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One-stop oil shop Gerry Protti hadn't even had the chance to take a seat in his new position before people were calling for his resignation. Protti is the appointed chair of Alberta's new Alberta Energy Regulator.

The body is the Alberta government's attempt at creating a streamlined approach to approving new oil, gas and oil-sands projects in the province. Coming out of 20 public consultations that occurred last year, the new regulator is described as a "one-stop shop" by Alberta Energy.

The over 30 groups calling for Protti's resignation are citing his extensive background with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, as well as his work with oil companies like Cenovus and Encana, as a detriment to his ability to distinguish between the needs of the province, the environment and the oil industry when chairing the body that will be approving new energy projects.

But the concern over the new regulator may go beyond just who is at the head of the decision-making table.

This new one-stop energy regulator is part of an overhaul of Alberta's environmental monitoring and energy-project approvals process that began in 2010 with recommendations from then-Minister of Environment and Water Diana McQueen. While this new monitoring system may eventually improve the situation of scientific monitoring of energy projects in the province, the Pembina Institute has stated there is a problem of "energy project approvals outstripping progress on environmental rules."

The same week these 30 groups registered their concern with Protti's new assignment, the Pembina Institute released a report card on Alberta's regulation of the environmental protection of energy projects in the province—something the new regulator would have to take into account when approving new projects.

Pembina lists several benchmarks the province has failed to change in the project-approvals process, including Directive 074, which was put in place to reduce the usage and impact of tailings ponds. It's a directive that is a requirement in approvals processes, but is rarely enforced.

Pembina's report card calls for "no new mines to be approved until an operation adopts a proven technology that will eliminate wet tailings."

It illustrates the continued disconnect between new project approvals and environmental regulation. Groups can, and perhaps rightfully should, decry Protti's connections to the oil industry, but the blame has to extend beyond Protti's appointment. Even if any chair of the new regulatory body were interested in balancing the environment and industry, there is still a lack of legislation to assist the regulator in doing so.

In approving new energy projects, the regulator is only empowered to enforce existing environmental legislation, and with an improved monitoring of the environmental impact of oil-sands projects, he will be able to watch the construction of new tailings ponds if it gets to the point where energy projects are approved in their initial stages without any concern for their eventual impact on the environment. V

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Documentary-style TV show Border Security in hot debate

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here has been no word yet from the producers of Border Security: Canada's Front Line, or Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews, that the three letters they have received in the past few weeks from Canadians adamant the show not see another season, have made an impact.

All of the letters are demanding the same thing: that Border Security be cancelled, as they say it exploits the stories of migrants and others entering Canada in the name of entertainment. The third letter was sent last week and was signed by 90 human rights

The show airs on the National Geographic Channel (owned by Shaw Media.)

Diana Thompson is the wife of one of the workers who was arrested that day. They got married in November and she says her husband did not have a Canadian work permit yet, but still had to work to support his family in Honduras as well as his new wife and daughter in Vancouver. Thompson says that when he was arrested on March 13, he was one day away from completing his immigration sponsorship forms, but has now

No one deserves to face the trauma of being forcibly separated from their families and then having this suffering turned into entertainment. advocates and organizations, including Amnesty International, Alberta Public Interest Research Group and the Council of Canadians. The other two letters were sent by the Canadian Bar Association and a group of Canadian cultural professionals like actors, producers and journalists.

The movement started mid-March after a Border Security film crew tagged along with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to a job site in Vancouver to track down an illegal worker wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. They found seven other undocumented migrant workers at the site and CBSA arrested all of them. The footage has not been shown on television, but Border Security does have season two on the way and asked the workers to sign consent forms to be shown on television—only two of them did.

been sent back to Honduras. She started a petition on change.org to have Border Security cancelled. More than 24 000 people have signed the petition. The letters and the petition can all be found at cancelbordersecurity.ca.

"In Border Security, a highly one-sided narrative is told about those crossing the border under varying circumstances or those people in the process of migration, which has the particular long-term impact of spreading fear about and among immigrant and migrant communities," the latest letter states.

"At best, this TV show is an invasion of privacy with questionable ethics on informed consent; at worst, it can put the lives of vulnerable migrants at risk by commercially exploiting their stories for broadcast. No one deserves to face the trauma of being forcibly

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separated from their families and then having this suffering turned into entertainment.

We also find it extremely troubling that the federal government has approved and is involved in this production."

The Office of the Public Safety Minister gave this response: "This show is about the situations faced daily by our front-line border officers. The privacy of individuals is protected at all times. The majority of episodes deal with the front-line CBSA officers stopping criminals from entering Canada.

We expect the CBSA to enforce Canada's laws and ensure the safety and security of law abiding Canadians."

What they forgot to add was that the Canadian Government puts a stamp of approval on each episode before it airs. Representatives from Force Four Entertainment were unavailable to comment, but a statement on the company's website points out that it was other media outlets that identified the workers from the March 13 arrests. It also states that only those people who agree to be on camera are identifiable and there are at least five levels of scrutiny an episode has to go through before being broadcast "to make sure that no one's rights are violated, no laws are broken and no CBSA investigations or national security issues are compromised."

But Harsha Walia, an organizer with cancelbordersecurity.ca, says that the core issues are not just about that one episode, but that people essentially can't give proper consent to be on camera when they're being controlled by law enforcement.

"There's an unspecified amount of financial resources, which are basically taxpayer resources, going into this show and Canada Border Services Agency has de facto executive producer control over this show," she says. "They have final say about what makes the show or doesn't, which means, in particular, if CBSA does something that they don't think should be on the air, like something that is extra-legal or illegal or violent or brutal or any of those things, that will never make the episode. So it is a really one-sided government-enforced agenda."

"I think from Council of Canadians' perspective, this is a national issue," says Harjap Grewel, who works with the Council of Canadians in Vancouver. "Looking at how the Canada Border Services Agency may or may not be engaging in what essentially serves as a program that is propaganda for the government's border security agency in that they have editorial control over the program, it's concerning. Then there's also the basic human side of the story, which is that non-status people, oftentimes working in precarious conditions to begin with, are now being exploited for their story and their histories."

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NEWS // HOME SCHOOLING

Quashing the home-school stereotype

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isinterpret French in school and you lose a mark. Misinterpret a French recipe? You get bad cookies.

From practical learning through baking to scheduling flexibility, diversity of opportunities and just getting to know their children better, there is a lot more to homeschooling than the stereotype of conservative Christian parents hiding their children from the world.

While many parents do cite religious beliefs as a reason why they keep their children out of the school system, more seem to simply express a dissatisfaction with the schools.

A 2007 Fraser Institute paper that looked into historical and academic trends along with sociodemographic characteristics divided home-schooling parents into two groups: ideologues and pedagogues—the latter concerned with a better-quality academic and social environment with loose roots in leftist counter-culture movements from a half century ago. Since then, numbers have grown, the Internet has, like with everything else, had an impact, and parents have found more and more reasons to give it a chance.

"I just really wanted for my children to be able to learn outside of the limitations of what you might see in a public school," Arie Brentnall-Compton, a long-time homeschool parent says. "To be able to spend more time outdoors, a lot more time in nature with animals, a lot more time travelling."

With their mother having just flown back from teaching a workshop, the scorching May 6 weather allowed Brentnall-Compton's kids several opportunities you wouldn't normally find in the public school system.

"They spent time practising archery—they set up an archery target with straw bales and spent a lot of time doing that," she adds.

This was after taking care of their animals. Later, they read novels and attended both a highland dance class and a French class. Yes, there are classes available for homeschooled students. Some are very formal and structured, while others, such as this French class, allow children to pick up the language through activities like baking cookies.

A common concern when hearing how home-schooled children learn is wondering how on earth these kids will function when they have to do, say, math in the real world.

But there's math in baking—not to mention chemistry and an experimental spirit. There are also physics and engineering in setting up and hitting an archery target. Highland dance, as well as being as legitimate an art as macaroni crafts, is no different from gym.

Regardless, this is all just one day with one family. For Carrie Lenkenhoff, who decided to try homeschooling with her eldest daughter after worrying how a younger child with a metabolic disease would fare in the normal school system, homeschooling means she has control over the environment her kids learn in. It also allows the children to have control over their own pace, and has given them access to opportunities not normally available.

"This year my daughter was able to take a cartooning class by a famous Albertan cartoonist," Lenkenhoff says. "She was also able to do a drama program, learning about masks.

She's also signed up to a sewing program starting next week."

Her daughter attended kinder-

garten for one year, but once her home-schooling began, Lenkenhoff feels like she's had the opportunity to get to know her again. While her daughter used to come home tired, preventing engagement in other activities, now she can just take a nap midday and get right back to whatever she's interested in doing— whether it be joining a swim team or a multitude of other activities.

"Horseback riding that is designed for home-schooled kids—so instead of just learning about horseback rid-

ing traditional, where parents take full control of the children's education, and blended, which is some mixture of the two approaches.

Brentnall-Compton opted for traditional, or parent-provided, homeschooling, which requires two meetings per year with a facilitator.

Facilitators serve as middle-men between the parents and the government. Nadia Ivanchikov is one of the many who fill this role.

"The facilitator is someone who comes to the family," Ivanchikov explains. "Usually we go to the homes of the home-schoolers, and we observe the way children are getting educated and report back to government. On the other hand, if the family has any questions or are looking for resources, we can help them."

When families choose blended or fully aligned options, there is more contact with their facilitators, but Ivanchikov deals only with parentprovided families. She will meet a family at the beginning of the year to hear how they plan to educate their children, and again at the end to talk about how it went.

"I want to talk to the student, I want to ask them how they learn and what they learn and be able to evaluate progress," Ivanchikov adds.

"We will talk about different field trips, and books they've read and whatever else they want to tell me.

Then I write a report about it, and

There is a lot more to homeschooling than the stereotype of the conservative Christian parents hiding their children from the world.

ing, they're learning all about horse care from one end of the spectrum to another," Lenkenoff says. "She's able to do so many different programs, and part of that is actually the funding."

Alberta is one of the few provinces that provides funding for homeschool parents, reimbursing them up to a certain amount depending upon their level of alignment. This reflects the amount of money that taxpayers provide per student for the public system.

"You're able to be reimbursed for books that you might buy, curriculum that you buy, sports programs that you're in," Lenkenhoff says. "It's not a great deal of money, and it fluctuates every year, but it allows home-schoolers to make sure that their kids are having those kind of opportunities."

Lenkenhoff's children are in a fully aligned program, meaning that they have access and learn from the same curriculum that they might in a public or Catholic school. This is one of three options, the others be-

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that's it."

If there is a problem, if the parents aren't doing anything to educate their child, it's her responsibility to inform the government. But so far that hasn't happened.

One thing it appears that homeschooling is lacking in is social interaction. But Brentnall-Compton is quick to quash this myth as well.

"I don't want them learning how to behave from 30 other six-yearolds," she adds.

She explains that through field trips, classes, play dates, clubs and any number of other activities, home-schooled children have access to all the social interaction they desire. They might not all be the same age, but she doesn't see that as a problem.

"I don't know a single other aspect of our lives where we're expected to only interact with peers defined as people of the same age or in the same neighbourhood as you," Brentnall-Compton says.

"On days when I'm working from

home, nobody's worried about my social interaction or concerned that I'm not spending enough time interacting with peers or spending time with other adults. And I find it kind of bizarre that we've begun to see that as a primary focus of school.

I know when I was schooled I was told to stop socializing and work— that I was there to work." She adds, "Whenever articles about homeschooling get done, the same stereotypes get brought up and tend to be discussed. And often there's a few interview questions with a teacher or a principal who's typically not supportive of the idea."

Teachers and principals aside, the results appear to speak for themselves. The Fraser Institute paper cites numerous studies that show that home-schooled children typically outperform age-level peers on various academic tests—not to mention studies that find no evidence of socialization deficiencies.

And children in families where one or more parents are certified teachers? They do not perform significantly better than those from nonteacher families.

The paper includes the caveat that "These families often have more choice about which tests to take and when to take them, and some may be prone to do well in any school setting if their parents are themselves well- educated." Nonetheless, results are results.

And when they're done with their high-school level studies, there doesn't seem to be much of a barrier to apply to college or university.

In fact, home-schooled kids have a higher acceptance rate, according to Brentnall-Compton. Sometimes, the kids will simply sit diploma exams. Now, some universities have started accepting portfolios as another route in, perhaps in response to a number that just keeps climbing.

"Home-schooling is really a growing phenomenon," Lenkenhoff says.

"It's an opportunity to really be able to give your children an awesome foundation. Not only spiritually, or on a moral basis, but on an academic basis as well."

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John Bellinger is the last person in Washstanding. It lessens cooperation with our ington you'd expect to criticize President allies on counter-terrorism. It is a recruitBarack Obama for making too many ment tool for extremists. It needs to be drone strikes. It was he who drafted the closed." (rather unconvincing) legal justification It also flouts international law, but even for targeted drone killings when he was foreign-born Muslim socialist presidents legal adviser to the Secretary of State in of the United States can never concede George W Bush's second administration, that the whole enterprise was illegal. and he still supports them. But he went The furthest Obama will go is to say that ahead and criticized Obama anyway. it was counter-productive from the start, Speaking at a conference at the Biparbut that alone should be a sufficient justisan Policy Centre in Washington tification for closing the place. on May 1, Bellinger said: "This So why did Bellinger, of all government has decided that people, then accuse Obama instead of detaining members of using drones too often? m ekly.co of al-Qaeda (at Guantanamo), The US president certainly e w e u @v wynne e they are going to kill them." g does seem to like them: the n n Gwy Leaving aside the question of vast majority of the 370 US r e y D whether most of the people dedrone attacks, killing an estimated tained at Guantanamo were ever actu3500 people, have been carried out on ally members of al-Qaeda, there is a his watch. According to Bellinger, it's certain amount of plausibility in this acbecause Obama knows that if he can't cusation. send the evil-doers to Guantanamo, his Obama wants to close the US prison only alternative is to kill them with drone camp on the Cuban coast, where hunstrikes.

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The United States is not going to have much luck in tracking down alleged al-Qaeda supporters in the wilds of Yemen or Afghanistan and spiriting them away to Guantanamo. If it doesn't target them with drones, then most of them will go on living (and so will the innocent people nearby). dreds of suspected supporters of alQaeda have been held without charge, some for more almost a decade. There are still 166 prisoners at Guantanamo, and just last week Obama, having been thwarted by Congress in his first-term pledge to close the place, announced his intention to try again with the new Congress.

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What we actually have here is an unusually subtle Republican argument: if you don't like the drone strikes (because they kill lots of innocent people), then you should keep Guantanamo open. But subtle is not the same as valid.

There are two unstated assumptions at the heart of this argument. One is that the US could put its drones away and just capture the people it suspects of being al-Qaeda supporters by conventional means and lock them away in Guantanamo. No fuss, no muss and no innocent

"collateral damage."

That's ridiculous: the United States is not going to have much luck in tracking down alleged al-Qaeda supporters in the wilds of Yemen or Afghanistan and spiriting them away to Guantanamo. If it doesn't target them with drones, then most of them will go on living (and so will the innocent people nearby). But you can't just leave such dangerous people alive, can you?

This brings us to the second unstated assumption: that if all those dangerous people had been allowed to live, then there would have been hundreds of terrorist attacks against the United States.

Or at least dozens. OK then, how about a couple?

Probably not even one. After all, there were no drone strikes for the first three years after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, because the technology was not yet available. Yet even then, when al-Qaeda was still a relatively strong and cohesive organization, there was not one further terrorist attack on the United States. The link between drone strikes and possible terrorist attacks on the United States is purely rhetorical.

Never mind. The whole argument is moot. Obama won't get the Republican majority in the House of Representatives to go along with closing Guantanamo this time either. And he won't stop the drone strikes because he needs to be seen by the American public to be doing something "positive" as he brings the American troops home from another needless and lost war.

There is not one iota of strategic thinking in any of this. It's all about American domestic politics, as the response to 9/11 has been from the beginning. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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COMMENT >> ALISON REDFORD

All quiet on the Redford front Premier has not been instilling much trust in Albertans lately Who's running this show? That question has been uttered countless times by countless Albertans in the two months since the release of Alberta's provincial budget. The show in question, of course, is the provincial government.

Most folks in Alberta probably have very little sense of what the Premier's job entails on a day-to-day basis, and for the most part, they probably don't care to know. What they want to know is that their Premier is actually exercising leadership, making the big-picture decisions and remaining accountable to them for those decisions.

In the last two months, Premier Alison Redford has failed miserably on all those counts. She has been largely absent at times of public pressure and contentious situations, and has more often than not chosen to delegate all public accountability on issues to her deputy premier—a decision that calls her judgment and leadership into question.

Take for example the case of the public backlash against the announced seven-percent cuts to post-secondary

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education. In this case it makes some to the point where they will quickly begarding the striking workers. sense that Thomas Lukaszuk, in come irreparable. How is that effective Lukaszuk is notoriously combative, aghis capacity as Minister of Enand visionary leadership? gressive, impulsive and a bit of a bully. All terprise and Advanced EduThe same can be said of her that was needed for this job action to be E C cation, would be the pubgovernment's handling of the resolved quickly without escalation was N RFERE lic face of these cuts. In the INTE vueweekly.com recent wildcat strike by correcan early conversation with the workers @ ricardo o two months since the budtional workers at the Edmonton and union leaders where both parties d Ricar a ñ get, however, Lukaszuk has Remand Centre.

From the very came to the table respectfully and sinu c A repeatedly gotten facts about post-secondary education in Alberta Lukaszuk is notoriously combative, aggressive, wrong, has refused to meet with faculty impulsive and a bit of a bully. and academic staff at the province's universities and has even taken to mocking start of the situation she gave full concerely. Redford's background as a humanand bullying academics on Twitter. The trol of the file to Lukaszuk. He proceeded rights lawyer would certainly have served result of all this has been frustrated stuto call the workers liars, refused to speak her well in that type of meeting. Likewise, dents, alienated faculty members and a to them under any circumstances and Dave Hancock, ostensibly the minister public at large questioning Lukaszuk's sought heavy-handed labour board and responsible for labour issues, is a lawcompetence in the portfolio. judicial rulings against the workers. He inyer who is seen as thoughtful, articulate flamed the situation so badly that by the and well-respected by folks in the public If there was ever a time for Redford end of the second day of the strike, Alservice. Yet somehow, Redford decided it to stand up, set the record straight on berta appeared on the brink of an all-out would be best to hide from the issue enwhere they are getting their erroneous walk-out by all of the province's public tirely and let Lukaszuk continue to pour data and attempt to smooth out relaservice employees. And yet, Redford did gasoline on the fire. One more issue that tionships between her government and not say a single word publicly about the was handled poorly; one more set of rethese important constituencies, this strike, she kept Lukaszuk on the file and lationships that has likely been damaged was it. Yet she hasn't. She has opted inshe gave Albertans no indication that she beyond repair. stead to let Lukaszuk keep digging this was even aware of, much less in control So what has the Premier been doing hole and keep damaging relationships of, what her government was doing rewhile all of this was going on? She's

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CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) • Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St,

99 Ave • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB CANADIAN WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 St • Communicators Luncheon • Panellists include: Lisa Baroldi, Stacey Brotzel, Joyce Byrne, Gillian Foote, Sandra Gajic, Shenaz Jeraj, Tamara Konrad, Lisanne Lewis, Joyce Mallman Law • May 16, 11:30am-noon (registration); 12-12:45pm (luncheon) DEVELOPMENT DRINKS • Jeffrey’s Café, 9640-142 St • get-together is open to everyone interested in international development issues presented by ACGC and Development & Peace for the next Development Drinks • May 16, 5:30-8:30pm 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 • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani 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

FABULOUS FACILITATORS TOASTMASTERS CLUB

• 2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave, 780.467.6013 • Can you think of a career that does not require communication • Every Tue, 12:05-1pm FOOD ADDICTS • St Luke's Anglican Church, 8424-95 Ave, 780.465.2019, 780.634.5526 • Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), free 12-Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, and bulimia • Meetings every Thu, 7pm

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TOOL TRAINING AND ORIENTATION SEMINAR • Prefab Shop, 13044

Yellowhead Tr, 780.451.3416 • Tool training/info session for volunteers to gain some basic knowledge of tools • May 17, May 24-25, 8:30am-4pm

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERFAITH BUILD MONTH • Neufeld Landing, Rutherford district South

Edmonton, 780.451.3416 • Working in partnership with the Capital Region Interfaith Housing Initiative • Until May 31 • Free HEALING CIRCLE • Call 780.570.0475 for location • 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 Assisted Living

Place, 11148-84 Ave • Home: Blends music, drama, creativity and reflection on sacred texts to energize you for passionate living • Every Sun, 3-5pm LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu MEDITATION • Strathcona Library • meditationedmonton. org • Weekly meditation drop-in; every Tue, 7-8:30pm

MILL CREEK MORNING AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP

• Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave • Open to anyone who has been affected by somebody else's drinking • Meet every Wed 10-11am, admission by donation NSAI SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351-118 Ave, 780.973.5311 • NSAI meet the 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St, 780.435.0845

• Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651,

780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families •

Every Mon, 7:30pm

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte

location • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Millennium Place (inside), 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 • Stanley A. Milner Library, Centennial Rm (bsmt) • Monthly roundtable 1st Tue each month SOL CAFÉ • Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave • Meet Sundays 4:30-6:30pm 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 WALKING ALBERTA–Devon Discovery Walkers • Dale Fisher Arena, 32 Haven Ave, Devon • River and Ravine series: 5k and 10k available • May 14, 6:30pm • Robert Duncan, 780.963.4145

BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group

SEVENTIES FOREVER CLUB • Call 587.520.3833 for

WALKING ALBERTA–St Albert Trekkers Volkssport Club • St Albert Place, 5 St Anne St, St. Albert: May 11, 6am-

3pm; World Walking Day and Marathon. Distances of 5k-42k available. Joe Sombach, 780.458.4667 WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood Rd • 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 (N. 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

FERMENTING: LEVEL UP • Earth's General Store, 9605-82

Ave • Level 2 Fermented Foods • May 13, 7-9pm GREAT EXPEDITIONS • St Luke’s AnglicanChurch, 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 • hltaa.org • Meeting

with speaker; open to the public • 4th Wed every month, 7-9pm • $10 (member)/$15 (non-member) Oil & SOcial EcOnOmy • NRE-2 001, U of A • Understanding the Social Economy and Community Engagement with Jorge Sousa and Roger Epp: Thu, May 9, 7-9pm • Immigration and Employment: with Jason Foster, Bob Barnetson, Doug Piquette: Thu, May 16 WHAT MOTIVATES EXTREMISTS? • Strathcona County Library, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • Religion and violence have shared a relationship for most of human history.

Join Dr. Maryam Razavy at Strathcona County Library for an intriguing exploration of the questions surrounding faith and bloodshed. Where does religious violence come from? Is violence unshakably linked to faith, or can they be separated?

Using a series of case studies, Dr. Razavy will shed new light on this age-old topic • Tue, May 14, 7-8:30pm; pre-register at 780.410.8600 • Free

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

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Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

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 • 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 • Blazin' Bootcamp: Every Mon, 7:30-8:30pm at Garneau Elementary School, 10925-87 Ave; $30/$15 (low income/student) • Badminton (Co-Ed): Every Wed, 6-7:30pm; St Vincent School, 10530-138 St; $5 (drop-in) • 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 • Running: Every Sun, 10am, at Kinsmen • Swimming–Making Waves: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) pool, 11762-106 St • Volleyball: until May 2013 • The Edmonton Storm–Women's Tackle Football • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu 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 • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified 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, 780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/ makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming.

Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave, 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental drop-in space, support programs and resources offered for members of the GLBTQ community, their families and friends • Daily: Community drop-in; support and resources. Queer library: borrowing privileges: Tue-Fri 12-9pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, closed Sun-Mon; Queer HangOUT (a.k.a. QH) youth drop-in: Tue-Fri 3-8pm, Sat 2-6:30pm, youth@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Counselling: Free, short-term by registered counsellors every Wed, 5:30-8:30pm, info/bookings: 780.488.3234 • Knotty Knitters: Knit and socialize in safe, accepting environment, all skill levels welcome; every Wed 6-8pm • QH Game Night: Meet people through board game fun; every Thu 6-8pm • QH Craft Night: every Wed, 6-8pm • QH Anime Night: Watch anime; every Fri, 6-8pm • Movie Night: Open to everyone;

been travelling to Washington and central Canada to pitch pipelines on behalf of oil companies, and touring the province announcing new schools.

The Premier needs to understand that Albertans expect a leader who will actually lead, not just make good news announcements. Yes, part of that is promoting Alberta business abroad and making good news announcements.

But real leadership also means being the face and voice of the government in times of trouble and controversy.

It also means that when delegation is necessary, it should be to people with the capacity to respectfully and thoughtfully solve problems, not to someone who has proven himself time and time again to be combative and thoughtless and who just makes problems worse. Albertans were promised visionary and thoughtful leadership by this government. Where did it go? V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

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 • 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

ART ON THE BLOCK–KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE • AGA • Fundraising event and an opportunity for avid and aspiring art collectors to take home an investment-quality work of art. Party includes music, a culinary experience prepared by Zinc Executive Chef, David Omars and friendly competition with fellow art-lovers • Art on the Block: Fri, May 10, 7pm; $125 • Curator’s Champagne Preview with Catherine Crowston: Fri, May 10, 6pm; $40 CASA FOR KIDS SPRING CELEBRATION • Shaw Conference Centre, Hall D, 780.400.4511 • casaservices.org • CASA, mental health services for infants, children, adolescents and their families present a live and silent auction hosted by Danny Hooper; also Marc Kennedy, Viviane Forest and Jamie Sale will attend • May 10 • Tickets/sponsor: 780.400.4511; fundraiser for a new facility to replace CASA Centre

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA AWARENESS EVENT • Metro Cinema at the

Garneau, 8712-109 St • Injured Workers Event Screening of Their Only Power Was Moral with speakers • May 16, 6-9pm • $10 (min donation); licensed and full concession; facebook. com/canadianinjuredworkers/events CHARITY LAMB COOK-OFF • Manor Casual Bistro, 10109-125 St • In support of Kids Kottage 3 lambs cooked 3 ways Silent Auction Cocktails, Kitchen, Community • May 19 6pm • $75 ($20 goes to Kids Kottage) EDMONTON BIKESWAP • Glengarry Arena, 13340-85 St • One day bike swap in three cities in Alberta • May 11, 8am2pm (sellers), 2:30-4pm (buyers) • Buyers: $2 (adult)/free (kids 12 and under) • Check website for updated info GARLIC FESTIVAL • 780.474.6466 • info2f=sorrentinos.com • Until May 11 HOMELESS MEMORIAL SERVICE • Homeless sculpture, 100 St-103A Ave • Commemoration of people who have died due to homelessness and poor housing, service with prayer, music, and remembrance action • May 10, 3-4pm; 2:30pm (refreshments) MENTAL HEALTH WEEK • CMHA, 300, 10010-105 St, 780.414.6300 • Free events: a Stress to Wellness Workshop, art exhibit, and a national mental health campaign launch • May 6-12

SCOTCH MALT WHISKY SOCIETY SCOTCH TASTING

• Happy Harbor Comics, 10729-104 Ave • Fundraiser for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society • May 11, 6:30-10pm • $65 A TASTE OF ARGENTINA • Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 St • Wine Tasting event; a fundraiser in support of the Edmonton Jazz Festival Society • May 16, 7-9.30pm • $75/$280 (for four)/$650 (for 10) at tixonthesquare.ca

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Divide and conjure

Endangered Species splits its audience to explore the ghosts of a historic building

Bringing out a historical building's ghosts // Andrew Paul

May 9 – May 11 (8 pm) Presented by Mile Zero Dance Ortona Armoury, $15 – $20

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he codification of the theatre is something that is more and more feeling really old-fashioned to me," Gerry Morita says. "Just the standard-ness of it: the lights are here, the blacks are here, the audience sits here.

And as the larger art world devel-

ops—not just performance—it's all about perception and different ways of seeing."

That line of thinking seems partly the reason that, with Mile Zero Dance, Morita's made it her practice to seek out new sorts of locales to perform in. Her first site-specific work in Edmonton was in a house in Riverdale. More recently, Mile Zero's performed on the banks of the river

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valley, or at locations only given upon the purchase of a ticket. And now, with Endangered Species, she's looking to reanimate one of the hidden, elder structures of the downtown core: the Ortona Armoury.

Morita hit the archives for research, though the building's tenants' association had already commissioned historian Ken Tingley to do a thorough review of its history, so most of the

heavy lifting had been done. Assembling a team of dancers—including Amber Borotsik, Kristine Nutting, Patrick Arès-Pilon and more—she offered them ideas for guidance, but let them run with their own too.

The building's hosted plenty of things over the years (it currently holds the FAVA offices, among others), but Morita was most interested what she refers to as "the inbetween" years.

"Two years where it was a trade school, or a reform school for boys, or when it was a butter factory," she explains. "Questionable poultry sales.

Those were kind of the parts that had gaps in the historical document, that we went, yeah, that's where we want to play."

The result blends theatre and dance, with audiences being split into two halves: one will explore the building's upstairs, seeing snippets of history and ghosts from the building's past; the other half will participate in a downtstairs séance.

Any sound bleed from one show to the other is strictly intentional.

"They're going to be able to hear us thumping upstairs while they're doing it, with the other half of the audience," Morita says. "So it's this sense of this discovery, and just ghosty-ness in the building. Like layers of perceptions, so that no two people will get the precise same experience. You have to pick your own vantage point, go from room to room, and try to make sense of it. It's more like a collage, I guess."

The show's title is apt, too: a nod to our penchant for tearing down our history, rather than honouring it—particularly when it comes to buildings.

"It's a little act of glorification of this odd, old, overlooked building, that's in the centre of town, very well-situated but kind of hidden from view," Morita says. "It's a chance to really look at the buildings, and also how the building shapes experiences."

PAUL BLINOV

// PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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Flight of the Viscount NeWest Press Spring Spectacular Until Sun, May 19 (7:30 pm) Directed by John Hudson Varscona Theatre, $20 – $29

J

ames Westerley (Jamie Cavanagh), heir to the Viscountcy of East Warrington on Worsted, is heir no more.

While in the midst of his European tour—a traditional end-of-school pursuit in the name of becoming a wellrounded man—James learns that his father has died, leaving him as the new Viscount. The bearer of this news is one of his mother's maids, Maggie Bellows (Caley Suliak). Not one to take duties lightly, Maggie insists upon escorting James back home. Having already decided that it's the poet's life for him, James makes it clear that he has no interest in becoming a "soppy-titled prig," and bolts as soon as Maggie's out of earshot.

What follows is a tale of relentless pursuit; Maggie chases James across the face of the continent, determined to fulfil her obligations by forcing James to fulfil his. The simple, versatile set calls for your imagination to do the work as the characters visit each new city, and the projection of a map onto the backdrop orients us at the beginning of each scene while Leona Brausen's delightful costumes fill in the rest of the blanks. Cavanagh plays

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James as though they are old friends: everything from physicality to voice to general demeanor is finely tuned and offers a thoroughly well-developed character. The third cast member, Nathan Cuckow, is listed quite accurately in the program as playing "everyone else." From vengeful Spaniard to Venetian hotel manager, from Hungarian waiter to Russian sergeant, playwright David Belke has written some richly colourful characters, and Cuckow plays them brilliantly. Each of his performances gives shape to the cross-continent tour and provides the indispensable aspects of colour and experience to this story of travel.

While there were occasional moments of the comedic timing being off or the lines themselves not reaching for that full punch, the things that do work in this play cause the less-thanperfect moments to be lost in the successes. Shadow Theatre wanted to close their season with a comedy, leaving audiences laughing as spring came to Edmonton. Flight of the Viscount does just this, and the tugof-war unleashed on stage between dreams and duties is something almost everyone can relate to.

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// SALIHA@VUEWEEKLY.COM

Wed, May 15 (7 pm) The Roast Coffeehouse

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n a way, the fact that Rebecca Campbell's debut novel, The Paradise Engine, takes place in two different worlds, is apt: it reflects her own mind while she writing it.

In one of those worlds in the novel, a graduate student attempts to restore a historic theatre while searching for her best friend; in the other, set a century before, a singer comes to that same theatre, then in its prime, as the Vaudeville world begins to show its seams. And as she developed the dual-worlds of Engine, Campbell, an academic, was writing the novel while picking away at her dissertation (on early Canadian military commemoration).

Talk about loading up your plate.

"It's insane, and I wouldn't recommend it," she rues, on the phone from home in London, Ontario. "It kind of makes you feel crazy, because no matter what you're doing, there's something else you're supposed to be doing."

Still, despite the perpetual business she was engulfed in during the process, it wasn't without its perks.

"You need to give your brain a break, and changing topics, or rather

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changing projects, really does that.

That academic way of thinking forces you to ask a certain more rigorous question of your storytelling as well, if that makes any sense. I think it is really refreshing— it's good for your brain to be able to play with those different perspectives."

The dissertation's still in the works, but The Paradise Engine is completed, and part of NeWest Press's spring frontlist. And Campbell will be coming into town to be one of four featured author's at NeWest Press's Spring Spectacular: she'll read alongside Corinna Chong, Marguerite Pigeon, and poet Jenna Butler, all presently part of the NeWest roster, all with new releases to their name.

The Spectacular isn't solely readings, either: the evening's hosting duties fall to Chris Craddock, and local folk king Tyler Butler will punctuate the readings with a threadbare ribbon of stripped-down sounds.

There seems like a lot for NeWest to be celebrating these days: most immediately, one of its releases, Dance, Gladys, Dance, by Cassie Stocks won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. But

NeWest general manager Paul Matwychuk notes that seven of the 10 books the imprint released in 2012 were either nominated for or recipients of awards. "A nice, broad showing," he beams.

NeWest itself just moved to a bigger, cleaner office in the same place: "One door down the hall," in the Noble Building (above the Upper Crust Cafe). And, in a way, Matwychuk sees the evening as a way of reintroducing NeWest to the city that it calls home: by showing us exactly what sort of literary talent is being discovered and released through an publisher based right here in town.

"NeWest has been around for more than 30 years, so it's not like it's an unknown player," Matwychuck says. "But [the Spring Spectacular] came about from kind of a desire to promote the NeWest name, to have the NeWest name mean as much as the wonderful individual books, and, in some way, to get people to recognize what NeWest is up to as a whole: that we are a cultural producer in Edmonton, whose name means something as much as Theatre Network or Alberta Ballet or one of those."

PAUL BLINOV

// PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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The Fairy Catcher's Companion Fri, May 10 (7:30 pm); Sat, May 11 (sold out); Sun, May 12 (2 pm) Directed by Derrique DeGagne Capitol Theatre, $12 – $20

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wo years have passed since Charlotte and Beatrice Sterling have heard any word from their father, who is off fighting in the Second World War. One day, a very official-looking letter arrives, bearing unfortunate news, and while their mother travels to collect their father, the Sterling sisters are sent to stay with their insufferable aunt Bernadette. All seems rather bleak until one day, the girls come across a book called The Fairy Catcher's Companion—and end up snagging a fairy of their own.

Local performer Ellen Chorley

We caught one! // Dave DeGagne

originally wrote the production for the Fringe Festival in 2010, but has reworked it for a much larger-scale performance at the Capitol Theatre.

Chorley also takes on three roles during the course of the play: the mother, the fairy and the "deliciously evil" aunt Bernadette. While the story is geared towards children, Chorley believes it maintains the ability to resonate with adults as well.

"Often when I write children's theatre, I still try to write a really good story," she says. "This one gets a little bit sad. It deals with grief, it deals with loss and it deals with the idea of growing up and what that means and how your life changes as you have to take on more responsibility to be an adult. One character turns 13 during the show ... and she

has to figure out what it means to be an adult and what she has to give up from her childhood."

and "the icy spector" that reaches out in the quiet hours of solitary selfdoubt and threatens to engulf us, something that's touched most people who've lived here long enough, in one way or another. It makes me wonder if, were the Collector to tour, it would have the same resonance as

it does here: it dazzles in style and song, and makes for a poignant, powerful addition to the company's repertoire, but this modern fable's deeper pull seems to have an indelibly northern resonance.

The Fairy Catcher's Companion possesses some serious undertones, but there's still the element of magic, and even a little comedy, about how belief evolves throughout a person's life.

"I think I really wanted to deal with the idea of belief and the idea of how children believe things and how adults believe things," Chorley adds, referring in particular to the beliefs centring around fantasy and magic. "When you're an adult, maybe you do still believe in things, but you have to be an adult, so you have to sort of let those beliefs go."

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REVUE // THEATRE

The Soul Collector

A winter fable // Ryan Parker

Until Sun, May 12 (8 pm; 2:30 pm Sunday matinees) Directed by Jonathan Christenson Westbury Theatre, Arts Barns, $16.88 – $42

'O

nce upon a time ... everything was perfect," begins The Soul Collector. Where Catalyst Theatre has previously acknowledged its works' theatricality in the opening moments (see: Frankenstein's "lights up" introduction), this one immediately tells us we're headed into the tundra of fable storytelling, in the hands of storytellers confident enough to draw attention to that.

This one's set in the northern city of Cold Comfort, a play of misplaced memories, a musical about loss and hope. Its story and spectacle both deliver, but, greater than either, The Soul Collector manages to address something all our own. Its greatest achievement comes through realizing a struggle that feels so specifically attached to a place like ours, and turning it into myth.

I'll get to that in a minute, though: on its surface, we follow the somewhat psychological venture of Memory McQuaid (Karyn Mott), found in

a snowstorm with amnesia by one Gideon Glum (Benjamin Wardle)—a Tim Burton-y fellow who seems determined, in his own peculiar way, to help her recover her mind. The show's opening moments lack some clarity, but once we slip into the framing device, it picks up pace and focus: led by the mortitian Mortimer Man (Clinton Carew), the pair delves into one of Memory's few recollections: a melody that she can recall in fragments. The song's history, we discover, is one rooted equally in passionate declaration and heartbreaking loss, the figures attached to it plagued by the Collector of the show's title, who, like an arctic pied piper, steals away those who have lost hope by vanishing them into a blizzard.

Clinton Carew's Mortimer is a commanding, engrossing narrator for the procession. As the central pair, Mott and Wardle actually share a lot of the stage time with the ensemble, but command the focus when it's on them. And the Soul Collector herself, Elinor Holt, gets to explain her demon's tale to us, giving her inevitable appearances a greater magnetism.

The design is vivid, sinewy, well-

imagined—partly what Catalyst's made its name on in recent years— but Bretta Gerecke and her team's big success here is managing the show's alleyway set-up: while upside-down paper tree trunks hide each side of the audience from the other, the branches that extend to the floor frame moments with an unusual focus.

There are edges that could still use some sanding—like the inexplicable wintry demon, whose appearances are sparse enough to be more perplexing than evocative—the show's overall payoff is certainly worth it, ultimately offering this: in The Soul Collector, Catalyst's presented a requiem for a kind of beauty and sadness that seems inseparable from the chiaroscuro place we live. It captures the hope alongside the long darknesses

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The evening will begin with a powerful experience by Robert Bradston as he tells his story of living with HIV powerfully expressed through the strings of his cello. Guests will then take a moment for reflection with the lighting of the candles and the reading of the names of those we have lost this year. We close the evening with an inspiring round dance.

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Snout

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ou can't help but smile, walking into the set of Snout. It's every kid's dream: the king of all blanket forts. A tunnel of draped white blankets opens up into an oblong room walled in by more blankets and whimsically decorated with various found objects: picture frames, a sailboat and a bird cage dangle from strings above, while below, the audience is seated on an array of couches, benches, chairs and pillows. Such a set has scarce been seen on Edmonton stages, and it's a real treat to experience such originality firsthand.

Local company Catch the Keys has made it their business to create immersive environments such as this; for the past several years they've

staged various arts-based events including a traveling haunted house every Halloween. Snout marks a turn back towards theatre proper— though this production is anything but conventional.

Metaphorically dense and richly poetic, the script weaves a dark, modern fairy tale together with physical theatre and contemporary dance. Ori (Ben Stevens), the seer and keeper of all fates, introduces us to his friend/adversary Wolf (captivatingly portrayed by Steve Pirot); their story is interwoven with that of Lynn (Ainsley Hillyard) and Jim (Mat Simpson), a couple whose initial marital happiness gives way to the anger and sorrow brought on by infidelity.

Each performer makes a strong impression in a distinctively different way from the others: as Ori, Stevens is charmingly eccentric with an inno-

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cence that stands in sharp contrast to Pirot's sinister, silver-tongued Wolf. Both Hillyard and Simpson deliver subtly effective performances as the tormented couple at the heart of the story; Hillyard's choreography is similarly subtle yet powerfully delivered.

Who is the Wolf? Snout asks some big philosophical questions, but frames them in metaphor and as such prevents them from ever feeling preachy or heavy-handed. Certainly they'll leave you perplexed with just how innumerable the possible answers might be, and though you'll have some ideas as the performance draws to a disquieting close, nothing is definitive—and in this way Snout elevates itself beyond a mere morally didactic folktale to the very highest level of storytelling.

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The Fairy Catcher's Companion Fri, May 10 (7:30 pm); Sat, May 11 (sold out); Sun, May 12 (2 pm) Directed by Derrique DeGagne Capitol Theatre, $12 – $20

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wo years have passed since Charlotte and Beatrice Sterling have heard any word from their father, who is off fighting in the Second World War. One day, a very official-looking letter arrives, bearing unfortunate news, and while their mother travels to collect their father, the Sterling sisters are sent to stay with their insufferable aunt Bernadette. All seems rather bleak until one day, the girls come across a book called The Fairy Catcher's Companion—and end up snagging a fairy of their own.

Local performer Ellen Chorley

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originally wrote the production for the Fringe Festival in 2010, but has reworked it for a much larger-scale performance at the Capitol Theatre.

Chorley also takes on three roles during the course of the play: the mother, the fairy and the "deliciously evil" aunt Bernadette. While the story is geared towards children, Chorley believes it maintains the ability to resonate with adults as well.

"Often when I write children's theatre, I still try to write a really good story," she says. "This one gets a little bit sad. It deals with grief, it deals with loss and it deals with the idea of growing up and what that means and how your life changes as you have to take on more responsibility to be an adult. One character turns 13 during the show ... and she

has to figure out what it means to be an adult and what she has to give up from her childhood."

and "the icy spector" that reaches out in the quiet hours of solitary selfdoubt and threatens to engulf us, something that's touched most people who've lived here long enough, in one way or another. It makes me wonder if, were the Collector to tour, it would have the same resonance as

it does here: it dazzles in style and song, and makes for a poignant, powerful addition to the company's repertoire, but this modern fable's deeper pull seems to have an indelibly northern resonance.

The Fairy Catcher's Companion possesses some serious undertones, but there's still the element of magic, and even a little comedy, about how belief evolves throughout a person's life.

"I think I really wanted to deal with the idea of belief and the idea of how children believe things and how adults believe things," Chorley adds, referring in particular to the beliefs centring around fantasy and magic. "When you're an adult, maybe you do still believe in things, but you have to be an adult, so you have to sort of let those beliefs go."

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REVUE // THEATRE

The Soul Collector

A winter fable // Ryan Parker

Until Sun, May 12 (8 pm; 2:30 pm Sunday matinees) Directed by Jonathan Christenson Westbury Theatre, Arts Barns, $16.88 – $42

'O

nce upon a time ... everything was perfect," begins The Soul Collector. Where Catalyst Theatre has previously acknowledged its works' theatricality in the opening moments (see: Frankenstein's "lights up" introduction), this one immediately tells us we're headed into the tundra of fable storytelling, in the hands of storytellers confident enough to draw attention to that.

This one's set in the northern city of Cold Comfort, a play of misplaced memories, a musical about loss and hope. Its story and spectacle both deliver, but, greater than either, The Soul Collector manages to address something all our own. Its greatest achievement comes through realizing a struggle that feels so specifically attached to a place like ours, and turning it into myth.

I'll get to that in a minute, though: on its surface, we follow the somewhat psychological venture of Memory McQuaid (Karyn Mott), found in

a snowstorm with amnesia by one Gideon Glum (Benjamin Wardle)—a Tim Burton-y fellow who seems determined, in his own peculiar way, to help her recover her mind. The show's opening moments lack some clarity, but once we slip into the framing device, it picks up pace and focus: led by the mortitian Mortimer Man (Clinton Carew), the pair delves into one of Memory's few recollections: a melody that she can recall in fragments. The song's history, we discover, is one rooted equally in passionate declaration and heartbreaking loss, the figures attached to it plagued by the Collector of the show's title, who, like an arctic pied piper, steals away those who have lost hope by vanishing them into a blizzard.

Clinton Carew's Mortimer is a commanding, engrossing narrator for the procession. As the central pair, Mott and Wardle actually share a lot of the stage time with the ensemble, but command the focus when it's on them. And the Soul Collector herself, Elinor Holt, gets to explain her demon's tale to us, giving her inevitable appearances a greater magnetism.

The design is vivid, sinewy, well-

imagined—partly what Catalyst's made its name on in recent years— but Bretta Gerecke and her team's big success here is managing the show's alleyway set-up: while upside-down paper tree trunks hide each side of the audience from the other, the branches that extend to the floor frame moments with an unusual focus.

There are edges that could still use some sanding—like the inexplicable wintry demon, whose appearances are sparse enough to be more perplexing than evocative—the show's overall payoff is certainly worth it, ultimately offering this: in The Soul Collector, Catalyst's presented a requiem for a kind of beauty and sadness that seems inseparable from the chiaroscuro place we live. It captures the hope alongside the long darknesses

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DANCE ENDANGERED SPECIES • Ortona Armoury, 9722102 St • Mile Zero Dance • A new collaborative work

by Gerry Morita, exploring the hallways of history and memory within the Ortona Armoury, one of Edmonton's oldest buildings • May 9-11, 8pm • $20/$15 (MZD member)

and lanterns • Studio closing/moving party: May 10, 7pm-2am; Light Art show and Music • Art show and sale; May 11, 1-5pm • Sale/Closing: May 12, 2-6pm

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • MiDTALe:

Works by Daniela Schüter; eLeg: and Stefan Demming • Until May 11

• COMIC JAM: Improv comic art making every 1st and 3rd Thu each month, 7pm • OPEN DOOR: Collective of independent comic creators meet the 2nd & 4th Thu each month; 7pm

Plain, 780.963.9935 • SighT uNSeeN: Installation

by Allen Ball combining still and moving images, mapping a personal journey through time and space • May 12-Jun 5 • Opening: May 12, 1-3:30pm

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112

MUTTART HALL • PROfiLeS iN MuSic: An eve-

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St, 780.760.1278

St • Main Gallery: gALeRie AbSTRAcTiON: Jehra Patrick; until May 24 • Front Room Gallery: TWOPART iNveNTiON: Adam Waldron-Blain; until May 24

ning of photography featuring faculty and students at the Conservatory by Diana Duzbayeva and piano recital with Peter Krejcar • May 11, 6:30pm (exhibit), 7:30pm (music) • Free

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332-124 • 25Th

HUB ON ROSS–Red Deer • DOWN The RAbbiT

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St

• WiNTeR iNTeRRuPTiON: Paintings by Jenny Keith; May 7-25; reception: May 16, 5-8pm

ANNuAL SPRiNg ShOW: featuring works by John Maywood "East of the Watershed" as well as new acquisitions and fresh work from gallery artists • Until May 11

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ • 9938-70 Ave • Olive Tree

Project, Peg Barcelo-Jackson, Ginette D'Silva, Alice Dolphin, Dara Loewen • Ongoing

hOLe WiTh MARy • Until May 31

JOHNSON GALLERY–South • 7711-85 St,

780.465.6171 • Paintings by Joe Haire, Andrew Besse, moose hair tufting by Vivian McDermott, Bartlett prints, pottery by Noburu Kubo • Through May

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave,

JURASSIC FOREST/LEARNING CENTRE • 15

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mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • ARcTic 4: Exploring tales and traditions from Canada's North; until May 20 • echOeS iN The ice: History, Mystery and frozen corpses; until May 20 • iReNe AvAALAAqiAq–Myth and Reality; until May 20 • chOP Suey ON The PRAiRieS: Until Apr 27, 2014 • Front of Museum's main entrance: Truck Stop: ginger beef Throwdown: May 17, 5:30-8pm

Library Theatre, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Centre for Reading and the Arts showcases little-known films every month • A Royal Affair Denmark (2012, 14A, Danish, English subtitles) • May 15, 6:30pm

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • Magnificent Obsession (1954, colour, PG); May 13, 8pm • $6/$5 (senior/student);

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St, 780.488.3619 • AbOve gROuND: Works by Lynn Malin • Until May 25

FAVA • Metro Cinema • Awards of Excellence

Screening: See the award-winning films by Trevor Anderson, Kyle Armstrong, aAron munson and more. Info at fava.ca • May 15, 7:30pm and 9:15pm

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta

Print-Artists, 10123-121 St, 780.423.1492 • SiSSieS AND PSychOPAThS: Works by Peter Kingstone and Daryl Vocat; until May 11 • Community Gallery: WONDeRWRAP iNc.: Jennifer Konanz (SNAP's Emerging Artist in Residence); until May 11

FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner

Library Audio Visual Rm (main fl), 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Films adapted from books • The Dark Knight (2008, PG); May 10, 2pm • The Dark Knight Rises (2012, 14A); May 17, 2pm

SNAP PRINTSHOP • 12056 Jasper Ave, 780.423.1492 • WONDeR WRAP iNc–We Live iN A PAcKAgeD WORLD: Jennifer Konanz; until May 11 • Luv Ur Mum: Print Your Mom a Silk Scarf; May 11, 12-5pm; $20, pre-register at E: snap@snapartists. com

SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM NIGHT • Unitarian Church of Edmonton , 10804-119 St, 780.454.6216 • Soldiers of Peace, documentary about grass roots projects promoting peace in chronic hot spots and war zones around the world • May 15, 7:35pm • Free

STEEPS TEA • 11116-82 Ave • hOW i ReMeMbeR

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS

iT: Works by Corey W Hamilton; through May

STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY @ 501

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-

• 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • STRAThcONA SALON SeRieS: Works by Strathcona artists • Until Jun 16 • Unveiling: May 23, 7pm

106 St, 780.488.6611 • Feature Gallery: Barb Tipton and Bee Kingdom; until Jul 2 • Discovery Gallery: NeighbOuRhOOD icONS: Sculpted characters from the community of Edmonton ceramic sculptor Ritchie Velthuis; May 11-Jun 15; reception: May 11, 2-4pm • MAKiNg NOTeS: Handcrafted ukuleles

by Edmonton artist Andy Brooks; May 11-Jun 15; reception: May 11, 2-4pm

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • bODy WORLDS & The cycLe Of Life: Revealing the Symphony Within • Opens May 18 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS •

Enterprise Sq, 10230 Jasper Ave, 780.492.5834 • SiZe MATTeRS: Big Prints from around the World • Until Jun 29

ARTERY • 9535 Jasper Ave, 780.667.3798 • cRe-

ATive heARTS: Works by Aynsley Nisbet, Kryssa Kennedy, Sebastian Barrera, Adrianne Olszewski, Kyle Schneider, and Nataliya Bukhanova • Until May 25

VAAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St,

780.421.1731 • Gallery A: cOuNTiNg cROWS: Works by Penny Corradine, Natalie Kurzuk, Kathryn Manry and Pam Weber • Until May 25

ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY •

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St. Albert, 780.460.5990 • WeT PAiNT: Works by VASA members • Until Jun 1

Loft Gallery/AJ Ottewell Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • Mothers’ Day Art Show and Tea • May 12, 11am-4pm

ron St, St Albert, 780.460.4310 • high eNeRgy 18: PeRSPecTive: St Albert High School student exhibition; until May 25 • Preschool Picasso: art for ages 3-5; May 11, 10:30-11:30am • Ageless Art: Art for mature adults; May 16, 1-3pm; : $12/$10 (member) • Artventures: Drop-in art for children 6-12yrs; May 18, 1-4pm; $5/child

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 (Agnes Bugera Gallery), 12310 Jasper Ave, 780.482.2854 • uNbRiDLeD JOy: New work by artist Gisa Mayer • Until May 17

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KIWANIS GALLERY–Red Deer • Red Deer Public Library • Awesome Art Show: Works by Middle School art students • Until May 26

Bugeaud, Normand Fontaine, Léonie Poole, Monique Béland, Adel Laifi and Sawsen Abdellawi • Until May 31

FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave, 780.488.2952

CLAYWORKS STUDIO-LINK • 10125-81 Ave,

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 •

by Mark Templeton and Nicola Ratti, with images by Leanne Olson; an exploration of urban spaces in Edmonton and Milan through sound and photography • May 14-Jun 8 • Reception: May 24, 7pm

Sandy Proscilo • Until May 31

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTA (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave, 780.461.3427 • Rachelle

780.413.0118 • Open House and Mother's Day Sale • May 10, 6-9pm May 11, 10am-5pm

CROOKED POT GALLERY • 4912-51 Ave, Stony

Plain, 780.963.9573 • Garden Show with Marian Majeau, Robert Ford and friends: featuring large and unique garden sculptures, totems, birdbaths, lanterns and many other garden pieces • Until May 31

CRYSTAL CRADLE INC • 9342-60 Ave • SPAce-

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TRANSiTiONS: Works by Curtis Johnson • Until May 29

GALLERY 7 • 7 Perron St, St Albert, 780.459.2552 • Jim Henderson, Liz Meetsma, Father Douglas; until Jun 4

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library

Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • EPL Centennial Artwork • May 12-25

HAPPY HARBOR COMICS V1 • 10729-104 Ave

LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St, 780.423.5353 • ProjEx Room: ReSOPhONic ciTy: Audiovisual collaboration

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440112 St, 780.407.7152 • bOTANicALS – South Africa by members of the Keiskamma Trust: The Keiskamma Trust will bring 30 textile-based artworks from those living in the Eastern Cape of South Africa who suffer a life of extremes; endemic poverty, disease, unemployment, and poor education; until Jun 2 MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony

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10329-83 Ave • Grindstone Theatre presents a two act improvised musical every other Fri • May 17, 11pm • Tickets at TIX on the Square

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE • La Cité Francophone, 8627-91 St,

780.420.1757 • ELOPE presents this tale of overachievers' angst–the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime • May 16-Jun 1 • $25 (adult)/$20 (student/ senior) at TIX on the Square

AN ACCIDENT • PCL Studio Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • When a woman is critically injured in an accident, can the same man who almost took her life save her • May 17-25 BE A MAN TOUR FUNDRAISER • Azimuth

Theatre, the Living Room Playhouse, 11315-106 Ave, 780.504.7372 • RibbitRePublic's fundraiser; the new cast of be A Man will perform for the first time, kicking off a five-city North American tour.

There will be food, drinks, a silent auction and entertainment • May 10, 7:30pm-2am • Admission by donation

TO THE BEST OF MOTHERS… • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.434.5564 • Presented

by Shadow Theatre; stars Lionel Rault, Andrea House and Dana Wylie, John Hudson, John Sproule, David Belke, Steve Berg, Chris Smith • May 12, 7:30pm • $25 at TIX on the Square CHIMPROV • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave •

Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • First three Sat every month, 10pm, until Jul • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

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

ECHOS DE NOS PATELINS (COMMUNITY PLAY) • La Cité Francophone, 8627-91 St •

Presented by L'Unitheatre, Brian Dooley (artistic director) • Until May 9, 8pm (premier), May 10-11, 8pm; May 12, 2pm • $28 (adv adult)/$24 (adv senior)/$18.75 (adv student) at TIX on the Square

THE FAIRY CATCHER'S COMPANION • Fort

Edmonton Park, Capitol Theatre, 780.496.7381 • Presented by Promise Productions. A captivating and original Sterling nominated fairy tale directed

by Derrique Degagné, starring Lana Hughes, Ellen Chorley, and Stephanie Wigston • May 11-12 • May 10-7:30pm; May 11-12, 2pm

FLIGHT OF THE VISCOUNT • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Shadow Theatre, by David Belke • Noble born James Westerley’s carefree European tour is derailed when Maggie, a servant from back home, delivers news of his father’s death along with a demand that James immediately return home and claim his new title • Until May 19; FriSat, 7:30pm: $27 (adult)/$24 (student/senior); TueThu, 7:30pm; Sun 2pm: $23 (adult)/$21 (student/ senior); Tue: 2 for 1; Sat mat: May 11, 28: $16; $11 (under 18) FROM CRADLE TO STAGE: AN EVENING OF ONE ACTS • Walterdale Playhouse, 10322-83 Ave

• Works by new playwrights taken to full production • May 20-25

WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave • Artworks by Pierre Giroux and Danièle Lemieux • May 11-23 • Opening: May 11, 10-5pm

GET REAL • Roxy Theatre, 10708-124 St • Presented by Theatre Network and Big Tree Productions; a new improv show by Toby Berner, Chris Craddock and Bradley Moss • May 18, 8pm • $21/$16 (student/senior) at 780.453.2440, door

Artworks by Danny Lake • Until May 31

LITERARY Saloon: reading series the 2nd Thu every month; Oct-May, 7pm (door)

AUDREYS BOOKS • 107 St, Jasper Ave • Launch of Astrid Blodgett's collection of stories, you haven't changed a bit; May 16, 7pm; free

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

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB • 15120 Stony Plain Rd,

780.915.8869 • Edmonton Story Slam: writers share their original, 5-minute stories; followed by a music jam • 3rd Wed every month, 7pm (sign-up); 7:30pm (show) • May 15 • $5

PROVINCAL ARCHIVES • 8555 Roper Rd,

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BURGERS // COMPETITIVE EATS

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t is a feat that has been attempted by many zealous diners, but only two courageous souls have succeeded in conquering the gastronomic conquest that is the Soda Jerks burger challenge.

The rules are simple: eat three burgers, plus fries, in 30 minutes and you'll walk away with a $100 gift card. It sounds easy enough, right? Oh, just you wait. These are no ordinary burgers; these are the Big Boys, and have

earned their namesakes. Each is a monster of a burger that would be an undertaking in its own right, but consuming all three in one short sitting is like trying to scale Mount Everest in a day.

The menacing trio consists of

the Big Jerk, The Barnyard and the lady of the group, Doris—don't let the name fool you, though: she could very well be the

toughest of them all, and those who can tackle her get a T-shirt just for doing so.

Lance Popke, president and CEO of the LEP Group: Hospitality Division, which runs Soda Jerks, explains that the challenge was introduced just over a year ago as a fun idea for the restaurant to get in on the "man vs food" concept. Within the first month, the challenge was successfully completed, and Popke began to fear that it was too easy. His fears were not eased when a second victor joined the winning ranks a month later.

Popke says the challenge is now attempted at least twice a month, but none have been successful since the first two winners—one of whom was a competitive eater.

"It was like it was nothing to him," Popke recounts with a sense of disbelief. "He didn't even skip a beat. He was just steady-paced and it was minute-29 and he finished his last piece."

Usually, Popke says, people will

come in, polish off the Big Jerk, come back for another visit and chow down on the Barnyard and then think they've got what it takes to take on all three.

"They don't realize how big Doris is," he chuckles.

known as a "max-out" meal in order to stretch his stomach. He's also only

Hoping to join the wall of fame is Vue's own arts and film editor, Paul Blinov.

Prior to the day, Blinov had done his due diligence, researching the ins and outs of competitive eating online— however, he admits that he didn't exactly follow through on all of them. He did, however, heed the pre-game-day suggestion of eating what's

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While waiting for the kitchen to prepare everything, Blinov talks strategy. He's not so much worried about where to start, but where to finish, ideally with the easiest—although easiest may be a relative term in this case.

"Eat fast, chew hard, live well," he jokes.

A useful tidbit of information Blinov acquired during his research was to think of the burgers less as a whole and more in terms of the individual ingredients that compose them.

"What's the best way to order it strategy-wise: meat needs to be lower in your stomach, I guess, for digestion because bigger hunks of meat need more time to digest, whereas starches need less time. It's like a hierarchy of a burger," he adds. "I feel like my strategy is going to pretty

quickly get thrown out the window as I attempt this."

"May the force be with you," says the server when the challenge arrives at the table. What stares up from the plate is three towering masses of bread, while meat, cheese and vegetables lean precariously atop a bed of fries, barely able to stand without the aid of a wooden skewer thanks to their jaw-busting size.

Rather than write a play-by-play as to what unfolded over the course of those fateful 30 minutes, we thought it might be best to allow the photographic evidence to do the talking.

Blinov threw in the napkin with approximately one burger left on his plate—although it was hard to tell for sure amongst the remnants of decimated burgers, each having been disassembled for easier consumption. With a heavy sigh, Blinov says he feels about how he expected to: sore and full—very full.

"When they brought it out it was like ah, yes, the pictures weren't misleading; this is going to be grotesquely difficult," Blinov says through his food-induced haze. "I remember on their website they have

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photos of the two guys who've done it.

I was like, 'OK, whatever, two guys, I can be a third.' I can't do that, man. I'm just not strong enough. I didn't take my training seriously for a food-eating competition and it came back to, aha, bite me in the ass."

As difficult as the challenge was, Blinov stresses the burgers

themselves were delicious, and each on their own would have made a fantastic meal.

Blinov says, aside from the sheer size of the burgers, another hurdle presented itself as everything started to get cold—particularly the cheese jammed in between thick slices of sourdough bread that constitutes the "bun" portion of Doris.

"It sort of becomes a march-ofthe-mouth to get through," he says, noting the most difficult point came when he reached the final burger.

"Just realizing that my body physically wanted to reject more burger taste. That was the moment when I was like, 'I don't think I'm going to make it.' That's when my body seriously started to give me trouble with the choices I was making. There was a lot more full-body effort needed to go into every bit at that point, so the flavour of the burger became an enemy—it went from friend to enemy."

The challenge is a lot to swallow— both literally and figuratively—and Blinov cautions that just because a person is able to eat a lot with their friends doesn't mean they'll be able to take it on, and a person's body needs to be prepared accordingly.

"I look forward to the long road to recover," he says, adding, "I might go vegetarian for a while."

Popke isn't surprised by the results. He says the majority of people who attempt the challenge barely make it halfway through before time runs out.

"It starts all tasting the same," he says, noting the Big Jerk is likely the easiest of the three, while most participants regret not eating Doris first to get the four slices of sourdough bread out of the way. "I think the guys who have done it, like the guy that I saw, you've got to have a lot of willpower, because I think a lot of it is psychological."

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The Soda Jerks Big Boy Challenge by the numbers: Calories: 6779.4 Total fat: 458.7 g Saturated fat: 189.1 g Polyunsaturated fat: 26.8 g Monounsaturated fat: 163.2 g Cholesterol: 1441.7 mg Sodium: 10 122.4 mg Potassium: 4653.1 mg Total carbohydrates: 328.1 g Dietary fiber: 23.1 g Sugars: 36.9 g Protein: 322.8 g Vitamins (percentage of daily value) Vitamin A: 113.3% Vitamin B-12: 496.4% Vitamin B-6: 191.1% Vitamin C: 87.1% Vitamin D: 15.5% Vitamin E 40.4% Calcium: 266%

Tips from the pros Competitive eating continues to evolve into a serious sport, with sanctioned events held throughout North America. These ironstomached competitors compete for prize money and serious bragging rights, and All Pro Eating, the world's only independent competitive eating organization, enforces picnic-style rules—meaning no one is allowed to douse their food in liquid for easier consumption—in order to maintain the credibility of the sport. Chairman Todd Greenwald has a few pieces of advice for anyone thinking about getting in on the action. However, he cautions that competitive eating should always be done at a sanctioned, controlled event for safety's sake.

Training isn't always encouraged: "We eat because we're hungry. That should be the main focus of a competitive eater as far as we're concerned when it comes to training. If you show up to a competitive eating event hungry, you're a perfect participant; you're in a great position to do well."

So what makes a good competitive eater?

"A good competitive eater has a combination of a lot of different skills and a lot of different Godgiven skills, and one of those is hand skills. You have to get the

food from the plate on the table up to your mouth at a rapid pace. Jaw strength comes into play, too. The above-average competitive eater, someone who's placing at different events and doing it on a regular basis has a jaw strength that's far above the average human. They chew at a much more rapid pace and a much more rapid compression than the average person can do. Stomach capacity is obviously a large portion of competitive eating and individuals who finish first, second or third at any eating championship can simply hold more in their stomachs."

If you're tasting the food, you're going too slow: "I think the main focus and the main hurdle that anybody has when they first get into the sport is sitting down and eating in a manner where, OK, I want to taste the food and I want to enjoy the experience of eating. Well, the enjoyment portion of eating has to be sort of thrown out the window and you have to focus on speed and overall consumption."

Final words of advice: "Ultimately, it's a sport and there's a competition level to it, but we all participate in sports because it's fun and I would say that if anybody is sitting down to an eating challenge, if they're not having fun they probably don't have a high success rate. It's supposed to be fun; it's supposed to be a diversion from real, normal life."

The burgers (by Paul Blinov) Big Jerk Of the three, this is the closest to a standard burger experience. Sort of like a super-sized Big Mac, the thousand island dressing and pickle combo adds some tangy zip. But if it gets tagged with the illusion of being "the easy one," remember a burger this size still needs a lot of the precious room in your guts.

You'll be needing it.

The Barnyard The "refreshing" one. By which I mean when you're halfway through the five other beef patties, a layer

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Doris It's telling that most of the challenge's failed attempters wish they'd started with Doris: she's the queen of this here burger plate, and boy does she know it. Any doublestacked burger that makes its bun out of matching grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches is more than capable of slaying most would-be slayers. The additional fried egg and bacon are just further mockery to your arteries.

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Burgers through the ages A brief history of a North American classic The hamburger has no doubt become a staple in North American cuisine, but its history is a debated one. Before we get into that, let's go over a little etymology.

Why did the thing end up being called a hamburger, of all things?

The name comes from Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany.

When translated from High German, burg means "fortified settlement or fortified refuge." The term "hamburger" can also reference someone or something from Hamburg, and the dish was brought over to the United States by German immigrants.

1802 - The term "Hamburg steak"— widely considered to be the predecessor of the modern hamburger— was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

had run out of pork sausage being used in their sandwiches and substituted beef.

The fast-food chain White Castle has claimed Otto Krause is the true inventor of the hamburger, referencing a dish he created in 1891 that consisted of a beef patty cooked in butter and topped with a fried egg.

Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma has called Tulsa "The Real Birthplace of the Hamburger," referencing a beef patty on a bun served by Oscar Weber Bilby at his farm on Independence Day in 1891.

And finally, at some point in the 1800s—no specific date is recorded—Fletcher Davis from Athens, Texas allegedly invented the hamburger.

Davis had

1836 - New York's Delmonico's Restaurant issued its first printed American menu. At 10 cents, the "hamburger steak" was considered to be one of the menu's most expensive items.

Here's where the hamburger's history gets murky. There are at least five different individuals who claim to have invented the hamburger. However, the Library of Congress has officially declared Louis Lassen of Louis' Lunch to be the first person to sell a hamburger in the United States in 1900. The dish, which he sold out of a small lunch wagon in New Haven, Connecticut, had no name for several years, until sailors from Hamburg decided to name it after themselves.

Lassen ended up making a hamburger by accident, as he discovered he was out of steak when a customer ordered a steak sandwich. Lassen made a patty out of ground beef trimmings instead, grilled it and sandwiched his new creation between two slices of toast.

Others staking their claim on the hamburger include Charlie Nagreen, who sold a meatball between two slices of bread at the 1885 Seymour Fair. The Seymour Community Historical Society of Seymour, Wisonsin states Nagreen named the dish after the Hamburg steak, an item familiar among local German immigrants.

Another claim from 1885 involves Frank and Charles Menches, who are said to have sold the first ground beef sandwich at the Erie Country Fair in Hamburg, New York. The pair

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1957 - Burger King launched its signature burger, The Whopper.

1962 - McDonald's Filet-O-Fish burger was invented by Lou Groen.

1968 - Burgers just kept getting bigger. McDonald's introduces The Big Mac, made by Jim Delligatti at its Pittsburgh franchise.

1969 - Dave Thomas set out to rival McDonald's with a good old-fashioned hamburger and launches his first Wendy's restaurant.

1982 - Vegetarians were able to join in on the burger craze when Londonbased artist, inventor and macrobiologist Gregory Sams invented the first veggie burger. He also ran Seed, a natural food restaurant, with his brother Craig.

1983 - In an attempt to cut back on kitchen waste, Paul Wenner, owner of the Gardenhouse restaurant in Gresham, Oregon made the first Gardenburger out of vegetable leftovers. The restaurant folded the following year, but Gardenburger Inc was soon founded.

opened a lunch counter and served fried ground beef patties with mustard and Bermuda onion between slices of bread.

1924 - The first cheeseburger was introduced to the mix thanks to Lionel Sternberger at the Rite Spot Restaurant in Pasadena, California.

1948 - Richard and Maurice McDonald changed the state of fast food forever when they streamlined their successful barbecue and burger drivein in San Bernardino, California.

1950 - Burgers began to go gourmet with the '21' Club Burger in New York City. Instead of the usual ground beef, the patty was made from duck fat and fennel seed. Its $2.75 price tag was extravagant at the time, but seems like a bargain today, considering the same burger is now sold for $32.

1954 - The first Burger King was founded by James McLamore and David Egerton.

1955 - The first McDonald's franchise opened in Des Plaines, Illinois by Ray Kroc, who signed on as a business partner with the McDonald's brothers. At the time, the franchising fee was $950.

1989 - The world record for largest hamburger was set in Seymour, Wisconsin. The gargantuan burger weighed in at 5520 lbs. The record hasn't been broken.

2006 - Burgers worked their way into fine-dining, but it came at a high price.

The Fleur dy Lys at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas introduced a $5000 Kobe beef burger topped with foie gras and black truffles served on a black truffle brioche bun. The decadent burger was the brainchild of chef Hubert Keller, and came with a bottle of 1990 Chateau Petrus Pomerol, served in Italian crystal stemware— which the customer got to take home after the meal. The Palms casino in Las Vegas had to up the ante with a $6000 burger on the hotel's room service and coffee-shop menu. What does $6000 get you? Burgers picked up by hotel staff at Carl's Jr delivered with a 24-year-old Bordeaux.

2008 - "The Burger" was introduced

by Burger King in the name of publicity and charity. For a mere $200 customers could dig into Wagyu beef, Pata Negra ham, Cristal onion straws, and infused mayonnaise, all wedged between a white truffle-dusted bun.

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Six things about burgers Fine dining meets fast food Who says Wendy's isn't classy? The burger chain launched its very own surf and turf burger in Japan last August. For $16, customers could indulge the premium lobster and caviar creation.

Pumpkin takeover It's not just coffee shops that go pumpkin crazy as soon as the leaves start to turn colour. Burger King in Japan decided to get on the bandwagon and introduce a special pumpkin burger. The creation features two slices of kabocha (a green, winter squash often referred to as Japanese pumpkin), bacon, lettuce, a beef patty and sesame seed/peanut/almond/cashew/hazelnut sauce.

If you're really crazy about pumpkin, you could up the ante by having 10 slices of kabocha instead of the usual two.

May the force be with you A fast food chain in Europe called Quick attempted to capture the at-

tention of Star Wars fans during the 3D release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Customers could choose between the Jedi Burger or the Darth Vader Burger. Both featured two patties and various toppings, but the Darth Vader Burger was served on a black bun.

Time for some stretchy pants While this burger's ingredient list doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary, it's the caloriecount that may cause some jawdropping. Burger King in the UK decided it was a good idea to offer a 6.4-ounce, 966-calorie smoked bacon and cheddar double Angus burger. Oh, and there were also 58 grams of fat.

Forget the beef Japan isn't afraid to get creative, that's for sure. Last November, McDonald's introduced the Gracoro burger. Instead of the usual chicken or beef, the "burger" stuffs macaroni, cheese, shrimp and creamy white sauce into a fried, breaded patty.

In a league of their own Now here are two guys who are serious about burgers. French graphic designers who identify themselves on a first-name basis as Quentin and Thomas started the site Fat and Furious Burger as a way to get creative with the beloved food staple. Among the pair's inventive lineup is the Vampire Burger (beef heart, garlic, baby corn for "teeth," capers, pickles and Tabasco sauce) and My Name is Bun, James Bun (an ode to 007 featuing caviar, unpeeled garlic, quail eggs, octopus, miso and a golden bun) V

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How else to explain the tastebud defying global popularity of McDonald's, except as a product of ubiquity, ruthless marketing and other environmental factors unrelated to flavour? They get you when you're young and inexperienced and condition you to crave their ostensible treats, despite the undeniable fact that it's a cheap, unappealing facsimile of a food that can't even be bothered to resemble the picture of it on the McD menu-board.

Those formative burgers, whether gobbled in a fast-food joint, backyard barbecue or community hockey rink, form the core of our love for ground beef on a bun with optional fixin's, so the quest for an objectively "best" or "ultimate" burger is intrinsically futile. The heart wants what it wants.

So the question of whether a fancy burger outlet like Delux Burger Bar makes the best burger in town is moot.

But we can say with some certainty that Delux, a member of the ubiquitous Century Hospitality Group, makes a fine burger and provides a friendly, attractive atmosphere in which to eat it—and appends a price-tag that assures that you're enjoying a premium experience.

The space itself is bright, open and inviting, with opportunities for both communal seating and deep cozy booths that imitate the eponymous D. There's a long handsome bar, whimsical portraits of cows and plenty of flat-screen TVs. The staff are uniformly youthful, efficient

and helpful, intuiting that you and your co-diner want to share that beet salad ($13) and getting the portion split into two bowls. Each month features a different burger concocted by a local celebrity, with a dollar from each sale benefiting the celeb's specified charity.

You're too late to try it, but Sonic DJ Garner Andrews' More Cowbell burger was an unmitigated success, basically an open-faced poutine sandwich slathered in cheese, fries and gravy. The night I was there, everyone in eyeshot was enjoying one, part of the month's tally that racked up more than $1400 for Youth Empowerment and Support Services (YESS). All the same, neither my co-diner nor I felt tempted.

Instead, I ordered the Delux Burger ($12.50), a seven-ounce portion of their exclusive, proprietary Heritage Angus beef—Delux definitely earns props for its sourcing of local premium ingredients— stacked with bacon, blue cheese, sautéed portabella mushroom, carmelized onion and chipotle mayo. My co-diner opted for the bison and brie burger ($14), which also contained blueberry compote, carmelized onion and house-made mayo.

Since the price of a burger doesn't include sides, we ordered aforementioned beet salad and some fries ($6) to share.

If it's impossible to objectively identify a best burger, Delux's beet salad easily cruises into best-in-class with its combination of glazed red and golden beets, goat cheese, candied pecans and white balsamic vinaigrette on organic greens.

Sweet, savoury, crunchy and creamy, it's all there and in a serving size that's ample for two people.

Speaking of ample, Delux's burgers are not small. Noticing that we intended to share our colossal burgers as well, our server quickly whisked them back to the kitchen to have them professionally halved before setting them in front of us.

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You might want to get yours cut in half anyway, as heaving the whole thing into your face is apt to send toppings flying in all directions.

The Delux Burger matched its thick, juicy patty with generous layers of the promised toppings, though the kitchen sagely recognizes that a little blue cheese goes a long way. The smoky bacon and smoky chipotle mayo joined up to give the burger a phantom barbecue flavour, while the sweet onions and earthy mushroom rounded out the profusion of flavours and the fresh-baked bun was commensurate to the task of holding it all together. The only disappointment was the underwhelming kosher pickle on the side, which should have contributed crunch and vinegary snap, but did not.

My co-diner's lean—though not dry— bison patty was lavished with plenty of brie and house mayo, but the blueberry compote seemed to contribute more visual variety than flavour, its contribution obscured somewhat by the carmelized onions.

The ampleness continued with the miniature shopping cart full of crisp, hand-cut fries with a side of chipotle mayo, which the salad and burger left little room to indulge in—probably for the best. If it needs saying, they were fries and, hence, delicious. And even though we couldn't countenance the invitation to dessert, neither could we keep our hands off the wad of complimentary cotton candy accompanying the bill.

With two adult beverages and tip, the tab came to around $75, which once again goes to show that Delux is not your typical burger shack. As to whether it's the best place to dispense your burger-buying dollar, only your inner burger-loving child can say, but you inarguably get a whole lot of something for the money.

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There's no need to default to beer at with root vegetables that caramelize barbecues—many wines taste great when cooked, they tend to be sweeter with burgers. Generally the type of than a regular meat-based burger meat determines which direction you patty. As such, steer clear from any should steer your wine choice, though full-bodied, tannic reds and choose slathering your burgers with a light-bodied wines—even those I D I ton of condiments complithat are a bit sweet. Rosé V , VENI cates things—so if you're wines are perfect, though after wine with your burgreally fruity Pinot Noir kly.com uewee er, go easy on the ketchup mel@v (such as those from CaliforMel and mustard (or skip them ey nia or Chile) can also work. r P iestl For white wines, stick to those altogether) and follow the tips below. with a bit of residual sugar, like offdry Riesling from Niagara or Germany, Beef Burgers or Gewürztraminer from France's AlThe classic beef burger screams out sace region. for a robust, fruity red wine with fairly high acidity and flavours that will Fish Burgers stand up to the juiciness of the meat.

Most fish-based burgers are comBeaujolais, a French wine made from prised of a patty made from firmthe Gamay grape, is a great choice fleshed fish like salmon, cod or halias it is super fruity and high in acidbut, which call for wines that aren't ity, which cuts through the fattiness so intense or full-bodied that they of the beef and refreshes your palate. overwhelm the flavours of the meat.

Look for ones labelled Juliénas, MorChoose a French Sauvignon Blanc like gon or Moulin-à-Vent. Merlot is also white Bordeaux or unoaked Chardona great choice, as it tends to be fairly nay like Chablis; sparkling wine is also juicy with a smooth mouth-feel; the a great choice and you certainly don't dark fruits of a hearty Cabernet Franc need to splurge on authentic Chamor Carmenere also make a great match pagne either; try an Italian Prosecco or to beef burgers.

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Chicken Burgers Chicken pairs well with white wine that's high in acidity without being too fruity: unoaked Chardonnay is great, as is Pinot Gris. Of course, if you are adding actual fruit (like grilled pineapple) to the bun, break out the fruity wines like Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand's Marlborough region, or a South African Chenin Blanc. If you prefer red wine, choose one that's fruitforward with a soft mouth-feel: Valpolicella, Petit Verdot, or Rioja.

Veggie Burgers Since veggie burgers are often made

Condiments The following ingredients are dealbreakers in terms of all the previous pairing advice, so if your burger is adorned with any of the following ingredients, ignore everything above and choose the following wine: • Mushrooms - Pinot Noir • Blue cheese - Zinfandel • Hummus - Rosé (off-dry) • Olives - Retsina • Horseradish/ wasabi - Riesling (late harvest or German Auslese) • Sriracha, Frank's RedHot, jalapeños or anything spicy - Beer. Just don't even bother with wine. V Recommended Wines Louis Jadot Chateau de Jacques Moulin-à-Vent (Beaujolais, France) - $30 Elderton Unwooded Chardonnay (Australia) - $18 Henry of Pelham Sibling Rivalry Pink (Canada) - $19 Col de'Salici Prosecco (Italy) - $20 Frescobaldi Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva (Tuscany, Italy) - $26

Lamb, Bison or Venison Burgers The earthy, gamey quality of these meats calls for a red wine that's mellow yet robust: Chianti, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon (from the New World) or Châteauneuf-duPape will all make fine accompaniments.

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Upping the 'burger and beer' game There is a reason many restaurants origins. A real chicken burger offers and bars offer "burger and a beer" spea very different experience from beef. cials: burgers and beer are, in many Lighter, not as greasy, and receptive respects, the ideal combination. Burgto some good grilling spices, chicken ers are unpretentious meals that are burgers have come into their own in accessible to almost anyone. recent years. And the nice thing So is beer. Burgers can be is that the drier, lighter texas simple as a pre-fab patty ture of chicken opens up on a white bun or as fancy new beer avenues. With a m o ekly.c vuewe as gourmet, slow-cooked, tothepint@ chicken burger I would jump Jason blue-cheese-infused organic at an Oktoberfest, such as Foster Paddock Wood Red Hammer. beef on a homemade herb ciabatta. Beer has a similar range.

The caramel malt and medium body The main problem with those beer balance the chicken's softer palate and and burger specials? Too often the draw out its tender earthiness. The beer is some boring pale lager. Pale more adventurous among you might lagers can be fine but, quite frankly, consider pairing it with a Saison, like they don't work with burgers. Pale laHennepin, whose light-bodied, spicy ger can't hold up to the burger's meaty earthiness may replicate some of the richness, let alone the cascade of congrilling spices added to the chicken. diment flavours.

You deserve better Mr/Ms beerVeggie burgers require a very differloving burger eater. You should be ent beer than other burgers. Veggie provided with a beer that not only burgers lean towards meaty grains holds its own with the burger, but and legumes accented by lighter which also helps accentuate the best seeds, vegetables and sometimes in both. Good thing there are options. chewy mushroom. Overall they presHere are a few suggestions for pairing ent earthier and less complex than with your favourite burger. carnivorous options. This means you Let's start with the classic—a realcan get away with a lighter beer that patty beef burger on a kaiser or seswould get lost with the flavours of a ame bun, topped with your favourite regular burger. I quite appreciate the fixings. The beef gives it a rich, dense subtle accents that come from a hefeflavour, but the veggies and bun help weizen like Weihenstephaner Weizen lighten the overall impression. You (from one of the oldest breweries on can go one of two directions here. the planet). This fruity, effervescent You could go for a classic porter—like beer sharpens a veggie burger and Fuller's London Porter—to accent the draws out some of its tangier nature, greasy richness and add a touch of especially if a mild cheese is added. sweetness. Or you could try someA good, solid pilsner also works, like thing that contrasts a bit more and Czechvar, as the crisp, light body and counter the burger's heft with a bit touch of hop linger complement the of sharp hoppiness. I might try a Full burger well.

Moon Pale Ale or even an EnglishBurgers made with fish like salmon, style IPA like Jaipur in that case. grilled tuna and breaded halibut are Chicken burgers are finding a way also growing in popularity. Fish, even past their embarrassing frozen, breadwhen supplemented with tartar sauce, ed, tenderized, miscellaneous-parts breading and other fixings, remain very

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delicate and subtle in their flavour, meaning the beer can't get too big or bold. Here is where a quality pale lager would work, so feel free to pick up a Yellowhead or Creemore Springs. On a flight of fancy, and completely breaking pairing rules, I once tried a salmon burger with a Mackeson's Stout and it worked much better than anticipated.

Mackeson's is a milk stout (sometimes called sweet stout) meaning the dark roast of the beer is countered with a silky sweetness. Somehow this pairing worked. I think the tartar sauce played mediator between the two extremes and held it all together.

Finally, you might come across a bison burger. Bison can be hard to pair given its rich, sweet, but very lean taste—a tough combination. If we had all the beer in the world available to us, I would suggest pairing it with an Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier, a classic German Rauchbier (smoked beer) brewed with smoked malt. The smoke dries out and balances what is otherwise a moderately sweet amber ale. A currently available substitute might be Big Rock's Erratic Stone-Fired Ale, which exhibits a bit of that smoky character. Barring that, I might try matching a bison burger with a Trappist Tripel, such as Chimay White or Westmalle Tripel. They are light bodied and dry, but offer a peppery spiciness that will accent the bison sweetness quite well.

Today's burgers are not your dad's burnt-to-a-crisp barbecued burgers, which means you need to pair them with a beer fitting their quality and complexity. These are just a few examples; feel free to experiment as you wish. Happy eating and drinking. V

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ummer is a comin', which means the grills are about to fire up in full-force. While the go-to of the season tends to centre around carnivorous options slapped between two buns, there are numerous veggie options that fit the bill just as well—yes, even you carnivores out there might like a few of them.

Of course, just as meaty varieties extend beyond the standard option of ground beef, veggie burgers are not limited to frozen ground-round patties. Don't be afraid to experiment a little with ingredients like chickpeas, black beans, lentils, mushrooms, falalfels or tofu for healthy, yet still flavourful burgers. The Internet offers a veritable wealth of recipe ideas that pair together endless combinations of concoctions, but The Next Act's own Nathan McLaughlin has offered up a recipe to get you started.

Portabella Mushroom Burger Marinade 100 ml red wine 1/4 cup garlic 1 Tbsp thyme 1/4 cup canola oil Salt and pepper to taste

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Method Place all ingredients in container except canola oil. Slowly add canola oil while blending and continue to add oil until all ingredients are blended.

Mushroom Take stem off of mushroom and use a spoon to de-gill the mushroom.

Place top side down on a baking sheet, and spoon one tablespoon of marinade on each mushroom. Bake in oven at 375 F for eight to 10 minutes.

Roasted Red Pepper Salsa 1 can roasted red peppers 1/2 can hearts of palm 1/2 large onion 1 lemon, juiced 1/4 cup parsley 4 drops Tabasco sauce 3 Tbsp Olive oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tsp sugar Salt and pepper to taste Place portabella mushroom on grill and cook for three to four minutes.

Flip and add your red pepper salsa, and top off with goat cheese. Place lid over until melted. Serve on a

bun with mayo, spring mix and sliced tomato.

Some suggestions from Nathan Meatless alternatives: Tofu, tempeh, portabella mushroom (all of which have the hearty qualities of meat).

Sides to try: Any kind of grain or starch (quinoa is a prime example of a major growing trend in sides/ salads), barley, couscous, lentils or just stick to the basics of the staple rice and pasta. Keep in mind that a healthier alternative is wild rice or whole wheat pasta.

Cooking tips: You'll want to make sure when cooking vegetables, or meatless alternatives that you marinate, spice or add sauces to jazz them up—you want to inject as much flavour as you can. Oils, vinegars, fresh herbs and different types of salts work well for this. Cooking vegetables al dentestyle (to the bite)—leaving a little crunch—helps to maximize flavour—nobody likes soggy or overcooked veggies MEAGHAN BAXTER

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• Best appetizers

• Best steaks

• Best sandwiches/ wraps

• Best pizza

• Best organic

INDIE: Three Boars

INDIE: Vons Steakhouse & Oyster Bar

INDIE: Elm Café

INDIE: Tony's Pizza Palace

INDIE: Noorish

RUNNER-UP (TIE):

RUNNER-UP: RoseBowl

RUNNER-UP: Blush Market

SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): Café Leva & Dallas Pizza

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Pangaea Market

NON-INDIE: Famoso

NON-INDIE: Planet Organic

8424 - 109 St 780.757.2600 | threeboars.ca RUNNER-UP: TZiN SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): Corso 32, Langano Skies, Canteen

NON-INDIE: 4404 4404.ca

• Best soup INDIE: MRKT

10542 Jasper Ave 780.757.6758 | mrktcafeteria.com RUNNER-UP: Block 1912 SECOND RUNNER-UP: Continental Treat

NON-INDIE: 4404 4404.ca

• Best salad INDIE: The Next Act

8224 - 104 St 780.433.9345 | nextactpub.com RUNNER-UP: Parkallen SECOND RUNNERS-UP (TIE): Noorish & Block 1912

NON-INDIE: Burrito Libre burritolibre.com

• Best Breads INDIE: Dauphine Bakery & Bistro 10129 - 104 St 780.421.4410 RUNNER-UP: Bon Ton Bakery SECOND RUNNER-UP: Duchess Bake Shop

NON-INDIE: Cobs cobsbread.com

10309 - 81 Ave 780.439.0041 | vonssteakhouse.com

10140 - 117 St 780.756.3356 | elmcafe.ca

RUNNER-UP: Pampa Brazilian Steakhouse

Block 1912 , Colonel Mustard's

SECOND RUNNER-UP: The Marc

NON-INDIE: Burrito Libre

NON-INDIE: The Keg

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• Best hamBurgers

• Best sushi

• Best restaurant desserts

INDIE: The Next Act

• Best takeout

INDIE: Block 1912

INDIE (TIE): The Lingnan

INDIE (TIE): Sushi Wasabi 5714 - 111 St 780.433.0533

Maki Maki

8109 - 101 St 780.438.829 | makiedmonton.com SECOND RUNNER-UP: Tokyo Noodle Shop

NON-INDIE: Mikado mikadorestaurant.com

• Best tapas INDIE: TZiN

10115 - 104 St 780.428.8946 | tzin.ca RUNNER-UP: Three Boars SECOND RUNNER-UP: Izakaya Tomo

NON-INDIE: Joey

8224 - 104 St 780.433.9345 | nextactpub.com RUNNER-UP: Soda Jerks SECOND RUNNER-UP: Blue Plate Diner

NON-INDIE: Rodeo Burger rodeoburger.com

• Best poutine INDIE: La Poutine 8720 - 109 St 780.757.7222 RUNNER-UP:

10361 - 82 Ave 780.433.6575 | block1912.com RUNNER-UP: Duchess Bake Shop SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): Corso 32 & Niche

NON-INDIE: Famoso

INDIE: Filthy McNasty's

10511 - 82 Ave 780.432.5224 | filthymcnastys.ca RUNNER-UP: O'Byrne's

The Cheese Factory

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Dadeo

SECOND RUNNER-UP: The Next Act

NON-INDIE: Hudsons

NON-INDIE: Oodle Noodle oodlenoodle.ca

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NON-INDIE: Italian Centre italiancentre.ca

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• Best sweet shop INDIE: Duchess Bake Shop

• Best dim sum

INDIE: Dadeo

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RUNNER-UP: Carol's Quality Sweets

INDIE: Golden Rice Bowl

RUNNER-UP: The Next Act

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Block 1912

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Drift

NON-INDIE: Bernard Callebaut

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Jumbo Dim Sum Dining

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Butcher • Best chicken wings •INDIE:Best Acme Meat Market

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RUNNER-UP: Urban China

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NON-INDIE: Rodeo Burger

10720 - 124 St 780.488.4999 | duchessbakeshop.com

• Best Bakery INDIE: Duchess Bake Shop

10720 - 124 St 780.488.4999 | duchessbakeshop.com RUNNER-UP: Bee Bell Bakery SECOND RUNNER-UP: Bon Ton Bakery

NON-INDIE: Cobs cobsbread.com

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NON-INDIE: Marble Slab Creamery marbleslab.ca

• Best fine dining

• Best Breakfast

• Best african

• Best french

• Best chinese

INDIE: Hardware Grill

INDIE: Highlevel Diner

INDIE: Langano Skies

INDIE: The Marc

INDIE: The Lingnan

RUNNER-UP: Corso 32

RUNNER-UP: Sugarbowl

RUNNER-UP: Habesha Ethiopian Restaurant

RUNNER-UP: The Creperie

RUNNER-UP: All Happy Family Restaurant

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Red Ox Inn

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Barb and Ernie's

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Narayanni's

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Normand's

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Golden Rice Bowl

NON-INDIE: Ruth's Chris

NON-INDIE: Cora

• Best Mediterranean

NON-INDIE: Café De Ville

NON-INDIE: Lee Garden

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INDIE (TIE): Sofra

• Best Mid price

• Best Brunch

INDIE (TIE): Langano Skies

INDIE: Sugarbowl

9920 - 82 Ave 780.432.3334 | langanoskies.com

The Common

9910 - 109 St 780.452.7333 | thecommon.ca SECOND RUNNER-UP: Blue Plate Diner

10922 - 88 Ave 780.433.8369 | thesugarbowl.org RUNNER-UP: Highlevel Diner SECOND RUNNER-UP: Blue Plate Diner

NON-INDIE: Culina culinafamily.ca

NON-INDIE: Cactus Club Café cactusclubcafe.ca

• Best Budget

9920 - 82 Ave 780.432.3334 | langanoskies.com

• Best coffee shop INDIE: Block 1912

10345 - 106 St 780.423.3044

Cocodi

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• Best ukranian INDIE: Uncle Ed's Ukrainian Restaurants

4824 - 118 Ave 880.471.1010 | mundaresausage.com/ uncleed/

Taste of Ukraine

10548 - 82 Ave 780.433.0930 | dadeo.ca

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Roast Coffeehouse

• Best greek

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Several tied for third

NON-INDIE: Transcend

INDIE: Yiannis

NON-INDIE: Burrito Libre burritolibre.com

• Best suBurB restaurant INDIE: The Cajun House

7 St Anne St 780.460.8772 | cajunhouse.net

• Best tea shop INDIE: Cally's Teas

10151 - 82 Ave 780.757.8944 | callysteas.ca

10444 - 82 Ave 780.433.6768 | yiannistaverna.ca RUNNER-UP: It's All Greek to Me SECOND RUNNER-UP: Grub Med

NON-INDIE: Koutouki koutouki.ca

RUNNER-UP: Cha Island Tea Co

RUNNER-UP (TIE): River House Grill & Glasshouse Bistro & Café

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Block 1912

NON-INDIE: Ric's Grill St Albert

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10345 Jasper Ave 780.421.4622 | corso32.com

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Oliveto Trattoria

RUNNER-UP: Credo

transcendcoffee.com

INDIE: Corso 32

NON-INDIE: Café Beirut

SECOND RUNNER-UP: Shumka

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• Best italian RUNNER-UP: PiccoLino Bistro

516 St Albert Trail 780.458.5444 | tasteofukraine.com

8820 - 99 St 780.432.0968

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SECOND RUNNER-UP: Parkallen

10361 - 82 Ave 780.433.6575 | block1912.com

INDIE (TIE): Route 99

9940 - 106 St 780.429.2828 | themarc.ca

NON-INDIE: Sicilian Pasta Kitchen sicilianpastakitchen.com

• Best leBanese INDIE: Parkallen

7018 - 109 St 587.520.6401 | parkallen.com RUNNER-UP: Alsalam Bakery and Restaurant SECOND RUNNER-UP: Dahlia's Bistro

NON-INDIE: La Shish Taouk lashish.ca

• Best eastern european INDIE: Bistro Praha

10117 - 101 St 780.424.4218 | bistropraha.com RUNNER-UP: Continental Treat SECOND RUNNER-UP: The Cheese Factory

10582 - 104 St 780.426.3975 | thelingnan.com

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• Best korean INDIE: Bul Go Gi House 8813 - 92 St 780.466.2330 | edmontonkoreanfood.com RUNNER-UP: Lee House SECOND RUNNER-UP: Bi Bim Baap

• Best thai INDIE: The King & I

8208 - 107 St 780.433.2222 | thekingandi.ca RUNNER-UP: Viphalay SECOND RUNNER-UP: Boualouang & Numchok Wilai

• Best japanese INDIE (TIE): Maki Maki

8109 - 101 St 780.438.8298 | makiedmonton.com

Tokyo Noodle shop 10736 - 82 Ave 780.430.0838

RUNNER-UP: Sushi Wasabi & Furusato

NON-INDIE: Mikado mikadorestaurant.com

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• Best vietnamese

• Best east indian

• Best mexican/ latin american

• Best seafood

INDIE: Phobulous

INDIE: Daawat

INDIE: Tres Carnales

10015 - 82 Ave 780.469.3517 | daawat.ca

10119 - 100A St 780.429.0911 | trescarnales.com

INDIE: Sabor Divino

RUNNER-UP: Khazana SECOND RUNNER-UP: Narayanni's

NON-INDIE: New Asian Village

8701 - 109 St 780.988.2696 | phobulousedmonton.com RUNNER-UP: Pagolac SECOND RUNNER-UP: Sweet Mango

NON-INDIE: Doan's doans.ca

• Best veGetarian INDIE: Padmanadi

10220 - 103 St 780.757.1114 | sabordivino.ca

10740 - 101 St 780.428.8899 | padmanadi.com

RUNNER-UP: The Three Amigos SECOND RUNNER-UP: El Rancho

RUNNER-UP: Von's Steakhouse & Oyster Bar SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): Murrieta's & Hardware Grill

RUNNER-UP: Noorish SECOND RUNNER-UP: The Clever Rabbit

NON-INDIE: Burrito Libre

NON-INDIE: Billingsgate Fish Co

• Best PuB

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newasianvillage.com

billingsgate.com

INDIE: The Next Act

10220 - 103 St 780.757.1114 | nextactpub.com RUNNER-UP: O'Byrne's SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): The Underground Tap and Grill

NON-INDIE: Sherlock Holmes Pubs edmontonpubs.com

• Best neW restaurant • Best Wine list

• Best When GoinG solo • Best sPorts Bar

INDIE: Canteen

INDIE: Parkallen

INDIE: Block 1912

70118 - 109 St 587.520.6401 | parkallen.com

10361 - 82 Ave 780.433.6575 | block1912.com

RUNNER-UP: Hardware Grill SECOND RUNNER-UP: Somerville Wine

RUNNER-UP: Cha Island Tea Co SECOND RUNNER-UP: Tres Carnales & Sugarbowl

RUNNER-UP: The Druid

NON-INDIE: THE BOTHY

NON-INDIE: Burrito Libre

hudsonstaphouse.com

10522 - 124 St 780.485.6125 | canteenyeg.ca RUNNER-UP: Izakaya Tomo SECOND RUNNER-UP: Nosh

• Best Pre-theatre restaurant INDIE: The Next Act

8224 - 104 St 780.433.9345 | nextactpub.com RUNNER-UP: Block 1912 SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): Somerville Wine Room & Moriarty's Bistro & Wine Bar

NON-INDIE: Famoso famoso.ca

• Best restaurant for lovers INDIE: Red Ox Inn

9420 - 91 St 780.465.5727 | theredoxinn.com RUNNER-UP: Block 1912 SECOND RUNNER-UP: The Marc

NON-INDIE: Melting Pot meltingpot.com

• most innovative menu INDIE: Three Boars

thebothy.ca

INDIE: Sugarbowl

• Best Patio

• Best late niGht/all niGht

INDIE: Black Dog

10425 - 82 Ave 780.439.1082 | blackdog.ca RUNNER-UP: O'Byrne's SECOND RUNNER-UP: Sugarbowl

10011 - 106 Ave 780.421.8297

RUNNER-UP: Langano Skies SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): MKT & Pourhouse Bier Bistro

RUNNER-UP: The Next Act SECOND RUNNER-UP: The Common

NON-INDIE: NEW ASIAN VILLAGE

NON-INDIE: Hotel MacDonald

INDIE: The Underground Tap & Grill 10004 Jasper Ave 780.425.1880 | undergroundtapandgrill.com

• Best hotel restaurant

• Best service

INDIE: Wildflower Grill 10009 - 107 St 780.990.1938 | wildfloweredmonton.com/£

INDIE: The Next Act

8224 - 104 St 780.433.9345 | nextactpub.com

RUNNER-UP: Madison's Grill SECOND RUNNER-UP: Chateau Louis Restaurant

RUNNER-UP (TIE): Hardware Grill, The Marc, TZiN

RUNNER-UP: MKT SECOND RUNNER-UP: Sugarbowl

NON-INDIE: Burrito Libre burritolibre.com

NON-INDIE: Hotel MacDonald

NON-INDIE: Brewsters

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NON-INDIE: Julio's Barrio juliosbarrio.com

• Best atmosPhere INDIE: Sugarbowl

10922 - 88 Ave 780.433.6575 | thesugarbowl.org RUNNER-UP: Block 1912 SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): Langano Skies & The Common

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• Best Beer list (taP)

INDIE (TIE): Block 1912

10361 - 82 Ave 780.433.6575 | block1912.com

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NON-INDIE: Remedy Café

newasianvillage.com

RUNNER-UP: Noorish SECOND RUNNER-UP: The Common

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INDIE: All Happy Family Restaurant

10922 - 88 Ave 780.433.8369 | thesugarbowl.org

brewsters.ca

culinafamily.com

11740 Jasper Ave 780.482.4767 | ontherocksedmonton.com

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• Best Beer list (Bottle)

8424 - 109 St 780.757.2600 | threeboars.ca

NON-INDIE: Culina

INDIE: On the Rocks

• Best Place for PeoPle-WatchinG

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• Best Kid-friendly INDIE: Tiramisu Bistro

10750 - 124 St 780.452.3393 | cafetiramisu.ca RUNNER-UP (TIE): Langano Skies & Block 1912

NON-INDIE: Burrito Libre burritolibre.ca

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• BEST GROCERY MARKET

• BEST FOOD TRUCK

INDIE (TIE): Earth's General Store

INDIE: Drift

9605 - 82 Ave 780.439.8725 | egs.ca

Blush Lane Organic Market 8135 - 102 St 780.988.5655 | blushlane.com

SECOND RUNNER-UP (TIE): Wild Earth Foods & Pangea Market

NON-INDIE: Italian Centre iitaliancentre.ca

• BEST BEER STORE INDIE: Sherbrooke Liquor

11819 St Albert Tr 780.455.4556 | sherbrookeliquor.com RUNNER-UP: Keg n Cork Liquor Company SECOND RUNNER-UP: City Cellars

NON-INDIE: Wine and Beyond iwineandbeyond.ca

• BEST WINE STORE INDIE: deVine Wines

10111 - 104 St 780.421.9463 | devinewines.ca

driftfoodtruck.ca

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NON-INDIE: Fat Franks

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fatfranks.ca

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• BEST FARMERS' MARKET INDIE: Old Strathcona Farmers' Market 10310 - 83 Ave .780.439.0844 | osfm.ca

RUNNER-UP: City Market Downtown SECOND RUNNER-UP: St Albert Farmers' Market

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NON-INDIE: Wine and Beyond iwineandbeyond.ca

• BEST FOOD FESTIVAL OR EVENT INDIE: Heritage Festival heritage-festival.com

RUNNER-UP: Taste of Edmonton SECOND RUNNER-UP: What The Truck?!

• BEST BEVERAGE FESTIVAL OR EVENT INDIE: International Beerfest internationalbeerfest.com

RUNNER-UP: Rocky Mountain Food and Wine Festival SECOND RUNNER-UP: Indulgence

• BEST CATERER INDIE: Upper Crust Café

10909 - 86 Ave 780.433.0810 | cafeuppercrust.ca RUNNER-UP: Elm Café SECOND RUNNER-UP: A Cappella Catering

NON-INDIE: Sunterra Market sunterramarket.com

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REVUE // MARILYN MONROE

Multiple Marilyns

Love, Marilyn gives Monroe's fascinating writings uneven readings

Presenting a sex symbol's legacy

Fri, May 10 – Tue, May 14 Directed by Liz Garbus Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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few years ago a trove of Marilyn Monroe's personal writings were discovered and subsequently published under the title Fragments. The value of these documents as a means of deepening our understanding of the

actress's troubled internal world of ambition and despair is tremendous.

Even on the level of purely visual content, Monroe's handwriting is fascinating: at times rickety, cluttered and oddly spaced, at others slanted and steady as driving rain. I spent a lot of time trying to focus my eyes on Monroe's idiosyncratic orthography while watching Liz Garbus' Love, Marilyn. I had to, because the parade of actors

Garbus has garishly green-screened in front of images of Monroe's writings was so frequently annoying and mawkish.

Along with excerpts from some of the most well-known commentaries on Monroe's legacy—there are extensive readings from Norman Mailer, Truman Capote and Gloria Steinem— Garbus has used Monroe's Fragments as scaffolding for a soundly structured

biographical documentary, tracing her subject's careening fortunes from her childhood spent in orphanages and early modeling career, to Hollywood stardom and battles with 20th Century Fox, to the fraught marriages and final suicide. Unfortunately Garbus's strategy for conveying all of her textual material is to have famous or semi-famous actors read them aloud while also, to varying degrees, acting them out. Glenn Close and Jennifer Ehle play their bits in a fairly compelling hypnotic and cool fashion, reading Monroe at her most articulate. Viola Davis, Uma Thurman and Marisa Tomei, meanwhile, do a lot of strained fidgeting while invoking Monroe at her most fragile and vulnerable. It can be really hard to watch. (But not as hard to watch as Jeremy Piven, who spends a lot of time dreamily gazing into the distance while reading from Elia Kazan's memoir.) The recruitment of a gamut of actresses to collectively embody Monroe was perhaps intended as a testament to the complex, yearning, wounded mortal behind the enigmatic, sex-drenched, carefully constructed persona. But, as realized in Love, Marilyn, the effect reads as a bumbling, gimmicky spin on Todd Haynes' multiple Bob Dylans in I'm Not There. The

fact that so many of Garbus's interpreters are highly talented and watchable doesn't really help matters—the concept itself is inherently awkward.

Thankfully the subject matter is inexhaustibly fascinating. Love, Marilyn effectively reminds us—should we need reminding—that Monroe was so much more interesting, intelligent and capable than she was ever given credit for during her frustratingly limited and tragically abbreviated career. And Garbus gives us a few welcome breaks from the ventriloquist act, drawing thoughtful, straightforward commentary from actress Ellen Burstyn, Monroe biographer Donald Spoto and, best of all, the great feminist critic Molly Haskell, from whom I only wish we could have heard much more.

As already evidenced in her earlier film Bobby Fischer Against the World, Garbus has no trouble finding fascinating American lives to chronicle, nor does she lack the ability to chronicle those lives in a coherent fashion—it's her stabs at cinematic style, her indiscriminate use of every corny editing device ever invented, that gums up the works.

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A very modern Weekend Criterion adds a contemporary classic

Armageddon; as a 2012 April Fool's come with the urge to see him again, prank, Criterion pretended to be rea CCTV camera outside Russell's leasing Kindergarten Cop.) building whirs around, filming, a But even without the interviews, train station's surveillance recording audition tapes and two of ediis announced over the PA, and tor-writer-director Andrew there's always the threat, T Haigh's shorts, Weekend when either man's walking ASPEC would be important—for about in Nottingham, that ly.com its esthetic and political he'll be jeered at. At the eweek u v @ n bria approach to a weekend film's climax, the camera Brian romance. It's a romance that Gibson zooms in, slowly, through finds intimacy in intense convera chain-link fence, until its barsation but also a very British film rier blurs away and we're there with about private and public spaces. As Glen and Russell—everyone and evwe watch Glen (Chris New) and Ruserything else is unimportant for that sell (Tom Cullen) hook up and reel fleeting moment. each other back in over the course of three days, the video-confessional Haigh frames the relationship with meets the arthouse-hidden. Cullen two recurring images—Russell in the plays Russell as a 20something realbath, Glen walking down the path izing, reluctantly, just how much he's away from the building—that mark falling for Glen; New's Glen tries to time's passing. Hand-held close-ups use irony and conversation to tread of the two talking alternate with mewater at a safe distance from a reladium shots of Russell going through tionship's deep end. quiet surges of emotion alternate Glen records Russell recalling their with long shots of the city's cool, inmeeting, Russell reveals his private different public spaces. Glen, an artlog of sexual encounters to Glen, ist, is more confrontational—noting Russell texts Glen when he's overhow much straight culture shoves

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An intimate confrontation

It's easy to see the lovingly packaged Criterion Collection—with its criticpenned booklets full of film stills and its discs' director-approved transfers and special features—as a high-standard archive of classics. So, what to make of Criterion stamping its seal of "important" on Weekend—not the 1967 Godard film (#635) but the 2011 romance (#622)?

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Criterion was adding "contemporary" films from the start, when its present-day wisdom was more debatable—in its fledgling '80s, its first three additions (to laserdisc) from that decade were #19 Blade Runner (sure), #40 The Princess Bride (iffy), and #75 Ghostbusters (wha?!?). ('90s boners/brand-dilutions include The Prince of Tides, Chasing Amy and

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its sexuality down people's throats— while Russell's more withdrawn, admitting that he feels the sensation of "indigestion" when he goes out; we see why, what with the UK's bragging, slagging, hetero "lad" culture seething from pubs, clubs, public transit, and even his work lunchroom.

It's a potent mix of the sensually intimate and the politically confrontational. Haigh even throws a few sly darts at anyone who'd pigeonhole this film when he has Glen discussing his art project (concerning conversations about gay sex) and noting that no straights would show up, while gays would just pop in for voyeuristic thrills. And Glen cracks of the film's climax that this is "our Notting Hill moment," except the audience would "either clap or throw us under the train." But maybe Criterion's embrace of Haigh's film has expanded the audience for Weekend just that little bit, so it can go beyond the queer-fest or arthouse offering to be seen for what it is—a contemporary classic about the aching weekend romance between two Englishmen. V

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ect, returns with a murderous glint in his eye.

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Stark's unburdening of all this to us (and the doctor revealed post-credits) strips back all his steely cool and cocky quips that he offers throughout, even when amusingly dealing with a small-town kid (Ty Simpkins) or not really seeming to deal too well with the kidnapping of sweetheart Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) by the Mandarin's forces. More and more, all of the playboy's toys are revealed to be hollow façades, flimsy armour that Stark uses to seal off his true self. (Methinks I detect an accidental parable for Hollywood's boys-and-their-toys blockbusters?)

The very 21st-century plot—super-cool IT, robotic suits, genetic modification, even a deft twist on the shadowy terrorist nemesis—mostly offsets its fetishizing of weapons-systems with some clever little turns. And there are some striking, beyond-Bond-budget action sequences, especially one long skyfall. But it's Iron Man 3's sneaky exposé of superhero cool—on the outside, a wisecracking warrior; on the inside, an anxiety-attacked guy who tries to insulate himself with arrogance—that brings this blockbuster down to sympathetic size.

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ore and more, as a blockbuster's hundred$-of-million$ budget is splayed, splattered, pixellated and exploded across the green screen for tens of millions around the globe to behold, it's what's in-between the blocks getting busted that matters. In Iron Man 3, thankfully, there's enough snappy patter and thematic development in among the budgetblowing action sequences to give this superhero flick more spark than most.

The snappy patter is, actually, part of the thematic development—turns out it's yet another protective coating in the movie's shell game. The narrative frame (revealed in the post-credits sequence) is battle-suited Tony Stark's recounting of his latest saga—a face-off against the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), a pseudo-Islamic terrorist who hijacks the airwaves to broadcast his sneering threats between the latest explosions on US soil. But even as the Mandarin threatens the US President, Advanced Ideas Mechanics President Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), who had once approached Stark (Robert Downey Jr, sharpening that line between smart-ass and likeable down to its razor edge) with a paradigm-shifting proj-

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Reimagining the documentary

Two highlights from Hot Docs showcase unusual uses of the form gorgeous feature debut, begins with woozy nocturnal views of New York.

Over these images we hear Costa's voice. "Elena," she says, "I had a dream of you last night ... " In this dream Elena is atop a wall, tangled in electrical wires. But soon the one being dreamed of becomes confused with the dreamer. It is the dreamer who is now atop the wall. She touches the wires, receives a shock, falls and dies.

This is the story of two women, one an elusive ghost, the other trying to find this ghost, to know her—and very much in danger of becoming her. (Make that three women, as Costa's mother also plays a pivotal role in the lives of both Elena and Petra, and in the narrative conveyed in this film.) Elena is a memoir of Elena devastating loss and fortifying selfof non-fiction, but they're grounded knowledge. Elena was Costa's big sisSO007027 in a poetic use of the form, and in ter, already entering her early teens personal stories with no obvious prewhen Costa was born. Elena wanted conceived social agenda. to act and sing, to live only for art, Petra Costa was born in Belo Horiand moved to New York to realize zonte, Brazil. Her mother always this. But Elena's promising career told her she could do anything she was thwarted by her own paralyzing wanted, except acting, that she could despair. Petra, too, would grow up to live anywhere she wanted, except act, sing, make art, go to New York, New York. Costa began acting at 15. all the while struggling not to sucShe studied anthropology and thecumb to precisely the same demons atre at New York's Columbia Univerthat consumed her sister. sity. Elena, Costa's heartbreaking and Elena received her first camcorder

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he Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, whose most recent edition drew to a close in Toronto last weekend, is celebrating its 20th year as North America's largest documentary showcase. The question of what is documentary has only become more complicated throughout those 20 years, and it remains alive and gloriously unresolved in 2013. It seems fitting then that, more than in previous years, the highlights of my Hot

Docs 2013 experience are drawn from films whose adherence to documentary differentia lies some distance from those elements we often think of when we think of documentary: advocacy, journalism, social studies, popular history and biography. The two films I most want to tell you about—films made by brilliant young women, films that I dearly hope you will soon have a chance to see, preferably on a big screen—are unambiguously works

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at 13 and, out of her desire to hone her creativity and out of her perfectly healthy, even endearing adolescent vanity, immediately set about creating a trove of home movies—movies that, unbeknownst to her, would, along with other remarkable archival materials, become the foundation of this film named in her memory.

Costa weaves together all this found footage with her own beguiling, at times astonishing images of water and drifting bodies, of herself looking lost in a vast city, of interviews with those closest to Elena, and with the most poignant use of the Mamas and the Papas' "Dedicated to the One I Love" I've ever come across. Elena is drenched in much sadness, but it also flows with tremendous beauty—beauty and fluidity are Costa's sources of consolation. The film is so intrinsically personal that it's difficult to imagine what Costa might do next, but I can't wait to find out.

In the fall of 2011, as part of her graduation project, Tinatin Gurchiani, a film student at Germany's Konrad Wolf University, returned to her native Georgia, where she put out a casting call for young locals who felt their biographies were "exclusively interesting for film." In The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear, Gurchiani's fascinating, lyrical, arrestingly intimate feature debut, a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, we see several respondents stand before Gurchiani's camera in a sort of elegantly rendered screen test. (I couldn't help but think of Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf's wonderful 1995 quasi-doc Salaam Cinema, in which auditions for a film wind up becoming the film itself.)

They are often shy and uncertain, yet so articulate about their lives in this infamously fraught former Soviet region that, within moments, we feel immersed completely in their very particular world.

Then the camera follows them as they enact some aspect of these lives. But what we see doesn't resemble cinéma vérité; rather, Gurchiani has selected key events from her subjects' lives and, to some ambiguous degree, staged these events for her camera in rooms suffused with natural light. An ex-military officer visits friends and family, asking them to not abandon his incarcerated brother; a bride speaks of her aspirations on her wedding day; a 13-yearold tends to cows and corn, and to his injured father; a young puppeteer confronts the mother who abandoned her. All these stories blend into a seamless panorama of contemporary Georgia, form a tribute to struggles both ordinary and extraordinary—and announce the arrival of a bold new talent in world cinema.

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REVUE // ANIMATED

A Cat in Paris “REDFORD IS MAGNETIC.”

– Betsy Sharkey, LOS ANGELES TIMES

“ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF 2013.

Feline flick

IT WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS.” – Rex Reed, THE NEW YORK OBSERVER

Sat, May 11 (2 pm) Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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he English title of Folimage studio's lovely 2010 animation feature, A Cat in Paris, may lead you to expect a film that curls, purringly, around a feline. The main characters, though, turn out to be a girl, Zoë, and the Parisian skyline. In this chase film, children's love of pursuit, of running and jumping and hiding and seeking, transforms the City of Lights into a playground where even a mother bounds along the roofs of cars to reach her daughter. We skitter among the silhouettes of rooftops during the opening and closing credits;

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REVUE // ROCK DOC

In Your Dreams

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Sun, May 12 – Tue, May 14 Directed by Stevie Nicks & David A Stewart Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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he rock doc, like all music journalism, is ultimately about access: getting to probe a little deeper into the mind, emotions or actions of an artist, to watch them overcome hurdles or fall to the wayside, or simply to take in what their presence is actually like. Whatever the case, its function is to peel back the curtain separating them and us. We get to peer in and see if we like what's there.

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in the climactic scene, cat-burglar and gangster-boss swing from, fall into, and barely hang onto the Notre Dame Cathedral's gargoyles.

Our petite dame is Zoë, whose father, a policeman, was killed by Victor Costa, the boss whom Zoë's mother, a police superintendent, is bent on tracking down. As moonlight falls, Zoë's cat, Dino, pads out to assist catburglar Nico on his nocturnal breakins. When Zoë (left with nanny Claudine during the day) follows her feline one night, only to stumble upon Costa plotting a grand theft, it's the parkouring Nico who must rescue her.

flickeringly pulse along floors and figures—with the boss and his underlings a little too buffoonish. But Claudine is the threatening substitute-mother and Nico the surrogate father in a tale where the pain and isolation of the child can feel palpable—as in a scene where Zoë's room throbs with sadness.

When the pursuit begins, though, slipping and slinking through windows and dashing over rooftops, the starry night stretches out, odours snake sinuously and thin-white outlines move through a blacked-out building. The colour-rich, playful animation moves us with playful abandon away from a cat-like girl's sad solitude. Friskily but elegantly, A Cat in Paris slinks towards the cozy, balled-up warmth of domestic contentment.

And, for a much darker dose of feline antics—the cat as a callous, I'lldo-what-I-want creature—Cordell Baker's Oscar-nominated 1988 NFB animated short take on Harry S Miller's 1893 song, The Cat Came Back, accompanies Folimage's French frolic, itself nominated for Best Animated Film last year.

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In Your Dreams documents the creative process behind Fleetwood Mac legend Stevie Nicks' seventh solo album, which shares its title with the film. It's both directed and executive produced by Nicks herself and producer/Eurythmics guitarist David A Stewart, who also make up its chief subjects. And that's the biggest issue here: without an outside eye—to know where to trim and how to shape nine months of recorded material into a compelling film document—the access we're given is fairly bland, something diehard Nicks fans will probably savour but everyone else will find an overlong trudge.

At 100 minutes long, we get a track-by-track look at how the album's 14 songs came to be. Some of the stories behind the songs are interesting, some of them are not; a glance into her creative process (starting with poems, until now never writing with anybody else) is

curious, but can only carry so much film. Reese Witherspoon shows up at one point and ends up inspiring a song. Everyone's pretty pleasant, even when Lindsey Buckingham shows up to lay down some guitar; we don't get enough screen time with him and Nicks to get any sense of how fraught with tension their relationship is today. She tells us that recording this song helped "end a war" between the two, but we aren't even really given a sense of the battle scars.

And so it goes. It's not even the lack of strife—not every doc can be I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco, or even Dig!—but it needs an outsider's eye to really know what material's vivid and what's just empty screen time. In Your Dreams assumes just putting Nicks and the process on screen is enough, which is well intentioned, but pretty flat in the end.

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PREVUE // INDIE

Putting on a show

Mattie Cuvilier celebrates five years of Clean Up Your Act Productions Fri, May 10 (7 pm) With Knucklehead, Slates, Vapid, Cygnets, Evan Symons, Spastic Panthers, Stepmothers, various DJs ISBE Domain (9529 Jasper Ave) $18 (advance), $20 (door) (All ages)

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ehind the scenes of Edmonton's active live music community are people who work tirelessly to set up and promote shows, ensuring this ever-growing community continues to evolve—and one of them is Mattie Cuvilier of Clean Up Your Act Productions, which celebrates its fifth anniversary tomorrow.

Cuvilier's foray into the music industry began when he was a teenager, when he became the go-to guy to set up shows for his own band. Soon, Cuvilier began setting up and promoting shows for other bands as a way to contribute to the scene—which he continues to remain active in as an artist, taking on vocal duties for the band Disabler.

"Around 2008 I just decided to pursue it more actively, to do shows with a similar sort of vibe on a really regular basis, because there were some elements in the scene that I felt needed to come together—I went to enough shows that I knew kind of exactly what I wanted to see, so I wanted to make it happen," recalls Culivier, who started Clean Up Your Act

in 2008, adding he wanted to bring bands of different genres like hardcore and thrash together, as there weren't huge opportunities for them separately. "I thought it would be a lot better to build a more unified community in terms of punk and hardcore and crossing that over a little bit more than what I was seeing at the time."

Promoting has contributed to what Cuvilier sees as a beneficial balance to his work as a youth social worker at the Bissell Centre "I went out of my way to do that, y'know?" he continues. "It just needed to feel right, otherwise it wasn't worth it."

These days, Cuvilier has a pool of approximately 30 artists he works with on a regular basis, but he admits getting to this point has been a slow build.

In the early days of Clean Up Your Act, the biggest challenge was finding venue space. The shows, which have maintained support for all-ages audiences, started off small, which meant little in the way of finances to book many of the city's larger venues. However, things started to take off when Cuvilier met Jay Moore, the owner of Circles, a storefront that doubled as a multi-purpose space. Soon, Cuvilier started presenting monthly shows in what he says was a safe environment that allowed him to go through the trial-and-error process of getting his

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company up and running.

It's taken a lot of cold-calls and emails to build his clientele, but these days Cuvilier has been expanding his reach through more referrals, bringing in talent from out-of-province as well. The bands Cuvilier tends to back are a varied bunch, which is evident in the lineup at this weekend's fifth anniversary show. Punk-rock veterans Knucklehead and local rockers

Slates are joined by local indie-goths Cygnets along with one-man acoustic band Evan Symons and a carefully curated mix of Cuvilier's favourite DJs to present what he believes is an apt representation of Clean Up Your Act's mentality.

"I like people who are really feeling the music, not just doing it because it's going to be popular or kind of instantly appealing, and kind of more

like misfits—not like the band Misfits—but in terms of their outlook," explains Cuvilier. "There's obviously a market for garbage everywhere, but I think in the punk scene and indie music scene, there's less of a tolerance for the fluff ... we're like winter hardened or something. We need something real."

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PREVUE // LOCAL

Golden West Music Fest Fundraiser Party Thu, May 9 (7:30 pm) Yellowhead Brewery, $10

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ack in 2007, Fish Griwkowsky got married—"mega married," as he puts it—at his friend Kevin Bowman's land out near Ardmore, AB. "It was magic: three-day camping party, a few still-standing relationships conceived, giant Darth Vader pyre, etc," he explains over email. "A bunch of us have the same We Are the Golden West tattoo, and the latest inked, Kevin, has been itching to do something like this at his farm-forest for years."

That something, now approaching, takes its name from the communal body ink: the Golden West Music Fest looks to transplant a contingent of Edmonton bands out to said farm field for a three-day concert in early August.

Griwkowsky, Edmonton Journal art writer and artist in his own right, is coproducing the festival alongside Ame-

lia Aspen and Sean Borchert. They've assembled some 28 acts for the weekend, all Edmonton-based: music will brush up against comedy and visual arts in a pastoral setting.

It is, of course, a far cry from the usual locales in which you'd see these performances. But Griwkowsky notes that the setting helps shape the experience in new ways.

"There's nothing like your favourite band in a small club, but the elements add this sort of 'how is this happening?' thing," he explains. "Like you're in a Miyazaki movie, where scale is twisted and it's OK to be messed up and laughing and you don't have to worry about getting home. You can literally just fall asleep under a tree and someone will throw a blanket on you."

The first step towards Golden West is this week's fundraiser, which functions as much as festival sampler as anything:

for music, it'll feature performances by rap whiz Mitchmatic and the live debut of Preyers, the pairing of Curtis Ross and Roz Christian (of the Frosted Tipz/BrontoScorpio infamy). They'll be joined by the comedy of Jon Mick, Craig Martell and Mike Borchert—a trio Griwkowsky dubs "dada and dirty personifications of this insane backwater"—and DJ Sheri Barclay capping off the evening with a dance floor. Plus, there'll be a bounty of silent auction items up for the bidding.

It's curious for an outdoor festival to only draw its acts exclusively from one city, but, while Griwkowsky notes he wasn't the one in charge of booking bands, the all-Edmonton lineup was a pretty simple conclusion to draw.

"We kind of started with local music and realized we didn't have to go further."

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ou won't find its members posting status updates on Facebook or writing pithy 140word sentiments to captive Twitter followers—hell, you can barely Google them—but garage-punk trio Babysitter is making a name for itself nonetheless. It's just letting its music do the talking.

"[Social media] becomes less necessary if you tour more," says Andy, one third of the three-piece, who asks his last name be withheld.

"You maybe don't reach all the same people, but again, it's about how you choose you want to be. Social media isn't really too much of an interest or priority ... you can email to book tours, which is great, but it's more of a priority to play lots of shows and record lots of material."

And record they have. Until recently, Babysitter focused on producing limited-run cassettes and seveninch recordings, which became a seemingly never-ending saga for the group. However, after signing with Psychic Handshake, which has represented the likes of the Wicked

Awesomes, Tonstartssbandht and Drainolith, Babysitter released its first full-length LP Eye last December. The 13 tracks that make up Eye had all been previously recorded on cassette and performed during Babysitter's live shows, but Andy says things all seemed to sync up and it felt like the right time to rework them.

Andy says that the five-, maybe six-day recording process was executed live-off-the floor for the most part to capture Babysitter's gritty, lo-fi sound, staying true to its traditional punk roots.

"Once you have a firm idea of something, it's pretty easy to execute quickly."

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Starkill like Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Amon Amarth and Dragonforce—a band whose influence can be clearly heard in Jameson's intricate and blisteringly fast guitar riffs.

"We never really listened to American metal for one reason or another—it just didn't resonate with us,' Jameson says of the group, which began to take shape after he met Federici in college. 'When I was probably 16 or 17, as a guitar player, I listened to the American shredder-type of guys like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Paul Gilbert, and when I was looking for newer guitar players I came across Children of Bodom and the whole European metal scene and that's what drew me into it. It was a whole new sound; it didn't sound anything like American thrash or punk. It just had its own sound and we started listening to that and started to write our own music in a similar vein."

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ey, shut up. I'm on the phone," Starkill frontman Parker Jameson shouts to his bandmates.

The four-piece is crammed into a van en route to New York to kick off a North American tour alongside fellow metal-heads Krisiun, Fuquored, Netherward and Arsis. Starkill has been

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generating hype among underground metal circles since its inception in 2008, and now has a freshly-released debut album titled Fires of Life to its credit.

The members of Starkill—rounded out by Jameson's brother and longtime jam partner Spencer Weidner on drums, Charlie Federici on rhythm guitar and Mike Buetsch on bass—all hail from the Chicago area, but have quickly garnered comparisons to a host of European metal powerhouses

What's come out of this inspiration is an album entrenched in melodic death metal, with its aggressive compositions providing the backdrop for growling vocals spewing tales of Norse mythology and Medieval warfare.

"We listen to a lot of film score composers, so we wanted the music to be really epic ... it's kind of like putting Lord of the Rings or Braveheart to a metal outlet I guess," chuckles Jameson, who also produced the Fires of Life. "The only reason we self-produced it was because we didn't want anyone else tweaking the sound. I think we have a pretty unique sound for an American band. I didn't want anyone else messing with it ... I don't know what it's like to actually have a producer, but I imagine it would just be an extra, unnecessary step, so it just seemed natural to us."

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The Abramson Singers (Public Image Limited) and Shawn Everett (Weezer).

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he first time Leah Abramson went out to the Banff Centre, it was a solo creative retreat, but mostly a break from her home city, preoccupied as it was with a certain grand sporting event.

"It was actually during the Vancouver Olympics," Abramson recalls. "I just wanted to get out of town. The whole place was going nuts, and I was like, 'OK, I'm just going to do a writing residency, get out of Van-

couver.'"

She found her time there— nestled in the mountains in a sort of ski-lodge-meets-university setting—creatively charged. So when an opportunity to return—on a sponsored package, with band in tow—arose, she threw her name into the hat. The Abramson Singers found itself one of three acts selected for the Centre's indie-band residency. There was a practice hut.

There were deer at the window.

And there was the expertise from the likes of Howard Bilerman (an Arcade Fire alumnus), Tony Berg

The album that followed those Banff sessions, Late Riser, is filled with imaginative, vocal-led folk yarns, spun out of inventive melody and subtly shifting instrumentation that draws tight beneath it.

"The way that Howard and Tony and Shawn work gives you a glimpse of different ways of doing things in the studio," Abramson explains.

"When it came time to finish the album, I had more of a sense of the way I wanted to work, and what I wanted to do, and the sounds that I wanted, and things like that."

It was also the first time Abramson had brought a band into the creative process, rather than assembling them afterwards.

"I think it was really good for me. I think at the end of the day, I do have final say on everything," she says, noting while she still had final say, taking a more collaborative route to an album's sound opened up her ideas. "I think that process is actually good for me, musically. It pushes me to expand and to consider things that I wouldn't come up with myself, and to actually go in new directions.

I think it was a good thing."

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NEWSOUNDS

A Tribe Called Red Nation 2 Nation (Tribal Spirit Music)  Nation 2 Nation is not just a combination of cultures and styles, but also a manifesto in which A Tribe Called Red carries itself with a selfawareness that spreads across provinces and bloodlines. Continuing to pioneer what the group calls Pow Wow Step, its second full-length weaves dub sensibilities with traditional aboriginal music in such a way that its mere existence is important.

One style is never imposed on the other; instead, DJ/producers Shub,

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NDN & Bear Witness pinpoint the commonalities in their heritage and blend them with the present to their full advantage.

There's no posturing or heavyhanded messages; in fact, Nation 2 Nation seems much more fluid than its predecessor, 2012's Polaris Prize-nominated Electric Pow Wow. Bringing together several aboriginal bands from across Canada, the vocals on this record exist in native tongues. As a result, the dub beats dance within the mid-range, acting as accents to the high-pitched vocals and tight, hollow drums that serve as the base for pow wow music.

These elements heighten the inherent spirituality and prove that what ATCR has to say reverberates beyond the club, past the city limits and into the very heart of our country.

The Brains The Monster Within (Stomp)  Psycho-billy is such a specific hybrid of alt-country and punk rock that to be one of the faithful, you really must have a thirsty desire to celebrate the mutated '50s. For years the Brains have been summoning zombies and hot rods, and on the band's latest offering Montréal's hardest working undead unearth 14 ripping crypt rattlers that all vary on the same themes: loss of love, loss of blood, loss of sanity and so on. If you've never succumbed, The Monster Within is a great chance to sink your teeth in, and if you've already been turned, then you'll have no problem feasting on more Brains.

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Chance The Rapper is the antiDrake. He's seen friends and family die in Chicago's South Side but makes joyous tunes like summery booty bouncers "Favorite Song" and "Juice," or the soulful "Everybody's Something." But Acid Rap also reflects Chance's experience living in a place that, as he says on standout track "Pusha Man," it's "Easier to find a gun / Than it is to find a fucking parking spot."

"Pusha Man" is Acid Rap's strongest song, a seven-minute epic reflecting the totality of Chance's life on the South Side. Two ebullient minutes

give way to a woozy melancholic beat as Chance raps about cruising around selling weed with "a gun on his hip," seething about how "they murder kids here," asking, "Where the fuck is Matt Lauer at / Somebody get Katie Couric in here." But anger gives way to melancholic hope, as Chance looks to "A little bit more spring" to stave off the summer killing season.

Acid Rap, like Chance himself, is full of life and vitality and promises many future exciting releases from the 20-year-old Chicagoan.

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breakup song, probably from a guy's perspective. It worked very well, but I think this record that's coming forth is going to be more relationship songs, but more from a love perspective, coming around the corner," he says, adding with a chuckle that every album still needs a good breakup song.

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ost people think we're a blues band, but if you get inside the music from a technical standpoint, there wasn't one blues song on the record," says Kirby Sewell of Bought Myself A Hammer, the last album released by his five-piece, the Kirby Sewell Band. "Blues comes from a certain place in the heart, and it's not something that is a genre, really."

Sewell maintains that, from a compositional perspective, traditional blues can often be limiting, and con-

siders his band's modern, rock-infused slant more of a modern love affair with the blues.

This illustrious affair continues as the band works on its next album, which has no release date as of yet but marks a lyrical shift from where Bought Myself A Hammer left off— there's even a true blues song called "Devil and the Details." Sewell explains the previous album centered around a great deal of heartache, as he had a relationship go south while guitarist and lyricist Neil Gunhold went through a divorce. "'Bought Myself A Hammer' is a

While the record continues to take shape, the Kirby Sewell Band is set for another busy summer, riding the momentum that's built since its first Pacific Northwest tour in 2011, where it was invited to perform at the San Jose Jazz Festival, along a roster of regional festivals and opening slots for artists like Blue Rodeo at the Calgary Stampede—a gig the band will be repeating this year as well. Along with appearances at large scale venues, the Kirby Sewell Band continues to line up performances at ones that boast smaller audiences, which Sewell often prefers.

"Honestly, you can communicate with people a lot more, touch people a lot more," he adds. "It's not about the numbers, it's more about the opportunity to play, and sometimes the best shows are those venues because you get feedback from the fans. It's a little more eye contact."

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JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Lora Jol (singer-songwriter

CROWN PUB Break Down Thu at the

FANDANGO'S Thu Battle of the Bands: Danliners Realm, Dad Cat Bounce, Desousa Drive, 9pm J R BAR AND GRILL Live Jam Thu; 9pm

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originals, rock covers) 8pm; $10

VUEWEEKLY MAY 9 – MAY 15, 2013

CASINO EDMONTON Jettstar (rock); 9pm

DV8 Frightenstein, Snakebite, the Rigormaorticians, Vulture Kult

EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony Plain Pretty Archie (fr (Cape Breton); 9pm FANDANGO'S Double Header: New Horizon, Shannon Smith; $10 (adv)/$1 (door) HOGS DEN PUB Sinder Sparks Show; 8-12pm IRISH CLUB Jimmy Whiffen (CD release) ISBE DOMAIN Clean Up Your Act Productions: Evan Symons (One Man Band acoustic), Knucklehead, Slates, Cygnets, Spastic Panthers, Stepmothers, the Mighty Tiger, DJ Whyte Trash, DJ G-Whiz; all ages; $20-$18 (adv) at yeglive.ca/events JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Barbara Leah Meyer ( jazz); 9pm; $15 LB'S PUB Rocko Vaugeois Band LEGENDS BAR Dark Rooster; 9pm (show); no cover LIZARD LOUNGE Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover

hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh THE DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri; 9pm ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ every Fri FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Fri 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 Poindexter; 9:30pm (door) SUITE 69 Release Your Inner Beast: Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri

NEWCASTLE PUB Jphorias Edge; no cover

TEMPLE Silence be Damned: with DJs Gotthavok, Siborg, Nightroad; 9pm

NOORISH CAFÉ Fernando Toledo (songs in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French and English)

TREASURY In Style Fri: DJ Tyco and Ernest Ledi; no line no cover for ladies all night long

ON THE ROCKS Love Junk

UNION HALL Ladies Night every Fri

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

Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

PAWN SHOP The End of Disclosure (Tour Krisiun), Arsis, Starkill PUB 1824 Wauntd; 9pm RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am RENDEZVOUS PUB Dahlmers Realm, guests SET NIGHTCLUB Live SET Fridays, DJTyco SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Tyler and Matt SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT Tony Dizon SIDELINERS PUB Cold Cruiser; 9pm; no cover STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION Souljah Fyah, Lawbreakers, Cult Of Self WINSPEAR CENTRE Brandi Carlile; 8pm; $47 at Winspear Box office WUNDERBAR Krang, Babysitter, the Strugglefucks YARDBIRD SUITE Canadian Jazz Series: Jeri Brown, The First Ladies of Jazz; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest)

Classical PROVIDENCE CANADIAN REFORMED CHURCH ORGANIC (formerly Sundays at 3): With guest Stephen Fong (trumpet); part of the 'Organic' (ORGAN In Concert) series; 8pm; $25 (adult)/$22 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday DJs on all three levels THE BOWER Zukunft: Indie and alternative with Dusty Grooves, Fraser Olsen, Taz, and Josh Johnson THE COMMON Good Fridays: nu disco, hip

SAT MAY 11 ARTERY The Blame-Its, the Weekend Kids, the Old Wives; 8pm; $10 (door) ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL Dirty Seas AVENUE THEATRE Veil of Maya, the Contortionist, Glass Cloud, Beyond the Shore, guests; 6pm; $22 at Blackbyrd BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Luke Blu Guthrie (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Lionel Rault; 8:30pm; donations BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; evening: Alex Zayas BOHEMIA CJSR Rain Poncho Party; 8pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO EDMONTON Jettstar (rock); 9pm CASINO YELLOWHEAD All the Rage (rock); 9pm 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 10pm-2am, $5 (door)

GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth HAYLOFT ACRES Springtime in Alberta: the Darrell Barr Band, Marv Machura, Sulkin Lads, Better Us Than Strangers, Joe Public, Tragic Treasures, Rocko Vaugeois, the Heart Acres, Debbie Spence, Robbie Taylor, Dave Martin; 12pm; tinyurl.com/ykfjq4m; $25 (adv)/$30 (gate); adults only event HIGH RUN CLUB 21% (classic rock); 3pm, 7pm (music); $15 (donation) at High Run; fundraiser for Alberta Caregivers JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Dr Blu (blues!); 9pm; $15 L.B.'S PUB Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends; 5-9pm;Evening: The Threads, 9:30-2am LOUISIANA PURCHASE Suchy Sister Saturdays: Amber, Renee or Stephanie with accompaniment; 9:30-11:30pm; no cover MACLAB THEATRE American Dreams: dances, mimicry and melodious songs with Kerala; 9:30am 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 Love Junk OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover

RENDEZVOUS PUB The Cowabungas, Fight to Swill, the Reckless Heroes, Foulmouth; 8pm (door); $10 REXALL PLACE Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Bob Seger, Dallas Smith; 8pm (show); $65/$85/$110 at livenation.com; all ages RYLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE Randy Jone The Sole Shaker Band; 8pm-12; 10:30pm (lunch); sponsored by Tofield Dance Club SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Tyler and Matt SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT Tony Dizon

STARLITE ROOM MGMT, Kuroma; 5:30pm (sold out), 9:30pm $45 at livenation.com

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Open stage jam with host Tommaso Zillio (Edmonton Guitar); last Sat each month, 2-5pm; admission by donation

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION Dead City Dolls, Dolly Rotten, Snakebite, Bad Acid

Ave ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave, 780.437.3667 FANDANGO'S 12912-50 St, fandangoslive.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER’S ROOST 8906-99 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 FUSIA CORAL 4990-92 Ave, Edmonton Sun Bldg HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010 HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110, 780.452.1168 IRISH CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 ISBE DOMAIN 9529 Jasper Ave, 587.521.7788 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 L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEGENDS BAR 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St LIZARD LOUNGE 13160-118 Ave MACLAB THEATRE 9828-101A Ave, 780.425.1820 NAKED CYBERCAFÉ AND BOARDGAME EMPORIUM 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999 NEW CITY 8130 Gateway Boulevard NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 O2 JOES–North 13509-127 St, 780.451.7799 O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK 100 Granada Blvd,

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION PARTY SPRING BREAKS REMIX FEAT. LOVE & LIGHT & TIMOTHY WISDOM

FRI MAY 17

FUTURE ROOTS, ULTRA RECORDS & THE PAWN SHOP PRESENTS

MT. EDEN SAT MAY 18

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

WUNDERBAR F-Holes, Give 'Em Hell Boys, Cadence and Nathan, Rusty; 8pm-1:30am YARDBIRD SUITE Canadian Jazz Series: Jeri Brown, The First Ladies of Jazz; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest)

Classical

AN EVENING OF SLAYER WORSHIP

SHRED IN PEACE JEFF HANNEMAN

FEATURING LIVE SLAYER TRIBUTE ACTS

SUN MAY 19

CIRCA REVISITING THE GOLDEN AGE OF

ALTERNATIVE CLUB DANCE MUSIC FROM 1983-1993

WED MAY 22

THE BRAINS W/ HELLFIRE SPECIAL & AKUAKU

SAT MAY 25

STRIKER CANADIAN TOUR KICKOFF PARTY THU MAY 30

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 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 THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@ thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750-124 St CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 THE CLUB–Citadel Theatre 9828-101A Ave COMMON 9910-109 St COSMOPOLITAN MUSIC SOCIETY 8426 Gateway Blvd LA CREMA CAFÉ 44 St Thomas St, St Albert, 780.458.8225 CROWN PUB 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618 DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB 9013-88 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 ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte

SAT MAY 11

PUB 1824 Open stage every Sat afternoon: South of Sanity; 2-6pm

EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony Plain Pretty Archie (fr (Cape Breton); 9pm

FILTHY MCNASTY'S The Switchmen, guests Andrew Scott and Celeigh Cardinal; 4pm; no cover

THE REMAINS... OF THE END OF DISCLOSURE TOUR

PUB 1824 Evening: Dryland Band; 9pm

DV8 The Rumble, the Patterns, I am Machi

FANDANGO'S Double Header: New Horizon, Shannon Smith; $10 (adv)/$1 (door)

KRISIUN, ARSIS & STARKILL, FUQUORED & NETHERWARD

W/ DJ PHATCHAT & DAPHÜTUR

PAWN SHOP The Higher Ground presents: Customer Appreciation Party

SPRUCE GROVE–Life and Leisure Expo Trooper, 8pm, $39 at Horizon Stage box office, ticketmaster.ca; Entertainment Stage: Karen Claypool, When Lovers Collide, the Red Canyons, Owls by Nature, more, sprucegrovechamber.com

DEVANEY'S Derina Harvey

FRI MAY 10

Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave PUB 1824 12402-118 Ave, 587.521.1824 RED LINE DINER–Spruce Grove 300 St Matthews Ave, Spruce Grove RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108-149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 10209-123 St ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St RYLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE 50 St-49 Ave, Ryley SET NIGHTCLUB Phase I, WEM SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 SPORTSMAN'S LOUNGE 8170-50 St SPRUCE GROVE–Life and Leisure Expo Agrena, King St, Agrena Rd , 5 Ave, Spruce Grove STARLITE ROOM 10030-102 St, 780.428.1099 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 VARSCONA THEATRE 10329-83 Ave, 780.434.5564 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028-102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

VUEWEEKLY MAY 9 – MAY 15, 2013

SUPERSUCKERS

W/ LYDIA LOVELESS

& THE PREYING SAINTS FOR TICKETS- PLEASE VISIT WWW.YEGLIVE.CA

WEDNESDAY PINT NIGHT’S

$2.75 DOMESTIC PINTS

SAT MAY 11

FREE SHOW 4PM

THE SWITCHMEN W/ ANDREW SCOTT & CELEIGH CARDINAL

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HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH Journeys; I Coristi Chamber Choir, Irene Apanovitch (guest conductor); 7:30pm; $18 (adv, adult)/$13 (adv, student/senior)/$20 (door, adult)/$15 (door, student/senior)

MAY/10 FACE FIRST, EARLY SHOW

MAY/11

ENDIVERA

MGMT

& GUESTS

EARLY ALL AGES SHOW, LATE 18+ SHOW (BOTH SHOWS SOLD OUT!)

MAY/12 R5 & GUESTS SOLD OUT! MAY/17 THE DECADENT CABARET MAY/18 LOOKING EAST WORKS PRESENTS MAY/23 CONCERT CANNIBAL CORPSE NAPALM DEATH

MAY/24 ALTERRA, DUSTY TUCKER, BOMB SQUAD ROOKIE, STRANGER DANGER MAY/25 KASTLE MAY/28 BOXER REBELLION & GUESTS MAY/30 NEW FOUND GLORY STICKS AND STONES TOUR EVERY FRIDAY

KLUB OMFG

STEP’D UP & JUNGLE FEVER ALTERNATING SATURDAYS IN TEMPLE MAY/10 DRAKE’S THEORY & GUESTS MAY/11 DAHLMERS REALM TUESDAYS PRESENTS MAY/14 RUBY THE PATTERNS W/ KEN STEAD

MAY/17

VIRTUAL TERRORIST & BORYS

MUTTART HALL Profiles in Music (evening of music and photography): featuring faculty and students at the Conservatory with Peter Krejcar performing on piano; photos

by Diana Duzbayeva; 6:30pm (exhibition), 7:30pm (piano recital); free ROBERTSON WESLEY UNITED CHURCH Proms Celebration: Brass band (28-piece British-style brass band, Edmonton Swiss Men’s Choir); 7pm WINSPEAR CENTRE Symphony Cirque: Youth Supporting Youth Charity Performance; 1pm; $50 (VIP)/$50 (senior, dinner and theatre package)/$30 (general adult)/$15 (senior/student) at Chinatown Cultural Centre, 780.977.0705

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: The Menace Sessions: Alt Rock/Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz; Underdog: Edmonton Ska Society takes over the Underdog: With Freddy B THE BOWER For Those Who Know...: House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests THE COMMON Get Down It's Saturday Night: House and disco and everything in between with resident Dane DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Sat; 9pm ENCORE–WEM Every Sat: Sound and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten FLUID LOUNGE R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 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

RED LINE DINER–Spruce Grove Open Mic; 4-8pm; every 2nd Sunday RED PIANO Mother's Day Brunch: Live Dueling Piano Show; $29.99/person RICHARD'S PUB Sun Jam hosted by Andrew white and the Joint Chiefs; 4-8pm THE RIG Every Sun Jam hosted by Better Us than Strangers; 5-9pm STARLITE ROOM R5, featuring Ross Lynch; 7pm; sold out VARSCONA THEATRE To the Best of Mothers…: Presented by Shadow Theatre stars Lionel Rault, Andrea House and Dana Wylie, John Hudson, John Sproule, David Belke, Steve Berg, Chris Smith; 7:30pm; $25 at TIX on the Square WUNDERBAR Abramson Singers, Astral Swans

Classical ALL SAINTS' ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL Mum's the Word: Excentrica Women’s Chamber Chorus; 7:30pm; $13.75 at TIX on the Square COSMOPOLITAN MUSIC SOCIETY Concert for Mothers: Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Rafael Piesiur; 2pm; $10 (door)/ free (child under 12) ROBERTSON-WESLEY UNITED CHURCH The B concert: WindRose Trio presents; 2pm WINSPEAR CENTRE Cantonese Opera, Youth Supporting Youth Series. $30 (general)/$15 (senior/student), $50 (VIP)/ $50 (senior dinner and theatre package)

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Stylus Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am

MON MAY 13 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover

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

BLUES ON WHYTE Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys

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

DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm; host changes weekly: This week: Joanne Janzen

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

ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Mkhai

FANDANGO'S I've Got the Blues: Monday Jam

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

FESTIVAL PLACE Bev Facey–Big Band Revival; 7:30pm; $14.25 at TicketMaster

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

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Monday Open Stage

SUITE 69 Stella Saturday: retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests

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

TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh Snap with Degree, Cool Beans, Specialist, Spenny B and Mr. Nice Guy and Ten 0; every Sat 9pm

ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm

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

SUN MAY 12 BEER HUNTER–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm

MAY/18 UPSIDEDOWNTOWN, DAYWALKER, VAN GHOST, BETWEEN BROTHERS BURLESQUE PRESENTS MAY/24 VIXENESQUE CHICK FLICK!

BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Mother's Day Brunch: Jim Findlay trio; 10am - 2.30pm; donations

EVERY EATS

BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main 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 MAY 14

BLUES ON WHYTE Alex Zayas

ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL Open Mic with Ehren Flais

BOHEMIA Redrick Sultan! OJ Pimpson!

Service: Fair!

BLUES ON WHYTE Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys

AND BEATS

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

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

EVERY THE ULTIMATE OPEN STAGE

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

W/ FAIR BLUE

WEDNESDAY EVERY WEDNESDAY, $0.35 WINGS

THURSDAY EVERY THURSDAY, OPEN TURNTABLES, OPEN STAGE

EVERY SILENCE BE DAMNED

FRIDAY GOTH AND INDUSTRIAL EVERY FRIDAY AT 10PM NOW HIRING SERVERS, BUSSERS, SECURITY STAFF AND BARTENDERS

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DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB Celtic Music with Devaney's House Band 5-8pm FANDANGO'S Sun Industry Night: House mix with DJ JEZ LF FUSIA CORAL Sundays BLUES with Rita McDade the fusion Blues Band: Bring your instrument if you want to play; every Sun, 4-9pm

BRIXX BAR Ruby Tuesdays with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm DRUID IRISH PUB Jamhouse Tues hosted by Chris Wynters, guest DV8 Teethmarks (Toronto); 9pm J+H PUB Acoustic open mic night every Tue hosted by Lorin Lynne; Everyone will have 10-15 minutes to play L.B.’S Tue Blues Jam with Mark Ammar; 7:30pm-11:30pm O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm

NEWCASTLE PUB Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6:30pm; no cover

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK The Campfire Hero's (acoustic rock, country, top 40); 9pm2am every Tue; no cover

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

SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Party Hog

O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm1am

WINSPEAR CENTRE Tribute to ABBA: Arrival from Sweden; 7:30pm

ON THE ROCKS Mayday and the Beatcreeps, Blades of Steel, the Blackstone

WUNDERBAR Picture the Ocean, Joe Nolan

VUEWEEKLY MAY 9 – MAY 15, 2013

SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT Rob Taylor

YARDBIRD SUITE Tue Night Sessions: Rhonda Whitnell; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (Show); $5

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

WED MAY 15 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12 ARTERY Funky Folk Fusion Fundraiser: Amy van Keeken, Jake Buckley, Kathleen McGee, Jon Mick, Liam Creswick; 7pm; $15 (adv) BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month; On the Patio: Funk and Soul with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm BLUES ON WHYTE Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 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 IRISH PUB Wed open mic with host Duff Robison DEVANEY'S Duff Robison ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover FANDANGO'S Wed open stage hosted by Michael Gress and Cody Noula; Original artist showcase at 9pm; Every Wed: Salsa Wed: Beginner/Intermediate lessons, 7:158pm; 8:15-9pm; $5 FIDDLER'S ROOST Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12 HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Open stage every Wed hosted by the Turtlenecks, 8:30pm, free HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Michael Gress; 9pm J+H PUB Acoustic open mic night hosted by Lorin Lynne 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 PAWN SHOP The Road to Indie Week Alberta: Candice Ryan, Third Branch and Short of Able, Unwed Mothers, Nature of; 8pm (door); $6 (adv)/$10 (door) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member) PUB 1824 Open stage every Wed hosted by South of Sanity; 8-12pm RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 REXALL PLACE Fleetwood Mac; 7pm (door), 8pm (show); $49.50, $65.50, $95.50, $129.50, $199.50 at livenation.com THE RIG Open jam every Wed hosted by Will Cole; 8pm -12am SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Party Hog SHERLOCK HOLMES–DT 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 RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip hop open mic hosted by Kaz and Orv; $5

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): You may have only a dim idea about how your smartphone and computer work, but that doesn't prevent you from using their many wonderful features. While you're swimming, you know almost nothing about the physiological processes that are active inside you, and yet you have no problem making all the necessary movements. In that spirit, I'm not worried about whether or not you will grasp the deep inner meaning of events that will be unfolding in the coming week. Complete understanding isn't absolutely necessary.

All you need to do is trust your intuition to lead you in the direction of what's interesting and educational.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): "I need not sell my soul to buy bliss," says a character in Charlotte Brontë's 19th-century novel Jane Eyre. "I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give." This would be a great speech for you to memorize and periodically recite in the next two weeks. Do it in front of your mirror at least once a day to remind yourself of how amazingly resourceful you are. It will also help you resist the temptation to seek gifts from people who can't or won't give them to you.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): What is the big adventure you've been postponing forever because it hasn't been convenient? How about an intriguing possibility you have always wanted to experiment with but have consistently denied yourself? Or what about that nagging mystery you've been wishing you had the time and energy to solve? Wouldn't your life change for the better if you finally dived in and explored it?

In the next two weeks, Cancerian, I urge you to consider giving yourself permission to pursue something that fits one of those descriptions.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): Right now, Leo, you are a majestic and mysterious mess of raw power. You are a fresh, flaming fountain of pure charisma. Irresistible! That's you! Unstoppable! You! Impossible to fool and immune to the false charms

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of heartfelt mediocrity! You! You! You! In your current condition, no one can obstruct you from seeing the naked truth about the big picture. And that's why I am so sure that victory will soon be yours. You will overcome the fuzziness of your allies, the bad vibes of your adversaries and your own inertia. Not all conquests are important and meaningful, but you will soon achieve the one that is.

he prepared to shoot up. "This one's my Cadillac," he confessed. "And this one's my house." I'm bringing this up, Sagittarius, in the hope that it will provide a healthy shock. Are you doing anything remotely like Charlie Parker? Are you pouring time and energy and money into an inferior form of pleasure or a trivial distraction that is undermining your ability to accomplish higher goals? If so, fix that glitch, please.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): A character in Herman Hesse's novel Demian says the following: "I live in my dreams. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own."

Whose dreams do you live in, Virgo?

What is the source of the fantasies that dominate your imagination?

Are they the authentic outpourings of your own soul? Or did they originate with your parents and teachers and lovers? Did they sneak into you from the movies and songs and books you love? Are they the skewed result of the emotional wounds you endured or the limitations you've gotten used to? Now is an excellent time to take inventory.

Find out how close you are to living in your own dreams.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): "I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good," said iconic songwriter Woody Guthrie.

"I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world." Amen, brother Woody! I have the same approach to writing horoscopes. And I'm happy to advise you, Capricorn, that you should have a similar attitude toward everything you put out and take in during the coming week.

Just for now, reject all words, ideas and actions that demoralize and destroy. Treat yourself to a phase of relentless positivity.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Charles Ives was a renowned American composer who lived from 1874 to 1954.

Because his music was experimental and idiosyncratic, it took a long time for him to get the appreciation he deserved. When he was 73-yearsold, he won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for a symphony he had written when he was 30. I expect that in the near future you might be the beneficiary of a similar kind of mojo, Libra. A good deed you did or a smart move you made in the past will finally get at least some of the recognition or response you've always wanted.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): "There are no right answers to wrong questions," says science-fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin. And that's why you must be so conscientious about coming up with the very best questions. Right, Scorpio? All your efforts to hunt down solutions will be for naught unless you frame your problems elegantly and accurately. Now here's the very good news: your skill at asking pertinent questions is at a peak. That's why I suggest you make this Focused Inquiry Week. Crisply define three questions that will be important for you to address in the next seven months.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Charlie Parker was a great jazz musician. As a saxophonist and composer, he was an influential innovator. Unfortunately, he also had an expensive heroin addiction. It interfered with his ability to achieve financial stability. There's a famous story about him showing a bystander two veins on his arm as

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PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): According to legend, Jennifer Lopez's butt is insured for $300 million. Bruce Springsteen has supposedly insured his voice for $31 million and wine expert Angela Mount is said to have insured her taste buds for $16 million. In that spirit, Pisces, I encourage you to consider insuring your imagination. To be clear, I don't anticipate that you will have occasion to collect any settlement. Nothing bad will happen. But taking this step could be a fun ritual that might drive home to you just how important your imagination will be in the coming weeks. Your power to make pictures in your mind will either make you crazy with unfounded fantasies and fearful delusions, or else it will help you visualize in detail the precise nature of the situations you want to create for yourself in the future. V

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Calgary - Friday, May 10th Come to The HiFi Club to celebrate the Legacy of IA Co. in honour of Ian McDonald.

Fashion show featuring IA Co. Fashions and NRT Fashions.

Musical performance by AYE. Buy tickets at IACOLEGACY.ZOOBIS.COM Doors @ 8pm. $20 tickets. #YoungK1ng

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

Eight Minute Date Tues. May 14 ($40) Speed Dating (Ages 22-55) Call 780-457-8535 www.eightminutedate.ca

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

YEG Vintage Sale Vintage lovers rejoice! We're having a yard sale! We'll be selling our lovely vintage wares including housewares, furniture, and clothing. We'll have retro tunes spinning all day plus coffee, tea, and vegan baked goodies! And if that wasn't enough to entice you, Janna Stewart will also be selling her gorgeous Cinder+Smoke creations. Come out and celebrate spring with us! Street Parking Only.

For More info contact: Allison Dragsten @ 7809143364 thriftedblog@gmail.com

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AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): "I know not what my past still has in store for me," testified the Indian spiritual poet Tukaram. I believe most of us can say the same thing, and here's why: the events that happened to us once upon a time keep transforming as we ripen.

They come to have different meanings in light of the ever-new experiences we have. What seemed like a setback when it first occurred may eventually reveal itself to have been the seed of a blessing. A wish fulfilled at a certain point in our history might come back to haunt us later on. I bring up these ideas, Aquarius, because I think you're primed to reinterpret your own past.

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 Gi Janes & Men's Invitational May 25 @ Oil City Grindhouse 14420 112 street Doors at 6pm Visit www.oilcityderbygirls.ca for more information

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

To place an ad PHONE: 780.426.1996 / FAX: 780.426.2889 / EMAIL: classifieds@vueweekly.com

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): The Tarahumara Indians of northwestern Mexico are renowned for their ability to run long distances. The best runners can cover 200 miles in two days. The paths they travel are not paved or smooth, either, but rather the rough canyon trails that stretch between their settlements. Let's make them your inspirational role models in the coming week, Aries.

I'm hoping that you will be as tough and tenacious as they are—that you will pace yourself for the long haul, calling on your instinctual strength to guide you.

As a non-profit, SATS can serve more elders over 65 years who need help with volunteer led transportation, if we can find more volunteer drivers! Please think of giving Volunteer managed Rides to elders. You are needed 8:00 to 8:00 pm seven days a week for three hours at your convenience. Two to three days of notice, in advance of a volunteer given ride, is given. The elders always will be very appreciative of your time and your gas. For more details on gas re-imbursements call SATS at 780 732-1221 Come have fun, meet some really great people and help the CNIB too. We require volunteers on almost everyday of the week to help at various bingo hall locations around the city (WEM, Castledowns, south side). We pay for lunch or dinner and you give your time (4-6 hour shift).

You do not need any experience as everything will be taught to you and you will be completely supported. So call Christine at 780-953-1510 or email at christine.poirier@cnib.ca for more information Bingo is a smoke-free and friendly environment.

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.

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

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Join Us! Volunteer for The Works Art and Design Festival June 20-July 2, 2013. Variety of positions available! Contact Erin at 780-426-2122 ext.230, volunteer@theworks.ab.ca. Or visit www.theworks.ab.ca to download your application today!

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 Room to Read is changing children's lives in the developing world through literacy and gender equality. Join us in planning events to support our work, and spreading the word about our amazing results.

Edmonton@roomtoread.org www.roomtoread.org SACE is recruiting volunteers for our 24 hour crisis line. Please visit our website: www.sace.ab.ca Support local farmers and your community. SouthWest Edmonton Farmers Market is seeking volunteers to help with set up, market activities and take down each Wednesday. This is fun, vibrant and communityoriented place and you get to be outside!

For more information please contact Melissa at 780-868-9210 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 WALK TO FIGHT ARTHRITIS June 9th at Laurier Park Event day volunteers needed, for more info or to register online please visit: www.walktofightarthritis.ca Walking is not easy for elders as their joints do not work well anymore...so we need younger walkers with a vehicle to help drive them to important appointments within Greater Edmonton area. We reimburse gas monies of $10.00 a trip! It is easy to help them! They make the walking and driving entertaining: Look up www.satsofedmonton.org or call 780 732-1221 and/ or drop in at 9907-108 Avenue to register to drive

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Welcome Home, a befriending program that provides companionship to recently rehoused individuals, is seeking volunteers to engage newly housed individuals in activities that reduce loneliness and isolation. Activities may include going for coffee, a walk, or a movie. Time commitment: 4-8 hours/ month for 6 months.

Contact: Jacqueline.Bass@catholicsocial services.ab.ca

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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 PROPOSALS: VISUALEYEZ 2013 The fourteenth annual Visualeyez festival of performance art happens from 10–16 September 2013 in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta, exploring on the curatorial theme of Vulnerability.

A conversation that begins by asking artists to explore issues around the curatorial theme of Vulnerability on an individual level and to confront issues of access, the body and social anxiety.

Proposals should include: a CV; artist statement; a detailed description of the work you wish to present, or explore; and support material which can include images, video, print or digital documentation of your work, catalogues, and press.

The deadline for submission is Friday, 31 May 2013, Proposals by email to: todd.janes@latitude53.org Please be courteous of image size and materials that you are sending. Please place Visualeyez 2013 submission in the subject line.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Artist in Residence 2013/2014 | Deadline May 31st @ midnight Harcourt House Artist Run Centre is currently accepting submissions for 2013/2014 Artist in Residence (AIR).

This one-year residency includes a studio space, access to our art education courses and facilities, teaching opportunities and a $150 monthly art supply stipend.

For detailed submission info please visit: http://harcourthouse.ab.ca/ Please mail submissions by May 31, 2013 to: Harcourt House Artist Run Centre 3rd Floor, 10215 – 112 Street Edmonton, Alberta.

Canada T5K 1M7 Calling all singers who want to know how to maintain their voice as they age! The Alberta Choral Federation will be presenting a workshop led by Dr. Victoria Meredith on the adult singing voice. Applying the principles of exercise physiology to maintaining a healthy singing voice at any age, Dr. Victoria Meredith addresses challenges that singers tend to experience across time, as well as relationships between choral singing and various aspects of health. In this interactive session, participants will explore a wide range of vocal conditioning techniques that contribute to the preservation of the voice for a lifetime. For more information or to register, call the Alberta Choral Federation at (780) 488-7464.

Pre-registration is required.

Registration deadline: May 10, 2013

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Wholesale Business – Cremation Urns – land & building sales $160K, price $349,900.

Crane & Picker operation – sales $800,000, equipment appraisal on file, price $525,000.00.

Lake Resort/Convenience Store/Residence (Liquor Vendor) – Sales $150K - Asking $749,900.00.

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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 Exhibition Opportunity: Edmonton (Bridge Songs) Bridge Songs is an arts experience combining original music and performance, spoken word, an album release and a visual art gallery.

We are currently seeking submissions of visual art for our gallery and short film, spoken word and drama (limited stage space) for performance.

Submissions should tie in to the event theme (see below). To submit a song, find our Call for Submission for songs online at bridgesongs.ca.

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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.

The Harcourt House Art Market features over 25 Alberta artists whom are awarded a 6’ table to make all their own. We encourage all emerging/ experimental artists to submit and we open to all varieties of mediums including but not limited to the following: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, collage, performance (oh yes), video, photography, etc.

Date: May 25th, 2013 Time: 2 – 6pm Location: Harcourt House Gallery, 10215 – 112 Street

The event runs June 14th and 15th. Submissions must be received by May 19, 2013.

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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Please email all submissions and submission questions to: marketsubmissions@gmail.com (one email per submission) All submissions must be received by the Harcourt House Artist Run Centre by April 20th, 2013 @ midnight.

Only accepted exhibitors will be contacted.

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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

The Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) in the community of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta is holding an Open Call for Design Proposals to select individual artists or artist-led creative teams to conceive, create and install sitespecific works of public art at the Elder Care Centre (currently under construction) located on MacKenzie Avenue, Fort Chipewyan. Two art installations are required and proposals may address either one or both items.

These include: 1. Eagle Canopy (Exterior) 2. Medicine Wheel (Interior) Deadline for Submissions: May 15th, 2013 For more info please email: bills@group2.ca

BOOK YOUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY! CALL ANDY 780.426.1996

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Wrong Way Press is an independent publisher focused on literary fiction, especially long stories between 5,000 and 20,000 words. We're looking for things that surprise. Humor is important. Magic isn't required, but it isn't frowned on either.

Illustrations are nice if they comment on the text. Think of things like Jonathan Swift, Nikolai Gogol, The Brothers Grimm, Donald Barthelme, Robert Crumb, Kelly Link, George Saunders and Jack Handy.

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Grocery Auction*home office: 10 am-6 pm forMon-Thurs details prize. Simply write*5aNew shortListings story Above:Large Contact Mark Hansen’s *Consignments and tweet it to @youthwrite or @ 403 343 0824 or emailtaken* gmarkhansen@shaw.ca post it on our Facebook page.is a selection of choices please visit our website www.advantagecommercial.ca The above 120 characters or less! One story per day between May 3 - 17, winners will be posted on May 20th! www.youthwrite.com

Musicians Wanted

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

Please call 780-901-7677

I, Hart Bachmier, founding member of Disciples Of Power rebuke and resist this formation of my old band without my consent. D.O.P. will not get my blessing for this formation, but I will pray for them in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit, amen.

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Wholesale Business – Cremation Urns – land & building sales $160K, price $349,900.

Crane & Picker operation – sales $800,000, equipment appraisal on file, price $525,000.00.

Lake Resort/Convenience Store/Residence (Liquor Vendor) – Sales $150K - Asking $749,900.00.

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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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ANNOUNCEMENTS GET AHEAD of the crowd. Office Administration certificate program specializing in Bookkeeping, Dental Office or Oil and Gas. GPRC, Grande Prairie campus. 780-539-2911; gprc.ab.ca.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BARBER SHOP business for sale in Whitehorse, Yukon. Excellent opportunity. Includes all equipment, in good location, leased premises. Contact Murd for details. 867-667-6873 or 867-667-7467.

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MILLWRIGHT/MACHINIST in just 16 weeks.

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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.

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MILLWRIGHT AND MACHINIST Combination.

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LEVEL 2 WATER and Waste Water Operator required for Elinor Lake Resort. Call 780-623-3993.

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May 11 & 12. Sat., 10 - 6 & Sun., 10 - 5. Westerner Exposition Grounds. Over 350 sales tables.

Canadiana furniture and collectibles. Carswell’s 403-343-1614.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 16 WEEKS TO WELDER 1st Year Apprentice!

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12 weeks theory, 4 weeks practicum. On-campus residences. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca. $100 - $400 CASH DAILY for landscaping work!

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EXCLUSIVE FINNING/Caterpillar Mechanic training. GPRC Fairview Campus. High school diploma, mechanical aptitude required. $1000. entrance scholarship. Paid practicum with Finning.

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Queer party space

MATT JONES // JONESINCROSSWORDS@VUEWEEKLY.COM

"New Wave"-- catch it!

Keeping Edmonton's LGBTQ scene alive A few weeks ago at the Pride CenLoop. The two collectives are tre, Exposure hosted a community different, but they are both dediscussion about the importance voted to creating queer events of queer spaces and events in our in new (and old) queer spaces. city. I have lived in Edmonton for Qmunity League has been throwseven years, so I can't speak ing fully accessible and to the preoccupations of anti-oppressive dances. our queer communities It's clear that Qmunity before that time, but I League members have m ekly.co vuewe @ can say that ever since y devoted much time and le h as the Roost closed, there Ashley h energy and have created rg safe and accessible spaces have been seemingly endDrybu less discussions about how Edin which people can feel welmonton is losing its queer spaces, come and—best of all—have a and as a result, our communities great time. have become inactive, ineffective Fruit Loop, according to one and divided. of its members who wanted to Such descriptions of Edmonton's speak anonymously, is a group queer communities always bother of creative individuals who are me. My experience is that there dedicated to giving back to their are many amazing queer organizaLGBTQ community by offering, tions doing important work in the "a welcoming, fun, well-organized city, and I have had the great forand queer-friendly night out." tune to work with passionate and Throughout the summer, Fruit hardworking queer activists. The Loop will be hosting events on bars may come and go, but it is the second Friday of every month pretty undeniable that strong, enfrom May to August. The member gaged and radical queer communifurther explains: "We want to see ties, organizations and collectives Fruit Loop as part of Edmonton's in remain in our city. thriving and diverse LGBTQ community, and we hope it feels like In the past year, two queer colan amazing and memorable house lectives have been created: Qmuparty full of friends." Each event nity League Collective and Fruit will feature a casual lounge envi-

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ronment, live entertainment from community members and house music to encourage dancing.

To give back to the community, each collective will feature a community partner. The event is an opportunity for these non-profit groups to use Fruit Loop as a friend-raiser or fundraiser. There is no cost to the groups to participate and it is up to them to identify what they want to do.

"We hope that this will help to connect our community and to provide them with additional resources to meet their mandates," says the Fruit Loop member. "We have already established partnerships with the Pride Festival for May, Team Edmonton for June and The Pride Centre for July."

As was discussed at the Exposure panel, one queer organization, bar or collective can't be everything to everyone. Instead, as Exposure, Qmunity League and Fruit Loop continue to show, there is a need for diverse events and programs, along with collaboration and resource-sharing. With groups like these and the community members who built them, there's no doubt in my mind that queer Edmonton is thriving. V

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LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS

COMMENT >> SEX

Reading comprehension fail

Sleeping with Republicans and what to do about a sexless marriage I'm a 24-year-old straight, married is another (sober acceptance of female. I have been religiously readreality). So here's my second-best ing your column in the Portland advice for you: move the fuck out.

Mercury since I was 16. Thank you Tell your shitty husband that you're for explaining things that my parnot ready to divorce him but that ents wouldn't and for helping you refuse to live with a man E G me clear the hurdles of adowho doesn't have a job, A SAV lescence! doesn't cook or clean and I turn to you now for isn't interested in talking m o .c ekly vuewe advice. Five months ago, savagelove@ to a counsellor and workDan I married the man of my ing on his marriage. Tell avage S dreams. He was driven, hardhim you're moving out to working, loving and happy. We preserve your sanity and whathad amazing, cosmic and connectever small chance this marriage has ed sex, and we enjoyed pleasing of succeeding. each other. We have been together Once you move out, TSTQ, your for a little over a year. I realize now husband can find a job and pay his that it was WAY too soon to get own rent, or he can sit on the couch married, but I let my romantic side until his landlord has him evicted. get the best of me, and so here we If he gets his shit together, maybe are. We are miserable. Now when it you can stay married. If he doesn't, comes to sex, it's the furthest thing well, then maybe you'll be ready to from my mind. When it does hapgive up. pen, it's very one-sided. I rarely get All that said, the fact that you're off, and if I do, it's on my own after not ready to give up on this marhe finishes because "it's too much riage ultimately doesn't mean two work" to get me off. That's problem squarts. Because your husband has one. given up on it. Your husband is makProblem two is that on our weding himself unbearable because he ding night, he broke his foot and wants out. But instead of being couldn't work as a result. After his an adult and asking for a divorce, foot healed, he quit his job. He told your husband is doing everything me he "didn't want to do that kind in his power to drive you away. He of work anymore." So now I work doesn't work, he doesn't help pay an exhausting full-time job, supthe bills or clean the house and he port both of us on a salary barely would rather play video games than big enough for one and come home fuck you. This is a man who—conevery day to a filthy apartment. sciously or subconsciously—wants Here's what my husband does all out of this marriage, TSTQ, and I day: plays video games and jerks predict that his shitty, inconsideroff to porn. Every time I broach the ate behaviour will escalate until he subject of him getting a job or pickgets what he wants: out. ing up after himself, all hell breaks loose. I have brought up marriage My wife and I are bi and monogacounselling, because lately neither mish, and we occasionally invite of us is the best at respectfully other swell guys, girls and couples communicating, and his response into our bedroom. We're crazy is, "You can go, but I'm not going." I liberal hippies and thus far have thought about withholding sex until he finds a job, but I don't know how big of a threat that poses as we have sex MAYBE once a week as it is. I would appreciate any advice you have for making this work, as I am not ready to give up.

Too Soon To Quit

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fooled around exclusively with similar folks. It's difficult at the best of times to find couples where both members are bi, so when we find one, we tend to pursue them with wild abandon. We've recently been corresponding with a duo that seems perfect in every regard (bi, hot, intelligent). Our problem: in their last email, they labelled themselves as "compassionate conservatives," which set off our

almost never.

If I use protection with these dudes, and I'm getting tested every three months, do I owe these onetime players the truth about what I do for a living?

Sexworker Troubled Intellectually People who enjoy hooking up with strangers—people who have casual one-night stands with people they don't know and may not see

protection.

So, STI, as long as you're using protection/condoms, you're doing right by your one-night stands.

Your dudes are entitled to consideration and a reasonable concern for their well-being, and it sounds like they're getting both. They are not entitled to your complete sexual history or your work resumé.

If someone isn't comfortable with the risks inherent in casual sex—if someone wouldn't want to sleep with a sex worker, say, or an editor at Breitbart—that person needs to inquire as to whether the person they've just picked up is a sex worker or an idiot. The onus is on them.

It's difficult at the best of times to find couples where both members are bi, 3”so wide version when we find one, we tend to pursue them with wild abandon. socially progressive warning bells.

Do we move on? Or do we keep politics off the table and go for it?

Friends don't let friends fuck Republicans, right?

Bisexual But Bipartisan?

I used to take a hard line on sleeping with conservatives—friends don't let friends fuck Republicans and all that—but I've evolved. Today I support sleeping with conservatives ... because someone has to fuck some sense into 'em. Might as well be you guys, BBB. I have an ethical dilemma. I'm an escort and a pro Domme. I have a ridiculous sex drive (it's silly how much sex I want to have!) and I'm single. I'm also queer. But lately I find myself mostly hooking up with dudes for two reasons: 1) I think it's important to also have non-transactional sex with dudes.

2) It's easier to have casual sex with dudes because I rarely get emotionally attached to dudes. Like

Publishers Weekly says my new again—should go into those hookbook, American Savage, is one of ups knowing these two things: the "Best Summer Books of 2013."

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I can't tell you how much your letter saddens me, TSTQ. Someone who started reading my column at age 16—and that's just the right age to start reading my column—should've known better than to marry a man she'd been dating for seven short months. And someone who has been reading my column for eight years should know what to do about a useless, unemployed, inconsiderate spouse: call a divorce lawyer.

But you're not ready to give up on this marriage, TSTQ, because an ill-advised quickie marriage is one thing (crazy whirlwind romance!), and a well-advised quickie divorce

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