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Stand up for women Last summer, a poll ranked Canada the top G20 country to live in if you're a woman. It cited our country's policies promoting gender equality, our safeguards against violence and exploitation, and our access to healthcare as reasons for earning the top spot.

Assuming that poll is correct and Canada is the best country in which to be a woman, that's a scary truth. That means a country where every six days a woman is killed by her intimate partner is the best place to be a woman. It means a country where each year 427 000 women over the age of 15 report being sexually assaulted is the best place to have two x chromosomes.

(That statistic, courtesy of the Canadian Women's Foundation, is even more startling if you keep in mind only 10 percent of sexual assaults are reported.) It means the best place to live if you're a woman is a country where women make up less than 25 percent of elected officials and continue to earn about 70 cents to each dollar a man makes.

And it means the best place to be a woman is in a country where, in the case of an unwanted pregnancy, if you live on Prince Edward Island, you have to travel to another province to get an abortion. It's a country where 51 percent of single mothers live in poverty and where, on any given day, more than 3000 women are living in an emergency shelter to escape domestic violence.

How can Canada be the best place for a woman to live if all of this is true? It seems those people out there claiming gender equality is a fight that's been won need to give their heads a shake. Statistics like these don't scream equality—they scream injustice and discrimination.

Although Canadian women clearly have it better than many others around the world, that doesn't mean that these statistics should be as good as it gets. It doesn't mean that women should settle for violence, for pay inequity and for poverty. Women, and society as a whole, deserve better than that. It's time that living in the best country to be a woman means living in a country where each and every person has the same opportunities and the same rights.

International Women's Day (IWD) is on March 8. The day began as a way of both celebrating the achievements of the women who have gone before us and acknowledging the work that still needs to be done to acheive equality and safety for women. The above numbers show that there is still a long way to go before IWD can just be a celebration. And they prove that women and men alike have a lot of work to do before gender equality is realized.

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hink your actions are too small to make a difference? Think again.

Adria Vasil, author of the Ecoholic books and weekly column in Toronto's Now Magazine, was in Edmonton March 5 to share simple, practical ways to keep your body and the world from becoming a dumping ground for waste.

The Toronto journalist started Ecoholic in 2004 as a green-advice column. For her it was a way to vent the frustration she felt from writing doom-and-gloom articles about social issues, corporate malpractices and impending environmental disaster.

"It was a place to offer positive solutions, offer concrete advice," Vasil says.

"I'm like a green Dear Abby. But instead of giving relationship advice, I'm telling people how to get their roommates to stop bringing home bottled water."

In her nine years writing green-advice, Vasil has gotten questions on everything from the safety of drinking dehumidifier water (don't) to the most environmentally-friendly sex toys. The writer was invited by both the City of Edmonton's The Way We Green Speaker Series and the University of Alberta's Sustainability Speakers Series to speak at city hall and the Myer Horowitz Theatre, respectively.

Vasil says individuals have amazing power. If you don't like the chemicals in a deodorant, then don't buy it. If you want to see more local and seasonal fruits and vegetables in your grocery store, tell the manager. Companies want your money, Vasil says, and they'll make changes to keep you coming back.

"These things sound tiny, but the impacts are huge," she says. "It's about

tackling the things that we have control over. If we all change our own little corners, we can change the world."

Vasil offered four easy, planet-saving tips to the crowd at the Myer Horowitz Theatre Tuesday evening: eat less meat, buy second-hand clothes, don't waste food and use natural products.

Citing a 2009 World Bank study that provocatively claims meat animals produce half of all global carbon emissions—factoring in the CO2 that livestock exhale—Vasil says giving beef a break a couple of times a week is the quickest and best way to help the environment.

And you might want to listen to Macklemore and head to the thrift shop to get "those moccasins someone else's been walkin' in." Vasil says clothes production is hugely waterintensive, with one pair of new Levi's requiring 3000 litres of fresh water to produce. Multiply that by the 36 new articles of clothing the average person buys annually, and that's a lot of water.

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says. "Buying a pair of second-hand jeans does way more."

The author recommends only buying as much food as you need—and make a meal plan so none of it gets binned.

Vasil says the food rotting in landfills represents 30 trillion litres of water needlessly wasted.

With pollution coming from burning fossil fuels and using harmful chemicals in manufacturing, it seems counter intuitive to introduce more toxins into our bodies through shampoos, deodorants and toothpastes. But researching what ingredients are safe and environmentally friendly can be a full-time job.

So Vasil has taken the dirty work out of it and created her "Mean 15" ingredient list, available on her Ecoholic website. Is oxybenzone, petrolatum, retinyl palmitate or diazolidinyl urea on the label's tiny type? Nix it.

She has also teamed up with the CBC to expose the companies that are the worst greenwashers. Dawn dish soap, which claims to help save wildlife, contains triclosan—an ingredient that has

been declared toxic to aquatic life. Or a shampoo called Organic Surge that had only one organic ingredient.

"Greenwashing is my biggest pet peeve," Vasil says. "Many corporations claim to be natural, organic or ecofriendly—they even put it right in their brand names. But Canadians are getting smarter, we're detecting the BS." That's not to say there aren't good products out there. If you're in a hurry, she recommends checking the label for third-party certification, like Ecocert or Ecologo. But any real change to the planet is going to come from people doing their own research and asking their own questions.

"The banning of harmful chemicals all started with someone looking at a label and asking: what is this? Do we need this?" Vasil says. "So don't believe the hype. Don't believe something is good for you just because a corporation says it is."

Visit ecoholic.ca for Vasil's books, columns, blog and videos.

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Garbage Goes Green New biofuels facility will further divert waste from the landfill

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dmonton will soon be producing a new source of fuel, and it's probably not what you'd expect from a city in the middle of oil country.

"Right now we're achieving about a 60-percent recovery of the waste stream that we get here at the Waste Management Centre," Waste Management Services public education specialist Neil Burkard says.

"When this whole biofuels and shredding operation is in the works, we'll have 90 percent diversion, and that will be one of the highest

recovery rates of any city on the planet."

Most of the 40 percent of municipal waste that is currently trucked to a landfill outside of the city will be turned into biofuel when the facility is ready to go—likely by the end of this year—at the city's Waste Management Centre. The operation will take garbage that cannot be composted or recycled and put it through a process to turn it into potato chip-sized material called feedstock or RDF (refuse-derived fuel).

Burkard is excited about this since

the feedstock that is created from garbage will then be used as a fuel source to create more feedstock.

"It's going to get two purposes: it's going to become the feedstock for creating energy to heat the material up which is being turned into the gasified material," he says, adding, "It's bloody awesome because you're not having to consume another source of energy."

The feedstock will then be heated to over 700 degrees Celsius inside a biochamber where the bonds of the material will be cracked to

form a synthetic gas (syngas) made of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

Then it will be turned into 36 million litres of methanol and, in a few years' time, ethanol.

"More than likely you won't see a lot of methanol in vehicles other than in windshield washer fluid. It's the additive so it doesn't freeze. But there's lots of options to use methanol in the Edmonton area," says Jim Schubert, general supervisor of conversion technologies for EWMS. He

points out that methanol can be used to make specialty chemicals for the pulp and paper industry or in the production of formaldehyde.

The biofuel itself will come from ethanol. "They can add the process train to take it from methanol to ethanol and then more than likely you'll see it in gasoline blends because it is mandated in the province now to have five-percent ethanol in all gasoline blends. It's not happening everywhere, but slowly it will," Schubert adds.

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Tiny fraction. This is no where near a heavy garbage day. // Eden Munro

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Dr David Stuart, associate professor in the University of Alberta's biochemistry department, explains a bit further how ethanol is used as a fuel source. "Ethanol is one of the most commonly used biofuels; that's in large part because it's really easy to make. As a culture, we've been doing that since the Egyptians, and that is simply getting sugar or starch and feeding it to yeast, and as part of their natural metabolism, they create ethanol. But ethanol is not a really great biofuel in part because it mixes with water and you don't want water getting into your engine, and also, the energy from fuel comes from breaking carbon bonds. Ethanol has only two carbons whereas gasoline, for example, or diesel fuel are very long chains of carbon, so they're much more energy dense."

Stuart says when ethanol is blended with gasoline it adds a biological component that reduces the amount of fossil fuel used, but it still has a somewhat lower energy content.

"One thing that people don't always understand about biofuels is that we want to use biofuels because it's green and less polluting so [there is] less greenhouse gas, but when you burn a biofuel it releases carbon dioxide the same as if you burn gasoline," Stuart

movement of carbon since nothing is returned to the ground. "All that oil in the ground comes from plants originally, but it takes a few hundred thousand years to make the oil," he explains. "So we don't really have the time to wait a few hundred thousand years to make that cyclic process. So that's one of the great advantages of biofuel."

Enerkem is the company the City has teamed up with to convert the garbage that cannot be recycled or composted into biofuel. However, there will still be about 10 percent of waste left over that will not work as a fuel and will end up in the landfill.

But Schubert says that after the biofuel centre is up and running, perhaps down the road they'll be able to look at how to convert that remaining 10 percent of waste into fuel. In fact, the department he works for is already testing out different forms of waste to see if they could be turned into biofuel.

Not all materials can easily be turned into methanol or ethanol, such as hazardous waste or even large amounts of PVC plastic used in window frames.

"PVC plastic is 45-percent chlorine, so when you gasify PVC plastic you produce high concentrations of chlorine that you then have to scrub out," Schubert explains. But when PVC is

This is kind of like a one-stop shop for waste. All of these facilities work together in concert with one another.

says. "But the great thing about a biofuel approach is that the CO2 that's released by burning the biofuel is then used by plants to grow because that's where they get their carbon and then you take the plants, make the fuel and you burn it. So it becomes a fairly rapid cycle and in that sense it's sustainable."

While there may still be a lot of oil in the ground, Stuart says the burning of fossil fuels is only a one-way

mixed in with other garbage, it becomes easier for the syngas conditioning process to remove contaminants then if it was just a load of PVC by itself. The contaminants will be turned into wastewater or a solid that has a reagent added to neutralize them so that no gases are emitted into the open air. The wastewater will be sent to the treatment facility in Gold Bar and the solid material will go to the landfill.

Methanol from refuse. When the facility is completed, 36 million litres of methanol will be produced. // Eden Munro

Edmonton's Clover Bar landfill closed in 2009, but the City had a plan underway well before then to manage the massive amounts of waste that are produced here every year. A recycling program began in 1999, followed by a composting program in 2000. And Schubert says by 2002 they were talking about how to minimize the rest of the waste that was just piling up in the landfill.

"We found that what's remaining has good heating value and good calorific value, but it's not really suitable for more composting or more recycling," he notes. "We've taken all of the good waste out, so to speak, but the material that's remaining would be suitable for some kind of thermal treatment."

The project is costly, but Schubert says that even if the city had decided to travel the traditional path of waste incineration, it would still have been just as high an investment. Enerkem will invest $105 million into the biofuels facility and the city will invest $35 million to $40 million to prepare the feedstock. The project should cost

$140 million overall, with some provincial grants being provided.

"Right off the bat, the province is contributing $29 million towards that; $20 million of the $29 million is going back to Enerkem," Schubert says.

"We're giving that in different milestone payments as part of construction, so right now they've received a portion of it and when it's fully constructed they'll get the full $20 million. The other $9 million went towards the research facility and that's what I'm in, which is a pilot system to test different waste feedstocks that could be suitable for gasification in the future."

The city is responsible for operating the equipment to turn garbage into feedstock, and Enerkem will look after turning that into methanol.

"We're paying them a fee to process it, so it's still costing us money, but then they're also selling the methanol—and in the future ethanol—and that will pay for the overall operation," Schubert explains. "So in nice round numbers, it's about $50 a tonne

that we're paying them to process the material and around $25 to $30 to turn it into a feedstock that's suitable."

Despite operating the first garbageto-biofuels facility in the world— Schubert points out that other facilities that process waste wood are much different—it's still crucial for residents to sort their waste appropriately. Any garbage that should not be going through the system can slow everything down.

Michael Robertson works as a waste leader at the Integrated Processing and Transfer Facility—where your household garbage ends up and is sorted—and has seen a lot of questionable garbage since the IPTF opened in 2009 (before that whatever wasn't recycled or composted ended up in the landfill).

"Every once in a while we get a mattress or maybe a bathtub or a dishwasher goes through the system, and when one of those goes through, it's a pretty good bet that it's going to clog up somewhere," Robertson says, TURN THE PAGE>>

Compost the most. This facility creates 50 000 tonnes of compost annually.

Wood chips from old Christmas trees help to keep the odour at bay. // Eden Munro

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adding that metal, electronics, batteries and even newspaper are all things that need to be recycled properly.

"One of the strangest things that I saw just before Christmas was a live rabbit. It was found in the sort room, which meant it had been thrown in a garbage truck, dumped on the floor, pushed by a loader, picked up by the excavator, dumped on the line, went up the line and they found it in the sort room still alive and well; terrified and shaking like you wouldn't believe.

We brought it into the control room, put it in a basket, gave it some food and called the SPCA and they came down and picked it up. It looked like a domestic rabbit; it was a cute little black bunny."

The IPTF is an integral part of the biofuels operation, as this is where material will be separated to use in the production of methanol, and Robertson says the primary goal of the

facility is to be a leader in the industry for waste reduction and reuse.

"I think it's an interesting time in our society as a whole that we're really evolving the way we look at waste and what we can do with it," Robertson says. "And the city has taken a lot of effort to try and be at the forefront of that new technology and I think it's really exciting to be one of the few places in the world to do that."

Burkard calls it all a symphony. "We have all these little pieces which make up this very massive, beautiful opus," he says. "We have garbage, we have recycling, we have electronics, we have paper, we have biosolids, we

have landfill gas, we have leachate. All these different things that are associated with waste are really in one location here in Edmonton.

"Go to other municipalities around the world and they could be spread out over vast distances, so it makes their systems not that efficient. But here, this is kind of like a one-stop shop for waste. All of these facilities work together in concert with one another. And individually it doesn't seem all that impressive, but when you start to think of how they interrelate, it's amazing how much waste we are starting to divert from the landfill."

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Where in the world? Visitors from more than 88 nations have come to visit the Waste Management Centre. // Rebecca Medel

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So long winter. At least in this gasifier where temperatures of 700 degrees Celsius will turn garbage into feedstock. // Eden Munro

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Carbon tax: the Chinese are frightened China wants to do something about climate change before it's too late Last week's announcement by Chimuch food production his country na's Ministry of Finance that the will lose when the average global country will introduce a carbon tax, temperature has risen by 2 C. (On probably in the next two years, did current trends, that will probably not dominate international headhappen around 25 years from lines. It was too vague about now.) Similar contracts had the timetable and the rate been given to think-tanks at which the tax would be in all the other major .com countries, he said, but the ly levied, and fossil fuel lobk e e w e@vue gwynn byists were quick to porresults have never been e y w G nn tray it as meaningless. But published. r Dye the Chinese are deadly serious The main impact of climate about fighting global warming, bechange on human welfare in the cause they are really scared. short and medium term will be on A carbon tax, though deeply unthe food supply. The rule of thumb popular with the fossil fuel industhe experts use is that total world tries, is the easiest way to change food production will drop by 10 the behaviour of the people and percent for every degree Celsius of firms that burn those fuels as it will warming, but the percentage losses make burning them more costly. will vary widely from one country to And if the tax is then returned to the another. consumers of energy through lower The director told me the amount of taxes, then it has no overall depresfood his own country would lose— sive effect on the economy. which was bad enough—and then The Xinhua news agency did not mentioned that China, according to say how big the tax in China would the report on that country, would be, but it pointed to a three-yearlose a terrifying 38 percent of its old proposal by government experts food production at plus 2 C. The rethat would have levied a 10-yuan ports were not circulated, but a sum($1.60) per ton tax on carbon in mary had apparently been posted on 2012 and raised it to 50-yuan ($8) the Chinese think tank's website for a per ton by 2020. That is still far befew hours by a rogue researcher below the $80-per-ton tax that would fore being taken down. really shrink China's greenhouse gas The World Bank has never pubemissions drastically, but at least it lished these reports or even admitwould establish the principle that ted their existence, but it is all too the polluters must pay. plausible that the governments in It's a principle that has little apquestion insisted that they be kept peal to US President Barack Obama, confidential. They would not have who has explicitly promised not to wanted these numbers to be made propose a carbon tax. He probably public. And there are good reasons knows that it makes sense, but he to suspect that this story is true. has no intention of committing poWho would have commissioned litical suicide—the likely result of making such a proposal in the United States. But China is not suffering from political gridlock; if the regime wants something to happen, it can usually make it happen.

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these contracts? The likeliest answer is Sir Robert Watson, a British scientist who was the Director of the Environment Department at the World Bank at the same time that he was the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

George Bush's administration had Watson ousted as chair of the IPCC in 2002, but he stayed at the World Bank, where he is now Chief Scientist and Senior Advisor on Sustainable Development. (He has also been Chief Scientific Adviser to the British Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for the past six years.)

He would have had both the motive and the opportunity to put those contracts out, but he would not have had the clout to get the reports published. When I asked him about it a few years ago, he neither confirmed nor denied their existence. But if the report on China actually said that the country will lose 38 percent of its food production when the average global temperature reaches 2 C higher, it would explain why the regime is so scared.

No country that lost almost twofifths of its food production could avoid huge social and political upheavals. No regime that was held responsible for such a catastrophe would survive. If the Chinese regime thinks that is what awaits it down the road, no wonder it is thinking of bringing in a carbon tax. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Three or four years ago, while interviewing the head of a think tank in a major country, I was told something that has shaped my interpretation of Chinese policy ever since. If it is true, it explains why the Chinese regime is so frightened of climate change.

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VUEWEEKLY MAR 7 – MAR 13, 2013

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EVENTS WEEKLY

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COMEDY Alberta Avenue Community League

• 9210-118 Ave • Billy Kidd: A Magician of the Female Nature • Sat, Mar 9, 8pm • Part of SkirtsAfire, herArts festival

Arden Theatre • St Albert • CBC's The Ir-

relevant Show: A buffet of comedy sketches and songs • Sat, Mar 16, 7:30pm • $20

edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm

Centennial Rm, (basement) Stanley A. Milner Library • Monthly roundtable 1st Tue each month • edmontonatheists.ca; E: info@edmontonatheists.ca

Edmonton Ukulele Circle • Bogani

the sol café • Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave • thesolcafe.com • Meet Sundays 4:30-6:30pm

Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each month; 2:30-4pm • $5

Edmonton Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous • Expressionz

Café, 9938-70 Ave • Every Fri, 7:30-8:30pm; doors at 7pm for coffee

Elizabeth's Antique Collectible Sale • Alberta Aviation Museum, 11410 Kingsway Ave • Pop Culture, Vintage Clothing, Advertising Collectibles, shabby chic, antique furniture, militaria, jewelry, petroliana, art glass, vintage toys, china, lp records, sports memorabilia, coins, stamps, watches, comics, buttons and so much more • Mar 15, 2-8pm; Mar 16, 10-4pm • $5

Fabulous Facilitators Toastmasters Club • 2nd Floor Canada Place, 9700

BRIXX Comedy and Music once a month as a

Jasper Ave • 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw.ca • fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org • Can you think of a career that does not require communication • Every Tue, 12:05-1pm

Century Casino • 13103 Fort Rd •

Fertility Awareness Charting Circle meeting • Cha Island Tea Co, 10332-81 Ave

Bailey Theatre–Camrose • Lorne Elliott • Mar 14, 7pm (door) • $35 at Bailey box office part of Ruby Tuesdays

780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:309pm • Tracey MacDonald, Jay Brown, Jeff Kubik; Mar 8-9 • Gilbert Gottfried; Mar 15-16; $29

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Jamie Hutchinson; Mar 7-9 • Jeff Leeson; Mar 14-16

Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM •

780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Chris Kattan; Mar 7-9 • Steve White; Mar 13-17

Dow–Shell Theatre–Fort Saskatchewan • Clockwork Mysteries, take a journey through time with Ted and Marion Outerbridge, masters of illusion • Mar 16, 7:30pm • $25 (adult)/$20 (senior/youth)

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 •

Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm

Filthy McNasty's • 10511-82 Ave •

780.996.1778 • Stand Up Sundays: Stand-up comedy night every Sun with a different headliner every week; 9-11pm; no cover

Overtime Pub • 4211-106 St • Open mic

• faccedmonton@gmail.com • Learn about menstrual cycle charting and share your personal experiences in a supportive group environment • 1st Mon of the month from Oct-Apr, 6:308:30pm • $5 (suggested donation)

FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church,

8424-95 Ave • 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

freethinkers market • Wünderbar, 8120-101 St • freethinkersmarket.org • Anarchist market: free to vend (vendors come and go as you please), acoustic musicians encouraged. free speech zone, supports local artists • Sat, Mar 9, 1-6pm Healing Circle • Call 780.570.0475 for location • spiritualawakeningcentre.com • Begins with a guided meditation moving into an affirmative state where healing on all levels occurs • Every Wed, 7-8pm Home–Energizing Spiritual Community for Passionate Living • Garneau/Ashbourne

Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • Sterling Scott

Assisted Living Place, 11148-84 Ave • Home: Blends music, drama, creativity and reflection on sacred texts to energize you for passionate living • Every Sun, 3-5pm

Rumors Ultra Lounge • 8230 Gateway

Lotus Qigong • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu

comedy anchored by a professional MC, new headliner each week • Every Tue • Free every Wed, 9pm

Blvd • Every Thu Neon Lights and Laughter with host Sterling Scott and five comedians and live DJ TNT; 8:30pm

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION • Faculté

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 Vegans and Vegetarians of Alberta

• Riverdale Hall, 9231-100 Ave • vofa.ca • CookOff and Potluck: Green: Bring a dish (to feed 6 people), serving spoon, plate, bowl, cutlery, and something to drink • $3 (member)/$5 (nonmember); Sailin’ On Food Truck, Edmonton’s first vegan food truck will be there with free burritos • Mar 10, 5:30-7:30pm

Vegetarians of Alberta • vofa.ca/event

• Idylwylde Library, 8310-88 Ave: The Hows and Whys of a Raw Food Diet, by Margaret Marean; Mar 7, 6:30-8:30pm; pre-register at info@vofa. ca • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9010-85 St: Raw Food Potluck and talk: Healthy digestion and elimination, by Jackie Latimer; free; Mar 9, 5:45pm • Riverdale Hall 9231-100 Ave: VVoA Cook off & Potluck, theme: "Green", with guest Sailin' On Food Truck; Mar 10 • Sai Baba Centre, 9619-82 Ave: Cooking Demo with Chef Laura Lynn Johnston and Speaker David Parker; Mar 23, 3-5pm; free, pre-register at info@vofa.ca • Idylwylde Library, 8310-88 Ave: Film: Earthlings; Mar 26, 7-9pm

Wild Rose Antique Collectors Society • Delwood Community Hall, 7517 Delwood

Rd • wildroseantiquecollectors.ca • Collecting and researching items from various periods in the history of Edmonton. Presentations after club business. Visitors welcome • Meets the 4th Mon of every month (except Jul & Dec), 7:30pm

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old

Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence

Y Toastmasters Club • Queen Alexandra

Community League, 10425 University Ave (north door, stairs to the left) • Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue each month. Help develop confidence in public speaking and leadership • Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

LECTURES/Presentations Design Entrepreneurship • John L. Haar

Theatre, MacEwan University, 10045-156 St • The Convergence of Design and Organizational Decision Making lecture by Richard Buchanan • Mon, Mar 18 • Free

Great Expeditions • St Luke’s Anglican-

Creswick and Steve Schulte • Every Thu, at 9:30pm

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

Winspear Centre • The magical misery tour:

Meditation • Strathcona Library • medita-

tionedmonton.org • Weekly meditation drop-in; every Tue, 7-8:30pm

hltaa.org • Meeting with featuring speaker; open to the public • 4th Wed every month, 7-9pm • $10 (member)/$15 (non-member)

Mill Creek Morning Al-Anon Family Group • Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave • Open

The Hows and Whys of a Raw Food Diet • Idylwylde Library 8310-88 Ave • With

Vault Pub • 8214-175 St • Comedy with Liam

Stand-up comic Jeremy Hotz • Mar 17, 7:30pm

Wunderbar • 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 •

Comedy every 2nd Mon • UIG: A Space Odyssey.

Improv Comedy Night • Mar 12, 9pm • Dr Jokes; Mar 18

Zen Lounge • 12923-97 St • The Ca$h Prize

to anyone who has been affected by somebody else's drinking • Meet every Wed 10-11am, admission by donation

Groups/CLUBS/meetings

NSAI Songwriters Group • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave • 780.973.5311 • nashvillesongwriters.com • NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) meet the 2nd Mon each month • Mar 11, 7-9pm

comedy contest hosted by Matt Alaeddine and Andrew Iwanyk • Every Tue, 8pm • No cover

Aikikai Aikido Club • 10139-87 Ave, Old Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm Amnesty International Edmonton •

8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug) E: amnesty@edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free

Argentine Tango Dance at Foot Notes Studio • Foot Notes Dance Studio

(South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Join Vincenzo and Ida Renzi every Friday at Foot Notes Dance Studio for an evening of authentic Argentine tango • Every Fri, 8pm-midnight • $15 (per person)

ArtY Party • Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave

• Art with Charity Brown 7:00pm to 10:00pm, bring own supplies • $15; pre-register at Register @ YEGlive, info@expressionzcafe.com; 780.437.3667 • 60 Sketches in 60 Seconds: Mar 7 • Mar 7, Apr 4, May 2, Jun 6

Brain Tumour Peer Support Group • Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533-135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext. 234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free Drop-in Meditation Classes • Sherwood

Park Community Centre (Mon); Amitabha Centre, 9550-87 St (Tue, Fri) • info@meditationedmonton.org • Every Mon, Tue 7-8:30pm and Fri 10-11:30am

Edmonton Needlecraft Guild • Avonmore United Church Basement, 82 Ave, 79 St •

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Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall,

3728-106 St • 780.458.6352, 780.467.6093 • nawca. ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

Occupy Edmonton General Assembly

• Grant MacEwan City Centre Cafeteria, 10600104 Ave • oc.yeg.info@gmail.com • A leaderless space where everyone is welcome to organize and/or assist with all forms of Edmonton based non-violent activism • Every Tue from 6:308:30pm & Sat from 2-4pm

Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm

Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 • 1st Mon every month, 7:30pm • Suggested donation of $3

Healthy Living Therapies Alberta Association • Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave •

speaker Margaret Marean • Mar 7, 6:30-8:30pm • Donation (to cover samples, recipe booklet and demonstration) • Pre-register at info@vofa.ca

International Women’s Day • Festival

Place, Sherwood Park • 780.449.3378 • Featuring speaker CBC journalist Hana Gartner • Mar 7, 5:30pm • $65 at Festival Place box office

International Women's Day • Corbett Hall Field, 112 St, Whyte Ave • 780.910.1951 • March and Forum: Celebrate women’s struggles in defense of the rights of all. Short indoor program to follow. Speakers include Tonya Kappo of the Idle No More movement. Light meal provided • Mar 9, 1:30pm • Free Jack–Movie Night • Ironworkers Hall, 10512-122 St • Celebrate our former federal leader and join the crowd to watch the premiere of the Jack Layton bio-pic at this fundraiser for the Edmonton Gold Bar NDP • Sun, Mar 10, 7pm (door), 8pm (movie) • $10

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

The Legacy of Rachel Corrie • Telus Building, U of A • A Family's 10-year Journey for Justice and Peace • Mar 7, 7:00pm

Raw Food Potluck and Speaker •

Mental Health Awareness Week • U

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 901085 St, Meeting rm • vofa.ca • Jackie Latimer from Cellular Health will talk about healthy digestion and elimination; raw potluck at 5:45pm • Mar 9, 5:30-7:30pm • Free

sAWA 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 Sherwood Park Walking Group + 50

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

Society of Edmonton Atheists •

of A, Katz 1080 • mentalhealthawarenessclub@ gmail.com • Week-long event dedicated to raising awareness of mental health. Lunchtime talks: topics such as schizophrenia, the importance of work-life balance, and stigma around mental health • Mar 11-15, 12-1pm • Interactive booths fair: Thu, Mar 14, 10am-1pm

Pecha Kucha Night • Edmonton Expo

rene, 10712-29 Ave • edmonton@thenetalberta. com • thenetalberta.com • Combat the injustice of human trafficking. Explore the issue fromlocal and international perspectives and make a difference • Mar 8-9 • $45 at w: thenetalberta. com

UAlberta Drama's guest Dr. Luk Van den Dries • TCA Lobby: Interview My Practice as Dramaturg and Director; Thu, Mar 7, 12-1pm • Westbury Theatre: Corporeal Constructs in the Work of Jan Fabre; keynote address at the Expanse Movement Arts Festival, followed by reception; Thu, Mar 7, 7-8:30pm

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

Beers for Queers • Empress Ale House,

9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

Bisexual Women's Coffee Group • A

social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups. yahoo.com/group/bwedmonton

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725B Jasper Ave •

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

EDMONTON PRIME TIMERS (EPT) •

Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 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, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • 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: 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. sports and recreation •

teamedmonton.ca • Hockey: at the Sportsdome; E: hockey@teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Every Mon, 7:30-8:30pm at Garneau Elementary School, 10925-87 Ave; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton. ca • Badminton (Co-Ed): Every Wed, 6-7:30pm; St Vincent School, 10530-138 St; $5 (drop-in); E: badminton@teamedmonton.ca • CrossCountry Skiing: Strathcona Wilderness Centre; E: Colette at crosscountry@teamedmonton. ca; facebook.com/events/511701118849342 • Outdoor Skating: Hawrelak Park, Victoria Oval; E: Teresa at skating@teamedmonton.ca • Yoga: Gay/Lesbian yoga every Wed, 7:30-9pm, at Lion's Breath Yoga, 206, 10350-124 St; Instructor: Jason Morris; $10 (drop-in) • Indoor Cycling: Terwillegar Recreation Centre; drop-in; E: 311@edmonton.ca • Running: Every Sun, 10am, at Kinsmen • Swimming–Making Waves: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.c; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Volleyball: until May 2013; E: recvolleyball@teamedmonton.ca • Curling: Every Tue, 7pm at the Granite Curling Club (8620-107 St; E: curling@teamedmonton. ca • Bowling: Every Tue, 6:30pm; at Ed's Rec Room, WEM; $15/week • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@ teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca

G.L.B.T.Q Seniors Group • S.A.G.E Bldg,

Craftroom, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.474.8240 • Meeting for gay seniors, and for any seniors who have gay family members and would like some guidance • Every Thu, 1-4pm • Info: E: tuff @shaw.ca

Illusions Social Club • Pride Centre,

10608-105 ave • 780.387.3343 • groups.yahoo. com/group/edmonton_illusions • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each 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

LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-124 St • edm-

Centre, Alberta Ballroom • Presentations on local ideas, projects and musings; 20 slides x 20 second per slide; Firefly Theatre & Circus for a special aerial performance and music provided by Girls Club • Mar 7, 7:30pm • $10 (student)/$12 (adult)

livingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily dropin, peer counselling

Thoughtful Tuesday • Earth's General

Store, 9605-82 Ave • Samsara; Mar 12, 7-9pm; barakasamsara.com

ties.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/ competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu

Unbound 2013–Human Trafficking Conference • Southside Church of the Naza-

Pride Centre of Edmonton • Pride Cen-

VUEWEEKLY Mar 7 – Mar 13, 2013

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geoci-

tre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 •

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

PrimeTimers/sage Games • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace. ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Non-profit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured Woodys Video Bar • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm

SPECIAL EVENTS Brian Webb Dance Company–Art Auction • Winspear Centre, Main Fl Lobby •

Brian Webb Dance Company's Art Auction and Brunch: Showcase of contemporary art • Mar 10, 11:30am • $85 at TIX on the Square

Canadian Women in Communications–International Women's Day Celebration • Mercer Tavern, 10363-104 St • Celebrate and honour the occasion and the achievements of women by networking with Edmonton communications professionals • Fri, Mar 8, 12-2pm • $5 (member, non-member, student); pre-register

by Mar 7 at cwc-afc.com

Edmonton Israeli Apartheid Week

• psnedmonton.ca • Until Mar 8 • Telus Bldg, Rm 134: Idle No More to Occupation No More: Indigenous Intifadas from Turtle Island to Palestine; Thu, Mar 7, 7-9pm • Henry Marshall Tory Bldg, Tory Rm 1-129: The Apartheid of Displacement: Women’s Voices From the Palestinian Diaspora; Fri, Mar 8, 12-1:30pm

Les Coquettes Cabaret Burlesque •

Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park • Cabaret ensemble, cirque, comedy, song, dance and striptease; no minors • Mar 8, 7:30pm • $40 (table)/$38 (box)/$36 (theatre) at Festival Place box office

A Medieval Feast, St Patrick's style

• Celtic Hall, 10104-32 Ave • 780.465.5599 • celtichall.ca • Evening of luck, love and laughter with buffet dinner and interactive theatrical entertainment • Sat, Mar 16, 6pm • Tickets (adv only at 780.465.5599, info@celtichall.ca

Mental Health Awareness Week • Katz

Group for Pharmacy and Health Research, 87 Ave, 114 St, Rm 1080, U of A • Hosted my medical students, to increase knowledge of mental illness.

Daily lunchtime speakers. Interactive booths-fair (Thu, Mar 14, 10am-1pm) where organizations from around Edmonton will be showcasing mental-health related services they offer • Mar 11-15, Mar 11-13, 15: 12-1pm; Mar 14: 10am1pm • Free

THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE! STAGE SHOW •

Jubilee Auditorium • Host Mark Walberg • Mar 10; Early Show: 3pm (door), 4:30pm (show); Late Show: Doors 6pm; SOLD OUT; all ages • $25, $35, $45, $59.50

Stairclimb for Clean Air • Coast Ed-

monton Plaza Hotel • ab.lung.ca/stairclimb • A marathon: 20-floor stair climb; participants and their cheerleaders can also enjoy family-friendly activities. All ages welcome • Fundraiser for the Lung Association's respiratory disease research and awareness in Alberta

SkirtsAfire, heArts festival • Alberta Ave, 9210-118 Ave • Showcases women in theatre and other art forms. A platform for Canadian women’s stories and the female voice–women writing, directing, designing, choreographing, painting and putting music to their own stories • Mar 7-10

FILM

PREVUE // IMMIGRANT STORY

CAUGHT BETWEEN WORLDS Treacherous Heart addresses generational conflicts in immigrant communities Fri, Mar 8 – Sun, Mar 10 Directed by Kathryn Fasegha Metro Cinema at the Garneau

'W

hen we moved here to Canada, I came with two young children," Kathryn Fasegha begins.

In Nigeria, she'd worked in television and later, in Oman, as a freelance journalist. But after arriving in Calgary in 2002, Fasegha has essentially given up working in the medium to raise her kids, only scripting some Christmas and Easter plays for her church. Still, as she adjusted, patterns in the immigrant community she was living in— particularly the conflicts that

would arise between generations—intrigued her.

"I got to meet with other Nigerian women who had moved here with their families, too; some of them had older children, and I was observing the issues going on," she recalls.

"One thing that became clear to me was that we as parents did not really understand the full implications of raising our children in a culture that was totally different from what we knew and felt comfortable with.

And because we didn't really understand that, we were trying to raise them to be like us. Like the way we were brought up, but it

didn't work, because they're in a different environment, a different culture."

That cultural divide forms the backbone of Fasegha's Treacherous Heart, a made-in-Calgary film that looks to highlight the difficulties that can spark conflict within immigrant families. Its fictional, star-crossed love story centres around Ngozi, a young Canadian woman with Nigerian roots, whose staunchly traditional parents have an arranged marriage in mind for her, and disapprove of the man she actually loves.

Treacherous Heart began as a novel she was writing for her daughter, but the familiarity of the

scripted format—and her children finding out what she used to do for a living, and encouraging her to return to it—eventually brought her around.

After an uphill fundraising battle—without a demo reel of the work she'd done back in her past, "All I could say was, 'I've done this,'" she notes, adding she'd be skeptical of such an approach herself— Fasegha eventually managed to secure enough funding to film it, found an editor willing to work on a discount and shouldered directing duties in addition to writing. Treacherous Heart debuted in Calgary in 2012, where it saw an

encore run, and now heads up to Edmonton.

The result, she hopes, will cast some light into the inner conflicts immigrant families face.

"Everything is different; it's not the same experiences that we had," she says, of how her generation fails to understand what their children go through in a new country.

"And even if we went back to Nigeria, it was a different time. We still don't all fully understand this. So the result is we have children who are confused about who they truly are. So they find themselves caught in the middle of two worlds."

PAUL BLINOV

// PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

One thing that became clear to me was that we as parents did not really understand the full implications of raising our children in a culture that was totally different from what we knew and felt comfortable with. And because we didn't really understand that, we were trying to raise them to be like us.

The generational divide

VUEWEEKLY MAR 7 – MAR 13, 2013

FILM 11

REVUE // DEVOTIONAL DRAMA

The Flowers of St Francis

Humbly marching on

Sat, Mar 9 – Thu, May 14 Directed by Roberto Rossellini Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1950

'I

f I mistakenly make a beautiful shot," Roberto Rossellini said. "I cut it out." This refusal to ravish our senses suffuses the director's blackand-white, Italian Neorealism classic The Flowers of St Francis with its own austere glory. From its opening scene—friars, clad in simple tunics as they walk barefoot through rain and mud, exulting in their wonder for

God—what's seen confronts what's felt. Suffering in God's name is true happiness, the leader tells his followers. The starkness of the wholly external is met by the holy internal of Francis of Assisi (played by an actor who's not even credited, only echoing the story's emphasis on humility) and his followers.

The Italian title's best translated as "Francis, God's jester" and the film imagines Francis' followers—particularly naïve Ginepro (Severino Pisacane) and simpleton Giovanni (Peparuolo)—as child-like innocents in an otherwise

sombre, corrupt countryside, revelling in their love for God. Rossellini and cowriter Federico Fellini are also playing radically with Neorealism's rebellion against cause-effect linearity, making the film entirely episodic. Certain episodes will offer up little more than a brief parable (while building a stone hut, one Franciscan tells another, "Put your heart into each stone, and each stone will make you greater").

Not that there isn't mystery here, amid the followers' purity of purpose and calm of devotion: why does Fran-

cis tell Ginepro to not give his tunic to the needy? Are Rossellini and Fellini suggesting bodily desire for each other turned safely sacred when St Francis and St Clare meet, his and her "words ... inflamed with the love of God?" And there's Ginepro, conquering, by force of his unwavering love for God, the bushy-browed, bristly-moustached, tinpot tyrant Nicolaio. Is this veneration of the poor and humble, in the face of narrow-minded powers, a veiled parable for lofty Neorealism (championing the working-class and the everyday) besting Italy's philistine rulers? (Musso-

lini detested proto-Neorealist films and post-war officials like Giulio Andreotti tried to curb Neorealism.)

Art triumphed—The Flowers of St Francis, with its grace and simplicity, is now a classic of the cinematic movement rejected by so many Italians at the time in favour of imported American fare. And, 63 years on, Rossellini's vision of St Francis (1181 – 1226) offers a picture of humble Catholicism at stark odds with the reality of the Church's ruling elite today.

BRIAN GIBSON

// BRIAN@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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ot (Brenda Fricker) and Stella (Olympia Dukakis) are like a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, if they'd made it to their golden years, retired on the Maine coastline and both happened to be Bonnie.

But 31 years of living together blissfully, despite Stella's brashness and Dottie's increasing fatigue, gets tossed into jeopardy when Dot's granddaughter—who seems daftly blind to the idea that grandma's roommate might also be her lover—has her committed to an institution. Stella busts her out, and they make a break for Canada to get married, picking up a young male hitchhiker (Ryan Doucette) who tags along for the ride.

It's a road-trip comedy on a set path, one that's definitely sweet and simple.

But the strength of Cloudburst stems from its refusal to temper its humour or sacrifice the genuine tenderness of the leads' relationship for quick gags or cheap pulls at the heartstrings. They're a good screen pairing: Dukakis's almost aggravating belligerence and Fricker's totally unassuming Dot mesh easily for some shining moments of tenderness, all set in the lush scenery of Nova Scotia. We get the feeling that they might not have that much time left, but we also get the sense that they're genuinely making the most of it.

At the age of 66, Fricker—who has an Academy Award to her name for 1989's My Left Foot—is a bit of a firecracker on the phone. "Well, have you seen the film?" she responds when asked what drew her to the project.

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"Well then you must know.

"My first impression was that it's the most beautiful love story I've ever read," she says. "It shows how two people of any sex—man and woman, or man and man, or whatever—that two people are capable of loving each other through anything. ... That scene, where she's bathing me in the tub, and she's washing my arm, scenes like that show, I think—I've never loved anyone like that. And I don't know many people who have."

Fricker notes the rehearsal period was particularly condensed—she and Dukakis would gather after days of filming in the hotel to go over the next day's scenes—and the sweltering heat of a maritime summer took its toll.

However, she has nothing but praise for Dukakis, and particularly high re-

gard for Fitzgerald, who developed the film from his hit play, in addition to directing the film version.

"I can't explain humour," she says.

"Humour is humour; you crack a joke, somebody laughs, it's funny. I don't know why. But I think [Fitzgerald] must've loved somebody like that in order to write about it, because I've never, even in Shakespeare, seen that depth of love written about."

PAUL BLINOV

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This article originally ran in Vue's September 22, 2011 issue as a preview tied to Fricker's appearance at the Edmonton International Film Festival.

The article's been slightly revised to fit this new context, and because I found a typo I didn't want you to see. What typo? Exactly.

COMMENT >> FILM

Performance and truth Chronicle of a Summer and Greatest Hits examinate honesty and roleplay

Chronicle of a Summer

Edgar Morin approached Jean Rouch credit Canadian documentaries with with the first flicker of the idea for helping to forge the film's strateChronicle of a Summer in 1959, when gies, and they employed the reboth were jurors for a festival in Florvered Quebecois cinematographer ence. It was Rouch who was already Michel Brault (along with an established filmmaker of ethGodard's cameraman T C E P nographic documentaries, not Raoul Coutard) to aid AS Morin, a sociologist and public them in their work. m ekly.co intellectual with a deep interest The result, shot over vuewe josef@ f in cinema but no previous expesix months in 1960 and e Jos n u rience with making it. So I think released the following a Br the unusual nature of this collaboyear, is wide-ranging and ration can be argued as revolutionary intimate, shaped as much by the inin itself. And perhaps it took a figure terview subjects as by the filmmaklike Morin to conceive of a project so ers appropriating aspects of their brilliantly simple: hit the streets and lives. The film captures France durinterview ordinary Parisians, prompting a fraught moment of transition ing them with a question that only and survives as a major statement seems ordinary: "Are you happy?" The regarding this period of dwindling question is wide open to interpretapostwar optimism, colonial misadtion. One subject seems oddly eager venture and burgeoning consumto confess to lying about his income erism. But Chronicle of a Summer, to the government. Another subject now available from Criterion, is also flatly replies that he's not happy bea study of something more timeless. cause he's too old.

The subjects, as well as the direcSurveys and on-the-street intertors themselves, speak within the views were already being employed body of the film about whether or by the time Chronicle was undernot the film is working, whether way, but Morin and Rouch repurpeople are being honest or putting posed the technique for an altoon a show, whether the presence gether more ambitious, rigorous, of the interviewer contaminates ambulatory, socially experimental the subject. It is a film about rolelong-form project unlike anything play, how we are each of us always, that came before it—though, insomehow, inhabiting a role or offerterestingly, the co-directors would ing a performance.

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Which reminds me that I keep meaning to tell you about another, very different but strategically related film that I dearly hope you will have a chance to see sometime soon. Nicolás Pereda is a Mexican-Canadian filmmaker with an extraordinary output: at 31, he's already made seven features and been the subject of retrospectives in numerous cities, including Vancouver and Toronto. His latest film, Greatest Hits, seems to begin as fiction, more or less, the story of a guy who lives with his mom and is working arduously—and quite hilariously—to memorize a list of song titles so he can hawk pirated CDs on Mexico City's subway system. Then his long-estranged father turns up looking for reconciliation. The story of these three and their negotiations already forms an engaging study of family, work and the ordinary weirdness of human behaviour. Then, roughly partway through, Pereda's voice is heard from behind the camera, asking personal questions of his actors, who have much in common with their characters, and who have suddenly, perhaps without having been prepared, become interview subjects. Are they happy? Well, it's complicated. But I hope that I will have opportunity to write more about it in these pages in the near future. V

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To the window, to the wall Expanse Festival takes over the Arts Barns, and beyond Thu, Mar 7 – Sun, Mar 10 TransAlta Arts Barns, $15.75 (single ticket) $26.25 (day pass), $50 (festival pass) Schedule at expanse.ca

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ometimes it's hard to tell which hat Murray Utas is wearing. The Expanse Festival producer knows that his new position as program director at Fringe Theatre Adventures makes his perspective on the movement arts festival unique, if not resembling a multiple personality.

"You're talking to the Azimuth Murray now," he says, noting that the Azimuth Theatre-produced Expanse first moved into the Arts Barns last year—long before the job at the Fringe opened up.

"We've totally taken over the Bus Barns," he says proudly. "We've taken over every nook and cranny.

Things are going to happen in the lobby, in the boardroom, in the PCL, on the Westbury, behind the Westbury—the only place things aren't happening right now is the bathroom, and I'm sure someone's been talking about doing an installation in the bathroom, too."

We're guessing that the lobby action will be filled by The Lobbyists, bringing festival-goers installation-style antics in the Art Barns throughout the four-day fest.

As the festival expands, inevitably so does the rest of its program.

This year's line-up features the YEG Spotlight with Mile Zero Dance and Amber Borotsik, along with RAW— a sneak-peek of works-in-progress

by emerging Alberta artists like Mark Ikeda, Good Women Dance Collective, Punctuate! Theatre and Grindstone Theatre.

The U of A's Department of Drama and Latitude 53 even lend hands this year, with visiting scholar Luk Van Den Dries from the University of Antwerp to give a keynote address titled "Corporeal Constructs in the work of Jan Fabre" (if the Belgian contemporary art and theatre visionary doesn't sound familiar, try googling his Money performances for a taste).

The festival goes beyond the Barns for late-night parties, too, care of Catch the Keys Productions (those delightful curators who bring you the Nextfest Nite Clubs each year); check out the Be Moved Cabaret at New City Legion on Friday with Mark Mills, and the irresistible spoken-word outlaw, CR Avery, at the Legion on Saturday.

Clarke's new piece, dances to music, is a response to her frustration with the non-narrative, ambientheavy trends in the contemporary dance world.

"It's a response to the world of the body in space, it's thinking 'I want to just dance to music I love.'" Clarke explains. "This is my passionate love letter to dancing to the music I love."

The music in question is a mash-up playlist of choices from Gershwin, Strauss, Radiohead, Eric Whittaker, a n d original music by Richard McDowell, whom Clarke has worked with for the better part of three decades—her reasons for the

your art for solace. And where do you turn first where you're a choreographic type? To the music."

She knows she's breaking the rules, here. And is loving every bit of it.

"There's an unspoken rule about the music you use," she adds.

"You'll notice the music in a lot of modern dance, it's ambient. And the mood is ... creepy. The mood is sombre; the mood is serious.

The mood is, in many cases, worthy of those feelings, and I absolutely respect abstraction and movement abstracted in space with an appropriately abstract score—but I happen to be a rhythmic kook. I love dancing to the music. Right? A lot."

She doesn't drop a lot of hints about the performance details, save for the promise of an ending with "lots and lots of pretty dresses."

Now, she could mean literal dresses, but we can't really tell. As playfully cryptic as Clarke is, all the rules about contemporary dance are out the door when it comes to her narrative, quick-witted style— and her unabashed views on artistic licence.

"I don't claim to be the world's greatest hipster, but please, artists get to do whatever they want," she says. "Is that not the point? Diversity. That's why I love Expanse Festival, because it's not up its bum with modern dance rules."

I've set up a performance to invite the audience into my world, into what it's like to suddenly find yourself turning to your art for solace. And where do you turn first where you're a choreographic type? To the music."

In terms of the straight-up, sitdown performance stuff, the Featured Artist Showcase this year boasts two pieces by Calgary's Helen Husak, and the much-anticipated return of One Yellow Rabbit's Denise Clarke, who last visited the fest in 2011 with Sign Language.

soundtrack selections are explained as part of the show.

"I'm walking, I'm talking, I'm telling you the story of why I like this music too," she describes. "I've set up a performance to invite the audience into my world, into what it's like to suddenly find yourself turning to

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PREVUE // THEATRE

SkirtsAfire Thu, Mar 7 – Sun, Mar 10 Alberta (118) Avenue Admission by donation (all events) skirtsafire.wordpress.com

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n the '60s, women burned their bras as an expression of their liberation and rejection of patriarchal oppression; in the 21st century, eight Edmonton women haven taken a more constructive approach to expressing their empowerment as well as celebrating International Women's Day: creating a women's arts festival.

SkirtsAfire herArts Festival was an idea that Annette Loiselle had been toying with for some time prior to its actual creation.

"There was a PACT [Professional Association of Canadian Theatres] Equity and Canadian theatre report on gender done for the 2008 and 2009 theatre season," Loiselle says. "And in that report it

came out that 71 percent of artistic directors and produced playwrights were men [...] but ironically, 60 percent of our audiences were women, and 68 percent of students enrolled in performing arts and communication programs that year were women.

So we're training all these women to become artists, and then what happens is there's a lot of women out there, but they're not necessarily working."

Though the trigger for SkirtsAfire was this report on theatre, Loiselle notes that the festival is fundamentally multidisciplinary, featuring staged readings of theatre along with music, poetry and spoken word, storytelling, visual art and dance.

All events of this four-day festival will be held at venues along 118 Avenue, which Loiselle believes will be the next centre of arts in Edmonton.

"I feel like 118 Ave is becoming what Old Strathcona became," she says. "When I finished theatre

school back in the late '80s, early '90s, Old Strathcona was very much, at that time, in the place that 118 Ave is now. The Fringe was in its baby days, there were still pawn shops, but these really trendy coffee shops were popping up, and trendy restaurants, and arts and theatre."

Admission to all events is by donation, furthering its accessibility and audience. Ultimately, Loiselle stresses that SkirtsAfire is a celebration of women in the arts, and not something pitting the sexes against each other.

"It's not them against us; it's not men against women," she adds. "It's really just providing more opportunities for women to take on more leadership roles, in all art forms. We want to create opportunities for women in the arts, and a place to showcase their work."

MEL PRIESTLEY

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When That I Was Until Sun, Mar 24 (7:30 pm; 2pm Sunday matinee) Directed by Vanessa Porteous Varscona Theatre, $16 – $27

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'm not one of those actors who is immediately drawn to Shakespeare and wants to do it and loves it all," Christopher Hunt admits. "It intimidates me. " That's a pretty unusual admission for a stage actor to make, given the eternal pedestal on which the Bard's works will forever remain.

Yet with When That I Was, Hunt's perhaps found himself the ideal entry into the works of Shakespeare. It's not one of the legendary playwright's scripts: When That I Was instead approaches Shakespeare through a lens of historical accuracy, looking less at the plays and more the context and characters that produced them.

It revolves around Jack Rice, a for-

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mer Globe Theatre actor, remembering those golden days. He's seen far better times: Puritans have closed/burned down the theatres, Shakespeare's dead and buried, and Rice himself is homeless. He takes shelter in a barn, realizes it was a former theatre he'd performed in as a boy, and thus the trip down memory lane is launched.

Alone on stage for the show's duration, Hunt embodies some 27 characters, from Rice to the Virgin Queen to ol' Bill himself in a script written back in the '70s that plumbs some obscure historical depths (with, Hunt notes, some creative licence being taken to fill in the gaps).

It doesn't sound like the sort of thing he would've approached on

his own: Hunt was cast after being approached by director Vanessa Porteous (now artistic director of Alberta Theatre Projects), and even then, it took some convincing. "[Rice] was just a regular guy, a witness to all that stuff. She said, 'You don't have to be a paidup, card-carrying member of the Shakespeare lover society," he recalls. "You can just be who you are, and I think that'll serve the play.' That took the load off, and the weight off: it's truly a play that's just a love letter to the theatre. It celebrates what we do, it celebrates the power of theatre. It's about honouring those who came before. it's about the importance of art."

That first run was back in 2008, with When That I Was garnering no shortage of acclaim.

This Edmonton appearance marks Hunt's third go at the show, having now created the ad-hoc production company, Uncle Will Productions, solely to tour it; for a guy who isn't all that into Shakespeare, exploring the real world around the legend has certainly drawn out some bardic appreciation in Hunt.

"I think Shakespeare's pretty tricky to do, so I think a lot of people's first introduction to Shakespeare, if it's not a good one, it can turn them off for life," he says. "If you studied it in English in high school, or you had to do a scene, I can see people totally going, 'Shakespeare?

Sorry, not into it' ... I think this play surprises those people that get dragged along, or take a chance on it."

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The Bard is dead; long live the Bard

Young Frankenstein / Fri, Mar 8 – Sat, Mar 9 (6 pm) The monstrous tale gets revamped in the vein of Mel Brooks' comedic retelling, following young Dr Forkensteen as he attempts to bring a corpse to life. (Dinwoodie Lounge, University of Alberta; $16.75 – $21.75, show only; $37 – $42, dinner and show) Circus Terrifico / Sat, Mar 9 (2 pm) In need of some weekend family entertainment? Motus O presents a story of three circus performers who run into a snag boarding the train to their next show. What unfolds showcases magic, juggling, tightrope walking and fortune telling. (Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, $10) Mosaic II: Barocco Beat / Sat, Mar 9 (7:30 pm) and Sun, Mar 10 (2:30 pm) Precision and elegance meets free form and chaotic as ballet collides with hip hop in Citie Ballet's second production of its 2012/2013 season, choreographed by artistic director François Chevennement. (Timms Centre for the Arts, $15 – $35) The Coming Out Monologues / Wed, Mar 13 (7:30 pm) Univeristy of Alberta staff, students and Edmontonians from all walks of life share their coming out experiences and the after-effects on their everyday lives. Following the performance, a colloquium will be held to further address issues raised by the production. (Dewey's, $11.75 – $16.75) V

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The Age of Arousal Fri, Mar 8 – Sun, Mar 17 (7:30 pm; 1:30 pm matinees March 9, 10, 17) Directed by Wayne Paquette C103, $20 – $25

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the movement, in that it's such in flux, it's always changing—we're always asking questions within it," she notes.

From Paquette's perspective as a male director working alongside this feminist rhetoric, he notes that there are other avenues of engaging with the piece.

"I've tried to approach this on a very personal level, so that these are individuals," he says. "And I think [Griffiths] is very smart to not make this sort of a slogan piece. It's about six people and their personal struggles. Each one of them is in a stage of transition. Their ideals, their beliefs are being challenged, and they're not skirting but they're going to an edge where they're now seeing the other side of things; they're seeing the world in a bigger way.

"No matter where you are in your life, no matter who you are, woman or man, no matter what's going on in the background, you still have your own personal responsibility to yourself and what you want to do, what you want to contribute to life, to this world," he continues. "These are just people who are trying to find their place in the world."

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empestuous socio-sexual changes roiling just under the surface of those tight-laced Victorian bodices— it's the heart of playwright Linda Griffiths' Age of Arousal, and it's what co-producers The Maggie Tree and Blarney Productions envisioned while working on their upcoming iteration of the show.

"It's a really sexy play," says Maggie Tree founder and actress Kristi Hansen, who plays protagonist Rhoda. "An image that we have used a lot is the image of bursting out of the corset: that's sort of what's going on at the time and in the play as well."

Age of Arousal follows Rhoda's story as an "odd" woman in 1885 London, where for various reasons that include the effects of war, rampant alcoholism and disease, the ratio of women to men was nearly four to one—so many women remained unmarried and were thus unpaired, or odd. Together with her lover Mary Barfoot (Sandra Nicholls), Rhoda runs a secretarial school for other odd women, a background against which the play depicts a fundamental

sea change within women's traditional roles as wives and mothers.

As director Wayne Paquette describes, playwright Linda Griffiths was "wildly inspired by" an 1893 novel by George Gissing titled The Odd Women.

"One of the great things that [Griffiths] has done in this play is she's coined this phrase called 'thoughtspeak,'" Paquette says. "We get to see two characters dialoguing, and then also they go into their inner thoughts; we see their inner thoughts explored and talked about on stage. It's an interesting dynamic of how we present ourselves but also how we're feeling inside and what that really means to us."

From the synopsis alone, it's clear that the script is rife with competing gender politics, something particularly poignant for Hansen's company, and especially for this particular co-production with a male director. The Maggie Tree's mandate is to support the development and visibility of women in creative leadership roles in the arts, and Hansen admits to relishing the various contradictions within feminism as well as the run-ins she's had with the same.

"You get told certain things—you're not a good feminist if you do that, you're not a good feminist if you do this; I just think that's a really interesting part of

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Ride the Cyclone

Sing for your lives!

Until Sun, Mar 10 (7:30 pm; Sun matinees 1:30 pm) Directed by Britt Small and Jacob Richmond Citadel Theatre, $35 – $78.75

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he rollercoaster, we're told, derailed at the peak of its loop, sending the six members of Uranium, Saskatchewan's teenage choir plummeting to their graves.

But now they're back before us, in a temporary purgatory brought on by the carnival's fortune-telling machine, Karnack (who's talking to us, and them, now). One of them can return to life, but just one, he tells them. Turn by turn, they make their cases.

Ride the Cyclone's premise is macabre, sure, but that belies one of the more hilarious pieces of modern musical theatre you're likely to see. Victoria's Atomic Vaudeville is restless in its approach and inventive in its execution, creating a lively upstart spectacle that defies genre conventions and fully deserves the waves of praise it's been seeing coast to coast.

The songs are varied, but nuanced in their own styles. Eastern European bad boy Mischa (Jameson Parker) delivers a glorious, autotuned rap song—a theatre production actually makes good on a rap number!–before moving on to a traditional Ukrainian ballad. Elsewhere we

have razzle-dazzley-show stoppes from the preppy, activist-y Ocean Rosenberg (Rielle Braid), the brilliantly '70s sci-fi pulp of Ricky's (Elliott Loran) internal musings complete with a glammy, Bowie-ish space suit (costume design by Ingrid Hansen) and fawning space cats.

The bobbling but ominous Jane Doe (Sarah Jane Pelzer)—found without a head and who nobody can remember— delivers a song of mounting worry about her lack of identity. Those were the standouts for me, but there really isn't a weakness in the cast here, nor the songs or structure. Everything is cleverly staged. The carnival set (designed

by Hank Pine) proving perfectly adaptable to every weird whim the show has; the live band onstage, adorned with rat heads, is a boon.

What playwright Jacob Richmond and director Britt Small have created with Ride the Cyclone is a requiem for smalltown dreams: it's about the kids who long to escape for bigger and better things, of youthful idealism and cynicism and the hope that I'll all get better one day when you're just free of here.

That this bunch are dealing with the fact that they didn't quite get there gives it some heart, but the humour and delivery makes it all triumphantly weird.

PAUL BLINOV

When That I Was...

by John Mortimer & Edward Atienza

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Blue Heaven was an onstage/offstage romp, that looked at vaudeville, which sort of fits the period of Fort Edmonton Park."

Something more fun than heavy, he thought, but with some depth to it: "It's not just flash and dance. There's a bit of heart behind it as well."

Offstage battles ... onstage

Until Sun, Mar 17 (8 pm) Directed by Amanda Bergen Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, $20 – $28

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apitol Theatre's existence—as the newest, most off-the-beaten-path regular theatre season in town—began with a simple pitch.

Back in 2008, Nick Green was working as a server at Fort Edmonton Park's Hotel Selkirk, and Amanda Bergen was working in the park's administration.

"The [restaurant] manager at the time, Grant Miller, and also the general manager of the hotel at the time—neither of them are there anymore, but they were really supportive of me and my acting and theatre work outside of serving at the restaurant," Green recalls over the phone from his current Toronto home, where he's writing in

residence at the acclaimed Buddies in Bad Times theatre.

"We pitched the idea to the hotel," he says. "That they would partner with us, put on a nice dinner, and we would use one of the houses in the park as the venue."

That show was Blue Heaven, now seeing a remount some five years on in a notably souped-up space: the refurbished, historic Capitol Theatre, a recreated version of the theatre that stood on Jasper Avenue and 100 Street from 1923 to 1972, was completed in 2011.

(As with all Capitol shows, the option of packaging dinner at the Selkirk with the evening's performance remains.)

"It was the very first project we did to start the Fort Edmonton Park, in the theatre series, back when it was just an old timey indie project," Green continues. "I wanted to write something that

Those ideas gelled into a tale of Chester Field's Vaudeville Spectacular, where machiavellian motives intertwine with some flourishes of romance: two performers, Daisy and Mollie, jostle for the spotlight while Chester, fiancée to Daisy, plans to whisk her off the stage as soon as she's with child.

In revisiting his script five years down the road, Green notes that both himself and Bergen have grown as artists since its inaugural run and are hoping the revised Heaven reflects that growth.

"When we were first doing it, it was very much by the skin of our teeth, really for the love and not really knowing how it would go," he says. "The play was put together quite quickly, and now that we've done quite a few shows down there, and we've both grown as theatre artists, we've gone back with a critical eye to make sure the characters have a bit more ... depth in reality, and that the show is as tight and funny as we can possibly make it."

A life lived in the world of Shakespeare

March 6 - 24, 2013 Varscona Theatre 10329-83 Ave For tickets call: Tix on the Square 780-420-1757 or Shadow Theatre 780-434-5564 www.shadowtheatre.org

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Les Coquettes

Burlesque continues its revival // Ryan Visima

Sat, Mar 8 (7:30 pm) Festival Place, Sherwood Park, $36 – $40, 18+

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e're in an age now where feminism is taking a very different turn, so people who now describe themselves as feminists seem to be embracing a lot of the more typically stereotypical female attributes, like their curvaceousness and their femininity," states Catherine Skinner, co-founder and mistress of ceremonies for Les Coquettes, a Toronto-based cabaret burlesque troupe making its first trip out west.

She's speaking in relation to the resurgence of burlesque in today's culture and the evolving views regarding female sexuality that ostensibly comes with it. For Skinner, who founded Les Coquettes—or "The Flirts" as the name translates into English—along with Kathryn Romanow in 2004, burlesque presents an opportunity to embrace feminine qualities and sensuality in an empowering way. The company is uninhibited in its approach, blending together vintage glamour of Parisian dance halls—think Moulin Rouge— with modern-day culture and music.

Les Coquettes are all about the spectacle of theatre, with circus performers adding an unexpected element to the song and dance numbers.

"Our troupe is comprised of entire-

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ly professional performers, so everyone in our company has been onstage for most of their adult lives," Skinner adds. "If they're not trained dancers, they're triple-threat performers where they're singers, actors and dancers."

Les Coquettes makes no apologies for the sexual nature of its show, with a tongue-in-cheek approach to its provocative numbers, which Skinner says are complimented by the theatrical elements of the show, making it about much more than just showing skin. Each production has its own theme, with Les Coquettes rolling out some of its classic numbers at Festival Place to introduce audiences to the troupe's style and welcome the start of spring.

"We thought since spring is right around the corner and winter is so very long in Canada, the heat generated from the numbers themselves would be a good way to get through the late winter blahs," she says, noting there's no separation between performers and audience in a Les Coquettes shows, and she often takes her hostess duties off the stage and into the audience, which can range in age from twentysomethings to senior citizens. "We try to bring the audience into our party, so we're all in it together having a grand old time."

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DANCE BLUE BELLE BURLESQUE • Haven Social Club, 15120A Stony Plain Rd • Mar 10, 6:30pm • $40 BOUGE DE LÀ–L’ATELIER (THE STUDIO) • Arden Theatre, St Albert • The Arden becomes an artist’s studio; featuring dancers Audrey Bergeron, Nicolas Labelle, Jean-François Légaré, and Jessica Serli • Mar 17 • $15 (child/senior)/$18 (adult) at Arden box office • Free family pre-show, visual arts activity and post-show juice CITIE BALLET–BAROCCO BEAT • Timms Centre, U of A, 780.472.7774 • Mosaic Two: Barocco Beat • Mar 9, 7:30pm; Mar 10, 2:30pm • $37 (adv at TIX on the Square) EXPANSE MOVEMENT ARTS FESTIVAL • TransAlta Arts Barns Westbury Theatre, 10330-84 Ave • Performance festival featuring: works by Amber Borotsik and Mile Zero Dance; workshops by Good Women Dance Collective, and others • Until Mar 10 • $15 (single); $25 (day pass-weekday); $35 (day pass-Sat); $70 (Festival pass) at fringetheatre.ca or 780.409.1910

FILM ARDEN THEATRE • St Albert • The Hot Club of San Francisco presents Cinema Vivant; the cool and classy era of silent film just got hot • Mar 8, 7:30pm • $40 at Arden box office CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Library Theatre, Stanley A. Milner Library bsmt, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Searching for Sugar Man: Sweden/UK, 2012, PG; Mar 13, 6:30pm EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • No Man Of Her Own (l950, PG); Mar 11, 8pm • Membership for each film: $6/$5 (senior/student); $30 (membership for the series –8 films) FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner Library Audio Visual Rm, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Films adapted from books • Pride and Prejudice: 1940, G; Mar 8, 2pm • Madame Bovary; 1949, 14A; Mar 15, 2pm UP FOR DISCUSSION: A FILM SERIES • Stanley Milner Library Theatre (bsmt), 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Rachel Getting Married: (2008, 14A) • Mar 7, 6:30pm

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS 4CATS ART STUDIO • 13590 Fort Rd, 780.476.9455 • Grand opening: Meet owner Maha, tour the studio, and splatter paint • Mar 9, 4pm ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St, 780.488.6611 • Discovery Gallery: THE RECIPIENTS: Recipients of the 8th annual Alberta Craft Awards; until Mar 23 • Feature Gallery: GOLDEN EDGE: Artworks by craft artists; until Mar 30 • The Recipients of the 2012 Alberta Craft Awards; until Apr 13 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.422.6223 • THE NEWS FROM HERE: The 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art; until May 5 • THE STORY OF CANADIAN ART: Hart House Art Collection; Mar 9-Jul 1 • THE BEQUEST: Ernest E. Poole and the AGA Collection; Mar 9-Jul 1 • DAVID JANZEN: TRANSFER STATION: Mar 9-Jun 16 • DUTCH LANDSCAPES FROM REMBRANDT TO VAN GOGH: Mar 23-Jun 16 ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert, 780.460.4310 • MIGRATING COLONY: Charcoal drawings and raku installation by Erin Schwab • PASSERIFORMS II: Works by James Trevelyan • Until Mar 16 • Ageless Art: Art for mature adults; 1-3pm; $12 each • Preschool Picasso: Art class for 3-5 yrs; Shadow Shapes!; Mar 9, 10:30-11:30am; $8 ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY • Loft Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • Artwork by society members, and a gift shop of artist made items; open to Jul BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave, 780.482.2854 • New work by artists Janice Mason Steeves, Scott Pattinson • Mar 9-22 • Opening reception: Mar 9, 2-4pm, artist in attendance CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave, 780.461.3427 • Works by Roma Newcombe, Nadia Tanguay, Barbara Kowaleski and Gary Karapaski • Until Mar 12 DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • TOPOGRAPHIC SOUND: Very large photo-based works by Gary James Joynes; and Tritone (2013) a 100 day long decaying auditory chord and it's wall-based sculptural echo • Until Mar 16 DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332-124 St • WATERS: Works by Nathan Birch; Mar 23-Apr 6 ENJOY CENTRE • St Albert • NIGHT OF ARTISTS: Art Show/VIP Gala opening night reception with live music, an art auction: Mar 14; fundraising auction for Lois Hole Hospital for Women; $25; to reserve E: art@giselledenis. cfom • Art Show, live music and fashion show on Mar 16; $20 EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ • 9938-70 Ave • Olive Tree Project, Peg Barcelo-Jackson, Ginette D'Silva, Alice Dolphin, Dara Loewen • Ongoing FAB GALLERY • Fine Arts Bldg, U of A, 780.492.2081 •

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Printmaking works by Lisa Matthais of Fine Arts in Printmaking; until Mar 23 • Works by Alysha Creighton; until Mar 23 • Artist talk, FAB 2-20: Stefan Demming (painter, video installation); Mar 14, 5:15pm

FACULTY CLUB–U OF A • Saskatchewan Rm, 11435 Saskatchewan Dr, 780.436.6339 • A Special One Day Exhibition of the Artistry of David Baine • Mar 11, 11am9pm FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave, 780.488.2952 • WHISPERS OF NATURE: Andrew Raszewski • Mar 9-25 • Opening: Mar 9, 2-4pm; artist in attendance GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • SOUL NOTES: Abstract acrylics works by Annette Ayre, Susan Allan • Mar 9-Apr 17 • Opening: Mar 9, 1-4pm; meet the artists GALLERY 7 • 7 Perron St, St Albert, 780.459.2552 • GOD'S DOMAIN: Oil paintings by Ardath Buckaway • Until Mar 25

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition: explores the amazing nature of human identity through the magic of the Star Wars universe and its legendary characters; until Apr 1 VAAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St, 780.421.1731 • Gallery A: FACING NORTH–COYOTES ARTIST COLLECTIVE: Artworks by Brenda Kim Christianson, Jim Davies, Brenda Malkinson, Judy Martin, John Maywood (Stony Plain), Les Graff • Mar 7-Apr 13 VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St. Albert, 780.460.5990 • WELCOME TO BERE ISLAND: Paintings by four fine artists from an expedition to Ireland; works by Barbara Shore, Eleanor Lowden Pidgeon, Bella Totino, and Verne Busby • Opening: Mar 9, 1-4pm; artists will be in attendance • Mar 5-30 WEST EDMONTON MALL • Centre Stage • westerncanadafashionweek.com • CELEBRITY PHABRIKATED: Phabrikated 2013 art and design Competition: Phabrikated gowns • Mar 8, 12-9pm (display); 7pm (event)

BLUE PENCIL CAFÉ • 4-115 Humanities Centre, Canadian Literature Centre, U of A, 780.492.9505 • With Nicole Luiken and Janice MacDonald; spend 30 mins talking with an established author. Get feedback on a writing sample, ask questions about publishing, or chat about the literary scene. Writing samples can be submitted in advance (up to five, double-spaced, typed pages) • Mar 14 (Nicole Luiken); Mar 15 (Janice MacDonald), 10am4pm • Free; pre-register, e: Liz Greenaway at greenawa@ ualberta.ca BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY • Rutherfords Library, Lower Level, U of A • Exhibition, catalogue, book and web exhibit celebrating Miriam Green Ellis • Mar 14, 4:30-6:30pm • Free, pre-register by Mar 8 at monika.igali@ualberta.ca, 780.492.8832

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

T.A.L.E.S. TELLAROUND • Parkallen sHall, 6510-111 St, 780.667.8253 • Come One–Come All...: Hear what storytelling is all about • 2nd Mon each month until Jun, 7-9pm • Free; bring inside shoes and mug UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA • Humanities Centre L1 • Canadian Literature Centre presents an evening of Inuit literature, performance, spoken-word, and hip-hop: featuring Mosha Folger and MC Geothermal, readings by Norma Dunning, Jordan Carpenter • Mar 8, 7pm (door), 7:30pm (performance)

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE • 9351-118 Ave • Prose Creative Writing Group • Every Tue, 7-9pm

UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave, 780.422.8174 • Poets’ Haven Reading Series: 7pm; Stroll of Poets Society • Mar 11 • $5

CONVOCATION HALL • Student Lounge, U of A • Canadian Literature Centre present, Brown Bag Luch Series: Alice Major • Mar 13, noon • Free

WUNDERBAR • 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 • Poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • 100 YRS, JUST GETTING STARTED, 1913-2013: Featuring displays showcasing EPL's history • THE POETRY ROUTE: Winning poems on display • Memorabilia from EPL’s history • Until Mar 31

THEATRE THE 11 O’CLOCK NUMBER! • Varscona Theatre, 1032983 Ave • Grindstone Theatre presents a two act improvised musical every other Fri, 11pm • Mar 8 • Tickets at TIX on the Square

HAPPY HARBOR COMICS V1 • 10729-104 Ave • Open Door: Collective of independent comic creators meet the 2nd & 4th Thu each month; 7pm • Comics Artistin-Residence: with Kyle Sams; Every Fri 12-6pm and Sat 12-5pm; until Apr 7

AGE OF AROUSAL • C103, Catalyst Theatre, 8529 Gateway Blvd • London, 1885, a time of great passion, great confusion–virtue is barely holding down its petticoats • Mar 7-17, 7:30pm

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • Main Gallery: OF/OFF (COURSE): Works by Steve de Bruyn; Mar 7-Apr 12; opening: Mar 7, 8-10pm • Front Room Gallery: LITTLE FEARS: Laura O’Connor; until Apr 12 • Artist Talks: O’Connor at Mar 7, 7pm; De Bruyn at Mar 7, 7:30pm

BIG BOOM THEORY • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 8882-170 St, Phase II, WEM • All your favourite nerds are here helping Sheldon navigate his way through Canada.

With plenty of Bazinga • Until Apr 7 BOUGE DE LA: THE STUDIO (L’ATLELIER) • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove, 780.962.8995 • Dancers play with everything they find: fabric, frames, paintings and props of all sorts and transform objects at hand • Mar 16, 2pm • $18 (adult)/$15 (student/senior), $5 (eyeGo)

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAGG) • Strathcona Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave • FOOD FOR THE SOUL: Paintings by John Zyp • Until Mar 27 • Reception: Mar 13, 6:30-8:30pm JOHNSON GALLERY–SOUTH • 7711-85 St, 780.465.6171 • Miniatures by Thelma Manary, Rita Briansky, Ann Huculak, Susan Gardiner, Olson; photos by David Baine; graphite works by Glen Gaillet; watercolours by Jim Painter • Through Mar

CHIMPROV • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre’s comedy show • First three Sat each month, 10pm, until Jul • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square) CIRCUS TERRIFICO • Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts, 4308-50 St, Leduc • By Motus O Theatre • Mar 10, 2pm • $10

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM • Bsmt Gallery • CIRQUE D'HOFFMANN: Artworks by members of the ASA; artshow runs in conjunction with Edmonton Opera's Les

THE COMING OUT MONOLOGUES • Dewey's (Power Plant), U of A • A dramatic performance inspired by Eve Ensler’s 'The Vagina Monologues'; presented by University of Alberta Pride Week • Mar 13-22 • $11.75 (adult)/$16.75 (student) at TIX on the Square

Contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach • Through Mar

JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15 mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Educationrich entertainment facility for all ages

DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.433.3399 • Live improvised soap opera • Every Mon, until May 27, 7:30pm (subject to change) • Tickets at the box office

KING’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE • Atrium, 9125-50 St, 780.465.3500 • JUST FOOD: Touring art exhibit exploring the human right to food • Until Mar 15, Mon-Fri 8:30am4:30pm • Free

EXPANSE MOVEMENT ARTS FESTIVAL • Westbury Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • A dance and body based performance festival spanning dance, dance theatre, aerial and circus arts, mime, slapstick comedy and more • Mar 7-10 • $15 (single)/$25 (day passweekday)/$35 (day pass-Saturday); $70 (Festival pass)

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St, 780.990.1161 • New gallery is now open Mon-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat, 10am-5pm; by appointment MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St, 780.407.7152 • THE SPIRIT OF AGING: Photographs by Sharon Moore • Until Mar 24

GWG: PIECE BY PIECE• Alberta Avenue Community Leagu, 9210-118 Ave • Part of SkirtsAfire, her arts festival. Created by Maria Dunn in collaboration with Don Bouzek and Catherine C. Cole • Mar 7, 8pm

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–ST ALBERT • 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1528 • CATCHING THE LIGHT: The life and photography of Victor Post • Until Mar 31 NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave, 780.432.0240 • AFTER HOURS ‘13: Works by the Paint Spot staff; until Mar 31 • UNFINISHED PAINTING CHALLENGE: Exhibition of the "Before and After"; until Apr 15

HEY LADIES! • Roxy, 10708-124 St, other venues, 780.453.2440 • Theatre Network • The Roxy Performance Series: starring Davina Stewart, Cathleen Rootsaert, Leona Brausen • Mar 8, celebration for International Woman’s Day: music by the AwesomeHots, talk with Noel Taylor (woman lover); sparkling wine and more .

NINA HAGGERTY–STOLLERY GALLERY • 9225-118 Ave, 780.474.7611 • Part of SkirtsAfire, her Arts festival. SUBSTANCE OF SPACE: A Visual Art Show, works

by Nika Blasser, Alysha Creighton, Megan Hahn and Claire Uhlick Mar 7-10 runs throughout the festival • Opening: Mar 7, 4-7pm

IL DUO • Ritchie Hall, 7727-98 St • Funny variety show presented by Free2BMe with Ron Long, Clint Hagel, and Gail Olmstead • Steadward Centre for Personal and Physical Achievement • Mar 9, 3pm • $22 (adult)/$11.50 (under 12) at TIX on the Square; fundraising event for Free2BMe

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • New paintings by Giuseppe Albi • Until Mar 13

KITE RUNNER • Citadel Shoctor Theatre, 9828-101A Ave, 780.425.1820 • Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini. Directed by Eric Ross • Mar 9-31, no show Mon; Tue-Sat 7:30pm; evening and mat shows: Sun • $35

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • RIVER'S EDGE: Until Apr 10 • INUUJAQ: Dolls of the Canadian Arctic; until Apr 28 • ARCTIC 4: Exploring tales and traditions from Canada's North; until May 20

A PEEK UNDER OUR SKIRTS: A SHOWCASE OF HER TALENT • Alberta Avenue Hall, 9210-118 Ave • Part of SkirtsAfire, Arts festival celebrating International Women’s Day • Mar 8, 8pm

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St, 780.488.3619 • CROWS AND MORE: Works by Leslie Poole; opening: Mar 9, 1-4pm, artist in attendance; Mar 9-30 • Wayne Mackenzie at the Gallery; Mar 14-16 for new jewellery makeups, jewellery remodeling, and repairs SNAP GALLERY • Society Of Northern Alberta Print -Artists, 10123-121 St, 780.423.1492 • THE COMPLACENCY OF SEEING: Printworks by Rebecca Beardmore • AGAIN AND AGAIN: Works by Sukha Worob; until Mar 24 • SISSIES AND PSYCHOPATHS: Works by Peter Kingstone and Daryl Vocat; answering the question, What was gay like when I was 5?; opening Apr 5 • Open Studio: Drop in and print to your hearts content for only $15! A print tech will be on hand to assist you with any questions and sell supplies needed to make your work a success; Pressure Sensitive: Group collage with Jon Swindler: Mar 9, 12–5pm; $5 pre-register SPRUCE GROVE ART GALLERY • Melcor Cultural Centre, 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • SHINO QUEEN: Allied Arts Council AAC featured artist Ruby Serben; until Mar 9 • GREEN: Allied Arts Council Members show; Mar 11-Apr 6; reception: Mar 16, 1-3pm STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY @ 501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • FROM THE OUTSIDE IN: Photos by Brenda Francis Pelkey, curated by Brenda Barry Byrne • Mar 8-Apr 28 • Opening: Mar 8, 7pm; artist in attendance

PEEP SHOW • Alberta Avenue Community League, 9210-118 Ave • New plays presented in partnership with Alberta Playwrights Network • Mar 10, 2pm RIDE THE CYCLONE • Citadel Maclab Theatre, 9828101A Ave, 780.425.1820 • Musical comedy • Until Mar 10, Tue-Sun 7:30pm; Mar 10, 1:30pm • $35 at Citadel box office SHEAR MADNESS • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615109 Ave, 780.483.4051 • Uproarious whodunit by Paul Portner; the audience gets to solve the crime • Until Apr 7

LITERARY ALBERTA AVENUE COMMUNITY LEAGUE • 9210-118 Ave • Her Story, by Nadien Chu and Annette Loiselle. A staged reading directed by Mieko Ouchi, photographic design by Nicole Deibert, sound design, Paul Morgan Donald • Mar 9, 9pm • Part of SkirtsAfire, herArts festival ART STREAM CENTRE • 11434-120 St, 780.425.9303 • Art Fuse–an explosion of local word, image and sound • Every Thu, 7-9pm; featuring authors, artists, artisans, musicians, and open mic BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ • 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 • Story Slam @ the Chair: Share your story, sign-up at 7pm • Mar 13, 7-10pm • $5 (suggested, donations go to winners)

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EMPRESS ALE HOUSE • 9912 Whyte Ave • The Olive Reading Series: 2nd Tue each month, Sep-Apr FESTIVAL PLACE • 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 • Mini Masterpieces: Bruce and Tara present literary classics using puppetry, masks, improv, songs, physical comedy, satire and storytelling • Mar 11, 2pm • $22 (adult)/$16 (child) at Festival box office, TicketMaster NINA HAGGERTY • 9225-118 Ave • She Speaks: A Storytelling Circle: Five women share their personal stories • Mar 8, 7pm • The Photograph, by Dana Rayment: Staged reading; Mar 9, 4pm • Body Language: A Fusion of Spoken Word and Music. Songs of peace, freedom and equality sung by Notre Dame des Bananes Choir; Mar 9, 7pm • Part of SkirtsAfire, herArts festival ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St, 780.902.5900 • Spoken

STHEATRESPORTS • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm THE V.I.P. KID’S SHOW • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.433.3399 • Variety, Improv and Puppet show • Mar 9 • $6/$60 (VIP pass) WHEN THAT I WAS • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • William Shakespeare is dead. The Puritans have closed the theatres • Until Mar 8, 7:30pm • $17.75 at TIX on the Square YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN • Dinwoodie Lounge, 2nd Fl, Students' Union Bldg, 8900-114 St, U of A, 780.340.3293 • Musical journey of young Frankenstein presented by U of A students • Until Mar 9, 5:30pm (door), 6pm (dinner), 7pm (performance) Mar 8-9: dinner theatre performances • $15-$30 at tixonthesquare.ca

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FEATURE // PHOTOGRAPHY

The art of food photography It's more than point and shoot

// Merle Pr

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aking a photo of food is easy, right? Arrange it nicely on a plate, point, click and you're done— well, not quite.

There's been a surge in the popularity of food culture, and thanks to social media, we can share photos of our culinary indulgences more easily than ever. The internet is inundated with photos of mouth-watering cuisine, with the most delectable earning the title of "food porn." The more casual snapshot shooter can take a quick photo of their meal before chowing down at a hot new restaurant and instantaneously post it so their 500 closest friends can see it on social media, but when it comes down to producing those drool-worthy images on billboards and menu pages that make a customer want to drop everything and dig in, shooting food becomes a meticulous art form, with shoots often taking several hours to complete.

The goal is to create an image that appears appetizing and catches the viewer's attention, something local photographer Merle Prosofsky says either happens or doesn't in about two seconds—so the image has to pack a punch. Prosofsky has been working as a photographer for 30 years and says while food shoots are not an easy task, they are a way to flex creativity and have more control over both artificial and ambient lighting, as well as other environmental factors, than he would on other types of shoots. For Prosofsky, food shoots often take place in-studio, with his wife assisting in cooking or food styling—essentially making the food look appealing on

the plate—and his assistant Cheryl rounding out the team. In other instances, such as jobs involving restaurants, the studio team will head out on-location and collaborate with chefs and restaurant owners to achieve their vision.

In either case, one of the most important things to remember is that food has a life span on the plate. Depending on the ingredients, different elements can begin to melt, congeal or wilt, which can quickly lead to a visually unappealing plate, particularly if a tight shot is required to show texture. To avoid this, several "dummy" dishes are often prepared in order for the photographer to test lighting, get the composition down and do any necessary tweaking the client requests prior to bringing in the "hero"—the dish that will star in the final photo.

"The most difficult types of things to shoot are ones that don't live that long: that can be very cold things like ice creams. It can also be things that wilt very easily. Surprisingly, pizza's one of the most difficult things to shoot because of the cheese," Prosofsky notes. "Hot cheese looks white and opaque; cold cheese looks translucent, greasy and hard, and it cools very quickly."

"Generally when I'm shooting I'll ask for a stunt plate," explains Darren Jacknisky of Bluefish Studios, who has been working professionally for 18 years, adding that each shoot varies greatly and the preparation needed depends entirely on the type of food being shot. "I'll ask for something the size of the plate we're go-

ing to use and I'll stick something on it that's similar to shape and size the food is going to be and I'll light to that while the food stylist is preparing the food, and then I'll coordinate the timing so that I know when the food's coming and I'm ready to roll when the food's ready to go."

Jacknisky has experience shooting everything from fashion to corporate advertising. While he says there isn't a large market in Edmonton for food photography—or to specialize in it for that matter—he finds himself doing a few food-related jobs each year, such as projects for the Alberta Government regarding

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portion sizes or restaurants such as Characters and XIX. Through this, he has gained a great deal of experience working with food stylists and a creative team to capture the concept the client is looking for.

Like Prosofsky, he notes time is one of the most crucial factors when it comes to food, and being prepared when the hero is ready for its closeup. Aside from ensuring the subject doesn't "die on set," composition is a key consideration, whether it's a shot of the food on its own, or needs to be shot with room for text to be added later.

"The more background of the food

that's needed, like if you have a more propped, stylized shot, more stuff needs to happen ahead of the food arriving," Jacknisky explains. "A lot of time is taken up arranging or sorting the food so when it's seen on a two-dimensional photo, it looks appetizing. Sometimes that's my doing and sometimes it's the food stylist, or it's a combination."

In order to get the best shot and avoid a dish's ingredients decaying on set, substitutions can be used, but both photographers explain CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 >>

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WINE

Cooking with wine How to use up those leftovers

There's no secret trick to cooking with Deglazing wine. It's easy to incorporate wine into Though this cooking technique may various stages of the cooking prosound complicated, deglazing simply cess—think of it as just another way to involves adding liquid to a pan in which enhance the flavour of your food. Cooksomething has been roasted or sautéed, ing with wine is a great way to use bringing it to a boil, and then reducup leftover wine that has been ing the liquid—by simmering VIDI , I open for a while and is no lonover heat—for a few minutes.

N E V ger good for drinking (stick This creates a flavourful jus m o bottles in the fridge to keep or sauce that can be poured .c ly k uewee mel@v them fresher for longer). over the final dish, or it can Mel Though hardcore foodies will be combined with a thickening y e Priestl agent (usually flour or cornstarch) argue that you shouldn't cook with any wine you wouldn't drink on its to make gravy. Using wine to deglaze a own, for most people it's far more pracpan is a standard cooking practice, though tical (and still thoroughly enjoyable) to leftover marinade (especially wine-based cook with cheap wine—save the good marinade) or stock can also be used. stuff for drinking.

Stock, soup and sauce Marinade If making a stock from scratch, feel free This is one of the easiest methods to substitute some of the water for wine. of cooking with wine and is a simple You can also add wine to soups, stews way to kick up the flavour of a dish. and pasta sauces right at the beginning Marinades can be used for everyof the cooking process, just after sautéing thing from steaks and chicken to (simmer for a few minutes before topping fish and tofu—or even mushrooms up with additional liquid); or simply add and root vegetables. All you have a dash of wine to a soup or stew in the to do is pour the wine over the final cooking stages and adjust to taste, food, add some spices or herbs and just as you would with salt and pepper. let it sit for a while—the length of Fortified wines like port, sherry and Matime depends on the type of food deira can also be used instead of regular and the desired intensity of flatable wine (in lesser quantities), giving advour. Keep in mind that the wine's ditional richness and overall complexity. acids will actually cook the food a little bit, so don't let anything sit Dessert for too long: fish should be mariWhen using wine in after-dinner sweets, nated in wine for no more than an stick to dessert wines like port, icewine, hour, while a beef roast could be late harvest or fortified varieties. You can marinated overnight. Generally, substitute an ounce or two of dessert red meat should be marinated in wine for some of the liquid ingredients in red wine and white meat in white a dessert, or just add a bit of wine in adwine; also be aware that red wine dition to the other ingredients in frosting, will dye food a bluish-purple cocake batter, pie filling and other mixtures. lour, which grows more intense the Or, simply pour some dessert wine over longer it marinates. plain vanilla ice cream and dig in. V

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that regulations state the substitutions must be edible and such as in the case of shooting a photo to go on an item's packaging, it must contain the ingredients that are included. Oftentimes, in the case of certain meats such as a turkey or chicken, the bird is rarely cooked all the way through. The skin is browned just enough and then there may be some enhancements made to make it look more appealing, but the inside is raw.

Have you ever wondered how steaks in photos always have perfect grill marks? Well, it turns out they've rarely hit a grill before being photographed.

"We'll heat up a metal rod with a paint-stripping gun and literally brand the grill marks into the steak," Jacknisky says, also noting that adding salt is a trick to make thicker foam on a pint of beer.

However, regardless of how appetizing a dish looks on its plate or how expertly styled it is, it'll be all

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for naught if the lighting isn't right.

Harsh flash or inadequate ambient lighting can quickly kill a food photograph, distorting colours and creating hard shadows. Professionals such as Prosofsky and Jacknisky work to use lighting to enhance the food, bringing out its texture—or lack thereof, as Prosofsky points out—and highlight all of an item's best attributes. Overall, to get "the shot," it's a combination of styling, composition, lighting and a little creativity.

"It's got to be fresh and colourful and sharp and contrasty and proper lighting and all the things that go with that, so if we don't do that job, I guess we've failed in the food photography," Prosofsky says.

"It's like any good photograph: it has to have a beginning, middle and end. It has to have a flow to it; your eye needs to go to a spot that's appetizing and then transition out of the image," Jacknisky notes. "It's all about visual balance."

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PREVUE // PORTAGE AND MAIN

Portage and Main takes second album on tour

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ans of Vancouver's Portage and Main are in for a whole new show when the band heads out on tour this month.

After months of waiting for its release, the folk-rock quintet is performing new material off its second album.

"We're kind of a band that prescribes to not playing new stuff until it's available and out there in some form, so we've been holding back from playing a lot of new material for some time," says John Sponarski, one of the band's lead singers and guitarists.

With the January release of Never

Had the Time, the band has 10 new tracks to unleash on the crowd. "Now that the record's out it's really exciting to revamp the set list and have a lot more options, so we can take a fresh look at things and we can get out there and play new stuff."

Portage and Main formed out of Sponarski and Harold Donnelly's mutual desire to write songs. There was never an intention of starting a band, just a commitment to hone their songwriting skills.

"It was more of an exercise for us," says Sponarski. "We were just trying to work on writing tunes, so him and I got together and hashed out all these tunes, and that's how it started."

That was back in 2010. By 2011, the

band that was never intended had formed, with Georges Couling (keys), Dave Gens (drums) and Ben Appenheimer (bass) joining the ranks.

Sponarski says Portage and Main's passion for songwriting and singing is what it tries to convey to its fans during shows. The band wants everyone to know just how "insanely therapeutic singing can be."

"I don't think it's any secret that we write songs that lend themselves to catchy sing-along choruses. And, we do that because we want to involve people and we want it to be an experience so people aren't just sitting and watching."

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Thu, Mar 14 (8 pm) Avenue Theatre, $12 Vancouver-based blues-rock group No Sinner had a good year in 2012, with its debut EP Boo Hoo Hoo reaching number one on CBC Music, appearances at festi-

vals such as NXNE and the band's songs landing on TV shows like CSI. Now the group is hitting the road and getting ready for the release of its debut full-length album. Prior to a stop in Edmonton, guitarist Eric Campbell shared his Soundtrack picks with Vue.

Morning: George Harrison, All Things Must Pass The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You Afternoon: Dr John, Greatest Hits Prince, Purple Rain Night: AC/DC, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychocandy

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he world of rock 'n' roll in the '60s and '70s was a boys' club. Bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin were rising to fame, while few women were hitting the charts— until Heart came along.

Fronted by the venerable sister duo of Ann and Nancy Wilson, Heart was a catalyst in opening up the rock genre to women and has recorded some of the most celebrated classic-rock tracks that continue to stand the test of time: from the '70s guitar-riffing of "Barracuda" to the '80s power balladry of "What About Love," Heart's musical legacy is one that spans four decades, with the band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this spring.

"I've just been allowed to sing and sing and sing and pour my soul out for 40

years, and that's an amazing thing to be acknowledged for: the thing you're most natural at," says Ann Wilson during a call from Seattle, the city where the band's journey began as the Army in 1963.

Four decades in music means the Wilsons have witnessed the industry's game-changing evolution, including the introduction of new technology, which Wilson notes has transformed things from the days when an artist had to actually be good at what they did since there was no such thing as auto-tune or other crutches to lean on.

She also notes she's impressed by the increasing number of women in music—not that it means women necessarily have it easier these days.

"A lot of young women will feel that the easiest and most direct route to success will be to just portray themselves sexually, and that's one way ... but it doesn't really give you a chance to show what's inside, that deeper in-

ner core," Wilson says, noting Adele and Tracy Chapman as examples of women who have bucked the trend of portraying an image first, focusing instead on showcasing their songwriting ability.

"Don't concentrate on the false eyelashes and the big extensions and super high heels and wearing the little leather teddy. Don't concentrate on that as much as what's inside and what you're going to sing. That's what matters when it comes down to it ... the first thing you have to have deep in your core is you have to have something incredible to sing about, some way your soul wants to reach out and connect."

Despite an ever-changing and fickle industry, Heart has firmly cemented its place in it and is continuing to make music, having recently released its latest album Fanatic, produced alongside Ben Mink. Wilson says she realizes today is the day and age where a song is uploaded to YouTube and that's that, and where people are ostensibly more interested in singles than whole albums that are meant to be played from start to finish, but that's not about to stop the sisters from making an album that stays true to Heart's rock roots.

"We decided that we're going to get back to point one and decided we're going to do whatever the hell we wanted and make it really good. We decided to make a rock 'n' roll album with 10 cuts on it designed in the old way, as if it could have been on a vinyl record and organize the songs so that they played well in a group, so one played into the next really well," Wilson explains, adding that the central theme of this album—one that continues inspiring her—is love. "Love is the highest form of excellent energy that human beings can possibly hope to emit and that's what the world needs now, so a lot of the songs have to do with love in its many forms. It's just a very simple, old idea, but it's a good one."

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PREVUE // BLUES

Kat Danser Sat, Mar 9 (8 pm) Expressionz Café, $20

'I

'm easily bored; I'm one of those people that has to be constantly taking in information," laughs Kat Danser.

The local blues musician, who made the life-altering switch to pursuing music in 2009 after spending 25 years as a social worker, is now working towards her PhD in ethnomusicology, which she expects to complete by 2016. Danser has recently completed her course work, or the first of five burning hoops as she puts it, and is currently learning the Sri Lankan language Sinhalese to prepare for the next hurdle: travelling to the country to spend a year researching female drummers and dancers.

Danser's interest in women in music runs deep. After catching the blues bug in her 30s, Danser began immersing herself in the traditional Delta blues from Mississippi, later travelling to the state to research fife and drum for her master's thesis. She points out that women, and black women such as Ma Rainey, in particular, were among the founders of the genre, but women's stories have

been watered down over the years, with broken hearts and yearning love taking over as the dominant focus.

"Other than someone's been dumped or someone fell in love, we don't know a lot about what women are concerned about in their lives," Danser states, ticking off poverty, domestic violence and parenthood as examples that are seldom used as songwriting inspiration. "We're not unidimensional people."

However, she acknowledges that blame for this can't be laid at the feet of anyone else, as she believes women often limit themselves in their abilities as musicians and songwriters, succumbing to the role they have been typecasted into. To shine a light on the stories hidden beneath, Danser is working on a documentary, along with Buffalo Gal Pictures out of Winnipeg, titled Women In Blues: Turn The Page.

"There's only ever been one documentary that focused on women in blues, and that's amazing, y'know?" she says with a sense of astonishment. "I really want to draw attention to the women who

aren't winning over social media through votes, to the women who are out there in the community working with youth emergency shelters, bringing blues into schools, teaching children how to write about their emotions—how to forward that to music—women who are writing about real events in their lives."

Danser has always pushed to incorporate this confessional approach to her own music, an attribute she is refining further as she works towards her forthcoming album, Bapitized by Mud, due out in 2014. Always one to take the first-person approach to her storytelling, Danser will be delving into personal stories and her relationships with early blues artists and those who inspire her.

"For the first time ever in my recording life, I will be doing some of my own interpretations of other people's music from early blues," Danser says. "The second thing I really want to do with this project is catch more of my spontaneity ... I'm a real eternal optimist and a very happy person, and I want to capture that in the studio; my joy when I perform."

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Stops and starts

Amelia Curran's Spectators took the long road, but it paid off Fri, Mar 8 (8 pm) St Basil's Cultural Centre, $19.75 It took some time for singersongwriter Amelia Curran to get her latest album, Spectators, to its final state, but the end result proved to be worth the wait. Prior to her stop in Edmonton, the Juno Award-winner talked about the recording process with Vue.

VUE WEEKLY: How long did it take to make Spectators, from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording?

AMELIA CURRAN: There were several false starts to the making of this album. We began in St John's in June 2011, then stopped and started again the following October, stopped and started again that December and finally completed it in June 2012 in Toronto. There are a number of things affecting that, from rethinking song choices to rethinking the overall philosophy of the thing to regular life "getting in the way," as it does.

VW: When you were writing the songs, did you come at them in a particular way? Lyrics first?

Music first?

AC: In a way, I am always writing songs, and music and lyrics always occur in a partnership. Most often I am compelled to write a song because I cannot help it—because the song presents itself somewhere in the peripheries of things—although, those are the lucky ones. I work hard at it, ten-thousand hours and counting.

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? AC: Because a portion of the album was recorded in St John's, each song differs in its recording approach. Most often I will lay it down myself (vocals and guitar) and then structure the instrumentation and arrangements around the bare track. Once the process was moved to Toronto and John Critchley took the producer's chair, we did do a number of songs live off the floor: myself, drums and bass recording together. Songs like "San Andreas Fault" and "Strangers" certainly benefitted, I think, from that approach.

VW:

VW: Were there any other songs written that were left off the album?

AC: Oh. So. Many. I never did do a proper count. I'm sure there's at least two albums worth, but that's a habit I've developed of populating the cutting room floor, and for what reason I'll never know. But there are some survivors. For instance, a song called "Loved You More" was picked up by Oh Susanna and Jim Bryson for their "Namedroppers"

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project, and I love so much to hear a song I've written put to another artist.

How did you decide which songs to include on the album? Did you have an idea of what you wanted Spectators to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along?

AC: Choosing the songs is an ongoing process that turns my hair grey. Primarily (and plainly), the song should be good, and provided the song is good, everything else should fall into place around it. Although sometimes a song kicks around in the shadows for several years before I'm either confident enough or ready somehow to give it its place on a record. "The Mistress" was written several years before landing on Hunter, Hunter, and "What Will You Be Building" on Spectators, may even pre-date that. That being said, the album certainly takes its shape throughout the process of its creation. I don't want to make the same album twice, but I don't want to go so far as to alienate those who've identified with my work thus far. I think that's a common concern among recording artists and it is a balancing act.

VW:

VW: You worked with John Critchley to produce the album. What drew you to him and what did he bring to the process?

AC: John brought me confidence and clarity.

I had been struggling with the album in many respects and once we settled in (very quickly, mind you), it was clear that if I did my job—and only my job—then the outcome is secure. With John at the reins I could be a singer and a songwriter, and not a co-producer, and I discovered a lot of freedom in that.

VW: If you were to trace the musical map that led you to Spectators, what would it look like?

AC: Tricky. Well, it's not a bell curve, I hope. Mine is a fairly obvious and organic path, starting below the starting line and swooping ever upward.

Musically it's been a trail of classic Beatles and Edith Piaf to '40s American Jazz and '70s rockers and early '90s Seattle bands—I hesitate to name names as there are too many—and there is a line between being a "fan of" and being "influenced by," and it is a big one. I am a fan of music and musicians. I am influenced by everything else, or nothing at all. V

PREVUE // FOLK

100 Mile House

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'I

t seemed everyone you spoke to was having a hard time. Apparently 2013 is supposed to be the payoff, though," chuckles Peter Stone of the folk trio 100 Mile House in reference to a particularly difficult 2012.

Stone explains that it seemed as though the year was a difficult one in many regards for not only the band— rounded out by Stone's wife Denise MacKay and multi-instrumentalist Scott Zubot—but for those close to them as well. It was a year where relationships crumbled and loved ones were lost, which was made even more disheartening by the fact that many of those who passed away were quite young.

"Everyone we knew had some kind of big change in their lives, and for us personally, it was the hardest year we'd had, and we've been married for

eight years," Stone adds.

These ups and downs made their way into the introspective and emotion-packed lyrics on Wait WIth Me, the third full-length from 100 Mile House, as well as its first release under Chronograph Records. At the beginning of 2012 the band had enough songs for a new album, but as the year unfolded and adversity kept coming many of those songs were replaced with new ones that were reflective of what the band was going through.

"I think it just gives a voice to them.

It helps. At times it can be hard to sing certain songs if they come from a really sad place, but it's always sort of exorcising the demons. It's always good to get it out," Stone says. "Hopefully the songs can help someone else as well."

Weathering tough times is made a little easier with a strong support system at your side, much like Stone has with MacKay and Zubot. He credits

his band mates with making the songs what they are and assisting in effectively expressing the lyrics to their full extent. Stone explains that he'll often begin a song and dislike it until he brings it to the group where, with the help of MacKay's vocals and Zubot's fiddle, it takes shape.

"They really make all the difference, even though the basis of the songs comes from me. Every now and then I'll get up and play a couple of songs by myself somewhere and it will suck, not having their voices beside me," he says with a chuckle. "Especially singing the songs with Denise as opposed to maybe writing the songs and then singing them with someone who wasn't experiencing the same things I was in the songs ... the fact that we're going through things together and singing these songs together adds another dimension."

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SAT, MAR 9, THE ARTERY

`Started the day Jack Layton died, recorded in a week in 2011 then summarily shelved and forgotten about, Eamon McGrath's now unearthed Pegasus gives us a Nebraska-like peek

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pop. In fact, the album pulls a lot from that time period with a bit of an Edward Bear feel in "Clipped Wings," and "Shotgun" drawing from the Beach Boys' Malibu beach-party feel. But don't worry, baby, Costa's music stands on its own, especially as he adds to his instrument repertoire and picks up a 12-string for a few songs, like the folksy seafaring ballad "Silver Sea." Worth a listen.

Canada's answer to Mumford and Sons. That's how UK magazine Uncut described New Country Rehab, and that's a pretty accurate description of the band's new album, Ghost of Your Charms.

The record opens up with three relaxed, perfectly picked and planned tunes that at times seem more suited to a theatrical space then a raucous live show. (Though that's not to suggest that these songs wouldn't go over well in front of a live crowd; they have all the elements that could make a good impression from the stage, with sweeping builds in "Luxury Motel" and carefully orchestrated sequences where all the instruments come together into a unified stomp on "Lost Highway.")

Singer John Showman's voice is strong throughout, though its placement in the mix—dead centre and always on top of the instruments rather then blending in—colours it again with that theatrical bent. Still, these are carefully constructed songs that do their job well, travelling a wide range of territory within the narrow soundscape the band has chosen, from the melancholic lament of "Home to You" to the "Devil Went Down to Georgia"-like fiddling on "Lizzy Dying of a Broken Heart" to the album closing cover of Hank Williams' "Too Many Parties."

While much of Ghost of Your Charms seems slightly restrained, as though the band is carrying out a blueprint for the songs rather than letting go and risking sailing over the edge into thrilling disaster, "Too Many Parties" is where New Country Rehab brings it all together, turning the old standard into an aggressive, trip through a dimly lit world populated with broken hearts and plenty of drinks.

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into the expat rocker's more strippeddown moments. "Instrument of My Release"—the only track here to have surfaced later, on his 2012 album Young Canadians—sheds its ampedup assault for a simple, gentle interplay between guitar and violin. "All Roads to Heaven" again uses Norah Sadava's violin to create a simmering tension and sense of longing just under the song's surface, while "Trouble on My Mind" finds McGrath wrestling with his thoughts: "Trouble on my mind / As you're floating down the river / Laughing, drinking with the boat man / With coins on both your eyes."

These are songs touched by death, but still brimming with a quiet vitality.

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White Paint displays a sense of maturity and polish from Hollerado, despite its often lo-fi sensibilities. It's a continuing evolution, and while there are some instances where songs begin sounding a little too similar to one another, it's a cohesive, solid return for the group. Hollerado is at its best when pushing full-tilt on the ska-influenced "So It Goes" and even the sixminute sonic journey that is "Fresno Chunk (Digging with You)," an enjoyable roundabout through a gamut of genres, if you stick with it.

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Matt Costa Matt Costa (Brushfire)  It's hard not to get into Matt Costa's third full-length and self-titled album right from the first track, "Loving You." The man plays acoustic, bongos, jaw harp, percussion and piano, and sings a peppy throwback to early '70s

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@VueWeekly: Jangly and startlingly fun, poppy music. Traded in a bit of its soul for a more popular form of rock 'n' roll.

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Belle Plaine / Thu, Mar 7 (8 pm) The prairie-based, jazz fusion songstress recounts, among other life experiences, tales of her travels and days waiting tables among her storytelling lyrics. However, with accolades mounting, it may be safe to say those days of slinging drinks are well behind her. (Yellowhead Brewery, $10)

Fair Blue Sat, Mar 9 (8 pm) Local rockers Fair Blue are dropping its brand new EP Loose Cannon, with supporting acts for the evening forming an all-Edmonton lineup.

(Avenue Theatre, $15)

Cold Water Fri, Mar 8 (9 pm) The band is billed as country, but this ain't no hoedown. A couple of the guys used to play in posthardcore bands, so throw in that influence and you've got something with a little more edge. Cold Water just released a seven-inch single, Wolf Willow/Buffalo Beans, so head down and check the sound out for yourself. (Bohemia, $8)

10442 whyte ave 439.1273 10442 whyte ave 439.1273 CD/ JOSH RITTER LP THE BEAST IN ITS TRACKS

Stephen Fearing Fri, Mar 8 (8 pm) Divorce, remarriage, fatherhood and dissolved business relationships—it's been a busy seven years for Stephen Fearing, and it all became inspiration for his latest album Between Hurricanes.

(Avenue Theatre, $20)

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Brasstronaut / Sat, Mar 9 (8 pm) What do you get when you mash together clarinet, slide guitar, trumpet, synthesizers, rhythm and vocals?

A potentially dissonant mess, but Brasstronaut makes it work—and work well. (Artery, $12 in advance, $15 at the door)

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Indian Handcrafts / Sat, Mar 9 (8 pm) OK, now here's a duo with some dedication—guitarist Daniel Allen recorded Indian Handcrafts' debut album Civil Disobedience For Losers with a broken hand. The pair is back later this month with Billy Talent and Sum 41, but if you want to catch them at a smaller venue, now's your chance.

Colleen Brown / Sun, Mar 10 (4:30 pm) Colleen Brown caps of a weekend celebrating female contributions to the arts along with a lineup of other talented ladies. For full festival schedule and lineup, visit skirtsafire.wordpress.com.

(Alberta Avenue Community League, admission by donation)

Great Big Sea Tue, Mar 12 and Wed, Mar 13 (7:30 pm) Still big after all these years. Now bringing the band's greatest hits to a two-night stand at the Jube for a 20th anniversary tour. (Northern Jubilee Auditorium, $39.50 – $85.00)

March Music Month / Until Mon, Apr 8 The Grant MacEwan University music program has rounded up a whole month of music for your listening pleasure. The students have been working hard all year and will be featuring a range of styles, including jazz, rock, folk, hip hop, R&B and big band. (John Haar Theatre)

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

THU MAR 7

ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE Live music every Thu: Andrea Wilson and Trent Turner; 9:30pm

ART STREAM CENTRE Art Fuse–an explosion

of local word, image and sound; every Thu, 7-9pm; featuring authors, artists, artisans, muscians, and open mic; 780.425.9303, E: artstream@pagemaster.ca.

CAFÉ HAVEN Music every Thu; 7pm; This week: Rhys Berlin Project, Justin Hogg; no cover

BLUES ON WHYTE The

afternoon open mic; 1-4pm

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

COOK COUNTY Pony Up Thu: Country, Rock Anthems and Top 40 Classics with Mourning Wood

Bill Johnson Band

Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

BRIXX Hosted by Christian

and Justin of the Canyon Rose Outfit: The Ultimate open stage, open jam, open turntables E: kevin@ starliteroom.ca for info

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Zoomers Thu

THE BOWER Thu: Back to Mine: Hip hop, funk, soul, rare groove, disco and more with Junior Brown and DJ Mumps

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ

every Thu at 9pm

EARLY STAGE SALOON–STONY PLAIN

Open Jam Nights: Musicians are invited to come and join Jammin' Jeff Millar and Trish Jameson alternate hosting; $5

EDDIE SHORTS Open mic and am: bands welcom, gear provided; 9pm

J R BAR AND GRILL Live

Jam Thu; 9pm

JAVA EXPRESS–STONY PLAIN Acoustic/singer

songwriter the 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7-10pm; no cover

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Pam Drover (inspirational pop/ folk singer/songwriter); 8pm, $10

FANDANGO'S Battle Of the Bands: Mind Weiser, Puzzled Minds, Sweet Vintage Rides

JUBILEE The Pink Floyd

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB

Night, karaoke with live band the Nervous Flirts ; every Thu, 8pm-12am

The Analogue Dream CD release), Etoroma Trio

Experience; 8pm; $45-$70 at TicketMaster

KELLY'S PUB Jameoke

VUEWEEKLY MAR 7 – MAR 13, 2013

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L.B.'S PUB EARLY SHOW:

Songwriters showcase jam with Jake Ian; Open Stage Thu: hosted by Shaved Posse, Fred Larose, Billy Ringo and Kenny Skoreyko at 9pm-1am

LIT WINE BAR Brian

McLeod; 8pm; no cover

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ

THE COMMON The Com-

mon Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week!

White Pongo, Albert Draper, 6pm; $10

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

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK All Access

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live

7pm (door), 8pm (show); $18 at Acoustic Music Shop, TIX on the Square SET NIGHTCLUB Live 2 Air: TJR with TYCO & Peep'n Tom AKA Peep This; $12 (pre-sale)/$16; more at door

CASINO EDMONTON

SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Andrew Scott

CROWN PUB Break Down

every Thu; 9pm

CAFÉ TIRAMISU Emily Rault

music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door); this week: Neil Cameron

Open stage Thu night; fully equipped stage, bring your instruments and your voices; gaming every day

ELECTRIC RODEO– SPRUCE GROVE DJ every

NEW WEST HOTEL Canadian Country Hall of Fame Guest host Bev Munro

ing Back Thursdays

Whiskey Boyz (country rock)

KRUSH ULTRA LOUNGE

CASINO YELLOWHEAD

NORTH GLENORA HALL

Thu

FILTHY MCNASTY’S Tak-

Open stage; 7pm; no cover

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Funk

Red Hotz (pop rock)

DEVANEY'S Alesha and

Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111

Bunker Thursdays

Brendon

LUCKY 13 Industry Night

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Jesse Peters (R&B,

every Fri

DV8 Greasy/DC, Shithawk,Van Gohst, Practical Slackers, Banshee

blues, jazz, Top 40); 9pm2am every Thu; no cover

ON THE ROCKS Salsaholic: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; salsa DJ to follow

PUB 1824 Sinder Sparks

OUTLAWS ROADHOUSE

Show; 8-12pm

RED PIANO Every Thu:

Wild Life Thursdays

RENDEZVOUS Metal night

Dueling pianos at 8pm

every Thu

RIC’S GRILL Peter Belec (jazz); most Thursdays; 7-10pm

UNION HALL 3 Four All Thursdays: rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous

RIG PUB Every Thu Jam

hosted by Lorne Burnstick; 8pm-12:30am

SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Tony Dizon SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Andrew Scott STARLITE ROOM

Diamond Rings, Data Romance; 9pm; $15 at Blackbyrd

WUNDERBAR Kieran

Blake, Liam Trimble, DoT, Billie Zizi; 9pm

Classical WINSPEAR CENTRE

The Russian Soul: Case Scaglione (conductor), Eric Buchmann (violin); 8pm; $20-$79 at Winspear box office

Les Coquettes Cabaret Burlesque; 7:30pm; $36$40 at Festival box office

FESTIVAL PLACE Café Series: Archie Fisher; 7:30pm; $20

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB

Belles of the Ball, Dogs Mercury, Jezibelle, Rend; $10 (adv)/$12 (door)

HIGH RUN The Salesmen;

SIDELINERS PUB

"Ladies” got the Blues!; 9pm; no cover

VEE LOUNGE–Apex Casino Catalyst WUNDERBAR Green

Day Tribute: The Old Wives, the Good Goddamns, Jake Ian; 9pm

YARDBIRD SUITE

International Jazz Series: From Israel/New York: Anat Cohen Quartet with Jason Lindner, Joe Martin, and Daniel Freedman; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $26 (member)/$30 (guest)

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday DJs on all three levels

SUITE 69 Release Your

Inner Beast: Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri

TEMPLE Silence be Damned: with DJs Gotthavok, Siborg, Nightroad; 9pm THIRSTY CAMEL The Sinder Sparks Show with Stratosphere; 10pm-2am TREASURY In Style Fri: DJ Tyco and Ernest Ledi; no line no cover for ladies all night long UNION HALL Ladies Night every Fri

Y AFTERHOURS

Foundation Fridays

SAT MAR 9

ARTERY Brasstronaut, the

Collective West, Locomotive Ghost; 8pm; $12 (adv)/$15 (door)

AVENUE THEATRE Fair

Blue (EP release, Loose Cannon), Heaviside, No Witness, Naked Beauty, the Apresnos; 8pm; $15 (adv at Blackbyrd)

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

FRI MAR 8 Cinema Vivant: an evening of vintage silent films accompanied by live music: the Hot Club of San Francisco led by Paul Mehling; 7:30pm; $40

Wray (soul, R'n'B, funk); 9pm; $10

Indie and alternative with Dusty Grooves, Fraser Olsen, Taz, and Josh Johnson

Rose Outfit, Death by Robot; 8pm; $10

LIZARD LOUNGE Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover NEW CITY LEGION The Be Moved Cabaret with Mark Mills; 9pm; $15 (adv)/$20 (door)

THE COMMON Good Fridays: nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh

AVENUE THEATRE

NOORISH Fernando

THE DRUID IRISH PUB

CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK

DJ every Fri; 9pm

All Access

ON THE ROCKS Chronic

ELECTRIC RODEO– Spruce Grove DJ every

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

ARDEN THEATRE

ARTERY The Canyon

Stephen Fearing, Ariane Mahryke Lemire; 8pm; $20 (adv) at Blackbyrd

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ

Thirst 'n Howl; 8:30pm; $15

BOHEMIA Kevin

Stebner's Cold Water, the Milkbuds, Yores, Dan Smith; 9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE The

Bill Johnson Band

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

CENTURY ROOM Lucky 7: Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close

FESTIVAL PLACE

SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Tony Dizon

Poindexter; 9:30pm (door)

9pm; no cover

DJs Main Floor: wtft w djwtf– rock 'n' roll, blues, indie; Wooftop Lounge: Musical flavas incl funk, indie, dance/nu disco, breaks, drum and bass, house with DJ Gundam

ST BASIL’S CULTURAL CENTRE Amelia Curran;

Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

BRIXX Silence Be

Damned: Goth/Industrial with DJs Siborg and

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Kori

Toledo

Rock

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover

PAWN SHOP SUBVERT (PK Sound, the Village, Shambhala), Subvert, DJ Phatcat; 8pm (door); $18

PUB 1824 Every Fri & Sat; $5

RED PIANO BAR

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

RENDEZVOUS PUB

Gotthavok; EARLY SHOW :

Dead Ranch; 9pm; $5 RIG PUB Carling Undercover

CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467

10031-109 St, fbcedmonton.ca, 780.422.2214

CHA ISLAND TEA CO 1033281 Ave, 780.757.2482

FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700

COMMON 9910-109 St

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB 15120A Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010

THE BOWER Zukunft:

Fri

FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Fri LUCKY 13 Every Fri and Sat with resident DJ Chad Cook RED STAR Movin’ on

Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri

STARLITE ROOM KLUB

OMFG

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified

Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Lionel Rault; 8:30pm; donations

BLUES ON WHYTE Every

Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; EVENING: The Bill Johnson Band

BRIXX BAR Her Alibi; no minors; $10

Sat Open mic; 7pm; $2; Girls! Girls! Girls! Singing Girls!

CASINO EDMONTON

Whiskey Boyz (country rock)

CASINO YELLOWHEAD Red Hotz (pop rock)

CROWN PUB Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, 2-6pm; Evening: Down to the Crown: Marshall Lawrence presents great blues with Trevor Duplessis, Mad Dog Blues Band, every Sat 10pm2am, $5 (door) DEVANEY'S Alesha and

Brendon

DV8 Transista, the Tontos, Puzzled Minds

VENUE GUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ALL SAINTS' ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL 10035-103 St ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave ART STREAM CENTRE 11434-120 St AVENUE THEATRE 9030-118 Ave, 780.477.2149 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE– NISKU 2110 Sparrow Drive, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8307-99 St EARLY STAGE SALOON– STONY PLAIN 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain EDDIE SHORTS 124 St, 107 Ave ELECTRIC RODEO–SPRUCE GROVE 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411

HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110, 780.452.1168 J+H PUB (Overdraught Pub), 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE Grant MacEwan University, 10045-156 St L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100

101 St ROXY THEATRE 10708-124 St

O2'S–WEST 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 ORTONA GALLERY 9722102 St OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588

PUB 1824 12402-118 Ave, 587.521.1824 RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722

Ave, 780.437.3667

BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099

FANDANGO'S 12912-50 St, fandangoslive.com

LIZARD LOUNGE 13160-118 Ave

RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118

CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca

FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303108 St, 780.425.9730

RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602

CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750-124 St

FIDDLER’S ROOST 890699 St

CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467

FILTHY MCNASTY’S 1051182 Ave, 780.916.1557 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

VUEWEEKLY MAR 7 – MAR 13, 2013

NEW CITY 8130 Gateway Boulevard NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL

SIDELINERS PUB 11018127 St SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 SPORTSMAN'S LOUNGE 8170-50 St

STEEPS TEA LOUNGE– WHYTE AVE 11116-82 Ave

NITY HALL 10860-57 Ave

LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580

SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca

PLEASANTVIEW COMMU-

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70

NEWCASTLE PUB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999

CENTRE 10819-71 Ave

STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 1022597 St, 780.497.0011

ST BASIL’S CULTURAL

PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– WHYTE AVE 10314 Whyte Ave

THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@ thebower.ca

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CROWN PUB 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618

13535-109A Ave O2 JOES–NORTH 13509-127 St, 780.451.7799

RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St

RIG PUB 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 TREASURY 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey.ca VEE LOUNGE–ST ALBERT Apex Casino, 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com

LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253

YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295

ROSE AND CROWN 10235-

ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ

Early show: Open stage jam with host Tommaso Zillio (Edmonton Guitar); last Sat each month, 2-5pm, donation; Evening: Café Concert Series: Kat Danser; all ages; 7pm (door); $20 (adv)

FESTIVAL PLACE Corky Siegel Chamber Blues; 7:30pm; $28-$32

FILTHY MCNASTY'S

Free Afternoon Concerts; Red Ram, Mayday, the Beatcreeps; 4pm; no cover

GAS PUMP Saturday

Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth

HIGH RUN The Salesmen;

9pm; no cover

Waldin (conductor); 2pm; $20-$29 at Winspear box office

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

songwriter open Stage every Sun

HAVEN SOCIEAL CLUB Blue Belle Burlesque, guests

JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE Jazz Choir/

Jazz Combo Concert; $11 (adult)/$9 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square

The Menace Sessions: Alt Rock/Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz; Underdog: Dr. Erick

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

THE BOWER For Those

NEW CITY LEGION

Who Know...: House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests

THE COMMON Get

Koffin Kats (psychobilly), guests; 9pm (door); $12 (adv)

O2 JOES–North Sunday Jam hosted by Andrew White; 4pm

Etoroma Trio (pop, R'n'B); 9pm; $10

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

JOHN L. HAAR THEATRE Grant

every Sat; 9pm

the Bands–Part 2

FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat

ORTONA GALLERY

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE

PAWN SHOP All Hail the

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ

MacEwan University's Contemporary Combo Concert (instrumental jazz); 7:30pm; $11 (adult)/$9 (student/ senior) at TIX on the Square

L.B.'S PUB Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends; 5-9pm LOUISIANA PURCHASE Suchy

Sister Saturdays: Amber, Renee or Stephanie with accompaniment; 9:3011:30pm; no cover

NEW CITY LEGION C.R. Avery (blues, classical R&B), Jenie Thai; 9pm (door); $15 (adv)/$20 (door)

NEW WEST HOTEL

Country jam every Sat; 3-6pm

O’BYRNE’S Live band

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

ON THE ROCKS Chronic

Rock

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Dueling Piano's,

all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover

PAWN SHOP Black

Mastiff (rock), Indian Handcrafts, Hidden Towers, guests; 8pm (door); $12 (adv)

PUB 1824 Every Fri & Sat; $5

RED PIANO BAR

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

RIG PUB Green Eyed

Blonde

ROXY THEATRE 100

mile house (album release, folk rock), Amy van Keeken; 7:30pm (door), 8:15pm (show); $15 (adv)

SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Tony Dizon

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ

Collective Saturdays underground: House and Techno

LUCKY 13 Every Fri and

Sat with resident DJ Chad Cook

NEWCASTLE PUB Top

40 requests every Sat with DJ Sheri

PAWN SHOP

Transmission Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm); 1st Sat each month

RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Your

Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing

Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com

SUITE 69 Stella Saturday:

retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests

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 Y AFTERHOURS Release

SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Andrew Scott

Saturdays

VEE LOUNGE–Apex Casino Catalyst WUNDERBAR Scenic

SUN MAR 10

Route to Alaska, Boreal Sons, J. Eygenraam; 9pm

YARDBIRD SUITE

Canadian Jazz Series: From Toronto: Peripheral Vision; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest)

Classical ALL SAINTS' ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL Magic

of Mozart: Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus & Orchestra; 7:30pm; $15 (adv adult)/$10 (adv student/senior)/$5 (adv, under 12)

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Organ

Concert And Benefit Fundraiser: evening of music and celebration featuring Jerrold Eiland er (pipe organ), First Baptist Church Choir and Soloists; 7:30pm, followed by reception in Jubilee Hall; free

WINSPEAR CENTRE

Songs of our Land: Esso Symphony for Kids, Lucas

ALBERTA AVENUE

Colleen Brown; 4:30pm; part of SkirtsAfire

BEER HUNTER–St Albert Open stage/jam

O’BYRNE’S Open mic

every Sun; 9:30pm-1am

ON THE ROCKS Battle of

IceBerg presented by BEAMS

Yeti, Tramp Stamper, This is War

RICHARD'S PUB Sun

Jam hosted by arson Cole; 4-8pm

RIG PUB Jam every Sun

hosted by Better Us Than Strangers; 5-9pm

Classical FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Isabelle Demers

(organ); 3pm; Part of the "Organic" Organ in Music; presented by Sundays at 3; $25 (adult)/$22 (student/ senior) at TIX on the Square

ROBERTSON WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Early

Music from Vienna and Prague: The Alberta Baroque Ensemble; 3pm; $25 (adult)/$20 (student/ senior)

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE

Stylus Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm3am; facebook.com/ groups/214433451919439/

MON MAR 11 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman

Mon: live music monthly; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE The Avey Brothers

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

CARROT NSAI Songwriters Group

every Sun; 2-6pm

DEVANEY'S Scott Cook

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB

Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ

Sunday Brunch: Jim Findlay Trio; 10am-2.30pm; donations

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

CHA ISLAND TEA CO

Live on the Island: Rhea March hosts open mic and Songwriter's stage; starts with a jam session; every Sun, 7pm

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB

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

FANDANGO'S Singer

Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm

FANDANGO'S Open mic Music Industry Night every Mon

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Heart

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Monday Open Stage

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510

ROUGE RESTOLOUNGE Open Mic

Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm

STARLITE ROOM

Imagine Dragons, Atlas Genius; 6pm (early door); all ages; tickets at Blackbyrd

WUNDERBAR Edmonton Wowie with host Jon Mick; 9pm

WED MAR 13

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12

AVENUE THEATRE

DJs

Portage and Main, the Whytes, White Ash Falls, the Young Albertans; 8pm; $12 (adv at Blackbyrd)

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

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

CROWN PUB A Sexy

Night with DJ Pheonix and MJ with Sleepless DJ, DJ Breeze and more every Mon; 9pm-2am

TUE MAR 12 AVENUE THEATRE

Take The Earth Beneath Us, Beheading of a King, Stallord, more; 6pm; $15 (adv)

BLUES ON WHYTE The

Avey Brothers

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

BRIXX BAR Ruby

Tuesdays with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm; this week guests:

DRUID IRISH PUB

Open stage every Tue; with Chris Wynters; 9pm

J+H PUB Acoustic open mic night every Tue hosted by Lorin Lynne; Everyone will have 10-15 minutes to play JUBILEE Great Big Sea; $39.50, $59.50, $85

L.B.’S Tue Blues Jam

with Ammar; 9pm-1am

NEW CITY Sinners,

Freaks and Geeks: Burlesqu with Jade Janvier, Lili Moidnight, Miss Dolce, Letabby Lexington, Holly von Sinn; 9pm (door); $8

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam

every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK The

Campfire Hero's (acoustic rock, country, top 40); 9pm-2am every Tue; no cover

SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Duane Allen SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Rob Taylor STARLITE ROOM

Hollywood Undead, Abandon All Shiops; all ages; 6pm

YARDBIRD SUITE Tue Night Sessions: Jerrold Dubyk Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

Glitter Gulch: live music once a month; On the Patio: Funk and Soul with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor:

alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: It’s One Too Many Tuesdays: Reggae, funk, soul, boogie and disco with Rootbeard

CROWN PUB

Underground at the Crown Tuesday: Trueskool and live hip-hop with residents Jae Maze, Xaolin, Frank Brown; monthly appearances by guests Shawn Langley, Locution Revolution, and Northside Clan

DV8 Creepy Tombsday:

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

RED STAR Experimental Indie rock, hip hop, electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue SUITE 69 Rockstar Tues-

days: Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs

FUTURE ROOTS PRESENTS:

SUBVERT [FOUNDER OF PK SOUND &

BLUES ON WHYTE The

THE VILLAGE SHAMBHALA]

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

SAT MAR 9

Avey Brothers

Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover

CROWN PUB The Dan

Jam: musical styles from around the globe with Miguel and friends; musicians are invited to bring their personal touch to the mix every Wed

DEVANEY'S Duff Robison

BLACK MASTIFF W/ INDIAN HANDCRAFTS, HIDDEN TOWERS, KRANG & THE FUCKING LOTTERY

SUN MAR 10

ALL HAIL THE YETI

TRAMP STAMPER &THIS IS WAR

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave

W/

FIDDLER'S ROOST Little Flower open stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12

THU MAR 14

Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB

Open stage every Wedwith the BlackStone; 6pm, free

HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Michael Gress; 9pm J+H PUB Acoustic open mic hight hosted by Lorin Lynne JUBILEE Great Big Sea; $39.50, $59.50, $85 NEW CITY Jenny, Rockets and Dinosaurs; 7pm; R$8

NEW WEST HOTEL

Free classic country dance lessons every Wed, 7-9pm

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Jason Greeley

(acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:3011pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member)

PUB 1824 Open jam ses-

sion every Wed, hosted by Indigo Storm; 8pm

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

Latin Band Salsabor every Wed; 9pm

SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Duane Allen

DJs

FRI MAR 8

SHERLOCK HOLMES– WEM Rob Taylor ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

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

BRIXX BAR Really Good...

Eats and Beats: every Wed with DJ Degree and Friends

THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed

NIGHT SEEKER TRUE NORTH STRONG & DEADLY TOUR W/ DEANER FROM FUBAR & THE TEENAGE GENTELMEN

FRI MAR 15

SPRING BREAK FEAT. A SKILLZ & FUNK HUNTERS :: 2 ROOM EVENT MIXX & PAWN SHOP SAT MAR 16

I LOVE 80’S DANCE PARTY RETURNS!!

SUN MAR 17 early show 1 PM ST PABST DAY W/

LARRY AND HIS FLASK W/SCENIC ROUTE TO ALASKA, RUM RUNNER, & STEP MOTHERS

SUN MAR 17

ST. PATTY’S DAY WITH THE REAL MCKENZIES W/ FIRE NEXT TIME & EAST END RADICALS

JUST ANNOUNCED WED APR 10

THE DUDES W/ THE ZOLAS & GUESTS TUE APR 16

BISON B.C. W/ RINGLEADER & GUESTS FOR TICKETS- PLEASE VISIT WWW.YEGLIVE.CA

RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip hop open mic hosted

by Kaz and Orv; $5

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Do you have a recurring nightmare that has plagued you? If so, I suspect it will recur again soon. Only this time, Taurus, you will beat it. You will trick or escape or defeat the monster that's chasing you. Or else you will outrun the molten lava or disperse the tornado or fly up off the ground until the Earth stops shaking. Congratulations on this epic shift, Taurus. Forever after you will have more power over the scary thing that has had so much power over you.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): The following request for advice appeared on Reddit.com: "My identical twin is stuck in an alternate dimension and she can only communicate with me by appearing as my own reflection in mirrors and windows. How can I tell her I don't like what she's done to her hair?" This question is a variant of a type of dilemma that many of you Geminis are experiencing right now, so I'll respond to it here. I'm happy to say that you will soon get an unprecedented chance to commune directly with your alter egos. Your evil twin will be more available than usual to engage in meaningful dialogue. So will your doppelgänger, your shadow, your mirror self and your stunt person.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Usually I advise Cancerians to draw up precise borders and maintain clear boundaries. As a Crab myself, I know how important it is for our well-being that we neither leak our life force all over everything nor allow others to leak their life force all over us. We thrive on making definitive choices and strong commitments. We get into trouble when we're wishy-washy about what we want. OK. Having said all that fatherly stuff, I now want to grant you a partial and temporary licence to get a little wild and fuzzy.

Don't overdo it, of course, but explore the smart fun you can have by breaking some of your own rules and transgressing some of the usual limits.

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LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): In the course of formulating his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin read many books. He developed a rather ruthless approach to getting what he needed out of them. If there was a particular part of a book that he didn't find useful, he simply tore it out, cast it aside and kept the rest.

I recommend this as a general strategy for you in the coming week, Leo. In every situation you're in, figure out what's most valuable to you and home in on that. For now, forget the irrelevant and extraneous stuff.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Here's a passage from Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations: "It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." Judging from the astrological omens, Virgo, I suspect your life may be like that in the coming days. The emotional tone could be sharply mixed, with high contrasts between vivid sensations.

The nature of your opportunities may seem warm and bright one moment, cool and dark the next. If you regard this as interesting rather than difficult, it won't be a problem, but rather an adventure.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): "I worked as a hair stylist in Chicago's Gold Coast for 20 years with some of the most gorgeous women and men in the world," writes sculptor Rich Thomson. "Once I asked a photographer who shot for the big magazines how he picked out the very best models from among all these great-looking people. His response: 'Flaws. Our flaws are what make us interesting, special and exotic. They define us.'" My challenge to you, Libra, is to meditate on how your supposed imperfections and oddities are essential to your unique beauty. It's a perfect moment to celebrate—and make good use of—your idiosyncrasies.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): The genius of Leonardo da Vinci was in part fueled by his buoyant curiosity. In his work as an artist, musician, inventor, engineer and writer, he drew inspiration from pretty much everything.

He's your role model for the coming week, Scorpio. Just assume that you will find useful cues and clues wherever you go. Act as if the world is full of teachers who have revelations and guidance specifically meant for you. Here's some advice from da Vinci himself: "It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud or like places, in which, if you consider them well, you may find really marvelous ideas."

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Ready for a reality check? It's time to assess how well you know the fundamental facts about where you

are located. So let me ask you: do you know which direction north is?

Where does the water you drink come from? What phase of the moon is it today? What was the indigenous culture that once lived where you live now? Where is the power plant that generates the electricity you use? Can you name any constellations that are currently in the night sky? What species of trees do you see every day? Use these questions as a starting point as you deepen your connection with your specific neighborhood on planet Earth. Get yourself grounded!

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): There's a writer I know whose work is brilliant. Her ideas are fascinating. She's a champion of political issues I hold dear. She's well-read and smarter than me. Yet her speech is careless and sloppy. She rambles and interrupts herself. She says "uh," "you know," and "I mean" so frequently that I find it hard to listen, even when she's saying things I admire. I considered telling her about this, but decided against it. She's an acquaintance, not a friend. Instead, I resolved to clean up my own speech—to make sure I don't do anything close to what she does. This is a strategy I suggest for you, Capricorn: identify interesting people who are not fully living up to their potential and change yourself in the exact ways you wish they would change.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): The German word Verschlimmbesserung refers to an attempted improvement that actually makes things worse.

Be on guard against this, Aquarius. I fear that as you tinker, you may try too hard. I'm worried you'll be led astray by neurotic perfectionism.

To make sure that your enhancements and enrichments will indeed be successful, keep these guidelines in mind: 1) Think about how to make things work better, not how to make things look better. 2) Be humble and relaxed. Don't worry about saving face and don't overwork yourself. 3) Forget about short-term fixes; serve long-range goals.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): "Telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen," says musician and businessman Derek Sivers. Numerous studies demonstrate that when you talk about your great new idea before you actually do it, your brain chemistry does an unexpected thing.

It gives you the feeling that you have already accomplished the great new idea—thereby sapping your willpower to make the effort necessary to accomplish it. The moral of the story: don't brag about what you're going to do someday. Don't entertain people at parties with your fabulous plans. Shut up and get to work. This is especially important advice for you right now. V

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): Maybe you're not literally in exile. You haven't been forced to abandon your home and you haven't been driven from your power spot against your will. But you may nevertheless be feeling banished or displaced. It could be due to one of the conditions that storyteller Michael Meade names: "We may experience exile as a lack of recognition, a period of transition, an identity crisis, a place of stuckness, or else having a gift and no place to give it." Do any of those describe your current predicament, Aries? The good news, Meade says, is that exile can shock you awake to the truth about where you belong.

It can rouse your irrepressible motivation to get back to your rightful place.

ROB BREZSNY // FREEWILL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Coming Events

OIL CITY DERBY GIRLS All tickets are $10.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door, Kids under 10 are free!

Next up: DOUBLE HEADER Dirty Harriets VS GP Roller Derby River City Riot VS Red Deer Dreadnaughts Mar 16 @ West Edmonton Mall Ice Palace Bout starts at 7:15 Visit www.oilcityderbygirls.ca for more information

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It's a boy!

Brody Fionn Seeley. Born February 18th at 8lbs 9oz @ 11:56 pm at the Royal Alexandra Hospital to Owri and Sally Seeley

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Volunteers Wanted

Are you an animal lover?

WHARF Rescue is looking for volunteers We are a nonprofit animal rescue that provides shelter to homeless,neglected animals Please check www.wharfrescue.ca for more information Habitat For Humanity - St. Albert Experience Community Hands’ On! Beginners to trades people welcome, groups and individuals welcome. We provide all tools and equipment. All volunteers participate in onsite safety orientation/training. No minimum number of shifts required. Check our website www.hfh.org to register as a volunteer online or contact Louise.

Habitat For Humanity Volunteer Orientation February 8, March 9 and 22 from 8:30am – 4:00pm at the Prefab Shop (13044 Yellowhead Trail).

We are hosting a tool training and information session for new volunteers - or not-new volunteers - who would like to gain some basic knowledge of tools and learn more about how our organization works! Over 80% of all our participants have said that it increased their comfort level to volunteer on an HFH build site by at least 75%.

You will have the opportunity to have your questions answered and meet some of our staff!

Habitat for Humanity invites all women to build with us during Women Build Week: Mar 12 16 at our St. Albert site .

If you are a woman who wants to help families in our community, there is an important role for you on our build sites, whether you have no construction experience or a tool belt of skills. We provide all tools, equipment and lunch. All volunteers participate in onsite safety orientation/training.

No minimum number of shifts required. Check our website www.hfh.org to register as a volunteer online or contact Louise Help someone in crisis take that first step towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com SACE is recruiting volunteers for our 24 hour crisis line. Please visit our website: www.sace.ab.ca

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Help the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation create a future without breast cancer through volunteerism. Contact 1-866-302-2223 or ivolunteer@cbcf.org for current volunteer opportunities Join us as a volunteer...

The 2013 Edmonton International Fringe Festival seeks volunteers to fill positions on a variety of teams. A minimum of 16 hours gets you a t-shirt,show opportunities, program guide, invite to the Wrap Party and more!

To apply online visit www.fringetheatre.ca or call the volunteer hotline at 780-409-1923 Kids Now is looking for volunteer coach-mentors to deliver after school leadership and life skills program to junior high kids.

Volunteer commitment is just 1.5 hours a week for a 10-week session For more information on coach mentoring or to apply for April sessions please visit www.kidsnowcanada.org Needed for our Seniors residence, volunteers for various activities or just for a friendly visit!

Please contact Janice at Extendicare Eaux Claires for more details jgraff@extendicare.com (780) 472 - 1106 Share Your Love of Art With Preschool Children ARTS FOR TOTS ARTISTS/Workshop Facilitators wanted to lead a workshop to our Preschool kids Honorarium & materials fee paid email: volunteeramity@telus.net The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is the world's foremost television and digital media content creation event, bringing together over a thousand television professionals from dozens of countries. In a conference setting at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. As a beneficial catalyst for growth and prosperity in Canada's television industry, BANFF could not happen without our invaluable team of volunteers!

The event will be taking place from June 9 – 12, 2013. Please have a look at our website for more information. www.banffmediafestival.com The Brick Sport Central is searching for volunteers to donate their time helping with collection, inventory, repairing, as well as outfitting children in need of sports equipment. Call for more information and a tour 780-477-1166 The Friends of Rutherford House are looking for gift shop gurus who enjoy heritage! Possible hours are from 12-4, Tuesday through Sunday. Great job for semi-retired or students. Call Michaelle at 780 427 4033 or go to our website http://rutherfordhouse.ca for details.

Volunteers required for St. Albert's RunWild Marathon May 5, 2013 www.runwild.ca

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Acting Classes

$1000-$6500 off tuition for the March Acting Program Up to 50% OFF! Apply at: www.vadastudios.com

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Artist to Artist

Akokiniskway Gallery of Rosebud, AB is currently accepting submissions and is sending out a call to artists from around the province and at all stages in their art careers. For more information on this call please contact the curator, Valerie Speer at vals@rosebudmerc.com

CLASSIFIEDS Artist to Artist

2013 marks the seventh year for the Alberta Screenwriters Initiative. The Alberta Association of Motion Picture and Television Unions (AAMPTU) are seeking submissions of feature film scripts of any genre, to a maximum length of 250 pages, from Alberta based screenwriters. This annual prize awards avid Alberta screenwriters a first prize of $1000 and a professional workshop with a carefully matched experienced story editor or screenwriter. The 2nd and 3rd place winners receives story notes, editorial feedback and $500.00 and $250.00 respectively. The deadline for this award is March 11, 2013.

For more information on the prize and submission guidelines, please contact Nicholas Mather at (780) 422-8174 or visit www.writersguild.ab.ca

Annual Art Acquisition and Youth Art Acquisition program are due in April each year.

Submit your forms to: Strathcona County Gallery @ 501 120 - 501 Festival Avenue Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4X3 Fax 780-410-8580 (Attention: Permanent Art Collection Committee) Deadline Apr 25 Info: http://www.strathcona.ca

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Artist to Artist

Call for Featured Artists - 2014 The Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove welcomes all Alberta Artists to submit a proposal as a Feature Artist for a solo or group show to be held at the Spruce Grove Art Gallery located in the Melcor Cultural Centre at 35 – 5th Avenue, Spruce Grove. The portion of our gallery dedicated to our Feature Artists is about 32 feet of wall space. Application dealine is June 30, 2013. For details on application criteria please visit www.alliedartscouncil.com Call For Submissions Every Victim Matters Youth Art Show The fourth annual Every Victim Matters youth art show will be on display from April 21 – 27, 2013.

Last year the exhibition featured drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, video, rap, poetry, music, and art performances from youth.

The perspectives of youth matter!

We want your voice heard!

Deadline for Artwork Submissions & Forms: Wednesday April 3, 2013 One submission per artist.

Each artwork must have a completed form upon submission to qualify. Contact: Hannah Heaton, Project Manager E-mail: everyvictimmatters@gmail.com Telephone: (780) 616-0949

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Artist to Artist

Calling all Artists! movement, music, visual, theatre, comedy, performing arts!

The Good Women Dance Society is calling for submissions for our 4th annual “What’s Cooking?”.

“What’s Cooking?” is an informal work-in-progress event in which artists get the chance to present their work and engage in valuable feedback discussions with the audience about their work. Audience members will be given written surveys about each piece of work, to both comment and critique the work shown, and there will be a short question and answer period following each piece.

The performance occurs on Sunday April 28th 2013, location TBA. The submission deadline is Friday March 15th 2013 at midnight and we will notify applicants of our decision by April 1st 2013.

EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (EIFF) : Call for Entries now OPEN! Alberta filmmakers and High School Student filmmakers pay no submission fee.

Accepting shorts, features, documentaries, animation, and a new category that will make you want to find a warm coat – “SNOW, MAN”.

Film submission deadline is June 15. Submit online at edmontonfilmfest.com

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McMullen Gallery - Call for Submissions We will be selecting 4 or 5 shows for the 2014 – 2015 exhibiting season. Submissions may be emailed or mailed and the deadline is Tuesday April 2nd @ 4pm. The McMullen Gallery is open to a wide variety of styles; both traditional and contemporary approaches that:Present highquality original artwork that is colourful, joyful, uplifting, soothing and / or inspiring.

Appeals to visitors of various ages, social, and cultural backgrounds, and engage our visitors who include hospital patients, staff and visitors.

For further information please email: diana.youngkennedy@albertahealth services.ca

Prairie Wood Design Awards 2013 Call for nominations!

The Annual Prairie Wood Design Awards celebrate excellence in wood construction in the Prairie Region and the Territories.

Nomination forms and details are available online and are due June 15, 2013 wood-works.org/alberta

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Musicians Wanted

The Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove welcomes all Alberta Artists to submit a proposal as a Feature Artist for 2014 for a solo or group show to be held at the Spruce Grove Art Gallery located in the Melcor Cultural Centre at 35 – 5th Avenue, Spruce Grove.

The deadline for submission is June 30, 2013. Please see their website for full details alliedac@telus.net.

Are you a professional single act/entertainer? We may have an opportunity for you. Please call George 780 499 1854 or email blackkeytrio@shaw.ca

The Giovanni Fine Art Gallery is putting together an artist of the month feature that will highlight one Edmonton area arist's work, changing on a monthly basis beginning in January 2013.

Please submit your digital portfolio of 3 to 5 pieces that highlights your various styles and mediums. All work must be child/family friendly. Email to Emily Dymock, school@giovannimusic.ca or call her at 780-489-9764.

Guitarists, bassists, vocalists, pianists and drummers needed for good paying teaching jobs.

Please call 780-901-7677

University City Public Sculpture Competition: University City Condo's in Calgary has launched a Sculpture Competition that is open to students to established artists. The budget is $100,000 CAD, the deadline for submission is June 1, 2013, and it is for Albertan artists only. More information about the competition can be obtained from the website. http://www.universitycity.ca/sculpturecompetition

BASS PLAYER AND DRUMMER WANTED INFL. JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN & GUNS N' ROSES GUITAR PLAYER/SINGER LOOKING TO FORM BAND 780-479-8766

Original band looking for bass player and drummer. Have songs written and a gig booked for May 4. Influences include PJ Harvey, Radiohead, and Cocteau Twins. Call Andrea at 780 488 2596 or email at acwhite08@hotmail.com Singer /songwriter looking for mature musicians to collaborate with in songwriting and performing.

Influences- Jazz, pop, country and blues. Please e-mail me at: cdguen@telus.net.

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Old Appliance & Furniture Removal Removal of unwanted appliances and furniture.

Rates start as low as $30.

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ALBERTA-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS

AUCTIONS 7th ANNUAL COLLECTOR CAR Auction & Speed Show, March 15 - 17/13, Red Deer Westerner Park. Featuring Big Schwag & indoor car show!

Exhibitor space available. Consign your car; estate today. 1-888-296-0528 ext. 102; EGauctions. com.

1 HOME QTR & 18 Parcels of Farmland - Davidson, Saskatchewan. Sorgaard Ranches Ltd - 2290+/- title acres. 3 bedroom bungalow, 30 X 50 ft. garage, selling at the Saskatoon Auction March 19/13. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers: 1-800491-4494; rbauction.com.

NEED TO ADVERTISE? Province wide classifieds. Reach over 1 million readers weekly. Only $269. + GST (based on 25 words or less). Call this newspaper NOW for details or call 1-800-2826903 ext. 228.

MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Over 150 guns - handguns, rifles, shotguns, miscellaneous. Call to consign 780-440-1860.

BY AUCTION: 14 quarters of grazing lease land West of Edmonton. March 14/13. Stewart Auctions, Vermilion, Alberta. For more info, call 1-800269-8580; stewartauctions.com.

WILD ROSE Antique & Collectible Auction Sale.

Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 9 a.m., Woodbend Community Hall, 26002 TWP RD 514, Spruce Grove, Alberta.

PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE. BOW RIVER Gas Co-op seeking a Journeyman GasFitter. Permanent full-time. $27. - $32./hour, full benefits, Natural Gas Distribution experience an asset. Apply to Richard Thorne: rick.t@bowrivergas.ca.

AGGRESSIVE BUSINESS NEEDS: Production Assistant to successful business owner, some travel required. Class 1 Driver; Semi retired Mechanic; gravel Crusher Operators, possible experience Foreman. Competitive wages. Work area: East Central Alberta. Email: fitzcons@telus.net.

Fax 780-842-5556.

SWAN HILLS Golf & Country Club looking for “working” golf course Groundskeeper/Superintendent. 9 holes, grass greens, staff of 2 - 4. April to October. Please send resume or qualifications to: swanhillsgolf@hotmail.com.

EXPERIENCED TRUCK DRIVER required for hauling heavy equipment. Rates negotiable & benefits available. Fax resume 780-778-2444.

3RD/4TH YEAR, Journeyman Automotive Technician required. Competitive wages. Full benefits.

Incentive programs, pension plan. Wolverine Ford, High Level, Alberta. Fax 780-926-4204 or email: dave@wolverineford.com.

AUTOS

FAST TRACK to Parts and Materials Technician. New 34 week program at GPRC Fairview Campus. Fall, 2013. Write 1st and 2nd year apprenticeship exams. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc. ab.ca/fairview.

GET YOUR FOOT in the garage door. Learn basic engine theory, power train, suspension, job safety. First step to Automotive/Heavy Duty Apprenticeships. GPRC Fairview Campus. 1-888999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

PARTS PERSON REQUIRED for Northern Alberta dealership. Ford experience an asset. Valid drivers licence required. Full benefits package.

Fax resume to 780-926-4204 or email: ron@wolverineford.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

SEEKING A CAREER in the Community Newspaper business? Post your resume for FREE right where the publishers are looking. Visit: www. awna.com/resumes_add.php.

ESTABLISHED LANDSCAPE COMPANY in central Alberta. Profitable turnkey operation with equipment & training available. $900,000 revenues, $230,000 cash flow; shop/office/yard available. Email: landscapeco.4sale@gmail.com.

BE PART of global hangout and make part-time income; www.globalhangout.com/gmnardelli or for more info call Mario 780-444-1810.

COMING EVENTS STAMP SHOW - Edmonton Stamp Club. March 22 - 24, West Edmonton Mall, 3rd floor above Europa Boulevard. Stamps for sale, exhibits, Jr Table. Free admission, free evaluations; www.

Edmontonstampclub.com.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT Operator School. No Simulators. In-the-seat training.

Real world tasks. Weekly start dates. Job board!

Funding options. Sign up online! iheschool.com.

1-866-399-3853.

PUT POWER INTO your career! As a Fairview Power Engineer. On-campus boiler lab. 4th Class-Part A 3rd Class. Affordable residences.

GPRC Fairview Campus. 1-888-999-7882; www. gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

GO TO YOUR next job interview with 2nd Year Heavy Duty Mechanic skills. GPRC, Fairview campus - Heavy Equipment Certificate program.

Hands-on training, safety courses, opportunity to write 1st and 2nd HET apprenticeship exams.

Gain 600 hours credit. 1-888-999-7882; www. gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

UNITED HOMES CANADA - Southern Alberta’s premier home dealer for 40+ years, need home set up contractors. Drywall/flooring/trim installation prerequisite. WCB and bondable; ron@unitedhomescanada.com; www.unitedhomescanada. com. $100 - $400 CASH DAILY for landscaping work!

Competitive, energetic, honesty a must; PropertyStarsJobs.com.

NOW LOCATED in Drayton Valley. BREKKAAS Vacuum & Tank Ltd. Wanted Class 1 & 3 Drivers, Super Heater Operators with all valid tickets.

Top wages, excellent benefits. Please forward resume to: Email: dv@brekkaas.com. Phone 780621-3953. Fax 780-621-3959.

NOW HIRING! Journeyperson, 30 Millwrights, 50 Pipefitters, 20 Welders, with industrial experience for a large project in Vanscoy, SK. Wages $34 $40/hour, plus retention & completion bonuses, 14/7 shift rotation, paid benefits, RRSP’s. Travel & living out allowance (for eligible candidates).

Successful candidates must complete a preaccess A&D test & CSTS 09 training. Apply with current resume and references to: jobs@monad. ca or www.monad.ca or fax 1-888-398-0725 or in person at 9744 - 45 Ave., Edmonton, AB, T6E 5C5.

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Snail mail sex

Health campaign mails free condoms to Ottawa teens For decades, Public Health departdo. For them, the Sex It Smart site ments have been trying to solve offers a condom locator. Enter your the problem of how to get young postal code and get the name and people to use condoms consisaddress of a place close to you tently and properly. When that gives out condoms for I worked in sexual health free. If you don't know the promotion we were perpostal code where you om eekly.c w petually puzzling over are, there's a map that e u v @ brenda a this problem. Teenagers d uses GPS to find a place n Bre er b often don't have a lot of r near you.

OPH has also dee K money and they're unlikely to signed a mobile version of the use what little money they do have site that's easy to access by smart for condoms. Many teens are also phone. deathly embarrassed to walk into a drugstore and buy them. I can unThe site itself is definitely innoderstand that, given the stories I've vative, but I think even more imheard from people about the way portant than that is how it was some drugstore staff have treated developed. Young people were inthem when they've tried. volved in almost every aspect of Ottawa Public Health has come the campaign. OPH asked young up with something that could repeople what information and really help. Sex It Smart, launched sources they thought they needed on Valentine's Day, is a website and what type of media they would where anyone in the Ottawa area be most likely to use to try to find can order free condoms. Just enthem. Young people designed the ter your mailing address and you'll look and all of the graphics of the receive 12 condoms in a brown encampaign. To find the logo, OPH velope along with instructions on sponsored a design contest with a how to use them. Of course, lots cash prize. I think this was a smart of teenagers might be worried social marketing campaign. Plastertheir parents will get to the coning posters about the site everydoms in the mailbox before they where, the normal way that these

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campaigns are publicized, might get some attention, but I think these types of promotion attempts are usually ignored because they don't interest young people. The moment they pass that poster they are probably not thinking, "I wonder where I can get some condoms. Oh look!

The place on this poster can help me!" But if they have heard several announcements in their school and newscasts about a logo design contest, the next time they are thinking about where to get condoms, they just might remember the site.

Public Health has many more tools at their disposal for reaching teens than they ever did when I was doing this type of work. It's encouraging to see them put these tools to use in new and innovative ways.

We'll see when the next rounds of STI stats come out for this region whether or not it's had the desired effect. V Brenda Kerber is a sexual health educator who has worked with local not-for-profits since 1995. She is the owner of the Edmonton-based, sex-positive adult toy boutique the Traveling Tickle Trunk.

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COMMENT >> SEX

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A question of penis captivity requires a full-column answer My girlfriend and I read your colthis provided by manufacturers. umn religiously and I have you to From what I've read online, there thank for being comfortable enough seem to be a lot of guys who stay with my kinks to tell her about my locked way more long-term than I'm interest in BDSM. She is very GGG planning, and I hope they have had and has indulged all my kinky fanquestions like mine answered before tasies and discovered some of her engaging in that. own. Our latest adventure has her Lock On Cock Kausing Erectile locking up my dick in a CB-6000 Dysfunction? male chastity device. The play/sex has been super fun so far, but There are more submissive E G we want to be aware of guys out there blogging A V SA any health and safety conabout their locked-up cerns, specifically damage cocks than there are m o .c ly ek vuewe to my penis. We've had the savagelove@ submissive guys out Dan device for almost a week there whose cocks are Savage locked up. and I've been doing a ton of research. There is no shortage By which I mean to say ... of information on proper hygiene Whether you're talking about and cleaning while locked and the food, politics or locking a dude's effects of infrequent ejaculation/ cock in a male chastity device, orgasm denial. What we're most LOCKED, you'll find more anonyconcerned about is not the effects mous liars online pretending to of not coming, but whether restrictbe experts than you'll find actual ing my erections with a chastity experts. Of course, there are kinky device can cause nerve damage, guys out there who've had their erectile dysfunction or other issues. cocks locked up for extended peShould I be concerned about having riods. Male chastity play is a real my erections constricted by the dekink, not some freaky bullshit made vice while being teased or wearing up by a high-school kid to gross it overnight? (My research tells me people out, eg, "Dirty Sanchez," that in REM sleep, the typical male "Donkey Punch," "Michelle Malkin." will get three to five erections.) We But the number of men who enjoy plan on taking off the device for this kind of play is relatively small, sexual play, which we do about five and the number of chastity players times a week, so there would be blogging about their experience is plenty of opportunities for my guy smaller still. So it's probably best to stretch out. Besides worrying not to take health-and-safety adabout limiting erections, is there vice from the anonymous chastity any issue with having the device players you run across online. on long-term while soft, in regards So how about some health-andto the cock ring that serves as the safety advice from an actual boardback end of the device? If it is fitted certified urologist instead? properly, are there any negative ef"I've never had a patient ask me fects to having this on for a day? A about using, or admit to using, a week? A month? I find it odd that male chastity device," Stephen H there isn't more information about King, MD, a urologist in Washing-

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ton State, says. "And I cannot find a single reference in the medical/ urological literature."

What would King advise a patient who asked him about wearing a male chastity device?

"As a urologist, my primary concern is long-term health and preservation of erectile function 'down the road,' so I tend to err on the cautious side, especially in someone young with many good erections ahead of him," King says. "So if LOCKED came to my clinic with this question, I'd certainly caution against any long-term or continuous use of such a device, anything more than four to six hours, if it places any significant compression on the tissue directly."

Some guys who wear male chastity devices for extended periods invest in custom-fitted devices, LOCKED, as a custom device is less

doesn't rely on potentially tissuecompressing rings to be held in place. What does King say now?

"With no compression from the cock ring, it might be safe for somewhat longer use," King says. "Overnight use may still be problematic.

Nocturnal/spontaneous erections are hypothesized to exist to encourage blood flow and stretching of the vascular and erectile tissue to keep it healthy and prevent atrophy. Like any other tendon, ligament or muscle in the body—use it or lose it. I can't see how preventing these spontaneous nocturnal erections can be healthy. But I can't prove any long-term damage."

Of course, if we only listened to doctors, no one would ever eat sugar, smoke cigarettes or let his girlfriend lock up his cock in "The Grinder," because something "bad" might happen. (Diabetes, cancer,

If they were messing up lots of penises, surely we urologists would be the first ones to know. likely to put "significant compression on the tissue" than a semi-adjustable, one-size-fits-all, easy-tobreak-out-of CB-6000. The device you've got is fine for newbies and short-term play, but the expensive chastity devices they sell at steelwerksextreme.com—devices with names like "The Exoskeleton," "The Torture Puzzle," and "The Grinder"—have the benefit of being both safer and impossible for the wearer to remove without the key.

So let's say you invest in a hardcore, expensive chastity device that

impotence, respectively.) So I got a second and a third opinion for you, LOCKED. The second opinion is mine: the manufacturers of CB-6000s and other male chastity devices don't provide information about risks because they're not required to. Male chastity devices, like all sex toys, are sold as "novelty items." They're not medical devices and the FDA doesn't regulate them. But so long as your CB-6000 isn't so tight that it's cutting off circulation, pinching nerves or rubbing you raw, and so

long as you're not wearing it for extended periods of time (I wouldn't wear one overnight, myself), you'll be fine. There are, after all, thousands of CB-6000s in circulation— it is the most popular male chastity device on the market—and if they were injuring men or rendering them impotent, LOCKED, we'd be hearing from unhappy chastity players and their lawyers. King backs me up on this. He consulted another doctor whose specialty is "urology trauma," and his colleague hadn't heard of any issues related to chastity devices.

"Perhaps that speaks to the relative safety of them," King says. "If they were messing up lots of penises, surely we urologists would be the first ones to know."

The third opinion is from a kinky blogger. Metal served for six years on the board of Gay Male S/M Activists, an organization dedicated to promoting safe, sane and consensual BDSM, and now runs the popular BDSM site metalbondnyc. com. He's also a keyholder to several men locked in long-term chastity devices.

"I'm not a medical doctor," Metal says. "So I can't speak with authority on potential long-term physical effects. But I can tell you that many, many men use chastity to enhance their sex lives. There are whole websites devoted to just that one aspect of BDSM play and some of the most popular entries on my site are about chastity."

None of the men Metal has personally locked up—some for months at a time—have had any trouble getting hard once their chastity devices were removed.

"When guys are first locked up, they often complain of waking up in the middle of the night with painful erections," Metal says. "But that usually passes in a week or so. What I would suggest to this couple is to go ahead and experiment. Lock him up for a day or two initially, then a few days and then maybe work up to a week or more. Rules are good.

Maybe he gets unlocked only when he's chained to the bed. Then right after he comes—if he's allowed to come—his dick gets locked back up before he's unchained." Metal urges you to be cautious, to take it slow, but not to fear chastity play.

"Think of chastity as a really, really long form of foreplay," Metal says. "The possibilities, and the long-term sexual rewards, can be endless." V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. @fakedansavage on Twitter

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