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Bring the kids

Losing sight of the big picture

Of all the things to get mad at MLAs about, taking their kids on government flights with them shouldn't be one of them. At least not intrinsically. Alison Redford, amid everything else, was revealed to have taken her daughter on 50 flights. And now Thomas Lukaszuk was found to have brought his daughter on three—though he preemptively cut the province a cheque for $1400. But this is one perk we should let them have. Yes, they did sign up for public life, and to potentially be shipped around the country as work requires it, but they're still human beings and potentially parents who probably don't see their kids enough as it is. While there's no shortage of parents to be found in public office, it's obvious that many people are dissuaded from running precisely because they have children. The harder it is for a parent to run for office, the more likely that the parents in office are people who have weighed the options and decided to make that sacrifice. That's a choice they can make, but it's still a force acting to distort the makeup of the government. So for the practical reason of better diversifying our representative pool, and for the human reason of making things a bit easier for politicians and their kids, we should, generally, let them take their kids on government flights. That doesn't mean we should let them take their kids' friends, and sure, if the presence of the child would mean that somebody who actually needs to travel with the politician gets bumped off, then government work should take priority. But to look at it another way, if the government owned a fleet of buses and drove people around the province, and a politician on board stuck their kid at the back, nobody would care. So if you want to nail Lukaszuk, go after that massive phone bill. Or, you know, any one of the many things he's actually done in office on your behalf. But leave his kid out of it. V

You might have missed it. In fact, you prob- international energy prices: something that is close to addressing this chronic volatility and ably did. While the mainstream media and op- entirely out of their control. So in terms of instability in their platforms. Instead they position parties were busy discussing Thomas securing some form of fiscal stability for the talk only of reducing government spending Lukaszuk's $20 000 cellphone bill last week, province, nothing has changed. Yes, we are abuses, not raising taxes, and in the case of the Alberta government released its first- currently on the steep climb of the provincial Ric McIver, actually reducing tax revenues quarter fiscal update—its report on how the finance roller-coaster, but we are still only even further. That messaging may play well with the province's finances had performed in the first one bitumen bubble or financial crisis away three months of the fiscal year compared to from plunging full-speed back to the bottom. Wildrose crowd, and by extension the mainstream media, who are much more concerned what had been forecast in the budget. about a $20 000 cellphone Minister of Finance Doug bill than they are about Horner framed the update The numbers are not the result of sound fiscal a $1-billion fluctuation in as a good-news report. "We have turned a corner finan- management by the government. They are rather government revenues over cially," he told the assembled the result of international energy prices: some- a three-month period, but it really does nothing to media, insinuating that the thing that is entirely out of their control. address the most pressing positive numbers in the reissue facing Alberta's ecoport were a direct result of government policy and hard work. And the In that sense, this fiscal update is not a good- nomic well-being or the public interest over numbers do look good: the revenue forecast news story. It should actually be read as yet the long term. Yes, it is ridiculous and irresponsible that a for the year is now projected to be $915 mil- one more warning of the ridiculous volatillion higher than originally anticipated, and ity and instability of a government finance government minister and his staff could not projected borrowing has dropped by almost system based entirely on natural resource figure out how to purchase a travel-and-roam$2.8 billion. Hidden in those feel-good num- revenues rather than fair and progressive ing bundle, or use wifi, and that deserves to bers, however, is the reality that most of the taxes. We know what the "we're rich!—we're be an issue. But not at the expense of what's projected increase in revenues comes as a broke!" budgeting cycle has meant over the really threatening our collective well-being in result of higher than expected non-renew- last 20 years for our health-care system, our this province. We have a responsibility to take able resource revenues because of higher education system and our infrastructure. It is a step back from the mini scandals and not prices on the international market. And that's entirely unsustainable and results in a com- lose focus on the big picture, otherwise we plete inability to plan and project anything risk saving $20 000 on cellphone bills while where the problem lies. Horner's statement that we have turned beyond the next nine months. Efficient and losing the very integrity of our health care a corner financially suggests that the good effective public services require long-term and education systems. We need to get this times are here now, and that they are here planning and building, and that has become right, and to do it quickly. V to stay. Albertans have learned the hard an impossibility in this fiscal climate. This is nothing new to those who have been Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the way, however, that nothing could be farther from the truth. The numbers are not the paying attention. What is concerning, how- Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public polresult of sound fiscal management by the ever, is the fact that none of the three Con- icy research institute housed at the University government. They are rather the result of servative leadership candidates have come of Alberta.

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$20 000 cellphone bill is an unwanted distraction from province's fiscal update

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The Kagame dilemma

Can a dictator really be Rwanda's only choice for peace?

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“Whoever betrays the country showered with foreign aid. That is sassins, one Rwandan and three Tanzanians, were found guilty by a will pay the price, I assure you,” the happy lot of Kagame. Fewer than half of Rwanda’s South African court of trying to kill Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame told a rally soon after the country’s 12-million people have personal the former Rwandan army chief of former intelligence chief, Patrick memories of the terrible genocide staff, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, Karegeya, was found strangled in 20 years ago, but the country as a in Johannesburg in 2010. They shot a South African hotel room last whole is still haunted by it. Kagame him in the stomach, but he survived January. Karegeya had quit the has ruled Rwanda for all of that after months in intensive care—and government and become a leading time, and he is convinced that only they didn’t get away. The South opponent of the African judge, regime, which Fewer than half of Rwanda's 12-million people Stanley Mkhair, President Kagame would certainly have personal memories of the terrible genocide said diplomatithat the see as a betrayal 20 years ago, but the country as a whole is still cally plot to kill of the country. haunted by it. Nyamwasa It’s not unusual came from “a for dictators to certain group see their own interests and those of the country he can stop it from happening again. of people from Rwanda.” The South they rule as one and the same thing. It’s only a small step from there to African authorities even know how It’s not even uncommon for dicta- believing that he has the duty to much the assassins were paid: tors to have people killed. What’s maintain his rule by any means nec- 80 000 rand ($7500). But it was just not worth naming Kagame. really rare is a dictator who has had essary, including even murder. Last March, when South African quite a lot of people killed, but is All the murders are officially decongratulated by other countries nied, but nobody believes it. Last for his excellent administration and week four not very competent asCONTINUED ON PAGE 07 >>

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NEWS // CETA

CETA leak: crucial questions unanswered Latest version of trade deal leaves too much up to non-existent commission

ould you sign a contract for a mortgage if you didn't know how high the interest rates would be? That's a bit like what the Canadian government may be asked to do regarding the country's free trade agreement with the European Union. The final text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement was leaked in early August. The Canadian government wants to officially publish it in late September and will begin the process of ratification after that. In some countries, including Canada, parliaments have a say in that process. Yet they will be working with a text that still leaves many questions unanswered, according to two experts. Some provisions in the current version of CETA refer crucial decisions to a "commission" that doesn't yet exist, making various implications of the treaty uncertain.

That's especially true for the most sensitive chapter in the treaty: the so-called "investment chapter," where investor-state dispute settlements are explained. This chapter has been criticized in earlier leaks of CETA, as well as similar chapters in other trade agreements, for being undemocratic and giving foreign investors too much power over national and local governments. It allows foreign investors to bypass regular courts and instead go to private arbitration courts if they feel discriminated against by governments.

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The provision that protects investors A similar chapter in NAFTA, the free trade agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada, has cost Canada so far more than $170 million in claims, according to Scott Sinclair CONTINUED ON PAGE 05 >>

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with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Eighty-eight percent of those claims cited a provision in NAFTA, which says that foreign investors should receive "fair and equitable" treatment. The definition of what "fair" means is uncertain. The original intention of the provision was to protect foreign investors from situations where they are discriminated against; for example, if a mayor withdraws an investor's licence for a project because the boss of a local competitor is his best friend. But it's not always that straightforward. In some NAFTA claims, investors used the provision to fight higher regulatory standards that local or national governments wanted to impose, such as stronger environmental protections. For example, in 2010 the US-owner of a hunting lodge in the Northwest Territories sued Canada because the territorial government introduced conservation measures that were designed to decrease the number of caribou that could be hunted each year. The investor is seeking $4 Â million as compensation. The reasoning behind the lawsuit is that the investor couldn't have expected changes in regulation when he made his investment, so he is entitled to compensation. Lawyers refer to this kind of reasoning as "legitimate expectation." Sinclair said the provision "poses a

clear threat to the rights of governments to regulate, and especially to alter and strengthen regulatory approaches." Governments might be afraid of implementing higher regulatory standards or laws that enhance protection of the environment because they fear major lawsuits from foreign investors. Right to regulate should be explicit That's why the term "legitimate expectations" is a crucial one when talking about investor rights and CETA. The term appeared in earlier versions of the document as a way to interpret what "fair and equitable" treatment means, but was deleted in the latest leaked version. CETA now more narrowly defines what fair treatment of investors is. Jan Spangenberg is an associate in Latham & Watkins' international arbitration practice group in Hamburg, Germany, which regularly represents states and investors in investment treaty arbitrations. He acknowledged the more narrow definition of "fair and equitable" treatment in CETA, but points out that the treaty includes a mechanism that could allow for a later modification of the provision by a CETA commission. "It is unclear how this will work. As a result, significant uncertainty remains," Spangenberg says. The commission, which does not yet exist, will have the final say in the definition of "fair and equitable"

treatment. As of now, nobody can tell what it will decide. That's why Gus van Harten, associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, wants the treaty to be explicit. "The right to regulate should be affirmed clearly and unequivocally as a substantive right in the treaty," he says. Appeals in question The commission will also be in charge of the right of governments to appeal the decisions of arbitration courts. Here, the same problem arises: nobody knows who will be on that commission, when it will start and finish its work, and what it might decide. Governments will have to vote on CETA before they have the answers. How appeals will work is especially worrisome for governments, because they are always the subject of lawsuits brought on by investors. Governments, on the contrary, can't sue investors in arbitration courts. This one-sidedness becomes more acute if appeals aren't possible at all or only in limited ways. That there is no thorough judicial review of arbitrators' decisions worries experts like van Harten. "This is a fundamental problem and makes the adjudicative process nonjudicial," he says. Good news, perhaps, for transparency On another note, CETA's requirements for transparency in arbitration courts are much higher than they

have been in most other free-trade agreements. While many countries do not publish documents used in lawsuits, the treaty requires that documents be "publicly available in a timely manner." Spangenberg's conclusion is that investor-state arbitrations under CETA will be "even more transparent than any regular lawsuit in, for example, German state courts." However, the documents may be "subject to the redaction of confidential or protected information," the treaty states. In the end, the level of transparency will depend on how much information each arbitration court wants to make public. "Increased transparency will make the fundamental flaws [of investorstate arbitration] more evident, but only after it is too late for the public or governments to do anything meaningful about them," Sinclair says. Spangenberg, who regularly defends states against investor claims, says he doesn't think CETA's critics have much to worry about, despite the vague language. "CETA does not include any new or unheard of rights for investors," he says. "To the contrary, investor rights seem to be more limited than in Canada's existing bilateral investment treaties," such as those with Hungary and Croatia. ANDREA REXER @ANDREA REXER

This article was first published in The Tyee on August 29, 2014.

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Minister of Justice Jeff Radebe warned Rwanda to stop after another attempt on Nyamwasa’s life, the two countries went through a ritual round of tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats. Once a year is enough, but at least South Africa complains occasionally. Most other African countries look the other way when Kagame’s hit squads turn up, people like Tony Blair accept lifts in his private jet, and the aid agencies don’t even flinch. These people aren’t fools or knaves (except Blair, of course), so why are they all giving Kagame a free pass? Because they secretly suspect that Kagame is right: that only he can prevent another genocide in Rwanda. And maybe they’re right. The 1994 genocide killed an estimated 800 000 people, about 10 percent of the population. There is no reliable estimate of how many of the victims were Tutsis, who were once the dominant caste but by 1994 were a persecuted minority. A fair guess is that more than half of those murdered were Tutsis (the rest were “moderate” Hutus), and that at least half of the total Tutsi population died. The Tutsi survivors, and more importantly the Tutsi exiles who fought their way home with Kagame’s Rwanda Patriotic Front, still provide the core leadership of the country 20 years later, although Tutsis are now down to around 10 percent of the population. Kagame insists that “we are Banyarwanda” (all Rwandans), and that there are no separate tribes in Rwanda. Technically he is right. But in practice

he is wrong, and he knows it. The Tutsis and the majority Hutus both speak the same language, Kinyarwanda. Once upon a time the Tutsis were herders and the Hutus were farmers, and even longer ago they probably were separate ethnic groups. But in the present, they are better seen as castes defined by their (former) occupations. Indeed, even the herdsman/farmer distinction no longer really applies. Yet the “caste” distinction is just as strong, and potentially just as lethal, as it was in 1994. That’s why Rwanda is a thinly disguised dictatorship, run by a man who kills people—but only individuals who threaten his rule, not whole groups. Kagame has produced a very impressive rate of economic growth in Rwanda (an average of eight percent annually in 2001 – 2012), in the hope that prosperity will ultimately defuse the Tutsi/Hutu hostility. But he dares not allow a truly free election, for the Hutus, still strong in their identity, would vote him out of office. And almost everybody else goes along with his behaviour, because they buy into his belief in his own indispensability. But all his efforts may ultimately amount to nothing much. Rwanda was already one of the most densely populated countries in Africa in 1994, but its population has increased by half since the genocide. There is little evidence that everybody (or even most people) thinks of themselves as “Banyarwanda.” Kagame is just playing for time. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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e tell ourselves stories of our eventual suc- justificationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the return on investment univercess: the thing we believe we will become. Not sity administrators love to talk about. Students achieving that success can be debilitating and disori- need to have jobs when they graduate. This all enting. My story about getting my master's is about creates a pressure to fit into a mould, to sucfailing. I have the degree. It's in a brown envelope ceed on very defined terms. For my particular sitting propped up against the shelf under my desk. degree, a master's of journalism, the high bar That's how I feel about it most days. of success was to get a job at the CBC or a Congratulations come from my parents and my daily paper. Anything else was, perhaps subconfriends. They smile proudly. But I can only return a sciously, considered less. So, slowly, over two tight-lipped nod of acknowledgement, not wanting years, I convinced myself that's what I wanted. to say how that little piece of paper has not con- Even though this was not the original intention tributed to the idea of my success the way I thought behind going to get the degree. it would. Coming from a background in community and alGetting your master's is never about grades. Most ternative journalism, my goal was to ensure I had operate on a pass-fail. And it's not about missing the appropriate skills to create investigative and coursework, as there are usually elaborate ways to responsible reporting, but to continue to perceive make it work in the end. It's about finding the path to- journalism from an alternative perspective. But ward what you most want to accomplish. In his book slowly I conformed to the standard established The War of Art, Steven Pressfield writes that we by the institution. And my ideas got lost in the have two lives, scramble "The life we live finish asGovernment cutbacks have forced universities to and the unlived signments to seek out alternative funding in the form of a c c o r d i n g life within us." That unlived corporate partnerships, forcing outputs rather to a certain life is the projformula. I than reflectivity. ect we dream began to about when we accept that wake up in the morning. The skill we wish we had my ideas were wrong. And engaging with the esthat permeates our daily thoughts as we sit at our tablishment in a creative and critical way took a desk filing another report. It's what we are most back seat to just getting through. afraid to do, but know deep down is the only thing My thesis suffered. My supervisor had me conthat will make us happy. vinced my it was not publishable due to the timelines If you are thinking of pursuing a master's degree, of the story and he encouraged me to take out the elyou are likely someone who has these thoughts. You ements I had originally found interesting. The whole wake up thinking about urban plans or music compo- thing became a mess of a work and I didn't pursue sitions or the possibilities in political activism. You publishing it. Upon my return to Alberta, I noticed want to create the best possible project and dedicate the front cover of a provincial magazine. It was my yourself to it. Taking the step toward that is over- story idea, but with someone else's byline. My initial coming that fear of failure and dedicating yourself to instincts had been correct and I should have continits creation. Institutions of higher learning can help ued pursuing the topic my way. to achieve that project. A master's degree can be the After this experience, one of the most important next step in creatively challenging preconceived no- tips I can give is to find an ally who supports you. The tions of the world, tearing down what we thought we academic institution is standardized and wants you knew and rebuilding it. But we have to be prepared to graduate and get a job. But you have your own exwith what comes along with that; knowing that the periences, knowledge, and goals that can be achieved pursuit of any goal takes sacrifice, it's important to be with the assistance of the experts around you. But prepared for what a university education can bring. they can also be destroyed by the established narrow Today there are great financial and political pres- definitions of success. sures on universities. These are not the open acaI'm only four months removed from the experience, demic environments of reflective, intellectual stimu- so it's hard for me to recommend to you your best lation that provide visions of revolutionary students path. If there is a school out there, a professor or deand hours of debate over poetic lineage. In some partment that will help you to achieve your project, cases they can be, but government cutbacks have the thing that wakes you up, that permeates your forced universities to seek out alternative funding in mind throughout the day, then the money, the travel the form of corporate partnerships, forcing outputs and the emotional challenges are just part of your rather than reflectivity. The arts continues to take next step. And you will handle them. hits. The elimination of 20 arts programs at the UniAre there less expensive, more creatively engaging versity of Alberta last year is just one example of the and equally legitimate ways to achieve that project, way in which universities are shedding programs and those skills, that job that is your passion? Probably. professors to streamline outputs and ensure they Either way, my only recommendation to you as you can justify their existence to the next government. contemplate your academic future and work to build Opportunities for new academics close in around your skills is to maintain a connection with what them, while established profs feel the crunch of re- you are truly passionate about. Connect in with a search demands and cutbacks. network of people who will help to challenge your ideas, but who will also encourage them, and ensure For students, this means fewer experts to you are not forgetting that thing you most believe in. engage with. 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The tax man, a student's best friend Keep your receipts and get some cash back on student expenses

deductions or credits—mean the government will tax less of your income, meaning you'll have more skrillah in your pocket after you file your taxes. So even if you're barely scraping by during school with a part-time job, take some small comfort knowing the government will help you out a little with these student tax breaks. Just remember to keep all of those receipts.

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ost-secondary is expensive. Unless your family has salted away some serious cash, you're going to have to hustle your buns to earn enough money to pay for classes or take out some student loans. The loans route is usually pretty nasty— the average student debt in Alberta is more than $25 000, which often takes more than a decade to pay off. A recent BMO survey says that Al-

berta students spend an average of $1236 on back-to-school expenses, the highest in the country. And tuition costs creep ever higher each year, throwing a little bit more on students' backs with each passing semester. Recognizing the financial stress that comes with higher learning, the Canada Revenue Agency throws students a few bones. Learners qualify for a slew of tax benefits. Benefits—aka

Education amount and tuition paid These are big ones. You can claim your tuition paid on your taxes. This benefit is calculated by multiplying your tuition by the lowest tax rate, which is 15 percent. So if you paid $5000 in tuition, you get a $750 benefit. The education amount is a separate credit to cover all those messy, nontuition costs (like living) that come with higher education. Full-time students can claim $400 for each month they're enrolled in a recognized post-secondary institution. It's $120 monthly for part-time students. This really adds up if you're in a four-year program. A big bonus is that you can carry forward any unused bits of this

benefit. You can even transfer these credits to a parent, grandparent or spouse. This is handy if you'd like to thank mom or dad for any support they may have given you on your way to that degree. Textbooks Textbooks are damn pricey. The Canadian Federation of Students reports that the costs of textbooks has increased 812 percent in the last three decades, adjusted for inflation. Students are paying up to $1000 a semester for books—mandatory, expensive books that come out with new editions almost every year, making it harder to buy used. Students can claim $65 a month if they're full-time and $20 a month if they're part time. It doesn't cover the cost, but every little bit helps. Interest on student loans Let's say you have the Alberta average of around $25 000 in student loans and you take 10 years to pay it off. The interest on that money is going to cost $7500 to $12 000, depending on

what kind of repayment interest rate you choose. Put another way: if you're repaying $300 a month on your student loan, a third of that is going to be interest. Ouch. But thankfully Canada's kindly tax people will give you a bit of a break on government-recognized student loans issued through the Canada Student Loans Act or Canada Student Financial Assistance Act. Just keep in mind that there is no tax break for interest paid on a student line of credit. Transit Paying to keep a car on the road while you're a student is madness. Why not hop on the bus? The U of A, MacEwan and NAIT all hook up their students with the U-Pass, a deeply discounted transit ticket. And you can claim the cost of the U-Pass on your taxes. Ditto if you're going to a school that doesn't offer the universal transit voucher. But you've got to remember to keep all your receipts for each month you buy a bus pass. JOSH MARCELLIN

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SSG // TUITION

Alberta could see massive tuition hikes Conservatives' promise to keep tuition rises at inflation may be canned

he Alberta government is opening the door to potentially huge tuition increases in certain programs—a direct reversal of a promise they made just four years ago. The University of Alberta's law faculty wants to raise tuition nearly $6000 over three years to $15 995, a 58-percent jump. The U of A is arguing that their law program is the third-cheapest in the country and they should be allowed to adjust the fee to be in line with other Canadian universities. Other Alberta institutions have expressed their interest in similar bumps to tuition prices. It's called a "market modification adjustment." It means schools can apply to jack up their tuition if they feel they're charging less than comparable institutions. The only problem is, the Progressive Conservatives promised in 2010 to limit tuition increases to the costs of inflation. That year, then Alberta Advanced Education and Technology Minister Doug Horner approved market adjustments to six programs but pledged it would never happen again. "We stand by our tuition fee policy onehundred percent," Horner told the CBC in 2010. "All future tuition increases will be limited to the consumer price index."

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But this year the PCs are saying they could be open to the possibility of allowing universities to make the socalled market modification adjust-

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ments, sidestepping their promise to cap tuition increases. These hefty increases do little to encourage students to pursue post-secondary in Alberta— which already has the lowest participation rate in the country. "[Market modification adjustments are] based on a business case rooted in a desire to solve short-term problems, but that will ultimately damage the goal of diversifying Alberta's knowledge economy," says the Council of Alberta University Students in a press release. These hikes—and returning the sweeping and brutal $147 million the government cut from post-secondary in 2013—has become a political hot potato for the three PC leadership candidates. Thomas Lukaszuk, the minister responsible for last year's budget cuts, is the only candidate who is totally opposed to hefty tuition increases. These increases have yet to be improved. But hopefully Alberta doesn't return to the time of 1993 to 2003— when the province saw a 300-percent increase in tuition, bringing fees from the lowest in the country to the third-highest. Any barriers to higher education seem nonsensical—the federal government's own figures estimate that three-quarters of all new jobs in the next decade will require post-secondary education. JOSH MARCELLIN

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STUDENT SURVIVAL SSG // BEANS

orget ramen noodles and Kraft Dinner. Get out of the fast food line and throw out those Chinese takeout menus stuck to the fridge. The humble bean is your schoolculinary saviour. It’s time to forget about the bean’s erroneous status as a musical fruit—if you prepare them properly, you won’t need to worry about hiding in the library stacks or painfully clenching your nether-regions throughout class. Beans are cheap, nutritious and easy to prepare: the three golden qualities of student meals. They are also often overlooked, but with just a bit of knowledge they can (and should) become a pantry staple. Plus, they aren’t exactly at the top of the list of foods that your roommates will routinely pilfer, un-

Cooking dried beans requires more time and a bit more planning, but once you get the prep work out of the way they are low maintenance throughout the cooking process—so if you’re going to be at home studying all evening/weekend anyway, you might as well get a pot of beans on the stove. They’ll cook up while you’re writing papers or ploughing through reading lists and you’ll end up with lunches for the next week. Buying dried beans in the bulk section is also dirt cheap and beans freeze well, so you can be super thrifty by simply cooking a bunch of dried beans (or beany meals) and freezing them to offset your inevitable future laziness. Dried beans need to be soaked before you cook them. If you are able to plan ahead, put a cup or two of beans in a big bowl or pot of water and let them soak overnight (put them in the fridge just in case you leave them a bit too long, because they can start to ferment if left at room temperature). If you forgot to pre-soak, don’t worry—there’s a quick soak method that works just as well: rinse the beans, put in a pot, cover with a couple inches of water, bring to a boil, and boil hard for five minutes. Turn off the heat, let them sit for an hour, rinse and proceed with the rest of your recipe. Cooking times for dried beans depend on the type of bean. The recipe will state this or you can just check online, but generally it will take a couple hours (three for chickpeas). If pre-soaking or even quick-soaking just seems like too much effort, but you still need inexpensive meals, keep a supply of dried lentils, split peas, mung beans and black-eyed beans/peas. These are the exception to the soaking rule: they don’t need to be pre-soaked at all (just chuck them in the pot and go), plus they cook in about half the time as other dried beans. One final note, about beans and flatulence: soaking beans and cooking them fully will minimize any gastrointestinal discomfort, as will avoiding consuming beans along with sugar—this is why classic baked beans (with its sweet sauce) tend to make you gassy, as opposed to a bean soup or hummus. So, stick to savoury recipes and you’ll be fine. Eating smaller amounts of beans regularly will also quickly build up your ability to digest them without any issues. (So, just don’t binge eat five bowls of chili. Nothing will save you then.) If you still have problems, stick to lentils and the types of beans that don’t need to be pre-soaked: they are easier to digest.

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like your leftover pizza. Beans are loaded with protein, iron, potassium and magnesium; they’ve got Vitamins C and B-6, plus they are super high in dietary fibre—an added bonus that will pay major gastrointestinal dividends. (Laugh now, but being regular is probably the last thing you need to worry about during finals.) They are also a great crop for the earth too—beans build up nitrogen in the soil, making it more fertile for other crops, so you get a dose of eco-conscientiousness as well as all that protein and fibre. There are hundreds of varieties of beans and lentils in the world, but only a dozen or so are commonly found on grocery-store shelves. Their method of preparation depends

on the type of bean, as well as whether they are canned, dried or fresh—but since keeping fresh produce as a student requires a level of diligence and planning that will be completely shot to hell by midterms, focus on canned and dried beans. A can of beans is the peak of convenience: simply pop it open and you have instant food. Toss a can or two into a pot with vegetables, pasta or rice, and some bouillon cubes (or salt and herbs, if you’re decently stocked) for a quick soup. Rinse and drain a can of chickpeas or black beans and toss with some veggies for an easy salad. Stir them into pasta sauce or curry. Add them to stir-fried vegetables instead of meat—beans are way cheaper than chicken or beef, anyway.

1 can chickpeas (garbanzo beans) ¼ cup lemon juice (about 1 lemon’s worth) 2 cloves garlic, halved (more or less to taste) 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp salt ½ tsp cumin or paprika (optional) Drain the chickpeas but reserve the liquid from the can. Add chickpeas, about half their liquid, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and cumin to a food processor and puree until smooth. Add more bean liquid or lemon juice if it gets too dry. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with veggie sticks or pita bread.

1 cup mung beans or red lentils (or a mix of both) 3 cloves garlic 2 onions, sliced into thin crescents 1.5 tbsp curry powder ½ tsp cayenne powder 1½ tsp salt 3 tbsp vegetable oil 2 tsp ground coriander (or more curry powder) Cilantro leaves, chopped • Bring beans to a boil in a large pot with three cups of water, garlic, half of the onions, curry powder and cayenne. Cover partially and lower heat to a simmer. Simmer until tender but not mushy, about 30 minutes. (Check occasionally and add more water if needed.) Add salt and stir well. • When lentils are almost done, sauté the rest of the onions over medium-high heat for two minutes. Lower heat to medium, add ground coriander (or curry powder) and cook, stirring frequently, for five minutes until onions are soft and caramelized. • When the lentils are cooked, stir in the onion-spice mixture. Remove from heat, stir in the chopped cilantro and serve over rice. Beans! // Nospuds via Compfight

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DISH REVUE // CHINESE

erhaps you've heard the legend of Shanghai 456, purveyor of authentic Chinese eats that for years did business in the City Centre Airport. It was vigorously endorsed to me on more than one occasion, but as I had long ago abandoned my use of a private plane, I had little occasion to patronize its location and rumours of their uniquely savoury dumplings remained unsubstantiated. The mystery shrouding the legend only deepened with their recent relocation to a less than scenic western stretch of 118 Avenue. First, the intrepid photog commissioned by Vue to shoot the place couldn't find

it. Then, when I finally managed to pay their premises a visit—and it's true, their signage is a little tricky to spot under a big blank red awning— the place was shuttered for a twoweek vacation. Would I never get a chance to glory in its fabled fare? I finally got my opportunity one Friday night—the sign twinkled with life, the parking lot was packed and inside a near-capacity crowd of mostly Chinese-Canadian diners were honking down on the contents of big bamboo steamers and platters of noodles. Co-diner and I eagerly took a table near the window for our rendezvous with purported greatness.

Unless you're already acquaint- were rather different than what I ed with Shanghainese cuisine had expected from similarly named through more central local out- items on Sam Wok's menu. Rather lets like Sam Wok, Shanghai 456's than fried pastry rolled up in a menu is bound to look a little un- steamed rice wrapper and doused familiar. It's long on noodle soups, with soy sauce, these rice rolls dumplings, cold plates and dim- were actually made of sticky rice, sum items, but there's a handy with a very crispy pastry centre list of chef's recommendations and a vein of the promised pork on the last two pages to direct "floss." The biggest surprise is that you toward the house specialties. the filling was quite sweet, but the With the help of our server, who overall effect was pleasant, if not warned us about the fat quotient what I'd been hoping for. on the pork belly dishes and the I'd also previously made the acmayonnaise content of a pork dish quaintance of dan dan noodles containing peaches, we were able ($8.50), a huge bowl of spaghettito cobble together a somewhat style noodles in spicy peanut broth, with bits of representative assortment from the Shanghai 456 ground pork n i g h - o v e r w h e l m - 14456 – 118 Ave, and a topping of fried shallots, ing choices. Even 780.451.8333 then, we weren't and this version was more recogalways sure when the food showed up whether it nizable to me. I don't think I would was what we ordered until we had attempt a whole bowl on its own, but it was enjoyable slurping up the the server's reassurance. First to the table were the stir-fried saucy noodles along with the pea pea tips in garlic sauce ($14.95). Pea tips and boneless pork ribs ($11.95). tips are the stalks and leaves of the At first we weren't sure the twosnow pea plant and these ones had bite chunks of fried pork, tossed been cooked to a vibrant green that with lots of diced onions and pepmade us feel healthier just looking pers, were for us, as the plate was at them. Flavoured with sesame oil slightly redolent of fish, but once we and the right amount of garlic, they tried it, we found it not just porky, were satisfyingly tender-crisp and but pleasingly moist without undue co-diner's favourite dish of the night. greasiness. A few chunks of hot pepIn short order we were presented per were hidden in the small diced with sticky rice rolls with long do- veggies, adding a surprise kick that nut and pork floss ($5.25), which gave my co-diner hiccups.

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One of the unique items in Shanghainese gastronomy is xiao long bao, a soup-filled dumpling that takes various forms. Little did we suspect that the panfried beef dumplings ($7.95) would be one of them. It looks like a standard issue potsticker, but if you attack it with too much zeal, a burst of seasoned beef stock will shoot out the other end. Apparently one gingerly bites off the end, sips the soup out of the mysteriously water-tight dough pocket, then dips the remainder in the provided dish of black vinegar. Luckily there was one leftover from our order of six, which I was able to take home and practice on. The house provided complimentary sweets to end the meal—a pair of yellow rice-dough balls coated with white sesame seeds and filled with sweet black sesame paste. The exterior had a gummy consistency that was not unappetizing, but the filling in mine harboured some tooth-jarring grit I didn't appreciate so much. While not an unmitigated success, my first encounter with Shanghai 456 was certainly intriguing, its lengthy menu still constituting a large tract of mostly-uncharted territory. And with soup season rapidly descending on us, the legend has many compelling reasons in store to once again contend with its mysteries.

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Portland: a city that celebrates its own beer // Jason Foster

Recently I wrote about my trip to Portland, considered by most to be one of the best craft-beer locations in the world. As I wrote at the time, it has more than 50 breweries in a city smaller than Edmonton. The question I want to ask today is: how did it get there? Beer cultures don't happen by accident. They are a combination of market forces and

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good government policy. Which means there are things we can do to facilitate craft beer, just as much as there are things we can do to inhibit it. I want to discuss a few items that are important around building a beer culture, using Portland as something of a model. Obviously, you can't force beer consumers to prefer locally made

craft beer. People will drink what they want to drink. However, you can create an environment where craft is perceived as a legitimate option. The first thing is promotion. The city/county/province needs to see craft beer as an important economic catalyst. Portland spends a lot of money telling people that they

make great beer. A solid partnership with the tourism/economic development folks matters. I was recently in the Niagara region and you can't go 100 metres without some kind of sign, billboard or pamphlet telling you about the estate wineries nearby. They do this because they want to attract tourists and other consumers to the local wineries who employ people and create economic activity. The reality is breweries create more jobs per volume compared to wine, and beer is a growing tourist market. Yet governments in Canada have not figured out that, maybe, telling tourists you have some cool breweries in the area might be sound policy. A second key thing is, honestly, getting out of the way. Government will always have a role in regulating the sale of alcohol, but sometimes the rules do more to inhibit craft brewing more than they do to curb problem drinking. For example, until recently, Alberta had a minimum production capacity rule; to open a brewery you had to have sufficient equipment to make 500 000 litres of beer a year. This meant hundreds of thousands in upfront capital costs, making opening a small brewery cost prohibitive. Late in 2013, the government revoked that rule, but it still has in place a plethora of restrictions on where, when and how you set up a brewery. In short, it is very hard to open a brewery in

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In contrast, when in Portland I visited a young brewery called The Commons Brewery that started as a one-man shop in his garage. As long as the brewery was in a stand-alone building from the residence, the state and the city didn't care how or where he made his beer. Today he has grown into a bustling specialty brewery who is about to move to a larger location for the third time in three years. Another case in point? You have all heard about food trucks—travelling gourmet food outlets. Well, beer fans, how about beer trucks? A beer truck is just like a food truck, only it serves beer instead of food. Kind of like a mobile pub. Impossible? In Alberta, yes. Not in Portland. A new innovation, the state liquor authority decided there was no good reason to deny a licence to a beer truck. As a result there are now 12 licensed beer trucks across Portland and growing. Now, isn't that civilized? A third piece of the puzzle, unique to Canada's public liquor system, is finding a way to give space to craft beer in store shelves. In BC and Ontario, two provinces with bustling craft-beer scenes, the government guarantees a portion of shelf space to local breweries. The amount differs by region and brewer, but a provincially produced beer can be assured the government liquor stores will display their products. Alberta cannot offer this advantage to local breweries because a couple decades ago we privatized our liquor retail and so those decisions are made by store owners, who generally give the most shelf space to the big corporate brewers. Another opportunity lost. The final piece is to create an expectation of local. In Portland it is not an option for a pub to not carry at least a couple local beer. I stepped into a run-of-the-mill sports bar downtown and found a half dozen Portland craft beer, including three IPAs. Find that here! This time we can't look to government to do a better job; this one is on us as consumers. We need to demand every pub, no matter how small or ordinary, have some kind of craft-beer option. When quality local craft beer is more available, more people buy it and a virtuous circle is created. Edmonton has a long way to go to reach the rarified heights of Portland when it comes to craft beer. But Portland didn't do it by magic. It took good policy, consumer activism and a healthy competition among craft brewers. Which means, if we have the will, we can do it here too. 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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hough Laurence Miall didn't set out to craft a churlish figure at the heart of his debut novel, he isn't denying that that's pretty much the case. "I'm aware that's really very much how he ended up," he reflects, on the phone a few hours before he takes a mini-vacation into Jasper, just before the official launch of Blind Spot. "I think part of why he became so distinct in that respect: I really wanted to create somebody unlike anybody that I knew, or anybody like myself. I like to think I'm a relatively pleasant person, as are many of the people that I know, so in creating somebody very different, with every choice that he had to make, I'd decided to make

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it the opposite from the choice any- might be rather a predictable situation into something less expected." body that I knew would make." And so emerged Blind Spot's Luke, an actor-turned-acting agent living Though Miall now makes his home in an existential rut in Vancouver, in Montréal, he lived in Edmonton for years—one of Blind drawn back to his faSpot's passages demilial home of EdmonSpot Fri, Sep 5 (7 pm) scribes all the boozeton when his parents' Black Dog, Free fuelled chaos of an car is struck by a train, evening on Whyte though he seems to Ave with an accuracy come as much out of social obligation as any sort of ac- you can recognize as something wittual connection or feeling of loss. nessed, rather than imagined. Two loIt's more what he doesn't feel, actu- cal lit heavyweights, Todd Babiak and ally: Luke's unable to grieve such a Thomas Wharton, gave him blurbs for seismic tragedy, and seems generally the cover; and after Edmonton's own irritated by those who are. But still, NeWest Press accepted Blind Spot something resonates: as he paints his for publication, Miall found himself parents' old house in preparation to paired with local poet Jenna Butler as sell the place, Luke discovers a few his editor. "As soon as I knew she was the deeper family secrets that manage to editor, I rushed out and bought a colrattle even him. For all Luke's sullen moments, his lection of her poems, Seldom Seen trajectory's compelling in the way his Road," he says. "Obviously she has a own personal frustrations trumping very different perspective from me, any sense of actual familial grief, an but I thought that a poet would be idea Miall honed in on early in the more attentive to the details than I writing process. The character that would be." Which was precisely how it played came to him before the scenario did, he notes; the events that unfold out: Butler helped Miall tweak the around Luke in Blind Spot were a di- small-but-immeasurably important rect result of already having him in things, from punctuation to necessary tweaks to the writing itself. place to react. "I was very focused on plot when I "The death of one's parents in tragic circumstances such as these, I felt wrote Blind Spot," Miall says. "I made that that would potentially lend itself a deliberate attempt to be less conto a bit of a maudlin plot if Luke was scious of prose than I had been in the going to treat it more conventionally, past. After it was accepted for publiin mourning, and grieving their loss," cation, it was time to go back to payMiall says. "Again I thought, well, why ing real attention to the prose. It was not let's take the opposite tack? That very good to have that second set of he's actually having a hard time react- eyes being a fail-safe in that respect. ing to this. He actually feels some- Working with Jenna was about really what detached from what happened focusing on the details in the prose, to them, because he was never par- and making sure that this read as fluticularly close to them, or understood idly as possible." them very well while they were living. PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM And I thought that would turn what

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Folkswaggin': Music of the People A

generation of Edmontonians Dabbs, who co-wrote Folkswaggin': have grown up on the hill. Music of the People with Will Marks. Gallagher Hill, that is: home of the The show is set at a pub across the popular Edmonton Folk Music Festi- street from a fictional folk festival, val. An Edmonton whose patrons are institution for the artists and volover three de- Until Sun, Nov 2 unteers—a utopic cades, Folk Fest Mayfield Dinner Theatre, $80 premise that lets is now the inspira- – $110 the performers extion for the Mayplore the breadth field Dinner Theand history of the atre's new show. world's folk music. "We're trying to capture some of the "The music is all over the place; it magic that we see on the hill every runs the gamut," Dabbs says. year here in Edmonton," says Kevin In addition to the usual Canadian

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hard-hitters (Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young), you can expect to hear some of the folk genre's pioneers (Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie), American contenders (Bob Dylan, Joan Baez), and contemporary artists (Dixie Chicks, The Lumineers). "We take little excursions off the continent as well," Dabbs notes. "We tell the North American story of folk music, but we also go to Africa and do this traditional African chant. We go to Bavaria and all of a sudden, boom, there's a polka. We go to Japan; I've been taking taiko drum lessons with a

group in the city." Folkswaggin' will also feature performers who have a presence in Edmonton's own local community, including some who have played our Folk Festival before: Andrea House, Paul Morgan Donald (of Die-Nasty fame) and Dabbs himself. Like many Edmontonians, Dabbs has been attending the Edmonton Folk Festival for years; recently he has started bringing his kids along too. "It becomes this wild family tradition," he says. "Because of its family

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friendliness, kids just grow up going every year. "If you've ever been on the hill at nighttime, I think that kind of explains the magic," he continues. "It's the location: you're sitting there and looking out at the skyline, the candles are burning, the sheer number of people together. It's just so beautiful to look at, never mind the music; the lineup is always rock solid. Every time you see an artist at that time of night, when the sun's down and the weather's just perfect, they comment about it every time."

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Back to School Patio / Thu, Sep 4 (5 pm – 9 pm) Didn’t get enough visual arts or patio hangouts during the summer? Latitude 53’s got one last outdoor hurrah before it packs up its beloved patio-party series for another season. You can go drink, converse, take in the final incubator exhibit of the season (by Erin Elizabeth Ross and Jesse Sherburne) as well as tunes by Jessie Beier and Sheri Barclay. Mark the end of patio season by being on a patio. (Latitude 53)

the loose theme of geek chic. How geeky? Probably pretty geeky. Plus, drink specials. (Evolution Wonderlounge) Dance-A-Thon / Fri, Sep 5 (5:30 pm – 9:30 pm) The South Asian Arts Movement Society wants you to try your hand (and, well, feet, really) at a quartet of different South Asian dance styles: specifically Kathak, Bollywood, Bharatanatyam and Urban Fusion. Those with limited mobility and disabilities are equally encouraged to come try it out. The event, now in its second year, doubles as a fundraiser for the group, and triples as an event that looks to increase understanding of issues facing girls around the world. (South Asian Arts Movement Society’s studio [9238 – 34 Ave], $10)

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EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • Hollywood Icons Fall 2014 Series • That Touch of Mink (1962, colour, PG); Sep 8, 8pm

EDMONTON MOVIE CLUB • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • Peruchazhi (STC) • Sep 7, 6:15pm; Malayalam w/ English subtitles FAVA • Ortona Arts Armoury, 9722-102 St • Producing: Every Tue, Sep 9-Dec 16, 6-9pm; $870, pre-register at 780.429.1671 • Cinema Lab / Laboratoire Du Cinéma: Sep 14, 12-5pm; $450/$75 (individual drop-in); pre-register at 780.429.1671

EBDA BALLROOM DANCE • Lions Senior Recreational Centre, 11113-113 St, 780.893.6828 • Sep 6

GOOD WOMEN • Sugarfoot Ballroom 10545-81 Ave • Self-Preservation and Risk with Richard Lee • Sep 9-11, 10am-12 KALEIDO FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL • Alberta Ave, 118 Ave betw 90-94 St • Free arts festival featuring music, dance, theatre, visual arts, street performance, film and more • Sep 12-14

MILE ZERO DANCE COMPANY • La Cité Francophone, l’Unitheatre, 8627-91 St • PHASES: A Canadian contemporary/ballet dance production with Fine 5 Dance Theatre (Estonia); live music by Ridere Ensemble Quartet • Sep 12-13, 8pm • $20-$25 at TIX on the Square, door

RETAKE: A DOUBLE-BILL ABOUT MEMORY • PCL Studio Theatre, Arts Barns (side/back door), 10330-84 Ave • What does drinking, strawberries, and dozens of glass jars have to do with memory? A premiere of two new dance-theatre works by Anastasia Maywood and Krista Posyniak; original music; performed by members of the Good Women. Q&A follows performance • Sep 11-12, 8-9:30pm • $20/$15 (student/senior/Industry/CADA); reserve E: amchoreography@gmail.com

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing, 10545-81 Ave, 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web • $10, $2 lesson with entry

Paintings by Julian Forrest • Sep 12-Oct 26 • Opening: Sep 12, 7pm

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY •

GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St,

10186-106 St, 780.488.6611 • Feature Gallery: CONTINUUM: Exploring the creative exchange of teaching and learning; until Sep 27 • Discovery Gallery: TOTEMS OF THE MASCULINE: Matt Gould; until Sep 6 • FRONTIERS–CASTING THE FUTURE: Matt Heide's journey from Saskatchewan to Alberta; Sep 13-Oct 18; opening: Sep 13, 2-4pm • BUBBLE INVASION: Jie Yang's Bubble-ware Series; Sep 13-Oct 18; opening: Sep 13, 2-4pm

ARTERY • 9535 Jasper Ave • The Edmonton

Avenue Community Centre, 9210-118 Ave • Despicable Me 2 • Sep 12, 8pm

Musician Project: Erin from East Meets West Photography photography exhibit portraits of Edmonton musicians including Scott Cook, Colleen Brown, Amy van Keeken, George Ireland and more • Sep 13

FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir

FRESHAIRCINEMA MOVIE NIGHT • Alberta

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Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Films adapted from books every Friday afternoon at 2pm • Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2008) PG; Sep 5, 2pm • A Scanner Darkly (2006) 14A; Sep 12, 2pm

IMAX THEATRE • TELUS World of Science, 11211142 St • Sep 5-11 • D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (PG) Mon-Wed 4:20; Thu 1pm • Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G) Mon- Thu 3:20 pm; Thursday: 10:00 am • Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure (G) Mon 11am • Forces of Nature (G) Mon-Thu 11am • To The Arctic 3D (G) Mon 1pm; Wed 10am • Rocky Mountain Express (G) Mon 2pm; Tue 1pm • Born to be Wild 3D (G) Tue 10am • Under the Sea 3D (G) Tue 2pm • Flight of the Butterflies 3D (G) Wed 11am • Space Station 3D (G) Wed 1pm • Galapagos 3D (G) Wed 2pm • Jerusalem 3D (G) Thu 2pm

METRO BIZARRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • Bride Of Beyond Bizarro (STC); Sep 11, 9pm METRO CINEMA: CELEBRATING 3 YEARS IN 3 DIMENSIONS • Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • Sep 12-14 • Anniversary Party Screening of Creature From the Black Lagoon 3D; Sep 12, 6pm (door), 7pm (show) • Sat Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party! all ages, Sep 13, 10am • Life Itself with a Panel Discussion; Sep 13, 7pm • Customer Appreciation Night: Featuring encores of two popular recent films. Free admission & popcorn; Finding Vivian Maier, and Under the Skin; Sep 14, 7pm and 9pm

MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE–U of A • A free

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ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA • Metro at the

REEL FAMILY CINEMA–Metro • Garneau Theatre

Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • Moulin Rouge (PG suggestive scenes); Sep 10, 7pm

• Family films • The Incredible Journey (G); Sep 6, 2pm • Free admission for children 12 and under

CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner

TURKEY SHOOT PRESENTS • Metro Cinema at

Library Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7070 • Tim's Vermeer, 2013, USA (PG); Sep

Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • Gigli (STC) • Sep 9, 7pm

Winston Churchill Sq, 780.422.6223 • STRANGE DREAM: Artworks by Jill Stanton; until Dec 31 • NEW LINES: Contemporary drawings from the National Gallery of Canada; until Oct 5 • 90 X 90: CELEBRATING ART IN ALBERTA; PART 1: FEATURING MANY ARTISTS; until Sep 14 • OPENING SOON: TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND LA VIE MODERNE: PARIS 1880-1910: explores life, art and culture in turn-of-the-century Paris, through the work of Toulouse-Lautrec and his contemporaries; Sep 6-Nov 16 • A MOVING IMAGE: Oct 4–Jan 4, 2015 • BMO World of Creativity: WORLD OF BOO: Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan; until Apr 16, 2015 • RBC New Works Gallery: AMY MALBEUF: KAYÂS-AGO: Large-scale installation; Sep 6-Nov 16 • Conversation with the Artist: Amy Malbeuf; Sep 5 • Late Night Wednesdays: Open until 9pm

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert, 780.460.4310 • ABSTRACTION INTO THE SIGNIFICANT LINE: Artworks by Pat Wagensveld; Sep 4-27; opening: Sep 4, 6-9pm • Preschool Picasso: Sponges and Scrapers: Art for 3-5 yr olds; Sep 13, 10:30-11:30am; $10 • Ageless Art: Layers upon Layers of Landscapes: Sep 18, 1-3pm; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member) ARTWALK–St Albert • Perron District, DT, St Albert: WARES (host SAPVAC), St Albert Library, Musée Héritage Museum, Gemport, Elevate Athletic Wear, Art Gallery of St Albert, Rental and Sales Gallery, Bookstore on Perron, VASA, Cloud Nine Pajamas, Cerulean Boutique • 1st Thu, 6-9pm; through to Sep; exhibits run all month • Sep 4, 6pm

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ • 9624-76 Ave • WOVEN WOMEN: Tapestries and mixed media weavings by Noreen Crone-Findlay • Opening Brunch: Sep 6, 123pm, with Jim Findlay's trio playing live music

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • ENDLESS SUMMER: Works by Tanya Kirouac, Gisa Mayer, and Monica Shelton • Until Sep 4 CREATIVE PRACTICES INSTITUTE • 10149-122 St • SUBURBAN: Artworks by Tyler Baird, Gabriel Molina, and Bryce Zimmerman • Until Sep 27

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St, 780.760.1278 • THE TANGLED WEB: Works by Denise LeFebvre, accompanied with stories of local writer, Trish Lane • Sep 9-30 • Receptions: Sep 11, 5-8pm, Sep 13, 1-4pm

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St, 780.686.4211 • THE RIGHT SIDE OF MAGIC: Works by Blair Brennan, A survey of work from 1986-2014 including An Unlearned Human Language, a new collaborative performance/installation with Brian Webb and Allyson MacIvor • Until Oct 11 • Performances (An Unlearned Human Language): Sep 18-20, 8pm • Reception follows Sat performance

DIXON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave, 780.200.2711 • Richard Dixon's Studio and Gallery featuring a collection of historical Canadian artworks; antique jade sculptures and jewellery; 17th Century bronze masterworks and artworks by Richard Dixon

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY (DUG) • 10332124 St • Represents some of Canada's leading contemporary artists as well as artists gaining recognition in the international art scene. Canadian historical art available DRAWING ROOM • 10253-97 St, 780.760.7284 • Karma Victoria Pop Up Shop: Jewellery and workshop; Sep 6, 2-8pm • WORK/LIFE: by Jeff Klassen; Sep 8-Oct 3; Opening: Sep 12, 7-10pm • An Outdoor Flea Market and Yard Sale at 10137-97 St (Drawing Room's future home); Sep 19, 12-8pm; Sep 20-21, 10am-6pm

ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • THAT SHEPHERD: RIGHTEOUSNESS: Series of paintings by Allen Ball using photographs taken during his tour of duty for the Canadian Forces Artist Program in Northern Egypt; until Sep 27 • AGA at Enterprise Square Galleries: REGIONS OF DISTINCTION: Works by the Edmonton members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; until Oct 26 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St, 780.492.2081 • FA graduating shows: • GRADUATE DESIGN GROUP SHOW 2014: Featuring Master of Design candidates Salim Azzam, Mike Buss, Piyush Mann, Ceren Pektas, Ika Peraic, Layal Shuman and Val Sirbu • Until Sep 20 • Closing: Sep 18, 7-10pm

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • C’EST OÙ CHEZ-NOUS: Art by Sabine Lecorre-Moore • Craft Exhibition: Coloured glass globes and tiles by Monika Déry, and Barbara Mitchell; until Oct 14 GALLERY @ 501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park, 780.410.8585 • ART: OBJET DE SPORT: Canada 55+ Games; until Sep 6 • PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS:

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St Albert, 780.459.2525 • Works by Val Solash, Peg McPherson, and Louise Piquette • Until Sep 29 • Opening: Sep 4, 6pm; artists in attendance

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • Gallery walls: ROOTS: Mixed media works by Paul Holowack • Teak Display Cases: Works by members of the Edmonton Weavers’ Guild • Cube Display Cases: Edmonton Stamp Club: A salute to the World Wildlife Federation • until Sep 30

GALLERY WALK–Edmonton • Gallery Walk Galleries: Bearclaw, Bugera Matheson, Daffodil, Douglas Udell, Front, Garage Photographic, Lando, Peter Robertson, Scott, West End • First Thursday Event: Galleries open late for an informal gathering of culture lovers the 1st Thu, 5-7pm; each month, year round HAPPY HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • DENOUEMENT: Lauren HerzakBauman; clay installation; until Sep 12 • EASTERN BLOCK: Cassandra Paul; until Sep 12 JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave, 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS: Paintings, pottery, sewing, quilting, and woodworks by the instructors of Strathcona Place and their students • Until Sep 18

JUBILEE • 11455-87 Ave • MARKING THE VALLEY: Exhibition represents parts of the river valley from Devon to Fort Saskatchewan • Until Oct 7 KALEIDO FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL • Alberta Avenue, 118 Ave betw 90-94 St • kaleidofest.ca • Free arts festival • Sep 12-14 • Free, donations KIWANIS GALLERY–Red Deer • Red Deer Public Library • COMMON THREADS: Works by the In-Definite Arts Society • Until Oct 19 • First Friday: Sep 5, 6-8pm LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St, 780.423.5353 • Main Space: AFTER FACEB00K: Montréal artists, CharlesAntoine Blais Métivier and Serge-Olivier Rondeau, explore the realities of Edmonton’s social networks; until Sep 6 • ProjEx Room: HOSERS IN CUBA: Photos by Sheri Barclay; until Sep 6 • Visualeyez: Canada’s annual festival of performance art: This year Visualeyez returns to Latitude 53 and downtown edmonton with the theme “Movement”; Sep 10-16

LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park, 780.449.4443 • Open: Fri-Sun 10-6pm • ACACA ALBERTA WIDE ART SHOW: Presented by the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St, 780.407.7152 • POINT OF DEPARTURE: Pastel Landscapes by David Shkolny; until Sep 7 • PRAIRIE LEGACY: Prairie art with pieces from a recent historic donation to the U of A Hospital’s permanent art collection. Works by H.G. Glyde, Illingworth Kerr, Marion Nicoll, Alex Janvier, and others; Sep 10-Oct 14; Opening: Sep 18, 7-9pm

MISERICORDIA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL • Main Fl, 16940-87 Ave • Edmonton Art Club Annual Fall Show • Sep 6-Oct 31 MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • Paintings by Cindy Barratt, Doris Charest, Karin Richter; until Sep 25

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1528 • JOINING UP!: Our Men and Women in the First World War; until Nov 16 • BRIGADIER-GENERAL RAYMOND BRUTINEL: And the Motor Machine Gun Brigade; Sep 9-Nov 16; opening/ book launch: Sep 18, 7pm; Book Talk: Brutinel, talk with historians Juliette Champagne and John Matthews; Sep 27, 7-8:30pm

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave, 780.432.0240 • DRAWING ON THE CITY: AN EXPLORATION OF PEOPLE AND THE PLACES THEY LIVE: Watercolour cityscapes by Rex Beanland; until Sep 30 • Artisan Nook: WAR PIGS: Benjamin Rennich's photo-transfers and 3-D papier-mache work; until Oct 3 • Vertical Space: OUT OF THE SHADOWS: STUDIO GROUP: Works by Lynn Daviduk, Georgene (Graham) Galusha, Tomas Illes, Ken Kramer, and Mark Munan; until Sep 25

NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE STOLLERY GALLERY • 9225-118 Ave, 780.474.7611 • Recent work by the Nina Collective RBC emerging artist apprenticeship exhibit; until Sep 9 • Kaleido Family Arts Festival: Sep 12-14

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • IN THE WE MANNER: Artworks by Clay Ellis; Sep 11-30; Reception: Sep 18, 7-9pm

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • WORN TO BE WILD; Until Sep 7 • Orientation Gallery: FINDING PLACE: EXPLORING HOME THROUGH FIELD JOURNAL ART: Dr Lyn Baldwin's work; Aug 30-Nov 30

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • Metal sculptures by Peter Hide • Through Sep

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St, 780.423.1492 • HAIR: Mark Clintberg Clintberg sources imagery found in Barbershops throughout Canada and the United States; Sep 11-Oct 11; Reception: Sep 12, 7-9pm; artist in attendance • COMMOTION: Series of photographs by Zachary Ayotte; Sep 11-Oct 11; Reception: Sep 12, 7-9pm • SNAP PRINTShOP: 12056 Jasper Ave; 780.423.1492; DRINK AND DRAW: CAMP OUT: Community get-together in the printshop on Jasper

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SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.0664 • Main Gallery: MARKS OF MEANING: Visual Poetry by Bonnie Patton; until Sep 6 • OAC Art Show; Sep 9-Oct 4 • Fireplace Rm: OAC Hangings; through Sep STRATHEARN ART WALK • Strathearn Dr Parkland • Art, a Crafter's Market, children's area, food, beer gardens, live music • Sep 13, 2-6pm (artwalk), 4-8pm (party) • artwalk@ strathearncommunityleague.org TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • GPS ADVENTURES CANADA EXHIBITION: Combining technology, nature, and hidden treasure; until Jun 1, 2015 VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • Gallery A: CONTEMPORARY COWBOY: Karly Mortimer and Jeremy Pavka, a photographic investigation of “the west” and interactions; Sep 11-Oct 25 • Gallery B: Works by Sarah Smith; Sep 11-Oct 25 • Reception: Sep 18

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert, 780.460.5990 • IT FIGURES: Works by Richard Toczac, Samantha Williams-Chapelsky, Julie Kaldenhoven, and Gisele Jerke • Until Sep 20 • Opening: Sep 4, 6-9pm

VIEWPOINT GALLERY–Red Deer • Culture Services Centre, 3827-39 St, Red Deer • Works by Alysse Bowd, Robin Lambert, Shirley Rimer, and Erin Boake • Until Sep 30 • First Fridays: Open 'til 6:30pm

WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave, 780.488.4892 • Artworks by Jean-Gabriel Lambert: Sep 13-25 YMCA (Don Wheaton) • 10211-102 Ave • YMCA Community Canvas wall: Rotating year round exhibits

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Local Author Reading with Jane Bow; Sep 4, 7pm • Free Travel Talk: Turkey; Sep 9, 7pm • Poetry Reading: Poetry Quartet; Sep 10, 7pm • Book Launch: Peggy Worrell's "Proudflesh"; Sep 11, 7pm • Book Launch: Angie Abdou; Sep 13, 6:30pm • Author Event: Tomas P. Keenan; Sep 16, 7pm • Book Launch: Iman Verjee; Sep 17, 7pm • Author Event: Amanda Morash-Parsons; Sep 18, 7pm • Author Event: Janice MacDonald Meet and Greet; Sep 20, 1:30pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE • Laurence Miall presents his new novel, Blind Spot with Thea Bowering • Sep 5, 7-9pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ • 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 • Story Slam • Sep 10, 8pm • Donations

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St, 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tue: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A Monthly Play Reading Series: 1st Sun ea month With A Different Play By A Different Playwright

TALES–MONTHLY STORYTELLING CIRCLE • Parkallen Hall, 6510-111 St • Monthly TELLAROUND: 2nd Wed each month • Sep-Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Info: 780.437.7736; talesedmonton@hotmail.com TALES ALBERTA ANNUAL RETREAT • Camp Kuriakos Centre, Sylvan Lake • talesstorytelling.com • Sep 12-14

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave, 780.422.8174 • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: Every Mon, presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door) • Starts: Sep 8, 7pm

THEATRE FOLKSWAGGIN’: MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave, 780.483.4051 • Celebrating icons such as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Woody Guthrie, the Band, Everly Brothers, Carole King, James Taylor and more • Sep 5-Nov 2

THE FORCE–LIGHTSABRE • Churchill Sq • Janine Waddell Hodder, Alex Mackie instruct Lightsabre Training. Learn Specific Moves And Fight Sequences From The Film Together With Fellow “Jedis-InTraining” From Around The City • Every Wed Night until Sep 24; Kid Training: 7-7:45pm; Adult Training: 7-8:30pm • Free, drop-in (Bring Your Own Lightsabre) KALEIDO FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL • Alberta Avenue, 118 Ave betw 90-94 St • kaleidofest.ca • Free arts festival • Sep 12-14 • Free, donations

ODYSSEO • Yellowhead Tr, Fort Rd• cavalia.net • By Cavalia Under the White Big Top, a larger-than-life theatrical production • Extended to Aug 31 • $24.50$129.50 at cavalia.net, 1-866-999-8111

PIRATES OF THE NORTH SASKATHCHEWAN III • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, WEM, 780.484.2424 • The great Admiral Northington has arranged a truce with all prairie pirates. An adventure complimented with rock hits of the '70s • Until Oct 26

SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • Monthly Play Reading Series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright • Upcoming Readings at SCRIPT SALON: Eudoxie and Jeanne by Beth Graham; Sep 7 SHE'LL BE COMING AROUND THE MOUNTIE • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton • Watch our Mountie mine all the love he can from his girl with a heart of gold. A different show every night presented by the Die-Nasty troupe • Sep 4-6 • $20

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omplexity, alienation and unease seem fundamental to Atom Egoyan's experience. He was born in Cairo to Armenian parents and named after a nuclear reactor. He was raised in Canada, but his nascent imagination was set aflame by Beckett's plays and Bergman's Persona. He's made 15 features in 30 years, five of which were nominated for the Palme d'Or and one, The Sweet Hereafter, was nominated for two Oscars. Strictly speaking, no other Canadian filmmaker is simultaneously more renowned and prolific—not even Cronenberg has been as consistently well received. It was only this year, when The Captive screened in competition to a clamour of boos at Cannes, that the tide seemed to turn on Egoyan. Canadian critics, myself included, have long been tough on his work, but now international critics, even the French, have joined in the pooh-poohing. Is this fair? The timing is suspicious because The Captive is far from Egoyan's weakest film—it's superior to Ararat, superior to Where the Truth Lies or Adoration, both Palme d'Or nominees. So what happened? I'd suggest it's fashion as much as anything else, with the cognoscenti belatedly catching on to an issue as old as Egoyan's oeuvre: these films are driven by fascinating ideas and inspired conceits, but they are often airless and lack a feeling of lived experience. What I admire most in The Captive is its design. Set in and around Niagara Falls, it opens with a 360-degree survey of wintry desolation, the camera a daytime searchlight. We're introduced to the central characters in fragmented, isolating portraits:

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Cassandra (Alexia Fast), an 18-yearold who's been held in captivity by a child pornography ring since the age of 10; Matthew (Ryan Reynolds), her frustrated, guilt-ridden father; Tina (Mireille Enos), her mother, whose grief manifests in bitter rage; Nicole (Rosario Dawson) and Jeffrey (Scott Speedman), officers in a special unit devoted to child crimes; and Cass' abductor, the kiddie-porn kingpin Mika (a woefully miscast Kevin Durand). A quavering, lizard-like aesthete, Humbert Humbert without the humour, Mika secretly films Tina as she cleans hotel rooms (for reasons explained in the below interview). He's an amateur multimedia artist for a teensy audience of sociopathic perverts. I admire how The Captive slowly and engagingly coheres, but the more we understand, the less we can believe any of it, most especially Mika's absurdly convoluted art project. The Captive in some ways mirrors Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners, which makes you wonder if such tales of irresolvable trauma are peculiarly Canadian. Egoyan is undeniably one of us, and his success and staying power within our industry has to be reckoned with whether or not you like the self-consciousness of his films or their sordid subject matter. For me, the high style and relatively crudity of early Egoyan (Next of Kin through Calendar) serves his material better than the glossier later films, many of them pitched as thrillers—which can be a problem when thrills seem low on the priority list. I don't believe for a moment that Egoyan is doing anything less than his best. He's smart, hardworking and earnest, with a head

for art and business both. I like talking to him very much. So even if I'm lukewarm about The Captive I hope my genuine interest in Egoyan and his career comes though in our conversation, which took place at a private club in Toronto last week. VUE WEEKLY: Technology plays an integral role in your films. In The Captive it's suggested that technology facilitates heinous crimes. It's commonly assumed that technology has facilitated filmmaking—is that the case for you? ATOM EGOYAN: It's facilitated a type of filmmaking. It means I could make a film like Citadel, which I shot in Beirut a decade ago with Arsinée [Khanjian, Egoyan's spouse and regular collaborator]. We made it for no money. I edited it. I didn't release it. I just showed it at certain festivals, certain places, in a very private way. I love the fact that there are films I can make now without having to raise money— more than half the budget of my first features was spent on film stock. Of course, I don't have any expectation that films like Citadel will be seen, but the moment you make a film with a budget there's an expectation that there's an audience for it. For a film like The Captive, you want to shoot in these environments, you want sets, you want to inhabit a certain world. You need a real budget. You can argue that having a digital camera instead of a film camera means that you can change your way of directing. You can ask actors to try a take again, you can interrupt them in the middle of a take, give them direction and never worry that you're going to run out

of stock. On a practical level, that's apply her voiceover to these images great, but I still think it's all about and sort of art-direct these rooms writing, planning, storytelling. What and provoke a reaction? Why not is the story? Who do you cast in it? have Mika distribute this material to How do you make them look the way a group of friends? So a multitude of you need them ideas came out of to look? Do you Opening Friday a choice to please need a makeup The Captive a child with a techtruck? Are you Directed by Atom Egoyan nology—and then going to need a  exploit it and turn it costume truck? into something maWill you need a licious. Technology lighting truck? And suddenly it grows. can immediately satisfy an impulse. If you look at the film they're showing in Speaking Parts, which I made VW: There's the temptation with digital to fix everything in the back 25 years ago, it has the same proend, to shape the film into what it's posal, but it was an analogue world, going to be in post-production. But it was about satellite communication with The Captive, just looking at the and you had to book the time, which narrative strategy, the way things are was very expensive, and it had a time revealed, the way certain scenes un- limit. That didn't stop two lovers who fold in a single unbroken shot, there's are disconnected from having what a strong sense that precise planning would now be Skype-sex, though at the time it was a closed environment far in advance is essential. that no one else had access to, and AE: The Captive is indeed very studied, very formal. Formal right down the time limit and expense would to the idea that we're looking at Ni- have enhanced the sexual dynamic. agara Falls, the most widely watched natural spectacle in the world—but VW: Your imagination seems to have looking at it through the windows of always been animated by the notion these hotel rooms, which constitute that the camera can serve as a medithe most private spectacle. We see ating device between you and somethis channel monitoring the suffering thing you desire but cannot touch, or of Tina, a parent who's lost her child as a way of heightening experience and cleans hotel rooms for a living. through distance. That channel was originally intended AE: It could be a camera. It could also as an act of generosity from Mika to be a tape recorder. It could be a cosCassandra—a video camera was set tume, as in Exotica. It's a matter of up in a vent with a wireless system some filter that places someone in so Cassandra could see her mother, a space they didn't expect to be in. live, as she works. I thought that was These factors invite some form of interesting. And then I thought: why sharing. It's technology, it's art direcnot get this child to start telling these CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 >> stories about her childhood? Why not

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The Captive, a guy in the child crimes unit who's an expert in detecting patterns in images. I wonder if he doesn't share something with you. With The Captive we feel that we're watching a puzzle, seeing the fragments arranged in such a way that only gradually makes sense. As you first conceived the story, were you, like that character, seeing the whole thing as a coherent narrative, or did you work through the fragments until cohesion emerged? AE: It was always clear for me because all the fragments are based around a very simple organizing principle, which was Cassandra's birthday. Of course, it's very prismatic, so when we see Matthew at the beginning we're actually seeing him at the end. We don't know that. But I don't expect with The Sweet Hereafter, for example, that the viewer will know that there are five different days on which that bus is picking up children. If you don't get it, it doesn't really matter. It does matter however when you're writing it. And it certainly matters for the continuity person. When I

chart this stuff it feels overwhelming. At that point I always go through a moment of panic, because I've written it a certain way, but when you see it graphed out you think, "This is absurd. No one's going to get all of this." And they don't. But they don't need to. They go with a certain flow, pick up what they need, and at the end there's some sort of resolution. At a primal level yes, you're putting together a puzzle. What these characters are doing professionally is looking for clues, some thing that will lead them to a room in a house somewhere where a child is being tortured or abused, but for the most part they're reduced to watching. The viewer who's not responsive and curious might feel the same thing when they're watching The Captive. How do you enter into a story about an abducted child that you know is actually alive and there's no ticking clock? It's been eight years, so where's the tension? The tension is in other places. VW: You have two features out this year [the other being Devil's Knot]. Both involve what appears to be a very consistent interest of yours, the theme of children in peril, of innocence preserved or destroyed. What keeps you coming back to this? AE: I guess I'm fascinated by how people deal with irretrievable loss. A child is the future, an object to be protected, and the terror of its being threatened is deeply rooted in my psyche. There's also this question: can a moment of piercing joy refract through one's life like a moment of devastating loss? My feeling is probably not. It doesn't echo the same

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way. We understand joy as fleeting, but loss reverberates. That first blush of love—sometimes, if you're lucky, you can reactivate it, but not consistently. Pain is something we can harbour. Ask any therapist. You see it in that scene in which Tina gets the news that her daughter is still alive. The first impulse is joyful, but within 30 seconds it shifts back to that feeling of vindictive rage that Matthew could ever have left her daughter alone. Rationally Tina must know that Cass was 10, that the pie shop [where she was abducted] was a place they went to every week, that she was asleep in the back and Matthew wasn't going to wake her, but still that rage is eternally present. VW: It's eight years of loss and despair and there's got to be someone to blame. AE: Exactly. That need to blame endures. I don't know that you can do that with joy. We're just not designed to work that way. VW: But doesn't The Captive's final

moment contradict that? [spoiler warning] We see Cassandra back on the ice and that old joy just kicks in. AE: Look, the Greeks had it down— and it's crazy. From the beginning of drama tragedies are tragedies, but that doesn't mitigate catharsis. Catharsis is where it all coalesces. The great tragedies remain with us today because they deal with this notion of fate, that force beyond our will. How we deal with the cards we're dealt? How do we negotiate that? JOSEF BRAUN

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REVUE // ACTION

The November Man

Bond, but not Bond

ack in 1983, Never Say Never Again had Sean Connery, in his 50s, return to the Bond role for an unofficial entry in the franchise—no great shakes, that aged martini at least had one stirring sequence (a

motorcycle chase). Now, former 007 Pierce Brosnan, in his 60s, returns to espionage-thrillers in The November Man (codename: The Spy Who Staggered Up From The Dead). A lifeless, rote flick—though set and shot in

the unusual locale of Belgrade—this how awful the actual war was, though adaptation of Bill Granger's novel (co- the flick still trots out plenty of sordid produced by Brosnan, who'd tried to pictures for verisimilitude.) develop the project eight years ago) is a dismal little affair. There are two moments of stark, The basic premise alone, just because almost existential truth about the it pretends to be based on realpolitik true murderousness lying behind this and recent history, genre: Devereaux is more farcical than tells former the world-domina- Now playing protégé David tion machinations of Directed by Roger Donaldson Mason (Luke Bond villains. A su-  Bracey) that he per-spiffy grey fox of can't pretend to a former agent, Pebe human when ter Devereaux (Brosnan), gets pulled he's killed so many and he tells Alice out of retirement to rescue his ex-lov- (Olga Kurylenko) that death-by-bullet er in Moscow; he fails, only to become is so quick, you simply cease to be. But embroiled in the murderous covering- mostly this flick about a world-weary up of an incredible truth—a top Russian general, in cahoots with a top CIA guy, launched the Second Chechen War. (What makes this conspiracy theory so stupid is that it papers over just

spy slops into cynicism and uncaring brutality (to women—Devereaux's use of Mason's lover is repulsively nasty). Clichés abound; hi-tech's whipped out whenever convenient; chases and showdowns seem more about showing off the flick's formulaic genre credentials than building suspense. And after so much stark and sordid bloodand-cuts, it's pathetically appropriate that The November Man, so whippingthrough-the-motions it barely coheres, should end awkward-abruptly—with a shot through a sneering baddie's head shown in all its zipping, blunt force and geysering gore.

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PREVUE // COMEDY

Swearnet: The Movie

Trailer Park Boys, but online! And worse!

ust a few months ago, the boys homes but kept out of network were mourning a dead father, only programming for having bad Toto get baked while driving around, urette's (the most creative curses almost break up the "team," then here reach the sparkling heights realize how much they needed each of "candy-coated piss guzzler"; other. Now the boys mourn a dead most expletives involve "fucking" father, drop acid before race driv- of "tits"—whether male or female ing, almost break mammaries—or up the "team," then Now playing sucking this or realize how much Directed by Warren P Sonoda that). Cuttingthey need each  edge innovators other. The differthat they are, ence? Mostly just they start broada few dicks—male casting online, nudity happens to cock its one eye at though their claim that they want us from the big screen in Swearnet: to avoid sponsorship rings hollow when the movie, from Swearnet The Movie. Otherwise, Robb Wells, John Paul Productions, is promoting a nowTremblay and Mike Smith have re- existing website, pushing the achashed the friends-swear-and-do- tors' celebrity status (especially as drugs-together-and-do-stupid-shit they sign lots of autographs), and formula of Trailer Park Boys: Don't littering the screen with ads for Legalize It. They play "themselves" C**rs L*ght, The T*r*nt* S*n and as actors living in grand suburban more. And there are references to

things Canuck, if you can be bothered to care. Pretty much the only oddball, semiinteresting moments involve a loan shark and his half-brother, a David Lynch-ish duo. As the storyline devolves into disagreements, shrill histrionics and bloody punch-ups, the writing gets lazier and stupider—Wells' girlfriend is cardboard-cut-out into the "crazy bitch" that Smith claims she is, Wells breaks up with her only to immediately hook up with another hot babe, and the surest sign of friends loving friends is that one will jack off a one-eyed creep for them all. Thus the immortal line: "You took a load in the face for me?" Ah, but what a load of unfunny but True North shit we have to eyeball, for nearly two hours, until Swearnet: The Movie runs out of steam.

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FILM REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation

132 years in the making ... and counting

ew present-day structures can boast the centuries-long creation, spanning generations, of the Great Wall or Stonehenge or the Temple of Olympian Zeus. A stone-faced look at the most confounding, fascinating

and controversial edifice still being built today, Stefan Haupt's Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation tours Antonio Gaudí's colossal cathedral but never offers the spirit or thrill this weird wonder deserves.

In 2011, one critic called the "sometimes lugubrious gothic" Barcelona building "monstrously, outrageously kitsch," advocating "distressing the new work [on it] with machine guns." That's the kind of passionate, forceful

argument its towering subject merits. he's among those pushing for Gaudí's But Haupt's documentary offers dry beatification. But the approach seems narration and historical details that muddled (by the historical background could be gleaned from any good ar- and glimpses of today's construction ticle or pamphlet about the church. process) and simplistic. After all, this (There are also slightly pretentious work-132-years-in-progress—beset by scenes where a simply-clad person controversy or opposition and haunted crouches or poses or looks about the by civil war—has been surrounded place.) The unrivalled cinematic way by secularism, had its theme-park-like to inhabit the building remains Hiroshi continuance of Gaudí's original "vision" hotly debated, and Teshigahara's apis supported by proach, in his near- Fri, Sep 5 – Sat, Sep 13 tourism (construcwordless 1985 doc Directed by Stefan Haupt Antonio Gaudí, Metro Cinema at the Garneau tion, supported only by donations where the camera  and tickets, sped simply runs its eye up after visits from over Gaudí's walls, arches, vaulting and mosaic tiles, cli- Japanese sightseers in the '80s and after maxing in the Sagrada Familia—lov- the city's '92 Olympics). Still, shot after ingly exploring its intricately carved shot of the place continues to fascinate, façades, hyperboloid, tree-like pillars, confound and intrigue. Haupt's docuand entrancingly bizarre steeples. mentary doesn't delve into the more (One sequence here echoes this, the intricate inner workings and outward camera rising with a crane and then spirals of Gaudí's initial genius, built up surveying a latticework of scaffolds and layered over by decades of interpretation and modification and technolhigh up among the Sagrada's towers.) ogy, but it still scratches the surface of Haupt tries to focus on the church's re- an overwhelmingly strange, ongoing riff ligious significance—most interesting is on one architect's outsized idea. Etsuro Sotoo, a Japanese sculptor on the BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM project who converted to Catholicism;

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rom its giant hilltop letters to its poster boys, cover girls, marquee names and trophy shows, Hollywood's publicity machine is all about stars' signs. Tinseltown realized, and idealized, early on that moviemaking meant manufacturing neon-

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lit stars—the studio system's filmfactory stamping icons and idols out of smoking guys and glittering dolls who siren-called to a rapt audience, looking up at their larger-than-life projections on that big-screen canvas. When Roland Barthes turned

to modern Mythologies for his 1957 Dietrich, features in Billy Wilder's book, he examined those symbols adaptation of Agatha Christie's, already looming like logos in pop- the Queen of Crime, Witness For The Prosecution culture con(1957; Sep 15). A sciousness, from Mondays, Sep 8 – Nov 3 (8 pm) flashback where "The Brain of Royal Alberta Museum a warbling DietEinstein" to "The $6 regular, $5 student/senior, rich drives some Face of Garbo." $30 series pass sailors wild— The Edmonton Full schedule at royalalbertamuher pant leg's Film Society's seum.ca/events/movies/movies.cfm ripped, exposlatest octet, ing one of her "Hollywood Icons," moves from Dietrich's thigh famous gams—required 145 extras to Astaire's feet. The Fall Series and cost around $75 000. rolls out September 8 with That Touch of Mink (1962), matchmaking Shooting stars gallop forth in Doris Day and Cary Grant, with stars Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (1959; from America's other favourite pas- Sep 22), with John Wayne, Dean time (Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Martin and Ricky Nelson as gunYogi Berra) coming off the bench for slingers, and in Destry Rides Again some comic cameo relief. Another (1939; Sep 29), with James Stewsongstress turned starlet, Marlene art as the new deputy in town and

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Dietrich as a saloon singer. Errol Flynn flashes his sword in The Adventures of Don Juan (1948; Oct 6), while bottom-line journalism meets higher-ed learning when Clark Gable and Doris Day spark it off in Teacher's Pet (1958; Oct 20). Then there's "Ol' Blue Eyes," Frank Sinatra, in the cheery post-war musical It Happened in Brooklyn (1947; Oct 27). And crooner Bing Crosby (singing Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," though he's also in a blackface number) stars alongside Fred Astaire in Holiday Inn (1942; Nov 5), where the toe-tapper's firecracker dance took three days of rehearsal and two days to film. Building off the icon, a certain hotel chain took its brandname from the movie-musical.

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PREVUE // COUNTRY

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Local stalwarts join forces and mix old-school country songwriting with modern production

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he Dungarees was going to be a cover band. A fun escape from the pressure of music-as-a-career for the likes of Robb Angus—of the now defunct Wheat Pool—and James Murdoch, which is how the former pitched the idea of the band to the latter. "I actually had never ever been in a cover band, even when I was a teenager," Murdoch says. "But it was like, OK, sure, why not? And it was just immediately a lot of fun. And I hadn't felt like that in seriously a decade, feeling this unbridled enthusiasm for playing music." With three songwriters in the band— Angus, Murdoch, and Darrek Anderson (of the Guaranteed), rounded out by Ben Shillabeer and Kiron Jhass—it wasn't long before original songs started creeping into the picture. But the pervasive sense of fun didn't fade away: for his part, Murdoch notes that being part of a band, rather than the namesake frontman, offers a relief from certain pressures that stem from that role. "Despite the fact that I had a band with my solo thing—and they were good pals of mine—all the pressure was still on me to do all the writing, all the business, drum up more work, keep everybody together, pay them," Murdoch recalls. "And as soon as all of that got stripped away, it just became about playing music, instead of being about getting a gig and trying to support myself and four other guys." The Dungarees' take on country is a mix of old ideas and new sonics—old in its songwriting ("We call it PG country—pre-Garth country," Murdoch says of the writing, noting Rodney Crowell

Old country meets new sonics

and Dwight Yoakam as hallmarks—but polished up with modern production value, which is what the five songs of the band's debut EP, Ain't Through Being Happy Yet, showcase. To find that blend of old and new in the studio, the band enlisted CCMAaward-winning producer Bart McKay to helm the EP's production. "Bart is one of those slick, new-country producers, and we write these old-style country songs," Murdoch says. "I kind of wanted to bash heads in the studio, because I wanted whatever ended up happening to be this amalgamation of these two styles. I was ready to go in with a bit of a fight, and it turns out that it was actually pretty easy. Bart's a really talented musician, and probably one of the best producers I've worked with. He has this innate ability to get a great take out of you, and a good performance [and] even though you're both coming at things from a different angle, you still end up where you want to be. It's really incredible to watch happen." The band's approach has proven an effective one: while scouring for a gig around the Calgary Stampede last year, the Dungarees managed to land the opening slot for Reba Mcentire at the Saddledome. Suddenly, a band that started for covers and fun found itself turning into something a little more substantial, too. "You hear about stories like that," Murdoch says. "Somebody starts this side project to try and fill in a couple weekends where they're not booked with their other project, and all of a sudden that thing takes off."

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PREVUE // SINGER-SONGWRITER

Marty Pawlina E

verybody needs a friend that will push them along the correct path. Especially someone that identifies what you're capable of doing; for singer-songwriter Marty Pawlina that buddy was Rob Heath, a fellow habitué of Edmonton open stages. Just back from Vancouver after attending University there, Pawlina was nurturing nascent songwriting impulses when Heath appeared to help him out. "We chose each other as friends," recalls Pawlina of Heath, who has gone on to win multiple songwriting awards across the country and secure North American publishing deals. "He acted as my mentor, and told me 'Kid, you got it.' I was like, 'Got what? Now what do I do?'"

"When you have the rare opportuWhy, make an album, of course. Pawlina proceeded to spend four nity to voice something that repreyears working on his debut release, sents yourself, it's worth the time Old Fire, New and effort," he Flame, deciding Sun, Sep 7 (7 pm) says. "Rob really that his first entry With Sea Legs, Rob Heath taught me a lot in the world of The Artery, $12 – $18 when we were recording would writing together, be as carefully and a lot of my put together as if time learning with he was on his tenth. Chalk it up to him is reflected in the album. There Heath's nurturing and a decision af- were a lot of changes over those ter a near-fatal motorcycle accident four years, and a lot of the songs I in Bolivia caused him to re-evaluate started with didn't necessarily make where his life was heading. the final cut." Already strumming guitar and making early attempts at fitting words to For Old Fire, New Flame, Pawlina chords when he was in Jr High, Pawlina was able to tap into a talent pool was in no mood to hack out a record in a that most aspiring singer-songwritweek on somebody's computer. ers wouldn't have access to, secur-

ing a number of Nashville players, including Jeff King, guitarist in Reba McEntire's band. Heath is represented as a cowriter, along with Carrie Day and Juno-nominated performer Chloe Albert, while the record itself was recorded by Albert's producer, Louis Sedmak. "I was really lucky," Pawlina acknowledges. "There was a lot of generosity there, and I think they saw someone who was motivated and would put in the effort and the time. With Jeff [King] we had to get his stuff while he was touring with Reba, but he would send his parts in, and they all slayed." Pawlina currently holds down a full-time job for the moment, one that allows him the flexibility of

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occasional touring, but it's clear that he views himself as a full-time musician, as well as a zealous believer in the craft of songwriting. He also sees himself as a performer in small clubs, relishing the intimacy that goes with them. Whatever happens past his album release, Pawlina won't be giving up on his dream too easily. "I think that if you're lucky enough to pursue what you were created for, and lucky enough to have that tangible passion for it, how can you not chase it down? I mean, you can make a lot of money working out on the rigs, but how can you sleep at night?"

TOM MURRAY

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MUSIC PREVUE // SCI-FI

Death by Robot

Death By Robot: there are far worse ways to go

CD release is never a simple proposition when you're in Death By Robot. Take the Super Mario Brothersstyled scrolling video game that was developed for the release of the band's 2013 album The Life Machine, available for onlookers to play during the show, or the hired actor who

got up between sets to push the concept-album narrative forward at the release of Silently They Came in 2011. A little more complicated than just plugging in and playing the songs, but then the Edmonton indie-rock act isn't very interested in just presenting the same old, same old. For the release of its latest album,

what it's like to be on stage," chuckles Death By Robot frontman Jeremy Pudlowski. "We're calling it the Death By Robot Family Reunion." It's a family that's grown from one single member, actually. Death By Robot was originally Pudlowski plying the usual singer-songwriter route until he decided that his last name simply didn't have the kick that adding the imagery of androids would give it. He took the name of his 2010 debut album, added band members (eventually Colton Pudlowski, Nathan Woodward, and Paulie Finch would sign on), and began turning out sci-fi concept albums and EPs. Fri, Sep 5 (8 pm) "That first reWith Rend, The Gibson Block cord was terrible," The Pawn Shop, $10 he admits, "but it gave me an idea of where to go with this doomsday, technological singuThe Limbic System, Death By Robot larity stuff. I figured we could work will be bringing in Guru Digital Arts with that." for projections and lighting effects. Death By Robot has been working There's also the possibility that you from that initial concept ever since, making sure that every album is a may be part of the action. "We're going to set up the stage new idea rather than just a string of like a living room, and hopefully get random songs. people up there to hang out and have "I try and change the inspiration evdrinks with us. Just so they can see ery time out," he explains. "This time

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it's about Limbic System, which is a part of your brain that does a whole bunch of things but mainly regulates your emotional life. The album is a timeline of a group of people going from young and naive to being at death's door, and regretting choices. It's kind of a dark circle of life." Sounds like a blast if you're looking for a soundtrack to that Camus novel you've been meaning to finish. Thankfully it's not as bleak as all that; as Pudlowski is quick to point out, Death By Robot's music is dark, somewhat sarcastic, and upbeat. As a colleague of his observed on first listen, it's "upbeat despair." "There's a great song by Foster the People that I think describes us perfectly," Pudlowski says. "It was a big hit called 'Pumped Up Kicks,' a really catchy electro song, really happy sounding that almost came across like something the Bee Gees would do. People would be singing along to it until the vocalist, Mark Foster, pointed out that the song was about a school shooting. That's probably the best way to describe what we do: happy, upbeat overtones with dark undertones." TOM MURRAY

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rying to decide what musical direction to take on your second album isn't the easiest thing to do when you're 20-years-old and in the midst of exploring new genres. Add music school to the mix and it becomes an even harder task. If pop singers like Jason Mraz and Ingrid Michaelson were once the epicentre of Mieke Maligne's world, they are now just one small part of a growing appreciation for many other forms of music. "When I started recording the new album that was actually a big stress for me," Maligne admits over the phone in the brief respite she gets between Grant MacEwan classes and her serving job. "I had fallen in love with so many differ-

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ent kinds of music, and I just had no idea what to do. At first I thought I would go acoustic, because that's familiar to me, but I had also picked up a love for R&B and jazz. A couple of people told me that an album is where you are in the moment, and I should embrace it. That actually made a lot of sense to me." Choosing to embrace her pop roots while nodding at the jazz, folk and soul that she was in the process of discovering led to her eventually titling the album Mosaic. What Maligne discovered was that when she stopped worrying about the album's direction it actually began to sound cohesive. "That's because it was true to what I am; all of those sounds, at the end of

the day, are part of who I am, so it has to sound whole." Recorded at Sound Extractor with producer Stew Kirkwood, Mosaic also benefits from the musical friendships she's made with fellow Grant MacEwan students over the last three years. While her first album, Just the Sun, saw a younger Maligne ceding some artistic control to a band of Edmonton jazz veterans, Mosaic finds the singer-songwriter much more in control, with musicians that she's built a rapport with. "The nice part is that you can explore more," she says. "When you're friends you can push and get the best out of each other."

While still protective of the new songs she'd written after Just the Sun, Maligne was definitely open to collaboration with her band. "They're my favourite musicians, so that helps. There were times when I wanted to stick with an idea, but they would enhance it with a new arrangement, like on one song, 'The Upper Hand.' The bass player heard something different from how I envisioned it after we started jamming it. He brought in this R&B bass line that was totally not how it was originally meant to be. I loved it though, so we went with it. By the end I couldn't decide, though, so the album has two arrangements: the

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R&B one and an acoustic, almost Latin-influenced version." Maligne still has one year left in vocal studies at MacEwan, so heavy touring is out of the question. After the album comes out on September 5 she'll be around town promoting it, hoping to get it noticed in various forms of media, but anything more will have to wait for the future. "I'm learning as I go along," she states. "Every album I've done has been an education, and every time I get more confidence in what I'm doing. We'll see where I go after this, and how much I might change."

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PREVUE // YANNI

PREVUE // FOLK AND ROCK

Yanni

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here's a great moment in the plete this album." video for Beck's Record Club reNot quite Guns 'n' Roses territory, vamping of the Yanni opus Live at but evidence of a serious and comthe Acropolis that puts the Greek mitted mind at work. In the nearly composer's music into perspective. half decade that it took for DoHeavyweight studio bassist Abra- mingo and Yanni to put together ham Laboriel is trying to wrap his the album they brought in a who's head around the who of singers, strange time sig- Tue, Sep 9 (7:30 pm) from Renée Fleming to Russell natures he's faced Jubilee Auditorium, $89.65 – with in the song $113.15 Watson, Vittorio "Nostalgia," while Grigolo to Pretty another particiYende. Domingo pant shakes his head and opines and Placido Domingo, Jr also took "This is unreadable" while staring at turns behind the microphone; the the score. Yanni knows exactly what music, as always, was all Yanni, havthey mean. ing been drawn from previously re"Even I need to pay attention when leased songs from his '90s output. performing 'Nostalgia' live every "It is completely from intuition for night," the keyboardist says. "It is me," he says about his modus openot so simple." randi when in composition mode. In case you're wondering, Yanni "I hear the entire composition in (or, as his parents know him, Yiannis my mind and do my best to put it Chryssomallis) is well aware of his into musical form. I surrender to the place in the music world. You might process and have no preconceived think he spends his time meditating plan." at the Sphinx or Taj Mahal, lookIt's not only music where Yanni is ing for inspiration in the ancient prompted by intuition; he's a longworld, but he's actually fairly well- time devotee of the World Wildgrounded. He even evinces a certain life Fund, and a few years ago was amount of paternal pride at the no- granted the privilege of adopting tion of Beck revisiting his most fa- a panda cub at the Chinese Chengmous album. du Research Base of Giant Panda He did start out as a rock musi- Breeding. Yanni dubbed his new cian, after all, joining his first group friend Santorini (both a Greek is(Chameleon) five years after moving land and a Yanni composition), and to the States in 1972 to study psy- he perks up when discussing him. chology at the University of Min"It was an incredible honour; the nesota. An attempt to break into people of China have been so grasoundtrack work prefigured the cious towards me, and this was Yanni sound that we know today. a truly generous gesture. I have "I only did about four of these learned a lot more about the plight projects, and it really inspired me of not only the Pandas but also our to compose music for myself. I have planet through this relationship, never gone back but I am currently and I am doing my best to help bring considering a film project in China awareness and solutions to some of that will be very special and inspir- the problems we still have." TOM MURRAY ing for me." TOM@VUEWEEKLY.COM

here wasn't any one defining moment when Leeroy Stagger decided that he no longer wanted to tour incessantly, but there was one nervous breakdown. It happened after moving to Lethbridge with his girlfriend, buying a house, and having a child. For a man who prided himself on his roadwarrior status this was a frightening moment, when he realized he was closing in on 30 and had spent over a decade of his life participating in an activity that doesn't look all that good on a resumé. "It was after my son was born a yearand-a-half ago," Stagger says from his Lethbridge home. "I just kind of lost it and wondered what the hell I was doing with my life. I thought, 'I'm going to be a folk singer!' That would make some money; name for himself as a producer. Not I'd go off and play all of these folk venues long after he and his girlfriend bought their house he put in a studio, and and that would take care of it." Thankfully Stagger, who grew up on southern Albertan musicians came callthe West Coast, shook himself out of ing. This past year he was involved in the funk that he'd fallen into. While he making new records by John Wort Handoes indeed make it a point of alternat- nam, Ryland Moranz and Cori Brewster, with plenty ing between solo, duo more opportuniand full-band shows, Thu, Sep 11 (7:30 pm) ties knocking at he hasn't been able to The Artery, $12 his door. shake off the need to "I only want to turn it up. do five or six a "It's weird; I've always subscribed to the idea that if I year, though; I don't want to burn out stay positive and be grateful for what on producing, I want to keep it fun by I've received, then the universe will take only working on records that I enjoy." care of me. And y'know, it's true. There hasn't been an increase in record sales You won't be hearing one record or anything, but I've been able to make that he didn't enjoy working on, the more money at what I do. Not a ton, result of time spent at a studio in Lonbut instead of playing for months on don last year. What might have been end and only making good money for the follow up to his last album, the half the shows, I've been booking gigs Steve Berlin (of Los Lobos) produced that either I know will do well, or be Truth Be Sold, instead was consigned fun to play, and just skipping the rest. to a back closet. Not because Stagger Now I actually make the same amount thinks the songs weren't up to snuff, or that the production missed, but of money while playing less shows." Stagger has also begun making a due to surrounding conflicts.

"It just doesn't work for me," he laments. "But I've been working with Russ Broom (of Jann Arden fame) and (Edmonton's) Mike Lent on some new material." However the album turns out, there's a good chance that Stagger will still insert a little rock 'n' roll swagger in the final mix. "It's funny to be walking that thin line between singer-songwriter and rock 'n' roller," he laughs. "I'm almost 32 and I still love to rock. I get worked up over an Ian Hunter performance, but also equally by a Guy Clark song. Both of those elements are there in everything I do. What it always comes down to is the song, whether I'm playing it by myself or in a band. It's probably bad economics to take a bunch of people on the road when I could just as easily play by myself and keep the money, but I still love that feeling of being in a band. The momentum, the tube amps, everything about it; I don't know why that is, but I won't be stopping any time soon."

TOM MURRAY

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It was with the Acropolis album, recorded in 1993, that he went from being a popular new-age oddity to full-blown sensation. His PBS special went on to become a worldwide hit, the composer parlaying it into a career, recording concerts at world heritage sites and photos highlighting his most excellent moustache, now sadly gone. Yanni's mélange of world beat, classical, jazz and soothing, soft synth tones is sui generis; there's nobody that sounds quite like him in instrumental music. Lately he's been working with vocalists, however, and on 2014's Inspirato he brought in opera legend Placido Domingo for help in choosing collaborators. "I was always very cognizant of Placido's genius and used his guidance along with my own understanding of how the songs would work with each voice," he says. "We ended up being in agreement in all songs, but went through many attempts in the process that were not successful. It was a great experience, and took us four years to com-

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Though the production value is thoroughly modern; everything else about Inside of You sounds like it comes from the time between great wars. Ten musicians back his quivering timbre, but Petunia refuses to get too busy while creating an album that is nothing short of stellar. Stoney horns blear through songs with a dignified weave while the stand-up bass rides along with shuffling snare brushes, all the while the kid-sister fiddle tries to keep up. "Runaway Freight Train Heart" is a gorgeous little ripper, thundering along about as fast as anything did before rock 'n' roll was invented. The scales in "Forgotten Melody" waltz; then speed up an octave and leave you seeing tracers. "Bicycle Song," with its single bent note skipping parallel to Petunia's quivering voice, is simply lovely. While "Gunned Down" could be the musical equivalent to a single tear. With dabs of country, swing, jazz and rockabilly, it's a safe bet that if you like your Americana aged and dressed in a tie, then do yourself a favour and add this to the collection.

Opening like a loving Portishead, one might immediately think that Slow Club isn't just a clever name, but this wallflower quickly blossoms into some glowing soul. A blend of everything that was successful in female pop in the '60s & '70s is made modern enough to be sweepingly gorgeous. "Everything is New" is a gentle duet backed by a choir that is beautifully uplifting, while "Suffering You Suffering Me" rings like something out of the Phil Spector canon. The inspirations are obvious and although Rebecca Taylor's (mostly) lead vocals work well within the compositions, what really makes this record are the compositions themselves. The collaboration of Taylor and Watson has sparked some deep digging as they make a wide array of complex genre styles ring with an authenticity that marks progression rather than throwback. Hard to believe? Just listen to "The Queen's Nose" and try to be unaffected.

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SUITE 69 Stella Saturday: retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests

Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,

Vinyl Society’s Bring Out Your Dead swap and sale; record swap meet monthly Sun event; 4-11pm; free

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

FILTHY MCNASTY’S Dead

LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG

Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

Every Sun Jam with Loco-MoFos, hosted by Bob Cook; 8-12pm

Y AFTERHOURS Release

NEWCASTLE PUB The

UNION HALL Celebrity

Saturdays

SUN SEP 7 ARTERY Wanderlust

Tour - Marty Pawlina CD release Featuring Marty Pawlina with Rob Heath with Sealegs; 7pm; $12 (adv)/$18 (door) BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

Sun Electric Blues Jam and BBQ hosted by Marshall Lawrence and the Lazy Bastards; 4-8pm BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku Open mic every Sun

hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brunch:

PM Bossa; 9am-3pm; donations BLUES ON WHYTE Big Dave

Mclean CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS • CCMA Songwriters’ Series: Citadel

Theatre–MacLab Theatre: Tom Cochrane, Sam Hunt, Deric Ruttan and Dave

Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am REXALL PLACE Canadian

Country Music Association Awards; 5pm RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky WUNDERBAR Sorels, Gold,

Katie and the Lichen, Astral Swans

Big Dreamer Sound jam with hosts Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O'brien; this weeks guest: Andrew Scott; every Tue 8pm-12am

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12

MON SEP 8

BLUES ON WHYTE Maurice

ARTERY Saskatoon's Jen

John Vaughn

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

DRUID IRISH PUB Open

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE Maurice

John Vaughn DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY

Monday open mic JUBILEE AUDITORIUM

Almost Everything: Jan Arden, with Rose Cousins; all ages; 6:30pm (door). 7:30pm (show); $49.50, $69.50, $99.50 MERCURY ROOM Music

Magic Monday Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4 NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado

(country) ON THE ROCKS Moonshine Mon: Launch party with the Dungarees PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental

old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510 REXALL PLACE Canadian

Country Music Association Awards (CCMA) Holiday Special; 7pm ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE

Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm

A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open Jam: Trevor Mullen MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests NEW WEST HOTEL Tue

Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; Evening: Silverado (country) O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam

Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month; On the Patio: Funk and Soul with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

open mic with host Duff Robison ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave Open mic every

Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover NEW WEST HOTEL Silverado

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

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

RED PIANO Every Tue: the

Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm12am; no cover; relaxed dress code RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live

Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm SANDS HOTEL Country music dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm

(country)

PAWN SHOP PS I Love You,

Cousin, guests

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy

Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays:

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

TUE SEP 9 BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

Big Dreamer Sound jam hosted by Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O'brien; every Tue 8pm-12am

retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: The Night with No Name featuring DJs Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests playing tasteful, eclectic selections BRIXX Metal night every

Tue DV8 Creepy Tombsday:

Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue RED STAR Experimental

Indie rock, hip hop, electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue SUITE 69 Rockstar Tuesdays: Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass

jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member) RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower

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

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

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

Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHICAGO JOES 9604 -111 Ave COMMON 9910-109 St DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DIVERSION LOUNGE 3414 Gateway Blvd, 780.435.1922 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882170 St EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FESTIVAL PLACE 100

UBK PRESENTS

ALL OUR BASS ARE BELONG TO YOU

W/ EPROM, TRIPPY TURTLE, G JONES & JPOD

SEP/21 SEP/23 SEP/24 SEP/25 SEP/26 SEP/27 SEP/28

CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS

SONATA ARTICA LACUNA COIL THE WOODEN SKY

AIRBOURNE BEACH HOUSE NIGHT VISION PRESENTS

JIMMY EDGAR EVERY TIME I DIE COUNTERPARTS, EXPIRE W/

Main Floor: RetroActive Radio: Alternative '80s and '90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe

BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane

SEP/12

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and

‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every

Wed

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 GAS PUMP 10166-114 St, 780.488.4841 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546126 St, 780.453.2249 J+H PUB 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LEGENDS SPORTS BAR AND TAP HOUSE 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-

SEP/17 SEP/19 SEP/20

‘CITY OF GOLD’ ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

MADDI ALLEN, TERRIAN AND LAUREN VOCIONI

SEP/19 MARTEN HORGER AND WHITEBEAR OCT/5 ASTRAL HARVEST AND ZODIAC SERIES PRESENTS

TIMBRE CONCERTS AND HIPHOPCANADA PRESENT:

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave "B" STREET BAR 11818111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, 780.418.6332 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@ thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 1022597 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750124 St CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood

THE FRONTS CD RELEASE RICH AUCOIN CHET FAKER

Mozart's Sister, guests

ZEN LOUNGE Jazz

WUNDERBAR Facts, Ghost

SEP/13

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative

TUSHFEST STRIKER W/ THE WILD! & SPELL

BLUES ON WHYTE Maurice

every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm Open mic every Tue

SEP/6 SEP/12

John Vaughn

Open Mic Monday Nights with Adam Holm

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

Main Floor: Soul Sundays:

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

8pm; $10

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

7:30pm; $95-$105 at vividseats.com

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Doc MacLean;

DJs

Classical

DJs

Stage Tue: 9pm JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Yanni;

Lane and John Antoniuk (duet album release), guests; 7:30pm; $8 (adv)/$12 (door)

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U OF A

Roots industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave

Raga Mla Music Society: Sanhita Nandi (Hindustani vocals); 6pm; $20/$15 (student/senior)

WED SEP 10

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Stylus Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am

114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 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 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St

ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower School, 10135-96 Ave SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca SIDELINERS PUB 11018127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810124 St, 587.521.6328 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO– St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WINSPEAR 4 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

VUEWEEKLY SEP 04 – SEP 10, 2014

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“A DIFFERENT KIND OF WILD TOUR” W/ GUESTS

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EVERY WEDNESDAY @ 6PM JOIN US IN A WEEKLY EXPLORATION OF SOUND!

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

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 • Bob Angeli; Sep 5-6 • Chris Heward; Sep 12-13

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; last Tue each month, 7:30pm • Dan Soder; until Sep 6 • Lars Calleiou; Sep 7, 7pm • Mike Dambra; Sep 10, 7:30pm • Greg Fitzsimmpns; Sep 11-14 DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm

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

MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE • U of A •

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC)

Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each month; 2:30-4pm • $5

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • 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

KIDS WITH CANCER SOCIETY PARENTING GROUP • 11135-84 Ave • Psychotherapy Group for parents of children with childhood cancer. Upcoming topics include: generating hope; information and problem solving strategies; communication and closeness and more • 2nd Thu each month until Sep 11, 10am-12

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 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug) E: amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free

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

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP • Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext. 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) • Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB

EATING DISORDER SUPPORT NETWORK OF ALBERTA • Strathcona Library meeting rm, 8331-104 St • $60 (for ea 6-week session) ; pre-register at eatingdisordersupportnetworkofalberta.com • Until Oct 15, 6:30pm

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

YOUNG ADULT GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP • Pilgrims Hospice, 9808-148 St • Once-a -month drop-in support group for young adults (ages 18-30) who would like to connect with others who have also experienced a loss. Each group will explore different aspects related to grief and how individuals are coping with their loss • Sep 17 • Contact: Jesse McElheran, 780.413.9801, ext 307 for info, to register • Donations

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey

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

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

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

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY

ROLE CALL: ACGC PUBLIC GALA • St John’s Institute, 11024-82 Ave • Join ACGC for a live forum about Canada’s role on the global stage, featuring indigenous rights advocate Juanita Cabrera Lopez, award-winning poet Ahmed "Knowmadic" Ali, and celebrated international affairs commentator Satya Brata Das. Opening remarks from MP Linda Duncan • Sep 13, 7-10pm • $15 (at acgc.ca/pages. php?pg=1003&sec=2007)/$20 (door)

• 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

10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood

HAVE YOU HAD A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE? • 780.490.1129 • spiritualexperience.

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall,

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

org • Learn how past lives, dreams and soul travel can help you; presented by ECKANKAR Canada • Sep 14, 1-3pm • Free

VEGTOBER WORKSHOP • Earth's General

SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters.com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD •

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS)

Store DT, 10150-104 St • Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta AND Earth's General Store present: Crackers, Chips and Dips that Won’t Stick to Your Hips • Sat, Oct 4, 7-9pm • $30 • bit.ly/1B4oxp7

QUEER AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing, 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • 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

Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Monthly roundtable discussion group. Topics change each month, please check the website for details, edmontonatheists.ca • 1st Tue, 7pm; each month Avonmore United Church Basement, 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

WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured

Delwood Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors.ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton. Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm

Faculté St Jean, Rm 3-18 • 780.490.7332 • madeleine-sanam.org/en • Program for HIV-AID’S prevention, treatment and harm reduction in French, English and other African languages • 3rd and 4th Sat, 9am-5pm each month • Free (member)/$10 (membership); pre-register

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)

EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION •

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •

• Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club:

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

town • Practice group meets every Thu

OVERTIME PUB • 4211-106 St • Open mic comedy anchored by a professional MC, new headliner each week • Every Tue • Free

Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Down-

Hypnotist: Wayne Lee • Fri, Sep 5, 6:30 pm (door), 7:30pm (show)

before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm

2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs. org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:458:30pm; contact bradscherger@hotmail.com, 780.863.1962, norators.com • Upward Bound Toastmaster Club: Rm 7, 6 Fl, Edmonton Public Library–DT: Meets every Wed, 7-8:45pm; Sep-May; upward.toastmastersclubs.org; reader1@shaw.ca • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani

Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

Meetings: Campus

St; Jean: Pavillion McMahon; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw. ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm

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

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

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo.com/group/bwedmonton

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave

• Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters

• 780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover

105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION • teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Swimming–Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.ca; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@ teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca

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

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campusbased organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/ winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ ualberta.ca LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women’s Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men to discuss current issues; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/ supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@shaw.ca PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm

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WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm

SPECIAL EVENTS BURLESQUE FESTIVAL • Fort Edmonton Park, 7000-143 St • Performers from around the globe • Sep 11-14 • Tickets/info at YEGLive, Pawn Shop, Blackbyrd DAUGHTERS DAY • City Hall • daughtersday.com • Celebration of all the daughters in our communities, with music, presentations, an information fair, Commitment Walk, and honouring of Daughters of the Year • Sep 6, 1-3:30pm DEEPSOUL.CA • 587.520.3833; text to: 780.530.1283 for location • Classic Covers Shindig Fundraiser • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; upcoming Century Casino show as well; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages • Fundraising for local Canadian Disaster Relief, the hungry (worldwide through the Canadian Food Grains Bank)

EDMONTON SAFEWAY WALK FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY • Gold Bar Park, 10955-50 St • walkformusculardystrophy. ca • To raise awareness about neuromuscular disorders and fundraiser for research, equipment, programs and support • Sep 6, 10am-2pm

FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL • Devonian Gardens • 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • 780.987.3054 • devonian.ualberta.ca/ Events/FallFamilyFestival.aspx • Create your own scarecrow, build a bird/bat house, make a dried flower arrangement • Sun, Sep 7, 2:30-3:30pm

FRUIT GROWER'S FESTIVAL • Devonian Gardens • 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • 780.987.3054 • devonian.ualberta.ca/ Events/FallFamilyFestival.aspx • Sample the abundance of fruits that can be grown here in a Zone 3 garden. Experts from the Fruit Growers Association will answer your questions about fruit-growing in Alberta, speakers will discuss the challenges and pleasures of fruit growing on the prairies • Sun, Sep 14, 11am-4pm • Free w/regular admission HARVEST FESTIVAL • St Albert Grain Elevator Park, 4 Meadowview Dr, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • Sep 14, 11am-5pm HONEY HARVEST FESTIVAL • John Janzen Nature Centre, 7000-143 St • 311 • edmonton.ca/attractions_events/john_janzen_nature_centre/event-days.aspx • Learn all about native bees and learn what is happening to the bees, and actively participate in bee conservation efforts. Live music, mead and beer from local masters, a guest speaker, hive demonstration, opportunity to create your own take away native bee homes. A mini marketplace with honey and artisan products • Sep 12, 7am-10pm

TIBETAN BAZAAR • Alberta Avenue Community League Hall, 9210-118 Ave • Market with Himalayan merchandise, traditional Tibetan food, teachings on meditation by Kushok Lobsang Dhamchöe • Sep 20-21, 10am-5pm • $5; free for child under 12 TOUR OF ALBERTA • Churchill Sq • casafamilyride.org • Ride the streets of Edmonton in support of Children’s Mental Health. Ride begins with a mass start at Churchill Sq at 10am, and loops back to finish at the starting point. Fundraiser for CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health • Sep 7, 10am U OF A–ALUMNI AWARDS EVENT • Jubilee Auditorium • uab.ca/aw2014 • Kicking off Alumni Weekend: Celebrating the accomplishments of 41 outstanding graduates • Sep 18, 7pm

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THE LOFT ART GALLERY AND GIFT SHOP The Loft Gallery & Gift Shop Reopens September 6, and members will be presenting their artwork created around the “Color Purple”. Come and check out this theme Saturdays and Sundays 12 to 4 pm, at the A. J. Ottewell Community Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park until October 26. The Gift Gallery will also be open with unique items created by ASSC members.

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Parents Empowering Parents (PEP) Society supports & educates families dealing with the effects of substance abuse in youth & adult children. Do you feel embarrassed, exhausted, hopeless, or alone as a result of a child struggling with substance use and/or abuse? PEP can help. Call 780.293.0737 or see www.pepsociety.ca for more information.

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EPL Free Courses: Edmonton AB Check out the Free Online Interactive Instructor Led Courses offered through the Edmonton Public Library. Some of the courses for visual artists would include: Creating WordPress Websites, Secrets of Better Photography Beginning Writer’s Workshop many more… For a list of Free Courses visit: https://www.epl.ca/learn4life For information and instruction on how to get started https://www.epl.ca/learn4life

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A RESEARCH INVITATION FOR NONRESIDENT FATHERS. Are you a divorced or separated father who no longer lives with your child(ren)? I am a researcher from the University of Lethbridge and would like to invite you to participate in an hour-long interview about your experiences of being a nonresident parent. Contact Jim at vaughanj@uleth.ca

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Fund Development Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. The Fund Development Intern will locate funding sources, determine grant eligibility and deadlines, prepare funding support materials, and write grant applications. For more information head to http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

Membership and Community Engagement Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. The Membership and Community Engagement Intern will help AMP achieve more visibility in the Beverly area, and will help locate potential new board members . For more information head to http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

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Social Media Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. AMP requires someone to help with their web-based means of information sharing, media and public relations. For more information head to http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

Special Events Coordinator Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. AMP is planning a series of special events to promote the school program. The Special Events Coordinator Intern will work with the Board of AMP to brainstorm, plan and stage these events. To apply, head to: http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

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Can You Read This? Help someone Who can’t! Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills. Call Valerie at P.A.L.S 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca

Dance Your Heart Out! Calling All Flash Mobbers! We’re looking for volunteers to help with a flash mob called Heart Surprise at the Kaleido Family Arts Festival in September! You will get to wear a cool red suit while you dance and spread joy and hugs. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Choreography is simple and will have two rehearsals prior to the festival. Email kaleidotheatre@gmail.com if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions at all! Habitat For Humanity Women Build Week Oct 21-25 If you are a woman who wants to help families in your community, there’s an important role for you on our build sites! Your gift of time will give hard-working families an opportunity to build equity in a home, and in their futures. Volunteers are trained and equipped to perform their tasks safely and accurately by expert Habitat staff and take home an inspiring sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. We provide all tools, equipment and lunch. Habitat Volunteers participate in onsite safety orientation and training. Contact Info: Kim Dedeugd kdedeugd@hfh.org 780-451-3416 ext 232 Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network’s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers! Interested or want to learn more? Contact Maura at 780-392-8723 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com

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Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation create a future without breast cancer through volunteerism. Contact 1-866-302-2223 or ivolunteer@cbcf.org for current volunteer opportunities Little Green Thumbs Volunteer Opportunity Do you enjoy working with youth? Are you an avid gardener or would like to learn more about indoor gardening? Sustainable Food Edmonton is looking for a new crop of volunteer Growing Facilitators for the Little Green Thumbs program. Try out an amazing opportunity to interact with kids through the complete life cycle of plants. The application deadline is September 19. If you would like more info, please email lgtcoordinator@sustainablefood edmonton.org with your expression of interest. You can also check out the website, www.sustainablefoodedmonton.org

Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope - WE NEED YOU Join us on September 7, 2014 at Laurier Park, Edmonton. Walk for HER, Walk for HOPE, Walk for LIFE. We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers to help out in various roles for the Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope. There is something for everyone: event set-up, cheering on participants, assisting with registration are only few examples. Volunteers are vital in ensuring that everything runs according to plan on the Walk day. Please contact yegvolunteers.occ@gmail.com for more information The 9th Annual Kaleido Family Arts Festival is currently seeking volunteers for the run of the festival September 12-14 2014. The next Volunteer Fun & Social Nite is on July 22, 2014 from 6-8pm at the Alberta Avenue Community League (9210-118 ave), supper will be included! RSVP for this event is required. For more information on the festival or for a volunteer application form please visit www.kaleidofest.ca/volunteer or call The Carrot at 780.471.1580. The Royal Alexandra Hospital Visual Arts Committee offers Artists an opportunity to exhibit their works, Exhibitions may be one artist or combined with a complementary display by other artists. See here for Alberta Health Services Call for Art 2015 For more information, please call 780-735-4430 or email volunteer.RAH@albertahealth services.ca Submissions required by September 26,2014

Volunteers Wanted

The Safeway Walk for Muscular Dystrophy is a fully accessible fundraising event that’s fun for the whole family! We need your help to provide essential mobility equipment, build awareness, and fund leading research on neuromuscular disorders. Encourage your friends, family and coworkers to sponsor your Walk, as you raise funds and awareness to help enhance the lives of Canadians living with a neuromuscular disorder. Saturday September 6, 2014 10am-2pm Gold Bar Park, 10955 50 Street NW, Edmonton AB T6A 1K8 www.walkformusculardystrophy.ca

Contact: Rachael Chan Fundraising and Community Development Coordinator, Alberta/NWT, 780.489.6322 x5104, rachael.chan@muscle.ca

Volunteer Needed Volunteer Stage Assistant Description: Assist sound man with setting up PA system, running sound check, trouble shooting, and take down. Arrive at 4:00pm for set up until end of sound check (5:30-6:00ish), return by 7:30pm and stay until end of take down (usually by 11:00). Qualifications: Enthusiastic, committed, willing to work hard for a return of great music and involvement in a good community. Knowledge of stage set up would be beneficial, or just a willingness to watch, listen and learn. email northernlightsfc@telusplanet.net - include your name, volunteer experience, and a little bit about yourself. Volunteer Opportunities CWY seeks youth participants Canada World Youth (CWY) is now accepting applications for its Youth Leaders in Action (YLA) program. The YLA program is designed to give youth (aged 17 to 25) valuable international and community development experience. Participating youth can apply to join CWY projects in Tanzania, Benin, Ghana, Nicaragua, Peru, Ukraine, Vietnam or Indonesia. Projects are either 6 weeks or 4 to 6 months in duration. For more information or to apply head to: http://canadaworldyouth.org/ap ply/youth-leaders-in-action/ Volunteer with us! **Recruiting board members** Team Edmonton is run by volunteers, and we always welcome new people to help us promote LGBT sports and recreational activities. Volunteers can assist during particular events or can take advantage of other short-term and ongoing opportunities. We are currently seeking volunteers to spearhead new activities, take over for retired activity leaders (cross country ski and snowshoe, badminton, outdoor pursuits), and to join the Team Edmonton Board! If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, or if you would like more information, please contact volunteer@teamedmonton.ca. Want to make a difference for patients and their families at the Cross Cancer Institute? Volunteer with the Alberta Cancer Foundation today and help redefine the future of cancer in Alberta. Opportunities are available throughout the year. www.albertacancer.ca/volunteer 1.866.412.4222

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ACRYLIC ARTISTS! Don’t miss GOLDEN Working Artist Samantha WilliamsChapelsky’s lecture/demo on the 1001 ways you can use GOLDEN acrylic paints, mediums, gels & pastes. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 7-9PM in the Studio at The Paint Spot. Further information: 780.432.0240; accounts@paintspot.ca; www.paintspot.ca. (GOLDEN gives a very generous Just Paint goodies bag to all attending artists!) Art on the Patio will join art, music, and food, as artists and artisans display and sell their work during the very popular Festival Place Patio Series. This is a free opportunity that will be scheduled for four dates this coming summer. Six artists per week will be scheduled. Artists may book a maximum of two weeks. This event will occur on Wednesday evenings. Set up time will be from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and take down after the evenings performance concludes (approximately 9:30-10:00 pm). Interested in learning more? Email artgallery@strathcona.ca ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: BUDAPEST The Open Call will begin on June 25, 2014, we have every months jury selection until April 15, 2015. Apply early! HMC International Artist Residency Program, a not-forprofit arts organization based in Dallas, TX / Budapest, Hungary – provides national and international artists to produce new work while engaging with the arts community in Budapest, Hungary. FOR APPLICATION FORM, questions please contact us. Email: bszechy@yahoo.com Call for Poets - The Verse Project We aim to create a roster of 10 feature poets, spanning a range of genres. Each of these poets will be showcased on our website with a photo, biography, and details of their poetic experience. We want to be transparent, so we are asking interested poets to submit (or, in some cases, resubmit) their CVs to The Edmonton Poetry Festival. Our Verse Project committee will choose the final ten poets. Submission Guidelines If you are interested please visit www.edmontonpoetryfestival.com

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – EDMONTON TIMERAISER Calls are now open for artists and nonprofits to apply for the 5th Edmonton Timeraiser! Last year Timeraiser connected 27 nonprofits with skilled volunteers in their community and invested $13,689 into the local arts community. Help us make this year’s event the biggest yet! Our Call to Community is now Open If you are a nonprofit looking for skilled volunteers or an emerging artist interested in selling your work be sure to apply. Don’t miss out on being part of this exciting event! Help us spread the word about the Call to Community by sending your networks to: www.timeraiser.ca/edmonton. Calls close September 12th.

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Call to Artists :: EAC Request for Portfolios Deadline for Submissions: ONGOING This is an open call to Edmonton-based artists issued by the Edmonton Arts Council, on behalf of the City of Edmonton for public art projects under $20,000.00. This is not a specific call for projects, it is a request to keep your portfolio on file at the EAC. All artists are welcome to submit a complete portfolio, based on the attached entry form, to be included in the Edmonton Public Art Artist Portfolio Collection. The EAC acknowledges growth in artistic careers and welcomes artists to update their portfolio on file. To download the submission form head to: http://www.mailoutinteractive.c om/Industry/LandingPage.aspx ?id=1589040&lm=27313179&q =768295019&qz=c0e91d3de4 0726fff654c1be92bfb2fa Call to Artists for Caprices Fine Arts Pre-Holiday Event Call to artists for Caprices Fine Arts Pre-Holiday Event Saturday Nov 15 at the Inglewood Community Hall , Calgary, 10am to 5pm. Looking for art work in all mediums ad genres. Please visit http://www.zhibit.org/capricesfi nearts/upcoming-capricesevents for more information and contact Nicole. Call To Artists: Persian Art Show, October 17-25, 2014 “Land of Love”: Depiction of Original Persian Art Seeking visual art in the form of paintings in any medium or style, as well as calligraphic pieces centered on Iran’s vibrant and diverse culture. Submission deadline is September 7, 2014 Please email your submissions and/or questions to Mona at mrazavy11@hotmail.com. “Latitude 53 Society of Artists is a not-for profit artist-run center” CALL TO EDMONTON AREA ARTISTS: UNIQUE COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECT & EXHIBITION You’re invited to participate in PERSPECTIVES: An exhibition of the art and heart of Alberta. This is a unique collaborative art project and exhibition in support of needy children around the world. World Vision Canada is hosting an exhibition in Edmonton featuring the art of Alberta residents who want to use their talents to raise awareness of the plight of children in poor communities around the world. Deadline for submissions: September 13, 2014. Selected submissions will be exhibited alongside the original photographs at the exhibit on September 20, 2014 at West Edmonton Mall. For access to the original photographs for re-creation, and for submission information, please contact the Event Producer: Nichole@nicholeleeevents.com 1 (800) 854-8180 ext. 23 Figure Drawing with Daniel Hackborn With live models. Tuesday evenings, 6-9PM. Instruction available 1st Tuesday of the month. Drop-in sessions, $15. Ask about package discounts. Watch for theme evenings! The Paint Spot, 10032 81 Avenue 780.432.0240 www.paintspot.ca.

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Call to Makers, Mercer Collective: A Maker’s Market You must MAKE, BAKE or CREATE what you sell. You can not be a reseller of goods not produced by you. Costs: $60 per market December show is $200 Additional Fees Table Rental is available at $10 per show. Please specify 6 ft or 4 ft. Limited quantities available. Show Dates: March 29,April 26, Sept 27,October 25, November 22 December 13-14 – $200

http://www.emailmeform.com/ builder/form/er27bvY7c0dhM9 0B9dX49 Cultural Diversity in the Arts grants program Artists from these communities can apply to any Edmonton Arts Council program, but many also face cultural, linguistic or historical barriers to accessing support. Grants will support the activities of individual, Edmonton artists for a specific time towards a specific project. Projects can be individual or collective and could include creation of work in any art form. Professional development and mentorship projects are encouraged. The grants will be given up to a maximum of $15,000 and in the case when an artist wishes to apply but faces language barriers that make a written application impossible, the artist may, at the discretion of the EAC submit a 5-minute video narrative instead of written material. For more information about grants, or to apply, visit the EAC website… <http://www.mailoutinteractive. com/Industry/LandingPage.asp x?id=1623033&amp;lm=70864 243&amp;q=770212690&amp; qz=77568cdeb7c7e1077b0d92 55657700b4> Latitude 53 is pleased to present Visualeyez – Canada’s annual performance art festival from September 16-21, 2014. Performance artists, Pam Patterson, is looking for participants for her performance ‘Brick’. Pam Patterson is an internationally recognized performance artist, educator and scholar based in Toronto and she is looking for individuals who are interested in exploring disability and ageing as performers in a movement-based performance(s), Brick, for Visualeyze Sept. 16-21 2014. Pam Patterson’s performance revolves around her own disabilities and seeks other individuals with experience or interest in disability art. To participating in this performance, please email visualeyez@latitude53.org Make A Movie in Just 24-hours 24/ONE, the 10th anniversary edition is now OPEN for Registration. This annual event is the ultimate, heart pumping, movie making challenge. We kick off the weekend before EIFF opens and World Premiere the Top 10 short films (7-minutes or less and family friendly) during the film festival. Register now. And catch all the zzzzzzz’s you can. 24/One teams are required to have a minimum of one (1) person 18 years of age as of Sept. 20, 2014. http://www.edmontonfilmfest. com/24one

ALBERTA-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS •• AUCTIONS •• MEIER Classic Car & Truck Auction. Saturday, September 20, 11 a.m. 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Consign today, call 780-440-1860. AUCTION SALE. Sept. 6 & 7. Large 2-Day Collector Car, quality antiques, acreage tools. Approx. 3 miles out of Spruce Grove, Alberta. Details at: www. spectrumauctioneering.com. 780-960-3370 / 780-903-9393. COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION! 7th Annual Red Deer Fall Finale. September 19 - 20, Westerner Park. Consign today. 1-888-296-0528 ext. 103; egauctions.com. 4-MAJOR OILFIELD Service Companies Dispersal. Tues., Sept. 9, 9 a.m., MAS Sales Centre, Blackfalds, Alberta. Picker trucks, pickups, snowcats, skid steer & attachments, man lifts, zoom booms, forklifts, Dodge 3500 w/blade, breathing trailers, safety equipment, standby emergency units, IHC 4300 ambulance, enclosed & equipment trailers, Ind. Plant & NG compression tools & parts, Mech. Ser. Body, ATV’s, JD 5093E tractor, JD 630 disc bine, & more. Internet bidding at bidspotter. com or www.montgomeryauctions.com. 1-800-371-6963. UNRESERVED AUCTION. Oct. 23, 9 a.m. Bill Armstrong Trucking Ltd., Thorhild, Alberta. 780-398-2294. Cat D6C-LGP, standard, winch; Cat D7HXR High Drive; 2 Cat D8H-46A’s, P. shifts; Finley Hi-Way Hydrascreen; 2 Ardco 4x4’s; 1994 - 870 Galion (Komatsu) grader; 1984 - 4500 Volvo loader; quantity of Cat attachments; 20 pickup trucks & more. View online: www.prodaniukauctions.com. WHEATLAND AUCTIONS Huge Fall Consignment Auction. Sept. 6 in Cheadle, Alberta. Farm equipment, construction equipment, vehicles, RVs, tools and much more! Phone 403-669-1109; www. wheatlandauctions.com.

•• AUTOS •• FORD, CHEVY, Dodge, Toyota & more. Vehicles from $47/week with bad credit or no credit. Bankruptcy ok. $0 down options. Cars, trucks, SUVs and minivans. 1-800-591-5127. Apply online at www.CanadaDrives.ca.

•• BUSINESS •• OPPORTUNITIES THE DISABILITY Tax Credit. $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on average). Covers: hip/knee replacements, arthritic joints, COPD. Apply today! 1-844-453-5372. GET FREE vending machines. Can earn $100,000. + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected territories. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629. Website: www.tcvend.com.

•• CAREER TRAINING •• MEDICAL BILLING trainees needed! Learn to process & submit billing claims for hospitals and doctors! No experience needed! Local training gets you ready to work! 1-888-627-0297.

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TRENCHUK LIVESTOCK HAULING requires Class 1 Drivers. Alberta wide work, competitive wages. Call Michael at 780-656-0053, Smoky Lake. INTERESTED IN the Community Newspaper business? Alberta’s weekly newspapers are looking for people like you. Post your resume online. FREE. Visit: awna.com/for-job-seekers.

SINGLE WIDE SHOWHOMES now reduced! Craigs Homes, a proud supplier of Moduline Manufactured Homes, is wanting to make way for the new homes coming out for 2015. Come and check out some sweet deals. An example is our 20 X 76 Canberra, 1520 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom is now at $115,900. Regular price $118,900. Call Marg at 1-855-380-2266.

AN ALBERTA OILFIELD company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 780-723-5051. TRENCHUK CATTLE CO. in Smoky Lake, Alberta is currently hiring a Herd Health Person & Pencheckers $22-30/hour. Also General Labourers $20-23/hour depending on experience or ability. Fax resume to 780-6563962 or call Willy 780-656-0052. EXPERIENCE is an asset. We offer free recruitment services for people aged 45 and over across Canada. Register now at: www.thirdquarter.ca or call toll free 1-855-286-0306. MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have workat-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep. ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

•• FOR SALE •• METAL ROOFING & SIDING. Very competitive prices! Largest colour selection in Western Canada. Available at over 25 Alberta Distribution Locations. 40 Year Warranty. Call 1-888-263-8254. EVERY WATER WELL on earth should have the patented “Kontinuous Shok” Chlorinator from Big Iron Drilling! Why? Save thousands of lives every year. www.1-800bigiron.com. Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. A-STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers. Used 40’ & 40’ Seacans high cube & insulated containers 40’-53’ long. Specials in stock now. Self unloading delivery. Phone toll free 1-866-5287108; www.rtccontainer.com. STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100, sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206; www. crownsteelbuildings.ca. RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME & leg cramps? Fast relief in one hour. Sleep at night. Proven for over 32 years; www.allcalm.com. Mon-Fri, 8-4 EST. 1-800-765-8660. VITAMIX Blenders Summer Sale. Free shipping anywhere in Canada. Mention this ad and receive a free pure milk nut bag. Call Hometech, Regina, SK, 1-888-692-6724 or www. hometechcanada.ca.

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): I don't usually do this kind of thing, but I'm going to suggest that you monitor the number six. My hypothesis is that six has been trying to grab your attention, perhaps even in askew or inconvenient ways. Its purpose? To nudge you to tune in to beneficial influences that you have been ignoring. I furthermore suspect that six is angling to show you clues about what is both the cause of your unscratchable itch and the cure for that itch. So lighten up and have fun with this absurd mystery, Aries. Without taking it too seriously, allow six to be your weird little teacher. Let it prick your intuition with quirky notions and outlandish speculations. If nothing comes of it, there will be no harm done. If it leads you to helpful discoveries, hallelujah.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): In English, the rare word "trouvaille" means a lucky find or an unexpected windfall. In French, "trouvaille" can refer to the same thing and even more: something interesting or exceptional that is discovered fortuitously; a fun or enlightening blessing that's generated through the efforts of a vigorous imagination. Of course I can't guarantee that you will experience a trouvaille or two (or even three) in the coming days, Taurus. But the conditions are as ripe as they can be for such a possibility.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): Here are a few of the major companies that got their starts in home garages: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mattel, Amazon and Disney. Even if you're not in full support of their business practices, you've got to admit that their humble origins didn't limit their ability to become rich and powerful. As I meditate on the longterm astrological omens, I surmise you are now in a position to launch a project that could follow a similar arc. It would be more modest, of course. I don't foresee you ultimately becoming an international corporation worth billions of dollars. But the success would be bigger than I think you can imagine. VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): "I have a hypothesis that everyone is born with the same amount of luck," says cartoonist Scott Adams. "But luck doesn't appear to be spread evenly across a person's life. Some people use up all of their luck early in life. Others start out in bad circumstances and finish strong." How would you assess your own distribution of luck, Virgo? According to my projections, you are in a phase when luck is flowing stronger and deeper than usual. And I bet it will intensify in the coming weeks. I suggest you use it wisely—which is to say, with flair and aplomb and generosity.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): The Dutch word epibreren means that even though you are goofing off, you are trying to create the impression that you are hard at work. I wouldn't be totally opposed to you indulging in some major epibreren in the coming days. More importantly, the cosmos won't exact any karmic repercussions for it. I suspect, in fact, that the cosmos is secretly conspiring for you to enjoy more slack and spaciousness than usual. You're overdue to recharge your spiritual and emotional batteries, and that will require extra repose and quietude. If you have to engage in a bit of masquerade to get the ease you need, so be it.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): When my daughter Zoe was seven years old, she took horseback riding lessons with a group of other young aspirants. On the third lesson, their instructor assigned them the task of carrying an egg in a spoon that they clasped in their mouths as they sat facing backwards on a trotting horse. That seemingly improbable task reminds me of what you're working on right now, Libra. Your balancing act isn't quite as demanding, but it is testing you in ways you're not accustomed to. My prognosis: you will master what's required of you faster than the kids at Zoe's horse camp. Every one of them broke at least eight eggs before succeeding. I suspect that three or four attempts will be enough for you.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): When James Franco began to learn his craft as an actor, he was young and poor. A gig at McDonald's paid for his acting lessons and allowed him to earn a living. He also used his time on the job as an opportunity to build his skills as a performer. While serving customers burgers and fries, he practiced speaking to them in a variety of different accents. Now would be an excellent time for you to adopt a similar strategy, Cancerian. Even if you are not doing what you love to do full-time, you can and should take stronger measures to prepare yourself for that day when you will be doing more of what you love to do.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Peter the Great was the Tsar of Russia from 1682 until 1725. Under his rule, his nation became a major empire. He also led a cultural revolution that brought modern European-style ideas and influences to Russia. But for our purposes right now, I want to call attention to one of his other accomplishments: The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters. It was a club he organized with his allies to ensure there would always be an abundance of parties for him to enjoy. I don't think you need alcohol as an essential part of your own efforts to sustain maximum revelry in the coming weeks, Scorpio.

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But I do suggest you convene a similar brain trust. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): In Roald Dahl's kids' story James and the Giant Peach, 501 seagulls are needed to carry the giant peach from a spot near the Azores all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City. But physics students at the UK's University of Leicester have determined that such a modest contingent wouldn't be nearly enough to achieve a successful airlift. By their calculations, there'd have to be a minimum of 2 425 907 seagulls involved. I urge you to consider the possibility that you, too, will require more power than you have estimated to accomplish your own magic feat. Certainly not almost 5000 times more, as in the case of the seagulls. Fifteen percent more should be enough. (PS: I'm almost positive you can rustle up that extra 15 percent.) CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): So far, 53 toys have been inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. They include crayons, the jump rope, Mr Potato Head, the yo-yo, the rubber duckie and dominoes. My favorite inductee—and the toy that is most symbolically useful to you right now—is the plain old cardboard box. Of all the world's playthings, it is perhaps the one that requires and activates the most imagination. It can become a fort, a spaceship, a washing machine, a cave, a submarine and many other exotic things. I think you need to be around influences akin to the cardboard box because they are likely to unleash your dormant creativity. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): I'm not opposed to you fighting a good fight. It's quite possible you would become smarter and stronger by wrangling with a worthy adversary or struggling against a bad influence. The passion you summon to outwit an obstacle could bestow blessings not only on you but on other people, as well. But here's a big caveat: I hope you will not get embroiled in a showdown with an imaginary foe. I pray that you will refrain from a futile combat with a slippery delusion. Choose your battles carefully, Aquarius. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): During the next six weeks, I suggest you regard symbiosis as one of your key themes. Be alert for ways you can cultivate more interesting and intense forms of intimacy. Magnetize yourself to the joys of teamwork and collaboration. Which of your skills and talents are most useful to other people? Which are most likely to inspire your allies to offer you their best skills and talents? I suggest you highlight everything about yourself that is most likely to win you love, appreciation and help. V

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Will the US version of Sex Box take away its honest approach to sex? Sex Box sounds like a kinky videogame console, but it's actually a reality tv show. On Sex Box couples go into a large box, have sex, and then come out and immediately sit down and talk about their experience with a panel of experts. It's a British show that will be getting an American makeover for WE tv next year. I watched the first episode of the British version. While the description of it sounds incredibly risqué and x-rated, in reality, it's anything but. The opinion pieces decrying this as the end of television standards make it sound as if you actually see the people having sex. You don't. The host talks to the couple first and then they go into a very large, completely enclosed room on the set. It looks like a big box. While we wait for them to finish, the panel has discussions and video clips are shown of the couple and streeter interviews. When the light on the box turns yellow, it means the couple has finished. They sit down and talk about what sex means to them, how they have sex, what works for them and what doesn't. Surprisingly, it doesn't get very graphic at all, but it does get very real and honest. The experts are Dan Savage, Tracey Cox and

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