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Hold the fireworks A year ago, The Globe and Mail's Margaret Wente declared, "The war for women's rights is over. And we won." In Wente's white, upper-middle-classed privileged view, International Women's Day had become "little more than a marketing opportunity for businesses, or an excuse for the last remnants of women's grievance groups to keep griping." It is true that Canadian women have made significant gains over the past few decades. But let's not, like Wente, "disappear" women who don't fit into our immediate realities. According to Status of Women Canada, women in rural and remote areas make up only 45 percent of the labour force, and significant gaps in wages still exist between these women and their male counterparts. This trend is even more pronounced for Aboriginal and immigrant women, including those in urban settings. And if we can applaud ourselves for the fact that women now outnumber men on university campuses, why can't we acknowledge collective responsibility for failing in our battle against domestic violence, the vast majority of victims of which are women? The Kids' Help Phone reports it receives calls from girls as young as 12 who are in abusive relationships. A sign of a war won? Rush Limbaugh, the Republican train-
wreck last week called a Georgetown law student a "slut" and a "prostitute" because she testified in front of a Congressional committee that her health insurance plan should cover contraceptives. In Canada, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth (Kitchener Centre) has introduced a motion to be debated in the House of Commons later this month to strike a parliamentary committee to decide when human life begins. During the 2008 federal election, Woodworth told the Campaign Life Coalition that abortion should be illegal in all circumstances and if elected he would attempt to pass a law making abortion illegal. Prime Minister Harper has stated publicly that the abortion issue would not be reopened while he is in power. However, if one recalls Harper's 2010 decision to not include contraception, family planning or abortion in Canada's foreign maternal health plan, it seems clear that he's willing to impose his socially conservative ideology where he can get away with it. On this International Women's Day, take a moment to celebrate the social, political and economic achievements of women all over the world. But with a quick look at statistics and the likes of Limbaugh, Woodworth and Harper lurking about, don't kid yourself that women's fight for equality is a war already won. V
NewsRoundup FINDING THE MONEY TRAIL After six months and hundreds of hours poring over campaign donation forms submitted by candidates for Edmonton city council in the 2010 municipal election, Rat Creek Press managing editor Darren Boisvert has published a lengthy report of his findings in this month's edition of the monthly community newspaper. The Alberta government amended the Local Authorities Elections Act in 2010, establishing various rules of disclosure regarding civic election campaign donations, placing regulations on who can legally make donations, and capping allowable individual donations to any candidate at $5000. Boisvert writes the legislation "has more loopholes than a sweater knit by apes." He takes particular issue with the fact that Albertans are limited to donating $5000 as a private citizens, but business owners regularly make the maximum donation personally and then do so several times through businesses they own or control. Boisvert lists more than 40 donations totalling over $125 000 that he deems
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A BROKEN PROCESS "questionable" in light of these new rules. He points to the fact that the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, owned and operated by the provincial government through Alberta Health Services, made a $600 donation to Mayor Stephen Mandel’s re-election campaign in 2010. The Capital Power Corporation, of which the City of Edmonton (through EPCOR) is a majority shareholder, made a donation of $1500 to the Mayor's campaign. Boisvert notes that the Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta donated $250 to Kerry Diotte's campaign. Donations to registered provincial and federal political parties are tax-deductible. Donations to municipal campaigns are not. Boisvert offered kudos to Councillor Bryan Anderson for going above and beyond the minimum disclosure guidelines and noted that even though the other members of council weren’t required by law to be more transparent about their donations, they could, like Anderson, choose to be. Boisvert's full article can be found at ratcreek.org
The Missing and Murdered Women Commission of Inquiry in BC suffered another loss this week as the Independent Counsel for Aboriginal Interests announced her withdrawal from the process. Robyn Gervais sent out a press release March 5 stating the Commission has failed to provide adequate hearing time for Aboriginal panels, the Aboriginal community
lacks adequate and ongoing support and that there is a disproportionate focus on police evidence in the inquiry itself. "Despite 38 days of police testimony, the commission has yet to hear from an Aboriginal witness," says Gervais. "As I leave, I regret that I could not find a way to bring the voices of the missing and murdered Aboriginal
women before the Commissioner." Gervais was appointed on August 11 last year after the provincial government refused to fund legal services to First Nations groups. The inquiry was appointed by the BC government in 2010 to investigate the disappearances of women from Vancouver's downtown eastside between Jan 23, 1997 and Feb 5, 2002.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “We are capable of remembering, analyzing and debating sports statistics in depth and with passion. If we challenge the messages we hear in the media with the same passion, we’ll have more accountable governments. Dissent and debate are signs of a healthy democracy.” —David Barsamian, Edmonton Public Library Freedom to Read keynote address Mar 3, 2012
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NEWS // PROTEST
Calling the shots
Who stopped demonstrators from entering the University of Alberta campus last month?
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n the early morning hours of November 25, police raided the downtown park that had been held for more than a month by a small number of Occupy Edmonton protesters. Accepting defeat, the protesters packed up their belongings and finally relinquished their temporary ownership of the campsite. For most of us, it was the last we thought we would hear of the local grassroots movement. But more than a month later, cryptic messages began appearing on social media sites, all sharing the same resolute statement: The Reoccupation Begins February 1. The reoccupation, however, set its sights on a different institution this time: the University of Alberta. In a year that saw the U of A mired by numerous controversies—heavily publicized budget cuts, continued tuition hikes, the elimination of support staff members and a seemingly disconnected administration—Occupy's decision to protest seemed suitably reactionary. Thus, following weeks of build-up, the group kicked off its rally on February 1 at Ezio Faraone park, and boisterously marched to their destination. But it wasn't as easy as they had thought. Greeting them at the northern end of HUB mall on Saskatchewan Drive was a less-than-friendly sight— nearly 20 Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officers and eight University of Alberta Protective Service (UAPS) officers stood before them, an impenetrable barrier to the campus. Before they had even started, the Occupy Edmonton movement was promptly shut down once more. But how did a small Occupy protest end up inciting such a vocal response from the U of A?
It was the culmination of what the U of A describes as Occupy's resistance to communicate, and what Occupy claims was a violation of free speech. Occupy spokesperson Katie Nelson explains that she was first contacted by UAPS Director Bill Mowbray around four days prior to the protest. However, Occupy assigns one police liaison to deal with all security matters, which Nelson was not. Therefore, she promptly hung up the call. Mowbray confirms to Vue that he attempted to call an Occupy member on two occasions, which he says only led to hang-ups. The matter was forwarded to Edmonton police, who attempted to communicate with members inperson on campus, but also failed. The U of A's Office of the Dean of Students provides direction on policy for student events, including the Occupy protest. Leading that office is Dean of Students Frank Robinson, who says the U of A first became aware of Occupy's plans of "encampment" through so-
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cial media. He notes the intent of the communication from security administration was to make the group aware that the U of A policy does not permit unauthorized camping. "We also wanted to know the plans for the protest, including expected numbers and safety precautions, as we do whenever a group plans to hold a similar event," Robinson explains. "This process balances the right to demonstrate with the right to students' health and safety and with minimizing disruptions to classes in progress." But Nelson claims Occupy never planned to set up tents on campus, and says the group was at no point told of any legalities of stepping onto campus until half an hour before the protest. "When we came to the protest, rest assured we had no camping gear with us and no tents with us," notes Nelson. The U of A's claim that they attempted to initiate a dialogue beforehand is false, says Nelson, as the phone calls Occupy received from UAPS and EPS were intended to outline their rights and liabilities to insurance, along with barring them from campus. She also notes that Occupy called UAPS and EPS the day prior to the protest, but the calls were unanswered. "I don't think there was any open communication on their part. I think numerous attempts to contact them or to compromise with them or explain our side was met with police force, or simply an answering machine." But the U of A has unfalteringly defended its actions, stating that they
demanded to see identification. If she failed to do so, she would be arrested, the officer told her. "We are all victims of the growing criminalization of dissent which the university is joining," says Smythe. "It's sad because universities are supposed to be bastions of academic and intellectual freedom, never mind free speech."
Numerous attempts to contact them or to compromise with them or explain our side was met with police force, or simply an answering machine. had a responsibility to ensure the "health and safety of students." "Remember that we were dealing with an inability to communicate with this group and the group had a stated objective of setting up an encampment," explains Robinson. "Yes, our concern was the health and safety of people camping outside, and also for disruption of our students who attend and pay tuition to undertake university education. We are not out to prevent protests, but want to make sure they happen safely, which involves consulting with us and letting us know what is planned." Nelson doesn't buy the university's claim, however, and says the police tactics used that day ensured the "un-
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safety" of students. "For me, I got a good couple of hits in the back as an identified organizer. Even some of the students who organized Occupy got roughed up a little by the police," Nelson says. "If the U of A was so keen on ensuring the safety of its students, then why is it having cops with billy clubs outside the front door?" Others felt that the U of A’s defensive measures that day were also extreme, including Elizabeth Smythe, a political science professor at Concordia University. Smythe was visiting the U of A that day when she encountered the protesters. As she tried to cross the street onto campus, she was stopped by a police offer, who
Although the U of A is a public institution, it argues that the campus is private property, which it has the right to protect. "Last time I looked, the bulk of the university's buildings and operating costs come from taxpayers like me, never mind the tuition I paid for my son's education and other donations," Smythe refutes. Robinson says the U of A ultimately needs to work closer with students and groups to ensure that they understand the institution's policies and the reason that they're in place. "The student groups involved in the Occupy protest would likely have been permitted to undertake a peaceful protest had we had a chance to talk with them and knew of their plans," says Robinson. "We have had several very controversial group demonstrations on campus in my four years in this office," he adds, "and I think the student groups who organized the demonstrations would agree that we have not limited their right to protest." V Alex Migdal
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COMMENT >> RUSSIA
Twelve more years! Putin's inevitable a win is a pyrrhic victory
Vladimir Putin is going to win the presin Russia's big cities are important, idential election in Russia on March but the occasional outbreaks of open 4. In theory, that gives him six more mockery of Putin in the media are an years in power, and the right to run even better indication of which way for a further six-year term after that. the wind is blowing. A case in point is (He got around the constitutional ban Ksenia Sobchak, one of Russia's most on more than two consecutive terms popular bloggers, whose television as president by spending the past talk show, "Where Is Putin Taking four years as prime minister.) Us?" was cancelled after the But it's very unlikely that first episode because she inPutin will be ruling Russia vited protest leader Alexei m ekly.co e 12 years from now. Navalny on the show. w e u e@v gwynn e So far, anti-Putin demonShe struck back with a n n Gwy strations are strictly a big-city video mocking celebrities r e y D phenomenon. Elsewhere, many who have recorded messages if not most people still believe that endorsing Putin's election campaign. the near-universal corruption is an It opens with a close-up of a rather abuse of Putin's system, not an intrinbedraggled looking Ms Sobchak earsic part of it. They also buy his argunestly urging Russians to vote for Pument that only he can protect Russia tin. "Now is not the time to rock the from nefarious foreign plots and bring boat and we should rally round one prosperity to the majority of Russians leader," she concludes, the producer who still struggle to make ends meet. shouts "cut"—and the camera pulls The latest opinion poll predicts back to show that she is tied to a chair that Putin will win 66 percent of the and flanked by armed guards. votes cast on Sunday, but he's lucky that the presidential election is hapMockery is an effective weapon pening now and not a year from now, because it undercuts people's fear because his support is eroding fast. of speaking out, but it's the corrupPeople are losing their fear of his retion that is really damaging Putin's gime, and the corruption issue is bitstanding. The corruption is not pering deeper and deeper. sonal: Putin made his pile in the first The recent street demonstrations few years after the collapse of the
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Soviet Union, as amply documented in Masha Gessen's brave and meticulously researched new book The Man without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. He has no need to steal any more. However, turning a blind eye to corruption has become the main way that Putin's regime gains and keeps collaborators. As one of his ex-KGB former collaborators from St Petersburg, Viktor Cherkesov, told the Spanish
in Russia it won't take a revolution to change things. The country is already a democracy in form, and to a certain extent in substance too. Putin actually has to get elected, and he can only go so far in trying to bend electoral outcomes to his will. For 12 years Putin has ruled Russia almost without challenge, partly because of his macho image—a "streetfighting, motherland-loving tough guy," as one observer put it—and
The producer shouts 'cut'—and the camera pulls back to show that she is tied to a chair and flanked by armed guards.
newspaper El Pais last October, "Putin doesn't pay much attention to theft, because he reckons everyone steals." Most people who work for his regime do indeed steal—but the public is paying attention, and slowly but surely it is drawing conclusions even in the slumbering heartlands of Russia. Putin lives in fear of another "colour" revolution like the orange one that swept away the former Ukrainian regime or the Rose Revolution in Georgia, but when the time comes
partly because he has overseen a dramatic recovery in Russian living standards. The steep rise in oil prices was responsible for much of that, and anyway it would have been hard to do worse than the previous government under Boris Yeltsin, but Putin does get the credit for it. His tough-guy image still appeals to some Russian voters, but it is getting old. The economy, for global reasons largely beyond Putin's control, is no longer producing dramatic growth.
As a result United Russia, Putin's own party, fell below 50 percent of the votes for the first time since its foundation in last December's parliamentary election. It might have fallen even further if not for large-scale fraud in the counting of the votes. That fraud triggered the first major public protests in Russia since Putin came to power, and the regime has already been forced to retreat on several fronts. Regional governors will once again be elected directly (Putin was appointing them instead), and it will become significantly easier to register new political parties in Russia. Putin is demagogic, cunning and ruthless, but he is not actually a dictator and his regime is more fragile than it looks. If it loses popular support, the question is not whether it will also lose power, but only when. Will Russians be willing to wait six years until the next scheduled presidential election, or will they find a (hopefully legal) way to push him out a good deal sooner? V Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. His column appears each week in Vue Weekly.
NEWS // SUSTAINABILITY
Greener campuses
Multiple approaches to building sustainable campuses
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oing green has become common practice for campuses across the country, but a new project is attempting to move beyond reduce, reuse and recycle. In the national push for sustainability the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition (CYCC) has launched Clean Energy Campuses. The campaign opposes the use of Canadian campuses to facilitate the expansion of the tar sands, as well as the investment of crucial tuition dollars into companies that are active in tar sands operations. Clean Energy Campuses also opposes public relations efforts of fossil fuel industries on campuses through lecture halls, research centres and forms of industry specific research. The CYCC is encouraging campuses to participate in the Dirty Energy Free campus pledge in an effort to remove this presence from the nation's campuses and shift school away from supporting "dirty energy." "All across Canada and around North America, oil sale companies and fossil fuel companies are using universities. On the one hand, they're using them as inexpensive public relations tools where they're using them to advertise to youth,"
says CYCC director Cameron Fenton. "They're using them to buy up lecture halls and things like that to normalize their existence." He adds that fossil fuel companies are also using universities to obtain inexpensive research, referencing a report done in the United States titled "Big Oil Goes to College." Fenton says it shows how oil companies use universities by funding industryspecific research, which can be seen on campus at the U of A in the Centre for Oil Sands Innovation (COSI) "In the big picture is the fact that companies, especially involved in industries like the tar sands, are a real threat to the generation that's going to university," he explains. He believes students should be aware of this fact because they will be the next generation in charge and cannot continue to be shackled to a petro-dollar-driven economy of extraction and export. "If someone goes through an entire university degree where all of their research has been funded by this industry, it's going to be harder and harder to slow it down, stop it or remedy the situation," Fenton says, adding there should be a shifted focus to sustainable energy. "The
research and time and energy that should be put into that, or could be put into that, isn't being done. Instead, it's going into perpetuating and slightly tweaking these industries: oil, coal and gas that are driving climate change that we know we need to get rid of." This national campaign takes a different approach than numerous local initiatives on university campuses, which focus on student and faculty actions. Locally at the University of Alberta, the Students' Union has funded Sustain SU for close to 10 years. Formerly known as the Environmental Co-ordination Office of Students (ECOS), the organization is dedicated to promoting ecological integrity as well as environmental and social accountability, but focuses more on daily individual practices. The recently expanded mandate of ECOS to Sustain SU focuses on education, research and providing resources to the campus community to help the student body become leaders in sustainability. The triple approach encompasses social, economic and environmental responsibility and has been incorporated into numerous initiatives
throughout the U of A campus. Sustain SU operates with five staff and 80 to 90 volunteers, which director Ian Moore believes is part of its success on campus. "All of the volunteers have recognized an increase in awareness of how sustainability isn't just about environmental practices," Moore explains. "It's about incorporating social and economic factors into there in a holistic manner, so there's been that recognition on an individual level." Moore says this three-pillar approach better matches that of the Students' Union: "We felt the need to integrate ourselves with what the rest of the Students' Union was doing to make sure the message of the Students' Union is as positive as possible and as consistent as possible." The Campus Community Garden is an initiative that has helped push sustainability on a number of levels. Prior to the expansion of the organization’s mandate, it focused predominantly on the advantages of organic gardening. While this is still done, Moore says the project has helped develop a sense of community, a social change essential to sustainability. Sustain Exchanges are hosted five
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times each school year as peer-topeer based discussions relating to contemporary issues of sustainability. Moore says twice a year Sustain SU also co-hosts a Student Sustainability Summit with the University's Office of Sustainability and the umbrella for social justice. "A big part of that is bringing environmental groups together and environmentally-minded students together to learn from each other, to network, to collaborate and to action plan," says Moore, adding that it opens opportunity for the exchange of environmental ideas with economic ones. Rory Tighe, president of the Students' Union, has worked with Moore for the past two years and says Sustain SU is a beneficial aspect of the campus as a whole. To continue promoting sustainability in the future, Tighe says it is important to make resources readily available for students to develop their ideas, which are an essential component. The office has become a hub for students, faculty and staff to incorporate sustainable practices into their everyday lives. MEAGHAN BAXTER
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Time to ruin other teams' days The Oilers have not done well for had a three-point buffer on a playoff themselves in the past week. But they spot. have been making things annoying After that small victory, they were for the Flames and their milieu. A 3-1 winless in seven of the next eight home loss to the Dallas Stars, games, coach Ron Wilson was a 4-2 loss in Anaheim and fired and the team is now a 3-2 shootout win (giving much further from playoff San Jose a standings point) contention. The mythical m o .c ly eweek ox@vu make Calgary’s playoff hockey gods may hate us but & intheb g oun Dave Y es they found a bigger and bettl chances more difficult. Each ir B Bryan team is orbiting around our proter target on February 15. Serves vincial rivals in the Western standthem right for beating the Oilers. ings. If you’re going to lose, make it If Edmonton fans have been dealing hurt your time-tested rivals. with futility like Sisyphus for a few seasons, Leafs fans have been sufferThe Job vs Sisyphus argument again? ing like Job (without the humility and Nice to know the Oilers' crappy searighteousness, of course) for much son has been contagious. On February longer. Pushing a rock up a hill might 15, the Maple Leafs came to Edmonbe torturous but I don’t think I could ton and beat the Oilers in OT. They handle a body covered in boils, loss of
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780.459.1542 • The Irrelevant Show: Featuring Mark Meer, Donovan Workun, Jana O’Connor, Marianne Copithorne, Neil Grahn, with musical guests Ryan Parker, Sheldon Elter (Be Arthurs) • Mar 9, 7:30pm • $20 Brixx Bar • 10030-102 St • 780.428.1099 • Troubadour Tuesdays with comedy and music Ceili's • 10338-109 St • 780.426.5555 • Comedy Night: every Tue, 9:30pm • No cover Century Casino • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open amateur night every Thu, 7:30pm COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Lorenzo 'Hitman' Thornton; Mar 8-10 • David Tsonos; Mar 15-17 Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Shawn and Marlon Wayans; Mar 8-11 • Deon Cole; Mar 15-18 DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm Filthy McNasty's • 10511-82 • 780.996.1778 • Stand Up Sundays: Stand-up comedy night every Sun with a different headliner every week; 9pm; no cover laugh shop–Sherwood Park • 4 Blackfoot Road, Sherwood Park • 780.417.9777 • Open Wed-Sat; Fri: 8pm, Sat: 7:30pm and 10pm; $20 • Wed Amateur night: 8pm (T: 780.417.9777 to be added to the line-up); free • Rocky Whatule; Mar 9-10 • James Ulotoh; Mar 16-18 laugh shop–124th Street • 11802-124 St • 780.417.9777 • Amateur night every Wed (T: 780.417.9777 to be added to the lineup); no cover The Nest–NAIT • Main Campus • 780.471.8560 • Comedy Night featuring "Mr. Attraction" Ryan Clauson • Mar 8
Groups/CLUBS/meetings
Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm 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 Edmonton Needlecraft Guild • Avonmore United Church Basement, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/ workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm
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Fertility Awareness Charting Circle meeting • Cha Island Tea Co, 10332-81
Ave • Monthly meetings: learn about menstrual cycle charting • Mar 19, 6:30pm • $5 FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019/780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program • Meetings every Thu, 7pm Hatha Flow Yoga • Eastwood Community Hall, 11803-86 St • Every Tue and Thu (7:05pm) to the end of Apr • Sliding Scale: $10 (drop-in)/$7 (low-income)/$5 (no income)
Home–Energizing Spiritual Community for Passionate Living • Garneau/Ashbourne
Assisted Living Place, 11148-84 Ave • Home: Music, drama, creativity and reflection on sacred texts • Every Sun 3-5pm Jung Forum Association • Education Bldg South, Rm 358, U of A • Annual General Meeting: help shape the future of the Jung Forum • Mar 9 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 • nawca. ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey
Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu 7-9pm • Free
Sherwood Park Walking Group + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood
Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; 10 min discussion, a 30-40 min walk through Centennial Park, cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/session (to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta) 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 • vofa.ca/category/ events • Monthly Potluck/book sale: bring a vegan dish to serve 8 people, your own plate, cup, cutlery, serving spoon • $3 (member)/$5 (nonmember) • 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 • 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
LECTURES/Presentations
Buffy Sainte-Marie • Festival Place, 100
Festival Way, Sherwood Park • International Women’s Day Keynote speech: Banquet at Festival Place • Mar 8, 5:30pm 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 Dehydrator Demonstration • Earth’s General Store, 9605-82 Ave • 780.439.8725 • Learn how to make dehydrated crackers, breads, pizza crusts, burgers, vegetables, fruits, fruit leathers • Mar 20, 7:15-8:45pm • $20, pre-register by Mar 17 Edmonton Nature Club • King's University College, 9125-50 St • Monthly
Looking for Linus
So, what's the point of bringing Linus Omark up in order to put him on the fourth line? Especially with Eric Belanger who, with only 13 points and at -13 is an offensive vacuum? There's nothing to lose putting him in a role where he can contribute, or at least— at least—putting him into the shootout against San Jose, if just for the fun of it. It's not like we can sink any further in the standings. Instead, the "couldn't care less" message is coming through loud and clear. Remarking on Omark, coach Tom Renney stated that there was a good chance he could come into training camp next year and make an impression, that he could make an impact with another team in the NHL, or that he might decide to take a pass on the whole league and go play in Europe. meeting featuring Maureen Murray speaking on The Edmonton Urban Coyote Project • Mar 16, 7pm • Donation
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: Pesentations, workshops, film screenings, 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 PalestinianAmerican poet Remi Kanazi • Until Mar 13 • Free MEÆT 1.5 • DIYalouge forums bringing local creatives and new philanthropists together for an evening of short proposals followed by a shared meal. Diners vote on which proposal receives the pot of funds to move forward with their project • Pre-register atmeaet.com • $10 (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), Room 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–Brewing ideas • 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) Roadmap to Apartheid • Telus Bldg, Rm 134, U of A • Film presentation • Mar 12, 7-9pm • Free; part of Israeli Apartheid Week
QUEER
AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer • Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer • 403.347.6073 • Affirm welcome LGBTQ people, friends, family, and allies meet the 2nd Tue, 7pm, each month Bisexual Women's Coffee Group • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725B Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm EDMONTON PRIME TIMERS (EPT) • Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 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 EPLC Fellowship Pagan Study Group • Pride Centre of Edmonton • eplc.webs. com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome FLASH Night Club • 10018-105 St • 780.969.9965 • Thu Goth + Industrial Night:
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Renney later remarked that tomorrow in Edmonton it may snow, or it may be sunny and cold, but there was a chance it would be warm and the snow would melt. Basically, anything can happen. Thanks Tom. BB Hockey Writing Discoveries
1) Grantland, Katie Baker Grantland (grantland.com) is the host website for former ESPN writer Bill Simmons. Contributor Katie Baker covers the NHL. Her weekly NHL round-ups are bright and fun to read. This is surprising because Baker is American. This is refreshing because there aren’t enough female hockey writers. 2) Puckbuddys Puckbuddys (puckbuddys.com) is a hockey blog written by gay hockey fans. It has been lauded by Yahoo’s Puck Daddy and The New York Times recently. The hockey writing is sound and enthusiastic and the point of view Indust:real Assembly with DJ Nanuck; 10pm (door); no cover • Triple Threat Fridays: DJ Thunder, Femcee DJ Eden Lixx • DJ Suco beats every Sat • E: vip@flashnightclub.com G.L.B.T.Q 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, WEM, Tue 6:45pm • Curling: Granite Curling Club; 780.463.5942 • Running: Kinsmen • Spinning: MacEwan Centre, 109 St, 104 Ave • Swimming: NAIT pool, 11762-106 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 • The Junction, 10242-106 St • groups.yahoo.com/group/edmonton_illusions • 780.387.3343 • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri every month, 8:30pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transidentified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca the junction bar • 10242-106 St • 780.756.5667 • Free pool daily 4-8pm; Taco Tue: 5-9pm; Wing Wed: 5-9pm; Wed karaoke: 9pm-12; Thu 2-4-1 burgers: 5-9pm; Fri steak night: 5-9pm; DJs Fri and Sat at 10pm LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu Pride Centre of Edmonton • Moving • 780.488.3234 • E: admin@pridecentreofedmonton. org • 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 • HIV Support Group: for people living with HIV/AIDS; 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm • TTIQ: Education and support group for transgender, transsexual, intersexed and questioning people, their friends, families and allies; 2nd Tue each month, 7:309:30pm • Counselling: Free, short-term, solutionfocused counselling, provided by professionally trained counsellors; every Wed, 6-9pm • Youth Movie: Every Thu, 6:30-8:30pm PrimeTimers/sage Games • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured Woodys Video Bar • 11723 Jasper Ave
is under-represented. The site’s main contributors are Caps fans but there are also writers covering 14 other NHL teams. However, there is no blogger representing the Oilers. We’re throwing down the gauntlet. There’s got to be an LGBT Oiler fan who can fix this. Contact the site and join the ranks. DY Brush up on the classics
For those who checked, I know that Job wound up getting his livestock back, a new family and God’s blessing. I also know that Sisyphus had to push the rock up the hill for eternity. Fuck you, Google, for ruining my analogy and punchline. DY Oilers Player of the week
Jordan Eberle: Goal in Anaheim and San Jose. Youngest Oiler to get 30 goals since Mike Comrie in 2002. DY Jeff Petry: Proving that he's the offensive-defenceman for the job, Petry scored a goal against San Jose. BB • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm
SPECIAL EVENTS
Communicators Luncheon–Womens Day • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 St •
Personal stories from Edmonton women • 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. Girls, ages five+, can bring their dad, stepdad, grandfather, older brother or uncle • Mar 9, 6-10pm • $150 (per Dad/daughter couple); $25 (additional daughter) at hollyp@rainbowsociety. ab.ca, 780.469.3306
Elizabeth’s Antique and Collectible Sale • Alberta Aviation Museum, 11410
Kingsway Ave • 1970-80s pop culture, vintage clothing, collectibles, shabby chic, antique furniture, militaria, jewellery, petroliana, and more • Mar 16-17, Fri 2-8pm; Sat 10-4pm • $5 Free 2 B Me • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • A hilarious concert featuring the comedic tenors and Il Duo (piano) • Mar 10, 7pm (door) • $20 (adult)/$10 (kids 12 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 • Spring into Change: Innovative Canadians for Change (ICChange): silent auction featuring speaker Don Simpson • Mar 9, 5:30pm (cocktails), 7pm (program)
International Women’s Day–Sherwood Park • Strathcona Library, Festival Place,
Sherwood Park Mall, City Hall Chambers in Sherwood Park • Displays and courses at the Strathcona Library: Mar 8 • Banquet at Festival Place with address by Buffy Ste Marie: Mar 8 • International Women's Day Awards Ceremony at City Hall Chambers; Mar 11 • Fashion Show at Sherwood Park Mall; Mar 11 MARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING • 487.988.0850 • marchforunderstanding.com • The Centre for Race and Culture's month-long commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination • Edmonton Petroleum Club, 11110-108 St: Key To Culture Gala: Mar 17, 6-9pm; $20 (member)/$25 (nonmember) • Garvey Cultural Centre, 12526-126 Ave: Mar 16, 6-9pm • AFL Meeting Rm, 10654-101 St: Trade Unions and Anti-Racism–Policy and Practices: Mar 20, 9am-12:30pm; free • MacEwan University, Robbins Health Centre, 104 Ave, 109 St: The New Reality–Does Your Company Welcome Diversity? Employment Symposium: Mar 21, 7:30am-1pm; 1:30-3:30pm; $25 (half day)/$50 (day) • Carrot Café: Mar 18, 2-5pm • Cité francophone, 114-8627 ru Marie-Anne Gaoury: Mar 24, 1-4pm • International House, U of A: Painting Pathways to Peace: Dialogue on the roots of racism; Mar 18-24 Palestinian Bazaar • Transalta Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • Mar 17 (12-10pm); 12-6pm (bazaar, Main Foyer; free); 7-10:30pm (Concert in Westbury Theatre, $15) Women, Words and Children • Faculty Club, U of A • ainembabazi.org • Ainembabazi Children's Project: Fundraiser dinner event, featuring addresses by Marina Endicott and Lynn Coady • Mar 10, 6-9pm • $50
ARTS
PREVUE // MOVEMENT ARTS
Moving right along Expanse finds its feet in a new venue Until Sat, Mar 10 Expanse Movement Arts Festival TransAlta Arts Barns, festival pass $70, day pass $25 – $35, single show $15, plus many free events Full schedule available at azimuththeatre.com/expanse t's seen a lot of venue changes over the past few years, but the Expanse Movement Arts Festival has continued to cement itself in Edmonton's dance and physical theatre scenes since its humble beginnings at the Azimuth in 2004. This year, the annual mash-up of performances, cabarets and movement workshops overtakes the floor of the Westbury Theatre at the TransAlta Arts Barns, and festival director Murray Utas couldn't be happier. "We're really excited about being at the Westbury," says Utas. "We have a new home. With dance you want the dancers to be on the floor and the audience to rise up around them; that way when they're doing floorwork we're not missing anything." It's been a lot of work for the production team, he notes, but they've managed to re-invent the Westbury space into a thrust theatre. "We've been so grassroots for so long. Dealing with a facility like this, it's almost like we're being a little more grown up now. I'm so stoked for the lineup too." In fact, Utas admits that he felt starstruck when he met headliner Noam Gagnon. Gagnon—best known for his work with the legendary dance duo The Holy Body Tattoo and, more recently, Vancouver's Compagnie Vision Selective—was in Edmonton last year
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Gagnon in motion in thank you, you're not welcome
working on Trevor Anderson's short film, The Man Who Got Away. It was a happy surprise to see him in town, seeing as Gagnon hasn't performed here since 2006.
Mile Zero Dance's Gerry Morita was working on the film as well, and she introduced the pair. Before Utas could say "boo," Morita suggested that Gagnon's iconoclastic performance style
would be a great fit for Expanse. Utas, somewhat tongue-tied, was thrilled when Gagnon hopped on board. This weekend Gagnon will be performing thank you, you're not wel-
come, an award-winning solo manifesto that takes its shape in a series of vignettes, all complimented by text from Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince. Gagnon dons a princess-style paper dress for the piece, which he describes as inspired by universal themes of struggle and survival. "I've magpied stories of what I know is still happening today, and also happened a hundred years ago. There are classic stories there where I see things to learn from: what being rich is and being poor, what love is and sexuality and the paradox of what that means—it's not always as simple as it seems. Poverty is everywhere still in Canada, being addicted to a certain substance or another is in our lives every day. The power of hierarchy, falling in love, being gay, not being gay—all those things." While some of the sequences in the piece are inspired by Gagnon's own life (and he threatened that he'd have to kill me if he revealed which ones), he admits that his personal trials are not entirely what he's trying to convey in thank you. "There are traces of my life in it, obviously, but it's put in a setting where everyone knows someone that the story talks about. I think the story is bigger than me. It's not just, 'My God, look how life can be difficult,' it's about realizing who you are. At the end of the day, what you have is what is given to you, and what is sacred are the choices that you make—only if you give yourself permission. Even if you can't erase your past, you can choose your future." Fawnda Mithrush
// fawnda@vueweekly.com
PREVUE // SCRATCHING THE DANCE ITCH
Fragments: Volume 1 Fri, Mar 9 – Sat, Mar 10 (8 pm) Timms Centre for the Arts, $20 – $35 ack in fall of 2009, Sylvain Émard felt an itch. After years of work on the Climatology of Bodies trilogy and touring his Les Grand Continental project (a mammoth undertaking featuring hundreds of amateur dancers in various cities around the world), the need to scratch fuelled the Montréal choreographer to start an entirely new creative cycle. The itch, as it were, manifested in a theme of urgency. In Fragments: Volume 1, Émard patches together four pieces—three solos and one duet— that study this pressing feeling.
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Movement in Fragments
"Maybe it's an age thing, but I have this idea that I have no time to waste, and I like to go as quickly as possible to the essence of things. By addressing that subject, I thought
that it was the best way to find the heart of what our concerns are," explains Émard. So he asked four performers what they felt was most "urgent" in their
own lives. Dancers Catherine Viau, Manuel Roque and Laurence Ramsay, along with 78-year-old actress Monique Miller, shaped their answers into remarkably diverse performances. "The responses were very different from one person to another," Émard says. "Because it's about urgency, we think that it's going to be something very fast with a lot of speed, but, you know, it's not the case. Depending on where you are in your life, you don't go through things the same way. For me it's interesting to see the difference between the younger dancers and a mature woman dealing with the same topic, but in very different ways."
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When developing her solo, Catherine Viau felt it was important to focus on her own desires. "As a dancer she had the feeling that she always had a to fulfil someone else's dreams, she would have to respond to expectations all the time," Émard explains, adding that Miller's solo was a reminiscence about two stage characters that she had once played. The show opens with "In My Garden," an acrobatic solo about the ecological concerns felt by both Émard and dancer Manuel Roque, and the evening ends with a high-energy duet featuring Roque and Laurence Ramsay. Fawnda Mithrush
// fawnda@vueweekly.com
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REVUE // VISUAL ARTS
We are All in the Same Place / Soundbursting No. 1 Until Sat, Apr 14 We are All in the Same Place Works by Patrick Higgins, Soundbursting No. 1 Works by Gary James Joynes Harcourt House n his current exhibition We are All in the Same Place at Harcourt House, Patrick Higgins considers how divergent approaches to paint handling can transform an understanding of similar subject matter. The paintings either abstract the people contained in the images—the brushwork at once obscuring and elucidating the forms—or with a high degree of realism clarify representations of solitary men. Is there something that can be learned about being in relationship with others, in the most superficial or meaningful ways, which is more clearly expressed through loose paint Higgins blurs the lines be.777.9399 handling? • m3mucha@shaw.ca tween people and their everyday environments, such as public transit stations and private living spaces, creating an opportunity for visitors to create meaning in these fuzzy interactions. Alternating canvases form more visually clear and less painterly portraits of men with downcast eyes, less contextualized by their environment to focus attention on the detailed renderings with a more re-
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M. Clauson, acrylic on canvas, 2011
strained hand. Although creating this dichotomy in style and subject is not a nuanced conversation, it does create an interesting opportunity to ponder how stories of the human face, form and connection are clarified or transformed by approaches to paint. Gary James Joynes' work brings
sound to our eyes, and the revelation of pure tone vibrating sand into primal line-based mandala-based forms remains profound in his latest project, Soundbursting No. 1. The challenges in viewing this video-based work, however, are many, and all are a compliment to the vision and innovation in Joynes' visual explorations of the audi-
tory. From viewing the work, and the sand vibrating into its tonally guided patterns that come in and out of focus on two large projections, comes the desire to have a full immersive experience in it. From watching those tiny particles fall in line to the dictates of the sound comes the let down of having to sit on the margins, looking at
and hearing a video rather than experiencing this work of art. Upon experiencing Joynes' solo show at Latitude 53 last January, the volume and intensity of the sound of that body of work made me feel the power of the sound vibration that can create primal pattern and also shake me down to what felt like a molecular level. There is a certain conceptual power in Joynes' exploration of sound made tangible that requires an equally physically powerful art experience. The intensity level was dialed back with the less intense sound in the current show, removing the opportunity to feel that vibration being witnessed with sight. The L-shaped gallery space also posed a challenge for the corner-oriented installation to try and transform the environment. It will also be interesting to see how the artist further develops the move from still to moving image, and how those moving images can form more complex relationships in the video, rather than just becoming larger and smaller or overlapping. What remains clear is the truly awe-inspiring exploration of sound that is a privilege to witness, and that Joynes is very aware of the importance of simplicity in these multi-media works. CAROLYN JERVIS
// CAROLYN@VUEWEEKLY.COM
call to artists
Call to Artists - Request for Proposals Kennedale Waste Management Facility Public Art Project Budget:
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$5,000 CAD per artist for two selected designs (a total of 3 artists will be selected)
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Eligibility:
All Canadian visual artists
Deadline:
4:30 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Installation: June 2012
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Visit our website to download the complete public art call:
http://publicart.edmontonarts.ca/calls/
Columbian Choirs
The public art competitions listed above are held in accordance with the City of Edmonton policy “Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas” (C458C).
Columbian Choirs
Edmonton’s Family of Choirs
For more information, contact the Edmonton Arts Council: p: (780) 424–2787 | e: publicart@edmontonarts.ca
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PREVUE // THEATRICAL WHIMSY
Countries Shaped Like Stars
// Alex Cairncross
instead?' And for me I really feel it's because we're actively trying to give adults the experience of wonder and not knowing and discovery that we have when we're children. We lose this ability to imagine, we lose this ability to be surprised and to be open to the universe, the older we get. And what we really try to do is create a safe environment for adults to experience joy and wonder again."
Gettin' whimsical up in here
Sun, Mar 11 (2 pm) Arts Barns, PCL Theatre, $15
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s we grow into adulthood, the world starts to fit into an increasingly well-defined box, its corners and walls set by the realities of everyday living. Imaginary wanderings take us less distance from the real world (and happen less frequently, for that matter), circling paycheques and bills and worries instead of departing from them—in other words, our sense of play begins to leave us, and even art
isn't exempt from being abandoned in such a way. Theatre pushes boundaries as it explores the world around us, but it most often grounds itself in that reality, rarely departing from it. That's not exactly a problem—if art is in part a way of exploring our world, existing in that same world seems pretty necessary—but does it mean that whimsy has to vanish from the picture altogether? Even from a tour-stop behind a show that seeks to reinvigorate that very sense of play, Nicolas Di Gaetano notes
artists are far from immune to the realities of growing up. "There's a whole business side to this that is not magical or whimsical at all," he chuckles. Still, he's trying: hailing from Ottawa, Di Gaetano, along with artistic partner Emily Pearlman, has attempted to shape Countries Shaped Like Stars into a refuge for the imagination. It blends concert song and theatrical storytelling in its tale of two lovers, presented in an intimate setting without much of a fourth wall, to allow moments of improv and audience
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interaction to fleck the script. A tincan telephone factors prominently in the mix, and there's a party after the show, where there may or may not be homemade treats served. "We definitely like to work in that realm of magic and whimsy and giving people something a little bit out of the ordinary," Di Gaetano says. "There's so much work out there that's about the world that we live in. And it's super poignant, and super good, and we ask ourselves, 'Why do we gravitate towards this stuff
Di Gaetano and Pearlman have already crossed Canada twice with Countries, but this marks the first run of shows they've done that are presented by local theatre companies at every stop (in Edmonton, it's our own dare-to-darkly-dream Surreal SoReal Theatre.) The pair met when they both moved back to Ottawa; Pearlman had skill in interdisciplinary performance creation, and Di Gaetano was versed in vaudeville and clown. They fused their ideas and skills into one of her scripts, and Country gelled into the malleable shape it now has, set in whichever cozy venues it can find. That intimacy of space lends it strength, Di Gaetano notes. "I played in punk and hardcore bands for a long time," he says. "On our tours, we would end up playing house shows; some kid's parents would go out of town and we would set up the drums and the guitars in the living room, and kids would slam dance there, but for me, those were some of the most wonderful and engaging and community-feeling times that I've ever had in my life. So we created this show with the idea that we could perform it in someone's living room when it's not being performed in a theatre. To create a more adult sense of a house show, and a community coming together in a house to experience a piece of art." Paul Blinov
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Mostly Water Theatre presents Reality Cheque / Fri, Mar 9; Sat, Mar 10 (8 pm) The latest spread of sketch from the comic impresarios in Mostly Water Theatre seems to be balanced by a hearty roster of guests, all of recognizable theatrical faces to be making merry with: Northern Light Theatre artistic director Trevor Schmidt's guesting in the two-night sketch show, alongside musical guests The Bud and Yolanda Experience (one member of said Experience is Darrin Hagen, so expect some mean accordion), with the whole thing being kept to a comic pace by director Bradley Moss. (Roxy Theatre, $21)
The Social Life of Ink / Tue, Mar 13; Thu, Mar 15; Fri, Mar 16 (3:30 pm) Ted Bishop, whose road memoir Riding With Rilkie was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award a few years back, is hosting a trio of free lectures about the very stuff these words are printed in. The three sessions have titles like "From Bomber Crews to The Bourne Identity: the Ballpoint Pen as an Instrument of War" and "Samarkand, Islam and the Erotics of Ink," and the term "lecture" should be applied loosely here—there will be hands on interaction in the chance to grind chinese ink sticks or crush gall stones to make ink yourself. Indelible experiences, if ever there were such things. (University of Alberta, Humanities Centre Lecture Theatre 1)
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PREVUE // STAND UP
The Wayans Brothers
The Wayans brothers. Well, two of them
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f all the birthright members of the Wayans' showbiz dynasty, Shawn and Marlon seem to have most handily transitioned into the new millenium (well, maybe Kim too). At least in front of the camera: the familial writing and production team is still collaborating en masse, as steadfastly churning out film and television projects together as they ever have have, but seem to have mostly slipped into behind-the-scenes roles; it's Shawn and Marlon who've taken up the starring roles in films like White Chicks and Little Man, apparently slated to return to the Scary Movie franchise as well, reprising their early roles for its fifth outing (they've been absent from screens for the previous two). In other words, they're current faces of a very longstanding comedy franchise, and in advance of their upcoming Edmonton show—what's an already mostly sold out weekend of stand-up—Shawn Wayans took a phonecall with Vue to discuss the appearance, as well as the modern troubles of developing comedy when everybody's got a camera in their pocket. That said, he seems eager to be getting out and perform live. "It keeps us sharp while we're writing," he says, of testing out material on the road. "It's like being in the gym." You've been doing comedy for decades now, and the last 10 years have seen huge changes in comedy, with Youtube and a growing alt scene. As a comedian, how have you found that working in the medium has changed? SHAWN WAYANS: It makes it harder to develop as an artist now. Because before, you were able to develop under the radar, without people videotaping you and putting stuff out that's not ready for them to be seeing, on Youtube. It makes it tough; I think any artist would have a tough time; even Picasso would've had a tough time trying to paint some of his famous paintings, now that the video camera's out.
but it's definitely an annoying factor. It definitely makes it tough. Nobody's supposed to really see it until it's ready to be seen. That's why you shoot a special. So you go on stage, and you're playing, and you're taking topics and you haven't really found the punchline or anything, but some nut will have a videocamera and film you, and put you on Youtube, and then it looks like you don't know what you're doing. Do you find there's a difference between writing for stand up and writing for film? SW: There is, but at the end of the day, the goal is to hunt the funny, and be able to present that funny to a broad audience. And the difference with stand-up versus film, in film you have to make it fit within your character and the story; you can't just go poppin' out stand-up jokes in a film, 'cause it'll look weird. They have to come from a character's voice. In stand up, it's more personal: if it's topical, it could be funny, if it's personal, it could be funny. It doesn't have to fit within a voice; you just have to have your setup and your punchline. VW:
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the development of comedy is affected. SW: I mean, you can get around it,
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SWAN LAKE
REVUE // BOOKS
World Premiere of Kirk Peterson’s Swan Lake.
An Impossible Love, FOREVER DOOMED TO A LAKE OF TEARS.
Available now By Jonathan Lethem Doubleday 464 pp, $32
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"A Plagiarism," but its potency is undeniable, and the world it imagines, where copyright is drastically reimagined and reduced, feels damn near utopian in its possibilities.
've never invented a drinking game before, but The Ecstasy of Influence unwittingly gave me an idea for a great one. Here's what you do: google "Jonathan Lethem + [any cultural topic]." If you find an effusive, multithousand-word essay in the results, drink. And don't be afraid to get creative. Try out the Robert Altman film McCabe & Mrs Miller, or the '70s Australian pop group the Go-Betweens, or the artist Fred Tomaselli. Try Shirley Jackson, Otis Redding or Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Try third-tier science-fiction writers. Try forgotten '50s TV icon Ernie Kovacs. Try Donald Sutherland's buttocks. The point is you're going to get messed up very quickly. Lethem has written about all of the above, and then some—as he notes, rather staggeringly, in the introduction to this hefty, omnivorous book, The Ecstasy of Influence contains "maybe a quarter" of his total uncollected writings. Lethem's unifying principle is that influence is everything. Writers—indeed artists of all stripes—absorb, borrow, pilfer, adapt, remix and add onto anything they can get their grubby hands on. That's simply what they do. In fact, he's been making this point through his fiction for decades; it's impossible to imagine books like The Fortress of Solitude or Motherless Brooklyn without the comic books, pulp crime novels and soul records that infuse their every page. Ecstasy doesn't so much expand on this principle as spell it out a few dozen times, then dump a metric ton of evidence at the reader's feet in support. The title essay provides the best nutshell argument: it's a brilliant, passionate first-person celebration of appropriation in all its forms that is, it turns out, itself a patchwork of other people's stories and ideas (all properly endnoted, of course). Lethem—or perhaps Harper's magazine, where it first appeared in 2007—misleadingly subtitles it T:13.75”
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The Ecstasy of Influence The book as a whole is full of pieces of varying quality and polish, and comes sequenced, prefaced and catalogued to within an inch of its life; as such, it can feel like you're illicitly snooping through Lethem's private filing cabinets while he's out of the room. Some, like his profiles of Bob Dylan and James Brown, illuminate both subject and author alike. Others, like basically the entire section on visual art, do neither. Most fall somewhere in the middle. Yet that's not meant as an insult, exactly; rather, it seems to be precisely how Lethem envisioned the book himself. On the very first page he refers to it as "this long test of your patience." A few pages later, it's a "bloggish book"—by which I think he means longer and more rashly personal than it needs to be. On some level, it's an indulgence on Lethem's part. The interstitial notes constantly refer to his thought process as he imagined compiling such a book. And it's in one such note that he uses the most accurate adjective of all: "centrifugal." For Lethem, everything moves outward from the ecstasy of influence. In a short piece about book tours, Lethem writes, "I've been variously flippant, morbid, and no doubt teeth-grindingly sincere on every topic ever pushed my way. The only approach I neglect is to bow out, to ignore a question or scratch an interview; I show up too early and say too much." What a fascinating statement. Yes, this leads him to compose some of the omnibus's more sloggish sections, but consider: as a personality trait, what could be more endearing? I'm already a fan of Lethem's fiction, and picturing him as a helpless super-fan, happily blabbering about the things he loves and never knowing when to pipe down, only makes me like him that much more. MICHAEL HINGSTON
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tre, 87 Ave, 112 St • Sylvain Emard Danse • Mar 9-10 • $35/$20 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square
EDMONTON FESTIVAL BALLET • Arden Theatre,
5 St Anne St • Foundations: Gala with Edmonton Contemporary Dancers and Edmonton School of Ballet Junior Company • Mar 18, 2pm (door), 3pm (dance) • $25/$15 (child under 18) at Edmonton School of Ballet, 780.413.0985
EDMONTON SCHOOL OF BALLET • Jubilee
Auditorium • The Toymaker’s Dream and Excerpts from the Classics • Mar 11, 4pm (younger dancers), 7pm (older students) • $20 at Edmonton School of Ballet office, 780.440.2100
Ave, Stony Plain • 780.963.9573 • ANTICIPATION OF THINGS TO COME: Ceramic artworks by Barb Watchman • Until Mar 31
DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St,
780.760.1278 • SONGS ON THE WALL: Beatles inspired artworks by Bernadette McCormack • Through March
ENTERPRISE SQUARE • 10230 Jasper Ave • 780.492.5834 • COOL STUFF: Featuring objects and artifacts related to winter, ice, snow, mountains and polar regions; until Mar 31 • Noon-Hour Series: Nature in Winter in Edmonton with John Acorn; Mar 15 EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ GALLERY • 9938-70 Ave
• 780.437.3667 • Featuring Feral Dog Photography, Brian Zahorodniuk, Dara Loewen, Ginette VallieresD'Silva, Margot Solstice, Maggie Tate and others • Until Apr 28, Tue-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 11am-5pm
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: Books in eight categories (children’s, limited editions, pictorial, poetry, prose fiction, prose non-fiction, prose non-fiction illustrated, reference) published in 2010 • Until Mar 24
GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner
Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • 780.409.1910 • Movement arts festival features dance, physical theatre, circus arts, performance art • Mar 8-11
Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • POSTAGE STAMPS AS MESSENGERS OF CULTURE: Display by Anita Nawrocki (display cases) • THE ARGENTUM PROJECT: CHRONICLES OF MOTION: Works by the Sculptors' Association of Alberta (Gallery/display cases near AV Rm); until Mar 31
SOLO SEAL EXAMINATION • Tim's Centre, U
GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 •
EXPANSE DANCE FESTIVAL • TransAlta
of A, 112 St, 87 Ave • A true test of a dancer's ability; candidates are required to perform three contrasting variations. The Solo Seal Award is the final examination of the Royal Academy of Dance • Mar 11, 2pm • $25/$20 (student)
FILM CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Library Theatre, Stanley A. Milner Library basement, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • Badlands (14A); Mar 14, 6:30pm EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • Young Bess (1953, PG); Mar 12, 8pm • The Prisoner of Zenda (1937, PG); Mar 19, 8pm EDMONTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL • Zeidler–
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 (single)/$70 (festival pass)
EDUCATED REEL • Metro Cinema, Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • Amazing Ecologies: Avatar: Mar 15, 7pm • $6 (online)/$10 (door)/$8 (student)• Registration online/T: 780.492.4540
FROM BOOKS TO FILM SERIES • Stanley
Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • To Have and Have Not (1944, B&W, PG); Mar 9, 2pm • The Quiet Man (1952, G); Mar 16, 2pm
GALLERIES + MUSEUMS AGNES BUGERA GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave •
780.482.2854 • GALLERY SPRING SELECTIONS: Selection of gallery artists works • Until end of Mar
ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • 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 GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir
Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • 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 • MASS: Dara Humniski: until May 20 • VENERATOR: Contemporary Art from the AGA Collection; until May 21 • ART SCHOOL: BANFF 1947: Mar 10-Jun 3 • ALBERTA MISTRESSES OF THE MODERN: 1935-1975: Mar 10Jun 3 • Ledcor Theatre: Curator’s Introduction: Alberta Mistresses of the Modern with Mary-Beth Laviolett; Mar 9, 6pm; $15/$10 (AGA member) • !Women in Art Film Series: Kicks off: !Women Art Revolution; Mar 13, 7pm; occurring the 2nd Tue each month (Mar-Oct) at the Garneau Theatre; $10/$8 (AGA/Metro member/student/senior) • Manning Hall: One Night of Progress: Forum of speakers debating What is progress? Is progress a good thing? Mar 15, 7pm; $10/free (member) • Alberta Process Painting: until 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 stop-motion animations by Jennifer Wanner; until Apr 28 • Artventures: Drop-in art program for children 6-12; 1-4pm; $5 • Artist at Heart: Botanical Watercolours: Mar 10, 10am-12pm; $15, pre-register • Ageless Art: Still Life Collage: mature adults; Mar 15, 1-3pm; $12, pre-register • Artventures: Fabulous Flowers: Drop-in art program for children 6-12; Mar 17, 1-4pm; $5
OLD DOGS/NEW TRICKS: Featuring drawings by Father Douglas • Until Apr 7
HAPPY HARBOR COMICS V1 • 10729-104 Ave •
Comics Artist-in-Residence: Paul Lavelleed every Fri (12-6pm); every Sat (12-5pm) until Apr 21 • Comic Jam: 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7pm • Open Door: collective of independent comic creators: 2nd and 4th Thu each month, 7pm
HARCOURT HOUSE • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.426.4180 • 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 • Until Apr 14 HARRIS-WARKE GALLERY–Red Deer • Sunworks Store, Ross St, Red Deer • 403.346.8937 • SCENES FROM THE DOMESTIC: Ceramic works by Red Deer artist, Jenna Turner • Until Mar 24
HUB ON ROSS–Red Deer • 4936 Ross St, Red
Deer • 403.340.4869 • ECCENTRIC EMBRACES OF LANDSCAPES EXPRESSED: Artworks by Rea Vanlie • Through Mar
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, 6:30-8:30pm
hibition: 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
SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • JOURNEY: Artworks by Ada Wong • Mar 5-24 • Reception: Mar 10, 1-4pm STRATHCONA COUNTY GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • PRODUCTION POTTERY: Brenda Danrook and Martin Tagseth; until 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 • Until Apr 14 WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave •
780.488.4892 • Artworks by Guy Roy • Mar 10-22
LITERARY ARTERY • 9535 Jasper Ave • 780.441.6966 • Literary
Barbour • Mar 16, 7pm • Free
RIVERDALE • 9917-87 St • Creative Word Jam •
Every 3rd Sun of the month, 6-10pm • E: creative. word.jam@gmail.com
ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Poetic Injustice: A night of poetry with Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi; Mar 13, 9-11pm; psnedmonton. ca T.A.L.E.S. CONCERT • AGA's Ledcor Theatre, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • World Storytelling Day: Featuring tellers and tales from many cultures and traditions • Mar 18, 2-3pm 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 • Mar 14, 7-9pm; free; 2nd Wed each month
T.A.L.E.S. WORLD STORYTELLING DAY
Art Gallery of Alberta, Ledcor Theatre, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • TALES From the Woods: Featuring Sarah Harder-Tessier (Youth Teller), Renée Englot, Don George, Amanda Woodward, Wendy Edey, Patrick Pierse, Marie Anne McLean • Mar 18, 2-3:30pm • $10/$5 (child)/free (under 4)
UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave •
Saloon: reading series the 2nd Thu every month; OctMay, 7pm (door)
780.422.8174 • The Poets’ Haven Weekly Reading Series: every Mon, 7pm presented by the Stroll of Poets Society • $5
AUDREYS BOOKS • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487
WUNDERBAR ON WHYTE • 8120-101 St •
• 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; Mar 9, 7-9pm • Book launch of Ride the Moon (fantasy/ sci-fi collection), with readings by authors, Billie Milholland and Krista D. Ball; Mar 10, 3pm • Celebrate Irving Layton on his 100th birthday; join Nora Abercrombie, Douglas Barbour, Michael Gravel, Ellen Kartz, Alexis Kienlen, Candas Jane Dorsey, Alice Major, Laurie MacFayden, and Janet Smith, for readings; Mar 11, 2pm • The Adventure Travel Company: monthly travel talk–tips about travel in Europe; Mar 13, 7pm • Former RCMP sergeant Charles Scheideman reads from his collection of stories, Tragedy on Jackass Mountain; Mar 14, 7:30pm
780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors
THEATRE BACK TO THE '80S...THE TOTALLY AWESOME MUSICAL • Bailey Theatre–Camrose • Presented
by About Time Productions • Mar 10, 6pm (dinner theatre, balcony seating available) • $16/$10 (child)/$13 (student/senior)/$40 (dinner theatre); Nightly prizes for best ‘80s costume
Story Slam: 2nd Wed each month
BOEING, BOEING • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615109 Ave • 780.483.4051 • Bernard, an American architect living in a posh Paris apartment, has been deftly juggling three fiancées who are all flight attendants. But his life hits turbulence when his old college friend visits and each of his three fiancées change their flight schedule • Until Apr 8
CANADIAN AUTHORS ASSOCIATION •
CHAPTER TWO • Capital Theatre, Fort Edmonton
BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ • 9624-76 Ave • 780.469.8755 •
Campus Saint-Jean, Pavillon Lacerte, Rm 3-04, 8406 Marie-Ann-Gaboury St (91 St) • Fred Stenson presents Historical Fiction • Mar 16-17 • Fri Evening Presentations: 8pm; free for members and first-time guests/$10 (returning guests) • Sat workshops: 9:30am-4pm; $40 (member)/$70 (nonmember) lunch included
PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555
Roper Rd • A Celebration Of Robert Kroetsch: Readings and remembrances with Jenna Butler, George Bowering, Jeff Carpenter, Nicole Markotic, Roy Miki, Fred Wah, Thomas Wharton; hosted by Douglas
Park, Fox Dr, Whitemud Dr • Written by Neil Simon, directed by Amanda Bergen • Mar 15-25 (not Mar 19), 8pm; Mar 24, 2pm; not recommended for children 12 and under • $28/$20 (student/senior) • Dinner and Theatre: Mar 15-18, 20, 23-25; Dinner: $32/$16 (child)
DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • Live improvised soap opera • Every Mon, until May, 7:30pm (subject to change) EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU • Sacred Heart
School, 4419 52 Ave, Wetaskiwin • 780.352.8383 •
Waterworks Theatre • By Ken Mastel • A musical comedy about the rise of the Beatles before their debut on the Ed Sullivan show • Mar 9-11, Fri-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm • $15
EXPANSE DANCE FESTIVAL • TransAlta
Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • 780.409.1910 • Azimuth Theatre presents this movement arts festival • Mar 8-11
GOD OF CARNAGE • Citadel Shoctor Theatre,
9828-101 A Ave • 780.428.2117 • Comedy by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, directed by James MacDonald, starring Fiona Reid • Mar 10-Apr 1
JOCELYN AHLF AND ANDREW MACDONALDSMITH • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Teatro Makes Music to Mark Start of Anniversary Season: In Concert with Ryan Sigurdson present an evening of song • Until Mar 10, 7:30pm; Sat 2pm • $25/$20 (2012 Teatro subscribers) 780.433.3399, VB 1, TIX on the Square
JUMP FOR GLEE • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 2690, 8882-170 St, WEM Upper Level • 780.484.2424 • 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 MOSTLY WATER • Roxy, 10708-124 St, and other
venues • 780.453.2440 • Theatre Network • 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 • Mar 9-10
THE MUSIC MAN JUNIOR • Dow Centre, Fort Saskatchewan • 780.998.3741 • Mar 15-16, 7pm • $10 RACE • Catalyst Theatre, 8529 Gateway Blvd • 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 Sat • $26 at TIX on The Square, door REALITY CHEQUE • Roxy Theatre, 10708-124 St • 780.453.2440 • Back for their second monumentastic instalment of the Roxy Performance Series, Mostly Water Theatre's reality television show themed sketch comedy extravagorium with Trevor Schmidt, musical guests The Bud and Yolanda Experience (Darrin Hagen, Linda Karenko), directed by Bradley Moss • Mar 9-10, 8pm SPRING FLING • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 St • Theatre Network's annual fundraiser: an evening of entertainment, fine dining, and lavish shopping • Mar 15 THEATRESPORTS • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Improv runs every Fri, until Jul, 11pm (occasional change) • $10/$8 (member)
KIWANIS GALLERY–Red Deer • Red Deer Library • FRACTALS INFINITUM: Digital collages by Elyse Eliot-Los, digital imagery by Janice Johnson • Until Apr 29 LATITUDE 53 • 10248-106 St • 780.423.5353 • 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; until Apr 7 • Reception for the Instability in Visual and Material Cultures symposium: Mar 16 evening
LOFT GALLERY • A. J. Ottewell Art Centre, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • 780.922.6324 • Art and gifts by local artists • Until 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 • Paintings by Tabitha Gilman; Mar 16-Apr 11; reception: Mar 18
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 • THE PREMISE OF NATURE: Landscape paintings and photographs by Brenda Kim Christiansen; Mar 10-27; opening: Mar 10, 2-4pm; artist in attendance ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • NARRATIVE QUEST: Until Apr 29
CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • SYMBIOSIS: Artworks by Karen Blanchet, Rachelle Bugeaud, Barbara Kowaleski, and guest Tony Goobie • Until Mar 20
SCOTT GALLERY 10411-124 St • 780.488.3619 • NEW WORK: Paintings by Mitchell Fenton • Until Mar 13
CROOKED POT GALLERY–Stony Plain • 4912-51
Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • Gallery Ex-
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FILM
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Ground control to major John
John Carter launches from modern nostalgia to mark its own triumphs
Until Mon, Mar 12 The Skin I Live in
Opens Friday Directed by Andrew Stanton
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dgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars began its initial serialized publication 100 years ago; it reflects a nostalgia for the vanishing frontier common to that period of increasing urbanization. If the last century—and its many westerns—have made it difficult for us to share the same romantic view of the Old West, then John Carter, a long-gestating adaptation of Burroughs' beloved novel, should perhaps be characterized as a work of nostalgia for a bygone nostalgia. (Among its scenarists is novelist Michael Chabon, who's made the complication of nostalgia and renovation of fantasy genres into the foundation of a busy career.) The film's eponymous hero (Taylor Kitsch, remarkably good at working the film's particular tone and interacting with its sprawling special effects) is a prospector and Confederate veteran, both a fierce warrior and fiercely individualistic—a good old boy with a bad attitude. "I don't fight for anyone," he defiantly declares, which of course tips us off to the fact that this is going to be the story of a guy who finds something to fight for. The twist is that Carter needs to travel to another planet to do so, one where the racial and territorial squabbles bear a close resemblance to those of the world Carter left behind, and whose enviro-political crises mirror those of our current era. (The film's director is
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««« "The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) is often extremely creepy. It's also perhaps a little too cool and clean and clinical, too bogglingly plotty and overcalculated to truly love, but the highly composed grand design has things to ponder, revisit and re-admire."
Until Sun, Mar 18 Coriolanus
Metro Cinema at the Garneau
Man on Mars: John Carter
««« Andrew Stanton, who previously used the fantastic to speak to apocalyptic anxieties in WALL-E.) Life on Mars—known by locals as Barsoom—is both technologically advanced and diplomatically deficient. Some Martians look like us (in fact, some of them look like Ciarán Hinds and Mark Strong), some look
like giant frogs with four arms. There are several tribes and nobody's getting along very well with anybody else, primarily because the resources needed to sustain life on Mars are dwindling. Being a natural outsider, Carter finds himself in league with other outsiders, chief among them Sola (Samantha Morton), daughter of one of the froggy people's most revered fighters (Willem Dafoe), and Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins), Princess of Helium, a feisty fox being forced into marriage with Sab Than (Dominic West), Prince of Zodanga and an obvious prick. Sab Than's cut a deal with some shadowy figures with unfathomable powers who, like the capricious gods of antiquity, live only to quietly manipulate the fates of hapless mortals. A robust embodiment of American ambition, Carter catches on to the grand plan and has none of it. His drive to thwart the shadowpeople's designs is part spite, part
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triumph of the free will over mysterious forces of determinism. But Carter's other, less explicit motivation is his burgeoning desire to become, as the film's closing revision of its title tells us, John Carter of Mars. Rather than pining for return to the familiarity of Earthly existence, Carter realizes he prefers this strange and arid planet, because it more closely resembles the untamed places of his past, because it lets him be unique, and because his capacity for domestic pleasure has been revived by romance with Dejah. There's something pleasing—especially given that we're watching a Disney film—about Carter's interplanetary/ interracial urges and his utterly unsentimental regard for Home. For a story grounded in nostalgia, John Carter has a nifty way of shrugging off longing for whence its hero came. JOSEF BRAUN
// JOSEF@VUEWEEKLY.COM
"This bleary, booming, bracing and bloody adaptation-update of Coriolanus resembles any number of contemporary war zones, with cameras and televisions everywhere you turn. This blurring of place is handled pretty effectively ... Fiennes' performance is hard to argue with."
Jewish Film Fest Sun, Mar 11 – Tue, Mar, 13 Zeidler Hall The annual Edmonton Jewish Film Festival's expanded its scope for 2012, pulling in eight films from across the world, from the incredible claymation Mary & Max to the polish concert doc 100 Voices. A full schedule is available at: jewishedmonton.com
Full reviews in our Film archives at vueweekly.com
FILM // TEEN FIGHT
Battle Royale
“A GROUNDBREAKING HORROR EXPERIENCE. YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!” – Ryan Turek, SHOCK TILL YOU DROP
“CHILLING SUSPENSE, WITH AN ENDING
YOU WON’T SEE COMING.” - Jim Gordon, CTV
“AN EDGE OF YOUR SEAT THRILLER.” - Bonnie Laufer, TRIBUTE CANADA
The kids aren't all right
Fri, Mar 9 (11:30 pm) Directed by Kinji Fukasaku Originally released: 2000 Metro Cinema at The Garneau "The worst dreams that ever I have are when I hear the surf booming about its coasts" – Jim Hawkins, Treasure Island
T
he surf booms death for more than one teenager on the island of Battle Royale. This cult hit—Lord of the Flies for a) the Y2K end-of-the-worlder b) the videogamer c) the 21st-century splatter-fan d) the Survivor-meets-The Most Dangerous Game overlap demographic e) all of the above—inspired a Columbine-style pop-cult controversy in Japan when unleashed in 2000. Adapted from Koushun Takami's 1999 novel by director Kinji Fukasaku's 27-year-old son Kenta, the story follows 14-year-olds plunked down on an island to kill each other. Critics decried its teens-gone-wildly-homicidal, but a co-founder of NYC's Asian Film Festival countered, "these are kids ... raised in a sick society by parents who have failed them. I think it is one of the most humane movies ever made." Battle Royale's dystopia reflects a hyper-tech Japan still deeply concerned with social cohesion and the value-gaps between the generations. At a time of 15 percent unemploy-
ment, many parents, through disappearance or suicide, have abandoned their kids to amorality. Adults have made a repressive education system murderously social-Darwinist. Each year, a middle-school class is chosen to in-fight on an island until one student's left. (Recently, the blockbuster teen-series The Hunger Games has been attacked for its similarities to Battle Royale.) The latest unlucky group's gassed on a bus, electronic-tagged and bombcollared, transported to the battlezone and given a random weapon. Kitano, their bitter, childishly twisted Grade 7 teacher, launches the game: "Today's lesson is, you kill each other off." (Ingeniously, Takeshi Kitano is Kitano, playing off his image as a vengeful Yakuza boss or chief cop in '90s films.) The desperate gorefest that ensues is often soap-operatic, mushyromantic and farcical, but relieved by some tender loyalties, false friendships and shrewd tactics. With each death appears the victim's name and the number of kids left, but the longrumoured Hollywood remake could better implicate we bloodthirsty reality-TV-viewers by giving us kill-scorecards to tick off who's gone. Because it's the movie's disturbingly dark social frame, not its bloody canvas, that makes this a battle worth watching. Brian Gibson
// brian@vueweekly.com
REVUE // HANDYCAM PROFITEERING
Project X Now playing Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
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hite suburban teen, talking like he's seen lots of rap videos, uses social media to throw friend a birthday party with lots of "hot bitches," for blahpussyblah, and to make friend feel cool, etc, whatever, yeah. (Movie pretends to be found-footage, but that's best for horror films, when we don't know what's coming. Here, the plot's more predictable than the bespectacled-fat-friend/third wheel: teen hordes come, party goes monster-wild, destruction gets epic, birthday-boy still lands dream-girl with clichéd speech.) Trashing house, burning trees and
generally fucking lots of shit up, yo!, that was cool! Because Project X stands for Xcuse to shrug off emptyspectacle moviemaking as awesome partying in Hollywood. Laughs? Nope, just one or two chuckles (involving marginal characters). Acting? Pretty flat. Angry midget? Check. But trashing cars, wrecking a house, filming T&A music-video-montage style, blowing up the '80s-Animal House-style-teen-flick into a Michael-Bay-scale waste-off, and getting people to pay $10 cover to see it all? Now that's the X marks the spot we're going for, a sweet spot, dude, that Xtremely cynical profiteering spot atop the box office. Fuck yeah! Brian Gibson
// brian@vueweekly.com
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REVUE // LET'S JUST STAY FRIENDS
Friends With Kids
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omantic comedies tend to focus on the elusive allure of happily ever after and "I do," but until recently, rarely did they delve into what comes afterwards. Friends with Kids boasts an all-star cast including Bridesmaids BFFs Kirsten Wiig and Maya Rudolph, Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Megan Fox. Watching the trailer and seeing the cast list sets the film up to be a bust-a-gut comedy, but don't go in expecting that or you'll come out disappointed. The film has its laugh-out-loud moments, but overall it feels like it doesn't make use of the comedy chops its cast members possess, particularly Wiig, whose character starts
off as a giddy newlywed, but takes a serious turn. While she pulls off the role well, it would have been nice to see her not shoved to the back burner. Rudolph and Hamm take supporting roles as well, and the spotlight shines on director/producer/writer/star Jennifer Westfeldt, who plays an unmarried, childless New Yorker whose social life flatlines when her close married friends start having children. Her platonic buddy Jason, played by Adam Scott decide to have a child together after witnessing their friends' marriages become a routine of sexless, resentful monotony post-baby. The method behind their madness is that they'll be able have this wonderful child, remain friends, support one another, but continue to navigate the dating minefield until they find "the one," all while avoiding that messy
marriage nonsense. Having your cake and eating it too has been glorified to a point with films like Friends with Kids, and this one could almost be marketed as the same idea plus baby. The film does a good job of avoiding casting Westfeldt as a sad, desperate middle-aged spinster and gives equal time to showing both points of view as she and Scott's character make their way through birth and the start of parenthood. Friends with Kids is well acted and remains entertaining despite eventually falling victim to the traditional romantic comedy formula. Unfortunately, this is what will make it interchangeable rather than memorable. Meaghan Baxter
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REVUE // SEUSS
The Lorax Now playing Directed by Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
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hat was The Lorax? Why did kids care? And why was it lifted and taken somewhere, made into a movie about bottled air, and taken away from where the Grickle-grass grows? The old Review-er still lives here. Ask him. He knows. "Well now, The Lorax was a beloved Seuss book. But the movie turns its green message into a catchy hook. On the page was this creature that spoke for a thing called a tree, but the Once-ler ignored him and deforested—you see? "The movie, though, rarely rhymes out eco-wrongs, instead tinkling out some cheery pop-songs. In place of the Dr's quirky curlicues and curves come neon-brite colours and actionchase swerves. The corporate satire's mature, savage, almost wildish (O'Hare's packaged Air is the target now there), but the movie's view of nature is decidedly childish. "Outdoors frolic furry creatures
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Not as green as the book
cute as can be. And guess what's all you really need for a tree? Not a googolplex, or a fajillion, not even three. (Not like in the way, way better WallE. And forget replanting in this film's forestry.) Gone is the book's 'you,' replaced with a 'me.' "Because you really just need one kid and one seed! And the motivation of love, oh yes, indeed! And just to make all this Hollywoodization, this snappy, fizzy, poppy enviro-libation,
sugar-coated for the ADD-kid generation, even more delicious to swallow, well, the look of it all seems oddly plastic and hollow. The trees look like candy-floss lollipops, to be brutal. And the Lorax? A walrus-moustached cheese doodle. ... Perhaps I'm just old, and criticize rather a lot, but too much here is nutrition-less food for thought." Brian Gibson
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FILM WEEKLY Fri, MAR 9 - THU, Mar 15, 2012
CHABA THEATRE–JASPER 6094 Connaught Dr Jasper 780.852.4749
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G) Fri-Sat 7:00,
900; Sun-Thu 8:00; Sat-Sun 1:30
This Means War (PG, language may offend,
violence) Fri-Sat 7:00, 9:00; Sun-Thu 8:00; Sat-Sun 1:30
DUGGAN CINEMA–CAMROSE 6601-48 Ave Camrose 780.608.2144
John Carter (PG violence) Daily 6:45 9:20; Sat-Sun 1:50
SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Daily 6:50 9:10; Sat-Sun 2:10
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G) Daily 7:00,
8:50; Sat-Sun 1:00, 2:50
PROJECT X (18A substance abuse, crude content,
7:30, 9:55; Star & Strollers: Wed 1:00
JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Daily 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 7:00, 9:40
GOON (18A language may offend) Daily 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:15 Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (STC) Wed 7:00
WANDERLUST (14A nudity, substance abuse, coarse language) Daily 1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire Live (Classification not available) Sun 1:00
5074-130 Ave 780.472.9779
HAPPY FEET TWO (G) Daily 1:30, 4:15 Puss In Boots (G) Digital Cinema: Daily 1:45; 3d: Digital 3d: Daily 4:00, 6:30, 9:00
Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Daily 1:50, 4:25, 7:00, 9:25 The Adventures Of Tintin (PG violence)
Digital Cinema Daily 1:15; 3d: Digital 3d: Daily 3:50, 6:55, 9:35
WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Daily 1:25, 4:15 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
My Week With Marilyn (14A) Daily 6:45,
9:20
14231-137 Ave 780.732.2236
5:30, 8:00, 10:20; 3d: Digital 3d: Daily 12:00, 2:10, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00
John Carter 3D (PG violence) Daily 12:10, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30; 3d: Ultraavx: Daily 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:30
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D
(14A frightening scenes) Digital 3d Fri-Sat, MonTue, Thu 2:00, 4:40, 8:00, 10:20; Sun 5:40, 8:00, 10:20; Wed 2:00, 4:40, 10:20
SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Daily 12:50,
3:40, 7:10, 10:00
A Thousand Words (PG coarse language) Fri-
Tue, Thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55; Wed 3:00, 5:10,
violence) Fri 5:00, 7:20, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45; Mon-Thu 7:00, 9:15
Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:10
content) Daily 7:15, 9:20; Fri-Sun, Tue 1:10, 3:35
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG)
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX (G) Daily 7:00, 9:00; FRISun, Tue 12:55, 3:20; Movies for Mommies: Tue 12:55
GOON (18A language may offend) Fri 5:20, 7:50,
Project X (18A substance abuse, crude content, language may offend) Daily 7:05, 9:15; Fri-Sun, Tue 12:50, 3:15
Sat-Sun 12:50; 3D: Digital 3d Fri 5:30, 8:00, 10:20; Sat-Sun 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20; Mon-Thu 7:10, 9:40
WANDERLUST (14A nudity, substance abuse, coarse language) Fri 3:50, 6:30, 9:10; Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10; Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:00
The Vow (PG) Daily 6:55; FRI-Sun, Tue 12:40
language may offend) Daily 1:20, 3:30, 5:45, 8:10, 10:40
Dolby Stereo Digital Daily 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40
ACT OF VALOR (14A violence) DTS Digital: Daily
Friends With Kids (14A coarse language) Fri-
1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00
Shrek (PG) Sat 11:00
WANDERLUST (14A nudity, substance abuse, coarse language) Dolby Stereo Digital Daily 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15
Tue, Thu 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 9:10; Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:10; Star & Strollers: Wed 1:00
THE ARTIST (PG) DTS Digital Daily 12:30, 3:30, CINEPLEX ODEON SOUTH 1525-99 St 780.436.8585
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX (G) Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40; Mon-Thu 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30; 3D: Digital 3d: Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; Mon-Thu 1:00, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 John Carter 3D (PG violence) Digital Cinema: Fri-
Sun, Thu 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:40; Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:30, 10:40; Ultraavx: Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:15; Mon-Thu 12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:15
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A frightening scenes) Digital 3d: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:50; Sun 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:50; Mon-Tue, Thu 1:05, 3:25, 8:10, 10:30; Wed 12:50, 3:15, 10:30
SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 10:00; Mon-Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55
THIS MEANS WAR (PG language may offend,
6:30, 9:30
SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) DTS Digital, Daily 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:25
THE VOW (PG) Fri 3:40, 6:40, 9:20; Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20; Mon-Thu 6:40, 9:15
PROJECT X (18A substance abuse, crude content, language may offend) Fri 4:50, 7:10, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40; Mon-Thu 7:20, 9:45 SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Fri 5:15, 7:40, 10:00; Sat-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00; MonThu 7:30, 9:50
GRANDIN THEATRE–St Albert
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CLAREVIEW 10
Grandin Mall Sir Winston Churchill Ave St Albert 780.458.9822
frightening scenes) Digital 3d: Fri 7:00; Sat-Sun 4:20, 7:00; Mon-Thu 5:00; Digital: Sat-Sun 2:00
Journey 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Big Miracle (PG) Daily 1:05 7:15, 9:25
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G) No passes
9:35; Sat-Sun 1:25, 4:00, 6:55, 9:35; Mon-Thu 4:50, 7:50
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX (G) Digital: Fri 6:35,
8:50; Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:30, 6:35, 8:50; Mon-Thu 5:10, 7:30; Digital 3d: Fri 7:00, 9:15; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:15; Mon-Thu 5:40, 8:00
A Thousand Words (PG coarse language)
Digital Fri 6:40, 9:10; Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:10; Mon-Thu 5:15, 7:40
sification not available) Sun 1:00
John Carter 3D (PG violence) Fri 6:30, 9:25;
WANDERLUST (14A nudity, substance abuse, coarse language) Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:10, 5:40, 8:25, 10:50; MonThu 12:45, 3:30, 8:20, 10:45
Silent House (14A frightening scenes, disturbing
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Act of Valor (14A violence) Daily 7:05, 9:30;
Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium 12845-102 Ave
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DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX (G) No passes Fri
5:10, 7:30, 9:50; Sat-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50; Mon-Thu 7:15, 9:30; 3d: Digital 3d: Fri 4:40,
violence) Fri-Tue, Thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45; Wed 12:40, 3:30, 9:45
JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Daily 1:20; 3d: Digital 3d: Daily 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 ACT OF VALOR (14A violence) Ultraavx Daily 1:30, GOON (18A language may offend) Daily 2:00, 4:50, 8:00, 10:45
WANDERLUST (14A nudity, substance abuse, coarse THE VOW (PG) Daily 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40
John Carter (PG violence) Daily 6:50, 9:35;
PROJECT X (18A substance abuse, crude content, language may offend) Ultraavx: Daily 12:30, 3:00, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20
Project X (18A substance abuse, crude content, language may offend) Daily 7:10, 9:25; Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:25
violence) Daily 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50
Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:35
John Carter–An Imax 3d Experience (PG William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (PG) Sat 12:45
METRO CINEMA at the Garneau Metro at the Garneau: 8712-109 St 780.425.9212
CORIOLANUS (14A) Fri, Mon 7:00; Sat 4:00, 9:15; Sun 2:00, 7:00; Tue 9:15 ing content) Sub-titled Fri, Sun, Mon 9:15pm; Sat 2:00, 7:00
DON'T LOOK BACK (STC) Sun 4:15
Friends With Kids (14A coarse language) Fri-Sun
Daily 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10
THIS MEANS WAR (PG language may offend,
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D (G) Daily 7:00 ,
9:20; Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:20
BATTLE ROYALE (R) Sub-titled Fri 11:30
YOUNG BESS (PG) Mon 8:00
SAFE HOUSE (14A brutal violence) Closed Captioned
language) Fri, Sun-Tue, Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; Sat, Wed 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; Star & Strollers: Wed 1:00
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (18A sexual violence, disturb-
Edmonton Film Society
(14A frightening scenes) Digital 3d Daily 1:50, 5:10, 7:50, 10:40
Sat-Sun 1:05, 3:30
Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:35, 6:30, 9:25; Mon-Thu 4:50, 7:50
content) Fri 6:50, 9:35; Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:15, 6:50, 9:35; Mon-Thu 5:30, 8:10
6:30, 9:00; Wed 3:45, 6:30, 9:00; Star & Strollers: Wed 1:00; 3D: Digital 3d: Daily 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30
4:30, 7:30, 10:30
GOON (18A language may offend) Digital Fri 7:15;
GOON (18A language may offend) Fri-Sun 1:25, 3:45,
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WEM 8882-170 St 780.444.2400
Daily 3:05, 5:05, 7:00
9:40; Mon-Thu 8:00
PROJECT X (18A substance abuse, crude content, language may offend) Digital: Fri 7:10, 9:30; Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:10, 7:10, 9:30; Mon-Thu 5:10, 7:45
Silent House (14A frightening scenes, disturbing
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GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (14A
7:05, 9:50; Sun 11:45, 7:05, 9:50; Mon-Thu 12:30, 3:00, 7:05, 9:40
(PG) Sat 12:45
Sun 2:00, 6:50, 9:10
The Vow (PG) Daily 12:50, 9:00
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he sounds of Pachelbel's "Canon in D" float in the background. I'm eating an apple strudel with whipped cream, drinking coffee and staring at gorgeous Swiss Alpine scenery, reminiscing about European vacations. And I haven't even left Edmonton. I am, in fact, sitting in Bistro Praha, which re-opened in its new location in January 2011, after having been closed for two years. Bistro Praha's original location closed in 2009, due to a fire in the Kelly-Ramsey building which had housed the bistro since its establishment in 1977. Now, I'm chatting with Milan Svajgr, one of the four owners of the restaurant (the others being Sharka Svajgr,
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Alena Bacovsky and Daniel Schultz). "It's a European bistro, homemade cooking," explains Svajgr. "We try to stay traditional. "It's Central-European cuisine that we serve—that's basically German, Hungarian, Czech and Austrian cuisines that we provide," the Czech-born Svajgr adds. In addition to the delicious Austrian strudel, Bistro Praha offers dishes that include goulash, wiener schnitzel and pickled herring. People who enjoy beef might try the Cikanska Jehla, skewers of beef tenderloin, ham and grilled vegetables. Roast duck or goose, Czechs favourites, are also served. The dishes come with bread dumplings and sauerkraut, both of which are also eaten frequently in central Europe. A mural of the mountainous scenery
covers an entire wall, creating an ambience reminiscent of the Alps. The restaurant's new location is also reminiscent of something else:
it seemed like we were never closed, because we saw all those people back, all those faces we know. It was really like we were gone for a little bit longer holiday," Svajgr laughs.
When we opened after two years, it seemed like we were never closed, because we saw all those people back, all those faces we know.
the old location. Svajgr explains that the ownership group tried to stay as close as possible to the old décor in the new space. "People who come here feel like they are back at the old one," he laughs, adding that the menu, prices and staff are all the same, too. "When we opened after two years,
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The city's artists and tourists are among those who come to the restaurant, he says and indeed, members and patrons of the symphony and the Citadel are familiar faces before and after performances. This is one reason why the new location isn't far from the old one on Rice Howard Way. "We wanted to try and stay in the
neighbourhood," he says, adding that finding a new space was the biggest struggle in the process of re-opening the bistro. But the new space is working out well. "We are very, very happy with the location and with the building," he says. "Everything is going nice and smoothly." And while the old location was busy, this new space, facing 101 Street, is even busier, he adds happily. The relationship with Bistro Praha and classical music is obvious in the choice of music for the restaurant, too—it's a genre that Svajgr himself enjoys. "Being from the Czech Republic, we are very attached to classical music. There's lots of classical music in that area." Maria Kotovych
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BIGGER ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER The world's smallest cupcake was baked in Great Britain in celebration of National Cupcake Week by the UK chain Sayers and Hampsons in 2009. The miniature morsel measured 1.5 centimetres high and three centimetres wide. The largest cupcake on record was a 1224 lb, two-millioncalorie monster made by GourmetGiftBaskets.com in 2009.
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treats we know and love weren't topped with the sweet stuff. Cupcakes were originally coated with lard as a cake-moistening gravy of sorts. It is said that Winston Churchill was the first person to suggest the use of frosting as a substitute for the lard. Smart choice.
FOR THE SERIOUS SWEET TOOTH ONLY Cupcakes are an affordable treat for consumers, but as always, there's a step up if you've got money to burn. ROX jewelry collaborated with Cupcake Glasgow to created a pastry sparkling with real diamonds for Glasgow's three-day Glam in the City event. The pricey little treat will set you back $150 000.
DID THEY EVEN CHEW? The champion's name isn't known, but the record for most cupcakes eaten in 30 seconds is 29. That's basically one cupcake per second.
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The fracking continues
Regulations are playing catch-up to controversial practice Alberta's energy regulating agency held a technical briefing February 22 on the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing. The picture that emerged was of a province playing catch-up with continental events that have other governments' regulators and researchers on high alert. Cal Hill, executive manager of the Regulatory Development Branch of the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) said his agency is now actively investigating four (the ERCB later corrected that figure to five) MUSIC & well blow-outs caused by horizontal multi-stage hydraulic fracking. The controversial technology blasts volumes of water, sand and toxic chemicals at high pressure into previously uneconomic oil and gas formations. A horizontal well can go down to depths of 650 and 3500 meters and then curve to extend up to two kilometres underground. The brute force technology has been banned or suspended in Quebec, France, South Africa, North RhineWestphalia, Bulgaria, parts of Australia and in a number of US states pending more detailed investigations. In Alberta, a Talisman horizontal frack job blew fluid into a nearby well in 2009 and that was followed by
more explosive incidents in 2010 and 2011 as well as 18 inter-well blow-outs in British Columbia's shale gas fields. Hill admitted that his agency, charged with developing oil and gas in a manner that is fair and in the public interest, didn't think that experience of BC's shale gas fields or that province's public safety advisory on fracturing would apply to Alberta's shale oil deposits. But subsequent events proved the agency wrong. The Alberta regulator did not announce an investigation until a January 2011 fracturing incident made global headlines. That event sent oil and fluid spurting out of an existing well 1.2 km away from the oil shale well being fractured near Innisfail, Alberta. Since 2008, companies have drilled more than 3300 so-called horizontal multi-staged fracked wells largely in oil shale formations. Hill said the horizontal multi-staged fracking technology posed two high risks to groundwater. The first involved fluid going up a badly sealed wellbore and then leaking into an aquifer. The improper handling of waste fluids on the surface could also contaminate groundwater. He omitted any mention of two
prominent US studies in Wyoming and Pennsylvania that have strongly associated hydraulic fracturing with extensive methane contamination of groundwater and water wells. When asked to explain the omission, Hill said that US EPA Pavillion study was still under review and that Pennsylvania Duke University study suggested that bad well bore casing may be the issue. Methane is buoyant and looking for a way up to the surface, explained Hill "There is an expectation you are going to find some signal in groundwater," he added. "How did it get there and how did the oil and gas activity exacerbate that problem. That's a complicated problem that we'd welcome more answers to." Now that Wyoming, Louisiana, Colorado, Montana and North Dakota require full disclosure on the chemical contents of fracking fluids, the ERCB will follow suit in a couple of months. "We are working for full fluid disclosure," said Hill. A 2011 US Congress report disclosed that fracking fluids can include coffee grinds, salt, ceramic balls, walnut hulls, lead, petroleum distillates, methanol, (a dirty air pollutant) benzene, and millions of gallons of diesel.
Many are proven cancer-makers. Moreover, Hill admitted that he knew of no toxic fluids "that are prohibited" in the province. Many jurisdictions, for example, banned diesel fuel as a fracking fluid years ago to protect
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bores into groundwater. He called wellbore integrity perhaps the most critical issue associated with hydraulic fracturing. However three other board staff at the meeting could not provide details on well auditing programs or even what percentage of Alberta's 176 211 producing wells were actively monitored for leaks.
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The ERCB has systematically embraced self-regulation, placing a greater responsibility on the oil and gas industry for reporting, testing and eliminating wellbore casing leaks and gas migration problems. A University of Calgary study suggests nearly five percent of all Alberta wells leak, but in some well classes the percentage may be as high as 15 percent. In Norway, leaks range from
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13 to 41 percent while 43 percent of offshore wells in the Gulf of Mexico actively leak methane. In 2011, the ERCB reported that companies disclosed "high risk" failures to properly cement or vent wells 211 times out of a total of 4831 paper audits voluntarily submitted by companies to the regulator. Despite a major increase in horizontal multi-stage fracking in oil shale formations, the province has not allotted more money for earthquake, groundwater, gas migration or wellbore integrity monitoring. "Nothing specific" has been set aside for additional monitoring admitted Hill. Asked if the ERCB would implement recommendations proposed by noted researcher Karlis Muehlenbachs on hydraulic fracturing, Hill remained non-committal. Muehlenbachs, a global expert on gas leaks from wellbores, recently recommended at a Washington, DC conference that regulators do rigorous gas and water testing prior to fracturing formations. In particular, he would mandate baseline isotope testing of methane, as well as for ethane and propane, for all water wells and groundwater sources. "The above requirements are not onerous; such isotope data is often in hand for it is used to optimize production," adds Muehlenbachs. Muehlenbachs said he had not heard from the regulator and had not formally communicated with the agency since 2006. In contrast to the ERCB, the US Environmental Protection Agency has supported similar reforms including "the need for collection of baseline data, greater transparency on chemical composition of hydraulic fracturing fluids, and greater emphasis on well construction and integrity requirements and testing." David Layzell, director of the University of Calgary's Institute of Energy, Environment and Economics also called for tougher regulations on how oil and gas wells are constructed and monitored as well as more basic science. "How much methane is already in groundwater before fracking begins?" he asked a Vancouver crowd at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science last week. "How much methane is actually leaked at the well head? There is a crying need for better baseline data." Bob Curran, a spokesman for the ERCB, said the briefing had been called to "separate fact from fiction" because "there have been some misunderstandings out there." Andrew Nikiforuk
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This article originally appeared on The Tyee (thetyee.ca) on February 23, 2012. Andrew Nikiforuk has been reporting on energy and the environment for over 20 years and is the award-winning author of The Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of the Continent. He is a regular contributor at thetyee.ca
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for Lashes percussionist Sarah Jones. Keenan's son Devo even makes appearances on the cello. Recording took place in the Verde Valley of Arizona in the spring of 2011 at Keenan's Caduceus Cellars. The snakeinfested desert surroundings of the vineyard set the stage for the album and inspired the tracks. "It was easy for us to really focus on the songs without the typical city distractions," Mitchell says.
tween songs. Maynard's alter egos Major Douche and Billy D will also make an appearance or two. "Like the music, the live show is a collaboration," Mitchell says. "We really enjoy working on the multimedia side of the band as well, and we like to think the comedy, skits and theatrics all help set a mood for the live show and help us tell a story." MEAGHAN BAXTER
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How long did it take to make Tough Cookie from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording? Samantha Savage Smith: It probably took about a year and a half ... There were a couple of songs that were older but I probably made most of the songs within, including some of the songs we didn't use, within a six-month time frame before making the album. Even when we were in the studio I wrote a couple of the songs when we were in the middle Vue Weekly:
did you come at them a particular way? Lyrics first? Music first? SSS: I typically do the music first and the lyrics come after. I think it depends on the person because some people are totally opposite. They come up with the melody first and then they write the music. I usually just play a riff over and over again and come up with lyrics. I typically don't even write anything down, I just play it over and over until it's stuck in my head. VW: What were the recording sessions
like for this album? Is this the kind of thing you recorded live or did you piece it together one track at a time? Why? SSS: They were good. I was with Lorrie Matheson who produced and recorded it. I also had Chris Dadge, Dan Vacon, Brooker Buckingham and Scott Munro, all really good musicians and
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Samantha Savage Smith's bluesy debut album Tough Cookie has landed on numerous critics' choice lists across the county, and launched a whirlwind of gigs and media appearances . Prior to a stop in Edmonton on her headlining Canadian tour, she took the time to answer a few questions about the making of the album.
the process? He actually confronted me and offered to make the album, so that's how that happened. Lorrie's got a good ear for that kind of stuff and he's fun to work with and he's smart. He's a '90s rock dude. He was in a band called Fire Engine Red and they're super '90s, so just with his taste in music and my taste in music, it's cool to have two different ideas go behind it. SSS:
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Samantha Savage Smith
they play in my band now sometimes. It was pretty fun. Most of it was just pieced together, like we'd do the drums and bass and so on and so forth. A couple of the songs all the instruments were live and the vocals were done after. It just ended up working out that way. VW: Were there any other songs written that were left off the album? SSS: There was. I did a lot of demos prior to recording the actual album, so we did cut songs, but when it came down to actually deciding which
songs we were going to record on the album, everything ended up on there. How did you decide which songs to include on the album? Did you have an idea of what you wanted Tough Cookie to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along? SSS: Everything just happens as we're going. VW:
You worked with Lorrie Matheson to produce the album. What drew you to him and what did he bring to
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that led you to Tough Cookie, what would it look like? SSS: Oh man, I don't know, a lot of zig zags. Even just how it started when we released it and when Arts and Crafts picked it up for distribution and then released it nationally and internationally. At no point did I imagine that actually happening when we started making the album. It was just kind of like this is fun, but I wasn't thinking it would be heard at this scale. Even just with writing the songs before making the album, I just wrote them for fun, for my own personal enjoyment. I didn't play shows or anything. I just stayed at home and made it for myself and showed my friends.
PREVUE // PROUDLY BLASPHEMING
Deicide
Wed, Mar 14 (7 pm) With Jungle Rot, Abigail Williams and Lecherous Nocturne Starlite Room, $32.50 – $63.75 he mind control, the profiteering, the expansion, the monopolizing of thought—it goes on." Steve Asheim is ticking off a mental checklist of things about organized religion that grate on him, that have grated on him for decades. The list comes to him quickly; it's well entrenched in his mind. As a member of Deicide, one of the earliest purveyors of American death metal, Asheim's helped hoist up a blasphemer's flag of dogmatic dissatisfaction in his music since the band, then called Carnage, formed in 1987 Tampa, Florida. He sits behind the drum kit, but writes the music alongside vocalist/lyricist Glen Benton—the pair are the band's only vanguards who've been members since the beginning. And since the beginning, they've never really let up about religion. The band's latest album is called To Hell With God; the video for the single, "Conviction," features a claymation Christ figure being chased down by Benton on a motorcycle. Asheim's earliest church experience, with his parents, didn't offer him much
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in the way of solace, he recalls. He found that elsewhere. "It wasn't very hardcore; they're Lutherans," he recalls. "They weren't bad people, but they would get together and get hammered. I mean, hammered. It was pretty laid back. "I was like, 'This was it?' This seems ... pretty pointless," he continues. "I mean, I understand that people want to have a sense of whatever for themselves, and that's cool. I happen to have that because I'm in the band—some people join the bowling team, or whatever. This is what I have and it's a pretty sweet bit for me."
Still, after two decades, Asheim's feelings on religion have shifted somewhat, if not about its organization, then at least in the more personal connection one can find in and among that. "My personal thing, over time, is I've come to be like, if anyone wants to find a little bit of solace in worshipping this or that, they should certainly be free to do that. On the other hand, there's still no end to examples of religious hypocrisy in any religion, in any culture, and that is always something worth bashing." Paul Blinov
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Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" is a pop song with depth: the lyrics get to the core of what it feels like to be slighted by someone you once loved while being haunted by happy memories. Gotye's voice transforms from calm to resentful, juxtaposd with
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bouncy xylophone, plucky guitars and quick beats. The frustration is mirrored by New Zealand songstress Kimbra, who projects an equal amount of frustration in beautiful harmony. The rest of Making Mirrors has just as much going on, demonstrating Gotye's penchant for creating intricate melodies to project a wide array sounds, styles and sentiments in just one song: "State of the Art" begins as an upbeat dance tune with strange autotune vocals and develops into a mix of screaming flutes and simulated orchestral sounds and "Bronte," written after the death of a friend's pet, is a final lullaby backed by the sound of soothing hollow drums, the first verse alone—"Now your bowl is empty / And your feet are cold / And your body cannot stop rocking / I know it hurts to let go"— cutting deep with grief.
Janiva Magness sings her bluesy heart out on songs that evoke life's hardships, triumphs and tragedies. The title, Stronger For It, says it all and her soulful, robust voice goes from an introspective, smoky lower register to explosive as she tells her story. It would have been nice to see more original songs—there are only three—but the rest are inspired interpretations of material by other artists. Meaghan Baxter
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David Newberry No One Will Remember You (Northern Electric)
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Spiritualized, "Hey Jane" The first hint of what brit-space-stoner act Spiritualized has been beefing itself up to since 2008's Songs in A&E, "Hey Jane" is the Dodge Charger of nine-minute pop songs: it's got the propulsion to get where it's going fast, sure, but the journey's meant to be a long one between you and the vessel, vanishing point to vanishing point. And over all that distance, it handles like a dream: leading bass 'n' drum kick with an overlapping synth 'n' guitar punch, vocals that drift away for a while only to come back, the breakdown and slow-burn return—honestly? It could go on longer.
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Kristina de Guzman
Fun. "All Alright" For a melancholic piano ballad about accepting loss after giving it the ol' college try, Fun. really seems to have half-assed it here: the synth strings weep omnipresently, the drums stumble around trying to sound big and epic, and it doesn't get any deeper into the lyrics (or the sound, really) than it does on line one. It'd be the soundtrack to that last heartbreaker scene in Friday Night Lights (the film), if Friday Night Lights (the film) was a campy, overblown teen romp.
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Janiva Magness Stronger For It (Alligator)
The second album by Canadian singersongwriter David Newberry is a collection of self-penned folk-rock tunes that at times border on country without getting too twangy. Newberry's clear, easy-to-listen-to vocals are accompanied by an eclectic mix of instruments ranging from pedal-steel guitars to banjos and drums that keep the album interesting. Tag-team vocals come into play as well, adding yet another element to the multi-dimensional sound of the album, but they blend in well to create a cohesive, polished sound. Meaghan Baxter
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Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball (Columbia)
The latest record from Bruce Springsteen is a big one, both in terms of sonics and the ideas he wrestles with. And while neither aspect is new to Springsteen's work, there's a renewed focus here that cuts deep. It's tough to accuse much of the man's work of lacking guts, but the resolute stance he takes on Wrecking Ball is impressive even in the context of Springsteen's catalogue. This is a record that lyrically takes aim at the money men of America, with its characters burdened beneath the weight of today's times of trouble. But, as with much of Springsteen's work, the darkness that lingers nearby is balanced by a spirit of hope, one which is here found in the music, which comes across as a sort of merging of the big rock of Born in the USA and the traditional sounds of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. Eden Munro
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Pilgrim Misery Wizard (Poison Tongue)
There's not enough doom in the world. Thankfully American metal band Pilgrim has contributed its debut album to the cause of slow sludgy odes to death. Pilgrim's approach to doom is best exemplified in the sprawling epic track "Masters of the Sky," where slow, drawnout guitar riffs play to methodic drums. Vocals aren't heard until three minutes into the track when they enter with methodical, unhurried enunciation—an approach vocalist "The Wizard" doesn't deviate from throughout the album. All together, Misery Wizard maintains a deathly flow of sludge right through to the incantation-laden final track. Samantha Power
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WEIRDSOUNDS
David Lee Roth Word Jazz Available on Vimeo Originally released: 2012 These songs don't actually exist as an album, but the individual tracks are right there for the listening on Van Halen's Vimeo account, sometimes accompanied by a simple graphic, other times coupled with black-and-white footage of David Lee Roth, and at still others soundtracking the fast city streets as seen through the front window of a moving vehicle. And, wow, are they ever bizarre. One has to wonder just what the hell the Van Halen brothers are thinking right now? Do they care that David Lee Roth has comandeered the band's video account for a trip charted straight into the heart of bizarre? Or maybe they've just accepted that this is the man people want to see fronting Van Halen, and if he's just ever so slightly off his rocker than that's just part of his charm as a rather unique frontman. The thing about David Lee Roth is that he's fearless, competely willing to reach for the edge without concern for falling. In fact, in some ways he seems to thrive on the freefall that comes after something like an oddball diversion on a bluegrass tribute to Van Halen (see Strummin' With the Devil) or, well, these songs. There are three reinventions of tunes from Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth, and a couple of oddball tales conjured up from Roth's past. First, the remakes. "As Is" finds Roth half-speaking, half-crooning his words over top of a decent cocktail jazz organ. It's kind of fun to picture Eddie Van Halen on the organ, accompanying Roth in some cheap Vegas hotel lounge, though that's probably not the reality. There's also "The Trouble With Never," which adds in some easy-listening saxophone, a propulsive drum beat, and repetitive organ chords underneath Roth's so-deep-it-rumbles vocal delivery. The song turns up the weird a few notches as Roth goes for sexy disco instead of the whammy-bar rock of his day job. And then there's "Honeybabysweetiedoll," wherein Roth goes all out and leaps straight from the musical airplane from 10 000 feet up without a parachute. This one starts off with Roth shouting the words over what sounds
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like a boom box playing appocalyptic dance music somewhere in a reverbedout concrete room. It's nonsensical and completely mad, with Roth seeming either like a mad scientist or a crazy uncle. And then the song spins up and morphs into the most successful musical entity of the three, with female voices bouncing off of and rubbing up against Roth's vocal while the music holds a steady beat that wouldn't be out of place in a pounding dance club. (OK, well maybe it would be a little out of place, but still ... ) The remaining two tracks sound a lot like Roth is reading from a memoir. On "Super Later" he starts off reminiscing about the drinks Rudy the Guitar Tech would make on tour (coincidentally enough called Laters, a fruity drink that would make you later for the dance then you ever thought you'd be, and Super Laters, which would make you even later then the Laters would), rambles his way into some musings about golf on a rock 'n' roll tour and then finally rounds back around to Rudy and the drinks, all over top of a laidback summertime groove. The music here seems incidental, mainly because it sits comfortably in the background behind Roth rather than interacting with him. The last song (or it could be the first or even one of the middle ones if you click it that way on Vimeo) is "Recreational Director," which is essentially a tale of excess on the road courtesy of the recreational director that Roth hired away from Club Med, recalled over top of a Latin beat that is, again, fairly incidental when stacked up against the vocal, which is itself fairly incidental, being carried by the words rather then offering many intriguing nuances in its delivery. Despite any flaws here—oh, and there certainly are some of those—the mere fact that Roth is still willing to put something so bizarre and confusing out there for the listening must count for something. If nothing else, these tracks exemplify the (occasionally self-important) sense of fun that the singer brings to Van Halen. (And, if you're craving more strange Roth videos after these, you can also find one of him discussing his prize sheepdog, suggesting that Roth— for good or for bad, depending on your point of view—might just be one of the most mystifying rock stars ever.) Eden Munro
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PREVUE // OLD SOUNDS
Barry Allen & the Rebels Sat, Mar 10 (7 pm) Century Casino, $24.95
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reat music stands the test of time and '60s rock fans are in for a blast from the past on when Barry Allen & the Rebels take the stage for a one-time reunion show. The event came together at the suggestion of Shawn Nagy, a Canadian musician and owner of the Super Oldies record label, which specializes in preserving vintage music. In the '60s, the Edmonton-based group gained popularity as Wes Dakus & the Rebels and did a great deal of recording at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico. Allen played guitar and did backing vocals prior to his solo work. Nagy inquired the Petty Estate about access-
ing the tapes from the band's recording sessions. After several years of sorting through the unorganized recordings, he was able to remaster their hits, as well as previously unreleased tracks, into three Wes Dakus & the Rebels albums. "It's great music and my goal as a musician is to preserve the music of Canada's past as well as getting the stories set straight in my booklets with the involvement and approval of the artists themselves," Nagy says. "The music is real and you can feel the excitement of a band performing together." Nagy's latest project was From Canada to Clovis, released in fall 2011. The two-CD collection featured Allen's solo hits, unreleased work and
PREVUE // DICK ROCK
The Fucking Lottery
other local bands who recorded with Norman Petty. "On all of these Clovis-related releases, they have taken years to put together. Not only searching for the tapes, but to research information, gather memorabilia and obtain vinyl from collectors for the packaging," Nagy says. Allen, who has run Homestead Studios for the last 30 years, was hesitant of the reunion show. He told Nagy he would only do it if the Rebels agreed. Joining Allen in Edmonton will be Stu Mitchell, Denny Paul, Gere Dere and Gord Matthews filling in on guitar. Dakus will not be there, as he is recovering from a stroke. "I wasn't sure at first why anyone would what to release the Rebels' old music, let alone mine, but Shawn convinced me that there was a lot
of people out there who still love the music of the '60s and in particular our old recordings," Allen says of Nagy's projects. Allen considers himself lucky to have been able to be a part of the Rebels and the '60s music scene, although, there are things he knows now he wishes he would have back then. "I think one of the hardest things for a musician, and in particular a singer, is to get used to the sound of your own instrument," he says of the recordings, which were cut live from the floor. "After a few listens I started to listen to the forest and not the trees. In other words, I began to appreciate it for what it was: a snapshot of where we were at that time." Meaghan Baxter
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PREVUE // GOOD OLD FUNKYTWANG
Blue Montegos
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hy in the world would a band name themselves the Fucking Lottery? Because they can. "We were sitting around trying to come up with band names, just throwing things out ... just thinking of a cocky name for a rock 'n' roll band," says drummer Tom Kerr. Frontman and guitar player Kevin Zentner adds that while it wasn't the original intent, the name has adopted a literary reference along the way. "It was from a short story with regards to a bunch of people in a small town who basically throw their name into a hat for this lottery once a year and the winner gets killed," he says. Members of the hardcore quartet were formerly tied to other local bands. Zentner and guitar player Justin Loyer were in Hundred Acre Wood while Kerr was in the Wolfnote and Sink This City. They added bass player Alex Thurgood to the mix and the Fucking Lottery was born. The group is celebrating the release of its debut cassette, The Breach, also making the music available as a free online download.
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"CDs are dead," says Kerr, who engineered and mixed the cassette. "Vinyl's nice if you can afford to do it. Tapes are still tangible." "I think that people buying tapes aren't going to be listening to them," Zentner adds. "It's a fun thing." Zentner, who writes the lyrics, says the band's newer material is a little more fun and the six songs featured on the cassette form a cohesive collection. The subject matter is inspired by things in everyday life like ridiculous Facebook conversations, World of Warcraft and ex-girlfriends. "It's like if Dave Grohl grew like three more dicks. It's a rock 'n' roll album from start to finish," he says. Fun music is the goal for the Fucking Lottery, rather than producing something full of idealheavy lyrics. "I think we stand out because we're a no-bullshit band," Zentner says. "It's not a band about trying to push music forward in Edmonton. It's not a band about trying to bring something new to the table. We've all kind of done that in previous bands and it's just about having fun." meaghan baxter
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he Alberta prairies not only offered a backdrop for the recording of blue Montegos' debut album, but also became a guest instrumentalist. Tim LaRiviere, Mark Scholz and Rod Were spent 12 uninterrupted days at Hayloft Acres in Strathcona County on the Prairie Rose stage, which stands amidst a concert bowl that was hand-dug out of the field by the farm's owner. LaRiviere put his sound engineering skills to work, and through strategic placement of amps and microphones, the stage was turned into a giant outdoor studio, incoporporating the sounds of their surroundings on the final cut. What LaRiviere was after in particular through this method was capturing an organic drum sound that can be difficult to achieve in studio recordings. "Despite the weather, which was miserable, we not only captured amazing natural drum sounds, but we also captured the human element that I find missing in a lot of modern recordings," he explains. A closer listen to tracks like "Mercer's Pride" will reveal sounds like coyotes howling and the wind blowing through the field. Were
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adds that they even captured the sound of the vintage tractor the farm's owner still uses. The group says all of these extraneous sounds contribute to the Canadiana themes and story of the recording. "We were up for an adventure to try to find really good, natural sounds, and I'm confident we achieved that," Scholz says. "I think it was an adventure that turned out really well. From the recording side, it was great. From the camaraderie side it was fantastic." The result of blue Montegos' outside-thebox recording efforts is a collection of blues, roots and the band's own brand of funkytwang. Scholz describes the unique genre as a mishmash of the group's musical influences, which range from soul to country to the Beatles. "We approach it with a little funk mixed in with some old-world music," he says, adding it could be best described as Canadiana. "A lot of it I'd say is influenced by certain memories of growing up," adds, Were who, along with Scholz, grew up in Halifax. "When you move away from a place, as Mark and I did, you gain a new respect and depth of appreciation to where you're from." Meaghan Baxter
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Fri, Mar 9 (8 pm) / Mac Miller The Pittsburg-born rapper has been dubbed an "Internet sensation" by Rolling Stone and has gathered a loyal fan base with his first official album, Blue Slide Park, which was released in November 2011. The title references the playground in his hometown and draws on everything from memories of childhood themes to what happened at last night's party. (Edmonton Event Centre, $34.50)
Mon, Mar 12 (8 pm) / Violent Kin Siblings Maygen and SJ Kardash made their debut as Violent Kin in 2009, but they've been jamming together since they were kids. The pair's latest release, People, offers a snapshot of the time we're living in with the help of '90s-infused dance beats, synth melodies and chorused guitar.(Pawn Shop, $10)
Sat, Mar 10 (8 pm) / Ebene Quartet The young French quartet was named "Newcomer of the Year" in 2009 by BBC Music Magazine and the group's eclectic, multi-genre sound, which includes influences from jazz, pop, soul and rock, has helped it very quickly join the ranks of the globe's top string quartets. (University of Alberta Convocation Hall, $11.75 – $37)
Sat, Mar 10 (9 pm) / CJSR Hydeaway Showcase The March lineup for the monthly concert series features Betty Machete, the Black Chamber Society and rock/ funk/ska/rap/you-name-it-they-play-it trio Lucky & Stoned. (Hydeaway, $10)
Thursday, Mar 15 / Steve Gates Canadian folk artist Steve Gates hits the road in support of his first full-length recording, A Bee in Her Mouth, a collection of songs filled with his own tales and unique voice. Hopefully the show's more enjoyable that having a bee in your mouth. (Wunderbar)
PREVUE // MONTRÉAL RAP
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hile he's not exactly late to the rap game—what would that be, exactly?—Benny Blanco seems to have taken his time before investing himself in it fully. "It was just something I just enjoyed doing," he says. "Music was something I always liked listening to. It clears my mind. I feel very at peace when I'm doing music." That sense of tranquility spills over into conversation: rapping as Nyce, Blanco talks with the same sort of unhurried, assuming confidence that he approaches verses with, slow and unshakably steady. Having grown up in the the working
class Montréal neighbourhood of Côte-des-Neiges, he notes that rap was a way of passing the time and having some fun—he only started giving it a longer look a year and a half ago, when he got involved with Hustle Cartel Entertainment. "They have an office in the same building that a lot of people go to to record music," he says of his nowhome label. "One day I was walking by a room, and I heard an instrumental playing that really caught my attention, that I had to find out who was working with this instrumental. They noticed me from me grindin,' always workin' and they liked what I was doing, and they asked me if I would really like to get more serious into what I was doing instead of just having fun, writing and actually
putting formats together." Blanco did, and now it seems his relatively innocuous start hasn't hampered any opportunities. We speak the day after he opened for Wu-Tang member Raekwon ("the show was crazy"), and with a mixtape already out the door, he's working on completing his debut album Certified to make a more full-bodied introduction. "Certified is just a little bit of my life, and a little bit of the things that have happened in the past, things that I had to do to survive. I didn't really talk much about my close experience. I didn't want to put too much out there—trying to hold a little back for the future." Paul Blinov
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Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pmclose
FRI MAR 9 Apex Casino–Vee Lounge Kori Wray and Devine Decades; 9pm Artery Beyond 42: How science can use stories to explain life, the universe and everything (storytelling and music) hosted by Scientific American blog editor Bora Zivkovic music by Robin Woywitka and the Super 92; 8pm (door); $10/$5 (student) Avenue Theatre Mrs.Klein Cancer Benefit–Vespertine Battle Scene: As Bold as Lions, MVCP, Marry Me Murder, Those Are Them (alt metal); 6:30pm; $10 (door) Bistro La Persaud Blues: every Friday Night hosted by The Dr Blu Band; 8pm (music); drblu.ca Blue Chair Café Four songwriters inthe-round: Mark Davis, Jessica Jalbert, Everett LaRoi; Jody Shenkarek; 8:30pm; $15 Blues on Whyte Sean Carney bohemia Bryce Lalonde's Going Away Bash; no minors; 9pm; $5 (door) Brixx bar Early Show: Rustic Roots: From Love To Forfeit, Zerbin, Cruel Young Heart, 7pm (door); Late show: followed at 10pm by Options CARROT Live music every Fri; Sarah Lillian; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door) CASINO EDMONTON Colleen Rae CASINO YELLOWHEAD Kingbeats Cha Island Tea Co Live music on the Island; 9pm every Fri and Sat; donation Coast to Coast Open stage every Fri; 9:30pm Devaney's Irish pub Mark Mcgarigal DV8 F.O.A.D.: Intensives, Snakebite and the Scallywags; 9pm Eddie Shorts La Luna de Santiago Edmonton Event Centre Mac Miller (rap, hip-hop), TFHOUSE; all ages; 8pm (door); $34.50 at Blackbyrd, Foosh, unionevents.com Festival Place Tony McManus (Celtic guitar); 7:30pm; $32 (table)/$30 (box)/$28 (theatre) at Festival Place box office FRESH START BISTRO Ruth Blais and friends ( jazz standards); 7-10pm; $10 Good Neighbor Pub T.K. and the Honey Badgers every friday; 8:30-midnight; no cover
Haven Social Club Speed Control ( jazz), Warning to Avoid, The Autumn Portrait; 8pm; $10 (adv), Blackbyrd Irish Club Jam session every Fri; 8pm; no cover Jeffrey's Café June Mann Quartet (pop, rock, and jazz classics); $10 Jekyll and Hyde Pub Headwind (classic pop/rock); every Fri; 9pm; no cover l.b.'s pub Rend; 9:30-2am Lizard Lounge Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover Myer Horowitz Theatre Straight No Chaser; 8pm; all ages; $45/$36.50 at Unionevents.com
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 Mashup: DJ NAK spins videos every Fri; 9pm; no cover BRIXX BAR Options with Greg Gory and Eddie Lunchpail; Mar 9: the last night of Options BUDdY’S DJ Arrow Chaser every Fri; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm Buffalo Underground R U Aware Friday: Featuring Neon Nights
Nest–NAIT Souljah Fyah
CHROME LOUNGE Platinum VIP every Fri
NEW CITY In Media Res, Team Building, Viking Fell; no minors; $10 (door)
THE Common Boom The Box: every Fri; nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Shortround
New West Hotel Bobby Austin (country) NOLA Jazz dinner shows: with Brett Miles; Late show: Brett Miles and Magilla Funk Donduit, $8 (adv)/$12 (door) On the Rocks Mustard Smile Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am Richards Bar Fri and Sat Nights DJ (dancing) Rose and Crown Lyle Hobbs ST Basil’s Cultural CentRE Full Moon Folk Club presents: Lorne Elliott; $18 (adv at Acoustic Music Shop, TIX on the Square)/$22 (door)
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 junction bar and eatery LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm
Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Derina Harvey
Newcastle Pub House, dance mix every Fri with DJ Donovan
Sherlock Holmes– WEM Stan Gallant
Overtime–Downtown Fridays at Eleven: Rock hip hop, country, top forty, techno
Varscona Theatre Jocelyn Ahlf and Andrew MacDonaldSmith with Ryan Sigurdson; 7:30pm; $25/$20 (Teatro subscribers) Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pmclose Yardbird Suite International Jazz Series: Ofir Shwartz Trio (from Israel); 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $22 (member)/$26 (guest) at Ticketmaster.ca
Classical Convocation Hall German Baroque Chorale Partitas: Marnie Giesbrecht (organ), Josephine van Lier (violoncello piccolo, gamba), Guillaume Tardif, violin), Eva Bostrand (soprano), Madrigal Singers, Len Ratzlaff (conductor); 8pm Winspear Centre Copland's Clarinet Concerto: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra showcase of James Campbell (clarinet), William Eddins (conductor); 7:30pm
DJs
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 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
SAT MAR 10 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage with Trace Jordan 1st and 3rd Sat; 7pm-12 ALE YARD TAP The Apresnos; 9:30pm Apex Casino–Vee
Lounge Kori Wray and Devine Decades; 9pm Avenue Theatre Astral Harvest Zodiac Series inAhome production: Picon Timothy Wisdom, Spiral Architects; 9pm; $25 (door) Black Dog Freehouse Hair of the Dog: Sarah Farthing (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover Blue Chair Café Rollanda Lee (jazz); 8:30pm; $20 Blues on Whyte Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Late show: Sean Carney Mar 5- 7; Mar 8-10 BRIXX BAR The Burning Sands, Sabre Jets, Funk Sway; 9pm CASINO EDMONTON Colleen Rae
Electric Rodeo Jocelyn’s Acadian Seafood Extravaganza (5pm dinner); Lester (6-9pm); followed by DJ and dancing Expressionz Café Open stage for original songs, hosted by Karyn Sterling and Randall Walsh; 2-5pm; admission by donation Festival Place Liona Boyd (classical/vocal); 7:30pm; $60 (table)/$55 (box)/$50 (theatre) at Festival Place box office Filthy's Souvs, Colour in Conflict; 4pm; no cover Hydeaway CJSR Hydeaway Showcase: Deco Kino Radio: Betty Machete (garage rock), The Black Chamber Society (glam dramrock), guests; $10 (door); proceeds to CJSR.
CASINO YELLOWHEAD Kingbeats
HillTop Pub On The Road open stage; 3:306:30pm
Century Casino Barry Allen and the Rebels; 8pm
Hooliganz Live music every Sat
Cha Island Tea Co Live music on the Island; 9pm every Fri and Sat; donation
Iron Boar Pub Jazz in Wetaskiwin featuring jazz trios the 1st Sat each month; $10
Coast to Coast Live bands every Sat; 9:30pm
Jeffrey's Café The Fusionauts (instrumental, contemporary jazz); $10
The Common Common Edit #4: 7" Vinyl Release Party; 9pm Crown Pub Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, every Sat, 2-6pm; every Sat, 12-2am Devaney's Irish pub Mark Mcgarigal THE DISH NEK Trio (jazz); every Sat, 6pm DV 8 Tavern The Tighten Up! Club Marches On; 9pm Eddie Shorts Grave New World
(folk bluegrass); 7pm (door), 8pm (music); $10 new city compound 20th Anniversary Show: Chixdiggit, Oh Mess, Mandates; no minors; $15 (adv)/$17 (door) New West Hotel Country jam every Sat, 3-6pm; Late show: Bobby Austin (country) NOLA Jazz dinner shows: Andrew Glover Trio; Late show: Brett Miles and Magilla Funk Donduit, $8 (adv)/$12 (door) O’byrne’s Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm On the Rocks Mustard Smile Pawn Shop Pizzarhea, Energetic Action, Agape, Raygun Experiment (CD release); 6pm Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm2am Rendezvous Whitemud, Eticpo, 3 Shots of Therapy; 8pm (door); $10 Richards Bar Fri and Sat Nights DJ (dancing) Rose and Crown Lyle Hobbs
Jubilee Auditorium Puscifer (Conditions of my Parole tour), Carina Round; all ages; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $29.50, $45
Royal Alberta Museum Theatre Amelia Curran, Caracol, guests; all ages licensed event; 7pm (door); tickets at Blackbyrd
l.b.'s pub Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends; 5-9pm
Sawmill Catering Centre Swing Emporium Big Band (18-piece band, dinner dance); 6-11pm; $50 (incl meal) at TIX on the Square
Newcastle Pub Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival: Paula Perro and No’ Foolin ((blues), Dana Wylie, Andrew Scott (indie rock), Big Sky Gliders
Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Derina Harvey Mar. 8-10,
Sherlock Holmes– WEM Stan Gallant Mar. 8-10 Sideliners Pub Sat open stage; 3-7pm Starlite Room Keep 6, No Witness, Them Damn Coyotes studio music foundation Necronaut, Terrorfist Sylvan Lake and District Lions Club Annual Flight Nite: Eric Allison and His Quartette ('40s, '50s, '69s dress-up or down); 6pm (social); 7pm (dinner); dance until 1am; tickets at a 403.887.3776 Varscona Theatre Jocelyn Ahlf and Andrew MacDonald-Smith with Ryan Sigurdson; 2pm; 7:30pm; $25/$20 (Teatro subscribers) Yardbird Sutie International Jazz Series: Scott Amendola Trio; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $22 (member)/$26 (guest)
Classical Convocation Hall Edmonton Chamber Music Society: Ebène Quartet, Pierre Colombet and Gabriel Le Magadure (violin), Mathieu Herzog (viola), Raphaël Merlin (cello); 8pm; $35 (adult)/$25 (senior)/$10 (student) at TIX on the Square, Gramophone, door Festival Place Liona Boyd; 7:30pm; $60 (table)/$55 (box)/$50 (theatre) at Festival Place box office Holy Trinity Anglican Church Alberta Early Music Society: Masterclass: Adam Wead (lute); 1pm; $10 (Member)/$15 (nonmember)/free (student member) Winspear Centre
Copland's Clarinet Concerto: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra showcase of James Campbell (clarinet); 8pm; $20-$75
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 Druid Irish Pub DJ every Sat; 9pm electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every Sat 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
VENUE GUIDE Accent European Lounge 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave Apex Casino–Vee Lounge 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092,apexcasino.ca ARTery 9535 Jasper Ave Avenue Theatre 9030118 Ave, 780.477.2149 Bistro La Persaud 861791 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 10643-123 St, 780.482.7178 BLUES ON WHYTE 1032982 Ave, 780.439.3981 Bohemia 10217-97 St Boneyard Ale House 9216-34 Ave, 780.437.2663 Brittanys Lounge 10225-97 St (behind Winspear stage door) Brixx Bar 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CARROT Café 9351-118 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 Common Lounge 10124124 St Convocation Hall Arts Bldg, U of A, 780.492.3611 Crown Pub 10709-109 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 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DV8 8307-99 St Eddie Shorts 10713-124 St, 780.453.3663 EDMONTON EVENTS CENTRE WEM Phase III, 780.489.SHOW Electric Rodeo–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 Elephant and Castle– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave Expressionz Café 993870 Ave, 780.437.3667 Festival Place 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER’S ROOST 890699 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 Fine Arts Bldg–Studio 27 U of A Campus FLASH Night Club 10018105 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 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 4911-51st St, Wetaskiwin J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 jeffrey’s café 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 JEKYLL AND HYDE 10209100 Ave, 780.426.5381 junction bar and eatery 10242-106 St, 780.756.5667 KAS BAR 10444-82 Ave, 780.433.6768 La Cité francophone 126, 8627 rue Marie-AnneGabourey L.B.’s Pub 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEGENDS PUB 6104-172 St, 780.481.2786 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 Lit Italian Wine Bar 10132-104 St Lizard Lounge 13160118 Ave Marybeth's Coffee House–Beaumont 5001-30 Ave, Beaumont, 780.929.2203 Majestic Theatre– Eastglen High School 11430-68 St, 780.977.6993 Muttart Hall 10050 MacDonald Dr Myer Horowitz Theatre Students’ Union Building, U of A McDougall United Church 10025-101 St Muttart Hall Alberta College, 10050 Macdonald Dr The Nest–NAIT Main Campus, 780.471.8560 Newcastle PuB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999
New City Legion 8130 Gateway Boulevard (Red Door) Nisku Inn 1101-4 St NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House 11802124 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 O2's PUB 13509-127 St, 780.451.7799 Overtime–Downtown 10304-111 St, 780.465.6800 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 Playback Pub 594 Hermitage Rd, 130 Ave, 40 St Pleasantview Community Hall 1086057 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 10108-149 St Richards Bar 12150-161 Ave, 780-457-3117 Ric’s Grill 24 Perron St, St Albert, 780.460.6602 Robertson Wesley United Church 10209-123 St, 780.428.3737 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 Rose and Crown 10235101 St Royal Alberta Museum Theatre 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9156 R Pub 16753-100 St, 780.457.1266 ST Basil’s Cultural CentRE 10819-71 Ave Sawmill Catering Centre 3840-76 Ave
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 10030102 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 Vee Lounge, Apex Casino–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 Vinyl Dance Lounge 10740 Jasper Ave, 780.428.8655, vinylretrolounge.com 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 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com Yellowhead Brewery 10229-105 St, 780.423.3333 Yesterdays Pub 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295
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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 (58pm)/$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) RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ 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 11 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: Rosette Guitar Duo; 10:30am-2:30pm donations Blue Pear Restaurant Jazz on the Side Sun: Don Berner-(sax); 6pm; $25 if not dining Caffrey's–Sherwood Park The Sunday Blues Jam: hosted by Kevin and Rita McDade and the Grey Cats Blues Band, guests every week; 5-9pm; no cover 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
3-6:30pm NEW CITY LEGION DIY Sunday Afternoons: 4pm (door), 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm (bands) NOLA Jazz dinner shows: Andrew Glover Trio O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am On the Rocks Kokanee Freeride Battle of the Bands part 1 O2's PUB Open stage hosted by the band the Vindicators; 4-8pm every Sun 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 Holy Trinity Anglican Church Early Music Alberta– English Art Songs of the Renaissance: Jolaine Kerley (soprano), Adam Wead (lute), Josephine van Lier (viola da gamba); 3pm; donation La Cité francophone Julie-Anne Derome (sound artist), Ton Concert Works presents Deicide with Jungle Rot, Abigail Williams and Lecherous Nocturne Muttart Hall Connections Concert Series: 2pm; reception to follow; $20 (adult)/$10 (student/ senior)/free (youth 12 and under) at TIX on the Square Royal Alberta Museum THEATRE Raga-Mala: Rakesh Chaurasia (Bansuri bamboo flute), Abhijit Banerjee (tabla); 7pm; $20/$15 (student/ senior); free (patron member)
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 12 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover Blues on Whyte Andrew Jr Boy Jones Mar 12-14; Mar 15-17
Hogs Den Pub Open Jam: hosted; open jam every Sun, all styles welcome; 3-7pm
Devaney's Irish Pub Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm
Newcastle Pub Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera;
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New West Hotel Still Kickin (country) Mar 12-14; 15-17
COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm Rose Bowl/Rouge Lounge Acoustic open stage every Mon; 9pm
Classical Convocation Hall Monday at Noon: student performances, 12-1pm
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
TUE MAR 13 Blues on Whyte Andrew Jr Boy Jones Mar 12-14; Mar 15-17 Druid Irish Pub Open stage every Tue; with Chris Wynters; 9pm L.B.’s Tue Blues Jam with Ammar; 9pm-1am New City Trusty Chords Tuesdays: Jim Nowhere, Mitchmatic, Tim Mikula, Kyle Shab; no minors; $5 (door) New West Hotel Still Kickin (country) Mar 12-17 O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm Padmanadi Open stage every Tue; with Mark Davis; all ages; 7:3010:30pm R Pub Open stage jam every Tue; hosted by Gary and the Facemakers; 8pm Second Cup– Summerwood Open stage/open mic every Tue; 7:30pm; no cover Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Doug Stroud
Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm comics: Paul Sveen, J.P. Naphan, J.P. Fournier; music: The Dirrty Show with Kayla, Melody, SSC Buddys DJ Arrow Chaser every 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 RED STAR Experimental Indie Rock, Hip Hop, Electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue
WED MAR 14 Bailey Theatre– Camrose Quartette; 8pm; $25 at Bailey box office BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month Blues on Whyte Andrew Jr Boy Jones 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 Elephant and Castle–Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover 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 HAVEN SOCIAL Club Open stage every Wed with Jonny Mac, 8:30pm, free
Yardbird Suite Tue Night Sessions: Nathan Ouellette Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5 (door)
HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Cody Nouta; 9pm
Classical
New West Hotel Free classic country dance lessons every Wed, 7-9pm
Festival Place Imagine–Hope for Resolution: Elk Island Regional Honour Choirs; 7pm; $17.25 at TicketMaster McDougall United Church Spring Bouquets: Edmonton Columbian Choirs; 7:30pm
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 Brixx Bar Ruby Tuesdays guest with host
New West Hotel Still Kickin (country)
Nisku Inn Troubadours and Tales: 1st Wed every month; with Tim Harwill, guests; 8-10pm PAWN SHOP Acres of Lions, Greater than Giants, Forester; 8pm 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) Red Piano Bar Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 Richards Bar Wednesday Nights: Live R&B bands (dancing)
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Second Cup–149 St Open stage with Alex Boudreau; 7:30pm Sherlock Holmes–Downtown Doug Stroud Starlite Room Deicide, Jungle Rot, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne; 8pm Wunderbar Samantha Savage Smith, Liam Trimble, Alex Vissia; 9pm
Classical Fine Arts Bldg– Studio 27 The Department of Music Lecture Series: Poetry and the Performance of the Romantic Lied with Deen Larsen; 2-4pm; free McDougall United Church Hiromi Takahashi and Dorothy Beyer (oboe and piano); 12:10-12:50pm; free Robertson Wesley United Church Richard Eaton Singers, Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Frieder Bernius (conductor); 8pm Winspear Centre Richard Eaton Singers Stuttgart Chamber Choir; 8pm
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 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 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; 4pm-3am; 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
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Across 1 Prescription figures 6 Frenemy, in part 9 Tenth-grader, for short 13 Sportscaster Shaquille 14 Not real, like some crab meat: abbr. 16 Shade darker than eggshell 17 "Spiffy!" 18 1958 Best Picture winner 19 Summers abroad? 20 Add atop a refuse pile, after aiming out and missing? 23 Good, in Guatemala 24 Room where church records are kept 25 "Isn't that somethin'?" 26 Abbr. at an airport terminal 27 Cave under weight 28 Placing, at the track 30 Strikes, in Biblical terms 33 It's inside an env. 34 Sports uniform for an all-out brawl, after aiming back and missing? 39 Cambodian currency 40 Fox News analyst, often 41 Focus for some committees 44 Hit the jackpot 45 Pai ___ (gambling game) 48 National code-breaking gp. (found in VACATION) 49 Member of a duo that "went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat" 52 Olympic swimmer with 12 medals ___ Torres 53 What your dog might do after eating his way through your linen closet, after aiming in and missing? 56 Actor Jon of "Homicide" 57 Marcia and Felicity's co-star 58 Electronic bracelet site 59 Work without ___ (take risks) 60 Hold, like a vehicle 61 Magnus Carlsen's game 62 IDs often used in identity theft 63 Pilot's heading: abbr. 64 "M*A*S*H" setting Down 1 "Surprised?" follow-up 2 Like many musical wonders 3 Prepared like some ahi 4 Shirley who was painted gold in
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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): "Controlled hysteria is what is required," said playwright Arthur Miller in speaking about his creative process. "To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It's agony. But everyone has agony. The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing." I hope this little outburst inspires you. It's an excellent time for you to harness your hysteria and instruct your agony in the fine art of singing. To boost your chances of success in pulling off this dicey feat use every means at your disposal to have fun and stay amused.
(Apr 20 – May 20): The Cherokee Heritage website wants people to know that not all Native American tribes have the same traditions. In the Cherokee belief system, it's Grandmother Sun and Grandfather Moon, which is the opposite of most tribes. There are no Cherokee shamans, only medicine men and women and adawehis, or religious leaders. They walk the TAURUS
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White Path, have a purification ceremony called "Going to Water," and perform the Green Corn ceremony as a ritual renewal of life. I suggest you do a similar clarification for the group you're part of and the traditions you hold dear. (May 21 – Jun 20): In the coming weeks, the activity going on inside your mind and heart will be especially intense and influential -- even if you don't explicitly express it. When you speak your thoughts and feelings out loud they will have unusual power to change people's minds and rearrange their moods. When you keep your thoughts and feelings to yourself, they will still leak all over everything, bending the energy field around you. I urge you to take extra care as you manage what's going on within you. Make sure the effect you're having is the effect you want to have.
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ard Kehl tells the story of a teenage girl who got the chance to ask a question of the eminent psychologist Carl Jung. "Professor, you are so clever. Could you please tell me the shortest path to my life's goal?" Without a moment's hesitation Jung replied, "The detour!" Jung's answer might be meaningful to you right now. Have you been churning out overcomplicated thoughts about your mission? Maybe you should at least dream about taking a shortcut that looks like a detour or a detour that looks like a shortcut. LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): An old Chinese proverb says: "My barn having burned to the ground, I can see the moon." The speaker of those words was making an effort to redefine a total loss as a partial gain. The building may have been gone, but as a result he or she had a better view of a natural wonder that was previously difficult to observe. I don't foresee any of your barns going down in flames, so I don't expect you'll
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have to make a similar redefinition under duress. However, you have certainly experienced events like that in the past. And now would be an excellent time to revise your thinking about their meaning. Are you brave enough and ingenious enough to reinterpret your history? It's find-the-redemption week. VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): "You can dis-
cover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." Numerous websites on the Internet allege that Greek philosopher Plato made this statement, which I regard as highly unlikely. In any case, the thought itself has some merit. This is an excellent time to learn more about and become closer to the people you care for, and nothing would help you accomplish that better than getting together for intensive interludes of messing around. (Sep 23 – Oct 22): "When we are no longer able to change a situa-
tion, we are challenged to change ourselves," said Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl. His advice might be just what you need to hear right now. Have you struggled, mostly fruitlessly, to change a stagnant situation that has resisted your best efforts? Is there a locked door you've been banging on, to no avail? If so, I invite you to redirect your attention. Reclaim the energy you have been expending on closed-down people and moldering systems. Instead, work on the unfinished beauty of what lies closest at hand: yourself. SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): In this pas-
sage from Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins provides a hot tip you should keep in mind. "There are essential and inessential insanities. Inessential insanities are a brittle amalgamation of ambition, aggression, and pre-adolescent anxiety—garbage that should have been dumped long ago.
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Having a Plan B
Controversy over accessible morning-after pill is unwarrented I was cruising the family planning aisle be administered under a doctor's care. at my local drug store the other day Plan B is something entirely different. It and I noticed something I'd never seen can be taken alone at home and has very before. Plan B, the emergency few side effects. contraceptive pill was right Plan B was in the news in Dethere next to the condoms cember because the US Secand lube. I know that retary of Health and Human om eekly.c @vuew Plan B has been available Services overruled the FDA's brenda Brendear recommendation to make in drugstores in Alberta for Kerb some time but this was the Plan B available to any woman first time I had actually noticed it on of any age without a prescription. In the shelf. It's much easier to get a hold the United States, you have to be 17 or of than most people think. older to get Plan B over the counter. If We are exposed to a lot of contradicyou are younger, you need a doctor's tory information about emergency conprescription. This is not the case here. In traception. There are vocal opponents of 2008, Canada became the fifth country it who give a misleading picture of what in the world to approve over-the-counter is actually is. We also get a lot of news status for Plan B, meaning you can get from the United States where the rules it without a prescription and there is no around and access to contraception are consultation with a pharmacist required. quite different than in Canada. It's easy It's available this way in every province to get confused about how it all works except Saskatchewan, where it is kept at home. I went digging to find out the behind the counter, and Quebec, where truth about Plan B in Alberta and here's a prescription is required. what I found. First of all, Plan B is an emergency I have a friend who found herself in contraception pill. If it is taken within need of Plan B this summer. In spite of 72 hours after sex it greatly reduces her fairly extensive knowledge of birth the chance of a pregnancy. It acts by control, she realized, when the need sudpreventing ovulation, or by preventing denly arose, that she didn't know anyfertilization or implantation of a fertilthing about emergency contraception. ized egg if ovulation already happened. She went to the nearest pharmacy and It does not cause abortions. RU-486 is asked for it. The pharmacist got it for her the pill that causes abortion. RU-486 is and explained how to use it and that was only available through a physician must it. She was pleasantly surprised at how
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Essential insanities are those impulses one instinctively senses are virtuous and correct, even though peers may regard them as coo-coo." I'll add this: Be crazily wise and wisely crazy in the coming weeks. It will be healthy. Honor the wild ideas that bring you joy and the odd desires that remind you of your core truths. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): I don't think you will need literal medicine this week. Your physical vigor should be good. But I'm hoping you will seek out some spirit medicine -- healing agents that fortify the subtle parts of your psyche. Where do you find spirit medicine? Well, the search itself will provide the initial dose. Expose yourself to stirring art and music and films; have conversations with empathic friends and the spirits of dead loved ones; fantasize about a thrilling adventure you will have one day; and imagine who you want to be three years from now.
(Dec 22 – Jan 19): Each of us is the star of our own movie. There are a few other lead and supporting actors who round out the cast, but everyone else in the world is an extra. Now and then, though, people whom we regard as minor characters suddenly rise to prominence and play a pivotal role in our unfolding drama. I expect this phenomenon is now occurring or will
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easy it was to get. Plan B costs about $40 at a drugstore. In Edmonton, you can get it for a reduced cost at the Birth Control Centre and the STI Clinic. At the STI clinic, the cost is $10. They will even waive the cost in rare cases for someone that is completely unable to pay. The STI clinic is a busy place, though, and they don't take appointments so you need to get there early in the morning to get the best chance of getting in. It's odd to me that there is still such an aura of secrecy and controversy around Plan B. Sometimes condoms break or slip off and it's all too easy to forget to take a birth control pill. Plan B gives women who do use contraception an effective backup when their methods fail. It offers a viable option for women in abusive relationships who may not have control over their birth control choices and for women who have been sexually assaulted. Far from being a method for the irresponsible, as I so often hear, it seems to me that Plan B is a very responsible choice. Fortunately, it is one that Albertan women are able to make for themselves. V Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-forprofits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmonton-based, sex-positive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk.
soon occur for you. So please be willing to depart from the script. People who have been playing bit parts may have more to contribute than you imagine. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): The "cocktail party effect" refers to your ability to hear your name being spoken while in the midst of a social gathering's cacophony. This is an example of an important practice, which is how to discern truly meaningful signals embedded in the noise of all the irrelevant information that surrounds you. You should be especially skilled at doing this in the coming weeks—and it will be crucial that you make abundant use of your skill. As you navigate your way through the clutter of symbols and the overload of data, be alert for the few key messages that are highly useful. PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): Shunryu Suzu-
ki was a Zen master whose books helped popularize Zen Buddhism in America. A student once asked him, "How much ego do you need?" His austere reply was "Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus." While I sympathize with the value of humility, I wouldn't go quite that far. I think that a slightly heftier ego, if offered up as a work of art, can be a gift to the world. What do you think? To what degree can you create your ego so that it's a beautiful and dynamic source of power for you and an inspiration for other people rather than a greedy, needy parasite that distorts the truth? This is an excellent time to ruminate on such matters.
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The kinky truth
Sometimes submission is just submission I'm a gay man in my late 20s who has sions. I just can't keep saying I'm fine, been trying to deal with an attracand I can't let healthy relationships tion to young boys since I hit puberty. fall apart because I'm unable to talk to I know that what I feel is wrong anyone about my problem. and wish to Christ that I could E CAN'T WISH IT AWAY SAVAG have a normally wired brain. I shared your letter with Dr I have never abused a child; I m ekly.co vuewe James Cantor, a psychologist, do not look at child pornog@ e v lo savage associate professor at the Uniraphy. But I need to speak Dan to a therapist because I can't Savage versity of Toronto, and editor in chief of Sexual Abuse: A Journal get through this on my own. Botof Research and Treatment. (Follow Dr tom line is I'm afraid. Seriously afraid. Cantor on Twitter @JamesCantorPhD.) I don't know what my legal rights are The first thing he said, CWIA, was that and I don't know how to go about getyou deserved praise—he called you "an ting more information without incrimiace"—for making it this far without havnating myself. I'm sure there are more ing committed an offense. people than just me who need to talk But accessing the support you need about this. My problem is that I'm not to get through the next six or seven definancially stable enough to afford seecades of life without sexually abusing a ing someone for more than a few ses-
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child—support the culture should provide to men and women like you in order to protect children—isn't going to be easy, Dr Cantor said, particularly if you live in the United States. "Other countries have created programs to help people like CWIA," said Dr Cantor. "Germany has Prevention Project Dunkelfeld, which includes a hospital-based clinic and anonymous hotlines that people who are attracted to children can call when they need to talk to someone, vent or debrief. In Canada, we have the Circles of Support and Accountability—groups of volunteers who provide assistance and social support and who, in turn, receive support and supervision from professionals." But Canada funds these programs only for people who committed a sexual offense. The Circles program isn't open to "gold-star pedophiles," my term for men and women who have successfully struggled against their attraction to children without any support or credit. (Yes, credit. Someone who is burdened with an attraction to children—no one chooses to be sexually attracted to children—and
successfully battled that attraction all of his adult life deserves credit for his strength, self-control and moral sense.) Sadly, in the United States, we've taken steps that make it harder for pedophiles to get the support they need to avoid offending. "One of the recent regulations in the United States is mandatory reporting," said Dr Cantor. "These regulations vary by region, but in general, if a client has children or provides care to children and admits to experiencing sexual attraction to children—any children—the therapist is required to report the client to the authorities, regardless of whether any abuse was actually occurring." The goal is to protect children, of course, and that is a goal I fully support as a parent and a human being. But broad mandatory reporting policies have an unintended consequence: People like CWIA—people who need help to avoid acting on their attraction to children—are cut off from mental health professionals who can give them the tools, insight and support they need. Mandatory reporting policies, designed to protect children, may be making children less safe. "The situation is not completely hopeless, however," said Dr Cantor. "Therapists with training and experience working with people attracted to children are keenly aware of the delicate legal situation that both they and their clients are in. A good therapist—a licensed therapist, please—will begin the very first session by outlining exactly what they must report and what they may not report." So long as there is no specific child in specific danger—so long as you don't have children (please don't), CWIA, and don't work with children (please don't)— your therapist is required to keep whatever information you share confidential. "CWIA should ask questions about confidentiality before disclosing any-
thing to a therapist," said Dr Cantor. "He can ask these questions over the phone before making an appointment or even revealing his name." To find a therapist, CWIA, you can contact—anonymously—the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (http://atsa.com/request-referral). "Although that group is primarily about services to persons who have already committed an offense," said Dr Cantor, "the professionals in their referral network are able and willing to help people in CWIA's situation as well." Even the few sessions you can afford will help, CWIA.
I'm a happy fiftysomething straight female sub in a D/s relationship. My Dom is my boyfriend; we present as a regular couple. We decided to take a break for several months because of some trust issues. We are now back together. While we were on our break, my adult daughter from my first marriage told me that she was happy we split up because she viewed his behavior toward me as abusive. She based this on my generally deferring to his wishes. In other words, I was behaving as his sub. She believes that I am a brainwashed abused woman who cannot break free of her abuser. She won't have anything to do with him, believing that he is not a good man. If I want to see her and the grandkids, I visit alone. There is no way I am going to tell her that we are D/s, because my private life is none of her business. Also, I don't think that picturing Grandma getting spanked with a leather belt is an image she would want seared in her brain. What can I say to her to reassure her that I am happy and not being abused? ONLY KINKY
Sorry, OK, but you made your private life your daughter's business.
You don't have to tell your daughter the whole truth (leave out the leather belt), but you will have to tell her that what she witnessed—you behaving as your boyfriend's sub—was consensual roleplay, not abuse. Tell her that it was never your intent to involve her or anyone else in your sex play, you thought your role-play was so subtle that no one else would ever pick up on it, and you're sorry to have to burden her with this info. But you're in a consensual D/s relationship, and what she has interpreted as abuse is just an elaborate, consensual game that you both enjoy. Promise to dial it way, way back from now on. But you will have to come clean with, and come out to, your daughter—if only to exonerate your boyfriend, who isn't an abuser and shouldn't have to live with that stigma.
Awesome advice to Heartbroken, the woman who agreed to have a MFF threesome on the condition that her husband not engage in PIV intercourse with their third. You told her husband that his inability to respect his wife's ground rules had probably screwed him out of any opportunity to have PIV sex with other women in the future. I'm in a nonmonogamous marriage. We started off with MFF threesomes, but I gave my husband the "no penis in her vagina" rule. He followed it to a T until I gave him the go-ahead. Now we both screw other people. If my husband had messed up the first time, though, we never would have gotten this far. WOMAN OVER WISCONSIN
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