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A national priority The Quebec student strike celebrated 100 days with over 200 000, some estimates putting it closer to 400 000, people out on the streets of Montréal. And yet there are still mixed messages from mainstream media on what this protest is about. The day after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Montréal The Globe and Mail ran an opinion poll: "Are students today worse off or just lazy and entitled?" Entitled, in its most basic sense, simply defines something a person has a right to. Our parents experienced the post-secondary system with the support of the federal government, and so it's something many assumed we would have the right to access as well. As there was no national referendum or election with education as a central issue announcing the government's withdrawal of support, we had no reason to think otherwise. But the evidence is there. Before 1993 federal transfers and provincial funding kept post-secondary funding at a relatively sustainable level. But, between 1993 and 2003 tuition here in Alberta increased by 297 percent, after inflation. Quebec managed to avoid these drastic increases and today we see the result. Students will face the tuition increases the rest of Canada experienced in the last 20 years. This should not be used as a reason to say "suck it up, Quebec," but instead to look
at how the social contract has changed. Education is no longer a government fundingpriority. Federal funding for education in 1979 was close to 80 percent, and today it sits at less than 50 percent. Then, when a federal transfer is made, the provincial government has the final say on whether it actually makes it to our universities. Education is no longer viewed by our governments as a way to increase economic productivity or to improve our standing in the world. It is now viewed as a private decision with an individual benefit. It's your decision to take on an endeavour that 70 percent of jobs require you have before you even apply. It's your decision to take on a debt burden you will spend 10 to 20 years paying off. But when did we make this decision to slough off the responsibilities of education? The process of removing the government's role has happened slowly over 20 years. Student groups and education advocates have called for united action on post-secondary education, asking for something similar to the Canada Health Act, which would include discussion on per-capita funding levels for post-secondary, tuition fee levels, address deferred maintenance costs of universities and look at financing and debt levels. It's a national conversation that has never happened. V
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FOOD INSECURE UN special rapporteur for food Olivier de Schutter was in Canada to launch a discussion on national food strategy. The 11-day visit had DeSchutter analyzing whether those in poverty can afford an adequate diet and if social programs are providing proper assistance. "Canada has long been seen as a land of plenty. Yet today one in 10 families with a child under six is unable to meet their daily food needs," said de Schutter on his last day in Canada. "These rates of food insecurity are unacceptable, and it is time for Canada to adopt a national right to food strategy." De Schutter outlined his main con-
ON STRIKE cern stems from the growing inequality across the country. "What I've seen in Canada is a system that presents barriers for the poor to access nutritious diets and that tolerates increased inequalities between rich and poor, and Aboriginal non-Aboriginal peoples." De Schutter determined over 800 000 people in Canada are food insecure, one million First Nations people and 55 000 Inuit face desperate food situations and two to three million can't afford the diet necessary for a healthy lifestyle. De Schutter expressed particular concern over the state of food security in Aboriginal populations and that
neither the federal government nor the provinces consider that they have a responsibility to assist off-reserve Aboriginal peoples in overcoming discrimination. He called for reform to the Nutrition North Canada program which subsidizes retailers that serve remote communities. De Schutter recommended a national strategy to address food insecurity. His recommendations included adapting social assistance benefits and minimum wage to address the rising costs of basic necessities. De Schutter's final report will be presented at a session of the Human Rights Council in 2013.
Mursa is receiving support from the local chapter of Justice for Janitors. "I am concerned to hear about the struggles our brothers and sisters who work for Unicco are going through right now," said Tarik Accord, a member of the Justice for Janitors movement. Workers for Unicco in Hamilton recently filed
an unfair labour practice complaint against the company. The complaint stats workers were threatened with termination for trying to form a union. Mursa's complaints were outlined in a letter to the University president, in which she requested a meeting and full investigation.
More than 100 licensed practical nurses and health care aides at Hardisty Care centre began a strike this Tuesday against employer Park Place Seniors Living, a BC based company. Park Place is paying wages 20 percent below the level of Alberta Health Services, while receiving public funding to pay full wages at the level of the AHS collective agreement. AUPE, the union representing the striking nurses, accepted independent, third-party recommendations for settlement twice. And a provincially appointed dispute-inquiry board proposed moving wages of those
employed at Hardisty to the industry standard over three years. Park Place has rejected the recommendations of the indpendent third party arbiters and the provincial inquiry. "Park Place Seniors Living is fulfilling all the worst fears Albertans have about private health care," said AUPE President Guy Smith. "They are putting their profits before the quality and stability of care for the most vulnerable Albertans." AUPE has started a letter writing campaign to encourage Premier Redford to take action.
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ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS A contract worker for Unicco has filed a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, claiming that she was fired after reporting a sexual assault. Mercedesz Mursa says she was sexually assaulted while working for Unicco Facility Services in the residences of Grant MacEwan.
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" I will stand up and say the Harper government should get rid of Bill C-38." — Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks on Bill C-38, which he later amended to say he'd only stand up if 12 other Conservatives stood with him. BC Local News May 22, 2012
COMMENT >> LANGUAGE
True Esperanto
English will prevail as the default language worldwide The second president of the United States, John Adams, predicted in 1780 that "English will be the most respectable language in the world and the most universally read and spoken in the next century, if not before the end of this one." It is destined "in the next and succeeding centuries to be more generally the language of the world than Latin was in the last or French is in the present age." It was a bold prediction, for at that time there were only about 13 million English-speakers in the world, almost all of them living in Britain or on the eastern seaboard of North America. They were barely one percent of the world's population, and almost nobody except the Welsh and the Irish bothered to learn English as want to stay with the other global a second language. So how is Aduniversities, you have no other ams's prediction doing now? choice." Well, it took a little lonThe university is not doing ger than he thought, but this to attract foreign stu.com last week one of the most weekly dents. It is doing it mainly e@vue gwynn e n respected universities in for its own students who n y w G Italy, the Politecnico di Mispeak Italian as a first lanDyer lano, announced that from 2014 guage, but must make their livall of its courses would be taught in ing in a global economy where the English. players come from everywhere—and There was a predictable wave of they all speak English as a lingua outrage all across the country, but franca. the university's rector, Giovanni AzMany other European universities, zoni, simply replied: "We strongly especially in Germany, the Low Counbelieve our classes should be intertries and Scandinavia, have taken the national classes, and the only way to same decision, and the phenomenon have international classes is to use is now spreading to Asia. There is a the English language. Universities are huge shift underway, and it has bein a more competitive world. If you come extremely rare to meet a scien-
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tific researcher or international businessperson who cannot speak fluent English. How else would Peruvians communicate with Chinese? But wait a minute. Peruvians speak Spanish, the world's second-biggest language, and Chinese has the largest number of native speakers of any language. Why don't they just learn each other's languages? Because neither language is much use for talking to anybody else. Chinese won't get you very far in Europe, Africa or the Americas—or, indeed, in most of Asia. The same goes for Spanish almost anywhere outside Latin America. Since few people have the time to learn more than one or two foreign languages, we need a single lingua franca that everybody
The choice has fallen on English not because it is more beautiful or more expressive, but just because it is already more widespread than any of the other potential candidates. Mandarin Chinese has been the biggest language by number of speakers for at least the last thousand years, and is now used by close to a billion people, but it has never spread beyond China in any significant way. Spanish, like English, has grown explosively in the past two centuries: each now has over 400 million speakers. But Spanish remains essentially confined to Central and South America and Spain, while English is everywhere. There is a major power that uses English in every continent except South America: the US in North America, the United Kingdom in Europe, South Africa in Africa, India in Asia, and of course Australia (where the entire continent speaks it). All of that is due to the British empire, which once ruled one-quarter of the world's people. For the same reason, there are several dozen other countries where English is an official language. Of course, the British empire went into a steep decline almost a century ago, but the superpower that took Britain's place was the United States, another English-speaking country. After another century during which everybody dealing in international
business and diplomacy—indeed, any independent traveler who went very far from home—simply had to learn English, the die was cast. English had become the first worldwide lingua franca. There have been few languages in world history that were spoken by more people as a second language than as a first; English has had that distinction for several decades already. Never before has any language had more people learning it in a given year than it has native speakers; English has probably now broken that record as well. Most of those learners will never become fully fluent in English, but over the years some hundreds of millions will, including the entire global elite. And the amount of effort that is being invested in learning English is so great that it virtually guarantees that this reality will persist for generations to come. No other language is threatened by this predominance of English. Italians are not going to stop speaking Italian to one another, even if they have attended the Politecnico di Milano, and no force on Earth could stop the Chinese or the Arabs from speaking their own language among themselves. But they will all speak English to foreigners. V Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. His column appears each week in Vue Weekly.
COMMENT >> DEMOCRACY
Division or debate?
Mulcair's comments are called divisive, but does he have a point? To hear Canada's right-wing oilCanadian dollar, and that was having friendly echo chamber tell it, feda negative impact on manufacturing eral NDP leader Thomas Mulcair in other parts of the country resulthas just uttered the most hateful ing in job losses and closed plants. taboo words ever imaginable. AlMany media pundits and commenberta Premier Alison Redford tators have since suggested said she was "shocked" and that Mulcair was overE called Mulcair’s comments simplifying the economic C N E FER "divisive and misinformed." INTER weekly.com situation in Canada, which @vue ricardo Saskatchewan Premier may be true, but we should o Ricard Brad Wall accused Mulcair keep in mind the degree to a ñ u c A of calling western Canadian which mainstream media are oil workers a disease. And federal not interested in nuanced explanafinance minister Jim Flaherty accused tions of economic phenomena, and him of attacking western Canada for the degree to which they prefer an the sake of political gain. oversimplified 30-second sound bite. Just what did Mulcair say that was On that count alone I'm prepared to so offensive? He told CBC Radio that give Mulcair the benefit of the doubt. Canada was suffering from Dutch Disease. An economic concept coined Is the rate of investment in the by The Economist back in the 70s. tar sands contributing to the rise in Mulcair used it to describe the rapid, the value of the Canadian dollar? largely unregulated growth of tar Yes, but it's not just the tar sands. sands investments and production as It's also conventional oil in the artificially inflating the value of the west and Newfoundland, and other
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natural resources. Is the Canadian dollar currently over-valued? Yes, we've been hovering around parity for some time now when according to the OECD current "fair value" for the Canadian dollar is around 81 cents US. Is the combination of the inflated dollar and singular focus on Canada's energy sector hurting Canada's traditional manufacturing sector? Without question. I have seen nobody disagree with any of the points above so far, and in those simplest of terms it sounds like an almost textbook definition of Dutch Disease. A forthcoming study (that was funded by the federal government) and a recent IRPP report both confirm this is the case, although they disagree about the degree to which this is happening. Of course there are nuances and other factors at play, but I've never heard Mr Mulcair
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Arts in the Fort
In the wake of staff cuts at Keyano College, how does the arts community in Fort McMurray move forward?
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hen Fort McMurray's Keyano College cut 19 of its faculty jobs a few weeks ago, public outcry swiftly focused itself around what was perceived to be a gutting of the College's visual and performing arts (VPA) programs. Four instructors of the VPA department were let go, with low program enrollment being cited as the reason for the staffing downsizing. Those up in arms about the cuts were decrying what they saw as a blow to the arts community in a city constantly trying to brand the image of its culture as an integral part of the community (There was a somewhat unflattering portrait of the city in the British edition of GQ a few months ago, focused on the bar scene and rich-but-bored young men). The staff cuts at the College aren't exclusive to the performing arts areas, but the fact that those cuts have earned the lion's share of press highlights a growing question for the northern Albertan community: how do you encourage and engage the arts in a community that's growing faster than its infrastructure can keep up with, with so much emphasis seemingly being placed on working out at site? "Fort McMurray—and this is really hard to be understood—is a completely unique place," says David Whitelock. "There's nowhere else in North America like it. And nowhere else has the demands put on its need to grow its infrastructure, because of the economical growth. And with that means the city has to move fast, and be responsible, and make sure and usher through the growth." Whitelock is the executive director for Events Wood Buffalo, a non-profit organization dedicated to cultural development for the entire Wood Buffalo region, which includes Fort McMurray, Anzac, Conklin, Fort Chipewan and a number of other communities in northern Alberta. He's been in the position just six months, having previously worked all over the UK—like many
in Fort McMurray, he's a first-generation immigrant to the country— and while he admits that he sees the Keyano cuts as a setback to the arts community, Whitelock also notes that he believes that the cultural dialogue can continue in the city, as it must. "It's an extremely sensitive subject, and the people that have put in an extraordinary effort have lost their jobs, for instance," he notes. "I think they have to be unusually commended for their contribution to this community. But things do happen in any industry. In many respects, it's not unique. We talk ... we make adjustments so we become sustainable. I know Events Wood Buffalo—and I'm sure I can speak on behalf of many of our cultural leaders—will continue to invest, will continue to grow and nurture the arts on a local, provincial and national platform. We have to. We have no option." Whitelock notes that when putting on events in Wood Buffalo—two of Fort McMurray's biggest being the three-week-long Winterplay winter festival and the performing arts fest Interplay—he strives to find a balance of local talent and international guests from afar, to help introduce new ideas to inspire and include the local community. "To have a healthy cultural ecosystem, you have to have a balance of them all," he notes. "Beause if you don't, it fails. It absolutely fails. And in order to nurture grassroots and local artists, there has to be an aspirational level of offer as well. If there was a concert with, Nickelback, for instance, you would want to be positioning your local artists to support them. Because that will help them grow. It builds capacity within that group. They co-exist. They should never ever be separated. One has to partner with the other. We will never take our eye off of that, but there's a lot of work to be done, growing local culture, and helping local artists, be those performing or visual. I think there are some incredible people who are do-
ing some great work. We have lost some of them, but we will grow."
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that a direct line can also be drawn from the tar sands to the high dollar to job losses in southern Ontario. If nothing else, you would think that this would merit a national conversation about how our economy—regionally and nationally—is developing, and what impacts this course of development is having on all Canadians. What we have instead of a genuine conversation and analysis, however, is the traditional close-minded attack on anyone that dares to question the sanctity of oil and gas as the kingpin
of the Canadian economy. Ms Redford’s retort that Mr Mulcair should not comment on the impact of the tar sands on the economy until he has visited the tar sands is ridiculous and not constructive at all, likewise Mr Wall’s and Mr Flaherty’s characterization of Mulcair's comments as an attack on oil workers and the West in general. All public policies have benefits and costs. It behooves our elected politicians that they carefully weigh all options and alternatives to ensure that,
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suggest otherwise. Manufacturing is in decline in most of the developed world. Other factors that have contributed to the decline of Canadian manufacturing in particular are historically low productivity, free trade, and our small and spread-out population base. It is also true that the oil boom has also resulted in some new manufacturing in places like Ontario. But none of that precludes the fact
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Russell Thomas, director of communication for Keyano College, points out that there was a push coming from the government to do something about the College programs with low numbers of registered students. "All colleges in Alberta are facing the same challenge of reviewing low enrollment programs, of which we had several," he says, "And the government pretty much said, 'You have to do something about those low enrollment programs.' We can't keep going, so the decisions we had to make were really rooted in that directive that came from the advanced education ministry. "And [the VPA program] hadn't really been gone through a review process of any kind since it was created," he adds. "And I think that the intention is to finish off the students currently enrolled, but then really look at, 'All right, what does relevant fine arts programming look like going forward as our community evolves?' And I think the college is intent on positioning itself so that it can respond as demand changes over time." Julie Funk, a dancer, was a longtime resident of Fort McMurray, having left to work in New York, only to come back later in her life (she currently resides in Calgary, though returns to Fort McMurray to teach every year). She notes that so long as the facilities remain intact at the College, the program will see some form of reboot in the future. "There are beautiful rehearsal halls in Keyano, and wonderful studios with sprung floors. As long as they don't get changed to regular classrooms, I believe that something will be initiated again there." Funk recalls the last time Keyano let some of its staff go in 2004, and the feelings that arose in the community: "It created a paranoia, and it's ugly." That said, change itself isn't the problem, she notes—and, in fact, could prove positive for the
wholesale community—but the alleged method in which it was instigated is what she takes point with: that so harshly severing ties with those who've dedicated themselves to the arts there: the staff were allegedly brought to a meeting, then given 15 minutes to pack their offices before being escorted off the College premises by security. It's a method of removal that the College has denied, though that denial's been challenged and the story persists. "The only concern I have is that [that the staff we're terminated with 15 minutes' notice]. I wish that somebody would speak up and say 'That's not OK, what you did.' Change, I think is good, and I think change was necessary. I think there needed to be a shake up. But that's just so unfair. The people who were there really gave their heart and soul. Nobody in there doesn't care, so that breaks my heart." Both Thomas and Whitelock seem to believe that the direction to move towards is one that engages the diverse spread of cultures that the large number of immigrants are bringing to the community. "It's a unique set of challenges when you see that the majority of them are first-generation immigrants," Whitelock explains. "So we have challenges there in terms of cross-cultural dialogue, and growth, and understanding each other's cultural disposition. Which is a great, really fantastic thing to engage with. That does bring some really unique opportunities for us to grow as a region." Thomas notes that the past six years have seen the city's population grow by 25 percent, but with a constant stream of people leaving as well as coming in, the change in the community could be closer to 50 percent (According to the 2011 census, Fort McMurray's population sits at slightly more than 61 000 residents). "A lot of people are coming from other parts of the world, like Paki-
in all cases, the benefits to the public interest outweigh the costs. Our country is quickly moving in a direction which will make oil and gas investment, extraction and export the main determinant of our entire national economy and our economic well-being. Yet when the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition suggests that we should have a close look at what the exact benefits are of moving in that direction, our governments respond with ridiculous personal attacks and an over-the-top
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stan, India, from Venezuela, from several countries in Africa that we seem to have growing populations of in Fort McMurray," he says. "And how do you adjust, culturally, to those things?" Still, for any cultural sharing and fostering to occur, there needs to be a place for the convergence to occur. Whether or not the College is the place remains to be seen: Whitelock notes that there's a growing stream of funding available from the Municipal government, and there's apparently been an arts and cultural centre proposed for downtown Fort McMurray (there's also a regional arts council, similar to the EAC, in the process of being formed). A new visual arts gallery has been created, offering appropriate climate control to allow, for the first time, touring shows to travel through town. The cuts seem to suggest a continued reduction in the arts (last year the College shuttered its Musical Instrument Repair program, the only one of its kind in Canada), but Keyano's historically been an important place for the arts in Fort McMurray, and Thomas notes that, even as the programming shifts, the College is still looking at how best to serve the community in that regard as it moves forward. "The reality is that government funding, the way it looks now, is not going to go up. In fact it's going to go down," he continues. "And we have to do whatever we do— whether it's arts programming or trades programming or academic programming—in a way that makes sense on a fiscal level. We've been mandated to do that by the government, and that's what we're doing. And I think by working closely with our partners in the community— and whether that's municipality or school boards or industry—that we're going to look at working together to make sure that the arts will make sure to play a role at Keyano College. It'll just be a different role, delivered in a different way." Paul Blinov
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rhetorical defense of the very industry in question. Why are they deflecting? Why are they avoiding the conversation? Don't we deserve better from the people we've entrusted with the defense and promotion of our interests? The way things are going, we may never know. V Ricardo Acuña is the executive director of the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan, public policy research institute housed at the University of Alberta.
EVENTS WEEKLY FAX YOUR FREE LISTINGS TO 780.426.2889 OR EMAIL LISTINGS@VUEWEEKLY.COM DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 3pm
COMEDY Brixx Bar • 10030-102 St • 780.428.1099 • Troubadour Tuesdays with comedy and music
Ceili's • 10338-109 St • 780.426.5555 • Comedy Night: every Tue, 9:30pm • No cover
Century Casino • 13103 Fort Rd • 780.481.9857 • Open amateur night every Thu, 7:30pm • Stan Thomson; May 25-26
COMEDY FACTORY • Gateway Entertainment Centre, 34 Ave, Calgary Tr • Funniest Person with a day job; Every Tue; until Jun 5 • Craig Sherburne; May 25-26 • Brian Work; Jun 1-2
Comic Strip • Bourbon St, WEM • 780.483.5999 • Wed-Fri, Sun 8pm; Fri-Sat 10:30pm • Jimmy Shubert; May 24-27 • Dan Levy; May 31-Jun 3
Meditation • Strathcona Library • medita-
Jun 7, 7-9pm • Free
Speakers Series. E: kwells@ualberta.ca
tionedmonton.org • Weekly meditation dropin; every Tue, 7-8:30pm
Scandal, transparency and integrity in politics • Riverbend Public Library •
Junction Bar and Eatery • 10242-106 St
Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association • Duggan Community Hall, 3728-106 St • 780.458.6352, 780.467.6093 • nawca.ca • Meet every Wed, 6:30pm
Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD) • Grey Nuns Hospital, Rm 0651, 780.451.1755; Group meets every Thu 7-9pm • Free
River Valley Vixen • Glenora stairs • All girls outdoor bootcamp every Mon, and Wed: 6:30pm • Until end Jul • Info: E: rivervalleyvixen@gmail.com
Sherbrooke Stalk Exchange • Sherbrooke Community Hall, 13008-122 Ave • 780.452.2363 • Demos from leading local gardening presentors, organizations supporting local food initiatives. Free plant and seed exchange. Garden related donation appreciated but not necessary to receive plant material. Tomato and herb plants for sale • Sun, May 27, 10am-2pm Sherwood Park Walking Group + 50 • Meet inside Millennium Place, Sherwood
DRUID • 11606 Jasper Ave • 780.710.2119 • Comedy night open stage hosted by Lars Callieou • Every Sun, 9pm
Place • Weekly outdoor walking group; starts with a 10 min discussion, followed by a 30-40 minute walk through Centennial Park, a cool down and stretch • Every Tue, 8:30am • $2/ session (goes to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta)
Filthy McNasty's • 10511-82 •
Society of Edmonton Atheists •
780.996.1778 • Stand Up Sundays: Stand-up comedy night every Sun with a different headliner every week; 9pm; no cover
laugh shop–Sherwood Park • 4 Blackfoot Road, Sherwood Park • 780.417.9777 • laughinthepark.ca • Open Wed-Sat • Fri: 8pm, Sat: 7:30pm and 10pm; $20 • Wednesday Amateur night: 8pm (call to be added to the line-up); free • Daryl Makk; May 25-26
laugh shop–124th Street • 11802-124 St • 780.417.9777 • thelaughshop.com • Amateur night every Wed (call 780.417.9777 to be added to the lineup); no cover
Overtime Pub • 4211-106 St • Open mic comedy anchored by a professional MC, new headliner each week • Every Tue • Free
River Cree–The Venue • Standup comedian Joe Rogan; Jun 2; $39.50 • Standup comedian Kathleen Madigan; Jun 9; $24.50
Zen Lounge • 12923-97 St • The Ca$h Prize comedy contest hosted by Matt Alaeddine • 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 7:309:30pm; Thu 6-8pm Amnesty International Edmonton • 8307-109 St • edmontonamnesty.org • Meet the 4th Tue each month, 7:30pm (no meetings in Jul, Aug, and Dec) E: amnesty@ edmontonamnesty.org for more info • Free
AWA 12-STEP SUPPORT GROUP • Braeside Presbyterian Church bsmt, N. door, 6 Bernard Dr, Bishop St, Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St Albert • For adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families • Every Mon 7:30pm
Brain Tumour Peer Support Group • Woodcroft Branch Library, 13420-114 Ave • 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 Tue every month; 7-8:45pm • Free
Cha Island Tea Co • 10332-81 Ave • Games Night: Board games and card games • Every Mon, 7pm
Edmonton Bike Art Nights • BikeWorks, 10047-80 Ave, back alley entrance • Art Nights • Every Wed, 6-9pm
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 Home–Energizing Spiritual Community for Passionate Living • Garneau/Ashbourne Assisted Living Place, 11148-84 Ave • Home: Blends music, drama, creativity and reflection on sacred texts to energize you for passionate living • Every Sun 3-5pm
Lotus Qigong • 780.477.0683 • Downtown • Practice group meets every Thu
Stanley Milner Library, Rm 6-7 • edmontonatheists.ca • Meet the 1st Tue every month, 7pm
Sugarswing Dance Club • Orange Hall, 10335-84 Ave or Pleasantview Hall, 10860-57 Ave • 780.604.7572 • Swing Dance at Sugar Foot Stomp: beginner lesson followed by dance every Sat, 8pm (door) at Orange Hall or Pleasantview Hall Walk Alberta • Claireview Shopping Centre, Sobey's, 137 Ave, Victoria Tr: St. Albert Trekkers Volkssport Club walking trails through Hermitage Park and river valley. 5, 10km; May 26, 12.30-3pm • Kinsmen Sport Centre, 9100 Waterdale Hill: St. Albert Trekkers Volkssport Club walking mostly paved trails through the river valley; 5km, 10km; May 29, 6:30-9pm • William Lutsky South YMCA, 1975-111 St: St Albert Trekkers Volkssport Club walking trails and sidewalks around Twin Brooks and Blackmud Creek; 5, 10km; May 31, 6:30-9pm • Info: David Hall, 780.464.6932, davidhall@telus.net • Rundle Park, 2909-113 Ave: St Albert Trekkers Volkssport Club on paved and dirt trails through Hermitage Park; 5k and 10km walks; info: Joe Sombach 780.458.4667, joe@ sombach.com
Vegetarians of Alberta • Bonnie Doon Community Hall, 9240-93 St • vofa.ca/category/ events • Monthly Potluck and book sale: bring a vegan dish to serve 8 people, your own plate, cup, cutlery, serving spoon • $3 (member)/$5 (non-member)
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
780.421.4821 • Discussion • Jun 2, 1:30-4pm
QUEER BUDDYS NITE CLUB • 11725B Jasper Ave • 780.488.6636 • Tue with DJ Arrow Chaser, free pool all night; 9pm (door); no cover • Wed with DJ Dust’n Time; 9pm (door); no cover • Thu: Men’s Wet Underwear Contest, win prizes, hosted by Drag Queen DJ Phon3 Hom3; 9pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Fri Dance Party with DJ Arrow Chaser; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm • Sat: Feel the rhythm with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm
EPLC Fellowship Pagan Study Group • Pride Centre of Edmonton • eplc. webs.com • Free year long course; Family circle 3rd Sat each month • Everyone welcome
FLASH Night Club • 10018-105 St • 780.969.9965 • Thu Goth + Industrial Night: Indust:real Assembly with DJ Nanuck; 10pm (door); no cover • Triple Threat Fridays: DJ Thunder, Femcee DJ Eden Lixx • DJ Suco beats every Sat • E: vip@flashnightclub.com
G.L.B.T.Q. (gay) African Group DropIn) • Pride Centre, moving • 780.488.3234 • Group for gay refugees from all around the World, friends, and families • 1st and Last Sun every month • Info: E: fred@pridecentreofedmonton.org, jeff@pridecentreofedmonton.org
G.L.B.T.Q Sage bowling club • 780.474.8240, E: Tuff@shaw.ca • Every Wed, 1:30-3:30pm GLBT sports and recreation • teamedmonton.ca • Co-ed Bellydancing: bellydancing@teamedmonton.ca • Bootcamp: Garneau Elementary, 10925-87 Ave. at 7pm; bootcamp@ teamedmonton.ca • Bowling: Ed's Rec Centre, West Edmonton Mall, Tue 6:45pm; bowling@ teamedmonton.ca • Curling: Granite Curling Club; 780.463.5942 • Running: Kinsmen; running@teamedmonton.ca • Spinning: MacEwan Centre, 109 Street and 104 Ave; spin@teamedmonton.ca • Swimming: NAIT pool, 11762-106 St; swimming@teamedmonton.ca • Volleyball: every Tue, 7-9pm; St. Catherine School, 10915110 St; every Thu, 7:30-9:30pm at Amiskiwiciy Academy, 101 Airport Rd
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, 1-4:30pm • Info: T: Jeff Bovee 780.488.3234, E: tuff @shaw.ca
Illusions Social Club • The Junction, 10242-106 St • groups.yahoo.com/group/edmonton_illusions • 780.387.3343 • Crossdressers meet 2nd Fri every month, 8:30pm INSIDE/OUT • U of A Campus • Campus-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transidentified and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, graduate student, academic, straight allies and support staff • 3rd Thu each month (fall/winter terms):
• 780.756.5667 • junctionedmonton.com • Open Tues-Sat: Community bar with seasonal patio • Beat the clock Tue • WINGSANITY Wed, 5-10pm • Free pool Tue and Wed • Karaoke Wed, 9-12pm • Fri Steak Night, 5-9pm • Frequent special events: drag shows, leather nights, bear bashes, girls nights • DJs every Fri and Sat, 10pm
LIVING POSITIVE • 404, 10408-124 St • edmlivingpositive.ca • 1.877.975.9448/780.488.5768 • Confidential peer support to people living with HIV • Tue, 7-9pm: Support group • Daily dropin, peer counselling
MAKING WAVES SWIMMING CLUB • geocities.com/makingwaves_edm • Recreational/competitive swimming. Socializing after practices • Every Tue/Thu
Pride Centre of Edmonton • Moving • 780.488.3234 • Daily: YouthSpace (Youth Drop-in): Tue-Fri: 3-7pm; Sat: 2-6:30pm; jess@ pridecentreofedmonton.org • Men Talking with Pride: Support group for gay, bisexual and transgendered men to discuss current issues; Sun: 7-9pm; robwells780@hotmail.com • HIV Support Group: for people living with HIV/ AIDS; 2nd Mon each month, 7-9pm; huges@ shaw.ca • TTIQ: Education and support group for transgender, transsexual, intersexed and questioning people, their friends, families and allies; 2nd Tue each month, 7:30-9:30pm; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Community Potluck: For members of the LGBTQ community; last Tue each month, 6-9pm; tuff@shaw.ca • Counselling: Free, short-term, solution-focused counselling, provided by professionally trained counsellors; every Wed, 6-9pm; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • STD Testing: Last Thu every month, 3-6pm; free; admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org • Youth Movie: Every Thu, 6:30-8:30pm; jess@ pridecentreofedmonton.org PrimeTimers/sage Games • Unitarian Church, 10804-119 St • 780.474.8240 • Every 2nd and last Fri each Month, 7-10:30pm St Paul's United Church • 11526-76 Ave • 780.436.1555 • People of all sexual orientations are welcome • Every Sun (10am worship)
WOMONSPACE • 780.482.1794 • womonspace.ca, womonspace@gmail.com • A Nonprofit lesbian social organization for Edmonton and surrounding area. Monthly activities, newsletter, reduced rates included with membership. Confidentiality assured Woodys Video Bar • 11723 Jasper Ave • 780.488.6557 • Mon: Amateur Strip Contest; prizes with Shawana • Tue: Kitchen 3-11pm • Wed: Karaoke with Tizzy 7pm-1am; Kitchen 3-11pm • Thu: Free pool all night; kitchen 3-11pm • Fri: Mocho Nacho Fri: 3pm (door), kitchen open 3-11pm
SPECIAL EVENTS Birthday Bash for Boyle Street • Integration Edmonton, 10565-114 St • 780.421.9853 • Fundraiser for Boyle Street Community Services hosted by Integration Pilates
Edmonton Oliver Studio. Featuring fashion shows by Maggie Walt Design and Sabrina Butterfly, music by North Tango, DJ Buster Friendly (CJSR), Blue Pear Restaurant, Somerville Wine Bar, Paddy's Cheese, Bon Ton Bakery, Fuss Cupcakes and others, silent auction • Sat, May 26 • $50 (proceeds to Boyle Street) available at Integration Pilates Studios
Food in the City • Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Ave • Conference on urban agriculture and how to build a resilient local food system • May 25 (afternoon), May 26 (all day)
GANG (Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation) fundraisers • Garage Sale: 11208-23B Ave: May 25, 10am-8pm; May 26, 9am-4pm • For What It’s Worth: Antique appraisals, Old Strathcona Antique Mall, 10323-78 Ave: Jun 9, 1-4pm • Proceeds to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation
International Children’s Festival • 88 shows from eight main stage acts representing six countries (Australia, Iceland, Russia, Ukraine, United States and Canada), more than 20 site activities and an assortment of roving artists • May 29-Jun 2, Tue-Wed 9:30am-3:30pm, Thu 9:30 a.m. to 7pm, Fri 9:30am-8pm, Sat 9am-5pm • Main Stage: $10.50 (adult)/$9 (child); Grandparents/seniors 2-for-1 tickets for May 29 only; Telus Toddler Town: $5 (child up to 4); Fun Friday/Super Saturday Wristbands: $15 (adult)/$10 (child) at the Arden box office; Site Activity: $3 each
A Night On The Titanic • 2108 Warry Way, Upper Windermere • Second annual Camp Everest fundraiser presented by Artisan Homes in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Pediatric Neurosurgery Fund. Featuring hors d’oeuvres by Bridges, inspired by Titanic’s first-class menu, boutique shopping, string quartet, wine and scotch bar, silent auction, casino games • Sat, May 26, 7pm-12 • $100; T: Lori 780.430.7277 • All proceeds raised to the Pediatric Neurosurgery Fund and Camp Everest Spero Gala • TransAlta Arts Barn, 10330-84 Ave • actalberta.org • Fundraiser to raise awareness of human trafficking in Canada. Music by Yes Nice • Jun 2, 7:30pm; cocktail dress code • $40, Profits to ACT Alberta (Action Coalition on Human Trafficking
Stamp Show Royal *2012* Royale • WEM, above Europa Blvd, Entrance 1, 178 St, 90 Ave, 3rd Flr Conference Centre • royal2012royale.com • Lieutenant Governor giving awards to winners of Alberta2012 Youth Stamp Design Contest winners. Special exhibit of Sir Sam Steele of the NW Mounted Police. National Level competitive Exhibits, 24 Dealers from across Canada, selling stamps from all over the world, junior table, stamps 2 for 1c • Jun 1-3 Virginia Park Elementary School Fine Arts Night • Concordia University College of Alberta • Fundraiser to support the school’s Arts Core theme focused learning activities (artist-in-residence, music, art, dance, drama); silent and live auction, Capoeira Academy (dance), Sebastian Barrera (music), Jayna Simpson (live airbrush art) • Fri, Jun 1, 6:30pm • $15 at virginiaparkfan.com, Virginia Park School, Mandolin Books
Y Toastmasters Club • EFCL, 7103-105 St • Meet every Tue, 7-9pm; helps members develop confidence in public speaking and leadership • T: Antonio Balce at 780.463.5331
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REVUE // GODARD
Apocalypse now and then
Godard's prescient Weekend an durable ode to catastrophic collapse Fri, May 25 – Tue, May 29 Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1967
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itle cards flash across the screen in the opening minutes of JeanLuc Godard's Weekend; they inform us that what we're watching and listening to is both "a film adrift in the cosmos" and "a film found atop a scrap heap." Very different settings in which to discover a masterpiece of radical post-classical cinema, but either suggests that this is an artifact from a lost time and place, cinenotes from the end of the world. The film's key images and sounds support this: protracted lines of stalled traffic, the drivers relentlessly, futilely honking their horns, as though the sustaining of this cacophony will do anything to quell their sociopathic road rage; rural landscapes in which the flaming ruins of crack-ups litter the freeways, corpses hanging from shattered windows or scattered across the shoulders like abandoned refuse. A three-car pile-up is overseen by a woman screaming bloody fucking murder, crying out in soul-agony, not for a loved one trapped or maimed or impaled in the wreckage, but for her Hermès handbag. In this only slightly exaggerated version of our world rape and murder is just a shot away, but the loss of designer accessories prompts a level of suffering too painful to bear in silence. Describing such scenes risks rendering Weekend a very broad anti-
consumerist satire, but the film, Godard's 15th feature from his insanely prolific first decade, which begins as something of a neo-noir (a couple conspires to collect a substantial inheritance while each secretly plots the other's demise) before descending into car-centric social breakdown and casual cannibalism, is dense with nuance, allusion and calculated misdirection. This is an audaciously blunt, bitingly politicized work in so many ways (most notably in its depiction of widespread affectless avarice as a result of high capitalism), yet its overt didacticism, delivered though rampant branding, on-screen text, militant monologues, literary quotations and absurdist scenes of violent conflict over the most incidental damage to private property, is counterbalanced by formal strategies and narrative twists that, while firmly grounded in the era's dominant Leftist ideology, always assures us that there is nothing noble about either side of the film's battle between its haut bourgeoisie and forest-dwelling, Sgt Peppery anarchist revolutionaries. Godard doesn't need us to identify with any individual or group in Weekend; his interest seems to lie in the formation of a vast canvas, à la Brueghel, of social turmoil, drawing our attention to horrors that would feel unnervingly true-to-life as the West became increasingly embroiled in Vietnam and France would erupt into strikes and protest the following spring.
What a Weekend
Yet Weekend's prescience expands beyond the special chaos of the 1960s. Its use of the car as the quintessential object of consumerist idolatry is only more resonant in our age of rising oil prices, status anxiety and gaping class divides. Its formalist strategies have inspired countless subsequent satires, even if precious few strike Godard's uncanny balance of wit, intelligence, craft
and provocation. Weekend makes a brilliant double feature with Crash (1996), David Cronenberg's inspired adaptation of the novel by JG Ballard, whose entire body of work could be seen as aligning itself to Godard's vision of civilization's autodestruction (even if in Ballard's version the cars are fetishized instead of demonized). So what we've got here is an apocalypse movie that
speaks both to its moment and to the ages, a durable, colorful, endlessly fascinating, surprisingly entertaining ode to catastrophic collapse from an artist who to this day has yet to be outdone in terms of bridging the commercial cinema with the avant-garde. Vive la fin du monde! Vive Weekend! Josef Braun
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REVUE // YOU SUNK MY ...
Battleship Now playing Directed by Peter Berg
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iggybanking on the success of its Transformers franchise, Hasbro launches its board-game line, now exploding on screens near you. (Sad-but-true alert: Candy Land and Monopoly adaptations incoming!) Battleship tosses in a banal naughty-hunk-trying-to-make-good intro before getting to the nutsand-bolts: missiles firing, machinery exploding, havoc wreaking. (The movie only resembles the game in that ships are involved and the aliens' missiles lodge into destroyer hulls like pegs into the board.) The movie's mostly product place-
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ment and patriotism pumping for the Navy (even red-white-and-blueblooded veterans get to be heroes). The aliens' aim is unclear (they
target machinery, not us), but who cares? Unite with former enemies (the Japanese) near Pearl Harbour, kill all these new, unearthly ene-
mies, and cheer! Top it all off with a crop-top-wearing-model love interest! (Smart tactics, involving tsunami-warning buoys, are countered
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by stupid physics—one dropped anchor puts the water-brakes on a speeding battleship.) Somehow, there's tension in the last half-hour, though maybe that's because I began rooting for the aliens over the eagerly homicidal hominids. After the non-stop F/X heavy-metal-carnage, all that's left is for the critics among us to wonder: what kind of species spends millions to play wargames and fantasy-annihilate giant structures in an effort to get millions back from people watching all that destruction? Playing this game of Battleship is like sinking into disastercapitalism porn. Brian Gibson
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PREVUE // FILM FEST
Dreamspeakers Film Festival Wed, May 30 – Sat, Jun 2 Dreamspeakers Film Festival Various venues, full schedule at dreamspeakers.org
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he voices and visions of local and international Aboriginal filmmakers are about to come together once more for the Dreamspeakers Film Festival. The stories come from as far away as New Zealand through documentaries, drama and comedy to support and educate the public about Aboriginal culture, art and heritage. Filmmakers, actors, directors and individuals from all facets of the industry will gather in Edmonton to celebrate the art form that the first Dene filmmaker dubbed "dreamtalking," believing films were a way to speak your dreams. The event is the only Aboriginal film festival in Alberta and executive director Helen Calahasen, who has also spent some time in front of the camera, says the film community is a small, but supportive one. "We've gained a reputation that we do take care of our people in our community, and what I mean by that is we honour the fact that they're in this industry that's very difficult to break through or remain in," she says. Calahasen says while the films origi-
Celebrating Aboriginal filmmakers
nate from different countries, the issues that Aboriginal people are facing are often similar at their core. The films are a way to portray how each country is dealing with the issues facing its Aboriginal and Indigenous people, such as treatment in prisons and healing from the horrific experiences in residential schools. The film festival is a showcase for the international Aboriginal film community, but Calahasen encourages
audiences of all cultures to come out and experience what it has to offer. "We really like to see people come out and support these Aboriginal filmmakers to show that there is the talent out there, that some of the issues that they do discuss, whether it's a documentary or whether it's a drama or whether it's a comedy, there's still excellent filmmakers out there and we would like people to open their minds," she adds.
The films at this year's festival range from short to feature length and include Smoke Traders, a story of the contraband tobacco trade and its effect on individuals and communities; Charlie Zone, a crime story that deepens as a kidnapee reveals her own agenda; Every Emotion Costs, an exploration of returning home to reserve life to face family and community; A Day in Our Bay; a collaborative documentary from the Bristol Bay Alaskan
Natives, and Two Indians Talking, a comedic drama about the conflicting opinions of two First Nations men as they prepare to set up a roadblock. On top of a diverse variety of films, the festival incorporates Youth Day (Fri, Jun 1) which allows young people to gain exposure to the media industry, network, participate in workshops, have the chance for photo ops with the stars and take in some entertainment. Agents will also be on hand, scoping out new talent. The Walk of Honour will take place the same day, and while it has been compared to Canada's Walk of Fame, Calahasen says it's one-of-a-kind. "We honour those who have really made contributions, who have blazed the trail as you say, so it's not always a popularity contest," she notes. "It's about what you have done to pave the way for individuals in this industry." This year's Walk of Honour inductee is Tom Jackson, who has also received the Order of Canada and has become known not only for his television work, but for his philanthropic endeavours. Jackson will be performing at the Walk of Honour gala that evening and the public can take in the ceremony at a free barbecue downtown at Beaver Hills House Park. meaghan baxter
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REVUE // TWO BECOME ONE
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye Fr, May 25 – Sun, May 27 Directed by Marie Losier Metro Cinema at the Garneau
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e grew up misunderstood, beat up every day at school, and quickly nurtured his flamboyant freak credentials (this is the glam era) in the realms of music, shock value and cross-dressing. She left home at 14, went to Alphabet City, put herself through med school, created performance art that questioned gender roles and the body's limits, eventually becoming a nurse. They first met when he was crashing at a friend's dungeon in the East Village. They fell in love, and were swept up by this thing love does to us sometimes: it makes one want to
consume the other, to fuse, to become a mirror to the other. Genesis P-Orridge and Jacqueline Breyer took this to heart. They didn't want to part, ever. They wore each other's clothes, got the same haircut and, despite their notable physical differences (his bulldog torso versus her pixie figure, a 20-year age gap), they eventually began their most ambitious project, one involving arduous surgeries, including matching breast implants, to make themselves resemble each other as much as possible. Can you imagine the luck? To find someone who not only shares your taste in fashion and art but also is willing to join you on the long, uncharted route to surgical symbiosis? Marie Losier's The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye is a portrait of this singular love story.
On the path to one-ness
Losier's approach is hermetically sealed, told very much from the in-
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side, in certain ways willfully naïve, and something like the opposite of journalism. There's no commentary, no talking heads, just P-Orridge's narration over a stream of home movies, archival footage and fragments of musical performance. I think the approach works very well, prizing intimacy over critical assessment. Why not? There's a great story there, a forced identification with what is for most an alien lifestyle choice, and Losier crafts a very specific, oddly charming esthetic experience to boot. I would suggest that
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the film's one major flaw is its lack of balance between its two subjects, its overwhelming focus on P-Orridge. I can't help but think the ideal Ballad would be one in which the individual narrative of one its titular characters shifts seamlessly into the other. Cinema can splice reality like no other medium, and Losier's approach, bold and precise as it is, only lacks this one great conceptual push, a way of having her project perfectly align with that of her subjects. Josef Braun
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REVUE // THE GOLDEN YEARS
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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Retirees in India
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he Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows seven English retirees to India and the titular hotel, their chosen retirement destination. It is a story about many things, but at its core it explores the realities of aging and the frustrations of travel, especially to a foreign country. The ensemble cast is filled with British notables—Judy Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson and Dev Patel, among others—and it's directed by John Madden, who won the best picture Oscar for Shakespeare in Love. Like all travel companions, each retiree's story begins separately and ends up shared, and in this way the story flows neatly, with plenty of witty one-liners to keep us smiling, particularly when the film's middle-aged siren, Madge (Celia Imrie) tells party pooper Jean (Penelope Wilton) that her wedding anniversary should be marked with
a "moment of silence." You'll quickly notice that the characters feel familiar and resemble relatives we love and loathe: the dirty-talking aunt or uncle, the racist granny, the scholar or the humble, all-enduring mother. Through private conversations between travellers, each character's rea-
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big dreams for the resort, but is struggling to keep it and its ripe guests alive. In the end it is the most unsuspecting guest who helps Sonny to keep his dream from slipping through his fingers. There is a lot to appreciate in the film, despite the expected Kama Sutra and Viagra experiments (yes there is
The film appeals to the explorer, raising questions about our willingness to see the world and make connections.
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son for travelling to India to live out their golden years is revealed—except for one, who's secret is held until midway in an attempt to ante up the drama. But the plot doesn't rest solely on the emigrating retirees: there is also a local, albeit cliché, love story between Sonny (Dev Patel) and Sunaina (Tena Desae) which will appeal to Bollywood enthusiasts. Sonny is part owner of the Marigold Hotel and has
also joke about green bananas). The film appeals to the explorer, raising questions about our willingness to see the world and make connections, delivering a sublime message: it's never too late to change, and no matter what age there are still things to learn, parts of ourselves to figure out and risks to be taken. TEJAY GARDINER
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REVUE // KITSCHY
Dune
Controlling the spice
Fri, May 25 (11 pm) Directed by David Lynch Metro Cinema at The Garneau Originally released: 1984
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ased on the best-selling sci-fi novel ever (published in 1965) and released in 1984 after 13 years of development hell (including Alejandro Jodorowsky's planned version, starring Salvador Dalí as the Emperor), after it was forced by Universal and financial backers to be cut from 180 minutes to 135, the epic struggle to get Dune made is bizarre enough. With its added voiceovers (spoken and thought), some clunky F/X (boxy shields protecting knife-fighters), and impossi-
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ble-for-a-non-Dune-reader-to-follow plot, no wonder David Lynch still won't discuss his first and only foray into genre moviemaking. The drug on the planet Dune, which fuels time-folding intergalactic travel, lengthens life, and "expands consciousness," is melange. The story itself, though, is a curious mélange of environmentalism (a resource war), '60s trippiness, Christianity (a Messiah's prophesied; melange is a spice, like myrrh), Arab references (a Dune priestess talks of a "ji'had") and Zen notions of mental will. Probably the only way anyone could've worked all that, plus the complex power-struggles on four planets, into a proper adaptation
was if they'd time-travelled ahead 25 years and had HBO bankroll a Game of Thrones-like miniseries. What we get, at best, are enthralling shots: some wondrously rococo and Gaudí-like sets; flashes of ste-
backstory-burdened dialogue and stiff lines. A soporific languor often takes hold. Certain moments just come off as kitschy (a poison-gas tooth is an assassination device out of C-grade James Bond). At least the punkish depravity of the East-
At worst, most scenes seem out of a stilted chamber-drama, with backstory-burdened dialogue and stiff lines. A soporific languor often takes hold.
ampunk (a whirring fight-machine); eerie aerial pans over the desert. At worst, most scenes seem out of a stilted chamber-drama, with
ern Bloc-like Harkonnens (including Sting, wearing leather and a codpiece) undercuts the movie's superseriousness. But it's hard to dis-
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agree with critic Robin Wood that the scene where Baron Harkonnen (his oozing lesions making him like a dying AIDS patient) bloodsucks a young man is anything less than "obscenely homophobic." The script's emphasis on women as concubines and "no woman-child" able to withstand the pain that Christ-like Paul Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan) endures makes 10191 AD seem pointlessly regressive. But then, that's the movie's problem, too—for every visual that's fantastically captivating, there's a plot point or line of dialogue that time-folds us backward, right out of the action. Brian Gibson
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THE AVENGERS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned Fri, SunThu 12:00, 3:10, 6:30, 9:45; Sat 11:00, 12:00, 3:10, 6:30, 9:45; 3D: Fri-Sat, Mon-Thu 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:20; Sun 3:50, 7:10, 10:20; 3D: Daily 1:30, 4:45, 8:00 BATTLESHIP (14A violence, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned Fri-Sat 12:20, 1:40, 3:20, 4:40, 6:15, 7:40, 9:20, 10:45; Sun-Thu 12:20, 1:40, 3:20, 4:40, 6:15, 7:40, 9:20, 10:35 THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (G) Closed Captioned Daily 11:50, 2:10, 4:30 THE DICTATOR (14A crude content, language may offend, not recommended for children) Fri-Sat 11:00; Closed Captioned Sun-Thu 1:50, 4:05, 6:10, 8:20, 10:30; Fri-Sat 1:50, 3:55, 6:10, 8:20 HUNGER GAMES (14A violence) Closed Captioned Daily 6:45, 9:50 DARK SHADOWS (14A) Closed Captioned Daily 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 9:30 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE EXPECTING (PG language may offend) Closed Captioned Daily 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 A Streetcar Named Desire (STC) Digital Cinema Sun 1:00
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THE AVENGERS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Fri 11:30, 2:55, 6:45, 10:05; Sat 11:15, 2:55, 6:45, 10:05; Sun-Thu 11:40, 3:00, 6:40, 10:00; 3D: Fri-Sat 11:45, 3:25, 7:15, 10:35; Sun 3:20, 7:00, 10:20; Mon-Thu 12:00, 3:20, 7:00, 10:20; 3D Ultraavx: Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:55, 7:45, 11:05; Sun-Thu 12:20, 3:40, 7:20, 10:40
DARK SHADOWS (14A) Digital Presentation, Closed Captioned, DTS Digital Fri-Tue, Thu 1:00, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25; Wed 1:00, 4:15, 10:25
THE AVENGERS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Daily 12:55, 3:40 , 6:25, 9:05
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THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (G) Fri-Sat 12:05; Sun-Thu 11:35; 3D: Fri-Sat 2:30, 5:00; Sun-Thu 2:00, 4:30
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THE DICTATOR (14A crude content, language may offend, not recommended for children) Fri-Sat 1:00, 1:30, 3:30, 4:00, 5:45, 6:20, 8:00, 8:40, 10:20, 10:55; Sun 12:30, 12:55, 2:50, 5:15, 5:45, 7:35, 8:05, 9:50, 10:20; Mon-Tue, Thu 12:30, 12:55, 2:50, 3:10, 5:15, 5:45, 7:35, 8:05, 9:50, 10:20; Wed 12:30, 12:55, 2:50, 3:10, 5:15, 7:05, 7:35, 9:50, 10:20 HUNGER GAMES (14A violence) Fri 12:10, 3:40, 7:00, 10:40; Sat 4:25, 7:30, 10:40; Sun-Tue, Thu 11:55, 3:15, 6:50, 10:00; Wed 11:55, 3:15, 10:00 DARK SHADOWS (14A) Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:20, 6:50, 9:55; Sun-Thu 1:30, 4:35, 7:40, 10:35 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE EXPECTING (PG language may offend) Fri-Sat 1:55, 4:55, 7:55, 10:50; Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:25, 10:05; Thu 4:05, 7:25, 10:05; Star & Strollers Screening: Thu 1:00 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Encore (classification not available) Sat 10:55 FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT (14A coarse language, sexual content) Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:45; Sun-Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 A Streetcar Named Desire (STC) Digital Cinema Sun 1:00 MEN IN BLACK 3 3D (PG violence) No passes Fri 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 10:00; Sat 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 10:00; Sun-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:00, 7:50, 10:25; Thu 5:00, 7:50, 10:25; Star & Strollers Screening: Thu 1:00; 3D: Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:45, 5:30, 7:50, 8:15, 10:30, 11:00; Sun-Thu 12:15, 2:55, 5:30, 6:55, 8:15, 9:30, 10:50 THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG coarse language) Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:15; SunThu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 CHERNOBYL DIARIES (14A gory scenes, frightening scenes) Fri 11:45, 2:00, 4:15, 6:40, 9:00, 11:15; Sat 2:00, 4:15, 6:40, 9:00, 11:15; Sun-Thu 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:35 This American Life Live! Things You Can't Do On The Radio (classification not available) Wed 7:00 The Muppets Take Manhattan (STC) Sat 11:00
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THE AVENGERS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Fri 6:30, 9:50; Sat-Sun 2:00, 6:30, 9:50; Mon-Thu 8:00; 3D: Fri 6:50, 10:30; Sat-Sun 3:15, 6:50, 10:30; Mon-Thu 8:30; Fri 3:40, 7:00, 10:20; Sat-Sun 12:20, 3:40, 7:00, 10:20; Mon-Thu 6:50, 10:05 BATTLESHIP (14A violence, not recommended for young children) Fri 3:50, 6:50, 10:00; Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 10:00; Mon-Thu 6:40, 9:50; Vip 18+: Fri 4:30, 8:15; Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:30, 8:15; Mon-Thu 7:30 THE DICTATOR (14A crude content, language may offend, not recommended for children) Fri 5:00, 7:20, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40; Mon-Thu 7:30, 9:55 DARK SHADOWS (14A) Fri 3:30, 6:20, 9:20; SatSun 12:40, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20; Mon-Thu 7:00, 9:40
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THE AVENGERS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Fri 3:25, 6:40, 10:00; Sat-Sun 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00; Mon-Thu 7:00, 10:10; 3D: Fri 4:20, 7:10, 7:40, 10:30; Sat 1:00, 4:20, 7:10, 7:40, 10:30; Sun 1:00, 4:20, 7:10, 7:40, 10:25; Mon-Thu 6:30, 7:30, 9:45 BATTLESHIP (14A violence, not recommended for young children) Fri 4:30, 7:35, 10:40; Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:35, 10:40; Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:35, 10:30; Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:40 THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (G) Sat-Sun 12:00; 3D: Fri 4:40; Sat-Sun 2:20, 4:40
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THE AVENGERS (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned Daily 1:30, 5:30, 9:00 THE AVENGERS 3D (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned Fri-Sun 11:45, 3:10, 6:30, 9:45; Mon-Thu 12:00, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45 THE AVENGERS 3D (PG violence, not recommended for young children) Ultraavx Daily 12:45, 4:10, 7:30, 10:45 BATTLESHIP (14A violence, not recommended for young children) Closed Captioned Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:10, 7:50, 10:10, 10:50; Mon-Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:10, 7:50, 10:10 THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (G) Daily 12:15 THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS 3D (G) Daily 2:30, 4:45 THE DICTATOR (14A crude content, language may offend, not recommended for children) Closed Captioned Fri-Sun 11:50, 2:10, 4:20, 6:40, 8:50, 11:00; Mon 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15; Tue-Thu 12:50, 3:05, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 HUNGER GAMES (14A violence) Closed Captioned Fri-Sun, Tue-Thu 12:40, 3:45, 7:00, 10:20; Mon 12:40, 3:45, 10:20 DARK SHADOWS (14A) Closed Captioned Daily 1:00, 4:30, 7:40, 10:30 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE EXPECTING (PG language may offend) Closed Captioned Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40; MonTue, Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50; Wed 4:20, 7:15, 9:50; Star & Strollers Screening: Wed 1:00 MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG violence) No passes FriTue, Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30; Wed 4:00, 6:45, 9:30; Star & Strollers Screening, No passes Wed 1:00 MEN IN BLACK 3 3D (PG violence) No passes Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 11:00; MonThu 12:30, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 MEN IN BLACK 3: An Imax 3d Experience (PG violence) No passes Daily 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 CHERNOBYL DIARIES (14A gory scenes, frightening scenes) Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:00, 4:15, 6:25, 8:40, 10:55; Mon 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, 10:20; Tue-Thu 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:20 Goldfinger (STC) Mon 7:00
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG coarse language) Fri 6:50, 9:10; Sat-SUn 2:00, 6:50, 9:10; MON-Thu 6:50, 9:10
DARK SHADOWS (14A) Thu, May 24: 7:05, 9:35
Battleship (14A violence, not recommended for young children) Thu, May 24: 6:55, 9:45 THE DICTATOR (14A crude content, language may offend, not recommended for children) Thu, May 24: 7:10, 9:25
DARK SHADOWS (14A) Fri 4:10, 7:00, 9:50; Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50; Mon-Thu 6:50, 9:30 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE EXPECTING (PG language may offend) Fri 5:05, 7:50, 10:35; Sat 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35; Sun 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30; Mon-Thu 7:20, 10:00
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Deep Blue Sea (PG coarse language, mature subject matter) Fri 7:00, 9:00; Sat-SUn 2:30, 7:00, 9:00; MON-Thu 7:00, 9:00
THE DICTATOR (14A crude content, language may offend, not recommended for children) Fri 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15; Sat 11:00, 1:10, 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15; Sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15; Mon-Thu 7:40, 9:55
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE EXPECTING (PG language may offend) Fri 4:00, 7:10, 10:10; SatSun 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10; Mon-Thu 7:10, 9:45
THE DICTATOR (14A crude content, language may offend, not recommended for children) Closed Captioned, Digital Presentation, Dolby Stereo Digital Daily 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:50
Battleship (14A violence, not recommended for young children) Daily 1:30, 4:05, 6:45, 9:15
BATTLESHIP (14A violence, not recommended for young children) Fri-Sat 12:25, 1:25, 3:35, 4:40, 7:05, 8:05, 10:25, 11:10; Sun-Thu 1:00, 1:25, 4:00, 4:25, 7:10, 7:30, 10:10, 10:35
MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG violence) Closed Captioned, No passes FRI 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 11:00; Sat 11:10, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 11:00; Sun-Tue, Thu 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:00; Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:00; Star & Strollers Screening: Wed 1:00; 3D: Daily 11:45, 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00; 3D Ultraavx: Daily 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:10, 10:40
The Muppets Take Manhattan (STC) Sat 11:00
EDWIN BOYD (14A) Digital Presentation, DTS Digital, Closed Captioned Daily 1:45
The Muppets Take Manhattan (STC) Sat 11:00
GRANDIN THEATRE–St Albert Grandin Mall Sir Winston Churchill Ave St Albert 780.458.9822
The Dictator (14A crude content, language may offend, not recommended for children) Daily 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:30, 9:20 DARK SHADOWS (14A) Daily 7:00, 9:10 Mirror Mirror (G) Daily 2:45 THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS 3D (G) Daily 1:00, 4:55
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COVER // THEATRE
The nature of nurture
Little Elephants finds a family finally spilling its secrets Thu, May 24 – Sun, Jun 10 (7:30 pm; 2 pm matinees Sat & Sun; no matinee on Sun, May 27) Directed by John Hudson Varscona Theatre, $15 – $26
'F
amily is different, for good or ill." You could take that statement any number of ways, but playwright Belinda Cornish had something quite specific in mind when penning her newest play, Little Elephants. "I really wanted to look at how a family communicates, or fails to communicate, and what the fallout of that is," she says. "Because the communication of people within a family is different, between anybody else—even from a friend that you've had since you were a child." Little Elephants is the final show of Shadow Theatre's 20th anniversary season. It has evolved and changed over the past two years as it progressed through the company's extensive play development program. "Shadow generally does a new play every year," states John Hudson, artistic director of Shadow and director of Little Elephants. "Generally there are four or five plays in development at any given time, in various stages of development—everything from fifth drafts to first drafts. I really love working on new work; it's a really wonderful and creative aspect of what we do." Little Elephants is a quintessential "slice of life" play. Two adult daughters, 20-something Vanessa (Nicola Elbro) and 30-something Tash (Kristi Hansen), return to their northwest London home for the weekend to help their parents, Marion (Valerie Planche) and Alf (Glenn Nelson), pack up and move to a retirement cottage. A startling phone call at the outset of the weekend spurs a parade of revelatory family secrets that each member has been studiously circumventing up until now, a snowball effect that raises the emotional stakes ever higher with each development. "In some way it's the slightly ubiquitous—and I don't mean that in an insulting way—slightly ubiquitous play where everybody comes home for the weekend, a bigger secret is revealed, and everybody walks away a changed person," explains Cornish. Her own melodious British accent gives away a significant aspect of Cornish's script: a very eccentrically British form of wit and humour that pervades the piece. "The way that Brits communicate is a little different to the way that North Americans communicate," she states. "I'm generalizing enormously here of course—but, we tend to gently, but literally, eviscerate each other. "On the one hand, what could be read as confrontational is actually some-
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Little Elephants: Family never forgets // Meaghan Baxter
what jokingly affectionate," she continues, "Whereas the serious stuff is actually met with a sort of skittering away and lightness, as opposed to confrontation. There's something British about that, but there's also something familial; I think about if I ever fight with my sister, half the time we don't need to apologize afterwards." Cornish admits that the original idea for this play, which began its life as a short parody piece, was based on the types of relationships in her own family, including a specific incident from their history. "But I want to be clear that it's not about my family," she states emphatically. "It's the original launching pad, with those little peculiarities and eccentricities, but I wanted to expand it into something else and I felt like perhaps this very obvious symbolism, of peculiar things hidden in odd places, being representative of a family that fails to communicate, and what that leads to." Operating in conjunction with the short, snappy, and densely packed dialogue is a set design that is just as busy. "I think the stage manager hates me," says Cornish with a wry smile. The cluttered stage, which features a real kitchen complete with running water and a working stove, mirrors the characters' untidy history and interactions quite nicely. But it also presents a different set of obstacles (literally) for the cast to navigate.
"The challenge in this piece is how much business she's got—packing boxes, moving stuff, playing cards— there's tons of business that happens along with the dialogue," says Hudson, standing at the back of the Varscona surveying a mess of stage pieces in various stages of construction. "There's a lot of challenge in just integrating that and keeping the dialogue moving smoothly." This task falls particularly heavy on Nicola Elbro's shoulders, whose character Vanessa is the family neat freak. "Two of the characters do nothing, while one of the characters does everything," explains Cornish. "But then of course she's the character who wants to find things out; she's the character who notices things; she's the only character who pokes at people. I said earlier in the practice that her trying to get information from any of the family members, or getting any of them to confront truth in any way, is like trying to punch a hole in a bowl of porridge. It just doesn't work." The plot revolves around its three female characters, all of whom are very strong in very different ways from one another. In contrast to Vanessa's uptight orderliness is unruly older sister Tash and impish mother, and the shifting configurations of these relationships are central to the revelation of secrets; they are also key to interpreting one of the story's central
themes—a surprisingly Darwinist take on the nature versus nurture determination of identity. "A lot of who we are, I believe, is a huge combination of nature and nurture because, well, because it has to be, but because our nature determines how we respond to the nurture," explains Cornish. "I react one way to a certain stimulus and you would react a completely different way." "My sister and I never met one of our grandfathers," she continues. "Not that this is particularly unusual, but it interested me as I came across pictures of him and heard the few little stories about him that I did; I became interested in the similarities and differences and how much my mum looks like him, and where that comes from, and how personality traits filter down, and then whether or not one starts to blame your own little character traits, let's call them—not defects or faults—whether positive or negative, your character traits, on genetics." The danger with this line of reasoning, which at least one of the characters in Little Elephants seems to follow, is in using genetics and the argument of one's "nature" as an excuse against taking affirmative action on one's own personal problems. "It does feel like an excuse," Cornish assents. "But I suppose it's the difference between making an excuse of it, and finding an explanation in it."
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And then there's Alf, father and patriarch of the family, the singularly male counterpart to these strong willed (and strong mouthed) females. His part is a decidedly understated one; a hovering, largely dismissed and yet indispensable presence. "It's the kind of part that could steal a play," Hudson says with a laugh. "He's got his own kind of agenda and his own things going on. He's not clueless about what's going on, it's just what he chooses to engage in and what he chooses not to engage in are different. He's kind of selective about where he decides to go." "He doesn't get to expound upon too much of the emotional development," Cornish adds. "But then he solves it, and then that's the thing: he just comes in and solves it. Which is very male. Which we don't always want them to do." Cornish agrees with this description of Alf, and further comments upon his ability to swiftly resolve the female characters' emotional turmoil– something for which, she ruefully admits, men often seem to have a knack. "He doesn't get to expound upon too much of the emotional development," she says. "But then he solves it, and then that's the thing—he just comes in and solves it." She pauses for a moment, and we both crack a chagrined smile as she concludes: "Which is very male. Which we don't always want them to do." Mel Priestley
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Chat Blanc: Shadows and Light on Erik Satie Sat, May 26 (7:30 pm) The Chat Blanc project is a concert theatre/cabaret presentation of Erik Satie's music. Using illustrations, historic images and shadow play, Satie's music is brought to life. Some of Edmonton's finest musicians and artists have come together for the performance. (University of Alberta, Campus Saint-Jean, $16.75 – $21.75)
Hey Ladies! Fri, May 25 (8 pm) Miss Cathleen, Miss Davina and Miss Leona are at it again, for the last Hey Ladies! of the season. The info-tainment trio bring you Noel Taylor, music by Peter Stone and Denise MacKay, craft time, "Booze Cutie" and more. (Roxy Theatre, $27)
2012 Breasts and Brew Benefit Show Sun, May 27 (6 pm) The Breasts and Brew Benefit show is a night of comedy and entertainment headlined by YouTube stars JustKiddingFilms, as well as local acts Jo Thrillz and Laheeb Quddusi, and magic provided by Ian Pidgeon. Wings and brew provided by On the Rocks (one pint and one pound of wings are included in the ticket price), and all proceeds go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. (On the Rocks, $27 – $37)
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Passages
Dog Sees God
Leapfrogging through Passages
Wed, May 23 – Sat, May 26 (7:30 pm) Directed by Kenneth and Keltie Brown La Cite Francophone, $10 – $20
O
ccasionally, theatre patrons who crave poignancy and depth cringe at the description "family friendly" and pass on shows that label themselves as such. Co-directors Kenneth and Keltie Brown aim to challenge that tendency with their father-daughter take on life in the upcoming production of Passages. "This production is inspired by director Jean-Pierre Ronfard," says Kenneth. "I saw a couple of his productions, and one of them was called Passages. It was such a magical theatre event that I've always wanted to do something like it." The notion that life consists of a series of passages quickly became the driving concept of this play. The production will
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use recurring characters at different stages in their lives, as well as introduce a multitude of stories both practical and mythological to piece together a mosaic of the human experience. "It's a family friendly show," begins Keltie, "but it's not simply stories with morals for children. This is about theatre that's appropriate for children, and we hope will engage children, but is meant for all ages." Theatre runs deep in the Brown family, and it's not surprising that the father-daughter team wants to create a piece that captures the creative attentions of Edmonton audiences. "Keltie's been involved in theatre since she was born," says Kenneth. "She was literally brought to a rehearsal in a peach box as a three- or four-month-old baby. Her mother was designing a production that I
was directing. This summer, she'll be directing me in a Fringe production. I see a long and fruitful career of us collaborating in the theatre." Accessibility is extremely important to the directing duo. Though the codirectors describe the show as unconventional, they explain that it draws on relatable experiences while maintaining an indispensable air of whimsy. "We've strived to create something that is familiar, where each passage is something people can plug into," says Keltie. "As for our audience," muses Kenneth, "I hope we stop time for them. I hope the clock just stops and we give them these intense little bits of experience that are so much fun and so interesting that they stop thinking about everything else." Saliha Chattoo
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The pains of growing up
Until Sun, May 27 (8 pm) Directed by Jenna Greig Transalta Arts Barns, $17 – $20
'B
low me" isn't exactly a phrase one would expect to be uttered from the mouth of a Peanuts character, but then again, they also seem too wholesome for expletive-ridden dialogue, drugs or homophobia. Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, an unauthorized parody of Charles Schultz's beloved Peanuts gang is a dark comedy about the pains of growing up, searching for identity, and just trying to fit in. Don't expect to see Snoopy though. The poor pup meets his demise prior to the play's first scene. CB (Charlie Brown, played by David Johnston), tells the woeful tale discovering a rabid Snoopy in his doghouse, surrounded by the remains of his sidekick Woodstock. Snoopy was quickly put down, which leads CB to begin to earnestly search for answers about the afterlife through his now teenaged friends, all too stoned or messed up to give him a decent answer, as in the case of Van (Linus, played by Evan Hall), now a Buddhist pothead who smoked the ashes of his beloved blanket after CB and Van's sister (Jaimi Reese) burnt it. CB tries to find solace in his elusive pen pal, whom he still writes despite never receiving a reply. The story navigates what each character has evolved into from their innocent beginnings, from CB's eccentric sister (Cayley McConaghy), who is suffering an identity crisis which currently has her dressing goth and practicing Wicca; Van's sister (Reese), now institutionalized for setting the little redhead girl's hair on fire, Matt (Pig-Pen, played by CJ Rowein), who has revoked his messy ways and be-
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come a germophobe who snorts the occasional line of coke; Marcy (Arielle Ballance) and Tricia (Peppermint Patty, played by Chelsea-Dane Cooksey) have become the quintessential backstabbing-but-popular party girls; and Beethoven (Schroeder, played by Zarchary Parsons-Lozinski), a talented, but reclusive pianist who has been sexually abused by his father, is taunted relentlessly at school for being a suspected homosexual and doesn't open up to anyone for fear of being hurt. The strong young cast delivers its troubled characters with sincerity and don't seem like adults trying to play teenagers. The sparsely equipped set, which sees a picnic table, stone wall, piano and Snoopy's grave being utilized to portray numerous different settings, allows the acting to take centre focus. Hall is particularly entertaining as Van through his drug hazed, philosophic ramblings, which adds a sense of humour to the turbulence unfolding. Johnston's endearing sadness over the loss of his dog, added to the fact that he's struggling with his own sexual identity, are portrayed with emotion that resonates throughout the theatre. Parsons-Lozinski is heart-breaking as Beethoven. He seems constantly on the verge of a breakdown and his tormenting is timely, with bullying continuing to plague school hallways despite its sometimes devastating consequences. His distrust towards those around him coupled with his pain is palpable, leaving an intense, compelling impression of what happens when someone is pushed to their breaking point. meaghan Baxter
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Thu, May 17 – Sun, May 26 (7:30 pm) Directed by Donna Marie Baratta Timms Centre for the Arts, $10 – $20
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tudio Theatre's season comes to a close this week with Larry Fineberg's version of Euripides' Medea. A relatively short performance that hovers around the hour mark, this production swiftly takes the audience through Medea's tale of betrayal and revenge. The set for this adaptation of the Greek tragedy is both puzzling and attention-grabbing. The first thing the audience sees is a metal structure that resembles a water tower, a large mound of sand that takes up most of the stage, and a small stream that runs between the two. The show begins while the house lights are still up, with two characters wordlessly enacting battle scenes with wooden figurines in the sand. While it was not always possible to riddle out the "why" behind the design choices, the set is undeniably visually stimulating, and you definitely feel like you've been transported to a strange new place. The incorporation of water—the stream in the middle of the stage, and a rainstorm that falls upon the head of a revenged Medea—are attractive technical touches. Unfortunately, there is one aspect of the production that calls for more work. While not completely without its moments of sincerity and believability, for the most part, the acting in this production falls flat. It was often difficult to become invested in the grief or anger of the main characters, and the ending was somewhat stripped of its power as a result.
This is easily the main shortcoming of the production, as Medea's power lies in the harrowingly sincere representation of a harsh and debilitating emotional journey. In contrast, however, the directorial choice to have Medea mirrored into five additional variations is artfully executed. Rather than taking away from Medea's independence, they add to our understanding of the range of emotions she feels throughout the story. The choreography behind the movement pieces is noteworthy, and it became a clear asset to the visual aspects of this play.
It was often difficult to become invested in the grief or anger of the main characters, and the ending was somewhat stripped of its power as a result.
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DANCE The Bailey Cultural Night Series–Camrose • Fiesta Night: Traditional Latin Amercian meal
featuring a demonstration of Latin American dance by Olga Ojeda • May 24, 7pm • $35 at the Bailey box office
CITIE BALLET • Timms Centre for the Arts, U of A
Damsels of the Night (Les Demoiselles de la Nuit), inspired by the Jean Anouilh story. Comedy adaptation by François Chevennement (artistic director), Laurence Menotti (ballet mistress), Katherine Koller (librettist) The tale of a musician, the cat he loves and the woman who loves him • Jun 2, 2:30 and 7:30pm
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field of health humanities through visual, sound and performance explorations • Until Jun 9
ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL GALLERY • 10186-106
Gallerie Pava • 9524-87 St, 780.461.3427 •
St, 780.488.6611 • Discovery Gallery: Confluence: Robin DuPont's exploration of soda fired pottery; until Jun 16 • Feature Gallery: PULP PAPER PAGES: Featuring contemporary Albertan book + paper arts; until Jul 7
Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) • 2 Sir Winston
Churchill Sq • 780.422.6223 • ALEX JANVIER: Life's Work: until Aug 19 • RBC New Works: Anthropocene, 2012: Installation by Brendan McGillicuddy; until Jul 1 • BMO Work of Creativity: Method and Madness: Family-focused interactive exhibition created by Gabe Wong; until Dec 31 • RBC New Works Gallery: • Art School: Banff 1947: until Jun 3 • Alberta Mistresses of the Modern: 1935-1975 • Art School: Banff 1947: Until Jun 3 • Alberta Process Painting: until Jun 3 • Open Studio: Adult Drop-In: Scape: Familiar Landscapes: May 31, 7-9pm; $15/$12 (AGA member); $15/$12 AGA members • Tone: Still Life Drawing Collage: May 24 • BMO All Day Sunday: Rhythms & Rhymes: May 20, 12-4pm; free with admission • Louise Bourgeois 1911-2010; Jun 2-Sep 23
Art Gallery Of St Albert (AGSA) • 19 Perron
Entrelacé: Artworks by Patricia Lortie Sparks • Until May 26
Gallery at Milner • Stanley A. Milner Library
Main Fl, Sir Winston Churchill Sq • 780.944.5383 • Out and About in Alberta: Paintings by Mary Jo Major; until May 31 • Quirky Quillers’ Guild: Gallery at Milner display cases and cubes near the AV Room; until May 31
Kehrig Fine Art • Great West Saddlery Building, 10137-104 St • 780.619.0818 • Silent Beauty: sculptures by Blake Ward, Michel Anthony, paintings by Raphaël Gyllenbjörn, wall hangings by Anna Torma, and other artists • Until Jun 29 HAPPY HARBOR COMICS v1 • 10729-104 Ave •
Comics Artist-in-Residence program is proud to extend Paul Lavellee’s term. Visit him every Friday (12-6) and Sat (12-5); until Aug 18 • OPEN DOOR: collective of independent comic creators meet the 2nd & 4th Thu each month, 7 am
Harcourt House • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St •
Edmonton School of Ukrainian Dance •
Festival Place, Sherwood Park • Visions 2012: Vohon and Vatra • Sun, Jun 3
St, St Albert • 780.460.4310 • High Energy XVIII: Artworks by young artists from Bellerose Composite, École Secondaire Paul Kane and Sainte Marguerite d’Youville, St. Albert Catholic, and Outreach high schools; until May 28
780.426.4180 • Main Space: SOUNDBURSTINGS NO.1: Gary James Joynes installation of several video projections that create a sequence of SoundBursts • Becoming: Group show, artworks based on a model's pregnancy. Curated by Andrea Lewis; until May 26
Flamenco En Vivo • Timms Centre, 87 Ave, 112
Creations Gallery Space • Sawridge Inn
Harris-Warke Gallery–Red Deer • Sun-
works Home and Garden Store, Ross St, Red Deer • 403.346.8937 • Made Objects/Choreographed Movements: Ceramics installation by Juliana Rempel • Until Jun 16 • Reception: Jun 1, 6-8pm; part of Red Deer’s First Fridays
St • 780.349.4843 • Flamenco guitarists, singers, dancers, and guests; Judith Garcia (director), Oscar-Jose Garcia (Flamenco guitar) • Jun 3, 7:30pm
Lobby, 4235 Gateway Blvd • A Warriors Cry: Artworks by Veran Pardeahtan • Until Jun
Yatran Ukrainian Dancers • Festival Place,
Ave, Stony Plain • 780.963.9573 • Annual Spring Garden Show: pottery for the garden by Marion Majeau, Robert Ford, and friends; until May 31 • Now, for Something Different: Ceramic works by Robert Barclay; Jun 1-29; opening: Jun 2, 11am-3pm
Hub on Ross–Red Deer • 4936 Ross St, Red Deer
Curiosities: a fast and dirty project
Jeff Allen Art Gallery • Strathcona Place
Sherwood Park • May 26, 2pm
FILM Bailey Theatre–Camrose • The Bailey Theatre Classic Movie Series presents: The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night; May 28, 7pm; $5 (door) Dreamspeakers Film FestivaL • Various
venues throughout Edmonton • 780.378.9609 • Featuring Aboriginal talent–a rich and diverse body of artistic creations in all aspects of the arts locally, nationally, and internationally. Screenings are held throughout the festival • May 30-Jun 2 • Opening Night: May 30 • $20 (opening night); $7 (each screening)
Edmonton Film Society • Royal Alberta Mu-
seum, 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • Jane Eyre (1944, PG); May 28 • The Swan (1956, colour, PG); Jun 4
From Books to Film series • Stanley A. Milner Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2 (2011, PG); May 25, 2pm
GALLERIES + MUSEUMS Agnes Bugera Gallery • 12310 Jasper Ave • 780.482.2854 • • Walking and Painting in the Back Country: Jerry Heine; until May 25 • Paintings
Crooked Pot Gallery–Stony Plain • 4912-51
• Curiosities will be exhibited in a moving van in three different locations in Edmonton • 5 Curators, 5 Dressers, 20 Artists, 1 Moving Van; a fast and dirty project is an exhibition about the politics of furniture • Hours and Locations • 124 St: Jun 1, 3-7pm • 104 St, near city market downtown: Jun 2, 9am-3pm • Near Strathcona Market: Jun 3, 12-5pm
Daffodil Gallery • 10412-124 St • 780.760.1278
• Without Pretense: Paintings by Heidi Smith • Until May 25
Douglas UDell • 10332-124 St • 780.488.4445 • Bronx • Brooklyn • Queens in Edmonton: Artworks by Tim Okamura • Until May 26; extended to Jun 2 Echo Hair • 205, 8135-102 St • 780.469.3246 • Artworks by Justin Wayne Shaw • Until Jun 1
FAB Gallery • Department of Art and Design, U
of A, Rm 3-98 Fine Arts Bldg • 780.492.2081 • SuperVision! Michael Eubank's exhibition, the final visual presentation for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Painting • Insight: Visualizing Heath Humanities: To broaden our understanding of the emerging
• 403.340.4869 • With Spirit and Soul: Artworks by students from Notre Dame High School • Until May 31
Senior Centre, 10831 University Ave • 780.433.5807 • Wimmin in Wax: Encaustic artworks by various artists; until May 30 • Art Through The Eyes of Seniors: Paintings, be pottery, woodwork, fibre art, sewing and quilting; Jun 1-27; Reception: Jun 13, 6:30-8:30pm
Jubilee Auditorium • 11455-87 Ave • Love Lies Bleeding–The Exhibition: Artworks by Alberta Society of Artists members based on or inspired by music and lyrics of Elton John • Until Jun 15
Jurassic Forest/Learning Centre • 15
mins N of Edmonton off Hwy 28A, Township Rd 564 • Education-rich entertainment facility for all ages
Kiwanis Gallery–Red Deer • Red Deer Library •
Awesome Art Show: Artworks by students from Red Deer Middle Schools • Until May 27
Latitude 53 • 10248-106 St • 780.423.5353 • Main Space: Mouth and Duet: Installation, and performance by Andrew Forster; until Jun 23 • ProjEx Room and Main Space: Messages to: The Edmonton remand centre newspaper: Photos by Lindsey Bond; May 25-Jun 23; reception: May 26, 5pm; Public forum: May 26, 2pm (outdoors at the Edmonton
Remand Centre courtyard, (9660-104 Ave) • Main Space: New work by Montreal artist Andrew Forster • May 25-Jun 23
LOUNGE GALLERY • Edmonton Japanese Community Association, Argyll Community League, 6750-88 St • Annual spring exhibition and sale: Artworks by Edmonton Art Club Members • May 26-27; Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 12-4:30pm • Opening: May 25, 6-9pm
McMULLEN GALLERY • U of A Hospital, 8440-112
St • 780.407.7152 • 25: Artworks by U of A Hospital staff in celebration of the Friends of University Hospital's 25th Anniversary; until Jun 17
Library, Main Fl, Audio Visual Rm • 780.944.5383 • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2 (2011, PG); May 25, 2pm
Greenwoods' Books • 10309-82 Ave •
780.439.2005 • Afternoon with the Authors: Alberta Literary Awards 2012 Nominees reading their books; May 27, 2pm • Curtis Gillespie book launch of his new book Almost There; May 30, 7pm
Rouge Lounge • 10111-117 St • 780.902.5900 • Poetry every Tue with Edmonton's local poets
Michif Cultural and Métis Resource Institute • 9 Mission Ave, St Albert • 780.651.8176
Strathcona County Library • 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8600 • Reading by Alissa York, author of Fauna • May 26, 3-4pm • Free • Pre-register
Mildwood Gallery • 426, 6655-178 St • Mel
T.A.L.E.S. STORY CAFÉ SERIES • Rosie’s Bar, 10475-80 Ave • 780.932.4409 • 1st Thu each month, open mic opportunity • Until Jun, 7-9pm • $6 (min) • $6
• Aboriginal Veterans Display • Gift Shop • Finger weaving and sash display by Celina Loyer • Ongoing
Heath, Joan Healey, Fran Heath, Larraine Oberg, Terry Kehoe, Darlene Adams, Sandy Cross and Victoria, Pottery by Naboro Kubo and Victor Harrison • Ongoing
Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery (MCPAG)–Stony Plain • 5411-51 St, Stony
Plain • 780.963.9935 • High Art 2012 • May 25-Jun 7
Musée Héritage Museum–St Albert • 5 St
Anne St, St Albert • 780.459.1528 • St Albert History Gallery: Artifacts dating back 5,000 years • In Focus: Photographing the Alberta and Montana Frontier, 1870-1930; Blood, Blackfoot, Northwest Mounted Police and ranching artifacts from the Royal Alberta Museum and Musée Héritage Museum will be featured with the photographs; May 29-Aug 19
Naess Gallery • Paint Spot, 10032-81 Ave • 780.432.0240 • No Name Place: Printworks by Taryn Kneteman • Until May 30 Nina Haggerty–Stollery Gallery • 9225-118
Ave • 780.474.7611 • HERE WE ARE: Works by students of Meskanahk Ka Nipa Wit School, Montana First Nation • May 24-31 • Opening: May 24, 7-9pm; live music by guitarist Steven Johnson, artists in attendance
Peter Robertson Gallery • 12304 Jasper
Ave • 780.455.7479 • Full Circle: Abstract paintings by Sheila Luck • Out of Place: Photos by William Anderson • Until May 26
Propaganda Hair Salon • 10808-124 St
• Pieces of outro: Artworks by Outro • Through May
Royal Alberta Museum • 12845-102 Ave • 780.453.9100 • Faces of Labour: until Jun 24 • Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large: until Sep 3 • Fashioning Feathers: Dead Birds, Millinery Craft and the Plumage Trade; curated by Merle Patchett and Liz Gomez, show examines the effect of fashion's demand for beautiful feathers on bird populations at the beginning of the twentieth century; until Jan 6 Rutherford South Library • U of A Campus
• In Focus: Blind Photographers Challenge Visual Expectations: Photos by blind and partially sighted photographers exploring the built environment • Until May 30
Scott Gallery • 10411-124 St • 780.488.3619 •
WunderBar on Whyte • 8120-101 St • 780.436.2286 • The poets of Nothing, For Now: poetry workshop and jam every Sun • No minors
THEATRE The Ash Girl • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • Presented by Archbishop Jordan Theatre • May 29-31 CHARLEY’S AUNT • Knox-Metropolitan United
Church, 8307-109 St • 780.454.8606 • The 9th Street Players and Knox-Metropolitan United Church • By Brandon Thomas, directed by Elizabeth Johannson, set design by Warren Mack • Jun 1-2, 8pm; Sun, Jun 3, 1:30pm • $15 (adult)/$10 (student/senior) at door
Chat Blanc–Shadows and Light on Erik Satie • Campus Saint-Jean Auditorium, McMahon
Pavillion, 8406-91 St • An exploration of Satie’s music during La Belle Epoque; a shadow play, original art and historic images. Roxanne Classen (animateur-musical director), Eva Colmers (image-shadow play director); stars Timothy Anderson, Mireille Rijavec and Laura Jones; Caitlin Richards (illustrations), Bill Richards (ambient music) • May 25-26, 7:30pm; May 27, 2pm • $20/$15 at TIX on the Square, Le Carrefour Bookstore, door
CHICAGO • Mayfield Dinner Theatre, 16615-109
Ave • Tickets: 780.483.4051, Toll free: 1.877.529.7829 • Broadway Musical • Until Jun 17
DIE-NASTY • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave •
780.433.3399 • The live improvised soap opera featuring improvisors Dana Andersen, Matt Alden, Leona Brausen, Peter Brown, Belinda Cornish, Tom Edwards, Jeff Haslam, Kory Mathewson, Mark Meer, Sheri Somerville, Davina Stewart, Stephanie Wolfe, and Donovan Workun • Every Mon, until May, 7:30pm (subject to change) • Tickets at the box office
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead • TransAlta Arts Barns, PCL Studio,
10330-84 Ave • Rabid Marmot Productions • An amusing glimpse into the angst-ridden teen years of society’s most beloved comic-strip characters by Bert V. Royal • Until May 27 • $20/$17 (student) at door, TIX on the Square
John Snow, Pamela Thurston & More, group show; until May 29 • Fusion: Line & Land: Figurative and landscape works by Jacques Clément and Yuriko Kitamura; Jun 2-26; opening: Jun 2, 2-4pm; artists in attendance
Hey Ladies! • Roxy, 10708-124 St, other venues
SNAP Gallery • Society Of Northern Alberta
Little Elephants • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83
Print-Artists, 10123-121 St • 780.423.1492 • Artworks by Arthur Desmarteaux and Allison Moore • May 24-Jun 30 • Opening: May 24
Strathcona County Gallery@501 • 501 Festival Ave, Sherwood Park • 780.410.8585 • Artworks by Ila Crawford; until Jun 24 Sugar Bowl • 10922-88 Ave • Acrylic on canvas paintings by Cuban artist Anabel Quan. • Through May TELUS Centre • U of A Museums, Gallery A, Main Fl, 87 Ave, 111 St • 780.492.5834 • Open: Thu-Fri 12-5pm; Sat 2-5pm • China's Imperial Modern: The Painter's Craft: Curated by Lisa Claypool • Until Jul 14
TELUS World of Science • 11211-142 St •
IMAX: To The Arctic (G); Born to be Wild and Rescue • Margaret Zeidler Star Theatre: When Venus Transits the Sun; until Jun 5 • Robots–The Interactive Exhibition: May 26 until Sep 9 • Robots: The Interactive Exhibition: opens May 26 • ROBOTS: The Interactive Exhibition: Opens May 26 • EPS Explosives Disposal Unit Robots Show and Tell: May 26, 10am-2pm • Astronomical Events: Observatory: Safely watch Venus as it transits the Sun; Jun 5, 3:30pm • IMAX: Hubble: Opens June 30
U of A Devovnian Botanic Garden • But-
terfly Day: May 27, 12-3pm • Kurimoto Japanese Garden Spring Festival: Jun 3, 11am-4pm
U of A Museums–TELUS Centre • Gallery A,
Main Fl, 87 Ave, 111 St, U of A • 780.492.5834 • China's Imperial Modern: The Painter's Craft: How did modern ways of making paintings and prints emerge from the ink painter’s studio, enter the public sphere, and help shape people’s lives in China during the late imperial era? • Until Jul 14; Thu-Fri, 12-5pm, Sat 2-5pm
VAAA Gallery • 3rd Fl, 10215-112 St • 780.421.1731 • Gallery A: There is no remedy against the truth of language: Assemblages by William G. Prettie • Gallery B: Human Voices: t Photos by Gerry Yaum • Both shows: until May 26
West End Gallery • 12308 Jasper Ave •
780.488.4892 • Memories of Europe: Artworks by Michael Rozenvain • May 26-Jun 7 • Opening: May 26
LITERARY Audreys Books • 10702 Jasper Ave • 780.423.3487 • Meet Wayne Arthurson and chat about his recent release A Killing Winter; May 24, 12-1pm • Poet Erin Knight reads from her new collection, Chaser; May 27, 2pm Campus Saint-Jean • Pavillion Lacerte–The Grand Salon,8406 Marie-Anne Gaboury St (91 St) • Canadian Authors Association (Alberta Branch): 2011 Exporting Alberta Awards Gala and Presentation • May 25, 7:30pm
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From Books to Film series • Stanley A. Milner
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• 780.453.2440 • Theatre Network • The Roxy Performance Series: starring Davina Stewart, Cathleen Rootsaert, Leona Brausen • Fridays: May 25
Ave • 780.434.5564 • Shadow Theatre • Domestic comedy by Belinda Cornish featuring Belinda Cornish, Nicola Elbro, Glenn Nelson, Davina Stewart, directed by John Hudson. Marion and Alf are moving from their long time family home with the help of their two adult daughters. But when an unexpected phone call exposes an unrevealed family fact, it unleashes a comedic torrent of revelations • Until Jun 10; Tue-Sat 7:30pm; Sat-Sun 2pm • $15 (preview); Fri-Sat night: $26/$23 (student/ senior); Tue-Thu, Sun mat: $22/$20 (student/senior)
MEDEA • Timms Centre for the Arts, U of A, 112 St, 87 Ave • 780.492.2495 • U of A Studio Theatre • Directed by Donna Marie Baratta (MFA Thesis) • A retelling of the myth of Jason and Medea • Until May 26, 7:30pm; May 24, 12:30pm • Tickets at Timms box office, TIX on the Square
Murderous Mayhem at the Metropolitan Melodrama • Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton
• A troupe of local actors make the final preparations for their live performance of a Victorian Melodrama. Despite the petty rivalries, the show must go on. Cheer the hero; Boo the villain • Jun 2 • $89 (Incl 3-course dinner, and entertainment)
OH SUSANNA! • Varscona Theatre • 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • The Euro-style variety spectacle with Susanna Patchouli and her divine co-host Eros, God of Love! Laughs! Music! Cocktails! • Runs the last Sat each month, until Jul, 11pm (subject to occasional change) Passages! • La Cité francophone, 8627-91 St • Using
mask, physical theatre and clown techniques, Passages explores the way we move, through space and through life. Kenneth and Keltie Brown (co-directors), stars Daisy Daver, Candice Fiorentino, Corben Kushneryk, Jon Paterson, and Alexander Forsyth • Until May 26, 7:30pm; May 26: 2pm • $20 (adult)/$15 (student/senior)/$10 (child under 12) at tixonthesquare.ca
The Sound of Music • Citadel Shoctor Theatre,
9828-101A Ave • 780.428.2117 • Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, directed by Bob Baker, starring Rejean Cournoyer • Until May 27
The Teatro Show Tune Jam • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • 780.433.3399 • Edmonton's singin' actors with accompanist Stephen Delano and host Jeff Haslam. A casual afternoon of musical theatre hits featuring Kristi Hansen, Sheldon Elter, Shannon Blanchet, Jenny McKillop, Andrew MacDonald Smith, Rachel Bowron, Jeff Haslam, Judy Unwin, Amber Bissonette, Mary Hulbert, Mathew Hulshof and more • May 27, 2pm • $20/$15 (Teatro Season Ticket Holders)/$10 (student) door only TheatreSports • Varscona Theatre, 10329-83 Ave • Improv runs every Fri, until Jul, 11pm (subject to occasional change) • $10/$8 (member) Thoroughly Modern Millie • Festival Place, Sherwood Park • Until May 25
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Food for thought Working towards made-in-Edmonton
Fri, May 25 and Sat, May 26 Food in the City Conference Shaw Conference Centre, $50, $25 for students and seniors Additional fee of $40 for Taste of Alberta reception Friday evening Saturday luncheon buffet, $25
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s Edmonton continues to grow, so does the push to support local producers, thereby keeping money in the province, supporting the local economy and putting to use the geographic location that fosters an environment for a thriving food and agriculture system. In consultation with citizens, stakeholders, interested groups and businesses, the City of Edmonton is developing a Food and Agriculture Strategy as part of its Food and Agriculture Project. Councillor Dave Loken, council sponsor for the project, says he would like to have the strategy approved by late 2012 or early 2013, prior to the next municipal election. "It's an amibtious project and it'll take a number of years to obviously develop some of these things and how that goes, time will tell," Loken says, although he remians optimistic about the project. The strategy encompasses key issues such as increasing access to local food and minimizing "food desserts," as Loken calls them, which means citizens have to either commute or drive long distances to shop for food. It will also discuss how to provide opportunities to grow and
process food within the city, improve residents' health and cut down on Edmonton's environmental footprint, as well as stimulate and diversify the local economy, which also means emphasizing the variety of cultures present in the city. "There's a lot of ethnic richness in the city and a lot of different cultures in the city and that's great and we need to celebrate that," Loken says, adding that encompassing the importance ethnic diversity will be included in the strategy. To further involve citizens in the project and investigate the potential of a made-in-Edmonton agriculture system, the City of Edmonton will be hosting the Food in the City conference. The event recognizes the growing interest in supporting local producers and will draw upon lessons learned in other municipalities and offer participants an opportunity to share ideas. Wayne Roberts, author of The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food and former manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council, will be the conference's keynote speaker and participants will also hear from HB Lanarc Consultants, who will share a first draft of a city-wide food and agriculture startegy, as well as numerous others, such as the University of Alberta Centre for Public Involvement, which will lead a series of citizen engagement sessions. The Taste of Alberta reception will also give participants a chance to sample some of
the finest local fare. "We're looking forward to some diverse views and some better ideas, or any sort of local flavour that people think should be included in the policy," Loken says of the conference. Hani Quan, principal planner with the Food and Agriculture Project adds that they have been working closely with Roberts to ensure that his speech is focused on Edmonton, and what can be done here in terms of food and agriculture, rather than speaking in broad terms about other cities. He notes all plenary presentations, which will include what has been done on the strategy to date and what needs to be done moving forward, will be available on the city's website within a couple of days of the conference.
Food in the City is part of a series of events and engagements involving stakeholders, focus groups and citizen panels that will provide another opportunity for city administration to gather information from participants and for participants to gain knowledge from those working in the field, says Peter Ohm Branch Manager of Urban Planning & Environment with the City of Edmonton. "There's a broad spectrum of issues incorporated in food and agricultural agendas, like celebrating food for example; how to recycle food, how to get better access to food. While there's a lot of focus on the production side, there's a range of things that we'd like to hear from Edmontonians that's incorporated in that and learn from that as well," Ohm says, adding that the conference provides
There's a broad spectrum of issues incorporated in food and agricultural agendas, like celebrating food for example; how to recycle food, how to get better access to food. Quan also notes that the response from the community has been tremendous, which he views as a positive step in continuing the momentum of the local food and agriculture movement. "It's caught fire. Everybody loves it and I think the really valuable thing about this conference is that we're really helping to start the public dialogue," he says.
a forum to address some health benefits of having access to locally grown food and reduce environmental impacts. "I also think there's a strong economic impact potentially, where by getting that stronger link between consumers and producers, we can make that a more robust part of our local economy." meaghan baxter
// meaghan@vueweekly.com
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GOLDEN FORK AWARDS 2012 CORRECTION The runners-up for the Best Hamburgers category in the Golden Fork Awards were incorrect. We apologize to Drift Food Truck and Col. Mustards for any confusion that arose from customers trying to order burgers. The correct winners are below.
•Best HAMBURGER INDIE: Next Act
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BEER
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A fresh take from a 1000-year-old brewery Weihenstephaner Vitus Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Friesen, Germany $4.25 for 500 ml bottle
style as they combine a rich bready malt with the earthy yeast characteristics of German wheat beer.
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DISH WEEKLY The 124 Grand Market Starts Thu, May 24 (5 – 9 pm) Every Thursday evening until October 4, 124 St will become the host of Edmonton's newest urban market. While it fosters the shop local attitude, The 124 Grand Market adds a twist on the traditional and combines everything to love about summer, including food trucks, live entertainment, artists, crafts and fresh, local food. The vendors are exclusive to this market the event strives to create a destination after-work spot by featuring local vendors and active participation from the variety of businesses on 124 St. Designated parking will be available. (108 Ave between 123rd and 124th St) Occupy Common Tue, May 29 (6 pm and 9 pm) Five of Edmonton's top chefs—Andrew Cowan of Hundred Bar & Kietch, Edgar Guiterrez of Tres Carnales, Nathan Suarette of Jacks Grill, Stu Chell of Ambers Brewing Company and Jesse Morrison of The Common—will be showing off their culinary skills in this one-night event. The five-course dinner will feature one dish created by each chef, allowing guests to sample unique tastes of Edmonton's
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food scene. Email alexis@thecommon.ca to reserve a spot. (The Common, $40) Truck Stop Thu, May 24 and Thu, May 31 The team that brings Edmonton What The Truck?! each summer has scaled things back for Truck Stop, a smaller event that features a select lineup of the city's food trucks each Thursday in May. Whether you're looking for something savoury or something sweet to top off your meal, the roster promises to offer a variety of tantalizing creations to satisfy your taste buds. Check out whatthetruck.ca for the featured menu each week. (Dr Wilbert McIntrye Park, Old Strathcona) Wild Earth Bakery & Cafe New location The locally owned and operated cafe has opened its third location downtown in Epcor Tower. The new location will feature everything Wild Earth has become known for, including made-fromscratch baking, a full espresso bar and organic teas. (10423 - 101 St)
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MUSIC ON THE RECORD
EDEN MUNRO // EDEN@vueweekly.com
Life as a modern romantic Adaline reflects on the making of her second album Fri, May 25 (8 pm) Haven Social Club, $8 (advance), $10 (door)
good pairing. Marten flew over from Sweden and spent the summer with us in the studio. After we finished recording, (a few days before I flew home to Vancouver), Hawksley suggested I do a songwriting session with Tino Zolfo because he thought we would work well together. I met with Tino and a few hours later "Wasted Time" was finished. A few weeks later he came out to Vancouver and we set up a studio in his tiny hotel room and wrote and recorded "Silent Player." It was like guerrilla recording. We had an instant musical connection and I really loved the songs we wrote together, so I included them on the record.
On her sophomore album, Adaline enlisted Hawksley Workman as producer, a collaboration that led to more collaborations, ultimately resulting in a swirl of heartfelt electronica. Adaline spoke with Vue Weekly about the creation of Modern Romantics. VUE WEEKLY: How long did it take to make Modern Romantics, from the initial songwriting through to the end of the recording? ADALINE: I have developed a bit of a bad habit of labouring over records for long periods of time. I spent almost two years on my first record. The writing process for Modern Romantics was very quick—I wrote most of the material over a two-week span—and the actual recording process for Modern Romantics was quick—I spent two months in the studio with Hawksley. However, I ended up playing around with the album for another year after that, just working through some of the ideas. Recording is kind of like cooking: sometimes ideas need to sit for a bit.
When you were writing the songs, did you come at them in a particular way? Lyrics first? Music first? A: I tend to write lyrics and music separately. I often go away, usually somewhere hot, to write lyrics. I don't usually think about music at all. I just write, sometimes stream of consciousness, and get the words out. When I write music I use placeholder words and then once the song is finished I go back to my lyric book and marry the music and words. I've tried many different kinds of writing but this seems to work the best for me. On occasions, however, the placeholder words end up taking shape and meaning—those are the most exciting songwriting moments. Sometimes songs just fall out fully formed—it's definitely a creative mystery.
Were there any other songs written that were left off the album? A: There were a few, yes. Songs are kind of like relationships: not all of them are meant to be long term. I had a few songs that I liked initially that had cooled off by the time we went to mix and master. I picked the ones that felt like they had staying power. VW:
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Did you take the songs to the recording sessions fully formed, or were they sketches that were then filled out by the musicians? A: I did some home demos on an eighttrack recorder of about 20 songs that VW:
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How did you decide which songs to include on the album? Did you have an idea of what you wanted the record to be when you started, or did the finished shape emerge as the writing and recording went along? A: I had a general idea of what I wanted the record to sound like going into the studio. However, I wanted to give it room to breathe. That's the exciting part about creating: you start with a concept and you never really know where you'll end up. As the music was shaping up in the studio I was able to see what the album needed and wrote songs accordingly. I wanted it to feel whole. I wrote "The Noise" and "Keep Me High" during the recording process because I felt the album needed them. I've always been an album kind of person. I understand we are in a "single" generation but I like the journey of an album. VW:
I brought into the studio. The demos were vocals and some musical ideas/ themes—synth lines, etc. Hawksley listened through them and shared his opinion on which he felt were the strongest. There was lots of room for creativity though. I don't claim to be a guitarist, I'm definitely not a drummer—I wanted to have other ideas injected into the songs too. We also did some songwriting together. There are two co-writes with Hawksley and Marten Tromm on the record and two co-writes with Tino Zolfo. VW: What were the recording sessions
like for this album? Did you record with the other players live off the floor or did you piece it together one track at a time? A: We spent a month in a half in Canterbury Studios B Room in Toronto—it's a small recording space mostly meant
for hashing out ideas. We put a small drum kit in the corner of the room so we could play around with ideas. We did almost all of our recording in this small room, putting the pieces together one by one. Hawksley recorded all the bass and electric guitar in this room, I recorded midi synth lines and Marten did the programming. With electronic music it's not so much a liveoff-the-floor vibe. It's more about layering synthetic sounds. We did spend a week in a half in the main room after the song forms were finished recording the acoustic instruments—drums, horns, piano and wurlitzer. We wanted to add some acoustic instrumentation to make it somewhat organic. What did Hawksley Workman bring to the recording as producer? A: Hawksley has a very calming energy in the studio. I wasn't afraid sharing VW:
ideas, good or bad. I knew he would be supportive of my ideas and find the best parts to focus on. Being intimidated or uncomfortable in the studio is such a creative buzz kill. Hawksley was the opposite: he really made me feel like a writer which allowed me to express myself. He also played a lot of the instrumentation which kept the creative circle close. He played drums and all the guitars on the album. You did some additional production yourself along with Marten Tromm and Tino Zolfo. How did those contributions affect the final album? A: The way this all came together was interesting. Hawksley was brought on as the album's producer and he suggested that we ask Marten Tromm to join the project as a co-producer. Hawksley worked with Marten on his Milk record and thought it would be a VW:
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If you were to trace the musical map that led you to Modern Romantics, what would it look like? A: At times making Modern Romantics was like driving up a mountain road. All three producers had ideas and they didn't always work with my sensibilities, so there was some push and pull. In fact, I can almost hear the arm-wrestle in the music, but in the end that's what I like most about it. It started with the songs, then we pushed around the sounds and it ended up where it was supposed to be. There were some growing pains along the way, but that's what often makes it special. V VW:
PREVUE // ATLANTIC STYLE
Alan Doyle
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Fri, May 25 (6 pm) Starlite Room, $36.25
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ou really can't sweat the small stuff, or so Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle learned. Doyle's debut solo album was released last week, but during the promotional push, some of the materials went out with a rather unfortunate typo, proving how much one letter can matter. Boy on Bridge, the correct title of the album, was accidentally advertised as "Boy on Bride," conjuring up all kinds of X-rated references. "I think now some of the big pornography lovers will buy my record and I'm thinking about misspelling it four or five more times," laughs Doyle, who took it all in stride. "Boy on Binge would probably work, or Boy on Bulge or Boy on Barge might work as well."
All joking aside, the name stems from an acting credit Doyle didn't even know he had until recently. He was told he had a profile on the Internet Movie Data Bank, which listed his film credits for music, an acting role in Robin Hood with his pal Russell Crowe and for his bit part in Whale for the Killing in 1981. The TV movie was filmed in Doyle's home town of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. He and his cousin were paid $15 each to throw rocks off a bridge for 10 minutes, and he was credited as Boy on Bridge. However, the bridge holds more significance for Doyle than a brief shot at fame. "That bridge in Petty Harbour, it's sort of always occupied a place in my coming of age," Doyle recalls. "It's where I used to sit and hitchhike to St John's, or I'd hitchhike to school. I spent a lot of time on that bridge dreaming of what
was going to come next." What's come next is fame at home and abroad with Great Big Sea, and now as a solo artist. Fans can breathe a little easier in the fact Doyle's solo venture by no means marks the end of Great Big Sea. The band is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a record due out late this year and a subsequent tour in 2013. Doyle, who will be performing some of the band's classics during his solo tour, took advantage of a break in his Great Big Sea schedule to put together Boy on Bridge, which he says had no direction when he first began, turning the process into a freeing and liberating experience. "Most of it was all made in kind of musical worlds that the band hadn't, or wouldn't necessarily work with," he explains, adding he worked with indie rockers, modern country and rock. The process not only saw Doyle experimenting with a multitude of sounds, but also recording in locations varying from Blue Rodeo's studio in Toronto, where he recorded with Jim Cuddy, to backyard shacks to a cruise ship in the middle of the Carribean. The cruise ship was one Doyle describes as being a great deal of fun, but terrifying at the same time. "You're about to go stand up in front of 2000 people and conduct them in doing something that you have no idea if it's going to work," he recalls, adding he waited a couple of days until everyone had had a chance to get "lubed up," as he puts it. MEAGHAN BAXTER
// MEAGHAN@vueweekly.com
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PREVUE // KIDS TUNES
LIVE MUSIC
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The Monkey Bunch Tue, May 29 – Sat, Jun 2 Part of the International Children's Festival, St Albert ($9 for kids, $10.50 for adults) Schedule at childfest.com
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omedian and writer Shoshana Sperling often compares her new gig as a children's musician to the likes of a Grateful Dead concert. "Everybody's wearing bright, bright colours and tie-dye," Sperling explains, "and you'll see women breastfeeding, so there's topless women, kids are walking around stumbling and they look like they're drunk. But this is just a Monkey Bunch show." The group, which includes Maury LaFoy (K-os, Colin James), Graham Powell (Jann Arden) and Lyle Molzan (Kathleen Edwards), will be perform-
ing at the International Children's Festival in St Albert as part of its first western tour. The popular children's act is also a favourite for parents and caregivers who are thankful for the group's "grown up" spin on old and new children's songs. Although some of the song titles suggest a lack of sophistication ("Poopie Diaper"), the comedy and musicality (a blend of rock, funk and Latin beats) appeal to adults because the songs are inspired by artists: the Who, the Beatles, Billie Holiday and Sarah McLachlan, to name a few. The foursome is grounded in the simple belief that kids want and deserve good music too. "If you feed kids McDonald's from when they are babies, they are going to grow up thinking that's good food," says Sperling. "And I think it's
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the same for music and entertainment for kids. If you give kids really great music, music that's smart and funny, then they'll grow up loving great music." As a seasoned performer and comedian, Sperling has catered to many types of crowds, but performing for kids has proven to be an entirely new experience: the group's stage has been rushed on more than one occasion. "Kids are very honest," she laughs. "They often just stare, like, 'What is that?' So they don't have the cultural norms of a performance to know the cues. They will just yell stuff out, it's very different ... it's more like a Yuk Yuk's crowd." Tejay Gardiner
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PREVUE // SIXTIES-TINTED VIBE
Zeus
Thu, May 31 (9 pm) With the Darcys, Long Sharp Teeth Pawn Shop, $15
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espite releasing its Polaris Prizenominated debut Say Us two years ago, indie rockers Zeus consider the follow-up, Busting Visions, to be its first true release as a band. As co-founder Carlin Nicholson recalls, it all began with himself and childhood friend Mike O'Neill messing around in their studio, Ill Eagle prior to Neil Quin and drummer Rob Drake joining the lineup. What began as jamming in the cramped studio space on Toronto's scrappy east end quickly escalated into a record deal and a new path for the group, which has included opening for Metric, Sam Roberts, acting as backing band for Broken Social Scene alumnus Jason Collett, and a European tour with Dan Mangan. "The album itself was made in a time of uncertainty and we just didn't know we were a band, we didn't know we were making an album that would get released," Nicholson says of Zeus's debut. "Whereas this one, we had been a band for two years already, you know, learned a lot about ourselves, about our songs, about our music, about the world around us, and we had a calculated move to go into the studio as Zeus and record it."
FRI MAY 25
CD RELEASE PARTY Zeus: the sum total of everything they've heard before
The old-school vibe of Zeus's sound has drawn comparisons to the Beatles and other prominent acts from the '60s, a comparison Nicholson says the band doesn't shy away from, but at the same time, doesn't set out to embellish. He notes that everyone who listens will come to their own conclusions, but, ultimately, the band just writes and records what they think sounds best. If it draws Beatles comparisons Nicholson views that as a fine reference. A great deal of the vintage sensibility stems from the band's approach to harmonies. Rather than setting up each vocalist with their own mic and monitor, the guys split two microphones between three voices. "There's something about singing beside the guy that you're singing harmony with that glues the harmonies together better," Nicholson explains, adding that, while he appreciates good sound production, there's a common opinion amongst the band that they'd rather avoid any trickery and just play.
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"To be able to use our studio as another instrument that we strap on is kind of what makes the sound so close to what we hear in our heads ... we don't over think it. We don't fuss too much." It's with this simplistic approach in mind that the band continues to record at its own studio, splitting some of the recording at label-mate Leslie Feist's "cottage" with longtime collaborator Robbie Lackritz. Busting Visions gradually evolved into a collection of tracks old and new, incorporating numerous influences ranging from Stevie Wonder to the Beach Boys to Sloan. "It's an accumulation of everything we've listened to and those songs just happen to be the songs that we chose to do at that particular time," Nicholson says, adding that had it been recorded six months earlier or six months later the end result would have been completely different. "It's truly a product of the time it was recorded in." MEAGHAN BAXTER
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PREVUE // LEFT TURNS
ROYAL CANOE WITH BORYS AND SAMANTHA SAVAGE SMITH FRI JUNE 1
RELEASE PARTY
SCENIC ROUTE TO ALASKA AND MASS CHOIR WITH THE MARQUEE AND DESIDERATA SAT JUNE 2
CHRIS MURRAY ON TOUR WTH THE FUNDAMENTALS WITH GUESTS OUR SOUND MACHINE FRI JUNE 8 CD RELEASE
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THE CAVALRY AND CANYON ROSE OUTFIT
Arkells wo thousand and twelve Juno-winning rockers for Best New Band, Arkells, have been hitting the road hard in support of Michigan Left, the sophomore follow up to its debut Jackson Square. During the course of cross-continent touring as both openers and headliners, Arkells has also left a trail of items in its wake. According to the band's blog, this includes 18 toothbrushes, four computer or phone chargers, clothes they love and a lone wallet. Vocalist and guitar player Max Kerman admits a vintage Bryan Adams T-shirt from the '80s given to him by the merchandise vendor for Tokyo Police Club as one item in particular he'd like be reunited with. "I lost it in Calgary and I still hope that somebody's going to bring it to the show every time we play in Calgary," Kerman says. "I don't think it's likely, but I'm still crossing my fingers." Despite perpetually losing things, which Kerman says is just a reality of touring, the band has had some positive experiences on the road. Kerman recalls a recent stop in New Orleans on the way to Florida from Texas, where the band was able to tour the French Quarter and see Jackson Square, the famed
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counterpart to the shopping centre in Arkells' hometown of Hamilton, ON that inspired the album title. "None of us had ever been before and a lot of our friends had been and told us that it was this amazing place," Kerman says of New Orleans. "When someone builds something up so much, you almost down play it when you get there, but it lived up to all the hype." Taking advantage of down time and playing tourist has helped with the long hours on the road and maintaining sanity within the band, he notes.The purchase of foldable bikes has also kept the band from being cooped up in dingy band rooms at venues to kill time before shows. "I think small things like that can improve your day and improve your spirit," he adds. Michigan Left, which refers to a convoluted traffic signal in the state of Michigan that replaces a left turn with a permutation of a U-turn and a right turn, is also a metaphor of sorts for the album, notes Kerman. "I think the idea of finding your path
and figuring out the right way to go is something that comes through in a lot of the songs, and I like the imagery of a Michigan left to figure out where you're going to go," he says of the album. Finding the right path also comes into play with the production of Michigan Left, which became a studio album, produced meticulously over time, whereas Jackson Square was predominantly cut live off the floor. Kerman says there's a charm about Jackson Square's live feeling, but also something to be respected about spending a lot of time in the studio. He says it comes down to where the group's artistic vision was taking it and what felt right. "I think that when you're an artist you have to stay true to yourselves and do things that are appealing to you, because if you don't do that, it's not going to come off with the same soul," Kerman notes. "I think it's important to always go with your gut and go with your instincts and take advice from people you respect, and there's where I think good music's created."
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Mares of Thrace The Pilgramage (Sonic Unyon)
In Greek myth the Mares of Diomedes were known to be savage, wild and magnificent. Flesh-eating horses, the only thing that tamed them was the devouring of their own master, the King of Thrace. Terese Lanz and Stef MacKichan chose their name well when the two reincarnated as a doom duo three years ago. The Pilgramage, the band’s newest album, exemplifies savage, wild and truly magnificent doom. The album moves
as a whole with stunning technical guitar work and vocals from Lanz. The technical skill and thoughtful approach to characterizing each track
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Wintersleep, "Hum" A slow, rattling march of drums, molasses-thick synthesizer and guitar lines that build but never break, Wintersleep's "Hum" maintains a buzzing, post-rock simmer to set pace as the first track on the band's upcoming album: "I was beginning to fear that you would never come back / But you're here / All around my body," frontman Paul Murphy says, a statement both comforting and curious. The track's mood oscillates between both.
Metric, "Speed the Collapse" Now this is more like it. After leading with a sorta bland foot forward with "Youth Without Youth," Metric teases out a more intriguing track off its upcoming Synthetica: background guitar jingles circle around a simple, driving rhythm section while Emily Haines finds a more subdued sense of urgency to unify the sound. It's a a quick, get-in/get-out pop song, but worth its brief runtime. V
with lyrical themes grounded in mythology works to provide engaging momentum in a genre that can get lost in the sludge. The Pilgramage demonstrates an evolution for the duo, creating a much deeper and commanding savagery, integrating whispery vocals and growly death screams supported by thunderous (and marvelously proficient) drums. Somewhere between the band’s first album, The Moulting, and this one, the Mares consumed their master, and savagery is at their own command. Samantha Power
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Lioness The Golden Killer (New Romantic) The debut fulllength for Toronto indie-rock trio Lioness fuses the dark and the danceable in a collection of tracks that has a sound all its own, despite any Daft Punk-meetsBlack Sabbath comparisons the band has been tagged with. Lead singer and keyboardist Vanessa Fischer's soulful, voice packs a punch and has a gritty, yet feminine feel, with a vintage sensibility that combines effortlessly with her bandmates instrumentation. The album moves seamlessly from song to song and the intricately layered soundscape seems much larger than what's capable from three people. There's no guitar, just a bass, keyboards, infectious rhythms and synth that manages to rock with standout tracks like "Thunder" and "Krokodil Tears." Meaghan Baxter
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The Daredevil Christopher Wright The Nature of Things (FU:M) Like a parallel universe Fleet Foxes that still loves harmony but doesn't care much for predictable structures, The Daredevil Christopher Wright threads multi-part vocals through an unplugged-but-forceful guitar-band push to create an unpredictable folky nirvana in The Nature of Things. It sounds like magic hour in the forest: "Divorce" is punctuated with what I swear are woodpecker sounds behind its frantic acoustic pacing, while "Blood Brother" starts with a pure vocal harmony before tilting abruptly into a spazzy, weirdo breakdown that constitutes the length of its second half. And so it goes, back and forth between harmonious and off-kilter, and, in doing so, The Nature of Things forms into a curious album, if not always a completely compelling one. Paul Blinov
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Jom Comyn/ Fri, May 25 (8:30 pm) The local singer-songwriter, who has become known as a secretive purveyor of semi-regular releases, is hitting the railway line to embark on his solo No Friends Tour in promotion of his Sunstroke EP, released by Edmonton's own Old Ugly collective. This tour kick-off show also features Brazilian Monkeys, Book of Caverns and Smokey. (Wunderbar, $7)
Royal Canoe / Sat, May 26 (6 pm) After releasing the genre-bending EP Extended Play on February 21, the experimental pop band from Winnipeg hit the road, including stops at SXSW. The energetic live show features four vocalists, double dummers, guitar, bass and a pulsing stack of analogue synths. The lineup for the night also features Samantha Savage Smith and Borys. (Pawn Shop, no cover before 10 pm, $5 after)
Crestwood / Sat, May 26 (3 pm) The trio from Saskatoon plays from the heart and the road-schooled musicians are making a stop in Edmonton to support the group's full-length release The Movies. The songs blend together church-choir-like harmonies with sounds that would be at home in a smokey blues bar, invigorating audiences to believe that people these days can push ego aside and actually connect with one another. (Filthy McNasty's)
David Ward / Sun, May 27 (8:30 pm) The Arrival is David Ward's three-part EP, and with it he pushes the boundaries of the saturated singersongwriter market. Part One, titled Departures, explores the beginning and end of a journey, while Part Two, Borders, focuses heavily on ambience and acts as a dividing line or stepping stone. Lastly, Part Three, titled Arrival, sees Ward's vision fully formed, bringing listeners to a conclusion through highs and lows. Also performing are Ashanti Marshall and Braden Gates. (Wunderbar)
Artist Managers Workshop Sun, May 27 (10 am – 3 pm) Managing an artist is serious business and this workshop provides an oppotunity for managers currently working in the industry to share their expertise with those looking for further insight into music management. Topics will cover the various relationships between artists and managers, as well as challenges facing the industry today. Panelists include Caitlin North (Jason Plumb & The Willing), Stephen Frank (Current Swell, Jon and Roy, Carmanah) and Paul Quigley (Said the Whale, Rah Rah, The Odds) (Fantasyland Hotel, Bordeaux Ballroom, $30 MMF & Alberta Music Members, $70 non-members)
ERA 9/ Thu, May 31 (7 pm) A pit stop on the headlining tour for the rock-meetsfunk-meets-metal band from Montréal as part of the HMP Music Showcase. (Myer Horowitz Theatre)
PREVUE // GUITAR SONGS
Sometimes the kids aren't alright Bobby Cameron prepares to raffle a concert to support Kids Help Phone
Bobby Cameron: surveying the weather
Sat, May 26 (8:30 pm) Blue Chair Cafe, $20
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ids Help Phone is getting a little help from well-known Canadian singer-songwriter Bobby Cameron. The longstanding member of Edmonton's roots-rock community will be raffling off a private house concert for one lucky fan, with all proceeds going towards Kids Help Phone, which helps children and youth ages five to 20 across the country, 24 hours a day, who are facing physical or sexual abuse, eating disorders, thoughts of suicide or bullying. Tickets for the raffle are being sold for $5, $10 or $20. "You're playing your original material kind of in the format you wrote it, with your acoustic guitar sitting on a chair somewhere," Cameron says of the house concerts, which he raffled off at the same fundraiser last year. "You're not so removed from the crowd. You're right there and you're communicating with them."
Cameron's wife Sherrie runs the Edmonton office for Kids Help Phone and he has encountered parents whose children have needed the service and they often have no idea what their children are going through. The fact that children and youth often suffer in silence makes Kids Help Phone a crucial service to maintain in order to prevent tragic results, and Cameron says this concert is a way to raise awareness at the street level in a different way than walks or conventional fundraisers. "Being a parent now of a three and five year old, you can understand trying to keep in contact as much as possible with your kids, because you never know what hell they're actually going though and they'll keep that silence," Cameron says. Last year, the event raised approximately $2000 in a matter of hours, and Cameron hopes that, despite the Blue Chair's limited capacity, the results can be just as positive
this year. On top of helping a worthy cause, fans will also get a taste what's to come on Cameron's upcoming album, which he hopes to have released by fall. "I think I kind of wear my heart on my sleeve," Cameron says of the new material, which had him travelling back and forth between Nashville, New York and Toronto co-writing with the likes of Eddie Schwartz, Gordie Sampson, Patricia Conroy and John Capek. He credits the experience for pushing him as a songwriter and teaching him to hone his craft in new ways, like effective storytelling and crafting metaphors. "When you write by yourself and you're kind of in a bubble, I don't think you grow as much," Cameron notes. "Songwriting's a muscle. It's like going to the gym and strengthening it and learning from the success that people have had." meaghan baxter
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Winspear Centre Suzuki Charter School Spring Concert; 6:30pm; $10
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DV8 The New Jacobin Club, Invasives, Punktured Eddie Shorts Good Time Jambouree with Charlie Scream every Thu Edmonton Event Centre Apocalyptica, Incura; no minors; 8pm (door); $29.50 Haven Social Club Hometown Roots (rock), Malika Sellami; 8pm; $8 (adv)/$10 (door) J R Bar and Grill Live Jam Thu; 9pm Jeffrey's Café Guitars to Go (two guitar masters); $10 Krush Ultra Lounge Open stage; 7pm; no cover L.B.'s Pub Open jam with Kenny Skoreyko, Fred LaRose and Gordy Mathews (Shaved Posse) every Thu; 9pm1am Lit Italian Wine Bar Jenie Thai Marybeth's Coffee House–Beaumont Open mic every Thu; 7pm New City Autopsy of an Icon, Sleaze Dolls, Anchoress, For Reasons Lost, Last Chance Hollywood; no minors; 8pm (door), 8pm (show); $8 (adv)/$10 (door) New City Legion Bingo is Back every Thu starting 9pm; followed by Behind The Red Door at 10:30pm; no minors; no cover New West Hotel Herbs (country) Naked Cybercafe & Espresso Bar Open stage Thu; all ages; 9pm-close; no cover New City Autopsy of an Icon, Sleaze Dolls, Anchorless, For Reasons Lost, Last Chance Hollywood New West Hotel Canadian Country Hall of Fame Guest host Bev Munro NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by Wild Rose Old Time Fiddlers every Thu
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L.B.'s Pub Oil City Sound Machine Alberta's Dance Band Lizard Lounge Rock 'n' roll open mic every Fri; 8:30pm; no cover New City Oh Messy Life Last Show: Sabretooth, Diehatzu hijets, Half Dalmation; 7pm (door), 9pm (show); $10 (door) New West Hotel Herbs (country) On the Rocks 80-D Overtime Sherwood Park Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover PAWN SHOP Heaviside's (Wasted Generation, CD release party), the Apresnos, the Frank, Cloud Seekers; $10 (adv) Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Fri; 9pm-2am Rainmaker Music Fest The Trews, State of Shock, Tupelo Honey, The Bear Band; 6pm; $29.99 Rexall Place Switchfoot, Fresh IE, YC Alberta River Cree–The Venue Deana Carter; $24.50 Rose and Crown The Salesmen Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Tony Dizon Sherlock Holmes– WEM Jimmy Whiffen Sideliners Pub The Substitutes British Invasion Act; 9pm; no cover Starlite Room Early Show: Alan Thomas Doyle, Dustin Bentall; 6pm (door); $28.50 studio music foundation Fiction Smiles, Souvs, Oceantree, The Archaics and the Progressive Conservatives; all ages; 6pm; $10 doors at 6:30pm (door) Transcend Coffee– Elevation Room Jordan Norman (rock), the Collective West, and Bryan Coffey; $8 (adv)/$10 (door) Wild Bill’s–Red Deer TJ the DJ every Thu and Fri; 10pmclose WUnderbar Jom Comyn (Tour Kickoff!), guests; 8:30pm Yardbird Suite Peter Belec; 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $14 (member)/$18 (guest)
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DJ spinning retro to rock classics to current Boneyard Ale House The Rock Mash-up: DJ NAK spins videos every Fri; 9pm; no cover BUDDY’S DJ Arrow Chaser every Fri; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm Buffalo Underground R U Aware Friday: Featuring Neon Nights CHROME LOUNGE Platinum VIP every Fri THE Common Boom The Box: every Fri; nu disco, hip hop, indie, electro, dance with weekly local and visiting DJs on rotation plus residents Echo and Shortround The Druid Irish Pub DJ every Fri; 9pm electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every Fri FILTHY McNASTY'S Shake yo ass every Fri with DJ SAWG FLUID LOUNGE Hip hop and dancehall; every Fri Funky Buddha– Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro with DJ Damian; every Fri HILLTOP PUB The Sinder Sparks Show; every Thu and Fri; 9:30pm-close junction bar and eatery LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm Newcastle Pub Hot Cottage w/Rusty Reed; 8pm O2's Taphouse and Grill DJs every Fri and Sat O2's on whyte DJ Jay every Fri and Sat Overtime–Downtown Fridays at Eleven: Rock hip hop, country, top forty, techno Rednex–Morinville DJ Gravy from the Source 98.5 every Fri RED STAR Movin’ on Up: indie, rock, funk, soul, hip hop with DJ Gatto, DJ Mega Wattson; every Fri Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Fuzzion Friday: with Crewshtopher, Tyler M, guests; no cover Suede Lounge House, electro, Top40, R'n'B with DJ Melo-D every Fri Suite 69 Release Your Inner Beast: Retro and Top 40 beats with DJ Suco; every Fri Treasury In Style Fri: DJ Tyco and Ernest Ledi; no line no cover for ladies all night long Union Hall Ladies Night every Fri Vinyl Dance Lounge Connected Las Vegas Fridays Y AFTERHOURS Foundation Fridays
SAT MAY 26 ALBERTA BEACH HOTEL Open stage with Trace Jordan 1st and 3rd Sat; 7pm-12 ALEYARD TAP & GRILL One Way State THE Bailey–Camrose Classic Concert series presents: The Music of the Louisiana Hayride® in Story and Song; 7pm (door); 7:30pm (show); $34 at the Bailey box office
Black Dog Freehouse Hair of the Dog: Tom Keena (live acoustic music every Sat); 4-6pm; no cover Blue Chair Café Bobby Cameron; fundraiser for Kids Help; 8:30-11pm; $20 at 780.989.2861, E: reso@ bluechair.ca Blues on Whyte Every Sat afternoon: Jam with Back Door Dan; Momarley bohemia Art+Muzak: featuring Edmontonbased musicians and visual artists; 9pm; no minors; foodbank donation Brittany's Lounge Vixenesque: Rock 'n' Burlesque Show; 10pm; $7/$5 (with Food Bank donation) Brixx Bar House Party Saturday: The Ecstatics, Desousa Drive, Bobby Heaven, Bigger Fish Than Guns; 8pm Café Coral De Cuba Cafe Coral De Cuba Marco Claveria's open mic (music, poetry, jokes); every Sat, 6pm; $5 Carrot Café Sat Open mic; 7pm; $2 CASINO EDMONTON The Al Barrett Band (classic rock) CASINO YELLOWHEAD The Red Hotz (pop/ rock) Century Casino Tommy Roe Coast to Coast Live bands every Sat; 9:30pm Crown Pub Acoustic blues open stage with Marshall Lawrence, every Sat, 2-6pm; every Sat, 12-2am Devaney's Irish pub Quentin Reddy THE DISH NEK Trio ( jazz); every Sat, 6pm
DV8 CynTaSwiss fundraiser: The Meatles, Armifera, Coffin Fit, The Strugglefucks, A Hundred Years, Space Lift, Corvid Lorax, J. Ralnyk; 6pm Eddie Shorts The Black Hide Illusion, Transista Expressionz Café Open stage for original songs, hosted by Karyn Sterling and Randall Walsh; 2-5pm; admission by donation Filthy McNasty's The Floating Feathers, Crestwood; 4pm; no cover Gas Pump Saturday Homemade Jam: Mike Chenoweth Haven Social Club The Swiftys (bluegrass/ country), Treeline, guests; 8pm; $12 (adv)/$15 (door) HillTop Pub Sat afternoon roots jam with Pascal, Simon and Dan, 3:30-6:30pm; evening Hooliganz Live music every Sat Hydeaway Marleigh and Mueller (classic pop/jazz/musical theatre); 8pm; 3rd Sat each month; $10 Iron Boar Pub Jazz in Wetaskiwin featuring jazz trios the 1st Sat each month; $10 Krush Ultra Lounge Exit 303 (rock); $8 (adv)/$10 (door) l.b.'s pub Sat afternoon Jam with Gator and Friends, 5-9pm; Late show: The Kyler Schogen Band, Carrie Day, 9:30pm Louisiana Purchase Suchy Sister Saturdays: Amber, Renee or Stephanie with accompaniment; 10pm-12; no cover
new city The Frolics, Rebuild-Repair, Betty Machete, Gorgon Horde; 7pm (door), 9pm (show); $8 (door) New West Hotel Country jam every Sat; 3-6pm; Evening: Herbs (country) O’byrne’s Live band every Sat, 3-7pm; DJ every Sat, 9:30pm On the Rocks 80-D Overtime Sherwood Park Dueling Piano's, all request live; 9pm-2am every Fri and Sat; no cover Pawn Shop Early Show: Royal Canoe, Borys and Samantha Savage Smith; 6pm; $10 (adv) at Blackbyrd Rainmaker Music Fest Dean Brody, Chad Brownlee, Beverley, Mahood, Katie Mission, The Orchard; 6pm; $39.99 Red Piano Bar Hottest dueling piano show featuring the Red Piano Players every Sat; 9pm-2am Rexall Place Thousand Foot Krutch, Official Red, Group 1 Crew–Official Red The Devil Wears Prada (Band) - The Devil Wears Prada Rose and Crown The Salesmen Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Tony Dizon Sherlock Holmes– WEM Jimmy Whiffen Sideliners Pub Sat open stage; 3-7pm Starlite Room White Lightning, Tanner Gordon and the Unfortunates, Zerbin; 9pm Transcend Coffee– Elevation Room Alex Vissia (alt), Souvs, Ian Waddell; $8 (adv)/$10 (door)
WUnderbar Early Show: Robot Workers (Calgary), guests, 5pm; Late Show: North Country Fair Fundrasier: The Mcgowan Family Band, George Ireland , Mike Dunn, Sean Brewer, 9pm-1am Yardbird Suite Ralf Buschmeyer (Jazzspeak CD release); 8pm (door), 9pm (show); $16 (member)/$20 (guest)
Classical Morinville's Community Cultural Centre An Evening of Gershwin: first anniversary celebration of the Centre: a wind ensemble conducted by William Dimmer; 8pm (music), 7pm (discussion with the conductor); $40 (adult)/$30 (senior) at tixonthesquare.ca, door Robert Tegler Student Centre Festival Winds Music Society Spring Concert; 7:30pm; $8 (door)/ $12 (adult)/$10 (student/ senior) at TIX on the Square St Andrew’s United Church Life’s a Happy Song: Ten Years of Òran Kokopelli Choirs; 7pm; $16 (adult)/$13 (student) at door
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: The Menace Sessions: Alt Rock/Electro/Trash with Miss Mannered; Wooftop: Sound It Up!: classic hip-hop and reggae with DJ Sonny Grimezz; Underdog: Dr. Erick Blacksheep Pub DJ every Sat Boneyard Ale House DJ Sinistra Saturdays: 9pm BUDDY'S Feel the rhythm every Sat with DJ Phon3 Hom3; 8pm (door); no cover before 10pm
Buffalo Underground Head Mashed In Saturday: Mashup Night Druid Irish Pub DJ every Sat; 9pm electric rodeo– Spruce Grove DJ every Sat FILTHY McNASTY'S Fire up your night every Saturday with DJ SAWG Fluid Lounge Scene Saturday's Relaunch: Party; hip-hop, R&B and Dancehall with DJ Aiden Jamali FUNKY BUDDHA– Whyte Ave Top tracks, rock, retro every Sat with DJ Damian HALO For Those Who Know: house every Sat with DJ Junior Brown, Luke Morrison, Nestor Delano, Ari Rhodes junction bar and eatery LGBT Community: Rotating DJs Fri and Sat; 10pm Newcastle Pub Top 40 requests every Sat with DJ Sheri New City Legion Polished Chrome: every Sat with DJs Blue Jay, The Gothfather, Dervish, Anonymouse; no minors; free (58pm)/$5 (ladies)/$8 (gents after 8pm) O2's Taphouse and Grill DJs every Fri and Sat O2's on whyte DJ Jay every Fri and Sat Overtime– Downtown Saturdays at Eleven: R'n'B, hip hop, reggae, Old School Palace Casino Show Lounge DJ every Sat PAWN SHOP Transmission Saturdays: Indie rock, new wave, classic punk with DJ Blue Jay and Eddie Lunchpail; 9pm (door); free (before 10pm)/$5 (after 10pm)
VENUE GUIDE 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 Bistro La Persaud 861791 St, 780.758.6686 BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE 10425-82 Ave, 780.439.1082 Blackjack's Roadhouse–Nisku 2110 Sparrow Drive, Nisku, 780.986.8522 Blacksheep Pub 11026 Jasper Ave, 780.420.0448 BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ 9624-76 Ave, 780.989.2861 Blue Pear Restaurant 10643-123 St, 780.482.7178 BLUES ON WHYTE 1032982 Ave, 780.439.3981 Bohemia 10217-97 St Boneyard Ale House 9216-34 Ave, 780.437.2663 Brittanys Lounge 10225-97 St Brixx Bar 10030-102 St (downstairs), 780.428.1099 BUDDY’S 11725B Jasper Ave, 780.488.6636 Café Coral De Cuba 10816 Whyte Ave Café Haven 9 Sioux Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.417.5523, cafehaven.ca CARROT Café 9351-118 Ave, 780.471.1580 Casino Edmonton 7055 Argylll Rd, 780.463.9467 Casino Yellowhead 12464-153 St, 780 424 9467 Century Casino 13103 Fort Rd, 780.643.4000 Cha Island Tea Co 10332-81 Ave, 780.757.2482 CHROME LOUNGE 132 Ave, Victoria Trail Coast to Coast 5552 Calgary Tr, 780.439.8675
Common 9910-109 St Crown Pub 10709-109 St, 780.428.5618 Diesel Ultra Lounge 11845 Wayne Gretzky Drive, 780.704.CLUB Devaney’s Irish Pub 9013-88 Ave, 780.465.4834 THE DISH 12417 Stony Plain Rd, 780.488.6641 DRUID 11606 Jasper Ave, 780.454.9928 DV8 8307-99 St Eddie Shorts 10713-124 St, 780.453.3663 EDMONTON EVENTS CENTRE WEM Phase III, 780.489.SHOW Electric Rodeo–Spruce Grove 121-1 Ave, Spruce Grove, 780.962.1411 Elephant and Castle– Whyte Ave 10314 Whyte Ave Expressionz Café 993870 Ave, 780.437.3667 Festival Place 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, 780.449.3378 FIDDLER’S ROOST 890699 St FILTHY MCNASTY’S 10511-82 Ave, 780.916.1557 Fine Arts Building Rm 1-29, U of A FLASH Night Club 10018105 St, 780.996.1778 FLOW Lounge 11815 Wayne Gretzky Dr, 780.604. CLUB Fluid Lounge 10888 Jasper Ave, 780.429.0700 FUNKY BUDDHA 10341-82 Ave, 780.433.9676 Good Earth Coffee House and Bakery 9942-108 St HALO 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.423.HALO haven social club 15120A (basement), Stony Plain Rd, 780.756.6010
HillTop Pub 8220-106 Ave, 780.490.7359 Hogs Den Pub 9, 14220 Yellowhead Tr Hydeaway 10209-100 Ave, 780.426.5381 jeffrey’s café 9640 142 St, 780.451.8890 JEKYLL AND HYDE 10209100 Ave, 780.426.5381 junction bar and eatery 10242-106 St, 780.756.5667 KAS BAR 10444-82 Ave, 780.433.6768 Krush Ultra Lounge 16648 109 Ave L.B.’s Pub 23 Akins Dr, St Albert, 780.460.9100 LEGENDS PUB 6104-172 St, 780.481.2786 LEVEL 2 LOUNGE 11607 Jasper Ave, 2nd Fl, 780.447.4495 Lit Italian Wine Bar 10132-104 St Lizard Lounge 13160118 Ave Marybeth's Coffee House–Beaumont 5001-30 Ave, Beaumont, 780.929.2203 Morinville's Community Cultural Centre 9502-100 Ave, Morinville Newcastle PuB 6108-90 Ave, 780.490.1999 New City Legion 8130 Gateway Boulevard (Red Door) Nisku Inn 1101-4 St NOLA Creole Kitchen & Music House 11802124 St, 780.451.1390, experiencenola.com 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 on Whyte
780.454.0203 O2's Taphouse and Grill 13509-127 St, 780.454.0203 Overtime–Downtown 10304-111 St, 780.465.6800 Overtime Sherwood Park 100 Granada Blvd, Sherwood Park, 790.570.5588 PAWN SHOP 10551-82 Ave, Upstairs, 780.432.0814 Playback Pub 594 Hermitage Rd, 130 Ave, 40 St Pleasantview Community Hall 1086057 Ave Rainmaker Music Fest Kinsmen Fair Grounds, 47 Riel Dr, St Albert REDNEX BAR–Morinville 10413-100 Ave, Morinville, 780.939.6955 Red Piano Bar 1638 Bourbon St, WEM, 8882170 St, 780.486.7722 RED STAR 10538 Jasper Ave, 780.428.0825 Rendezvous 10108149 St Richard's PUB 12150-161 Ave, 780-457-3117 Ric’s Grill 24 Perron Street, St Albert, 780.460.6602 Robert Tegler Student Centre Concordia University College, 73 St, 112 Ave ROSEBOWL/ROUGE LOUNGE 10111-117 St, 780.482.5253 Rose and Crown 10235101 St R Pub 16753-100 St, 780.457.1266 St Andrew's United Church 9915-148 St Second Cup–89 Ave 8906-149 St Second Cup– Sherwood Park 4005
Cloverbar Rd, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 • Summerwood Summerwood Centre, Sherwood Park, 780.988.1929 Sideliners Pub 11018127 St, 780.453.6006 Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge 12923-97 St, 780.758.5924 Sportsman's Lounge 8170-50 St STARLITE ROOM 10030102 St, 780.428.1099 STEEPS TEA LOUNGE– Whyte Ave 11116-82 Ave Studio Music Foundation 10940-166A St, 780.484.0099 Suede Lounge 11806 Jasper Ave, 780.482.0707 Suite 69 2 Fl, 8232 Gateway Blvd, 780.439.6969 Taphouse 9020 McKenney Ave, St Albert, 780.458.0860 Transcend Coffee– Elevation Room 10349 Jasper Ave Treasury 10004 Jasper Ave, 7870.990.1255, thetreasurey.ca TWO ROOMS 10324 Whyte Ave, 780.439.8386 Vinyl Dance Lounge 10740 Jasper Ave, 780.428.8655, vinylretrolounge.com Wild Bill’s–Red Deer Quality Inn North Hill, 7150-50 Ave, Red Deer, 403.343.8800 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 Yellowhead Brewery 10229-105 St, 780.423.3333
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RED STAR Indie rock, hip hop, and electro every Sat with DJ Hot Philly and guests ROUGE LOUNGE Rouge Saturdays: global sound and Cosmopolitan Style Lounging with DJ Rezzo, DJ Mkhai Sou Kawaii Zen Lounge Your Famous Saturday with Crewshtopher, Tyler M Suede Lounge House, electro, Top40, R'n'B with DJ Melo-D every Fri Suite 69 Stella Saturday: retro, old school, top 40 beats with DJ Lazy, guests TEMPLE Oh Snap! Oh Snap with Degree, Cool Beans, Specialist, Spenny B and Mr. Nice Guy and Ten 0; every Sat 9pm Union Hall Celebrity Saturdays: every Sat hosted by DJ Johnny Infamous Vinyl Dance Lounge Signature Saturdays
O’BYRNE’S Open mic every Sun; 9:30pm-1am On the Rocks Chasing Jones with Erica Viegas & The Jolly Good O2's tap house and grill Open stage hosted by the band the Vindicators; 4-8pm every Sun Rexall Place None Thousand Foot Krutch, Group 1 Crew, Fresh IE; 7pm Richard's PUB Sun Live Jam hosted by Carson Cole; 4pm TWO ROOMS Live Jam every Sun with Jeremiah; 5-9pm; no cover; $10 (dinner) WUnderbar Other Voices Fundraiser: David Ward, Ashanti Marshall, Braden Gates, 8:30pm; Late Show: North Country Fair Fundrasier: Mcgowan Family Band , George Ireland / Mike Dunn , Sean Brewer, 9pm-1am
Y AFTERHOURS Release Saturdays
Yellowhead Brewery Open Stage: Every Sun, 8pm
SUN MAY 27
Classical
THE Bailey–Camrose Bobby Boogaloo and the OogaBooga Band; 1:30pm; $10 (door) Beer Hunter–St Albert Open stage/jam every Sun; 2-6pm Blackjack's Roadhouse–Nisku Open mic every Sun hosted by Tim Lovett Blue Chair Café Sunday Brunch: Hawaiian Dreamers; 10:30am-2:30pm; donations Blue Pear Restaurant Jazz on the Side Sun: Remi Noel and Keith Rempel; 5:30-8:30pm; $25 if not dining Caffrey's–Sherwood Park The Sunday Blues Jam: hosted by Kevin and Rita McDade and the Grey Cats Blues Band, guests every week; 5-9pm; no cover Cha Island Tea Co Live on the Island: Rhea March hosts open mic and Songwriter's stage; starts with a jam session; 7pm DEVANEY’S IRISH PUB Celtic open stage every Sun with Keri-Lynne Zwicker; 5:30pm; no cover Double D's Open jam every Sun; 3-8pm Eddie Shorts Open stage with Dan Daniels every Sun Expressionz Café Open Stage: Open stage for original songs; going on summer hiatus, the last one check back in Sept FILTHY McNASTY'S Rock and Soul Sundays with DJ Sadeeq Hogs Den Pub Open Jam: hosted; open jam every Sun, all styles welcome; 3-7pm Hydeaway The 'Sunday Serve Us' Roots Music night; 6pm Newcastle Pub Sun Soul Service (acoustic jam): Willy James and Crawdad Cantera; 3-6:30pm NEW CITY LEGION DIY Sunday Afternoons: 4pm (door), 5pm , 6pm, 7pm, 8pm (bands)
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Convocation Hall Opera Nuova: Best of the Fest (from the Kiwanis Music Festival); 2:30pm Fine Arts Building Opera Nuova: Master Class Series with Kimberly Barber; 7-9pm Winspear Centre Beethoven’s Pastorale Symphony: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Lucas Waldin, (conductor), David Requiro (cello), Stefan Jungkind (viola); 2pm; $20-$65
DJs BACKSTAGE TAP AND GRILL Industry Night: every Sun with Atomic Improv, Jameoki and DJ Tim BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Soul Sundays: A fantastic voyage through '60s and '70s funk, soul and R&B with DJ Zyppy FLOW Lounge Stylus Sun SAVOY MARTINI LOUNGE Reggae on Whyte: RnR Sun with DJ IceMan; no minors; 9pm; no cover
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BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Blue Jay’s Messy Nest: mod, brit pop, new wave, British rock with DJ Blue Jay
AGA Art Gallery of Alberta–Ledcor Theatre Opera Nuova: Song Soirées at the Art for the Ears, Art for the Eyes, English Artsong; 7:30pm
Crown Pub Mixmashitup Mon Industry Night: with DJ Fuzze, J Plunder (DJs to bring their music and mix mash it up) FILTHY McNASTY'S Metal Mondays with DJ Tyson Lucky 13 Industry Night every Mon with DJ Chad Cook NEW CITY LEGION Madhouse Mon: Punk/ metal/etc with DJ Smart Alex New West Hotel Jess Lee (country)
TUE MAY 29 Blues on Whyte Ross Neilsen Brixx Bar Ruby Tuesdays guests: James of Dark Woods and Between Bros, with host Mark Feduk; $5 after 8pm Druid Irish Pub Open stage every Tue; with Chris Wynters; 9pm L.B.’s Tue Blues Jam with Ammar; 9pm-1am New City Trusty Chords Tuesdays; $5 (door) New West Hotel Jess Lee (country); Tue free line dance lessons: 7-9pm O’BYRNE’S Celtic jam every Tue; with Shannon Johnson and friends; 9:30pm Overtime Sherwood Park The Campfire Hero's (acoustic rock, country, top 40); 9pm-2am every Tue; no cover Padmanadi Open stage every Tue; with Mark Davis; all ages; 7:30-10:30pm Pawn Shop Whiskey Tuesda: Victoria Baldwin (jazz), Jim Nowhere, Solid State Revolution, Shiza Maliza; $5 (adv) R Pub Open stage jam every Tue; hosted by Gary and the Facemakers; 8pm
MON MAY 28
Red Piano All request band Tuesdays: Joint Chiefs (classic rock, soul, R&B) every Tue
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Sleeman Mon: live music monthly; no cover
Rexall Place Roger Waters: The Wall Live; 8pm; $45-$255 at TicketMaster
Blues on Whyte Ross Neilsen
Richard's Pub Jeff Hendrick Duo
Devaney's Irish Pub Singer/songwriter open stage every Mon; 8pm; Jay Gilday
Second Cup– Summerwood Open stage/open mic every Tue; 7:30pm; no cover
Overtime Sherwood Park Monday Open Stage
Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Quentin Reddy
PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL Acoustic instrumental old time fiddle jam every Mon; hosted by the Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Society; 7pm
Sherlock Holmes– WEM Joanne Janzen
Rexall Place Roger Waters: The Wall Live; 8pm; Sold out Richard's Pub Jeff Hendrick Duo Rose Bowl/Rouge Lounge Acoustic open stage every Mon; 9pm
Starlite Room Early Show: The Arkells, the Maine, Lydia; all ages; 6pm; $25at PrimeBoxOffice, Unioneventes.com, Blackbyrd
Winspear Centre Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, William Eddins (conductor, piano), Elliot Madore (baritone); 7:30pm; $20-$50
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: alternative retro and not-so-retro, electronic and Euro with Eddie Lunchpail; Wooftop: It’s One Too Many Tuesdays: Reggae, funk, soul, boogie and disco with Rootbeard Buddys DJ Arrow Chaser every CRown Pub Live Hip Hop Tue: freestyle hip hop with DJ Xaolin and Mc Touch DV8 Creepy Tombsday: Psychobilly, Hallowe'en horrorpunk, deathrock with Abigail Asphixia and Mr Cadaver; every Tue NEW CITY LEGION High Anxiety Variety Society Bingo vs. karaoke with Ben Disaster, Anonymouse every Tue; no minors; 4pm-3am; no cover RED STAR Experimental Indie Rock, Hip Hop, Electro with DJ Hot Philly; every Tue Red Piano All Request Band Tuesdays: Classic rock, soul and R&B with Joint Chiefs; 8pm; $5 Suite 69 Rockstar Tuesdays: Mash up and Electro with DJ Tyco, DJ Omes with weekly guest DJs
WED MAY 30 Bailey Theatre– Camrose: Steve Earle (solo acoustic set); 7pm (door) 8pm (show); $50 at Bailey box office BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: Glitter Gulch: live music once a month Blues on Whyte Ross Neilsen Brittany's Lounge Aroot's Bazaar (Gypsy Latin band) every Wed Cha Island Tea Co Whyte Noise Drum Circle: Join local drummers for a few hours of beats and fun; 6pm Crown Pub The D.A.M.M Jam: Open stage/original plugged in jam with Dan, Miguel and friends every Wed Devaney's Irish pub Duff Robinson DV 8 Tavern Stealing Eden, Whiskey Rose, Better Us Than Strangers; 9pm eddie shorts Electric open jam with Steven Johnson Experience every Wed
WUnderbar Allosaurus (Hamilton), guests; 8:30pm
Elephant and Castle–Whyte Ave Open mic every Wed (unless there's an Oilers game); no cover
Yardbird Suite Tue Night Sessions: Brad Shigeta Quartet; 7:30pm (door), 8pm (show); $5
Fiddler's Roost Little Flower Open Stage every Wed with Brian Gregg; 8pm-12
Good Earth Coffee House and Bakery Breezy Brian Gregg; every Wed; 12-1pm HAVEN SOCIAL Club Open stage every Wed with Jonny Mac, 8:30pm, free
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HOOLIGANZ Open stage every Wed with host Cody Nouta; 9pm New West Hotel Free classic country dance lessons every Wed, 7-9pm; Evening: Jess Lee (country) Nisku Inn Troubadours and Tales: 1st Wed every month; with Tim Harwill, guests; 8-10pm Overtime Sherwood Park Jason Greeley (acoustic rock, country, Top 40); 9pm-2am every Wed; no cover Playback Pub Open Stage every Wed hosted by JTB; 9pm-1am PLEASANTVIEW COMMUNITY HALL 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 Richard's PUB Live Latin Band Salsabor every Wed; 9pm Second Cup–149 St Open stage with Alex Boudreau; 7:30pm Sherlock Holmes– Downtown Quentin Reddy Sherlock Holmes– WEM Joanne Janzen Wunderbar Beer Geeks; 7pm
Classical Winspear Centre Winds At The Winspear: Harry Ainlay High School, Avalon & Vernon Barford Grade 9 Concert Bands; 7:30pm
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: RetroActive Radio: Alternative '80s and '90s, post punk, new wave, garage, Brit, mod, rock and roll with LL Cool Joe Brixx Bar Really Good... Eats and Beats: every Wed with DJ Degree and Friends BUDDY'S DJ Dust 'n' Time every Wed; 9pm (door); no cover The Common Treehouse Wednesdays Diesel Ultra Lounge Wind-up Wed: R&B, hiphop, reggae, old skool, reggaeton with InVinceable, Touch It, weekly guest DJs FILTHY McNASTY'S Pint Night Wednesdays with DJ SAWG FUNKY BUDDHA–Whyte Ave Latin and Salsa music every Wed; dance lessons 8-10pm LEGENDS PUB Hip hop/ R&B with DJ Spincycle NEW CITY LEGION Wed Pints 4 Punks: with DJ Nick; no minors; 4pm3am; no cover NIKKI DIAMONDS Punk and ‘80s metal every Wed RED STAR Guest DJs every Wed TEMPLE Wild Style Wed: Hip hop open mic hosted by Kaz and Orv; $5
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Coming Events
Come to Edmonton Meals on Wheels' annual street party fundraiser, Big Wheels Deliver Meals, on Friday, June 8th from 11am - 2 pm. Classic coupes and sizzling barbeque will be available on 103 Ave. between 111 St. and 112 St. EIGHT MINUTE DATE Speed Dating Event. $40 Wed. May 30 at 300 Club Lounge. Age Groups 25-34,35-44 & 45-54. Register by Calling 780-457-8535 or www.eightminutedate.ca
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Help Wanted
Cook - Thai Restaurant The Bangkok Express on the south-side is seeking an energetic, attentive, Cook. Full time permanent. Duties include prepare and cook stir fry, salads, soups and curries. 2 years or more and cook certificate preferred. $12.00 to 15.00 per hr. depending on exp. Please send resume to info@bangkokexpress.ca Kitchen Help - Thai Restaurant The Bangkok Express on the south-side is seeking an energetic, attentive, Kitchen Helper. Full time permanent. Duties include food prep, stock shelves,clean dishes. 6 months experience preferred. $10.00 $12.50 depending on exp. Please send resume to info@bangkokexpress.ca
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Community Garden Volunteer Help maintain a small garden and landscaping outside the Meals on Wheels building. The produce and herbs from the garden will be used as part of Grow a Row for Meals on Wheels. Contact us at 780-429-2020, or sign up on our website at www.mealsonwheelsedmonton.org
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2012 EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL June 22 - July 1 Are you a music lover and/or fan of jazz? We have some terrific volunteer opportunities for you in several areas - including day and evening shifts! On Sunday May 27th from 1 -5, we're holding our annual Volunteer Sign-Up Day at The Yardbird Suite (86 Ave & 103 Street). Sign-Up Day is a great time for you to come and meet our crew leaders, ask questions about the festival and even sign up for some shifts! Excellent perks for volunteers! Apply in advance by visiting www.edmontonjazz.com or email volunteers@edmontonjazz.com for more details Environmental News Radio Needs You! Terra Informa is an environmentally themed radio news show that is syndicated across Canada. We are run by volunteers and we need more help! No experience necessary! We will provide you with all necessary training. Curious? Contact us at terra@cjsr.com, terrainforma.ca or call Steve at 780-432-5566 Experience Community Hand's On! Habitat for Humanity requires volunteers for various builds in Edmonton and Surrounding Areas! Beginners to trades people welcome! We provide everything you need to work, including lunch! You provide your time, energy and heart. No minimum number of shifts. Visit www.hfh.org & contact Kim at 780-451-3416 ext 223 or ksherwood@hfh.org Recruiting volunteers for the 17th annual Dreamspeakers Film Festival, May 30th - June 2nd: 780.378.9609 - Alexis
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P.A.L.S. Project Adult Literacy Society needs volunteers to work with adult students in: Literacy, English As A Second Language and Math Literacy. For more information please contact (780)424-5514 or email palsvolunteers2003@yahoo.ca RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS NEEDED Online Sexual Solicitation Study! Are you 18-25 years old and have experiences online sexual solicitation between the ages of 12 and 16? If you would be willing to "tell your story" in confidence, please contact Sylvia at speske@ualberta.ca The Friends of Rutherford House seek volunteers to operate their museum gift shop. Call 780-427-4033 for details. Volunteer Driver Deliver smiles and meals to people throughout the city. As a Meals on Wheels volunteer driver, you have the power to brighten someone's day with just a smile and a nutritious meal. Help us get our meals to homes by becoming a volunteer driver today! Contact us at 780-429-2020 or sign up on our website www.edmontonmealsonwheels.org Volunteer facilitators needed to lead programs for people with arthritis. Call The Arthritis Society 1-800-321-1433 Volunteer Kitchen Helper When you prepare meals in our kitchen, you help make it possible for Meals on Wheels to create 250-500 meals a day. We rely on volunteers to help us serve the people in our city. Contact us at 780-429-2020 or sign up on our website www.mealsonwheelsedmonton.org Volunteers Wanted Walk to Fight Arthritis is looking for event day volunteers for June 10th at Laurier Park. To register please visit: www.walktofightarthritis.com
Volunteers Wanted
Volunteer this summer for The Works Art & Design Festival! Flexible scheduling & a variety of positions available to accommodate all interests! Contact Teresa at 780-426-2122 ext 230/ volunteer@theworks.ab.ca Celebrate Art & Design in Downtown Edmonton! Volunteers needed for Box Office and concession. Are you interested in seeing AVENUE Q, presented by Two ONE-WAY Tickets to Broadway Productions for FREE? Three volunteers are required per show for the following dates: June 15 & 16, 20-23, 27-30th Shift starts at 6:30 pm Show plays at La Cite 8627 91 st If interested please send an email to info@twoonewaytickets.com with the showdates you are able to volunteer Volunteers needed for the 21st edition of The Great White North Triathlon, July 1st, for all positions, course marshals, lifeguards, kayakers', transition, traffic direction, parking patrol, security. Contact LeRoy, the volunteer coordinator for more info: at 780-478-1388 or email: royal.legend99@gmail.com Volunteers needed to "Make Fun" at the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival. Experience being a volunteer on the world stage! Visit our website to apply online www.edmontonstreetfest.com, or call Liz Allison-Jorde at 780-425-5162 (Volunteers must be at least 14 years of age)
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YOU WILL JOIN US..... The 2012 Edmonton International Fringe Festival seeks volunteers to fill positions on a variety of teams. A minimum of four shifts gets you a t-shirt, loot bag, program guide, invite to the Wrap Party and more! To apply online visit www.fringetheatre.ca or call the volunteer hotline at 780-409-1923
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FILM AND TV ACTING Learn from the pros how to act in Film and TV Full Time Training 1-866-231-8232 www.vadastudios.com
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Expressions of Interest 2012 has been recognized as the International Year of Cooperatives by the United Nations. This is an open competition for the creation of a mural in recognition of the importance of cooperatives in the community of Stony Plain. A letter of interest is required by Tuesday, June 5th. For info please contact Annlisa at 780-963-8592 or email a.gawenus@stonyplain.com Harcourt House Arts Centre is currently accepting submissions for our 2012/2013 Artist in Residence. For proposals to be considered submission packages must be submitted in by May 31, 2012. For more information please visit www.harcourthouse.ab.ca or call Brittney Roy at 780-426-4180 Highlands Street Festival - Call for Vendors Highlands Street Festival is looking for artists to show their work at this year's festival, Sunday June 3rd from 10am 5pm. Showing table - $20 Selling table - $40 *Electricity not available, vendors must provide their own table,chairs and canopy For more info please visit: http://bit.ly/yuDq9m Request for Proposals: City of Lethbridge Community Arts Centre Public Art Project Artists are invited to participate in a three stage public art competition. The selected artist will receive a commission to design, fabricate and install a significant public art work for a new community arts centre in downtown Lethbridge. Deadline for proposals is 4pm on July 16th For information contact Suzanne at 403-320-0555 or suzanne@artslethbridge.org
FREEWILL ASTROLOGY (Mar 21 – Apr 19): "My soul is a fire that suffers if it doesn't burn," said Jean Prevost, a writer and hero of the French Resistance during the Second World War. "I need three or four cubic feet of new ideas every day, as a steamboat needs coal." Your soul may not be quite as blazing as his, and you may normally be able to get along fine with just a few cubic inches of new ideas per day. But I expect that in the next three to four weeks, you will both need and yearn to generate Prevost-type levels of heat and light. Please make sure you're getting a steady supply of the necessary fuel.
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(Aug 23 – Sep 22): In 1977, the first Apple computers were built in a garage that Steve Jobs' father provided for his son and Steve Wozniak to work in. I suggest you think about set-
ting up your own version of that magic place sometime soon: a basement, kitchen, garage, warehouse or corner of your bedroom that will be the spot where you fine-tune your master plan for the coming years—and maybe even where you begin working in earnest on a labour of love that will change everything for the better. LIBRA (Sep 23 – Oct 22): I have a head's up for you, Libra. Do your best to avoid getting enmeshed in any sort of "he said/she said" controversy. Gossip is not your friend in the week ahead. Trying to serve as a mediator is not your strong suit. Becoming embroiled in personal disputes is not your destiny. In my opinion, you should soar free of all the chatter and clatter. It's time for you to seek out big pictures and vast perspectives. Where you belong is meditating on a mountaintop, flying in your dreams and charging up your psychic batteries in a sanctuary that's both soothing and thrilling.
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erybody knows. The second is sacred, and is kept secret. Even the child isn't told. Only when he or she comes of age and is initiated into adulthood is it revealed. I wish we had a tradition similar to this. It might be quite meaningful for you, because you're currently navigating your way through a rite of passage that would make you eligible to receive your sacred, secret name. I suggest we begin a new custom: When you've completed your transformation, pick a new name for yourself, and use it only when you're conversing with your ancestors, your teachers or yourself. (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Please raise your hand if you have ever sought out a romantic connection with someone mostly because of the way he or she looked. You shouldn't feel bad if you have, but I hope you won't indulge in this behaviour any time soon. In the coming weeks, it's crucial for you to base your decisions on deeper understandings—not just in regards to potential partners and lovers, but for everything. As you evaluate your options,
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Solidarity is found between groups under threat of violence and control Last Thursday I was driving to choked and hit them. work at the Pride Centre, and traffic stopped as police ushered about Police officers vowed that the Ed200 people through the downmonton Police Service (EPS) is town streets. At the rear of taking these incidents serithe procession people held ously and is working to tired, photoshopped and find the attacker. In the m ekly.co vuewe violent posters of fetuses @ mean time the EPS has ada x ale that had supposedly been vised women to "be wary" Alexa ne and exercise caution when aborted. DeGag As I sat in my car, unable to walking in their our neighbourmove or look away, I felt a mix of hoods. It seems like the EPS's somelancholy, exhaustion and anger. lutions to violence against women Anti-women interactions affect me have not changed over the past 40 viscerally as a queer feminist. While years: women should not walk late it may seem counter-intuitive for a at night, should not walk alone and lesbian to be concerned with aborshould be constantly conscious of tion, some lesbians do sleep with their surroundings. The police dismen, and pregnancy in cases of pensed this advice as if women have forced intercourse is a reality, but, not been watching their own backs, ultimately, abortion battles are in their own neighbourhoods, for about more than heterosexual sex their entire lives. and pregnancy. These battles conThe police response to these atcern, among other things, women’s tacks and the march against aborcontrol over their bodies, sense of tion are both moments of constraint security and freedom of movement, against women's bodies, choices all of which have preoccupied queer and movement. With the ongoing activists. deterioration of abortion services The urgent need for solidarity beand access in this country, women tween pro-choice and queer movelose evermore power over their life ments may become more obvious if choices, paths and prospects. The we consider this anti-abortion rally undercurrent of anti-abortion movein comparison to the recent attacks ments has long been the notion that on women in south Edmonton. women are not rational or strong Between March 18 and April 29 enough to have control over their seven women were violently atown bodies and life choices. Accordtacked in the Bonnie Doon, Old ing to this worldview, women thus Strathcona, Whyte Avenue and need the state, as well as the men in Garneau neighbourhoods. Accordtheir own lives, to control their boding to police reports the attacker ies and protect them from violence has stalked women who are walk(here "violence" refers to that which ing alone at night, and has pushed, they may inflict on themselves
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don't allow physical appearance and superficial attractiveness to be the dominant factors. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19): The 21st flight of the 4.5-billion-pound Space Shuttle Discovery was supposed to happen on June 8, 1995. But about a week before its scheduled departure, workers discovered an unforeseen problem. Northern Flicker Woodpeckers had made a mess of the insulation on the outer fuel tank; they'd pecked a couple of hundred holes, some quite deep. To allow for necessary repairs, launch was postponed for over a month. I'm choosing this scenario to serve as a useful metaphor for you. Regard it as your notice not to ignore a seemingly tiny adversary or trivial obstacle. Take that almost-insignificant pest seriously.
(Jan 20 – Feb 18): It's official: Dancing increases your intelligence. So says a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Unfortunately, research found that swimming, AQUARIUS
through abortion). With regard to the attacks, the women of Edmonton have been given a few more choices: they can depend on police (state) protection, walk home with men, or watch their own backs. While the latter choice seems to afford women independence, women are actually being asked to change their behaviours, lifestyles and movement patterns in order to avoid violence. Here, too, women's freedom of choice and movement is regulated and ultimately constrained. Queer activists have long criticized and pushed back against such regulatory and constraining forces. Many queer activists purport that violent attacks, such as those against the seven women, are troubling not because they are unique phenomena but because women, visible minorities, and trans and queer individuals are constantly under threat of violence. Queer activists have accordingly argued that the state and other actors hold that women need to change their behavior in order to avoid regulation and violence. But as activists we should instead be asking why certain portions of the population are subject to violence, regulation and constraint in the first place. V
bicycling, and playing golf are not at all effective in rewiring the brain's neural pathways. Doing crossword puzzles is somewhat helpful, though, and so is reading books. But one of the single best things you can do to enhance your cognitive functioning is to move your body around in creative and coordinated rhythm with music. Lucky you: This is a phase of your astrological cycle when you're likely to have more impulses and opportunities to dance. Take advantage! Get smarter. (Feb 19 – Mar 20): Your animal totem for the next phase of your astrological cycle is a creature called a hero shrew. Of all the mammals in the world, it has the strongest and heaviest spine proportionate to its size. This exceptional attribute makes the tiny animal so robust that a person could stand on it without causing serious harm. You will need to have a backbone like that in the coming weeks. Luckily, the universe will be conspiring to help you. I expect to see you stand up to the full weight of the pressures coming to bear on you— and do it with exceptional charisma.
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COMMENT >> SEX
Not so fast
Sometimes it's a good thing to slow down I'm a 17-year-old girl and, in most ascan point to an early experience pects, I'm confident with myself, my that went too far, too fast, a sexual identity and my body. Earlier this encounter that left us feeling the year, I met a girl. She had some seriway you did after you had sex with ous drama at home and needed to this girl. And it's possible to walk get out of her house, so I let her away from an experience like stay at mine. Things went that—one that left you E SAVAG a LOT further than I was feeling shitty and powerready for. I had just had my less—feeling empowered m ekly.co vuewe first kiss the month before @ to advocate for yourself e v lo savage and I didn't feel like our rein uncomfortable sexual Dan lationship was ready for sex, Savage situations in the future, but I went along with it because GOY, provided you learn the she never gave me a chance to slow right lesson. things down or say no. Here's the wrong lesson: "I'm a total My feelings for her are gone; she is fuckup who can't speak up for myattractive, but we don't connect. But self when I'm having sex, so I'd betshe has feelings for me. How can I get ter not have sex again. Ever." That's her to understand, or at least respect, bullshit, GOY, and what's worse, that how I feel if she doesn't understand kind of thinking can make a person why this was a big deal for me? more vulnerable the next time she GROWING OLDER YOUTH winds up in bed with an insensitive jerk. Here's the right lesson: "I don't There's a movement in sex-ed circles have to wait for someone to give me to replace the old opt-out consent a 'chance' to say no. I can and will say mantra, "No means no," with a new, no whenever I want to. I'm not going improved opt-in consent mantra, to let this happen to me again be"Yes means yes." YMY says it's not cause I never want to feel this way good enough to wait for the other again. Ever." person to stop the action with a As for the girl, GOY, tell her "no," which many people—particustraight up that you don't have feellarly young people, particularly ings for her. And tell her why: things young girl people—have a hard went too far, too fast and the sex time doing. You have to get a "yes." ruined it for you. Don't sugarcoat But the kind of person who doesn't things to avoid hurting her feelings, give you a chance to say "no," GOY, GOY, because she's got a lesson is unlikely to solicit a "yes." Which to learn, too. Hers goes like this: "I is why we all need to advocate for didn't ask the person I was with— ourselves in the moment. someone I really liked—if she was And you failed to do that, GOY— cool with what we were doing, and you failed to advocate for yourself I totally fucked myself out of what in the moment. could've been a really great relaI don't say that to make you feel tionship. I'm not going to do that to bad or to shift the blame onto anyone again. Ever." your shoulders, GOY, I say it because we've all been there. Most I'm a 16-year-old bisexual guy. I have confident, sexually active adults been in a long-distance relationship
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since September. My girlfriend— let's call her "Selena"—and I have a good relationship, but, both of us being bisexual, we have discussed the possibility of having relationships with same-gender partners on the side. I recently attended my city's LGBTQ prom. There, I met a 17-yearold guy who I found somewhat attractive. I gave him my number, and he has been texting me often, which makes me feel both uncomfortable and enthralled.
self—again and again—that while the stakes may feel high right now, NAI, they're actually quite low. It sounds like your relationship with Selena has allowed you to explore the emotional and social aspects of dating without any sexual pressures or expectations. And that's been good for you, NAI, and you'll be bummed when your relationship with Selena ends. But you shouldn't be too bummed: there just aren't a lot of adults out there who are still
I'm not ready for sex. But we should talk about this stuff before I meet a boy I do want to have sex with. Some of the texts that "Dave" has sent me were sexual in nature. He lives very close to where I do. I am a virgin—both genders considered— and the idea of sex right now makes me uneasy. But I am interested. Still, sex scares me at this point, and I don't think I'm ready. As such, this afternoon, I told Dave that I felt we were moving too fast. He agreed. I suppose I have two questions: 1. I am worried about the outcome should I tell Selena about my "crush." I feel inhibited. How do I bring it up? 2. How can I have a good relationship with Dave in a nonsexual way? I like him a lot, but is friendship too much to ask since he is sexually active and I am not? NOT AGREEABLE INTERVALS PS My apologies if this problem is a bit juvenile. 1. Openly, honestly, directly and without hesitation. It might help if you remind your-
dating—or who are married to— the folks they were dating in high school. (There are some, of course, just as there are some 90-year-old pack-a-day smokers.) So your relationship with Selena is most likely destined to end at some point. And if a conversation about Dave prompts Selena to end things, well, your relationship with Selena was destined to end at some point, right? Tell her this: "I met this boy, and he's been texting me. I don't want to date him—I'm only somewhat attracted to him—but I'm enjoying the attention. But we should talk about that same-gender-partners-on-theside arrangement. Not because I'm going to jump into bed with this guy. I'm not ready for sex. But we should talk about this stuff before I meet a boy I do want to have sex with." If Selena flips and dumps you, then she wasn't open to you exploring your same-sex attractions. Which means your relationship with her
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wasn't just destined to end, NAI, it needed to end. 2. Don't assume that Dave couldn't possibly be interested in a friendship because he's sexually active. Lots of sexually active people have friends, and most of us are capable of forming new friendships. If a friendship is "too much to ask" of Dave—if he's only interested in your dick—he'll let you know by disappearing on you or by accepting your friendship under false pretenses. If he disappears on you, well, he wasn't a very nice guy and you didn't lose much. If he accepts your friendship only so he can continue pressuring you for sex, well, then he's not a very nice guy and you won't lose much when you disappear on him. But he might be up for a friendship. Lots of sexually active people are. So ask. CONFIDENTIAL TO CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER JAMES MOORE AND CONSERVATIVE MP DEAN DEL MASTRO: Please shut down that sex-ed exhibit (Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition) at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa! I don't want Canadian kids to get "reliable answers to their [sex] questions" from museums. I want Canadian kids to get drunkenly dashed-off answers to their sex questions from gay sex-advice columnists. And so, it seems, do you two. I sure do appreciate your support, guys. Now go shut that fucker down. Thanks! V Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. @fakedansavage on Twitter
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