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Oil market woes

Last week, the USA and China announced they would be setting aggressive greenhouse-gas reduction targets, with both countries promising to taper emissions significantly in the coming decades. Say what you want about who is getting the better deal and the probability of either country reaching these goals, this deal is still important. It’s a powerful signal that the world’s two biggest economies—and polluters—are standing up together to say that climate disruption is real and it’s a problem that can’t be ignored. This puts Ottawa in an awkward spot. The federal government has a reputation for silencing our scientists, gutting environmental regulations and promoting the oilsands as our main economic driver. This gamble made economic sense since our thirsty global partners were keen to burn our crude. But what if demand plummets? Oil prices are at a four-year low thanks to a glut in American and Saudi production and lower global consumption, especially in China and the Eurozone. This dip is projected to knock billions from our government bank accounts. A world that pledges to reduce its carbon footprint is a world that moves away from fossil fuels. This deal also makes our push for long-term petro infrastructure look shortsighted. Do multi-billion-dollar, multi-decade pipelines to the United States or our pristine West Coast to export to China make much sense when both countries want to transition to renewables? The future of Alberta crude looks pretty bleak, especially when you consider the European Union agreed last month to slash GHG emissions to 40-percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Even if Canada refuses to act meaningfully on climate disruption, the global market already has. Cold, hard trade realities will force us to adapt our economy away from oilsands. Either we can be intelligent and invest in renewables and other clean technology, or be a sad footnote as the world moves on without us. V

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Remembering more than death

Trans* Day of Remembrance is an important reminder to embrace individuality Living within a heteronormative society of- ing of a person's name to thinking about tained joy, laughter, friendship and love. I ten poses a danger for people who identify the font and how it conveys personhood think it is important that we do not reduce as trans*. That's why the Trans* Day of Re- is important. Each person is highlighted trans* people's lives to nothing more than membrance, on November 20, is so impor- individually in the designed font, such as a name on a list of the deceased. We must tant. It is a day set aside to remember and how it is presented and the colour, which try to remember not only how and why they died, but to honour all of the mourn those we have lost to hate, parts that made their lives unique. intolerance and indifference. And It was their individuality and The names presented at this vigil it's a time to come together and are from all of the documented create meaningful change and resispersonhood that was taken away cases of violence against trans* tance against transphobic violence. from them. persons, so people are encouraged The Art of Protest will be setting to add other names that may have up a yarn bomb-style art installabeen missed. If you are interested tion at the University of Alberta. It will include a list of names from docu- is crucial in understanding and seeing the in the Art of Protest, please check out mented cases of transphobic violence. person individually—because it was their APIRG.org. As disabled and trans* writer Eli Clare Most of the names belong to trans wom- individuality and personhood that was said: "The bodies irrevocably taken from en, many whom were minorities, some taken away from them." us: we can memorialize them in quilts, of whom were sex workers and many of whom were either born poor and/or died We will never know the full extent of granite walls, candle-light vigils; remempoor. Why are the dead mostly made up of their stories nor we will ever know who ber and mourn them; use their deaths to these people truly were. Instead, we will strengthen our will. And as for the lies trans women? Alberta Public Interest and Research be reminded only of their names and the and false images, we need to name them, Group's working coordinator Samantha details of their deaths. But as we come transform them, create something entirely Estoesta-Williams, who runs the Art of across each name, I cannot help but won- new in their place, something that comes Protest, explains that each name will be der about their individual talents and tri- close and finally true to the bone, entering crafted with a personal touch. "The way umphs and hope that their lives were not our bodies as liberation, joy, fury, hope, a we transform a simple idea of the typ- only about despair and death, but also con- will to refigure the world." V

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Finding funding for specialized shelter

Shelter for foreign-born women fleeing violence, formerly WIN III, now Carol's House, is open again

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t's been a roller-coaster of a year for Edmonton Women's Shelter's WIN House. WIN III (now called Carol's House) is a shelter specifically for immigrant, refugee and trafficked women and their children who are fleeing domestic violence, or a life of slavery in the case of hu-

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man trafficking victims. The shelter has been operating since 2010, but the funds ran out last fall and WIN III closed its doors on October 31, 2013. But an option presented itself: Renee Gouin-Katz, wife of local billionaire Daryl Katz, made a $250 000 donation to the shelter at

the time, which has been renamed Carol's House in memory of her mother who was a strong supporter of women's causes in Edmonton. Carol's House was supposed to open last January, but extra funding didn't come through. When the province announced $3 million in additional funding to women's shelters across the province in the summer, WIN III did not receive any of it. But things are looking up now. Edmonton's Homeward Trust, a not-for-profit with the goal of housing every person facing homelessness in the city, has committed up to $393 215 in funding through the provincial government. An additional $533 620 was secured through the province's Innovative Child Care Program, the Royal Alexandria Hospital, and Gouin-Katz's donation. Tess Gordey, executive director of WIN House, says domestic violence is a sad reality that has not been decreasing in Edmonton. "Women's shelters across Alberta are turning away so many families,

it's almost hard to comprehend," she says. "And a fifth of the victims live in our city." The need for Carol's House is big, as women who come from other countries and cultures and experience domestic violence here are often unable to speak the language, secure a job, look after medical or legal needs, find affordable housing and even find the money to properly feed and clothe their children. These barriers actually keep many women in violent situations instead of leaving to seek help. It's unfortunate that their bravery in leaving a home where there is emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse is often met with a door closed on them because there is not enough funding to go around. Gordey believes the funding will go far in breaking down barriers to safety. "I expect sustainable funding will continue to be a barrier in the future," she says. "Shelters being

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at risk of closing their doors is not new, and it could happen to us again in the future. But in the meantime, we, and Carol's House, will remain committed to increasing safety in our community for as long as possible." In addition to stays extended well past the 21-day maximum for most Alberta women's shelters, Carol's House provides culturally sensitive services and helps foreignborn women understand all the legalities and intricacies of living in Canada. Gordey says that Edmonton police respond to as many as 10 000 domestic violence calls each year and half of the calls report there are children in the home. "The race, the socioeconomic class and the educational backgrounds are diverse, but in any given classroom, one in seven children will have witnessed violence in their homes," Gordey says.

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e are living in an era of opportunity and yet a vast number of people are struggling just to get by. Wealth is undeniably skewed away from those who work hard to make ends meet and towards a small percentage of the population that just keeps getting richer. It is this perpetual inequality—and what should be done about it—that is the focus of this year's Parkland Conference titled People Vs Profiteers: Demanding Justice and Equity. Keynote speaker Guy Standing will be addressing this issue. The best-selling author and University of London economics professor will be delivering his lecture A Precariat Charter: A Progressive Agenda for Today's Dangerous Class. What is the precariat? It is an emerging social class living with unstable labour, unstable housing and often unstable personal relationships. "The neoliberal economic model wants a large number of people to be living like that, and thus being 'flexible,' easily hired and fired, shifted from one set of tasks to another," Standing explains via email while in Poland launching his new book The Precariat: The new dangerous class. "Worst of all, those in the precariat cannot build a life of an occupational identity, and the norm is that their level of education is above the level of labour or jobs they can expect to obtain. And they have to do a lot of work that simply does not get recognized or measured in our out-of-date labour statistics." Standing views the precariat as a dangerous class due to the persistent insecurities those within it face. He calls it a "frustrating, alienating existence that offers them no realis-

tic hope of escape," and those among to create a future, and they are angry the precariat are losing all five types with mainstream politicians who are of rights: civil, cultural, political, social failing to offer a strategy or vision of and economic. These people, along good society beyond increased labour with their needs and aspirations, are and consumption. "It reflects the painful construction of often ignored by mainstream politicians and parties looking to attract a global market system and the neothe so-called middle class, while con- liberal economic model constructed demning the young and those in or by our governments over the past two bordering the precariat class in the decades," Standing says of what has contributed to the rise of the precariat process. The precariat can be further broken class. "Those governments have just down into three factions, which Stand- not cared about the minority. And ing delves into throughout his book now that minority is growing and will be discussing during his The neoliberal economic model keynote adwants a large number of people dress. The first group to be living like that, and thus includes being ‘flexible,’ easily hired and people who fired, shifted from one set of are falling out of worktasks to another. ing-class communities and families and unable to main- into what will soon be a majority. Only when the precariat becomes suftain old-style manual occupations. "They may not have any upper edu- ficiently united to demand changes cation, and they are listening to some will positive changes take place." ugly populist politicians, neo-facist in many respects," Standing explains. Also among the Parkland Confer"We are seeing this in terrifying ways ence program is a screening of The in Europe. They are blaming the sec- Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the ond faction for their insecurities and People, a crowdfunded documentary worsening wages and benefits. That about the push in the United States to faction consists of migrants, ethnic transition to 100-percent renewable minorities, the disabled and whatever energy sources rather than relying on fossil fuels and the like. The film group can be depicted as outsiders." The third faction is made up of was featured at the People's Climate educated people with some college March in New York City this Septemor university credentials but no per- ber, and co-writer Theo Badashi is opceived future. Standing says these in- timistic about the state of the current dividuals are dangerous in a more pos- climate-change movement. "It's really difficult to face the larger itive sense, though. This faction want

problems in the world. We're always saying, 'When are the new solutions going to come?'" says Badashi, who has been an activist for more than a decade. "We are so excited to see that the climate movement in particular is really diversifying. It's a social-justice movement now; it's an ecological movement, a new relationship to the planet that is really, I would almost say, spiritually and personally enrich-

ing for people in ways that the normal capitalist economic system is just not satisfying those deeper needs." While progress is being made in terms of climate change and increasing the use of renewable energy rather than relying on things like fossil fuels, Badashi points out that there is still work to do, and it needs to happen sooner rather than later. "It's the single largest issue our species is going to face in our lifetime, and for generations to come," he says of climate change. "If we don't rein in, if we don't develop a healthy relationship with our planet and how we act within it and live within it as the larger Earth community, then human pres-

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ence is essentially going to tip the scale to make the planet unlivable for humans and countless other species. You know, we would essentially be talking about the end of human civilization in the way we know it now, so that's how big the stakes are. It might be a couple decades, it might be a hundred years at the most, but we're seeing these things happen now, so if we don't take action then our grandkids and our children are going to live in a fundamentally different world." Transitioning to 100-percent renewable energy seems impossible, but it's not. Badashi assures that even small steps have an impact, and there are numerous ways individuals can start making small changes that will benefit themselves and the planet. He's particularly enthusiastic about the focus on the live-local movement in Alberta. "The embrace of local farming and local foods and kind of living simply and riding your bikes when the weather permits ... those things are all very basic things that people can do immediately in their lives," Badashi explains, adding that people switching their utilities over to green energy is another effective alternative. "If people really want to get proactive, if they want to make a huge difference, they can bring more diverse forms of climate education into their schools. They can begin to do much more grassroots kind of culturally oriented campaigns to really raise people's awareness of what's possible. It's important for us to know the problems, but right now is a time for us to switch over into solutions." MEAGHAN BAXTER

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Caspian games

Russia is attempting to control oil and gas crossing the Caspian Sea

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Russian politician Andrei Zhirinovsky is all mouth, so it would not normally have caused a stir when he suggested earlier this year that Russia should simply annex the parts of neighbouring Kazakhstan that have a large Russian population. But the ultra-nationalist leader of the Liberal Democratic Party actually frightened the Kazakhs, because there is a bigger game going on. Kazakh President Nursultan Naz-

arbayev, in power since before Kazakhstan got its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, was so alarmed that he openly expressed doubts about whether Kazakhstan should join Moscow's "Eurasian Economic Union" when it launches in January. "Kazakhstan will not be part of organizations that pose a threat to our independence," he said in August. The EEU is the same organization that Ukrainians rebelled against join-

ing last year when their pro-Moscow former president, Viktor Yanukovych, abandoned plans for closer ties with the European Union. But Kazakhstan under Nazarbayev has always been on good terms with Russia, so Russia's autarch, Vladimir Putin, immediately cracked the whip. "Kazakhstan never had any statehood (historically)," Putin said. Nazarbayev merely "created" the country—with the clear implication that it

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was an artificial construct that might, if the wind changed, just be dismantled again. With Russian troops in eastern Ukraine "on holiday" from the army (but taking their armoured vehicles and artillery with them), it was a veiled threat that Kazakhstan had to take seriously. There has actually been a Kazakh state. Almost the entire area of the current country, and substantial parts of neighbouring countries, were ruled from the 15th to the 18th centuries by a powerful Kazakh khanate, the traditional form of state among the Islamic, Turkic-speaking peoples of Central Asia. The reason it never evolved into a modern state is that the whole area was conquered and colonized by the Russian empire. Russia is still the only great power within easy reach of the Central Asian states, and it underlined its displeasure with Nazarbayev by holding military exercises near the Kazakh border in early September. But Putin was not just restoring discipline in a prospective member of the EEU, his pet project to rival the EU. Putin's strategic objective is to control oil and gas traffic across the landlocked Caspian Sea. The last thing Moscow needs is cut-price competition from Central Asian producers in its European markets. Moscow at the top of the Caspian Sea and Iran at the bottom have their own pipelines to get oil out to the markets. Azerbaijan, on the western shore, has built pipelines through Georgia into Turkey, one of which reaches the Mediterranean, so Russia cannot control its exports. But Moscow still has a stranglehold on the big oil and gas producers on the eastern side of the sea, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Neither of those former Soviet republics can escape Moscow's grip unless it can move its oil and gas in pipelines across the Caspian seabed to Azerbaijan and out to the Mediterranean from there. So Putin has been trying for years to get a Russian veto on any such

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pipelines. He's nearly there. If the international Law of the Sea applied, then each country's exclusive economic zone, with control over seabed developments, would extend 300 nautical miles from its coast. The Caspian is not that big, so all five EEZ's would meet in the middle—and Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan's zones would both touch Azerbaijan's, so the question of trans-Caspian seabed pipelines would be beyond Moscow's control. But since the Caspian Sea is not part of the world ocean, the five countries around it can agree on any local rules they like. Russia is by far the greatest power on its shores, and the rules it likes would confine each country to a 15-nautical-mile sovereign zone and a 25-mile exclusive fishing zone. Under this regime, the middle of the sea would remain a common area where any development would need the consent of all five countries. Hey presto! A Russian veto on any pipelines crossing the Caspian Sea, and continuing control over oil and gas exports from Central Asia to Europe. Following a summit meeting of the five countries' leaders in Astrakhan at the end of September, it's practically a done deal, although the final treaty will not be signed until 2016. Late last month Richard Hoagland, US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, visited Astana, the Kazakh capital, and said that the US firmly supported Kazakh independence and territorial integrity, but everybody knows who's boss in the region. Sidelining Kazakh and Turkmen competition in the European gas and oil markets will not help Moscow much, however, if Putin's behaviour on Russia's western borders continues to frighten the Europeans. They will be scrambling to cut their dependence on Russian gas and oil as fast as they can, and the fracking Americans, with their soaring production, will be more than happy to help. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Wildrose Motion to Entrench Property Rights in the Canadian Constitution On Nov. 24, Wildrose MLA Rod Fox, with the support of MLA Gary Bikman, will introduce Motion 501 in the Alberta legislature to entrench property rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If Motion 501 passes, Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer will introduce a similar motion in the House of Commons. Please contact your MLA and MP and ask them to support these important motions. Together, we can protect property rights in 14113LL1 Alberta. For more information: MLA Rod Fox 780.422.1149 or rod.fox@assembly.ab.ca MLA Gary Bikman 780.427.2860 or gary.bikman@assembly.ab.ca

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The real deal

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izza leads a peculiar double life. It's an omnipresent convenience food available in various degenerate, often greasy incarnations, but it's also a fancy-schmancy restaurant item: wood-fired and lavished with novel and/or pricey blandishments. Luckily, esteemed institutions like Ragazzi Bistro Italiano—purveyor of authentic Italian cuisine in this town for close to four decades—exist to furnish a baseline for how real pizza should taste. It's probably always a good idea to book ahead with Ragazzi: despite the recent onset of crappy weather, co-diner and I were startled to find the bistro as bustling as if it were a fairer Saturday night. A rather large surprise party-in-waiting encompassed a goodly chunk of Ragazzi's cavernous antechamber, on the other side of a handsome river-stone archway from where my codiner and I were seated. Judging from the repartee between staff and patrons, Ragazzi has a lot of repeat visitors. But even with standing-room only, they had our table of two in and out in less than an hour. Having been to Ragazzi before, I arrived convinced that any of the house pizzas would suffice. All promised a few lovingly-chosen toppings, simple but highly effective tomato sauce, just the right amount of a good cheese or two on a perfectly conceived and executed crust. (They have pasta and other entrées which I've never tried, because pizza.) We decided on the capricciosa, which boasted artichoke hearts, pepperoni, mozzarella and a little extra spicy zing. Naturally, we'd need a salad and again I would have been

happy with any on offer. We had to settle on one so we ordered the paesano salad with tomato and bocconcini. Our choices left us nothing to regret save that we only had one stomach each and couldn't order more. Presumably, I could assemble all the same ingredients the bistro uses in its paesano salad but I fail to see how I could make them taste so good together. The sweet, luscious tomatoes, the creamy slices of soft, unripened cheese falling apart in the careful calibration of olive oil, garlic and onions—there's some crazy Italian alchemy going on there, which I deeply appreciate but cannot apprehend. Substantial but light, it was a fine dish to prime us for the main event. Our pie was divvied into eight two-handed wedges and everything about it was just right—the slices of pepperoni, chopped artichoke hearts and mushrooms judiciously strewn, the right amount of mozzarella under the toppings, the fresh, garlicky tomato sauce, and that crust! Crisp yet chewy, thin yet hearty, just a pinch saltier than the usual: it was delicious in the moment and hardly less marvelous out of my oven the next day. Despite our ravenous appetites, we topped out at two-and-a-half pieces each. No matter: these were pretty great leftovers. The fact that Ragazzi is operated by a father and his four sons gives me hope that the bistro will continue as a family tradition, and provide future generations of Edmontonians a crucial grounding in real pizza. If you haven't been educated yet, I have to wonder what it is you're waiting for.

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It's like walking into a friend's living room, not a wine shop. Part of it's got to be the dog: Bruin is a common fixture at Color de Vino, Edmonton's newest independent wine shop. During my conversation with his human companion and store owner Juanita Roos, customers frequently stopped to greet the friendly little Griffon Bruxellois before acknowledging his bipedal counterparts. "He's a sales technique!" Roos laughs. Color de Vino is perched on the edge of the Mill Creek Ravine, just before the bridge heading east into Bonnie Doon and right across the street from the south side location of Earth's General Store. The bright, orderly shop is a welcome change to a part of Whyte Avenue that has become far less scruffy in recent years. "We wanted to be part of a good community, and Mill Creek supports a lot of great local businesses," says Ramon Miranda, who co-owns the store with Roos (who is also his mother-inlaw). "We didn't know what to expect when we opened our doors; when we looked at the store before us, it wasn't such a great liquor store." That's an astonishingly tactful understatement: the previous tenant was a seedy bargain-basement liquor store that dealt in malt liquor and plastic mickeys. Happily, no vestiges remain of that previous incarnation, save an old sign still hanging outside and "a whole lake" of bargain booze stashed in the basement. (Part of their lease deal was purchasing the previous store's stock, which they are slowly filtering out via bargain bin.) Color de Vino is organized unusually: it is quite possibly the only store in Edmonton arranged by wine type and grape variety, rather than country and region. "We start with our lighter whites

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and then on to our heavier, oaked whites," says Miranda, walking over to the shelves (hand-built by his fatherin-law). "Then rosés, lighter reds like Gamay, Beaujolais, Pinot Noir, then some Barolo and Nebbiolo blends. It's very much like a restaurant wine list would be: we wanted to expose the world of wine in a different way than the consumer is accustomed to, but which makes more sense in the long run. The way people mostly come in, they have a single bottle in mind and that bottle will be on the shelf surrounded by very similar ones." This organizing principle makes perfect sense given Miranda's other career: he is a server and head barman at Corso 32; previous to that he worked at The Red Ox Inn. Wine is actually what brought his family together: while he and Roos were taking the third level of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) sommelier certification, Roos introduced him to her daughter and his future wife— the pair just had their first child two months ago, right around when the store opened. Roos has also worked in the wine world for some time. Her first venture was a small restaurant in Drayton Valley in the mid '80's; more recently she worked at Crestwood Fine Wines in the west end. She and Miranda consider Color de Vino the next part of both of their careers, and plan to stick around for the long haul. "We just want to maintain our humble store," Miranda says. "We want to have that independent feel; we want that local-shop feel." "We want to build one relationship at a time; that's why we haven't done a marketing campaign," Roos adds. "Because then we can build with each person and we get better and the store gets better slowly. And we'll open anything to taste—we're our biggest expense!" V

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Earth’s General Store downtown: now selling meat In response to customer feedback and the enduring dearth of grocery stores in downtown Edmonton, Earth’s General Store’s (egs.ca) 104 Street location will start selling meat. This marks a significant shift in the store’s direction, which has previously been Canada’s biggest vegetarian grocer, but owner Michael Kalmanovitch feels the decision still upholds Earth’s philosophy: all of the meat will be certified organic and sourced from small local farms. The change also means Earth’s General is now a full grocer that can effectively meet the requirements of most households in the downtown core, along with a great in-store café offering organic sandwiches, soups, salads and baked goods. The Whyte Avenue location will not offer meat at this time due to a lack of equipment.

Hicks Fine Wine grand opening The more indie wine shops, the better: Hicks Fine Wines (hicksfinewines.com) just opened its doors in St Albert at the Shops at Boudreau (the former site of Hole’s Greenhouse). Stop by the grand opening on Thursday, November 27 from 5 pm to 9 pm for some wines and appetizers.

Locals enlist in donut showdown Set your PVRs for the Food Network’s Donut Showdown, airing on Monday, November 24: Edmonton’s own Moonshine Doughnuts (facebook.com/moonshinedoughnuts) was one of the competitors. The winner won’t be officially revealed until then; fingers crossed that our local pastry heroes will emerge victorious.

Wild Earth Bakery expansion Bread lovers rejoice: Wild Earth (wildearthbakery.com) has opened a location in St Albert’s The Enjoy Centre. The new, bigger location will allow the bakery to expand its line of from-scratch breads and serve a wider area.

Color de Vino grand opening Be sure to pop by Color de Vino (colordevino.ca) between 2 pm and 5 pm on Saturday, November 22 for the store’s grand opening. They are pouring over 30 wines and showcasing cheese and bread from Bonjour Bakery (yvanchartrand.com) and tapas from Culina Restaurant and Catering (culinafamily.com). There will be product specials too!

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High water can’t stop The Marc It might have broken another restaurant: 12 days is a long time for a restaurant to be closed, but The Marc (themarc.ca) is back open after being shut down for almost two weeks due to flooding in the building. Owners Patrick and Doris Saurette are happy to welcome patrons and staff back and they thank everyone for their patience while they cleaned up the mess.

Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! November 20—the third Thursday of November—is Beaujolais Nouveau Day. But if you’ve never heard of this, you’re certainly not alone: Beaujolais Nouveau is a type of French wine made from the Gamay variety using carbonic maceration (fermenting the whole grape bunches), which gives the wine cloying banana and strawberry candy flavours. Beaujolais Nouveau has been around since 1951 and used to be heavily marketed, but recent years have seen a major drop in Nouveau’s sales and popularity—and for good reason: Beaujolais is home to many lovely wines, but Nouveau has never been among them. So if you really want to celebrate, grab a bottle from one of the 10 Beaujolais Crus—or even a simple Villages—and taste what that region is really all about.

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PREVUE // COMIX

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PREVIEWS OF RAPID FIRE THEATRE’S PRAIRIE BOWL AND FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, PLUS A REVIEW OF CATALYST THEATRE’S ELEPHANT WAKE.

Sat, Nov 22 (8 pm) What the %@&*! Happened to Comics? Metro Cinema, $20 – $30

hough he might be the person most responsible for graphic novels being accepted as a mature literary art form, Art Spiegelman only ever did the one. Maus, his Pulitzer Prize-winning recount of his father's Holocaust experience is Spiegelman's lone entry into a now-substantial canon of large-length comic books: 2011's MetaMAUS is as much literary rumination on Maus as it is anything else, and the rest of Spiegelman's published works collect various short-form comics he's done. He's never returned to the longer, deeper approach that Maus took. Still, the 66-year-old artist's mind remains firmly locked on the comics medium as a whole, constantly

turning it over in his mind. Ahead of his appearance in Edmonton at the Festival of Ideas–where he'll be doing chronological overview of the history—Vue took a phone call with Spiegelman, who proved himself a warm and provocative conversationalist in equal measure. VUE WEEKLY: The name of the talk is

What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?, but to cast that question forward: what the %@&*! do you think is going to happen to comics, in the next little while? ART SPIEGELMAN: Well, I think one thing that's certainly going to happen has already happened and is happening more. ... Comics as a medium

will only survive because of what Marshall McLuhan said, which is: any technology, when it's no longer the dominant technology, needs to become art, or disappear. So, for example, woodcuts, they're just the way you printed stuff back in the Middle Ages and beyond. And now, it only still exists because of some artists who like fighting it out with wood to get their pictures made. VW: How are you making things today? AS: When I get back to the city, I have a project that's due that involves drawing on photographs that are very large with large oil pastels. And then insetting panels into that. It's totally outside my comfort zone, and I'm interested to see what happens in that laboratory. But it's all due by the end of December; it has to be a very fast moving lab compared to the way I usually work.

VW: It's for an exhibition? AS: It's for a book. ... That's what I will

be working on. But before that, I'm working on very short, very densely packed comics. The opposite of graphic novels.

VW: What's the appeal of that condensing? AS: I think that graphic novels are often a terrible idea, based on a lot of the ones I'm seeing now. It encourages padding, and it encourages a kind of flagging of attention unless someone's willing to put the 10 years in that are necessary for most artists. Some brilliant work has been done, but I think comics, in their essence, are a medium of compression. That's their strength. And in a sense, Maus was done that way as well: every page was another thought, and if I drew in a more facile way, Maus would've been 3000 pages long instead of 300.

VW: You mean the medium is typically 200 pages, and that as the idea of a graphic novel ... AS: Yeah, and that's an insane thing to approach, unless you have a major thought to express. It's just the marketplace has now decided it's a good idea, the long comic. We can package it, we can sell it. But I think for the medium itself, some of the greatest work that's made the biggest impression on me is between one and eight pages long. That's not to say there aren't also really astounding things being done, but for years, I was trying to do another graphic novel and figured maybe I'm the only person on the planet that doesn't have to do one. I did one. I gave. PAUL BLINOV

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Read an expanded version of this interview at vueweekly.com/art-spiegelman

PREVUE // THEATRE

Space // Space I

t may be humanity's final fron- Do you redefine a culture? What are tier—if one that's found a renewed the rules? They don't seem to apply interest these days—but it seems any longer, because there's no one to hold the same title on stages, standing over you enforcing them. There's no judge, too: outer space except one anremains a place other." that theatre rarely Until Sat, Nov 29 (7:30 pm; Chu and Duplesventures into, let additional 11:30 pm show on Fri, sis play twin alone boldly goes. Nov 28) brothers Lumus And while there Directed by Trevor Schmidt and Penryn, havare perhaps practi- ATB Financial Arts Barns, $16 ing been launched cal reasons for the – $28 into space years absence of plays before, hurdling set beyond gravity's reach, the depths of the cosmos through the cosmos, together and is not only where Space // Space, alone. Penryn's inexplicably been Northern Light Theatre's season asleep for a long time while Lumus, opener, finds itself unfolding, but alone, picks away at a stand-up rouproves an apt setting to ground its tine. But when the former finally awakens, they find that his long more thematic explorations. "When you're away from Earth, and slumber's brought on a number of the cultural confines and laws and changes: namely, his physical body's different things that we use to de- shifted from boy to girl. This, perhaps fine our culture, what happens?" ac- understandably, causes some confutor Nadien Chu speculates, sitting in sion for both as they attempt to navia Whyte Ave coffee shop adjacent to gate a new dynamic from within the her co-performer, Trevor Duplessis. isolation of a tiny rocket ship. "We're exploring lots of different "How do you redefine yourselves?

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grey areas," Chu says. "Gender has come up constantly, just in how that's shifting, and how fluid it's becoming, but then again how still entrenched we are in old patterns, in old ways of relating to one another." An unusual script, to be sure—the first of Northern Light's season predicated on discussion of gender—one that tests its actors by sticking them not only in close but also in cramped proximity. And its handling of that content falls somewhere between comedy and drama, Chu and Duplessis note, with the comedy allowing the deeper ideas to find a richer purchase. "To make some of its points, the comedy needs to be there," Duplessis says. "Where a joke isn't so funny if it's coming from this person as opposed to this person. And why is that? Where does that come from, and why do we laugh this time, but not this time?" PAUL BLINOV

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5'11"—with a 6'1" wingspan) dancing with a large, white wooden table. "Another presence creates a duet," Sawdon explains, adding that the piece deals heavily with the idea of ritual, and her relationship with the table ends in a surprise for the audience. Sawdon also credits Cook's ability to break dancers out of their movement habits as what made this piece unique to her own repertoire. "As a dancer you Thu, Nov 20 – Sat, Nov 22 (8 pm) have the things you like, you have Convergence your go-tos, your L’Uni Theatre, $10 – $20 Heavy is the head that wears the crown // Marc J Chalifoux natural movement ow in its fourth year and for the Two of the Good qualities and your first time presenting an artist Women—Ainsley Hillyard and Alida instinctual things that feel good. We from beyond Edmonton's borders, Nyquist-Schultz—met Sawdon back would improvise and [Cook] would just the Good Women Dance Collec- while they were all studying at the Win- strip them down," Sawdon explains. tive's Convergence showcase con- nipeg School of Contemporary Dance. "The movement that I do in the piece sists of two full-length choreograSawdon's piece, Surfacing, is a solo is different than anything that I would phies, this year featuring Winnipeg's choreographed by Constance Cook that have devised. It was outside of my comRebecca Sawdon. sees the very tall Sawdon (she stands fort zone, which is good."

Convergence

Preparations for the upcoming show also included a weekend origami bee here in Edmonton, where a gaggle of folders were assembled to craft paper crowns. The crowns, which audiences saw a peek of at the Expanse Movement Arts Festival earlier this year, are a part of the mythos in Caveat, a new piece conceived by the Good Women's Hillyard. Caveat, which was workshopped in Ottawa for three weeks in September, started out with an examination of Aesop's fable "Avaricious and Envious" wherein two neighbours are granted any wish on the condition that the neighbour would gain the wish twiceover. Being respectively greedy and jealous, one neighbour wishes for a room full of gold, the other wishes for one of his own eyes to be put out—which makes the other completely blind. Grisly, but the moral is that people will do awful things to one-up someone else.

"At first it was a personal thing that I wanted to explore, the idea of envy and other people," Hillyard says. "I think that the detriment that people will put themselves through to best the other person is a very dramatic and powerful concept." The resulting piece asks questions—quite literally—as the dancers explore the theme both verbally and through movement in the piece. Who has more to lose? Who is the most spiteful? Who is the tallest? It's a piece that would also be very different were there a male member in the Collective, says Hillyard, but the piece does not focus on female-on-female violence as much as one might assume. Either way, audiences can look forward to a swath of paper crowns and plenty of cruel questioning.

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PREVUE // DANCE

Prairie Dance Circuit “I WAKE UP AS A GIRL. WITH GIRL BITS AND PIECES. AND YOU TELL ME TO JUST IGNORE IT?”

Sat, Nov 22 & Sun, Nov 23 (8 pm) Timms Centre for the Arts, $20 – $35 Denim and pennies and dancers

ing Hon loves a good prop. Banal props, shiny props, useless and/ or useful props. The independent Winnipeg-based dancer and choreographer brings her unique performance style to Edmonton this week as part of the Prairie Dance Circuit, presented by the Brian Webb Dance Company. Now in its fifth round, the Circuit annually showcases dancers from the country's flatlands. This year's show features three pieces, two of them choreographed by Hon. Rounding out the show is Edmonton's Raena Waddell with Here. Now., a duet made in collaboration with Deanne Underwood and photographer Marc Chalifoux. Hon's first piece, The Exhibitionist, features her performing an intimate duet with a Xerox machine. Beyond how silly it sounds at first, Hon explains that the performance is actually an extended riff on the word "labour." "I've had an office job before; it's this endless pushing paper and making photocopies. That idea of this endless work and always reproducing all these images, I guess that sort of played into the idea of being a woman and having

a child," Hon explains. In the piece, she gives birth to a litter of paper babies. In real life, Hon recently gave birth to a daughter, now 18 months old. "It has changed the piece, now I know what real labour is like," she admits. "When I first performed it I had had a history of miscarriages, and in it I kind of destroy everything in the end." Hon's been performing the piece since 2012, and notes that audience reaction hasn't always been what she expected. "It surprised me how comical it is, actually," she adds. "It's very dark in some ways, but people find it really funny." Her second piece, Forever in Blue Jeans, features Hon's choreography set on a trio from Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers—working with other dancers was a welcome shift for the usually solo performer. "All three of the dancers are clothed in the classic Canadian tuxedo," she describes. "It's a trendy look now, but it's always been around. It's the everyday working-man's look, and it has all these personalities behind it."

The dancers are accompanied onstage by the glint of few hundred pennies. "The penny I find really interesting. They're being phased out of our currency system in Canada, so they're kind of like this useless thing that has no worth, but at the same time it makes up our entire economic system. It's a peculiar thing," Hon says. "Initially I wanted to start off with 99 cents because it doesn't fully add up to a dollar. I had 99 pennies and 99 actions, and each of those physical actions were based on things in everyday life, things like sweeping the floor or cradling a baby, or sneezing or vomiting." The piece grew to contain about five dollars' worth of pennies—and about that many insights, too. "The audience is going to see performances that are quite emotionally dense and really dense with ideas. I feel like they'll think, 'Wow, that was a lot of information.' I don't expect an audience member to get it off the bat. Just allow yourself to experience it, to think about it, to have a discussion about it."

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SPACE // SPACE BY JASON CRAIG

“I USED TO BE YOUR BROTHER. AND NOW I’M YOUR SISTER-BROTHER.”

NOVEMBER 21 - 29, 2014 PREVIEW NOVEMBER 20

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DANCE BRIAN WEBB DANCE COMPANY • John L. Haar Theatre • Raena Waddell: Here. Now.: Prairie Dance Circuit, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers: Forever in blue jeans, Ming Hon: The Exhibitionist; featuring WCD dancers Natasha Torres-Garner, Ali Robson and Kayla Henry • Nov 22-23, 8pm • $35 and $20 at TIX on the Square

GOOD WOMEN • L’ Uni Theatre (La Cité Francophone) 8627-91 St • Convergence: Caveat, choreography by Ainsley Hillyard featuring Alison Kause, Alida NyquistSchultz, and Kate Stashko; and Surfacing, choreography by Constance Cooke featuring Rebecca Sawdon • Nov 20-22, 8pm • $20/$15 (student)/$10 (CADA member) at TIX on the Square

SHUMKA UKRAINIAN DANCERS • Performing Arts Centre, Camrose • Pathways to Hopak: journey through life’s cycle of birth, youthful playfulness, search for love, tragedy of conflict, desire to clean our battlefields and, to begin the cycle again. Part of the Festival of Ideas • Nov 23, 7pm • $39/$30 (student/senior) at 780.608.2922

St, 780.425.9212 • Cult Cinema: There Will Be Blood (PG violence, not rec for young children); Nov 25, 9pm • Reel Family Cinema: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie; Nov 22, 2pm • How to Train Your Dragon 2; Nov 29, 2pm • Science in the Cinema: The Story of Luke; Nov 20, 6:30-9pm; free

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186106 St, 780.488.6611 • Discovery Gallery: CAFFEINE: Robin DuPont and Sarah Pike, two BC potters, explore the theme of ‘caffeine’ and the rituals around it • 21 KONSTRUCTIONS: Cross Stitch by fibre artist Brenda Raynard; until Nov 29 • Feature Gallery: WELL IN HAND: Craft artists explore their own horse connections; until Dec 24

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.422.6223 • Strange Dream: Artworks by Jill Stanton; until Dec 31 • A Moving Image: until Jan 4 • 90 x 90: Celebrating Art in Alberta: Part 2: until Jan 4 • SONAR: Sound Art Explorations by Edmonton Artists; until Jan 4 • BMO World of Creativity: World of Boo: Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan; until Apr 16 • Art For Lunch: FILM AS ART? with Megan Bertagnolli; Nov 20 • Open Studio Adult Drop-In: Wed, 7-9pm; $18/ $16 (AGA member) • Photo: Instagram-it by Hand!; Nov 26 • Late Night Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6-9pm ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert, 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca • GUILDED: LET NATURE STUN YOU: Works by St Albert Place Visual Arts Council Members; until Nov 29 • Ageless Art: Handcrafted Books: Nov 20, 1-3pm; for mature adults; $15/$13.50 (Arts & Heritage member)

BEARCLAW GALLERY • 10403-124 St • ANIMAL

SPEAK: Paintings by Jessica Desmoulin, and clay works by Dianne Meili • Until Nov 27

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing,

BLUE CURVE GALLERY • Glenrose Hospital, Main Fl,

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

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 10345-124 St •

FILM

WHAT TIME IS IT: Works by Brian Batsch • Nov 21-Dec 5 • Artist reception: Nov 21, 6-9pm

CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner Library

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA)

Theatre, bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7070 • Free film screening every Wed, 6:30pm • The Lunchbox, 2013, India, PG; Nov 26, 6:30pm • Free

FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Everything Must Go, R (US rating); Nov 21, 2pm • Dreamgirls, PG; Nov 28, 2pm

10230-111 Ave, 780.735.7999/403.949.4991 • WHITE: Photography series by Karen Lee, exploring the graphic and atmospheric elements of winter • Until Dec 31

• 9103-95 Ave, 780.461.3427 • ARTCETERA: Works by Thérèse Bourassa, Ute Rieder, Hélène Giguere, Luc Josh, guest A.K. Hellum • Nov 21-Dec 2

CREATIVE PRACTICES INSTITUTE • 10149-122

the Carbon Market Smokesceen; Nov 27, 5pm • Free

ST, 780.863.4040 • PERFORMANCE@CPI: Nov 21, 7-9pm • Curatorial Debut of local designer and CPI Director Sergio Serrano; opening: Nov 26 • BRIDGE: Works by Sergio Serrano; Nov 26-Jan 17 • Interagency Meeting: for individuals, collectives, collaborators to discuss various topics on Edmonton arts and culture; Nov 25, 6-7:30pm; free

GRANT MACEWAN UNIVERSITY • Aboriginal

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St, 780.760.1278

GLOBAL HEALTH FILM SERIES • U of A • 2-430 ECHA: Film: Big Boys Gone Bananas!; Nov 20, 5pm • 2-430 ECHA: Film: The Carbon Rush: The Truth Behind

Education Centre, CN Theatre Rm 5-142 • Screening of Gently Whispering the Circle Back followed by discussion with Elder Jerome Wood, and filmmaker Beth Wishart MacKenzie • Nov 20, 4pm

• COLOURS AND LIGHT: Paintings by Alain Bédard; until Dec 6; Artist reception: Nov 22, 1pm, featuring music by Postscript • STACKED: Alberta Oil Painters group show; Nov 29-30

IMAX THEATRE • TELUS World of Science, 11211-

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St, 780.686.4211

142 St • Nov 21-27 • Panda: The Journey Home 3D, G: Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:25, 6:55; Sun 1:10, 3:25; Mon-Thu 3:10pm • Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D, G: Fri 2:15; Sat-Sun 10am, 2:15; Tue 10am, 4:20; Thu 10am, 4:20pm • Hubble 3D, G: Fri-Sun 11am • Sea Monsters 3D, G: Sat-Sun 12pm • Jerusalem 3D, G: Fri-Sun 4:35; Thu 2pm • Rocky Mountain Express, G: Fri-Sun 5:45; Mon 2pm; Tue 1pm • D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D, PG: Mon, Wed 4:20pm • Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, PG: Fri-Sat 8:05; Sun 5:45pm

METRO • Metro at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109

• 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

DEVON POTTERY GUILD • Guild Studio, Old Robina Baker School, 1 Jasper Court S, Devon • Christmas sale • Dec 5, 7-9pm; Dec 6, 10am-4pm; Dec 7, 10am-4pm

DIXON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave, 780.200.2711 • Richard Dixon's Studio and Gallery featuring a collection of historical Canadian artworks; antique jade sculptures and jewellery; 17th Century bronze

masterworks and artworks by Richard Dixon

ROYAL BISON FAIR HOLIDAY 2014 • Old

of A Studio Theatre • Nov 27-Dec 6

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY (DUG) • 10332-124

Strathcona Performing Arts Centre • Nov 28-29 and Dec 5-7 • facebook.com/RoyalBisonCraftFair

CHIMPROV • Citadel's Zeidler Hall, 9828-101A Ave

St • Paintings by Robert Scott; including new work conceived in Slovenia • Nov 22-Dec 6 • Opening: Nov 22, 2-4pm

DRAWING ROOM • 10253-97 St, 780.760.7284 • TELEGRAPH HILL: Coup Boutique and Drawing Room present paintings by Charlotte Falk • until Dec 24 ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Thu-Fri, 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • DISCOVERING DINOSAURS: until Jan 31 • AGA at Enterprise Sq: SONAR: Sound Art Explorations by Edmonton Artists; until Jan 4 • Lecture: DinoMite Discoveries, Family Friendly Activities; Nov 22 (part of the Kids Festival of Ideas), 11am-2pm • Extension Gallery: Enterprise Sq Atrium: NORTHERN NURSING–A LIFE IN PORTRAITS: Works by Heather Clayton; daily until Dec 17

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St, 780.492.2081 • MFA graduation show: MIND BODY PHONE: Emilie St. Hilaire, MFA Drawing and Intermedia • Until Nov 29

FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave • PAINT SONG: Works by Steve Coffey • Until Nov 24

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • FOLIE DU CORBEAU: Works by Claude Boocock; until Nov 23 • Boutique: Sculptures by Rénauld Lavoie

GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park, 780.410.8585 • THE BLUE HOUR: Megan Hahn's photo transparencies • Until Dec 21 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

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • epl. ca/art-gallery • Gallery Walls: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: Paintings by Lori Frank; until Nov 30

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St, 780.426.4180 • Main Space: Artist in Residence Sara French explores how Visual Art is portrayed in the newspaper • Front Room: INHERITED NARRATIVES: Photo installations with performances that questions the structure of narrative; until Nov 28 • House Party: Special Event Fundraiser; Nov 29, 7pm; $40 (adv)/ $50 (door)

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 • HIS LINES MADE HISTORY: Works by Ontario artist C.W. Jeffreys • Until Dec 17 LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St,

TOCHO MOROCHO: Performing and visual arts and crafts by seniors. The afternoon will feature continuous performances • Nov 22, 1-4pm

ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL ROTUNDA • 10830-109 St, 780.414.1624 • ART FOR AID: Art exhibit and sale and performances in support of the Ukraine featuring local artists of Ukrainian descent • Sat, Nov 29, 2-5pm

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • Works by Katherine Sicote, and Gerald Faulder • Until Dec 6

SELFRIDGE POTTERY STUDIO • 9844-88 Ave • selfridgeceramicart.ca • Winter Open House • Nov 29-30, 11am-5pm

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta PrintArtists, 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

SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil.com • Main Gallery: Larissa Blokhuis; until Nov 22 • SNOW: Member Novelty Show; Nov 24-Jan 24 • Fireplace Room: Red Deer College/High School Award Winners; through Nov • Donna Fillion; through Dec STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 913 Ash St, Sherwood Park, 780.467.8189 • strathconacountymuseum.ca • Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Fundraiser and explore the Museum; Nov 21

STRATHCONA PUBLIC LIBRARY • 8331-104 St, 780.496.1828 • Landscapes, birds, and still life paintings by Svetlana Troitskaia • Until Jan 2

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 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) • Dark Matters; Nov 20 • Margaret Zeidler Star Theatre: Diggin’ Up the Past: An Archaeology Speaker Series: Myrna Kostash (author),

The Fur Trade Wars, the Selkirk Settlement and the Battle of Seven Oaks (1811-1816); Nov 21 • Katie Biittner (U of A); Adventures in African Archaeology: Stones, Bones, & Cultural Heritage in Tanzania; Nov 28

U OF A MUSEUMS • Human Ecology Bldg Gallery, Main Fl, 116 St, 89 Ave • LOIS HOLE: THE QUEEN OF HUGS • Until Mar 22

VAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • visualartsalberta.com • Gallery A: Jean-Rene LeBlanc • Gallery B: BITS & PIECES: Patricia Coulter (mixed media works) • Until Dec 6

780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • November exhibit and sale: New sculptures by Stewart Steinhauer; through Nov

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St

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CONFUCIUS: City Edmonton Project, photogram-based floor pieces by Jing Yuan Huang • Nov 21-Jan 17 • Opening reception: Nov 21, 7pm

LOFT GALLERY • AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park, 780.449.4443 • artstrathcona. com • Open: Fri-Sun 10-6pm • ACACA ALBERTA WIDE ART SHOW: Presented by the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association MACEWAN UNIVERSITY CAFÉ–City Centre Campus • Rm 7-266 • ARTIFACTS: Paintings by Michelle Lavoie • Until Jan 28

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St, 780.407.7152 • WHAT'S BEFORE AND BEHIND: Portraits by Patrick Higgins • Until Dec 7

MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony Plain • multicentre.org • COMFORT CLOTHING: Works by Wendy Gervais; until Nov 27 • Digital Photography by David Kleinsasser; Nov 29-Jan 2; artists reception; Nov 30, 1-3:30pm

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St

Albert, 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • MY ASIA: Works by Cam Wilson • Until Nov 29 780.488.4892 • westendgalleryltd.com • Shi Le • Until Nov 27

YMCA (Don Wheaton) • 10211-102 Ave • YMCA Community Canvas wall: Rotating year round exhibits • UNCANNY BREACH: Works by Lucille Frost • Until Jan 2015

LITERARY AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • Christopher Evans and Brian Baresh Tough Crimes; Nov 20, 5pm • Zarqa Nawaz, Laughing All the Way to the Mosque, reading; Nov 21, 7pm • Patricia Klinck, Each Step is the Journey, reading; Nov 23, 2pm • Sheila Closs, A Silent Enemy, book launch; Nov 27, 7pm • Ken Rivard, Motherwild, book launch; Nov 28, 7pm

CITADEL THEATRE • FOI: Opening Night with Colm Toibin: Stage Interview and Q & A With Elizabeth Withey • Nov 20, 8-10pm

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's, 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

• 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

A CHRISTMAS CAROL • Citadel Maclab Theatre • Adapted by Tom Wood, based on the story by Charles Dickens, directed by Bob Baker, starring James MacDonald as Ebenezer Scrooge. Recommended for ages 7+ • Nov 29-Dec 23 A CHRISTMAS STORY–THE MUSICAL • Arden • Presented by St Albert Children's Theatre • Nov 27-30: Dec 3-6 • $26 (adult)/$20 (child/senior) at Arden box office

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Live improvised soap opera • 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

FLASHDANCE–THE MUSICAL • Jubilee • Broadway Across Canada • ticketmaster.ca/Flashdance-tickets/ artist/1350906 • Nov 25-30 • Tickets at Ticketmaster

THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF BERNICE TRIMBLE • Roxy, 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 • Until Nov 23 • $23-$29 at 780.453.2440; Tue: PayWhat-You-Can

HEY LADIES! • Roxy, 10708-124 St, 780.453.2440 • Theatre Network • Womanly talkshow/gameshow/ varietyshow/sideshow starring Leona Brausen, Cathleen Rootsaert, Davina Stewart and Noel Taylor • Nov 28-May 22, irregular performance dates • Nov 28, 8pm • $25 at TIX on the Square THE LARAMIE PROJECT • King's University, N102 Theatre, 9125-50 St, 780.465.8306 • 1198: Laramie Wyoming. A hate crime against a gay student has forced an ordinary town onto the world stage. Warning: mature content • Nov 20-29, 7:30pm • $10 (student/ senior)/$15 at door, King's Bookstore THE MAGGIE-NOW COMPLETE CYCLE OF ALL THREE PLAYS • Westbury Theatre, Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • Prosperous Paddies production based on the book by Betty Smith, adapted and directed by Jennifer Spencer. Starring Adam Blocka, Kendra Connor, Brenna Corner, Julie Golosky, Mark Henderson, Elliott James, Will Laird, Jenny McKillop, Roxie Michelle, Luc Tellier, and Vanessa Wilson • Until Nov 22 • Tickets at Fringe Theatre Adventures box office, 780.409.1910

MAX AND RUBY IN THE NUTCRACKER SUITE • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 • Musical production with adventure, dance and holiday magic for the whole family • Until Nov 20, 2pm, 6:30pm • $16 (child)/$26 (adult) at the Festival Place box office

ONE ACT FESTIVAL • Concordia Theatre • Hosted by Concordia's Green Thespians Collective • Tickets: pay-what-you-can • Nov 28-29, 7pm; Nov 29-30, 2pm

PRAIRIE BOWL FESTIVAL • Citadel, 9828-101A Ave • Teams include: Kinkonauts, Rapid Fire Theatre (Edmonton), Bull Skit Comedy, Hitchikers, 2OH!4 • Everything's not okay at the Citadel Corral as we bring in the hardest chuckle rustlers from across the prairies for a three-day showdown like no other • Nov 20-22, 7:30-9:30pm • $15 rapidfiretheatre.com 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 • Until Jan 31

SPACE // SPACE • PCL Studio Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • By Jason Craig • Lumus and Penryn have been shot out into space as specimens of the past, but after 3 years things have changed • Nov 21-29; Preview: Nov 20) • Talk Back: Nov 27, after 7:30pm show) • Booty Call: Cocktails and Mingling; Nov 28, late show

Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1528 • TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT: Explore St Albert through the lens of young photographers • Nov 21-Jan 18 • Opening: Nov 21; reception: Dec 4, 6–8:30pm

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NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave, 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Main: IMAGINE (a place of dwellings): Works by Cynthia Booth; Nov 21-Dec 31 • S.H.E. Sharing Her Experience; book launch presented by WAMsoc, the Women's Art Museum Society of Canada; Nov 26, 4-6pm

feehouse Reading Series: Mill Woods Artists Collective, Calgary author, Lori Hahnel (After You've Gone); Regina poet, Tracy Hamon (Red Curls); Edmonton author, musician, artist, Mark Kozub (Weird Edmonton); singersongwriter, Carrie Day; hosted by Christina Hardie, 2-min open mic • Nov 27, 7-9pm

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• Mayfield Dinner Theatre • Celebrating all things British. From the '60s to the '70s, the new wave of the '80s, right up to the superstars of today, Top Of The Pops captures it all. With the Beatles, the Stones, the Hollies, the Who, Adele, Amy Winehouse and more • Until Feb 1

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

THE KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • Glass Door Cof-

9225-118 Ave, 780.474.7611 • thenina.ca • YESS PART II: Artists from Youth Empowerment and Support Services • Until Nov 22

• Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Recent paintings by Phil Darrah • Nov 20-Dec 9 • Opening: Nov 22, 2-4pm, artist in attendance

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave, 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: Every Mon, 7pm; presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 (door)

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Dumb and Dumber To

Remember this ol' duo?

Even with a marriage in peril, good hygiene is important

The family are Swedes on an Alpine nder what circumstances do we exhibit our true selves? Do we holiday. The slightly too-cute openreveal our nature in the actions we ing scene shows them getting their perform every day or in those very portrait taken by the resort photograre moments of potentially mortal rapher, with all their ski gear, smiling crisis, of fight-or-flight, panic and and hugging, looking like the perfectuncertainty? Early in Ruben Öst- ly happy bourgeois clan they problund's Force Majeure there arrives ably are. Then, during a meal on a paa false crisis, a minor incident dis- tio, comes the controlled avalanche, which seems an guised as a major awful lot like a disaster, and in Fri, Nov 21 – Wed, Dec 3 real, uncontrolled the moment of Force Majeure alarm a husband Directed by Ruben Östlund avalanche before the snow settles and father be- Metro Cinema at the Garneau and everyone can haves a certain  laugh with relief. way, reacts with something less Before that relief, than nobility or heroism or devo- was Tomas (Johannes Bah Kuhnke) tion, and in that moment an abyss jumping up to run away without first opens up underneath his wife and ensuring the safety of his wife Ebba the mother of his children, and in (Lisa Loven Kongsli) and their two that abyss the wife finds herself ter- children (real-life brother and sisrifyingly, devastatingly alone. She ter Clara and Vincent Wettergren)? can't shake it off, can't let it go, no That's certainly how Ebba experiencmatter that it was just a moment es the incident, and she can't seem and life is made of so much more to keep herself from narrating it to than this. One flash of the abyss is everyone they meet at the resort. all it takes to tear a hole in some- Tomas's apparent cowardice, never thing that can't be repaired, and this before an issue, has now become an incisive, quietly harrowing, marvel- unendurable fact of their marriage. This rich and unnerving premise ously acted film examines that hole has roots in the stories of Raymond with immense precision.

Carver and the domestic chillers of Östlund's fellow Swede Ingmar Bergman, while Östlund's cool, austere esthetic—several scenes unfold in a single, fixed shot, and when the scenes get broken up by cuts we feel like something is breaking in the scene itself—playfully draws from the work of Michael Haneke and Stanley Kubrick, who knew a few things about how to photograph snow and hotels and wintry darkness for maximum discomfort. But Force Majeure most prominently prompts comparison to another very good film currently in cinemas: like Gone Girl, this is a brutally brilliant portrait of marriage. In one of its most curious detours, the film actually shows how the marital discord between Tomas and Ebba is contagious, becoming airborne during a late-night, wine-fuelled discussion with friends, so that the friends become inflected. Which, I suppose, could be taken as a warning of sorts. You need to see Force Majeure. It's a very good, very smart movie. But if you're in a long-term relationship you may want to take precautions. Or go it alone.

omedy can age cringingly. The more it's funny?—the movie offers two momediocre movies the Farrelly broth- ments of interest: a gag that's actually ers make, the faster their early, top- hilarious because it's two-dimensional grossing and actually funny successes and cinematic (playing with sound and seem to fade into the past, like a hype- sight, it works because of camera-placehonking clown car ment); the admission receding from sight Now playing that Harry and Lloyd are in the rear-view mir- Directed by Bobby and so much more children ror. Long gone seem Peter Farrelly than imbecilic men that the days of Kingpin  they have no concepor There's Something tion of how children are, well, conceived. About Mary, amusement rides with daffy charm. The Rhode Island siblings' diminishing returns make But that doesn't excuse the story's their '90s output seem like a distant nasty "comic" use of women: Kathleen chuckle of embarrassment mingling for- Turner's "titanic whore" of a character; lornly with the faraway sound of naïve, an old lady's dusty nether-lands; the hopeful giggles. And so it descends with moronic pair yelling "Show us your Dumb and Dumber To, a limp squibble tits!" at a woman on stage; even more of a drawn-out doodle of a slowly de- such bullshit. It's 2014, yet here are flating whoopee-cushion gag of a se- Asian accents getting mocked. Lurching quel to the Farrellys' first feature, Dumb from silly malapropisms to stupid boys' games (much obsession with nuts, farts and Dumber (1994). Broom-haired Harry Dunne (Jeff Dan- and petty pranks), Dumb and Dumber iels) and Moe-haired, chip-toothed To is shot so unimaginatively that it Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey, giving his seems to have been unearthed from a all) reunite for another road trip after crate marked '90s Generic Comedy— Harry learns he has a daughter—the Sell In Corner-Store Bins. A scientific pair drive from Rhode Island to El conference is so cartoonish that geeks Paso to meet the she-dolt, lugging the power-point-propose cures to cancer clunky stereomonotypes of schem- or solutions to world hunger. And a cliing bimbo wife and covert-ops agent mactic chase ends in a men's toilet—the behind them. Apart from one comic- lame-ass setting doing double-dooty as philosophy question—when's a long- a metaphor for this movie's quality. brewed, sneakily stewed trick played BRIAN GIBSON BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM between two people become so stupid

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Shaping American jazz

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Player's gonna play play play play play (jazz)

Ornette Coleman recorded The Shape of Jazz to Come back in 1959, which might suggest that by the time Shirley Clarke's Ornette: Made in America was released in 1984, the saxophonist's wild and youthful innovations would have both come and gone. Coleman was in his 50s by then, and Clarke's documentary portrait, a film nearly as eccentric as both its maker and its subject—which, believe me, says something—finds him receiving the key to his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas, where they declare September 29 "Ornette Coleman Day," and where he revives his 1972 orchestral work Skies of America for a concert with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. All of which sounds like the activities of an elder statesman tending to his legacy instead of forging another change of the century. But Made in America captures a truly restless artist still seeking some ever-elusive musical

transcendence. It's a terrific film, and it's now available from Milestone on a nicely supplemented DVD and Blu-ray. Employing an array of likeably goofy '80s-era psychedelic effects, Clarke, working with cinematographer Ed Lachman, weaves together some compelling, lyrical montages—moving, for example, between a performance of Skies, which Coleman himself only plays on intermittently, and images of Coleman's childhood home, along with re-enactments of Coleman as a child with his first horn. The Skies show grounds Made in America in the present tense, but by the time she's completed the film, Clarke had been documenting Coleman's work and movements for nearly 20 years. There's tremendous performance footage of Coleman playing with legendary collaborators Charlie Haden and Don Cherry in the late '60s; of Coleman playing with Nigerians in

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1972; of Coleman with Brion Gysin in Morocco, where he travelled in 1973 to play with the Master Musicians of Jajouka; of Coleman on Italian television in 1980—which Clarke shoots off an actual television. There are ridiculous dance sequences. There are appearances by Buckminster Fuller, whom Coleman greatly admired, and William S Burroughs, whose Naked Lunch would inspire the David Cronenberg film that Coleman would soon compose and perform the score for. There are various interviews at various ages with Coleman's son Denardo, who would become his father's furiously talented and intuitive drummer, not to mention his manager. There's outer-space imagery that seems to be invoking 2001 by way of the dance sequences from The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. If that sounds weird, wait until you hear Coleman relate the story about the time he asked his doctor to castrate him. (Spoiler alert: he settled for circumcision.) Made in America is an homage to a singular artist by a singular artist: Clarke was a pioneer, not only because of her gender but also her early interest in video over celluloid, and her dizzy, parade-like sensibility. To get an idea of just how peculiar and charismatic Clarke was—she died in 1997—be sure to watch the hour-long interview included on Milestone's package, in which Clarke talks irreverently about being a filmmaker, a single mother, a woman who loves to have sex but doesn't much like to be touched, and a person who needs to engage in the world but also be alone a lot. Milestone has also just released Clarke's seminal film Portrait of Jason. If you don't know her work, it's a good time to get acquainted. V

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or a documentary that starts with Howard Stern chatting on his radio show and a sequence that seems straight out of Curb Your Enthusiasm—where Larry David is strolling around LA—To Be Takei, thankfully, gets more serious, thoughtful and dignified fast. The main quality of actor George Takei (pronounced ta-kay) that comes across is, indeed, dignity—a kind of old-school, calm, selfrespecting and generally respectful demeanour. It's a dignity, says Takei, that his parents insisted on, and the reason Mon, Nov 17 – Wed, Nov 26 they refused to sign, Directed by Jennifer M Kroot while the family was Metro Cinema at the Garneau in "the swamps of Ar kansas" in a JapaneseAmerican internment

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PREVUE // CULTURE

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camp, a form that would basically state they had indeed been enemies of the state. From a childhood fenced-in by barbed wire and sentry towers to remaining closeted in Hollywood out of career protection to eventually coming out and advocating for gay marriage (then retelling his parents' travails for a recent musical), Takei's life story is a pretty remarkable 20th-century Californian tale on its own. At times, To Be Takei falls into the trap of having Takei stand in for something more, as if he warp-speed-transcends space and time to personally embody some gloriously progressive American Dream. That's because the picture can get a bit too close to him—as quirkily interesting as his long-time relationship with Brad Altman is, we don't need to follow the couple on a walk around Central Park or during an autograph session.

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David Dacosta ocal filmmaker David Dacosta is raising questions about race, culture and stereotypes through two seemingly very different films. The first, a short titled Re, takes place in 2017, when all African people living outside the continent must repatriate. It's a concept that stemmed from Dacosta's own experience with racism while growing up in Toronto during the late '70s and early '80s. "There was a fair amount of racism we'll say on a regular basis. It wasn't the 'N word;' it was 'go back to Africa,'" says Dacosta, who has worked as a journalist for more than 20 years and working in film off and on since 2007, adding he intentionally did not include a great deal of background for the situation in the film. However, Dacosta notes there are still elements of racism in society despite this growth. His hope is that the film will prompt viewers to become more curious and inclined to learn about other cultures, rather than relying on preconceived notions. "I believe that blacks the world over are not valued the way they should be," he says. "I think if you think of black people in the narrative that's out there internationally, black people were slaves and, come on now, we've been on this planet for thousands of years. Slavery was, in the scope of history, slavery was just the other day."

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by popular culture. "The rasta movement really came out of people of African ancestry living in Jamaica rebelling against Christianity, which is interesting considering Haile Selassie I, who is the sacred head of rastafari, he was a Christian," notes Dacosta, who is Jamaican Thu, Nov 27 (7:30 pm) but does not identify as rasta- FAVA building fari. "It is really one love as Bob Marley says, to some extent, but it really is heavily Afro-centric. ... It's really about black empowerment, black upliftment, recognizing your history. It's not about separating us from anybody, because obviously you can see the music reaches the world." He's speaking of Marley's work as well as the rasta influences in popular music, though most people do not understand the roots of that sound and lifestyle—some refer to it as a religion or form of alternative spirituality, Dacosta notes. Rasta-I-zation clears up some of that through interviews with a professor, activists, artists and even Marley's granddaughter, while reinforcing the fact that those who identify as rastafari were not widely accepted in Jamaica, which is often the perception. "Bob Marley was not a star to the average person in Jamaica. He was seen as a hooligan," Dacosta adds. "It's a very multi-layered society. Your education dictates your social status, so it's not just one monolith of people."

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Still, unintentionally homoerotic moments from Star Trek involving Takei's Sulu character are amusing—the bare-chested helmsman whipping out a rapier and thrusting it at those in his way—while a look back at his early TV and film parts gives some sense of just how stereotypical roles were in the '50s and '60s for Asian-Americans. The doc can be more of a platform than a chronicle; its look at homophobia and gay marriage is a bit earnest and over-explained. And a detour down "he said, he said" memory lane re: Shatner versus Takei is a Trekkie dead-end. Takei's not quite the blazing "pioneer" he's trumpeted as but, as a documentary subject, he provides a sharp, refracting lens through which to see ethnic and sexual minorities' progress in America's post-'50s popular culture, far more liberal-minded than its sociopolitical reality. BRIAN GIBSON

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After decades of making music, Mike McDonald finally releases an album to his own name

very single time Mike McDonald played a show by himself for the past decade or so, he's found himself faced with the same question. "I'm not joking, not exaggerating," he stresses. "Every single gig I've done, I've had someone ask if I have a CD." And though the answer's always been no, it's a fair question whether or not one's aware of McDonald's musical history: after two Fri, Nov 21 (8 pm) decades the frontman Mike McDonald of cowpunk legends With Kimberley MacGregor Jr Gone Wild—now Blue Chair Cafe, $15 more than a year into a vibrant reunion—or later in A Bunch of Marys, or just at the various one-man gigs he's done over the decades, you'd think he might have something to his own name to peddle at solo shows. "I have Jr Gone Wild CDs," McDonald offers, grinning. "But that's not representative of what I do on my own." That McDonald's first album under his own name, Live at the Blue Chair Cafe, is now seeing release seems unlikely, even to him. The way he tells it, the album's the result of a spontaneous happening as much as any sort of hankering to release something. "I never really had an ambition to make a solo record," McDonald reflects over coffee after closing up his Whyte Ave record shop, the enduring Permanent Records. Making music by himself was something he did at gigs, live, unrehearsed, not on recordings. "I used to busk for money, when I had no job. I figured I had all the folkmusic training, right?" he laughs. "But I would get gigs, and at the time in the underground Edmonton alternative scene, no one was playing solo. I was kind of the first guy to start doing it. I was mocked a few times, but I got more and more gigs doing that. I was handy, if they were stuck for a band: I lived downtown; when I was 20 years old, I had no wife, kids and stuff. At the drop of a hat, I'd be there." Alongside those gigs would come the inevitable question: you got a CD? But it wasn't until Miles Wilkinson—creator of the live, syndicated radio series Troubadour Sedan— asked McDonald if he wanted to record something for his show that the idea clicked: McDonald already had the Blue Chair Cafe gig lined up, and as they batted ideas back and forth, a light flickered on in his mind: "Hey, why don't we record it, and it could be my solo record?'" Once the practicalities of actually going through with making a release started to emerge, McDonald ac// Eden Munro

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knowledges it was his manager Kathy Kirby who really ran with the idea and pushed him to see it through. Kirby passed away at the end of September, before the album saw release, but to him, it's very much her project. "She was keepin' me going," McDonald recalls. "I was having the usual pretentious artist doubts and things, afraid of the hard work—I do it anyway, but I get afraid of it—but Kathy kept me up and going. Every time I was in her car, she was listening to new mixes. She's why it's happening." Recorded and distilled from two sets played during one sold-out night last January, Live at the Blue Chair Cafe finds McDonald pulling out songs from across his career's full spectrum. The oldest track, "Slept All Afternoon" dates back to '86; the most recent inclusions were penned this year. There are some Jr Gone Wild and A Bunch of Marys songs, as well as a scatter of McDonald originals. As far as a tracklist goes, whittling down two sets' worth of music into one record was actually pretty painless, he notes. "Some of the songs I didn't play as good as I wanted to, so they got cut right away," McDonald says. "Those were easy. There were four – five key tunes I wanted on the record, so thank god I played them well. And then we just took the songs we liked and sequenced; the album's not in the order I performed it in. It just happens to be a recording I made in front of an audience. It wasn't meant to come across as a live album." The album showcases all of his skills, McDonald notes, from singing and songwriting to guitar and harmonica—"Not claiming to be good at any of them," he adds, grinning, as a caveat. "Just saying this CD is how good I am. "I'm not hiding anything—that's the scary part about all this," he continues. "With Jr Gone Wild I've got all my armour on, and the volume, and electricity. But with this, I'm pretty plain: I'm totally relying on the power of the songs. And that's frightening, 'cause my defences are down." Still, while there's a vulnerability to the release, McDonald also acknowledges a certain nervous electricity to finally chalking up a disc for himself, something he hasn't felt in a good long time. "I'm kind of excited like I was back in '86, when Jr's first record came out. It's different for me to do this." PAUL BLINOV

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igging for records is always an adventure. For vinyl enthusiasts or sample-based music producers, it can be thrilling to finally find that coveted and obscure rarity or to discover an old record with a little-known drum break that becomes the foundation of a new club hit. So it goes with Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow. Not long ago, Chemist (Lucas MacFadden) and Shadow (Josh Davis) were approached to put together a DJ mix drawing from the hallowed 40Â 000 LP archive of Afrika Bambaataa, which is now part of the hip-hop collection at Cornell University. As Bambaataa is known as "The Godfather" and "Amen Ra of Hip Hop Kulture," as well as the father of electro funk, the idea of mixing something definitive in his honour might have seemed like a fool's errand. However, never ones to shy away from a challenge, MacFadden and Davis upped the ante and the all-vinyl Renegades of Rhythm tribute tour was born. With their respective record collections each numbering into the tens of thousands, and being long-time fans if not disciples of Bambaataa, MacFadden says it stood to reason that he and Davis would run across plenty

of familiar material. Still, for MacFad- whittling with different approaches den, it was the most familiar stuff he each time out. Once MacFadden and found that held the greatest meaning. Davis pared the records down to 500 "The most surprising thing was see- titles, they started to build the set. "Then the records ing my own records we thought for sure in there, stuff from Sat, Nov 22 (9 pm) we were going to Jurassic 5 and Ozom- Renegades of Rhythm play in the set didn't atli. It blew me away," With DJ Creeasian make the cut. There he says. "Overall, the Encore, $32.50 just isn't enough collection offered time, even between me a chance to look at where I came from. For me, Bam- two people and six turntables," Macbaataa's collection is ground zero for Fadden says. "So, we had to keep it hip-hop culture. That was the main lean and mean with the classics, obthing: to give me a better understand- scurities and genres. He has such vering of my roots as well as the cul- satile and varied tastes. He drew from rock, punk, new wave, African, Soca, ture's roots." calypso, Latin and so forth. We knew When it comes to MacFadden's hip- we had to represent those somehow." Given the magnitude of the underhop roots, he says it was first seeing the music video for Bambaataa's taking, not to mention Bambaataa's "Renegades of Funk" that set him on stature in hip-hop history, MacFadden admitted to being somewhat nervous the path. "That was in '84. Street images, graf- during the first Renegades of Rhythm fiti, breakdancing, the music ... it was New York show with the man himself all in there, the whole hip-hop culture in attendance. But that quickly passed. "My nerves went away right after package," he says. "I wanted to know meeting him. He's been so supportmore about it." Getting to know Bambaataa's influ- ive of us and the whole concept. It's ential collection made clear the chal- been amazing." WUENSCH lenges of trying to distill it. Selecting YURI YURI@VUEWEEKLY.COM records for the tour took weeks of

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really enjoy how courageous she is," Al Spx says about Kate Bush. "Her songwriting is very strange, and she just doesn't care. I love that about her; if it came on the radio, you'd hear it and just know it's her." Based in the UK when not in Canada, Spx had tried to get tickets to one of Bush's London live shows—her first since 1979—but it wasn't to be: tickets sold out in 15 minutes flat and eBay prices proved insurmountable. Still, for all her praise of the legendarily idiosyncratic British musician, the Cold Specks singer-songwriter has been on the receiving end of plenty of similar accolades:

Spx's own voice—enormously emotive, capable of filling a room like a church organ—is indelibly her own, and increasingly recognized as such. And while Cold Specks' acclaimed debut, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion, found Spx's pipes leading the cathartic swells amidst more sparse instrumentation, her approach on Neuroplasticity, its follow up, is predicated with more emphasis on instrument and groove. That's by design: after two years of touring Expulsion, she found herself craving a different sort of sound. "I still really enjoyed the first record, but I got really bored of play-

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ing it live," Spx states, pointing out that over the tours, they'd moved from churches and other smaller venues to larger clubs, which also necessitated a shift in sonics. "The sounds changed, mostly because the first record didn't have much rhythm, and this one is a very rhythm-based record." Neuroplasticity certainly finds a different sort of sway to its sounds: it's a more firebrand accompaniment to Expulsion, guided as much by youthful passion as old-soul scale. Spx wrote the album after sequestering herself in Wick, Somerset, UK. She notes she doesn't write on the road—"I've always written in isolated environments, because I don't like people to hear"—so the isolation of the place proved ideal. "I had a really nice cottage that I could stay in for a little while," she says. "It was just for the house. I needed to find some space to write some songs, and at the time I was staying in London, and that place has just skyrocketed over the years. There's just no space." Neuroplasticity also features guest vocals from Swans' Michael Gira. Spx, in exchange, appears on his most recent album, To Be Kind. For his contributions, she simply sent him the lyrics to sing, with little outside guidance as to how he approached the material, whereas he had a more particular challenge for Spx to undertake. "He said no 'vibrato.'" she recalls. "He asked me to hold a certain note for a long time, and I couldn't cheat with vibrato. It was like running a marathon—I used a little vibrato anyway." PAUL BLINOV

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"The inherent chaos of the universe should have hite Cowbell Oklahoma survived a drive through Mordor. OK, not quite, but it sure crushed this long ago, like a glass bottle two miles deep in the ocean," says Clemsen, noting spite is a felt like it to frontman Clem Clemsen. "The three princesses in the band are flying in big part of what's kept White Cowbell around all today, but the rest of us had to drive through these years. "There was a lot of press in Toronto, some kind of polar, superwhere a lot of the music innatural vortex ... there were Tue, Nov 25 (9 pm) dustry is Canada is centred, and they just wanted to orcs flying through the air With Big John Bates, Paceshifters hate us. They didn't know and everyone in the van was DV8 Underground, $12 what to make of us and, like screaming 'Winter is coming! Winter is coming!'— a lot of people, if they see maybe I'm getting my fantasy novels mixed up," something they don't understand and can't profit says Clemsen while enjoying a reprieve from the on immediately they just want you to go away. frigid temperatures during a stop in Vancouver, It just irks them; it bothered them; it just gave but he promises to warm Edmonton up when the them an irritated feeling that we existed, so we band arrives. "We just don't want to melt any per- just kept existing." mafrost and cause any undo rock 'n' roll flooding." The rowdy rock sextet has been known to bring White Cowbell Oklahoma continues to stick some literal heat to its shows, thanks to some around and churn out new music, which includes pyrotechnics, among other unexpected elements a vinyl reissue of Buenas Nachas, a "European like a chainsaw and strippers. With that in mind, import" Clemsen says fans will only be able to Clemsen makes no guarantees DV8 will be in one get at the show. The record also happens to be a spaghetti-western-style departure from the piece when White Cowbell is through with it. "That's why we always play different venues," band's previous record. "We got a little bit crazy with the previous stuhe laughs. "It's going to be a testosterone cannon basically of in-your-face rock 'n' roll, high- dio album Bombardero because we'd been going magnitude virtuosic playing and performance. to Europe and we were influenced by prog-rock, The walls will be melting; you'll stop remember- European prog-rock, and we got a little proggy ing who you are; people will start foaming at the and dark, and there was a recession happening mouth, taking their clothes off. It's just kind of a and it was kind of this dark, Sabbath-y album," weird effect we have, and we don't really under- Clemsen explains, adding the band wanted to get back to its Southern-rock roots and happens stand these superpowers ourselves." This is standard procedure for White Cowbell to be working on a new album, due out later shows, but considering the band hasn't been in next year, that will continue down that path. Edmonton in the last four years, due to a great "We have a couple things in the can already, deal of touring and recording in Europe, the some secret things. We're going to break out group has a whole lot of time to make up for, and some of that stuff at DV8 and people will hopesome pent-up energy to release. Plus, this tour fully lap it up in ecstasy." MEAGHAN BAXTER marks the band's 15th anniversary. MEAGHAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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anielle Sweeney, lead singer of Lovecoast day jobs. The young band—the oldest memand BC native, didn't have the best luck the ber is just 24—has already tasted success even though the players have been a unit for less than last time she came to Edmonton. "I got lost in West Edmonton Mall!" she laughs a year. Lovecoast reached the final stages of over the phone from VancouCBC's Spotlight contest a mere ver. "They were announcing my Sat, Nov 22 (8 pm) three weeks into its formation, name over the loudspeaker and With Brian Christensen and the band has rocked festieverything for my parents to Cha Island Tea Co, $10 val stages and opened for its come get me." heroes Five Alarm Funk. Plus, To be fair, she was only eight tthe tour kick-off shows in Vanat the time. Now, Sweeney and her band mem- couver and Sweeney's hometown of Squamish bers aim to melt a little of Edmonton's frost went off pretty well. "My kindergarten teacher showed up and was with its dancey brand of upbeat jazzy-soul-pop. Lovecoast is a tight unit of snappy drums, just loving it, which was amazing and fun," Sweefunky baselines, fluid guitar chording and ney says. "There was a two-hour waitlist to get in. smooth vocals. The band's new independent EP We couldn't believe how much support we got." Edmonton is a fair bit colder than the west Chasing Tides—five breezy tracks that touch on relationships and the West Coast life—sounds coast—the tour van has a block heater, someeffortless, but it takes a lot of work to be so thing that's not standard in Vancouver—but easy. The rhythm section, drummer Jesse Mc- Sweeney says she's keen to bring warm vibes. "Definitely bring your dancing shoes," she says. Neill and bass player Andrew Fraser, live on Vancouver Island while Sweeney and guitarist "We're going to have a party up on stage. And hey, Scott Verbeek live in Vancouver. if you want some songs for hating on your ex, we've got some great 'fuck-you' songs too!" Practices, and Lovecoast's first tour, have to JOSH MARCELLIN JOSH@VUEWEEKLY.COM be squeezed in on weekends as all four have

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indsey Walker certainly hasn't had the best luck with birthdays—she's been barfed on, cheated on and wound up crying about her cat on Whyte Avenue after several rounds of absinth, to name a few incidents—but that isn't about to stop her from celebrating them. "I love celebrating birthdays—not even just my own," says the local

roots-rock artist, adding that the past couple of years have been much more low-key than others. "I just love how it's something that we can all celebrate. ... It's a really similar thing we all share. We all are getting older; we all have a birthday, so the fact that we can all celebrate that at different times in the year is what I love. I also love surprises, for me or for other people." This year's birthday marks a milestone for Walker, who turned 30 on November 5, but she admits she wasn't sure how she would react to it and needed some time to decompress before launching an all-out celebration. As it turns out, 30 really isn't so bad. "A lot of people I've talked to have been like, 'Oh, yeah, in your thirties everything is going to make sense and all that confusion of being in your twenties is going to pay off.' So I guess I'm excited for that, to be a little less confused about everything," Walker says with a laugh. "It's such a weird idea to enter into a new decade in my life, because it felt like the twenties were my life, you know? So much happens and I'm like, oh my God, if that much stuff happens to change me and shape me in my thirties I'll be talking to you 10 years from now and I'll be a completely different person." To mark the occasion and her further descent into adulthood, Walker

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is hosting Lindsey Walker Will Never Die: An evening of wine, cats and debauchery. (For the record, the venue is a cat-free zone. That component is a nod to Walker's obvious love of her feline friends Joseph and Rosalie.) "This is going to get morbid, but I've been thinking a lot about death as I'm getting older—and not like a 'Well, I'm going to die soon,' but just, you know, something I think about," she explains. "So coming to terms with the fact that our own mortality is just around the corner in some aspects has been kind of consuming me in a weird way, so I wanted to make the title of my show something crazy and kind of silly and ridiculous." But that's not to say the evening is going to be depressing or morbid by any means. Quite the opposite, in fact, and Walker has a packed program planned, including her own set that has some new music and a few surprises in store. "It's kind of going in a different direction of where I have been playing before, so it's kind of like drawing more on an ambient sound or maybe a little bit more spacey, and not in an intergalactic space, but space in between instruments and delays and stuff like that," Walker explains. "I wanted the night to start sitting, listening, taking it all in, and by the end of the night everyone's going to be up and dancing—that's my hope." MEAGHAN BAXTER

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

Grove Achilles Last Stand, Danger Pay; 8pm EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Uptown Folk Club: Open stage; 6:30pm (door), 7pm (music); 780.436.1554; uptownfolkclub. ca FESTIVAL PLACE Angel Forrest (blues, jazz); 7:30-11pm; $28$32 at Festival Place box office HILLTOP The Shufflehounds (blues roots); special guest; 9pm L.B.'S PUB Jakked Live J+H PUB Every Friday: Headwind and friends (vintage rock 'n' roll); 9:30pm; no minors, no cover MERCURY ROOM Bring Us Your Dead, Corvus the Crow, Black XIII MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Thu and Fri DJ and dance floor; 9:30pm NEW WEST HOTEL Sonny and the Hurricanes (country) OMAILLES Celeigh & Ben; no cover ON THE ROCKS Mustard Smile and DJs RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB– WEM Doug Stroud (country pop rock) SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB–DT (Rice Howard Way) Amy Weymes (folk rock) SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB–U of A Cody Mack (alt rock) STARLITE ROOM Truth; 9pm; $21 THE TEMPLE SWEAT: The NuDisco Dance Party; 10pm TIRAMISU BISTRO Live music every Fri WHITEMUD PARK An Evening in the Park: Terry McDade and his jazz quintet, food, drinks, snowshoeing and music WUNDERBAR Beatroute Magazine and Hot Plains: Shannon and the Clams, Switches, Napalmpom, Dear Rabbit, Smokin' 45s, Tunic YARDBIRD SUITE Yardbird Suite Blues: Jack De Keyzer (from TO/ Edmonton); 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $20 (member)/$24 (guest)

Classical CITÉ FRANCOPHONE–Rotunda Quiet Storms: Opus@12 Chamber Concert Society; 121pm; free; opus12.ca LA CITÉ FRANCOPHONE Quiet Storms: flute and harp duet by contemporary composer Michael Hoppé, followed by a harp solo, an eclectic wind quintet suite, recorder quartets, a sonata for recorder and viola, and a baroque concerto; 12-1pm; free LENDRUM MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH Rejoice! Alleluia!: Te Deum Singers (sacred choral music for Christmas); 7pm; free; 780.436.3083 MUTTART HALL Notturno: Classical Chamber Music Concert, Polish Culture Society of Edmonton Festival; 7pm; $20 (adult)/$10 (senior/student)/ free (child under 12) at TIX on the Square, Gramophone, Camelot Travel ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH The Edmonton Chamber Music Society (EMCS): Constantinople, Suzie LeBlanc (soprano); 8pm; $35 (adult)/$30 (senior)/$10 (student) WEST EDMONTON CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Victory Celebration: Presented by Songs on Eagles Wings Ministries; $22 at TIX on the Square

CORAL'DE CUBA Tribal Garage (release of Fukushima Xmas, Victims of Greed), Vigilant Decision, Dale Ladouceur, the Biotics; 8:30pm (door)

WEST END CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH ORGANiC (Organ in Concert) Series: Royal Canadian College of Organists Edmonton (RCCO) presents Rising Stars Cari Astleford and Grace Han; 7:30pm; $20/$15 (student/senior)/$10 (member) at door

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Quentin Reddy (country)

DJs

DV8 The Mange, Snakebite,

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Choose Cherry Burlesque (burlesque/ DJ; 9pm

CHICAGO JOES Colossal Flows: Live Hip Hop and open mic every Fri with DJs Xaolin, Dirty Needlz, guests; 8:30pm-2am; no cover THE COMMON Good Fridays: nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh DRUID DJ every Fri; 9pm ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ every Fri FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Fri MERCER TAVERN Homegrown Friday: with DJ Thomas Culture THE PROVINCIAL PUB Friday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJs Brad Wilkinson, the Hügonaut, and thomas Culture RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ Poindexter; 9:30pm (door) SUITE 69 Release Your Inner Beast: Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri UNION HALL Ladies Night every Fri Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth HILLTOP PUB Open Stage, Jam every Sat; 3:30-7pm L.B.'S PUB The Prairie Cats LEAF BAR Open Stage Sat–It's the Sat Jam hosted by Darren Bartlett, 5pm; Evening: River Valley Search Party; 9:03pm LEGENDS Sat Jam and open mic with Nick Samoil and guests MERCURY ROOM The Chickenheads (blues rock), Blues Puppy, Paula Perro and Gerald Moellering; 8pm; $12 (adv at Blackbyrd)/$15 (door) MKT FRESH FOOD AND BEER MARKET Live Local Bands every Sat NEWCASTLE PUB The Edmonton Blues Hall of Fame Foundation fundraiser: Hot Cottage, guests; 7:30pm (door) $15 (door) edmontonblueshalloffame.com NEW WEST HOTEL Sonny and the Hurricanes (country) O’BYRNE’S Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm ON THE ROCKS Mustard Smile and DJs OMAILLES Celeigh & Ben; no cover PAWN SHOP Femme Metale presents The Mega Deaf Tour He Is Legend, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Wounds, Randy Graves; 8pm PETROLEUM CLUB–Cellar Lounge Jazz @ The Cellar Lounge: Chandelle Rimmer, Mars Hill Trio; 7:30pm (door); $10/$5 (student) at tixonthesquare.ca; cash at door

APEX CASINO–VEE Stage Colleen Rae (country); 9pm

RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am

ARTERY Jon Bryant, Red Moon Road, guests; 8pm; $10 (adv)/$12 (door)

RICHARD'S PUB The Terry Evans Sat Jam (rock): every Sat; 4-8pm

ATLANTIC TRAP Jimmy Whiffen

SANDS HOTEL Nick Samoil and Jericho West; 9pm; no cover

SAT NOV 22

"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 chilli hosted by Rotten Dan and Sean Stephens; every Sat, 2-6pm; Evening: Arsen Shomakhov (blues rock); 9pm; $15 (adv)/$20 (door)

SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB– WEM Doug Stroud (country pop rock) SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB–DT (Rice Howard Way) Amy Weymes (folk rock) SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB–U of A Cody Mack (alt rock) STARLITE ROOM Shakey Graves, Rayland Baxter, guests; 8pm (door); $15 Sold out

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Bombproof the Horses (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

WHITEMUD PARK An Evening in the Park: Terry McDade and his jazz quintet, food, drinks, snowshoeing and music

BLIND PIG PUB & GRILL Live jam every Sat; 3-7pm

WUNDERBAR Rhubarbs, Herd of Wasters, Zero Cool, Deadly

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Blind Dog Blues Band; 8:30pm; $15

YARDBIRD SUITE Yardbird Suite Blues: Jack De Keyzer (from TO/ Edmonton); 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $20 (member)/$24 (guest)

BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Evening: Bill Durst BOHEMIA DARQ Saturdays: Industrial - Goth - Dark Electro with DJs the Gothfather and Zeio; 9pm; $5 (door); (every Sat except the 1st Sat of the month) BOURBON ROOM Live Music every Sat Night with Jared Sowan and Brittany Graling; 8pm CAFÉ BLACKBIRD Guitars 2 Go (jazz, pop, gypsy swing); 8-11pm; $10 CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Vent CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open mic; 7pm; $2 DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Quentin Reddy (country) DV8 Hardcore 4 Humanity: Todos Caeran (last show), Exits, Cold Lungs, Leap Year; 8pm ENCORE- W.E.M The Renegades of Rhythm Tour, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist; 9pm (door); no minors; $32.50 (adv at Unionevents.com, Blackbyrd, Foosh) FESTIVAL PLACE Old Favourite and a New Christmas Album: Measha Brueggergosman (Canadian soprano); 7:30-11pm; $60-$80 at Festival Place box office FILTHY MCNASTY'S Free Afternoon Concerts: this week: Seven Suns with guest Hayley Rayne; 4pm; no cover FIONN MACCOOL–City Centre ReWine Sat: Marshall Lawrence Trio; all ages; 8pm; no cover

Classical FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Souvenir d'un lieu cher Recital: Alissa Cheung (violin), Sarah Ho (piano); 7:30-9pm; donation WEST EDMONTON CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Cheryl Allen (launch of Victory Celebration); presented by Songs on Eagles Wings Ministries; tickets at cherylallen.ca WINSPEAR CENTRE The Salvation Army's Festival of Carols: 7:30pm; free, ticket for entry at 780.423.211, salvationarmy.ca/alberta

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: The Menace Sessions:

alt rock/Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic Hip-Hop, R&B and Reggae with DJ Sonny Grimez & instigate; Underdog: Alternating DJs

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

PERformance venue • Bar & GRill • call us at 780.482.0202

WEEKLY

Friday DJs on all three levels

ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce

BIG AL’S house of blues

MUSIC

Down the Hatch; 8pm

kov Arsen ShomTaRhIO $15 / advance $20 / door

TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH YEGLIVE.CA OR AT BIG AL’S

$500 JACK DANIEL’S® LOGO GUITAR DRAW ON DECEMBER 26TH NEW DRAW EVERY 8 WEEKS No purchase necessary, some restrictions apply

$4.50 JACK DANIEL'S DRINKS

TUESDAY EVENING BIG DREAMER JAM W/ "THE FOOTHILLS"

JUKE JOINT WEDNESDAY JAM THIRSTY THURSDAY JAM WITH PAUL WOIDA SATURDAY & SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAMS

COMING FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28

& 29TH

SOON

BOOK YOUR XMAS PARTY WITH US!

THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane

WE ALSO BOOK BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, STAGS/STAGETTES, WAKES, & MORE CALL 780.482.0202 TODAY

DRUID DJ every Sat; 9pm ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten

Friday & saturday, nov 21st - 22nd

Lots of parking north of venue | 12402 118 Ave

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VUEWEEKLY NOV 20 – NOV 26, 2014

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FLUID R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat LEVEL 2 Collective Saturdays underground: House and Techno MERCER TAVERN DJ Mikey Wong every Sat

NOV/ 20 NOV/21 NOV/22

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

FORCEFIELD TOUR W/ TOKYO POLICE CLUB & SAID THE WHALE

THE PROVINCIAL PUB Saturday Nights: Indie rock and dance with DJs Maurice and Joses Martin RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

TRUTH

ROUGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

SHAKEY GRAVES W/ RAYLAND BAXTER & GUESTS

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

NOV/28 RYAN HEMSWORTH

“SUCKER FOR PUNISHMENT TOUR”

NOV/29

PLUMP DJS

DEC/3

JOHNNY MARR

DEC/ 4&5 DEC/5 DEC/11

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

EX SMITHS GUITARIST, WORKED W/ MODEST MOUSE, BECK & PAUL MCCARTNEY W/ GUEST MEREDITH SHELDON

UNION HALL Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous

ASKING ALEXANDRIA

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

THE MOVING ON TOUR **ALL AGES**

SUN NOV 23

ALVVAYS **18 + / 10PM DOORS**

ARTERY High Noon Brunch: Music by Lucas Chaisson; 11am; $11 (adv)

W/ GUESTS ABSOLUTELY FREE

BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Sun Electric Blues Jam and BBQ hosted by Marshall Lawrence and the Lazy Bastards; 4-8pm

FAKE BLOOD W/ SINDEN

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Brunch: Hawaiian Dreamers; 9am; donations BLUES ON WHYTE Bill Durst CENTURY GRILL Opera NUOVA Dinner Cabaret (eclectic groove, pop and jazz); $90 (incl dinner, entertainment, soft drinks, tax and gratuity) at operanuova.ca, 780.487.4844

NOV/20

BREACH

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

W/ TELLER, DMT AND SHAEDES

NOV/21

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Celtic Music with Duggan's House Band 5-8pm

E4C’S 2014 UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISER:

KINGS & QUEENS

DV8 Spekters, Tell Me a Song;

EP RELEASE AND DEBUT SHOW W/ GUESTS THE NOUMENON, TYLOR DORY TRIO, PROTSEQUENCE

Lettuce Produce Beats

EVERY WEDNESDAY @ 6PM JOIN US IN A WEEKLY EXPLORATION OF SOUND!

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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BLUES ON WHYTE Rockin Jake

HOG'S DEN Rockin' the Hog Jam: Hosted by Tony Ruffo; every Sun, 3:30-7pm

DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Monday open mic

NEWCASTLE The Sunday Soul Service: acoustic open stage every Sun NEW WEST HOTEL Sonny and the Hurricanes (country) O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am REXALL John Fogerty (Performs the Songs of Creedence Clearwater Revival–1969); 7:30pm; $20, $49.50, $74.50 at livenation.com RICHARD'S PUB Sunday Country Showcase and jam (country) hosted by Darren Gusnowsky YARDBIRD SUITE Frode Gjerstad Trio (fr Norway/NY), with guest Steve Swell; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $22 (member)/$26 (guest)

Classical ALL SAINTS’ CATHEDRAL Fear and Trembling: Chronos Vocal Ensemble, Jordan Van Biert (conductor); 7:30pm; $20/$15 (adv at TIX on the Square)/$23/$18 (door); chronosvocalensemble.com LENDRUM MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH Rejoice! Alleluia!: Te Deum Singers (sacred choral music for Christmas); 3pm; free; 780.436.3083 MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE Northern Dreams and Fantasies: New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia featuring John Mackey; 2:30-4:30pm; $20 (adult)/$15 (student/senior)/ free (child 12 and under); newedmontonwindsinfonia.com WINSPEAR CENTRE Gabrieli, Vivaldi and Haydn: ESO, William Eddins (conductor), Brandon Ridenour (trumpet), Heather Bergen, Joanna CiapkaSangster, Anna Kozak, and Zoë Sellers (violins); 2pm; $24-$59

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic

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

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

MON NOV 24 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)

MERCURY ROOM Music Magic Monday Nights: Capital City Jammers, host Blueberry Norm; seasoned musicians; 7-10pm; $4 MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE–U OF A LIGHTS, Wildlife; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $29.50; all ages; Sold Out NEW WEST HOTEL Sonny and the Hurricanes (country) ON THE ROCKS Moonshine Mondays: The Give ‘Em Hell Boys PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510 ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB–U of A Adam Holm (folk pop)

Classical ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Constantinople with Suzie LeBlanc; 8pm

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

mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay

DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays: Roots industrial,Classic Punk, Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave TAVERN ON WHYTE Classic Hip hop with DJ Creeazn every Mon; 9pm-2am

TUE NOV 25 ARTERY An Evening of Fine Old Time Country Classics Featuring the Carolines; 7pm; $10 (adv) BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES Big Dreamer Sound jam with hosts Harry Gregg and Geoff HamdenO'brien; this weeks guest is Justine Vandergrift; every Tue 8pm-12am BLUES ON WHYTE Rockin Jake BRITTANY'S Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artists from all mediums occupy the stage and share their creations; every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm DRUID Open Stage Tue: featuring this week: Andrew Scott; 9pm DV8 Big John Bates, White Cowbell Oklahoma, the Paceshifters; 8pm

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tue Open Jam: Trevor Mullen MERCER TAVERN Alt Tuesday with Kris Harvey and guests NEW WEST HOTEL Tue Country Dance Lessons: 7-9pm; Sonny and the Hurricanes (country) O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME–Sherwood Park Open mic every Tue RED PIANO Every Tue: the Nervous Flirts Jameoke Experience (sing-along with a live band); 7:30pm-12am; no cover; relaxed dress code RICHARD'S PUB Tue Live Music Showcase and Open Jam (blues) hosted by Mark Ammar; 7:30pm SANDS HOTEL Country music dancing every Tue, featuring Country Music Legend Bev Munro every Tue, 8-11pm YARDBIRD SUITE Tuesday Session: Andrew Glover; 7:30pm (door)/8pm (show); $5

DJs

from all mediums occupy the stage and share their creations; every Tue- Fri, 5-8pm BRIXX BAR Lettuce Produce Beats; 6pm DUGGAN'S Wed open mic with host Duff Robison DV8 Whiskey Shits, Abuse of Substance, R.C.D.P.; 8pm ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover MERCURY ROOM The Walkervilles, the Unfortunates, Paul Bellows and the Social Scientists; 8pm NEW WEST HOTEL Sonny and the Hurricanes (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)

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Brit Pop, Synthpop, Alternative 90’s, Glam Rock with DJ Chris Bruce; Wooftop: Substance: alt retro and not-soretro electronic and dance with Eddie LunchPail

RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5

BRIXX Metal night every Tue

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

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

ROSSDALE HALL Little Flower Open Stage with Brian Gregg; 7:30pm (door); no cover

Classical MCDOUGALL UNITED

RED STAR Swing, Funk, Soul, R&B, Rock&Roll and Electro/ Disco sounds of the last 70 years with DJ Thomas Culture

CHURCH–Banquet Hall Leanne Regehr and Janna Olson (piano duo); 12:10 to 12:50pm; free; 780.468.4964

SUITE 69 Rockstar Tuesdays: Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs

WINSPEAR CENTRE Bach, Weber and Schubert: Mei-Ann Chen (conductor), Julianne Scott (ESO clarinet); 7:30pm; $24-$59

WED NOV 26

DJs

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 ARTERY Battle Mic Kings (hip hop, rap); 6:30pm; $10 (adv) BIG AL'S HOUSE OF BLUES New Music Wed: Featured band hosted by Lochlin Cross and Leigh Friesen (open stage) after the bands set BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Alt '80s and '90s, Post Punk, New Wave, Garage, Brit, Mod, Rock and Roll witih LL Cool Joe and DJ Downtrodden on alternate Weds

L.B.'S PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Rockin Jake

780.449.3378 FIONN MACCOOL'S–South Holiday Inn Conference Centre, 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 LA CITÉ FRANCOPHONE 8627-91 St LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LEGENDS SPORTS BAR AND TAP HOUSE 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LENDRUM MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 11210-59 Ave LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132104 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 MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE 8900-

114 St, U of A 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 ORIGINAL JOE'S VARSITY ROW 8404-109 St O'MAILLES 104, 398 St Albert Rd, St Albert ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 OVERTIME–Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PETROLEUM CLUB–Cellar Lounge 11110-108 St PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave PROVINCIAL PUB 160, 4211106 St RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE

BILLIARD 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 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

BRITTANY'S Scrambled YEG: Open Genre Variety Stage: artists

VENUEGUIDE

NOV/29 SLEEPING IN TRAFFIC

UPPER LEVEL OF STARLITE

8:30pm

ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ALL SAINTS’ CATHEDRAL 10035-103 St 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 BLACKBIRD 9640-142 St 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 CITÉ FRANCOPHONE–Rotunda 8627-91 St COMMON 9910-109 St CORAL'DE CUBA 4990-92 Ave 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 FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 10031109 St FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park,

VUEWEEKLY NOV 20 – NOV 26, 2014

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 SOCIETY 11607 Jasper Ave 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 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WEST EDMONTON CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY 6315-199 St WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YEG DANCE CLUB 11845 Wayne Gretzky Dr YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

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

COMEDY Black Dog Freehouse • Underdog Comedy

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

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd, 780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment

Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Fri-Sat: 8:30pm • Myles Weber; Nov 20-22 • Brian Link; Nov 27-29

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 • Sean Donnelly; until Nov 23 • Andrew Norelli; Nov 26-30

DRAFT BAR/Connie's Comedy • 12912-50 St • Comedy with Matt Billon; Nov 26, 7:30pm 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

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE/Connie's Comedy •

16648-109 Ave • Komedy Krush: with headliner Matt Billon; Nov 27, 9pm

RIVER CREE–THE VENUE • Howie Mandel; Nov 22, 6pm (door), 8pm (show); $49.50 • Ron James; Nov 29, 6pm (door), 8pm (show); $34.50 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 • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB

EDMONTON NATURE CLUB • King’s University College, 9125-50 St, 780.459.6389 • Monthly meeting featuring Bats of Alberta: Sorting fact from Fiction by Margo Pybus, an interactive Q&A presentation • Nov 21, 7pm (refreshments), 7:30pm (meeting) • Donation 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 ea 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

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

LOTUS QIGONG, 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu

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

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106

COME AND SEE THE SUN (SAFELY) • U of

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

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm

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

POOR VOTE TURNOUT • Rossdale Hall, 10135-96 Ave • Public meetings: promoting voting by the poor • Every Wed, 7-8pm • Featuring: Naomi Rankin (leader of the Alberta Communist Party); Nov 26

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY FAMILY SUPPORT DROP-IN GROUP • Schizophrenia Society of

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

SEVENTIES FOREVER MUSIC SOCIETY

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

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 •

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

SUGAR FOOT SWING DANCE • Sugar Swing,

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

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave •

A Observatory, CCIS 5 Fl, SW corner • Chat with astronomers who are undertaking research in astronomy and look through telescopes to get great views of the Sun. See the meteorite collection including samples from Whitecourt, and Buzzard Coulee • Nov 20, 12-1pm

FARMERS' MARKETS–Beyond Pickles and Carrots • Stanley Milner Library, Sir Winston

Churchill Sq • Edmonton Social Planning Council Lunch and Learn Series: The history and growth of farmers' markets in Alberta, presented by Mary Beckie • Nov 26, noon • Free

FESTIVAL OF IDEAS • uofa.ualberta.ca/events/festival-of-ideas#sthash.Eb0PFgSj.dpuf • Citadel: Colm Tóibín, Q & A with Elizabeth Withey; Nov 20, 8pm; $24/$30 (door) • Metro Cinema: Art Spiegelman, What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?; Nov 22, 8pm; adult: $25 (adv), $30 (door); student: $20 (adv)/$30 (door) • Winspear: Joyce Carol Oates; Nov 23, 8pm; $30 (adult)/$25 (student/senior)/$35 (day-of-show) • City Hall–City Rm: CIFAR Lecture: The Psychology of Scarcity with Eldar Shafir; Nov 21, 4pm; free • Citadel Shoctor Theatre: Reconciliation Between Aboriginal Peoples of Canada and Other Canadians; Nov 21, 8pm; free • Enterprise Square: Kids' Festival of Ideas; Nov 22, 11am-2pm; free • Stanley Milner Library Theatre: Henry Marshall Tory Lecture: Responsibility for Soldiers as a Measure of Societal Maturity; Nov 22, 3pm; free • Camrose Performing Arts Centre: 4205-50 St, Camrose: Pathways to Hopak: Ukrainian Shumka Dancers; Nov 23, 7pm FROG LAKE, SEVEN OAKS, AND THE RELUCTANT HISTORIAN • Telus World of Science

Margaret Ziedler Theatre • Strathcona Archaeological Society: Myrna Kostash • Nov 21, 7pm • Free (W/SAS membership, or TWoS admission, or membership)

GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY • MacEwan University, City Centre Campus, Rm 7-218 • Part of the 2014 International Year of Farming, lecture with Léona Dargis • Nov 20, 6-7:30pm • Free ILL EFFECTS OF GLYPHOSATE (INGREDIENT IN ROUNDUP) • Strathcona Baptist Church,

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)

8318-104 St • Can We Farm Without It? • Nov 20, 7-9pm • Free

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) • Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • Low-cost, fun

PEOPLE VS. PROFIT • CCIS Bldg, U of A, 780.492.8558 • Parklandinstitute.ca/fallconference2014 • Demanding Justice and Equity: Parkland Institute Conference with Guy Standing (Nov 21, morning), Jane McAlevey (Nov 22), Kathleen Lahey (Nov 22, afternoon), Stephanie Ross, and Elaine Bernard, Gordon Laxer (Nov 23, morn) • Nov 21-23 • The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People, film screening and Q & A; Nov 22, evening social

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

MAKE YOUR OWN RAW CHOCOLATE TREATS • Noorish Café, 8440-109 St, 780.756.9642 • With Colleen Ast • Nov 24, 7-9pm

POETRY AND PERFORMANCE OF SCHUBERT’S GOETHE LIEDER • Augustana

TOASTMASTERS • Club Bilingue Toastmasters

Meetings: Campus St; Jean: Pavillion

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

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave,

SHOOTING THEORY–AN ACCIDENT OF FAST FEMINISM • location: TBD, U of A • politicalscience.

WOMONSPACE, 780.482.1794 • womonspace.

SOLAR SYSTEMS IN ALBERTA • solaralberta.ca • MacEwan University City Centre Campus, CN Theatre, Rm 5-142 • A Forum of Solar System Owners Evening Seminar • Nov 26, 7-8:30pm • Free

WOODYS VIDEO BAR • 11723 Jasper Ave,

U OF A–FESTIVAL OF IDEAS • Winspear • Joyce

SO YOU THINK WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY?

• Allendale Hall, 6330-105A St • Lecture presented by the Council of Canadians followed by discussion • Nov 27, 7pm Carol Oates with Eleanor Wachtel, followed by Q & A session and book signing • Nov 23, 8pm

VIEWS OF THE NIGHT SKY • U of A Observatory,

CCIS 5 Fl, SW corner • ualberta.ca/~stars • Chat with astronomers who are undertaking research in astronomy, look through telescopes • Nov 20, 7-8am • Free

QUEER BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

10804-119 St, 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm

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

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS ALBERTA AND THE GREAT WAR • Provincial Archives of Alberta, 8555 Roper Rd • Series of lectures every Wed in Nov • Voices of War: The Press, Propaganda and the Personal –Jeff Keshen, Phd., Historian and Deans of Arts, Mount Royal University • Nov 26, 7-9pm

Winspear: And evening with Chris Hadfield, singing David Bowie's Space Oddity • Dec 2, 7:30pm

COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY CAFÉ • 50 Brentwood Blvd, Wye Rd, Sherwood Park • 587.269.4808 • Christmas craft fair • Nov 22 COMMUNITY OPTIONS CHRISTMAS CRAFT MARKET • Inglewood Hall, 12525-116 Ave

• Featuring local, handmade items • Nov 22 10am-3pm

DBG CRAFTERS CHRISTMAS SALE • Devonian Botonical Gardens • For wreaths, centerpieces, gifts and seasonal handmade crafts from the bounty of the Garden • Proceeds support programs and projects at the Garden • Nov 28-30 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)

EDMONTON EPICUREAN SOCIETY DINNER

• Ernest's at NAIT, 11762-106 St • An evening of food and wine pairing • Nov 25, 6:30-9pm • $80 (member)/$90 (guest); Pre-register

FRUIT LOOP–HOLIDAY BALL • Yellowhead

Brewing, 10229-105 St • An evening of fun and frivolity with the Pride Centre, and Edmonton's first ever XXX-mas market with sexy themed holiday pop up shops. Performances by some of Edmonton's most talented burlesque performers Beau Creep, Holly Von Sinn, and Minni d Bomme; DJ Audio Serge; hostess MC Teen Jesus Barbie • Nov 28, 8pm (door) • $5 donation (door) • facebook. com/fruitloopedmonton

HISTORY OF MOTOWN CELEBRATION • High

Park Hall, 11032-154 St • 578.983-1206 • Hosted by Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots. Dress up and dance to 1960-80 Motown music, network with descendants of 1900s AfroAmerican settlers to Alberta • Nov 22 • $20 (incl refreshments)

JUST CHRISTMAS: An Ethical Global Market Place • Alberta Avenue Hall, 9210-118

Ave • Featuring gifts for purchase, food, and live entertainment • Nov 28, 5:30-9pm; Nov 29, 9:30am-4pm

MAKE IT! • The Enjoy Centre, 101 Riel Dr, St Albert • Alberta's Handmade Market • Nov 20-21, 10am-9pm; Nov 22, 10am-6pm; Nov 23, 11am5pm • $6 (door) MIRACLE ON JASPER AVENUE • Fort Edmonton • Christmas 1946, who’s heart is as black as a lump of coal, that smoulders with enough fiery rage to commit . . . murder? Festive murder mystery, with 3-course dinner • Nov 28-29, 6pm • Sold out

OCDG ROLLER DERBY • 10104-32 Ave • Tis the Sk8mare before Xmas: Skaters from Albera, Saskatchewan, NT and the Yukon • Nov 22, 5pm (door); Advanced Bout: 6pm, Co-Ed Bout: 7:30pm; Rookie Bout: 9pm • $10 (adv)/$15 (door)/free (Kids 10 and under) at oilcityderbygirls.ca/tickets. html

OPERA NUOVA DINNER CABARET • Century 3” wide version Grill • Opera NUOVA’s harmonic sextet High

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

Street Sound, listen to eclectic groove, pop and jazz while enjoying a 4-course meal • Nov 23 • $90 (incl dinner, entertainment, soft drinks) at operanuova.ca or call 780.487.4844

WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR? santa's little helpers • River Cree, ABSOLUTELY 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; EVERYTHING. Marriott Hotel, 300 East Lapotac Blvd • 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

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kingsleyevents.com • Christmas Shopping Extravaganza • Nov 30, 10am-4pm • Proceeds to the Christmas Bureau

SCRAMBLED YEG • Brittany's Lounge, 10225-

97 St, 780.497.0011 • Open Genre Variety Stage: artist from all mediums are encouraged to occupy the stage and share creations • Every Customizable and secure. From storage to their workspace. St • allisbright124.ca • An outdoor/indoor event Tue-Fri, 5-8pm celebrating the coming winter through installaSteel containers fromlight 8' - 53'. THROUGH MY EYES • Stanley Milner Library, tions, local entertainment, family 20' & 40'and skids withprogramming optional 4' •landings Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Film screening preNov 22, 2-11pmavailable. Mount with twist locks. 780 440 4037 | SEACAN.COM sented by Homeward Trust • Nov 20, 6pm (door), BABIES“R”US • Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton 6:30pm (film) • $10 (incl Raising the Roof toque); • Big Baby Shower: new and expectant moms proceeds to Raising the Roof will have the chance to pamper themselves with TIX ON THE SQUARE OPEN HOUSE • massages, makeovers, giveaways, and food craving Churchill Sq, 9930-102 Ave • Serving hot cider, station • Nov 20, 10am, followed by the movie, What hot chocolate, coffee and homemade goodies • to Expect When You’re Expecting • Free at babiesrus. Nov 29, 10am-4pm ca/biggestshower; tickets required for entry

ALL IS BRIGHT • 124 Street Area, 202-10715-124

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave,

WOMEN IN BLACK • 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

CHRIS HADFIELD–Unique Lives & Experiences • Winspear, 780.428.1414 • Live at the

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

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs, 780.554.6133 • Free instruction in meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL ASSOCIATION •

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

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

PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church,

ualberta.ca • Shannon Bell, professor of Political Science, York university • Nov 27, 3-4:30pm

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Hall, 7515 Delwood Rd •

G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION •

Campus–Camrose Music Rm C103 Classroom Bldg • R.A.R.E. presents Dr Deen Larsen's lecture • Nov 20, 9:15-10:30am • Free, open to the public

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, 1370874 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 Meet at McDonalds 8110 Argyll Rd, 83 St, 69 Ave at 9:45am • Walk in Mill Creek Ravine to Muttart Conservatory with hike leader Yvette 780.756.3623 • Nov 29 • $20 (annual membership)

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

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

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP

• Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave, 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220-103 St, 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different

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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 THE LOFT ART GALLERY AND GIFT SHOP Loft Gallery - AJ Ottewell Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park - Open Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4 pm. October showing is “The Color Purple” and the November/December showing is smaller artwork for Christmas. To Shorten Winter’s Sadness: Accord Ensemble presents a concert of winter choral favorites on Nov. 22nd, 7:00 p.m. at Christ Church 12116-102 Ave. Tickets available at the door $15 Adult, $10 Student/Senior. Come out for a fun and enjoyable evening with your friends and family! www.accordensemble.com

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

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EPL Free Courses: Edmonton AB Check out the Free Online Interactive Instructor Led Courses offered through the Edmonton Public Library. Some of the courses for visual artists would include: Creating WordPress Websites, Secrets of Better Photography Beginning Writer’s Workshop many more… For a list of Free Courses visit: https://www.epl.ca/learn4life For information and instruction on how to get started https://www.epl.ca/learn4life

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Can You Read This? Help someone Who can’t! Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills. Call Valerie at P.A.L.S 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca 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 Help the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation create a future without breast cancer through volunteerism. Contact 1-866-302-2223 or ivolunteer@cbcf.org for current volunteer opportunities The Habitat for Humanity November Build Challenge Canadians ski, skate, snowmobile, fish and participate in many other winter activities! Why not make a Habitat build day one of your winter activities? Habitat needs your help to keep going strong until the end of this year. We are looking for 32 groups of 10 – 25 people to volunteer with us this November. Would you be one of them? Contact Kim Dedeugd for more information or sign up at kdedeugd@hfh.org or 780-451-3416 ext 232

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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 GALLERY OF ST ALBERT CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR VAULT EXHIBIT SPACE seeks proposals from artists interested in utilizing this space for short term exhibitions of single artworks created or tailored for this space. Further details on the specifications of the space as well as images of this space can be found on our website. ArtGalleryofStAlbert.com. For more information please contact Jenny WillsonMcGrath, Exhibition Curator/ Interim Director jennyw@artgalleryofstalbert.ca 780.651.5741

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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 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

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Call for One Act Play Submissions: Stage Struck! is a one-act play festival sponsored by the Alberta Drama Festival Association, Edmonton Region. The Festival will be held at La Cite on Feb 27-28, 2015. For more information or to request a registration package, contact Mary-Ellen Perley at 780-481-3716 or email at mperley@shaw.ca. Award winning playwright Vern Thiessen is our adjudicator this year!

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 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

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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 Makers, Mercer Collective: A Maker’s Market You must MAKE, BAKE or CREATE what you sell. You can not be a reseller of goods not produced by you. Costs: $60 per market December show is $200 Additional Fees Table Rental is available at $10 per show. Please specify 6 ft or 4 ft. Limited quantities available. Show Dates: March 29,April 26, Sept 27,October 25, November 22 December 13-14 – $200

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of Rubber Processing Machine Operator (NOC 9423); F/T-Permanent; $20.00/hour; 8 hours/day, 40 hours/week, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, 2 fixed days off on weekends; Duties: Set up and operate machinery used for mixing, moulding and curing rubber materials or products; Load or feed rubber, pigments, filler, oil and chemicals into machines; Check and monitor processing conditions and product quality; Adjust machines to proper setting as required; Train or assist in training new workers; Perform other related duties as required; Requirements: Completion of secondary school is required; Experience is an asset but not required; On-the-job training is provided; Mail, Fax or E-mail resume; Employer: 1545501 Alberta Ltd o/a Line-X Protective Coating; Business/Work Location: 7229 50 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6B 2J9; E-mail: admin@linexcoatings.com; Phone: 780-989-0039; Fax: 780-432-5755

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Call For Submissions: Santa Fe, Mexico Artists, performers & developers are now invited to submit their work CURRENTS 2015 – Santa Fe’s International New Media Festival Deadline: December 1, 2014 categories include: New Media Installations, Outdoor Architectural Mapping and ! Outdoor New Media Installations, Single Channel Video and Animation, Multimedia Performance, Fulldome Projection, Experimental or Interactive Documentary, Web-Art/ArtGaming/ Mobile Device Art-Apps, Oculus! Rift, Robotics and 3D Printing! technology and the !arts in collaboration Submission Guidelines: http://currentsnewmedia.org/su bmission-guidelines/ Call for Visual Artists: Everything Cannot Be True: art with/in the everyday Taking place March 5 – 8, 2015, the exhibit will occupy the main gallery at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, 9225 – 118 Avenue This is a wonderful opportunity for your artwork to be presented to a diverse festival audience, partaking in Variety Showcases, Comedy, Theatre and Play Development, Music, Dance, Spoken Word, Visual Art, Artistic Collaborations, Yoga, and Family events. Five artists will be chosen to display up to 3 works apiece, alongside two artists representing both the Nina Haggerty Centre and the SkirtsAfire Festival. We are looking for women working in all mediums, and hoping for as vast a range as possible. Please read our prospectus below, for further details on the focus of the exhibit. Interested applicants will submit at least 3 to 5 high quality images of recently completed work, including a bio and artist statement. Deadline for applications is Friday, December 19, 2014. Chosen artists will be notified by January 5, 2015. http://form.jotform.ca/form/430 18816035248 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. 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!

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The Deep Freeze Byzantine Winter Festival is coming to Alberta Ave on January 10-11, 2015. Looking for ARTISANS and ARTISTS to sell their wares in our indoor market, as well as ART to display in our Gallery. Calls for Submissions can be viewed at deepfreezefest.ca/participate. Deadline is November 30th for both Market and Gallery. ARTISAN MARKET inquiries: contact Candace at deepfreezemarket@gmail.com GALLERY inquiries: contact Pam at deepfreezegallery@gmail.com. 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 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 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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The SkirtsAFire herArts Festival is seeking designers and artists to enter the 2015 Found Items Skirt Design Competition for this year’s festival March 5-8, 2015. Submission deadline is November 28th, 2014. The theme of the Skirt Design Competition this year is ‘Found Items; Finding the Magic in the Mundane’. All designs must be constructed of found upcycled materials and must be wearable. Six skirts will be selected to be constructed for the festival and showcased at our media launch. The skirts will then be judged by a celebrity panel where first, second and third prizes will be awarded. The first prize skirt will be featured at the opening ceremonies with our Honorary 2014 Skirts Lynn Mandel and Sarah Chan and our Honorary Skirt for 2015, Rachel Notley. All six skirts will be featured in our cabaret space throughout the Festival. To enter, a conceptual drawing and application must be submitted by November 28th. To download the application form, full guidelines or for more information please visit http://skirtsafire.wordpress.com

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TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Contrary to popular opinion, crime-fiction author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never once had his character Sherlock Holmes utter the statement "Elementary, my dear Watson." For that matter, Humphrey Bogart never actually said "Play it again, Sam" in the film Casablanca. Star Trek's Captain Kirk never used the exact phrase "Beam me up, Scotty." Furthermore I, Rob Brezsny, have never before issued the following prophecy: "Deep sexy darkness and deep sexy brilliance are conspiring to bring you Tauruses intriguing pleasures that will educate the naive part of your soul"—until now, that is. At this juncture in the ever-twisting plot of your life story, I am most definitely saying just that. GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): Here are some thoughts from Gemini author Fernando Pessoa: "The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd—the longing for impossible things; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else." Can you relate, Gemini? Have you felt those feelings? Here's the good news: in the coming weeks, you will be more free of them than you have been in a long time. What will instead predominate for you are yearnings for very possible things and contentment with what's actually available to you. (Pessoa's words are from The Book of Disquiet, translated by Alfred Mac Adam.) CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): The most important thing you can do in the coming weeks is learn how to take care of yourself better. What? You say you're too busy for that? You have too many appointments and obligations? I disagree. In my astrological opinion, there's one task that must trump all others and that is get smarter about how you eat, sleep, exercise, relax, heal yourself and connect with people. I can assure you

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I am a 30-year-old trans guy, on T since college, happy and comfortable with my sexuality. However, I can't find any helpful health info on a fetish I've developed: I insert needles directly into my clit, maybe an inch and a half in. I'm not talking through it, like a piercing, but into it, going in at the head and moving down into the shaft. There are lots of porn/BDSM sites that discuss piercing all sorts of "female" anatomy, and many that cover the excitement of needles inserted into the glans of the penis, but few go into details about putting needles directly into the clit itself—and none that I've found cover safety. As a trans man, this is a particularly tempting practice because, well, my clit is huge and I have a constant legal supply of safe, sterile needles. Still, I want to know if I am potentially causing permanent nerve damage. I'd like to keep my clit healthy and happy for future use! If one of your connections in the medical world has a sense of this, I'd love to know. Sticking Things In Clit Knowledgeably PS Your advice is a great and positive force in my life. Thank you. Yours is the kind of letter that gets me in trouble, STICK. Clit-having readers and clit-loving readers will be doubling over on the subway, in office cubicles, in the bathrooms aboard Air Force One—wherever my column is read, people will be doubling over. And I will spend the next week wading through furious emails from angry/clueless readers convinced that your letter's appearance in my column will lead to a worldwide clit-sticking boom. Allow me to address their concerns first: that's not the way this works, that's not the way any of this works. People don't adopt sex practices or kinks after hearing about them. If that were the way it worked—if hearing about a crazy kink inspired otherwise vanilla types to run out and try it—we would all be shoving gerbils in our asses. (We've all heard of gerbilling. No one has ever done it. Case closed.) OK, STICK, I worked my medical-world connections and found someone who wasn't just qualified to answer your question, but also willing to do it on the record. "Piercing and needling, if practiced in a safe and sterile manner, can be stimulating," says Dr Brian Fitzsimmons, a gynecologist in Vancouver, BC, (obgynvancouver. ca) and a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia. "But permanent damage with needling can occur to the sensory receptors that allow us to experience pleasure and stimulation." So the short answer to your question, STICK, is this: yes, you are risking permanent damage.

"There may be immediate risks with needling, such as bleeding and infection, in addition to longterm side effects," Fitzsimmons says. "And potential long-term side effects are especially concerning in regards to very sensitive areas such as the glans of the penis or the clitoris. Shortterm stimulation and excitement with needling has the potential to cause permanent damage, chronic discomfort and numbing of these areas. Permanent scarring and deformation can also occur. This is something that may not be correctable—even with surgery." Some adult pleasures come with built-in risks—skydiving, snowboarding, clit-needling—and an adult does a quick risk-reward analysis before deciding if the potential reward (thrills, powder, orgasms) is worth the risk (faulty parachutes, ski-resort food, permanent damage). It's your clit, STICK, and you'll have to weigh the risks and rewards for yourself. But you won't find me sticking needles in my clit. "If orgasm is mediated by the clitoris or the glans of the penis in the individual," Fitzsimmons says, "this practice can cause loss of the ability to achieve orgasm." In other words: anyone who requires clit/dick-head stimulation in order to get off—and that's pretty much everyone with a clit and/or dick head—shouldn't be sticking needles into their clit/ dick head. A final thought from Fitzsimmons: "If you're engaging in this type of practice, it's important not to share needles, just like with any other sex toy. The risks of transmitting infections such as HIV, hepatitis, syphilis and other STIs need to be considered. Anyone having more questions on this or experiencing complications or problems should contact their local clinic or health-care provider."

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During the Jodi Arias trial, it was suggested that Arias made up the story about her and Travis Alexander practicing bondage so there was an excuse for why a knife would be nearby. I was wondering: how common is it for knives to be used or included in bondage scenarios? Don't Understand Bondage I thought the Jodi Arias trial was long over—Nancy Grace and her wake of viewers were picking over fresh carrion the last time I caught her show—but nope: Arias is in the middle of a sentencing retrial. She's the fucking Kim Kardashian of cold-blooded murderesses. Knife play is a kink unto itself—it mostly involves drawing a sharp blade across someone's flesh without actually cutting or drawing blood—and while most knife-play scenes include bondage (helplessness heightening

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the eroticized threat), only a tiny percentage of bondage scenes include knives. People into rope bondage typically keep a sturdy pair of blunt-edged scissors in their playrooms or gear bags. The scissors are for emergencies, not for play—the last thing a panicking bondage bottom who needs to be untied now wants to see coming at them is a knife.

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I'm dating the man of my dreams. The only sticking point: he has a 5-year-old daughter from a previous relationship who lives with him full-time (the mom is out of the picture). The kid is sweet and the three of us get along great as a "family." I've introduced my boyfriend to my kinks, which include tying him up. He's been open and enthusiastic and has discovered a love of being submissive. But he won't be tied up when his daughter is in the apartment. There's a lock on his bedroom door, but he says it's got more to do with the psychology of the situation. The idea of bondage under the same roof as his child bothers him, I guess, or the idea that she could need his help with something and he could be in a situation where I might have to untie him first. This isn't a big deal now because we don't live together. (He gets a babysitter and comes over to my place.) But he's asked me to move in. I want to, but I'm worried about frustration or resentment down the road if this part of our sex life becomes seriously limited. Can't Let Innocent Child Know The fact that your boyfriend gets a babysitter and comes over to your place is a good sign, CLICK. It means his daughter wasn't so traumatized by the loss/disappearance of her mother that she can't bear to be separated from her father for an evening. But living with a small child—a small child who doesn't take a locked door for an answer (and most don't)—will impact your sex life. But instead of thinking of her presence as a limitation, CLICK, think of it as a challenge. And this one seems like an easily solvable challenge: right now when you want to tie him up, he gets a sitter and comes over to your place. In the future, once you've moved in together, you can drop the kid off at the sitter's house and head home for a riskof-kid-pounding-on-the-bedroomdoor-free bondage scene. The limitations on your bondage sessions will be no greater once you're living together. And invest in some blunt-edged scissors. On the Lovecast, Dan joins forces with the brothers McElroy from My Brother, My Brother and Me. Swoon! Listen at savagelovecast.com. V @fakedansavage on Twitter

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