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Cold banana republic Canada has got a serious democracy problem. Voter turnout in a federal election has not surpassed 70 percent in two decades, and has hovered near 60 percent since the early 2000s. The absence of electoral reform has led to governments which less reflect the will of the voters, and more the ability to exploit the weaknesses of our first-past-the-post system. Finally, the tone of debate in this country has been lowered significantly. Taken together, these factors have led to a loss of confidence amongst citizens in their democratic institutions. It started, perhaps, with Kim Campbell's Progressive Conservatives' 1993 "Is this a Prime Minister?" ad, but was kicked into high gear by Paul Martin's Liberals in 2006, with the "Soldiers with guns" ad. Both these ads were followed by electoral defeats, but relentless attack ads against Liberal leaders Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, which questioned everything from their intelligence to their patriotism, proved successful for the Conservatives. More recently, the @Vikileaks30 Twitter account—later traced to a Liberal staffer—smeared Vic Toews, posting details from his divorce proceedings on the web. Now comes renewed evidence of electoral fraud in Ontario. Phone calls,

too widespread to be coincidental, targeted Liberal supporters with false information or harassment. The effect of these calls was to drive down the number of Liberal supporters' votes, either by sending them to the wrong place or by harassment from callers pretending to represent the Liberal party. The basic question we're being asked to answer in this debacle is, "Do the ends justify the means?" We're well aware that politics is blood sport, a take-no-prisoners contest not for the faint of heart. So are we willing to accept any transgression within that context? Of course not. Intimidating voters is a step too far. It harkens back to the darker days of our own democratic history, when voting was done in public and groups of thugs patrolled the streets to influence the result with violence. It evokes the banana republics whose elections Canadians have so often been called out to monitor. Behaving like a tin-pot dictator may be an attractive proposition for the Prime Minister, but it's not a just one. The very principles of Canadian democracy have been attacked by this transgression. No slap on the wrist will be sufficient: a clear message must be sent, from the Speaker, the RCMP and the courts that these types of dirty tricks campaigns will not be tolerated. V

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AGREE TO DISAGREE Protesters and the Crown's lawyer have reached an agreement in the Castle Special Place logging dispute. Provincial officials will not be charging protesters who were arrested attempting to prevent the start of logging in the Castle Special Place on February 1. Lawyers for the protesters and the Crown reached an out-of-court agreement where no further action will be taken on either side. Protesters are relieved

that this will allow them to continue to focus on campaigning rather than court proceedings. "We're pleased to have come to an agreement that will resolve the outstanding issues surrounding the logging arrests and the Court Order", said Gordon Petersen, one of those named in the Court Order. "Now we can get on with the business of challenging the substantive legal issues surrounding the granting of

the logging licence, and challenging the logging itself." Opposition to logging in the Castle Special Place has become intensified since trucks moved in and logging began on February 1. Protesters and businesses in the area would like a stop to the logging in the provincially designated special place due to concerns about disrupting tourism and environmental considerations.

out unrefined bitumen, they are shipping good jobs down the pipeline," says Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), which represents 145 000 workers. "Upgrading in the province would not only keep good jobs here, it would build our economy and increase government revenue." The Alberta New Democrats expressed their concern over the loss of

jobs to the province. "Upgrading brings long-term jobs and long-term investment that help smooth out the boom and bust cycles that make living tough in Alberta," says NDP leader Brian Mason. The NDP point to a recent Think HQ survey which shows 81 percent of Albertans approve of the Alberta government taking stronger action to have upgrading done in the province.

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Activist Dalit Baum will discuss the financial side of Israel's occupation Thu, Mar 8 (7 pm) Dalit Baum As part of Israeli Apartheid Week ETLC Room E 2-002, U of A

hen the call from Palestinian civil society came out in 2005 for a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against illegal Israeli settlements, a big piece of the puzzle was missing: not a lot of people knew what kind of products were being manufactured in the settlements, nor which companies were profiting by having their products utilized to facilitate the illegal occupation of Palestine. Enter Dalit Baum, who will deliver one of the keynote speeches at this year's Israeli Apartheid Week in Edmonton. Her work with Who Profits from the Occupation, a research initiative she co-founded in Israel, as well as her more recent work in the

United States with the economic activism for Palestine program at San Francisco's Global Exchange, provides context and information about which companies are making money through the systematic discrimination of Palestinians. This research helps inform campaigns all over the world, dealing with issues far beyond the occupation of Palestine. "The same corporations that limit civil liberties [in Israel] are the same corporations that manufacture tear gas used on the Occupy demonstrators are the same corporations involved with the privatization of prisons [in the US]," explains Baum of the scope of her research. "It's not just about educating people about what's going on in Palestine, it's way beyond that." These campaigns are having an effect, says Baum, and their successes are threefold. Not only has the BDS

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production from these sites because they're afraid of litigation, because it's illegal according to international law, because they don't want to be involved in something viewed so unfavourably in Europe and they have business in Europe, because of all these reasons. We are building a movement that is not only relevant

There's seven million Israeli citizens and then four million Palestinians who have no civil rights but are controlled by the same government—that's a very flawed democracy.

on the ground, in the illegal settlements in the occupied territories. "If you look at the settlement industry and the production in settlements, it's failing," Baum says. "We have a series of big corporations that have announced they will pull their

locally but also has some traction and effect on the ground. We didn't have that before." As a queer activist in addition to an anti-Apartheid activist, "pinkwashing" is something Baum has dealt with for

years. Seeking to discredit the antiApartheid movement, opponents will call Israel "the only democracy" in the Middle East or proclaim it the only country in the region with respect for gay rights. Baum rejects these arguments as propaganda. "Why all of a sudden do you care about gay and lesbian Palestinians when you don't care about them any other day of the week?" she asks rhetorically. "It's preposterous how this is used as a form of propaganda ... when people hear how Israel actually treats, for example, queer Palestinian youth looking for asylum—they don't give these people any kind of asylum. "There's seven million Israeli citizens and then four million Palestinians who have no civil rights but are controlled by the same government— that's a very flawed democracy." Bryan Birtles

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COMMENT >> INDIA

Painting the roses red

In the name of good PR Calcutta will be painted blue I am not making this up. They're going to paint Calcutta blue. Some firm of public relations consultants has persuaded the West Bengal state government that all official buildings and assets in Calcutta, right down to the lane dividers on highways, should be painted light blue. Taxis and other public services that require .com weekly e@vue licenses will also have get gwynn e Gwynn out the blue paint, and ownr Dye ers of private property will be asked to do the same, with tax cuts for those who comply. It's all about branding, really. West Bengal got a new government last year, after 34 years of Communist rule, and the state's new rulers decided that the capital city, Calcutta, needs a new colour scheme. As Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim told The Indian Express newspaper, "Our leader Mamata Banerjee has decided that the theme colour of the city will be sky blue because the motto of the new government is, 'The sky is the limit.'" Well, why not? If the state of Rajasthan can have both a "pink city" (Jaipur) and a "blue city" (Jodhpur), why shouldn't Calcutta brand itself as "the Paint the town blue: the city of Calcutta endeavours to paint all public buildings other blue city"? However, Jaipur is naturally pink because of widespread use of terracotta, and in Jodhpur the Telegraph (in which this column has making a city safer, healthier, cleaner residents got out their paintbrushes long had the honour of appearing), and generally more user-friendly for voluntarily, whereas the West Bengal was so swept away by the wonderits inhabitants," the newspaper wrote, state government is spending a refulness of the concept that it wrote tongue firmly in cheek. ported 800 million rupees ($16 mila fulsome editorial about it. "Find"(Painting Calcutta blue) could, with lion) on the blueing of Calcutta. ing the right colour combination is as little doubt, sort out its core probCalcutta's leading newspaper, the undoubtedly the crucial first step in lems—chaotic health care, inability to

One wonders why more cities are not doing the same. Maybe they couldn't afford the right consultants. I yield to practically everybody in my esteem for the overpaid consultants who are employed by unimaginative governments to "improve their image." There is a better way for Cal-

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One wonders why more cities are not doing the same. Maybe they couldn't afford the right consultants. cutta to overcome its reputation for chaos and decay. By all means spend most of the available money on sewers and garbage disposal, roads and buses, pollution control, art galleries and the airport—but also restore the city centre.

implement pollution control norms, arsenic in the water, archaic sewers and garbage disposal, bad roads, killer buses for public transport, an airport falling apart and beyond dismal, priceless paintings rotting away in public art galleries, to name a few."

Calcutta was the capital of Britishruled India for two centuries. For much of that time it was the secondlargest city in the British Empire, only surpassed by London. So the centre of the city was full of Georgian and Regency buildings that reflected the city's power and wealth at that time. Most of them are still there. Calcutta was poor for a long time, so it hasn't had the money to erase its past in the brutal way that is happening in most other Asian big cities. Almost all CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 >>

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COMMENT >> ALBERTA BUDGET

It's the ideology, stupid

The cause of high electricity prices is right in front of us Alison Redford has been working regulated market would only accomhard to present herself as a modplish two things: skyrocketing prices erate who is interested in sound for consumers, and extreme profits evidence-based policy. But her acfor the industry. Despite the warntions in the last week on one file in ings, the Klein administration moved particular suggest that she's forward with deregulation much more of a right wing based exclusively on their ideologue than she's preextremist right wing ideRENCE ology and the belief that E F pared to admit. R E INT vueweekly.com @ With just a few short a free and unregulated ricardo o Ricard weeks to go before an marketplace is the answer Acuña to any and all public policy anticipated election call, Alberta's government is scrambling questions. to do some damage control on a few Today, Albertans are living with the high-profile issues that risk derailing results of that ideological stubbornthe Conservative re-election train. ness. Even though it has been, by all One of which is the question of accounts, an incredibly mild winter, electricity prices, where the premier residential customers are finding is willing to do almost anything to themselves receiving record-high make the problem go away, except electricity bills, with many seeing an admit that her government's ideoincrease of close to 100 percent in logically motivated policies aren't what they are paying for their power. working and need to be reversed. Because Albertans aren't shy about In 1996 Ralph Klein first took action letting the government know when on the idea of de-regulating electhey're ticked off, Ms Redford and tricity in Alberta, and moving from her team have been inundated with a government controlled system to calls from voters angry about elecone that would exist at the whim of tricity prices. the market place. If you're the ruling Conservatives, At that time, extensive research the last thing you want in the lead-up and analysis from groups like the to a provincial election—especially Parkland Institute warned that a dewith the opposition parties working

hard to stir up anger and turn it into a central issue during the campaign.

these steps is likely to accomplish anything significant for electricity customers in Alberta. Because the extra fees are calculated using the actual price of electricity, freezing those fees at a time when prices are the highest they have ever been is akin to capping a child's candy consumption based on the amount she eats on Halloween. It will do virtually nothing to reduce what Albertans pay on a

is, frankly, laughable. This fact is highlighted by the fact that the "independent" panel that just reported back on the need for two new transmission lines recommended that the lines proceed, just as the industry had requested: a recommendation that was immediately acted upon by the government despite its impact on consumer costs. Even if a panel were to act truly independently and recommend re-reg-

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realized what central Calcutta used to look like. It made the hair rise on the back of my neck. The same evening I went to a dinner party in south Calcutta, and found myself sitting next to the architect who had done the restoration. (Small world.) She explained that she had got municipal money to fix the house up, on condition that the existing residents (poor people, of course) would not be displaced by the high-rent crowd. The point, of course, was to

inspire other property owners to do the same thing. I don't know if that particular house has fallen into disrepair again (Google Streetview has its limitations), but I do know that the example did not work. I also know that it could work. It would cost more than a vat of blue paint, but labour isn't that expensive in the city, so it's cheaper to restore than to destroy and rebuild. If Calcutta started now, it could have a city centre that is the envy of Asia in 10 years.

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Chinese cities have already destroyed their architectural heritage, and beautiful cities like Hanoi are working at it full-time. But Calcutta's wonderful buildings are in dreadful shape, and soon it will find enough money to start destroying them wholesale. It doesn't have to end like that. Fifteen years ago I was walking up Bentinck Street, surrounded by the

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chaos of cars and trams and the crumbling buildings festooned with washing lines and movie posters. I came round a slight bend in the road—and saw a miraculous sight. It was a four-storey town house restored to all its former glory: the stucco replaced, the balconies repaired, the whole thing repainted in the mustard-yellow colour that was fashionable in the late 18th century. It was in a row of other 18th-century houses that were still rotting, and suddenly I

So this past week, Premier Redford decided to take action, kind of. She froze the extra fees that are tacked on to electricity bills, and promised to set up an independent panel which would see if there is a way to "reduce volatility and costs" of electricity in the province. Unfortunately, neither one of

monthly basis. The second part of the promise is even more clearly an effort to make the issue go away before an election. The panel is not likely to be named and appointed, much less report back with recommendations, before an election call. And the concept of an "independent" panel, after 40 years of collusion between government and industry in this province,

The concept of an 'independent' panel, after 40 years of collusion between government and industry in this province, is, frankly, laughable.

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ulation of electricity in this province, the government would be under no obligation to act on the recommendation. Remember the panel that reviewed royalty rates in the province? Remember the Learning Commission? Mandating a panel to review something in this province is no guarantee that anything will change. If Ms Redford and her government were seriously interested in doing something about electricity prices, she could take action today to make it happen. The only thing stopping her is ideology—not wanting to admit that the free market is not always the answer. Ralph Klein knew it. Ed Stelmach knew it. And Alison Redford knows it. Deregulation has been an abject failure as a policy, and the only way to fix it is to re-regulate the province's electricity market. The ideology is flawed, and the public interest is paying the price. It's time to get over it. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

Alternatively, the West Bengal government could push the blue business a bit further. After all, nothing exceeds like excess. Why not paint all 14 million of Calcutta's inhabitants blue, and declare that they are all avatars of Vishnu? That would get everybody's attention. V Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. His column appears each week in Vue Weekly.

COMMENT >> HOCKEY

Moves like Jagger?

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Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave, Old

Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm AWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, Bishop St, Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon 7:30pm Cha Island Tea Co • 10332-81 Ave • Games Night: Board games and card games • Every Mon, 7pm Edmonton Bike Art Nights • BikeWorks, 10047-80 Ave, back alley entrance • Art Nights • Every Wed, 6-9pm FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019/780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm Hatha Flow Yoga • Eastwood Community Hall, 11803-86 St • Every Tue and Thu, 7:05pm; until end of Apr • Sliding Scale: $10 (drop-in)/$7

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Home–Energizing Spiritual Community for Passionate Living • Garneau/Ashbourne

Assisted Living Place, 11148-84 Ave • Home: Blends music, drama, creativity and reflection on sacred texts to energize you for passionate living • Every Sun 3-5pm Lotus Qigong • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu

Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • 780.458.6352, 780.467.6093 • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey

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

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

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Stanley Milner Library, Rm 6-7 • Meet the 1st Tue every month, 7pm Sugarswing Dance Club • Orange Hall, 10335-84 Ave or Pleasantview Hall, 10860-57 Ave • 780.604.7572 • Swing Dance at Sugar Foot Stomp: beginner lesson followed by dance every Sat, 8pm (door) at Orange Hall or Pleasantview Hall Vegetarians of Alberta • Bonnie Doon Community Hall, 9240-93 St • Monthly Potluck and book sale: bring a vegan dish (for 8 people), your own plate, cup, cutlery, serving spoon • $3 (member)/$5 (non-member) • Mar 11, 5:30-7:15pm Women's Drum Circle • Theatre Arts Community Outreach, 10003-80 Ave • Drum circle for women with no experience or seasoned drummers. Girls 13 and under welcome with adult. E: lomanimundi@gmail.com to reserve a drum • Mar 11, 1-3pm • $10 WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence X-Weighted • Fantasyland Hotel • xweighted.com • Launching of the initiative X-Weighted Connect across Canada • Mar 4

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Back to Basics in Palestine • Engi-

neering, Teaching and Learning Complex (ETLC), Rm E 1-013 Redefining Our Relationship to a People’s Struggle: IAW 2012, opening keynote by Ramzy Baroud • Mar 5, 7-9pm Buffy Sainte-Marie • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • International Women’s Day Keynote speech: Banquet at Festival Place • Mar 8, 5:30pm

From Turtle Island to Palestine

• Education Centre South, Rm 128, U of A • Apartheid, Colonialism and Indigenous SelfDetermination: presented by Mike Krebs • Mar 9, 3:30-5pm • Free; part of Israeli Apartheid Week Israeli Apartheid Week • psnedmonton. ca • The Palestine Solidarity Network presents seven days of presentations, workshops, film screenings, and cultural events in solidarity with Palestine to raise awareness around the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israeli apartheid. Featuring speakers Ramzy Baroud, Dalit Baum, Mike Krebs. Closing poetry night with Palestinian-American poet

"I admire his cojones"

I've never played poker with Steve Tambellini. Hell, I've never even met Steve Tambellini. But I have the feeling he's the kind of guy who goes all in with a pair of jacks, pre-flop. I admire his cojones. But the odds don't look so good to me. Trading Gilbert for Schultz was a gamble. Gilbert is a puck-moving defenseman with offensive flair. Schultz is a stay-at-home, shutdown type of guy. If the Oilers are getting rid of Gilbert, then they're banking on Jeff Petry stepping up and Ryan Whitney staying healthy. Or maybe picking up a top defenseman or two when free agency hits. That's a lot of fingers to keep crossed. Signing Hemsky was also a gamble. If Hemsky returns to pre-surgery form, then we've scored a guy who puts up 70-odd points a season at an incredibly reasonable price. Can you imagine a Hemsky at his peak, mixing it up with the likes of Hall, Eberle and Nugent-Hopkins? I bet Tambellini can, and did, and decided to go

Remi Kanazi • Mar 5-13 • Free

Listen Up! A Listener’s Guide • Stanley

A. Milner Library, Audio Visual Rm, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Mama Africa: A Basic Introduction to Music from Africa: Explore sounds and rhythms from Africa with this overview of the various regional styles and major artists from Ali Farka Toure to Zap Mama • Mar 1, 12:15pm, 2:30pm • Free

Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts

• City Room, City Hall • Nominees To Be Announced • Mar 1, 10am MEÆT 1.5 • atmeaet.com • DIYalouge forums bringing local creatives and new philanthropists together for an evening of short proposals followed by a shared meal. At the end of the meal, diners vote on which proposal receives the pot of funds to move forward with their project • Pre-register atmeaet.com • $10 (minimum donation for diners)

NAVIGATING THE TRANSITIONS IN LIFE SEMINAR • First Baptist Church Edmonton,

10031-109 St • 780.422.2214 • What is God calling me to do with the next chapter of my life? Led by Gordon T. Smith • Mar 9, 7-9pm; Mar 10, 9-3pm • $75/$50 (student); incl lunch on Sat; pre-register at urbansanctuary.ca Occupy the Occupation • Engineering, Teaching and Learning Complex (ETLC), Rm E 2-002 • Corporations, Profit and the Israeli Occupation of Palestine: IAW 2012 keynote by Dalit Baum • Mar 8, 7-9pm; psnedmonton.ca

Percolate: Speaker Series • Matrix Hotel, 10640-100 Ave • percolateyeg.tumblr.com • Towards A Better Understanding of Arts in the Alberta Economy & Society with Kelly Hill; Q & A session following presentation • Mar 14, 6:30pm (door) RACE TALKS BACK • Catalyst Theatre, 8529 Gateway Blvd • 780.429.1592 • Community Conversation on racism with focus on subject matter brought up in David Mamet’s play “Race,” facilitated by Ashima Sumaru, Centre For Race and Culture • Mar 7, 9:30pm • Free Roadmap to Apartheid • Telus Bldg, Rm 134, U of A • Film presentation • Mar 12, 7-9pm • Free; part of Israeli Apartheid Week Curatorial Lecture Series • Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • Project Sapsucker: A window into an overlooked hybrid zone in western Alberta • Mar 14, 7pm • Free

Solidarity Week–Edmonton reclaiming our spaces • solidarityweek.wordpress.com • Timms Centre: Say No to a UofA Honorary Degree for Nestle!; Mar 1, 2:30pm • Aboriginal Student Council Lounge, North Power Plant: Feminism vs. Womanism, Mar 1, 5pm

Women’s Perspectives on Occupation and Apartheid • Telus Bldg, Rm

236/238, U of A • Featuring speakers Rela Mazali, Anat Matar and Ghada Ageel • Mar 7, 12-2pm • Part of Israeli Apartheid Week • Free X-WEIGHTED CONNECT • Fantasyland Hotel, WEM • Launch of X-Weighted Connect across Canada • Mar 4 • Pre-register at register at xweighted.com Youth, Gangs and Violence • Santa Maria Goretti Centre, 11050-90 St • 780.428.9299 • spiritkeeper.ca • Public forum moderated by Michelle Boden, joined by panel of 7; gala fundraiser featuring speaker Hana Gartner • Mar 3; 1-4pm (forum); 6-10 (gala)

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all in. If everything goes according to plan, I might be hopping back on the Oilers' playoff bandwagon as early as next season, hypocritical but happy. Kelly Santarossa: hoping Tambellini hit the jackpot "Picking up easy blinds"

The reason you'd go all in with a pair of jacks before the flop is because you'll never have as much leverage as you do at that moment. It's a top-10 hand, and you gotta think that anyone without two paint cards is gonna fold. Don't give anyone a chance to catch up and hopefully you're just picking up some easy blinds. Same thing with this trade: Tambellini's leverage with Gilbert had never been—and, possibly, would never be—higher. You gotta move when you're staring down a hand like that. He who hesitates, blah, blah blah. And if paint comes up on the flop, well, you can always pray for another jack on the river. Wait, where is this analogy going?

Bryan Birtles: Phil Hellmuth's polite little brother "Tambo gets a solid B"

The moves made by Tambo this past week felt like they were late. Hemsky needs to play the way we remember him to earn $5-million a season. He's just starting to show it again. Gilbert was finally climbing out of my bad books this year. I'd hoped to see him go every year but this one; he's turned a corner. But I do like this Nick Schultz; he seems like a good, old-fashioned Charlie Huddy type of player. We could use that. Tambo gets a solid B for the moves he made. I would give a B+ or A if Khabibulin could have been recycled out. David Young: Hoping for Hemsky circa 2008 redux Oilers Player of the week

Ryan Whitney: Got a goal in Winnipeg and he's looking better. DY Lennart Petrell: Led the comeback over our newest rival, the Jets. BB

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, 10804-119 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

St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace. ca • 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

for gay refugees from all around the World, friends, and families • 1st and Last Sun every month • Info: E: fred@pridecentreofedmonton.org G.L.B.T.Q Sage bowling club • 780.474.8240, E: Tuff@shaw.ca • Every Wed, 1:30-3:30pm GLBT sports and recreation • teamedmonton.ca • Badminton, Women's DropIn Recreational: St Vincent School, 10530-138 St; every Wed 6-7:30pm, until Apr 25; $7 (drop-in fee) • Co-ed Bellydancing • Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary, 10925-87 Ave, at 7pm • Bowling: Ed's Rec Centre, West Edmonton Mall, Tue 6:45pm • Curling: Granite Curling Club; 780.463.5942 • Running: Kinsmen • Spinning: MacEwan Centre, 109 Street and 104 Ave • Swimming: NAIT pool, 11762106 St • Volleyball: every Tue, 7-9pm; St. Catherine School, 10915-110 St; every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm at Amiskiwiciy Academy, 101 Airport Rd G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group • S.A.G.E Bldg, Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4:30pm • Info: T: Jeff Bovee 780.488.3234, E: tuff @shaw.ca Illusions Social Club • Junction, 10242-106 St • groups.yahoo.com/group/edmonton_illusions • 780.387.3343 • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri every month, 8:30pm the junction bar • 10242-106 St • 780.756.5667 • Free pool daily 4-8pm; Taco Tue: 5-9pm; Wing Wed: 5-9pm; Wed karaoke: 9pm12; Thu 2-4-1 burgers: 5-9pm; Fri steak night: 5-9pm; DJs Fri and Sat at 10pm LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily dropin, 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 • Men Talking with Pride: Support group for gay, bisexual and transgendered men to discuss current issues; Sun: 7-9pm • Counselling: Free, short-term, solutionfocused counselling, provided by professionally trained counsellors; every Wed, 6-9pm • Youth Movie: Every Thu, 6:30-8:30pm • Info: E: admin@ pridecentreofedmonton.org PrimeTimers/sage Games • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm

Communicators Luncheon–Womens Day • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 St

G.L.B.T.Q. (gay) African Group DropIn) • Pride Centre, moving • 780.488.3234 • Group

SPECIAL EVENTS

Bigger and Better Poker Party •

Enoch Ballroom, Marriott River Cree (300 East Lapotac Blvd • Silent auction, poker tournament (3pm), cocktails (5pm), dinner and auction (7pm) • Preview the upcycled pieces: Mar 3, 3:30-5pm • Personal stories from distinguished, successful Edmonton women at CWC's 8th Annual Key Communicators Luncheon • Mar 8, 11:30am-1:45pm • $50 (member)/$60 (non-member)/$45 (student) pre-register at 1.800.361.2978 ext 301; cwcafc@ cwc-afc.com

Daddy’s Little Sweetheart Ball • City Hall, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • Dine and dance, in support of The Rainbow Society of Alberta and E4C’s Kids in the Hall Bistro Program • Mar 9, 6-10pm • $150 (per Dad & Daughter Couple); $25 (additional daughter) at hollyp@ rainbowsociety.ab.ca, 780.469.3306 Free 2B Me • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • A hilarious concert featuring the comedic tenors and talented pianist of Il Duo. Laughs, refreshments and a raffle for photographs by wildlife photographer Gordon Court • Mar 10, 7pm (door) • $20 (adult)/ $10 (Kid12 and under) at the Steadward Centre office, 780.492.3182, door; proceeds benefit Free2BMe–Physical Activity for Kids and Teens with Disabilities ICChange Spring Gala • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 St • icchange.ca • Spring into Change: Innovative Canadians for Change (ICChange): silent auction featuring spearker dr Don Simpson • Mar 9, 5:30pm (cocktails), 7pm (program) If My Friends Could See Me Now! •

Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way • Featuring Edmonton Musical Theatre alumni Susan Gilmour, Vance Avery, Marleigh Rouault, Bernard Quilala, Byron Leffler • Mar 4, 5pm (cocktails/dinner), 7pm (show) • $70 (adv)/$80 (door) at TIX on the Square

Parkland Institute Fundraising Gala • Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Dr, U

of A • parklandinstitute.ca • Featuring comedy with Howie Miller • Mar 1, 6pm (reception), 6:45pm (dinner) • $100/person (incl 3-course dinner, entertainment, silent auction) at 780.492.8558 Womans Day–Sherwood Park • Various Venues • Festival Place: Concert: Buffy St. Marie; Wed, Mar 7 • Strathcona Public Library: Displays and courses • Festival Place: Banquet with keynote address by Buffy St. Marie; Mar 8 • City Hall Chambers: International Women's Day Awards Ceremony; Mar 11 • Sherwood Park Mall: Fashion Show; Mar 11

Women, Words and Children Fundraiser • Faculty Club, U of A • ainembabazi. org • Ainembabazi Children's Project: Dinner event, featuring addresses by Marina Endicott and Lynn Coady • Mar 10, 6-9pm • $50

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COVER // DOCUMENTARY FEST

The world at large through a lens

Global Visions celebrates 30 years of documentaries from around the globe Thu, Mar 1 – Sun, Mar 4 Global Visions Film Festival Various Locations; schedule at globalvisionsfestival.com

the rest of the year in two-week periods, settling on March. Though there are more changes afoot than just the calendar bump: for the 30th anniversary, Global Visions has added a Local Visions series, highlighting Edmonton talent, as well as a late-night screening, in among its usual weekend-long slate of socially-engaged filmmaking.

erhaps it's the sea change the world seems to be presently ebbing into, or a byproduct of being given moment-to-moment updates courtesy of wifi and smartphones. Whatever the case, general interest in understanding the world's greater scope seems to be reaching a new zenith, placing a fresh value and interest on documentary filmmaking as the lens with which to take in all the tumult and triumph going on all around us. "I think there was a real stigma attached to documentaries; even 10 years ago, it was considered the boring movie, or whatever," Beryl Bacchus says. "But by now, it's just evolved: I think styles have changed in documentary filmmaking, and I think people are more aware of our world now, and want to know what's going on in our world. And just with all the changes that have happened over the last few years—all the tragedy all the uprisings, and last year, for example—people are just stepping up [and saying] 'Wow, this is going on overseas,' or 'Wow, this small group of people can make this change.' I think it inspires people inside, in a way that they didn't know they can make a change in the world.

I think documentaries show that." Bacchus is the new executive director of the Global Visions Film Festival, our annual gathering of worldspanning, engaged films, now in its 30th anniversary. The three-decade occasion's being marked with some restructuring: formerly a November

fest, Bacchus notes that that period of the year had become congested with a wider spread of events, leading the festival to seek out less cluttered ground. "We needed a refreshing somehow," she says. Bacchus and the others on the board of directors researched

The festival's endurance, Bacchus notes, stems from the people who've been involved right from its beginnings. She points out how, even in its early days it attracted those passionately engaged with the world around them. "I think at that time it was more of an activist festival," she explains. "And it's gone through a lot of evolutions throughout the years, but the one thing that has stayed consistent is the passionate people who have stayed around it, and supporters. It goes everything from volunteers to audience to sponsors. "I think what's so special about our festival is its films, but also its cultural groups, its activists, its students, its seniors," Bacchus continues. "It brings together so many demographics. It brings together people who wanna be inspired and educated, and know about what's going on in our world." There really is something about seeing real-world struggles and tri-

umphs from across the globe that has a way of affecting people deeply, widening their eyes a little, an investing them in the things they see; Bacchus herself was drawn into joining the festival's board of directors after seeing the one-two doozy of Bhutto, about the assassination of Palestine's twice-presidential figure, and Marwencol, following how a vicious assault that left Mark Hagancamp with permanent brain damage led him to create strangely beautiful world of outsider art in his backyard. "I left the theatre thinking that I couldn't believe more people did not know about the festival, and that more people wouldn't be able to see these documentaries again," she recalls, "'cause they were just phenomenal. I was really affected, and at that point it became important for me to become involved with the festival." Now, in helping steer Global Visions into its third decade, Bacchus's noticed that our interest in the world, and the Global Visions mandate of social relevance, shifts with the tide, though its focus on certain elements never wavers. "Political, environmental, human rights ... I think those main subjects never change," she says. "It's just what's going on at the time that changes, what fits into that subject." Paul Blinov

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PREVUE // GLOBAL VISIONS FILM FESTIVAL

Visions of the world at large

Into the Abyss

Mar 1 – Mar 4 Various locations; full schedule at globalvisionsfestival.com

ere are reviews of every Global Visions flick we at Vue could get our hands on in advance— there are still more happening over the course of the weekend (check

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out the Global Visions website for times and descriptions) but this constitutes a healthy sampler of one very cinematic weekend. Reviews by Josef Braun ( JB), Saliha Chattoo ( SC), Kristina de Guzman (KDG), Eden Munro (EM), Madeline Smith (MS), Meaghan Baxter ( MB), Bryan Saunders (BRS)

Beauty Day Sat, Mar 3 (11:15 pm) Directed by Jay Cheel Metro Cinema at the Garneau

Bhopali Sat, Mar 3 (7pm) Directed by Max Carlson Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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It's hard not to laugh when Ralph Zavadil's own mother shares her assumptions that her son's fans were "all either drunk or with very low IQs" while watching this chronicle and commentary on the man behind Cap'n Video, a show which displayed Zavadil's wild stunts in the Niagara Region in the '90s. Zavadil, who is as weird as he appears on the Cap'n Video clips, carries a selfimportant, carefree attitude that is both irritating and intriguing. Beauty Day is inherently about not taking life too seriously and living for oneself regardless of how strange and dangerous one's dreams are. Consequences, both good and bad, included. KDG

In 1984, the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India exploded—releasing a cloud of toxic gas that covered the city and killed thousands in their sleep. Filmmaker Max Carlson examines the aftermath of this incident: the hundreds of thousands who were injured, who later fell sick, or who were born with birth defects even decades later. Many of the scientists, doctors and activists that Carlson interviews say that the groundwater in Bhopal is still poisoned, but the Indian government claims otherwise. Meanwhile, Warren Anderson—the former CEO of Union Carbide who ignored safety problems at the plant—has since retired in the United States. Though

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there is a warrant for his arrest in India, the American government refuses to extradite Anderson, citing lack of evidence. And so, we see how corporations put profits above people, and how governments put corporations above the people who elected them. BRS

The Boxing Girls of Kabul Sat, Mar 3 (2:30 pm) Directed by Ariel Nasr Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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lashing females in the very same gymnasium they freely train in today. The young women are using boxing to empower themselves, but are also seeking legitimization for their gender. The film allows us to access one aspect of Afghanistan's contemporary culture that subverts dominant stereotypes, and the risks they all take by challenging traditionalism is stirring. There's no satisfying ending, though, which leaves you slightly frustrated. SC

Grace Fri, Mar 2 (4:30 pm) and Sat, Mar 3 (2:30 pm) Art Gallery of Alberta (Mar 2) Metro Cinema at the Garneau (Mar 3) Directed by Meagan Kelly

 Amidst a sea of garbage containing unmentionable filth and a nauseainducing stench lives Mary Grace, a young girl who wants nothing more than to go to school and achieve her goals. The short documentary does a commendable job portraying Mary Grace as a determined, optimistic girl rather than aiming to evoke pity. Instead of shooting the film entirely as an observer, first-person perspectives are mixed in as Mary Grace scavenges to help sustain her family. The effect can be dizzying, but adds a more visual interest than simple straight shooting. Still, although Grace creates an optimistic image of a girl in an environment where hope seems scarce, it is reminiscent of many other documentaries that have gone down similar paths. MB

The Guantanamo Trap Sat, Mar 3 (Noon) Art Gallery of Alberta Directed by Thomas Wallner

 Guantanamo Bay is synonymous with controversy and this film offers a no-holds-barred look into three individuals' experiences with the infamous prison that changed the course of their lives forever. Rather than cast judgement for each person's actions, the plot presents a neutral perspective, allowing the viewer to come to their own conclusion. This aspect makes for an interesting film, but feels drawn out at certain points. Footage from Guantanamo and Afghanistan is effectively interspersed with expertly shot present-day documentation of each person attempting to pick up the pieces. Poignant questions of morality and justice are raised without the plot becoming a cliched rant against George Bush, who isn't mentioned, despite references to 9/11 and the war on terrorism. MB

Into the Abyss Fri, Mar 2 (7 pm) Directed by Werner Herzog Art Gallery of Alberta

on you, making the whole experience dynamic and thoroughly enjoyable. SC

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Paul Goodman Changed My Life Sat, Mar 3 (7 pm) Directed by Jonathan Lee Art Gallery of Alberta

This latest work from the director of Aguirre: Wrath of God and Grizzly Man explores the residue of a 10-year-old, appallingly senseless Texas doublehomicide and the myriad individual lives connected to it: the victims' friends and families, the criminals—one sentenced to death, the other to life imprisonment—and their friends and families, and the staff of the prison where the criminals are incarcerated. Constructed almost completely of interviews and archival footage, and eschewing the heavily accented, eccentrically editorializing voice-over so characteristic of Herzog's documentary work, Into the Abyss seems almost conventional—until you consider its underlying thesis. This isn't a film trying to prove anyone's innocence or bring order to an inherently chaotic, deeply painful situation. Rather, its focus is on the ways that violence, both illegal and institutionalized, permeates our culture and alters everything in its wake. JB

The Loving Story Sun, Mar 4 (7 pm) Metro Cinema at the Garneau Directed by Nancy Buirski

 A happy marriage quickly became the centre of a racially-charged trial for Richard and Mildred Loving, whose only crime was marrying someone of a different race during the America's turbulent Civil Rights Era, when many states banned such unions. The Loving Story is told through an effective mix of vintage photographs, gritty old video footage and modern day interviews to provide a well-rounded look inside the couple's struggles and extensive legal battle. While there's a heavy legal focus, The Loving Story doesn't get bogged down with courtroom complexities that will be lost on audiences. The couple's story will tug at viewers' heartstrings, but doesn't turn into a sappy love story. Instead, it focuses on fighting for what should be a given right denied for the sake of so-called racial purity. MB

The Other 'F' Word Sat, Mar 3 (9:15 pm) Directed by Andrea Blaugrund Nevins Art Gallery of Alberta

 Interviewing lead singers from iconic bands like Pennywise, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182 and Rise Against, this documentary explores what it's like to go from punk-rock hero to devoted father. Housing an astonishing amount of material, the hilarious and moving documentary slides effortlessly between tickling dilemmas of having to clean up lyrics for car rides to school and the crisis of suddenly becoming a part of a system they spent their career rebelling against. The cool tone and many laughs cause the insightful charm of this film to sneak up

 This film is a biography of someone who affected many with his biting dialogue, intellect and writing. This piece is unique in that it does not glorify Goodman, but rather paints a refreshingly honest picture that reaches out to the viewers much like Goodman's ideas did. Though the film is dry at times, Goodman's life and works are fascinating subjects—he was indeed a "professional outsider" who "electrified the public"—so it follows that the film is mostly full of great explorations and reminiscences. It's not simply an historical account of his life, but a stimulating piece that will very likely provoke some self-reflection of your own. SC

Somewhere Between Friday, March 2 (7 pm) Metro Cinema Directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton

 Being a teenage girl is hard enough without being biologically "different" from your family. Somewhere Between follows four teenage girls in the United States who were adopted from China through their struggle with self-acceptance, piecing together their roots and navigating their teen years. It focuses on the girls' feelings towards fitting in within the United States, dealing with stereotypes, often with selfdeprecating humour, and thoughts towards their birth families or potentially finding them. One girl does go on a search for her birth family, which is one of the most engaging aspects of the film. Speaking with the adoptive parents in greater depth could have added more perspective, but overall, it portrays an emotional journey that will impact any viewer. MSM

The Vanishing Spring Light Sat, Mar 3 (4pm) Directed by Xun Yu Art Gallery of Alberta

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FILM // BOB DYLAN

Don't Look Back Tue, Mar 6 (7 pm) and Sun, Mar 11 (4:15 pm) Directed by DA Pennebaker Metro Cinema at the Garneau A skinny young man with a little kid's haircut, his face bearing a hard-toread expression, something between nonplussed and suspicious, stands in a back alley that could be tucked inside a war zone. Allen Ginsberg, bearded and bespectacled, lingers in the background, perhaps offering a blessing. The young man displays a series of cue cards featuring some lyrics to a song he wrote. We hear his recording of the song, but he's not singing along. Maybe the cards are for us, but if so we're going to have a hard time joining in because the lyrics are only fragments. Sometimes the wrong fragments. The young man is, of course, Bob Dylan. He's in the first scene—which may also be the world's first music video—of a movie about Bob Dylan. And his performance, or anti-performance, in this alley is reminding us to take everything that follows with a grain of salt. Or of sand. In my memory I often lump DA Pennebaker's Don't Look Back (1967) in with Don Owen's Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (1965). Both

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es where the traditional Chinese way of life is still alive—but for how long? The neighborhood is set for demolition and gentrification. Most of the story focuses on Grandma Jiang, who runs an illegal Mah-Jong parlour opening up onto West Street that serves as the heart of the community. Just like the "traditional China" she lives in and represents, Grandma Jiang is slowly fading away each day. How her friends and family react to this is the crux of the film: some try desperately to hold on, others move on and forget she exists. While offering a fascinating glimpse into Chinese culture, this film moves very slowly, perhaps a reflection of "traditional China," but absolutely aggravating at times. BRS

The Whale Sun, Mar 4 (Noon) Directed by Suzanne Chisolm, Michael Parfit Art Gallery of Alberta

 The basic story behind The Whale is compelling: a two-year-old orca named Luna gets seperated from his pod and spends the next five years living in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, bonding with the area's inhabitants while being thrust into the centre of a storm of opposing approaches to dealing with the lost whale. The film is at times a little too relaxed in tone—that can happen when the vi-

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Looking kind of sideways, really

documentaries capture the artist as a young man, half-consciously honing his image, half-letting it find its own way, on the road, hanging out backstage, in the midst of what would prove to be a career-changing and ultimately culture-changing transition: Dylan playing what would be his final shows as a solo acoustic act, with Bringing it All Back Home in the can and the new, increasingly surrealistic,

suals consist primarily of video footage of Luna at the surface and talking-head interviews (though there are also some majestic images of the whale beneath the waves)—and narration from actor Ryan Reynolds is a little too personal, heavy-handed and unfocused, but the story itself shines (and breaks hearts) as a tale of differing viewpoints unfolds, with the most dramatic and moving conflict arising between the area's First Nations and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans. EM

genre-fusing, electrified bandleader about to forever eclipse the overtly politicized Village folk troubadour; Cohen stealing the spotlight while touring with other Canadian poets, all more established than he, giving readings that at times feel more like stand-up while wearing a leather jacket, on the cusp of leaving behind a literary career to take up music and become one of the most covered and

influential songwriters in history— second perhaps only to Dylan. Where these two films differ greatly is in their scope and stakes. Cohen was, as a popular star, still all coiled potential, and Ladies and Gentlemen, running 44 minutes, feels by comparison somewhat more utilitarian, where Dylan was exploding, an already wildly prolific supernova of song, and

Don't Look Back finds him running from rabid fans, holding hotel rooms crammed with friends and hangerons—Marianne Faithfull, Donovan and Alan Price among them—spellbound as he casually played a tune, and antagonizing journalists, many of them condescending and underprepared. And one of the reasons that Don't Look Back remains historically important is that the filmmaking mirrors the transitional nature of its subject. Popular music was undergoing a sea change, with Dylan riding the crest, while the movies were being swept up in the revolutionary tactics of the French New Wave and cinéma vérité, with the on-the-fly, half-observational/half-artificial, formally playful and structurally happenstance Don't Look Back absorbing the lessons of both movements. So there's a magical alignment of two distinct forms meeting to create something that must have felt startlingly new. Don't Look Back is the inaugural screening in Metro Cinema's series of music documentaries, and it makes sense that it is indeed first. After Don't Look Back, the way we made movies about music would never be the same. Josef Braun

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REVUE // COMMUNE LIVIN'

Wanderlust

You've Been Trumped Sat, Mar 3 (9:15 pm) Directed by Anthony Baxter Metro Cinema

 You've Been Trumped is filmmaker Anthony Baxter's exposé of the damage inflicted on the community in the north coast of Aberdeen, Scotland after real estate tycoon Donald Trump initiates construction of a golf course on the land. Baxter follows local residents trying to resist the destruction of their surroundings, only to be bullied by police supervising the construction and lied to and ignored by Trump's representatives. Equally heartbreaking and shocking, Baxter's film is an incredible journalistic achievement. With the uncompromising evidence of the golf course's extreme environmental impact and significant disturbance to the community, You've Been Trumped is a pointed criticism of greed and abuse of power, aided by Baxter's skillful direction and relentless pursuit of truth. MS

Country bound

Now playing Directed by David Wain

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uy loses job and uptight NYC couple leave their "micro-loft" for Atlanta, but take a detour into a commune. That premise sounds like National Lampoon's Woodstock Vacation, but Wanderlust usually avoids SNL skit-shtick and lazy wacky-pothead parody, thanks to some affectionate humour, sharp cuts and droll dialogue. Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston are

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rather forgettable as George and Linda, but there are compensating characters: George's jerk brother and barely repressed sister-in-law, leading a truly crappy suburban life; the commune's nudist winemaker, its acidhead founder (Alan Alda), and its slightly time-warped leader (Justin Theroux). Relaxed about nudity and sex (though it stupidly draws out George's self-encouraging soliloquy of porno-clichés), the movie's often sympathetic to the commune and its cheerful, off-thebeaten-rat-race-track adherents.

From a no-doorways policy to placenta-preservation, many of the early jokes make fun of the uptight urbanites as much as they mock the spacey free-lovers. Still, the story ultimately sides with the bland, loft-closeted George and Linda and gets lazy with its guy-wins-back-girl moments down the stretch. The truly bum trip in Wanderlust comes when all its amusing rambles only lead it to settle back down where it began—in Dullcouplesville. Brian Gibson

// brian@vueweekly.com

FILM WEEKLY Fri, MAR 2 - THU, Mar 8, 2012

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This Means War (PG, language may offend, violence) Fri-Sat 7:00, 9:00; Sun-Thu 8:00; Sat-Sun 1:30

THE ARTIST (PG) Fri-Tue, Thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:10; Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:10; Star & Strollers Screening: Wed 1:00 ACT OF VALOR (14A violence) Daily 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20

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PROJECT X (18A substance abuse, crude content, language may offend) Daily 7:15, 9:20; Sat-Sun 2:15 Act Of Valor (14A violence) Daily 6:50 9:10; Sat-Sun 2:10

This Means War (PG, language

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Journey 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG)Daily 7:10, 9:05; Sat-

Sun 2:00

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HAPPY FEET TWO (G) Daily 1:30, 4:15, 6:40, 9:05

Puss In Boots (G) Digital Cinema Daily 1:45

Puss In Boots 3d (G) Digital 3d

Daily 4:00, 6:30, 9:00

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Daily 1:50, 4:25,

7:00, 9:40

WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Daily 1:25, 4:15, 7:10

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG violence not recommended for young children) Daily 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50

The Muppets (G) Daily 1:10, 3:45, 6:35, 9:15

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (18A sexual violence, brutal violence) Daily 12:55, 4:10, 7:30

JACK AND JILL (PG) Daily 9:55 My Week With Marilyn (14A)

Daily 1:40, 4:20, 6:45, 9:20

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (STC) Hindi W/E.S.T. Daily 1:05,

4:05, 7:05, 10:00

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (PG mature subject matter) Daily 1:35, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05

Man On A Ledge (PG coarse language, violence) Daily 1:20, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 The Adventures Of Tintin (PG

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The Adventures Of Tintin 3d (PG violence) Digital 3d Daily 3:50, 6:55, 9:35 CINEPLEX ODEON NORTH 14231-137 Ave 780.732.2236

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DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G)

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GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A frightening scenes)

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SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence)

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PROJECT X (18A substance abuse,

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I Am Bruce Lee (STC) No passes

THE VOW (PG) Closed Captioned

Dolby Stereo Digital, Digital Presentation Daily 1:00

Daily 1:40, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30

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Jumanji (STC) Sat 11:00

Thu 7:00

DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G)

PROJECT X (18A substance abuse,

DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G)

Jumanji (STC) Sat 11:00

WANDERLUST (14A nudity, substance abuse, coarse language) Digital Presentation, Dolby Stereo Digital Daily 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30

crude content, language may offend) Ultraavx, No passes Daily 1:30, 3:50, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45

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DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G)

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ACT OF VALOR (14A violence) Digital Presentation, Closed Captioned, DTS Digital Daily 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:25 THE VOW (PG) Closed Captioned,

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THE IRON LADY (PG violence) Digital

HUGO (PG) Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:05,

may offend, violence) Closed Captioned, Digital Presentation, DTS Digital Daily 6:40, 9:40

10:00; Mon 1:15, 4:05, 9:45; Tue-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45; Thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:45; Star & Strollers Screening: Thu 1:00

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A frightening scenes)

Digital 3d Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:20, 10:50; Mon-Tue, Thu 12:50, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20; Wed 12:50, 3:20, 10:30

SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence)

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THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) Digital Cinema Fri-Sat 11:55, 2:20, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40; Sun 2:20, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40; Mon 12:35, 2:55, 6:45, 9:05; Tue-Wed 12:35, 3:15, 6:45, 9:05; Thu 12:35, 3:15, 6:45

Presentation, DTS Digital Daily 12:40, 3:40

THIS MEANS WAR (PG language

THE ARTIST (PG) Digital Presentation, DTS Digital Daily 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Closed Captioned, Digital, DTS Digital, Daily 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A frightening scenes)

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THE VOW (PG) Digital Presentation

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Project X (18A substance abuse,

SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Digital Cinema Fri 3:40, 6:40, 9:30; Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30; MonThu 7:00, 9:45

This Means War (PG language may offend, violence) Daily 7:05; Sat-Sun, Tue 12:50, 3:15

THIS MEANS WAR (PG language

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Act of Valor (14A violence) Daily 7:10, 9:25; Sat-Sun, Tue 1:10, 3:35

JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Digital 3d Fri 5:30,

The Vow (PG) Daily 6:55, 9:10; Sat-Sun, Tue 1:15, 3:30

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JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Sat-Sun 12:50 ACT OF VALOR (14A violence)

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GOON (18A language may offend) Digital Cinema Fri 5:20, 7:50, 10:15; Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15; Mon-Thu 7:40, 10:00 WANDERLUST (14A nudity, sub-

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THE VOW (PG) Digital Cinema Fri 3:50, 6:45, 9:15; Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:15; Mon-Thu 6:40, 9:10 PROJECT X (18A substance abuse,

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Goon (18A language may offend) Thu, Mar 1: 1:05, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:25

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (14A) No passes Thu, Mar 1:

1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30

Fri 6:40, 9:20; Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20; Mon-Thu 5:30, 8:05

Safe House (14A brutal violence) Thu, Mar 1: 6:40, 9:00 Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu, Mar 1: 12:50

GONE (14A) Digital Cinema Fri-Sat

SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Digital Presentation Fri 6:35, 9:15; SatSun 1:00, 3:45, 6:35, 9:15; Mon-Thu 5:10, 8:00

11:50, 2:15, 4:50, 7:50, 10:25; Sun 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:25; Mon-Thu 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 8:15, 10:35

JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Digital 3d Fri-Sun

12:00, 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20; Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 7:30, 10:10; Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:25

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A frightening scenes)

Digital 3d Fri 7:15, 9:40; Sat-Sun 4:20, 7:15, 9:40; Mon-Thu 5:00, 8:10

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (14A frightening scenes)

Digital Presentation Sat-Sun 2:00

The Metropolitan Opera: The Enchanted Island Encore (Classification not available) Sat 10:55

WANDERLUST (14A nudity, substance abuse, coarse language) Digital Presentation Fri 7:15, 9:40; Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:40, 7:15, 9:40; Mon-Thu 5:40, 8:10

THE ARTIST (PG) Digital Cinema Fri-

ACT OF VALOR (14A violence) Digital

Sun 12:45, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30; Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:50; Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:50; Star & Strollers Screening: Thu 1:00

Presentation Fri 6:55, 9:30; Sat-Sun 1:25, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30; Mon-Thu 5:15, 7:50

JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Digital Cinema Thu 9:05

Digital Presentation Fri 6:45, 9:20; SatSun 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20; Mon-Thu 5:30, 7:50

ACT OF VALOR (14A violence) Digital

GOON (18A language may offend)

Cinema Fri, Sun 12:30, 3:30, 7:00, 9:50; Sat 3:30, 7:00, 9:50; Mon 12:40, 3:35, 7:10, 9:55; Tue, Thu 1:00, 3:35, 7:20, 9:55; Wed 1:00, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55

GONE (14A) Digital Presentation Fri

ACT OF VALOR (14A violence) Sat 12:30

Presentation Fri 6:30, 8:50; Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 8:50; Mon-Thu 4:50, 7:30

GOON (18A language may offend)

DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G)

Digital Cinema Fri-Sun 1:25, 3:45, 6:05, 8:30, 10:45; Mon-Thu 1:25, 3:45, 7:25, 9:40

WANDERLUST (14A nudity, sub-

stance abuse, coarse language) Digital Cinema Fri-Sun 12:25, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 10:35; Mon-Thu 1:25, 3:50, 7:40, 10:25

6:50, 9:25; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:25, 6:50, 9:25; Mon-Thu 5:25, 8:15

DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX (G) Digital

Digital 3d Fri 7:00, 9:15; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:15; Mon-Thu 5:20, 8:00

PROJECT X (18A substance abuse,

crude content, language may offend) Digital Presentation, No passes Fri 7:10, 9:30; Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30; Mon-Thu 5:10, 7:40

Safe House (14A brutal violence)

may offend, violence) Digital Cinema Fri 5:00, 7:20, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45; Mon-Thu 7:15, 9:35

THIS MEANS WAR (PG language

may offend, violence) Digital Cinema Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05; Mon-Thu 1:55, 4:20, 6:50, 9:35

crude content, language may offend) Daily 7:20, 9:30; Sat-Sun, Tue 1:00, 3:20

Big Miracle (PG) Thu, Mar 1: 2:35

4:35

The Vow (PG) Thu, Mar 1: 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:20, 9:20 Journey 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu, Mar 1: 1:00, 3:00, 5:05, 7:00, 8:50

LEDUC CINEMAS Leduc 780.352.3922

Gone (14A) Daily 7:10, 9:30; Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:30 DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G)

Daily 7:00, 9:20; Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:20

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (14A) Daily 6:50, 9:25; Fri-

Sun 12:50, 3:25

Goon (18A language may offend)

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THE ROOM (14A nudity, sexual content)

Fri 11:30

THE SKIN I LIVE IN (18A sexual

violence, disturbing content) Sub-titled Sun,Tues, Wed-Thu 9:30; Mon 7:00, 9:30

Edmonton Film Society

DON'T LOOK BACK (STC) Tue 7:00

Journey 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Daily 6:50, 8:50; Sat-

Sun, Tue :20, 3:25

Wanderlust (14A nudity, substance abuse, coarse language) Daily 7:15, 9:20; Sat-Sun, Tue 1:05, 3:40; Movies for Mommies: Tue 1:05 PRINCESS 10337-82 Ave 780.433.0728

Carnage (14A language may of-

fend) Fri 7:00, 9:00; Sat-Sun 2:30, 7:00, 9:00; Mon-Thu 7:00, 9:00

The Descendants (14A) Fri

6:50, 9:10; Sat-Sun 2:00, 6:50, 9:10; Mon-Thu 6:50, 9:10 SCOTIABANK THEATRE WEM WEM 8882-170 St 780.444.2400

DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX (G)

Closed Captioned, No passes Fri-Tue, Thu 1:00, 3:20, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15; Wed 3:20, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15; Star & Strollers Screening: Wed 1:00

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A frightening

scenes) Digital 3d Fri-Tue 1:50, 5:10, 7:50, 10:40; Wed 1:00, 4:00, 10:40; Thu 1:50, 5:10, 10:40

SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Closed Captioned Daily 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Chronicle (14A violence) Closed Captioned Daily 4:40, 10:45

THIS MEANS WAR (PG language may offend, violence) Closed Captioned Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:30; Thu 12:40, 3:30, 9:30

GONE (14A) Closed Captioned Fri-

Tue, Thu 12:45, 4:00, 7:15, 10:00; Wed 4:00, 7:15, 10:00; Star & Strollers Screening: Wed 1:00

JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Daily 1:20 JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Digital 3d Daily 3:50, 6:30, 9:20

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EDUCATION // FREEDOM TO READ

Free to disagree

Edmonton Public Library encourages debate during Freedom to Read Week

ntellectual freedom impacts us every day, whether we're cognizant of it or not. Every book, TV show, movie or magazine is a testament to it, and secure intellectual freedom protects our right to access these materials in a free, democratic society. Freedom to Read Week is an annual national celebration recognized to raise awareness of intellectual freedom and the challenges this right can face. It began on Sunday, February 24 and runs until March 3. "It's kind of an invisible right, if you will," says Richard Thornley, manager of the Idylwylde branch of the Edmonton Public Library. "That protection of our right to read, to listen, to write and to speak our beliefs and opinions is integral to our life in Canada." Protecting this right is an ongoing focus of the Edmonton Public Library and Thornley says it ensures the public has uncensored access to materials covering a whole gamut of topics, beliefs and opinions. "We're kind of this marketplace of ideas. We want people to access ideas freely and develop their own informed thoughts and opinions," he says. "We pride ourselves on having something for everyone in the collection. We don't judge." While the library strives to have something for everyone, Thornley says this usually means there's also something to offend everyone. Rather than focusing on this type of criticism from a negative standpoint, Thorn-

Books, books, books! ley believes it is a sign of a healthy library. "It's people's right to object to materials that are being purchased with tax dollars," he says. Overall, Thornley says Freedom to Read Week is an important and timely way to address issues affecting intellectual freedom, as it comes on the wake of events such as the Occupy protests. Events in Edmonton include a conversation with novelist Greg Hollingshead and Edmonton Journal Colum-

nist Paula Simons on March 1 at the University of Alberta. Simons is a former student of Hollingshead and the two will be discussing her experiences as a local journalist as well as her experiences in receiving both acclaim and criticism for her work. The pair will also discuss the challenges faced by novelists and journalists once their work is published, in addition to the ways Freedom to Read Week is connected to freedom of expression.

Rounding out the week will be War of the Words: Language and Politics with Alternative Radio's David Barsamian at 7 pm at the Stanley A Milner Library Theatre. Barsamian sees language as a casualty of US imperial policy through corporate media and he will focus on how words can be a powerful tool in shaping public opinion. "The use of language and the control of the lexicon has been recognized by politicians for millennia as a way to

Books challenged in Canada To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee

A community group called Pride of Race, Unity and Dignity (PRUDE) asked Saint John School District 20 in New Brunswick to withdraw this novel, along with Huckleberry Finn from reading lists in 1991. The group stated that the use of the word "nigger" might cause black students to be mocked and perpetuate racial stereotyping. A school principal in Hamilton, ON removed the novel from the Grade 10 reading list in 1993 following parent complaint.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban By JK Rowling

In 2000, the Durham Board of Education in Ontario received multiple complaints regarding the books being read in classrooms. Many of the complaints were from fundamentalist Christian parents who were concerned that the characters participated in wizardry and witchcraft. The administration withdrew the books from classroom use, but left them in school libraries so they would be available for book reports. Several months later, the board rescinded its decision to remove the books.

drive public opinion into a certain direction," says Barsamian. One of the most common examples of this are euphemisms used by politicians. So-called enemies launch "aggressive" wars while the US "defends," or civilian deaths are referenced as "collateral damage." "We have the US attacking, invading and bombing countries, and it's always in self-defence," he says. "Aggression is for designated enemies. The US is only involved in protecting itself, keeping the world safe for democracy." He points out the contradictions of the state of democracy in the US by saying that it is very selective political ideal. The country follows a regime that Barsamian describes as misogynistic, retrograde and homophobic, but at the same time, the US denounces the regimes of other countries. When it comes to intellectual freedom, Barsamian believes that fiction as well as non-fiction play a role in shaping and expanding cultural horizons, and yet influential works such as Catcher in the Rye and The Grapes of Wrath continue to be censored. "A freeflow of information is absolutely critical to the functioning of a democratic society," he says, adding that this can come in the form of fiction or non-fiction. "If the citizenry are not exposed to a wide spectrum of opinions, perspectives and views, then it is in no position to formulate well-informed judgements on important issues." Meaghan Baxter

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Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck

Snow Falling on Cedars By David Guterson

The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood

In 2000, Terry Lewis of the Reform Party's national executive council issued a complaint about the use of the novel by Winnipeg's River East School Division. He wanted the novel, which has been targeted in other jurisdictions across Canada, to be removed from school reading lists. Lewis distributed 10Â 000 copies of a pamphlet that argued against the book, stating the author's frequent use of "God," "Jesus" and "God-damned" in profane and blasphemous ways was offensive to Christians. He also said the language had no educational benefit. The River East School Board took no action against the complaint.

In 2006, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board in Ontario removed the novel from high school library shelves and curriculum after receiving a single complaint. The cause of objection for Snow Falling on Cedars, which focuses on a murder trial, was sexual content. The same school board created a committee made up of school trustees, parents, teachers from elementary and secondary library associations, a religious education consultant, a supervisor of library services and the superintendent of the program to review the book in 2007. The committee returned the novel to school libraries and the Grade 11 English course. It also issued letters of explanation for the novel's value and made note of its "sensitive content" to parents whose children were enrolled in the course.

In 2008, a parent in Toronto made a formal complaint regarding the use of The Handmaid's Tale in the Grade 12 English class at Lawrence Park Collegiate. The novel's so-called profane language, anti-Christian overtones, violence and sexual degradation were what sparked the parent's complaint. They said these aspects of the book violated district policies requiring students to show respect and tolerance for one another. The Toronto District School Board review panel recommended keeping the novel in the curriculum for Grades 11 and 12 in 2009.

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o learn social studies content, 10 000 students from Edmonton's schools took a field trip to the Winspear Centre in mid-February. Kids from Grades 4 – 6 participated in one of three education programs that the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra will deliver this year. Resident conductor Lucas Waldin developed and conducted the program, "Alberta: Songs of Our Land" which featured the ESO along with performers from Alberta's First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities. "I put this program together not only to reinforce the social studies curriculum of Grades 4 – 6, but to really feature the wonderful diversity of Aboriginal communities and artists that we have within Edmonton and within Alberta," Waldin explains. Among these performers was a group of Cree drummers from the Enoch Cree Nation, and Peggy Richardson, an Inuit elder, who performed Inuit throat singing. "We had also some wonderful young Métis fiddlers from Prince Charles School," Waldin explains. "This is a group of elementary students who fiddle every week, and I was going to the school basically every week to help prepare them to come in and perform on the Winspear stage." To create educational programs, Waldin reads the curriculum for the grades that will be attending. He noticed the social-studies curriculum places a large focus on teaching about Aboriginal groups. "There was a key [phrase], which was, 'Celebrate the diversity of traditions' here in our big province," Waldin says of the curriculum. "I decided to try to find out what kinds of Aboriginal performers were available. "I work really often with these artists and these groups and learned a lot about their traditions and about their cultures so that I could bring it into a symphony setting and then present it rhythmically and accurately to the students," he says, explaining the process of building relation-

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ships with the artists. The program's theme, "Songs of our Land," was the link that connected the Aboriginal musicians' performance with the ESO's performance of classical music, among which was Dvořák's New World Symphony. "The way I was able to combine them was actually to show how many cultures and traditions, not only Aboriginal, but also the European composers, were inspired by the land, and used music to depict the wonders of nature and to instill a sense of respect for the surroundings, and to tell the stories and legends of their lands." The show also featured works by two Alberta composers. Malcolm Forsyth's "Atayoskewin" had been the inspiration for this piece. As well as The "Great Northern Diver," a piece about the loon, written by composer-inresidence, Robert Rival. "All of these pieces, Aboriginal or classical, really reinforced the theme of the land," Waldin says. The educational shows are interactive—he continually asks students questions, or he will invite someone up to the stage to play the recorder, for example. To keep students' attention and ensure they are invested in the performance, Waldin connects the new material that he presents to information students have already learned before. "I try to link every point to something that they have already learned in school, something they have learned in the curriculum," he says. "This way, they feel really empowered, because it's a new setting—they think they might be overwhelmed, or not be able to understand, but if you link it to something they already know, then they say, 'Hey, I know this! I have a connection with what's going on onstage, and I feel like I can participate.' To be able to hear a pin drop when I'm delivering these speeches from the stage is really one of the most amazing experiences, I think, in my position." Maria KotovYCH

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EDUCATION // CHILDCARE

Financing childcare

A recent Alberta government childcare subsidy attempts to assist families up the wages of childcare staff by $6.62 per hour have made a huge difference. Ducharme says Alberta is the only jurisdiction in the country that has such a wage program. "We have seen a significant increase in the number of childcare workers coming into and staying in the field," says Pagee. "The government has done a great job in that respect." Parkland maintains that access remains a problem. In Edmonton, that depends on the type of care you need and where you are located in the city. Hospitals and Community Day Care Centre executive director Brenda Drozd advises that her centre, located at the University of Alberta hospital, has a waiting list of 18 months to two years. Full time care there will set parents of children under 20 months of age back a cool $1105 a month. At the other end of the spectrum, Pagee says you can find full-time care in an approved day home for as low as $660 per month. Statistics Canada notes that the number of women employed in Canada more than doubled between 1976 and 2009, to more than 7.7 million, with our province leading the pack. In 2009, Alberta had the highest percentage of employed women in the

he fact sheet "Family Day on the Treadmill" released last month by the Parkland Institute suggests that Albertans work harder and have less access to leisure time than the rest of Canadians. The study indicates that the average Albertan has 182 hours less social leisure time than the Canadian average. One factor influencing the higher number of work hours, according to Parkland’s research director Diana Gibson, is access to affordable, quality childcare. The institute says that only 17 percent of children in Alberta, aged 0 – 5, have access to a regulated childcare space, and that number places us in the bottom three in Canada. According to a Parkland Institute March 2010 fact sheet, the province allocates the lowest number of dollars in Canada for regulated childcare spaces for children aged 0 – 12. Alberta Human Services spokesperson Cathy Ducharme cautions against attempts to make province-to-province comparisons. At any rate, she says the province has responded to the demand for increased childcare spaces in a number of ways going back to at least 2005. At the direc-

tion of former premier Ed Stelmach, Ducharme says not only have gains been made in improving the number of childcare spaces, but steps have been taken to improve the quality of childcare offered and make choices more affordable for parents at the same time. The province's "Creating child care choices" space creation initiative, intro-

nities, operators, and parents come together to form solutions," enthuses Ducharme, adding that the government merely offered the tools for various communities to come together to fulfill their needs. To help operators ensure the sustainability of these spaces, she adds, a number of steps have been taken, including enhancing accreditation fund-

Full time care [at the U of A hospital day care] will set parents of children under 20 months of age back a cool $1105 a month.

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country, at 64.1 percent, continuing a trend that began in the mid-1970s. Last month, the province announced that approximately 9000 families will receive new or increased funding to help offset the cost of accessing quality childcare, thanks to changes to the provincial childcare subsidy program. With these changes, more than 4000 families that are currently receiving childcare subsidy will see an increase to their partial subsidy rate; with 3200 of these families going to maximum subsidy. In addition, it is expected upwards of 5000 new families will apply and be approved for subsidy in 2012 – 13. Currently, a one-parent family with a household income of $50 000 and a three-year-old in day care qualifies for a $132 per month subsidy to help with the cost of childcare. Effective April 1, this same family will qualify for $546 a month, an increase of $414 monthly. Pagee hopes that by making childcare more affordably for families, they will be able to focus on more than economics when choosing care for their children. "In a perfect world, all families would be able to focus on the needs of their child rather than on the financial aspects of childcare," she says.

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ing and staff wage top-ups. Debbie Pagee, executive director of North Edmonton Family Day Homes, agrees that the initiatives went a long way to addressing the need for childcare spaces, which largely stemmed from high staff turnover. Programs such as accreditation funding, in which the province reimburses childcare professionals who upgrade their skills and knowledge, as well as an initiative where the province tops

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EASE INTO DEBT The Alberta government is making it easier for students to get a loan. Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education and Technology announced February 13 that the government would drop the requirement for parental contributions to be included as part of the calculations for loans distributed—something students have advocated for years. Instead, a flat-rate contribution of $1500 is required, and an elimination of savings, RRSP and part-time earnings as part of the eligibility calculation. Students were positive about the changes, many of which have been advocated by the Council of Alberta University Students for several years. "These are positive changes that will hopefully lead more Albertans to en-

roll in post-secondary education this fall," said Zack Moline, chair of CAUS and president of the University of Lethbridge Students' Union. "We've asked for these changes for awhile, as they should allow more students to qualify for loans. But we must keep working to ensure students receiving loans are not crippled by debt after their studies." In addition to removing eligibility requirements, the government also ended its remission program, which provided graduates with rebates on debt-loads after completing education programs. Instead, the government will be providing completion grants at a consistent level. The removal of the remission program, which only benefitted three percent of students, means

more students will receive funding. But Moline cautions that alreadyhigh debt loads for students will only be exacerbated by these changes. "Student debt is far too high in Alberta. Removing our remission system and replacing it with completion grants just moves money around. More needs to be done so students can finish their programs without the need to take out huge loans in the first place." According to the provincial government, average debt load from students with a university degree is $23 188 from a four year program and over 53 000 students in Alberta receive financial assistance. CAUS calculates that 30 percent of those with student loans borrow more than $25 000.

NO SAY FOR STUDENTS University of Alberta students will have one less opportunity to influence fees levied upon them. The Board of Governors voted on February 10 to remove a bylaw from 2001 that required University of Alberta students to vote in a referendum to approve non-instructional fees. Instead, an advisory committee, with two undergraduate student seats, has been set up by the board where new fees will be debated and passed to the board for approval. Students have been lobbying the provincial government for strict regulations on mandatory non-instructional fees, with the knowledge that the fees could be used by the university to go outside the regulated tuition cap. Alberta currently has the highest rates of non-instructional

fees nationally, charging students $818 on top of tuition. Non-instructional fees go toward projects such as the University of Alberta's common student space, sustainability and services fees. At $275 per term, this fee is one of the highest noninstructional fees levied on students. University boards in the province have the ability to levy these fees outside of tuition if they're deemed "non-instructional"—relating to campus life and the educational environment, but not going directly toward something like a professor's salary. CAUS is calling on the province to regulate these fees so that they are defined in the legislation and are only levied after a consultation with students' council and a mandatory campus-wide referendum.

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In the lead up to the National Day of Action, students called on the federal government to ensure Aboriginal students have equal access to post-secondary education. Aboriginal students have an enshrined treaty right to access post-secondary education, but due to the rising costs of tuition, tens of thousands of Aboriginal students have been prevented from accessing college or university. The post-secondary support program, meant to assist Aboriginal students with education financing, has been capped at two percent since 1996 despite the

increase in tuition costs to students. According to the Canadian Federation of Students, approximately 20 000 Aboriginal students are on a wait list for funding. "If the federal government is serious about providing Aboriginal students with the opportunity to get the skills and training they need to participate in the Canadian economy, it should increase funding available to students who are ready to attend college or university," said Patrick Smoke, Aboriginal students' representative for the Canadian Federation of Students.

EQUAL FUNDING Aboriginal students in Canada may finally receive funding equal to their non-Aboriginal counterparts. Aboriginal students on reserve receive $2000 – $3000 less than students in off-reserve schools. While the House

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It’s also always time to enrol at an Academy of Learning campus, located in south Edmonton, West Edmonton Mall, and Edmonton City Centre Mall. With full-time diploma and certificate programs ranging from 18 to 52 weeks, there’s something at Academy of Learning for everybody, which is reflected in their 11-year streak winning the Consumer Choice Award in Edmonton, as well as being named the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year

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As part of our month-long, nation-wide Long & McQuade University clinic series, the Edmonton South location is pleased to present these free, career-enhancing clinics specifically tailored to the needs of musicians, songwriters, producers and home studio enthusiasts.

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This class is designed for newcomers to home recording and budding engineers. If you have, or ever wanted, a home studio, then this clinic is a must. See Pro Tools in action and learn how to track and mix with software. Learn the differences between mics and micing techniques. There will also be a focus on setting up your home studio, including room treatment. Nik is actively involved in the recording, production and promotion of independent music in Edmonton. He has been gigging in Edmonton since 1990, and involved in recording since 1997.

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Introduction to Live Sound with Mike Tulley

This clinic is for musicians who will be setting up the PA before they play, and for techs who will be sitting behind the mixer during the show. Learn to set-up and run a PA system for your band, church or private party. Be more confident with your knowledge of PA equipment and make yourself sound better. Mike will be demonstrating everything from hooking up the equipment, to mixing and how to use wireless mics. With over 35 years’ experience, Mike works as a live sound technician for concerts of all sizes and outdoor festivals, is an engineer at University of Alberta radio station CJSR and is active in Edmonton's alternative music scene with his company MKT Systems Ltd.

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Rights & Royalties: How Music Makes Money with Terry O’Brien Terry O'Brien is the Education and Outreach Manager for the West Coast Division of SOCAN - the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. He has over 35 years‘ experience in various sectors of the music industry. He is also a composer, recording artist and performer of ambient soundscape music under the moniker Anomalous Disturbances.

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ACADEMICS UNITED The National Day of Action is organized to draw attention to the increasing burden placed on students to pay for their education and decreasing public funding. Increasing tuition has an impact on all sectors of education, as noted by the Canadian Association of University Teachers, which released a statement on

February 1 on why academics should be concerned about rising tuition. As CAUT stated, "Academic staff are directly affected by chronic underfunding through high levels of student debt they have accumulated, the casualization of employment, reduced funding for research, and cutbacks in courses and programs."

ON STRIKE Sixty-five-thousand students are on strike over tuition hikes in Quebec. A tuition hike announced in the last provincial budget will increase tuition by 75 percent over five years. While average tuition across the province is the lowest in the country, the fees will have doubled in the last decade due to the Liberal government's efforts to increase student contributions while decreasing government funding to post-secondary education. It's part of a provincial strategy outlined in the document "A fair and balanced plan to fund universities" to shift education funding onto private donors and research partnerships with businesses. The protests against this strategy had been going on throughout the fall of 2011 and, this past week, students entered into an unlimited general strike. Additional students unions will be voting in the upcoming days to decide if they will join the strikes.

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Management development Certificates Organizations today count on people to excel at decision making, problem solving, motivation and strategic planning. This certificate program will help you acquire practical knowledge in functional areas such as human resources management, financial management, marketing, strategy and operations. Learn from instructors who know their business—people who have faced the challenges you face to excel in their fields. This is quality classroom time packed with insider information, practical advice and excellent instruction. Students may specialize in: • Management Development Certificate for Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists • Management Development Certificate for Police Services • Human Resources Management Certificate • Information Technology Management Certificate We also offer courses recognized through partnerships with professional associations, such as: • Purchasing Management • Risk and Insurance Management • Check our website for a complete list and more details.

Master of Arts in Communications and Technology What are the knowledge and skills needed to communicate in the new digital workplace? The University of Alberta’s innovative Master of Arts in Communications & Technology is the answer to that question: a part-time, online graduate program designed for working professionals. Don’t give up your busy career to get the leading-edge training you need for success in the new economy. Combine the benefits of classroom interaction with online convenience.

Adult and Continuing education (CACe) The CACE program is designed to meet the growing need for formal education and training by developing and enriching the knowledge and level of competence of those practicing in the field of adult education.

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Discover a whole new world by studying English at the University of Alberta, from English basics to pronunciation enhancement to university-level English. Small class size means you get lots of opportunity to practice with students from around the world. Both intensive day and part-time evening courses are offered year-round.

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Business Analysis Professional Citation Business Analysis is the set of tasks, knowledge, and techniques required to identify business needs and determine solutions for business problems. This program will be of interest to Business and Project Managers who seek solutions for process improvement and organizational changes as well as Systems Analysts who need to bridge the gap between business processes and technical requirements.

Local Government Certificate Integrate theory and practice to better understand local government administration. Distance delivery with online components offers flexibility as well as personal contact with the instructor and other students. Applied Land Use Planning Certificate (ALUP) gives you a solid understanding of the fundamentals of the Alberta planning environment, including legislation, policy and technical issues. Information Access and Protection of Privacy Certificate (IAPP) focuses on the ideas, structures and processes that define appropriate administration of access and privacy legislation at a municipal, provincial and federal level in Canada. The program aims to develop and enhance managerial leadership in the access and privacy field.

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Fine Arts Develop a solid foundation in the fundamentals of art through our Fine Arts Certificate. Offering studio instruction, constructive critique, and practical experience, our courses, taught by professional artists, will help you build a portfolio reflective of your artistic vision and mastery. Courses can be taken for general interest or for certificate credit.

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environmental resource Management This program explores the critical ideas and developments that affect your organization’s environmental performance. The ERM program examines several areas, including air, water and soil processes, environmental monitoring, biotechnology, instrumentation, and experimental design.

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Minh’s commitment paid off. After graduating from NorQuest last year, the U of A hired her as a full-time pharmacy technician in the hospital’s inpatient pharmacy. Her success is a testament to the workforce relevance of NorQuest College’s career programs – 95 per cent of NorQuest grads find employment or continue their education.

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he first thing that strikes me when I enter Lola Emma's to meet a friend for lunch is the fun décor: a small stage with a drum set stands near the entrance; large photographs of scenes from the Philippines grace the far wall; and large, picnic-style tables and benches stand in the middle, ready to seat

larger groups. A server comes to the table for the drink order, and I choose a Sago't Gulaman ($3.25). It's a sweet beverage with small sago pearls and jelly bits inside, and tastes slightly of caramelized sugar. In the Philippines, street vendors often sell the gently flavoured drink. Thirst quenched, my dining companion and I decide on dishes. For an appetizer, I order the crispy spinach ($5.25), and select the bicol express ($13.99) for my main dish. It contains pork strips, coconut milk, onion, garlic and chilis. I also ask for an order of steamed rice ($1.50). By this time, my Sago't Gulaman is almost gone. The appetizers arrive quickly and we dive in. As someone who harbours an obsession with spinach, and is not ashamed to discuss it publicly, I'm excited to try this green goodness battered and deep-fried. Oh, and crispy. And oh, do I like it. The crispiness! The sweet spinach! The creamy dipping sauce! The obsession with spinach grows with this new find. The bicol express, which arrives quickly, too, contains a few other obsession-worthy ingredients: onion and garlic (I may not be Filipino, but I am Ukrainian), and coconut milk. I take a bunch on my plate over the rice, and away I go. The sauce has a nice zing to it— that garlic sure knows how to speak

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up. Unfortunately, the sauce is a little on the salty side. What's left of my Sago't Gulaman steps in, as does my water glass. Numerous times. The service, which had been swift and efficient up to this point, also changes for the worse. Nobody comes around while we are eating to see how we are doing or if we want anything else. We request packages to take our leftovers home, which we do receive; however, we then sit for a long time, wondering if someone will come to take our dessert order and clear the table. Fifteen to 20 minutes later, we're still sitting there, wondering. My initial positive impression of the restaurant declines slightly. Finally, we approach the counter at the back to order desserts and coffee. We both order the leche flan ($2.50), and I get a coffee ($1.75). These arrive at our table very quickly. Made of custard, and covered with a caramel drizzle, the leche flan is a soft and creamy way to end the meal. The coffee, on the other hand, surprises me. Instead of coming with a small jug of cream, it comes with powdered whitener on the side. It's less than impressive, as is the coffee itself, even after I've added the whitener. But at least I like the flan. Lola Emma's was an enjoyable experience overall, but I don't anticipate starting an obsession with coffee whitener in the future. maria kotovych

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Can this porter become the provincial beer? Not likely, but it should Ochsner's 1905 Alberta Porter Sherbrooke Liquor / Alley Kat $16.99 for six pack The marketers at Molson have tried hard to sell Canadian as Canada's beer, despite the fact the brewery is owned by multinational MillerCoors. Reality doesn't get in the way of a good ly.com eweek sales pitch. Yet, some- tothepint@vu Jason how there is no denying Foster that at least the marketing captures something real about our nation. However, there really hasn't been a beer that represents Alberta and its people—until now, at least. I have a potential candidate. Ochsner's 1905 Alberta Porter reflects, in my opinion, many of the traits I value in our province. First, it is a collaboration between Edmonton's Alley Kat and Sherbrooke Liquor Store, the undisputed king of beer selection in Canada. You see, Sherbrooke has this habit of releasing seasonal beer exclusively in its store. It might be seen as a gimmick if the beer wasn't so good. However, the story gets better. The beer is the result of the Aurora Brewing Challenge, Edmonton's national homebrewing competition hosted by the Edmonton Homebrewers' Guild. Last year's winners, Ray Duperron and Patrick Doyle, got the privilege of transferring their winning recipe to a commercial system. The result is Ochsner's. But wait! There's more! The name glass to create a moderate tan honours a piece of Alberta's brewhead that leaves a consistent coating history. Robert Ochsner was ing on the beer. The aroma is of one of Alberta's earliest brewers, chocolate, cherry, some coffee and opening on the south bank of the a residual nuttiness. The flavour

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North Saskatchewan in 1894; his brewery eventually became Bohemian Maid before its closure at the hands of Carling O'keefe in 1975. As for the beer, it pours deep black, but not quite as deep as crude oil, that tumbles into the

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parently simple but really rather complex and hard to define. This is a rich, substantial dark winter beer—which may also reflect part of Alberta's character. It is a complex, flavourful beer that will appeal to anyone who likes their beer on the dark side. Personally, I can tell this was a beer designed by homebrewers because it is uncompromising, assertive and brewed with an eye to balance and contrast. Will it become Alberta's native beer? Probably not, but that's not the beer's fault. V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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Six things about spaghetti

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MARCO ... POLO!

Although it's commonly believed that Marco Polo brought noodles to Italy from Asia in the 13th century, there is evidence that pasta-like dishes were being eaten by Arabic occupiers during the conquest of Sicily, which began in 902 AD.

FORK ME? FORK YOU!

Forks were not commonly used in Western Europe until the 16th century, so early spaghetti dishes did not resemble those we know today. They had to be dry so they could be eaten with the hands and, until the mid1800s, were never covered in tomato sauce.

LONGER, ONCE IT GETS WARMED UP

Traditionally, spaghetti strands were

20 inches long, but in the 20th century, as the food became popular in North America and the need for packaging and shelving grew, it shrunk to the now familiar 12 inches.

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Meatballs are a recent and North American addition to spaghetti. In the Old World, meat was a scarce resource and eaten only occasionally. In the New World, however, meat was more plentiful as well as cheaper, so it could be added to pasta on a regular basis.

R'AMEN

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a deity worshipped by Pastafarians. The religion's central belief is that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the invisible and undetectable force that created

the universe. Pastafarianism originated in 2005 in response the the teaching of intelligent design in Kansas schools. A contemporary version of "Russell's teapot," the Flying Spaghetti Monster represents the argument that the burden of proof for unverifiable claims lies with those making the claims, not those who reject them.

GROW YOUR OWN

On April Fools Day 1957, the BBC ran a three-minute report about a fictitious Swiss family harvesting a bumper crop spaghetti from their "spaghetti tree," thanks to a mild winter and the eradication of the "spaghetti weevil." The dish was not, at the time, widely eaten in the UK so the hoax made waves. Hundreds of viewers phoned the next day, some doubting the story and some asking how to grow their own spaghetti trees. V

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Damned if you did ...

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Race a powerful exploration of moral greys

No easy answers in David Mamet's Race

Until Sat, Mar 10 (8 pm; 2 pm weekend matinees) Race Directed by Heather Inglis Catalyst Theatre, $20 – $32

he legal process, Charles, is about three things," explains Henry, a lawyer trying to underline exactly how deep in his fumbling client is. "Hatred, fear or envy. And you just hit the trifecta." He isn't exaggerating. In David Mamet's pull-no-punches Race, the case about to enter due process is to determine, in a court of law, whether or not this rich white man raped a black woman, as he's been

accused of doing. And that scenario, even without any examination of the facts for or against, already sets up a "damned if you did, damned if you didn't" scenario in the court of public opinion: even if he's innocent, nobody wants to think the rich white guy isn't guilty. The accused Charles (Roman Pfob) is trying to hire Henry (Tristan D Lalla) and Jack (Michael Peng) to represent him in court, and while they have their doubts, the pair, along with their younger, ambitious legal assistant Susan (Beryl Bain) get tangled up in his case, forced to try and discover a defense for a guy who may not have one, regardless

ARTIFACTS Mosaic One, Japanese Drumbeat / Sat, Mar 3 (7:30 pm); Sun, Mar 4 (2:30 pm) Citie Ballet's second show of its season finds the company joining forces with Kita No Taiko, Edmonton's acclaimed Japanese drum troupe, to supercharge the beats backing its movement: Mosaic One, Japanese Drumbeat collects 17 short dance pieces, and backs them with live taiko drumming—which, trust me, adds serious oomph to any room—to explore a journey of

of his guit or innocence. The success of Race, both the script and this Theatre Yes production of it, comes from how engrossing it is to sift through the full, rich spectrum of ambiguous moral greys that exist between black and white, the intermingling of legal fact and skin colour and public opinion, law and truth and the effect all of those have on each other. You find your own attitudes shifting, challenged, as you brush up against Mamet's blunt observation. The guy puts a lot of power behind the convictions he's written here, and this production doesn't waste it. On an impressive law office set

courtesy of Brian Bast, Race plays out in pairs, trios or the full four and, though two people of the same colour are never alone together on stage, the issues around differing skin

colour are always present in the air, even by virtue of who's simply in a scene. The script runs from legal jargon to brilliant bit-by-bit takedowns of legal truth, public opinion, with some foul language, including a couple n-words, tossed in for effect. It's a hefty lift, but director Heather Inglis keeps it all moving along at a pace. The script places a lot of demands on its actors, playing very intelligent figures in an accessible way, and for the most part they shoulder the burden, the spitfire pair of lawyers, in particular. Henry's played with tremendous gravitas by Lalla, while Michael Peng's Jack is grounded and quick—you can watch the synapses rapid-firing behind his eyes. They make a dynamic pair on stage. As the accused Charles, Pfob oozes both white-guy guilt and silverspoon pride; only Bain seems adrift in the heavy lifting that the script demands, coming off a bit flat despite her character's own complexities and layers. She does manage to have her moments, though. As Race digs into the tangled motivations behind law and truth when skin colour is involved, no easy answers reveal themselves, just refutations of easy answers, and the difficulties of the reality of it. It's a show that makes you cross-examine your own opinions, like the best sort of theatre does: it makes its points in an enthralling performance that then holds up the mirror, and leaves you looking inward. Paul Blinov

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REVUE // MYSTERY

March Madness

One Good Marriage possible to wander away from it. Jestadt and Coppens create a peculiar chemistry on stage that represents the complex relationship between the characters quite well.

Something's amiss in One Good Marriage

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e met. We got married. There was a honeymoon. There was a motel. And then—we came home." This is the mantra that Steph (Kate Jestadt) and Stewart (Nathan Coppens) cling to as they, in an act of catharsis, attempt to tell the audience of the traumatic news they received when they came home. With a dis-

jointed timeline that quickly pulls us from past to present and back again, an air of mystery is established from the start. The couple is celebrating their first wedding anniversary on stage, but jubilation is set aside for a story of guilt, shock and restoration. At the start of the play, there was the distinct impression that the lines hadn't quite made that crucial "on the page" to "on the stage" transition, resulting in a tone of reading. However, the actors quickly found their rhythm. Once the story took hold, it was im-

With simply two chairs facing the audience and a drooped "Happy Anniversary" banner where only the "versary" part is visible, the set mirrors the story perfectly. The nature of the tale starts to set in as soon as we enter, and the venue's 53 seats makes it feel as though you could very well be attending someone's anniversary party. There is no fourth wall in this performance, and the characters speak to the audience as much as they speak to each other. This is an exciting aspect of the show, as one of the main issues being grappled with is the loss of community, and the question of where one derives identity from in the event that social and familial context is ripped away. Though you may feel awkward listening to this grievous account, you discover a curious need— indeed, perhaps even a self-imposed obligation—to see it through. There is no question that the plot's main asset is its mystery, and the audience's confusion about what the characters are hiding is what keeps them listening closely to every word. SALIHA CHATTOO

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Fri, Mar 2 – Sat, Mar 3 (9:30 pm) Presented by Send In The Girls Burlesque New City Legion, $15

he burgeoning burlesque revival of the past few years is starting to prove itself sustainable: alongside our more established acts, new troupes keep popping up within the city limits like so many sequins on a costume bra, and most of them seem to be sticking around. That's all well and good in its own right, but with that sustainability, we're starting to see groups focused less on simply preserving the art form and more on developing shows that aim beyond mere titilation: groups like Send in the Girls Burlesque are starting to use the act of stripping to their skivvies as a way to approach something a bit more traditionally theatrical. "I think we're about the story," explains Ellen Chorley, co-founder of Send in the Girls. "This is our first revue show ... you're going to get little music videos, or monologues almost, burlesque pieces, where it's not really about the strip-tease as much as it is about telling a little story, or a big long story like Tudor Queens." If you paid much attention in the beer tents of last year's Fringe, you probably heard buzz about Tudor Queens, which saw the six ghostly wives of King Henry VIII put on a come-hither-kiss-off pageant for their

dead husband. It was a sleeper hit, selling out most nights and earning, in one instance, a kijiji hunt for tickets. Something about the way the show blurred the line between burlesque and more traditional theatre clicked, it seemed, which was perhaps most surprising to Chorley herself. "We knew it was kind of a risk," she notes with a laugh. That blend of script and skin probably stem's from the troupe's grounding in more traditional theatrical training—the four in this particular show (Tudor had six) all sport acting degrees from the various institutions around town.

Chorley's busy penning the script for their next full-length Fringe production (about the Brontë Sisters) but March Madness, the group's inaugural short-form show, looks to mix a scattering of previous pieces in with a couple of brand new ones, all hosted by local musician Lindsay Walker, and including what Chorley dubs "gorelesque," previously developed for a halloween fundraiser and mixing the removal of clothing with some bloody reveals—not exactly traditional burlesqe but, as Chorley reiterates, tradition isn't what they're aiming for. "I think that's the angle that we're taking," Chorley confirms. "We want taking off our clothes to mean something." PAUL BLINOV

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hough the company's actual golden anniversary happened in 2009, the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers return this weekend to mount its commemorative production once again, on the same stage where it all began in 1959. The group was different back then; handfuls of dancers came together from various Ukrainian centres in Edmonton when Chester Kuc's dad gave him $400.00 to rent the Jubilee stage for an evening. It went unexpectedly well, considering the group had none of the training, funding or creative ammunition it has developed since. Currently the group has 40 dancers, and all to this day are volunteers. Though touring fees are taken care of, the longtime dedication of such numbers of artists is impressive, if not inspiring. Dancers like Stephanie Bahniuk, a 20-year-old student currently enrolled in the U of A's BFA Theatre Design program, note that Shumka offers more than just lessons in Ukrainian culture for its performers. "I eventually hope to do design for dance, so it's a special thing for me to be able to perform with Shumka on these grand stages all over the world," she says. "Now I have that experience for my future in theatre. I have more of a knowledge base because of Shumka." Donning a vinok (the iconic flower headpiece) since the tender

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age of three, Bahniuk now balances student-life with 16 hours of dance rehearsal each week. Since its humble beginnings, the whirlwind (the literal translation of shumka) has picked up considerable speed. International audiences continue to be taken with the lively, colourful styles of Ukraine's regional dances, and in the '80s and '90s, Shumka's shows began to branch into more balletic, narrative and contemporary forms. Not only do the diverse regional dances keep things interesting (traditionally, there are nearly a dozen major regions of Ukraine, each with its own distinctive costuming and choreographic elements), Shumka is constantly livening up its contemporary repertoire. The anniversary show, developed by current artistic director Dave Ganert with help from Gordon Gordey, John Pichlyk, and the Kiev Ballet's Viktor Lytvynov, is a two-hour folkloric tour de force. "Because we do so many diverse different styles, that makes Shumka's show more interesting than the very traditional Ukrainian dance you'd normally see. We try to make it something that the audience today will relate to. I think with shows like So You Think You Can Dance, dance is becoming more mainstream, so audiences are looking to be impressed."

gels (a study of four distinct regional dances) and A Cobbler's Gift (a comedic narrative of a classic folktale), the show also offers The Eve of Kupalo: A Midsummer Night's Masque. "The summer solstice is called 'kupalo,'" explains Bahniuk, noting that the piece employs mischievous folkloric characters in contemporary costume to move the story along. "There's a toad, a raven and a snake—which I play. It's a night about finding love, so we take little traditions that they would do in Ukrainian culture on that night and plug them into the story. One is that girls would make wreaths and send them down the river, and the boy who picks up that wreath is the one they're supposed to be with." With seven costume changes in the two-hour show, Bahniuk notes that the most exciting thing for audiences is probably that the group chose to throw an extra hopak in the anniversary program. That's right: TWO hopaks. Seriously. Not even Virksy, the Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble, has done a show with two of these ferociously acrobatic, impressive finales—Pathways to Hopak marks the end of the first act, while 50th Anniversary Hopak closes the show. "They're really fun to do but really tiring," says Bahniuk, chuckling. "The show's pretty intense."

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Dance Brian Webb Dance Company • Timms Centre for the Arts, 87 Ave, 112 St • bwdc.ca • Sylvain Emard Danse • Mar 9-10 • $35 ($20 for student/senior) at TIX on the Square Citie Ballet presents • Timms Centre, 87 Ave, 112 St, U of A • Mosaic One, Japanese Drumbeat • Sat, Mar 3, 7:30pm; Sun, Mar 4, 2:30pm • Mar 3: $48 (incl post performance reception)/ Mar 4: $20-$25 at Tix on the Square Edmonton School of Ballet • Jubilee Auditorium • The Toymaker’s Dream and Excerpts from the Classics • Sun, Mar 11, 4pm (younger dancers), 7pm (older students) • $20 at the Edmonton School of Ballet office, 780.440.2100 Expanse Dance Festival • TransAlta Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • 780.409.1910 • fringetheatre.ca • azimuththeatre.com • Arts At The Barns: Movement arts festival features dance, physical theatre, circus arts, performance art. Featuring local, national and international dance and body based performance artists • Mar 8-11 • Good Women Dance Society Master classes at Expanse!: Mar 9-10; info/register at email goodwomen@ live.ca Ukrainian Shumka Dancers • Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Ave • Featuring retrospective and all-new works-including two Hopaks • Mar 3-4, Thu 8pm, Fri 2pm • Tickets at TicketMaster

FILM Cinema At the Centre • Library Thea-

tre, Stanley Milner Library basement, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Centre for Reading and the Arts showcases little-known films every month • Badlands (14A); Wed, Mar 14, 6:30pm Edmonton Film Society • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca/ events/movies/movies.cfm • Monsieur Beaucaire (1946, 93 min, PG); Mar 5, 8pm • Young Bess (1953, 112 min, colour, PG); Mar 12, 8pm Edmonton Jewish Film Festival • Zeidler Theatre, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • 780.487.0585 • Movies from Israel, France, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia with a great mix of comedies, dramas and documentaries • Mar 11-13 schedule at jewishedmonton.org • $10 (individual tickets)/$70 (festival pass) 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 • The Maltese Falcon, (1941, B&W, PG); Fri, Mar 2, 2pm • To Have and Have Not (1944, B&W, PG); Fri, Mar 9, 2pm Global Visions Film Festival • Venues: Art Gallery of Alberta, Metro Cinema • globalvisionsfestival.com • Metro Cinema: Opening Night Gala: present Peace Out with filmmaker Charles Wilkinson in attendance, a night of film, music, discussion, food and drinks, Thu, Mar 1, 7pm, $18 • Festival Runs until Mar 4 check website for full schedule

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS Agnes Bugera Gallery • 12310 Jasper Ave • 780.482.2854 • agnesbugeragallery.com • GALLERY SPRING SELECTIONS: Selection of gallery artists works • Until end of Mar ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY •

10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • THINKING BIG: Unveiling public art projects; until Apr 7 • Discovery Gallery: What’s a Girl to Do? Felted hats by Edmonton artist Virginia Stephen; until Mar 24 • Women: Clay sculptures by Keith Turnbull; until Mar 24 Art Beat Gallery • 26 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.3679 • Picasso and Pinot Noir: 3rd Thu each month; $50, pre-register Art from the Streets–Red Deer • 4935-51 St • Reception: Fri, Mar 2, 6-8pm Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • Rearview Mirror: Contemporary Art from East and Central Europe; until Apr 29 • Icons of Modernism: until May 21 • BMO Work of Creativity: Method and Madness: Family-focused interactive exhibition created by Gabe Wong; until Dec 31 • RBC New Works Gallery: The Untimely Transmogrification of the Problem: Chris Millar; until Apr 29 • 5 Artists, 1 Love–A Retrospective: Black History Month art show curated

by Darren Jordan; until Mar 3 • MASS: Dara Humniski: until May 20 • VENERATOR: Contemporary Art from the AGA Collection; Feb 11–May 21 • Art School: Banff 1947: Mar 10-Jun 3 • Alberta Mistresses of the Modern: 1935-1975: Mar 10-Jun 3 • Ledcor Theatre: Curator’s Introduction: Alberta Mistresses of the Modern with Mary-Beth Laviolett; Fri, Mar 9, 6pm; $15/$10 (AGA member) • Manning Hall: One Night of Progress: Forum of speakers debating What is progress? Is progress a good thing? Thu, Mar 15, 7pm; $10/free (member) • Alberta Process Painting: Mar 3-Jun 3 • All Day Sunday: Art activities for all ages 3rd Sun each month, 12-4pm; free with admission

Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA)

• 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • Immuto: Watercolour paintings and stopmotion animations by Jennifer Wanner; Mar 1-Apr 28; opening: Mar 1, 7-9pm • Artventures: Drop-in art program for children 6-12; 1-4pm; $5 • Artist at Heart: Botanical Watercolours: Sat, Mar 10, 10am-12pm; $15, pre-register • Ageless Art: Still Life Collage: For mature adults; Thu, Mar 15, 1-3pm; $12, pre-register

Crooked Pot Gallery–Stony Plain

• 4912-51 Ave, Stony Plain • 780.963.9573 • Anticipation of Things to Come: Ceramic artworks by Barb Watchman • Mar 1-31 • Opening reception: Fri, Mar 3, 1-5pm Daffodil Gallery • 10412-124 St, 780.760.1278 • Songs on the Wall: Beatles inspired artworks by Bernadette McCormack • Reception: the artist and her husband, Andy will play some Beatles tunes at the opening: Sat, Mar 3 • Through March Enterprise Square • 10230 Jasper Ave • 780.492.5834 • museums.ualberta.ca • Cool Stuff: Presented by U of A Museums, featuring objects and artifacts related to winter, ice, snow, mountains and polar regions; until Mar 31 • Noon-Hour Series: Collecting Dinosaurs in Antarctica with Phil Currie; Mar 1 • When Meteorites Fall on Snow with Chris Herd; Mar 7 • Nature in Winter in Edmonton with John Acorn; Mar 15 • Winter Through Roman Eyes with Jeremy Rossiter; Mar 23 • Curating Cool Stuff with Jim Corrigan; Mar 29 FAB Gallery • Department of Art and Design, U of A, Rm 3-98 Fine Arts Bldg • 780.492.2081 • Automatic Ruins: Colin Lyons: MFA Printmaking • The Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada: This show covers books in eight categories (Children’s, Limited Editions, Pictorial, Poetry, Prose Fiction, Prose Non-fiction, Prose Non-fiction Illustrated, and Reference) published in 2010 • Until Mar 24 • Reception: Thu, Mar 1, 7-10pm Gallery at Milner • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl.ca/art-gallery • Postage Stamps as Messengers of Culture: Display by Anita Nawrocki (display cases) Gallerie Pava • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • Old Dogs/New Tricks: Featuring drawings by Father Douglas • Until Apr 7 • 2nd reception: Sat, Mar 3, 1-4pm; artist in attendance HAPPY HARBOR COMICS v1 • 10729104 Ave • Comics Artist-in-Residence: Paul Lavelleed available every Fri (12-6pm), and every Sat (12-5pm) until Apr 21 • Comic Jam: Improv comic art making every 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7pm • Open Door: a collective of independent comic creators, meet on the 2nd and 4th Thu each month, 7pm Harcourt House • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • harcourthouse.ab.ca • Main Space: SOUNDBURSTINGS NO.1: Gary James Joynes installation of several video projections that create a sequence of SoundBursts • Front Room: We Are In The Same Place: Paintings by Patrick Higgins • Mar 1-Apr 14 • Opening reception: Thu, Mar 1, 8-10pm; artist talk with Gary James Joynes at 7:15pm Harris-Warke Gallery–Red Deer • Sunworks Home and Garden Store, Ross St, Red Deer • 403.346.8937 • harriswarkegallery.com • Scenes from the Domestic: Ceramic works by Red Deer artist, Jenna Turner • Until Mar 24 • Reception: Fri, Mar 2, 6-8pm; part of Red Deer’s First Fridays Hub on Ross–Red Deer • 4936 Ross St, Red Deer • 403.340.4869 • hubpdd.com • Eccentric Embraces of Landscapes Expressed: Artworks by Rea Vanlie • Reception: Fri, Mar 2, 5-7pm

Jurassic Forest/Learning Centre

• 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages Jeff Allen Art Gallery • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave • 780.433.5807 • C. W. Jefferys…His Lines Made History: Artworks by C.W. Jefferys • Until Mar 28 • Reception: Mar 14, 6:308:30pm

Kiwanis Gallery–Red Deer • Red Deer

Library • Fractals Infinitum: Digital collages by Elyse Eliot-Los, digital imagery by Janice Johnson • Until Apr 29 • Reception: Fri, Mar 2, 6:30-8:30pm; Rod Stafford performing in the Snell Auditorium Latitude 53 • 10248-106 St • 780.423.5353 • latitude53.org • ProjEx Room: Anusawaree (Monuments): Works by Korapin Chaotakoongite; until Apr 7 • Main Space: Unstable Natures: Works by fifteen graduate students and recent MFA recipients from across North America, dealing with moments of rupture and change caused by mechanical instability; Mar 2-Apr 7 Loft Gallery • A. J. Ottewell Art Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.922.6324 • artstrathcona.com • Art and gifts by local artists • Mar 3-Apr 29; Sat: 10am-4pm; Sun: 12-4pm McMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St • 780.407.7152 • Pattern, form, detail: Photographs of natural and manufactured landscapes by Ronald Whitehouse • Until Apr 15

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 •

5411-51 St, Stony Plain • 780.963.9935 • Economies of Scale–Our New Agricultural Landscape: Digital works by John Freeman; until Mar 14

Musée Héritage Museum–St Albert

• 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • St Albert History Gallery: Artifacts dating back 5,000 years • Slavic ST Albert: Based on the research work of Michal Mynarz; until May 12 Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304 Jasper Ave • 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Simple equations, sticks, and mascots for dirty little cities: Paintings, sculptures by Clay Ellis; until Mar 3 • Landscape paintings and photographs by Brenda Kim Christiansen, and William Anderson; Mar 10-27; opening reception: Sat, Mar 10, 2-4pm Royal Alberta Museum • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • Narrative Quest: Until Apr 29 SCOTT GALLERY 10411-124 St • 780.488.3619 • scottgallery.com • New Work: Paintings by Mitchell Fenton • Until Mar 13

SNAP Gallery • Society Of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists.com • Gallery Exhibition: Oh... Know: Artworks by Robin Smith-Peck and Marc Siegner; until Mar 17 • Instructors' Salon: Printworks by the instructors of SNAP's 2012 education programs; until Mar 17 Strathcona County Gallery@501

• 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • strathcona.ca/artgallery • Production Pottery: Brenda Danrook and Martin Tagseth; Mar 5-Apr 29 TELUS World of Science • 11211-142 St • Discoveryland • Sport II: The science of sport; Mar 10-May 6 VAAA Gallery • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.421.1731 • Gallery A and B: ALBERTA IN A BOX: WIDE OPEN: Works by Alberta Potter’s Association • Mar 1-Apr 14 • Reception: Thu, Mar 1, 7-9:30pm West End Gallery • 12308 Jasper Ave • 780.488.4892 • Artworks by Guy Roy • Mar 10-22

LITERARY Arden Theatre • 5 St Anne Street, St Albert

• 780.459.1542 • ardentheatre.com • Poet Shane Koyczan • Fri, Mar 2, 7:30pm • Sold Out Artery • 9535 Jasper Ave • 780.441.6966 • Literary Saloon: reading series the 2nd Thu every month; Oct-May, 7pm (door) Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • CAA Writer in Residence Jannie Edwards in the store every Wed; Until Apr 25, 12-1:30pm • A Book Club Party: The Hunger Games, with co-hosts of CTV Morning Live, Dez Malenka and Melissa Dominelli; Fri, Mar 9, 7-9pm Blue Chair Café • 9624-76 Ave • 780.469.8755 • Story Slam: 2nd Wed each month Culina at the Muttart • 9626-96A St • Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution; launch of Jennifer CockrallKing's new book; Sun, Mar 4, 2:30-4:30pm EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912 82 Ave • olivereadingseries.wordpress.com • The Olive Reading Series presents a special event: Erín Moure launches her newest poetry The Unmentionable • Thu, Mar 1, 6:30-9pm Freedom to Read Week • Law Centre

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231/237, U of A • A discussion with Paula Simons and Greg Hollingshead • Thu, Mar 1, 7pm; free, pre-register at Eventbrite (eventbrite.com) 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 Haven Social Club • 15120 Stony Plain Rd • 780.915.8869 • edmontonstoryslam. com/schedule.html • Edmonton Story Slam followed by a music jam; no minors; 7pm (sign-up), 7:30pm (show), 3rd Wed of every month Riverdale • 9917-87 St • Creative Word Jam • Every 3rd Sun of the month, 6-10pm • facebook.com/group.php?gid=264777964410 E: creative.word.jam@gmail.com Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Poets Against Apartheid–A Night of Rouge Poetry; in collaboration with the Breath in Poetry Collective; Tue, Mar 6, 9-11pm; part of Israeli Apartheid Week • Poetic Injustice: A night of poetry with Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi; Tue, Mar 13, 9-11pm; psnedmonton.ca T.A.L.E.S. STORY CAFÉ SERIES • Rosie’s Bar, 10475-80 Ave • 780.932.4409 • talesstorytelling.com • 1st Thu each month, open mic opportunity • Until Jun, 7-9pm • $6 (min) • $6 minimum cover • Don’t Press Your Luck; open mic opportunity • Mar 1, 7-9pm • $6 minimum cover T.A.L.E.S.–STRATHCONA • New Strathcona Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.400.3547 • Monthly Tellaround: 4th Wed each month 7pm • Free T.A.L.E.S. TELLAROUND • Bogani Café, 2023-111 St • Come to share a story, or just come to listen; hosted by Dawn Blue • Wed, Mar 14, 7-9pm; free; 2nd Wed each month

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• Art Gallery of Alberta, Ledcor Theatre, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • ecn.ab.ca/~tales/ Events.html • TALES From the Woods: Featuring Sarah Harder-Tessier (Youth Teller), Renée Englot, Don George, Amanda Woodward, Wendy Edey, Patrick Pierse, Marie Anne McLean • Sun, Mar 18, 2-3:30pm • $10 (adult)/$5 (child)/free (under 4) Upper Crust Café • 10909-86 Ave • 780.422.8174 • strollofpoets.com • The Poets’ Haven Weekly Reading Series: every Mon, 7pm presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5 WunderBar on Whyte • 8120-101 St • 780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors

THEATRE Annie Get Your Gun • Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • Sherard Musical Theatre • A fictional version of Annie Oakley, America’s greatest sharpshooter, and her romantic, tempestuous relationship with Frank Butler. Music by Irving Berlin • Mar 1-2 • $23 (adult)/$20 (student/senior/ matinees) Back To The '80s...The Totally Awesome Musical • Bailey Thea-

tre–Camrose • Presented by About Time Productions • Mar 2-3, 9, 7:30pm; Mar 4, 11, 2pm; Mar 10, 6pm (dinner theatre, balcony seating available) • $16 (adult)/$10 (child)/$13 (student/senior) /$40 (dinner theatre); Nightly prizes for best ‘80s costume BOEING, BOEING • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Bernard, a successful American architect living in a posh Paris apartment, has been deftly juggling three fiancées who are all flight attendants. But his supersonic lifestyle hits turbulence when his old college friend visits and each of his three fiancées change their flight schedule • Until Apr 8 Chimprov • Varscona Theatre, 1032983 Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • First three Sat every month, 11pm, until Jul • $10/$5 (high school student)/$8 (RFT member at the door only) DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • die-nasty.com • The live improvised soap opera featuring improvisors Dana Andersen, Matt Alden, Leona Brausen, Peter Brown, Belinda Cornish, Tom Edwards, Jeff Haslam, Kory Mathewson, Mark Meer, Sheri Somerville, Davina Stewart, Stephanie Wolfe, and Donovan Workun • Every Mon, until May, 7:30pm (subject to change) • Tickets at the box office Eight Arms to Hold You • Sacred Heart School, 4419 52 Ave, Wetaskiwin • 780.352.8383 • wetaskiwintheatresociety.com • Waterworks Theatre • By Ken Mastel • A musical comedy about the rise of the Beatles and the chaos they create amongst their fans before their debut on the Ed Sullivan show •

Mar 2-4, 9-11, Fri-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm • $15

Expanse Dance Festival • TransAlta

Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • 780.409.1910 • fringetheatre.ca • azimuththeatre.com • Arts At The Barns: Azimuth Theatre presents this movement arts festival featuring dance, physical theatre, circus arts, performance art with local, national and international dance and body based performance artists • Mar 8-11 • Tickets at Fringe Theatre Box Office Fool for Love • Varscona Theatre, 1032983 Ave • 780.434.5564 • shadowtheatre.org • Shadow Theatre • By Sam Shepard. In an abandoned motel Eddie and May play out their tainted romance, co-production with Calgary's SAGe Theatre, starring Shaun Johnston • Until Mar 4, 7:30pm, 2pm mat • $15 (previews); FriSat night: $26/$23 (student/senior); Tue-Thu, Sun mat: $22/$20 (student/senior) God of Carnage • Citadel Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • 780.428.2117 • citadeltheatre. com • Mainstage Series: By Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, directed by James MacDonald, starring Fiona Reid. This comedy introduces us to two sets of parents who meet after their sons have a fight at school. An encounter that seems good-natured at first swiftly digresses into hilariously bad manners and complete comedic chaos • Mar 10-Apr 1 The Great Mountain • Arden Theatre, 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1542 • Red Sky Performance • Sun, Mar 4, 2pm • $18 (kids)/$20 (adult) at TicketMaster, Arden box office Hey Ladies! • Roxy, 10708-124 St, various other venues throughout Edmonton • 780.453.2440 • attheroxy.com • Theatre Network • The Roxy Performance Series: starring Davina Stewart, Cathleen Rootsaert, Leona Brausen • Fri, Mar 2 • Tickets at Theatre Network’s box office, 780.453.2440

Jump for Glee • Jubilations Dinner Thea-

tre, 2690, 8882-170 St, Phase II WEM Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • jubilations.ca • It is time to put on a great show. Unfortunately, there are transportation problems and only six people from William Mackenzie King High can make it to the event • Until Apr 1 LE PORTRAIT GOOBLE • 780.469.8400 • lunitheatre.ca • L'UniThéâtre (School Tour) • By Jon Lachlan Stewart • Production of Théâtre la Seizième (Vancouver) • Touring: Mar 13-23, Apr 10-27 Mostly Water • Roxy, 10708-124 St, and other venues • 780.453.2440 • attheroxy.com • Theatre Network • The Roxy Performance Series: Written by and starring Craig Buchert, Elizabeth Ludwig, Jason Ludwig, Matt Stanton, and Trent Wilkie • The show melds stage and video comedy sketches with musical performances by some of Edmonton's greatest acts • Fri-Sat, Mar 9-10 • Tickets at Theatre Network’s box office OH SUSANNA! • Varscona Theatre • 1032983 Ave • 780.433.3399 • varsconatheatre.com/ ohsusanna • The Euro-style variety spectacle with Susanna Patchouli and her divine cohost Eros, God of Love! Laughs! Music! Cocktails! • Runs the last Sat each month, until Jul, 11pm (subject to occasional change) One Good Marriage • Living Room Playhouse/Azimuth Theatre, 11315-106 Ave • Rabid Marmot Productions dark comedy by Sean Reycraft, directed by Nicholas Mather; stars Nathan Coppens and Kate Jestadt • Mar 1-4 • $20 each and can be purchased at the door or through Tix on the Square

RACE • Catalyst Theatre, 8529 Gateway Boulevard • theatre-yes.ca • Theatre Yes • By David Mamet • A provocative new tale of sex, guilt and accusation. Two lawyers find themselves defending a wealthy white executive charged with raping a black woman. When a new legal assistant gets involved in the case, the opinions that boil beneath explode to the surface • Until Mar 11, 8pm; 2pm on Saturdays • $26 at TIX on The Square, door Red • Citadel Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • 780.428.2117 • citadeltheatre.com • Mainstage Series: By John Logan, directed by Kim Collier. New York in the late 50s – famous abstract painter Mark Rothko has been commissioned to create a series of murals at an upscale restaurant. Is Rothko selling out? Or is this his chance to reach the commercial audience he despises? • Until Mar 4 Spring Fling • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235101 St • attheroxy.com • Theatre Network's annual fundraiser: an evening of entertainment, fine dining, and lavish shopping • Mar 15 TheatreSports • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv runs every Fri, until Jul, 11pm (subject to occasional change) • $10/$8 (member) WildFire Festival • Westbury Theatre TransAlta ArtsBarns • rapidfiretheatre.com • Canadian Improv Games Alberta Regionals created by the marriage of two improv tournaments: The Canadian Improv Games (more info available at www.improv.ca) and Rapid Fire Theatre’s own Nosebowl Tournament and The WildFire: Junior Teams from across Alberta • Until Mar 3, 7pm • $11.50 (adult adv)/$6 (high school student adv) at TIX on the Square

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PREVUE // MODERN POP

An embarrassing success

Islands' Nick Thorburn feels good about vulnerable new album Mon, Mar 5 (7 pm & 10 pm) Islands Haven Social Club, $18

is tough, so financially we were under a little bit of a deadline, and it worked in our favour. We definitely had to be economical about recording. I think it serviced the songs way better than if we'd had months to just lavishly

ick Thorburn picks his words carefully, pausing mid-sentence to choose the exact meaning he's after, and not needlessly misplace a syllable in a torrent of talking. Rather than the quick outpour of words that often accompanies discussion of a new album, Thorburn lets his thoughts trickle out carefully, evaluating them for their proper worth, then discarding or placing each with a measure of consideration behind it. He's probably wise to be cautious with his words: after three albums of the modern, witty pop music that Islands has made its namesake, Thornburn somewhat stripped down his sound for A Sleep & A Forgetting, a bittersweet album that might be the most earnest LP he's ever released. "It is personal," he says, before taking a pause. "Not sure what to say that would illuminate that more. It's just a very personal, direct, earnest attempt to just convey the truest feelings possible, without any sort of flourish." "The concept was spurred on by a breakup," he continues. "But it had sort of been building for awhile, the

Y'know, times is tough, so financially we were under a little bit of a deadline, and it worked in our favour. We definitely had to be economical about recording.

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tone of the record, and the theme, and even on a production level, making a really stripped down, stark sounding record. I think i'd been wanting to try to get to the heart of what it is I do. Y'know: write songs with some potentially emotional resonance that

can connect with people." A Sleep was recorded at a pace: one two-week stretch, made with hardly any overdubs to speak of. Thorburn notes that recording at that speed was done partly due to the costs, but

it helped the production match the stripped-down nature of the songs. "The production quality and technique needed to have the same attitude, which is this really stark sounding, immediate, direct and earnest quality to it," he says. "Y'know, times

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tweak the minutae." Setting his vulnerability to tape doesn't seem to sit completely comfortably with Thorburn, though he's by no means regretting the album's release. "It was a weight lifted, I guess. There was a certain cathartic element to the making of that record. It's a little embarrassing. I think that's a testament to its success, though, that I feel embarrassed by it." Paul Blinov

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Poor Young Things At Home

On the Road

Morning

Yukon Blonde, Yukon Blonde What's better than waking up with a nice cup of coffee and some reverb soaked guitar and vocals? "Rather Be With You" starts off easily enough, but by the time "Brides Song" hits, you're wide awake and ready to rock 'n' roll. That's definitley one of the catchiest riffs around.

Sloan, Navy Blues One of my personal favourite bands to come out of Canada is Sloan. I find it wonderful that all four guys can write and sing their own songs, and yet it can still feel like an album and not just random songs. "She Says What She Means" blasts in, and it just snowballs from there. Great Canadian rock 'n' roll album. Perfect for listening to in the car just as the sun comes up.

Noon

Arkells, Jackson Square I know for a fact that we have listened to this record so many times in our living room that we have worn the vinyl out. There is so much energy in the album it's almost infectious. "Oh the Boss is Coming!" and "The Ballad of Hugo Chavez" are proof of this. Max Kerman and the rest of the boys show you they know how to rock, and that they will certainly be [doing so] for a long time. They're not that young either

Noon

Sam Roberts Band, Collider It is as if this man cannot write a bad tune. Every song he pens is great. Both musically and lyrically. Perfect when the car ride is in full swing. It's almost impossible to not sing along to "Without a Map" or "The Last Crusade." Sam Roberts Band is definitely a band we look up to. Collider is a perfect midday pick-me-up.

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fter pulling up stakes in Thunder Bay and moving to Toronto, Poor Young Things found itself in the midst of some very favourable luck. After

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recording an EP with Jon Drew—who produced Fucked Up, Tokyo Police Club, Arkells—called Let it Sleep, the band had a record deal and is about to hit the road with the Trews. Bassist Scott Burke soundtracked the band's life for Vue Weekly.

Band of Horses, Infinite Arms Infinite Arms is one of the more amazing albums to come out in 2010. Ben Bridwell's voice is so recognizable, but it also has a soothing quality about it which makes it the perfect album to listen to at night. You can almost close your eyes and envision the album cover, with the night skyline and the stars above. Just a gem of an album.

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Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Cardinology My favourite Ryan Adams album. It's the perfect mix of singersongwriter and an amazing backing band. The songs have emotion and edge. It is a calming album, but it won't put you to sleep, which is a must when on the road. Favourites include but are not limited to: "Fix it," "Cobwebs," "Evergreen," "Magick."

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Changing sound

Rae Spoon goes further into electro

PREVUE // FREE WAVE

Cygnets don't want your money New wave trio just wants to get its music out to its fans Sat, Mar 3 (8 pm) Cygnets Pawn Shop

I can see you've played knifey-spoony before

Fri, Mar 2 (8 pm) Rae Spoon The Artery, $10

fter dabbling in electronics and synths on the previous couple albums, Rae Spoon's latest, I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets, dives straight into it. Vue spoke with Spoon by email about the recording of the album, which distances Spoon from the songwriter's origins in folk. Vue Weekly: How long did it take to make I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording? Rae Spoon: I wrote "Ice Caps" four years ago and the other nine songs came together in five months before they were recorded. VW: When you were writing the songs,

did you come at them in a particular way? Lyrics first? Music first? RS: I wrote a couple of the songs on guitar. Most of them started out with a programmed beat or synth line and then I built the lyrics on top of them. What were the recording sessions like for this album? You collaborated with Lynne T and Alexandre Decoupigny on beats. Would you tell us about that? RS: A lot of the programming was done in MontrĂŠal. Lynne and I both worked on beats there and Alex worked on them in Berlin. The guitars, vocals and bass parts were recorded in Calgary last July with Lorrie Matheson. I gave Alex and Lynne more melodic demos of the songs and they both built the beats they programmed around them. It was really nice to work with both of them. They both brought very different sounds to the project. VW:

VW:

Were there any other songs writ-

ten that were left off the album? Yes. I wrote one song and then decided it pulled the album too much towards the folk genre that I was working hard to distance myself from. I usually bring a group of songs to the studio and pull the song that seems to be contributing the least to the overall theme. RS:

How did you decide which songs to include on the album? Did you have an idea of what you wanted I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along? RS: For this record the theme was conscious from the beginning. I wanted to write about grief and I wrote all of the songs about a very specific time in my life. It was a very quick process because I had been bottling up a lot of the ideas for some time. VW:

he fact that music isn't always free is the weird thing to me," says Cygnets frontman Logan Turner. The Edmonton-based new-wave trio has bucked the "get rich and famous" focus of the industry and maintains a strong stance that music should be available to the masses. For Turner, music has never been a commodity and he stands by it as art first and foremost. "I just want it to be heard by people, which is the main concern," says Turner, who pens the majority of the group's songs. Cygnets has gathered a growing number of fans due to its music being easily accessible online and in hard copy. The band leaves the amount of monetary contributions, often through the form of donations, up to its fans. Despite the members' good intentions, Cygnets has been met with some resistance to this approach, often from other artists who feel the band is devaluing the industry. "Some people call us geniuses, some people call us assholes," says Chris Bruce, who takes on bass, guitar and vocals for the group.

Cygnets went for intriguing but not ridiculously weird on its new record

This barrier-free approach continues with Cygnets' latest album Dark Days, which the band will be giving away at its upcoming CD release party. On the record, Cygnets has blended together a mix of synthesizers, guitar and vocals that garners frequent references to Depeche Mode and the music scene in 1980s London. The subject matter leans towards a darker perspective, but is juxtaposed with infectious, danceable beats. "Darker lyrics and subject matter can sometimes be more alluring than shimmery pop," says synth player Dan Snow, who also writes some of the band's songs. This dark theme has been consistent

throughout Cygnets' earlier works, but this time around the members feel they had a better handle on a diverse group of songs. "We do all of the recordings ourselves, so in the studio we've tried to do textures we wouldn't have thought of otherwise and strange things like running keyboards through guitar pedals," Turner says. "Guitar and synthesizer, that's been done," Bruce adds. "We wanted to find sounds that made them still intriguing, still interesting to us. Not ridiculously weird, but a step up, I would say." Meaghan Baxter

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You tapped Lorrie Matheson to co-produce. What drew you to him and what did he bring to the sessions? RS: I've made my last three albums with Lorrie Matheson. He's a great producer and he can make anyone sound better than they are. I think he has a great sense of how to record acoustic instruments. My singing is very central to my sound and he has made sure that I didn't lose that element even when I was exploring new genres. VW:

If you were to trace the musical map that led you to I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets, what would it look like? RS: The map to writing this album traces the effort to find answers outside of myself in many different countries. In the end I realized the places that I was looking were inside of my memories. It was a matter of sitting still and exploring them. VW:

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WAR STORIES

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aving spent time with both the Watchmen and Thornley before embarking on a solo career, Ken Tizzard knows touring—and he knows how to do it the easy way and the hard way. Turns out he also knows how to do it the really hard way as he relates in this war story: Long before the luxury of touring with the Watchmen and Thornley, I toured Russia in 1993 with a band called Growl. For five weeks I travelled and played music in some of the oddest situations I have ever encountered. We discovered shortly after we arrived in Moscow that we had landed at a time of terrible political upheaval. The Russian president was in a standoff with the Russian parliament and military force was used on all levels. Curfews were imposed, shows were moved to 6 pm starts. Police, mafia and the military operated under their own rules, the White House in Moscow was bombed and all hell was breaking loose ... and we were an art-rock folk band from Toronto. The first night we stayed in an apartment occupied by a family of five. It was a tiny one-bedroom and most of us slept on the floor in the living room. I went into the kitchen for a late-night cigarette and when I turned on the light the walls went from dingy brown to dingy beige as the cockroaches scattered behind the countertops. Minutes later, our

soundman came out to join me, after being woken by a sensation of crawling bugs. As he entered the kitchen he scratched his nose and pulled out a cockroach that had been looking for a warm place to sleep. The next day we hired a public bus to take our gear and us to the first gig. By "hired," I mean our translator flagged a bus from its route and paid a small sum of American cash to get us where we were going. I can't remember if the driver kicked people off, but he did take us exactly where we had to go with no other stops.

In Volgograd I gave a new friend named Hardman $10 to get some weed. He showed up later with a brick-sized block of marijuana wrapped in newspaper. We took what we could safely carry and left the rest for him. We travelled throughout Russia by train. Each had a dining car, which only served coffee and soup. We bought hard-boiled eggs, so overcooked that the yolks were black, from locals on the platforms when we stopped along our way. The only bathrooms were small closets with

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As he entered the kitchen he scratched his nose and pulled out a cockroach that had been looking for a warm place to sleep.

There was a great turnout for the show, but at the end of the night the promoter informed us that nobody had attended so no payment was in order. Upon contradicting him, a handgun was produced and we all agreed that we had played to an empty room. Later that evening we found ourselves in a biker bar called Sexton, run by the Moscow Night Wolves MC. This was the first ever rock club in Russia and we set up our equipment for a late night of music. We drank green vodka with the proprietors and were immediately taken in by the club. For the rest of our trip, a biker met us at most train stations and we got paid for all other shows.

a handrail and a hole in the floor. On the three-day trip from St Petersburg to Volgograd we had a train car conductor who would turn off the lights and power to the cars at 8 pm and proceed to blast the Russian national anthem at 6 am through the intercom. Looking back, the tour showed me more about my place in the world than I could have possibly imagined at the time. The people were fantastic, the gigs were strange and wonderful, the guns, violence and political chaos were truly upsetting. The lack of hot water, running water, electricity, ice and accessibility to food was awakening. These gigs were some of the best of my life.

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NEWSOUNDS THU MARCH 1

TROY SNATERSE NO RIVER, WORST DAYS DOWN AND BEN OLSON

FRI MARCH 2

SAMANDRIEL VIATHYN, PEARL RECKLESS AND GUARDIANS OF POWER SAT MARCH 3

CYGNETS

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RANDY GRAVES VALLEY, DUSTY TUCKER AND FIGHT FAIR

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Tonetta Dominate EP (Independent)  Praise to the information superhighway: Tonetta's been recording music by himself for three decades and is finally gaining some fandom after starting to share his songs online, posting an endless stream of them as utterly bizarre YouTube videos that see him dancing along to his own songs while dressed in drag, blood, blank masks or almost nothing at all. under the crackle of lo-fi home recording equipment, over repetitive beats and minimal guitar work, Tonetta sings songs mostly about deviant sex—"When's the last time you had a fuck? I mean a really, really, really good fuck?" goes opener "Dominate," and that's honestly one of the tamer statements you'll find—but it's so indelibly werid and singular it qualifies as must hear for its curio factor alone. That said, this Internet-only five song EP seems simply par for the course; you'd get just as much out of starting on one of his early collections releases or youtubing his name.

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A four-song cassette that plays out like ripples on a nighttime sea, Dark Water Vajra is a gorgeously crafted bedroom opus. Josh Bay submerges found sounds in a cocoon of bowed guitars and gentle percussion; "Dark Water, Pt 1" and "Pt 2" let a few shreds of vocal samples rise and fall in the India-influenced mix, while "In a Bramble" propels itself with a simple, repeating bass line that does all the song's heavy lifting—around it are only subtle variations in sound or texture, but those seem to be enough. Vajra is minimal, but engrossing: it creates the sort of warm, strangely familiar comfort sounds that you can simply drift away within.

Big, weird production, off-kilter raps and a hook girl who delivers oversexed lines like "I think you're freaky and I like you a lot" with a splay of innocence—To say Die Antwoord has carved out a brazen, bizarro niche for itself is an understatement in the same league as claiming cat videos are sort of popular these days. But the South African outfit's Internet-made conquest of a few years back was on a pretty simple blueprint (everything mentioned in the first sentence of this review, plus compellingly odd videos), and on Ten$ion, the group keeps following the same pattern with diminishing results. Two albums in, it gets a bit grating. Opening with a sort of tribal dubstep wank "Never Le Nkemise," featuring lines of the depth of, "You won't survive / 'Cause I'm a motherfuckin' ninja," it more or less keeps up that pace. It's the lack of any sort of growth—in weirder directions, in more mainstream directions, anything—that makes the album feel hollow. Ten$ion barely even tries to create any.

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Known Moons Dark Water Vajra (Independent) 

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Tennis Young & Old (Fat Possum)

The Lucky Ones Heartbreak Hangovers & Punk Rock (Stumble)

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This trio's sophomore release, which had some help in the production department by Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, is a collection of laid-back, breezy, indie-pop tracks that feel like they were plucked from the '60s. This vintage vibe is made even more prevalent thanks to lead singer Alaina Moore's echoey vocals. Young & Old hangs onto the beachy feel of Tennis's debut album, Cape Dory, but the lyrics, which at times can be a little rhyme-heavy, delve a bit deeper, as heard on tracks like "It All Feels the Same" and "Petition." Overall, a good listen if you're in the mood for something to mellow out to.

The Lucky Ones aren't going to be so lucky with this album. The instrumental aspect of Heartbreak Hangovers & Punk Rock starts off as a commendable effort, but by about midway through the album, what started as solid punk beats become interchangeable and it's hard to separate one track from the next. While the band has a decent musical sound, albeit repetitive, the lyrics do little to help its cause. The majority of tracks are laden with punk cliches, peppered with gratuitous expletives, sticking it to whoever pissed them off and an excessive amount of booze. We get it, you're hardcore.

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Paper Beat Scissors Paper Beat Scissors (Forward Music Group)  The debut album for relocated Brit Time Crabtree, the mastermind behind Paper Beat Scissors, blends an intricate mix of instrumentals from standard keyboards, guitars and percussion to horn and string arrangements. The self-titled album was mixed by Jeremy Gara of Arcade Fire and this influence is prevalent throughout. The instrumental arrangements, which range from uptempo to melancholy, are truly the highlight of the album. The collaboration of sounds is expertly mixed and creates an overall cohesiveness to the ambient, folk-style disc, though Crabtree's distinct vocal stylings are best kept for the softer sections of the songs. Meaghan Baxter

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In one way, "So Good" might just be terribly mistimed: its sunshine chorus seems more suited for the season of topdown cars and warm, late nights, not a mid-winter release. But its lyrical blandness—about globe-trottin' to impress the universal she he's singing to—would deflate the endless summer vibe no matter the season. BRYAN BIRTLES // BRYAN@vueweekly.com

Rich Aucoin First album

Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin I

First concert

"Weird Al" Yankovic, Alapalooza Tour, Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax

Last album

Grimes, Visions

Last concert

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Preservation Hall, New Orleans Wed, Mar 7 (8 pm) Starlite Room,

Favourite album

Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon

ich Aucoin's debut full-length—last year's We're All Dying to Live—had over 500 guest musicians on it. At the release party, 80 people joined him onstage. Aucoin likely won't be as ambitious as that when he rolls into our town, but you gotta think he's got something up his sleeve. Here he gives Vue a bit of his musical history.

Musical guilty pleasure

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THU MAR 1 Accent European Lounge Carrie Day (adult contemporary); 9:30pm11:30pm; no minors; no cover Artery Union Art House Party and NextGen Social: Mitchmatic, Sugar Glider, Jill Pollock; 7pm Blues on Whyte Sonny Rhodes Brittanys Lounge Kenny Hillaby hosts a jazz session night every Thu with Shadow Dancers, Maura and Jeanelle; no cover Café Haven Rhys Berlin live; 7pm; no cover CARROT Café Zoomers Thu afternoon open mic; 1-4pm Cha Island Tea Co Live on the Island: Rhea March hosts open mic and Songwriter's stage; starts with a jam session; 7pm Cook County Saloon Shane Yellowbird, Stacey McKitrick; $10 Druid Irish Pub DJ every Thu at 9pm J R Bar and Grill Live Jam Thu; 9pm Jeffrey's Café Where's Lula; 8pm; $10 (door) L.B.'s Pub Open jam with Kenny Skoreyko, Fred LaRose and Gordy Mathews (Shaved Posse) every Thu; 9pm-1am Lit Italian Wine Bar Tiff Hall Marybeth's Coffee House–Beaumont Open mic every Thu; 7pm New City Legion Bingo is Back every Thu starting 9pm; followed by Behind The Red Door at 10:30pm; no minors; no cover New West Hotel Early: Canadian Country Hall of Fame Guest host Bev Munro; Late: Jess Lee NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House Every Thursday Night: Nick Martin; 10pm NOLA Marco Claveria, 6-9pm NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu Pawn Shop Troy Snaterse, No River, Worst Days Down, Ben Olson; 8pm

soul, blues with Stu Chel; Main Floor: Soul/reggae/ punk/funk/junk with DJ Jaime Del Norte; Wooftop Lounge: Various musical flavas including funk, indie dance/nu disco, breaks, drum and bass and house with DJ Gundam Brixx Radio Brixx Century Room Lucky 7: Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close Chrome Lounge 123 Ko every Thu

CASINO EDMONTON Jetstar CASINO YELLOWHEAD Shannon Smith Century Casino Leroy Van Dyke and Bobby Bare; 8pm; tickets at Ticketmaster.ca Coast to Coast Open stage every Fri; 9:30pm Devaney's Irish pub Stan Gallant Dow–Shell Theatre–Fort Saskatchewan Jazz Me Away: Thea Neumann and Clint Pelletier, Jesse Peters Trio; 7:30pm; $29.50 (adult)/$27.50 (senior/ youth)/$5.00 eyeGO)

THE Common So Necessary: Hip hop, classic hip hop, funk, soul, r&b, '80s, oldies and everything in between with Sonny Grimezz, Shortround, Twist every Thu

DV8 Cheap Date, guests; 9pm

Crown Pub Break Down Thu at the Crown: D&B with DJ Kaplmplx, DJ Atomik with guests

FRESH START BISTRO Carrie Day and Lindsay Woolgar; all ages; 7-10pm; $10

Druid Irish Pub DJ every Thu; 9pm

Good Neighbor Pub T.K. and the Honey Badgers every friday; 8:30-midnight; no cover

electric rodeo–Spruce Grove DJ every Thu FILTHY McNASTY’S Something Diffrent every Thursday with DJ Ryan Kill FLASH Night Club Indust:real Assembly: Goth and Industrial Night with DJ Nanuck; no minors; 10pm (door); no cover FLUID LOUNGE Take Over Thursdays: Industry Night; 9pm FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Requests every Thu with DJ Damian HALO Fo Sho: every Thu with Allout DJs DJ Degree, Junior Brown HILLTOP PUB The Sinder Sparks Show; every Thu and Fri; 9:30pm-close KAS BAR Urban House: every Thu with DJ Mark Stevens; 9pm Level 2 lounge Funk Bunker Thursdays Lucky 13 Sin Thu with DJ Mike Tomas On The Rocks Salsaholic: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; salsa DJ to follow Overtime–Downtown Thursdays at Eleven: Electronic Techno and Dub Step rendezvous Metal night every Thu Taphouse–St Albert Eclectic mix every Thu with DJ Dusty Grooves Union Hall 3 Four All Thursdays: rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pm-close

Jeffrey's Café Billie Zizi and the Gypsy Jive Eclectic gypsy jazz, like you've never heard before; $15 Jekyll and Hyde Pub Headwind (classic pop/ rock); every Fri; 9pm; no cover L.B.'s The Willin Villians; 9:30pm-2am Lizard Lounge Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover NEW CITY March Madness: Send In The Girls Burlesque, Garter Girls Burlesque, Travesty Tryst, Alibastre Albright, Letabby Lexington, Coco Lala, hosted by Lindsay Walker; no minors; $15 (door) New West Hotel Jess Lee NOLA Early Show: Marco Claveria, 6-9pm; Late show: Brian McLeod and the Good Vibe Ensemble, 9pm On the Rocks Mourning Wood PAWN SHOP Samandriel, Viathyn, Pearl Reckless, Guardians of Power; 8pm Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am Rose and Crown Neil Macdonald Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Lyle Hobbs

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

Richards Bar Live R&B bands (dancing

Bistro La Persaud Bistro Blues: every Friday Night hosted by The Dr Blu Band; 8pm (music)

Wunderbar Molten Lava, City Of Champions; 8pm

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

Classical Winspear Behind the Silver Screen: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, William Eddins (conductor), Ashu (sax); 8pm; $20-$75

DJs Black dog Freehouse Underdog: Underdog Sound Revue: garage,

Blues on Whyte Sonny Rhodes Bo Diddly's Roadhouse West Friday Night Dance Party: The Dangerous Guise (soul, r&B, funk, blues rock); 8-12; no cover bohemia March of Lions featuring Psyle (psytrance), Mangladesh (techno/house), Diggeridon't (electronic), Kundalini Rising (progressive/psytrance), Martian Static (psytrance); 9pm; no minors; $10 (door) Brixx bar Early Show: Beerbelly, The Civil Suits, 7pm (door); Late show: followed at 10pm by Options CARROT Live music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)

The Common NRMLS WLCM: All Vinyl No Requests; 9pm The Druid Irish Pub DJ every Fri; 9pm electric rodeo–Spruce Grove DJ every Fri FILTHY McNASTY'S Shake yo ass every Fri with DJ SAWG FLUID LOUNGE Hip hop and dancehall; every Fri Funky Buddha–Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro with DJ Damian; every Fri HILLTOP PUB The Sinder Sparks Show; every Thu and Fri; 9:30pm-close

Newcastle Pub House, dance mix every Fri with DJ Donovan

Artery Rae Spoon with Matthew Lindholm (album release tour); 8pm

Starlite Room Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, guest; no minors; 8pm (door); $16 at Prime Box Office, Blackbyrd, Unionevents. com

CHROME LOUNGE Platinum VIP every Fri

Irish Club Jam session every Fri; 8pm; no cover

FRI MAR 2

Sherlock Holmes– WEM Tony Dizon

Buffalo Underground R U Aware Friday: Featuring Neon Nights

junction bar and eatery LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm

Ric’s Grill Peter Belec (jazz); most Thursdays; 7-10pm

Blue Chair Café David Gogo; 8:30pm; $20

BUDDY’S DJ Arrow Chaser every Fri; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm

Haven Social Club Ken Tizzard, Bad Intent, No Sinner, The Greys; no minors; 8pm (door); $12 (adv at Blackbyrd)

Sherlock Holmes– WEM Tony Dizon

Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Lyle Hobbs

BRIXX BAR Options with Greg Gory and Eddie Lunchpail; every Fri

Yardbird Suite Canadian Jazz Series: Chet Doxas Quartet (Montreal); 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest)

Classical Winspear Late Night Hollywood: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; $20-$40

DJs BAR-B-BAR DJ James; every Fri; 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 Boneyard Ale House The Rock Mash-up: DJ NAK spins videos every Fri; 9pm; no cover

Overtime–Downtown Fridays at Eleven: Rock hip hop, country, top forty, techno Rednex–Morinville DJ Gravy from the Source 98.5 every Fri RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri Richards Bar Fri and Sat Nights DJ (dancing) Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Fuzzion Friday: with Crewshtopher, Tyler M, guests; no cover Suede Lounge Juicy DJ spins every Fri Suite 69 Every Fri Sat with DJ Randall-A Treasury In Style Fri: DJ Tyco and Ernest Ledi; no line no cover for ladies all night long Union Hall Ladies Night every Fri Vinyl Dance Lounge Connected Las Vegas Fridays Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

CASINO EDMONTON Jetstar CASINO YELLOWHEAD Shannon Smith Coast to Coast Live bands every Sat; 9:30pm Crown Pub Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, every Sat, 2-6pm; every Sat, 12-2am Devaney's Irish pub Stan Gallant THE DISH NEK Trio (jazz); every Sat, 6pm DV 8 Tavern A Bunch Of Marys; 9pm Eddie Shorts Presents Better Us Than Strangers with Danarchist; 9pm Electric Rodeo–Spruce Grove Early Show: Duane Steele (Me & My Guitar solo acoustic show), 8pm; $10 (door); DJ and dancing to follow Expressionz Café Open stage for original songs, hosted by Karyn Sterling and Randall Walsh; 2-5pm; admission by donation Festival Place Compadres (James Keelaghan and Oscar Lopez); 7:30pm; $40 (table)/$38 (box)/$36 (theatre) Filthy's Free Elliott, Nadine Kellman; 4pm; no cover Haven Social Club Karl Andriuk, guests (folk); 8pm (door); $10 (adv) at Blackbyrd HillTop Pub Sat afternoon roots jam with Pascal, Simon and Dan, 3:306:30pm; evening Hooliganz Live music every Sat Iron Boar Pub Jazz in Wetaskiwin featuring jazz trios the 1st Sat each month; $10 Jeffrey's Café Bruce and Lori Mohacsy (jazz); $10 l.b.'s pub Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends; 5-9pm NEW CITY Send in the Girls Burlesque , Garter Girls Burlesque, Travesty Tryst, Alibastre Albright, Letabby Lexington, Coco Lala, hosted by Lindsay Walker; no minors; $15 (door) New West Hotel Country jam every Sat, 3-6pm; Late Show: Jess Lee NOLA Early Show: Marco Claveria, 6-9pm; Late Show: Harpdog Brown, 9pm

SAT MAR 3

Noorish Kirtan with Shakti Deva; 7pm; $20 at Blackbyrd

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

O’byrne’s Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm

ALE YARD TAP The Party Hog; 9:30pm Avenue Theatre The Fallacy, Take the Earth Beneath Us, Great White Shark Fight; 6pm Black Dog Freehouse Hair of the Dog: The Collective West (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover Blue Chair Café David Gogo; 8:30pm; $20 Blues on Whyte Every Sat afternoon: Jam; Late show: Sonny Rhodes bohemia Welcome the Extra-Terrestrial featuring live painting by Mesmorado and Lady Love, music by Ras Bee (conscience hip hop/rap), Ignotus (thrash dub), DJ Alchemy (electro-house), Lazy Monk (irie serenity dub), Zac Attack (breaks/ glitch hop); 8pm; no minors; $5 (door) Brittany's Lounge La Luna De Santiago (Latin fusion); 8pm; $5 (door) Brixx Canyon Rose Outfit, Grain, Cloud Seekers; 9pm

On the Rocks Train Wreck Pawn Shop Transmission Presents: Cygnets (Dark Days release party), 7pm, free; Samandriel, Viathyn, Pearl Reckless, Guardians of Power, 8pm, $10 (adv) at Blackbyrd Queen Alexandra Hall Northern Lights Folk Club: Eileen Laverty, Steve Palmer; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $18 (adv at TIX on the Square, Acoustic Music, Myhre's)/$22 (door) Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am River Cree–The Venue Boz Scaggs; $59.50 Rose and Crown Neil Macdonald Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Lyle Hobbs Sherlock Holmes– WEM Tony Dizon Sideliners Pub Sat open stage; 3-7pm The Studio Music Foundation Dissonance and Practical Slacker; 9pm Wunderbar Cornshed,

VUEWEEKLY MAR 1 – MAR 7, 2012

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Bitterweed Draw, Em Young, Billie Zizi; 9pm Yardbird Suite The Best Of Alberta: A/B Trio; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $14 (member)/$18 (guest)

Classical Convocation Hall Kilburn Memorial Concert Series: Visiting Quartet in Residence: Afiara Quartet; Valerie Li, Yuri Cho, (violins), David Samuel (viola); Adrian Fung (cello); 8pm; $20 (adult)/$15 (senior)/$10 (student) at door

DJs 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 Boneyard Ale House DJ Sinistra Saturdays: 9pm 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

FILTHY McNASTY'S Fire up your night every Saturday with DJ SAWG 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 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 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 Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm)

Druid Irish Pub DJ every Sat; 9pm

RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests

electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every Sat

Richards Bar Fri and Sat Nights DJ (dancing)

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Rezzo, DJ Mkhai Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M Suede Lounge DJ Nic-E spins every Sat Suite 69 Every Fri Sat with DJ Randall-A TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh Snap with Degree, Cool Beans, Specialist, Spenny B and Mr. Nice Guy and Ten 0; every Sat 9pm Union Hall Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous Vinyl Dance Lounge Signature Saturdays Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays

SUN MAR 4 Beer Hunter–St Albert Open stage/ jam every Sun; 2-6pm Blackjack's Roadhouse–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett Blue Chair Café Sunday Brunch: Jim Findlay trio; 10:30am-2:30pm; donations Blue Pear Restaurant Jazz on the Side Sun: Marc Beaudin (guitar the Retrofitz); 6pm; $25 if not dining

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB Celtic open stage every Sun with Keri-Lynne Zwicker; 5:30pm; no cover Double D's Open jam every Sun; 3-8pm Eddie Shorts Open stage with Dan Daniels every Sun FILTHY McNASTY'S Rock and Soul Sundays with DJ Sadeeq Hogs Den Pub Open Jam: hosted; open jam every Sun, all styles welcome; 3-7pm Hydeaway–Jekyll and Hyde Music Hootinanny: The Bix Mix Boys' (bluegrass, roots); 7pm Newcastle Pub Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6pm NEW CITY LEGION DIY Sunday Afternoons: 4pm (door), 5pm , 6pm, 7pm, 8pm (bands) O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm1am On the Rocks Souljah Fyah Sunday with Rebel Emergency ORLANDO'S 2 PUB Open stage jam every Sun; 4pm Richards Bar Sun Live Jam open mic; 4pm TWO ROOMS Live Jam every Sun with Jeremiah; 5-9pm; no cover; $10 (dinner) Yellowhead Brewery Open Stage: Every Sun, 8pm

Classical First Presbyterian Church Carmina Burana: Da Camera Singers, Da Camera Percussion Ensemble, Edmonton Young Voices Children’s Choir, Jeremy Spurgeon and Roger Admiral (piano); 3pm; $20 (adult)/$15 (student) at TIX on the Square Winspear A Symphonic Guide to New Music: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, William Eddins (conductor), Brian Current (composer, narrator), Victor Pipkin (cello); 2pm; $20-$65

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

MON MAR 5 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

VENUE GUIDE Accent European Lounge 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310137 Ave ARTery 9535 Jasper Ave Avenue Theatre 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 Bistro La Persaud 8617-91 St, 780.758.6686 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 10643123 St, 780.482.7178 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 Bo Diddly's Roadhouse 11650-142 St, 780.454.3558 Bohemia 10217-97 St Boneyard Ale House 9216-34 Ave, 780.437.2663 Brittanys Lounge 10225-97 St (behind Winspear stage door) Brixx Bar 10030102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CARROT Café 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 Casino Edmonton 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 Casino Yellowhead 12464-153 St, 780 424 9467 Cha Island Tea Co 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHROME LOUNGE 132 Ave, Victoria Trail Coast to Coast 5552 Calgary Tr, 780.439.8675

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Common Lounge 10124-124 St Convocation Hall Arts Bldg, U of A, 780.492.3611 Crown Pub 10709109 St, 780.428.5618 Diesel Ultra Lounge 11845 Wayne Gretzky Drive, 780.704. CLUB Devaney’s Irish Pub 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 THE DISH 12417 Stony Plain Rd, 780.488.6641 Dow's Shell Theatre–Fort Saskatchewan 8700-84 St, Fort Saskatchewan, 780.992.6400 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8307-99 St Eddie Shorts 10713124 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 Expressionz Café 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 Festival Place 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER’S ROOST 8906-99 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 First Presbyterian Church 10025-105 St FLASH Night Club 10018-105 St, 780.996.1778 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 Good Earth Coffee

VUEWEEKLY MAR 1 – MAR 7, 2012

House and Bakery 9942-108 St Good Neighbor Pub 11824-103 St HALO 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.HALO haven social club 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010 HillTop Pub 8220-106 Ave, 780.490.7359 Hogs Den Pub 9, 14220 Yellowhead Tr Holy Trinity Anglican Church 10037-84 Ave HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110 Hydeaway 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 Iron Boar Pub 491151st St, Wetaskiwin 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 Grant MacEwan 10045156 St junction bar and eatery 10242-106 St, 780.756.5667 KAS BAR 10444-82 Ave, 780.433.6768 L.B.’s Pub 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEGENDS PUB 6104172 St, 780.481.2786 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 Morinville Community Cultural Centre 9502-100 Av Morinville Newcastle PuB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999

Noorish 8440-109 St 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 15163121 St Overtime– Downtown 10304-111 St, 780.465.6800 Overtime Whitemud Crossing, 4211-106 St, 780.485.1717 PAWN SHOP 1055182 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 Playback Pub 594 Hermitage Rd, 130 Ave, 40 St Pleasantview Community Hall 10860-57 Ave Queen Alexandra Hall 10425 University Ave 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 10108149 St Richards Bar 12150161 Ave, 780.457.3117 Ric’s Grill 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 Robertson-Wesley United Church 10209-123 St Royal Alberta Museum Theatre 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9156 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253

Rose and Crown 10235-101 St R Pub 16753-100 St, 780.457.1266 Second Cup–89 Ave 8906-149 St Second Cup– Sherwood 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 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 TWO ROOMS 10324 Whyte Ave, 780.439.8386 UNITARIAN CHURCH OF EDMONTON 10804119 St Vinyl Dance Lounge 10740 Jasper Ave, 780.428.8655 Wild Bill’s–Red Deer Quality Inn North Hill, 7150-50 Ave, Red Deer, 403.343.8800 Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com

Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover Blues on Whyte Sean Carney Devaney's Irish Pub Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm Haven SOCIAL CLUB Two shows: Islands, guests; doors: 7pm (early show), 10pm (late show); no minors; $18 (adv) at UnionEvents.com New West Hotel Bobby Austin (country) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm

(door), 8pm (show); $5 (door)

Classical Winspear Centre Copland's Clarinet Concerto: showcase of James Campbell (clarinet); Benjamin Grosvenor; 7:30pm; $20-$50

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

Rose Bowl/Rouge Lounge Acoustic open stage every Mon; 9pm

Brixx Bar Ruby Tuesdays guest with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm; with Cornshed, CJ King, Devon Coyote on Mar 6

Classical

Buddys DJ Arrow Chaser every

Convocation Hall Monday Noon Music: Free

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay Crown Pub Mixmashitup Mon Industry Night: with DJ Fuzze, J Plunder (DJs to bring their music and mix mash it up) FILTHY McNASTY'S Metal Mondays with DJ Tyson Lucky 13 Industry Night every Mon with DJ Chad Cook NEW CITY LEGION Madhouse Mon: Punk/ metal/etc with DJ Smart Alex

CRown Pub Live Hip Hop Tue: freestyle hip hop with DJ Xaolin and Mc Touch DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue NEW CITY LEGION High Anxiety Variety Society Bingo vs. karaoke with Ben Disaster, Anonymouse every Tue; no minors; 4pm-3am; no cover

Blues on Whyte Sean Carney Cha Island Tea Co Whyte Noise Drum Circle: Join local drummers for a few hours of beats and fun; 6pm Crown Pub The D.A.M.M Jam: Open stage/original plugged in jam with Dan, Miguel and friends every Wed Devaney's Irish pub Duff Robinson eddie shorts Good Time Jamboree with Charlie Scream; Every Wed

7-9pm Nisku Inn Troubadours and Tales: 1st Wed every month; with Tim Harwill, guests; 8-10pm; with special guest Lisa B Playback Pub Open Stage every Wed hosted by JTB; 9pm-1am PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (nonmember)

EDMONTON EVENT CENTRE The Trews (The Big Night Out Tour), Poor Young Things; 8pm (door), 9:30pm (show); $25 at livenation.com, TicketMaster

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

Elephant and Castle–Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover

Second Cup–149 St Open stage with Alex Boudreau; 7:30pm

Festival Place Buffy Sainte-Marie; 7:30pm; $40 (table)/$38 (box)/$36 (theatre) at the Festival Place Box Office Fiddler's Roost Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12 Good Earth Coffee House and Bakery Breezy Brian Gregg; every Wed; 12-1pm

RED STAR Experimental Indie Rock, Hip Hop, Electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue

HAVEN SOCIAL Club Open stage every Wed with Jonny Mac, 8:30pm, free

WED MAR 7

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

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month

New West Hotel Bobby Austin (country); free classic country dance lessons every Wed,

Richards Bar Wednesday Nights: Live R&B bands (dancing)

Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Derina Harvey Sherlock Holmes– WEM Stan Gallant Starlite Room Rich Aucoin, guests; 8pm; $12 at UnionEvents. com, PrimeBoxOffice. com, Brixx, Blackbyrd UNITARIAN CHURCH OF EDMONTON An Evening of Song With Carolyn Mcdade; 7:309:30pm; donations, benefit for the endeavours of the Edmonton Widening Embrace Project Varscona Theatre Jocelyn Ahlf and Andrew MacDonaldSmith in concert with Ryan Sigurdson; 7:30pm; $25/$20 (2012 Teatro subscribers)

Classical McDougall United Church Andrew Glover (piano); 12:10-12:50pm; free

DJs 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

LIVE MUSIC

MAR. 2-3 STAN GALLANT MAR. 7 DUFF ROBINSON MAR. 9-10 MARK MCGARIGAL edmontonpubs.com

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB

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 FILTHY McNASTY'S Pint Night Wednesdays with DJ SAWG

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE DAY OF THE WEEK? SATURDAY & SUNDAY, BREAKFAST UNTIL 4PM SUNDAY, CELTIC MUSIC MONDAY, SINGER SONG WRITER TUESDAY, WING NIGHT WEDNESDAY, OPEN STAGE, PIZZA w/ JUG NIGHT THURSDAY, CHEAP JUG NIGHT

FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Latin and Salsa music every Wed; dance lessons 8-10pm LEGENDS PUB Hip hop/ R&B with DJ Spincycle NEW CITY LEGION Wed Pints 4 Punks: with DJ Nick; no minors; 4pm3am; no cover NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip hop open mic hosted by Kaz and Orv; $5

TUE MAR 6 Blues on Whyte Sean Carney

MAR 2 & 3

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he says, Cancer rules his ninth house, so he whines about obsolete beliefs and bad education and stale dogmas that cause people to shun firsthand experience as a source of authority. I hereby declare these issues to be supremely honorable reasons for you to whine in the coming week. You also have cosmic permission to complain vociferously about the following: injustices perpetrated by small-minded people; short-sighted thinking that ignores the big picture; and greedy selfinterest that disdains the future. On the other hand, you don't have clearance to whine about crying babies, rude clerks, or traffic jams. (Jul 23 – Aug 22): LA Weekly praised the music of drone-noise band Barn Owl. Its review said that the listening experience is "akin to placing your ear against the Dalai Lama's stomach and catching the sound of his reincarnation juices flowing." That sounds a bit like what's ahead for you

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in the coming week: getting the lowdown on the inner workings of a benevolent source ... tuning in to the rest of the story that lies behind a seemingly simple, happy tale. It's ultimately all positive, although a bit complicated. (Aug 23 – Sep 22): In the coming days, you could do a lot to develop a better relationship with darkness. And no, I don't mean that you should and seek out negativity and be fascinated with evil. I'm referring to confusing mysteries and your own unconscious patterns and the secrets you hide from yourself. I mean the parts of the world that seem inhospitable to you and the sweet dreams that have lost their way. See what you can do to understand this stuff better. Open yourself to the redemptive teachings it has for you.

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important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown." I encourage you to use that theory as your operative hypothesis for the foreseeable future. Don't obsess on your crazy-making dilemma. Instead, concentrate on skillfully doing the pleasurable activities that you do best. Be resolutely faithful to your higher mission and feed your lust for life. Slowly but surely, I think you'll find that the frustrating impediment will be drained of at least some of its power to lock up your energy. (Oct 23 – Nov 21): A few years ago, the Hong Kong company Life Enhance sold briefs and boxer shorts that were supposedly designed by a master practitioner of feng shui. On the front of every garment was an image of a dragon, which the Chinese have traditionally regarded as a lucky symbol. To have this powerful charm SCORPIO

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Wicked gaydar

Assumed outing creates an unsafe environment The other week, I was out practicing the record, is not gaydar. This was— my homosexual lifestyle at a favouand still is—survival. rite coffee bar when I overheard the Today, queers do all sorts of things following: to announce ourselves to the "Hey, do you see that guy world. I'm glad for you if over there? He's totally you can figure out that gay!" the shirtless man walking .com ly k "Oh my God, really? How down Jasper Ave during e e @vuew ashley can you tell?" the middle of Pride seay e Ashl h g "I just can. I have wicked son is gay, but that's not r u Dryb gaydar." the kind of gaydar I'm talking Oh, gaydar: the gay-radar that about. I'm talking about the kind of straight people and baby dykes use gaydar that, in the absence of any to tell who's a member of the rainovert identifying features, can idenbow family. Gaydar is apparently like tify someone as queer. a button in your pants that beeps faster the closer you get to a queer My problem with gaydar has to do in the wild. (Or maybe that's just with passing. "Passing" is the ability Grindr ... ) Here's my take: gay-dar is to present yourself as a member of a bullshit. different social group. Like Leonardo Up until recently, queers had to be DiCaprio's character in Titanic. He careful about being out. And I don't put on a suit, brushed his hair and mean out of the closet, I mean out suddenly people thought that he and about in public. Before the Inwas upper-class. If he hadn't passed, ternet, queers developed a whole he would never have been able to system of secret codes to identify go to dinner and would have missed ourselves to our fellow queerlings: out on getting Kate Winslet naked. gold pinkie rings, declaring yourself Queers frequently struggle with a "friend of Dorothy," the dyke nod, passing, as straight or as a particuthe red handkerchief dangling out of lar gender. Sometimes we do it for a left pocket. Other than good, oldsafety: if you're not out, for example, fashioned word-of-mouth, this was or your friends made you go to a how we found each other. This, for non-queer-friendly bar on a dare,

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in contact with your intimate places increased your vital force—or so the sales rap said. By my estimates you're not going to need a boost like that in the coming weeks. Without any outside aids whatsoever, your lower furnace will be generating intense beams of magical heat. What are you going to do with all that potent mojo? Please don't use it on trivial matters. (Nov 22 – Dec 21): There are times in your life when you do a lot of exploring in the outer world, and other times when your pioneering probes are directed primarily inward. You're currently more suited for the latter kind of research. If you agree with me, here's one tack you might want to take: Take an inventory of all your inner voices, noticing both the content of what they say and the tone with which they say it. Some of them may be chatty and others shy; some blaring and others seductive. Welcome all the voices in your head into the spotlight of your alert attention. Ask them to step forward and reveal their agendas.

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(Dec 22 – Jan 19): The Oxford English Dictionary adds an average of two new words every day. In the coming weeks, Capricorn, I'd like to see you expand your capacity for self-expression with equal vigor. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you're due for an upgrade in your vo-

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you might want to pass as straight to save yourself some trouble. Some queers pass even if they don't want to: femme dykes are often not recognized as being "queer" enough. Passing carries a whole different weight for trans people. Beyond the high risk of violence, trans folks that don't pass in certain ways can't even use a washroom. While some transidentified people inhabit a liminal space between genders, either by choice or necessity, other trans folks are "stealth": they don't want to be "trans-men" or "trans-women" but— rightfully—just men or women. But when someone says they can "always tell" when someone is trans, they tell every single trans person that no matter what, they will never be read as their chosen sex or gender. So whenever I hear someone say that they have "wicked gaydar" what I hear is that a queer person will never pass. That despite our own needs and desires for safety, there will always be someone who can point to us in the crowd and say "there's one." Maybe that will be a relief to the invisible femmes in the crowd. Or maybe you've just made someone very insecure in a room where they do not feel safe. V

cabulary, clarity and communication skills. Here's one of the OED's fresh terms, which would be a good addition to your repertoire: "bouncebackability," the ability to recover from a setback or to rebound from a loss of momentum. (Jan 20 – Feb 18): We turn to Dr Seuss for help in formulating your horoscope this week. He told a story of dining in a restaurant with his uncle, who was served a popover. "To eat these things," said his uncle, "you must exercise great care. You may swallow down what's solid, but you must spit out the air!" Drawing a lesson from these wise words, Dr Seuss concluded, "As you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow." I expect your coming week will be successful if you apply these principles.

AQUARIUS

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): You

should be like a rooster: dispensing wake-up calls on a regular basis. You should be nudging people to shed their torpor and shake themselves out of their stupor. What's your personal version of "Cockadoodle-doo!"? It shouldn't be something generic like "Open your eyes!" or "Stop making excuses!" Come up with attention-grabbing exclamations or signature phrases that no intelligent person can possibly ignore or feel defensive about. For example: "Let's leap into the vortex and scramble our trances!"?

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Respect the rules

Seriously, it's your only hope of ever having a second threesome I had a threesome with my husband Here's how you're a motherfucker: and another woman because I am your wife agreed to have a threesome GGG and that's always been a fantasy on one condition—no penis-in-vagina of his. I laid out my ground rules, intercourse with the other woman. and they were violated. (I said E That's a fairly common ground I was uncomfortable with his rule for first-time threeSAVAG P in her V, and I ended up somes, and you agreed to kly.com honour that ground rule. e e watching them fuck.) I didn't w e e@vu agelov stop it at the time because I sav But you went ahead and Dan e g didn't want to ruin it for him. stuck your penis in the other a v Sa It's been some time, and my heart woman's vagina anyway. is still broken. I was completely down Maybe you felt your wife's no-peniswith every other aspect of the threein-our-third's-vagina ground rule was some, but I feel like a line was crossed. arbitrary. Maybe it seemed like a disAm I wrong to feel hurt? tinction without a difference—you HEARTBROKEN were already sucking and fondling and kissing and rolling around, why should Please hand this column to your husfucking be against the rules?—but it band. My response is for him. mattered to your GGG wife. And your You are one stupid motherfucker. wife consented to that threesome only after you agreed not to stick your penis in the other woman's vagina. And when you went ahead and stuck your penis in the other woman's vagina anyway, you stupid motherfucker, that threesome suddenly became a nonconsensual sexual experience for your wife. And now she feels violated. Because you violated her. Adding to her feelings of violation, she felt obligated to play along and pretend she was fine with your penis in the other woman's vagina because she didn't want to ruin the experience for you, for starters, and she probably didn't want to make your third feel uncomfortable—a third who either didn't know about the no-penis-inher-vagina ground rule or knew about it and didn't give a shit (which makes her a malicious motherfucker)—and as a result, your wife may feel complicit in her own violation. Talk about mind-fucks! That's how you're a motherfucker. Here's how you're stupid: if you had demonstrated to your wife during your very first threesome that you

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could be trusted, if you had cheerfully observed the ground rules, this threesome would very likely have been the first in a whole series of sexual adventures. If you had kept your penis out of the other woman's vagina, you stupid motherfucker, your wife might have trusted you with more and allowed you to do more during a future threesome. You might have gotten to penis-in-vagina intercourse with another woman with your wife's enthusiastic consent! To others out there with partners who have agreed to have a threesome: sometimes, a nervous wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend sets ground rules for an inaugural threesome that seem arbitrary, because they are arbitrary. (Don't use tongue when you kiss the other person, don't use my favourite tit clamps on the other person, you can put your penis in the hole in the other person's face but not in the hole[s] in the other person's swimsuit area.) When your partner declares a particular kiss/toy/orifice out of bounds, he or she isn't just holding something back because it's special. They are also measuring your ability to respect their boundaries. Respecting your partner's boundaries—honouring those ground rules—sends a message: "I may be messing around with someone else with your OK, but I love you, and your emotional and sexual needs still come first." And once a nervous wife/husband/ boyfriend/girlfriend sees with their own eyes that their ground rules are going to be respected—once they see that their partners can mess around with someone else without forgetting who matters to them most—those ground rules tend to become less restrictive. But that's not gonna happen for you now, you stupid motherfucker,

because you couldn't honour your wife's ground rules during your first—and most likely last—threesome. You violated her, you violated her trust, and you screwed yourself out of future sexual adventures. If you ever hope to have another threesome, or to realize some other sexual fantasy, or if your wife has a sexual fantasy that she would like to realize (one that you might enjoy helping her realize), you're going to need to offer her a plausible explanation and an abject apology. I'm in love. But my boyfriend of more than a year is REALLY into the fantasy of a MFF threesome. I'm as GGG as girls get, but I'm one of those rare types who was sexually abused by an adult woman when I was a young girl. He knows this. And though I was a bit slow telling him, just because it's so fucking hard to talk about, he knows that ever since I realized that I was attracted to other women, I've felt like a guilty pervert. Thanks to copious amounts of alcohol, I've gotten about as far with another girl as a stereotypical college student, but the abuse still haunts me. (And, yes, I go to therapy when I can afford it.) My question is this: if I may never be capable of fulfilling his fantasy by bringing another chick into our bed, am I an asshole for wanting to remain in an LTR with this guy? He knows I'm into women and that I would like to explore that somehow, eventually, but I don't know if he gets how hard that could actually be for me. I have no idea how to even broach this subject with him, as I've described it to you. Should I even try? Should I set him free? WHATEVER YOUR INTERN CAN COME UP WITH First, WYICCUW, I'm so sorry about

the sexual abuse you suffered. But I would urge you to prioritize therapy over, say, a third and fourth round of drinks. Fewer copious-amounts-of-alcohol-enabled bisexual experiences in the short run, with less money going to booze and more going to therapy, may lead to more—and happier, and easier-to-recall—bisexual experiences in the long run. As for the boyfriend, just tell him that, due to your history, an MFF threesome is not something you would be able to do for or with him anytime soon. If going without MFF threesomes for the foreseeable future is a price of admission that he's willing to pay to be with you, WYICCUW, do him the honour of letting him pay it. I'm a straight woman who enjoys gay porn and writes slash fiction. Seeing my husband make love to another man is my biggest fantasy of all, but he insists that it will never happen. He did agree to an MMF threesome, but only if he didn't have to do anything with the other man. I found a guy in a city we are visiting in three weeks. My husband doesn't know this guy is bisexual and into him. (He has seen pictures of my husband.) I'm hoping that my husband will feel "inspired" once "things" are under way. What's the best strategy for getting my husband— SHE LUSTS AFTER SEXY HOMOS Sorry to cut you off there, SLASH, but I don't need to read the rest of your letter. DO NOT spring a bisexual-and-intohim third on your husband. DO NOT violate your husband's ground rules. DO NOT be a stupid motherfucker. V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage.

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While waiting for the bus across from my favourite grocery, I spy this friendly figure at his regular table. As usual, someone lovingly puts a scarf around his neck or a toque on his head in cold weather. He is the late Frank Spinelli, founder of the Italian Centre Shop in 1959. The bronze was commissioned in 2004 by Zazo to commemorate the man who worked so hard to add life to the McCauley community. It sits in the park orginally known for its carnivals and community festivals in the 1920s. According to mccauley.info, "Patricia Park, later becoming known as Gyro Park, and finally as Giovanni Caboto Park, had already arisen providing a place for the children to enjoy a wholesome day outside, a place for the adults to congregate, and a focal point for the community to grow around." The Spinelli family witnessed the slow transformation of the respectable neighbourhood during the 1950s into an inner-city ghetto that people feared.

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As stated on the Italian Centre website, the Spinellis "played a tremendous role in bringing the traditional culture of their homeland to Alberta ... Their hospitality embraced immigrants and locals alike. Following in her parent’s footsteps, Teresa has worked with the Giovanni Caboto Society, supported a variety of inner-city organizations and assisted in developing the decorative signage and street furniture that now characterize the Little Italy neighborhood." The love and respect for this community is made tangible by this random act, evidence of the commitment to return this park to its former glory as a place people can celebrate and feel like they belong. V Chelsea Boos is a multidisciplinary visual artist and flâneur. Back words is a discussion of her dérives and a photographic diary of the local visual culture.

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