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"So much of soccer, and soccer's biggest spectacle, is about profit and profiteering."

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"Girl gets dumped; girl meets new boy; girl and new boy get wasted, get busy, get pregnant."

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Oh, Canada ...

Depending on how vigorously you observe nationalistic celebrations, you might still be nursing a Canada Day hangover. We Canucks are justifiably proud of what is, in many ways, a beautiful and accepting country salted with money and opportunity.

Hell, let's raise a glass to that.

But some would be justified in being a bit reserved, excuse the terrible pun, on July 1; mistreatment of First Nations people by the Canadian government is older than Confederation and continues today.

What does Canada Day mean to a people who have endured generations of attempted assimilation and termination, who had their children stolen and brainwashed with the full blessing of the law and who were forced onto marginal land to make way for European settlers? It's 2014—surely our political leaders have learned from this embarrassing history and now treat First Nations with respect.

Not so much. Thomas King argues in his book The Inconvenient Indian that the Harper government seems to be inspired by the first prime ministers, men whose relations with "Indians" was a matter of getting them off desired land—treaties and ethics be damned. Today, King says, is "the worst time [for First Nations] since the '50s and Termination, before that the 1800s and Allotment."

The aggressive expansion of the oilsands and the approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline have been rammed through the clear and sustained objections from First Nations. The Idle No More movement was formed out of the frustration of a people ignored—considered a problem, even—by the government that swore to protect them in numerous treaties.

Throw in the Conservatives' lack of real action for missing or murdered aboriginal women, the staggering over-representation of native people in the prison system, and the lingering poison of the residential schools and you'll understand why not everyone waves the flag on Canada Day. V

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The Hong Kong referendum

Mainland Chinese will not look to Hong Kong for democracy example "The oppositions in Hong Kong should understand and accept that Hong Kong is not an independent country. They should not think that they have the ability to turn Hong Kong into Ukraine or Thailand," warned the Global Times, the most aggressively nationalistic of China's state-run newspapers.

Clearly, some important people in the Communist regime are very unhappy about the "civil referendum" on democracy that has just ended in Hong Kong.

The referendum, which has no official standing, was organized by pro-democracy activists in response to a "white paper" published by the Chinese government in midJune that made it clear there could be no full democracy in Hong Kong. News about the referendum was completely censored in China, but almost 800 000 people in Hong Kong voted in it. They all said "yes" to democracy.

The referendum was really a tactical move

by Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp in a long-running tug-of-war with Beijing over how the "Special Administrative Region" should be governed. The voters were asked to choose between three different options for choosing Hong Kong's chief executive— and all of those methods involved popular participation. That is to say, democracy.

That's not how the chief executive is chosen now. He is "elected" by a 1200-person "Election Committee," most of whose members are directly or indirectly chosen by the Chinese Communist authorities in Beijing and their local representatives. That's hardly democratic, but it is written into the "Basic Law" that was negotiated between London and Beijing before Britain handed

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the colony back in 1997.

The whole negotiation was a series of compromises between the British view that Hong Kong's inhabitants should enjoy democratic rights, and the Chinese regime's determination to have ultimate control of the city. One of those compromises was a promise that by 2017, 20 years after the hand-over, the chief executive would be chosen by direct elections.

So democracy was raising its ugly head again, and Beijing sought to head off the danger by publishing its recent white paper.

There would indeed by direct elections in 2017, it said, but all the candidates would be selected by a "nominating committee" whose members would still be chosen, directly or indirectly, by Beijing—and all the candidates would have to be "patriotic." In China, as in most dictatorships, "patriotic" means "loyal to the regime."

The instant response in Hong Kong was the "civil referendum," in which about 800 000 of Hong Kong's 3.5 million registered voters have cast a vote in polling stations, online or on a phone app.

Every one of those voters was voting for full democracy, since the referendum asked them to choose between three proposed methods for nominating candidates for chief executive, ALL of which involved direct public participation. And while 800 000 people is only a quarter of the adult population, it is almost half the number of people (1.8 million) who actually voted in the last elections for Hong Kong's legislature.

But it doesn't have to be a confrontation.

As part of the "one country, two systems" deal that was negotiated with Britain 20 years ago, Beijing has already accepted that Hong Kong would enjoy "a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defence affairs" for the next 50 years. That includes the rule of law and civil rights like freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, free media and so on.

Mainland Chinese citizens do not have those rights, and the example of Hong Kong has not so far incited them to demand them. So why should a democratically elected chief executive in Hong Kong drive those 1.3 billion mainland Chinese citizens to demand democracy either?

Maybe the Chinese people will demand democracy eventually, but that is far likelier to come about as a result of a severe recession that destroys the Communist regime's reputation for fostering high-speed economic growth, which is its sole remaining claim on their loyalty. It won't come from some desire to emulate Hong Kong.

So there is room for a deal between Beijing and Hong Kong that gives the latter more freedom, if everybody stays calm.

There are probably even people inside the Communist regime in Beijing who would welcome a demonstration in Hong Kong that a little more democracy for Chinese people does not necessarily lead to chaos, civil war and secession. (Which is, of course, what their hard-line rivals constantly predict would be the inevitable result of diluting the dictatorship.) V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Rejecting rape and violence

Gender Based Violence Prevention Project finished, but its goal continues

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hen Melanie Lintott used to sit in the University LRT station, she would watch as people's attention shifted from the phone in their hands to a poster along the station walls. The poster, part of the Gender Based Violence Prevention Project at the University of Alberta, made a simple statement: "Appropriate Use of the Word Rape," with the right answer, "When naming instances of sexual violence" resolutely circled in red.

Reactions to the poster, which attempts to show that the word rape shouldn't be used as a joke, in reference to writing a tough exam or beating a team, were as divisive as it was revealing.

"People would look up and get really angry or people would look up and get really excited and take photos and send them to their friends," recalls Lintott, who was the GBVPP coordinator. "So it was kind of a mix of half the people were so annoyed it was being talked about and the other people were just so grateful it was finally being talked about."

The rape culture awareness poster series is just one of the ways the GBVPP has pushed the university community to reexamine the many facets of gender-based

and sexual violence over the last two years since receiving a government grant. Among many other things, the project brought in several speakers, created the Accountability Action Project to better educate men on the impact of this type of violence, and advocated for policy/institutional changes on matters like gender-inclusive washrooms at the U of A. With their funding period at its end, the GBVPP has largely come to a conclusion now, with Lintott's role as coordinator finished at the end of June. Looking back on the last two years, she recalls how although the project received plenty of informal positive feedback—speakers such as actress and activist Laverne Cox and civil rights activist Angela Davis saw over 1000 and 600 people in attendance, respectively, and their poster series is now used in universities as far away as Australia—the at-times adverse reactions proved to be just as valuable.

The GBVPP's goals will continue on in a new project set to launch at the U of A this September. Tentatively titled The Gender and Sexual Diversity Centre, it will act as

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both a place where LGBTQ students can come together and a forum for student-led advocacy on LGBTQ issues. Parker Leflar, the new centre's coordinator and a previous member of the GBVPP, says they will continue some of the work the GBVPP started, such as their efforts towards implementing gender-inclusive washrooms and organizing events like a campus Transgender Day of Remembrance.

"I think that over the last couple of years, GBVPP has really gained a lot of momentum and had a very high profile in raising issues around gender-based violence. To me, it's a really natural fit to talk about that in the context of gender and sexual diversity because those issues are very linked," Leflar says.

Lintott is thankful the government funding allowed them to advocate both on campus and within the city over the last two years, and is confident it will continue in the new centre.

"This work still would've been done even if [GBVPP] didn't exist, but we were able to just facilitate all these amazing things that people were already doing," Lintott says.

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NEWS // WORLD CUP

OUT OF LEFT FIELD Can the conservatism and corruption of FIFA World Cup soccer be sidelined?

It's possible that, in the brutally bottom-line world of soccer, where the green that really matters isn't the colour of the pitch, some of these shake-ups were carefully staged. // Creative Commons

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n mid-afternoon on June 13, I was in Salvador, Brazil, high in the roofshaded stands above a corner flag in Itaipava Fonte Nova Arena, watching as Spanish keeper Iker Casillas misplayed a pass back; his first touch was too hard. A flying Dutchman, Robin van Persie, pounced and put the ball in for the Netherlands' fourth goal. The buzz running through the spines of the 48 000 of us there seemed like a current of surreal alarm—what was going on?

Were the defending champions really getting ripped apart before our eyes, the carcass of their football dreams ravaged by the team they'd beaten 1-0 in the final in Johannesburg just four years earlier?

But this was the FIFA World Cup— predictable (just eight teams have won in 19 go-arounds), conservative, incredibly popular and massively profitable. So much of soccer, and soccer's biggest spectacle, is about profit and profiteering, from the beer companysponsored arena and Adidas' official Brazuca ball to the billion-dollar "reserve fund" of the supposedly nonprofit Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Could the unpredictability of the matches themselves, down there on the field, with old-world powers knocked out and underdogs winning, somehow pull the turf out from under this fundamentally conservative, corrupt tournament and maybe, just maybe, trigger some

much-needed change?

For anyone still naïve enough to think sport isn't political, just look into what a lot of fans and pundits say about African teams at the World Cup. The usual knock against them—no matter what actual country it is—is that they're "disorganized." And how is this not racist? It means, at worst, that they don't play with enough (European or South American) sophistication and teamwork. At best, the armchair critic's well aware that many African teams tend to have weak domestic leagues (mostly because European clubs now pilfer the best players), corrupt organizing bodies (as if non-African soccer federations aren't corrupt— Italy or Brazil, anyone?), and poorly paid staff, susceptible to bribes (engineered mostly by betting markets in Asia). But above it all hovers the Swiss-based FIFA, metastasized by Brazil's João Havelange in the '80s— it's the godfather of global soccer corruption.

For a sense of how FIFA operates, you don't need to know that I was notified by email that my application for 2014 WC tickets was successful six days after FIFA took the money out of my account to put in their Geneva bank, you just need two words: Qatar 2022. FIFA voted to give a country with no history of national team success, 50 C summers, and gushes of oil money the world's

most watched sporting event. The result? Hundreds of migrant workers already dying each year in the building of the stadiums—a conservative estimate is that 4000 workers will be buried by 2022—and recent allegations by The Sunday Times of vote buying.

Brazil, the cradle of beautiful samba soccer, knows plenty about corruption, from its own soccer leagues and national federation (the CBF) to its cronyism and patronage politics. But last summer, during the FIFA Confederations Cup, a lead-up tournament in Brazil, thousands of protesters—mostly middle-class— demonstrated and battled with police; they were angry with President Dilma Rousseff and FIFA over how much money was being spent on the tournament (now around $18 billion) while economic and social change in Brazil stuttered and slumbered.

Yet protests at the World Cup have been small, it seems. I heard of none while in Salvador. The twin conservative forces of martial law and religious order dominated instead; phalanxes of military police—at the foot of hillside favelas, guarding the route to the game with their guns and long black nightsticks and Plexiglas riot shields—were outnumbered by legions of evangelicals, wearing Brazil-yellow shirts with John 3:16 green-lettered on the back as they

proffered pamphlets to us passing ticket-holders.

But on the field, from that Netherlands-Spain game on (Europe's perennial bridesmaids dishing out the worst-ever WC loss for a defending champion), tradition and the old guard took a battering. Spain was soon gone, followed by England and Italy, while their fellow former champs Brazil and Argentina looked shaky. A Cinderella story crossed with a Sleeping Beauty tale that no one predicted, Costa Rica kept coming, and conquering. Colombia won all their group games, then knocked out two-time winners Uruguay. Chile, Greece and Switzerland advanced from the group stages. Belgium's dark-horse chances galloped on and the last team to squeak into the Round of 16 was Algeria, for the first time in its history.

It's possible that, in the brutally bottom-line world of soccer, where the green that really matters isn't the colour of the pitch, some of these shake-ups were carefully staged—after all, those Asian betting markets deal in millions a day and scores of games have already been proven to have been fixed, with hundreds more (all the way up to the WC) suspected. But it's hard to imagine a Costa Rica versus Greece elimination game pleasing a lot of gamblers worldwide.

Surely there's been something be-

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yond cynicism, something radically anti-conservative about the thrilling unpredictability and sheer entertainment-force of so many matches: blow-outs, shockers, sackfuls of goals, pell-mell thrill-fests between teams with no chance of moving on from the group stage, shootout nailbiters in the first knock-out round.

Viewers and pundits alike now murmur that this is the best WC this century, if not ever. And if the host squad—under more pressure than any team in sports history—does bow out before the final, will more Brazilians turn from their TV screens and take to the streets in protest, especially with thoughts of the 2016 Rio Olympics price tag dancing in their heads? There's even the remote chance—though it's a bet few would take—that FIFA will come under enough pressure to move the 2022 WC elsewhere.

Leaving the stadium that afternoon, I had a feeling I'd seen a changing of the new old guard—Spain, WC and UEFA champs and the latest to bring innovation to the game (tiki-taka, aka speedy but steady ball possession), was on its way out. But in soccer, like politics, it's one thrill to see grassroots changes at ground level and quite another feat for a regime, at the top, to be reVIPped, revamped and reformed.

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We all have closets

Breaking the news about something important is not just a queer thing For this week's column, I wanted to share a perspective from Ash Beckham, a lesbian and LGBT*Q advocate. Beckham says the experience of being in and coming out of a closet is universal to every single person. I wanted to add, as mentioned in a previous column, that I do not want us to invalidate those of us who do in fact feel safe staying in the closet. Being out of the closet involves a certain amount of privilege—such as support from friends and family—that isn't always possible for everyone.

Beckham is referring to all kinds

of closets, not just queer closets.

"We all have closets, your closet may be telling someone you love them for the first time, or telling someone that you're pregnant, or telling someone you have cancer, or any of the hard conversations we have throughout our lives," she says.

This is an inclusive framework that invites us to think about the fear that is aroused in exposing the truth about ourselves. For me, my "queer" closet was always made out of glass. This meant I could never fight homophobia or

transphobia in a way I would have liked. But even so, I still had many other closets in my life that I had to deal with, including ones I have not dealt with at all. These closets do not define us; rather, they shape our experiences in unique and meaningful ways. The universality of our closets creates an understanding that they are more similar than they are different within a world that does not always acknowledge that we need each other.

"I'll give you a hundred reasons

why coming out of my closet was harder than coming out of yours, but here's the thing: hard is not relative. Hard is hard," Beckham says. "Who can tell me that explaining to someone that you just declared bankruptcy is harder than telling someone you just cheated on them? Who can tell me that his coming out story is harder than telling your five-year-old that you're getting a divorce? There is no harder. There is just hard."

There are always risks associated with coming out of any closet. It requires us to be in a vulnerable

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position. Though it would be ideal for all of us to live freely and to be authentic, direct and unapologetic about who we are, there is no easy way to get there. There is much work that needs to be done to address the oppressiveness from living in the confines of one's closet.

At the same time, there still needs to be a discussion about the differences between excluding someone and actively including them.

There can be a political solidarity in coming out of these closets together that allows us to see that we are not alone. V

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breaking into bottling What it takes to brew beer at home

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irst off, let's get one thing straight: homebrewing and moonshine are not synonymous.

One is legal, one is not, and you can probably guess which is which, but award-winning homebrewer Angus Munro has found people often confuse the two. Homebrewing is simply using a brewer's method of choice to brew quality beer at home—and yes, it's possible to brew up a concoction that rivals, and even trumps, commercial beer.

To learn just how this feat can be accomplished, we enlisted the help of Munro, Sonu Sahi and Kurtis Jensen of the Edmonton Homebrewer's Guild to walk us through the process, which in this case involved crafting a batch of raspberry wheat ale using Munro's custom three-vessel brew-

ing system, housed in a room in his basement dedicated to all things brewing. The hobby is much more accessible than one might think, and once the grain had been crushed and the brew of the day was set to mash—read on to learn more about that—we headed to Munro's backyard to discuss the process and what it takes to be a homebrewer.

VUE WEEKLY: What sparked your in-

terest in home brewing?

SONU SAHI: A friend of mine had a

father that used to homebrew in the guild probably 30, 35 years ago and he actually got me started. I was at his place one day and he was brewing a small batch in his kitchen and I thought it sounded awesome to be able to make your own beer, so that got me in. And then I met these guys in the club.

KURITS JENSEN: I was actually watching Breaking Bad and there's the DEA brother-inlaw who's homebrewing and I was like, "If that idiot can do it, I can do it." I liked beer so it just kind of sparked from there.

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The grain mill used to crush the grain, which releases the starch inside. // Meaghan Baxter

MUNRO:

I liked beer and I thought it would be a challenge to make it from grain. Somebody gave me a couple of pounds of grain and I attacked it with a blender and made some equipment and went to town.

VW: The start-up costs must

A close-up of crushed grain. be steep.

KJ: It depends which way you go. You

can go pretty cheap if you just have some big pots at home and do it on your stove. I started off bashing my grain with a rolling pin. There's a lot of online shops that will mill your own grain so you can get it all predone and ready to go.

SS: There's several different types of brewing systems. You can go with the brew-in-a-bag system, which is probably the cheapest to get set up. You can probably do 150 bucks to get in. What might restrict you doing it on your stove is how big you want to go—you can probably get away with a two-and-ahalf gallon batch no problem. A typical home brewer batch is probably closer to five—you can do five with a couple of pots on your stove.

VW: Which system do you prefer?

SS: I prefer Angus's system.

AM: This is my third system. I started

off with a cooler and a turkey cooker and an extra pot and that worked well for a little bit. Then I built a

Pouring the crushed grain into the mashing vessel. The grain is mashed for about an hour.

three-tier thing with two burners and then I decided I wanted a larger system, so I built the one downstairs with three pots— 10-gallon system.

SS: The nice thing about his system is it's automated for temperature control. We can sit out here while the mash is happening without having to babysit it like you might have to on the stove-top system.

VW: What steps do you need to take to

get started in homebrewing?

AM: The first thing you'd have to do is

visit the homebrew shop. South side

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sponsors, and buy some grain or extract and a book, maybe.

SS: I would say if you want to start on your first batch, start simpler and do an extract brew just to get used to the process. So instead of buying raw grains and crushing them like we did, a really common way for beginners to get started—and how I got started—was buying malt extract. A

factory has already done the crushing of the mill and extracting the sugars from it into a concentrated solution, so really you're just adding water and adding hops and tweaking the recipe a little bit. It's a little bit easier to get started that way.

KJ: A brew-in-a-bag system would be a good starting system, too.

SS: A lot of people just get intimidated by all grain for their first batch for some reason. All grain is what we're doing, so what that means is that all the ingredients going into the mash are barley that we crushed, so there's no extract in there, whether it's liquid extract or dry malt extract powder.

With beginning brewers it's pretty common to go 100-percent extract for your first batch and then as you get used to your system and you get used to the process, you elevate into

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what's called a partial mash, which is kind of a hybrid of both.

You used some grain and some extract. Most brewers pretty quickly fluctuate to all grain. You get more control over the quality, over the ingredients, the recipe with all grain.

VW: How did you build your system, Angus?

Angus Munro stirring the grain in the AM: I saved up mashing vessel. This is his 204th batch of stuff that I found beer since he began brewing in 2009. for about a year and then I put it all together. My job is a plumb-

er-gasfitter, so I go to a lot of job sites and there's a lot of restaurant equipment that gets tossed in renovations, which is what I saved up to build my system.

VW: You get more control with all

grain, but are there any other advantages to it?

SS: Flavour. With all grain I've noticed you get a fresher-tasting beer at the end. Your end results are higher-quality, in my opinion—not to knock extract, because it also produces great beer, but if you're looking for the difference between really good beer and excellent beer, I think all grain gives you a little bit of a boost.

VW: Is it more difficult to learn?

KJ: You need the extra equipment.

So you need a barley crusher, but there's a lot more control, so you've got a lot more options. You can do way more different styles of beer

because you can buy the grain and make whatever you want, rather than being limited by the malt extract that's available.

VW: Do you remember what your

first batches were like?

SS: They were drinkable. I wouldn't

go much past that, now that I know what I'm doing.

KJ: I started off with a kit beer and those were good because they were quality kits. Then my first all-grain batch, I think I was brewing a brown [ale] and it ended up being more like an English bitter, so it was just completely wrong. It was drinkable; for a first batch by myself, it wasn't bad. It was a steep learning curve.

AM: It was beer but it didn't taste like any real style. It tweaked enough interest to start all over again and the snowball [effect] happened and it was the next batch and another batch and another batch. Then I

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The sparge arm, which sprinkles hot water onto the mash and extracts residual sugars from the grain figured out how to keg things and worked from there.

VW: What are some common mistakes people make when they're first learning to brew?

SS: Temperature was probably the one I was making most frequently when I was starting out. I think it's what led to higher-quality beer quickly.

KJ: Usually the biggest mistake you see from new and older brewers is cleaning and sanitizing. It's a food product, so it has to be clean. If you're using plastics you can't use abrasive cleaners, otherwise mould and other bacteria can get in there and kill your beer ... and older guys do that too and it just happens. Sometimes it just happens and it doesn't matter how great a brewer you are.

AM: Cleaning and sanitation is probably the biggest thing. If you don't like doing dishes, don't be a homebrewer.

VW: Are there any types of beer that are easier to brew at home?

SS: If you go high level, ales over lagers for sure.

KJ: Ales tend to be easier if you simplify your recipe, so if you're using one or two malts, one or two hops, one or two additions of hops.

SS: A simple blond ale would be pretty easy at home.

VW: What makes an ale easier to

brew?

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your brew, so when you start your brew you bring it to a boil. You boil A refractometer. This device measures how much your beer to sanitize it and it there'll sugar is in the liquid. It is used at the start of ferbe some starches left so it conmentation and again at the end to see how much verts the rest of the starches. sugar is left. The difference is put into a mathYou add hops, so you usuematical equation to determine alcohol volume. ally do a battering charge (addition of hops) and then you do a flavour and aroma charge as well to get different flavours out of the hops. But then you're also fortifying your sugars to get more sugar out of it and changing your flavours so you get some caramelization and stuff like that.

Once you're << CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 finished your KJ: The difference between an boil, you need ale and a lager is the yeast. Lager to chill your beer. yeast has to be fermented at coolThe highest you A close-up of hop pellets. There are different er temperatures, so around one dewant is 35 degrees types of hops, and each has unique characterisgree Celsius to 10 degrees Celsius, Celsius, otherwise tics. Some will possess citrus or fruit notes, which yeast can't live in it. whereas an ale is usually around 15 is where flavours come from. For example, there Then you pitch your to 20 degrees. You can just let it sit were no raspberries used to brew this raspberry yeast and ferment. out in a room at room temperature wheat beer. The flavour comes from the hops. and it will ferment and give you Then once fermentation's finished, you the classic ale characters, whereas package in bottles, kegs, and you the lagers, you'll get a lot of weird VW: What steps are involved in the need to carbonate as well. characters if you just let it sit out, beer we're making today? so that's what makes it easier. You SS: We measured out our recipe SS: Thirty-five degrees would be the don't need temperature control on we're making today, which is a maximum high end. Usually what we raspberry wheat ale, so we've got aim for is what we call yeast-pitching your fermentation, so you just brew it and put it in your fermentor and our base malts plus our specialty temperature, which would closer to let it sit for a couple of weeks. malts. We ran them through the 20 or lower. grain mill to crush them and release VW: Are there any that are particuthe starch inside. Now we're doing VW: What's involved in developing a process called mashing, where larly difficult to brew at home? your own recipe?

AM: Lagers would be. The classic SS: I find a lot of beginner brewers we're letting the grains steep at a American lager, I think, is the most tend to make really complex reciparticular temperature to allow difficult one to brew. There's hardly pes when they're starting out—a starch conversion, which is where any ingredients and it's supposed to chocolate cherry vanilla stout, for enzymes in the barley will take the be clean and light, and it's just hard sugars and reduce them to simple example, where there's too many to get your temperatures correct and things in it and you're still learning sugars, which is what the yeast can not get too much malt into the beer. the process. What you want to do consume to produce alcohol.

SS: Because it's such a delicate flaKJ: You're doing mashing and then is pick a style —and pick a relavour, the smallest mistake on an what you'd do is a lauder or sparge, tively simple style—and design American lager will show up right so you basically remove all the liqyour recipe to hit those numbers away, whereas a complex stout you uid from the mash kettle and rinse and hit that type of style, if it's a can kind of hide it behind chocolate the grains to get as much sugar and certain percentage of base malts flavour, coffee flavour or something. starch out as you can. You put that versus a certain percentage of in the brew kettle and then you start speciality malts.

VW: How long does a typical batch of beer take?

KJ: Brew day is about four to eight hours, depending, and then you've got to let it ferment for a week to three weeks—a week at least.

AM: Simple ales, start to finish, would be about two weeks because you'd take a day to brew it, a week to ferment it and then you'd rack it over for a secondary week to clarify and then you bottle it or keg it.

KJ: A good way to get into it is, there's a lot of brewing recipe development applications out there or software, and they're great.

SS: It's part art and part science. The software is where the science part comes in and eliminates all the manual math that you would have to do, but the art part is obviously you're free to create your own recipe and do whatever you want. It's your beer.

AM: If you like to cook, it becomes remarkably easier too, to create recipes because you taste the grain and then you just think in your head, 'Do you want this flavour in there, or that flavour?' You get a picture in your mind of what it should taste like and go from there.

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Move over grapes Sake proves rice isn't just for side dishes Sake is a strange hybrid between beer and wine. It is often called rice wine, but while sake is usually around the same alcohol percentage as grapebased wine (15 percent to 20 percent), it is brewed in a manner much more similar to beer.

Sake is Japan's most renowned alcoholic beverage, its origins dating back to the 700s AD. It is brewed through multiple parallel fermentations in which rice is exposed to a beneficial mold (Aspergillus oryzae) and then yeast; this converts the rice's starch into sugar which can then ferment into alcohol. At the start of the process the rice grains are milled (polished) to remove the coarse outer layer; the degree of milling determines the final quality of the sake—the more, the better. Look for the following words on the label to give you an indication of quality: junmai sake is 30-percent milled (70 percent of the grain remains), ginjo is 40-percent milled, and daiginjo is 50-percent to 65-percent

milled. Some sake isn't labelled with any special terms, which means it is likely generic and mass-produced, packing little more than a vaguely boozy punch.

Sake has a unique flavour profile unlike any other type of liquor—there's really no comparison; you just have to try it. Usually it's described as tasting of rice (alcoholic rice, that is), though the higher-quality levels can achieve quite a wide range of interesting secondary characteristics. Sake may not be described with as many different adjectives as wine (outside of Japan, anyway) but it does have flavours that range from floral and fruity to rich and earthy.

Sake usually isn't sweet at all, though sometimes it can be off-dry. Most sake is filtered so that it appears clear, but nigori sake is unfiltered and retains a foggy, creamy white appearance and feels milky on the palate.

The traditional method of serving

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sake involves heating it to body temperature and serving it warm, in small ceramic cups. However, if you check the label of almost all of the premium sake on the market, the producers recommend serving it slightly chilled, like white wine; you should also serve it in a wine glass. This is usually more of an enjoyable drinking experience because heating it up only exacerbates the booze burn and masks most of the flavours, while the wine glass allows you to detect its full range of aromas and flavours. Nonetheless, drinking warm sake is a totally different experience than enjoying it chilled, and it's worth trying it both ways at least once. (The easiest—and safest—way to heat

sake is to remove the cap and then heat the bottle gently over mediumlow in a pot of water on the stove.)

The most obvious food pairing with sake is sushi. In fact, if you've never tried sake before, the best way to enjoy it is to order it the next time you go out for sushi. Generally, the higher the grade of sake, the more delicate the flavours, so you should accordingly pair these sakes with similarly delicate dishes—avoid anything rich and heavy.

Milky nigori sakes are great with cream-based seafood dishes, while an acidic junmai sake nicely cuts through greasy tempura. Just avoid anything spicy—sake's higher alcohol content clashes horribly with spice. V

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You've come a long way, Zymurgy The art and science of homebrewing keeps Vue's beer guy coming back for more My name is Jason and I am a zymurgist. It has been 23 years since I first picked up the habit and I see no end in sight.

Zymurgy, of course, is the art and science of fermentation—homebrewing. I started making my own beer back in university. I began with tin-can kits that are just like concentrated orange juice. Dump, add water and corn sugar and stir. I can't say it created the best beer around but, man, was it cheap—at the time about 30 cents a bottle, so for a poor student the price was right.

But something happened. It wasn't long before making cheap, substandard fizzy water wasn't good enough. I started to fall in love with the brewing process and began to wonder what was possible. Within a few years I had moved from kits to extract brewing to all-grain brewing. From there I read and studied and practiced and experimented my way through the world of beer, ever in search of a tweak to make the next batch better than the last.

I can't claim to have been forced to brew in a bathtub, or pilfer hop cones from wild varieties in the neighbour's yard like brewers of a couple generations ago. But I do marvel at the changes I have witnessed in my 20-plus years of plying this joyful craft. Many of the newest homebrewers today weren't yet born when I first picked up a brew paddle.

The biggest change has been the range and diversity of ingredients available today. When I started you could only pick from a handful of hop varieties, I could count the number of specialty grains readily available on one hand, and liquid yeast (which is a huge improvement over dry) was a mythical thing available only to professionals. Today, my favourite homebrew store stocks more than four-dozen varieties of hops, dozens of specialty malts and orders fresh yeast every four to six weeks.

When I started there was basically one book that taught the newbie about brewing: The Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian.

Today there are hundreds of excellent resources, including websites, devoted to helping homebrewers hone their craft.

Until a few years ago, I owned a very rudimentary setup. I would conduct my mash and sparge on my deck, but then would need to carry a pot of 30 litres of very hot liquid down my deck stairs, across the lawn to my garden-hose outlet, the only outside water access I had for my immersion chiller. I swear my

spouse had 911 on speed dial in case I slipped. Today I brew on a three-tier, pump-driven system that takes the mortal danger out of the brew day, but not the other human aspects.

And that is what hasn't changed in the world of homebrewing. There is a reason the definition of zymurgy is the "art and science" of fermentation. Because at the end of the day, it is a fundamentally human activity, prone to error, mishaps and pleasant surprises. There is not a homebrewer alive that can't regale you with stories of boil-overs, missed hop additions and "oops" moments.

One of my most catastrophic accidents was just this spring. The night before a brew day I was preparing a starter for the yeast—which increases yeast vitality and health. I do this in a devoted two-litre growler; I had boiled and cooled my wort, added the liquid yeast and fit on an airlock. So far, so good. I decided to move the growler out of the way.

As I set it back on the counter, a toonie-sized hole punched out the side of the bottle, near the bottom.

Within seconds my entire starter has spilled out onto the kitchen floor and all over the cupboards. I could only stand there helpless as my yeast washed away.

My brew day was tragically cancelled. Post-incident investigation revealed a hairline crack which gave way once filled. Preventable?

I don't know. But it does prove things can go sideways for even the most experienced homebrewer.

What keeps me at it? To be honest, all the new gadgets, the range of ingredients and extensive resources don't change a thing for me. Even if I had to go back to using the rudimentary stuff available 20 years ago, I would keep brewing. I brew because it calms me, engages me and intrigues me. There is no better day than a brew day. The dust flying off the grain mill; stirring the mash while keeping a close eye on its temperature; peaking my head over the bubbling cauldron of the boil kettle, stirring it like some witch's brew; taking a deep smell of the hops before tossing them in the kettle.

And then that glorious moment, after I have cleaned up, put the equipment away and pitched the yeast, when I can sit back with a glass of the product from my last brew day and bask in the satisfaction that I have just created an elixir. And that is why I continue to be an unreformed zymurgist. V

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PREVUE // LIVE PODCAST

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The town that Lynch built

Welcome To Night Vale offers a surreal, Twin Peaks-like take on community radio along with co-creator Joseph Fink, developed Night Vale two years ago and still write every script—and Cecil Baldwin, who voices the narrator (and who shares his name), the pair note it was Fink's idea, in the beginning: all of three knew each other from an East Village theatre company called the New York Neo-Futurists, and a few years back, Fink came to them with the idea. To Cranor, whom Fink had written a play with previously, and to Baldwin for his natural radio voice and acting chops.

"I knew what he was going for, but I also knew there were just a lot of different directions it could go in," Cranor explains of his first impressions. "I immediately began thinking about weird poetry, and things like that. There's just some beautiful, strange language there. Like Cecil, I'm a really big David Lynch fan, I'm a really big fan of the beautiful horror of life, and a way you can express that in humorous and poetic ways. That was my first impression of this: this great universe, that you could do almost anything with."

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think we've always been fascinated, as Americans, with horror," Jeffrey Cranor begins, after a moment's consideration. "I think every culture has a fascination with horror, but when you're talking about the small town USA-type of thing—the Twilight Zone, or when you talk about Twin Peaks, [it's] the lurking horror underneath everything. I think we've always told ourselves stories about how we will die, or how we could die, or how we could be in danger of something. And I think there's some-

thing thrilling about that: it's our own way of facing our mortality through fiction."

It's that intersection of familiarity and existential dread that Cranor and the Welcome to Night Vale podcast considers, twice a month. Ostensibly, it's the local radio broadcast from the titular and fictional small town—municipal news, traffic, a bit of gossip, and weather, all delivered by an affable host. But here, it's channelled through the prism of David Lynch, or perhaps Stephen King: Night Vale

seems populated by as many conspiracy theories running wild as actual people. There's a strange glowing cloud that eventually joins the school board. The sheriff's secret police demand no one acknowledge that the new dog park even exists, let alone the shadowy hooded figures that are visibly wandering throughout it. And its host, Cecil, who seems equal parts at peace with, and haunted by, what he sees and hears around him, reporting it all in a soothing baritone.

On the phone with Cranor—who,

The things they've done with the idea have proven pretty resonant: Night Vale's become one of the most popular podcasts in North America, even unseating, for a time, This American Life in the top download spot in the US podcast charts. That level of success means that they're now able to tour a live version around, peddling both performances of new Night Vale scripts and live music to the places they go.

"We all have this theatre background, and while we didn't immediately think about touring this show, we certainly thought about wanting

to put it up on its feet in front of an audience, because we thought that would work," Cranor admits.

"The live shows have a very specific life to them now," Baldwin adds.

"When we're doing the live shows, it's definitely in the style of radio theatre—we don't dress like the characters in the show. We're not trying to suspend anyone's disbelief that we're trying to transport them magically to the world of Night Vale through a stage production. And I think that separation, where people know they're watching actors on a stage read and perform a script, bolsters the radio drama of Night Vale that's inherent in the roots of what we're doing."

At the tip of those roots, Night Vale is a show that draws its power from its careful treatment of that nightmarish atmosphere. Adherence to style is key, and to honouring every idea they put into the podcast— Cranor notes the one rule they've set out for themselves is continuity.

For Baldwin's part, while he recognizes the necessity of that vibe, he points out his recording process doesn't require him to enter a similar atmosphere in order to generate it.

"Surprisingly, I do not record at night," he says in that recognizable dulcet voice. "I usually record during the day. Even though I'm trying to capture this sort of quiet, creepy disembodied voice on the other end of the radio late at night, usually when I record, there's ice cream trucks going by, people out on the street, and all that sort of stuff. Usually I just wait, pause for them to pass, take a second look at the script, and then move on."

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StreetFest L

ee Zimmerman is public enemy number-one to modern pop music.

"I am here to destroy the Biebers and the Mileys and all those other messes that claim they're musicians," he growls.

"What happened to playing instruments? That's what I want to know."

His weapon of choice? A battalion of handmade celebrity puppet doppelgängers.

Zimmerman, also known as the Puppet Guy and Etch-A-Sketch Guy, is just one of the 36 artists on a mission to eradicate the mainstream at the 30th annual Edmonton International Street Performers Festival. But among the 1500-plus performances in Churchill Square and the festival's risqué Late Night Madness series, he's carved himself a particularly noteworthy streetperformer success story.

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Zimmerman's trademark show Hollywoodstock brings the last half-century's music icons to life, exalting rock royalty like Elvis Presley and Tina Turner and poking fun at artists of the Cyrus and Bieber variety. He also moonlights as "likely the world's fastest Etch-A-Sketch artist," and dedicates another show to flaunting his portraiture and stand-up comedy skills.

He's entertained celebrities across North America, from the Playboy Mansion to the Seinfeld final wrap party, but says the world's most authentic stars are found at venues like StreetFest.

"The most talented people I've ever seen in my life aren't known anywhere but on the street-performing circuit," he says. "Some of the stuff I see that makes my jaw drop—you wouldn't even know their names."

After nearly 31 years of being in the business, the proverbial pain-in-the-side of street performers hasn't gotten any easier, though. He says festival-goers have only gotten better at evading the hat passed around at the end of the show. But it hasn't been enough to make Zimmerman step off the streets— if anything, it's what keeps him coming back. This is, after all, what makes his work "raw" and ultimately worth doing.

"This is the most pure exchange between artists and audience," he says.

"If you go to a movie, you pay in advance—you might like it you might not.

With this show, you might walk away or you might tip me. Theatre or film pale in comparison."

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PREVUE // DANCE

Feats Festival of Dance

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n all of its previous incarnations, Feats Festival of Dance has put an emphasis on programming shorter works: having a range of ideas and artists, certainly, but always keeping their works anchored to shorter durations. Until this year, anyway: for its 11th iteration, Feats opened up its call

to the community to include longer, evening-length works, either alone or shared with other groups.

"It's never happened before," festival director Bobbi Westman explains. "It's a bigger risk for everybody, us and them. But I also think it was the next logical step for people to be able to

chairs or other levels of impairment being given a chance to show the ways they can move. CRIPSiE partnered with the like-minded MoMo Dance from Calgary for Pushing Forward, Pushing Back, which dovetails quite nicely with this year's Feats' theme of diversity.

Westman notes that theme Until Sat, Jul 12 emerged pretty Various locations organically out of Full schedule at last year's festival. abdancealliance.ab.ca "We were just seeing it all over," she says. "Last year we were having people apply well into their 60s. We were having people ask us, would you hold classes for seniors?

Would you hold classes for babies and toddlers and tots? And we had bellydancers contacting us, wanting to work in the festival, and social dancers ... it wasn't what [it was like] take that next big risk, and still [be] when we first started the festival; it somewhat supported and protected." certainly wasn't mainstream concert The inaugural group to hold an an- dance only any longer. So we really choring, evening-long spot at Feats is wanted to find a way to celebrate CRIPSiE dance, an Edmonton group that, in as many natural, organic ways that focuses on integration: letting as possible." movers of various ability and capabilities mesh together, those in wheel- The rest of the festival's 12-day run

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includes a multitude of performance and workshops: from its Kaleidoscope programs—including emerging upstarts like Toy Guns Theatre and other contemporary acts like Viva dance, as well as the hip hopstyle movers in Toxic Elegance, tap dancers Riley Skworoda and Matt Shields and other styles, too—to a showcase of French and Aboriginal cultural dances and a screening of Annie. There's also Zoo Dance, a show for parents with infants, offering the chance for imaginative play and interaction.

That's in addition to the spread of workshops being offered, chances for audiences to try out some of the forms they're seeing. Which, for Westman, comes back to Feats' focus, thematic and otherwise, on diversity. "[Feats has] become this vehicle for that, and we wanted to push that. It was already naturally there, bubbling in the ground; it was more a matter of pushing that place of diversity. Most of the festival is application based, so letting that community then apply for where their interests lie, and what they're creating, naturally."

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Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz G

ood or evil: choice or birthright?

"It turns the idea on its head, of what it means to be good and evil—it's about finding grey," says Matt Shingledecker. He's calling in between shows on the Canadian leg of the second North American tour of Wicked—that hugely successful Broadway musical which debuted in 2003 and has smashed box-office records, spawned numerous sucUntil Sun, Jul 20 (8 pm Monday cessful produc– Saturday, 7:30 pm Sunday, 2 tions around pm weekend matinees) the world and Directed by Joe Mantello garnered a slew Jubilee Auditorium, $50 – $150 of awards.

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The musical tells the story of Oz's two famous witches, Glinda (the Good Witch of the North) and Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West).

Shingledecker plays Fiyero, the love interest of both witches and a foil for their personalities and the show's moral deliberations.

"The show examines whether or not one is born evil, born wicked, or has wickedness thrust upon them," he says. "That idea, of going to the grey area between what is right and what is wrong, everyone can relate to in some way."

This is part of the reason for the show's rampant success, says Shingledecker, though he also attributes it to numerous other factors. There's the simple familiarity with The Wizard of Oz story and characters, which

have circulated through pop culture for decades. Wicked has been lauded for its refreshingly contemporary entry point into this world, through the eyes of two strong women—both are pop-culture icons in and of themselves. The show has also achieved repute for its complex technical aspects and catchy music.

"I remember hearing one of [Wicked's] songs in a movie theatre before the movie played, as like a pop hit," Shingledecker recalls. "Back in the day, when musicals were in their heyday in the '40s and '50s, when they were sort of the American art form— those were the pop standards. Now it's different, but this show was able to do that. A lot of those songs, people listen to as pop songs."

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Jennie's Story I

magine discovering, years after the who, upon discovering she was sterfact, that you had been sterilized ilized years earlier, confronts the without your knowledge or consent. two people responsible: her mother Impossible as this situation seems, it's and a local priest. Though fictional, had hundreds of Hawkins notes that real-life counter- Until Sat, Jul 12 (8 pm; 2 pm this story was not parts as a result of matinee on Sun, Jul 6) atypical for many the notorious Sex- Directed by Alex Hawkins of the more than ual Sterilization Walterdale Theatre, $12 – $18 2800 Albertans Act of Alberta. who were sterilDirector Alex ized under the legHawkins hopes to shed some light on islation, which was in place from 1928 this dark part of our province's his- to 1971. tory in Walterdale Theatre's produc"If you were put into a mental hostion of Jennie's Story. Betty Lambert's pital in Alberta and wanted to be 1981 play tells the tale of a woman released, then you went in front of a

review committee," Hawkins explains.

"They decided whether you fell under this general category of feeblemindedness—which was not a medical diagnosis, but it was a kind of a social diagnosis. They would release you if you agreed to be sterilized sexually so you couldn't procreate. And usually when it was done to minors, and very often when it was done to adults, they didn't really understand what was being done to them. In the play, Jennie thought it was an appendectomy, which was pretty typical."

Hawkins has wanted to mount this show ever since seeing a production by the University of Alberta's drama department in the late '90s. He describes the production as having a number of challenges that were not fully resolved.

"In every play there's a pitfall that directors and actors have to be concerned about falling into," he says.

"One of the pitfalls of this one is to paint Jennie as some kind of victim: that she's a victim of the system, and she is this hapless, helpless woman— poor, poor Jennie. I decided a long time ago this play is not about that at all.

She's a very strong woman; she knows her own mind. She's very capable of facing all this and dealing with it.

While certainly a dark and shameful corner of Albertan history, Hawkins feels it important to remain aware and mindful of it—lest it become just another example of history repeating itself.

"This is the kind of thing that's always done with the best of intentions," Hawkins says. "And then the dark side is revealed later."

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11211-142 St • July 3: D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (PG) Jul 3: 1:10, 4:35pm • Under the Sea 3D (G) Jul 3: 11am • Sea Monster 3D (PG) Jul 3: 10am • Captain America: The Winter Soldier 3D (PG) Jul 3: 7pm

MOVIES AT THE CAPITOL–Fort Edmonton, 780.442.2013 • fortedmontontickets.com • The Valley of the Gwanji; Jul 3, 7:30pm • Brigadoon; Jul 10, 7:30pm

MUSIC DOCS–Metro • Garneau Theatre • Monthly film series featuring music documentaries, from classic to contemporary. Curated by Tim Rechner, and co-presented with CJSR and Blackbyrd Myoozik • Music Docs: Festival Express • Jul 8, 7pm

REEL FAMILY CINEMA–Metro • Garneau Theatre • Family films • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad; Jul 5, 2pm • Frozen; Jul 12, 2pm

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS

ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • FORGING A NATION–CANADA GOES TO WAR; until Aug 16; during the Works Fest • AGA at Enterprise Square Galleries: REGIONS OF DISTINCTION: Works by the Edmonton members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; until Oct 26

ARTWALK–St Albert • Perron District, DT, St Albert • ArtwalkStAlbert.com • 1st Thu, 6-9pm; through to Sep; exhibits run all month • Jul 3, 6pm BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St • LARGE PLACES AND LOFTY SPACES: Largescale pieces by gallery artists; Jul 3-17 • Think ART Think FUN Think First Thursdays; Jul 3, 6-8pm

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave, 780.461.3427 • Works

by Patricia Trudeau, Emma Cayer, Monika Dery, Monique Béland, and Gail Praharenka • Jul 4-22

780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • ART: OBJET DE SPORT: Canada 55+ Games – Aug 27-30 • Jul 7-Aug 31 • Reception: Jul 11, 7pm

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • Events: WILDLIFE RESCUE: until Sep 1 • K'NEX:

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COLOUR: Works by ASA members • Until Jul 12, the theatrical production of Jennie's Story

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Launch of Stephanie Wahlstrom's The Accidental Socialite; Jul 6, 2pm • Writers from a Hat: For amateur writers to share; Jul 7, 7pm • Launch of Angela Plester's book, Limber; Jul 8, 7pm • Launch of Janice MacDonald's new novel, The Roar of the Crowd: A Randy Craig Mystery; Jul 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 • Jul 9 • $5 (suggested, donations go to winners)

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

THEATRE THE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Varscona, 10329-83 Ave • An Improvised Theatre: song, dance, and comedy presented by Grindstone Theatre • Every Fri until Jul 26; last show Jul 26 BAREFOOT IN THE PARK • Varscona, 1032983 Ave, 780.433.3399 • Teatro la Quindicina • Romantic comedy set in 1960s New York • Jul 1026, Tue-Sat 7:30pm, Sat mat at 2pm • Wed-Sat: $30 (adult)/$25 (student/senior); Sat mat: $16; Tue evening: Pay-What-You-Can; Jul 11: 2-for-1 night at door, TIX on the Square DOGFIGHT • C103, 8529 Gateway Blvd • $20 at TIX on the square, door • Canadian Premiere presented by Three Form Theatre, a musical by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul • Jul 12-19, 7:30pm EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL STREET PERFORMERS FESTIVAL–STREETFEST • Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.425.5162 • edmontonstreetfest.com • Outdoor performances by dancers, comedy characters, musicians, magicians, jugglers and more • Jul 4-13 • Late Night Madness: at Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre; Jul 11-12, 11:11pm; $20 (adv)/$23 (door)

St Albert, 780.459.2525 • Artworks by Kathy Hill, Andrew Raczynski, and Natasha Vretenar • Until Jul 28 • Opening: Jul 3, 6pm, artists in attendance

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • SURFACESCAPES: Works by June Mielnichuk; and KRAZY SCULPTOR: Works by Yves Gauthier • Until Aug 19

FOOTSLOOSE! • Jubilations Dinner Theatre,

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library

THE FORCE–LIGHTSABRE • Churchill Sq •

Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • MY MAGICAL ETHEREAL JOURNEY: Paintings by Jose I Marquez Lugo • Jul 4-30 • Reception: Jul 4, 6:30-8:30pm

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert, 780.460.4310 • RETREAT: Installation by Sherri Chaba; Jul 3-Aug 2; reception/ArtWalk: Jul 3, 6-9pm • DISTRACTION OF A STATIONARY NATURE: Works by Shyra De Souza; reception/ArtWalk: Jul 3, 6-9pm; Jul 3-Aug 2 • Preschool Picasso: Art 3-5 year olds; Super Sculptures: Jul 12, 10:30-11:30am; $10/$9 (member)

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • WORN TO BE WILD: Until Sep 7

STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park,

GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St,

ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 24215-34

Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.422.6223 • HIGH ADVENTURE: Byron Harmon on the Columbia Icefield; until Aug 17 • LAWREN HARRIS AND A.Y. JACKSON–JASPER/ROBSON 1924: until Aug 17 • STRANGE DREAM: Artworks by Jill Stanton; until Dec 31 • NEW WORKS AND NEW LINES: Alma Louise Visscher's installation Cathedral Cumulus with contemporary drawings from the National Gallery of Canada; until Aug 17 • NEW LINES: Contemporary drawings from the National Gallery of Canada; until Oct 5

Sherwood Park • CANADA SCAPES AND SPACES ART SHOW: Works by Brent Heighton, Jonn Einerssen, Murray Phillips, and many others • Jul 3-Aug 30

STEPPES GALLERY • 1253-91 St • BACKGROUND RADIATION: Ink sketches, paintings, and woodcuts by Tadeusz Warszynski • Until Jul 26

112 St, 780.492.2081 • FACE TO FACE: WORKS ON PAPER FROM SLOVAKIA: Works by doctoral students and instructors from the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica • Until Jul 12

GALLERY WALK–Edmonton • Gallery Walk Galleries: Bearclaw, Bugera Matheson, Daffodil, Douglas Udell, Front, Garage Photographic, Lando, Peter Robertson, Scott, West End • First Thursday Event: Galleries open late for an informal gathering of culture lovers the 1st Thu, 5-7pm; each month, year round

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2

PICTURE THIS GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd,

Spruce Grove, 780.962.0664 • Works by Terry Reynoldson; until Jul 12

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave,

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St, 780.488.6611 • Feature Gallery: FURNISH: Contemporary hand-crafted home furnishings and accessories; until Jul 5 • Discovery Gallery: WAITING FOR THE MAN...: Works by Irene Rasetti; until Jul 26 • FLEETING WHISPERS: Works

by Robyn Weatherle; until Jul 26 • CONTINUUM: Jul 12-Sep 27; opening: Jul 12, 2-4pm St, 780.472.6229 • Open weekends during the summer until Sep 2 • $5 (adult)/$3.50 (senior/ student)/$2 (child 3-12)/child under 3 free; $4 (train rides)

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave,

Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • 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 • Until Jul 3

124 St • Represents some of Canada's leading contemporary artists as well as artists gaining recognition in the international art scene. Canadian historical art available

DEDFEST SUMMER SERIES • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • Wolf Creek 2 • Jul 11, 11:30pm

IMAX THEATRE • TELUS World of Science,

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY (DUG) • 10332-

EDMONTON’S ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE

Museum, 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • Orchestra Wives (1942, PG); Jul 7, 8pm • Series : $30 (8 films); Single: $6/$5 (senior/student) $5/$3 (child 12 & under)

REPUBLIC II • Jul 7-31 • Opening: Jul 10, 5-7pm

at 9pm; Jul 5, 5pm-late; $10 (SNAP/Oliver Community League member)/$15 (non-member/door) at snapartists.com

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

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NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE STOLLERY GALLERY • 9225-118 Ave, 780.474.7611 • SUMMER

112 St • FLIGHT: 26th Annual Members Show; until Jul 4 • Annex Bldg: STARK–THE NAKED SHOW: Until Jul 4 • Main Gallery: A RECORD OF EVENTS:

BY Jesse Sherburne; Jul 10-Aug 8 • Front Room: THE PHARAOH’S FOREARM AND THE KING’S FOOT: Works by Tegan Smith; Jul 10-Aug 8 • Artist Talk: Tegan Smith; Jul 10, 7:30pm • Both shows: opening: Jul 10, 8-10pm; Closing Celebration: Aug 8, 8-10pm

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St, 780.990.1161 • 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: MONOLOGY: Print and photographic installation by Insoon Ha; until Jul 26 • The Art of Patio: every Thu, 5-9pm; until Aug 21 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital,

2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II WEM, Upper Level, 780.484.2424 • By C. Haley and R. Apostle • Until Aug 24

An improvised Klondike melodrama featuring award-winning improv troupe

DIE-NASTY

Myer Horowitz Theatre, U Of A • The Taming Of The Shrew • Jul 9-27 • $30 (adult)/$50 (Festival pass)/$20 (student/senior)/$2 (child under 12) at TicketFly • Walterdale's last play of the season by Betty Lambert, directed by Alex Hawkins • Until Jul 12, 8pm • $12-$18 at TIX on the Square

FRIDAY, JULY 11TH, 7PM

CELTIC JAM WWW.FORTEDMONTONPARK.CA • WESTERN THREADS: Contemporary Fibre Art, wall art, whimsical dolls, colourful quilts, stunning wearable art and pictorial rugs • Until Aug 4

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

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • IKONS:

St, Stony Plain, 780.963.9935 • Installation work

by Cynthia Sibley • Until Jul 24

Works by C.W. Carson; until Jul 5 • Think ART Think FUN Think First Thursdays; Jul 3, 6-8pm • Group show of gallery artists; opening: Jul 12

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert •

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave, 780.432.0240 • Vertical Space: SEQUENTIAL PROCESS: Works by Daniel Hackborn • Artisan Nook: OBJECTIFICATION: Works by Stacey Cann • Jul 7-Aug 19

FREEWILL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL •

JENNIE’S STORY • Walterdale, 10322-83 Ave

8440-112 St, 780.407.7152 • ADD + SUBSTRACT: Sculptures and photographs by Ruth Anne French and Candace Makowichuk; until Jul 13

5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1528 • JOINING UP!: Our Men and Women in the First World War; until Nov 16 • THE HOME FRONT: Life in St. Albert During the First World War; Until Aug 31

Janine Waddell Hodder, Alex Mackie instruct Lightsabre Training. Learn Specific Moves And Fight Sequences From The Film Together With Fellow “Jedis-In-Training” From Around The City • Every Wed Night until Sep 24; Kid Training: 7-7:45pm; Adult Training: 7-8:30pm • Free, drop-in (Bring Your Own Lightsabre)

Print-Artists, 10123-121 St, 780.423.1492 • MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION: Works

by Patrick Bulas and Jordan Schwab; until Jul 12 • ENCUMBERED: U of A recent grads, group show, works by emerging artists, Suzi Barlow, Lauren Huot, Morgan Melenka, Cara Seccafien, and Vanessa Mastronardi; until Jul 12 • Summer fundraiser: 12056 Jasper Ave: BLOCK OUT: Pedal.

Print. Repeat.: Make your own print; live music

THRILL RIDES: until Sep 1

UKRAINIAN MUSEUM OF CANADA–Alberta Branch • 10611-110 Ave • 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 • 2014 BREAD BASKET: Members exhibition • Until Aug 1 VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert, 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • STRUCTURES: Works by Byron McBride • Until Aug 1 • Opening reception: Jul 3, 6-9pm

WALTERDALE THEATRE • Lobby, ASA Gallery, 10322-83 Ave • EXPLORING SATURATION:

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THE LAST ROMANCE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave, 780.483.4051 • By Joe Dipietro, starring Jamie Farr in a hilarious and heartwarming story that proves it’s never too late for romance and second chances • Until Aug 3

ODYSSEO • Yellowhead Tr, Fort Rd, near 12403 Mt Lawn Rd • By Cavalia Under the White Big Top, a larger-than-life theatrical production • Jul 9-Aug 3 • $24.50-$139.50 at cavalia.net, 1.866.999.8111

SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A Monthly Play Reading Series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright • Upcoming Readings at SCRIPT SALON: The Hesitation Pitch by David Belke • Jul 6

WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE • Arden Theatre, 5 Anne St, St Albert • By Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, narrated by Cecil Baldwin, music by Disparition. A live show with musical performances and script reading by the cast • Jul 6, 7pm (door); all ages • $28.50 (adv) at Unionevents.com, Blackbyrd WICKED • Jubilee, 11455-87 Ave • Broadway Across Canada • Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One, with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious, and popular • Until Jul 20

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illian Robespierre's Obvious Child the end. And that simple story, told opens with a rare convincing de- without endless hand wringing about piction of stand-up on a small scale: its heroine's choice, is, to be sure, a giDonna Stern (SNL alumnus Jenny ant step for a mainstream American Slate) is on a tiny stage in a Williams- comedy. Robespierre's willingness to burg club talking about the everyday accept that stories like Donna's are affliction of cream-cheesy panty syn- common and that the film needn't bend over backdrome. And farts. ward to explain She's hilarious, enor contextualize dearing, somehow Opens Friday it makes Obvious exuding a current Directed by Gillian Robespierre Child an important of neurosis while  event, without a seeming perfectly doubt, and I tip my relaxed, even offthe-cuff. She's actually sexy while riff- hat accordingly ... now that we've got ing on subjects that are sort of the that covered, let's return to the more antithesis of sexy. In short, she—she prosaic matter of whether or not Obbeing Donna, Jenny, and Jenny-as- vious Child is good.

Donna—is a gifted, charismatic performer, and easily the best thing in It is good. But "good" is about as far this sassy, perfectly enjoyable, but as I'm willing to go. Slate is a wonderfully talented actress and surely on kind of no-big-deal movie.

Except, wait a minute, it's a super-big the cusp of a major breakthrough, deal movie! Obvious Child was obvi- and Donna is a fun character to spend ously going to ruffle feathers, at least 80 minutes with. Her emotions are within certain camps on the far reach- all over the place. She's sympathetic es of the religious Right. The story is and notably imperfect; smart, but a simple enough: girl gets dumped; girl total fuck-up too. She's also the only meets new boy; girl and new boy get developed character in the movie. Her wasted, get busy, get pregnant; girl loyal roommate (Gaby Hoffmann), for opts for abortion, boy is supportive; one, is a very weirdly conceived char-

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acter; she exists only as a helper for Donna and seems to have no life of her own. Max (Jake Lacy), the somewhat stiff, preppy Vermont business student Donna drunkenly hooks up with certainly has his tics and traits, but he also largely behaves in a way that merely helps to frame Donna's trajectory—which isn't actually much of a trajectory. The way that Donna decides to finally let Max know he got her pregnant is wildly inappropriate, and on its own a pretty sharp little scene, but Max's response, or lack there of, is pretty hard to buy.

All of which is to say that Obvious Child—an odd choice of title, taken from a Paul Simon tune that becomes the soundtrack Donna's fateful night of sex—is a modest movie. It's laudable for what it doesn't do: it doesn't turn one woman's choice to terminate a pregnancy into a pandering melodrama. If, say, another movie beat it to the punch on that particular tack, I don't think anyone would get that excited about the films as a whole. But let's get excited about Jenny Slate. We need comic actresses with her chops and her boldness.

JOSEF BRAUN

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Deliver Us From Evil

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he opening title card reads "inspired by actual accounts," which is distinct from "based on a true story" in that it reads closer to "somebody of indeterminate credibility claims something like this happened but mostly we made it up." Which is understandable given that we're watching a movie where a guy spontaneously bleeds from injuries inflicted by an invisible crown of thorns and features several incidents that could prove libellous for the NYPD. The filmmakers need to cover their collective ass. They also need to imply that what we're seeing could've happened, Satan is real, and when the going gets tough you want to find yourself an hunky ex-junky Latino priest. Those guys are hardcore.

Deliver Us From Evil takes place in 2013, a year in which New York apparently suffered constant brownouts and torrential downpours. Officer Ralph

of a horror movie, last year's The Conjuring. To Bana's credit, movie-Sarchie's eventual conversion to belief in demonic Now playing possession is barely Directed by Scott Derrickson foreshadowed. The  arc of Deliver Us Evil, its story From Evil an amalgamation of events chronicled in Sarchie's memoir Beware the Night, is given shape by Sarchie's reluctant acSarchie (Eric Bana) gets a hunch one ceptance of his calling. night—his partner calls this Sarchie's "radar"—and accepts a call to investigate Which brings us to our director and coa domestic dispute involving a wife beat- scenarist Scott Derrickson, who I coner who acts like a rabid dog. The radar fess to finding somewhat fascinating. keeps going off over the ensuing nights Following a wildly unnecessary remake and Sarchie winds up fending off large of The Day the Earth Stood Still and the zoo animals, getting bitten by a lady who threw her kid in a ravine, witnessing an exploding corpse and befriending the aforementioned hunky ex-junkie (Carlos star Édgar Ramírez), who gradually convinces Sarchie that his radar is really a God-given gift for sniffing evil and that he'll need to confront his sinful past if he's ever going to beat the Devil.

Sarchie is a real-life retired cop and demonologist. He co-founded the New York chapter of the New England Society of Psychic Research and has worked with the likes of Ed and Lorraine Warren, who were themselves the subject

haunted-house movie Sinister, Deliver Us From Evil returns Derrickson, who was raised a Christian fundamentalist, to the thematic terrain of his feature debut The Exorcism of Emily Rose, a thriller-as-thesis statement exploring the mental illness versus demonic possession question and came out on the side of ambiguity and general tolerance of other people's spiritual beliefs. That film, goofy as it was, works better than Deliver Us From Evil, which nosedives into overstatement and can't resist a protracted operatic demon-outing climax that strains the "actual accounts" claim well past its breaking point.

Still, I feel friendly toward Evil. Derrickson's a rare bird, both a true believer

and a young director trying to navigate Hollywood—he's said to be helming a Doctor Strange adaptation next. I think this film could have used more of the believer and less of the showman, but at least it keeps a sense of humour about itself, particularly with regards to its winking references to Poltergeist and fun a motif involving the Doors, whose music seems to follow Sarchie around.

People are strange, just like the song says, so why can't we have a morose Iraq vet-turned-house painter and lion whisperer who recites Latin and goes to work in the middle of the night made up like Alice Cooper?

JOSEF BRAUN

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FILM REVUE // BLOCKBUSTER

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Destruction porn fit only for Unicron

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uriously and patently imitating auteur Terrence Malick early on—dinosaurs; wheatfields; Texas horizons—F/X-manager Michael Bay quickly folds himself back into his unoriginal action formula: blowing buildings up for hours, the tide of destruction porn barely broken by clunky efforts at human comedy and the odd glimpse of what one middleaged man in Hollywood thinks a "teen" dresses like playing a character with the faintest resemblance of an actual female from our planet.

"Monotony" is at least multisyllabic—a simpler word for this onesmell flick comes to mind. From its stereotypes (Hong Kong Chinese can suddenly bust out martial-arts moves!) and endlessly quipping, car-

quest to make the world's slickest, shiniest B-movie, the teeny-weeny humans are renegade CIA baddies or a broad parody of Steve Jobs (one sight "gag" is of this billionaire drinking from a juice box) or a muscled inventor-dad, shotgunprotective of his fence-picket-thin daughter in skimpy shorts.

Now playing As if bored with Directed by Michael Bay suspense or story,  the auto-plotted Transformers: Age of Shitstinctoony, tin-pot has-been-bro-heroes to its brazen product placement, tion dials up the action as quickly pandering to Tinseltown's newfound and explosively as possible, always.

Chinese movie-market, and inces- The clanging, pre-programmed diasant bombast, this flick should make logue—when not lazily using "bitch" a curmudgeon of any viewer who as a verb or noun—is consistently doesn't have the ADHD editing at- trite and untrue, sounding like tention span of, obviously, Michael movie taglines or faux-poetic piffle: Bay. Long before the two hours and "History's about to change;" "A new forty-five minutes of destructo-porn era has begun;" "Human freedom is money/massacre shots are up, you'll at stake;" "Whenever you look at be wanting to grumpily shout, "Stop the stars, think of one of them as this digital din and blast-'em racket! I my soul." The fourth in a franchise can't take this CGI Tourette's cacoph- that has no reason not to be animation instead of this frenzied liveony any more!" impaction, this movie's the nadir of Bay can't helm a scene without 21st-century F/X blockbusters—no making it look, within seconds of weight or wonder, just clanking off. the soundtrack kicking in, like a mu- BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM sic video. In his continuing, ignoble

REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

When I Walk P

hysical impairments—as any less memorable than your average cynic about Oscar winners My Hollywood disability biopic.

DaSilva, a young documentary Left Foot, etc, would note—are inherently powerful in "motion" filmmaker, happens to capture pictures. All the more so if a docu- his first encounter with multiple mentary subject's filming his own sclerosis—a sudden loss of feeling in his legs while degenerative on a beach—on condition—in Fri, Jul 4 – Wed, Jul 9 camera, during a When I Walk, Ja(Producer Leigh DaSilva on family vacation. son DaSilva or his skype for a Q & A at the Friday camera-person (Yet we learn screening) almost nothing (mostly, later, his Directed by Jason DaSilva about his family wife Alice Cook) Metro Cinema at the Garneau otherwise.) As he observes his tries to cope with struggle to put  one foot in front his diagnosis, he divides the film of another, then his inability to find a wheelchair- into diary-like sections. He continaccessible restaurant, and eventu- ues to live in NYC (why, exactly? ally the best way for Alice to pull How'd he end up there and how can his jeans up around his legs in the he afford it?). He travels to India to mornings. But so much of this inex- make a film and muses, much too plicably award-winning film is like a fleetingly and nebulously, on fate smattering of poor selfies and vlog and family traditions. The film's entries—context-less, background- most energized when DaSilva's less and persistently, frustratingly mother visits—her sharp no-nonshort on details—that it remains sense-ness (which she later admits

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can be a mask, helping her deny her son's struggle) is by turns funny, sobering, and in sharp contrast to the doc's mistiness.

So many questions—answers to which would deepen and broaden the film's exploration of MS— linger: given the US healthcare system, how does DaSilva afford all his appointments, operations, etc? How'd he raise funding (and how much?) for his smart idea to online-map accessible restaurants and other places in NYC? (But is it really so wise to get able-bodied people to go around in scooters testing accessible washrooms?)

And DaSilva and Cook's teen-like confessions to the camera are often cringingly vague—surely such heartfelt naiveté is only masking their deep, mature concerns?

When I Walk no doubt marks a brave personal step, but it staggers and stumbles as a documentary.

BRIAN GIBSON

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PREVUE // SINGER-SONGWRITER

HIGH STAKES, DISSONANT TAKES

Sharon Van Etten on crafting the stark, dramatic Are We There?

make a joke and say something to the audience, and I said something like, 'Isn't this the ugliest place you've ever been?' And I got Wed, Jul 9 (8 pm) booed! fucking Sharon Van Etten And I was just Starlite Room, $16 – $19 kidding—because it was beautiful— but also I was really distracted. I had a couple interviews in Spain recently, and that comment was not forgotten."

The singer-songwriter tells the story with equal parts rueful recollection and the eager giddiness of working through one of your best stories. Her affable, conversational presence comes through clear on a weak phone connection somewhere between Pittsburg and Philadelphia ("we're in the boonies," she apologizes), and while that playful personality is present in Van Etten's actual Barcelona, she was only kidding, dude! // Dusdin Condren music, it's framed in starker, far more hey just got lost in translation, ocean," Van Etten begins. "But I was dramatic hues. Are We There?, her the words Sharon Van Etten said having one of those moments where third album, treads turbulent emoonstage in Barcelona a few years back. we were having a lot of weird feed- tional turf—take the gutting "Your The irony and subversion of the state- back, and I was looking around at the Love is Killing Me," for one, which ment failed to come across in the mo- band, trying to tune my guitar and fig- finds her confessing the depths of a ment, at the Primavera music festival, ure out what's going on. You'd get one relationship's toxicity—draping her and festivalgoers let her know it. really beautiful salty breeze, then the potent voice over lush sweeps and "It's such a beautiful area—we're other breeze would be porta-potties. swells. It's not all gloomy navel-gazliterally on a stage overlooking the I was so disoriented, and trying to ing, but everywhere on the album,

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the stakes feel high.

Van Etten produced Are We There? herself, a first-time experience she undertook with the guidance of producer Stewart Lerman, whom Van Etten first met when recording a duet with Rufus Wainwright.

"We got along so well, he asked me to sing on a song for Boardwalk Empire," she recalls. "I got called in as a hired gun in these studios I would never be able to afford even a day in, really. He made me feel comfortable, like I belonged there."

So when she was looking for a studio to record Are We There?, she reached out to Lerman, who toured her around New York looking for the right space.

"I'm still trying to find my identity—I don't want to be grouped in with, you know, 'This is where everyone in New York, all the indie artists, record,' or 'This is where Cat Power recorded,' or this is the 'Brooklyn Sound'," Van Etten says. "I wanted to find a place I felt comfortable in. He helped me to look around different studios all over New York. The one that he really downplayed was his own."

Which is exactly where they ended up: out in Hoboken, New Jersey, a stu-

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dio with a tiny kitchen and couch and a single live room. Van Etten found its modesty appealing. "It just felt like a beach house," she reflects.

Van Etten's usual band came in to record when they could, but the Are We There? sessions also found her trying her hand at a scatter of instruments.

"The scheduling was really hard; everyone else was touring with other bands, and stuff," she says. "It was just really fun to go just for a day, and run around like it was a playground—I played drums on a song, I played bass on a song, I played guitar. Some of it was just filler for the other band members, that when they came back, I was just like, 'I did this. If you can do it better, I want you to do it better.'"

By Van Etten's estimate, about a quarter of the final album's takes are her own. She's also pretty sure you can figure out which parts are hers without much effort.

"It's more the weird stuff," she laughs. "Where you're like, 'that's not a real drum beat,' and 'that's not a real bass line.' If you're like, oh that sounds dissonant, or if something's a little off, I probably did that."

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hen Edmonton's No Problem all spill out and have brutal fistfights drove up to the club it was in the parking lot. It was like every culbooked to play in Poland, its members tural stereotype about Poland rolled weren't quite sure what they'd gotten into one. We were playing on a bill with an all-female punk band from themselves into.

The music venue itself was fine, but Washington state called the Hysterthe building across the way that it ics, and they couldn't believe what shared a gravel parking lot with was they were seeing. Luckily the clientele from Club Tesanother situation entirely. The Fri, Jul 4 (9 pm) tosterone left us alone." sign itself was a With Panik Attak, Sperm and The actual audidead giveaway: Low Level ence that came a huge, blinking Wunderbar, $10 out to see No neon monstrosity declaring it to be Problem as it "Club Testosterone," so it was no sur- toured through Europe with its latest prise to see patrons grabbing women album, Already Dead? Nothing like off the street, throwing them over that at all. their overly-muscled shoulders and "They were the opposite; clean cut, bringing them back through the doors lots of tattoos, but nice clothes and haircuts. They were reserved and reto the cheers of their friends.

"It was basically like the dream of ally relaxed. Maybe they were older, some 'roidhead on Whyte Ave," mar- I don't know. After seeing the other vels singer-guitarist Graeme MacKin- club I imagined we were going to get non. "One big club that had every guy Lord Humongous from the Road Warin it, and at the end of the night they rior showing up with two cops taped

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to the front of his chariot."

The rest of their second tour overseas was a fair bit more sedate in comparison, but there were quirks.

In Sweden they were informed that they were not to wear shoes during their performance, something that MacKinnon and his bandmates (bassist Matt Bouchard, guitarist Steve Lewis, drummer Warren Oostlander) balked at. Remove their footwear and have everybody get a look at a week's worth of accumulated tour grime?

Hell, no.

"I guess that's where we showed how 'punk' we were," MacKinnon laughs.

"It was funny watching some of the bands on stage in their ankle socks, because suddenly they weren't quite so tough looking anymore. Then we played our set, and these kids were climbing all over our amps and stage diving off the speakers. It was crazy, and I kind of got it then, because all the kids were in their socks and I thought 'Oh, it's not so bad if I accidentally get kicked in the face if they're not wearing shoes.' Maybe that's why they did it."

Already Dead, which was released

by Germany's Taken by Surprise in Europe and on Deranged Records in Canada, shows a certain amount of musical growth for No Problem. For MacKinnon, who had already been reflecting on a long tenure singing punk rock while taking part in the Wednesday Night Heroes reunion back in the spring, this was a necessary step.

"Some of the songs are ragers, of course, but there are also different flavours on the album. We were listening to old styles of punk, like old Swedish or New Zealand stuff, and those sensibilities bled through.

The music is quite sad in a way, too.

There's a song on it called 'Different Shades of Grey,' and it's got that feeling about not being able to get out, or being stuck in a rut."

The title itself rams home the sentiment, one that anyone who has to make it through the dreariest parts of an Edmonton winter can automatically relate to.

"It's just easy to get into that grind," he admits. "You're walking in the snow and it's dark for 20 hours and that's how you feel. And clearly there are things you do that make you feel alive, that's what separates us from actually being dead. Then someone comes long and says 'Why don't you move the band to a different city?'" MacKinnon laughs. "Well, yeah, you have your fun, but I'm just going to stay here and die slowly."

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PREVUE // EXPERIMENTAL

Mon, Jul 7 (8 pm) With Himiko, Bong Sample, Lurch, Louis Pezzani, Don Ross, Beta Decay, Motonogo Bohemia, $10

fl3m I

Three decades of noise experimentation

t'll be exactly 30 years ago this Monday that local experimental musician Gene Kosowan first got on a stage to make noise.

The venue was a Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity gig, and Kosowan was part of a group called Dr Worm and the Beirut 66, along with fellow musical adventurer Beta Decay. Both went on to various other ventures, but it was when Beta Decay prodded Kosowan (now known as fl3m) for an anniversary show after reuniting briefly at last year's Sasquatch Gathering that things began rolling.

"I wanted to originally do something for the 25th anniversary, but I was concentrating on personal issues that year," explains Kosowan, who will be releasing the 75-minute opus Dork Manner under the fl3m imprint

for the show. "When we finally decided to do it, I wanted to bring along a bunch of other amazing artists that I've played with."

The bill—which Kosowan drolly refers to as an "Ed Sullivan format"—is filled with compatriots old and new, like Beta Decay, electro-death screamer Himiko, plus unusual choices like mentalist Louis Pezzani, an ex CJSR DJ who now makes a living performing at corporate functions.

"He was basically a punk cognoscenti back in the day, but now he wears more suits in a month than I do in a year," Kosowan says. "I think he wants to see how he does in a more unconventional setting."

While Kosowan often labours at the margins of music, his efforts don't go completely

unnoticed; one of his pieces, Severely Normal, is being performed by old friend Marion Garver Fredrickson on August 24 during the British Flute Society Convention at the University of Warwick in Coventry. Kosowan will be attending, and looking for future opportunities for fl3m to perform overseas.

"It's funny, because we have this idea that experimental music might be bigger there, but I was talking to someone over there and he was saying we overemphasize this. London may be a larger city, but just like here the scene is quite small. It's definitely a novelty for them to find out about people like me, who come from cities that aren't quite known for this kind of music."

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Diehatzu Hijets Sat, Jul 5 (9 pm) With Slow Girl Walking, Morals, Catgut Wunderbar, $7

Think post-grunge-meets-noise-rock-meets-punk and you've got Diehatzu Hijets. The local four-piece formed in 2009 and has recorded several EPs and a full-length album titled Doo Doo Boy. Now the group is back with a tape release, Where's Everyone At?. Prior to the release show, guitarist and vocalist Layne L'Heureux shared his soundtrack picks with Vue.

At home

On the road

Morning: Sean Nicholas Savage, Other Life. Solid Canadian minimalist dream pop.

Morning: Nick Gilder, City Nights. Canadian glam-rock full of sick licks and super hits.

Noon: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Real Emotional Trash. One of the greater guitar records, incredible melody, multifaceted lyrics.

Noon: Gary Wilson, You Think You Really Know Me. New York-born experimental-pop enigma. You Think You Really Know Me is hook ridden, earnest, and beautiful.

Night: Donnie & Joe Emerson, Dreamin' Wild. A recently discovered rarity from Midwest America, two brothers with great pop sensibilities create the easylistening bedroom pop you've all been looking for.

Night: Caity Fisher, The Final Frontier. Edmonton's own, party never ends, bubble-gum-pop mistress.

Lyrics that are out of sight and jams to match. V

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Future / Sat, Jul 5 (8 pm) The future is, as a human construct, both inescapable and impossible to actually reach: we can plan ahead all we want, but we experience our lives in the moment of occurrence, and then that which was is reduced to intangible memory—and meanwhile, the future is again somewhere in the distance, just beyond our reach. Time passes without concern for our wants and needs; we're just haplessly drawn along on its unwitting and eternal march, shackled to the pace of its choosing. I'm sure, given his name, Atlanta-rapper Future has more to say on the matter at his own ephemeral concert in Edmonton this week. He'll probably play "Covered N Money," too. (Encore – West Edmonton Mall, $45)

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Kongos / Tue, Jul 8 (6 pm) When was the last time you heard accordion stabs anchor a hit single? Likely this week, if you tuned on the radio and "Come With Me Now" played, which it probably did. The current single from Phoenixbased-but-huge-in-South Africa alt-rockers Kongos is one of those ubiquitous smash songs that takes over the dial. Is there staying power to the rest of the band's material? This is the week you can go and find out. (Starlite Room, $25)

Alexis Normand / Thu, Jul 10 To be 'Fransaskoise' is to be both a Francophone and living in Saskatchewan. That's what Google tells me, and it's how Jazzfolk performer Alexis Normand self-identifies in her press release. Performing bilingual sets across Western Canada and the Yukon this month—and hey, if you consider jazz another language, these shows are basically trilingual—Normand is doing her last tour behind her debut disc, Mirador, before heading back to Saskatoon to record its follow-up. (Accent Lounge)

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THU JUL 3 ARTERY NQ Arbuckle (folk

rock), Joe Nolan; 7:30pm; $12 (adv)/$15 (door) BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

Chicago Blues Clinic and Master Class featuring Studebaker John, Blues and the Hawks; 7pm $20 (adv) BLUES ON WHYTE Wild T

and the Spirit BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Latin Grooves: with Tilo Paiz, Marco Claveria, Keith Rempel, and Ryan Timoffee; $5 BRIXX Trash 'n' Thrash

Thursdays: Sammy Slaughter; 7pm CAFÉ HAVEN Music every

Thu: this week: James of Dark Wood; 7pm!

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

Thu Open Mic: All adult performers are welcome (music, song, spoken word); every Thu, 1:303pm CHA ISLAND TEA CO

Bring Your Own Vinyl Night: Every Thu; 8pm-late; Edmonton Couchsurfing Meetup: Every Thu; 8pm CHURCHILL SQUARE/ CENTENNIAL PLAZA

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 ENCORE–WEM Scott

Weiland and the Wildabouts; 7pm EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ

Open Stage hosted by Dr Oxide; 1st Thu each month, 7:30pm-10:30pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S

Taking Back Thursdays: Live music; 9pm

punk), Attack Addict, the Preying Saints; 8pm; $20 (adv) THE RANCH Matthew

Good, guests; 8pm (door); no minors; $39.95 at Blackbyrd, unionevents. com RED PIANO Every Thu:

Dueling pianos at 8pm RICHARD'S PUB Blue Thursdays (roots); hosted

by Gord Matthews; 6:30-9pm

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ every Fri

9pm; $10

Tremoloco; 8:30pm; $15

FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip

BLUES ON WHYTE Wild T

hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Fri

Open Stage Sat–It 's the Sat Jam hosted by Darren Bartlett, 5pm;

MERCER TAVERN

LEGENDS Saturday Jam

Homegrown Friday: with DJ Thomas Culture

and open mic with Nick Samoil and guests

RED STAR Movin’ on Up:

LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG

indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri

Jam every Sat, 9:30pm1:30am

SET NIGHTCLUB NEW

Silverado (country)

(adv)/$20 (door) BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ

and the Spirit BOURBON ROOM Dueling

pianos every Fri Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Jazz evening every Fri after work; 5-8pm: PJ Perry Trio BRIXX BAR Road to Indie Week A Hundred Years, Russ Dawson, Brother Octopus, One Day Late, Tyrant; 8pm; $8 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

ages; 7pm; $5 (door) CASINO EDMONTON

SUITE 69 Release Your

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

Live music every Fri: this week: Cynthia Hamar; all

Pepperland (Beatles tribute); 9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD

Inner Beast: Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri

(jazz); most Thursdays; 7-10pm

Capital Newz (pop/rock); 9pm

every Fri

STARLITE ROOM

EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain The Orchards

RIC’S GRILL Peter Belec

Conquerors of the World; $26; 6pm (door), 6pm (show)

J+H PUB Every Friday:

Live Blues every Thur: rotating guests; 7-11pm

Headwind and friends (vintage rock 'n' roll); 9:30pm; no minors, no cover

TAVERN ON WHYTE Open

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Jeff

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ

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

Hendrick (R'n'B sax/ vocals, CD release); 9pm; $10

WHITEMUD CROSSING LIBRARY THEATRE Peter

LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG

Puffin’s Whale Tales family concert (to kick-off EPL's Summer Reading Program); 6:30pm WUNDERBAR Scott Wei-

land and the Wildabouts; Sunspots, Better Than Heroes, the Samsons, Sitdown Diner

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu Main Fl: Throwback

Thu: Rock&Roll, Funk, Soul, R&B and 80s with DJ Thomas Culture; jamz that will make your backbone slide; Wooftop: Dig It! Thursdays.

Electronic, roots and rare groove with DJ's Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests CENTURY ROOM Lucky 7:

Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close THE COMMON The

Common Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week

Blake; no cover ON THE ROCKS Rock

‘N’ Hops Kitchen Party: Chronic Rock with DJs PAWN SHOP Michale

Graves (hard rock, metal, punk); Attack Addict, the Preying Saints; 8pm; $20 (adv) RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm2am

FUNKOFF, Souljah Fyah, Democrafunk and guests; Revolution Engine, The Give em Hell Boys, Gray; 8pm STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION Daywalker and Sam Spades, Element Orange, the Reckless Rebels

Open stage; 7pm; no cover

Every Friday DJs on all three levels

Silverado (country)

THE BOWER Strictly

APEX CASINO–VEE LOUNGE Duane Sparks

PAWN SHOP Michale

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ

Graves (hard rock metal,

Studebaker John and the Hawks; 9:30pm; $15

BLUES ON WHYTE Every

Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Evening: Wild T and the Spirit BOURBON ROOM Live

every Fri; 9pm

ON THE ROCKS Chronic

Rock with DJs PAWN SHOP Nature Of

(alt), Two Bears North, We Were Friends; 6pm; $10 (adv) RED PIANO BAR Hottest

dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am RICHARD'S PUB The Terry

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

Hijets (album release), Morals, Catgut, Slow Girl Walking@Wundi; 9pm

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main 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 COMMON Get Down

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

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

Collective Saturdays underground: House and Techno

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

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

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat

Open mic; 7pm; $2 FILTHY MCNASTY'S Free

Afternoon Concerts; 4pm

PAWN SHOP Transmission

RED STAR Indie rock, hip

hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

SET NIGHTCLUB SET Saturday Night House Party: With DJ Twix, Johnny Infamous

HILLTOP PUB Open Stage,

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Jam every Sat; 3:30-7pm JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Laura

Swankey (jazz singer) with Jim Head (guitar), Andrew Furlong (bass);

SEPTIC FLESH AND FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE DEMOCRAFUNK, REVOLUTION ENGINE, THE GIVE EM HELL BOYS & GRAY

JUL/8

UNION EVENTS PRESENTS

KONGOS W/ BLONDEFIRE JUL/9 SHARON VAN ETTEN JUL/11 RAW: NATURAL BORN ARTISTS THE UNION PRESENTS

W/ GUESTS

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TYLER THE CREATOR

JUL/18 STANTON WARRIORS JUL/26 DIRTY AUDIO & TIN CUP UBK AND ALL BLOWN UP PRESENT

ALL BLOWN UP PRESENTS

JUL/27

UBK PRESENTS

A TRIBE CALLED RED BADBADNOTGOOD

AUG/8 AUG/11 BLACK JOE LEWIS AUG/15 MISERY SIGNALS & MALICE X UNION EVENTS PRESENTS

JUL/4 JUL/5

ROAD TO INDIE WEEK W/ A HUNDRED YEARS, RUSS DAWSON, BROTHER OCTOPUS, ONE DAY LATE & TYRANT ROAD TO INDIE WEEK W/ TZADEKA, KING OF FOXES, SISTER GRAY, I AM MACHI & SIIINES ROBERT DEMENTO CD RELEASE

JUL/12 JUL/14 BRING THE BEASTS TOUR W/ DEATH TOLL RISING, KYOKYTS, TYRANTS DEMISE & TERROR FIST

LIGHTNIN’ JUL/15 FLASH W/ WHALE & THE WOLF JUL/17 A HUNDRED YEARS W/ DARK SARCASM & FORSAKEN RITE TRASH N THRASH THURSDAYS PRESENTS

MALICE JUL/18 WITH W/ DIEUPONADAY & BLACK XIII

JACKSON JIHAD JUL/21 ANDREW W/ HARD GIRLS, DOGBRETH & WHISKEY WAGON JUL/22 A LA MER W/ BORDEEN & DANIEL ETOROMA

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai

Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth

GAS PUMP Saturday

CONCERTWORKS PRESENTS CONQUERORS OF THE WORLD TOUR 2014

JUL/4 FUNKOFF W/ SOULJAH FYAH,

Who Know...: Deep House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests; every Sat

MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong every Sat

Thursday's Latin Grooves: with Tilo Paiz, Marco Claveria, Keith Rempel, and Ryan Timoffee; $5

JUL/3

THE BOWER For Those

Music every Sat Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm

The Ramifications

FRI JUL 4

Blake; no cover

Sat; 9pm

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

Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111

NORTH GLENORA HALL

O'MAILLES IRISH PUB DJ

ENCORE–WEM Every

BRIXX Road to Indie Week: Tzadeka, Rend, Sister Gray, I Am Machi, Shines; 8pm; $8

Fridays: nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh

O’BYRNE’S Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm

Live jam every Sat; 3-7pm

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

THE COMMON Good

NEW WEST HOTEL

BLIND PIG PUB & GRILL

Tequila Celebrating show: Ben Sures, Grant Stovel, Chris Brzezicki, Mireille Mouqin; 8:30pm; $15

STARLITE ROOM

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE

UNION HALL 3 Four All Thursdays: rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous

Afternoon: Big Al's House of Blues Wam Bam Thank you Jam: free chilli hosted by Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens; every Sat, 2-6pm; EVENING: Studebaker John and the Hawks; 9:30pm; $15 (adv)/$20 (door)

Moosifix, Death Assembly

KELLY'S PUB Jameoke

Wild Life Thursdays

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ A

2islandgirls; 8pm; $15

OUTLAWS ROADHOUSE

"B" STREET BAR Rockin

RENDEZVOUZ PUB

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu

Album Release: Jey Witten (blues folk, jazz, R&B), Tyler Butler, NEK Trio; 8pm; $7 (adv)/$10 (door)

Hair of the Dog: Smoked Folk (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

O'MAILLES IRISH PUB DJ

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ

Rocks: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow

ARTERY CJSR Presents:

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

DJs

L.B.'S PUB Thu open stage: the New Big Time with Rocko Vaugeois, friends; 8-12

SAT JUL 5

Silverado (country)

Back Thursdays

ON THE ROCKS Salsa

Foundation Fridays

NEW WEST HOTEL

FILTHY MCNASTY’S Taking

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Funk Bunker Thursdays

Y AFTERHOURS

Jam every Fri, 9:30pm1:30am

J R BAR AND GRILL Live

Night with the Nervous Flirts (sing-along with a live band); every Thu, 9pm-1am; no cover

UNION HALL Ladies Night

Big Blues and Roots Open Jam: Every Sat afternoon, 2-6pm

Jam Thu; 9pm

NEW WEST HOTEL

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE

Amplified Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ Poindexter; 9:30pm (door)

The Ramifications

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ every Thu

open stage; 8pm; all ages (15+)

Fridays: House and Electro with Peep This, Tyler Collns, Peep'n ToM, Dusty Grooves, Nudii and Bill, and specials

LEAF BAR AND GRILL

Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM

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

Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky

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

Connections Concert Series: Sundays at 2pm

TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul,

Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted

by DJ Johnny Infamous Y AFTERHOURS Release

Saturdays

SUN JUL 6 ARDEN THEATRE Welcome

Classical MUTTART HALL–U of A

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE Krystle BOHEMIA fl3m, Himiko,

Bong Sample, Lurch and more; 8pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY

Monday open mic

hosted by Tim Lovett

NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday

Rider (country)

BLUES ON WHYTE Krystle

Dos Santos DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun

Night Live on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG

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

Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am ON THE ROCKS Rock ‘N’ Hops Kitchen Party: The Give ‘Em Hell Boys RICHARD'S PUB Sunday

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

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

The Man and His Machine, Lucid Skies, Where the Heart Is; 8pm

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

Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots industrial, classic punk, rock, electronic with Hair of the Dave TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

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

FESTIVAL PLACE Qualico Patio Series: The Orchard, Mad Dog Blues Band; 7:30pm; $8 at Festival Place

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative

BRIXX Metal night every

Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

Tue

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Marcio

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue

Open Jam: Trevor Mullen

MON JUL 7

DJs

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night

Stage Tue; 9pm

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

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave Open mic every

Novelli, Alone I walk, James Beaudry; 8pm; $10

Main Floor: Soul Sundays:

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

Presents: Jad Fair (of Half-Japanese) with Brad Sime and the Whispering Whispers, guests; 9pm

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

DRUID IRISH PUB Open

Dos Santos

9am-3pm; donations

BLUES ON WHYTE Krystle

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

Brunch: Jim Findlay Trio;

Big Dreamer Sound open jam with guest, hosted

by Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O'brien; every Tue 8pm-12am Dos Santos

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku Open mic every Sun

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES

DJs

to Night Vale: Music by Disparition; all ages; 7pm (door); $28.50 – $34.50 at unionevents.com Sun Electric Blues Jam and BBQ hosted by Marshall Lawrence and the Lazy Bastards; 4-8pm

TUE JUL 8

MERCER TAVERN Alt

Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests NEW WEST HOTEL Tue Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; Ghost Rider (country) 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 a live band); 7:30pm12am; no cover; relaxed dress code RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted

by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm; this weeks guests: Zoran Bobic (vocals, trumpet, accordion, keyboards), Dan MacDonald (sax), Darren Shilton (guitar) SANDS HOTEL Country music dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm; This weeks band:

DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue RED STAR Experimental

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

WED JUL 9 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL

Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 ARTERY 'Talk of the Town'

Late Night Show/Pancake Dinner: Lindsey Walker (blues folk jazz), hosted by Steve Derpak; 7:30pm; $8 (adv)/$10 (door) BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES New Music Wed:

Featured band hosted by Lochlin Cross and Leigh Friesen (open stage) after the bands set

Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ The

Jessica Stuart Few; 8pm; $10 NEW WEST HOTEL Ghost

Rider (country) OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

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

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

Flower Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover STARLITE ROOM Sharon Van

Etten; 8pm; $16-$19 at Unionevents.com WUNDERBAR Double Lunch

Productions Presents: Norman Blake (of Teenage Fanclub), guests; 8pm ZEN LOUNGE Jazz

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

DJs

live music once a month;

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

On the Patio: Funk and Soul

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch:

with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm BLUES ON WHYTE Krystle

Main Floor: RetroActive

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

STANLEY A. MILNER LIBRARY Peter Puffin’s

Dos Santos

Whale Tales family concert (to kick-off EPL's Summer Reading Program); 7pm

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Jazz evening every Wed; 8-11pm: PJ Perry Trio

BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats

STARLITE ROOM KONGOS,

BRIXX Lettuce Produce

Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane

Blondefire, guests; 6pm; all ages; $25-$28 at Unionevents.com, Blackbyrd WUNDERBAR Double Lunch

Beats; 6pm DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed

open mic with host Duff Robison

THE COMMON The Wed

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every

Wed

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

24 MUSIC

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580

FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378

CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467

FILTHY MCNASTY’S 1051182 Ave, 780.916.1557

CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467

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

Park

CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 1033281 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHICAGO JOES 9604 -111 Ave COMMON 9910-109 St DIVERSION LOUNGE 3414 Gateway Blvd, 780.435.1922 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882170 St EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667

VUEWEEKLY JUL 03 – JUL 09, 2014

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave THE RANCH 6107-104 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE

10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower School, 10135-96 Ave SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca SIDELINERS PUB 11018127 St SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO– St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LisTiNGs@VuEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRiDAY AT 3PM

COMEDY Black Dog Freehouse • Underdog

Comedy show: Alternating hosts • Every Thu, 8-11pm • No cover

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd •

780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertain-

ment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Brian Stollery; Jul 4-5 • Paul Sveen; Jul 11-12 • Bob Angeli; Jul 18-19 • That's Improv!; Jul 25-26

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 • Pete George; until Jul 6 • Barry Rothbart; Jul 9-13 • J Chris Newberg; Jul 16-18, Jul 20 • Jim Breuer Special; Jul 19 • Isaac Witty; Jul 23-27

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 KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE/CONNIE'S COMEDY • 16648-109 Ave • Komedy Krush: hosted by Connie's Comedy starting with open mic comedy • Jul 3, 9pm; featuring Jamie Hutchinson; following Name that Tune with Capital City Singles • Jul 17, 9pm; featuring David Dempsey; following Name that Tune with Capital City Singles • Jul 31, 9pm; featuring Ryan Patterson; following Name that Tune with Capital City Singles

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

Comedy: Open Mic then followed by Jamie Hutchinson • Jul 16 7pm

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

Pints Comedy: Open Mic then followed by Jamie Hutchinson • Jul 7, 7pm • T: Connie, 780.914.8966; E: conniescomedy@gmail.com to get on open mic roster

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

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) •

tour that will take you to eleven of the most beautiful gardens in Sherwood Park and rural Strathcona County • Jul 13, 10am-5pm • $12 each (free for child 12 and under); tickets at the Library; E: info@sclibrary.ab.ca; T: 780.410.8600

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

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

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 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 OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC)

the Little White School, 2 Madonna Dr, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • Along the walk archival photographs, stories and historic buildings bring the story of St Albert, both past and present, to life • Every Thu, 6:30pm through the summer • $3 (donation) • Jul 10 (Riverside) • Jul 24 (Downtown) • Aug 14 (Riverside) • Aug 28 (Downtown) • Sep 11 (Riverside)

KIDS WITH CANCER SOCIETY PARENTING GROUP • 11135-84 Ave •

Psychotherapy Group for parents of children with childhood cancer. Upcoming topics include-generating hope; information and problem solving strategies; communication and closeness and more • 2nd Thu each month until Sep 11, 10am-12

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,

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

ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio

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

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT

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

• Providence Renewal Centre, 3005-119 St • gasamling.ca • Join Tibetan Buddhist monk Kushok Lobsang Dhamchöe for a day of instruction and practice of secular Calm Abiding Meditation • Sat, Jul 19, 9:30am-4:30pm • $60 (incl lunch); E: info@gasamling.ca; T: 780.479.0014

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

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

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

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS MEET DAN RISKIN SPEAKING ABOUT BATS • Wild Birds Unlimited, 12204-107 Ave

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall,

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)

SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters.com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm STRATHCONA COUNTY GARDEN TOUR • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8601 • sclibrary.ab.ca • Fundraiser, a self-guided

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

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-

LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY

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

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall,

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

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

based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca

• 587.521.2473 • edmonton.wbu.com • Dan Riskin, co-host of Discovery Channel's Daily Planet, author of Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You, will talk about bats, answer questions, and sign copies of his book • Jul 5, 4:30-6pm • Free

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-

St • Bring vegetarian, vegan, or raw dish for six people and your own eating Utensils.

Tour of the gardens and the geo-thermal house • Jul 6, 4:30pm • $10; RSVP and Info: 780.463.1626

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org

VEGETARIAN POT LUCK AND GARDEN PARTY • Con Boland Gardens, 10107-89

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION •

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

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, 6:45-8:30pm; 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

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Down-

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87

Toastmasters Meetings: Campus

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

town • Practice group meets every Thu

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

G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION •

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue

HISTORIC WALKING TOUR • Meet at

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

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS)

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani

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

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

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

• 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

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

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

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)

• edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@ edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Hike: Strathcona Wilderness Centre; Thu Jul 3 • Hike: Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area; Jul 4

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

Groove every Wed; 9pm

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81

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

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

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

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB •

geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON •

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

• A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo.com/group/bwedmonton

PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian

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• 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 •

Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)

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SPECIAL EVENTS 13TH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT • McIntyre Gazebo Park, 104 St, 83 Ave • Hear ye! Hear ye!: Knights of the Northern Realm proudly host their 13th annual Tournament, Medieval Market and Family Field • Jul 5, 10am-4pm • Free 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)

DÎNER EN BLANC EDMONTON • Secret Location • Très chic picnic, imported from Paris, is equal parts mystery tour, pop-up feast and je ne sais quoi– a secret affair, an evening of elegance, will take over an undisclosed public space whose location will be revealed only a couple of hours prior to the event. Enthusiasts dressed in white will attend the secret location • Jul17, 7-11:30pm • $35 + membership at edmonton.dinerenblanc.info/register HIGH STREET BLOCK PARTY • 125 St;

the 102 Ave "cul-de-sac" created by the bridge closure • All High Street businesses including restaurants and shops, food trucks, family fun • Jul 6, 10am-4pm

LITTLE WARRIORS • Newcastle Pub, 8170-50 St • 780.490.1999 • $500 Poker Run in support of Little Warriors • Sat, Jul 5, 9:30am registration, noon depart, 6pm dinner • $30 at Newcastle Pub MÉTIS FAMILY REUNION • Métis Cross-

ing, Smoky Lake • Lots of activities including artists and crafters on site, and viewing of historical records • Jul 5-6 • $20 per person per day (not incl camping); Register at 780.455.2200 or culture@metis.org

MUSEUMAFTERDARK • Royal Alberta

Museum, 12845 102 Ave • museumafterdark. com • An evening of finger-licking food, DJ Junior Brown, a #MAD poker rally and celebrate the museum's exhibition Worn to be Wild: the Black Leather Jacket • Jul 5, 7:3011pm • Adults (18+) only • $25/$20 (FRAMS members) at EventBrite, 780.453.9103

PETER PUFFIN’S WHALE TALES • Peter Puffin's family concert helps to kick-off EPL's Summer Reading Program • at Stanley A. Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq: Tue, Jul 8, 7pm • at Whitemud Crossing Library Theatre: Thu, Jul 3, 6:30pm TASTE OF EDMONTON • Churchill Square •

eventsedmonton.ca • Food festival, in the day hosting culinary workshops, at night a pop-up tasting, including live music • Jul 17-26 • Tickets at TIX on the Square • MusiC: • Bryan Finlay; Jul 17, 7pm • Maracujah; Jul 17, 9pm • Skratch Bastid; Jul 18, 6pm • SIIINES; Jul 18, 7:45 pm • Smalltown DJs; Jul 18, 8:30pm •Jesse & The Dandelions; Jul 19, 6pm • Scenic Route to Alaska; Jul 19, 7:15pm • Said The Whale; Jul 19, 9pm • The Frolics; Jul 20, 6pm • The Fortrelles; Jul 20, 7:15 pm • Scherrie and Lynda formerly of the Supremes; Jul 20, 9pm • The Carlines; Jul 21, 6pm • Jenie Thai; Jul 21, 7:15 pm • Devin Cuddy; Jul 21, 9pm • Two Bears North; Jul 22, 6pm • Scarlett Jane; Jul 22, 7:15pm • The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer; Jul 22, 9pm • REND; Jul 23, 6pm • Matt Blais; Jul 23, 7:15 pm • Tupelo Honey; Jul 23, 9pm • The Give 'Em Hell Boys; Jul 24, 6pm • Dead City Dolls; Jul 24, 7:15pm • Frijid Pink; Jul 24, 9pm • Windmills; Jul 25, 6pm • KAY; Jul 25, 9pm • Young Benjamins; Jul 26, 6pm • JPNSGRLS; Jul 26, 7:15pm • Christian Hansen; Jul 26, 9pm

UNIFY FESTIVAL • Oasis Centre, 10930-177 St • 780.451.9227 • Satsang, yoga, transformational breathwork, kirtan, presenters/ speakers, live music, conscious food, DJs, eco village, visionary art, interactive dance and play • Jul 27, 10am-1am

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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 Share The Chair The “Share The Chair” contest celebrates the AGA’s 90th Birthday and its 1924 Rockies exhibitions To enter the “Share The Chair” photo contest, Parks or AGA visitors just need to post a Red Chair photo – either a scenic or a selfie – to www.youraga.ca/SharetheChair or post to Twitter using the hashtag #AGASharetheChair by 11:59 pm on August 16, 2014. The photos can be taken at the Red Chair sites in the Parks, or at the Red Chair installed on the second level near the 1924 Rockies exhibitions at the AGA. The grand prize is a trip for two to Jasper’s Dark Sky Festival, courtesy of the Sawridge Inn and Tourism Jasper. The Dark Sky Festival runs from October 17-26, and features Col. Chris Hadfield. Weekly draws throughout the contest period will also be made for AGA admission passes and Parks Canada Discovery Passes.

The grand prize will be drawn on August 17, 2014 during the AGA’s 90th Birthday celebration. The winner will be contacted by the AGA on August 18, 2014.

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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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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 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.

Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com

Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network’s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers! Interested or want to learn more? Contact Maura at 780-392-8723 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com

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Be a part of Edmonton’s biggest and best summer Festival; volunteer for the 33rd Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, August 14-24! You’ll meet new people and try new things all while having whole lot of fun! And with 13 different teams to choose from, we have something special just for you!

Take advantage of this great opportunity and apply online now at www.fringetheatre.ca

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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

The Royal Alexandra Hospital Visual Arts Committee offers Artists an opportunity to exhibit their works, Exhibitions may be one artist or combined with a complementary display by other artists. See here for Alberta Health Services Call for Art 2015 For more information, please call 780-735-4430 or email volunteer.RAH@albertahealth services.ca Submissions required by September 26,2014

Want to make a difference for patients and their families at the Cross Cancer Institute?

Volunteer with the Alberta Cancer Foundation today and help redefine the future of cancer in Alberta.

Opportunities are available throughout the year. www.albertacancer.ca/volunteer 1.866.412.4222

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The Safeway Walk for Muscular Dystrophy is a fully accessible fundraising event that’s fun for the whole family!

We need your help to provide essential mobility equipment, build awareness, and fund leading research on neuromuscular disorders.

Encourage your friends, family and coworkers to sponsor your Walk, as you raise funds and awareness to help enhance the lives of Canadians living with a neuromuscular disorder.

Saturday September 6, 2014 10am-2pm Gold Bar Park, 10955 50 Street NW, Edmonton AB T6A 1K8

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

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: BUDAPEST The Open Call will begin on June 25, 2014, we have every months jury selection until April 15, 2015. Apply early!

HMC International Artist Residency Program, a not-forprofit arts organization based in Dallas, TX / Budapest, Hungary – provides national and international artists to produce new work while engaging with the arts community in Budapest, Hungary.

FOR APPLICATION FORM, questions please contact us.

Email: bszechy@yahoo.com CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – EDMONTON TIMERAISER Calls are now open for artists and nonprofits to apply for the 5th Edmonton Timeraiser!

Last year Timeraiser connected 27 nonprofits with skilled volunteers in their community and invested $13,689 into the local arts community. Help us make this year’s event the biggest yet!

Our Call to Community is now Open If you are a nonprofit looking for skilled volunteers or an emerging artist interested in selling your work be sure to apply. Don’t miss out on being part of this exciting event!

Help us spread the word about the Call to Community by sending your networks to: www.timeraiser.ca/edmonton.

Calls close September 12th.

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

Make A Movie in Just 24-hours 24/ONE, the 10th anniversary edition is now OPEN for Registration. This annual event is the ultimate, heart pumping, movie making challenge. We kick off the weekend before EIFF opens and World Premiere the Top 10 short films (7-minutes or less and family friendly) during the film festival. Register now.

And catch all the zzzzzzz’s you can. 24/One teams are required to have a minimum of one (1) person 18 years of age as of Sept. 20, 2014. http://www.edmontonfilmfest. com/24one

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Call For The Gotta Minute Film Festival: Edmonton Here’s a project to make those train station TVs a little more interesting. The Gotta Minute Film Festival in Edmonton is calling for minute long silent films to air over these screens between September 15th-21st.

Cash and awards will be given to selected films. Submission due date is July 15th for Canadians and June 15th for International applicants. http://gottaminutefilmfestival.com/

NAESS GALLERY/ARTISAN NOOK/VERTICAL SPACE SUBMISSIONS Exhibition submissions are being accepted at The Paint Spot. The Naess Gallery’s deadline for the 2015 season is August 31. Neither the Artisan Nook nor the Vertical Space have deadlines. All three exhibition spaces welcome emerging artists and curators. Individuals and groups are invited to make a submission.

For further information please visit www.paintspot.ca or email questions to accounts@paintspot.ca.

PREMIERE ART FAIR SEEKS ARTISTIC TALENT Art Vancouver is calling on galleries representing artists working in all mediums to enter its four-day art fair May 21 – 24, 2015. Local and international galleries, collectors, designers, architects and media expected to attend this event at Vancouver’s award winning Convention Centre.

Deadline for application is November 1, 2014.

For more information including booth sizing and prices go to www.artvancouver.net or contact info@artvancouver.net.

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The Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts is pleased to announce that they are accepting submissions for our new online “Directory of Ukrainian Artists in Alberta”.

Originally printed in 1993, the directory proved to be a comprehensive guide to Ukrainian artists in our province. Unfortunately, much of the information is no longer current.

Additional information and submission forms are available by contacting: Elena Scharabun Directory Coordinator, ACUA directory@acuarts.ca 780-975-307 The Gust Gallery in Waterton Lakes National Park is seeking submissions for mainly 3 dimensional pieces in ceramic, porcelain, glass and wood.

The Gust Gallery embraces the artists and landscape of Southern Alberta. The breathtaking vistas of the Rockies, their Eastern Slopes and southerly plains are paid homage to by the extraordinary talents of artists working in two and three dimensional mediums.

If you are interested or have questions email: gustgal@telus.net or call Edith Becker, ph: 403-859-2535 or cell: 403-827-0084 www.gustgallery.com Figure Drawing with Daniel Hackborn With live models. Tuesday evenings, 6-9PM. Instruction available 1st Tuesday of the month.

Drop-in sessions, $15. Ask about package discounts.

Watch for theme evenings!

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

Please call 780-901-7677 I am looking for a bass player and drummer to be part of the House Band at Expressionz Cafe the first Thursday of every month for the open stage as well as playing gigs around town doing original music...contact Dr. Oxide at ....780-466-1975 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

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): Would you like your savings account to grow? Then deposit money into in it on a consistent basis. Would you like to feel good and have a lot of physical energy? Eat healthy food, sleep as much as you need to and exercise regularly. Do you want people to see the best in you and give you the benefit of the doubt? See the best in them and give them the benefit of the doubt. Would you love to accomplish your most important goal? Decide what you want more than anything else and focus on it with relaxed intensity. Yes, Aries, life really is that simple—or at least it is right now. If you want to attain interesting success, be a master of the obvious.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Your urge to merge is heating up. Your curiosity about combinations is intensifying. I think it's time to conduct jaunty experiments in mixing and blending.

Here's what I propose: let your imagination run half-wild. Be unpredictable as you play around with medleys and hodgepodges and sweet unions. But don't be attached to the outcomes. Some of your research may lead to permanent arrangements and some won't. Either result is fine. Your task is to enjoy the amusing bustle and learn all you can from it.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): The American painter Ivan Albright (1897 – 1983) was a meticulous creator. He spent as much time as necessary to get every detail right. An entire day might go by as he worked to perfect one square inch of a painting, and some of his pieces took years to finish. When the task at hand demanded intricate precision, he used a brush composed of a single hair. That's the kind of attention to minutia I recommend for you—not forever, but for the next few weeks.

Be careful and conscientious as you build the foundation that will allow you maximum freedom of movement later this year.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): The Venus de Milo is a famous Greek statue that's more than 2100 years old. Bigger than life size, it depicts the goddess of love, beauty and pleasure. Its current home is the Louvre Museum in Paris, but for hundreds of years it was lost—buried underground on the Greek island of Milos. In 1820, a farmer found it while he was out digging on his land. I foresee a comparable discovery by you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. You will uncover a source of beauty, love or pleasure—or perhaps all three—that has been missing or forgotten for a long time.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): According to an ancient Greek myth, Sisyphus keeps pushing a boulder up a steep hill only to lose control of

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it just before he reaches the top, watching in dismay as it tumbles to the bottom. After each failure, he lumbers back down to where he started and makes another effort to roll it up again—only to fail again. The myth says he continues his futile attempts for all eternity. I'm happy to report, Leo, that there is an important difference between your story and that of Sisyphus. Whereas you have tried and tried and tried again to complete a certain uphill task, you will not be forever frustrated. In fact, I believe a breakthrough will come soon and success will finally be yours. Will it be due to your gutsy determination or your neurotic compulsion or both? It doesn't matter.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Many of America's founding fathers believed slavery was immoral, but they owned slaves themselves and ordained the institution of slavery in the US Constitution. They didn't invent hypocrisy, of course, but theirs was an especially tragic version.

In comparison, the hypocrisy that you express is mild. Nevertheless, working to minimize it is a worthy task. And here's the good news: you are now in a position to become the zodiac's leader in minimizing your hypocrisy. Of all the signs, you can come closest to walking your talk and practicing what you preach. So do it! Aim to be a master of translating your ideals into practical action.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): In the last two decades, seven Academy Award winners have given thanks to God while accepting their Oscars. By contrast, 30 winners have expressed their gratitude to film studio executive Harvey Weinstein. Who would you acknowledge as essential to your success, Libra? What generous souls, loving animals, departed helpers and spiritual beings have contributed to your ability to thrive? Now is an excellent time to make a big deal out of expressing your appreciation. For mysterious reasons, doing so will enhance your luck and increase your chances for future success.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): You have permission to compose an all-purpose excuse note for yourself. If you'd like, you may also forge my signature on it so you can tell everyone that your astrologer sanctified it. This document will be ironclad and inviolable. It will serve as a poetic licence that abolishes your guilt and remorse.

It will authorize you to slough off senseless duties, evade deadening requirements, escape smallminded influences and expunge numbing habits. Even better, your extra-strength excuse note will free you to seek out adventures you have been denying yourself for no good reason.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21):

In the Inuktitut language spoken in northern Canada, the term iminngernaveersaartunngortussaavunga means "I should try not to become an alcoholic." I encourage you to have fun saying that a lot in the coming days. Why? Now is an excellent time to be playful and lighthearted as you wage war against any addictive tendencies you might have. Whether it's booze or gambling or abusive relationships or anything else that tempts you to act like an obsessive self-saboteur, you have more power than usual to break its hold on you—especially if you don't take yourself too seriously.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): Percival Lowell (1855 – 1916) was an influential astronomer who launched the exploration that led to the discovery of Pluto. He also made some big mistakes. Here's one: gazing at Venus through his telescope, he swore he saw spokes emanating from a central hub on the planet's surface.

But we now know that Venus is shrouded with such thick cloud cover that no surface features are visible. So what did Lowell see?

Due to an anomaly in his apparatus, the telescope projected shadows from inside his eyes onto the image of Venus. The "spokes" were actually the blood vessels in his retinas. Let this example serve as a cautionary tale for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn.

Don't confuse what's within you with what's outside you. If you can clearly discern the difference, your closest relationships will experience healing breakthroughs.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): "I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean." So said British writer G K Chesterton. Now I'm passing his advice on to you just in time for the Purge and Purify Phase of your astrological cycle. In the coming weeks, you will generate good fortune for yourself whenever you wash your own brain and absolve your own heart and flush the shame out of your healthy sexual feelings. As you proceed with this work, it may expedite matters if you make a conscious choice to undergo a trial by fire.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): "I awake in a land where the lovers have seized power," writes Danish poet Morten Sondergaard in his fanciful poem "The Lovers." "They have introduced laws decreeing that orgasms need never come to an end. Roses function as currency. ... The words 'you' and 'I' are now synonymous." A world like the one he describes is a fantasy, of course. It's impossible. But I predict that in the coming weeks you could create conditions that have resemblances to that utopia. So be audacious in your quest for amorous bliss and convivial romance. Dare to put love at the top of your priority list. And be inventive! V

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