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"It’s like comparing apples to oranges because the male game is all about power as compared to the finesse of the female game."

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Rainbow families In a moment that seemed straight out of the 1950s, a Calgary fertility doctor announced last week that he doesn't believe in facilitating the creation of "rainbow families." The unfortunate remarks have singlehandedly revived the call for more regulation of Alberta's fertility industry, and rightly so.

The statement came after a local Calgary woman alleged that during a consultation at the Regional Fertility Program last year, she was told she could only receive sperm from a donor of the same race as her. This was part of a former policy the clinic followed, which stated it would not "permit the use of a sperm donor that would result in a future child appearing racially different than the recipient or the recipient's partner." The statement has been removed from the facility's website. In response, Dr Calvin Greene, a fertility specialist and administrative director at the clinic, told the Calgary Herald, "I'm not sure that we should be creating rainbow families just because some single woman decides that that's what she wants. That's her prerogative, but that's not her prerogative in our clinic." The clinic is now saying it changed its policy last year— with the statement remaining on the website by accident—and that Greene wasn't speaking for the clinic when he made those remarks.

The fact that a fertility clinic has been allowed to have such a discriminatory policy until last year shows that there is not enough regulation in place.

The provincial government clearly needs to take a more active role in making sure ethical and racial issues like these are dealt with properly. This is especially important given the recent news that more and more Edmontonians are being forced to go to Calgary and other areas for their fertility treatment due to a severe lack of options in here. That this one person is allowed to express his opinion to patients and the public, even though it's not the clinic's mandate anymore, is concerning. And when it affects the ability of a woman to get pregnant—who may want to use the sperm of a man from a different ethnicity—then more regulation is clearly needed. V

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The gender bias

We need to stop policing trans* bodies Mock says the concept of passing be"Passing" refers to the notion that you ers to be skeptical about trans* people's cannot tell somebody is trans* by simply lives and experiences unless they can comes a sort of privilege that polices looking at them. I have always found this somehow prove their gender identity by trans* bodies and their existence as huconcept to be deeply problematic, which fulfilling traditional standards of mascu- man beings. Without this privilege, it can be difficult to walk into specific pubis the idea that you are perceived as some- linity or femininity. lic spaces—such as gender-segregated one or something you are not. For trans* people, this implies that their identities in- In an interview with The Guardian, trans* bathrooms. It legitimizes transphobic volve some sort of deception, trickery and writer and activist Janet Mock says: "I violence against those who cannot mask untruthfulness. This is harmful because it am a woman, people perceive me as a away their trans-ness.

Passing is a privilege, as further perpetuates Mock says, "Once I disclose the attitude that trans* that I am trans*, things identities are not "real" For a trans* person to successfully pass, they change and then I become or genuine. must fit within either the male box or the female an oddity, I become an obWhile moving within ject, something that is obpublic spaces, trans* box. jectified and gawked over bodies are continually and my humanity in wominvestigated and interanhood is then checked and rogated based on the way they appear, known as gender expres- woman, and when I walk on the street, I put into question."

The objectification of trans* people sion. This concept of passing functions by am not 'passing' as anything. I am merely reinforcing the gender binary, along with being myself. Often, my trans-ness does is dehumanizing and limits the potenits ideal gender norms and expectations. not lead the way when I walk into spaces tial of what bodies can become. We do For a trans* person to successfully pass, and that allows me safety and anonymity. not have to police each other based on they must fit within either the male box And because trans* people are marked as gender norms and expectations that do or the female box. Keep in mind that illegitimate, our bodies and identities are not work for everybody. We can just let there is no room for anybody in between often open to public dissection—and this trans* people decide what is best for or outside of these boxes. This fails to is a major burden for many trans* people, them. We are always in a perpetual state recognize that gender has the potential a burden that I often do not have to car- of transformation. During this process, to be a domain of personal agency and ry in every space I enter because of the we will discover new ways, new words freedom. This concept of passing comes way that I look. Our safety should not be and new language to make sense of ourselves and identities. V off as deeply transphobic. It teaches oth- based on the way that we look."

NEWS // ROAD RULES

Putting a stop to it

Stop signs not meeting height requirements are a danger to Edmontonians

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here's not much that can ruin an afternoon bicycle ride more than narrowly avoiding being hit by a pickup truck that just ran a stop sign.

The potential for collisions exists at countless intersections in the city where stop signs are obscured, putting pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists at risk.

According to the Edmonton Chapter of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, failing to stop at a stop sign is the second most frequent cause of

a collision leading to a fatality. The Chapter states: "In Alberta in 2012, three of the top five most frequently identified improper driver actions for drivers in casualty collisions were making a left turn across the path of an oncoming vehicle (12.2 percent), committing a stop sign violation (7.6 percent) and disobeying a traffic signal (7.1 percent)."

A drive through the Parkdale, Spruce Avenue and Westwood neighbourhoods with a measuring tape identi-

fied a dozen signs which were significantly shorter than the guidelines, with the locations provided to the city for investigation. Alberta Transportation Recommended Practices for Sign Placement states: "In urban areas with raised curbs, where pedestrians are present, signs should be mounted no less than two metres and no more than three metres from ground elevation, measured from the base of the sign post to the bottom of the sign."

However, the sign at 121 Avenue and 89 Street—kitty corner to Delton Elementary School—was almost 15 inches below the guideline and a street over beside a senior's residence it was seven inches below the guideline. On 119 Avenue and 88 Street— across from another senior's residence—the sign was 11 inches shorter than the guideline.

Ken Karunaratne, senior traffic engineer with the city, says that Edmonton complies with both the Alberta Traffic Safety Act and the Manual of

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Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada published by the Transportation Association of Canada.

Anyone involved in such a collision has two years to file a claim against the other driver, but also might have a good case against the city, according to legal experts, and time limitations are much shorter for that.

The Municipal Government Act limits the liability of Alberta municipalities with regard to these sorts of incidents by specifically stating that if a traffic control device has been destroyed or removed and the city had actual notice of this and failed to repair or restore it, it can be held liable. The act, however, is silent on liability if the municipality improperly installs traffic control devices in the first place.

Joseph Nagy, a civil litigation lawyer whose primary expertise is motorvehicle accident injury cases, says the city could be held liable in such

cases. "Municipalities owe a duty of care. If it can be proved that that was breached, you've got a case," he says.

Nagy says that if it is proven that the city knows about a hazard and does nothing, the potential for damages being awarded increases considerably.

He cautions that the two-year limitation that normally applies in a lawsuit is shortened by the Municipal Government Act which stipulates that the person bringing an action against a municipality: "Must notify the municipality of the event that gives rise to the action within 30 days after the occurrence of the event." (A few months from now it might be handy to remember that if an accident arises from the city's failure to remove snow or ice in a timely fashion, you've only got 21 days to meet the notice requirements.)

For now, the best anyone can do is continue to report violations and approach each intersection cautiously.

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FRONT NEWS // WOMEN'S SPORTS

She shoots. She scores. No one's watching The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup draws attention to the lack of women's sport media coverage

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occer is a game that can be played on a dirt field, concrete slab or perfectly manicured grass. The sport has virtually no limitations when it comes to equipment or resources and is often referred to as the "world's sport."

Hoping to draw many fans to the game, Canada was chosen to host the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup this year. The tournament, which attracts major attention to the world of women's sport, is being hosted from August 5 – 24 in four cities across Canada: Moncton, Montréal, Toronto and Edmonton.

Thanks to the Canadian Women's National Soccer team and Christine Sinclair—who is considered by many to be the world's best female player—the women's side of the sport has started to draw more interest. But the real question is, why has it taken so long?

Media coverage for women's sports in general, not just soccer, has been low, and, although it's getting better, it's not at the level that it should be.

A 2009 University of Southern California study showed that ESPN devotes 96.3 percent of its airtime to male sports, 1.6 percent to female sports and 2.1 percent to gender-neutral sports.

Although this stat is not representative of every TV channel, newspaper or radio station, it certainly is a good example of how women's sports are still not seen as equal to men's sports.

Craig Ellingson, sports editor of the Edmonton Journal, says that women need to be given time to raise the profile of their particular sport in order to receive the same viewership as men's sports. But how long will women have to wait to be given their earned media coverage? Ellingson uses the booming success of both the Canadian women's soccer and hockey team as a proposed solution to receiving media coverage.

"You [the players or athlete] have to raise the profile and raise the interest level to the point where media will pay attention to it," Ellingson says. "It's not a matter of ignoring it just because it's women playing sports."

Ellingson says that choosing what goes in the sports section every day has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with what's trending and reader interest.

"It's more then gender. It has to do with community and interest level. When it comes to deciding what we cover, gender doesn't play a role. Its just trying to gauge what will bring us readers. It all boils down to reader interest," Ellingson says.

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So why is reader/viewer interest not there when it comes to women's sports?

Karin Lofstrom, executive director of the Canadian Association for Advancement of Women and Sport (CAAWS), has a supplyand-demand answer for this.

"When they are given the opportunity to watch women's sport I think that people watch it, but it's not shown and there isn't that same corporate mentality to support it," she says, adding that it's up to the public to start inquiring.

"People need to start asking why it isn't covered on TV. Most of the coverage is still on football, hockey, baseball and basket-

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ball, which are all primarily men's leagues," Lofstrom says. "So there is no opportunity for women."

Women's sports have come a long way in the last few decades but comparing them to men's sports is unreasonable. Most of the time, women play a completely different game than men even if the sport is the same.

Howie Draper, coach of the University of Alberta Panda's hockey team since its development in 1997, uses the male and female hockey teams as an example to show how the two games vary.

"It's like comparing apples to oranges because the male game is all about power as compared to the finesse of the female game, and I think men gravitate towards that because they see that as being the end all and be all of the sport," says Draper, adding that, traditionally, men are the ones who watch sport on TV. "Coincidentally, when men start to watch the female game and appreciate it for what it is, then they are able to separate themselves from what they've learned is the game," Draper continues.

He admits that when he first started coaching, he didn't place women's hockey on the same pedestal as men's hockey. But after a few years, he started to appreciate it and realized that the women played a different version of hockey but one that still made for a great game.

Draper also admits that women are receiving less media coverage than men, even at the university level. According to Draper, the average attendance at a Bears hockey game is 1500 as compared to the Panda's at 250.

"I think that if we expose more people to female sport, then they'll eventually be able to appreciate it for what it is," Draper says. "And then there will be change. There has to be that initial spark—almost like a revolution."

Panda's soccer coach Liz Jepson agrees with Draper's perspective on gathering more media coverage for women.

"I would say it is about having connections. I think we need to be linking our top performing teams to our communities," Jepson says. "For example, the Canadian women's soccer and hockey teams—the community felt a connection and a sense of pride in the team which created a following, so people become more attached to the sport."

Women have proven time and time again that they are on par with men when it comes to sports and it is time that we start treating them as such and giving them the coverage they deserve.

"It's not about, yeah, we might lose a few readers for a while or we might lose a few listeners for a while or whatever it is, but this is the right thing to do," Draper says. "I'm not an expert in the area of social change but I certainly feel that at some point someone has to stand up and say we have to do this."

With the U-20 Women's World Cup coming up, the big question for Edmonton is: will this continue to be an uphill battle for women or are we going to give these athletes a hand in getting significantly more media coverage for women's sports?

LAUREN DE LEEUW

LAUREND@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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Middle Eastern Christians

Christians are fleeing from radical Muslims in Sudan and Iraq Two high-profile incidents last week, at opposite ends of the Arab world. In northern Iraq, recently conquered by the zealots of the newly proclaimed "Islamic State", the Christians in Mosul were given three choices: convert to Islam, pay a special tax (about $750, on this occasion), or be killed.

They all fled, and now Mosul is Christian-free for the first time in almost two millennia.

Meanwhile, in Sudan, Meriam Ibrahim finally got permission to leave her homeland after spending months chained up in a jail cell. The young woman had been condemned to hang by a Sudanese court for the crime of having "converted" to Christianity, but the government couldn't legally kill her until after her baby was born.

Now, neither of these incidents gives an accurate picture of government policy in Arab countries that have traditionally had Christian minorities (which is to say, most of them). Indeed, big Arab countries like Syria, Iraq and Egypt have all had Christian ministers in their governments and their laws guaranteed religious freedom.

Sudan, whose legal system has been based on Islamic shariah law since a military coup 30 years ago, does not treat its citizens equally regardless of their religion. At first glance, however, the restrictions apply mostly to the Muslim majority, who, for example, are forbidden to leave their faith on pain of death. That was the law that almost killed Ibrahim.

Her father had been Muslim, but he had abandoned the family when she was very young and her Christian mother had brought her up in the Catholic faith. Nevertheless, according to Sudanese law you are a Muslim if your father was, and professing any other faith makes you an apostate. She refused to abandon her Christian faith,

and so she was sentenced to hang.

But they do understand the concept of bad publicity even in Khartoum.

The suspicion hangs heavy that the prosecution grew out of a blackmail attempt gone wrong, for Ibrahim is a doctor and her husband, also a Christian, holds dual Sudanese and American citizenship. To your average impoverished Sudanese—like, perhaps, her absent father's family—that would have spelled "money".

So the accusation was made that she was really a Muslim who had abandoned her faith and married a Christian (both hanging offences), but it may have been made privately at first. Then, however, the professional zealots who make a living out of "defending Islam" got in on the act, demanding the apostate be killed, and the Sudanese government had to enforce its own laws.

The only saving grace was that Ibrahim was pregnant, and could not legally be killed until her child was born and had lived about two years. This gave time for the saner elements in the Sudanese government to work with her lawyers, and ultimately with US and Italian government representatives, to find a way to let her go. (Meanwhile, for all but the last month of her six-month ordeal, she was chained to the floor in a jail cell.)

It all finally came right, and last Thursday Ibrahim, her 20-month-old son and her newborn daughter flew out of Khartoum, landed in Rome, and were whisked off to a meeting with the Pope.

"She is unhappy to leave Sudan. She loves Sudan very much. It's the country she was born and grew up in," her lawyer told the BBC. "Her life is in danger so she feels she has to leave. Just two days ago a group called Hamza made a statement that they would kill

her and everyone who helps her."

So a happy(ish) ending to the story—but there were probably several other Sudanese Christians on the same flight who were leaving their country forever with less fanfare. It's no longer wise for Christians to live there if they have any other options.

And that is rapidly becoming the case for Iraq, too.

There were still about 60 000 Christians in Mosul when the United States and its sidekicks invaded Iraq 11 years ago. By last year, it was down to 30 000. Only two months after the arrival of the ISIS extremists, there are none. Most have fled to Kurdistan with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. They are not going back, and if they can they will leave the Middle East entirely.

What has changed? For many centuries, the Christian minority of Arabs lived in relative peace and prosperity under Muslim rule. In the early 20th century, they were in the forefront of the nationalist and literary renaissance in the Arab world. But in the past decade, about a quarter of the Arab world's 12 million Christians have emigrated, and the flow is increasing every year.

Most of them are not facing execution, like Ibrahim or the former residents of Mosul. They just feel excluded from an Arab discourse that is increasingly radicalized and obsessed with religious differences—both Muslim-Christian ones and Sunni-Shia ones—and they have lost hope. They are Arabs who have lost their place in the Arab world, and they have to find one elsewhere. V

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August 3: Russell Braun. Enjoy a matinee recital with Canadian baritone

Russell Braun as he performs a program that includes works by Mendelssohn, Ravel and Schumann. 2:00pm at The Banff Centre's Eric Harvie Theatre.

August 10: Doors Open Banff. From 1:00pm to 4:00pm Banff's oldest and most significant heritage buildings are open to explore. Maps of participating properties can be picked up at the Whyte Museum.

August 10: Daniel Lanois, with Garth Hudson. Join Canadian

music legends Daniel Lanois and Garth Hudson for an extraordinary outdoor concert at The Banff Centre's Shaw Amphitheatre. Gates open at 4:00pm with the concert starting at 5:00pm.

August 16: Adventure Under the Stars. Watch an outdoor screening

of award-winning films from the 2013 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival at The Banff Centre's Shaw Amphitheatre. The first film will start at 9:30pm. Don't forget to bring a blanket!

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DISH NEWS // URBAN AGRICULTURE

With a pilot bee-keeping project already approved, city council to consider chicken keeping, too

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s the urban agriculture movement picked up momentum in Edmonton—as, increasingly, people care more about knowing exactly where their food comes from, and even having a hand in its cultivation– it's come up against resistances to certain practices.

But now the cultural weathervane is starting to blow in a new direction: earlier this summer, City Council approved a pilot project of urban bee keeping within the city. And the same might be about to happen for keeping chicken coops: on August 18, the Council will entertain discussions, spurned on by the release of fresh, a new food and urban agriculture strategy that the city developed through discussions with citizens, interested groups and other organizations.

"It's been just a couple of years that there's been a significant increase in the push," explains Keith Scott, an animal control coordinator with the City. "We've been holding off in anticipation of waiting for fresh, to get some direction from council."

The report's myriad recommendations included the creation of an Edmonton Food Council (which met for the first time on June 24), and examining opportunities for keeping bees and raising hens within the city limits—something that groups like the River City Chickens Collective have been pushing for a few years And even before there were organized groups, Scott notes it was an issue that was constantly coming across his desk.

"Over the number of years I've been here—seven, eight years—every year we get requests from people who want to have backyard chickens, or would like to have bees," he says. "Prior to that [fresh report], the

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bylaw restricted those as prohibited animals within residential areas. And so, part of the fresh strategy was that they wanted us to look for options."

While there are certain issues that linger—concerns of noise, though Scott notes "not noisy like a dog barking," as well as smells, and the worry of attracting predators into the city—the already-enacted bee pilot projects, and the proposed chicken one, look to offer tangible data on the matter, rather than just hearsay and suspicion. It's a go for the bees, but in terms of chicken-keeping, it all depends on what City Council says in a few weeks.

"We want to be able to have Council give us direction," Scott notes. "To either say, 'Let's go ahead and try this.' Or, if it's not the right moment, not the right time, to be able to tell us, 'No, there's gonna be no change and we're going to keep with the status quo."

Still, Scott notes there's a few different groups of people who might want to cultivate food in their own backyards.

"One [group] wants to know where their food is coming from—they want to be part of that growing culture, and being able to raise the chicken from the egg, or have the fresh eggs. And the other group is just, there will always be those people who want to try something different, and feel like it's a better way, rather than going to a store."

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Fresh, Edmonton's food and urban agriculture strategy, is available to read at edmonton.ca/city_government/urban_planning_and_design/ food-and-urban-agriculture.aspx

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about hemp hearts No association to marijuana Hemp hearts are the edible insides of hemp seeds, which is a variant of the cannabis family. They do not contain the psychoactive compound, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that marijuana has.

Superfood Hemp hearts contain protein, essential fatty acids omega-6 and omega-3, fiber and vitamins A, B1, D and E.

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Long lasting Hemp hearts have a 12-month shelf life before the package is opened.

Not in US soil Canada, France and China are the major producers of hemp seeds. They have been prohibited from cultivation in the United States since the '50s.

Strengthens immune system Hemp seeds have been connected in aiding people with immune deficiency diseases due to its perfect 3:1 ratio of omega-6 and omega-3 acids.

Christmas gifts The Polish and Lithuanian people believe that spirits of dead relatives visit them on Christmas Eve, so they prepare a hemp-seed soup called "semieniatka" as an offering.

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DISH // WINE

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Biodynamic wine

A different approach to your typical vineyard

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ram's horn filled with manure and buried under the light of the full moon: it sounds like some kind of archaic ritual, but it's actually a practice carried out by thousands of contemporary winemakers.

Biodynamics is essentially organic agriculture with an esoteric twist. It is based on the theories of Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher who viewed each vineyard as a living organism that can and should be maintained in a self-sustaining way; the vineyard is in turn viewed as a part of the larger organism of the Earth itself. Accordingly, agricultural work is aimed at tapping into the Earth's rhythms, from the biologic to the cosmic level. Biodynamics has increased in popularity throughout the world's vineyards since it garnered mainstream attention in the 1980s, especially in France and the United States.

Admittedly, some biodynamic practices sound a bit kooky. It doesn't help that for years, much of the literature written about biodynamics presents it as a kind of quasimystical endeavour; reading some of these pieces, one is almost led to believe that its adherents don robes and cavort through their vines. And even if some do, really—who cares?

Much of biodynamics is essentially just organics, which has measurable benefits. Biodynamics may take things a step further in terms of the underlying philosophies, but it's largely a matter of simply getting over the stigma.

Much like organic agriculture, biodynamics does not use any synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. In many areas of the world, especially France, organic and biodynamic viticulture became popular as a means of addressing the significant problems in vineyards that had been razed by decades of heavy chemical use. The extreme and prolonged abuse of these chemicals stripped vital nutrients from the

soil, weakening the vines and translating to lackluster wines. This led to a major uptake in organic practices as a means of restoring vitality to the vines, which requires the return of life (of all kinds) to the entire vineyard.

Concocting a variety of natural crop applications is a cornerstone of biodynamic agriculture, from manure "teas" (which is what that ram's horn is all about) to various other herbbased preparations that are applied to the plants and/or soil. Their purpose is to stimulate microscopic soil processes and vitalize plant growth; adherents of organics and biodynamics often say that they let the soil's micro-organisms do all the heavy lifting. In biodynamics, many of these composts or sprays are prepared by fermentation in an animal organ; this is supposed to make the soil especially receptive to the solar, lunar and seasonal rhythms of the planet.

Many of these applications have not been scientifically verified as having a real effect on the soil or plants. Part of this is simply due to a lack of formal study; only about one percent of the world's vineyards are biodynamic (about two percent are organic). Certainly some of the astrologic components of biodynamics seem dubious—but then again, why do so many gardeners and farmers still refer to the Farmers' Almanac?

Proclaim it viticulture's Holy Grail or denounce it as a load of rubbish; devotees of biodynamic viticulture are just that—passionately devoted to the practice. My approach is eminently practical: just taste the wine and let that be the ultimate test. (Biodynamic wines are certified through the Demeter Association—look for this designation on the label.) Even if you're a staunch skeptic, if a wine tastes great do you really care that it was farmed biodynamically? V

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Hosers in Cuba examines the overlaps and discrepancies of Edmonton and Sancti Spiritus' rock scenes

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verybody's a fucking photographer right now," says Sheri Barclay. "We all know this."

Everybody, including Barclay herself, who strikes one in an interview as a person acutely aware of the contradictions swirling all around her, including her own.

"Not to say I don't respect what I'm doing," she continues, "but I'm aware of that." And that sort of awareness seems to be what Barclay's trying to capture with Hosers in Cuba, if in a particular travelogue context: the show documents her trip to the titular communist country. Sancti Spiritus, to be precise: she went alongside Solidarity Rock, the now-well established annual cultural exchange between the music scenes of Edmonton and Sancti Spiritus, run by the artists in both cities, facilitating the donation of gear to the Cuban side, where acquisition of the musical necessities can be a much more trying affair.

She was there for seven days—a time period she admits to be brief, btu still anough to give a snapshot sense of the community. During that time she shot pictures documenting the music scene, the hanging out, the general millieux, the beers after rum after beers. And though, culturally, there's a huge chasm of difference between Edmonton and Sancti Spiritus, Barclay found herself noticing certain overlaps, too.

"I have crazy respect for that scene, because they have to work so hard just to make it happen in the first place," she says. "But there's still all the same shit.

Seriously: the same girlfriends, gossip ... every city you go to has these weird kids, and these just happen to be the ones in Cuba."

Likewise, the somewhat lopsided dynamic—of being well-off Canadians in a much-poorer country—wasn't lost on her.

"We're not going to the resorts," she says. "But we're still affluent Canadians getting wasted in Cuba. Even though my friend is doing Solidarity Rock and everything, I'm still aware of that. There's nothing wrong with that—it's there. But when I'm taking the photos, it's showing that fun holiday style, but of course with something else to it."

So Hosers in Cuba's images seem to aim at conveying that certain something else: banner posters of a Cuban family in Oilers hats; footage of two of Barclay's friends dancing with a Cuban transvestite ("dancing to a Black Sabbath song," she grins); shots of a truly awful bathroom paired with a naive topless shot; snapshots of the cultural scenes that, to Canadian eyes, could be jarring. For, while Barclay picked up on certain cultural similarities between Edmonton and Sancti Spiritus, she also saw the deviancies between the two, like the general uncertainty in the air of the country's post-Castro future, or the sense of how difficult it was for the musicians there to practise something as taken-for-granted here as rock music.

"I know that the police were constantly watching us, when we were just hanging out drinking," Barclay continues. "And one guy said, 'You know, as long as you guys are here, we're safe. They're not gonna do anything while you guys are sitting here.

But when you leave, it's on.'"

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veryone makes mistakes. The best be feted by its patrons, insult Andrew's of us learn from them and ensure food and hook up with Andrew. they aren't repeated. Unfortunately Then Katie gets an opportunity fix for Katie Clay, the brassy protagonist one single mistake. All she needs to in Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee do is write it down on a piece of paO'Malley's newest per, ingest a magic mushroom, and graphic novel Sec- Now available onds, it takes a lot By Bryan Lee O'Malley go to sleep. When of mistakes—and Random House Canada she wakes up, it's a little bit of mag- 336 pp, $25 completely wiped out with no conseic—for her to learn that lesson. quences. But Katie At the start of the book, Katie has fi- soon becomes fixated on correcting nally stopped working as a head chef every minute mistake she's made in a at Seconds, where she gained her claim quest to perfect her life. And the more to fame as a brilliant cook. Passing the she tries to control her life, the more it reins to her protégé/hookup Andrew, spirals out of control. she works on her new restaurant fullThe art, provided by O'Malley and time, only coming down to Seconds to drawing assistant Jason Fischer, cre-

ates an intimate, magical realist world where magic is hidden in floorboards, crevices and cupboards. Seconds— a magical place itself—has a rustic charm, and the fine linework and warm colours from Vancouverite colourist Nathan Fairbairn make it seem homey in an otherwise cold, grey and wintery nameless town.

Seconds is many things—it's a story about learning from one's mistakes, about appreciating what you have— but it's most interesting when it's taken as a reaction to O'Malley's previous, much-beloved Scott Pilgrim series.

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the artist. O'Malley uses her to express his simultaneous frustration over being known as "the Scott Pilgrim guy"—all Katie wants to do is create something that will be uniquely, totally hers that people will love—while also feasting on people's adulation.

The Scott Pilgrim series, like Katie's Seconds restaurant, was a massive success. It earned huge critical praise and a rabid fanbase. But Katie rejects Seconds the same way Seconds rejects Scott Pilgrim. Seconds is a small and intimate one-shot graphic novel, where the Scott Pilgrim was a six-book action-comedy with a goofball esthetic and propulsive plotting.

Yet O'Malley can't help but throw small references to his previous series with a few little winking nods here and there. While they aren't distracting, it's an odd fan service choice for a book that explicitly spurns his previous work.

Seconds, while a beautiful read, is frustrating because O'Malley clearly doesn't trust the reader to follow along, which becomes more of a problem as the book goes along. There are beautiful scenes and splash pages where the story is being brilliantly told visually, but caption boxes and dialogue is there to ensure readers get it. The concluding chapter opens with a monologue from Katie about what she learned throughout the course of the book, and even though it's immediately undercut with a gag, it feels very much like O'Malley is leading readers by the nose.

It's unfortunate O'Malley doesn't trust his readers enough, as even without those interjections, Seconds is a solid story about people moving on with their lives instead of picking the scabs of past events, enchantingly told using his signature westernized manga lens.

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IMAX THEATRE • TELUS World of Science, 11211-142 St • Aug 1-7 • D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (PG): Fri-Sun: 1:10, 4:35, 6:55; Mon, Wed: 1:10, 4:35 pm, 7pm; Tue-Thu: 1:10, 4:35pm • Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G): Fri, Sun: 10am, 11am, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45; Sat: 11am, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45; Mon, Wed: 10am, 12pm, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45; Tue: 10am, 12pm, 3:25, 5:45; Thu: 12pm, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45pm • Jerusalem 3D (G) Sat-Sun: 12pm; Tue: 2:15pm • Rocky Mountain Express (G) Fri: 12pm; Tue: 11am • Space Station 3D (G) Mon: 11am • To The Arctic 3D (G) Wed: 11am • Born To Be Wild 3D (G) Thu: 10am, 11am • Edge of Tomorrow 3D (PG) Fri-Sun: 8:05pm • Inception (PG) Tue: 7pm • Star Trek Into Darkness 3D (PG) Thu: 7pm MOVIES AT THE CAPITOL–Fort Edmonton • 780.442.2013 • fortedmontontickets.

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Monthly film series featuring music documentaries, from classic to contemporary. Curated

by Tim Rechner, and co-presented with CJSR and Blackbyrd Myoozik • The Doors: Live at the Bowl ‘68 • Aug 5, 7pm

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GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY •

10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Discovery Gallery: TOTEMS OF THE MASCULINE: Matt Gould; Aug 2-Sep 6; opening: Aug 9, 2-4pm • Feature Gallery: CONTINUUM: Exploring the creative exchange of teaching and learning; Until Sep 27

ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 24215-34 St • 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum. com • Open weekends during the summer until Sep 2 • $5 (adult)/$3.50 (senior/student)/$2 (child 3-12)/child under 3 free; $4 (train rides) ART BUS TOUR • Locations: Art Gallery of St Albert (AGSA), Harcourt House, Nina Haggerty Arts Centre, SNAP, VASA • 780.460.4310/780..426.4180 • Interpretive tour of five Edmonton region art locations in one day • $15/$10 (member) incl transport; tickets at Art Gallery of St Albert, and Harcourt House • Aug 16, 12:30-6:15pm ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • 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 • 90 X 90: CELEBRATING ART IN ALBERTA; PART 1: FEATURING MANY ARTISTS; until Sep 14 • BMO World of Creativity: WORLD OF BOO: Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan; Jul 27, 2014–2015 ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) •

19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • RETREAT: Installation by Sherri Chaba; until Aug 2 • DISTRACTION OF A STATIONARY NATURE: Works by Shyra De Souza; until Aug 2 • DELINEATE: Works by Pierre Bataillard, Florence Debeugny, and Tanya Klimp; Aug 7-30; opening/Artwalk: Aug 7, 6-9pm • Preschool Picasso: Salt Paintings for 3-5 yr olds; Aug 9, 10:30-11:30am; $10 • Art Ventures: One-Liners; drop-in program for 6-12 yr olds; Aug 16; $6

ARTWALK–St Albert • Perron District, DT, St Albert: WARES (host SAPVAC), St Albert Library, Musée Héritage Museum, Gemport, Elevate Athletic Wear, Art Gallery of St Albert, Rental and Sales Gallery, Bookstore on Perron, VASA, Cloud Nine Pajamas, Cerulean Boutique • ArtwalkStAlbert.com • 1st Thu, 6-9pm; through to Sep; exhibits run all month • Thu, Aug 7, 6pm BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • ENDLESS SUMMER: Works by Tanya Kirouac, Gisa Mayer, and Monica Shelton • Aug 21-Sep 4; reception: Aug 22, 6-9pm; Aug 23, | 1-4pm CAFÉ PICHILINGUE–Red Deer • Artworks by Sasha Grinnell • Aug 1-30

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

savacava.com • Jerry Berthelette, Jean-Baptiste Frantz, Govrox and guest Andrew Raczynski • Until Aug 12

COMMON SENSE • 10546-115 St •

AESTHETIC EFFORT: Sculptures by Rob Willms

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780.760.1278 • OFF WHYTE 2014: ART WALK HOLDOVER SHOW: This holdover show gives you a chance to see your favourites; until Jul 31 • SUMMER SCULPTURE SHOW: sculpted art; Aug

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ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • PARKLAND COUNTY ART SHOW: Works by members of the Parkland Art Club; Aug 1-4 • DEVON POTTERY GUILD SHOW: Works by members of the Devon Pottery Guild; Aug 2-3

DIXON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave •

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

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY (DUG) • 10332124 St • douglasudellgallery.com • Represents some of Canada's leading contemporary artists as well as artists gaining recognition in the international art scene. Canadian historical art available 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 • WHEN THE SKY FALLS: Meteorite exhibition; until Aug 3

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112 St • 780.492.2081 • FA graduating shows: DARLING SHADOW: Works by Sarah Oneschuk, MFA Printmaking final visual presentation • BLASTOFF: Works by Ali Nickerson, MFA Drawing and Intermedia final visual presentation • Until Aug 16 • Closing reception: Thu, Aug 14, 7-10pm

GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron

St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • Works by Liz Meetsma, Betty Tessier, and Sandy Mitchell; until Sep 2; opening: Aug 7, 6pm; artists in attendance • Artworks by Liz Meetsma, Betty Tessier, and Sandy Mitchell; until Sep 2; Opening: Aug 7, 6pm; artists in attendance

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • SURFACESCAPES: Works by June Mielnichuk; and KRAZY SCULPTOR: Works by Yves Gauthier • Until Aug 19 GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner

Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • OUT OF BOUNDS: Paintings by Emmanuel Osahor • Display Case: SHINO: Pottery created by Ruby Serben • Aug 1-31

GALLERY WALK–Edmonton • Gallery

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

HAPPY HARBOR COMICS V1 • 10729-104 Ave • happyharborcomics.com • COMIC JAM: Improv comic art making every 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7pm • OPEN DOOR: Collective of independent comic creators meet the 2nd & 4th Thu each month; 7pm HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-

112 St • Main Gallery: A RECORD OF EVENTS: BY Jesse Sherburne; until Aug 8 • Front Room: THE PHARAOH’S FOREARM AND THE KING’S FOOT: Works by Tegan Smith; until Aug 8; Closing Celebration: Aug 8, 8-10pm • Art Bus Tours: Aug 16

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2nd Fl, Sunworks, 4924 Ross St, Red Deer • CHANNELS: Works by Paul Holowack; Aug 1-29 • Reception: First Friday Red Deer: Aug 1, 6-8pm

HUB ON ROSS–Red Deer • ALBERTAN

LANDSCAPES: Collaboration of visual and literary art by artist, Elena Rousseau, with various writers from Writers' Ink • Aug 1-31 • Reception: Aug 18, 3-5pm

JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages

KIWANIS GALLERY–Red Deer • Red Deer

Public Library • GLASSEARTH: Glass works by Larissa Blokhuis • Until Aug 24 • Reception/First Friday: music performance by Vincent Millward (singer-songwriter); Aug 1, 6-8pm

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • SUMMER ON 124 STREET: Works by gallery artists and secondary market works • Until Aug 27 LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • 780.423.5353

• Main Space: AFTER FACEB00K: Montréal artists,

Charles-Antoine Blais Métivier and Serge-Olivier Rondeau, explore the realities of Edmonton’s social networks; until Sep 6; Opening reception: at Patio: Thu, Jul 31, 5-9pm • ProjEx Room: HOSERS IN CUBA: Photos by Sheri Barclay; Jul 31-Sep 6 • The Art of Patio: every Thu, 5-9pm; until Aug 21

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LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590

Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 790.449.4443 • artstrathcona.com • Open: Fri-Sun 10-6pm • ACACA ALBERTA WIDE ART SHOW: Presented by the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association • Until Aug 16, Fri-Sun, 10-6pm

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital,

8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • POINT OF DEPARTURE: Pastel Landscapes by David Shkolny • Until Sep 7

MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 541151 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • Mixed media works by Sarah Smith • Until Aug 27 • Artist reception: Aug 3, 1-3:30pm

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 • paintspot.ca • Vertical Space: SEQUENTIAL PROCESS: Works by Daniel Hackborn; until Aug 19 • Artisan Nook: OBJECTIFICATION: Works by Stacey Cann; until Aug 19

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

thenina.ca • SUMMER REPUBLIC II: Works by artists with developmental disabilities; until Jul 31 • Recent work by the Nina Collective RBC emerging artist apprenticeship exhibit • Aug 6-Sep 9

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Summer Group Shows: New work by gallery artists • Through to end of Aug PICTURE THIS GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • picturethisgallery.com • Canada SCapeS and SpaCeS arT ShOW: Works by Brent Heighton, Dean McLeod, Jonn Einerssen, Murray Phillips, Cameron Bird, Bern Will Brown, Audrey Pfannmuller, Roger D. Arndt, Gregg Johnson, Robert Bateman, Jack Ellis, Dominik Modlinski, Bi Yuan Cheng, Jean Peters, Tim Packer • Until Aug 30 ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • WORN TO BE WILD: Until Sep 7 • WESTERN THREADS: Contemporary Fibre 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 • Through the summer SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • TWOHALVES: Print works by Koichi Yamamoto; until Aug 30 • Community Gallery: ÉTUDES DE MOUVEMENTS: Works by Patrick Arès-Pilon; until Aug 30

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY •

35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Main Gallery: Dianna Sapara; until Aug 9 • Main Gallery: MARKS OF MEANING: Visual Poetry by Bonnie Patton; Aug 12-Sep 6 • Fireplace Room: OAC Hangings; through Sep

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

• 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • ART: OBJET DE SPORT: Canada 55+ Games – Aug 27-30 • Until Sep 6

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142

St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • Events: WILDLIFE RESCUE: until Sep 1 • K'NEX: THRILL RIDES: until Sep 1 • GPS ADVENTURES CANADA EXHIBITION: Combining technology, nature, and hidden treasure; until Jun 1, 2015

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 exhibition; until Aug 1 • OUT OF BOUNDS: The Art of Lynn Malin. An Art Gallery of Alberta TREX Exhibition. A survey of Lynn Malin's artistic career • Aug 7-30 • Reception: Aug 14, 7-9:30pm VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill

Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • STRUCTURES: Works by Byron McBride • Until Aug 1

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The Double leans hard on its inspirations

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imon James (Jesse Eisenberg) is rarely recognized and barely noticed. Simon says, "You're in my place" to a guy on the subway early in Richard Ayoade's The Double—a film which might as well take place entirely within a subway system, so stale and sunless is its meticulously constructed world—and you get to feeling that Simon probably says this several times a day. There is no place for Simon, but every day he goes to work, where his boss (Wallace Shawn) doesn't appreciate him; to the diner, where the waitress doesn't listen to him and anyway doesn't have anything he wants; to his miserable little room in a monolithic apartment block in some industrial wasteland, where

he watches TV or uses binoculars to spy on a pretty girl (Mia Wasikowska) who, you guessed it, pays him no attention. Simon's mom doesn't even recognize him when he appears in a televised advert for "the Colonel," the Big Brotherly figure who rules the company Simon works for, and maybe everything else in the insipid nightmare world Simon inhabits—a world that will soon be inhabited by James Simon (Jesse Eisenberg), Simon's exact duplicate, except that he's an asshole and everyone loves him.

Like Jake Gyllenhaal's character in Enemy, you might say that Simon almost needs a doppelgänger because as it is he's barely a person.

Unlike Gyllenhaal, who is remark-

ably nuanced in Enemy—which you might think of as The Double's smarter, more genuinely disquieting twin—Eisenberg conveys that lack of selfhood mainly through mincing and sundry annoying tics that affect ineffectuality. The arrival of his doppelgänger should come as a relief, but the truth is that James is simply arrogant, bullying and nearly as dull. The notion that he's irresistible to women is a reminder that we are indeed in the realm of fantasy.

But it isn't just a way with the ladies that gives James a one-up on Simon: James joins Simon's company, steals Simon's ideas and curries favour with the boss. He's getting everything Simon wanted. Will Simon snap and try to take it from him?

Fri, Aug 1 – Thu, Aug 7 Directed by Richard Ayoade Metro Cinema at the Garneau  If any of this seems familiar, you don't know the half of it. The Double is based on Dostoyevsky's eponymous novella, but the cinematic forebears for its every detail of production design are myriad. Which is to say that The Double, with its labyrinthine Kafkaesque workplace, its noisy plumbing, bad wiring and semi-catatonic elderlies, is based on Brazil and Eraserhead as much as it is on The Double. Submarine, Ayoade's first feature, leaned heavily on Wes Anderson and the French New Wave, so it's no surprise that his second feature is brazen about its sources of inspiration. It's just

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that the brazenness is stifling rather than freeing. Cinephiles could make a game of spotting quotations from other films, the company ball with a band on loan from Aki Kaurismäki or the many references to The Tenant. I find The Double as a whole admirable, airless and stiff, well-crafted, pedantic and mannered, eager to display its lovingly integrated citations. Life has been almost entirely sucked out of this deft pastiche, which, to be sure, is in keeping with its spin on the old story. So I won't claim that The Double doesn't succeed, only that what it succeeds at may not be something that's either fun or profound.

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tarting from the faulty but forgiv- cent" of her brain's capacity, thereby able premise that humans only effectively making her a superhero, use 10-percent of our brains, Lucy is growing more omnipotent as each a dense but confused attempt at an percentage point of her brain use in"idea film" mixed creases, and giving with an action film, Now playing her the power to get revenge on the and an unfortunate Directed by Luc Besson addition to Luc  gangsters, and to find the rest of the Besson's usually respectable filmography. Just try to drug from the other test subjects, so get through a basic plot summary: that she can unlock even more of the Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) is thrust brain's potential, to share that inforinto a sketchy situation that results mation with the rest of humanity ... ? in having a bag of experimental drugs (containing the unlocked potential of If this seems like a bit of a mess to the human brain) sewn into her stom- you, then it's either because you're ach—and into the stomachs of three not smart enough to "get" all the other unfortunates—by Taiwanese big ideas it's driving at, or because gangsters, and then having her stom- this film really is quite a big mess. ach kicked so that the bag leaks, giv- When they aren't distracted by graing her access to the "other 90-per- tuitous car chases and gun battles,

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the "big ideas" are all conveyed with overly graphic CGI visuals (ie: Lucy's body turning into a supercomputer of black goo), rather than with, you know, ideas. Even though Lucy, from the time of her transformation (about 15 minutes in), has all the personality of Star Trek's Data in a nasty mood, the film still banks on some intended empathy with its heroine in order to fuel the drama of her fantastical character arc from average woman to super-god. Even Morgan Freeman doing his best Morgan Freeman routine can't give this film enough basic human characterization for us to want to follow Lucy through what is a poor excuse for an action movie and a halfbaked exploration of lofty themes.

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Hercules

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ercules begins with—no surprise—his famous labours.

But those 12 titanic tasks come off as myth-leading exaggerations, recited by his nephew Iolaus because he desperately wants his legendary uncle to show up already, because his philandering parts are about to be skewered by rogues. Ryan Condal and Evan Spiliotopoulos' adaptation of Steve Moore and Cris Bolsin's comic series rather smartly pulls the boarskin rug out from under the Hercules myth—until the super-heroic end—and director Brett Ratner films two big battles with some flair and drama.

Hercules (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is a mercenary, on the road with his merry men—and one woman, the supreme archer Atalanta (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal)—as his reputation both precedes and well

pays them. Convinced by a king's daughter to fight for a Thracian realm, Hercules must turn farmers into soldiers and fight off a shadowy enemy. There are the clichés— the ancients speaking in plummy Brit accents; the hero who must fight for more than gold; the rallying cry to an untested army—but little details like the king protected behind a "shield-wall" and royal power-plays make a difference.

There are flashbacks to Hercules' tragic moment of madness, where he supposedly killed his wife and children (central to Euripides' play Herakles), while the trauma of war long ago silenced and unhinged his loyal comrade Tydeus (Aksel Hennie). Deft side-turns in character are offered by Rufus Sewell as Autolycus and Ian McShane as Amphiaraus, whose doomed-prophet act

this flick has some fun with.

It's the story's fun little tweaks of Greek myth that matter most.

From his visions of his last labour—killing Hades' three-headed dog Cerberus—to his avuncular affection for his nephew (or something more? Iolaus is Hercules' lover in many versions), this adaptation plays enough with the ancient tales, while still recognizing the power of embellishment, to be an entertaining epic. Ultimately, Hercules goes a mighty-man labour too far, but its relative restraint until then—in an age of 300-level Hollywood schlock-spectacle-smorgasbords about gods and men, and in a retelling of ancient Greece's equivalent of the Hulk—is admirable.

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REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

Video Games: The Movie V

ideo Games: The Movie comes a the breathless. Wil Wheaton notes bit—at least 128 bits—late to being an "active participant" only in the action. We're already 40 years video games (as if theatre can't make into gaming and 30 years on from audiences participate or all viewa movie, The Last ers just thoughtStarfighter, that Fri, Aug 1 – Sun, Aug 10 lessly sponge up used an arcade Directed by Jeremy Snead all other visual game to recruit a Metro Cinema at the Garneau media). By turns character to fight  aggressive and dein starships—in fensive, this doc, some of the first crashing around CGI-rendered battles. With more like a wonky Mario Kart, overplays movies like video games and talk of and underanalyzes. Statistics, undigitally creating actors or posthu- sourced, pop up; there's a jump mously continuing their screen lives, from a colourful fact about Pong it might be more timely—and more gameplay to needlessly explainreflective of the gaming industry as ing "video game." There's grandiose the screen-world that's surpassed bafflegab about gaming's "role to Hollywood in profits and populari- play in the future of our species" ty—to see The Movies: Video Games. or a quote from Gandhi (notorious Instead, Jeremy Snead's fawning Pacmaniac that he was!?!) or this fanboy of a documentary features a profound statement—"I was fortucast of Hollywood actors and indus- nate to first be exposed to Nintendo try insiders waxing semi-moronic as a consumer"—from (shocker!) a about video games. Sean Astin's Nintendo president. And that's all narration tends, pantingly, towards before the half-hour mark, when the

defensiveness about video games as "art" begins.

The problem is, if video games are art (and why's that matter? this doc never says), where the €$¢£'s the subtext and depth? So much of the shallow argument here comes down to money and popularity— little different from the rich-kid clique at school acting the coolest. (Astin declares, "anyone will be able to play any game, anywhere, at any time." Nope—not poor people.)

What's missing is any careful context, or interviews with cultural critics, or thoughts on games' narratives, or basic questions about games' social impact. Criticism can push an art form to higher levels, too—but not here. Criticism incites insight and art offers articulation; there's not two bits of either in Video Games: The Movie.

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By the late '70s it got to the point where every new film from Werner Herzog was likely to contain at least one miracle. Mass hypnosis, impossibly exotic landscapes, manifest destiny with a monkey on a raft, the everstartled gaze of poor Bruno S: Herzog was committed to some unprecedented cinematic project, a cartography of visions and dreams. His hunger for "new images" was insatiable. Filmmaking seemed an elaborate scheme to keep sending himself on quixotic adventures, yet the films themselves, their methods, rhythms and revelations, were integral to that adventure.

He demanded esthetic evidence, and if he didn't find it he made it up.

As years pass and Herzog's career shifts—toward Hollywood, of late— I keep trying to convince myself of some fundamental souring charlatanism in the old Bavarian showman, but then I go back to the work—the best work—and I'm under its spell all over again. Shout Factory has released a whole lot of that best work in a limited edition hardcover book set. Herzog's filmography is so vast, and so much of it is so interesting, that I'm a little disappointed that Herzog: The Collection is mostly the same greatest hits that were already available on standard format. (Basically, it's the same films found in Anchor Bay's Herzog and Herzog-Kinski collections, plus Where the Green Ants Dream.)

But it's great to finally have these films on handsomely transferred Blurays, and if you're looking to explore Herzog-land for the first time, you can't really go wrong here. I'm going to run through the '70s films here and will cover the later films in the subsequent column.

There's nothing diminutive about the ambitions behind Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970). Shot on the

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volcanic Spanish island of Lanzarote, the film chronicles the rebellion of captive dwarfs against their captor dwarfs. Windows and crockery are destroyed and plants set ablaze. The last section features a truck being driven around and around and quite possibly the longest laughing jag in film history. A profile of Fini Straubinger, a blind-deaf woman and advocate for better services for those with her affliction, Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) is far more sombre. A visit to a centre for children born blinddeaf is heart-wrenching, but also fascinating: you can see Herzog trying to identify with his subjects, not pity them. It's perhaps the first film where we begin to see the distinctive handheld camerawork that would come to define Herzog's films, whether fiction or documentary, a camera that's very physicalized, receptive, with its own gait and rhythm. But Fata Morgana (1972) is arguably the first film no one but Herzog could possibly have made.

Conceived as science fiction, the film is fantastical travelogue, a series of invented creation myths spoken over images of deserts, the vacant flesh of camels, a pale blue village, a couple playing a bolero for no one on a tiny stage, a woman with a giant radio around her neck, tuned between stations as though searching for extraterrestrial signals.

A major influence on Apocalypse Now (1979), Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972) follows a troupe of lost conquistadores in search of the fabled city of gold, led by a maniac played by an actual maniac named Klaus Kinski. (More on him in the coming column.) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) is a historically accurate telling of the famous Bavarian "wild child" who was kept chained in a cellar until the age of 17, when he was

abandoned in a square in Nuremberg, unable to speak or read and barely able to walk. He's taken in, cared for and educated, yet he seems ultimately to feel his own civilization a sort of curse. Herzog made the single-most brilliant casting choice of his career when he hired Bruno S, a street musician who'd spent his life in and out of institutions, to play Kaspar—his performance seems to echo the deafblind Vladimir from Silence and Darkness. Bruno would be cast again in Stroszek (1977), a perfectly pitched, devastatingly sad road movie about a trio of German misfits who move to Wisconsin to search for a better life.

The story of an 18th century alpine village falling into ruin after its master glassmaker dies with his secrets, Heart of Glass (1976) is the real Herzog litmus test: the film was shot with its entire cast, save one, under hypnosis, which doesn't keep them from conversing, screaming or getting into bar fights. It is hands-down one of the strangest, most transporting things I've ever seen, and features one of my favourite endings of any movie.

Herzog reunited with Kinski two more times before the decade was through, on Woyzeck (1979), a harrowing adaptation of Georg Büchner's play about madness, love, military training and murder—which also featured Herzog's regular female collaborator, the wonderful Eva Mattes— and on Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), his sumptuous reimagining of the Murnau classic. Kinski was never better than in this pair, shot only five days apart so as to capitalize on the actor's exhaustion, playing roles characterized by self-loathing, haunted wonder, and a kind of torment rarely seen in star performances. When next Herzog and Kinski collaborated they tried to kill each other, but we'll catch up with the '80s next week. V

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t was like everybody had the same genius idea at the same time.

Over the arc of last summer, Edmonton found itself dotted with new summer music festivals, like the raddest of spreading plagues.

They were all fairly small (relatively speaking), mostly locally minded and tapping into a niche that, perhaps unconsciously, had gone neglected until then. But size aside, they've all proven mighty in ideal and ambition, and endurance as well: all of these festivals are back again for a second year and they're all upping the ambition as they go.

Hot Plains emerged first, at the start of last summer, acting like a beacon for the rest to follow. Which they did—attending that fest led promoter Daniel Lenz to turn a weekend of bookings into a festival of his own barely two months later.

"I went to Hot Plains, and had a lot of fun, and I already had three bands booked in three days at Wunderbar," Lenz says. "At first I wanted to do a back-alley/inside Wunderbar one, so it was basically a series of working out logistics to see how I was going to make it a festival.

Once the street show didn't work out, I fell in love with the triangle concept of things; it felt like a neat way to present something."

The concept plays out like the mysterious plot of ocean it's named for: with Bermuda's three anchoring venues around Whyte Ave—Cha Island, Wunderbar and Pawn Shop—the festival finds spaces, houses and whatever nooks it can within the triangle those venues form to put on all-ages and secret shows. (Buying a festival wristband means you get the secret show list/location emailed to you each day).

And its lineup's drawing larger, more distant acts in, too. This year's Bermuda counts the likes of Halifax popparty king Rich Aucoin, Californian fuzz-rockers Crocodiles and hardcore legends Cro-Mags in among its 50some bands. Plus, there's an ongoing silent art auction (the works—one of which is gracing the cover of this very paper you're holding, if you're reading it in print—are all up on the Bermuda website, as well as hanging in the Next Act pub until Friday, and can be bid for online or in person at a Monday art auction.

In addition to its growth within the city, Lenz has taken his festival beyond the city limits: there are satel-

lite Bermuda events in Calgary and Saskatoon this year, sharing some of the same bands and, for Lenz, making the idea of travelling up to Edmonton more lucrative (and cost-effective) for a distant act.

"I don't have huge corporate dollars, I don't have huge grant money, so really it's all out of my pocket," he says. "So it was in hopes to entice bands to get two shows, and for other cities to chip in for flights, basically.

"My long-term goal would be to have basically a tide coming in and out of Edmonton," he continues. "So maybe five years from now, have a band start in Halifax, and a band start in Vancouver, and have the tide come into Edmonton, and the tide go out of Edmonton."

That's Bermuda. There's also the aforementioned Hot Plains; Endless Bummer, taking place at the end of the Summer; and even a new, activist festival emerging for the first time this winter, Not Enough, which has its sights set on surpassing the boundaries around participation that Women, queer, trans* and non-gender binary

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I think we proceeded with a little more confidence this year just because we had an idea of what the end product was going to be like. people face in the music scene.

Running concurrent to Bermuda is maybe the most ambitious of the new fests, which seeks to take the Edmonton music scene on a weekend camping odyssey. Golden West Music Festival positions itself out near Ardmore, in a giant field, with the draw of 26 bands, myriad visual arts and a gigantic bonfire.

"I think we proceeded with a little more confidence this year just because we had an idea of what the end product was going to be like, unlike last year when there was not one single element that wasn't a giant question mark," admits Amelia Aspen, who booked Golden West's lineup, over email. "That was so stressful."

She notes the "very, very, very steep" learning curve from last year—nobody involved had previously programmed a Fest like this—has led to some focus realignments in year two: they didn't try to secure any vendors for the site, and expanded its visual

arts component so Golden West now features Josh Holinaty and April Dean doing art installations all weekend.

Aspen notes having a better sense of festival identity this time around was a significant help, too.

"We were careful to invite bands that we thought would contribute to the friendly laid-back feeling of the festival," Aspen says. "Our mandate is always going to be to focus mainly on Edmonton and Alberta talent, but since the majority of our audience is from Edmonton, I think it is nice to bring in some bands that we don't always get to see play at home."

Some of those Golden West bands are being shared with Bermuda. Part of the reasons all of these young festivals can seem to tap the same vein and be not only surviving, but expanding, seems to be a sense of creating a whole new ecosystem, rather than fighting for places in the old one.

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likes music here. Totally," Aspen says. "I think that part of it was that people were starved for those kinds of events in Edmonton before last summer. We may identify as Festival City, but before last year there was not really a festival event that I can think of that served the audiences that Hot Plains, Bermuda, Golden West and Endless Bummer do (shout out to Shred Island here, too [Edmonton's impromptu weekend festival that rose up in the wake of Sled Island 2013's catastrophic flooding]. It may have been a oneoff but it was a GREAT one-off).

Basically if you were not doing folk, blues, jazz or world music you just had to cross your fingers and hope your band got into Sled Island."

As a result, there's more of a sense of camaraderie than competition between them all: Hot Plains organizer Aaron Getz is on the Golden West planning team; though Bermuda and Golden West occupy the same weekend, there's the band sharing, and constant dialogue between the two about how not to cut into each others' turf too much.

"We worked together more than we worked against each other," Lenz says.

"I think there's a big enough community: I get all the camper haters, and they get all the camper lovers. I think

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it works well."

In reality, this is probably the year when all of these festivals establish themselves as lasting fixtures, or not. But the fact that all of them are getting another, bigger go-around is cause for celebration, and the early indications of an audience that can sustain them all.

"Even though there are some obvious similarities between these festivals, they are different enough to co-exist," Aspen says. "Bermuda has grown tons this year and is bringing in some killer headlining acts. Golden West offers a really rad lineup of music under the stars plus a major art component, and Hot Plains is the kick-off to the entire summer festival season and also has expanded like crazy. They are all distinctly different experiences and I don't think there would be any point in being competitive or petty about that. I think we all genuinely want each other to succeed. Our team can't do all the stuff that those other teams are doing, and vice versa, but I am super happy that it is being done in our city. I think everyone involved sees that as these events succeed, the whole Edmonton music community benefits and it is only going to help our events individually if these events continue to grow and be healthy. That happens when we support each other."

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They're not in a hurry, however.

The four-piece punk band is coming back from the East Coast, taking advantage of a brief respite from the tour to visit friends in Quebec and relax after an up-and-down section of the one-month jaunt in support of their newest album, Taiga.

"Nova Scotia was kind of tough," laments guitarist-vocalist James Stewart as he chats on his cell phone, keeping one eye open for the turn off. "New Brunswick is great, but Nova Scotia is starting over from scratch every time. It's like we're at the bottom, covered by tears and a blanket of complete indifference."

Fun! Still, Slates did make a few connections in Halifax, including a friendly luthier who helped set up Stewart's prized Fender Jaguar and offered to help the band with future shows. Best gig of the tour so far? Why, Thunder Bay, of course.

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town has been good to us," Stewart Electrical Audio, the album has resays. "Last time we were through ally started to come alive for the we played what we assumed was a band now that it's gotten over the punk house show, but was actually intense writing and recording prosomething like a Safeway staff par- cess. ty. Just five people and a little kid.

"At the time Dallas was reading We played maybe four songs before a book by David Byrne that talked about writing with a place in mind, the cops came to shut us down." so that's what we This time around went ahead and they filled up a lo- Sun, Aug 3 (8 pm) cal club, the Apol- With Sweathearts, Stepmothers did, write music that fit that parlo, with the help and Catholic Girls ticular space and of a couple of DJs Wunderbar, $12 dynamic." who took a liking The discipline of to the band.

"It's never a waste of time, even writing and arranging to a particular when it gets tough," Stewart says. model put a particular burden on the "No matter what, you play as hard band, but now that they're able to as you can, and eventually people mess with it in live performances, the start to come around." band's shaken it off.

"I actually was so sick of the song While Slates has always had its 'Taiga' by the time we were finished champions, it's with the Steve with it," Stewart admits. "It felt like Albini-produced Taiga that people 'Fuck that song,' you know? But have really started to come around. then we started working with it, New Damage Records picked up the reinventing it, changing parts of it. band based on the album, which Now I love it again. I feel that way finds Stewart and friends (drum- about the whole album, that we're mer Dallas Thompson, bassist Lee able to let it breathe now that Klippenstein and guitarist Stefan we're on the road and getting used Duret) stepping far outside their to them." usual modus operandi. Written spe- TOM MURRAY TOM@VUEWEEKLY.COM cifically for Albini's Chicago studio,

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y real motivation for love dance music.

"At first when I was there, I doing what I'm doing is to connect with people," says T was like, this is the worst—you Nile, a musician from the small cannot get away from the beat.

Banjo-shaped island of Galiano. It's 24/7 techno," Nile recalls. "It Nile spent the was driving me majority of her Wed, Aug 6 (7:30 pm) childhood away The Artery, $8 (advance), $12 (door) crazy and I couldn't from mainstream stand it. culture and she And then says that has affected the style of music that after a while it just sort of rubs off on you and you start to unshe plays today.

"I grew up away from popular derstand it.

"I was 18 and ever since then culture," says Nile. "I don't have the same influences as a lot of I've loved dance music and this people. Because of this, I like to newest record in a way—even though it's not really a dance mix things up a bit."

Tingle and Spark, her most record—has a definite pulse, recent album, has flairs of folk and that was the pulse I felt and techno dance, but with a when I was in India."

Nile says that she wants to be melodic undertow that creates a part of a movement where an almost whimsical feeling.

"The album is kind of a roman- music brings people back totic road-trip make-out record," gether to connect with one ansays Nile. "It's like when you're other.

"I think the great thing about in a new situation and you feel live music is that it brings us that excitement." back to the moment," says Nile.

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Anni Piper / Tue, Jul 29 – Sat, Aug 2 (9 pm) She’s an Australian blues woman, known internationally for her witty lyrics and jazzy bass playing.

(Blues on Whyte)

Upside of Maybe / Fri, Aug 1 (8 pm) Canadian musicians from various backgrounds making great music and putting on fantastic live shows for their audience. Sounds like a solid time. (Cha Island Tea Co, Tickets $15)

Zakiya Hooker / Fri, Aug 1 – Sat, Aug 2 (8 pm) Daughter of American blues icon, John Lee Hooker, Zakiya is a renowned artist in her own right with the jazz and blues “it” factor. (Big Al’s House of Blues, tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door)

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Six Day March / Sat, Aug 2 (4 pm) This band delivers an upbeat version of alternative rock. Perfect for a summer afternoon.

(Black Dog)

Ian Tyson / Sun, Aug 3 (11 am) Five decades of performing! Holy smokes. This is one legendary Canadian cowboy you won’t want to miss. (Hayloft Acres, tickets $40)

Rod Stewart and Santana / Tue, Aug 5 (7:30 pm) Stewarts’ voice is just as raspingly soothing as when he started out, probably because he is ... forever young. Plus, Santana’s blues and rock rhythms might just make you leave your seat and start dancing along. (Rexall Place, tickets $50 and up)

Not Enough Fest featuring: Mahria, Homo Monstrous and Feverfew / Tue, Aug 5 (8pm) Hoping to get more LGBTQ individuals into the music industry, this fest is going to include some great beats with everything from hard rock to punk style. (Naked Cyber Café)

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Broken Bells / Thu, Aug 7 (7 pm) Grammy nominees and producers of great indie rock music—the music these guys create will creep into your soul and never want to leave. (Winspear Centre)

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historic event is going down this week: the Wu-Tang Clan is coming to Edmonton. The rap/hip-hop group is a chaotic cohesion of relatives and close friends and is often considered one of the best rap groups of time, as no one has been able to recreate their sound.

Orville Green, owner of Tuffhouse Records, says that the Wu-Tang Clan performing here is going to give the still-growing Edmonton hip-hop scene the boost it needs to take things to the next level.

"The Wu-Tang concert will help in that it will get the whole community together and it shows that we can bring our heroes in," says Green.

According to Green, Edmonton has a

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lot of different styles and so choosing "The Wu-Tang Clan is pretty much the opening acts for Wu-Tang was a dif- the reason I started," says Gutta. ficult decision.

"They're my hip-hop "If they're doing role models."

Sat, Aug 2 (8 pm) something posiAccording to With Peter Jackson, Wayz and tive in the commuGutta, it's impormore nity and they're tant for the rest Edmonton Expo Centre working hard and of the world to Tickets from $70 trying to get their see that Edmonton music out there is a player in the but didn't get that hip-hop scene. The little push—well, Wu-Tang clan comif we have that opportunity to give ing to perform here is only going to them that push then why not, right?" boost that image.

"It's all about those guys coming Str8 Gutta was one of the artists down and spreading the word about that was chosen to open for Wu- the upcoming artists," says Gutta.

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One of the biggest names in backpack rap, Sage Francis is all too aware of the fallacies in American life, and these 14 tracks preach with a lyrical focus and depth that is often overlooked in hip hop. The thing is: any fan of Francis knows that war, consumerism and sexism

are polluting our minds and souls, the shit bit being that the public at large doesn't seem to care. So no matter how mad Sage Francis gets, the only people he's really going to affect are the kids who haven't thought about it yet, and those are the only people that really need to hear Copper Gone. And with 13 separate beat makers (including Buck 65) it's obvious that Francis has a lot of friends, which leads to the question: why don't any of them share the mic? The whole thing plays like a DJ-backed diatribe. Let's not get confused, his skill with words is impressive and the music is solid. Long-time fans should be pleased. But it lacks variety, and that simple fact makes it easy to get bogged down below the pulpit.

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What's the saying? The family that plays together, stays together? If that is indeed the case, than the brothers Alvin have cemented their relationship with this record of covers. The Alvins have separate and lengthy solo careers, but have come together to celebrate one of their biggest shared influences, Big Bill Broonzy. Make no

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bones about it, this is a pet project, and the ease and fun that comes with sharing what they know and love is very evident.

Expert rhythm and blues coming from seasoned pros makes Common Ground a delight to listen to. Guitars plucking and sliding as they lightly bop with snappy upright and accompanying rhythms that leave you feeling like you've been hugged in a way that only a brother can. The sound is clean, the songs are upbeat and, best of all, the players are amazing.

The lack of flash that comes with their years of experience reminds us that it's foolish to think that just because someone is old, their best work is behind them. It's kind of shitty to pigeonhole this record, but if you were told it belongs in the CKUA afternoon rotation, you'd have a pretty good idea of what to expect.

It's pretty clear that Mike Farrell actually lived through the '80s and his use of synth elements comes from kitchy remembrance and not discovery. Lucky for us he was able to remember enough of the good stuff to take those elements and create this IZOL release. Some of these songs remind you of the strong singer/songwriter music of the era like Hall & Oates, Steve Winwood and that guy who sang "Walking in Memphis." "Liquor Store," with its steady beat, sweet horn hook and staccato guitar solo, is certainly the stand-out track, but Farrell is kind of all over the map with these songs, and, as a result, every track seems to stand out in some way. "Good and Blue" is a vocal-and-acoustic-guitar song that sounds as though it was recorded in one take on a four-track in a hotel room, while "James" is a short and sombre piano instrumental. Such simple diversity creates the impression of a very talented man and his talented friends, expressing themselves for no other reason than to remind us that that's what creative humans need to do. Pleasantly wizened, You Heard This Wish certainly ain't Top 40, but it's a lovely work for a mature audience that still has enough heart to allow themselves to be silly.

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Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com 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 AUG 3 BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES

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

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan’s House Band 5-8pm DV8 The Bone Daddies

featuring the Still Spirits; 9pm HAYLOFT ACRES Ian Tyson;

11am-11pm; tickets at TicketMaster at gate, day of show HOG’S DEN PUB Rockin’ the

Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm LIVE AT SLY’S–THE RIG Every

Sun Jam with Loco-MoFos, hosted by Bob Cook; 8-12pm NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am

BIG VALLEY JAMBOREE–

ON THE ROCKS The Give ‘Em

Camrose • Main Stage:

Hell Boys

Drew Gregory, Kira Isabella, Williams and Ree, Marty Stuart, Kip Moore, Miranda Lambert • Molson Canadian Saloon: Lindsay Broughton, Deric Ruttan, Coal Creek Boys; more at: bigvalleyjamboree.com

PAWN SHOP Bermuda Fest

BLACKJACK’S ROADHOUSE– Nisku Open mic every Sun

hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Brunch: Jazz Passages Trio (Farley Scott, Mike Gillespie, and Bryan Sim); 9am-3pm; donations

BLUEBERRY BLUEGRASS AND COUNTRY FESTIVAL– Stony Plain Gospel Hour

hosted by James King, the Canadian Country Music Legends, Trick Ryder, Jimmy Whiffen, Nu Blu, the Larry Stephenson Band, Grasstowne, Suzy Bogguss, the James King Band, the Rambling Rooks, the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band; 9am-10:30pm; $135 (weekend pass)/$55 (single day ticket) at Myhre’s Music BLUES ON WHYTE Anni Piper

UBK PRESENTS

BUCKINGHAM Gods, Devonian Gardens, Kushch, Skin

& Pawn Shop Live present Cro-Mags, guests; Cro MagsEtown Beatdown, the Chain, Acquitted RED PIANO August long

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Magee DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY

Monday open mic EMPRESS Silent Aert Auction: Music by Switches, Banshee, Jesse and the Dandelions, and Alex Vissia MERCURY ROOM Music

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

Ryder (country) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental

old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510 ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE

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 AUG 4

Open mic every Tue RED PIANO Every Tue: the

Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm-12am; no cover; relaxed dress code REXALL PLACE Rod Stewart

and Santana; 7:30pm RICHARD’S PUB Tue Live

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

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

Closed for Summer Break BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Magee DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Wed

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

Wed (unless there’s an Oilers game); no cover DV8 Moledebater, guests; 8pm FESTIVAL PLACE Qualico Patio Series: Dan Sinasac Band, Jessica Denise; 7:30pm; $8

NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Ryder

(country) OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

Jason Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member)

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT

Open Mic Monday Nights with Adam Holm

Mike Letto SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION

Andrew Scott

Bleeker Ridge!, Wheelhouse, Big City Supreme; 8pm

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION

WINSPEAR CENTRE Sarah

DJs

Letto

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Adam Holm

McLachlan

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

TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Aug 6 - 31

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A

RICHARD’S PUB Sunday Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky

DJs

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

Erick every Wed; 9pm

band:

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

Stepmothers, Catholic Girls, The Sweathearts; 8pm; $12 (adv) at yeglive.ca

Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; Evening: Trick Ryder (country)

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

weekend party: Live Dueling Pianos; 5pm (dinner), 8:30pm (show)

WUNDERBAR Slates,

NEW WEST HOTEL Tue

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

TUE AUG 5 BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES

Big Dreamer Sound jam with hosts Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O’brien; every Tue 8pm-12am, this week with guest Cayley Thomas BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Magee 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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Battle For The Beaver; 7pm

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

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night

Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT Mike SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM

Andrew Scott ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

BRIXX Metal night every Tue

Classical

DV8 Creepy Tombsday:

WINSPEAR National Youth

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

DJs

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 AUG 6 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open

Orchestra of Canada; 7:30pm; no cover

BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: RetroActive Radio:

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

stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12

BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats

ARTERY JP Hoe with T. Nile;

Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane

7:30pm

THE COMMON The Wed

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month; On the Patio:

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and

Funk and Soul with Doktor

Wed

‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, 780.418.6332 BLUEBERRY BLUEGRASS AND COUNTRY FESTIVAL–Stony Plain Heritage Park, 5100-41 Ave, Stony Plain 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 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439-82 Ave, 780.761.1002 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750-124 St

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHICAGO JOES 9604 -111 Ave COMMON 9910-109 St DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DIVERSION LOUNGE 3414 Gateway Blvd, 780.435.1922 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd 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

VUEWEEKLY JUL 31 – AUG 6, 2014

FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FIONN MACCOOL'S–DT 10200 102A Ave, 780.424.4534 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 FORT LOUNGE 13403 Fort Rd HAYLOFT ACRES 52130 RR 224 Sherwood Park 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 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 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 10235-101 St 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 STRATHEARN COMMUNITY LEAGUE HALL SIlver Heights Park, 8777 96 St 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 WILD EARTH CAFÉ 8902-99 St WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WEST END CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 10015149 St WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

EVENTS WEEKLY

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

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

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani

COMEDY

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church,

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 • Ben Proulx; Aug 1-2 • Marvin Knawczyk; Aug 8-9 • Cory Robinson; Aug 15-16 • Danny Acapella; Aug 22-23 • Sean Baptiste; Aug 29-30

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM •

780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; last Tue each month, 7:30pm • Nick Vatterott; until Aug 3 • Barry Brewer; Aug 6-10 • Chris Distefano; Aug 13-17 • Greg Warren; Aug 20-24 • Jassimae Peluso; Aug 28-31

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

FESTIVAL PLACE • 100 Festival Way,

Sherwood Park • Canadian improvisational comedic troupe, the Comic Strippers, perform a scared shirtless show • Aug 9 • $32 at Festival Place box office

FIONN MCCOOL'S–Gateway Blvd/CONNIE'S COMEDY • 4485 Gateway Blvd • Silly

Pints Comedy hosted by Connie's Comedy starting with open mic comedy followed by headliner Dave Stawnichy • Aug 9, 7pm

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE/CONNIE'S COMEDY • 16648-109 Ave • Komedy Krush:

hosted by Connie's Comedy starting with open mic comedy • Jul 31, 9pm; featuring Ryan Patterson; following Name that Tune with Capital City Singles

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

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON

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

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

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

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP

• Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext.

234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) •

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

EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner

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

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD •

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

HIKE THE WASKAHEGAN TRAIL

• Meet on the NW corner Superstore parking lot, 51 St, Calgary Tr • waskahegantrail.ca • Carpooling is available from meeting place to trailhead • A 10km guided hike along the Battle River with hike leader, Elizabeth 780.672.2873; Sun, Aug 3 • A 10km guided hike in the country SE of Edmonton along Mix Stopover with hike leader Joanne 780.487.0645; Sun, Aug 10 • A 10km guided hike in the country in the Triple B Ponds area near Ministik. Call Joanne 780.487.0645; Sun, Aug 17 • A 10km guided hike in the country in the Ministik area towards Dorward Lake with hike leader Sandra, 780.467.9572; Sun, Aug 24 • 10km guided hike along the Bigstone Creek, starting at Fort Ethier on the 309 km Waskahegan Trail with hike leader Bev 780.469.7948; Sat, Aug 30 • $5 (carpool); $20 (annual membership)

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 • Aug 14 (Riverside) • Aug 28 (Downtown) • Sep 11 (Riverside) • $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 HIVAID’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 • Aug 7, 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 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

WICCAN ASSEMBLY • Ritchie Hall,

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

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515

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

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old

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 in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm

QUEER AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer • Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer • 403.347.6073 • Affirm welcome LGBTQ people and their friends, family, and allies meet the 2nd Tue, 7pm, each month BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale

House, 9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP

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

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave

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

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

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

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com •

VUEWEEKLY JUL 31 – AUG 6, 2014

Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash

G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION

• teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Swimming–Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton. ca; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: tuff @shaw.ca ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-

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

LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women’s Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men to discuss current issues; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/ supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@shaw.ca PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76

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

WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured 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 BISON FESTIVAL • Elk Island Park • pc.gc. ca/eng/pn-np/ab/elkisland/visit/visit4.aspx • A celebration of conservation, culture and cuisine • Aug 9 BEAVER HILLS–DARK SKY PRESERVE

• Elk Island Park • pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/ elkisland/visit/visit4.aspx • A celestial celebration of culture, community and conservation to celebrate the anniversary of the creation of the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve. Featuring astronomy presentations and public stargazing with Royal Astronomical Society of Canada volunteers • Aug 31

CARIWEST CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL •

Sir Winston Churchill Sq/Shaw Conference Centre • cariwest.ca • Aug 8-10 • Fri Costume Extravaganza: Shaw Conference Centre: Caribbean food and festival costumes competition and the crowning of the King and Queen of the Mas’ Bands for Cariwest 2014; Aug 8, 7-11pm; $15 (adult)/$10 (child) at eventbrite. ca/e/cariwest-costume-extravaganza-tickets12210639351?aff=es2&rank=1 • Sat Night Party–Cariwest Fete: Music by Soca Sweetness, hosted by Drew Atlas with Star Akil, K.I. and Lyrikal in concert; tickets at vol tent, Churchill Sq, Cariwest office, 780.421.7800; Aug 9 • Sat Grand Costume Parade: Parade with masquerade bands with spectacular costumes through Downtown Edmonton; Aug 9, noon

DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN–Games Night • Devonian

Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • It's Games Night... bocce, croquet and other garden games • Thu, Jul 31, 6-10pm • $11 (adult)/$6 (student)/$8 (senior)/$8 (Friends of the Garden)

DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN–Funky R&B • Devonian Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian. ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • Funky R&B with the Gentlemen Callers, an 7-piece band covering the sixties to the present • Thu, Aug 7, 6-10pm • $11 (adult)/$6 (student)/$8 (senior)/$8 (Friends of the Garden)

DEEPSOUL.CA • 587.520.3833; text to: 780.530.1283 for location • Classic Covers Shindig Fundraiser • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; upcoming Century Casino show as well; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages • Fundraising for local Canadian Disaster Relief, the hungry (world-wide through the Canadian Food Grains Bank) DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL • North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton • edmontondragonboatfestival.com • The traditional Blessing of the Boats: Louise McKinney Park; Wed, Aug 13, 6-6:30pm • The final races conclude with a DJ party and the jubilant medal and trophy presentation ceremony • Races: Aug 15-17 FAMILY NIGHT AT THE PARK • Fort

Edmonton Park • Start the evening with a picnic in the park and enjoy a great old-fashioned picnic basket at many of our beautiful locations.

Then, watch a 1968 family classic: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the historic Capitol Theatre • Thu, Jul 31, 5pm

FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA • Commonwealth Stadium • edmon-

ton.com/for-visitors/calendar-of-events.aspx • fifa.com • Aug 5, 8, 13, 16

HERITAGE FESTIVAL • Hawrelak Park • heritage-festival.com • Over 80 countries displaying their culture through entertainment and food • Aug 2-4, Sat 12-9pm; Sun 10am-9pm; Mon 10am-7pm • Free, donation for the Food Bank; no public parking in Hawrelak Park during the Festival JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN • Devonian

Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca/Events.aspx#July • a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in the Ozawa Pavilion teahouse, overlooking the beautiful Kurimoto Japanese Garden; Aug 10 • Guided Tours of the Kurimoto Japanese Garden: look at the history and symbolism behind the landscape features and structures in the Kurimoto Japanese Garden; Aug 10

UKRAINIAN DAY • Ukrainian Cultural

Heritage Village, 25mins E of Edmt on Hwy 16 • 780.662.3640 • A celebration of Alberta’s Ukrainian community past and present, starting with a pancake breakfast, and recognition of east central Alberta’s centennial pioneer families. Ukrainian Day concert, Ukrainian Arts’ showcase and art sale, village market, children’s activities and Ukrainian Village food festival in the afternoon • Aug 10, 9am-5pm

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Pique Dance Center 10604 105 Ave 780-239-6122 piquedancecentre.ca Weekly drop-in Adult dance classes; Beginner to Advanced levels offered, large variety of styles offered. $12 per 60 minute class and $16 per 90 minute class Share The Chair The “Share The Chair” contest celebrates the AGA’s 90th Birthday and its 1924 Rockies exhibitions To enter the “Share The Chair” photo contest, Parks or AGA visitors just need to post a Red Chair photo – either a scenic or a selfie – to www.youraga.ca/SharetheChair or post to Twitter using the hashtag #AGASharetheChair by 11:59 pm on August 16, 2014. The photos can be taken at the Red Chair sites in the Parks, or at the Red Chair installed on the second level near the 1924 Rockies exhibitions at the AGA. The grand prize is a trip for two to Jasper’s Dark Sky Festival, courtesy of the Sawridge Inn and Tourism Jasper. The Dark Sky Festival runs from October 17-26, and features Col. Chris Hadfield. Weekly draws throughout the contest period will also be made for AGA admission passes and Parks Canada Discovery Passes.

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

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

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EPL Free Courses: Edmonton AB Check out the Free Online Interactive Instructor Led Courses offered through the Edmonton Public Library.

Some of the courses for visual artists would include: Creating WordPress Websites, Secrets of Better Photography Beginning Writer’s Workshop many more…

For a list of Free Courses visit: https://www.epl.ca/learn4life For information and instruction on how to get started https://www.epl.ca/learn4life

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Help Wanted

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

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

For more information head to http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

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

Special Events Coordinator Intern The Abbotsfield Music Program Society (AMP) operates a non-profit music school that provides free music lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in the Beverly area. AMP is planning a series of special events to promote the school program.

The Special Events Coordinator Intern will work with the Board of AMP to brainstorm, plan and stage these events. To apply, head to: http://joinscip.ca/organization-log-in

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Volunteers Wanted

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 Can You Read This?

Help someone Who can’t!

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

Call Valerie at P.A.L.S 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca Give some, Get some. Come have some fun, a little exercise and be recognized.

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

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

Help 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

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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 Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope - WE NEED YOU Join us on September 7, 2014 at Laurier Park, Edmonton.

Walk for HER, Walk for HOPE, Walk for LIFE. We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers to help out in various roles for the Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope.

There is something for everyone: event set-up, cheering on participants, assisting with registration are only few examples. Volunteers are vital in ensuring that everything runs according to plan on the Walk day.

Please contact yegvolunteers.occ@gmail.com for more information The 9th Annual Kaleido Family Arts Festival is currently seeking volunteers for the run of the festival September 12-14 2014. The next Volunteer Fun & Social Nite is on July 22, 2014 from 6-8pm at the Alberta Avenue Community League (9210-118 ave), supper will be included!

RSVP for this event is required. For more information on the festival or for a volunteer application form please visit www.kaleidofest.ca/volunteer or call The Carrot at 780.471.1580.

The Royal Alexandra Hospital Visual Arts Committee offers Artists an opportunity to exhibit their works, Exhibitions may be one artist or combined with a complementary display by other artists. See here for Alberta Health Services Call for Art 2015 For more information, please call 780-735-4430 or email volunteer.RAH@albertahealth services.ca Submissions required by September 26,2014 Volunteer Opportunities CWY seeks youth participants Canada World Youth (CWY) is now accepting applications for its Youth Leaders in Action (YLA) program.

The YLA program is designed to give youth (aged 17 to 25) valuable international and community development experience. Participating youth can apply to join CWY projects in Tanzania, Benin, Ghana, Nicaragua, Peru, Ukraine, Vietnam or Indonesia. Projects are either 6 weeks or 4 to 6 months in duration.

For more information or to apply head to: http://canadaworldyouth.org/ap ply/youth-leaders-in-action/

Volunteers Wanted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Artists Wanted

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 to Artist

Art on the Patio will join art, music, and food, as artists and artisans display and sell their work during the very popular Festival Place Patio Series.

This is a free opportunity that will be scheduled for four dates this coming summer. Six artists per week will be scheduled.

Artists may book a maximum of two weeks.

This event will occur on Wednesday evenings. Set up time will be from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and take down after the evenings performance concludes (approximately 9:30-10:00 pm).

Interested in learning more?

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

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

FOR APPLICATION FORM, questions please contact us.

Email: bszechy@yahoo.com Call to Artists for Caprices Fine Arts Pre-Holiday Event Call to artists for Caprices Fine Arts Pre-Holiday Event Saturday Nov 15 at the Inglewood Community Hall , Calgary, 10am to 5pm.

Looking for art work in all mediums ad genres. Please visit http://www.zhibit.org/capricesfi nearts/upcoming-capricesevents for more information and contact Nicole.

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

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

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

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

Calls close September 12th.

Call For Submissions 2014/15: Artist In Residence After the success of our first Artist and Residence Program with Jon Lachlan Stewart and The Genius Code, we look forward to hosting another artist in residence next season.

Further details by clicking the link below. The application deadline is August 1, 2014, and direct questions can be asked to Eva (eva@catalysttheatre.ca, 780.431.1750) until July 19th. http://www.mailoutinteractive.c om/Industry/LandingPage.aspx ?id=1603841&lm=37741796&q =760559519&qz=2a4bd3486a 5903f246e78f7b32a2826d Call to Makers, Mercer Collective: A Maker’s Market You must MAKE, BAKE or CREATE what you sell. You can not be a reseller of goods not produced by you.

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

Show Dates: March 29,April 26, Sept 27,October 25, November 22 December 13-14 – $200

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

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

Applications for multiple booths may be considered.

Vendors for this event will be chosen via juried selection.

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

For more information please contact, Cheryl Deshaies at 780-442-1652 or cheryl.deshaies@edmonton.ca Figure Drawing with Daniel Hackborn With live models. Tuesday evenings, 6-9PM. Instruction available 1st Tuesday of the month.

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

Watch for theme evenings!

The Paint Spot, 10032 81 Avenue 780.432.0240 www.paintspot.ca.

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Artist to Artist

Calling All Creative Art & Design Teams for A 24 Hour Deck-Out A Lamppost Contest On Alberta Avenue (118 Ave) for the Kaleido Family Arts Festival The goal of this project theme is to create engaging, whimsical and vibrant imaginary characters along 118th Avenue to delight festival visitors young and old.

• 6 Creative Teams will be selected by our jury, to bring their fantastical 3D visions to 118 Avenue by designing, creating and installing their Giant Beings on six (6) pre-assigned lampposts on the Kaleido Family Arts Festival Site.

• Each team will be given 24 hours to ‘Deck Out a Lamppost’ as a Giant Being from myths, legends, faery tales or pure imagination, for the enjoyment of over 40,000 eager festival go-ers.

• The Lamppost Installations will begin on Saturday, September 13th and must be completed within 24 hours, by Sunday, September 14th for the Judging Panel.

• Creative Teams will be made up of up to 3 artists/designers/builders • Submission Deadline: Thursday, July 31st, 2014 • Each Team must submit a simple, clear proposal & project description with rough sketches, along with their completed Application Form, to Allison at kaleido.installation@gmail.com • Participating Teams will receive a $100 project credit at Edmonton ReUse Stores.

• Judges will select the Prize Winners on Sunday, September 14th, and the Judges’ decision will be final .

• Lamppost dimensions & images will be available upon request.

For information contact: Allison Argy-Burgess | Installation Art Manager kaleido.installation@gmail.com

Free Photographing Artwork Workshop: St. Albert Join Visual Arts AlbertaCARFAC and VASA (Visual Arts Studio Association of St. Albert) for Hochachka in St AB FREE professional development workshop entitled “A Simple Approach to Photographing your Artwork” with Corey Hochachka, MPA on Saturday August 23rd between 1pm and 3pm at the Hemingway Centre (25 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue in St. Albert).

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

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

New Public Artwork Commission Restricted to artists living in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, this call is for a proposal for a new public art work commissioned by the City of Lethbridge for the SLP Skate Park.

Proposal Submission Deadline is: September 30, 2014. Find more information here: http://www.artslethbridge.org/publicart/call-for-submissions/slpskatepark.html

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 2014 Giants of Edmonton Mural project is an art competition open to all artists currently residing in Alberta that, in part, seeks to recognize the people, places, and things that make Edmonton great.

The subject of the mural for this proposal will focus on four post-secondary institutions in Edmonton: the University of Alberta, MacEwan University, NAIT, and NorQuest College.

The mural will be located at 12008-121A Street in Edmonton and will be a twodimensional work, approx.

450-500 sq. ft.

Complete submissions must be received no later than 4:30 pm on August 6, 2014 and must be delivered or emailed to:

RSVP to: info@visualartsalberta.com by 4pm on August 20th to attend.

Capital City Clean Up Community Services, City of Edmonton, 2nd Floor, Beaufort Building, 10835-120 Street, PO Box 2359, Edmonton, AB, T5H 3P9 or katie.hayes@edmonton.ca.

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

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

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

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Artist to Artist

The Gust Gallery in Waterton Lakes National Park is seeking submissions for mainly 3 dimensional pieces in ceramic, porcelain, glass and wood.

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

If you are interested or have questions email: gustgal@telus.net or call Edith Becker, ph: 403-859-2535 or cell: 403-827-0084 www.gustgallery.com The Town of Stony Plain Cultural Roundtable is seeking proposals from artists or artist teams to design, develop and paint a community mural at the Stony Plain United Church, located at 5012-51 Ave, Stony Plain, Alberta. The selected artist will work with the Cultural Round Table Murals Committee and the United Church in the creation of this free standing mural.

Preliminary submission deadline is August 8, 2014.

Please see the full call and background document please head to: http://visualartsalberta.com/blo g/wpcontent/uploads/2014/07/Mural -Project-Call-for-Artists.pdf The Walter Phillips Gallery Preparatorial Practicum program enables the participant to engage in handson opportunities working alongside the gallery’s curator and preparator.

Candidates for the Preparatorial Practicum must possess a foundation in studio art, art history or museum studies with some previous experience working with tools and building materials.

As this program exceeds 6 months in length, enrollment is limited to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada (due to changes made by the Government of Canada to international student visa regulations, effective June 1, 2014). The application deadline is August 27, 2014.

For more information head to www.banffcentre.ca TRUCK Contemporary Art is currently accepting submissions for its main space. Eight exhibitions for the year will be selected. “TRUCK is dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art. Our goal is to incite dialogue locally, which contributes to the global critical discourse on contemporary art.”

This call is not open for students, specifically asking for artists who have a functioning professional practice already.

Graduate students are eligible only if they meet TRUCK Gallery’s definition of a professional artist.

Applications are due August 29th, 2014.

For more information, check out TRUCK’s website: http://www.truck.ca/page/subm issions/submissions-for-mainspace

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Musicians Available

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

780-462-6291

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Musicians Wanted

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

Please call 780-901-7677 I am looking for a bass player and drummer to play original music...contact Dr. Oxide at ....780-466-1975

ALBERTA-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS •• AUCTIONS •• WHEATLAND AUCTIONS Huge Fall Consignment Auction. Sept. 6 in Cheadle, Alberta. Farm equipment, construction equipment, vehicles, RVs, tools and much more! Phone 403-669-1109; www.wheatlandauctions.com.

BUD HAYNES & Ward’s Gun Auction. Sat., Aug. 16 at 10 a.m., 11802 - 145 St., Edmonton, Alberta. Over 800 lots! Phone 403-347-5855 or 780-4514549; www.budhaynesauctions. com. www.WardsAuctions.com.

•• BUSINESS •• OPPORTUNITIES THE DISABILITY Tax Credit. $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on average).

Covers: hip/knee replacements, arthritic joints, COPD. Apply today! 1-844-453-5372.

GET FREE vending machines.

Can earn $100,000. + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected territories. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629.

Website: www.tcvend.com.

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

EMPLOYERS SEEKING Canscribe Medical Transcription Graduates. We can’t meet the demand! Medical Transcription is a great work-from-home career! Contact us today at www.canscribe.com. 1-800466-1535; info@canscribe.com.

•• EMPLOYMENT •• OPPORTUNITIES WINCH TRACTOR OPERATORS. Must have experience operating a winch. To apply fax, email or drop off resume at the office. Phone 780-842-6444. Fax 780-842-6581.

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Musicians Wanted

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

Musicians must have their own instruments. If interested, please contact: Jones (main):780-757-4757 Collins: 780-802-2139 Albert: 780-680-1959 Looking for players for blues rock Contact Derek at 780-577-0991

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

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

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Automobile Service

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

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

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): If a farmer plants the same crop in the same field year after year, the earth's nutrients get exhausted. For instance, lettuce sucks up a lot of nitrogen. It's better to plant beans or peas in that location the next season, since they add nitrogen back into the soil. Meanwhile, lettuce will do well in the field where the beans or peas grew last time. This strategy is called crop rotation. I nominate it as your operative metaphor for the next 10 months, Aries. Your creative output will be abundant if you keep sowing each new "crop" in a fertile situation where it is most likely to thrive.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Maybe your grandparents are dead, or maybe they're still alive. Whatever the case may be, do you have a meaningful or interesting connection with them? Is there anything about their souls or destinies that inspires you as you face your own challenges? Or is your link with them based more on sentimentality and nostalgia? In the near future, I urge you to dig deeper in search of the power they might have to offer you. Proceed on the hypothesis that you have not yet deciphered some of the useful messages you can derive from how they lived their lives.

Explore the possibility that their mysteries are relevant to yours.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): The prolific American author James Fenimore Cooper (1789 – 1851) wrote 32 novels. In those pages, he crammed in almost 1100 quotations from Shakespeare.

What motivated such extreme homage? I suspect he regarded Shakespeare as a mentor, and wanted to blend the Bard's intelligence with his own. I invite you to do something similar, Gemini.

What heroes have moved you the most? What teachers have stirred you the deepest? It's a perfect time to pay tribute in a way that feels self-empowering. I suspect you will benefit from revivifying their influence on you.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Was there an actual poet named Homer who wrote the ancient Greek epics the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Or was "Homer" a fictitious name given to several authors who created those two master works?

Whatever the case may be, we know that Homer plagiarized himself. The opening line of Book XI in the Iliad is identical to the opening line of Book V in the Odyssey: "Now Dawn arose from her couch beside the lordly Tithonos, to bear light to the immortals and to mortal men." So should we be critical of Homer? Nah. Nor will I hold it against you if, in the coming days, you imitate some fine action or brilliant move you did in the past.

It was great the first time. I'm sure it will be nearly as great this time, but in a different way.

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LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): The Earth has been around for almost 4.6 billion years. But according to scientists who study the fossil records, fire didn't make its first appearance on our planet until 470 million years ago. Only then were there enough land-based plants and oxygen to allow the possibility of fires arising naturally. Do the math and you will see that for 90 percent of the Earth's history, fire was absent.

In evolutionary terms, it's a newcomer. As I study your astrological omens for the next 10 months, I foresee the arrival of an almost equally monumental addition to your life, Leo. You can't imagine what it is yet, but by this time next year, you won't fathom how you could have lived without it for so long.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): In the nights to come, I expect you will dream of creatures like fiery monsters, robot warriors, extraterrestrial ghosts and zombie vampires. But here's the weird twist: they will be your helpers and friends. They will protect you and fight on your behalf as you defeat your real enemies, who are smiling pretenders wearing white hats. Dreams like this will prepare you well for events in your waking life, where you will get the chance to gain an advantage over fake nice guys who have hurt you or thwarted you.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): It's fine if you want to turn the volume all the way up on your charisma and socialize like a party animal. I won't protest if you gleefully blend business and pleasure as you nurture your web of human connections. But I hope you will also find time to commune with the earth and sky and rivers and winds. Why? You are scheduled to take a big, fun spiritual test in the not-toodistant future. An excellent way to prepare for this rite of passage will be to deepen your relationship with Mother Nature.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): You are hereby excused from doing household chores and busywork, Scorpio. Feel free to cancel boring appointments.

Avoid tasks that are not sufficiently epic, majestic and fantastic to engage your heroic imagination. As I see it, this is your time to think really big.

You have cosmic authorization to give your full intensity to exploring the amazing maze where the treasure is hidden. I urge you to pay attention to your dreams for clues. I encourage you to ignore all fears except the one that evokes your most brilliant courage. Abandon all trivial worries, you curious warrior, as you go in quest of your equivalent of the Holy Grail.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Broadway is one of New

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York City's main streets. It runs the length of the island of Manhattan. But hundreds of years ago it was known by the indigenous Lenape people as the Wickquasgeck Trail. It was a passageway that cut through stands of chestnut, poplar and pine trees.

Strawberries grew wild in fields along the route. Is there a metaphorical equivalent in your own life, Sagittarius? I think there is: a modest, natural path that you will ultimately build into a major thoroughfare buzzing with activity. Part of you will feel sad at the loss of innocence that results. But mostly you'll be proud of the visionary strength you will have summoned to create such an important conduit.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): The heavenly body known as 1986 DA is a near-Earth asteroid that's 1.4 miles in diameter. It's packed with 10 000 tons of gold and 100 000 tons of platinum, meaning it's worth over five trillion dollars. Can we humans get to it and mine its riches? Not yet. That project is beyond our current technology. But one day, I'm sure we will find a way. I'm thinking there's a smaller-scale version of this scenario in your life, Capricorn. You know about or will soon find out about a source of wealth that's beyond your grasp. But I'm betting that in the next 10 months you will figure out a way to tap into it and begin the process.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): "I just sort of drifted into it." According to author Gore Vidal, "That's almost always the explanation for everything." But I hope this won't be true for you anytime soon, Aquarius. You can't afford to be unconscious or lazy or careless about what you're getting yourself into. You must formulate a clear, strong intention and stick to it. I don't mean that you should be overly cautious or ultra-skeptical. To make the correct decisions, all you have to do is be wide awake and stay in intimate touch with what's best for you.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): Members of the industrial band Skinny Puppy are upset with the US military. They discovered that an interrogation team at America's Guantanamo Bay detention camp tortured prisoners by playing their music at deafening volumes for extended periods. That's why they sent an invoice to the Defense Department for $666 000, and are threatening to sue. Now would be a good time for you to take comparable action, Pisces. Are others distorting your creations or misrepresenting your meaning? Could your reputation benefit from repair? Is there anything you can do to correct people's misunderstandings about who you are and what you stand for? V

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I am wondering when the best time is to mention being in an open relationship to new girls. I'm a 27-year-old straight guy who's been in an open relationship for six years. I often seek out extracurricular activities, but I am unsure of how to bring up my situation without doors closing. I wrote to a seduction blogger who often writes about open relationships, and his advice was to not mention it until I've had sex with the girl a few times and to not bring them to my apartment that I share with my girlfriend. This feels contrary to my nature, which is very straightforward, but is it perhaps the better method? Indeed, many of my "potentials" have been scared away when they learn of my relationship status. What are your thoughts on the matter?

Straightforward Honesty Offends Potentials

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If your goal is to maximize the amount of pussy in your life without any regard for the feelings of the women who happen to be attached to those pussies, SHOP, then you should definitely take the advice of the PUA ("pickup artist") blogger. But that's only if you wanna be a huge asshole who gets tons of pussy. If you wanna be a decent dude who gets more than enough pussy—and "enough is as good as a feast," as Mary Poppins says—then you'll listen to me.

Tell "potentials" after the third hang/date/whatever. Let them get to know you a bit, then spill—before fucking but after they've made a small emotional investment in you. They'll be more likely to reconsider prejudices they may have against guys in open relationships after they've gotten to know a semistraightforward one and perhaps be less quick to slam the door.

But unless it's a clear case of drunken-one-night-stand/NSA encounter, no lying by omission—no matter what the PUA/POS blogger says. Most single people up for fucking a new person not once, not twice, but a few times are seeking someone with long-term potential.

There are lots of single people out there seeking sex for sex's sake, of course, but a majority of sex-for-sex's-sake types are hoping to leverage it into something more at some point. And most single people make the quite reasonable if not always accurate assumption that the people they're fucking are also single—otherwise they wouldn't be fucking them, right? If you neglect to inform the women you fuck that you're not single (you've got a girlfriend) or emotionally available (you're in an open relationship, not a poly one), you are knowingly taking advantage—and needlessly! There are plenty of women out there who are in open relationships and/ or poly relationships, as well as women who are looking only for

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sex. And while you might have to work a little harder to find these women, SHOP, you'll have better sex with a lot less drama—and you'll spend fewer millennia in purgatory burning off your sins.

THE ROUTINE

I'm a 30-year-old straight woman, and I've been with my male partner for four years. Here's the thing that's been bugging me: after four years, the sex has gotten predictable. But it's also gotten better in the sense that I orgasm a much greater percentage of the time, now that he knows my body and what I like. More orgasms for me are great, but in the service of that, we've fallen into a "tried-and-true" rut, which I don't think is good. I try to switch it up sometimes, and I surprised him with some sexy lingerie last night ... and I got self-conscious, started to worry about whether I'd get off, and then didn't come. I know he really likes it when I get off, but I don't want for us to have such a limited repertoire.

My feeling is that I should not worry about my orgasms and focus on spice and variety, but I think that if we go too many times without me coming, it might be a downer for his boner, too. So which do we give preference to: variety or orgasms?

Rutting Or Undertaking Totally Interesting New Experiences?

Your "tried-and-true" repertoire may feel like a bit of a rut, ROUTINE, but it's a successful rut. You both enjoy the sex you're having, and you come way more often than you used to.

There are worse problems—and all you need to solve your repertoire problem is perspective and patience.

You have two competing and conflicting interests: you want to come regularly (because of course you do) and you get off consistently when you stick to your routine, but you also want to shake up your routine and try new things. But trying new things—even something as lowstakes as fucking in frillier underpants—makes it difficult for you to come. My advice would be to relax and give yourself permission to not come when you're trying something new. To stave off frustration and/ or self-consciousness, ROUTINE, constantly remind yourself that new things you both enjoy will be incorporated into your routine. And when things that work for you both join the ranks of the tried-and-true, you'll be able to come while you're doing them. This is a problem that solves itself.

And remember: you don't have to stop doing the shit that works now.

Let's say you try something new on Wednesday night—new kink, new locale, new hole—and you enjoy yourself but you don't come. So the next time you have sex, ROUTINE, stick to the already "tried-and-true" stuff that gets you there consistently.

BEST BUDS

My best friend has a girlfriend of two years. They break up a lot, and

he has slept with plenty of other girls over the last two years. I've had a crush on him for about three years, but I never made any advances. We did have a threesome with a girl in March—he was broken up with his girlfriend at the time—but it was all about the girl and nothing happened between us guys. He got back with his girlfriend after that. Then last month, he and I had sex with each other. We had been drinking, he initiated it, and neither of us came. It was awkward, and we didn't talk for a week. Then we bumped into each other, and he came home with me and we had sex again. I came this time, but he drank too much and couldn't. Then three weeks ago, I initiated it and we did it again. This time he came. The next day, he said that the "gay sex stuff" had to stop.

He said he felt like he was cheating on his girlfriend. I agreed. But later that same night, he started getting flirty with me and seemed to be on the verge of initiating again. The issue is, I still want to sleep with him. Do you think that he may have freaked out about liking it too much?

Could he be developing feelings? I rarely see him now, due to him hanging with his girlfriend all the time.

I can tell that he has had sex with a guy before—it slid in pretty easy and he kept saying how good it felt.

I'm so confused on what to do!

Boys Easing Sex Tension Secretly Maybe it would help if you told your friend that you're not having gay sex—you're having hot, sweaty bi sex, just without an accommodating/exonerating girl present. As for what to do ...

You might wanna look around for some other guy—maybe even a gay one—who you can have a crush on and slide into. But I'm not going to push you to do that, because it's clear that you've got feelings for this guy and at the very least he's got Feelings While Drunk for you.

And while I should probably scold you both for fucking around behind his girlfriend's back, BESTS, I have a hunch that you're a bunch of teenagers and/or very young adults. So you're getting a pass because this kind of bullshit is often a necessary and clarifying rite of passage for kids who are still figuring out who they are, what they want and who they can and cannot trust. But I predict that this will end badly for all involved, and you will one day look back on the bi three-ways, the gay two-ways, and the way you once believed that "breaking up a lot" was evidence of a passion that could not be denied (when in actual fact it's evidence of a couple of twats who cannot be endured) and be deeply, deeply embarrassed. But in the meantime, BESTS, enjoy sliding in.

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