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"Childhood barbecues with awesome Yugoslavian next-door neighbours, mysterious meat bulbs and meat tubes powerfully redolent of onion and garlic."

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Bee business Associating good news with bees is not something that happens often, but it has this week in Edmonton. A pilot project to allow urban beekeeping has been approved, with bylaw changes to further open up the practice likely to follow.

Plenty of Canadian cities already allow backyard bees and Edmonton's loosening of restrictions is a welcome sign. The benefit is not only that beekeepers will be able to produce honey, but that more bees will help with pollination and general biodiversity.

Concerns about allergies have been raised, but bees aren't all that aggressive, especially compared with wasps—which surely only some terrible supervillain would want to raise. It will also mean that beekeepers can get help and advice about raising their bees without worrying that someone will report them. They will be better able to do it correctly and safely, which is good for everyone.

That's the practical argument. The other is that it should just be legal to do things that are reasonably safe on your own property. Look at the other cities doing this, and beekeeping falls under that category.

So let's hope this pilot project goes well, and that city council can get some bylaw changes in place soon. And then maybe you could be the proud owner of a beehive or two, or, at the very least, a jar of local honey. V

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Why is Johnson still here?

Jeff Johnson's actions against the ATA should lead to his dismissal Jeff Johnson became Alberta's Minister of Education in May 2012, just as the Alberta government and the Alberta Teachers' Association were in the midst of some fairly intense and combative contract negotiations. Despite Alison Redford's open courting of teachers and other public servants during her leadership run and subsequent election, Johnson made his disdain for, and distrust of, the ATA fairly clear early on in his term. His attacks on the ATA have intensified significantly over his two years as minister. The question is whether the war is sanctioned by the Alberta government as a whole, or if it's a oneman crusade by the minister to destroy an organization he hates.

As part of his war on the ATA's regulatory arm, last week Johnson contacted all of the province's school boards to demand they forward him all records dealing with discipline cases and any resignations or retirements where there have been complaints or allegations of unprofessional conduct. His goal, of course, is to try to demonstrate that the

ATA is failing at regulating the profession and as such should be stripped of that function.

The ATA, almost immediately, responded by filing a formal complaint with the province's information and privacy commissioner saying Johnson's request is a violation of the province's Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOIP).

The timing was auspicious, as the following day the commissioner released her report on an earlier FOIP complaint filed by the ATA against Johnson and Alberta Education. In February 2013, while in the midst of collective bargaining, Johnson had accessed the work and personal email addresses of every teacher in the province from their files at Alberta Education. He then used those addresses to contact each and every one of them directly in an effort to bypass the established collective bargaining process and browbeat them into accepting an inadequate agreement.

The commissioner's report was unequivocal—Alberta Education clearly violated FOIP when hand-

ing over the addresses to Johnson. In most jurisdictions, that kind of flagrant violation on its own would be cause for dismissal. Combined with his renewed efforts to push the envelope on teacher privacy to score political points, it is almost impossible to fathom why he is still in his position as minister. Especially when you consider that both Premier David Hancock and heir apparent Jim Prentice have worked publicly to distance themselves from Johnson's positions.

It would be ironic, if it wasn't so expected and consistent with politics in Alberta, that the same minister carping endlessly about disciplining teachers for unprofessional conduct can unapologetically violate the province's privacy legislation and publicly bully the ATA with complete impunity.

Why hasn't he been fired as minister? Why hasn't he been disciplined? Is it that the Premier and the government actually quietly endorse his efforts to destroy the ATA? Or is it instead that this

government, and the PC party as a whole, are in such disarray they can't even get their act together enough to take action against someone who has clearly violated the law and behaved unprofessionally throughout his tenure as minister?

Whatever the answer is, it is an affront to teachers and Albertans.

If the government expects us to take seriously all their rhetoric about accountability, transparency and professionalism, then any violation of those principles from within its ranks should be dealt with quickly and unequivocally. Johnson should have been relieved of his duties as minister long ago, and every day that he remains there is one more reason for Albertans to become cynical about, distrustful of and disengaged from their government and democracy as a whole. We deserve better. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

NEWS // WOMEN'S SHELTER

Shelter remains shuttered

Despite an announcement of funding, WIN House III remains closed

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even months after a press release trumpeted the reopening of WIN House III—the only specialized emergency shelter for immigrant and refugee women and children fleeing domestic abuse in Canada—the facility's doors remain shut and its future remains up in the air.

Launched by Edmonton Women's Shelter as a pilot project in 2010, WIN III operated as a four-room, 10bed specialized emergency shelter offering culturally-sensitive services to immigrant and refugee women and their children. On October 31, WIN III closed its doors, blaming a lack of stable funding.

A number of factors complicated the situation for EWS as it sought funding partners. Many of the women presenting at the shelter had uncertain immigration status, placing limits on both ability to work and to access socialassistance benefits. Combined with language barriers and lack of social supports, it meant the average stay of women and their children at WIN III was 52 days, well beyond the 21-day maximum mandated by the province

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in mainstream emergency shelters.

"This model just doesn't fit into that line item," explains Tess Gordey, executive director of EWS. WIN III received 2800 crisis calls and provided temporary emergency shelter to 409 women and 536 children in 2012 alone. Since its closure, those needing assistance at a first-stage

Mayor Iveson committed to lobbying other levels of government for funding support. Things looked better a month later when local media outlets carried headlines declaring that the facility would soon re-open due to a $250 000

out over three years with it and the other 80 percent divided by all three levels of government.

Although the provincial government announced last month $3 million in

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shelter have had to find it from one of the other two EWS shelters or in a third, independent shelter, Lurana Shelter.

City council passed a motion in November to provide the not-forprofit organization with assistance in developing a business case and

donation from Renee GouinKatz. The facility was to be named "Carol's House" after Gouin-Katz' mother, but the fanfare turns out to have been premature.

EWS estimates the total operating costs required to get WIN III up and running are $544 850 in the first year, increasing to $585 002 by year five. It projects that the organization would be able to fundraise about 20 percent of that amount, with the donation from Gouin-Katz spread

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additional funding to shelters across the province, none of that money was earmarked to help WIN III. "We continue to work with the city and other partners to try to resolve the situation," Gordey says.

"We are determined that we cannot continue to try to rely on one-time grants or special-project funding," Gordey says.

Between 2012 and 2013, a period during which WIN III was still operating, 84 percent of women seeking shelter services in Edmonton were turned away due to lack of space.

It's unknown at this point how high that percentage his risen since last fall, but there's no doubt about the pressing need that is going unaddressed while the agencies involved work out the details and get commitments from various governments to turn the lights back on at WIN III. mimi williams

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NEWS // CLEAN TECHNOLOGY

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community in the midst of one of the largest natural-resource projects in the world is about to start an alternative energy project. Fort Chipewyan, a community of 1000, is preparing to install its first project in a demonstration of a real alternativeenergy future.

"We're telling people about the destructiveness of the tar-sands industry," says Jesse Cardinal, coordinator

there's all kinds of programs available and easily accessible, you can pretty much do it on the computer."

Not so with a green energy project.

"You have to have patience and an understanding that there's not a lot of help from the government," he adds.

According to a recent study by Analytica Advisors, the federal and provincial government may want to consider

technology development, as opposed to the project-based enterprises that seek to install solar panels or create wind farms. But the challenges are similar—a lack of up-front investment to kick-start development.

"There's a shortcoming in terms of the supply of capital," Watson says.

Sustainable Development Technology Canada is the primary method by which the federal government has

"Right now a lot of energy, a lot of electricity, is north-south, not eastwest," says Ron Seftel, the senior vicepresident of operations at Bullfrog Power. "Right now, Manitoba Hydro makes hundreds of millions of dollars selling to the US." Seftel says that to develop local markets and innovation requires large- and small-scale efforts on the part of government. Bullfrog Power,

way to encourage the development and use of renewable energy.

The multitude of approaches to encouraging the development of this potentially multi-billion dollar industry has created a discussion at the federal all-party committee on clean tech about a federal clean technology strategy.

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with the Keepers of the Athabasca.

"But what options are we providing them with?"

Solar energy for the community's elder centre will soon be that option.

Championed by Athabasca Chipewyan member Mike Mercredi and supported early on by the Keepers, the project has been in developmental stages since 2008. While the project still lacks a funder, the community is going ahead, with support from Alberta Ecotrust Foundation, to train six Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation members to install the solar panels. It's just one step in a project that could become as expansive as providing solar energy for the entire community of 700 homes.

Funding is one of the main obstacles.

Government programs to assist in startup costs or capital funding are far between for alternative-energy projects.

"As soon as they come out they're grabbed up and that's it," says Cardinal, who used to work as a small business consultant. "Any kind of small business,

making greater investments into the clean-technology sector. The report, released in June, shows that clean technology is Canada's fastest growing sector. Not only did it grow by nine percent in 2012, compared to oil and gas at 0.3 percent, but it has the potential to generate up to $32 billion by 2022 and employ 120 000 people.

It's not the first study to make the claim. The Pembina Institute's report on the clean technology industry in 2013 showed that the sector had a $50-billion potential. But clean tech advocates say the government is going to have to make the right investments and regulatory changes to assist in that growth. "$50 billion is a big, hairy, audacious goal, now we have to figure out how to do it," says Bryan Watson, managing director with CleanTech North.

"But at least there's a line drawn."

CleanTech North represents a consortium of clean-technology groups and fosters investment in the sector.

Watson's group focuses primarily on

financed the development of clean technologies since 2002. It has invested $600 million in the last 10 years.

While Natural Resources Canada spent $40 million on an advertising campaign for the oil-and-gas sector in 2013 alone, the federal all-party committee on clean technology spent most of the last year advocating to ensure the continuance of the SDTC funding.

Outside of start-up funding, one program Watson says could improve the outcomes for clean-technology advocates is procurement.

"For the government to be the first customer, for a tech that has proven but hasn't reached the significant market traction that it's capable of, is a real stamp of approval for those technology companies, especially when they go out of the country," Watson says.

According to the Analytica survey, the clean tech sector is primarily exporting its products and technology, with little support for the development of local markets.

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which connects homes and businesses with green energy, advocates a reasonable carbon price across Canada, as well as smaller incentives to individuals to engage with projects like solar.

"A carbon tax hits the larger companies, and these smaller incentives drive individuals to understand they're part of the solution," Seftel says.

Alberta has had a version of a carbon price since 2007. Organizations emitting more than 100 000 metric tonnes per year must reduce their emissions by 12 percent below the 2004 carbon intensity, or pay $15 per tonne over the limit into a fund. The fund is then directed toward the creation of green-energy technology.

Seftel says a reasonable carbon price incentivizes large emitters to encourage new technology development, while smaller programs, such as a solar-energy incentive program the Alberta government has put on hold, encourages a comprehensive

this year, a promise reiterated in this year's throne speech, but as of yet, there is no sign of a province-wide strategy or framework.

Despite the lack of government attention, Watson says he sees many organizations ready to make the leap.

"There's a good foundation. There's a lot of innovation in Canada, a lot of it is just at a boiling point and starting to get traction."

After five years of advocacy and planning, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation project is ready to prove that no matter the climate, or the resources originally available, alternative energies are possible. Keepers of the Athabasca views it as just the first step in creating a different energy picture in northern Alberta.

"We're going to help lead the way into where we as stewards of the land need to go for our energy future," Cardinal says. "Because the province hasn't been leading the way."

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The Indonesian election Two very different presidential contenders battle it out Only a very bad novelist would dare to write a scenario as simplistic as the current presidential election in Indonesia.

A young, attractive, squeaky-clean man of the people running against a rich old general trailing war crimes accusations behind him: can't you come up with a plot a bit more original than that?

Joko Widodo, universally known in Indonesia as Jokowi, is actually a good deal older than he looks: he's 53. And former General Prabowo Subianto has never been found guilty of the war crimes and murders he is alleged to have committed: none of the generals who served the former dictator Suharto has been brought to trial. But the two

men could hardly be more different, and Indonesia's 190 million voters could hardly face a more striking choice.

Suharto was overthrown by a nonviolent popular revolution in 1998 after 30 years in power, and Indonesia has been a democracy ever since.

But it has been a very corrupt democracy in which the old economic and military elites continued to dominate politics, and people from outside that charmed circle rarely rose to prominence. Then along came Jokowi.

Widodo, the son of a wood-seller, made his pile as an exporter of wooden furniture before being elected mayor of his native city of Surakarta in central

Java in 2005. His simple lifestyle, his pragmatic, hands-on approach to the city's many problems, and his sheer incorruptibility won him a national reputation, and he easily won election as governor of Jakarta, Indonesia's huge, dysfunctional capital city, in 2012.

With no other potentially electable reform candidate in view, Jokowi's transition to national politics was practically inevitable, and by early this year he was the opposition candidate for the presidency. Not only that, but he was way out in front: three months ago he was predicted to win almost two-thirds of the votes. Indonesians have not been well served by their governments since the revolution, and the voters are fed up.

The incumbent president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, could not run for a third term, and credible alternative candidates were not thick on the ground. In the end, the conservative parties had to turn to Subianto despite his troublesome history. It seemed like a lost cause—but three months is a long time in politics.

Subianto is a son of privilege. His father came from a wealthy family and served as a cabinet minister under

General Prabowo Subianto versus Jokowi // International media "Our sources of wealth are controlled both Indonesia's founding dictator, Sukarno, and the brutal general who by foreign hands, foreign companies, so followed him, Suharto. Subianto mar- the wealth flows out from the country ried Suharto's daughter in 1983, and ... Indonesia's wealth should be conserved as a special forces commander trolled by our country," Subianto said in trying to eliminate resistance fighters the second presidential debate on June in Indonesian-occupied East Timor and 15. He didn't mention exactly who in the country should control the wealth separatists in West Irian.

In both conflicts he was accused of hu- (for obvious reasons), but the rhetoric man-rights abuses, but few Indonesians works: on the eve of the election on July remember that now. The accusations 9, he is neck-and-neck with Jokowi.

It would be a great pity if such a man that just won't go away concern his role in kidnapping, torturing and murdering bluffed and blustered his way into the pro-democracy protesters during the Indonesian presidency, but such things non-violent campaign to oust Suharto happen from time to time. As Abraham in 1998. "It was my superiors who told Lincoln would have said if he had been me what to do," Subianto insisted in one willing to disappoint the idealists: "You of the presidential debates, but that is can fool all of the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the peonot much of a defence in law.

Despite his wealthy background, ple all of the time, but you only have to Subianto is very good at pretending to fool 51 percent of the people for three be the champion of the poor. His po- months before the election and you're litical style is somewhere between Juan home and dry for five years." V Perón and Benito Mussolini, belligerently anti-foreign and over-the-top dra- Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalmatic: he has been known to arrive at ist whose articles are published in 45 countries. rallies riding on a thoroughbred horse.

Why do we work even harder in times of need?

That’s the Alberta way.

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FEATURE // SERBIAN

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Kafana serves up a waking dream of grilled delights

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he sheer diversity of our food scene has doubtless turned many restaurant explorers into curious carnivores, seeking to experience the meaty highlights of as many culinary traditions as possible. Our beloved Heritage Days festival at the start of August is the central rite of this tendency, during which Hawrelak Park achieves maximum density of all ethnicities of skewered, simmered and sauced flesh. And, to be honest, this tendency led me to Kafana.

If you shop at the Italian Centre on 95 Street, you’ve passed Kafana dozens of times and perhaps, like me, didn’t realize it was a restaurant, given that the only text besides the name on their red signage is “Connecting People.” Or maybe you were tricked by the spumoni-coloured half-pinwheel of il Tricolore over the doorways it shares with the adjacent business into thinking it was an Italian restaurant. Friends, I am here to set the record straight.

As far as I know, and that’s really not much, only Kafana (and The Cheese Factory in Bonnie Doon, so I’m told) offers a local Serbian food experience, or “The Taste of the Balkans” as boasted on its menu. My go-to person in Edmonton’s formerYugoslav-socialist-republics scene

lured me to their premises in Little Italy with promise of ćevapi, a unique meat iteration that I, in my decadeslong rampage of gastronomical carnage, had somehow neglected to ingest (or so I thought). We agreed to arrive with our better halves of a Wednesday night to amend that little oversight.

Kafana isn’t all in-your-face Serbian on first glance—a tidy bar at the front gives way to a more spacious dining area at the back discreetly adorned with antique photos from the old country. Our guides on this adventure preceded us and had already been equipped with drinks by a server for whom “friendly and helpful” is faint praise. She made me believe she loved the food at Kafana, and she nudged us toward the appropriate choice for our table—the mešano meso ($75.99) for four, with a couple of tasty preambles, because you can’t just dive headlong into all that meat without a warm-up.

For starters, we shared a bowl of girice—French fry-sized smelt battered whole and deep-fried, served with lemon wedges. The mild flavour of the lightly crisped fish, which is small enough to eat bones and all, cries out for a dippy accompaniment, but is certainly tasty (and priced to

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move at $5.85 a plate). Chewing up smelt spines might seem macabre, but I was much more disturbed by the growing pile of torn-off smeltheads accumulating on my Bosnian co-diner’s plate—she apparently doesn’t like eating the eyeballs.

Roughly simultaneously, we received the šopska salad ($9)—”like Greek but better” according to the menu or, more accurately, “like Greek but without olives.” Tomato, cucumber and red onion were featured in vinaigrette, along with šopska’s secret weapon, cow feta, which makes the salad creamier than with the goat variant.

The main event followed soon after our starter dishes were cleared and beers—nothing uniquely Balkan, unfortunately—were replenished. The house mixed platter was an aromatic, glistening edifice of meat buttressed by tranches of roast red pepper and heaps of pilaf. Oh, there was ćevapi aplenty, but also chicken, beef and pork raznići (kebab), a big seasoned ground beef patty suitable for shar-

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ing, and grilled chicken thighs. A basket of crusty bread slices, grilled in the fat from the ćevapi, also arrived.

At that moment it all came back to me—childhood barbecues with awesome Yugoslavian next-door neighbours, mysterious meat bulbs and meat tubes powerfully redolent of onion and garlic grilled over charcoal, surreptitious slugs of slivovitz, the mighty plum brandy of Central Europe, then darkness. Thus I found myself with a case of ćevapi vu, or perhaps déjà ćevapi.

In any case, the sense of disorientation was quite pleasant. Ćevapi usually contains some mix of beef, pork and lamb and the resulting hybrid is both lubriciously tender and tantalizingly al dente. Having someone in the know at the table paid off in the form of kajmac, a soft white cheese that is basically butter and had to be requested along with ajvar, the livid roasted pepper-eggplant spread you may have encountered elsewhere as some kind of hippie sandwich condiment. Once the slathering started, we entered what can only be char-

acterized as a grilled meat delirium, a waking dream of sumptuous carnivory. Four of us ate ourselves to a standstill on the savoury fare, with a few morsels left over. My Bosnian friend couldn’t resist comparing it to the food back home, but she admitted Kafana’s most devoted clientele were probably also its harshest critics.

Still, there’s always room for coffee and Kafana prides itself on serving a potent domaća kafa ($3.25), which resembles Turkish coffee so much that it actually comes with a delicious piece of hazel nutted-filled loukoum. Even my co-diner, who is leery of post-meal coffee for the insomnia it inspires, couldn’t resist a tiny cup of the highly aromatic, grounds-filled brew.

For the carnivore completist, ćevapi and other delights of the Serbian grill are worthwhile entries on your all-meat bucket list. And, until you can schedule your very own Balkan culinary holiday, Kafana whips up an enjoyable introduction.

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DISH TO THE PINT

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A swing and a hit

Granville Island takes a new approach with Under the Bridge series

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Granville Island turns 30 years old consists of a handful of more asserthis year. Much like other craft tive and/or stylistically classic beer, breweries of a similar age, Canada's all of which began life as small first craft microbrewery developed batch seasonal varieties. its reputation years ago but has The first release is Swing Span been surpassed Amber Ale, and I will readily adby younger en- Swing Span Amber Ale trants in more Granville Island Brewing, Vanmit it surprised recent times. couver, BC me. Upon looking at it, I assumed Granville Island $15.70 for six pack was purchased a it would be a standard amber, few years ago by Molson and is now part of its Six brownish ale akin to Trad or Thirsty Pints arm.

Beaver. This style can be enjoyable, However, in an effort to spruce but it hardly swings for the fences. up its image, it has just launched a However, I quickly discovered just new brand line. They are calling it how wrong I was. This is no ordithe Under the Bridge Series and it nary amber ale. It caught me off guard enough that I actually arranged for a quick interview with Granville Island brewmaster, Vern Lambourne, to find out the thinking behind it.

"We designed it as an American amber, a balance of hop and malt" Lambourne says. "We used Mosaic and Cascade hop to accent a nice fruitiness and citrus character."

So, this is no ordinary amber ale.

Drawing upon the more assertive traditions of northwest American craft breweries, hops takes a key role in this beer. The Under the Bridge Series is aimed to give new focus to beer that previously played a minor role in their portfolio.

"Future additions will include a bock, an IPA and the promotion of

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As I said, not your standard amber ale. The aroma starts with soft caramel, biscuit and fruit but then opens up to a noted citrus and piney hop character. The beer is more dark copper than full-out amber, giving it more of a full paleale look.

The flavour offers a soft, gentle toffee sweetness at first, rounded by some stone fruit accents. The body starts quite gentle while the hop character builds slowly, both in bitterness and flavour. Citrus and tropical fruit is noticeable, but not the puckering of grapefruit. It is softer, more like a mango or a passion fruit. The finish is more directly hoppy, offering a nice grassy, piney linger and a pleasant, rounded bitterness.

What I like about this beer is how it combines the subtle touches of amber maltiness with a forceful hop character that does not overpower. A nicely balanced beer, but one that still leans toward hop, which is why I was so pleasantly surprised. V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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July 12: The Art of Time Ensemble. Andrew Burashko leads a quartet of Canadian pop icons featuring Steven Page, John Mann, Andy Maize and Craig Northey who re-invent the classic Beatles album, Sgt. Peppers, through pop, jazz, and classical arrangements. 6:30pm at The Banff Centre's Shaw Amphitheatre.

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The horse-drawn spectacle of Odysseo mixes animal acts, acrobatic sights

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he moment where Odysseo best earns its self-proclamation of being a "six-dimensional" show occurs just after the intermission. With a high-def projection of a landscape spanning the length of its massive, sand-filled arena, horses and riders begin to crest over the hill between the audience and that screen, a feat that gives the effect of emerging out of some invisible wrinkle in the earth's fabric.

It's a gorgeous moment, one built equally out of truth and illusion.

"You feel that it's for real; you feel like they're coming from the Mongolian Step, or a canyon," says Normand Latourelle, the show's creator, of that big-wow moment in a show that aims to pack them in.

Every night of Odysseo, a number of its 64 touring horses (some of them just in training), as well as a group of human acrobats, aerialists

and musicians, take to that massive stage—which shapeshifts to include hills and forests, and then, near the end, swells up with a huge body of water—to perform the sort of spectacle that, as a show, has few rivals in scale. Only Cirque du Soleil really comes to mind, and there's good reason for that: Latourelle, was one of the Montréalbased circus's original founders.

"I left pretty early," he explains, in a coffee place attached to the downtown hotel he's flown into Edmonton to hold (press) court in. The company's rapid expansion wasn't meshing well with his personal life at that time. Or, more simply: "I left because I was the only one who had kids. I couldn't tour anymore."

Latourelle continued creating acrobatic shows on a smaller, nontouring scale, but when he saw a

small, Montréal show a with a single horse, something began to resonate: "When he brought the horse onstage, I realized it was stealing focus from the performers."

Just like that, Latourelle bought six horses. He found a friend who did stunts in movies and had an equestrian compound, and began training them; meanwhile, Latourelle immersed himself in the history of the horse, learning about the domesticity of the animals, how long they've been part of human culture.

"From there I started to travel, look at a lot of shows with horses around the world," he says. "And started to build the idea of doing a show with horses. But I didn't leave the acrobatic world on the side; I tried to mix both worlds."

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still steals focus, whenever it trots the show's creation process three onto a stage—is, to Latourelle, years ago.

"I was living and working in Las about the peek they give into a wilderness we rarely encounter today. Vegas at the time," he recalls. "And "I think, because a lot of us live a friend emailed me saying she in the urban situation, we lose the was working in Cavalia [Odysseo's sense of nature," he says. "And predecessor], and they were lookhorses, even if they are domesticat- ing for new acrobats." He sent his ed, they are very stuff in, flew to wild: even if you Until Sun, Aug 3 Montréal to autrain them, do- Odysseo dition, and then mesticate them, The Odysseo Big Top (Intersecmoved there to they keep their tion of Fort Road and Yellowbegin developing Odysseo. wild instinct. And head Trail), $39.50 – $239.50 Odysseo "It was a creit brings you closer to realizing: ation, so I knew how beautiful is my skills would nature? For me, the horses are the really be utilized, because the roles were being created based on me, speaker of nature.

"I'm not a rider," he continues. and based on the other acrobats "But when I look at them, when I they had. That's always exciting watch them performing, when I see versus another show, when you them galloping in the field, when I replace someone—you're kind of see them being so peaceful in the expected to do what they did. So, artistically it was nice to be able to stable—this is nature." have a little bit of freedom, and to A few weeks before the conver- really feel comfortable and to do sation with Latourelle, at Odys- what I really like to do."

Figari hadn't worked with horses seo's Calgary stop—sequestered in a corner of Olympic Park on the before; he'd only ever even been on western edge of that city—rider one a few times, though now he's in Emma Love stands in the stable the rotations of the show's Liberty while Gus, a 10-year-old moon- routine, wherein a group of horses white Arabian gelding, pokes his are led, bridle-less, in patterns and head over her shoulder, searching figures around the stage by a lone human counterpart. for apples.

"I think I realized I like horses," he "Our main philosophy, the thing we try to work with every day, is to laughs, of his biggest revelation at make sure the horses have fun every Odysseo. "Coming here, I was open time they go on stage," she says. "Be- to the idea of liking horses, but cause a lot of the times, [the horses] just based on lack of experience, do a lot of the same stuff every I didn't really know. I like animals, night. We need to make sure every so I kind of assumed I'd enjoy them, time they work with us, it's not go- but I'm surprised how authentic ing to be hard, it's not going to be and real the relationships are with punishment, it's not going to be the horses. How they can sense if uncomfortable. They need to know I'm having an off day, and I know that when they're with us, they can when they're having an off day. And it really is getting to know another trust us, onstage and offstage."

Love's only been with Odysseo for person—that you can't really coma couple of months, but has been municate with. You rely on a lot of riding since the age of seven. She different cues; with the other husaw this very show two years back man performers, it's so easy to be in Miami—"I was one of the girls 'Oh, you were late on this count, I in the front row"—and later in- was early on this count, we need terviewed the equestrian director, to do it on seven instead of eight.'

Benjamin Aillaud, for a blog. That With the horses it's not so black chat sprawled out into a two and and white. It's not so obvious on a half hour conversation, and later, how to address problems and teach he got back in touch with Love: he them things, so there's a lot more needed a nanny for his son to help trial and error. Which is nice for my work on his English while in France, brain, to get it firing, thinking of and offered Love the chance to new things and trying new ways." train with him if she took on the One thing that Odysseo (and nanny job.

"I did that for a few months, and Cavalia before it) has managed then they opened up an academy to to avoid is the stigma that clouds train people to do this show." She around most other animal shows: recalls. She joined up: training be- the questions of poor treatment gan at 7:30 with cleaning out the and, in more egregious situations, stalls, and went into the evening, animal cruelty, that can linger six days a week. After that, Love whenever animals are put on a joined up with Odysseo's run in stage for human entertainment.

That Odysseo doesn't carry the Vancouver.

Love's entry into the show was a same dark cloud around its entersomewhat more roundabout route tainment is a reflection of how in than that of Brennan Figari, an CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 >> acrobat whose been involved from

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Freewill Shakespeare Festival a nasty woman who needs to be put in her place—it's not that at all. It's that she is not willing to compromise until she meets a person who chalUntil Sun, Jul 27 (8 pm; lenges her ability weekend matinees 2 pm) to be vulnerable Directed by and feel love. And Marianne Copithorne Petruchio is also Myer Horowitz Theatre, going through all $20 – $30 of the things that he's putting Katherina through. He's experiencing it with her, so that they can come out the other side together."

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t'll be Shakespeare minus the mosquitoes at this year's Freewill Shakespeare Festival.

Due to a storm that wrecked the Hawrelak Park amphitheatre's new canopy, for the first time ever this year's festival will run indoors, at the Myer Horowitz. They've also pared it down to only one show instead of the usual comedy-tragedy duo. This

year it's The Taming of the Shrew, one of Shakespeare's early comedies and a play that still gives pause even to seasoned directors. Why? Well, to put it bluntly: by today's standards, it's pretty damn sexist.

"It's hard to escape the text—the word 'obedient' is used a lot," says Nathan Cuckow, who's playing Hortensio, one of the many suitors of Bi-

anca, the younger sister of Katherina Minola (aka the shrew). "I think it is a challenge in a contemporary context to stage this play and not have it be such an archaic interpretation of the sexes and the gender roles."

Katherina's "wooing" by the chauvinistic Petruchio has been the font of a veritable river of scholarly ink.

There's no denying that his meth-

ods (reverse psychology, starvation, sleep deprivation) are deplorable.

Criminal, even, if it were to happen nowadays. So how is this a comedy?

"I think Petruchio and Kate recognize something about themselves in each other," says Bobbi Goddard, who's playing Bianca. "It's that recognition that makes them good for each other. It's not really that Kate is

While the play's main couple may be locked in a battle of the sexes, Goddard and Cuckow have a different set of challenges for their own characters.

"I've been trying hard to see [Bianca] as a full person, as a well-rounded person, not just a foil to Katherina," Goddard notes. "It would be very tempting to make Bianca a little bit brainless or a little bit of a ditz. But that's not actually how I see her. I think she just has a different way of moving through the world than her sister. My Bianca can be just as bratty, just as impossible in some ways, when you see her behind the scenes with her sister. She's no angel."

"Hortensio has kind of a funny journey," Cuckow says. "He really desperately wants to be married and he looks up to Petruchio as being a man's man and a guy to achieve whatever conquest he sets his mind to. So for him, he learns maybe not to pursue the one that's the most beautiful, because she ends up not really caring about him. I think he learns that kindness is more important than beauty in people."

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Dogfight T

here really is a musical about every- culture that hasn't seen a lot of exposure. thing.

Dogfight, an under-the-radar off-Broad- Dogfight is an adaptation of the eponyway entry from musical theatre up-and- mous 1991 film starring River Phoenix and comers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is based Lili Taylor—though Willems hasn't actually watched the film yet, wanting to on the cruel and approach the choreography from perplexing phea fresh perspective. Instead, she's nomena known Sat, Jul 12 – Sat, Jul 19 (7:30 pm) been reviewing videos from the as "dogfights," in Directed by Curtis Labelle 1960s and studying the way we which soldiers C103, $20 moved a few decades ago. compete to see "It's not really a dancey show," who can find the ugliest date. This was a common practice she says. "My roommate calls it traffic conamongst military personnel during the Viet- trol; it's bodies moving everywhere. A lot nam era—the play's setting—but has con- of my moves are inspired by the time period of the '60s—there are some nods to tinued in some form to the present.

"It's not the ugliest date anymore; now Elvis in the physicality of people. I think our they're on to who can find the fattest date," bodies naturally slouch more now because says choreographer Jillian Willems. "But the we're always looking down at our computdogfight itself is such a small part of the ers and our phones—looking up is huge."

Dogfight is a fitting play for this producshow—it's really just the set up for an exploration of human relationships, and try- tion's cast, notes Willems. "I'm excited for ing to understand why people are the way Edmonton to be introduced to and familiarthey are, whether it was their upbringing or ize themselves more with Pasek and Paul's work because they are the next big thing in military training and tradition."

Willems did the choreography for Three musical theatre," she says. "And honestly, in Form Theatre's production of Dogfight, terms of the cast, this is everyone you're and is also performing in the lead role of gonna wanna see in the Edmonton musical Rose, an awkward girl who gets picked by theatre community coming together and one of the soldiers. The fraught romance doing a show; this is the next generation of that evolves between them certainly isn't musical theatre in Edmonton." fairy-tale material, but should offer an un- MEL PRIESTLEY MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM conventional look into a side of military

open the show is about its treatment of the horses, not just telling but in showing— the large number of animalsupport staff, the vet technicians on site, the post-show public tours of the stables (you can see for yourselves how they're living). There are fenced-off outdoor rehearsal pens, for practice and warmups. Both Love and Figari discuss rotating the horses involved in higher-impact numbers, warming them up, making sure they're cared for. But perhaps most telling is, simply, that some horses just actually don't do the tricks on any given night.

And if they give their riders guff, they aren't punished for their discrepancies, or forced through the routine.

Back in Edmonton, Latourelle admits even he had his initial worries about treatment when working with animals.

"I was totally against animals in the show for a long, long time," he says. "I'm still against using wild animals in a show. But horses are domesticated animals. Humans have transformed the horses to complete certain goals.

"I found out, in my search, that horses find their com-

fort next to men, if men treat them well—which will never happen with a lion, an elephant, or any exotic animal that goes to a circus," he continues. "But horses, they're happy to see a human next to them, and they're happy to have a human be their partner. For me, the best proof of that is on stage—and you saw the stage is very big. [In Liberty], the horse has no string, no rope, no saddle ... We run, and they follow us—because they're the partner, they're security, they're friend. Sometimes [the horses] just go, 'not today'—and this is the beauty of it, because this shows it's for real.

If a horse doesn't want to follow with that size of stage, it will just go away. But they return [to the human]: they say, 'OK, I had fun, I want to have fun with you now.'

"Would they prefer to be in the field eating grass? Yes. Would I prefer to be on my cottage next to the lake, instead of working? The answer is yes. But what they have to do, they do happily, when they're happy to do it."

There are strict rules about controlling the horses, Latourelle notes. There are no

spurs in Odysseo. Horses aren't whipped. (Whips, the few times they appear are only for pointing directions.)

Only soft-bits are used in the bridles—broken up with a piece of chain, rather than a firm bar—so as to exert pressure rather than pain when leading the horses by rein. And the horses aren't forced to worked into their more precarious, older years: new ones are constantly in training, and those that retire from the show either end up at the show's own ranch, or are up for adoption (Love's parents are taking one to their 90-acre pasture in Nashville, in fact.)

For all the spectacle and structure around Odysseo, for Latourelle, it still all comes back to chance to embrace a more natural sort of beauty: watching an animal that reminds us of something more instinctual than we can find in the cities we've built for ourselves.

"I think it's very inspiring to people, to see how these animals are graceful, beautiful and still innocent," he says.

"Still nature."

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hat makes Wicked Broadway's set in the world of Oz, including the biggest blockbuster? Is it truly 1939 film as well as L Frank Baum's the pinnacle of live theatre, with original 1900 novel. Adaptation is a fascinating story, amazing music, necessary when converting any story deeply moving performances and the to a different medium, but for Wicked's play, writer most elaborate ed Winnie Holzman stage magic ever Until Sun, July 20 (8 pm Mon; 7:30 pm Sundays, 2 pm weekend chose the route of created? a predictable and The short answer matinees) safe Hollywoodis no. Walking Jubilee Auditorium, $50 – $150 style love triangle into the lobby of whilst gutting althe Jubilee, which currently houses the second tour most all of the gritty sociopolitical of Wicked: The Untold Story of the commentary that made Maguire's Witches of Oz, feels more akin to en- novel so compelling.

There's no denying the calibre of tering Rexall Place before a rock concert—the first thing you see is a long Wicked's expertly crafted set-design table of grossly overpriced T-shirts (by Eugene Lee), lighting (by Kenneth and various other merchandise. It's Posner) and sound (by Tony Meola), certainly not the usual sight before a and especially its gorgeous costumes play, but OK—this is Wicked, after all. (by Susan Hilferty). Kara Lindsay is They have to pay for all those prime- charmingly hilarious as the ditzy but well-intentioned popular girl (and lattime commercials somehow.

Wicked is a very loose adaptation of er, Good Witch) Glinda, while Laurel Gregory Maguire's 1995 eponymous Harris' vocal prowess as the brooding, novel, and also draws heavily from awkward Elphaba (aka the Wicked other entries in the canon of works Witch) is unquestionable.

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Wicked has all the glitz and glamour that you'd expect from a show of this stature, and the professional cast of performers tackle their roles adeptly.

But under all of these fancy trappings, Wicked is hollow. Plot holes abound, Stephen Schwartz's music is melodious but generic, and the story's preoccupation with romance leaves precious little time (despite a threehour runtime) to explore the narratives with actual weight, such as the struggles of Oz's animal denizens and the wizard's tyranny. Wicked is simply too melodramatic to deliver any real emotional clout.

Edmonton is a theatre town, with a hugely diverse and high quality roster of plays appearing regularly on local stages. Wicked is a show that gets thousands of non-theatre-goers to shell out hundreds of dollars for tickets. I can only hope that a fraction of these people will proceed to seek out our city's other live theatre shows— at a fraction of the cost.

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Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 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 Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert, 780.460.4310 • Retreat: Installation by Sherri Chaba; until Aug 2 • Distraction of a Stationary Nature: Works by Shyra De Souza; until Aug 2 • Artist Talk: Retreat with Sherri Chaba: Jul 24, 7-8pm; pre-register; $10 (donation) • Ageless Art: for mature adults; Formed Connections: Jul 17, 1-3pm; $15/$13.50 (member), pre-register • Art Ventures: Drop-in art program for children 6-12; Twist & Turn: Jul 19, 1-4pm: $6 per child/$5.40 (member) • Preschool Picasso: Art 3-5 year olds; Super Sculptures: Jul 12, 10:30-11:30am; $10/$9 (member)

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave,

Albert, 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • Structures: Works

by Byron McBride • Until Aug 1

Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304 Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • Summer Group Shows: New work by gallery artists; Jun-Aug Picture This Gallery • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • Canada Scapes and Spaces Art Show: Works by Brent Heighton, Dean McLeod, Jonn Einerssen, Murray Phillips, Cameron Bird, Bern Will Brown, Audrey Pfannmuller, and others • Until Aug 30 Royal Alberta Museum • 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • Worn to be Wild: Until Sep 7 • Western Threads: Contemporary Fibre

Spruce Grove, 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil. com • Main Gallery: Terry Reynoldson; until Jul 12 • Main Gallery: Dianna Sapara; Jul 15-Aug 9

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

Strathcona County Art Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park, 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Art: Objet de Sport: Canada 55+ Games – Aug 2730 • Until Aug 31 • Reception: Jul 11, 7pm

Summer Sip and Stroll • 124th Street

VASA Gallery • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St

Walterdale Theatre • Lobby, ASA Gallery, 10322-83 Ave • Exploring Saturation: Colour: Works by ASA members • Until Jul 12, running with the theatrical production of Jennie's Story

Literary AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Launch of Janice MacDonald's new novel, The Roar of the Crowd: A Randy Craig Mystery; Jul 10, 7pm • Writers from a Hat: For amateur writers to share: Jul 21, 7pm

Carrot Coffeehouse • 9351-118 Ave •

Edmonton Story Slam • Daravara, 10713-124

DIXON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave,

THE

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

OTHER

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Douglas Udell Gallery (DUG) • 10332-124 St • Represents some of Canada's leading contemporary artists and artists gaining recognition in the international art scene.

Canadian historical art available

Edmonton’s St John’s Institute • 11024-82 Ave • Money, Sovereignty and Power: The Paper Currency of Revolutionary Ukraine: Presented by the Alberta Society for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies (ASAUS), travelling exhibit curated by Bohdan Kordan • Until Jul 26 Enterprise square galleries • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • 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

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An improvised Klondike melodrama featuring award-winning improv troupe

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Lando Gallery • 103, 10310-124 St,

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

Loft Gallery • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park, 780.559.4443 • Open: Sat-Sun 12-4pm • ACACA Alberta Wide Art Show: Presented by the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association • Jul 19-Aug 16, Fri-Sun, 10-6pm • Reception: Jul 26, 7-10pm

McMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St, 780.407.7152 • Add + SUBSTRACT: Sculptures and photographs by Ruth Anne French and Candace Makowichuk; until Jul 13 • Pastel Landscapes by David Shkolny; Jul 19-Sep 14

Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain, 780.963.9935 • Installation work

by Cynthia Sibley • Until Jul 24

Musée Héritage Museum–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1528 • Joining Up!: Our Men and Women in the First World War; until Nov 16 • The Home Front: Life in St. Albert During the First World War; Until Aug 31 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 • Until Aug 19

The 11 O'Clock Number • Varscona Theatre, 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 Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.433.3399 • Teatro la Quindicina • Romantic comedy set in 1960s New York • Jul 10-26, Tue-Sat 7:30, 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

Churchill Sq • edmontonstreetfest.com, 780.425.5162 • Outdoor performances by over 40 professional performers including rovers, dancers, comedy characters, musicians, magicians, jugglers and more • Until Jul 13 • Late Night Madness: at Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre; Jul 11-12, 11:11pm; $20 (adv)/$23 (door)

Gallerie Pava • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • Surfacescapes: Works by June Mielnichuk; and Krazy Sculptor: Works by Yves Gauthier • Until Aug 19

780.990.1161 • Summer on 124 Street: Works by gallery artists and secondary market works • Until Aug 27

Theatre

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival–STREETFEST • Sir Winston

Albert, 780.459.2525 • Artworks by Kathy Hill, Andrew Raczynski, and Natasha Vretenar • Until Jul 28

St • Main Gallery: A Record of Events: By Jesse Sherburne; Jul 10-Aug 8 • Panel Discussion: Jul 22, 6:30-8:30pm • 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 • Art Bus Tours: Jul 26 and Aug 16

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

Premiere presented by Three Form Theatre, a musical

by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul • Jul 12-19, 7:30pm • $20 at TIX on the square, door

Gallery 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St

Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • My Magical Ethereal Journey: Paintings by Jose I Marquez Lugo • Until Jul 30

St; edmontonstoryslam.com • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner

Dogfight • C103, 8529 Gateway Blvd • Canadian

FAb Gallery • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 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

Harcourt House Gallery • 3 Fl, 10215-112

galLeries + Museums

Summer republic ii • Until Jul 31 • Opening: Jul 10, 5-7pm

• Early Recovery: Richard Boulet–Drawings 19942000 • Until Jul 26

Metro Bizarro • Garneau Theatre • Man Bites

Reel Family Cinema–Metro • Garneau Theatre • Family films • Frozen; Jul 12, 2pm

exhibition • Until Aug 1

vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm

Gallery at Milner • Stanley A. Milner Library

Movies At The Capitol–Fort Edmonton • 780.442.2013 • Brigadoon; Jul 10, 7:30pm • Doctor Dolittle; Jul 24, 7:30pm

lenka, Cara Seccafien, and Vanessa Mastronardi; until Jul 12

Dc3 Art Projects • 10567-111 St, 780.686.4211

Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • The first-ever festival devoted to the best in cat-themed You-Tube videos.

Half of all proceeds go to the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies • Jul 18-19, 7pm; Jul 20, 1pm Dog (French w/ English subtitles, STC) • Jul 17, 9:30pm

Nina Haggerty Centre Stollery Gallery • 9225-118 Ave, 780.474.7611 •

ENJOY DINNER BEFORE THE SHOW AT THE JOHNSON'S CAFE! WWW.FORTEDMONTONPARK.CA

FOOTSLOOSE! • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, WEM, Upper Level, 780.484.2424; jubilations.ca • By C. Haley and R. Apostle • Belmont is a quiet community in the heart of the Prairies. Edith Ogilvy, on her first day as the new mayor, enacts a new bi-law strictly forbidding anyone within the town limits from dancing. Featuring hits from the film • Until Aug 24 The Force–Lightsabre • Churchill Sq • Janine Waddell Hodder, Alex Mackie instruct Lightsabre Training. Learn Specific Moves And Fight Sequences From The Film Together With Fellow “Jedis-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)

freewill shakespeare FestivAL • Myer Horowitz Theatre, U Of A; freewillshakespeare.com • The Taming Of The Shrew • Until Jul 27 • $30 (adult)/$50 (Festival pass)/$20 (student/senior)/$2 (child under 12) at TicketFly Jennie’s story • Walterdale Theatre, 10322-83 Ave • 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

The Last Romance • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave, 780.483.4051; mayfieldtheatre.ca •

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; cavalia.net • By Cavalia Under the White Big Top, a larger-than-life theatrical production • Until Aug 3 • $24.50-$139.50 at cavalia.net, 1.866.999.8111 The Other Side of The Mountie • Capitol

Art, wall art, whimsical dolls, colourful quilts, stunning wearable art and pictorial rugs; until Aug 4

Scott Gallery • 10411-124 St • Group show of gallery artists • Opening: Jul 12 Second Cup • 9236 Oliver Square, 11640104 Ave • Society of Edmonton Atheists Book Club: Why I Am Not A Muslim, Ibn Warraq • Jul 20, 7pm

sNAP Gallery • Society of Northern Alberta Print­-Artists, 10123-121 St, 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Making a Good First Impression: Works by Patrick Bulas and Jordan Schwab; until Jul 12 • Encumbered: U of A recent grads, group show, works by emerging artists, Suzi Barlow, Lauren Huot, Morgan Me-

Galleries • 5 galleries will be open late on 124 Street: Daffodil, Lando, Scott, Bearclaw and Bugera Matheson • Jul 17, 4-8pm

Theatre, Fort Edmonton • Our Mountie finally gets his man! Join us as we continue our dashing Mountie adventures. A different show every night presented by the Die-Nasty troupe • Jul 17-19, 8pm • $20

Telus World of Science • 11211-142

Same Time Next Year • Festival Place, 100

St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Events: Wildlife Rescue: until Sep 1 • K'NEX: Thrill Rides: until Sep 1

Ukrainian Museum of Canada–Alberta Branch • 10611-110 Ave • Open Mon-Fri • Artifacts and homemade implements, embroidered and woven textiles, folk ceramics, wood work, beaded and metal jewellery, pysanky, traditional toys, art by Ukrainian artists • Until Aug 29 • Admission by donation

VAAA Gallery • 2014 BREAD BASKET: Members

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Festival Way, Sherwood Park • Romantic comedy by Bernard Slade, presented by Festival Players, directed

by Ian Johnston, starring Elizabeth Marsh and Gary Neil Carter, directed by Ian Johnston • Jul 18-27, 7:30pm • $20 at Festival Place box office

WICKED • Jubilee Auditorium, 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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PREVUE // DOCUMENTARY

Fri, Jul 11 – Mon, Jul 14 Directed by Doug Block Metro Cinema at the Garneau 

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ine years ago, Doug Block made a film deconstructing his last name and exploding his family roots. 51 Birch Street looked at the smallest neighbourhood and first social building-block of all—one's own family—with the NYC-based documentarian sifting through conversations, his mom's diaries and film-footage (even juxtaposing his parents' marriage with his supplementary work as a wedding videographer) to try to conceive how the marriage of the two people who brought him into being could just dissolve. Well before Sarah Polley's excruciatingly self-regarding Stories We Tell—its hokey re-created scenes from a marriage passed off as flashbacks—Block's little-seen work

Knot: tied

pried carefully into the nooks and depths of what almost every child comes to think of as their parents' seemingly banal marriage.

Now, with 112 Weddings, Block turns to his day job to undercut that Hollywood rom-com ending. He revisits eight of the 112 unions he's shot for a 7-Up-style look back on a wedding day and, juxtaposed with its extraordinariness and banality (every day, this special rite of passage, for two unique people, is parading down an aisle near you), a look back on the years since with the couple, or divorcee, who'd uttered those sacred vows.

It's the reflectiveness of Block's inquiry—by turns personal essay and park-bench musing—that nudges the film along (plus quietly expert editing

and pacing). He's smart/lucky enough to get some good, fairly self-aware talking heads: white American Tom is reticent but Korean-born Yoonhee (wedding #43) is forthcoming about her difficulties (even asking Block to take sides on one question); scriptwriter David Bromberg dryly recounting his ruination of a seven-year marriage; Woody Allen-movie couple Rachel and Paul (#32), who talk together so naturally that it's obvious they "don't feel like it's work [or] this heavy, hard thing."

Block eyes the ceremony's performative aspect—"two non-actors thrust into the leading roles"—and a wedding he's filming during the doc involves the wife-to-be and her

bridesmaids indulging in silly poses and pranks before the big day. Curiously, there's little sense of cultural or gender pressures, though a few wives recall the importance of looking great on the big day or briefly discuss choosing home over work. Children and clinical depression emerge as the two major life-changes rocking marriages here.

Janice and Alexander, whose partnership ceremony Block had filmed after they saw marriage as about "ownership, right of lineage, and possession," decide years later to formally wed so their legal contract better safeguards their four-member family.

And there's what marriage can now mean to same-sex partners—gaycouple photographers Hannah and

Erica see it further defining their citizenship even as they look forward to having two or three kids.

Wedding #1, we learn with Block, ended in adultery—what she says is the "worst thing that could happen to a woman other than losing a child"— and divorce. It's a return to the beginning to examine one possible end.

And 112 Weddings remains riveting because it so deftly rips the veil off a day that mainstream culture still sappily proclaims is about "soulmates" ... when we all know, deep down, it's about one managed moment, full of statement and purpose and signifying an awful lot, in a life we can't possibly plan for.

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BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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Tammy I

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n trying to spin a sad-sack comedy from a character out of an A&E reality-TV series set in the heartland, all that's to Tammy's credit is how specifically it disappears into forgettableness. It falls into that narrow crevice between cringe comedy and workingclass drama. Then, deep underground, long out of the range of humour, it flails where no one can hear it, drawing scenes out into shapeless, squalid things. So often, its witless title-character has a confounded sneer on her face—but that expression's on the wrong side of the screen. It should be the look of whoever happens to watch this unformed feature.

Tammy (Melissa McCarthy), after wrecking her car, getting fired from her fast-food job and discovering her husband's adultery, leaves her Illinois town with her hard-drinking grandma

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(Susan Sarandon), while the story follows in the glorious footsteps of the recent Bad Grandpa (filmed mostly in North Carolina, too). Tammy crashes a jet-ski and Gran forces her to sleep outside a motel room as she swaps more than dentures with a man she barhopped. A romantic subplot's wedged in, along with a "lesbian party" straight outta the '90s, some transportation's set alight, there's the hoosegow, then a smiley ending at Niagara Falls.

A comic character—especially one to carry a 90-minute film—needs at least a spark of self-consciousness, but Tammy's just a dope who finally gets a kick in the ass from a relative (Kathy Bates) offering American Dream bromides before that good ole USA corrective—prison time. The script, treading water, won't even

drift anywhere interesting in its Jerry Springer Show subplots; its lazy dithering and blathering is only matched by a dingy wallowing, at times, in Tammy as a dumb do-nothing, defined by her victimization. Normally respectable actors pop up—Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Mark Duplass— with so little to do. Some lines aren't discomfiting-good but uncomfortable-bad: "One time I got fingered by Boz Scaggs. No, it's OK—turns out it wasn't really Boz Scaggs." A lacklustre, pathetic effort at something dustily, dimly resembling a comedy-drama about a woman-child, Tammy seems to be about Tammy but turns out to be about nothing you can really put your finger on, or name, or want to remember at all.

BRIAN GIBSON

BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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JOSEF BRAUN // JOSEF@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Treading boozy waters

The Swimmer a rich, experimental look at an alcoholic's afternoon

Taking a dive, of sorts

Our hero is, at first, conspicuously unseen. Is he a ghost? Foliage rustles and sundry wildlife go on the alert in his presence. When we finally catch sight of Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster), from above, perhaps from a tree, it's as though the camera captured his movement covertly after holding prolonged vigil, like the director was tracking Bigfoot, not a legendary film star traversing the woods in nothing but swimming trunks. But soon enough Ned strolls into the back garden of some old friends and takes a dip in their pool. After a highly peculiar opening sequence, everything assumes the semblance of normality. But it's only semblance. The Swimmer (1968), newly released by Grindhouse on DVD and BluRay, is a strange, eerie movie, and it's to the movie's credit that the eeriest moments are those that seem most normal.

The Swimmer remains John Cheever's most famous and oftanthologized story. It was originally intended to be a novel, but was whittled down until its singular conceit was drained of all obvious symbolism and its air of desperation suffused every paragraph. Seemingly on a whim, "Neddy" decides that he's going to swim all the way to his home by moving from one back garden pool to another—he sees the series of pools as forming a river, one he names after his beloved wife Lucinda. Chronicling Neddy's journey, his encounters with friends, lovers and neighbours, and the many drinks he imbibes en route, the story's balance of bizarre and banal takes on surrealist hues. Over the course of a single afternoon, the season seems to change, and Ned-

dy's sozzled haute bourgeois social life changes too. Cheever was a prodigious drinker, and this story's power comes in part from the way it apprehends the confusion and memory loss that accompanies advanced alcoholism. As Olivia Laing writes in her excellent book The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking, published earlier this year, The Swimmer "catches in its strange compressions the full arc of an alcoholic's life."

Thankfully, the film of The Swimmer, directed by Frank Perry from an adaptation by his spouse and collaborator Eleanor Perry, pushes that reading no more than the story does—though the booze certainly flows. The first line of Cheever's story: "It was one of those midsummer Sundays when everyone sits around saying, 'I drank too much last night.'" That exact line is uttered by two different characters within the film's first few minutes, not ominously but, rather, jocularly, while more drinks are being served. Ned's portage through the suburban wilderness takes him through few properties where drinks aren't being served. Many characters remark on Ned's terrific physique—Lancaster was in his mid-50s and in great shape—and some express their attraction to him, but others are unmistakably hostile, and perhaps afraid, and demand that he leave their property for reasons Ned can't quite understand. Or remember. "Aren't you a little confused this afternoon?" someone asks. Lancaster is perfectly cast as this chipper, charismatic socialite. There is a colossal block behind his eyes. His smile feels as developed and maintained and for-

show as his biceps. His confidence feels calculated so as to carefully disguise an inner panic. What happened the last time he met these people? What did he do? What did he miss? And where are some of his old pals?

Perry's body of work gives little indication of experimentalist ambitions, but The Swimmer, is a cavalcade of oblique—if dated— strategies; of punchy colours; of slow-motion flocking and fencejumping through blurry forests to overbearing scoring; of truly weird ultra-close-ups, including one of Lancaster's eyeball, in which he discovers a horse that Ned will later race. The film is much funnier than you might expect, yet not at the expense of the story's integrity. It glides from pool to pool, always brimming with odd surprises, is unnerving in all the right ways, and finally kind of harrowing. It's more successful than it had any right to be, I fully recommend it, and I tip my hat to Perry for pulling it off.

Still, given the particular richness of Cheever's idea and the milieu in which his tale unfolds, I can't help but wonder what Luis Buñuel would have done with the material. V

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Vinok Worldance Presents REVUE // SPIELBERGIAN

Klondyke Kapers July 16, 2014 5:30 P.m Chateau Louis Conference Centre 11727 Kingsway

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Spielbergian (assembled from parts tion catching some stiff acting here and of Poltergeist, The Goonies, and ET) there. Still, there's some of the energy and adventure flick targeted at tweens who excitement of three friends—complicated, tweet, Earth to Echo uses the found-foot- though not enough, by a girl, Emma, (Ella age style (every adolescent here is wear- Wahlestedt) joining them—on a breathless ride into the unknown toing or holding a camera gether, one last time. or cameraphone) for Now playing an intermittently inter- Directed by Dave Green And if that last sentence esting tale about three  sounded a bit like an Apple kids who find an alien, ad, there's the biggest inlearn how deep their fluence on Earth to Echo. friendship really runs, and discover that technology is even more Long after their spy glasses, bike cams, Inreally, really awesome and cool than any of ternet searches, YouTube uploads, online chats and phone-tracking, the three amigos us earthlings ever thought.

Suburban Nevada buddies Tuck (Astro), keep goggling, gawking, and gawping at Alex (Teo Halm), and "Munch" (Reese Echo, this coolest new gizmo of all. "AweHartwig), on their last night together be- some" and "cool" reverberate often. At full fore an apparent freeway expansion proj- power, this metal alien can disassemble and ect forces them and the neighbourhood to reassemble any machine. So, when the last relocate, track down the reason for their shot of the friends seems straight out of garbled smartphone screens. It's a little the latest iPhone ad, it's no coincidence— metal thingy—apparently alien—with nice this is the post-9/11 generation's coming-ofbig cutesy eyes, all the better for emoting age flick, a paean to technological coolness. with. They help "Echo" track down the scat- It's Stand By Me meets techno-salvation— tered parts of its body, reassembling them when the aliens come, they'll be hard-wired so it can make its newly whole way back to to beep and ringtone their Likes to us so we'll feel, for sure, oh yeah, gotta be, all its spacecraft and return home.

Earth to Echo stutters at times from the this high-tech keeps us so connected and genre's annoyances and implausibilities of friend-ful. so many cameras happening to catch so BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM many great shots at all times, not to men-

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COVER // ROCK 'N' ROLL

MUSIC

MUSIC EDITOR : EDEN MUNRO EDEN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Michael Rault pulls past and future together for his Living Daylight

Sun, Jul 13 (7:30 pm) Michael Rault With Motorbike James The Artery, $10

'I

don't really understand what makes something retro, or makes something modern," Michael Rault admits. "It seems like a lot of modern things are borrowed from a slightly less-far-back era; I'm borrowing from the '60s and '70s, and someone else is borrowing from the '80s, and they get called modern."

It's a fair point: aren't most trends in sound and style simply old things made new, plucked from the past and given a modern context? Be it the wholesale pillaging of both melody and lyric (looking at you, Pitbull), or even just equipment and ideas, past and future sounds share a certain cycle of repetition, borrowing and reintroduction.

Musicians often look back to move ahead. For Rault's part, the Edmonton expat has spent much of his decade of songwriting exploring the nuances of vintage rock and psychedelia: Rault songs find Beatles-y harmonies floating over rock 'n' roll tracks that firmly emphasize grooves in their instrumentation. That latter point might be the root cause, Rault notes, of what keeps him pegged with the 'R' word.

"The only thing that I think seems retro, and makes my recordings seem retro, is that in modern, mainstream recording there's much less of a focus on playing instruments," he says. "There's much more about getting sounds going, and building up the groove, the way they do it with drum machines and programming.

"If you want a sort-of retro vibe, but you want it to be modernized, I think a lot of times it comes down to simplifying the parts, and making it less of a focus on an instrumental showcase," he continues. "That's one thing that I always end up doing; I like to have all the parts that I'm playing—or other people are playing on the record—have some cool showcasing of each instrument on the record."

And in focusing on organic instrumentals, Rault's songwriting has proven anything but a flat circle of repetition.

With his latest full-length, Living Daylight, the songwriter's cut an album of sounds that spiral outward, hitting older touchstones while expanding into new territories as it goes.

That said, the album began after a period where Rault found himself retreading some of the same turf.

"I was feeling a bit bored when I first started it; I toured my previous fulllength, Ma-Me-O, for a long time," Rault notes. "And then I made the Whirlpool EP, trying to continue on in the same vein—though slightly going off in a different direction. And when I sat down to write this record, I just didn't feel like writing the same sort of style stuff that i'd been writing for the last long while, at that point in time.

"I ended up deciding that I was just going to not worry about it being a continuation of any old record," he adds.

"Just make exactly the record I wanted to make at that time."

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What that record ended up being: a collection of hazy-summer guitar lines, coasting over blissed-out band vibes with a warmth and an ease to its eight-song progression, though not without its shadows. Lyrics of love and longing—song titles include "Too Bad So Sad", "Hiding From a Heartbreak", "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes"—add a shiver to the sunny hues of the instrumental.

"There are still some up-tempo tunes," he says. "but it was a little bit more of a bedroom record."

At least that's where it began: Rault tinkering on sounds and ideas in his Toronto home. What had originally been intended to be a homemade recording, too, grew into a full-on studio session when some funding fell into place. Rault brought his cousin Renny Wilson on board to co-produce, and flew back to Edmonton to work with him in Riverdale Recorders.

To Rault, splitting his time between a pro studio and home recording lets him harness the perks of each approach, without being limited.

"In general, I feel like when you're recording at home, you're not counting the time at all, and you're not worried about the money," he says. "So you can actually just let things happen really organically, without having to ... I don't know, sometimes when you're in the studio, you have to have the entire idea mapped out in your mind and you just go though and systematically knock off getting all the tracks done. Whereas when you're at home, or in somebody's home studio, and you're not on the clock, you can just try stuff out. And it could end up turning out terribly. Or you can end up finding that there's some crazy thing that you never would've done, and you've never done on a recording before, that actually sounds awesome, and makes it a much more unique recording."

The pair budgeted two weeks at Riverdale to flesh out and finish Rault's ideas, just the two of them. But after a fortnight, there were still some tweaks to be made: Rault ended up sticking around for one more week to add a few finishing touches to Living Daylight.

"Me and Renny have worked on recordings in each other's bedrooms since we were probably 16," he says. "That [final week] was kind of back to the basics, hangin' out in Renny's bedroom. And for some reason, it was the final strokes— there were certain songs we thought were finished already that we started putting various synth lines on, and extra guitar solos. There's a couple guitar solos that were just gonna be empty space with the groove, but then Renny convinced me to rip some self-indulgent fuzzed-out guitar solos on them. So that last week was a lot of fun.

"I ended up having to cancel a show in Toronto," he adds. "Which was good that I did; I think a lot of the best parts happened in the last week."

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Needles to Vinyl

Needles: loving the '90s

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here's something to be said for knowing your shared influences.

"We all come from the same area," Needles to Vinyl vocalist Nick Martin begins. "Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Soundgarden to some extent, Alice in Chains to some extent. We were all the same age when they were putting out their best music. And to listen to music now, none of the elements that were popular when we were that age, 12-13-14 years old, are in popular music today."

There are more shared records and collectively beloved bands in Needles to Vinyl's group memory—"Some of us firmly believe that Led Zeppelin's the greatest band of all time," Martin adds—but it's the '90s era of sound that gets distilled into a modern take on the band's self-titled sophomore release, an album financed totally by the band itself—vocalist Martin, drummer

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Husks Carter, and brothers Dave and Ian Stults on bass and guitar, respectively. A few years of gigging around the city—weekly or monthly showcases at bars—has led them to pay for everything with their music alone, without grants or other outside funds.

"We made the decision that even though there are only four performers in Needles to Vinyl, there are five members to the band," Martin says.

"The fifth member is of course Needles to Vinyl himself, and he got paid very well for the past two years, whereas the rest of us did not."

Part of those costs came in building a home studio/jam space to call their own. When Carter moved to an acreage just outside Sherwood Park, his new lot included a two-level garage/ storage area. The band gutted one of the floors, and converted it into a makeshift studio, enough to lay down

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the basics for an album. It also offered the band a consistent place to practise and play, its availability affected only by their own schedules.

"Aside from the fact that it's 25 minutes outside the city, it's ideal," Martin says.

"We have an HQ where we can keep our gear, we can come and set-up at any time, we can be flexible with the time that we start, the time that we finish."

In their own space, they could also prep the album's tracks before bringing them to producer Stew Kirkwood, whom Martin also plays with in the Stax Records throwback band the Almighty Turtlenecks. Martin notes that Kirkwood's encyclopedic skill with music meshed well with the band's willingness to be pushed.

"There was that real, Beatles-George Martin moment, where we would sit in the room, and he would be at the piano teaching me how to do something different, and then we would do a take," he says. "And then he'd be like, 'That's good, but you can do it better.' He'd really push me. This is the reason we started working with Stew, and as we got to know him better, it just became more easy."

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Karate Kids a way, to sing French in a genre that's usually heard singing English. Also, we didn't want to limit ourselves to Quebec; we wanted to challenge ourselves, but also break the bounds. We can share good times and dance all night long, even though we're not speaking the same language."

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he music would be bewildering to him but there's little doubt that Mr Miyagi would appreciate Karate Kids fearlessness.

A French speaking and singing screamo duo, originally from Quebec but now based in Vancouver, Karate Kids formed earlier this year with the intention of infiltrating English venues across the country.

Sebastien Dupras (drums) and Mathieu Drolet (guitar, vocals) have been playing together in various bands since

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2007, including the stoner rock Feu De French audiences in other parts of CanPneu and post-hardcore acts The Em- ada, Karate Kids have jumped over the pire Strikes Back language barrier and targeted the English. and Le Conflit Sat, Jul 12 (10 pm) in Ontario. They With Half Dalmatian, Petrify, "We think that not were both fired Sunspots enough bands from Eastern Canada are from Le Conflit Wunderbar, $10 while on tour with touring west; we really enjoy this side of Karate Kids, and decided to continue on with the group the country very much, and thought it as their main project. would just be great to make friends all While most French bands tend to stick over this land," Drolet explains. "Also, close to their communities, or tour to we thought it would make us unique, in

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Karate Kids aren't completely divorcing themselves from their Francophone roots; they're just back from Mixart Studios in Montréal, where they recorded eight songs with producer Francis Bélanger Lacas. The songs will be split among a self-titled EP, plus a split 7' with Edmonton's Disabler on GBS Records in Montréal. Later this summer, the band will have another split with Malaysia's Inquiry Last Scenery.

"We plan on taking some time off the road this fall, rehearse during the winter and prepare a full-length release for next spring, followed by a short Europe tour," Drolet says. "We hope to be back on the Canadian trails for the summer for a third tour across this wild, beautiful country we live in. So far, we have been very surprised by the crowd reaction. So that gives us no reason to stop."

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Krystle Dos Santos / Wed, Jul 9 – Sat, Jul 12 (9 pm) Rhythm for your body and jazz for the soul. This WCMA award winner has all of that and more. (Blues on Whyte) —LD

Doug Hoyer, J. Eygenraam, The Velveteins / Fri, Jul 11 (9 pm)

Local pop-swooner Doug Hoyer is fresh from opening for St Vincent at Sled Island. J Eygenraam dropped an album, Brutal Love, back in April, which is still pretty fresh, time-wish (and still totally fresh, music-wise). The Velveteins dropped an EP in June, which is definitely also fresh. So for the triple-freshest sort of Friday night, you know where to go. (Wunderbar) —PB

Craig Cardiff / Fri, Jul 11 (7:30 pm) For a relaxing and inspiring evening of folk music, you’re going to want to check this guy out. An allages show that is sure to soothe your soul. (#490, 140 St, St Albert Trail, $10 in advance, $20 at the door) —LD

Andy White / Fri, Jul 11 (8 pm) This Irish singer/songwriter’s music is magically delicious with flares of both celtic and folk-like charm. (Artery, $10 in advance, $12 at the door) —LD

James McMurtry / Wed, Jul 16 (8 pm) His dad wrote Lonesome Dove. He writes solid Americana songs. Cool. (Artery, $20 in advance, $24 at the door) —EM

Close Talker / Thu, Jul 11 (7:30 pm) Saskatoon. The city of whispered voices. That’s why these guys talk so close: so that you can hear them. They’ll probably have amps for this show, but there’s no guarantee so you’ll want to get there early so that they can close sing if they have to. *Note: not all of the above is true. Sometimes people shout in Saskatoon. (Artery, $8 in advance, $10 at the door) —EM

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Man Meets Bear Waagaaskingaa (Label Fantastic) 

Kitchener's Soren Little Brother, the auteur behind Man Meets Bear, has unleashed one of the most stunning and essential albums of Canadian music in 2014 with Waagaaskingaa.

It's a grand 24-track journey from the shores of Ontario's Great Lakes to Berlin and back, united by an experimentalist's love of zigging and zagging into brilliant and unexpected territory.

Waagaaskingaa is emotive and chal-

Leisure Cruise Leisure Cruise (Last Gang) 

The back cover presents a futuristic cruise liner brightly soaring full steam ahead, and that seems about right for this album. Groovy electro tows some sensuous female vocals along our interstellar journey, giving the impression of a space cocktail.

It's an upscale affair that welcomes

lenging. "A Spell To Remember" and "Honey Locusts" both eschew traditional song structure and do so in completely different ways. "Honey Locusts" features a warm piano line gurgling like a fresh-flowing river, where the piano in "A Spell To Remember" is colder and layered with abstract vocal chants. The lonely, droning organ and crescendoing cymbals on "Berlin, Berlin" feels like the winter wind biting through the cold concrete streets of Germany's capital.

There are more traditional versechorus-verse songs too. The rollicking "Sorrow Gold" features Little Brother howling, deep brass horns accenting the bright guitar. Other tracks feature Little Brother's voice agonizingly whisper-quite, like in "Fresh Snow" and "Apowawin."

Waagaaskingaa is a unique and truly Canadian album. These sonic explorations of Ontario's ecology are remarkable and rewarding from first to 15th listen.

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you right in. Sneaky guitar rhythms are commanded by out-of-this-world sized drums and synth chords that shimmer and float like aurora borealis. Tracks like "Sailing" grant you the opportunity to step upon the deck and feel the stars stream through your hair as they breeze past in glorious, dust filled traces. Immediately following, "Earthquake" is by comparison reflective, as though giving you a deep enough gaze to see the stars themselves burn out, light years away. Sultry jams from an imaginary future are certainly in vogue, and the back to the future emergence of '80s synth styles is pretty popular these days. As a result, Leisure Cruise, although massive in scope, is not a revelation. However it is absorbing, warm and keenly navigated, serving the style extremely well.

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Vogue Dots Toska (Indica) 

Toska, the debut EP from Halifax production duo Babette Hayward and Tynan Dunfield, is one long, moody slow jam brimming with downtempo synth-pop meant more for late-night self-reflection than late-night dance parties. The album is streaked with melancholy, with songs like "Temporal Suspension" featuring a languid pace anchored by Hayward's smooth vocals and a shimmering, minimalistic electronic soundscape. In "Mercy" Hayward pleads "Have mercy / Can you help me / I'm searching for three shadows" over a pared-down beat, while her voice is abstracted deep into the mix on "Thunder (Cousins)" over woozy, echoing samples piled on top of each other. Toska is a solid slice of bummer-pop with just a hint of a darkness that takes time to fully discover.

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The Orwells, Disgraceland (Atlantic) @VueWeekly: An uncomplicated walk through the highlights of our last several indie rock years. Nothing too challenging going on here.

Mastodon, Once More 'Round the Sun (Warner) @VueWeekly: The brightest spot in the Mastodon catalogue, which may scare hardcore fans. Need not be frightened. This is an astonishing, melodic album.

Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour (Universal) @VueWeekly: Songs of pain and sadness with a wildly talented voice are great, but this is still a heavily polished pop album.

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Flower Festival Breezy Brian Gregg, Shauna Lynn, Ken Stead, Erin Kay, the Weebles & The Wards, Angie Klein, Mary Rankin and The Headlyners, Festival House Drummer, Pascal Lecours; $25 (full weekend camping pass)/$10 (day pass) J+H Pub Every Friday: Headwind and friends (vintage rock ‘n’ roll); 9:30pm; no minors, no cover Jeffrey’s Café Alex Lakusta Trio (jazz originals and standards); 9pm; $10 L.B.’s Northern Comfort Rocks LIVE at Sly’s–THE RIG Jam every Fri, 9:30pm1:30am New West Hotel Ghost Rider (country) Next Community Church Craig Cardiff with the St Albert musician’s collective the Rhythm Group (alt folk); 7pm (door) $20 (adv) O’mailles Irish Pub DJ Mike; no cover On the Rocks Rock ‘N’ Hops Kitchen Party: 80’s Party: The Noize Boyz Overtime Sherwood Park Dueling Pianos PAWN SHOP Brought To You By (farewell show, metal rock), This is War, Oceans on Fire, Last Horizon, Fear of City, Leave the Living; 8pm; $10 (adv) Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am rendezvous pub Rewind

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the Sons of Disaster, Dusty Tucker, Thrillhouse, Valley; 8pm

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Artery Double-bill: Needles to Vinyl (alt pop rock), King of Foxes, Mayday and the Beat Creeps; 8pm; $8 (adv)/$10 (door)

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Union Hall Kid Flo, Philly Xo and Hope, Kancer and Black Lung, DJ Michelle D; 9pm

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partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com Suite 69 Stella Saturday: retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests Tavern On Whyte Soul, Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am Union Hall Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted

by DJ Johnny Infamous Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

SUN JUL 13 Artery Michael Rault (blues rock), Motorbike James; 7:30pm (door); $10 (adv)/$15 (door) Big Al’s House of Blues Sun Electric Blues Jam and BBQ hosted by Marshall Lawrence and the Lazy Bastards; 4-8pm Blackjack’s Roadhouse–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett Blue Chair Café Sunday Brunch: PM Bossa (Gary Myers, Jamie Philp); 9am3pm; donations

Richard’s Pub Sunday Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through ‘60s and ‘70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy LeveL 2 lounge Stylus Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am

MON JUL 14 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover Blues on Whyte Grady Champion Brixx Bar Bring the Beasts Tour : Death Toll Rising, Kyokyts, Tyrants Demise, Terror Fist; 8pm ; $10 Duggan’s Boundary Monday open mic Duggan’s Boundary Mon singer-songwriter night: hosted by Sarah Smith; 8pm

Diversion Lounge Sun Night Live on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm

Mercury Room Music Magic Monday Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4

Duggan’s Boundary Celtic Music with Duggan’s House Band 5-8pm

New West Hotel Doug and the Hurtin Horseman (country)

Flower Festival Open Stage Gospel Hour 11am; Open Stage 1-3pm; Andrew and Julie Scott, Robbie Taylor, Jim McCloskey

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

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 LocoMoFos, 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 Ruben Flex Pawn Shop The Boom Booms, guests; 9pm; $10

Rouge Resto-Lounge Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm Sherlock Holmes–U of A Open Mic Mon: Hosted by Adam Holm STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION Black Tongue, Lifeforms, Galactic Pegasus, Traitors and Toothless, Submerge, Of Articulate Design; 6pm

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

TUE JUL 15 Big Al’s House of Blues Big Dreamer Sound open jam with guest, hosted

by Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O’brien; every Tue 8pm-12am Blues on Whyte Grady Champion Druid Irish Pub Open Stage Tue; 9pm L.B.’s PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm Leaf bar and grill Tue Open Jam: Trevor Mullen Mercer Tavern Alt Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests New West Hotel Tue Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; Doug and the Hurtin Horseman (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 rendezvous pub Pyschotik Tantrum Atrous Leviathan, Legatus, Deveined,Axis Disrupt; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $15 Richard’s Pub Tue Live Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm; This week guests: Steve Hartley (vocals, guitar), Warren Beaudry (guitar)

Union Hall Snoop Dogg; 8pm

Sands Hotel Country

Caffrey's in the Park 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT Coffeehouse 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 Casino Edmonton 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 Casino Yellowhead 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 Central Senior Lions Centre 11113-113 St Century Casino 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 Cha Island Tea Co 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 Common 9910-109 St Daravara 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 Diversion Lounge 3414 Gateway Blvd, 780.435.1922 DOW–Shell Theatre–Ft Sask 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan Duggan's Boundary 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd Early Stage Saloon– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 Electric Rodeo–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 Elephant and Castle– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave Encore–WEM 2687, 8882170 St Expressionz Café 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667

Festival Place 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 Fionn MacCool's–City Centre 10200 102A Ave, 780.424.4534 Flower Festival 53210 Rge Rd 55, 780.429.3624 Fluid Lounge 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 Hilltop Pub 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St Irish Sports Club 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J+H Pub 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 Java xpress 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 jeffrey’s café 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 Kelly's Pub 10156-104 St 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 10132104 St Live at Sly's–THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 Mercer Tavern 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911

music dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm Starlite Room HipHopCanada, Exclaim!, BeatRoute Present Tyler, the Creator, guests; 8pm; $35

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: The Night with No Name featuring DJs Rootbeard, Raebot, Wijit and guests playing tasteful, eclectic selections BRIXX Metal night every Tue DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe’en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue RED STAR Experimental Indie rock, hip hop, electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue Suite 69 Rockstar Tuesdays: Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs

WED JUL 16 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 Artery James McMurtry (rock), Joe Nolan, Colin Priestner; 8pm; $20 (adv)/$24 (door)

Duff Robison DV8 The Reckless Heroes, Abuse Of Substance, Cowabungas; 8pm Elephant and Castle– Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there’s an Oilers game); no cover FESTIVAL PLACE Qualico Patio Series: Amy Thiessen, Fools Tongue; $8 at the Festival Place box office New West Hotel Doug and the Hurtin Horseman (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, 6:3011pm; $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 HipHopCanada, Exclaim!, BeatRoute Present Tyler, the Creator, guests; 8pm; $35 Zen Lounge Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

Big Al’s House of Blues New Music Wed:

DJs

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

Billiard Club Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

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

Main Floor: Glitter Gulch:

live music once a month; On the Patio: Funk and Soul with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm Blues on Whyte Grady Champion Brittany’s Lounge Jazz evening every Wed; 8-11pm: This week: PJ Perry Brixx Bar Lettuce Produce Beats; 6pm Duggan’s Boundary Wed open mic with host

Brixx Bar Eats and Beats THE Common The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

VENUEGUIDE Accent European Lounge 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTery 9535 Jasper Ave Avenue Theatre 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 "B" Street Bar 11818111 St Barber Ha 202, 10011-82 Ave 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

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Mercury Room 10575-114 St Naked Cybercafé 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 Newcastle Pub 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 New West Hotel 15025111 Ave Next Community Church 490, 140 St Albert Tr, St Albert noorish caFé 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O2's–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'mailles Irish Pub 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 Overtime–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave Red Piano Bar 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 Rendezvous 10108-149 St Richard's Pub 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 Ric’s Grill 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 Rose and Crown 10235101 St

Rossdale Hall Little Flower School, 10135-96 Ave Sands Hotel 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 Set Nightclub Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca Sideliners Pub 11018-127 St Smokehouse BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St Sugar Foot Ballroom 10545-81 Ave Suite 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 Tavern on Whyte 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 Vee Lounge, Apex Casino–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com Yardbird Suite 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG Dance Club 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr Yesterdays Pub 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 Zen Lounge 12923-97 St

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

COMEDY 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 • 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 • Barry Rothbart; until Jul 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 17, 9pm; featuring David Dempsey; 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

Overtime Pub • 4211-106 St • Open mic comedy anchored by a professional MC, new headliner each week • Every Tue • Free Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Comedy

Groove every Wed; 9pm

Groups/CLUBS/meetings Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave,

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

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

Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta (CIWAA) •

Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB

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

Edmonton Ukulele Circle • Bogani

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

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican

Church, 8424-95 Ave, 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

Historic Walking Tour • Meet at 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 • Jul 10 (Riverside) • Jul 24 (Downtown) • $3 (donation)

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

Lotus Qigong, 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION •

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

Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St, 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey

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

sAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •

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

Schizophrenia Society Family Support Drop-in Group •

Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • schizophrenia.ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta-Edmonton branch provides a facilitated family support group for caregivers of a loved one living with schizophrenia. Free drop-in the 1st and 3rd Thu each month • Jul 17, 7-9pm

Seventies Forever Music Society

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

Sherwood Park Walking Group + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood

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

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 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

Sugar Foot Swing Dance • Sugar Swing, 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Swing Dance Social every Sat; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check the Sugar Swing website for info • $10, $2 lesson with entry Sugar Foot Ballroom • 10545-81 Ave • 587.786.6554 • sugarswing.com • Friday Night Stomp!: Swing and party music dance social every Fri; beginner lesson starts at 8pm. All ages and levels welcome. Occasional live music–check web • $10, $2 (lesson with entry)

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS)

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

Toastmasters

• Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus

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

• Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club:

2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • N'Orators Toastmasters Club: Lower Level, McClure United Church, 13708-74 St: meet every Thu, 6:45-8:30pm; 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

Waskahegan Trail HIKE • waskahegantrail.ca • Meet at the NW corner of Superstore parking, 51 Ave, Calgary Tr; Carpooling available from here • 10km guided hike in the country along Stoney Creek with hike leader Elizabeth, 780.672.2873; Jul 13, 8:45am-3pm • 10km guided hike in the country in the Mix-Cloverlawn area along Mud Lake, with hike leader Stella, 780.488.9515; July 20, 8:45am-3pm • Hike on the 309 km Waskahegan Trail for a 10km guided hike along the middle section of Coal Lake with hike leader David 780.434.2675; July 26, 8:45am-3pm • $5 (carpool); $20 (annual membership) Wiccan Assembly • Ritchie Hall, 7727-

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

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 Seeing is above All • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs, 780.554.6133 • Free instruction into the meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm QUEER BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave,

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

Illusions Social Club • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave, 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campusbased organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/ winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ ualberta.ca LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-

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

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB •

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

Pride Centre of Edmonton • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave, 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and nonjudgemental 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

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

SPECIAL EVENTS 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 • Jul 17, 7-11:30pm • $35 + membership at edmonton.dinerenblanc.info/ register Historic Festival and Doors Open Edmonton • historicedmonton.ca/whatwe-do/historic-festival/overview • This year focusing of the history of the many cultures found in the city featuring historical walking tours, tales, exhibits and more • Until Jul 13

RAW: COMMUNIQUE • Startlite Room,

10030-102 St • rawartists.org/edmonton/ communique • Artist showcase complete with hair and make-up artists, film makers, musicians, and visual artists • Jul 11, 7:30pm • $15 (adv)/$20 (door)

Taste of Edmonton • Churchill Square • eventsedmonton.ca • Food festival. In the day hosting culinary workshops, and at night includes pop-up tasting, with live music • Jul 17-26 • Tickets at TIX on the Square • Music: Jul 17: Bryan Finlay, 7pm; Maracujah, 9pm • Jul 18: Skratch Bastid, 6pm; SIIINES, 7:45pm; Smalltown DJs, 8:30pm • Jul 19: Jesse and the Dandelions, 6pm; Scenic Route to Alaska, 7:15pm; Said the Whale, 9pm • Jul 20: The Frolics, 6pm; The Fortrelles, 7:15pm; Scherrie and Lynda formerly of the Supremes, 9pm • Jul 21: The Carlines, 6pm • Jenie Thai, 7:15pm • Devin Cuddy, 9pm • Jul 22: Two Bears North, PrimeTimers/sage Games • Unitarian 6pm • Scarlett Jane, 7:15pm; The Harpoonist Church, 10804-119 St, 780.474.8240 • Every and the Axe Murderer, 9pm • Jul 23: REND, 6pm; 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm Matt Blais, 7:15pm; Tupelo Honey, 9pm • Jul 24: this feature The to your nextHellcareer booking Give 'Em Boys, ad 6pm; Dead City Dolls, St Paul's United ChurchAdd • 11526-76 7:15pm; Frijid Pink, 9pm • Jul 25: Windmills, Ave, 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual 6pm; KAY, 9pm • Jul 26: Young Benjamins, 6pm; orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am JPNSGRLS, 7:15pm • Christian Hansen, 9pm worship)

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Call for more details 1-800-282-6903 ext 235 wide version UNIFY FESTIVAL • Oasis Centre, 10930WOMONSPACE, 780.482.1794 3” • womonspace.ca, • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured

EPLC Fellowship Pagan Study Group • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608105 Ave, 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

Evolution Wonderlounge • 10220103 St, 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash G.L.B.T. sports and recreation

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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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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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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 Restoring Indigenous Safety through Kinship (RISK) Program Land-based leadership training for Edmonton urban indigenous youth ages 14-16.

Includes summer/fall/winter activities. Apply by July 25.

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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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Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills.

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

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

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

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Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network’s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers! Interested or want to learn more? Contact Maura at 780-392-8723 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation create a future without breast cancer through volunteerism.

Contact 1-866-302-2223 or ivolunteer@cbcf.org for current volunteer opportunities 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.

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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 www.walkformusculardystrophy.ca

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Call for Edmonton & Area Artists City of 100 Artists is proud to present to the community our first live art auction event hosted by HIMCA. We provide an alternative platform for artists to exhibit and sell their work. Only 100 artists will be selected to participate.

Application deadline: August 15, 2014 For more information please visit: www.himca.ca/cityof100artists or contact cityof100artists@hotmail.ca

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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.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – EDMONTON TIMERAISER Calls are now open for artists and nonprofits to apply for the 5th Edmonton Timeraiser!

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

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

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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/

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Call to Makers, Mercer Collective: A Maker’s Market You must MAKE, BAKE or CREATE what you sell. You can not be a reseller of goods not produced by you.

Costs: $60 per market December show is $200 Additional Fees Table Rental is available at $10 per show. Please specify 6 ft or 4 ft. Limited quantities available.

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http://www.emailmeform.com/ builder/form/er27bvY7c0dhM9 0B9dX49 Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization in conjunction with the North Edge Business Association (NEBA) and the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre has a new public market in central Edmonton . . . the “URBAN MARKETPLACE” at the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre. You are Invited to apply for a space in the Summer Series.

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

Applications for multiple booths may be considered.

Vendors for this event will be chosen via juried selection.

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

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

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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 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.

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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.

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.

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): What are the sources that heal and nourish you? Where do you go to renew yourself? Who are the people and animals that treat you the best and are most likely to boost your energy? I suggest that in the coming week you give special attention to these founts of love and beauty. Treat them with the respect and reverence they deserve. Express your gratitude and bestow blessings on them.

It's the perfect time for you to summon an outpouring of generosity as you feed what feeds you.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Why do birds fly? First, that's how they look for and procure food. Second, when seasons change and the weather grows cooler, they may migrate to warmer areas where there's more to eat. Third, zipping around in mid-air is how birds locate the materials they need to build nests. Fourth, it's quite helpful in avoiding predators. But ornithologists believe there is yet another reason: birds fly because it's fun.

In fact, up to 30 percent of the time that's their main motivation.

In accordance with the astrological omens Taurus, I invite you to match the birds' standard in the coming weeks. See if you can play and enjoy yourself and have a good time at least 30 percent of the time.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): Is there an important resource you don't have in sufficient abundance? Are you suffering from the lack of an essential fuel or tool? I'm not talking about a luxury that would be pleasant to have or a status symbol that would titillate your ego. Rather, I'm referring to an indispensable asset you need to create the next chapter of your life story. Identify what this crucial treasure is Gemini. Make or obtain an image of it, and put that image on a shrine in your sanctuary. Pray for it. Vividly visualize it for a few minutes several times a day. Sing little songs about it. The time has arrived for you to become much more serious and frisky about getting that valuable thing in your possession.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Since 1981, Chinese law has stipulated that every healthy person between the ages of 11 and 60 should plant three to five trees per year. This would be a favourable week for Chinese Cancerians to carry out that duty. For that matter, now is an excellent time for all of you Cancerians, regardless of where you live, to plant trees, sow seeds, launch projects or do anything that animates your fertility and creativity. You now have more power than you can imagine to initiate long-term growth.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): The weeks preceding your birthday are often an excellent time to engage the services of an exor-

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cist. But there's no need to hire a pricey priest with dubious credentials. I can offer you my expert demon-banishing skills free of charge. Let's begin. I call on the spirits of the smart heroes you love best to be here with us right now. With the help of their inspirational power, I hereby dissolve any curse or spell that was ever placed on you, even if it was done inadvertently and even if it was cast by yourself. Furthermore, the holy laughter I unleash as I carry out this purification serves to expunge any useless feelings, delusional desires, bad ideas or irrelevant dreams you may have grown attached to. Make it so!

Amen and hallelujah!

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): You know what it's like to get your mind blown. And I'm sure that on more than one occasion you have had your heart stolen. But I am curious Virgo, about whether you have ever had your mind stolen or your heart blown. And I also wonder if two rare events like that have ever happened around the same time. I'm predicting a comparable milestone sometime in the next three weeks. Have no fear! The changes these epiphanies set in motion will ultimately bring you blessings. Odd and unexpected blessings probably, but blessings nonetheless. PS: I'm sure you are familiar with the tingling sensation that wells up in your elbow when you hit your funny bone. Well, imagine a phenomena like that rippling through your soul.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Since 2008, Marvel Studios has produced nine movies based on characters from Marvel Comics.

They're doing well. The Avengers earned $1.5 billion, making it the third-highest-grossing film of all time. Iron Man 3 brought in over a billion dollars too, and Thor: The Dark World grossed $644 million. Marvel executives are now on schedule to release two movies every year through 2028.

I'd love to see you be inspired by their example Libra. Sound fun? To get started, dream and scheme about what you want to be doing in both the near future and the far future. Then formulate a flexible, invigorating master plan for the next 14 years.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): While in Chicago to do a series of shows, comedian Groucho Marx was invited to participate in a séance. He decided to attend even though he was skeptical of the proceedings. Incense was burning.

The lights were dim. The trance medium worked herself into a supernatural state until finally she announced, "I am in touch with the Other Side. Does anyone have a question?" Groucho wasn't shy. "What is the capital of North Dakota?" he asked. As amusing as his irreverence might be, I want to use it as an example of how you should NOT proceed in the

coming week. If you get a chance to converse with higher powers or mysterious forces, I hope you seek information you would truly like to know.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): In one of her poems, Adrienne Rich addresses her lover: "That conversation we were always on the edge / of having, runs on in my head." Is there a similar phenomenon in your own life Sagittarius? Have you been longing to thoroughly discuss certain important issues with a loved one or ally, but haven't found a way to do so? If so, a breakthrough is potentially imminent. All of life will be conspiring for you to speak and hear the words that have not yet been spoken and heard but very much need to be.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): This would be a fun time for you to brainstorm about everything you have never been and will never be. I encourage you to fantasize freely about the goals you don't want to accomplish, the qualities you will not cultivate and the kind of people you will never seek out as allies.

I believe this exercise will have a healthy effect on your future development. It will discipline your willpower and hone your motivation as it eliminates extraneous desires. It will imprint your deep self with a passionate clarification of pursuits that are wastes of your precious energy and valuable time.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): Expect nothing even as you ask for everything. Rebel against tradition with witty compassion, not cynical rage. Is there a personal taboo that no longer needs to remain taboo? Break it with tender glee. Do something playful, even prankish, in a building that has felt oppressive to you. Everywhere you go, carry gifts with you just in case you encounter beautiful souls who aren't lost in their own fantasies. You know that old niche you got stuck in as a way to preserve the peace? Escape it.

At least for now, live without experts and without leaders— with no teachers other than what life brings you moment by moment.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): Every year, the US government spends $25 455 per capita on programs for senior citizens.

Meanwhile, it allocates $3822 for programs to help children.

That's only 15 percent as much as what the elders receive.

In the coming weeks Pisces, I believe your priorities should be reversed. Give the majority of your energy and time and money to the young and innocent parts of your life. Devote less attention to the older and more mature aspects. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you need to care intently for what's growing most vigorously. V

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Companies opting out of birth control while doctors refuse to prescribe believe that contraception is wrong it's discouraging that the companies It's been a bad couple of weeks for birth for them personally, but it's not within that brought the complaint are not control and the people that use it. their rights to deny it to patients, alone in their beliefs.

Last week, the US Supreme Court whether they share beliefs or not.

In the news last week was the upheld a company's right to opt out If more and more doctors and emstory of a doctor at a walk-in clinic of covering certain types of birth ployers follow this example, we will in Calgary who refuses to prescribe control under their group health-care find ourselves with a serious access birth control pills. Earlier this year, plans. Although the Affordable Care problem. Women Act includes Plan who work for B, Ella (another If more and more doctors and employers follow these "opt-out" emergency pill) Program-value-ad.indd and IUDs among this example, we will find ourselves with a serious companies may not have the the 20 FDA apaccess problem. ability to simply proved contrafind another job ceptives that and may not be must be covered able to afford their birth control. In a walk-in clinic in Ottawa informed by health-care insurance, the court Canada, it's difficult to find a doctor their female patients that the doctor decided that some employers can exin the first place. If more and more of will not discuss any contraception empt themselves because paying for them choose not to provide essential methods other than natural family these would violate their sincerely services based on their beliefs, the planning. He won't even give a referheld religious beliefs that life begins issue will become not only finding ral to a doctor who will. Both doctors at conception. Employees of these a doctor that can see you, but also stated that this was because of their companies will have to pay for these finding one that provides the services personal religious values. items, potentially many hundreds of you require.

Some say that this is not a big deal. dollars in the case of an IUD, out of In the 21st Century, we should exIf a certain employer doesn't want to their own pockets. pect to have more options to access pay for your birth control, pay for it The stand against contraception affordable and reliable birth control, yourself or work somewhere else. If is confusing. A Centers for Disease not fewer. V a certain doctor doesn't want to give Control survey from 2013 found that you a birth-control prescription, go to 99 percent of women who've had sex Brenda Kerber is a sexual health another one. But the issue is bigger have used contraception. Four out of educator who has worked with lothan the individual. The religious rights five of them have used birth control cal not-for-profits since 1995. She is of a person, or corporation, should pills. Eleven percent of women have the owner of the Edmonton-based, not extend to making decisions for used an emergency contraceptive. sex-positive adult toy boutique the other people, particularly in the public Birth control is not the new and scanTraveling Tickle Trunk. sphere. It's within a doctor's rights to dalous thing it was in the '60s, and

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And that's exactly what Matisse things I wrote, but I am also angry I am a straight female who was a thinks you need to do: DTFMA, that she read my journal. What do dominatrix for a while—and out of DOMME. But Matisse isn't tell- I say to her? all the jobs I've had, I loved it the ing you anything you don't already Stupid Conflict About Reading most. Working as a secretary—one know. So why is it so hard?

Entire Diary with a master's in writing—wasn't "It's 'so hard' because she's in a rethat hard to beat, I guess. But pro- lationship with an abusive, control- "Goodbye." She invaded your privafessional dommes aren't immune to ling man who's been systematically cy, SCARED, which was bad enough. workplace romances, and I fell in tearing down her confidence and But if you were so stupid as to put love with a client. Long story short, her sense of self for a year and a "Things That Cannot Be Unsaid" into we are still together after a year half," Matisse says. "He's made her writing—now "Things That Cannot and a half, after I closed my practice give up things that were positive Be Unread"—then I don't see how and sold (most of) my toys because and meaningful to her, he gets an- this relationship can be salvaged. he didn't want to be with a woman gry when she sees her friends, and who was still practising this kind of now he's trying tell her what she's TOO MUCH THRUST physical intimacy with others. Fair allowed to think? This flaming hyp- I'm a big fan! (I am also not a naenough. But the list has grown lon- ocrite isn't just chipping away at her tive English speaker, so my letter ger. His jealousy flared when I told self-esteem, he's going after it with may sound a bit too formal.) I'm a him that I went to lunch with a male a jackhammer!" straight girl with a question regardfriend that I'd ing oral sex. My played with beboyfriend wants This flaming hypocrite isn't just chipping away to come in my fore, and again when he found mouth. I can deal at her self-esteem, he's going after it with a an old picture with the taste, jackhammer! on my computer but in order to of me blowing climax, my boymy ex (snoopfriend needs to ing sucks when pump his penis someone's not mature enough to Matisse doesn't want you giving very fast. He needs to do this at a handle what they find). But the lat- your boyfriend a second chance, speed I can't match even with my est and most bitter pill is that he no DOMME, and neither do I. His con- hands. This fact makes it very hard longer wants me to write anything trolling, slut-shaming behaviour is to contain his dick in my mouth. He about my experiences—not because simply unforgivable. also thrusts, which makes me feel it might cause professional fallout "DOMME's boyfriend is leverag- choked, and I pull away. Is there if people knew about him dating a ing all the power of a sex-negative something fixable here or is this simformer pro domme (notwithstanding world to make her think she has to ply a question of "what he needs to the fact that he was a client once), give up all of who she is, her past do to come" and I consequently have but because he doesn't want me to and her future—even her own to learn to deal with it? I hope this think about the experiences I've had. mind—to be in this relationship. question doesn't sound too silly. I'm Fuck, Dan, I love this guy, but "retir- Leave him. She shouldn't agree to not very experienced! ing" has never been so hard and so talk it over, or try to understand No Signature For Wonderer scary. I honestly miss the sex-posi- his feelings, or work out a comprotive community and the impact (ha) mise." He might pretend to make Your question isn't silly, NSFW, and I had on people who decided—for some bargain with her, like telling I'm happy to answer it for you. whatever reason—to pay a profes- her that if she married him, or had a Most men need to thrust during sional to share this creative, spiritu- child with him, then he would possi- oral to come—if oral isn't foreplay al, eros-infused intimacy with them, bly feel OK about her writing about prior to thrust-based vaginal or if only for a few hours every month her own life. "Don't fall for this," anal penetration—and that thrustor so. It seemed like I needed to give Matisse says. "Her thinking about, ing action can present problems that up to have a marriage and fam- writing about or even being a domi- for even the most enthusiastic and ily, which, as I get into the later half natrix is not the problem. He is the experienced cocksucker. The soluof my 30s, seems like I better get go- problem. If DOMME sticks around, tion: shorten your boyfriend's cock ing on if I want this to happen. DT- she'll just be giving her boyfriend by wrapping a fist (or two) around MFA, I know, but why has it been so a chance to do more damage than the base of his shaft, and let him hard to do this time? he already has. She should leave thrust through your wet fist(s) and Despairing Over My Man's and not look back—and she should into your mouth. Since your fist(s) Expectations spend some time with a therapist. can grip his dick firmly, NSFW, you This guy has planted so much poi- can relax your mouth a bit—you "DOMME's letter struck a chord son in her head, more than she can don't need to maintain a suction with me, because I was once in a even see right now. She needs to seal during this stage of the blowrelationship with a guy who did dig it all out, so she can move on job. You relax your mouth and jaw, very similar things," says Mistress to a happy relationship with a man your boyfriend thrusts in and out, Matisse, a professional dominatrix, who loves her exactly as she is. And his cock won't go all the way to the writer and sex-worker-rights ac- trust me, DOMME, those guys are back of your throat (so no choking), tivist. "He knew exactly who I was out there." and your clenched fist(s) provide(s) when we started the relationship— Follow Mistress Matisse on Twit- the necessary friction and pressure just like DOMME's guy did—and he ter ‪@mistressmatisse. to get him off. V said it was fine. But once I got emotionally invested, that all changed. DEAR DIARY Find the Savage Lovecast every He tried to control me by making I'm a straight guy and my girlfriend Tuesday at savagelovecast.com. me feel insecure, like I was a flawed just read my journal. I'd written person and my only chance for a some pretty harsh things in there relationship was him—who else about her. But despite my questions @fakedansavage on Twitter would be willing to be with a (ick) about our relationship, I really do sex worker? As dumb as it sounds want to see whether we can work now, I think part of what blinded me through our issues. I believe that to what he was doing was the fact we have a strong connection despite that I was a dominatrix! Surely a having very different personalities. dominant woman could not be in an Although I wrote some very harsh abusive relationship, right? Wrong. things about her personality, I don't Leaving him was the best thing I question the strength of our bond. I ever did." feel guilty that she saw some of the

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