge 33 Make up (for)

FREEWILLASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Normally I cheer you on when you devote single-minded attention to pressing concerns, even if you become a bit obsessive. But right now, in accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to run wild and free as you sample lavish variety. It’s prime time to survey a spectrum of spicy, shiny, and feisty possibilities... to entertain a host of ticklish riddles rather than to insist on prosaic answers. You have been authorized by the cosmos to fabricate your own temporary religion of playing around and messing around and fooling around.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus poet Adrienne Rich described “an honourable human relationship” as “one in which two people have the right to use the word ‘love.’” How is that right earned? How is such a bond nurtured? Rich said it was “often terrifying to both persons involved,” because it’s “a process of refining the truths they can tell each other.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you’re in a favorable phase to become an even more honourable lover, friend, and ally than you already are. To take advantage of the opportunity, explore this question: How can you supercharge and purify your ability to speak and hear the truth?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Goethe’s play Faust, the hero bemoans his lack of inner unity. Two different souls live within him, he says, and they don’t cooperate. Even worse, they each try to rule him without consulting the other. I’m guessing you’ve experienced a more manageable version of that split during the course of your life. Lately,

34 Palindromic pair 37 Eggplant or smiley, e.g.

40 Reputation hurter 41 Available, as retail goods 44 Gets angry against Bart Simpson’s wishes 46 Silverback, for one 48 ___ Lanka 52 Often-mocked cars of the 1980s 54 A goal of NOW 55 Throws in 56 Give up 57 Rescind 58 Skirt length 60 ___ Day and the Knights (“Animal House” band) 61 Item on a bedside table 62 First asteroid landed on by a NASA craft 65 Bulk foods container ©2016 Jonesin’ Crosswords

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though, it may have grown more intense and divisive. If that’s true, I think it’s a good sign. It portends the possibility that healing is in the works . . . that energy is building for a novel synthesis. To help make it happen, identify and celebrate what your two sides have in common.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The poet Dick Allen described Zen Buddhism as being “so filled with paradoxes that it jumps through hoops that aren’t even there.” I’m tempted to apply this description to the way you’ve been living your life recently.

While I can see how it may have entertained you to engage in such glamorous intrigue, I’m hoping you will stop. There is no longer anything to be gained by the complicated hocus-pocus. But it’s fine for you to jump through actual hoops if doing so yields concrete benefits.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): For decades, numerous self-help authors have claimed that humans use 10 percent or less of their brain’s potential. But the truth is that our gray matter is far more active than that. The scientific evidence is now abundant.

(See a summary here: tinyurl.com/ mindmyths.) I hope this helps spur you to destroy any limited assumptions you might have about your own brainpower, Leo. According to my astrological analysis, you could and should become significantly smarter in the next nine months— and wiser, too!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Born under the sign of Virgo, Mary Oliver is America’s best-selling poet. She wasn’t an overnight sensation, but she did win a Pulitzer Prize when

she was 49. “What I loved in the beginning, I think, was mostly myself,” she confesses in one poem. “Never mind that I had to, since somebody had to. That was many years ago.” I bet that even at her current age of 81, Oliver is still refining and deepening her self-love. Neither she nor you will ever be finished with this grand and grueling project. Luckily for you both, now is a time when Virgos can and should make plucky progress in the ongoing work. (P.S.—This is an essential practice if you want to keep refining and deepening your love for others.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Most high-quality suits worn by men are made from the wool of merino sheep raised in Australia. So says Nicholas Antongiavanni in his book The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men’s Style. There are now more than 100 million members of this breed, but they are all descendants of just two rams and four ewes from 18thcentury Spain. How did that happen?

It’s a long story. (Read about it here: tinyurl.com/merinosheep.) For the oracular purposes of this horoscope, I’ll simply say that in the next nine months you’ll also have the potential to germinate a few choice seeds that could ultimately yield enormous, enduring results. Choose well!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Five of my Scorpio acquaintances and 17 of my Scorpio readers have let me know that they’re actively seeking to make new alliances and strengthen their existing alliances. Does this mean that Scorpios everywhere are engaged in similar quests? I hope so. I would love to see you expand your network of like-minded souls.

I would love for you to be ardent about recruiting more help and support. Happily, the current astrological omens favor such efforts. Hot tip: For best results, be receptive, inviting, and forthright.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks,” wrote novelist Terry Pratchett. That’s true enough, but I’ll add a caveat: Now and then the trickle of small chunks of awesome splendor gives way to a surge of really big chunks. According to my astrological analysis, that’s either already happening for you, or else is about to happen. Can you handle it? I’m sure you’ve noticed that some people are unskilled at welcoming such glory; they prefer to keep their lives tidy and tiny. They may even get stressed out by their good fortune. I trust you’re not one of these fainthearted souls. I hope you will summon the grace you’ll need to make spirited use of the onslaught of magnificence.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, John Koenig coins words to describe previously unnamed feelings.

I suspect you may have experienced a few of them recently. One is “monachopsis,” defined as “the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.” Then there’s “altschmerz,” meaning “weariness with the same old issues you’ve always had.” Another obscure sorrow you might recognize is “nodus tollens,” or “the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense anymore.” Now I’ll tell you two of Koenig’s more up-

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lifting terms, which I bet you’ll feel as you claw your way free of the morass. First, there’s “liberosis”: caring less about unimportant things; relaxing your grip so you can hold your life loosely and playfully. Second, there’s “flashover,” that moment when conversations become “real and alive, which occurs when a spark of trust shorts out the delicate circuits you keep insulated under layers of irony.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1983, two Australian blokes launched a quest to tip a drink at every pub in Melbourne. Thirty-two years later, Mick Stevens and Stuart MacArthur finally accomplished their goal when they sipped beers at The Clyde. It was the 476th establishment on their list. The coming weeks will be a highly favourable time to plan an epic adventure of your own, Aquarius. I hope and pray, though, that you will make it more sacred and meaningful than Stevens’ and MacArthur’s trivial mission.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For three seasons of the year—spring, summer, and fall—a certain weasel species has brown fur. During that time, it’s known as a stoat. When winter arrives, the creature’s coat turns to white. Its name changes, too. We call it an ermine. The next spring, it once again becomes a stoat.

Given the nature of the astrological omens, Pisces, I think it would make poetic sense for you to borrow this strategy. What would you like your nickname to be during the next three months? Here are a few suggestions: Sweet Sorcerer; Secret FreedomSeeker; Lost-and-Found Specialist; Mystery Maker; Resurrector. V AT THE BACK 23

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make friends and connections without booze or drugs or the scourge of dance music.

If the gym isn’t for you, ride a bike. If biking isn’t for you, run. If running isn’t for you, walk. Just get your ass moving.

Go volunteer somewhere, anywhere.

Like someone or other once said, it’s hard to feel sorry for yourself when you’re making yourself useful. Go volunteer at the ACLU or Planned Parenthood, do some copywriting for an LGBT civil-rights organization, find out what organizations are working with immigrants in your community and ask them what kind of help they need.

Please don’t succumb to meth or any of the other stupid drugs. Pot and alcohol—in moderation—aren’t stupid drugs.

Reach out to friends you lost touch with over the last five years, apologize for letting these relationships go, and ask if they’d like to reconnect. Not all will, GAYMAN—some might be too angry to reconnect right now (you may hear from them later), some might not have any extra friendship bandwidth right now (ditto). Focus on friends who want to reconnect, and don’t be bitter about friends who don’t.

Masturbate. A lot. And don’t use porn every single time—try using your imagination, flip through the ol’ solodex. Be open to new experiences.

on Grindr? Given a choice between a perfect, flawless, blameless but imaginary husband and the imperfect, flawed, living, breathing husband you’ve got, which would you pick?

Personally, I recommend choosing actual-and-flawed husbands over perfect-and-imaginary ones. (I’m not telling you to do anything I haven’t done and that my own husband hasn’t done.)

With that said, HURT, and hopefully with that choice made, your husband needs to drop the “I was mad at you for working late” bullshit and take responsibility for his actions. Drunk may have played a role, as booze is the great disinhibitor, but swapping dick pics isn’t something reasonable dick-having people do in response to run-of-the-mill annoyances. Your husband sent those pics because he enjoys showing off the goods. Your husband has an exhibitionistic streak.

So what to do about it? You could forbid it, HURT, but creating a little space in our marriages for pleasures we may not share or fully understand—making accommodations instead of issuing threats—can make our marriages stronger, not weaker, less contentious and therefore less brittle. If swapping pics makes your husband feel desirable, and he plows that sexual energy into you… not only aren’t you being betrayed, you’re benefiting.

If I were you, HURT, I would grant him this small zone of erotic autonomy.

You’re not too old to enjoy yourself and evolve sexually, GAYMAN—you’re never too old to enjoy yourself or evolve, sexually or otherwise.

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I’m a 37-year-old gay man who just got out of an abusive relationship.

We were together five years, moved to Portland together, got married three years ago, yada, yada, yada.

He suffered a traumatic injury earlier this year, which led to PTSD, which led to a nervous breakdown, which led to our savings being depleted, which led him to leave me in October. He moved back to the other side of the country, and I’m broke and on my own in a strange city. I saw your dirty film festival when it played here, and it made me realize something: At my age, I should still be enjoying myself and evolving sexually. I was unhappy in my marriage for the last two years, but sexually I was unhappy for a long time.

Recently, I had a decent one-night stand. It was a drunken, stoned hot mess, but it got the job done—and there was no guilt on my part, which to me signifies that it really is over with my ex. But I can’t help feeling like I’m starting over. Not just dating, but starting over with my sex life and my writing. My ex had me switch from LGBT media—which I am very good at—to copywriting, which sucks but is “steadier.” The point is: I want so much sexually, because I’ve been starved physically and psychologically, but I don’t know where to begin. I feel like my marriage eviscerated me sexually.

Not just the sex part of it, but the parts of my homosexuality that felt important to my personality, not just my turn-ons. Help.

GRIEVING AND YEARNING MAN ASKING NICELY You’re not too old to enjoy yourself and evolve sexually, GAYMAN— you’re never too old to enjoy yourself or evolve, sexually or otherwise. But it takes time to bounce back after a committed LTR ends traumatically.

So don’t rush yourself. But as soon as you can—sooner than perhaps it feels right—you’ll need to get out there.

You’ll need to actively and intentionally reconnect to your homosexuality and the ways in which it shaped and continues to inform your personality, your perspective, and your joy.

And now some random tips…

I’m not being look-ist or body-fascist here—this isn’t about having Instagrammable abs or the best torso Grindr—but join a gym, GAYMAN. Or take up a sport that kicks your ass, cardio-wise. Forcing your body to outrun your brain is a good way to get back in touch with yourself physically, emotionally, and sexually. And exercising—again, I’m not talking abs here—is good for us. It’s a natural antidepressant. It gets blood pumping into our extremities. (Your dick is an extremity.) And it gets us out of our heads. It also creates a social space, if you do it regularly, where you can

Ask yourself where you’ve always wanted to go. Pick a big gay event you’ve always wanted to attend—gay days at Disneyland, International Mr. Leather in Chicago, the World Series of Beer Pong in Las Vegas—and start setting money aside so you’ll have that trip to look forward to.

Good luck, GAYMAN.

DICK PICS

I’m a 44-year-old married gay male.

I recently found out my 30-year-old husband has been sending dick pics to randoms on Grindr. He says he doesn’t remember who he sent pics to, or why, other than I was working late and he was drunk and pissed at me. I want to be mature about this, but I’m really hurt. We’ve been together more than four years and married six months. We have a closed, monogamous relationship. He says he’s been faithful, and I believe him.

I’m struggling to trust him, however.

Am I overreacting?

HELP UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIP TRAUMA Which would you rather have, HURT: This particular husband (aka the man you married) or a husband (a generic husband) who wouldn’t, couldn’t, and didn’t send dick pics to randoms

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HUBBY'S SPIT KINK

I’m a Canadian gay man, married eight years to a man with a thing for men spitting in his face. It’s a degradation thing (of course), and I would do it for him but it can’t be me. It can’t be someone he loves, someone who loves him, it has to be someone he doesn’t know, someone who regards him with contempt. He finds guys to do this for him on the hookup apps, and I don’t have a problem with it. I do have a problem leaning in for a kiss when his face reeks of some other man’s spit. He likes the “lingering scent”—I do not. He says I’m kink-shaming him when I recoil and ask him to go wash his face. He’s agreed to abide by your ruling, Dan. Should he wash his damn face?

SMELLING PATOOEY IRKS THIS SPOUSE You’ve accommodated your husband’s kink. He needs to return the favour and accommodate your nose.

He should wash his damn face—and get his damn flu shot.

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