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More than enough Depending on which columnist you read, the Occupy Wall Street protests have either been a complete failure or the start of a larger movement across the US, inspiring similar movements in Boston, San Francisco and DC among other US cities. From those claiming failure, the main complaint seems to be turn out and messaging. While the turnout was nowhere near the 20 000 people called on by Adbusters, the protests did reach over 2000 people at certain points, and here's the important part: they're still going on. There are still hundreds of people gathered after 10 days of protests. That type of longevity is not often seen in a movement. Gathering for an event or an afternoon rally are important democratic expressions, but they don't often result in a camp out. But it draws attention to the ques-

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tion, when does it become enough? How many people does it take for a movement to be considered legitimate enough to address? The complaints of inadequate media coverage during the first five days of the protest were not complaints that government hadn't responded to protesters. It wasn't that the Senate hadn't immediately gone and drafted new legislation. The complaint was that the protest had not gained media attention. After hundreds of people sat for five days in the streets of New York, there had been no national coverage of the issue. So when is it enough? Will it be enough when Americans gather outside the White House on October 6 in opposition to the corporate control of military measures? Or in November, when protestors, who risked arrest in the complaints against the Keystone pipeline, will

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gather again to protest the corporate hold over the environment? Complaints about messaging don't hold up when you look at the statistics that make up the US right now. Young Americans face one of the worst employment rates since 1948. The unemployment rate for youth aged 16 – 24 is double that of the overall unemployment rate in the US. That number includes college graduates who face debt loads of over $20 000 and, as reported in 2010, the debt from student loans now outpaces credit card debt across the US. It's unfortunate that the protest against Wall Street didn't get more attention until the arrests started happening because in the face of those statistics, it appears the youth of America might have been deserving of an article or two. V

"Glen Callender is absolutely right, it should be illegal to cut off normal, healthy, erogenous body parts of any human being without their expressed understaning and consent. Religious freedom is not about parental "rights" to carve their religion into the genitals of their children. Religious freedom is about protecting an individual's freedom of choice." bonoboman comment on "Let my penis go" Sep 1 – Sep 7, 2011

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THIS WEEK: The omnibus criminal bill put forward by the Conservatives will greatly increase mandatory minimum sentences. It also increases the severity and length of sentences for juvenile offenders. Is this a move in the right direction for Canada's criminal justice system?

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CONTINUED OPPOSITION

The sit-in on Wall Street continues into its second week. The original call for citizens to occupy Wall Street occurred this summer in an issue of Adbusters and citizens flooded the street on September 17. Identifying with the phrase, "We are the 99 percent," the group is protesting the continual government support of the banks, the mortgage and insurance industry while citizens suffer under increasing debt levels and job losses. At various points throughout the last two weeks the number of people occupying the street has swelled to over 1500 and fallen to around 200. The group has suffered arrests and pepper spray from the NYPD, but many have vowed to occupy the street indefinitely. The occupy movement has spread to other cities and one such protest is expected to occur in Washington in October in Freedom Plaza.

The coalition of groups who assisted the organizing of the protests against the Keystone pipeline in front of the White House earlier this month have issued another call to action for this November. The group is calling for American citizens to encircle the White House on November 6, one year before the next election. The purpose is to remind President Obama of the citizen movements that elected him. Since the two-week sit-in at the White House, one of the largest civil actions against the pipeline occurred in Ottawa on Parliament Hill on Monday, with over 200 people being arrested. Activists have continued to maintain a presence at President Obama's public appearances. Numerous tribal councils in the US have opposed the Keystone pipeline after meeting on the Rosebud Sioux reservation.

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"I can tell you this has been a long, arduous negotiation for the Katz Group and the city. I think people would like to see some resolution. ... Councillors will make a decision, and the chips will fall where they may." —Mayor Mandel on the downtown arena Sep 27, 2011 Edmonton Journal

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COMMENT >> ETHICAL OIL

Failing the logic test

Ethical Oil campaign doesn't hold up to examination The recent campaign by Canada's oil ada oil sands revenues yield taxable industry, their unquestioning boosters revenues that help fund democracy, in the Canadian and Alberta governpeacekeeping and even pride parades. ments and Alberta's radical right, to Of course the federal and Alberta brand the product of Alberta's governments have jumped all bituminous sands as ethical over this concept, as has the oil is so ridiculous, it is difoil industry and the extreme ENCE ficult to know where to be- NTERFER .com right Wildrose Alliance ParI eekly @vuew gin a proper critique of it. ty in Alberta, to the extent ricardo o Ricard The term "ethical oil" was that it is virtually imposAcuña sible to see any of these folks first introduced on a broad national scale by perpetually angry mention Alberta's energy industry Alberta extremist Ezra Levant in his without referring to "ethical oil." But book of the same name. Since then, the problem is that the concept just it has spawned a well-funded Internet doesn't make any sense. and television advertising campaign under the moniker of ethicaloil.org. The concept of focusing on degrees Since Levant's move to Sun TV, the of ethics is absurd. Something is eiethical oil blog and campaign have ther ethical or it is not, there is no been taken over by Alykhan Velshi, more ethical or less ethical. Would a former aide to Jason Kenney, party we celebrate a thief who steals five strategist, neo-con analyst, and arcars as ethical because he's somehow dent defender of George W Bush. better than someone who steals eight The main thrust of Velshi's campaign, cars? Our dependence on fossil fuels like Levant's book, is that oil from the has resulted in corruption, wars, poloil sands is more ethical than oil from lution, climate change and displaceplaces like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venment of Aboriginal peoples—to call ezuela. The reason, according to the any of it ethical baffles logic. television ads, is that in places like Let's pretend for a moment that we Saudi Arabia oil revenues are used to can compare degrees of ethics. There fund oppression, dictatorship and deis no way that anyone can make the nial of women's rights, while in Canclaim that bitumen is more ethically

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extracted than conventional oil. The footprint is larger, the emissions are greater, and the rate of injury and death at oil sands operations is far greater than at conventional oil wells. And the impact of bitumen extraction on the lives and communities of Alberta's First Nations is also far more significant than that of conventional oil. Therefore, if our goal is to focus on only the most ethical oil, shouldn't we abandon bitumen altogether and

concentrate only on conventional oil? We currently produce enough conventional oil to meet all of Canada's needs, so why even go down the lessethical road to bitumen? Much of the campaign currently seems to be focused on getting the Americans to approve the Keystone XL pipeline so that we can ship more Alberta bitumen to the United States. The argument is that, because Alberta bitumen is ethical, it is much better

for the US than relying on unethical oil from places like Saudi Arabia. Somehow, however, they don't seem interested in extending that same logic to Canada. Currently Canada imports a significant amount of oil to supply the Eastern and Central provinces. Most of that oil is what the ethical oil commercials refer to as conflict oil. We can't currently get Alberta oil to those parts of Canada because most of our pipelines are designed to go south, and even if they weren't, the North American Free Trade Agreement prohibits us from cutting exports to the US in order to supply our own needs. So, if these folks seriously believe what they say, shouldn't they be advocating pulling Canada out of NAFTA's energy clause and building pipelines going east instead of south so that we can get our own country off of conflict oil? The main message of the ethical oil campaign is about what is done with the proceeds of oil in places like Saudi Arabia. Ignoring the fact that we have no idea how ethically the owners of North American oil companies are spending their oil-generated wealth, CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 >>

COMMENT >> EURO

The euro will survive Greece

Larger economic challenges in Spain and Italy are a greater risk Few things are as galling as being The third thing is the collapse of the in revolt against this pointless exerright too soon. Back in 1970, dissiEuropean Union itself. This, we are cise in financial orthodoxy. Default dent Soviet historian Andrei Amalrik warned, would cause it to rain blood, and get it over with. wrote a book boldly called Will or at least frogs, all over EuDefault for a country has much the Soviet Union Survive rope. And that clinking the same consequences as when an Until 1984?. He predicted sound you hear offstage is individual declares bankruptcy. You that it would not, which the Four Horsemen of the find yourself a good deal poorer m o .c weekly e@vue greatly annoyed the ComApocalypse saddling up. and nobody will lend you money gwynn e Gwynn munist regime. He was sent So, let's begin with for a while, but you escape from a Dyer Greece. Why should it de- crushing burden of debt. You really to Siberia for his temerity, and later forced to leave Russia fault on its international debts? shouldn't have let it get so out of for the West. Even worse, he was Because they amount to 160 perhand, but it benefits nobody to keep wrong. The Soviet Union survived cent of Greece's GDP, and the savage you in debtors' prison for the rest of until 1991. austerity measures that the EU has your life. Many pundits find themselves in Greece should never have been allowed to join the same situation today with regard to the future of the euro, the the euro, but it was allowed in because the new decade-old common currency that is currency was not really about financial advantages; shared by 17 of the European Union's it was seen as a vehicle to greater European unity. 27 nations. They are suggesting that the euro could collapse any day now, and that the EU itself may follow. Making such blood-curdling predicforced on the country have driven However, Greece uses the euro. tions is great fun, but they are getits economy deep into recession. The Wouldn't a Greek default bring the ting ahead of themselves again. Greek economy is shrinking at seven whole common currency into disreWe are dealing with three differpercent a year—so Athens can never pute? Well, maybe, but that's cerent things here. One is a default by repay the debt. tainly not an inevitable outcome, and Greece. That could happen any day The market knows this: Greek govit would be in nobody's interest to now. Indeed, it should happen soon. ernment bonds due for redemption push it in that direction. The second is a collapse of the next March are trading at half their euro, triggered by a Greek default. face value. The interest rate that The euro is the root cause of That would plunge Europe back into Greece would have to pay on new Greece’s difficulties. It has an unrecession, and cause chaos in the loans to roll over its debts is prohibicompetitive economy, and the govworld's financial markets. tive, and ordinary Greeks are already ernment fails to collect even half

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the taxes it is owed. So back when it used the drachma, it paid high rates for foreign loans, and devalued the drachma once in a while to deal with the competitiveness problem. Greece should never have been allowed to join the euro, but it was allowed in because the new currency was not really about financial advantages; it was seen as a vehicle to greater European unity. In practice, however, what it meant was that weak economies like Greece's, which normally could not borrow money cheaply, could now get foreign loans at the same rate as Germany or France. So they borrowed a lot, of course. The European banks are as much to blame as the Greeks. They lent torrents of money to a country that they knew was a bad risk, calculating that if the Greeks couldn't pay them back, the EU would bail them out to save the euro. But that is turning out not to be true, and so the banks are going to be hurt. Some of them may fail. The euro will probably survive this crisis: what are 10 million Greeks compared to the 325 million people who use the euro? But it probably won't survive more than another five to 10 years, because there are much bigger countries using the euro—notably Italy, but perhaps also

Spain—that have an equally problematic relationship with the common currency. The problem, in a nutshell, is this. A common currency generally presupposes a single government with the fiscal and monetary tools to protect it, and the political unity to do so. The euro common currency, a primarily political project, was created without any of those fundamental assets, and it is bound to fail unless the EU can now come up with them in a hurry. It almost certainly won't, because that would require the members to surrender far more of their sovereignty than they are prepared to do at this time. The euro in its current form will probably collapse before 2020. Will the European Union collapse with it? Why should it? The EU has been in existence, under various names, since 1958. It survived all but the last ten of those fifty years without a common currency, because its existence served the purposes of its members. It will survive a future without the euro, too. V Gwynne Dyer is a London-based journalist. His column appears every week in Vue Weekly.

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The fracking continues

Environmental concerns rise, government fails to act The campaign advocating a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the Lethbridge area continues to grow, despite the federal announcement of two seperate reviews into environmental impacts. "We're encouraged by the news that the federal government is launching reviews, but we're also asking why they're letting projects continue while the investigation takes place. We're calling for a moratorium until a scientific investigation can be completed," says Sheila Rogers, an organizer with the Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group. "We feel there's been an onus on citizens to get it proved that it's unsafe." This past week over 160 participants rallied for a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing projects approved in the region. "People have become aware it is an issue happening right in their backyards. People understand their drinking water could be affected by this and it's motivating them to get involved," Rogers says. "The arrests that happened on September 9, and the resulting media coverage, have really raised the visibility of this issue on the Blood reserve and throughout southern Alberta. That action was a catalyst for people to get out and learn more on the issue." The rally on September 26 was organized by the Lethbridge chapter of the Council of Canadians, but included participants from Greensense, a local environmental group, and the Kainai Lethbridge Earthwatch, which formed in the last year in opposition to fracking projects. Hydraulic fracturing is the process of adding a pressurized mixture of sand and water into shale rock formations in order to release trapped natural gas. Environmental concerns have been severe enough to warrant a ban on fracturing projects in New York state for the past year, and a moratorium on projects in Quebec, which started earlier this year when the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement released a report recommending a halt to fracturing projects as there were too many unanswered questions about the impacts of fracking. Additionally, projects in Nova Scotia are coming under scrutiny for the health implications in local water supplies with allegations concerning burning water in areas where fracking occurs. In the US, there are hundreds of reports of water contamination, and the Environmental Protection Agency, which is studying the impacts of fracking on groundwater, believes that 20 to 40 percent of chemicals used in the fracking process can remain in rock formations for decades. The EPA report is expected to be completed by 2012 and has suggested

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there is no denying that the Saudi regime uses oil profits to fund oppression and repression of their peoples. They also use military and paramilitary equipment imported from Canada for those purposes, but I have yet to hear Ezra Levant suggest that the Canadian government prohibit the selling of military equipment to Saudi Arabia. It's also important to note, if the goal of the ethical oil campaign is to deprive the Saudi regime of oil revenues, that one of the main recipients of Alberta bitumen, by way of the Keystone XL pipeline, is a refinery that is half-owned by the Saudi Government. In other words, the Keystone XL pipeline will result in the Saudi regime having even more money with which to

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that further studies should be created to address questions of impact on aquifers, aquatic ecosystems and seismic risks. Federally, Environment Minister Peter Kent has called for two reviews of fracturing projects. One will be conducted by the Council of Canadian Academics. The not-for-profit body will conduct an independent review that could take over a year. As well, an internal environmental review is to be done by Environment Canada. The federal government has the power to regulate development, but has left the majority of expansion decisions to provinces and territories. The criticisms of fracturing processes go beyond just the environmental impacts. In several cases, fracturing projects have been approved without public consultation. In Lethbridge Blood Tribe members blockaded the Murphy Oil site after their concerns were repeatedly rejected by the ERCB, who told them to deal with their tribal council, and the tribal council who proceeded without public consultation. "In the permits from the oil companies it stated that these people had been consulted," says Maijia Tailfeathers, just after her arrest for blockading the Murphy Oil site, "but they often didn't know what was happening or the extent of the danger of fracturing." The Alberta NDP has been drawing attention to the lack of public consultation on fracking issues, and the relationship between the industry and the Alberta government. This past Monday NDP leader Brian Mason released a document revealing a letter from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to the Office of the Ethics Commissioner confirming that they had been invited to participate in conversations related to shale gas, and that CAPP has increased their communication efforts around shale gas and fracturing projects. Mason's concern is that fracking policy is being created without a public voice at the table. "When the PCs talk oil and gas, they only talk to CAPP," said Mason. "The public interest can't be represented when the public is not at the table." The Alberta NDP called for an independent investigation into fracking impacts in August, and the Kainai Earthwatch group in Lethbridge continues to call for a moratorium on projects until investigations can occur. The Alberta government has given no indication it will be undertaking a moratorium on fracking, nor an investigation into the environmental concerns around the projects. Samantha power // samantha@vueweekly.com

oppress its people and deny women basic rights. How can the ethical oil folks seriously justify supporting this? In the end it's clear that the ethical oil movement is just a shallow marketing regime for Alberta's oil industry, and that actual ethics are nowhere near the top of their list of priorities. If they were genuinely promoting ethical oil as they have defined it, then their campaign would be calling for ending development of the tarsands, getting out of NAFTA, building pipelines eastward, stopping military exports to Saudi Arabia, and blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. And quite frankly, that would be a campaign I could seriously get behind. V Ricardo AcuĂąa is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

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Discovery Centre, junction of Hwy 63 and MacKenzie Blvd, Fort McMurray • See the inner workings of the oil sands industry • Sep: Fri, Sat, Sun obad presents Hemingway • Zeidler Hall, Citadel Theatre • Author, John Hemingway's memoir, Strange Tribe, examines the similarities and the complex relationship between his father, Dr Gregory Hemingway and his grandfather, Ernest Hemingway. He also explores the Hemingway family history within the context of Bipolar Disorder. 'That's Just Crazy Talk: additional talk by Victoria Maxwell • $25 or donation at door; proceeds to Mental Illness Awareness Week • Oct 5, 7pm • $25/donation (door); proceeds to Mental Illness Awareness Week Interactive lecture series • Grant MacEwan University CN Conference Theatre, Rm 5-142, 105 St Bldg, 105 St, 105 Ave • E: inquiry@elari.org • Presented by Maien Elar • Earth, Humankind and 2012: As the Earth Shames and Moves; Humankind in Polarity; Reognition of Your Purposeful Identity; Oct 4, 7:30-10pm (Q&A at 9:30pm) • We Are on the Fulcrum: Laws of Distraction; Deceptive Control of Human Health; Voice Equals Choice; Oct 11, 7:30-10pm (Q&A at 9:30pm) • The Impending Adulthood of Humankind: Generational Patterning; Revolution of the Intelligent Heart; Seeking Serenity: The Heart is Truth: Oct 18, 7:30-10pm (Q&A at 9:30pm) • $45 donation Raw Vegan Edmonton • Earth’s General Store, 9605 Whyte Ave • 780.439.8725 • The Why’s and How-To’s of A Raw Food Diet • Oct 4, 7:15pm • $10; preregister at Earth’s General Store by Oct 1

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AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer

• Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer • 403.347.6073 • Affirm welcome LGBTQ people and their friends, family, and allies meet the 2nd Tue, 7pm, each month

Bisexual Women's Coffee Group • A social group for bi-curious

and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo.com/group/ bwedmonton BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725B Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm EDMONTON PRIME TIMERS (EPT) • Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 10804119 St • A group of older gay men who have common interests meet the 2nd Sun, 2:30pm, for a social period, short meeting and guest speaker, discussion panel or potluck supper. Special interest groups meet for other social activities throughout the month. E: edmontonpt@yahoo.ca FLASH Night Club • 10018-105 St • 780.969.9965 • Thu Goth + Industrial Night: Indust:real Assembly with DJ Nanuck; 10pm (door); no cover • Triple Threat Fridays: DJ Thunder, Femcee DJ Eden Lixx • DJ Suco

beats every Sat • E: vip@flashnightclub.com

G.L.B.T.Q. (gay) African Group Drop-In) • Pride Centre, moving •

780.488.3234 • Group for gay refugees from all around the World, friends, and families • 1st and Last Sun every month • Info: E: fred@pridecentreofedmonton.org, jeff@ pridecentreofedmonton.org

GLBT sports and recreation

• teamedmonton.ca • Badminton, Co-ed: St. Thomas Moore School, 9610-165 St • Badminton, Women's Drop-In Recreational: St Vincent School, 10530-138 St; E: bad.min.ton_st.vincent@hotmail.com, T: 780.914.9678; every Wed 6-7:30pm; $7 (dropin fee) • Co-ed Bellydancing: bellydancing@ teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Lynnwood Elementary School at 15451-84 Ave; Mon, 7-8pm; bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Bowling: Ed's Rec Centre, West Edmonton Mall, Tue 6:45pm • Curling: Granite Curling Club; 780.463.5942 • Running: Every Sun morning; running@teamedmonton. ca • Spinning: MacEwan Centre, 109 Street and 104 Ave; spin@teamedmonton.ca • Swimming: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; swimming@teamedmonton.ca • Volleyball: Mother Teresa Elementary School at 9008-105A; Amiskiwaciy Academy, 101 Airport Rd; recvolleyball@teamedmonton. ca; volleyball@teamedmonton.ca • YOGA (Hatha): Free Yoga every Sun, 2-3:30pm; Korezone Fitness, 203, 10575-115 St, yoga@teamedmonton.ca G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors that have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4:30pm • Info: T: Jeff Bovee 780.488.3234, E: tuff @shaw.ca the junction bar • 10242-106 St • 780.756.5667 • Free pool daily 4-8pm; Taco Tue: 5-9pm; Wing Wed: 5-9pm; Wed karaoke: 9pm-12; Thu 2-4-1 burgers: 5-9pm; Fri steak night: 5-9pm; DJs Fri and Sat at 10pm LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB

• geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu Pride Centre of Edmonton • Moving • 780.488.3234 • Daily: YouthSpace (Youth Drop-in): Tue-Fri: 3-7pm; Sat: 2-6:30pm; jess@pridecentreofedmonton. org • Men Talking with Pride: Support group for gay, bisexual and transgendered men to discuss current issues; Sun: 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • HIV Support Group: for people living with HIV/AIDS; 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm; huges@shaw. ca • TTIQ: Education and support group for transgender, transsexual, intersexed and questioning people, their friends, families and allies; 2nd Tue each month, 7:30-9:30pm; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Community Potluck: For members of the LGBTQ community; last Tue each month, 6-9pm; tuff@shaw.ca • Counselling: Free, short-term, solution-focused counselling, provided by professionally trained counsellorsevery Wed, 6-9pm; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • STD Testing: Last Thu every month, 3-6pm; free; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Youth Movie: Every Thu, 6:30-8:30pm; jess@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Prime Timers Games Night: Games night for men age 55+; 2nd and last Fri every month; 7-10pm; tuff@shaw.ca St Paul's United Church • 1152676 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.ca • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured Woodys Video Bar • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm

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ARTS DAYS AT THE OLD BAY • Old Hudson's Bay Atrium, 10230 Jasper Ave • Alternative Trends art show in support of Alberta Arts Days • Oct 1, 4-8pm • Free ARTS DAYS AT THE JUBE • Jubilee Auditorium • Alberta Arts Days multi-media extravaganza presented by the Jubilee Auditorium and The Works; an art-packed night of live music, food, beverages and art • Free • Oct 1, 7-11pm ARTS DAYS AT Festival Place

• Workshops in storytelling, drumming, improv, an art show • Saturday night main theatre event featuring Big Hank Lionhart and Marco Claveria • Oct 1

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Corn Maze • Garden Valley Rd, west of Edmonton • 780.288.0208 • Open through to mid Oct • $10 (adult)/$8 (youth, 5-12)/ free (under 5) EBC Bike Art EVENT • Edmonton Bicycle Commuters' Society, 10047-80 Ave, alley entrance • Art auction and dance party; licensed all ages event • Oct 1, 7pm • $5 The Grape Escape • BMW Showroom, 7450 Roper Rd • 780.429.2020 • mealsonwheelsedmonton.org • Ignite Your Senses at this year’s annual wine tasting and auction with special guest artists, The Consonance • Sep 29, 7pm • $60; fundraiser for the Edmonton Meals on Wheels La Divina–fashion.art.opera • The Enjoy Centre, 101 Riel Dr, St Albert •

Edmonton Opera fundraising event including high fashion, DJ, dancing, and drinks • Sep 30, 8pm • $125 at edmopera@edmontonopera.com, 780.424.4040 Vegtoberfest kickoff • Earth's General Store, 9605-82 Ave • International World Vegetarian Day: vegan barbecue at noon; music: Bill Bourne (folk), Locution Revolution (hip-hop), others until 4pm; local vegan vendors will showcase products; a used book sale (proceeds to VVoA) • Oct 1, 12-4pm

Western Canada Fashion Week • TransAlta Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • Until Sep 29 • Sofiss by Joanna Wala: Sep 29 • 7pm (door); 8pm (shows all nights) • $20 (door)/$18 (adv at TIX on the Square)

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Lecture Series Maien Elar brings information, new perspectives and new understanding of the changing world we are living in today. Offering an alternative view of human process, brighter realities become visible. We become positioned to witness and participate differently in the evolutionary process that is challenging humankind. An energy exercise brings each evening to a close.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 7:30 pm • As the Earth Shakes and Moves • Humankind in Polarity • Recognition of Your Purposeful Identity

WE ARE ON THE FULCRUM Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm • Laws of Distraction • Manufacturing Human Health • Your Presence, Your Voice

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REVUE // EIFF

EIFF, round two

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BRUTAL VIOLENCE

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s the Edmonton International Film Festival heads into its final weekend, we bring you a few final reviews from Vue's crack team of critics. Reviews by Fawnda Mithrush (FM) and Madeline Smith (MS).

A Bag of Hammers Directed by Brian Crano Sat, Oct 1 (8 pm) Metro Cinema at the Garneau

 Alan (Jake Sandvig) and Ben (Jason Ritter) are twentysomething yobs living in California with not enough to do—and not enough charm to make this film achieve its lofty About a Boy goals. The premise is exactly the same as Nick Hornby's: guys who don't want to grow up meet little boy whose mom is a mess, and the guys subsequently decide that mentoring the kid is their ticket to legit adulthood. Oh, if it only were a welltold version of the "the kid raised us" affair. There are moments when the writing does seem to have actual thought behind it, as when the school principal tells Alan and Ben that 12-year-old Kelsey (Chandler Canterbury) could end up in the dreaded system of foster homes, and in the emotional sit-down they have

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with Kelsey. Carrie Preston gives the one great performance in the film as Lynette, Kelsey's erratic and absent mom, but the jokes are hack, and the character development goes about as far as hinting that the boys got screwed in life by their own inept/asshole fathers. Stronger dialogue may have saved things, but not enough to make up for the lack of depth that pervades the whole film. They steal a lot of cars, and seem to get away with it easily, and it's not believable or even funny—it's adolescent fantasy without production value. FM

Absentia Directed by Mike Flanagan Thu, Sep 29 (11:59 pm) Metro Cinema at the Garneau

 Half jump-out-of-your-seat scare thriller and half creepy-crawly scifi, Absentia can't quite decide what it wants to be. It's a shame, because both parts of the movie offer promising concepts, with an unsettling sense of creepiness that isn't needlessly wasted with constant blood and gore. But as a whole, it just doesn't quite fit together: while the film starts with a slow manipulation that uncovers fear in the familiar, it

switches gears too suddenly, abruptly identifying the heart of the characters' terror in a supernatural evil instead. With reserved acting and a few well-placed startles, Absentia is in a league above most typical horror movies, but it's too uncertain to reach its full potential. MS

Moon Point Directed by Sean Cisterna Fri, Sep 30 (9:45 pm) Empire City Centre

 Desperately determined to be quirky and endearing, Moon Point ultimately offers little but cliché and an empty storyline. It's got all the stereotypes you'd expect from an "indie film": an awkward leading man, a relentless stream of wacky characters and a nauseatingly precious storyline set to a tinkling soundtrack of optimistic tunes. The film has a few funny moments, but they're not nearly enough to redeem the rest of Moon Point's unfortunately shortcomings. Try to convince yourself that you can stand the actors' forced witty banter and desperate attempts to seem likeable, and maybe it won't matter that the movie's entire story was easily visible from the opening scene. MS

REVUE // CURVEBALL TO THE GENRE

REVUE // 18 GOING ON 007

MONEYBALL

ABDUCTION

Now playing Directed by Bennett Miller

Now playing Directed by John Singleton

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he general manager stands in the locker room and tells the team to listen—to the silence. "That's the sound of losing," he says. There's a lot of pensive pauses, tense waiting and plain old silences in Moneyball, a sports movie about disappointment and falling just short. Here, baseball's a game of watching, analyzing and statistics-crunching. The GM is Oakland's Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), who decides to become a Beane-counter and play the bottomline numbers—players who get on base—after enlisting Yale economics grad and sabermetrics player-analyst Paul Brand (Jonah Hill). With a payroll one-third of the loaded Yankees, Beane's got little choice. The tension and pressure are there in the wrinkles and wear under Beane's eyes; Beane himself (still with the

Brad Pitt, crunching the numbers

A's) was a player who never panned out but still feels the bitterness of a loss and the pent-up frustrations of a floundering season. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin's screenplay (from Michael Lewis' book)— of baseball as back-room business, when a few men start turning the game's many stats to their calculating, win-at-lowcosts advantage—is one of the most

unromantic dramas about pro sports (merely a marketplace of athletic labour). But Moneyball manages to make the dealing, stealing, and brain-wheeling in stadium offices enthralling. When the film finally gets to the action on the field, it's all the more powerful because we've seen the thinking behind it.

wenty years ago, John Singleton made a rather good film called Boyz n the Hood. Now he's made a movie about a boy from a rich 'hood who briefly dons a hood in order to hide from cameras and the killers after him. Warning: any other similarity between Singleton's talented debut and Abduction is entirely non-existent. Tough bozo boy (Taylor Lautner) likes girl next door (Lily Collins), boy discovers his parents are actually his CIA handlers just before they're killed (Exhibit Zzzz in overstatement: "I just saw my parents murdered— before my eyes!") by baddies after the boy to use him as a bargaining

chip with his real father (a Special Ops killer), boy flees with girl before fighting back. Boring fugitive action-flick meets insipid teen romance (rounded off by a crappy emo score), leaving a looks-good-on-paper cast (Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello, Alfred Molina) in tatters. The only thing more fleeting than our boy, 18 going on 007, is convincing evidence of Lautner's acting ability. The title's both misleading and inspiring. There's no glimpse of a single "ab" on Lautner in the whole movie— few honey shots here for the teengirl demographic—but well before the movie shows any hint of ending, you'll hope for a quick abduction, by any means, from the cineplex. Brian Gibson

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REVUE // A FAIL OF A TALE

DOLPHIN TALE

Echoes of Flipper

Now playing Directed by Charles Martin Smith

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movie about Flipper without his back flipper can easily flop—into hokum, anthropomorphic nonsense or ocean-deep sentiment. Dolphin Tale

generally doesn't, but it still sometimes drifts into the emotional shallows rather than letting its "inspired by a true story" soar on its own. Eleven-year-old Sawyer (Nathan Gamble) happens upon a stranded dolphin one day and ends up trying to nurse it—after its infected tail's

been amputated—back to health at a marine hospital which will soon be sold. The search for a prosthetic tail is a charming twist; Sawyer's newfound passion bubbles up nicely. But lazy moments—snarkiness toward a teacher, Sawyer telling off his wounded-vet cousin for being selfish and the self-congratulatory big event at film's end that smacks us in the head with patriotism, instant community support and super-duper feel-goodness—drag the story down. Even the amputee angle seems softened: Sawyer's cousin hasn't lost a limb and a legless child who visits the dolphin comes off as insta-TinyTim. Running during the credits, documentary footage of child amputees who visited the re-flippered fish only makes the movie that came before seem like a bit of an easy paddle through not very deep waters. Brian Gibson

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VUEONLINE VUEWEEKLY.COM/tiff "I didn't see too much Canadian cinema at this year's TIFF, but I'm happy to report that what I did see looks very promising for the cultural health of our republic" Read Josef Braun's report from the frontlines of Canada's biggest film fest at vueweekly.com/tiff

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REVUE // SPORTS CLICHÉS!

BREAKAWAY

Skating on thin ice

Opens Friday Directed by Robert Lieberman

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ertainly, we could use more movies that actually emulate the cultural mosaic of Canada, reflecting the idea of maintaining your own culture while embracing the greater national one all the same, than manage to get greenlit. But do the ones that get through have to be so hamfisted in their goody-goody intentions? My guess is that that spark of cultural diversity is how Breakaway, a cheesy hockey flick, got greenlit, but outside of a premise—a Sikh boy and

his hockey-playing pals from Toronto decide to enter a local tournament to show a bunch of white bullies that they belong on that ice just as much as anybody else does—and a few choice moments, it's amazing just how totally generic and off the shelf of an underdog sports movie this is. Every cliché—the disapproving father, the last-minute technicality that might not let them play in the big final, the grizzled coach who had his NHL shot tarnished by some personal fault, the arrogant protagonist who needs some lessons in humility— gets delivered with eager, saccharine

smiles and overwrought one-liners. To Breakaway's credit, Russel Peters' is used sparingly—it's not the star vehicle it looked to be—and the moments of genuine cultural crossover are interesting. A Bollywood dance sequence on skates is the most charming moment in the whole shebang, but they reach towards the usual grab bag of clichés far more often. Breakaway aims for Bend It Like Beckham territory, but lands closer to Score: A Hockey Musical, lacking the former's warm hearth and careful nuance, instead choosing to skate across on the latter's wafer-thin ice. Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

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DOLPHIN TALE 3D (G) Digital 3d Fri-Sun, Tue 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00; Mon, Wed-Thu 1:25, 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 ABDUCTION (14A) Digital Cinema Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:35, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20; Sun-Thu 1:15, 3:45, 7:05, 9:35 THE HELP (PG mature subject matter, language may offend) Fri-Sun, Tue 12:10, 3:25, 6:40, 9:55; Mon, Wed-Thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 MONEYBALL (PG coarse language) Ultraavx Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:20; Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45; Mon, Wed-Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 50/50 (14A coarse language) Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45; Sun, Tue 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:10; Mon, Wed 1:15, 3:45, 7:20, 9:50; Thu 3:45, 7:20, 9:50; Star & Strollers Screening: Thu 1:00 DRIVE (18A brutal violence) Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30; Sun, Tue 12:05, 2:35, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15; Mon, Wed-Thu 1:25, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05

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KILLER ELITE (14A brutal violence) Fri-Sat 12:40, 4:00, 7:20, 10:05; Sun 12:35, 3:25, 6:15, 10:00; Mon, Wed-Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55; Tue 12:40, 4:00, 7:20, 10:00 Breakaway (PG) Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25; Sun, Tue 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50; Mon, Wed-Thu 1:10, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Courageous (PG) Daily 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Wwe Hell In A Cell–2011 (Classification not available) Sun 6:00

National Theatre Live: The Kitchen (Classification not available) Thu 7:00

SMURFS (G) Daily 1:00

moneyball (PG coarse language) Daily 6:45, 9:30; Sat-Sun 1:45

THE LION KING 3D (G) Digital 3d Fri-Sun, Tue 2:35, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50; Mon, Wed-Thu 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00

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DREAM HOUSE (14A) Fri 4:25, 6:45, 9:20; SatSun 1:50, 4:25, 6:55, 9:20; Mon-Thu 6:55, 9:20

Phantom Of The Opera At The Albert Hall–Live (Classification not available) Mon 7:00

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Force (STC) No passes, Hindi W/E.S.T. Daily 12:55, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35

DREAM HOUSE (14A) Fri-Sat 12:30, 2:45, 5:45, 8:20, 10:40; Sun, Tue 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 7:15, 10:05; Mon, Wed-Thu 1:50, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05

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MONEYBALL (PG coarse language) Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating, Digital Presentation Daily 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:35

DOLPHIN TALE 3D (G) Digital 3d Fri 7:15, 9:50; Sat-Sun 4:15, 7:05, 10:10; Mon-Thu 7:05, 9:50 ABDUCTION (14A) Fri 4:15, 6:45, 9:30; SatSun 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:30; Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:30 MONEYBALL (PG coarse language) Fri 4:10, 7:10, 10:10; Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10; Mon-Thu 7:10, 10:10

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS 3D (G) Stadium Seating, DTS Digital, Reald 3d Fri 9:55; Sat-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:05, 3:50, 7:10, 9:55; Mon,Thu 1:05, 3:50, 7:10 Dream House (14A) Digital Presentation, Stadium Seating, DTS Digital Daily 12:35, 3:15, 6:55, 9:25 STRAW DOGS (18A sexual violence, brutal violence) Digital Presentation, Dolby Stereo Digital Sat-Thu 9:40

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WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? (14A language may offend) No passes Daily 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30

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DREAM HOUSE (14A) Ultraavx Daily 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15

moneyball (PG coarse language) Daily 6:50, 9:35; Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:35

DOLPHIN TALE (G) Digital Cinema Daily 12:30

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Killer Elite (14A brutal violence) Daily 6:55, 9:30; Sat-Sun 12:55, 3:30

KILLER ELITE (14A brutal violence) Fri 4:10, 7:20, 10:05; Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:20, 10:05; Mon-Thu 7:20, 10:05

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Drive (18A brutal violence) Digital Presentation, Stadium Seating, Dolby Stereo Digital Fri-Tue, Thu 12:55, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30; Wed 12:55, 3:40, 9:30

What's Your Number? (14A language may offend) Digital Presentation, Stadium Seating, DTS Digital Daily 12:45, 3:25, 6:50, 9:50

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50/50 (14A coarse language) Fri-Tue, Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50; Wed 4:20, 7:20, 9:50; Star & Strollers Screening: Wed 1:00

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The Devil’s Double (18A gory brutal violence disturbing content) Daily 6:50, 9:10; Sat-Sun 2:00

MONEYBALL (PG coarse language) Digital Cinema Daily 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 10:15

50/50 (14A coarse language) Digital Cinema Fri 4:30, 7:30, 10:15; Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:10, 6:30, 8:40; Mon-Thu 7:30, 10:15

50/50 (14A coarse language) Digital Presentation, Dolby Stereo Digital, Stadium Seating Daily 1:00, 3:45, 7:00, 10:00

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moneyball (PG coarse language) Thu Sep 29: 1:20, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00

I Don’t Know How She Does It (PG) Thu Sep 29: 7:20, 9:20 SMURFS (G) Thu Sep 29: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:10 CRAZY STUPID LOVE (PG coarse language) Thu Sep 29: 9:05 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A coarse language, crude sexual content) Thu Sep 29: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 dolphin tale 3d (G) No passes Thu Sep 29: 12:45, 2:55, 5:00, 7:05, 9:10

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what’s your number? (14A language may offend) Daily 7:10, 9:25; Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:25 dolphin tale 3d (G) Daily 7:00, 9:15; SatSun 1:00, 3:15 moneyball (PG coarse language) Daily 6:55, 9:35; Sat-Sun 12:55, 3:35 abduction (14A) Daily 7:05, 9:30; Sat-Sun 1:05, 3:30

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The Edmonton International Film Festival (STC) Until Sun, Oct 2 Long Shadows: Memory, Film and the North: at the AGA (STC) Fri 7:00 Prairie Tales 13: Various Locations (STC) Sat 7:00 Red State (18A brutal violence, language may offend) Sun 4:00; Sun, Thu 9:15; Mon, Tue, Wed 7:00, 9:00 Capitalism is the Crisis (STC) Sun 7:00 Skier's Sports Shop: Teton Gravity Research's One for the Road (STC) Fri 6:30

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WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? (14A language may offend) Daily 7:15, 9:25; Sat, Sun, Tue 1:15, 3:25 Dream House (14A) Daily 7:00, 8:55; Sat, Sun, Tue 1:00, 2:55 abduction (14A) Daily 6:40, 8:50; Sat, Sun, Tue 12:40, 2:50 moneyball (PG coarse language) Daily 6:45, 9:20; Sat, Sun, Tue 12:45, 3:20; Movies for Mommies on Tue: 12:45 Killer Elite (14A brutal violence) Daily 6:50, 9:05; Sat, Sun, Tue 12:50, 3:05 dolphin tale 3D (G) Daily 6:55, 9:10; Sat, Sun, Tue 12:55, 3:10 THE HELP (PG mature subject matter, language may offend) Daily 6:30, 9:15; Sat, Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:15

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REVUE // DESTRUCTION AND CHANGE

Apocalypse now

Harcourt House's exhibitions explore destruction and change

// Kevin Friedrich

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alking into Harcourt House's current exhibitions, the mood is apocalyptic. However, the themes of destruction through Kevin Friedrich's Selected Works and Tiki Mulvihill's Fire Successional are more regional than global, since Friedrich's paintings of surreal, monstrous biological/technological hybrid creatures are situated in Alberta prairie and forest landscapes, and Mulvihill's installation of tiny triwheeled charred wood hunks apparently flee a boreal forest leveled by fire. These exhibitions are playful and, at times, provocative explorations of destruction and frightening change. Planned obsolescence tends to be language used to explain the annual death of one's iPod, but Friedrich situates this concept on the farm. This is apparent in "Lost Objectives," where a tiny skeleton takes flight, powered by an electric fan, its cord pulling the electrical outlet from the wall, a contrast to the quiet rural landscape just out the window. These works are reminders of the changes taking place in contemporary rural life, as the contraptions and ancient equipment of family farms give way to their giant corporate counterparts and their multi-million

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dollar facilities. As viewers, we witness a moment just before failure, as the flying skeleton appears to be an instant away from losing its power source. In the main gallery space at Harcourt, a little army of irregular hunks of burned wood sits across the floor, each on three castors and adorned with a drawer pull or wall hook in some form. Charcoal lines in triplicate mark the wheeled journeys that led each charred wood chunk to its current resting place against Mulvihill's backdrop of charcoal-lined landscape drawn on the west gallery wall. Rather than conveying the stated, "Resilience

and fragility of the Western forests," the work conveys that human intervention resurrected these pieces of dead wood and gave them motion on tiny castor feet, ideas that have an uneasy relationship with the intention. Although a central conceit in both of Harcourt's current exhibitions is breakdown and destruction, it is the animation of bizarre forms that makes the work engaging and worth a visit. In the end, it is not fear or moralizing that becomes the lesson regarding change, but the curious life that emerges from such transformation. Carolyn Jervis // carolyn@vueweekly.com

REVUE // SEIN, SEIN, EVERYWHERE A SEIN

Triple entendre

[sic] pits three unpleasant New Yorkers at odds with themselves

Until Fri, Sep 30 (8 pm) [sic] Directed by Amy DeFelice Catalyst Theatre, $20 – $22

artway through [sic], the notion strikes you that it's like watching a theatrical version of Seinfeld. After all, Seinfeld is famously described as a show about nothing, and you could make a convincing case that [sic] is very much the same: the play presents snippets from the daily lives of three fauxintellectual New Yorkers, each of whom are self-absorbed, vapid, frivolous and just generally unpleasant individuals. But this is not to say that [sic] has nothing going on—far from it. Though the characters may not end up very far from where they started in terms of plot development, the script wittily

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combines multiple narratives with moments of abstract poeticism, cavorting self-consciously through tense jumps, narrative shifts, double and triple entendres, shadow puppets (no, really) and a generous helping of innuendo. Indeed, a subtext of thinly-veiled sexual frustration and desperation provides the fulcrum for every incident in this show, and could perhaps be cited as the true meaning behind this piece. But there's an innate problem in basing a show around a trio of unsympathetic characters: the audience isn't ever rooting for them. It's too easy to write them off from the start; at the most, we're hoping for some kind of resolution, but we're simultaneously realizing that this is just not possible. The show comes dangerously close to feeling more like an extended character sketch than a

fully-established play and, worse, it's about a bunch of characters that we just don't like. Then again, [sic] tosses this right back at us by suggesting that, "You're drawn to people you're afraid you are." It's hard to care much about these people, but there is admittedly a certain macabre fascination in watching their sad lives spiral aimlessly around one another— and perhaps that is precisely the point. Or perhaps it's a matter of rallying around someone else's tragedy. The characters are doing it, and it feels like we're doing it by simply being there. After all, it's implied in the very title of the piece: "The mistake is precisely what is of interest." Mel Priestley // mel@vueweekly.com

REVUE // A MORAL GREY

// Ed Ellis

DOUBT

Did he? Didn't he?

Until Sat, Oct 1 (7:30 pm) Directed by Leigh Rivenbark Timms Centre for the Arts, $10 – $20

or all the intentional ambiguity that cloaks the facts in Doubt, there's one moment likely to be the tipping point for the did-he-didn'the question at its heart. It comes during Sister Aloysius's (Valerie Planche) final confrontation with Father Flynn (Doug Mertz), an iron nun who has no evidence against him, just an intense distrust towards a younger, friendlier priest that could, honestly, just as easily be a staunchly old-school Catholic fearful of the movement of the church towards less draconian strictness. Their argument grows heated, then she drops a bombshell of sorts that seems to shatter his confidence. "Have you never done nothing wrong?" he says, almost pleading, and for those who wish to condemn Father Flynn as a despicable molestor, that might be the nail in the coffin—it certainly was for the woman one row behind me, who muttered in disgust

at the line. But it's not that simple. Nothing in this play is: Doubt is elaborately constructed and carefully nuanced in how it treads its subject matter, of one nun in the Bronx in the '60s attempting to do away with a priest she's convinced is harming a child, and Studio Theatre does a fine job with it here. Mertz plays a balanced Flynn, likeable, though perhaps a little immature for his age, while Planche's Aloysius is more neutral, stark, far less likeable but more on a moral pathway, though Planche seems to occasionally veer a bit towards the a characture of a hardened nun. Nicola Elbro does well as a the young Sister James caught between the two, and Simone Saunders as Mrs Muller, the mother of the child in question, doesn't quite manage a satisfying balance of control and horror at hearing her child might be in the hands of a monster, though the scene remains one of the script's most potent. If anything, it's almost too static an atmosphere in this production: part of the ambiguous shroud Doubt creates means its hooks come from you, the audience, searching these characters for any sorts of clues towards Flynn and his innocence or guilt. That delicate atmosphere, so carefully handled here to remain neutral, seems to lose some of its lustre when you've been there before (Doubt is also a film, and had a run at the Citadel few seasons back). But for fresh eyes, Doubt is theatre to leave you thinking, not just on this tale of a maybewayward priest, but of the nature of your own one-sided impressions of someone's actions, and on the nature of certainty itself. Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

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that context can play in forcing us to redraw the boundaries between the two. Dr Cora Cage (Belinda Cornish) is a prominent British eye surgeon who has agreed to treat May N'Kame (Patricia Darbasie) who hails from a mysterious African country cruelly governed by her son. We quickly find out that Dr Cage has a second agenda: that four particular doctors unjustly sentenced as traitors be set free. The response she gets from May shakes the doctor significantly and leaves her with a potentially perilous decision to make. These two women ask favours of each other that come at a large cost. A strange friendship is forged; May, while coming to startling realizations about the meaning of her own life, alerts Dr Cage to the fact that the doctor has been "charmed by the true monster of [St Ives]: peace, abundance and safety," or a "communal coma" that the doctor realizes she can no longer abide within. Cornish and Darbasie achieve a rare chemistry on stage that a play like this demands. Emotions and tensions radiate, casting an electric air over the audience. Cornish delivers an impeccable performance, and Darbasie is stunning with scenes that positively rip the script's intricately woven story off the page and into action. The handful of tight and entrancing plot twists keeps things exciting. It's hard not to hang on every word as the clever dialogue and superb acting stretch one's mind everywhere from the dark history of colonialism to the bittersweet sting of nostalgia that can govern our minds and actions. This is a piece that will make you think, but it will also make your heart ache in a meaningful way.

// Andrew Paul

REVUE // NO DOUBT ABOUT IT

A cup of contemplation

Sun, Oct 2 (7:30 pm) Directed by Julien Arnold Holy Trinity Anglican Church, $12 – $15

ee Blessing's Going to St Ives brings two women with divergent upbringings, ideals and contexts together through contemplations about history, humanity and drawing the line between stopping a monster and becoming one yourself. From the moment the play begins, the audience is pulled between definitions of right and wrong and the role

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REVUE // APOCALYPTIC PUPPETRY

PREVUE // CLASSIC PLAY

PENNY PLAIN

DEATH OF A SALESMAN

s the lights slowly dim on the set of Penny Plain, we hear CNN-style news bursts of the chaotic unfurling of the world. The stockmarkets are toast; there's a mysterious, bird-flu-style cough going around; the government has introduced a "stay home, stay alive" program. Yep. It's the end of the world as we know it, and it seems that the elderly Penny Plain feels fine. Contented, even, to sit in the frontroom of her boarding house, listen to the news (she's blind), and chat with her rather dignified talking dog companion, Geoffrey. When he departs to truly experience the world before it really ends, however, a chain of events is set in motion: as more boarders report from the outside or show up seeking refuge, madness begins to set in.

Penny Plain and her "dog" Tuppett

An apocalyptic "what if?" fantasy from a master of his craft, Burkett's marionette show is brilliant, beautiful and painful. Gorgeously crafted wooden puppets on strings will tug the ones connected to your heart, or horrify you, or make you care about them in ways that rival the best of their flesh-and-blood counterparts. Part of that impact is the simple wonder of watching how much expression and individuality can come through each puppet while being manipulated

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by one puppeteer. But their tales, too, weave into beautiful metaphor: a bitter Geppetto resides here, sought out by a woman who wants him to make her a magical child like his first one, and later, by that little wooden boy all grown up; an increasingly maniacal editor takes care of his incontent mother; a girl, Tuppett, pretends to be a dog for the blind Penny; two comical American stereotypes as refugees from down south. There's no short amount of humour thoughout—a talking chihuahua vying to be Jeffrey's replacement is a comic highlight—but anyone who thought Billie Twinkle was a sign of Burkett softening with age will instead find him in full, aggressive form here, capable of incredible sweeps of emotion and darkness. At its conclusion, there are some odds and ends left unsorted, some threads seemingly left unwound: Jubilee's increasing spiral of madness is left with a strange apex that doesn't quite read in a satisfying way, and a few relationships feel like they didn't get enough time to fully gel into something heartfelt. Then again, this is the end of everything we're talking about: more than a few disparate plot lines, the final message here—that we'll be reaping what we've sown—is delivered with suckerpunch strength. It's a ferocious production unafraid to challenge you by showing you this world sliding off the brink. As the house lights rise, you're left feeling unsettled and deeply affected by what happens on stage. It's a feeling too rare in any medium of performance today. PAUL BLINOV

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Like father, like son

Until Sun, Oct 16 (7:30 pm) Directed by Bob Baker Citadel Theatre, $51.45 –$82.95

thought I knew the play," states Bob Baker, director of the Citadel's upcoming Death of a Salesman. "I'd never read it and never seen it, but I thought I knew all about it, because it's in the zeitgeist. People think they know what this play is, that it deals with something about the American Dream, or it deals with society's pressures to be successful." Though you can certainly interpret the play as so much essay fodder, Baker suggests that the heart of the piece is much simpler. "It's really about a father and son's relationship," he says. "I don't think I'm bending or reinventing the play, I think I'm going down to where the essence of the play is, in the human story. Any political or social statements that flow from that—and there are some—are not what we set out to do. They just are there." When Baker was researching the play he was particularly struck by an interview with Miller on the play's

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one-year anniversary, in which Miller expressed disappointment that the character of the son Biff wasn't fully recognized in the production. "Everyone says it's Willy Loman's story, and it is, but it's only Willy Loman's story with Biff," he states. Knowing this, Baker chose to make the father-son relationship a primary focus, highlighting the two as foils that are completely necessary to one another. Though Death of a Salesman is firmly set in the early 1950s—Baker explains that there were too many chronological references keeping the play from being reworked in a contemporary setting—the themes themselves are timeless. "It's a family drama, and family dramas always remain relevant because we all have families—and we all experience those kinds of pressures," Baker states. "And as far as climbing the ladder of success, and parents having high expectations of their children, and children not wanting to necessarily conform to their parents' view of success—I think that is completely relevant and contemporary." MEL PRIESTLEY

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• Ledcor Theatre, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • Long Shadows: Memory, Film and the North: Screening and talk, featuring filmmakers Lindsay McIntyre and Aaron Munson, in conversation with curator Marsh Murphy • Sep 30, 7pm • Free Edmonton Film Society • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • Stairway To Heaven (1946, PG) • Oct 3, 8pm • $6 (adult)/$5 (senior 65 and over/student)/$3 (child); $30 (membership for fall series, 8 films); free parking

Edmonton International Film Festival • Empire Theatres; Metro Cinema;

Zeidler Hall; Haven Social Club; Capitol Theatre • 780.423.0844 • A showcase of independent films • Until Oct 1 • Passes/tickets at Empire Theatres box office, Edmonton City Centre FAVA • 9722-102 St • 780.429.1671 • Open House: Prairie Tales 13 screenings at 3pm and 4:30pm; gear demonstrations; hands-on scratch animation; tours and more • Oct 1, 3-6pm; part of Alberta Arts Days From Books to Film series • Stanley A. Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • Screenings of films adapted from books, presented by the Centre for Reading and the Arts • Walk the Line (2005, PG) • Sep 30, 2pm Movies on the Square • Churchill Square • edmonton.ca/attractions_recreation/ attractions/downtown/movies-on-the-square. aspx • Movies on a 3-storey high inflatable screen • Marmaduke; Oct 8, no pre-movie activities; 7pm (film) • Shrek-Forever After; Oct 9, no pre-movie activities, 7pm (film) • Free Whitemud Crossing Library • Prairie Tales: short films by Albertan media artists • Oct 1, 2pm

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS

Agnes Bugera Gallery • 12310 Jasper Ave • 780.482.2854 • Refraction: Abstract paintings, acrylic on canvas by Ernestine Tahedl • Until Oct 7 ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • Making a Spectacle of Myself: Metal works, retrospective of eyewear by Calgary artist Jackie Anderson; until Oct 15 • Victorian Inclinations: Metal works by Calgary artist Jennea Frischke; until Oct 15 • Natural Flow: Contemporary Alberta Glass: Oct 1-Dec 24; opening reception: Oct 1, 2-4pm Alberta Society of Artists • Walterdale Playhouse, 10322-83 Ave • 780.426.0072 • Peaks of the Canadian Rockies: Artworks by members of the Alberta Society of Artists • Sep 30, Oct 1-2: part of Alberta Arts Days; oprn with Walterdale's performances of Reasons to Be Pretty Oct 12-22 Art Beat Gallery • 26 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.3679 • The Heaths: Artworks by Fran, Karen, and Mel • Until Sep 30 Artery 9535 Jasper Ave • 780.441.6966 • theartery.ca • Artworks by Denise Lefebvre • Opening reception with F&M and 100 mile house and guests; Oct 7, 7pm; $12 (adv)/$15 (door) Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • Sculpture Terraces: Works by Peter Hide and Ken Macklin • BMO World of Creativity: Drawn Outside: especially for kids; Until Jan 29, 2012 • 19th Century French Photographs: until Jan 29 • Prairie Life: Settlement and the Last Best West, 1930-1955: until Jan 29 •

RBC Painting Competition: Manning Hall: until Oct 10; free • UP NORTH: Artworks by four contemporary artists from three circumpolar countries: Jacob Dahl Jürgensen, Simon Dybbroe Møller (Denmark), Ragnar Kjartansson (Iceland), and Kevin Schmidt (Canada); until Jan 8 • Alberta Arts Days: workshops, film screenings, performances, tours; Sep 30-Oct 2 • Ledcor Theatre: Long Shadows: Memory, Film and the North: Screening and talk: Sep 30, 7pm; free • Studio Y Youth Drop-in: Tone: Drawing with Light on Sep 29, 3:30-5:30pm, $10; Free Studio Y Youth Drop-in on Sep 30, 3:30-5:30pm; Landed: Watercolour Resist Painting on Oct 6, 3:30-5:30pm; $10 • Adult Dropin: Up North: Light Installation on Sep 29; Tone: Drawing with Light on Oct 6; 7-9pm; $15/$12 (AGA member) • Drop-In Family Workshop: Drawn Outside with Nicole Galellis: BMO World of Creativity, Main Level, and AGA Studios, Lower Level: Oct 1-2, 1-4pm; free • T.A.L.E.S.: The Art of Folktales: Ledcor Theatre: performances by Dawn Blue, Jennie Frost, Laura Frost, Laura O’Conner, Renée Englot and Kathy Jessup; Oct 2, 2pm; free • Tours: In Gallery, Main Level and 3rd Level: Oct 1-2, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm; free with admission

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA)

• Profiles, 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • ARTificial: Artworks by Paul Bernhardt, Brenda Kim Christiansen, Eveline Kolijn, and Jordan Rule • Until Oct 29 ArtWalk–St Albert • Perron District, downtown St Albert • The 1st Thu each month (Apr-Sep), exhibits run all month Bibliothèque Saint-Jean • Campus Saint-Jean, 8406, rue Marie-Anne Gaboury, 91 St • 780.465.8775 • library.ualberta.ca/hours_fr/index. cfm • Project Kenya: Photography, artifacts and information about Project Kenya and partner, Me to We • Oct 1-23, during opening hours

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• 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • Imagine: Artworks by Lucie Tettamente, Curtis Johnson, Ute Rieder, and Françoise Fiset • Until Oct 11 Centre Gallery • Allen Gray Continuing Care Centre, 5005-28 Ave • Oil paintings by Rune Anderson and Watercolours by Lois Anderson • Sep 30-Oct 31 • Gala opening: Sep 30, 6-8pm; artists in attendance Crooked Pot Gallery–Stony Plain • 4912-51 Ave, Stony Plain, Alberta • 780.963.9573 • All Fired Up After 35 Years: Parkland Potters Guild and Crooked Pot Gallery • Until Sep 30

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• 8773-90 Ave • 780.434.9236 • The Bee Party: Artwork by the Beehive Collective; showing of the film Queen of the Sun at 8pm followed by Q/A period; Swear by the Moon (singer/songwriter duo), Amber Larsen, Tophie Davies, Édrihan and the Grey Area, Miguel Ferrer, Kelly Pikula, Luke Tracey Newmann & others starting around 9:30pm • Sep 30, 7:30-11:30pm • $12 (no costume)/$8 (with bee-costume) Enterprise Square • 10230 Jasper Ave, U of A • ECAS, The Edmonton Contemporary Artists' Society's Nineteenth Annual Exhibition: featuring painting, sculpture and photography by member artists; open daily, until Oct 16, 11am5pm • Glimpses: Paintings by Elaine Andersen, Bette Lisitza, Wanda Resek, Lorraine Schuld, Pearl Westfall, Victoria Wirth; until Oct 19; opening reception: Oct 6, 6:30-9pm FAB Gallery • Department of Art and Design, U of A, Rm 3-98 Fine Arts Bldg • 780.492.2081 • Cindy Couldwell: MDes Visual Communication Design/Jenna Hill: MDes Industrial Design • Oct 4-29 • FAB, 2-20: Visual Politics and the Gym: The Adventures of Feminist Figure Girl, lecture by Lianne McTavish; Oct 6, 5:15pm Gallery at Milner • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • You Looking At Me: until Sep 30 • Alberta Arts Days: Meet the artists and Looking At Me book launch, on Sep 30, 11am; Drop-in print-making workshop on Oct 1, 1-3pm • Out There: Group exhibit by Kim Lew, Camille Louis, and Andrea Soler • Oct 2-31 Gallerie Pava • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • Xoxo From Paris: Artworks by Elaine Berglund • Until Oct 19 Handmade Mafia • Baptist Church, 8318104 St • Craft Fair • Oct 1 Harcourt House • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Main Space: Fire Successional: Installation by Tiki Mulvihill • Front Room Gallery: Narrative paintings by Kevin Friedrich • Both shows until Oct 7 • Annex: Drawing on Life: 4 hours of free life drawing; Oct 1, 12-4pm

Kids in the Hall Bistro • 1 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Art Swap for art owners and collectors who want to recycle their art. Part of Alberta Art Days • Oct 1-2 Latitude 53 • 10248-106 St • 780.423.5353 • First Edmonton Awesome Pitch Party: 12 applicants “pitch” their idea; by consensus, trustees determine which project to fund; Sep 29, 7pm • FOMD Laboratory: Embodied Projections: Residency and show with Canadian performance artists Margaret Dragu and Freya Björg Olafson; Oct 7-29 • DRAWn Together: Collection of sketchbooks; curated by Mary Ann Dobson • ProjEx Room: The Open Crowd: Artworks by Andrea Williamson; until Oct 29 Loft Gallery • A. J. Ottewell Art Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.922.6324 • Artworks by members of the Edmonton Art Club • Until Oct 2; Sat: 10-4pm; Sun: 12-4pm McMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • In the Moment: Landscapes by Kristen Federchuk, Judith Hall, Judy Martin, Donna Miller; until Oct 2 • Shifting Patterns: Paintings by a group of Canada's First Nations artists, curated by Aaron Paquette; Oct 8-Dec 4 Michif Cultural and Métis Resource Institute • 9 Mission Ave, St Albert

• 780.651.8176 • Aboriginal Veterans Display • Gift Shop • Finger weaving and sash display by Celina Loyer • Ongoing Mildwood Gallery • 426, 6655-178 St • Mel Heath, Joan Healey, Fran Heath, Larraine Oberg, Terry Kehoe, Darlene Adams, Sandy Cross and Victoria, Pottery by Naboro Kubo and Victor Harrison • Ongoing

Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 541151 St, Stony Plain • 780.963.9935 • Paintings by Loraine Ure • Until Oct 26

Musée Héritage Museum–St Albert

• 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • St Albert History Gallery: Featuring artifacts dating back 5,000 years • The Mission Makers: Celebrating the ambitions, accomplishments and friendships of Archbishop Taché, OMI, and Father Lacombe, OMI; until Nov Naess Gallery • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • Pastel paintings by David Shkolny • Through Oct Nina Haggerty • 9225-118 Ave • Carving Ground: Artworks by Cheryl Anhel and Lisa Rezansoff • Until Sep 30 Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • tf: 1.877.826.3375 • Temporary City: Paintings by Gordon Harper • Until Oct 11 Royal Alberta Museum • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • Composed Exposures: Photographs by museum staff members; until Nov 25 • Wild Alberta Gallery: Wild by Nature: Every Sat and Sun, 11am and 2pm SCOTIA PLACE • 10060 Jasper Ave, main flr • Paintings by Elaine Anderson, Bette Lisizta, Wanda Resek, Lorraine Schuld, Pearl Westfall, and Vicky Wirth • Until Sep 30 SCOTT GALLERY 10411-124 St • 780.488.3619 • Small Sculptures: five small sculptures by Peter Hide • Until Oct 4 SNAP Gallery • 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • Gallery: Artworks by Sonia Higuera; until Oct 8 • Gallery: Your World in Print: Artworks that explore individual relationships to home and place in an ever changing global landscape; Oct 1-2 • Event: Print Your World: a free postcard printing event to explore the diverse cultural backgrounds of our community; runs in conjunction with Alberta Art Days; Oct 1-2 SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • Open Art Competition: until Oct 1 • Senior’s Show and Competition; Oct 3-22; opening reception/awards presentation: Oct 8, 1-4pm Strathcona County Art Gallery • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • Wild Thing • Until Sep 30

STRATHCONA COUNTY’S GALLERY CRUISE • Loft Gallery, Festival Place, Strathcona

County Museum, Centre in the Park, Gallery @ 501, The Bookworm, Hall of Frame, Café Haven all in Sherwood Park • Celebrating Alberta Arts Day • Oct 1, 10am TELUS World of Science • 11211-142 St • Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition: human stories as best told through the authentic artifacts recovered from the wreck site of Titanic and extensive room re-creations • Opening: Oct 8

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VAAA Gallery • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St •

780.421.1731 • Galleries A and B: Alberta Spirit: Featuring award winning art works by the membership of the ACACA; until Oct 1 • Galleries A and B: Al Henderson's artworks based on memories of his military mission in Afghanistan; Oct 6-Nov 5 Visual Arts Alberta Association • 780.421.1731 • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • Open Photo: Off-site exhibition; until Oct 2 • Light Horse Tales of an Afghan War: Artworks by Al Henderson; opening reception: Oct 6 West End Gallery • 12308 Jasper Ave • 780.488.4892 • Spectaculaire: Artworks by Jean-Gabriel Lambert • Until Oct 6

LITERARY

Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) / T.A.L.E.S • Ledcor Theatre, Sir Winston Church-

ill Sq • 780.422.6223 • The Art of Folktales: The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling (T.A.L.E.S.) features performances by Dawn Blue, Jennie Frost, Laura Frost, Laura O’Conner, Renée Englot, and Kathy Jessup • Oct 2, 2-3pm • Free Edmonton Anarchist Bookfair • Cosmopolitan Music Society, 8426 Gateway Blv • Access radical books, independent documentaries, and participate in workshops • Oct 7-10 • Refusing to Wait: Anarchism and Intersectionality: Talk by Jen Rogue, Oct 7, 6:30-8pm; vendors 6:30-10pm; vendors and workshops: Oct 9, 11-6pm; vendors and workshops: Oct 10, 12-5pm Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, The Restored Upper Room: Margaret Macpherson celebrates the publication of her new novel Body Trade; Sep 30, 7:30pm Daffodil Gallery • 10412-124 St • The Writers Guild of Alberta: Where Art Meets Literature: Gallery Stroll and talk with Laurie MacFayden. In celebration of Alberta Art Days, the Writers Guild of Alberta and The Daffodil Gallery are hosting • Oct 1, 12:30pm • Free From Books to Film series • Stanley A. Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • Screenings of films adapted from books, presented by the Centre for Reading and the Arts • Gallery at Milner • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • Storytelling Festival–Stories for all ages: Gail de Vos on Sep 30, 12:10pm; Tololwa Mollel, Amanda Woodward, Marie Anne McLean on Oct 1; Bethany Ellis, Stephanie Benger, Renee Englot on Oct 2 • Library Theatre: Prairie Tales 13: film screening; Sep 30, 6:30pm • Centennial Room: Film Workshop with Kyle Armstrong; Oct 2, 2pm • Book launch: You Looking At Me featuring portraits from the exhibit and life in the NHC studios: Sep 30, 11am Greenwoods Bookshoppe • 7925-104 St • 780.439.2005 • Gordon McRae, author of The Cannibal Anaconda • Sep 29, 7pm Leva Cappucino Bar • 11053-86 Ave • Book launch, join the editors of Not Drowning But Waving: Women, Feminism and the Liberal Arts; Sep 30, 5:30pm Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Poetry every Tue with Edmonton's local poets T.A.L.E.S.–ARTS DAYS • Stanley Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Storytellers from T.A.L.E.S. will be featured in a series of performances for all ages throughout the weekend • Sep 30-Oct 2 • Free event T.A.L.E.S. STORY CAFÉ SERIES • Rosie’s Bar, 10475-80 Ave • 780.932.4409 • 1st Thu each month; Sep-Jun Upper Crust Café • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • The Poets’ Haven Weekly Reading Series: every Mon, 7pm presented by the Stroll of Poets Society Whitemud Crossing Library • 145 Whitmud Crossing Shopping Centre, 4211-106 St • The Novelist's Road Map: Marty Chan (EPL writer in residence) • Oct 6, 7pm Writers Guild • Morinville Cultural Centre, 9502-100 Ave, Morinville • Writers Writing Home: A Workshop by Marty Chan and Jessica Kluthe • Sep 30, 7pm WunderBar on Whyte • 8120-101 St • 780.436.2286 • Bi-weekly poetry reading presented by Nothing, For Now; all poets are welcome • Every 2nd Tue, 7pm (sign-up), 8pm (readings)

780.409.1910 • By Trent Wilkie; stars Joleen Ballendine and Trent Wilkie • Oct 6-9, Oct 12-15, 8pm • $10 (PG +14) at Fringe Theatre box office Chimprov • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show • First three Sat every month, 11pm, Sep 2011-Jul 2012 • $10/$5 (high school student)/$8 (RFT member at the door only) Death of a Salesman • Citadel Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • 780.428.2117 • Mainstage Series: By Arthur Miller, directed by Bob Baker, starring Tom Wood, Brenda Bazinet, John Ullyatt • Until Oct 16 DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • The live improvised soap opera every Mon, Oct 2011-May, 2012, 7:30pm DOUBT, A PARABLE • Timms Centre for the Arts, U of A, 112 St, 87 Ave • U of A Studio Theatre • By John Patrick Shanley, director (MFA Thesis) Leigh Rivenbark • Until Oct 1, 7:30pm Far From Crazy • Living Room Playhouse/Azimuth Theatre, 11315-106 Ave • Eight playwrights, eight new works; a collection of short plays aiming to shed light on mental illness • Oct 5-16; talk-back session: Oct 9 (mat; net profits of mat performance go to the Canadian Mental Health Association) • $20 at door, TIX on the Square

FOUR LADS WHO SHOOK THE WORLD: THE BEATLES STORY PART 1 • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave •

780.483.4051 • The story of the Beatles early beginnings in 1957 thru to their last performance in America in 1966 • Until Nov 6 GOING TO ST IVES • Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 84 Ave, 101 St • Presented by Atlas Theatre. By Lee Blessing; featuring Belinda Cornish and Patricia Darbasie • Until Oct 2, 7:30pm • $15 (adult)/$12 (senior/student) at door, 780.437.2891, TIX on the Square Hamlet (Solo) • Arden Theatre, St Albert • Experience a new kind of Shakespeare with Raoul Bhaneja; directed by Robert Ross Parker • Oct 7, 7:3pm • $25 at Arden Theatre Box Office, TicketMaster

The Hoof and Mouth Advantage • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave •

780.433.3399 VB 1 • Co-written by Jocelyn Ahlf and Stewart Lemoine. Stars Cathy Derkach and Andrew MacDonald-Smith • Oct 6-22 • Wed-Sat evenings: $27 (adult)/$22 (student/senior); Oct 7, 7:30pm: Two-ForOne; Sat afternoons: $15; Tues evenings: Pay-What-You-Can

The Last Concert–Buddy Holly and Friends • Jubilations Dinner Thea-

tre, 2690, 8882-170 St, WEM • 780.484.2424 • Tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper • Until Oct 23 Michel & Ti-Jean • Theatre Network– Live at the Roxy, 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • Theatre Network • By George Rideout; directed by Bradley Moss; stars Brian Dooley and Vincent Hoss-Desmarais • Oct 4-23 • $13.50-$27 at theatrenetwork.ca Penny Plain • Citadel Maclab Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • 780.428.2117 • Rice Alternative Series: Created and performed by Ronnie Burkett • Until Oct 9 [sic] • Catalyst Theatre, 8529-103 St • By Melissa James Gibson • Until Sep 30 • $20 (student/senior)/$22 (adult) at door, TIX on the Square TheatreSports • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Improv runs every Fri, Sep 2011-Jul 2012, 11pm (subject to occasional change) • $10/$8 (member) Theatresports North • Avenue Theatre, 9030-118 Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre • Oct 6, 7:30pm

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hile trying to source some of the best coffee that Latin America has to offer, the Transcend coffee buyers were introduced to a variety of authentic food that left their taste buds watering for another trip to the southern hemisphere. In an effort to bring some authentic flavour to Edmonton, Transcend Coffee has recently launched a Latin American street-food menu at all three locations inspired by the people and places from their coffee-buying trips. Chad Moss, roaster and espresso specialist, has gone back to his culinary roots along with Jeff Johnson to create an authentic Central and South American menu using local ingredients. "We didn't want to offer the same boring soups and sandwiches you find in the average coffee shop," explains Moss. "Instead, we're offering some of the food that we were offered when we met with some of the coffee farmers. We're trying to offer our customers the closest experience from a variety of coffee-producing countries you can get without being there." Pão de queijo is a gluten-free cheese

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bun sold as a common snack throughout Brazil. Made with sour manioc starch, pão de queijo are served warm with a crunchy outside and chewy inside. During a meal on a coffee sourcing trip at a hacienda in Alfenas, Brazil, Chad had a batch that changed his life. On a return trip he had the farmer's wife share her recipe and teach him how to make them. Back at the bakery in Edmonton, the lovely Samantha from Brazil is whipping up batches of traditional pão de queijo (three for $4) and guava-filled (three for $4.50). Another savoury treat from her country worth trying is coxinha, a drumstick-shaped dumpling that is battered and fried. Transcend offers a healthier Alberta version showcasing seasoned shredded game hen that is crumbed, baked and served warm. A morning in Colombia would not be complete without a coffee and an arepa. First thing in the morning, women line the streets grilling the flat cornmeal patties over coals as a breakfast snack; by evening the vendors often slice the warm patties open and serve with meat and salsa. Transcend offers a gourmet version with their arepa con chicharrón, a corn-based dough mixed

with cheese, baked, and then topped with locally-sourced pulled pork and finished with the in-house salsa verde that's so good they should sell it by the bottle ($7.50). Transcend's take on traditional Salvadoran pupusas appeal to a variety of clients. The gluten-free corn patty comes either vegan-friendly or stuffed with braised pork and is served with tangy cabbage slaw. "By staying true to the dish in each country, we are able to cater to vegetarians, vegans, celiacs, and meat lovers," says Moss. A commitment to quality means as many products as possible have been sourced in Alberta including locallyproduced eggs, milk, cheese and pork. "The dishes are inspired by our experiences in Latin-America, but they are made with as many ingredients from Alberta as we can," says Moss. "This menu does not exist anywhere. When paired with the quality of coffee we serve, this is truly a unique experience. It will never be the same as what you may have tasted in Central or South America, but we're proud of the experience we have re-created for people in Edmonton." SHARMAN HNATIUK

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Six facts about donuts

Going Dutch Though every culture has at some point discovered that fried dough can be delicious, modern doughnuts were likely brought to North America by Dutch settlers in the 18th century in the form of olykoek, a fried dough ball that translates as "oil cake." By the mid-19th century, doughnuts had evolved into their well-known shape and were considered a quintessential American food.

Wide variety Nearly every country has a version of fried dough similar to a donut. In Israel, jelly donuts called sufganiyah are traditionally served during Hanukkah. Throughout much of Asia, donuts filled with red bean paste are popular. In France, beignets—deep fried dough covered in powdered sugar, sometimes with a fruit filling—are available. Beignets are also popular in New

Orleans, and are Louisiana's official state doughnut.

Mmmm, Salty A savoury donut, called a vada, is served in South India. One of the only savoury doughnuts, vadas are made of dal, lentil or potato, seasoned with black mustard seeds, onion and curry leaves, then served alongside a variety of dips such as Sambar or chutney. Variations on vada exist all over the Indian subcontinent.

No doot a-boot it Canadians eat more donuts per capita than anywhere else in the world. It will come as no surprise to anyone who has ever stepped foot in Canada that the country also has the most donut stores per capita—led by Tim Hortons, Canada's largest fast food chain with over 3000 stores across the country.

Best day ever Despite the doughnut's enduring popularity in Canada, this country has no holiday celebrating it. In the US, however, National Donut Day is celebrated the first Friday of June each year. Begun in 1938 as a fundraiser for the Salvation Army—who were celebrating the group's First World War "Lassies" who served doughnuts to soldiers—the holiday eventually evolved into a celebration of the doughnut itself, with shops across the country offering free doughnuts.

Lies, damned lies, and doughnut holes Doughnut holes aren't actually from the middle of the doughnut— they're just blobs of dough dropped into hot oil and mixed with a clever marketing campaign. V

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full brewery, so they pay an existing clear medium yellow, not dissimilar to brewery to brew the beer for them. Canadian. It had an impressive bright They still have to market and white head that offered a resell it, but they are released spectable amount of staying from the pressures of brewpower and lacing down the ing. It can be a good model side of the glass. The aroma .com weekly t@vue for a small upstart, but it is was less appealing. A sharp, in p e toth also often used by the lessJason thin macro-lager graininess Foster dominated, with some honey committed looking to cash in on the public's new interest in sweetness playing backup. There is craft beer. In other words the quality a hint of hops, but only if you are really can vary. looking for it. I also picked up some sulWhy do I raise this? Well, for over a phur and a noticeable cattiness, which year a contract-brewed beer has been is not an encouraging sign. staring at me from the liquor store The flavour didn't improve. I tasted a shelf, and this past week I finally demoderate sweetness upfront that actucided to take the dive and try it. ally was fairly pleasant. It was overtaken in the middle by a whisper of hops The beer in question is MTL Premiand a sharp grain edge. Unfortunately um Lager. It is the product of Calgarthe finish was problematic. Aside from ian (but raised in Montréal) Pol Brissome graininess and a bit of bitterness, set. They wanted to make a beer that it displayed a troubling character of reflected the passion and energy of metal, medicine and tannin. These are Montréal and felt no one was doing all signs of a beer gone wrong, either that (clearly they hadn't tried any Dieu by contamination or flawed brewing. I du Ciel). MTL is the product of this don't know exactly what happened in desire. It is available only in Montréal this case—and to be honest it may be and Alberta and is contract brewed by an isolated issue—but it creates a bad Brasseurs de Montréal, a middling inimpression for the beer. dependent brewer in that city. While I have been in Montréal, and I am it sells itself as a Montréal beer, and pretty sure it tastes better than this. is legitimately brewed there, it is an Unfortunately I come to the concluAlberta creation. sion that this contract beer is more I was curious about how the beer about cashing in than it is about creatwould present. It poured a crystal ing good beer. Too bad. V

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above its fuzzy, stuttering guitars. But skip to "Neverride" and you've got an indie-folk anthem, her voice and a guitar-ukulele hybrid offering a lighter twang to float above some gorgeous slide guitar, like a "Mushaboom" for your lazy Sunday. Let that bleed into "Powers" and you're confronted with a stoner hippie trip jam, slow and heady and lead by flute. And lyrically, it all drifts like a daydream: "The only thing I have to do today / Is to get to the garden / To pick some sage" Castle sings at the beginning of "Remembering," which becomes "All I have to do today / Is get past remembering" by the song's end, She maps her daydreams, it seems, in a beautiful, occasionally haunting way. Instrumentally, Castlemusic is deeply varied for someone most often loosely categorized as "folk." The production on Castlemusic goes far beyond what she's released before, a shift which Castle attributes, at least in the beginning, to a gift instrument she received.

Sometimes if it's a song, it's a melody that becomes a small obsession: in order to let it go, I've just gotta hold it down a little bit. I'm not really worrying about writing songs. And other times I just need to write a song.

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don't really understand my creative process that much," admits Jennifer Castle. It's a curious statement, generally, for an artist three albums into her musical career to seem uncertain about how she does what she does. But you get the vibe that even calling Castle's arc a "musical career" would be miscategorizing the genuinely intuitive spirit that propels her writing. Nothing is hurried, nothing contrived: there isn't a looming goal of stardom and Polaris Prize nods—though those may very well come, it'll be solely because of the strength of Castle's songs, not a

particular drive to breach that critical ceiling. It's not apathy; it's just not forcing anything. "I feel like, maybe, part of it is to do with wanting time on my own," she continues, of her writing process, "or feeling like I need to get on my own, and just imagine some things. And part of that imagining is writing the songs. If feels kind of like a mood—a mood swing. "I play a lot of music, but it's not writing songs, necessarily. Sometimes if it's a song, it's a melody that becomes a small obsession: in order to let it go, I've just gotta hold it down a little bit. I'm not really worrying about writing songs. And other times I just need to write a song." Castle lives in Toronto, though she's been living outside the city for the past few months, to save some money

"It's like when I've gathered enough information, and the information feels like it's something I would want to work with," she explains. "I'm always collecting information, feelings, observations that people are constantly doing: phrases, melodies. But sometimes, I've got enough. It's probably the same time as when you can write a paper: 'Oh, this is all to do with each other,' or 'This is talking to each other, all this information, so now I can write.' "There are a lot of feelings about those songs, and about the sounds that are actually on that record," she continues. "They feel very familiar to me. And I didn't judge them as to whether they fit with certain genres that I touched on. I just made music that was comfort music to me. I know a lot of other people have found [the album] talking about life or death or things like that, and to me there's a lot of grief in that record, or that kind of vulnerable and exposed and creative time that sometimes grieving

and to take some time away from the bustle of the downtown core. She's logged plenty of credits as a solo artist and guest collaborator—most recently, she sang on Fucked Up's "Year of the Pig" and earlier on the Constantines' Kensington Heights album—but on Castlemusic, her third release and first under her own name (previous albums were credited as works by Castlemusic) is, more than what's come before, likely to propel her into the greater public conscious—a stunning fortress of songs, of mysterious beauty and strange magneticism. Her pearly voice curls like smoke from an extinguished flame, twisting itself through darkness yet refusing to unfurl along any set pathway. It's tough to pin down: there are country tinges to "Poor As Him," Castle perching an almost Dolly Parton-style chirp

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"I had a piano given to me on my birthday, so there was a piano in my house a year before I wrote [Castlemusic]," she says. "So that was a big difference, that I was picturing keyboards and piano, and that actually guided a lot of songs. There are songs where piano or keyboard takes the lead instrument. That was new. And then it created possibilities for guitar that I wasn't used to doing just holding down the rhythm on my own, or just taking the lead spot here or there." By her own admittance, she couldn't really play the piano when it first arrived—"I could only play ... what's that song ... 'Heart and Soul.' I fucking love that song though, man"— but it still eventually came to take an integral place on the album, forcing her guitarwork in new directions to make room. "I think, actually, playing the piano a little bit freed up a lot of ideas of guitars that I could do," she says, "and then other stuff just inevitably started to come in, like drums, and pedal steel on a couple songs, and flute." Given her process remains largely uncharted, Castle notes that it's when she reaches some unspecified threshold in her own mind that the songs she has get bundled together into an album.

can bring. Those are really real for me on that record. But other people get whatever makes sense to them." Which is perhaps what's so fascinating about Castle: that her writing remains completely open to interpretation, even to her. Meaning is an aloof concept here; whatever creation stems out of her does so without her trying to do anything but capture it in whatever forms it takes. Any study of the results are for others to embark on. "I don't spend too long with one meaning," she says. "I let them be ephemeral, and I always have had that approach. So it's not difficult to talk about them—we could have this conversation for hours—but it could all change by tomorrow. ... So I don't like to hammer down too much of a meaning, because then I'll be like, 'That's not the meaning,' or, 'That wasn't the biggest thing,' or, 'No, it's changed, it's this now,' For me, it doesn't matter as much to know what they're about or what they mean to me, because it just changes so much. But I know that when I go back to that record, I'm often personally touched—I've touched myself. "But then, 'Oh, you've made a comfort record, you've made comfort music," she laughs. "All the music that you like, you made. That's nice.'" PAul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

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PREVUE // HEAVY FOLK

MARV MACHURA

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folk artist who's not prepared to sit in a circle singing kumbaya, Marv Machura has always had a hard rocking ace up his sleeve—though his records, so far, haven't always reflected it. So with his latest album, I Want You—which the towheaded singer will release this weekend—Machura was looking to break out of his shell a bit, to capture on record what he's been blasting out onstage for more than three decades. "People have always told me that they like my live shows better than my records," Machura says. "Even after I finished my last album I knew that the next one would be different: it'd be more live off the floor, less making sure every note was perfect. And I wanted to record with my band too—I've got an excellent band and I've never done that before. I've always used studio guys."

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Along with co-producer Carson Cole, Machura and his band recorded the majority of the album live off the floor in order to capture the authentic feel, and then shied away from using a computer to fix the sound. The recording part of the project was "in and out," says Machura, but the mixing and mastering was where the time was spent ensuring the album had the quality he expected out of himself. "I mastered it with Ian Martin and it was probably about 14 hours to master only nine songs," Machura recounts. "It's just a simple recording but you need a big full sound that's going to work everywhere so you twiddle the knobs and then take it to your car and play it. Go back, twiddle the knobs, go back, play it, that sort of thing. Just little things that most people wouldn't even hear but what causes musicians no end of cringe factor when you hear it." Bryan Birtles // bryan@vueweekly.com

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ON THE RECORD

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Small doses

Vancouver's Data Romance plans to release music continuously ally began writing in October/November of 2010 and finished in late February of 2011. That is of course spending the bulk of time fine tuning, re-recording and doing minor tweaks.

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ancouver's Data Romance is a force that just keeps moving. Having released its first, self-titled EP this past June, the duo is already gearing up to drop a second EP in the very near future. Instrumentalist Ajay Bhattacharyya took the time to discuss the creation of his group's first EP. Vue Weekly: How long did it take to make Data Romance EP from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording? Ajay Bhattacharyya: I'd like to think we were faster than this, but we actu-

VW: When you were writing the songs, did you come at them in a particular way? Lyrics first? Music first? AB: For these songs we did what we were used to which was music first, and then lyrics and vocals. We tried the reverse of that during this summer and while writing our newest single, "Spark," and it ended up working out just as well so we don't have a particular process we stick to anymore.

How do the songs come together? Is the music finished and then the lyrics go on top, or is there room for editing? AB: Like I said above we're trying new processes and things to fuel creativity, but in general the process is something like this: —I spend a manic day/night of tracking ideas and recording parts without much hesitation in Ableton. —I spend the next afternoon/evening arranging and editing the parts into a solid song structure. VW:

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—I send it off to Amy and she writes lyrics and records demo vocals into garageband with her built-in Macbook mic and sends it back to me. —We both take notes of changes we want and get together to record on a much more expensive mic and usually make changes to song/vocal structure and we're left with what's close to the final product. VW: What were the recording sessions like for this album? AB: This album (referring to the selftitled EP released in June) was very surreal. The songs were at a certain point where we didn't know what else to do to improve them. Our label (still newly formed) sent us down to LA to join them and rented us a house for a month to workshop the songs in a new environment. That month was stressful but also very humbling and we learned and grew a lot as a band. The songs came out tighter and much better and we're much more confident in ourselves as writers now. Also we know that we don't need a fancy expensive studio to make good art. VW: Were

there any other songs written that were left off the album? AB: Yes tons, if you're referring to the EP. We've decided to keep releasing music regularly in small doses to help us grow and keep people interacting with us regularly. Many songs written in the past will be used in future releases if we still feel comfy with them. A full-length album will come but we'd prefer to make it a very concise and cohesive body of work. How did you decide which songs to include on the album? Did you have an idea of what you wanted Data Romance EP to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along? AB: We didn't know what we wanted to put out at first, but what we ended up trying to do with the EP was choose songs that represented hints of the different types of songs we will be releasing in the near future. "The Deep" would represent our more cinematic side, "Streetlight," our most pop-like influences, etc. VW:

If you were to trace the musical map that led you to Data Romance EP, what would it look like? AB: Starting off with certain artists like These New Puritans, Gil Scott Heron, the xx, and Moderat. Hitting a little bit of Robyn along the way, and definitely some Bat For Lashes and Lykke Li. Definitely only travelling at nighttime in the winter when the air is wet and crisp. Then suddenly hitting a tropical paradise and getting a little Starbucks culture infused, but not so much that you lose your soul ... Am I making sense anymore? V VW:

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PREVUE // HARDCORE

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ndrew Neufield was driving in a friend's van around 5 am in Revelstoke, BC, when the vehicle flipped. It tumbled down a hill, pinning Neufield's friend under the van for an hour. They weren't sure if he was going to survive. "That was really a life changing experience," Neufield says. "Just to see my best friend [trapped], not knowing if

he was going to live or die." His friend did, though and the neardeath experience is detailed in "G.M. Vincent and I," a pummeling hardcore number that anchors Comeback Kid's similarly pummeling album Symptoms and Cures. "We like to write about real situations and how we're feeling," Neufield explains. "And sometimes we touch on world issues, but usually it's pretty personal stuff." Symptoms is the band's fourth studio album, and second to feature Neufield on vocals. He'd been on guitar with

the band prior, but when former vocalist Scott Wade decided to part with the band in 2006—usually the death knell for a band—he took over, having previously shredded his vocal chords with Figure Four. After testing the waters with 2008's Broadcasting..., Neufield's found a way to put himself more into the sound, rather than simply trying to find the balance between what the band had previously been and the realities of his own voice. "The vocal style on Broadcasting... was a little bit in-between of what I felt like Comeback Kid had been in the past, and tried to continue that on," he explains. "It's a different voice, so obviously it's going to sound a little different. "After touring and playing and knowing that naturally my voice is a little bit of a heavier style, I just wanted to do it more like I do it live. That's why the vocals are a little bit different on Symptoms and Cures than Broadcasting... . I don't know if I'd say it felt more comfortable [on Symptoms], but I could definitely do what I wanted to a little more, and knew what I was capable of with this a little more." Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

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PREVUE // HEARTACHE AND ISOLATION

THE DEEP DARK WOODS

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ouring across the intimidating Canadian landscape is no easy task, and the members of Saskatoon's the Deep Dark Woods are

well-acquainted with the challenges of crossing the country. As bassist Chris Mason's voice crackles over a phone connection from a gas station somewhere outside Montréal, he admits the days on the road are starting to blur together. "I can't remember what day we

started—I'm lost right now," Mason laughs. "What's the date today?" Long days spent driving across the country are just another part of the band's routine now, and Mason works a songwriting schedule into his travel time. While singer Ryan Boldt is the principal songwriter

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for the Deep Dark Woods, Mason also spends time creating melodies in his head and recording vocals on his cell phone while the open country passes outside. When the band finally sits down to put ideas together, the result is a dark, intimate sound grounded by Boldt's growling vocals—something that's been pointed out as particularly evocative of the band's home province of Saskatchewan. "It doesn't exist intentionally," Mason says of the group's apparent prairie influences. "Obviously, if people think it's the sound of Saskatchewan, then wow, that's a big compliment. If people are from Saskatchewan and they feel that in our music, that's great. It's not an intentional thing at all."

up-tempo country influences with sparse, melancholy ballads, the band is still most comfortable exploring heartache and isolation. "That's not intentional either, but yeah," Mason acknowledges. "A lot of our music is definitely lonely, which for us is great." The band's sound isn't necessarily a result of a deliberate realization of certain themes, but the members still have an ultimate goal in mind. While Mason explains he has trouble describing the subject matter behind the songs on the group's new album, he knows exactly what lies at their emotional core. "With us, that's the music that grabs us the most," he says. "The bands that we love are the ones with songs that make you leap."

While the group's fourth release, The Place I Left Behind, balances

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NEWSOUNDS

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks Mirror Traffic (Matador)  As raucous, feverishly generative and confidently loose-limbed and rangy as its guitar-wielding bandleader, Mirror Traffic is a vivid whirlpool of current middle-class American concerns, lit up with unease, selfconsciousness, gallows humour and disarming bonhomie. Malkmus casually sloshes the personal and sociopolitical together, gliding between

acidly observed cultural critique, surreal utterances, pithy one-liners, twisty wordplay and oblique Delphic portraiture (plus sun-drenched sha-la-las, woo-oohs and an occasional yelp) to elicit a convincing reflection of pastiche modernity. The music is likewise swivelheaded, huffing Portlandia cool, SoCal slacker, swampy Delta blues, jazz freakouts, and psychedelic rock until a sublime high is reached, an altogether different plateau of musical consciousness that is thrilling, profound and often very funny. Without the mastery of the Jicks or the precision and clarity in Beck's production, this much "muchness" would be an ambitious mess, but they find the blooms in the ruins, the possibilities in the profusion and the momentary connections amid the jumble of historic sweep. Mary Christa O'Keefe // marychrista@vueweekly.com

Sarah Slean Land & Sea (Pheromone Recordings)  In envisioning Land & Sea as a double album, Toronto chanteuse Sarah Slean's effectively divided her two musical personalities—that of winking pop music that romanticizes a certain golden age spirit, and that of a silver screen composer enraptured with dramatic string swells and moody tension—onto separate discs. Flip to the latter, Sea, which contains some of her most realized, nuanced work as a composer. Composed with Jonathan Goldsmith (who scored 2006's heartstring tugger Away from Her) and leading a 23-piece orchestra, songs like "Attention Archers" and "Napoleon" expand the pop song into a masterful dramatic narrative that carries tension and beauty on every string swell or sung stanza. Go back a disc, and the Joel Plaskett-produced Land curiously seems a bit more cautious, only delving into gleeful spasms of warm pop on a few tracks: the driving, urgent opener "Life," the forget-your-worries rally of "Set it Free" and the sly handclap bounce of "Society Song." Elsewhere though, all the usual cylinders are firing, but few leave a deeper impact, seeming unwilling to swerve and embrace the swoops and drama that are Slean's particular forté. Splitting her dual minds has helped her delve deeply into one half of her songwriting, but Land & Sea doesn't quite manage to double the feat. Paul Blinov // paul@vueweekly.com

Patti Smith Outside Society (Arista)  The avant garde has always been a lonely place, and Patti Smith its quintessential emissary. As this compilation shows, Smith isn't comfortable doing one thing for any significant amount of time, always moving forward, and it's this unceasing movement that has meant that—even though she is certainly celebrated— she has remained, as the compilation's title suggests, outside of society, just beyond the adulation of the public. As she veers from album to album between Springsteen-esque rock 'n' roll, the razor-sharp tip of punk rock, her more reflective and introspective later years, or her music/spoken word experiments, Smith remains restless. It's a good introduction to Smith for neophytes—it covers a lot of ground and the liner notes provide an interesting anecdote about each song—but it missed an opportunity to take it much, much deeper. Bryan Birtles // bryan@vueweekly.com

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SOUNDTRACK

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band of brothers from Port Coquitlam, BC, Ninjaspy has been letting itself be seen more than most ninjas lately. With a recent tour of Japan under the group's collective belt, the progenitors of "skanckore"—the group's hardcore/ska hybrid— has seen its road experience go international. Singer and guitarist Joel Parent took the time to soundtrack his life both at home and on the road.

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with Allout DJs DJ Degree,

The Prairie Cats; 8.30pm; donations

780.490.7359 HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110 Hydeaway 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 Iron Boar Pub 4911-51st St, Wetaskiwin JAMMERS PUB 11948-127 Ave, 780.451.8779 J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 jeffrey’s café 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 JEKYLL AND HYDE 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 John L Haar Theatre 10046-155 St junction bar and eatery 10242-106 St, 780.756.5667 KAS BAR 10444-82 Ave, 780.433.6768 kelly's pub 11540 Jasper Ave L.B.’s Pub 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEGENDS PUB 6104-172 St, 780.481.2786 Leefield Community Hall 7910-36 Ave LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 Lit Italian Wine Bar 10132-104 St Lizard Lounge 13160-118 Ave Marybeth's Coffee House–Beaumont 5001-30 Ave, Beaumont, 780.929.2203 McDougall United Church 10025-101 St Naked Cyber café 10354 Jasper Ave, 780.425.9730 Newcastle PuB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999 New City Legion 8130 Gateway Boulevard (Red Door) Nisku Inn 1101-4 St

NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House 11802-124 St, 780.451.1390, experiencenola. com NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 Orlando's 1 15163-121 St Overtime–Downtown 10304-111 St, 780.465.6800 Overtime Whitemud Crossing, 4211-106 St, 780.485.1717 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 Playback Pub 594 Hermitage Rd, 130 Ave, 40 St Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave R Pub 16753-100 St, 780.457.1266 REDNEX BAR–Morinville 10413-100 Ave, Morinville, 780.939.6955 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 Ric’s Grill 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 Rose and Crown Pub Sutton Place Hotel, 10235101 St ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 Rose and Crown 10235101 St Royal Alberta Museum 12845-102 Ave Second Cup–Sherwood

Open stage every Fri; 9:30pm

Devaney's irish DV8 Anion, Krang; 9pm ESPA Arts Residency & Infoshop The

Bee Party: Artshow followed by music by Swear by the Moon (singer/ songwriter duo), Amber Larsen, Tophie Davies, Édrihan and the Grey Area, Miguel Ferrer, Kelly Pikula, Luke Tracey Newmann and others; 7:30pm (door), 9:30pm (music); $12 (no costume)/$8

FRESH START BISTRO Carrie Day; 7-10pm; $10

GAS PUMP The Uptown Jammers (house band); every Fri; 5:309pm Haven Social Club The Academy (film); 9pm (door); $15 (door)

Horizon Stage U22 Concert: Kayla Patrick, Braden Gates, Doll Sisters, Command Sisters, Jordan Norman, Jordan

VENUE GUIDE 180 Degrees 10730-107 St, 780.414.0233 Accent European Lounge 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ARTery 9535 Jasper Ave Avenue Theatre 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 BANK ULTRA LOUNGE 10765 Jasper Ave, 780.420.9098 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 Blackjack's Roadhouse– Nisku 2110 Sparrow Drive, Nisku, 780.986.8522 Blacksheep Pub 11026 Jasper Ave, 780.420.0448 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 Blue Pear Restaurant 10643-123 St, 780.482.7178 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 bohemia 10575-114 St Brixx Bar 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 Casino Edmonton 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 Casino Yellowhead 12464-153 St, 780 424 9467 Century grill 3975 Calgary Tr NW, 780.431.0303 CHROME LOUNGE 132 Ave, Victoria Trail Coast to Coast 5552 Calgary Tr, 780.439.8675 Common Lounge 10124124 St Convocation Hall Arts Bldg, U of A, 780.492.3611 Crown and Anchor 15277 Castledowns Rd, 780.472.7696 Crown Pub 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618 Diesel Ultra Lounge 11845 Wayne Gretzky Drive,

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780.704.CLUB Devaney’s Irish Pub 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 THE DISH 12417 Stony Plain Rd, 780.488.6641 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8307-99 St Early Stage Saloon 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain Eddie Shorts 10713-124 St, 780.453.3663 EDMONTON EVENTS CENTRE WEM Phase III, 780.489.SHOW ‎ Electric Rodeo–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 Elephant and Castle– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave ESPA Arts Residency & Infoshop 8773-90 Ave, 780.434.9236 Expressionz Café 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FIDDLER’S ROOST 8906-99 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 1051182 Ave, 780.916.1557 Finnagan's 13560 Fort Rd FLASH Night Club 10018105 St, 780.969.9965 FLOW Lounge 11815 Wayne Gretzky Dr, 780.604.CLUB Fluid Lounge 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 FUNKY BUDDHA 10341-82 Ave, 780.433.9676 GAS PUMP 10166-114 St, 780.488.4841 HALO 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.HALO haven social club 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010 HillTop Pub 8220-106 Ave,

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Park 4005 Cloverbar Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 • Summerwood Summerwood Centre, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 Sideliners Pub 11018-127 St, 780.453.6006 Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 Sportsworld 13710-104 St Sportsman's Lounge 8170-50 St STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 STEEPS TEA LOUNGE–Whyte Ave 11116-82 Ave Suede Lounge 11806 Jasper Ave, 780.482.0707 Suite 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 Taphouse 9020 McKenney Ave, St Albert, 780.458.0860 Treasury 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey.ca Vinyl Dance Lounge 10740 Jasper Ave, 780.428.8655, vinylretrolounge.com Westside Pub 15135 Stony Plain Rd 780 758 2058 Wild Bill’s–Red Deer Quality Inn North Hill, 715050 Ave, Red Deer, 403.343.8800 WILD WEST SALOON 1291250 St, 780.476.3388 Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WOK BOX 10119 Jasper Ave WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours. com Yellowhead Brewery 10229-105 St Yesterdays Pub 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295

Kaminski; 8pm; reserve seats

Jeffreys Alfie Zappacosta; $35

Jekyll and Hyde Pub Headwind (classic

pop/rock); every Fri; 9pm; no cover

LB's Pub Jimmy

Guiboche and friends; 9:30pm-2am

Level 2 lounge

Sugar and Spice Lingerie Dance Party; 9:30pm

Lizard Lounge Rock

'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every

Friday DJs spin on the main floor, Underdog and the Wooftop

Blacksheep Pub

Bash: DJ spinning retro to rock classics to current

BUDDY’S DJ Arrow Chaser every Fri; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm Buffalo Underground R U Aware Friday: Featuring Neon Nights

CHROME LOUNGE

Platinum VIP every Fri

Arden Theatre

Molly Johnson (jazz); 7:30pm; $38 at Arden box office, TicketMaster

Avenue Theatre

Sadistik (alt/rap), Underground Assembled, Beast, Essence MC, and Rome Angel; no minors; 9pm (door)

Edmonton Blues Society: Pete Turland Trio (a Memphis Bound fundraiser and silent auction); 7pm; tickets at Myhre's Music, ibc@ edmontonbluessociety. net

Jack Marks, Ann Vriend; 8:30pm; $15

Expressionz Café

Carrot Café

Pelletier Trio; 6-9pm; Late show: Dave Babcock and the Nightkeepers; 10pm

On the Rocks Connors Road

PAWN SHOP The

Frolics (rock), Feast or Famine, Red Ram, Free Elliott; 8pm (door); $5 (door)

Red Piano Bar Red

Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am

Rose and Crown Pub The Kickit Bros

Unplugged

Funky Buddha– Whyte Ave Top tracks,

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Souled

Out (pop/rock)

GAS PUMP DJ Christian; every Fri; 9:30pm-2am

Live bands every Sat; 9:30pm

nity: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm

Lyle Hobbs

House, dance mix every Fri with DJ Donovan

Sherlock Holmes–WEM Stan

Overtime– Downtown Fridays

Evergrey, Sabaton, Powerglove, Blackguard, The Absence; 7pm; $28 at Blackbyrd

Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pm-close

Wild West Saloon Gary Shade

WOK BOX Breezy Brian Gregg every Fri; 3:305:30pm

Yardbird Suite

Grant Stewart; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $22 (members)/$26 (guest)

Yellowhead Brewery The Marv

Machura Band (CD release), Carson Cole; 8pm (door); $20

Classical Winspear Centre

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: Mozart and Beethoven: Karen Gomyo (violin); Composer in Residence Robert Rival’s orchestral overture Scherzo; 7:30pm; $20-$75

DJs 180 Degrees DJ every Fri

AZUCAR PICANTE DJ Papi and DJ Latin Sensation every Fri

BANK ULTRA LOUNGE Connected Fri: 91.7 The Bounce, Nestor Delano, Luke Morrison every Fri

BAR-B-BAR DJ James; every Fri; no cover

Colleen Rae and Cornerstone (country rock)

rock, retro with DJ Damian; every Fri

Newcastle Pub

Starlite Room

Saturdays: open mic: poetry, music, comedy monologue; 7-9:3pm; no cover

CASINO EDMONTON

Sherlock Holmes–Downtown

Gallant

Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Maurice John Vaughn

FLUID LOUNGE Hip hop and dancehall; every Fri

junction bar and eatery LGBT Commu-

at Eleven: Rock hip hop, country, top forty, techno

Rednex–Morinville

Level 2 lounge

The Common

THE DISH NEK Trio (jazz); every Sat, 6pm

Trio; 6-9pm

every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm

On the Rocks Connors Road; $5

Queen Alexandra Hall Northern Lights

Folk Club: Dave McCann, Lisa Nicole Grace; $18 (adult adv)/$22 (adult door) at TIX on the Square, Acoustic Music, Myhre's Music

Red Piano Bar

Devaney's irish Pub Doug Stroud

RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri

Eddie Shorts Saucy Wenches every Sat

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

Expressionz Café

Rendezvous Display

Solice Fri

Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Fuzzion Friday: with Crewshtopher, Tyler M, guests; no cover

SPORTSWORLD Roller Skating Disco Fri Nights; 7-10:30pm; sports-world. ca

Open stage for original songs, hosted by Karyn Sterling and Randall Walsh; 2-5pm; admission by donation

Finnagan's Let

River Cree–The Venue Smash Mouth;

Suede Lounge Juicy Suite 69 Every Fri Sat

no cover

with DJ Randall-A

Temple Options with Greg Gory and Eddie Lunchpail; every Fri

Filthy's HAPPY; 4pm; Gas Pump Blues jam/ open stage every Sat 3:30-7pm

Haven Social Club

DJ Tyco and Ernest Ledi; no line no cover for ladies all night long

Buckman Coe, Brian McLeod, Poets Lost and Found; 8pm; $12 (adv)/$12 (door)

Union Hall Ladies

HillTop Pub Sat

Treasury In Style Fri:

Night every Fri

Vinyl Dance Lounge Connected Las Vegas Fridays

Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

afternoon roots jam with Pascal, Simon and Dan, 3:30-6:30pm; evening: Johnny Quazar and the Swingbots (rockabilly blues and soul), 9:30pm; $5 cover

SAT OCT 1

Hooliganz Görgön Hörde (punk rock); 9pm (door)

ALBERTA BEACH

Horizon Stage

HOTEL Open stage with Trace Jordan 1st and 3rd Sat; 7pm-12

Rexall Place Kings

of Leon, The Sheepdogs; 7:30pm; $29.50, $49.50, $68.75 at TicketMaster

Sleeping Dragons Lie (fundraiser and silent auction); 7pm

DJ spins every Fri

of Decay, From Another Time, The Dead Cold; 8pm (door); $10

Festival Place Big

Hank Lionhart and Marco Claveria

Lewis and Royal, Jenn Beaupre; 7:30pm; freereserve seats

180 Degrees

Street VIBS: Reggae night every Sat

Bank Ultra Lounge Sold Out

Country jam every Sat, 3-6pm; Evening: Night Wing

O’byrne’s Live band

blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, every Sat, 2-6pm; Laid Back Saturday African Dance Party with Dj Collio, every Sat, 12-2am

DJs

New West Hotel

NOLA Creole Kitchen Music House Clint Pelletier

Crown Pub Acoustic

Centre ESO: Mozart & Beethoven: William Eddins (conductor), Karen Gomyo, violin); 8pm

AZUCAR PICANTE

Coast to Coast

Goodlife Saturdays: Kenzie Clarke, Sweetz, Shortee, Chester Fields; 9pm

Edmonton Chamber Music Society: James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano); 8pm; $35 (adult)/$25 (senior)/$10 (student) at door, TIX on the Square, Gramophone

SATURDAZE pres: Clash Of The Titans: Part 1; 9:30pm

DJ Gravy from the Source 98.5 every Fri

ROUGE LOUNGE

Classical

Winspear

Blue Chair Café

Brixx Bar Ninjaspy, Nobody Likes Dwight, Treeburning

TranscenDANCE: Tribal and world rhythms with DJ Myo; 8pm-12:30am; $8 (adv)/$12 (door)

Darren Sigesmund Sextet; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $20 (member)/$24 (guest)

Leefield Community Hall

the Dog: Jack Marks (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover

The Druid Irish Pub DJ every Fri; 9pm

NOLA Creole Kitchen Music House Early show: Clint

John L Haar Theatre Edmonton

Yardbird Suite

Blues on Whyte

Black Dog Freehouse Hair of

New West Hotel Night Wing

Jeffreys café Alfie

Zappacosta; $35

Gary Shade

McDougall United Church

THE Common Boom The Box: Allout DJs, Jackson and Chris Goza; 8pm

in Wetaskiwin featuring jazz trios the 1st Sat each month; $10

Raga-Mala Music Society: Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan (sitar recital), Samir Chatterjee (tabla); 7:30pm; $20 (adult)/$15 (senior/student)/free for Raga-Mala patrons; info at 780.445.7771

newcity compound Girls Girls Girls (UK), Short Of Able, guests; no minors

Iron Boar Pub Jazz

no minors; 8pm; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $29.50

Rose and Crown Pub The Kickit Bros Unplugged

Royal Alberta Museum The Deep

Dark Woods, The Secretaries; 7:30pm (door); $17 at Blackbyrd

Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Lyle Hobbs

Sherlock Holmes–WEM Stan Gallant

Starlite Room Pains of Being Pure at Heart, guests; $18 at at Blackbyrd, PrimeBoxOffice.com West Side Pub West Side Pub Sat Afternoon: Dirty Jam: Tye Jones (host), all styles, 3-7pm

Wild West Saloon

DJ Touch It, hosted by DJ Papi; every Sat

Sat: with DJ Russell James, Mike Tomas; 8pm (door); no line, no cover for ladies before 11pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Saturday evenings feature DJs on three levels; Main Floor: The Menace Sessions: Alt rock/Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz

Blacksheep Pub DJ every Sat

BUDDY'S Feel the rhythm every Sat with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm Buffalo Underground Head Mashed In Saturday: Mashup Night

Druid Irish Pub DJ every Sat; 9pm

electric rodeo–Spruce Grove DJ every Sat Fluid Lounge Scene Saturday's Relaunch: Party; hip-hop, R&B and Dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali

FUNKY BUDDHA– Whyte Ave Top

tracks, rock, retro every Sat with DJ Damian

GAS PUMP DJ Christian every Sat HALO For Those Who Know: house every Sat with DJ Junior Brown, Luke Morrison, Nestor Delano, Ari Rhodes junction bar and eatery LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm

Newcastle Pub

Top 40 requests every Sat with DJ Sheri

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New City Legion Polished Chrome: every Sat with DJs Blue Jay, The Gothfather, Dervish, Anonymouse; no minors; free (5-8pm)/$5 (ladies)/$8 (gents after 8pm) Overtime–Downtown

Saturdays at Eleven: R'n'B, hip hop, reggae, Old School

Palace Casino Show Lounge

DJ every Sat

PAWN SHOP Transmission

Yardbird Suite Songs of

the Soul: Beata Czernecka (trad Polish and Jewish); 7:30pm; $20 (adult)/$10 (senior/student) at TIX on the Square, door; part of the Festival of Polish Culture 2011

Classical McDougall United Church Pro Coro Dawn to

Saturdays: Alt, DJ, punk-rock

Dusk–The Cycle of Life: Magen Solomon; 2:30pm

RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop,

Winspear Centre Music

and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

SPORTSWORLD Roller Skating Disco every Sat; 1pm4:30pm and 7-10:30pm Suede Lounge DJ Nic-E spins every Sat

Suite 69 Every Fri Sat with DJ

Randall-A

TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh

Snap with Degree, Cobra Commander, Battery, Jake Roberts, Ten-O, Cool Beans, Hotspur Pop and P-Rex; every Sat

Union Hall Celebrity

Saturdays: every Sat hosted by Ryan Maier

Vinyl Dance Lounge Signature Saturdays

Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

SUN OCT 2 Beer Hunter–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm

Blackjack's Roadhouse–Nisku Open

in Motion Starring Nikki Yanofsky: fundraiser for of bone and joint health in Alberta featuring MC Tommy Banks, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Alberta Ballet, Jens Lindemann

DJs BACKSTAGE TAP AND GRILL Industry Night: every

Sun with Atomic Improv, Jameoki and DJ Tim

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy. Dance parties have been known to erupt

FLOW Lounge Stylus Sun SAVOY MARTINI LOUNGE

Reggae on Whyte: RnR Sun with DJ IceMan; no minors; 9pm; no cover

Sportsworld Roller

Skating Disco Sun; 1-4:30pm; sports-world.ca

Battle of the bands, 6-10pm; Open Stage with host Better Us Than Strangers, 10pm-1am

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB

Celtic open stage every Sun with Keri-Lynne Zwicker; 5:30pm; no cover

TUE OCT 4

eddie shorts Acoustic jam

Blues on Whyte Andrew Jr

Elephant and Castle– Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed

Boy Jones

BRIXX BAR Data Romance, guests; no minors; 8pm (door); $10 at PrimeBoxOffice.com, UnionEvents.com, Blackbyrd Churchill Square Every

weekday (weather permitting): Breezy Brian Gregg (SW corner); 12-1:15pm

Druid Irish Pub Open stage every Tue; with Chris Wynters; 9pm Haven Social Club

Demetra (alt folk), guests; 8pm (door); $10 (adv)/$12 (door)

L.B.’s Tue Blues Jam with Ammar; 9pm-1am

NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House ABtrio; 6-9pm O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

Tue; hosted by Gary and the Facemakers; 8pm

Second Cup–124 Street Open mic every Tue; 8-10pm

SEcond Cup–Stanley Milner Library Open mic every Tue; 7-9pm

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover

every Tue; with Alicia Tait and Rickey Sidecar; 8pm

Blues on Whyte Andrew

Sportsman's Lounge

weekday (weather permitting): Breezy Brian Gregg (SW corner); 12-1:15pm

Devaney's Irish Pub

Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm

Jubilee Auditorium The

Moody Blues; 8pm; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $49.50, $79.50, $115

kelly's pub Open stage

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Main Floor: alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: One Too Many Tuesdays with Rootbeard

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

Rose Bowl/Rouge Lounge Acoustic open stage

FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Latin and Salsa music every

Classical Convocation Hall

Monday at Noon Music; 12-1pm

Sunday Afternoons: 4pm (door), 5pm , 6pm, 7pm, 8pm (bands)

DJs

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay

ORLANDO'S 2 PUB Open

Crown Pub Minefield Mondays/House/Breaks/Trance and more with host DJ Phoenix, 9pm

Second Cup–Mountain Equipment Co-op Live music

FILTHY McNASTY'S Metal

every Sun; 2-4pm

Westside Pub Sun Blues

Jam: hosted by Blues Curry and

Mon: with DJ S.W.A.G.

Lucky 13 Industry Night

every Mon with DJ Chad Cook

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Second Cup–Mountain Equipment Open mic every

Wed; 8-10pm

McDougall United Church–banquet hall

Sessions: Jeff Hendrick Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm

every Mon; 9pm

Second Cup–89 Ave Rick

Yardbird Suite Tue Night

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic

stage jam every Sun; 4pm

Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; Slow pitch for beginners on the 1st and 3rd Wed prior to regular jam every Wed, 6.30pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member)

Classical

Expressionz café

Third Branch

NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House ABtrio; 6-9pm

Open stage every Tue; hosted by Paul McGowan; 9pm

Eddie Shorts Acoustic jam

On the Rocks Souljah Fyah,

Tales: 1st Wed every month; with Tim Harwill, weekly singer-songwrier guests; 8-10pm; no cover; this weeks guest Kevin Cook

Mogg (country)

CRown Pub Live hip hop and open mic with DJs Xaolin, Dirty Needlz, Frank Brown, and guests; no cover

Sun; 9:30pm-1am

Nisku Inn Troubadours and

SIDELINERS PUB All Star Jam

NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House ABtrio; 6-9pm

NEW CITY LEGION DIY

HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Cody Nouta; 9pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Sun; 3-8pm

Newcastle Pub Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6:30pm

HAVEN SOCIAL Club Early Show: Hard Honey, guests, 6pm, $10 (adv)/ $12 (door); Open stage every Wed with Jonny Mac, 8:30pm, free

Open stage/open mic every Tue; 7:30pm; no cover

Buddys DJ Arrow Chaser every

HIt List Tour: Dean Brody, Aaron Lines and Deric Ruttan (country); sold out

Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic

New West Hotel Still

Festival Place CMT

Fiddler's Roost Little Flower

R Pub Open stage jam every

Tue; with Mark Davis; all ages; 7:30-10:30pm

Kicking

Songwriters Stage, various hosts; all ages; 7-11pm

(unless there's an Oilers game); no cover

Playback Pub Open Stage every Wed hosted by JTB; 9pm-1am

Brixx Bar Troubadour Tue: hosted by Mark Feduk; 9pm; $8

every Sun; 9pm

every Wed, 9pm; no cover

Padmanadi Open stage every

every Mon; hosted by Clemcat Hughes; 9pm

Double D's Open jam every

DV8 Tavern La Promesse; 9pm

Churchill Square Every

Crown Pub Band War 2011/

Breezy Brian Gregg (SW corner); 12-1:15pm

Red Piano Bar Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5

Blue Chair Café Sunday

Jazz on the Side Sun 6pm; $25 if not dining

Madhouse Mon: Punk/metal/etc with DJ Smart Alex

Second Cup–Summerwood

Jr Boy Jones

Blue Pear Restaurant

NEW CITY LEGION

MON OCT 3

mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

Brunch: PM Bossa; 10:30am2:30pm; donations

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Javed; every Sunday, 3-7pm

Tue; dance lessons 8-10pm

NEW CITY LEGION High

Anxiety Variety Society Bingo vs. karaoke with Ben Disaster, Anonymouse every Tue; no minors; 4pm-3am; no cover

RED STAR Experimental Indie

Rock, Hip Hop, Electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue

Music Wednesdays at Noon: Strathcona Strings–Baroque Trio (violins and cello); 12:1012:50pm; free 780.468.4964

DJs BANK ULTRA LOUNGE Rev'd Up Wed: with DJ Mike Tomas upstairs; 8pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

Main Floor: RetroActive Radio: Alternative '80s and '90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe; Wooftop: Soul/Breaks with Dr. Erick

Brixx Bar Really Good... Eats and Beats: every Wed with DJ Degree and Friends BUDDY'S DJ Dust 'n' Time

every Wed; 9pm (door); no cover

The Common Treehouse Wednesdays

Diesel Ultra Lounge

Wind-up Wed: R&B, hiphop, reggae, old skool, reggaeton with InVinceable, Touch It, weekly guest DJs

LEGENDS PUB Hip hop/R&B with DJ Spincycle

NEW CITY LEGION Wed Pints 4 Punks: with DJ Nick; no minors; 4pm-3am; no cover NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and

WED OCT 5

‘80s metal every Wed

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month

Blues on Whyte Andrew Jr Boy Jones

Churchill Square Every

weekday (weather permitting):

Starlite Room Wild Style Wed: Hip-Hop; 9pm

TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip

hop open mic hosted by Kaz and Orv; $5

SLIDESHOW PEARL JAM

Fri, Sep 23 / Rexall Place

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JONESIN'CROSSWORD

MATT JONES // JONESINCROSSWORDS@vueweekly.com

"Cornering the Market"--it's a fringe benefit

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19) In accordance with your current astrological omens, I am inviting you to cultivate a rigorously innocent openness to experience that will allow you to be penetrated by life's beauty with sublime intensity. To understand the exact nature of this receptivity, study Abraham Maslow's definition of real listening: to listen "without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating, approving or disapproving, without dueling what is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in advance, without freeassociating to portions of what is being said so that succeeding portions are not heard at all." TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20) Government officials in Southern Sudan are proposing to build cities in fantastic shapes. They say that the regional capital of Juba would be recreated to resemble a rhinoceros, as seen from the air. The town of Yambio is destined to look like a pineapple. I'm confused by all this, as most of the people in South Sudan live on less than a dollar a day. Is that really how they want their country's wealth spent? Please consider the possibility that there are also some misplaced priorities in your own sphere right now. Hopefully they're nothing on the scale of what's happening in South Sudan, but still: Allocate your resources with high discernment, please.

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GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20) You have cosmic clearance to fall deeply, madly and frequently in love. In fact, it's OK with the gods of fate and the angels of karma if you swell up with a flood of infatuation and longing big enough to engorge an entire city block. The only stipulation is that you do not make any rash decisions or huge life changes while in the throes of this stupendous vortex. Don't quit your job, for instance, or sell all your belongings. For the foreseeable future, simply enjoy being enthralled by the lush sexy glory of the liquid blue fire. CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22) Among the surprises spilled by WikiLeaks some months back was the revelation that US diplomats think Canadians feel "condemned to always play 'Robin' to the US 'Batman.'" If that's true, it shouldn't be. While Canada may not be able to rival the war-mongering, plutocrat-coddling, environment-despoiling talents of my home country America, it is a more reliable source of reason, compassion and civility. Are you suffering from a similar disjunction? Do you imagine yourself "Robin" in relationship to some overweening "Batman"? This would be an excellent time to free yourself of that dynamic. LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22) "Enigmatology" is an infrequently used word that means the study of puzzles and how to solve them. You need to call on some unusual and possibly even farfetched resources as you intensify your efforts to solve the puzzles that are spread out before you. The help you've called on in the past just won't be enough for this new round of gamesmanship. The theories and beliefs and strategies that have brought you this far can't take you to the next stage. VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22) This would not be a good time for you to read the book called The Complete Idiot's Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem. In fact, it will never be the right time. While it's true that at this juncture in your life story you can make exceptional progress in boosting your confidence, you're not an idiot and you don't need idiot-level assistance. If there was a book called The Impish Guide to Accessing and Expressing Your Idiosyncratic Genius, I'd recommend it. Likewise a book titled The Wild-Eyed Guide to Activating Your Half-Dormant Potential or The Brilliant Life-

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Lover's Guide to Becoming a Brilliant Life-Lover. LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22) "When I was born," said comedian Gracie Allen, "I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half." I suspect you will soon be experiencing a metaphorical rebirth that has some of the power of the event she was referring to. I won't be shocked if you find it challenging to formulate an articulate response, at least in the short term. In fact, it may take you a while to even register, let alone express, the full impact of the upgrade you will be blessed with. SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21) "During a game of Apocalypse against the Witchhunters," reports Andrew_88 in an online forum, "I authorized my Chaos Lord to throw his vortex grenade at the oncoming Cannoness and her bodyguard. Safe to say he fluffed it and the vortex grenade scattered back on top of him. Then he proceeded to take out my allies, the Havocs, Land Raider and Baneblade, before disappearing, having done no damage to my opponent." I suggest you regard this as a helpful lesson to guide your own actions in the coming days. Do not, under any circumstances, unleash your Chaos Lord or let him throw his vortex grenade at anyone. He could damage your own interests more than those of your adversaries. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21) It's high time for you to receive a flood of presents, compliments and blessings. I hope you are at peace with the fact that you deserve more than your usual share of recognition, appreciation, flirtations and shortcuts. Please don't let your chronic struggles or your cynical views of the state of the world blind you to the sudden, massive influx of luck. Pretty please open your tough heart and skeptical mind to the bounty that the universe is aching to send your way. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) I like how astrologer Hunter Reynolds encapsulates the Capricornian imperative. If you "can manage your ego's erratic moods and uneven motivations well enough to offer a service with consistent quality," he says, "the world confers social recognition and its accompanying material advantages on you." The members of other signs may appear warmer and fuzzier than you, but only because you express your care for people through a "strictness of focus," "disciplined work," and by being a "dependable helpmate." It's not easy to meet such high standards. But here's the good news: The omens suggest you now have an excellent opportunity to function at your very best. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18) "Not being omniscient is a really big drag for me," says poet Charles Harper Webb. I sympathize. That's why I'm going to be a little jealous of you in the coming weeks. You may not be supremely authoritative about every single subject, but you will have access to far more intuitive wisdom than usual, and you'll be making extra good use of the analytical understandings you have. Bonus: You will also be absorbing new lessons at an elevated rate. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20) John Tyler was President of the United States from 1841 to 1845. Believe it or not, two of his grandsons are still alive today. They're Lyon Gardiner Tyler and Harrison Ruffin Tyler, born late in the life of their father, who was born late in John Tyler's life. I invite you to find some equally amazing connection you have to the past. How is your destiny linked to the long ago and faraway? I suspect you might find that distant history will be more vital and important than usual in the coming weeks. V

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COMMENT >> LGBTQ

Unknown bully

Self-reflection brings a surprising discovery I was saddened last week to hear about found out just how painful I had made Jamey Rodemeyer, the latest teenager that year for her. What had seemed a to take his own life due to anti-gay minor thing to me had her home crying bullying. When I posted his and upset every night and I had story to Facebook one of my absolutely no idea. friends shared her experiI wasn't targeting her to ences when her son was take the heat off myself or m o eekly.c @vuew tormented at school during because I was being taunted, tamara a Tamar junior high. Although her son but simply because it was ka l Gorza was straight, he was teased for an easy attack. In junior high I being gay by a boy who turned out didn't like girls yet, I didn't like anyto be queer himself. thing yet. Our school didn't have any My friend is an active queer ally and examples of queerness, no out stuaccessed all the proper channels to dents, parents or staff, and different deal with the aggressors but it still is never something you want to be at took far too long to stop the bullying. that age. My actions were not those of It affected her son's self-esteem and a self-loathing homophobe: they were school performance and, according to those of a vindictive teenage girl. my friend, it still affects him to this day. As she shared this with me, I felt In all my classroom conversations a nagging feeling in my gut as I realized around bullying and years of writI'd once been the bully that my friend ing and talking about it and warning described. people that their words were causing It took getting involved with a group deaths, not once had I ever thought that did anti-homophobia education to that I could have been one of those learn that I used to be an aggressor. people. I am not a bully. My life has At our first presentation I shared the been built, since childhood, around story of targeting a girl in Grade 9 that standing up for the underdog. But kids I had perceived to be a lesbian. When need guidance and role models and I shared my story it was familiar to a there was never anyone around to tell guy in the group, one I had become my smart-ass mouth to shut up. friends with. He asked me a few details Sometime in high school I apologized afterward and that's when we discovfor being mean to her. I felt genuinely ered that he was her younger brother. I guilty and I knew I'd done something

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wrong and I did want to make amends for that. But I never acknowledged, publicly or internally, being a bully until my friend put it into words that I couldn't ignore. She said she was grateful she hadn't lost her son and I could only think how lucky I was that my words hadn't caused someone enough pain to do something irreversible. Jamey's death comes almost exactly a year after the initial rash of gay teen suicides made media news, after Spirit Day and It Gets Better. It also comes shortly after a mistrial in the court case of Brandon McInerney, who was being tried for the execution-style murder of classmate Lawrence King. There are rumblings of charges being laid against those who bullied Jamey. Users submitted anonymous comments to his Formspring account urging him to kill himself. McInerney's choices on the day he shot his admirer in the head in front of classmates continues to be unfathomable. But none of these actions exist in a vacuum. The teens who bullied Jamey are just as much to blame as the teachers who didn't stop the taunts, the administration who ignored them, the classmates who encouraged them, the television that fed the hostile environment and, most importantly, the parents that created it. V

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COMMENT >> SEX

Making it better

More needs to be done to stop LGBT youth from being bullied I am a 23-year-old female, sexually acscendants. "The byproduct theory goes tive for seven years, and I can't reach that since females share the same emclimax. I am extremely frustrated. I bryological origins of pleasure-friendly have a wonderfully patient and helpful nerves and tissues as males, women partner. He has tried hard to no avail. I are physically capable of climaxing as can't even get myself there. I feel like I well. In this view, the female orgasm am broken. My partner and I talk is an evolutionary hand-meE G out anything that is bothering down—or, more cynically, A SAV me, we try different things, lukewarm leftovers." but no matter what the situIn other words ... m o .c ekly vuewe ation, I can never reach or- savagelove@ Every little zygote, so Dan gasm. When I went off birth beloved by the GOP base, avage has all the basic parts needed S control, I brought up to my doctor that I had never had an orgasm, to build either a male or a female and she told me that female orgasms baby who, once born, the GOP base are largely a mental thing. She sugcould not care less about. Blasts of gested I try using fantasy, which was hormones transform those pleasurenot new to me. friendly nerves and tissues—nerves Other than this, my partner and I have and tissues beloved by the GOP base a healthy sex life. I don't know what to so long as they remain in the uterus— do from here. I'm starting to wonder if into either boy junk or girl junk. Backers there is something wrong with me. of the byproduct theory believe that Frustrated Annoyed Person women are capable of having orgasms not because women need to have or"FAP certainly shouldn't feel bad that gasms, but because female junk is built she doesn't have a handle on a phenomfrom the same component parts as enon that even sex researchers don't male junk. Women can have orgasms properly understand," said Tracy Clarkbecause men must. Flory, who writes informed, fascinating, "At first, I found this theory terribly and sometimes hilarious pieces about off-putting," says Clark-Flory, "but I sex, dating, and relationships for Salon. would encourage FAP to think about it com. "In fact, she might be relieved to differently, as I eventually did." learn that scientists of all stripes have Viewing the female orgasm as an been struggling for decades to deter"evolutionary freebie," Clark-Flory conmine why the female orgasm even extinues, "can actually validate the vast ists in the first place." range of women's orgasmic experiYou might also be relieved to learn ences, as Elisabeth Lloyd, author of about one theory that's making the The Case of the Female Orgasm, has rounds, FAP, or ... you might not. argued. This means a multiorgasmic "It's called the 'byproduct' theory," woman is just as 'normal' as an orgasmsays Clark-Flory, "and it might help less one, a lady who comes from a sinmake FAP feel less broken." gle flick of the finger is just as 'healthy' Here comes da science: as one who requires 45 minutes with "Evolutionary selection has hugely her Hitachi Magic Wand set on high." favoured the male orgasm, for obvious So you're not "broken," FAP, even if reasons," explains Clark-Flory, the most you're not orgasmic. obvious being that males who can't Clark-Flory doesn't think you should come aren't going to have many degive up all hopes of ever experiencing

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an orgasm—nor do I!—but she thinks you should stop trying so hard and stressing so much. "When women have a difficult time getting there, it can be helpful to take the finish line away," says Clark-Flory. "At the risk of sounding woo-woo, I would suggest that she slow down and

Harassment and cyber-harassment don't become crimes only after the target commits suicide. They're crimes, period, and they should be investigated and prosecuted before a grieving family has to bury a child, not after. focus on feeling individual sensations. She'll be most likely to come when she forgets her worries about all that she isn't feeling and simply enjoys what she does feel." CONFIDENTIAL TO EVERYONE: Jamey Rodemeyer—a 14-year-old kid growing up in Buffalo, NY—loved Lady Gaga, most of his friends were girls, and he had feminine mannerisms. And for that, he was subjected to daily and often brutal bullying since he was in the fifth grade. Last week, Jamey took his own life. "All the girls just loved him and they always defended him," Jamey's mother told CBS News. "But all the boys would say, 'Geez, you're such a girl. Why are you hanging out with all those girls? What are you, a girl? Oh, you must be gay.'" For those sins—the sin of hanging out with girls, the sin of loving Lady Gaga, the sin of not being exactly like all the other boys—Jamey had to endure taunts like this one: "I wouldn't care if you died. No one would. So just do it :) It would make everyone WAY more happier!" "The bullies are still walking around," Jamey's grieving mother told CBS.

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"They get to wake up tomorrow and go to school and see all their friends, but my son will not be given a second chance." Then there's this detail from the Buffalo News: "Last September, the It Gets Better Project was launched online as a place

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for adults [to] reassure troubled and potentially suicidal lesbian, gay and bisexual youth that despite the taunting, bullying, and physical abuse they face as adolescents and teens, life improves after high school. In May of 2011, Jamey posted [a] YouTube video with the description 'Jamey From Buffalo, New York telling you, IT GETS BETTER!'" The It Gets Better Project was created to give bullied and despairing LGBT kids hope for their future. But sometimes hope isn't enough. Sometimes the damage done by hate and haters is simply too great. Sometimes the future seems too remote. And those are the times that we all feel despair. Watching Jamey's It Gets Better video in the wake of his suicide is indescribably heartbreaking. We know now that Jamey was in pain when he made his video. But he was reaching out and trying to help other kids who were suffering. We can best honour his memory by following his example. As I've said since launching the It Gets Better Project in this space a year ago, nothing about participating in the IGBP excuses or precludes us—the adults among us—from doing more. The videos have helped and continue to help; we've heard from thousands

of kids and their parents over the last 12 months. Countless LGBT kids have told us that the IGBP provided them with the hope, moral support, insight and practical referrals to services that they needed to persevere. But we can do more. We can press for the passage of the Student Non-Discrimination Act, we can fight to get anti-bullying programs that address anti-LGBT bullying into the schools, we can support GLSEN and its efforts to get GSAs into every public middle and high school, we can support the Trevor Project and the crucial work it does. And we can—we must—confront the bigots who are making it worse for kids like Jamey. Whether the bigots are stalking the halls of our schools, running their mouths on cable news, or running for president—the bigots must be confronted and held accountable for the lives they're destroying. ABC News reported there may be some accountability in Jamey's case: "The Amherst Police Department's Special Victims Unit has said it will determine whether to charge some students with harassment, cyber-harassment or hate crimes. Police said three students in particular might have been involved." Harassment and cyber-harassment don't become crimes only after the target commits suicide. They're crimes, period, and they should be investigated and prosecuted before a grieving family has to bury a child, not after. Jamey's parents have asked that donations be made in his memory to Crisis Services (crisisservices.org). Please donate. And then find something else you can do and go do it. Then do more. V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage.

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Maybe you've heard of the Mundare Sausage or the Vulcan starship? From a gargantuan Easter egg to a humongous perogy, this country is preoccupied with the oversized. Maybe it is the vastness of this land that inspires people to think big. Or maybe it is just a desperate attempt to attract tourists. Either way, a tour of Alberta's giants like these is a rite of passage. Start your journey in Smoky Lake, home to the 23rd annual Great White North Pumpkin Fair and Weigh Off, happening this Saturday. This beautiful little town comes alive with festivities

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including displays of prairie heritage as well as an old-timey dance. You can even experience the excitement of seeing real giant pumpkins in the flesh at the weigh in, and then watch those 1000 pound pumpkins lifted up by crane and plunge through the air from over 200 feet up. v

Chelsea Boos is a multidisciplinary visual artist and avid flâneur. Back words is a discussion of her dérives and a photographic diary of the local visual culture.

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