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Polluters in charge Climate Change Central, more recently known as C3, was created by the Alberta government back in 2000. A mix of publicprivate ownership, the not-forprofit organization's mission statement declared its purpose to "encourage Albertans to take action on climate change through consumer rebate programs, demonstration projects and outreach."

More tangibly, it ran some 23 environmental projects and programs in the province: most notably the carbon offset and energy efficiency rebate programs, but also everything from weatherizing seniors homes to pushing taxi-services in the province to use hybrid vehicles.

This is all being written in past tense for a reason: on Monday, C3 announced it was shuttering its doors. The reason is, predictably, money: back in 2009, the government decided that C3 should become an unfunded social enterprise, and without giving it adequate time to transition into a new working model, cut its funding. It staggered on for five years, but now it's proven unsustainable on its own.

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of an organization dedicated to outreach and working towards resolving some of our more egregious environmental issues—C3's closure marks another step down the path of deregulation, and it couldn't come at a worse time. Climate change policy is being reviewed and explored in the country, by government and oil company alike.

The idea of an increased carbon tax is being floated around, as well as new innovations, like carbon recycling techniques, being seen as increasingly viable.

There's even now the existence of Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), a strangebedfellow combination of 13 fossil fuel companies, partnering to explore new innovations in cleaner energy.

But innovation alone isn't enough. That progress still needs to be vetted and watchdogged (and championed) by an independent body. And if our government doesn't see fit to help fund an organization devoted to reduction, who's to say if these programs will ultimately help or hinder our environment? Those doing the biggest polluting? V

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The impact of words like tranny and personal pronouns I am both ecstatic and anxious about going to Edmonton's Pride for the second time. Although it has always provided a space for sexual diversity, there are still some concerns about the lack of support for gender diversity. Don't get me wrong, I am thankful for all the hard work that goes into making this necessary event possible. However, it is still important for us to continuously listen to issues, such as those expressed by trans* voices, and make any necessary changes.

I want to discuss how we can be more queer-friendly and gender inclusive as we continue to grow, learn, love and transform together. But of course, I do not speak for the entire trans* community and this is only part of an ongoing conversation.

It is important to be mindful and conscious of the language we use when communicating with each other. There is growing debate around use of the word "tranny." It is a politically charged word

that can be meaningful for some or extremely triggering and interpreted as a transphobic slur to others. Our words deeply affect our way of thinking which in turn influences how we view other people.

The same goes for pronouns and name changes. Besides "he/him" and "she/her", there is also "they" and "ze/hir" now used as legitimate gender inclusive singular pronouns. I have changed my language by replacing the term "prefers the pronoun" with "uses the pronoun." This was addressed in a Facebook post by trans* activist and artist Ivan Coyote: "When someone writes that a person 'prefers' a particular pronoun, it infers that there is a choice there for everyone, whether to respect that wish or not. However, for some (if not most) gender variant and/or trans* folks, not having their pronoun respected is hurtful and constantly correcting people is exhausting and alienating."

I encourage everyone to be mindful and respectful of the language we use in our day-to-day interactions with each other.

It never hurts to ask if you are unsure.

However, and I cannot stress this enough, asking about an individual's private parts is extremely inappropriate and invasive. Gender identity does not solely rely on the genitalia we were born with. Trans* actress and activist Laverne Cox, who has been featured on the latest cover of Time magazine, eloquently reminds us: "The preoccupation with transition and with surgery objectifies trans* people and then we don't get to deal with the real lived experiences— the reality of trans* people's lives is that so often we're targets of violence. We experience discrimination disproportionately to the rest of the community."

Let's start engaging in meaningful conversations around gender and seeking new ways of understanding ourselves and each other. Happy Pride! V

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Street versus parlour

Sex-work research reveals a surprising story about those who sell their bodies

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here's a certain idea of the prostitute in our collective cultural consciousness. She's the woman pictured above most articles about sex work, often wearing fishnet stockings, standing on a street corner or leaning into a car.

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ciologist Chris Atchison says that is an extremely limited understanding of sex work. "The street-level sex industry is about 10 percent of the population—but more realistically five percent."

Alice Ayres, a local sex worker, isn't keen on the popular trope of the prostitute. She works as a licensed-body-rub practitioner at two salons in Edmonton. Far from being miserable, Ayres says, "It's something I would say I enjoy."

Ayres has been working in the industry for a year. She, like many others, didn't know that sex work was legal in Edmonton—if you are over 18, it is not illegal to work for an escort agency, or as a licensed body-rub practitioner in a body-rub salon, and neither is it illegal to loiter—until a case challenging the country's prostitutions laws made it in front of the Supreme Court last year. In the Bedford Case, retired dominatrix Terri Jean Bedford was influential in Canada's highest court, striking down the country's anti-prostitution laws in a unanimous 9-0 ruling in December. One year was given for new legislation to be written. Curiosity about this case led Ayres to look into sex work as something she could pursue for

extra income. "A lot of my exes used to joke I'd make a great dominatrix," she says.

The executive director for the Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation, Kate Quinn, says there are many types of people who work in the sex industry.

"I would say there is a continuum and there are some at one end of the continuum who say, 'I'm a sex worker. I'm self empowered and I'm self employed.' Along that continuum there would be others who have no options because there are economic drivers in their lives such as being in debt and having no viable other way to earn a living."

Part of CEASE's outreach program involves text messages sent to sex workers found on Backpage, an adult classified website. Ayres says she finds these messages annoying and mentions a time when, as a test, she sent a request for help. The reply came four days later. "What if I actually needed help?" she asks.

But Quinn explains the texting project has had four, four-week campaigns since last year and involves messages written by a former sex worker being sent out to let current sex workers know about bursaries available for them to go

to school and crisis lines if they ever need to talk. People who ask not to be contacted again are removed from the list.

"We are not 24-7," Quinn says.

"We have five full-time staff—and I'm one of them—so our staff person may not have been able to get back as quickly as the person may have desired."

The public's perceived ignorance about prostitution combined with the lack of voices from sex workers themselves is something that Atchison is working to change through Understanding Sex Work, the largest and most comprehensive single investigation of Canada's sex industry since the field studies done for the Fraser Committee inquiry in 1984.

"While females may represent 70 to 80 percent of people selling sex, very little is known or said about the 20 to 30 percent who are male or transsexual/transgender," Atchison says. "We know even less about the attitudes, beliefs, experiences and behaviours of the people paying for sexual services who, even by the crudest of estimates, must outnumber the people providing sexual services by a ratio of 10 to 1."

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Now, with Justice Minister Peter McKay introducing a new bill on June 4 (as of press time no announcement had been made) that will most likely be based on regulatory regimes from Sweden, Iceland, and Norway—known as the Nordic Model—where selling sex is legal but purchasing it is not, all parties who are involved with sex work are anxiously waiting to see what will happen.

Ayres is against the Nordic model.

"It further stigmatizes and harms sex workers," she says.

Atchison isn't fond of it either.

"Now, while I would love to drink the Kool-aid that is being passed around by those campaigning for the so-called 'Nordic Model' which calls for the criminalization of a class of people based on their single shared characteristic of having purchased sexual services, I think that it would probably be wise to first understand a little bit about who these people are, what attitudes they hold, and how they behave," he says. "I'm not an advocate for any particular thing, but I am sure as hell in favour of harm reduction."

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A flood of government handouts

Sole-sourced contracts to firms like Navigator encourage culture of entitlement

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lberta Liberal leader Raj Sherman might be on to something when he suggests that more than half a million dollars in untendered contracts awarded to the Canadian communications firm Navigator "don't pass the smell test." The $300 000 handed to the firm one month after the floods in southern Alberta last June stinks most of all.

The high-priced firm—with strong Tory ties—is being investigated by the auditor general regarding seven sole-sourced contracts it has been awarded since 2011. Sherman says it's unfortunate that the investigation will only probe the way the contracts were awarded. He wants to know why so many contracts to external consultants were awarded in the first place.

"The immediate crisis had passed when they signed that contract," Sherman says, adding the government's army of in-house communications staff were perfectly capable of doing the work.

This April, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation released documents obtained through requests to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP), which show the government employs 214 full-time communications directors, press secretaries and other communications staff at a cost of $23.1 million per year. The departments being investigated for their contracts with Navigator—Health, and Municipal Affairs—respectively employ 16 and 10 full-time communications staff, and all of the ministers involved in the flood's aftermath, including the Premier, had press secretaries.

Last January when Navigator learned the Liberals had put in a FOIP request seeking information about the company, it did what it tells its clients to do when faced with a public-relations crisis: attempted to

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get in front of it. Navigator released the government release all contracts premier and a number of ministers apa list of all contracts it had with the awarded in relation to the flooding pearing in the media every single day.

In an interview with CBC on June provincial government from 2011 to was refused. Rick Fraser, the Tory the end of 2013. According to the government's associate minister 21, Redford boasted that the govcompany's press release, the first responsible for High River's recov- ernment's emergency preparedness $250 000 flood-related contract ery, assured the Herald that sole- system worked properly.

"There's no question the alerts was for "strategic communication sourced contracts would be granted and related services and advice, as only in "emergency" situations when were in place, the information has well as communication strategy." Albertans were in "immediate need." been available and that informaThe untendered contract with tion has been helpful," she said. "We Another contract worth more than needed to be $70 000 was able to get for the firm to people out, conduct focus and we did." groups on the According to Navigator's press release, the In-house government's staff managed response to province hired the firm July 18, almost a full to coordinate the disaster. month after the flood and well after any a meeting and photo op with Controversy emergency situation had passed. the Prime over untenMinister Stedered flood-rephen Harper, lated contracts Redford and first arose last August when it was revealed that a Navigator, signed the same day as Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi at company called Tervita was awarded the untendered contract with Ter- the Calgary airport the day after the a $45-million contract for demoli- vita, remained under the radar for worst of the flooding. They coordinated a press conference on June 24, tion in High River, work on which months.

Prompted by Sherman's question- $1 billion in crisis funding and $1250 competitors weren't permitted to bid. Danielle Smith, the MLA for ing in the legislature this spring, in pre-loaded debit cards for disHigh River and the leader of the Wil- Premier David Hancock defended placed adults with $500 per child.

"The media and government staff drose, the official opposition, joined the Navigator contracts, saying it Sherman in raising questions about was critical to get information to af- were doing a very good job getting information to the public in a timely fected Albertans immediately. contracts.

"In an emergency situation where manner," Sherman says.

"I have to say, giving a sole-source

By June 29, a call centre was in contract for $45 million when we you need to get all hands on deck don't even know what the scope of and assemble your team of people place to answer questions from work is—and their competitors ap- immediately, you go to people that residents affected by the flooding. parently didn't have a chance to of- you know and you trust, who have a By July 5, registration centres were fer a competitive bid—that's pretty reputation for doing the job," he said scheduled to open across southern Alberta for residents to get their alarming," Smith told the Calgary during question period. debit cards and apply for funding Herald at the time.

Last month, the Wildrose raised But according to Navigator's press to rebuild. On July 12, the state of the issue again, noting that Tervita release, the province hired the firm emergency was lifted in High River, donated $36 000 to the Tories over July 18, almost a full month after the the community hardest hit by the the past four years, including $1800 flood and well after any emergency floods. By the time the Navigator contract was signed, the opposition to former premier Alison Redford's situation had passed.

Indeed, a look back at the days fol- parties began to question why the constituency. They are now demanding a ban on all corporate political lowing the most severe flooding government buried for six years and shows a government very much in then ignored the recommendations donations.

In August, Sherman's demand that control of public relations, with the of a report commissioned the last

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time High River was devastated by flooding in 2005.

Sherman says that was the crisis the government needed to manage in order to make sure that Redford made it through her leadership review scheduled that fall.

"This is also one of the more blatant examples of the way the PCs reward their friends," he adds.

Navigator's connections to the governing Tories is well-documented, with several of the company's high profile principals having worked on both Redford and former premier Ed Stelmach's leadership campaigns.

"That's the way it works with these people," Sherman says. "'You get me elected and I'll make sure you're rewarded later.'"

He adds that Navigator is only the tip of the iceberg, with more than $250 million in sole-sourced consultant contracts being awarded each year.

The Liberals say another FOIP request has revealed Navigator was given a similar deal to help manage the controversy surrounding the death of hundreds of children in government care. That contract was worth $25 000. Party researchers have also uncovered another contract worth more than $107 000 for then-Justice Minister Redford.

Sherman contends these sorts of contracts go far beyond the former premier and Navigator.

"They are nothing more than a means for the Tories to reward their friends and are symptomatic of an entrenched political culture of entitlement," he says.

The Auditor General's report into the matter is expected in the fall, just in time to land in the lap of the newly elected PC leader, whomever that may be.

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Egypt's man of destiny—for a while Newly elected president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the latest to fill the role of dictator To the vast surprise of absolutely nobody, field marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won the Egyptian presidential election last week. Moreover, he won it with a majority that would pass for a resounding triumph in most countries. But it is a disarmingly modest majority for an Arab Man of Destiny.

Not for Sisi were the implausible margins of victory claimed by Men of Destiny in other Arab countries, like the 96.3 percent that Egypt's last dictator, Hosni Mubarak, claimed in his first election 21 years ago, or the spectacular 100 percent that Iraq's Saddam Hussein allegedly got in his last election in 2002. No, Sisi just claimed 93.3 percent of the votes, a number low enough that it might actually be true.

Sisi's real problem is that even with the media cowed and the full resources of the state behind him, only 46 percent of eligible Egyptians turned out to vote. He had confidently predicted an 80-percent turnout.

As an aspiring dictator who overthrew the country's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, only one year ago, Sisi needed a big turnout. At least 1500 protesters have been shot dead in the streets, and a minimum of 16 000 political dissidents are in jail. Sisi has shut down a popular revolution and he needed to demonstrate massive public support for what he did.

He didn't get it. Towards the end of the scheduled two days of the election, the people around him panicked.

The interim prime minister, Ibrahim Mahlab, let slip that barely 30 percent had voted so far—and the regime abruptly announced that there would be a third day of voting. An unscheduled public holiday was declared, and non-voters were threatened with a large fine.

In the end, Sisi's officials claimed a 46-percent turnout, although journalists reported that many polling booths were almost empty on the third day. But let's be generous and assume that 40 percent of eligible Egyptians did vote.

If 93.3 percent of those people truly did vote for Sisi, then he has the support of just over one-third of Egyptians. Other Arab dictators have ruled their countries for decades with no more popular support than that, but it will probably not sustain Sisi through the hard times that are coming. Too many Egyptians are struggling just to feed their families.

together have only about one third of Egypt's population. And there is no good reason to believe that the Egyptian army, which is now effectively in charge, has the skill to resolve the country's grave economic problems.

Indeed, its highest priority will be to protect its own massive business empire.

Sisi talks about how Egyptians "must work, day and night, without rest" to restore the economy after three years of revolutionary chaos, and his budget plan calls for slashing energy subsidies by 22 percent in one year. Austerity is not going to win him any thanks from Egypt's poor, however, and his political honeymoon will not last long.

What will happen after that can be predicted from the results of Egypt's only fully free election two years ago.

Morsi and another Islamist candidate got a total of 42 percent of the votes in the first round of that election, while the leftist candidate, Hamdeen Sabahi, got 21 percent. (Morsi won in the second round, when Sabahi and two other candidates had dropped out.)

We can safely presume that few Islamist supporters voted at all in last week's election. It's clear that most of Sabahi's former supporters also abstained: he was the only candidate who dared to run against Sisi, but he only got three percent this time.

Islamists and leftists therefore make up the majority of the 55-60 percent who did not vote for Sisi this time— and that is good news for him, because the two groups have very little in common.

Those who did vote for Sisi were mostly people with no strong ideological convictions who were simply exhausted by the turmoil of the past three years. They voted for "stability,"

and believed Sisi's promise that he could deliver it. So long as they go on believing that, a deeply divided opposition poses little threat to him.

But most of the people who voted for Sisi thought that when he said

"stability," he really meant an improvement in their living standards, and it's most unlikely that he can deliver that. When they lose faith in Sisi, the opposition will achieve critical mass, and it probably won't take

more than two years. The Egyptian revolution is not over yet. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Egypt's economy is running on fumes and there would not even be enough bread for people to eat—Egypt is the world's largest importer of wheat—if Sisi were not getting massive infusions of aid from Saudi Arabia and most of the smaller Gulf states, which are very happy that he is killing off the Egyptian revolution.

But even the great wealth of the Gulf kingdoms cannot win Sisi more than a breathing space: all of them

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extFest isn't the destination: it's what comes along the way.

"We want to be used, and we want to live up to our mandate of being a place for development, not just for the art but also for the artists themselves," says long-serving NextFest director Steve Pirot.

Thirteen years after he took the festival's reins, Pirot is still adamant that NextFest should be part of an artist's journey, as opposed to their end game.

"Since the inception of NextFest, we've been proud of the successes that happen after the festival," he says. "We speak of being a stepping stone constantly; it's a very important image to us and we use it often in negotiations with artists. We become less interested in what you have to propose if you think that NextFest is the end point."

It is an emerging arts festival, after all—and one that's multidisciplinary to its core. Theatre, dance, spoken word, music— and especially those things that fall somewhere in between— NextFest has always mandated eclectic programming. While Pirot handles the theatre content, a group of curators are in charge of NextFest's other artistic disciplines. The festival thus shifts slightly from year to year while still holding to the structures that have proven valuable in the past.

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Faces of the next(fest) generation // Mat Simpson & Perry Gratton

NEXTFESTBREAKDOWN Now in its 19th year, Nextfest is back with more of the best in emerging talent from our fair city and beyond.

It's a packed 10-days, even beyond its anchoring theatre programming, so we've compiled a roundup of everything else to get you started with your planning.

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Sat, Jun 13 (4 pm) Roxy Theatre

Dancefest at Nextfest Flow Fri, Jun 6 (6:30 pm); Sat, Jun 7 (4 pm); Sun, Jun 8 (5 pm) Roxy Theatre

Emerging artists from across Canada and Edmonton itself tell stories and explore facets of life and society through four distinctive programs curated by the Good Women Dance Collective: Flow, Flight, Fusion and Flux.

Among the emerging talent is a handselected group of students from the Victoria School in Physiojunction, an investigation of physical systems and how they effect our being.

Flight Sun, Jun 8 (7:30 pm); Thu, Jun 12 (7:30 pm); Sat, Jun 14 (6:30 pm) Roxy Theatre

Nextfest Niteclubs Rise Up!: Take Back the Mic Sat, Jun 7 (9 pm) Artery

Fusion Sun, Jun 8 (6 pm); Fri, Jun 13 (5 pm); Sat, Jun 14 (5 pm) Roxy Theatre

Fright Night Club Fri, Jun 13 (9 pm) Artery

Flux Thu, Jun 12 (9 pm); Fri Jun 13 (6 pm);

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The 7th Annual Smut Cabaret Sat, Jun 14 (9 pm) Artery

Beth Dart of Catch the Keys Productions has created a series of latenight performance parties featuring a lineup of discipline-spanning artists.

The first taste of the cabarets will come this Saturday with Rise Up!, where 12 emerging poets go headto-head in a three-round elimination competition for $500. Plus, there'll be a performance by musical guest Jacques Arsenault.

The cabarets then take the week off, but will be back on Friday, June 13—the aptly-titled Fright Night Club—with a little scare in store. After all, Friday the 13th wouldn't be complete without a visit from Fear. There's some music from Hello Moth once the spooky stuff's all said and done, too. The cabarets wrap up on Saturday with the 7th Annual Smut Cabare. This one promises to be an evening of over-the-top excess, sexy stuff and gender bending. "Come-hither costumes" are encouraged.

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NuMusic Dynamism Wed, Jun 11 (7:30 pm) Bohemia The Sound Garden Thu, Jun 5 – Sun, Jun 15 Studio Bloom Yé-Yé Girl Thu, Jun 12 (5:30 pm); Sat, Jun 14 (4:30 pm); Sun, Jun 15 (4:30 pm) Studio Bloom NuMusic is all about experimentation. Emerging composers, musicians and sound and noise artists explore a multitude of genres, instrumentation and themes in a program curated by Raimundo Gonzalez. The events kick off with Dynamism, a roundup of live experimental music performance followed by installations of interactive sound sculpture with The Sound Garden at Studio Bloom, featuring three performances of Yé-Yé Girl, a dance

work created and performed by Christianne Ullmark inspired by the campy pop music of the '60s while also exploring challenges attributed to life as a performer.

Artwalk Thu, Jun 12 (5:30 pm) Studio Bloom The 124 Street Business Association has transformed local haunts along the corridor into a neighbourhood brimming with visual art—at least temporarily. A guided walking tour will be led by Nextfest visual art curator Steven Teeuwsen, starting at Studio Bloom and wrapping up at the 124 Street Grand Market before a reception at Duchess Bake Shop.

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This year's NextFest has more dance on the agenda, a combination of the enthusiasm of second-year dance curators Good Women Dance Collective as well as the fruits of long-term high-school outreach.

"We're starting to harvest a crop," Pirot says. "We've done a lot of outreach in the high schools with our dance program, and the dance programs in high schools in Edmonton have really jumped up a level in the last 10 to 15 years. We have a lot of dancers and choreographers that were in high school a few years ago; now they're out and now they're looking for opportunities."

NextFest's theatre offerings include a set of shorts, play readings, a TEDx-style show, a one-woman musical and a bilingual creation done in partnership with L'Uni Theatre. The musical entries continue to give musicians the chance to do what Pirot simply describes as "a really good show"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;to be the focus of attention and not just background noise. Poetry and spoken word have also received more attention this time around, with a poetry slam at the Rise Up! NextFest Nite Club as well as a spoken-word spotlight hosted by Edmonton's poet laureate, Mary Pinkoski. The What It Is podcast will also be back interviewing artists and audiences alike, only this time they'll operate as both an installation-style event in the Roxy Theatre lobby as well as a nomadic presence roaming around the theatre's various venues.

"Looking at it from the artist's perspective and from the type of proposals we receive, I think it's fair to say that there's a very strong vein of artists looking for opportunities to work in other forms than the one that they are primarily identified with," Pirot says. "They're still cutting their teeth, and that's what NextFest exists for."

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he stands on the platform, wav- a quintessentially Lemoine-ian sceing off the train that brought nario that lends itself to a gentle her here. There's a baby in a carrier shake-up of the routine she inadverand a microphone in a stand beside tently invades, rooming in a boardher, a swing sensibility to her look, ing house run by an overly sweet, and a dawning lovelorn Polish man, Tomas (Mat realization in her Until Sat, Jun 14 (7:30 pm; 2 pm head that Bad- Saturday matinee) Busby), and the only other tenant, ger's Bluff, Iowa Directed by Stewart Lemoine Enid (Kristi Hanin 1937 probably Varscona Theatre, $16 – $30 doesn't have any sen), a nurse, and recipient of his unnightclubs for her to sing at. admitted affections, and a lady of a In other words, Bobbie Romayne few unrequited longings of her own.

(Jocelyn Ahlf) is a stranger—"a new Teatro La Quindicina's seasonsort of person," she's soon dubbed— opening revival of The Jazz Mother in a particularly quiet, steadfast land, (last seen: 1991) has a sweet, fun

pace to how it plays through the problem of a secret heart. That baby takes a long walk, to which Romayne seems firmly unconcerned (to the horror of the other two); we see her audition to sing at a couple of funeral homes; we see the others, when they think they're alone, take a stand before that microphone and let their imaginations project into it. Jazz isn't exactly popular in Badger's Bluff—as Enid puts it: "there's too much rhythm, until there's not enough"—but its sense of swing proves irrepressible soon enough.

The trio of performers, all new to

the script, attack the material with infectious aplomb. Ahlf's titular mama, in addition to an incredible voice that isn't wasted, plays her bebop sensibility; Busby's kindly, accented Tomas finds a nice balance of people-pleasing nature and utter bewilderment; Hansen's Enid's highstrung sweetness quickly unspools.

Soon enough, the revelations start tumbling out of everyone, hilarious horror stories of music gone wrong; later, a quiet sadness colours the script's edges. There's a climactic scene in which Romayne commandeers the boarding house's living room for a radio broadcast of her re-

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en years ago, Annie Dugan wasn't sure that anyone would show up to Firefly Theatre's inaugural annual fundraiser; at the time the fledgling aerial and circus performance company had only been around for about a year. But when that first incarnation of Let There Be Height sold out—quickly—Dugan realized Edmonton had an appetite for the airborne arts.

"I was looking at pictures all morning because we're going to do a bit of a photo retrospective," says Dugan, calling in between preparations for this year's Let There Be Height. "I was just amazed because most of the people that were in that very first show, they're all still here; a lot of them are on staff now, teaching or performing."

Let There Be Height features a wide range of the skills that Firefly teaches through various workshops and classes: aerial silks and ropes, trapeze and hoop, aerial straps, contortion, juggling and other acrobatics.

"There's a certain amount of equipment that we have to replace every year that's boring—we get new ropes, new silks, add hardware," Dugan says, adding that a single aerial silk costs around $300, while a rope is about $400. "But we always buy some cool things, too. At last year's fundraiser I said to the audience that we're raising money for an aerial cube and a ladder.

And that's what we did—and they'll

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throughout, instead of the usual eclectic, cabaret-style collection of acts. Firefly has experimented with this structure in other shows, but this is the first time they've tried it with Let There Be Height Height. DuWed, Jun 11 & Thu, Jun 12 gan assures that (7:30 pm; silent auction audiences can at 6:30 pm) expect the cast ATB Financial Arts Barns, of nearly 50 $30 – $35 to fulfil all the usual suspects of the genre: a see it in the show this year." hardnosed detective and a mysterious woman, a starlet and gangsters.

This year's fundraiser, which has "The flying cube is functioning as a switched venues from La Cité to the jail cell—we've got three criminals Westbury Theatre at the Arts Barns, trying to break out of it, which will is based around a film noir theme, be 18 feet in the air," Dugan says, exwith a complete narrative running plaining that each act corresponds to

cords and a dance. Whether the radio is legitimately broadcasting to anywhere else is neither here nor there; it's convincing to them—the power of a microphone and confidence— and it lets defences tumble down, and offers the opportunity for music and dance to help nudge love along.

It's a gorgeous moment to see play out, and that sort of beautiful transcendence, the layers of depth, that let The Jazz Mother's flights of fancy and longing push a little farther past the usual limits, without losing any of its pervasive sense of fun.

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DANCE EBDA BALLROOM DANCE • Lions Senior Recreational Centre, 11113-113 St • 780.893.6828 • Jun 7, 8pm

MacEWAN UNIVERSITY • 10045-156 St • Blues dance event; Shantzd3@macewan.ca • $65 • Until Jun 26, 6:30-8pm

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 ZUMBA BASHFIERY FRIDAYS • Central Senior Lions Centre, 11113-113 St • Shake your body to the Latin beat, and freestyle dance to live DJ music. Featuring Tamico Russell, Ike Henry, DJ Rocko and Zumba instructors Dru D, Manuella F-St, Michelle M, Sabrina D. and Cuban Salsa instructor Leo Gonzales • 3rd Fri each month • 7pm • $20 (online)/$25 (door)

FILM BIKEOLOGY FESTIVAL • Garneau Theatre • The Bicycle Thief (Ladi di biciclette) • Jun 23, 7pm

CRIME WATCH • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 2nd Tue each month • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang • Jun 9, 7-9pm • $10 (adult)/$8 (student/senior)/$6 (child 12 and under)

DEDFEST–Metro • Metro Cinema (Garneau Theatre), 8712 109 St • Monthly DEDsploitation series featuring horror, cult and sci-fi films • Jun 13, 11:30pm

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Holy Matrimony; (1943, PG); Jun 9, 8pm • Easy Living (1937, PG); Jun 16, 8pm FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner Library Audio Visual Room (main floor), 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Friday afternoon at 2pm • Life of Pi (2012, PG); Jun 6, 2pm; • Call of the Wild (2013 restoration); Jun 13, 2pm GRAPHIC CONTENT • Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre • graphiccontent.org • Monthly film series that promotes and explores the relationship between film and sequential art • Father's Day: Superman: The Movie (1978); 3pm screening, free admissions for dads; Jun 15 • Justice League: The New Frontier (2008); Jun 17, 7pm • $10 (adult)/$8 (student/senior) IMAX THEATRE • TELUS World of Science, 11211-142 St • This week: Jun 6-12: D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (PG) Fri 2:15, 3:25, 4:35, 5:45, 6:55, 8:05pm; Sat 2:15, 4:35, 6:55pm; Sun 2:15, 4:35, 8:05pm; Mon-Tue, Thu 4:20pm; Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G) Fri 10am, 11am, 1pm; Sat 11am, 1:10, 3:25, 5:45pm; Sun 10am, 11:00am, 1:10, 3:20pm; Mon-Tue, Thu 3:10pm; Jerusalem 3D (G) Sat-Sun 12pm; Tue 2pm; Under The Sea 3D (G) Fri 12pm

METRO BIZARRO–Metro • Garneau Theatre • Monthly foray into the weird, wacky and wonderful world of fringe cinema • Dr. Caligari, • Jun 18, 9:30pm

MOVIES AT THE CAPITOL–Fort Edmonton • 780.442.2013 • fortedmontontickets.com • The Big Trail; Jun 5, 7:30pm • A Fistful of Dollars; Jun 12, 7:30pm

REEL FAMILY CINEMA–Metro • Garneau Theatre • Family films • Free admission for children 12 and under • The Princess Bride; Jun 7, 2pm • The Bad News Bears; Jun 14, 2pm

child under 3 free; $4 (train rides)

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • BMO World of Creativity: CABINETS OF CURIOSITY: Lyndal Osborne's curious collection; until Jun 30 • HIGH ADVENTURE: Byron Harmon on the Columbia Icefield; until Aug 17 • LAWREN Harris and a.Y. Jackson–Jasper/robson 1924: until Aug 17 • INSTINCTIVE BREAK: Installation by Andrew Frosst; until Jun 8 • STRANGE DREAM: Artworks by Jill Stanton; until Dec 31

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • Gallery Garden Party: Fundraiser and exhibition gala event featuring an outdoor garden, live music, prizes, a botanical art bar, a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres (as well as tea and cake!).; Sat, Jun 7, 6:30-9pm; $25 (adv, incl hors d’oeuvres, drink ticket)/$20 (member/participating artists)/$30 (door) • Exhibition: Jun 7-20 • ArtWalk: Thu, Jun 5, 6-9pm

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • HEART, SOUL, MIND: Works by Jean Pederson, Alex Peck-Whyte, and NadinaTandy • Until Jun 6

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • savacava.com • J'en Vois deux: Group show, works by Diane Plasse, Tony Overweel, Maria Sieben, and Father Douglas • Jun 6-17 • Opening: Jun 6, 7-8:30pm

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Group show, works by Sabine Lecorre-Moore, Mireille Cloutier, Mireille Péloquin, and Mireille Rochon; Jun 20-Jul 1; opening: Jun 20

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE–Arnold Guebert Library • 7128 Ada Blvd • FROM FIRST SHOOTS: Geneva Moore's tempera painting and intaglio printmaking • Until Jun 20 • Afternoon tea reception: Jun 14, 2:30pm

CREATIVE PRACTICES INSTITUTE • 10149122 St • 780.863.4040 • creativepracticesinstitute. com • Breaking Ground: Fundraiser with music by the Good Goddamns, Justine Vandergrift, and others. A pop-up video exhibition featuring works

by Trevor Anderson, Devon Beggs, Mika Hykowski, Terrance Houle, and Sam Pearson, and silent auction • Jun 7, 7pm-12 • $10 (door)

CROOKED POT GALLERY–Stony Plain • 4912-51 Ave, Stony Plain • 780.963.9573 • RAKU, NAKED OR NOT: Raku and primitive fired pottery by guild members • Until Jun 28

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • MILES DOES MILES: Works by Miles Constable • Until Jun 25 • Opening: Jun 5, 5-8pm

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 • douglasudellgallery.com • OVER ROCKS, UNDER TREES, UP THE STREAM APIECE: Paintings

by Graham Fowler • Until Jun 14

THE DRAWING ROOM • 10253-97 St • drawingroomedmonton.com/events • Work by Suzi Barlow, daily performances in the window of the storefront gallery • Jun 3-7, 12-1pm • Fundraising Gala: and Art Auction for the Drawing Room and its partners at the Yellowhead Brewery; Jun 11, 7pm EDMONTON’S ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE • 11024-82 Ave • MONEY, SOVEREIGNTY AND POWER: THE PAPER CURRENCY OF REVOLUTIONARY UKRAINE: Presented by the Alberta Society for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies (ASAUS), travelling exhibit curated by Bohdan Kordan • Until Jul 26

ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • 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

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St • 780.492.2081 • GORDANA ZIVKOVIC: PASSAGES OF THE KINO EYE: Retrospective exhibition, a selection of work from the last seven years of Gordana’s life culminating in her ‘cinematic cycle'.

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ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Discovery Gallery: Coming Up Next: An exhibition of contemporary fine craft by emerging artists; until June 14 • Feature Gallery: FURNISH: Contemporary hand-crafted home furnishings and accessories; until Jul 5

ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 24215-34 St • 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum.com • Open weekends during the summer until Sep 2 • $5 (adult)/$3.50 (senior/student)/$2 (child 3-12)/

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GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • EPSB’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit teen art: Works by teens participating in the Edmonton Public School’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit art workshop; until Jun 16 • The Works Festival curated art show; Jun 19-Jul 1

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • LES PAYSAGES AVARES: Marlon Simon Morin-

Plante; until Jun 24 • Pottery by Kelly Sears; until Jun 24

GALLERY WALK–High Street Area • Gallery Walk Galleries: Daffodil Gallery, Scott Gallery, Bearclaw, Bugera Matheson, Front, West End, Peter Robertson Gallery, SNAP • First Thursday Event: The art galleries will be open late after work, for an informal gathering of culture lovers the First Thu each month, year round • 5-7pm

GALLERY ARTWALK–St Albert • Perron District, downtown 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 • ArtwalkStAlbert. com • 1st Thu, 6-9pm; through to Sep; exhibits run all month • Jun 5, 6pm

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215112 St • FLIGHT: 26th Annual Members Show; Jun 12-Jul 4; reception/BBQ: Jun 19, 6-10pm • Annex Bldg: sTark–THe naked sHow: Jun 12-Jul 4; reception: Jun 19, 6-10pm

HARRIS-WARKE GALLERY–Red Deer • 2nd Fl, Sunworks, 4924 Ross St, Red Deer • Exhibition 4 works by Erika Shulz • Until Jun 14

HUMAN ECOLOGY BUILDING–U of A • 1st Fl Gallery • COLOUR CATCH: Aesthetic experiences through West African Textiles and Nature • Until Jul 20

KIWANIS GALLERY–Red Deer • Red Deer Public Library • HANG-UPS AND INSIGHTS: IB and AP Art Show from Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School and Hunting Hills High School • Until Jun 21 • First Friday Opening: Jun 6, 6-8pm LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • SUMMER ON 124 sTreeT: Works by gallery artists and secondary market works • Until Aug 27

LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • 780.423.5353 • Main Space: BLOWN UP: Video-game art about war in the Middle East by Wafaa Bilal, Harun Farocki, and Mohammad Mohsen, curated by Vicky Moufawad-Paul; until Jun 14 • ProjEx Room: OURS: Installation by Jennifer Tellier and Brittney Bear-Hat; until Jun 14

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • ENGAGEMENTS: Display of sculptures and photographs by Candace Makowichuk and Ruth Anne French • Until Jul 13 MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • 780.963.9935 • multicentre.org • Memorial Composite High School Art Programme; until Jun 10 • Installation work by Cynthia Sibley; Jun 14-Jul 24; opening: Jun 15, 1-3:30pm

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • HANDS ON NATURE: DISCOVER BIODIVERSITY: Until Jun 8

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • INDICATIONS: WEATHER PERMITTING: Photopolymer prints by Sara Norquay. Artisan Nook: SMALLER INDICATIONS: Woodcuts and etchings by Sara Norquay Vertical Space: HAMARTIA, WELCOME TO SWINELAND…: U of A artists • Until Jun 30 NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS • 9225-118 Ave • thenina.ca • Community Arts Night: Learn techniques, become familiar with new mediums • Every Tue until Jun 10, 6:30-8:30pm • Pre-register at 780.474.7611

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Summer Group Shows: New work by gallery artists; Jun-Aug • CHROMATIC: Works by Mitchel Smith's exhibition • QuesTioning THe famiLiar in mY MOTHER TONGUE: Works by Robin Smith-Peck's • Jun 14-Jul 3 • Opening: Jun 14, 2-4pm; artists in attendance

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • WESTERN THREADS: Contemporary Fibre Art, wall art, whimsical dolls, colourful quilts, stunning wearable art and pictorial rugs; until Aug 4 • WORN TO BE WILD: Jun 14-Sep 7 • WORN TO BE WILD; Jun 14-Sep 7

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • PARKLANDS: Hilary Prince • Until Jun 7

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION: Works by Patrick Bulas and Jordan Schwab; Jun 12-Jul 12; teception/talk: Jun 13, 7-9pm; artists speak about their work at 7pm • ENCUMBERED: U of A recent grads, group show, works by emerging artists, Suzi Barlow, Lauren Huot, Morgan Melenka, Cara Seccafien, and Vanessa Mastronardi; Jun 12Jul 12; reception: Jun 12, 7-9pm

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil. com • Main Gallery: Senior's Show • Until Jun 21

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STEPPES GALLERY • 1253-91 St • BACKGROUND RADIATION: Ink sketches, paintings, and woodcuts by Tadeusz Warszynski • Until Jul 26 • Opening: Jun 14, 2-5pm STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • STRATHCONA SALON SERIES: Showcase of Strathcona County's local artworks by artists who submitted their works to be juried into the Strathcona County Permanent Art Collection • Until Jun 29 • Reception: Jun 13, 7pm; E: artgallery@strathcona.ca

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Events: WILDLIFE RESCUE: until Sep 1 • k'nex: THriLL RIDES: until Sep 1

UKRAINIAN MUSEUM OF CANADA–Alberta Branch • 10611-110 Ave • Open Mon-Fri • Artifacts and homemade implements, embroidered and woven textiles, folk ceramics, wood work, beaded and metal jewellery, pysanky, traditional toys, art

by Ukrainian artists • Until Aug 29 • Admission by donation

VAAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.421.1731 • Gallery A: A PERSONAL PHYTOPIA: Paintings by Pamela Thurston • Gallery B: Works by Susan Kristoferson • Until Jun 14 THE WORKS ART & DESIGN FESTIVAL • Various venues and gallerys throughout Edmonton's Downtown • theworks.ab.ca • Jun 19-Jul 1 WORKS GALLERY • 10635-95 St • facebook. com/TheWorksArtandDesignFestival • The YMCA Community Canvas Works Gallery: Don Wheaton YMCA downtown (10211 102 Ave):

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Rich Lauber presents Caregiver's Guide for Canadians; Jun 9, 7pm • Dolly Dennis launches her debut novel, Loddy-Dah; Jun 12, 7-9pm ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA • Launch of Chris Westbury's Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Event • Jun 10, 7pm

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ • 9624-76 Ave • 780.989.2861 • Story Slam 2nd Wed each month @ the Chair: Share your story, sign-up at 7pm, 7-10pm • $5 (suggested, donations go to winners)

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713124 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner NAKED CYBER CAFÉ • 10303-1008 St • The Spoken Word: Featuring writers and an open mic for performances for short stories, book excerpts, poems • 1st Wed ea month, 7:30pm ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@ gmail.com

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

STRATHCONA COUNTY LIBRARY • 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8601 • sclibrary.ab.ca • Polishing The Silver: Using prompts and visual stimuli, seniors are encouraged to step back in time to preserve on paper their early memories of Alberta. Tea, talk, and time to write and remember • Jun 6, 1-3pm • Free, presented as part of Seniors Week, hosted by Writer in Residence Margaret Macpherson

T.A.L.E.S. TELLAROUND • Parkallen Community Hall, 6510-111 St • 780.667.8250 • talesstorytelling.com • Share a story or just listen • 2nd Mon each month until Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Bring inside shoes and your own mug • Last round Jun 9 until Sep

THEATRE THE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • varsconatheatre.com • An Improvised Theatre: song, dance, and comedy presented

by Grindstone Theatre • Every Fri until Jul 26; last show Jul 26 THE BRITISH INVASION • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II WEM, Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • jubilations.ca • Until Jun 15 THE BROTHERS GRIMM AND THE LIVES OF LESSER THINGS • Cosmopolitan Music Society (OSPAC, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre),

8426 Gateway Blvd • Family Opera: two one-act operas. Dean Burry's The Brothers Grimm, and Isaiah Bell's The Lives of Lesser Things • Jun 13, 7-8:30pm • $26 (adv adult), $30 (door, adult)/$22 (student/senior), $26 (door, student/senior)/$10 (child 14 and under), $14 (door, child); adv tickets at Opera NUOVA box office, 780.487.4844 • operanuova.ca/vaf/family-operas/

CHIMPROV • Zeidler Hall, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm, Jun 6 • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun, 2014

CREATIVE AGE FESTIVAL • creativeageedmonton.ca/fest-2014-scedule • Creative Age Edmonton Festival runs until Jun 8 • Timms Centre, U of A, 112 St-87 Ave: Seniors Theatre, showcasing the work of seniors in theatre, music, dance, and literary arts, evening or afternoon performances or 55+ workshops; $10 (workshop/ performance) at TIX on the Square • River Ridge Seniors Community: Photographic Memory: Using Pictures to Inspire your Writing with Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail; Jun 6, 9:30am-12; 780.470.7180 • River Ridge Seniors Community, 78C McKenney Ave, St Albert: Multimedia 'Spring Pinwheel' Project with Carly Greene; Jun 6, 1-3:30pm; 780.470.7180

IMPROVAGANZA • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • 11 days of the best stand-up comedy and improv the world has to offer • Jun 18-28 • $15 GARE AUX PLUS DE TRENTE • La Cité francophone, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury, 91 St • L’UniThéâtre • By Céline Gareau-Brennan and Mélissa Masse • Jun 4-8 THE GENIUS CODE • C103, 8529 Gateway Blvd • Catalyst Theatre • Written and Directed by Jon Lachlan Stewart • Each individual audience chooses what story to follow in a complex and fierce love triangle. Starring Jamie Cavanagh, Cole Humeny, and Laura Metcalfe, choreography by Ainsley Hillyard • Until Jun 8, 8pm • $22/$18 (student/ Equity) at TIX on the Square

HAIRSPRAY–THE BROADWAY MUSICAL • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Musical-comedy • It's 1962 in Baltimore. Tracy Turnblad, a big Teenaged girl with big hair and a big heart wants to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show • Until Jun 15 • Tickets at 780.483.4051 THE JAZZ MOTHER! • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Teatro La Quindicina presents Stewart Lemoine’s 1930s comedy starring Jocelyn Ahlf, Mat Busby, and Kristi Hansen • Until Jun 14, Tue-Sat 7:30pm, Sat 2pm • $16-$30; Tue evening Pay-what you can LA CAGE AUX FOLLES–THE MUSICAL • La Cité theatre, 8627-91 St • Two ONE-WAY Tickets To Broadway • Broadway musical by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman, direction by Martin Galba, choreography by Linete Smith, musical direction by Daryl Price • Jun 13-29 • $26 (adult)/$20 (senior)/$15 (student) at TIX on the Square LA NUIT, LA RAISON DORT • L’UniThéàtre, La Cité francophone, 8627-91 St • 780.469.8400 • L'UniThéâtre • Four young people meet in the midst of the madness in Athens; each of them fleeing their own humdrum reality in search of adventures, only to be trapped in a nightmare • Jun 5-14, 8pm; Jun 8, 2pm • Tickets avalaible at door, lunitheatre.ca LET THERE BE HEIGHT • Westbury Theatre, Arts Barns • Firefly Theatre • An Aerial Cabaret and fundraiser in support of Firefly’s Aerial Arts Program • Jun 11-12, 7:30pm (show), Silent auction (6:30pm) • $30 (adv) at TIX on the Square, $35 (door)

NEXTFEST 2014 • Various venues on 124 St • theatrenetwork.ca • The Nextfest Arts Company presents 11 days with over 500 artists. Daring theatre, bold dance, audacious music, visual art, and film. The artistic voice of the next generation • Jun 5-15 • Opening event at the 124 Grand Market; Jun 5, 5pm

SPROUTS–NEW PLAY FESTIVAL FOR KIDS • Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.439.3905 • concretetheatre.ca • Concrete Theatre • Festival featuring three new short plays by Natasha Deen, Kenneth Williams, and Cat Walsh. Each play is a staged reading with a lively performance, for kids 3-12 • Jun 14-15, 1-4pm • $5 (door, TIX on the Square); child under 3 years free

THEATRESPORTS • Zeidler Hall, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Until June • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square

THE ULTIMATE BOOK SHOW • Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • edmontonmusicaltheatre.ca • Edmonton Musical Theatre presents a musical journey inspired by literary classics. Featuring Vance Avery with excerpts from Les Miserable, Anne of Green Gables, Oliver, My Fair Lady, Into the Woods and others • Jun 19-28, 7:30pm

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nder the Skin begins in some kind of deeper blackness, less cinema space than outer space. Perhaps it's the same unfriendly blackness to which our protagonist will deposit her victims.

A projector's beam cuts through, and we're looking at what appears to be the formation of an eye, listening to what sounds like the uploading of verbal nuance in infinite variety, some ultra-fasttracked language lessons. Sound and vision—it's alive! Alive! Or nearly so.

The "it" in question is a femme fatale of the third kind, and it's taken control of the luscious exterior of some sacrificial lass who looks just like Scarlett Johansson.

It, now she, is a long, cool black widow who's come to Scotland from another galaxy to go cruising in a big black van for hapless lusty louts, luring them to some anonymous flat where they'll sink into some fatal ink, their bodies bloating and bursting and their flesh harvested for unspecified purposes. She hasn't been bred or programmed for pity or compassion, but as this mysterious, singularly arresting work of science-fiction-meets-quasianthropological experiment makes its way, she will develop something called curiosity, one of the finer but also more precarious human attributes. It can lead to discovery and empathy, but also vulnerability and danger.

The sound of a baby's cry on some rocky beach seems to be the tipping point in our story. From here on our anti-heroine goes native, begins to wonder about the world, its culture, and, in one of the film's most humorous moments, her own body. As Mica Levi's music— one of the best scores I've heard in years, its strings like agitated bees— shape the film's sound-world into an increasingly sensitive, tenser, almost febrile place, we come to see earthly life through extraterrestrial eyes: the utter weirdness of a space heater or a television or a discotheque or kissing, or this whole eating and drinking business. I can think of few films so alienating and yet so exquisitely alert to hypothetical first impressions of what for the rest of us is just drearily ordinary life.

Jonathan Glazer has spent his filmmaking career loving the alien. Both of his previous features, Sexy Beast (2000) and Birth (2004), turn on the arrival of a strange and threatening visitor. In the case of Under the Skin, inspired by the

less cryptic Michel Faber novel of the same name, Glazer's visitor moves from the role of antagonist to that of protagonist in what is nearly a first-person narrative. It's a bold, creepy notion and, it would seem, an irresistible challenge. I met with Glazer during Under the Skin's Canadian première at the Toronto International Film Festival and asked him about his interest in assuming the quintessential Other's point of view.

"Making choices about what it is that she sees never stopped being exciting to me, even as years of starts and stops passed," Glazer explains. "What does she get to experience of this world and what will it mean to her as it accumulates?

Our idea in shaping the story was always that if you could understand what she saw and, latterly, how she felt, then you would find your place in this unusual story. To find that osmotic growth for her was always the bottom line."

The project was indeed a labour of long-term love, nearly nine years in the making, yet Glazer's perfectionism regarding filmmaking craft—those comparisons to Stanley Kubrick are not merely decorative—and the development of the script, co-written by Glazer and Walter Campbell, is shrewdly thwarted by a modus operandi designed to dismantle directorial control.

The scenes which find our anti-heroine looking for men were produced by having a wigged Johansson—who's perfect in this role, by the way—actually drive around in a van outfitted with hidden cameras and actually try to pick up random dudes off the street. The surprise and arousal of these men are real.

Repurposing techniques employed by Abbas Kiarostami in Ten (2002), directorial control during these sequences was limited to what Glazer could see remotely and what he could say to Johansson via a tiny earpiece. It may sound like a gimmick, but this approach gives the film a texture that it would have otherwise lacked.

"The writing was very rigorous," Glazer says. "We spent a lot of time turning over ideas until they felt absolutely essential. We needed sturdy planning to allow the improvisation to flourish. Without a plan, when you go off-course you can just get lost. I wanted the film to have a clear structure but also to just find itself sometimes—and it did. Scarlett turns left

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and the film's going down that street, she turns right and it's going down that one. It was an extremely liberating way to work, driving around in that van with all the cameras shooting simultaneously, knowing that the scene hinged on her going over to someone and making a choice in the instant. Exhilarating. I loved it. I would still be in that van, given the choice."

The influence of Kubrick on Glazer is obvious, but Under the Skin contains more distinctive and intriguing echoes of the films of Nicolas Roeg, not only because Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) works from a similar premise, but because the radical approach to editing and perspective in Roeg's best films invite a balance of precision and spontaneity into storytelling that Glazer seems to be aspiring to. Of course, after spending so many years conceiving of and giving birth to Under the Skin, Glazer's eyes glaze over when the subject of precedents or influences arise.

So much goes into making a movie, the countless choices and compromises, it's hardly like Glazer spent the whole time thinking, "What would Nic do?"

"Film is a language," Glazer says with a calm objectivity that kind of mirrors that of his film's protagonist. "You start with the letters, working through the alphabet, and then one by one you write a sentence, then a paragraph, and then you get to the point where you're fluent enough to write poetry."

Glazer's particular poetry is layered in a way that's native to cinema, austere on the surface but dense with sensations arrived at by the collision of artifice and reality, direction and observation, fruitful collaboration and auteurist vision, exposition and mystery. There is a long, dreamlike dissolve near the film's unforgettable ending that matches nothing else in the rest of the film, yet it is haunting, and it feels absolutely critical to the protagonist's journey. It is perhaps the strongest evidence in favour of Glazer's unique creative gifts—other directors would not have found it. Under the Skin will surely frustrate some. It does have a way of getting under your skin. And it is a work of eerie and cruel beauty.

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Separating the characters esthetically is one thing, but it was another for Fafard to embody their respective—and very different—personas.

Fafard describes himself as an excitable person with little in the way of a verbal filter, so he had to work to remain in a mellow state and repress those aspects of his personality to fit the downtrodden traits of Garou and the more animalistic ones of WolfCop. "Just staying out of the hubbub and excitement on set, not allowing my energy to get up and get distracted, so just focusing on myself and allowing myself to become that darker, downtrodden sort of individual without allowing the environment to creep in and let myself get excited," Fafard explains. "Once I found the character and knew where he lived it was all right. It became sort of enjoyable ... that was a bit of a trick was to allow myself not to get too dark and go into places where I couldn't crawl out of very easily."

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leading something of a double life between handling his workload and press obligations as an actor while juggling his job crew-rigging cellphone towers in his home province of Saskatchewan.

Although he doesn't turn into a werewolf at the end of the day—that's left to Garou, who tends to get blackout drunk and wake up in strange surroundings. These situations grow increasingly strange as Garou begins to notice that crime scenes seem all too familiar, his senses become heightened and he eventually finds himself transformed into a snarling werewolf when the full moon comes out.

"You get to play the bad guy and the good guy in the movie all at the same time," he Fri, Jun 6 (8:20 pm) adds. "There's tons of Cineplex South Edmonton challenges as far as actCommon ing goes and then physically as well, so it's sort of a dream role."

A new breed of law enforcement Embodying his role as WolfCop inho wouldn't want to play an volved being tied to a makeup chair alcoholic, womanizing police for hours on end while prosthetics officer who gets to turn into a were- were glued to his face.

"There's claustrophobic aspects to wolf? I mean, are you kidding me?" laughs actor Leo Fafard, who plays it. The chemicals, which are—I mean, Lou Garou in the horror-comedy Wolf- none of them are really bad for your Cop, the first film produced by Cine- skin—but the fact is you're gluing things to your face, so there's that asCoup's start-up program.

Much like his character, Fafard is pect that's a challenge, and not losing

eloved character actor John TurturThe story gets underway when Alro's fifth feature as director is, from len's Murray, a New York bookseller its opening credits onward, beholden whose business is forced to close, to old-fashioned things, if not simply overhears a discussion in his dermafreighted with shameless nostalgia. tologist's waiting room. Turns out Dr It's in the super-8 images of New York, Parker (Sharon Stone) is looking to the bebop on the facilitate a ménage soundtrack, the Opens Friday à trois with her pal i n d e s t r u c t i b l e Directed by John Turturro Selima (Sofia Vergagentlemanly na-  ra, whose Chef also opens this week), ture of its protagonist, the love but they need the of egg creams and the lament for the right fellow. Murray knows the man disappearance of the antiquarian book- for the job: Fioravante (Turturro), his store. It's arguably even evident in the friend and now former-employee. casting of Woody Allen, who, it must Fioravante doesn't like the idea of be said, with his nervy energy and ease getting pimped out to a dermatolowith gabby comic scenes, is pretty much gist but, hey, times are tough, the the best thing in Fading Gigolo. ladies are attractive and rich, so just

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The preposterousness gets piled higher with the introduction of Vanessa Paradis as a Williamsburg rabbi's widow hired by Murray to delouse his four black children, and Liev Schreiber as a Hassidic neighbourhood cop—NYPD Jew—who's always been in love with Paradis but can't bring himself to say it. There's an almost enjoyably absurd sequence in which Murray gets kidnapped and taken to Hassidic kangaroo court. There is a cheesy proverb translated into various languages. There are constipation jokes and cornily discreet sex scenes. I saw Fading Gigolo during TIFF, which is also where I saw Don Jon, another case of an actor-turned-director casting himself as the ladies' man.

Gigolo is romantic; Jon is crude. I'm not sure which of these films feels more awkward. Both of them, being helmed by actors, brim with terrific actors and even some good performances, but I don't know that that's enough to counteract the clumsy conceits of either.

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Joe

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ased on the 1991 Larry Brown novel, Joe, written by Gary Hawkins and directed by David Gordon Green, unfolds in some ramshackle hamlet tucked in Texas backwoods, a place of trucks, dogs and guns, where most adults seem if not drunk then en route.

The story drawn from this place is familiar but infused with immediacy, bracingly bleak, very much alive, a study in violence passed through genes and ordinary terrorized homes, a violence most prevalent in men and

beasts men keep as companions. If I told you there are also milky glimmers of human beauty in this place would you believe me?

You might if you know Green's work.

Last year's lovely comic two-hander Prince Avalanche aside, Green spent the past decade straying ever-far from his distinctive, quirky and wonderstruck "regional" early features— his 2000 debut, George Washington, chief among them. The first moments of Joe already contain elements that instantly

evoke Green's pre-Pineapple salad days: bottle of rosé. Or maybe just to prove a kid, an adult, train tracks, rural pen- that he can. umbra—we're back in the saddle! But we're also dealing with a more mature That should give you an idea of the Green. Joe feafilm's milieu and tures character- Fri, Jun 6 – Wed, Jun 11 tone and what it istic digressions Directed by David Gordon Green means in the story of its director, but I and eccentricities: Metro Cinema at the Garneau still need to tell you some dude lift-  about what's most ing weights in a remarkable in Joe. brothel, another skinning a deer It is indeed a sort while smoking a cigarette, a frail old of western, with a plot involving an hillbilly, played by a homeless man adolescent boy (Mud's Tye Sheridan) Green met at a bus stop, who gets trapped in a perilous home situation evil-drunk and can barely get up but and bad men coming out of the past, can breakdance, at least with his upper but true to its title, Joe is also a charbody. None of these kooky interjec- acter study, and its titular character is tions get in the way of telling Brown's played by Nicholas Cage, doing some grim tale. Joe is most similar to Green's of the finest, most unaffected work Undertow—Green calls the film a of his career. In his Pantera tee, tatcontemporary western. Unlike George toos and big beard, Cage's fearsomely Washington's overgrown North Caro- intense Joe is an embodiment of damlina idyll, race matters here. There is age done and held barley in check. He a scene where white man beats black knows it's restraint that keeps him man to death for pocket change and a alive, the capacity to channel rage, or

at least nullify it with drugs and alcohol, maybe sex. He has a dog that needs to be kept on a leash, until it isn't. He runs a small crew that kills trees for a living, poisoning entire forests for lumber companies looking to clear land and plant more profitable pines. (Joe is also, like Prince Avalanche, a film sensitive to working life.)

Joe seems like a good boss and tries to do right by Sheridan's troubled teen.

At one point we see Joe nurse his own gunshot wound with duct tape. He's a genuinely complex character, not just a wild clash of conceits concocted by Cage, who has himself described much of his more recent performances as "western Kabuki." Joe's the sort that you will surely feel some empathy for but may not ever want to actually know. In any case he's the centre of this excellent film, one of the fiercest and most well-crafted American independents of 2014.

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t's a long way from Hollywood and other film meccas, but Edmonton possesses a dynamic contingent of emerging filmmakers who are pushing the boundaries of creativity.

The mandate of NextFest is to promote the work of emerging artists, and the film component is no exception, with a program featuring experimental, comedy and horror films.

"It does seem like those are the three things that people tend to make in Edmonton," says first-time curator Simon Glassman. "With horror I think there's a challenge to create suspense and that's a fundamental with all filmmaking ... as young filmmakers they want to usually first understand the fundamentals. With comedy, it's the most fun thing you could do and I think with the experimental, I don't know—it's tough to really be creative with filmmaking because it seems like everything's been done. They're the ones who are really pushing the envelope forward."

Glassman was open-minded when it came to putting together this year's bill, finding ways to include any work that was deemed interesting. He notes there

ern rom-com," says Merpaw, who spent two years filming on and off. "I tried to make the situations broad enough that even if you've only had one serious relationship in your lifetime, you'd still be able to relate to the general awkwardness of a first date or the intense pressure of findExperimental / Comedy Block ing the right time Mon, Jun 9 (7 pm) to propose to your Roxy Theatre partner. From there, I use those moments seems to be a rise Horror Block to springboard the stories into absurdity in the prevalence Mon, Jun 9 (8:30 pm) and beyond." of web series' Roxy Theatre The entire thing such as Secret "cost less than a Desires (directed

by Angela Seehagen), Dookie Squad (di- fancy pair of shoes" and Merpaw's goal rected by David No and Michael Welsh) was to create something entertaining and Social Fabric (directed by Trevor enough that the lack of budget was irrelevant. He claims working alone Duffy and Chris Boyle).

"Instead of making a single short film, was rarely stressful and allowed him which is kind of tricky—everything has to explore his vision without creative to be completely new," he adds. "You conflict. Merpaw admits the amount have to have all new characters, all new of focus he had to devote to the projsets, a whole new structure for your ect resulted in some meltdowns in his scripts, whereas web series get standard- personal life, but he says he seems to ized and they can just continue pumping have walked away relatively unscathed in comparison to other DIY film horror out stories and interesting characters." stories he's heard. "[The] main reason for it was practicalThe other surprise for Glassman was Hybrid Moments, a feature-length horror ity. A good crew is hard to find; it's even film by Darryl Merpaw, who put the en- harder when you have no money to pay tire project together on his own. The idea them," he adds. "I'm confident enough in began as a horror short about an unfortu- my skills as a filmmaker that I knew I'd nate first date and evolved into an anthol- be able to handle the work. The downside is nobody gets paid. The upside is ogy piece focused on relationships.

"From that, it made sense to pres- I have full creative control, which is a ent the film as a dark comedy about privilege even the most successful filmthe horrors of falling in love. If there's makers rarely get to have." a genre that desperately needs to be MEAGHAN BAXTER MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM deconstructed, it's definitely the mod-

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few of the million moments in which to contemplate your own demise while watching the smug selfindulgence and cheap, overelaborated

non-comedy of vanity project A Million Ways to Die in the West: #783. Somewhere between the first time it's made abundantly clear that a

virgin (Giovanni Ribisi) loves a prostitute (Sarah Silverman) who—get the irony yet?—screws lots of guys in different ways for money, and when they finally decide to have sex before marriage (he describes her vagina as a "firecracker wrapped in roast beef"). You wonder about visiting the concession stand to demand one extra-large popcorn kernel on which to slowly choke to death. #3011-5618. When Albert (Seth MacFarlane) and Anna (Charlize Theron) laugh together or she tells him what a catch he is or they gaze on the town at dusk or they share a pot cookie or they kiss or she tells him he's so much better than the girl (Amanda Seyfried) who dumped him or, in that feisty feminist

way gals have, says, "I'm a bit cocky but I've got great tits." You consider placing the popcorn bag over your head— the liquid topping will keep it stuck to your scalp—and hyperventilating your disgust and sadness so fast that you'll either asphyxiate or slip into delicious oblivion from huffing fake-butter fumes. #18 469. The instant you see a shooting gallery called "Runaway Slave," complete with smiling Negroes and watermelons. A pop-up from Jamie Foxx at the end, to shoot the gallery manager, is a pathetic, star-fucking effort to retcon the racist cliché. #44 318. When Theron puts a flower in the butt-cheeks of Liam Neeson after his character's just slapped Anna and

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talked about raping her. #99 862. The scene where a sheep penis appears and pisses on Albert. At first, you're happy to see MacFarlane, creator of this evacuation-of-comedy'sbowels, finally dumped on himself, after you've been subjected to so many fart and crap and now piss jokes. Then you muse on how it might feel to rip the plastic cup holder off the chair arm, place it over your mouth with a wad of napkins on top, tip your head back, and slowly self-waterboard with your extra-large cola. Would you drown, OD on a caffeine high or slip sweetly into a sugar coma?

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Maleficent silly pixies—given Stefan's daughter Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) to protect from Maleficent's curse—speak with English accents? How, over three years of film-development, did super-treacle like "Thus did the young thief, who hoped to steal a jewel, steal something far more precious" sap its way past the sharp-eared?

And beyond all the twee-ness and preciousness is the movie's eagerness to make Maleficent a regretful womNow playing an scorned. She Looks like someone knows how to get down with the sickness Directed by Robert Stromberg quickly rues the nce upon a time—OK, fine, ness, utterly re-  curse she's placed 1959—in a Magic Kingdom, an ani- deeming a villain, on Aurora—all mated version of Sleeping Beauty arose and children being because she hates from storyboards and cels. And now, the very cutest-shmoopiest creatures that dastardly prick Stefan—and acts 55 years later, thanks to the wonder of in the world, oh-aren't-they-just? like a fairy godmother to the princess green-screen and CGI, the 21st-century (This wasn't, apparently, made by before it dawns on her that "true love" adaptation of a 19th-century fairy tale anyone remotely resembling a real is her mother-like love for Aurora. She parent.) repents because of Aurora's cute puhas been well and truly $*@ked up.

The best thing about Disney's As a (lipsticked, for some reason) rity and pure cuteness (her smile as a retelling of everyone's favourite little fairy girl, Maleficent falls for a hu- baby in her crib, her sunny perfect-ness princess-goes-comatose-after-prick- man boy, Stefan, who grows up to be- as a blonde teenager, etc.). And so the ing-her-finger-on-an-obvious-symbol- come so power-lusting that he betrays angelic-ness of children makes evil— of-lower-class-women's-work story is her, cutting off her wings so he'll get never understandable, complex or Angelina Jolie. She glares and scowls to be the king's successor. And, apart interesting here—simply regrettable. and vamps and does her devilish best from some F/X creatures, that's pretty And that's how, unhappily ever after, to turn a vengeful fairy queen into much how the first half-hour of this this pointless Sleeping Beauty Redux more than just razor-sharp cheek- flick goes, with scarcely more depth turned malevolence into some stupid bones and a black cape. But she's or detail throughout. Yet questions Mickey Mouse game. smothered by a ploddingly safe movie remain. Why are the horrible humans BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM insisting on vague goodness and bad- Scottish, while Maleficent and three

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Jodorowsky's Dune Fri, Jun 6 – Thu, Jun 12 Directed by Frank Pavich Metro Cinema at the Garneau 

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don't know why I say Dune. I can say Don Quixote." So says Alejandro Jodorowsky, recalling the wha? of his commitment to his third feature in 1974. Don Quixote, of course, tilted at windmills that

Dreaming of what could've been

weren't there, and the Chilean-born director's mammoth task—involving Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, H R Giger designing Baron Harkonnen's fortress, Pink Floyd scoring just one part of the soundtrack,

and many more grand plans— would seem more foolish than the quest of Cervantes' knight. But Frank Pavich's documentary, Jodorowsky's Dune, in the tradition of Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe's Lost

in La Mancha— Mancha about the Don Quixote adaptation that Terry Gilliam couldn't finish—is about a vision never filmed.

This hypothetical hype-fest is alternately gonzo and tedious, though Jodorowsky can be an engaging self-promoter. There are raves here about El Topo, which actually hasn't aged well at all.

There are declarations that Jodorowsky's Dune (never made, remember) "would have been bigger than 2001." Jodorowsky recalls himself as "enlightened" and a "prophet;" he still talks as if the film, a vision of "something sacred, free," will be made. But the ego and ambition here are two sides, it seems, of the great pyramid that many King Tuts in movieland need to build up in order to make a huge film. The third side's passion, still very much on display in Jodorowsky's eyes as he recalls his ideas and plans.

right—especially since most people involved, including Jodorowsky, never read Frank Herbert's bestseller!—and perhaps best left to the whetted imagination. Jodorowsky cast eclectically (his own son as Paul Atreides, martial-arts-training six hours a day for two years), had sudden whims (dismissing 2001's Douglas Trumbull as not the "spiritual warrior" he needs), and seemed to be blurring the line between visionary and obsessive. Of course, only the screened result would've justified his means ... though now time romanticizes what he couldn't pull off (especially since David Lynch's 1984 adaptation was nonetoo-memorable). There are some nice touches—including psychovisuals to illustrate F/X head Dan O'Bannon's freaky recollection of meeting Jodorowsky—but Jodorowsky's Dune is all a bit much: too much of a muchness; too much hypo-hype; too much obsessing over what will never be.

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er name was Dorothy—or Dot to those who knew her well—and she's the inspiration behind Scenic Route to Alaska's new album, Warrington, named for the small community in England where she grew up. Her visage also graces the album's cover in one of two remaining photos from her wedding day.

"She was just the coolest lady," says guitarist and vocalist Trevor Mann of his grandmother, who died at 92, recalling her being the typical, funny English lady right up until her final hours. "She was a really amazing lady and I think my way of dealing with her passing was to write songs about some of the stories she told me as I was growing up."

Mann mentions the track "For Dot" as an example of such stories. When the band performs the song, it's usually preceded by a toast to Dot and a swig of beer before launching into a tale about her life during the Second World War. "She had to sleep in a bomb shelter every night, and then one night she got so sick of sleeping in a bomb shelter that she went back into her house and a bomb had actually dropped like

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a block away or something from her "She kind of pounded that into me," house and blew all the windows out Mann says. "Whenever we'd be over of her house," Mann says. "She would at her house for dinner there'd be a tell us that story every time we asked Beatles record on." about the war."

The group has embraced more modScenic Route to Alaska had focused ern influences in recent years such much of its past as Wintersleep writing on the Fri, Jun 6 (8 pm) and Hey Rosettrials and tribula- With Lucas Chaisson, the Secretarta—"technical tions of relation- ies, Cayley Thomas, J Eygenraam indie folkships—a tried Bonnie Doon Community Hall, $15 rock bands," and true topic for (advance), $20 (door) as Mann demost artists, rescribes them, gardless of genre. noting a proBut the folk-rock trio felt it was time clivity toward bands that keep things for a change of pace, and Dorothy's simple, forgoing complicated-soundstories seemed to be the right fit. ing recordings. This is the approach "It just seemed like it was time for Scenic Route to Alaska takes with its me to try and write about something own music, which often stems from other than just relationships with a collaborative, intuitive writing progirls, I guess," Mann adds. "It was re- cess amongst its three members. ally interesting because in some ways "I think it's because we listen to such family is almost a more vulnerable similar things and we hang out all the thing to write about than those rela- time and we all were influenced by tionships that come and go." the same things," Mann explains. "So usually when we write it's really coDorothy was also the one who in- hesive and takes its own shape rather troduced Mann to the Beatles when than any one of us having a huge inhe was a child, a band that has re- fluence over it." mained a steadfast musical influence MEAGHAN BAXTER MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM for he and his cohorts.

PREVUE // FESTIVAL

Heart of the City Festival Skips had the opportunity to play on.

"There are a whole bunch of musicians that have come up through the years that sort of stepped off from this, as well as other things, and moved on."

// Paula Kirman

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strong and multifarious music and arts community resides in Edmonton's core, and the vibrant neighbourhood gets its turn in the spotlight each summer during the Heart of the City Festival.

For two days, Giovanni Caboto Park comes alive with a packed lineup of emerging and established talent from the downtown community, not limited to any one genre or style to give as many people as possible the opportunity to perform—there'll be a new artist on stage every 15 minutes to half an hour.

"We don't go through and choose specific types of musicians to play or types of artists to come out because this area is so diverse and multicultural you end up with so many different types of artists," says Mike Siek, a local musician who plays as part the Skips, and is acting as the festival's vice president and

year's stage, the festival's organizing board is full of new faces as well, with festival chair David Prodan being the only returning member. Siek says there has been no shortage of enthusiasm from the new group, which has led to exploring possibilities to expand beyond the festival by building a membership base and creating a calendar of year-round events.

"Having such fresh faces means that the sky feels like it's the limit, you know?

They/we don't know our limitations yet," Siek says. "I think you see that in a lot of young organizations where youthful exuberance is involved. You end up planning for the future in a way that is exciting and scary. We have ideas to open a café, or have it be year-long events that happen all the time and have a little record label.

There's so many ideas that it's going to be fun to see what happens with it all."

Sat, Jun 7 (11 am – 10:30 pm); Sun, Jun 8 (11 am – 6:30 pm) Giovanni Caboto Park, free heartcityfest.com multimedia facilitator this year. (Full disclosure: he was formerly Vue's production manager.) "You've got native drummers and singers and dancers; you've got people doing African dance, and then of course the main part of it is going to be folk singer-songwriters—that's always a pretty standard festival thing."

Artists include new talent such as Jennifer Lane, Erin Kay, CordaLain, the Wayne MacLellan Band alongside more established acts like Kimberley MacGregor, Billie Zizi, Cam Neufeld, Thompson Highway, Rellik, and Rebecca Lappa.

"If you look at the history of this festival, it was giving people that don't have a stage ... a place to play with a real sound system, a real audience," adds Siek, who has been living in the McCauley community for the past five years and credits the festival as one of the first stages the

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BE HERE NOW: A BENEFIT FOR KIRBY / TUE, JUN 10 & WED, JUN 11 (6:30 PM) Everyone in the Edmonton music scene—musicians, promoters and the straight-up music fans who hit the shows—owes a ton to Kirby: she’s been out there in the trenches for a long time, playing pretty much every role imaginable along the way. (In a press release, Brent Oliver describes her as “local music promoter, manager, publicist, journalist, sound tech, consultant, loveable loudmouth, fan, and most importantly, friend to the scene.” That sums it up pretty nicely.) Even if you don’t know Kirby personally, you know someone who she’s helped out in some way, be it in an official capacity or just as someone who has always been happy and thrilled to share her knowledge.

Be Here Now is a two-day benefit for Kirby to help with the costs of cancer treatment. It’s at Newcastle Pub & Grill (#145, 8170 - 50 St), tickets are $20 at the door each night, and all proceeds and any donations go directly to Kirby. Everyone should go and return the love that Kirby’s shown to everyone who’s ever loved music in this city. (Newcastle Pub) —EDEN MUNRO

EDMONTON BLUES HALL OF FAME AWARDS / SUN, JUN 8 (7 PM) This inaugural awards ceremony is a time to recognize one facet of the contingent in particular—blues. The Edmonton Blues Hall of Fame Foundation is presenting awards in three categories: performer, builder and legend. Recipients include those such as Lionel and Ron Rault, the original members of Hot Cottage, Holger Petersen and Eddie Shaw, among others who have made a significant contribution to the local blues community.

The whole idea was hatched three years ago by local visual artist Tommie Gallie, who’s been a devoted fan of blues music since the early ‘60s when he started listening to the standards like Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker. He felt there was a lack of documentation and recognition for the artists who shaped Edmonton’s blues scene, particularly during the ‘70s.

“We chose to recognize some of the important people [and] groups from the ‘70s that were responsible for the development of the blues milieu in Edmonton,” Gallie says. “We also wanted to recognize some of the behind the scenes people in our builder category who were responsible for bringing blues artists to Edmonton.”

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COSMOPOLITAN MUSIC SOCIETY 50TH ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND / FRI, JUN 6 – SUN, JUN 8 Rub-a-dub-dub! Three men on a stage, and who do you think they be? A homemaking leatherworker, Jens Lindemann’s former music teacher and a carrot salesman come together to celebrate the 50th Anniversary for the Cosmopolitan Music Society (CMS). This three-day event includes a woodwind clinic with James Campbell, Canada’s pre-eminent clarinetist and wind soloist, and, a Gala concert directed by Garry Silverman.

—JASMINE SALAZAR

EDMONTON PRIDE FESTIVAL / FRI, JUN 6 – SUN, JUN 15 The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer (LGBTQ) community is kicking off its 34th year on Friday, June 6 with the Fruit Loop Beer Gardens and an evening of food trucks at Churchill Square. The festival spans 10 days with various events going on in the city, including plenty of live music throughout. (edmontonpride.ca for more information)

LORA JOL / THU, JUN 12 (8 PM) Sweeping waves of synth form the bedrock of Lora Jol’s forthcoming Nowhere Near, with the songwriter’s marble voice towering among her electro-pop arrangements.

Think Bats for Lashes, but with a wink more fun in the mix.

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JOHNATHAN RICHMAN / FRI, JUN 6 (7 PM) Enjoy a night of doo-wop, country, folk and various international sounds when Jonathan Richman performs alongside drummer Tommy Larkins. (Starlite Room, $20) —JASMINE SALAZAR

GOLDEN WEST / FRI, AUG 1 – SUN, AUG 3 The Golden West gang has let loose the final lineup for the August festival. It’s solid all around with the Wet Secrets, the Backhomes and Physical Copies headlining and the rest of the lineup filled up with bands from A (Arrowz) to W (Whitey Houston), along with artists-in-residence April Dean and Josh Holinaty, and comedy gold from Jon Mick and Bradley D Jordan. Check out the whole set at goldenwestmusicfest.com. There’s even ticket info so you can go see it all for real.

—EDEN MUNRO

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MUSIC PREVUE // FOLK

Amy Thiessen

Sat, Jun 7 (5 pm) Prana Yoga Studio The truth in reflection

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omething I've been working on for a couple of years is how can I integrate creation and writing and acknowledge that as part of my daily life? Every day I get up and write something for an hour or two, and be inspired for an hour or two, and acknowledge the fact that when I do that I feel better with the rest of my day—everything else is better."

It's a habit Calgary-based singersongwriter Amy Thiessen started after a short residency program at the Banff Centre at the end of 2013 alongside fellow musician Curtis Glas. Thiessen spent 12 days immersed in the writing and creativity of other artists, an experience that sparked a desire to dig deeper into her own creative process.

"It starts to show you there is space for everything. You don't have to fit a mould," she says, recalling a night she listened to writers read their work, eventually becoming so inspired she needed to leave to go write, which she did for three hours. "I needed to create something and all the shorelines that it can't be good enough or it can't be or shouldn't, all the stuff that comes up when you create something, it was gone because I was so inspired by other people's work."

go through personal struggles.

"I think because of the nature of what I write and how I write, most of the songs are to some degree, they're healing," Thiessen adds. "All of the songs are somewhere about those transitions between kind of expanding and retracting and things happening and growing, and then things kind of falling apart. I don't know that life is any different than that. I think that's all life is, you know? Life is in between goodbyes. You say goodbye to something, something new happens, it grows and then it goes away and you say goodbye and start again."

Thiessen expresses this with a sense of ease and acceptance, despite goodbyes often being a scary or sad concept. Her affable and positive outlook can be credited to an ongoing yoga practice: Thiessen is a certified teacher and her practice has become connected to her creative process, which she views as a similar type of practice.

"By writing every day you know that some days are going suck ... some of your [yoga] practice days suck, but you know you're getting on the mat tomorrow, so it doesn't matter. And so then there's more freedom because it's a muscle you build," she explains.

Yoga and spirituality were very prevalent on Thiessen's first album, but she wanted to make a shift this time to folk music, which she says is similar in the way it articulates the truth of a matter, such as when you get to the root of the hurt that has caused an argument.

"In that truth that's really where we're all connected because everybody has felt that way, and I want to come at it from a place that is compassionate and honest and I know that yoga is a driving force in that because I am constantly reflecting."

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earch for "Striker" on Google and you'll come across a German Wikipedia page for the Edmontonbased band.

"We have a strong fan base over there," says drummer Adam Brown.

"I think they respect the fact that you are travelling across most of the

world to play music for them."

The band found success overseas after a demo track was played to some random concert-goers at the Wacken Open Air Metal Festival in Germany.

"After that, the demo kind of exploded in the underground," Brown says. "It pushed the band to be a

Striker is preparing for its third full-length album, which is slated for a September release. The group recorded its previous album in Nashville but wanted to change up the environment this time and went after a heavier sound. The new, still untitled album was recorded in Sweden with melodic death-metal producer Fredrik Nordström—he's worked with the likes of Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquility, Opeth—to achieve the heavier metal vibe.

"We were looking for that heavy production sound that doesn't entirely exist in these parts," Brown explains. "Edmonton has a lot to offer musically, but the list of established metal producers is rather thin."

All that said, though, the band hasn't forgotten its roots on the new record.

"It's kind of a mix between speed and thrash," Brown says. "Clean, powerful vocals. Big guitar solos. Heavy drums.

All the good parts of metal, if I can say that."

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UBK & NIGHT VISION PRESENT

JUN/22 CASHMERE CAT JUN/25 ONE BAD SON & THE WILD JUN/27 MAC DEMARCO W/ GUESTS MRG CONCERTS PRESENTS

JUN/28 UH HUH HER W/ GUESTS JUL/9 SHARON VAN ETTEN W/ GUESTS JUL/15 & 16 TYLER THE CREATOR THE UNION PRESENTS

THE UNION PRESENTS

Edmonton Vocal Minority presents Darrin Hagen's Our Time; Booming Tree (Taiko drumming duo); 8pm; $15 (adult)/$12 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square WINSPEAR American Songs:

William Eddins (conductor), Mela Dailey (soprano); 8pm; Symphony Prelude: Upper Circle lobby: informative presentation about the evening's program; 7:15pm; $24-$79

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

DV8 Band Jam: Puzzled

Minds, Dead As December, Attacked By Raptors, Arcane's Web; 10pm

Cosmopolitan Music Society: “50 and Fabulous!”

Party: d’Cana (world music), featuring George Koufogiannakis; $20 (adv); 7pm

FIONN MACCOOL'S–DT Rural

and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Fri

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Jimmy

OLD STRATHCONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

DJs

Performance Matters Workshop Featuring March Music; 10am; $75 (adv); all ages

FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop

Quartet, 7:30pm; $20/$15 (student/senior)/$10 (NME member) at TIX on the Square, door

Afternoon Concerts: Ryan Locke (CD release), Ken Stead; 4pm; no cover

THE COMMON Good Fridays:

Thu Jam hosted by Lorne Burnstick; 8pm-12am

Edmonton starring: DWV Simone Denny; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $40-$50

BLIND PIG PUB & GRILL Live

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live

LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG Every

STARLITE ROOM Pure Pride

music every Fri

TIRAMISU BISTRO Live

L.B.'S PUB Thu open stage:

music every Fri: this week: Becky, Brian and Venessa presented by Bridge Songs: Dear Edmonton; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

Mark McGarrigle

Democrafunk, Gray and Arlo Maverick

HEART OF THE CITY– GiovanninI Caboto Park

the New Big Time with Rocko Vaugeois, friends; 8-12

Amie Weymes

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION

Night with the Nervous Flirts (sing-along with a live band); every Thu, 9pm1am; no cover

KELLY'S PUB Jameoke

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

of Blues Wam Bam Thank you Jam: free chilli hosted

by Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens; every Sat, 2-6pm

CHICAGO JOES Colossal Flows: Live Hip Hop and open mic every Fri with DJs Xaolin, Dirty Needlz, guests; 8:30pm-2am; no cover

Gorieu (jazz); 8pm; $10

Evans Sat Jam (rock): every Sat; 4-8pm

Afternoon: Big Al's House

Food Drive For Edmonton Food Bank: Back Deck Bbq; free Show with 138

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Jazz evening every Fri after work; 5-8pm: BRIXX Blackstone, Electric Soul, Electric Soul, The Gibson Block; 9pm

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Erica

PRANA YOGA STUDIO Amy

Karen Claypool (country)

Routes; all ages; no cover

Jam Thu; 9pm

pianos every Fri Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm

Goldtooth Band Feat. Tiff Hall; 9pm-2am; no cover Thiessen; 5pm (show); no cover

APEX CASINO–VEE LOUNGE

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

J R BAR AND GRILL Live

OVERTIME Sherwood Park

dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Funk

SAT JUN 7

Up!: Take Back the mic Slam Jacques Arsenault; NextFest Nite Clubs; 9pm

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open

stage; 7pm; no cover

CypherWild: A community gathering: hip hop culture with live music, DJs, MCs, dancing, and art. Hosted by DJ Creeasian; every Thu, 6-9pm; if you cannot find programming as scheduled in the Square, look behind the Stanley A. Milner library in Centennial Plaza; every Thu, 6-9pm until end Sep, weather permitting

EXPRESSIONZ CAFE Open

dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am

Back Thursdays

FILTHY MCNASTY’S Taking

Life Thursdays

EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain Open Jam

RED PIANO BAR Hottest

Richman (of Modern Lovers), Tommy Larkins (drums); no minors; 8pm (door); $20-$25 Unionevents.com

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ every Thu

CHURCHILL SQUARE/ CENTENNIAL PLAZA

DV8 Band Jam

PAWN SHOP Striker

ON THE ROCKS Disastronauts

with DJs

Floor: The Menace Sessions:

Alt Rock/Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz; Underdog: Dr Erick THE BOWER For Those Who Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat THE COMMON Get Down

It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every

Sat; 9pm ENCORE–WEM Every Sat:

Sound and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat LEAF BAR Marshall Lawrence LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Collective

Saturdays underground: House and Techno MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey

Wong every Sat

JUN/6 BLACKSTONE JUN/10 MY SISTER OCEAN

W/ GUESTS

PLAYING INDOCTRINATION EP & THE AUTOGRAPH EP

JUN/12 VICIOUS DARK SARCASM & BUTCHER’S ANGST TRASH N THRESH THURSDAYS PRESENTS

W/

HOLLOW CD RELEASE JUN/13 HUNGRY W/ A HUNDRED YEARS, REND AND UPSIDEDOWNTOWN

JUN/14 JAMES BEAUDRY BAND, LANA LENORE & CO., RIVER VALLEY SEARCH PARTY

JUN/15 SISTER GRAY W/ THE FRONTS JUN/17 MY SISTER OCEAN PLAYING “THE MONTH OF TUESDAY”

JUN/20 REBEL BASS ALLIANCE JUN/21 REND W/ THE WISERS & DESERT BAR JUN/24 MY SISTER OCEAN

PLAYING FUNCTION CONTROL OPTION COMMAND & MESSY CREATION EP

JUN/27 BISON W/ DISCIPLES OF POWER JUN/28 S. CAREY UNION EVENTS PRESENTS

PAWN SHOP Transmission

Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm); 1st Sat each month RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging

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SET NIGHTCLUB SET Saturday

Night House Party: With DJ Twix, Johnny Infamous SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM

Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com SUITE 69 Stella Saturday:

retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,

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

MÉTIS YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP

UNION HALL Celebrity

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with DJ Mkhai

Sun; 9:30pm-1am ON THE ROCKS Electric Religious opens for Jay Sparrow PAWN SHOP Unearth (metal),

Texas in July, Cruel Hand, Armed for Apocalypse; 7pm; $22 (adv) RICHARD'S PUB Sunday

Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky

Classical FINE ARTS BLDG–UOFA Opera Nuova's Vocal Arts Festival: Master Class in Rm 1-29; 7pm; $16/$14 online or at the door HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH La Folia; 2pm;

Saturdays: every Sat hosted

by DJ Johnny Infamous

lafoliaensemble.ca

Y AFTERHOURS Release

Music Society: Gala Concert: CMS Bands and Chorus, Garry Silverman (music director), Jamie Burns and Rita Burns (conductors); 7:30pm; PostGala Reception: 10pm

Saturdays

SUN JUN 8 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku Open mic every Sun Funded in part by the Government of Canada.

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every

WINSPEAR Cosmopolitan

hosted by Tim Lovett

DJs

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Electric Blues Jam and BBQ hosted by Marshall Lawrence and the Lazy Bastards; 4-8pm

Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday

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

Brunch: Jim Findlay Trio; 9am-

LEVEL 2 Stylus Industry

3pm; donations

Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am

BLUES ON WHYTE Early Evening: Blues Hall of

Fame; 6pm; $20 at Blackbyrd, Commercial Hotel reception; featuring guest performer, Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang; EdmontonBluesHallofFame. com CHA ISLAND TEA CO Open mic

MON JUN 9 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE Taylor Scott DUGGAN'S Mon singer-

with March Music Inc; Every Sun 7pm

songwriter night: hosted by Sean Brewer; 8pm

DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun Night

MERCURY ROOM Music Magic

Live on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm DUGGAN'S Celtic Music with

Duggan's House Band 5-8pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S The Give

'Em Hell Boys HEART OF THE CITY– GiovanninI Caboto Park

11am-6pm; HeartCityFest. com HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm

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

Boogie (country) 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 ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE

LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG Every Sun Jam hosted by Steve and Bob; 6-10pm

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

NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun

Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE ERS Gala

Performance: Edmonton Recital Society: Sara Davis buechner (piano); $59 (adult)/$39 (senior)/$20 (student) at Winspear box office, 780.428.1414

a live band); 7:30pm-12am; no cover; relaxed dress code

DJs

SANDS HOTEL Country music

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

RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live

Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam

DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave

Joanne Janzen

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

Big Dreamer Sound open jam with guest, hosted

by Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O'brien; every Tue 8pm-12am; (every jammer is entered into a draw for a day of free recording at Big Dreamer Sound Music Studio)

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Party Hog

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative retro and

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A

DV8 Creepy Tombsday:

RED STAR Experimental Indie

Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm LEAF BAR Tue Open Jam:

Trevor Mullen LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG Jam

hosted by Rockin' Randy every Tue, 7-11pm MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday

with Kris Harvey and guests NEWCASTLE PUB Be Here

Now: two day benefit for Kirby: Tacoy Ryde, Jr Gone Wild, Souljah Fyah, the Almighty Turtlenecks, the Superband, the Rockin' Highliners, Scotty Hills, Rusty Reed, the Dungarees, Bobby Cameron, Tim Koslo, Braden Gates, Dana Wylie, Rob Heath, Stew Kirkwood, Front Porch Roots Revue, Joint Chiefs, others; 6:30 (door), 7:30pm (music); $20 at door

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

WED JUN 11 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open

stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

New Music Wed: Featured band hosted by Lochlin Cross and Leigh Friesen (open stage) after the bands set BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month; On the Patio: Funk

and Soul with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm BLUES ON WHYTE Taylor Scott BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Jazz

evening every Wed; 8-11pm DUGGAN'S Wed open mic with

NEW WEST HOTEL Tue

host Duff Robison

Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; Boots & Boogie (country)

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every

Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

Open mic every Tue RED PIANO Every Tue: the

Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5

BRIXX Metal night every Tue

DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night

presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member)

Janzen

BLUES ON WHYTE Taylor Scott

DV8 Band Jam

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

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

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

Tue; 9pm

Boogie (country) OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

This weeks band:

TUE JUN 10

NEW WEST HOTEL Boots &

dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm;

mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

Gates, Dana Wylie, Rob Heath, Stew Kirkwood, Front Porch Roots Revue, Joint Chiefs, others; 6:30 (door), 7:30pm (music); $20 at door

(unless there's an Oilers game); no cover NEWCASTLE PUB Be Here Now:

two day benefit for Kirby: Tacoy Ryde, Jr Gone Wild, Souljah Fyah, the Almighty Turtlenecks, the Superband, the Rockin' Highliners, Scotty Hills, Rusty Reed, the Dungarees, Bobby Cameron, Tim Koslo, Braden

ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT Joanne

Andrew Scott SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Party Hog ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays:

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

Classical ARDEN Spring Concert: St.

Albert Community Band, Dr. Angela Schroeder (director), the Saint City Big Band Tom Smyth (director); 7pm; $12 (adult)/$8 (student) CONVOCATION HALL Opera Nuova's Vocal Arts Festival: Song Soirée: Spanish Delights & World Folk Music: theme is Spanish & World Folk Music; 7-9pm; $16 (adv, adult)/$14 (adv, student/ senior) at Opera NUOVA box office, 780.487.4844; $20 (door, adult)/$18 (door, student/senior)

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait

Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 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 sExperience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s

metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave APEX CASINO–Vee Lounge 24 Boudreau, St Albert, 780.460.8092 ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave AVENUE THEATRE 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 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 BONNIE DOON HALL 9240-93 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750-124 St CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99,

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23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 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 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S 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, 8882-170 St EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82

VUEWEEKLY JUN 05 – JUN 11, 2014

Ave, 780.916.1557 FIONN MACCOOL'S–DT Edmonton City Centre, 10200-102A Ave, 3rd Fl, G310, 780.424.4534 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 HEART OF THE CITY–GiovanninI Caboto Park 109 Ave, 95 St HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 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 KING OAK STUDIOS 9267-50 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LEGENDS SPORTS BAR 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132104 St LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 MATRIX HOTEL 10640-100 Ave MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10086 Macdonald Dr MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St,

587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 OLD STRATHCONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 8426 Gateway Blvd 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 PRANA YOGA STUDIO 18332 Lessard Rd 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 10235-101 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 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 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 WESTBURY THEATRE ARTS BARNS 10338-84 Ave WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM

COMEDY B STREET BAR • 11818-111 Ave • Travelling

open mic finishing with a headliner • Jun 29, 7pm • T: Connie, 780.914.8966; E: conniescomedy@gmail.com to get on open mic roster

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 • Laugh out Proud with Ted Morris; Jun 5; $16

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Bob Angeli; Jun 6-7 • Tom Liske; Jun 13-14 • Chris Heward; Jun 20-21 • Tim Kubasec; Jun 27; Trevor Talbott; Jun 28 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 • Adam Hunter; until Jun 8 • Mike Brody; Jun 11-15

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

FIONN MACCOOL'S–South/Connie's Comedy • 4485 Gateway Blvd • Silly Pints

Comedy hosted by Connie's Comedy: Open mic followed by Craig Sherburne • Jun 7, 7pm • T: Connie, 780.914.8966; E: conniescomedy@gmail. com to get on open mic roster

FIONN MACCOOL'S–DT/Connie's Comedy • City Centre, 3rd Fl, 10200-102A Ave • Silly Pints Comedy hosted by Connie's Comedy: Open mic comedy followedy by Howie Miller • Jun 11, 6pm • T: Connie, 780.914.8966; E: conniescomedy@gmail.com to get on open mic roster

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE/Connie's Comedy • 16648-109 Ave • Komedy Krush: open mic comedy hosted by Connie's Comedy, followed by Dave Stawnichy • Jun 5, 9pm, following Name that Tune with Capital City Singles • T: Connie, 780.914.8966; E: conniescomedy@gmail.com to get on open mic roster

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE/Connie's Comedy • 16648-109 Ave • Komedy Krush:

Open mic hosted by Connie's Comedy, followed

by Sean Thomson • Jun 19, 9pm following Capital City Singles Name that Tune • T: Connie, 780.914.8966; E: conniescomedy@gmail.com to get on open mic roster

OVERTIME PUB • 4211-106 St • Open mic

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

EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner

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

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD •

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

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani

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 LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION •

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

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall,

3728-106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY •

Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50

• Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood 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)

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy

SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters. com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES–HAVE YOU HAD ONE? • Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave •

comedy anchored by a professional MC, new headliner each week • Every Tue • Free

Groove every Wed; 9pm

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave,

Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

ALBERTA CONVERGENCE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S SOCIAL FORUM •

Education South Bldg, Rm 129, 11210-87 Ave, U of A • Initiative to promote and coordinate Alberta’s participation in the Peoples’ Social Forum • June 14, 9:30am-4:30pm • Free; pre-register at eventbrite.ca/e/peoplessocial-forum-alberta-regional-convergencetickets-11637426857

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

780.490.1129 • eckankar.ab.ca • Find out what they mean and how to keep having them • Jun 8, 1-3pm • Free

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

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)

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • 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 Meetings: Campus St; Jean: Pavillion

McMahon; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca;

fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club: 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 • 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

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98

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

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515 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

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strath-

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103

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

cona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based

ALBERTA COULD...Forum on a Fair Tax System for Alberta • Alberta Teachers'

Association Bldg, 11010-142 St • albertacould. org • Public Interest Alberta, the Parkland Institute host this forum. Learn more about Alberta’s tax system, what Alberta could do if we had a progressive income tax and fair corporate taxes • Jun 5, 7-9pm

CITIZEN SCIENCE: A GREENER WORLD WHERE SCIENCE GETS SOCIAL • ECHA

L1-490 (Edmonton Clinic Health Academy), 11405 87 Ave, U of A • Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Drs. Kamaljit Bawa and David Schindler about how science and communities are coming together to address environmental issues too big to handle alone. These two iconic environmental scientists have driven the creation of environmental programs and policies across the world by working closely with local communities as onthe-ground advocates to protect the landscapes they call home • Jun 10, 7-8:30pm • Free

DR OZ COMES TO EDMONTON • Rexall

Place • Fort Edmonton fundraiser for the building of the Windsor/Albion commercial building • Jun 5 • Tickets start at $79; proceeds after costs to developing of this project

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall,

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

STRING-MATH 2014 • Centennial Centre

for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS), Rm L1-140, U of A • The ABEGHHK’tH Revolution: lecture

by Jim Gates, review on why the search for the Higgs boson began and what is the significance of the discovery of the Higgs boson • Jun 11, 5:30-6:30pm

TEDXEDMONTON 2014 • Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845-102 Ave • For Certain: Uncertainty: Denis Lamoureaux, John Nychka, Suzanne West, Courtney Kirschbaum • Jun 14 • Sold out QUEER AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer • 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 •

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

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

VUEWEEKLY JUN 05 – JUN 11, 2014

organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transidentified 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, 10408-124 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

OUTLOUD–LGBT YOUTH GROUP • St Paul's United Church, 11526-76 Ave • Group for LGBT teens from religious backgrounds • Meet the 1st and 3rd Wed ea month, 7-9pm • Until Jun 18 • Free

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

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womons-

pace.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

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 ALS SOCIETY OF ALBERTA • William Hawrelak Park, 9330 Groat Rd • walkforals.ca • Walk for ALS fundraiser: a 2.5 or 5 km walk followed by a BBQ and picnic in the park • Jun 7, 9am (register), 10am (kick-off) CITIE BALLET HOME TOUR • Various Ed-

monton Homes • 780.472.7774 • citiehometour. ca • Touring six homes • Jun 21-22, 11am-5pm • $39

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 Razamanaz Tour; all ages • Fundraising for local Canadian Disaster Relief, the hungry (world-wide through the Canadian Food Grains Bank)

DRIVE THE FUTURE EXPO • NAIT Central Campus, 11762-106 St • drivethefutureexpo. com • Explores and celebrates higher efficiency alternative fuel vehicles that are available driving on Alberta roads today • Jun 7, 11am-5pm • Free EDMONTON CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL • Expo Centre, Northlands Park • Jun 6, 2:30-10pm; Jun 7, 12:30-9pm FAMILY FUN DAY AT BIRCH BAY RANCH • Ziplines, rock climbing, pony rides, hay rides, BBQ • Jun 7 • $20 (car or family)/$10 (single); proceeds to sending kids to camp

HEART OF THE CITY • Giovannin Caboto Park, 109 Ave, 95 St • HeartCityFest.com • Arts, dance and non-stop music • Jun 7, 11am-10:30pm; Jun 8, 11am-6pm

LITTLE ITALY ITALIAN CENTRE SHOP 55th BirthDay party • 10878-95 St

• italiancentre.ca • Italian Centre Shop’s 55th Birthday Party: Food and fun for all the family. Celebrating 55 years of bringing the taste of Europe to Edmonton’s dinner tables. England vs. Italy World Cup game starts at 4pm • Jun 14, 12-4pm

MARKETPLACE AT CALLINGWOOD • callingwoodmarketplace.com/events • 6655-178 St (Courtyard next to Shoppers Drugs) • Super Magical Birthday Bash with beautiful Princesses and amazing Superheroes; Jun 14, 1-4pm • Bike Week at the Market: Bring your bicycles to the Callingwood Farmers’ Market, free tune-up for summer; Jun 8, 10am-3pm, Jun 11, 2-6pm MCC SUMMERFEST AND AUCTION • Millennium Place, 2000 Premier Way, Sherwood Park • mccreliefsale.com • Mennonite Central Committee's fundraiser for its world relief and peace projects. Both days will have live and silent auctions, ethnic food booths, kids activities, and a raffle • Jun 6-7; Jun 6: beef supper (5-7pm); Fri and Sat MINCA • Windsor Park Hall, 11840-87 Ave • minkhasweaters.com • Women's knitting cooperative (Bolivia) hand knit shawls, hats, vests, children’s and adult sweaters, scarves; pima cotton and alpaca • Jun 14, 9am-3pm • All proceeds to knitters OLIVER COMMUNITY FESTIVAL • Christ

Church Anglican, Robertson-Wesley United, Oliver Community League and the 124 Street Business Association. present this community event • Jun 7, 10-3pm

OVER THE RAINBOW GROUP STRAWBERRY TEA • SAGE, Seniors Association of Greater

Edmonton, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Gay seniors annual strawberry tea,10 year anniversary featuring three entertaining guests • Jun 12, 1-3:30pm • Free; donations accepted

PRIDE FESTIVAL–COLOR YOURSELF PROUD • edmontonpride.ca/pride_week/events/ • Parade Day: Starts: 107 St, down 102 Ave, to Churchill Sq; Jun 7 • Dance: Color Yourself Proud:

Hellenic Hall, 10450-116 St: dance; Jun 14, 9pm2am; tickets at the Womonspace booth #120 at Churchill Sq on Jun 7, one day deal, $25 (dance ticket and membership new/renew)/$20 (dance ticket, incl the ISCWR Gay Edmonton Pageant Part II, 7-9pm • Festival: Jun 6-15

RESCUE100 HORSE FOUNDATION 5TH ANNUAL BARN DANCE • KENO Hills

Stables, 52165 Range Rd 210, Sherwood Park • 780.464.9988, 780.922.2941,780.757.0175 • rescue100.ca • Barn Dance, dinner, silent and live auction • Jun 14, 5-11pm • $40

WALK TO FIGHT ARTHRITIS • Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park • walktofightarthritis.ca • Fundraiser for arthritis presented by the Running Room, 1km and 5km routes • Jun 8, Registration: 9am Walk: 10am

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Coming Events

Pique Dance Center 10604 105 Ave 780-239-6122 piquedancecentre.ca Weekly drop-in Adult dance classes; Beginner to Advanced levels offered, large variety of styles offered. $12 per 60 minute class and $16 per 90 minute class THE LOFT ART GALLERY AND GIFT SHOP May 3 to June 29, 2014 Saturdays and Sundays 12 to 4 pm, at the A. J. Ottewell Arts Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park.

Featuring artwork and unique gifts made by the artists of the Art Society of Strathcona County Phone 780 449 4443 for information. www.artstrathcona.com

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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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Build a home with Habitat for Humanity!

All Habitat Volunteers participate in onsite safety orientation & training.

Beginners to trades skill levels, groups and individuals welcome. No minimum number of shifts required. Visit www.hfh.org to register as a volunteer. We provide all tools, equipment and lunch!

Follow us on Facebook /HabitatEdm and Twitter @HabitatEdm 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 Habitat for Humanity hosts Women Build Week June 17 21, 2014 Are you a woman who has always wanted to volunteer on a Habitat for Humanity build site, but were unsure if you had the necessary skills?

Contact Kim at 780-451-3416 ext 232 or kdedeugd@hfh.org or register online at our website!

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Give some, Get some. Come have some fun, a little exercise and be recognized.

We require volunteers almost every day of the week to help at various bingo locations around the city (WEM, Castledowns, south side). You give your time (4-6 hour shift) and we recognize your efforts.

You do not need any experience as everything will be taught to you and you will be completely supported. Calll Christine at 780-953-1510 or email at christine.poirier@cnib.ca for more information Bingo is a smoke-free and friendly environment.

StreetFest wants to celebrate a very special milestone with its favourite people! Volunteer for the 30th Annual Edmonton International Street Performers Festival, running July 4 - 13, 2014 in Sir Winston Churchill Square. Make friends, have fun, win prizes and gain access to a post-festival party in exchange for a minimum of 20 volunteer hours!

Join a community 30 years in the making! For more information and to apply, visit www.edmontonstreetfest.com, email

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

Volunteer with us!

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.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, or if you would like more information, please email volunteer@teamedmonton.ca.

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 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 Kaleido Volunteer Dinner June 10, 2014 6:00-8:00pm We will be hosting our first volunteer info dinner on Tuesday June 10 from 6pm to 8pm at the Alberta Ave Community League (9210-118 Ave).

Stop by for some delicious dinner and entertainment featuring Bardic Form, meet the 2014 production team, and find out what we have planned for this year!

To RSVP email kaleidovolunteers@gmail.com Needed for our Long Term Care residence, daytime volunteers for various activities or just for a friendly visit!Needed for our Long Term Care Residence, weekday morning volunteers for various activities. Especially for assisting with transporting residents to rehab, church services and hairdresser within facility. All volunteers must pass a Police clearance.

Please contact Janice at Extendicare Eaux Claires for more details jgraff@extendicare.com (780) 472 - 1106 The Great White North Triathlon is accepting volunteers for the 23rd edition of the race on July 6th in Stony plain for all positions: course marshals, draft marshals, lifeguards, kayakers, canoeists, transition, traffic control, parking control, scuba divers, motorcyclists, massage therapists, security & more.

For more info contact: LeRoy Williams, 780-478-1388, email: royal.legend99@gmail.com or Jaqueline at:

jacqueline.gwntriathlon@gmail.com.

volunteer@edmontonstreetfest.com

, or call Volunteer Coordinator Liz Allison-Jorde at 780-425-5162

Whyte Ave. Artwalk VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! If you are interested in meeting & supporting the local arts community take the opportunity to help out with the festival this year!

Artwalk needs people to fill a variety of roles both before and during July 11 – 13 this summer.

Contact accounts@paintspot.ca for more info or come into the Paint Spot and apply in person.

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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 Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization in conjunction with the North Edge Business Association (NEBA) and the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre has a new public market in central Edmonton . . . the “URBAN MARKETPLACE” at the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre. You are Invited to apply for a space in the Summer Series.

The URBAN MARKETPLACE will provide you with an 8’ x 8’ space and a minimum 1 table (set up and tear down) for your use. The table/space rental is for the summer series for successful applicants.

Applications for multiple booths may be considered.

Vendors for this event will be chosen via juried selection.

The URBAN MARKETPLACE reserves the right to select all vendors as part of the creation of the “market mix”.

For more information please contact, Cheryl Deshaies at 780-442-1652 or cheryl.deshaies@edmonton.ca

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Deadline: June 13, 2014 Intersite Visual Arts Festival (IVAF) actively engages an unsuspecting public and advocates for contemporary art practices through the decentralized presentation of exhibitions, happenings, and performances outside of the traditional gallery setting.

For Intersite 2014, occurring from September 5 to 7 2014, we are interested in alternative ways of conveying discourse and encouraging conversation.

Looking for individuals who want to experiment with the format of “a lecture,” finding unconventional methods or environments for delivering informed opinions and innovating within this academic structure. From street corner soap-boxes and institutional infiltrations to secret papers and Skype sermons, all proposals are welcomed.

Send completed submission packages to: ATTN: Programming Committee

intersitevisualartsfestival@gmail. com

Gallery @ 501 Presents: Art Object D’Sport Call for Entry In celebration of the Canada 55+ Games (to be held in Strathcona County, Sherwood Park, AB), Gallery @ 501 will be hosting the exhibition Art Object D’Sport, July 7 – August 31, 2014 Art Object D’Sport is an open call for entries from artists and artisans across Canada.

DEADLINE – Friday June 23rd at 6:00 pm Further information contact Brenda Barry Byrne, Curator,Gallery @ 501 brenda.barrybyrne@strathcona.ca www.strathcona.ca/artgallery

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Live Model Figure Drawing Drop-in sessions every Tuesday, February 11 – June 24, 6-9PM. $15/session; 11-pack only $150. Instruction

by Daniel Hackborn available 1st Tuesday of each month.

Save 20% on supplies.

Reserve your seating – space is limited. 10032 81 Avenue, Edmonton; ph. 780.432.0240. www.paintspot.ca; accounts@paintspot.ca OR info@paintspot.ca Spruce Grove Art Gallery 2015 Feature Artist Call for Entries Call for entry for all Alberta artists to submit a proposal as a feature artist for a solo or group show. Check our website for entry form.

Deadline June 30, 2014 www.alliedartscouncil.com

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Veteran blues drummer available . Influences include BB King, Freddie King, etc.

780-462-6291

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Musicians Wanted

Guitarists, bassists, vocalists, pianists and drummers needed for good paying teaching jobs.

Please call 780-901-7677 Jah-LeLe Band seeks female vocalist, drummers, guitarist, bass guitarist, keyboardist, trumpet players (Men or Women), must be talented in the genre of reggae music.

Musicians must have their own instruments. If interested, please contact: Jones (main):780-757-4757 Collins: 780-802-2139 Albert: 780-680-1959 Rock band seeking female harmonist/keyboardist who wants to play with a serious band. Must be seasoned with touring, performing and recording. Serious inquiries call 587-986-6883

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Musicians Wanted

Seeking a musician to participate in a unique exchange. A offering of a short live show, in swap for a holonomic design (art) created for the musician.

To take place this summer Contact and more detail through

www.facebook.com/intuitcreations

3100. Appliances/Furniture Old Appliance Removal Removal of unwanted appliances. Must be outside or in your garage.

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

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HUGE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE! SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 9AM-2PM in the parking lot of Calvary Baptist Church (7215-97 Street, Edmonton).

Residents of the Hazeldean and Ritchie neighbourhoods are coming together to hold a large outdoor garage sale with 30+ tables. BBQ fundraiser on site too!

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Automobile Service

RIVERCITY MOTORS LTD 20 plus years of VW Audi dealer training. Warranty approved maintenance.

8733-53 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 5E9 www.rivercitymotors.ca

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Psychics

Intuitive readings: Oracle cards, crystals and chakra readings.

Sunday evenings: 5 to 8 pm @ 2nd Cup (11210 Jasper Ave).

Facebook: Follow Your True Path.

Call Desiree: 780-868-0636 for appointment

Artist to Artist

CALL for Artist in Residence, City of Edmonton, Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers Request for Proposals The Edmonton Arts Council is inviting artists in the Edmonton area to submit a proposal to become the first artist-inresidence hosted by the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers. The successful artist will commence duties in midsummer, for an anticipated sixmonth period (terms negotiable/flexible).

Please respond with the noted cover letter, proposal and links to appropriate support material

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): "We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us," writes novelist Robert R McCammon. "We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand.

But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls. We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out.

We get put on the straight and narrow path and told to be responsible." That's the bad news, Aries. But now here's the good news: the next 12 months will offer you a series of excellent opportunities to re-magic yourself.

If you have not yet caught wind of the first invitation, I bet you will soon.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): "When given a choice between owning an object and having an experience," says art critic Holland Cotter, "I always choose the experience." He prefers to spend his money on adventures that transform his sense of self and his understanding of the world.

I recommend that approach to you in the coming weeks, Taurus.

The most valuable "possessions" you can acquire will be the lessons you learn, the skills you hone and the relationships you ripen.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): In Marcel Proust's novel Swann's Way, the narrator speaks of how profoundly he is inspired by an older writer named Bergotte: "Each time he talked about something whose beauty had until then been hidden from me, about pine forests, about hail, about Notre-Dame Cathedral ... with one image he would make that beauty explode into me." I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because in the coming days I suspect a great deal of beauty will explode into you. Why? I think it's because you're more receptive than usual to being delighted and enchanted. The triggers could be anything: exciting people, eavesdropped conversations, good books, surprising music and who knows what else?

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): "Little horses cannot carry great riders."

So says a Haitian proverb. Now, in accordance with the astrological omens, I'm urging you to meditate on its meaning for your life.

Here are four possible interpretations: 1) Are you a "little horse" trying to carry a "great rider" who's too much for you? 2) Are you a little horse that could grow into a bigger, stronger horse worthy of a great rider? 3) Are you a "great rider" who is in need of a horse that is big and strong enough to serve your big, strong ambitions? 4) Would you like to be a "great rider," but you can't be one as long as you have a horse that is too small and weak?

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): Declare victory, Leo. Even if victory is not

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quite won yet. Even if your success is imperfect and still a bit messy around the edges. Raise your arms up in elated triumph and shout, "I am the purified champion! I am the righteous conqueror! I have outsmarted my adversaries and outmanoeuvred my obstacles and now I am ready to claim my rightful rewards!" Do this even if you're not 100-percent confident, even if there is still some scraping or clawing ahead of you. Celebrate your growing mastery. Congratulate yourself for how far you've come. In this way, you will summon what's needed to complete your mission and achieve final, total victory.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Give special attention to what will last the longest. That's my main recommendation for you in the coming weeks. Devote less of your energy to transitory pleasures and short-term hopes. Turn away from the small obsessions that demand far too much of your energy. Withdraw from the seemingly pressing concerns that will soon start to fade because they really aren't that important.

Instead, Virgo, devote your love and intelligence to the joys and dilemmas that will animate your life well into the future. Express reverence and care for the mysteries that will teach you and teach you and teach you for years to come.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): My favourite bridge in the world is the Golden Gate Bridge. In the hundreds of times I have driven on it over San Francisco Bay, it has never let me down. I've always gotten from one side to the other without any problem. In addition to its reliability, it uplifts me with its grandeur and beauty. What's your most beloved bridge, Libra? I suggest that in the coming weeks you make it your lucky charm, your magical symbol. Why? Because the next chapter of your life story requires you to make a major crossing.

You will traverse a great divide.

Having your favourite bridge as a shining beacon in your imagination will inspire your strength and courage as you travel.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Bono has called Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" "the most perfect song in the world." It is mournful and triumphant, despairing and uplifting. It's a riddle that improbably offers cathartic release. Over 300 recording artists have done cover versions of it, and it has even been the subject of books. And yet it was a challenge for Cohen to compose. He wrote more than 80 verses before choosing the few he would actually include in the final version and in one famous session, he resorted to banging his head on the floor to stimulate his creative flow. "To find that urgent song," he said, took "a

lot of work and a lot of sweat."

I nominate "Hallelujah" to be one of your sacred symbols for the next 12 months, Scorpio. From your strenuous effort, I predict, will come masterful creations.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Let me outline the breakthroughs I hope to see for you in the coming months. First, what is pretty good about you will not interfere with what is potentially great about you, but will instead cooperate with it and boost it. Second, your past accomplishments won't hold back your progress; you will not be tempted to rely on them at the expense of your future accomplishments. And third, the brave ideas that have motivated you so well won't devolve into staid old dogmas; you will either renew and reinvigorate them or else move on to a new set of brave ideas.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): If you are in even moderate alignment with cosmic rhythms during the next 12 months, you will be a connoisseur and master of recycling. I'm speaking metaphorically here. What I hope is that you will reanimate worn-out inspirations and convert faded dreams into shiny new fantasies.

You will find ways to revive alliances that went off track. A oncevibrant shtick or trick that lost its cool could be retrieved from the ash heap of history and turned into a fresh, hot asset. Gear yourself up for some entertaining resurrections.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): I wish I could tell you that your power animal this month is the eagle or dolphin or panther. Having a glamorous creature like that as your ally might boost your confidence and charisma. To be paired with one of them might even activate dormant reserves of your animal intelligence. But I can't in good conscience authorize such an honour. That's not what the astrological omens are suggesting. In fact, your power animal this June is the bunny rabbit. Please understand that there is no shame in this. On the contrary. You should be charmed and appreciative. It signifies that you will be fertile, fast, a bit tricky and very cute.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): The Buddhist meditation teacher Chögyam Trungpa said that one of the best ways to become fearless is to cultivate tenderness. As you expand your heart's capacity to feel compassionate affection for the world, you have less and less to be afraid of. That's the opposite of the conventional wisdom, which says you become brave by toughening up, by reinforcing your psychic armour. Of all the signs of the zodiac, you Pisceans are best set up to benefit from Trungpa's method—now even more than usual. V

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No change. I suggested a urologist, they come at weird hours. I don't The best way to demonstrate but he's a college student with no know what I should do. I can ask that you don't have a moral objec- insurance. Please help me to help my phone company to block each tion to sex work is to assume sex him. It's not a big issue, but he's number individually, but that's a workers are reasonable human be- going to need to be able to do this pain in the ass. I can text the cor- ings and treat them accordingly. when he gets married and wants to rect area code to the men who are Because sex workers are human start a family. writing to me looking for the trans beings, SPAM, and most human He Can't Come escort, but I don't really want to beings are perfectly reasonable. If help people too stupid to read a we were talking about a Fox News He can so come—he just needs to phone number correctly. I suppose I personality, my advice might be crank himself over the edge using could report the whole thing to the different—but we're not talking his fist. Needing his own fist to finBoston police, but I doubt they'd about a Fox News personality, are ish may be the result of death-grip care, and I don't have any moral we? masturbation techniques, and he objections to sex work, I just don't could retrain his dick with some want people to call/text me ask- BUMMED OUT time and effort. But it's not fair ing for it. Aside from changing my I'm a happily married woman in my to say that "he can't come." He can phone number, which has been my 30s. My husband and I are interest- and he does. If a woman can't come sole number for almost eight years, ed in exploring anal sex. We enjoy from vaginal intercourse alone, anything else you can suggest? finger play, but so far we haven't which 75 percent of women can't, Stupid Phone And Messages tried anything larger. He's afraid but can come during oral sex or of hurting me and wants to start when mixing fingers or a vibrator You claim to have no moral ob- with toys and plugs. But I want to into vaginal intercourse, we don't jections to sex work and you say jump right in. He's not that big and, say, "She can't come." We say, "This you're a tolerant person. But you're in all honesty, I take shits that are is what she needs to come." thinking of siccing the police on a longer and thicker than his erect This is what he needs to come. trans sex worker—and for what? penis. (Sorry to be gross.) Do you Maybe that will change with time, One or two calls or texts per week. think we need to start slow? Why experience and some effort to mix As pains in the ass go, SPAM, that won't he even try? up his masturbatory routine (get sounds like a pretty piddling one. that boy a Fleshlight), but it's Anal Novice Anxiously Lusting You know what constitutes a possible that this is how his dick major pain in the ass for a sex When I hear from straight couples works. Women who need oral or worker? Being harassed by the po- just starting to explore buttsecks, a vibrator to climax shouldn't be lice and swept up in the criminal- ANAL, it's usually the boy who made to feel bad or be told they're justice system. You're right, the wants to "jump right in" and the somehow damaged, HCC, and guys police are unlikely to drop every- girl who is afraid of getting hurt. who need a little jack at the end thing to solve your problem. But I tell these straight boys that they shouldn't be treated like they're you shouldn't call the cops on this are obligated to take their part- damaged either. His dick works. woman regardless, SPAM. If your ner's feelings into account—they And when it comes time to have call was answered by a lazy cop must take it slow, they must use kids, he fucks his wife until she's who would rather hassle trans sex lots of lube, they must start with satisfied, pulls out, jacks himself workers than go after criminals fingers and toys and plugs, etc. past the point of no return (aka who are actually hurting people, Those are Buttsecks Best Practic- "orgasmic inevitability"), shoves this woman—a woman who hasn't es. My advice for you is the same: his dick back in, and blows his load really harmed you in any way— you are obligated to take your all over her egg(s). No problem. could wind up getting badly hurt. partner's feelings into account.

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