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Harper hops a plane Lukaszuk promises to take another look at PSLA As scandal continues to grow in the Prime Minister's Office—as Stephen Harper's own plausible deniability in knowing his own chief of staff wrote a $90 000 cheque to cover now-resigned Senator Mike Duffy's inaccurate housing expense claims—starts looking less and less plausible, the PM finally said something about the scandal on Tuesday morning. Except that he didn't really say anything at all.

Addressing his caucus, Harper spoke of the work his government has done for accountability since 2006, discussed the potential reform of the Canadian Senate and ended on a mention of the Economic Action Plan remaining this government's top priority. He said he was very upset about "conduct" without mentioning a single person he was upset with: not Duffy, not Senator Pam Wallin, also facing inquiries into her spending, not his scandalized, now-former Chief of Staff Nigel Wright.

And then Harper refused to answer questions from reporters. And then he hopped on a plane to South America for a trade mission that, if he actually wanted to deal with this scandal head-on, he probably would have delayed.

The whole point of Harper's speech seemed to be that this is just a distraction from the real issues facing Canada, that we should just ignore this ethical scandal for being inconsequential in the wake of chasing economic prosperity. In fact, the consequences are serious: Harper's ignoring that it was issues of ethics that largely ended the Liberal Party's reign as the head of government and saw him elected as leader of this country. He was voted into power partly because he seemed to stand against this very sort of thing.

Back then, he probably would've agreed with his current critics crying for deeper inquiry: in 2005, in reference to the sponsorship scandal, Harper said: "There is no way that a political party that has been named for its involvement in a massive corruption scandal can be entrusted by the House to remain in office. So far, criminal charges have been pursued against relatively small fry in the sponsorship scandal and no one has gone to jail.

As long as the guilty party remains in governing the country, as long as it remains in office, nobody will ever be held truly responsible, nobody will ever be firmly punished and no real reforms will ever be made."

Perhaps this scandal isn't as big as that sponsorship scandal, but Harper's reigned over many sizable examples—robocalls, Bev Oda's expenses—and the public trust erodes further with each successive one. That Duffy's scandal is just the most recent in a long line shows how unaccountable the Conservative government's allowed itself to become, especially when its leader refuses to directly and openly address that corruption.

Perhaps Harper really didn't know about Wright's cheque to Duffy (though the likelihood of that seems slim), but only by addressing it head-on, taking responsibility for his party's actions and the company he's chosen to keep, will he be able to prove that. In the meantime, calling the issue a distraction and hopping on a plane out of the country isn't being accountable. It's being insulting to the entire country he claims to lead. V

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In a speech Deputy Premier and also Minister of Enterprise and Advanced Education Thomas Lukaszuk made at the Annual Representative Assembly of the Alberta Teachers' Association this past weekend, he made official something he had first announced informally via Twitter a few weeks earlier: that he and his government will be opening up the Post-Secondary Learning Act and making changes.

Given Lukaszuk's propensity for saying odd and often random things on Twitter, then scrambling afterward to clarify or reframe the comments, it is unclear whether the decision to review the Act is a carefully planned government initiative or a kneejerk reaction by a minister under attack. This is an important distinction, as the former would imply a government with a plan and vision for post-secondary education, and the latter only a minister seeking to take out his frustrations on academics and students.

A fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants review of such an important piece of government legislation is never a good thing, and the fact that it would be led by Lukaszuk makes it even more concerning. This is not a minister with a strong his-

tory of thoughtful engagement on public policy, and his combative off-the-cuff style could prove disastrous for the future of post-secondary education in the province.

would contribute to the uplifting of the whole people, the PSLA sought to turn post-secondary education into nothing more than a tool for economic growth and capitalist NCE profit. The first line of E R E F INTER vueweekly.com the preamble to the Lukaszuk's style @ ricardo o aside, Albertans who Act makes clear that Ricard a ñ u c A are familiar with the Act, the government only valand who remember the conues higher education to the tentious debate around it when degree that it "contributes to Althen Minister of Learning Lyle berta's competitive advantage in Oberg introduced it in 2003, have a global economy." good reason to be concerned The PSLA also made numerabout any review of the Act inious other changes to bring posttiated by this government. What secondary education in Alberta

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Once conceived of as a public good that would contribute to the uplifting of the whole people, the PSLA sought to turn post-secondary education into nothing more than a tool for economic growth and capitalist profit. else could they possibly want to do to post-secondary education that they are not already empowered to do under the legislation?

It was the Post-Secondary Learning Act that fundamentally changed the face and direction of post-secondary education in this province, from its founding principles right through to the rights of faculty and staff. Once conceived of as a public good that

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in line with the government's support for privatization, free markets and corporate profits. It consolidated all of the province's post-secondary institutions under one piece of legislation and introduced the concept of Campus Alberta. It introduced the idea of giving the Minister final say over the mandates and course offerings of all post-secondary institutions. It essentially deregulated

distance education in Alberta, opening the door for private providers to flood the province.

The PSLA also made significant changes to tuition policy in the province. It eliminated the tuition cap, which stated that student costs would be capped at 30 percent of the total costs of their education, and it moved tuition out of the realm of legislation and into the realm of regulation.

The difference between the two is that regulations are created, removed and adjusted at the whim of the provincial cabinet behind closed doors—they are not debated or voted on by the legislature as a whole. The current tuition regulation pegs tuition increases to the cost of inflation, allows institutions to use non-instructional fees virtually without limit and also allows the use of market modifiers allowing higher tuition for some programs than others.

It was the PSLA that removed the jobs of academic faculty from the realm of the Labour Code and removed their right to collective-job action, and it gave the Minister the right to audit and essentially fire Boards of Governors and Student Associations that were not living up to their mandate or "mismanaging their finances."

In short, the PSLA as it currently exists gives the government, and in most cases the Minister, complete control over all aspects of post-secondary education in the province from tuition rates to the actual courses and programs offered and brings the added benefit of keeping academic staff in line. What more could they possibly want?

That's the question that Albertans should be worried about and the one we won't know the answer to until this review gets underway. Lukaszuk needs to come clean about his intentions right now and Albertans need to mobilize quickly to ensure that the damage this government is doing to post-secondary education in our province does not become permanently entrenched in legislation. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.

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laid shirt, beard, toe shoes and a bit of a conspiracy theorist—is that the protester costume? Maybe not so much anymore. Mall shoppers, career-climbers, homemakers, retirees and those who rely on community assistance are now joining the ranks of the "stereotypical" protester.

Alberta's budget cuts have affected so many that leaving the comfort zone of a quiet and complacent life is no longer an option for a lot of people. Along with budget cuts, other causes—like having a say in where our food is sourced from—have everyone from moms to grandmas, dads, kids, community workers, students, professors, union members, the elderly, the disabled and the developmentally challenged setting up rallies, painting signs, joining together and speaking out. And in a political climate where the Canadian government labels activists as threats to national security, it's especially important to speak out and put an end to the fear mongering and obstacles that are being put in the way of free speech.

If you're down with standing up for your rights as an Albertan, then this will be a good weekend for you. Two major protests are happening on Saturday that welcome everyone to drop by and have a say, or simply to find out what all the fuss is about.

B L O C K ( T H E ) PA R T Y The Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta will be holding its policy convention at the Radisson Hotel on Gateway Boulevard on May 25, and Public Interest Alberta has organized a Block (the) Party rally in a parking lot just north of there. Bill MooreKilgannon, PIA's executive director, says 25 or so groups from across the province are coming together to make some noise and have some fun mocking the PCs, including bus-loads of AUPE union members from all across the province.

"We will be there and we'll be loud.

It's for people to become educated, but also to show their disagreement with the direction that the PC Party's going," Moore-Kilgannon says. "They think that it's a one-way street, but we're saying they're going the wrong direction."

He adds that many people thought Premier Alison Redford was going to be dedicated to education and families based on her election rhetoric. "And now they're seeing how many teachers are going to be laid off and support staff in our schools. We're seeing the impact on seniors, the fact that people with disabilities are getting $142 million cut. There's rhetoric and then there's reality, and reality is coming home to roost for the PC Party."

Seniors and home-care workers have been quite affected by the budget cuts.

"The actual home-care contracts are being reduced, so you get 15 minutes for a bath and that's all," Moore-Kilgannon says. "The seniors are going to be talking about the new PharmaCare plan that's expected to save the government $180 million, but what it's going to do is, seniors that are middle and upper income are now going to have to pay the full cost of their drugs. So what we're saying is that's really transferring the cost onto the most frail and sick. If you're healthy, it's not an issue. But if you have a chronic condition, then you're paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars a month in drug costs."

While there will be short speeches and live music, this rally is a bit different than a typical protest as there will be interactive stations set up that mock the PC Party, including flat-tax Jeopardy and an area for children to

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create their own "bitumen" bubbles.

"I think people are open to doing things a little more creatively than your standard protest rally and we want to attract people from all walks of life to come out and be a part of that," Moore-Kilgannon points out.

"And yes, we know people are angry and people are coming out because they're understanding how this is impacting on them, but how you express that can often be done in a more powerful way by mocking and challenging what the PC Party is doing as opposed to just being there and expressing your anger.

"On one hand, we see the cuts happening and we're told that it's because of some bitumen-bubble issue, but they're not talking about the revenue options that they have, and, in particular, the flat tax."

Exploring other revenue options like a flat-tax system is something that will be explored at the rally.

"I've got a government document here that they've put out that shows that if we were to have the same progressive tax system that Saskatchewan has—this is not talking about adding a sales tax or changing corporate taxes or anything—we would bring in $3.1 billion," Moore-Kilgannon says.

MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO The second rally on Saturday is the March Against Monsanto—an international movement of people in about 30 countries and 300 cities who do not want to be force-fed genetically modified food. Monsanto is a USbased corporation that creates GMO seeds and manufactures the glyphosate (herbicide) Roundup, which kills surrounding plants and is absorbed by the GMO plants. There is plenty of debate about the effects of this herbicide on environmental, animal and human health, as well as the ability of Monsanto to patent its seeds so that farmers in some countries have no other options.

Monsanto got its start over 100 years ago as a chemical company producing saccharin—a sweetener essentially derived from coal tar—that was used in products like Coca-Cola.

"Since then they've done everything from vanillin, which is a fake vanilla flavouring instead of using the ac-

tual vanilla bean, and they were paramount in producing dioxins, DDT, Agent Orange, PCPs. All of those have been banned or found to cause birth defects and cancer," says Dana Blackwell, one of MAM's organizers.

"As Canadians, we have a US company that has a monopoly on our seed supply, which ultimately trickles down to our food supply. So, from a business perspective, monopolies in a certain industry can lead to increased pricing and cost as well as they can control and manipulate that market," Blackwell says. "They have a lot of control over a lot of processes in government as well as in our food supply that we should be really, really concerned about."

She says it's frustrating when she meets people who just shrug off her concern about GMO food.

"Especially in my parents' generation, they have been programmed through their whole lives that this is the food pyramid and never question it and never question where any of the food and milk comes from, and it's very hard for them to change that," Blackwell says. "For me, if I see something that could be harmful, I'm going to research the hell out of it, I'm going to find out as much as I can about it, I'm going to find out what other people think about it, and I'm going to make up my own mind based on all of the information. ... The trouble with the government is they just say, 'This is the information you get.' How do you make an informed choice based on only some of the information?"

Blackwell says she has always been

told that if she doesn't agree with something, to vote for politicians who share her concerns.

"But, quite frankly, that is not working," she adds. "So you need to take it now to another level where now you have normal people, moms and dads and children getting involved in these causes that are close to their hearts that affect them every day, because the system isn't giving them that feeling of satisfaction where they've done something—'I've voted for this person, I believe in what they're saying, they're going to take care of me'—because it's not happening anymore."

Michael Kalmanovitch, owner of Earth's General Store and another of MAM's organizers, agrees.

"We need to hold those in power accountable between those times of voting [every four years]. And when it's a consumer product like food, the way we vote every day is with this dollar and that is our power. ... I get the opportunity to inform my MLA or MP every so often, but every day I'm going to be buying something—except on Buy Nothing Day." Kalmanovitch has been involved in many protests since the '90s and feels his role in the community is one of educator. One evening a week he opens up his store for a documentary viewing and discussion. He also tries to keep as much of his product as possible organic and non-GMO. "I can say all of my produce is 100-percent non-GMO because it's certified organic," he explains. "And I can say everything that's in my store that's certified organic is non-GMO."

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The problem comes from frozen foods like taquitos that have a list of ingredients.

"They might say on there non-GMO corn or soya and those are good for me because they've actually identified, but when they have soy in it and they have corn in it that doesn't say those kind of things, it's GMO as far as I'm concerned," Kalmanovitch adds.

"As a store, we could not eliminate everything because there are no organic options for them, no substitute at the moment for a lot of these things. So you as a consumer need to decide whether you want to do that."

The MAM will start in Steel Park and wind up to Whyte Avenue, past the farmer's market and ending with a closing rally back at the park.

"Monsanto is just the entity that we can demonize, it's the easy target, but the goal is to have families come out and learn," Blackwell says. "The people that make the food-buying decisions for the most part for their households. So we really want it to be family-friendly, so it's all about teaching people about the GMOs because our goal is for everybody to know who Monsanto is and what GMOs are and the dangers that they present, and then also how to make non-GMO and more healthful choices in their lives.

"The fight is against the industry, and the only way to beat them is to change the regulatory process in Canada and by each individual person voting with their money and making those choices."

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What drives Shinzo Abe?

Japan's radical nationalist prime minister could be a time-bomb

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Shinzo Abe, now six months into his budgetary and monetary policy for second try at being prime minister of the past 20 years, and he has promJapan, is a puzzling man. In his first, ised to break all the old rules about spectacularly unsuccessful go in restrictive trade policies as well. (To2006 – '07, he was a crude nationalgether, his new policies are known as ist and an economic ignoramus "Abenomics.") He has launched who rarely had control of his a make-or-break race for own dysfunctional cabinet. growth that only the boldBy the time he quit, after est gambler would risk. kly.com uewee only a year in office, his Who is this guy and what v @ e n gwyn e n n popularity rating was behappened to change him so y w G low 30 percent and his health much?

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Last December his Liberal DemoAbe's grandfather, Nobosuke Kishi, cratic Party (LDP) won a landslide was a member of General Tojo's war victory in the elections for the lower cabinet in 1941 – '45, a co-founder of house of the Diet (parliament), and the LDP in 1955, and prime minister as party leader he became prime minin 1957 – '60. But heredity does not ister again—but what a difference guarantee competence, and on his

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In only six months Abe has broken most of the rules that defined Japan's budgetary and monetary policy for the past 20 years, and he has promised to break all the old rules about restrictive trade policies as well. six years makes. He's still a radical nationalist who on occasion comes close to denying Japan's guilt for the aggressive wars of 1931 – '45, but in economics he is now Action Man. His approval rating is currently over 70 percent.

In only six months Abe has broken most of the rules that defined Japan's

first outing in power Abe was an embarrassment to the LDP. He has obviously acquired some braver and perhaps wiser advisers since then, most notably Yoshihide Suga, now chief cabinet secretary.

Abe put several ultra-right-wing ministers in the cabinet and it is Suga's job to keep them from giving

voice to their revisionist views on history.

"Our Cabinet will adopt a unified perception of history," he told them.

"Make no slip of the tongue because it would immediately cost you your post."

He also polices Abe's own tongue: no more remarks like, "It is not the business of the government to decide how to define the last world war." Or, "Comfort women were prostitutes."

Abe doesn't mind, because he has bigger fish to fry this time around. He has launched a high-risk strategy to break Japan out of 20 years of economic stagnation by cutting taxes, raising government spending and flooding the economy with cash. One of his first acts was to put his own man in as head of the Bank of Japan, and order him to break the deflationary spiral by adopting a target of twopercent annual inflation.

Structural reforms will have to wait until Abe also has a majority in the upper house of the Diet, which he confidently expects to win in the July elections, but already his strategy is showing results. Economic growth in the first three months of this year equates to about 3.6 percent annually, more than four times higher than the long-term average of the past two decades, and the Japanese stock market is up 80 percent since January.

The strategy is high-risk because Japanese government debt is already the highest in the developed world: 240 percent of Gross Domestic Product. If the surge in growth does not last, the government's income from taxes will not rise (it is no higher now than it was in 1991) and in a few years the debt will soar to an unsustainable level. The country will essentially go bankrupt.

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Of course, the surge may persist; creating a perception of vigorous growth is half the battle. But why take such a risk? Probably because Abe is keenly aware that Japan had the world's second-biggest economy when he was prime minister the first time, and now it's only the third-biggest. The country that overtook it was China.

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That's why he takes such a hard line on the dispute between the two countries over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. But much more importantly, he must get the Japanese economy growing again, or the country will end up far behind China. To avoid that, he will take any risk. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

VUEWEEKLY MAY 23 – MAY 29, 2013

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EVENTS WEEKLY

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

COMEDY THE BEAR’S DEN/CONNIE’S COMEDY–Fort Saskatchewan • 9923-102 St •

780.589.2025 • Tim Koslo, Teralyn Bucyk, and Liam Creswick; May 26

BRIXX Comedy and Music once a month as a part of Ruby Tuesdays

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd •

780.481.9857 • Open Mic Night: Every Thu; 7:30-9pm

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertain-

ment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Tim Koslo; May 24-25 • Brian Work; May 31-Jun 1

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM •

780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Special presentation: Bob Marley; May 23-26 • Special Presentation: Mick Foley; May 29; $30 • Colin Jost; May 30-31; Jun 1-2

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm FILTHY MCNASTY'S • 10511-82 Ave •

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

OVERTIME PUB • 4211-106 St • Open mic comedy anchored by a professional MC, new headliner each week • Every Tue • Free ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Sterling

Scott every Wed, 9pm

RUMORS ULTRA LOUNGE • 8230 Gateway

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

VAULT PUB • 8214-175 St • Comedy with Liam Creswick and Steve Schulte • Every Thu, at 9:30pm WUNDERBAR • 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 • Comedy every 2nd Mon

ZEN LOUNGE • 12923-97 St • The Ca$h Prize comedy contest hosted by Matt Alaeddine and Andrew Iwanyk • Every Tue, 8pm • No cover

GROUPS/CLUBS/MEETINGS AIKIKAI AIKIDO CLUB • 10139-87 Ave, Old

Strathcona Community League • Japanese Martial Art of Aikido • Every Tue 7:30-9:30pm; Thu 6-8pm

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org •

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

ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE AT FOOT NOTES STUDIO • Foot Notes Dance Studio

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

ARTY PARTY • Expressionz Café, 9938-70

Ave • Art with Charity Brown 7-10pm, bring own supplies • $15; pre-register at Register @ YEGlive, info@expressionzcafe.com; 780.437.3667

AWESOME EDMONTON PITCH PARTY–Media, Art and Design Edition

• Vacancy Hall, Lower level Mercer Warehouse, 10359-104 St • Focus on the theme of design, arts and media • Fri, May 31, 7pm

BLOCK THE PARTY–RALLY • Radisson

Hotel, 4440 Gateway Blvd • Rally Against Cuts to Public Services in Alberta; Rally: 45 Ave betw Gateway Blvd, Calgary Tr S, N of the Radisson Hotel • Sat, May 25, 12-2pm • facebook.com/ events/464134810329188/

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP • Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 11533135 St NW • braintumour.ca • 1.800.265.5106 ext.

234 • Support group for brain tumour survivors and their families and caregivers. Must be 18 or over • 3rd Mon every month; 7-8:45pm • Free

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) •

ECO-SOLAR BUILDING TOUR • Multiple locations: Map with addresses, dates, and times: http://goo.gl/maps/wuVKO • Tour energy efficient buildings. Each day a different building is open from 12-4pm; experts will explain how the technologies work • May 28-Jun 6 • Free • facebook.com/#!/pages/Eco-Solar-HomeTour/201478036546870?fref=ts

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, l.witzke@shaw.ca • fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org • 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 and information session for new volunteers–or not-new volunteers–who would like to gain some basic knowledge of tools and learn more about how our organization works • 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

SOCIETY OF EDMONTON ATHEISTS •

Practice group meets every Thu

MADELEINE SANAM FOUNDATION

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

MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO • End of

Steel Park, 103 St, Saskatchewan Dr • March on the International Day of Action against Monsanto • May 25, 11:30am-3pm facebook.com/events/565153116858661/

MEDITATION • Strathcona Library • medita-

tionedmonton.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 1011am, admission by donation

NSAI SONGWRITERS GROUP • The

House, 11153 Saskatchewan Dr • Experience the world of vintage bridal fashion with vintage guru and clothing designer Kelsey McIntyre presenting a program on the evolution of the wedding gown. See gowns from 1890 to the sixties • May 23, 7-10pm • $25 at 7804274033

SOL CAFÉ • Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave •

AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer

thesolcafe.com • Meet Sundays 4:30-6:30pm

SOUTH EDMONTON VEGETARIAN & GARDENING CLUB • Park Allen Hall,

11104-65 Ave • 780.463.1626 • Guest speaker Robin Lakusta will speak on using plant based oils for ailments such as arthritis colds hot flashes. Bring vegetarian/vegan/raw dish for 6 • May 26, 5pm; come at 6:30pm (for just the speaker) • $6

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

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month

BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP

SUGARSWING DANCE CLUB • Orange

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

WALKING ALBERTA • St Albert Trekkers

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

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 Volkssport Club: Kinsmen Sport Centre, 9100 Walterdale Hill; walking mostly paved trails through the river valley; guided 5, 10km available; May 28, 6:30pm; Joe Sombach, 780.458.4667; joe@ sombach.com • Sobey's Claireview Shopping Centre, 137 Ave and Victoria Tr: through Hermitage Park and the river valley; guided 5, 10km available; May 25, 12:30-3pm; Lou Arsenault, 780.249.5860, aludger@shaw.ca • Barrhead Walkie Talkie Volkssport Club: Thunder Lake Provincial Park, Barrhead; A day of walking; 5, 10km available; hot dogs, cake and refreshments before the afternoon walk in Barrhead; Jun 1, 9-11:30am, Margaret or Jeff Attrill at 780.674.4403, jatrill@telusplanet. net • Westlock Recreation Centre, 10450-106 St, Westlock: A second walk to celebrate their 25th Anniversary on mostly paved trails around the outskirts of town; 5, 10km available; snacks and refreshments at finish; Jun 1, 1-3:30pm

WATER NOT FOR SALE–MARCH •

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown •

VINTAGE BRIDAL TEA • Rutherford

QUEER

HOME–Energizing Spiritual Community for Passionate Living •

Garneau/Ashbourne Assisted Living Place, 1114884 Ave • Home: Blends music, drama, creativity and reflection on sacred texts to energize you for passionate living • Every Sun, 3-5pm

Technologies Lab; 12-4pm • Jun 2, 10:30am-4pm • Free

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

HEALING CIRCLE • Call 780.570.0475 for location • spiritualawakeningcentre.com • Begins with a guided meditation moving into an affirmative state where healing on all levels occurs • Every Wed, 7-8pm

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

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market • Silent vigil the 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11am, each month, stand in silence for a world without violence Y TOASTMASTERS CLUB • Queen Alex-

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

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS GREAT EXPEDITIONS • St Luke’s Anglican

Church, 8424-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 • 1st Mon each month, 7:30pm • 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 and SOcial EcOnOmy • NRE-1

EDMONTON PRIME TIMERS (EPT) •

Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 10804-119 St • A group of older gay men who have common interests meet the 2nd Sun, 2:30pm, for a social period, short meeting and guest speaker, discussion panel or potluck supper. Special interest groups meet for other social activities throughout the month. E: edmontonpt@yahoo.ca

EPLC FELLOWSHIP PAGAN STUDY GROUP • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-

105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • eplc.webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome

FLASH NIGHT CLUB • 10018-105 St •

780.969.9965 • Thu Goth + Industrial Night: Indust:real Assembly with DJ Nanuck; 10pm (door); no cover • Triple Threat Fridays: DJ Thunder, Femcee DJ Eden Lixx • DJ Suco beats every Sat • E: vip@flashnightclub.com

G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION

• teamedmonton.ca • Hockey: Queer Hockey League (QHL): edmontonqhl.com • Blazin' Bootcamp: Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@ teamedmonton.ca • Badminton (Co-Ed): Every Wed, 6-7:30pm; St Vincent School, 10530-138 St; $5 (drop-in); E: badminton@teamedmonton.ca • Yoga: Gay/Lesbian yoga every Wed, 7:30-9pm, at Lion's Breath Yoga, 206, 10350-124 St; Instructor: Jason Morris; $10 (drop-in) • Indoor Cycling: Terwillegar Recreation Centre; drop-in; E: 311@edmonton.ca • Running: Every Sun, 10am, at Kinsmen • Swimming–Making Waves: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@ teamedmonton.c; makingwavesswimclub. ca • The Edmonton Storm–Women's Tackle Football: edmontonstormfootball.com; info: Edmontonstorm@teamedmonton.ca • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca • Come Out and Play: Oliver Community Hall, 10326-118 St; Jun 15 (during Edmonton Pride)

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

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

001, U of A • Oil and Business Development: Leo Wong, Kori Chillebeck and Matt Moreau: Thu, May 23, 7-9pm • Oil and Land Development: Janelle Herbert, Leonard Leskiw, and Gord Visser; Thu, May 30, 7-9pm

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre,

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall,

REACHING FOR RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS • King's University College, 9125-50 St

INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-

3728-106 St • 780.435.0845 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu, 7-9pm • Free

RIVER VALLEY VIXEN BOOT CAMP •

Summer long drop-in, all girls boot camp • Various days and times throughout the week; info E: rivervalleyvixen@gmail.com • $20 • facebook. com/#!/rvvbootcamp

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

DROP-IN MEDITATION CLASSES • Sher-

SEVENTIES FOREVER CLUB • Call

10 FRONT

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)

Start: Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Ave; to: Alberta Legislature • March down Jasper Ave • May 24, 10:30am-2pm • http://idlenomore.ca/articles/ latest-news/alberta-news/item/221-water-not-forsale • facebook.com/events/586723621358198/

Augustana Lutheran Church, 107 St, 99 Ave • canadianinjuredworkers.com • Meeting every 3rd Sat, 1-4pm • Injured Workers in Pursuit of Justice denied by WCB

wood 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

SHERWOOD PARK WALKING GROUP + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood

587.520.3833 for location • deepsoul.ca • Combining music, garage sales, nature, common sense, and kindred karma to revitalize the inward persona • Every Wed, 7-8:30pm

• Citizens for Public Justice celebrates 50 years with John Olthuis and Lorraine Land speaking on long-term advocacy for Aboriginal and ecological justice. Music by Justine Vandergrift • May 30, 8-9:30pm • Free

REUSE FAIR • King Edward Park large hall, 7708-85 St • kingedwardpark.org • Bring your unwanted household items to the Reuse Fair–a community events that bring together nonprofit community groups, churches, and schools with donated household items. Donations will be used to enhance the craft, sports, music programs provided by non-profit and charitable organizations • Jun 1, 10am-3pm • Free SOLAR SUNDAY • Unitarian Church of Edmonton, 10804-119 St; and Nait Alternative Technologies Lab, Rm 109, Bldg D, 11762-106 St • Celebration of our deep spiritual connection with the life-giving sun and how the sun, as a resourse could be an even greater part of our lives. Church service at Unitarian Church at 10:30am; Open house at NAIT Alternative

10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm

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 • ed-

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

MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu PRIDE CENTRE OF EDMONTON • Pride Centre of Edmonton, 10608-105 Ave • 780.488.3234 • A safe, welcoming, and nonjudgemental 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

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

PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitar-

ian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm

ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship) WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Nonprofit 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 2ND ANNUAL SHOW AND SHINE • The Marketplace at Callingwood • callingwoodmarketplace.com • Do you have a car that is a show stopper? Register your car for the Callingwood 2nd Annual Show and Shine; Registration Fee: min $10 fee payable onsite (fees go to the Edmonton Humane Society); Register by May 31 • Event: Jun 15, 12:30-4:30pm THE 22ND ANNUAL BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH KICK-OFF BREAKFAST • Ramada Inn Conference

Centre, 11834 Kingsway Ave • 780.477.7575 • events@braincarecentre.com • BIAM Kick-Off Breakfast, featuring guest speaker Valerie Oczkowski, telling her powerful story of surviving a brain tumour and MC Marni Kuhlmann • May 31, 7am • $45

CKUA–PARTY IN THE PARK • 9804 Jasper Ave • Live Broadcast: Pro Coro Choir, Natch'l Blues with Holger Petersen, Chicago Blues legend Maurice John Vaughn, and Donald Ray Johnson, 100 Miles House, Alberta Dance Alliane, the Hawaiian Sunset Band, ESO's Street Team, CariWestDancers, and more • Sat, May 25, 12-5pm • Free EDMONTON CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL

• Expo Centre, Northlands Park • albertabeerfestivals.com • Sample over 425 different varieties of of beers, ciders and meads, representing 44 countries, food from a variety of Edmonton’s eateries, live entertainment and more • Jun 1415 • Tickets at Sobeys stores

HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL • Giovanni Caboto Park, 9403-109A Ave • heartcityfest.com • Celebrate ten years of local art and music by many musicians including: Beyond Addiction, Big Sky Gliders, Bombproof the Horses, Inner City Fiddlers, Jake Ian, Ken Stead, Brian Toogood, Celeigh Cardinal, E-ville Turntable Choir, Görgön Hörde, Inner City Fiddlers, Jake Ian, Maracatu Mundanca, Micah, Michael H, Must Be Tuesday, Owl at the Moon, Paula Eve Kirman, Quinn, Rebecca Lappa, Sebastian Barrera, Spirit Woman Singers, the Capoeira Academy, the Def In It, the Foggy Barrens, the Silver Rollers, the Skips, Urban Coyotes, Venessa B, and many more • Jun 1-2 • Free INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL • St Albert Place and various venues

through St Albert • childfest.com • May 28-Jun 1 • Festival Brochures at Tim Horton's • Tickets at TicketMaster

SPERO GALA • TransAlta Arts Barns, 1033084 Ave • In support of ACT Alberta-Action Coalition on Human Trafficking. A silent art auction, live music by Fox Tail Fellows, appetizers by Elm Cafe, speakers on the topic of human trafficking, especially as it occurs in Alberta • $40 (adv at sperogala.com)/$50 (door) • Jun 1, 7-11pm STROLL FOR LIVER • Emily Murphy Park • 780.444.1547 • Live nusic, food truck, kids’ activities and morefor the Canadian Liver Foundaton • Sat, Jun 1, 10am (registration), walk/run/stroll (2.5 or 5k) 11am • Register at strollforliver.ca

FILM

REVUE // ART HISTORY

Follow the muse

Renoir explores the overlap of two artists with a shared inspiration

Between two artists

Opens Friday Directed by Gilles Bourdos Princess Theatre Three stars

'I

s this where the Renoirs live?" asks Andrée Heuschling

(Christa Theret), treading through a pastoral setting soaked with light. It's 1915; she comes looking only for the family patriarch, impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet), to model for his paintings. But her fascinations

and feelings eventually attach onto his son, Jean (Vincent Rottiers), home from the First World War on an injury and haunted by the battlefield, conflicted about his duties and dreams.

So, as an art-history drama— part of the 2012 Cannes Un Certain Regard sidebar—Renoir is the story of two artists, father and son, and their shared muse. It focuses on that period of overlap, rather than attempting to encapsulate the full history of anyone involved: Pierre-Auguste wasn't long for this world, while Heuschling would eventually adopt the name Catherine Hessling for the screen, as star of Jean's first films and his wife, though they'd eventually split and she would die out of the public eye while Jean Renoir passed, the same year, in splendorous acclaim.

Given that it shares its screen between both father and son, the

singularity of Renoir's title seems as much in reference to their shared lineage of art as either or: a nod to this moment when one, long having made his name, played out his twilight years with craft while the other, yet to make his, first saw the potential of his own path.

Bouquet is captivating as the twilight-years Renoir, barely capable of walking but still totally devoted to his work. "The pain passes—the beauty remains," he notes, and is potent in moments of both growing weakness and curmudgeonly outlash. Theret makes it easy to see the understated magnetism to which both father and son are drawn, in their own ways; Meanwhile, as Jean, Rottiers seems mostly content to brood, not so much haunted as blank.

Visually, the film itself looks

to embrace the same palette the elder Renoir did in his paintings: the camera lingers on sun-tinged whites, pastoral greens, smatterings of colour and the nude bodies that so often populated his works. But the damage of the First World War lurks in the background—Heuschling biking past wounded soldiers, Jean's enduring leg wound, or even in Alexandre Desplat's score, which adds an undercurrent of urgency to the events—colouring the idealist setting with a certain darkness.

That said, the narrative doesn't seem to push for a particular drive; instead, we're given situations, like paintings, to dwell on and contemplate. Sometimes it's enough, and sometimes it's lacking, but there's an undenaible beauty to how it spreads out over the screen like brushstrokes.

PAUL BLINOV

// PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM

REVUE // SOUTHERN GOTHIC

The Beguiled ping away at, revealing their hypocrisy and scheming. (Sadly, though, perhaps in part because of its trailer, The Beguiled is still often summed up as a hothouse potboiler full of women seducers—though one character, reduced to a sex-starved "hussy," doesn't help.)

Eastwood goes south of the Mason-Dixon line

Tue, May 28 (7 pm) Directed by Don Siegel Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1971

S

outhern Gothic that sinks too deep into the bayous of sexploitation and horror towards the end, The Beguiled, Don Siegel's adaptation

of Thomas P Cullinan's 1966 novel, is still ripe and pungent enough to intermittently fascinate. It begins with 12-year-old Amy (Pamelyn Ferdin) finding a wounded Yankee enemy soldier in the woods outside her Louisiana seminary. As they hide, Corporal John McBurney (Clint Eastwood) kisses her while his pursuers

pass—so begins his desperate, crafty efforts to seduce whichever female's best able to help him at the moment.

Much of the movie's early power and sense of thrilling illicitness come from this diseased Civil War fairytale set-up—in a training-school for Southern ladyhood, an enemy male slyly tempts his nursemaids by play-

ing the charming prince, while the taboos pile up around them (harbouring the enemy, miscegenation, losing one's virginity before marriage, even Faulknerian incest). When his Union comrades approach, McBurney even uses the threat of rape against these women—whose genteel veneer his own machinations have been chip-

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There's a clever use of flashback— to reveal McBurney's lies about his soldiering—but the '70s quick zoomins, a few stodgy cuts, and much overexplaining (and overdetermined symbols) don't help as the movie trips into the hard stares and lurid atmosphere of melodramatic horror.

There are a few psychosexual twists too many and the gleeful vengeance against women here (Amy's descent is the biggest stretch) is reminiscent of Peckinpah's overheated sexualpolitics standoff Straw Dogs, also released in 1971. Any sense of the seething sexual frustrations below the Mason-Dixon line steams away as The Beguiled strips off its historical trappings of Civil War, slavery and Southern sexual mores, becoming just another reactionary Hollywood shot in the '70s battle over women's lib.

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Dreamspeakers Film Festival

Matariki, one of the films screening at this year's Dreamspeakers

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n the '70s, Mbuto Milando, first secretary of the Tanzanian High Commission, made a remark to the chief of the National Indian Brotherhood of Canada. Building on the existing three-world hierarchy, Milando said, "When Native

peoples come into their own, on the basis of their own cultures and traditions, that will be the Fourth World." This year, Milando's Fourth World is the theme of Edmonton's 18th annual Dreamspeakers Film Festival.

"It all began in 1993, and I came on in 2000," says executive director Helen Calahasen. "The Fourth World is our theme this year because these films are proof that in-

digenous people from around the world are coming into their own and building that Fourth World."

The film festival will screen 44 films this year, and is set to host myriad other events during its fourday run. In addition to networking events, pitching opportunities and celebrity meet-and-greets, Dreamspeakers recognizes aboriginal artists in their annual Walk of Honour.

"The Walk of Honour is a tribute

to those who've helped pave the way in this industry," Calahasen explains. "It's quite an honour to be recognized in this way, and I believe we've created a lasting legacy through this event. This year we're very excited to be honouring Buffy Sainte-Marie."

In addition to the Walk of Honour, Calahasen is proud of the many opportunities the film festival pro-

vides for aboriginal youth. Each year the festival holds a youth day that young folks from all over Canada have attended in order to access its career fair, meet some stars and experience the many workshops offered.

"One great aspect of the youth day is our Dreamspeakers on Tour project," Calahasen says. "We help aboriginal youth make their first three-to-five minute film on an issue that is relevant to them at the time, and they get an opportunity to screen their work in front of their peers and families. With the training they receive, the youth are hired for some of our projects, and several other groups have begun to hire them as well. It's really quite a wonderful program.

"This festival is supported by the international aboriginal community, and over the next five years I'd personally like to see these films get an even wider audience base," Calahasen continues. "Everyone is welcome here so come out, enjoy, meet people from around the world and embrace the aboriginal culture that we provide during this great festival."

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PREVUE // LIVE SCORE

Plan 9 From Outer Space a vocabulary you have to pull from, so what I'm endeavouring to do is I'm going to watch the film and I'm going to jam along to it and practice in a sense, and build myself a loose sort of framework of places I could go," Joynes says, noting there will be no lag time between each artist—they'll just pass the torch from one to the next as the film plays. "For me, that'll be some of the more interesting moments in the evening: those particular moments where the sound's being handed off and blending with the next person's and how that's going to work because we have no idea what anyone else is going to be doing."

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t's campy, low-budget, ridiculous and quite possibly the worst movie ever made, or so the critics say.

Plan 9 From Outer Space was originally released in 1959, and presents a tale where, in an effort to thwart the creation of a doomsday bomb on Earth, the dead must be resurrected to pro-

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tect the planet. Reviews ripped the film to shreds for its amateur acting, weak script, hokey effects and poor sequencing, but in contrast to those who hate it are those who love the film for those same perceived faults. Regardless of which side of the fence you may be on, the film is getting reworked thanks to a group of local experimental sound artists: the original film has been stripped of its audio, subtitled and a

new soundtrack will be composed live by the five artists, which include Parker Thiessen (better known as Bong Sample), Reinhard von Berg, Allison Balcetis, fl3m and Gary James Joynes, (aka Wind Rose).

"From what I can tell, there isn't really any kind of cohesive story whatsoever," Joynes says. "It's sort of like hybriding science-fiction and vampire movies and almost like old Dick Tracy-style cop

movies all into one and I can't see how it works whatsoever, and from what I've seen so far it's just really cheesy."

Each of the artists will be providing the score for their assigned sections of the film through live improvisation, which Joynes jokes could go one of two ways: result in something incredibly interesting or an all-out disaster—but the spontaneity of it all is half the fun.

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The singular aspect of the show Joynes does have control over is his own sound creation, which he says will stay within the mandate of the Wind Rose project—a heavier sound that stems from his roots in rock and metal.

"Essentially I'm really going to try to explore sort of noisy texture, but also some of the more typically referenced space noises with the synthesizers that I'm using," he explains. "It's going to be fun for me to experiment with laser sounds and the sounds of the old '60s-style laser and space noises and try to build a vocabulary with those sounds."

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e look for films that move us, so whether they move us to laugh or cry or get angry or to do something, that's really our touchstone," Josh Miller says.

The Edmonton Jewish Film Festival, presented annually by the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, is back for another year with eight feature-length internationally acclaimed films that look to do just that. As festival committee chair Miller explains, the festival aims to not only showcase films directly from Israel, but those from other countries as well, so long as they reflect some aspect of the Jewish experience and present a story that packs a punch.

The roster was pared down from approximately 70 films by Miller and the rest of the committee to the final eight: My Best Enemy (Germany, comedy-drama), Besa: The Promise (Albania/US, documentary), A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Germany, drama), The World is Funny (Israel, comedy), The Flat (Israel, documentary), Kaddish for a Friend (Israel/Germany, drama), Nicky's Family (Slovakia, docu-drama) and Salsa Tel Aviv (Israel, comedy).

"We're not interested in informational or survey documentaries or

anything like that. We want things that really touch you," Miller says of the festival's programming, adding the committee works to attract people from outside the Jewish community as well. "We try to pick films that, if they are cross-cultural, they're not onesided. We have films about Israelis and Palestinians for instance, and what we're doing is we're trying to get the word out on them to both the Palestinian community in Edmonton as well as the Jewish community, so I think what film can do in this specific instance is promote harmony and understanding."

In addition to promoting films that are outside the realm of what theatre-goers would normally be exposed to in the city, the Edmonton Jewish Film Festival also acts as a fundraiser, with proceeds going to the Centre for Young Adults in Kiryat Shmona. The centre, one of the many organizations the non-profit federation has supported over the years both in Edmonton and in Israel, connects troubled teens with positive career choices.

"If we can have everybody come out and have a great time and enjoy wonderful films and have the ability to do something positive with the funds we bring in ... to me, it's a win-win."

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Star Trek Into Darkness Now playing Directed by JJ Abrams

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ith 2009's Star Trek reboot a familiar and well-loved universe was given a clean slate.

With a new timeline, well-known characters were given the ability to redevelop along with the unknown challenges presented in a new universe. It was a clever writer's trick allowing those in charge of the reboot to get out of a canon-ical conundrum of how to make old characters and plotlines feel new. It's quite confusing then as to why JJ Abrams didn't take his own opportunity with his second Trek movie.

Instead of taking the chance on this new reality, it seems Abrams has decided to take the crew of the Enterprise along a well-worn path. Into Darkness feels more as though we've plummeted into a time loop where things aren't quite right and Trek's greatest scenes are played out in mocking fashion.

It's not all bad, though. At well over two hours, the film's sup-

porting cast members like Scotty (Simon Pegg) and Uhura (Zoë Saldaña) get some of the more substantial dialogue and action, more akin to Roddenberry's original Trek vision. And Abrams can deliver a good action sequence: he makes full use of the IMAX screen and there are some imaginative and exciting sequences that really are worth a second viewing. Unfortunately, he can't seem to muster that same emotion or excitement for his key characters. Instead of building the friendship between Kirk and Spock that came to define them both, it's instead played out in mawkish appeal at an attempt to get audience buy-in.

Abrams had a difficult task ahead of him when he took on this universe. With millions of fans, the series would have to live up to expectations and certain realities, but instead of building on the momentum of his first new adventure with an old crew, he takes an abrupt turn toward the familiar and fails to deliver anything substantial to the Trek universe.

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The Tin Drum Fri, May 24 – Thu, Jun 6 Directed by Volker Schlöndorff Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1979

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hen Oskar Matzerath visits the circus, he sees his doppelganger—another "dwarf"; this one, though, can play musical notes on glasses, while Oskar shatters glass with his shriek if someone tries to take his drum. The Tin Drum, in its highwire act, walks a taut rope between doubles and split selves, docu-realism and surrealism, brutality and naïveté, sacred and profane, and history and myth, without falling into the safety net of childish fantasy. (It only falters in its final half-hour, where Oskar's wartime romance drags and ends with an absurd death; here, moments seem strange for strangeness' sake.)

In Danzig, our little drummer boy Oskar (David Bennent) vows on his third birthday to stay small; at the same time, the Nazis are rising to power. His glaring youth, willfulness and childish malevolence (he indirectly kills his real and surrogate fathers) is fascist; his glass-breaking foreshadows Kristallnacht; he loses the protection of his mother's skirts

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(Katharina Thalbach) as the bloodred curtain of the invading Fatherland drapes Poland. Yet his acts of political righteousness—befriending a Jew; sabotaging a Nazi rally by throwing off the beat, turning a martial march into a dreamy waltz— make him sympathetic. (So, too, do his odd, stumbling, sweet efforts at sex—in scenes that led to ridiculous bans of the film as "child pornography" in Ontario and Oklahoma at the time.) Mostly, though, in this Palme d'Or and Oscar-winning adaptation of Gunter Grass's 1959 novel, Oskar's a tainted innocent who fascinates—Bennent's bulbous eyes, like Peter Lorre in M, lead us through this bitter, harsh world—even as he watches people act far more cruel and infantile than he does.

lar stairs to arrest his development, is selfharming, obsessive, naïve ("Once upon a time, the people believed in Santa Claus, but he was a gas man," narrates Oskar) and stunted.

Oskar decides to grow again when the war ends, but the film's final shot is of smoldering earth and train tracks—a lingering image of a continent yet to rise anew from the ashes of a self-destructive Holocaust.

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There's a feast, where his fauxfather wishes their enemies starve, that's savage in its revelation of petit-bourgeois nastiness and hypocrisy. The men here are attracted to the Nazis out of emotionlessness with women and attraction to male camaraderie; women make marriages of convenience or survival.

And Europe itself, like three-yearold Oskar falling down the cel-

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COMMENT >> FILM

A damned endeavour

Wild River a little-known highlight in Elia Kazan's career as natural as it is seemingly unlikely. ter with Garth's granddaughter Carol This is a very special film, gorgeously (Remick), a 19-year-old widow and crafted, socially poignant, brimming mother of two. Carol is pretty, sharp, with detail of place and period, a honest and perhaps the only less-known highlight in Kazan's person who can convince T C career. It's now available on the old lady to accept E ASP DVD and Blu-ray from 20th the federal government's om .c Century Fox. offer and make way for ly k e vuewe josef@ Wild River opens with devthe flood. What draws Josef astating documentary footage Carol to Glover is not n Brau of houses collapsing into rising mysterious: she's lonely and waters and a man struggling to itemdesperate, and he actually talks with ize the loss of his family members her, with kindness and interest, and to the disastrous flooding that was represents a second chance at a life common before the government bebarely started. What draws Glover to gan construction on the dam project Carol? Other than her youth, energy that would simultaneously uproot an and loveliness? Perhaps she can be for entire region as well as bring safety him a souvenir, something precious to and electricity to its people. The imhold onto from the world that his emage then shifts from black and white ployers are about to destroy in the to colour and we see Glover surveyname of progress. ing this same valley seen in the docuWild River doesn't pick sides. Both parmentary footage from the window of ties are right, but only one is doomed. a small plane. He occupies a local ofFrom the start everyone tells Glover fice, praises the "rugged individualism" that there's no way he'll ever get Ella of the now notorious last hold-out Garth off that island without force, Garth, and soon sets out to visit her and in the end it turns out to be true. island, upon which a sign reading TVA All she needed was a little force, a little KEEP OFF has been posted right by push—she doesn't have the heart to the edge of the water—water which move otherwise. But how does this film Glover will be tossed into by one of get from that starting stalemate to its Garth's more impulsive middle-aged final resolution? The answer is lovingly boys. That first visit to Garth's island complicated, and needs to be seen to be will also mark Glover's first encoununderstood. V

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The title is something of a misnomer, because Wild River (1960), Elia Kazan's film about the Tennessee Valley Authority's attempts to vacate landowners from a soon-to-be-inundated region during the Great Depression, is in fact a remarkably gentle, unhurried picture, one more about finding the tools to accept inevitable change than fighting the odds, one more about human behaviour and fading ways of

living than high drama. A significant element in this gentleness is Montgomery Clift, who wasn't Kazan's first choice for the role of TVA administrator Chuck Glover, the man charged with convincing a formidable octogenarian matriarch named Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet) to surrender ownership of an island in the middle of the Tennessee River that's been in her family for generations. Kazan might have imag-

ined Glover a smooth-talking avatar of progress with no special feeling for the unreasonable convictions of aging hillbillies, but what he got from Clift was something much richer, a performance of great compassion and melancholic admiration. Clift helps elevate this film to an elegy and, along with his equally gracious co-star Lee Remick, he also manages to make Wild River's love story seem

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And the new community gallery?

It is now a major venue.

TJ: I am interested in the idea of artists as facilitators. Maybe it's about connecting student groups and having them have the space to create work. Youth are incredibly creative and there are waves of possibility.

Maybe it's about working with other community groups, like working with the Creative Age Festival or working with people with disabilities. I think the idea of making something in Edmonton and sharing them with other people makes the city better.

VW:

Latitude 53 moves into a new, larger space next door

What are your plans for the terrace?

TJ: We are going to be building a deck that the community gallery will open onto. Being right downtown it's important to have community gathering spaces—if someone just wants to come and read their book at lunch or if people want to hold a meeting or a bunch of other things. Gathering spaces are important. That's how ideas are moved forward.

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atitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture has moved to a new storefront location overlooking 106 Street.

It was still a work-in-progress when I visited: I stepped over paint cans and waded though extension cords, but the impressive scale and new layout were already visible. There is none of the "tucked away" feeling of the previous incarnations of the gallery. This is a grand new vision with large spaces that hold the promise of innovative, community-friendly programming. Latitude 53 has entered the major leagues and is now unequivocally the secondlargest gallery in Edmonton. It's no wonder that Todd Janes, the executive director, is brimming with enthusiasm during our conversation.

had always bothered me. There were a number of flights of stairs that made us less accessible. Every time we had a show coming in, we had to open crates downstairs, outside the front door and then slowly, piece by piece, take everything up. That caused concern because we used a lot of volunteers and staff. It also limited the kind of work we could show. We couldn't show large pieces because we couldn't get them up the stairs. For the type of space that Latitude wants to be, accessibility was always important.

to move?

did you go about finding the new space?

TJ: In Edmonton, like in any prairie city, there is lots of space but it's not really affordable. I looked at a lot of really interesting and imaginative spaces but in the end we lucked out. The owner approached us about it.

TODD JANES: When we moved to the last location there were things that

VW:

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Why did Latitude decide

far more programming opportunities.

What is the actual increase in scale?

TJ: This space is about 1500 square feet and feels big because, volumewise, it's huge—we have 16-foot ceilings. We have almost doubled our exhibition space, which is phenomenal.

The ProjEx Room has tripled in size, the Community Gallery has doubled in size and the Main Space is about the same. The new space also gives us a new presence on the street. With larger window spaces we can look at doing video projects and works that play with nighttime culture.

VW: How

This gallery is much bigger with

Does the increased physical location foreshadow a change of direction for Latitude?

TJ: Over the next few years we plan to make the Main Space and the ProjEx Room equal: we are working towards paying the same artist fees in both spaces and artists will be afforded the same resources. One space will evolve VW:

to focus more on curatorial activities and one space will be artist-driven and artist-focused. From my conversations with artists, one of the things that's really needed is curatorial direction: as an artist, to have your work placed in the context of a larger situation is vital. That's where curation affords great possibilities, and for me as director it's important that in this city we have a diversity of curatorial voices. It's important for Latitude to show leadership in this area.

What are your plans for the smaller new spaces like the kitchen that, as you mentioned, form new programming opportunities?

TJ: I am thinking about the idea of doing some dinner parties to engage the community in dialogue. It's about taking people where they are in their lives and whatever they are engaging in, and giving people the opportunity to explore issues.

VW:

This move looks like it required major volunteer resources. Have you received a lot of help?

TJ: It's taken a lot of work to get into this space. It's been empowering to have the support of the community and volunteers. It shows that we are an important artistic and cultural fixture in the city, that we've done good work. In some ways we are being rewarded for that work by the support.

It's heartening and I want to acknowledge that.

VW:

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An Accident

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hen An Accident starts, its namesake event has already occurred: Libby (Melissa Thingelstad) wakes in a hospital bed, slowly gains her bearings and realizes, with slow

horror, that she can't move anything below her neck.

She's suffering some brain damage, too, and can't remember the life she was knocked out of: she's utterly alone in the face of an uncertain recovery process. The visitor who does arrive, Anton (Michael Peng), is the very fellow who's carelessness behind the wheel put her in the hospital. She's about as happy to see him as you'd expect, yet he keeps coming back.

There's a deep, compelling undercurrent to Lydia Stryk's play, a lot of it in unwritten emotional tension between these two characters in this pained situation. It's as much about the way things are said as what actually gets spoken.

It's an emotionally complex work—an impressive tangle of guilt, compulsion, the social needs of human beings and even love, to an extent, though not in a cloying way—and a brave, difficult

endeavour for everyone involved. But it's also an unbalanced one, and here it doesn't feel like it fully manages to gel.

In a way, the script's structure betrays that complexity—it goes heavy on the spasms of emotional warfare and light on the throughline through the relationship and recovery. It plays out as a collection of vignettes: in many, we watch Libby twist the knife, reminding Anton of what he's done, what she can't do anymore. Sometimes he pushes back. But as the relationship begins to develop into something approaching friendship—he's the only one visiting her, after all—it's not always clear if she's trying to punish him or if he just thinks she's trying to punish him, and she doesn't care to correct him as he flails. Trevor Schmidt is a director adept at filling skeletal scripts with meaning, but here, they often pass

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with a strange disconnect. I realize that is, to an extent, the point of the scenario, but even in the hands of actors as capable as these—Peng takes some huge physical risks with a character who can be downright perky, given the situation, and Thingelstad, having only her head to work with for most of the show, manages a huge spectrum of character—the moments don't all have their intended impact.

One particular scene features nudity, and manages to be beautiful and awkward, harrowing and abrasive and even tender all at once. It's skillfully handled, and there An Accident shines in giving both the beauty and the cruelty of human interactions. But, playing out as a collection of damaged moments, not everything in An Accident manages the same.

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The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is set in a courtroom in purgatory where Judas Iscariot (Adam Klassen) is on trial for his sins. His defendant, the shrill but stalwart Cunningham (Cayley Thomas), is adamant that her client deserves to be released from hell and

admitted to heaven—after all, if God is truly forgiving, why did Judas end up there in the first place? And by that line of reasoning, why does anyone end up in hell at all?

It's a provoking logical problem that raises dozens of secondary issues. This particular exploration of it, however, often loses sight of its true purpose and becomes mired in over-the-top characterizations and logical fallacies.

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biblical and historical personas that have been given an American makeover; such stereotypical New York characters may be the hallmark of the playwright, Stephen Adly Guirgis, but they often prove alienating to a Canadian audience.

The pace of the show is plodding.

The incessant back and forth of the arguments, while initially intriguing, soon grow frustrating and wearisome as time progresses. This endlessly circling dialogue is coupled with sluggish stage movement; most of the performers are completely still for extended periods of time.

The few moments of dynamism— Satan's entrance and exit, the swaggering of Saint Monica or Simon the Zealot—provide much-needed energy to the stage.

Recognition must be given to the cast, however, for doing the very best they could in the face of these difficulties. There are some moments of humour, mainly when the performers are given pause from the breathless rush of the script to express some nuance. In particular, Ben Gorodetsky stands out as the simpering flatterer El-Fayoumy, as does Nancy McAlear as the smugly confident Satan; certainly no one could forget Nikki Shaffeeullah's potty-mouthed rendition of Saint Monica.

Overall this production does what it can with a thorny script and there are some fascinating issues at stake —but by the time the play gets around to its payout, the effect is all but lost in the time it took to get there.

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ollow your heart; trust your gut— so the old sayings go. But what if your instincts are wrong?

Displacement activity is a behaviour observed in animals when they must decide between two competing and conflicting behaviours; often their initial instinctual reaction gets them killed, such as a moth flying into a candle flame or a deer freezing in front of a car's headlights.

"It's a tendency that humans have as well," notes choreographer Ainsley Hillyard, who based her upcoming show This Displace around the concept of displacement activity. "I have these moments in life sometimes where I'm faced with a decision or some sort of problem and I'll think to myself, 'OK, well what would Caveman Ainsley do?' Well, Caveman Ainsley cares about food and sex and shelter, so can I base my decision on that. Sometimes you can find your answer through that and it's really great, and other times it's just insane."

Hillyard began working on This Displace back in April 2010; it premiered at the Expanse festival in 2012. Since then she's developed it further, changing the movement from more obviously animalistic gestures to something that's broader and more open to the imagination—which should be particularly active, as the show takes place in the dark.

"The piece itself is very environmental," says Hillyard. "The piece is done in almost complete blackness; there's just a touch of support and the dancers are holding different varieties of flashlights. So the dancers themselves are actually lighting the piece as it goes along.

"That resonating feeing that I really wanted to get across with displace-

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ment activity is a sense of urgency, but a real despair to it," she continues.

"It's like watching somebody just spiral themselves out of control and not being able to stop it."

The remounting of This Displace will be followed by the premiere of Shatter State, choreographed by Alison Kause, another member of the Good Women Dance Collective. Hillyard notes that Kause did the bulk of the research on Shatter State while the Collective was in Toronto this past December participating in the Choreographic Marathon, where they spent 26.2 hours over two days in the studio generating material.

"What [Kause] is really interested in is this honest physicality," explains Hillyard. "She's very interested in movement that is honest and genuine, so if you look tired it's because you are tired; it's because you've been dancing hard for 40 minutes, not because the choreographer has told you to emote tiredness. So she's really interested in that real-time exchange with the audience.

"All of her research is done with her dancers in the space," Hillyard continues. "With the material that's generated she looks to her dancers for input and influence. So a lot of the actual movement vocabulary was generated by her dancers and then developed by [Kause]."

As the two pieces were developed completely independently from one another, Hillyard notes that they may end up informing each other in unexpected ways.

"This Displace is quite conceptoriented and [Shatter State] is much more movement-oriented," she says.

"We have very different approaches.

It'll be interesting to share a bill with [Kause], as I think that the two pieces are quite contrasting."

MEL PRIESTLEY

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A Final Whimsy Thu, May 23 – Sun, May 26 (Thu, 7 pm; Fri – Sun, 7:30 pm) Directed by James DeFelice Holy Trinity Anglican Church, $12 – $15

T

he grandiose interior of the sanctuary at Holy Trinity Anglican Church is not merely the setting for David Belke's A Final Whimsy—the piece was written specifically for the space, allowing it to become a muse that would set the tone and stage for his production.

Belke wrote the piece for the Fringe Festival in 2009 after a serendipitous turn of events left him without his original venue, but in turn opened the possibilities that lay before him at Holy Trinity, prompting him to start from scratch with a new play that would

make use of the space to its fullest. It's now being revisited four years later as part of the ArtSpirit Festival, a 10-day celebration to mark the Holy Trinity's centennial.

"It's like revisiting an old friend, quite frankly," Belke says of the experience.

"It's a play that I'm very fond of and it's a play that's a little more dramatic than some of my other Fringe offerings."

The story explores the relationship between sisters Heather and Astrid Ames. The pair—who are night and day in terms of personality—were abandoned by their mother when they were young and now Heather is faced with the task of organizing her father's wedding. She hope to practice a song for the event with her free-spirited younger sister, and an evening at the

church becomes the catalyst for tragedy to be discovered.

"It was a family relationship that I hadn't explored in many of my plays, but it's that whole thing where you can choose where you live, you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your families," Belke explains, noting that staging the production within a real church provides another dimension to its overall impact. "From our past productions I've had audience members say it felt like in some ways they were eavesdropping. It was so real because it's these people interacting in a real space and we're observing them, so it does give it a verisimilitude that a production in a constructed church would not have."

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International Children's Festival / Tue, May 28 – Sat, Jun 1 Between roving artists, hands-on activities and main-stage acts featuring performers from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Senegal, Surinam, Turkey, Venezuela, the US and Canada, there's plenty to keep the kids entertained—at least for a little while. (St Albert, childfest.com) Encoding Identities / Until Sat, Jun 1 Work completed by graduate students from across Canada, the US and the United Kingdom investigates barriers that exist between artworks and their creators, along with those present between viewers and art. To investigate these issues further, students present works using both contemporary and more traditional mediums. (SNAP Gallery and dc3) V

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DANCE THIS DISPLACE & SHATTER STATE • TACOS Space, 10005-80 Ave • Punctuate! Theatre and the Good Women Dance Collective; choreography by Ainsley Hillyard and Alison Kause • Until May 26 • $15-$17 at TIX on the Square EBDA BALLROOM DANCE • Panko Dance Studio, 16122-114 Ave, 780.893.6828 • Jun 1, 8pm

• HIgH eNeRgy 18: PeRSPeCTIve: St Albert High School student exhibition; until May 25 • SquARe ONe: Annual fundraiser featuring works by over 75 artists; Jun 1-22; $20 (adv)/$25 (door); incl an evening of fine art as well as hors d’oeuvres, entertainment

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St, 780.492.2081 • INSIgHTS: Visualizing Health Humanities II: continues the examination of Medical Humanities, an emerging interdisciplinary field that intersects the arts, medicine, humanities and the social sciences; until Jun 8; Reception: May 23, 7-10pm

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

FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave, 780.488.2952 • COMMuNITy: Artworks by Jeff Sylvester; May 25-Jun 13 • Opening: May 25, 2-4pm; artist in attendance

CAFÉ PICHILINGUE–Red Deer • Artworks by Sandy Proscilo • Until May 31

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • TRANSITIONS: Works by Curtis Johnson • Until May 29

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTAS (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave, 780.461.3427 • Rachelle Bugeaud, Normand Fontaine, Léonie Poole, Monique Béland, Adel Laifi and Sawsen Abdellawi • Until May 31

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

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

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • epl. ca/art-gallery • EPL Centennial Artwork • Until May 25 HAPPY HARBOR COMICS V1 • 10729-104 Ave • OPEN DOOR: Collective of independent comic crea-

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FILM ALBERTA FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS • Winspear Centre • Alberta Film and Television Awards presented

by AMPIA • May 25, 6:30pm • $169 (non-AMPIA member)/$139 (AMPIA member)/$89 (student) DREAMSPEAKERS 18TH ANNUAL INT'L FILM FESTIVAL • Metro Cinema @ the Garneau and other venues • dreamspeakers.org • Opening Night: May 29, 5pm • Courtyard by Marriott: Film Café: May 30 • Amiskwaciy Academy: Youth Day: May 31 • Beaver Hills Park: Walk of Honour and Induction/Screenings: Jun 1 • Century Casino: Buffy Sainte Marie concert; Jun 1, 9pm • May 29-Jun 1 CINEMA AT THE CENTRE • Stanley Milner Library Theatre, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • Antiviral (Canada, 2012, 14A); May 29, 6:15pm

Old-time hospitality

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • The Five Pennies (1959, colour, PG); May 27, 8pm • Random Harvest (1942, PG); Jun 3, 8pm

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Spruce Grove Art Gallery, Spruce Grove Library, 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.0664 • SeNIORS SHOw • May 27-Jun 15 • Awards reception: Jun 1, 1-3pm ARTERY • 9535 Jasper Ave, 780.667.3798 • heartcityfest.com • CReATIve HeARTS: Works by Aynsley Nisbet, Kryssa Kennedy, and others • Until May 25 ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.422.6223 • This Alberta Biennial showcases the work of several Alberta filmmakers and performance artists. Filmmakers with guest curator Nancy Tousley for an interactive Q&A session • THe STORy OF CANAdIAN ART: As told by the Hart House Art Collection; until Jul 1 • THe bequeST: Ernest E. Poole and the AGA Collection; until Jul 1 • dAvId JANZeN: TRANSFeR STATION: until Jun 16 • duTCH LANdSCAPeS FROM ReMbRANdT TO vAN gOgH: Until Jun 16 • THe PIANO: Video projections, performances and sculptural installations by contemporary artists; May 25-Aug 18 • Performance: Onetime re-creation of George Maciunas’ Piano Piece #13 (for Nam June Paik), where all 88 keys of an upright piano are nailed down one-by-one, performed by Nik 7 (Shout Out Out Out); May 24, 7pm; free • Late-night Wednesdays: Dean Baldwin’s Bar Piano built from a baby grand; May 29-Aug 14, enjoy a complimentary cocktail on the Gallery’s outdoor Terrace; Every Wed, 5-9pm • New ACquISITIONS: The Mitchell Endowment: Recently added artworks to the AGA’s permanent collection; May 25-Jul 1 • The Rip-Roarin’ Refinery: Swing back to the 1920s, inspiration from the AGA’s upcoming contemporary art exhibition The Piano, music by Gilda Brass, Paul Arnusch, and Colleen Brown, and DJ Mitchmatic; installation by Maegan R. Mehler; Sat, Jun 1, 9 pm-2 am • All Day Sunday: Perfect Pitch: make your own instrument, jam, listen to live music; fun with hands-on Instrument Petting Zoo (courtesy of the Winspear Centre); May 26, 12-4pm; free with admission; ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert, 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert.ca

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LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St, 780.423.5353 • ProjEx Room: ReSOPHONIC CITy: Audiovisual collaboration

by Mark Templeton and Nicola Ratti, with images

by Leanne Olson; an exploration of urban spaces in Edmonton and Milan through sound and photography • Until Jun 8 • Reception: May 24, 7pm • Main Space: FLIPS FOLLy: Larger-than-life interactive sculptures and video

by Megan Dickie; May 24-Jul 13; Artist talk: May 24, 7pm • Opening: May 24, 7pm MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 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 Plain, 780.963.9935 • SIgHT uNSeeN: Installation by Allen Ball combining still and moving images, mapping a personal journey through time and space • Until Jun 5 MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert, 780.459.1528 • ARCTIC LIFe: Lomen Brothers photography • Until Jun 16

PROVINCAL ARCHIVES • 8555 Roper Rd, 780.492.8832 • Documenting Francophone Alberta • Until May 30 ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave, 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • CHOP Suey ON THe PRAIRIeS: Until Apr 27, 2014 • Government House: Spring High Tea; May 26, 2-4pm; $45 at 780.427.2281; christine.taylor@gov.ab.ca SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St, 780.488.3619 • AbOve gROuNd: Works by Lynn Malin • Until May 25

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ALBERTA RAILWAY MUSEUM • 24215-34 St, 780.472.6229 • AlbertaRailwayMuseum.com • Open weekends during the summer

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St, 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • New gallery is now open Mon-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat, 10am-5pm; by appointment • PAINTINgS ANd STORIeS: Paintings by Brian Scott • Until May 28

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • probertsongallery.com • Artworks by Oksana Movchan, and Susan Owen Kagan • Jun 8-25

experimental acts • May 25, 8pm • $5 (door)

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 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; until Jun 15 • MAkINg NOTeS: Handcrafted ukuleles by Edmonton artist Andy Brooks; until Jun 15

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

NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS • 9225-118 Ave • Abstract artworks by Walter Rosychuk • Until May 25

METRO CINEMA • 8712-109 St • Western Canadian premiere of the feature length documentary Unclaimed, a Michael Jorgensen film; May 23, 7pm • Tickets 1 hr prior to screening; $10 (adult)/$8 (adult, mat)/$8 (student/senior)/$6 (student/senior, mat)

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE • Harcourt House Annex 10211-112 St • Plan 9 From Outer Space, a 1959 low-budget sci-fi film directed by Ed Wood, will include original and improvisational scores by five local

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

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave, 780.432.0240 • MeANdROuS LINeS: Mixed media abstract work by Pierre Bataillard; until Jun 30 • Artisan Nook: SMALL PACkAgeS: Tiny acrylic paintings by Jan Fraser; until Jul 15

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 • Iron Man (2008, PG); May 24, 2pm • Iron Man 2 (2010, PG); May 31, 2pm

THE PIANO FILM SERIES • Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre, 8712-109 St • Features critically acclaimed feature-length films that revolve around the subject of the piano, this series coincides with the exhibition The Piano, at the AGA • Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser; May 25, 4pm • $10/$8 (AGA and Metro member/student/senior) at Metro Cinema box office

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

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print -Artists, 10123-121 St, 780.423.1492 • eNCOdINg/ deCOdINg: Graduate Student Art Exhibit; until Jun 1 • Main Gallery: SHAMANS ANd SuPeRHeROeS: Artworks

by Jordan Bennett; Jun 6-22; opening: Jun 6, 7-9pm • Community Gallery: A gLIMPSe INTO THe wORLd OF NeON kOHkOM: Works by Neon Kohkom; Jun 6-22; opening: Jun 6, 7-9pm STEEPS TEA • 11116-82 Ave • HOw I ReMeMbeR IT: Works by Corey W Hamilton; through May • Book launch/reading: May 30, 7pm; dramaticsituationscom

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DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St, 780.760.1278 • wINTeR INTeRRuPTION: Paintings by Jenny Keith; until May 25 • dReAMINg OF SuMMeR: Paintings by Corre Alice • May 28-Jun 15; reception: May 28, 5-8pm DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332-124 St • FLOweR: Works by Robert Lemay • Opening: Jun 8 2-4pm • CuT-OuTS/OuT-CuTS: Works by Joe Fafard; Jun 1-15 EDMONTON JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTRE • 6750-88 St • Edmonton Art Club Spring Show • May 24, 6-9pm; May 25, 10am-6pm; May 26, 12-4:30pm EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ • 9938-70 Ave • Olive Tree Project, Peg Barcelo-Jackson, Ginette D'Silva, Alice Dolphin, Dara Loewen • Ongoing

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HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St • Main Gallery: gALeRIe AbSTRACTION: Jehra Patrick; until May 24 • Front Room Gallery: TwO-PART INveNTION: Adam Waldron-Blain; until May 24 • ART MARkeT: An art and design show and sale; May 25, 1-7pm; • Daytime activities: front lawn: interactive rock balancing, Lisa Supruniuk; May 25, 1-4pm • in the gallery: art-on-paper card workshop, Stephanie McComb; May 25, 1-4pm • in the gallery: Linocut print-at-home workshop, Megan Stein; May 25, 4-7pm

STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY @ 501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • STRATHCONA SALON SeRIeS: Works by local Strathcona artists • Until Jun 16 • Unveiling reception: May 23, 7pm; all are welcome to attend TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • telusworldofscienceedmonton.com • bOdy wORLdS & THe CyCLe OF LIFe: Revealing the Symphony Within UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS • Enterprise Sq, 10230 Jasper Ave, 780.492.5834 • museums.ualberta. ca • SIZe MATTeRS: Big Prints from around the World • Until Jun 29 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 VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St. Albert, 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • weT PAINT: Works by VASA members • Until Jun 1 THE VELVET OLIVE LOUNGE–Red Deer • Artworks by Danny Lake • Until May 31 WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave • Artworks by Pierre Giroux and Danièle Lemieux • Until May 23

LITERARY ALBERTA BOOK AWARDS GALA • Delta Edmonton Centre Suite Hotel, 10222-102 St • In conjunction with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta’s (BPAA) Alberta Book Publishing Awards and the Edmonton Public Library's 2013 Alberta Readers' Choice Award along with the 2013 Words in 3 Dimensions Conference • May 25 • $65, pre-register at 1.800.665.535; writersguild.ab.ca ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • A conversation with Ken Low and author Carol Tavris, Mistakes were Made (but Not by Me); presented by Leadership Edmonton • May 28, 7-9pm

HARRIS-WARKE GALLERY–Red Deer • Sunworks Home and Garden Store, Ross St, Red Deer • 403.346.8937 • harriswarkegallery.com • ROOTed IN THe ARTS: Celebrating the 2013 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artists Awards • Reception/First Friday: Jun 7, 6-8pm • Until Jun 22

AUDREYS BOOKS • 107 St, Jasper Ave • audreys.ca • Writers Guild: Five New Alberta Voices: Apprentice readings and reception: May 23, 7-9pm • FictionKNITstas reading series: featuring authors Ali Bryan, Nicole Dixon, Faith Johnston, Theresa Shea; fabulous knitters have custom-created pieces inspired by the books, and these knitwork pieces will be on display; May 29, 7pm; free

HUB ON ROSS–Red Deer • dOwN THe RAbbIT HOLe wITH MARy • Until May 31

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DELTA EDMONTON CENTRE SUITE HOTEL • 10222-102 St • Alberta Book Awards Gala • May 25 • $65 at wordsin3d.eventbrite.ca "Alberta Book Awards Gala" under "Other Information" EXTENSION GALLERY • Main Fl, Enterprise Sq, 10230 Jasper Ave • womenswords.ca • Women’s Words: Their Latest, Greatest, and Queerest: Reading by award-winning authors Valerie Mason-John and Sheri-D Wilson; presented by Faculty of Extension, U of A • Jun 3, 5-6:30pm KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave, 780.863.4522 • Glass Door Coffee House Reading Series: Monthly readings with new headliner • Last Thu each month, 7-9pm • May 30, 7-9pm; with Deborah Lawson, Wayne Arthurson, Nicholas Mather, Barbara GallerSmith, hosted by Lorraine Youn; open mic; free ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St, 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tuesdays: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@gmail.com WUNDERBAR ON WHYTE • 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors

THEATRE 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL • Mayfield Dinner Theatre • Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, book by Patricia Resnick • Until Jun 9 THE 11 O’CLOCK NUMBER! • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Grindstone Theatre presents a two act improvised musical every other May 31, 11pm • Tickets at TIX on the Square • Tickets at TIX on the Square THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE • La Cite Francophone, 8627-91 St, 780.420-1757 • ELOPE presents this tale of overachievers' vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime • Until Jun 1 • $25 (adult)/$20 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square AMALUNA • Under the Big Top at Northlands Park • Cirque du Soleil; Directed by Diane Paulus • May 29-Jun 23 • cirquedusoleil.com/amaluna AN ACCIDENT • PCL Studio Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • Northern Light Theatre; by Lydia Stryk; starring Michael Peng and Melissa Thingelstad; directed by Trevor Schmidt. When a woman is critically injured in an accident, can the same man who almost took her life save her • Until May 25 BRAINS! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL THEATRE • Artery, 9535 Jasper Ave • A boy and girl who travel to a mysterious Zombie Island, where they are beset upon by zombies and must fight for their lives • May 23-25, 8pm • $10 (adv) CAUSE AND EFFECT • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • teatroq.com • By Stewart Lemoine, featuring a crackling quartet of conspirators; when Jeff Haslam and Davina Stewart square off against the provocations of Kristi Hansen and Eric Wigston, dangerous variables give way to alarming certainties • May 30-Jun 15 • $16-$28 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 ESCAPE FROM HAPPINESS • The Club, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave, 780.425.1820 • By George F. Walker, director: John Kirkpatrick, featuring the students of the Young Acting Company • May 30-31, 7:30pm, Jun 1, 1:30pm • $20 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 • May 28 • $16/$11 (under 18, any performance) FROM CRADLE TO STAGE: AN EVENING OF ONE ACTS • Walterdale Playhouse, 10322-83 Ave • Works by new playwrights taken to full production • Until May 25 GUYS AND DOLLS • Festival Place, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 • Presented by Bev Facey • Until May 24, 7:30pm HEY LADIES! • Roxy, 10708-124 St, other venues, 780.453.2440 • Theatre Network • Roxy Performance Series: starring Davina Stewart, Cathleen Rootsaert, Leona Brausen • May 24 (last show of the season) • $25 at TIX on the Square HIDE AND SEEK • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • May 28 • $18.50 (adult)/$15.25 (student/senior) at TicketMaster THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT • Timms Centre, U of A • A funny and colourful play that imagines a trial of God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth vs. Judas Iscariot for the betrayal of his homey, Lord Jesus Christ • May 23, 12:30pm MY BIG FAT EDMONTON WEDDING • Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 8882-180 St, WEM, 780..484.2424 • A huge family wedding with crazy relatives, a rookie wedding planner and a surprise mystery guest • Until Jun 16 OH SUSANNA! • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.433.3399 • The Euro-style variety spectacle with Susanna Patchouli and her divine co-host Eros, God of Love! Laughs! Music! Cocktails! • Runs the last Sat each month, until Jul, 11pm (subject to occasional change) THEATRESPORTS • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101 A Ave • rapidfiretheatre.com • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm THE WINTER’S TALE PROJECT • The Club, Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave, 780.425.1820 • 10th Anniversary Production, based on the play by William Shakespeare; director: Bridget Ryan; music and lyrics by Chris Wynters; featuring the students of the Young Company Musical Program • Jun 1-2, 7:30pm; Jun 2, 1:30pm • $20

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Wild Tangerine Urban Cuisine 10383 - 112 St 780.429.3131 wildtangerine.com

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he alarming rate at which new restaurants spring up along Edmonton's dusty byways makes it difficult for a conscientious food enthusiast to revisit the city's many and varied established gems. Case in point: it's been years since I've patronized the stylish dining room of Wild Tangerine, a venue I had long associated with reliably inventive and tasty cuisine—so long that I was surprised at how small the space felt when I finally made it back for a visit last week. It still feels open

and stylish and splashed in the palate of its eponymous citrus fruit, just smaller, the way your childhood home feels after a long absence.

Perceptual distortion notwithstanding, Wild Tangerine has remained the same in all the ways that matter. They still have a unique menu that puts an Asian accent on a mouth-watering range of appetizers, one-bowl meals and more elaborate entrées, whether it's red curry mussels, gnocchi in coconut cream or warm ginger bread pudding with banana ice cream; they still mix a fascinating cocktail and suggest apt wine pairings for their diverse bill of fare; and they still leave you no choice but to go ahead and order that dessert, no matter how much you filled up on the appies and mains.

And if you're a bit overwhelmed by the selection—routinely exacerbated by enticing specials—you

can count on your server to help guide your choices.

Arriving ahead of my co-diner, my first challenge was to single out a pre-dinner libation from a lengthy list of alcoholic and virginal cocktail creations. My post-lawn mowing thirst cried out for beer, but I opted instead for a Gin Comfort ($9), which blended the botanical spirit with green tea, ginger syrup and citrus slices. This was in no way disappointing.

Choosing what to eat requires a similar paring away of desirable alternatives, a matter the Wild Tangerine menu complicates by offering a diverse range of flavours and price points, even catering to vegan and gluten-free palates. Through careful deliberation, my co-diner and I arrived at a strategy: we'd share the evening's special appetizer— pot-stickers with tangerine mayo ($10.95)—before advancing to the marsala-masala lamb loin chops CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 >>

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Six things about frozen yogurt They sure like their yogurt Americans celebrate this frozen dairy product twice a year—both February 6 and June 4 are designated as National Frozen Yogurt Day.

Either or Frozen yogurt is also known under the trade names Frogurt and FroYo.

Relative dairy newcomer Frozen yogurt has been around for about 40 years, but regular yogurt has been around for much longer.

It is believed that yogurt was first made accidentally around 6000 BCE when herdsmen stored milk in animal stomachs which contained enzymes that curdled the milk.

Take your pick There are several variations of the spelling of the word "yogurt" in English, including yoghurt and yoghourt. The Canadian Oxford Dictionary says both yogurt and yogourt are acceptable. V

First, but certainly not the last "Frogurt" was first marketed as a softserve dessert in New England in the '70s by the dairy company HP Hood.

Healthy? You decide While frozen yogurt is often regarded as a healthier alternative to ice cream since it is based on lower-fat dairy and often contains digestion-boosting enzymes, some varieties contain substantial amounts of sugar and customers often pile on unhealthy toppings at popular self-serve stores.

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BEER

This is solidarity, brothers and sisters!

The largest craft brewery in the US offers a perplexing nod to unions Brooklyn Local 2 Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY $13.40 for 750 ml bottle

A few years back Brooklyn released Local 1, a strong Belgian ale with rich malt and a spicy yeast finish. More recently they have followed up with Unions and beer have a mixed reLocal 2, also released in a corked lationship. Unionized work750-ml ornate bottle. Given ers in the major breweries that Brooklyn is not unionof North America have ized, their nod to union made sure those jobs are brother and sisters is perm o ly.c eweek safe, and where workers tothepint@vu plexing. Either it is a sop Jason can make enough to build to the relatively unionized Foster workforce of the greater New a solid middle-class life.

However, as is natural in labour York area, or they have some othrelations, strikes and other labour er, more esoteric, plan in mind. Either disruptions have marked a portion way, the beer itself is interesting. of Canada's beer-industry history, which at times soured brewing emIt is a dark brown pour with a dense, ployers and consumers on them. think, off-white head, leaving some Consequently, few craft brewfully-developed lacing. The aroma ers are unionized, and no brewergives off raisin, plum, dark brown ies make a big deal about unions, sugar and some molasses. The nose despite the fact that they have as also presents a touch of earthiness long a history in beer as breweries and a bit of alcohol warmth. themselves. This makes it quite the When I take a sip, I first get sweet, surprise that Brooklyn Brewing, one fruity malt offering molasses, of the largest craft breweries in the brown sugar, raisins, plums, dark US, names their beer in a clearly berry and caramel. The middle beunionist way. gins to sharpen with a bit of spicy

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yeast bite, but the beer finds a way to hold the two characteristics in tension—it is both sweet and spicy.

There are some earthy back tones as well. The finish is moderately sweet, accented by an earthy spiciness that reminds me of a Christmas fruit cake. The overall impression is impressively clean, despite the yeast complexity.

This is a balanced, enjoyable Belgian strong. On the whole I think it is a more subdued interpretation, as it tones down the spices and yeast character. Yet that doesn't lessen its capacity to be an enjoyable drinking experience.

Local 2 is a satisfying ode to unions and their contribution to beer. It may not be what Brooklyn's owners intended, but that is how I choose to interpret it. It makes me feel so much better drinking it. V Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer. org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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($29) and another special, braised beef cheeks ($28) with sweet potato fries and seasonal veg.

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We didn't have to wait long to get started—the trio of giant potstickers arrived in a flash. Looking more like perogies that had been crisped on one side, the dumplings were stuffed with seasoned ground Alberta pork and juicy nuggets of prawn, and sided with a zesty, creamy dip. It bears noting that Wild Tangerine has always prided itself on using the finest locally-sourced ingredients, and the results here were deliciously impressive. A simple salad of ribboned carrot and cucumber splashed with rice vinegar was a nice savoury complement.

The entrees were no less impressive.

I've long told anyone who would listen that WT's lamb chops were among my favourite preparations of that particular critter, with its rich, sub-continentally aromatic gravy and tender meat that drove me unseemly lengths to get every last sapid shred

from the bones. If it didn't quite live up to my nostalgically inflated expectations, it was still plenty delicious, and my co-diner enjoyed both the juicy baby bok choy i was paired with and the side of fluffy steamed flax-seed buns with zingy mango chutney ($5) she chose for her starch.

My experience with beef cheeks is not extensive, but WT's example set the bar high for any subsequent experiences. Two (both?) cheeks had been simmered to fall-apart perfection, obviating the need for a knife, and seemed to burst across the taste buds, the concentrated beef flavour emerging through a rich red wine-soy reduction reflecting the establishment's Asian-fusion orientation. The thoroughly apt side of sweet potato fries had a light, crispy, tempura-like coating, and a generous portion of bright green broccoli rounded out the meal.

Slaked though we were, we couldn't deny the allure of the dessert menu, though I lost my bid for bread pudding to my co-diner's insatiable lust for all things chocolate. Instead we split an order of "Chocolate from the West" ($6.50): wedges of brownie with cream cheese and orange marmalade, served with diced watermelon and dragon fruit, whipped cream and a chocolate drizzle. The co-diner was well-satisfied with her victory, and we agreed that the accompanying jasmine tea ($5) was some of the best we'd ever had.

I'm all for seeking out new taste adventures, but I was glad we took the time to go visit an old taste adventure, and to discover that Wild Tangerine has lost none of its ability to impress. If you haven't discovered that yet, well, lucky you.

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Metal milestone

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hat Cannibal Corpse has been scaring your parents for 25 years now is certainly cause for its fans to celebrate in the truest of metal fashions—quick, throw up the horns!

Headbang wildly in the street! Sacrifice the family pet!—but within the band, bassist Alex Webster notes, reaching that milestone was something the people around the death metal entity made a far bigger deal out of than anyone within its ranks.

"You don't really think about it until people remind you," he begins, on the phone from his Tampa home. "And then everybody—our label, manage-

ment—were excited about this anniversary, and kind of brought it to our attention that we should do something to celebrate it. So that kind of prompted us to reflect on it a little bit. And it's really cool; it's not something you could ever plan on. When we started the band, none of us were even 25 years old. We were all between the ages of 19 and 21, I think.

So it would be unimaginable, really, to think that we'd be in this band for more than half of our lives."

The band known for its shocking horror imagery, in both song and artwork, hasn't remained unchanged in that time: a run of players have passed through its lineup over the years. Now, as it celebrates the big two-five as the face of American death metal (the best selling, anyway) only its rhythm

section remains unaltered from its beginnings: Webster and drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz have been there from the start (which, for the record was December, 1988).

But then again, even they quit once.

Together, even. For about a week, back in 1992.

"It was our first North American Tour," Webster says. "Just all the tour disgruntlements: it was our first tour that was in a van—the European tour had been in a bus—and I think you just end up rubbin' each other the wrong way a little bit more when you're in a van. So we quit for about a week.

"It barely qualifies as quitting, y'know?" he continues. "No-one replaced us. It's more like we had an argument for a week and didn't see each other, that sort of thing."

He and Mazurkiewicz took the equipment out of the practice room ... and set it up about 50-feet away in the same building, where they started working on a new song. Once everything was ironed out, they brought it to the band.

"We said, 'Hey, look, in the meantime we started writing this song, what do you guys think?' And they were like, 'It sounds good, let's keep it going.'"

That song was a little ditty called "Hammer Smashed Face," and it's arguably become the band's most popular: it's the one Cannibal Corpse plays in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective while Jim Carrey (a real life fan) fish-flops about on stage with them. In a way, for a band that's spent two and a half decades making particularly aggressive music, it seems fitting that its most

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well known song was forged in a moment of very real upset.

"It was definitely a song born out of some geniune anger," Webster says.

"Maybe people can hear it, that's why they react so well to it."

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The Boxer Rebellion cause it was our first album, but it never really left me," Hewitt adds. "I feel like this is such a privilege to do this as a job. Every day's a Saturday really ... it's like, 'Oh, look, we've gotten away with putting another album out,' which is kind of a weird way of looking at it, but there are so many people who would love to do this as a job."

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here's a sense of disbelief evident when Piers Hewitt of the Boxer Rebellion speaks of the band's career, and the fact that the Brit indie-rock four-piece is still "getting away with it," as he describes its ability to continue earning a living by making music.

He and vocalist Nathan Nicholson are calling from their management office in Camden, North London, one day after the release of Promises, the group's first album since The Cold Still in 2011.

"It always feels kind of good, and

there's a little bit of anxiety because you're letting the world listen to it— well, a very small portion of it—but the world nonetheless," Nicholson laughs. "I tend to kind of listen to our albums when we're making them, when we're writing them and when we finish them, but then when we release them I never really hear them again. I don't know why that is, but it's good to have it out."

"I'll never forget when we had our first album out ... I remember the feeling of what it was like to know that even a couple hundred or a couple thousand people were going home and listening to it for the first time.

I thought it would be a big deal be-

And it seems as though the Boxer Rebellion will continue to get away with things for a while longer, as it gears up to take Promises on the road, marking its first tour in over a year and the first time the band will actually make it to Edmonton (its last scheduled gig here a year-and-a-half ago was cancelled). This time around, the band has tapped into a more lively, hi-fi sound than its previously darker, more analogue approach. Promises is frank and honest in its lyricism, bringing out a wealth of personal and emotional experiences coupled with an evolved sonic backdrop filled with captivating guitar riffs and dream-like synth beats.

"When we came off of our last tour, you feel like, well, at least with our audience, the upbeat stuff just kind of goes down better. Obviously the whole album's not upbeat, but I think we just wanted to have more songs to play live that kind of fit that bill than the last one, which we really still love, but it's just kind of like when you're putting a set list together you want it to flow right," Nicholson explains. "It always seemed like we had too many slower tempo songs and we need to inject it with something a bit more exotic."

The band had plenty of time and opportunity to craft its evolved style, as it remains an independent force and possesses the luxury of having its own recording space. The clock wasn't ticking and the studio bill wasn't adding up, so the Boxer Rebellion was left to its own devices, which Hewitt recalls allowed the creative juices to flow freely when things felt right.

"Some days we weren't all there together and you've just kind of got that opportunity to go in whenever you want, but also not go in, so you know, you're not turning up and paying your money over to somebody because it's booked," Hewitt adds. "We could work when things happened and when we had a bit of time, so it was very relaxing."

"You also don't have that pressure to come with something as well," Nicholson notes. "I mean, I think when the clock is ticking, if you're recording or if you're writing you're kind of thinking, 'Well, if I don't get anything done it's been an absolute disaster,' but this way it's a little more calming and you can kind of wait for stuff to come along."

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The album is less of the barn-burnin', foot-stompin' Ripper fans have become accustomed to, unleashing a more subdued sense of captivating musical power, one that unfurls itself through lyrics saturated in love and loss. The stylistic shift happened somewhat accidentally following the

death of Ripper's father in 2009 and his mother's move into a long-term care facility where Ripper would make regular visits to play music for her.

"It was just this really terrific connection and very therapeutic. It gave us something to share and it was sort of good for me and good for her," Ripper recalls, explaining over the course of several years and hundreds of visits, new material began to take shape that allowed him to discover a different side of his voice. "It was much more laid back because I was in a hospital room. There's going to be no flatpickin', hard-strummin', foot-stompin', barn-stormin', kick-ass and fast folk and all that stuff. I found these new sort of locations for the songs and I realized a little bit looking back at it that I think I was influenced to a degree from a bit of personal loss and

transition and I think it formed some of these particular songs to resonate in a particular way."

Despite the contrast, Ripper says the transition was a comfortable one that he decided to roll with. While it doesn't mean fans are going to experience a whole new Ripper—the barnburners aren't going anywhere—this album has allowed him to step further out of his comfort zone as a musician.

"It felt very true and honest, and I think that's why I felt so confident about doing it," he adds. "I mean, I wouldn't say everything is just sitting there flat on this album, but you know I guess the sort of rockabilly hard-strummin, raise-a-little-hell stuff was put on the sidelines a little bit."

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MUSICNOTES The Bix Mix Boys / Fri, May 24 (8 pm) Prairie-inspired Canadiana bluegrass. Enough said.

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Powder Blue / Fri, May 24 (9 pm) Move over boys, it's time for some all-girl psychedelic rock, courtesy of the ladies of Powder Blue, direct from Saskatoon. (Wunderbar)

Death By Robot / Fri, May 24 (8 pm) Mainstream conventions be damned, this local electro-rock-sci-fi foursome is doing its own thing, bringing you sounds inspired by the unknown here on Earth and beyond. (Haven Social Club, $7 advance, $10 at the door)

Fear Factory Sat, May 25 (8 pm) Need to let some aggression out? This lineup, with guests Hate Eternal, Kobra and the Lotus, This Is War and No Heat Tomorrow, may be just what the doctor ordered. (Avenue Theatre, $20 advance, $25 at the door)

Primus 3D / Tue, May 28 (8 pm) What the heck is Primus 3D? We wish we had an answer for you, but hey, a little mystery makes it all the more intriguing to check out. (Jubilee Auditorium, $44.50 – $49.50) Fish & Bird / Sun, May 26 (6 pm) There will be no fish or birds present, just some straight-up folk to wind down the weekend. (Artery, $8)

Chad Hoopes / Sun, May 26 (2 pm) I don't know about you, but when I was 18, I certainly wasn't touring around the world as a renowned musician. Chad Hoopes' violin talents were discovered when he was only 13, and the virtuoso will be showing off his skills with a performance of the iconic Bruch Concerto in G Minor, joined by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. (Winspear Centre, $20 – $69) The Crackling Wed, May 29 (8 pm) Fun fact: lead singer Kenton Loewen's favourite sound is fire, which is where the band's name comes from. (Artery, $12 advance, $14 day of show)

Marty Majorowicz Quartet Tue, May 28 (7:30 pm) Jazz trombone, electric trombone—yes, that exists—you name it, he can probably play it. (Yardbird Suite, $5)

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Thursday, May 30th $20 • 7PM to 9PM Quality Inn West Harvest 17803 Stony Plain Road Call for tickets: 780.423.3138 www.anfca.com

New Found Glory Thu, May 30 (5 pm) It's been 10 years since New Found Glory released Sticks and Stones, the album that catapulted the band to pop-punk stardom. If you love that album, you're in luck, because it's getting played live in its entirety. (Starlite Room, $27)

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FIRSTS, LASTS AND FAVOURITES

Striker

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First album Painkiller by Judas Priest. I've been a changed man ever since.

Answered by: Adam Brown, drums Hometown: Edmonton, AB Formed: 2007 Genre: Metal Latest album: Armed to the Teeth (2012) Fun fact: Last summer, Striker won a contest to open for Metallica during its two sold-out shows at Rexall Place.

First concert I remember sneaking a mickey of vodka and a pack of smokes to see Motley Crüe at the tender age of 15! But shh, don't tell my mom.

Last concert Testament and Anthrax at Edmonton Events Center, but it was one of those nights where I passed out beside my bed instead of in it.

Favourite album That's always a tough question. It changes all the time. Right now the band is really digging Freedom Rock from the Swedish band H.E.A.T.

Last album Head of the Pack by Skullfist. They're good friends from Toronto—they put on a wicked show.

Favourite musical guilty pleasure There is no guilt here. Smooth jazz, though, brings you to a better place.

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NEWSOUNDS The National Trouble Will Find Me (4AD) 

If there's something that sets the National apart from other rock bands of this era, it's the commitment to, and subversion of, despair. Across albums, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Cincinnati band's been exploring nights of selfdoubt and moments of weakness while simultaneously couching them in grand rock anthems that often defy their very subject matter. There's a power in pulling that off well.

Trouble WIll Find Me, the band's sixth album, carries the same complicated torch—its title comes from a song called "Sea of Love," which also fields lines like "Hey Joe sorry I hurt you but / They say love is a virtue."— and wanders the same places, without

question. But, if anything, its 13 songs feel more like a comforting collection of adult lullabies than despite-it-all anthems: the work of a band that, amongst all those middle-class fears and hopes it writes about, has accepted that the hard times will come and go, that triumph and tribulation are part of the same perpetual cycle.

It's all convincing, too, channeled through Matt Berninger's anchoring baritone and a band that's capable of expressing very nuanced sentiments through a fairly traditional rock-band setup. Finding comfort in that cycle isn't necessarily a bad thing: the band generally seems in fine form here. The build of "This Is the Last Time" rides a softly punctuating drum beat and string-lifted bridge, and "Graceless" is a solid anthem, if not reaching the same heights as some of the band's others ("Bloodbuzz, Ohio" and "Mr November" come to mind). It does feels like some of the cathartic highs the National has hit before aren't present on Trouble, that the sense of calm that comes with reaching a stable middle ground has also sanded off the band's punchiness and danger.

Maybe that's to be expected: make it through enough dark nights, and even the deepest shadows are sure to look less daunting.

PAUL BLINOV

Decades Decades (White Girl)  Toronto

guitar-romantics

Decades' debut selftitled album is full of fluff but offers little substance.

Decades is another in a long line of shoegaze revivalists, though the band distinguishes itself by combining the sound with sad-bastard '90s Brit-pop. Unfortunately, the album is a pastiche of better bands that have come before. Decades starts strong with the howling single "Tonight Again," but it isn't until five tracks later when the lively "Move Me" comes up. Closer "Washed" is a tense two-minutes and 20 seconds, full of furious guitar riffs and vocals soaring high in the mix. Otherwise, Decades is full of boring cruft. "In Sequins" is every middling slackwave song ever written and "Old and Aging" is the perfect name for something that sounds so decrepit.

There are some promising singles on Decades, but the full album is undistinct from the mass of shoegazers out there. It's unfortunate because when the band is good, it's very good.

JORDYN MARCELLUS

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Northcote Northcote (Blackbox Music)  He may have cut his teeth in posthardcore, but Matt Goud, known by his performing name Northcote, sounds thoroughly comfortable in the realm of folk-rock on his new self-titled album. His booming vocals are delivered with a celebratory aggression, driving an honest and upbeat album that begs to be

blared at top volume with the windows down. There are moments when the album becomes repetitive in its frequent "whoa-oh" harmonies, but there are others where it shines, predominantly in throughout the second half with tunes like the simplistic strains of "Speak Freely" and the toe-tapping closer "Only One Who Knows My Name," featuring Kathryn Calder.

MEAGHAN BAXTER

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Daft Punk Random Access Memories (Sony) @VueWeekly: These robots blew up the Internet when this leaked, yet they’re sounding more human than they ever have. #RAM

The National Trouble Will Find Me (4AD) @VueWeekly: Blending seamlessly into each other, the songs are big, yet close by—dramatically moving. Solid..

Talib Kweli Prisoner of Conscious (Javotti) @VueWeekly: Underwhelming & really skippable, which is the biggest shame from a pioneer in the '90s hip-hop movement.

Noah and the Whale Heart of Nowhere (Universal) @VueWeekly: Something you will listen to, forget it is on & then forget it is over. Breezy to max, which is kind of the downfall.

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SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Hair of the Dog Acoustic Sunday Jam: blues, roots, folk, country and more; all acoustic intruments every Sun; presented by Bonedog 2-6pm

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

FRI MAY 24 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Harpdog Brown and Graham Guest; 8:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Maurice John Vaughn BOHEMIA Oak Apple Records EP release party: Tell Me a Song, Kay There House Builder, Carl for Breakfast

STARLITE ROOM The $5 Rock Show with Alterra; 9pm; $5 STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION By the Beard of Zeus (metal), Afterearth, others; 8pm; $10 (adv) WUNDERBAR Powder Blue (Saskatoon) Y AFTERHOURS Donald Glaude

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YARDBIRD SUITE Dean McNeill/David Braid Brass Sextet/Jazz Quartet; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest)

BRIXX Silence Be Damned: Goth/Industrial with DJs Siborg and Gotthavok; Vixenesque Burlesque presents "Chick Flick", Fair Blue; $8 (door)

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Every Friday DJs on all three levels

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DV8 Nolan Bossert, Oliver James Buck, Big Ben, Miek Headache

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JEFFREY'S CAFÉ Paul Ledding (jazz), Josh Mellott; 9pm; $15

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THE BOWER Zukunft: Indie and alternative with Dusty Grooves, Fraser Olsen, Taz, and Josh Johnson THE COMMON Good Fridays: nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Justin Foosh THE DRUID IRISH PUB DJ every Fri; 9pm ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove DJ every Fri

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Bix Mix Boys (bluegrass); 6pm; $10.50 (adv)

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

FANDANGO'S Sophie and the Shufflehounds (blues); 9pm; $5

LUCKY 13 Every Fri and Sat with resident DJ Chad Cook

FIDDLER'S ROOST Young Love featuring Alex Vissia (release concert, alt folk/rock), Hello, Doctor; 7:30pm; $15 (adv, incl copy of new album) FUSIA CORAL DE CUBA Dos Four (Cuban Reggeaton and Salsa Stars); 9pm-2am; $25 (adv)/$30 (door) HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Death by Robot (electronic

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TEMPLE Silence be Damned: with DJs Gotthavok, Siborg, Nightroad; 9pm TREASURY In Style Fri: DJ Tyco and Ernest Ledi; no line no cover for ladies all night long UNION HALL Ladies Night every Fri Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays

SAT MAY 25 AVENUE THEATRE Fear Factory, Hate Eternal, Kobra and the Lotus, This is War, No Heat Tomorrow; 8pm; $20 (adv at Blackbyrd)/$25 (door) BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: The Collective West (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Dave Babcock and the Nightkeepers; 8:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Evening: Maurice John Vaughn BOHEMIA Crazy Truck BRITTANY'S LOUNGE The Rooster Davis Group; 9pm; $10 (door) BRIXX BAR Moka Only (Swollen Members); 9pm; $21 (adv) CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO EDMONTON Holly Woods & Toronto; 9pm CHICAGO JOE'S Monarch Sky, Hammered by Sound, One Hundred Years; 9pm; $10 (adv)/$15 (door) CITADEL MACLAB THEATRE Ragas on Mandolin Tour: Edmonton Raga-Mala Music Society: A Mandolin duet featuring Mandolin U. Shrinivas, U. Rajesh, Madirimangalam Swaminathan, Trichy Murali; 7pm; $40 (VIP)/$25 (adult)/$20 (student/senior) at Citadel box office, 780.495.1820; info at 780.445.777; edmontonragamala.ab.ca CKUA Party in the Park: 100 Mile House, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's “Street Team” and the Pro Coro Choir, dancers from CariWest and the Alberta Dance Alliance, the Hawaiian Sunset Band, CKUA’s Ukulele Orchestra; 12-5pm CROWN PUB Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, 2-6pm; Evening: Tomas Marsh, The Fantastic Dirt, guests; 10pm DEVANEY'S Stan Gallant DV8 The Jammy Pacs (WEEN tribute band), Funk Sway; 9pm (door); $10 EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain Alistair Christl Trio (roots rockers from Toronto); $5 EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ Open stage jam with host Tommaso Zillio (Edmonton Guitar); last Sat each month, 2-5pm; admission by donation FANDANGO'S Sophie and the Shufflehounds (blues); 9pm; $5 FILTHY MCNASTY'S The Vanas with Joey D; 4pm; no cover FUSIA CORAL DE CUBA Dos Four (Cuban Reggeaton and Salsa Stars); 9pm-2am; $25 (adv)/$30 (door) GAS PUMP Saturday Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth; 3-6:30pm HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB Steve Young and Jubal Lee Young IRISH CLUB The Acoustiholics

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JEFFREY'S CAFÉ The Rault Brothers (folk, blues); 9pm; $15

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ

L.B.'S PUB Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends; 5-9pm; Evening: Mack Long (My Way, album release

MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH Colours of Spring: Kokopelli Choir; 2pm and 7pm; tickets at TIX on the Square MORINVILLE CENTRE Spring Fling: Calvin Vollrath; $40 NEWCASTLE PUB Hot Cottage and Rusty Reed; 8:30pm 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 Fonafide OUTLAWS ROADHOUSE UFC 160; 7pm OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover PAWN SHOP Striker (Canadian tour Kick-off party), Sangsara; 8pm; $12 (adv) PUB 1824 Afternoon: Open stage every Sat: South of Sanity, 2-6pm; Evening: Live music every Fri & Sat, 9pm RAINMAKER RODEO– Kinsmen Fair Grounds Doc Walker, Dallas Smith, Hey Romeo, Curtis Grambom Craig Moritz; 6pm; no minors; $59.99 (gate) RED PIANO BAR Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am REXALL PLACE Christian Youth Conference: Skillet, Bluetree, Unhindered, V Rose, for King and Country, Lincoln Brewster; 3pm SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Duane Allen SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Andrew Scott

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SIDELINERS PUB All ages open stage; every Sat, 3pm STARLITE ROOM Kastle; 9pm STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION Funk Sway (rock), Wisconsin Overlords, Upsidedowntown, Headcase; 6pm; $10 (adv) TREASURY Marco V WUNDERBAR Fire Next Time, the Penske File, the Weekend Kids, Good Friday Brawl, Ben Sire; 9pm YARDBIRD SUITE Dean McNeill/David Braid Brass Sextet/Jazz Quartet; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $18 (member)/$22 (guest)

Classical ARTS BARNS Ekosingers: At the Copa!; 8pm; $20 at tixonthesquare.ca CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Snake Fence Country: A Rural Holiday: Festival City Winds; 7:309:30pm; $10 (door) DON'S PIANO SHOWROOM St Albert Chamber Music Recital Series: Colibri Duo (Merrill Tanner, vocals) and Ernst Birss, guitar); 7:30pm; $25 (adult)/$20 (student/ senior) at Don's Piano Showroom, 780.459.5525, stalbertchambermusic.ca ELLERSLIE BAPTIST CHURCH Harmony in Bloom: An Evening of Barbershop Song featuring Barbershop Harmony Champion Quartets and Choruses; 7:30pm; grovecitychorus.ca; tickets at TIX on the Square

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: Dr Erick

MAY/24 VIXENESQUE BURLESQUE PRESENTS

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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

FRI MAY 24

OCEANTREE W/ FRINGE, BRENDAN KELLY, & UNDER ALICE SAT MAY 25

STRIKER CANADIAN TOUR KICKOFF PARTY TUE MAY 28

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 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

GREBER CRUSHING 2 MAN BASS AND DRUM GRIND FEAT. MEMBERS FROM FUCK THE

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

W/ DEMISE, PSYCHOTIK TANRTUM & PRESCHOOL SHOOTING

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

THU MAY 30

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

FACTS & THE GREAT SABATINI

SUPERSUCKERS

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& THE PREYING SAINTS

FRI MAY 31

DEATH TOLL RISING 10 YR. ANNIVERSARY

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com SUITE 69 Stella Saturday: retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests

W/ EYE OF HORUS, IDES OF WINTER & CULT OF SELF

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

SAT JUN 8

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

INTRONAUT

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SUN JUN 9

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THE SLACKERS

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SAT MAY 25

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

SUN MAY 26 ARTERY Fish and Bird (folk), guests; 6pm; $8 (adv) BAILEY THEATRE–Camrose Bailey's Buckaroos Classic Country Extravaganza; 1pm (door), 2pm (show); $12 at box office BEER HUNTER–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Cygnets; 10pm; no cover BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Sunday Brunch: Cramer Brothers; 10am-2:30pm; donations

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CASINO YELLOWHEAD Holly Woods & Toronto (classic rock); 9pm

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE Stylus Industry Sundays: Invinceable, Tnt, Rocky, Rocko, Akademic, weekly guest DJs; 9pm-3am

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

MON MAY 27

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB Celtic Music with Devaney's House Band 5-8pm

BLUES ON WHYTE Funkafeelya

FANDANGO'S Sun Industry Night: House mix with DJ JEZ LF MORINVILLE CENTRE Spring Fling: Calvin Vollrath; $30 NEWCASTLE PUB Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6:30pm O2 JOES–North Sunday Jam hosted by Andrew White; 4pm O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am ON THE ROCKS Bella Rouge ST ALBERT KINSMEN GROUNDS Rodeo Breakfast and Inspirational Concert with High Valley; 9am-12

RED LINE DINER–Spruce Grove 300 St Matthews Ave, Spruce Grove

RED LINE DINER–Spruce Grove Open Mic; 4-8pm; every 2nd Sunday REXALL PLACE Christian Youth Conference: DJ Cho'zyn Boy, Flame, V Rose, For King and Country, Skillet, Lincoln Brewster, Bluetree, Unhindered, Propaganda; 9:30am 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 WUNDERBAR Theresa Sokyra, Dead Red Pine

Classical ARTS BARNS Ekosingers: At the Copa!; 2pm; $20 at tixonthesquare.ca MUTTART HALL–Alberta College Connections Concert II: Emerging talent; proceeds to student scholarships; 2pm; $20 (adult)/$10 (student/ senior)/free (child, 12 and under) WINSPEAR CENTRE Enmax Hall Violin and Marimba: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, William Eddins (conductor), Brian Jones (marimba), Chad Hoopes (violin); 2pm; $20-$69

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy

BLUES ON WHYTE Maurice

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

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm; host changes weekly: Jay Gilday OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Monday Open Stage PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm; contact Vi Kallio 780.456.8510 ROUGE RESTO-LOUNGE Open Mic Night with Darrek Anderson from the Guaranteed; every Mon; 9pm WUNDERBAR Eugene Ripper at Cha Island Tea, Marlaena Moore, Oliver Buck; 9pm

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

TUE MAY 28 ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL Open Mic with Ehren Flais BLUES ON WHYTE Funkafeelya BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Velvet Hour: every weekday with Bill Bourne, Moses Gregg, Matt Blackie and guests; 4-7pm; no cover BRIXX BAR Ruby Tuesdays with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm; this week guests: The Able Kind, the Wyddershynns

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O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK The Campfire Hero's (acoustic rock, country, top 40); 9pm-2am every Tue; no cover PAWN SHOP Greber (metal), Psychotik Tantrum, Preschool Shooting, Demise; 8pm; $8 (adv) SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Andrew Scott SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Amy Weymes STARLITE ROOM The Boxer Rebellion, Fossil Collective; 8pm; $17 (adv) at Brixx, Blackbyrd, ticketfly.com YARDBIRD SUITE Tue Night Sessions: Marty Majorowicz Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5

Classical WINSPEAR Winds at the Winspear: Harry Ainlay High School Vernon Barford Grade 9 Concert Band; 7:30pm; $10

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 29

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 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; 9pm FIDDLER'S ROOST Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12 HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Michael Gress; 9pm J+H PUB Acoustic open mic night hosted by Lorin Lynne PAWN SHOP The Road to Indie Week Alberta: Rend, A Hundred Years, the Archaics, Sister Gray, The SIN; 8pm; $6 (adv)/$10 (door) PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:3011pm; $2 (member)/$4 (non-member) PUB 1824 Open stage every Wed hosted by South of Sanity; 8-12pm RED PIANO BAR Wed Night Live: hosted by dueling piano players; 8pm-1am; $5 THE RIG Open jam every Wed hosted by Will Cole; 8pm-12am SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Andrew Scott SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Amy Weymes WUNDERBAR The Whytes, the Archers (Victoria); 9pm ZEN LOUNGE Jazz Wed: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover

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CENTURY CASINO Gerry and the Pacemakers; 7pm; $44.95 at TicketMaster

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

DRUID IRISH PUB Jamhouse Tues hosted by Chris Wynters, guest

ARTERY The Crackling (folk rock), I Am Machi, guests; 8pm; $12 (adv)/$14 (day of )

J+H PUB Acoustic open mic night every Tue hosted by Lorin Lynne; Everyone will have 10-15 minutes to play

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers, 10pm; On the Patio: Funk and Soul with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm

BRIXX BAR Really Good...

Eats and Beats: every Wed with DJ Degree and Friends

BLUES ON WHYTE Funkafeelya

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed

L.B.’S Tue Blues Jam with Mark Ammar; 7:30pm-

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE Velvet Hour: every weekday

RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed

92 Ave, Edmonton Sun Bldg HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010 HOOLIGANZ 10704-124 St, 780.995.7110, 780.452.1168 HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St IRISH CLUB 12546-126 St, 780.453.2249 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 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St LIZARD LOUNGE 13160-118 Ave MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10025-101 St MORINVILLE CENTRE 9502-100 Ave, Morinville, 780.939.7888 MUTTART HALL–Alberta College 10050 MacDonald Dr NAKED CYBERCAFÉ AND BOARDGAME EMPORIUM 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 6108-90 Ave,

780.490.1999 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, 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 RAINMAKER RODEO–Kinsmen Fair Grounds 47 Riel Dr, St Albert 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 RITCHIE COMMUNITY CENTRE 7727-98 St ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Primus 3D; 8pm; $49.50, $44.50 (adv) at TicketMaster, unionevents.com

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

THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane

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ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave ARTS BARNS 10330-84 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 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750-124 St CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CITADEL MACLAB THEATRE

9828-101A Ave CKUA 9804 Jasper Ave COMMON 9910-109 St CROWN PUB 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618 DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB 901388 Ave, 780.465.4834 DON'S PIANO SHOWROOM 8 Riel Dr, St Albert 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 Ave ELLERSLIE BAPTIST CHURCH 1603 Ellerslie Rd ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882170 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 DE CUBA 4990-

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10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca SIDELINERS PUB 11018-127 St SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810124 St SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 SPORTSMAN'S LOUNGE 8170-50 St 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 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

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman admitted that physicists can't really define "energy," let alone understand it. "We have no knowledge of what energy is," he said. "We do not have a picture that energy comes in little blobs of a definite amount." While it's unlikely that in the coming weeks you Tauruses will advance the scientific understanding of energy, you will almost certainly boost your natural grasp of what energy feels like both inside and outside of your body.

You will develop a more intuitive knack for how it ebbs and flows.

You will discover useful tips about how to make it work for you rather than against you. You're already a pretty smart animal, but soon you'll get even smarter.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): Giant Sequoias are the biggest trees on the planet. Many are more than 300-feet tall and 30-feet wide.

Their longevity is legendary, too.

They can live for 2000 years. And yet their seeds are tiny. If you had a bag of 91 000 seeds, it would weigh one pound. I suspect there's currently a resemblance between you and the Giant Sequoia, Gemini.

You're close to acquiring a small kernel that has the potential to grow into a strong and enduring creation. Do you know what I'm talking about? Identify it. Start nurturing it.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): Don't take yourself too seriously. The more willing you are to make fun of your problems, the greater the likelihood is that you will actually solve them. If you're blithe and breezy and buoyant, you will be less of a magnet for suffering. To this end, say the following affirmations out loud.

1) "I'm willing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn from them." 2) "I'm sorry, but I'm not apologizing any more." 3) "Suffering makes you deep. Travel makes you broad. I'd rather travel." 4) "My commitment is to truth, not consistency." 5) "The hell with enlightenment, I want to have a tantrum." 6) "I stopped fighting my inner demons.

We're on the same side now."

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LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): Would you buy a stuffed bunny or a baby blanket that was handcrafted by a prisoner on death row? Would you go to a cafe and eat a sandwich that was made by an employee who was screaming angrily at another employee while he made your food?

Would you wear a shirt that was sewn by a 10-year-old Bangladeshi girl who works 12 hours every day with a machine that could cut off her fingers if she makes one wrong move? Questions like these will be good for you to ask yourself, Leo. It's important for you to evaluate the origins of all the things you welcome into your life—and to make sure they are in alignment with your highest values and supportive of your well-being.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Having good posture tends to make you look alert and vigorous. More than that, it lowers stress levels in your tissues and facilitates the circulation of your bodily fluids. You can breathe better, too. In the coming weeks, I urge you to give yourself this blessing: the gift of good posture. I encourage you to bestow a host of other favours, too. Specialize in treating yourself with extra sweetness and compassion. Explore different ways to get excited, awaken your sense of wonder and be in love with your life. If anyone calls you a self-involved narcissist, tell them you're just doing what your astrologer prescribed.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): The German word Fernweh can be translated as "wanderlust." Its literal meaning is "farsickness," or "an ache for the distance." Another German word, Wandertrieb, may be rendered as "migratory instinct" or "passion to travel." I suspect urges like these may be welling up in you right now. You could use a break from your familiar pleasures and the comforts you've been taking for granted. Moreover, you would attract an unexpected healing into your life by rambling off into the unknown.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): We call it "longing," says poet Robert Haas, "because desire is full of endless distances." In other words, you and the object of your yearning may be worlds apart even though you are right next to each other. For that matter, there may be a vast expanse between you and a person you consider an intimate ally; your secret life and his or her secret life might be mysteries to each other. That's the bad news, Scorpio.

The good news is that you're in a phase when you have extraordinary power to shrink the distances. Get closer! Call on your ingenuity and courage to do so.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Are you ready to go deeper, Sagit-

tarius? In fact, would you be willing to go deeper and deeper and deeper? I foresee the possibility that you might benefit from diving in over your head. I suspect that the fear you feel as you dare to descend will be an acceptable tradeoff for the educational thrills you will experience once you're way down below. The darkness you encounter will be fertile, not evil. It will energize you, not deplete you.

And if you're worried that such a foray might feel claustrophobic, hear my prediction: in the long run it will enhance your freedom.

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PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): Scientists in Brazil discovered a huge new body of water 13 000 feet beneath the Amazon River. It's completely underground. Named the Hamza River, it moves quite slowly and is technically more of an aquifer than a river. It's almost as long as the Amazon and much wider. In accordance with the astrological omens, Pisces, I'm making the Hamza River your symbol of the week. Use it to inspire you as you uncover hidden resources. Meditate on the possibility that you have within you a secret reservoir of vitality that lies beneath your well-known sources.

See if you can tap into deep feelings that are so deep you've been barely conscious of them. V

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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

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): In the course of his 91 years on the planet, artist Pablo Picasso lived in many different houses, some of them rentals. When inspired by the sudden eruption of creative urges, he had no inhibitions about drawing and doodling on the white walls of those temporary dwellings. On one occasion, his landlord got upset. He ordered Picasso to pay him a penalty fee so that he could have the sketches painted over. Given the fact that Picasso ultimately became the best-selling artist of all time, that landlord may have wished he'd left the squiggles intact. In every way you can imagine, Capricorn, don't be like that landlord in the coming week.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): "I was often in love with something or someone," wrote Polish poet Czesław Miłosz. "I would fall in love with a monkey made of rags.

With a plywood squirrel. With a botanical atlas. With an oriole. With a ferret. With the forest one sees to the right when riding in a cart. With human beings whose names still move me." Your task, Aquarius, is to experiment with his approach to love. Make it a fun game: see how often you can feel adoration for unexpected characters and creatures.

Be infatuated with curious objects, with snarky Internet memes, with fleeting phenomena like storms and swirling flocks of birds and candy spilled on the floor. Your mission is to supercharge your lust for life.

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

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.

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): "I'm still learning," said Michelangelo when he was 87-years-old. For now, he's your patron saint. With his unflagging curiosity as your inspiration, maybe your hunger for new teachings will bloom. You will register the fact that you don't already know everything there is to know— you have not yet acquired all the skills you were born to master and you're still in the early stages of exploring whole swaths of experience that will be important to you as you become the person you want to be.

Even if you're not enrolled in a formal school, it's time to take your education to the next level.

Help someone in crisis take that first step towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com Help someone in crisis take those first steps towards a solution. The Support Network`s Crisis Support Centre is looking for volunteers for Edmonton`s 24-Hour Distress Line. Interested or want to learn more? Contact Lindsay at 780-732-6648 or visit our website: www.TheSupportNetwork.com 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 SACE is recruiting volunteers for our 24 hour crisis line. Please visit our website: www.sace.ab.ca

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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 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 Volunteers needed for the 1st Annual Edmonton Craft Beer Festival June 14/15.

Help support Edmonton's Food Bank. To volunteer please email:

brobinson@albertabeerfestivals.com

Volunteers needed for the 22nd edition of The Great White North Triathlon, July 1st, for all positions, course marshals, lifeguards, kayakers', canoeists, transition, traffic direction, parking patrol, security.

Contact LeRoy, the Volunteer Coordinator for more info: at 780-478-1388, or email: royal.legend99@gmail.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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Attention skilled creatives!

A stop-motion animated film is being produced in Edmonton and is looking for artistic interns to work on the project. Hours are flexible; positions include roles in art department, special FX, animation, and audio. Please send CVs and/or forward any questions to scott@scottportingale.com.

For more information please visit www.scottportingale.com/ethos.

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 2014/2015 Exhibition Programming | Submission Deadline June 30th For inquiries regarding the submission process to: harcourtexhibit@shaw.ca Please mail submissions postmarked by June 30, 2013 to: Main Gallery Submission or Front Room Gallery Submission Harcourt House Artist Run Centre 3rd Floor, 10215 – 112 Street Edmonton, Alberta.

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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.

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Capital City Clean Up is looking for artists to paint the next Giants of Edmonton Mural! Giants celebrates the best of Edmonton.

Proposals for this fall's project are being accepted until June 21, 2013.

For more information please call 780-944-5470. To download project specification go to: edmonton.ca/capitalcitycleanup EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (EIFF) : Call for Entries now OPEN! Alberta filmmakers and High School Student filmmakers pay no submission fee.

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

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

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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 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 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

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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AUCTIONS MEIER GUN AUCTION. Saturday, June 1, 11 a.m., 6016 - 72A Ave., Edmonton. Over 150 guns - handguns, rifles, shotguns, miscellaneous. Call to consign 780-440-1860.

WELL ESTABLISHED campground & RV Park.

High Level, Alberta, July 6, 2013. Offers 12 acres with 42 sites and additional room for approximately 30 more. Immediate revenue. Team Auctioneers on www.globalactionguide.com; 780-927-4060.

CENTRAL PLUMBING & Heating, Slave Lake, Alberta. Tuesday May 28, 10 a.m. Selling truck & forklift, compactor, river boat, snowmobile, seacan, sheet metal equipment, power threaders, shop & specialty tools, wood working & drywall equipment, plumbing & heating inventory. See www. montgomeryauctions.com or 1-800-371-6963.

75 QUARTERS LAND, Oyen, Alberta - Ritchie Bros Unreserved Auction. 1HQ, 30 Parcels Farmland, 6 Parcels Grazing Lease, $37,300 Surface Lease Revenue. Jerry Hodge 780-706-6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

AUTO PARTS WRECKING TRUCKS all makes, all models.

Dodge. GMC. Ford. Imports. Lots of 4X4 stuff.

Diesel. Gas. Trucks up to 3 tons. We ship anywhere. Call 306-821-0260 Bill (Lloydminster) reply text. Email. call blackdog2010doc@hotmail. com. We ship same day bus. Dhl. transport.

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Auction Wed & Fri 6pm 14912-128 ave 780-453-6964 Selling: Tools & Misc * Storage* Estate Items * Coins * Jewellery* etc *Last Friday of Month Large Grocery Auction* *Consignments taken*

We are seeking a proven teacher leader with the entrepreneurial skills to continue and further enhance the strong growth this paper has experienced over the past five years.

Ideally you should have a good understanding of the facets of newspaper operations with emphasis on editorial and news. In addition our new publisher should be well suited to working with community groups and clients as well as developing sponsorship opportunities for the newspaper.

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COMMENT >> LGBTQ

New gay bar in time for pride Up Stares Ultralounge desperately needed in YEG The ongoing conversation about Knoxville's Tavern in the past and queer spaces and gay bars in Edsays when asked what he thought monton—whether we need them about having a gay bar upstairs, anymore and what they should look the owner said it was "one of like—has an added dimension the best ideas he has ever with the opening of a new heard." Björnson has gay bar next month. Called also met with the secum o Up Stares Ultralounge, the rity team of the other .c ly k ee @vuew ashley bar will host its grand openbar and discovered that Ashley h four of the bouncers ing from May 31 to June 1, g r Drybu just in time to celebrate Pride. used to work at Flash and The bar is owned by Jeannine that they are really excited to have Björnson, an established figure a gay crowd back. in Edmonton's club scene, who When asked what kind of space was responsible for the launch of the recently closed Flash (she I want this to be like was bought out shortly after it the Roost: a place opened). Björnson decided she where you can listen needed to open another gay bar. to good music, drink "When I opened Flash, there were good booze and a bunch of gay bars and there was a everyone is welcome. lot more competition. When I heard that there was only going to be one gay bar left in Edmonton, I thought I really wanted to open a new space."

The bar is located in the penthouse at 107 St and Jasper, which she wants Up Stares to become, has raised a number of concerns Björnson doesn't hesitate. "I want from the community given its this to be like the Roost: a place proximity to another bar with a where you can listen to good mureputation to be unsafe for queers. sic, drink good booze and everyone Björnson, however, isn't worried. is welcome." (Sadly, as the name She's worked with the owner of suggests, "everyone" is limited to

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those who can easily climb a few flights of stairs; there is no elevator.) Björnson notes that she can't cater to just one group, gay or lesbian, and describes the space as "a gay bar for everyone." She says she has learned a lot from her experiences with Flash and wants this space to be different. For example, in the past she was committed to only having gay DJs. Now she wants to try to bring in big-name DJs—gay or straight—to provide the best music possible.

"You can't please everybody," Björnson says, and this new gay bar is no exception. As Alexa wrote in the last column, gay bars are not the only measure of how engaged and active our queer communities are in this city and undoubtedly there will be people who can't or won't use the space— either because of accessibility or because they are not interested.

Regardless of how one feels about gay bars, however, it is undeniable that they still shape much of the conversation about queer spaces.

Here's hoping that Up Stares Ultralounge shapes that conversation in positive ways. V

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COMMENT >> SEX

Seeking closure

First teenage-boyfriend took advantage, and trusting wife number two with fantasy-life Twenty-one-year-old female here.

While it's possible your ex-boyfriend When we were both 14, my first boydid this on purpose—he knew you friend took advantage of me. I wanted wouldn't agree to it, he went ahead to explore my sexuality a little, but and did it anyway, you feel violated things went further than I wanted. because you were violated—it's also One day, we were kissing with possible that this was an acE G him on top of me. We were cident. I'm not excusing his A SAV both fully clothed and he behaviour, particularly started rubbing up against the non-consensual boob m o ekly.c vuewe me. I didn't realize he was savagelove@ groping, but as a former Dan dry-humping me until after 14-year-old boy myself, avage WSN, I feel obligated to toss S he had to leave to clean himself up. He never asked for my permisthis out there: very few boys have sion. Once I understood what had achieved complete mastery over their happened, I felt violated. He'd also dicks by age 14. Sometimes those groped my boobs on another occasion things go off when we do not want without asking. He broke up with me a them to. And accidentally blowing a couple months later. I haven't spoken load in your pants during a hot-andto him in seven years. heavy make-out session is an experiFor the most part, this hasn't scarred ence that most boys find deeply hume too much. I'm comfortable with my miliating. sexuality. However, it's very painful for You were there, WSN, and I was not; me to think about what happened. I you dated this dude, and I did not. If also avoid having sex with someone your boyfriend was a generally decent on top of me, because it reminds me of guy, and if there's a chance this was what happened and I start panicking. an accident, contacting him—even via I want some closure so I can move on Facebook—will probably get you the with my life. I don't want to report him apology you want. to the police because it's not necesBut if it wasn't an accident—if he sary—it happened so long ago. As far was a selfish, manipulative piece of as I'm concerned, it wasn't rape. But I shit who took advantage of your do feel like I was exploited, and it was naiveté—you're unlikely to get the not consensual. apology you want. Because if your exI want to contact him and ask him to boyfriend was a selfish, manipulative apologize because I feel a sincere apolpiece of shit at age 14, odds are good ogy would help me get over this. The that he remains a selfish, manipulative problem is that he lives on the other piece of shit at 21. If he's an asshole, side of the country and I have no way WSN, and you speak to him about of contacting him besides looking him this—on Facebook or face-to-face— up on Facebook. I don't think FB is the you're unlikely to get the apology you right place to talk about this, but it's want. Ask yourself how you'll feel if not possible to talk in person. How he responds to your request for an can I get in touch with him in a way apology with GIFs of people laughing that's appropriate without having to their asses off. If the answer is "infisee him? nitely worse," don't contact him.

Would've Said No PS: Two more tips to avoid feeling worse: don't go to the police with this, Let's game this out.

WSN, and stay out of the comments.

LOVE

I am a straight, 45-year-old, monogamous male. I am married for the second time, to a wonderful 42-year-old woman. The few times I shared fantasies with my first wife, she used them as weapons in the many battles we fought over the years. She also betrayed my trust by sharing these fantasies with others. Fast-forward to wife number-two. She is fabulous.

We can talk about anything. She is respectful of my trust issues and has helped me immensely in getting over much of it. When she says, "I'll think about it," she really does. I never feel dismissed. And the sex has been amazing. We have explored things I only dreamed about. Anal sex, public sex, sex toys and video cameras are all

in bed who always listens and never judges, to let me dress up in women's underwear and make love to her and then have her pee on me? Just writing about it is making my stomach twist, but when I look into her eyes and feel the trust, I almost blurt it out. I won't die if these wishes go unfulfilled, but I would die if my second wife stopped respecting me.

Pretty Under Normal Things You love your new wife, she loves you, you're both GGG—it all sounds so good, so functional, especially compared to your nightmarish first marriage. Congrats. But you held your two biggest kinks back from the new woman in your life, PUNT, and now you're sweating the reveal because

If she reacts in a neutral or positive way to men in dresses and/or piss-play, lay those last two kink cards on the table.

If she reacts negatively, you might just die with those wishes unfulfilled. part of our routine now. She asks me for things and I try them. I ask her for things and she tries them.

So what is the problem? I can't bring myself to ask her for two things that are more than bucket-list issues to me. I am a closet crossdresser. I want to make love to her in stockings and a teddy. I made this request to my ex, and it resulted in humiliation. She even shared it with my son out of spite. And I want us to try water sports. When this came up during marriage counseling with my first wife, the counselor blew up at me and accused me of degrading my marriage.

So how do I screw up the courage to ask wife number-two, the good guy

the stakes are so high. This is precisely why I urge people to lay those kink cards on the table early. The longer you wait, the more emotionally invested you become in the relationship, the higher the stakes. Because what if your kinks aren't just things your second wife isn't interested in exploring, PUNT, but attraction-killers?

My advice: instead of having an open and honest here-are-two-things-I-wanna-do conversation, PUNT, go with an indirect here-are-two-things-somepeople-do conversation. Find a way to broach the topics of crossdressing and piss-play without having to admit that they turn you on, eg, go see a drag show (drag isn't crossdressing, of

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course, but it will allow you to broach the men-in-dresses subject generally) and find a porn film with one brief, not-too-hardcore piss scene in it and watch it together. Pay attention to her response. If she reacts in a neutral or positive way to men in dresses and/or piss-play, lay those last two kink cards on the table. If she reacts negatively, you might just die with those wishes unfulfilled.

Pro tip: nervous kinksters can screw up indirect here-are-two-thingssome-people-do conversations by telegraphing disgust. Someone who's into rubber says, "Isn't it weird how some people get off on wearing rubber clothes and gas masks?" The nonkinky partner picks up on the word "weird" and responds with, "Yeah, that rubber stuff is fucked up." If you set a negative tone, your wife is likely to pick up on that. So keep your reactions—at the drag club, during the porn—as neutral as possible.

This week on the Savage Lovecast, Dan chats with the amazing Mistress Matisse about where kink comes from, fantasy BDSM versus nonconsensual abuse and how to meet a kinky mate. All at savagelovecast.com.

My newest book—American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics—has been called one of the best books of May by Amazon.com, and Publishers Weekly says it's one of the best books of the summer. And it comes out this week. Look for American Savage in bookstores now! V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. @fakedansavage on Twitter

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