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Sperm daddies Sperm-donor privacy in Canada seems to be secure after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear the case of a grown-up child who was seeking her donor-father's identity.

Olivia Pratten's case was premised on the fact that adopted children are able to find out the identity of their biological fathers, so it should be the same for the children of anonymous sperm donors. The records of her own donor had been destroyed, as she found out when she took the case before the British Columbia Supreme Court, but Pratten's purpose in pushing the case forward was to help other children of donors trace their family and medical history. The BC Supreme Court agreed with most of what she said, but the British Columbia Court of Appeal didn't and said that children of donors do not have a constitutional right to know their donor's identity.

It might be tempting to be sympathetic to Pratten and others like her who will never know the identity of the men who donated their little swimmers to help bring them into existence. It's innate in humans to seek out our origins and wonder about both sides of our biology. But on the other hand, these men were promised anonymity by the clinics where they donated their sperm and revealing their identities could cause problems in their current relationships and lives.

One of the results of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, which was passed in 2004, made it illegal to sell eggs or sperm in Canada. Until then men could receive payment for donating whereas now the system is based on altruism.

Regardless of the motive for donation, anyone who was promised anonymity should not have that changed retroactively.

Around the world, sperm donors face other difficulties. Australia is now in the process of figuring out how to reveal the identity of anonymous sperm donors, while Denmark believes the opposite and is completely militant in their protection of identities to the point where donor Henry Koch found out he had a genetic disease that caused preventable cancer, but the agency he had used refused to track down the mothers of the 43 children he had "fathered."

It is important that the children of donors have access to their medical history for obvious purposes like screening for illnesses and diseases that might run in that part of the family. Canadian families seeking donors today have access to things like medical history and personality traits through sources like the ReproMed Semen Donor Catalogue and at age 18 children can legally find out details about their donor. What isn't as easy is knowing if there are any half-siblings out there so that no sexual encounters by chance occur. Websites like Donor Sibling Registry help with that, but the onus is on the children to register themselves.

Anonymity of donors should continue to be protected, but all children of sperm donors need to be given information about their donors and the names of any half-siblings, regardless of what decade they were born in. Necessary information can be shared without compromising the donor's request for anonymity. V

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Slave Lake: scam-artist paradise?

Two years after wildfire, home owners still battle for compensation

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In 2011, Mary* lost everything. When the fires that ripped through Northern Alberta brought down her walls in Slave Lake, she not only lost her house; she lost her partner, her job, her livelihood.

With little ones in tow, she travelled to Saskatoon to work and keep her children in school. After a month-and-a-half struggling on her own, she came back to Alberta to live on her mother's farm. The children were uprooted again for the second time in two months while the chaos at home in Slave Lake was just beginning to rear its ugly head.

The fires that scorched the earth in Slave Lake brought dollar signs to the eyes of some. While it was an insurance company's nightmare, Slave Lake was a builder's gold rush. In Mary's case, this gold rush resulted in a nightmare in trying to reconstruct her home. With her home still tied to her ex-husband's name, she would have to fight for legal right to the property and then enter into the building craze taking over the community. A marriage where physical abuse took place for 17 years, the rebuilding of her home would bring back the trauma and abuse from those years.

When the reconstruction got under way, problems began to amass. With 15 code infractions, being built in the wrong location near/over the septic tank, and smaller than the building plans, corners were cut in the home in what seemed like an effort to maximize profit. Mary carries over 10 pages of details on her experiences with the builder; from building problems to outright disrespect.

"Just where do they expect people to go? It's brutal up here and there are no laws to protect us," she says. "They are scamming insurance companies and people."

She is just one story among many in the community. Six families were left with incomplete homes when their builder claimed bankruptcy after taking the money from the insurance company. Others whose homes were devastated but not burned to the ground were left with homes that are uninhab-

itable or are forced to live in them as there is no where else to go.

Today she is left fighting for the life she had before the fire. But the lawyer's fees are now being put on the credit card. There's only so much room on there. It leaves one to question: so what happens then?

According to international human rights principles, everyone has the right to recover property and possessions lost in the course of the disaster, to the extent that's possible. Authorities should protect against looting, destruction and arbitrary or illegal appropriation, occupation or use of property and possessions left behind as well as implement measures to protect against undue or illegal attempts by actors to deprive displaced persons of their property or possessions.

Owners of destroyed homes should be allowed to decide on their own how to rebuild the homes and repossession should be done as quickly as possible, particularly for vulnerable populations such

place to ensure that builders are not scapegoating their obligations to complete a home that meets safety codes and building standards. These builders should not be paid until the home is inspected by an authority. Some third, unrelated party should not be able to come in and loot from people who have lost everything. Their profit should not be on the back of a pregnant single mom.

In the event that I was unable to repossess my home in the manner it was supposed to be built, we as citizens of Alberta should have access to a free tribunal or commission that would investigate and adjudicate in a timely manner to ensure the undue hardship of losing one's home doesn't place one into bankruptcy, poverty or ongoing displacement. Two years later Mary is unable to repossess her home and much of this is due to court and legal delays. Now as she is struggling to complete her home in Slave Lake, she can't access temporary housing as she does not have a job.

How do we ensure that this situation does not happen again in Alberta? When we leave a preg-

Measures should be in place to ensure that builders are not scapegoating their obligations to complete a home that meets safety codes and building standards. These builders should not be paid until the home is inspected by an authority. as women, the elderly, children and persons living with disabilities. In all cases, rebuilding measures should be taken to provide owners with due process guarantees, including the right to be heard and the right to an independent court or tribunal, as well as just compensation.

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nant single mom without a home and her children uprooted, I hope that someday we as Albertans will believe that is not acceptable, no matter who you are. *Please note that for confidentiality and security reasons, the real name was not used in this article, nor is it needed to shed light on the issue.

Renee Vaugeois is the Executive Director at John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights.

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Gay and lesbian parents share stories of adoption triumph in Alberta terms of rights." Clarke says. "I know a lot of people like to believe that Alberta's backwards, but I think Edmonton is one of the leading advocates for gay rights."

These parents report no major problems with the culture reacting to their choice to adopt children and instead, encountered a lot of support. And the children themselves have adapted well.

Harcourt's daughter had been living in a small town in foster care before she was adopted and had never even met a lesbian before.

"Moving into a new family was quite a big experience." Harcourt says of her daughter. "To her, having two moms, she just sort of took it in stride. ... She didn't have any negative associations with it, but she didn't have any positive either.

"And then she was adopted into a lesbian family and really into a gay community," she continues. "She could tell you about her first drag show, her first pride parade and how she got to meet friends who also had same-sex parents. There was a whole bunch of things about moving into a new social community because she was adopted into a lesbian family."

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wo parents and two children is as average a family structure as they come. But despite being together for 19 years, Beverly Clarke and her partner, Michelle, each only had one child in the eyes of Alberta until just a few years ago.

Though same-sex couples can now adopt privately or publicly just as any straight couple can, when their boys,

parents were to pass away, the lack of formal recognition was a lurking concern. But the law changed and Clarke and her partner became the first samesex couple in Alberta to adopt.

"It was quite cute, because the judge herself—both boys were quite young, Logan would have been four or five— she gave a speech to the boys about

My daughter is 17 and a half, and it is a scary thing to be 17 and a half and be in foster care. Because when you're 18 you lose your guardian. The gift of permanency is immeasurable. now 16 and 23, were younger, the law would have required Clarke to give up her maternal rights if her partner were to adopt her elder son—and vice versa for the younger.

"It was frightful," Clarke says, "because we were raising these children together, but we didn't have rights to one another's child."

From things as simple as making sure the legal parent was the one signing field-trip permission forms to worrying about what would happen if one of the

what a precedent-setting case this was and that they didn't understand the ramifications of what we were doing there that day, but years from now when they were adults they would understand why we were such a loving union."

Throughout, Clarke says raising kids is like any other family. The same worries occur, the same after-school activities, the same everything. Her eldest experienced some bullying from the other kids at school—some physical and some name-calling—but her youngest didn't

seem to have much of a problem.

"Logan's also more of an assertive guy," Clarke says. "He would be like, 'Yeah I have two moms. If you don't like it, big deal. You don't have to be my friend.' And most of the kids he's grown up with are still close friends with him."

Kristy Harcourt's adopted daughter met no teasing or bullying at school. And her friends were just as interested that she called her two moms by their names.

Five years ago, Harcourt went through the public system and adopted a 12-yearold girl who had previously been in foster care. And though they initially had to cross off "father" on the forms, by this time, the system was ready.

"I would say that most of the workers here in Edmonton were very positive, very encouraging and really delighted about and for our family," Harcourt says.

"Certainly we were really encouraged by how excited everyone was for our daughter and for us."

Single gay dad Damion van't Kruis has recorded many of his experiences via blogging at gaydadsadopt.com.

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cally lasted nine months," he says. "They have a program called A Child's Hope which helps create awareness around the adoption process."

He then met his son, now nine years old, in July of last year, with the finalization of the adoption happening just recently. And where Clarke's eldest son encountered some bullying, Kruis' found acceptance to the point where it's not even seen as unusual by other children.

"He actually outed me at school," he says. "It was really cute, because in his class, I've gone in several times as a parent-helper. ... One day he just felt like talking about it, he's like 'My dad's gay.'

And then this one little girl says, 'Yeah, so? Families come in all shapes and sizes, you know.' They were very, sort of, 'Who cares?' about it."

Clarke attributes at least part of the difference between her two sons' experiences in the classroom to progress and greater acceptance within the city and community. And when there were problems, whether with one homophobic teacher or particular children, she found the principal ready to step in and solve them.

"Alberta's making a lot of headway in

The same challenges, the same concerns and the same acceptance—both from the kids and from other parents.

And, of course, parenting for these couples (and singles) is as rewarding and fulfilling as with anyone—and there are a lot of children looking for the chance to be in a family.

"I would highly encourage anybody who wanted to adopt to do so," Kruis says.

"Right now in our system, in the social services system, there are thousands of kids in Alberta alone, I believe at last count it was over 4000 kids, and they need to be adopted."

"Children deserve forever families," Harcourt agrees. "Children deserve to know that no matter how bad they screw up, there are people stuck with them and who will love them and help them pick themselves up. My daughter is 17-and-ahalf, and it is a scary thing to be 17-and-ahalf and be in foster care. Because when you're 18 you lose your guardian. The gift of permanency is immeasurable."

A Child's Hope Alberta is holding a forum during Pride Week at the Oliver Community Centre, on June 15 at 3 pm for those looking to adopt and looking to mingle with parents who have.

Whether privately or through the public system, same-sex couples or single homosexuals face the same process heterosexuals looking to start a family through adoption would. And the children themselves aren't likely to reject a willing parent.

"If you have a loving, caring home, that's all that matters to kids," Clarke says.

And if you're single, you can expect to get the same treatment any other single parent would.

"He's always pressuring me to get into a relationship," Kruis laughs.

RYAN BROMSGROVE

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Public-private partnerships a risky venture Edmontonians should be allowed to see the case for the city's proposed P3 LRT line Somewhere at Edmonton's city hall there Edmonton into proceeding with the southis a document that everyone in Edmoneast LRT line as a P3, making it clear that ton should read. The document is called would be the only way the city would get "Southeast to West LRT P3 Business Case" any federal money at all for the project. and it was prepared by the city's adminisAt that point, city council, behind closed tration. Within it is the detailed financial doors, voted to accept the terms from the and risk analysis for Edmonton's new feds and proceed with the project as southeast LRT line, which is to be a full P3. built as a public-private partP3s are currently quite trendy E among right-wing governC N E nership (P3).

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The problem with that is that no one is actually allowed to see that document until after the LRT contract is signed sometime in 2015. Even city councillors were apparently only allowed to see it while administration was making its case at the meeting, but had to return reports as soon as the meeting ended. In other words, they were not allowed to study the business case beforehand to prepare questions and do their own analysis of the numbers, nor were they allowed to take it back to their offices to look at it in more detail after the meeting.

How can a councillor fulfil their due diligence on a document that they only have a few hours to look at while someone else is interpreting it for them? How can Edmontonians hold their councillors and municipal government accountable if we're privy to neither the decisions they are making or the data they are using to make those decisions?

These questions are especially important

in the case of a P3 project for transit. A recent article in the Financial Post quotes former deputy minister of federal infrastructure André Juneau as saying "the execution of P3s shouldn't be done without a public consultation process; that the public for whom the service is being provided must buy into the concept before too many grand plans are made." The same article quotes John McBride, CEO of PPP Canada,

In the spring of 2012 the federal government essentially bullied the City of Edmonton into proceeding with the southeast LRT line as a P3, making it clear that would be the only way the city would get any federal money at all for the project. as saying "the private sector costs more" and that P3s only make sense for about 10 – 15 percent of infrastructure projects needed today. It is worth pointing out that these warnings come from proponents of P3s.

Even a new report released last week by the unfailingly pro-corporate antigovernment Fraser Institute warned that P3s will fail when governments have not established "an open, transparent and accountable environment," and when thorough and transparent value-for-money assessments are not conducted. These concerns are all aggravated by a new pa-

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per published by U of T professors Matti Siemiatycki and Naeem Farooqi in the Journal of the American Planning Association which found that using P3s adds on average 16 percent to the cost of infrastructure projects.

Examples from across Canada and the world highlight the fact that P3s for public transit infrastructure are incredibly risky for municipalities and taxpay-

ers. I suppose it's possible, though highly unlikely, that the report by the city's administration adequately addresses all of these risks and concerns and makes a strong case for proceeding with this P3 project. Unless they let us see it and make that assessment on our own, however, we will never know for sure. And if we as citizens cannot know for sure, this project should not proceed. 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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COMMENT >> EGYPT

Drums along the Nile

Egypt's 90-percent share of the Nile's water is being challenged by Ethiopia and other upstream countries

No lazy river // creative commons dimo dimov

Beware the open mike. On Tuesday country's plan to become Africa's Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi largest exporter of power. Egypt summoned senior politicians of all instantly objected, for it depends parties to discuss Ethiopia's plan to utterly on irrigation water from the dam the main tributary of the Nile Nile to grow its food. river. One proposed sending Even now Egypt must import special forces to destroy almost 40 percent of its the dam. Another thought food, and the population buzzing the dam site with is still growing fast. If the m ekly.co vuewe jet fighters might scare amount of water coming @ e n n gwy e the Ethiopians off. down the Nile diminishes Gwynn Ayman Nour, a former presappreciably, Egyptians will Dyer idential candidate and a more go hungry. sophisticated player, suggested A treaty signed in 1929 gave 90 that Egypt support rebel groups percent of the Nile's water to the fighting the Ethiopian regime. "This downstream countries, Egypt and could yield results in the diplomatic Sudan, even though all the water arena," he said. And none of them in the river starts as rain in the uprealized that their discussion was stream countries: Ethiopia, Uganda, being broadcast live by Egyptian Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Bustate television. rundi. That caused no problems at All students of geopolitics are fathe time, but now Egypt is using all miliar with the legend that Egypt of its share of the water—and the has privately warned the governupstream countries are starting to ments upstream on the Nile that use the water for irrigation too. it will start bombing if they build The Great Ethiopian Renaissance dams on the river without its perDam is the first real test of Egypt's mission. The truth of that story is tolerance for upstream dam-buildabout to be tested. ing. The reservoir will take 63-milLast month Ethiopia started dilion cubic metres of water to fill; verting the waters of the Blue Nile Egypt's annual share of the Nile's in order to build the Great Ethiopiwater is 55.5-million cubic mean Renaissance Dam, a $4.7 billion, tres. So even if Ethiopia takes five 6000-megawatt hydroelectric projyears to fill the reservoir, that will ect that is the centrepiece of the mean 20-percent cuts in the wa-

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ter Egypt receives from the Nile for five years. And even after that there will be a large annual loss to evaporation.

The dam that was getting the Egyptian politicians worked up is just the start. Ethiopia plans to spend a total of $12 billion on dams on the Blue Nile for electricity and irrigation, and Uganda is negotiating with China for financing for a 600-megawatt dam on the White Nile. More dams and irrigation projects will follow—

quota.

That's not going to happen. Mohamed Allam, Egypt's minister of water resources under President Hosni Mubarak when the upstream states signed their agreement three years ago, warned that "Egypt reserves the right to take whatever course it sees suitable to safeguard its share." The post-revolutionary Egyptian government cannot afford to be less firm in defending Egypt's interests.

So even if Ethiopia takes five years to fill the reservoir, that will mean 20-percent cuts in the water Egypt receives from the Nile for five years.

And even after that there will be a large annual loss to evaporation. and the upstream states are in no mood to let Egypt exercise its veto under the 1929 treaty.

That treaty was imposed when all the countries involved except Ethiopia were under British rule, and it reflected Britain's big investment in Egypt. In 2010 the upstream countries signed a Cooperative Framework Agreement to seek more water from the River Nile, effectively rejecting the colonial-era treaty and demanding that Egypt relinquish its veto and accept a lower water

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The issue will probably be kicked down the road for a couple of years, because the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will not be completed until 2015 at the earliest. But there is big trouble for Egypt (and Sudan) further down the road.

By 2025, a dozen years from now, Egypt will be trying to feed 96-million people, which would be very hard even with its existing giant's share of the Nile's water and all its current food imports. The countries that signed the Cooperative Frame-

work Agreement will have 300-million people, so by then they will also be extracting very large amounts of water from the Nile Basin for irrigation.

Without that water, Egypt's only options are beggaring itself with massive food imports (until the foreign exchange runs out) or famine. Unless, of course, it decides on war—but its options are not very good on that front either.

Not only are the upstream countries a very long way from Egypt (the Nile is the world's longest river), but they will have strong support from China, which is financing most of the dams they are now building or planning.

Egypt, by contrast, has repudiated its former American ally and may find that the US is reluctant to reengage even if the government in Cairo can overcome its own distaste for Washington. Why would the United States want a confrontation with China over Egypt?

So there probably won't be a war.

And Egypt will probably face an apocalyptic food shortage in 10 or 15 years. V Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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SOL CAFÉ • Expressionz Café, 9938-70 Ave • thesolcafe.com • Meet Sundays 4:30-6:30pm

SOUTH EDMONTON GARDENING VEGETARIAN & VEGAN • Con Boland Gardens,

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Unusual waters

Upstream Color a baffling, fascinating mystery

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man collects little maggots from a garden and deposits them into capsules. Kids ride bikes and practice some kind of martial art. The light is softly dazzling and the ambient soundtrack quietly rapturous. We are enveloped by the rhythmical array of images and sounds almost devoid of context. Stripped-down dialogue conveys the barest minimum of exposition.

The patterns beguile. What's going on?

Impossible to tell, at least at this point, but already you're snared by the current of Upstream Color, the second

feature from Shane Carruth, whose equally baffling-fascinating debut, a very talky tale of time travel titled Primer, made such an impression nine years back.

Baffling, yet not for lack of drama.

A woman, Kris (Amy Seimetz), is abducted, drugged so as to render her a puppet, or living zombie. Her abductor tells her that his head is a sun, that the water is holy, that there is a wall protecting her from hunger and fatigue—a diet of ice cubes will do for now. The abductor has Kris copy out parts of Thoreau's Walden. Could this whole creepy campaign be some elaborate act of civil disobedience? After Thoreau, he has Kris signing cheques.

When she snaps out of her abductor's spell, Kris is alone, traumatized to the

point of self-mutilation, with no idea what happened to her.

What clues can we follow? How about those scenes at some camp hospital, an anesthetized pig, speakers playing oceanic whoomphs? The surgeon who also collects nature sounds, a sort of po-faced Judge Reinhold-type who, as Upstream Color flows along, seems to be everywhere, listening, observing, recording, getting close to people without touching. Before the abduction, Kris worked for a post-production house of some sort. Is there some connection between what she did and what the mystery man is gleaning with his recording devices? Beats me. But I can assure you that all of these scenes inhabit the same world,

one that seems to validate conspiracy theorists, one conjured with immense craft and cryptic intelligence by Carruth, who not only wrote, directed and produced the film, but also cut it, shot it, composed the music and acts in the film as Jeff, another abduction victim who eventually meets Kris, at which point Upstream Color becomes a very peculiar sort of love story about damaged crazy people who have no idea as to why they're damaged or crazy.

Kris and Jeff are even more in the dark than those watching this film, and both Seimetz and Carruth are very good at embodying this inexplicable panic that requires layers of denial to endure.

The hand that attempts to control the psyches of the characters in Upstream Color remains essentially

mysterious throughout, though we do gradually see and hear enough to get some idea as to the scale of this elusive Caligari-figure's powers. The film is never less than captivating, at times it's nerve-wracking. The music and editing schemes feel like the work of a more sinister Terrence Malick, with montage being used to accentuate motion and place us in the thick of the characters' plight. We leave the film with an only slightly better idea as to what's going on than when we entered, but I predict a good number of you will want to come back for a second go-round, just to see if the penny ever drops. Or if the unseen hand is really that of Carruth.

groups like Metro and FAVA that really do a lot to mentor the community—I think the community has certainly grown and I think the skill level there has grown as well," he says, noting there's been a significant increase in the number of women submitting films as well.

"It's a largely male-dominated community and I think I've maybe, in my previous four years, I've maybe showed one film created and directed by a woman and this year I think I'm showing four, which is really exciting for me."

to have fallen by the wayside in favour of music channels filling schedules with various reality shows.

"There's that ongoing complaintslash-discussion about the lack of music videos out in the world these days by people in my generation complaining that MTV and MuchMusic don't show music videos anymore or don't play music anymore, and I mean there's reasons for that," Schuurman acknowledges. "I think music videos have largely taken a shift to the Internet other than television, but on the other side of that we see a lot of filmmakers tackling music videos now whereas in the past a lot of what we were seeing was mostly narrative-based, traditional films and stories ... I think it's indicative of where our culture has shifted now."

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types of artists as well, so it's a really natural partnership between the two of us."

This marks Schuurman's fourth year curating #nxtfstFILM and he allows the submissions themselves to fully dictate the direcI'm Goin tion of the festival, meaning g to Dis appear hard work, and of the filmmakers are not held to a dozens of submissions sent in this theme or any kind of submisyear, curator Matthew Schuurman sion guidelines. Among those selectchose 13 ranging from music videos ed this year are two episodes of the to feature-length films. web series The People That Touch "In previous years I've really had to Your Food, Date Mountain by Kirstbeat the bushes for some content," en Rasmussen, Secret Desires by AnSchuurman notes, adding Nextfest's gela Seehagen and I'm Going to Dismandate—which focuses strictly on appear written by Sheldon Schatz emerging talent—often limits the and co-directed by Evan Craig. pool in which he can draw from.

"I've seen an increase over the past "For the second year in a row we're couple years of the community bepartnering with Metro Cinema and ing a lot more active and I think it's their mandate to promote these that's largely due to the works of

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Schuurman isn't sure what's caused the influx of female filmmakers in the community, but it's a welcome change, and it's a demographic he hopes can continue to grow in coming years. This year also demonstrated a renewed interest in music videos, a format that seems

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Stoker

Sun, Jun 2 – Thu, Jun 6 Directed by Park Chan-wook Metro Cinema at the Garneau

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outh Korean director Park Chan-wook's debut US-produced, English-language feature brims with the sort of hyper-codified production design, elegant CG, exacting camera movement and generally autistic attention to detail that one would expect from the director of such meticulous, macabre works as Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Thirst. Colours echo ominously: yellow ribbons, a yellow umbrella, the yellow markings on an eagle drawing viscera from its prey. There is a lovely series of dissolves featuring identical shoes in descending sizes. There are heightened sounds of eggs shells, a metronome, a leather belt slipping through loops. A breath lingers like a fingerprint on a wine glass. The camera swings, swoops and slithers back. In scene after scene Stoker reminds us that we're dealing with an immaculate craftsman with a penchant for inventively stylized violence. If only that craft and invention could have been applied to a script with a pulse.

Written by Wentworth Miller, best known for his role in Fox's Prison Break, Stoker is a little Hamlet and a whole lot Shadow of a Doubt. It starts out seeming pretty

smart, but ends feeling totally shallow. It follows India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska), a moody, lonesome rich girl with an antiquated taste in clothing. India's father dies on her 18th birthday, leaving her alone with her unstable mother, Evelyn (Nicole Kidman). Or nearly alone— India's long-estranged Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) shows up just in time for dad's funeral. Charlie's been travelling the world but has now come to console his brother's widow and daughter in their time of need. Things get weird fast, concerned supporting characters (including a woefully underused Jacki Weaver) start to vanish, and Evelyn seems to take an unhealthy interest in Charlie, while Charlie only has eyes for India—unnervingly focused, lizard-like, yet totally blank eyes. It's possible that Goode's rigorously stiff performance may be grounded in studious research into real-life nut-jobs with profiles similar to that of Charlie, but that doesn't change the fact that it robs this thinly conceived film of some much-needed chemistry—its central relationship is dull, the tension artificial and India's gradual collusion with Charlie feels more chilly than creepy. A story like this—especially one with an ending this pat—needs to get under your skin to truly work, but Stoker resolutely stays on the surface.

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The Internship

Hilarious ineptitude on two wheels

Opens Friday Directed by Shawn Levy

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ere comes a summertime side-splitter from the adequately chuckle-inducing duo of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.

Each of them has appeared in enough of these big-budget mainstream college humour movies that it actually seems incredible that they've only starred in one film together before this (2005's Wedding Crashers). This is ultimately a formula comedy, and the formula has changed very little from the late '80s onward: pro-

tagonist goofballs are placed in an environment in which they are hilariously inept; their ineptitude generates some serious emotional conflict; through movie magic and their ineptitude proves to hold the key to their greatness. Plug in a "new" context—middle-aged, computer-illiterate watch salesmen made obsolete by computers competing against tech-savvy youngsters for modern jobs with Google—and voila! It practically writes itself.

Arguably, the fact that the film amounts to an extended, blatant product placement by Google ac-

tually makes it one of the most straightforward and transparent films in recent memory. Most Hollywood films are selling the viewer a very specific, idealized, generally flattering view of modern, Western, "first world" consumer culture: this film just makes it explicit. The movie is constantly drawing our attention to the basics of the setting, both the geography and the general microculture of the Google corporation, from the plastic playground slides that substitute for stairs to the trendy café where everything is free. In calling attention to itself like this, the film makes it nearly impossible for the viewer to buy Google's idealistic image of itself as the pinnacle of technological freedom and limitless, utopian potential.

This kind of detached space is tremendously unusual and provides potential fodder for film academics studying viewer identification in bad comedies. For regular viewers, however, this distance likely just makes it even more difficult to get past the fact that this is an incredibly predictable, bland movie. There are some genuine laughs, both for the old fogeys who know the words to Alanis Morissette and for young kids who know about computers-and-such, but this film is just not funny enough to justify how remarkably unremarkable it is.

“Packs a powerful emotional punch.”

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movie so intent on crowd-pleasing that, sometimes, it's as if it doesn't want to really be about Aborigines who've faced vicious racism from "gubbers" (whites), or set in one of the nastiest, most controversial wars of the 20th century (Vietnam), The Sapphires tries to dazzle itself.

The shine comes off quickly, though, as this weakly structured story flees at the sight of any lingering dramatic conflict, preferring to turn history into a pleasant song-and-dance routine.

Adapting a 2004 stage play that's (very loosely) based on a true story, The Sapphires opens with a flashback that sets up next to nothing but happens, as we're only told later, to mark the moment of a traumatic separation.

If that had been shown at the start, it would've set up a far more emotional arc and better explained the charac-

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ters' behaviour in the first hour (and explained one woman's seemingly vicious outburst at another). As it is, there's almost no background to the three Aborigine sisters Gail (Deborah Mailman), Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell), and Julie (Jessica Mauboy) when they meet Dave Lovelace (Chris O'Dowd) at a talent show in a local town in 1968. He convinces them to sing soul and they convince him to be their manager as they apply, once joined by cousin Kay (Shari Sebbens), to sing for the troops in Vietnam.

her family by government officials and the Vietnam War itself. The cliché of the bumbling, heartfelt speech is soon topped by that old standby, tearsshed-over-a-sentimental-letter-readin-voiceover. There's no real conflict for the first hour; the question of Julie being talent-scouted by an American is just dropped. And, most inexplicably of all, The Sapphires cleaned up at Australia's national film awards earlier this year.

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O'Dowd, in his best hapless, in-overhis-head bullshitter mode early on, keeps things funny and loose for a while. Otherwise, this is the kind of movie where people break into song to cheer others up, all four women are paired off throughout (just so no one's left out), and the ending's all healing and happiness. In its glittering dress and white go-go boots, the movie pretty much sidesteps around the fairer-skinned Kay being taken from

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or the past 18 years Nextfest has provided a venue for Edmonton's emerging artists to showcase their new works. Since Steve Pirot took the helm in 2001 as festival director, he has grappled with the challenges of presenting works that span a range of artistic disciplines, all the while trying to avoid the dogmatic treatments and attendant stereotypes that come from slotting each into a predefined genre.

"We are trying to erase the lines between the different disciplines," Pirot says. "We're organizing the festival program by different venue, rather than by discipline and we continue to encourage people who may identify themselves as being fans of a particular art form to go with us in the exer-

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he Good Women Dance Collective has been captivating audiences throughout the city, and now it's taken over the helm of #nxtfstDANCE to work with Edmonton's emerging talent on display through the festival's three dance programs: Riff, Reinvent and Resonate.

"It's our first year, so we didn't want to rock the boat too much," laughs Ainsley Hillyard, who is the recipient of the festival's Enbridge Emerging Artist award in 2010, and has been involved with the festival for numerous

years. "We wanted to make sure we could get the lay of the land before we really shifted gears in any way, shape or form, but we have put more of a focus on high-school students."

The Good Women Dance Collective has been working with the dancers since the beginning of March as mentors for the younger dancers and an outside eye for the more established artists, offering technical and artistic support to help them develop their already inventive compositions. Hillyard notes she was particularly struck by the creativity of this year's submissions, which meant she and her fellow curators were faced with some tough decisions as they whittled the lineup

Re View by CRIPSiE, part of Nextfest's "Reinvent" dance program

This year's NextFest will also feature two music concerts on the Roxy stage, one of which will kick off the festival; past festivalgoers will recall that music has been typically presented in the lobby at the end of the evening.

"I find it really interesting how we treat music different than we treat other performance forms, and our tendency to allow a live music performer to become background to our social interactions," Pirot says. "I'm trying to find a way to get the message out there to pay attention to the artist regardless of whatever their box is.

Give your attention to the music artist as equally as you would to the theatre artist and dance artist."

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Each piece pushes the boundaries of what Hillyard says is traditionally beautiful in favour of poignant and ground-breaking contemporary dance. The first program, Riff, is the "rough-around-the-edges, punk-rock" piece of the group, featuring Hannah Jackson's Pavlova in the Mosh Pit, which comes complete with a live punk band providing the soundtrack and Natalie Schneck's Excerpts from Magnetic Experiment #2, an exploration of the dynamics of hierarchy power and compromises required to survive society.

Resonate presents thought-provoking concepts such as The Office Piano

by Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts student Julianna Shipanoff in which the entire soundscape is provided by a typewriter. Finally, Reinvent presents a collection of works that challenge ideas and strive to shift perception. The program marks the debut of CRIPSiE—an offshoot of iDANCE—in Review by CRIPSiE which takes dancers off the conventional stage and invents new performance spaces throughout the theatre, exploring visibility and invisibility.

"We've been particularly blown away by the calibre of the high school submissions, especially, that we got this year," Hillyard adds. "The submissions we got were just above and beyond."

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cise of erasing those lines and being blind to the boxes and the genres."

The works at Nextfest include visual art, theatre, music, film and dance, along with pieces that contain elements of several; Pirot notes that by circumstance for this year in particular, the festival ended up without any traditional playwright-driven theatre pieces; instead he has seen more collective and collaborative enterprises.

"Because we're an emerging artist festival, we have to be responding to what is of interest to that generation, and I would say this generation of artists is particularly interested in new forms," he says. Pirot goes on to explain that this year's events include a live podcast, an expansion of ArtWalk on 124 Street and some new elements to their high-school programming, centred around introducing young artists to each other in the hopes of

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ome of the city's most innovative, experimental and just plain weird artistic endeavours are about to be unveiled at this year's set of Nextfest Nite Clubs.

"I usually explain them as latenight performance parties," explains Beth Dart, who has curated the Nite Clubs for the past six years. "They're high-energy and when you walk into the space there's usually more than one performance happening at a time, and you can kind of wander around and choose where you want to set your focus, or you can just grab a beer and hang out in the corner and watch an installation piece."

This year's Nite Clubs follow suit with the past: the fifth-annual Rise Up features more politicallycharged performances, the sixthannual Smut Cabaret is a showcase for "everything raunchy, risqué, sexy, lewd and over-the-top," while Awe(some)ful is a catch-all night for performances that don't quite fit into the other two.

In terms of the types and styles of performances, Dart says that really, anything goes—artists showcase their works of visual art and installation, music, spoken word,

theatre and dance.

"The Smut Cabaret is always a bit of a surprise for everyone including me," she says with a laugh. "I don't always quite know what artists are bringing to the table, so I've had drag queens do their own version of Two Girls, One Cup; I've had some live reenactments of Rocky Horror Picture Show; there's been instructional 'demonstrations.' Just all sorts of stuff—and the submission call is always open."

The Nite Clubs also provide a sneak peek into the city's potential future artistic works. Dart has witnessed the evolution of several performances from their NiteClub origin—most notably The Genius Code from local theatre company Surreal SoReal, which began at a Nite Club last year and is currently under development into a full theatrical piece through the company's partnership with Catalyst Theatre.

"What I love the most about the Nite Clubs is the high energy and the quick changeover of what the performances are," Dart says. "It's a great opportunity for people who maybe don't go see performance art or theatre to kind of get a taste of what artists are working on in the city, without being dedicated to sit down for a full hour- and-a-halflong show or whatever it might be."

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Nextfest Visual Art Rubaboo Arts Festival perform in works that mean something to them," Cunningham explains. "That doesn't necessarily mean it's written by an aboriginal playwright. What often happens with some of the most amazing aboriginal actors in the country, is that if they get cast in something like Shakespeare, it's as a token minority, or in some kind of prairie adaptation of the original. With Home at the Zoo, we're taking a new step. We want to produce great plays that are cast with aboriginal artists."

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s part of Nextfest, local businesses along the bustling 124 St corridor are becoming the hosts of work from an array of Edmonton's equally prolific aspiring visual artists.

There's a new face for the festival's visual arts curator duties this year, with former Notebook Magazine publisher Steven Teeuwsen overseeing selection of work.

"It's been a while since I organized any art shows," he admits. "Going out to shows and meeting artists and recruiting people for the festival has been a great way to get back into the Edmonton art scene."

The days leading up to the festival are a flurry of energy and excitement, but it's this final lead-up that Teeuwsen enjoys: the result of the stressful days means being able to share potentially unknown talent with a wider audience.

"It was my favourite thing when I used to publish Notebook, just being able to share this work," he says, "and I feel [what] I've been able to do a little bit here is show artists who are emerging either out of high school or university or not necessarily educated artists and bring them together. The interesting thing about it is I can't really say there's a theme or central direction that I went. I wanted to

bring these different artists from different scenes that are all producing good work."

Teeuwsen sees an incredible sense of dynamism among this year's group of artists, regardless of medium or background.

The diverse lineup includes the discovery of beauty in the brutish through the use of bones in Close to the Bone by Vanessa Stasiw at Café Tiramisu; the ability of the human mind to interpret the urban environment in Sugar Hung's paintings at Atomic Zombie; a portraiture exploration by Erika Ampudia-Vales at Blossoms Café, which explores the vulnerability of subject matter if the medium takes the lead in an organic way; an exploration of found medical photographs from the early 19th century of women deemed "mad" and institutionalized as well as sketches that provide a preliminary investigation of cellphone users and their ability to cut themselves off from the world, presented by Sean McMahon at Atomic Zombie, among others.

On Thursday, June 13, festivalgoers can join Teeuwsen at Atomic Zombie at 5:30 pm for the second annual #nxtfstARTWALK. The guided tour takes visitors through each of the 15 exhibits situated along 124 St, concluding with reception at Duchess Bake Shop.

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Five years of artistic diversity // Marc J Chalifoux

Until Sun, Jun 16

ningham, performer and co-founder of Alberta Aboriginal Arts, says. "As a working artist who travels, I get to see incredible art. To bring those artists to one place, to my hometown, is so exciting. This diversity is exactly what I want to see in a festival."

This year, the unofficial theme of Rubaboo is theatre. The festival's 12day run will open with the presentation of Cliff Cardinal's Huff, winner of last year's Vanguard award for risk and innovation. Another theatrical highlight will be a studio production of Edward Albee's Home at the Zoo. "One of our mandates as a company is not only to support aboriginal artists but to also give them a chance to

C103, $5 (per show), $20 (festival pass) Full schedule at albertaaboriginalarts.com

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ubaboo, a multidisciplinary arts festival run by Alberta Aboriginal Arts, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year with a diverse lineup representative of the recipe-defying soulful stew it's named after. Audience members can expect theatre, poetry, music, dance, cultural education and, of course, food.

"My favourite aspect of the festival each year is the surprise from audiences when they realize there's such diverse talent in our city," Ryan Cun-

Another mandate of Rubaboo is to keep the art accessible. Festivalgoers who are used to the expenses that usually come along with high-quality performances will likely be surprised to see that admission to any event is $5, while an entire festival pass will run you $20. Cunnigham's favourite example of Rubaboo's "come one, come all" vibe happened just last year.

"We put a tipi up outside of the theatre every night—just the poles— and during rehearsal one night, we noticed two Native guys outside putting it up," Cunningham recounts.

"When we went outside to check it out, we noticed they were using their shoelaces and some random pieces of string they'd found. They apologized and said that it had just been so long since they'd put up a tipi. We invited them in and they had a chance to see some contemporary dance from Australia and it completely blew them away.

"Over the next five years," continues Cunningham, "I want to see Rubaboo in multiple venues with many more international artists. This festival is becoming one of the major international aboriginal arts festivals in Canada, and I see it becoming one of the jewels in the crown of Edmonton as the festival city."

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PREVUE // CIRCUS ARTS

REVUE // CIRCUS ARTS

Let There Be Height

Amaluna conventional theatre.

"You go to the theatre to see a story, right? So, we tell a story, we just happen to do it using the dimension of air, using the vertical space instead of just the horizontal space," artistic director Annie Dugan says.

Check that vertical

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here can you find pole-dancers, PhD students and engineers performing above the ground?

To some relative tragedy, the answer isn't found in an off-kilter, high-altitude burlesque. Swap the taboo for a touch of silk and circus charm, though, and you'll find it in Let There Be Height,

Firefly Theatre's annual fundraiser and "aerial cabaret." Firefly, the only aerial arts school in Edmonton, attracts students from all backgrounds and is looking to expand even further.

The show aims to fundraise 10-thousand dollars to organize new rigging, equipment and supplies for the school's aerial circus program. These expansions will help Firefly's 200 students master their craft, all while breaking the vertical dimensions of

The evening's performances revolve around the theme "Firefly Goes to the Beach," and features both studentdirected and collaborative pieces. Illuminated on trapeze, aerial silks and contortion, the stories range from a recreation of a Baywatch scene to an underwater masquerade.

Anastasia Kulpa, a Firefly performer and current PhD candidate, came to the program not knowing much about the aerial arts.

"I don't do heights very well," she laughs. "I was never a dancer or a gymnast ... I didn't even run."

Kulpa admits she still can't do the splits like many of the performers that come from a gymnastics background, but adds that Firefly's supportive company culture allows newer artists to thrive, with the "cattiness" stereotypically prevalent in gymnastics dissipating in circus culture.

During her four years with the school, Kulpa has expanded her craft above the ground, and will be performing a self-described "depressing" take on the beach theme at the fundraiser. On the aerial loop, she will depict a sister who has lost her brother to the sea.

Firefly welcomes both teenagers leaving competitive gymnastics and their parents who weren't drawn to pole-dancing as an alternative to the gym. This diversity, Dugan explains, is exactly what the company is going for.

"The ultimate goal is to just get more people up in the air."

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All of this, under a big top

Until Sun, Jun 23 Under the Big Top at Northlands Park

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f ever a show was to be described as stunning, Amaluna would be the one.

The latest effort from Montréalbased Cirque du Soleil, and the creation of star American director Diane Paulus, Amaluna takes place under the blue- and yellow-striped big top, the first time one of Cirque's travelling circus-tent shows has come to Edmonton. Cirque has garnered international acclaim for dazzling, spectacular circus performances, and certainly Amaluna does not fail to uphold this reputation—but what makes Amaluna particularly interesting in the Cirque canon is its theatrical narrative: there's a story unfolding with each spectacular act.

Amaluna is based loosely around Shakespeare's The Tempest, though

that serves more as a general narrative framework than an actual pointby-point storyline. We're on a jungle island governed by the sorceress Prospera, who rides a crescent moon above the stage whilst playing a blue cello, her bow strokes summoning a vicious lightning storm—symbolized by two high-flying aerialists. Prospera's musical conjurations are backed by an all-female band, who provide a wonderful live soundtrack: it's catchy and contemporary, with rock 'n' roll guitar and groovy tribal drumming.

The storm shipwrecks a group of sailors on the island, and it's love at first sight when Prospera's just-comeof-age daughter Miranda spies the leader of the men, Romeo. (A peculiar choice of name—maybe he got sick of Juliet?) Miranda's sinuous contortionist balancing act above and in a giant water bowl stands out as one of the show's most memorable. Her beau is also no slouch when it comes to grabbing the audience's attention: he delivers a commandingly muscular performance on a towering pole, climbing it using only his arms and scoffing at gravity while sliding back down, head first.

A group of female Amazons, the island's bodyguards of sorts, show off their skills in a lively reinvention of the classic gymnastics routine on the uneven bars, while Romeo's sailors set loose in an exuberant teeterboard act. Their antics are brought to a mesmerizing halt with the Balance Goddess's assembly of precariously and perfectly balanced palm leaf ribs into a skeletal-like assemblage. Another captivating stage presence is the jealous half-snake Cali, who performs a dexterous juggling act with ease and panache.

Amaluna is circus spectacle at its finest—beautiful, engaging and impressive at every twist and turn.

MEL PRIESTLEY

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Sprouts New Play Festival / Sat, Jun 8; Sun, Jun 9 (1 pm) Drag the kids away from their screen of choice and give them a dose of theatre this weekend. Concrete Theatre has put together a lineup of family friendly short plays written by Tracy Carroll, Minister Faust, Vern Thiessen and Michelle Todd. Plus, there's all kinds of activities like face-painting, storytelling and crafts to keep them busy too. (Stanley A Milner Library Theatre, $5)

Edmonton Pride Festival / Until Sun, Jun 16 Stand Proud! This year's Pride fest theme encourages all demographics to be proud of who they are and their achievements. Events have already begun, but things truly get underway with Saturday's Pride Parade, starting noon on 107 St and 102 Ave before wrapping up in Churchill Square with an all-out celebration. The week to follow features events for all ages, including the LGBTQ History Bus Tours. The first, on Monday, June 10 (meet at the University Transit Centre) covers the famous haunts and storied hangouts on Edmonton's south side, while the second tour, on Tuesday (meet at the Citadel), covers the queer history of Edmonton's north end. Tickets for each are $25 and tours begin at 7 pm. On Wednesday, June 12 art from the LGBTQ community is on display during the Rainbow Art Gallery at the Citadel Theatre from 7 pm – 9 pm. At 8 pm,

Creative Age Festival / Sat, Jun 8 – Mon, Jun 10 It's never too late to get a start in theatre. Like most things, creativity only gets better with age, and Edmonton's older adults who are new to the theatre or ready for the main stage have the opportunity to participate in the Creative Age Festival's workshops, which include an introduction to theatre, a rock 'n' roll journey, the chance to flex comedic muscles and inspire movement.

Register at tixonthesquare.ca (Timms Centre for the Arts) Hardcopy / Sun, Jun 9 (11 am and 2 pm) Ever had an itch to learn the art of printmaking? What about Japanese bookbinding? Now's your chance. Hardcopy: Edmonton's Artist Book and Zine Fair—the first annual fair set to showcase the works of Edmonton book and zine artists—has teamed up with SNAP to take budding artists step-by-step through each process. No experience is necessary and all materials are provided—who can say no to that? (Society of Northern Alberta PrintArtists studios, $25 printmaking, $20 bookbinding; full schedule at hardcopyedmonton.wordpress.com) V

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T Hcleaner E AT R E A//LMat B E RBusby TA PRESENTS Blame the dry

Cause and Effect

Until Sat, Jun 15 (7:30 pm) Directed by Stewart Lemoine Varscona Theatre, $16 – $28

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t's all the dry cleaner's fault, really.

When the owners of The White Eagle fly the coop and shutter their store in a particularly unremarkable neck of Edmonton—near where Linens N' Things used to be—geologist Preston (Jeff Haslam) is down one chemically-cleaned suit.

Inquiring at the menswear store next door, he tries on a few jackets before heading off to a salacious

motel rendezvous. And so begins Cause and Effect, a tidy comic caper from Teatro that finds its characters increasingly spiraling in situations beyond their control. That goes for all of them: no matter how innocent or nefarious their intents, nothing quite goes according to plan.

It is a mystery, so the plot points should mostly be left on the stage, not in this review. But, regardless, as Cause and Effect slowly reveals itself, the quartet that makes up the cast handle the script's tilts with nuanced

ease. Haslam's increasingly exasperated (and comic) in his weariness with what's unfurling all around him, while Davina Stewart, adorned in wig, plays with a particularly comic bewilderment, getting the most out of a slowburn role. Beth Graham, as an outsider whose accent, it's noted, traverses all over Europe, is a standout and a lot of fun. Eric Wigston's Tim, who runs the menswear next door and is the least connected person to get sucked into events, is, fittingly, the anchoring force of calm throughout.

If the first half feels a bit slow moving, it's only because it's setting the trappings for the second, a more quickly growing chain of reveals and revels—you can't rush a good mystery, after all. And its Edmonton setting isn't just left to be fodder for reference (though there's plenty of that too): on Cause and Effect's periphery lurk the greater complaints of living here, with a particularly modern awareness to current civic events. If they ever remount Cause and Effect they'll have to update those, I suppose, but in the meantime, it stands in the present as timely, funny "what if?" set in a more often overlooked part of the place we live.

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FILM DOCUMENTARY SCREENING • King Edward Park Community League Small Hall, 8008-81 St • Occupy Love • Jun 18, 7-9pm • Free

EDMONTON FILM SOCIETY • Royal Alberta Museum Auditorium, 12845-102 Ave • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969, colour, PG); Jun 10, 8pm FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.496.7000 • epl.ca • Films adapted from books • June is a month of Film Noir: Rm 7, 6th Fl: The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946 113 minutes (b&w); Jun 7, 2pm • Rm 7, 6th Fl: Gun Crazy, 1950 86 minutes (b&w); Jun 14, 2pm

NEXTFEST 2013 • Various venues on 124th St and downtown • Presented by The Nextfest Arts Company • A showcase of new theatre, dance, music, visual art, film and multi-disciplinary collaboration by the next generation • Jun 6-16 • filmfest@nextfest: Going To Disappear: Jun 8, 4pm; Short Films: Jun 9, 7pm

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 • The Piano; Jun 11, 7pm • $10/$8 (AGA and Metro member/student/senior) at Metro Cinema box office • $10/$8 (AGA and Metro member/student/senior) at Metro Cinema box office

PRIDE WEEK FILM • Metro Cinema at the Garneau, 8712-109 St • Pariah: 14A, mature subject matter, language may offend • Jun 13, 7pm

GALLERIES + MUSEUMS ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St • 780.488.6611 • albertacraft.ab.ca • 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

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

ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL OF SPRUCE GROVE • Spruce Grove Art Gallery, Spruce Grove Library, 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove • 780.962.0664 • alliedartscouncil. com • SENIORS SHOW • Until Jun 15

ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • youraga. ca • 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; until Aug 18 • Late-night Wednesdays: Dean Baldwin’s Bar Piano built from a baby grand; until 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; until Jul 1 • Curator’s Tour: The Bequest with Ruth Burns; Jun 13

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • artgalleryofstalbert. ca • SQUARE ONE: Annual fundraiser featuring works by over 75 artists; until Jun 22; $20 (adv)/$25 (door); incl an evening of fine art as well as hors d’oeuvres, entertainment • Preschool Picasso: My Special Sketchbook: Art for ages 3-5; Jun 8, 10:30-11:30am; $8 • Artventures: square painting: Drop-in art for children 6-12; Jun 15, 1-4pm; $5

ART FROM THE STREETS–Red Deer • 4935-51 St, Red Deer • Reception: Jun 7, 6-8pm

ART SOCIETY OF STRATHCONA COUNTY • Loft Gallery, 590 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park • artstrathcona.com • Artwork by society members, and a gift shop of artist made items; open to Jul

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave • 780.482.2854 • bugeramathesongallery.com • ART FOR LARGE PLACES AND LOFTY SPACES: Abstract works by Alain Attar, Barbara Amos, Michelle Druin, Scott Plear, Scott Pattinson. Large landscapes

by Edward Epp, Lorenzo Dupuis, Catherine McAvity, Catherine Perehudoff, Ernestine Tahedl • Through Jun CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTAS (CAVA) • 9103-95 Ave • 780.461.3427 • CELEBRA-

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St • dc3artprojects. com • PLAY:TOYS+AGE=ART: Canadian artists who use childhood games and toys as elements within their work; Cindy Baker Joe Becker Jude Griebel Craig Leblanc Tammy Salzl Lorraine Simms and more • Jun 20-Aug 17

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • royalalbertamuseum.ca • CHOP SUEY ON THE PRAIRIES: Until Apr 27, 2014 • THE ART OF SEATING: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN DESIGN: Jun 15-Oct 6

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS • Enter-

(show) • Jun 19 • $5

prise Sq, 10230 Jasper Ave • 780.492.5834 • museums. ualberta.ca • SIZE MATTERS: Big Prints from around the World • Until Jun 29

KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave • 780.863.4522 •

DAFFODIL GALLERY • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278

ST ALBERT ARTWALK • Perron District, downtown St Albert: WARES (host SAPVAC), Musée Héritage Museum, St Albert Library, Old Hippy Furniture, Gemport, Art Beat, Art Gallery of St Albert, AGSA Rental and Sales Gallery, Hudson Madison, Mint Yoga and Athletic Wear, Auvigne and Jones, Bookstore on Perron, St Albert Constituency, VASA • ArtwalkStAlbert. com • First Thu of the month through to Sep; exhibits run all month • Jun 6

780.421.1731 • ACAD IN EDMONTON: 10 Alberta College of Art & Design up and coming artists present exciting new work created in a diverse range of 2D & 3D media • Jun 6-Jul 20 • Reception: Jun 20, 6-9:30pm; part of the Works Art & Design Fest

• DREAMING OF SUMMER: Paintings by Corre Alice • Until Jun 15

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332-124 St • CUT-OUTS/OUT-CUTS: Works by Joe Fafard; until Jun 15 • FLOWER: Works by Robert Lemay; opening: Jun 8, 2-4pm EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ • 9938-70 Ave • Olive Tree Project, Peg Barcelo-Jackson, Ginette D'Silva, Alice Dolphin, Dara Loewen • Ongoing

EXTENSION GALLERY • Main Fl, Enterprise Sq, 10230 Jasper Ave • womenswords.ca • DRAWN FROM THE FIREL Exhibition for Womens Words • Book launch of The Creative Eye: Drawing, Vision and the Brain; Jun 6, 5-6:30pm; followed by reception

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • 780.460.5990 • vasa.ca • WIDE ENCLOSED SPACES: Works by Carroll Charest • Until Jun 31 • Meet the artist: Jun 6, 6-9pm

SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • 780.488.3619 • RIVER RIME: Works by Kelly Krueger • Jun 8-29

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SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta

2013 TALES PROVINCIAL RETREAT • Sylvan Lake

Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • snapartists. com • Main Gallery: SHAMANS AND SUPERHEROES:

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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

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FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave • 780.488.2952 • COMMUNITY: Artworks by Jeff Sylvester • Until Jun 13

GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • CARSCAPES: Photos by Evelyn Berg • Until Jul 17

GALLERY 7 • 7 Perron St, St Albert • 780.459.2552 • Works by Diane Stone, Anne Brown, Betty Tessler, Liz Meetsma • Jun 6-Jul 2 • Opening: Jun 6, 6pm, artists in attendance

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • epl. ca/art-gallery • SHARE YOUR STORY: First Nations, Metis and Inuit Teen Art Exhibit works from the Edmonton Public School board, with artist Holly Yuzicapi; until Jun 19

IT’S ALL ABOUT DAD!

GHOSTS: Group show • Until Jun 30 • Reception: Jun 7, 4-6pm; Concert with the Hamiltones Trio, 7-9pm

JOHNSON GALLERY–South • 7711-85 St • 780.465.6171 • Oil paintings by Michael Horyn, pastel works vy Alex Halliburton, glass works by Sol Maya • Through Jun

Enjoy gentleman's tea, vintage vehicle exhibit, York boat challenges, trivia contests, entertainment

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

KIWANIS GALLERY–Red Deer Public Library • HANG-UPS AND INSIGHTS: Works by High School students • Until Jun 22 • Reception: Jun 7, 6:30-8:30pm

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LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St • 780.990.1161 • landogallery.com • UNROLLED: Sculptures by Mark Bellows; works by gallery artists • Until Jun 18

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FATHER’S DAY DINNER AT THE JOHNSON’S CAFE ENJOY A SUMPTUOUS THREE-COURSE MEAL JUNE 16 • AT 5PM

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MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • ARCTIC LIFE: Lomen Brothers photography • Until Jun 16

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • paintspot.ca • 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

NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS • 9225-118 Ave • CELEBRATION OF ABILITIES: Alberta Artists with Brain Injury Society; Jun 6-15; opening: Jun 6, 6-8pm

COMMON SENSE • 10546-115 St • 780.482.2685

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave

• FakTURa: Artworks by Mitchel Smith • Jun 7-28 • Opening: Jun 7, 7-11pm

• 780.455.7479 • Artworks by Oksana Movchan, and Susan Owen Kagan • Jun 8-25

CROOKED POT GALLERY • 4912-51 Ave, Stony

PICTURE THIS GALLERY • 959 Ordze Rd, Sherwood Park • 780.467.3038 • Artworks by Jonn Einerssen, and Vance Theoret • Until Jun 22 • Opening: Jun 6, 7-9pm • Professional artist workshop: Jun 7-9

Ave • Until Jun 9 • Extension Gallery: Book Launch: The Creative Eye: Drawing, Vision and the Brain with Heather Spears; Jun 7, 5-6:30pm; followed by a reception for the Stranger Than a Wolf exhibition

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 • mayfieldtheatre.ca • Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, book by Patricia Resnick • Until Jun 9 THE 11 O’CLOCK NUMBER! • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • grindstonetheatre.ca • Grindstone Theatre presents a two act improvised musical every other Jun 14, 11pm • Tickets at TIX on the Square • Tickets at TIX on the Square

CORONATION STREET: AN AUDIENCE WITH THE CROPPERS • Shoctor Theatre • 780.425.1820

HUB ON ROSS–Red Deer • CELEBRATION OF THE

Plain • 780.963.9935 • SIGHT UNSEEN: Works by Allen Ball • Until Jun 23

WOMEN'S WORDS • Enterprise Sq, 10230 Jasper

CHIMPROV • Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • 1st three Sat each month, 10pm, until Jul • $12 (door or buy in adv at TIX on the Square)

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

MULTICULTURAL CENTRE PUBLIC ART GALLERY (MACPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony

Hall, 6510-111 St • 780.667.8253 • talesstorytelling. com • Come One–Come All...: Hear what storytelling is all about in a comfortable, casual atmosphere; share a story or just listen • 2nd Mon each month until Jun, 7-9pm • Free • Bring inside shoes and your own mug

10329-83 Ave • By Stewart Lemoine; a gleefully suspenseful intrigue 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 • Until Jun 15 • $16-$28 at TIX on the Square

St • kineTic 25: Harcourt House’s 25th Annual Member’s Exhibition; Jun 13-Jul 5 • Annex: naked: Works by various artists who participate in life drawing sessions at Harcourt; Jun 13-Jul 5

St • 780.407.7152 • ILLUMINATING PEACE: Installation by Amy Loewan, with the aim to dissolve cultural boundaries and promote human understanding • Jun 8-Aug 12 • Celebration: Jun 20, 7-9pm

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A bass player unlocks the Cave Singers' inner groove Mon, Jun 10 (8 pm) With guests Brixx, $14

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p until now, the Cave Singers' sound has been a bone-rattling brand of folk that maximizes the amount of sound three guys can make. But there is only so much sound three guys can make, and after a trio of albums spent exploring just that, guitarist Derek Fudesco notes the band was ready to reexamine its own DNA. "While we were making No Witch, the record before [the just-released Naomi], Pete [Quirk, guitar/vocals] and I had talked about, when we started writing again, doing something different," Fudesco notes, slightly out of breath as he works on his vegatable garden at home in Seattle. "We should bring in a bass player.

"We've made three records the same way," he continues. "That was the idea: we've made these three records like this, let's try and fill out the band a little more, and have it not be so stripped. Up until that point, all the bass was me playing these pedals with my feet. I could hold it down for one solid tone, or throb it. There was no movement in the songs."

After some trial-and-error—the band's first pick wasn't quite the right fit—Cave Singers had Morgan Henderson test out four-string duties. Henderson, whose eclectic band CV includes now-defunct scream-kings Blood Brothers, and

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who now resides among the serene, shaggy-haired angels of Fleet Foxes, was a longtime friend of the band, and, as it so happened, was just coming off a touring cycle with Foxes.

"The first day he got there, it was like, 'Oh, let's run through some songs,'" Fudesco recalls, "and he just wrote five awesome basslines to five of the songs, right off the bat."

Henderson's contribution to the band's sound is immediately appar-

ent on Naomi, an album that takes what the band has explored in the past and locks it into new rhythms, revealing the folk band's inner groove: the first thing you hear is a shared bass-and-guitar line that colours opener "Canopy" with sunshine hues, and throughout the rest of it the low-end is a new, steady force, carrying the songs along a previously (for the Singers, anyway) unexplored undercurrent.

"In the past, when we'd write we would figure out exactly how much we could do for the three of us

with the song" Fudesco says. "With this one, for myself, it didn't have to be constant guitar playing. On a lot of the old songs, if Pete isn't playing guitar and I stop playing it would just be drums and vocals. So I had to write guitar lines that were constantly moving."

Having room to take pause—the "laziness factor," Fudesco notes with a laugh—is a definite perk, though he's looking forward to having Henderson in on the next album's process right from the start.

"It gives you a little more room to

make mistakes," he says. "There's someone there backing you up, but also, it makes your songs move.

There's just a fluidity to them that can't really be when any low end is just a constant thing. It's cool; I'm looking forward to actually writing with a bass player. Most of the record was written, and then Morgan wrote bass lines. The songs were basically written the same way. So to now write ... that'll be even more interesting."

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"There's the vendors, there's the music, the food and, most importantly, there's the gawking, you know, everyone's checking everyone out, but it's all part of the fun," he laughs, noting that music is an effective way to bring the many demographics of festival attendees together. "It would be like going to a dinner party without having

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any music or something. It's almost like the soundtrack to the day in a way. It just creates a really fun and cool atmosphere for everything to unfold to."

This past February, Straker took a break from logging miles on the odometer in support of his latest album Vagabond, a pop-centric batch of soulful tracks produced by Danny Michel, in order to get back to writing. Ideas are consistently swirling and accumulating, but Straker says lately he's become more militant in designating time to sit down and put pen to paper—and hopefully get back into the recording studio this fall with the newly developed ideas in tow.

"There's interesting themes that have seemed to emerge that I'm working on a few songs with lately that are about people being different, peo-

ple being on the fringe," he says, noting one in particular that emerged during his time as songwriter-in-residence last summer at Camp fYrefly, a program for LGBTQ youth. "In meeting all these kids who come to this camp it was pretty fascinating because some of them come from really small towns and some of them come from a context of maybe being bullied or not ideal situations, but it's a theme that's really sort of soaked in and I had a couple of songs come out of me that interacting with these young people inspired ... I've been seeing them at a couple of shows and it's gone over really well, so I'm really excited to possibly record these songs."

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PREVUE // CHAMBER POP

Plumes keeps the music evolving."

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ndie-pop meets dreamy orchestral chamber music as Plumes melds two ostensibly contrasting worlds.

The group's foundation is comprised of vocalist and lyricist Veronica Charnley, classical composer Geof Holbrook (the pair previously performed together as part of Flotilla) and Éveline Grégoire-Rousseau, who also serves as a substitute harpist for the Montréal Symphony Orchestra. The remaining arrangements of Plumes' intricate compositions are provided by an ever-changing cast

of musicians, with regular ensemble members including Pemi Paull (viola), Louise Campbell (clarinet and bass clarinet) and Todd Harrop (timpani and percussion).

"The thing with Plumes is it's constantly evolving," Campbell says during a stop in Saskatoon for the Ritornello Festival, part of Plumes' first tour of Western Canada. "I don't think everybody could be a part of this band because you need to be able to read, you need to be able play really, really well, you need to be able to serve different styles, you need to be able to improvise a little bit, you need to be able to roll with whatever comes your way, but it's fun because it

Plumes' debut self-titled album was released just over one year ago, but Holbrook notes the ensemble already has plans to get back into the recording studio near the end of the summer—if all goes according to plan.

"I'd really like to make, first of all, a record that's just chamber music, just string quartet and various groups of instruments and then do another record that's really more of a pop record, but still with classical elements," he says, noting in the meantime that there's no worry of the group's current repertoire becoming monotonous.

"Geof's constantly tweaking the arrangements, so keeping it interesting is not a problem at all," Campbell chuckles.

"I should stress that Veronica writes all the songs," Holbrook adds. "She writes the songs and then writes almost a second guitar part; she writes these very thin guitar parts and that's the song, and then to arrange it there's lots of freedom because she's not playing C chord, G chord, F chord ... there's a lot of freedom and then choosing the players, there's just certain instruments I think fit really well."

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Lions Lions / Fri, Jun 7 (7 pm) Lions do everything together, and it sounds like this band does too, so the name seems fitting. The band's billed as hardcore but strives to be inclusive, and has won over fans with a live show described as "acrobatic," so it could be worth finding out what that's all about. (Ritchie Community Centre, $12 advance, $15 at the door)

Intronaut / Sat, Jun 8 (8 pm) This band's come all the way from sunny Los Angeles to bring its melting-pot style of metal to Edmonton. Not even kidding: Intronaut is metal, prog-rock, psychedelic/stoner rock, cultural rhythms and jazz all rolled into one. (Pawn Shop, $20)

Scott Cook / Mon, Jun 10 (9 pm) This folk troubadour's spent the last while on the road, working his way through the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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Rykka / Tue, Jun 11 (9 pm) She got her start playing acoustic sets around Vancouver under the name Christina Maria, but Rykka's quirky folk has transformed into danceable, electric-guitar-driven melodies.

She's thrown a creative twist into her latest album Kodiak, too—all of the songs are written from the perspective of animals. (Brixx)

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Matt Epp to work with producer Jamie Candiloro (Ryan Adams, REM).

"At the very beginning we were going to do it in California and we were like, 'We're all living in Spain, we have the stuff there, maybe we'll just bring the producer here,' " Epp recalls, adding after already sending Candiloro some material and receiving suggestions, he didn't think the band needed him on-site. "So we did it live-off-the-florr up in the mountains, but in the end I wasn't convinced, and the producer wasn't convinced, that what we had was something that either of us were really willing to put out."

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ell, I've been learning Turkish," laughs Matt Epp when asked what he's been up to lately.

The country's captured his interest not only for the fact it's where his wife hails from, but he's also visited several times during the last few years—and was even asked to do a live duet with Turkish superstar Sezen Aksu thanks to a video he'd done covering her song "Unuttun Mu Beni" (Have You Forgotten Me?) "It terrified me, absolutely terrified me," he says, still sounding shocked

the entire experience took place to begin with. "That's been the catalyst for really being like, OK, I need to learn this language now because anyone she's ever done that with eventually becomes a big star in Turkey."

Aside from delving into learning a new language, Epp's released his new album Learning to Lose Control—which marks the second release with his transnational backing band the Amorian Assembly, made up of Spanish drummer Antonio Lomas and French-Canadian bassist Joel Couture.

The album turned out to be a crosscontinent endeavour, beginning in the Alpujarra Mountains in Spain (where the band was living at the time) before moving back across the Atlantic

After moving production to Hollywood, Epp says Candiloro was able to coach much better performances out of him, and everything recorded in Spain—aside from the drums—was scrapped in favour of new recordings. The end result has transpired into a disk possessing a strong folk background accented by roots-rock, coupled with noteworthy collaborations including the track "When You Know," with Serena Ryder. Learning to Lose Control also features Imaginary Cities vocalist Marti Sarbit, who Epp has known since childhood.

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plaining that he reconnected with her when he approached fellow Imaginary Cities member Rusty Matyas to see if he knew of any female singers he could work with. Matyas, unaware of the past connection, suggested Sarbit. "Between that and getting another excuse to work together she's

been touring the world and blowing people's minds with her voice, so I'm excited she's on the record. Even if it is in a backup singer way I feel like she added a lot of soul to the project."

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Imaginary Cities Fall of Romance (Hidden Pony)  On Temporary Resident, Marti Sarbit's massive voice was the key to Imaginary Cities' driving take on soul-tinged power-pop. Her pipes are gilded, powerful—Sarbit met Rusty Matyas, who would go on to form the band with her, while singing in a soul revival group—and are capable of tremendous things. Imaginary Cities is at its best when Sarbit's the power-steering the songs: no matter what the band's doing, it's compelling when she's in the driver's seat.

Which makes The Fall of Romance seem so deflated in its delivery: with Sarbit's vocal potency so buried in the mix and layered in gloss, it feels like the band swapped its most powerful cannon for a Nerf gun.

The album leads with its strongest moment: after the piano intro of "Lilt," "All the Time" plays with a gorgeous weightiness. There's lovely harmony and build, anchored by Sarbit's voice and a piano line, and further bolstered by the Winnipeg Comaraderie Choir. "Bells of Cologne," has some kinetic energy to its verses—though it doesn't rise any further, just sustaining itself for the chorus—and "Silver Lining" is a lively

enough kiss-off.

But after those wrap up, we seem to lock into increasingly diminishing swoons of pop music: a lot of the album has trouble distinguishing itself from the rest of itself. The band's covered plenty of sonic territory in the past—from dark, rhythmic builds towards catharsis ("Ride This Out") to chugging guitar-rock ("Temporary Resident") to huge, soaring pop ("Marry the Sea," "Hummingbird")—but Romance seems to circle a particular element of Imaginary Cities' sound: swooping synth 'n' vocal pop, occasionally with a sinister edge but more often with a blandness to it, especially at the choruses: maybe these soar live, but as produced here, they feel overstuffed in a way that detracts from their potency.

And that's part of it, too: the album's co-produced by Matyas and Howard Redekopp, who's also produced the likes of Bends Sinister, Hannah Georgas and Tegan and Sara. It feels like he's also partly responsible for giving the songs a particularly unified sheen, to their detriment. Even when the music tries something different—like the bass bounce and horns that lead off "Sooner or Later," or the slow-piano-build of "9 and 10"—production ensures that it hits the same approximate feel and flavour of most of the rest of them.

So in its production, paired with a somewhat singular songwriting vision, Fall of Romance comes without a lot of the personality and variety that propelled the band's debut to such grand heights.

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The Cat Empire Steal the Light (Two Shoes)  The Cat Empire has built itself a worldwide audience for its positive affirmations and upbeat blend of Latin jazz, Motown, reggae and hip hop through years of touring. It's all totally safe and fun for the whole family, and the sunny vibes keep shining on the group's sixth full length. Title track "Steal the Light" has a rising chorus that will make you at least sway, if not spin you into glory, while "Wild Animals," with its organ chords and tom-heavy beat, is the type of jam that can set any shitty day right. Still, one can't help but feel that the record format is limiting to an empire like this. There is a lot going on—horns, drums, turntables—but after a while it can be a little much, resulting in stripped-down closer "All Night Loud" providing a breath of fresh air.

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Michael Dunn & the Moanin' After Come On Out Back ...

(Independent)  In a genre such as country music, so readily confined to its tropes, the only thing that transcends the formula is plain old heart, broken or otherwise.

Memorable country artists bare a unique voice that really suffers beneath them rhinestones. Michael Dunn, however, still needs to find his voice, his country drawl varying little from song to song. This is a twanging contemporary country record and all the components fit nicely: fiddle, pedal steel, harmonica and there's some neat riffs and rolls like the swinging guitar intro to "Fighting Words." But when you put it all together, it feels like Dunn is trying a bit too hard to emulate his country heroes instead of being one on his own.

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Digging into the back catalogue Leeroy Stagger revives some previous material on Truth Be Sold did you come at them in a particular way? Lyrics first? Music first?

LS: This record was made the same year as Radiant Land. I had to go to the vault for some of the material. When we were recording Steve Berlin would send me home with homework rewriting verses or chorus parts that were not as strong as they could've been. Seeing as some of the material was quite a bit older, it only made sense to revisit the material with a more experienced mind wiser heart.

Fri, Jun 7 (8 pm) With Unwed Mothers Haven Social Club, $12 (advance), $15 (door) Past meets present on Truth Be Sold, the latest album from singer-songwriter Leeroy Stagger. New material was coupled with a carefully curated selection of tracks from Stagger's demo vault.

Prior to his show in Edmonton, Stagger took the time to tell Vue all about the recording process.

VUE WEEKLY: How long did it take to make Truth Be Sold from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording?

LEEROY STAGGER: Some of these songs have been kicking around for as long as six years. In particular "Cities on Fire," which was re-written for the Occupy Movement that was kicking off while we were starting the record. We tracked in Portland for 10 days and mixing was another five days or so.

VW:

When you were writing the songs,

VW: Where did the lyrics begin for you and what did you want to express with this album?

LS: With most of my records, I'm never quite sure of that until the end of the process when I can step back and look at the body of work as a whole. I think with my last two records there has been more of a political leaning to the material. I think lately I want to make sure I'm saying something and not just rhyming off a bunch of fluff and BS. VW: What were the recording sessions like for this album? Is this the kind of thing you recorded live or did you piece it together one track at a time? Why? LS: We recorded live-off-the-floor at Mystery Machine Studios in Portland— all in the same room. Some of my vocals were overdubbed. I don't prefer one way over the other, really. I like to get it live because it's less work for me as a singer. My philosophy is whatever gets you there. The last two records have just been Me, Evan (John) and Nick (Stecz) in the studio, so sometimes Evan will track a bass part live and then overdub his guitar parts or vice versa.

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there any other songs written

that were left off the album?

LS: There were about 20 songs to choose from for the album, but I wanted Steve Berlin to choose the material to record. I'm glad I did. They might not have been my picks, but I wanted Steve to produce this thing fully.

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VW: Did you have an idea of what you wanted Truth Be Sold to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along?

LS: Yeah, it was all Steve's picks. I've never really had a full vision of a record until its done. The one we are working on now to celebrate 10 years and 10 studio albums will have more of a theme and vision to go off of.

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

LS: Well first and foremost I'm a big Los Lobos fan, so when the opportunity came up I jumped at it. I also love the stuff he did with the Tragically Hip. He gets us to the same place we would end up eventually, but he takes a different trip to get there. So instead of regular drum sticks or guitar picks or pedals he will fuck with the signal chain or time signature to make it a little more interesting to the ear.

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

LS: I guess I have a back catalogue of nine or 10 albums that would show you how I got here, but even then it would only show the first leg of the journey.

There are too many people that have gotten me here to begin to mention.

Gratitude and blessings to each and every one of them. V

FIRSTS, LASTS AND FAVOURITES

Silverstein Tue, Jun 11 (5 pm) With the Red Threat, The Weekend Kids Starlite Room, $22

Answered by: Shane Told, lead vocals Hometown: Burlington, ON Formed: 2000 Genre: Rock/screamo Latest album: This Is How the Wind Shifts (2013) Fun fact: The band's name is a nod to author Shel Silverstein and its lineup has remained unchanged for 11 years.

First album The first album I ever bought with my own money was Nirvana, Nevermind. It was between that and Genesis, We Can't Dance. I wanted

that one more, but luckily my older sister convinced me to "be cool" and get Nirvana.

First concert Bruce Springsteen with my parents at SkyDome when I was 10. It was three hours-long and I fell asleep.

My next concert was Metallica/Danzig/Suicidal Tendencies at Molson Park. That show changed my life.

Last album I was looking through a vinyl bargain bin the other day and found a $2 record by this old Chicago punk band the Bollweevils. I used to have it on CD but they were all stolen 10 years ago and I haven't heard it since. It really brought me back.

Last concert I saw Weezer playing a casino gig and it was just amazing. They played all

the hits, were funny, and sounded unbelievably great. I think Rivers Cuomo has lost his mind, but the audience is definitely reaping all the benefits.

Favourite album That's so hard to answer but I'll go with Pedro The Lion, It's Hard to Find a Friend. I can listen to it when I'm really happy, really sad or any other emotion and get something out of it. And it's grown with me.

Even though its more than 10 years old it means something different to me now than it used to.

Favourite musical guilty pleasure Well, I've had that "Thrift Shop" [by Macklemore] song in my head for about four months. It's absolutely killing me, but I will admit, I don't mind that much. V

VUEWEEKLY JUNE 6 – JUNE 12, 2013

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JUN/6

TUFFHOUSE PRESENTS

JUN/7

GIRL PRIDE

JUN/10 JUN/11 JUN/14 JUN/15

MASH OUT POSSE CAVE SINGERS

SILVERSTEIN DEMOCRAFUNK ZODIAC SERIES FEATURING

GRAMATIK

HALESTORM JUN/29 I <3 CANADA JUN/30 CANADA DAY BASH JUL/5 BIG COUNTRY JUN/26

CAPITAL CITY BURLESQUE

JUL/6 ALTERRA, JUL/20

FRANKIE MCQUEEN

ALL ELSE FAILS CD RELEASE

STEP’D UP & JUNGLE FEVER ALTERNATING SATURDAYS IN TEMPLE

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

THU JUN 6 ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE Live Music

every Thu: this week: Tamara Boyes and Melody Lovejoy; 9:30pm ARTERY Ana Egge

(folk rock), guests; 7pm; $10 (adv)

AVENUE THEATRE We

Are The City, Hannah Epperson, Make Out City, Boreal Sons; $10 (adv)/$14 (day of show)

BLUES ON WHYTE

JUN/7

THIS IS WAR, OUT OF THE RUINS, ICOSIAN

JUN/8

PURE PRIDE

JUN/9 NINJASPY

SILENT LINE

JUN/11 JUN/14 JUN/15

DEADWOODX HOODED FANG THE FROLICS W/ RYKKA & DEREK LONDON

W/ GUESTS

W/ I AM MACHI

EVERY EATS

AND BEATS

WEDNESDAY EVERY WEDNESDAY, $0.35 WINGS

stage: fully equipped stage, bring your instruments and your voices; gaming everyday

NEW WEST HOTEL

Canadian Country Hall of Fame Guest host Bev Munro

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Velvet Hour: Live music in the afternoons hosted by Rob Taylor; Mon-Fri; 4:30-8pm; no cover BRIXX Hosted by

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

CAFÉ HAVEN Music

every Thu: this week: Tyler Gilbert with Alex Vissia; 7pm

Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu; contact John Malka 780.447.5111

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK

RED PIANO Every

Thu: Dueling pianos at 8pm RICHARD'S PUB

Cinema House

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

Jam hosted by Loren Burnstick; 8:30pm1am

SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Derina

Thu

FILTHY MCNASTY’S

Taking Back Thursdays

DV8 DV8 is moving:

check out the new space and party: Boosh, Look Away, Sir Ma'am Ma'am; 8pm, $8

EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony Plain

Open Jam Nights; no cover FANDANGO'S Thu

Battle of the Bands; 9pm

J R BAR AND GRILL

Live Jam Thu; 9pm JAVA EXPRESS–Stony Plain Acoustic/singer

Barnabas Siwila Quartet ( jazz); 9pm; $15 KELLY'S PUB Jameoke

Night, karaoke with band the Nervous Flirts; every Thu, 8pm-12am L.B.'S PUB Open

Funk Bunker Thursdays

LUCKY 13 Industry

Night every Fri ON THE ROCKS

Salsaholic: every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; salsa DJ to follow OUTLAWS ROADHOUSE Wild

Life Thursdays

RENDEZVOUS Metal night every Thu UNION HALL 3 Four

All Thursdays: rock, dance, retro, top 40 with DJ Johnny Infamous

FRI JUN 7 AVENUE THEATRE

Early Show: Canadian

Tour Campus Thieves, Mackenzie Dayle, Jordan Kaminski and more, all ages, 5:30pm, $20 (adv); Late Show: Doomination 2013: Canadian tour KingDoom, Chris Vrenna, JFR Project and more, 9:30pm, $25 (adv) BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ

Ben Sures, Shantel Koenig, Stephanie Suchy; 8:30pm; $15 BLUES ON WHYTE

Boogie Patrol

L.B.'S PUB 63 Street

DJs

The Civil Suits (fundraiser, rock and blues); 9pm; $25

Band with Mel Degen; 9:30pm1:30am

LEGENDS Sophie and

the Shufflehounds (blues roots; 9:30pm; no cover

LIZARD LOUNGE Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover NOORISH CAFÉ Early show: Kevin

Marsh;

Late show: DJ

Dance Party: with DJ Prince and Reno Prince Reno, 10pm-1am; $5 (door)

ON THE ROCKS

More Love for Lilee fundraiser: Kami (rock), Heather McKenzie Band; 6pm; $20 (adv) OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK

Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm2am every Fri and Sat; no cover

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

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

THE DRUID IRISH PUB

DJ every Fri; 9pm

ELECTRIC RODEO– Spruce Grove DJ every

Fri

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

PAWN SHOP The McGowan Family Band (CD release), Canyon Rose Outfit, Tallest to Shortest, the Gibson Block; 8pm; $12 (adv)

RED STAR Movin’ on

PUB 1824 Live music

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Amplified

every Fri & Sat; 9pm RED PIANO BAR

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

(hard rock), the Maddigans, Greater Than Giants; all ages licensed event; $12 (adv)/$15 (door)

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

STARLITE ROOM

KLUB OMFG

Fridays: Dubstep, house, trance, electro, hip hop breaks with DJ Aeiou, DJ Loose Beats, DJ Poindexter; 9:30pm (door)

SUITE 69 Release Your Inner Beast: Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

SET NIGHTCLUB

TREASURY In Style

Epic Fail (release party), Fall Silently, NEssakay; Boonstock kick-off party

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

UNION HALL Ladies

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Derina

Live Blues every Thur: rotating guests; 7-11pm

every Thu at 9pm

LEVEL 2 LOUNGE

vocals), Sylvia McNair (vocals), Caleb Teicher (tap dance, vocals); 8pm; $20-$89 at box office

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ

COOK COUNTY Pony

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ

7pm; no cover

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ

M.O.P.; 9pm

Zoomers Thu afternoon open mic; 1-4pm Up Thu: Country, Rock Anthems and Top 40 Classics with Mourning Wood

LOUNGE Open stage;

minors, no cover

BOHEMIA Thanoir productions: Night Of The Laced, DJ Whyte Trash, Jo Thrillz, Outkast Fab

Harvey

STARLITE ROOM

jam with Kenny Skoreyko, Fred LaRose and Gordy Mathews (Shaved Posse) every Thu; 9pm-1am

30 MUSIC

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ AND BOARDGAME EMPORIUM Thu open

Jesse Peters (R&B, blues, jazz, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Thu; no cover

EVERY RAPTURE NOW HIRING SERVERS, BUSSERS, SECURITY STAFF AND BARTENDERS

Constellations Trio; 8pm; no cover

HALL Jam by Wild

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ

GOTH AND INDUSTRIAL EVERY FRIDAY AT 10PM

LIT WINE BAR

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

EVERY THE ULTIMATE OPEN STAGE FRIDAY

The Gords; 9pm; $10 at 780.757.2121

NORTH GLENORA

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

THURSDAY EVERY THURSDAY, OPEN TURNTABLES, OPEN STAGE

LEAF BAR AND GRILL

Boogie Patrol

COFFEEHOUSE

FLOWSHINE W/ VICTORIA BALDWIN

ELECTRIC RODEO– Spruce Grove DJ every

KRUSH ULTRA

CARROT

EARLY SHOW: LATE SHOW:

All the Best Hits from the '80s, '90s, and 2000; official launch; no cover

UNION HALL Skism;

9pm

WUNDERBAR Mikey

Maybe (album release), the Joe, Mitchmatic, Big Ben

Classical CHURCHILL SQUARE

The Royal Canadian Artillery Band; noon; free DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

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

Lucky 7: Retro '80s with house DJ every Thu; 7pm-close THE COMMON The

Common Uncommon Thursday: Rotating Guests each week!

CROWN PUB Break

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

DRUID IRISH PUB DJ

every Thu; 9pm

E BAR Amnesia Thu:

VUEWEEKLY JUNE 6 – JUNE 12, 2013

Velvet Hour: Live music in the afternoons hosted by Rob Taylor; Mon-Fri; 4:30-8pm; no cover Late Show: Marshall

Lawrence, Dr Makes a House Call; 9pm; $10 (door)

BRIXX Silence Be

Damned: Goth/ Industrial with DJs Siborg, Nightroad; 9pm

CAFÉ TIRAMISU Live music every Fri: Carrie Day; 7-9pm; no cover CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live

music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door) DEVANEY'S Andrew

Scott

EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony Plain

The Ross Neilson Band (rockin trio)

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB

Leeroy Stagger (folk rock, CD release), Unwed Mothers, guests; 8pm; $12 (adv)/$15 (door)

HOGS DEN PUB Sinder

Sparks Show; 8-12pm

J+H PUB Early show:

Acoustic Open mic every Fri, 10-15 mins to perform; 5:308:30pm, no cover; Late show: Every Friday: Headwind (vintage rock 'n' roll), friends, 9:30pm, no

TEMPLE Silence be

ROSE AND CROWN

Mark McGarigle

Damned: with DJs Gotthavok, Siborg, Nightroad; 9pm

Harvey

SIDELINERS PUB The

Oddibles; 9pm; no cover

STARLITE ROOM

Bearracuda Gay Night

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION Bring

Us Your Dead (metal), Marry Me, Murder, Stranger Danger, It Dies With You, Shadows of Columbus; $10 (adv)$15 (door)

WINSPEAR Here to

Night every Fri

Y AFTERHOURS

Foundation Fridays

SAT JUN 8 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of

the Dog: Flowshine (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ

Lionel Rault; 8:30pm; donations BLUES ON WHYTE

Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door

Stay: the Gershwin Experience; 8pm

Dan; Evening: Boogie Patrol

WUNDERBAR Summer

BOHEMIA Clean Up Your Act: Summer Fun Fest with Boosh, Cygnets, the Archaics, Zebra Pulse, Mikey Maybe, Sophomore Jacks, Better Than Heroes

Shitkicker: Bonspiel, the Jessica J'albert Band, the Trevor Tchir Band; 9pm

YARDBIRD SUITE

Tribute to Blossom Dearie: Johanna Sillanpaa and John Gray Trio; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $14 (member)/$18 (guest) at ticketmaster.ca Classical WINSPEAR Here to

Stay: The Gershwin Experience: William Eddins (conductor), Kevin Cole (piano/

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE

Words with Friends– Word Crawl, 6pm BRIXX BAR Flowshine, Victoria Baldwin CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat Open mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO YELLOWHEAD

Julian Austin (country); 9pm

CENTURY CASINO

Outside The Wall (ultimate tribute to Pink Floyd); $29.95 CROWN PUB Acoustic

blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, 2-6pm; Evening: Down to the Crown: Marshall Lawrence presents great blues with Trevor Duplessis, Mad Dog Blues Band, every Sat 10pm-2am, $5 (door)

DELTA EDMONTON CENTRE Loud N

Proud, Pride Festival Dance: Kim Kuzma (pop rock); $25 (adv)/$35 (door)

DEVANEY'S Andrew

Scott

EARLY STAGE SALOON–Stony Plain

The Ross Neilson Band (rockin trio)

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ

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

Free Afternoon Concerts: Mayday and the Beatcreeps, Nolan Bossert; 4pm GAS PUMP Saturday

Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB

Matt Epp (album release), French Press, guests; $9 (adv)/$12 (door) HIGH RUN CLUB Rend

(pop rock); 9pm; no cover

IRISH CLUB Amie

Weymes

JEFFREY'S CAFÉ

Kirsten Rae Quartet (contemporary classic jazz); 9pm; $10

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

Sister Saturdays: Amber, Renee or Stephanie with accompaniment; 9:30-11:30pm; no cover

NEW WEST HOTEL

Country jam every Sat; 3-6pm

PUB 1824 Afternoon:

Open stage every Sat: South of Sanity,

Stay: the Gershwin Experience; 8pm

QUEEN ALEXANDRA HALL DrainBed (hard

Show:

rock), Zengines, Holoshock, the Universe Machine, Valyria; 8pm; $10 (adv)

RED PIANO BAR

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

ROSE AND CROWN

SOCIETY PARK (OTS)

The Beast Festival: Silent Line, Display of Decay, These Colours Don't Run, Negation, BodaciousBurlesque, Counted Among Saints, Face First, Alex Eissia, Tthe Barry Campbell Band, Essence of Praise, Van Funk and the Labarons, Penguin Green, Brendan Kelly Band, the Moanin' AFter, Justine Vanderdrift, Scott Anderson, Dr ViZ; all ages licensed event; 12pm-2am; $25 (adult adv)/$15 (student/ senior)

Mark McGarigle

RYLEY COMMUNITY HALL Dance: The

Diamonds; 8pm-12; 10:30pm (lunch) sponsored by Tofield Dance Club

SAWMILL BANQUET CENTRE Co-

operators Jeans Jersey dinner and auction: Dangerous Guise; 5:30pm10:30pm; tickets at 780.440.7702; lesley@afdr.ab.ca SHERLOCK HOLMES– Downtown Derina

Harvey

STARLITE ROOM Pure

Heather Mackenzie (pop rock)

Pride: Nick Bertrossi, Seth Knight, Jujubee, Ru Paul Drag Race All Stars

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION Better

ON THE ROCKS

Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm2am every Fri and Sat; no cover PAWN SHOP

Intronaut, Scale the Summit, Mouth of the Architect, the Noumenon; 8pm; $20 (adv)

WINSPEAR Here to

2-6pm; Evening: Live music every Fri & Sat, 9pm

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

O’BYRNE’S Live band

build the new community theatre

Us Than Strangers (rock), Law of Lucid, Unbalanced, Hey Stranger; $10 (adv)/$15 (door) WETASKIWIN THEATRE The Able

Kind, White Pongo; 7pm (door); $20 at Warren's Music, 780.352.0044; proceeds to help

WUNDERBAR Early

Fire Next Time, the Penske File, Smokey, 4pm; Late show: Plumes (pop/ classical), Feverfew, Pretty Taken, Consilience Classical WINSPEAR Here to

Stay: The Gershwin Experience: William Eddins (conductor), Kevin Cole (piano/ vocals), Sylvia McNair (vocals), Caleb Teicher (tap dance, vocals); 8pm; $20-$89 at box office 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 THE BOWER For

Those Who Know...: House and disco with Junior Brown, David Stone, Austin, and guests THE COMMON Get

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

every Sat; 9pm

ENCORE–WEM

Every Sat: Sound and Light show; We are Saturdays: Kindergarten

FLUID LOUNGE

R&B, hip hop and dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali; every Sat LEVEL 2 LOUNGE

Collective Saturdays underground: House and Techno LUCKY 13 Every Fri

and Sat with resident DJ Chad Cook

NEWCASTLE PUB Top

40 requests every Sat with DJ Sheri

PAWN SHOP

Transmission Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm); 1st Sat each month RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE

ALE YARD TAP 13310137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave AVENUE THEATRE 9030118 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 962476 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 10329-82 Ave, 780.439.3981

CHA ISLAND TEA

780.756.6010

CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482

HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St

COMMON 9910-109 St

HOOLIGANZ 10704124 St, 780.995.7110,

CROWN PUB 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618

IRISH CLUB 12546 126 St, 780.453.2249

DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834

J+H PUB 1919-105 St

DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain

BOHEMIA 10217-97 St

E BAR 10018-105 St

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

ELECTRIC RODEO– Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411

BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011

780.452.1168

DELTA EDMONTON CENTRE 10222-102 St

Dance Party: Sugar Swing Dance Club every Sat, 8-12; no experience or partner needed, beginner lesson followed by social dance; sugarswing.com SUITE 69 Stella

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

TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh

Snap with Degree, Cool Beans, Specialist,

STARLITE ROOM 10030102 St, 780.428.1099

L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100

QUEEN ALEXANDRA HALL 10425 University Ave

STUDIO MUSIC FOUNDATION SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave

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

SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969

RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882170 St, 780.486.7722

TREASURY 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey.ca

RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825

VEE LOUNGE, APEX

780.437.3667

NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303-108 St, 780.425.9730

CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467

FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557

CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328

PUB 1824 12402-118 Ave, 587.521.1824

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

FIDDLER’S ROOST 8906-99 St

SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca

JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890

LIZARD LOUNGE 13160118 Ave

CARROT COFFEEHOUSE 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580

O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255

SPORTSMAN'S LOUNGE 8170-50 St

EXPRESSIONZ CAFÉ 9938-70 Ave,

FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378

SAWMILL BANQUET CENTRE 3840 76 Ave

COMMUNITY HALL 10860-57 Ave

BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636

CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750124 St

O2 JOES–North 13509127 St, 780.451.7799

Plain, 780.968.1860

LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St

FANDANGO'S 12912-50 St, fandangoslive.com

SACRED HEART CHURCH 10821-96 St

LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924

ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St

BRIXX BAR 10030102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099

NEWCASTLE PUB 610890 Ave, 780.490.1999 NEW CITY 8130 Gateway Boulevard NOORISH CAFÉ 8440109 St

RENDEZVOUS 10108149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150161 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

NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave

ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253

FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700

O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766

ROSE AND CROWN 10235-101 St

HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd,

OILFIELD TECHNICAL SOCIETY PARK (OTS) 2104-156 St

ST JOHN'S MUSIC 10452 Mayfield Rd, 780-4524810; stjohnsmusic.com

SUN JUN 9

SKELETONWITCH

‘13 YEAR ANNIVERSARY’ W/ THE TEENAGE GENTELMEN & THE MISERY MOUNTAIN BOYS

PLEASANTVIEW

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

W/ SCALE THE SUMMIT, MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT & THE NOUMENON

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM Swing

JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave

INTRONAUT

FRI JUN 14

Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M

PAWN SHOP 1055182 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814

LEGENDS 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599

SAT JUN 8

SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE Your

J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403

LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121

W/ CANYON ROSE OUTFIT, TALLEST TO SHORTEST & THE GIBSON BLOCK

W/ MORTILLERY & ENDAST

ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767

OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588

LIVE CD RELEASE

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

VENUE GUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179

FRI JUN 7 THE MCGOWAN FAMILY BAND

SOU KAWAII ZEN

CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WETASKIWIN THEATRE 5002-53 Ave, Wetaskiwin WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295

RAYGUN COWBOYS

SAT JUN 15 & 16

THE SLACKERS

W/ GUEST AGGROLITES’ FRONTMAN JESSE WAGNER & JK & THE RELAYS

FRI JUN 21

MELECHESH

W/ VREID, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH & REIGN OF LIES

JUST ANNOUNCED FRI JUN 28 THE RETURN OF....

THE UNCAS & SALLYS KRACKERS W/ SWEAR BY THE MOON & EYES ON IVAN

WED OCT 23

DYING FETUS W/ EXHUMED, DEVOURMENT & ABIOTIC

FOR TICKETS- PLEASE VISIT WWW.YEGLIVE.CA

WEDNESDAY PINT NIGHT’S

$2.75 DOMESTIC PINTS

SAT JUN 8

FREE SHOW 4PM

MAYDAY & THE BEATCREEPS

W/ NOLAN BOSSERT

ZEN LOUNGE 1292397 St

VUEWEEKLY JUNE 6 – JUNE 12, 2013

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SUN JUN 9 BEER HUNTER–St Albert Open stage/jam

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BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku

Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett BLUES ON WHYTE

Nadine Kellman and the Black Wonders BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ

Sunday Brunch: Jazz Passages Trio; 10am2:30pm; donations BRIXX BAR Ninjaspy,

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Julian Austin; 9pm 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

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Hair of the Dog acoustic Sun Jam with Bonedog and Bearcat; every Sun; 2-6pm Classical SACRED HEART CHURCH Encore:

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Winspearation 2013: free performances, tours, activities: ESO Education Outreach demos; main stage: Audrey Ochoa Quartet, Kokopelli, Onyx String Quartet, the Jazz Collective, Jeremy Spurgeon (organ); 10am-6pm; free DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

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

Sundays: Mudmen; 9pm; $10

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Blue Belle Burlesque; 8pm; $15 (adv) NEWCASTLE PUB Sun

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

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Sunday Jam hosted

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Radio Concert Series: Souljah Fyah, Nuela Charles; 9pm PAWN SHOP

Skeletonwitch, Ancients, Endast, Mortillery; $12 (adv) RED LINE DINER– Spruce Grove Open

Mic; 4-8pm; every 2nd Sunday

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Jam hosted by Andrew white and the Joint Chiefs; 4-8pm

THE RIG Every Sun

Jam hosted by Better Us than Strangers; 5-9pm

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90th Anniversary Outdoor Concert and BBQ: DrainBed, Jamie Malbeuf, Upstreet Band, Joanna Syroteuk, Cat

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of Nine Tales, Music Enrichment Program Ensemble (heavy rock, folk, country, and classical); free; proceeds from the BBQ to Edmonton Public Schools Music Enrichment Program

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

MON JUN 10 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman

Mon: live music monthly; no cover BLUES ON WHYTE

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Velvet Hour: Live music in the afternoons hosted by Rob Taylor; Mon-Fri; 4:30-8pm; no cover BRIXX BAR Cave

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CAFÉ HAVEN Brittney Grabill, Rhys Berlin; 7pm DEVANEY'S IRISH PUB

Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm; host changes weekly: Scott Cook OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Monday Open

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

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ROUGE RESTOLOUNGE Open Mic

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

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

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

TUE JUN 11 ATLANTIC TRAP AND GILL Open Mic with

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Velvet Hour: Live music in the afternoons hosted by Rob Taylor; Mon-Fri; 4:30-8pm; no cover BRIXX BAR Ruby

Tuesdays with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm; this week guests: Deadwppdx. RYKKA, Derel :pmdpm DRUID IRISH PUB

Jamhouse Tues hosted by Chris Wynters, guest

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open mic night every Tue hosted by Lorin Lynne; Everyone will have 10-15 minutes to play L.B.’S Tue Blues Jam

with Mark Ammar; 7:30pm-11:30pm

O’BYRNE’S Celtic

jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK The Campfire

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

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Silverstein, the Wonder Years, the Red Threat, Weekend Kids; 5pm (door); all ages; $22 (adv) at unionevents.com, ticketfly.com and Blackbyrd WINSPEAR Natalie

MacMaster with the ESO; 7:30pm

WUNDERBAR The Wicks, Yes We Mystic, Hello, Doctor; 9pm

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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

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Free classic country dance lessons every Wed, 7-9pm OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK Jason Greeley

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Acoustic Bluegrass jam presented by the Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society; every Wed, 6:30-11pm; $2 (member)/$4 (nonmember) PUB 1824 Open stage

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RED PIANO BAR Wed

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

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage

Wed with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12

THE RIG Open jam every Wed hosted

by Will Cole; 8pm -12am

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

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Velvet Hour: Live music in the afternoons hosted by Rob Taylor; Mon-Fri; 4:30-8pm; 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

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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 at 9pm FIDDLER'S ROOST

Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12 HAVEN SOCIAL CLUB

Open stage every Wed hosted by the Turtlenecks, 8:30pm, free

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Wednesdays: Kori Wray and Jeff Hendrick; every Wed; 7:30-10pm; no cover Classical

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Concert: St Albert Community Band; 7-9:30pm; $12 (adult)/$8 (senior/ student) at box office DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Floor: RetroActive Radio: Alternative '80s and '90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe BRIXX BAR Really Good... Eats and Beats: every Wed with DJ Degree and Friends THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane NIKKI DIAMONDS

Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip hop open mic hosted by Kaz and Orv; $5

TAURUS (Apr 20 – May 20): I hope that in recent weeks you've made yourself a master of sticky and intricate details. I trust you've been working harder and smarter than you have in a long time.

Have you, Taurus? Have you been grunting and sweating a lot, exerting yourself in behalf of good causes? Please tell me you have.

And please say you're willing to continue for a while longer. The way I see it, your demanding tasks aren't quite finished. In fact, the full reward for your efforts may not become available unless you keep pushing beyond the point that you consider to be your fair share.

GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20): How free do you want to be, Gemini? A tiny bit free, hemmed in by comfortable complications that require you to rely on white lies? Or would you rather be moderately free in ways that aren't too demanding— politely, sensibly free? Maybe you feel brave and strong enough to flirt with a breathtaking version of liberation—a pure, naked freedom that brings you close to the edge of wild abandon and asks you to exercise more responsibility than you're used to. I'm not telling you which kind you should opt for, but I am suggesting that it's best if you do make a conscious choice.

CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 22): In August 1961, the Communist government of East Germany built the Berlin Wall. It was a thick concrete barrier designed to prevent the oppressed citizens of East Berlin from escaping to freedom in West Berlin. The barrier was eventually policed by armed guards. Traffic between the two Berlins became virtually impossible for the next 28 years. Then a miracle occurred: East German authorities relinquished their stranglehold. They tentatively allowed East Berliners to travel to West Berlin. Soon the Mauerspechte, or "wall woodpeckers," showed up. Armed with hammers and chisels, these people began chipping away at the Wall. Two years later, most of it had been demolished. I hereby assign you to be a wall woodpecker in your own sphere, Cancer. The time is right to

demolish a barricade. It may take a while, but you're ready to start.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): The following slogan captures the spirit I bring to composing my horoscopes: "I live in the future so that you don't have to." But right now this slogan doesn't apply to you. From what I can tell, you are currently visiting the future as much as I do. Here's what I wonder, though: are you time-travelling simply to run away from the dilemmas that face you in the present? Or are you taking advantage of your jaunts to acquire revelations that will help you solve those dilemmas once you return?

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sep 22): You know that there are different kinds of stress, right? Some varieties wear you out and demoralize you, while other kinds of stress excite and motivate you. Some lead you away from your long-term goals, and others propel you closer. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to fine-tune your ability to distinguish between them. I suspect that the more you cultivate and seek out the good kind, the less susceptible you'll be to the bad kind.

LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Studies show that people spend 87 percent of their time inside buildings and six percent in enclosed vehicles. In other words, they are roaming around outside enjoying the wind and sky and weather for only seven percent of their lives. I think you're going to have to do better than that in the coming week, Libra. To ensure your mental hygiene stays robust, you should try to expose yourself to the natural elements at least nine percent of the time. If you manage to hike that rate up to 10 percent or higher, you stand a good chance of achieving a spiritual epiphany that will fuel you for months.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Resurrection is the Scorpionic specialty. Better than any other sign of the zodiac, you can summon the power to be reborn. It is your birthright to reanimate dreams and feelings and experiences that have expired and make them live again in new forms. Your sacred totem is the mythical phoenix, which burns itself in a fire of its own creation and then regenerates itself from the ashes. Now here's the big news headline, Scorpio: I have rarely seen you in possession of more skill to perform these rites than you have right now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Octavio Paz spoke to a lover in his poem "Counterparts:" "In my body you search the mountain for the sun buried in its forest. In your body I search for the boat adrift in the middle of the night." What

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have you searched for in the bodies of your lovers, Sagittarius?

What mysteries and riddles have you explored while immersed in their depths? How has making love helped you to better understand the meaning of life? I invite you to ruminate on these uncanny joys.

Remember the breakthroughs that have come your way thanks to sex. Exult in the spiritual education you have received through your dealings with lust and sensuality. And then go out and stir up some fresh epiphanies.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): Do you know what minced oaths are?

They're rarely used anymore. If you went back 100 years, though, you'd hear them regularly. They were sanitized swear words, basically; peculiar exclamations that would allow people the emotional release of profanities without causing a ruckus among those who were listening. "Bejabbers!" was one. So were "thunderation! and "dad-blast!" and "consarn!" Here's one of my favourite minced oaths: "By St Boogar and the saints at the backside door of purgatory!" I bring this up, Capricorn, because I suspect it'll be a minced oath kind of week for you. What I mean is: you'll have every right to get riled up, and you should express your feelings, but not in ways that create problems for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): There's only one correct way to spell the English word "beauty."

But that wasn't true centuries ago. Before the advent of the printing press, orthographic anarchy prevailed for many words.

Some of beauty's variations included bewte, beaute, beaultye, beuaute, bealte, buute, bewtee, and beaultye. I bring this up, Aquarius, because I think it would be fun and healthy for you to take a respite from having to slavishly obey standardized rules. I'm talking about not just those that apply to spelling, but others, too.

See what you can get away with.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): In the last chapter of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov, the lead character says the following: "There is nothing nobler, stronger, healthier and more helpful in life than a good remembrance, particularly a remembrance from childhood. A beautiful, holy memory preserved from childhood can be the single most important thing in our development." I bring this up, Pisces, so as to get you in the right frame of mind for this week's featured activity: remembrance. One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is to reminisce about the old days and the old ways. To do so will enhance your physical health and purify your emotional hygiene. V

Coming Events

Eight Minute Date Tues. Jun 11($40) Speed Dating (Ages 21-58).

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Volunteers Wanted

Are you an animal lover?

WHARF Rescue is looking for volunteers We are a nonprofit animal rescue that provides shelter to homeless,neglected animals Please check www.wharfrescue.ca for more information 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

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 19): The longest natural arch in the world is the Fairy Bridge in Guangxi Province, China. This 400-footwide limestone span crosses over the Buliu River. No one outside of China knew about it until 2009, when an American explorer spied it on Google Earth. Let's make the Fairy Bridge your metaphor of the month, Aries. Judging by the astrological omens, I suspect there's a good chance you will soon find something like a natural, previously hidden bridge. In other words, be alert for a link between things you didn't know were connected.

Come have fun, meet some really great people and help the CNIB too. We require volunteers on almost everyday of the week to help at various bingo hall locations around the city (WEM, Castledowns, south side). We pay for lunch or dinner and you give your time (4-6 hour shift).

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

Habitat For Humanity - St. Albert Experience Community Hands’ On! Beginners to trades people welcome, groups and individuals welcome. We provide all tools and equipment. All volunteers participate in onsite safety orientation/training. No minimum number of shifts required. Check our website www.hfh.org to register as a volunteer online or contact Louise.

Help 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 SACE is recruiting volunteers for our 24 hour crisis line. Please visit our website: www.sace.ab.ca

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Volunteers Wanted

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 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 Two ONE-WAY Tickets To Broadway Productions The Full Monty - Call For Volunteers We are looking for some help painting, assembling and striking the set. If you are able to volunteer a few hours in exchange for a free ticket to the show, please visit our sign-up page and sign up today. All help will be greatly appreciated: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/ 9040845A8AC22A02-thefull Volunteer at K Days From July 19 – 28, Northlands hosts Edmonton’s biggest summer celebration K-Days! Join us as a volunteer and get up close and personal with the excitement. This year, K-Days means a rollicking good time for folks of all ages, packed with remarkable rides, funky fireworks, rocking concerts and strikingly-interesting exhibits.

Volunteer positions that are available include arrival ambassadors, to parade helpers, to the children’s farm and beyond. Your enthusiasm will help us make events like the parade a celebration of our community for our live and television spectators. Volunteer at one of the top 25 ranked fairs in North America! Visit us at www.northlands.com/volunteers where you can fill out an online application form or call the volunteer hotline at 780-491-3400. Gear up and apply today!

Volunteer for D’ Bouncin’ Start: Cariwest Festival August 9-11th!!!! Call office for application 780-421-7800

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Volunteers Wanted

Volunteering - Habitat for Humanity requires Landscaping Volunteers!

New houses with bare yards need love and our energetic volunteers will be beautifying yards for our families by planting trees, laying sod, building fences and decks and putting the finishing touches on our completed homes. This is an active opportunity open to volunteers of all skill levels.

Previous volunteers really enjoyed strengthening friendships and building new ones and knowing they had put in a good day of work. Individual and group volunteers welcome.

Contact: Evan Hammer ehammer@hfh.org 780.451.3416 www.hfh.org Volunteering - Improve the Lives of Children in the Developing World Room to Read is changing the lives of children in Asia and Africa through literacy programs and gender equality. Join our Edmonton team and help us plan events to support our programs, and spread the word about the fantastic results we are achieving. Skills in event planning, PR, marketing, graphic design are needed, but not essential. We welcome all volunteers. If this sounds interesting, email us at Edmonton@roomtoread.org Contact: Kerri Tulloch Edmonton@roomtoread.org Phone: 780.425.4043 roomtoread.org/Edmonton 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 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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Artist to Artist

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.

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Do a job that matters.

We’ll train you to make your voice heard and your words count on every stage in Canada.

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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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Calling All Artists!

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

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.

Submit online at wrongwaypress.com.

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Musicians Wanted

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

Please call 780-901-7677 Singer /songwriter looking for mature musicians to collaborate with in songwriting and performing.

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

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Auditions

Rogers Radio station 101.7 World FM announces the 2013 MaKami College World Wonder Competition in search of the best vocal talent from Edmonton and beyond.

Between now and Monday, July 8, 101.7 World FM will accept entries from prospective solo singing sensations who want to share their love of music with the public.

To enter, contestants must record themselves belting out their favourite tune and email an mp3 file or submit a CD. Entries can be made in any of World FM’s broadcast languages or in English.

Finalists will be announced on-air during the Showcase Showdown live on the Heritage Amphitheatre stage in Edmonton’s Hawrelak Park during the Servus Heritage Festival on Sunday, August 4.

The fifth-annual World Wonder will be crowned that day and awarded a cash prize of $1,500!

Full contest rules and details can be picked up at World FM headquarters (10212 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton AB) or online at www.worldfm.ca

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Auctions

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*

3100. Appliances/Furniture Old Appliance & Furniture Removal Removal of unwanted appliances and furniture.

Rates start as low as $30.

Call James @780.231.7511 for details

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FOR SALE - PRIVATE BUILDING LOGS SIZE 50 X 125 RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PRICE $75,000 A PIECE LOCATION HIGHWAY 15 FORT SASKATCHEWAN EDMONTON PH: 780-707-1093 AFTER 6 PM

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COMMENT >> LGBTQ

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Is the fight over?

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Alberta has come far with LGBTQ rights, but budget causes concern We tend to prioritize the issues that regard for the marginalized and very obviously and uniquely affect vulnerable in our province. The budLGBTQ people and communities. In get's cuts are being felt in a host Alberta specifically, we have paid of different areas: funding for much attention to getting non-profit organizations, sexual orientation into the funding for senior care Human Rights Act, legalizand housing, funding om .c ing same-sex marriage, refor primary, secondary ly k e vuewe alexa@ instating funding for gender and post-secondary eduAlexa e cation, and funding for reassignment surgery (GRS) n DeGag programs and services for and retracting Bill 44's education policies (which require parental people with disabilities. consent for any discussion of sexuThe budget also shows that the isality, sexual orientation and religion sues that most seriously affect our in Alberta classrooms).

LGBTQ communities are not obviWith the exception of Bill 44, all ous LGBTQ issues like human rights of these political goals have been or same-sex marriage. Rather, our achieved: LGBTQ people can (theocommunities need to be primarily retically) have their rights protected concerned about the low standard by the provincial government, can get of living and quality of life of many married (to one spouse at a time) and of Alberta's LGBTQ people. LGcan have (some) of the costs of GRS BTQ people are disproportionately covered. Moreover, during last year's represented in low-income populaprovincial election, and during last tions, and as such, many within our year's Pride festivities, Premier Redcommunities depend on governford declared, more or less, that her ment and non-for-profit supports government will no longer publically and services. punish LGBTQ Albertans in order to appease her party's political base.

The PC's have justified the cuts With this state of affairs, it seems like in this budget by arguing that the we have little left to fight for. province is operating in deficit beYet the Redford government's cause of its superfluous spending. most recent provincial budget In reality, however, many of the clearly shows that she has little budget cuts have been made to

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programs and services that are already operating on tight budgets.

Consequentially, programs are being cut entirely and non-profits are being expected to compensate for the loss. These cuts will seriously affect low-income people, students, seniors and people with disabilities within and outside our LGBTQ communities who have depended on these various programs and services in their lives.

I believe the Redford government has consciously targeted these areas of support and services based on the hope that the affected populations— low-income people, students, seniors and people with disabilities—will not unite in solidarity, but will instead turn on each other for scraps. Because these cuts will be seriously felt by different groups of people within our LGBTQ communities, we are in a unique position to recognize an opportunity for true coalition building in protest of this budget and the PC's plan for our province. Our communities need to reach out to organizations and groups that are also being affected by these cuts and show the Redford government that picking on marginalized populations may have worked for her party in the past, but it will no longer be tolerated. V

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SAVAGE LOVE Cuckold of a husband

I love my husband of 20 years, but our sexual differences are putting a strain on our marriage. Ten years ago, he asked me to talk dirty to him about having sex with other men. It has progressed to him wanting to be a cuckold. I only want to be with him, but he presses the issue by verbalizing cuckold situations during sex. This makes me close my eyes and shut down. By the time he is done, I have no desire to orgasm because I no longer feel attractive. Worse, I feel like I am not enough for him. The only way he can get off is to talk about, think about or hear me talk about having sex with other men. It makes me feel worthless as a sex partner—which is crazy, because I am attractive and open to a great deal of things (toys, games, dressing up, striptease, etc). I long for him to touch me, kiss me and look at me the way he used to. He is a good father and a good provider and I love him, but this matter is crushing my self-esteem. I won't stay much longer if this continues.

Extremely Frustrated Female Experiencing Despair Your husband was probably reading cuckolding blogs for years before he worked up the nerve to raise the subject, EFFED, and here's what he's gleaned: husband brings it up, wife shoots it down, husband whines, wife agrees to explore it as fantasy only, and then one day—after months or years of dirty talk—wife announces she wants to give it a try. She winds up loving it, she says she regrets waiting so long, and husband lives happily ever after in cuckolded bliss.

Reading so many cuckolding success stories—many likely fictitious—has left your husband convinced that if he just keeps at it, one day his wife will want to try it. (Some wives do try it and like it. I got a letter from a woman who's angry that her husband—after years of dirty talk and a

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half-dozen cuckolding experiences— has decided that it isn't for him after all. He doesn't want her sleeping with other men; she doesn't want to go back to sleeping with just him. Dr Cuckenstein created a monster.)

Tell your husband in no uncertain terms that you don't want to hear about cuckolding anymore. Period.

He is free to think about whatever

like you're not enough for him after 10 years of this bullshit. But your husband's cuckolding fantasies don't mean he finds you unattractive— they mean the exact opposite.

Hypnosis self-sex

I am a 28-year-old married straight male. I have a lot of confusion regarding my sexual orientation and

I haven't encountered any glassy-eyed straight guys wandering around my gay neighborhood offering to suck cock, so I'm thinking these videos are ineffective.

he wants to during sex—we all are—but he has to keep his cuckolding fantasies to himself. Wrap up the convo by informing him that from now on, your sex sessions end the moment the subject of you sleeping with other men is raised. No more closing your eyes and waiting for him to finish. (And what kind of asshole can finish under those circumstances?) If he brings up other men, EFFED, get off the bed, get out of the bedroom and go to the kitchen and have some ice cream. Your husband needs to find a new erotic script that works for you both. The incentive for him: since you are open to many things—toys, games, dressing up, striptease—a fantasy scenario that turns you on is likely to become a reality scenario pretty quickly.

Finally, EFFED, cuckolds don't see their wives as unattractive. Cuckolds see their wives as so desirable—and so insatiable—that they're incapable of giving their wives all of the sexual attention they deserve. But I can see why you're upset. You want sex to be about the two of you, about the intimacy you share (or used to share), and your inconsiderate husband is always running his mouth about people who aren't in the room. It's understandable that you would feel

gender identity and I am in therapy.

My question for you is about my current self-pleasuring routine. I get high and watch "sissy self-hypnosis" videos. These videos consist of text, pictures and subliminal suggestions aimed at hypnotizing straight males into some kind of "mind control" sex slavery. Some are about cuckolding and femdom; some are about being brainwashed into sucking cock. It is all done in a really amateurish and (hopefully) ineffective way. Am I destroying my brain here?

Man Wondering About Hypnosis I haven't encountered any glassyeyed straight guys wandering around my gay neighbourhood offering to suck cock, so I'm thinking these videos are ineffective. They sound like a harmless way for an otherwise healthy, stable straight guy to fantasize about ceding his power and privilege to people the culture taught him to regard as weak and inferior, i.e., women and fags. That said, MWAH, it doesn't sound like you're an otherwise healthy, stable straight guy. You're confused about your sexual orientation and gender identity and you're working on those issues with a shrink. That being the case, MWAH, I think you might wan-

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na avoid these videos for the time being.

An affair to end on

I always told myself that I would forgive my husband if he cheated on me. Well, he had an affair for eight months. He also blew through our savings and racked up considerable credit-card debt. The college fund we started for our two children is gone.

He spent all of the money on fancy dinners, expensive gifts and incredible vacations for his girlfriend. I am so angry, I can't imagine staying. My husband ended the affair and wants desperately to save our marriage. As much as it pains me to subject my kids to divorce, I don't know if I can commit to him again. Is the best option to DTMFA? Heartbroken Sexual infidelity is one thing—and it's a relatively common thing (so people should go into marriage prepared to work through it)—but we're not talking about one thing here. We're talking about a whole series of betrayals. Your husband betrayed you sexually and financially.

He stole from you. He stole from his own children.

Now, I can understand thinking with your dick (because I have a dick), and we can all imagine a circumstance in which we might succumb to temptation (because we all

experience temptation). But I cannot even begin to wrap my head around how someone could spend his own children's college fund—in addition to his family's savings (and taking on debt!)—on gifts, trips and meals for his piece-of-shit on the side. (Not all "other women" are pieces of shit, but anyone who would allow her married lover to spend that kind of money on her in eight months is a flaming piece of shit.) DTMFA. It's advice, H, not binding arbitration. You are free to make up your own mind. And while I couldn't see staying if I were in your shoes, I could see myself meeting with a marriage counsellor a few times before pulling the plug—for the sake of the kids.

This week on the Savage Lovecast, Dan reveals the secret of how to get straight women to dive into casual sex and Lindy West talks about men who think your vagina is disgusting: savagelovecast.com.

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