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"End the occupation. Give people freedom."

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"While waiting, I was overcome with the feeling I'd ordered way too much food."

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"But we're never sure if people there think it's a real stripper show."

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"The downtrodden, unwashed masses get protein bars daily and huddle in the back."

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"It's disorienting to let go of my ego, and just say, I'm not here to make myself look good."

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Unapparent transparency

Another bad idea from the CTF

The Alberta government is well known for stifling oppositional voices in the oilsands debate, but its disregard for fairness and transparency may have hit a new comic level.

When the Canadian Press recently filed a FOIP request for information on the eligibility requirements for groups or individuals to address Alberta Energy Regulator hearings, they expected to at least get a glimpse into the uneven process. Instead, they received 260 blank pages—and another giant door slammed in the face of public disclosure.

Aptly enough, the FOIP request was filed in response to a 2013 Court of Queen’s Bench ruling that the AER unjustly rejected an environmental coalition from appearing at a hearing about future oilsands development. According to the judge, the government’s actions were “tainted” and suggested that the coalition’s critical stance led to their exclusion.

Unfortunately, such blatant exclusion has long been the rule rather than the exception. Environmental and First Nations groups are routinely denied access to speak at public hearings, with the government citing a requirement that those who appear must be “directly and adversely affected” by the development. The AER is drawing this circle awfully tightly, apparently limiting it to those within earshot of new development and not considering, for example, the effects that would be felt on a regional scale.

The province has always preached a broad, balanced and, most importantly, public consultation process when it comes to oilsands development. Not only has it continually held opposing viewpoints in contempt, but it also clearly doesn’t heed the public’s concerns, whether it’s participation or disclosure.

Given the disparaging ruling from the Queen’s Bench, the province following up by sending the press a report with no disclosure feels like an awkward joke without a punch line. Sadly, with little else to worry about but a slap on the wrist, the province will likely continue to make a mockery of transparency. V

Ask anyone you know what the best- good. It's a costly, time-consuming process more than people who actually voted for functioning democracy in the world to- that requires significant investment in ad- Redford in the last election. That type of day is, and you are unlikely to have them ministrative and electoral infrastructure and campaign is never likely to succeed, but reply with the United States. With a sys- bureaucracy. The only thing it does provide it would sure provide a great space for tem founded on billion-dollar campaigns is an opportunity for well-funded (read: cor- the CTF to spread their anti-government, funded by the richest people and corpora- porate) special interest groups to make a lot anti-spending message far and wide and tions in the country and focused almost of noise about pet issues and leverage their shift the public dialogue away from actual entirely on spin and public relations from privileged media access to stir up panic and policies and public services and toward scandals and personalities. Much as it has corporate think tanks, it's hard to fathom fear about policies they don't like.

BC has had its recall legislation in place in the US. how anyone could look at that system Ultimately, what this legislation does and think it's one we should emulate. Yet, since 1995. Since that time there have been is allow well-funded somehow, the Canadian Taxwith privileged payers' Federation seems to It does provide special interest groups to make a groups media access, like the be doing just that. lot of noise about pet issues and leverage their CTF, to bully elected This past week the anti-tax pro-corporate lobby group privileged media access to stir up panic and fear politicians into submission and keep them launched a new campaign enabout policies they don't like. away from implementcouraging the Alberta governing any policies the ment to enact recall legislation for the province's legislative assembly. 24 attempts to recall members of the leg- group might not like. We elect our repPopular across the US, recall legislation islature. Not one actually succeeded: 23 resentatives to four-year terms to make allows people in a given riding to force a failed to collect the required number of decisions and pass policies based on the valid signatures and the other was cut public interest, not the whims of the CTF. byelection by collecting enough signatures.

The model the CTF is promoting is based short because the MLA resigned before the Sometimes that means making necessary, on one that exists in British Columbia, the signatures could be verified. Every one of but unpopular decisions. Recall legislaonly Canadian jurisdiction where such those, however, cost taxpayers millions of tion makes policy-making into a popularlegislation currently exists. It would re- dollars in legal, electoral and verification ity contest, not a public-interest venture. quire the sponsor of a recall petition to costs. How can an organization ostensibly I don't want my representative making collect the signatures of 40 percent of dedicated to the saving of taxpayer dollars policy that way. I would much rather see an electoral district's eligible voters from get behind such an expensive and ineffective the money it would cost to run recalls invested in genuine engagement with and the most recent election over the course process?

The CTF's press materials around their of Albertans in the province's political of 60 days. If they are successful, the seat would immediately be considered vacant campaign cite Alison Redford as an MLA and policy process. That's what real deand a byelection called as soon as pos- that should be recalled by electors in mocracy looks like. V sible. The incumbent would be eligible to the riding of Calgary-Elbow. To accomplish that would require the collection of Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of run in the byelection.

13 372 signatures from valid electors in the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public The problem with recall legislation is that it the riding over the course of 60 days. For policy research institute housed at the Unisimply does more harm to the system than the sake of comparison, that's over 2000 versity of Alberta.

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The legacy of the First World War Since the Great War, nations have realized that war is not a viable solution

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"It was not worth even one life," said Harry Patch shortly before he died in 2009 at the age of 111. He was the last survivor of the 65-million soldiers who fought in the First World War, and by the time he died it was a normal, quite unremarkable thing to say. But he would never have said it in 1914.

Very few people thought that war was a bad thing in 1914. LOSING a war could be a bad thing, but the obvious solution to that problem was to be very good at war. Human beings had always fought wars, military values were deeply embedded in our culture and nobody expected those attitudes to change. And then they did change.

The First World War was a human tragedy, of course, but this was when the human race began to question the whole institution of war: how useful it is, but also how inevitable it really is. And the answer to both questions is: not very.

There are still a few countries that owe everything to their ability to win wars: Israel comes to mind at once. But most countries, and most people, now see war as a very undesirable last resort. We have the First World War to thank for this great change.

The thing most people miss about the First World War is that it was a perfectly normal political event.

Ever since the rise of modern centralized states in 16th-century Europe, they had all gone to war with each other in two big alliances at around half-century intervals. The wars were effectively about everything: borders in Europe, trade routes, colonies in Asia, Africa and the Americas.

The great powers fought other, littler wars as well, but these big events—the 30 Years' War, the War of the Spanish Succession, the Seven Years' War and so on—were like a

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general audit of their status. Who's up and who's down? Who can expand and who must yield?

It was a perfectly viable system, because the wars mostly involved small professional armies and did not disturb civilian populations much. The casualties were low and hardly any major player ever crashed out of the system entirely. Naturally enough, most people did not see this system as a problem that had to be solved. It was just another fact of life.

The only diplomatic difference in 1914 was that the great powers coordinated their moves better than before. Almost all of them were at war in a few days, where it would have taken months or even a few years in the old days. The armies could move quickly to the frontiers by rail, so now you created your alliances BEFORE the war—and evCONTINUED ON PAGE 6 >>

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big, open-air prison is the way Ghada Ageel describes the Gaza Strip. People are unable to freely come and go, supplies are low and fear follows each person who lives there. Even though she has been living in Edmonton for the last few years—unable to return to her home after receiving her master's in political science and PhD in Middle East politics in England—Ageel is trapped in a prison of her own.

"For the first time in my life I slept for five hours," she says the morning of August 1, the day a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Palestine was imposed but ended after only two hours. "I feel guilty I slept."

That the conflict between Israel and Palestine has been going on for the past 66 years is not news. Israel became recognized as a country in 1948 and those living on the land who had known it as Palestine were moved to settlements outside of Israel's borders in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. In 2005 Israel removed its 10 000 settlers from Gaza, the Palestinian people held an election and in January 2006 Hamas won a sweeping majority. There have been four IsraelPalestine wars since that time—in 2006, 2008, 2012 and now since July 8—Hamas fires rockets at Israel and Israel fires back. But Hamas is not the people. Hamas is not the one hosting two other families in a cramped living

space without power, toilets or water, wondering each night if the knock will come on the roof from the Israeli military warning that the house will be bombed and everyone inside should flee. That is Ageel's family and the one million other inhabitants of the Gaza Strip; refugees for the last six decades. When the militant Hamas fires rockets at Israel, that is not Ageel's family's handiwork, but when Israel fires back, thousands of civilians lose their limbs, livelihoods and lives.

"To put 1.8 million people, two-thirds of them refugees made by Israel in 1948, and deny them their basic rights: the right to medication, the right to food, the right to travel, the freedom of movement ... it's horrible," Ageel says. "It's not only the food, it's the water. Imagine you don't have water because first they shelled the only power plant in Gaza and now 95 percent of Gaza sinks in darkness. And this was intentional because if you look where the power station is situated, there is no way you would say terrorists have been there—Hamas people—because this is all pretext.

Again, when they say this is a Hamas facility, this is a Hamas hospital, this is a Hamas school—I'm from there.

There is nothing called Hamas anything. This is a Palestinian institution, but you know they want it to be in the minds of everyone: 'This is Hamas, which means terrorist, which mean

violent, so you justify that.'"

Ageel says a home in Gaza does not mean the same thing it does here in the West. People don't save up a percentage and borrow the rest from the bank, they have to work very hard to pay for their homes which end up housing dozens of extended family. It is the one place in a land of refugees where families can build memories and feel a semblance of safety.

"A home is not [just] the physical structure of the home," Ageel says.

"It's your flesh, it's your memories bad and good. It's all your hard work during these decades." But living in a war zone makes it unsafe to venture even one metre from the home. People are trapped within the walls that are supposed to give them safety.

"It's horrible to watch and witness all these things when you are away from home," Ageel says. "And you awake every morning and you've had nightmares. And you have electricity and you live in a safe country but you rush to the phone to see."

When Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, the people had hopes and aspirations that the borders would open, that they could fish in the Mediterranean, farm their land and import and export goods. To understand why these hopes were all dashed, Ageel looks to the underlying factors of the conflict.

"Yes, siege is a problem, blockade is a problem, humanitarian crisis is a result of these, but the main problem is the occupation," she says. "End the occupation. Give people freedom. Palestinians, they are not asking for the moon, they are not asking for the absolute justice."

One in every seven Palestinians is a refugee now for the second, third or fifth time in his or her life. They are looking for shelter in schools, hospitals and even the streets, but finding no safety.

"And even now you think, well they are sheltering in a United Nations school or hospital and this is going to be a protected area, but, no, it's not because they are shelling it and this is why people need protection. The Palestinian demands are very basic.

Besides all these things we speak about—the rights—they need dignity, they need freedom, they need liberty," Ageel says. "If you end the occupation and you end all the issues that are around it, I think the two peoples can live together in peace."

The peace requires western governments to rethink their support of Israel, Ageel says. She says America in particular is guilty of blind support.

"If you look again to the weapons: the F16, the Apache, the three billion in aid every year, this is America donating. So we are killed by Israeli hands, but the money comes from America.

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We are killed by American tools.

"When you adapt the oppressor/ occupier narrative without any questioning and go ahead very harshly to kill more civilians, that means you have blood on your hands, that means you do not deserve to be a superpower, that means you do not deserve to be America with all the human rights and principles."

Ageel says the Harper government is also copying American policy and this is harming the Canadian interest.

"They do not represent the people because when you talk to the people, no matter from where they come, there is an understanding that what is happening there is inhumane, this is a slaughter," Ageel says. "Look to the numbers, look to the history, look to the figures, look to the stories and we need to stop. It doesn't help in the media or in politics to say we support Israel's right to self defence. Yes, every state has a right for self defence, but also every people under occupation has the right to defend themselves by all their means. This is international law, Harper. This is international law, Obama. This is not Palestinian. Every nation and every person has basic human rights they are born with, including the Palestinians. When you want to deny them, then you know what you are doing."

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erybody had the telegraph, so the final decisions were made fast.

But once the war started, everything was different. The armies were 10 times as big as they used to be, because these were now rich industrialized countries that could afford to put most of the adult-male population into uniform. That meant that the soldiers getting killed were fathers, brothers, husbands and sons: part of the community, not the wastrels, drunks and men on the run who made up such a large part of the old professional armies.

And they were getting killed in unprecedented numbers. The new weapons—machine guns, modern artillery and so on—were very efficient killing machines, and within a month the soldiers had to take shelter in trenches from the "storm of steel." They spent the rest of the war trying to break through the trenches and by the end of it, nine million of them had been killed.

THAT is what changed everything.

One response to the ordeal, inevitably, was to demonize the other side and define the war as a crusade against evil. That way, at least, the ghastly sacrifice of lives could be seen as necessary and meaningful.

But many people saw through the propaganda, and some of them were in high places.

The senior politicians and diplomats of 1918, living amid the wreckage of the old world, could see that the old international system was now delivering catastrophe, and had to be changed. So they set out to change it, by creating the League of Nations. They outlawed aggressive war, and invented the concept of "collective security" to enforce the new international rules.

They failed, at first, because the legacy of bitterness among the losers in the First World War was so great that a second one came only 20 years later. That one was bigger and worse—but at the end, everybody tried again. They had to.

The United Nations was founded in 1945, with slightly more realistic rules than the League of Nations but the same basic goal: to stop wars among the great powers, for those are the wars that kill in the millions. Stopping other wars too would be nice, but first things first—especially now that there are nuclear weapons around.

All you can say is that it hasn't failed yet in its main task: no great power has fought any other one directly for the past 69 years. Ignore the headlines that constantly tell you the world is falling apart. The glass is more than half-full. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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nyone here remember India Village? Like its generic name, the plucky Indian eatery that shared a strip mall with Sherbrooke Liquor was not entirely distinctive in the genre, putting up affordable daily buffets of things most likely to be found at Indian buffets, from butter chicken and beef curry to naan bread, gulab jamun and a random east-west salad bar. I didn't make a point of eating there after my first test-drive, but I was seldom disappointed when fate flung me on its chafing dish-lined shoals—never blown away, but never disappointed.

When classy-looking blue and silver signage announced the impending arrival of Sagar a few months back, I suspected little more than a brand refresh of the existing digs with superficial changes to match.

A visual recon of the premises reinforced the suspicion—the dark, austere décor was unaltered from the India Village days, the house sound system still pumped satellite-radio Bollywood favourites, and the buffet still stood where I had left it at Valentine's Day, when

every meal came with a free glass It took a good half-hour for my food of cheap wine. How much could the to get ready, but there was little doubt from the sheer thermal heat food have changed?

Well, for one thing, the menu ap- of it even after I toted it home that it pears to have gotten a lot tight- was all freshly made. First out of the er—down to a single page—mean- bag: fish pakoras ($10) with a tangy ing the new regime has decided to tamarind dip. Once over the disapfocus on strengths. They've also pointment that they weren't crunchy inserted "&West" into the phrase like veggie pakoras, I found the gen"East Indian Cuisine," with the in- erous portion of whitefish tidbits in clusion of Cariblight (but slightly bean-style curries Sagar East & West Indian Cuisine chewy) batter and roti bread. I 11835 St Albert Trail tasty without beenjoined the guy 780.455.6590 ing fishy or oily.

The heap of at the till to help me assemble a fragrant coconut well-rounded take-out meal, but rice ($8) boded well for the meal, his response was to recommend betraying a West Indian influence almost everything on the menu with lots of coconut flakes, fresh with equal enthusiasm. I did take thyme and whole dried chilies his suggestion to order the West cooked right into the rice. The caIndian-style shrimp curry (with roti, shew butter chicken ($15) looked as $16), among some other favourites, you'd expect, with copious chunks because it never hurts to test the of white meat immured in a thick basics. While waiting I was over- gravy, but Sagar's version had a come with the feeling I'd ordered more pronounced tomato flavour way too much food, and was thus than usual, and surprising notes surprised when the bill came in of fennel seed and cilantro piped around $50 (after the 10 per cent up from the butteriness. Very hot, fresh naan was included on the side. take-out discount).

The dal makhani ($11)—lentils and red beans simmered in a creamy sauce—was likewise delicious, with a nice balance of heat and aromatic curry spices in its heartiness. It too was plenty rich, and it seemed like there was lots of it. The shrimp curry, comparatively, wanted for a little personality, though the eponymous seafood was succulent—just the thin, turmeric-tinted sauce was short on excitement. It came with a side of hot roti bread, also in a West Indian style, which is more absorbent and pliable than the eastern variant.

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So generous were Sagar's portions that they easily fed two people twice—I actually took the leftovers camping, thereby marinating myself in exotic spices and potentially inviting attack by one or more varieties wild animal with a discerning palate. It— and sharing a sleeping bag with my codiner later—was entirely worth the risk. Given its departure from the expected and outstanding value, Sagar's menu constitutes almost no risk at all in a wildlife-free setting.

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Hops & Bolts doesn't fit its India Pale Lager moniker What do you do when a longstanding Canadian craft brewer, now owned by one of the big boys (Molson), suddenly starts up a new brand and that lineup includes a beer going by an unusual style name? Well, if you are me, you pick up a six-pack just to see.

The brewery in question is Creemore Springs, now part of Molson's Six Pints division. They have long crafted well-made, classic lagers.

But last year launched a completely separate line called Mad & Noisy. Initially this was an Ontario-only product, so I didn't pay much attention.

However, they recently entered the Alberta market.

The beer in question is Hops & Bolts, which they call an India Pale Lager. First, let's get one thing straight— that is not a traditionally recognized style. It is one of the latest in trendy style monikers trying to capitalize on the growing popularity of India Pale Ale. To be fair, the basic claim is valid, theoretically. They want to make a IPA-like beer but with lager yeast and the lager process, which creates a cleaner, crisper beer overall.

Fair enough. But is that possible?

Open House

Hops & Bolts looks like an IPA, offering a medium orange hue and a loose white head leaving decent lacing on the glass. The aroma has a soft, clean lager-malt aroma and only a tempered hop character, which seems woody. I suspect the weeks of lagering blew off much of the volatile hop aromatics.

The front of the taste seems exactly like a medium-bodied amber lager, with some clean bready sweetness. The middle sharpens a bit, first with a more toasty malt, but then with a resin-y hop flavour. The finish is notably but moderately bitter and the linger leaves a grapefruit and pine quality to bounce around the back of your mouth.

Judging this beer straight up, I would suggest it is an interesting and creative take on a hoppy lager and quite enjoyable overall. By invoking the revered "India Pale" adjective, however, they raise the bar of expectation. This is no IPA-like beer. The bitterness levels are not there, and the hops are too isolat-

ed into the back end of the beer.

Plus—and of this I am convinced— the fruity esters produced by ale yeast are a crucial component to the very definition of the style. By being so clean, the beer misses something I look for in an IPA. Good beer. Just change the name. V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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ARTIFACTS Animethon 21 // Fri, Aug 8 – Sun, Aug 10 A three-day celebration of Japanese animation that is, in fact, Canada’s longest running convention of the sort, Animethon is once again descending upon MacEwan University for three days of costume, screenings, special guests, tabletop games and other otaku-pleasing offerings. There’s also music—from An Cafe, a Harajuku dance-rock act to Maginstina Saga!, that incorporates anime and video-game music into its own, both appearing for the first time in Canada— and improv courtesy of local troupe YEGDND. Don’t be baka.

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he Comic Strippers are becom- and more on the side of friendly ing the new face of sexy with dad-next-door.

“Some of the a human stripper pole and a tradeguys have exSat, Aug 9, (7:30 pm) mark dance move pressed to me The Comic Strippers called “the slug.” that they have Festival Place (Sherwood Park), And that’s not shyness about $32, 18+ all, says troupe their body ismember Roman sues,” he says.

“There’s a lot of Danylo.

“There’s also a thing we do with physical things going on in the show ping-pong balls that you’d have to that we probably shouldn’t be doing given our ages, but we’re doing see to believe.”

Danylo prefers to keep the oth- them anyway. There’s a lot of goofy er dirty details about the Comic dancing and sort of anything goes.”

Comedy bodies aside, audiences Strippers, a five-man improv show that depicts a group of fictitious have eaten up the act faster than a male strippers, under wraps. Some pair of candy necklace underwear. things are probably better left to The show sold out its first major festival run at the 2013 Adelaide the imagination.

It would be an understatement Fringe Festival in Australia, and has to call the crew an unlikely group continued to succeed commercially to join the ranks of Magic Mike as the group has sashayed across infamy. But, while the entire cast the country on their Canadian tour.

While the show is restricted to boasts careers in improv and stand-up comedy (Danylo’s credits adults only, Danylo attributes the include Just For Laughs, Corner Gas Comic Strippers’ success to its acand Comedy Inc), they aren’t with- cessibility: suitable for all genders— out their own insecurities.Danylo not just bachelorette parties—and says the strippers have what he nobody gets totally naked.

“People seem to really enjoy and calls “comedy bodies”—landing less on the side of Channing Tatum, get the ironic concept right away,”

he says. “I think part of it is that the audience is playing a role. They’re playing the role of those crazy male stripper audiences, so they get to enjoy their role in the show as well.

“But we’re never sure if people there think it’s a real stripper show.

It’s an interesting show because no one, not even us, know what’s going to happen until we’re all there,” he adds, mentioning one of their first shows in Australia where a woman leaped on stage and tried to rip off his pants post-performance.

The hang-ups have started to disappear, he says while musing about a crazy audience in Fort Mac, or the time they performed at a corporate event and were stranded in a hotel lobby in their stripper attire. Over time, it has all become a little more like routine—down to the bow ties and tight black pants.

“But the first few times we did this, we were all giggling like idiots about the fact that we were actually about to do it,” he laughs.

“What’s almost more strange is now we’re getting used to it.”

Island Rave/ Sat, Aug 9 (9 pm) With Cariwest in full swing all weekend, the summer festival that celebrates Caribbean culture—and prides itself on being Edmonton’s most colourful festival, no small claim—has its official Fete of 2014 over at the Shaw Conference Centre. Island Rave, is, well, a rave, looking to give our land-locked city the tropical cultural boost of artists like 5 Star Akil, K I, Lyrikal and DJ Soca Sweetness.

The Island Rave’s press release prophetically states that, “This year’s event will set a record for attendance that no city in Canada other than Toronto has achieved.”

So sounds like the organizers already know the future, and that it’s a pretty sweet future indeed. (Shaw Conference Centre, $53) V

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REEL FAMILY CINEMA–Metro • Garneau Theatre • Family films • The Wizard of Oz; Aug 9, 2pm • The Goonies; Aug 16, 2pm • The Little Mermaid; Aug 23, 2pm • Free admission for children 12 and under GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft. ab.ca • Feature Gallery: CONTINUUM: Exploring the creative exchange of teaching and learning; until Sep 27 • Discovery Gallery: TOTEMS OF THE MASCULINE: Matt Gould; until Sep 6; reception: Aug 9, 2-4pm

EDMONTON SCHOOL OF BALLET • 3rd Fl, 8205-90 Ave • 780.440.2100 • esbdance. com • Summer Dance Intensive for advanced dancers, with Vanessa Lawson (former Principal Dancer with Royal Winnipeg Ballet) • Until Aug 16

ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 2421534 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)

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar

ART BUS TOUR • Locations: Art Gallery

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

FILM CRIME WATCH • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 2nd Tue each month • Blue Ruin • Aug 19, 7pm • $10 (adult)/$8 (student/senior)/$6 (child 12 and under)

CULT CINEMA • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • If... • Aug 26, 9:30pm

DEDFEST–Metro • Metro Cinema (Garneau Theatre), 8712 109 St • Monthly DEDsploitation series featuring horror, cult and sci-fi films • The 'Burbs; Aug 8, 11:30pm • $10 dollars a ticket or 2 for $15 • 18+

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Shall We Dance (1937, PG); Aug 11, 8pm • Lovely To Look At (1952, colour, PG); Aug 18, 8pm • Young at Heart (1954, colour, PG); Aug 25, 8pm • $6/$5 (senior/student) $5/$3 (child 12 & under)

FAVA–An Artist Talk • FAVA Exhibition Suite: Failed States: With Matthew Rankin; Thu, Aug 6, 7pm; free, w/cash bar

FAVA–Matthew Rankin • Ortona Room • Inside Matthew Rankin's Toolbox: Narrative Approaches to Animated Abstraction; Sun, Aug 17, 1-5pm; free, pre-register at 780.429.1671

FAVA SUMMER PARTY • Ortona Armoury, 9722-102 St • FAVA's summer barbeque, connect with other members of the filmmaking community, and see exclusive media art projections. Unveiling the results of the Super 8 Challenge, and see the output from the artist-inresidence workshop, led by Matthew Rankin • Aug 22, 6:30-11pm

FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Friday afternoon at 2pm • Kit Kittredge: An American Girl; Aug 8, 2pm in the Edmonton Rm, bsmt • My Sister’s Keeper (14A, 2009), Aug 15, 2pm; Rm 7, 6th Fl • August: Osage County (14A, 2013); Aug 22, 2pm in Rm 7, 6th Fl • Ender’s Game (PG, 2013); Aug 29, 2pm in the Edmonton Rm, bsmt

IMAX THEATRE • TELUS World of Science, 11211-142 St • Aug 8-14: • D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (PG) Fri-Sun: 1:10, 4:35, 6:55pm; Mon-Wed: 1:10, 4:35, 7pm; Tue, Thu: 1:10, 4:35pm • Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G) Fri: 11am, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45; Sat-Sun: 10am, 11am, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45pm; Mon, Wed: 10:00am, 12pm, 2:15, 3:25, 5:45pm; Tue: 10am, 12:00pm, 3:25pm, 5:45pm; 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: 11am • Flying Monsters 3D (PG) Thu: 10am • Edge of Tomorrow 3D (PG) Fri-Sun: 8:05pm • Jurassic Park 3D (PG) Tue: 7pm • Pacific Rim 3D (PG) Thu: 7pm METRO BIZARRO–Metro • Garneau Theatre • Monthly foray into the weird, wacky and wonderful world of fringe cinema • She-Devils on Wheels • Aug 20, 9:15pm

MOVIES AT THE CAPITOL–Fort Edmonton • 780.442.2013 • fortedmontontickets.com • 42nd Street; Aug 7 • Calamity Jane (G); Aug 14 • My Fair Lady; Aug 21 • Chicago (PG13); Aug 28

MOVIES ON THE SQUARE • Churchill Sq • FREE outdoor movie series every Tue in Aug. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Movies at sunset; family event, no alcohol or smoking • Every Tues until Aug 26 • Free • The Lego Movie; Aug 12 • Frozen; Aug 19 • The Amazing

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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; until Apr 16, 2015

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 •

artgalleryofstalbert.ca • 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 • Ageless Art: Batik: In Love with Lines; Aug 21, 1-3pm; $15

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 • 10345-124 St • bugeramathesongallery.com • ENDLESS SUMMER: Works by Tanya Kirouac, Gisa Mayer, and Monica Shelton • Aug 21-Sep 4; artist reception: Aug 22, 6-9pm; Aug 23, 1-4pm

CAFÉ PICHILINGUE–Red Deer • Artworks

by Sasha Grinnell • Until Aug 30

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

12-4pm • THAT SHEPHERD: RIGHTEOUSNESS: Series of paintings by Allen Ball using photographs taken during his tour of duty for the Canadian Forces Artist Program in Northern Egypt; until Sep 27 • FROSH1965: Photographs

by Norman Kreye; until Aug 30 • FORGING A NATION–CANADA GOES TO WAR; until Aug 16 • AGA at Enterprise Square Galleries: REGIONS OF DISTINCTION: Works by the Edmonton members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; until Oct 26

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St • 780.492.2081 • FA graduating shows: 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 • C’EST OÙ CHEZ-NOUS: Art by Sabine Lecorre-Moore • Craft Exhibition: Coloured glass globes and tiles by Monika Déry, and Barbara Mitchell; Aug 23-Oct 14

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner

COMMON SENSE • 10546-115 St • AESTHETIC EFFORT: Sculptures by Rob Willms CREATIVE PRACTICES INSTITUTE • EMERGING DESIGNERS: Work by Tiffany Shaw-Collinge, Katrina Regino, Iwona Faferek, Christina Sicoli • Until Aug 16

CROOKED POT GALLERY–Stony Plain • 4912-51 Ave, Stony Plain • 780.963.9573 • WHAT'S YOUR HANDLE?: Functional pottery by Lisa Stefura, and Janel Padberg •Until Aug 30

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278 • SUMMER SCULPTURE SHOW: sculpted art • Until Aug 23 • Garden Party: Aug 9, 1-4pm

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)

LITERARY

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert

ALUMNI HOUSE • 11515 Saskatchewan Dr

• 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 • Artisan Nook: WAR PIGS: Benjamin Rennich's phototransfers and 3-D papier-mache work; Aug 18-Oct 3 • Vertical Space: URBAN IMAGES: watercolours by Rex Beanland; Aug 23-Sep 30 • 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 • Recent work by the Nina Collective RBC emerging artist apprenticeship exhibit • Until 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

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 • Until Aug 31

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • WORN TO BE WILD • Until Sep 7

GALLERY WALK–Edmonton • Gallery

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • Group

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 • 10729104 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 HARRIS-WARKE GALLERY–Red Deer • 2nd Fl, Sunworks, 4924 Ross St, Red Deer • CHANNELS: Works by Paul Holowack • Until Aug 29

HUB ON ROSS–Red Deer • ALBERTAN LANDSCAPES: Collaboration of visual and literary art by artist, Elena Rousseau, with various writers from Writers' Ink • Until Aug 31 • Reception: Aug 18, 3-5pm

JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE

• 780.461.3427 • savacava.com • Jerry Berthelette, Jean-Baptiste Frantz, Govrox and guest Andrew Raczynski • Until Aug 12

• Mixed media works by Sarah Smith • Until Aug 27

• 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 • COMMON THREADS: Works by the In-Definite Arts Society; Aug 26-Oct 19

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 • ProjEx Room: HOSERS IN CUBA: Photos by Sheri Barclay; until Sep 6 • The Art of Patio: every Thu, 5-9pm; until Aug 21

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

• 10332-124 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

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • POINT OF DEPARTURE: Pastel Landscapes by David Shkolny • Until Sep 7

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

MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain

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 • Wildlife Forensics: Lindsey Carmichael, Children's Science Author; Tue, Aug 12 • Wildlife & Plant Life in Alberta: Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI); Fri, Aug 15 • Urban Coyote Group; Wed, Aug 20 • Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI); Tue, Aug 19, 21, 27

UKRAINIAN MUSEUM OF CANADA– Alberta Branch • 10611-110 Ave • Open

• Canadian Magazines: Past, Present, Future: an evening of talks, readings, and displays highlighting the past, present, and future of magazines in Canada • Aug 16, 7-9pm • Free

AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Writers from a Hat: For amateur writers to share • Aug 18, 7pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ • 9624-76 Ave • 780.989.2861 • Story Slam 2nd Wed each month @ the Chair: Share your story, sign-up at 7pm, 7-10pm • $5 (suggested, donations go to winners) CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713-124 St • edmontonstoryslam.com • Great stories, interesting company, fabulous atmosphere • 3rd Wed each month • 7pm (signup); 7:30pm • $5 Donation to winner THE KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • Glass Door Coffeehouse Reading Series • On summer hiatus.Next reading: Sep 25 NAKED CYBER CAFÉ • 10303-1008 St • The Spoken Word: Featuring writers and an open mic for performances for short stories, book excerpts, poems • 1st Wed ea month, 7:30pm ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@ gmail.com SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A Monthly Play Reading Series: 1st Sun ea month With A Different Play By A Different Playwright

STRATHCONA COUNTY LIBRARY • 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8601 • sclibrary.ab.ca/humanlibrary • Book Sale: Fri Aug 15, 9:30am-8:30pm • Sat Aug 16, 9:30am4:30pm • Sun Aug 17, 1-4:30pm THEATRE THE BLACKNESS OF WHITE • Citadel Theatre • Presented by SOAR Aboriginal Arts Program • A journey through the trials of X, a girl who feels she has nothing left to lose. Watch the inner workings unfold as the stories come to life through music, dance and film • August 14th @7:30-9pm • $17 FOOTSLOOSE! • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II WEM, Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • jubilations.ca • By C. Haley and R. Apostle • Belmont is a quiet community in the heart of the Prairies. Edith Ogilvy, on her first day as the new mayor, enacts a new bi-law strictly forbidding anyone within the town limits from dancing. Featuring hits from the film • Until Aug 24 THE FORCE–LIGHTSABRE • Churchill Sq • Janine Waddell Hodder, Alex Mackie instruct Lightsabre Training. Learn Specific Moves And Fight Sequences From The Film Together With Fellow “Jedis-In-Training” From Around The City • Every Wed Night until Sep 24; Kid Training: 7-7:45pm; Adult Training: 7-8:30pm • Free, drop-in (Bring Your Own Lightsabre)

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; Uutil Aug 29 • Admission by donation • Ukrainian Music Fest: Aug 24

FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL • Various

VAAA GALLERY • OUT OF BOUNDS: The Art

FRINGE PEEK-A-BOO • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • Hosts Peter Brown and Mark Meer Sneak A Peek at some of this summer’s hottest Fringe shows • Tue, Aug 12, 7:30pm • $20 (door) adv at TIX on the Square See snippets from-• It's a Bird! It's a Plane!

It's Superman! from Plain Jane Theatre • The Euphorians, Stewart Lemoine’s newest play, Teatro La Quindicina • The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over, from UK’s Gemma Wilcox • Vancouver’s Monster Theatre is back with two great shows; • Victoria’s SNAFU with Kitt and Jane

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 • GOOP OF SEVEN: Poured, dripped, flowed, splattered, melted, splashed, and smeared works by a group of artists, the Goop of Seven • Aug 5-29 • Opening reception: Thu, Aug 7, 6-9pm VELVET OLIVE–Red Deer • Artworks by Russell Smethurst • Until Aug 30 VIEWPOINT GALLERY–Red Deer • Culture Services Centre, 3827-39 St, Red Deer • Works by Alysse Bowd, Robin Lambert, Shirley Rimer, and Erin Boake • Until Sep 30 • First Fridays: Open 'til 6:30pm YMCA (Don Wheaton) • 10211-102 Ave • YMCA Community Canvas wall: Rotating year round exhibits. THE SWEET SUITE: Works by Scott Cumberland; through to end of Aug

• 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org

VUEWEEKLY AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 13, 2014

locations in Old Strathcona and beyond • 780.448.9000 • fringetheatre.ca • Fringed and Confused! • Aug 14-24 • Free admission to festival site with ticketed performances

ODYSSEO • Yellowhead Tr, Fort Rd, near 12403 Mt Lawn Rd • cavalia.net • By Cavalia Under the White Big Top, a larger-than-life theatrical production • extended to Aug 24 • $24.50-$129.50 at cavalia.net, 1-866-999-8111

SCRIPT SALON • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Upper Arts Space, 10037-84 Ave • A Monthly Play Reading Series: 1st Sun each month with a different play by a different playwright • Upcoming Readings at SCRIPT SALON: Eudoxie and Jeanne by Beth Graham; Sep 7

FILM

FILM EDITOR : PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

REVUE // SCI-FI

Jumping the track

Snowpiercer a gloriously gonzo dystopian parable Fri, Aug 8 – Fri, Aug 15 Snowpiercer Directed by Joon-ho Bong Metro Cinema at the Garneau 

Back on the train gang

M

ovies don't get much more multinational than meltingpotpourri Snowpiercer—an adaptation of a French graphic novel shot in a Czech studio by a South Korean director, starring mostly Americans, Englishmen and a Scotswoman. But the reigning sensibility is director Joon-ho Bong's. He's the force behind The Host (2006), which rejigged the mutated-monster movie, and neoHitchcockian masterpiece Mother (2009), which he vaulted into an operatic art-film-fulness.

Snowpiercer's a different beast altogether, given to snarling fits of action, poetic ponderings and idiosyncratic rumblings. This is no action-thriller but a dystopian, steampunky class parable for a world careening towards environmental disaster ... as if Delicatessen-era Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Wes Anderson got together to obsess over Marx, The World Without Us, James Bond train sequences and the hallway fight from Oldboy (whose director, Chan-wook Park, co-produced this). And that still can't describe the

ambition, propulsion and character flourishes that Bong engineers, keeping his and co-writer Kelly Masterson's bullet-train of a film (adapted from Le Transperceneige) on the narrow track between one long, howling chasm of B-movie ridiculousness and the expansive, barren wastes of action formula.

The conceit's bizarro: a mass artificial-cooling project, meant to halt global warming, backfires, deepfreezing so much that, by 2031, the "rattling ark" of a train carries all remaining people through frozen wilds

the world over. Chris Everett (Chris Evans) remains determined to get to the front and kill the inventor and driver, Wilford (a coolly lordly Ed Harris), running his locomotive round the whitened world in year-long circuits.

In a story with curious British undertones, this train's almost as much a quaint inversion of the locked-room mystery (what's in each car and who's Wilford, really?) as it is a rattling analogy for social hierarchy ("sticking to one's station").

The downtrodden, unwashed masses get protein bars daily and huddle in the back (reminiscent of the Nazis' cattle cars heading to the death-camps; a tale of group survival in this "tail section" echoes the horrors of Leningrad under siege in WWII). Above some remarkable character acting—a wild-haired, strangely Jesus-like father (Ewen Bremner); a seemingly addicted, nihilistic convict (Kang-ho Song)— Tilda Swinton rises supreme as the bespectacled, toothy, Thatcher-like, Northern England schoolmarm-ish Minister Mason, spouting decrees and her refrain, "So it is."

And so the film goes, jarring or lulling or tilting or gloriously gonzo.

There's the surreal ridiculousness of wealth epitomized by a sushi bar surrounded by an aquarium as frostscapes whiz past outside. Or a sudden pause in bloodletting to observe another "Happy New Year!" as the train rushes over the Yekaterina Bridge.

Indoctrination reaches a fever-dream pitch in a classroom. Life (and main characters)? Dirt-cheap in this "blockbuster production" that Everett may be merely playing a role in. The fights are few and far-between (though not without much spatter and some jolting camerawork), with much time spent wondering about the point of all this struggle. Leadership, it seems, means control and reducing people to parts in a blood-and-tears-oiled, body-churning system. But in its final moments, Snowpiercer shakes off cynicism for a glimpse of primal beauty— and it's a last-minute revelation easy to believe in, after Bong's sublimated comic-book concepts into such wild wonders.

BRIAN GIBSON

BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

REVUE // SUPERHERO

Guardians of the Galaxy I

Now playing Directed by James Gunn  Spacin' out

n 2010, James Gunn's directorial debut was the barely seen Super, which had a cook—whose brain's burners couldn't quite turn up to maximum heat—thinking he was a superhero. Four years later and playing with $168-million more for a budget, Gunn tries to take the powerpiss out of caped crusaders again, with Guardians of the Galaxy. He mostly succeeds, though the sheer scale and scope of destruction (and other comic-book clichés) on show here can make some of the piss-taking seem a little thin on the scorched ground.

Adapted by Gunn and Nicole Perlman from the most sci-fi series in the Marvel Universe, the film offers up five misfits: human-turnedextraterrestrial treasure hunter Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), greenskinned Gamora (Zoe Saldana),

literal-minded, bent-on-vengenace hulk Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista) the gun-firing, technological-whiz raccoon Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), and twig-tapping titanic tree Groot (a gnarly Vin Diesel). The opening is a damn fine planet-exploring sequence, establishing a complex, 3D comic-book look and offbeat tone, with echoes of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The mockery, though not often and outright enough, starts early, with Rocket dismissing someone—comic-creator Stan Lee, in his traditional cameo—as an old lech.

(As usual, though, the machinations of the alien baddies, the Kree, tend to get taken pretty seriously.) The usual jailbreak and attack-the-giant-battleship scenes get tweaked in some mildly entertaining ways, too; there's even a little eco-parable in Groot's most heroic mo-

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ment, near the end. At times, even in some smooth stretches, Guardians of the Galaxy feels downright rollicking.

Still, for all the dips and swerves in this ride, there's no plunging depth. The usual "You're my family now" or "I'll die for you, my friends" mantras get ancient, rapidly. And some of the humour, especially after more and more explosions, blown-apart bodies, and razed earth, can seem a bit flip. Worst is Rocket's penchant for stealing prostheses—just 'cause he thinks it's funny. When an enjoyable flick about some half-assed misfits takes that sudden turn into complete dickheadedness ... well, Guardians of the Galaxy could have been just a little bit better, and smarter, than that.

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fiancé, suspected of cheating, pulls red panties from his pocket in front of his intended—so she throws a fork at him (which sticks in the wall). Later, a beehive falls off a tree onto his head, the buzzing inhabitants swarming after him.

Humour doesn't come much broader but, more unfortunately, in Lawrence & Holloman—adapted from Morris Panych's 1998 play—it tends to stay about as unfunny as all that, too.

Lawrence (Ben Cotton) is an always-look-on-the-sunny-side suit salesman; Holloman (Daniel Arnold) is a dour, pinched accountant. Lawrence also happens to be a simpleton boor, mouthing malapropisms ("It's a doggy-dog world") and heterosexist idiocy ("Everyone needs a

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lazy comedic clichés: an anvil falling on someone, Looney Tunes-style; a prison rape "joke"; gaydar malfunctions. Holloman's little more than bitter, but Lawrence remains the real bummer of a character—his positivity's just Aug Fri, Aug 8 – Mon, Aug 18 cheerful oblivi(Filmmakers in attendance ousness, so obAug 8) tuse that he can't Directed by Matthew Kowalchuk smell his good Metro Cinema at the Garneau fortune curdling to a rancid froth.  'practice girl'"; "Are There could have you a homo?"). So, been more riches though Holloman's abiding interest in the black comedy of Holloman's in him is crucial—the two hang out bleak nature; one of the few good until Holloman's sad-sackness seems jokes comes early—a visual gag to be rubbing off on Lawrence, turn- where Holloman's about to shoot ing his life frownside-down—it's nigh himself, only for a woman to get into impossible to see what's interesting, her car, next to his and look right or even irritating, about this grin- past him. There's a dark twist (perning buffoon ... even as an object haps even on "The Death of Marat," of resentment (the script becomes too) at the end, but before it come a vengeful version of The Simpsons pretenses of existentialism and the episode "Homer's Enemy"). meaning behind bad luck, flecked with rusty exposition of Holloman's This vaudevillian, fifth-rate busi- backstabstory. Ah, if Dumber and ness, overstretched and spun out in Dumber met Rosencrantz and Guilthe airless "realism" of a city setting denstern Are Dead ... that would be (Vancouver), is pretty stale stuff. better than Lawrence & Holloman.

It's rarely lightened by daydream- BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM digressions and severely hobbled by

rom 1950s homemakers to 2000s soccer moms in SUVs, every decade's developed more plots for suburbia. When The 'Burbs arrived in February 1989, the sprawling groundwork had been laid—by Reagan family values, the mushroomed moral paranoia of "Satanic panic," even the TV suburbnostalgia of The Wonder Years—for some barbed suburban satire.

Joe Dante's flick, from Dana Olsen's screenplay, does sketch an occasionally amusing portrait of three men-ofthe-house devolving into little boys on the block ("Please let him come out! C'mon," they whine to their friend's wife) as they try to prove new neighbours the Klopeks are down to some nefarious, even fiendish, busi-

The movie lacks a darker, more detailed sense of the suburbanites as the true weirdos or outsiders— they're always the daffy heroes.

There are moments of inspiration and satirical bite, from a nightmare involving human sacrifice on the barbecue to Rumsfield's xenophobia: "The Huns have come out of their cave"; "'Klopek'—what is that, Slavic?" But much of Ray (Tom Hanks), Rumsfield, Fri, Aug 8 (11:30 pm) and Art's prying Directed by Joe Dante is just that darn Metro Cinema at the Garneau ol' neighbourhood ness. But the Originally released: 1989 nosiness, tweaked refrain of "this is a tad. (And the real" (first from youngest Klopek the cool adolescent onlooker, played seems little more than To Kill A

by Corey Feldman, synonymous with Mockingbird's Boo Radley, redux.)

'80s teens on screen) rings hollow— Overdone zoom-ins only make it this never feels hyper-real or surreal, obvious that pseudo-suspense (the as it should, but Hollywood-unreal. movie gets plot-bound up in the Mayfield Place always seems like a mystery of the Klopeks) is being set, too out of its time (paperboys on telescoped, sprawling out a story bikes; no video games; picket fences that should be edgier and sharper and polka-dot dresses), and the story than brand-new meat prongs. Inoften plays like a weak Rear Window stead, too many places in this flick stakeout of The Munsters. Bruce feel like vacant lots; stretches can Dern's wild-eyed but dead certainty seem as stultifying and slight as as war vet Rumsfield and Rick Du- in-crowding, up-and-coming downcommun's hearty turn as Art are a bit towners imagine life in the outer wasted; the women's roles are just limits to be. cookie-cutouts of the sensible, eye- BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM rolling wife or sexpot trophy blonde.

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Fitzcarraldo

Two more decades

Herzog: The Collection continues into the post-moustache years "There is some sort of a harmony here. It is the harmony of overwhelming and collective murder." That's Werner Herzog on jungles, of which you will see a great deal in several of the later films included in Herzog: The Collection, Shout Factory's new bookset of Blu-rays. Last week's column looked at Herzog's films of the 1970s, the decade in which he began working steadily, garnered global acclaim, initiated his collaboration with actor Klaus Kinski and produced a string of masterpieces. Plucked from various points within the '80s and '90s, the collection's remaining seven titles don't provide the same sense of forward movement or coherence, but there are still a great many extraordinary works.

The story of a mad Irish rubber baron (Kinski, not very Irish but plenty mad) who attempts to reach a rubber-rich Peruvian forest by moving a steamship over a hill, Fitzcarraldo (1982) is as renowned for its production history as for the film itself: Herzog and his crew really did try to move a steamship over a hill, an act that's become the defining symbol of the Herzogian quixotic mythos. The making of Fitzcarraldo is chronicled in Les Blank's excellent documentary Burden of Dreams (1982) and in Herzog's diaries, published as Conquest of the Useless in 2009 and one of the great books about filmmaking.

Aside from From One Second to the Next (2013), an effective little oddity about the perils of texting and driving, Herzog's sole foray into overtly polemical filmmaking is Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984), a gut-wrenching documentary about Nicaraguan child soldiers co-directed with Denis Reichle. Urgent and made under fire,

that film is figuratively and literally a world away from Where the Green Ants Dream (1984), the story of a legal battle between a mining company and an Australian aboriginal tribe over the use of sacred land. The film's rhythms and particular sense of humour make it something of a pleasant anomaly in Herzog's oeuvre, though his signature can still be felt in its deadpan approach to mysticism.

A loose adaptation of Bruce Chatwin's The Viceroy of Ouidah, Cobra Verde (1987) casts an especially snarly Kinski as a 19th century Brazilian rancher-turned-outlaw who gets sent to Africa to negotiate the forbidden slave trade on behalf of a sugar baron. It would be the final HerzogKinski project, and while the film lacks the awestruck vision of their earlier films, the based-on-fact narrative is enormously compelling and Kinski, who would die just four years later, is as transfixing as ever.

Which brings us to the 1990s, or what I like to call Herzog's postmoustache years. As Herzog became something of an institution, it seemed incumbent upon him to redefine his MO. He's made relatively few fiction features since Cobra Verde, though you'd be hard-pressed to call some of the films he did make documentaries.

Case in point: Lessons of Darkness (1992) opens with a quote from Pascal about the splendor of cosmic collapse. It's a companion piece to Fata Morgana (1972), surveying the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait in mesmerizing aerial shots while removing all real-world context.

Heaps of deserted vehicles, forests caked in oil, clouds of roiling smoke the size of cities, colossal jets of wa-

ter and fires everywhere: the images are stunning and alienating, while Herzog's spare narration combines quotes from Revelation with invented fables of apocalypse.

German-American navy pilot Dieter Dengler is the subject of Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), the documentary which served as the source material for Herzog feature Rescue Dawn (2006). Herzog, who clearly regards him as a kindred spirit, takes Dengler back to Vietnam to recount his time as a POW after being shot down in 1966. It's a remarkable study of trauma, courage and the power of reenactment, as well as an unabashed love letter to aviation. My Best Fiend (1999) might seem like a love letter to Kinski, but that doesn't quite jive with the frank recollections Herzog provides. There's no doubting that Kinski was a raging megalomaniac and a prima donna, and there's ample evidence to suggest he was an outright sociopath to boot, but, however caustic their process—Herzog confirms that both he and Kinski at various points seriously considered murdering each other—the result of their time together was truly one of the great collaborations in cinema history. Aside from its immense entertainment value, My Best Fiend is valuable for how it sheds light on their process—an element woefully lacking in the recent documentary Liv & Ingmar (2012), which also aspires to profile a famous actor-director relationship. Herzog's explanation of Kinski's mental state during the making of Nosferatu (1979), his demonstration of what he dubs "the Kinski spiral," or Eva Mattes' recollections of working with Kinski on Woyzeck (1979) are all engaging and enlightening. V

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Tune-Yards' singer seeks out new rhythms for Nikki Nack

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here's a joke that pop-music fandom likes to play on itself.

Though we clamber for new sounds, champion emerging scenes and fresh elements (or even old ones re-positioned in interesting ways), at the end of the day we want the big hook, too: the one that feels inherent, big and broad and totally resonant with where we're at, like, right now. We crave familiarity as much as we crave change, and we demand both at the same time.

The only way that makes sense— the crossover point where expectation can meet revelation—is in surprise, in delivery: being given exactly what you didn't know you wanted, at the precise moment you didn't know you wanted it. Which is the sort of contradiction that Merrill Garbus has essentially made a career out of.

"I think you walk this line with pop music, 'cause you're trying to do the same thing as many have done before you, but you're trying to be completely different," she says, a laugh brimming up behind the words. "That's an impossibility, and to surprise myself becomes where I know how to access that right space."

And if anything could define Garbus's Tune-Yards (often stylized as tUnE-yArDs), it'd be a sense of unpre-

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dictability: Tune-Yards' polymorphic fered by the city's Haitian community.

"I wanted to take drum lessons and songs seem to find as many structures and grooves as they cast away dance lessons, and I ended up at a again, unpredictable, whirligigging dance class where a friend was playthrough albums that seem as inspired ing drums, and it was a Haitian class." by onomatopoeia she says. "I wish it as actual struc- Mon, Aug 11 (7:30 pm) was more romanTune-Yards ture. tic than that, but The band's two With Arcade Fire, Dan Deacon that's really what previous, ac- Rexall Place, $40.91 – $85.91 it was.

"I guess it hit me claimed albums— Bird-Brains on a number of (2009) and w h o k i l l (2011)—had levels: one was that it was extremely already cemented Garbus's status unfamiliar," Garbus continues. "I had as an elastic musician, capably pull- no reference for it, and that was exing together disparate kitchen-sink actly what I wanted. I wanted to expeelements into new, cohesive wholes. rience something that was unlike anyThat said, speaking from a Whole thing that I had been experiencing."

The class proved a welcoming enviFoods near her Oakland, California home–where she's loading up on kale ronment, even to someone with no chips on a few days' of between-tours background in the form: as a begindowntime—Garbus notes her third ner, Garbus found herself providing album, Nikki Nack, emerged after a the drumming accompaniment along period of creative frustration. Its first with the dance classes. Alongside the song, "Find a New Way," finds her de- actual teacher, mind you, but still, bating her own right to sing. She was, being given those sort of opportunishe notes, just drained: how does ties while reverting to student-status someone known for perpetual sur- helped her start mapping out new sonic territories for herself. (She also prise keep surprising herself?

Inspiration eventually came about took a trip to the Caribbean country, fairly accidentally: Garbus wanted but she notes that was only for a to start taking lessons in rhythm at week, while she took classes in Oakhome in Oakland and, eventually, land for a year.)

"It's disorienting to let go of my ego, found herself drawn to classes of-

and just say, I'm not here to make myself look good," she recalls. "I'm here kind of as a stranger, I'm here learning this. I'm here not knowing. It's all very vulnerable. And I guess all of that, in retrospect, seems appropriate for where I would be when I'm writing an album. Because that not knowing is where the cool new stuff comes in.

If I can be vulnerable enough to put myself in an unfamiliar musical territory, then maybe I can be vulnerable to let things out, and in, that I haven't before.

The result is that Nikki Nack is chock-full of new rhythms and unexpected new downbeats that scatter themselves all over its 13 songs.

Not that predictable was ever a word you'd attach to a Tune-Yards song, but there's a greater sense of chaos at play, and yet the choruses seem bigger, the hooks more refined even while propelled by unusual rhythmic patterns that feel off-the-cuff.

All of that spontaneity translates into the band's live show, too.

"We're working really hard to keep the show—certainly rehearsed, I'm not going to say under-rehearsed, 'cause it's not—but keeping it free and open, so that within the show we all get surprised," Garbus notes.

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"That's why the looping pedal is so important to me: I get surprised and sometimes infuriated and frustrated with myself, when the loop isn't how I want it to be, or, 'Shit, I made it too slow tonight,' or whatever it is. But however infuriating and scary it can be, it's also constantly changing, and constantly surprising—to me, that's what's keeping music alive for me, is that we're not playing the same exact song every single night. We're not pressing play on a laptop and singing along; it's created from the ground-up every night. And it always feels exciting, no matter what tint that has to it."

"I was talking to our backup singers about what their role, I feel is, as backup singers," she continues. "And I think a part of all of our roles as performers is to show the audience how to dance to this music. It's not four on the floor, 4/4 rock beat all the time: it's gotten more complicated on this album. It's not that people need to be instructed: it's just that if our weight is on the right beat, then people respond to that in the audience. And to me, it informs the whole thing: if my butt shakes, I trust that my audience's butts will shake."

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SEPTEMBER 2014 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: SEP 2014 ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL • 10186 106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Matt Gould: Totems of the Masculine; male personages in leather, wool, wood and steel. • until Sep 6 • Continuum; There is a circular nature to teaching, that sparks creativity for both instructors and their students. Featuring 31 ACC members, Continuum is an exhibition exploring the creative exchange of teaching and learning. • until Sep 27 • Frontiers: Casting the Future – an exhibition of new work in concrete by Edmonton artist Matt Heide. Bubble Invasion – an exploration of the relation of space by Ontario glass artist Jie Yang. • Sep 13 – Oct 18

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • 90x90: Celebrating Art in Alberta, part 1; A two-part exhibition commemorating the AGA's 90th birthday, featuring 90 different artists who have lived and worked in Alberta over the last 90 years, from 1924 - 2014. • New Lines: Contemporary Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada; This drawing exhibition mines Canada and the world to bring forth cutting edge work in pencil, ink, waterclour, cut-out and stamp.

Displaying 21 different artists. • until Oct 5 • BMO World of Creativity presents World of Boo; a creative installation featuring children's character Boo, inviting families to explore storytelling, art-making and improvisational play. • until July 2015 • Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880 - 1910; Highlights the wide spectrum of work by avant-garde artists in Paris, around the turn of the 20th century, with Toulouse-Lautrec and contemporaries as the focal point. • until Nov 16 • RBC New Works presents Amy Malbeuf: kayas-ago; The title refers to a slang term for "a long time ago" in Cree/Michif and represents Malbeauf's exploration in interdisciplinary art, mixing traditional and abstract ideas, and First Nations culture. • until Nov 16

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780.460.4310 • www.ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • Abstraction into the Significant Line; Rich, dense colours dominate Pat Wagensveld's abstract landscape works in this powerful exhibition. • Sep 4 - 27

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412 - 124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • The Tangled Web; Denise Lefebvre's exhibit reveals her personal journey over the last few years, by incorporating nature in conjunction with the human spirit. The series is accompanied with the palpable stories of local writer, Trish Lane. • Sep 9 - 30

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332 - 124 St • 780.488.4445 • douglasudellgallery. com • 47th Annual Fall Show; Art from many of Canada's leading contemporary artists, and fresh work from gallery artists gaining new recognition.

• Sep 20 - Oct 4 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.492.2081 • foa.ualberta. ca • Graduate Design Group Show 2014; Featuring Master of Design candidates Salim Azzam, Mike Buss, Piyush Mann, Ceren Pektas, Ika Peraic, Layal Shuman and Val Sirbu. • until Sep 20 • MFA graduation shows; Agnieszka Koziarz, MFA Sculpture, Nora Myers, MFA Painting, reception Thurs Oct 9 from 7 - 10 pm. • Sep 30 - Oct 25

GALLERY 7 • 7 Perron Street • Val Solash, Peg McPherson, Louise Piquette. • Sep 3 - 29 HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Magnetic Fields; Brigitta Kocsis uses canvas to deconstruct and reconfigure abstract and figurative shapes.

What Secret Knowledge Lay Beneath Your Skin; Mike Binzer presents strange, fragmented, augmented and reconfigured bodies in transformation.

• Sep 18 - Oct 17 JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Mixed media paintings, pottery, sewing, quilting, and woodwork.

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KALEIDO FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL • 118 St between 90 and 94 St • 780.471.1580 • pay what you can • kaleidofest.ca • Alberta Avenue comes alive during Kaleido, a free family arts festival featuring music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts produced by Arts on the Ave. Artists collide in an environment of creative exploration and performances on rooftops, sides of buildings, back alleys, parks, old spaces and new spaces of 118th Avenue. • Sep 12 - 14

LATITUDE 53 • 10242 - 106 St • 780.423.5353 THE FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave • 780.488.2952 • thefrontgallery.com • Blake Ward's 'Angel' series; sculptor uses marble to reveal grace and symmetry of classical sculpture while at the same time challenging contemporary notions of beauty. • Sep 18 - Oct 6 • RFM McInnis; formalist painter portrays different aspects of the feminine body and contemporary culture. • Sep 20 - Oct 6

GALERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St • 780.461.3427 • C'est Ou Chez Nous; Sabine Lecorre-Moore reflects on the floods of 2013 using art to question our sense of place. • Craft Exhibition; coloured glass globes and tiles by Monika Déry and Barbara Mitchell.

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MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St. • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah.org/ mcmullen-gallery • Prairie Legacy; A celebration of prairie art with pieces from a recent historic donation to the University of Alberta Hospital's permanent art collection. Includes works by H.G. Glyde, Illingworth Kerr, Marion Nicoll, Alex Janvier and others. • Sep 10 - Oct 14

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War; remembering contributions of the more than sixty young men and one woman from the St Albert area. • until Nov 16 • Brigadier-General Raymond Brutinel; the remarkable story of Brigadier-General Raymond Brutinel and the Motor Machine Gun Brigades during World War I. • Sep 9 - Nov 16

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Urban Images; Rex Beanland, Calgary's urban watercolourist, exhibits and conducts classes (watercolour 'boot camps') in Edmonton. • until Sep 30 • War Pigs; A wide range of photo-transfers as well as 3-D papier-mache works by Benjamin Rennich. • until Oct 3 THE NINA HAGGERY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS • 9225 - 118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • thenina.ca • RCB Emerging Artist Exhibit; Featuring work by six young artists who have apprenticed at the Nina for three months. • until Sep 9 • Where We Work; Presented by CN Rail. • Sep 17 - Oct 4

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Clay Ellis; in the we manner. Reception Sep 18, 7 pm. • Sep 11 - 30

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845 - 102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • $11 (museum admission) • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Worn to Be Wild: The Black Leather Jacket; The history and modern significance of the black leather jacket, from functional wear, to symbol of courage and cool, to iconic expression within popular culture, to flamboyant artistic design in applied arts and fashion. • until Sep 7th

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411 - 124 St • 780.488.3619 • scottgallery.com • Peter Hide; The British-born sculptor has distinguished himself as one of the world's foremost practitioners of welded-steel sculpture in the tradition of Pablo Picasso, David Smith and Anthony Caro.

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COMEDY: SEP 2014 COMIC STRIP • 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip. ca • Dan Soder, Sep 3 - 6 • Greg Fitzsimmons, Sep 11 - 14 • Big Jay Oakerson, Sep 17 - 21 • Mick Foley, Sep 23

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave and Gateway Blvd • 780.469.4999 • thecomedyfactory.com • Jamie Hutchinson, Sep 5 - 6 • Bob Angeli, Sep 12 - 13 • That's Improv, Sep 19 - 20 • Keon Polee Sep 25 - 27 STEVE PATTERSON: THIS IS NOT DEBATABLE • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $42 general • winspearcentre.com • Host of CBC's The Debaters and regular at Just For Laughs, Patterson delivers a rollicking 90-minute, one-man show. • Sep 29, 7:30 pm

DANCE: SEP 2014 WHAT'S COOKING? SIMMER • Presented by the Good Women Dance Collective • C103, 8529 Gateway Blvd • 780.802.6867 • Admission by donation • goodwomen.ca • An evening of good art and good food, brought to you

by Good Women. This work-in-progress showing serves as a platform for local choreographers to present creations that are at the mid to final stages of development. The audience is able to engage directly with the artists by providing feedback and commentary on the work they have seen. Add to this already engaging mix a delicious catered meal, and things really start to simmer! • Sep 18 - 19, 6:30 pm (dinner), 7 pm (performance)

shomon; technical mastery and great storytelling earned international attention for this film, and helped introduce Japanese cinema to the world.

• Sep 3, 7 pm

CCMA DISCOVERY SHOWCASE

LITERARY: SEP 2014 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713 124 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Sep 17

TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories. • Sep 10, 7 pm

TALES ALBERTA STORYTELLING RETREAT • Sylvan Lake, AB • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Professional development, discussions and readings. • Sep 12 - 14

THEATRE: SEP 2014 CITADEL THEATRE • 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Kim's Convenience, by Ins Choi. Original director Weyni Mengesha guides the cast in a comedy that follows the dreams and challenges of a loving but fractured Korean-Canadian Family who operate a convenience store. • Sep 20 - Oct 12

FINE 5'S "PHASES" • L'UniThéâtre, 8627 91 St • 780.424.1573 • $25 general, $20 students/members • milezerodance.com • MZD welcomes Fine 5 from Estonia for a special performance of their award-winning, artistic social commentary. • Sep 12 - 13, 8 pm

FILM: SEP 2014 EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • various venues • 780.423.0844 • edmontonfilmfest.com • A veritable buffet of the best new indie filmmaking from around the globe, stretched over 10 days. The schedule includes 55 feature-length slots, and 100-plus short films programmed into feature-length packages. • Sep 25 - Oct 4

FAVA: PRODUCING • 9722 - 102 St • 780.429.3636 • $790 (member) • fava.ca • Learn from industry experts how to guide your project from vision into reality. • Tuesdays 6 - 9 pm, Sep 9 - Dec 9

FAVA VIDEO KITCHEN • 9722 - 102 St • 780.429.3636 • $745 (member) • fava.ca • Cook up something creative in the Video Kitchen, a workshop that provides a place to cultivate your storytelling through film. Pre-requisite to main course. • Saturdays, 10 am - 2 pm, Sep 6 - Dec 6

METRO CINEMA ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • 780.425.9219 • metrocinema.org • Join Metro Cinema in celebrating its third year at the Garneau Theatre! The anniversary weekend will be full of exciting screenings and events, including The Creature From the Black Lagoon in original 3D on Sep 12, and the beloved Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party on Sep 13.

• Sep 12 - 14

SPOTLIGHT ON AKIRA KUROSAWA AND TOSHIRO MIFUNE • Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St (Garneau Theatre) • 780.425.9219 • $10 adult, $8 student/senior, $6 child (13 and under) • metrocinema.org • Seven Samurai; Akira Kurosawa's three-hour saga of seven samurai hired to protect a 16 century Japanese village is hailed as a film classic. • Sep 1, 7 • pm Ra-

free daytime open stage • edmontonaccordion. com • The Edmonton Accordion Society hosts this annual celebration of accordion music, including concerts, daytime events, meals and more. • Sep 12 - 14

FOLKSWAGGIN': MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Inspired by Edmonton's own folk festival, a musical that explores the origins of folk music and its evolution into what it is today. • Sep 5 - Nov 2

AND THEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT • Walterdale Theatre • 780.420.1757 • tixonthesquare.ca • A thrilling Edmonton saga of dames, deceit, and writer's block by Andy Garland, directed by David Johnston. • Oct 15-25

FATBOY • Edmonton Actors Theatre, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Scatological, scabrous and scandalous — a pummeling comedy that will leave you punch drunk. • Sep 16 - 28

SHE'LL BE COMING AROUND THE MOUNTIE - A KLONDIKE MELODRAMA • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton •

• Shaw Conference Centre, Hall D • ccma.org • Six of Canada's most promising talent selected through a rigorous, nationwide jury selection process and the intensity of the method pays off well in the impressive acts that rise to the top!

For many artists, this performance opportunity is all it takes to open the door to a record or management deal and this is your opportunity to witness their emergence. • Sep 4, 8:30 pm

CCMA SONGWRITERS' SERIES • Citadel Theatre • ccma.org • The Songwriters' Series celebrates the penning of original tunes and introduces new and familiar faces behind the music we love. Non-established songwriters are selected to perform by a national jury process.

The final event is a masterclass with some of the best performing in a guitar pull. • Sep 4, 1:30 pm; Sep 5, 4 pm; Sep 6, 1:30; Sep - 7, 12 pm

CCMA LEGENDS SHOW: A TRIBUTE TO YESTERDAY AND TODAY • Winspear Centre • ccma.org • This night will pay tribute to the Canadian country hits of the 70s and 80s with legendary artists (Hall of Fame inductees) performing alongside current stars of the format and up-and-coming artists all performing traditional Canadian country music. • Sep 5, 7 pm

CCMA FANFEST • West Edmonton Mall Ice Palace • free • ccma.org • Something for every level of fan from the die-hard album-wielding devotees to the entry-level music lovers who are looking for something new. Between performances, merch stands, food vendors and numerous autograph and photo opportunities, this is a must attend event for even the most reserved of country music fans. • Sep 6, 11 am

CCMA ALL STAR BAND AWARDS • Citadel Theatre, The Club Lounge • ccma.org • A star-studded jam session caps off a night featuring the musicians who back Canada's favourite country artists. These players are the best of the best in the world of musicianship. • Sep 6, 10:30 pm CCMA AWARDS PRE-SHOW PARTY • Rexall Place • ccma.org • Pre-show festival in the parking lot of Rexall Place, featuring a portable stage, performers, an all-star host, merch vendors and a photo booth to capture all the memories. • Sep 7, 1 pm

CCMA AWARDS GREEN CARPET • Rexall Place • ccma.org • Nominated artists, performers and presenters will take to the

green carpet for media interviews, photos and opportunities to greet fans. Access to the Green Carpet is limited and only accredited media will have access to artists and celebrity presenters for interviews and photos. However, fans are encouraged to come on down and cheer for the artists they love as they take their glamorous walk in to the venue by lining our FanZone walkway. • Sep 7, 3 pm

CCMA AWARDS BROADCAST • Rexall Place • ccma.org • The televised CCMA Awards Show brings together the most current names in Canadian country music for an evening full of award presentations, star performances and special guest presenters. This is the moment everyone has been waiting for, so take a seat and enjoy the show! • Sep 7, 5 pm

CHARLIE A'COURT • Full Moon Folk Club, St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819 - 71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • Roots, soul and blues with a Nova Scotian touch. • Sep 26, 7 pm LISA BROKOP • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 adult, $35 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Winner of five Canadian Country Music Awards, Lisa Brokop has charted more than 20 singles in Canada and the United States including "Give Me a Ring Sometime", "Take That", "How Do I Let Go", and "Better off Broken". • Sep 5, 7:30 pm

MARIA DUNN AND FRIENDS • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $35 adult, $32 senior • maclabcentre.com • Sep 27, 7:30 pm MATT MINGLEWOOD BAND • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • This four-man band has one foot steeped in the musical roots of blues and country and the other knee-deep in rock. Led by musical shapeshifter Matt Minglewood, 2013 recipient of the Maple Blues Society's LIfetime Achievement Award. • Sep 5

expectations and tastes. • Sep 27, 7:30 pm

ZIGGY MARLEY • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $42 general • winspearcentre.com • Reggae artist and son of Bob Marley stirs it up at the Winspear. • Sep 30, 8 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC: SEP 2014

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SINGALONG • Opera NUOVA • River Community Church 11520 Ellerslie Rd SW • $44 adult, $40 student/senior • 780.487.4844 • operanuova.ca • Join Opera NUOVA and a 15-piece orchestra on Sep 27 and become an instant Broadway star! Led by NUOVA's alumni - working young Canadian professional talent will guide the audiencea through a performance of one of Broadway's most memorable musicals. No need to know all the words: lyrics will be projected above the stage! Dressing up is encouraged. • Sep 27, 7:30 pm

PRO CORO IN CONCERT • Winspear Centre • 780.420.1247 • A performance in celebration of Alberta Culture Days, with Richard Eaton Singers, featuring Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles and other works. • Sep 28, 2:30 pm

TRANSATLANTIC MEETING • Convocation Hall (University of Alberta Old Arts Building) • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/ shows • Two internationally-acclaimed artists, James Campbell (clarinet) and Gil Sharon (violin and viola) join UAlberta Music faculty member and passionate pianist, Patricia Tao, to perform works from Mozart, Brahms and Schubert. • Sep 13, 8 pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • ESO and WInspear Overture, Sep 18, 12 pm • The Glory of the Organ, Sep 20, 8 pm

THE GOOD LOVELIES • Full Moon Folk Club, St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819 - 71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • Gorgeous harmonies and a pinch of sass from this Juno award-winning trio will put the crowd in the palms of their hands. • Sep 12, 7 pm

THE TRAVELLING MABELS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.7634 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage.com • The Travelling Mabels are a folk/country trio full of spirit, spunk, and laughter.

With influences that range from Dolly Parton to Sheryl Crow, and The Eagles to Bob Dylan, the Mabels' comedic but heartfelt take on life means they easily satisfy a wide range of audience

OCTOBER 2014 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: OCT 2014 ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL • 10186 - 106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Frontiers: Casting the Future; an exhibition of new work in concrete by Edmonton artist Matt Heide.

Bubble Invasion - an exploration of the relation of space by Ontario glass artist Jie Yang. • until Oct 18 • Well in Hand: fine craft of horse and rider; An

fortedmontonpark.ca • 780.442.5311 Watch our Mountie mine all the love he can from his girl with a heart of gold. Do not miss the continuation of last year's box office hit The Full Mountie, an improvised Klondike melodrama featuring award-winning improv troupe Die-Nasty! • Sep 4 - 6, 8 pm

THE VIOLET HOUR • Timms Centre for the Arts (87 Avenue and 112 Street, University of Alberta) • $22 adult, $20 senior, $11 student • uab.ca/shows • This delicious, dark comedy is set in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby-era and the main character is loosely based on Fitzgerald: John Pace Seavering, a wealthy Princeton graduate who wishes to be a publisher. Seavering must decide between two manuscripts for his first venture. Suddenly a machine arrives at his office spewing out pages from academic books of the future, detailing the devastating results of his choice. What will his decision be? Can he alter the future? • Sep 18 - 27, 7:30 pm

MUSIC: SEP 2014 ACCORDION EXTRAVAGANZA! • St John's Cultural Centre, 10611 - 110 Ave • 780.929.8836 • $10 - 30 for ticketed events,

VUEWEEKLY AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 13, 2014

THE SEASON 17

NORTHERN LIGHT THEATRE 2014 - 2015 SEASON GIRLS / BOYS // BOYS / GIRLS

exhibition of creative and accomplished craft objects – usable, wearable, ceremonial, visual, historical – that reflect any aspect of the human-equine relationship. • Oct 4 – Dec 24 • Caffeine; Robin DuPont and Sarah Pike, two BC potters, explore the theme of 'caffeine' and the rituals around it. 21 Konstructions: Cross Stitch; an ancient, internal language by Edmonton fibre artist Brenda Raynard.

• Oct 25 – Nov 29

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA)

SPACE // SPACE

BY JASON CRAIG November 21- November 29, 2014 PCL Studio in the ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330-84 Avenue

THE PINK UNICORN

BY ELISE FORIER EDIE February 20-February 28, 2015 PCL Studio in the ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330-84 Avenue

CHRISTINA ~ PHILIPPE

BY PER BRASK May 1-May 10, 2015 Westbury Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330-84 Avenue Presented as part of the Fringe Theatre Adventures Arts at the Barns Series

FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TICKET INFORMATION CALL 780.471.1586 OR VISIT WWW.NORTHERNLIGHTTHEATRE.COM

• 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • New Lines: Contemporary Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada; This drawing exhibition mines Canada and the world to bring forth cutting edge work in pencil, ink, waterclour, cut-out and stamp. Displaying 21 different artists. • until Oct 5 • Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880 - 1910; Highlights the wide spectrum of work by avant-garde artists in Paris, around the turn of the 20th century, with Toulouse-Lautrec and contemporaries as the focal point. • until Nov 16 • RBC New Works presents Amy Malbeuf: kayas-ago; The title refers to a slang term for "a long time ago" in Cree/Michif and represents Malbeauf's exploration in interdisciplinary art, mixing traditional and abstract ideas, and First Nations culture. • until Nov 16 • A Moving Image; See renowned contemporary works in time-based media, film and video by artists of Israeli and Palestinian descent, rarely displayed in Western Canada. • until Jan 4

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780.460.4310 • www.ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • 60 Tibetan Pearls: Choegyal Rinpoche; Choegyal studied many traditional painting styles, bringing influences from China, India, Nepal and Persia into his own practice. This exhibition focuses on the development of his contemporary style of Tibetan painting. • Oct 2 - Nov 1

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412 - 124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Introducing; With almost 50 artists, it's hard to find time and space to show everyone's work and for newer artists, it can be even more challenging to have work displayed long enough for regular gallery visitors to get to know their work. This show introduces several of the gallery's new artists. • Oct 4 - 18 • Tasting with Your Eyes; The sight of one specific candy seems to stir-up childhood memories. Carmen Gonzalez's objective is to stimulate the viewers' memories and emotions. When children eat their favourite fun foods, they experience "pure" joy. As adults, fun foods still often causes strong emotions such as happiness, excitement, comfort, and satisfaction with perhaps a touch of guilt or regret.

So come, feed your eyes with zero calories! • Oct 24 - Nov 14 DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332 - 124 St • 780.488.4445 • douglasudellgallery. com • 47th Annual Fall Show; Art from many of Canada's leading contemporary artists, and fresh work from gallery artists gaining new recognition • until Oct 4 • Dorothy Knowles; a solo exhibition of the artist's work, opening Sat Oct 25 from 2 - 4 pm • Oct 25 - Nov 8 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.248.5617 • foa.ualberta. ca • MFA graduation shows; Agnieszka Koziarz, MFA Sculpture, Nora Myers, MFA Painting, reception Thurs Oct 9 from 7 - 10 pm. • until Oct 25

HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Magnetic Fields; Brigitta Kocsis uses canvas to deconstruct and reconfigure abstract and figurative shapes.

What Secret Knowledge Lay Beneath Your Skin; Mike Binzer presents strange, fragmented, augmented and reconfigured bodies in transformation.

• until Oct 17 • Sara French; Harcourt's artist-inresidence explores how visual arts are portrayed in media. Inherited Narratives; Nicole Kelly Westman's photographic installations and performances challenge the structure of narrative. • Oct 23 - Nov 28

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Prairie Legacy; A celebration of prairie art with pieces from a recent historic donation to the University of Alberta Hospital's permanent art collection. Includes works by H.G. Glyde, Illingworth Kerr, Marion Nicoll, Alex Janvier and others. • until Oct 14 • Portraits – Patrick Higgins; A series of painted portraits including realist and abstracted work. • Oct 18 - Dec 7

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Joining Up: Our Men and Women in the First World War; remembering contributions of the more than sixty young men and one woman from the St Albert area. • until Nov 16 • BrigadierGeneral Raymond Brutinel; the remarkable story of Brigadier-General Raymond Brutinel and the Motor Machine Gun Brigades during World War I. • until Nov 16

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • 'This one goes out to the one I love…'; A mixed media artist exhibits a series of works that document Krista Acheson's personal journey through a relationship with a troubled friend. • Oct 4 - Nov 15 • Imaginagerie; Laura Rezko's exploration of fantastical creatures through the mediumsof puppet and mask.

• Oct 3 - Nov 13

THE NINA HAGGERY CENTRE • 9225 118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • thenina.ca • Where We Work; Presented by CN Rail. • until Oct 4 • A View from Inside; artists involved in Alberta Correctional Services. • Oct 9 - 31 PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Phil Darrah and Sheila Luck. Opening reception Saturday, Oct 4, 2 - 4 pm. • Oct 4 - 21 • landmind: an equilibrium of events and process by David Alexander. Opening Sat Oct 25, 2 - 4 pm. • Oct 25 - Nov 12

RE-BEAUTY • Paul Byrne Hall, Grant MacEwan University • $75 (cash bar) • 780.488.7926 • This inaugural event focuses on waste awareness, featuring a collection of art made from recycled materials from the Cleanit Greenit Composting Site.

• Oct 10, 7 pm

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35 - 5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • 2014 Open Art Competition: An art show pen to all Alberta artists. Categories include Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, Three Dimensional and Photography (submission deadline Aug 23). • until Oct 4 • 2014 Open Photography Show; A show open to all Alberta photographers age 18 and over, beginner to advanced (digital art included). Submission deadline Sep 22.

• Oct 4 - 25 • Main gallery, Larissa Blokhuis • Oct 28 - Nov 22

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411 - 124 St • 780.488.3619 • scottgallery.com • Harold Feist; This Texas-born, Toronto-based senior Canadian abstract painter's surfaces span the colour spectrum from subtle to dramatic.

SNAP GALLERY • 10123 - 121 St • 780.423.2492 • snapartists.com • Patrick Mahon • Oct 23 - Nov 22 STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES • 913 Ash Street Sherwood Park • 780.467.8189 • $5/person, 5 and under free • strathconacountymuseum.ca • Spooky Saturday; A mystery lurks in the Museum! Follow ghostly clues through exhibits to discover where the ghost is hiding. Participate in spooktacular activities and create a few ghoulish crafts. Great family fun! • Oct 25

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211 JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Cliff and Rosemarie Cunningham; an interesting and different exhibit of mixed media paintings and photography covering various subject matter. • Oct 7 - 29

18 THE SEASON

VUEWEEKLY AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 13, 2014

142 Street • 780.451.3344 • $26.60 adult, $23.50 youth (13 - 17), $19.50 child, 3 and under free • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology: The Exhibition; Get the facts behind the fiction! Enter the world of Indiana Jones™ and discover field archaeology, ancient remains, cultural artefacts, a

collection of Indy film props, costumes and more.

• Oct 11 - Apr 6

THE ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY • A.J. Ottewell Community Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.922.3179 • artstrathcona.com • Annual Fall Show and Sale • Oct 17 - 19

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS • Enterprise Square • 10230 Jasper Ave • 780.492.5834 • Admission by donation • museums.ualberta.ca • Regions of Distinction: The Edmonton Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts; display of nationally recognized artist's work. • until Oct 25 • Discovering Dinosaurs; The story of Alberta's Cretaceous dinosaurs as told through current University of Alberta research. • until Dec 20

ROMAN DANYLO • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.7634 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Canadian comedian Roman Danylo has appeared in many television shows and movies, including five seasons of his own show on CTV, 'Comedy Inc'. Now he's "Roman around the country" doing a show that combines sketch comedy, stand-up and improv. • Oct 3, 7:30 pm

DANCE: OCT 2014 DON QUIXOTE • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • Bullfights, windmills, and an unlikely hero – this classic tale is told in a majestic spectacle of explosive dance. Follow Don Quixote and his trusty squire Sancho Panza on a journey which has enchanted ballet fans, young and old, for centuries. • Oct 3 - 4

VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA • 3 fl, 10215 112 St • 780.421.1731 • visualartsalberta.com • Marking the Valley; An exhibition of artwork inspired by the Capital Region River Valley. • until mid-Oct • Contemporary Cowboy: Karly Mortimer and Jeremy Pavka investigate "the west" and our interactions with it, using photography to juxtapose authentic existing values with trophies of unearned authority: guns, chaps, bone and hats.

• until Oct 25 • Presentification of Paradise: Jean Rene LeBlanc; Bits and Pieces; Patricia Coulter. • Oct 30 -Dec 6

VISUAL ARTS STUDIO ASSOCIATION (VASA) • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • Artists with Disabilities.

WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Rod Charlesworth • Oct 4 - 16 • Peter Shostak • Oct 18 - 30 THE WORKS GALLERY AT JACKSON POWER • 9754-60 Ave • Exhibits Oct 17- 25

COMEDY: OCT 2014 THE CHECKERBOARD GUY • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.7634 • $20 adult, $16 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Canadian comedian By deftly manipulating clubs, balls, axes, machetes, and stinky shoes, while riding a giraffe unicycle, or making balloon origami, The Checkerboard Guy will make you question the laws of physics. The playful nature of his show is one part inspired insanity, one part interactive game, one part skillful demonstration, and 100 percent infectious fun.

• Oct 4, 2 pm

TORONTO DANCE THEATRE • Timms

FILM: OCT 2014 EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • various venues • 780.423.0844 • edmontonfilmfest.com • A veritable buffet of the best new indie filmmaking from around the globe, stretched over 10 days. The schedule includes 55 feature-length slots, and 100-plus short films programmed into feature-length packages. • Sep 25 - Oct 4

VARIOUS LOCATIONS • 780.439.8809 • ATBCOMEDY.COM • Gala events, a cabaret series and more.

• OCT 15 - 18

HARLAND WILLIAMS • The Comic Strip, 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • $32.95 • thecomicstrip.ca • Williams' offbeat humour is familiar from movies such as Dumb and Dumber, Rocketman and Half Baked.

• Oct 16 - 19

LAUGH FOR LIFE GALA • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.424.1414 • $57.50 and up • laughforlife.ca • The 11th annual Gala will raise Funds for The Mustard Seed and Kids Kottage. Comedians Tim Hawkins and John Branyan will entertain. Guests are invited to bring a $75 donation. • oct 25, 7 pm

FOLKSWAGGIN': MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Inspired by Edmonton's own folk festival, a musical that explores the origins of folk music and its evolution into what it is today. • Sep 5 - Nov 2

FRIENDS OF THE FORTIES • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park • fortedmontonpark. ca • Legendary songs, performers, dances and comedy routines that lifted the spirits during the war, this revue pays tribute to stars like Bob Hope, Judy Garland, The Andrew Sisters and Carmen Miranda. Hear the classics "Sing! Sing! Sing!"

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "How About You", "I'll Be Seeing You", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and, of course, "Thanks for the Memories". • Oct 17 - 18, 8 pm, Oct 19, 2pm HAPPY TOES • Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona

EDMONTON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL • Tegler Auditorium, 7128 Ada Blvd • $12 advance, $15 door • edmontonshortfilmfestival. com • A variety of in dependently created short film projects submitted by Alberta filmmakers.

This unique festival includes all genres of short film, documentaries, music videos, movie trailers, web episodes and entertaining commercials.

The audience has the opportunity to vote on their favourite work to select the winner of the People's Choice Award. Admission includes hors d'oeuvres and live music at the intermission. • Oct 4, 6:30 pm

FAVA: PRODUCING • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $790 (member) • fava.ca • Learn from industry experts how to guide your project from vision into reality. • Tuesdays 6 - 9 pm, Sep 9 - Dec 9

FAVA VIDEO KITCHEN • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $745 (member) • fava.ca • Cook up something creative in the Video Kitchen, a workshop that provides a place to cultivate your storytelling through film. • Saturdays, 10 am - 2 pm, Sep 6 - Dec 6

LITERARY: OCT 2014 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • The Artery

EDMONTON COMEDY FESTIVAL •

CITADEL THEATRE • 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Kim's Convenience, by Ins Choi. Original director Weyni Mengesha guides the cast in a comedy that follows the dreams and challenges of a loving but fractured Korean-Canadian Family who operate a convenience store. • Sep 20 - Oct 12 • One Man, Two Guvnors, by Richard Bean. A British farce about one man who is hired by two different criminals, and must keep them from finding out.

• Oct 25 - Nov 16 • The Daisy Theatre; Ronnie Burkett brings his Theatre of Marionettes back to the stage in a risqué new romp. • Oct 15 - Nov 2

Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • $35 general, $20 student/senior • bwdc.ca • Oct 10 - 11, 8 pm

COMIC STRIP • 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip.ca • Brad Wollack, Oct 3 - 4 • Ian Bagg, Oct 8 - 12• MIchael Malone, Oct 22 - 26 • James Davis Oct 29 - Nov 2

THEATRE: OCT 2014

• Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner. • Oct 22

Theatre (10329-83 Ave) • For Teatro's final show of its season, Julien Arnold, Leona Brausen, Jeff Haslam, Ron Pederson and Davina Stewart return for this remount of the elegant Stewart Lemoine comedy. A pair of recreational runners become intrigued when their friend suspects his wife of a decidedly peculiar form of infidelity. • Oct 2 - 18

HITCHCOCK RADIO SHOW • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park • fortedmontonpark.ca • An evening of adaptations of three early films directed

by Alfred Hitchcock: The Lodger, Sabotage and The 39 Steps. These stories come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast, with five actors playing dozens of characters, live sound effects and musical underscoring. • Oct 1 - 4, 8 pm, Oct 5, 2 pm

LA CORNEILLE • L'UniThéâtre, Théâtre de La Cité francophone, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury • 780.469.8400 • $26 adults, $22 seniors, $17 students • lunitheatre.ca • Julie lives a healthy, well-ordered life, until her mother comes to visit and strange events begin interrupting her routines. In French. • Oct 29 - Nov 1, Nov 5 - 8, 8 pm LOVEPLAY • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • $22 adult, $20 senior, $11 student • uab.ca/shows • Acclaimed British playwright Moira Buffini covers two millenia in 90 minutes in one location, where the connection between intellectual advancement and human emotion is explored through time. • Oct 30 - Nov 8, 7:30 pm SEQUENCE • Shadow Theatre • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • A stunning internationally acclaimed new work by Arun Lakra fearlessly hurtles into questions about the nature of science, luck and faith. • Oct 29 - Nov 16

LITFEST: EDMONTON'S NONFICTION FESTIVAL • various venues • 780.498.2500 • litfestalberta.com • Litfest celebrates life stories, politics, science, art and fine wine through a series of performance and intimate conversations with notable authors. It is the only nonfiction festival in Canada. It brings together some of the best-selling, award-winning and emerging authors of books, magazines and film content. It also supports Edmonton as a local incubator for non-fiction literary talent. • Oct 16 - 26

TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories. • Oct 8

MUSIC: OCT 2014 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS 40 YEARS LATER • Northern Lights Folk

wrote "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning," and so many more. Hear the songs from their original writer, accompanied by John Palatania (Van Morrison). • Oct 10, 7 pm

DRUMZY: A CELEBRATION OF EGYPTIAN MUSIC AND DANCE • $50 adult, $25 student • uab.ca/shows • Edmonton's inaugural Egyptian Music & Dance Festival (October 23-28) headline show with the world's leading Egyptian dance teacher, percussionist, composer and world music artist Hossam Ramzy and famed belly dancer Serena Ramzy performing in the headlining concert, featuring violinist Emile Bassily from the orchestra of Oum Kalthoum and Gamil Awad keyboard virtuoso with the University of Alberta's Middle Eastern and North African Music Ensemble. • Oct 24 25, 8 pm

FRED PENNER • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • $18 adult, $15 child • ardentheatre.com • For over 25 years, multi-talented Juno Award winning artist Fred Penner has long transformed children's entertainment into a family affair. Best loved for his hits like Sandwiches and The Cat Came Back, the Canadian icon brings his energetically packed live show to the Arden for an afternoon of fun and excitement. • Oct 19, 2 pm

GLASS TIGER • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Famous for hits like Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) and Someday, this band has been rocking since the 80s, winning Junos, a Grammy and collecting platinum and double platinum records while touring the world. They continue to play to enthusiastic crowds throughout North America.

• Oct 1, 5

JOHN MANN • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc. ca • Lead singer/songwriter from Spirit of the West, John Mann is well known to Canadians.

But his recent journey through cancer treatment and recovery has brought a new resonance to his new album, The Waiting Room. • Oct 4

JULLY BLACK • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $45 adult, $42 senior • maclabcentre.com • Oct 24, 7:30 pm

LUNCH AT ALLEN'S • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 adult, $35 student/senior • horizonstage.com • An extraordinary musical revue by four internationally renowned artists; Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan, and Ian Thomas. Their collaborative stage show is an intimate and humorous performance featuring songs pulled from each of their impressive catalogues to create an evening of music for the heart and soul. • Oct 25, 7:30 pm

NOISY THEATRE: MARY LAMBERT'S PAJAMA PARTY • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • $10 adult, $5 child, 2 and under free • ardentheatre. com • Juno Award nominee, Mary Lambert, is a dazzling and dynamic Canadian artist in children's entertainment. Her bubbly personality and colourful performances are filled with infectious music, sheer energy and lots of audience participation. Mary makes her Noisy Theatre debut encouraging young tots to break all theatre rules in these lively and interactive mid-morning performances. • Oct 23, 11 am

NORTHERN BLUEGRASS CIRCLE MUSIC SOCIETY • Pleasantview Community Hall, 10860 - 57 Ave • bluegrassnorth.com • Fall Workshop at Camp He-Ho-Ha. • Oct 17 - 19

Club Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc.ca • Critically panned on release, but later revered his best, Bob Dylan's album has captivated the imagination as much for the creativity and coherence of the songs as the way in which they came to light. • Oct 18

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • A special live organ performance of the music, set to the classic 1925 silent film as it plays on screen.

• Oct 31, 11:30 pm

CHIP TAYLOR • Full Moon Folk Club,

RIDLEY BENT • Full Moon Folk Club,

about shady characters, jackknifing trailers and whiskey-soaked barfights. • Oct 24, 7 pm

RYAN ADAMS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $37 - 61.50 • winspearcentre.com • Oct 9, 7:30 pm SARAH MCLACHLAN • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $42 general • winspearcentre.com • One of Canada's favourite songwriters brings new songs to the Winspear. • Oct 30, 7:30 pm TANGO: A PASSION OF A LIFETIME • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Let three musicians, two dancers, and a vocalist sweep you away with the passion and romance of TANGO. The Romulo Larrea Tango Ensemble tirelessly explores the pulsating tango world, distinguishing themselves as outstanding ambassadors of the genre. • Oct 24, 7:30 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC: OCT 2014 AND THE BEAT GOES ON! • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • rcco. edmonton.ab.ca • Virtuoso women organists (with male page turners) from the University of Alberta perform a symphonic "hour of power" on the Davis Concert Organ. • Oct 27, 7:30 pm

IL GARDELINO • Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St • albertabaroque.com • Elizabeth Koch (flute) joins The Alberta Baroque Ensemble to perform Vivaldi's Il Garelino, with works from Bach and Teleman. • Oct 26, 3 pm EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - SPECIAL CONCERT • Yellowhead Brewery, 10229 105 St • 780.905.5861 • $45 general, $20 student • edmontonrecital.com • Mark Fewer welcomes friends and fellow musicians Jeremy Spurgeon, John Taylor, Sandro Dominelli and Andrew Glover to join him in a repertoire ranging from classical to jazz. • Oct 7, 7:30 pm

EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY MAIN SERIES • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • $35 general, $25 senior, $10 student • edmontonrecital.com • Ivan Zentay (violin) and Martin Kasik (piano), presented in collaboration with The Czech and Slovak Society of Arts and Sciences of Alberta. • Oct 29, 7:30

EMMA RUSH • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 587.708.2044 • edmontonclassicalguitarsociety.org • One of Canada's exceptional young guitarists. • Oct 24, 8 pm

PRISM • Winspear Centre • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • Short, dynamic, performance bursts showcasing a diverse spectrum of University of Alberta Department of Music student ensembles, choirs, and bands, faculty strings, pianists and vocalists throughout the hall's aisles, balconies, choir loft and on the Winspear's majestic main stage. Conductor: Angela Schroeder.

• Oct 23, 8 pm PRO CORO IN CONCERT • All Saints' Cathedral, 10035 103 St • 780.420.1247 • A performance featuring Canadian composers R. Murray Schafer, Alain Gagnon and Robert Rival. • Oct 19, 2:30 pm QUARTETTO GELATO, WITH THE ESO • WInspear Centre, 4 Sir WInston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • Oct 16, 8 pm

SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL • Concordia School of Music • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia. ab.ca • Oct 26 THE BARBER OF SEVILLE • Edmonton

St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • Yes, it's the guy who

St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • Alt-country songs

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Opera, Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Ave • 780.429.1000 • $40 and up • edmontonopera. com • Set on a movie studio backlot, this opera plot

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styles itself a cut above the rest. Under the assumed name of Lindoro, Almaviva hopes to win the heart of the film starlet Rosina, but he must first contend with the movie studio owner Bartolo, who also hopes to marry Rosina. Luckily, the meddlesome hair stylist Figaro provides plenty of distraction to make sure the girl ends up with the right guy. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. • Oct 25, 8 pm, Oct 28 and 30, 7:30 pm

VIOLINISSIMO • Convocation Hall (University of Alberta Old Arts Building) • $20 adult. $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • UAlberta music faculty members Guillaume Tardif (violin) and Roger Admiral (piano) combine forces for an entertaining panorama of violin repertoire, with an emphasis on extremes. • Oct 4, 8 pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • ESO and WInspear Overture, Oct 3, 12 pm • ESO: Symphonie Fantastique, Oct 4, 8 pm

NOVEMBER 2014

ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: NOV 2014 ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL • 10186 - 106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Well in Hand: fine craft of horse and rider; An exhibition of creative and accomplished craft objects – usable, wearable, ceremonial, visual, historical – that reflect any aspect of the human-equine relationship. • until Dec 24 • Caffeine; Robin DuPont and Sarah Pike, two BC potters, explore the theme of 'caffeine' and the rituals around it. 21 Konstructions: Cross Stitch; an ancient, internal language by Edmonton fibre artist Brenda Raynard. • until Nov 29

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.248.5617 • foa.ualberta. ca • MFA graduation show; Emilie St. Hilaire, MFA Drawing and Intermedia, reception Thu, Nov 6 from 7 p.m - 10 p.m. • Nov 4 - 29

HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 Fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Sara French; Harcourt's artist-in-residence explores how visual arts are portrayed in media. Inherited Narratives; Nicole Kelly Westman's photographic installations and performances challenge the structure of narrative. • until Nov 28

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780-460-4310 • www.ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • Guilded: St Albert Place Visual Arts Council Guild Members; A longstanding exhibition at AGSA that showcases the work of SAPVAC members. Features selected works in a variety of forms from local artists. • Nov 6 - Nov 29

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412 - 124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Tasting with Your Eyes; The sight of one specific candy seems to stir-up childhood memories. Carmen Gonzalez's objective is to stimulate the viewers' memories and emotions. When children eat their favourite fun foods, they experience "pure" joy. As adults, fun foods still often causes strong emotions such as happiness, excitement, comfort, and satisfaction with perhaps a touch of guilt or regret. So come, feed your eyes with zero calories! • Oct 24 - Nov 14

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332 124 St • 780.488.4445 • douglasudellgallery.com • Dorothy Knowles; a solo exhibition of the artist's work. • until Nov 8 Robert Scott; a solo exhibition, opening Sat Nov 15 from 2 - 4 pm • Nov 15 - Nov 29

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SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35 - 5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Main gallery, Larissa Blokhuis • until Nov 22

Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • C.W. Jeffreys; posthumous exhibit of a well known Ontario artist who kept company with "The Group of Seven."

Much of his art was used as illustration in history books. This exhibit is being presented by the artist's grandson. Reception Nov 5, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. • Oct 31 - Dec 17

Park • 780.467.8189 • strathconacountymuseum. ca • Remembrance Day; open in honour of our veterans, featuring remembrance-themed exhibit.

• Nov 11 • 1st Annaul Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Fundraiser • Nov 21

LATITUDE 53 • 10242 106 St • 780.423.5353

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211

• latitude53.org • The Fine Art of Schmoozy; Save the date for Latitude 53's annual fundraising gala, with a silent auction, entertainment, and more.

• Nov 15 • Jing Yuan Huang: Transmigrating Inadequacy; A site-specific series of photogrambased floor pieces, creating a mural that explores themes of physical and metaphoric passage while altering the exhibition space itself. The photogram muralscapes form a labyrinthine structure, allowing the viewer to become lost in the space. • Nov 21 - Jan 17

142 St • 780.451.3344 • $26.60 adult, $23.50 youth (13 - 17), $19.50 child, 3 and under free • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology: The Exhibition; Get the facts behind the fiction! Enter the world of Indiana Jones™ and discover field archaeology, ancient remains, cultural artefacts, a collection of Indy film props, costumes and more. • until Apr 6

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Portraits – Patrick Higgins; A series of painted portraits including realist and abstracted work. • until Dec 7 • The Iconic Alberta Rose – Cindy Barratt and Susan Casault; A mixed media celebration of Alberta's provincial flower including paintings, drawings and historical items. • Dec 11 - Feb 1

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • AGA Enterprise Square Galleries • 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • • Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880 - 1910; Highlights the wide spectrum of work by avant-garde artists in Paris, around the turn of the 20th century, with Toulouse-Lautrec and contemporaries as the focal point. • until Nov 16 • RBC New Works presents Amy Malbeuf: kayas-ago; The title refers to a slang term for "a long time ago" in Cree/Michif and represents Malbeauf's exploration in interdisciplinary art, mixing traditional and abstract ideas, and First Nations culture. • until Nov 16 • A Moving Image; See renowned contemporary works in time-based media, film and video by artists of Israeli and Palestinian descent, rarely displayed in Western Canada. • until Jan 4 • SONAR: Sound Art Explorations by Edmonton Artists; Explore local sound art through multimedia works by local artists, spanning recordings, interactive sound environments and more. • until Jan 4

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411 - 124 St • 780.488.3619 • scottgallery.com • Gerald Faulder/ Katherine Sicotte; Faulder's work attempts to reveal his personal vision of the places and sites that are most familiar to him - mountain vistas, panoramic river valley views and rural Alberta prairie scenes. Katherine Sicotte's work references Western European traditions, the Canadian landscape and our country's growing global awareness.

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Joining Up: Our Men and Women in the First World War; remembering contributions of the more than sixty young men and one woman from the St Albert area. • until Nov 16 • BrigadierGeneral Raymond Brutinel; the remarkable story of Brigadier-General Raymond Brutinel and the Motor Machine Gun Brigades during World War I. • until Nov 16 • Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Contest; Winning entries from the fourth annual contest. • Nov 24 - Jan 24

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Imaginagerie; Laura Rezko's exploration of fantastical creatures through the mediums of puppet and mask. • until Nov 13 • Small temptations; Many artists present a wide range of small artworks as well as handcrafted books, jewelry and other items for purchase.

Nov 15 - Jan 3 • Imagine (a place of dwellings); In Cynthia Booth's gripping collection, mysterious dwellings in strangely ordinary landscapes add up to a Utopia depicted in visionary detail. • Nov 21 - Dec 31

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES • 913 Ash Street, Sherwood

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS • Enterprise Square • 10230 Jasper Ave • 780.492.5834 • Admission by donation • museums.ualberta.ca • Discovering Dinosaurs; The story of Alberta's Cretaceous dinosaurs as told through current University of Alberta research. • until Dec 20

VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA • 3 fl, 10215 112 St • 780.421.1731 • visualartsalberta.com • Presentification of Paradise: Jean Rene LeBlanc; Bits and Pieces; Patricia Coulter. • Oct 30 -Dec 6

VISUAL ARTS STUDIO ASSOCIATION (VASA) • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • Cam Wilson.

WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Gabor

THE THREE MUSKETEERS • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • It's all for one and one for all in David Nixon's action-packed ballet filled with impressive sword fights, swashbuckling comedy, and stunning choreography filled with beautiful romantic duets. This spectacular production, imported from Europe, is a ballet the whole family can enjoy. • Nov 7, 8

FILM: NOV 2014 FAVA: PRODUCING • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $790 (member) • fava.ca • Learn from industry experts how to guide your project from vision into reality. • Tuesdays 6 - 9 pm, Sep 9 - Dec 9

FAVA VIDEO KITCHEN • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $745 (member) • fava.ca • Cook up something creative in the Video Kitchen, a workshop that provides a place to cultivate your storytelling through film. Pre-requisite to main course. • Saturdays, 10 am - 2 pm, Sep 6 - Dec 6

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, BRIDGET RYAN: HERE'S TO THE LADIES WHO LAUGH • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage. com • For her cabaret Here's to the Ladies Who Laugh award-winning actor, singer, playwright, director and television host Bridget Ryan has chosen musical and comedic vignettes from her extensive repertoire. Enjoy song mash-ups, song-a-logues, and good old fashioned stand-up that will have you rolling in the aisle with laughter. • Nov 22, 7:30 pm

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MARY LYNN RAJSKUB • The Comic Strip,

- 102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • $11 (museum admission) • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Wildlife Photographer of the Year. • Nov 28 - Apr 12

PRAIRIE DANCE CIRCUIT • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • $35 general, $20 student/senior • bwdc.ca • Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers & Ming Hon with Edmonton's Raena Waddell • Nov 22 - 23, 8 pm

COMEDY: NOV 2014

Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip. ca • James Davis, until Nov 2 • Pete Correale, Nov 5 - 9 • Rob Little, Nov 12 - 16 • Andrew Norelli Nov 26 - 30

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CONVERGENCE • Good Women Dance Collective, L'Uni Theatre, 8627 91 Street • 780.802.6867 • $20 general, $15 student/senior/CADA member • goodwomen.ca • GWDC's annual showcase of local contemporary dance. Each season Good Women have their ears to the ground in order to program exciting works from up and coming choreographers and bring them to the stage. Audiences will also be treated to the premiere of Good Women's latest creation by collective artist Ainsley Hillyard. • Nov 21 - 22, 8 pm

LITERARY: NOV 2014

• 9225 - 118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • thenina.ca • YESS Part II; artists from Youth Empowerment and Support Services. • Nov 6 - 22 • Behold!; Nina's year-end show and sale. • Nov 26 - Dec 21

Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • landmind: an equilibrium of events and process by David Alexander. Opening Sat Oct 25, 2 - 4 pm. • Oct 25 - Nov 12 • Holiday Group Show; featuring new sterling silver and forged steel collaborations from Isla Burns and Karen Cantine. Opening reception Saturday Nov 22. • Nov 22 - Jan 6

DANCE: NOV 2014

Nagy • Nov 1 - 13 • Shi Le • Nov 15 - 27

COMIC STRIP • 1646 Bourbon Street West

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ceive from members of the audience. If you like to laugh, and laugh, and laugh some more, you won't want to miss this show! • Nov 1, 4 pm

1646 Bourboun Street, West Edmonton Mall • $25.95 general • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip. ca • A regular cast member on 24 with appearances in Californication and other TV series, Rajskub also has credits in films including Road Trip, Dude Where's My Car and Man on the Moon.

• Nov 20 - 23

RAPID FIRE THEATRE'S BLAZING IMPROV! • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $20 adult, $16 student/senior • horizonstage.com • This onehour comedy performance is perfect for anyone over the age of 10 who has a funny bone. Watch in amazement as professional improvisers create hilarious scenes based on suggestions they re-

10713 124 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Nov 18

PURE SPEC FESTIVAL • Ramada Conference Centre, 11834 - Kingsway • purespec.org • This annual festival is hosted by the Pure Speculation Science Fiction and Fantasy Society. This year's theme: Spec: The Final Frontier! The festival welcomes David Gerrold, Dave Gross, Dan Riskin, Amber E. Scott and Skype guest Samuel R. Delany. • Nov 14-16

TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories.

• Nov 13

THEATRE: NOV 2014 A CHRISTMAS CAROL • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre. com •Edmonton's favourite holiday tradition comes back for its 15th year, with all the classic touches and dazzling special effects. • Nov 29 - Dec 23

VUEWEEKLY AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 13, 2014

A CHRISTMAS STORY • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • $26 adult, $20 child/senior/student • childfest.com • St Albert Children's Theatre perform the award-winning Broadway musical, with backup from the lead producer of the Broadway production, Gerald Goehring, and original songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

• Nov 27 -Dec 7

BLAVATSKY'S TOWER • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • $22 adult, $20 senior, $11 student • uab.ca/shows • Moira Buffini's metaphysical black comedy chronicles the ultimate soap opera of family life in which an idealistic architect kidnaps his own family and locks them away to protect them from the world he cannot change. A modern Glass Menagerie with fascinating characters to unravel. • Nov 27 - Dec 6

FOLKSWAGGIN': MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Inspired by Edmonton's own folk festival, a musical that explores the origins of folk music and its evolution into what it is today. • until Nov 2 •

HEY LADIES! • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Tattoos, homemaking tips, booze, prizes, and even culture—all in one spectacular evening! Each show features local Edmonton businesses, celebrities, bands, cocktail-of-the-night, baddies, and troublemakers.

• Nov 28

HOLLYWOOD BOUND • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park • fortedmontonpark.ca • Join the members of the award-winning Die-Nasty improv troupe as they follow the misadventures of all the zany characters from Tinseltown's most notorious film company: The Sibling Brother Studio.

• Nov 13 - 15, 8 pm JANE EYRE, THE MUSICAL • Myer Horowitz Theatre, U of A • 780.492.4764 • twoonewaytickets.com • Charlotte Brontë's novel transforms into a musical. • Nov 18 - 19 LOOKING • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall, 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Dinner and a comedy by one of Canada's most popular playwrights, Norm Foster. A nurse, a police officer, a radio host and a storage king go on a double date, and the punch lines flow. • Nov 6 - 22 ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Richard Bean's wry British farce about one man who is hired by two different criminals, and must keep them from finding out. • until Nov 16 POSTMORTEM • East of 60 Productions, Devon Community Centre, 20 Haven Ave • 587.783.3760 • $40 (Fri/Sat dinner), $35 (Sun brunch) • eastofsixty.com • Dinner and a murder mystery, with the play within a play suspense of a Sherlock Holmes mystery unfolds. • Nov 7 - 9 PRAIRIE BOWL • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.5044 • $12 advance, $15 door (cash only) • rapidfiretheatre.com • Western Canada's only true Theatresports tournament, for the west, where it was invented! • Nov 20 - 22

RUMPELSTILTSKIN • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $20 adult, $16 student/senior • horizonstage.com • The Alberta Opera Touring Association brings the fairy tale classic to the stage. When the King orders the maiden into a secluded room to spin straw into gold a mysterious and magical figure emerges from the shadows to help her complete her mission. Watch as a series of events that could change the fate of the entire kingdom are set into motion in this thrilling new musical adventure! • Nov 15, 2 pm

SEQUENCE • Shadow Theatre • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • A stunning internationally acclaimed new work by Arun Lakra fearlessly hurtles into questions about the nature of science, luck and faith. • until Nov 16

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SPACE//SPACE • Northern Light Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.471.1586 • $22 - 28 • northernlighttheatre. com • Two brothers are put in space as specimens of the past, but find themselves underoing rapid and strange transformations. • Nov 21 - 29

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SOUTH PACIFIC IN CONCERT • Waterworks Players, Waterworks Theatre, 5002-53 Ave, Wetaskiwin • 780.352.8383 • $15 adults • wetaskiwintheatresociety.com • A twist on the usual community theatre production and features all the music with the narrative spoken by the actors. Costumes and character fill in the story line as the music carries the audience through the story. • Nov 21 - 23, and 28 - 30

TOP OF THE POPS: A BRITISH ROCK INVASION • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • the Beatles, the Stones, the Hollies, The Who, Adele, Amy Winehouse and everything in between gets its moment in this homage to British pop music. • Nov 11 - Feb 1

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THE DAISY THEATRE • Citadel Theatre, 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre. com • Ronnie Burkett brings his Theatre of Marionettes back to the stage in a risqué new romp.

• until Nov 2

THE MAGGIE-NOW CYCLE OF PLAYS • Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre,

2014-2015 SEASON Glimpse the Wonder

SEQUENCE Oct. 29 to Nov. 16, 2014

by Arun Lakra CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION Jan. 14 to Feb. 1, 2015

by Annie Baker FIRST TIME LAST TIME March 11 to 29, 2015

by Scott Sharplin BECOMING SHARP April 29 to May 17, 2015

by David Belke

ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • Presented by Fringe Theatre Adventures, a Prosperous Paddies Production in partnership with Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre and Theatre Prospero. Taking audiences from 1890's Ireland to 1930's Brooklyn, Maggie-Now is a big, bold, juicy piece of theatre full of a gentle power.

• Nov 13 - 23

THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF BERNICE TRIMBLE • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre, 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Beth Graham's tale of a family thrown into flux with their mother's early onset of Alzheimer's. • Nov 4 - 23

MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • The Canadian soprano, whose voice carried the Olympic Hymn at Vancouver 2010, has performed around the world, giving solo recitals for the likes of Queen Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan. Her powerful, resonant voice and sovereign stage presence wow audiences everywhere. • Nov 22 DANNY MICHEL • Full Moon Folk Club, St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • Songwriter, producer and solo artist with a flair for blending new and old into something fresh and different, Michel's 2012 album Black Birds are Dancing Over Me was called "one of the finest musical works of our time" by Billboard. • Nov 28, 7 pm

OLD FRIENDS: TOMMY BANKS AND PJ PERRY • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • Nov 11, 7:30 pm

THE CLASSICS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage. com • The Classics play classic rock and roll and rhythm and blues, making the energy roll off today's stages just like it did in the clubs, gymnasiums, and dance halls when the music was new. This isn't the kind of music that you can sit quietly and watch–audience members will be encouraged to get up, start dancing, and "remember when…" • Nov 8, 7:30 pm

SHIMMY AND SHAKE FAMILY DANCE PARTY • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • $10 child, adults and children under 2 free • ardentheatre.com • Bust a move and get funky with the whole family in this new addition to the Arden's Family Series!

Tie up your dancing shoes and enjoy kid-friendly music spun by a special guest DJ in these open dance play dates perfect for kids of all ages. • Nov 9, 1 pm

MUSIC: NOV 2014 BERGMANN PIANO DUO • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage.com • The Bergmanns have been inspiring audiences with electrifyingly rendered piano duos for more than two decades. Their uniquely eclectic programmes draw from an extensive repertoire that ranges from Baroque to contemporary, incorporating both arrangements and original compositions that straddle the classical and jazz genres. • Nov 7, 7:30 pm

Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc. ca • An enduring performer, Bourne alternately drones, twangs and rocks his way into a state of country-blues abandon and beauty. • Nov 1

HIGH VALLEY • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • festivalplace.ab.ca • Brothers Brad, Bryan and Curtis Rempel emerged seemingly out of nowhere in 2010 to earn four Canadian Country Music Awards, and they haven't let up since. The trio released their follow-up in 2013, and have worked with the likes of Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Reba McEntire. • Nov 28

WInspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • Nov 3, 7:30 pm

MARIA DUNN TRIO (WITH SHANNON JOHNSON AND JEREMIAH MCDADE) • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc.ca • The celtic comes out to play with some of Alberta's most accomplished performers of the genre. • Nov 15

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ORGANIC – ORGAN IN CONCERT • West End Christian Reformed Church, 10015149 St • rcco.edmonton.ab.ca • Rising Stars, Cari Astleford and Grace Han perform a vibrant and exciting variety of solo and duo works on the Letourneau organ. • Nov 21, 8 pm

PRO CORO IN CONCERT • All Saints' Cathedral, 10035 103 St • 780.420.1247 • Fresh reflections on the spirituality of the Latin Mass, with organist Jeremy Spurgeon accompanying. Featuring Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd) and new works

by Noblem Smallman and Enns. • Nov 16, 2:30 pm

RICHARD EATON SINGERS FALL CONCERT • McDougall United Church, 10025 - 101 St • 780.428.3737 • richardeatonsingers. com • The choral group performs music by Schubert and Vivaldi, with Sara Brooks conducting, the Alberta Baroque Ensemble providing orchestration and the Madrigal Singers as guests. • Nov 2, 2:30 pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • ESO and Winspear Overture, Nov 5, 14 at 12 pm• Symphonic Poetry, Nov 15, 8 pm • A Tribute to Mario Lanza, Nov 20 at 8 pm • Gabrielle, Vivaldi and Haydn, Nov 23 at 2 pm • Bach, Weber and Schubert, Nov 26 at 7:30 pm • Schubert's Fourth Symphony, Nov 29 at 8 pm

DECEMBER 2014 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: DEC 2014

CLASSICAL MUSIC: NOV 2014 BAROQUE CHAMBER MUSIC TREASURES • Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209-123 St • albertabaroque.com • Petar Dundjerski (flute) joins members of The Alberta Baroque Ensemble to perform chamber music favourites from Bach, Leclair, Teleman and Fux. • Nov 9, 3 pm

CONCORDIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia.ab.ca • Nov 2, 2 pm

CONCORDIA CONCERT CHOIR • Trinity Lutheran Church, 10014 - 81 Ave • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia.ab.ca • Nov 30, 3pm

• 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • A Moving Image; See renowned contemporary works in time-based media, film and video by artists of Israeli and Palestinian descent, rarely displayed in Western Canada. • until Jan 4 • SONAR: Sound Art Explorations by Edmonton Artists; Explore local sound art through multimedia works by local artists, spanning recordings, interactive sound environments and more. • until Jan 4 • Suburbia: A Model Life (Photographs 1970s - 80s); Images explore the development of urban space during the "grid-city" era, anchored

by Hubert Hohn's collection The Project: Suburban Landscapes. • until March 1 • RBC New Works presents Colin Smith: Obscure Inversions; Camera obscura images of decaying prairie farmhouses, hotels, lookout shelters filtered through the lens, light and inversion techniques. • until March 1

DENIS AZABAGIC • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 587.708.2044 • edmontonclassicalguitarsociety.org • This Bosnian-American virtuoso has won 24 international competitions. • Nov 30, 7:30 pm

EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - MAIN SERIES 2 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • $35 general, $25 senior, $10 student • edmontonrecital.com • Leslie Newman (flute) and Erica Goodman (harp) perform.

• Nov 18, 7:30 pm

EDMONTON YOUTH ORCHESTRA IN INDIGO GIRLS WITH THE ESO •

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Church, 10025 - 101 St • 780.977.7295 • $20 adult, $15 student • kokopellichoirs.com • The premiere concert of Kokopelli's 19th season is shaped around themes of remembrance and renewal. • Nov 8, 7:30

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CONCERT • Winspear Centre • 780.436.7932 • $15 adult, $10 senior/student • eyso.com • Senior and intermediate orchestras will perform.

• Nov 30, 2 pm

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780-460-4310 • www.ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • Our Luminous Land: Jim Visser; A solo exhibition representing Visser's ongoing exploration of varied kinetic forces as they play on the land and sky. • Dec 4 - Jan 31

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412 - 124 St • 780.760.1278 • daffodilgallery.ca • Colours and Light; illustration and paintings by Quebec artist Alain Bedard. • Nov 18 - Dec 6 DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332 124 St • 780.488.4445 • douglasudellgallery.com • 47th Annual Winter Show, opens Dec 13 from 2 - 4 pm • Dec 13 - 24

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, UniverI CHORISTI CHAMBER CHOIR • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave • 780.977.6993 • $18 adult (advance), $13 student/senior (advance) • icoristi.com • Creator of the Stars and Night: a reflective Advent program featuring Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna for choir and organ. • Nov 29, 7:30 pm

VUEWEEKLY AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 13, 2014

sity of Alberta • 780.248.5617 • foa.ualberta.ca • Art & Design 50th Anniversary Exhibition: Curated Show. • Dec 9 - 20, Jan 2 - 10

HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 Fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Alison Hitner; Hitner's films take viewers on a journey into worlds in wildly altered environments. • How Would Mary Feel?; Lori Victor uses over 100 embroidered works to challenge derogatory terms for women. • Dec 11 - January 22

VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA • 3 fl, 10215 -

LATITUDE 53 • 10242 106 St • 780.423.5353

VISUAL ARTS STUDIO ASSOCIATION (VASA) • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert

• latitude53.org • Jing Yuan Huang: Transmigrating Inadequacy; A site-specific series of photogrambased floor pieces, creating a mural that explores themes of physical and metaphoric passage while altering the exhibition space itself. The photogram muralscapes form a labyrinthine structure, allowing the viewer to become lost in the space. • Nov 21 - Jan 17

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • C.W. Jeffreys; posthumous exhibit of a well known Ontario artist who kept company with "The Group of Seven."

Much of his art was used as illustration in history books. This exhibit is being presented by the artist's grandson. Reception Nov 5, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. • until Dec 17 •

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Portraits – Patrick Higgins; A series of painted portraits including realist and abstracted work. • until Dec 7 • The Iconic Alberta Rose – Cindy Barratt and Susan Casault; A mixed media celebration of Alberta's provincial flower including paintings, drawings and historical items.

• until Feb 1

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Contest; Winning entries from the fourth annual contest. • until Jan 24

112 St • 780.421.1731 • visualartsalberta.com • Presentification of Paradise: Jean Rene LeBlanc; Bits and Pieces; Patricia Coulter. • until Dec 6 • Violet Owen; retrospective of Owen's figurative sculptures, paintings and drawings. • Dec 11 Jan 31

• 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • VASA Small Works.

WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Jingle & Mingle Group Exhibition. • Dec 6 - 31

COMEDY: DEC 2014 COMIC STRIP • 1646 Bourbon Street West Edmonton Mall • 780.483.5999 • thecomicstrip.ca •Brad Williams, Dec 3 - 7 • Rocky Laporte, Dec 10 - 14 • Ruben Paul, Dec 17 - 21 • Mike Vecchione, Dec 26 - 28, Dec 31

CONTACT IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP • Mile Zero Dance • 780.424.1573 • $150 • milezerodance.com • Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood is one of Canada's masters of improvisation and contact improvisation. He has performed in both improvised and set work in venues and festivals throughout Canada, as well as in the United States and Europe. • Dec 5 - 7

SALON: COMING OF AGE • Mile Zero

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032 - 81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Imagine (a place of dwellings); In Cynthia Booth's gripping collection, mysterious dwellings in strangely ordinary landscapes add up to a Utopia depicted in visionary detail. • until Dec 31 • Small temptations; Many artists present a wide range of small artworks as well as hand-crafted books, jewelry and other items for purchase. • until Jan 3

THE NUTCRACKER • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • The magical tale of Klara and her Nutcracker defeating the evil Rat Tsar and his army of mice continues to dazzle audiences in this glittering production set to Tchaikovsky's timeless score. • Dec 12 - 14

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845 - 102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • $11 (museum admission) • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Wildlife Photographer of the Year. • Nov 28 - Apr 12

FILM: DEC 2014

780.423.2492 • snapartists.com • SNAP Members Show and Sale. • Dec 6 - 20

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35 - 5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Main gallery, Members' Novelty Snow Show • until Nov 22

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211 142 Street • 780.451.3344 • $26.60 adult, $23.50 youth (13 - 17), $19.50 child, 3 and under free • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology: The Exhibition; Get the facts behind the fiction! Enter the world of Indiana Jones™ and discover field archaeology, ancient remains, cultural artefacts, a collection of Indy film props, costumes and more. • until Apr 6

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS • Enterprise Square • 10230 Jasper Ave • Admission by donation • 780.492.5834 • museums. ualberta.ca • Discovering Dinosaurs; The story of Alberta's Cretaceous dinosaurs as told through current University of Alberta research. • until Dec 20

9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • Edmonton's favourite holiday tradition comes back for its 15th year, with all the classic touches and dazzling special effects. • Nov 29 - Dec 23

A CHRISTMAS STORY • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • $26 adult, $20 child/senior/student • childfest.com • St Albert Children's Theatre perform the award-winning Broadway musical, with backup from the lead producer of the Broadway production, Gerald Goehring, and original songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. until Dec 7 CINDERELLA: A CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park • fortedmontonpark.ca • Initially developed in the United Kingdom, this musical comedy includes songs, slapstick comedy and gender-crossing actors. A family friendly show loosely based on this well-known fairy tale. • Dec 10 - Jan 3

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE RADIO SHOW • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park • fortedmontonpark.ca • The Christmas classic is back! Watch the classic holiday tale of despair and redemption performed as a 1940s radio broadcast by a cast in full period costume with live music and sound effects. It's a perfect holiday treat with classic holiday music and hilarious commercial breaks. • Dec 17 - 23

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION • Walterdale Theatre • 780.420.1757 • tixonthesquare.ca • Inspired by a true story, the play follows the trail of Paul, son of the acclaimed actor Sydney Poitier, who introduces himself into the lives of a wealthy New York couple trying very hard to keep from falling through the uppercrust. But Paul may not be all that he seems. • Dec 3 - 13 SUMMER OF MY AMAZING LUCK • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Theatre Network celebrates its 40th anniversary with a dynamic reading of the 2005 Chris Craddock hit, with a cast of Edmonton's finest. • Dec 11 - 12

TOP OF THE POPS: A BRITISH ROCK INVASION • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615

FAVA: PRODUCING • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $790 (member) • fava.ca • Learn from industry experts how to guide your project from vision into reality. • Tuesdays 6 - 9 pm, Sep 9 - Dec 9 FAVA VIDEO KITCHEN • 9722-102 St •

SNAP GALLERY • 10123 - 121 St •

A CHRISTMAS CAROL • Citadel Theatre,

DANCE: DEC 2014

Dance, C-103, 8529 Gateway Boulevard • 780.424.1573 • $20 general, $15 students/members • milezerodance.com • A cross-disciplinary swath of artists will interpret the theme from many perspectives. • Dec 19 - 20, 8 pm

Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Holiday Group Show; featuring new sterling silver and forged steel collaborations from Isla Burns and Karen Cantine. • until Jan 6

THEATRE: DEC 2014

780.429.3636 • $745 (member) • fava.ca • Cook up something creative in the Video Kitchen, a workshop that provides a place to cultivate your storytelling through film. • Saturdays, 10 am - 2 pm, Sep 6 - Dec 6

LITERARY: DEC 2014 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713 124 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story. Five random audience members judge the winner. • Dec 16

TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories. • Dec 10

wrenching drive, or gently caressing a moment of musical tenderness, you'll feel the magic of the holidays right down to your tapping toes. • Dec 13, 7:30 pm

109 Ave 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • the Beatles, the Stones, the Hollies, The Who, Adele, Amy Winehouse and everything in between gets its moment in this homage to British pop music. • Nov 11 - Feb 1

MUSIC: DEC 2014

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES, STARRING JIM WITTER • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage. com • Celebrating the magic of the season with a heart-warming array of Christmas favorites like "Winter Wonderland", "Let There Be Peace On Earth", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and others, Jim Witter has created yet another masterful journey back not just in time—but into one's heart. • Dec 19 - 20, 7:30 pm

COLM WILKINSON • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $42 general • winspearcentre.com • Dec 15, 8 pm

DECEMBER SONGS • Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 10804 119 St • 780.488.1498 • free • evmchoir.com • Edmonton Vocal Minority and Chorealis perform music by both choirs, including a sing-along, refreshments and activities. • Dec 8, 7 pm

THE ACOUSTIHOLICS AND FRIENDS • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $15 adult, $5 child • maclabcentre.com • Dec 20, 7:30 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC: DEC 2014 CHRISTMAS WITH DA CAMERA • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave • A concert of seasonal favourites and new compositions for Christmas. The choir will also be releasing it newest CD recording "Kings and Shepherds." A festive champagne reception during intermission will be offered as a way of celebrating this occasion.• Dec 6, 8 pm

CONCORDIA COMMUNITY CHORUS AND BELLA VOCE, WOMEN'S CHOIR OF CONCORDIA • Trinity Lutheran Church, 10014 81 Ave • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia. ab.ca • Dec 8, 7 pm

HOLIDAY ON ICE • Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • $10 • festivalcitywinds. ca • All Festival City Winds bands will perform, with both original works and seasonal favourites. • Dec 6, 7:30 pm

HANDEL'S MESSIAH • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 - 79 • winspearcentre.com • Richard Eaton Singers join the ESO for this traditional holiday performance.

• Dec 5 - 6, 7:30 pm

JUBILOSO! BELLS OF CONCORDIA A LIGHTLY CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $24 - 93 • winspearcentre.com • Juno winner Meaghan Smith joins the ESO for holiday classics like Silver Bells, It's Christmas Time and Baby, It's Cold Outside. • Dec 19 - 21, 8 pm

BENJ PASEK AND JUSTIN PAUL • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • childfest. com • Tony Award-winning songwriters Pasek and Paul are the musical force behind the hit 2012 Broadway musical, A Christmas Story. They will be performing the music from the show as well as other of their hits (from Edges, James and the Giant Peach, Smash [TV} and Dogfight) in a cabaret-style concert. • Dec 6, 2 pm

BIG HANK AND A FIST FULL OF BLUES CHRISTMAS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage. com • More than your average blues band, the combination of A Fist Full of Blues' exceptional musicianship, and Big Hank's incredible voice, will have you grooving in your seat from the get-go. Whether they're performing with gut

• Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia.ab.ca • Dec 17, 3pm

KOKOPELLI'S "REJOICE" • McDougall United Church, 10025 - 101 St • 780.977.7295 • $20 adult, $15 student • kokopellichoirs.com • All six choirs present a joy-filled winter concert, celebrating holidays around the world. • Dec 13, 2 pm and 7 pm MUSIC FOR A FESTIVE SEASON • Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St • albertabaroque.com • The University of Alberta Madrigal Singers join The Alberta Baroque Ensemble for festive performances of sasonal classics by Handel, Vivaldi and Sammartini. • Dec 7, 3 pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • ESO and WInspear Overture,Dec 17 at 12 pm • A Lightly Classical Christmas, Dec 18 at 8 pm

JANUARY 2015 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: JAN 2015

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • Future Station: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, part 2. Curated by Kristy Trinier, this exhibit eatures 42 artists from across the province exploring how Alberta shapes their work.

Installations span across the gallery and satellite locations. • January 24 - May 3 • Suburbia: A Model Life (Photographs 1970s - 80s); Images explore the development of urban space during the "grid-city" era, anchored by Hubert Hohn's collection The Project: Suburban Landscapes. • until March 1 • RBC New Works presents Colin Smith: Obscure Inversions; Camera obscura images of decaying prairie farmhouses, hotels, lookout shelters filtered through the lens, light and inversion techniques. • until March 1

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780-460-4310 • www.ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • Our Luminous Land: Jim Visser; A solo exhibition representing Visser's ongoing exploration of varied kinetic forces as they play on the land and sky. • until Jan 31

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332 - 124 St • 780.488.4445 • douglasudellgallery. com • 47th Annual Fall Show; Art from many of Canada's leading contemporary artists, and fresh work from gallery artists gaining new recognition • Sep 20 - Oct 4 FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.248.5617 • foa.ualberta.ca • Art & Design 50th Anniversary Exhibition: Curated Show. • Jan 2 - 10 • Jesse Thomas / Alcuin Awards for Book Design, reception Thur, Jan 22, from 7 - 10 pm • Jan 20 - Feb 14 (tentative)

HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 Fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Alison Hitner; Hitner's films take viewers on a journey into worlds in wildly altered environments. • How Would Mary Feel?; Lori Victor uses over 100 embroidered works to challenge derogatory terms for women. • Dec 11 - January 22 • Navigating Boundaries; this exhibition by Jes McCoy and Kelsey Stevenson explores how memory and place interact to construct identity. • Jan 29 - Mar 5 JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Erin Cayley; textured acrylic, vivid colours and geometric designs grab the eye in Cayley's lively pieces. • Jan 5 - 28 • Eleanor Lohner; a mixed media exhibit of landscapes, portraits and flowers painted in subdued relaxing tones. • Jan 29 - Feb 25

LATITUDE 53 • 10242 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Jing Yuan Huang: Transmigrating Inadequacy; A site-specific series of photogrambased floor pieces, creating a mural that explores themes of physical and metaphoric passage while altering the exhibition space itself. The photogram muralscapes form a labyrinthine structure, allowing the viewer to become lost in the space. • until Jan 17 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital,

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL PASSION • All Saints' Cathedral, 10035 103 St • 780.420.1247 • procoro.ab.ca • A one-hour, candlelight performance showcasing a quartet of singers, accompanying themselves on glockenspiel and other percussion, in David Lang's spare but fulfilling Passion. • Dec 7, 9 pm

VUEWEEKLY AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 13, 2014

8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • The Iconic Alberta Rose – Cindy Barratt and Susan Casault; A mixed media celebration of Alberta's provincial flower including paintings, drawings and historical items. • until Feb 1 • Larissa Blokhuis and Sylvia Grist; Glassworks from artist Larissa Blokhuis and collaged landscapes from Sylvia Grist. • Feb 7 - Apr 5

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“Represents all that is good and right at the Citadel.” GRAHAM HICKS, EDMONTON SUN

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MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Take Your Best Shot: Youth Photo Contest; Winning entries from the fourth annual contest.

• until Jan 24 • Wus'kwīy: From Berry Baskets to Souvenirs • Jan 27 - Apr 12

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery. com • Holiday Group Show; featuring new sterling silver and forged steel collaborations from Isla Burns and Karen Cantine. • until Jan 6

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845 - 102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • $11 (museum admission) • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Wildlife Photographer of the Year. • Nov 28 - Apr 12

SNAP GALLERY • 12056 - Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Eunkang Koh • Jan 8 - Feb 14

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211 142 Street • 780.451.3344 • $26.60 adult, $23.50 youth (13 - 17), $19.50 child, 3 and under free • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology: The Exhibition; Get the facts behind the fiction! Enter the world of Indiana Jones™ and discover field archaeology, ancient remains, cultural artefacts, a collection of Indy film props, costumes and more. • until Apr 6

VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA • 3 fl, 10215 112 St • 780.421.1731 • visualartsalberta.com • Violet Owen; retrospective of Owen's figurative sculptures, paintings and drawings. • until Jan 31

COMEDY: JAN 2015 ERICA SIGURDSON • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $27 adult, $22 senior • maclabcentre.com • Best known for her quick wit on CBC's The Debaters, Sigurdson is an award-winning comedy screenwriter and comedy festival regular. • Jan 30, 8 pm

DANCE: JAN 2015 AN EVENING OF DANCE • Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia.ab.ca • A fundraiser for the Concordia Symphony Orchestra, with a dance lesson followed by an evening of dancing. Jan 17, 6 pm

THE THREE MUSKETEERS • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • This all-male group of professional ballet dancers performs a full range of dance repertoire, bringing audiences to unstoppable laughter by incorporating and exaggerating the quirks, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance. • Nov 7, 8

FILM: JAN 2015 FAVA: SCREENWRITING • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $325 (member) • fava.ca • Focus on the concept, craft and creation of a script.

• Tuesdays 6:30 - 9 pm, Jan 20 - Apr 2

MUSIC: JAN 2015

PRO CORO CONNECT: "TIME IS NOW" • All Saints' Cathedral 10035 103 St •

THE CANOE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2015 • ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84

ASHLEY CONDON AND IAN SHERWOOD • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen

Avenue • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Cutting-edge works by local, national and international performing artists. Audiences are treated to innovative, challenging and multi-disciplinary performances by acclaimed groups from Canada and around the world. Performances, panels, and works-in-progress are all part of a contemporary theatre festival that is diverse, daring and sometimes dangerous. • Jan 28 - Feb 1

Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc.ca • Condon's larger than life stage presence and beautiful songwriting have made her a favourite out east, where she's earned several East Coast Music Awards. Ian Sherwood brings a swing and swagger to town, a consumate performer with a 2012 International Acoustic Music Award for "Best Male Artist" under his belt. • Jan 24

780.427.1247 • procoro.ab.ca • A new addition to the family of choirs, Connect is a project for aspiring young singers, who are mentored by the senior choir and given opportunities to present a demanding and eclectic repertoir. • Jan 25, 2:30 pm

CITADEL THEATRE • 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Venus in Fur, by David Ives. Reality blurs as an aspiring young actress tries to win a part by any means possible - seduction, power, love, sex. • Jan 17 - Feb 8 • Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury Story; An award-winning playing that tells the turbulent story of NHL hockey great Theo Fleury and the dark personal issues that eventually derailed his career. • Jan 28 - Feb 15

COD GONE WILD • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Cod Gone Wild is a modern Celtic/Roots/Rock band from BC who have melded veteran musicians from diverse musical backgrounds, including folk, rock, jazz, classical and funk, to create a modern Celtic sound filled with driving rhythms and tight vocal harmonies. • Jan 16, 7:30 pm

THEATRE: JAN 2015

CHEERLEADER! • Human Loser Theatre, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Think being a cheerleader is easy? This Fringe hit will make you think twice. • Jan 13 - 25

CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre. org • Four lost New Englanders enroll in Marty's six-week-long community-centre drama class.

But within the harmless theatre games, hearts are quietly torn apart and tiny wars of epic proportions are waged and won. • Jan 14 - Feb 1

CINDERELLA: A CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park • fortedmontonpark.ca • Initially developed in the United Kingdom, this musical comedy includes songs, slapstick comedy and gendercrossing actors. A family friendly show loosely based on this well known fairy tale. • until Jan 3

DATENIGHT FUNDRAISER • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.5044 • By donation • rapidfiretheatre.com • You've laughed at them - now you can buy great dates with RFT favourite improvisors, in support of Improvaganza. • Jan 17

HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Dinner and a comedy about three couples connected to the same firm, having affairs with one another and hiding it poorly. • Jan 29 - Feb 14

LE DESTIN TRAGI-COMIQUE DE TUBBY ET NOTTUBY • L'UniThéâtre, Théâtre de La Cité francophone, 8627 rue MarieAnne-Gaboury • 780.469.8400 • $26 adults, $22 seniors, $17 students • lunitheatre.ca • Two clowns have strange adventures that challenge the meaning of life and death, in a script that touches on classics like Shakespeare, and Laurel and Hardy. In French. • Jan 29 - 31, 8 pm

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713 124 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Jan 20

TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories.

• Jan 14, 7 pm

Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 adult, $35 student/senior • horizonstage.com • In this non-stop rock concert, four young musicians take on all the nuances, mannerisms, voices, and accents that define John, Paul, George and Ringo. Fans will be blown away as they deliver a full-on, high-energy concert featuring the songs and costumes that define each period of the Beatles' career. • Jan 29 - 30, 7:30 pm

HARRY MANX AND BASIA BULAT • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $42 general • winspearcentre.com • Folk, blues and world music mix when these two popular performers take the stage. • Jan 25, 8 pm

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $35 adult, $32 senior • maclabcentre.com • Jan 23, 7:30 pm

JOINING FORCES: NEW MUSIC FROM THE SINGLE REED STUDIOS • Convocation Hall, U of A Old Arts Building • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • Internationally recognized as an ambitious new-generation saxophonist, Allison Balcetis has studied and collaborated with artists from around the world. Balcetis performs contemporary works

by Arroyo, Mestre, Ciftetellisi, Meyer, Aperghis, and Hyla, with special guest Don Ross. Features world premiere performance of Don Ross' new work. • Jan 30, 8 pm

MARY LAMBERT'S PAJAMA PARTY • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $12 adult, $6 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Hop out of bed, feed your kids breakfast, then bring them to a music-filled, giggle-inducing, super-fun, weekday morning pajama party. Mary Lambert's colourful performances are filled with infectious music, sheer energy, and lots of audience participation. • Jan 26, 10 am

TIM HUS BAND • Full Moon Folk Club, THE ANTYSSEY • Concrete Theatre

LITERARY: JAN 2015

DAY TRIPPER: THE BEATLES EXPERIENCE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo

ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 - 84 Ave • 780.439.3905 • $18.90 adult, $15.75 senior/ student, $13.13 child (12 and under) • concretetheatre.ca • Brand new musical by two of Edmonton's upcoming talents tells the story of a young ant spurred into a journey of self-discovery by revelations about his existence. • Jan 30 - Feb 1

THE LITTLE PRINCE • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $12 general • maclabcentre.com • Monster Theatre performs the ageless story. • Jan 25, 2 pm TOP OF THE POPS: A BRITISH ROCK INVASION • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • the Beatles, the Stones, the Hollies, The Who, Adele, Amy Winehouse and everything in between gets its moment in this homage to British pop music. • Nov 11 - Feb 1

St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • Tim and his band perform their distinctive brand of Canadiana, foot-stompin story-songs. Special guest: 100 Mile House. • Jan 23, 7 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC: JAN 2015 CAMERON CARPENTER • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • The talented organist explores the breadth of the Davis Concer Organ and shows off his new touring organ. • Jan 14, 7:30 pm EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY MAIN SERIES 2 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • $35 general, $25 senior, $10 student • edmontonrecital.com • Warszynski

NORTHERN ALBERTA CONCERTO COMPETITION, 34 ANNUAL • Muttart Hall, Alberta College • 780.436.7932 • $15 adult, $10 senior/student • eyso.com • A competition for strings, brass and woodwinds, sponsored by the Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association and the Edmonton Youth Orchestra Association.

• Jan 11

THE MAGIC FLUTE • Edmonton Opera Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Ave • 780.429.1000 • $40 and up • edmontonopera.com • A mixture of the serious and the comic, Mozart's last opera creates vivid contrasts of humanity and its emotions.

Along with a largely Canadian cast and artists familiar to Edmonton audiences, Teiya Kasahare returns to the Jubilee stage in her signature role as Queen of the Night. Sung in German with English dialogue and supertitles. • Jan 31, 8 pm, Feb 3 and 5, 7:30 pm TOM ALLEN'S DEBUSSY VS RAVEL: THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 adult, $35 student/senior • horizonstage.com • The Judgment of Paris is a mix of cabaret, history, story-telling, timeless music by Debussy and Ravel, and original songs by its performers. Let CBC host Tom Allen, cellist Kevin Fox, pianist Bryce Kulak, vocalist Patricia O'Callaghan, and harpist Lori Gemmell, sweep you away with the music and passion of another era set in one of the greatest cities in the world.

• Jan 23, 7:30 pm

WHAT BOUNDARIES? MACH AT TIMMS 2015 • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • An innovative concert of new and recent works featuring Department of Music faculty composers . • Jan 10, 8 pm

University of Alberta • 780.248.5617 • foa.ualberta. ca • Jesse Thomas / Alcuin Awards for Book Design • until Feb 14 (tentative) • MFA graduation show; Darian Stahl, MFA Printmaking • Feb 24 - Mar 21

HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 Fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Navigating Boundaries; this exhibition by Jes McCoy and Kelsey Stevenson explores how memory and place interact to construct identity. • Jan 29 - Mar 5 JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Eleanor Lohner; a mixed media exhibit of landscapes, portraits and flowers painted in subdued relaxing tones. • Jan 29 - Feb 25 • Teresa B. Graham; watercolour paintings of flowers and leaves, with amazing detail in every painting. • Feb 26 - Mar 25

LATITUDE 53 • 10242 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Stephen G.A. Mueller • Feb 13 - Mar 28 MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Larissa Blokhuis and Sylvia Grist; Glassworks from artist Larissa Blokhuis and collaged landscapes from Sylvia Grist. • until Apr 5 MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Wus'kwīy: From Berry Baskets to Souvenirs • Jan 27 - Apr 12

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845 - 102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • $11 (museum admission) • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Wildlife Photographer of the Year. • Nov 28 - Apr 12 SCOTT GALLERY • 10411 - 124 St • 780.488.3619 • scottgallery.com • Shane Golby; This self-described "visual archaeologist" uses the lens to document human relationships from his perspective as a gay man in the urban environment.

SNAP GALLERY • 12056 - Jasper Ave •

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • A Salute to VIenna: New Year's Concert, Jan 4 at 2:30 pm • Brahms' Second Symphony, Jan 10 at 8 pm • Around the World With the Sultans of String, Jan 15 at 8 pm • Sultans of String Jan 17 at 2 pm • Beethoven and Sibelius, Dec 18 at 2 pm • Orchestra on Parade, Dec 23 - 24 at 8 pm

FEBRUARY 2015 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: FEB 2015 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • Future Station: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, part 2. Curated by Kristy Trinier, this exhibit eatures 42 artists from across the province exploring how Alberta shapes their work.

Installations span across the gallery and satellite locations. • January 24 - May 3 • Suburbia: A Model Life (Photographs 1970s - 80s); Images explore the development of urban space during the "grid-city" era, anchored by Hubert Hohn's collection The Project: Suburban Landscapes. • until March 1 • RBC New Works presents Colin Smith: Obscure Inversions; Camera obscura images of decaying prairie farmhouses, hotels, lookout shelters filtered through the lens, light and inversion techniques. • until March 1

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780-460-4310 • www.ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • Proximities: Alysha Creighton; Connection, disconnection, intimacy and tension between people is explored through a series of video installation works. • Feb 5 - Feb 28

Piano Duo in recital. • Jan 25, 2 pm

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780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Eunkang Koh • until Feb 14 • Bimpe VIII • Feb 26 - Mar 26

STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES • 913 Ash Street • 780.467.8189 • strathconacountymuseum.ca • 3rd Annual Family Day Pancake Breakfast, $5 (adult), $2 (youth), 4 and under free. Museum admission included. • Feb 16

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211 142 Street • 780.451.3344 • $26.60 adult, $23.50 youth (13 - 17), $19.50 child, 3 and under free • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology: The Exhibition; Get the facts behind the fiction! Enter the world of Indiana Jones™ and discover field archaeology, ancient remains, cultural artefacts, a collection of Indy film props, costumes and more.

• until Apr 6

VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA • 3 fl, 10215 112 St • 780.421.1731 • visualartsalberta.com • Father Douglas (Gallery A), Deborah Catton (Gallery B). • Feb 5 - Mar 28

COMEDY: FEB 2015 DAVID SEDARIS • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $37.50 - 57.50 • winspearcentre.com • Feb 23, 7:30 pm THE MUD BAY JUGGLERS • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $12 general • maclabcentre.com • Remarkable juggling and zany wit are the hallmarks of the troupe's ever-evolving variety shows. • Feb 15, 2 pm

DANCE: FEB 2015 COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD • John L Haar Theatre, 10045 155 Street • $35 general, $20 student • bwdc.ca • Feb 20 - 21, 8 pm

FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.com • Set to the music of Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy traces the spiritual odyssey of a woman's life from first romantic encounter to mature love. This updated version features new choreography and songs from Sarah's upcoming studio album. • Feb 20, 21 SALON: WITHOUT BORDERS • 10567111 Street • 780.424.1573 • $20 general, $15 students/members • milezerodance.com • Mile Zero Dance and Dc-3 Art Projects bring together a salon that goes beyond borders and expectations.

• Feb 20 - 21, 8 pm

TANIA ALVARADO • Mile Zero Dance Studio E 9533 Jasper Ave • 780.424.1573 • $15 • milezerodance.com • Artist in residence showcasing new work. • Feb 5, 7 pm

FILM: FEB 2015 FAVA: SCREENWRITING • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $325 early bird, $375 regular (member) • fava.ca • Focus on the concept, craft and creation of a script. • Tuesdays 6:30 - 9 pm, Jan 20 - Apr 2

FAVA: MAIN COURSE • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $845 early bird, $890 regular (member) • fava.ca • Intermediate level production, for graduates of Video Kitchen (or proven experience, at FAVA's discretion). •Saturdays 10 am - 2 pm, Feb 21 - May 30

LITERARY: FEB 2015 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713 124 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Feb 17

TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories.

• Feb 11

THEATRE: FEB 2015 A NIGHT OF ONE ACTS • Waterworks Players, 5002-53 Ave, Wetaskiwin • 780.352.8383 • $15 adults • wetaskiwintheatresociety.com • A selection of one-act plays is an opportunity to showcase the variety between drama and comedy, play and monologue, keep the audience sharp and make for a diverse evening of performance. • Feb 13 - 15, 20 - 22

THE CANOE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2015 • ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Cutting-edge works by local, national and international performing artists. Audiences are treated to innovative, challenging and multi-disciplinary performances by acclaimed groups from Canada and around the world. Performances, panels, and works-in-progress are all part of a contemporary theatre festival that is diverse, daring and sometimes dangerous. • Feb 1

CITADEL THEATRE • 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Life, Death and the Blues; Backed by some of the finest

blues musicians in Canada, Raoul Bhaneja and R&B star Divine Brown explore the power, passion and meaning of the blues. • Feb 11 - Mar 1

DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Mistaken identities and outrageously quick charades abound in this Tony Award-nominated sequel to Boeing-Boeing. • Feb 10 - Apr 5 FAMOUS PUPPET DEATH SCENES • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • The Old Trout's Puppet Workshop returns to the Roxy for a trip down memory lane in the company's famed production dedicated to the best puppet deaths in history. • Feb 3 - 22

HEY LADIES! • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Tattoos, homemaking tips, booze, prizes, and even culture—all in one spectacular evening!

Each show features local Edmonton businesses, celebrities, bands, cocktail-of-the-night, baddies, and troublemakers. • Feb 27

HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Dinner and a comedy about three couples connected to the same firm, having affairs with one another and hiding it poorly. • until Feb 14 LE DESTIN TRAGI-COMIQUE DE TUBBY ET NOTTUBY • L'UniThéâtre, Théâtre de La Cité francophone, 8627 rue MarieAnne-Gaboury • 780.469.8400 • $26 adults, $22 seniors, $17 students • lunitheatre.ca • Two clowns have strange adventures that challenge the meaning of life and death, in a script that touches on classics like Shakespeare, and Laurel and Hardy. In French.

• Feb 1, 2 pm

NEVER LET THE CREW SEE YOU CRY • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $30 adult, $25 student/senior • horizonstage.com • In this story of Alberta's own World War II "Bomb Girls" 17-year-old Ethel Wood leaves the family farm to chase her dream of being a pilot, finding friendship and romance along the way. Presented at the 2013 Edmonton Fringe Festival, this hilarious, touching, and (almost) all true coming-of-age story speaks to, and for, an entire generation of Canadian women.

• Feb 13, 7:30 pm

no matter how hard you try. A darkly funny and spirited look at human behaviour, this gas-station gothic examines loss, obsession and what it means to really say "The End". • Feb 6 - 15

THE THREEPENNY OPERA • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • $22 adult, $20 senior, $11 student • uab.ca/shows • To showcase a very musically talented BFA acting class graduating in 2015, U of A Studio Theatre has invited U of A alumnus and former Edmonton Opera artistic director Brian Deedrick to direct The Threepenny Opera.

Brecht was an innovator that broke down the fourth wall. This will be the third Studio Theatre production of the great classic The Threepenny Opera in its 65 year history. • Feb 5 - 14, 7:30 pm TOP OF THE POPS: A BRITISH ROCK INVASION • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • the Beatles, the Stones, the Hollies, The Who, Adele, Amy Winehouse and everything in between gets its moment in this homage to British pop music. • Feb 1

WAITING FOR THE PARADE • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • John Murrell's story about World War II, from the point of view of five women left behind to wait and to work for their men. • Feb 26 - Mar 7

WILDFIRE TEEN IMPROV FESTIVAL • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.6044 • $8 advance, $10 door (cash only) • rapidfiretheatre.com • Hundreds of teens vie for top honours in this annual festival. • Feb 10 - 28, 7 pm

MUSIC: FEB 2015 DAVID JAMES AND BIG RIVER: JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $35 adult, 32 senior • maclabcentre.com • An evening of favourites from the Man in Black. • Feb 20, 7:30 pm

FEARING & WHITE • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc.ca • Simple mention the names Stephen Fearing and Andy White, and that's enough for most. Put them together, and prepare for a stunning performance. • Feb 7 HONEY IN THE JAR • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc.ca • A trio of familiar performers - Chloe Albert, Karla Anderson and Ben Sures - come back to sweeten the pot a little. • Feb 21

JIMMY RANKIN • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 adult, $35 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Jimmy Rankin is a multiple award-winning solo artist and the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriting lynchpin behind Celtic-Pop heroes, The Rankin Family. A dynamic live performer, he moves effortlessly between Celtic, roots, country, and pop styles, taking his audience on an unforgettable musical journey from Cape Breton to Nashville, and back again. • Feb 8, 7:30 pm

JOHN WORT HANNAM • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage. com • Juno nominee and Canadian Folk Music Award winner John Wort Hannam is a powerful singer whose melodic songs are matched with a narrative writing style and laden with lyrical hooks. His winsome, lonesome style of acoustic roots reveals a woven textile of metaphor, phrasing, irony, and rhyme that reads with ease like well-written prose. • Feb 8, 7:30 pm

KAT DANSER • Full Moon Folk Club, St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • The Queen of Swamp Blues steams down the Mississippi to New Orleans, paying tribute to the pioneers of blues and gospel. Special guest: Goldtop. • Feb 27, 7 pm

KELLYLEE EVANS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $25 general • horizonstage.com • Juno Award-winning singer Kellylee Evans' voice is considered to be one of the most beautiful of her generation.

Her concerts include new jazz, soul, and hip hop interpretations of songs by the likes of Eminem, John Legend and Kanye West, alongside classic jazz standards. • Feb 7, 7:30 pm

LE VENT DU NORD • Full Moon Folk Club, St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • One of the most recognizable and esteemed French-Canadian bands, bringing their traditional Quebecois repertoire.

Special guest: Celtara. • Feb 6, 7 pm ROSEANNE CASH • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $42 general • winspearcentre.com • This country songstress is an icon. • Feb 1, 8 pm THE EMERALDS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $25 general • horizonstage.com • One of Edmonton's most well-loved polka and waltz bands, The Emerald's biggest-single, "The Bird Dance", is a staple at weddings, parties, and dances across Alberta. Always fun and full of energy, their concerts feature favourites such as "Blue Hawaii", "Cotton Eyed Joe", "In The Mood", "Amazing Grace", and "Waltz Across Texas". • Feb 5, 2 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC: FEB 2015 BAROQUE STRINGS • Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St • albertabaroque.com • Charles Pilon and Jeaneatte Comeau (violas) join The Alberta Baroque Ensemble to perform Locatelli, Vivaldi, Bach and Teleman. • Feb 1, 3 pm BEETHOVEN SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, PART 3 • Convocation Hall, U of A Old Arts Building • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • Two first prize winners

THE ANTYSSEY • Concrete Theatre ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 - 84 Ave • 780.439.3905 • $18.90 adult, $15.75 senior/ student, $13.13 child (12 and under) • concretetheatre.ca • Brand new musical by two of Edmonton's upcoming talents tells the story of a young ant spurred into a journey of self-discovery by revelations about his existence. • Feb 1 THE PINK UNICORN • Northern Light Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.471.1586 • $22 - 28 • northernlighttheatre. com • The parent of a gay youth in a small Texas town must confront the controversy her daughter has stirred up. • Feb 20 - 28 STELLA, QUEEN OF THE SNOW • Arden Theatre, 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1542 • $18 adult, $15 child • ardentheatre.com • Canada's acclaimed Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia brings the antics of an endearing brother and sister to life, while broadening the appreciation of Marie-Louise Gay's literary classic for children. Snowballs, snow angels, and mysterious white stuff fuel Sam and Stella's wondrous and delightful adventure into the wide world of winter. • Feb 15, 2 pm

THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS • Workshop West, ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue • 780.477.5955 • workshopwest.org • Three days before the end of the world, a journalist is searching for his family when his car breaks down outside the town of Crumb, population: 3.

And while those three seem friendly, he soon realizes their relationship is much more complicated than it seemed. In fact, everything about Crumb is complicated, except for this: there's no leaving,

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of the prestigious Montreal Symphony competition, Jacques Després (piano) and Andrew Wan (violin) have united to play all Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano over three consecutive years for the pleasure of Edmonton audiences. This is the third and final concert in the annual series, featuring Beethoven's Sonatas no. 6, no. 9 and no. 10. • Feb 6, 8 pm

ORGANIC – ORGAN IN CONCERT • First Presbyterian Church, 10025- 105 St • rcco.edmonton.ab.ca. • Out of Ottawa, Wesley Warren, Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in London and winner of a variety of awards and prizes, performs a colourful and inspiring program.

Co-sponsored by the Royal Canadian College of Organists. • Feb 6, 8 pm

• Angela Lee; evoking the artist's love of nature mountains, animals, farmland and water - in oil on canvas. • Mar 26 - Apr 30

MARCH 2015 ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: MAR 2015

LATITUDE 53 • 10242 106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • Stephen G.A. Mueller • until Mar 28

VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA • 3 fl, 10215 112 St • 780.421.1731 • visualartsalberta.com • Father Douglas (Gallery A), Deborah Catton (Gallery B). • until Mar 28 THE WORKS GALLERY AT JACKSON POWER • 9754-60 Ave • Exhibit Mar 6 – 14

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, CONCORDIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND COMMUNITY CHORUS • Winspear Centre • 780.479.9304 • music. concordia.ab.ca • Feb 8, 3 pm

EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - ESO ALL STARS 1 • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave • 780.905.5861 • $35 general, $25 senior, $10 student • edmontonrecital.com • Virginie Gagne (violin) and Sarah Ho (piano). • Feb 22, 2 pm

EDMONTON YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • Winspear Centre • 780.436.7932 • $15 adult, $10 senior/student • eyso.com • The EYSO intermediate orchestras perform. • Feb 22, 2 pm

FROM CHINA TO CANADA • Convocation hall, U of A Old Arts Building • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • A superb violinist, Yue Deng is artist in residence at the University of Alberta. Deng performs works from Holverson, Fung, Gershwin and many more, with guest artists Colin Ryan (cello) and Patricia Tao (piano). • Feb 27, 8 pm

KOKOPELLI'S "KORERO" • West End Christian Reformed Church, 10015 149 St • 780.977.7295 • $20 adult, $15 student • kokopellichoirs.com • Korero is the Maori word for stories. Maori and Polynesian music is featured, with special guests Karen Grylls and Elise Bradley. • Feb 21, 2 pm and 7 pm

SARAH HAGEN: THE MUSIC OF BRAHMS - LOVE IN EVERY BITE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $25 general • horizonstage. com • Just in time for Valentine's Day. Canadian pianist Sarah Hagen strives to both entertain and educate her audiences. Her daytime performances are informal and relaxed. Audience members may choose to interact and ask questions or just sit back and enjoy the extraordinary music. • Feb 6 10:30 am

SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE & THE U OF A HIGH SCHOOL HONOUR BAND • Winspear Centre • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • A select group of Alberta's most talented high school band students perform on the same marquee as the University of Alberta's elite Symphonic Wind Ensemble. The program features a performance by the winner of the University of Alberta concerto competition.

Conductor: Angela Schroeder. • Feb 8, 3 pm

THE KILBURN MEMORIAL CONCERT • Convocation hall, U of A Old Arts Building • Free; donations to the Nicholas Arthur Kilburn Memorial Endowment Fund gladly accepted at the door • uab. ca/shows • The Kilburn Memorial concert is an annual event showcasing renowned Canadian artists, made possible by the Nicholas Arthur Kilburn Memorial Endowment Fund. The 2015 special guest is to be announced at uab.ca/shows. • Feb 24, 8 pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • Late Night Comedy, Feb 6 at 9:30 pm • The Eddins' Effect, Feb 7 at 8 pm • Cirque de la Symphonie, Feb 14 - 15 • Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, Feb 28 at 8 pm

PRESENTS

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • Future Station: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, part 2. Curated by Kristy Trinier, this exhibit eatures 42 artists from across the province exploring how Alberta shapes their work.

Installations span across the gallery and satellite locations. • January 24 - May 3

8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Larissa Blokhuis and Sylvia Grist; Glassworks from artist Larissa Blokhuis and collaged landscapes from Sylvia Grist. • Feb 7 - Apr 5

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Wus'kwīy: From Berry Baskets to Souvenirs • Jan 27 - Apr 12

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780-460-4310 • www.ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • Talking Creatures; Anthropomorphism is explored in this exhibition featuring mezzotints, painting, sculpture and collage. • Mar 5 - Apr 18

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.248.5617 • foa.ualberta. ca • MFA graduation show; Darian Stahl, MFA Printmaking • until Mar 21 • BDes 2015 graduation show, reception Thur, Apr 2 from 7 - 10 pm • Mar 31 - Apr 11

HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 Fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Navigating Boundaries; this exhibition by Jes McCoy and Kelsey Stevenson explores how memory and place interact to construct identity. • until Mar 5 • Beyond words; Linda Carreiro presents print script as physical gesture, revealing text as embodied material. • Mar 12 - Apr 14

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Teresa B. Graham; watercolour paintings of flowers and leaves, with amazing detail in every painting. • until Mar 25

COMEDY: MAR 2015

TOMÁŠ KUBÍNEK • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $35 adult, $32 senior • maclabcentre.com • This virtuoso performer has been described as a needless risktaker, professor of fantastically useless inventions, a certified lunatic and master of the impossible. • Mar 13, 7:30 pm

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845 - 102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • $11 (museum admission) • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Wildlife Photographer of the Year. • Nov 28 - Apr 12

DANCE: MAR 2015

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411 - 124 St • 780.488.3619 • scottgallery.com • Jim Stokes; solo exhibition of this well-known Grande Prairie artist's work.

BEING TOGETHER • Mile Zero Dance

SNAP GALLERY • 12056 - Jasper Ave •

CARMEN, AND FORGOTTEN LAND

780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Bimpe VIII • Feb 26 - Mar 26

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211 142 Street • 780.451.3344 • $26.60 adult, $23.50 youth (13 - 17), $19.50 child, 3 and under free • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology: The Exhibition; Get the facts behind the fiction! Enter the world of Indiana Jones™ and discover field archaeology, ancient remains, cultural artefacts, a collection of Indy film props, costumes and more. • until Apr 6 The Works Gallery at Jackson Power • 9754-60 ave • Exhibits • Mar 6 - 14

Studio E 9533 Jasper Ave • 780.424.1573 • $15 • milezerodance.com • Artist in residence Kevin Jesuino showcasing new work. • Mar 19, 7 pm

• Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet. com • Alberta Ballet's Yukichi Hattori brings his interpretation of the provocative gypsy to life in an alluring world-premiere event that will entrance you the same way Carmen does to the men who dare to cross her path. • Mar 20, 21

MAKE SHIFT PROJECT • Mile Zero Dance Studio E 9533 Jasper Ave • 780.424.1573 • $15 • milezerodance.com • Artist in residence Pamela Tzeng showcases her new work. • Mar 5, 7 pm

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SYLVAIN ÉMARD DANSE • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • $35 general, $20 student/senior • bwdc.ca• Mar 6 - 7, 8 pm

FILM: MAR 2015

FAVA: SCREENWRITING • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $325 early bird, $375 regular (member) • fava.ca • Focus on the concept, craft and creation of a script. • Tuesdays 6:30 - 9 pm, Jan 20 - Apr 2

FAVA: MAIN COURSE • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $845 early bird, $890 regular (member) • fava.ca • Intermediate level production, for graduates of Video Kitchen (or proven experience, at FAVA's discretion). •Saturdays 10 am - 2 pm, Feb 21 - May 30

LITERARY: MAR 2015

FIRST TIME/LAST TIME • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • Two commitment-phobes embark on a one-night stand that lasts a lifetime of starts and stops. • Mar 11 - 29 JEAN ET BÉATRICE • L'UniThéâtre, Théâtre de La Cité francophone, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury • 780.469.8400 • $26 adults, $22 seniors, $17 students • lunitheatre.ca • Béatrice awaits her prince charming high up on the 33rd story of her high-rise apartment. Jean arrives, in response to notes she has left on walls throughout the city. But to prove he is her prince, he must pass three tests she has set him. In French. • Mar 25 - 28, Apr 1 - 4, 8 pm

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JEFFREY • Walterdale Theatre • 780.420.1757 • tixonthesquare.ca • A discovery of the difference between the pursuit of love and physical gratification - by Paul Rudnick, directed by Kyle Thulien. • Feb 4-14

SPRING FARCE • East of 60 Productions, Devon Community Centre, 20 Haven Ave • 587.783.3760 • eastofsixty.com • The troupe's annual comedic production, dates TBD.

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713 124 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Mar 17

TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories. • Mar 11, 7 pm

THE MIKADO • Myer Horowitz Theatre, U of A • 780.492.4764 • twoonewaytickets.com • Celebrating the 130th anniversary of the Mikdao, which first opened March 14, 1885. This operetta will feature local classical singers (former and current members of the Edmonton Opera Chorus) as well as an orchestra. A cast recording will be available from this performance. • Mar 7 WAITING FOR THE PARADE • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • John Murrell's story about World War II, from the point of view of five women left behind to wait and to work for their men. • Feb 26 - Mar 7

THEATRE: MAR 2015 A DREAM PLAY • Studio Theatre, Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Avenue & 112 Street • Swedish playwright August Strindberg (18491912) was one of the first to explore the role of the subconscious. With A Dream Play, his aim was to present the form of a dream on stage – a blend of memories, experiences, absurdities and pure inventions of the imagination. • Mar 26 - Apr 4

ARMSTRONG'S WAR • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • A traumatized soldier and a wheelchair-bound young girl attempt to heal their injuries of both body and mind. • Mar 31 - Apr 19

MUSIC: MAR 2015 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS • Full Moon Folk Club, St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • The Austin Loung Lizards head this double-bill of Austin music flavours, combining great musicianship and wicked humour. Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison follow in the grand tradition of cool American songwriting couples, like Johnny and June, and George and Tammy. • Mar 27, 7 pm

del Theatre) • 780.425.1820 • www.catalysttheatre. ca • Vigilante, by Jonathan Christensen. One of Canada's darkest unsolved crimes is reimagined as a musical, telling the tale of a 19th century Irish family in Ontario turning vigilante after their life is stolen from them. • Mar 7 - 29

BOBBY CAMERON • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc. ca • A songwriter in his own right, Cameron is coming out stronger than ever these days, and that's saying something after years of performing or collaborating with the likes of Jully Black, Blue Rodeo, Big Sugar, Jeff Healey and Long John Baldry. • Mar 7

CITADEL THEATRE • 9828 101 A Ave •

DAVE GUNNING • Full Moon Folk Club,

CATALYST THEATRE • 9828 101 A Ave (Cita-

780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Life, Death and the Blues; Backed by some of the finest blues musicians in Canada, Raoul Bhaneja and R&B star Divine Brown explore the power, passion and meaning of the blues. • Feb 11 Mar 1 • Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard. Stoppard's internationally acclaimed work, featuring 2015 participants of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre program, directed by Tom Wood. • Mar 21 - Apr 12

DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Mistaken identities and outrageously quick charades abound in this Tony Award-nominated sequel to Boeing-Boeing. • until Apr 5

DIDO AND AENEAS • Alumni Hall, 7128 Ada Blvd • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia.ab.ca • Concordia's School of Music and Department of Drama join forces to perform Purcell's signature opera, telling the story of Queen Dido of Carthage, and her love for the Trojan hero Aeneas. • Mar 6, 13, 7:30 pm; Mar 8, 15, 2 pm

St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819-71 Ave • 780.438.6410 • fmfc.org • Gunning serves up a musical smorgasbord of celtic, Acadian and country-folk. Special guest: Lizzy Hoyt. • Mar 13, 7 pm

GARTH PRINCE • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $20 adult, $16 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Garth Prince is a multiple award-winner whose engaging live performances entertain, educate, and share the wonders, visuals, joy, culture, and beauty of his African roots in song, stories, and audience participation.• Mar 14, 2 pm JOHN GORKA • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc. ca • Intimate, slice of life observations and a soft touch have made Gorka a favourite for over 25 years. • Mar 21 INFINITUS • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $12 general • maclabcentre.

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com • Vancouver's beatbox string trio. Don't know what that is? Better go check it out. • Mar 13, 2 pm

PLAYTIME CABARET: RATTLE & STRUM • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $10 general • maclabcentre. com • Fun for the kids, and the whole family. • Mar 27, 10:30 am

RAGA UNVEILED • Winspear Centre • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • An illuminating concert featuring the Indian Music Ensemble with special guests presented with Edmonton Raga-Mala. • Mar 22, 3 pm

THE TROUBADOURS • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage. com • The Troubadours are: Duane Steele, Jake Mathews, and Wyatt Easterling, all respected country music artists. Throughout the evening they will take turns lending their voices, varied experiences, and observations to create a fun and friendly concert atmosphere. • Mar 7, 7:30 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC: MAR 2015 ANA VIDOVIC • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 587.708.2044 • edmontonclassicalguitarsociety.org • This Croatian guitarist is one of the most important to emerge in recent years. • Mar 6, 8 pm CONCERTOS IN A GRAND TRADITION II • Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St • albertabaroque.com • A handful of guest soloists–Robin Doyon (trumpet), Lidia Khaner and Dan Waldron (oboes), Ronda Metszies (cello) and Jeanne Yang (harpsichord)–joins The Alberta Baroque Ensemble to perform concertos by Marcello, Handel, Vivaldi, Bach and Teleman. • Oct 26, 3 pm

EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - MAIN SERIES 3 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • $35 general, $25 senior, $10 student • edmontonrecital.com • Nathan Berg (baritone) and Shannon Hiebert (piano).

• Mar 18, 7:30 pm

EDMONTON METROPOLITAN CHOIR, "THE PEACEMAKERS" • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • $20 general • edmetrochorus.ca • Canadian premiere of Karl Kenkins' choral composition The Peacemakers, with over 120 voices and a full orchestra, augmented by an exciting array of percussion and multi-ethnic instruments. • Mar 1, 3 pm

EINE KLEINE NIGHT SERENADE • Winspear Centre • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • The University Symphony Orchestra performs Britten's Serenade featuring Juno award winning tenor and University of Alberta voice professor, John Tessier, with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's principal horn Allene Hackleman; Berlioz's Love Scene - Romeo and Juliet's eternal love comes alive in all its splendour. Conductor: Petar Dundjerski. • Mar 27, 3 pm I CHORISTI CHAMBER CHOIR "LOVE FOUND AND LOVE LOST" • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave • 780.977.6993 • $18 adult (advance), $13 student/senior (advance) • icoristi.com • A programme of love songs from the playful to the romantic to the

tragic, featuring Malcolm Forsyth's Three Love Poems of John Donne and others. • Mar 14, 7:30 pm

JOY IN ALL THINGS • $10 • festivalcitywinds.ca • The Festival City Winds Advanced Band performs with the First Presbyterian Church Choir. • Mar 14, 7:30 pm

JUBILOSO! BELLS OF CONCORDIA • Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia.ab.ca • Mar 21, 7:30 pm

MID-WINTER SONGS • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave • An afternoon of music centering around the beauty of Winter through the works of Holst, Whitacre, and Lauridsen. The featured work on the program will be Morten Lauridsen's choral cycle, Mid-Winter Songs, based on the poetry of Robert Graves, as well as Whitacre's Five Hebrew Love Songs, on the poetry of Hila Pitmann.

This concert is presented in conjunction with the Holy Trinity Concert Series. Loretta Dueck, our longtime accompanist, will be celebrating her 30th, and final season, with Da Camera. • Mar 1, 3 pm

ORGANO EXTRAORDINAIRE! DUO MAJOYA AND FRIENDS • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037- 84 Ave • rcco.edmonton. ab.ca • New and new-ish music for organ, piano, saxophone and the occasional accordion. Marnie Giesbrecht, Joachim Segger, Charles Stolte and Reinhard Berg. • Mar 21, 7 pm

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Angela Lee; evoking the artist's love of nature - mountains, animals, farmland and water - in oil on canvas. • Mar 26 - Apr 30 • Marie Sieben; mixed media exhibit using a variety of techniques, expressions and colour, and a loose free style. • Apr 30 - May 27

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Larissa Blokhuis and Sylvia Grist; Glassworks from artist Larissa Blokhuis and collaged landscapes from Sylvia Grist. • until Apr 5 MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Wus'kwīy: From Berry Baskets to Souvenirs • until Apr 12 • Francophones in Alberta • Apr 21 - Jun 22

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845 - 102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • $11 (museum admission) • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Wildlife Photographer of the Year. • Nov 28 - Apr 12

PRO CORO "VIA CRUCIS" • All Saints' Cathedral 10035 103 St • 780.427.1247 • procoro. ab.ca • Music for Lent, performed by the eight voices of the Pro Coro Consort, and Jeremy Spurgeon on organ. • Mar 22, 8 pm

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411 - 124 St • 780.488.3619 • scottgallery.com • Gillian Willans; U of A grad and accomplished painter showcases a series with themes of domestic space.

THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL COLGRASS

SNAP GALLERY • 12056 - Jasper Ave •

• Winspear Centre • $20 adult, $15 senior, $10 student • uab.ca/shows • Join the Symphonic Wind Ensemble for a celebration of Pulitzer Prize winning composer Michael Colgrass. Works performed include Colgrass' Urban Requiem, his colourful ode to the city of Miami, commissioned by Gary Green and the University of Miami. Conductor: Angela Schroeder. • Mar 15, 3 pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • Piano Brilliance, Mar 5 at 8 pm • Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto, Mar 8 at 2 pm • Violin and Cello, Mar 13 - 14 at 8 pm• Eddins Conducts Beethoven, Mar 18 at 7:30 pm • Ella and Louis, Mar 20 - 21, 8 pm•Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, Mar 27 at 7:30 pm, Mar 28 at 8 pm

APRIL 2015 ART GALLERIES/ MUSEUMS: APR 2015

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • Future Station: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, part 2. Curated by Kristy Trinier, this exhibit eatures 42 artists from across the province exploring how Alberta shapes their work.

Installations span across the gallery and satellite locations. • January 24 - May 3

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA)

780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Briar Craig • Apr 9 - May 23

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211 142 Street • 780.451.3344 • $26.60 adult, $23.50 youth (13 - 17), $19.50 child, 3 and under free • telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca • Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology: The Exhibition; Get the facts behind the fiction! Enter the world of Indiana Jones™ and discover field archaeology, ancient remains, cultural artefacts, a collection of Indy film props, costumes and more. • until Apr 6

THE ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY • A.J. Ottewell Community Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.922.3179 • artstrathcona.com • Annual Spring Show and Sale • Apr 15 - 17

VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA • 3 fl, 10215 112 St • 780.421.1731 • visualartsalberta.com • Searching skies, seeing through trees; Gerald St. Maur (Gallery A); Edited Realism: Jean Pilch (Gallery B). • Apr 2 - May 31

DANCE: APR 2015 DANCES, DEVICES • Mile Zero Dance, L'UniThéâtre, 8627 91 St • 780.424.1573 • $25 general, $20 students/members • milezerodance. com • A roaming spectacle, featuring some of Edmonton's strongest talent playing with a plethora of sound objects, amid the detritus hints of both the past and future. • Feb 20 - 21, 8 pm

• 19 Perron Street • 780-460-4310 • www.ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • Talking Creatures; Anthropomorphism is explored in this exhibition featuring mezzotints, painting, sculpture and collage. • until Apr 18

FOOTLOOSE FUNDRAISER • Mile Zero Dance, Studio E, 9533 Jasper Ave • 780.424.1573 • $10 • milezerodance.com • International Dance Day Party, with the 80's movie starring Kevin Bacon, Vintage Sound DJ's and complimentary dance class. • Apr 23, 8 pm

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, Univer-

LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL •

sity of Alberta • 780.248.5617 • foa.ualbertaca • BDes 2015 graduation show, reception Thur, Apr 2 from 7 - 10 pm • until Apr 11 • BFA 2015 graduation show, reception Thurs, Apr 23 from 7 - 10 pm.

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HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 Fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Beyond words; Linda Carreiro presents print script as physical gesture, revealing text as embodied material.

• until Apr 14 • A Moment in the Flow; Mayumi Amada focuses on our brief mortality in the context of eternal time. • Untitled; multimedia artwork by Sarah Beck and Shlomi Greenspan puts viewers in the moment just before... • Apr 23 - May 27

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Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Avenue • bwdc.ca • Apr 25, 8pm

MZD ANNIVERSARY GALA • Mile Zero Dance, L'UniThéâtre, 8627 91 St • 780.424.1573

• $85 • milezerodance.com • A celebration of MZD's 30 years of dance history in Edmonton, with champagne, speeches, treats, MZD film clips and more. • Apr 23, 8 pm

WHAT'S COOKING? • Good Women Dance Collective PCL Studio Theatre, 10330-84th ave • 780.802.6867 • Admission by donation • goodwomen.ca • In celebration of International Dance Day, What's Cooking? is an annual work in progress showing in which emerging artists present pieces that are in the early stages of development. Watch the pieces begin to take shape and help guide the artists as they solidify the concept, vision, and direction of their work. Connect with the artists in your community at What's Cooking and enjoy a delicious catered meal amongst good company. • Apr 26, 12:30, 6:30 pm

FILM: APR 2015 FAVA: SCREENWRITING • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $325 early bird, $375 regular (member) • fava.ca • Focus on the concept, craft and creation of a script. • Tuesdays 6:30 pm - 9 pm, Jan 20 - Apr 2

FAVA: MAIN COURSE • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $845 early bird, $890 regular (member) • fava.ca • Intermediate level production, for graduates of Video Kitchen (or proven experience, at FAVA's discretion). •Saturdays 10 am - 2 pm, Feb 21 - May 30

LITERARY: APR 2015 EDMONTON POETRY FESTIVAL • various venues, varying prices (many free events) • edmonton poetryfestival.com • Celebrating poetry in all its forms and showcasing loca, national and international poets. • Apr 19 - 26

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713 124 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • Apr 21 TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories.

• Apr 8, 7 pm

• The Kit Kat Club, 1931, Berlin sets the stage for this tale Tony Award-winning tale of love and loss. • Apr 14 - Jun 14

CHRISTINA/PHILIPPE • Northern Light Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • Queen Christina of Sweden, who dressed and lived as a man, is locked in a battle of wits and wills with Philippe, Duc D'Orleans, the brother to King Louis XIV, who dressed as a woman while maintaining a career as a military leader, husband and father. • Apr 30 - May 9

CITADEL THEATRE • 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Avenue Q; Humans and puppets take the stage in a musical comedy awarded a Triple Crown on Broadway: Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. • Apr 25 - May 24

DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Mistaken identities and outrageously quick charades abound in this Tony Award-nominated sequel to Boeing-Boeing. • until Apr 5 HEY LADIES! • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Tattoos, homemaking tips, booze, prizes, and even culture—all in one spectacular evening!

Each show features local Edmonton businesses, celebrities, bands, cocktail-of-the-night, baddies, and troublemakers. • Apr 24 JEAN ET BÉATRICE • L'UniThéâtre, Théâtre de La Cité francophone, 8627 rue Marie-AnneGaboury • 780.469.8400 • $26 adults, $22 seniors, $17 students • lunitheatre.ca • Béatrice awaits her prince charming high up on the 33rd story of her high-rise apartment. Jean arrives, in response to notes she has left on walls throughout the city. But to prove he is her prince, he must pass three tests she has set him. In French. • Apr 1 - 4, 8 pm

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN • La Cite Theatre, 8627 91 St • 780.420.1757 • twoonewaytickets.com • From the book by Terrence McNally, based on the Manuel Puig novel El Beso de la Mujer Araña. The musical had runs in the West End(1992) and Broadway (1993) and won the 1993 Tony Award for Best Musical. • Apr 18 - 27 LAFFERTY'S WAKE • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Dinner and a comedy about a reeling Irish wake. Charlie Lafferty's family and friends–widow, son-in-law, innkeeper, praish priest–mourn him with jokes, jigs and stories. • Apr 23 - May 9 ROUTES • Concrete Theatre, C103 8529

THEATRE: APR 2015 A DREAM PLAY • Studio Theatre, Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Avenue & 112 Street • Swedish playwright August Strindberg (18491912) was one of the first to explore the role of the subconscious. With A Dream Play, his aim was to present the form of a dream on stage – a blend of memories, experiences, absurdities and pure inventions of the imagination. • until Apr 4

Gateway Blvd • 780.439.3905 • concretetheatre. ca • Award-winning one-man play exploring the impact of violence through the eyes of Tom, a 15-year-old, as he travels by public transit through Edmonton. • Apr 24 - 25

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? • Walterdale Theatre • 780.420.1757 • tixonthesquare.ca • A reflection on the impact life and time has on relationships by Edward Albee, directed by Adam Kuss. • Apr 8 - 18

ARMSTRONG'S WAR • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • A traumatized soldier and a wheelchair-bound young girl attempt to heal their injuries of both body and mind. • until Apr 19

BECOMING SHARP • Shadow Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • David Belke's comic thriller about a battle of wits between three ambitious women in pursuit of literary success. • Mar 11 - 29

BONFIRE IMPROV FESTIVAL • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.6044 • $12 advance, $15 door (cash only) • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire's own festival, with new formats and new ideas. • Apr 7 - 11, 7:30 pm, 10 pm (Fri/Sat)

CABARET • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca

MUSIC: APR 2015 JP CORMIER • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc. ca • Bluegrass, folk and Celtic leanings flavour Cormier's multi-instrumentalist performances.

• Apr 11 BROTHER SUN • Northern Lights Folk Club, Queen Alexandra Community Hall, 10425 University Ave • 780.288.8111 • northernlightsfc. ca • Three accomplished songwriters in their own rights, Greg Greenway, Pat Wictor and Joe Jencks come together to fuse Americana, folk, blues, pop, jazz, rock and a capella into a sound all their own. • Apr 18

GEORGE FOX • Horizon Stage, 1001

Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $40 adult, $35 student/senior • horizonstage.com • George Fox is a bonafide Canadian country music star who has a mantle filled with three Junos, three Canadian Country Music Awards, and nine RPM Big Country Awards. He has traveled the world, opening for some of the biggest names in country music and headlining his own sold out shows from coast to coast. • April 10 - 11, 7:30 pm

COUSIN HARLEY • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove • 780.962.8995 • $35 adult, $30 student/senior • horizonstage.com • Cousin Harley has a hard-earned reputation for delivering everything from hot-rod rockabilly to foot-stomping vintage country and western swing. They also showcase swing, blues, roots, and jazz elements in their music, making them a truly unique act that will make your toes tap and your fingers snap. • April 12, 7:30 pm

THE BOOM CHUCKA BOYS • Maclab Centre 4308 50 St, Leduc • 780.980.1866 • $35 adult, $30 senior • maclabcentre.com • The crowd is sure to have some boot-stompin country fun with these rowdy boys. • Mar 27, 10:30 am

CLASSICAL MUSIC: APR 2015 ANTON BARANOV • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 587.708.2044 • edmontonclassicalguitarsociety.org • From Russia, winner of teh 2013 Guitar Foundation of America competition. • Apr 17, 8 pm A ROYAL AFFAIR • All Saints Anglican Church, 10035-103 St • rcco.edmonton.ab.ca • James McVinnie, organist for the royal wedding of William and Kate. • Apr 12, 3 pm

BELLA VOCE, WOMEN'S CHOIR OF CONCORDIA • Concordia Lutheran Seminary Chapel, 7040 Ada Blvd • 780.479.9304 • music. concordia.ab.ca • Apr 17, 7 pm

CONCORDIA CHORUS • Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia.ab.ca • Apr 19, 3 pm CONCORDIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • 780.479.9304 • music.concordia.ab.ca • Apr 26, 2 pm

EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - MAIN SERIES 4 • Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Dr • 780.905.5861 • $35 general, $25 senior, $10 student • edmontonrecital.com • Jason Cutman (piano). • Apr 1, 7:30 pm

HAYDN AND COMPANY • Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 St • albertabaroque. com • Robert Uchida (violin) joins The Alberta Baroque Ensemble to perform work by Haydn and Benda. • Apr 19, 3 pm

Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com • The Miraculous Mandolin, Apr 10 at 7:30 pm, Apr 11 at 8 pm • Bond and Beyond, Apr 24 - 25 at 8 pm

MAY 2015

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ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: MAY 2015

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR • Edmonton Opera Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Ave • 780.429.1000 • $40 and up • edmontonopera.com • Forbidden love, a family rivalry and the death of two lovers — echoes of Romeo and Juliet are found in Donizetti's haunting opera. Madness is explored as a personal tragedy, a political statement and a healing ritual. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. • Apr 18, 8 pm, Apr 21 and 23, 7:30 pm

TRAVELOGUE • Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • $10 • festivalcitywinds.ca • The Festival City Winds Intermediate Bands and guests perform. • Apr 18, 7:30 pm

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston

the Arts 87 Ave & 112 St • bwdc.ca • May 7 - 9, 8 pm

FILM: MAY 2015 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca • Future Station: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, part 2. Curated by Kristy Trinier, this exhibit eatures 42 artists from across the province exploring how Alberta shapes their work.

Installations span across the gallery and satellite locations. • January 24 - May 3

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780-460-4310 • www.

ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • High Energy 20; Talented young artists from St Albert's high schools: Bellerose Composite High School, École Secondaire Paul Kane, École Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d'Youville, St Albert Catholic High School and Outreach High Schools showcase their works. • May 7 – 23

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta • 780.248.5617 • foa.ualberta.ca • BFA 2015 graduation show, reception Thurs, Apr 23 from 7 - 10 pm. • until May 2 • Design Latitudes; Bonnie Sadler Takach, University of Alberta's Art & Design faculty • May 12 - Jun 6

HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 Fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • A Moment in the Flow; Mayumi Amada focuses on our brief mortality in the context of eternal time. • Untitled; multimedia artwork by Sarah Beck and Shlomi Greenspan puts viewers in the moment just before...

• Apr 23 - May 27

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Marie Sieben; mixed media exhibit using a variety of techniques, expressions and colour, and a loose free style. • until May 27 • Edmonton Needlecraft Society: a fantastic exhibit of techniques such as cross stitch, needlepoint, crewel, petit point and Japanese embroidery. • May 28 - Jul 14

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Dr. Stephen Aung and Lucie Bause; Chinese watercolor drawings and characters from Dr. Aung and mandalas from Lucie Bause. • May 9 - Jun 28

FAVA: MAIN COURSE • 9722-102 St • 780.429.3636 • $845 early bird, $890 regular (member) • fava.ca • Intermediate level production, for graduates of Video Kitchen (or proven experience, at FAVA's discretion). •Saturdays 10 am - 2 pm, Feb 21 - May 30 GLOBAL VISIONS FESTIVAL • various venues • globalvisionsfestival.com • Canada's longest-running documentary film festival, kicking off Edmonton's summer festival season with eight days and nights of the world's greatest docs, live music, panels, workshops, and much more! • May 7 - 14

LITERARY: MAY 2015 EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Daravara, 10713 124 St • Free; suggested donation $5 • edmontonstoryslam.com • A competitive storytelling event with no censorship. Up to 10 storytellers have five minutes to tell their story.

Five random audience members judge the winner. • May 19

TALES (THE ALBERTA LEAGUE ENCOURAGING STORYTELLING) • Parkallen Community Hall 6510- 111 Street • 780.437.7736 • talesstorytelling.com • Welcoming adult tellers and listeners to share stories tall or true with traditional and anecdotal stories.

• May 13, 7 pm

TALES FESTIVAL • 780.437.7736 • storyfestalberta.com • Storytellers from across western Canada, workshops, free storytelling, story slam and concert. • May 22 - 24

THEATRE: MAY 2015 NEXTFEST 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOWCASE • Nextfest Arts Company/Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Nextfest reimagines two plays from the archives, kicking off the 20th anniversary. • May 5 - 17

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Francophones in Alberta • until Jun 22

KOKOPELLI'S "ECHOES" • St Andrews United Church, 9915 148 St• 780.977.7295 • $20 adult, $15 student • kokopellichoirs.com • Kokopelli's younger choirs perform in an annual concert of their own, joined by special guests from McKernan Jr High Choir and the Semitones (a new youth choir from Brail Tones Music Society). • Apr 19, 3 pm

com • A fire God, opium dreams, and a crashing temple – Stanton Welch's La Bayadère is classical ballet with a touch of Bollywood performed by the world-acclaimed Houston Ballet. This lively story features lavish scenery depicting the jungles of India and the famous Shades scene, staged for the entire corps de ballet. • May 8 -9

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411 - 124 St • 780.488.3619 • scottgallery.com Robert Sinclair; Since 1972, Sinclair has exhibited his watercolour and acrylic landscapes to great acclaim. He is a member of the Royal Academcy of the Arts and the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour.

SNAP GALLERY • 12056 - Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Briar Craig • Apr 9 - May 23

THE ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY • A.J. Ottewell Community Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.922.3179 • artstrathcona.com • Mothers' Day Art Show and Tea • May 10

DANCE: MAY 2015 LA BAYADÈRE: THE TEMPLE DANCER • Alberta Ballet • 780.428.6839 • albertaballet.

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CABARET • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • The Kit Kat Club, 1931, Berlin sets the stage for this tale Tony Award-winning tale of love and loss. • until Jun 14

CHRISTINA/PHILIPPE • Northern Light Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue • 780.471.1586 • $22 - 28 • northernlighttheatre. com • Queen Christina of Sweden, who dressed and lived as a man, is locked in a battle of wits and wills with Philippe, Duc D'Orleans, the brother to King Louis XIV, who dressed as a woman while maintaining a career as a military leader, husband and father. • until May 9

CITADEL THEATRE • 9828 101 A Ave • 780.425.1820 • citadeltheatre.com • Avenue Q; Humans and puppets take the stage in a musical comedy awarded a Triple Crown on Broadway: Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. • until May 24

FROM CRADLE TO STAGE • Walterdale Theatre • 780.420.1757 • tixonthesquare.ca • Walterdale Theatre's annual production of new work by new playwrights. • May 18 - 23

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HEY LADIES! • Theatre Network, The Roxy Theatre 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • theatrenetwork.ca • Tattoos, homemaking tips, booze, prizes, and even culture—all in one spectacular evening!

Each show features local Edmonton businesses, celebrities, bands, cocktail-of-the-night, baddies, and troublemakers. • May 22 LAFFERTY'S WAKE • St Albert Theatre Troupe, Kinsmen Hall 47 Riel Drive • 780.222.0102 • stalberttheatre.com • Dinner and a comedy about a reeling Irish wake. Charlie Lafferty's family and friends–widow, son-in-law, innkeeper, praish priest–mourn him with jokes, jigs and stories. • until May 9

I CHORISTI CHAMBER CHOIR • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave • 780.977.6993 • $18 adult (advance), $13 student/senior (advance) • icoristi.com • A concert exploring music for a rarely-heard combination: choir and percussion. Join i Coristi and special guests for a programme with a fascinating variety of repertoire and instruments. • May 30, 7:30 pm KOKOPELLI'S "COLOURS" • McDougall United Church, 10025 - 101 St • 780.977.7295 • $20 adult, $15 student • kokopellichoirs.com • All six choirs gather to perform favourite music from throughout the season, plus some new selections. • May 23, 7 pm

TRIBES • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • $22 adult, $20 senior, $11 student • uab.ca/ shows • Nina Raine's Tribes premiered in 2010 at London's Royal Court Theatre and its off-Broadway debut in 2012 won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. This provocative and witty play introduces an unconventional family with three dysfunctional adult children still living at home. It focuses on Billy, their deaf son who was raised to read lips and speak rather than sign to communicate. Billy falls for Sylvia, a young woman who is becoming deaf herself, and he finally discovers what it means to be heard. • May 14 - 23, 7:30 pm

CLASSICAL MUSIC: MAY 2015 A TRANS-ATLANTIC JOURNEY • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave • Da Camera prepares to embark on summer tour through the eastern countries of Europe, we will present a concert featuring the music of both sides of the Atlantic, including new Canadian works. • May 23, 8 pm EDMONTON METROPOLITAN CHOIR, REUNION CONCERT • First Presbyterian Church, 10025 105 St • 780.420.1757 • $20 adult, $15 student/senior, $10 child (10 and under) • edmetrochorus.ca • An evening celebrating the Chorus's first 10 years, featuring highlights and favourites from Africa, South America, spirituals and folk songs. • May 17, 3 pm

EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY - ESO ALL STARS 2 • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave • 780.905.5861 • By donation • edmontonrecital.com • Lidia Khaner (oboe) and Janet Scott Hoyt (piano). • May 17, 2 pm

KOKOPELLI'S "JOURNEY" • various venues on Church St (96 St) • 780.977.7295 • $20 adult, $15 student • kokopellichoirs.com • A choral journey takes audiences along historic Church Street, with performances by each of the Kokopelli choirs, and the Brail Tones. • May 30, 3 pm NOBUYUKI TSUIJII • Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com •Blind since birth, this pianist has earned international recognition and rave reviews for fantastic performances. • May 5, 11:30 pm

PRO CORO'S "THE STOLEN CHILD" • All Saints' Cathedral 10035 103 St • 780.427.1247 • May 10, 2:30 pm

STAGE AND SCREEN • Robert Tegler Student Centre, 7128 Ada Blvd • $10 • festivalcitywinds. ca • All Festival City Winds bands will perform highlights from film and musical productions. • May 23, 7:30 pm

VOCAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2015 • Opera Nuova • operanuova.ca • various venues, times and ticket prices • May 16 - Jun 28

780.436.7932 • $15 adult, $10 senior/student • eyso.com • A concert featuring the winners of the 33rd annual Northern Alberta Concerto Competition, and the EYSO intermediate orchestra. • May 3, 2 pm

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square 780.422.6223 • Adults $12.50; children 6 and under free; Seniors $8.50 • youraga.ca •

ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron Street • 780-460-4310 • www.

ArtGalleryofStAlbert.ca • What is Left Behind: Sarah Pike & Erin Ross; Prairie imagery is used to portray beauty in unexpected ways in this exhibit featuring ceramics and painting. • June 4 – 27

HARCOURT HOUSE • 3 Fl, 10215 - 112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Muted Forces; Nika Blasser's photographic pieces study micro and macro nature in pattern. • Jun 18 - Jul 19 JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 - University Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Edmonton Needlecraft Society: a fantastic exhibit of techniques such as cross stitch, needlepoint, crewel, petit point and Japanese embroidery. • May 28 - Jul 14

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 Street • 780.407.7152 • friendsofuah. org/mcmullen-gallery • Dr. Stephen Aung and Lucie Bause; Chinese watercolor drawings and characters from Dr. Aung and mandalas from Lucie Bause. • until Jun 28

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM • 5 St. Anne St, St. Albert • 780.459.1528 • MuseeHeritage.ca • Francophones in Alberta • until Jun 22 • In the Money • Jun 30 - Aug 30

SNAP GALLERY • 12056 Jasper Ave • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Gabriella Jolowicz • Jun 4 - Jul 18

VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA • 3 fl, 10215 -

WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com •Heroes and Villains, May 2 at 2 pm • Haydn and Handel, May 13 at 7:30 pm • Violin Showstoppers, May 21 at 8 pm • Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, May 24 at 2 pm • Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, May 29 at 7:30 pm, May 30 at 8 pm

EDMONTON YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • Winspear Centre •

ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS: JUN 2015

112 St • 780.421.1731 • visualartsalberta.com • Installation: Sylvain Voyer (Gallery A); Familiars, Out-of-Towners, As Well As All the Others: Erika Andriashek (Gallery B). • June 4 - Jul 25

THEATRE: JUN 2015 CABARET • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615

JUNE 2015

109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • The Kit Kat Club, 1931, Berlin sets the stage for this tale Tony Award-winning tale of love and loss. • until Jun 14

GUYS AND DOLLS • Elope Musical Theatre, Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave & 112 St • 780.989.5030 • elopemusicaltheatre.ca • Frank Loesser's celebrated musical comedy about rolling the dice and falling in love under the bright lights of Broadway. • June 18 - 27 IMPROVAGANZA • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.6044 • $12 advance, $15 door (cash only) • rapidfiretheatre.com • The world's best improvisors gather for the 15th annual Alternative Comedy Festival, one of the most popular with improvisors around the world, and your best comedy outing in Edmonton. • Jun 17 - 27 MISS SAIGON • La Cite Theatre, 8627 91 St • 780.420.1757 • twoonewaytickets.com • In 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War, romance blooms between an American GI and a Vietnamese bar girl, but does their love stand a chance amidst the conflict? • Jun 12 - 28

NEXTFEST 2015 • Nextfest Arts Company • 780.453.2440 • nextfest.ca • Celebrating 20 years, with over 500 artists in 11 days. • Jun 4 - 14

SPROUTS 2015 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL FOR KIDS • Concrete Theatre, ATB Financial Arts Barns, 10330 84 Ave • 780.439.3905 • $5.50 (5 and under free) • concretetheatre.ca • Theatrical fun for the whole family, in its 14th year, featuring three brand new plays, and a host of other entertainment. • Jun 6 - 7

THE LONG WEEKEND • Mayfield Dinner Theatre 16615 109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • A simple couples' vacation at Max and Wynn's new country home turns into a comedic catastrophe. • June 19 - Aug 2

MUSIC: JUN 2015 BEAUMONT BLUES AND ROOTS FESTIVAL • Four Seasons Park, Beaumont • bbrf.ca • Canada's biggest little music festival! • June 19 - 21

CLASSICAL MUSIC: JUN 2015 2 FOR PRIDE • Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 10804 119 St • 780.488.1498 • $15 adult, $12 student/senior • evmchoir.com • Edmonton Vocal Minority and One Voice Chorus are joined by Darrin Hagen for EVM's 2015 Pride concert. • June 7, 3 pm WINSPEAR CENTRE • 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square • 780.428.1414 • winspearcentre.com •Broadway Divas, June 5 - 6 at 8 pm• Late Night Gershwin, June 12 at 9:30 pm • Eddins Plays Gershwin, June 13 at 8 pm

Theatre• 780.443.5044 • $12 advance, $15 door (cash only) • rapidfiretheatre.com • long-form improvised comedy - Edmonton's best professional improvisors with new formats and old favorites. • Every Saturday at 10 pm (Sep 13 - Jun 13 excepting Dec 26, Jan 2)

POETS HAVEN • Audrey's Books/Upper Crust (alternating weekly) • strollofpoets.com • Weekly poetry readings, must be a member to read. • Mondays, 7 pm from Sep - Mar REEL FAMILY CINEMA • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • $8 adults, $6 students/seniors, free 12 and under•metrocinema.org • Monthly Presenting classic family films that you already know and love, and want to share with the next generation. • Every Saturday, 2 pm THEATRESPORTS • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel Theatre • 780.443.5044 • $12 advance, $15 door (cash only) • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improvised hilarity - your ideas, our scenes, fast-paced comedy that you, the audience, direct! • Every Friday at 7:30 pm and 10 pm (Sep 12 - Jun 12 excepting Dec 25, Jan 1)

MONTHLY DEDFEST "DEDSPOITATION" SERIES • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • 780.425.9212 • $10 adults, $8 students/seniors •metrocinema.org • Kung fu treachery, slat-tastic horror, insane action and cult classics from around the world.

CULT CINEMA • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • 780.425.9212 • $10 adults, $8 students/seniors •metrocinema.org • Monthly series of eccentric classics and unusual treasures. • Every last Tuesday of the month.

CRIME WATCH • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • 780.425.9212 • $10 adults, $8 students/ seniors •metrocinema.org • A monthly series that explores the diverse range of approaches within the crime genre. • Every second Tuesday of the month.

EDMONTON MOVIE CLUB • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • 780.425.9212 • $10 adults, $8 students/seniors •metrocinema.org • A montly series showcasing independent cinema from all regions of India. • Every second Sunday of the month.

GATEWAY TO CINEMA • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • 780.425.9212 • Free for students, $10 adults, $8 seniors, $6 child 12 and under •metrocinema.org • A monthly series (during fall and spring university semesters) co-presented by the Gateway, the official student newspaper of the University of Alberta. • Every third Wednesday of the month, Oct 2014 - April 2015.

METRO BIZARRO • Garneau Theatre, 8712

THE FOUND FESTIVAL • Various nontraditional venues in Old Strathcona ; Festival Main Grounds at Dr. Wilbert McIntyre (Gazebo) Park • commongroundarts.com • The Found Festival is a site-specific, multidisciplinary arts festival that takes place in Edmonton's Old Strathcona. It's a living, breathing showcase of dance, theatre, visual art, music, creative writing and more. Performances include late-night theatre in a grocery store, a Pool Party Music Show, Art in a Back Alley, and much more! Our aim is to produce an event that is affordable, accessible, interactive, and empowering, encouraging artists to contribute to the cultural landscape of the city. • Jun 25 - 28

WEEKLY THE WORKS • Don Wheaton YMCA Community Canvas wall 10211 102 ave • Rotating year round exhibits.

CHIMPROV • Rapid Fire Theatre, Citadel

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109 St • 780.425.9212 • $10 adult, $8 student/ senior •metrocinema.org • A monthly foray into the weird, wacky and wonderful world of fringe cinema.

• Every third Friday of the month.

MUSIC DOCS • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • 780.425.9212 • $10 adult, $8 student/senior •metrocinema.org • Music documentaries, from classic to contemporary. • Every first Tuesday of the month.

TURKEY SHOOT • Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St • 780.425.9212 • $10 adult, $8 student/ senior •metrocinema.org • A live show hosted by local comedians celebrating aesthetically challenged films. • Check theatre for dates.

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n hindsight, Run the Jewels seems almost inevitable, the necessary end-result of the increasingly collaborative output of Michael Render— the Atlanta rapper better known as Killer Mike—and Jaime Meline, rapper-producer El-P. The latter produced the former's acclaimed 2012 album R.A.P. Music, and something obviously clicked; Render guested on El-P's Cancer 4 Cure the same year. In planning that record's follow up, the pair again got together, and what was intended to be another one-off guest turn turned into a more involved project.

"Originally I was going to do an EP," Meline says, in a conference call with Render. "Just between records. And Mike was like, 'Want me to jump on it?' and we started doing songs together, and we were like, 'Fuck it, let's keep going.'"

That EP became Run the Jewels LP, a free download full-length that's given the duo a sense of permanence. The album scaled end-of-year best-of lists, led to a massive tour, a vinyl release and, soon, a sequel. The tone is dark: gritty rhymes tumble out as both rappers trade verses with the sort of confident synergy that's the equivalent of sonic bottled lightning—rare in any sort of collaborative art. It's a dynamic that Render partly chalks up to both of them recording together in the same room—no emailing sound files back and forth across the country and calling it collaboration.

"We're a rap group," he says, emphasizing the latter word. "Rap groups get in the same space and record. … Part of us making music together is watching each other. Watching the facial expressions, watching the body-language—a lot of times, that's how we pick up on what's good. You can't do that in two separate rooms."

"I think that once you start doing that, you're becoming a little bit cynical," Meline adds. "Just doing it because you're trying to get a product on, as opposed to trying to create a record with somebody else. And I just don't think neither Mike nor I need to make a record that much. It's only valuable to us if it's an experience."

So for the follow up—at the mixing stage now but essentially finished— expanding Run the Jewels' scope was on their minds. After all, there were suddenly expectations on the project.

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baby. We taught it how to walk and talk, and now we're trying to teach that motherfucker how to run."

Still, in moving Run the Jewels forward, they sought out some advice. Both point to Outkast as another duo that managed significant evolution without the loss of certain musical signatures. So at the album's outset, Render—who had guested on Outkast's grammy-winning "The Whole World"— got in touch with them.

Thu, Aug 14 (8 pm) "I called Big Boi and Dre for With Eligh, Amp Live some advice, and to get where "There was Starlite Room, $21 their mind was," Render says. something "Basically, their advice was to hold it stay true to the group, and against this time," Meline says. "Be- be courageous. Don't be afraid to try fore, there was no criteria, nothing new shit. So I think that, in contrast to except just us doing it. We looked the last album, it's going to be darker, at it like, all right, here's an oppor- harder and funnier. I think, like any tunity: we can actually take this new group, we matured." thing, and grow it, push it forward "And simultaneously, we completely creatively, in a little bit of a differ- regressed," Meline jumps in. "There's ent way … you do records, and you definitely a good bunch of obnoxious play off of your own catalogue to a shit on there. degree in terms of artistic direction: "Which I think is important," Render You're looking for the next step. And adds, audibly grinning. "You need that I think me and Mike have been doing in rap." that with our own music, and so Run PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM the Jewels was now this brand new

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icture this as a pick-up gig that could have gone south quickly.

You're Toronto's BadBadNotGood, and you're asked to serve as Ghostface Killah's backup band for his performance on the ALIFE Backyard Session in New York a month back. Pretty cool offer, right? Except that it's Ghostface Killah, and no matter how much you plan, things could definitely go awry.

"We do like to challenge ourselves," laughs BadBadNotGood bassist Chester Hansen. He's just back from a tour of Europe and the UK, preceded by a few shows across North America in support of the band's latest offering, III, and like the other members is trying to fit in a little relaxation before the tour that will take them out west, where they'll play the Starlite Room on Friday.

"I mean, Ghostface is a legend, and we loved it, but it was also pretty stressful. We know that he's going to show up 10 minutes before the show, and that we'll be out playing onstage when he finally does. It's real seat-ofyour-pants stuff. I mean, we learned 20 of his songs, but we kept getting calls every half hour, being told 'OK, we're going to do this instead, and in this order.' So we had to adapt quickly.

It was so good, and so surreal to be on stage with him, that's for sure."

Ghostface was certainly sold on the match up; the boys in the band were informed after that the Wu-Tang rapper had a great time riffing with the trio. Not bad, considering the lack of practice time.

"It helps when you know the lyrics," Hansen says. "It was great once we got into it. We heard that he usually doesn't do more than one verse per song, but he did all of them on 'Nutmeg' and some of the others. I guess he enjoyed himself."

There was precedent; back in May the band and Ghostface released a single with Danny Brown guesting called "Six Degrees." In truth, BadBadNotGood has a history of matching up with rappers in its short (three years) history as a going concern. Pegged as a jazz group from the outset, BBNG (which also features drummer Alexander Sowinski and key-

boardist Matthew Tavares) gained the approval of Tyler the Creator early on, after the group released a YouTube video called The Odd Future Sessions Part 1, showing to the world what the members' professors at Humber College in Toronto apparently deemed musically worthless.

Wacka Flocka Flame, A Tribe Called Quest and Gucci mane were among the other hip-hop performers "reinterpreted" by the band, with an album of covers (BBNG) recorded and released in the summer of 2011. Next year was the sequel (BBNG2), with original material starting to snake in among the covers. The second time around they added electric guitar and sax, and put in a day's worth of playing in the studio.

By then they were underground darlings, picked up as band-in-residence at Coachella for 2012 and grabbing plaudits from critics across the board.

"You know, that first album we were barely a band," Hansen says. "It was very impromptu; we wrote the music in a few hours and then recorded it. Now we're just progressing from that point, in the way that we write, how we play, that kind of stuff. We never thought about production until this album, but now it's equal to the music. We were more serious about the artwork, and put time into the design of it; we also brought in friends to play strings and horns. There are a few lush songs on that album."

They band is also moving farther away from a simple definition of jazz.

While the members definitely have a love for jazz, they're also equally enamored of hip hop and other forms of music. To be listed by the music media as jazz seems so, well, limiting.

"There was definitely a point at the beginning where people thought of us as jazz prodigies or something," Hansen concedes. "We don't think of ourselves that way, though. It's like an important part of the mix, and we all met because of our love of jazz and hip hop. The definitions are a little bit tough to work with, though; there are people with hard ideas of what jazz is,

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and they can get worked up about it."

Like professors at music colleges, for instance. We can cut them some slack, however; BBNG certainly had fun tweaking those with ingrained notions of music by pointing out that "Nobody over the age of 21 worked on this record" when they released BBNG2. Thankfully there are large numbers of people who don't overly worry about what they're hearing, they just enjoy the groove.

"Over in Belgium on the last tour we were playing to eight- or nine-thousand," Hansen says with some glee.

"There'd be a jazz festival, and then we'd play an electronic/hip-hop festival, and nobody seemed to care."

All of the attention hasn't gone to their heads, however. Despite its affiliations in the States and elsewhere BBNG isn't interested in relocating any time soon.

The group has its own label (Innovative Leisure) and a studio that it shares with producer and beat maker Frank Dukes.

"That was out of necessity," Hansen wryly points out. "We were rehearsing in Alex's basement for the first half of our career. We were looking around, and then we found out that Frank was also looking for a studio. We lucked out with a cool garage, renovated it and pooled gear. We just love working there."

The fact that they're in solid with the likes of Tyler, Ghostface, Earl Sweatshirt, Bootsy Collins, RZA and Frank Ocean probably helps with selling them to an audience who might look suspiciously at kids schooled in bebop and cool jazz.

Those early encouragements and collaborations seem to have sent the trio off on a musical adventure that they themselves don't see an end to.

"We just like playing with anybody that's into doing something creative and new, you know? We're an open book, we just like to experiment. We heard some of the music that Frank Ocean might put on his new album, and I'd like to be part of that. Those are some amazing songs. I'd love to work with James Blake, or maybe aim higher and work with Kanye. Who knows?"

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Wundi Summertime MegaParty / Sat, Aug 9 – Sun, Aug 10 (1 pm) At 1 pm the Wunderbar doors open for a poster expo, showing off a literal tonne (give or take most of a tonne) of the venue’s past in the form of gig posters. Then the music starts at 3 pm each day, carrying on into the night with the likes of Johnson From Accounting and Gary Debussy on Saturday and Borrachera and a Pixies Tribute Band on Sunday. Relive the past and celebrate the present while you still can.

You won’t believe what will happen next. (Wunderbar, $10/day) —EM

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Got your tarp all dusted off? Packing up some fun snacks and sunscreen? Then you’re probably ready to bliss out on the hill for a weekend, and while the atmosphere can be as much of a draw as the music, if you’re looking for suggestions of who to see, check out Rose Cousins, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and Basia Bulat. (Gallagher Park, sold out) —PB

Triple Tour Kickoff w/ Boosh, Gary Debussy, Flint, Throatslitter / Tue, Aug 12 (9 pm) Wait a second, he called this a triple tour kickoff but listed four bands? How hard is basic math?

The answer is that math’s difficulty is subjective (duhhh), but anyway, the fact is that only three of the four bands here are hitting the road after the show. Throatslitter’s just here for the party. And what a party it’ll be. (Wunderbar, $10) —PB

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That journey home certainly takes some risks rounding the bases: "A Place to Call Home" opens it with a deceiving doom-metal crunch before it eventually trods into the softer rock you'd expect. "I Digress" has a cocksure verse that baits you on before dropping into one hell of a catchy chorus, while the album's title track struts a disco funk-bass

before leaning into David Gilmouresque guitar noodling. Plenty of solos abound as these guys work their way through the interesting arrangement of the first few tracks before "Hey Mama" shows up—it's vintage Big Wreck from then on. It's nice to hear that these cats are daring enough to try new things, but smart enough to not completely alienate their audience with experimentation. It's a solid effort, but it's more Ghost of Christmas Past than Poltergeist.

Ian Mclagan will always have a place in music history as one of the Faces; the legendary English rock group who introduced us to such talents as Ron Wood and Rod Stewart. Since that band called it quits in the '70s Mclagan has never stopped working, whether it be in the studio or on tour with acts like the Rolling Stones. The multi-instrumentalist has chops, and United States has him showcasing his talents with his Bump band, a group he has fronted since the former's demise. This is pretty much what you might expect from a guy who has absolutely nothing to prove to anyone: Sunshiney-safe sexagenarian jams

that you most often hear live in a casino these days. It's the type of stuff that comes from so much experience that it's in the blood. No touchy subjects or edge, just sweet licks about love and happiness, a point made obvious when Mclagan's gravely croon repeats, "If you can't say anything positive, don't say nothing." These are pros doing it just because they still can and it's clear that Ian is still having a good time; let's hope we can say the same when we near 70. If you remember the '60s then this is the type of stuff you can ease into.

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singer-songwriter open jam with guest host Emo LeBlanc; 8-12pm

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ

FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip

DV8 Red Skull Ritual, 9pm

Oddibles (rock); 9pm

Oddibles (rock); 9pm Suite 33 (pop); 9pm

THU AUG 7

CASINO EDMONTON The

DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh

AUG/8 AUG/9

UBK PRESENTS

PHAELEH ATRATES

W/ ENDURING THE FALL, SCREAMING RADIO

AUG/16 A DAY AS WOLVES W/ THE VELVETIENS, BETWEEN BROTHERS

Lettuce Produce Beats

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

Amie Weymes

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT Mike Letto

SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Andrew Scott

Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

UPPER LEVEL OF STARLITE

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

AUG/16

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

THE BREAKBEAT REBELLION:

DRUM N BASS

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

UNION HALL Celebrity

VUEWEEKLY AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 13, 2014

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Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

DJs

Y AFTERHOURS Release

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

Saturdays

SUN AUG 10

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays:

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE

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

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

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

TAVERN ON WHYTE

MON AUG 11

TUE AUG 12

BLUES ON WHYTE Bill

ARTERY Daniel Amedee, (blues/folk rock), Shaun Bosch, Scott MacKay; 9pm; $5 (door)

ARTERY Alex Vissia, Danielle Knibbe, Elliot Thomas; 7:30pm; $10 (adv)

Magee

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover

BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES Big Dreamer Sound

BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun Electric Blues Jam and BBQ hosted by Marshall Lawrence and the Lazy Bastards; 4-8pm

BLACKJACK’S ROADHOUSE–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted

by Tim Lovett

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

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan’s House Band 5-8pm

FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL MAIN STAGE: Septeto

Santiaguero at 2pm, Della Mae at 7pm; Phosphorescent at 8:05pm, Blue Rodeo at 9:30pm; tickets and info at edmontonfolkfest.org

HOG’S DEN PUB Rockin’ the Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm

LIVE AT SLY’S–THE RIG Every Sun Jam with LocoMoFos, hosted by Bob Cook; 8-12pm

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

NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Ryder (country)

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am ON THE ROCKS The Fuzz Kings with guests Sam Spade

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

Classical CONVOCATION HALL UAlberta Summer Band Concert; 2pm; pay-whatyou-can

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

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY

jam with hosts Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O’brien; this weeks guest is Justine Vandergrift; every Tue 8pm-12am

Monday open mic

BLUES ON WHYTE Cassie

BLUES ON WHYTE Cassie Taylor

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DT Stan Gallant

game); no cover

SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Amie Weymes

Qualico Patio Series: Greg Drummond, Dana Wylie; $8 at the Festival Place box office

WUNDERBAR Triple Tour Kickoff! Boosh with Gary Debussy and Flint; 9pm

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

BRIXX Metal night every Tue

DV8 Creepy Tombsday:

MERCURY ROOM Music

Taylor

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

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

DRUID IRISH PUB Open

RED STAR Experimental

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY Mon singer-songwriter night: hosted by Sarah Smith; 8pm

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

REXALL PLACE Arcade Fire: Reflektor Tour, tUnE-yArDs, Dan Deacon; 7:30pm; $30.25, $50.25, $70.25 at livenation.com

SHERLOCK HOLMES–U of A Open Mic Monday Nights with Adam Holm

STARLITE ROOM Black Joe Lewis, Kickupafuss; 8pm; $20-$23

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Stage Tue: 9pm

L.B.’S PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open Jam: Trevor Mullen

MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests NEW WEST HOTEL Tue Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; Evening: Trick Ryder (country)

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

OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Open mic every Tue RED PIANO Every Tue: the Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm-12am; no cover; relaxed dress code

RICHARD’S PUB Tue Live Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted

by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm SANDS HOTEL Country music dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm; This weeks

Main Floor: Blue Jay’s

band:

9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 1033281 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHICAGO JOES 9604 -111 Ave COMMON 9910-109 St DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DIVERSION LOUNGE 3414 Gateway Blvd, 780.435.1922 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882170 St EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 1051182 Ave, 780.916.1557 FIONN MACCOOL'S–City

Centre 10200 102A Ave, 780.424.4534, primepubs. com FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL Gallagher Park, next to 97 Ave and 94 St, 780.429.1999 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546126 St, 780.453.2249 J+H PUB 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LEGENDS SPORTS BAR AND TAP HOUSE 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St LIVE AT SLY'S–THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575114 St

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 13 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 ARTERY The Dirrty Show

(folk pop), Shirley Gnome; 8pm; $10 (adv) BIG AL’S HOUSE OF BLUES New Music Wed:

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch:

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

BLUES ON WHYTE Cassie

FESTIVAL PLACE

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, 6:3011pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member)

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 ROSSDALE HALL Rossdale Hall Little Flower Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DT Stan Gallant SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Amie Weymes WUNDERBAR Alpine Decline (China) with guests@wundi; 9pm ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: RetroActive Radio: Alternative ‘80s and ‘90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe

BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats

Taylor

THE COMMON The Wed

DUGGAN’S BOUNDARY

Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane

Wed open mic with host Duff Robison

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there’s an Oilers

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed

RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave APEX CASINO–Vee Lounge 24 Boudreau, St Albert, 780.460.8092 ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave "B" STREET BAR 11818111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, 780.418.6332 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@ thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 1022597 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750124 St CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

40 MUSIC

VUEWEEKLY AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 13, 2014

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave 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 ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL Hawrelak Park ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St

ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower School, Rossdale Hall, 1013596 Ave SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca SIDELINERS PUB 11018127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810124 St, 587.521.6328 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TAVERN ON WHYTE 1050782 Ave, 780.521.4404 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO– St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

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

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

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd •

780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm • Rachel Feinstein; Aug 22-23; $20

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment

Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Marvin Knawczyk; Aug 8-9 • Cory Robinson; Aug 15-16

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 •

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 • 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 • Carpooling is available from meeting place to trailhead • $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) • $3 (donation) • Aug 28 (Downtown) • Sep 11 (Riverside) KIDS WITH CANCER SOCIETY PARENTING GROUP • 11135-84 Ave • Psychotherapy Group for

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 • Barry Brewer; until Aug 10 • Chris Distefano; Aug 13-17 • Greg Warren; Aug 20-24

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

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm

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

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. If you want on this roster, call 780.914.8966 • Aug 8, 7pm

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

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté St

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

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,

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

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

ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side),

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50

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

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) • Augustana Lutheran

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

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

United Church Basement, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue ea month, 7:30pm

EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) •

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

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each month; 2:30-4pm • $5 FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 842495 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession,

• 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

YEG MARKET IN THE BACK ALLEY EVENT

• Just off Stony Plain Rd, 153-154 St, 102 Ave • yegmarket.com • YEG Market in the Back Alley: a one day public market event featuring over 50 food/craft vendors, 3 food trucks, a stage with live entertainment, a kid's activity, a beer tent with local craft beer and wine.

Activities such as 'Cultural Passports' and a live mural painted by a local mural artist will bring fun for all ages at this family friendly event • Aug 24, 9am-5pm

• 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)

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

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

QUEER

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

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 • 10220-103 St

• 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg,

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 • Upward

DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN–Dance Club • Devonian Gardens, 1227

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, 5:308:30pm, 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 femaleidentified 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

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave •

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave •

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing,

PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83

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

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

ualberta.ca • Paint a watercolour postcard together in the beautiful outdoors • Thu, Aug 14, 6pm 'til dusk

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

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

SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351-118

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

PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm

BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social

780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP •

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651,

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON •

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

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

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

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

AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old

Library–DT: Meets every Wed, 7-8:45pm; Sep-May; upward.toastmastersclubs.org; reader1@shaw.ca • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St •

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

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS

Bound Toastmaster Club: Rm 7, 6 Fl, Edmonton Public

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

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

Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • The U of A Dance Club is here to teach you some steamy salsa steps • Thu, Aug 21, 6pm 'til dusk

DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN–MOVIE NIGHT • Devonian Gardens,

1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta. ca • A perfect way to enjoy the lingering moments of summer. The culminating event of our 2014 Date Night series–an outdoor movie under the stars, with the 80's classic "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". Proceeds from Movie Night support the DBG Green School • Thu, Aug 28, 6pm 'til dusk

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 FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA •

Commonwealth Stadium • edmonton.com/for-visitors/ calendar-of-events.aspx • fifa.com • Aug 8, 13, 16

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

PERSEIDS PYJAMA PARTY • Devonian Gardens,

1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta. ca • Bring your pillows, blankets, flashlights and lawnchairs and sit back to enjoy one of the busiest times in the night sky. Popcorn, bedtime stories and twilight family games are part of the fun • Fri, Aug 15

BEAVER HILLS–DARK SKY PRESERVE • Elk Is-

PHOTOGRAPHER'S DROP-IN MORNING • Devonian Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca • A chance to capture the early morning light and stillness of the Garden, before it opens to the public • Sat, Aug 23

CARIWEST CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL • Sir Winston

WILD MUSHROOM EXPOSITION • Devonian Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian. ualberta.ca Everything you want to know about wild mushrooms. Displays of specimens, experts on hand to help you identify your samples, mushroom food tastings, and a guided mushroom walk through the Garde • Sun, Aug 17

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

land 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

Churchill Sq/Shaw Conference Centre • 780.504.1110 • cariwest.ca, etrevents.com • 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

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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UKRAINIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL • Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village • 25 mins E of Edmt, on Hwy 16 • 780.662.3640 • ukrainianvillage.ca • Traditional and contemporary Ukrainian-Canadian musicians live hosted

by Steven (CFCW’s Zabava Add this featureconcert to your next careerChwok ad booking DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC Program). Incl music workshops, historic music perforGARDEN–Funky R&B • Devonian Gardens, 1227 mances, historic activities, village market activities for Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.ualberta.ca/ children • Aug 24, 10am-5pm Events.aspx#July • Funky R&B with the Gentlemen

Call for more details ext 235 Callers, an 7-piece band covering the sixties to1-800-282-6903 the presVIVA ITALIA VIVA EDMONTON • Giovanni Caboto ent • Thu, Aug 7, 6-10pm • $11 (adult)/$6 (student)/$8 (senior)/$8 (Friends of the Garden)

DATE NIGHT AT THE DEVONIAN BOTANIC GARDEN–Paint a watercolour • Devonian

Gardens, 1227 Alberta 60, Parkland County • devonian.

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm

Park in the Heart of Little Italy, 95 S, 109 Ave • Mangia!

Bevi! Balla!: Music and Entertainment for all ages, Kids Corner, Italian car show, cooking demo, wine and cheese tent, soccer tournament, Bocce All Stars • Sun, Aug 24 • Part of the East meets West Festival

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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

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LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-124 St •

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

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.

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Coming Events

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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Courses/Classes

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

Can You Read This?

Help someone Who can’t!

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

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

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

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

Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network’s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers! Interested or want to learn more? Contact Maura at 780-392-8723 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com

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

Volunteer Opportunities CWY seeks youth participants Canada World Youth (CWY) is now accepting applications for its Youth Leaders in Action (YLA) program.

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

For more information or to apply head to: http://canadaworldyouth.org/ap ply/youth-leaders-in-action/ Volunteer with us! **Recruiting board members**

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 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

Volunteers Wanted

Team Edmonton is run by volunteers, and we always welcome new people to help us promote LGBT sports and recreational activities.

Volunteers can assist during particular events or can take advantage of other short-term and ongoing opportunities.

We are currently seeking volunteers to spearhead new activities, take over for retired activity leaders (cross country ski and snowshoe, badminton, outdoor pursuits), and to join the Team Edmonton Board!

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

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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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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

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

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

Call to 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

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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.

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).

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

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

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

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

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

PaperGirl is calling again for artists to submit 2D, rollable artwork. The idea behind PaperGirl is to collect artwork by local artists and distribute the work via bicycle to the public in order to share the wonderful art culture of Calgary with Calgary’s citizens.

This project also consists of a public exhibition on August 27, 2014 at The EPCOR Centre For Performing Arts, curated from the received work.

Afterwards, Beakerhead (a city-wide science and engineering focused festival) will exhibit the work on downtown 17th Ave in Calgary from September 10-13, 2014.

If you’re interested, submit your work to Natasha Jensen at The EPCOR Centre before August 20th. For more information, check out the PaperGirl website here: http://papergirlyyc.wordpress.com/

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

Deadline for application is November 1, 2014.

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

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Artist to Artist

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

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

Additional information and submission forms are available by contacting: Elena Scharabun Directory Coordinator, ACUA directory@acuarts.ca 780-975-307 The artist-in-residence program at RobertsonWesley United Church is offered through the Spiritual Arts Collective, an outreach program that started in 2013.

Artists interested in applying should submit a proposal online through our website detailing what kind of project or idea they would like to work on. The application can be found here: https://rwarts.wufoo.com/forms /artistinresidencerobertsonwesl ey-united-church/ Application deadline: August 18. For more information regarding the program or the different collectives, please contact Casey Edmunds, the program curator at spiritualcollective@rwuc.org. or 780-482-1587.

The Edmonton Artists’Trust Fund (EATF) is a joint project of the Edmonton Arts Council and the Edmonton Community Foundation. The EATF is designed to invest in Edmonton’s creative community and to encourage artists to stay in our community. The funds are intended to offset living and working expenses, allowing the artist to devote a concentrated period of time to his/her artistic activities, career enhancement and/or development. Head to grants.edmonton.ca for more information, deadline is September 2nd.

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

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Artist to Artist

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

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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Psychics

Intuitive readings: Oracle cards, crystals and chakra readings.

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

Facebook: Follow Your True Path.

Call Desiree: 780-868-0636 for appointment

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): Don't just be smart and articulate, Aries. Dare to be wildly wise and prone to unruly observations.

Don't merely be kind and wellbehaved. Explore the mysteries of healing through benevolent mischief. Don't buy into the alltoo-serious trances. Break up the monotony with your unpredictable play and funny curiosity.

Don't simply go along with the stories everyone seems to believe in as if they were the Truth and the Way. Question every assumption; rebel against every foregone conclusion; propose amusing plot twists that send the narratives off on interesting tangents.

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Breve orazione penetra is an old Italian idiom. Its literal translation is "short prayers pierce" or "concise prayers penetrate." You can extrapolate from that to come up with the meaning that "God listens best to brief prayers." In the coming week, I invite you to apply this idea whenever you ask for anything, whether you are seeking the favours of the Divine Wow or the help of human beings. Know exactly what you want and express it with nononsense succinctness.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): Every February, you go through a phase when it's easier to see the big picture of your life. If you take advantage of this invitation, your experience is like being on a mountaintop and gazing into the vastness. Every August, on the other hand, you are more likely to see the details you have been missing. Transformations that have been too small and subtle to notice may become visible to you. If you capitalize on this opportunity, the experience is like peering through a microscope.

Here's a third variation, Gemini: around the full moons of both February and August, you may be able to alternately peer into the microscope and simulate the view from a mountaintop. I think that's about to happen.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): You wouldn't sip dirty water from a golden chalice. Am I right? Nor would you swig delicious poison from a fine crystal wine glass or 10-year-old vinegar from a queen's goblet. I'm sure you will agree that you'd much rather drink a magical elixir from a paper cup, or a rejuvenating tonic from a chipped coffee mug, or tasty medicine out of a kids' plastic soup bowl you bought at the thrift store. Don't you dare lie to yourself about what's best for you.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): Every 12 years, the planet Jupiter spends about a year cruising through the sign of Leo. It's there with you now, and will be with you through early August, 2015.

What can you expect? EXPAN-

SION! That's great, right? Yes and no. You might love to have some parts of your life expand; others, not so much. So I suggest you write down your intentions. Say something like this: "I want Jupiter to help me expand my faith in myself, my power to do what I love, and my ability to draw on the resources and allies I need. Meanwhile, I will prune my desires for things I don't really need and cut back on my involvement with things that don't inspire me. I don't want those to expand."

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): TV comedian Stephen Colbert confesses that his safeword is "pumpkin patch." Does that mean he participates in actual BDSM rituals? Is it the codeword he utters when he doesn't want the intensity to rise any further, when he doesn't want his next boundary crossed?

I don't know. Perhaps he's simply joking or speaking metaphorically. Whether or not you engage in literal BDSM, Virgo, there's an aspect of your life right now that has metaphorical resemblances to it. And I suggest that you do the equivalent of using your safeword very soon. Nothing more can be gained from remaining embroiled in your predicament.

Even if the ordeal has been interesting or educational up until now, it won't be for much longer.

Escape your bondage.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): If you're planning to hurl a thunderbolt, make sure you are all warmed up and at full strength before you actually unleash it. It would be sad if you flung a halfassed thunderbolt that looked like a few fireflies and sounded like a cooing dove. And please don't interpret my wise-guy tone here as a sign that I'm just kidding around. No, Libra. This is serious stuff. Life is offering you opportunities to make a major impression, and I want you to be as big and forceful and wild as you need to be. Don't tamp down your energy out of fear of hurting people's feelings. Access your inner sky god or sky goddess and have too much fun expressing your raw power.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): In your dreams you may travel to Stockholm, Sweden to accept the Nobel Prize or to Hollywood to pick up your Oscar. There's a decent chance that in your sleepy-time adventures you will finally score with the hot babe who rejected you back in high school or return to the scene of your biggest mistake and do things right this time. I wouldn't be surprised if in one dream you find yourself riding in a gold chariot during a parade held in your honour. I'm afraid, however, that you will have to settle for less hoopla and glamour in your waking life. You will merely be doing a fantastic job at tasks you usually perform competently. You will

be well-appreciated, well-treated and well-rewarded. That's not so bad, right?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Lake Superior State University issues a "Unicorn Questing Privilege" to those people who are interested in hunting for unicorns.

Are you one of them? I wouldn't be surprised if you felt an urge like that in the coming weeks.

Unusual yearnings will be welling up in you. Exotic fantasies may replace your habitual daydreams.

Certain possibilities you have considered to be unthinkable or unattainable may begin to seem feasible. Questions you have been too timid to ask could become crucial for you to entertain.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): Your ethical code may soon be tested. What will you do if you see a chance to get away with a minor sin or petty crime that no one will ever find out about?

What if you are tempted to lie or cheat or deceive in ways that advance your good intentions and only hurt other people a little bit or not at all? I'm not here to tell you what to do, but rather to suggest that you be honest with yourself about what's really at stake. Even if you escape punishment for a lapse, you might nevertheless inflict a wound on your integrity that would taint your relationship with your own creativity. Contemplate the pleasures of purity and righteousness and use them to enhance your power.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): "The thorn arms the roses," says an old Latin motto. The astrological omens suggest you'll be wise to muse on that advice in the coming weeks. How should you interpret it? I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions, of course, but here are a few hints. It may be that beauty needs protection or at least buffering. It's possible that you can't simply depend on your sincerity and good intentions, but also need to infuse some ferocity into your efforts.

In order for soft, fragile, lovely things to do what they do best, they may require the assistance of tough, strong, hearty allies.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): If you go to an American doctor to be treated for an ailment, odds are that he or she will interrupt you no more than 14 seconds into your description of what's wrong. But you must not tolerate this kind of disrespect in the coming days, Pisces—not from doctors, not from anyone. You simply must request or, if necessary, demand the receptivity you deserve. If and when it's given, I urge you to speak your truth in its entirety. Express what has been hidden and suppressed.

And this is very important: take responsibility for your own role in any problems you discuss. V

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On the other hand ... you say your Forgive me in advance for the I am a 38-year-old married woman. rapey, pussy-disparaging, sex-sham- mixed messages I'm about to send My husband of 18 years is 22 years ing husband is your best friend (baf- you, CRUD, although I promise they my senior. I credit my husband for fling!) and you don't want to lose won't be nearly as mixed as what I giving me a good life and helping him (equally baffling!). And without just sent DOMME. I've advised guys with Death Grip me pursue goals. But my husband a doubt, a guy with his retrograde atis a Type A professional, and that titudes about sex, gender roles and Syndrome—aka Traumatic Masturhas played out in the bedroom. He "wifely duties" would divorce you if batory Syndrome—to keep mashas always been disinterested in my he found out you cheated on him— turbating but to use a lighter touch pleasure. When our kids were little, and some days it feels like most and a lot of lube. (Not all of these I did not want sex as often as he did people who cheat wind up getting guys are clenching their dicks too ("only" twice a week). I suggested caught—so you probably shouldn't hard; some are rubbing up against that he masturbate in the shower take this into "real life," as it could pillows like you, CRUD, or even— my personal favourite—sliding if he wanted a morning quickie. His wind up nuking your marriage. answer: a married man "should not But on the other, other hand ... their dicks between mattresses and have to pleasure himself." That at- your husband sounds like the type box springs.) But here's the difficult titude about my wifely duties also of guy who would regard your se- part: if they can't come with the translates into myriad other house- cret online life as cheating—the lighter touch and more lube, they hold tasks that fall into my lap. hundreds of emails, the phone don't get to come. No reverting to Hubby, by the way, does not fall into calls, the hours lurking on domi- a tightly clenched fist (or a pillow my lap. If I ask for oral, he tells me nation websites—and divorce you or a crusty mattress set) after 20 to "clean it really, really well," then just the same if he found out. So minutes of "trying." Allow the preshe'll "think about doing that." This you might as well go ahead and sure and frustration to build long makes me feel disgusting. I have fuck those subs, DOMME, because enough and a dick will adapt. A new groove will tried to spice up our be carved— sex life. For years, but they it has been penis It's a lot less awkward to grind on your partner may have to in the vagina, missionary position or pillow-style when you want to come than it is for keep at it months, doggy style. It can a guy to shift from penis-in-vagina sex to penis-in- for plural, not a feel pretty "rapey" a between-mattress-and-box-spring sex. month, sinlot of the time, as he gular.

And typically comes at go ahead and me rounding third have sex but, base and then—bam— it's over in five minutes. If I initiate if you get caught—and you prob- again, no death grip, no pillow, no or get on top, he loses his erection ably will—you'll be in the same mattress.

My advice for you, CRUD, is the because I am "attacking him." A few trouble whether or not you got months ago, I told a friend that I some enthusiastic oral from a sub same as my advice for the boys: if you want to learn how to get off had never once received "enthusias- male in "real life." in other ways, masturbate regulartic oral." She said it made sense that ly—constantly—but without the my husband didn't enjoy doing it PILLOW PAL because it was a "domination thing" I'm a 25-year-old woman who can pillow. If you don't come, you don't that mostly submissive men enjoy. A only get off lying facedown and come. Focus on the pleasure you little information can be a danger- rubbing my clit against a pillow. are able to achieve and give it at ous thing. I started visiting online The orgasms are great, but it lim- least three months. It's a very good domination forums. I hinted about its the ways I can get off with my sign that you aren't entirely depenthese interests to my husband and husband. For instance, the only dent on a pillow—you can get off got shot down (of course). This is way I can orgasm during sex is be- with/on your partner. Most people a huge contrast to my new "online ing on top and rocking back and with TMS aren't so lucky. And it's friends," who would love to meet forth on him in a similar manner. a lot less awkward to grind on and orally service me. Two of these I've never climaxed during oral or your partner pillow-style when you "sub males" want me to "own" them. hand stimulation, or in any other want to come than it is for a guy to This is heady stuff. I have spoken to position. All of that feels nice, shift from penis-in-vagina sex (PIV) each of them on the phone and ex- but I never climax. My husband to penis-in-between-mattress-andchanged hundreds of emails. (Meet- has been very understanding and box-spring sex (PIBMABS) when he ing strangers sounds scary, I know, is fine with all of this (he even wants to come.

That said, some people with DGS/ but I have kept my identity secret finds the way I masturbate "hot," and have insisted on knowing these though I hid it for years out of TMS simply aren't able to retrain gents' real and verifiable info.) I shame), but I really want to be their junk. But you don't have to want to take this into "real life." This able to do more. I'm also con- live without orgasms for the rest is the happiest I have been in my en- cerned about this being bad for of your life or view yourself as tire life and I want to act on these me in the long run, like how the damaged. After giving your junk a desires. My husband is my only con- "death grip" is for guys. How can chance to adapt, CRUD, you may cern. He is my best friend, and I don't I teach myself to masturbate cor- have to accept that this is how want to lose that. I feel like I can't rectly? I've been reading up on- you get off—this is how your junk even tell him about the online stuff. line and hearing conflicting sug- works, this is how your orgasms He is so rigid. I am stuck. How do I gestions—and most of them are happen—and let go of the shame. for men. I'm currently abstaining Enjoy the fingering, enjoy the oral deal with this? from masturbating for a week in and enjoy the fucking and then, Don't Offend My Man Ever order to become more sensitive when you want to get off, manoeuOn the one hand ... a man who de- and then trying to get off only vre your husband into a position mands "rapey" sex on his sched- with my hands while on my back. that works for you and shamelessly ule for 18 years, makes his wife Some say to take a month off of grind away. feel bad about her genitals, and sex, too? It's all very stressful, isn't open to trying new things is and I'm terrified of never being On the Lovecast, hear how rich girls begging to be cheated on. So go able to get off the conventional slut-shame poor girls on college camahead and get some enthusiastic way since I've been doing this puses: savagelovecast.com. V oral from those sub males, DOM- since childhood. @fakedansavage on Twitter Can't Really Use Direction ME, you more than deserve it.

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20 Be eco-friendly 22 Quentin cast her in “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” 23 Lead character in “Zoolander”?

24 Magnificent car driven by giant B-movie ants?

29 Drake’s acronym 30 Swanson and Burgundy 31 Digging 34 Brandish 36 Diacritical dots 38 Impressed reactions 41 Beaver with a mohawk?

43 Driving range barrier 44 Stir-fry ingredient 46 Flat-screen variety 48 Daly of “Cagney & Lacey” 49 Ashen 50 “Right, right” 54 Part of a door to a cemetery?

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68 Lackey 69 Enthusiastic 70 Chillax 71 Grow too old for an activity 72 Entreats 73 Dir. from Dallas to Philly

9 “You could really be ___ Brummell baby...” (Billy Joel line) 10 Do some quilting 11 Emma Stone, by birth 12 Fourth piggy’s portion 13 Dramatist who wrote “Picnic” 19 Rear ends 21 The white stuff?

25 Bald tire’s lack 26 “Chariots of Fire” Oscar nominee Ian 27 Tactic in bridge 28 Up to the point that, casually 32 Weekday abbr.

33 Mel of Cooperstown 35 Groom’s answer 36 Anesthetized 37 NYSE or NASDAQ 38 Fitting 39 “You, there!”

40 Optimistic 42 “The Daily Bruin” publisher 45 According to 47 Plastic option 49 Violin tuners 51 ___ Tuesday 52 Brennan who played Mrs. Peacock in “Clue” 53 Become apparent 55 Kind of pear 56 Speak boastfully of 57 “Dirty ___ Done Dirt Cheap” 58 Cadets’ inst.

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