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Snow is no disaster Edmonton, winter has brought you its annual clustercuss. Rage at it, by all means—vent your frustrations on social media and shake your frozen fists at the bitter wind and the perpetual dark. But also look at that snow-drifted driveway, that slush puddle you just stepped in and that icy sidewalk you just slipped on and be grateful.

Edmonton's weather, while extremely satisfying to complain about, is a blessing. Just ask the people of the Philippines. Earlier this month the 600-kilometre wide Typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda to locals—called the most powerful storm to ever hit land—pounded central Philippines with sustained winds gusting more than 300 kilometres an hour and storm surges of more than 17 feet. The numbers overwhelm: more than 3600 dead according to the Philippine government (the UN claims the number is 4200), nearly half a million homes destroyed or damaged and three million people displaced.

Remember Hurricane Sandy, the Haiti earthquake or Hurricane Katrina? You could list devastating natural disasters in other parts of the world for hours. In Edmonton? Besides Black Friday in 1987—the freak, ridiculously powerful F4 (possible F5) tornado that ripped through Mill Woods, Refinery Row and, of course, a trailer park—Edmontonians have been remarkably safe from natural disaster. Thank the fact that we're a 12-hour drive from the ocean while more than 40 percent of the world lives near the coast.

Climate change is real. And empirical evidence

Canada is outrageously blasé about curbing carbon emissions, monkeying with climate legislation and carbon targets globally. suggests that it is causing more frequent and more powerful natural disasters. The Canadian government has acknowledged climate change and its human cause, but still they are aggressively trying to develop Alberta's oil sands at a fevered pace, desperate to build pipelines and to ship heavy crude around the world.

Canada is outrageously blasé about curbing carbon emissions, monkeying with climate legislation and carbon targets globally. Mining that Alberta crude, then refining and burning it, can only add to global warming and the deadly disasters that come with it. But it's a gold mine, an economic windfall that won't be derailed despite how many scientists point out the consequences.

Alberta is not immune from warming temperatures. It would affect our already dwindling water supply; forest fires would be more intense and more frequent; and heat waves, floods, droughts and storms would all get worse. But we might actually benefit, as the agricultural sector would enjoy longer and warmer growing seasons. Some good news for us—not so hot for the poorest nations in the earth like the Philippines, Bangladesh, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua who are consistently the hardest hit by climate-change-related disasters.

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pending 12 days living like animals will at least, are injected with hormones to in- people to stop eating meat, it's more that the be the reality for 12 people in an upcom- crease milk production. Growth hormones to animals don't need to suffer when they're ing documentary by Canadian director Naomi stimulate milk production are not allowed in alive. They don't need to kill them the way Hiltz called Farming Humans. But instead of Canada. Pigs also live in filthy and cramped they do and they don't need to be tortured the freedom that comes from living in the wild conditions on factory farms and often have while they're alive. There's no need for it. The or laying on the couch like house pets, Hiltz their tails clipped so they will not bite them farming industry and the big companies want and the other volunteers will spend their time off each other. Not to mention the massive bigger animals and they want to save more living like a large number of North American amounts of waste produced by factory farm- money. They're injecting these animals with animals: in crowded cages filled with excre- ing, which makes it one of the top greenhouse- hormones so that they grow bigger—there's no need for it. It's disgusting what they're dogas producers. ment and lacking fresh air and sunshine.

"We picked three different animals that are ing and these animals do not need to suffer."

"They'll be there 24 hours [a day]," Hiltz So what is the happy medium says. "Obviously, we're not going to be doing some of The point of the documentary is not to get people between strict vegetarianism and indulging in meat that has the things that the animals to stop eating meat, it’s more that the animals been factory farmed? Hiltz go through—like there's no says we should eat less meat, hormone injections. But the don’t need to suffer when they’re alive. They for one. sleeping and the going to don’t need to kill them the way they do.

"There's a lot of vegetarian the washroom conditions, options available—way more all the conditions that the than when I was a kid. I think animals go through, within reason, without killing them or really mak- very popular farm animals: cow, pigs and chick- we just have to educate people a little bit ing them horribly sick—like we're not going ens," Hiltz says. "It will be four people in each more. It's hard for people to change their habto be feeding them their own feces like the group and they'll experience what their animal its. There's a lot of meat eaters in the world animals. Disgustingly enough, some of the experiences on a day-to-day basis. It will be an and some people won't change, but I'm hoping animals do get their own feces mixed in with on-going, six-part series. So the first few epi- that this documentary will put people in the sodes will talk about the condition of farm ani- hot spot, so to speak, and maybe in a small their daily food to save money."

Hiltz says 58 billion land animals are killed mals in North America on a daily basis and will way we'll be able to change their minds." Eateach year in horrible factory-farm conditions. get to know the volunteers, and the rest of it ing only organic meat is another option.

The documentary is in the preproduction Millions of broiler chickens are housed in in- will be tracking their daily life. We'll have psystage right now and filming will begin in the dustrial barns that contain up to 25 000 birds. chiatrists and doctors tracking each day." spring. Hiltz has launched a Kickstarter camThey are bred to have such heavy breasts that many are unable to stand and die of thirst as Hiltz has been a vegetarian for the past paign to raise the $200 000 necessary for the they can't reach water. Beaks are often clipped 20 years and has been passionate about project. She says animal-rights groups and a so they will not attack each other. Millions of helping all animals for a long time. But she few celebrities have already voiced an interegg-laying hens are also housed in industrial stresses the point of the documentary is est in getting involved, but it's too early in the barns in cramped metal cages stacked on top not to necessarily try to convince people to campaign to say who.

REBECCA MEDEL of each other. Thousands of dairy cows are become vegetarian.

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Taking back control

Annual Parkland Institute conference tackles public policy that disregards citizens buoy records showed speeds to be closer to 200 km/h.

"I could give you, like 20 examples off the top of my head, that are huge red flags. I wanted to talk to the government about this and ask if any of this is of concern and there was just absolute silence. They aren't letting journalists talk to them and they aren't letting scientists talk to the journalists."

Kopecky says "red flags" are indicative of the government spreading certain mistruths and hiding other truths in order to make this project appear more viable than it may be.

The report didn't account for at least 300 other tankers that will be travelling through Kitimat at the same time carrying liquified natural gas, nor did they estimate the cost of a spill.

"So you can just see the situation that will arrive one day over the next 50 years when it's just that perfect storm combination where your captain's a little hungover ... that's how accidents happen at sea—it takes a perfect storm," he says.

Nobody wants an oil spill, Kopecky says, but picking and choosing which information to digest encourages a dangerous sort of wishful thinking.

"It's sort of a case of magical thinking, where you hear the words 'latest technology' and 'world-class technology,' people just think we have the technology and that we can do this.

It's slightly a wilful ignorance."

The university is becoming less of a place where questioning and critique goes on and more a place where you learn stuff that is instrumental in the economy.

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icardo Acuña is looking for the truth—a hot commodity in a time when rhetoric is often easier to digest.

Acuña, executive director at the Parkland Institute (and Vue's Political Interference columnist) says the centre is having a hard time getting to the bottom of things in the wake of government spending. After the 2012 cuts to Statistics Canada, many of the data sequences that they used regularly to access labour, seniors and health-care data no longer exist. Now, looking at public policy from a critical lens is becoming increasingly difficult.

"On the one hand, there seems to be very little interest in evidence-based policy, but on the other hand, we're seeing the government collect way more information about us as individuals and using that to market to us," he says.

As programs like the Experimental Lakes Program and the long-form census are cancelled, Acuña says the government is cozying up to individuals more than ever. In the last federal election, for example, fundraising letters were being correctly addressed

to people in targeted ethnic backgrounds and income ranges.

The Parkland Institute's fall conference, "Facts, Fictions, and the Politics of Truth," is unearthing the questions behind information control: who has the information, who's controlling it, and which parts of it are being hidden and not investigated?

Taking place at the University of Alberta campus from November 22 to 24, the conference is bringing 19 speakers to highlight topics ranging from the importance of oral storytelling to curiosity-driven research.

Writer and activist Chris Hedges will provide the keynote on the first night, and will be talking about how established systems of power are leading humans to our certain demise. Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, is giving the closing keynote on the clash between digital rights and privacy in Canada. Acuña says the conference aims to provide a full-circle glance at the state of information politics in the 21st century.

"Our mandate has always been to put the research we do in people's

heads so they have as much information as possible on which to base their involvement in the public realm of which they engage with the government and the policies that impact them," he says.

BC-based environmental journalist Arno Kopecky will be speaking at the conference about his recent book, where he has more than a few things to say about the politics of truth. In The Oil Man and the Sea, Kopecky investigates the flaws in Enbridge's Marine Safety Plan regarding the oil tanker route through Kitimat, BC for the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline— and why several federal departments approved it, despite these flaws.

enterprise and learners, not on students," she says. "When you don't use the word student and when you don't talk about teachers, the policy and discourse are so much about economic development and efficiency."

Garber says that though the U of A has pushed back against policy changes, she sees the university making efforts to try and fit into that model under the constraints of severe budget cuts. She cites the Dino 101 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), which the public can pay money to take as a new, monetized mode of education—all a reflection of the changing, enterprise-centred discourse circling new policies.

"What is true for people in the world is shaped in large parts by the discourse, by the language, by the stories that are told that circulate in the media by policy makers," she says.

"The truth of advanced education in Alberta now is, in some sense, no longer about people with ideas who research and teach students to then go out into the world ... the university is becoming less of a place where questioning and critique goes on and more a place where you learn stuff that is instrumental in the economy."

Garber and Kopecky's talks are just a sample of the conference's lineup, which Acuña hopes will break through today's blurred lines between talk and truth. When the tools Judith Garber, a political science pro- to look past the rhetoric are being fessor at the University of Alberta is taken away, though, Acuña admits speaking on something a bit less oily, this job is becoming harder to do.

"Beneath that rhetoric we can always but certainly a greasy topic: how the increasingly enterprise-based dis- use information to help decipher what courses on higher education are tied people want connected to truth. That's the to government policies.

She says the changed and we're being left with more discourse around education has mon- and more rhetoric and words—and ey on the mind and it can all start in having no ability to actually verify if 12345 what people are saying is true." the way we speak. with a combined circulation But Acuña laughs and says it's not Take the renaming of the Ministry of of over 800,000 for only... the course of Enterprise and Advanced Education, too late to change plus GST/HST notes the conference aims for example.

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One-child policy changing to allow two children, too late for China

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for the state coffers last year alone.)

The net result of all this is that China's current fertility rate (the average number of children a woman will bear in a lifetime) is not 1.0, as it would be if there were a really strict one-child policy. According to United Nations statistics, it is 1.55, about the same as Canada. Which suggests that most Chinese parents who really wanted a second child got one.

The new rules that have just been announced by the Third Plenum of the Communist Party say that urban people can now have a legal second child if just one of the would-be parents was an only child. This is not going to unleash a wave of extra baThen there were two //Creative Commons photo from Flickr, by Rita Willaert bies; it will raise the fertility rate, at The big news of the week is that Chi- was a girl are almost always allowed most, to 1.6. ("Replacement" level is na's one-child policy is being relaxed. to have a second child (in the hope 2.1.) Indeed, it's questionable whether the one-child policy really held down After 34 years, when most Chinese that it will be a boy). families were officially limited to only Controls were stricter in the cities, China's birth rate at all. one child, most couples will now be but if both prospective parents were There are demographers who argue allowed to have two children. The only-children themselves they were that the one-child policy hasn't really reality, however, is that it will make exempt from the limit. And people made much difference. China was alvery little difference. with enough money can just ignore the ready urbanizing fast when the policy was imposed in It will make little difference 1979, and the more It's questionable whether the one-child urban a country is, because only policy really held down China's the lower the birth about one-third rate. From about of Chinese birth rate at all.

1970 onward there couples were was also a very agstill living under those restrictions anyway. The one- rules: the penalty for having a second gressive birth-control policy. child limit never applied to ethnic mi- child is just a stiff fine up front and the The fertility rate in China had alnorities, and in the past 15 years it has extra cost of raising a child who is not ready dropped from 5.8 children per rarely applied to people living in rural entitled to free education. (The fines woman in 1970 to only 2.7 in 1978, areas either: couples whose first child are reported to have raised $2.12 billion the year before the one-child rule

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Trans* Day of Remembrance was November 20. Community members My Prairie Home on November 21. founded in 1998 by Gwendolyn Ann held a candlelight vigil and reflected The organizations "invite participants Smith, a trans* graphic designer, col- on the names, lives and stories of to engage in a conversation around umnist and activist. Our communities trans* people from around the world transphobia and gender-based viohave come together annually on No- who have lost their lives due to anti- lence and how we as a community can vember 20 to remember and honour trans* and gender-based violence dur- become more accountable and find solutions to end this violence." trans* people who have been killed ing the past year.

The Pride Centre is also hosting the While Trans* Day of Remembrance as a result of anti-trans* and genderbased violence. can be a solemn occasion, Trans* Trans* Living Library from November Activists and community members Week of Remembrance is a time for 18 to 22 to which trans* people and allies are invited are increasingly using the Many members of our communities, who do not to have a conversation with trans* term trans* conform to social norms of gender and sexuality, members of our with an asterisk communities in orto include all have a shortened life expectancy. der to learn about non-cisgender their experiences. gender terms including transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, building community, offering support Violence against trans* people genderfluid, non-binary, genderless, and solidarity, fostering visibility and comes in many forms. Targeted, inagender, third gender, two-spirit and awareness, and recognizing past and tentional acts of anti-trans* violence trans man and trans woman. current accomplishments. This year, is a serious social breakdown; one A community-based ceremony for several University of Alberta organiza- that larger society, police/justice sysTrans* Day of Remembrance was held tions have held a memorial on campus tems and our own communities have at the Pride Centre of Edmonton on and a film screening of Rae Spoon's ignored and even exacerbated. Yet

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was introduced. It has since fallen to 1.55, but that might well have happened anyway. In comparison, Brazil's fertility rate has dropped from 6.0 50 years ago to 1.7 now without a onechild policy.

China's National Population and Family Planning Commission claims the one-child policy has spared the country an extra 400 million mouths to feed, but it would say that, wouldn't it? The real number of births avoided by that policy is probably no more than 100 million in three decades.

And if we accept these numbers, then three major conclusions follow.

The first is that the one-child policy is not the major culprit in China's disastrous gender imbalance, with at least 120 boys born for every 100 girls. The social effects of this are very dangerous: by the end of this decade there will be 24 million "leftover" men who will never find a wife.

Any sane government would be terrified by the prospect of a huge army of unattached and dissatisfied young men hanging around the streets after work with nothing much to do. A regime with as little legitimacy as the Communists will be even more frightened by it. Unfortunately for them, ending the one-child policy will have little effect on this pattern.

Only state intervention as arbitrary and intrusive as the one-child policy could reverse the gender imbalance, and it is doubtful that the Communist

as Dean Spade, Associate Professor at Seattle University School of Law, explains, violence against trans* people most often takes the form of daily violence, poverty and criminalization, all of which threaten and shorten the life expectancy of trans* people. In an interview in the journal Upping the Anti, Spade says, "Trans people are dying from the daily violence of not being able to get basic necessities because systems are organized in ways that require everyone to be gendered in a particular way. Trans people die because of exposure to police violence and criminalization.

Trans people die early because we often live with serious untreated health conditions when health-care systems won't treat people whose gender makes them incomprehensible to that system."

Many members of our communities, who do not conform to social norms of gender and sexuality, have

regime is still confident enough to risk that degree of unpopularity.

The second conclusion we can draw from these statistics is that China's population is going to drop whether the regime wants it or not. It will peak at or below 1.4 billion, possibly as soon as 2017, and then begin a long decline that will see it fall to 1.2 billion by 2050.

There's nothing wrong with that in principle, but it exacerbates what is already the greatest threat to economic growth in China: the population's rapidly rising average age. The big, old generations will be around for a long time, but the younger generations are getting smaller very fast.

Indeed, the number of people in the 20 – 24 age group in China will halve in the next 10 years.

This means the dependency rate is going to skyrocket. In 1975, there were 7.7 people in the workforce for every person over 60: by 2050, the ratio will be only 1.6 employed persons for every retiree.

No country has ever had to bear such a burden before, but ending the one-child policy won't get the birth rate back up. The only way China could increase its workforce to lessen the burden is to open up the country to mass immigration. And what are the odds of that? V

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a shortened life expectancy, not just because of single acts of violence, but also because trans* people are often excluded from, neglected within or regulated by basic health, policing/ justice, education and welfare services and programs. Trans* people thus experience higher rates of poverty and serious health problems that are both caused and worsened by their exclusion from such vital services. When we broaden our understanding of anti-trans* violence to include these daily and systemic forms of violence, we can also see how important it is for our communities to recognize and challenge daily violence (be it verbal, physical and/or sexual), and exclusions from health, justice, education and welfare services. Hopefully this year's Trans* Day and Week of Remembrance will foster daily acts of education, solidarity and activisms against these different forms of violence. V

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It was in this setting that I found myto admit, I've got a soft spot for— what's the word?—quaint places like self completely alone. Not only could I Chandler's Fine Dining, a portal back not find anyone to share in a Chandler's to the mid-'80s several blocks north of repast with me, apparently no one 124 Street's tonier, more contemporary else had either. The dining room was resto-nexus. But unlike those show-offs completely empty. There were other at Canteen and RGE RD—or, for that customers hidden somewhere in the matter, Café deVille and Manor Café— depths of Chandler's sizable, formerly Chandler's Fine Dining is firmly rooted residential digs—I heard their laughter in the expected, the dependable, the and saw their desserts and teas being tried and true. It was the kind of place hustled about—but that didn't entirely my parents took the family for "a nice dispel the feeling of desolation, espemeal" when I was a youngster in small- cially with dental-office jazz version of town Ontario, done up in a style that pop hits drizzled over the stillness. Who evokes the concept of the "parlour." suspected all these years that "ScarborSuch outposts of ough Fair" was sufpre-millennial prai- Chandler's Fine Dining fering from a lack rie civility, often 11754 - 124 St, of saxophone?

The menu is an i n d e p e n d e n t l y 780.447.2607 owned and family old-school hit parun, are increasingly rare on our fran- rade of its own kind: spinach, Caesar and green salads; baked French onion chise-dominated landscape.

When I called ahead to see how late soup; coquilles St Jacques; stuffed pork the kitchen was open, the person who roast, rack of lamb, pan-fried sole, pepanswered sought to extract a promise percorn fillet, steak Neptune; stir fry that I would be coming over for sup- and chicken curry for the adventurous; per, which gave me the lovely feeling deep-dish pies and crème caramel for of being wanted. I quickly pulled myself dessert. Entrées are in the $20 – $30 together to beat the 8 pm deadline I range, so granny can see you're really going all out for her birthday. was given.

The service left nothing to complain While clean, orderly and spacious, Chandler's dining room draws on notions about—it was fast and friendly, and of elegance that did not survive the Mul- offered promotional hints about Chanroney administration: faux-oils in faux-gilt dler's weekend brunch. I could hear my frames, coral-coloured linens cloaked in server chatting with what I assumed doilies, frilly valances, and urgently blue was a relative who was running the floral wallpaper illumined by pot lights kitchen, and also to a small child over shining down from a slightly worse-for- the phone, which contributed to the

homey, family-run feel, as did a glimpse of the fridge just inside the kitchen plastered with grade-school portraits and family candids.

Though all that unreconstructed fine dining looked pretty appealing to me, I decided on the Atlantic salmon ($21), with prawns, vegetables and my choice of potato, pasta or rice (natch).

A small spinach salad ($6.50) would get me started.

It was, indeed, a completely standardissue spinach salad, with slightly too much creamy raspberry vinaigrette, a generous portion of sliced toasted almonds and mandarin orange wedges on fresh baby spinach. In the absence of

a more savoury element like, say, some slivers of red onion, it tasted a bit like a spinach dessert.

The salmon, while also by-the-book, was quite good, certainly perfectly cooked and well-buttered—real meltin-your-mouth stuff—broiled with a small but meaningful quantity of carmelized onions and a dusting of paprika on top. Three plump, succulent grilled prawns were thrown in, along with the expected tender-crisp broccoli, carrots and cauliflower, and some completely adequate but nondescript rice. Why didn't I just order potatoes?

In any event, it was a fair price for the

quality of the meal, and it more than took care of my appetite, so much so that I had to decline the offer of one of their generous desserts.

On the way back to my car, I noticed that the bus bench in front of Chandler's sported one of those old-school advertisements for the AM country station CJCW, featuring its anachronistic clip-art mascot "Mr 79" in his trademark red cowboy hat and checked kerchief, and felt an urge to consult the nearest calendar to see what year it was.

I wondered at that moment whether my meal had been actually satisfying, or did it require a sprinkling of irony to season the experience? My jaded post-modern consciousness could jabber about that all night long, but my nostalgic belly had no quibbles with Chandler's retro idea of fine dining. And neither will your granny.

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The little beer from Shawinigan A little humour regarding our former Prime Minister Some of us from a particular vintage remember the reign of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Monsieur Chrétien, who liked to call himself "the little guy from Shawinigan" (his hometown in Quebec), also—not unlike our current PM—had a bit of a nasty streak. In one infamous incident, Chrétien choked a man protesting the APEC Summit in Vancouver and the whole scene captured by the national media. Not a pretty moment for Chrétien.

However, many years later, this embarrassment has turned into a nice opportunity for some light-hearted ribbing by fellow Shawiniganians Le Trou du Diable. This small brewery

is part of a growing contingent of ad- get selections from its extensive lineup. venturous, creative craft brewers in The most recent shipment included Quebec. The name is a reference to a Handshake. Nominally brewed as a joke that emerged following Chrétien's Weizenbock, a strong German-style misadventures that claimed this was wheat beer, Handshake is appropriately how they shook a deceptive hands in Shawin- Shawinigan Handshake beer, maskigan. The label Le Trou du Diable, Shawinigan, Quebec ing much of shows a rendi- $7.80 for 600 ml bottle its strength, tion of Chrétien which runs at angrily choking the devil, who is smiling 6.5 percent. knowingly. Le Trou du Diable translates It pours a hazy, light orange (as long to The Devil's Hole, which is a famous as you rouse the yeast, which you cave in the region, which explains Chré- should for German wheat beer), with a tien's antagonist on the label. moderate white head that drops away We don't get a lot of Trou du Diable surprisingly quickly, but still leaves in Alberta, but from time-to-time we some decent lacing on the side of the

glass. The aroma is ripe banana, some earthy nutmeg and clove, sweet alfalfa, moderate fruitiness and soft grain.

At first the beer tastes rather sweet; a grassy sweetness aided by orange, alfalfa honey and a touch of light bread. There is also a noticeable banana fruitiness as well. The middle dries out, revealing a substantial spiciness led by clove, nutmeg and pepper. Unexpectedly, some earthy hop flavour also makes its presence known. The beer finishes surprisingly dry with a noted hop linger. The hops are earthy and spicy, melding with the yeast-created spiciness to create a complex linger.

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More hoppy and bitter than most Weizenbocks, which tend to accent a bready malt character, the beer presents itself as unorthodox and almost audacious. Some may dislike that, but I quite appreciate it. I like how the extra hops give the beer a second life once the initial sweet qualities slip away.

A word of caution, however. Should Chrétien happen to wander by as you are drinking it, be sure to protect your neck; he might want to say hello.

Jason Foster is the creator of onbeer.org, a website devoted to news and views on beer from the prairies and beyond.

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REVUE // B-MOVIE

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The slick, secretly filmed Escape From Tomorrow lacking substance

Hey man, the rides aren't for everybody

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t's not often a movie lands trailing more hype about its production than its content. But since debuting at Sundance in January, Escape From Tomorrow's been more notorious for where—it was slyly filmed at Disney World—than what: a black-and-white B-movie meets hidden-camera-experiment.

Randy Moore's film knowingly plays with the association, from the Disney signature font in its credits to its many surreal moments in various Magic Kingdom rides. (And it seems MickeyCorp won't be suing, likely to avoid hyping Moore's movie even more.) Its main trick, though, is tainting the world's most

passes; filming was done mostly with the monochrome video feature of photo-cameras, in both Orlando's and LA's parks.) Jim White (Roy Abramsohn) gets told by phone that he's lost his job on his last morning at Florida's megaplay-park with his wife, Emily (Elena Schuber), and their two kids.

Soon, if he isn't paying attention to their children and Emily isn't berating him for little things, Jim's eyeing the hand-holding Fri, Nov 22 – Thu, Nov 28 belles, imagining Escape from Tomorrow the Little Mermaid Directed by Randy Moore winking and smilMetro Cinema at the Garneau ing malevolently at him, hooking  up with a ravenfamous family-fun theme park with haired, amuletadult voyeurism, paranoid delu- wearing seductress, getting mindsions and sexual obsession. scanned by a scientist at Epcot, Escape's secret surveillance of and generally finding Walt's World the actors is echoed by the story, a surreal experience. where a father secretly watches and stalks two French teens. (Pre- The black-and-white sometimes production included extensive makes for an intriguing combiblocking-rehearsals and season nation of the banal and surreal,

leaching the poppy, bright palette of the resort-park into the shadows and black eyes of film-noir and horror. (Think David Lynch's Family Vacation meets Psycho.)

Green-screen scenes, coming off like matte-background shots, add to this old-fashioned family-film meets vintage-chiller effect. But this is mainly a one-trick Goofyshow. There's a predictable, horny tedium to Jim's sex-obsession and some Freudian 101 symbolism: the two Lolitas eating a banana; a rising fountain; fireworks exploding. The shrewishness of Jim's wife is too much; at times, it seems like blood and swear-words are needed just to keep the strange, sweet-musicscored brew bubbling. Claims that this flick's satirizing mass-entertainment or the cult in pop-culture are severely exaggerated. Escape from Tomorrow's mostly a slickly made, sneaky-cam B-movie for the YouTube generation.

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REVUE // ACTION

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Opens Friday Directed by Francis Lawrence 

When do we eat?

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his second instalment in the cinematic adaptation of Suzanne Collins' quasi-Marxist dystopian young adult series begins with our involuntary gladiator heroine, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), back in the cold grey woods of her home, District 13, suffering some PTSD but otherwise looking healthy and feisty as ever on the eve of the next round of Hunger Games. She gets a surprise visit from President Snow (Donald

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Sutherland), who ladles out a lot of lukewarm exposition of the sort no one could possibly be hungry for but has become a standard appetizer for such ostensibly momentous mega-sequels. What I'm trying to say here is take your time loading up on popcorn because this movie takes a very long time—a good hour by my watch—to get past all the ponderous preparations and pomp and create a single spark, much less catch fire.

The skinny: so as to inspire the miserable 99 percent, Katniss and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), her fellow victor from last year's competition, have to pretend to be in love, even though Katniss really loves some other hunky fellow from her district still stuck working in the mines. But the fairytale romance seems set to come to a tragic end when Snow announces that, as a special condition of the Hunger Games' 75th anniversary, this year's tributes are

going to be drawn entirely from former victors. Of course, Katniss and Peeta both get selected. Thankfully so do a wacky, tech-savvy pair called Beetee (Jeffrey Wright) and Wiress (Amanda Plummer), these two being by far the most amusing characters in the film. Snow's nefarious plan is to take advantage of Katniss's celebrity so as to pacify the populace with princess glamour—and then hastily get rid of Katniss before she inspires a revolution with her barley contained contempt for authority.

Mercilessly drawn out and brimming with over-acting from nearly every member of the cast—Philip Seymour Hoffman's cagey new game designer being a notable and necessary exception—The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is cumbersome in almost exactly the same ways as its predecessor, with the added deficit that nothing amongst its high points feels fresh. The first film made the very charismatic Lawrence into a star, while this second film seems to be trying to drain her of much of that charisma in favour of strained emoting: scene after scene features

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some sort of unpleasant development followed by at least three strained reaction shots. Lawrence's talent and energy are lovingly showcased in films like Winter's Bone and Silver Linings Playbook, but it seems to me that, in keeping with the Capitol's exploitation of all those poor District kids like Katniss, the Hunger Games films mostly use Lawrence as a sort of acting workhorse, getting her to run and leap, sweat and scream, steel herself and collapse into tears at mechanical intervals.

Once Katniss and her cohorts are hurled into the Games, they're forced to deal with jungle heat, poison fog and angry baboons. As helmed by Water For Elephants director Francis Lawrence, the action comes in fits and starts. But I'll hand it to Collins: as the competitors dwindle they really do need to rely on their wits, and the cliff-hanger climax is genuinely clever and satisfying. If only they could have found a fleeter way of getting there. And get this: the trilogy's final instalment will come in not one, but two parts.

Stay hungry.

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ASPECTRATIO

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Dallas Buyers Club Middle-class murkiness Neighbouring Sounds reveals psychological horror

Taking a break from fighting the good fight

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allas Buyers Club starts with a skel- shocking physical transformation is preetal moustached Matthew McCo- sumably meant to dissolve the actor into naughey, pants down, bucking in the stall the character, but I find it has rather the with some gungy honeys while just out- opposite effect: there are times when you side cowboys and clowns get trampled look at McConaughey's emaciated body in the dirt by furious broncos. This gets and all you can think is, "Why is the acat least a B+ for inventive ominousness. tor doing this to himself?" Jared Leto also McConaughey's playing one Ron Wood- stands out—both for his own weight loss roof, the real-life Texan electrician, ama- and for the strength of his performance— teur rodeo rider and professional party as Woodroof's business partner, a drug-adboy who in 1985 learned he had HIV and dled transgendered person who listens to was given 30 days to live. Determined nothing but T-Rex. Leto looks really good as a woman. to beat those odds rather than suc- Opens Friday Café de flore direccumb to despair—"I Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée tor Jean-Marc Vallée prefer to die with  seems to have a spemy boots on," he cial interest in tales says—Woodroof starts gobbling up black market AZT. of wild men coming down after riding high When he finds that AZT only makes mat- in the saddle. Working from a workmanlike ters worse, he investigates and begins to script by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, patronize global experiments in AIDS- Vallée seems unusually invested in clear fighting medicines, eventually opening storytelling, employing refreshing few of his own "buyer's club" so as to get those the stylistic flourishes that make some of non-FDA-approved meds to people who his films feel like music videos. Dallas Buyers need them and support his own treat- Club's most visually flamboyant moment is actually quite lovely, with Woodroof wanment program.

Along the way, Woodroof goes from dering into a room full of butterflies. The being a violent, bigoted asshole whose scene could easily have been cut, but I'm glad apparently abundant sex appeal is rather it remains. The image says so much about mysterious—despite the fact that he's this character's transformation without Matthew McConaughey—to being a speaking a single word.

PS: If you want to learn more about paragon of openhearted endurance and pansexual brotherhood. This reforma- how big pharma and the US government tion of the redneck dirtbag is by far the appallingly failed to respond to the AIDS film's most impressive achievement, with epidemic, see the documentary How to capital-K kudos to McConaughey, though Survive a Plague. the radical weight loss McConaughey un- JOSEF BRAUN JOSEF@VUEWEEKLY.COM derwent for the role is problematic. This

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On the outside looking in

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few months ago in Brazil, as demonstrations raged during the Confederations Cup, commentators noted the growing middle class's anger. (The protests were against fare hikes and other poor economic decisions, outside stadiums where FIFA was staging an expensive soccer spectacle, some of it publicly funded.)

And from a country whose famous recent cinematic exports concern the rural poor and the slum-like urban favelas—Central Station (1998), City of God (2002)—comes Kleber Mendonça Filho's Neighbouring Sounds, echoing the rise of the urban not-sobadly-off in Brazil.

The film begins with black-and-white photos of plantation farmers and rural settlers in northern Brazil. Then comes the northern Brazil of Recife today—a deceptively smooth tracking shot of a girl on a bike and a boy on rollerblades, snaking their way through an apartment complex's indoor parking garage to a fenced-in sports court, teeming with kids. Deceptively smooth because this is a place where sisters fight over new flatscreen TVs (32" versus 40"), a water-bottle delivery-man also supplies pot, and a rancorous condo residents' meeting debates firing a night-watch doorman. And because this middle-class world is a warren of walkways, balconies, carports, and bars: barred doors, barred

windows and barred play spaces.

So, far from the countryside of its past, these are Brazil's new divided-up territories and family estates and personal fiefdoms. (The film's three parts are titled "Guard Dogs," "Night Guards" and "Body Guards.") Here are maids and housekeepers and car attendants; here are motion-sensor lights, car alarms, security systems, and keys turned from the inside to lock doors.

Love messages are scrawled on the street—personal notes posted in public places. João (Gustavo Jahn) sells real estate, even showing an apartment in a building where someone committed suicide recently. And frustrated Bia (Maeve Jinkings) drugs a barking watch-dog so she can finally get a good night's sleep.

The camera narrows this concern about space and security into cool psychological horror—like Kubrick's corridor shots or Haneke's rectilinear, square-on stares at the couple's apartment in Amour, transplanted to the equator, there's a still, stifling tropical air of eerieness to the homes here. Much of the film's tension seeps from the voyeuristic intrigue—our privileged access to these private spaces—about which room or place or resident the camera will frame next. It's an inversion

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of one woman's remark: "I don't like going into people's houses."

Twice, as in a trip to the country— João goes to the rundown family ranch with his new beau Sofia (Irma Brown) and family elder Francisco (WJ Solha)—the film swelters into a fever dream, drenched in echoes of horror movies. And in one superb zoom, while a phone rings and an intruding couple makes out, this film slips in its own deft twist on the home-invasion chiller. And then there are the sounds, off-camera or slightly out-of-place: a building hum, a growing creak, a rising drone.

Amid the rising alarm, Clodoaldo (Irandhir Santos) shows up, selling 7 pm to 7 am protection-service for the street. "We guarantee your peace of mind," he says in his pitch for what's almost a mini-militia-for-hire. The street patroller provokes slumming, wellconnected thief Dinho's cocky sense of a family right to do wrong. He tries to blur the line between favela swagger and rich-enclave sense of privilege.

Rural and urban, property lines and blood feuds, family histories and petty battles ... it all comes to a reverberating bang at the end, in a film that reframes Brazil as a place where blood is thicker and murkier than water, even in homes that seem so clean and white and safe. V

REVUE // DOCUMENTARY

A face you could carve into a mountain

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

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is face, loveably weathered, can be agent of repossession in Repo Man. Late in found in so many examples of a very the film Stanton's assistant testifies to the particular kind of American film from the absurdity of Stanton doing nothing. "If he '70s onward. I'm talking about Harry Dean did nothing he'd still be in a rocking chair in Stanton, the great character actor who, like Kentucky," he says. So Huber's film, besides being a gift to anyone a few other great characwho loves Stanton— ter actors, is a revelation Fri, Nov 22 – Wed, Nov 27 or Lynch, or Kristofferwhenever he's given the Directed by Sophie Huber son, or Sam Shepard, opportunity to take a lead. Metro Cinema at the Garneau or Wim Wenders, all One of those rare oppor-  of whom show up to tunities—a film called pay homage—is also a Paris, Texas, released in 1984—yielded what, in my estimation, is proposition: the magic of this thing we call one of the most luminous performances in screen presence may be inherently mystecinema history. David Lynch, who has direct- rious, but it isn't merely stumbled upon; ed Stanton in six films, adores his innocence it's a labour of love which requires all of and praises his craft, but also concedes that one's life experience to be put into one's Stanton's face itself is a story. It should be roles. Without getting too precious about carved into the side of a mountain, along- it, the film might teach you a few things side those of Warren Oates, Seymour Cas- about acting. sel and Steve Buscemi: a Rushmore of adorably wounded late 20th century American But if you follow Stanton's work and know movie maleness. In the meantime we have anything of his famously inebriated life— Stanton's films—more than 200 of them— he lived with Jack Nicholson for a while in to watch and re-watch, as well as this lovely the late '60s—you'll also want stories, and little documentary from German filmmaker Huber supplies a few good ones. Among Sophie Huber, opening at Metro Cinema the most hilarious: Stanton and Bob Dylan spoiling a perfect shot during production on this weekend.

The title of Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid by, I kid you not, Fiction is derived from a beloved Kris Krist- jogging into frame! Huber also allows Stanofferson song—the one Cybill Shepherd ton, now 87, to sing for the camera: "Blue quotes to Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver, Eyes Crying in the Rain," "Everybody's Talkin' a film Stanton could easily have been in, at Me," "Blue Bayou." He's surprisingly good, playing one of the older, wiser graveyard if wobbly. Charming is the word, not just for hacks. Over the course of Huber's portrait the singing but for everything he does, inwe begin to surmise that the fictive part cluding speak of a life in which lasting love is Stanton's claim of just being himself on- has always been elusive. There is something screen, of not doing homework or thinking about Stanton that seems to resist contoo much, an attitude that fuses bravado ventional companionship. "I've just been a with modesty. It is a fiction to think that loner all my life," he says. Partly Fiction falls the emotional textures and behavioural short of explaining how he wound up this detail Stanton conveys comes without way, but such analysis is far from the point hard work. Indeed, a quick survey of Stan- of the film. Like the songs Stanton loves ton's body of work reveals not only hard to sing, the film is really a ballad. It's old work but also considerable diversity: the man blues: sweet, pretty, sad, personal and taciturnity of his drifting stranger in Par- finally enigmatic. is, Texas and the volubility of his addled JOSEF BRAUN JOSEF@VUEWEEKLY.COM

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THE FIFTH ESTATE (14A) FRI-SUN, TUE 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45; MON, WED-THU 3:55, 6:50, 9:45

8:15, 10:35; SUN-THU 1:05, 3:30, 5:50, 8:05, 10:20

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence, not rec for young children) FRI, SUN 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 2:00, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15; SAT 10:45, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 2:00, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15; MON-TUE 12:00, 12:30, 2:00, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15; WED 12:00, 12:30, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15; THU 12:00, 12:30, 3:15, 3:45, 4:25, 6:30, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15; ULTRAAVX: FRI, SUN 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45; SAT 10:00, 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 11:00; MON-THU 12:45, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30; Star & Strollers Screening: THU 1:00 ENDER'S GAME (PG violence, not rec for young children) FRI

THE BIG LEBOWSKI (14A substance abuse, coarse language) MON 7:00; WED 9:30

BARNEY'S GREAT ADVENTURE (G) SAT 11:00 DOCTOR WHO: THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR 3D (STC) CINEPLEX ODEON WINDERMERE CINEMAS Cineplex Odeon Windermere, Vip Cinemas, 6151 Currents Dr, 780.822.4250

THOR: THE DARK WORLD 3D (PG violence, frightening

scenes, not rec for young children) FRI 4:40, 7:30, 10:20; SAT 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20; SUN 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20; MON-TUE 6:30, 9:30; WED-THU 7:00, 10:10; 3D: VIP 18+: FRI 4:10, 7:45, 11:00; SAT 2:00, 5:30, 8:45; SUN 12:30, 4:15, 7:45; MON-TUE 7:10, 10:20; WED-THU 7:15, 10:20

FROZEN 3D (G) No Passes WED-THU 6:40, 9:20 GRAVITY 3D (PG coarse language) FRI 3:45, 6:30, 9:20; SAT

THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG violence, frightening scenes, not rec for young children) Closed Captioned, Digital 3d FRI, MON-THU 6:45, 9:35; SAT-SUN 12:15, 3:05, 6:45, 9:35; Dolby Stereo Digital FRI, MON-TUE 7:20, 10:05; SAT-SUN 12:45, 3:30, 7:20, 10:05

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence, not rec for young children) FRI-SUN 11:30, 11:50, 12:30, 2:40, 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:10, 9:40; MON 5:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:05; TUE 1:50, 3:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:05; WED-THU 5:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:10

FROZEN (G) No Passes, Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital WED-THU 9:20

FROZEN (G) Digital WED-THU 7:30

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence, not rec for young children) No Passes, On 3 Screens, Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital FRI 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45; SAT 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45; SUN 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15; MON-THU 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15 DELIVERY MAN (PG coarse language, mature subject mat-

ter) Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital FRI, MON-THU 7:10, 10:00; SAT-SUN 12:40, 3:25, 7:10, 10:00

FROZEN 3D (G) No Passes, Closed Captioned, Digital 3d,

Dolby Stereo Digital WED-THU 6:45

DELIVERY MAN (PG coarse language, mature subject matter) Digital FRI-SUN 12:20, 3:30, 6:50, 9:30; MON 5:10, 7:40; TUE 2:00, 5:10, 7:40; WED-THU 5:15, 7:40 PRINCESS 10337-82 Ave, 780.433.0728

12 YEARS A SLAVE (14A brutal violence, disturbing content) FRI 6:45, 9:20; SAT-SUN 2:00, 6:45, 9:20; MON-THU 6:45, 9:20 KILL YOUR DARLINGS (18A substance abuse) FRI 6:50, 9:10; SAT-SUN 2:30, 6:50, 9:10; MON-THU 6:50, 9:10

THE IMPOSSIBLE (14A violence) SAT, NOV 30: 10:00am;

1:20, 3:45, 6:15, 9:20; SUN 1:20, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20; MON-TUE 6:40, 9:00

FREE BIRDS (G) Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital

admission by donation ($10)proceeds to Canadian Red Cross for the Philippines disaster relief

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence, not rec for young children) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video, No Passes FRI 4:20, 7:40, 10:55; SAT 1:05, 4:20, 7:40, 10:55; SUN 1:15, 4:50, 8:00; MON-TUE 6:45, 10:00; WED-THU 6:30, 9:50; VIP 18+: FRI 3:30, 7:00, 10:30; SAT 12:30, 4:00, 7:30, 11:00; SUN 2:00, 5:50, 9:20; MON-TUE 6:30, 9:50; WED-THU 6:45, 9:50; ULTRAAVX: FRI 4:00, 7:15, 10:30; SAT-SUN 12:45, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30; MON-TUE 7:00, 10:15; WED-THU 6:45, 10:00

HOMEFRONT (14A coarse language, brutal violence,

SCOTIABANK THEATRE WEM

ABOUT TIME (14A coarse language) Closed Caption &

Descriptive Video FRI 4:10, 7:00, 9:50; SAT-SUN 12:50, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50; MON-THU 6:50, 9:45

LAST VEGAS (PG crude content, course language) FRI 5:00,

SAT-SUN 12:25, 2:45

substance abuse) Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital

WED-THU 7:20, 10:05

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Closed

Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital SAT-SUN 12:05, 2:55

GALAXY–SHERWOOD PARK 2020 Sherwood Dr Sherwood Park 780.416.0150

THOR: THE DARK WORLD 3D (PG violence, frightening

scenes, not rec for young children) FRI 4:35, 7:30, 10:25; SAT-SUN 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25; MON 7:20, 10:10; TUE-THU 7:20, 10:10

7:40, 10:15; SAT 12:30, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20, 10:50; SUN 12:30, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20; MON-THU 7:20, 10:00

FROZEN (G) Closed Captioned, No Passes WED-THU 7:10, 9:55

DELIVERY MAN (PG coarse language, mature subject mat-

not rec for young children) No Passes FRI 3:50, 7:10, 10:30; SAT-SUN 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30; MON-THU 7:00, 10:15; Closed Captioned, No Passes FRI 4:30, 6:30, 7:50, 9:50; SAT-SUN 11:50, 1:10, 3:10, 4:30, 6:30, 7:50, 9:50; MON-THU 6:30, 7:40, 9:50

ter) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video, No Passes FRI 3:40, 6:20, 9:00; SAT-SUN 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00; MON-THU 7:10, 9:50

THE BOOK THIEF (PG) VIP 18+: No Passes THU 8:00 12 YEARS A SLAVE (14A brutal violence, disturbing content) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video FRI 3:30, 6:40, 9:30; SAT 1:20, 4:30, 7:50, 11:00; SUN 1:10, 4:20, 8:00; MON-THU 6:30, 9:40; VIP 18+: FRI 5:00, 9:00; SAT 1:15, 4:40, 10:00; SUN 1:15, 5:00, 10:00; MON-WED 8:00 LANDMARK CINEMAS 9 CITY CENTRE 10200-102 Ave, 780.421.7018

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence, not

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence,

ENDER'S GAME (PG violence, not rec for young children) FRI 3:45, 6:40, 9:30; SAT-SUN 1:00, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30; MON 9:30; Tue 6:40, 9:30 ABOUT TIME (14A coarse language) FRI 3:55, 6:50, 9:45; SAT-SUN 12:55, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45; MON-THU 6:45, 9:45

LAST VEGAS (PG crude content, course language) FRI 4:20,

7:00, 9:40; SAT 11:10, 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40; SUN 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40; MON-THU 6:50, 9:35

WEM 8882-170 St 780.444.2400

FROZEN (G) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video, No Passes WED-THU 1:20

THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG violence, frightening scenes, not rec for young children) FRI-SUN 1:00, 3:50; Closed Caption & Descriptive Video MON 12:50, 3:50; TUE-THU 12:50, 3:50; 3D : FRI-SUN 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:45; MON 6:50; TUE 1:50, 4:50, 6:50, 7:50, 9:40, 10:40; WED-THU 6:50, 9:40; FRI-SUN 7:00, 9:50; MON, WED-THU 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 FROZEN 3D (G) No Passes WED-THU 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 GRAVITY 3D (PG coarse language) FRI-SUN 12:40, 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15; MON-THU 12:40, 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:10 THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence, not rec for young children) No Passes FRI-SUN 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 10:00; MON-TUE, THU 2:00, 5:15, 8:30; WED 5:15, 8:30; Closed Caption & Descriptive Video: FRI-SUN 2:15, 5:30, 8:45; MON-THU 2:45, 6:30, 9:45; ULTRAAVX: FRI-SUN 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 11:00; MON-THU 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45; Star & Strollers Screening: WED 1:00 ENDER'S GAME (PG violence, not rec for young children) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video FRI-SUN 1:40, 4:25, 7:20, 10:10; MON-TUE, THU 1:40, 4:25, 7:20, 10:00; WED 12:45, 3:40, 6:45 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (PG violence) Closed Caption & Descriptive Video FRI-TUE 9:30

rec for young children) Closed Captioned, DTS Stereo, On 3 Screens FRI-SUN 12:00, 12:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30; MON, WED-THU 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00; TUE 12:00, 12:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00

matter) No Passes FRI 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; SAT 11:20, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; SUN 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00; MON-TUE 7:15, 9:55; WED-THU 7:15, 10:00

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (18A) DTS Stereo FRI-SUN, TUE

FREE BIRDS (G) SAT-SUN 12:15, 2:35; 3D : FRI-SUN 4:55, 7:15,

12:15, 3:45, 7:15, 9:45; MON, WED-THU 3:45, 7:15, 9:45

9:35; MON 7:10; TUE 7:10, 9:25

THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG violence, frightening scenes,

HOMEFRONT (14A coarse language, brutal violence,

4:20, 7:30, 10:25; SUN 2:20, 10:25; MON 4:10, 10:25; TUE 4:20, 7:40, 10:25

ABOUT TIME (14A coarse language) Closed Captioned,

DTS Digital FRI-SUN, TUE 12:05, 3:20, 6:35, 9:30; Mon 3:20, 6:35, 9:30

JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (14A crude content, coarse language, not rec for children) FRI 5:15, 7:40, 10:05; SAT-SUN 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05; MON-TUE 7:30, 10:00; WED-THU 7:30, 10:05

DELIVERY MAN (PG coarse language, mature subject matter) FRI-SUN 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40; MON-TUE, THU 2:10, 5:10, 8:00, 10:35; WED 5:10, 8:00, 10:35; Star & Strollers Screening: WED 1:00

not rec for young children) Closed Captioned, FRI-SUN, TUE 12:20; 3D : DTS Stereo DAILY 3:15, 7:25, 9:50

DELIVERY MAN (PG coarse language, mature subject

substance abuse) WED-THU 6:40, 9:15

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Closed

Caption & Descriptive Video FRI-SAT, MON-TUE 1:30; SUN 12:00

LAST VEGAS (PG crude content, course language) FRI-SUN 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20; MON-THU 1:10, 4:00, 7:15, 9:50

ESCAPE PLAN (14A violence, coarse language) FRI-SAT

LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER (14A) FRI-SUN, TUE 1:15, 6:55;

THE BOOK THIEF (PG) Closed Captioned, DTS Stereo WED-

DOCTOR WHO: THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR 3D (STC)

THU 3:40, 6:40, 10:05

MON 7:30, 9:45

FREE BIRDS (G) FRI-TUE 12:30; 3D: FRI-SUN, TUE 2:50, 5:00, 7:10; MON 3:10

MON, WED-THU 6:55

2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:35; SAT 1:00, 5:30, 7:45, 10:35; SUN, TUE 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:20; MON 1:25, 4:10, 7:15, 9:50; WED 1:15, 3:55, 6:45, 9:55; THU 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55, 10:20

THE FAMILY (14A coarse language, brutal violence) DAILY

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (PG violence) FRI-SAT 4:05, 7:20, 10:25;

ENDER'S GAME (PG coarse language, sexual content) DTS Digital FRI-SUN, TUE 12:10, 3:10, 6:50, 9:40; Mon 3:10, 9:40

BARNEY'S GREAT ADVENTURE (G) SAT 11:00 GRANDIN THEATRE–ST ALBERT

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE–THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG violence, not rec for young children) No

PLANES (G) FRI-SUN, TUE 1:50; 3D : DAILY 4:30, 7:05, 9:10

7:00, 9:35

SUN 3:40, 10:05; MON-TUE 3:40, 7:05, 10:05

GORI TERE PYAAR MEIN (STC) Hindi W/E.S.T. FRI-SUN, TUE 12:55, 4:15, 7:30; MON, WED-THU 4:15, 7:30

BHAJI IN PROBLEM (PG) Punjabi W/E.S.T. FRI-SUN, TUE 1:10, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30; MON, WED-THU 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 RAM LEELA (14A) Hindi W/E.S.T. FRI-SUN, TUE 1:40, 5:10, 8:50; MON, WED-THU 5:10, 8:50

SINGH SAAB THE GREAT (STC) Hindi W/E.S.T. FRI-SUN, TUE 1:55, 5:00, 9:00; MON, WED-THU 5:00, 9:00

CINEPLEX ODEON NORTH 14231-137 Ave 780.732.2236

FROZEN (G) Closed Captioned, No Passes WED-THU 12:05,

1:30

THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG violence, frightening scenes, not rec for young children) FRI, SUN, TUE, THU 12:40, 6:30; SAT 11:20, 12:40, 6:30; MON 12:40; WED 6:30; Star & Strollers Screening: WED 1:00; 3D: FRI 1:50, 3:30, 4:50, 7:50, 9:20, 10:50; SAT 11:00, 1:50, 3:30, 4:50, 7:55, 9:20, 10:50; SUN 1:50, 3:30, 4:50, 7:40, 9:20, 10:40; MON 1:50, 3:30, 4:50, 7:40, 9:10, 10:30; TUE 1:50, 3:30, 4:50, 7:40, 9:20, 10:30; WED 1:50, 3:45, 4:45, 7:40, 9:20, 10:30; THU 1:50, 3:30, 4:45, 7:40, 9:20, 10:30

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) FRI-TUE 1:20

OLDBOY (18A disturbing content, brutal violence) Closed Captioned, DTS Stereo WED-THU 3:20, 6:35, 9:30

GRAVITY (PG coarse language) DTS Digital FRI-SUN, TUE

12:40, 3:40, 7:10; MON 3:40

1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30

FREE BIRDS (G) DAILY 1:05, 3:00, 4:50, 6:45

LAST VEGAS (PG crude content, course language) FRI 12:20,

JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (14A crude content, coarse language, not rec for children) DTS Stereo DAILY 10:10 HOMEFRONT (14A coarse language, brutal violence,

substance abuse) DTS Stereo WED-THU 3:10, 6:50, 9:40

JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (14A crude content, coarse language, not rec for children) DAILY 7:45 9:40

DOCTOR WHO: THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR 3D (STC)

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) DAILY

10:15; SUN, TUE 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 9:55; MON 1:10, 4:15, 9:55; WED-THU 1:10, 4:05, 6:55

3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45; SAT 12:25, 2:55, 8:10, 10:45; SUN-TUE 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25

OLDBOY (18A disturbing content, brutal violence) WED-THU 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25

DELIVERY MAN (PG coarse language, mature subject

matter) No Passes FRI-SAT 12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 8:05, 10:40; SUN 11:45, 2:15, 4:55, 7:30, 10:00; MON 1:45, 4:25, 7:20, 10:00; TUE 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00; WED 1:45, 4:15, 7:25, 10:00; THU 4:15, 7:30, 10:00; Star & Strollers Screening: THU 1:00

FREE BIRDS (G) FRI-TUE 1:15 THE BOOK THIEF (PG) Closed Captioned, No Passes WED-

THU 12:35, 3:40, 7:05, 10:05

FREE BIRDS 3D (G) FRI-TUE 3:30, 5:45, 7:55, 10:10

Digital 3d, DTS Stereo MON 7:30

FROZEN (G) DTS Stereo WED-THU 3:50, 10:10; 3D : DTS Digital

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence, not

WED-THU 7:30

rec for young children) No passes DAILY 12:45, 3:25, 6:15, 9:00

LANDMARK CINEMAS 10 CLAREVIEW

FROZEN (G) No passes DAILY 1:00, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25

4211-139 Ave, 780.472.7600

METRO CINEMA AT THE GARNEAU

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (PG violence) Dolby Stereo Digital

GRAVITY 3D (PG coarse language) FRI-SAT 2:00, 4:20,

12 YEARS A SLAVE (14A brutal violence, disturbing content)

JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (14A crude content, coarse language, not rec for children) Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital FRI, MON-THU 7:35, 10:25; SAT-SUN 12:20, 2:50, 7:35, 10:25

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence,

not rec for young children) No Passes FRI 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:30; SAT 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:40; SUN 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15; MON-TUE, THU 1:15, 4:30, 8:00; WED 2:00, 4:30, 8:00; Closed Captioned, FRI 11:45, 1:30, 3:00, 4:45, 6:20, 8:00, 9:15,

FRI-SAT 12:45, 4:00, 7:10, 10:30; SUN-TUE 12:35, 3:50, 7:10, 10:15; WED-THU 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:10

VERMEER AND MUSIC: THE ART OF LOVE AND LEISURE (G) SAT 4:00 JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (14A crude content, coarse language, not rec for children) FRI 1:10, 3:35, 6:00,

1:15, 3:45, 5:45

THOR: THE DARK WORLD 3D (PG violence, frightening scenes, not rec for young children) DAILY 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35

WWE SURVIVOR SERIES - 2013 (Classification not available) SUN 6:00

DAILY 8:35

matter) DTS Digital FRI-SUN, TUE 12:45, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20; MON, WED-THU 3:50, 6:45, 9:20

FROZEN (G) Closed Captioned, No Passes WED-THU 4:15,

substance abuse) WED-THU 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 9:50

ENDER'S GAME (PG violence, not rec for young children)

DELIVERY MAN (PG coarse language, mature subject

FRI-TUE 6:40, 9:55

6:40, 8:55; SUN 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00; MON-TUE 1:45, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00

LAST VEGAS (PG crude content, course language) DAILY

ABOUT TIME (14A coarse language) FRI-SAT 1:25, 4:25, 7:25,

HOMEFRONT (14A coarse language, brutal violence,

7:20, 10:00

Grandin Mall Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert, 780.458.9822

Metro at the Garneau: 8712-109 St 780.425.9212

ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW (14A disturbing content) FRI, WED 7:00; SAT @ 4:00, 9:00; MON 9:00; SUN 3:15; THU 9:30

HARRY DEAN STANTON: PARTLY FICTION (STC) FRI, WED

HOMEFRONT (14A coarse language, brutal violence, substance abuse) WED-THU 1:30, 4:20, 7:40, 10:25

JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (14A crude

content, coarse language, not rec for children) FRI-MON 12:55, 3:20, 5:45, 8:15, 10:50; TUE-THU 12:55, 3:20, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45

WWE SURVIVOR SERIES–2013 (Classification not available) SUN 6:00

THE BIG LEBOWSKI (14A substance abuse, coarse language) MON 7:00; WED 9:30

DOCTOR WHO: THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR 3D (STC) MON 7:30, 9:45

NEW FORT CINEMA 9922-100 St, Fort Saskatchewan, 780.992.1707; Office: 780.992.1878

FREE BIRDS (G) SAT-SUN, TUE 1:00 JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (14A crude content, coarse language, not rec for children) FRI-TUE 7:10, 9:15

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence, not rec for young children) SAT-SUN, TUE 1:10; DAILY 6:50, 9:40

QUADROPHENIA (18A) FRI 10:45; SUN 9:15

THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG violence, frightening scenes, not rec for young children) SAT-SUN, TUE 1:20; DAILY 7:00, 9:25

Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital FRI-SUN, TUE-THU 6:55, 9:30

MUSCLE SHOALS (PG coarse language) SUN 1:00, 7:00

FROZEN (G) WED-THU 7:10, 9:30

ENDER'S GAME (PG coarse language, sexual content)

JFK (STC) Cult Cinema: TUE 9:00

LAST VEGAS (PG crude content, course language)

Closed Captioned, Dolby Stereo Digital FRI, MON-THU 6:50, 10:20; SAT-SUN 12:10, 3:00, 6:50, 10:20

9:00; SAT 2:00, 7:00; MON 7:00; SUN 5:00

DESIGN IS THE ONE–M.A.D.E. (STC) TUE 7:00 DRIVING BLIND (STC) THU 7:00; all-ages LANDMARK 7–SPRUCE GROVE 130 Century Crossing, Spruce Grove 780.962.2332

LEDUC CINEMAS 4702-50 St Leduc, 780.986-2728

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG violence,

not rec for young children) DAILY 6:30, 7:30, 9:40; SAT-SUN 12:30, 1:30, 3:40

LAST VEGAS (PG crude content, course language) Digital

DELIVERY MAN (PG coarse language, mature subject matter) DAILY 7:00, 9:30; SAT-SUN 1:00, 3:30

5:20, 8:00

THOR: THE DARK WORLD 3D (PG violence, frightening scenes, not rec for young children) 3D : DAILY 6:55, 9:35; 2D: TUE 6:55; 2D: SAT-SUN 12:55; 3D: SAT-SUN 3:35

FRI-SUN 11:40, 2:50, 6:10, 8:50; MON 5:20, 8:00; TUE 2:20,

FREE BIRDS (G) Digital FRI-SUN 12:00, 2:30; Tue 2:10 JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (14A crude content, coarse language, not rec for children) Digital FRI-SUN 6:20, 8:40; MON-TUE 5:15, 7:30 THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG violence, frightening scenes,

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efore there were chalets; before there were high-speed lifts and groomed runs; before any roads lead there or it even had a name, mountaineer Joe Weiss trekked on a pair of wooden skies into the area he would later call Marmot Basin.

Although some local skiers will tell you Jasperites skied Marmot before Weiss, it was the Swiss mountaineering guide who opened the area up to skiing.

Weiss discovered Marmot's ski potential in the '20s. He immediately saw its potential as a ski destination and blazed the first trail there in the '30s, bringing tours through the area.

Gord Ruddy has been skiing the mountain since he was a toddler. In the '50s his father Bill ran the snowmobiles that hauled skiers to Marmot from the Athabasca Hotel in Jasper.

Many of his fondest childhood memories are of zipping around the mountain with a group of kids.

"You would climb to the top, pull your hat down and let 'er rip," he said, "just go ski the whole mountain, without any tracks in front of you.

"As far as I'm concerned that's the reason that God gave us mountains is you can climb to the top of them and ski all the way down in the winter."

Ruddy's childhood memories are of untouched powder and climbing 40 minutes to the top of the hill in homemade ski skins for a single run down the hill. Those wilder days lasted until about the early '60s, when development at Marmot ramped up.

Toby Rayner took over in 1960 and in 1961 installed the hill's first tow rope, powered by an old army truck.

The next big step for Marmot came in 1964 when Parks Canada granted a group of businessmen lead by Kurt Kiefer a License of Operation to develop the hill.

John Ogilvy, who in the '70s helped build ski lifts across the Rockies, remembers the era when skiing gained popularity. He said, "it was kind of a race to build lifts," and every couple of years Marmot was putting up a new one.

In 1968, the Tranquilizer chair was installed, opening up access from the base area, as it now exists. Around that time Marmot also officially took over trail grooming and the ski patrol from Parks Canada.

As the mountain continued developing, skiers were doing whatever they could to bring people to the hill. Joe Couture, who was a ski-school instructor at Marmot, as well as a marketing manager, remembers booting it to the Prairies every year to bring ski clubs to the hill, back when five-night ski packages cost $82.

"In the early days of the ski industry everybody loved skiing; that's why they were in the industry. And that's why we promoted it, and sold it.

That was the whole secret of survival was to sell people to come to ski," he said.

That attitude paid off, as the number of visitors to the hill rose every year. To keep up with all the people, Marmot continued to put in new lifts and upgrade the chalets.

During the '70s, a modern highway opened access to Marmot, and the ski area continued to install new lifts and open new areas.

The Caribou Chair opened in 1971 and, following that, the Kiefer T-bar in 1974, and the Knob Chair in 1976, giving convenient access to the upper mountain areas.

However, as facilities developed and the sport grew, many skiers still kept a wild and adventurous attitude. This was exemplified by the brief but memorable run of an event Ogilvy and Couture remember as the Kubasa Capers.

It started as a Ukrainian ski week in the early

'70s, but in just a few short years grew to what Couture called "the largest party in western Canada at any ski hill anywhere."

He said in the last years of the event, busses would roll into town full of people with no place to stay. Rather, they would just party all weekend long.

"We just went crazy," Ogilvy remembered with a laugh.

Couture remembered being on the ski hill one year and hearing a strange sound.

Suddenly, a man wearing nothing but a pair of skis flew down the hill bleating Lucille Ball's show-tune "Hey! Look Me Over" on a trumpet.

After he crashed into the thousands-large crowd at the bottom of the hill, police picked him up and threw him in jail.

That night Couture was at a dance when the same man came streaking through the hall, still blaring his horn.

Parks Canada shut down the event for good that year.

Things were fairly quiet through the '80s and '90s, until Marmot Basin installed its first high-speed detachable quad chairlift, the Eagle Express, in 1990. Through the '90s and 2000s

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more lifts were built and areas expanded. In 2006 Marmot invested more than $8 million in 10 snow machines, allowing them to significantly extend their season.

Today, Marmot Basin boasts 80 runs and 1500 acres of skiable terrain.

This year marks the hill's official 50th anniversary, and the season officially began on November 15, a week later than originally planned due to unseasonably warm temperatures.

Such an opening is made possible by snow guns that start pumping out powder as soon as the mercury drops and stays below zero.

Marmot has been making snow since 2006.

The guns powered up for the first time this week and they'll continue puking snow throughout the season to keep a solid base on the lower mountain and to provide enough snow to construct the terrain park.

For up-to-date snow reports and more information about Marmot Basin, visit skimarmot.com As originally printed in the Fitzhugh on October 31.

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The big guns

Panorama snow-making teams prepare the slopes

// Dan Walton

lets would be very big."

Hurschler says the added pressure projects the product further into the air, allowing the snow to be cast upon a greater area, "with as much hang time as possible to crystallize and turn into snow."

While skiers would have a tough time identifying the differences between the guns and lances, Hurschler explains the resort's need for both methods of snow production.

"Air-water guns are easy to move around and they're a heck of a lot cheaper, but they don't make snow as fast," he says. "The fan guns are heavier and way more expensive, but they make snow more quickly."

The fans produce about three to four times more snow than lances, Hurschler says.

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anorama Mountain Village is extending its ski season by one week both at the beginning and end of the season—and the staff have some new mechanical help to ready the hill in time.

The ski resort has added three new T10 TechnoAlpin snow machines to its fleet, as Panorama's snow-making equipment arsenal continues to be regarded as one of the world's most advanced. The new guns add to Panorama's already extensive machinery, including lances—the long aluminum poles which use air pressure to turn water into snow—as well as lighter versions of the TechnoAlpin guns, which create snow out of water with an internal compressor.

"Instead of having big fan blades generating the thrust to propel the snow, [lances] use air pressure," explains Panorama marketing co-ordinator Jamie Hurschler, who previously served seven years as a cat driver and groomer at the resort.

And over the past decade, the technology involved in snowmaking equipment has taken huge strides, says snowmaking manager Jamie King, who's readying Panorama for his 10th winter at the resort.

"The old stuff doesn't even compare to the new equipment—these guys produce more snow and use less power," he adds.

The water and energy that both snowmaking systems require, whether electricity or air pressure, is delivered from Panorama's pump house, which is situated alongside Toby Creek downstream of the village area. With top-notch equipment hooked up to its massive infrastructure, the resort is able to effectively spread the snow and create a high quality product.

"If we were to turn off the air on [the lances], the water would come out, but the water drop-

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The resort is responsible for maintaining nearly 3000 acres of terrain—and to increase the duration and quality of its service, nearly half of it has to be covered with artificial snow.

But before the public opening, the snowmaking team had to prepare portions of the hill for race training for skiers and boarders from around the world, who began pre-season training at Panorama on November 13 and will continue until the resort's opening day. The public is welcome to watch as teams from around Canada and the US, as well the Turkish, Japanese, Chilean and Argentinian national teams train on the ski hill ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.

"They like Showoff and Old Timer, because they're close to the cafeteria," jokes mountain operations manager George Duncan. "Once it gets closer to opening day, we like to go higher up so that the public will have access to the top," he says, adding the biggest challenge for the team is covering the slopes with enough man-made snow to reach the altitude where natural snow is abundant.

With such a massive area to cover, the resort is able to provide a variety of conditions for customers, from natural snow surfaces to wallto-wall groomed corduroy snow.

"On the front side, a lot of the mountain gets groomed out each night, and then there's the backside which isn't groomed at all, like in Taynton Bowl," Duncan says. "It really gives that skier or family that might have different tastes the best of both worlds."

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or all those who don't want to grow up; those who wish they could still dash around in the snow, hurling snowballs at their friends: Yukigassen's the sport for you.

For the second year in a row, the Japanese snowball fighting competition is coming to Jasper. On November 23 and 24 the town will host a tournament that decides which team gets to represent Canada at the Yukigassen championship in Japan.

Yukigassen—the Japanese word for "snow battle"—is a sport you would have created as a 10-year-old, except it's played by geared-up men and women on a professional court.

Part dodgeball, part capture the flag and part snowball fight, it's a surprisingly fast-paced and intense sport.

"It's kind of hard to imagine it sometimes," says Kymberley Hill of Tourism Jasper, but it's essentially "just a mad dash of snowballs."

Although it might just seem like an insane free-for-all of whizzing snowballs and a court full of dashing and diving players, the sport is actually guided by a strict set of rules: step across the wrong line and you're out for the round; carry snowballs in your pockets or clothing and you're out for the round; physically hit another player and you're out for the round.

You can't throw broken or crumbled snowballs, and your team gets exactly 90 regulation balls for each round.

You can't even make your own projectiles from loose snow; every snowball is made to regulation size with a special machine.

When the whistle blows, teams pelt snowballs at one another for three frantic, two-minute periods. The object is to eliminate as many of the opposing players as possible by hitting them with snowballs, or to get to their side of the court and pluck their flag out of its holder without getting hit.

Edmonton's Mike Smith, captain of last year's winning team, said anyone who goes in expecting a carefree snow fight is in for a surprise.

He and his cohorts in The Ball Fondlers are probably the closest thing Canada has to a pro Yukigas-

sen team. They won last year's competition and represented Canada in the finals in Japan. They also built their own Yukigassen court in Smith's backyard and have been training for months in preparation for the tournament.

"I always have massive bruises," Smith says, describing a 10-inch-long monster forming on his thigh after a practise session over the weekend. "It rocks you pretty hard when you get hit."

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While some walk away with bruises and an adrenaline rush, Hill says the great thing about the event is that absolutely anyone can join.

The sport is young enough in Canada that it's an open tournament, so regardless of skill level, anyone who wants to whip around some snowballs can have a good time. And who knows, you might even get the opportunity to face the pros in Japan.

Hill guesses approximately 30 teams will sign up for the tournament this year, and says the format welcomes all levels of competitors, from the bruised and battered with dreams of Japan, to the children at heart who just want to have a snowball fight.

To learn more about the Canadian Rockies Snow Battle, including how to register a team and how to sign up to become a ref, visit canadianrockiessnowbattle.ca.

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No matter your particular interest, skill level or physical ability, winter transforms Golden into a spectacular snowy playground that everyone can enjoy.

“From resort skiing and snowmobiling to cross country skiing and snowshoeing, you don’t have to be a hardcore, wizened mountaineer to enjoy Golden,” says Joanne Sweeting, marketing manager at Tourism Golden.

Bounded by the towering Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Golden is a skiers’ paradise. The Kicking Horse Mountain resort is located only 15 kilometres from downtown Golden, making it immediately accessible to all visitors. Here you will enjoy the first-class snow and powder conditions that draw skiers and snowboarders from around the world.

“You could stay here for seven days and if you wanted to, you could almost ski a different resort every day,” says Sweeting. Make Golden your home base and set out each day to enjoy four different world-class ski resorts: Lake Louise, Sunshine Village, Revelstoke Mountain Resort and Panorama Mountain Village.

If you prefer exploring the beautiful scenery at lower elevations to the adrenalin rush of barreling down the slopes, Golden will not disappoint with its cross-country skiing and snowshoeing opportunities. The jewel in the crown is the network of trails at the Dawn Mountain Nordic Centre, which was the host of the 2012 Canadian Masters Championships. Located at the base of the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Dawn Mountain features over 35 kilometres of purpose-built, groomed cross-country trails that range in difficulty from beginner to expert. A great venue for families, the new chalet at Dawn Mountain offers a place to rest and warm up, wax your skis, and make some cocoa for the kids before heading back out.

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Other cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails are scattered throughout the Golden area. The Golden Golf and Country Club offers six kilometres of groomed, classic trails, which are at their best during mid-season and offer great views of the area. For a taste of local flavour head over to the Moonraker Trails, where more experienced skiers and snowshoers will enjoy the challenge of breaking their own trails through the forests surrounding beautiful Cedar Lake. And for those who really want to test their mettle, Golden offers three heli-ski operators and one cat-ski operator who will take you deep into the backcountry to experience huge bowls of virgin powder; you can even opt to stay in a backcountry lodge to really get off the beaten path.

Crave velocity? Snowmobilers of all ages and skill levels will delight in Golden’s many sledding opportunities, with over 240 kilometres of groomed trails, four maintained areas and 13 distinct zones. The brand-new West Bench Trail will be fully completed this year; it offers one of the most versatile snowmobiling experiences. “If you don’t like riding mountains or you prefer trails versus slopes, or if you’re a beginner or family with kids at different levels, this is a great trail,” says Sweeting. At 38 kilometres in length, the trail offers a great sledding experience in itself, but West Bench also connects two key mountain sledding areas: Quartz Creek and Gorman Lake, where advanced sledders can seek their thrills on these steep, remote alpine areas. The snowmobiling trails also provide access to numerous lakes where ice fishermen can drop a lure and snag a rainbow or brook trout.

Golden is a very community-oriented town and there are plenty of events happening throughout the winter

months. Make sure to bookmark the calendar on Tourism Golden’s website for up-to-the-minute information about upcoming events.

One of the main highlights is the annual Snow King’s Masque Costume Ball and Parade on Valentine’s Day, in which over one thousand people welcome the Snow King and Lady Spring in a night of pageantry and merriment. The annual Golden Film Festival also takes place in February, and Kicking Horse Culture’s Live Kicks program offers regular music, dance and film events at the historic Civic Centre right in the heart of town.

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World Cup ski events On November 30 and December 1, the world's best male downhill and Super-G skiers will descend upon Lake Louise to compete in a number of World Cup alpine events. This is part of Lake Louise's annual Winterstart Festival of events, which include the ladies' downhill and Super-G races the following weekend on December 6 – 8. This will be the beginning of a number of races where skiers vie for a spot on their country's coveted Olympic team rosters. One such skier is Canada's former World Cup champion Erik Guay, who is returning from knee surgery. Guay has been on the podium 19 times.

If high-speed alpine skiing doesn't

suit your fancy, just move to another nearby mountain and watch some exciting ski cross action at the Nakiska Ski Area on December 6 and 7. Ski cross is relatively new on the ski event circuit and first made headlines at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics where Canadian Ashleigh McIvor captured a gold medal. Ski cross events provide some crazy action on the slopes as four competitors simultaneously race over bumps, jumps and hairpin turns on the way to the finish line.

Skiers frequently crash into each other—unlike any other ski event.

Canadian athletes are all trying to qualify for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia this year, so the action will be intense.

All local resorts open A fresh 20 cm dump of snow was what all our local ski-hill operators were waiting for. Rabbit Hill, Sunridge and the Edmonton Ski Club opened last week and Snow Valley will be joining them this Friday.

Operators are working hard on mini terrain parks while preparing the larger version to open as soon as possible. All of our local ski hills have a number of great weeknight specials like the sixes at six on Tuesday nights at Rabbit Hill and five-dollar Fridays at Snow Valley.

Check their websites to confirm the deal you like best and review their transportation options, because some of them have gotten even better.

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t's morning when I enter the hall- says looking like the sun after a way of the Nina Haggerty Centre storm. "They are positive and it makes for the Arts and Desiree McCook is me feel good, makes me feel good, it sitting and waiting for me. She repeti- makes me happy," she says, repeating tively tugs at her hair and seems agi- phrases emphatically.

McCook has cognitive delays, autistated. Bits of hair are missing, leaving tic qualities and suffers from OCD, yet bald spots on her head.

"I want coffee," she says brusquely. disabilities have not held her down— A kind staff person rushes to get it they may have even helped her to paint fearlessly. McCook's brush strokes and for her.

McCook is the artist behind It's a hues have audacity many artists would envy. Her choice Whale, an exhibiof sky blue cotion of drawings Until Sat, Nov 30 lours, warm orand paintings. Paul It's a Whale anges and high Freeman (artistic Works by Desiree McCook contrast of black director at the Nina The Nina Haggerty Centre for lines makes the Haggerty) and David the Arts gallery glow. The Janzen (exhibition overall effect of coordinator) selected her work for a solo show. This is the show is reminiscent of a stained a rare honour in a gallery that usually glass cathedral. features group shows by artists with developmental disabilities, but Mc- Her theme centres around ocean Cook stood out as an artist deserving animals and is inspired by a trip McCook once took with her parents to the recognition.

"She is an extremely talented per- SeaWorld. It's a residual memory she son with a great sense of colour, relives over and over again through shape and space," Freeman explains. her art. Even if the animals are ab"She can find this inner balance and stracted and not always readily recbeauty even though her method is ognizable, the quality of light in these not refined." paintings is uncannily evocative of the McCook, now with a cup of coffee glow of aquariums.

Freeman and Janzen, both acin hand, joins me in the gallery. Her claimed professional artists in their demeanour has completely changed.

"These are all my paintings!" she own right, are proud of McCook's

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populations such as those facing barriers of poverty and mental illness.

These successful efforts have turned Nina Haggerty into a unique artistic institution that's changing perceptions of who has artistic talents.

At the same time, it is also transforming the lives of the participants.

"When they first come here they self describe as someone with a disability, living in a group home. It's a disabilitydriven narrative," Freeman says. After spending time at the centre, people begin to see themselves as artists.

That's just what happened to Mc-

Cook. When she first came to the centre she was often angry, at times picking fights.

"I am happier, and I like to do my painting," she says. "I don't make them [others] angry any more."

Most of all, she now has dreams and a vision of the future.

"My hopes are to be an artist and have shows, to go out and do other shows," she says, clapping with enthusiasm. "Another exhibition, I would like to do that again!"

on't let the name put you off— seedy underbelly; after a caper goes Northern Light Theatre's sea- wrong the three are on the run with son opener may be about a gang of shifting allegiances and a sack of loot.

Victorian-era criminals, but Bitches The events aren't presented in sequenand Money 1878 is an exercise in tial order, so the audience must work to piece together the script's nimble diawit, not profanity.

"The title is the most shocking thing logue as the scenes charge forward.

"I would say this is very much like a about the play—that's as bad as it gets," says artistic director Trevor graphic novel," says Schmidt, speakSchmidt, who ing of the show's d i s c o v e r e d Fri, Nov 22 – Sat, Nov 30 (7:30pm) heavy stylization.

Martin Hen- Bitches and Money 1878 "The three of them are quite shell's script Directed by Trevor Schmidt over five years ATB Financial Arts Barns, $16 – $28 broad stereoago. In keeping types of stock with many of characters: the Northern Light's previous stagings, smart girl who's unattractive with Bitches & Money is a fairly obscure glasses, the whorish flashy girl and play; more people will probably rec- the guy who thinks he's the boss but ognize that the title is taken from an maybe isn't very bright. And they just NWA song. The show has only seen keep consistently shifting their parta couple previous productions, in- nerships and their alliances; from one cluding a run at the 2006 Edinburgh line to the next they're with someone and then suddenly against them. It's a Fringe Festival.

Bitches & Money 1878 follows a trio of heightened style that we're playing, a card hustlers one evening in London's slightly larger-than-life quality."

Expect references to time travel and other elements of the steampunk esthetic often found in depictions of this era, though Schmidt notes that in this setting (unlike many other instances) steampunk is actually relevant.

"We call it the 'S' word in rehearsal because it's so ubiquitous right now— so many people are doing steampunk everything and throwing that concept onto any kind of design," he says. "But this show almost requires it, because it's set in that period."

Many of Edmonton's other theatre companies have already staged their season openers, and Schmidt feels that Bitches & Money will provide a nice foil to what has appeared on local stages so far.

"It's been a fairly heavy, dark opening to the season this year," he says.

"A black comedy will be a welcome change, a nice palate cleanser."

accomplishments. Eleven years ago when the centre opened, none of the participants had a body of work strong enough for a solo show. Now, with 35 to 50 people attending daily, there are ever more emerging artists in the pipeline. One such artist is getting ready for a solo exhibit in January while another is preparing a satellite exhibit in the downtown library.

The background of the participants is expanding as well. While there is still a predominance of people with developmental delays, the centre is increasingly opening its doors to diverse

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Fun can be any range of things. It can How masculine can meet feminine. It be what you think, like jokes, it can be shows it in real time, and also humanOpening reception Thursday November 10 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. interesting narratives. I think people izes and ultimately normalizes the are inherently storytellers, so we're whole process. Which could inspire Artists in attendance Saturday November 12 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.?? people to delve into some untapped going to hear some stories."

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The Arden Theatre Presents

Bruce McCulloch

YOUNG DRUNK PUNK

Legendary ‘Kid in the Hall’ Bruce McCulloch’s new solo show chronicles his journey as a ‘young punk’ in 80’s Alberta, to becoming a ‘pajamaclad dad’ living in the Hollywood Hills.

Please note: This performance contains adult content & coarse language.

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ARTS PREVUE // IMPROV

Prairie Bowl 'W

e're going to go in there and be Fire's second annual Prairie Bowl, but super positive and super good also to create some stronger connecspirited," assures Amy Shostak, Rapid tions between these neighbouring Fire Theatre's artistic director. "Even comedy collectives. though, outwardly, we're going to According to Shostak, the prairie comtrash talk each other and try to destroy panies already share some regional similarities that unite one another."

Despite the trash Thu, Nov 21 – Sat, Nov 23 them stylistically. talk, it's pretty Citadel Theatre, $15 "I'd say overall the prairies' easy to tell there's a lot of camaradestyle is generally rie hiding behind the competitive pos- quite narrative heavy," she explains. turing at any TheatreSports throw- "Whenever we travel to the States or down hosted by Rapid Fire. And from Europe, that's one thing that people the farthest reaches of the flattest, notice. Also for Rapid Fire, people most agriculturally inclined prov- notice we're quite fast. We play quite inces, improv companies are heading fast and quite hard." to our city to not only battle at Rapid This, as opposed to working with

more silent scenes, physical scenes or nonnarrative scenes, is what Shostak says links Winnipeg, Regina or Edmonton—the tendency to rely on storytelling.

Similarities notwithstanding, working with unfamiliar improvisers is always a learning experience that challenges teams to break their own patterns.

"Sometimes you're on stage and someone who you don't normally perform with might make a choice that's unexpected to you," Shostak says. "And it will force you to truly improvise."

But it's the challenge of competition that is sure to produce an epic, though cordial, improv showdown.

"Rapid Fire Theatre's chances are pretty good," Shostak says democratically. "I mean, we bring a lot of energy.

We are probably crowd favourites, but Winnipeg's Outside Joke won last year and they do a musical that is just killer,

so they tend to pull out all the stops and do musicals when it really needs to count. In my opinion, that's how they won last year. I'd say Outside Joke is probably the favourite to win. Rapid Fire is probably somewhere in the middle, but we'll see."

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NORTHERN LIGHT THEATRE PRESENTS

PREVUE // BURLESQUE

For Those About To Defrock ...

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wish I had two more weeks, to sew more," Kim Rackel sighs, post-dayjob beer in hand, sitting in Capital City Burlesque's rehearsal space/costume room.

From the looks of it, her worries aren't due to a lack of work getting done: a giant pentagram covered in glitter rests balanced up against one wall, apparently a holdover from the just-finished Halloween show; in

High voltage kicks // Eden Munro

coquettish turns: the Get Down will play the hits live, as fronted by Emily Rault (who's also part of the troupe, and will split her time between the mic and dancing), as well as some musical turns by Les Trois Femmes.

It's the second time Capital City's done this particular show, though about half the content will be brand new for this iteration.

"It was one of our better shows that we've done," Rackel says. "The fact that we have a live band playing is a really cool aspect, and people went crazy for it."

another corner of the room, a stormtrooper mask The particular nuances of dancing to peeks out from a shelf cov- AC/DC, she notes, are about balancered in odds and ends, next to ing out the band's raunchy bravado when interpreta table piled with much, much Fri, Nov 22 (9 pm) ing the music into more of the same. burlesque bits.

Starlite Room "It's kind of a It's just that $15 (advance), $18 (door) there's still so challenge to make much to be done: it not strippery, if Capital City Burlesque does all of its that makes any sense," she says, with own costuming for its shows—usual- a laugh. "I think some people, at our ly a point of pride, presently to Rack- first show, were a little shocked. It's el's chagrin—and the fact that CCB not our usual cutesy; it's a little bit just polished off a Halloween show more raunchy. But it is AC/DC, so ... " means the timeline to prepare for That said, Rackel and the rest have For Those About To Defrock found one way of double-checking is just that much tighter. that line.

"Don't think anybody re"The raunchier the dance, the stually realizes how crazy pider the outfits is usually the genit is," she says. eral rule that we go by," she laughs.

Still, it all looks to pay "I think we made up that rule, but it's off: if the title pun wasn't always been our rule: if it's gonna be a dead giveaway, the a super-sexy dance, you've gotta be show's inspired and scored wearing something completely ridicuby seminal rockers AC/DC. lous to balance it out. That's how we And unlike Capital City's keep on the line. It's a thin line, but other shows, it'll it's been working out well for us." feature a live band PAUL BLINOV PAUL@VUEWEEKLY.COM backing the troupe's

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Bitches & money 1878

BY MARTIN HENSHELL

NOVEMBER 22 - 30, 2013 PREVIEW NOVEMBER 21

7:30PM NIGHTLY TUESDAY – SUNDAY BOOTY CALL PERFORMANCE 11:30PM FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29 2-FOR-1 TICKETS TUESDAY AT THE DOOR In 1878 London,”Black” Jack, Cora and Patience believe they are the perfect criminal team – until one night the job goes horribly wrong and they’re left stranded in a hideout wondering who to trust now that the chips are down and the guns are out. On the run from the law and with no one to trust, each crook fights to escape with their life, their freedom, and most importantly - the loot.

Bitches & Money - a play about gambling, greed and time travel.

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n Monday, the enduring make-it-up soap opera that is Die-Nasty will reach its 700th episode of improvised melodrama. Not bad for a live weekly show now in its 23rd season—this one a parody of Downton Abbey—after beginning back in 1991 (with a parody of General Hospital). To mark the occasion, here's a helpful chart to show how that milestone compares with some of television's most belovedly enduring soaps and dramas.

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ad he not produced a certain gine of change. Still, his considerable landmark graphic novel concern- standing has lent great weight to his ing genocide and anthropomorphic longtime efforts, where comics are animals, Art Spiegelman's cultural concerned, to break down notions of influence would remain ubiquitous: high and low art. he also designed the hugely popular Garbage Pail Kids stickers in the '80s. Looking at Spiegelman's own artistic Thankfully, Spiegelman is perhaps output, the postmodern is paramount, most renowned for the 1986 Maus, his work explicitly referencing and coma personal Holocaust memoir that menting upon his medium's history. He famously depicted Nazis as cats and produced comics about comics, as in Jews as mice and won a 1992 Pulitzer a RAW strip demonstrating the effecPrize—a feat comics have yet to re- tive difference between captions and peat. Nonetheless, the critical respect- speech balloons. And with tributes to ability the medium resultantly earned Charles M Schulz of Peanuts fame and means they're now regularly written up Mad magazine creator Harvey Kurtzin the likes of The New Yorker, among man, for which he imitated their distincothers. Comics may still occupy a far- tive styles, he made the postmodern ther position among concentric literary personal, expressing as much his own circles, but progress was made. experience of their work.

Co-Mix, a new Spiegelman career Spiegelman took much inspiration retrospective featuring strips, car- from Kurtzman, who in Mad parodied, toons and cover designs among other and thus critiqued, comics in largely work, was first unprecedented presented as an fashion.

What exhibition in 2012. Now available Spiegelman ultiHandsomely de- By Art Spiegelman mately pursued, signed yet without Drawn & Quarterly, 138 pp, $40 however, was to intimidating dendemonstrate what sity or gloss, it's was unique to his relatively accessible to even comic medium, so long misunderstood as an novices—though is perhaps better ap- inimitable art form. preciated if one is acquainted with not Surprisingly, the book also asks: merely the Garbage Pail Kids but, say, could Spiegelman draw? The artist Maus. Which is to say everything that himself thought not, as confessed, watershed helped usher into the com- characteristically, through his work. ics mainstream from then to now. For No wonder he laboured on each unquestionably, Spiegelman's most drawing for Maus, the obsessively repopular work was a formative step worked sketches for which we see in towards the personal meta-narrative detail, with seven studies for one parcharacterizing many adult-oriented, ticular panel. "alternative" comics today.

Even former Village Voice film critic Of near-equal importance was the J Hoberman puzzlingly declares in the comics anthology RAW, edited and introduction that Spiegelman is a "limpublished by Spiegelman and wife ited" artist, his gift being design—as if Francoise Mouly—The New Yorker's adept drawing and adept design were longtime art editor—from 1980 to essentially different in comics. In fact, 1991, which first showcased now- the book shows Spiegelman to be an equally iconic artists like Chris Ware amazingly versatile, adaptable artist, (Building Stories). Though we're his wide range of stylistic approach shown Spiegelman's earlier experi- reflective of his mastery. ments towards the same end, the For that matter, Co-Mix also showbook credits Mouly with pushing him cases his interest in visual art beyond decisively towards embracing innova- comics, his having also dabbled in tions from the fine-art world. lithography, stained glass and even Thus Co-Mix is also something of visual design for modern dance. Spiea retrospective on the entire evolu- gelman, we see, had an at least equal tion of comics over the last 30-odd gift for rattling the divisions between years—though Spiegelman himself artistic possibilities. would likely (and rightly) insist that KENTON SMITH KENTON@VUEWEEKLY.COM he was hardly the sole or original en-

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FROM BOOKS TO FILM • Stanley A. Milner Library

Centennial Rm, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.496.7000 • The Three Musketeers (PG, 2012); Nov 22 , 2pm • Romeo + Juliet (1996, 14A); Nov 29, 2pm

ISBE EDMONTON • 9529 Jasper Ave • Shred Island

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MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE– U OF A • The World's End • Nov 26, 4:30pm (door), 5:30pm (show)

U OF A • ED North 2-115 • The Feature (re)Presentation

film series: screening of Reel Injun • Nov 28, 4pm • Free

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24-Dec 22

Canada, Croatia, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Poland, Ukraine, and the US • Until Dec 7

• APPROACHING RIVER CITY: Meghan Dauphineé; until Nov 23 • REPRISE: Works by various gallery artists; Nov

DEVON POTTERY GUILD • Guild Studio, Old Robina Baker

School, 1 Jasper ourt South, Devon • Christmas sale • Nov 22, 7-9pm; Nov 23-24, 10am-4pm

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY • 10332-124 St • RECOL-

ENTERPRISE SQUARE GALLERIES • 10230 Jasper Ave • Open: Thu-Fri 12-6pm, Sat 12-4pm • SANAUNGUABIK:

Traditions and transformations in Inuit art, featuring prints, sculpture, textile, and video art; until Dec 21 • POP GOES CANADIANA: Iconic Art by Charles Pachter; until Nov 30

BEARCLAW GALLERY • 10403-124 St, 780.482.1204

• SHAMAN'S TRANSFORMATION: Collections of drawings

by Inuit artist Simon Tookoome; until Nov 28 • THE TRICKSTER SERIES: Artworks by Jason Carter; Nov 30-Dec 5; Double-opening: Who Is Boo 2: The Continuing Adventures of One Trickster Rabbit, by Bridget Ryan, book launch: Nov 30, 1-4pm; music, wine, juice, meet-and-greet with the creative team and select readings from the new book • CHRISTMAS EXHIBITIONS: Artworks by Jane Ash Poitras, Linus Woods, Aaron Paquette, Diane Meili, others; Nov 30-Dec 31

BLOCK 1912 10361-82 Ave • EXPLORING THE ROCKIES: Landscape paintings by Donna Miller • Until Jan 15

BOYLE STREET PROJECTIONS • Boyle Street Plaza,

9538-103A Ave, 780.422.5857 • Installation by Jill Thomson, Darcia Parada and Owen Brierley; and MOVING ON: by Allen Ball and Alysha Creighton; ongoing after • Launch Party: Nov 22

BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY • 12310 Jasper Ave,

780.482.2854 • LANDINGS: Landscapes paintings by Edward Epp and Jane Everett; Nov 21-Dec 5; opening: Nov 21, 6-9pm; artist in attendance: Nov 23, 1-5pm

CARROT COMMUNITY ARTS COFFEEHOUSE •

9351-118 Ave • LONGITUDINAL STUDY: Works by William G Prettie • Until Nov 30

CENTRE D’ARTS VISUELS DE L’ALBERTAS (CAVA) •

DEWEY'S–North Power Plant, U of A • Parkland

Institute: reading from, the Oil Man and the Sea • Nov 23, 7:30pm

EDMONTON STORY SLAM • Bohemia, 10217-97 St • Competitive storytelling event • Nov 20, 7:30pm • $5

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GALLERIE PAVA • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 • NATURAL

POWER: Works by Barbara Hull Chan; Until Nov 27 • THE TWO CONTRARY STATES OF THE HUMAN SOUL: Works by Father Douglas; Nov 30-Feb 3

GALLERY 7 • Bookstore on Perron, 7 Perron St, St Albert • CORNUCOPIA: Paintings by Marina Bazos; until Nov 25

GALLERY AT MILNER • Stanley A. Milner Library Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq, 780.944.5383 • Gallery: THE SEVENTH KINGDOM: Mixed media artwork by Lori Kieser • Display Cases: VESSELS OF PURPOSE: Clay figurines by Corwin Cherwonka; until Nov 30

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St, 780.902.5900 • Spoken Word Tue: Weekly spoken word night presented by the Breath In Poetry Collective (BIP); info: E: breathinpoetry@ gmail.com T.A.L.E.S.–Strathcona • Strathcona Library, Willow Rm, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park, 780.400.3547 • Monthly Tellaround: 4th Wed, 7pm, each month, Sep-Apr • Free UPPER CRUST CAFÉ • 10909-86 Ave, 780.422.8174 • The Poets’ Haven Reading Series: presented by the Stroll of Poets Society: Melle Huizinga, Karen Lumley, and Alice Majo; Nov 25, 7pm • $5

THEATRE THE 11 O'CLOCK NUMBER • Varscona, 10329-83 Ave • An Improvised Musical • Every Fri until Dec 13, 11pm

BITCHES AND MONEY 1878 • Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave, 780.471.1586 • Northern Light Theatre • By Martin Henshell • Set in 1878 London • Nov 22-30 BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE • Dow Centennial Centre,

Fort Saskatchewan • Musical featuring local youths, suitable for all ages • Nov 23, 3pm, 5:30pm • Ticketpro.ca

BLOODY POETRY • Timms, U of A • Studio Theatre; by

Howard Benton. An ode to the imagination; directed by Glenda Stirling (visiting artist) • Nov 28-Dec 7 BODY AWARENESS • Varscona, 10329-83 Ave • Shadow Theatre • By Annie Baker, starring Coralie Cairns, Paul Cowling, Caleb Ellsworth-Clark, Stephanie Wolfe, directed

by Valerie Planche • A witty and moving domestic comedy • Until Nov 24 • $23-$27 (adult)/$21-$24 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square

A CHRISTMAS CAROL • Maclab Citadel Theatre •

Adapted by Tom Wood Directed by Bob Baker Based on the story by Charles Dickens • Nov 30-Dec 23

Nov 20, Dec. 4, 11 and 12

Main Gallery: THE QUIET REBUILD: Alexis Marie Chute • Front Room: Yael Brotman; Until Nov 29

Christmas High Tea

JEFF ALLEN ART GALLERY (JAAG) • Strathcona

LANDO GALLERY • 103, 10310-124 St, 780.990.1161 •

HOLIDAY EXHIBITION: Gallery artists and secondary market works • Nov 22-Dec 24

Join us for a high tea experience with a festive twist!

Dec. 9 and 10

LATITUDE 53 • 10242-106 St, 780.423.5353 • Main Space: BEFORE PHOTOGRAPHY: Chuck Samuels mixes

photographic history and fiction by Chuck Samuels; until Dec 21 • Projex Room: PHANTOM LIMB: Shyra de Souza; Nov 22-Dec 21; opening and artist talk: Nov 22, 7pm

MCMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112 St,

780.407.7152 • IMAGES MAKE THE WORDS COME ALIVE:

Murder Mystery: It’s a Wonderful Death Take an enjoyable break from the busy holiday season, and spend an evening full of suspense and intrigue.

by Barbara Hartmann & Gwen Molnar; until Dec 22 • After Hours Hallway Gallery: THE TEXTURE OF LIGHT AND LOVE: Paintings by Nancy Corrigan; until Nov 30

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

780.963.9935 • Parkland Potter’s Guild: Fifth Biennial Exhibition; until Nov 22 • Drawings by Erin Schwab; Nov 27-Jan 14; artist’s reception: Dec 1

December 16 - 21

MUSÉE HÉRITAGE MUSEUM–St Albert • 5 St Anne St,

Christmas Lunch & Dinner buffet

St Albert, 780.459.1528 • TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT: Youth Digital Photo exhibition • Nov 26-Jan 12 • Reception/prize presentation: Nov 29

NAESS GALLERY • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave, 780.432.0240 • MEINE BILDER SIND KLUGER ALS ICH: Painting and Installation by Nathaniel Wong; Nov 21-Dec 31

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NINA HAGGERTY CENTRE FOR THE ARTS • 9225-118 Ave • CHIMERIUM: HYBRIDS FROM NINA'S STUDIOS: Works by the NHCA Collective; curated by Sherri Chaba; until Dec 20 • IT’S A WHALE: Desiree McCook; until Nov 30

PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY • 12304 Jasper Ave, 780.455.7479 • WINTER GROUP SHOWS: New work by gallery artists; Nov 23-Feb 8

Rd, 780.427.1750 • VICTORY ON THE FIELD EXHIBIT: Exploring the effects of the First and Second World Wars on sports in Alberta; until Jan 31; free

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10am-1:30pm; Wed 2-5:30pm; Mon-Fri 6:30-9pm; Closed Thu • GENE PROKOP AND FRIENDS: Artworks by Gene Prokop with works by Zhaoming Wu, Robert Johnson, Sherri McGraw and Gregg Kreutz, and Monte Carlo car artist, Alfredo de la Maria (Argentina), and artists from the Ukraine and Russia • Until Dec 20

prices when purchasing 2014 memberships until December 31.

ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM • 12845-102 Ave,

780.453.9100 • CHOP SUEY ON THE PRAIRIES: Until Apr 27, 2014 • MILTON AND CHEADLE PLATES: until Dec 9 • Feature Gallery: Pattern Wizardry. until Mar 9 • Orientation Gallery: SPECIES AT RISK: Nov 23-Mar 9 • Spotlight Gallery: SEEDS IN DISGUISE: The Biology and Lore of

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ROYAL BISON • 8426 Gateway Blvd • Edmonton-based,

twice-a-year festival of the best and quirkiest art, craft and design • Nov 29-Dec 1, Fri 5-9pm; Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 11am-5pm • $2; kids free

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U OF A MUSEUMS • Human ecology Gallery: Main Fl,

11208-65 St • PRETTIE SHORTEN: SOME ASSEMBLY [WAS] REQUIRED: William Prettie with architect Sherri Shorten • Nov 30-Dec 21 • Opening: Nov 30, 12-5pm

VAAA GALLERY • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St, 780.421.1731

WILD SIDE: Prints and Paintings by Stephen Pardy and Sandra Márcia • Nov 30-Dec 20 • Opening: Nov 30, 7-11pm

CROOKED POT GALLERY–Stony Plain • 4912-51 Ave,

SNAP GALLERY • Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists,

VASA GALLERY • 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert,

SHORTEN ARCHITECTS–Highlands Studio •

116 St, 89 Ave: THE RE-BIRTH OF VENUS: Fashion & The Venus Kallipygos: Explores the influence of art on fashion through the study of Venus Kallipygos, and its pervasive influence on dress • Until Mar 2, 2014

• Keith Harder; until Nov 30 • THINK SMALL: MEMBERS MINIATURES: until Nov 24; Closing event: Nov 24, 1-3pm

10123-121 St, 780.423.1492 • MEMBERS SHOW & SALE: Nov 28-Dec 21 • PRINT AFFAIR 2013: BRIGHT LIGHTS: Fundraiser art auction and sale; music from local DJs; $20/$15 (member) • Nov 23, 7pm-late

780.460.5990 • cu•ri•os•i•ty [kyoor-ee-os-i-tee]: 24 artists from SWCA in an eclectic exhibition of curious works • Until Nov 29

SNAP PRINTSHOP • 12056 Jasper Ave, 780.423.1492 •

780.488.4892 • WH Webb New Work; until Nov 21 • PAINTINGS OF WESTERN CANADA: By Ken Faulks; Nov 23-Dec 5 • Artist opening: Nov 23, 1-4pm

PRINT AFFAIR 2013: BRIGHT LIGHTS: Fundraiser art auction and sale; music from local DJs • Nov 23, 7pm-late

CHIMPROV • Zeidler Hall, Citadel, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire Theatre’s longform comedy show: improv formats, intricate narratives, and one-act plays • Every Sat, 10pm • $12, at door, TIX on the Square

CHRIS GIBBS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? SORRY • Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce Grove,

780.962.8995 • Comedy about Parenthood; Chris Gibbs explores the anxieties of first time fatherhood • Nov 22, 7:30pm • Ticketpro.ca

CRANATRIUM • Westbury Theatre Arts Barns, 10330-84 Ave • Firefly Theatre's aerial musical spectacle by Dave Clarke, Marissa Kochaski, Annie Dugan, John Ullyatt • Nov 26-Dec 8 • $40/$20 (preview: Dec 1, 8pm); at Fringe Theatre Adventures DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Live

improvised soap opera • Every Mon until May 26, 2014, 7:30pm

ELVIS AND THE LAS VEGAS HANGOVER • Jubilations Dinner Theatre • The annual Elvis festival in sunny Las Vegas featuring hit songs by Elvis Presley, and more • Until Feb 14

GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT • Jubilee Auditorium

• Broadway musical, the story of three boyhood friends searching for meaning in a post 9-11 world • Nov 26-27 •

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HEY LADIES! • Roxy, 10708-124 St, 780.453.2440 • Theatre Network • Womanly talkshow/gameshow/

varietyshow/sideshow starring Davina Stewart, Cathleen Rootsaert, Leona Brausen • Nov 29, 8pm • $25 at TIX on the Square

THE HISTORY OF ROCK ‘N ROLL STARS & STRIPES • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109 Ave, 780.483.4051 • Musical review of the origins of rock ‘n' roll • Until Feb 2

I AM FOR YOU • C103, 8529 Gateway Blvd • Concrete Theatre; by Mieko Ouchi, featuring Patricia Cerra, Samantha Jeffery, and Jonathan Purvis. Suitable for 13+ • Nov 29-Nov 30 • $19 (adult)/$16 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square, door MACBETH • La Cité, 8627-91 St • Theatre Prospero, Mark Henderson (director), starring Elliott James, Sereana Malani, Evan Hall, Mat Simpson, Theatre Prospero’s students • Until Nov 29 • $20 at TIX on the Square, door

PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA • 8555 Roper

COMMON SENSE • 10546-115 St • TAKE A WALK ON THE

OUR FAMILIES: The Impact of Contemporary Family on Art; works by Paul Freeman, Francois Morelli (w/son Didier), Tammy Salzl • extended to Nov 30; open: Thu-Fri 6-9pm; Sat 11am-6pm

AUDREYS • 107 St, Jasper Ave • Ann Walsh presents Whatever; Nov 23, 2pm • Joan Galat launch of Day Trips From Edmonton, and Give Yourself a Pep Talk; Nov 24, 2pm • Marty Chan Book Launch; Nov 26, 7-8pm • Launch of Patricia Klinck's Each Step Is the Journey; Nov 27, 7pm • Hendrik Slegtenhorst's book launch of Caravaggio's Dagger, book launch; Nov 28, 7pm • Corrine Jeffery signing Choosing: 1940–1989; Nov 30, 1pm

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SCOTT GALLERY • 10411-124 St • Paintings by Marianne Watchel; Until Nov 23 • PANFORTE: Group exhibition featuring a three dimensional advent calendar; Dec 1-25

DC3 ART PROJECTS • 10567-111 St, 780.686.4211 •

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New works by Jennifer Poburan • Nov 23-Dec 11 • Artist opening: Nov 23, 2-4pm

9103-95 Ave, 780.461.3427 • FANTASY: Antony Cumming, Ginette Vallières-D'Silva, Doreen Poitras, Sylvia Grist and Luc Josh, Dana Rayment; Nov 22-Dec 3; opening: Nov 22, 7-8:30pm

Stony Plain, 780.963.9573 • CELEBRATE THE SEASON: pottery, handmade decorations • Until Dec 24

WOMEN’S ART MUSEUM SOCIETY OF CANADA • Ottewell Community League, 5920-93A Ave • IN LITTLE BOXES: Art, Craft and Collectible Sale • Nov 23, 10am8pm; Nov 24, 10am-5pm

FRONT GALLERY • 12312 Jasper Ave, 780.488.2952 •

Place Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave, 109 St, 78 Ave, 780.433.5807 • OIL ON CANVAS: By Dawn Dlashinsky • Until Nov 27

St Albert, 780.460.4310 • INVISIBLE CITIES: Daniel Evans examines the imaginative potential of urban environments; until Nov 30 • Ageless Art: For mature adults: Block Printmaking; pre-register; Nov 21, 1-3pm; $12

THE STUDIO • 11739-94 St • Works by Glen Ronald,

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE • 11211-142 St • HARRY POTTER: THE EXHIBITION: Peer into the wizard’s world in an interactive exhibit featuring hundreds of authentic props and costumes from the Harry Potter films; Nov 23-Mar 9, 2014; tickets start: $14

780.492.2081 • CREATURE OF CLIMAX: Works by Agata Derda (MFA Printmaking) final visual presentation for Master of Fine Arts-Printmaking; until Nov 30 • PRINT RESONANCE: Musashino Art University Museum, Ryuta Endo; Extended to Nov 30

ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106 St, 780.488.6611 • Feature Gallery: POTWORKS: Showing the contemporary state of the ancient tradition of pottery; until Dec 24 • Discovery Gallery: FAIRY TALES, FOLKLORE, AND MYTHCOMMUNICATIONS... PART II: Calgary artist Shona Rae's sculptural rings; until Nov 30; ILLUSIONS, REVELATIONS, TRANSFORMATIONS: A journey in seven stages by Edmonton fibre artist Diane Krys; until Nov 30

ART GALLERY OF ST ALBERT (AGSA) • 19 Perron St,

Ash St, Sherwood Park • CHRISTMAS IN THE MUSEUM: Nov 25-Jan 15, 2014 Bliss Robinson, Debra Milne and guest artists • Until Dec 31, 12-5pm

FAB GALLERY • 1-1 Fine Arts Bldg, 89 Ave, 112 St,

HARCOURT HOUSE GALLERY • 3 Fl, 10215-112 St •

Churchill Sq, 780.422.6223 • Manning Hall (main level public space): NOW YOU SEE IT: A giant word search puzzle

by Megan Morman; until Dec 31 • WATER INTO ART: British watercolours from the V&A, 1750-1950; until Nov 24 • LADY SPIDER HOUSE: Until Jan 12, 2014 • ANGAKKUQ: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS; until Feb 16 • DAPHNIS & CHLOÉ: Chagall; until Feb 16, 2014 • BMO World of Creativity: CABINETS OF CURIOSITY: Lyndal Osborne's curious collection; until Jun 30, 2014 • RBC New Works Gallery: ISACHSEN, 1948-1978: Works by Aaron Munson and David Hoffos; until Nov 24 • Art for lunch: Ledcor Theatre Foyer: Inner and Outer Worlds: The Work of Marc Chagall with Devon Beggs; Nov 21, 12:10-12:50pm • The Collectors Series: Ledcor Theatre, Lower Level: Dell Pohlman with Kristy Trinier; Nov 27, 7pm; $15/$10 (member) • All DAy SuNDAy: Colourful Creations: Art activities for all ages, 12-4pm; Nov 24 • AGA Presents: Brenda Draney in Slave Lake: Northern Lakes College, 1201 Main St, Slave Lake; Nov 29, 7pm; free • THe HOlly BAll: Dec 1, 6pm; $500; Live music by the A/B trio

STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • LANDMARKS ON THE STUDIO WALL: Art by Robert Dmytruk, Les Graff, and Paddy Lamb • Until Dec 20 STRATHCONA COUNTY MUSEUM ARCHIVES • 913

LECTIONS: Works from Private Collections; until Nov 23 • Dominique Gaucher; Nov 30, 2-4pm

Grove Art Gallery, Spruce Grove Library, 35-5 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.0664 • THE LANDSCAPE AROUND US: Artworks by Anne McCartney; until Nov 30 • Mini Show: Members show; Nov 30-Jan; reception: Dec 6

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WEST END GALLERY • 12308 Jasper Ave,

FAIRMONT HOTEL MCDONALD • Book Launch: Follies

Past (A Prequel to Pride and Prejudice), and dramatic reading in period costume, tea and scones, book signing and more; novel by Edmonton author, Melanie Kerr; presented by Petticoat Press • Nov 26 7:30-9pm • Free; 780.893.8962

JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY • Stanley Milner Library.

Churchill Sq • What Would Mr. Darcy Drive?: Multimedia presentation on carriages in Austen's time. Would Mr. Darcy drive a curricle, barouche-landau or the shocking highperch phaeton? • Nov 23, 2-4pm • Free

KOFFEE CAFÉ • 6120-28 Ave, 780.863.4522 • Glass

Door Coffee House Reading Series: Monthly readings with new headliner • Last Thu each month, 7-9pm • Launch of the 40 Below Anthology; featuring contributors from the Mill Woods Artists Collective ª Nov 28, 7-9pm

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THE PICK ME UPS • Bower, 10538 Jasper Ave • By

Nathania Bernabe, starring Leah Beaudry, Kayla Nickel, April A Killins, Kristen J Welker, Kristyn Emmerzael • Nov 2428 • $15/$10 (student/senior) at TIX on the Square

PIG GIRL • Roxy, 10708-124 St • Premiere by Colleen Murphy • Until Nov 24 • $15-$27 PRAIRIE BOWL • Citadel, 9828-101A Ave • Rapid Fire

Theatre • Theatresports Tournament, face-off for the title of best in the west • Nov 21-23 • $15 at rapidfiretheatre.com

SHREK THE MUSICAL • Arden, 780.459.1542 • St Albert Children’s Theatre; Jeanine Tesori (music); David LindsayAbaire (book, lyrics); based on DreamWorks animation, book by William Steig • Until Dec 1 • $26 (adult)/$20 (child/ senior) at Arden box office STORIES WE DON'T TELL • Glacier Rm, Lister Hall, 87

Ave, 116 St • Community created theatre piece produced by the Gender Based Violence Prevention Program, APIRG and U of A Residence Services • Nov 29-Dec 1, 7:30pm; facilitated talk back with the director and participants following the performance

THEATRESPORTS • Zeidler Hall Citadel, 9828-101A

Ave • Improv • Every Fri, 7:30pm and 10pm • Until June • $12/$10 (member) at TIX on the Square

THE THREE SISTERS • Varscona, 10329-83 Ave • Anton Chekhov’s presented by the Broken Toys Theatre, starring Lora Brovold, Melissa Thingelstad, Elena Porter, Ryan Parker, Michael Peng, Ian Leung, Jesse Gervais, Laura Metcalfe, Jon Paterson, Taylor Chadwick, Justin Deveau, Catherine Wenschlag, and Kenneth Brown • Nov 28-Dec 7 • Tickets at door, Varscona Box Office, TIX on the Square THE VIP KIDS SHOW • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave, 780.433.3399 • Music, comedy, art, puppets, and special guests • Nov 24, 11am • $6

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armest wishes to those that chose to visit the show," welcomes Shad on the intro of Flying Colours, his fourth full-length album.

Flying Colours demands attention right from that greeting, and while not an outright concept album, there's an evident narrative guiding listeners through the depths of Shad's personal experience—the highs, lows and everything in between as he spouts rhymes that avoid the quintessential rap tropes of girls, money and excess, instead delving into poignant personal insights surrounding life, love and society.

The Kenyan-born, Canadian-raised Juno Award-winning wordsmith has firmly planted himself at the forefront of the country's rap scene, which has no doubt grown in recent years with the rise of the likes of Drake (who Shad actually topped on CBC's list of the greatest Canadian rappers, coming in second behind Maestro Fresh Wes), but Shad feels it's still got a ways to go. He readily admits he never thought he would be making a fourth album, yet here he is.

"It's such a difficult business in general and especially for a rapper in Canada. There's not a lot of us that do this, so I think I went in with pretty realistic expectations and I've just been pleasantly surprised the whole time," says Shad, who, while launching a music career, managed to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies from Simon Fraser University. "There's still not a lot of artists that break nationally, so the kind of trajectory I was on at the time, going to school and everything, it was great. I got the chance to make this first album and then I might be doing something else, something a lot different as a career."

Some artists approach every show as if it's their last and Shad has adopted that mindset for each new album. When he began working on Flying Colours, which comes on the heels of TSOL—the album that snagged him his Juno—and a five-track EP released last July, Shad knew he wanted to push himself further than ever before.

"I want to feel like, yeah, this is something worth hearing, something that's inspired and has thought and effort put into it," he explains. "As I keep going I get a better sense of what I'm doing. I learn things and so, in a sense, making songs gets easier, and as it gets easier I try to up the degree of difficulty a little bit. So that's kind of how I wanted it to stand out. I wanted to reflect that, that I have a better sense of what I'm doing. I can represent a broader range of ideas and emotions now in music. I think that's the way I'm trying to grow."

"Remember to Remember" was the first track Shad began to chip away at for the album and the last one to be finished. The song features Lights (one of many collaborations including with Saukrates, Skratch Bastid, Ian Kamau and K-OS) and its title is a mantra of sorts, repeated at different points throughout the album. It's a reminder to acknowledge what we have, rather than focusing on what we do not possess.

"I just had less of an idea from the outset of what exactly I was trying to say with that song versus something like 'Fam Jam' that's a little more clear in its concept ... I like having songs like that that take me on a bit of a journey and follow me around for a year and a half and track my thinking, so yeah, that was a special song for me, for sure," Shad says, acknowleding the final verse in particular, a commentary on the violence and competitiveness so prevalent in modern society. "The last verse was the last verse that I wrote for the album, and really helped me have some hope around the idea of violence in the world. That was an important one for me, to feel like I'd arrived somewhere with the album and my thinking ... For me it represents the work of making the whole album and going through these different emotions and getting to end in a bit of an exhaustive way."

A theme of gratitude also pulses through Shad's words, particularly on the aptly titled "Thank You," which wraps up the main part of the album before launching into a hard-hitting and thought-provoking epilogue—a rant that came as an afterthought during a week where he couldn't seem to put the pen down. Shad feels it captures the freestyle sensibility he's often drawn to.

"Gratitude is something very close to happiness, if not the same thing, and that was kind of eye-opening for me to realize that," explains Shad. "Circumstances can feel good or bad depending on your perspective, and gratitude is a really big part of that."

This sense of gratitude extends to his tight-knit family, for which the track "Fam Jam" serves as an ode to. Shad's family came to London, ON when he was a young child, and the song is a reflection of the challenges that come with relocating to another country and trying to fit in.

"Not bad, huh, for some immigrants" is a prominent line throughout and a testament to the achievements Shad's family were able to attain and the new life they were able to build in Canada.

But, as with the rap scene, there's room for growth.

"It's starting to feel like we're resting on our laurels as a country, in terms of multiculturalism and these values that we pride ourselves in. It feels like we're not working to advance those ideas, progress them and defend them," he notes.

"I think our generation has always been a little disengaged politically and socially. I don't know exactly what it will take to get that back; it seems like there was a time when people weren't exactly like that and I don't know exactly what happened—I'm part of that, so I'm still trying to figure that out."

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e didn't want to care what anybody thought about it; we didn't want to care if there was any radio singles; we didn't want to care if there were any cool songs or hip songs or whatever," says Tyler Bancroft, lead singer and songwriter for Vancouver-based five-piece Said the Whale of its latest release hawaiii (and no, that's not a typo).

It turns out there was a radio single in there, and a hit one at that. The infectiously catchy track "I Love You" claimed the No 1 position on alternative radio and its second single, "Mother" is gaining steady airplay as well. hawaiii was recorded in short sessions over a six-month period alongside Tom Dobrzanski, who produced Said the Whale's previous albums.

The time in between allowed the group to reflect on what it had recorded, as well as an opportunity to test the songs out in rehearsals and on the road.

"We didn't really have a clear idea of what the end result was going to

be. We just wanted to treat each song with the respect that it deserves and have each song reach its full potential," Bancroft says, who ended up with a co-producing title, which he admits was not intentional and a result of him being a self-professed "control freak."

"I just happened to be there the entire time sitting next to Tom and making a lot of the arrangement decisions and stuff like that ... It was maybe that I got my hands the dirtiest and the credit was awarded after."

The result of nit-picking and reflection is an album that contrasts euphoric, danceable melodies with more experimental elements, like a little rap on "Resolutions." It's a testament to a band that is continuing its sonic evolution, maturing and getting honest with its lyrics. Bancroft, emphasizing he doesn't sit down to write with an agenda in mind, was surprised to find himself writing family-focused songs for the album. He couldn't explain the reason at the time, but looking back it

has begun to make sense.

"I can see I'm 28 years old, I'm approaching 30 and I guess it's that time where people I've grown up with are started to get engaged, married and have kids and have real careers and be contributing members of society. I'm just sitting in my little tour van driving around the continent playing in shitty little rock clubs not knowing what the fuck I'm doing with myself," he explains, noting there's always some external pressure to do more with his life and consider a more traditional path to adulthood. "I think it's something a lot of people approaching 30 start to feel ... There always seems to be more people that are doing it by the book until you really start to talk to people about it and then you find you can commiserate with almost anybody, even the people that you think are, you know, on this wonderful path of riches and success and stability but are actually a lot more fucked up than they appear to be."

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The Treasures production favoured in modern music didn't align with the sound the group was going for.

"It just wasn't for us, but I feel like we could have gone anywhere in Ontario and it just would have been the wrong time—might not necessarily have been Nashville's fault, for lack of better words," Pelley says. "Nashville is known for its really skilled engineers and nice, old equipment and generally clean sounding things, but for us, we wanted it to sound live off the floor, which would just be all of us in a room straight to the tape machine, straight through microphones, not a lot of touch up afterwards, and Nashville didn't really allow that for us."

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Either way, auther afield with the release of Bring the Fri, Nov 22 (8 pm) diences are in Night Home, which With Twin Forks for new matemeans bringing its Avenue Theatre, $20 (advance), rial that, while contemporary material into un- $25 (door) in nature, poscharted territory. sesses melodies "I think we are pretty consistent in that we just brimming with nostalgia and classic always start pretending like our roots twang, reflecting the group's audience has never heard our collective appreciation for acts like music before, no matter where the Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram we are because that way if you Parsons, the Byrds and the Band. have a fresh audience they have The Treasures began working on that new excitement," explains the disc—a collaboratively writdrummer, pianist and vocalist ten batch of tracks touching on Galen Pelley as he recovers the love and loneliness—in 2011, and morning after watching friends travelled to the musical mecca of and fellow musicians the Mati- Nashville, soon realizing the glossy

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Once the Treasures heard the finished product, the decision was made to scrap the album and start again—this time with Colin Linden in the producer's seat at the Bathouse Studio, owned and operated by the Tragically Hip. "We had new songs, we had some time to rehearse and basically we came at it more prepared, but also more relaxed at the same time.

We'd lived in the same house together, we recorded every morning, every night and just did it like that," Pelley says. "Colin was at the top of our list and we got a really positive response to some demos we sent him. His enthusiasm basically is what was the deciding factor to me ... really, it's the process of making the record with a great producer and we chose the right one for sure. Colin, his original music with its blues styling and folk styling really are kind of in the same vein as us, and it really helped."

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've dialed back the stupid rock star thing," laughs Cowpuncher frontman Matt Olah, who in recent years had begun using the stage as an obstacle course, climbing PA stacks and jumping into the crowd.

The last time Cowpuncher played in Edmonton, which was at the CCMA showcase at Knoxville's Tavern earlier this year, Olah fell from a PA stack and landed on a guardrail, cracking his ribs.

"Edmonton's the town of injuries," he jokes, but he hopes he can make it through this one without a trip to the hospital. "Fingers crossed, emotional or otherwise."

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The band has become known for its country-bluegrass infused melodies, but after the lineup was pared down from seven to five following the release of Call Me When You're Single in 2011 (which meant losing its pedal steel and banjo player), the sound began to evolve. Now the band is back with Ghost Notes, a disc filled with rock stompers like the rowdy opener "Raised on Rock 'n' Roll" and slightly more introspective tracks like the heartbreaker "Bridesmaids."

Olah, who has been Cowpuncher's sole songwriter in the past but went for a more collaborative approach for Ghost Notes, maintains the sonic shift happened somewhat unintentionally, reflecting influences like Archers of Loaf and a willingness to go with the riffs and inspiration that came to them.

"When I first started getting into music I wanted to be the next Corb Lund or Matt Masters or Tim Hus. I was kind of over rock 'n' roll maybe and was exploring the western-countrybluegrass side of things," he explains.

"I think as time went on we let go of that original vision I had, and it's a band, it's not Matt Olah."

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Head of the Herd strives for authentic storytelling on new album The two-man force that is bluesrock outfit Head of the Herd (lead vocalist/guitarist Neu Mannas and vocalist/guitarist Clayton Frank) focuses just as intently on crafting intriguing stories as it does catchy riffs. Prior to its show in Edmonton, Mannas explained the recording process behind By This Time Tomorrow and working with a producing powerhouse.

VUE WEEKLY: How long did it take to

make By This Time Tomorrow, from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording?

NEU MANNAS: We met with Garth (GGGarth) mid 2011 and sorted out that we wanted to work together.

He was making Biffy Clyro’s latest record in LA (which hit No 1 in the UK), so we knew we had a minute before we were going to get in the studio together. We decided to use our time wisely and start putting pen to paper later that year.

By spring of the next year we had about 25 demos. We headed to Toronto in July to put down three songs produced by Rick Jackett and James Black from Finger Eleven.

Garth freed up that fall so we spent October working on our studio tans

with him and Ben Kaplan. Fast forward a year and we’ve got a No 1 song and the record’s on shelves.

We’re ecstatic.

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

NM: Inspiration just hits you how and when it hits you, so we’ve never had a real system on writing tunes.

If we find an idea we like, we just follow it where it takes us. The song “By This Time Tomorrow,” for example, just jumped off the page, I couldn’t write down the lyrics fast enough. Once we had a look at the words, that slide-guitar riff fit like a glove.

VW: Where did the lyrics begin for

you and what did you want to express with this album?

NM: Lyrically, we’re always looking at the story in the song. The goal is to be honest, but most of all, shameless with the emotions behind the stories. Instead of shying away from those really personal moments you have, we put a magnifying glass on it. I’ve always had a real love of writing about relationships, and those

real human moments when you do awful, irrational shit. Either loving someone who treats you badly, or treating someone badly you love, it’s a complicated moment and a story worth telling.

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? NM: We had the privilege of working with some amazing people on this record. Each session had its own style, but as the two us play most of the instruments on the record we build it piece by piece. We brought in a deadly good drummer, Dave Gens, whom we had toured with for years. We’ve always had a huge focus on the rhythmic elements of our music, so we spent a long time getting the perfect drum sound. Once we had that monstrous foundation it was time to experiment and that’s really where the sound of this record was made.

VW: Were there any other songs

written that were left off the album?

NM: There’s a handful. We knew

once we had our batch of demos that we were way too close to them to pick what should make the record. It’s like picking a favourite kid: you’ll probably fight about it and make the wrong decision. We trusted our producers and handed the song-picking reins over to them.

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

NM: We met him after winning the CFOX Seeds competition in 2011.

It’s a contest that has helped launch the careers of folks like Nickleback, Matthew Good, Bif Naked, Default, etc. We hit it off and started making plans right away. When you’ve got the man behind Rage Against the Machine’s first record batting in your corner, you know you’re going to make something special.

That guy’s fantastic to work with; he brought a really cool energy to the project. [He] steps in where he ought to and steps out where he ought to, and he might be the funniest son of a bitch I’ve ever met!

He really got what we were trying to do with the album, though—take a song like “Breathe Me Baby,” for

example. It’s a pretty twisted little story, and when I was doing the vocals he wasn’t hearing that pain in my voice enough. I did a few takes and he called me into the control room. He says, “Neuman, you don’t sound as beat up as this story ought to make you. You and Clay head home, get good and drunk, smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em and when you wake up tomorrow morning don’t say a word. Don’t talk, don’t drink a glass of water, shut the hell up and come straight to the studio.” I thought, “Fine, twist my arm; I’ll go get wasted.” I did so and showed up the next morning still cross-eyed and mute. I opened the studio door and Garth’s standing there. He says “shhhh” and points me to the vocal booth. I put the headphones on and without a word, the song started playing and I struggled my way through it. Few minutes later that song had a new life, and sounded how those lyrics ought to sound.

VW: If you were to trace the musi-

cal map that led you to By This Time Tomorrow what would it look like?

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t's not that Toronto hadn't been all be there on the same page," Fox good to Ben Fox. says, "and just commit to nothing His band Dinosaur Bones is based but this one project. " there, and recorded its 2011 deSo the band made a list of producbut, My Divider, locally to acclaim ers outside the city. John Conglestretching past the city limits. But ton, known for work with the likes for that album's of St Vincent and Xiu Xiu follow up, the band Tue, Nov 26 (8 pm) was determined to With Brendan Canning, Rosie (remember Xiu step outside the June Xiu?) rose to city: recording at Artery, $15 (advance), $18 (door) the top. home meant day "His goal is to make interestjobs and friends and endless distractions, and, as ing albums rather than perfect alFox explains, the band wanted to bums," Fox says. "I find that a lot immerse itself in the album-making of the albums he works on have a process without those sorts of fo- lot of character in them. He's not cus-stealing possibilities. the kind of guy who irons every"We really wanted to go some- thing out. He's a fan of having a few where and put our heads down and wrinkles left in there."

And that's how Dinosaur Bones found itself recording an album in Dallas, Texas. Shaky Dream, the result, is an unpredictable, occasionally sweeping collection of ruminative rock. Going into the studio with Congleton, plus keeping a flexible mind about the songs they were bringing, meant that process was as much about shaping the songs as it was getting them recorded.

"When you record your first album, you record songs you've been playing for years," Fox says. "For us, these were much fresher songs, songs we weren't precious about yet. Songs that we were completely OK with reworking, and flipping upside-down, and taking apart, putting back together.

"In some cases songs flipped entirely," he adds, "where verses became choruses and choruses became verses. Things that were just minor little hooks in a song became central. There was all sorts of that, and that was by design: we went into it intentionally letting songs go where they want to. Just trying to get out of the way, and help them along to get them to where they want to be."

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could surely find their way onto your easy listening playlist. The trumpets on "Where the River Goes" add enough to rescue the song from becoming dull and "Think Too Much" has a Moogy keyboard element that’s pretty cool, but "Today in the Clouds" is a little too reminiscent of the Beatles' "Blackbird" and "You Are a Shield" could be labeled as Moir’s "Heart of Gold." It’s commendable that Moir chose to write, produce, arrange, mix and sing on all these tracks, but this is an instance where attentions have perhaps been spread a little too thin and the songcraft suffers as a result.

Additionally, his vocal style is an acquired taste and as a result the cast of supporting musicians on this record really outshine the star.

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Solids Blame Confusion (Dine Alone) 

Montréal's Solids have released one solid debut LP in Blame Confusion. Guitarist Xavier GermainPoitras and drummer Louis Guillemette making inward-looking slacker-rock that fits in with '90s college rock stalwarts like Dinosaur Jr and '90s alt-rock wannabes like Yuck. Blame Confusion is equal parts melancholia mixed with faint hope. Songs like "Haze Away" and "Through The Walls" show Solids at its best, as Germain-Poitras' fuzzy guitar ebbs and flows like crashing waves lapping at the beach shore and Guillemette's drumming drives the songs forward. The problem, and it's a small but significant one, is that too much of the record blends together. Outside of a few memorable tracks—"Haze Away" and closer "Terminal"—the majority of Blame Confusion sounds the same: sad bastard fuzz-rock that, while engaging and evocative, isn't transcendent. And that's fine.

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"Old Enough" blossoms from start to finish with a flowering that's hard not to be ensnared in as the guitars lean and slope around lush and layered harmonies.

There's a heavy heartbreak to this record— it's just hidden among some catchy hooks, and the dreariness doesn't really become apparent until "90's Life," a bad dream at mid tempo that sounds like the ghost of a doo-wop song. If there is a downside to Afterlife Blues, it's that some of the songs are rather interchangeable—not many, but enough to conjure a sense of deja vu. Still, it's an interesting record, cheery, yet sad, full of influence, yet distinctly it's own, and totally worth checking out.

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EARLY STAGE SALOON

CAFÉ TIRAMISU Live

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THE CLUB AT THE CITADEL Nuela Charles (soul

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blues); 8pm; $20

Punx), Exotic Functions (Noisey 403 Hc), Strangled (The Spirit Of Geister Lives On!), Glitter (Snotty Southern Alberta Punk Rock), Pale Face (Local Hardcore); $8

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EDMONTON EXPO CENTRE Worlds Of

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RED STAR Movin’ on Up:

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Classical HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH

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SUN NOV 24

La Folia (Baroque String Ensemble); 2pm

BLACKJACK’S ROADHOUSE–Nisku

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UNION HALL Celebrity

STARLITE ROOM AND SONIC 102.9FM PRESENT BAND OF THE MONTH FEAT W/ SISTER GVREY, THE FRONTS AND THE UNFORTUNATES

DEATH BY ROBOT

THE RIG Every Sun Jam hosted by Better Us than Strangers; 5-9pm

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Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6:30pm Songha with Sparrow and Friends; 7-9pm; $15 (adv)/$20 (door)

O’BYRNE’S Open mic

every Sun; 9:30pm-1am

ON THE ROCKS True

North

REXALL PLACE Nine

Inch Nails: Tension 2013, Autolux; 6:30pm (door), 7:30pm (show)

RICHARD’S PUB Sun

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

Sewn Eyes, Kennedy, Bring Us Your Dead

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

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

ROUGE RESTOLOUNGE Open Mic Night

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

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

DV8 Creepy Tombsday:

Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy

Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay

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

DV8 T.F.W.O. Mondays:

RED STAR Experimental Indie rock, hip hop, electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue

Roots industrial,Classic Punk,Rock, Electronic with Hair of the Dave

TUE NOV 26 ARTERY Brendan Canning, Dinosaur Bones; 8pm; tickets at Blackbyrd BLUES ON WHYTE JK

and the Static

BRITTANY’S LOUNGE Angela E. Saini, Marco Corbo, Jeremy Kornel; 8:30pm; $10

DRUID IRISH PUB

Jamhouse Tues hosted by Chris Wynters, guest FIDDLER’S ROOST

Tuesday Nights fiddle circle jam; all levels of musicians welcome; 7:30pm; $3 cover

J+H PUB Acoustic open mic night every Tue hosted

by Lorin Lynne; Everyone will have 10-15 minutes to play LEAF BAR AND GRILL Tuesday Moosehead/ Barsnbands open stage hosted by Mark Ammar; every Tue; 7:30-11:30pm

O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam

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

OVERTIME Sherwood Park The Campfire Heros

SUITE 69 Rockstar

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

WED NOV 27

YARDBIRD SUITE

Tuesday Session: Grumpy Dan and the Jazz Curmudgeons; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5 (door)

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative retro and notso-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail

OVERTIME Sherwood Park Jason Greeley

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

PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL

Thee Attacks (Denmark), Heaviside, Hearsay, the Front End; 8pm; $12 (adv)/$15 (Day of)

ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage Wed

with Trace Jordan; 8pm-12

BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month; On the Patio: Funk and Soul

with Doktor Erick every Wed; 9pm

BLUES ON WHYTE JK and the Static

BOHEMIA Art and Muzak: Curated by Elliott Schelske, featuring Kathleen McGee, Jon Mick, Dan Clarke, Brett McCrindle, Jamee Nall, Lawrence Fehler BRITTANY’S LOUNGE PJ Perry every Wed; 8-11pm; $10

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE–Whyte Ave

guests; 8pm (door); $15 (adv) at Unionevents.com, Ticketfly.com, Blackbyrd, Foosh

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

AVENUE THEATRE

Francophone 2013: LouisJean Cormier, Raphaël Freynet; 8:30pm

PAWN SHOP Hellbound Hepcats, Sam Hate, the Spades, guests

STARLITE ROOM SHAD,

NEW WEST HOTEL

PAWN SHOP Head of the Herd, the Glorious Sons; 8pm (door); $14 at unionevents.com, Blackbyrd

DUGGAN’S IRISH PUB

with the Nervous Flirts: Sing with the band; no cover

MERCURY ROOM Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12

ARTERY Coup de Coeur

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

RED PIANO Jamoeke

guitarist, Gord Matthews; every Wed, 8pm

Wed open mic with host Duff Robison

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

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

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

THE RIG Open jam every Wed hosted by Will Cole; 8pm -12am

THE TAVERN The Glorious and Sexyfine Return of Tomas Marsh ZEN LOUNGE Jazz

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

Classical MUTTART HALL– Alberta College The

Edmonton Recital Society: Zara Lawler (flute), Paul Fadoul (percussion); 7:30pm; $35 (adult)/$25 (senior)/$10 (student) at TIX on the Square

DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main

FANDANGO’S Wed open stage hosted by Michael Gress and Cody Noula; Original artist showcase at 9pm

Floor: RetroActive Radio: Alternative ‘80s and ‘90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe

FIDDLER’S ROOST

BRIXX BAR Really

Wednesday Nights Folk and Roots Open Stage: amateur and professional musicians welcome; 7:30pm; $3

J+H PUB Acoustic open

Good... Eats and Beats: every Wed with DJ Degree and Friends

THE COMMON The Wed Experience: Classics on Vinyl with Dane

mic night hosted by Lorin Lynne

NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed

L.B.’S PUB Tue Variety Night Open stage with Darrell Barr; 7-11pm

every Wed

LEAF BAR AND GRILL Wed variety night: with

RED STAR Guest DJs

TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip hop open mic hosted

by Kaz and Orv; $5

VENUEGUIDE ACCENT EUROPEAN LOUNGE 8223-104 St, 780.431.0179 ALE YARD TAP 13310-137 Ave ARTERY 9535 Jasper Ave AVENUE THEATRE 9030118 Ave, 780.477.2149 "B" STREET BAR 11818111 St BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 BLACKJACK'S ROADHOUSE–Nisku 2110 Sparrow Dr, Nisku, 780.986.8522 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 BLUES ON WHYTE 1032982 Ave, 780.439.3981 BOHEMIA 10217-97 St BOURBON ROOM 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert THE BOWER 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.425; info@ thebower.ca BRITTANY'S LOUNGE 10225-97 St, 780.497.0011 BRIXX BAR 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 CAFÉ HAVEN 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CAFÉ TIRAMISU 10750124 St CARROT COFFEEHOUSE

9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580 CASINO EDMONTON 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 CASINO YELLOWHEAD 12464-153 St, 780.424 9467 CENTRAL SENIOR LIONS CENTRE 11113-113 St CENTURY CASINO 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 CHA ISLAND TEA CO 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHICAGO JOES 9604 -111 Ave COMMON 9910-109 St DUGGAN'S IRISH PUB 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DUSTER’S PUB 6402-118 Ave, 780.474.5554 DV8 8130 Gateway Blvd EARLY STAGE SALOON– Stony Plain 4911-52 Ave, Stony Plain ELECTRIC RODEO–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 ELEPHANT AND CASTLE– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave ENCORE–WEM 2687, 8882-170 St FANDANGO'S 12912-50 St, fandangoslive.com FESTIVAL PLACE 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER'S ROOST 730876 Ave

FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 FLUID LOUNGE 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 HILLTOP PUB 8220 106 Ave HOGS DEN PUB Yellow Head Tr, 142 St HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH 10037-84 Ave ISBE EDMONTON 9529 Jasper Ave J+H PUB 1919-105 St J AND R 4003-106 St, 780.436.4403 JAVA XPRESS 110, 4300 South Park Dr, Stony Plain, 780.968.1860 JEFFREY’S CAFÉ 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 L.B.’S PUB 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEAF BAR AND GRILL 9016-132 Ave, 780.757.2121 LEGENDS SPORTS BAR AND TAP HOUSE 9221-34 Ave, 780.988.2599 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 LIT ITALIAN WINE BAR 10132-104 St LIZARD LOUNGE 13160118 Ave MCDOUGALL UNITED CHURCH 10025-101 St MERCURY ROOM 10575114 St MUTTART HALL–Alberta

VUEWEEKLY NOV 21 – NOV 27, 2013

College 10050 MacDonald Dr NAKED CYBERCAFÉ 10303108 St, 780.425.9730 NEWCASTLE PUB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999 NOORISH CAFÉ 8440-109 St NORTH GLENORA HALL 13535-109A Ave O’BYRNE’S 10616-82 Ave, 780.414.6766 ON THE ROCKS 11730 Jasper Ave, 780.482.4767 O2'S–West 11066-156 St, 780.448.2255 OVERTIME SHERWOOD PARK 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 1086057 Ave RED PIANO BAR 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882-170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 RENDEZVOUS 10108149 St RICHARD'S PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780.457.3118 RIC’S GRILL 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 THE RIG 15203 Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.0869 ROSEBOWL/ROUGE

LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 ROSE AND CROWN 10235101 St SET NIGHTCLUB Next to Bourban St, 8882-170 St, WEM, Ph III, setnightclub.ca SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 10810-124 St, 587.521.6328 SOU KAWAII ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 SPORTSMAN'S LOUNGE 8170-50 St STARLITE ROOM 10030102 St, 780.428.1099 SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM 10545-81 Ave SUITE 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 VEE LOUNGE, APEX CASINO–St Albert 24 Boudreau Rd, St Albert, 780.460.8092, 780.590.1128 WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square; 780.28.1414 WUNDERBAR 8120-101 St, 780.436.2286 Y AFTERHOURS 10028102 St, 780.994.3256, yafterhours.com YARDBIRD SUITE 11 Tommy Banks Way, 780.432.0428 YESTERDAYS PUB 112, 205 Carnegie Dr, St Albert, 780.459.0295 ZEN LOUNGE 12923-97 St

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

COMEDY BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Underdog Comedy

show: Alternating hosts • Every Thu, 8-11pm • No cover

CENTURY CASINO • 13103 Fort Rd •

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

COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertain-

ment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Thu: 8:30pm; Fri: 8:30pm; Sat: 8pm and 10:30pm • Ryan Wingfield; Nov 21-23 • Steven Juliano Moore; Nov 28-30

EDMONTON UKULELE CIRCLE • Bogani

VEGANS/VEGETARIANS OF ALBERTA • Riverdale Rinkhouse (beside main hall) • vofa. ca/event • Raw Vegan Edmonton joint potluck • Dec 8

FERTILITY AWARENESS CHARTING CIRCLE • Justisse-Healthworks for Women,

WILD ROSE ANTIQUE COLLECTORS SOCIETY • Delwood Community Hall, 7515

the 2nd Tue each month, 7:30pm Café, 2023-111 St • 780.440.3528 • 3rd Sun each month; 2:30-4pm • $5

10145-81 Ave • justisse.ca • Meeting • Dec 2, 6:30-8:30pm • $10 (donation)

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

11403-17 Ave • 1st Tue each month until Dec 2014; hfh.org and register as a volunteer • Dec

3, 8:30-4pm HOME–Energizing Spiritual Community for Passionate Living •

DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119

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

FILTHY MCNASTY'S • 10511-82 Ave •

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

HORIZON STAGE • 1001 Calahoo Rd, Spruce

Grove • Chris Gibbs: Like Father, Like Son? Sorry • Nov 22, 7:30pm

JUBILEE AUDITORIUM • 11455-87 Ave

• MythBusters: Behind the Myths Tour: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage • Nov 29, 7:30pm • Tickets at TicketMaster

KRUSH ULTRALOUNGE • 16648-109 Ave •

Komedy Krush Open Mic with co-host Andrew Rivers from Seattle; call 780.914.8966 to get on roster • Nov 21, 8pm

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS ALANIS MORISSETTE AND MARGARET ATWOOD • Winspear, Sir Winston Churchill

EVOLUTION WONDERLOUNGE • 10220103 St • 780.424.0077 • yourgaybar.com • Community Tue: partner with various local GLBT groups for different events; see online for details • Happy Hour Wed-Fri: 4-8pm • Wed Karaoke: with the Mystery Song Contest; 7pm-2am • Fri: DJ Evictor • Sat: DJ Jazzy • Sun: Beer Bash

COLLECTORS SERIES • Ledcor Theatre, Art

COMIC STRIP • Bourbon St, WEM •

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

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

Sq • Life. Love. Art: A conversation with Alanis Morissette and Margaret Atwood • Fri, Nov 22, 8pm • Part of Festival of Ideas

Garneau/Ashbourne Assisted Living Place, 11148-84 Ave • Home: Blends music, drama, creativity and reflection on sacred texts to energize you for passionate living • Every Sun, 3-5pm • Practice group meets every Thu

STARTUP EDMONTON • startupedmonton. com/gew2013 • Alongside presenting partners Junior Achievement, and EO Edmonton, celebrates Global Entrepreneurship week: until Nov 24 • Launch Party Edmonton 4: at Startup Edmonton: Nov 21, 6:45pm; $25 SONGWRITERS GROUP • The Carrot, 9351-

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

NORTHERN ALBERTA WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION • Duggan Community Hall,

Gallery of Alberta • 780.422.6223 • youraga.ca • Dell Pohlman with Kristy Trinier • Wed, Nov 27, 7pm • $15/$10 (member, per talk)

EIGHT-STEP EDITING • Expressionz Café,

9938-70 Ave • A step-by-step process that helps you identify and correct the most common problems in writing; with Jim Taylor, presented

by EAC-PPB • Nov 29, 9am-4:30pm • Preregister at eacppb8stepediting.eventbrite.ca

FACTS, FICTIONS, AND THE POLITICS OF TRUTH • CCIS North Lecture Theatres, Rms

1-430 and 1-440, U of A • parklandinstitute. ca/fallconf2013/speakers • Presentation: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Christopher Hedge (Nov 22, 7pm); also Munir Sheikh, Katie Gibbs, Arno Kopecky, Kevin Taft; closing speaker Michael Geist (Nov 24, 12pm) • Nov 22-24 • $10 for a single low income session to $195 for a the full package

GLOBAL HEALTH FILM SERIES • globaled. ualberta.ca/events • ECHA 2-420, U of A • Water Wars: When Drought, Flood & Greed Collide; Nov 21 • A Walk to Beautiful; Nov 28 GREAT EXPEDITIONS • St Luke’s AnglicanChurch, 8424-95 Ave • 780.469.3270 • 1st Mon every month, 7:30pm • Suggested donation of $3 • Christmas Potluck: Bring drinks, potluck dish and favourite photos or slides – for others to guess location; Dec 2, 6:30pm

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

ORGANIZATION FOR BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (OBAD) • Grey

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

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

ROUGE LOUNGE • 10111-117 St • Sterling Scott every Wed, 9pm

Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon, 7:30pm

231/237, Faculty of Law, 111 St, 89 Ave, U of A • U of A, Faculty of Law Visiting Speakers Series talk: featuring speaker, former Prime Minister, Rt Hon Joe Clark • Nov 28, 12:30-1:30pm • Free

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

• King Edward Community League Smalll Hall, 8102-80 Ave • Learn the Basics • Nov 27, 7-9pm • $25

RUMORS ULTRA LOUNGE • 8230 Gateway

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

VAULT PUB • 8214-175 St • Comedy with

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

X-WRECKS • 9303-50 St • Travelling Comedy Open Mic with co-host Danny Martinello; call 780.914.8966 to get on roster • Nov 29, 8pm ZEN LOUNGE • 12923-97 St • The Ca$h Prize comedy contest hosted by Matt Alaeddine and Andrew Iwanyk • Every Tue, 8pm • No cover

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

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

AFFIRM COVENANT SERVICE • McDougall

United Church, 10025-101 St • 780.428.1818 • Service followed by the documentary Love Free or Die, about the ministry of Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Bishop in the Anglican Communion • Nov 24, 10:30am-12

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON

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

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

(South side), 9708-45 Ave • 780.438.3207 • virenzi@shaw.ca • Argentine Tango with Tango Divino: beginners: 7-8pm; intermediate: 8-9pm; Tango Social Dance (Milonga): 9pm-12 • Every Fri, 7pm-midnight • $15

BRAIN TUMOUR PEER SUPPORT GROUP

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

CANADIAN INJURED WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (CIWAA) •

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

EDMONTON NEEDLECRAFT GUILD •

Avonmore United Church Basement, 82 Ave, 79 St • edmNeedlecraftGuild.org • Classes/workshops, exhibitions, guest speakers, stitching groups for those interested in textile arts • Meet

HOW WE LEAD: CANADA IN A CENTURY OF CHANGE • McLennan Ross Hall, Rms

SAWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP •

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

INNOVATION IN HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION • Alberta Forest Products

MIDDLE EAST UPHEAVALS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR PALESTINE • Telus Bldg,

SOCIETY OF EDMONTON ATHEISTS •

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

SOUTH EDMONTON GARDENING VEGETARIAN & VEGAN GROUP • Park Allen

Rm 217/219, U of A • Talk by Ghada Ageel and Mojtaba Mahdavi on the new Middle East reality and the prospects for Palestine • Wed, Nov 27, 6:30-8pm

RETHINKING FLUORIDATION • Edmonton

Community Hall, 11104-65 Ave • Potluck, Bring Vegetarian/Vegan/Raw potluck for six people; Dean Spaner will speak on Developing a high yielding Canada Western Red Spring Wheat; with resistance to head blight and general questions on U of A Farms • Nov 24, 5pm; 6:30pm (speaker)

SUGAR FOOT BALLROOM • 10545-81 Ave • 780.604.7572 • Swing Dance at Sugar Foot Stomp: beginner lesson followed by dance every Sat, 8pm (door) TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS)

Clinic Health Academy, Rm 2-190, 11405-87 Ave, U of A • A fresh look at Edmonton's tap water with speakers Dr Jim Beck and Dr Anthony Hall • Nov 21, 7pm • Free

SEEING IS ABOVE ALL • Acacia Hall, 10433-83 Ave, upstairs • 780.554.6133 • Free instruction into the meditation on the Inner Light • Every Sun, 5pm SENIORS CARE PROVINCIAL SPEAKING TOUR • Lions Seniors Centre, 111 Ave, 113 St • To raise awareness about the concerns on seniors care in Alberta • Dec 11, 7-9pm

WASKAHEGAN TRAIL HIKE • waskahegantrail.ca • Meet at Capilano McDonalds, 9857-50 St at 9:45am; 10 km guided hike on Edmonton's river trails from the Low Level Bridge to the Kinsmen Park Recreation area with hike leader Sandra 780.467.9572; Nov 24; Carpool available McDonalds to the trailhead; return by 3pm

• Grace United Church annex, 6215-104 Ave • 780.479.5519 • Low-cost, fun and friendly weight loss group • Meets every Mon, 6:3pm

THOUGHTFUL TUESDAY • King Edward

Community Small Hall, 8102-80 Ave • Movie Monday: Ingredients; Nov 25, 7-9pm • Free; pre-register • Movie Monday: How to Boil a Frog; Dec 2, 7-9pm; Free but registration required at eventbrite.ca/event/8204693459

QUEER AFFIRM SUNNYBROOK–Red Deer

TOASTMASTERS • Fabulous Facilitators

Toastmasters Club: 2nd Fl, Canada Place, 9700

INTRODUCTION TO KOMBUCHA MAKING

Association Boardroom, 9th fl, 10707-100 Ave • With presenter Dave Gardner, Heavy Timber Specialist, Structurlam Products Ltd • Nov 26, 12-1pm (arrive at 11:45am) • Free, limited registration (15 max) reserve at jcalara@woodworks.ca

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

Jasper Ave; 780.467.6013, l.witzke@shaw. ca; fabulousfacilitators.toastmastersclubs.org; Meet every Tue, 12:05-1pm • Power Speakers Toastmasters Club: Jasper Park Community League, 8751-153 St (top fl); Meet every Wed, until Dec 1, 7-9pm; Contact: VP Ed, 780.720.2277 • Y Toastmasters Club: Queen Alexandra Community League, 10425 University Ave (N door, stairs to the left); Meet every Tue, 7-9pm except last Tue ea month; Contact: Antonio Balce, 780.463.5331

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

WOMEN IN BLACK • In Front of the Old

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

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS BUILDING AT NEUFELD LANDING • Neufeld Landing,

LOTUS QIGONG • 780.477.0683 • Downtown

780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Hit or Miss Mondays: Amateurs and Professionals every Mon, 7:30pm • Battle to the Funny Bone; last Tue each month, 7:30pm • Greg Fitzsimmons; Nov 21-23 • David Dempsey; Nov 27 • Rhys Darby; Nov 28-30

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

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

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

BEERS FOR QUEERS • Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave • Meet the last Thu each month BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COFFEE GROUP • A social group for bi-curious and bisexual women every 2nd Tue each month, 8pm • groups.yahoo.com/group/bwedmonton

BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725 Jasper Ave

G.L.B.T. SPORTS AND RECREATION •

teamedmonton.ca • Blazin' Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary School Gym, 10925-87 Ave; Every Mon and Thu, 7pm; $30/$15 (low income/student); E: bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca • Mindful Meditation: Pride Centre: Every Thu, 6pm; free weekly drop-in • Progressive Core Stability and Abdominal Training with Barb Turner: Parkallen Community League Hall; Every Thu, Sep-Dec 19, 6pm (beginner/intermediate), 7:15pm (advance); $50 (month), $200 (season) • Swimming– Making Waves: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; E: swimming@teamedmonton.c; makingwavesswimclub.ca • Bowling: Bonnie Doon Bowling Lanes: Every Tue, 6:30pm; until Apr 1, 2014; $15/week • Volleyball: Westminster Junior High School (Garneau) every Thu, until Nov 21, 7-9pm; St Matthew Elementary School (NE): Tue, Dec 3-Mar 11, 8-10pm; Stratford Junior-Senior High School (west end): every Tue, Mar 18-Apr 29, 7-9pm, $65 (season), $35 (Half season), $5 (drop-in) • Curling: Granite Curling Club: Every Tue, until Mar 25, 7pm • Martial Arts–Kung Fu and Kick Boxing: Every Tue and Thu, 6-7pm; GLBTQ inclusive adult classes at Sil-Lum Kung Fu; kungfu@teamedmonton.ca, kickboxing@ teamedmonton.ca, sillum.ca

G.L.B.T.Q SENIORS GROUP • S.A.G.E

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

ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB • Pride Centre, 10608-105 Ave • 780.387.3343 • edmontonillusions.ca • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri each month, 7:30-9pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-

based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms): Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca

LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily drop-in, peer counselling MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB •

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PRIMETIMERS/SAGE GAMES • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm ST PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual

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SPECIAL EVENTS ALL IS BRIGHT • 124th Street Area • al-

lisbright124.ca • An outdoor, culturally unique, event hosted by Hey Ladies (Theatre Network) celebrating the coming of the winter season with light installations, the Fortrelles, the Awesome Hots, Wool On Wolves, Shout Out Out Out, and family programs • Nov 23, 12-10pm; 5pm (light-up)• Free

CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY • Various Venues throughout South Rural Strathcona • Christmas Market Activities: Crafts, sleigh rides, food markets, 10am-3pm; Light-Up South Strathcona: 3:30-5:30pm; refreshments, family fun, live entertainment, fireworks, and ofcourse Santa • Nov 23, 10am-5:30pm CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE • Santa

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Devonian Botanical Gardens • 780.987.3054 ext. 2223 • Crafter’s Workshop: handmade crafts from the bounty of the Garden • Nov 22-24; Nov 22, Nov 24, 1-4pm; Nov 23, 10am4pm • Proceeds to programs and projects at the Garden

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780.530.1283 for location • Classic Covers Shindig Fundraiser • Every Sun: Sunday Jams with no Stan (CCR to Metallica), starring Chuck Prins on Les Paul Standard guitars: upcoming Century Casino show as well; Twilight Zone Razamanaz Tour; all ages • Fundraising for local Canadian Disaster Relief, the hungry (world-wide through the Canadian Food Grains Bank)

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• Strathcona County Community Centre, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.464.5339 • ivcstrathcona.org • Silent auction of fully decorated trees, wreaths and centrepieces; support volunteer initiatives within Strathcona County • Nov 22-24, Fri 10-8pm, Sat 10-6pm, Sun 10-5pm • $2

JINGLE ON INDOOR SANTA CLAUS PARADE • Commerce Place, Manulife Place, City Centre Mall • edmontondowntown.com • Floats, mascots, music, and Santa • Dec 1, 10am-noon

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Avenue Community Centre, 9210-118 Ave • justchristmas.org • Alternative Global Marketplace for quality crafts and other goods that support non-profit and charitable organizations around the world • Nov 22, 5:30-9pm; Nov 23, 9:30am-4pm; food and entertainment • Admission by donation

LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE • Westview Health

Centre Classrooms, 4405 South Park Drive, Stony Plain • Silent auction of crafts, artworks and more • Nov 27, 12-6pm • Proceeds to support Community Palliative/Hospice and Continueing Care in the Tri-Community Area

LUMINARIA • Devonian Gardens, Kurimoto

Japanese Garden • Stroll through the candle-lit pathways, visitors can sip hot apple cider beside the bonfires, enjoy the seasonal sounds of strolling a capella singers and catch a glimpse of the magical “snow sprites” and glittering ice sculptures. A special Memory Lane • Dec 7-8, 5-9pm

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LIFE, LOVE, ART: AN EVENING WITH ALANIS MORISSETTE AND MARGARET ATWOOD • Winspear • festivalofideas.

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Next up: sk8mare #7 Nov 23 @ Oil City Grindhouse 14420 112 street Doors at 5pm Visit www.oilcityderbygirls.ca for more information RETHINKING FLUORIDATION: A fresh look at Edmonton’s tap water Featuring Dr. James Beck professor emeritus medical biophysics U of Calgary and Dr. Anthony Hall U of Lethbridge.

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Now hiring - full time sales clerk/international agent for small import company corresponding with Nepalese manufacturers, minimum wage plus commission.

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Are You Looking for a Great Volunteer Experience?

Habitat for Humanity’s On-Tap volunteer program allows busy people to get out and volunteer when they can This is a new volunteer program designed for busy volunteers who need to schedule shifts with very short notice. If you would like to volunteer but struggle to commit to a shift until the last minute because your schedule is so hectic, contact us to get more information about the On-Tap program. angela@hfh.org or 780-451-3416 ext 223.

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Habitat for Humanity’s On-Tap volunteer program allows busy people to get out and volunteer when they can ON-TAP VOLUNTEERS This is a new volunteer program designed for busy volunteers who need to schedule shifts with very short notice. If you would like to volunteer but struggle to commit to a shift until the last minute because your schedule is so hectic, contact us to get more information about the On-Tap program. angela@hfh.org or 780-451-3416 ext 223.

HFH.org Habitat For Humanity is building a pool of volunteers to help us with renovations at our newest ReStore.

Flexible hours, no experience necessary If interested, please contact Evan at ehammer@hfh.org or call (780) 451-3416

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Bells will be ringing November 14th - December 24th for the 2013 Christmas Kettle Campaign We are looking for volunteers to come out and ring in Christmas to help us reach our goal of $500,000.

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Help someone Who can’t!

Volunteer 2 hours a week and help someone improve their Reading, Writing, Math or English Speaking Skills.

Call Valerie at P.A.L.S 780-424-5514 or email palsvol@shaw.ca Growing Facilitators Volunteer Opportunity Sustainable Food Edmonton offers a Little Green Thumbs indoor gardening program to schools and childcare agencies and we are looking for volunteers. A green thumb is not a pre-requisite. However, gardening experience and a passion for children and youth are an asset. For info and volunteer application form:

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Habitat for Humanity requires volunteers for our ReStores We are recruiting customer service volunteers to help us at least one shift per week at store locations in north, south or west Edmonton. Customer service volunteers at our new and used building supplies stores help customers, load vehicles, clean items, stock shelves and many other tasks.

Help our community to recycle everything from furniture to building supplies!

Contact for more info about the event: Evan Hammer 780-451-3416 ehammer@hfh.org

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

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

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Habitat for Humanity is building at Neufeld Landing!

We are actively scheduling individuals and groups of volunteers for Canada’s largest project located in South Edmonton’s Rutherford area.

To get involved, go to www.hfh.org and register as a volunteer. Questions? Contact Kim. Beginners to trades people welcome. We provide all tools, equipment and lunch.

All volunteers participate in onsite safety orientation/training. No minimum number of shifts required.

Contact for more info about the event: Kim Sherwood 780-451-3416 ksherwood@hfh.org

We invite you to come and spend some time with us at Habitat for Humanity!

Habitat for Humanity requires volunteers for our prefab shop.

We are now booking 10 – 15 volunteers per day Beginners to trades people welcome to help us build walls for our build projects. We provide all tools and equipment. All volunteers participate in onsite safety orientation/training. No minimum number of shifts required.

Contact for more info about the event: Kim Sherwood 780-451-3416 ksherwood@hfh.org Room to Read is changing children’s lives in Asia and Africa through literacy programs and gender equality.

Join our Edmonton team and help us plan events to support our work, and spread the word about our amazing results.

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It’s easy to sign up a group of volunteers to work on one of our builds. Volunteers from beginners to garage “putterers”, to trades people come out and help us to build homes for families in our community. We provide all tools, equipment, safety gear and lunch. Volunteers work in small crews under the direction of our site supervisors. Our primary focus is safety and we have a fun, welcoming environment that’s great for an employee group to experience giving back to community together.

For more information, go to our website at www.hfh.org or contact Kim at 780-451-3416 ext 232.

We’re Seeking Volunteers for Our Casino! Workshop West We are holding our casino on January 1 and 2, 2014 at the Palace Casino, located at West Edmonton Mall. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Natalia at tickets@workshopwest.org Volunteering for Workshop West Theatre is a great opportunity for independent theatre artists who are looking for affordable rehearsal space.

For every hour that you volunteer at our casino, you get three hours of free rehearsal space at EPIC Underground. For more information on EPIC Underground, email tickets@workshopwest.org

Volunteers Wanted

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 Needed for our Long Term Care residence, daytime volunteers for various activities or just for a friendly visit!

Please contact Janice at Extendicare Eaux Claires for more details jgraff@extendicare.com (780) 472 - 1106 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 Volunteers needed at CHED Santas Anonymous CHED Santas Anonymous has been delivering the spirit of Christmas to the less fortunate children for 59 years in the City of Edmonton.

To help with this work, we are looking for people to volunteer as Toy Pickup Drivers collecting our toy donations from various locations around the city. To be eligible for this work, you must have a vehicle, show us your valid driver’s license and insurance and be willing to undergo a police check. You will need your vehicle for two or three trips a week to your location, where you will fill up the supplied bags with toy donations and bring them to our warehouse at Northgate Industries (12345 121 ST).

For more information, visit our website at http://santasanonymous.ca , email

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To help with this work, we are looking for people to volunteer as Greeters welcoming and signing in our warehouse volunteers. Our warehouse is located at 12345 121ST, inside Northgate Industries. Shifts available are: Saturday afternoons from 2pm to 5pm on Nov 16, Nov 23, Nov 30 and Dec7.

Sunday afternoons from 1pm to 3pm on Nov 17, Nov 24, Dec 1 and Dec 8.

Tuesday daytime hours available on Nov 19, Nov 26, Dec 3 and Dec 10.

Thursday afternoons from 3pm to 5pm on Nov 21.

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or call Janet at 780 428-8697.

Volunteers needed at CHED Santas Anonymous CHED Santas Anonymous has been delivering the spirit of Christmas to the less fortunate children for 59 years in the City of Edmonton. To help with this work, we have been granted a booth at the Edmonton Christmas Show 2013 which runs from Nov 28 to Dec 1st. We are looking for volunteers to help us man the booth. Shifts are mornings, afternoons and evenings. We will be setting up a silent auction table and a table with information on CHED Santas Anonymous.

Please visit our website at http://santasanonymous.ca for more information on CHED Santas Anonymous and the Edmonton Christmas Show 2013 event.

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Toy Pickup Drivers for CHED Santas Anonymous are needed at these locations: CHED RADIO STATION (5204 84 ST) - We need four volunteers for this location; one person for each day of the week, Tue-Frid. Pickups must be done before 5pm.

COSTCO SOUTH (2616 91 ST NW) - We would like to see two teams share this location (alternate days).

MILLWOODS TOWN CENTER (2331 66 ST NW) - We would like to see two teams share this location (alternate days).

SOUTHGATE MALL (5015 111 ST NW) WEEKDAYS - We would like to see two teams share this location (alternate days).

WALMART WINDEMERE (6110 Currents DR NW) - We would like to see two teams share this location (alternate days).

ON CALL DRIVERS sometimes a location driver cannot make a trip and the location will call us asking for a pickup as their box is full.

We need people who are available either morning or afternoons in all sections of town.

Volunteers Wanted

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ARTIST requires agent/manager to assist in selling ART. Commission is generous percentage % .

Contact BDC at monkeywrench@live.ca STAGE STRUCK 2014!

CALL FOR ENTRANTS Submissions for ADFA/Edmonton one-act adult play festival on February 21/22, accepted until December 15, 2013.

Information and registration package from Mary-Ellen at 780-481-3716 or mperley@shaw.ca Art Gallery of St Albert (AGSA), a contemporary public art gallery, seeks submissions from artists working in all styles and mediums for exhibition in the 2015 calendar year.

Submissions are adjudicated by a panel of visual art professionals who represent a spectrum of expertise in the visual arts.

The artists chosen to exhibit receive CARFAC fees.

Deadline for submissions: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 5 pm For more information: Jenny Willson-McGrath, Exhibition Curator 780.651.5741 I jennyw@artsheritage.ca

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2013 Palaeo Arts Contest at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, AB. This year, our scientists have selected a Stygimoloch skull to discover and interpret through art. Our annual Palaeo Arts Contest is open to all grade levels, has prizes for every winner, including two $500 draw prizes that are awarded to schools, and offers the chance to have students’ winning artwork displayed at the Museum.

For more information, including topics for each grade level, visit: http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/ Palaeo_Arts_Contest.htm.

Botanical Artists of Canada (BAC) – Juried Exhibition, The Four Seasons, March 26 – April 6, 2014, Paper Mill Gallery, Toronto.

Entry deadline: Friday, January 10, 2014.

Open to all BAC members in good standing; non-members may join prior to entering exhibition

www.botanicalartistsofcanada.org/ join.

Submission fee $45 for up to three works.

Awards: Best in show – $350 and three other awards – $150 each.

To download the call for entries: http://www.botanicalartistsofca nada.org/exhibitions/calls-forentries For more information or questions, email exhibition coordinator Gerry Jenkison, gerry@jenkisonnetwork.com

The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is pleased to announce the 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art Call for Submissions is now open to resident Alberta artists. Details of the call, which closes at 4 pm on Friday, December 13, 2013, can be found at youraga.ca. The exhibition will be on view at the AGA in early 2015 All resident Alberta artists are eligible to submit works for consideration.

Submissions should include: a curriculum vitae; a brief artist’s statement; a CD with a maximum of 20 images formatted as a PowerPoint presentation of recent work (with artist’s name, title, media and date of work clearly indicated for each image) or a maximum of three videos or DVDs for media or time-based work; and a self-addressed envelope with appropriate postage for return delivery if required.

Submissions should be sent directly to the Art Gallery of Alberta by Friday, December 13, 2013 by 4 pm. Please visit youraga.ca for more information The EAC’s annual Community Investment Program Arts Operating Grant is fast approaching. If you are running an non-profit in Edmonton, and primarily support the production of artwork, you could be eligible for this grant.

The deadline for submission is December 1st.

Application guidelines can be found through Art Rubicon: http://artrubicon.com/2322/eaccip-arts-operating-grantsorganizations-closesdec-1-annually/

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Call for Submissions 2014/15 Gallery Exhibition Programming Submission Deadline: November 30, 2013 Harcourt House Arts Centre is currently accepting submissions for our 2014/2015 gallery exhibition programming for the Main Gallery and Front Room Gallery exhibition spaces.

For full submission details please visit www.harcourthouse.ab.ca STUDENT POSTCARD EXCHANGE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, THEME: MAPPING Create a postcard that follows the theme of MAPPING. Here are some ideas to get you thinking about mapping, these are only to start thinking about your piece and in no way are meant to be restrictive. Maps can direct you where to go; they can chart both physical places and ideas. Technology has changed the way that we understand mapping. Maps are no longer a static representation of space but change as quickly as the place that they represent. They can record public knowledge or a private understanding of an environment; they can be clear or cryptic. For this exhibition artists can make up to 2 original postcards. Postcards must be 2-dimensional, 4 x 6 inch postcards. Artists are encouraged to use any media (drawing, print media, painting, collage, etc.).

Submission Deadline (postmarked by): Friday, December 13, 2013 Please contact Brittney Roy for more details. harcourtexhibit@shaw.ca 780.426.4180 The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Northern Italy Call for literary arts / visual arts residencies Deadline: December 3, 2013 Through residencies and conferences, the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Northern Italy supports innovations that change the way we address complex global issues.

Here, people of diverse expertise and backgrounds come together in a thoughtprovoking, creative, collegial environment that helps create change and have impact on a wide range of world issues.

Applications for Academic Writing as well as Arts & Literary Arts residencies are due by December 3, 2013.

Applications from practitioners and for conferences are accepted on a rolling basis. http://www.rockefellerfoundatio n.org/bellagio-center Call for Submissions : FAVA FEST FILM AND VIDEO ARTS FESTIVAL MARCH 25 – 29, 2014 FAVA FEST exposes the larger community to the artistic work of membership, stimulates new work, rewards past success and just generally makes a bigger noise about FAVA. Hosting a media art gear expo and BBQ, screen 30-40 films directed by Northern Alberta filmmakers, hold an Artist Talk or Panel ( 2013-brought in noted Art Director Todd Cherniawsky) and give away $20,000 worth of awards at FAVA GALA – a celebration of excellence in media arts and FAVA’s big fundraiser for the year.

Festival details and schedule to come in early 2014.

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The Writers’ Guild of Alberta Gears Up for the 2014 Alberta Literary Awards!

The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) is preparing to celebrate another successful year with the 2014 Alberta Literary Awards. Writers from across Alberta and their publishers are invited to check out and submit to this year’s award categories. The deadline for submissions to the Alberta Literary Awards is December 31, 2013.

For more information and submission guidelines, please visit www.writersguild.ab.ca

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The Paint Spot, Edmonton would like to extend an invitation to your organization, club, society, school or association to make use of the many exhibition opportunities we offer to members of the Alberta art community.

We encourage individuals and curators, particularly those who are emerging, as well as groups, to make exhibition proposals to our galleries: Naess, Gallery, Artisan Nook, and the Vertical Space.

For further information on these three show spaces, please visit our website, www.paintspot.ca

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manded. Her answer: comfortable shoes. Regard that as good advice for your own life and work, Cancerian—both literally and metaphorically. It's time to get really well-grounded.

LEO (Jul 23 – Aug 22): Have you ever been in a social situation where you really didn't care what anyone thought of you and, therefore, felt absolutely free to act on your inner promptings? When was the last time you lost all your inhibitions and self-consciousness while making love? Can you truly say that sometime recently you have been totally responsive to your festive impulses? If you have experienced any blockages in expressing this type of energy, now is a perfect moment to fix that. You have a date with robust, innocent self-expression.

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LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): You're smarter than you think you are and soon you will be even smarter. Previously inaccessible wisdom is seeping up from the depths of your subconscious mind, making its way to your conscious awareness. Your eyes are noticing more than they usually do, your memory is working at peak levels and your enhanced ability to entertain paradoxical ideas is giving you special insight into the nature of reality. What will you do with this influx of higher intelligence? I suggest you focus its full force on one of your knottiest problems.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21): The Paris Review interviewed Mexican poet Octavio Paz. "Just how much revising do you do?" the interviewer asked. "I revise incessantly," Paz replied. "Some critics say too much, and they may be right. But if there's a danger in revising, there is much more danger in not revising. I believe in inspiration, but I also believe that we've got to help inspiration, restrain it and even contradict it." I bring this up, Scorpio, because I believe you are ripe for a phase of intense revision. Inspiration has visited you a lot lately, but now it will subside

for a while so you can wrangle all your raw material into graceful, resilient, enduring shapes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Costa Rica will be closing its zoos in 2014. What will happen to the 400 or so animals housed there? They will have to be rehabilitated at animal rescue centres and then released into the wild. I suspect there will be a metaphorically similar process going on for you in the coming months, Sagittarius. Parts of your instinctual nature will, in a sense, be freed from captivity.

You will need to find ways to retrain your animal intelligence how to function outside of the tame conditions it got used to.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): Will fate kick your sweet ass sometime soon? Quite possibly.

You may be compelled to face up to the consequences of your unloving actions or unconscious decisions. I'm pleased to tell you, however, that you might be able to dramatically minimize or even neutralize the butt-thumping.

How? Go over the events of the past 11 months and identify times when you weren't your very best self or didn't live up to your highest ideals. Then perform rituals of atonement. Express your desire to correct wrong turns. Give gifts that will heal damaged dynamics.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18): Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Bill Withers became a big star in the '70s with hits like "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lean on Me." But he hasn't recorded a new album since 1985, nor has he toured. What happened? In Still Bill, the documentary film about his life, Withers says, "I watch other people show off and I say, man, I used to want to show off. If I could just get, you know, moved to. I need a little injection in my showin' off gland." I wish you could get an injection like that, too, Aquarius. I'd like to see you show off more. Not in a contrived, overthe-top, Lady Gaga-esque way.

Rather, the purpose would be to get more aggressive in showing people who you are and what you can do. I want your talents and assets to be better known.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20): I have a feeling that your value will be rising in the coming weeks. An attractive person you thought was out of your league may express curiosity about you.

You could get an offer to do an interesting job or task that you had previously considered unavailable. I bet your reputation will be growing, mostly for the better. Who knows? If you put a half-eaten piece of your toast for sale on eBay, it might sell for as much as if it were Justin Timberlake's toast. Here's the upshot: you should have confidence in your power to attract bigger rewards and more appreciation. V

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I'm a heterosexual guy in my early 20s. I've been dating my girlfriend for about six months and we've been having some fights recently.

The problem: I have a high sex drive in comparison to hers. I want to be intimate on a weekly basis (at least!), and she's told me that she's more of a once-every-threeweeks-or-so person. I'm trying not to put pressure on her. I don't want her to feel uncomfortable—she's a virgin (no penetration) and the thought of the pain of that first time scares her a bit. That said, physical intimacy with her—developing that bond, even without intercourse—is important to me and a key part of what I believe is a healthy relationship. I do my best to be understanding, but I'm not sure how to bridge this gap.

Love Is Building Intimacy During Outset

enough to know that you're not a match—you're not sexually compatible—and that's reason enough to end this relationship.

NO BURNING DESIRE

Last month at a house party, my boyfriend accidentally burned my chin, neck and cleavage during a clumsily executed volcano shot. I was literally on fire for a few seconds. Some doctor appointments, burn creams, bandages and awkward scabbing later, I'm healing nicely. My problem is, our sex life has become much more complicated. Before the accident, we were having sex only every week or so.

But now he stares sadly at my neck wound (which still has a red line

challenging than cuckolding fantasies—emotionally and logistically.

So you're right to be nervous, YARD. But relationship longevity doesn't guarantee cuckolding success. Good communication, mutual desire (so fucking important with this fantasy!) and a commitment to take things slowly-bordering-on-glacially are far better predictors of success. And if you take it slow—if you limit your cuckolding play to dirty talk for 10 months at least—you'll have more of that experience/trust/security stuff to fall back on if and when you find the right bull/stud/lover.

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I'm a 24-year-old lesbian and I have been with my girlfriend for almost three years.

We have both been GGG about things to do with each other in the bedroom and I'm generally happy with our sex life. Since I am emailing you, though, there is a "but." She is bi and has always wanted to have a threesome with a guy and another girl. I am all for that in theory, but I have a hard time emotionally. I have anxiety.

I'm in therapy and on medication and even still it's really difficult for me to wrap my head around sex with new people. I would spend the entire time silently freaking out. I am not sure how I feel about her getting fucked by someone else, even if she's fucking me at the same time. I really want to do this for her, but I don't want it to go poorly because of my issues. Do you have any advice for navigating something like this that your partner really wants but you don't? For how to get game not just in letter but in spirit?

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Because someone who wants sex multiple times per week will eventually be made miserable by someone who wants sex far less than once a month.

While it's great that you're understanding of your girlfriend's sensitivities, LIBIDO, and while it's commendable that you view nonpenetrative sex as fulfilling, you're running the risk of "understanding" her into a relationship that makes you both unhappy. Because someone who wants sex multiple times per week will eventually be made miserable by someone who wants sex far less than once a month (which is what the "or so" at the end of "once-every-three-weeks-orso" means) and vice versa—being with you will make your girlfriend miserable in the long run, too.

I get emails daily from miserable people on both side of this divide, LIBIDO, from people with high libidos who married lows and from people with low libidos who married highs. The highs are miserable because years of sexual rejection have shredded their sexual selfesteem or they feel like monsters after years of being "indulged" with going-through-the-motions sex by barely willing and clearly miserable partners. The lows are miserable because going through the motions makes them miserable or they're sick of constantly being pestered for sex and made to feel inadequate or broken when they pass.

You're young and straight, LIBIDO, and the culture tells the young and the straight that they must be monogamous (because sex is so important) and that they shouldn't take sexual compatibility into consideration when picking a partner (because sex is so unimportant). Other shit matters, too, of course—stuff like emotional compatibility, similar life goals, being on the same page about kids, etc. But basic sexual compatibility matters, too, and its absence will eventually undermine everything else.

By which I mean to say, LIBIDO: you've been dating this girl long

going down it) every time he looks at me. It's very hard to feel sexy when you're constantly looked at with pity, regret and concern, and the stress of being sexually frustrated is fuelling other stresses.

I just want a way out of this sad circle we've found ourselves in.

Burned Your boyfriend can't stare at a neck wound he can't see. So until you've fully recovered, B, turn off the lights or blindfold him or lace him into a leather hood—or all three—and have sex the way the good lord intended us to, ie, in the dark with our pitiful/regretful/ hooded boyfriends. And no more flaming/stunt drinks, ferfucksake!

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My boyfriend and I are in our mid/ early 20s. We have been dating for a little over 10 months. We have a strong emotional bond and are always communicative and honest with anything and everything. We have an amazing and adventurous sex life and we have been fantasizing about cuckolding for about two months. We are both extremely turned on by the idea, but I have reservations about doing this in such a young relationship. Unlike married couples who have years to lay an emotional foundation, my boyfriend and I have less to fall back on. I am excited by the idea of this, but I am scared I will end up feeling used. I am also afraid he will not be able to handle the reality of the humiliation. It turns him on to talk about it, but he has never done this. What happens if we are emotionally wrecked afterward? I'm afraid we're playing with fire. I love him and do not want to lose him, but this is something that excites both of us. What should we do?

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I'm going to give you the same answer I gave YARD: talk about it, fantasize about it, be open to it, but take it glacially. Guys who are interested in sexing two women aren't that difficult to find, HARD, so trust that the right guy—one who makes you comfortable, one who is non-threatening—will come into your lives at some point. If you're worried about how you might react to watching your girlfriend have sex with that special someone else, she shouldn't have intercourse with that special someone else the first time you get together. Make out, roll around, engage in a little mutual masturbation. If that feels good— if it doesn't make you anxious or freak you out—make a plan to get together again.

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