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Radical spying It's not too difficult to introduce an anti-terrorism bill when most of the world is on edge after watching videos of ISIS beheading journalists. In fact, if you're a government with a penchant for prying into the privacy of your citizens, you might be a little bit giddy that so many people are hyped up and nervous that the terrorists could be coming for them next. Enter Bill C-44, "The Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act," which was introduced to Parliament by Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney on Monday. It doesn't sound too bad if you're just skimming it over: give the Canadian Security Intelligence Service the power to watch Canadians involved in terrorist groups off of home soil; work with the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, trading information about terrorists back and forth; revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens convicted of terrorism here or abroad; give complete identity protection to informants. But just who are "terrorists"? The definition is vague and could extend to anyone the government sees as a threat to its policies. For example, those opposed to pipelines, or the environmental and health damage caused by overdeveloping the oilsands. If the bill passes, CSIS will be able to monitor all currently private aspects of a suspected terrorist's life. A press release from Blaney's office states: "Techniques used by CSIS may include, among others, searches of a target's place of residence, analysis of financial records, or telecommunications intercepts." OpenMedia's David Christopher says he opposes the legislation and thinks after the deaths of two soldiers last week—Patrice Vincent in Montréal and Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial—that the government could add even more measures to the bill. But why does Canada's spy agency need more power to combat terrorism? Police already have the ability to detain suspicious characters. And the fact that informants would be given complete anonymity, even from the judge, takes away a lot of accountability in the legal system. This bill does not seem to have the security of Canadians as its motive, but rather it aims to secure more spying power for the Conservatives. V
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Whose interest is the AER serving? Citizens deserve a voice about the development of the oilsands
Do you feel like you have a say in how our peal proposed developments meant that only parency of the process, the same provisions province's energy resources, in particular those who fit the extremely narrow definition that so severely limited citizen participation in the oilsands, are developed? Do you feel of "directly and adversely affected" were al- the past remain in place, especially the narlike you are able to put a stop to any project lowed a say. Even then, those folks had to row definition of "directly and adversely" afthat would cause irreparable damage to the jump through so many bureaucratic and ad- fected. In other words, citizen participation in the bitumen development province's environment, our process will continue to be water, our air and our health? negligible, at best, under the Shouldn't you feel that way? new regulator. We know that Alberta's Sadly, that is not surprismassive bitumen deposits being. The provincial governlong to all Albertans. We also ment was very clear that know that we all have an inthe purpose of moving to terest in the quality of our ena single regulator was to vironment: our water, our air streamline the process and and our land. So the short anmake it easier for the energy swer to the questions above industry to move their projis yes, we own the resource, ects from proposal to apwe live in the environment, so proval. Given that no projwe should all have a say if and // Elias Schewel via Compfight ects were ever denied by how those resources are dethe old regulatory structure, veloped. But does the Alberta The provincial government was very clear it's hard to fathom why the government see it that way? that the purpose of moving to a single regulaindustry needed the process A new report released earlier this week by the Parkland tor was to streamline the process and make it to be easier. The problem with the old system was not that it Institute sets out to answer that easier for the energy industry to move their was too hard for projects to get question. By looking at the hisapproved, the problem was that tory of citizen input into bitumen projects from proposal to approval. it was impossible for Albertans development in the province, to have a say in those projects. and exploring what, if anything, We are the owners of the resource, and we has changed with the creation of the Alberta ministrative hoops to be heard that it was are the ones who rely on the environment for Energy Regulator, authors Mark Hudson and next to impossible. The result, as is well-established, was that our lives and our health. We are all, therefore, Evan Bowness try to assess the prospects for citizen input in future developments in Alber- very many development projects never went the main stakeholders in how these resources to public hearings or environmental appeals. are developed. Isn't it time our government ta's oilsands. The AER became the only energy regula- And of those that did make it that far, virtu- recognized this fact and started giving us a tor in the province just over six months ago, ally every one was approved by the respec- genuine voice in this process instead of doing taking over the former duties of the Energy tive regulator anyway. Under the old system, everything they can to shut us up and shut Resources Conservation Board, Alberta Envi- public participation in decision-making on bi- us out? V ronment and Sustainable Resource Develop- tumen projects was next to non-existent, and even in those limited cases where participa- Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the ment, and the Environmental Appeals Board. Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public poliThe historical overview in Parkland's report tion was allowed, it had no impact. cy research institute housed at the University highlights the degree to which the deck was stacked against citizen participation under the In looking at the rules and structure of the of Alberta. The views and opinions expressed old system. Strict guidelines on who was al- AER, the report's authors found that despite are his own and do not necessarily reflect lowed to intervene in, comment on and ap- some improvements in terms of the trans- those of the Institute.
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The lingering memory of the oilsands
Rick Ranson documents his time working in Fort McMurray in his new book Bittersweet Sands
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was there when the oldest camp Sands, his latest book out on NeWin the place was called millen- est Press, are about returning to nium," Rick Ranson recalls of Fort work in Fort McMurray for a 24-day McMurray's oilsands. "I was there shutdown shift—24 days is the legal when it was right beside the refinery. limit that a worker in Alberta can go Ah, the smells of the refinery in your without having a day off. Bittersweet room. That was back in the '80s. And Sands is about the people who do then they moved those sorts of jobs: it—they needed the Now available the transient comroom. Not because of Bittersweet Sands: 24 Days munity of men anyone complaining." in Fort McMurray that forms while A boilermaker by By Rick Ranson living and working trade, Ranson's spent 145 pp, $19.95 in those sorts of decades working NeWest Press hard-work places, hard-labour jobs: he's a strange camaraspent time as a drill derie unknown to ship's welder, a longshoreman, a fork- those who've never worked in the lift operator and a scatter of other industry. jobs. And throughout his blue-collar "There's a whole subculture that travel, he's always kept a notebook, nobody knows about," Ranson says. collecting a rich well of stories to "They just slop across Canada back draw from: those that fill Bittersweet and forth, going from job to job like
water in a half-empty tub. Everybody's been to Fort Mac at least once or twice. Everybody." All of them seem to have stories too, which Ranson is hard-wired to collect. Chatting in a downtown coffeeshop, for every question asked, Ranson's got an anecdote to accompany his actual answer. His first book, Working North, helped him realize the potential of keeping his ears open to everything happening around him. "Those were letters I sent home [that made up Working North], and then I went, 'Hey, I can make money doing this!'" he adds. "Once the second book [Paddling South] came out, it kind of captures you. It lures you in. And I started saying, well, 'What else?'"
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So he returned to McMurray with the intention of capturing a sense of the place on paper. All of the stories in Bittersweet Sands are true, Ranson specifies; either things he saw, or stories told to him. (Names have been changed, and a few characters made composite; he wanted to give these
guys some plausible deniability.) "They jump out at you," he says, of choosing the stories. "You're sitting there, having coffee with a guy and he says, 'You see that guy over there? That's One-Ball Barry.' How come they call him One-Ball Barry? He says 'Don't get drunk and play with firecrackers.' And this is first thing that happens in the morning!" But beyond simply finding a
throughline through a collection of anecdotes, Bittersweet Sands succeeds in offering a compelling portrait of that unusual community, one that rarely factors into discussions of the oilsands: hard men drawn together by work, getting rich, but isolated from family and friends and left without much else aside from each other to help pass the time.
"My brother said, 'This is not a very happy book, Rick.'" he recalls. "And I said, 'This is not a very happy life.' It's fun, and there's lots of laughter, but I thought long and hard about that title. The life is bittersweet." And it's one he's not currently living, either; it's a hard, gruelling sort of work, and Ranson's not a young man anymore. But even knowing all that, sometimes he considers a re-
turn to the oilsands. "I've thought about it," he says. "You make a fortune. The thing is, it was a tough job six years ago when I wanted to quit. But on the other hand, man, you can pay off a lot of bills real quick. That's a lay-awakeat-night-looking-at-the-ceiling kind of question." PAUL BLINOV
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Poor persecuted pervert? Something doesn't add up about the actions of former CBC Q host Jian Ghomeshi to public BDSM advocate There's a scandal breaking in Canada. It's about BDSM. Or is it? I'm not so sure. Short version: Jian Ghomeshi is a wicked-popular CBC host, and the CBC just fired him without disclosing why. He's retaliating with a $50-million lawsuit (unheard of in nonlitigious Canada) and a demand for reinstatement. On Sunday, he made a Facebook post which discloses that he's kinky and about to be defamed by an unnamed ex-girlfriend and several other past dates she's recruited, who will insist that his behaviour was non-consensual. A couple hours later, I heard about a semi-recent xoJane article by Carla Ciccone detailing some very creepy behaviour on the part of an unnamed "Canadian C-list celebrity" whom many speculate is Ghomeshi. This article has apparently earned her a serious thrashing by trolls. Later Sunday evening, the Toronto Star posted an article detailing their interviews with four women who are remaining anonymous (for now?), three of whom have accused Ghomeshi of non-consensual sexual violence on dates, and one of whom, a former CBC colleague, has accused him of sexual harassment in the workplace. Here's where I'm coming from: I know who Ghomeshi is, but I've never seen or listened to his shows, so I have zero opinion on him as a celebrity of any letter grade, or on his work, or on his personality. I know nothing about his sex life, his kinks or his dating habits. As for me, I'm an unashamed, publicly out pervert and a staunch feminist. I'm also someone who keeps a close eye on how BDSM/ leather/kink is discussed both within our many community fora and in the wider public. And thus far, I'm noticing a number of things that aren't quite adding up in this whole story. It says something about the success of the BDSM/kink/leather community's public-education work of the last decade-plus that Ghomeshi would take the gamble that the "it was consensual kink" argument would outweigh the "you're a filthy pervert" reaction in the court of public opinion. In a sense, this is a major triumph for us pervs. But in the Canadian context specifically, this strategy is not as risky as it might seem. We pride ourselves as being an open-minded soci-
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ety. The year 2005 brought us both same-sex marriage and a Supreme Court ruling that legalized swinging. These days, we're seeing broad public support for sex workers' rights even from political centrists, despite how the Conservative government seems determined to make a mess of them with Bill C-36. Harper notwithstanding, Canada's pretty hip when it comes to alternative sexuality, and a young, popular and very media-savvy broadcaster knows this. A danger inherent in this kind of media-message success is that the "don't hate me for being kinky" defence will be used by people who perpetrate n o n consensual violence, a n d t h a t we, as a community, w i l l stand by uncritically—or worse, cry out in support—as victims of violence are once again silenced. I don't wish to be complicit in someone's misappropriation of BDSM terminology and codes as a shield for rape and assault. So when this defence comes up, my immediate reaction is to listen very carefully, read everything I can find on a given instance, and hold back on my knee-jerk inclination to side with the "persecuted pervert." Persecuted perverts do exist, absolutely. But we don't know, until we hear the full story, whether that's what's really going on—or if we're being thrown under the bus by someone who's no friend to sadomasochism. In this case, Ghomeshi made a preemptive strike, setting the terms of the debate: don't demonize me for being kinky, even if you don't like my proclivities. But so far, this doesn't seem to be a scandal about kink at all. From Ciccone to the anonymous accusers, the women who are (or seem to be) complaining about him aren't complaining about his kinks or calling him out for being a disgusting pervert. They're complaining about far more mundane and
familiar things: the ex-co-worker is noting unwanted ass-groping in the workplace. Ciccone mentions creepy non-consensual touching at a concert date that wasn't supposed to even be a date, followed by stalker-y behaviour. And the anonymous women who wanted to get involved with him at first aren't complaining about how gross his supposed perversions are. They're making allegations of regular old non-consensual violence. And part of the reason they are saying they won't come forward in person is because they're afraid their pre-date conversations about kink will be used as evidence that they consented to what he did. In other
head, and choked them to the point of almost passing out, among other things. I'm gonna break out my Pervert Glasses to read what's being said here about kink. Face-punching and choking to the point of unconsciousness are absolutely some people's kinks. But even among seasoned BDSM players, these acts are widely understood to be things you must do only with the most carefully negotiated consent, with a goodly amount of education and practice, and with the knowledge that they are highly risky. Beginner BDSM this is not. As a BDSM educator, I have been teaching how to do safe body punching for over a decade, and I don't go near the face except symbolically (fake or very light impact for psychological effect). It's just too easy to do major damage. I'm sure someone out there could teach you how to do it safely, but it won't be me. As for choking, it's a topic of massive debate among pervs, with some veteran kinksters even insisting that there is simply no safe way to do it and therefore shouldn't be done at all. I'm not saying everyone agrees on the absolute-no approach. But I am saying that Ghomeshi's argument that what he does is a "mild version of Fifty Shades of Grey" does not match up with his apparent practice of engaging in very high-risk activities with women he's just beginning to date. If what they're saying is true, that discrepancy alone is enough to make me highly suspicious of his "I'm a poor innocent kinkster" argument. A mild version of Fifty Shades would be some dirty talk (probably with poor grammar) and necktie bondage. Another element of Ghomeshi's pre-emptive strike that doesn't add up is the reason he says he's being fired. It doesn't make sense that the CBC would fire Ghomeshi for being kinky. Remember the openly bisexual Sook-Yin Lee, who masturbated and had non-simulated sex on camera in the 2006 film Shortbus? She's been
He’s well aware that if he creates a lens through which people should perceive things, that colours the conversation in his favour from go. words, these women may have said "sure, some kink sounds like fun" and are concerned that their own stated interest will be held up as evidence of consent to violence. If I am reading this right, these women were either themselves interested in kink to some extent, or at least weren't put off by Ghomeshi's interest, since they each still went on a date with him. This is a very different story than "Ew, gross, he wanted to use handcuffs, what a total sicko!" Ghomeshi's timing is everything: he's of course very media-savvy, because he is media. So he's well aware that if he creates a lens through which people should perceive things, that colours the conversation in his favour from go. (The "high-stakes" PR firm may be helping here, too.) As well, he has a massive platform and a large existing fan base who of course don't want to hear that their darling might have done something wrong. All the odds are in his favour thus far. Ghomeshi says he's into a "mild version of Fifty Shades of Grey." The anonymous accusers say he hit them with a closed fist and an open hand, beat them about the face and
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working with the CBC for well over a decade, and while they initially considered letting her go when the controversial film was making headlines, support for her was so strong that they kept her on. Fast-forward eight years: the CBC knows that their audiences support even the very public sexual explorations of CBC stars. The CBC is of course also aware of Canada's relatively permissive climate when it comes to sexual freedom. So why would the CBC not only fire the immensely popular Ghomeshi for his supposedly mildly kinky "private sex life," but to go so far as to bar him access to the building after doing so—and all of this already knowing he would sue? The CBC is not exactly in good shape right now. They don't need another money drain and they certainly have no reason to do anything that would turn public opinion against them, while the Harper government quietly undermines their very existence. Ghomeshi could be totally innocent. Four women could be making shit up, anonymously, because ... well, I don't know, but that itself might be an interesting question. For fun? What exactly would the motivation be for this supposed smear campaign, that four women would take part in it despite having evidence that when a previous woman made much milder accusations that don't even explicitly name Ghomeshi, she was completely trashed on the Internet? Hmmm. This, too, doesn't add up. Only the most hell-bent revenge-thirsty ex would take this on, knowing the likely consequences. Four women? Really? Like I said ... Ghomeshi could be totally innocent. I'm sure his many fans would like him to be. For now, I'm going to keep reading, with my critical thinking turned up high. I suggest we all do the same. V This was originally published by Andrea Zanin on her Sex Geek blog on October 27. Zanin has been teaching about queer sexuality, non-monogamy and BDSM/leather internationally for over a decade. She is pursuing a PhD in women's studies at York University with a focus on Canadian leatherdyke history.
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Three elections
Recent elections in three countries offer hope for better times Last Sunday was a busy day: three elections, in three different continents, all of them offering at least the hope of better times. First, Brazil, where President Dilma Rousseff eked out a second-round victory with 51.6 percent of the votes versus 48.4 percent for the challenger, Aécio Neves. But Neves was quick to acknowledge her victory, and she was equally prompt in admitting that things had to change. "Sometimes in history, close outcomes trigger results more quickly than ample victories," Rousseff said. Most people took that as an admission that she will have to give more attention to growing the economy and a little less to redistributing the proceeds. This will not come easily to her, for the great project of the Workers' Party (PT) under both Rousseff and her iconic predecessor Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva has been to raise the living standards of poor Brazilians. They have done very well at it, but there was a cost. In only 12 years the PT governments have moved approximately 40 million Brazilians, one-fifth of the population, out of poverty. Brazil's Gini coefficient (a measure of income inequality) has improved from 0.56 at the start of PT rule to 0.49 now. Such rapid change in Gini is practically unheard of—Brazil is now closer to the United States (0.47) than to China (0.61)—and it has transformed a great many people's lives. The overall economy grew fast when Lula was in office, but it has slowed almost to a stall under Rousseff. That is not surprising, for it is hard to persuade business to invest when you are busy redistributing income. Now Rousseff will have to change her priorities and
encourage business—without surrendering the improvements in the lives of the poor. She seems to understand that, and if she can succeed in entrenching those changes while reviving the economy, then she really will have changed Brazil for good. The voters have given her another four years to work on it, and that may be enough.
With the support of several smaller pro-European, pro-reform parties, a coalition government may even enjoy a two-thirds "super-majority" in parliament and allow Poroshenko to pass his long-promised reform program with little opposition. Pro-Russian parties that were allied with deposed president Viktor Yanukovych (who CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
In Egypt, as in Tunisia, a second election would probably have seen the Islamist party evicted from power; all the disappointed secular leaders of the revolution had to do was wait. Secondly, Ukraine. The killing in the south-east has tailed off—only 300 dead in sporadic clashes around Donetsk in almost two months since the ceasefire, compared to 3400 in the previous four and a half months—and the new frontier with the pro-Russian breakaway areas has solidified. That, plus the Russian annexation of Crimea, excluded some three million people from the vote, but for 36 million other registered voters the election went off quite peacefully. The result was a landslide. "More than three-quarters of voters who took part in the polls gave strong and irreversible backing to Ukraine's path to Europe," President Petro Poroshenko told a news conference in Kiev. With half the ballots counted, his own Solidarity Party and the People's Front led by his ally, former prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk, each had 21.5 percent of the vote, with another pro-European party, Self Help, winning 11 percent.
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fled into exile with Russian help), running as the Opposition Bloc, got only 13 percent of the vote. Ukraine is not out of the woods. Russia can turn up the fighting again, or just keep its gas exports turned off and condemn the country to a grim winter. The economy is still shrinking and jobs are disappearing fast. But at least Ukraine will now have a government that is both legitimate and
more or less united. Last but not least, Tunisia, the country where the Arab Spring began—and just about the only one where it did not fail. The surprise there was that the secular Nidaa Tounes Party (Tunisia's Call), formed only last year, out-polled the Ennahda Party, a moderate Islamist party that led the first post-revolutionary coalition government.
Some kind of coalition will still be necessary, as neither party won half the seats in parliament, and it may be a broad coalition that includes them both. But there is a lesson here for Egypt, although it comes a bit late. As a member of Ennahda's political bureau told the BBC, "This result is fine. I am not really surprised. Governments that are leading during a political transition are often punished at the polls." Egypt threw away its democracy last year, only one year after the Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Islamist party, won the first free election after the Egyptian revolution. President Mohamed Morsi was less tactful and more eager to impose his Islamic project on the country than Ennahda's leaders, but he was not doing anything that would be irreversible after another election. In Egypt, as in Tunisia, a second election would probably have seen the Islamist party evicted from power; all the disappointed secular leaders of the revolution had to do was wait. Instead, they made an alliance with the army to overthrow Morsi—and now the army rules the country again. Elections are messy, divisive affairs, but they are far better than any of the alternatives. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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was psyched; I was ready; I actually wanted to eat this cricket. How disappointing: salt and vinegar cardboard. Maybe the mealworms would be better? Alas, no: little more than a puffed kernel with just a wisp of fake barbecue flavour. Surely this couldn't be the new food trend, the star ingredient on Noma's two-Michelin star menu, the solution to agriculture's wanton use of resources, the salvation of starving people around the world? No, it sure wasn't—not in this form. But insects are indeed all of these things, so for all of you who just flinched involuntarily at the mention of chomping on a cricket: get over it. "It's a thoroughly, thoroughly irrational reaction!" says Daniella Martin, author of Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet. She's become a self-appointed ambassador of entomophagy (the consumption of insects), and her enthusiasm for eating bugs is infectious. Halfway through her book, I truly wanted to hunt down some bugs and start noshing—not because I thought it would be a responsible thing to do (though it is—more on that later), but because she makes them sound so tasty. "It's really illogical that we have this very strange cultural bias laid out all over insects," she says. "There are some people who try to argue with you, that it is somehow instinctive or intrinsic to our psychology to be grossed out by bugs or freaked out by bugs. And I don't think that the research or the evidence shows that at all; I don't think there would be cultures that are perfectly fine eating bugs if this was somehow instinctual. It's thoroughly learned." Martin would know, too. She first tried bugs (roasted grasshoppers) while in Mexico doing anthropological
fieldwork for her bachelor's degree, which was focused on pre-Columbian Mexican cuisine; insects have formed an integral part of that culture's diet for millennia, and they still do—she purchased those grasshoppers from a street vendor as easily as we buy hot dogs from Fat Franks. She has since done innumerable presentations and cooking demonstrations on edible insects and has met some of the foremost members of the rapidly growing entomophagy community. Why should we eat bugs when chicken, beef, pork and other types of traditional livestock are readily available? For starters, bugs are tasty—when prepared properly. My dried crickets and mealworms are a poor example of how they really taste, and the mealworms contained MSG to boot. "Preserved bugs are like comparing canned tuna to a seared ahi steak; beef jerky to filet mignon," Martin notes. Insects require far fewer resources to produce amounts of protein comparable to traditional livestock. In Edible, Martin lists the amount of resources required to produce one pound (about 450 grams) of various meats:
Type of Meat
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, per 100 grams, beef contains about 26 grams of protein while chicken breast contains 21 grams and crickets contain 20.5 grams. Most insects are also an excellent source of calcium, iron, zinc, potassium, niacin, magnesium and Vitamin B12, and they are eminently sustainable: a cow gives birth to one calf a year, but a female cricket lays 100 eggs in her three-month lifespan. That equates to 312 500 000 crickets per year, which is about 141 747 kilograms—the equivalent of about 312 cows. Even if only one-tenth of the crickets survived, that's still equal to 30 cows. Further, the United Nations reports that 805 million people are malnourished. By 2050, the world's population will swell to more nine billion and the Earth will have 30-percent less arable land than today. Faced with these grim numbers, eating insects simply makes a hell of a lot of sense. Are we really going to ignore such a great food source simply because we think it's icky? Humans have readily consumed insects throughout our evolution, and more than two billion people around the world still do: visit the
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frozen-food section of a Thai grocery store and you'll find big bags of frozen crickets and bamboo worms. It's crucial that non-insectivorous cultures get over their squeamishness, especially the globally-influential United States: many entomophagic nations have started to abandon eating bugs, even when there are no other ready sources of protein, because they want to follow a supposedly glamorous American lifestyle. "We're excellent at exporting our culture; we might as well export some responsible culture," says Martin with a rueful chuckle. As the demand for insects rises, hopefully the supply will keep pace. I could only find one place in Edmonton, Carol's Quality Sweets, that stocked any sort of edible insects; a handful of North American bug farms sell their products for purchase online. Cricket flour (literally just ground-up crickets) is fast becoming the most popular form of edible insects in the West, especially as a nutritional supplement in protein and granola bars: insect protein does not pose the same side effects and health risks as the current primary protein supplement, isolated soy protein. Plus, you don't have to look your food in the (compound) eye as you're chowing down.
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Foodies are also driving the edible insect trend. Noma—Copenhagen restaurant that has been ranked by Restaurant magazine as Best Restaurant in the World four out of the last five years—regularly uses insects on its menu. "Some people are really thrilled by the idea of eating something that is exotic, but at the same time culturally authentic," Martin says. "I think being accepted by the foodie community can often be a great gateway in. People were able to get obsessed with something like toast—why not bugs?" Edible insects have become a regular item in mainstream news sources. Martin and other entomophagy proponents predict that within five years, insects will be commonly stocked in natural food stores. Within 20 years—well, just look at sushi: a couple decades ago, sushi was still a pretty exotic food in Edmonton and lots of people thought it was gross; now you can pick it up at every grocery store and the city boasts dozens of sushi joints. Insect farming is also a prime candidate for the urban agriculture movement: it can be done year-round in any small space in the house. Edmonton's got pilot projects for beekeeping and backyard hens: why not closet crickets?
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from the fact they both have rave reviews—so naturally, I decided to give it a try. Le Cheval Blanc is a Belgian witbier in style, like Unibroue's Blanche de Chambly or Belgium's Hoegaarden. It certainly pours like a classic witbier: hazy, pale straw with a huge, rocky white head that lasts forever. Bubbles explode out of the bottle, indicating a very effervescent beer. The aroma gives off light lemon and orange with a backing of soft wheat graininess and a touch of pepper—very inviting. It's in the first sip where things start
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to go wrong. The beer is moderately sweet at first, with a light fruitiness and a zesty citrus twist. I find the wheat soft and grainy, but it also brings out a bit of astringency. A disconcerting soapy mouthfeel builds in the middle; I detect lemon notes and a bit of pepper, but there's also a lingering astringency lurking in the background. The beer finishes rather sharp and rough, and I continue to feel that soapiness in the finish. I am not sure what happened here. It is possible I got a bad bottle, but the date suggests it should have still been fairly fresh. Overall it seems coarse and lacking finesse: there are some nice edges of flavour, but the beer just doesn't come together. I wonder if the malt bill is the culprit here, as the flaws seem to point to wrong grain usage. Maybe Le Cheval Blanc delivers more in hype than reality, or perhaps I am just missing its charms—I can certainly see the potential, as its citrus notes are quite attractive. Maybe I need to try it fresh in Montréal to get a better impression? It will be interesting to hear feedback from other Westerners. V
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Fawlty powers A Brit-farce sensibility at the heart of One Man, Two Guvnors
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here's a certain, indelible sensibility to British comedy—something about seeing stiff upper lips put through their paces, about lingering Victorian sensibilities getting upended by their own rigidity, about high-statuses being lampooned and modern class systems exposed as faulty (fawlty, if you will) as people succeed or (mostly) fail at navigating them—that seems to resonate as effectively in Canada as it does back home. That might have something to do with the Queen still being our (figure)head of state, I suppose, but even Bob Baker can only speculate as to why, even as he relates to the sentiment. "I grew up with Coronation Street,"
the director recalls. "Which isn't based on The Servant of Two Masfarce, but for some reason, in Ed- ters. He's updated that commedia monton, Alberta, I was hooked on script's setting from 1743 to a more Coronation Street … All those TV recent past: 1963 Brighton Beach, series like Yes England, where Minister and Are Until Sun, Nov 16 (7:30 pm; 1:30 it can play with all the farce trapYou Being Served? pm Sunday matinees) that my mom Directed by Bob Baker pings of the era. would watch. And Citadel Theatre, $35 – $89 "It's pre-Austin Powers early BeaI don't know how Powers, tles," Baker notes, that sensibility rings with us, but it does. It's familiar: pointing to the era's fashion as actuthere's bad puns and broad physical ally having come back into vogue. jokes and lewd double entendres. It's "It's a great period—the costuming just helpless, hopeless fun.” alone looks like hipsters walked off That enduring, comic connection the street onto the stage." should serve One Man, Two Guvnors well in Edmonton. Baker's directing The script finds a trio of stories the Richard Bean-penned script, slowly tying together, and knotting
each other up as they go. At the centre of it all is the dim-witted Francis Henshall, attempting to ensure his two criminal employers don't find out about each other, while threads of blooming young love and secret disguises begin to entangle the proceedings. There's a skiffle band, The Craze (as played by local ukulele impresarios the Be Arthurs) onstage, and sections of script are left to improvisation of the 15-strong cast. Some of the audience ends up on stage at one point, but the fourth wall is fairly thin across the show, Baker notes, offering the audience a more direct connection to the onstage happenings. "There's all kinds of asides to the
audience, which means the actors are enlisting [the audience] as being culpable; as being, in a way, responsible," he says. "Every time an actor looks out to the audience and says a line, they're saying, 'You're on my side, right?' "The show's really sort of meta theatre," Baker continues. "I think that, even though we're all technically cobbled to our devices, we also seek the interactive. Everything has to be interactive. And there's nothing like being in the theatre, and having that fourth wall broken, because it just breaks down all the rules. You go, 'Oh yeah, this is happening live, right now. Couldn't be any other performance.'"
background is. Anyone can do this storytelling. It forced me to think about the way that I perceive things."
"The religious arguments aren't your basic Bible thumping," Cook says. "Each character is trying to see from the other character's perspective, too. It isn't the one versus the other; it's more conversational and they're actually trying to understand each other. "It's also not heavy, which a lot of scripts like this kind of get—it can just turn into a lecture," he continues. "Every conceivable argument between science and religion has been made over the years; the play approaches it in a very interesting way and it gives some authenticity to the sides of the arguments, which I really appreciate. It leaves with a lot of questions; it isn't trying to spoon feed you answers."
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Sequence E
ye surgery isn't the first vocation you'd expect a playwright to have. Calgary playwright Arun Lakra is blowing up our assumptions about who does and doesn't write plays: his second work, Sequence, has won a slew of playwriting awards and is launching Shadow Theatre's new season. Performer Chris Cook admits that while he immediately fell in love with the script, he had a bit of a kneejerk reaction when he first learned Lakra's occupation. "It was maybe anger I had towards it—or maybe not angry, but it's like, 'Hey, come on man—this is our thing!'" Cook says. "But then I immediately had to give that Until Sun, Nov 16 (7:30 pm) away; that's just bad, insular Directed by John Hudson thinking and it doesn't matVarscona Theatre, $11 – $27 ter—he really proved to me it doesn't matter what your
Sequence has an unusual structure: it tells two completely separate, albeit thematically aligned, stories. Each has its own pair of actors who never cross over into the other narrative; the stage is split between them and while one story is being performed, the other pair remains frozen in place. "It's a good exercise in focus," notes Cook, who plays Mr Adamson: a very religious student taking an introductory genetics course from Dr Guzman (Coralie Carins), a geneticist suffering from a disease that is making her go blind. The other story involves the "luckiest man in the world," who has bet on the Super Bowl coin toss and won 20 times.
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tudio Theatre has a bit of a crush on Selman chose the play not only for its poignant take on relevant contemporary issues, but also Moira Buffini. "It's not an accident we're producing quite a for the challenges it presents: hurtling through bit of her work right now, because she feels history requires the performers (who are each so contemporary and sharp. I think she's very playing about half a dozen roles) to make quick of our time," says Jan Seltransformations; similarly, the man, a University of Alberta Until Sat, Nov 8 (7:30 pm) production team has had to drama professor. Selman's di- Directed by Jan Selman hone the transitions between recting Loveplay, the first of Timms Centre, $11 – $22 scenes and find quick, immeditwo Buffini shows that will ate signifiers of each era. "A lot of 'civilizing' factors just be featured on the Timms stage this season; Studio Theatre is staging get in the way of being a human being," Selman says. "The underlying potential for connections Blavatsky's Tower at the end of November. Buffini, a British playwright, is noted for her stay the same, and the impulses stay the same, wit and unflinching feminist critiques. Love- be it sex or love or both. But the conditions play presents 10 scenes in 10 different eras, around mess with it a great deal." "[Buffini]'s tough-as-nails about looking at the beginning with the Romans in Britain; each scene is set on the same plot of land and fol- power questions in every century," she continlows a new set of characters in each period ues. "It's never a sledgehammer; it's always just a as they grapple with two eternal struggles: laser-like eye on, 'What are the gender politics in this moment?' or, 'In this century?'. We badly do love and sex. "You look at the question of love and gen- need feminism, but it also needs to transform in der politics through the lens of each centu- the way it offers insights—and [Buffini]'s finding ry," Selman explains. "But, I hasten to add, in one way: people can arrive, have an incredibly ena very—well, not only lighthearted, but also tertaining time, and leave really thinking." sort of in an ironic way, with a lot of humour." MEL PRIESTLEY MEL@VUEWEEKLY.COM
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The Secret Garden / Fri, Oct 31 – Sun, Nov 2; Fri, Nov 7 & Sat, Nov 8 (7:30 pm); Sun, Nov 9 (2 pm)Remember this one? A little girl is orphaned by cholera and is sent to live with her only remaining relative at Misselthwaite Manor on the bleak Yorkshire moors. But the creaky old house hides numerous secrets, including a garden that transforms the lives of the manor’s inhabitants.(Tegler Auditorium, Concordia University; $10 – $15) Punctuate Theatre! Biannual Fundraiser Extravaganza / Sat, Nov 1 (7:30 pm) Punctuate! Theatre has put together a fundraiser hosted by non other than Satan. Actually, it’s Elliott James, who plays the sinister character in An Evening with Satan. He’ll take guests through glimpses
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A mother of a mystery // Ian Jackson, Epic Photography
he fact that a mother comes to visit her daughter is not a big, new story; the fact that that relationship is challenging is also not a new story, but it was in the style of it," says director Micheline Chevrier of her interest in La Corneille, the latest production from L'UniThéâtre. "It's fairly absurd, whimsical. It's kind of crouched into a mystery, and I'm not giving anything away by that." La Corneille introduces us to Julie, an over-scheduled yoga teachercomputer technician who does her best to eat well, exercise and reduce stress through a plethora of teas and cleanses. Her life is a well-
rehearsed routine—that is, until she comes home to find a crow in her apartment, a peculiar discovery enhanced by a visit from her impulsive mother. Chevrier can't reveal much about the significance of the crow without giving away crucial plot points, but she does divulge that it coincides with the arrival of the mother, who makes a habit of disappearing and resurfacing throughout the production. "The bird itself is very symbolic," she adds. "Right off the top the daughter says she immediately thought it was a sign of death, the end of something. Often peo-
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ple look at it like that, but also the crow is very intelligent, and in some cultures actually means the exact opposite of death—you know, enlightenment and ascension and all those kinds of things. It carries many of its meanings throughout the play and people can read into it." The mystery surrounding the arrival of Julie's mother creates a film noir element to the story, Chevrier notes, which aligns with Julie's feel-
ings towards her mother. "She does say at one point, 'My mother, that's what she is: she's a mystery to me. No matter how much we talk I can't seem to get to know her,'" she says. "That's also something I think is a curious experience: that we live with these people for a long time and then we continue to have relationships with them, but do we really, truly know who our parents are?"
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GOOD WOMEN • Sugarfoot Ballroom 10545-81 Ave • Peggy Baker Intensive: A full week of technique classes taught by Peggy Baker • Until Oct 31, 1011:30am
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FILM EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Holiday Inn (1942, PG) Mon, Nov 3, 8pm • $6/$5 (senior 65+/student)
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FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books every Fri afternoon at 2pm • World War Z (2013, 14A); Oct 31, 2pm
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IMAX THEATRE • TELUS World of Science, 11211142 St • Oct 31-Nov 6 • Panda: The Journey Home 3D (G); Fri-Sat: 1:10, 3:25, 6:55pm; Sun: 1:10, 3:25pm; Mon-Thu: 3:10pm • D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (PG) Fri-Sat: 5:45pm; Sun: 12pm; Mon-Wed: 4:20pm; Tue: 11am; Thu: 1pm • Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G)- Fri: 2:15pm; Sat-Sun: 10am, 2:15pm; Tue, Thu: 4:20pm; Thu: 10am • Flight of the Butterflies 3D (G) Fri-Sun: 11am, 4:35pm; Wed 11am • Rocky Mountain Express (G) Sat: 12pm; Mon: 2pm; Tue: 1pm • Jerusalem 3D (G) Thu: 2pm • Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG) Fri-Sat: 8:05pm; Sun: 5:45pm
METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • 780.425.9212 • Reel Family Cinema: The Secret of Kells, Ireland 2009, digital, Nov 1, 2pm; free for children 12 and under • Alice in Wonderland; Nov 8, 2pm • Mongrel Media 20th Anniversary Film Series: Volver (Spain 2006, Spanish w/English subtitles); Oct 30, 7pm • Talk to Her (Hable con ella) (Spain 2002, Spanish w/English subtitles); Oct 30, 9:30pm • Offside (Iran 2006, Persian w/English subtitles); Nov 2, 4pm • House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (China/ Hong Kong 2004, Mandarin w/English subtitles); Nov 9, 4pm • Music Docs: Bjork: Biophilia Live (G); Nov 4, 7pm • Hallowe'en Metro Mash: Triple Bill Admission: House on Haunted Hill, USA 1959, digital, 7pm; Horror Express, UK/Spain 1972, digital, 9pm; Night of the Living Dead, USA 1968, digital, 11pm; Oct 31, $13 (adult)/$10 (student/senior)/$8 (kids) POLAND IN THE ROCKIES/THE EDMONTON POLISH CONSULATE • Centennial Room, Stanley
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ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • STRANGE DREAM: Artworks by Jill Stanton; until Dec 31 • TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND LA VIE MODERNE: PARIS 1880-1910: explores life, art and culture in turn-of-thecentury Paris, through the work of Toulouse-Lautrec and his contemporaries; until Nov 16 • A MOVING IMAGE: until Jan 4 • 90 X 90: CELEBRATING ART IN ALBERTA: Part 2: until Jan 4, 2015 • SONAR: Sound Art Explorations by Edmonton Artists; Nov 6-Feb 28, 2015 • BMO World of Creativity: WORLD OF BOO: Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan; until Apr 16, 2015 • RBC New Works Gallery: AMY MALBEUF: KAYÂS-AGO: Large-scale installation; until Nov 16 • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm • Poetry Slam: Hosted by BIP; Nov 5, 7-9pm • Toulouse Lecture: Nov 2 • An Evening with the Splash of Sunlight; Nov 5 • CreativeMornings: Chance; Nov 7
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JAKE'S GALLERY • 10441-123 St • The Edmonton art Club juried show featuring selected works by members • Until Nov 28 JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave • 780.433.5807 • seniorcentre.org • Works by Ontairio artist C.W. Jeffreys • Oct 31-Dec 17 • Reception: Nov 5, 6:30- 8:30pm
KIWANIS GALLERY–Red Deer • Red Deer Public Library • UNFULFILLED PRECOGNITION: Works by Alexis Marie Chute • Until Nov 23 • First Fri: Nov 7, 6-8pm
LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • October Exhibiton and Sale 2: Featuring works by many of our artists and secondary market works as well • Oct
LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St • 780.423.5353 • The Fine Art of Schmoozy: Fundraiser, a night of fairytales and fashion with live music, food, cocktails, silent art auction, a fashion auction from Edmonton designers and boutiques • Nov 15, 8pm-late • $45 (Oct)/$50 (Nov) • schmoozy.eventbrite.ca
Plain • multicentre.org • COMFORT CLOTHING: Works by Wendy Gervais • Oct 31-Nov 27 • Opening: Nov 2, 1-3:30pm
780.686.4211 • dc3artprojects.com • 306'ERS A WAVE FROM SASKATCHEWAN: Works by Amalie Atkins, Ruth Cuthand, David Garneau, Zachari Logan, Clint Neufeld, Alison Norlen, and Laura St Pierre • Until Nov 29
MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • JOINING UP!: Our Men and Women in the First World War; until Nov 16 • BRIGADIER-GENERAL RAYMOND BRUTINEL: And the Motor Machine Gun Brigade; until Nov 16
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
NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Main: THIS ONE GOES OUT TO THE ONE I LOVE: A dark but humorous exhibition by Krista Acheson; until Nov 15 • Artisan Nook: PEN TO PAPER + + : Group exhibit; until Nov 13 • Vertical Space: WHAT COLOUR IS LOVE?: Paintings by Jude Ifesieh; until Nov 15
DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY (DUG) • 10332-124 St • douglasudellgallery.com • DOROTHY KNOWLES: CANADIAN LANDSCAPES: Showcase of fresh-fromthe-studio paintings and watercolours as well as works from other periods • Until Nov 8
DRAWING ROOM • 10253-97 St • 780.760.7284
NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE STOLLERY GALLERY • 9225-118 Ave • 780.474.7611 • thenina.
• TELEGRAPH HILL: Coup Boutique and Drawing Room present paintings by Charlotte Falk • until Dec 24
ca • A VIEW FROM INSIDE: Artists involved in Alberta Correctional Services • Until Nov 5
ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230
THE OLIVE–Red Deer • 4928 Ross St, back in Art
Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • DISCOVERING DINOSAURS: until Jan 31, 2015 • Lecture: Dino 101: Meet the TA Team; Nov 13, 12:1512:45pm • AGA at Enterprise Square Galleries: SONAR: Sound Art Explorations by Edmonton Artists; Nov 6-Jan 4, 2015
Alley • FAMOUS FIGURES FROM OUR PAST: Works by Sasha Grinnell • Nov 4-29 • Opening: Nov 7, 7-9pm
FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112
PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper
780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • Orientation Gallery: FINDING PLACE: EXPLORING HOME THROUGH FIELD JOURNAL ART: Dr Lyn Baldwin's work; until Nov 30
780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • THE BLUE HOUR: Megan Hahn 's photo transparencies • Nov 7-Dec 21 • Reception: Nov 7, 7pm
SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • Abstract works
GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2525 • Pastel works by Tony Overweel; until Nov 24 • Oil paintings by Marina Bazox and Olga Duc; Nov 25-Dec 22
Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists. com • LIFEBOATS: Works by Patrick Mahon • Community Gallery: NOT MY CLOTHES: Works by Brittney Roy • Until Nov 22
GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library
SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave,
Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • Gallery Walls: RUST WORKS: Photographs by Darrin Hagen; until Oct 31 • Display Cases: Edmonton Potters' Guild present ceramic works • Through Oct • STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: Paintings by Lori Frank; Nov 1-30
works) • Opening: Oct 30, 7-9:30pm
VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • Artists with Disabilities (VASA Special Program show) • Through Oct
VIEWPOINT GALLERY–Red Deer • Culture Services Centre, 3827-39 St, Red Deer • Works by Darren Petersen, Brian McArthur, and Dawn Candy; until Oct 31
WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave • 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Gabor Naggy; Nov 1-13 • Shi Le; Nov 15-27 YMCA (Don Wheaton) • 10211-102 Ave • YMCA • UNCANNY BREACH: Works by Lucille Frost • Until Jan 2015
Malarchuk, book launch of the Crazy Game; Oct 30, 7pm • Launch of Wendy McGrath's North East, with Jessica Kluthe, author of Rosina, the Midwife; Nov 3 • Book Launch: Seeing the Light by local author Eileen Bell; Nov 4, 7-9pm • Maurice Mierau discuss his latest book, Detachment: An Adoption Memoir (Freehand), and reading by Tim Bowling, winner of the City of Edmonton Book Prize for Selected Poems; Nov 7, 7-9pm
SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-97 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • vzenari@gmail.com • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm
THE KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • Glass Door
Coffeehouse Reading Series: Laurie MacFayden (poet and visual artist); Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail (author and historian laureate); Alexis Kienlen (poet, author, journalist); Jim Hepler (singer-songwriter). Host: Jannie Edwards (2-min open mic); books and CDs for sale • Oct 30, 7-9pm
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 STARFEST–St Albert • St Albert Library, 5 St Anne
UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave •
ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave •
GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park •
visualartsalberta.com • Gallery A: Jean-Rene LeBlanc • Gallery B: BITS & PIECES: Patricia Coulter (mixed media
PICTURE THIS GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd,
• Sawridge Edmonton South, 4235 Gateway Blvd • Paintings by Vera (Buddy) Kennedy • Reception: Oct 29, 5-8pm
GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • FOLIE DU CORBEAU: Works by Claude Boocock; until Nov 23 • Boutique: Sculptures by Rénauld Lavoie
VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St •
Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Paintings by David Alexander • Until Nov 12
ROWLES & COMPANY–CREATIONS GALLERY
FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave • thefrontgallery.com • VOyAGE: Amy Dryer and Verna Vogel; until Nov 3 • PAINT SONG: Works by Steve Coffey; Nov 8-24; opening: Nov 8, 2-4pm
Archaeology of Dog Domestication; Nov 7, 7pm
St • starfest.ca • 780.459.1530 • St Albert Readers' Festival; until Nov 3 • Steven Galloway with Marty Chan; Nov 3, 7pm; $5
Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • picturethisgallery. com • Paintings by Jonn Einerssen and soapstone sculptures by Vance Theoret • Until Nov 8
St • 780.492.2081 • MFA graduation show: Emilie St. Hilaire, MFA Drawing and Intermedia; Nov 4-29; opening: Nov 6, 7-10pm
Margaret Zeidler Star Theatre: Diggin’ Up the Past: An Archaeology Speaker Series: Rob Losey presents the
AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Clint
MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony
DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St •
St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • GPS ADVENTURES CANADA EXHIBITION: Combining technology, nature, and hidden treasure; until Jun 1, 2015 • INDIANA JONES™ AND THE ADVENTURE OF ARCHAEOLOGY: until Apr 6, 2015; $26.50 (adult)/$19.50 (child 3-12)/$23.50 (youth 13-17), student, senior) •
LITERARY
780.455.5229 • VIGNETTES: Woodworkers Edition, a one-night only pop-up design show • Nov 6, 4-8pm
780.760.1278 • TASTING WITH YOUR EYES: Works by Carmen Gonzalez; until Nov 14
TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142
MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112
MOJO DESIGN INC • #1 10340-134 St •
DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St •
• Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Celebrating icons such as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil young, Joni Mitchell, Woody Guthrie, the Band, the Everly Brothers, Carole King, James Taylor and more! This is a trip around the globe celebrating the music and traditions of its peoples • Until Nov 2
St • 780.496.1828 • Landscapes, birds, and still life paintings by Svetlana Troitskaia • Until Jan 2
Community Canvas wall: Rotating year round exhibits
Fl, 16940-87 Ave • Edmonton Art Club Annual Fall Show • Until Oct 31
ST, 780.863.4040 • CREATIVEPRACTICESINSTITUTE. COM • SOME SOLITARY BEACONS: Artworks by Erik Osberg; until Nov 15
STRATHCONA PUBLIC LIBRARY • 8331-104
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
MISERICORDIA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL • Main
CREATIVE PRACTICES INSTITUTE • 10149-122
Runs Every Mon, 7:30pm • Until Jun 1; no show on Dec 22 and 29 • $13 or $9 with a $30 membership; at the door (cash) or at tixonthesquare.com
LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor
St • 780.407.7152 • WHAT'S BEFORE AND BEHIND: Portraits by Patrick Higgins; until Dec 7 • Works by Wendy Gervais; Oct 31-Nov 27; artist’s reception: Nov 2, 1-3:30pm
CORRIDOR GALLERY–Red Deer • Recreation Centre, lower level, 4501-47A Ave • SHRUG: Drawings by Glynis Wilson Boultbee • Until Nov 28
87 Ave • edmontonweavers.org • Edmonton Weavers' Guild show and sale featuring knitting, weaving, felting and other fine hand crafted fibre items • Nov 1, 10am3pm • $3 admission (door)
by Harold Feist; until Nov 8
SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-
780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: Every Mon, 7pm; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)
THEATRE THE BULLY PROJECT • 780.439.3905 • concretetheatre.ca • Concrete Theatre • Written and Directed by Mieko Ouchi with collaborator Caroline Howarth; Touring to Junior High Schools • Until Nov 15
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: THE MUSICAL • John L. Haar Theatre, MacEwan Centre for the Arts, 10045-156 St • A High-Flying Musical based on the Film. The story of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., a teenager who runs away from home in search of the glamorous life • Until Nov 8, 7:30pm • $15-$20 CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) • Until Jun 13
Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil. com • Main Gallery: Larissa Blokhuis; until Nov 22; Opening: Nov 1, 1-3pm; artist in attendance • Fireplace Room: Red Deer College/High School Award Winners; through Nov
THE DAISY THEATRE • The Club at Citadel Theatre • Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes starring Ronnie Burkett • for ages 16+ • Until Nov 2
STRATHCONA COMMUNITY LEAGUE • 10139-
varsconatheatre.com • Live improvised soap opera •
DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave •
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FOLKSWAGGIN’: MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE
THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF BERNICE TRIMBLE • Roxy Theatre, 10708 124 St • Theatre Network • By Beth Graham, starring Jason Chinn, Clarice Eckford, Patricia Zentilli, and Susan Gilmour, directed by Bradley Moss • Bernice has called a family meeting while a casserole bakes. Peter, Sarah and Iris listen as Mom announces her early onset of Alzheimer’s. The oven is on and Iris’s timer is set to remind her of a promise • Nov 4-23 • $23-$29 at 780.453.2440; Tue: Pay-What-you-Can
LA CORNEILLE • La Cité francophone, 8627-91 St • lunitheatre.ca • L'Unithéâtre • By Lise Vaillancourt. Directed by Micheline Chevrier. An exploration of the delicate relationship between mother and daughter where dependence and letting go, go hand in hand • Until Nov 9 • $26 (adult)/$22 (senior)/$17 (student) at lunitheatre.ca, 780.469.8400 LOVEPLAY • Timms Centre, U of A • Studio Theatre • Oct 30-Nov 8 • Evening: $11 (student)/$22 (adult)/$20 (senior); Mat: $11 (student)/$17 (adult)/$15 (senior); preview: $5 (all); Mon: 2-for-1 MAESTRO • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Improv, a high-stakes game of elimination that will see 11 improvisers compete for audience approval until there is only one left standing • 1st Sat each month, 7:30-9:30pm • Nov 1, 7:30pm • $12 (adv at rapidfiretheatre.com)/$15 (door) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM • Alberta Ave Community Centre, 9210-118 Ave • Directed by Jeff PageTheatre Prospero's touring cast has just set off on a cross-Alberta tour of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Jeff Page, starring Perry Gratton, Lianna Makuch, Liz Hobbs, Kohl Littlechilds, Ben Stevens, Andréa Jorawsky, and Miranda Allen, and Chris Dela Cruz • Nov 7, 11am • Tickets By Donation at the door ONE MAN STAR WARS • Arden Theatre, St Albert • By Charles Ross • Nov 13, 7:30pm • $28
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS • Citadel Shoctor Theatre • By Richard Bean, based on the Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldini, songs by Grant Olding, featuring the Be Arthurs, directed by Bob Baker • Until Nov 16
PUNCTUATE! THEATRE'S FUNDRAISER • Rutherford House, 11153 Saskatchewan Dr • Hosted by Satan (Elliott James), from Punctuate!’s An Evening with Satan. An evening of devilishly good food and drink pairings by local chef Eric Hanson. Spoken word poetry by Colin Matty, an original dance-piece by Ainsley Hillyard of Good Woman Dance Collective, an excerpt from Ask Aggie by Small Matters Productions’ Christine Lesiak, performances from Punctuate! Theatre’s company members • Nov 1 • $50
RUMPELSTILTSKIN • Westbury Theatre, Arts Barns • fringetheatre.ca • Alberta Opera • Danger has a name…and it is Rumpelstiltskin! An exciting new musical of theatre for young audiences based on the classic literary story, for children 5 years of age and older • Until Oct 30 SCARY NASTY • Capitol Theatre • A Hallowe'en special full of laughs and screams. Featuring performers from the Die-Nasty improv troupe and directed by, our very own Dana Andersen • Until Oct 30 • $18 (adv)/$20 (door)
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
THE SECRET GARDEN • Concordia University College of Alberta Drama Dept, Tegler Auditorium, 73 St, 111 Ave • By Francis Hodgeson Burnett, adapted by Michael Shamata and Paula Wing, directed by Michelle Rios • Oct 31-Nov 9 • $ 15 (adult)/$ 10 (student/senior)
SEQUENCE • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Shadow Theatre • By Arun Lakra, starring Coralie Cairns, Chris W. Cook, Caley Suliak, and Frank Zotter; directed by John Hudson • Until Nov 16 • Fri-Sat 7:30pm: $27 (adult)/$24 (student/senior); Tue-Thu 7:30pm; Sun 2pm: $24 (adult)/$21 (student/senior)/ Tue: 2-for-1; Sat mat: Nov 1, 2pm: Pay-What-you-Can
SHERLOCK HOLMES • Jubilations Dinner Theatre • The greatest detective in the world, Sherlock Holmes, is retiring and his old chum and confidant Dr. Watson is throwing a farewell dinner • Oct 31-Jan 31
THEATRESPORTS • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828101A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Until Dec 12; Jan 16-Jun 12 • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square
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OCT 25 - NOV 16, 2014 WRITTEN BY RICHARD BEAN SONGS BY GRANT OLDING Damon Pitcher
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ave you ever dreamt of running feat, but Pitcher's character came away from the routine of every- with its own inherent set of chalday life for something a little more lenges. Pitcher is only 18 (the youngglamorous? Frank W Abagnale Jr est cast member) while his character did exactly that—as a teenager, no is in his late 40s and possesses a less. The young physical appearance and disposiman had a wild Until Sat, Nov 8 (7:30 pm, 2 pm tion that is the imagination and Sunday matinee) opposite of the millions of dol- Directed by Jim Guedo young heartthrob lars in forged John L Haar Theatre, $15 – $20 characters Pitcher cheques at his has played in the disposal, posing as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer dur- past. "I've never been kind of the unating the course of his wild adventure. Of course, forged cheques don't go tractive, mean little grouchy characunnoticed, and it wasn't long before ter before, so it's been really good to learn through this process different Abagnale had the FBI on his tail. "I think it's just so amazing that ways to identify with the character," at 16 someone could have had this Pitcher explains, noting he had to thought and done what Frank Jr did, adapt to carrying some extra weight and the huge struggle it must have for the role as well. "It really helped been to catch him in real life be- actually getting my fat suit because cause there's no cellphones, there's just walking around school, it feels no Internet," says Damon Pitcher, different. That really helped click in who plays Agent Hanratty, Abag- what it's like, because before I got nale's pursuant, in Grant MacEwan's that I was kind of just miming being production of Catch Me If You Can. heavier, and it was like I don't know "Sometimes I forget that it's a true if this is how I would move if I had extra weight, so that helped a lot." story because it's so grand." Physical appearance aside, Pitcher Pitcher and his classmates in the school's Theatre Arts program are tapped into any possible commontaking on the stage version (adapted alities between himself and his disfrom the book by Terrence McNally) gruntled much older character in of the 2002 motion picture, which order to better relate to Hanratty's starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Abag- motives and personality—particularnale Jr and Tom Hanks as Hanratty. ly the obsessive, determined nature But Pitcher hasn't modelled his por- of Hanratty's investigation. "I tried to find key things that I've trayal of Hanratty to mimic the one done that would equate to what by Hanks. "I didn't want to try because I would Hanratty would have done in his end up falling short, just because I'm youth, so things that made me not Tom Hanks," Pitcher says, noting nerdy—air quotes nerdy," he exhe only incorporated elements of plains. "In high school I was in band Hanratty's accent into his iteration and I did drama and I loved math, so of the character. "I've only seen the I kind of used that as a way to get movie once, so I didn't take too much inside the nerdy part of him. And then just the obsessive, 'Oh, I've got from it." to get this done,' is kind of how I am Adapting such a high-flying, jet- in real life." setting story for the stage is no easy MEAGHAN BAXTER
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harting a constellation of hasbeens, hangers-on and hopefuls, of celebrity Caligaris, doting agents and pre-pubescent divos, David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars, written by Bruce Wagner, is a caustic tour of Tinseltown, overflowing with cruelty, avarice and panic. Yet it is not without pity. Its depiction of Havana Segrand (a valiant Julianne Moore) pays equal attention to the middleaged actress's solipsism and genuine desperation. Above all, Maps transmits sympathy for the tormented children of Stanford Weiss (John Cusack), a motivational speaker and experimental therapist whose interrogatory methods would not be out of place among the clinicians in Cronenberg's The Brood. Weiss' daughter Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), a pyromaniac returning from prolonged exile, and son Benji (Evan Bird), a child star and recovering addict, are both deeply disturbed and capable of viciousness, yet Maps closes on a note of solemn condolence for these star-crossed progeny who never had a chance. Infused with fecund themes of institutionalized backstabbing, paranoid psychosis, persistent ghosts and bad biology, and delivered with a clipped, elliptical rhythm and precisely honed mise en scène, what impressed me most about Maps were the things that Cronenberg and his regular collaborators (cinematographer Peter Suschitzky, editor Ronald Sanders, composer Howard Shore) brought to Wagner's script, which Cronenberg has been trying to make for more than a decade. As for the script itself, the jokes are more brittle than funny, certain scenes whither before they
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properly begin, and certain twists seem forced (see the sudden, heavily telegraphed accidental execution of a household pet). Ideas feel overworked, dialogue over-written. Here's Robert Pattinson's chauffer/aspiring actor-screenwriter: "I was thinking of converting [to Scientology]. Just as a career move." That second line is explanatory, and sort of kills the joke. But I'd be lying if I didn't confess that, for all my reservations, Maps held me spellbound. Few directors can captivate so consistently by simply taking someone else's material and making it utterly their own. But few directors are as singular in their sensibility as Cronenberg, who's rounding out a pretty great year, one that's included a new film, a major retrospective and exhibition at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox, and the publication of his excellent debut novel Consumed. So it was a great pleasure, as always, to speak with Cronenberg, one of my favourite living filmmakers (and a consistently engaged and intelligent interviewee), at a Toronto restaurant last week. I had to share him with two other journalists, but our talk, which I've edited down a great deal, was fluid and fun. Our conversation begins when one of my colleagues says he interviewed Cusack, and that Cusack described Maps to the Stars as a fever dream. DAVID CRONENBERG: That's better
than satire, which is the description most often used but one that Bruce and I object to. I think the meaning of satire has been diluted. People these days call anything that's nasty and funny satire. But if you think of
Jonathan Swift, of A Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels, those were real satire, real attacks on society employing fantastical elements. Maps is too realistic to be satire. Bruce claims that every conversation in the movie is something he's heard, and I believe him. Yet there's a sense in which everyone in Hollywood is in a fever dream, some state of high temperature, of agitation and anxiety. I think that's an accurate appraisal. Vue Weekly: Perhaps something else that removes Maps from the realm of satire is the fact that its humour is undercut by desperation, sadness, rage and loneliness, something emphasized in the way you continually isolate characters in the frame, even in scenes with lots of dialogue. DC: That's exactly true. It's the absurdity of the human condition that's the source of the humour. When I was shooting, Julie Moore, being the intelligent, sensitive actress that she is, immediately saw what I was doing. She said, "I see you're isolating us all. We're all in our own little bubbles. I like the security of the frame on me." She understood that it was a subtle way of suggesting that these people, though speaking to each other, are not really communicating. There are very few two-shots. Most audiences won't notice that but they'll feel it, that the characters never really seem to occupy the same space.
My other colleague asks if the film's depiction of Hollywood has prompted objections within the industry. DC: The film hasn't screened yet in
Hollywood, but I'm curious to see what happens there. I had a studio head come up to me in Cannes, after we'd screened. He embraced me, and said, "Your movie scared the shit out of me. I couldn't sleep last night. The next morning I went to a party at the Hotel du Cap, and all I could see were scenes from your movie." I don't think there'll be backlash. Most of the movie people who've seen it say, "That's my life." History of Violence is the closest I've ever come to making a studio picture, but, believe me, I've seen and heard things as absurd and extreme as anything in Maps. VW: You've mentioned the importance of shooting in the States, but you shot Cosmopolis, which is such an emphatically New York narrative, entirely in Toronto, creating an idea of New York. Could Maps not have been made here, creating an idea of Los Angeles? DC: No. Because of the veracity of it. It's almost a docudrama. Whereas Cosmopolis was such an innately surreal, conceptual film. You hope that there's human reality in Cosmopolis, but it's buried deep. It's very stylized. I wouldn't have wanted to shoot in New York. It would have been too real. VW: A situation not unlike Naked
Lunch. DC: Right. We couldn't shoot in Morocco because of the Gulf War, but I thought, this isn't Morocco—this is Interzone. So a stylized, drug-addled version of Morocco that could be created in Toronto was actually better. Not so with Maps. You really need to
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shoot in the iconic Hollywood spots. At one point I said, "I'm not doing any shots that don't have palm trees." [Laughs] VW: Now that you've spent several years writing your first novel, giving yourself the opportunity to sculpt characters entirely on the page, has that changed how you direct actors? DC: I don't know yet. I was writing Consumed between movies. Which is difficult, by the way. I'd rather not do that again. Likewise, it's impossible for me to know if I would have written a novel the same way had I never directed a film. In writing the book I was very much wanting to visualize the space the characters were in, how they moved around a room, how they were physically. That was very important to me—and it felt like directing. Certainly more like directing than screenwriting, where you don't do any of that. Screenplays are a pareddown, weird kind of writing where your prose style doesn't matter. All that matters is dialogue and narrative structure. Yet I think I always had a very visual sense of bodies and how they occupy space and relate to each other. I think that came before I made movies.
My colleague, the one who interviewed Cusack, now talks about interviewing Pattinson. He says Pattinson told him that Cronenberg might be retiring from movies.
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Ouija
Kind of a silly game
"The word has been variously explained as (a) French oui [yes] + German ja yes ... (b) an ancient Egyptian word for 'good luck' (although apparently no such word exists) ... (c) the name of Oujda ... a city in Morocco." – etymology of "ouija," Oxford English Dictionary
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uija, the fright-flick, can be variously criticized as: a) A series of haunted-house-story no-nos. When a Googling, goggle-eyed gaggle of high-schoolers put aside their gadgets to work an old wooden spiritboard together, to learn the truth about friend Debbie's (Shelley Hennig) suspicious hanging-by-icicle-lights-noose (aka It's Not A Wonderful Life), it's best to give the teens spirit. But there's nary
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DC: I tempt fate or the Devil or
whatever by saying this may be my last movie. I thought maybe Cosmopolis was going to be my last. Why? I've no idea. Maps? I had lots of fun doing it, lots of energy. You worry, "Am I getting too old? Is this too stressful?" Abbas Kiarostami, who's the same age as me, says it's too hard, that he can't do it anymore. He'd rather just do his photographs. And he got me thinking that maybe I'll do that, too. I'll just write novels. But then my accountant says no, I can't afford to retire. You can't make as much money writing novels, unless you're Stephen King. So where do I find myself now? I don't have a rule that says I'm not making more movies, but it would have to be something very seductive to keep me from writing my second novel. Because that's what I'm doing right now.
rest of their days as catatonically traumatized real-estate agents. b) A plot in which there's no good or bad luck, just many heavily stagemanaged scares. The hand moving this board's planchette is rigor-mortis-stiff with writer's cramp from quill-penning so many musty lines and silly machinations: matricide, demon-children, skeletons, D-Deb's absurd re-appearance. And adults are conveniently absent, except Now playing when that old foreignDirected by Stiles White a whiff of interestaccented "Nonna" (Italian for "token grandmother ing individuality to character") needs to be any of them, from best friend Laine tossed on-set to utter (Olivia Cooke) to boyfriend Pete (Doug- her warning about connections with the las Smith). The closest things to char- spirit world. c) A flick that, unfortunately, isn't set acterization, or allusion or subtext, are two posters in Deadie's bedroom—for in Morocco but in Picket-Fenced, White Romeo and Juliet (the teen romance Teen Nowheresville (aka horror movies' one, get it?) and Hamlet (young person version of California). talks to ghost). And the clichés: stove My critical demons are forcing me to burner goes on, doors creak open, mes- spill this dark truth ... Ouija must rhyme sages get scrawled, bath overflows, with "squeegee" for a reason and now demon-ghost thingies with sewn lips, we know—because you'll want to scrub and basements and attics are scary ... so your mind clean of this splatting damn let's go in them lots! It's never plausible spot. (That's Macbeth, the one where to have freaked-out teens return to a the Scot sees witches.) ghost-filled house so often they seem BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM destined, if they survive, to live out the
VW: I'm relieved to hear that, because something I like about your later work is this interesting tension between the material, which for the most part hasn't been obviously "Cronenbergian," and what we might construe as a "Cronenbergian" approach to it—the way you make it your own. With Maps, one thing that struck me as very in keeping with your interests in this sense of biological determinism, this classical notion of incest as a catalyst for tragedy. DC: Incest wasn't the major attraction for me, though it makes perfect sense that you'd see that. As you say, it has resonances of Greek tragedy, and also modern genetic tragedy. We know now why incest is not a good idea. Culturally there's resistance to incest, but occasionally a culture can overcome that. That was the case with the Egyptians, where a royal's blood was so special that they couldn't possibly mate with a commoner, and thus had to marry a sibling or
cousin to keep the bloodline pure. They overcame the taboo and suffered for it, because there was a lot of genetic weakness in the succession of Egyptian royals. So it's good trope. I like the idea of Hollywood being incestuous, an enclosed ecosystem of ideas with no oxygen, no new blood, everything recirculating and getting weaker, as we see with sequel after sequel after sequel. It was pleasing as a metaphor for what's wrong with studio filmmaking.
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his characters, the madness that's so convincing—very rare to find a script with that much power just jumping off the page. And, as always, I had to feel that no one else could do it, or would do it. And that was certainly the case with Maps. [Laughs] Bruce couldn't find anybody else to do it.
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A young Dutch couple Rex (Gene Bervoets) and Saskia (Johanna ter Steege) are on holiday in France. They drive a small car with twin bicycles mounted upright on the roof rack, like a pair of riderless horses, one over each of their heads. They wear unusually light colours, and Saskia, a playful, energetic strawberry blonde, radiates effervescent lightness—at one point she performs a Chaplinesque prat-
fall. Yet shadows loom. The couple traverses a long, dark tunnel, something out of a nightmare, and Saskia relays to Rex a recurring nightmare in which she finds herself trapped inside a golden egg. Then the car runs out of petrol—Rex's fault—and Rex abandons Saskia to fetch a jerry can from the service station they already passed. They eventually continue on their way, but we are by now watching
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One could even argue that the protagonist of The Vanishing is in fact not Rex but, rather, Raymond Lermorne (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu), the middle-class family man and self-confessed sociopath responsible for vanishing Saskia. We see him make pivotal decisions and we learn a lot about his motivations, background and philosophies. He's a nefarious figure, but also a seeker, animated by great questions: a man on a quest. In a bit of wordplay that, admittedly, probably only makes sense in English, Raymond attempts to entrap his victim by seeking assistance with a small trailer hitch. The word "hitch" gets repeated, and, likewise, Alfred Hitchcock is never far from the viewer's mind. The Vanishing seems to have absorbed and brilliantly reconfigured elements of several Hitchcock films: The Lady Vanishes (1938), Psycho (1960), Strangers on a Train (1950), whose Bruno Anthony could be Raymond's uncle. But Raymond is not necessarily the most troubling character in The Vanishing, whose French title, it should be noted, is L'Homme qui voulait savoir or The Man Who Wanted to Know. Rex is just as obsessive a seeker as Raymond, but Rex's is more single-minded: years after her disappearance, even after he's gotten himself a new girlfriend, Rex must, at any cost, find out what happened to Saskia. This intolerance of ambiguity, or "eternal uncertainty," as Raymond puts it, something of nearly theological force, is The Vanishing's most psychologically fascinating and finally tragic element. And it's one of the things that makes this film an enduringly eerie classic. V
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PREVUE // ELECTRONIC
Gary Numan, no longer safest in his car
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couple of years back, while preparing for his family's move from Sussex, England to Los Angeles, Gary Numan made an interesting discovery. Clearing out the attic of his garage in preparation for the sale of his home, he discovered that vines had filled the upper level. Hacking through them, he
came across an old mini-moog, likely one that the electronic-music pioneer would have used on one of his classic albums. A real find, one with possibly some substantial musical history lurking within, though Numan himself immediately dismisses this. "It was in terrible condition, covered
with droppings from the creepers," tour brings him through Edmonton he chuckles. "I actually renovated it on Halloween. It's Numan's first time and still have it somewhere; I think it through the city since 1980, when he might be at my mom and dad's back performed at the Kinsmen Fieldhouse in England. I don't really want to keep in support of the Telekon album. The it but I probably should, just for the musical changes that Numan has kids, who might find some value in it." gone through between those two alThat Numan has zero nostalgia bums have been substantial, though for the early days of electro-pop he himself doesn't see any radical shouldn't come as a surprise to any- transformation through the years. "I guess you could say that I've meone who's kept track of his career. For those who only know him for his hits andered a lot," he says. "The music I've made has flowed (1979's "Cars" was from one point his biggest North Fri, Oct 31 (8 pm) to another. I've American single, Gary Numan been industrial hitting No 1 on the Union Hall, $30 for quite a while, Canadian charts) it maybe the last would be bewildering, especially given a latter-day inter- four or five albums, but I'm thinking est in '70s electronic musicians and that the next album might be time early synths. Numan himself doesn't for another meander. I just want to curve away a bit, add another flavour, quite get it. "Well, I do actually understand it so it's still heavy and dark but with coming from kids," he allows. "They something else added to it. I'm still look back and see it as a golden era, not sure what it'll be yet, but it will and they romanticize the equipment move forward." in the same way that I romanticized vintage Les Paul guitars when I was The desire to move forward musiyoung. The thing is that I remember cally seems to have gripped Numan having to use that early gear, and my after he and his wife decided to start relationship with it was fraught. They a family (they now have three girls) were a pain in the ass to use. I'm much after marrying in the late '90s. While happier to use new gear; 95 percent always recording and touring, Numan of what I do is software-based when was also heavily into flying, joining a team of pilots and doing low-level making albums." Numan is on his 20th release with aerobatics at air shows on weeklast year's Splinter (Songs From a ends. Needless to say, Numan began Broken Mind), and the supporting to question whether both activities
could peacefully co-exist. "It was partially that I didn't want to spend time at the airfield anymore after my first girl was born," he admits. "But also, it's a very dangerous thing to be doing. Everyone I knew from when I first started flying back in '84 had died in crashes. New people joined the group, of course, but all of the original people who were there when I started were all dead. I figured the odds weren't very good at that point, so I started really focusing heavily on music again, which seemed a lot safer." You could probably draw a line between his need for adventure and his disinterest in playing it safe musically, if you want, but Numan doesn't appear to see it. In any event, after the interview finishes up, he and his wife will head out to do some diving with sharks, allowing themselves to be encased in a steel cage so they can get as close as possible to those magnificent creatures without getting a limb torn off. "There are a few things I'm scared of, and deep water is one of them," Numan allows. "I'll be a little out of my element. It's a similar thing to doing display flying in that there's an element of excitement to it. It's probably a little childish, and really, it's not quite as dangerous as going up in old combat planes, but it's certainly a little more nerve-wracking than going to the grocery store." TOM MURRAY
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e've had the most fun culinary new markets following the worldwide release experiences: fried chicken and of the album on September 30. (It was released Texas barbecue and tacos. We've really in Canada in October 2013.) "It's been smaller shows, obviously, but it's been been indulging in a lot of the foods that have made these states famous," really receptive, so it's a hopeful tour where we says the Strumbellas frontman Simon think things will grow quickly," Ward adds. Ward from somewhere between San The Strumbellas' current live set may focus on Francisco and Portland. "I'm going to We Still Move on Dance Floors, but the band tell you this right now: I had a beef is beginning to flesh out ideas for its next rebrisket at a Texas barbecue spot, and it cord—"As soon as we get home we're definitely was the best beef brisket I've ever had. going to crack the whip and get the next album I think it was the best into shape," Ward says. piece of meat I've ever Thu, Nov 6 (8 pm) eaten in my entire life." With the Provincial Archive Ward admits it's a difThe Juno Award-win- Starlite Room, $15 ficult task to jam and ning alt-country/folk sixwork on new songs on piece is in the midst of its first extensive the road, but he's constantly writing and run of shows south of the border in sup- working on song ideas, and he has the backlog port of We Still Move on Dance Floors— of voice memos on his phone and computer the album that won the band its first to prove it. Juno and landed it on the Long List for "I just want to do something similar to the last the 2014 Polaris Prize. But culinary gems record: pick the best songs we have and pick aside, the tour has been an opportunity the best direction for them," he says, noting the for the Strumbellas to tap into some writing process is an open one, and that any
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good idea—regardless of which band member it comes from—could end up on the record. "I think they'll always have some country and bluegrass influence to them but, you know, it's hard to say. You just take the best melody and you have to try new things. I think it'll be a bit more of a stray from the last record, but nothing too crazy." When asked if he's been listening to anything that's been a particular influence, Ward suddenly realizes he hasn't listened to much music at all during this tour, which is something of a rarity for him. Although, he cites I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes as an album that's been in rotation previously. "I get into tour mode where I just watch TV shows and movies on my laptop," he explains. "Right now I'm obsessed with sports documentaries ... I'm just sitting in the van and getting all emotional, because you know with documentaries how they're always so emotional. So that's my phase right now."
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ouldn't it be nice if all death- never been any pressure from her, metal bands could have ami- and I don't feel that I have to live cable lineup changes the way that up to her image. I'm confident that she trusts me to do the job, and I Sweden's Arch Enemy does? It's not every lead singer, after know that she trusts the band in my hands." all, who not only The changeover hangs up the micro- Tue, Nov 4 (7 pm) went quite smoothphone but person- With Kreator and Huntress ly, according to ally chooses her re- Union Hall, $33 White-Gluz, abetplacement the way ted by the immedithat Angela Gossow did in 2013, when she decided ate and intense songwriting that to retire from the stage after 13 went into making Arch Enemy's latyears and bring in Canadian vocal- est album, 2014's War Eternal. "It was really quick; I basically ist Alissa White-Gluz of Montréal's the Agonist. This doesn't mean that joined and we started working to Gossow has disappeared from the see if it would be a good fit," she group entirely; she's stayed on as explains. "The only way to do that the band's business manager. That was to write the record, so that's would seem like a good position to what we did." The band's ninth album since oversee the newest member from, but White-Gluz says that Gossow forming in 1996, War Eternal also features new guitarist Nick Cordle, isn't interested. "She's never seen a show yet," who replaced founding member says White-Gluz, back in Canada Christopher Amott back in 2012. with the band for a run of shows The retooled lineup seems to have that lead up to its appearance at energized the band, and WhiteGluz has nothing but good things Union on Tuesday night. For the record, White-Gluz and Gos- to say about working with Arch Ensow were friends, and they continue emy founder and guitarist Michael Amott, who collaborated with her to be friends since the changeover. "When she said she was retiring on several key songs. "It was way smoother (than workfrom the stage she really meant it," White-Gluz adds. "So there's ing with the Agonist), and a nice ex-
perience," White-Gluz says. "Michael is a lyric writer as well, so we would discuss different ideas and song structure. It was interesting, because I was always a solo lyric writer before; now I'm seeing new ways to do things. Arch Enemy is also a more balanced band; I came from a vocally dominant group to one where there are intense guitar parts followed by vocals, and of course the drum and bass parts are very important as well. It's been a great experience from beginning to end." Arch Enemy is an outfit with a much-storied history, so both White-Gluz and Amott were conscious about how fans would react to such important changes in their favourite group. "There was definitely a little pressure on all of us," White-Gluz admits. "Sometimes it's not too easy for people to accept change. I think we felt we had to prove ourselves a little, to show people that Arch Enemy was alive and well, and that everybody involved was in on the decision. I know that I'd never join a band that way, by screwing over someone who was being pushed out."
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Steel Panther changes their personalities. So you get a crazy-ass bunch of people that are ready to do some crazy-ass shit," Starr says. He makes no promises that Steel Panther will don costumes outside the band's usual stage get-up. "But you never know. One year Lexi went as a unicorn."
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hat would your first guess be left Corn Flakes on the counter on for one of Steel Panther's tour- the bus and I spent all day cleaning bus pastimes? Chances are, Xbox golf it.' And I was like, 'Dude, we're not fucking married.'" wasn't it. The heavy-metal foursome will have "We do it together all the time and it's something that people would plenty of time to work on its golf think, 'Oh there's got to be a huge swings—and its collective cleaning party with a bunch of chicks on the skills—on its current tour with Jubus.' Most of the time there is, but das Priest in support of All You Can Eat, the latest when there's not we addition to the play golf," says lead Fri, Oct 31 (7 pm) band's catalogue vocalist Michael With Headstones, Monster Starr, admitting that Truck, Danko Jones of party-ready albums, though bassist Lexxi Foxx is Shaw Conference Centre, $68 Priest won't the Xbox-golf pro be performing of the group. "And Satchel (guitar) likes to clean the when Steel Panther hits Edmonton bus—a lot of people probably don't for the Bear's 22nd annual Halloween know that. For real, I got on the bus Howler. "Whenever you do a Halloween and I was pouring a bowl of Corn Flakes, and a bunch of them got on show people dress up, obviously, the counter and he was pissed off. I because it's Halloween, but when was wondering what was wrong with people are in costume and they have him on stage and he was like, 'You masks on or they have makeup on, it
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The one guarantee is that Steel Panther will be blasting through tracks from All You Can Eat during its live show—and they're certainly not for the faint of heart or easily offended. The subject matter focuses on the cornerstones of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, and launches into truly debaucherous territory with a dose of twisted humour—see "Gloryhole," "The Burden of Being Wonderful" and the ear worm "Party Like It's the End of the World" as examples. "The only way to get rid of that is to listen to some Journey," Starr prescribes to get a track like "Party Like it's the End of the World" out of your head, a tune that will inevitably get stuck there whether you like it or not. "Journey, their songs are really hooky too, so it'll take that hook out of your mouth and you'll get the Journey hook, and then you're fucked." Steel Panther clearly isn't afraid to shock. The band's lyrics cross the proverbial line so far it's not even visible anymore, and the cover of All You Can Eat is a recreation of The Last Supper, no less. But the point is to have fun, and that ethos continues to work, considering Steel Panther has the rest of 2014 packed with tour dates, plus a two-month trek to Europe early next year for its first batch of arena tours on the continent. "I've never really taken music seriously, and I didn't even take school seriously or parental guidance seriously," Starr laughs. "For me, I like to have some fun. When I was younger, I really enjoyed going to watch Van Halen play live with David Lee Roth back in the day ... they're all great musicians, but they had a lot of fun. David Lee Roth would talk to the audience, make you feel like you're part of the [show], and that's something I enjoy. I want to go to a show and be taken away from whatever's going on in my mind [and] in my life. I want to escape reality." MEAGHAN BAXTER
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"It really puts the clarinetist lassical music can be a daunting genre for the uninitiated, but Jo- through its paces," Lai says, adding he seph Lai insists his latest work will didn't let himself off easy on piano, be enjoyable for newbies and aficio- either. "You need to shift gears really quickly from one mood to the next. nados alike. "My music is quite tonal, so it's It's kind of kaleidoscopic, so it's like not quote unquote a challenge to viewing artwork through slides—you the audience, far from it," says the get one angle of an artwork and then local pianist and composer over the a different angle, so there's different phone, with strains of classical mu- light, different shading and it's the sic audible in the same thing with this piece." background. "If Sun, Nov 2 (2 pm) you're not a clas- Holy Trinity Anglican Church sical-music perBut it is this multifaceted quality son, I think one can sit down and enjoy the work that makes the piano and clarinet without having knowledge to what the ideal fit in Lai's new composition, a variation is and that you have to which will be performed alongside be a hardcore classical-music per- Lutoslawski Dance Preludes, Bax Clarinet Sonata and Lai's Clarinet Soson to enjoy it." The work in question is Lai's new nata Op 9. "The clarinet has so many differcomposition Variations on an (Original) Theme, a piece that he will be ent colours that it's easy to write performing on piano alongside lo- for and collaborate with the piano cal clarinetist John Mahon, whom as opposed to a string instrument," Lai has worked with in various ca- he explains. "The highest register of pacities over the past decade. The the clarinet cuts through anything, so "original" theme mentioned in the you can certainly have a really thick composition's title stems back to a texture on the piano and the clarinet work Lai did in 1991 called Six Short will still come out. The lower end Pieces for Piano Solo. The varia- of the clarinet has these really, retions that make up his new 15-min- ally dark colours and could be very ute piece work through a range expressive for brooding moments, of emotions and tempos, moving sombre moments, dark moments. I from slow and sombre to a waltz tried to explore all of the different to fast-paced and upbeat in a mat- timbres all the different registers of ter of minutes—an element he says the clarinet." makes the piece particularly chal- MEAGHAN BAXTER MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM lenging for his accompanist.
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JARVIS CHURCH OF THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS SINGS MOTOWN / FRI, OCT 31 (7:30 PM) What day is it, again? It doesn’t matter, because tonight is all about Motown, the Philosopher Kings and some Jarvis Church originals. (Festival Place, $38 – $42)
NEW WORLD SOUND / SAT, NOV 1
The Halloween debauchery continues with the annual eletrofest Scream. New World Sound joins DJ Snake, Mercer and Yellow Claw to keep the beats pumping. (Shaw Conference Centre, $94.99 – $104.99)
JENN GRANT / SAT, NOV 1 (7:30 PM) Did you know Com-
postela means “field of stars?” It’s also the title of Jenn Grant’s latest album, which features the likes of Sarah Harmer, Buck 65, Ron Sexsmith and Rose Cousins. (Arden Theatre, $28)
THE CREOLE CHOIR OF CUBA / SUN, NOV 2 (7:30 PM) If you can’t swing a Caribbean getaway any time soon, this might just be the next best thing. (Festival Place, $28 – $32)
RICHARD EATON SINGERS / SUN, NOV 2 (2:30 PM) Cap off the weekend on a classical note with Vivera, a collection of choral works by Antonio Vivaldi, all belted out by the Richard Eaton Singers. (McDougall United Church, $20 for students, $30 regular admission)
SWITCHES / WED, NOV 5 (9 PM)
Switches just wanna tour, so head on down to Wunderbar and send ‘em off. Book of Caverns, the Sorels and Chill City are playing, too. (Wunderbar, $10)
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Ellen Doty Fri, Oct 31 (8:30 pm) Blue Chair Café
Hometown: Calgary Genre: Jazz Lastest album: Gold (2014) Fun fact: Ellen Doty was selected as a Top 20 finalist on Canada's Got Talent in 2012. First album Space Jam soundtrack. First concert Britney Spears (Baby One More Time Tour) with my mom. Last album Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spalding. Last concert John Legend in Calgary. Favourite album Love Is The Thing, Nat King Cole or Continuum, John Mayer. Favourite musical guilty pleasure Dirty Loops. They are a pop-rock band from Sweden that covers Top 40 songs in a completely different way (with jazz influences). So awesome! V
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After touring in Broken Social Scene-member Brendan Canning's band last fall followed by a re-release of her debut album, Listening Post, on Canning's record label, 21-year-old Rosie June is boldly but gracefully making her move into buzz-artist territory. Listening Post floats on a wispy, cozy cloud with lightly strummed guitars, tasteful bubbly synths and muted beats that elevate June's blissful voice rather than overpower it. June's airy, angelic vocals are her strongest quality contributing to the album's '90s dream-pop feel—á la Stereolab—having a mixture of melancholy ambience and active pop structure. Listening Post's main downfall is its lack of range and diversity, but it's still a promising debut for the young Vancouver Island songwriter. CHRIS GEE
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Apocalypse: The Funk Hunters, Pumpkin, Great Dane, Knight Riderz; sold out
CASINO EDMONTON Robin Kelly as
Elvis (tribute to Elvis); 9pm
LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Funk Bunker
XWRECKS Hallowe'en Bash: The
CASINO YELLOWHEAD Rule of Nines
Thursdays KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE Open stage;
Thursdays
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BLUES ON WHYTE Ross Neilson Band
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Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow OUTLAWS ROADHOUSE Wild Life
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Marchand and Scott Degen; 7pm
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APEX CASINO Nervous Flirts (pop
Mic: All adult performers are welcome (music, song, spoken word); every Thu, 1:30-3pm CHA ISLAND TEA CO Bring Your Own
Vinyl Night: Every Thu; 8pm-late; Edmonton Couchsurfing Meetup: Every Thu; 8pm
rock); 9pm ARTERY Hallowe'en: Featuring Darksand, Tallest to Shortest, Red Hot Gospel; 8pm; $15 (adv)/$20 (door) ATLANTIC TRAP Hallowe'en Bash
EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony Plain
Librarians vs. Barbarians: Duff Robison; prizes for best Dressed!!; 9:30pm
Open Jam Nights; no cover
BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Bluegrass
EXPRESSIONZ CAFE Open Stage; 1st
Bloodbath! Hallowe'en Party: The Give 'Em Hell Boys (alt bluegrass country), guests; 9pm; $10
Thu each month, 7:30pm-10:30pm FESTIVAL PLACE Steve Hill (Montreal
BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Ellen Doty Band;
The Dave Liebman Group (fr New York); 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $24 (member)/$28 (guest)
Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE ESO: The Way We
Were: Robert Bernhardt (conductor), Ann Hampton Callaway (vocals) at 8pm; Prelude (Upper Circle lobby): hosted by D.T. Baker at 7:15pm; $24-$93 WINSPEAR CENTRE The Phantom
DJs on all three levels THE BOWER Strictly Goods: Old school
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Hip Hop and open mic every Fri with DJs Xaolin, Dirty Needlz, guests; 8:30pm-2am; no cover
BOURBON ROOM Dueling pianos
J R BAR AND GRILL Live Jam Thu;
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every Fri Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm
KELLY'S PUB Jameoke Night with
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MERCURY ROOM Run After Dark,
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Fire Next Time, E-town Beatdown, Worst Days Down, Power Buddies
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JR BAR M*A*R*S Hallowe'en; 9pm1am; costume contest; no cover
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NEWCASTLE PUB Hallowe'en: The
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TAVERN ON WHYTE Open stage with Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am
NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Ryder
WINSPEAR CENTRE An Evening With
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OMAILLES IRISH PUB A.J.; no cover
Classical JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Edmonton
Opera: Barber of Seville; sung in Italian with English supertitles; 7:30pm; complimentary Opera Talks: 45 mins before the curtain, downstairs in the Kaasa Lobby; Main Floor tickets start at $40, at box office, 780.429.1000, TIX on the Square MUTTART HALL Midday Music:
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QUEEN ALEXANDRA HALL Northern Lights Folk Club: Bill Bourne; $20 (adv at Acoustic Music, TIX on the Square, Myhre’s Music)/$25 (door)
SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified
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MERCER TAVERN Homegrown Friday: with DJ Thomas Culture
CASINO EDMONTON Robin Kelly as CASINO YELLOWHEAD Rule of Nines
Sat; 3:30-7pm LEAF BAR AND GRILL Open Stage
PAWN SHOP Transmission: Little Shop of Horrors; Hallowe'en Costume Party: Blue Jay with Eddie Lunchpail
NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild
PAWN SHOP Sonic Band of the Month:
HILLTOP PUB Open Stage, Jam every
FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Fri
(country)
Elvis (tribute to Elvis); 9pm
GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth
Pianos
RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock,
Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111
Concerts; 4pm; this week: Strange Planes with guests You Are An Explorer; no cover
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every Fri; this week: The Headless Carrot Hallowe'en Party; 7pm; $5 (door)
NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Ryder
Invented (Odissi); 7pm
LEGENDS Sat Jam and open mic
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday
Routes; 8:30pm
8pm; all ages (15+)
FESTIVAL PLACE Krishna, Love
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NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open stage;
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BLUES ON WHYTE Ross Neilson Band
Edmonton's best All Hallows Eve Party
7pm; $2
of the Opera: Hallowe'en revelry featuring the 1925, with accompaniment by Dennis James (silent film organist); 11:30pm; $24
FIONN MACCOOL'S–South Rural
CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Radio Active
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FILTHY MCNASTY'S Free Afternoon
8:30pm; $15
New Age Veterans, Gruves, Merleau, the Hot Inhales; 6pm
BRIXX BAR Basement Freaks,
Afroqben
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guitarist); 7:30pm; $25 at Festival Place box office
the Nervous Flirts (sing-along with a live band); every Thu, 9pm-1am; no cover
THE BOWER Beats and Blood Hallowe'en Party with Junior Brown/ Bron; 8pm (door)
SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Hallowe'en: Boo, BBQ and Blues, hosted by Stillmore Blu; 7pm (music); no cover; reserve at 587.521.6328
ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ
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BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brock Zeman;
Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri
APEX CASINO The Nervous Flirts (pop
rock); 9pm ARDEN THEATRE Jenn Grant (singer-
songwriter); 7:30pm; $28 at Arden box office ARTERY Mars Hill Trio, Sketches of Eternity, Hansen, Patterson, and Wood; 8pm; $10 (adv)/$12 (door) "B" STREET BAR Rockin Big Blues
and Roots Open Jam: Every Sat afternoon hosted by the Jimmy Guiboche Band; 2-6pm BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Afternoon:
Big Al's House of Blues Wam Bam Thank you Jam: free chili hosted by Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens; every Sat, 2-6pm; Evening: Hot Cottage (blues, jazz, rock); 9pm; $30 (dinner/ show)/$15 (show only adv) BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the
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Sat; 3-7pm BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Evening: Ross Neilson Band
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Jam (rock): every Sat; 4-8pm SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB–Downtown
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Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE ESO: The Way We Were: Robert Bernhardt (conductor), Ann Hampton Callaway (vocals) at 8pm; Prelude (Upper Circle lobby): hosted by D.T. Baker at 7:15pm; $24-$93
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:
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TRUTH
DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm
Sat; 9pm
FESTIVAL PLACE The Creole
ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten
Choir of Cuba (world); 7:30pm; $32 (table)/$30 (box)/$28 (theatre)
FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat
HOG'S DEN PUB Rockin' the Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm
LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Collective
JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Gordon
Saturdays underground: House and Techno
Lightfoot; 8pm
MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey
Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun
Wong every Sat PAWN SHOP Transmission Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm); 1st Sat each month RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop,
and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE
Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing
Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com SUITE 69 Stella Saturday: retro,
old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests TAVERN ON WHYTE Soul, Motown, Funk, R&B and more with DJs Ben and Mitch; every Sat; 9pm-2am UNION HALL Celebrity
Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous Y AFTERHOURS Release
Saturdays
SUN NOV 2 BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun
Electric Blues Jam and BBQ hosted by Marshall Lawrence and the Lazy Bastards; 4-8pm
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Bring
Out Your Dead!: Dead Vinyl Society BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku Open mic every Sun
hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brunch:
Hawaiian Dreamers (Gary Myers and Jamie Philp); 9am; donations BLUES ON WHYTE Ross Neilson
NOV/1 NOV/8 NOV/20
BASEMENT FREAKS GANZ BREACH
W/ TELLER, DMT AND SHAEDES
Lettuce Produce Beats
EVERY WEDNESDAY @ 6PM JOIN US IN A WEEKLY EXPLORATION OF SOUND!
UPPER LEVEL OF STARLITE NOV/21
SWEAT: THE NU-DISCO DANCE PARTY
THE STARLITE ROOM IS A PRIVATE VENUE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS. IF YOU REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP YOU CAN PURCHASE ONE AT THE VENUE PRIOR TO / OR AFTER THE DOOR TIMES FOR EACH SHOW.
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Band CENTURY CASINO Jay and the
Americans; 7pm; $49.95 DIVERSION LOUNGE Sun Night
Live on the South Side: live bands; all ages; 7-10:30pm
NEWCASTLE PUB The Sunday
NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Ryder
(country) O’BYRNE’S Open mic every
Sun; 9:30pm-1am RICHARD'S PUB Sunday
Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky WINSPEAR CENTRE CFCW 60th
Anniversary Concert: Gene Watson with guest Brett Kissel; 7pm; $54 YARDBIRD SUITE International
open mic MERCURY ROOM Music Magic
Monday Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4 NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Ryder
(country) ON THE ROCKS Moonshine
Mondays: The Dungarees 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
RED PIANO Every Tue: the Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm-12am; no cover; relaxed dress code
mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every TueFri, 5-8pm
RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live
and Autumn Hill; $15 (single, show)/$40 (dinner and show)/4 tickets for the price of 3
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 STARLITE ROOM St Lucia: The
Night Comes Again Tour with Vacationer
ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE
UNION HALL Arch Enemy,
Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm
Kreator, Huntress, guests; 7pm (door); no minors; $33 (adv) at UnionEvents.com, TicketFly.com, Blackbyrd
SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB–U of A Open Mic Monday Nights
with Adam Holm
WINSPEAR CENTRE Indigo Girls with the ESO, Robert Bernhardt (conductor); 7:30pm; $29-$59
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main
YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday
Session: Don Berner Quartet; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Brit Pop, Synthpop,
Alternative 90’s, Glam Rock with DJ Chris Bruce; Wooftop: Substance: alt retro and notso-retro electronic and dance with Eddie LunchPail
Jazz Series: Ralph Alessi Baida Quartet (fr New York); 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $24 (member)/$28 (guest)
Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay
Classical
industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave
BRIXX Metal night every Tue
TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip
hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am
Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue
TUE NOV 4
RED STAR Swing, Funk, Soul,
MACLAB CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS–Leduc
Two pianos, Four hands, 20 fingers, 176 keys: Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann (duopiano team); 7:30pm; $35 (adult)/$32 (student/senior) at Ticketpro.ca MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH
Vivera: Richard Eaton Singers: featuring members of the Alberta Baroque Ensemble, the U of A Madrigal Singers, Sarah Schaub (soprano), Mireille Rijavec (mezzo soprano), Jacques Arsenault (tenor), Michael Kurschat (baritone), Sara Brooks (conductor); 2:30pm; $30 (door)
DJs
DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots
BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES
Big Dreamer Sound jam with hosts Harry Gregg and Geoff Hamden-O'brien; this weeks guest is Justine Vandergrift; every Tue 8pm-12am BLUES ON WHYTE Big Hank and a Fistful of Blues BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Scram-
bled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm DRUID IRISH PUB Open Stage
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic
Tue: this week: Johnnie 99; 9pm
voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy
L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night
Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm
LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Stylus
LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue
Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am
Open Jam: Trevor Mullen
MON NOV 3
NEW WEST HOTEL Tue
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: Mod, Brit Pop, New Wave & British Rock with DJ Blue Jay; Wooftop: Metal Mon: with Metal Phil (fr CJSR’s Heavy Metal Lunch Box)
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday
MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests
DV8 Creepy Tombsday:
ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover NEW WEST HOTEL Trick Ryder
(country) ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW Open mic Wed: Hosted
by Jordan Strand; every Wed, 9-12 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park
Jason Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass
jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member) RED PIANO BAR Wed Night
Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower
Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover
SUITE 69 Rockstar Tuesdays:
ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover
Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs
WED NOV 5 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open
stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 ARTERY An Evening of Fine
Old Time Country Classics: The Carolines (vocalist trio: Chloe Albert, Lesley Pelletier, and Katie Perman); 7pm; $10 (door) BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES
New Music Wed: Featured band hosted by Lochlin Cross and Leigh Friesen (open stage) after the bands set BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt '80s and '90s, Post
O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every
BLUES ON WHYTE Big Hank
Open mic every Tue
open mic with host Duff Robison
WUNDERBAR Switches Tour Kickoff: The Sorels, Book of Caverns, Chill City; 9pm
Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds
OVERTIME–Sherwood Park
DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Wed
R&B, Rock&Roll and Electro/ Disco sounds of the last 70 years with DJ Thomas Culture
Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; Evening: Trick Ryder (country) Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm
COOK COUNTY Kira Isabella
and a Fistful of Blues BRITTANY'S LOUNGE
Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all
Classical MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH– BANQUET HALL Music
Wednesdays At Noon: John Mahon and Sylvia ShadickTaylor (clarinet and piano); 12:10 to 12:50pm; free
DJs BILLIARD CLUB Why wait Wednesdays: Wed night party with DJ Alize every Wed; no cover BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt '80s and '90s, Post
Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds BRIXX BAR Eats and Beats THE COMMON The Wed
Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and
‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every
Wed
VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave "B" STREET BAR 11818-111 St BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES 12402-118 Ave BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 1042582 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLIND PIG PUB 32 St Anne St, 780.418.6332 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 THE BUCKINGHAM 10439 82 Ave, 780.761.1002 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK 99, 23349 Wye Rd, Sherwood Park CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467
CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHICAGO JOES 9604 -111 Ave COMMON 9910-109 St DARAVARA 10713 124 St, 587.520.4980 DIVERSION LOUNGE 3414 Gateway Blvd, 780.435.1922 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain, 780.963.5998 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FIONN MACCOOL'S–South Holiday Inn Conference Centre,
VUEWEEKLY OCT 30 – NOV 5, 2014
4485 Gateway Blvd FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St IRISH SPORTS CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 J+H PUB 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 KELLY'S PUB 10156-104 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LEGENDS SPORTS BAR AND TAP HOUSE 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132104 St MACLAB CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS–Leduc 4308-50 St, Leduc MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10025-101 St MERCER TAVERN 10363 104 St, 587.521.1911 MERCURY ROOM 10575-114 St MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET 8101 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.2337 MUTTART HALL–Alberta College 10050 MacDonald Dr NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St,
780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 8170-50 St, 780.490.1999 NEW WEST HOTEL 15025-111 Ave NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535109A Ave O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 O'MAILLES IRISH PUB 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW 8404-109 St 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 QUEEN ALEXANDRA HALL 10425 University Ave RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower
School, 10135-96 Ave SANDS HOTEL 12340 Fort Rd, 780.474.5476 SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St, 780.758.5924 STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION 10940-166 A St SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TAVERN ON WHYTE 10507-82 Ave, 780.521.4404 TIRAMISU 10750-124 St UNION HALL 6240, 99 St 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 XWRECKS 9303-50 St, 780466-8069 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St
EVENTS WEEKLY EMAIL YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO: LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM FAX: 780.426.2889 DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3PM
COMEDY ARDEN THEATRE • 5 St Anne St • 780.459.1542 • Young Drunk Punk, written and performed by Bruce McCulloch • Nov 2, 7:30pm • $30 at Arden Theatre box office
Black Dog Freehouse • Underdog Comedy show: Alternating hosts • Every Thu, 8-11pm • No cover
CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm
COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Brian Work; Oct 30-Nov 1-2 • Tom Liske; Nov 6-8
COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; last Tue each month, 7:30pm • James Davis; until Nov 2 • Pete Correale; Nov 5-9
DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm DJ to follow
EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912-82 Ave • Empress Comedy Night: featuring a professional headliner every week Every Sun, 9pm FIONN MACCOOL'S/CONNIES' COMEDY • 4485 Gateway Blvd • 780.914.8966 • Silly Pints Comedy: Open mic comedy and closing the show with headliner Tim Koslo • Nov 1, 7pm
JUBILEE AUDITORIUM • Capital One Just
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 Bound Toastmaster Club: Rm 7, 6 Fl, Edmonton Public 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
ea month, 7:30pm
EDMONTON OUTDOOR CLUB (EOC) • edmontonoutdoorclub.com • Offering a variety of fun activities in and around Edmonton • Free to join; info at info@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each month; 2:30-4pm • $5
FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm GREEN DRINKS • greendrinksshoplocal. eventbrite.ca • Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks • Yellowhead Brewery: Shop Local: Meet some of Edmonton's finest local retail business owners under one roof; Nov 5
WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors.ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton. Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm
GRIEF JOURNEYS 8-WEEK BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GRUP • Pilgrims Hospice, 9808-148 St • Help, support, and resources: 8-week grief support group; every Mon evening, until Nov 24; $120 for 8-weeks (sliding scale); info/ register: Jesse McElheran at 780.413.9801, ext 307 or jessem@pilgrimshospice.com
WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence
LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS
MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION •
DAVIS FEHERTY • Winspear • Unique Lives & Experiences: Davivs Feherty • Nov 9, 7:30pm
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
ELIXIRS & SMOOTHIES FOR WOMEN’S HORMONE BALANCE • Noorish Café, 8440109 St • 780.756.9642 • With Madeline MacKinnon • Nov 10, 7-9:30pm • $55
NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall,
FESTIVAL OF IDEAS • uofa.ualberta.ca/
3728-106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
events/festival-of-ideas#sthash.Eb0PFgSj.dpuf • Stanley Milner Library–Edmonton Rm: Discovering Oates; Nov 6, 7pm; free
ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns
GREAT EXPEDITIONS–Travel Slide presentations • St Luke’s Anglican Church,
Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free
8424-95 Ave • 1st Mon each month, 7:30pm • Arizona, USA by Art Breier; Nov 3, 7:30pm
POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall,
THE LIST OF DIOTIMA: STUDYING
For Laughs Tour With Demetri Martin, Jon Dore and others • Nov 9, 7:30pm
10135-96 Ave • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm
KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE/Connie's Comedy • 16648-109 Ave • Komedy Krush Halloween
SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •
POLITICAL SCIENCES • Hm Tory 10-4, U of A • The list of diotima: Studying Political Sciences by Matthais Zimmer • Oct 30, 3:30-5:00pm
Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm
SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 1043383 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm
Comedy Show that we team up with Capital City Singles. We have Mike Dambra as our headliner for this holiday show • Oct 30, 9pm • Call Connie: 780.914.8966, E: conniescomedy@gmail.com to get on roster
OVERTIME PUB • 4211-106 St • Surf 'n' Turf/ Comedy Night • Nov 10, 7pm • $39.99
ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Comedy Groove every Wed; 9pm
GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug) E: amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free
ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio (South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15
BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP • Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext. 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free
CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) • Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB
EDMONTON ATHEISTS • Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Monthly roundtable discussion group. Topics change each month, please check the website for details, edmontonatheists.ca • 1st Tue, 7pm; each month
EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD • Avonmore United Church Bsmt, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue
QUEER
SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia
BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House,
Society of Alberta, 5215-87 St • schizophrenia. ab.ca • The Schizophrenia Society of AlbertaEdmonton 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, 7-9pm
9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month
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
SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY • Call 587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm
SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood
EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105
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 • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome
SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing,
EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103
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
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
SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave
G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION •
• 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)
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
TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Lowcost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Every Mon, 6:30pm • Info: call Bob 780.479.5519
TIBETAN BUDDHIST MAHAMUDRA • Karma Tashi Ling Society, 10502-70 Ave • Tranquility and insight meditation based on Very Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche's teachings. Suitable for meditation practitioners with Buddhist leanings • Every Thu, 7-8:30pm • Donations; jamesk2004@ hotmail.com
TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters Meetings: Campus St;
organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transidentified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca
MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/ competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu
PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and nonjudgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone; 2nd and 4th Fri each month, 6-9pm • Women’s Social Circle: Social support group for female-identified persons +18 years in the GLBT community; new members welcome; 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm each month; andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support and social group for gay and bisexual men to discuss current issues; every Sun 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • TTIQ: a support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family/supporters; 3rd Mon, 7-9pm, each month • HIV Support Group: Support and discussion group for gay men; 2nd Mon, 7-9pm, each month; huges@shaw.ca PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.org, womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm
attire. Party theme will consist of the ever popular supernatural and fantasy television shows including American Horror Story, the Walking Dead, and Game of Thrones • Oct 31-Nov 1 • $20
DEEPSOUL.CA • 587.520.3833; call or text for Sunday jam locations: rare LIVE Rendevous Pub Rock Show Sat, Dec 6, 9pm • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars; Pink Floydish originals plus great Covers of Classics: some FREE; Twilight Zone Lively Up Yourself Tour (with DJ Cool Breeze); all ages • Fundraising for local Canadian Disaster Relief, the hungry (worldwide through the Canadian Food Grains Bank) FASHION WITH COMPASSION • Shaw Conference Centre Hall D • fashioncompassion. ca • Featuring fashions from luxury retailers, run way models, and a host of fashion and lifestyl e inspired fundraising activities • Oct 30 • $125 (luncheon)/$275 (gala dinner) at 780.418.6996 THE FINE ART OF SCHMOOZY • Latitude 53, 10242-106 St • 780.423.5353 • Fundraiser, a night of fairytales and fashion with live music, food, cocktails, silent art auction, a fashion auction from Edmonton designers and boutiques • Nov 15, 8pm-late • $45 (Oct)/$50 (Nov) • schmoozy. eventbrite.ca
HERE’S NINA! • Chateau Lacombe ballroom • Fundraiser event with Sheri Somerville, Stewart Lemoine and the cast of the Varscona Theatre's variety show, That's Terrific, for a madcap musical-info-variety-style extravaganza • Nov 4, 7pm (reception) • $100/$850 (table of ten) at tixonthesquare.ca; proceeds to daily costs of Nina Haggerty Centre
LEST WE FORGET: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE • Winspear Centre • A 25-year long Remembrance tradition continues as the Cosmopolitan Music Society fills the Winspear Centre with music, ceremony and colour in celebration of Canada’s servicemen and women. Lest We Forget: A Musical Tribute, an evening including everything from ceremonial military marches to popular wartime music • Nov 8, 7:30-10pm • $25
PHOTOGRAPHIC TRADE SHOW • U of A Universiade Pavilion (Butterdome) • Western Canada's largest photographic Tradeshow featuring 13 of the industries key suppliers demonstrating the latest in photographic technology • Nov 2, 9:30am5pm • $12 (adv)/$15 (door) at mcbaincamera.com/ ept/tickets.html, McBain Camera location
SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 1022597 St • 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share their creations • Every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm SHIMMY AND SHAKE • Arden, St Albert • Family Dance Party • Nov 9, 1pm SPOOKTACULAR–Magick And Mischief
SPECIAL EVENTS BAZAAR–North West Edmonton Seniors Society • 12963-120 St • 780.451.1925 •
• Fort Edmonton • Dress-up for this carnival of soothsayers, magicians and other ghoulish characters • Adult Only Night: Oct 31, 6pm • fortedmontonpark.ca/events/spooktacular/
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TIMERAISER • Boyle Street Plaza, 9538-103A Ave • timeraiser.ca/edmonton • A volunteer matching fair, silent auction and night out. Rather BEAD MARKET • Ramada Edmonton S, 5359 than bid money on artwork, bid volunteer hours Calgary Tr • Huge selection of charms, gemstones hosts Julian Faid and Omar Mouallem for a jam beads, chains, findings and more • Nov 1, 11ampacked evening including live painting by Justina 5pm • Free Massage therapists are needed throughout Smith; acrobatic silksAlberta. featuring Firefly Theatre Circus; tunes DJ Thomas Culture • Nov 8, At MH Vicars School, you’ll&receive an by exceptional BID N SIP FUNDRAISER • Inglewood Hall • 7-10pm • $20 standards— education that meets Canada’s highest 780.455.1818 • Wine Tasting–Classic Wines 101, without having to relocate. Choose monthly, weekly art auction, appetizers, and wine collection draw TURKISH REPUBLIC DAY •orRamada Hotel, in support of Community Options–A Society weekend classes inforCalgary or Edmonton. 11834 Kingsway • The Turkish Canadian Society Children and Families • Nov 7, 7-10pm Reception and Dinner in honour of the 91st
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BLACK ARTS MASQUERADE PARTY • Gallery@501, 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • Dress in your most theatrical
G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: tuff @shaw.ca
INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based
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Anniversary of the foundation of Turkish Republic. Featuring Turkish delicacies, folk dance and live music by the Azerbaijan Cultural Society • Oct 30, 6-10pm • $30 (youth/student)/$40 (adult)
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BID N SIP Fundraiser Nov. 7th 7-10 pm Inglewood Community Hall In support of Community Options-A Society for Children and Families Wine Tasting – Classic Wines 101, Art Auction, Appetizers and Wine Collection Draw Call 455-1818 for tickets and info. CHRISTMAS MARKETPLACE Presented by the artists of the Art Society of Strathcona County Saturday, November 15 10 to 4 pm Sunday, November 16, 12 to 4 pm. At the A. J. Ottewell Community Centre (Red Barn) 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park Artists presenting their “crafty” personality, with a variety of items: knitting, sewing, handmade crafts & giftware, baked goods, and small artwork, cards, prints, and much more!! Free admission. Donations to the Christmas Bureau are welcomed! November 1st marks the start of the 23rd Annual “LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE” campaign in support of palliative/hospice and continuing care in the communities of Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Wabamun, Seba Beach and Parkland County. Help us reach our $1,000,000.00 Milestone of total donations since the first campaign in 1992. All donations are receipted for taxation purposes. For Information Contact: Linda McCreath at 963-5691. Mail donations to: Light Up Your Life Society, 4405 South Park Drive, Stony Plain T7Z 2M7 or you may donate on line at: www.lightupyourlife.org
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is in need of Food Counter Attendants (NOC 6641); F/T-Permanent; $12.50/hr + Chamber of Commerce Group Insurance (Life, Disability, Long Term and Short Term Disability); 8 hrs/day, 40hrs/week, Shift work (9:00AM-5:00PM and 3:30PM-11:30PM), 2 varied days off per week; Duties: Take orders from customers; Prepare, heat and finish simple food items; Portion and wrap food products according to preparation charts, both dine-in and take-out; Serve customers at counter; Stock inventory; May handle cash and cash out in till; Perform other related duties as required; Requirements: Some secondary school education is require; On-the-job training is provided; Mail, Fax or E-mail resume; Employer: Jarrow Holdings Ltd. o/a Baseline Road Dairy Queen; Business/Work Location: 20 Cranford Way, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada T8H 2A6; E-mail: base_dq@telus.net; Phone: 780-449-3373; Fax: 780-449-2589
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EPL Free Courses: Edmonton AB Check out the Free Online Interactive Instructor Led Courses offered through the Edmonton Public Library. Some of the courses for visual artists would include: Creating WordPress Websites, Secrets of Better Photography Beginning Writer’s Workshop many more… For a list of Free Courses visit: https://www.epl.ca/learn4life For information and instruction on how to get started https://www.epl.ca/learn4life
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Become a Victim Services Volunteer Advocate! Work in conjunction with the RCMP to provide immediate assistance, support, information and agency referral to victims of crime and trauma in Strathcona County and provide support to victims through the criminal justice system. Please contact Jessica at 780-410-4300 or by email at jessica.hippe@strathcona.ca for more information! 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 Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network’s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers! Interested or want to learn more? Contact Maura at 780-392-8723 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help 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
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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 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, 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. 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 Wanted: Volunteers for our Long Term Care facility! Individuals or groups welcome! Vulnerable Sector search by EPS is required Please contact Janice Graff Volunteer Coordinator – Extendicare Eaux Claires for more information: jgraff@extendicare.com 780-472-1106 ext 202
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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 Gini’s Restaurant Small fine dinning establishment have completed several large upgrades to their restaurant and they would like to offer some wall space to local artists to display/sell their artwork. Contact Steve Konojacki at his cell 780.707.6507 for more information or make arrangements.
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Call For Exhibition Proposals: Red Deer, AB Harris-Warke Gallery, Red Deer Deadline: January 31 annually The gallery encourages exposure to a wide variety of Arts. In addition to painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewellery, textiles and all combinations of mixed and multi-media, They hope to feature some of the less often exhibited art forms, such as literary art, landscape art, culinary art and music. We are open to an eclectic definition of art. In concert with this mandate, the downtown location facilitates a viewing public from various walks of life. Questions and comments should be directed to: harriswarke@gmail.com
Call For Submission: Directory Of Ukrainian Artists in Alberta Do you weave, embroider or make pottery ? Do you write stories, pysanky or music ? Do you direct a choir, dance group or play in a band ? The Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts would love to hear from you and everyone else involved in the arts. The Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts is pleased to announce that we are accepting submissions for our new online “Directory of Ukrainian Artists in Alberta”. Additional information and submission forms are available by contacting: Elena Scharabun Directory Coordinator, ACUA directory@acuarts.ca 780-975-3077
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS MAKE SOMETHING EDMONTON AND FAVA TV Make Something Edmonton was commissioned by Mayor Stephen Mandel to provide an answer to the question: “Why do you live in Edmonton?” MSE and FAVA TV are partnering to commission filmmakers to address that very question by making shorts with budgets up to $10,000. The following themes should be considered when pitching new works: - Problem solving through creativity - Social, artistic and commercial entrepreneurship - Economy that allows for risktaking - Grassroots collaboration (a.k.a. urban barn raising) - A lack of aristocracy - anyone with a good idea can start something here Have a completed work that already addresses these themes? Apply and we might give you $1,000 for the rights to screen it. What’s Edmonton to you? Why do you choose to live and make films here? How does Edmonton infiltrate your work? Show us! http://www.fava.ca/30th/grants/ 43-grants/261-grants
Call to Artists for Caprices Fine Arts Pre-Holiday Event Call to artists for Caprices Fine Arts Pre-Holiday Event Saturday Nov 15 at the Inglewood Community Hall , Calgary, 10am to 5pm. Looking for art work in all mediums ad genres. Please visit http://www.zhibit.org/capricesfi nearts/upcoming-capricesevents for more information and contact Nicole.
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Call For Submissions for Prairie Wood Solutions Fair Award recognition for outstanding wood architecture. New online submission process is now open, visit the following link to our website for information on the nomination process and to create and application. Contact Communications Coordinator, Barbara Murray at 780-392-0761 or bmurray@wood-works.ca for more information. Important dates: Nomination deadline: January 23, 2015 Gala and award presentation on March 17, 2015 Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton, AB Call to Makers, Mercer Collective: A Maker’s Market You must MAKE, BAKE or CREATE what you sell. You can not be a reseller of goods not produced by you. Costs: $60 per market December show is $200 Additional Fees Table Rental is available at $10 per show. Please specify 6 ft or 4 ft. Limited quantities available. Show Dates: March 29,April 26, Sept 27,October 25, November 22 December 13-14 – $200
http://www.emailmeform.com/ builder/form/er27bvY7c0dhM9 0B9dX49 Doc Ignite Submission Guidelines Applications Hot Docs is accepting applications for Doc Ignite on an ongoing basis until further notice. Please note that currently only 5 projects per year will be selected. If you are interested in having your project featured, please complete the application form http://www.hotdocs.ca/docignit e/doc_ignite_submission_guid elines/ International Call to Artists, Mexican Ceramics Special Artist Residency 2015 Arquetopia – Puebla, Southern Mexico Self-directed terms of 6 to 24 weeks during 2015 creating at a prominent ceramics factory studio in the majestic central historic district of Puebla, southern Mexico. Application deadline Sunday, November 2, 2014. www.arquetopia.org E-mail info@arquetopia.org for more information. Loft Art Gallery and Gift Shop – Open November 1 to December 21 with smaller artworks by the artists of the Art Society of Strathcona County. Open Saturdays 10 to 4 pm and Sundays 12 to 4 pm for your viewing and purchasing pleasure. Unique art pieces and gifts for the holiday season. Visit the A. J. Ottewell Community Centre, and enjoy! PREMIERE ART FAIR SEEKS ARTISTIC TALENT Art Vancouver is calling on galleries representing artists working in all mediums to enter its four-day art fair May 21 – 24, 2015. Local and international galleries, collectors, designers, architects and media expected to attend this event at Vancouver’s award winning Convention Centre. Deadline for application is November 1, 2014. For more information including booth sizing and prices go to www.artvancouver.net or contact info@artvancouver.net.
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Opportunities for artists to exhibit in Budapest: Open call for book artists! Library Thoughts 5 :An exhibition of the Book as Art Artist’s Books and book-related art Deadline: March 1, 2015 fee: USD$ 35 Book as Art exhibition organized at MAMU Gallery, Budapest June 12 – July 3, 2015 . The exhibition curator Beata Szechy. Part of the AIR/HMC, Budapest, International Artists in Residency program. info, application form e-mail Beata Szechy bszechy@yahoo.com http://www.hungarianmulticultural-center.com Facebook: Budapest International Artist Residency Plans for International Week 2015 (Jan 26-30) are underway! This year, I-Week programming will try to make sense of the world’s most current and pressing conflicts. We will consider causes, consequences and possible solutions, and will devote special attention to the plight of refugees and displaced persons. We invite students, staff, faculty and community members to join us in this conversation! If you are interested in offering a session, hosting an event or getting involved in I-Week, please contact Lisa Lozanski at lllozans@ualberta.ca or 780-248-2040 to discuss your idea. Formal proposals must be submitted online by November 3, 2014. Rehabilitation Hospital (GRH) Arts in Rehab Council is now accepting art submissions for the 2015 season. They are a health-care facility unique to Alberta and are devoted primarily to high-level rehabilitation care of seniors, adults and children. This facility is visited by approximately 160,000 individuals annually, including inpatients, outpatients, visitors, volunteers and staff. The Arts in Rehab Council was developed to create opportunities for patients and staff to be exposed to Alberta and Canadian art and artists. The Council focuses on exploring sources for artwork exhibition or acquisition and evaluates any and all art works for display. The Deadline is Oct. 31st, 2014. http://visualartsalberta.com/blo g/wpcontent/uploads/2014/09/2015Call-for-Artists.pdf Silver Skate Festival 9th Annual Cessco International Snow Sculpture Symposium February 13 – 16, 2015 Hawrelak Park, Artists are invited to let their creative side run wild and are invited to apply to create sculptures in their own individual style. A People Choice and Artist Choice will be announced at the Everyone is a Winner Ceremony. Two – Three person teams create works of art from an 8’ high x 8’ wide x 8’ deep block of snow within a 30’ x 30’ area and each snow sculpture is as unique as the artists that create them. The twelve pristine sculptures create a ephemeral sculpture garden for the Silver Skate audience to enjoy Please find attached the link to the Silver Skate Festival Snow Sculpture Symposium Application http://www.pocobrio.com/go/do wnloads/SSF-SculptureRegistration-Form-2015.pdf Application Deadline: December 15, 2014
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St. Albert Place Visual Arts Council Presents The Country Craft Fair Call for Entries SAPVAC is pleased to invite you to apply for booth space in our annual juried craft show on November 15-16 at St Albert Place. Crafters and artists are able to present their wares in a venue which is as uniqueVUECARE as their craft. St. Albert Place is known as a hub of the art scene and cultural activity. The sale includes free admission and free parking for your clientele. Entry fee is $300. Work for sale must be handcrafted or produced by the applicant. For show info, Email: donnahillier@gmail.com Toy Guns Dance and Art Gala: Artist Call Come support Toy Guns Dance Theatre by being a part of this artistic adventure! Toy Guns is inviting artists to create work during our Art and Dance Gala in early November. There is a small sign up fee of $20, and in return you will receive a gift basket with over a $50 value, a canvas to create your work on at the gala, as well as an opportunity to exhibit and sell your previous works to a new and diverse audience. The piece you create that evening will be auctioned off to help Toy Guns upcoming performance in April. Sign up via email: richelle@toygunstheatre.com Please send a message including your name, how to contact you, and a short message saying you would like to create art work at the gala to be auctioned Toy Guns’ Dance and Art Gala You have the opportunity to create your choice of artwork during the event, which will be auctioned off to support Toy Guns. November 15th @ St. John’s Institute For more details please head to www.toygunstheatre.com VASA, in cooperation with Beverley Bunker, is soliciting submissions for a visual art exhibition for June 2015 from professional and emerging artists in the Edmonton region of Alberta. The deadline for submissions is Dec 1, 2014. Submissions must be sent electronically to mb.constable@gmail.com. A group show to offer an opportunity for women figurative artists to showcase their expressions of women only experiencing everyday life, expressed as portraiture, female form (nude) studies, narratives, etc., in visual form. http://www.vasa.ca/
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Guitarists, bassists, vocalists, pianists and drummers needed for good paying teaching jobs. Please call 780-901-7677 Looking for players for blues rock Contact Derek at 780-577-0991 Wanted: Female Singer country, light rock, 50’s & 60’s 780-458-7133
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): If you live in Gaza, you don't have easy access to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The closest KFC restaurant is 35 miles away in the Egyptian city of El-Arish. But there was a time when you could pay smugglers to bring it to you via one of the underground tunnels that linked Egypt to Gaza. Each delivery took four hours and required the help of two taxis, a hand cart and a motorbike. (Alas, Egypt destroyed most of the tunnels in early 2014.) I recommend, Aries, that you be as determined and resourceful to make your longed-for connections as the KFC lovers in Gaza were. Halloween costume suggestion: smuggler, bootlegger, drug-dealer, black-marketeer.
LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): This is one of those rare times when it's OK for you to just throw out the dirty dishes that you are too lazy to wash. It's also permissible to hide from a difficult person, spend money on a supposedly foolish indulgence, eat a bowl of ice cream for breakfast, binge-watch a TV show that provokes six months' worth of emotions in a few hours, and lie in bed for an extra hour fantasizing about sex with a forbidden partner. Don't make any of these things habits, of course. But for now, it's probably healthy to allow them. Halloween costume suggestion: total slacker.
TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): It's urgent that you expand your options. Your freedom of choice can't lead you to where you need to go until you have more possibilities to choose from. In fact, you're better off not making a decision until you have a wider selection. To playfully drive home this point to your subconscious mind, I suggest that this Halloween you consider disguising yourself as a slime mould. This unusual creature comes in more than 500 different genders, at least 13 of which must collaborate to reproduce. Here's a photo: bit.ly/yellowslime. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): In the animated sci-fi TV sitcom Futurama, Leela is the mutant captain of a spaceship. In one episode, she develops an odd boil on her hindquarters. It has a face and can sing. The actor who provides the vocals for the animated boil's outpouring of song is comedian Craig Ferguson, whose main gig is serving as host of a late-night TV talk show on CBS. Telling you this tale is my way of suggesting that you consider going outside your usual niche, as Ferguson did, to offer your talents in a different context. Halloween costume suggestion: Kim Kardashian as a nurse wearing ebola protective gear, science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson as a male stripper, a cat wearing a dog costume or vice versa. CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Native American hero Sitting Bull (1831 – 1890) was a renowned Lakota chief and holy man. He led his people in their resistance to the US occupation of their land. How did he become so strong and wise? In large part through the efforts of his doting mother, whose name was Her-Holy-Door. Let's install her as your exemplar for now. May she inspire you to nurture beauty and power in those you love. May she motivate you to be adroit as you perform your duties in service to the future. May the mystery of
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VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Our evolutionary ancestors Homo erectus loved to eat delicious antelope brains. The fossil evidence is all over their old stomping grounds in East Africa. Scientists say that this delicacy, so rich in nutrients, helped our forbears build bigger, stronger brains themselves. These days it's harder but not impossible to make animal brains part of your diet. The Chinese and Koreans eat pig brains and some European cuisines include beef brains. I'm confident, however, that your own brain will be functioning better than ever in the coming weeks, even if you don't partake of this exotic dish. Be sure to take advantage of your enhanced intelligence. Solve tough riddles! Think big thoughts! Halloween costume suggestion: a brain-eating Homo erectus. LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): "The egromenious hilarity of psychadisical melarmy, whether rooted in a lissome stretch or a lusty wobble, soon defisterates into crabolious stompability. So why not be graffenbent?" So said Noah's exwife Joan of Arc in her interview with St Krokodil magazine. Heed Joan's advice, please, Libra. Be proactively saximonious. I'M KIDDING! Everything I just said was nonsense. I hope you didn't assume it was erudite wisdom full of big words you couldn't understand. In offering it to you, I was hoping to immunize you against the babble and hype and artifice that may soon roll your way. Halloween costume suggestion: a skeptic armed with a shock-proof bullshit-detector. (For inspiration, check out these visuals: bit.ly/bsdetector.) SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): In HBO's famous TV drama, a high school chemistry teacher responds to his awful luck by turning to a life of crime. The show's title Breaking Bad refers to what happens when a good person cracks and veers over to the dark side. So then what does "breaking good" mean? Urbandictionary.com de-
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fines it like this: "When a criminal, junkie or gang-banger gets sweet and sparkly, going to church, volunteering at soup kitchens and picking the kids up from school." I'm concerned that you are at risk of undergoing a similar conversion, Scorpio. You seem so nice and kind and mild lately. I guess that's fine as long as you don't lose your edge. Halloween costume suggestion: a criminal with a halo, a sweet and sparkly gang-banger or a Buddhist monk junkie. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): I've got two possible remedies for your emotional congestion. You might also want to make these two remedies part of your Halloween shtick. The first remedy is captured by the English word "lalochezia." It refers to a catharsis that comes from uttering profane language. The second remedy is contained in the word "tarantism." It means an urge to dance manically as a way to relieve melancholy. For your Halloween disguise, you could be a wildly dancing obscenity-spouter. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): You are at a point in your astrological cycle when you deserve to rake in the rewards that you have been working hard to earn. I expect you to be a magnet for gifts and blessings. The favours and compliments you have doled out will be returned to you. For all the strings you have pulled in behalf of others' dreams, strings will now be pulled for you. Halloween costume suggestion: a beaming kid hauling around a red wagon full of brightly wrapped presents. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): Two physicists in Massachusetts are working on technology that will allow people to shoot laser beams out of their eyes. For Halloween, I suggest that you pretend you have already acquired this superpower. It's time for you to be brash and jaunty as you radiate your influence with more confidence. I want to see you summon reserves of charismatic clout you haven't dared to call on before. Costume suggestion: the X-Men mutant named Cyclops or the legendary Native American creature known as the thunderbird, which emits lightning from its eyes. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): The African nation of Swaziland has passed a law prohibiting witches from flying their broomsticks any higher than 150 metres above ground. That will a big problem for Piscean witches. There is currently an astrological mandate for them to swoop and glide and soar as high and free as they want. The same is metaphorically true for all Piscean non-witches everywhere. This is your time to swoop and glide and soar as high and free as you want. Halloween costume suggestion: high-flying witch, a winged angel, the Silver Surfer or a mythic bird like the Garuda. V
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Vaginal and G-spot orgasms actually do exist, despite "study" results The G-spot does not exist. Vaginal orgasm does not exist. Those were the headlines about a study published in the Journal of Clinical Anatomy in early October. When I first heard this, I was excited. It wasn't the G-spot thing that interested me. I do believe that, whether there's a G-spot or not, a lot of women enjoy that particular area. It was the challenging of the idea that there are three different types of orgasms that excited me. The entire female genital anatomy is a network of tissues, blood vessels and nerves that are connected. How can we separate one type of pleasure from another? I've found that the emphasis on three distinct types of orgasms, with the everpresent implication that vaginal is better than clitoral and G-spot is the best of all, makes women feel like there is something wrong with them for not being able to have a particular type of orgasm. I've talked to many women who
are having fantastic orgasms, but they're not happy because they don't have orgasms just from having a penis or a dildo in their vagina or because they don't think they've found their G-spot. I would love to see an end to all this "three types" nonsense so that we could relax and accept that orgasms happen in a lot of ways, they are all pretty great and one is not necessarily the right or better one. Sadly, my hopes were dashed when I read the study. First of all, the study, by Vincenzo and Giulia Puppo, isn't a research study, it's a literature review. The headlines make it sound as if the authors discovered something new that
led them to conclude that there is no G-spot and no vaginal orgasm. They did not. They proclaimed this to be true after looking at a number of previous studies on anatomy and female sexual response. The central point of the piece is that many of the terms people use to describe female sexual anatomy and response have no basis in science. Essentially, they are made up. This, they say, has led to a proliferation of myths about orgasm that make women feel as if they have a disorder when they don't. They are particularly critical of the surgeries for G-spot enhancement and the diagnosis of women who don't experience vaginal orgasms as having female sexual dysfunction.
I agree with this 100 percent and think every woman needs to hear it. The problem is that in their zeal to be concise and accurate, the authors deny the complexity and diversity of sexual experience. They say that no woman can experience orgasm from stimulation inside the vagina, that every woman can have an orgasm from stimulation of clitoris and indeed, that's the only way it ever happens. This cannot be true. Sexual excitement and climax don't come solely from one part of the body. Other areas of the body and the brain are intimately connected with how we experience pleasure. To say that the clitoris is the only path to orgasm is to deny the possibility of pleasure and or-
gasm to those who don't have a clitoris, don't have nerve sensation in their clitoris or who simply experience sex differently. By defining orgasm in such a narrow way, the authors could also lead women who don't have that experience to think they are abnormal. The Puppo's piece presents some important and challenging ideas, but in the end I think it just perpetuates the exact problem they are trying to address. V Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-for-profits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmonton-based, sex-positive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk.
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My son is 15 going on 16, and he's been experimenting with masturbation. At the moment, I pretty much just think fine, whatever, he's a teenager, there's very little I can do about it. So long as he doesn't get porn-obsessed and start letting his grades slip, it's fine. The issue is that, a few months ago, his younger sister found one of her tampons in the garbage, and it was covered with poop. She brought it up to me and my wife, and we didn't think much of it—until a couple of months ago, when my wife discovered, again, a used, shitty tampon in the garbage. We had a talk with our son and told him that we understand he is maturing sexually and we don't care how he explores his sexuality. However, we also don't want to find shitty tampons or whatever else in the garbage. Then, a couple of days ago, we were going to bed and we heard a noise coming from his bathroom. We checked it out and found his toothbrush in the sink, butt-end being rinsed with the water running full blast for who knows how long (he was d o w n s ta i r s ) . We asked him why he was doing that, and he said the cat had pissed on his toothbrush. We think his story is bullshit, as although the cat does piss on the floor, the cat has never peed on a counter before. We are fine with him exploring his sexuality, but at the same time, we don't want to find tidbits of what he's doing out in the open. As I've explained to him, he needs to do a better job of hiding it, because if a friend had come over and found a shitty tampon in the garbage can, what would they think? However, it looks like shaming him to hide it better might be the only way. What are your thoughts on this? Are we in the wrong here? Perplexed Over Progeny's Sexuality
in the open in a shared communal space. If you had texted me the moment you found the toothbrush, I would've immediately texted you back and advised you to turn the water off and refrain from asking your son about the toothbrush. If you had to say something to him about it, POPS, I would've advised you to go with this: "Don't leave the water running in your sink." Your son would've figured that you saw the toothbrush, figured that you figured it had been in his ass, and never made that mistake again. (Just as he's never made the tampon mistake again.) But you made the mistake of asking your son for an explanation ("Why are you doing that?") in a context where 1) your son isn't going to tell you the truth ("The cat pissed on it, Pops!"), and 2) you can't handle the truth ("I was fucking myself in the ass with it, Pops!"). Zooming out for a second: a boy who's almost 16 isn't "experimenting
you, because you don't like it, but you're OK with him making dates to spank others—and he wears that particular belt all the time, even though you've asked him not to. What's going on here? Ass Spared, Feelings Hurt Equal parts inconsideration (on his part) and insecurity (on your part) are combining to create unnecessary drama. If spanking is so central to his identity that he has to wear his spanking belt every day, you may be the wrong girlfriend for him. If seeing an easy-to-overlook reminder of his fetish leaves you this hurt, you're less OK with those spanking dates than you pretend to be, ASFH, and he may be the wrong boyfriend for you.
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I recently came across a pair of my ex-girlfriend's lacy panties in an old pair of shorts I haven't worn in years. I love wearing women's panties and I almost hit the floor when I found them. I was a mess after this girl dumped me. I was devastated. To this day, I have not found closure. This is where it gets tricky. A part of me wants to keep them because it's so hot that they're hers. I'm happy with my current girlfriend—I love her—but these panties really turn me on. The other part tells me to "show some respect" and get rid of them. Is this an ethical or moral issue? By keeping them, am I driving a wedge between me and my girlfriend? Any advice? Old Panties Protocol
And if a pair of panties can drive a wedge between you and your current girlfriend, then your relationship is made of pretty flimsy stuff. If an old pair of panties doesn’t destroy it, the next strong breeze will.
You haven't found any more shitcovered tampons in the trash since you spoke to your son about it months ago, POPS, so either he's doing a better job of hiding those shit-covered tampons—he's honouring his father and mother—or he's not putting his sister's tampons up his ass anymore. And your concern for the delicate sensibilities of your friends is a bit of a reach. A true friend wouldn't paw through the trash in your bathroom, and anyone who did dig through the trash deserves to find not just one shit-smeared tampon, but a handful. As for the toothbrush, POPS, it wasn't left "out in the open." You found it in the sink in his bathroom. You discovered it because he stupidly left the water running full blast, it's true, but it wasn't out
with masturbation." He's perfecting his technique. And we can deduce from the tampons and toothbrushes that your son likes assplay. That's not a problem. Inconsideration used to be a problem (disposing of shitty tampons where his family members might find them), but he's knocked that off, right? So the only remaining problem is that he's putting things in his ass that aren't designed for assplay. If you don't want your son abusing any cucumbers or mixing spoons or Oscar statuettes that might be lying around your house—and if you don't want to have to rush him to an emergency room in a few months to retrieve something that gets stuck in his ass—consider purchasing a few ass-appropriate toys for him, ie, one or two small silicone butt plugs with flared bases. He'll be mortified when you give them to him, POPS, but no more mortified than you were when you found those shitty tampons. Buying sex toys for kids is a hurdle most parents can't clear. If it's not something you can do, then you'll have to turn a blind eye to any toothbrushes you might find in sinks over the next few years. You'll also want to thoroughly wash cucumbers before consuming them.
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You're entitled to your memories and your keepsakes. And if a pair of panties can drive a wedge between you and your current girlfriend, OPP, then your relationship is made of pretty flimsy stuff. If an old pair of panties doesn't destroy it, the next strong breeze will. Keep the panties, I say, but put them away somewhere that isn't easily accessed—in a box in your storage space, on a high shelf in a closet—so you aren't tempted to haul them out every time you want to have a wank. But now and then, maybe when the girlfriend is out of town, I don't see the harm in retrieving your ex-girlfriend's panties and enjoying a nice, long, leisurely wank down memory lane. And finally, OPP, closure isn't something you find. It's something you do. On this week's Savage Lovecast, Dan chats with writer Katha Pollitt about reframing attitudes about abortion: savagelovecast.com. V @fakedansavage on Twitter
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